Tonight's sudy session will examine a hole in city code recently exposed when Ebertfest organizers approached the city about sponsoring the film festival. CHAMPAIGN — When Ebertfest organizers recently approached the city about sponsoring the 21-year-old downtown film festival, they were told it wasn't possible. There were two reasons, according to city documents: a lack of funding and the lack of a formal policy governing sponsorship of special events. read more