URBANA — Higher student health-insurance rates, a new international travel policy for students and public comments on proposed Illini mascots are on today's agenda for University of Illinois trustees.
The board meeting begins at 8 a.m. at the Illini Union, though the public portion of the meeting doesn't start until around 9:30 a.m.
Chancellor Robert Jones was out of the country recently when a students in a nonbinding referendum barely voted down an unofficial "Alma Otter" mascot proposal, which had gone viral in recent weeks.
Jones wouldn't bite when asked Wednesday about that and other suggestions that have emerged in recent weeks — including "Champ the Fighting Illini," a World War I soldier, drawn up by UI sophomore Mike Skibski, who will address trustees today in the public-comments section of the meeting.