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Food Unites Us In My Family

By Lauren Ruckheim (Final project for Spring 2014) Ever since I was a kid, food has been the excuse for my family to gather together. I come from a large German family, and food has played a vital role in … Continue reading

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Behind the Scenes with Nelissa Carrillo

By Hailey Peterson (Final project for Spring 2014) Life full of fashion shows, pop-up shops, and photo-shoots, epitomize the glamour in being a fashion designer. But what about what goes on behind the scenes and in the daily lives of … Continue reading

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The Rust Belt: Close to Home

By Lindsey Pawlowski (Final Project for Spring 2014) It was mid-morning on Good Friday. It was a sleepy day in Lorain, Ohio, a city 30 miles west of Cleveland and 10 miles from my hometown. The sky was hazy, yet the … Continue reading

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Off The Court

By Cody Caldwell (Final project for Spring 2014) Sports can be played by anyone at any time as long as the game is known how to play. You can create teams and play for fun. However the Loyola University Chicago … Continue reading

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The Third Shift: A Night At The Evanston Township High School Steam Plant

By Chase DiFeliciantonio (Mid-term project for Spring 2014) While most folks are sleeping, Matt Schuetzner works. Schuetzner, 25, is a journeyman building engineer from Chicago, IL, who spends most of his mornings from 12 a.m. to eight a.m. watching over the … Continue reading

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On Being Alone

By Reilly Gill (Mid-term project for Spring 2012) Being anywhere alone in the middle of the day doesn’t necessarily have to be a lonely experience. I went to the Lincoln Park Zoo alone in the middle of a winter day … Continue reading

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365 Days Later: Life in the United States after a semester abroad in Vietnam

By Robby DeGraff (Mid-term project for Spring 2012)

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Leave Your Mark

By Emily Study (Mid-term project for Spring 2012) For thousands of years, humans have had the instinctual urge to physically leave their marks. They began recording their daily thoughts and feelings more than 35,000 years ago by drawing pictures on … Continue reading

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Chronicling a Day in the Life of a Dancer

by Shawna Sellmeyer (Mid-term project for Spring 2012) Erin Throop (“The Dancer”) starts off her day a bit behind schedule.  Waking up at about 10:15 am, Erin swings her feet off the bed, pauses to take some deep breaths, and … Continue reading

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Niels Olsen: Renaissance Man

By Samuel McClain “A man named Thomas P. Crapper invented the flush toilet, and there are man hole covers with his name on them inside Westminster Abbey,” Niels Olsen told me as we drove to one of the five apartment … Continue reading

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