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  • Americans idolize the wrong figures
    By TAUREAN SMALL  |  Published Tuesday, November 17, 2009
    ... the Times Online column reported. We disregard our everyday heroes for prefabricated idols in Hollywood. While there is no harm in having role models in the entertainment industry, lionizing the entertainment industry over the realitie... [Read More]

  • Response to Maryl Domina's letter
    By LETTER WRITER  |  Published Thursday, October 8, 2009
    ... Now we’re voting for it? Think of your legislators not as your heroes and idols. Think of them as the secretaries of the law. Yes, write your legislators. Don’t send them praise; don’t send them support. That’s what voting is fo... [Read More]

  • Boy Scouts of America recognizes local heroes
    By JAMES PETERS  |  Published Monday, October 5, 2009
    ... Thursday at Kishwaukee Community College, 21193 Malta Road in Malta. “Tribute to Heroes gives the Boy Scouts of America the opportunity to recognize those people in DeKalb County who have given so much of themselves throughout their lifetimes ... [Read More]

  • Smoking Popes return to DeKalb to a reasonably large crowd
    By ANDY FOX  |  Published Monday, October 5, 2009
    ... a short set of loud-fast punk numbers. They were followed by local heroes Light Pollution, who played one of their most exciting sets in recent memory. The Pollution— recently tweaked to a four piece featuring dual guitars, keyboards, bass ... [Read More]

  • 2009 Emmy winners
    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  |  Published Monday, September 21, 2009
    ... Series: "Mad Men," AMC. Comedy Series: "30 Rock," NBC. Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad," AMC. Actress, Drama Series: Glenn Close, "Damages," FX Networks. Actor, Comedy Series: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock," NBC. Actr... [Read More]

  • Catch up on last season's TV during summer months
    By TOM BUKOWSKI  |  Published Tuesday, June 26, 2007
    ... hitting the books, tanning or - God forbid - working. Instead, do what many of us are going to do, anyway: Spend a majority of your time in front of a computer or TV screen and catch up on last season’s TV shows. The following are the ... [Read More]


  • By TOM BUKOWSKI  |  Published Tuesday, June 19, 2007
    ... of several fan-favorite shows due to low ratings. One show’s untimely death after three seasons, the college-based Veronica Mars (CW, Tuesdays), has sent fans of the cult drama into a tizzy of Firefly-esque proportions. But one cancelled-befo... [Read More]

  • The Rant
    By  |  Published Friday, April 6, 2007
    ... used to mean something. It used to be that a franchise’s greatest heroes would be immortalized forever by the absence of their digits from any other player’s uniform. Not so much these days. On April 15, Ken Griffey Jr., among others,... [Read More]

  • War takes psychological toll on troops
    By CAITLIN MULLEN  |  Published Thursday, March 22, 2007
    ... welcomed home as heroes, with parades and holidays. For the most part, these veterans all returned from war together. After Vietnam, when troops came home sporadically as Iraq veterans do now, feelings of confusion and depression run rampant, and... [Read More]

  • Campus group works to improve environment
    By MATTHEW RAINWATER  |  Published Monday, March 19, 2007
    ... Sacerdote with her passion for preserving the environment are her heroes: John Muir, founder, and David Brower, first executive director, of the Sierra Club, of which the group is a student charter. Both played a major part in protecting sev... [Read More]

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