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Girls basketball: Illineks lose to Shiloh in home opener

[UPDATED] Fresh off winning the McDonald's Comet Classic last week, the undefeated Shiloh Raiders came into Kenney Gym tonight with three players who made the all-tournament team and proceeded to spoil Uni's home debut 61-37. The Illineks, now 2-5, will travel to Villa Grove on Thursday.

Bon soir: A night out with French transfer Clement Dossin

Senior Anna Cangellaris and sophomore Sindha Agha wanted to figure out who the new, mysterious, and very Gallic face at Uni was, so they took junior Clement Dossin, a transfer from Tournefeuille, France, out for a night around Champaign-Urbana to put together a complete picture of this new international transfer.

StudProd diary: An unconventional rehearsal

[UPDATED] Uni's annual showcase of student-written and -directed plays will be performed 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the North Attic Playhouse. This week the OG will present a backstage look at the making of StudProd 2007, with contributions from two of the writer-directors and three of the cast members. First up: sophomore Anna Gooler, who plays Mom in Lauren Piester's play, "My Parents Think I'm Perfect."

Gargoyle guide to the week in entertainment, Nov. 26-Dec. 2

[UPDATED] After the entertainment glut of Thanksgiving week, there's a noticeable slowdown as we get to the final week of November. The medical thriller "Awake" looks promising, but when the best of the DVD releases is a movie based on Bratz dolls, you know the pickings are slim. Broadway fans will be sure to check out "Hairspray" at the Assembly Hall on Thursday (unless they're rehearsing for Stud Prod), but video gamers won't find much interest in this week's game releases.