
Equity Residential says tough markets ahead
By Mindy Tan Despite fourth quarter results that beat expectations, Equity Residential is expecting weaker growth in 2017 due to softness in its portfolio in

Northwestern football keeps eye on the future at signing day
By Eric Burgher As Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald sat down to greet the media Wednesday at the team’s national signing day event, he knew

Becoming a professional athlete (sort of)
By Elan Kane It’s 1:15 a.m. and I’m at an indoor turf facility somewhere in southwest Chicago. I’m in a huddle surrounded by 35 other

Athletic trainers play vital role in high school sports
By Karl Bullock Walking along the campus of New Trier High School in 2000, Dale Grooms looked in awe at the scenery. Standing a foot

Midwest residents travel to Washington for Women’s March Saturday.
By Alexis Wainwright Marching in downtown Chicago for the Women’s March this weekend might have seemed vital for many, but others thought it was far

Chicagoans and Others Prepare for Chinese New Year
By Beixi (Bessie) Xu Synga Huo, a “stay home mom” who lives in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood with her family, was wheeling several bags of

Loyola women’s basketball staff builds program from the ground up
By Allie Burger The Loyola women’s basketball coaches gathered at Revival Social Club in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood on a Tuesday night in mid-January after a

Making science fun for eighty years
By Puja Bhattacharjee A unique store in the Northwest Side of Chicago is helping kids bond with science. American Science and Surplus has been in

Protests break out at O’Hare after Trump’s executive order on refugees
By Alexis Wainwright Thousands of protesters descended on airports across the United States — including Chicago’s O’Hare — last weekend after scores of international travelers

Trail Blazer: Blind Triathlete Wins National Title, Hopes for Repeat
By Kathleen McAuliffe Swimming 750 meters, cycling 24.8 miles and then running 6.2 miles is demanding enough. But at this year’s USA Triathlon national championships,

Sprint narrows net loss on big increase in subscribers
By Yingcong (June) Fu Sprint Corp. narrowed its net loss by 43 percent in the most recent quarter as the company logged the largest number

Christians join Women’s March in Washington
By Christen Gall WASHINGTON, D.C. — Her protest started with a plane ticket. Verity Ramirez, a 26-year-old medical resident at Maine Medical Center in Portland,