Gun violence a product of multiple causes
By Lauren Cutshall Chameleon Staff Writer On February 13, students and community members gathered at Loyola to talk about gun violence, an issue we have been reminded of with each shooting since the infamous Columbine shooting of 1999. Most recently, memories have resurfaced as the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting killed 20 children and seven adults, prompting each subsequent shooting to gain even more media attention. While the press and civilians wonder, “Is this the worst and most devastating shooting?”, Dr. James Garbarino, a Loyola professor, explained why this is not a question we want to ask. more »
Chameleon News episode #1: February 24, 2013
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Check out the very first episode of Chameleon News, filmed in front of this week’s Campus Hotspot, the St. James Chapel at the corner of Rush and Pearson near the Water Tower Campus. Stay tuned for next week’s episode of Chameleon News, with a brand new Campus Hotspot! Anchored by Ericka Reyes/Marketing Director Written by Kim De Guzman/Editor-in-Chief Produced by Sean Keenehan/Section Editor
WORLD NEWS BRIEF: Week of November 30
News Brief Compiled By Kim De Guzman Editor-in-Chief Here’s what’s been making headlines during the past week: A/E According to BBC News, a play about late singer Amy Winehouse set to debut in Denmark in January 2013 has been canceled. The singer’s estate has blocked the use of her materials in the production. Green Scene National Geographic claims that a rare species of giant tortoise (which was thought to have gone extinct) may still live on. DNA evidence from a Yale University study reveals the tortoise species Chelonoidis abingdoni may still have more of more »
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes
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-STAFF REPORT- This weekend, the LUChameleon celebrates its one year anniversary. It’s been a whirlwind year for us. We published our very first issue last November. We started this publication because we wanted to give a voice to the alternative students on campus. We wanted to provide another student media opportunity on campus, as well as “talk about things that aren’t usually talked about publicly” on campus. We started out with the half the number of staff members that we have now, with no resources whatsoever, and we started out as an online only magazine more »
MULTIMEDIA: Hunger Week 2012
Hunger Week is going on this week! Check out some of the buzz around campus about the week’s events and peoples’ thoughts on world hunger/poverty as a significant cause.
Storify Compiled By Kim De Guzman/Editor-in-Chief
‘What do you hunger for?’ Hunger Week 2012 explores different ways to educate about world hunger
By Kim De Guzman Editor-in-Chief According to the Hunger Project, 925 million people do not have enough to eat and every five seconds, a child dies from hunger related diseases. Over 9 million people have died from hunger in 2012 and more than 22,000 people die each day of hunger related causes. And that’s barely scratching the surface. Every year, a group of students come together to create a series of events to raise awareness and acknowledge the importance about world hunger. In fact, they dedicate a whole week to their cause: Hunger Week. more »
Hijabs uncovered: the truth about the headscarf
By Jill Kreider Chameleon Staff Writer Our Chameleon staff writer Jill Kreider sits down with two Muslim Loyola students and uncovers the religious and cultural significance of wearing hijabs. Q: Why type of veil do you wear? Naila: I wear the Hijab, which is a headscarf, and also the jilbab, or burqa, which is the long, dress-like garment that covers the entire body. It is meant to hide the form of the body. Sairah: It’s a regular scarf called the Hijab. Q: Does it change for different situations? Naila: Well, I have to wear more »
Bedfellows: A modern checklist for finding a roommate
By Nicholas Moutvic Chameleon Staff Writer Mertz hurts, we all know it. Don’t bother hurting it back, it’s not worth the wasted energy. Instead go out and find yourself that lucky boy or girl you will think is God’s gift to the world for the next three beautifully blissful weeks unaware of the absolute ignorance that plagues them and the absence of even a glimmer of self awareness that seems to radiate from that empty skull. Using my foolproof checklist, you will find the ideal, lack luster comrade with a list a mile long of hidden traits more »
Loyola’s UNICEF raises money to save lives
By Chloe Doherty Chameleon Staff Writer On Thursday, September 27, at 6 a.m., members of UNICEF at Loyola participated in “Believe in Zero.” Led by the president of Loyola’s UNICEF, Iliana Alvarenga, each member helped build a large zero out of 600 white flags behind Cudahy Library at Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus. Each flag represented 33 children that die every day from preventable diseases. For the rest of the day, various UNICEF members stood by the zero, passing out flyers and explaining UNICEF’s mission to passing Loyola students. UNICEF, or the United Nations Children’s Fund, more »
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Wanting to see the world
Chen Shenjie is a foreign exchange student from the University of International Business and Economics. She sits down with Kim De Guzman to talk about her American adventures, her life in China, and well…chocolate. Kim De Guzman (KD): Why did you want to visit America? Chen Shenjie (CS): I’d like to go to America for my graduate studies, and so this exchange student program is an opportunity for me to travel here and see which US city suits me the best. This experience is also a test, because I want to see how well I can adapt to more »
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