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As the Illini were the first natives encountered by Europeans in the region, the latter adopted the Illini name for the Missouri people.
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After having the sousaphone designed for the Marine Band, it was natural that as Marching Illini became the first band to march and play at the same time, they also were the first band to use sousaphones on the field.
The name is a reference to one of the clans of the historic Illini confederacy, who were encountered by early French explorers to the region.
Early settlers in the area encountered Native American Indians of the Illini and Peoria tribes who were, for the most part, friendly.
The Illinois Confederation, sometimes referred to as the Illiniwek or Illini, were a group of twelve to thirteen Native American tribes in the upper Mississippi River valley of North America.
Daily Illini editorials were halted on September 22, 2006, after the September 20, 2006 editorial on the Midnight Madness basketball event was found to contain misinformation and misinterpretation.
The Kaskaskia were members of the Illinois Confederation ( Illini ), who inhabited the region in the 16th through the 18th centuries.
The name allegedly originated because the company founders were two ex-Illini, hence Xilinx ( two ' X ' Illini ).
Cook helped lead the Illini to a number one seed in the 2001 NCAA Tournament, and the Illini cruised to the Elite 8, where they were upset in a hard fought and controversial game by Cook's future teammate Luke Walton and the Arizona Wildcats.
In the same month, two editors of the Daily Illini, the independent student newspaper of the University of Illinois, were suspended after deciding to publish six of the twelve cartoons.
June 22, 2010: University of Illinois head football coach Ron Zook and head basketball coach Bruce Weber were on hand to witness a 9-5 Flyers victory on Illini night at Alexian Field.
To prove how valuable Head was to the team, the Illini were 21 – 3 with him in the starting line-up.
The Illini played a tough early season game against North Carolina on December 2 in Greensboro, and were tied at 69 with just six minutes to go.
Also among that fabled " Flyin ' Illini " squadron were future NBA players Nick Anderson, Marcus Liberty, Kenny Battle and Illini TV / radio broadcaster Stephen Bardo as well as four year starter, Lowell Hamilton.
Additionally, the Illini played well against Iowa, Wisconsin, and Penn State ( they lost 63 – 10 the year before ; Penn State led 56 – 3 at halftime ) but ended up losing close games ( they were down 15 – 12 at Penn State until Penn State broke open the close game to make it 26 – 12 ).
To close out the season, the Fighting Illini put up a fight against Cincinnati, who finished the year undefeated, but were unable to pull off the upset ; and the Fighting Illini fell at home to Fresno State in a wild 53 – 52 game the very next week.
While the Fighting Illini lost to Ohio State in their Big Ten opener, they were able to give the Buckeyes a scare, knocking out quarterback Terrelle Pryor and holding the Buckeye passing offense almost entirely in check.
As the 2011 season begun, the Illini were picked by most experts to finish near the bottom of the newly-formed Leaders Division.
After defeating Indiana, 41 – 20, in Illinois ' first road game of the season, the Illini were 6 – 0 for the first time since 1951 and climbed to 15th in the Coaches ' Poll and 16th in the AP Poll.
The Illini were replaced in Illinois by the Potawatomi, Miami, Sauk, and other tribes.
Illini and first
The Marching Illini, the first band to perform a halftime show at an American football game
The first halftime show by a marching band at a football game was done by the University of Illinois Marching Illini also in 1907 at a game against the University of Chicago.
One of the first movie reviews he ever wrote was a review of La Dolce Vita, published in The Daily Illini in October 1961.
That same year, Ebert's first book, a history of the University of Illinois titled Illini Century: One Hundred Years of Campus Life was published by the University's press.
* An Illini Century: One Hundred Years of Campus Life ( no ISBN ) – the history of the first 100 years of the University of Illinois, edited by Ebert in 1967
Illinois Foundation Seeds Inc. was the first seed company to release a supersweet corn and it was called Illini Xtra Sweet, but widespread use of supersweet hybrids did not occur until the early 1980s.
Despite the controversy that occurred from printing the falsely attributed quote the first time, the Daily Illini printed it a second time on November 19, 2004, in another article.
The building's first floor is home to the offices and studio of WPGU as well as the Illini Apple Center, Illini Media Company's Apple authorized reseller.
In 2001, his first season at Illinois, Self coached a squad of mostly Lon Kruger recruits to a 27-8 record ( 13-3 conference record ), a share of the Big Ten title, and a final Associated Press ranking of 4th in the nation, resulting in the Fighting Illini earning a number ' 1 ' seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Story: The first Illinois men's basketball team to be ranked number one in the polls since Lou Henson's " Flyin ' Illini " of 1989.
After leading Illinois to a win over Louisville in the Final Four, Weber could not deliver the Fighting Illini their first national championship, falling 75 – 70 to North Carolina in the national championship game.
The 2007 – 2008 season marked the first time during Weber's tenure that the Illini did not qualify for a postseason tournament, finishing the season with an overall record of 16 – 19, 5 – 13 in the Big Ten Conference.
The 2007 campaign saw Weber's first absence in a post-season tournament while at Illinois, and the first time since 1998 that the Illini failed to qualify.
During the first seven years of his tenure, the Illini signed only three consensus top 100 student athletes.
Oosterbaan's defensive play was outstanding as well, and he was key in shutting out the Fighting Illini and Red Grange 3 – 0 in 1925 a year after he scored four touchdowns in the first twelve minutes.
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' Illini Hardy ' a semi-erect prickly cultivar introduced by the University of Illinois is cane hardy in zone 5, where traditionally blackberry production has been problematic, since canes often failed to survive the winter.
Homewood is also served by Amtrak Train 390 / 391, the Saluki, daily in the morning, and Amtrak Train 392 / 393, the Illini, daily in the afternoon / evening.
While the Europeans also named the Cahokia Mounds site to the north after the Illini group, archeologists have determined that the earthwork mounds complex was built by the Mississippian culture, an earlier, potentially unrelated indigenous people.
Before Bellevue was founded, the area was used for hunting, fishing, and warfare by Native Americans tribes such as the Illini, Miami, Shawnee, Cherokee, and Tuscarora.
However, in the second half the Illini pulled away from FDU and won the game by 12.
The paper is published by Illini Media Company, a not-for-profit corporation which also prints other U of I publications, and also and operates WPGU 107. 1 FM, a student-run radio station.
In February 2010, The Daily Illini was awarded the General Excellence award by the Illinois Collegiate Press Association.
Within Illinois the City of New Orleans shares a route also served by a daily morning train, the Saluki, and a daily afternoon train, the Illini.
The Illini Publishing Company was chartered by the State of Illinois in 1911.
Buzz is a weekly entertainment magazine published every Thursday by the Illini Media Company.
According to a native legend, a group of Illinois Confederation ( Illini ) pursued by the Ottawa and Potawatomi fled to the butte in the late 18th century.
* Illini ( Amtrak ), a passenger train operated by Amtrak
* It is the site of the field show of the annual Illini Marching Band Festival, hosted by the Marching Illini and usually the largest high school marching band competition in Illinois.
His dance corresponded to the music and lyrics of the " Three in One " performed by the university band, which is an arrangement of three original songs entitled " The March of the Illini ", " Hail to the Orange ", and " Pride of the Illini ".
The Chief received a long standing ovation, and his departure was described by many in attendance as a very sad day for some Illini fans.
He was recruited by Lon Kruger to play power forward for the Illinois Fighting Illini, making him the third consecutive Illinois Mr. Basketball to sign with Illinois, following the lead of Sergio McClain ( 1997 ) and Frank Williams ( 1998 ).
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