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This summer there will be no issues of the Chicago Flame Newspaper to pick up, but you can still read our archives online.
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Members of the UIC community gathered at the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) last Friday for a special event celebrating Professor David Perry and his eleven years as Director of the UIC Great Cities Institute.
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Nurses throughout the country were honored during the National Nurses Week from Friday, May 6 through Thursday May 12 last week.
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The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) met for their final meeting of the semester last Thursday to discuss the possible repeal and revote of the controversial USG member compensation act voted into effect last week.
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Fire safety services force mascot change
In a harsh blow to the school's morale, school board president Melinda Funke announced last Thursday that UIC will change the name of their athletic teams, The Flames, and their relevant mascot, Sparky the Dragon.
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A full moon lit up the UIC quad on March 19th at 6:10 p.m. Students walked under its radiant bright light, exiting lecture centers and the library. At approximately 6:15 a guttural howl was heard.
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Carlton Banks, cousin of the Fresh Prince, has confirmed rumors that he will no longer dance to Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual."
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Despite almost everyone's better judgment, the student-run newspaper, the Chicago Flame, published a mock-newspaper this week in celebration of April Fool's Day.
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Over 350 protestors organized last week in front of the Dirksen Federal Building to protest U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's decision to subpoena 23 anti-war and Palestine solidarity activists.
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Student renters discuss their rights
UIC students met at the Commuter Student Resource Center last Wednesday for a Renter's Rights Workshop hosted by the Metropolitan Tenants Organization.
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UIC students undressed in the UIC Quad and ran around campus in their underwear last Monday to celebrate UIC's first ever Undie Run, a nationwide competition between universities to donate clothing to the less fortunate.
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Green Fee proposal still uncertain
As the spring semester comes to an end, one referendum is still waiting to be passed. Although the Green Fee referendum was supported in a recent student vote, it still must be approved by the U of I Board of Trustees.
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Over a thousand people gathered at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church this past Saturday, April 30, to demand that Illinois legislators pass the DREAM Act.
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The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) met last Thursday to discuss a number of items on their agenda ranging from woman's sports teams on campus to next week's Lobby Day.
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A group of students from the College of Pharmacy are working with the Respiratory Health Association and the Chicago Tobacco Prevention Project to transform the UIC Medical Center (UIMC) into a smoke-free campus.
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UIC's Undergraduate Student Government (USG) will be sponsoring UIC and Chicago's first ever Undie Run this Monday, April 25th at 6 pm.
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A group of UIC students unveiled their project on immigration-related deaths at the Oak Park blue line stop last Thursday.
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The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) met last Thursday to discuss a number of items on their agenda ranging from future renovations of the Daley Library, the addition of a woman's soccer team to UIC, and the appropriation of money to the Student Nurses Association (SNA).
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The UIC Office of Sustainability sponsored a Geothermal Presentation and Tour of Lincoln Hall last Wednesday, April 13.
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University of Illinois Board of Trustees Chairman Chris Kennedy visited UIC last Thursday to present a lecture entitled "The Research University and Our Future."
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Students, staff members and alumni from the University of Illinois paid a visit to the state capital in Springfield last Wednesday in order to lobby state officials for school funding and the preservation of the Illinois state MAP Grant.
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Lecture: framing a photo frames political perceptions
UIC's Institute for the Humanities hosted Professor Saidiya Hartman of Columbia University last Tuesday for a lecture entitled "Wayward Lives and Motion of History."
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