Chicago has, in my opinion, the best tasting water in the country. This is something that you probably do not realize when you sit around at home and turn on the tap, but you notice it when water tastes differently. Let me start off by stating that I am not […]
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Coming out: an LGBT ally’s story
A week or two into my first term (Spring 2011) at Governors State University, a group called H.O.M.E had a table set up in the atrium. There were two white older men at the table, and signs with the word “Homosexuality” big and bold. I assumed the dudes at the […]
For those who could use a helping hand…
In the fall of 2010, the average age of students attending Governors State University was 34. Though we can assume that the average age at the university will drop once we accept freshmen on our campus in 2014, we still currently have a large number of adult students enrolled in […]
The state of the comics industry
Let’s check the receipts. Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) had an overall box office take of1.5 Billion Dollars; DC Comics’ film entry The Dark Knight Rises (2012) has tickets totaling around1.08 Billion Dollars. With their intellectual properties thriving in the cinema and other media venues, comics, originally an industry found solely […]