Quinn's Proposed Budget Cuts</h1> <article> <h1>Quinn's Proposed Budget Cuts</h1> <p>Yasmin Rammohan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:51:47 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Gov. Pat Quinn gets serious about proposed budget cuts, after criticism that he glossed over the issue during his state of the state address. Paris Schutz has the details.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/10493446-418/quinn-wants-2-billion-in-state-medicaid-cuts.html" target="_blank"><em>Chicago Sun-Times</em> article on Quinn wants $2 billion in state Medicaid cuts</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20120207/BLOGS02/120209833" target="_blank"><em>Crain's Chicago Business</em> blog on Quinn wants schools, Medicaid providers to help balance state's budget</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/politics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Politics</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>State of Economy</h1> <p>Bernie Lubell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:39 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Last week the Dow hit a three-year high and the unemployment rate dropped for the fifth straight month. Has the economy turned the corner? We turn to some Chicago economists for answers on <em>Chicago Tonight</em> at 7:00 pm.</p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p>To read the January jobs report, visit the PDF below.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/business/economy/us-economy-added-243000-jobs-in-january-unemployment-rate-is-8-3.html" target="_blank"><em>New York Times</em> article on January jobs report</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-ap-us-economy,0,2664811.story" target="_blank"><em>Chicago Tribune</em> article on January jobs report</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.neiu.edu/neiu_experts/Experts_Bios/Edward_F._Stuart.html" target="_blank">More on Edward Stuart</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://samson.comtech.depaul.edu/economics/member/Michael/Miller/S/" target="_blank">More on Michael Miller</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-attachment field-type-file field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">File Attachments: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="file"> <a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/January%20Jobs%20Report.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=296040">January Jobs Report.pdf</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/Business" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Business</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Disinfecting the River</h1> <p>Ash-har Quraishi — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:00 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Inside the labs at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant, technicians are closely monitoring treated wastewater before it's released to the Chicago and Calumet River systems.</p> <p>Currently, sewage from homes and businesses is treated at this, and six other facilities, removing 90 percent of pollutants from the water.</p> <p>Twenty-four hours a day, millions of gallons of wastewater are pumped through the plant and tested for pollutant content before being released.</p> <p>Everything from solid material amounts to water pH levels is tracked to determine how efficiently the plant is operating.</p> <p>“A typical three-step process, every plant or most of them across the country have a primary process. Primary is gravity, anything that sinks, solids are taken off and you have a solids handling process it goes to. That removes about 60 percent of the pollutant and then you have a biological secondary process where you have biological organisms that in natural processes break down pollutants. That brings you to about 90 percent or better removal process for pollutants,” said David St. Pierre, executive director of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, or MWRD.</p> <p>After each step in the process, the water gets cleaner and cleaner. But now, the MWRD is preparing to take the process even further.</p> <p>The agency which manages the region’s waterways and much of Cook County’s wastewater will soon begin building infrastructure to disinfect the wastewater that is pumped back into the Chicago River.</p> <p>Until last year there was no requirement for the district to disinfect bacteria like fecal coliform out of the water before dumping it back into the river.</p> <p>“The designation for the Chicago-area waterway station was such that it didn’t require disinfection,” said St. Pierre. “As the district has improved treatment, of course water quality improves and makes the conversation about disinfection possible, and makes the next step of improvement possible.”</p> <p>The EPA estimates that 70 percent of the water in the Chicago River is made up of the sewage, or so-called effluent.</p> <p>But disinfection of the wastewater is something that many organizations have been pushing the district to do for decades.</p> <p>Margaret Frisbie is Executive Director of Friends of the Chicago River.</p> <p>“The Chicago-area waterways have not been evaluated until this decade. They should have been looked at decades before,” said Frisbie. “So we’re really just behind where we didn’t even ask the Metropolitan Reclamation District who is in charge of our sewage. We never ask them to do this. It doesn’t mean that they couldn’t have taken it in their own planning to do it themselves, but their permits didn’t require it.”</p> <p>After mounting pressure from the U.S. EPA and environmental activists, the district finally voted last June to add disinfection to its treatment process at its North Side and Calumet reclamation plants, two of the district’s seven wastewater treatment facilities.</p> <p> “Early in the 2000s, the Illinois EPA did a five-year usability analysis which is triggered by the clean water act,” Frisbie said. “They found that they could make this river attain more use, and so we’re talking about swimming, we’re talking about fishing, we’re talking about people canoeing and kayaking, we’re talking about people motorboating. All of that recreation is a part of these attainable uses. So we need water quality that matches how people are using the river today.”</p> <p>To reach those goals, MWRD formed an internal task force. For the last few months, they have been exploring technologies and processes that could be used to attain more stringent water quality standards in a cost-effective manner.</p> <p>Inside the research and development labs at the Stickney Water Reclamation plant in Cicero, feasibility tests are being conducted on some of the potential disinfection methods.</p> <p>The district is looking at traditional treatments such as chlorination systems.</p> <p>They are also evaluating newer ozone technologies and have conducted some pilot scale testing of ultraviolet systems as well.</p> <p>“They have been looking at the different alternatives out there for disinfection,” St. Pierre said. “They’ve catalogued all plants that are above 100 million gallons a day, looking at the different disinfection alternatives that are used. And we have selected really eight different alternatives to look at in detail, price out and see what is the most effective and efficient way to get to the end of disinfection.”</p> <p>Water District officials say that recommendation is expected to be made by the March 1, when they'll also know more about the actual cost of the project.</p> <p>Under the current disinfection schedule, officials say selection of technology, final design phase and construction for both the North Side and Calumet Water Reclamation Plants should be completed by December 31, 2015, and be in service for the 2016 recreational season.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.mwrd.org/irj/portal/anonymous/Home" target="_blank">More on Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.chicagoriver.org/home/index.php" target="_blank">More on Friends of the Chicago River</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.mwrd.org/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/pcd!3aportal_content!2fMWRD!2fMWRDInternet!2fRoles!2fHome!2fAbout_MWRD!2fExecutiveDir!2fExecutiveDirector" target="_blank">More on David St. Pierre</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/science-technology" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Science/Technology</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-recurring-segments field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/recurring-segments/scientific-chicago" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Scientific Chicago</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Chicago Law Schools Sued</h1> <p>Michael Lipkin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:56:16 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Three Chicago law schools are facing class action suits, charging they tried to lure students with inflated post-graduation employment and salary numbers. We hear from one of the plaintiffs on<em> Chicago Tonight</em> at 7:00 pm.</p> <p>To read the lawsuit against DePaul University, with our annotations, click below.</p> <p class="rtecenter"><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/289894-depaul-lawsuit-suit.html" target="_blank"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/08/10/law-grads-sue-alma-maters-for-millions-in-tuition-refunds/" target="_blank"><em>Wall Street Journal</em> article on the initial lawsuits over employment statistics</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/02/01/a-dozen-law-schools-hit-with-lawsuits-over-jobs-data/" target="_blank"><em>Wall Street Journal</em> article on the suit's expansion to Chicago law schools</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0202-law-schools-suit-20120202,0,7091641.story" target="_blank"><em>Chicago Tribune</em> article on the suits against Kent, DePaul, and John Marshall</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/legal_education_and_admissions_to_the_bar/council_reports_and_resolutions/2011_council_action_re_placement_data.authcheckdam.pdf" target="_blank">American Bar Association's recommendations for reporting employment data</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.law.depaul.edu/students/career_services/employers/" target="_blank">More on DePaul University College of Law's employment rate</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.jmls.edu/cso/job-stats/" target="_blank">More on John Marshall Law School employment rate</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.clintonlaw.net/attorneys/clinton-jr/" target="_blank">More on Edward Clinton, Jr.</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.luc.edu/law/faculty/yellen.html" target="_blank">More on David Yellen</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/education" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Education</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Julie Frost</h1> <p>Yasmin Rammohan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:48 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Last month, she won a Golden Globe award with Madonna. And she's written hit songs for The Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce and others. We talk with a longtime Chicago singer-songwriter whose career is flying high on <em>Chicago Tonight</em> at 7:00 pm.</p> <p>Watch the Golden Globe win in the video below.</p> <p> </p> <div class="media_embed" height="315px" width="560px"> </div> <p>Listen to the award-winning song cowritten by Julie Frost - "Masterpiece" from Madonna's movie <em>W.E. </em>in the video below.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div class="media_embed" height="315px" width="560px"> </div> <p>Click on the Audio Attachment below to listen to Frost sing a song called "Reservoir."</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.juliefrostmusic.com/bio-julie-frost/" target="_blank">More on Julie Frost</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-audio field-type-file field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Audio Attachments: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <param value="/sites/all/libraries/player/audio-player/player.swf" name="movie"/> <param value="playerID=2&bg=0xCDDFF3&leftbg=0x357DCE&lefticon=0xF2F2F2&rightbg=0xF06A51&rightbghover=0xAF2910&righticon=0xF2F2F2&righticonhover=0xFFFFFF&text=0x357DCE&slider=0x357DCE&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0xAF2910&soundFile=http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/Frost%20singing%20Reservoir.mp3" name="FlashVars"/> <param value="high" name="quality"/> <param value="false" name="menu"/> <param value="wmode" name="transparent"/> </object></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/culture" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Culture</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>City-County Collaboration Saves $20.5 Million</h1> <p>Yasmin Rammohan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:37 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle met Tuesday with the members of the City-County Collaboration committee to receive the second quarterly update on their progress. The report shows that the two governments have secured more than $20 million in savings or additional revenue by working together in several key areas.</p> <p>“President Preckwinkle and I are deeply committed to protecting every dollar of taxpayer money and ensuring the best government for the people of Chicago and Cook County,” said Mayor Emanuel. “This unprecedented collaboration has saved $20 million so far, and every day we are finding new opportunities to provide better services while saving money.”</p> <p>For more information, visit the PDF and links below.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/10493097-418/emanuel-preckwinkle-tout-20-million-saved-in-city-county-partnership.html" target="_blank"><em>Chicago Sun-Times</em> article on Emanuel, Preckwinkle tout $20 million saved in city-county partnership</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-emanuel-preckwinkle-hope-teamup-cuts-election-costs-20120207,0,3961092.story" target="_blank"><em>Chicago Tribune</em> article on Emanuel, Preckwinkle hope team-up cuts election costs</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/emanuel-preckwinkle-announce-20-5-million-in-combined-savings/" target="_blank">Chicago News Cooperative article on City, County Announce $20 Million in Savings</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-attachment field-type-file field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">File Attachments: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="file"> <a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/2.7.12%20Mayor%20Emanuel%20and%20President%20Preckwinkle%20Announce%20%2420.5%20Million%20in%20Total%20Savings%20Achieved%20in%20First%20Six%20Months%20of%20City-County%20Collaboration.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=457878">2.7.12 Mayor Emanuel and President Preckwinkle Announce $20.5 Million in Total Savings Achieved in First Six Months of City-County Collaboration.pdf</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/politics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Politics</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Emanuel Gets Red-Light Cameras</h1> <p>Michael Lipkin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The mayor gets his wish--the governor signs the speed camera bill into law. Carol Marin and her panel have more on this and how the mayor has been able to get his way on many other things as well.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-quinn-signs-emanuel-speed-cameras-bill-into-law-20120206,0,1450222.story" target="_blank"><em>Chicago Tribune</em> article on Gov. Quinn signing the red-light camera bill</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/emanuels-appearance-in-pro-charter-school-video-irks-teachers-union/" target="_blank">Chicago News Cooperative article on Mayor Emanuel's appearance in a pro-charter school video</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://home.comcast.net/~cmeyerson/" target="_blank">More on Charlie Meyerson</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/author/dan-mihalopoulos/" target="_blank">More on Dan Mihalopoulos</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=kristen+mack&target=adv_article" target="_blank">More on Kristen Mack </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/politics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Politics</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Alzheimer's Research</h1> <p>Yasmin Rammohan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:00 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Groundbreaking brain research has scientists closer to understanding how Alzheimer's disease spreads inside the brain. A local neurological researcher explains.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/health/research/alzheimers-spreads-like-a-virus-in-the-brain-studies-find.html?_r=2&hp" target="_blank"><em>New York Times</em> article on Alzheimer's ability to spread like a virus in the brain</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/alzheimers-disease-research-centers#illinois" target="_blank">Alzheimer's Disease Centers in Illinois</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.rushu.rush.edu/servlet/Satellite?ProfileType=Detail&c=RushUnivFaculty&cid=1258385808223&pagename=Rush%2FRushUnivFaculty%2FFaculty_Staff_Profile_Detail_Page" target="_blank">More on Dean Hartley</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.rush.edu/rumc/page-1099611541603.html" target="_blank">More on Rush University's Alzheimer Disease Center</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/health" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Health</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Brookfield Zoo Science Fair</h1> <p>Michael Lipkin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:13:00 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>We take a look at the Brookfield Zoo's third annual science fair and why it's the only place some Chicago students can display their scientific knowledge.</p> <p>Check a <a href="#gallery">photo gallery</a> of the winners below, courtesy of the Brookfield Zoo.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.czs.org/czs/Brookfield/Zoo-Home" target="_blank">More on the Brookfield Zoo</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-image-gallery field-type-image field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Image Gallery: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/8100.jpg" title="Eddie Arruza interviews Jemima Adeyinka, a 7th grader at Beasley Academic Center, about her science project, “Drink at Your Own Risk.”" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/7981.jpg" title="Brookfield Zoo Science Fair" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/_DSC8080.jpg" title="Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president, speaks with David Mesa, an 8th grader at Beasley Academic Center, about his science project, “Compsite vs. Wood.”" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/8115.jpg" title="Brookfield Zoo Science Fair" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/7900.jpg" title="Brookfield Zoo Science Fair" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/7901.jpg" title="Brookfield Zoo Science Fair" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/7944.jpg" title="Brookfield Zoo Science Fair" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/7988.jpg" title="Brookfield Zoo Science Fair" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/7990.jpg" title="Brookfield Zoo Science Fair" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/8121.jpg" title="Brookfield Zoo Science Fair" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/8188.jpg" title="1st Place winner Nubia Roman, 4th and 5th Grade category, for "To Rot or Not to Rot," from Belmont-Cragin Elementary School" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/8182.jpg" title="2nd Place winners Kimberly Rivera, Alonso Montoya, and Sonny Aguero, 4th and 5th Grade category, for "Grass is Always Greener?" from Nathanael Greene Elementary School" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/8175.jpg" title="3rd Place winner Yesenia Rivera, 4th and 5th Grade category, for "Parallel," from Belmont-Cragin Elementary School" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/8213.jpg" title="1st Place winner Christian Rice, 6th 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Grimes Elementary School " class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/gallery_large/public/8133.jpg" title="Cook County “Wild About Nature” winner Favio Saabedra, a 7th grader, for “Does Color Affect Plant Growth?" from Adlai E. Stevenson Elementary School" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-11349"></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/education" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Education</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="/science-technology" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Science/Technology</a></div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Boxer Mike Lee</h1> <p>Michael Lipkin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:10:00 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Mike Lee, a 24-year-old dean's list graduate of the University of Notre Dame business school, turned down lucrative jobs in the financial sector to pursue his dream of being a professional boxer. We meet the Chicago native who is wowing the boxing world.</p> <p>Check out a video of Lee and his trainer Ronnier Shields:</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div class="media_embed" height="315px" width="560px"> </div> <p>Lee's workout:</p> <p> </p> <div class="media_embed" height="315px" width="420px"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-related-links field-type-link-field field-label-above clearfix"> <div class="field-label">Related Links: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/mcgrath-out-of-south-bend-aiming-to-be-a-contender/" target="_blank">Chicago News Cooperative profile of Lee and his time at Notre Dame</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/video/boxer-mike-lee-a-fighting-irish-favorite/D3170672-1E9A-4A2F-AD52-4B45702F9A18.html#" target="_blank"><em>Wall Street Journal</em> video interview with Lee</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-16/site/ct-spt-0916-subway-boxing-mike-lee-notre-dame--2-20110916_1_subway-gig-mike-lee-michael-birthmark" target="_blank"><em>Chicago Tribune</em> article on Lee's Subway commercial</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-26-11-knockout-vegas-night-houston-boxer-mike-lee-stays-undefeated-with-tko/?utm_content=newslink&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=social%2Bflow&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_term=social%2Bflow" target="_blank">CultureMap article on a Lee fight in Las Vegas</a></div> <div class="field-item even"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BZPBp_BS6k" target="_blank">Video of Lee's boxing history</a></div> <div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.mikeleeboxing.com/" target="_blank">More on Mike Lee</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-top-level-terms field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/culture" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Culture</a></div> </div> </div> </article> </main></body></html>