Good Reads: 1/29/19
Pretty balmy out today.
We live in the Arctic now
Existence is pain.
The City of Champaign has a list of warming centers, shelters, and more on their website
(Julie McClure / Smile Politely)
C-U at Home seeking volunteers for daytime drop-in center
(Debra Pressey / News-Gazette)
Everything is closed tomorrow
Champaign schools. Urbana schools. The Champaign County Courthouse. The Champaign County Sheriff's Office (that can't be safe right?). Amtrak trains.
(WCIA)
MTD offering free rides tomorrow
There's a pretty huge petition on Change.org for the U of I to 'close' tomorrow
It has more than 13,000 signatures as of this morning. It's 18 hours old.
UPDATE: There ya have it, folks:
The memes have been good too
"Excellence never closes"r/UIUC
Oofr/UIUC
When classes have yet to be cancelled because of subzero temps...r/UIUC
Ringo, yes that Ringo, is coming to town
With his "All-Starr Band," which one can only assume is composed of his siblings.
(Patrick Singer / Smile Politely)
3-4 more being tested for measles after last week's confirmed case
Awesome.
(Ben Zigterman / News-Gazette)
The Illini play Minnesota tomorrow
One of the few places on the planet that will be colder than Champaign-Urbana.
Read The Champaign Room's preview.
This is a bad take
This is a good take:
DCCC targets IL-13 again for 2020
State Rep. Carol Ammons Wants More State Funding For Illinois Higher Ed
(Lee Gaines / Illinois Public Media)
