Columns
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Patrolling gives Schaumburg police good feel for communityApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The spring session of Schaumburg's Citizens Police Academy recently covered a big element of police work most everyone is aware of -- patrols. But how the officers metho...
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It's old, and we hope it's valuableApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - There's no promise the figurine your grandmother left you or grandpa's collection of signed baseballs will be worth thousands. We're betting the owner of this Lalique Al...
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Smaller schools can benefit from foundation dollars, tooApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The decision of Harvard University and other institutions, such as Northwestern University, with substantial endowments and national or international "brand names" to ut...
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Humans not the big dog when it comes to eliciting sympathyApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - We do stories every week about a few dozen innocent Iraqi men, women and children who are killed in some explosion or attack -- and about our military people who give th...
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Family vacationing on campusApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - In a land long ago and far away, spring break used to mean a vacation to someplace warm, or maybe someplace cold if it involved mountains and skis. If you have younger k...
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'Battlestar Galactica' begins its final seasonApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Auchtung, Trekkies, "Star Wars"-heads, nebbishes, geeks and all other forms of obsessive-compulsive sci-fi nerds, human and otherwise: "Battlestar Galactica" is coming h...
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State law clearly says charter schools are publicApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - I owe a thank-you to an industrious reader. Well, not that industrious, but enough to check out what the Illinois School Code had to say about charter schools and wheth...
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Senior volunteer is truly great gift for BenedictineApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes we look for gifts under the Christmas tree. Sometimes we look for them in an Easter basket. Other times, we look for gifts on special occasions like birthdays ...
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One year of college good for those basketball prodigiesApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Daily Herald reaction One and done. It's the newest fad in college basketball these days among the sport's elite. The superstar freshmen of this season -- Kansas State's...
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Bingo and basketballApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Besides a letter, basketball and bingo share little. Still, Fenton's Gozie Umeadi was among the top-flight senior basketball players joining young patients Monday at Ch...