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Is Carmen’s Pizza coming back to Loyola?

Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 18, 2012

Is Carmen’s Pizza coming back to Loyola University Chicago?

Nine months after the long-time pizzeria closed near Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus in Rogers Park, the new owners tell The Daily Northwestern they hope to reopen.

The new owners, Efrain Lopez and brothers Placido Quintero and Rogelio Quintero, reopened a Carmen’s in Evanston in March, and they are profiled in this Daily Northwestern story: CARMEN’S.

Placido Quintero tells The Daily Northwestern he hopes to reopen near Loyola.

Loyola Student Dispatch was the first to report the closing of Carmen’s last August:

Carmen’s evicted from Rogers Park location

Carmen’s had been a mainstay for hungry Loyola students for almost 30 years. serving thin and deep-dish pizza.

Carmen’s  was shut down by county officials after the business failed to pay several months worth of rent, according to Manak Chojar, president of Loyola Property Management.

The restaurant, located at 6568 N. Sheridan Rd. in Rogers Park, owed more than $62,000 in overdue rent to Loyola Property Management, the student-run real estate management firm that manages more than 25 retail and residential properties owned by the university, Chojar said.

Two sergeants from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the Chicago property to evict the business, but no one was inside, Chojar said.

Michael Brosko, associate director of Capital Planning for the university, said Loyola Property Management previously decreased Carmen’s rent by $1,000 per month, but the owner continued to rack up back payments.

 

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Loyola professor to be featured in NATO debate

Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 17, 2012

Loyola University Chicago professor John Allen Williams will be representing the pro-NATO position in a debate tonight in Chicago.

Williams is professor of Political Science at Loyola. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve and served with the NATO Inter-Allied Confederation of Reserve Officers.

The debate will take place from 6-7 p.m. tonight at the Pritzker Military Library, 104 S. Michigan Avenue. The debate will be webcast and can be viewed at www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org, will also be available to the media via The Chicago Switch at PML.1

Here are the details from a press release:

After some difficulties lining up pro-NATO participants, a widely-publicized debate about NATO that may be without precedent is on for 6-7 p.m. Thursday, May 17 at the Pritzker Military Library, 104 S. Michigan Avenue. The debate will be webcast and can be viewed at www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org, will also be available to the media via The Chicago Switch at PML.1

Last week after NATO leaked news about the impending debate and the debaters on its side, those debaters pulled their participation from the event. Anti-NATO forces led by the Coalition Against the NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda(CANG8), organizers of the big Sunday, May 20th march on the NATO summit, lobbied to have the debate in a much larger venue so that all who wished to witness it in person could do so, but pro-NATO forces refused to participate in such an event. Therefore, there will only be a small, invitation-only audience evenly split between the two sides.

CANG8 insisted also that the event be open to the media, and were successful in reaching agreement on that principle. Nonetheless, due to limited space at the Pritzker Library, media participants are asked to RSVP, bring photo identification, and a press pass or other documentation indicating which outlet(s) they are representing.

An effort will be made to accommodate all media personnel, but in the event that we run out of space, outlets that have RSVP’d will be given preference. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Outlets are asked to RSVP by sending an email to CCAWR@aol.com

Representing anti-NATO protesters will be Iraq Veterans Against the War Chicago Chapter President Iris Feliciano. Feliciano is served in the Marine Corps on Active Duty from 1996 to 2005 and on Reserve Duty from 2006 to 2010, and served in Operation Enduring Freedom. Also representing the protesters will be Rick Rozoff, an internationally recognized researcher on NATO and author of the Stop NATO website.

Representing the pro-NATO side will be Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel and John Allen Williams, Ph.D. Bindenagel is a former U.S. Ambassador and career diplomat who served in Germany during the end of the Cold War, and was involved in debates on NATO security policy and membership. Williams is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve and served with the NATO Inter-Allied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR).

The moderator will be Richard E. Friedman, President of the National Strategy Forum. Friedman also serves as Counselor to the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security. Mr. Friedman was an Air Force Officer during the Korean War, and served on the Army Science Board.

The CANG8 wishes to thank Mr. Friedman and the National Strategy Forum for approaching us to propose the debate, and then lining up others on the pro-NATO side to engage in it. The National Strategy Forum also kindly opened the pages of its journal, National Strategy Forum Review, to allow CANG8 organizer Andy Thayer publish an article about why he opposes NATO.

 

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Loyola Campus Safety gears up for NATO Summit

Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 16, 2012

Loyola University Chicago doesn’t plan to shut down during this weekend’s NATO Summit in Chicago.

But Campus Safety will be teaming with Chicago Police should trouble develop.

Loyola’s Water Tower Campus and Lake Shore Campus in Rogers Park are considered far from the action of the NATO Summit at McCormick Place. But should protesters take to high profile locations on Michigan Avenue, Campus Saftey will be ready, according to a news release from the university.

Four to five additional Campus Safety officers will be added to all scheduled shifts on all three days with an armed officer posted at each campus building. Mobile vehicles will increase from one to three.

Campus Police is working  closely with the 18th District Chicago Police. The former Sally’s Beauty Supply at 838 N. State, a property managed by student-run Loyola Property Management, will be home to more than 100 police officers ready to deploy from the location. Additionally, Campus Police radios will be tuned to same bandwidth as the Chicago Police to ensure ready access to communications and fast, effective response if necessary.

Here is the university news release on the NATO Summit:

Police manpower is being ramped up city-wide for the NATO Summit, May 19-21. The summit is expected to bring hundreds of dignitaries and activists to the Chicago loop.

Over 100 motorcades are expected over the course of the weekend and security is paramount.

McCormick Place is the hub for all associated events.  Past summits have garnered violence in the wake of protests. Broken windows and other forms of vandalism have plagued the event when hosted in other cities.

As a precautionary measure, college campuses are responding with planned shut downs for several loop campuses closer to the venue. Protesters are permitted in a pre-defined geographic area and not to go north of Chicago Avenue.

Due to our proximity far north of the summit, Loyola will not close its campus or suspend any activities; however Loyola’s campus police are beefing up personnel and vehicular support in preparation for increased visitors to the area.

According to Robert Langan, Lieutenant for Water Tower Campus, campus police are taking important precautions to ensure safety on Loyola’s campus. Four to five additional officers will be added to all scheduled shifts on all three days with an armed officer posted at each campus building. Mobile vehicles will increase from one to three.

Campus Police is working very closely with the 018th District Chicago Police. The former Sally’s Beauty Supply at 838 N. State, a property managed by student-run Loyola Property Management, will be home to over 100 police officers ready to deploy from the location. Additionally, Campus Police radios will be tuned to same bandwidth as the Chicago Police to ensure ready access to communications and fast, effective response if necessary.

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Man shot in chest in Rogers Park

Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 15, 2012

Chicago police are investigating a weekend shooting in Rogers Park which left a 25-year-old man wounded.

The man was shot  at about 10 p.m. Saturday on the 1500 block of West Howard Street, police told the Chicago Tribune.

He made it to St. Francis Hospital on his own, after sustaining gunshot wounds to his chest and arm, and is in stable condition, the Tribune reports.

It was part of a weekend of violence which left eight people dead and at least another 22 people wounded across the city, according to a report from WLS-890 AM.

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Loyola medical student wins neurology prize

Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 14, 2012

Jason Cuomo

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine student Jason Cuomo has received a 2012 American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology, according to a university press release.

The award recognizes excellence in clinical neurology among medical students. The Stritch faculty selected Cuomo to receive the prize, which is awarded annually on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology. The award is given to a student who exemplifies outstanding scientific achievement and clinical acumen in neurology or neuroscience, and outstanding integrity, compassion and leadership.

“Jason is mature, inquisitive, eager to learn, motivated and highly responsible,” said Dr. José Biller, chairman of the Department of Neurology. “He is a very accomplished and talented medical student.”

Cuomo is completing his second year of medical school. He is active in Stritch’s Honors in Research Program and is vice president of the Student Interest Group in Neurology. He is a co-author of nine academic articles, book chapters, abstracts and presentations.

Cuomo grew up in Guilford, Conn. He graduated from Boston College with a double major in psychology and philosophy, and has a master’s degree in philosophy from Boston College.

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Loyola alum to debut new play in Chicago

Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 13, 2012

Philp Dawkins

By Tori Maldonado

Loyola University Chicago  alumnus Philip Dawkins has recently announced that he is set to debut his new play, Failure: A Love Story, at Chicago Victory Gardens Theater for the upcoming 2012-2013 season. Dawksins graduated from Loyola in 2002 as a theater and math major, and his play is one of only five productions set to debut at the Chicago Victory Gardens this season.

Read the full story at Loyola University Chicago Department of Fine Arts blog Arts Alive

In some ways, Loyola Arts is like a mother goose. Yes, of course, there’s our tendency to tell heartwarming stories, but bear with me, there’s more. We also take care of our little fledglings–ready for flying but not quite sure how to stay afloat–until they’re ready to take off on their own. We take a talented group of incoming freshmen and hone their skills, expand their experience, and impart them with the confidence and independence needed to succeed. And like a mother goose, though sad to part with our pseudo-children after four years, we’re always extremely proud of their accomplishments out in the real world. While this comparison is definitely cheesy, we nonetheless think it holds true.

Philip Dawkins–a Loyola University theatre and math alum from 2002–is a fine example of a graduate who has worked hard and found success in Chicago theatre. His new play, Failure: A Love Story, will make its world premiere as a part of Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater 2012-2013 season. On stage from Nov. 16 – Dec. 30, Failure: A Love Story will be the second of five productions for the upcoming season which focuses on the search for home, often in spite of overwhelming odds against that goal.

Here’s the play’s synopsis from the Victory Gardens Theater site:

1928 is the last year of each of the Fail Sisters’ lives. Nelly was the first of the Fail girls to die, followed soon after by her sisters Jenny June and Gerty. As with so many things in life—blunt objects, disappearances and consumption—they never saw death coming. Written by Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins, Failure: A Love Story is a magical, musical fable that traces the sisters’ triumphs and defeats, lived out in the rickety two-story building by the Chicago River that was the Fail family home and clock shop. This funny, moving and profoundly wise play reminds us that in the end, all that remains is love.

 

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Gunshots in Rogers Park lead to lockdown of two schools

Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 12, 2012

Gunshots were fired in Chicago’s Rogers Park.

Police pursued a car into Evanston.

The suspects fled on foot, leading to the lockdown of two schools.

Two suspects were apprehended.

Here is the story from Patch:

Evanston police arrested two individuals after a manhunt on Judson Avenue this morning following a call of shots fired in Rogers Park.

Around 10:50 a.m. this morning, police learned that a car involved in the incident had driven into Evanston via Sheridan Road, according to a release from Evanston Police Cmdr. Jason Parrott.

Evanston Police tracked down the car involved in the incident near Judson Avenue and Greenwood Street, at which time the occupants got out and started running away from police. Neighbors in the area reported lots of police activity as officers searched the area for the suspects.

Police eventually arrested two individuals on charges of possession of a firearm, but were unable to find a third occupant of the car. They also recovered the gun from the vehicle, and are focusing their investigation on the two individuals in custody, according to Parrott.

While police searched for the suspect, Lincoln Elementary School and Chiaravalle Montessori School both went on lockdown, according to Evanston Now. The schools reopened when police called off the search around noon.

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Loyola holds its Spring Dance Informance

Posted by jsilva3 on May 11, 2012

By Jose Silva

Dance!

With the end of the school, Loyola University Chicago held its Spring Dance Informance  in Mullady Memorial Theatre on the Lake Shore Campus in front of a sold out crowd.

“I’m here because my girlfriend is in the dance performance,” said Greg Roszczybiuk, 22, a senior computer science major. “I’m really excited about it, but tickets sold fast so I’m on a waiting list right now.”

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Sponsored by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, the event is held to give dance students from all classes and levels the opportunity to showcase their semesters work in an informal dance performance.

“I just think the performance is really great,” said Gaby Devergen, 19, a sophomore theater and journalism major who took part in the festivities. “I love performing and I think it’s a great opportunity for everybody to see what we’ve been working on all semester. “

More than 100 people were in attendance for the event and had the opportunity to see Loyola’s students of dance exhibiting their talent and hard work.

“What’s interesting about this specific event is that a lot of the patrons that come are parents,” said James Dunford, 22, the student box office manager, “so they aren’t necessarily coming to some of our other events. It’s always a different crowd that you get so it’s always interesting working with them, getting to know them, and getting them into the theater.”

When asked about the overall success of the event, Dunford said, “I thought it was a very successful event. Again something about this event that I think is very unique is that a lot of students are just taking a dance class, for a core perhaps, and being able to take what they learned in the class room and being able to perform it is something really meaningful and significant. I think giving the 200 or so dancers a chance for that is always a fantastic event.”

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William Daley among commencement speakers at Loyola

Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 10, 2012

Loyola University Chicago photo

Former White House Chief of Staff William Daley and broadcast journalist Carol Marin top the list of notable commencement speakers during Loyola University Chicago’s graduation weekend.

Here is the story from Inside Loyola:

For the Class of 2012, their time studying at Loyola is coming to a close, and that means one thing: Commencement weekend. Commencement ceremonies begin today and run through May 12, with the School of Law ceremony scheduled for May 19, and the Stritch School of Medicine ceremony on June 3. In addition to ceremonies held at Gentile Arena, Mundelein Auditorium, and Navy Pier Ball Ballroom, Commencement 2012 will also be streamed online at LUC.edu/commencement/live. For a full schedule of ceremonies, click here.

Commencement by the Numbers:

  • 1,224 – Total number of graduate, law, and business students who have applied for graduation
  • 1,776 – Total number of undergraduate students who have applied for graduation
  • 11 – Ceremonies
  • 4 – Honorary degrees
  • 3 – Alums serving as Commencement speakers: William M. Daley (BA ’70), former White House chief of staff; Justice Virginia M. Kendall (JD ’92), U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; and Thaddeus Wong (BBA ’96), owner of @properties
  • 10 – Ceremonies to be streamed on the web
  • 3 – Commencement ceremonies that feature a lone bagpiper leading graduates to and from their seats

To view the full list of Commencement 2012 speakers, click here. Also, be sure to check out the Commencement 2012 photo gallery, which will be updated throughout Commencement weekend.

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Man found guilty of hijacking taxi, crashing into school bus

Posted by loyolastudentdispatch on May 10, 2012

Site of bus crash.

A Chicago man was found guilty on multiple charges Wednesday following a high-speed chase across the metropolitan area that ended when the taxi he hijacked crashed into a school bus in Rogers Park.

Here is a portion of the the story from TribLocal:

A Chicago man who led police on a televised multi-suburb chase in a hijacked taxi last year before crashing into a school bus was found guilty on all charges at the Skokie courthouse on Wednesday. He could be sentenced to life in prison, prosecutors said.

Larry Hampton, 45, of the 10000 block of South Prairie Avenue, was charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking, multiple counts of aggravated robbery and battery, following a January 2011 robbery, vehicular hijacking, and police chase that started in Des Plaines and ended in Chicago.

Hampton fired his public defenders long before the start of his three-day jury trial, which began Monday, and acted as his own defense attorney, officials said. It took the jury less than two hours on Wednesday to reach its guilty verdict, according to prosecutors.

Authorities said Hampton hailed a cab around 6 a.m. near the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont on Jan. 26, 2011 and went to a Subway at the corner of Touhy Avenue and Mannheim Road in Des Plaines.

When he saw the eatery was busy, he told the cabbie to take him to a Subway in the 2000 block of Miner Street, police said.

Once there, Hampton tried to take money from the cash register but the clerk is shown on surveillance video fighting back with a bread knife and hitting Hampton with a chair, police said.

They said the two continued to fight outside, where the 65-year-old taxi driver was waiting. Hampton then attacked the driver, tearing the keys from his coat pocket and stole the cab, police said.

Morton Grove police saw the stolen taxi headed east on Golf Road and began following it, authorities said. A short time later, the taxi clipped a school bus in the Rogers Park neighborhood, police said. They said Hampton crawled from the taxi and started to run away but was tackled by police and arrested. No one on the school bus was injured.

“All of this was caught by television news cameras, which we played for the jury,” Assistant State’s Atty. Edward McCarthy said following Hampton’s conviction. “He was found guilty due to the clear and convincing testimony by the two victims as to the violence this guy did on them.”

Hampton’s criminal history includes 27 arrests, according to authorities.

McCarthy said Wednesday marks Hampton’s third class x conviction, making him eligible for a sentence of natural life in prison. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Garritt Howard is scheduled to enter a sentence at the Skokie courthouse on June 8.

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