The University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana staffs a 24/7 Christmas carol call center in a student residence hall, sharing musical holiday joy with callers from around the world.

A cool, breezy evening set the perfect backdrop for the culmination of orientation festivities — Illinois Sights & Sounds.

Illinois didn’t have a state song, so all the other senators said, "sure." The melody is still played by the Marching Illini during pregame performances before University of Illinois football games.

The students are officially back on campus at the University of Illinois and an event on Sunday helped make the big school ...