The 23rd Annual Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium

Visitor's Guide

On campus dining

Breakfast - there are really only two places on campus where you can get a full breakfast early in the morning:

Lunch / Dinner

ZA's (south side of Green between Wright and 6th) - pizza, pasta, and sandwiches.
Legends (on north side of Green between 6th and 5th) – sandwiches
Jerusalem Restaurant (south-west corner of Wright and Healey)
Illini Union Foodcourt (basement in Illini Union)
Bobo China (north side of Green between 5th and 4th)
Panera Bread (north-west corner of John and 6th)
Bread Company (south-east corner of Goodwin and Oregon)
Cafe Luna (south-west corner of Green and 4th) - open only for lunch

Off campus dinner favorites:

Timpone's (Goodwin and Oregon, Urbana) – Italian
Silver Creek (402 N. Race, Urbana)
Miko (407 W. University, Urbana) - Japanese
Radio Maria (119 N. Walnut, downtown Champaign) - International
Bacaro (113 N. Walnut, downtown Champaign) - good wine selection, interesting food

Coffee houses

Cafe Kopi (N. Walnut) this is a very nice off campus cafe in downtown Champaign

Bars and Pubs

Legends (on north side of Green between 6th and 5th)
Most of the on campus bars are noisy and full of undergrads, especially when the university is in session; so be warned.

Parking

University parking garages (south-west corner of 6th and John and north-east corner of 5th and Daniel) - this is reserved parking but the top level has meters open to the public all day; also the whole garage is open to the public after 5pm and on weekends.
Public parking lot (on Green Street between 5^th and 6th Streets – enter from Green or Healey Streets) $0.75/first 2 hours; $1.50/additional hours; $12 maximum
Parking meters can be found all over campustown (long-term meters are located on Daniel and Fourth Streets; most other meters have a 2 hour limit). For $6 one can buy a Daily Meter Use Permit (http://www.parking.uiuc.edu/tscratch.html)

Internet access

Altgeld Hall - the computer lab in room 108 in the basement of Altgeld Hall will be accessible to participants of the conference. There are 15+ Windows PCs. They have various applications installed; you will be able to browse the internet and use ssh clients. NO LOGIN REQUIRED.
Math Library - the mathematics library in Altgeld Hall will be open 8:30--5:00 on May 28-30, 1:00--5:00 on May 31 and closed on June 1. Visitors may use the library collection and resources in the library but won't be able to check anything out. This is one of the finest mathematics libraries in the world. There are 7+ Windows PCs in the library connected to the internet.
If you have your own computer with you there are some other options to access the internet on campus:

Green Street Coffee House (north side of Green between Wright and 6th) provides free ethernet and wireless internet connections to its customers.
Expresso Royale (corner of 6th and Daniels) provides free wireless connection to the net.
Za's (south side of Green between Wright and 6th) provides free wireless connection to the net.

Evo Internet Cafe (on east side of 6th between Green & John) - we've never used it so comments are welcome.

Book Stores

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