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Couric on campus — at Northwestern

By Sun-Times Wire

Katie Couric

Yes, that was Katie Couric spied Wednesday on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. Of course, the “Katie” host let the whole world in on the news — posting a photo on her Facebook page showing the NU entrance and a noting, “Have you been following my College Tour 2013 guessing game on Twitter & Instagram!! Can you figure out where my daughter & I are visiting goday?”

†Speaking of “Katie,” Mariam Pare, a mouth and foot painter from Chicago, will be featured on the Thursday episode of Couric’s weekday talk show, airing at 2 p.m. on WLS-Channel 7.

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