Culture

Debit or cash?

March 7, 2017

By Jennifer Delgado ’17 When you’re eating out with friends or simply shopping, you will realize that most of them will pull out their debit cards. However, some still carry around cash, mostly because their […]

Culture

Large family every single day and night

December 2, 2016

By Jennifer Delgado ’17 Growing up, most of the kids’ TV shows we’d watch revolved around a protagonist’s hectic life with his or her large family. Little did we know, some of us would end […]

Culture

Part time jobs: school year vs. summer time

November 1, 2016

By Jennifer Delgado ’17 Many kids are introduced to money when they are told to do chores in exchange for allowances, or simply given as birthday presents or rewards for accomplishments. Since then, they would […]

Opinions

Because he’s a guy

April 8, 2016

By Jennifer Delgado ’17 “Ya te dije que no puedes ir – I already told you you can’t go” “Pero si no mas voy con Tere y Rebeca a comer – But I’m just going […]

Opinions

We should all work

March 8, 2016

By Jennifer Delgado ’17 It wasn’t until my 17 year old brother and his girlfriend became parents in 2008 that I heard about welfare, specifically the Illinois Link card. I always wondered, why is he […]

Opinions

Is police brutality a matter of racism or a flaw in the system?

March 8, 2016

By Alva Chavez ’17 and Jennifer Delgado ’17 A report by the United Nations Committee Against Torture on the police brutality in America singled out the Chicago Police Department for “frequent and recurrent police shooting […]

Opinions

Should schools be like the Disney Channel “High School Musical” movies?

November 24, 2015

By Jennifer Delgado ’17 Many students around the country, and perhaps the world,  may be wondering why their school careers are not anything like the Disney Channel movie franchise “High School Musical”, depicting the lives […]

Restaurants

Stan’s Donuts beat Homer Simpson’s favorite donuts

August 8, 2015

By Jennifer Delgado ’17 If the only type of donut you’ve been eating for the past few years is from basic, local bakeries or the global doughnut company and coffeehouse chain, then you’ve been making […]