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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 ...

Your name here

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 ...

Hundreds of students, pros set for Industry Night

More than 630 professionals scheduled for 19 separate receptions campus-wide

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Thousands of students, friends and family will descend on Columbia's campus May 15 to celebrate Manifest, but the night before will be devoted to seniors putting forth one last effort to ...

Students make mental health a priority

Columbia becomes first college to start U-chapter of mental health organization

In fall 2009, Columbia is set to become the first ever college chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms, a national organization that has dedicated itself to helping people who suffer ...

VIDEO: Science course brings out musical side in students

Students learn to construct their own musical instruments as part of the Physics for Musical Instruments course.

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Every Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning, science and mathematics professor David ...

Some college resources still available during summer break

Although the spring courses officially end May 15, some students continue to utilize the campus and its services throughout the summer. Columbia offers many resources for students during the summer months ...

Commencement marches to its own beat

2009 graduates to be honored in three ceremonies with pre-show, speakers

On May 16 and 17, Columbia's newest group of graduates will walk across the UIC Pavilion Stage for this year's commencement ceremonies. More than 2,100 students are set to graduate, and ...

‘Rocky Horror’ gets new interpretation

ASL Department to perform legendary Manifest show, dance the ‘Time Warp’

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Columbia's American Sign Language-English Interpretation Department is doing the "Time Warp" again-with black eyeliner, sequined outfits, feathered boas, teased hair and many pairs of fishnet stockings-to be featured in the Manifest ...

College to amp up grad honors requirements

College Council agrees to increase criteria to graduate ‘with honors’

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Starting fall 2009, Columbia will make it more difficult for its students to graduate "with honors." In their last meeting of the academic year, College Council also voted to begin to implement a ...

Gym closure yields tight fitness classes

Roosevelt gym closes, leaving students to hold fitness classes in lobbies

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Students swayed side to side with the beat of a Brazilian drum, getting ready to set up their next move during a Wednesday night Capoeira martial arts class at Columbia. One of ...

ReachOut program benched until 2010

For the past four years, ReachOut, a service learning-oriented student organization at Columbia, has traveled to New Orleans during spring break to rebuild homes for victims of Hurricane Katrina. On the ...

Give us a break?

College asks city to halt Wabash construction to accommodate Manifest street festivities

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Construction crews have been working nonstop on South Wabash Avenue all semester in an effort to reconstruct the roadway. But Columbia administrators are working to ensure that the construction does not ...

SGA travels to Springfield, meets Gov. Quinn

Four student leaders meet with representatives, lobby for college affordability

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As a part of Student Lobby Day on April 21, presented by the Federation of Independent Colleges and Universities, four Student Government Association (SGA) senators from Columbia visited the state capital ...

Editor’s Note

Graduating? Hate Columbia? Make a pro-con list

Toward the end of every semester, I (like most students) experience an intense feeling of anxiety and desperation to be done with it all. It’s usually more like a desperation for a ...

Colleges clash, show off ‘big mouths’

Student Programming Board invites DePaul and Roosevelt to compete Big Mouth style

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Columbia's biggest mouths are set to take a different stage and face brand new competition for the Campus Clash on May 5 at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St. In December, the ...

Someone You Should Know

Professor works to strengthen queer studies

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Commonly described by her colleagues as a "warrior" and a "hero," Victoria Shannon has cracked the glass ceiling for queer students of Columbia, and many say the campus has changed dramatically because ...