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Commuter students need fare break
Every semester, full-time Columbia students enjoy a wonderful little plastic perk-the student U-Pass. The U-Pass is included in students' tuition at a deeply discounted rate from a regular CTA pass and ...
Off the Blotter
1. Can you spare a tire?
After watching a suspicious vehicle drive in and out of several parking lots, an officer in a covert vehicle ...
Editor’s Note
Time for Carter to tighten his belt
It’s been almost two months since President Warrick L. Carter sent a memo to the Columbia community in response to the economic downturn and recent struggles the college has been facing with ...
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be
When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, ‘What will I be?’” So goes the song Doris Day crooned in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock film, The Man Who Knew ...
Off the Blotter
Steal fresh
Subway, 1300 S. Wabash Ave., was broken into on Nov. 22, setting off the location's burglar alarm, according to police reports. A responding officer found the front glass door shattered ...
Spicin’ it with Serrano
Responsibility without the freedom
Around this time every year, I become a nostalgic maniac. I don't know if it's because of the holidays or just the fact that another year is almost over, but I can't ...
In Other News
Winter parking ban begins, with or without snow
The winter parking ban on Chicago's arterial streets began on Dec. 1. The ban will be enforced on designated "snow" routes from 3 a.m. ...
Check me out
The pitfalls of any cute winter trend is that everyone else has probably already caught on to it by the time December rolls around, and soon enough, the city's sidewalks are dotted ...
In Other News
Governor's subpoenas to be made public
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a state appeals court ruled on Nov. 20 that federal subpoenas received by Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration must be made public under ...
Brett and butter
Stick with what you know
People impress me every day with their knowledge of the world and how things operate. I never understood chemistry, and I'm afraid there is no turning back now- too many ...
Premium Blend
With The Tossers
It comes as a great surprise to learn that the rich Irish sounds of The Tossers doesn’t come from across the Atlantic Ocean, but instead from their native roots in South Side ...
Scoop in the Loop
A staggering loss for equality
Since Election Day, my heart has felt heavy and weighed down with grief.
On a week where I should feel relief that the candidate I voted for won the presidency, I can't stop ...
No need for a headline
Because some things are better left unsaid
As we were wrapping up The Election Issue, the staff at the Chronicle racked their brains for a headline that would sell. We needed a headline that would say "historic" and "connected ...
Check me out
Kelly Jacobs
People change jobs, cities and clothes, but even when trends come in and out of style, one woman is hoping the biggest change-president of the United States-is here to stay.
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Editor’s Note
Our dedication to Election 2008
Columbia's campus was transformed into a political battleground in the early morning of Nov. 4, as vendors began setting up to sell Barack Obama memorabilia. Students and residents flocked to nearby ...
OFF THE BLOTTER
1. Pedestrian killed
In the middle of the street across from 31 E. Roosevelt Road, a male-who witnesses said had been drinking earlier in the day-ran into the middle of the street ...