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Students participating in the national school walkout chant and cheer in Daley Plaza on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
Columbia students march in national walkout against immigration enforcement
Roughly 60 students rallied in the Student Center before joining high school and college demonstrators across the city on Friday, Feb. 13.
By Emma Jolly, Deputy Editor • February 13, 2026
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Students gather around vendor tables during Ink Fest on the fifth floor of Columbia College Chicago’s Student Center at 754 S. Wabash Ave., browsing custom prints, drawings, paintings and handmade merchandise on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.
INK Fest marks fifth year with record turnout for student and alumni art market
By Julia Martinez Arroyo and Mya DeJesus February 15, 2026

INK Fest returned for a fifth year with record participation, drawing more than 900 people to its largest showcase yet of student and alumni...

Students check out free items at the "Cupid's Check-In: Show Your Body Some Love" event hosted by the Center for Student Wellbeing on the third floor of the 623 S. Wabash Ave. building on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. The free items included condoms, STI and STD testing, hand sanitizer, flyers, and more.
Planned Parenthood CHAT Program brings sexual health resources to campus
By Shawn Katz, Reporter • February 12, 2026

Students lined up at The Center for Student Wellbeing on Thursday to pick up free STI testing kits, condoms and other safe-sex supplies during...

Galilea Diaz, a junior film and television major, shares markers with the table while making a poster on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026.
Columbia students denounce immigration enforcement at poster-making event
By Liam Rieber, Reporter • February 12, 2026

Students gathered in the Makerspace at 754 S. Wabash Ave. this week to create protest signs ahead of a citywide walkout Friday, Feb. 13 opposing...

Creative student artists take the stage to present themselves and their work to a gathered audience during a Black History Month celebration at Columbia College Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026.
‘Black Souls Welcome’ marks five years of Black joy, art and resistance
By Marc Balbarin, Reporter • February 11, 2026

Now in its fifth year, “Black Souls Welcome” continues to carve out space for Black student artists at Columbia, drawing attendees for an...

How scars impact self-confidence during sex
How scars impact self-confidence during sex
By Lily Thomas, Reporter • February 12, 2026
The Streaming Era was supposed to fix cable. It made everything worse
The Streaming Era was supposed to fix cable. It made everything worse
By Manuel Nocera, Copy Editor • December 19, 2025
I’m the child of immigrants. Losing our language changed everything
I’m the child of immigrants. Losing our language changed everything
By Vanessa Orozco, Copy Editor • December 15, 2025
Review: ‘Pillion’ drives a motorcycle straight into its audience’s heart
By William Blakley, Reporter • February 13, 2026
Review: Bad Bunny turned halftime show into cultural reckoning
By Shawn Katz, Reporter • February 9, 2026

Bad Bunny, also known as Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, delivered a halftime show that transformed one of entertainment’s biggest stages...

Review: ‘Melania’ is a gaudy portrait of the First Lady
By Venus Tapang, Copy Editor • February 9, 2026

Light glimmers off the First Lady’s black, pointed stiletto as security shuts the door of her Cadillac — a moment in “Melania” that tells...

Chronversations with Levi Libson: All about Inkfest and the people who make it happen
Chronversations with Levi Libson: All about Inkfest and the people who make it happen
By Levi Libson, Podcast host • February 13, 2026

 Event organizers and artists talk about Inkfest, which will take place on Feb.13 and Feb. 14, and how it excites community within Columbia.   Transcript: 0:06:...

Chronversations with Levi Libson: a conversation with Kathie Bergquist on the pros of studying abroad
Chronversations with Levi Libson: a conversation with Kathie Bergquist on the pros of studying abroad
By Levi Libson, Podcast host • February 6, 2026

Kathie Bergquist, a part-time instructor in the School of Communications and Culture, discusses how studying abroad offers students new experiences...

Chronversations with Levi Libson: A conversation with students on registration experience and returning in freezing temperature
Chronversations with Levi Libson: A conversation with students on registration experience and returning in freezing temperature
By Levi Libson, Podcast host • January 30, 2026

Students talk about their registration experience for the spring semester and returning to campus in the freezing weather. Transcript: 0:05:...

Three to Know with Levi Libson: Three student showcases this week
Three to Know with Levi Libson: Three student showcases this week
By Levi Libson, Podcast host • December 10, 2025

Wrap up the semester by supporting students from programs across the college as they present their creative work.   Transcript: 0:05:...

Costume designer Paul Tazewell featured in new exhibit, showcasing ‘Wicked’ and ‘Hamilton’
Costume designer Paul Tazewell featured in new exhibit, showcasing ‘Wicked’ and ‘Hamilton’
By Guadalupe Loza-Sanchez, Reporter • February 13, 2026

The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry recently unveiled their latest exhibit, featuring American costume designer, Paul Tazewell, and the...

Local hair salon in Little Village with a taped up sign not allowing ICE to enter the establishment on Friday, Jan 30, 2026.
Nationwide ‘national shutdown’ protest over federal immigration enforcement and Minneapolis shootings draws mixed reaction
By Vivian Richey and Marc Balbarin January 31, 2026

Small businesses across the Chicago area closed their doors Friday, Jan. 30 as part of a nationwide strike protesting federal immigration enforcement...

Accessible art in action
By Emma Jolly, Assistant Campus News Editor • December 23, 2025

The Chicago Park District’s Athletic Field Ceramics Building in Irving Park is home to a 13-week course that runs three times each year for...

Accessible art in action
A crowd packed the SRBCC in the Hermosa neighborhood in an open format DJ series, along with a Super Bowl viewing event on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.
En fotos, Sentido: experimento cultural, pasado y presente, reúne a la comunidad para bailar y ver el Super Bowl 60
By Carlos Alanis-Avila, Assistant Director of Photography • February 9, 2026
Laysha Adame-Ramirez, an Illustrator major, enters the pink line train on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2025.
Estudiantes que viajan diariamente reflexionan sobre presencia de ICE
By Manuel Nocera, La Crónica Editor • December 12, 2025
La comida mexicana se convierte en un alimento icónico de Chicago
December 9, 2025

La Pizza deep dish, perros calientes y sándwiches de carne Italiana todavía son la comida definitiva de Chicago, pero otra cultura lentamente...

Entre la celebración y el temor: La comunidad Latine de Columbia se mantiene firme
November 7, 2025

La luz de velas iluminaban varias fotografías de diferentes personas. Flores cempasúchil, también conocidas como “Flor de Muerto” añadieron...

Amoxtli Book Club mantiene la literatura como una forma de comunidad y relación.
October 30, 2025

En un espacio pequeño, arte cubre las paredes de Pilsen Art & Community House. Pan dulce llena la mesa donde los asistentes de Amoxtli Book...