Loyola women’s basketball ends season with loss to Valpo in conference tournament
By Patrick Engel Medill Reports MOLINE – Loyola players and coaches hung around the TaxSlayer Center after their game to watch the Missouri Valley’s award ceremony. They gazed from across the court and offered periodic golf claps as the league’s individual award winners climbed onto a makeshift stage to accept a plaque, certificate or trophy […]
Gold Coast fashion event supports prom gowns for high school girls
By Jessica Nieberg Medill Reports While fashion icons from around the world gathered in Paris for Fashion Week, the fashion-forward residents of Chicago took to the Gold Coast, and not just for a peek at the latest trends. The Fashion Week Takes the Gold Coast event raised over $5,000 and collected 20 dress and gown […]
Tokyo vintage boutique covets overseas market
By Charlene Zhang Medill Reports Tokyo–Walking around Shibuya, the major commercial ward in Tokyo, one can never find too many trend-busters and street stylists. This is also a paradise for fanatic devotees of vintage fashions. Tucked away in a backstreet sits the 5-year-old boutique Vintage Qoo. It has the most, 102,000, Instagram followers among similar […]
Tiger Woods golf course renovation plan adds to controversy on Obama Presidential Center
By DeForest Mapp Medill Reports A tall black wire-mesh fence on 67th street provides the boundary for the golf course on the south side of Jackson Park. TGR Design is looking for a way to connect this course to the South Shore Golf Course as part of the Obama Presidential Center proposed for Jackson Park. TGR design, based […]
Weekly jobless claims rise off lows as market awaits Friday’s Jobs Report
By Brian Baker Medill Reports Initial weekly jobless claims rose during the week ended March 3 after hitting the lowest level since December 1969 in the previous week. Jobless claims, which measure the number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits, rose 21,000 to a seasonally adjusted 231,000 during the most recent week, according to […]
Taking a tip from the plants: Mimicking photosynthesis to produce fuels
By Lakshmi Chandrasekaran Nathan La Porte dreams of a field full of solar panels leading to a pump in the corner fueling station. The sun shines down on the panels collecting enough energy to power a process that produces a liquid fuel to fill up the gas tank of a car. If you think this falls in the […]
A family affair: Four brothers launch Chicago’s newest gaming lounge
By Jourdan Kerl Medill Reports Carlos, Ricardo, Francisco and Ozzie Flores raced home after school as children to compete against one another in their favorite video games. Now adults, their love for gaming transformed into bigger dreams for the brothers from Puerto Rico. Four brothers. Three veterans. One vision: To establish a premier destination where […]
Lake Central wins sectional championship and defends home court
Erik Alcantar Medill Reports Lake Central High School (St. John) defeated Oliver P. Morton High School (Hammond) 75-46 to claim the school’s 11th Sectional Championship in Northwest Indiana. For the Indians, it was the realization of a goal they set when they first took the court back in November. “It’s just amazing,” said Lake Central’s […]
Two seniors, two different paths and one common challenge
By Patrick Engel Medill Reports The floral bouquets were delivered, the tribute videos were finished and the 2-foot by 3-foot action pictures were framed. It was 12:45 p.m., which on March 3, 2018 at Gentile Arena, meant the time had come for a sendoff. Loyola’s seniors lined up with their families, paraded out to center […]
Local schools to join national movement against gun violence
By Kaitlin Englund Medill Reports Schools across Cook, DuPage and Lake County will walk out on March 14 in solidarity with students across the nation who are protesting gun violence. The national call for school walkouts follows the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a former student killed […]