The Daily Illini is really bad, even for a student publication. I used to cut it some slack because it was "independent", but now it is subsidized by a student fee.
The articles are inane, usually much closer to a middle school level than a college level in subject matter and tone. There seems to be a complete lack of editing. The reason I'm bothering to leave this review is because I happened to look at the website for the first time in quite a while, and saw this gem:
"Wholistic medicine"
Hahahaha. Clearly the good writers with strong vocabulary (which no doubt exist in abundance at UIUC) are too busy making something of their lives to work at the DI.