apr 1, 2004 - Anti-Chief protesters occupy Swanlund Administration Building for 32 hours
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Anti-Chief protesters occupy Swanlund Administration Building for 32 hours. To end sit-in, Cantor promises meetings with members of North Central Association during upcoming campus visit and with members of black and Latino caucuses of state Legislature, and that Chief's future will be put on trustees' agenda in June.
June: Trustees adopt resolution calling for "consensus conclusion" on the Chief issue. In later months, they adopt guidelines that include keeping names "Illini" and "Fighting Illini" and considering athletic programs and ability of its athletes to compete at the highest levels.
August: After an April campus visit, North Central Association issues report saying UI's failure to resolve Chief issue shows failure of leadership and expresses concerns about how controversy is affecting "educational effectiveness" of university.
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