U. of Illinois Debates Fate of 'Flying Saucer' Arena

By LAWRENCE BIEMILLER

One of academe's finest flying saucers ended up on an endangered list this week. Why? Because it doesn't have skyboxes.

The saucer is actually an arena — the 1963 Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Designed by the Modernist architect Max Abramovitz, an alumnus...