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Columbia Chronicle named No. 1 college weekly in nation
Alexandra Kukulka
The Society of Professional Jou-rnalists announced May 1 that The Chronicle is the winner of the 2012 Mark of Excellence award for the nation’s best all-around nondaily student newspapers at a large ...
P-Fac persists bargaining, protests
Alexandra Kukulka and Tatiana Walk-Morris
Alexandra Kukulka, Campus Editor & Tatiana Walk-Morris, Assistant Campus Editor
During the last bargaining session of the academic year between Columbia’s part-time faculty union and the college on May 10, both parties were ...
College not funneling selectivity
With a graduation rate of approximately 40 percent and 11.4 percent of its alumni defaulting on their loan payments within three years—the highest rate among colleges in the city—Columbia grapples with its ...
Student activity fee thoroughly examined
by: Alexandra Kukulka, campus editor & Nader Ihmoud, sports web editor
In spring 2013, enrollment fell to an all-time low of fewer than 10,000 students, affecting the college’s budget as well as the ...
Zipping through Manifest 2013
Alexandra Kukulka
Graduates zip-lining through the South Loop in caps and gowns, stationary bike racing and rock climbing will all be sights to see during Columbia’s largest and most elaborate event of the year: ...
Students ‘Lookin’ Fine on a Dime’
Alexandra Kukulka
As part of a week-long, city-wide money management campaign, Columbia students were encouraged to create a stylish outfit on a budget.
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SGA holds First Annual College Forum
Alexandra Kukulka
The Student Government Association hosted its First Annual College Forum April 24 at the HAUS in the 623 S. Wabash Ave. Building, at which students shared their questions and concerns about the ...
NPR journalist discusses race during Columbia visit
Alexandra Kukulka
On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. drafted his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” during his time in solitary confinement for violating the Birmingham, Ala. city code prohibiting gathering without a ...
Sustainability roadmap stalls, restarts
President Warrick L. Carter signed a commitment to cultivate a “culture of sustainability” in 2009, and the Sustainability Roadmap was born. While student organizations are gearing up for Earth Day events to ...
New ownership takes over 2 E. 8th
Alexandra Kukulka
A year after the college renewed its lease with the 2 E. 8th apartment complex, new owners have acquired the building.
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College employees required to report child abuse, neglect
Alexandra Kukulka
All Columbia employees are now required to report suspected child abuse and neglect “effective immediately,” according to a March 28 email sent to college employees from Patricia Rios, interim associate vice president ...
P-Fac wins NLRB trial, adjunct raise in doubt
Alexandra Kukulka
Alexandra Kukulka Campus Editor & Tatiana Walk-Morris Assistant Campus Editor
After A March 15 National Labor Relations Board court ruling in favor of P-Fac, Columbia’s part-time faculty union, time is now running out ...
Wabash Arts Corridor expands citywide
Alexandra Kukulka & Tatiana Walk-Morris
Alexandra Kukulka, Campus Editor & Tatiana Walk-Morris, Assistant Campus Editor
Projections of student films on the backs of buildings along Wabash Avenue, in addition to prominently displayed photographs, poems, paintings and performance installations, ...
New chair takes reins of board of trustees
Richard Kiphart is officially the new chair of the Columbia board of trustees, as of March 14.
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U-Pass rates increase
The Chicago Transit Authority has increased U-Pass prices by 32 percent for the fall 2013 semester and beyond for all Chicago colleges because of costs associated with its new Ventra payment system, ...
P-Fac, college meet at bargaining table once again
P-Fac, Columbia’s part-time faculty union, and the college held another bargaining session March 8 to negotiate contract issues such as a stable number of classes, evaluations and a 3 percent raise.
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