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| Postcard art Michele Bock and Barry Blinderman, director of University Galleries, position postcard art on the walls of the gallery in preparation for the fifth annual PostCard Art evening Saturday, April 28. Attendees take home an original piece of postcard-sized art, including the one at right, donated by a student, alumnus or artist friend of the College of Fine Arts. Proceeds from the event help support Friends of the Arts scholarships. (Photos by George Jett / Staff Photographer) |
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Fraternity's shaved heads support member's cancer fight
Within the past year, both my mother and brother have been diagnosed with cancer. First came my mother, who visited the doctor in April of 2011 for an eye swollen shut the size of a golf ball. Not long after, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and shown an x-ray of the multiple tumors lining her spine. Then came my fraternity brother, Jack Healy. Last February, at just 20-years-old, Healy was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer.
Restaurant uses local food in high-class cuisine
In today’s hamburger-and-fries culture, grease and salt smother many of the menu items in local restaurants. While some establishments are content to serve such food, others are now focusing on healthier options for their customers. Ken Myszka, CEO and executive chef of Station 220 in Bloomington, has cooked up a plan to deliver fresh produce from the farm to your fork at a pace that gives a whole new meaning to the term “fast food”.
Baseball has gone to great lengths to honor Robinson’s legacy as the breaker of the color barrier. As I learned on Thursday, however, baseball’s racial history is more complex than one player breaking down the wall. Many players’ stories of struggle against baseball’s racial inequality are untold. Adrian Burgos, a baseball historian and University of Illinois professor, gave me my first “a-ha!” moment on Thursday as he spoke at Milner Library.
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