Video: Poetry café in Old San Juan draws in locals and tourists
By Grace Austin The Poet’s Passage is an arts and spoken word café in Old San Juan. It brings together local artists and visitors to listen, socialize, work, and buy goods with inspirational poetry emblazed on them. Owner Lady Lee Andrews prides herself on creating an arts space that continues to make money, even after […]
Credit union drums up loan business
By Yifang (Evonne) Liu Sanket Patel, a store manager at 541 N. Fairbanks Ct., near Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood, came from India two years ago. Unlike most of people, he opened his first U.S. account at First Northern Credit Union, instead of a bank. “I like credit union better and very much,” […]
New principal leads renewed dedication toward Senn athletics
By Mark Singer In the final practice before the end of his team’s season, Terrell Walsh pleaded with the players to leave everything on the court the following day. On March 1, the Senn Bulldogs boys basketball team was set to play in the school’s first regional semifinals in nine years. Senn isn’t known for […]
Diving into Chicago’s scuba scene
By Jane Bodmer You don’t have to travel to the Caribbean to find shipwrecks: Lake Michigan is full of them. In fact, one Evanston diver has made a career of teaching diving and exploring shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Myron Siciak, 59, is the owner of Elmer’s Watersports, an Evanston-based scuba shop. He teaches scuba […]
Did the Bears make the right move in signing Mike Glennon?
By Brent Schwartz In today’s NFL landscape, teams either have a franchise quarterback or they are pursuing one. The Chicago Bears’ pursuit has led them to last week’s signing of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers backup, Mike Glennon, who they will be paying $43.5 million over the next three years, with $14.5 million guaranteed according to […]
Booming e-sports industry faces contract challenges
By Yifan Wu Jeroen “Xaliea” Klaver is a 21-year old veteran in his field. During his four-year career competing in “Smite”, a popular online multiplayer game, the Amsterdam native earned $46,170 in prize money. But the paychecks from Team Paradigm, where he played in the 2016 Smite Pro League, never added up. Lydia Picknell, Paradigm’s […]
Stoppage Time: Migrant Footballers Wait for Papers in South Africa
By Jacob Rogers Almost every morning, a soccer team in East Johannesburg gets together to practice. John Real Soccer Academy, as they are known, is a team made up largely of migrants who have come to South Africa to hopefully jump-start careers as professional soccer players. Unfortunately for many of these players, despite their talent, […]
Swiping into new trends in millennial dating
By Haley Velasco Following a heated election cycle and the end of the holiday season, millennial daters are looking for love. According to data from an online dating app and professional matchmakers, there are trends that have been shifting in millennial dating, especially in terms of dating parameters and methods of finding relationships. There were […]
Small business optimism remains near 43-year high
By Zhu Zhu Small business optimism fell slightly, but remained near its highest level in 43 years, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. The index fell 0.6 points to 105.3 in February from 105.9 in January. It was the third straight month of readings above 105, a surge that began after the election […]
‘We’ve been waiting for this for a long time’
By Elan Kane Lynn Hull made sure to get to Welsh-Ryan Arena early Sunday to get good seats. She wanted to enjoy the hoopla surrounding the announcement that the Northwestern men’s basketball team had made its first NCAA basketball tournament in school history. When she went to find a seat, though, she was directed towards the […]