On April 7, College of DuPage faculty, students and community members will finally have the opportunity to vote for potentially three new members on the Board of Trustees. After months of public scrutiny...
Recently, one of our own Courier staff members attempted to talk to College of DuPage President Robert Breuder about his upcoming retirement in March 2016. We say “attempted” because after exchanging...
We have a Student Leadership Council, or SLC for short, here at College of DuPage. If this is news to you, you are not alone. Many students are unaware of its existence. On March 17 and 18, we will be...
Without a doubt, one of the most heavily covered stories in College of DuPage history President Robert Breuder’s upcoming retirement. Along with a $763,000 buyout issued by the board of trustees, Breuder’s...
For the past 6 years, College of DuPage President Robert Breuder has ruled with a controversial hand. He’s been reprimanded by critics, both within COD and in the community, for focusing on unnecessary...
On Jan. 20, Americans gathered around their televisions and tuned in to watch President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Among a variety of the usual bullet points—taxes, minimum wage,...
As we rang in the New Year over winter break, we also said goodbye to the hottest recorded year on earth. That’s right, according to NASA, since heat records were first kept in 1880, the ten hottest...
Ladies and gentleman, let’s talk about the prairie. You’ve no doubt noticed it, looming over there in the corner of campus, sandwiched between the parking lot and Lambert Road; the spot the landscapers...
The board of trustees meeting on Nov. 20 was a largely dull one, especially when compared to the riotous affairs we’ve come to expect in the past few months. Glenn Hansen, president of the College of...
Students at College of DuPage make a lot of choices. We choose to come here; as the recent student satisfaction survey reveals, most of the people who attend this school selected it as one of their top...
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A short time ago, in a board room very, very close...it is a period of civil war. Rebel Tea Partiers, striking with accusations of hidden expenses and sketchy accounting, have embarrassed...
Fall is here in full swing. The birds are leaving their ponds and flying south. Halloween decorations have been on sale for the past month. And, if you listen very closely, you can hear the voices of rich...
This past week, the United Nations hosted a summit on climate change at their headquarters in New York City. At the summit, world leaders addressed issues such as carbon emissions and deforestation. Secretary...
The College of DuPage has been in the news this past week due to the recent vote of no confidence in President Breuder by the full-time faculty. This is a big deal, as it is the first time this has happened...
Next week marks the first homecoming the college has hosted in decades. There's going to be a football game, pep rallies and tailgating, all of the standard events. How unfortunate, then, the state of...