It is when this occurs that a return visit to U of I is in order. Twenty years can cause an astonishing amount of changes, and you might find that in the year 2020, the U of I is a very different place. When you arrive, the first thing you notice is that the Chief is no longer the school mascot. During halftime, Fluffy hops around the field as adoring Illinois fans throw carrots onto the field. But it's not just athletics that have changed.
Academics are different as well.
After the discovery of life on other planets, the college of LAS has established a Department of Martian Studies, and students busily memorize how to conjugate Zorgon verbs in the Foreign Languages Building. You walk into Gregory Hall and peek into a classroom. You are shocked to find that, after years of unresolved conflict between the GEO and the University, robots have replaced TAs. Apparently, the University reasoned that if robots start to complain too much, they can always be disassembled. Even though it is a weekday, the Quad seems suspiciously empty.