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Northwestern University is a private institution with its main campus of 240 acres on the shore of Lake Michigan in Evanston, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. It has about 7,800 undergraduate and 6,200 graduate and professional program students. A member of the Big Ten conference, its athletic teams are called the Wildcats. Founded in 1851, Northwestern now has 10 schools and colleges: the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; the School of Communication; the School of Continuing Studies; the School of Education and Social Policy; Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; the Graduate School; the Medill Scho...
Northwestern University is a private institution with its main campus of 240 acres on the shore of Lake Michigan in Evanston, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. It has about 7,800 undergraduate and 6,200 graduate and professional program students. A member of the Big Ten conference, its athletic teams are called the Wildcats. Founded in 1851, Northwestern now has 10 schools and colleges: the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; the School of Communication; the School of Continuing Studies; the School of Education and Social Policy; Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; the Graduate School; the Medill School of Journalism; the School of Law; the J. L. Kellogg School of Management; the Feinberg School of Medicine; and the School of Music.
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Does speech law trample on rights?
Chicago Tribune reporterIt was meant to protect the little guy, the resident speaking out at a town hall meeting against a corporate giant. But some say the Citizen Participation Act—signed into law in Illinois last year—goes too far, trampling on the rights of...Tags: Court Administration, Family, Family Planning, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Laws
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Asking the right God question
Forget Bill Maher, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. These atheists du jour have nothing on the most famous anti-theist of all time. Good old Karl Marx is still the most eloquent and thoughtful nonbeliever, and his "religion is the...Tags: Protestant, Values, Religulous, Ethics, Christopher Hitchens
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From 'Berg to Broadway...and Africa
Special to The Morning CallWhen Frankie Grande came to Muhlenberg in 2001, he was planning to major in biology and do some theater. Fast forward seven years and Grande is a cast member of the Broadway hit ''Mamma Mia!'' and is preparing to go to South Africa in January to teach...Tags: Muhlenberg College, Oprah Winfrey, Artscape, ABBA, Popular Music
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Gulf states turn oil wealth into glitter at home, influence abroad
Chicago Tribune correspondentDOHA, Qatar — While the U.S. reels under the weight of its financial crisis, the sparsely populated sheikdoms of the oil-rich Arabian peninsula are wallowing in more money than they know what to do with. These desert nations, most of them tiny...Tags: Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Energy, Industrial Accidents, Peace Negotiations
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Documenting a devastating genetic illness
Tribune staff reporterThey arrived early. As they walked across the waiting room, a voice stopped them from behind a closing door. "I'm not ready for you." As the words, clinical and cold, floated in the silence, the young woman sat down next to her mother. And she knew, as...Tags: Arable Farming, Population, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Medical Research, Therapies
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State Board of Education candidate bios
Information on candidates running in November's general election for two openings on the State Board of Education. The top two vote-getters will serve eight-year terms. ------ NAME: Karen Adams AGE: 51 (Born 5-15-57) RESIDENCE: Lake Odessa...Tags: Democratic Party, Michigan State University, Colleges and Universities, Courtland, Elementary Schools
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Skokie library awarded National Medal for Museum and Library Service
Chicago Tribune reporterThe Skokie Public Library has signs near its entrance with "welcome" translated into 14 languages, underscoring its openness to the many newcomers to the north suburb. Its services and programs embrace the cultural diversity emblematic of Skokie, where...Tags: The White House, Skokie, Obesity, River Forest, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Northwestern's Kellogg executive MBA program tops WSJ ranking
Tribune staff reportNorthwestern University's Kellogg School of Management took the top spot in Wall Street Journal's Executive M.B.A ranking of 25 programs, which based on polling of both students and businesses. Rankings, which were announced this week, were based on...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Academic Progress
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Schaal looking for more than Mel
As Mel, the psychotically besotted fan on HBO's "Flight of the Conchords," Kristen Schaal has struck a sort of geeky gold. She has inspired YouTube montages and garnered print love from Bust magazine and McSweeney's The Believer. Yet thus far, hers has... -
Investment banking careers dim for MBA students
AP Business WriterThe path to a high-powered career in investment banking suddenly is full of roadblocks for MBA students who have seen Wall Street drastically reshaped while they sit in the classroom. Just as many were eyeing a job market where starting salaries can far...Tags: The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Business Enterprises, Banking, Colleges and Universities, George Washington University
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FDIC exerting more influence
Chicago Tribune reportersCall it the stealth bailout. On Monday, the same day the House of Representatives torpedoed the Treasury Department's $700 billion bailout plan, another government agency— the FDIC—put taxpayers on the hook for $270 billion in loans from...Tags: Wachovia Corp., Upper House, Washington Mutual Inc., Parliament, Wells Fargo & Co.
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Rising Star
Of The Morning CallThere are two sides to Liberty junior quarterback Anthony Gonzalez, and both have made him popular with teammates and coaches. ''He is low key,'' Liberty senior Devin Street said about Gonzalez off the field. But on the field, it's his aggressiveness...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Natural Disasters, Disasters, Hurricanes
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