<p>Just got a letter in the mail regarding submitting a photo to be included in a new student profile booklet to "allow students to get to know about each other". They also make a pitch for you to buy into the Illio yearbook. I'm wondering whether students usually go in for not only submitting a photo for the incoming freshman profile, but purchase the yearbook for all 4 years of college. I think purchasing a yearbook in your senior year would be the way to go, but, I'll admit, it's an interesting marketing campaign...get'em hooked in with a freshman profile booklet, and sell'em 4 years of a yearbook while we're at it.</p>
<p>As for football tickets, it looks like you can purchase regular student tickets for, I think $77, and Block I tickets for $112. Block I gets you a t-shirt, membership in Illini Pride, which gets you discounts on certain merchandise in stores, a "free" road trip, etc. It's first come first serve for seats in the endzone, and you get to participate in certain stunts (cards in the stands, halftime stuff). The regular student tickets you get a weekly voucher that you have to remember to exchange for tickets along the sidelines (which seem like better seats to me), and if you coordinate turning in the vouchers with a group of friends at the same time, you can sit with them during the game in pre-assigned seats.
Which ones usually go first, and when do we need to think about ordering tickets for football, basketball, etc.?</p>