r/UIUC 21h ago

Other Stadium screen light visible from Costco

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533 Upvotes

Living near Costco. Never realized what it is until seeing other posts… uhh


r/UIUC 8h ago

Sports The scoreboard from about 10 miles away

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297 Upvotes

r/UIUC 15h ago

Shitpost Well it was fun while it lasted (Legit how do they expect us to sleep in these hot rooms, I have 5 fans and it’s still hell)

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137 Upvotes

r/UIUC 9h ago

Shitpost Big light

129 Upvotes

I do not like the big light. Big light like sun is ok because it make gravity and we food because sun. Sun also no flashy flashy except sometime moon go before sun but dat flash slow rare. Moon also ok because moon has cheese. Big orange rectangle could power whole data center. Data center good. Palantir could build a b2 with the power used for big orange rectangle.

I say we eat the big orange rectangle. If we eat the big orange rectangle the big orange rectangle gone. We can then build data center. With data center students across uiuc can cheat more affectively in stat 100. With big data center my post read better ai make this post read English better


r/UIUC 9h ago

Sports Game broadcast just confirmed the glow of the score board can be seen from Gibson City ~ 35 miles away driving

113 Upvotes

r/UIUC 15h ago

Other Nice place to cry in Lincoln Hall

98 Upvotes

At the top of the stairs up to the Lincoln theater balcony, there's a nice little area off to the side where no one can see you, and no one goes up there because the balcony's not usually open. Go all the way up and look for the 'Area of Rescue Assistance' sign by the elevator, sit underneath it. Sound does echo a bit so don't be sobbing, but I can certify it's a great spot to hide in when you have a panic attack mid-lecture :D

Haven't seen this one mentioned elsewhere so thought I would share. It's the stairs inside the LAS hub, if I wasn't clear. I hope your day goes better than mine!


r/UIUC 19h ago

Ongoing Events Is there anywhere safe I could stay for a while? such as temporary housing? (tl;dr ongoing flea infestation, Octave ignores and denies it)

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81 Upvotes

Follow up to my last post, Octave contacted me again today that they will send pest control over at around 9:30-10:00 today, but nobody ever came up. They also claimed that both their own "pest control staff" and city inspector didn't find fleas either.

I am already in talk with private lawyers. Fyi, multiple people has reached out to my about their experience with this evil company. Octave makes you sign a class action waiver if you want to house with them, and it makes sense when you see situations like mine. I will be complaining this to the proper business bureau(BBB, gov, etc) and I heavily recommend everyone to do so.

At this point there are so many fucking fleas in my apartment that I genuinely can't even sleep. I even added some pictures of the fleas I found this morning. I slept on the floor last night and the fleas still somehow found their way to me. This is genuinely up to a point where I can't tolerate it anymore. I will escalate this to legal matters but as of now, I was wondering if there are anywhere I could stay at night? like temporary housing? I'm genuinely getting bitten everywhere and I've missed so many classes now.


r/UIUC 8h ago

Sports Fuck the bright lights, but spare a "fuck you" for Josh Whitman's new speaker system as well

74 Upvotes

I live nearly 1.5 miles from campus. Prior to this year, I could faintly hear the louder bits of the gameday audio through my windows at home. I didn't mind that; in fact, I thought it was kind of fun now that I rarely go to games anymore. The new system is significantly louder. This sucks!

Josh Whitman's DIA has always favored blasting out promotions and song clips rather than letting the Marching Illini take center stage. This is bad enough on its own, but the noise level inside the stadium grew to an uncomfortable level over the past several years. When I took my daughter to her first game last year, I was stunned--literally--when Illinois scored for the first time and a fucking howitzer was fired off right in front of our horseshoe seats. (Bring back the NROTC bell!) A couple weeks ago, I drove by the stadium on Kirby with my windows down while the audio system was going and found it to be crazy loud.

I'm done going to Illini Football. Josh Whitman has one move when it comes to the gameday experience: bigger, louder, brighter, more, more, more. No thanks, you money-chasing egomaniac. Illini Hockey forever, and I'll see you all at the non-revs, too.


r/UIUC 23h ago

Other Hit and run

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65 Upvotes

My car was hit while it was parked roadside near the soccer filled and volleyball court at S Oak St & Stadium Drive yesterday, September 2, sometime between approximately 8:00–10:30 PM.
Unfortunately, whoever hit my car left the scene. If anyone was in the area during that time and saw anything — even a vehicle leaving the area, heard a crash, or has doorbell/security camera footage that might have captured something — please reach out to me.
My insurance deductible is pretty high, so any information that could help identify the vehicle or driver would mean a lot. Please message me privately if you have any information.
Thank you so much for keeping an eye out and sharing this! 🙏


r/UIUC 16h ago

PSA Missing pet rat?

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62 Upvotes

I had seen someone post here two weeks ago about seeing a rat that was friendly of this same description (grey fur with white patches) but hadn’t seen an update on their post. This rat is now on my porch! Anyone know of a missing rat of theirs or their friends?


r/UIUC 5h ago

Shitpost The earth from space this evening

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60 Upvotes

r/UIUC 11h ago

Other School’s response to the extreme heat

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60 Upvotes

I know rules are rules but there should be exceptions. Seeing how the RA just chose to turn a blind eye on all the existing problems and choose to recite the rules without giving any helpful alternatives just makes me feel sad. 😔 Paying more than 1k every month for half a room that’s barely livable for half the time is just ridiculous, and that money doesn’t even include the right to stay in the only air conditioned room for some nights.


r/UIUC 18h ago

Chambana Questions Dark Sky Park

51 Upvotes

I wonder if our unnecessarily large new sportsball display will be visible from the Middle Fork River Forest Preserve, an official International Dark Sky Park. It's about 30 miles northeast of here, and I believe that the display faces north.

My friend and I went to football games here for years and enjoyed them. But we always commented on how poorly they used the display. Particularly for replays, which were rarely shown even after key plays. Hopefully the stupidly-large display gets put to better use than showing ads all game.


r/UIUC 20h ago

Social Seeking Asian friends to eat out with

44 Upvotes

I’m 30 year old white dude in who moved here while my wife goes to grad school. I am a big fan of authentic Chinese and Korean food but have had limited opportunities to really explore these cuisines with my own friends that are less willing to try new things.

I’ve been a few places on my own like northern cuisine, but I’m always limited to trying like one thing when I want to share a bunch of dishes.

So here’s the deal, I want to eat with you and your friends, definitely happy to contribute a round or to of drinks as well. In terms of cultural exchange, I have a big back yard with a grill and a pizza oven. We can do a classic American cook out or more authentic Italian pizza than any restaurant in CU has to offer.

EDIT: I've gotten a lot of individual responses so I started a Discord server to get together for meals in the future, message me if you want to be added and no you don't have to be Asian


r/UIUC 9h ago

Other The Memorial Stadium lights are insanely bright and visible for miles around...

37 Upvotes

... so, boycott?


r/UIUC 10h ago

Photos Orange & Blue sunset for gameday 😎 Lfg :)

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25 Upvotes

r/UIUC 15h ago

News Labor Day MTD Service Reminder ☀️

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22 Upvotes

This Labor Day, we recognize and appreciate all the hardworking individuals who help make our community thrive. 🙌

A reminder that MTD will not operate on Monday, September 7. We look forward to seeing you back on-board Tuesday, September 8!

➡️ For more information visit mtd.org


r/UIUC 7h ago

Shitpost As seen from space

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21 Upvotes

The moon is orange from the reflection of the scoreboard


r/UIUC 9h ago

Social Older dude tried taking pictures with flash on , on MTD

20 Upvotes

I am in 130 S, An older dude sitting in front seat tried sneakily taking pictures of a female student sitting on left of him and his flash was on.

Dude this is really disgusting.


r/UIUC 7h ago

Shitpost Crimson red sky

19 Upvotes

Oh the crimson red sky
How I miss the Champaign stars
That’s not an aurora is it
That’s just Thursday now
The night used to fade
Now it stays on


r/UIUC 7h ago

Ongoing Events Whoever is running a lawnmower down Green St

7 Upvotes

Please stop


r/UIUC 18h ago

Work Related For CompE, do I have to apply to SWE internships?

8 Upvotes

I want to work in the hardware-based field, specifically chips and semiconductors. I'm also a freshman, so I've heard that no place is going to hire a freshman for hardware. I have basic experience building a 5 stage RISC-V processor, developing a cache simulator, and FPGA-based matrix-multiplication accelerator using parallel multiply-accumulate units. I know thats all pretty basic but should I just apply to software?


r/UIUC 19h ago

Social Are the non-student seats for tonight's game worth it?

6 Upvotes

Heyyy I'm still not sure if getting these is worth or it or if I should wait till the next game and get the tickets for the student sections, any advice?


r/UIUC 21h ago

Other Dead Bees

5 Upvotes

Does anyone know why there would be so many dead bees around campus? I’ve been seeing sleuths of them dead on the sidewalks lately, I don’t remember seeing this years prior.


r/UIUC 14h ago

Sales Selling UAB $10 Ticket

3 Upvotes

Edit: Sold

Selling a student UAB Ticket for $10, you will need a student ID to use it