Alumni Spotlights Zoe Watts Class of 2022 EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, Connecticut College (expected in 2026) WHAT HAS YOUR FIRST YEAR AWAY FROM DE LA SALLE BEEN LIKE? I found the challenge of attending college so far from Chicago to be a relatively easy transition. As a Posse Scholar, I have the opportunity and blessing to be part of a cohort of students hailing from Chicago at Connecticut College. Even, a Class of 2021 graduate, Ian Hopkins is here, too, and he’s a Posse Scholar as well. And, being a member of the volleyball team has helped me adapt to my new environs with teammates from Chicago who also played in the Catholic Leagues. I have mostly made friends with my teammates and I hope to branch out a bit and widen my friendships during my second semester and remaining years at college. HOW DID DLS PREPARE YOU FOR POSTSECONDARY LIFE? I owe a lot to Coach Marassa for all that she did for me and does for the Meteors volleyball team. She really prepared me for the college game and helped me become a better player ready to play at the collegiate level. She taught me to work hard…
David TerryMarch 2, 2023
Hardly celebrated as great architecture, the Tribune’s printing plant earned admiration for the trains that supply it. By Neil Steinberg (Source) Dec 8, 2022, 11:44am CST Horace Nowell, 26, is a railfan, someone who enjoys watching and photographing trains. His passion led him to spend five years, off and on, building a model of Freedom Center, the printing plant that might soon be replaced by its new owner, Bally’s casino. Provided Honestly? I do not like anything about Freedom Center, the Chicago Tribune’s printing plant along the Chicago River. I do not like its expanse of blank brown brick walls. Nor its little lines of arched windows. I don’t even like its name, “Freedom Center,” dripping with the sham patriotism that the Tribune’s long-ago editor and publisher, Col. Robert McCormick, slathered over his particular brand of cornfed xenophobia. But then, I am not Horace Nowell. “I wish it could be saved,” said the 26-year-old. Don’t bet on that, though you might be able to place bets there someday. Last month, casino owner Bally’s bought the building and its 30-acre site near Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street, for $200 million, with plans to build a $1.7 billion casino complex there. Bally’s…
David TerryDecember 9, 2022
Honor Key Award Awardees + DeceasedMr. Joseph M. McGuire ’37 + Mr. William W. McKenna ’23 + Mr. Raymond S. McKeough 1905 + Rev. Stephen E. McMahon 1903 + Rev. William E. McManus Mr. Joseph B. Meegan ’28 + Mr. George J. Miller ’36 + Mr. Ed Morrissey 1919 + Mr. Michael F. Mulcahy 1915 + Mr. Charles F. Murphy 1906 + Mr. Morgan F. Murphy ’23 + Mr. Raymond J. Murphy ’58 Mr. Robert E. Murphy 1905 + Mr. Terence E. Murphy ’60 + Mr. Simon Murray 1914 + Mr. Richard V. Nugent ’26 + Mr. James O’Brien ’26 + Mr. Hugh J. O’Kelly ’36 + Rev. Comerford J. O’Malley + Mr. William E. O’Mara ’53 + Mr. Frank M. Oswald ’36 + Mr. Henry M. Pacini 1919 + Mr. Dominic A. Pacyga ’67 Mr. James R. Parker ’71 Mr. John C. Parmer ’46 + Mr. John L. Paukstis ’38 + Mr. Sam P. Pusateri ’44 + Mr. Richard Radecki Mr. Charles H. Ready 1909 + Mr. Thomas L. Riordan + Mr. Harold J. Rumsey ’48 + Mr. Daniel B. Ryan 1912 + Mr. Michael F. Ryan 1908 + Mr. Thomas J. Sargant ’62 + Mr. John M. Scelonge…
David TerryDecember 2, 2022
