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Both incumbents lose in College of DuPage

Daily Herald, Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The race for four seats on the College of DuPage board of trustees was one of the few ballot issues that involved almost all the county's voters Tuesday.

With 775 of 787 precincts reporting, unofficial results indicate Kim Savage, Nancy Svoboda and Allison O'Donnell won the three 6-year seats and Sandy Kim won a three-way race for a 2-year term. (emphasis ours)

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College of DuPage election seriously complex

Chicago Tribune, Friday, April 3, 2009

In its simplest context, the College of DuPage Board of Trustees election boils down to 13 candidates seeking four positions.

But most who spend a fair amount of time at the nation's third largest community college know it is anything but a simple place. Lately, the Glen Ellyn institution of 28,000 students may be bordering on the downright byzantine.

Here are a few examples: [...]

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College of DuPage needs more transparency

Daily Herald, Thursday, March 27, 2009

[...] For the single two-year term, Sandy Kim. A COD graduate and current student at Benedictine University, Kim understands the need to keep the school affordable while addressing the challenges of today's economy. She also would bring some diversity to the board. [...]

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Only 6 of 13 attend forum for College of DuPage candidates

Daily Herald, Monday, March 23, 2009

Maybe it was the 60-degree weather that kept College of DuPage incumbent candidates Michael McKinnon, Mark Nowak and five other candidates for the community college board from attending a Sunday candidates forum.

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College of DuPage candidates kicked off ballot

Daily Herald, Tuesday, February 17, 2009

While it took about 20 minutes on average to dispose of six challenges to College of DuPage trustee candidates Tuesday, the seventh and final electoral board hearing proved to be a doozy.

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College of Dishonour

Sunday, February 22, 2009

As afternoon rolled into the evening, the few citizens remaining in the makeshift courthourse that normally serves as College of DuPage's boardroom were witnesses to the sordid depths people will plumb to preserve power. That justice finally prevailed that night was scant cause for rejoicing, for the scenes that unfolded over more than four hours left a vile taste. At stake was the right of Sandy Kim, a veteran and one of the most accomplished graduates in recent COD history, to take her rightful place on the ballot for the April election for the college's Board of Trustees.

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