The Wright Times, Wright College, Chicago, IL
15 hours ago by Secil Askoy
In last month's issue, the article 'Turkish Denial Drowns Out Sounds Of Genocidal Past' elicited a strong response. To that end, The Wright Times found it essential to share the other side of a very polarizing story.
The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
13 hours ago by Tom Fischl
For 14 years, I owned a business in downtown Evanston that greatly benefited from the existence of Northwestern University. The university supported me in ways that went beyond patronizing my business, and they made me feel as though I were part of the NU family.
The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
5 hours ago by Berlin, Kyle
"You see that barrel?" said Robert Blue, pointing to a large, black garbage bin. "That's my stuff." Shards of broken pottery threatened to overflow the barrel's rim, as Blue methodically emptied his ceramics of rainwater, checked them for cracks and either dumped them in the barrel or restored them to their proper case for storage.
The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2 hours ago by Francesca Jarosz
In the latest outpouring from our technology-enslaved culture, growing numbers of middle and high school students are trading traditional classrooms for Internet-based "cyber schools." Instead of engaging in healthy scholastic social interaction like adolescents have for generations, they learn English and Algebra II by staring at computer screens.
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Central Michigan Life, Central Michigan University, MI
5 hours ago by Angie Favot
Updated at 1:15 p.m. Thursday
A doe charged into Moore Hall room 111, located on the north side of the building, around 11 a.m. today.
Jeffrey Smith, a broadcast and cinematic arts instructor, was teaching BCA 510: Broadcast and Cable Law with 23 students when a deer jumped through the first floor window.
The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, IL
1 day ago by Scott Nathan Green
At Chicago's gay pride parade Sunday afternoon, I saw an outlandish collection of freaks and degenerates, out and proud for something inherently shameful. I'm talking about the protestors.
Near the end of the parade's route on the corner of Pine Grove and Diversey, wooden riot-control barricades and a few disinterested-looking cops surrounded about 20 or 30 fundamentalist Christians.
The Daily Illini, University of Illinois, IL
15 hours ago by Joanna Aguirre
Fox-Atkins Development finalized the purchase of Research Park's former Motorola building from Motorola Inc. June 23. The 74,000-square-foot structure is the only building in the park not built by Fox-Atkins or the University of Illinois.
The former Motorola building, located between Oak Street and First Street across from the University's Assembly Hall, was put on the market during the fall of 2007 and about 215 workers lost their jobs.
Western Courier, Western Illinois University, IL
1 day ago
QUINCY (AP) - As floodwaters slowly recede in some Illinois counties along the Mississippi River, they can't move fast enough for officials keeping a weary eye on damaged crops and strained levees.
No homes or businesses had been lost by Tuesday along the 54-mile Sny levee south of Quincy, but seepage damaged already-planted crops and has kept farmers from planting more, officials said.
Western Courier, Western Illinois University, IL
1 day ago by Sarah Zeeck
A Beardstown man was pronounced dead on the scene 8:50 PM last Saturday at the Macomb Raceway when he was trapped inside his burning car.
According to authorities, Kevin Lyles, 35 of Beardstown was racing a passenger car that he converted into a race car when he hit a tractor tire causing his vehicle to overturn and burst into flames.
Western Courier, Western Illinois University, IL
1 day ago by Ed Komenda
It would be completely wrong to say that Pixar Animation Studios has done it again with their latest flick "Wall-E." It still wouldn't be enough to describe the film as a milestone that completely transcends any animated reel of the past. Words are often a good weapon.
Central Michigan Life, Central Michigan University, MI
22 hours ago by Maria Spicketts
Central Michigan University will receive an increase of $819,400 and a total of approximately $82.7 million in funding from the state of Michigan for the 2009 fiscal year.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm and both Michigan houses approved different educational budgets last week.
BG News, Bowling Green State University, OH
1 day ago by Mike Metzger
Being drafted in the 19th round of the Major League Baseball Amateur draft is hardly a promising start to a professional career.
However, Burke Badenhop, a Perrysburg, Ohio, native and 2005 graduate of BGSU, is proving the majors are where he belongs.
"Being able to play in the majors is a pretty surreal feeling," Burke said.
Central Michigan Life, Central Michigan University, MI
22 hours ago by Sarah Fredlund
Earlier this summer, Mike Hurd was expecting a new debit card from his parents that has yet to arrive because of alleged mail backups for on-campus students.
"It's frustrating," the Orion sophomore said.
After the spring semester ends, mail delivered to the residence halls must be processed for former residents.
BG News, Bowling Green State University, OH
22 hours ago
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