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Jury hung on 23 of 24 counts in Blago trial

After 14 days of deliberation jury is unable reach a unanimous verdict on all but one count

by: Michael Ranieri, Meghan Keyes and Darryl Holliday After weeks of waiting for a verdict, an anxious crowd gathered at the Dirksen Federal Building, 219 S. Dearborn St., on Aug. 17 in ...

Sand castles

by Lucas Black I must have been about 4 or 5 years old when I first started having major epiphanies and revelations about the world around me. I remember being in the kitchen ...

Toward the fact of knowing

by Robin Whatley Assistant Professor, Science and Math Department For most of us, it isn’t possible to have direct knowledge of all of the intricate workings of our natural world. Knowledge is defined by ...

Faith in me

by Rachel Ovaska I sat hesitantly, staring at the blank sheet of paper in front of me and thinking about my name. I sounded it out under my breath while taking quick glances ...

Deep field

by Abi Stokes When I was younger,  my dad and I watched the Perseids meteor shower through the dark sky in our backyard. When I was too naïve to consider the improbability of ...

A turn to prayer

Wake up. Pray. Go to the hospital. Pray. Finish the day. Worship. Start all over again. For the past two summers, this was my life in Agbozume, Ghana. Once school ended, I ...
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A tasty foreign mess

Bring British flair to your dinner with this dessert

Every summer of my youth I would visit my grandparents in Birmingham, England. In addition to the extremely competitive games of Scrabble between my grandmother and I, one of the things I ...

SXSW Music Festival 2010

For Five days every spring, Austin, Texas becomes the music capital of the world as everyone who is anyone in the music business surges into the city. More than 2,000 bands play ...

“Go ahead, ask away”

by Riley Hughes Growing up, I most certainly was one of those “what if …” kids. I would tirelessly conjure up elaborate scenarios and questions from the extreme depths of my imagination, all ...

Two serious men

by: Louise Love, vice president of Academic Affairs “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Hamlet tells his trusted friend, Horatio, that philosophy is not ...
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Recognition of community media

Reporters receive awards for reporting on underserved communities

by Kwame Shorter Contributing Writer Journalists and editors across the Chicago media landscape gathered for the Studs Terkel Community Media Awards benefit March 10 at the Chicago Cultural Center to praise journalists who ...
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Moonset

True/Believer: Critical Encounters’ personal narratives on Fact & Faith

by Marcia E. Lazar I believe in omens, even if I don’t know what they mean. Take the spectacle of a golden moon setting. I woke up before dawn, before the earliest light ...
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If people have ears, let them hear

True/Believer: Critical Encounters’ personal narratives on Fact & Faith

by Gabrielle “Ellie” Werner Music is huge to me; I am the embodiment of that Hendrix quote, “Music is my religion.” In it, I have faith—faith to move mountains. I believe it will ...
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My version of religion

True/Believer: Critical Encounters’ personal narratives on Fact & Faith

Growing up, I was taught to believe in God, accept him as my savior and never question that. Religion was shoved down my throat, with my mother constantly reminding me to live ...
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Faith in people

True/Believer: Critical Encounters’ personal narratives on Fact & Faith

by Anne Marie Mitchell I’ve always put my faith, for better or worse, in people. Think of me as a people person. I talk to the people standing next to me in line ...
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Tougher smog standards needed

Any standards that impose limits on air pollution levels are beneficial for citizens

In an effort to improve air quality and protect people with asthma and other respiratory disorders, the Environmental Protection Agency announced on Jan. 25 that it will begin to limit nitrogen oxide, ...