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Jeff Jordan had a point to make
The Illini defeated Wisconsin today in Indianapolis during the second round of the Big Ten tournament. Jeff Jordan displayed minor heroics down the stretch.
| Merry Ann’s Diner to open in Urbana at Gregory Place
Full disclosure here: Tony Pomonis is the owner of Merry Ann’s Diner, and he writes for Smile Politely, and he is someone that I consider to be a good friend. Beyond that, here’s what it’s going to look like, roughly:
For those of you unfamiliar with Gregory Place, it’s at 701 S. Gregory in Urbana. The building plays host to Rosati’s Pizza, Basil Thai, Subway, Heartland Bank, and formerly, Blues BBQ. This is going into where Blues once stood.
So, now you can get a Diner Stack all over town. Literally.
Recent Works by Elzie Sexton at Cafe Kopi
A small selection of mixed media artwork from Elzie Sexton will be on display at Cafe Kopi from March 7 until April Fool’s Day.
Elsinore’s time on the Couch
Former SP writer Carlye Wisel has a new project called Big Ugly Yellow Couch, and Elsinore recently took a seat when they passed through Brooklyn:
http://www.biguglyyellowcouch.com/post/2010/2/28/couch-session-elsinore.html
Joe Pug impromptu show
One of your dear editors froze her fekkin ass off to bring you pictures of Joe Pug’s impromptu show at County Market at 3:00pm today. The bard only played three songs, out of an old van in 19 degree weather, but the atmosphere was warm. Enjoy.
Champaign West Rotary camps out to raise funds for Haiti
I think this was probably covered by every local media outlet already, but hey, what’s it hurt to call more attention to a great cause. Members of the Champaign West Rotary Club camped out on the little isthmus between Neil and Market at Logan Street last night, encouraging passersby to donate money to Haiti relief.
The money will be used to purchase Shelter Boxes, packages containing a tent and other survival supplies. When I visited at 6 p.m. or so, they’d already raised $8,000 that day and $13,000 overall, enough to purchase 13 shelter boxes. If you didn’t have a chance last night, and would still like to give, contact the Rotary’s Bill Walter.
Here are some pictures. The list of the contents of the Shelter Boxes follow after:
That’s Bill Walter on the left.
And that’s City Councilperson Karen Foster on the right (a good reporter would have gotten everyone’s names).
The Shelter Box (pictured above) contains the following:
• One ten-person tent, including two fabric interior privacy partitions, outer fly-sheet and repair kit. These tents are considered ‘winter suitable’ by international relief standards.
• Vinyl insulated sleeping mats and lightweight thermal blankets. More compact than sleeping bags, these mats and blankets have multiple uses. The blanket can also be fashioned to catch water, as a tarp, etc. while the mat also serves as a ground ‘table’ for meals, or tent rugs.
• One pack of 180 water purification tablets or a water purification kit; and one 5 gallon flat-pack water container (Each tablet will purify a full container of water providing 1,800 gallons of clean drinking water which should be sufficient for a family of ten for up to three months).
• Two 2.1 gallon, collapsible, plastic water carriers.
• One collapsible trenching shovel
• Rope, 164 foot
• Repellant-treated mosquito netting
• Ten PVC Ponchos/ ten HD plastic bags
• Tool kit in canvas bag: hachet, jack-knife, screwdriver, hammer, hoe head etc.
• Multi-fueled cook stove
• Eating utensils: enamel plates/cups
• Children’s activity kit-simple school supplies, stickers and coloring book
U of I bug photographer gets a shout out
Today Boing Boing briefly talked up U of I biologist Alex Wild’s photography of bugs (like the above shot of a Carpenter Ant). In light of the upcoming Insect Fear Film Fest, check out his work at Boing Boing or his blog.
Git yer hip-hop “Sandwiches” Saturday
217Mafia and The UC Hip-Hop Congress are at it again. This time bringing you the best music the best hip hop music the town has to offer with “Sandwiches”Beats, Rhymes, and Breaking between oven-toasted, whole wheat bread.
$5 gets you a taste
Where: The Red Herring (1209 W Oregon Urbana, IL)When: January 30th 8pm
The Ingredients:
DJ Belly
Rob Killa
Shaun “SCP” Peace
Floor Lover Illinois
S.wordS
S-Preme
Krukid
The secret summit: Illini players talk to the media
The media embargo didn’t last.
This afternoon at Ubben, the players were made available to preview Wednesday’s Penn State game. But no one asked about that. There was newsier news.
The Illini had Sunday off, but the players all came together when Bill Cole texted the team. They met to hash things out.
Although the guys all said they’d keep the specifics to themselves, they did talk about the meeting (except Mike Tisdale, who declined an invitation to comment).
Here’s what DJ Richardson, Bill Cole, Bubba Chisholm and Tyler Griffey (respectively) had to say about the player summit:
Dominique Keller was the last guy to meet the press. For his two cents, the captains should be Demetri McCamey and Mike Davis. They’re on the floor the most, and they get the most publicity.
It’s the unspoken underlying narrative of this comment that I find most striking.
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