Roosevelt assault prompts awareness
Twenty-one-year-old political science major and Student Government Association Senator Jessica Thiesen said it was "really upsetting" to receive an e-mail from the Roosevelt University on Nov. 30...
View ArticleChicago: 500 homicides
Chicago on Wednesday logged its 500th homicide of the year--the first time the city has reached that threshold since 2008, according to a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data.A man was shot to...
View Article2 Bears, 1 passion for tattoos
From Derrick Rose's Poohdini to Brian Urlacher's barbed wire to Dennis Rodman's ... entire upper body, Chicago athletes have shown a taste for tattoos. The Bears are no different, and while Urlacher's...
View ArticleIn the year 2013 ...
I usually wait until New Year's Day to make my resolutions, but hey, we just survived the Mayan apocalypse, so why wait? Here's my 2013 checklist.>>Wear ear protection next time I watch "Magic...
View ArticleLast weekend rundown
EATSurf and Turf BrunchGT Fish & Oyster 531 N. Wells St. 312-929-3501This River North seafood spot recently added a weekend brunch menu that represents both land and sea with dishes like biscuits...
View ArticleBears bounced
DETROIT - The Bears could spend between now and wild-card weekend counting the reasons they will be sitting at home with 10 wins. A defensive meltdown in Week 13 against the Seahawks and a brutal loss...
View ArticleJust say no to meggings
"I'm sorry, did you say 'meggings'?"This was my internal dialogue when I stumbled upon the headline "How 'meggings' are taking fashion by storm" on a British newspaper's website. I knew all too well...
View ArticleNew year, new TV
I look forward to January TV because one of my favorite shows, FX's "Justified," always premieres at the midseason. But the 2013 midseason schedule is special for another reason: "Cougar Town" begins...
View ArticleYOLO: 2011 - 2012 A.D.
YOLO (full name: You Only Live Once) motto and voice of a generation, was found dead at Flip-Flops, a nightclub in Atlanta earlier this morning. It was a 14 months old. Born Nov. 1, 2011, to Aubrey...
View ArticleBears talk 'shitty' end to the season
It was an odd "Victory Monday" at Halas Hall--the players spent the morning cleaning out their lockers and saying goodbye. They also had a team meeting, in which the recently fired Lovie Smith...
View ArticleWeird new Illinois laws coming soon
The new year marks about 150 new laws that go into effect in Illinois. Some have been well publicized, like a $3 per-person surcharge for those entering strip clubs that will be donated to charity, or...
View ArticleNew year's to-do list
EATPajama PartyNana3267 S. Halsted St. 312-929-2486Roll out of bed and head to the Bridgeport restaurant's pajama brunch, where chef Ricardo Pineda is serving a menu of foods meant to bring you luck in...
View ArticleHangover helpers
Who better to hook you up with tried-and-true hangover cures than a few past participants of RedEye's Best Bartender competition? Between them, they have your recipe for recovery covered in the form of...
View ArticleWednesday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATNew FrenchBrasserie 54 by LM 5420 N. Clark St. 773-334-9463Chef Brad Phillips brings a new menu to the Andersonville spot. Check out some of the dishes like mussels and frites ($11) or pan-roasted...
View ArticleMaking fitness happen
The fitness wake-up call can be a powerful catalyst for change. For Matthew Richter-Sand, it came during a flight home to see his family.When the flight hit some turbulence, the 30-year-old felt his...
View ArticleHeads up, transit riders
Between the widespread service changes, the opening of two new rail stations and the foray into express bus service, 2012 was an "L" of a year. Now Going Public looks at what's coming (and going) for...
View ArticleChicagoans resolve to ...
If it seems like just about every single person you know is making a new year's resolution, that's because most of them are.More than 60 percent of people make resolutions (at least sometimes),...
View ArticleGetting snippy over adult circumcision
Is it healthy to get circumcised well into your mid-40s? And can not being circumcised cause urinary tract infections?--Anon.Like my first boyfriend, I thank you sir, for putting the fate of your penis...
View ArticleWho will be 2013's Channing Tatum?
Though he was five years removed from an Oscar nomination, in 2011 Ryan Gosling was everywhere, skyrocketing into A-list territory thanks to "Crazy Stupid Love,""Drive" and "The Ides of March." In 2012...
View ArticleSue gets her 'bath'
The idea of poking a Tyrannosaurus rex with a pink-and-purple feather duster sounds a lot better today than it would have 67 million years ago."I'm not sure I would've survived that," said William...
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