After a rough upbringing in Waukegan, Darren Patterson needed Destiny to change his life around quickly, before it spiraled out of control. Patterson had been on the wrong path in life, but that all changed on March 21, 2007. That day, Destiny Rose Patterson was brought to this earth and a new man was born. [...]
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All Access with Chacour Koop
[Published in the DEN on 1/20/2010) There are those people who are born into a sport and then there are those who fall into a sport. The latter was the case for Eastern’s men’s swimming team freshman Chacour Koop. Koop said he was first interested in swimming after watching his brothers in his backyard pool [...]
Growing in life through growing plants
In the DEN 11/17/09 There are more hungers inside of us other than our stomachs, said Keith Spear. “We have a hunger for meaningful work, satisfying and challenging work, and gardening satisfies these hungers,” said the English professor. “It satisfies us physically, emotionally, and spiritually.” Spear said there are two concepts of planting food- feeding [...]
Largest Population, Small Representation
Issue date: 10/1/09 DENNEWS.com In 2007, more than 1.5 million Hispanics lived in Illinois, yet only 291 of those were Hispanic women holding administrative positions. “There is not a sustainable representation of Hispanic women in leadership roles,” said Zoraida Irizarry, advanced Spanish instructor at Lake Land College. Irizarry focused on this lack of representation during [...]
