Jake Chelios seeks to make a name for himself with Wolves
By Sara Romano In a lot of ways, the Wolves defenseman is just like other minor-league hockey players. He dreams of making the NHL. He struggles for playing time and tries to make the most of his opportunities. He talks to his dad after each game. But there is one big difference. His dad is […]
Parents speak out against PARCC opt out policies
By Taylor Mullaney After the first week of state-mandated PARCC academic testing, some parents are speaking out for the right to exclude their children from taking the examination. The Illinois State Board of Education provided a Frequently Asked Questions sheet about PARCC on its website in January. As to whether individual students or parents can […]
Homeless Chicago couple chooses streets over shelters
By Adrienne Hurst Geronimo Lightfoot has a home. It’s between two concrete pillars underneath the Illinois Center on Michigan Avenue; a cozy nest of blankets, paper bags and empty cans of Natural Light. The 54-year-old endures Chicago’s biting winters in the wind-sheltered underpass of Lower Michigan Avenue. Though this one’s coming to an end, he’s kept […]
Museum of Science and Industry celebrates Pi Day
By Shanley Chien Pie lovers and math enthusiasts unite! The Museum of Science and Industry is celebrating Pi Day this Saturday by giving away a free slice of pie or pizza to the first 314 attendees to arrive. “The [museum’s] food court will typically have three or four selections of toppings and we’ll have dessert […]
In Nicaragua, improving respiratory health starts at the hearth
By Bryce Gray Inside Felipa Del Carmen’s tin-roof, dirt-floor home in Nicaragua, piles of wood stand at the ready to keep an indoor fire burning. The mother of six says that a number of her children have battled pneumonia that required treatment at Clínica Verde, a nearby non-profit clinic.
LGBTQ student voices amplified through online college fair
By Dawnn Anderson More than half of LGBTQ students said they feel threatened at school due to their sexual orientation, and almost that many said they feel the same way because of how they prefer to express their gender. That is according to the 2013 National School Climate Survey. Cognizant of hostile learning environments that […]
WSJ columnist’s new book explains fashion, celebrity relationship
By Mallory Hughes “This is the end of fashion!” Teri Agins, veteran fashion columnist for The Wall Street Journal and author of two books about the business of fashion, said this in 1999 after Giorgio Armani produced the first collection of men’s suits without lining to make them more comfortable. In October, roughly 16 years […]
Eating disorders can eat away your body
By Priyam Vora Eating disorders take an enormous toll on your body – not only draining weight but impacting the bones, heart and other organs. Between 5 to 20 percent of people who develop the disease eventually die from it, according to WebMD.
Racial bias in policing not just a Ferguson problem
By Kate Morrissey Page May said that when her family came to visit her in Chicago, they were all standing on a street corner in Logan Square as a police officer pulled up slowly beside them and signaled to her that he was watching. She said he then drew his hand across his throat and […]
Lindblom to dedicate innovative classroom to legendary journalist
By Taylor Mullaney When Ethel Payne was a student at Lindblom High School in West Englewood nearly a century ago, she published exactly one article for her school’s newspaper. But, according to biographer James McGrath Morris, Payne was never allowed on the newspaper’s staff. As a black student during a time when Chicago was deeply […]