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Nearly 7,000 students graduated from LAS this year alone. Many have found unique ways to pursue thei

Making the LAS Degree work

Kristin Boyd walked into UIC's College of Business Administration not knowing that one semester later she would leave behind her finance major to pursue the words of literary critics. Full story

Sue’s great big smile is always a welcoming site on a Free Day at The Field Museum.

Free summer events in Chicago

Not just for tourists: a budget friendly summer time itinerary

Many students have to pick up extra jobs just to stay afloat during the summer, but luckily Chicago offers a glorious array of activities which cost as little as no money! Full story

The UIC Writing Center is located inside Grant Hall room 105

UIC Writing Center: Not for paper dropoffs

UIC is one of the most diverse universities in Chicago, with students of many different cultural backgrounds. Naturally, with different cultures come different stories, identities, and lifestyles. Full story

The UIC Women

Rugby: Fighting on field, fundraising on campus

The Women's Rugby team at UIC was created about ten years ago; the men's team had been there longer. It is rumored that the team was started by visiting New Zealanders who taught the students how to play rugby and shared with them their chant and the rugby culture. Full story

Pressure to find a job is higher now than ever, so every bit counts. It may be summer, but you can s

Job Hunting Fashion Tips

Sunny, seventy-five degrees, a refreshing breeze, and you're sitting behind a desk earning the big bucks waiting until 5 o' clock. Sounds like a perfect summer vacation to me. Full story

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Familiar Faces: Sean Deitz, Tech Guru

If you saw Sean Deitz outdoors in the middle of this winter's Snowmageddon, dodging in between buildings with hair and a beard that is down to his navel and without a coat, it would be easy to assume that he is a madman. Full story

Galea a Fulbright Fellowship winner took part in anthropology work in a field school in Egypt in the

UIC student digs bones, unearths Fulbright

The UIC community congratulates recent Fulbright recipient, Jessica Galea. Galea has the details of her process in the pursuit of the Fulbright Fellowship. Full story

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UIC employs unique clean up service

Aside from all of the warming up, flower sprouting, fresh air feeling optimism there lies a more important thing Chicagoan's value, and that's spring clean up. Full story

Billy Jean Richards who has been recently discovered in BSB after being lost for four years is slowl

Missing student found in BSB four years later

For everybody who has ever feared getting lost within the walls of BSB, your fears are reasonable because it happened. Full story

Professor Leotard did not want his own photo to be used, but stated this is the look he goes for eve

Academic Spotlight: Professor Johannes Leotard II

It's one p.m. and students begin to take their seats, pulling out their Moleskine notebooks and quietly conversing with one another. Full story

A student competes at the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association

UIC Table Tennis: Diverse and Selfless

Sean Gandelsman is tall needless to say. And at a glance one might think, basketball? However, that is not his case. His heart lies in table tennis and has remained there since he started at UIC. Full story

Wikileaks

Wikileaks: UIC students react

Disclosure of governmental documents has catapulted Wikileaks into a controversial political sphere. Full story

The National Palace of Santo Domingo will be one of the many places that Nakendra Jackson will visit

Learning Goes Beyond Chicago

UIC students receive Gilman International Scholarships

I am sure that like most students on campus, you have heard the all too familiar advice to study abroad. So, what is behind this constant push to go international and who will cover the costs? Full story

In delivering the 2011 SOTU, Obama set multiple goals for Americans.

Obama addresses nation, UIC students respond

On January 25, almost 43 million people watched President Barack Obama give his 2011 State of the Union, which addressed major issues and gave insight to plans for the country's future. Here is a recap. Full story

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LSAT & GMAT: What you need to know for graduate test success

Do you want to get an advanced degree after graduating from UIC? In order to get into law school or business school you will have to take an admission test. Full story

The Flourish! Conference celebrates the accessibility of open source software.

Not just for CS Majors: The Open Source Initiative

The 5th Annual Open Source Conference, known as Flourish! was held recently this semester at UIC. Full story

Holding up mirrors, reflecting border conflicts

Last Thursday, UIC Associate Professor of Sociology Andy Clarno headed a lecture titled "Against the Wall: the Politics of Exclusion" for UIC Students for Justice in Palestine's annual Israeli Apartheid Week. Full story

Neal has an opinion and is willing to discuss it with you at the bottom of the elevator in SCE.

Familiar Faces: Neal: Marxist-Leninist Activist

Neal is commonly known around campus as "the communist papers guy." Neal hands out a weekly newspaper published by the U.S. Marxist-Leninist Organization called the Voice of Revolution. Full story

ISA board members pose during their Garba night

Indian Student Association celebrates thirty years of tradition

UIC's Indian Student Association celebrated its thirty year anniversary this past Saturday with their annual India Night, a night dedicated to cultural performances that included a talent show, traditional Indian dance, and entertainers such as Dilinois, a diverse acapella group. Full story

Students perform a piece at Noche de Poetas hosted by Latino Cultural Center and four other UIC orga

Moving to the Rhythm of Poets at UIC

With the hustle and bustle of school, work, and life, it becomes important for people to take a breath and do little open mic. Full story

Just one of the beautifully decorated lounges the Auto Lofts offer.

Housing Guide: The Automatic Lofts

Just a hop, skip and a jump across 290 sits The Automatic Lofts at the corner of Morgan and Tilden. Full story

Housing Guide: Gallucci Realty

Just down Taylor Street, 1355 W. Taylor in the University Village, stands a little realty business by the name of Gallucci Realty. Full story

Tailor Lofts is literally steps away from all the Greek food you could ever want.

Housing Guide: The Tailor Lofts

Just a few blocks from campus as well as the Automatic Lofts, a similar enterprise, stands The Tailor Lofts. Full story

The wall that is East Campus Residence.

East Campus Livin’

Being divided into three giant chunks it makes sense that each offer their own chunk of housing. Full story

My Experience with Commons South

It's been a few years but I can still remember the excitement of getting out of my home in the 'burbs and into the all-white-wonderland that is Commons South. Full story

Student Residence Hall stands as a beacon of undergraduate learning for West Campus.

Way Out West (campus)

West Campus housing consists of three separate yet centralized building on the corner of Polk and Damen amidst Chicago's famous Medical District. Full story

Chicagoans braced a record blizzard in years while the city tried keeping up with the heavy snow.

Chicago’s snow plowing: an indication of something more?

If you were among the few persistent and dedicated learners who braved the formidable fortresses of snow last Thursday, your ears were most likely met with the lamenting refrain, "How does the UIC maintenance staff have time to paint the bathroom stalls when entrances to most buildings are covered with snow?" Full story

Pre-Law Society aims to fill the “knowledge gap”

When most people think of the intellectual community at UIC, it often centers around science majors and the programs offered to students interested in health related careers. Full story

One view of the Commuter Campground in the GBU gallery, a space that was envisioned for students to

Commuter Campground: Temporary shared space

UIC Photography major Stephanie Anderson's weeklong show and student experiment, "Commuter Campground", occupied the GBU gallery of the Art + Design Hall last week. Full story

Hunger March 2

Reliving a parade to remember

In January 1915, 1500 hungry and disgruntled men, women, and children gathered in a fashion that appeared to be in the spur of the moment at the premises of the Hull House. Full story