A red metal pergola with decorative panels along South Wentworth Avenue serves as an entry way to Ping Tom Memorial Park on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

Explainer: Breaking down how Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill' affects student loans

Explainer: Breaking down how Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ affects student loans

By Marc Balbarin and Kate Julianne Larroder

President Donald Trump’s sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is set to reshape how Americans pay for college, capping federal student loan...

Apartment buildings are seen across from the 1104 S. Wabash Ave. campus building on Monday, July 21, 2025.

Stephanie "Soli" Herrera, de 28 años, cofundadora y directora de Ruidosa Art Collective baila en el evento que coordinó en Casa Café el sábado 19 de julio de 2025.

En fotos, La identidad y expresión de la cumbia toma el control de Chicago.

By Carlos Alanis-Avila, Photojournalist

Más de 130 personas estuvieron presentes en Casa Café, un restaurante que es un lugar icónico en la escena DIY en...

Columbia alumni stun in new play ‘Queen For A Day’

Columbia alumni stun in new play ‘Queen For A Day’

By William Blakley, Reporter

The first images in “Queen For A Day” are hard to forget: a man in a stark white suit, a blood-red office and the ghost of Queen Elizabeth...

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People walk across a rainbow crosswalk by a popular gay bar, Roscoe’s Tavern, on North Halsted street in Chicago’s Lake View East neighborhood on Monday, June 16, 2025. (Dustin Janicki)