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Chinese students find love and community in the Werewolves Club

Players close their eyes “at night” when the moderator calls the roles that have abilities to perform their special action. (Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan/MEDILL

By Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan Medill Reports Anqi Hu, a 27-year-old Chinese graduate student, didn’t expect to find the love of her life in the Chinese Werewolves Club at Northwestern University. “If it were not for the club, we wouldn’t have met each other,” said Hu, in her 5th year as a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student. […]

Pilsen Garden looks to grow beyond stalled plans for the El Paseo Trail

Welcome to the Garden

By Nathan Ouellette Medill Reports The raised plant beds that dot the wood chip-covered pathways of Pilsen’s El Paseo Community Garden begin sprouting vegetation in early spring.. These community and volunteer-run growing stations are not merely an aesthetic choice but  a necessity. Years of lead smelting and other industrial usage has left the soil of […]

Modern technology examines mummies without unwrapping them

By Xinyi (Ethel) Jiang Medill Reports The mummies have returned. After traveling around the country on exhibition for five years, 14 mummies came back home for a final run in Chicago at the Field Museum. The primary theme of the exhibit is how scientists — using modern technologies such as CT scanning — can look […]

A Place to Button It Up: Inside One Of Chicago’s Most Unique Museums

By Annanya Johari Medill Reports Maybe it’s a victory celebration button from  George Washington’s inauguration that you’re hoping to see.  We have the place to find it. Nestled in a quiet corner of Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, is one of its most unique museums. Founded and run by Christen Carter and her brother Joel Carter, the […]

Campus gunman hoax alarms Northwestern students

By Cade Shultice Medill Reports Northwestern University students and community members breathed sighs of relief on Wednesday after the Evanston Police Department declared that the emergency alert issued earlier that day was a false alarm. Around 2:30 pm, the Northwestern University Emergency Notification System sent out phone calls, text messages and emails to students and […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders backs Jesús “Chuy” García for Congress

By Elizabeth Beyer Medill Reports Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders spoke during a rally for congressional candidate Jesús “Chuy” García at Apollos 2000 in Little Village recently. Garcia is one of  three Democratic candidates vying for Congressman Luis Gutierrez’s seat after the representative of the 4th District in Illinois announced he would not seek reelection. “I’m not […]

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 […]

From solar to backyard birds – Find eco-friendly solutions at Going Green Matters

Going Green Maters

By Nathan Ouellette Medill Reports Going Green Matters, will feature more than 100 eco-friendly vendors this Sunday, offering everything from solar power to pedal power. Wilmette’s annual environmental fair has been showcasing clean energy solutions and technologies to Chicago area residents for 12 years. The fair, co-sponsored by Go Green Wilmette and the Village of Wilmette, opens […]