Carpentersville Opinion
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Financial literacy a critical college curriculumOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - In Elgin Community College's Game of Life, students move from station to station selecting a career, paying taxes and student loan payments, housing and transportation c...
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Concealed carry needed at schoolsOct 18, 2015 12:00 am - Gun-free School Zone Act is a federal U.S. law "that prohibits any unauthorized individual from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place that the individual knows or ha...
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Leave behind PACs for homeless sheltersOct 14, 2015 12:00 am - Recently, I had occasion to visit Las Vegas for a sporting event. The thing that left the biggest impression was not the hotels, not the night life, not the scenery at n...
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Editorial: Dist. 211 should find creative alternatives to transgender planOct 12, 2015 11:00 pm - The practice of high school students changing in the locker room has always been complicated for some students. Whether you feel you're too skinny or overweight or just ...
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Keep those muskets loaded and handyOct 10, 2015 1:00 am - In the wake of another horrific massacre of innocent people in Oregon, the president is once again calling for more gun control legislation from Congress. Fortunately we...
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Editorial: Intervention a key component in campus protectionsOct 07, 2015 11:00 pm - A day after the shootings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon last week, Elgin Community College officials announced ECC had become the first college in the suburbs to...
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Real Americans want the facts about IRSOct 05, 2015 1:00 am - After reading Judson Philips' article in the Sept. 11 paper about how the IRS does its job in 2014, I would like to know the facts on how many tax cheats did they catch ...
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If you're not angry, old and white ...Sep 30, 2015 12:00 am - Donald Trump is threatening to sue the conservative Club for Growth for running TV ads using his own words to criticize him as a "liberal" politician. How ironic is it f...
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County treatment of coroner mysterifiesSep 28, 2015 1:00 am - Thankfully I guess, I've never had the opportunity to meet the Kane County Coroner, Rob Russell. I have however watched his work in the news the past three years and I h...
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Ward stand on 'gay' as insult dishearteningSep 27, 2015 12:00 am - I recently read an article about the U46 bullying prevention program and Jeanette Ward's opposition to the curriculum concerning the use of the word "gay." Ward believes...