Notre Dame, IN–(ENEWSPF)– Kara King, Assistant Managing Editor of the University of Notre Dame’s student newspaper The Observer, tendered her resignation to the publication’s editorial board Monday. The editors published a statement indicating they "greatly respect King’s courage in writing a letter to our community and appreciate her service to[Read More…]
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‘I Have A Dream’ Speech, In Its Entirety (Video and Text)
I Have a Dream Speech I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.[Read More…]
Audio: The ‘Post-Racial’ Conversation, One Year In
From NPR: With the election of President Obama, the phrase "post-racial" gained wider use. One year in to Obama’s term, Ralph Eubanks, author of The House at the End of the Road, and Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal define the term and the conversation around it. Audio is from[Read More…]
Notre Dame’s Observer Discontinues ‘Mobile Party’ Comic Which Featured Gay-Bashing Cartoon
Notre Dame, IN–(ENEWSPF)– Staff at the University of Notre Dame’s student newspaper The Observer published a staff report Monday indicating that the Observer Editorial Board has discontinued the publication of the cartoon “The Mobile Party” following the submission and subsequent printing of the offensive Jan. 13 comic strip. According to[Read More…]
South Suburban Jackson Hewitt Lends-A-Hand
Steger, IL–(ENEWSPF)– This past holiday season, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service selected Algonquin Primary Center, Park Forest, as recipients of their “We Care-Outer Wear” program. The community outreach program provides winter hats and gloves for every student enrolled in the school. The program is one of several programs Jackson Hewitt established[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of January 18, 2010
Mayor Ostenburg (right) presents resolutions honoring Mike Carroll and Helen Neel, recently retired from the Village of Park Forest. Mike worked for more than 35 years in the Department of Public Works, and Helen served more than 28 years as a Recreation and Parks Maintenance Worker. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park[Read More…]
Winter Tour of the Sculpture Park at GSU
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Join Park Curator and Director Geoffrey Bates for the annual winter walk of the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park on January 31, at 2 p.m. The quiet, often snow-covered landscape highlights the presence of each artwork. The park collection includes 26 pieces by nationally and internationally recognized artists.[Read More…]
Park Forest Idols Play To Full House At Freedom Hall
Kiana Mayes (center), winner of the 2010 Park Forest Idols talent competition. Deana Williams (left) placed third. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Photo Gallery: Park Forest Idols 2010 Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Kiana Mayes topped other talented individuals at Saturday’s Park Forest Idols. Singing and dancing in front of a standing-room-only audience in[Read More…]
Runners Scorch Frozen Streets for Running Club’s Midwinter Cruise
Bryce Baker crosses the finish line at the 2010 Midwinter Cruise. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) See over 200 pictures from the race here: 2010 Midwinter Cruise Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Close to 200 runners from the Chicagoland area and northwest Indiana braved the ice and snow for the Park Forest Running and Pancake[Read More…]
Bears Defensive End Gaines Adams Dead At 26
From the Chicago Sun-Times: Bears’ defensive end Gaines Adams, 26, died this morning of an enlarged heart, a Greenwood County deputy coroner said. He’d been taken to the emergency room at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood, S.C., and died at 7:20 a.m. Chicago time. An autopsy showed he died of[Read More…]
