People from Chicago, Illinois

between a marry couple. Keep in mind that marriage does not only affect two people. The knowledge of one’s background is essential for a lasting marriage. This is where arranged marriage comes in. Arranged marriage is a tradition that families follow for decades and in modern society it holds a bad image because it “forces” two complete strangers to share the rest of their lives together. However, most arranged marriages are far from that, instead it is more like an “arranged introduction”.…

Studies/Language Arts 16 December 2016 The Chicago Flood of 1992 April thirteenth, 1992. Busy, just like any other day in the Loop. But a series of highly unlikely mishaps would cause billions in damage that day. The events can be traced all the way back to 1899, when the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph company had permission to build tunnels for cables from city hall, but instead built seven-foot-wide railroad tunnels. These tunnels were used to remove coal ash and other trash from Loop…

My family’s known history began 107 years ago on a boat that took off from Italy and had its sights set on America. Aboard this boat were newly-weds Ernesto and Maria Bellini. They weren’t sure what lay ahead, but like so many other immigrants during that time, they had the determination to plow through whatever challenges they might face. While on board the ship, Maria gave birth to my great-grandfather Fieravante (Fred) Bellini. Due to the birth, the Bellinis decided to stop in Argentina in…

education. A “street smart” individual is intelligent because they have common sense and have the ability to overcome problems of everyday life through the gained knowledge of experience. English and education professor Gerald Graff from the University of Illinois at Chicago uses his article, “Hidden Intellectualism” to discuss the importance of integrating “street smarts” with academics in order to help assist students in educational learning. Graff believes that knowledge goes beyond the…

A current environmental issue in the Great Lakes region is the threat of Asian Carp invading the Great Lakes. Many environmentalists are very concerned about this threat and are seeking ways to prevent this from occurring. Asian carp are invasive fish from Southeast Asia that can cause harm the ecosystem, economy, property, and boaters. (National Wildlife Federation) They are filter-feeding fish and voracious eaters that consume plankton, algae, and other microscopic organisms which are the key…

Tarnaris. Peter is a currently 28 year old American Hockey League (professional) referee. Like myself, Peter is originally from just outside Chicago. While I still lived in Illinois, I would occasionally talk with him if we ran into each other; however, I never have talked to him or called outside of randomly seeing him. Because of this, we’ve never talked about his transition from junior hockey to professional hockey. As a young referee in junior hockey, I aspire to move up into pro hockey.…

Eng-132 Joseph Doherty April 21, 2015 Born in Chicago, Illinois on May 19, 1930, Lorraine Hansberry wrote “A raisin in the sun” which was a play about a struggling black family. Lorraine Hansberry was very involved in civil rights and was the first black playwright; unfortunately she died at the young age of 34 from pancreatic cancer. Hansberry was the youngest of four children. Inspiration for writing the play could have been drawn from when Hansberry’s family moved to a white…

American perspective on how the fair was being managed. The pamphlet would eventually become titled The Reason Why the Colored American is Not in the World’s Columbian Exposition: The Afro-American’s Contribution to Columbian Literature. In an excerpt from an 1890 news article, one black Chicagoan states that “[African American exhibitors] do not wish to be swallowed up in the great Exposition Buildings as would be the case were they to exhibit in common with the white…

literature and art, and the fields he began to study (medical and literature) while attending Harvard university. Michael Crichton was born on October 23, 1942 to John Henderson Crichton and Zula Miller Crichton. Michael Crichton was born in Chicago Illinois, but raised in Long Island New York. Crichton was 6 foot 3 at the age of 13, was often ill and spent most of his time at home. While spending so much time indoors, he started to gain interest in science projects and writing. Inspired by…

As discussed in “Christian Colleges Doing Diversity Well” by Christine A. Scheller, since Nyack College in Nyack, New York shared the 2001 Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Racial Harmony Award with a different college there have been some problems. The college has became so involved in integration that it can not apply for the honor (Scheller 1). As said by David Turk “We used to submit the stuff all the time, but they decided we should just stop because our communication is on a…