Quigley criticizes Trump’s relationship with Russia, defends Obamacare
By Derek Robertson Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) said Monday night that in light of an increasingly unpredictable political climate both at home and abroad his work on the House Intelligence Committee is more critical now than ever. Quigley didn’t mince words before 45th Ward Ald. John Arena and some of his constituents at the Filament Theatre in […]
Christian students offer their perspective on the presidential election
By Katanga Johnson In the 2016 presidential election, young people supported Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by a margin of 55% to 37%. In 2012, President Obama won an even larger margin, with 60% of the youth vote. As a reliably blue state, Illinois had similar numbers of young voters in favor of Secretary Clinton. But […]
Boat show makes a comeback
By Puja Bhattacharjee The winter and rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of the hundreds who attended the 87th Chicago Boat, RV and Strictly Sail show. The show hosted at McCormick Place from January 11-15, featured over 600 boats, a dozen RVs and over 200 boating and sailing seminars.
Scientists seeking the gene that guides monarch migration
By Siyan (Jen) Huang Each year, swarms of North American monarch butterflies make their way from Canada and the United States to central Mexico before the fall of winter. The monarchs don’t live long enough to make a return trip, so how do they know when and where they should go? Ayse Trolander, a graduate student at […]
The man who found a new way to look at high school basketball rankings
By Eric Burgher For Charlie Essig, it has always been about the numbers. After working 42 years as an engineer, he transferred his mathematical expertise to his passion project, the Essig Report, a computer program he devised measuring the comparative strength of high school teams in Illinois based on game performances versus strength of schedule. […]
The seven-seconds-or-less Senn Bulldogs
By Mark Singer For the first hour and a half of every practice, the Senn boys’ basketball team focuses on one area: making layups. Early in the preseason, if someone missed a layup, all 45 players on the freshman, sophomore and varsity teams ran the length of the court and back three times. The drills […]
Chicago feminists critical of Obama, conflicted over Trump
By Ritu Prasad For many involved with grassroots feminism in Chicago, Barack Obama’s presidency wasn’t all it was promised to be. Feminist leaders now look to the Donald Trump administration with a conflicting sense of apprehension and tentative hope. At the Women & Children First bookstore, seated beneath a colorful collection of children’s books with […]
