Green Oaks Opinion
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Focus on adjunct quality, not quantityOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - As a way to save costs, community colleges have increasingly hired adjunct instructors. Bargain that they are, part-timers also allow schools to easily fill gaps and exp...
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Moving on from a public mistakeOct 04, 2011 9:00 am - State Sen. Suzi Schmidt used very poor judgment when she called 911 last Christmas Day to suggest dispatchers ignore her husband if he called. As a former Lake County Bo...
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County ignoring bypass flawsOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - In response to the LCDOT public opinion on the Rt. 45 bypass, they claim that: 타 they considered public opinion. Actually, more than 75 percent wanted an eastern bypass...
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Don’t glamorize the circus atmosphereOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - I would like to comment on the article posted on Thursday, Sept. 29 titled “Suburban vet visit will be long remembered.” I wish that the circus industry not be glamorize...
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The Soap BoxOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - He who giveth ... ... Can't taketh away, at least not once it's listed as an employee benefit. That's the tollway authority's explanation for why it's not putting an end...
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‘Common sense’ murky in Dist. 128 pool dilemmaSep 29, 2011 5:00 am - District 128 school Superintendent Prentiss Lea told his school board Monday night he’s hoping that “common sense prevails” and the swimming pools at Libertyville and Ve...
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Keep tax break for nonprofit hospitalsSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Not-for-profit hospitals must be ready to treat sick and injured people 24 hours a day regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. Free health care is given to many ill pa...
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The Soapbox: Fermilab tests speed-of-light barrierSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - The earth moves — fast: Scientists at Fermilab will be whipping subatomic particles around an accelerator tunneled beneath the suburbs, trying to replicate or refute an ...
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Roundabout agreement improves safetySep 24, 2011 4:00 am - A recent letter to the editor was filled with inaccurate information regarding the equestrian underpass on Hunt Club Road. In response to that letter, here are the facts...
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Schools should keep social media policies currentSep 22, 2011 4:00 am - School officials have long cautioned employees against inappropriate relationships with students. Headlines about criminal charges attest that such relationships sometim...