Downers Grove Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox: Rec center delay a good ideaMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Naperville Park District leaders made the right call when they agreed to delay talks about a new indoor recreation center until Executive Director Daniel Betts gets sett...
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Sorry, but even student journalists need bosses, tooMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Let me start by saying I have enormous respect for the accomplishments of the Central Times, the student-run newspaper at Naperville Central High School. More than once ...
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Don't make use of plastic or paper bagsMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Ralph W. Conner from the Heartland Institute believes everyone should not only use, but embrace the use of plastic bags. According to his Feb. 26 letter to the editor, ...
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Kotowski measure infringes on rightsMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - I disagree with Sen. Kotowski's letter on Feb. 24. The law, SB940 is an infringement upon a citizens constitutional right to privacy, due to an over reaction to the Virg...
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Writer dead wrong on 14th AmendmentMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Thomas Tawney is dead wrong when he says in his Feb. 25 letter the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born to illegal al...
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Razing Cole Hall would be mistakeMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Tearing down Cole Hall is a mistake. I'm not trying to minimize the tragedy, but to tear down a perfectly good building is not the solution. A memorial should be erected...
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Don't be quick to put blame on gunsFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Before all the anti-gun politicians decide that they are more clever and more erudite than the Founding Fathers and begin campaigning to repeal the 2nd Amendment to the ...
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Soapbox: Good start at Lisle Park DistrictFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - It's much too early to know if Lisle residents are willing to support a tax increase to build a 75,000-square-foot recreation center along Short Street to address a perc...
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Lessons learned at NIU come back to the foreFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Jim Davis, NIU Class of '77. B.S. in Journalism. Frankly, I hadn't been thinking about that a lot lately. Until this past week. In that time, I thought more than once of...
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...