Spotlights

The Centinal
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  • University of Illinois Area High School Art Exhibition

    The University of Illinois hosted the 2nd annual exhibition of artwork by area high school students. The gallery opened on December 6th and will remain open until January 8th. The event was sponsored by School of Art + Design and Krannert Art Museum. This offered high school students the chance to present their work to the Read more

  • Boys to Men?

    By Hannah Ritchey co editor-in-chief November 1st, marked the start of “Movember”, also known as “No-shave November.” Movember started out as a prostate cancer awareness movement that encouraged men to grow a mustache by going without shaving for the entire month of November. Read more

  • 10 Year-Old’s Death Stuns All

    By Roni Adar – News Editor Bullying is the act of intentionally hurting someone, whether it be physically or emotionally. Bullying hurts people of all ages, shapes, and sizes. Almost everyone has experienced it at least once. However, for Ashlynn Conner, bullying cost her her life. Ashlynn Conner was a classic 10-year-old midwestern gal. She Read more

  • K-pop Finds a Champaign Audience

    By Faith Middleton Champaign-Urbana is, without a doubt, a college town. With the popular University comes the wide-spread diversity of cultures, languages, ethnic groups and tastes. One such taste is the genre of “K-pop”, or Korean pop music. Korean pop is deeply rooted in electropop, hip-hop and R&B. The most frequently used instruments are vocals, Read more

  • Adding an Extra Hour to the School Day

    By Andrew Warner  Staff Writer We’ve all experienced those days that seem to drag on forever, and by last hour, all of our time is focused on the clock counting down the minutes until we are released. Its days like those where all you want to do is be home and on the couch watching Read more