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Rick Kogan on Carl Sandburg's 'A Revolver'
You have, no doubt, heard about the new Carl Sandburg poem. Perhaps you have read it too. It is titled "A Revolver," and it was discovered a few weeks ago by Ernie Gullerud, a former professor of social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-...
Tags: Science and Technology, Electronics, Arts and Culture, Poetry, Chicago Tribune
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Menu labels may sway those who need them most
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Showing diners how many calories are in restaurant food items may influence how much they eat - especially among the least health-conscious people, a new study suggests. "It's encouraging because the information may help the...Tags: Science and Technology, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Colleges and Universities, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater
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Carl Sandburg athletic director dies in single-car crash
Tribune reportersCarl Sandburg High School officials are mourning the loss of the high school's athletic director who was found dead Sunday afternoon after a single-vehicle accident in Carroll County. Bruce Scheidegger, 54, had been reported missing at 11:07 p.m....Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Accidental Death, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Carl Sandburg
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Remarkable Woman: Amy Thomas Elder
Amy Thomas Elder lives and breathes education. Has been doing so for most of her 49 years. Her parents were teachers. Dad taught history; mom was a math instructor. Her kindergarten was held in an antique house at Greenfield Village next to the Henry...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, University of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University
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Remarkable Woman: Susana Vasquez
Susana Vasquez's office on 22nd floor of a Loop high-rise is spacious and bright. What's missing, save for some children's drawings and an impressive Tinkertoy contraption displayed in the corner, is much in the way of decoration. Vasquez, who became...
Tags: Harvard, Colleges and Universities, Personal Income, Crime, Law and Justice, Education
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Bullying declines for LGB youth over time
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It does get better for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth, according to a new study of the name calling, threats and violence faced by teens in England. Researchers found that although more than half of non-heterosexual...Tags: Science and Technology, Research, Gays and Lesbians, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School
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U. of I. volunteer finds unknown Carl Sandburg poem
Tribune reporterWith the debate over gun control heating up, a retired volunteer at a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign made a timely find. Ernie Gullerud, a former professor of social work at the university, came upon a previously unpublished poem by Carl...Tags: Arts and Culture, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Justice System, Judges
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Going to school on video game violence
The students filtered in. They smelled of cigarettes and cold. They dropped their backpacks and peeled off their Gore-Tex. Then Lisa Buscani, one of the five instructors who teaches Ethics in Computer Games and Cinema at DePaul University, after...
Tags: Joe Biden, Chicago Mayor, Django Unchained (movie), Gaming Industry, Theft
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Dr. William J. Weiner, UM chairman of neurology
Dr. William J. Weiner, a professor and chairman of the department of neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who was nationally known for his work with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, died Dec. 29 of multiple myeloma...Tags: Tourette Syndrome, University of Maryland, College Park, Genetic Condition, Teaching and Learning, University of Chicago
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Remarkable Woman: Colleen Coughlin
As a kid growing up on the Southwest Side, Colleen Wagner Coughlin had a thing for animals. Gerbils and other small, furry critters populated the family home. "I always loved animals as pets, but it was how they reproduced — I didn't even know the...
Tags: Rosie O'Donnell, Infertility, Joe Girardi, In Vitro Fertilization, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Roger Ebert's Ebertfest gets $20,000 academy grant
Roger Ebert may already be on the mend from a hairline fracture in his left leg, but there's news Thursday that may be enough to get him out of bed and dancing: His annual film festival, Ebertfest, received a $20,000 grant from the Academy of Motion...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Festive Events, Tom Cruise, Jack Reacher (movie), Movies
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Regulation wins a cheering section
When Madeline "Maddie" Dardanes was a varsity cheerleader at Barrington High School, she suffered a torn ligament in her knee during a routine — and tumbled into a growing statistic that is getting more attention from doctors and safety advocates,...
Tags: Illinois High School Association, Symptoms, Injuries and Wounds, Skull Fracture, High School Sports
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