WANT TO SEE ALASKA'S WILDLIFE? COUNT ON SERENDIPITY It was near the end of a six-hour bus tour of Denali National Park that we got a good, long look at a bear eating his way through a field of berries. Elsewhere in Alaska, my husband, two sons and I had watched whales spouting near Juneau, eagles along the Chilkat River, and waterways in Ketchikan and Skagway so full of salmon they could
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NOT CLOWNING AROUND Looking for something to truly blow your pledge daughter away? Then get in touch with Communication sophomore Dan Siegel, who is selling his balloon sculptures to raise money for Roteract's spring service trip to Ecuador. "I can make French poodles, teddy bears, Spider-Man, lovebirds in a heart, the Disney Princesses, Blue (from Blue's Clues), SpongeBob, you name it," he
A landmark exhibit that had towered over the west side of Brookfield Zoo for 72 years was torn down Thursday to make room for a new habitat that zoo officials say they hope will become an even more important and popular attraction.