2, Date published: February 18,2011
3, Author: Chicago Tribune
4, Title of the article: Laugh Factory bringing its act to Chicago
5, Summary
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1. Page number 3
2. Date published February 1, 2011
3. Author’s name Reuters
4. Title of the article Super scandal (Activists warn of child trafficking tied to the big game)
5. A summary of the article
Pimps will traffic a lot of underage prostitutes during the Super Bowl. Police are trying to stop the trafficking. There are almost 300,000 girls who are 11-17 years old who work in the sex industry every year. Pimps use many ways to control them and make them stay in prostitution.
6. Your opinion about the article
The girls who are in the sex industry are very unfortunate. I worry about them. I think pimps are very hateful and bad people. I think parents and society need have more responsibility to prevent this from happening. The law needs to change to give stronger protection to underage girls.
My opinion: I think this is a big problem. Today, a lot people cannot ensure their lives because they lost their jobs. Hopefully, Richard Garrett can return to his job soon.
1. Page number 10
2. Date published January26, 2011
3. Author’s name Chicago Tribune
4. Title of the article Packers tie gets salesman fired
5. A summary of the article
The car dealership’s general manager (Jerry Roberts) fired a salesman (John C. Stone) because he wore a Packers necktie to work. The Chicago Bears football team lost to the Green Bay Packers the day before the salesman was fired. The fans of the Bears and Green Bay Packers had different views about it. Some fans thought it was right to fire him, some thought it was wrong.
6. Your opinion about the article
I agree with what another manager (Guy Cesario) said. He said, “Good salesmen are so hard to find. To put somebody’s livelihood in jeopardy because of a tie is just idiotic.” I also think it is not necessary to fire a worker for just small things. But, the salesman (Stone) was also wrong in this case because his manager (Roberts) told him to remove the tie five times before he was fired. A worker should listen to his boss.
The article “the Chicago mayoral candidates square off” is about vying to replace Mayor Daley in Chicago. After the Supreme Court ruled that Emanuel can still run for the upcoming election on February 22, the other three candidates have said that they have no time to waste and they have the serious business coming up. One of them had said that the voters will choose the right person to run for their community. Miguel Del Valle said that it’s time to make a big change in Chicago’s neighborhoods.