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  • Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills, IL

Bio: I am a news nut who graduated with a journalism degree from DePaul University in 2009. I have been infatuated by the media industry since I picked up an issue of the Minneapolis Star Tribune at age 9 and started reading the weather page. Later, it was the sports section and, eventually, the front. I never wanted to be anything other than a news editor. 

I have worked at the Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Reporter, the U.S. Olympic Committee press office, and the Chicago Cubs publications department. 

My favorite music is by Paul Simon and my favorite movie is The Big Lebowski. I also love playing and watching any sport—just try me.

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R-Rated Movies in School: What's Showing at Hinsdale Central?

The Victor Casini curriculum objection over "American Beauty" and "Brokeback Mountain" being shown at Hinsdale South is nearly a year old, and now parents can see online what R-rated movies their students might see.

R-Rated Movies in School: What's Showing at Hinsdale Central?
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Wahl, D86 Board Banned From Bad-Mouthing Each Other

A clause in the resignation agreement reached between Wahl and the board mandates that neither party "will directly or indirectly disparage" the other.

Wahl, D86 Board Banned From Bad-Mouthing Each Other