Techies and regular consumers alike share the love for getting more bang for your buck. As an aspiring computer professional, and definitely a techie at heart, it is difficult to exclude myself from the divulgement of all these head-turning gadgets. Therefore, I would like to allude to the most current […]
Month: October 2009
Family fun at Didier Farms Pumpkin Fest
A good Halloween attraction to see this season is Didier Farms Pumpkin Fest in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The fest is open until Halloween from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with activities from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Although it is more of a family event, they do have some attractions […]
Being informed is a healthy habit
Living with a disability or a chronic illness is not an easy task. Whatever form it may take, either for you or for a loved one, there are a myriad of obstacles to face everyday and they are unique to each of us. The one thing that is constant though […]
In Cutler We Trust
The last day of the 2009 baseball season was the day that the Denver Broncos traded Jay Cutler to the team he grew up rooting for. That day Jay Cutler was anointed the savior of Chicago. After all, not since Jim McMahon, or possibly the great Sid Luckman, have the […]
Obama’s not perfect… But chance will happen with time
Change. Yes we can! This slogan galvanized the public during the 2008 Presidential election, propelling Barack Obama past John McCain. In January of 2009, Barack Obama delivered a powerful inaugural speech, continuing the promises of change- change in the multifaceted war that the United States was waging, change in the […]
Take a tour through “The Labyrinth of Lost Souls”
If you want to go to a fun haunted house this Halloween, but don’t want to pay an arm and leg and wait in a long line just to get in, I recommend the Labyrinth of Lost Souls in Beach Park, Illinois. It is a small, out-of-the-way place set up […]
Rolling the Dice with Milton Bradley
2009 will be known as the year that Jim Hendry rolled the dice playing Milton Bradley’s games. Unfortunately for Cubs fans, Hendry wasn’t playing Monopoly with friends or family. Hendry was gambling on Chicago’s chance at another World Series and put the Cubs up as collateral. In January, Bradley signed […]
Sports: The necessary obsession?
Chances are that if you were born and raised in Chicago, you love Michael Jordan. He is the unofficial deity of nearly all Chicagoans. If one were to object to MJ’s greatness in a crowd of Chicagoans, that person’s very life and liberty may be in jeopardy. The same can […]
Are you a college clipper?
As the economy seems to keep throwing devastating punches to my finances, I’m left wondering what am I going to do. I am barely scraping by month to month, and I am in constant fear of losing my apartment, car and life as I know it. During spring, however, I […]
NEIU Students Come Out for Coming Out Week
October 5 kicked off the annual tradition known as National Coming Out Week. Every year, thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allied students at hundreds of high schools and colleges around the country get together to celebrate this historical week. Students at NEIU were no exception. National Coming Out […]