College of DuPage's Student Newspaper

The Courier
College of DuPage's Student Newspaper

The Courier
College of DuPage's Student Newspaper

The Courier
The inclusion of former State Rep. Jeanne Ives has drawn outrage from students and faculty

What does COD gain from Jeanne Ives’ divisive discrimination?

Do anti-LGBTQ and anti-immigrant policies deserve a place on the presidential search committee?
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
April 18, 2019
The Hinsdale Fire Department teaching the community vital life-saving training techniques

How to save a life: DuPage Narcan Program training against opioid overdose

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
April 15, 2019
(SATIRE): Don’t miss College of DuPage’s delicious headlines! – Rondeau’s Guided Pathway - State Rep. Ives lawsuit against school - Art the viewer can taste - Amputations for playing piano - Professor Isla Roka awarded Outstanding Faculty Member

BREAKING COD NEWS STORIES YOU CAN’T MISS

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
April 2, 2019
With questions surrounding where the gay rights movement desires to go and how it wants to define itself, have the divisions in opinion hindered solidarity and progress?

Have we become too dependent on superficial sexual labels?

LGBTQ…HIJKLMNOP
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
March 30, 2019
A federal investigation uncovered how wealthy parents have bribed their children’s way into prestigious and highly-selective schools, like Georgetown University (pictured). Their illegal practices bring to light the numerous legal maneuverings the wealthy use to ensure back-door entrance into elite institutions, disadvantaging deserving, less-affluent student applicants

Should the college admissions scandal make me angry?

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
March 22, 2019
Researchers at the Northwestern Center for Genetic Medicine use the gene-editing technology CRISPR to isolate and alter disease-causing mutations in DNA

Do we already have the power to eradicate genetic disease?

How CRISPR gene-editing technology is revolutionizing medicine
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
March 6, 2019
Did former Trustee Deanne Mazzochi’s decision to hold off her resignation help smoothen the transition process, or did it increase polarization amongst the COD Board?

Why wasn’t public input sought in COD Board of Trustees’ new appointment?

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
March 6, 2019
Former astronaut Mark Kelly speaks at the College of DuPage, bringing audience members on a voyage, explaining how the lessons he’s learned throughout his life have shaped the leader he has become

Astronaut Mark Kelly: The making of an American Senator?

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
February 20, 2019
CLASSIFIEDS: A lonely Democrat longing to give my love to the presidential candidate who can steal my heart.... (pictured: Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris)

LONELY HEARTS: Democrat desperately seeking love

Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
February 16, 2019
In 2017, millions protested against President Nicolas Maduro dissolving the opposition-led National Assembly congress to create a puppet congress, the Constituent Assembly. The opposition to his increasingly authoritarian actions signaled support in Hugo Chavez’s 1999 Bolivarian socialist revolution was finally waning

Is American intervention in Venezuela justified?

How to succeed in democracy without really trying
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
February 7, 2019
Dangling for all to see, the Wall Street Bull's testicles roar out, "Damn right my boys can swim." Our capitalistic men thrive on aggression, strength and brutal force. Has competition and the masculine ideal corrupted what it means to be a man?

Challenging the dangers of toxic masculinity

(Damn right my boys can swim!)
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
January 30, 2019
The argument goes, those who commit acts of violence should pay for their crimes. However, almost all people on death row are poor. A significant number are mentally disabled. And about 40% of death row inmates are African American

Is there a right end of the noose?

American injustice in the death penalty
Joey Weslo, General Assignment Reporter
January 24, 2019
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