Chief Illiniwek protesters crash board meeting

Friday, November 15, 2002

URBANA, Ill. -- Dozens of Chief Illiniwek opponents disrupted a meeting of the University of Illinois board of trustees Thursday in the latest attempt to force retirement of the school's mascot.

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