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Running a 10k for the first time alongside my brothers
One of my favorite things about Mount Carmel, of which there are many, is that we have a lake about a mile away from our campus. While I don’t get to see the incredible skyline of Chicago or beautiful, blue waters of Lake Michigan everyday, the times I do are usually because of an MC event.
Proposed basketball practice facility raises questions of student displacement
DePaul hosted a community meeting Monday, April 29, at Cortelyou Commons to update residents and students on the modifications to the proposed basketball practice facility. In his opening statement, Vice President and Director of Athletics DeWayne Peevy said DePaul athletics must return to national recognition and relevance, increasing applications and enrollment as universities nationwide struggle to continue enrolling students nationwide. Athletic performance elevates media attention, and DePaul’s athletes can’t perform well with its current facilities “in disrepair,” according to Peevy.
The Kentucky Derby is turning 150 years old. It's survived world wars and controversies of all kinds
As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky Derby.
Chicago State women's tennis is bound for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in its history
For the first time in programming history, Chicago State women’s tennis is heading to the NCAA Tournament. These Cougars started three and nine. They’ve since rolled off 13 wins and 14 tries.
State Week: The Chicago Bears stadium project gets a cool reception; A prison could move north
The Chicago Bears want to build a domed stadium along the city's lakefront near their current home of Solider Field. But the team wants government to chip in part of the cost. A meeting this weekwith the Pritzker Administration left the governor's key staff saying much of the project is a "non-starter.":
From dawn to dusk: Inside the grit and camaraderie of the North Suburban Crew
CHICAGO - Meet the masters. They are a local rowing crew made up of women, who range in age from late 40s to late 60s. Kara Pellaton is a former triathlete and this will be her fourth season with the North Suburban Crew. "I got into this at the encouragement...
Red Stars take aim at NWSL attendance record with Wrigley game
The Chicago Red Stars are thinking big when it comes to their upcoming game at Wrigley Field. The team is taking aim at the NWSL record for single-game attendance when it hosts Bay FC at the historic home of the Chicago Cubs on June 8. The record is held by...
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