#University of Illinois at Chicago

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Complaint accuses UIC of discriminating against Palestinian students - CBS Chicago

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UIC/Halsted Blue Line Station, Reopened! Monday, August 21, 2023

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Midway Plaisance, University of Chicago, May 2020, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL

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Illinois-Chicago Swim

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Redbird alums Joe Murphy ’82 and Lori (Cavallini) Campione ’80 are coming to Washington, D.C.

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Murphy and Campione received five-star treatment sharing a dressing room with performers like six-time Grammy Award-winner Dionne Warwick and award-winning actor, singer, songwriter, and producer Darren Criss.

“We were in the green room with these big-name celebrities, but before we knew it, they turned the tables on us and were asking us for selfies. We thought they were the rock stars but they thought we were,” said Campione.

After talking with Criss, the Glee alum offered to make a video for Murphy’s daughter, who is a huge fan. Then, the tables were turned on Murphy and Campione once again when they made a video from Santa and Mrs. Claus for Criss’ daughter. This friendship then led to Murphy and Campione being invited on stage at one of Criss’ concerts in the weeks following the tree lighting. It’s safe to say these two make an impact on everyone they meet.

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Northwestern Medicine. Campus in Chicago. Dec 7, 2023.

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Flashback: Chicago, Illinois, 1954:

Nicholas declares, Accusations totally without merit. The committee member says, Are you implying that the other members of the faculty were lying, Mr. Girard? Perhaps the committee should have their names. Nicholas answers, No, I never said anything about lying. All I'm saying is that there has clearly been a misinterpretation of the facts. The committee member says, Then, Mr. Girard, just answer the question.

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Despite the past accusations, I have never claimed that Islam is Hitler.

But University of Illinois wishes to say that Islam stands against the same things Hitler did, and it is a good thing.

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Thirteen months ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade opening the door for states to curtail or ban abortions.

Abortion remains legal in 21 states, including Illinois, which continues to expand access.

“While our neighboring states revert to forcing back-alley abortions, Illinois will remain a safe haven for women,” said Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who on Monday announced a new partnership between the University of Illinois Chicago, RUSH, the Chicago Abortion Fund, and state agencies aimed at helping women navigate medical needs related to abortions.

Pritzker said the state has also created a Family Planning program for Medicaid and is taking requests for proposals for an abortion services hotline.

“In the Land of Lincoln, we’ve doubled down on our commitment to maintain and expand reproductive health access for patients and protect providers,” Pritzker said.

Illinois has also made it illegal for crisis pregnancy centers to use misleading information to interfere with abortion services.

“Many of these centers are being put next to clinics where people are seeking to exercise their reproductive rights,” Pritzker said.

The pregnancy centers are challenging the law.

All of this is just in Illinois, as states are charting their own course across America. Roughly half of states ban or limit the procedure, or they’re trying to. Georgia bans abortion at roughly six weeks of pregnancy, and a ban in Indiana will take effect on August 1.

Medication abortion is another topic. Nearly two-thirds of states still allow it, but anti-abortion groups are also targeting the pills.

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Today I was a guest speaker at University of Illinois Chicago again! Thank you again to Carrie McGath for having me in your English classes!

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Blue Line Shuttle Bus from UIC to Jackson, August 19, 2023

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R.I.P. Mark Kellar

It is sad to see this news. I used to play racquetball with Mark when he lived in the Chicago area. He later moved to Minnesota, and I never saw him again. He had an outstanding collegiate football career as a fullback. In 1973, he led the NCAA in rushing, beating out notable future NFL players Tony Dorsett (Pittsburgh), John Cappelletti (Penn State) and Archie Griffin (Ohio State). He went on to play two seasons with the Chicago Fire (World Football League) and three seasons with the Minnesota Vikings (National Football League).

Mark was an excellent racquetball player and he taught me a lot about the game. In particular, he taught me patience. Don't panic and try to cut off the ball. Follow it to the back wall and set yourself up for a good shot. He had that part of the game mastered. He never looked like he was playing hard, but he always got to the ball and made good shots.

I have some good memories of Mark. The first time he played at our club, it was in a doubles match that included me and a guy that had a reputation for being ornery. There were a couple of hinder calls by Mark that Mr. Ornery didn’t agree with. At some point, Mr. O., knowing nothing about Mark’s background as a football player, decides to get in Mark’s face and read him the riot act. Mark got in Mr. O’s face, and shouted, “WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TALKING TO” as I proceeded to wedge myself in between them to try to prevent any fisticuffs.

When Mark joined our club, I recruited him for our travel league team where he quickly became one of the top players in the league. There was a new team that joined the league the year before and their number one player went unbeaten in their first season. In the second season, he was still undefeated when we played his team on their home court. I matched Mark up with this guy, and Mark took care of business and won the match. His opponent did not shake Mark’s hand after the match. Instead, he stormed off the court toward the locker room. Mark causally strolled off the court, and nonchalantly quipped, “I guess I wasn’t supposed to beat that guy!”

I did manage to beat Mark once in our in-house morning league. Knowing that winning two consecutive games against him was virtually impossible, my strategy was to lay it all out and win the first game so that I would have a shot of winning the game three tiebreaker. My strategy worked. I won game three when I buried a ceiling shot in the back corner of his backhand side. When he tried and failed to dig the ball out of the corner, he said, “You talked me right out of it!” I took that as a great compliment from a former pro athlete.

Mark was always easy-going and if we weren’t playing racquetball, we’d always have a chat during our morning workouts. He would get on one those old white and black Stairmasters, set it at top speed, and do it for an hour straight. (By contrast, thirty minutes and medium-low speed was all I could handle.) Mark was never pretentious about his athletic career. However, he didn’t mind talking about it when asked. Though he seldom went out with the racquetball team after our travel league matches, I do remember one night when we sat in a bar, talked about his career and playing in Soldier Field, Metropolitan Stadium and Lambeau Field on cold December days.

Unfortunately, he moved to Minnesota just before cell phones became ubiquitous, so I had no contact information for him after he left. As I later traveled to Minnesota periodically for business, I did try to track him down but was unsuccessful. I played quite a bit of racquetball in the Twin Cities area, but nobody knew of Mark. So perhaps he quit playing the game or I just didn’t look in the right places. He was a part of my life for a relatively short but fun period of time. I hope he has found everlasting peace.

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the names of these pets up for adoption on facebook have me crying