The 2020 NFL Draft begins in only 10 days, with commissioner Roger Goodell announcing the first round selections from… his basement. Obviously this will be a draft experience unlike anything we’ve ever seen because of the COVID-19 pandemic; the show was supposed to be over-the-top in Las Vegas, but now it will come from people’s homes.
That doesn’t mean lives won’t change beginning on April 23rd. It’s safe to assume Joe Burrow and Chase Young, once teammates at Ohio State, will be the first two names called. But after that it gets interesting in a hurry. There could be a lot of movement up and down the draft because of depth at some positions (like wide receiver, defensive front seven) – and limited viable options at other (especially tight end).
Again, we aren’t forecasting any trades in this mock draft – the teams are selecting where they own the picks as of the morning of Monday, April 13.
Let’s get started. Here are six (6) full rounds.
ROUND ONE
1. Cincinnati – Joe Burrow, QB, LSU 2. Washington – Chase Young, DE, Ohio State 3. Detroit – Tristan Wirfs, OT, Iowa 4. NY Giants – Jedrick Willis Jr, OT, Alabama 5. Miami – Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama 6. LA Chargers – Justin Herbert, QB, Oregon 7. Carolina – Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson 8. Arizona – Jeff Okudah, CB, Ohio State 9. Jacksonville – Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn 10. Cleveland – Mekhi Bekton, OT, Louisville 11. NY Jets – CJ Henderson, CB, Florida 12. La Vegas – Henry Ruggs III, WR, Alabama 13. San Francisco (from IND) – Javon Kinlaw, DT, South Carolina 14. Tampa Bay – Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia 15. Denver – CeeDee Lamb, WR, Oklahoma 16. Atlanta – K’Lavon Chaisson, OLB, LSU 17. Dallas – Jerry Jeudy, WR, Alabama 18. Miami (from PIT) – D’Andre Swift, RB, Georgia 19. Las Vegas (from CHI) – Xavier McKinney, S, Alabama 20. Jacksonville (from LAR) – Antoine Winfield Jr, S, Minnesota 21. Philadelphia – Justin Jefferson, WR, LSU 22. Minnesota (from BUF) – Tee Higgins, WR, Clemson 23. New England – Jordan Love, QB, Utah State 24. New Orleans – Kenneth Murray, ILB, Oklahoma 25. Minnesota – AJ Terrell, CB, Clemson 26. Miami (from HOU) – Josh Jones, OT, Houston 27. Seattle – Grant Delpit, S, LSU 28. Baltimore – Cesar Ruiz, OL, Michigan 29. Tennessee – Jeff Gladney, CB, TCU 30. Green Bay – KJ Hamler, WR, Penn State 31. San Francisco – Brandon Aiyuk, WR, Arizona State 32. Kansas City – AJ Epenesa, DE, Iowa
ROUND TWO
33. Cincinnati – JK Dobbins, RB, Ohio State 34. Indianapolis (from WSH) – Michael Pittman Jr, WR, USC 35. Detroit – Jacob Eason, QB, Washington 36. NY Giants – Yetur Gross-Matos, DE, Penn State 37. LA Chargers – Austin Jackson, OT, USC 38. Carolina – Noah Igbinoghene, CB, Auburn 39. Miami – Patrick Queen, ILB, LSU 40. Houston (from ARI) – Zack Baun, OLB, Wisconsin 41. Cleveland – Marlon Davidson, DE, Auburn 42. Jacksonville – Jake Fromm, QB, Georgia 43. Chicago (from VG) – Jeremy Chinn, S, Southern Illinois 44. Indianapolis – Ross Blacklock, DT, TCU 45. Tampa Bay – Clyde Edwards-Helaire, RB, LSU 46. Denver – Ezra Cleveland, OT, Boise State 47. Atlanta – Jonathan Taylor, RB, Wisconsin 48. NY Jets – Levischka Shenault Jr, WR, Colorado 49. Pittsburgh – Chase Claypool, WR, Notre Dame 50. Chicago – Isaiah Wilson, OT, Georgia 51. Dallas – Tyler Biadasz, OL, Wisconsin 52. LA Rams – Kristian Fulton, CB, LSU 53. Philadelphia – Prince Tega Wanogho, OT, Auburn 54. Buffalo – Damon Arnette, CB, Ohio State 55. Baltimore (from NE) – Jalen Reagor, WR, TCU 56. Miami (from NO) – Trevon Diggs, CB, Alabama 57. LA Rams (from HOU) – Terrell Lewis, OLB, Alabama 58. Minnesota – Netane Muti, OL, Fresno State 59. Seattle – Neville Gallimore, DT, Oklahoma 60. Baltimore – Josh Uche, OLB, Michigan 61. Tennessee – Justin Madubuike, DT, Texas A&M 62. Green Bay – Ben Bredeson, OL, Michigan 63. Kansas City (from SF) – Ashtyn Davis, S, California 64. Seattle (from KC) – Cole Kmet, TE, Notre Dame
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ROUND THREE
65. Cincinnati – Saahdiq Charles, OT, LSU 66. Washington – Kyle Dugger, S, Lenoir-Rhyne 67. Detroit – Jaylon Johnson, CB, Utah 68. NY Jets (from NYG) – Davon Hamilton, DT, Ohio State 69. Carolina – Adam Trautman, TE, Dayton 70. Miami – Tremaybe Anchrum, OL, Clemson 71. LA Chargers – Bryce Hall, CB, Virginia 72. Arizona – AJ Dillon, RB, Boston College 73. Jacksonville – Denzel Mims, WR, Baylor 74. Cleveland – Troy Pride Jr, CB, Notre Dame 75. Indianapolis – Jalen Hurts, QB, Oklahoma 76. Tampa Bay – Cam Dantzler, CB, Mississippi State 77. Denver – Malik Harrison, ILB, Ohio State 78. Atlanta – Brycen Hopkins, TE, Purdue 79. NY Jets – Anfernee Jennings, OLB, Alabama 80. Las Vegas – Jacob Phillips, ILB, LSU 81. Las Vegas (from CHI) – Landon Dickerson, OL, Alabama 82. Dallas – Jared Pinkney, TE, Vanderbilt 83. Denver (from PIT) – Jordan Elliott, DT, Missouri 84. LA Rams – Cam Akers, RB, Florida State 85. Detroit (from PHI) – Devin Duvernay, WR, Texas 86. Buffalo – Lloyd Cushenberry III, OL, LSU 87. New England – Leki Fotu, DT, Utah 88. New Orleans – Donovan Peoples-Jones, WR, Michigan 89. Minnesota – Jason Strowbridge, DE, North Carolina 90. Houston – Collin Johnson, WR, Texas 91. Las Vegas (from SEA) – Thaddeus Moss, TE, LSU 92. Baltimore – Josh Martellus, S, Michigan 93. Tennessee – Matt Peart, OT, Connecticut 94. Green Bay – Albert Okwuebunam, TE, Missouri 95. Denver (from SF) – Julian Okwara, DE, Notre Dame 96. Kansas City – Zack Moss, RB, Utah 97. Cleveland (comp from HOU) – Shane Lemieux, OL, Oregon 98. New England (comp) – Tyler Johnson, WR, Minnesota 99. NY Giants (comp) – Quintez Cephus, WR, Wisconsin 100. New England (comp) – Davion Taylor, LB, Colorado 101. Seattle (comp) – Jonathan Greenard, OLB, Florida 102. Pittsburgh (comp) – Walker Little, OT, Stanford 103. Philadelphia (comp) – Troy Dye, LB, Oregon 104. LA Rams (comp) – Robert Hunt, OG, Louisiana-Lafayette 105. Minnesota (comp) – Hunter Bryant, TE, Florida Atlantic 106. Baltimore (comp) – Khalid Kareem, DE, Notre Dame
ROUND FOUR
107. Cincinnati – Markus Bailey, LB, Purdue 108. Washington – Lucas Niang, OT, TCU 109. Detroit – Van Jefferson, WR, Florida 110. NY Giants – John Simpson, OL, Clemson 111. Houston (from MIA) – Steven Gonzalez, OL, Penn State 112. LA Chargers – Anthony McFarland Jr, RB, Maryland 113. Carolina – KJ Hill, WR, Ohio State 114. Arizona – Jordyn Brooks, LB, Texas Tech 115. Cleveland – Kenny Willekes, DE, Michigan State 116. Jacksonville – Alex Highsmith, OLB, Charlotte 117. Tampa Bay – Lorenzo Neal, DT, Purdue 118. Denver – Shyheim Carter, S, Alabama 119. Atlanta – Bryce Perkins, QB, Virginia 120. NY Jets – Calvin Throckmorton, OL, Oregon 121. Las Vegas – Anthony Gordon, QB, Washington State 122. Indianapolis – Trishton Jackson, WR, Syracuse 123. Dallas – Logan Wilson, LB, Wyoming 124. Pittsburgh – Jalen Elliott, S, Notre Dame 125. New England (from CHI) – Logan Stenberg, OL, Kentucky 126. LA Rams – Jabari Zuniga, DE, Florida 127. Philadelphia – Lavert Hill, CB, Michigan 128. Buffalo – Jordan Fuller, S, Ohio State 129. Baltimore (from NE) – Hunter Bryant, TE, Washington 130. New Orleans – Ke’Shawn Vaughn, RB, Vanderbilt 131. Arizona (from HOU) – Raekwon Davis, DT, Alabama 132. Minnesota – Brandon Jones, S, Texas 133. Seattle – La’Mical Perine, RB, Florida 134. Baltimore – Curtis Weaver, DE, Boise State 135. Pittsburgh (from TEN) – Antonio Gandy-Golden, WR, Liberty 136. Green Bay – Bradlee Anae, DE, Utah 137. Denver (from SF) – Damien Lewis, OL, LSU 138. Kansas City – Terence Steele, OT, Texas Tech 139. Tampa Bay (comp) – James Lynch, DT, Baylor 140. Jackonville (comp from CHI) – Colton Mckivitz, OT, West Virginia 141. Miami (comp) – Quez Watkins, WR, Southern Mississippi 142. Washington (comp) – Darrell Taylor, DE, Tennessee 143. Atlanta (comp from BAL) – Stanford Samuels III, CB, Florida State 144. Seattle (comp) – Coy Cronk, OT, Indiana 145. Philadelphia (comp) – Trevon Hill, DE, Miami 146. Philadelphia (comp) – Jon Runyan, OT, Michigan
ROUND FIVE
147. Cincinnati – Carlos Basham, DE, Wake Forest 148. Carolina (from WSH) – DJ Wonnum, DE, South Carolina 149. Detroit – Zach Shackelford, OL, Texas 150. NY Giants – Shaquille Quarterman, LB, Miami 151. LA Chargers – Creed Humphrey, OL, Oklahoma 152. Carolina – Alaric Jackson, OT, Iowa 153. Miami – Alton Robinson, DE, Syracuse 154. Miami (from JAX) – Jack Driscoll, OT, Auburn 155. Minnesota (from CLE) – Nate Stanley, QB, Iowa 156. San Francisco (from DEN) – Nick Coe, DE, Auburn 157. Jacksonville (from ATL) – Solomon Kindley, OL, Georgia 158. NY Jets – Akeem Davis-Gaither, OLB, Appalachian State 159. Las Vegas – Krys Barnes, LB, UCLA 160. Indianapolis – Terrell Burgess, S, Utah 161. Tampa Bay – Brian Lewerke, QB, Michigan State 162. Seattle (from PIT) – Joe Bachie, LB, Michigan State 163. Chicago – James Morgan, QB, Florida International 164. Dallas – Keith Ismael, OL, San Diego State 165. Jacksonville (from LAR) – Trey Adams, OT, Washington 166. Detroit (from PHI) – Raequan Williams, DT, Michigan State 167. Buffalo – Paulson Adebo, CB, Stanford 168. Philadelphia (from NE) – Jauan Jennings, WR, Tennessee 169. New Orleans – Kamal Martin, LB, Minnesota 170. Baltimore (from MIN) – Matt Hennessey, OL, Temple 171. Houston – Tanner Muse, S, Clemson 172. New England (from SEA) – Geno Stone, S, Iowa 173. Miami (from BAL) – Hakeem Adenjii, OT, Kansas 174. Tennessee – Blake Haubel, K, Ohio State 175. Green Bay – Willie Gay Jr, LB, Mississippi State 176. San Francisco – AJ Green, CB, Oklahoma State 177. Kansas City – Cameron Brown, OLB, Penn State 178. Denver (comp) – Samuel Cosmi, OT, Texas 179. Dallas (com) – Mykal Walker, LB, Fresno State
ROUND SIX
180. Cincinnati – Nick Harris, OL, Washington 181. Denver (from WSH) – Steven Montez, QB, Colorado 182. Detroit – Khaleke Hudson, OLB, Michigan 183. NY Giants – Lynn Bowden Jr, WR, Kentucky 184. Carolina – JaMycal Hasty, RB, Baylor 185. Miami – Rashard Lawrence, DT, LSU 186. LA Chargers – Devin Asiasi, TE, UCLA 187. Cleveland (from ARI) – Trey Smith, OL, Tennessee 188. Buffalo (from CLE) – David Dowell, S, Michigan State 189. Jacksonville – DeeJay Dallas, RB, Miami 190. Philadelphia (from ATL) – Cole Chewins, OT, Michigan State 191. NY Jets – Quartney Davis, WR, Texas A&M 192. Green Bay (from LV) – Robert Windsor, DT, Penn State 193. Indianapolis – Rodrigo Blankenship, K, Georgia 194. Tampa Bay – Tyler Higbe, OG, Michigan State 195. New England (from DEN) – Colby Parkinson, TE, Stanford 195. Chicago – Dalton Keene, TE, Virginia Tech 197. Indianapolis (from DAL) – Bryan Edwards, WR, South Carolina 198. Pittsburgh – Tyler Huntley, QB, Utah 199. LA Rams – Tommy Kraemer, OL, Notre Dame 200. Chicago (from PHI) – Amik Robertson, CB, Louisiana Tech 201. Minnesota (from BUF) – Darnay Holmes, CB, UCLA 202. Arizona (from NE) – Jordan Mack, LB, Virginia 203. New Orleans – Kindle Vildor, CB, Georgia Southern 204. New England (from HOU) – Michal Ojemudia, CB, Iowa 205. Minnesota – Mika Danna, DE, Michigan 206. Jacksonville (from SEA) – Qaadir Sheppard, DE, Mississippi 207. Buffalo (from BAL) – Gage Cervenka, OL, Clemson 208. Green Bay (from TEN) – Carlos Davis, DT, Nebraska 209. Green Bay – Tylan Wallace, WR, Oklahoma State 210. San Francisco – Justin Strnad, OLB, Wake Forest 211. NY Jets (from KC) – Erroll Thompson, LB, Mississippi State 212. New England (comp) – Trystan Colon-Castillo, OL, Missouri 213. New England (comp) – Isaiah Coulter, WR, Rhode Island 214. Seattle (comp) – Paddy Fisher, LB, Northwestern
Behind the ear hearing aids can pose a greater risk for loss. Removing glasses, flipping off a hat or hood, or removing a scarf are examples of how hearing aids can go flying off the ear. An active adult or child may forget to check that the hearing aid is still in place. Wearing a mask with behind the ear hearing aids certainly poses a new challenge. We have already gotten a few calls from patients who lost hearing aids by taking a mask on and off.
We’ve heard complaints that the mask is not comfortable when worn with behind the ear hearing aids. After all, unless you have a large space between your scalp and ear, there’s limited real estate to work with. Anyone who wears both hearing aids and eyeglasses knows what I’m talking about.
Here are 4 solutions that may help
1. If you have long hair, pull it back in a bun and loop the elastics around the bun.
2. Sew 2 large buttons onto a soft headband. Placing the buttons to line up with each ear will allow the mask to sit properly. Looping the elastic around each button will take the strain off of your ears.
3. If you know someone who crochets or sews, you can create an extension out of fabric, ribbon or yarn that is 4 inches long. Buttons sewn on either side allows for a place to put the elastic of the mask other than your ears.
4. There are YouTube videos on creating masks that tie, which puts absolutely no pressure on the ears.
We’d love to hear if you have any other creative solutions. Don’t forget that we’re here for you. Let us know how we can help.
Dr. Gostomelsky earned her Bachelors Degree in Speech and Audiology at the University of Illinois, in Champaign IL, her Masters Degree in Audiology at Illinois State University, and her Audiology Doctorate (AuD) from the Arizona School of Health Sciences.
Dr. Gostomelsky is licensed through the State of Illinois, and maintains membership in the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists, Illinois Academy of Audiology, and the American Academy of Audiology. She has over 40 years of experience treating patients.
Dr. Gostomelsky takes pride in helping her patients understand what it takes to be successful in both protecting and improving hearing, one patient at a time.
A lot of people don’t know that Andrew Lloyd Webber only writes the music, not the lyrics or script, for his musicals and is mostly just a Producer. All the projects his name are attached too all seem to follow the same huge set pieces with melodrama dialogue formula. It’s the same formula that Hollywood uses for big time blockbusters like The Fast and the Furious or Transformers. But, because Webber is seen as some sort of genius, people blindly assume it’s “art”. It wasn’t until one of his works was released to a mass audience did people realize how lazy and weird Webbers plays really are. It doesn’t help that the film is also filled with countless other issues, like rushed CGI, but with this base it’s impossible to be good.
With all that said… I loved the Cats movie and have watched it over 10 times already. I decided to make a Cats movie review that mostly centers around Andrew Lloyd Webber and how I ended up falling in love with this garbage.
Bacon is a SAG-AFTRA actor and comedian who lives in Chicago, IL. He performs improv regularly around the city and hosts the podcast Adam Sandler Please Stop.
Pedophilia. A criminal act that I do not endorse and not a usual blog topic. But sometimes my postings are born of strange circumstances. This is one of them. And here is how it came about.
In a group email, Michael, a West Coast friend of mine whose business card reads “film critic, journalist, instructor” chided me about a recent blog. He took umbrage at my inclusion of Gilbert O’Sullivan and Alone Again (Naturally) at the #1 slot in my list of Songs to Quarantine By, obviously believing the big 1972 hit was below my standard of excellence. I replied, still in the group email, that O’Sullivan had another hit with a second, even worse 1972 release, the queasiness-inducing Clair, a ballad sung to a very young girl. My final comment to Michael was “lock him up!”
And the flood gates of pedophile rock were released. Michael countered with Cousin Kevin, a disquieting number from The Who’s rock opera Tommy, an album which also featured Uncle Ernie–and I never trusted that uncle. Our mutual friend Gary joined in with Gary Puckett’s Young Girl and then reached way back into the musical time machine to dig up Steve Lawrence’s Go Away, Little Girl, a song he recorded five years into his marriage to Eydie Gormé. I wonder how Eydie felt about lyrics like “When you are near me like this, You’re much too hard to resist, So go away little girl before I beg you to stay.” Anything for a hit song!
More cringe-worthy numbers came flying off the shelf. The Police’s Don’t Stand So Close To Me, for every male teacher being lusted after, and doing some lusting himself. Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground. And then our resident blues/R&B expert Roger rocked in with a slew of suggestions. He named lots of Sweet 16 type songs from blues stalwarts BB King, Chuck Berry, and John Lee Hooker. Roger also accused Mr. Berry of going for 3-year-old Marie in Memphis, but I assured him Marie was 6 years old, at least in the Johny Rivers cover version of the song.
None of us came up with a woman perpetrator, Mary Kay Letourneau not having a hit record that we know of. And for Barb’s sake, I am giving a pass to Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon, both because Neil Diamond would never have underage thoughts, and because of the dynamite version by Chicago’s own Urge Overkill in Pulp Fiction. Uma Thurman was nobody’s little girl.
So why is there so much music about those predatory urges? Maybe it is the lifestyle of musicians. Just ask Stones bassist, Bill Wyman. I am sure he could tell you all about it. I know you could come up with many more songs for this list–but don’t send ’em in. I can get by just fine without any added ickiness.
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Hi! I am Les, a practicing pathologist living in the North Suburbs and commuting every day to the Western ones. I have lived my entire life in the Chicago area, and have a pretty good feel for the place, its attractions, culture, restaurants and teams. My wife and I are empty-nesters with two adult children and a grandchild. We recently decided to downsize, but just a bit! I will be telling the story of the construction of our new home, but also writing about whatever gets me going on a particular day. Be sure to check out the “About” page to learn more about where we plan to go with this blog!
A month ago I was running a successful business. Jumping out of bed early each morning to see who had emailed, making a nice breakfast. and running out the door. And then it all changed. I went from being a super busy gal to having time on my hands. Wow- talk about a shock. I know there are millions of people out there in the same boat right now. You can look at the glass half full or half empty. Its your choice.
I am trying to embrace my new temporary life. Here are somethings I am doing to keep busy. My new motto is Stay Busy- Stay Sane.
* I still get up early each morning and make myself a nice breakfast and drink a big cup of coffee.
* I set goals for myself everyday. Yes these goals have changed quiet a bit. Instead of spending my days working with clients, I have shifted my tasks. I am embracing what is at my fingertips and what I can do. One of my passions aside from organizing is cooking. I have been cooking up a storm. My next project is bread making.
* Since I have more time on my hands, I have been going for daily walks. This keeps me sane and clears my head. Anyone else notice how fresh and clear the air is right now?
* Tackling some of those little projects at home. We all have little things that we put off. What can you get done now? Do a few things each day.
* And as far as the business goes, I have been able to convert some clients and speaking engagements into virtual mode by using Zoom. I have followed up on all the jobs that I was in the middle of to reschedule them to later dates.
* Stay close to your family and friends. We all need each other more than ever right now. Everyone needs to hear from others and feel connected. I try and contact a few people each day.
* Who needs help right now? I reached out to an older neighbor and asked if he wanted me to do his grocery shopping. I also have had play dates with two friends young children when they needed a break. Its time to give back any way you can.
Remember my motto – “Stay Busy Stay Sane”!! Make each day count. Hopefully we will be back to our lives soon.
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We record the Car Stuff Podcast from home for the third week, which means it’s time for a hat. Oh, and I miss sports. (Photo by Jill Ciminillo)
Our third stay-at-home edition of the Car Stuff Podcast kicks off with a discussion of insurance agencies giving savings to their customers because people are, you know, staying home — which means they aren’t driving. If your agency wasn’t discussed during the podcast or if you don’t know if you’re getting a discount, you should call your provider and ask.
We also talk about Tom’s test car, the 2020 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio. Though I haven’t driven it yet, I pointed to an article in the current edition of Auto Exotica Magazine, which I edit, that does a comparison between the Jaguar F-Pace SVR and the Stelvio Quadrifoglio — both of which were new for the 2019 model year.
The bulk of our discussion centered around the goings on at Hyundai Motor America with our guest Mike Evanoff, manager of product planning for Hyundai Motor America. Some of the things we touch on: “Smaht Pahk” and the Digital Key as well as the all-new Sonata, Sonata Hybrid, Elantra and Venue.
While I will continue to post the podcast to my blog each week, you can subscribe to the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast on any podcast subscription service or visit the Buzzsprout link. New episodes are usually posted on Friday, and then the show itself airs on WCPT 820 AM on Sundays from 1 to 2 p.m.
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As many of you know, I am in my final weeks of finishing my undergraduate degree at Southeast Missouri State University. And as many of you could imagine, I have had a crazy and abrupt ending to my college experience.
(If you want to read my thoughts and emotions from when the university announced they were closing, here is a link to my school newspaper opinion piece I wrote: Column: It still sucks (3/28/20))
Anyway, even though yes I am still extremely emotional, angry and upset at the situation that I am in… I am trying to focus on the positive and all that Southeast and college gave me.
Now, let’s begin…
I would have never ever pegged myself as a sorority girl.
The chanting… the glitter… the posed pictures…
Those three things alone were enough to scare me away from Greek Life.
And if it wasn’t for my roommate and a very persistent friend who lived on my floor freshmen year, I would have never even signed up to go through recruitment.
Now, sitting here four years later I am genuinely so THANKFUL because Tri Delta has brought me more than I ever could have imagined and it has undoubtedly been one of my hardest goodbyes.
You might be one of those people rolling your eyes because you think that I “paid” for my friends or because you think that I am being dramatic and it is just all of the stereotypes you hear about… but you could not be more wrong.
Throughout this experience, Tri Delta has brought me so many unique, confident and empowering women who completely changed my life.
I found a friend that will FOREVER keep me on my toes.
I found a friend that has the absolute biggest heart and sweetest soul.
I found a friend that I will forever be able to rely on in all aspects of my life.
I found a friend that has been THROUGH it, yet continues to set an example for all of us other women.
I found a friend that pushes me and challenges me to be the best version of myself.
I found a friend that doesn’t just accept things the way they are but instead does her part to change it for the better.
I found a friend who just doesn’t give a shit about the materialistic things but cares about the things that truly matter.
I found a friend who always speaks it how it is, even when you don’t want to hear it.
I found a friend who will always make me laugh.
I found a friend who is so intelligent and will change the world someday.
I found a friend who continues to fight to find herself and encourages others to do so as well.
I found a friend who no matter how hard things get, I know if I needed her she would be there.
I found a friend who stands up for what she believes in.
I found a friend who is so creative, we all wished we had her talents.
And within all of these friends and so many more, I found this sisterhood.
A sisterhood that believed in me. Encouraged me. Supported me. Provided me with resources and assistance when it was needed. A sisterhood that presented me with challenges and obstacles that I had to endure and conquer so that I could grow as an individual and as a leader.
A sisterhood that eventually allowed me to find a woman that I am so lucky that I found… me.
Tri Delta changed my world.
It not only gave me my best friends, best memories and bridesmaids, but it also allowed me to find myself even when I didn’t know that was what I needed.
Yes, there are things that I will forever be upset that I missed like my last philanthropy event, last greek week and last chapter… but the memories and people that I will forever have because of this experience outweighs that completely.
When they say this isn’t just four years, that it’s for life… they mean it.
Samantha Wakitsch is your average college student. She is a full time college student who is involved in countless extra-curricular activities, and somehow still finds time to enjoy her life. There is nothing Sam loves more than her friends, family, and writing.
Adding to my Chicago knowledge has been a fun diversion during isolation and a useful activity for a Chicago Greeter.
I wish I’d taken notes while watching nine of Geoffrey Baer’s Chicago tours. His more than three dozen programs are available on the WTTW website.
I did note new facts learned from Chicago Days: 150 Defining Moments in the Life of a Great City, published by the Chicago Tribune for its 150th anniversary in 1997. Perhaps some of the following examples from the book will be new to others as well.
• Chicago engineer Octave Chanute, builder of railroads and designer of the Union Stockyards, was an inspiration for the Wright Brothers. Wilbur Wright wrote Chanute after reading about the latter’s experiments with biplane gliders at Miller Beach in northwest Indiana. They kept up a correspondence, and Chanute was invited to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903 to watch the Wright Brothers’ first attempt at powered flight.
• Chicago medical firsts include the first diagnosis of a heart attack (1912), successful open-heart surgery (1913), blood bank (1937), and liver transplant (1989).
* Market Square in Lake Forest, opened in 1916, was the first suburban planned shopping center in the country. Real estate investor Arthur T. Aldis hired architect Howard Van Doren Shaw, who lived in Lake Forest, to design the development. In the shape of a U facing the train station, the center had shops at street level and offices and apartments above. Market Square was decades ahead of its time as a shopping center planned, built, and run as a unit.
• While storied Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick was “starched and formal” and Republican, his cousin Joseph Medill Patterson was a one-time socialist with a sense of humor and an instinct for the common person’s tastes. In 1917 Patterson, then Tribune coeditor, introduced the comic strip The Gumps, and it entertained newspaper readers across the country for the next 42 years. Patterson often wrote story lines for The Gumps. He left Chicago in 1925 to run the New York Daily News.
• The idea for the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game came from Mayor Edward J. Kelly, who wanted an adjunct event to the World’s Fair held in Chicago in 1933. Kelly passed the idea by Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick, who committed the Tribune to underwriting the game, its sports department to tabulating fans’ votes to select the players, and sportswriter Arch Ward to getting American and National League offices and team owners to buy in. On July 6, 1933, before 47,595 fans at Comiskey Park, the American League won 4-2, with Babe Ruth hitting the first home run in All-Star history.
• Streetcars ran for 99 years until they were retired in 1958, and most city residents were no more than a quarter mile from a line.
• The first large-scale experimental cellphone system was built in the Chicago area in the late 1970s. In 1983 Bell Telephone’s local successor, Ameritech, received government permission to convert the experimental system into a commercial one. Chicago corporation Motorola was the original leader in cellphone production as what was expected to be a niche market for the wealthy became a fixture in American life.
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‘L’ IS OFFICIAL BUT STILL DEBATABLE
In his latest tour, Chicago by ‘L,’ Baer insists that ours are ‘L’ trains. I was interested then to see that Ron Grossman wrote “el” in a Chicago Days piece.
The spelling of the city’s railway system is a topic on which numerous people and publications have weighed in over the years.
The CTA says that materials from the early days of the more than 120-year-old system use ‘L’ (with single quotation marks). The CTA website calls ‘L’ a “now-official name originally short for ‘elevated.’” That suggests to me that the CTA decided to declare officialness not so long ago because people were writing something else.
Chicago Tribune style must have favored “el” when Grossman wrote “el” in the 1997 Chicago Days, although the paper’s more recent stylebook goes along with the CTA’s usage. In response to an email, Grossman, a Chicago native and still a Tribune writer, said, “I think [preference] depends on what you grew up with. In the elevated’s posters of my youth it was always el.”
El was the spelling for Chicago writers James T. Farrell and Nelson Algren, although Algren capitalized it and Farrell did not.
Bill Savage of the Northwestern University English department, a scholar of Chicago literature and history, told Chicago magazine in 2019 that he follows Algren’s and Farrell’s lead. “Folk usage trumps officially designated discourse for me every time,” he explained.
Chicago magazine also noted that El, with no quotation marks, is the spelling of contemporary authors Audrey Niffenegger in The Time Traveler’s Wife and Rebecca Makkai in The Great Believers.
TimeOut magazine’s stylebook favors El, and the Chicago Sun-Times dumps the quotation marks, even though editorial style generally follows an organization’s official name. A board game released in 2019, “EL: The Chicago Transit Adventure,” put print publications that use L or ‘L’ in the awkward situation of using two spellings in the same article.
Because I wasn’t aware that the CTA deems ‘L’ official, I’ve been using el. I think ‘L’ is confusing. What it stands for isn’t obvious, as el is. Tourists familiar with the transit system in other cities, like New York, might think that it designates a train line.
But now that I know the CTA’s position, I don’t feel right using el. Over my editing career I came across many official names that I thought confusing, silly, or awkward. The State University of New York system changed its branches to University at [location]. Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism became Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, for some reason omitting “and.” I left formal names alone.
I’d like to argue that el isn’t a formal name but a nickname, but the CTA says ‘L’ is an official nickname.
I don’t know what I’ll do the next time I refer to the city’s railway system in writing. Sometimes editors find a way to write around a wording they dislike, but I can’t think of a write-around other than “the train,” which doesn’t sound like it comes from a Chicago insider.
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ANTI-TRUMP QUOTATIONS: 109TH IN AN ONGOING SERIES
“Trump characterized [reopening the economy] as the biggest decision of his presidency. It’s a big one, to be sure. But he already made the biggest decision of his presidency when he refused to take the coming pandemic seriously and failed to take necessary steps to respond effectively and protect American lives. Every day since then has meant one bad decision after another.”
— Heather Digby Parton, Salon
I retired in August 2015 from Northwestern University after 25 years as an editor in University Relations. I live in the South Loop and am a volunteer Chicago Greeter. Getting the most out of retired life in the big city will be a recurrent theme of this blog, but I consider any topic fair game because the perspective will be that of a retiree.
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