Holiday shoppers went online-but not all of them
By Zhu Zhu With the ease of online shopping, there was no surprise that online sales, up 13.2 percent in December from the year-ago month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, lifted total December retail sales by 4.3 percent. Passersby interviewed in downtown Chicago illustrate why.
Private treatment center fills void left by state budget cuts
By Cloee Cooper Melvin Daniels was recently released from his second stint in prison for unlawful use of a weapon. On a rainy January morning, he walked ten blocks from his halfway house in Garfield Park to join a couple dozen people, many of them recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. In a well-lit room, they talked […]
Obama’s supporters at famed barbershop say farewell
By Pat Nabong More than eight years after President Obama gave his first victory speech in Grant Park, Chicagoans in Hyde Park bid farewell to the president who used to live in their neighborhood. In Hyde Park Hair Salon, where President Obama has been getting his hair cut for more than 20 years, talk of […]
Surging New Trier gets measure of redemption
By Giuliana Allegrotti It was their worst game of the year. Back on Dec. 2, the New Trier girls basketball team lost to conference rival Niles West 52-45. New Trier was sloppy on both ends of the floor; unforced turnovers and lackadaisical defense plagued the team the entire game. They had poor body language and […]
Doyle, Jackson lead Loyola past Missouri State
By Elan Kane Loyola coach Porter Moser did not even realize it had happened until he was asked about it after the game. “That was a six-point play?” Moser said during his postgame press conference. “Yeah, let’s just call that a big segment right there.”
Why They Tri: Why More Women Are Trying Triathlon
By Kathleen McAuliffe In 2010, triathlon became Meredith Atwood’s “escape from reality.” For the attorney and mother of two toddlers, intense workouts became a rare source of peace. Some mornings, it was a 10-mile run. Other mornings, it was a 45-plus mile bike ride or a 1300-meter swim (or 26 lengths of an Olympic pool), […]
Women’s basketball community comes together to support loss of Northwestern player
By Allie Burger Shock and sadness continue to radiate through the Chicago women’s basketball community following the suicide of Northwestern sophomore Jordan Hankins. As Northwestern continues to deal with the aftermath of Hankins’ Jan. 9 death, the effects of the tragedy have also extended to surrounding women’s programs.
President Barack Obama gives farewell address to the nation
By Christen Gall President Barack Obama said farewell to the nation from his Chicago hometown this week, just miles away from Grant Park, the location of his acceptance speech eight years earlier.
Snapchat Video: Obama returns home to Chicago for final remarks as president
By Marianna Brady President Obama returned home to Chicago for his final remarks to the nation as commander-in-chief in a moving farewell speech on Tuesday. The speech was attended by a diverse group of about 18,000 supporters, including celebrities and politicians, according to The Chicago Tribune. We covered the event live on Snapchat; you can […]
Does Dodd-Frank swaps regulation reduce market risk?
By Jiefei Liu Derivatives experts differ on the effectiveness of the Dodd-Frank Act’s regulation, placed into effective in 2012, that over-the-ounter swaps be cleared through an established clearing house such as that of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The Act brings comprehensive regulations to swaps, because these previously unregulated products “were at the center of the […]