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• Oakton’s run ends in Madison May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  Oakton College's baseball program was hoping to win twice to make a trip to the NJCAA Division II World Series in Enid, Okla. But a fifth-inning lead didn't last long and it went on to lose 7-4 to Madison (Wis.).
  

   

• Never-say-die Oakton stays alive in tourney May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Oakton's baseball team broke new ground Saturday, picking up a record 43rd victory in NJCAA Region IV tournament play on Saturday in Madison, Wis.
  

   
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  Suburban protesters converge on NATO summit May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Roger Fraser has been politically engaged for decades, participating in countless rallies and protests in Chicago and the suburbans. “I'm just your ordinary gum-chewing citizen who is outraged that there's money to bail out banks, untold billions to give to the U.S. military for adventures overseas, but there's no money at all to help the families down the street,” Fraser said.
  

   
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  Oakton hopes for breakthrough May 15, 2012 12:00 AM
  Oakton College coach Bill Fratto wasn't sure if he had a .500 or 40-win team when the season started. Fratto has a 41-win team that is playing in this weekend's NJCAA Division Region IV Final Four and is hoping to break through to the NJCAA World Series.
  

   

• Oakton still alive in sectional tournament May 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  In the double-elimination NJCAA Region IV sectional baseball tournament hosted by Oakton on Saturday, not a whole heck of a lot was decided. Each of the three teams went 1-1, meaning there will be two games today in Des Plaines. Prairie State lost to Moraine Valley 6-0 in the first game Saturday; Prairie State then defeated Oakton 7-5 in 10 innings; and Oakton stayed alive by beating Moraine Valley 11-3. Action resumes at noon today as Moraine Valley faces Prairie State. The loser of that game is eliminated, while the winner advances to face Oakton for a scheduled 3 p.m. start. Oakton gets that spot as a result of having the highest seed.
  

   
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  Benet comes out on top in dogfight May 9, 2012 12:00 AM
  Close games have not been nice to the Benet baseball team. On Wednesday a close contest extended the hand of friendship.
  

   
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  Best bets: Salt Creek Ballet stages ‘Sleeping Beauty' May 8, 2012 12:00 AM
  Guest artists from Colorado Ballet join with Salt Creek Ballet for performances this weekend featuring selections from "The Sleeping Beauty" ballet at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn. The band Daughtry (featuring its “American Idol” finalist frontman Chris Daughtry) performs with opening act Safetysuit Friday at Waukegan's Genesee Theatre. And Santa's Village Azoosment Park opens for another season on Sunday.
  

   
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  Como ready for transition to Wheeling May 8, 2012 12:00 AM
  Tony Como had hoped for awhile to have the opportunity to become a head boys basketball coach in the Mid-Suburban League. That time has finally come for Como as the Rolling Meadows assistant was named Wheeling's new head coach.
  

   
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  Father Smyth celebrates his Jubilee May 1, 2012 12:00 AM
  Father John P. Smyth, president of Notre Dame College Prep in Niles and former executive director of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines, celebrated 50 years of priesthood at a special service April 27 at the high school in Niles.
  

   

• Steven Jay Urry retrospective comes to Oakton Apr 29, 2012 12:00 AM
  Steven Urry (1939-1993) had a brilliant career as an artist constructing abstract welded steel and aluminum sculptures of biomorphic forms. View his lifes work at an exhibition that runs May 10 to July 19 at Oakton Community Colleges Koehnline Museum of Art in Des Plaines.
  

   
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  Rachleff returns to conduct CPO in 'The Romantic Violin'Apr 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  On Sunday, May 20 at 7 p.m., Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Conductor and Music Director Larry Rachleff returns to Pick-Staiger to conduct the orchestra's fourth and final concert of the season - "The Romantic Violin."
  

   

• Des Plaines man shot in Evanston Apr 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  A Des Plaines man was shot in the knee Sunday night in Evanston. The suspect also shot a 20-year-old Evanston man, police said. Both men were expected to survive their injuries.
  

   

• Oakton symposium on creating justice through art Saturday Apr 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Creating justice through art is the topic of a program Saturday at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. The all-day symposium explores the diverse ways activism engages the arts, and the way art transforms our communities and the world.
  

   

• Talk on Japanese internment at Oakton Apr 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  The anti-Japanese hysteria that swept the United States after Dec. 7, 1941, will be the topic of a free lecture 12-1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in Room 1610 at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines.
  

   
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  Former CEO to help establish dairies in third-world countries Apr 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Kukec's People features a retired CEO who has founded a new Carpentersville-based firm aimed at helping third-world countries establish safe and modern dairies.
  

   

• Oakton holding forum on Hispanic education Apr 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Learn about the American higher education system, paying for college, exploring careers, and the options available to Latino students from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Oakton Community Colleges Skokie campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., Room P103.
  

   

• OCC offers ‘Creating Justice’ Apr 15, 2012 12:00 AM
  What does it mean to be a politically engaged artist today? Find out at Creating Justice, an all-day symposium on Saturday, April 21, at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines.
  

   
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  Oakton Six Piano Ensemble to perform in concert Apr 13, 2012 12:00 AM
  The internationally acclaimed Six Piano Ensemble will perform two concerts of popular, classical, and ragtime selections April 28 and April 29.
  

   

• Harper College has an app for thatApr 9, 2012 12:00 AM
  Colleges and universities are learning that to keep more of todays students involved and connected, they better have an app for that. Harper College officials worked to get in front of the trend, launching free smartphone apps over the last several months for the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.
  

   
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  Sexual abuse victims empower themselves through stories Mar 31, 2012 12:00 AM
  For a long time Shannon kept her story of sexual abuse a secret, but the self-defense instructor is now telling women her story - and how to fight back. I was put in a corner. Now I'm doing whatever I can to help anybody else from being put in that corner. Her story was just one testimonial given Friday night during a Take Back the Night rally and candlelight vigil at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines.