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I am a senior at Dominican University in River Forest double majoring in Journalism and Psychology as well as currently working on my MSW. I have written for the Dominican Star since my freshman year and have done some writing for outside sources as well.
By Emily Lapinski In cooperation with the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, Berwyn South School District 100 leaders have now openly committed to creating an inclusive environment for students, families and staff regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. The implementation of this policy started this past August after a summer of preparation and...
Former Maine West player lands a job as Maine East freshman basketball Coach.
Students, faculty and staff comment on the fate of the promised grants.
After 55 years serving Illinois Tollway riders along I-90 between Lee Street and Elmhurst Road, the Des Plaines Oasis closed for good on Sunday, Mar. 16. The tollway will eventually remove the oasis, spanning all six lanes over I-90, to make room for the addition of a fourth lane in each direction from O’Hare Airport to Elgin.
In order to try to understand how adjunct band professor Anthony Svejda’s brain works on a daily basis, you have to imagine Percy Aldridge Grainger amped up with some electronic dance music (EDM) beats.
By Emily Lapinski After a four-month delay, the Berwyn Park District is back on track and moving forward with plans to expand and improve the park system. Berwyn parks lost close to $400,000 in grants earlier this year due to budget cuts made by Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Dominican faculty and students gathered outside Lewis Hall this afternoon to hear Gov. Pat Quinn announce his $1,345,758 construction grant to the university.
Mt. Prospect resident Meyer Marks, the son of Russian immigrants, was born on Nov. 7, 1913 in Brooklyn, NY. From a very young age, right around the time when electronics were something new, Meyer earned his amateur radio license. Working with and fixing up radios became his passion and a springboard into the many other inventions he would help orchestrate.
Opera singer, entrepreneur and Dominican University Adjunct Professor Rose Guccione has a cold, and for the past week, the Fine Arts building has been quiet. Over the past few days, no stirring Italian arias have echoed down the hall while Guccione is resting her voice in order to get over an upper respiratory infection.