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Former U. of I. president to teach at Springfield campus
Tribune reporterFormer University of Illinois President Michael Hogan will be assigned to the university’s smallest campus in Springfield when he returns next year from a sabbatical. In his role as a history professor, Hogan will be required to teach two classes...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, World War II (1939-1945), Colleges and Universities, Springfield
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Rosemont Inc.
Fredric N. Tulsky and John Sullivan, Medill WatchdogWith every cab ride to and from a Chicago airport, 25 cents of the fare goes to a tiny suburb renowned for insider dealing and outsize clout. Those coins add up to millions a year for the suburb — Rosemont — and help fuel a political...Tags: John Jackson, Republican Party, Local Government, Kirk W Dillard, Entertainment
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2 teachers union lobbyists teach for a day to qualify for hefty pensions
Two lobbyists with no prior teaching experience were allowed to count their years as union employees toward a state teacher pension once they served a single day of subbing in 2007, a Tribune/WGN-TV investigation has found.
Steven Preckwinkle, the...Tags: Tom Cross, Science, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace, 401K
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A lift or a drag?
Huma Gruaz picked a precarious time in her personal life to enroll in a Master of Business Administration program.
She had just moved to Chicago from the suburbs. She had to figure out how to navigate life after a divorce. And she had just started her...Tags: University of Michigan, Spanx, Inc., Teaching and Learning, Indiana University, Southern Illinois University
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'Little Red Guard' author Wen Huang has come to terms with his father, and with China
Chicago Tribune reporterWen Huang suggested we go to Chinatown. Initially, the idea seemed gauche, kitschy, stereotypical — the last place in Chicago you would want to meet a local writer whose thoughtful new memoir recounts his childhood in China. Indeed, to anyone...Tags: Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), Political Corruption, Studs Terkel, Communist Party of China, New York City
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Chicago area has most corruption convictions in nation, UIC study says
Clout StreetThe Chicago area logged the most public corruption convictions of any federal jurisdiction in the United States during the past 36 years, according to a report released today by the University of Illinois at Chicago. Federal prosecutors secured a total...Tags: Local Government, Politics, Political Corruption, Chicago City Hall, Chicago Mayor
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GOP candidates Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman fail to get on some primary ballots
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many of Mitt Romney's presidential challengers are having trouble fulfilling a fundamental requirement of running for public office: getting on the ballot.
Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman have all failed to...Tags: Republican Party, Trials, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC, Republican National Conventions
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Globally Recognized Scholar and Biographer of Abraham Lincoln to Speak at Rockford College
![Michael Burlingame, globally recognized scholar and biographer of Abraham Lincoln will present his talk, "Lincoln: the Indispensable Man" at Rockford College.](http://media.wgnradio.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67302219-11075819.jpg "Michael Burlingame, globally recognized scholar and biographer of Abraham Lincoln will present his talk, "Lincoln: the Indispensable Man\" at Rockford College.")
Staff reporterMichael Burlingame, globally recognized scholar and biographer of Abraham Lincoln will present his talk, "Lincoln: the Indispensable Man" at Rockford College. Dr. Burlingame is currently holder of the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Colleges and Universities
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Many find their way into state's higher education pension system
For a few days' work proctoring exams in 1999 at a Downstate community college, Raymond Roskos Jr. earned $364. He'll be paid much more later. That brief service in the state higher education system is all it took to qualify Roskos to eventually draw a...Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace, Southern Illinois University, Lobbying
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Bankruptcy, foreclosures tinge congressional candidate's financial hard-liner image
Congressional candidate James P. Hickey has made a name for himself heading the Orland Park fire district by targeting spending and firefighter compensation.
But as he runs for the U.S. House, Hickey's own finances are coming under scrutiny. The...Tags: Bankruptcy, Disasters and Accidents, Foreclosures, Financial and Business Services, Economy, Business and Finance
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Timothy Christian in Elmhurst Places Second in Statewide Mock Trial Invitational
TribLocal - ElmhurstHinsdale Central High School, in Hinsdale Ill., placed first in the 30th annual Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) High School Mock Trial Invitational held at …... -
Legislative scholarships flowed to top union lobbyist's kids
— Steven Preckwinkle's one day of subbing became a symbol of Illinois' troubled pension system after that work qualified him for significant state teacher retirement benefits.
The political director of the Illinois Federation of Teachers can base...Tags: Financial Aid, Awards and Prizes, Politics, Pat Quinn, Concerts
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