Posts Tagged as ‘Chicago Tribune’

January 25, 2009

This isn’t what Methods of Mayhem meant

There’s a certain irony in the fact there are now at least three lawsuits pending against Chicago Public Schools alleging that students were forced to take their clothes off as part of a search of their person. After all, most schools have dress codes designed to make sure students wear more clothes, rather than fewer.
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October 8, 2008

Kiyanna Salter did not deserve to die

Kiyanna Salter did not deserve to die.
She did not deserve to die at the age of 17. She did not deserve to die while taking the bus home from visiting her sick aunt. She did not deserve to at about 10:30 p.m. on a Sunday night on a CTA bus. She did not deserve to [...]

October 3, 2008

Expression and insecurity

The University of Illinois – that institution of higher learning in central Illinois – has decided that the students that comprise its undergraduate population are so insecure in and unsure of their own political beliefs and philosophies that they can be changed simply by seeing a professor wearing a pin or at a political rally.
The [...]