Probiotics: The good bacteria gains in popularity

We don't often think of bacteria as a good thing, especially in our bodies. Antibacterial soaps fill drugstore shelves, and antibiotics treat countless diseases. But now, a new kind of "good" bacteria is taking up shelf space in the same stores as hand sanitizers.

Purdue popular among foreign students

INDIANAPOLIS | More foreign students attended Purdue University than any other U.S. public university last year except the University of Illinois, according to data released Monday.

Harvest bountiful at UI student farm

Farm manager Zack Grant inspects tomatoes at the University of Illinois Sustainable Student Farm in Urbana, Ill.

Harvest bountiful at UI student farm

University of Illinois graduate Megan Grant picks tomatoes in the high tunnel at the University of Illinois Sustainable Student Farm in Urbana, Ill.

Harvest bountiful at UI student farm

URBANA, Ill. | Three-and-a-half years after it was first established on campus, the University of Illinois Sustainable Student Farm is having its best year ever.

New UI website offers campus directions

Joel Steinfeldt, brand manager in public affairs at the University of Illinois, shows the university's new mobile friendly website on an iPhone complete with Google-powered 3-D maps and directions to every major campus building — by bus, car, bike or on foot, at his office in Champaign, Ill.

Adventures in Everyday Living: Shorelines, Thursday, March 1st

Tomorrow, at a theater near you, the opening of The Lorax movie and a party for Dr. Seuss's 109th b-day at Fernwood Botanical Garden in Niles on Saturday; also very secret exclusive Paparazzi opening Saturday in Valpo. --Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore Magazine

Adventures in Everyday Living: Shorelines, Thursday, February 23rd

News from the Shore in-box includes debut of Laura Caldwell's 13th book. Roger Ebert shouts out to University of Illinois alums to save the student paper and Harbor Country artist Roger Harvey prints for Art Attack. --Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore Magazine