About 20 volunteers in about 45 minutes repainted the building yesterday at 4:45- not just covering the graffiti but touching up the rest of the building. A local business owner has paid for a professional team to come out today and perfect the paint job. If you’re upset, let your politicians know. I received a…

I grew up in a sports-centric family - we’re sports athletes, coaches, sports writers, commentators and fanatics. I worked in sports, beginning with an internship in college and continuing as my first ‘real’ job - It had been my dream. Having been immersed in sports as a participant and a fan my whole life, I minored…

Yeah, I immediately thought about this article:

I read this title as "the voice" instead of "the view" and I was reading this whole article like "whaaaat? These are Taylor Swift's cast mates?" And then I realized I am an idiot.

this was my American take on the trend (which was actually before I read this and found out there was a trend)

that's such a beautiful sentiment, on top of this article I'm in an awesome mood now this morning!

to be fair, a lot of those improvements, like flowers and landscaping, are paid for by Special Service Areas; Chicago has some of the best SSA's in the country and that's how places like the Loop have such state of the art public improvements compared to areas without SSA's. I'm a nerd and I love this stuff, and it…

yeah, I can see that logic about it being tied to school spirit, and I can even see this making a powerful statement as a piece of art or in a personal narrative, but as a cover image it seems like the wrong fit to me.

I wondered if it was a little bit in response to the comments on the shutterfly article about how it was really just a dumb mistake and no harm no foul and people need to get over themselves? The shutterfly thing was 'meh', but this would be hurtful and potentially really confusing if you're waiting and wondering if…

The subhead would've been great, "crisis in higher education" is still a pretty grabby headline. There are so many other ideas for the cover image flying through my mind right now that could make an impact without seeming so "yay hurrah rape!" as the pennant. I think the pennant is a poor choice because pennants are…

I think the trolling comes from the covers with 'RAPE' printed across the front of it on a college pennant. I'm not a sexual assault survivor and I don't want to see that. I do, however, want to read high quality reporting on the issue of how sexual assaults are handled. That cover doesn't really seem to capture…

bonus, rice is cheap and will keep you alive!

ugh that's the worst, especially stressing out and not wanting to bring other people down by constantly having a mental tab running and hoping to somehow make it work...I've been there! good luck!

I didn't really read the article as having that tone; it's just an observation. I'm going to six weddings this summer in five cities. I'm honored to be in one of the bridal parties and it's important to me to share these moments with the people I love. However, it stings a little when you start adding up expenses,…

Mostly unrelated; I went to a Halloween wedding, which was inherently awesome, and got a lot of laughs out of the all-caps reminder on invites that, although you were encouraged to wear a costume for the reception, you SHOULD NOT SHOW UP IN A COSTUME TO THE ACTUAL WEDDING CEREMONY.

okay, well I feel a little bad for implying you had terrible, terrible judgement. I am generally very concerned about wardrobe-appropriateness and enjoy fashion as a form of expression so perhaps that and a debutante paternal Grandmother give me a heightened sense of these things. I don't think I'd, say, ask someone…

While I am happy for you and your son that you're still pushing on, it really breaks my heart to imagine that pain. I wish I could say something to make you feel better but everything sounds trite.

Because no one in could possibly think it's okay to wear white so you you're making a de facto statement; you don't accidentally put on a white dress unless you didn't know you were going to a wedding, and, in that case, why are you there?

Tasteful red, or a nice black dress can be okay though they were once taboo,…

'cleanse by taking ayahuasca' has me slightly alarmed...that's a psychedelic with DMT, isn't it? Wouldn't that be a not great thing for someone with a substance abuse history to take? I'm not trying to sound judgey, I know very little about psychedelics and probably have a deeply negative impression of them from…