Media Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mark W. Cordes, Northern Illinois University College of Law, has published "Making Sense of High School Speech after Morse v. Frederick," at 17 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 657 (2009). Here is the abstract. Second, Fraser and Hazelwood...
Physorg (Free subscription) | yesterday
New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting the Red Planet once had an ocean.
Spacefellowship (Free subscription) | yesterday
Written by Nancy Atkinson Did Mars once have a vast network of river valleys – “canals” if you will – and an ocean that covered most of the planet’s northern hemisphere? A new computer-generated map of the Red Planet provides a more detailed look at the valley networks on Mars, and indicates the networks are more [...]
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
( Northern Illinois University ) High school girls are bored, disengaged and stressed in science classes when compared to boys, Northern Illinois University researchers say.And teachers might not be doing enough to change the situation.Funded by a three-year, $476,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Jennifer Schmidt and M Cecil Smith expect their research eventually will help high school...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
ROCKFORD, IL (MARKET WIRE) Jennifer Wood has joined Sikich LLP. Wood will be responsible for serving clients with a variety of tax planning needs.
FIRE (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Over at Minding the Campus, John Leo has a great little post about our recently published Correcting Common Mistakes in Speech Policies and our Speech Code of the Month series. He writes: The indispensible FIRE — The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education — bestows a regular mock honor on some offending college or university: the Speech Code of the Month. So far this year, the winners...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
MONTREAL, QUEBEC and BRADENTON, FLORIDA (MARKET WIRE) Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (TSX: ITP)(NYSE: ITP) ("Intertape" or the "Company") today announces that the Company has named Bernard J. Pitz as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
Donate Life Illinois - Organ Donation News - I am. Are... (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Thanks to student involvement on campuses across the state, we have registered more than 1,000 lifesaving organ/tissue donors in this year’s Challenge! One week remains and Kankakee Community College still holds on to the top spot. Following very close behind is University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Eastern Illinois University. We’re definitely in for a close [...]
MR's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Thank you. May God make it easy for us all and protect the innocent. Source Related posts:Northern Illinois University Shooting Victims Included a Muslim SisterMumbai Attacks [UPDATE: Some victims were Muslims]Help the Victims of the Gaza Massacre Related posts: Northern Illinois University Shooting Victims Included a Muslim Sister Mumbai Attacks [UPDATE: Some victims were Muslims] Help the Victims...
Corn and Oil (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Homeschoolers are getting some more attention. One would think that’s swell, aye? The current edition by the "prestigious" Theory and Research in Education Journal is devoted to homeschoolers. As Forrest Gump could say - with a crucial word replacement: Prestigious is, as prestigious does. This particular prestige is based on the edu-industrial complex, which has little or nothing [...]...
Secular Right (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Fort Hood shootings are a horrific tragedy, one for which all Americans mourn. Even if the right’s assumption that Nidal Malik Hasan was primarily motivated by Islamist ideology proves correct, however, it’s going to take a lot more such slaughters on American soil for me to feel at elevated risk of injury or death [...]
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By GottaLaff I'm sure all those voters whose health and/or savings will be at stake based on your "opting out" politics will thank you. Way to play with the health and lives of fellow Americans: All seven candidates, to varying degrees, competed to be the most conservative, the biggest "outsider," the most opposed to tax hikes, and the most opposed to increased government spending...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Here is a glance at some of the other worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years.April 3, 2009 — A 41-year-old man opened fire at an immigrant community center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 11 immigrants and two workers. Jiverly Wong, a Vietnamese immigrant and a former student at the center, killed himself as police rushed to the scene. March 10, 2009 — Michael McLendon, 28, killed 10 people,...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Competitive intelligence (CI) and decision support firm Proactive Worldwide, Inc. announced that its Chairman and CEO, Gary D. Maag, has been honored as an “Outstanding Marketing Alumnus” by Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. The award was presented at the Marketing Honor Society’s Annual Scholars’ Ceremony on November 3. Mr....
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Scientists say young Tyrannosaurus rex was attacked by another juvenile.
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Edward Printer | 02/15/2008
A person who shot at least 17 people Thursday at Northern Illinois University's DeKalb campus outside Chicago has died, a law enforcement official tells CNN.
Edward Printer | 02/15/2008
A man opened fire with a shotgun and a handgun Thursday afternoon in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, wounding at least 17 people before apparently killing himself, authorities said.
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