U. of I. athletic boosters get special treatment
Devoted donors to the Fighting Illini are often thanked with prime stadium seats, first crack at tickets to bowl games or a chance to meet some of the school's marquee players. But a few patrons of the University of Illinois' athletic programs also try to use the department's prestige to give applicants they know an edge in the competitive admissions process, according to newly released campus records. An ongoing ChicagoTribune investigation reveals an admissions system subject to outside influences. Tara Malone, Stephanie Banchero and Jodi S. Cohen, Chicago Tribune, July 10, 2009
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