Giving back through track
By Jonathan Nonnie/For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- A sports-related injury can be a devastating event in the life of an active young adult. But for Nealay Kalita,…
Emma Weissmann
Hailey Anderson, a University of Illinois student, rides her horse, Kharma. Spring 2014.
A University of Illinois student finds peace in Kharma
Most students choose to spend their off hours studying, hanging out with friends or catching up on sleep. But Hailey Anderson, a senior physics student at the University of Illinois, spends her free time in a different way: caring for her pet, Kharma.
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Claire Hampton with her mother. Claire was born in Seoul, South Korea and came to the United States when she was four months old.
Growing up Asian in a white family; one adoptee’s struggle
By Earn Saenmuk/For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- There was a girl in my Korean class. Well, there were more than one, but this particular one was…
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Chip McNeill plays for the dancers.
Traffic Jam: USO Swing Night
The Chip McNeill Swingin' Quartet
Chip McNeill and his swingin' quartet will rev up the Krannert Center lobby with the jumpin' sounds of the 1940s. The U of I Swing Society will put set the joint jumpin' as the up-tempo high-energy music encourages everyone to dance the night away.
Slices of Life: Jazz Professor Chip McNeill throws himself into his work
By Samantha Kiesel -- Chip McNeill walks down the hall in his black sneakers as jazz music floods the basement of Smith Hall. He…
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Cindy Eaglen, left, and Charlotte look at each other at Feathered Friends, her avian rescue and rehab organization in Champaign. Eaglen is a Danville resident but works in Champaign at Illini Recycling, which doubles as Feathered Friends. In Champaign on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.
Slices of Life: Danville woman adores her flock of feathered friends
By Jessica Bourque -- Cindy Eaglen — that's eagle with an 'n' — sits in her computer chair, a bird in one hand, a…
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Maureen Holtz address the council during a Monticello city council meeting on Monday, June 23, 2014. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access
“Letter to the residents of Monticello” ad lands city council in hot water
By Claire Everett/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- An ongoing struggle between the Monticello City Council and a citizen’s group has led to the city council being cited…
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Willie Summerville directs a rehearsal of Messiah as Davion Williams sings a solo at Canaan Baptist Church in Urbana.
Slices of Life: Willie Summerville: “Somebody say ‘Amen'”
By Samantha Bakall -- Willie T. Summerville sits behind the church organ, his fingers dancing on the keys and his lips slightly pursed at the…
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I Ketut Gede Asnawa gently bangs a gong, which helps make up a gamelan, at the School of Music Building in Urbana.
Slices of Life: Missing the music
By Sonia Kurniawan -- If only. If only he were back in Bali. He would not have so many sleepless nights. His heart would not…
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connie Bickers sheds tears at the memorial she has built in the front yard of their home in rural St. Joe on Thursday, May 15, 2008.
Slices of Life: Area families struggle to find life after a soldier’s death
By Jonathan Jacobson -- Connie Bickers gave me simple directions to her house in St. Joseph, but the country roads in central Illinois all…
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Pastor Ervin Williams of Urban Restoration Ministries poses for a portrait in the main sanctuary.
Slices of Life: Never give up: The constant message at Restoration Urban Ministries
By Candice Norwood -- The Rev. Ervin Williams loves Sunday night, the rare time when he can stop, relax and listen. As the founder…
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