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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:12 pm 
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Maybe a couple guys can call B&B and see what thay think on this subject. Let's see who the meatballs really are!
Illiniwek to dance again
By Megan Twohey | Tribune staff reporter
November 12, 2008

Chief Illiniwek during a halftime show at a women's basketball game in Champaign. (AP / February 6, 2000)


After a banishment of nearly two years, Chief Illiniwek once again is putting on the buckskins, beads and turkey feathers.

Since the University of Illinois Board of Trustees banned the 80-year-old mascot from sporting events in February 2007, citing cultural insensitivity, defenders of Chief Illiniwek have been working toward a resurrection.

Last spring, a group of former chiefs held tryouts to select a new performer. One dozen students tried out—undergoing nearly eight weeks of training—before the honor was bestowed on then-junior Logan Ponce.

But what good was that without the chief's traditional regalia? The university had locked the original in its archives. So a group called Students for Chief Illiniwek paid to have a replica costume made.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.


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I don't think B&B attend church much.

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