Features

Fresh Ideas

Tuesday, May 17, 2011
By Sharon Lurye
Fresh Ideas

Responding to the needs and expectation of their neighbors, the Experimental Station has launched numerous programs since the fire, in hopes of serving, equally, the diverse communities around it. Over the years, this commitment has manifested itself in areas of art, culture and politics. But perhaps the station’s greatest success has come through an... »

Unconventional McCormick

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
By Colin Griffin
Unconventional McCormick

Amid concerns of structural problems and inadequacy as an event center, the future of McCormick Place East is now in question. For the architects, environmentalists, politicians, and everyday people who have long disputed the building’s merits, the chance to decide what will become of the exhibition space has been a long time coming. »

The Girl with the Golden Gloves

Friday, May 6, 2011
By Anna Fixsen
The Girl with the Golden Gloves

Twenty-two-year-old Kristin Gearhart is busy putting on her boxing gloves. With four consecutive Chicago Golden Gloves titles under her belt—the most recent one won on April 8—Gearhart is reaching for another kind of gold: victory at the London 2012 Olympic Games. »

Swept Under the Rug

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
By Sharon Lurye
Swept Under the Rug

In a meeting with housekeepers on April 7, University of Chicago administrators announced their plans for major changes to the current housekeeping staff. The proposal calls for a consolidation of Housing personnel, the full-time housekeepers who serve the residence halls, and Facilities staff, who work in on-campus buildings. »

Spring Greening

Thursday, April 21, 2011
By Annie Pei
Spring Greening

Last Saturday was the last Clean and Green Day with Richard M. Daley in office. For over two decades, community action groups and teams of volunteers have organized around this annual event, removing litter from their neighborhood lawns and streets. »

A Whole New Ball Game

Tuesday, April 12, 2011
By Alexander Sellers
A Whole New Ball Game

If the White Sox organization has its way in 2011, they’ll please these old guards with more of the day’s winning formula, and attract a new market of fans alongside the Cell’s changes too: the best of both the baseball and business world. »

A Cause for Jubilee

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
By Harunobu Coryne
A Cause for Jubilee

Rev. Vance’s message is clear enough: the devil is no fiery denizen of hell—he has a corner office in the Loop. And those “forces of evil” mentioned earlier? They have one face to the people in this room: foreclosure. »

A Prayer for St. Procopius

Wednesday, March 30, 2011
By Rachel Wiseman
A Prayer for St. Procopius

The story of the two discrete communities within St. Procopius tells a lot about the changes that Pilsen has seen, and about some changes it hasn’t seen—that faith can be an enduring, even stubborn, part of life for these immigrant communities in Chicago. »