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The Commute is a team piece performed by the poets of Northside College Prep Slam Poetry Team: seniors Ashley Gonzalez, 18, and Tyler Sauter, 18, alongside junors Emma Coleman, 17, and JD Amick, 17. This was the first year in the competition for Emma and JD, the second year for Ashley and the third year for Tyler.

 Poet Ashley Gonzalez, 18, is a senior at Northside College Prep.  This is the second year she has represented her school at Louder Than a Bomb, which advanced to the Final round of competition in the 2012 Festival. 51 Stars is an intense look at collonialism in Puerto Rico, calling out the United States for the way the island - both its people and its land - has been treated.

 Poet AJ Tran, 18, is a senior at Northside College Prep.  This is the second year she has represented her school at Louder Than a Bomb, which advanced to the Final round of competition in the 2012 Festival. Dear First Grade Teacher is AJ's poetic commentary on gender, how our society teaches young children what 'girls' can do and what 'boys' can do, without leaving enough room for those who may think otherwise.

Despite its 2006 name change, Marshall Field’s place in Chicago’s history is secure.

Seems as if I just finished reporting the Congressional stupidities over 2012 funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (after 10 months of delays and dithering, Congress approved precisely what President Obama had requested) and now here we are again, with the White House budget proposals for

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