James Harden, the Houston Rockets’ fiery player, deserves the 2019 NBA MVP Award. In New York, he went into Madison Square Garden and scored 29 points in three quarters. With 1:30 remaining in the...

College of DuPage (COD) is a community college that attracts students from diverse backgrounds every year. To improve the cultural environment for all students, COD, through Student Affairs, established...

Michael Rivera hopes to keep his family's rich history in architecture intact. His grandfather worked in the construction management industry. His mother creates aesthetically pleasing spaces as an...

For two-and-a-half years, I've had to live thousands of miles away from my parents and friends. After finding a new family here at College of DuPage (COD), I am about to say goodbye to a group of people...

There are no words to describe the performance of "More than a number" by 13 young offenders from the Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville. One of the verses in the performance says: "I'm 17 with so many...

A six-year decline in enrollment coupled with an increase in operational cost forced trustees to vote in favor of a plan to shut down College of DuPage's Early Childhood Center. Ever wonder what is...

Jessica Halder is the president of the BioTech Club at College of DuPage. The engineering major is headed to the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign this fall to continue her studies. She spoke to...

Immigration took center stage in the United Kingdom’s political discourse when citizens voted to the leave the European Union in 2016. At a global education event hosted by College of DuPage on April...

Education is the greatest tool for social mobility; it is also a way to move America towards equality. On the contrary, Illinois is far below the national average when it comes to what the state contributes...

When trustees moved to reinstate Buffalo Theater Ensemble (BTE) after a two-year suspension, they issued a caveat: Develop ideas for live performances at College of DuPage (COD) that are "financially sustainable." About...

A ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has provided a temporary reprieve for College of DuPage's former President Robert Breuder. Three U.S. Appellate Court judges unanimously decided firing...

Deanne Mazzochi will serve the board of trustees of College of DuPage (COD) as chairwoman for the third consecutive year. The Elmhurst resident was elected as chairwoman after a unanimous vote by fellow...

The 2017/2018 NBA playoffs games are in full swing, and teams are gearing up for the final stretch of the season. After following the league to this point, here are my takes on players who will win major...

The privacy invasion scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, a London-based data firm, and Facebook showed both companies inappropriately handled the personal information of about 87 million people. Amid...

The Courier Newspaper is the best "Division 1" community college newspaper in Illinois. The publication won the first place in general excellence award for excellent reporting and the overall quality...

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Students are leaving Illinois in droves. A recent College of DuPage revenue projection shows officials expect a 4 percent decline in enrollment at the start of the fall 2018 semester. Scott Friedman...

The board of trustees voted unanimously to ink a deal with Academic Search, a Washington D.C.-based search firm, to select potential candidates for the Provost position at College of DuPage (COD). The...

Imagine trying to get multiple 100-pound robots from the Berg Instructional Center (BIC) to the Technical Education Center (TEC) as temperatures plummet during the day. This is what many students enrolled...

The campuswide election for student body president, vice president and the student representative on the college’s board of trustees had one of the lowest voter turnouts in years. Only 287 students...

Trustees at the College of DuPage (COD) voted 5-3 to approve a $1 per credit hour increase in tuition for the fall 2018 semester at the March 15 regular board of trustees meeting. The vote raises tuition...

Juan Garcia, a local immigration activist, is fearlessly debunking myths about undocumented immigrants. "Never be afraid to talk about the issues whether people agree with you or not," said Garcia....

The College of DuPage Police Department and the Black Student Alliance (BSA) are working towards finding a solution to complaints about noise resulting in campus police calls to the atrium. During...

Nicole Amon is the president of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) chapter at College of DuPage (COD). What is the club all about? How is the club creating an inclusive environment in engineering disciplines?...

The large, open area of tables and chairs outside Starbucks has a history of noise complaints, according to College of DuPage Police Chief Joseph Mullin. Now COD administration has to figure out the best...

Safety on college and high school campuses is a major discussion among politicians, educators and stakeholders after a mass shooting at a school in Florida. Police Chief Joseph Mullin talks about safety...

Violence. Robbery. Poverty. These are words that stand out when stories from Englewood, one of Chicago's toughest neighborhoods, are told. But for Englewood native Rodney Walker, it has always been...

College of DuPage (COD) students will vote for a new student body president, student body vice president and student trustee on Wednesday & Thursday, March 14 and 15. How ready is the Student Leadership...

As a Higher Learning Commission (HLC) peer reviewer, Lisa Stock, College of DuPage's new vice president for academic affairs, sees meeting the current and future accreditation needs of the college as a...

Teaching is a noble profession to many. For College of DuPage (COD) Adjunct Professor Linda Jenkins, it means giving students the tools they need to succeed. The tools to succeed aren’t restricted...

Student Trustee Anthony Walker is our representative on the college’s board of trustees. Walker sat down with the Courier's news editor to talk about his time as a trustee and a recent vote to close...

The president of the Black Student Association (BSA) believes black students can defy stereotypes by “getting involved.” "Getting involved" means curbing the big dip in the number of blacks who...

A major cabinet reorganization will occur over the next few months at College of DuPage (COD). Notably, the college will see the appointment of its first provost. This senior management position is...

Having long lines at coffee shops on campus during the morning hours is a certainty at College of DuPage (COD). Unfortunately, for years, students with early morning classes in the Technical Education...

He wants free education at in-state public universities, community colleges and trade schools. In the race to represent the Democratic Party in Illinois' upcoming governor election, he's a candidate...

College of DuPage will celebrate Black History Month beginning Feb. 1. David Swope, the college's diversity and inclusion manager, is leading the organization of upcoming events and activities celebrating...

In what appears to be one of the world's worst refugee crisis, more than 600,000 Rohingya have fled their native Myanmar since August of this year. The crisis stems from the decision by Myanmar's government...

The fight is far from over with recent allegations of sexual misconduct carried out by members of the political class.   These are the same men who trumpet the cry for accountability. Although many...

Last week, in between getting ready for finals, classes and tutoring, Josie Suter, the president of the Engineering & Technology Club had a one-on-one conversation with the Courier about issues pertinent...

Despite a proposal from Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 to use the old Glen Ellyn police station for additional services, village trustees moved to agree on a license agreement with the College of DuPage. The...

Despite reiterating claims of Russians’ support for then-candidate Donald Trump, a Russian professor, Victoria Zhuravleva, believes the Kremlin did not meddle in America's 2017 presidential election....

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), in a decision reached on Nov. 2, 2017, has decided to lift its probation on the College of DuPage. "HLC took this action based on the college’s ability to demonstrate...

The questions bombarding Lisa Porep's mind just kept getting bigger and scarier. "I started to think about the point of my life,” Porep said. “What am I going to do after college? What am I going...

On Oct. 30, Colleen Zavodny, a former College of DuPage student was on campus to talk about issues surrounding sexual assault awareness and prevention. After her presentation in the Jack H. Turner Conference...

The 21st Century calls for its own definition of diversity. Diversity is like the Apple IIc computer. It is good to have around to know where modern Apple computers came from. But it serves no good...

The College of DuPage’s Board of Trustees had no queries about President Ann Rondeau's latest request to tweak her cabinet, paving the way for a second major initiative aimed at the local business community....

From Turkey, Rabia Nefise Sertlek believes College of DuPage is a home away from home. In the hallway of the Student Resources Center, her flag is among many others representing the countries of students...

This happened in 2010. The sounds of the vuvuzelas through my television speakers still ring a bell in my ears. Landon Donovan's posture as he took a penalty to square things up won't be forgotten....

Off-season moves and team rosters heading into the 2017-18 NBA season reveal a clear top 8 to make the playoffs in the western conference. Here's my picks: Golden State Warriors They are bound to dominate...

College of DuPage’s latest annual security report shows its main campus and area campuses are pretty safe, though incidents occurred that show students should still take safety measures. The college...

Walt Disney World's attraction engineering services manager was a guest at a STEM Career Day on Oct. 7 hosted by the College of DuPage. Angel Price was on campus to talk to young high school students,...

Special editions. Frequent revisions. Restrictive access codes. You probably got one of those answers when you tried to use a textbook this semester for the same class that ended last semester. Illinois...

Aneesa Muthana is no stranger to the "school of hard knocks." "I make things," she says of herself. But working with her family-owned company at the age of 23 came with many surprises. At one...

In response to the Houston Independent School District's need for school supplies, College of DuPage was able to fill up a semitrailer with assorted school items. "The objective here has been to let...

After more than 26 years of service to the College of DuPage, Glenn Hansen will retire on May 31, 2018. As a professor, Hansen teaches digital photography, the foundation of film photography, color...

“What went wrong?” seems to be a question that confounds members of the faculty and students-at-large at the College of DuPage Faculty members present at the Sept. 21 board of trustees meeting...

POINT/COUNTERPOINT Vandy: No team is ready to spray champagne in the locker room other than Manchester United. They are the favorite to win the 2018 UEFA Champions League. In Europe’s elite soccer...

Wendy Parks is College of DuPage's new director of communications and public relations. Parks will serve as the college's spokesperson and lead the news bureau and community relations department here at...

Washington’s immigration crackdown is a thorn in the flesh for another group of people—survivors of human trafficking. Harriet is a human trafficking survivor receiving assistance from Heartland...

The African American Student-Alliance, one of College of DuPage’s cultural and ethnic clubs, has resurfaced this semester as the Black Student Alliance (BSA). What necessitated this change? How is the...

Sexual assault and its many forms--rape, stalking, the usage of technology to hurt others and much more--must be treated as what it is: a nuisance to society. It cannot be tolerated at schools intending...

Polling aggregation website FiveThirtyEight estimates that “Hurricane Harvey dumped an estimated 27 trillion gallons of water on Texas and Louisiana.” This is by far one of the worst natural disasters...

Ahmad Chaudhry is the new dean for biology and health sciences at College of DuPage. Chaudhry took some time from his schedule last week to talk about his new role and what the college should expect. Here...

By simply coming up with a creative idea stating the best way to communicate the importance of academic honesty here at College of DuPage, you could win money for tuition. Courtesy of a contest themed...

Summer break meant a break from reading news about College of DuPage every Wednesday from the Courier. Here are few events and happenings you probably missed: Once referred to as the “land of lawsuits,”...

To mark the beginning of Ann Rondeau’s second year as College of DuPage president, the Courier sat down to discuss the progress the college has made: from academic affairs, adherence to the Higher Learning...

  Nov. 13, 2015, was the day that changed politics in France, a European nation with one of the most stringent foreign policies in the world. French President Francois Hollande was inside the packed...

Season three of a distasteful movie titled “Fred and the boys are bound to fail” starring John Paxson, executive vice president basketball operations, and Gar Forman, general manager. Coach Fred...

College of DuPage horticulture students placed fifth in the nation at a recent landscaping professional competition in Utah. The horticulture program is expanding and has more degree and certificate programs....

Water supply planning in the State of Illinois is at the brink of dormancy with the current budget logjam in Springfield. If water usage data cannot be collected, the Office of Water Resources, the state’s...

No woman in any correctional center in Illinois has access to postsecondary education. The state’s budget impasse forced four community colleges in Illinois to suspend their postsecondary education...

For more than 100 years women weren’t allowed to play in the Olympics. Women made a breakthrough in 1990 when they were allowed to play lawn tennis and golf at the Paris Games. Since then, there have...

More than 20 years ago, Miranda Shelton’s parents left New York City’s booming film industry for a suburban town near Los Angeles to start a family. This move resulted into Miranda’s birth. Faced...

Like a bunch of cars with nice bodies and worn out engines parked in a scrap yard, Major League Soccer (MLS) has become a league with nice stadiums and a plethora of old players hustling for retirement...

A total of 44,037 voters from across Cook and DuPage Counties voted for Dan Markwell, a 23-year-old student here at the College of DuPage in the April 4 trustees election. A total of 125,851 persons voted,...

The board of trustees of the College of DuPage voted unanimously to place a freeze on tuition and fees for the Fall 2017 semester at its March 16 regular meeting.   Currently, residents of District...

Bill Clayton (not his real name), grew up in a middle-class family, had a good relationship with his parents and younger siblings, scored good grades in high school and also played football. At the age...

Tiffany Montgomery is the vice president of the engineering and technology club at the College of DuPage. Montgomery is a computer engineering major and was one of the panelists at the college’s women...

Amanda Petford-Long believes the rise in the number of women working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) has seen a drastic increase over the years. But as Argonne National Laboratory's...

The 2017 NBA All-star game is over, and teams are gearing up for the final stretch of the season. Players and teams are about to book a spot in the top eight to have a 1/16 probability of winning the 2017...

The college on Friday hosted a Sage Series: Inside the COD’s Culinary and Hospitality Center that brought together restaurant owners, former chefs, and community members to the college’s 60,000 square...

Berkley High School senior Dante Little drove for over four hours from Michigan to Illinois to visit the College of DuPage. That drive was worth it, as he will get a chance to play for COD next Fall. The...