DuPage County Opinion
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Suicide-prone girls our society's faultSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - I'm saddened but not surprised that the suicide rate is up for young Americans girls. Look at how we adults present the world. We live in the greatest nation on the plan...
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Soapbox: For children's sakeSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Earlier this week, police arrested a convicted sex offender in Glen Ellyn after he was accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl who lived in the same apa...
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Clinic may be legal, but it still takes livesSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - This is in response to the Fence Post dated Sept. 10 entitled, "Services of Planned Parenthood needed." It basically said that abortion clinics such as Planned Parenthoo...
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Coverage overlooks legality of clinicSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald did not bother to mention in its coverage of the protests at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Aurora that this clinic is legal. Women do not have to hav...
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Soapbox: Pay attentionSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Waubonsee Community College had input from professors when it designed its new Academic and Professional Center. The $13.2 million, 56,000-square-foot building -- which ...
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Soapbox: Outbound heavy on the AddamsSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Having one's name affixed to a Chicago-area tollway is a mixed honor; after all, on snarled-traffic days drivers may curse the honoree's name. And columnist Chuck Goudie...
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Yes, 2 a.m. trips sound about rightSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - This letter is in response to Penny Novy, the only person whose time is limited (Fence Post, Sept. 6). We all know who she is. She is the one that rides two inches from ...
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Soapbox: District 300 puts FOIA onlineSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Community Unit District 300 recently began offering Freedom of Information Act forms and documents on the district's Web site, www.d300.org. If you click on the "Freedom...
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Want A/C? Get year-round schoolsSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - This is in response to the front page headline and article in the Sept. 6 paper, referencing the need for teachers to have air-conditioned rooms, in fact the entire scho...
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Focus on every precious momentSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and wake up to realize that they're asking you a question and you haven't heard a thing they've said? How about driving...