CHAMPAIGN, IL (Julie Wurth, Champaign News Gazette. Please click on the link for the following story. Here is an excerpt below.)
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The “war chant” music, a fixture at Illini games that also drew criticism for stereotyping Native Americans, will no longer be played during University of Illinois sporting events.
UI athletics spokesman Kent Brown confirmed the decision Friday after several UI students said they were told to stop playing the chant at Thursday’s Illini soccer match by a representative of the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics.
“Midway through the first period, a DIA rep came over to tell us it was no longer allowed,” said Sam LeRoy, a member of the Illini Pride’s “Hotshots” soccer fan support group. He said they were playing the drum during a corner kick, as they had many times before.
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