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People are corporations, my friend
So Illinois is in such dire financial shape that it must violate the contractual retirement agreements with teachers and other state workers. I've taught at the University of Illinois since 1979 and am one of those who would be cheated by the bills... -
Program helps students raise ACT scores, stay in college
Thirty graduating seniors from low income families in the north suburbs will enter college this fall, thanks to College Bound Opportunities, which guides the students toward higher ACT scores. It also works with them during college to keep them from...
Tags: School Examinations, Colleges and Universities, Lake Forest College, Northwestern University, Elmhurst College
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div.article div.byline p.date {display:none;} Anthony Madrid Anthony Madrid lives in Chicago. His poems have appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review, Poetry and Web Conjunctions. His first book is “I Am Your Slave Now Do What I...Tags: Entertainment Events, The Wall Street Journal, Students, Yale University, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Libertyville student’s ‘cool’ summer project: Documenting the ‘cancer experiment’
TribLocal - Libertyville » NewsWithout a declared major or a summer internship, Kenny Shaevel of Libertyville was looking for something “cool” to do this summer after his freshman year …... -
Cerna 'Chickie' Alter, 1939-2013
Cerna "Chickie" Alter was not a brilliant artist, but she knew great art when she saw it, friends said. Mrs. Alter studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, and then in the 1960s started a corporate art consulting business with a fellow art-...
Tags: Mexico, Art Institute of Chicago, Ovarian Cancer
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Leslie Zemeckis sashays into the history of burlesque
During the shabby final days of the last of the burlesque houses that once dotted State Street near Congress Parkway, three of us — in possession of a few bucks and self-confidence fueled by fake IDs — entered the Follies Theater and saw a...
Tags: Book, Entertainment Events, Roseland, Flight (movie), Jeffrey Tambor
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Nganje joins NDSU as chair of Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department
William Nganje has joined the North Dakota State University Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics as department chair and professor. Before joining NDSU, Nganje was an associate professor of agribusiness finance at Arizona State University'...Tags: Science and Technology, Conservation, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Issues, Agriculture
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Madigan says universities, community colleges willing to share pension costs
— House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly pick up the cost of teacher pensions over several years even as tuition...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Pension and Welfare, Education, Illinois Governor, Schools
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Marcelyn J. 'Marcy' Henrikson, 1934-2013
Marcy Henrikson was a supporter of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and marched for women's rights in the 1970s. But she wasn't proud of her initial reaction 30 years ago when she learned her teenage daughter was lesbian, her family said. She...
Tags: Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Lung Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice
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Penny-sized camera at University of Illinois offers view of how bugs see the world
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A tiny new camera developed at an Illinois university is giving researchers a bug's eye view. The camera created by a research team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is about the size of a penny and mimics...Tags: Science and Technology, Research
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Livingston sworn in as La Grange president
Tom Livingston may be new to the village presidency, but he's no stranger to La Grange. In addition to serving as a trustee for eight years between 2003 and 2011, Livingston, 45, grew up in the village, attending grade school at LaGrange Highlands and...
Tags: Springfield, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), YMCA, Jim Edgar, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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Ritzhenhein runs his race, is top U.S. finisher in Chicago Marathon
Dathan Ritzenhein refused to get carried away. Nine miles into Sunday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Ritzenhein found himself running faster than he planned and only some 10 seconds behind the lead pack, much closer than he expected at that point....
Tags: Paralympic Games, Savoy (music group), Dathan Ritzenhein, Liliya Shobukhova, Chicago Marathon
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May 17, 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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Oct 7, 2012
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