Month: March 2022

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Tempo

‘Bel-Air’: A new take on the beloved ‘90s sitcom

The ‘90s was full of many beloved sitcoms, one of which included “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” starring Will Smith. Filled with iconic messages, music and scenes, “The Fresh Prince” continues to influence today’s culture. However, there has been a reboot of the sitcom, titled “Bel-Air,”, which has a fresh outlook on the story of […]

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News

Climate Change and its toll on the Windy City

Chicago is known for many things, among them the inconsistent weather. However, the past couple of years have been unusual in terms of normal weather conditions in Chicago, especially during the winter months. As we have recently experienced, it was around 65 degrees this past December— a rare and concerning occurrence for the Chicago-land area.  […]

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Opinions

Change your major as much as you need

Did you know that about 80% of students in the U.S. end up switching their major at least once? It amazes me to see how much pressure we put on ourselves to know at the age of 18 what we want to do with the rest of our lives. Sometimes I don’t even know what […]

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Campus Life
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Clothing drive seeks new clothing donations for women’s shelter

In honor of Women’s History Month, from March 7 to April 1, the Office of Multicultural Student Services (OMSS) is hosting a clothing drive. The drive will benefit Wayside Cross Ministries Lifespring Center for Women, which is a women’s shelter located in Aurora, Illinois. They are currently accepting donations of new clothing like socks and […]

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Sports

Ruben van Leeuwen: a story of success, change, persistence

When international students make the move to a U.S. college, they face many challenges compared to the rest. They have to deal with a new country, culture, education system and usually a new language. On top of that, if they decide to play a sport, the challenges increase as they have to adapt to a […]

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Opinions

Americans need to learn more languages

I have many bilingual friends, but most of them are either International students, or are in my family. Almost all of my American friends speak only English and I always wondered why? When I was 12 years old, I went to Poland to visit my family and we went to tour the infamous Wieliczka (VIL-lee-cha-KA) […]

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