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Interim President and CEO Jerry Tarrer giving speech in front of current students, incoming students and staff at the stage in the Student Center parking lot on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024.
Exclusive: College negotiating deal to return student access to East-West University gym
By Doreen Abril Albuerne-Rodriguez, Newsletter Producer

The college is negotiating a deal with East-West University to give students and sports clubs access to gym facilities again, Interim President and CEO Jerry Tarrer said during a prerecorded interview for WCRX’s Holly Jolly Fundraiser.   Columbia students lost access to the gym this fall...

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Op-Ed: Columbia’s message to campus community in wake of Trump’s win falls short
Op-Ed: Columbia’s message to campus community in wake of Trump’s win falls short
By Christopher Shaw

Like most of us, I have been following the events leading up to this year’s elections with concern, and with growing fear at the possible consequences facing us at the end of the cycle, no matter what happened. While the result of the presidential election...

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Editorial: With tuition increase, students pay more for less
Editorial: With tuition increase, students pay more for less
By Editorial Board

Columbia is raising tuition—and frustration for students—again. It’s hard to believe that it’s for our benefit. As the Chronicle reported this week, tuition will increase 5% for continuing students and 10% for new students next fall.  This...

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Comic: Ya llegaron las fiestas
Comic: Ya llegaron las fiestas
By María Sanchez Medina, Illustrator
Comic: El malestar
Comic: El malestar
By María Sanchez Medina, Illustrator
Sophmore student, Paola Escudero, performing a dance during the day of the dead event hosted by the Student Diversity and Inclusion office on the 3rd floor of 618 S. Michigan Ave. on Friday, Nov. 1st, 2024.
Estudiantes celebran sentidos de Día de los Muertos con actos musicales
By Sofía Oyarzún, Staff Reporter
The exhibition Prospetto a Mare by artist Dawit L. Petros displayed on the first floor of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at 600 S. Michigan Ave on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.
Museum of Contemporary Photography hosts lecture with Dawit L. Petros
By Emma Jolly, Reporter
Host Breslin Webb congratulating the top 3 performances at the SPB Bigger Mouth: Columbia Got Talent event held at The Haus in 623 S. Wabash on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.
Student Programming Board hosts Bigger Mouth: Columbia’s Got Talent for second year
By Lily Thomas, Reporter
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump appears two days after an assassination attempt on the first day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024. Trump won the race of president, beating Vice President Kamala Harris.
Donald Trump wins
By Vivian Richey, Campus News Editor
Voters make their way inside the New Lenox voting site, located at 301 Veterans Pkwy in New Lenox, IL, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
All eyes on swing states again with races too close to call
By Emma Jolly, Reporter
Chicago residents vote at Irvin C. Mollison Elementary School in Bronzeville, 4415 S. King Drive, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
Election 2024 Live Updates: Polls begin to close as nation waits
By Araceli Ramirez, Bilingual Reporter
Fall 2024 Semester Ends
Congrats to December graduates! Stay in touch with the Chronicle!
Chronversations with Aaron Guzman: Nov. 14, 2024
This week on Chronversations: College to increase tuition by 5 percent for current students, 10 percent for incoming students.
Chronversations: ‘Who am I emailing?’
This week on Chronversations, registration started in the midst of a major restructuring at the college, and students expressed frustration.
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