Students slacklining at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2014
Slackers on a line
Klara Debie/For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- On one of the first sunny days of spring, I saw some people balancing themselves on a tightrope – or…
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Step by step instruction on financial aid application helps visitors to Shadow Wood lab
Giovanna Olea/For CU-CitizenAccess.org – Giovanna Olea works for CU-CitizenAccess.org as a community ambassador in a computer lab at Shadow Wood Mobile Home Park. CU-CitizenAccess.org has opened…
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Perkins resturant inspection cards on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access
Mold in ice machine, flies in drain among dozens of violations in area restaurants
By Claire Everett/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Meat leaking blood into cases of beer, ice machines with mold and flies in drains were among the critical violations…
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Giovanna Olea in the community center in Shadowwood community on Thursday, April 17, 2014. photo by Darrell Hoemann/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Changes to bilingual program in one Champaign school forces some parents to make difficult decision
By Giovanna Olea/For CU-CitizenAccess.org – Giovanna Olea works for CU-CitizenAccess.org as a community ambassador in a computer lab at Shadow Wood Mobile Home Park. CU-CitizenAccess.org has…
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Steve Holt with his1931 Model A Standard Tudor Sedan.
Touring through central Illinois in a Model A Ford is trip down memory lane
Alison Marcotte/For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- In 2012, Steve Holt looked at a 1931 Model A Standard Tudor Sedan that was for sale in Danville, Ill.…
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Giovanna Olea in the community center in Shadowwood community on Thursday, April 17, 2014. photo by Darrell Hoemann/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Community Ambassador at Shadow Wood keeps kids engaged throughout the summer
By Giovanna Olea/For CU-CitizenAccess.org - Giovanna Olea works for CU-CitizenAccess.org as a community ambassador in a computer lab at Shadow Wood Mobile Home Park. CU-CitizenAccess.org has opened…
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Sandoval holds a sign outside of the Native American House during a University-sponsored "I stand for..." event last year.
Native American student still anguished over campus attitudes
Xochitl Sandoval is proud of her Native American heritage. She is not proud, however, of her campus's attitude toward her Native American heritage. Sandoval, a recent graduate of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, follows the Nahua tradition of her mother's heritage and has a Rararmuri background from her father. Through volunteering with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Sandoval became interested in learning more about her indigenous culture.
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Ivan Dozier Jr., graduate student at the University of Illinois and unofficial chief portrayer, stands on the south quad, June 2, 2014.
Native American student carries on retired Chief tradition
The first time Native American Ivan Dozier Jr. saw the Chief perform was at a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign football game that his father took him to when Dozier was a child. He said he was bored and restless. At halftime, Dozier remembered, he got up to get something to eat.
Angelica Pinkevich watches as her midwife “Anne” checks her baby’s heartbeat during a prenatal visit.
Safe at Home Part 3: On the Border
By Christine Herman/For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- "Anne" and "Kate" are licensed home birth providers in Wisconsin but considered criminals in Illinois. They say home birth would…