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Founded in 1895, the public university is located in DeKalb, Ill., with a student body of approximately 23,000. The school is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with 60 undergraduate majors and 100 graduate- and doctoral- level programs in seven colleges: Business, Education, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health and Human Sciences, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts. Northern also runs satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville, Rockford, Hoffman Estates and Oregon, Ill. NIU's 16 NCAA Division I athletics teams are known as the Huskies and compete in the Mid-American Conference. On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2008, five students were shot to d...
Founded in 1895, the public university is located in DeKalb, Ill., with a student body of approximately 23,000. The school is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with 60 undergraduate majors and 100 graduate- and doctoral- level programs in seven colleges: Business, Education, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health and Human Sciences, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts. Northern also runs satellite centers in Chicago, Naperville, Rockford, Hoffman Estates and Oregon, Ill. NIU's 16 NCAA Division I athletics teams are known as the Huskies and compete in the Mid-American Conference. On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2008, five students were shot to death in a lecture hall by gunman, Steven Kazmierczak, a former student, who then killed himself. Killed were NIU students Gayle Dubowski, 20; Catalina Garcia, 20; Julianna Gehant, 32: Ryanne Mace, 19; and Daniel Parmenter, 20.
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David Kaplan
David Kaplan is one of the most trusted names on the Chicago sports scene. He joined WGN Radio as a sports reporter in April of 1995 and is currently the afternoon drive sports reporter and host of WGN Sports Night, heard weeknights 7-10 p.m., and Cubs...Tags: College Sports, Human Interest, Women's Professional Basketball League, Entertainment, National Basketball Association
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Alderman Robert Fioretti
Staff reporter2nd Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti was elected on April 17 and took office on May 21, 2007. His ward covers a number of communities in the city from Sacramento Street on the west side, through the loop, the south loop and south through Bronzeville to 37th...Tags: Trials, Companies and Corporations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Local Government, Crimes
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Tim McGill
MeteorologistTim McGill is weather director for CLTV as well as part of the WGN WeatherCenter team, heard on and WGN Radio during morning drive. He has been part of CLTV since its launch in 1993. Prior to WGN, Tim worked for WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg, Virginia and WCTI-...Tags: Entertainment, Arkansas, Virginia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Twitter, Inc.
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Sports Central
David Kaplan
David Kaplan joined WGN Radio as a sports reporter in April of 1995 and is currently the afternoon drive sports reporter and host of Sports Central, heard weeknights from 7 to 9pm. Kaplan he has earned six Achievement in Radio (A.I.R.)...Tags: Women's Professional Basketball League, Entertainment, National Basketball Association, Sports, Oprah Winfrey Show (tv program)
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MIlt Program Guide March 09
Staff reporterMONDAY, MARCH 2ND THE NANNY STATE Do you think there are too many laws? Perhaps you think the government intrudes into our life too often to tell us what to do. If you’re nodding your head in agreement, then you’ll probably agree with our...Tags: Aon PLC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Adolf Eichmann, Marriage, Politics
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Federal Authorities Looking At Blagojevich College Connections
(WGN-AM)- The U.S. attorney's office wants to know if former Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his power brokers sought a leg-up for applicants to the University of Illinois and at least two other state universities.
Campus spokespeople confirmed today that the...Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Prosecution, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Crimes, Executive Branch
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No Indication In NIU Records Of Admissions Tampering
(WGN-AM)- Northern Illinois University found no records that Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his associates tampered in the admissions process of the DeKalb school, university officials said Thursday. The search came in response to a federal subpoena that...Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Prosecution, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lawyers, Christopher Kelly
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Extension 720 Audio Archives, September 2006
Staff reporterRoderick MacFarquhar, professor of history, political science and government at Harvard University and co-author of the new book Mao's Last Revolution, discusses the history of communism in China, the roots of the Cultural Revolution, and how it...Tags: Skokie, Loyola University Chicago, Mass Media, Chicago Sun-Times, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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NIU Unlikely To Complete Cancer Center By Deadline
(WGN-AM)- When Northern Illinois University made its pitch to build a cutting-edge, $159 million cancer treatment center in West Chicago, the state's grudging approval came with the requirement that Northern complete the project by March 2010. Then the...Tags: Elections, Warrenville, DuPage County, House Building, Hospitals and Clinics
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Arts Academy Charter School appoints executive director, principal
Valley 610The Arts Academy Charter School has appointed William Fitzpatrick as executive director and Jan Labellarte as principal. Fitzpatrick had a 33-year management career with the Steel Export Corporation. During that time, he also served in a leadership... -
Annual Survey: Community Colleges
TribLocal - Elgin » NewsAlthough leaving home for college is a traditional rite of passage for many 18-year-olds, many students still get quality educations at community colleges, such as …... -
A lift or a drag?
Huma Gruaz picked a precarious time in her personal life to enroll in a Master of Business Administration program.
She had just moved to Chicago from the suburbs. She had to figure out how to navigate life after a divorce. And she had just started her...Tags: DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago, Georgetown University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Southern Illinois University
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