PAGE 18 FILM LOOK AT AIDS actiVIST Vito RUSSO WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 JULY 18, 2012 VOL 27, NO. 39 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.comTIMES Scholars excel in, out of classroom BY CARRIE MAXWELL was active in launching her high school’s gay-straight In order to fulfill her future goals, Filley began re- alliance. searching scholarship opportunities to offset the cost Among this year’s 29 undergraduate and graduate stu- Eager to begin working towards her future career of college. While searching the web, Filley came across dents receiving Point Foundation Scholarships, five goals, Filley has been doing research at Purdue Uni- Point’s website. Reading more about the organization, have local connections: Angela Filley, Tyler Kissinger, versity on a comparative analysis of cap and trade Filley said she found that the organization’s mission Alyssa Mandula, Pete Subkoviak and Kayla Wingert. policies. Through this research, Filley was introduced was applicable to her situation. The mentor program They were chosen out of nearly 2,000 scholarship ap- to the challenge of energy security. This has inspired excited Filley the most, she explained, since she has baR owNER plicants, and join the 47 Point Scholars currently re- Filley’s strong commitment to develop and implement only had one out adult to look up to where she grew up. ROGER HICKEY ceiving financial assistance and programming support sustainable energy resources. She also worked at the After some initial fears about being out and how that DIES from the foundation for the 2012-2013 academic year. Birck Nanotechnology Center in a lab that develops re- would affect her future career plans, Filley decided that Filley—who grew up in West Lafayette, Ind.—will be generative solar cells. Currently, Filley is working in an visibility was the best option so she went ahead and page 6 studying financial engineering with a minor in sustain- agricultural and biological engineering lab that deals submitted her application. able energy beginning this fall at Columbia University’s with water quality. On finding out that she was chosen as a Point Scholar, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in New York Science is just one of many other passions that Filley Filley said, “It was surreal. It was pretty funny actually City. Although Filley was accepted by her family and has pursued. In the business arena, Filley was involved because the best part was that even if I hadn’t been close friends when she came out of the closet, she said in her high school’s business organizations and has named a Point Scholar I wouldn’t have been disappoint- she was disappointed by the way that her community served as state president of the Indiana Future Business ed because after meeting all the finalists in San Fran- and school responded to her sexual orientation. Not one Leaders of America. Politics is also an important part of to sit on the sidelines, Filley decided to implement the Filley’s life. To feed that passion, she plans on working Turn to page 8 “ThinkB4YouSpeak” campaign at her high school and to challenge anti-LGBTQ policies. SUMMER BOOKS SPECIAL page 22 Head to the beach with one of Tracy Baim’s picks for the books of the summer. Plus, talkiNG WITH read reviews and see special roller derby photos from The Blonde Bomber (at the MARINA AND right edge of the collage). 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NEWS ENTERTAINMENT/EVENTS T AIDS report: Where are the gays? 4 Scottish Play Scott 13 Evanston Subaru in Skokie Lesbian PAC is launched 5 Theater reviews 14 3rd AnnuAl Roger Hickey dies; protest 6 Gay dancer in Cirque production 16 Lesbian magistrate judge named 7 ‘Fabulous’ show about Sylvester 17 Local Point scholars’ profiles 8 Knight: Vito; interview with director 18 ICIRR summit; LGBT report 9 Pop Making Sense; Manilow 20 Episcopals; Hunters controversy 10 Marina and the Diamonds 21 FFFrreeee D og Wash Gay in the Life; T in the Life 11 SPECIAL: Books section 22 benefitting Viewpoints: Berry; letters 12 Dish: Smith & Wollensky; Frontier 26 for the evanston Billy Masters 29 Photos on cover (left, from top): Photo from C.A.R.e. 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