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Theft 12 Criminal Damage 1 Assault 1 Criminal Trespass 1 Disorderly Conduct 1 Possession of a Hypodermic Syringe 1 Harassment by Telephone 1 Narcotics 1 Motor Vehicle Theft/Recovery 1 Note: Unless stipulated otherwise, victim(s)/offender(s) are not UIC affiliated.

Jazz funeral march commemorates Katrina victims

Jazz funeral march commemorates Katrina victims
Last Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. People across the nation remembered the Katrina victims and there were memorials held around the country. For Katrina victims it has been a long year.

USG's bringing sexy back...I mean recess back

It's about that time again. After a week of school, you need a break. Better yet, you need a recess. And UIC's USG delivers on this very need. The biannual, Recess will be held in the quad Tuesday, September 5 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Returning students are most likely beaming as they read this good news.

Clamp Got Your Tongue?

If you were an Aztec shaman in 65 BC, you might be piercing your tongue and passing a rough cord back and forth through your temporary hole. If you were a UIC student in the year 2006 AD, you might be sitting in Taylor Street Tattoo & Body Piercing with your tongue stretched out in clamps held by Tim Gooding, the shop's piercer.

Students kick back with a movie and a needle

With reports that depleted hospital blood banks house less blood than a hospital demands in a single day, the University of Illinois Medical Center is constantly coming up with new ways to bring in donors. Last week: a blood drive-in movie. Students donating blood on Wednesday or Thursday of the first week of school were treated to "Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Pocket Doc

Dr. George is an Emergency Room physician with the University of Illinois at Chicago's Medical Center. When did you know you wanted to be an ER physician rather than another type of doctor? My case is unusual. I still expect to be a baseball player when I grow up.

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