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• Campus shooting is wake-up call

  - 2008-02-22

  On Valentine's Day, America received another wake-up call: more than a dozen wounded and six dead at Northern Illinois University ("Student, shot in head, ran back for girlfriend," News, Monday). *This shooting is a wake-up call for Hollywood to regulate violence in movies. Visuals are one...

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• 'Super' day for Bartlett, D-C Long, Chargers stop St. Charles N. cold.(Sports)

  - 2007-06-03

  Byline: Craig Brueske Daily Herald Correspondent Using an age-old formula for success, Dundee-Crown's baseball team earned its second Class AA sectional championship in seven years with a 4-1 victory over top-seeded St. Charles North Saturday morning in Elgin. The second-seeded Chargers...

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• Hood, Alland honored; Berwangers make volleyball news.(Sports)(Sports notes)

  - 2007-04-17

  Byline: Bob Frisk Lake County baseball players had a much better week than the weather man. Northern Illinois University second baseman Jordin Hood Lake Zurich was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week. The freshman hit...

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• Too much Boyd, too much Boylan Conant's dream ends at NIU.(Sports)

  - 2007-03-14

  Byline: Jerry Fitzpatrick Daily Herald Sports Writer DeKALB - Conant was on the verge of taking control of Tuesday's supersectional at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center in the third quarter but just couldn't shake Rockford Boylan. The Cougars, who trailed...

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• Basketball previews.(Sports)

  - 2007-03-13

  Class AA DeKalb supersectional Conant (27-2) vs. Rockford Boylan (27-3) 6 p.m. today at Northern Illinois University Convocation Center How they got here: Conant defeated Larkin 70-35 and St. Charles North 69-41 to win the Leyden regional and Elk Grove...

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• Season rates a big success.(Sports)

  - 2007-02-27

  Byline: Howard Schlossberg Daily Herald Correspondent DeKALB - Losing stings. Bad. Especially at the super-sectional level. Especially when you've worked so hard to overcome so much. Starting with your preseason ranking, for one. "You guys didn't...

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• If nobody cries Wolfe, will Heisman voters notice?(Sports)

  - 2006-10-08

  Byline: Jeff Long Normally, I'd be trumpeting the virtues of humility and modesty in this space. There are times, however, when a little self-promotion is not only justified, but necessary. Garrett Wolfe, this is your time. ...

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• Student remembered for laid-back attitude.(News)

  - 2006-07-23

  Byline: Ashok Selvam Daily Herald Staff Writer Streamwood's Derek K. Jensen craved the simple life. After graduating from Northern Illinois University, the 20-year- old English major wanted to live in a quiet cabin, preferably near a pond, so he could fish. He...

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• St. Charles N. alum dies 3 years after accident.(News)

  - 2005-11-17

  Byline: Lisa Smith Daily Herald Staff Writer Nicholas Albers was the kind of young man others would go to for advice. A strong Christian, he counseled many of his peers at St. Charles North High School and hoped someday to become a...

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• Chicago Bears in Stevenson star's way.(News)

  - 2005-08-26

  Byline: Sara Faiwell Daily Herald Staff Writer When the Buffalo Bills run onto Soldier Field tonight to play the Bears in an exhibition game, there will be a familiar face inside one helmet. Brad Cieslak, who starred at Stevenson High School and...

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