Tapping the subconscious to beat performance anxiety
By Colette House Sweaty palms. Pounding heart. Racing thoughts. Dizziness. The physical symptoms of performance anxiety are all too real for the many young athletes that experience them on game day. Performance anxiety is a common psychological problem facing young athletes. As pressure mounts on the athletic field, female athletes are especially prone to struggling […]
Rehab techniques offer an escape from pain
By Colette House Sherry Haraf was tired of being in pain. It hurt to stand. It hurt to sit. It hurt to sleep. After countless doctors visits, medications, and tests that yielded no diagnosis, constant back pain seemed to be hers for the foreseeable future. “It was paralyzing and here I am going, this cannot […]
Abby Wambach inspires young girls before retirement
By Haydee Clotter Abby Wambach, 35, is America’s most famous female soccer player. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and competed in four World Cups. After a 14-year career with the women’s national team, she’s ready to retire. Wambach will play her final game Dec. 16 against China PR in New Orleans as part […]
Retired black CPD officers call for federal probe
By Misha Euceph Retired African-American Chicago Police Department officers called for an independent federal investigation from the Department of Justice, after meeting at a community center in Auburn Gresham. “We are calling today for an independent investigation from the federal government,” said Richard Wooten, 18-year police veteran. “We’re not here today to bash anyone, to […]
Outback Bowl seems inevitable for Northwestern football
By Jordan Ray After his team beat Illinois last weekend, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald made it clear he wasn’t happy with how the College Football Playoff committee has been ranking his team. “I saw a team (Stanford) ranked X amount of spots ahead of us that we beat,” Fitzgerald told reporters. “I don’t get it. […]
Bookends and Beginnings thrives in resurgent bookstore niche
By Alex Valentine Tucked neatly into an alleyway between Sherman and Benson Avenue sits Bookends and Beginnings, Evanston’s only independent bookstore. With a narrow brick exterior and a deceptively large interior, it would fit nicely in Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley. Evanston bookworms mourned when the building’s former resident, Bookman’s Alley, closed in October 2013, after […]
Blissful ignorance can be deadly: students pass on HIV/AIDS event
By Elizabeth Bacharach It’s been five years since a study found that 50 percent of HIV-positive youth under the age of 24 did not know their diagnosis. Are you shocked? Surprised? Virtually wearing a red ribbon of awareness, University of Illinois at Chicago’s Gallery 400 participated in Day With(out) Art in hopes of raising HIV/AIDS […]
What local abortion activists fear now
By Morgan Gilbard Raven Geary fears for her own life when she goes to work. For five years, Geary has been a clinic escort at various women’s health centers in Chicago. Her bright pink clinic escort vest isn’t bulletproof and especially since the Nov. 27 attack on a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood, she’s been worried. […]
Lady Gaga, Kesha and your manicure
By Ashley Altus You might have dabbled in glittery nail art in your preteen years, but you probably never tried minimizing an Andy Warhol painting on your tiny 10 canvases. “I love the scale of how small it is,” said Chicago nail artist Ashley Crowe, known by her artist alias Astrowifey. “I like that challenge. […]
D’Wayne Diaries: A day in the life of NFL player turned high school AD
By Maddie Lee D’Wayne Bates was a part of the Chicago Bears’ 2001 NFC Central championship, Northwestern University’s 1995 and 1996 Big Ten championships, and two South Carolina high school state championships. But when he looked back on his life at age 29, he was worried that for the past 23 years all he had […]