St. Patrick’s Day: An American holiday

Americans embrace March 17 as a festive date when “everyone is Irish for the day.” On St. Patrick’s Day, the Chicago River turns a bright emerald hue, beer sales spike, restaurants across the country add “Irish stew” and “bacon and cabbage” to their menus, and you are liable to get pinched for not wearing green.

Pay Aponte: New artist on the rise

Strutting in sunglasses, a carefully-chosen wardrobe and an untrimmed beard, Edilberto “Pay” Aponte can often be seen walking the halls of the Don Taft University Center with a cart of expensive-looking technology and speaking Spanglish on a Bluetooth earpiece. Aponte is a technology specialist for the Office of Information Technology and a senior graphic design major.