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DePaul University is a Roman Catholic school founded by the Vincentian religious order in 1898. It has a total enrollment of about 23,000, including about 15,000 undergraduates, 7,300 graduate students and 1,000 law students. Students come from all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. It is the nation's largest Catholic institution of higher education, and emphasizes teaching over research. DePaul's main campus is in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Other sites are in Chicago's Loop, Naperville, Oak Forest, O'Hare International Airport and Rolling Meadows. It has nine schools and colleges, including the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; College of Commerce; College of Communication; Col...
DePaul University is a Roman Catholic school founded by the Vincentian religious order in 1898. It has a total enrollment of about 23,000, including about 15,000 undergraduates, 7,300 graduate students and 1,000 law students. Students come from all 50 states and nearly 100 countries. It is the nation's largest Catholic institution of higher education, and emphasizes teaching over research. DePaul's main campus is in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Other sites are in Chicago's Loop, Naperville, Oak Forest, O'Hare International Airport and Rolling Meadows. It has nine schools and colleges, including the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; College of Commerce; College of Communication; College of Law; College of Computing and Digital Media; School for New Learning; School of Education; School of Music and the Theatre School. Its basketball and other athletic teams are known as the Blue Demons.
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Stolen-artifacts case has cost much, yielded little, critics say
When hundreds of federal agents raided four Southern California museums early one January morning in 2008, it set the art world ablaze, suggesting that even amid an international looting scandal, museums had continued to do business with the black...
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Benjamin Hooks dies at 85; longtime NAACP leader
Times staff and wire servicesCivil rights leader Benjamin L. Hooks, a lawyer, minister and pioneering judge who revived a flagging NAACP after he became its executive director in the late 1970s, has died. He was 85. Hooks died Thursday at his Memphis home after a long illness,...Tags: University of Memphis, Richard Nixon, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Board of Directors
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Tom Bosley dies at 83; star of stage and TV's 'Happy Days'
Tom Bosley, a Tony Award-winning actor who was best known for playing Howard Cunningham, the amiable father on the hit TV series "Happy Days," has died. He was 83.
Bosley died early Tuesday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage after a brief...Tags: Natalie Wood, Marion Ross, Debbie Reynolds, Ron Howard, Tony Awards
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PASSINGS: Bill Mulligan, Al Bernardin
Bill Mulligan
He coached UCI basketball for 11 seasons
Bill Mulligan, 79, longtime college basketball coach in Orange County including 11 seasons at UC Irvine, died Tuesday in San Clemente of complications from pneumonia, the school announced.
Mulligan...Tags: Sports, Health, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Basketball
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The original Big Man
A three-peat obviously is a big deal, but how about a double three-peat?
As dominant as the Lakers have been in winning three consecutive NBA championships, they are only halfway toward matching the achievement of their ancestors from Minneapolis half...Tags: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elgin Baylor, Family, Colleges and Universities, Football
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Barack Obama speech: 'A new beginning'
Thank you, Ted. Ted Sorensen has been counselor to a president in some of our toughest moments, and he has helped define our national purpose at pivotal turning points. Let me also welcome all of the elected officials from Illinois who are with us. Let me...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Treaties, United Nations, L. Paul Bremer III, Crime, Law and Justice
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Payback time
Question: My husband is on a court-ordered plan to repay child support arrears of more than $10,000. Recently, he applied for a passport, and he was denied because of these arrears. If we continue to pay as agreed, it will be years before he can leave the...Tags: Trips and Vacations, U.S. Department of State, Travel, Politics, Columbus
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When the college admission essay becomes a family affair
With tickets just impossible to get, I propose to the family that we hold our own inaugural ball. "You mean a dance?" Posh says. "I never said that." "What about dinner?" she asks. "Tonight?" I say. "I mean at the ball," she says. "We're having a...Tags: Family, Sports, Colleges and Universities, School Examinations, Philip Roth
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George Perle dies at 93; theorist and composer championed atonal music
George Perle, the American music theorist and scholar who was widely regarded as the composer who put a human face on atonal music, has died. He was 93. Perle died Jan. 23 at his home in New York City after a long illness, according to his wife, Shirley....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Music Industry
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Tom O'Horgan dies at 84; director of 'Hair' on Broadway
Associated PressTom O'Horgan, a leader in New York's experimental theater scene in the 1960s who went on to direct the exuberant, often freewheeling Broadway productions of "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar," has died. He was 84. The director died Sunday of natural...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Hair and Nails, Colleges and Universities, Vietnam War (1955-1975), International Military Interventions
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Carl D. Keith dies at 88; co-inventor of three-way catalytic converter
Carl D. Keith, who as a principal inventor of the three-way catalytic converter made major contributions to automotive progress, clean air and human health, died Nov. 9 at a hospital in New Bern, N.C. He was 88. He lived on Marco Island, Fla., and was in...Tags: Health, Colleges and Universities, Obituaries, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Gregory R. Dillon Hilton hotel executive Gregory R. Dillon, 86, a Hilton Hotels Corp. executive who was a confidant of company founder Conrad Hilton and chief executive Barron Hilton, died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home, according to a statement from...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Politics, Murder, Heart Attack, Crime, Law and Justice
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