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High fees for debit cards upset Kennedy-King students
Some felt forced into getting the debit cards, say student leaders. And the high fees attached to the cards weren’t made clear to everyone.
16 days ago | By Peter Sachs
Forum explores how to cut textbook prices
Students and officials at City Colleges of Chicago came together to discuss the spiraling costs of textbooks. The cost of books can rival the cost of a course, students say, and they can't afford both.
1 month ago | By Peter Sachs
Chefs-in-training cooking up a taste of the city's best cuisine
Students at Chicago's Washburne Culinary Institute are slicing, dicing and cooking up a taste by taste tour of some of the city's best restaurants for the Taste of Chicago, which opens today.
4 months ago | By Ivy R. Green
Gunplay may have led to Dan Ryan crash
One person with a fractured hip was taken to Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn. Another female was transported to St. Bernard Hospital where she was treated for a gunshot wound to the hand.
5 months ago | By Steven Chaitman
Half of city's 2007 graduates enroll in college
City officials hail the improved rate of college enrollment among high school graduates, but Chicago's overall rate of enrollment still lags behind the national average.
6 months ago | By Paul D. Bowker
17th ward alderman says Englewood gets a bad rap
Alderman Latasha Thomas says the South Side neighborhood she represents takes an undeserved beating in the press as a place where only crime and poverty make the headlines.
6 months ago | By Marcie Hill
Wanted: New school proposals
The Renaissance 2010 plan calls for more new schools in 2009 and 2010. Former NBA star Kevin Johnson, who founded a school in California, is likely to be among the applicants.
7 months ago | By Paul D. Bowker
Plans for a healthy food system take root in Englewood
A broad coalition of community and civic groups are working together to bring healthy food choices to a South Side neighborhood characterized as a "food desert."
7 months ago | By Jennifer Slosar
Copernicus Elementary staff fights to keep jobs
"Turnaround" plan will cost principal, teachers, their jobs
9 months ago | By Paul D. Bowker
Cops: Woman dead after domestic dispute
Man hospitalized in S. Side incident
9 months ago | By Ashley Mouldon
Parents protest dismantling of school staff
Teachers at Miles Davis and Johns would have to reapply for jobs at new school
9 months ago | By Paul D. Bowker
Man shot in front of his apartment
Englewood killing under investigation
11 months ago | By Carrie Topolinski
Englewood death prompts call for peace
10-year-old slain on way to candy store
1 year ago | By Greg Trotter
Schools eye restrictions on military recruiters
A response to student complaints
1 year ago | By Rachel Melnik
Police shut down South Side drug market
Suspects stole tire from stake-out vehicle
1 year ago | By Geoff Wallin
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