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On the Offensive Against Gerrymandering
A coalition of reform advocates has created an initiative that could take legislative redistricting out of the hands of Illinois politicians and vest it in an independent panel. Now all the coalition needs to do is collect one half-million signatures to get its initiative on the November ballot and then convince voters to approve it. […]
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CPS Replaces Race with Socio-Economic Formula for Admission to Elite Public Schools: VIDEO REPORT
December 30, 2009 Comments OffChicago Public School officials announced a new admission plan to maintain diversity by using socio-economic status versus race factors for selective enrollment and magnet schools Selective enrollment schools, some of the brightest jewels of Chicago’s public school system, are undergoing major changes that will affect the way students are admitted to coveted spots in the […]
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A Bird in the Church: Chicago Musician Andrew Bird Brings His Songs to a New Atmosphere
December 29, 2009 Comments Off
Along a frozen Michigan Avenue, amongst towering skyscrapers, a Bird’s somber whistle fills a golden trimmed wood cathedral. This Bird, however, is not of the feathered flock. Just a few years ago you may have heard him whistling down a Logan Square street, yet this year alone he’s played grandiose venues around the city, from the Civic […]
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With two restaurants located in the city, Uncommon Ground’s unique focus on fresh and organic goes from the food served to hungry customers to the rooftop farm that makes it an eco-friendly trailblazer. Uncommon Ground’s eatery at 1401 W. Devon is the first restaurant in the country to have a certified organic rooftop farm. Helen […]
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Yasmin Mohamed, a Somali refugee living in Chicago, endured one of the globe’s greatest humanitarian crises, but understanding her future means journeying to ZIP code 60625. Four mornings a week Yasmin winds her way down Whipple Ave. to the Albany Park Community Center. The second floor classroom is a global village of 26 students from […]
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White Sox Marketing Chief Talks Baseball, Business and Banters with Cubs Fans at Saint Xavier University
December 24, 2009 Comments OffChicago White Sox vice-president and chief marketing officer Brooks Boyer was informative, insightful and entertaining during his lecture at Saint Xavier University on Dec. 16. He was no match for 28-year Sox season ticket holder Barbara O’Toole, however. Boyer was the latest to take the dais as part of the Breakfast with the Experts series […]
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Brittany Frandsen, a 20-year-old film student at Columbia College Chicago, is on her way to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, but not because of a film. It was her environmentally friendly South Loop apartment that got her there. Frandsen was the winner of Brita’s Filter For Good green room contest, a national […]
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