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Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Results of NAEP Arts 2008 Assessment

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2009. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan released the following statement today regarding results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Arts 2008 assessment of Music and Visual Arts at Grade 8: These results are important for several reasons. First, they remind us that the arts[Read More…]

Pundits Should Be Judged in Court of Public Opinion

Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director With all due respect, none of the following people has ever made me do one thing differently in my life, except occasionally change the channel: Bill O’Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Rush Limbaugh, Rachel Maddow and dozens of[Read More…]

Sculpture Park Trip to Michigan

In the forefront, “Light of the Moon,” 1991, by Igor Mitoraj, in bronze.In the background, Jonathan Borofsky’s “Male/Female,” from 2001. From the collection of Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, MI. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– While the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park (NMSP) at Governors State University[Read More…]

HRC Statement on the Obama Administration’s Defense of the Defense of Marriage Act In the Smelt v. U.S. Case

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, issued a statement today regarding the Obama Administration’s decision to defend the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a gay couple who married in California. Arthur[Read More…]

Governors State University Graduate Student Art Exhibit

“Natural or Man-Made” photographic artwork of Michael Smith. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery presents “Natural or Man-Made or One in the Same,” a photo exhibition by graduate student Michael E. Smith. The exhibit runs through June 24. A closing reception hosted the artist[Read More…]

In and Around Park Forest Week of June 15, 2009

Matt Scallet of CNT Energy presents a Summer Energy Workshop last week in Village Hall. The presentation was sponsored by the Envorinment Commission. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 15, 2009. During these tough economic times, many of us are foregoing our usual summer vacations but there are still plenty of[Read More…]

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