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Northwestern University is one of the country's leading private research and teaching universities. It has two campuses located on Lake Michigan: the 240-acre main campus in Evanston, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. A third campus is located in Doha, Qatar. Northwestern has approximately 8,000 full-time undergraduate students, 8,000 graduate and professional program students and 2,000 part-time students. A member of the Big Ten conference, its athletic teams are called the Wildcats. Founded in 1851, Northwestern now has 12 schools and colleges: the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; the School of Communication; the School of...
Northwestern University is one of the country's leading private research and teaching universities. It has two campuses located on Lake Michigan: the 240-acre main campus in Evanston, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. A third campus is located in Doha, Qatar. Northwestern has approximately 8,000 full-time undergraduate students, 8,000 graduate and professional program students and 2,000 part-time students. A member of the Big Ten conference, its athletic teams are called the Wildcats. Founded in 1851, Northwestern now has 12 schools and colleges: the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; the School of Communication; the School of Continuing Studies; the School of Education and Social Policy; the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; the Graduate School; the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; the School of Law; the J. L. Kellogg School of Management; the Feinberg School of Medicine; the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music; and Northwestern University in Qatar.
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Obama win a new chapter for America
The Swamp"You wonder about the folks who risked their lives in Selma and Birmingham...if they ever envisioned that this would happen in some of their lifetimes."...Tags: Riots, National or Ethnic Minorities, Religion and Belief, Politics, Jesse Jackson
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Clinton, Doyle: reading tea leaves
The Swampby Christi Parsons A year ago, Hillary Clinton said she couldn't imagine running for office without Chicago's Patti Solis Doyle at her side. A lot has transpired between the two friends since then -- including a failed presidential campaign in......Tags: Bill Clinton, Education, National or Ethnic Minorities, Politics, White House
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Obama in red, white and blue
The SwampFrom Monday's Chicago Tribune by John McCormick To some ears, his name sounds foreign. His father was not an American citizen. Many of his relatives live overseas. And a portion of his own childhood was spent abroad. Every presidential candidate......Tags: Kansas, Politics, George H.W. Bush, Republican Party, Elections
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Bush un-impeachment bill gets hearing
The Swampby Katie Fretland and updated Critics of President George W. Bush got the chance to air grievances against him Friday at a House Judiciary Committee "non-impeachment hearing" before a packed audience of political activists. Even Cindy Sheehan, the...Tags: Politics, Lamar Smith, Elections, George W. Bush, Dennis J. Kucinich
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Former Army private faces execution
The Swampby Katie Fretland For the first time in 51 years, a United States president has affirmed the execution of a member of the military. President Bush yesterday decided against commuting the death sentence of former Army cook Ronald A. Gray,......Tags: Crimes, White House, Politics, Assault, Local Government
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Immigration roils small-town America
The Swampby Jim Tankersley and Christi Parsons Fourth in an occasional series, United States of Anxiety MANASSAS, Va.--It's patrol day for Maureen Wood and Allison Kipp. Armed with a notebook and cell phone, the two friends set off in a minivan......Tags: Civil Rights, National or Ethnic Minorities, Politics, Local Government, Virginia
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Bill Ayers: 'Washed-up' campaign tactic?
The Swampby Mark Silva ORLANDO - For a guy portrayed on national television as a "washed up terrorist'' - with some 38 percent of all households in the nation's biggest markets watching last night - William Ayers has been remarkably silent.......Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Education, White House, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Biden: No scans for aneurysms
The Swampby James Oliphant The Chicago Tribune reports that among recent medical records released by Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, there are no scans that might indicate the potential for another dehabilitating aneurysm such as the...Tags: Medical Services, Education, Politics, Diseases and Illnesses, Joe Biden
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Bill Ayers talks: No 'cartoon character'
The Swampby Mark Silva After months of self-imposed silence, the "washed up terrorist'' of the 2008 presidential campaign - John McCain's name for Chicago's Bill Ayers - has spoken out. He did so with our friend, Peter Slevin, Chicago-based correspondent for......Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weather Underground, Hyde Park, Bill Ayers, Barack Obama
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Jeremiah Wright: 'Powerful election'
The Swampby Margaret Ramirez and Mark Silva Last night, at Northwestern University, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of President-elect Barack Obama, spoke of the historic struggles of African-Americans, the new president and the challenges that remain....Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Jeremiah Wright, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, Government
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Chicagoan Tina Tchen going to Obama WH
The Swampby Christi Parsons and John McCormick A prominent Chicago lawyer who was one of Barack Obama's top fundraisers will be appointed to run the Office of Public Liaison for the White House, the Tribune has learned. The formal appointment of......Tags: Education, Politics, White House, Lawyers, Local Government
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Emanuel's earmarks: 'Why not?' - House
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama is likely to sign that $410-billion "omnibus spending bill'' laden with the "earmarks'' that the new president says he is determined to block from now on - so says Rahm Emanuel, the president's chief......Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Education, Jesse Jackson, Diseases and Illnesses, Politics
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