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Monthly Archives: February 2016

Healthy Habits Grant Helps Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago

Healthy Habits Grant Helps Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago

Chicago youth are getting hands-on experience through the Healthy Habits program that will help them learn how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and well-being. Youth from Boys & Girls Clubs… Read more »

Martinez Proposal Will Encourage More U of I Students to Run for Student Trustee Position

Martinez Proposal Will Encourage More U of I Students to Run for Student Trustee Position

An undocumented University of Illinois student was recently prevented from running for the position of student trustee because he was unable to show that he was a registered voter in… Read more »

CPS Continues Reduction of Suspensions, Expulsions to Keep Students Connected to Schools

CPS Continues Reduction of Suspensions, Expulsions to Keep Students Connected to Schools

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that suspensions and expulsions fell significantly in School Year 2014-15, using a research-based approach to improve students’ achievement and reduce exclusionary discipline. These results follow… Read more »

New Home for Domestic Violence Victims

New Home for Domestic Violence Victims

Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined WINGS CEO Rebecca Darr, Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) Commissioner Lisa Morrison Butler and members of the community to open the WINGS Metro for… Read more »

Make College Possible With a College Illinois!® 529 Prepaid Tuition Plan

Make College Possible With a College Illinois!® 529 Prepaid Tuition Plan

It’s Financial Aid Awareness Month, and students are busy completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to determine their eligibility for federal, state and institutional aid for college…. Read more »

New play to first hit Triton College stage

New play to first hit Triton College stage

Triton College’s Performing Arts Department will perform a new play by Chicago Dramatists Resident Playwright Robert Koon on Feb. 27-28 and March 4-5. “Cyclist Attacked by Mountain Lion” will be… Read more »

The Hobbit Is a Different Species

The Hobbit Is a Different Species

by Daniel Nardini Some time ago I wrote about an unusual discovery on an isolated island in Indonsia of nine skulls and skeletons of a very short yet very human-like… Read more »

Goya Foods Launches Second Edition of the Myplate/Miplato Cookbook

Goya Foods Launches Second Edition of the Myplate/Miplato Cookbook

Goya Foods in collaboration with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative and the USDA, launches the second edition of the MyPlate/ MiPlato cookbook, Happy, Healthy Celebrations: Bright, Bold, Healthy… Read more »

Profits Ahead of Human Rights

Profits Ahead of Human Rights

by Daniel Nardini I guess I cannot be surprised that an American company is establishing a tractor making plant in the Cuban port of Mariel. The two-man company, Horace Clemmons… Read more »

Local Doctor’s Fight to End Childhood Obesity

Local Doctor’s Fight to End Childhood Obesity

By: Ashmar Mandou Saint Anthony Hospital Pediatrician Dr. Alejandro Clavier is on a mission to eliminate the consumption of soft drinks and unhealthy foods in the homes of Latino families… Read more »