Uni's 3,200-meter relay team of sophomore Isaac Chambers, junior Jacob Olshansky, junior Austin Rundus, and sophomore Malcolm Taylor made school history Saturday at the IHSA Class A state track finals. How? The pictures and captions tell the story.

This year's senior supper, in which the Class of 2007 and faculty members had dinner together in Uni Gym, took place Wednesday, much to the enjoyment of everyone present. Watch this slideshow, narrated by senior Bianca Zaharescu, to discover what else happened yesterday evening.

Watch a student-made video of Saturday's "die-in," a local protest run by high school students, including many from Uni, who assembled to address America's participation in the war in Iraq.

This week activist Cindy Sheehan announced that she is stepping down from her prominent role in the anti-war movement. "It was not an easy decision," she said in an interview. "We will retool ... and come at it from a different direction." Earlier this year Sheehan was in Champaign-Urbana to speak about how one person can make a difference. We are reprinting Sheehan's speech with her permission.

Sales of CDs continue to fall while the threat of lawsuits does nothing to stop illegal downloads. At some point, won't the recording industry have to change the way it does business? Ranny Ma thinks so.

Every year Uni students work in partnership with WILL-AM 580 to produce documentaries on local history. The programs have their origins in the annual subfreshman oral history project, but even upperclassmen become involved in producing the final versions. Inside, find out how and why these award-winning programs are created.

"Thus my senior column will take its inspiration from something I have a feeling most Uni students hate -- laissez-faire economics!" Senior Ben Hyman daringly attempts to capture his Uni experiences through the lens of 19th-century economic ideas. Read on to see if he succeeds.

Judging by the jubilance displayed in the pictures, this year's senior class enjoyed itself immensely on its trip this past Friday to Six Flags, just outside St. Louis. Get the inside scoop from senior Jonathon Baron on exactly what the seniors did.

"Generally, I'm pretty happy with the last five years, and the things I'm not so happy with don't matter anymore," writes senior Michael Belmont. "These days I spend most of my thoughts on how I will apply the lessons I have picked up." Read on as the Gargoyle seniors continue with their final columns.

For the second straight year, the Uni prodigy has been selected to compete for the United States in the world's toughest math contest, the International Mathematical Olympiad, which will be held this summer in Hanoi, Vietnam.

"If this weren't a serious column I would compare my class to a pride of lions for no particular reason," writes senior Bethany Hutchens, "but since it is a serious column, I'll forgo the humor and call us a family, albeit one with lots of crazy aunts and uncles." Check inside for more as Bethany kicks off a week of final reflections by the Gargoyle seniors.

The 3,200-meter relay team of sophomore Isaac Chambers, junior Jacob Olshansky, junior Austin Rundus, and sophomore Malcolm Taylor ran a school-record time on the way to winning a medal today in the IHSA Class A state track finals at Eastern Illinois University. It's the first time in Uni history that a boys relay team has medaled at state.

Weird and funny, exciting and action-packed, "At World's End" is a fine way to wrap up the "POTC" series, according to Sarah Pfander. Check inside for more about the latest Hollywood blockbuster to open in C-U.

The 4x800 relay squad of sophomore Isaac Chambers, junior Jacob Olshansky, junior Austin Rundus, and sophomore Malcolm Taylor turned in the eighth-fastest time out of 32 teams this morning in the Class A state prelims to advance to Saturday's final at Eastern Illinois University's O'Brien Stadium. [UPDATED with photos.]

People love to be complimented for their achievements, but Avanti Chajed worries that someday people might become a little too attached to praise. With teachers being urged not to use red pens when grading because it lowers a student's self-esteem, how far will we go to make people feel special?