Curry and company: Roosevelt players surprised to see Golden State practice on their court
By Abbas Haleem It’s not every day the NBA-best Golden State Warriors are in Chicago, and it’s even less frequent that they practice at the Goodman Center, home of the Roosevelt University Lakers. That’s why Lakers guard Jake Ludwig waited in the lobby Tuesday afternoon, positioned strategically in front of the gym entrance with his […]
Local gyms survive without New Year’s crowd
By Lena Blietz The new year brings resolutions of every kind, but with the goal of losing weight filling this year’s top spot, many are flooding to gyms. To tap into that, many fitness centers offer New Year’s promotions to get more members in January. But for two local gyms, new clients looking to fulfill resolutions are not […]
Why Many Black Parents Talk to Their Children About the Police Today
By Misha Euceph “Turn the radio down. Turn the radio down! They’re gonna take you to jail,” said 4-year-old, Max Manasseh. “What? What do you mean turn the radio down?” asked Tamar Manasseh, his mother. They were on their way back from dropping off Max’s older sister, Avi, at school in Englewood, on the South […]
Being Kiara Lewis: the girl with a killer dribble
By Aishwarya Kumar Lakshminarayanapuram Watching 5-foot-9 point guard Kiara Lewis go after an opponent is like watching a tiger go after its prey. The 17-year-old is “a terror on the basketball court,” said former girls’ coach Joyce Kenner, now the principal of Whitney Young High School. She attacked the ball even as a second grader […]
Paging Dr. Doppler for ultrasound training
By Valerie Lapointe Ultrasound imaging, a mainstay of medical diagnostic testing, produces dramatically sharper pictures today than when it was introduced more than 50 years ago. Yet the training procedures used to master the technology haven’t evolved much in that time. A new ultrasound training device, called Dr. Doppler, developed by Illinois-based SIMnext, aims to change […]
Fueling winter boat sales has Chicagoans dreaming of summer
By Xiumei Dong Even though the temperature dropped below the 10s this holiday weekend, the freezing weather didn’t stop people from dreaming about outdoor summer fun on a boat. Consumers shop for new boats at Chicago Boat, RV & Sail Show. (Xiumei Dong & Qingwei Chen/MEDILL) “It’s just a great time, 2016, I am really […]
Effort launched in Springfield to recall Chicago mayor (Video)
By Emiliana Molina State Rep. La Shawn Ford wants to bring the power of the state legislature to force a recall of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. [vimeo 152195725 w=474]
North Korean’s divine revelation brings him to Chicago
By Jenny Lee On the northernmost headland of the world’s most reclusive country, North Korea, there stood young Jon Nam Kim’s home, overlooking a beautiful landscape of cliffs rising sheer from the East Sea and mountains brimming with larches, pines and pear trees. Now thousands of miles away, his old stomping ground has become a […]
Would Jesus really do that?: Experts weigh in on Wheaton College controversy
By Jasmine M. Ellis Whose God is it anyway? As a Christian, Dr. Larycia Hawkins thought she was doing what Jesus would do when she posted a photo of herself in December wearing a hijab head covering on Facebook in solidarity with Muslims worldwide. “I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, […]
Notre Dame College Prep bowlers knock down competition at regionals
By Tolly Taylor Bobby Van Houghton should have been smiling. After all, the Notre Dame College Prep bowler had just thrown seven strikes in a row for the second time that day. In the final frame, he could have clunked two balls into the gutter and still finished in the top five at regionals. Instead, he […]
