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Chinatown Gentrification: advancement or displacement?

By Quanzi Wan, Marimar Gutierrez and Myles Franklin-Bey Gentrification is a phenomenon that has been impacting urban cities since the 1970s. Janet Smith, the co-director of the Nathalie P. Voorhees for Neighborhood and Community Improvement at the University of Illinois in Chicago, said gentrification is directly connected with displacement or the forcing out of theseContinue reading “Chinatown Gentrification: advancement or displacement?”

Google trends: El Paso shooting more searched than the Dayton shooting and General Motor strike peaks national interest as the CTU possible strike captures more attention

The El Paso Texas Shooting surpassed the Dayton Shooting in Google trends. In August the country was caught in the midst of two tragedies with only one day apart, the El Paso Shooting in Texas on August 3rd and the Dayton Shooting on August 4th. The search interest for both catastrophic events reached reached theContinue reading “Google trends: El Paso shooting more searched than the Dayton shooting and General Motor strike peaks national interest as the CTU possible strike captures more attention”

Quinn Illinois Pensions Threaten Maps Grants

By Bob Smith Gov. Pat Quinn visited DePaul University’s Loop campus on Wednesday to discuss how pension reform is harming the Monetary Award Program (MAP) college scholarships and access to higher education in Illinois. “This is so important to our state, not only in the past, but certainly now and in the future,” Quinn said.Continue reading “Quinn Illinois Pensions Threaten Maps Grants”

My First Blog Post

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”