October 16, 1998

U. of Illinois Upsets Homecoming Tradition

Breaking a 62-year-old tradition, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has overthrown its traditional homecoming monarchy.

The student-run Illini Union Board, which has sponsored the election of homecoming royalty in the past, decided last spring that it would focus on other activities instead. Last month, a separate committee, which organizes homecoming events, announced that it, too, would not hold

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