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2 days ago | dailyillini.com | Maaike Niekerk

The art of debate, discovering the complete and genuine truth, is a practice cherished by both political ideologies alike; however, nothing satiates a Republican quite like it. To intellectually outmaneuver an 18-year-old college student, with their accompanying blue hair, pronouns and degree in Gender Studies, evokes the rhetorical legends of yore like nothing else. But within the right-wing sphere of influence, one icon of debate stands out above the rest — Charlie Kirk.

3 days ago | dailyillini.com | Maaike Niekerk

Categories: Two members of the Illini Wheelchair Track and Road Racing team claimed podium spots at the 129th Boston Marathon Monday morning. T54 Susannah Scaroni won the women’s wheelchair race at 1:35:20. Scaroni beat Swiss athletes Catherine Debrunner and Manuela Schar by over two minutes. This marks Scaroni’s second Boston Marathon win after her 2023 victory. T54 Daniel Romanchuk took second in the men’s wheelchair competition, coming in just behind Switzerland’s Marcel Hug at 1:25:58.

5 days ago | dailyillini.com | Maaike Niekerk

Admitting it isn’t something that I’m proud of — in fact, I’m slightly ashamed — I’m a chronic night owl. There are nights when I fall asleep at the very hours many people rise to start their days. Recently, during one of my usual late-night procrastination sessions, I was affected by the phenomenon of sleepiness I avoid so prolifically. As I was going to put my phone down, I saw a livestream airing from the Senate floor. There, in the quiet hours of the night, was Sen.

6 days ago | dailyillini.com | Maaike Niekerk

Categories: **This article contains spoilers**Krannert Center for the Performing Arts put on “Plumas Negras” from April 11-19 for its Illinois Theatre 2024-25 season, bringing a powerfully emotional story to the stage. The play tackles loss, family and generational trauma in the Mexican migrant community of East Salinas, California.

6 days ago | dailyillini.com | Maaike Niekerk

“Abundance” is a recently published book by journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson that, ironically, you might not be able to find at a bookstore. When I went looking and couldn’t find it, I approached a bookseller and asked if they had any copies. Luckily, they had just received a shipment that day and got it for me from the backroom. Supply seems unable to keep up with the demand for this new vision of the future.  Something is going wrong on the American left and in our politics in general.