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A publication of the University of Illinois at Springfield

October 1999
Volume XXV, No.10


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A modern political primer, page 24 Who we are, Who we were, Page 18 The bully gets some class, Page 28

FEATURES
12 Scientists and farmers by Burney Simpson
DNA down on the farm
16 The people of Illinois by Ed Wojcicki
Twenty-five years of public affairs journalism
18 Photo essay:
Who we are, who we were by Fred Zwicky
24 A modern political primer by John Dowling
Succeeding in state government used to depend on good connections. Things have changed, right?
26 Q&A: Kent Red field on 25 years of political change
28 The bully gets some class by Robert Davis
Chicago had a tough rep. Now it's planted in posies and wrapped in wrought iron. What happened to that toddlin' town?
30 Guest essay:
Half for tobacco preventio by Luke L. Burchard
32 Review essay:
Frank Lloyd Wright is everywhere by Lee Bey
34 Review Essay:
Tarzan's Illinois roots by Bill Knight
Credits: This mouth's cover was designed by Diana Nelson.

DEPARTMENTS
3 Conversation
with the Publisher
by Ed Wojcicki

4 Editor's Notebook
by Peggy Boyer Long

6 State of the State
by Burney Simpson
Hate Groups aren't new

8 Briefly
by Rodd Whelpley

38 People
by Rodd Whelpley

41 A View from the Suburbs
by Madeleine Doubek
The rise of the suburban GOP

42 Politics
by Charles N. Wheeler III
A quarter century of change

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