Students at the University of Illinois on Friday rallied for a new school mascot. Several campus groups staged the protest outside the Swanlund Administration Building at noon in an effort to ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) --A top University of Illinois official says a new campus committee won't be choosing a replacement for the school's former Chief Illiniwek mascot. The new Commission on ...

It’s now showing up around Chicago, where alumni distribute ... two-years-and-counting campaign to make the bird the university’s official mascot. Backers say that judging by kingfisher ...

A top University of Illinois administrator says he expects action within several months on recommendations toward quelling the ongoing turmoil over the school's former Chief Illiniwek mascot.

The Chief is a symbol of the University of Illinois and not a mascot as Mr. Reinmuth suggests. Chicago Bears training camp report: Coaches on Caleb Williams’ progress, a D’Andre Swift ...

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign students start voting on a new school mascot Wednesday. The two-day, non-binding vote will gauge whether to make the belted kingfisher the new mascot.