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Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University Dec 2009

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: The "Mirror" reflects controversial image -- Sacred Heart rolls out the red carpet -- Chapel inspires new winter traditions -- SHU celebrates the holiday season -- Cernera re-elected second time as president of IFCU -- Obama plans to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan -- The key to surviving finals stress free -- Students abroad return with more than just souvenirs -- Farewell to our graduating seniors, a few last words -- Some SHU students won't be home for the holidays -- Holiday season provides temporary increase in available jobs -- SHU welcomes all faiths -- Be greener than …


Sacred Heart University Magazine, Spring 2009, Sacred Heart University Apr 2009

Sacred Heart University Magazine, Spring 2009, Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Magazine

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Spectrum, Volume 25, Issue 18, Sacred Heart University Mar 2009

Spectrum, Volume 25, Issue 18, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: The 'Wolf of Wall Street on the prowl -- Lecture schedule is jam packed this spring -- Crash on Park Ave constitutes concern -- Best Buddies organizes a 'quest for booty' -- Lawmakers propose bill to raise tax on gas in CT -- Students question job availability for the summer -- Campus tours lead the way in student enrollment -- Rant of the week: St. Patty's Day celebrated, but not appreciated -- He Said/ She Said... -- Nonsense boys: jamming out and dreaming big -- Bachelor's last minute change upsets viewers -- New viewers find themselves "Lost" -- …


The Shanachie, Volume 21, Number 1, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2009

The Shanachie, Volume 21, Number 1, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

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The Shanachie, Volume 21, Number 3, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 2009

The Shanachie, Volume 21, Number 3, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

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“Good Politics Is Good Government”: The Troubling History Of Mayoral Control Of The Public Schools In Twentieth-Century Chicago, James C. Carl Jan 2009

“Good Politics Is Good Government”: The Troubling History Of Mayoral Control Of The Public Schools In Twentieth-Century Chicago, James C. Carl

Education Faculty Publications

This article looks at urban education through the vantage point of Chicago’s mayors. It begins with Carter H. Harrison II (who served from 1897 to 1905 and again from 1911 to 1915) and ends with Richard M. Daley (1989 to the present), with most of the focus on four long-serving mayors: William Hale Thompson (1915–23 and 1927–31), Edward Kelly (1933–47), Richard J. Daley (1955–76), and Harold Washington (1983–87). Mayors exercised significant leverage in the Chicago Public Schools throughout the twentieth century, making the history of Chicago mayors’ educational politics relevant to the contemporary trend in urban education to give more …