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Blue Cart Recycling Has Some Chicago Residents Seeing Red
By Mandie Czech In 2013, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel expanded the city’s Blue Cart Residential Recycling Program. The city of Chicago website says that if you recycle regularly, “you can reduce the...
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What Inspires Young American Muslims to Vote
By Mandie Czech In the United States, one of the best ways to participate in citizenship is to cast your ballot for an upcoming election. Voting is one of our precious rights and getting the vote out...
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Why is Interest in Chicago’s Local School Councils Declining?
By Mandie Czech Local School Council’s (LSC’s) appear in all Chicago Public Schools. They are responsible for selecting the school’s principal, renewing that principal’s contract, monitoring the...
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Op Ed – Islam and Atheism: An Alliance for Secularism
By Mandie Czech The old adage “there’s strength in numbers” might sound cliché, but this old saying proves its continued truth particularly in the face of adversity. We all feel the need to stand up...
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Op Ed – Why Do We Mourn the Loss of Musicians?
By Mandie Czech Five months into the year and already 2016 has proven itself to be an unfortunate year for music fans. Only ten days into the year, we lost one of the most creative musicians of a...
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The Gentrification of Chicago’s Public Housing
By Mandie Czech Chicago is one of many cities that has a notorious past with public housing. When most people hear those words “public housing”, media-driven images of poverty-stricken, crime-ridden...
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Op Ed – Fear and Loathing and the TSA
By Mandie Czech The beginning of the summer travel season has been plagued by increasingly long security lines at all of the major airports. The effectiveness (or non-effectiveness of the TSA) has...
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Muhammad Ali – Muslim and Activist
By Mandie Czech “The Greatest” – Muhammad Ali died Friday June 3, 2016 at the age of 74. While his fans and admirers mourn worldwide, news of his death has reminded all people of Ali’s humanitarian...
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How Do Facebook “Community Standards” Ban a Muslim Civil Rights Leader and...
By Mandie Czech Facebook is a social network that has over one billion members. It’s a place for businesses and artists to connect their facilities or art with people, and a place for families and...
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Health and Safety Hazards Plague Rio Olympics
By Mandie Czech The Olympics are a time for people from all countries and walks of life to come together and celebrate in competition. Through laughter, tears of joy and sorrow, we bear witness to...
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Trump Chicago Rally Forges Ahead Despite Strong Opposition from UIC Staff and...
On March 11, 2016, the UIC Pavilion will provide venue space to an expected 9,500 Donald Trump supporters for his campaign rally. The Republican businessman turned Presidential candidate is scheduled...
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UIC Students Speak Out on Stopping Chicago’s Trump Rally
Over the past week, there has been great controversy regarding the planned Donald Trump campaign rally at the UIC Pavilion. Previously scheduled to take place March 11, 2016 at 6pm, the rally was...
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Sara Abdeljalil Sara is dual enrolled in the Aqsa School and Joliet Junior College and will be graduating after her third year of high school in the spring of 2014. She hopes to attend college to...
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Sara Abdeljalil Sara is dual enrolled in the Aqsa School and Joliet Junior College and will be graduating after her third year of high school in the spring of 2014. She hopes to attend college to...
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