Elmhurst Opinion
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COD needs fresh voices, not retreadsJan 24, 2016 11:01 pm - When is the editorial board of the Daily Herald going to realize that endorsing professional politicians because of their experience is a foolish exercise at best? Sandy...
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Passionate plea to COD trusteesJan 24, 2016 12:00 am - College of DuPage has a rich history in the western suburbs. The college-centered culture serving the needs of millions of students with a quality academic program, inno...
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College of DuPage can't move forward without cooperative trusteesJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - Once again, the news covers board disagreements, not College of DuPage's positives. What is at stake at COD? Our students rely upon COD transfer credits. On Dec. 16, the...
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Editorial: College of DuPage board appointment should go to Sandra PihosJan 19, 2016 10:00 pm - Last spring, 12 people sought three seats on the College of DuPage board in a very hard fought and bitter campaign. The Daily Herald participated in the process by inter...
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State law helps public workers prepare for retirementJan 05, 2016 12:00 am - Daily Herald reporter Jake Griffin barks up the wrong tree in his Wednesday article "Why some retired teachers get two pensions." Since 1955, state law has allowed publi...
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Pay more attention to local sex industryJan 02, 2016 12:00 am - The Chicago suburbs' sex trafficking problem seems to grow worse every year. It is easy for us to see trafficked workers as foreigners, or children taken by bad people, ...
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Editorial: Breuder, Hamilton and a year of COD tumultDec 29, 2015 10:00 pm - That it has been a tumultuous year at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, there can be no dispute. The year began with explosive meetings, an unexplained buyout package...
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Editorial on COD: How the College of DuPage board can get back to workDec 19, 2015 1:00 pm - As Assistant City Editor Robert Sanchez describes elsewhere in the paper today, it was an incredibly bizarre seven days for College of DuPage politics last week. Even by...
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Students first line of defense against hateDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - Over the past several months the Republican front-runner Donald Trump has made many incendiary comments. He suggested that a Black Lives Matter protester "maybe deserved...
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Editorial: Hamilton's departure may not set stage for COD harmonyDec 16, 2015 9:00 am - So. The College of DuPage spring lasted all of one day. On Monday, the morning after Kathy Hamilton's abrupt and unexplained resignation from the fractured COD board, ma...