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Highland Park artist interprets beauty
For artist Polina Reisman, the idea of beauty is far from media portrayals of the tall, thin model walking the runway. In fact, she believes beauty is quite the opposite: It's in the imperfections and quirks that make people unique. To try to convey...
Tags: Arts, Health and Safety at School, Artists, Personal Income, Colleges and Universities
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Sometimes touching base yields compelling stories
I was looking for stories to write when a colleague recommended I’d check in on Sarah Bauer, a northwest suburban woman born with spina bifida who’s in medical school. We wrote about Bauer in 2009, just as she was preparing to attend...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Spina Bifida
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'Book of My Lives': Aleksander Hemon's remarkable tale
Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he...
Tags: Northwestern University, Book, John Freeman, Immigration, Jhumpa Lahiri
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Study explores why some families return to poor neighborhoods
When it was introduced in 1994, the federal housing experiment Moving to Opportunity was, to some, a means to rectify poverty. To others, it was a way for cities to dump their poorest residents on the suburbs. Many deemed it a failure, and officials...
Tags: Interior Policy, Chicago Housing Authority, Social Issues, Culture, Poverty
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Excerpt: 'The Book of My Lives' by Aleksandar Hemon
I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than 8, because I still have a chess board on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, “Saša Hemon 1972.” I loved the board more than...
Tags: Sex Pistols (music group), Entertainment, Schizophrenia, Science, Teachers
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More than a dozen cases of mumps suspected at Loyola
A dozen or more cases of mumps have been reported among Loyola University Maryland students over the past month, prompting officials to alert the campus community to signs of the rare virus that has spread rapidly across college campuses in recent...
Tags: Swelling, Measles, Meningitis, Mumps, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Student from South Bend views history in Rome
South Bend TribuneEmily Polovick was a witness to history. The South Bend native was one of more than 150,000 people to pack St. Peter's Square on Wednesday. She was there as Pope Francis was introduced to the world. Admittedly, the enormity of what she saw hasn't sunk in...Tags: Papal Conclave (2013), Francis I, Rome (Italy), Teaching and Learning, Students
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A Baltimore County native and two friends take on the first all-disabled ascent of El Capitan
El Capitan is an intimidating granite formation in California's Yosemite National Park, popular with climbers because its 7,573-foot vertical face presents such a challenge. Pete Davis has done the four-night, five-day ascent twice, which is an...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Catonsville, Healthy Diet, Education
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Baltimore Catholics see fresh outlook from new pope
Surprise turned into joy as Baltimore Catholics celebrated the election of the first Latin American and first Jesuit pope, saying it offered an often-hidebound church a chance for rejuvenation. "One time, John Paul the Great called America, meaning...
Tags: Francis I, Papal Conclave (2013), Caribbean Islands, Education, Poverty
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Foundation to aid aspiring dancers
With 10 brothers and sisters in the family, a mother who home-schools and little money for extras, Loretta Williams knows that to achieve her dream of becoming a professional ballerina, she's going to need some help. The 19-year-old needs about $20,...
Tags: Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Dance, Entertainment Events, Joffrey Ballet
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James R. Crook, attorney
James Roderick Crook Jr., a retired attorney for Baltimore City and a World War II veteran, died of stroke complications Wednesday at the Edenwald Retirement Community. The Guilford resident was 91. Born in Baltimore and raised in Oakenshawe, he attended...Tags: Ocean City, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Career and Workplace, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Roman Catholicism
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Online learning has great potential and pitfalls
Professors Elliot King and Neil Alperstein's excellent commentary ("Ask the right questions about MOOCs," March 6) usefully identifies the potential strengths and weaknesses of small and large online courses. But two important considerations are omitted....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Colleges and Universities, Education, Teachers
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