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Archive - Jan 16, 2008

Chained up

Anyone who exits the interstate at North Prospect in Champaign can tell you that chain stores and restaurants are certainly a large part of American business.

Whether or not this is a good thing, the trend has at least changed the typical diet.

Why YOU should go to winter formal

Uni dances have become so unpopular, and frankly the rebellion is getting quite annoying.

Think Uni is too crowded?

If you think that Uni is too crowded, then you obviously have not heard about Richmond Hill High School in Queens, N.Y., which has twice as many students as it has room for.

IHSA's progressive policy

On Monday, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced that it will be testing random athletes for steroid and performance enhancer use during post-season competitions starting with the 2008-09 school year.

Boys basketball: Illineks dominate No. 5 PBL in home win, Renner closes in on career-scoring record

The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers came into Kenney Gym Tuesday night ranked fifth in the area by The News-Gazette. But it was the host Illineks who played like one of the area's elite teams. Behind Mike Renner's 21 points, Chumar Williams' skillful game management, and clutch plays by a host of other Illineks, Uni defeated PBL handily 71-57. Renner needs just 3 points to tie the Uni boys career record of 1,372 held by his brother Al, a 2006 grad.

Drug testing? No problem if you’re innocent

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Next year, if you’re a varsity athlete, you may be forced to take a test a bit different from the ones for history or math class. A drug test.