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Posts tagged "education"

Sh*t You Missed While I Was On Turkey Vacation

Thanksgiving Glitter GraphicsPeople who don’t get paid to do this shouldn’t have to work holidays. I love you all, but I don’t love you enough to bring you breaking news about Gery Chico in the middle of an epic Thanksgiving dinner, though, to be fair, I did have to travel to Detroit. Now that it’s... Read more »
By emzanotti,
November 29, 2010 at 11:53 am
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Pat Quinn Says You Totes Voted for Taxes

Any time you hear a politician say they received a “mandate,” just assume that what they’re talking about is complete bullshit. Whether it’s an unnecessary war, a gimmicky, bloated spending bill or Pat Quinn’s 2012 fiscal year budget plan, it always makes a tough sell that much easier when they convince themselves you want it... Read more »
By emzanotti,
November 8, 2010 at 1:50 pm
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Dick Durbin Doesn't Like Your Art School

Dick Durbin isn’t a particularly dedicated fan of for-profit schools. The Illinois Institute of Arts is a for-profit school that isn’t a particularly dedicated fan of proposed new student loan rules that require a future-income analysis to receive government education grants might limit for-profit school students from accessing Title IV funds, simply because their fields... Read more »
By emzanotti,
September 8, 2010 at 2:51 pm
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UIllinois Prof Fired Over Teaching Subject He Was Hired To Teach

I’m probably going to regret wading knee-deep into this one, but the general response to the story has annoyed me to the point where I am considering covering real news. It’s that bad. At any rate, last week, a story started to circulate about Dr. Ken Howell, a professor at the University of Illinois was... Read more »
By emzanotti,
July 11, 2010 at 10:20 am
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Cut Your Budget...Whining

Maybe it’s just me, but there’s been an awful lot of belly-aching this week over what Pat Quinn had to chop out of the budget in order to ensure that Illinois continues to fail to pay it’s bills, only to a lesser degree. First, Fox Chicago attempted to incite fear by painting the budget cuts... Read more »
By emzanotti,
July 6, 2010 at 5:44 pm
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