Former Illini women’s basketball forward Kendall Bostic, The News-Gazette’s Illini Female Athlete of the Year in 2025, shows ...

One of the staples of the college experience is gaining independence and being able to make life-changing decisions that your parents might judge when you come home for breaks, like getting a tattoo, ...

Jeremiah Mukanda has wanted tattoos since before he can remember. “My mom and my grandpa both had tattoos, so I think it normalized it in my brain, and I was always going to have tattoos,” he said.

CHAMPAIGN – It’s hard to say how it started or why it has become so commonplace, but the body of an athlete has become an open canvass for ink.

Nostalgia reigns supreme at the University of Illinois. A recent column about the state’s flagship campus entering the football season without a mascot struck a nerve among members of Illini Nation.