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Read more about the article Native American student carries on retired Chief traditionDarrell Hoemann
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.

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Read more about the article Teacher still dedicated despite struggles with cutbacksDarrell Hoemann
Darla Frye with her daughter Lauren in her sixth grade classroom at Urbana Middle School on Thursday, November 14, 2013. photo by Darrell Hoemann/The Midwest Center for Investigative Journalism

Teacher still dedicated despite struggles with cutbacks

By Sal Nudo/For CU-CitizenAccess.org --  Mother and daughter enter the brightly lit Biggby Coffee shop on Mattis Avenue in Champaign. It’s a brisk October…

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Read more about the article CU-CitizenAccess co-founder honored with campus-wide award
Brant Houston, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair and Professor in the Department of Journalism in the College of Media at the University of Illinois 2012-2013 CAEPE Award Winner

CU-CitizenAccess co-founder honored with campus-wide award

The co-founder and director of CU-CitizenAccess was one of three University of Illinois faculty to be honored Tuesday night with a campus-wide award aimed…

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The University of Illinios's opt-in system - Illini Alerts - as it appears on a text message.

Spot check: Campus emergency alert systems across the country

By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess -- A spot check of universities across the Midwest and around the nation has revealed that four-year institutions are inconsistent in…

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Read more about the article Opt-in text alert system leaves many at University of Illinois outDanielle Sheppard
Students check their phones at a bus stop on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus

Opt-in text alert system leaves many at University of Illinois out

By Amy Harwath/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- A Northern Illinois University lecture hall was the target of a mass shooting in 2008 where five persons were killed…

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Read more about the article Building Emergency Action Plans still a work in progressDarrell Hoemann/The News-Gazette
A building on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. More than 400 buildings lack emergency evacuation plans.

Building Emergency Action Plans still a work in progress

By Sean Hermann/For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Nearly 400 buildings on the University of Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign lack the required Building Emergency Action Plans that would…

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