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Leader of Columbia’s baseball team a rare breed

Student athletes are a rare, sometimes forgotten, breed at Columbia. Ryan Knight is no exception.

Story by: Sarah Riordan April 29, 2009 – Englewood resident Rachel Fallon has easy access to something she calls “a true blessing.” With a mother who suffers from dementia, Fallon said the nearby Chicago mental health clinic is irreplaceable. “It was just a year ago that I realized I couldn’t take care of my mom […]

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Dumpster Owners Will Pay to Throw Away

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Story by: Eli Kaberon April 28, 2009  – No topic received a larger response at the April 1 Streeterville Organization of Active Residents (SOAR) town hall meeting than the dumpster tax recently passed by the Chicago City Council. The tax, which was included in the 2009 city budget, places a fee on every dumpster in […]

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Flosstradamus Live at the Abbey Pub 4/20/2009

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Chicago South Side wants the Gold

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Story by: Lisa Wardle April 27, 2009 – With Olympics buzz going around Hyde Park, an old proposal to improve public transportation involving a new South Side CTA route that would run on existing Metra tracks has resurfaced. And it looks more likely to happen than ever before, according to backers of the plan and […]

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Story by: Christopher Brinckerhoff April 24, 2009 – A leader of a top parent advocacy group said a long-awaited report released by the Chicago Public Schools last week is missing critical information on how school closings affect students, which was to be the main emphasis of the review. Julie Woestehoff, director of Parents United for […]

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April 23, 2009 – Five days a week Dr. Anna Bunploog steps aboard a mobile home designed to function as a pediatric clinic. The interior of the massive white vehicle is plastered with colorful prescription drug posters, memorable hints about respiratory health and a basket of breathing devices, spacers. Most days the van travels to […]

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