Wildcats baseball season preview: Team expects confidence and consistency to play big role culture change
By Andre Toran Medill Reports After a disappointing 17-32 finish in 2018, the Northwestern University Wildcats expect to win the day in 2019 with confidence and consistency. Now, less than a month away from their first slate of games in Mesa, Arizona, vs. Brigham Young University, the NU baseball team believes that a combination of […]
Eleven Chicago mayoral candidates stress LGBTQ issues and positions
By Ariana Puzzo Medill Reports Eleven Chicago mayoral candidates stressed the importance of an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum in city schools and the elimination of workplace discrimination. They spoke at a public forum on Saturday at the Second Presbyterian Church, one of several mayoral forums on city policies. LGBTQ community organizations invited the candidates to speak so […]
Habib has his eyes on Dee-vision I football
By Justin Birnbaum Medill Reports Gunshots sometimes wake Awudu “Dee” Habib in the middle of the night. They can sound as if they’re going off in the bedroom of his fifth-floor apartment. On nights like that, Habib takes cover beneath his bed. Growing up in Uptown, on the North Side of Chicago, Habib is no […]
Full-court press, up-pace tempo fuel Lake View in blowout victory over Marine Leadership Academy
John Alfes Medill Reports The Lake View High School men’s basketball team stormed out to an 18-1, first-quarter lead, applying a full-court defensive press and an up-pace offensive tempo before cruising to a 59-27 rout of Chicago’s Marine Leadership Academy Bulldogs on Wednesday. Following a rhythmic sequence of pesky defending, crisp passing and high-percentage shooting […]
