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A different kind of summer school

Students travel abroad, experience European cultures, take courses

Every year, Columbia has many opportunities for students to increase their global awareness by traveling to different countries through study abroad programs. This summer, there are three main international programs, sponsored ...

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Columbia offers name of new Media Production Center to highest donor

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Anyone could have his or her name on the new Media Production Center that Columbia is building-all it takes is the ...

Metro

Saving the newspaper industry

New bill could help struggling publications, allow for nonprofit status

The writing has been on the wall for some time now for Chicago's newspapers. But the city's newspaper industry seems to be nearing collapse, with its two major daily newspapers bankrupt, and many ...

Citizens still debating gun rights

Increase in gun-related deaths reignites Chicago gun law debates

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On May 6, a 15-year-old Crane High School student became the 36th Chicago Public Schools student to be killed by violence this year. The increasing number of Chicago Public Schools students ...

Arts & Culture

Tamms Year Ten spreads the dirt

Local group raises awareness with mud stencils

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Jesse Graves, 21, was working on a project for an art class that required for him to make a stencil. Being the eco-minded young artist that he is, he decided to focus ...

Best beats in summer heat

The end of the school year can only mean one glorious thing: it's festival season again in the Midwest. Every year, hordes of music fans swarm from all corners of the country ...

Commentary

For what it’s worth, it was worth all the while

As I think back to previous graduation moments, three things stand out from each one of them: what I was wearing under that ugly oversized gown, saying goodbye to my friends and ...

About time college upped the ante on honors degrees

There are a lot of unique things about Columbia’s graduation ceremonies, but aside from the speakers, spectacles and performances, the other thing that sticks out like a sore thumb is that it ...