Chief Illiniwek is the University of Illinois mascot, or at least he was. Chief Illiniwek created controversy - many activists and community groups found the University of Illinois mascot offensive. In February 2007, Chief Illiniwek...
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Chief Illiniwek is the University of Illinois mascot, or at least he was. Chief Illiniwek created controversy - many activists and community groups found the University of Illinois mascot offensive. In February 2007, Chief Illiniwek will be retired.
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If you want to read about the latest news involving the Chief Illiniwek controversy - YOU WILL NOT FIND IT on the News Gazette this morning. Take that, RM, with your flying-off-the-handle way of dealing with me. Will they dare NOT pick up this story from the news wire, for news in their back yard, when they can't get at the sources until next Wednesday?
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If you want to read about the latest news involving the Chief Illiniwek controversy - YOU WILL NOT FIND IT on the News Gazette this morning. Take that, RM, with your flying-off-the-handle way of dealing with me. Will they dare NOT pick up this story from the news wire, for news in their back yard, when they can't get at the sources until next Wednesday?
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A suit was filed in US Central District Court to seek the recovery of the Chief Illiniwek symbol from the uses being made of it by the University of Illinois Controversy about Native American symbol continues
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A state appellate court has upheld the dismissals of a pair of lawsuits that claimed the University of Illinois broke state law when it eliminated its controversial Chief Illiniwek mascot.
MSNBC - ... had just performed Chief Illiniwek ... Crystal Lake, said Chief Illiniwek will be missed most at football games, where Illini fans haven’t had much to cheer about the past few years. â€
Journal Gazette and Times Courier - Final Chief dance tugs at emotions of local Ilini fans DECATUR -- Art Richard wore a black shirt under his Illini sweater as he watched Chief Illiniwek's last d
Chief Illiniwek is an official symbol of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that has been associated with the University's intercollegiate athletic program since the Twenties. The Chie
WHOI - CHAMPAIGN, ILL. (AP) -- CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Chief Illiniwek has performed his last dance as the University of Illinois mascot. After 20 years of pressure from activists who found the Uni