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Dec 10, 2024 | mdpi.com | Jonathan Roberts |Scarlet Milo |Daniel Metcalf |Jonathan Matthew

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Nov 14, 2024 | dailyillini.com | Laura Mendes |Sahil Mittal |Jonathan Matthew |Conor Blount

It’s time for part two of the Big Ten fight songs. Featuring some of the conference’s oldest and newest members, the history behind all nine of these schools’ traditional tunes is rich. Ohio State: “Buckeye Battle Cry”In 1919, Ohio State was in search of a new fight song. After receiving numerous submissions, they chose “Buckeye Battle Cry” by Frank Crumit; it has remained a staple ever since. Notably, it is the fastest fight song in the Big Ten.

Nov 14, 2024 | dailyillini.com | Laura Mendes |Sahil Mittal |Jonathan Matthew |Maaike Niekerk

DoubleSpot, a startup cofounded by two University students and an alum, aims to streamline scheduling, event coordination and overall facility operations onto a single management platform. The team behind DoubleSpot includes Sean Chang, senior in AHS, Wei-Jui Chen, senior in Engineering and Chien-Hsuan Chang, University alum. Inspired by his experience as a business strategy and analytics intern for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2022, Sean Chang saw the potential to innovate facility operations.

Nov 14, 2024 | dailyillini.com | Laura Mendes |Sahil Mittal |Jonathan Matthew |Maaike Niekerk

With the most recent Emmys season winding down and the winter months ahead, The Daily Illini has gathered some upcoming winter TV shows to keep tabs on, from familiar returning faces to new adaptations of old classics. Following an accelerated production to capitalize on the box office success of “Dune: Part Two,” HBO and showrunner Alison Schapker are set to release “Dune: Prophecy” — a six-episode exclusive series.

Nov 14, 2024 | dailyillini.com | Laura Mendes |Sahil Mittal |Jonathan Matthew |Maaike Niekerk

Rating: 8.7/10The latest psychological horror/thriller film from A24, “Heretic,” achieves tension and terror while posing interesting questions on the nature of religion — though not quite delivering on all of them. The film follows two young Mormon missionaries, Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East), as they visit potential converts. They stumble across the home of Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), where they fall victim to a sadistic game of theological torture.