A local protest co-organized by Uni student Shara Esbenshade will be held Saturday afternoon in downtown Champaign, to coincide with a national March on Washington against the war in Iraq.

Couldn't get to a game last week? Spend a couple of minutes listening to the Gargoyle's "Week in Uni sports," and we'll bring you up to date on what you missed. Covered in this audiocast: varsity basketball action during the week of Jan. 15-19.

When does affirmative action cross the line into discrimination? Is creating diversity all that it's cut out to be? Shivani Khanna shines light onto the uncomfortable reality facing American higher education today.

Playing without Rachel Skoza, Jessi Sullivan, and Kaylie Dastrup, Uni fell to Donovan 84-41 Thursday. The girls play again tonight when they face Buckley Christ Lutheran at Kenney Gym. The varsity game begins at 6 p.m., followed by the boys varsity at 7:30 p.m.