URBANA — Eight years after Chief Illiniwek was officially retired, a longtime opponent of the symbol plans to take the issue back to the NCAA after top University of Illinois administrators declined to act Monday.
Stephen Kaufman, professor emeritus, has asked Chancellor Barbara Wilson to stop the playing of the "Three-in-One" show by the Marching Illini that was the official music of Chief Illiniwek. At Monday's annual meeting of the faculty, he said that if Wilson did not take action by day's end, he would go to outside organizations, like the NCAA, AAUP and other state and federal funding and accreditation agencies.