Charlie Weis likely put in his last official appearance as Notre Dame’s football coach Friday night. It was the team’s annual football banquet. And, lucky for Irish fans everywhere, there will be no bowl game to suffer through this year.
Notre Dame’s disappointing season arrived at two [...]
The USA Soccer team will be in Group in the upcoming World Cup. They will have Slovenia, England and Algeria in their group. England will the favorite to be on the top of this group, but the USA has a good chance to make [...]
State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias earned the endorsement of the Illinois Federation of Teachers today in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. From a press release:
"Alexi Giannoulias is an advocate for public education," said Ed Geppert, Jr., president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, which represents 103,000 members statewide. "He understands the importance" [...]
The St Louis Atheletica started a Twitter contest to win free season tickets and be the official Twitterer for the Teams twitter account @TheoJoanies. And I was one of the top 10 finalists. Woo Hoo.
So bare in mind I will be posting more about [...]
Chicago Public Schools chief Ron Huberman is floating a few ideas for how to improve teacher quality. He says fewer third year teachers should be granted tenure...WBEZ-FM I understand the need for tenure at colleges and universities where it serves as bulwark for intellectual freedom. Academics should be free to [...]
As of yesterday, some section editors at all of (A.H. Belo Corp) papers, including The (Dallas Morning) News, will now report directly to (senior vice president of sales Cyndy) Carr's team of sales managers, now referred to as general managers. In short, those who sell ads for A.H. Belo's products [...]
Cullerton Downplays Plan To Add Slots At Horse Tracks
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) is expressing skepticism about a proposal to transfer thousands of slot machines from towns that have banned video gaming to horse tracks across the state. Instead, Cullerton says he's setting [...]
By Lorraine SwansonMary Schmich was not with us today but John Williams and I soldiered on without her and tried to double-team the unseen Leslie Keiling who really should have her own show, even though she'd seldom offer an opinion with which I'd agree:
By Mark Rhoads
The good news is that for the most part, President Obama has taken the advice of his chief commander on the gound in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal instead of the advice of wannabe Gen. Joe Biden and other White House political advisers who never even got close [...]
CHICAGO – Republican Gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna and Lieutenant Governor candidate Matt Murphy announced endorsements today from State Representatives Mark Beaubien and JoAnn Osmond.
The Steelers may be having a rough season, but the Keepers of the Cup Pittsburgh Penguins top the Atlantic Division with a 19-9 record. As of today, the Penguins have the most wins of any team in the NHL.
Well, that’s something. Hats off to Mike Rupp for [...]
In just three days, President Obama will convene his latest White House summit. Beer won't be served at this particular function, however. Instead, lawmakers, business leaders, union officials, and economists will join administration officials to discuss how to spur job growth and protect the long-term unemployed.
Politics will prevent Obama from passing another stimulus package along' [...]
Tea Party activists and protesters are being summoned to McHenry County to oppose the local community college's Student Peace Action Network keynoter Thursday night at 7:00 PM.
Marc Falkoff, an assistant professor at the Northern Illinois University College of Law and attorney for seventeen Guantánamo prisoners, is co-author' [...]
Organizers of Saturday's "Letting off a Little Steam" Tea Party say 4,000 people attended the rally.
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Last week, a group of Chicagoans called "We Are Change Chicago" protested the book signing appearance of Climate Crook Al Gore when he showed up at the Borders book store downtown. When Gore arrived at 150 N. State Street to promote the [...]
Wednesday, December 2
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Damen Hall - Finnegan Auditorium
6430 N. Kenmore, Chicago, IL
Democratic candidates Jim Madigan and Senator Heather Steans and Republican candidate Adam Robinson will be on-hand for this town hall style forum moderated by Sean Vera, President of Loyola College Republicans and Lauren Strzepek, [...]
