CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: HONORS STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE Apply to present your best work in poster format at the Honors Student Research Conference. Participants will receive guidance from Honors staff to create... Continue Reading →
Yearn, to Self-Discover
sweet like honey face as soft as crushed rose petals you pull me in, and i can't let go. i reach out and touch your face, but it crumples into... Continue Reading →
How Alien: Romulus Addresses Bodily Autonomy
Content Warning: Horror, Gore, Sensitive Topics Alien: Romulus couldn't be further from exploring themes of femininity and masculinity. It’s a sci-fi, horror, thriller movie that follows a group of friends... Continue Reading →
Chicago’s Ecotourism
Welcome back to Sustaining Our City! In this segment, we’ll discuss the concept of Ecotourism and how that can apply to our time living in Chicago. As students, many of... Continue Reading →
Household Sustainability
Welcome back to school, Blue Demons! Mixed emotions and experiences can arise with the wintery return to campus, but I am so excited to get back to Sustaining Our City!... Continue Reading →
Masculinity and Objectification: Toxic Portrayals in She’s All That
She’s All That (1999) follows the classic popular, jock boy and nerdy, good girl trope movie. It presents the popular jock who dared to take an “ugly” nerd girl and... Continue Reading →
Five Nights At Freddy’s 2
Welcome to Movie Spotlight. This series is to highlight recent movies in theaters that you might want to enjoy seeing in person, or if there are interesting topics that you... Continue Reading →
Drag or Drab: Gender and Expression in Fashion, Conversations with Greg Ramos
The art of drag performance is popularly defined as a form of expression for entertainment in which the artist presents and performs outside of their gender identity. An art form... Continue Reading →
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle!
For our first exploration of city sustainability, let’s take a look at the tried and true values - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle! We’ll go into depth for each of these... Continue Reading →
Patriarchal Influences: Critiquing The Devil Wears Prada
From magazines, to movies, to comics, the effects of the patriarchal standards have been reflected and enforced by the media. The Devil Wears Prada (2006) reflects the societal standards and... Continue Reading →