The University of Illinois' controversial 81-year-old Chief Illiniwek mascot performs for the last time at a basketball game Wednesday night.

On Feb. 21, the University of Illinois closed the book on a major chapter of its history. Having performed for 81 years, Chief Illiniwek, the mascot for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...

from the university to assist with research costs. Students take part in more than 85 clubs, Greek life and Division II athletics. UIS is located in the capital of Illinois, providing students ...

Chief Illiniwek, the former University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign mascot, was banned by the NCAA in 2007 for being “hostile and abusive” toward American Indians -- but people attending ...

Thirteen years after the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign retired their racist, Native American-themed mascot, the image continues to pop up everywhere amid calls to bring it back. The ...

It has become widespread around the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where its visage has been captured in neighborhood murals and on students’ T-shirts and face masks.

CHICAGO — Administrators at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have raised the idea of adopting a mascot to ease the continuing turmoil over Chief Illiniwek, the school’s officially ...

SPRINGFIELD — Three public forums will be held on possibly changing the University of Illinois-Springfield mascot and nickname from the Prairie Stars.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A group of students at the University of Illinois wants the school to choose a new mascot to replace the now-retired Chief Illiniwek. "The (Champaign) News-Gazette" reports ...