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Class of finalists
CHICAGO Deanna Pirpiris, Chicago, Taft High School NORTH & WEST SUBURBS Courtney Ackerman, Wilmette, New Trier Township High School Leila Ayoub, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove High School Emily Bartusiak, Lake Forest, Woodlands Academy of...Tags: Christianity, Crime, Law and Justice, Financial Aid, Education, Religion and Belief
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Walk This Way! links readers to Lehigh Valley trails
It launched softly, almost silently, like the inaudible patter that Carl Sandburg called the fog that comes in on little cat feet. The Morning Call's "Walk This Way!" campaign, sponsored by Highmark, began more than two months ago as a way to...
Tags: Running, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Allentown, Google+, Road Running
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Hans M. Wuerth: 'Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people'
When on Jan. 30, 1933, then-German President Hindenburg appointed Hitler as the country's chancellor, it changed German as well as world history. Twelve years later, Hitler ended his own life, but not before millions of victims had perished. Several...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Nazi Party, Book, Fine Artists, New York City
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Students walk to remember
As they prepare for the annual Relay for Life, many students in Consolidated High School District 230 are remembering the loved ones they lost to cancer. That's what spurred Barrie Chileen, a senior at Carl Sandburg High School, to earn financial...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Breast Cancer, Relay for Life, Human Interest
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Best bets for the week
Spring clean-up day is set in Orland Park The Village of Orland Park annual Spring Clean-Up Campaign, in cooperation with Waste Management of the South Suburbs, will be held April 25-27. Dumpsters will be placed at the Public Works Facility, located...Tags: Golf, Arts and Culture, Waste Management Incorporated, Sports, Prescription Drugs
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Review: 'The Third Coast' by Thomas Dyja
The title of the first chapter of Thomas Dyja's "The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream," evokes a smile: "The Brick Is Another Teacher." Dyja's book is roughly brick-size and brick-heft, and I wondered what it might have to teach. •...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Mahalia Jackson, Illinois Institute of Technology, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Tina Fey
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10 things you might not know about film critics
Chicago Tribune reportersA screenwriter who went by the pseudonyms of R. Hyde and Reinhold Timme died recently in Chicago. Others knew the man as Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Ebert's death got us thinking about interesting facts involving movie critics....Tags: Michael Phillips, Entertainment, Abraham Lincoln, Academy Awards, Luke Ford
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Excerpt: 'The Third Coast' by Thomas Dyja
From his stove, Nelson Algren saw a dark shape stumble out of the bar across Wabansia Avenue. It teetered once, then slumped under the Nectar Beer sign, sizzling neon in the bitter February cold. Eight degrees, an army fatigue jacket, and too many shots...
Tags: Nazi Party, Literature, Newspaper and Magazine, Prisons, World War I (1914-1918)
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Kevin Coval on his new poetry collection, "Schtick"
It must have been tempting for poet Kevin Coval to read from his own work during “Chicago Classics,” which took place one Friday night in late March in packed-with-people Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center. That is because...
Tags: Music, Judaism, Columbia College Chicago, Entertainment, Abraham Lincoln
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Ebert showed how to die with grace
Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week. As of Wednesday, more than 50,000 people had searched for his name, an impressive display of his influence. He wasn't quite as hot as North Korea or Jay Leno, but he was running...Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert, Nelson Algren, Twitter, Inc.
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Beyond movies, a lesson in dying
Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week. As of Wednesday, more than 50,000 people had searched for his name, an impressive display of his influence. He wasn't quite as hot as North Korea or Jay Leno, but he was...
Tags: Studs Terkel, Roger Ebert, Mike Royko, Bill Kurtis, Twitter, Inc.
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Schmich: Ebert reflects well on Chicago
This column originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 21, 2011. Some years ago when I was new to Chicago, I spotted Roger Ebert in the frozen-foods aisle of a grocery store. He was famous by then, and I did what any normal person does at the sight...
Tags: Studs Terkel, Chicago Tribune, Gene Siskel, Chicago Sun-Times, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois)
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