Chicago Tribune Nathan Grissom Kitty King Journalism 105-101 Absract The Chicago Tribune has been around for 168 years during this time they have reported on ten wars, and thirty-three Presidential elections. They have become a journalism giant in the newspaper and media world and highly respected among their peers by winning several Pulitzer Prizes. It has a daily readership of 1.7 million and an astounding 2.7 readership just on Sundays alone. History The Chicago Tribune came into
Chicago’s Tribunes Server Consolidation a Success Summary This case study is an analysis of the Chicago Tribunes Server consolidation in which the Chicago Tribune moved its critical applications from several mainframes and older Sun servers to new, dual-site data-center infrastructure based on Sun 15K servers. The Tribune clustered the Sun servers over a 2-mile distance, lighting up a dark-fiber, 1-Gbps link between two data centers. This configuration let the newspaper spread the processing
Lucius Cornelius Sulla was born in 138 B.C.E, into a prominent Roman patrician family but not a wealthy one. He received a good education, as Sallust, a reliable unbiased Roman plebeian historian and politician, suggests, “…and was fluent in both Roman and Greek” (Sallust, 43 AD. Histories), which was a sign of high education in Rome (Cavazzi, F. 2014). Sulla was a general and lieutenant of the Roman Army, was elected twice for consulship before he became dictator in 81 B.C.E. His background in the
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was the son of a Roman aristocrat whose family had regularly held the highest offices of state for the past century. Tiberius achieved much in his life and was a man of high distinction in political circles. He was a man with a prominent background- coming from very powerful families. It seemed also, that many had high expectations of him, and his potential was not seen to its full extent. To a few of us here today, this is a solemn and most momentous occasion. Today
long as for in the latter half of the second century growth in the cities occurred and meant change for the patrician nobility. Tribunes, such as Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus used this change to enforce social policies that were in favor of the plebeians, but also their eventual downfall. Gaius Gracchus’s political career began before he received his office as a tribune. He was born to a powerful family under his parents, Tiberius Gracchus major and Cornelia Africana. Tiberius gained fame during
by a lot in the last few months, but is that unfair? Prices still are a lot higher in Canada, Europe and just about any other developed nation, according to Mike Royko in the May 2, 1996 issue of the Chicago Tribune. Ted Z. Manuel in a letter entitled "Voice of the People" of the Chicago Tribune, said "Most anywhere in Europe, gas costs are from $3.00 to $5.00 per gallon. We scream when it hits a $1.35 to $1.75 a gallon, which if adjusted for inflation actually is cheaper than 25 years ago." It seems
”. Even though Kaepernick may have been trying to do a positive by making a statement that caught every bodies attention, this has also caused a negative effect. As an example from the Chicago Tribune, “Colin Kaepernick kneels during national anthem, meets Green Beret before 49ers-Chargers game” by Tribune news service, states “When Kaepernick left the field following pregame warmups, he was greeted with profanity and obscene gestures from Leo Uzcategui, a 20-year Navy veteran …"I was in the Navy
The Tribune against Measure Q The Tribune posted an editorial stating their opposition to Measure Q on Saturday, October 16th, 2004. It describes the debate over the measure “boiling down to one sentence: ‘It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to propagate, cultivate, raise, or grow genetically engineered organisms in San Luis Obispo County.” The Tribune claims that “Measure Q is a poorly written ordinance with unintended consequences of banning research on life-saving medicines
Alexander Hamilton. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tupac Shakur. All were extremely influential in their lifetimes and all died much too early at the hand of senseless violence. In the United States alone, about 44 murders happen a day (Reference) and at least 874 people were killed in mass shootings total (Berkowitz). Though the problem is decreasing significantly from the 1990s when it was at its peak, violence continues to be one of the nation’s largest domestic issues. As this issue of violence in
Davich reports from his interviewee, U.S. Bureau agent David Colson, that only 20% of firearms incidents are reported in eastern Chicago. Davich also cites from the Chicago Tribune that gunfire violence rose 66% in Chicago this year and claims the fault, in the rising gunfire violence in Chicago, is in northwestern Indiana. The argument is supported by agent Coulson who notes “many of those guns purchased in Indiana are used
“We consider ourselves an alternative culture. It’s like being Spanish in an English society- there’s just a language barrier”, explained Peter Cook to the Chicago Tribune. Cook is a deaf performer, poet, and comedian, to say the least, who tries to defy the language barrier by creating shows that not only deaf can understand but also allow the hearing to interact. Through these shows, he tells stories of miscommunication and the obstacles he has had to overcome since he became deaf. I wonder what
two reporters from the Chicago Tribune, David Kidwell and Alex Richards, launched an investigation of what seemed to be the wrongful citation of thousands of Chicagoland drivers whom were ticked by robotic cameras over a nine year period of time. Many of these tickets were dealt during a camera spike, in which case cameras that would usually give a lower number of tickets would dramatically increase the amount of tickets given in a short period of time. The Tribune gathered useful input from numerous
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including the well known Sandy Hook Elementary school, Columbine High School, Aurora movie theater, and Virginia Tech, together totaling 87 deaths, many people are beginning to push for nationwide gun control. An article published in the Chicago Tribune by Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Collins, entitled “Gun Control is Long Overdue” voiced the opinion that in order for America to remain the land of the free, we must take action in the form of stricter gun laws. On the contrary, Kathleen Parker
covered every story. There were four main newspapers during the time putting their views on the gangster related crimes and these were the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Evening Post, Chicago Herald and Examiner, and Chicago Daily News. Gangsters started becoming a major problem because they would commit crimes but never be accounted for them. The Chicago Tribune wrote “It is impossible to hang them when they commit murder. It is next to impossible even to get them into the penitentiary, and it is quite impossible
Nowadays video games get nothing but bad reputations from people. You have people in powerful positions saying that video games have nothing but bad effects and that they only promote violence and lead to children acting out on that violence. Who are the people listening to these people in powerful positions? Parents. Some Parents have this misunderstanding that all video games are bad and that all video games have a negative effect on their child and how they develop. Some parents with that understanding
automatically the decision making fall to a spouse or next in Kin. But in this situation where Mr. Schiavo never mention that Terri wanted to be taken off of the feeding tube until 1998, I can see why the law would be completely fair. In the Chicago Tribune it stated that some supporters of the Schindlers has doubts of Mr. Schiavo ethics and his fitness for guardianship of Terri. They bought forward affidavits from his former girlfriends saying that they swore he confided in them stating he had no idea
Video Games: More beneficial than you think Nowadays video games get nothing but bad reputations from people. There are people in powerful positions who are saying that video games have nothing but bad effects and they only promote violence which leads to children acting out in violent ways. Who are the ones listening to the people in these powerful positions; Parents. Some Parents have this misunderstanding that video games are bad and that they have a negative effects on their child’s minds and
On Sunday, October 18, 1871 the largest fire Chicago has ever seen broke out. Hundreds died and thousands of homes were annihilated. Devistation towered over the city, ashes floated gracefully through the air as bodies, houses and cherished items burned. People ran in fear, holding their young, crying for the gone, searching for saftey. Searching for life. Searching for hope. The past few weeks had been hot, dry, and rainless. A drought. Rain had not fallen for three months. Though, despite
Back at Brown: 3 Books Reflect on the 1954 Supreme Court Decision and the Effects it has had on America.” Chicago Tribune 2 May 2004: Books 1. Houston, Jack. “City Public Schools Lose 9,307 More Students.” Chicago Tribune 14 Jan. 1989: News 5. Little, Darnell and Lori Olszewski. “School Spending Disparity Revealed: But Court Ends Desegregation Oder.” Chicago Tribune 2 Mar. 2004: News 1. Sheppard Jr., Nathaniel. “Chicago Fails to Submit a Plan on Desegregation.” New York Times