Uni High's student-written and -directed comedy showcase took to the North Attic stage May 15 and 16. The two performances helped X-Week raise a final total of $3,460 for this year's charity, the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club. Lor Sligar takes a quick look back at the show, along with this series of photos by Katy Metcalf.

By all accounts, Big Show '09 was a smashing success, helping Uni raise $3,460 for the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club. Gargoyle editor Laura Dripps was part of the comedy production. Read on to find out how the cast overcame a last-minute crisis on opening night, and how Jamie Blue helped Laura work through a mild case of the nerves.

The rest of X-Week ended back on May 1, but the spirit of Uni's annual fundraiser for charity lives on this weekend with Big Show '09. After a two-week delay, the comedy spectacular is ready to take center stage with almost 30 sketches and video skits. All money raised will go toward the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club.

After a highly successful X-Week, the school had raised almost $2,000 for this year's charity, the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club. That figure doesn't even include Big Show, which will take place on May 15 and 16. Check out the photo essay inside for another look at the senior auction, which closed out the week.

X-Week '09 kicked off with this challenge: Swallow six Saltine crackers in under a minute. How did the competitors do? Check out the photos inside and get caught up with the rest of X-Week, which is raising money for the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club.

What do an auction, a giant bake sale, an iPod Touch, and an eating contest have in common? They are all part of the activities planned for this year's X-Week, Uni's annual fundraiser for charity. Beginning Monday, X-Week '09 will raise money for the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club. Check inside the list of lunchtime events.

For the week of May 5, the halls of Uni were filled with music and the infectious spirit of people giving back. It was X-Week, Uni's annual showcase of student fundraising activities created as a way of giving back to the community. Check inside to see how well Uni did in raising money for this year's charity, Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners.

The first-ever X-Week dance-off will get things rolling Monday during lunch for six days of fundraising. This year's events will benefit the Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners program. All the old favorites will be back: water balloon tosses, senior auction, and, of course, Big Show. But this year there will also be a talent show and an opportunity for hands-on volunteer activities.

If it's the last week in January, it must be Spirit Week. This year the Uni tradition returns with several new events to go along with dress-up days and the all-school assembly. In addition, the girls basketball team will celebrate Senior Night at Kenney Gym Thursday against Normal Calvary, and the boys will host the same school on Friday.

This year the charity fundraiser known as X-Week was going to be combined with Spirit Week from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1. But at today's Student Council meeting, members concluded there wasn't enough time left to plan X-Week activities. Check inside for more. [UPDATED]

Uni has long had many clubs devoted to community service and social justice. But keeping track of their activities was sometimes difficult, and the lack of coordination at times resulted in overlapping efforts. To help improve communication among these groups, Student Council has come up with "One Club" — lunchtime meetings of Uni's activist community. One Club's next meeting is set for Tuesday. Topics to be discussed will include the fate of Uni tradition X-Week.