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News & Features, Feature, Jan 9, 2013
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DePaul's men's basketball team on the rebound

The once-successful Blue Demons helped transform DePaul from the little school under the el to the largest Catholic university in the country. Can DePaul now help the team recover some of its fading glory?
- by Adam Doster
- Tags: Feature, Allstate Arena, Video

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News & Features, Feature, Dec 20, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Kayce Ataiyero, the GM

"Even as a lifelong basketball fan I didn't appreciate how complex the business is."
- Tags: Feature, Kayce Ataiyero, Chicago Steam, basketball, minor league basketball, journalists, Ron Hicks, sports, Chicago Tribune, Deborah Leigh Key, Dolton Rec Center, News & Observer, Victor Saracini, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chris Webber, Fab Five, Arthur Agee, Sam Houston

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News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Roger Sosner, the hawker

"Any person with a strong back and a weak mind can do it."
- Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Roger Sosner, The Seller, beer vendor, record collector, White Sox Park, Wrigley Field, United Center, Chicagoland Record Collectors Show, Darlene Payne & the O.D. Girls, This Melody, Copy Cat song, Big Bill Hill show, eBay, US Cellular Field

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News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Tony Bacon, the custodian

"The union guy told me, 'Just be happy you got a job.'"
- Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Tony Bacon, the Custodian, Chicago Public Schools, Board of Education, Blaine School, Franklin Fine Arts School, Darwin School

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News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
John Campos, the organizer

"Some blocks look like Afghanistan and others look like any other street in Chicago."
- Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, John Campos, The Organizer, CPD, Chicago Police Department, CAPS, 11th District, drugs

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News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Kimmy Walters, the Twitterer

"You've just gotta filter out noise."
- Tags: Feature, Kimmy Walters, Twitter, Cool Date, @TPHD, social media, poetry, poetry readings, New York, @arealliveghost, Weird Twitter, Twet Crew, @dryhugs, @rare_basement, @UtilityLimb, @famouscrab, @dril

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News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Mitzi Scott, the survivor

"You can call it a bottom, or you can call it a blessing."
- Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Mitzi Scott, The Survivor, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, Emages, drugs, drug addiction, cocaine, marijuana, codeine, heroin, freebase, A Safe Haven, Kennedy-King College, Professor Larry Ross

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News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012

"You've just gotta filter out noise."
- by Reader staff
- Tags: Feature, People Issue 2012, People Issue, Latoya Winters, John Campos, Angel Olsen, Millon Dollar Mano, Kimmy Walters, Dave Matta, Alejandro Cerrudo, Dave Cerda, Jackie Taylor, Vern Hester, Tara D., Ehsan Ghoreishi, Becca Hall, Martin Kastner, Keith Magee, Kayce Ataiyero, Michael Robbins, Mitzi Scott, Dave Odd, Abra Berens, Zain Curtis, Teen Witch, Dee Alexander, Roger Sosner, Tony Bacon, Janet Voight

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News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Latoya Winters, the graduate

"I wanna help people from where I come from. I went through what they're going through."
- Tags: Feature, Latoya Winters, Northern Illinois Unversity, Regina Dominican, youth workers, Misericordia, social work, Marillac House, social service agencies, Marillac Social Center

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The once-successful Blue Demons helped transform DePaul from the little school under the el to the largest Catholic university in the country. Can DePaul now help the team recover some of its fading glory?

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"Even as a lifelong basketball fan I didn't appreciate how complex the business is."

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"Any person with a strong back and a weak mind can do it."

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"The union guy told me, 'Just be happy you got a job.'"

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"Some blocks look like Afghanistan and others look like any other street in Chicago."

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"You've just gotta filter out noise."

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"You can call it a bottom, or you can call it a blessing."

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"You've just gotta filter out noise."

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"I wanna help people from where I come from. I went through what they're going through."