Northeastern Illinois University
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Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public
state university
located in Chicago, Illinois. The main campus is located in the community area of North Park
with three additional campuses in the metropolitan area. Tracing its founding to 1867, it was first established as a separate branch of a public college in 1949. NEIU continues to meet the demand for quality, affordable education along with annually serving 12,000 students in the region.
The school ranked top both in the most ethnically diverse university and for students with the least amount of debt upon graduation in the Midwest region according to U.S. News & World Report
's Best Colleges 2011. In addition, NEIU ranked among top universities in Top Degree Producers according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education across the nation. Also, NEIU is a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution
.
NEIU has one of the longest running free form community radio stations, WZRD
Chicago 88.3 FM.
), which was founded in 1867 in Englewood, Illinois. That school became known as Chicago Teachers College after three name changes.
In 1949, a branch of Chicago Teachers College was established on the North Side of Chicago. Chicago Teachers College (North Side) relocated to the present site of the university in 1961. The school changed its name again in 1965 to Illinois Teachers' College: Chicago North after the state of Illinois
assumed control of the college.
In 1967, the college became an independent institution as Northeastern Illinois State College.
In 1971, Northeastern Illinois was granted university status. It was given a mandate by the Illinois Legislature "to offer such courses of instruction as shall best serve to qualify teachers for the schools of the State; and to offer such other courses of instruction, conduct such research and offer such public services as are prescribed by the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities or its successor."
In January 1996, Northeastern Illinois University established its own Board of Trustees.
The Northeastern Illinois University Board of Trustees named Dr. Sharon K. Hahs as President of NEIU effective February 1, 2007.
The school's demographics are: 49% White, 25% Hispanic, 12% African American, 10% Asian and 4% other.
High school class rank in the top half of their graduating class or ACT
composite of 19 and above or SAT
combined score of 890 or above. If the student is 18 years of age or older, they may be considered upon successful completion of the GED
. The ACT
or SAT
is also required if the student is under 21 years of age.
Northeastern Illinois competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
for 20 years until joining the more high-profile National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1988. After a transitional season at the Division II level, NEIU moved its athletic
program to Division I.
The Golden Eagles played as independents until finding a place in the short-lived East Coast Conference
for the 1993-94 campaign. Northeastern Illinois were then invited to join the Mid-Continent Conference, now known as the Summit League, where it would play for the next four years.
Chief among the highlights of this era was the baseball team's 1996 Mid-Continent Conference championship and NCAA Tournament
bid. Men's basketball
player Andrell Hoard won the ESPN
National Slam Dunk Competition and women's basketball coach Denise Taylor was chosen to lead the Utah Starzz
of the WNBA in 1997.
Whether the University should really be investing in such an expensive venture as intercollegiate athletics was a constant question among administrators and faculty members for the better part of a decade. Northeastern Illinois chose to discontinue its sports programs after the 1997-98 season.
Many years ago, the school's football
team was a charter member of the Division III Illini-Badger Football Conference, where it won five conference titles before dropping the sport in 1988.
Even earlier, in 1977, a men's club soccer
team was formed by students from local soccer organizations around Chicago to compete against college varsities from surrounding region. This club, guided by player/coach Frank Hermantz, won all of its games. Varsity status was not granted, however, and the team parted ways.
In 2006 a group of students created a new NEIU baseball
club. The Eagles, coached by Lou Berrios, are made up of 24 current students who compete against other collegiate baseball clubs in the Midwest including programs at Columbia College Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
In addition to the baseball club, the University also has other programs such as women's volleyball, women's soccer, men's soccer, aikido, Brazilian jujitsu, ice hockey, and women's softball. All sports clubs are created and organized by students with the support of the campus recreation department.
Public university
A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...
state university
State university system
A state university system in the United States is a group of public universities supported by an individual state, or a similar entity such as the District of Columbia. These systems constitute the majority of public-funded universities in the country...
located in Chicago, Illinois. The main campus is located in the community area of North Park
North Park, Chicago
North Park is one of 77 well-defined community areas of the City of Chicago. It is bordered by the North Shore Channel on the east, the Chicago River's North Branch and Foster Avenue on the south, Cicero Avenue on the west and Devon Avenue on the...
with three additional campuses in the metropolitan area. Tracing its founding to 1867, it was first established as a separate branch of a public college in 1949. NEIU continues to meet the demand for quality, affordable education along with annually serving 12,000 students in the region.
The school ranked top both in the most ethnically diverse university and for students with the least amount of debt upon graduation in the Midwest region according to U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
's Best Colleges 2011. In addition, NEIU ranked among top universities in Top Degree Producers according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education across the nation. Also, NEIU is a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution
Hispanic-serving institution
A Hispanic-serving institution, or HSI, is a term used for a Federal program designed to assist colleges or universities in the United States that attempt to assist first generation, majority low income Hispanic students...
.
NEIU has one of the longest running free form community radio stations, WZRD
WZRD
WZRD is a student radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, USA, founded in 1974. The station serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Northeastern Illinois University...
Chicago 88.3 FM.
History
The origins of the school can be traced to Cook County Normal School (now Chicago State UniversityChicago State University
Chicago State University is a state university of the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Chicago.-History:Cook County Normal School was founded in 1867, largely through the initiative of John F. Eberhart, the Commissioner of Schools for Cook County...
), which was founded in 1867 in Englewood, Illinois. That school became known as Chicago Teachers College after three name changes.
In 1949, a branch of Chicago Teachers College was established on the North Side of Chicago. Chicago Teachers College (North Side) relocated to the present site of the university in 1961. The school changed its name again in 1965 to Illinois Teachers' College: Chicago North after the state of Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
assumed control of the college.
In 1967, the college became an independent institution as Northeastern Illinois State College.
In 1971, Northeastern Illinois was granted university status. It was given a mandate by the Illinois Legislature "to offer such courses of instruction as shall best serve to qualify teachers for the schools of the State; and to offer such other courses of instruction, conduct such research and offer such public services as are prescribed by the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities or its successor."
In January 1996, Northeastern Illinois University established its own Board of Trustees.
The Northeastern Illinois University Board of Trustees named Dr. Sharon K. Hahs as President of NEIU effective February 1, 2007.
The school's demographics are: 49% White, 25% Hispanic, 12% African American, 10% Asian and 4% other.
Admissions
Students eligible for admission must meet the following requirements:High school class rank in the top half of their graduating class or ACT
ACT (examination)
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test...
composite of 19 and above or SAT
SAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
combined score of 890 or above. If the student is 18 years of age or older, they may be considered upon successful completion of the GED
GED
General Educational Development tests are a group of five subject tests which, when passed, certify that the taker has American or Canadian high school-level academic skills...
. The ACT
ACT (examination)
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test...
or SAT
SAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
is also required if the student is under 21 years of age.
Undergraduate programs
College of Arts and Sciences
- AnthropologyAnthropologyAnthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
- ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
- BiologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
- ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
- CommunicationCommunicationCommunication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
, MediaMedia studiesMedia studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
and TheatreTheatreTheatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance... - Computer ScienceComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
- Earth ScienceEarth scienceEarth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences...
- EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
- EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
- Environmental StudiesEnvironmental studiesEnvironmental studies is the academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. It is a broad interdisciplinary field of study that includes the natural environment, built environment, and the sets of relationships between them...
- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
- GeographyGeographyGeography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
- HistoryHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
- Justice StudiesJusticeJustice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
- MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
- PhilosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
- Political SciencePolitical sciencePolitical Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
- PsychologyPsychologyPsychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
- Social WorkSocial workSocial Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
- SociologySociologySociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
- SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
- Women's StudiesWomen's studiesWomen's studies, also known as feminist studies, is an interdisciplinary academic field which explores politics, society and history from an intersectional, multicultural women's perspective...
College of Business and Management
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- FinanceFinance"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
- International BusinessInternational BusinessInternational business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary...
- ManagementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
- MarketingMarketingMarketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
College of Education
- Bilingual/Bicultural Education
- Community Health and Wellness
- Early Childhood EducationEarly childhood educationEarly childhood education is the formal teaching and care of young children by people other than their family or in settings outside of the home. 'Early childhood' is usually defined as before the age of normal schooling - five years in most nations, though the U.S...
- Elementary Education
- Health and Wellness
- Human Resource Development
- Inner City Studies
- Music EducationMusic educationMusic education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...
(K-12) - Physical EducationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
- Secondary EducationSecondary educationSecondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
- Special EducationSpecial educationSpecial education is the education of students with special needs in a way that addresses the students' individual differences and needs. Ideally, this process involves the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures, adapted equipment and materials,...
Graduate College of Arts and Sciences
- Biology (M.S.)
- Chemistry (M.S.)
- Communication, Media and Theatre (M.A.)
- Computer Science (M.S.)
- Earth Science (M.S.)
- English (M.A.)
- Literature
- Composition/Writing
- Geography and Environmental Studies (M.A.)
- Gerontology (M.A.)
- History (M.A.)
- Latin American Literature and Culture (M.A.)
- Linguistics (M.A.)
- Mathematics (M.S.)
- Applied Mathematics
- Secondary Education Mathematics
- Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers
- Music (M.A.)
- Political Science (M.A.)
- Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (M.A.)
Graduate College of Business and Management
- Accounting (M.S.A.)
- Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Graduate College of Education
- Bilingual/Bicultural Education (M.A.T. and M.S.I.)
- Counseling (M.A.)
- Community Counseling
- School Counseling
- Rehabilitation Counseling
- Educational Leadership (M.A.)
- School Leadership
- Higher Education Leadership
- Chief School Business Official
- Exercise Science (M.S.)
- Family Counseling (M.A.)
- Gifted Education (M.A.)
- Human Resource Development (M.A.)
- Inner City Studies (M.A.)
- Language Arts (M.A.T.)
- Elementary
- Secondary
- Language Arts (M.S.I.)
- Elementary
- Secondary
- Reading (M.A.)
- Special Education (M.A.)
- Initial Certification (LBS 1)
- Early Childhood Special Education
Other Academic Programs
- Academic Development
- Community Outreach Programs
- Distance Education
- Honors Program
- International Programs
- McNair Scholars Program
- Nontraditional Degree Programs
Athletics
Northeastern Illinois competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
for 20 years until joining the more high-profile National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1988. After a transitional season at the Division II level, NEIU moved its athletic
College athletics
College athletics refers primarily to sports and athletic competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education . In the United States, college athletics is a two-tiered system. The first tier includes the sports that are sanctioned by one of the collegiate sport governing bodies...
program to Division I.
The Golden Eagles played as independents until finding a place in the short-lived East Coast Conference
East Coast Conference (Division I)
The East Coast Conference was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference. It was founded as the university division of the Middle Atlantic Conference in 1958. The MAC consisted of over 30 teams at this time, making it impossible to organize a full conference schedule in sports like football,...
for the 1993-94 campaign. Northeastern Illinois were then invited to join the Mid-Continent Conference, now known as the Summit League, where it would play for the next four years.
Chief among the highlights of this era was the baseball team's 1996 Mid-Continent Conference championship and NCAA Tournament
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....
bid. Men's basketball
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
player Andrell Hoard won the ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
National Slam Dunk Competition and women's basketball coach Denise Taylor was chosen to lead the Utah Starzz
Utah Starzz
The Utah Starzz were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They began play in the 1997 WNBA season as one of the league's eight original teams. The Starzz relocated, in 2003, to San Antonio, Texas where the team became the San Antonio Silver Stars...
of the WNBA in 1997.
Whether the University should really be investing in such an expensive venture as intercollegiate athletics was a constant question among administrators and faculty members for the better part of a decade. Northeastern Illinois chose to discontinue its sports programs after the 1997-98 season.
Many years ago, the school's football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
team was a charter member of the Division III Illini-Badger Football Conference, where it won five conference titles before dropping the sport in 1988.
Even earlier, in 1977, a men's club soccer
College soccer
College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...
team was formed by students from local soccer organizations around Chicago to compete against college varsities from surrounding region. This club, guided by player/coach Frank Hermantz, won all of its games. Varsity status was not granted, however, and the team parted ways.
In 2006 a group of students created a new NEIU baseball
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...
club. The Eagles, coached by Lou Berrios, are made up of 24 current students who compete against other collegiate baseball clubs in the Midwest including programs at Columbia College Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
In addition to the baseball club, the University also has other programs such as women's volleyball, women's soccer, men's soccer, aikido, Brazilian jujitsu, ice hockey, and women's softball. All sports clubs are created and organized by students with the support of the campus recreation department.
Notable faculty
- Sarah HoaglandSarah HoaglandSarah Lucia Hoagland is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She is author of Lesbian Ethics, and the co-editor of For Lesbians Only, an anthology of writing on the topic of Lesbian Separatism, with Julia Penelope and Re-reading the Canon:...
, Philosophy - Conrad WorrillConrad WorrillConrad Worrill is an African American writer, educator, activist, and former talkshow host for the WVON call-in program On Target. Organizations he has been involved with include the Million Man March, and the National Black United Front...
- John R. PowersJohn R. PowersJohn R. Powers is an American novelist and playwright. Powers has written four successful books of fiction, The Last Catholic in America , Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? , The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice Cream God , and The Junk Drawer, Corner Store, Front Porch Blues...
- Libby KomaikoLibby KomaikoDame Libby Komaiko began her career at Northeastern Illinois University in 1974. She is a professor of dance in the Department of Music and the Dance Program. She is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, the in-residence dance company at Northeastern...
, Dance - Edward Stuart, Economics- Frequent guest on Chicago Tonight
Notable alumni
- Muhammed al-AhariMuhammed al-AhariMuhammed Abdullah al-Ahari an American essayist, scholar and writer on the topics of American Islam, Black Nationalist groups, heterodox Islamic groups and modern occultism. Muhammed al-Ahari was born in York near Rock Hill, South Carolina...
, Islamic essayist and scholar - Lorrainne Sade BaskervilleLorrainne Sade BaskervilleLorrainne Sade Baskerville is an American social worker and activist best known for founding transgender advocacy group transGENESIS.-Life and career:...
, Social worker and activist - Michael Angelo BatioMichael Angelo BatioMichael Angelo Batio also known as Mike Batio or MAB, is a guitarist and columnist from Chicago, Illinois. His work has encompassed many genres, notably metal and its subgenres. Batio was voted the "No. 1 Shredder of All Time" by Guitar One Magazine in 2003...
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to be elected to CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
from the MidwestMidwestern United StatesThe Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....
. - Alan HargesheimerAlan HargesheimerAlan Robert Hargesheimer is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in parts of four seasons between and for three different teams. Since his retirement, Hargesheimer has worked as a scout for several teams, including the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres.-Sources:...
, Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcherPitcherIn baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the... - Margaret LaurinoMargaret LaurinoMargaret Laurino Barnette is Alderman of the 39th Ward of the City of Chicago. She is the daughter of former Alderman , the sister of former state Representative William Laurino, and the wife of 39th Ward Democratic Committeeman .- Early life :...
, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
AldermanAldermanAn alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council... - Iris Y. Martinez, Illinois State SenatorIllinois SenateThe Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. The Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from...
- Art Porter, Jr.Art Porter, Jr.Arthur Lee 'Art' Porter, Jr., , was an American jazz saxophonist. He was the son of jazz musician Art Porter, Sr., as well as the namesake of "The Art Porter Bill".-Early life:...
, Saxophonist - Ed H. SmithEd Smith (alderman)- Early life :Smith earned his bachelor’s degree from Alcorn State University in Lorman, Mississippi and his master’s degree from Northeastern Illinois University. Smith has written two books: Love the Town Couldn’t Stop and Almost to Late...
, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
AldermanAldermanAn alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council... - Karen YarbroughKaren YarbroughKaren Yarbrough is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 7th District since 2001. In 2006 Yarbrough became the Democratic Committeeman of Proviso Township by defeating incumbent committeeman Eugene Moore, the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.-Early...
, Member of the Illinois House of RepresentativesIllinois House of RepresentativesThe Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from... - Tim McIlrathTim McIlrathTimothy "Tim" James McIlrath is an American punk rock musician. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co-founder for the American punk rock band Rise Against. McIlrath is known to support animal rights and actively promotes PETA with his band...
, singer of Rise AgainstRise AgainstRise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. The band currently consists of Tim McIlrath , Zach Blair , Joe Principe and Brandon Barnes .Rise Against spent its first five years signed to the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords, on which it...