Monthly Archives: December 2016

Psychological Affects of Racism

The United States prides itself on being a home for people from all backgrounds. That means cultural ideas from all over the world are coming together in a country with its own racial history. See our more on racism in … Continue reading

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Not My University

The African-American struggle for both inclusiveness and representation at the University of Illinois has a long-running background, dating back prior to the start of Project 500—a public demand to admit more African-American and Latino students into the university. An inspirational … Continue reading

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Mental Health Matters

  As a group, we chose to use an alternate host for our website to create a final project more unified with our topic and theme of Mental Health Awareness. The site we used, which can be found here, allowed … Continue reading

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Voices from the Field

On an off the field, student athletes serve as role models. Athletes, as public figures, have a platform that can be used to publicly voice opinions.  Historically, athletes have been using this platform to stand up for social issues. One … Continue reading

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