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Seniors return to University for round two BY ZACK FISHMAN STAFF WRITER
The University will say goodbye to its seniors this May, but some are coming back next fall. Each year, about 10 percent of the graduating class returns to the ChampaignUrbana area to attend graduate school, comprising one-third of all grad-bound seniors. These long-term Illini make up 1 in 6 graduate students currently attending the University. But why stay at the same university after four or more long years? Surveys of departing seniors suggest they choose their graduate school primarily based on cost, academic reputation and quality of faculty. According to Elizabeth Sparks, an assistant dean at the Graduate College, many students find these very benefits at the University. “I would suspect that returning students are familiar with the campus and had a good experience as an undergraduate, possibly having the opportunity to work with graduate faculty during their undergraduate program.” Sparks said. But because students also have to take family into account — whether considering proximity to hometown or caring for a family of their own — “some students make decisions based on not only the quality of the program, but also based on life and family variables,” she said. For Meagan Karuhn, senior in ACES, her desire to return encapsulates all of the above. Graduating with a degree in animal sciences, Karuhn decided to stay on campus and attend veterinary school because of an exceptional experience throughout her undergraduate years. “I love animal sciences. There are just so many opportunities that are available,” Karuhn said, noting the variety of animal practice and research options her department provides. Karuhn’s excitement for her field of study has manifested beyond her strong grades. She won regionals as part of the Animal Science Academic Quadrathlon team, is a member of the agricultural professional fraternity Alpha Zeta and introduces prospective high school students to her passion as an Animal Sciences Ambassador. Add a C-U community with “so many different events and things to get involved with” and a location so close to home, and it seems that attending “Vet Med” at the University was an easy choice to make for Karuhn. That’s not to say grad school itself will be easy for her. The four-year program, ranked top 20 in the nation according to U.S. News
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and World Report, is known for its challenging workload and bright students. “I’ve been used to being near the top of my class, but all the tops of the classes from all over the country will be in my class now,” Karuhn said. Her day-to-day life will also see drastic changes as she transitions into vet school. No longer will her classes be spread sporadically across the main campus like the typical undergrad schedule. Karuhn will instead spend most of her time in a single classroom on the Vet Med campus. The strict class hours may also prevent her from continuing her job at a goat dairy and creamery farm. Between the new scenery and regimented schedule, Karuhn said it will “definitely be a change.” Despite the challenges and uncertainties ahead, she remains excited for the new experiences and opportunities at a top vet school just a bus ride away. “I’ll get more one-on-one experiences, and the vet school program at U of I is different than other schools in that they start clinical rotations the first year,” Karuhn said. “I think it’s definitely worth it to con-
tinue my education.” After vet school, Karuhn plans to pursue small-animal practice with hopes of opening her own clinic. As Karuhn and her fellow graduating seniors prepare for life after undergrad, some current grad students with a bachelor’s from the University are finishing up their first year back. Take Kaolin Sewell, first-year graduate student in Media and former Illini Media Company employee, who is completing her master’s degree in journalism. She graduated last spring with a degree in music technology, but she wasn’t quite ready to move on from college. “When senior year hit, I realized I didn’t have a focus with music technology, and I felt I was unprepared,” Sewell said. Experience with some journalism classes and a personal blog during her final year in undergrad encouraged her to pursue her budding interest in writing more seriously. “I realized journalism was a really good mix of things I liked and that it would give me even more options in the future,” Sewell said. After receiving advice from her friends
and advisers, she decided to try grad school. For Sewell, applying to the University was a no-brainer. Her experiences in both music technology and the Marching Illini allowed her to become part of a close Illini community. After some final encouraging input from professors, Sewell committed to a fifth year on campus. In her experience since, she has found that graduate school resembles her undergraduate years, but with some key differences. Most notable are the four-hour-long grad classes, but in return, they provide a more enriching educational experience. “There’s less busywork and reading chapters, and instead more conversations and asking for your thoughts, which is cool because it helps you understand better,” Sewell said. Sewell will complete her master’s thesis in August, and she hopes to work for nonprofit or independent newsrooms covering international news. And her thoughts on her extended stay at the University? “It’s probably the best thing ever,” Sewell said. zbf2@dailyillini.com
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Senioritis: a survival guide BY YOAV MARGALIT STAFF WRITER
Senioritis. A malady that strikes without regard for the health of the individual. Symptoms include laziness, intensified procrastination and forgetfulness. It has been known to cause epidemics across campus every winter and spring, and we are experiencing its most virulent season: the weeks before finals. While it is impossible for me to promise a cure to senioritis, it is possible to survive, provided you catch it early. Here are a few ways to get over senioritis in time to close out the semester. The best way to get better is to never get sick. If you’ve avoided contracting senioritis, you’re already in the clear. Keep organized and try to fight the increasing disarray of your binders or folders as the semester wears on. It’s tempting to just let papers stay in the front pocket of your backpack, to let that one notebook hold notes for every class or to let papers just cluster in between the pages of your textbooks. It’s so enticing to relax from all that tedious organizing, even for a week. The cure for senioritis is to know yourself. Can you control this chaos you’ve
unleashed? Are you the sort of person who can function with a few things out of place, or does a crack in your organization seal your eventual doom? If you want to avoid senioritis, you need to make that judgement and stick to it. But how do you know if you’ve contracted senioritis? The symptoms are often difficult to spot. In its early stages, senioritis is virtually indistinguishable from the need for a break. Maybe you feel like you want to take it easy for a few days or sleep in one morning. Maybe you don’t feel like making it to that RSO meeting or feel like a nap after lunch instead of your afternoon class. It might be harmless. It might not. It’s up to you to decide when you’ve gone too far, and when it’s time to come back. If you make the wrong decision, the symptoms intensify. The want for a break escalates into a full-blown disgust for work and study. Again, these symptoms are difficult to distinguish from normal reality. To tell a senioritis outbreak from a normal day, try to pin down the motivations for the symptoms. If your motivations are pure and the semester is only a couple of months in, then you’re probably in the clear. But if
not, you risk progressing the senioritis further. If you’ve reached the final phase of senioritis, you have certainly spread it to those you regularly interact with. To some degree, all of you will begin to exhibit symptoms of general excitement for life and the need to goof off. Studying becomes a last-minute affair, essays are written 20 minutes before submission and attendance before 11 a.m. has become a thing of fantasy. But you can still heal yourself. Realizing you have senioritis is the beginning of the healing process. It might hurt to admit that the sixhour Netflix marathons need to be set aside for the time being, but it’s all for the best. Organize your work, study for finals and you can party all the harder for your efforts post-semester. STATISTICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY
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A bittersweet farewell
adult. I am solely in charge of my own learning, doing chores, eating healthy and A little less than a year ago, I graduated doing my work. If my first year has taught from high school. It hasn’t been that long me this much, I can only imagine how since I was stressing over standardized much I will grow within the next couple of tests and college applications as a senior, years before graduation. excited to be a freshman again, this time in When that time comes, I hope I won’t be college. scared to graduate, but excited to finally I vividly remember walking across the step out of my bubble. stage to receive my diploma and feeling my Graduation, as I remember it in high heart skip a beat at the thought of starting school, is bittersweet. It is the transition a brand new chapter in my life. between old and new, and having to leave While this is just the beginning for me, my college friends will be just as difficult on May 12, the graduating class of 2018 is as it was saying goodbye to my high school going to experience that same feeling I had friends. Whether it be in a dorm, sorority during high school commencement, but to house or apartment, it won’t be easy leava greater extent. Whatever they move on to ing the people I lived with behind. — traveling, taking a break from studying, As of now, graduation is simply a day that going to graduate school, getting a job — is going to come whether I like it or not. I the class of 2018 will be finishing this chap- can’t fully imagine what it — and I — will ter in their lives and moving on. be like. Although I am excited for what lies Sometimes I try to imagine what I will be ahead, I want to take in all the University doing after college, and although it’s fun to has to offer. think about, I always end up feeling a little Seniors have told me they have grown scared. The reality of going out into the and changed in ways they never imagined. “real world” is daunting, and for now, I am They encourage me to look forward to happy in the safe bubble of University cam- these changes and improvements. pus life. Graduation is every college student’s Even as a freshman, I have already goal, but for me, it is much more. I want learned a lot about being a responsible to make sure that on that day, I don’t feel BY JULIE KANG STAFF WRITER
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scared of the future. I hope to leave proud and mindful of my path afterward. During my next three years here, I will learn and experience as much as I can so graduation will again feel bittersweet.
To the graduating class of 2018: Congratulations, and good luck. Julie is a freshman in Media. sekang2@dailyillini.com
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Small steps lead to big decisions BY ARDEN YOUN STAFF WRITER
We don’t often realize that the little decisions we make are actually big ones until we look back and reflect on the time passed. Graduating seniors at the University reflect on how a decision, whether it seemed large or small at the time, affected their college careers. The most obvious decision would be declaring a major. For every college student, this is a milestone. Kelly Frentzel declared a finance major through the required core classes at the Gies College of Business. “Coming to college, I didn’t know what major I wanted to do, but after a year and a half, and learning what business entailed, I realized that I gravitated towards finance classes,” Frentzel said. “I also learned via job shadows that a finance career was what I wanted.” Mackenzie Large, however, came into the University undeclared. “I wasn’t sure what major I wanted to be, but I joined the pre-optometry club, and the people in the club filled me in and helped me choose my major, so that kind of changed my whole experience,” Large said. “We went on visits to different colleges, so it was kind of fun taking a day trip with people my own age. I ended up choosing MCB as my major.” As students enter college, they are presented with countless organizations to join, whether on Quad Day, RSO info nights or through friends. For Deanne Chun and Nick Wong, joining organizations helped them meet people who were passionate about what they were doing. Chun joined the Communication Association to get more insight on the communications major and to get more practical experience outside of the classroom environment. “I was the president last year, and this gave me my very first leadership experience and opened up wonderful opportunities to meet amazing people,” Chun said. Wong rushed Beta Alpha Psi, a financial honor organization, as a rising junior for its diversity, inclusivity and activities. “As I become more invested in my career growth, the activities through BAP is what made the difference,” Wong said. “I was given countless mentors and opportunities to grow from interview training to building strong relationships with our alumni in the working world.” Aside from the professional aspect of this organization, Wong also values the relationships that stemmed from it. “The friends that I have made in BAP are the ones that I will carry with me after college. Despite being brought together (through) business interests, there is rarely a time where you are not (experiencing) life
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with another BAP member,” Wong said. For seniors like Sydni Wilson, one move and encounter led to a University job and a lifelong friend. She chose to live in Nugent Hall her sophomore year, and she attended the Tunnel of Oppression on a whim. “I went through it with my friends just do to something for fun,” Wilson said. During this event, she met Trish Anton, the current associate director of University Housing.
“She ended up changing my whole undergraduate career because she listened to me as a student and was inspired by me as a student. She pushed me to do stuff that I would never do and get outside of my comfort zone,” Wilson said. Anton helped her get a job with University Housing as well. “Ever since then, she’s been one of the main people in my corner,” Wilson said. “She’s helped when my mom wasn’t able to
come up for events, so it’s just nice to have family when you’re not home.” Seniors, look back on your college experiences and think on what made them most meaningful. For students who still have time, enjoy your time and tackle those essential decisions; they may become your most memorable and significant moments at the University. ysyoun2@dailyillini.com
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The price tag of graduation
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high at $4.77 billion. The same study concluded the average person will spend about $100 when shopping for two graduates. Adults gave $20 more on average, as parents tend to be the biggest spenders when it comes to graduation. Half of those who gave graduation gifts would do so in cash, 40 percent in cards and 13 percent in apparel, often in the form of professional clothes. Though graduation comes with its expenses and rewards, the biggest price tag on graduates’ minds is the one that comes after the ceremony: student loan repayment. According to the Pew Research Center, two-thirds of college seniors aged 18-24
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take out student loans. That means twothirds will be faced with debt when they graduate. Most of the time, however, recent grads don’t need to start making payments right away. According to the Department of Education, most loans have a grace period during which the post-grad does not have to make any payments, but the loan still accrues interest. Since the average monthly loan payment is $351, this grace period may be a lifesaver for students who do not have a job lined up for post-graduation. Even with that extra cushion, loans weigh heavily on students. Many students choose to live at home for a few years to handle their
financial situation. “It’s kind of like you’re stuck afterwards because you can get a job and start paying off those loans, but its like you’re trading off whether you want to move out on your own and have those loans with you for longer in your life or stay at home and try to pay them off,” said Melissa Andrikos, senior in Media. “It is a restricting feeling and stress like they’ve never known,” Andrikos said. “It’s just a burden that really weighs on people’s emotions and wellbeing and everyday life and career goals. I don’t think my friends stop thinking about it.” mn3@dailyillini.com
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After spending thousands of dollars on tuition, rent, textbooks and various fees, come graduation time a student can breathe a sigh of relief knowing they don’t have to pay the University another cent, right? Not quite yet. Along with graduation comes a variety of expenses. Proper clothes must be bought or borrowed for the ceremony, a nice dinner may follow and photos and announcements come next. Allie Susralski, senior in LAS, noted how she didn’t mind the expenses. “I think because graduation is a special occasion it isn’t too expensive. Spending the money to buy a new dress or go out for dinner to celebrate is OK because it’s a special day,” Susralski said. Even if a student forgoes fancy dinners and nice clothes, they still have to pay. A $50 cap and gown rental is required by the University if the student wants to walk. Susralski added she did think the cap and gown rental was “a little high” and that she would have rather used that money to celebrate with her family. Both Susralski and Kathleen Munoz, senior in LAS, agreed that they feel like the company that rents the caps and gowns is taking advantage of the fact that these items are required for students. Munoz advised others to “watch out for the add-ons that they try to get you to buy,” referring to packages containing graduation announcements and other materials sold by the website. “When you click to go buy (the basic package), they make it seem like the only options are the gap and gown plus grad party invitations and plates and balloons and such. You have to click on a different tab in order to find the basic package,” Munoz said. “It can get very confusing.” Money spent on graduation gifts has skyrocketed as well. According to a study by the National Retail Foundation, in 2015 graduation gift spending had reached an all-time
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Early graduates give advice for those left behind BY JULIE KANG STAFF WRITER
With the semester coming to an end, the class of 2018 is mentally preparing for the big day: graduation. However, not all students graduating this spring are students who have been here for four years. There are students among them who have finished their required credits in less than the usual eight semesters, making them early graduates. Peter Tatkowski, senior in Engineering, is graduating this semester after three years. He came into the University with around 20 credits in physics and math, which put him ahead of schedule. Tatkowski continued to take an average of 18 credit hours each semester, which is the maximum number of hours a student can take at the University without a course load. Aside from a semester when he studied abroad and took 15 credit hours, he consistently took more classes than the average student. He even made it through a semester with 19 credit hours. “It was honestly not that bad of an experience. It was a little tiring second semester of my second year, but I made it,” Tatkowski said. Tatkowski had not come into the University with the intention of graduating early. He happened to be eligible to graduate in less than eight semesters because he had been taking a lot of classes every term, and it would be impractical to stay on campus for another year when his requirements were finished. During summer breaks, Tatkowski worked, did research and also took classes. He will be going to ETH Zurich, a STEM university in Switzerland, after he completes an internship this summer. Tatkowski shared that the reality that he is graduating has not hit him yet. He is sad he isn’t graduating alongside his friends, but he knows wherever he goes, they will still keep in touch. He added that he wants to visit them later on if he can. “I’m not processing graduation yet. It will happen when it happens,” Tatkowski said. Krishna Dusad and Shivansh Chandnani, both in Engineering, are part of the fiveyear BS-MS program, which allows students to earn both bachelor’s and master’s degrees within five years. Before he even came to the University, Dusad had been considering graduating early if possible. As an international student from India, he had not been familiar with the AP system. When he found out about how AP credits could be transferred into college credits, he immediately took AP exams and came into the University with around 25 credit hours, which is more than a semester’s worth of credits.
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Dusad said he never had to take an overload of classes. He took between 16 and 18 credit hours every semester and took two classes one summer, but other than that, he didn’t do anything special to graduate early. “Fall of my sophomore year was terrible. It was very taxing and really hard, but I learned to plan better, and it gradually got better,” Dusad said. Dusad said especially as an international student paying the international tuition, graduating early helps save a lot of money. On top of receiving his bachelor’s degree in three years, he could get his master’s in a short amount of time as well. “I was actually deciding between studying here and Imperial College London,” Dusad said. “One of the biggest reasons for deciding to come here was because I realized I could graduate early and the program was pretty flexible.” Dusad will be interning at Uber this summer before he comes back to campus for the master’s program.
Like Dusad, Chandnani had also planned on graduating a semester early. He also came into the University with credits from AP exams. But unlike Dusad, Chandnani took overloads of courses for many semesters and is currently taking 20 credit hours. He said although it was tiring at times, the busy schedule kept him engaged and helped him stay focused on classes. Because he had been taking more than the maximum number of hours for each semester, he didn’t have to take any summer classes to graduate early. He’s spent the past two summers at internships. The summer before his sophomore year, he interned in Chicago with Textura. Before his junior year, he interned at Jump Labs, located in Research Park. This summer, he has an internship at Facebook. Chandnani said he isn’t too sad about graduating this semester because he is coming back to school in the fall and will be able to see his friends again, which is one of the biggest reasons he chose to do the BS-MS
program. He also said applying for a master’s degree in the program is very different from the normal application process for graduate school. In his opinion, applying through the program is much easier. “Usually, you start applying around a semester or so before — so if you started in August you would be applying in December — but since I am part of the program, I had to apply more than a year before,” Chandnani said. Chandnani also provided some tips for people who are considering early graduation. “Don’t burn yourself out by taking more than you can handle, but it is doable. Course overloads are manageable as long as you have good time management skills,” Chandnani said. “There are also other options like taking summer classes. It’s good to graduate early. It saves you time and money.” sekang2@dailyillini.com
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Major improvements, mistakes and changes Dontrell Collier is a freshman in LAS with a sociology major. Choosing your major is a statement of “I’m kind of iffy about it at this point,” Colidentity. It means standing tall and telllier said. “I don’t know if I want to contining the world, “This is who I am, this is what ue with it next semester… There’s nothing I’m good at and this is what I’m going to do.” wrong with it; I took another class that got Going to college and being asked to make that me psyched about something different.” choice is daunting. It is left to the students to This is not unreasonable, as taking classes make the best choice they can and to try to best informs a student what subjects they are deal with the consequences. suited to and what they should avoid. UnderSometimes these consequences take time graduate studies are meant to prepare for the to be felt and sometimes they don’t. It’s the future, and that includes an obstacle course end of the spring semester and these conseof coursework to distinguish between things quences have had time to reveal themselves, you want to do versus things you don’t. for better or for worse. Take Eddie Rajcevic, Enter Maggie Nutter, a freshman in Engifor instance. He’s a freshman in Business, neering. Her approach to the choice in front and he is enjoying his double major in finance of her was more straightforward. and information systems. “I came in pre-engineering. I didn’t really The pros of his major? know where I was going to go with it, so they “In the College of Business, it’s pretty com- had a lot of courses talking about different petitive, but everyone’s working together,” forms of engineering,” Nutter said. Rajcevic said. “Sometimes the classes are Starting out in a program built to guide kind of boring and not really hands-on, so Engineering students to a decision, Nutter sometimes I wish I did Engineering… yeah, wanted to explore her options before choosI’m going to stay.” ing one. End result? She’ll be transferring to A solid judgement call. Despite the occabiological engineering this fall. sional boredom, Rajcevic is enjoying his Taking time to play out the options and major enough that he’s willing to stick with find what’s best is important, especially when it. Some students don’t find their callings so a student is just starting out at the Universieasily, however. ty. It can sometimes feel like the options are BY YOAV MARGALIT STAFF WRITER
overwhelming, and no single interest a student has is enough to justify orienting one’s life around it. Tina Tran is a senior in ACES, majoring in animal sciences with a focus on pre-veterinary care. “With my major, it’s a gamble and ultimately depends on if you decide to apply and get accepted into vet school. If you decide too late in your college career that this isn’t what you want to do for the rest of your life, then it can be rather difficult to expand and look for other potential career options,” Tran said. It’s not easy to justify these kinds of odds, but if a student has a dream, they can sometimes make them all worth it. “I will be attending vet school here at the University in the fall,” Tran said, “so I guess it wasn’t a bad option after all.” It can seem like the whole world is conspiring to hide what we want to do. One looks around and sees that seemingly every person around knows exactly what they want to do with their lives. But this is an illusion: As the undergraduate journey carries on, remember that people are just doing what they think is best and are making do with what they have. yoavm2@dailyillini.com
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Q & A with LAS adviser Barbara Hall BY YIFAN GU STAFF WRITER
The Daily Illini: What should students
consider earlier in their college careers?
Barbara Hall: It’s different student to
student. You need to think about why you choose what you choose, (in) terms of a major, a minor, activities. Consider the expectations for the experience as a whole instead of choosing (it) because you can put it on a resume. Think about what purpose it serves. For example, when you choose to study abroad, consider more about why you choose to go to that location. In terms of college: where this major takes you, why you choose these courses out of everything else you could do on campus. The important (thing) is what it means to you. You can talk about things on your resume intelligently instead of (the interviewer) thinking she just has all this stuff. The reasons behind your choices are only yours.
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read LAS Insiders. Read The Daily Illini online to take advantage of what they are posting so you (can) know what’s going on. Then you can find the activities and clubs that match you. It shouldn’t be based on your major; it should be based on who you are. So Quad Day is so critical because it offers everything that campus has to offer. It offers the opportunity for you to choose what you can contribute and meet people with similar interests.
DI: How can students take advantage of the
University’s resources to find a career path?
BH: Take advantage of our internship
program to see what internships and opportunities are relevant to our students. They have an idea about what, generally, our students do. Plus, LAS 101 and services provided in the Career Center are good resources. I encourage students to set up a Handshake account through the Career Center.
Career Center. There are workshops any time. Start what you don’t want to do first. There are probably several things they will name. Getting the experience of talking to people is crucial. Actually, as advisers, we are always pushing, asking questions like having you read our internship program and encouraging students to do an internship job between senior year, approaching students with internship programs on campus. The Career Fair and Handshake are key tools to search (for jobs). Your first job in college is always a risk. The (internship) is a trial for students before the settling. It’s your advantage because you don’t commit to anything at this time. These three months are a good time for you to decide whether it’s a good fit or not.
DI: Do you have anything to say to the seniors?
BH: Never take yourself too seriously. What you think you want today may or may not
DI Apart from the academic courses, what DI: What should seniors do if they’re unsure be what you want for five years from now. can students do to pursue their interests oth- of what to do next? erwise, and how? BH: I (would) start by putting together a BH: The first thing is to go to Quad Day and resume and having someone look at it at the
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It probably or definitely would not be the same thing 10 years from now. I hate to say life is short but in some cases, it’s very short. You look how quickly four years passed by.
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Another four years will pass before you know (it). You will get a job. You will go to graduate school. You will find a niche. You may not find (it) today, tomorrow or next week but you will find it. You will never feel sorry to have a degree from the University of Illinois. The degree is something you can always wear with pride. On a resume, it will always be a standout for you. It is also something no one else could ever take away from you. When you are trying to compete with the people sitting around you, you have to do what fits you. Yifan is a sophomore in LAS. yifangu3@dailyillini.com
What Are You Looking For? Luxury, location, and amenities? Affordable and convenient? Somewhere in between? We’ve got you covered, and we’ll give you impeccable service and 24-hour emergency Maintenance as well! From basic to luxurious, Royse + Brinkmeyer has something for everyone in a variety of convenient locations throughout Champaign and Savoy. Contact us today to schedule a viewing! Live where you’re loved. Love where you live.
406 E. GREEN ST. CHAMPAIGN, IL, 61820
SCHOOL
IA OC
Monday, April 30, 2018
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Secure your housing for Fall 2018! E Springfield Ave
E Healey St S 4th St
· Walk or bike to class · Private bedrooms & bathrooms available
LEASING OFFICE
E Green St
FOR CAMPUSTOWN RENTALS
S 1st St
S Locust St
· Fully furnished apartments available
THE TOWER AT 3RD
· Amenities for a fit & healthy lifestyle
E John St S 3rd St
· Academically oriented environments S Wright St
E Chalmers St E Chalmers St
· Garage parking available · Professional, on-site management & maintenance
APPLY ONLINE @ AMERICANCAMPUS.COM/CHAMPAIGN
Amenities are subject to change. Limited time only. See office for details.