'Afternoon Shift' #224: Hazing rituals

January 8, 2013

View the story "'Afternoon Shift' #224: Hazing rituals " on Storify'Afternoon Shift' #224: Hazing rituals The 'Chicago Tribune's' Michael Phillips and NPR's Peter Sagal entertain us with their takes on the day's news. And the second hour of the show is spent taking a long, hard look at high school hazing.Storified by · Tue, Jan 08 2013 11:46:19Rick's essay provides a snapshot of a Catholic charity giving cameras to homeless Chicagoans to capture images of their daily life. If asked to do the same thing, what would you shoot? Call 312-923-9239 or join the conversation on Twitter at #AfternoonShift.Today's news panel is sure to entertain: Rick is joined by Chicago Tribune movie critic Michael Phillips and Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait..Don't Tell Me! Together they'll discuss a trillion-dollar coin and survey potential locations for a Chicago casino. They'll also look at how life imitates art in the new film, Zero Dark Thirty.There is a proposal of minting $1 trillion platinum coin to pay off the national debt of U.S.What The F*** FactsYour Guide to the Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coin That Obama Can Mint to Save the WorldToday, New York Times columnist and Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman wrote that President Obama should be "absolutely" prepared...I thought the Thompson Center already was a casino where many a bad bet was made http://pic.twitter.com/Mar2WdhiPaul PalianZero Dark Thirty Official Final Trailer (2012) - Kathryn Bigelow Bin Laden Movie HDmovieclipstrailersZero Dark Thirty movie review by Chicago Tribune's Michael PhillipsDirector Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal put a documentary polish on the hunt for, and death of, Osama bin Laden To consider w...Recent Top Stories: CIA Official Who Destroyed Torture Tapes Squirms at Zero Dark Thirty Abuse http://oak.ctx.ly/r/1rxiWiredNominations for Defense and the C.I.A.In nominating Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary and John Brennan to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency, President Obama has...Suburban Maine West High School finds itself under the microscope as investigations into allegations of hazing intensify. Nearly a decade earlier, a hazing incident rattled another suburban school, Glenbrook North High School. WBEZ education reporter Becky Vevea revisits the school to see how the north suburban community has changed over the years.District 207 could hire investigator of Maine West hazing allegations this month http://trib.in/13eyj8kChicagoBreakingPsychologist Susan Lipkins, author of Preventing Hazing: How Parents, Teachers and Coaches Can Stop the Violence, Harassment, and Humiliation, helps us understand the root and impact of hazing. We're also joined by sociologist Jay Coakley who examines the sociology of sport. We'll also take your calls on the subject: To join the discussion call 312-923-9239 or chime in on Twitter at #AfternoonShift.How bad does hockey hazing have to be to get an entire women's college team suspended? http://deadsp.in/25xLmQ8DeadspinLater we're joined by Linda Yonke, superintendent of New Trier Township High School and Harry Kroll, a New Trier senior and editor-in-chief of the New Trier News. Kroll recently authored an editorial criticizing the school district's hazing policy.New Trier News : School administration's "hazing" policy is overzealousStaff EditorialOctober 18, 2012 Filed under Featured Sports Page Carousel, Opinions/Editorials In the wake of incidents both here and at ...