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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
Former names
Illinois Industrial University (1867–1885) University of Illinois (1885–1982) |
Motto | Learning and Labor |
Established | 1867 |
Type | Public flagship Land-grant Sea-grant Space-grant |
Endowment | $1.925 billion[1] |
Chancellor | Phyllis Wise[2] |
Provost | Ilesanmi Adesida[3] |
Academic staff
2,548 |
Administrative staff
7,801 |
Students | 44,520 [4] |
Undergraduates | 32,281 |
Postgraduates | 12,239 |
Location | Urbana and Champaign (Champaign-Urbana), Illinois, USA |
Campus | Urban 4,552 acres (1,842 ha)[5] |
Colors | Illinois Blue[6] Illinois Orange[6] |
Athletics | NCAA Division I FBS – Big Ten |
Sports | 21 varsity teams (10 men's, 11 women's) |
Nickname | Fighting Illini |
Mascot | None Previously Chief Illiniwek (1926–2007) |
Affiliations | |
Website | illinois.edu |
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (U of I, University of Illinois, UIUC, or simply Illinois) is a public research-intensive university in the U.S. state of Illinois. A land-grant university, it is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system. The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (founded, 1867) is the second oldest public university in the state (after Illinois State University), and is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference. It is a member of the Association of American Universities and is designated as a RU/VH Research University (very high research activities).[7] The campus library system possesses the second-largest university library in the United States after Harvard University.[8]
The university comprises 17 colleges that offer more than 150 programs of study. Additionally, the university operates an extension[9] that serves 2.7 million registrants per year around the state of Illinois and beyond. The campus holds 647 buildings on 4,552 acres (1,842 ha)[10] in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana (together known as Champaign–Urbana); its annual operating budget in 2011 was over $1.7 billion.[11]
The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific and classical studies."[12] This phrase would engender controversy over the University's initial academic philosophies, polarizing the relationship between the people of Illinois and the University's first president, John Milton Gregory.[13]
After a fierce bidding war between several cities, Urbana was selected in 1867 as the site for the new school.[12] From the beginning, Gregory's desire to establish an institution firmly grounded in the liberal arts tradition, which was at odds with many State residents and lawmakers who wanted the university to offer classes based solely around "industrial education"[14] The University opened for classes on March 2, 1868, with two faculty members and 77 students.[15] The debate between the liberal arts curriculum and industrial education continued in the University's inaugural address, as Dr. Newton Bateman outlined the various interpretations of the Morrill Act in his speech.[16] Gregory's thirteen-year tenure would be marred by this debate. Clashes between Gregory and legislators and lawmakers forced his resignation from his post as president in 1880, saying "[I am] staggering under too heavy a load of cares, and irritated by what has sometimes seemed as needless opposition."[13] Nevertheless, Gregory is largely credited with establishing the University as it is today. Gregory's grave is on the Urbana campus, between Altgeld Hall and the Henry Administration Building. His headstone (mimicking the epitaph of British architect Christopher Wren) reads, "If you seek his monument, look about you."
In the years following World War II, under president David Henry the university experienced rapid growth. The enrollment doubled and the academic standing improved.[17] This period was also marked by large growth in the Graduate College and increased federal support of scientific and technological research. The state of Illinois supplied roughly two-thirds of the university's budget while the federal government funded 90% of research.[18] In recent years, state support has declined from 4.5% of the state's tax appropriations in 1980 to 2.28% in 2011, a nearly 50% decline.[19] As a result, the university's budget has strongly shifted away from relying on state support with nearly 84% of the budget now coming from other sources.[20]
Evolution of name[edit]
The original name in 1867 was "Illinois Industrial University." In 1885, the Illinois Industrial University officially changed its name to the University of Illinois, reflecting its holistic agricultural, mechanical, and liberal arts curricula.[14] This remained the official name for nearly 100 years, until it was changed to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1982 (using the reverse of the commonly used designation for the local area, "Champaign-Urbana"), ostensibly to establish a separate identity for the campus within the University of Illinois system. However, the institution continues to be known as "the University of Illinois", or just "Illinois" in both the media[21][22] and on many of UIUC's web pages.[23][24][25] Starting in 2008, the university began rebranding itself as "Illinois" rather than UIUC, changing the website and email addresses from uiuc.edu to Illinois.edu.
Recent Controversies[edit]
2005–2009 admissions scandal[edit]
A series of investigative reports by the Chicago Tribune noted that between 2005 and 2009 university trustees, president, chancellor, and other administrators pressured admissions officials into admitting under-qualified but politically well-connected applicants into the university.[26][27] Although University officials initially denied,[28] then downplayed the existence of a "clout list",[29] the university later announced it would form a panel of internal and external representatives to review the past admissions process and determine possible changes.[30] The Chicago Tribune took the University to court for summary judgment on its Illinois Freedom of Information Act request for University admission records, which was granted[31] in March 2011. The University appealed, and a number of organizations, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center, filed "friend of the court" briefs [32] on behalf of both parties.
Howell firing[edit]
In July 2010,[33] Dr. Kenneth Howell, an adjunct professor teaching Introduction to Catholic Thought, was not rehired after a complaint that his comments about homosexuality, especially in an email to all students in the class, were offensive. The Alliance Defense Fund took up Dr. Howell's case, stating that his dismissal was a violation of academic freedom and the First Amendment. The University's position, as stated by Ann Mester, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was that Dr. Howell's comments "violate university standards of inclusivity, which would then entitle us to have him discontinue his teaching arrangement with us."
Dr. Howell was reinstated by the University of Illinois as an adjunct instructor for the fall 2010 term to teach "Introduction to Catholicism", resolving the situation for the time being.[34] The university announced on July 28 that it would follow the recommendation of the Academic Senate's General University Policy Committee to begin paying the salary of instructors teaching Catholic studies courses. St. John's Catholic Newman Center previously paid instructor salaries. The matter was reviewed by the Academic Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, which concluded that Dr. Howell was not granted due process, but that there could be grounds for dismissal through due process because of a lack of competency. The committee also concluded that students do not possess a right to not be offended by a professor's criticisms of their viewpoint.[35]
Steven Salaita controversy[edit]
In August 2014, the UIUC leadership revoked a tenured job offer to Dr. Steven Salaita, which had been made in October 2013. Phyllis M. Wise, the Chancellor of UIUC, had previously received hundreds of complaints about Steven Salaita's Twitter account from numerous current and former students and others connected to the University, including several of the university's major donors and the UIUC fund-raising staff.[36][37][38] The tweets included statements such as "By eagerly conflating Jewishness and Israel, Zionists are partly responsible when people say antisemitic shit in response to Israeli terror",[39] and, "At this point, if Netanyahu appeared on TV with a necklace made from the teeth of Palestinian children, would anybody be surprised?" [40] On 22 August 2014, Chancellor Wise issued a public statement[41] defending the decision.
Pro-Israel sources have criticized the initial decision to offer a position to Steven Salaita on the grounds that his scholarship is not only "hateful," but also "subpar."[42][43][44] The decision to revoke the offer has been criticized by various academic organizations as inconsistent with norms of academic freedom,[45][46][47][48] and as refusal to protect the professor's First Amendment rights; over 3,000 academics have pledged to boycott the University until the decision is reversed.[49][50][51][52][53]
On September 11, 2014, the University's Board of Trustees voted 8-1 to support Chancellor Wise's decision.[54][55]In the meantime, Dr. Steven Salaita has received significant media attention and has been on a lecture tour regarding academic freedom at such universities as Northwestern, Princeton University, Columbia University and the University of Chicago. In November, he filed a lawsuit against the university, insisting it make public the meeting minutes and email correspondence of university staff who were involved in withdrawing his employment offer. [56]
The campus is known for its landscape and architecture, as well as distinctive landmarks.[57] It was identified as one of 50 college or university 'works of art' by T.A. Gaines in his book The Campus as a Work of Art.[58]
The main research and academic facilities are divided almost evenly between the twin cities of Urbana and Champaign. The College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences' research fields stretch south from Urbana and Champaign into Savoy and Champaign County. The university maintains formal gardens and a conference center in nearby Monticello at Allerton Park.
U of I is one of the few educational institutions to own an airport.[59] Willard Airport, named for former University of Illinois president Arthur Cutts Willard, is located in Savoy. It was completed in 1945 and began service in 1954. Willard Airport is home to University research projects and the University's Institute of Aviation, along with flights from American Airlines.
Four main quads compose the center of the university and are arranged from north to south. The Beckman Quadrangle and the John Bardeen Quadrangle occupy the center of the Engineering Campus. Boneyard Creek flows through the John Bardeen Quadrangle, paralleling Green Street. The Beckman Quadrangle is primarily composed of research units and laboratories, and features a large solar calendar consisting of an obelisk and several copper fountains. The Main Quadrangle and South Quadrangle follow immediately after the John Bardeen Quad. The former makes up a large part of the Liberal Arts and Sciences portion of the campus, while the latter comprises many of the buildings of the College of ACES spread across the campus map.[60]
In October 2010, the Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the campus a grade of B for sustainability in its 2011 College Sustainability Report Card. Strengths noted in the report included the campus's adoption of LEED gold standards for all new construction and major renovations and its public accessibility to endowment investment information. The university makes a list of endowment holdings and its shareholder voting record available to the public. The weaknesses are areas such as student involvement and investment priorities. The Student Sustainability Committee[61] is empowered to allocate funding from a clean energy technology fee and a sustainable campus environment fee, while the university aims to optimize investment return but has not made any public statements about investigating or investing in renewable energy funds or community development loan funds. However, the biggest weakness of the university's sustainability is its shareholder engagement, as the university has not made any public statements about active ownership or a proxy voting policy.[62]
In his remarks on the creation of the Office of Sustainability in September 2008, Chancellor Richard Herman stated, "I want this institution to be the leader in sustainability."[63] In February 2008, he signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, committing the University of Illinois to take steps "in pursuit of climate neutrality."[64]
Organization and administration[edit]
University of Illinois offers study through 17 colleges.
- College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
- College of Applied Health Sciences
- Institute of Aviation
- College of Business
- College of Education
- College of Engineering
- College of Fine and Applied Arts
- Graduate College
- School of Labor and Employment Relations
- College of Law
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Graduate School of Library and Information Science
- College of Media
- Division of General Studies
- College of Medicine at Urbana–Champaign
- School of Social Work
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Nursing
University rankings | |
National | |
Forbes[66] | 68 |
U.S. News & World Report[67] | 42 |
Washington Monthly[68] | 26 |
Global | |
Times[71] | 29 |
In its 2014 listings, U.S. News & World Report ranked the undergraduate program 42nd among nationally accredited universities and 11th among nationally accredited public universities.[72] The graduate program had 60 disciplines ranked within the top 30 nationwide, including 23 within the top five. U.S. News & World Report ranked the undergraduate and graduate Accounting programs 2nd and 4th respectively in the United States in their 2011 rankings; both programs had been ranked 1st at the same time in previous years. The College of Business as a whole was ranked 12th nationally. The College of Engineering was ranked 5th at the graduate level, with 14 disciplines ranked within the top ten. Chemistry and Physics were also ranked within the top ten at the graduate level. The College of Education had six programs ranked within the top ten. The Graduate School of Library and Information Science was ranked 1st, with five programs ranked within the top ten. Many arts programs were ranked within the first quartile, such as Architecture and Fine Arts. The Computer Science, Material Science, Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Accounting, Finance, Economics and Psychology are the university's most visibly distinguished departments. The university was also listed as a "Public Ivy" in Greene's Guides in 2001.[73]
International rankings by The Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University suggest that Illinois is the 19th best university in North America, and 25th best university in the world.[74] The Academic Ranking of World Universities by Broad Subject Fields from the same research center in 2008 positions Illinois in 3rd for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences in the world. It is ranked 19th for Life and Agriculture Sciences, 20th for Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and 51st for Social Sciences.[75]
In 2012, Illinois was ranked 56th in the world by QS World University Rankings,[76] increasing its position from the 2009 THE-QS World University Rankings (in 2010, Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings parted ways to produce separate rankings). However, Illinois had been ranked within the top 40 in the past. The THE-QS rankings have been criticized due to their volatility: it stressed international popularity and ranks fluctuated tens of places from one year to the next.[77] The WSJ ranking of business schools also has this inherited anomaly, attributable to its survey method.
"Although there is no formal ranking process for HR/IR programs, employers and students acknowledge that the University of Illinois is one of the top three programs" according to the School of Labor and Employment Relations website.[78]
In the 2008 release of Webometrics Ranking of World Universities by Cybermetrics Lab, which is a research unit of the National Research Council of Spain, the University was ranked 9th.[79] In 2006, G-Factor, another academic list trying to measure social network efficacy of universities, has ranked Illinois within the top eight.[80] A human competitiveness index and analysis by the Human Resources & Labor Review, and published in Chasecareer Network, ranked the university 25th internationally in 2010.[81] As of 2007, Washington Monthly ranks Illinois as the 11th best university in the nation, and 9th among public universities. The methodology of the ranking includes "how well it performs as an engine of social mobility," "how well it does in fostering scientific and humanistic research," and "how well it promotes an ethic of service to country."[82]
Newsweek International listed Illinois as one of Top 100 Global Universities,[83] which "takes into account openness and diversity, as well as distinction in research." Kiplinger's Personal Finance also listed Illinois in its 100 Best Values in Public Colleges,[84] which "measures academic quality, cost and financial aid."
The Princeton Review has selected Illinois one of the 366 best colleges out of nearly 5,000 degree-granting institutions of higher education in the United States.[85] Nonetheless, the university has come under criticism for its use of graduate teaching assistants in teaching undergraduate courses, including upper-level undergraduate courses. For two consecutive years, the Urbana–Champaign campus topped this review's[86] category of "teaching assistants teach too many upper level courses." However, the Princeton Review's ranking has been scrutinized for its lack of accountability as the Review's ranking categorical data rely mainly upon student random sampling.[citation needed] The Princeton Review also ranked Illinois 3rd on its 2014 list of top party schools.[87]
Scholarships and graduation honors[edit]
Undergraduate students may qualify for graduation honors. University Honors is an academic distinction awarded to the highest achieving students at UIUC. To earn the distinction, students must have a cumulative grade point average of a 3.5/4.0 within the academic year of their graduation and rank within the top 3% of their graduating class.[88] Their names are inscribed on a Bronze Tablet that hangs in the Main Library.
Several scholarship opportunities are also available to students. The most competitive university programs include "James Scholars" where undergraduate students invited to pursue a specialized course of study for no less than two years of their undergraduate course work,[89] "Chancellor's Scholars" where undergraduate students are invited to participate in the Campus Honors Program (only 125 members admitted per year),[90] and "Senior 100 Honorary", which recognizes outstanding seniors for their outstanding achievements in leadership, academics and campus involvement throughout their undergraduate education.[91]
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is often regarded as a world-leading magnet for engineering and sciences (both applied and basic).[92] Having been classified into the category comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary and very high research activity,[93] by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Illinois offers a wide range of disciplines in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. It is also listed as one of the Top 25 American Research Universities by The Center for Measuring University Performance.[94] Beside annual influx of grants and sponsored projects, the university manages an extensive modern research infrastructure.[95] The university has been a leader in computer based education and hosted the PLATO project, which was a precursor to the internet and resulted in the development of the plasma display.
Research Park[edit]
Located in the southwest part of campus, Research Park opened its first building in 2001 and has now grown to encompass 13 total buildings. 90 total companies have established roots in research park, employing over 1,400 employees. Companies also employ about 400 total student interns at any given time throughout the year.
National Center for Supercomputing Applications[edit]
The university hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), which created Mosaic, the first graphical Web browser, the foundation upon which Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer are based, the Apache HTTP server, and NCSA Telnet. The Parallel@Illinois program hosts several programs in parallel computing, including the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center. The university contracted with Cray to build the National Science Foundation-funded supercomputer Blue Waters after IBM backed out in August 2012.[96][97] Blue Waters will be capable of sustained performance of one quadrillion calculations per second and peak performance of more than eleven quadrillion calculations per second.[98] The system also boasts the largest online storage system in the world with more than 25 petabytes of usable space.[99] The university whimsically celebrated January 12, 1997 as the "birthday" of HAL 9000, the fictional supercomputer from the novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey; in both works, HAL credits "Urbana, Illinois" as his place of operational origin.
In 1952, the university built the ILLIAC (Illinois Automatic Computer), the first computer built and owned entirely by an educational institution. U of I is also the site of the Department of Energy's Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets, an institute which has employed graduate and faculty researchers in the physical sciences and mathematics. It performs materials science and condensed matter physics research, and is home to Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory as well as the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory. Two complexes for research and teaching recently opened, Siebel Center for Computer Science in 2004 and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology in 2006. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, however, is still the largest interdisciplinary facility on campus with 313,000 square feet (29,100 m2). The university also conducts agricultural and horticultural research.
Prairie Research Institute[edit]
The Prairie Research Institute is located on campus and is the home of the Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois State Geological Survey, Illinois State Water Survey, and Illinois Sustainable Technology Center which have been located on the campus throughout their histories, but were Illinois state government agencies until the formation of the Institute within the University in 2008. Since 1957 the Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program (ITARP) has conducted archaeological and historical compliance work for the Illinois Department of Transportation. In 2010, ITARP became the Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS) and joined the Prairie Research Institute. Researchers at the Prairie Research Institute are engaged in basic and applied research in agriculture and forestry, biodiversity and ecosystem health, atmospheric resources, climate and associated natural hazards, cultural resources and history of human settlements, disease and public health, emerging pests, fisheries and wildlife, energy and industrial technology, mineral resources, pollution prevention and mitigation, and water resources. The Institute is a repository of specimens which serve as research collections on the Illinois environment. The Illinois Natural History Survey biological collections include insects, crustaceans, molluscs, annelids, reptiles and amphibians, birds, mammals, algae, bryophytes, fungi, and vascular plants; the insect collection is among the largest in North America and digitizing the collections is currently underway with funding from the National Science Foundation. The Illinois State Geological Survey houses the legislatively mandated Illinois Geological Samples Library, a repository for drill-hole samples in Illinois, including cores drilled for mineral exploration and geologic investigations, as well as paleontological collections. ISAS serves as a repository for a large collection of Illinois archaeological artifacts now numbering over 17,000 boxes. One of the major collections is from the Cahokia Mounds,[100] for which ISAS has over 550 boxes. An on-line database will soon be mounted for the Cahokia collection, funded by a 2008–2010 National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
Big Ten Committee on Institutional Cooperation[edit]
University of Illinois is a participant in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation. The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) is the academic consortium of the universities in the Big Ten Conference plus former conference member, the University of Chicago. The initiative also allows students at participating institutions to take distance courses at other participating institutions. The initiative also forms a partnership of research. Engaging in $8 billion in research in 2010, CIC universities are providing powerful insight into important issues in medicine, technology, agriculture, and communities.[101] Students at participating schools are also allowed "in-house" viewing privileges at other participating schools' libraries.[102] They also employ collective purchasing, which has saved member institutions $19 million to date.[103]
In the February 24, 2004 talk as part of his Five Campus Tour (Harvard, MIT, Cornell, Carnegie-Mellon and Illinois),[104] titled "Software Breakthroughs: Solving the Toughest Problems in Computer Science," Bill Gates mentioned that Microsoft hires more graduates from the University of Illinois than from any other university in the world.[105] Alumnus William M. Holt, a Senior Vice-President of Intel, also mentioned in a campus talk in September 27, 2007 entitled "R&D to Deliver Practical Results: Extending Moore's Law"[106] that Intel hires more PhD graduates from the University of Illinois than from any other university in the country.
In 2007, the university-hosted research Institute for Condensed Matter Theory (ICMT) was launched, with the director Paul Goldbart and the chief scientist Anthony Leggett. ICMT is currently located at the Engineering Science Building on campus.
Student life[edit]
International students[edit]
UIUC in 2014 enrolled 4,898 students from China, more than any other American university. They comprise the largest group of international students on the campus, followed by South Korea (1,268 in fall 2014) and India (1,167). Graduate enrollment of Chinese students at UIUC has grown from 649 in 2000 to 1,973 in 2014.[107]
According to the statistics of the 2008 admitted freshmen, 77% of incoming students had ACT score of 27 or higher, 31% had an SAT combined Math & Critical Reading score above 1,400 (excludes Writing), and 59% of the incoming students were top 10% of their high school class.[108] Some of the university's colleges admit students at an even more competitive level. For incoming freshmen in 2008, the College of Engineering reported an ACT score interquartile range of 30–33, the College of Business reported an ACT score IQR of 28–32, and the College of Media, in 2008, the first year it accepted freshmen, reported an ACT IQR of 27–32, higher than the overall campus median (though still lower than that of the College of Engineering). Of graduates, Illinois ended up as one of the top 12 (percentage) and top six (numerical) feeder state colleges to elite professional schools.[109] As of 2013, the university had an overall admissions rate of 67.6%.[110]
University Residence Halls and University Private-Certified Housing are administered by the University's housing division.[111] University housing for undergraduates is provided through twenty-four residence halls in both Urbana and Champaign. All incoming freshmen are required to live in certified student housing their first year on campus. Some undergraduates choose to move into apartments or the Greek houses after their second year. The University Tenant Union offers advice on choosing apartments and the process of signing a lease.
All undergraduates within the University housing system are required to purchase some level of meal plan, although they are free to eat elsewhere if they choose. Graduate housing is usually offered through two graduate residence halls, restricted to students who are sophomores or above, and through three university-owned apartment complexes. Students with disabilities are provided special housing options to accommodate their needs. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is well known for being one of the first universities to provide accommodations for students with disabilities. Currently, most first-year students with disabilities will live in Nugent Hall, supported by the Beckwith Residential Support Services[112]. Previously, the Beckwith Program was located in its own building, which opened in 1981. As of 2010, when Nugent Hall opened, the Beckwith Program moved in order to accommodate and integrate more students. Through the Beckwith Residential Support Services, students are assisted by the administrative team in hiring, training, scheduling, managing, and evaluating personal assistant staff. In this way, students are able to fully learn full how to manage academic life, and personal life.
In addition to these Support Services, the first floor of Nugent Hall is equipped with a wide array of accommodations such as a SureHands lift system, proximity card readers to open doors, a motion activated sink, and a wireless paging system to call staff. Some of these amenities can also be found throughout the residence hall, such as automatic doors, an electric, hospital-style bed, automated sinks, and more. In addition to routine housing needs, Nugent Hall is also connected to the Ikenberry dining hall, as well as having accessible exercise equipment in the upper floors of the student dining and recreational programming building. Currently, the Beckwith program consists of 26 rooms, all of which are equipped with the aforementioned accommodations. As well as the first floor, throughout Nugent Hall there are a select number of ADA equipped rooms, though they may not have the same accommodations as the Beckwith Residential Support Services rooms.
To be eligible for Beckwith Residential Support Services, students must be accepted to the University of Illinois or the Parkland Pathways program, have a severe physical disability which requires assistance with activities of daily living, and be registered with Disability Resources and Educational Services. Incoming students are also for mentoring while they are still in high school. Additional accommodations are available in various residence halls, such as Maudelle Tanner Bousfield Hall, Hendrick House, Illini Tower, and Newman Hall. Various apartments also may have accessible arrangements.
There are a number of private dormitories around campus, as well as a few houses that are outside of the Greek system and offer a more communal living experience. The private dorms tend to be more expensive to live in compared to other housing options. Private, certified residences maintain reciprocity agreements with the University, allowing students to move between the University-owned and private housing systems if they are dissatisfied with their living conditions.
Registered student organizations[edit]
The University boasts over 1,000 active Registered Student Organizations (RSOs),[113] showcased at the start of each academic year during Illinois's "Quad Day." Registration and support is provided by the Student Programs & Activities Office, an administrative arm established in pursuit of the larger social, intellectual, and educative goals of the Illini Student Union. The Office's mission is to "enhance ... classroom education," "meet the needs and desires of the campus community," and "prepare students to be contributing and humane citizens."[114]
Greek life[edit]
There are currently 59 fraternities and 36 sororities on the campus.[115] Of the approximately 30,366 undergraduates, 3,463 are members of sororities and 3,674 are members of fraternities.[116] The Greek system at the University of Illinois has a system of self-government. While there are staff advisors and directors in charge of managing certain aspects of the Greek community, most of the day-to-day operations of the Greek community are governed by the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council.[117] Many of the fraternity and sorority houses on campus are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Student government[edit]
U of I has an extensive history of past student governments. A mere two years after the university opened in 1868, John Milton Gregory and a group of students created a constitution for a student government. Their governance expanded to the entire university in 1873, having a legislative, executive, and judicial branch. For a period of time, this government had the ability to discipline students. In 1883, however, due to a combination of events from Gregory's resignation to student-faculty infighting, the government formally dissolved itself via plebiscite. [118]
It wasn't until 1934, when the Student Senate, the next university-wide student government, was created. A year before, future U of I Dean of Students, Fred H. Turner and the university's Senate Committee on Student Affairs gave increased power to the Student Council, an organization primarily known for organizing dances. A year after, the Student Council created a constitution and became the Student Senate, under the oversight of the Committee on Student Affairs. The Student Senate would become the longest lasting student government in UIUC history, lasting for 35 years.[119]
The Student Senate changed its purpose and name in 1969, when it became the Undergraduate Student Association (UGSA). It no longer was a representational government, instead becoming an collective bargaining agency. It often worked with the Graduate Student Association to work on various projects[120]
In 1967, Bruce A. Morrison and other U of I graduates founded the Graduate Student Association (GSA). GSA would last until 1978, when it merged with the UGSA to form the Champaign-Urbana Student Association (CUSA).[121][122]
CUSA lasted for only 2 years when it was replaced by the Student Government Association (SGA) in 1980. SGA lasted for 15 years until it became the Illinois Student Government (ISG) in 1995. ISG lasted until 2004.[122]
The current university student government, created in 2004, is the Illinois Student Senate, a combined undergraduate and graduate student senate with 54 voting members. The student senators are elected by college and represent the students in the Urbana-Champaign Senate (which comprises both faculty and students), as well as on a variety of faculty and administrative committees, and are led by an internally elected executive board of a President, External Vice President, Internal Vice President, and Treasurer. As of 2012, the executive board is supported by an executive staff consisting of a Chief of Staff, Clerk of the Senate, Parliamentarian, Director of Communications, Intern Coordinator, and the Historian of the Senate.[123]
The campus library system is one of the largest public academic collections in the world.[124] Among universities in North America, only the collections of Harvard are larger.[125] Currently, the University of Illinois' 20+ departmental libraries and divisions hold more than 24 million items, including more than 12 million print volumes.[124] As of 2012, it had also the largest "browsable" university library in the United States, with 5 million volumes directly accessible in stacks in a single location.[126] University of Illinois also has the largest public engineering library (Grainger Engineering Library) in the country.[127]
The online catalog is used by over one million people monthly[124] and each day more than 50,000 articles are downloaded from electronic journals licensed by the University of Illinois Library.[128] In addition to the main library building, which houses nearly 10 subject-oriented libraries, the Isaac Funk Family Library on the South Quad serves the College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences and the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center serves the College of Engineering on the John Bardeen Quad.
The University of Illinois Residence Hall Library System[129] is one of three in the nation.[130] The Residence Hall Libraries were created in 1948 to serve the educational, recreational, and cultural information needs of first and second year undergraduate students residing in the residence halls, and the living-learning communities within the residence halls. The collection also serves University Housing staff as well as the larger campus community, including undergraduate and graduate students, and university faculty and staff.[131]
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML)[132] is one of the Special collections units within the University Library. The RBML is one of the largest special collections repositories in the United States.[133] The collections- over half a million volumes and three kilometers of manuscript material- encompass the broad areas of literature, history, art, theology, philosophy, technology and the natural sciences. Manuscript collections include the papers of numerous writers, such as H.G Wells, Marcel Proust,[134] Carl Sandburg, and Gwendolyn Brooks.[135][136]
Recently, the two main recreation facilities, CRCE and the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC, formerly known as IMPE), were renovated.[137]
The bus system that operates throughout the campus and community is operated by the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District. The MTD receives a student-approved transportation fee from the university, which provides unlimited access for university students. In addition, the university pays for universal access for all its faculty and staff. As part of this arrangement, the MTD also runs a bus line between Willard Airport and Illinois Terminal, a multi-modal transportation facility which includes Amtrak and Greyhound – making it the focal point of Champaign-Urbana's public transportation systems.
The university maintains an extensive system of off-street bike paths and on-street bike lanes on campus. All students are expected to register their bicycles with the campus public safety department.
U of I's Division of Intercollegiate Athletics fields teams for ten men's and eleven women's varsity sports. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I. The university's athletic teams are known as the Fighting Illini. The university operates a number of athletic facilities, including Memorial Stadium for football, the State Farm Center for men's and women's basketball, and the Atkins Tennis Center for men's and women's tennis. The men's NCAA basketball team had a dream run in the 2005 season, with Bruce Weber's Fighting Illini tying the record for most victories in a season. Their run ended 37–2 with a loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the national championship game. Illinois is a member of the Big Ten Conference. Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement and convocation, and athletic games are: Illinois Loyalty, the school song, Oskee Wow Wow, the fight song, and Hail to the Orange, the alma mater.
On October 15, 1910, the Illinois football team defeated the University of Chicago Maroons with a score of 3–0 in a game that Illinois claims was the first homecoming game, though several other schools claim to have held the first homecoming as well.[138][139] On November 10, 2007, the unranked Illinois football team defeated the No. 1 ranked Ohio State football team in Ohio Stadium, the first time that the Illini beat a No. 1 ranked team on the road.
The University of Illinois Ice Arena is home to the university's club college ice hockey team competing at the ACHA Division I level and is also available for recreational use through the Division of Campus Recreation. It was built in 1931 and designed by Chicago architecture firm Holabird and Root, the same firm that designed the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium and Chicago's Soldier Field. It is located on Armory Drive across from the Armory. The structure features 4 rows of bleacher seating in an elevated balcony that runs the length of the ice rink on either side. These bleachers provide seating for roughly 1,200 fans, with standing room and bench seating available underneath. Because of this set-up the team benches are actually directly underneath the stands.[140]
Chief Illiniwek, or 'The Chief', was the university's official athletic symbol from 1926 until February 21, 2007. Use of the Chief garnered criticism for the university from Native Americans and allies as a misappropriation and inaccurate portrayal of indigenous culture. The university officials announced the end of the Chief Illiniwek era on February 16, 2007.
Faculty and alumni[edit]
As of 2007, 21 alumni and faculty members are Nobel laureates and 20 have won a Pulitzer Prize.[141] In particular,
John Bardeen is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in physics, having done so in 1956 and 1972 while on faculty at the University of Illinois. In 2003, two faculty members won Nobel prizes in different disciplines: Paul C. Lauterbur for physiology or medicine, and Anthony Leggett for physics.Two alumni have been named IEEE Fellows in recognition of their contributions to computer technology.
Fazlur Rahman Khan, considered to be the "Einstein of structural engineering" and the "Greatest Structural Engineer of the 20th century"[142] is an alumnus. Khan had been responsible for the engineering design of many major architectural projects, such as the 100-story John Hancock Center, and the 110-story Willis Tower (formerly known as Sears Tower).[143] Richard Hamming, known for the Hamming code and Hamming distance, is also an alumnus.
Alumni have created companies and products such as Netscape Communications (formerly Mosaic) (Marc Andreessen), AMD (Jerry Sanders), PayPal (Max Levchin), Playboy (Hugh Hefner), National Football League (George Halas), Siebel Systems (Thomas Siebel), Mortal Kombat (Ed Boon), CDW (Michael Krasny), YouTube (Steve Chen and Jawed Karim), THX (Tomlinson Holman), Andreessen Horowitz (Marc Andreessen), Oracle (Larry Ellison and Bob Miner), Lotus (Ray Ozzie), Yelp! (Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons), Safari (Dave Hyatt), Firefox (Joe Hewitt), W. W. Grainger (William Wallace Grainger), Delta Air Lines (C. E. Woolman), BET (Robert L. Johnson), Jump Trading and Tesla Motors (Martin Eberhard).
Alumni and faculty have invented the LED, DSL, JavaScript, the integrated circuit, the quantum well laser, the transistor, the pH meter, MRI, and the plasma screen, and are responsible for the structural design of such buildings as the Willis Tower, the John Hancock Center, and the Burj Khalifa.[144]
UIUC alumni have also led several companies, including BitTorrent (Eric Klinker), Ticketmaster, McDonald's, Goldman Sachs, BP, Kodak, Shell, General Motors, Playboy and AT&T.
Alumni have founded many organizations, including the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Project Gutenberg, and have served in a wide variety of government and public interest roles. Rafael Correa, President of The Republic of Ecuador since January 2006 secured his M.S. and PhD degrees from the University's Economics Department in 1999 and 2001 respectively.[145] Nathan C. Ricker attended U of I and in 1873 was the first person to graduate in the United States with a degree in Architecture. Mary L. Page, the first woman to obtain a degree in architecture, also graduated from U of I.[146]
Philanthropy is playing an increasingly significant role in supporting the Land Grant mission of the University of Illinois. The portion of the university's annual $1.5 billion budget which is state funds has diminished drastically over the past two decades. Currently the university receives only 16.4% of its budget from state tax dollars compared to 20 years ago when it received 44.5% of its budget from state tax dollars.[20] Gifts, grants, and contracts to the university comprise 19% of the annual budget.
Philanthropic giving to the university comes in the form of annual giving, major gifts, and estate planning. Annual giving is generally unrestricted by the donor and can be spent by the campus to meet immediate needs to maintain basic operations. Major gifts are typically put into an endowment at the donor's wishes, where the principal of the gift is invested while the interest is distributed to the campus department in which the donor designated their gift to be used. This practice of investing the principal in an endowment and only spending the interest, is done to secure the gift in perpetuity. In some cases, major gifts are used immediately for building campaigns such as the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, or the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science. Estate planning is another type of giving whereby a donor makes provisions in their will or estate documents which identifies the University of Illinois as a beneficiary.
Alumni play the largest role in philanthropic giving to the university. The most notable donors are Thomas M. Siebel and his wife Stacey who recently gave a $100 million estate gift to the university after they had given $36 million to build the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, $10 million to endow the Siebel Scholars program, $2 million to endow the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in Computer Science and $2 million to endow the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in the History of Science. Other notable donors include Sohaib Abbasi and his wife, Sara, who established the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Professorship to enable the CS department to maintain its stature as one of the nation's premiere departments and give students the opportunity to learn from a world-renowned computer scientist and educator. They have also endowed the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Fellowship to allow up to 5 graduate students each year, the opportunity to study computer science at one of the nation's top ranked computer science departments.
Stanley O. and Judith L. Ikenberry were the 14th President and First Lady of the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois from 1979–1995. The Ikenberrys established the Stanley O. and Judith L. Ikenberry Endowment for Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. This gift supports the presentation of guest artists at the Center as part of the Marquee Endowment.
See also[edit]
- Daily Illini – independent student newspaper
- Marching Illini – marching band of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- WPGU – student-run commercial radio station
- Illini 4000 for Cancer - Cross-country charity bike ride based out of the University of Illinois
- List of University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign people – List of notable University of Illinois People
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SMP support? that would be nice.
Phoronix: Gallium3D's Softpipe Driver Now Runs Faster
Keith Whitwell has gone ahead today and merged the softpipe-opt branch of Mesa into the master Mesa branch, which will eventually work its way into Mesa 7.7. The softpipe-opt branch brings performance optimizations to the "softpipe" driver of Gallium3D...
SMP support? that would be nice.
When is gallium going to replace the old mesa/3d drivers?
So we can get software accelerated compositing if you don't have a hardware to run it?
You have never tried software rendering in Mesa, have you?
Joking aside, having a finely tuned software rendering option in Gallium would be very nice. Microsoft has shown that it doesn't have to be that slow: http://techreport.com/discussions.x/15968
Neat although actually beating a discrete card would have been *far* more impressive.
Amiga demo scene veterans (like me) are amazed Compiz ever needed HW support. That kind of effects was cool back in 1989 on 7-10 MHz machines (albeit lower res then now). Thats why I am always so mad about graphic subsystem and its memory usage. In my mind, X should need this amount of memory: 1680*1050 (resolution I have), * 4 (RGBA) * 2 (double buffering) * 2 (lets have some comfort, memory is cheap) < 30 MB !!! My X is using right now 100 MB of virtual memory (Ubuntu) with Compiz _disabled_. I know, I know, it is storing bitmaps for applications. but it means X is storing such amount of bitmaps it could cover my desktop completely 10 times or more! How can that make any sense to anyone? Thats so wasteful. That, and Get Of My Lawn!
Hehe, you're probably right. With good enough low-level coders it could use a lot less system resources than it does. (not that nearly anyone does that low-level coding anyway anymore)

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Academics . Foundation . Faculty
Title Associate Professor/Chair of Painting
Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7357
Courses Art & Design History I: Ancient-18th Century | Art & Design History II: 18th Century-1945 | BFA Statement + Exhibition | Expanded Print: New Imaging | Hybrid Approaches to Drawing + Painting: Digital Media | Intro to Painting: Painting History: 1828-Present | Role of the Artist as Producer | Senior Studio: BFA Research | Systems Drawing | Water+: An Exploration of Water-Based Media
Degree MFA, Painting, University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa); MA, Art History, University of Alabama at Birmingham; BS, University of North Alabama
Lane Cooper is an artist, who works through painting, sound, video, text and, on occasion, performance. Her work has been presented in venues ranging from Birmingham, AL, to Madrid, Spain. In 2009 she participated in a residency at The Banff Centre located in Alberta, Canada, and in the fall of 2010 she was an artist-in-residence at Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ, where she exhibited as part of the 2011-12 season. She holds a master's degree in art history with an emphasis in contemporary art and an MFA in painting. She has been teaching since 1989, and since the spring of 2001 she has taught full-time at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Courses Charette: Collaboration + Community | Design I | Design II
Degree BFA, Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art; MFA, Sculpture, Syracuse University
Richard is a professor in the Foundation Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He was a sketch artist for the Baltimore Police Department in the Homicide Unit for a year. Here at CIA he has worked in our Continuing Education Program, the Portfolio Preparation Program and the Visiting Artist Program
Courses Drawing I | Drawing II | Enamel in the Public Realm | Enamel: Advanced Projects | Enamel: Image, Surface, Relief | Enameling: BFA Statement & Exhibition | Intro to Jewelry and Metals | Jewelry + Metals: Color | Language of Materials | Multiples in Enamel | Surface + Image | Three-Dimensonal Forms in Enamel
Degree MFA and BFA, Kent State University
Gretchen Goss's work has been supported by Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Grants, and is shown in exhibits nationally and internationally. She has been a visiting artist and taught numerous workshops on enameling nationally and in England. Her work is driven by her intrigue with the natural world.
Courses Digital Synthesis
Courses Drawing I
Peter Green is originally from southern Ohio and studied Drawing at Cleveland State and Illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He specializes in figures and portraits, utilizing traditional media and techniques. He has shown his work in galleries nationally and they have been featured in various publications. He is a member of the International Guild of Realism and the Portrait Society. He currently teaches Foundation Drawing at CIA.
Degree BFA, University at Buffalo
Jeff Harter pursued his BFA in Illustration at the University at Buffalo, where he studied under distinguished visiting artist and professor Alan E. Cober. After initially working as a freelance conceptual and editorial Illustrator, Jeff attended California Institute of the Arts program in character animation. He joined the Walt Disney Animation Studio in Burbank, California as an assistant animator to contribute to the feature films Hercules, Mulan and Tarzan. He later became a supervising character artist for the Winnie the Pooh characters at Disney Consumer Products while earning his M.A. in illustration at Syracuse University.
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Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy,alt.politics.white-power Subject: Paranoia as Patriotism: DePugh and the Minutemen Archive/File: pub/orgs/american/adl/paranoia-as-patriotism/minutemen Last-Modified: 1995/08/19 Robert DePugh and The Minutemen Robert DePugh, 72, came into prominence in the early 1960s as founder of the Minutemen - a secretive, extreme right-wing group that perceived an impending Communist takeover of the U.S. and organized violent "counteraction" to prevent the alleged takeover. Organized into secret cells of five to 15 members, the Minutemen stockpiled weapons and trained together to defend the country against what they deemed "subversives." In scattered incidents throughout the U.S. during the 1960s, armed Minutemen clashed with law enforcement authorities and private citizens. Minutemen carrying out DePugh's orders and objectives placed armed caches in various locations around the country. They attracted notoriety when this military equipment was discovered by law enforcement. In October 1966, for example, 19 New York Minutemen were arrested in raids and accused of planning to bomb and burn three summer camps in the New York metropolitan area, which the Minutemen claimed were being used by "Communist, left-wing, and liberal" individuals. Huge supplies of weapons and explosives - including rifles, pipe bombs, mortars, machine guns, grenade launchers and a bazooka - were uncovered. Because of faulty search warrants, however, the charges against the Minutemen were dropped in 1971, after lengthy court proceedings. In addition, the Minutemen used threats against their perceived enemies. In one incident, DePugh's monthly publication, _On Target_, listed the names of 20 Congressmen who had criticized the then-active House Committee on Un-American Activities, warning: "Traitors beware! Even now the cross hairs are on the back of your necks." In February 1968, DePugh went underground after a Federal grand jury in Seattle indicted him and seven other Minutemen on charges of conspiring to rob a bank. Federal agents captured DePugh and an associate 17 months later as they were leaving a hideout in Truth-or-Consequences, New Mexico. In July 1969, DePugh was sentenced to an 11-year prison term for firearms violations, bond jumping, and breaking Federal fugitive gun control laws. DePugh's incarceration signalled the end of the Minutemen as a significant presence among the radical right in America. Following his release from prison in May 1973, DePugh attempted to revive his stature in the hate movement, first by affiliating himself briefly with Liberty Lobby, the leading anti-Semitic propaganda organization in the country, and then by collaborating with United Klans of America leader Robert Shelton on an unsuccessful project called "the Committee of Ten Million." In June 1992, John Grady, leader of the American Pistol and Rifle Association (APRA) - a far-right alternative to the National Rifle Association - appealed to "Selected Patriots" to initiate a letter-writing campaign to overturn DePugh's conviction on other weapons violations. According to press accounts, DePugh had been convicted on two counts of weapons possession by a felon and one count of possessing an unregistered machine gun following a September 1991 Iowa arrest on charges of sexual exploitation of a 13-year-old girl and misdemeanor possession of of child pornography. No further details on these charges have been reported since. (Anti-Defamation League, 15-16) Work Cited Anti-Defamation League. [Special Report] Paranoia as Patriotism: Far-Right Influences on the Militia Movement. 1995.
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All-Stars Scherzer, Sale to square off in Chicago
Tigers righty, White Sox lefty take mound in series opener Monday
The last time Chris Sale faced the Tigers, he threw a pitch up and in to Prince Fielder which set off a chain of events that led to the benches clearing, Detroit reliever Luke Putkonen being ejected for throwing a pitch behind Alexei Ramirez, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland tossed for arguing vehemently with umpires.
Don't expect an encore performance, however, as Sale apologized and smoothed things over with Fielder and Leyland during the All-Star break.
"He's my new favorite enemy," Leyland said about Sale on Friday. "He's a terrific guy. We had a lot of rapport when we were [in New York], him and I. I really enjoyed it. He's really a good kid, terrific pitcher."
Sale will pitch opposite Max Scherzer, whom he followed in the All-Star Game. Scherzer lost his first game of the season on July 13 to the Rangers, snapping a streak of 19 starts without a loss.
"I mean, obviously, it's a nice streak," Scherzer said. "Hopefully, it just shows well and I can pitch consistently. I believe in my talents, and I believe going forward I'm going to put together other streaks as well."
Sale is hoping for a strong second half, after going 7-6 with a 4.03 ERA last year following a 10-2 record and 2.19 ERA in the first half.
"[Pitching coach Don Cooper] and I talked about it [Saturday] in my sideline session," Sale said. "This year, let's spring across the finish line instead of stumbling across or fall across. Just trying to keep building strength and keep doing my job and going out there and pitch and trying to win games."
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"[Saturday] night he was swinging it pretty good. Health-wise, he's looking good," said Sox manager Robin Ventura of Konerko. "Any time you get Paulie back, it's important for a lot of different reasons."
Konerko finished 4-for-10 at Double-A Birmingham, going 3-for-4 with a run scored Saturday. He has been on the disabled list since July 3 with a lower back strain.
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Tigers: Infante likely out for Chicago series
• Although Omar Infante hoped to rejoin the Tigers in Chicago, a flight delay coming back from Florida may have cost him any chance of doing so. The delay essentially meant a lost day to travel, which pushed back his recovery schedule.
"We miss Omar," Leyland said. "He's a good big league player and our regular second baseman."
With Infante out, right-handed-hitting Hernan Perez likely will start against White Sox left-handers Sale and Hector Santiago on Monday and Tuesday.
"That's what he's here for," Leyland said. "He's young, very talented and I think he's a terrific, terrific prospect."
Worth noting
• The White Sox are hitting .292 with runners in scoring position since June 1, the highest mark in the American League during that span.
• The Tigers' Victor Martinez is batting .397 with 11 runs scored, eight doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs in July.
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Installing to a btrfs root partition should be supported for a few weeks now. In fact, I did just that in late July.
Phoronix: Trying Out The New Ubuntu 10.10 Installer
Following last week's Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 3 release but landing before the Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" feature freeze this week were a number of last-minute features like X Server 1.9 integration and other updated packages along with the committing of the revamped Ubuntu desktop installer to Maverick. Via this revamped Ubuntu installer it's possible to install proprietary bits directly like support for MP3 audio files and proprietary graphics drivers...
Installing to a btrfs root partition should be supported for a few weeks now. In fact, I did just that in late July.
I believe he is looking for support in Grub2. I think such a patch exists but because it is ported from the kernels GPLv2 implementation, it may face difficulty getting merged into Grub2 since their GPLv3+ license (of superior freedom remember?) is incompatible with the GPLv2.
Hilarity on skates. But surely it will be worked out somehow.
Extlinux has btrfs support now.
If that would be the case Michael wouldn't have wrote: "[...] which was a feature introduced to Ubuntu Maverick's alternate/server CD installer."
I found btrfs by coincidence in Ubiquity at the end of last month and since then I am running Ubuntu on a compressed btrfs on my sub-notebook. Hopefully they will add the compress option officially soon.
Well, I thought you can't install directly to btrfs because of a dependency on zlib needed for compression. Regardless, the installer needs to have the option to mount / or any other directory with options, so for example, btrfs can be mounted with compress and ssd from the get go, making the total installation smaller, which is one big point for using btrfs for me anyway.
The way I did it using a previous alpha was to slow the installer using while 1 in bash, waiting until it mounts /target and /target/boot, then sending SIGSTOP to the installer. Then I unmounted /target/boot, then /target and remounted /target using "mount -t btrfs -o compress, ssd /device /mountpoint" and /target/boot using "mount -t ext4 /device /mountpoint". I then restarted the installer and it went on it's way installing, slowly of course because of the btrfs I/O slowdown bug. Afterwards I modified /etc/fstab to mount / using '-o compress, ssd'.
Unless I am completely blind I see no way to choose mount options using the alternative installer.
The btrfs I/O slowdown bug needs to be backported this kernel if btrfs is going to have any use at all, as it takes way too long to update installations.
What a nice installer. Ubuntu is doing a very good job! Can't wait for 10.10.10 final release!
Did I see it right, that the installer defaults to automatic login for the set user?
Windows XP is back!
It's not a privileged account, so not quite XP. I think automatic login is OK for PCs for home use, because those computers aren't physically secured beyond the security of the house. As soon as someone has access to the keyboard, they have access to the hard drive, too. A password won't do much good in that situation.
I haven't tested the installer; does anybody know what the default is for laptops? For laptops that are used in public places, it would make sense to encrypt the drive, have a password-protected login, and lock the BIOS into only booting from the hard drive.


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