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Newsman Kevorkian dies at 82
Harry Kevorkian, a longtime prominent newsman at WNDU and WSBT and a former educator at the University of Notre Dame, died Sunday.
Kevorkian, a Granger resident, was 82.
Kevorkian worked at WNDU for 25 years as a newscaster, assignment editor, news...Tags: CBS Corp., University of Notre Dame, Radio, Journalism, Colleges and Universities
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Ted Land
Ted Land joined the WSBT news team in August, 2012. He came to Michiana from Alaska where he worked as a reporter at KTUU, an NBC station owned by Schurz Communications Inc., the parent company of WSBT. During his four years in America’s “...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Sarah Palin, NBC (tv network), CLTV
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Donovan McNabb was a vision of greatness, former Irish assistant realized
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND — What did Kevin Rogers see in Donovan McNabb 18 years ago that the rest of college football missed? Rogers, a former Notre Dame assistant (1999-2001), was the offensive coordinator at Syracuse in 1993 when McNabb was a senior at Mount...Tags: Human Interest, College Football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Colleges and Universities, National Football League
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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: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Elmhurst College, Students, Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University
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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: Chicago International Film Festival, Film Festivals, Festive Events, The Hollywood Reporter, Book
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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: Teachers, Agriculture, Conservation, Colleges and Universities, Newspaper and Magazine
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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: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Colleges and Universities, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Southern Illinois University
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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: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Feminism, 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: Research, Science and Technology
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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: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Jim Edgar, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), YMCA, Springfield
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