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Editorial: Students navigate changing financial aid with fewer staff to help

Editorial: Students navigate changing financial aid with fewer staff to help

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Columbia community needs more events like ‘Winter Destressland’

Columbia community needs more events like ‘Winter Destressland’

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Editorial: Columbia should give students a full Thanksgiving break

Editorial: Columbia should give students a full Thanksgiving break

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Editorial: College delivers potential win for students, campus life with gym deal

Editorial: College delivers potential win for students, campus life with gym deal

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Editorial: With tuition increase, students pay more for less

Editorial: With tuition increase, students pay more for less

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Editorial: Trump’s win is setback for change, but we can’t give up

Editorial: Trump’s win is setback for change, but we can’t give up

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Endorsement: Eileen O’Neill Burke for state’s attorney

Endorsement: Eileen O’Neill Burke for state’s attorney

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Editorial: Loss of gym access for Columbia sports teams, clubs another blow to student life during budget crisis

Editorial: Loss of gym access for Columbia sports teams, clubs another blow to student life during budget crisis

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Editorial: A call for transparency around proposed elimination of ASL-English Interpretation major

Editorial: A call for transparency around proposed elimination of ASL-English Interpretation major

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Editorial: Student voices hold power

Editorial: Student voices hold power

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Editorial: Program cuts threaten college’s unique identity

Editorial: Program cuts threaten college’s unique identity

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Editorial: Closure of student Health Center leaves gap for students who need physical care

Editorial: Closure of student Health Center leaves gap for students who need physical care

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A call for unity, resilience as fall semester gets underway

A call for unity, resilience as fall semester gets underway

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Editorial: Delaying release of final advisory report undermines graduation celebrations for students

Editorial: Delaying release of final advisory report undermines graduation celebrations for students

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Editorial: Deficit is dark cloud hanging over registration for Fall 2024

Editorial: Deficit is dark cloud hanging over registration for Fall 2024

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Editorial: Columbia should celebrate becoming Hispanic-serving institution

Editorial: Columbia should celebrate becoming Hispanic-serving institution

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Editorial: Solar eclipse brought community to Columbia at a time when it was most needed

Editorial: Solar eclipse brought community to Columbia at a time when it was most needed

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Editorial: Downscaling of future commencement, Manifest Arts Festival celebrations is necessary to save costs

Editorial: Downscaling of future commencement, Manifest Arts Festival celebrations is necessary to save costs

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Editorial: Selling the library will limit resources for students who need it

Editorial: Selling the library will limit resources for students who need it

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Editorial: Reduction of core credits allows students to explore more major classes, other disciplines

Editorial: Reduction of core credits allows students to explore more major classes, other disciplines

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Editorial: On-campus jobs essential to student, college success

Editorial: On-campus jobs essential to student, college success

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Editorial: Columbia should focus on student voices, experiences to maintain enrollment

Editorial: Columbia should focus on student voices, experiences to maintain enrollment

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Editorial: With Kim stepping down, other college leaders need to center students

Editorial: With Kim stepping down, other college leaders need to center students

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Audience members listen as President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim speaks about the current financial state of Columbia College Chicago, at the Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

Editorial: College needs to focus on reassuring students as financial crisis grows

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Editorial: Michael Joseph had a challenging job. It’s not going to get any easier for the person who replaces him

Editorial: Michael Joseph had a challenging job. It’s not going to get any easier for the person who replaces him

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Editorial: With the strike behind us, the union has a stronger voice in the future of the college. Students need one, too

Editorial: With the strike behind us, the union has a stronger voice in the future of the college. Students need one, too

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Editorial: Administration, union need to come together for students

Editorial: Administration, union need to come together for students

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Editorial: Administration should have been more transparent with the union and the Columbia community

Editorial: Administration should have been more transparent with the union and the Columbia community

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Editorial: Students should focus on returning, passing their classes

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Editorial: Students feel left behind during negotiations

Editorial: Students feel left behind during negotiations

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Editorial: Lack of transparency from both sides of strike could lead to problems for everyone

Editorial: Lack of transparency from both sides of strike could lead to problems for everyone

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In alliance with the Columbia Faculty Union, students and faculty march outside of 600 S. Michigan Ave. raising signs and blasting music on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Starting at 9 a.m., participants gather throughout the afternoon while also attending a conference on the matter.

Editorial: Students should check facts behind strike rhetoric

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Editorial: Students need to unite on their own

Editorial: Students need to unite on their own

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Columbia has to be more in touch with its diverse communities

Columbia has to be more in touch with its diverse communities

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Editorial: Columbia needs to continue Latinx events past Hispanic Heritage Month

Editorial: Columbia needs to continue Latinx events past Hispanic Heritage Month

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Editorial: Columbia is not transparent with students

Editorial: Columbia is not transparent with students

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Editorial: Columbia’s AI policy is the right move but could confuse students who get different messages from their instructors

Editorial: Columbia’s AI policy is the right move but could confuse students who get different messages from their instructors

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Editorial: Columbia isn't providing enough for Latino students

Editorial: Columbia isn’t providing enough for Latino students

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Editorial: Columbia should have communicated change in CCCX course requirements before students registered

Editorial: Columbia should have communicated change in CCCX course requirements before students registered

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Editorial: Departments lack diverse leadership and the trickle down effect harms us all

Editorial: Departments lack diverse leadership and the trickle down effect harms us all

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Editorial: College needs better online classes built for post-pandemic learning

Editorial: College needs better online classes built for post-pandemic learning

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Editorial: Stop commenting on other people’s bodies

Editorial: Stop commenting on other people’s bodies

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Editorial: Columbia needs to be honest about its financial crisis

Editorial: Columbia needs to be honest about its financial crisis

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Editorial: Julian Assange’s espionage case could set a precedent for journalism. That is a mistake.

Editorial: Julian Assange’s espionage case could set a precedent for journalism. That is a mistake.

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Editorial: Get to know the artist you’re seeing in concert

Editorial: Get to know the artist you’re seeing in concert

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Endorsement: In the runoff, the Chronicle endorses Brandon Johnson for mayor

Endorsement: In the runoff, the Chronicle endorses Brandon Johnson for mayor

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Editorial: Minority students don’t feel safe at Columbia

Editorial: Minority students don’t feel safe at Columbia

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Editorial: Columbia has an AI problem – without clear guidelines

Editorial: Columbia has an AI problem – without clear guidelines

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Editorial: Columbia resources are abundant but elusive

Editorial: Columbia resources are abundant but elusive

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Mayoral candidate Kam Buckner spoke at a community forum to gain supporters for his bid for mayor on Jan 26. Buckner a state representative from the 26th district hopes to replace current mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Endorsement: Kambium ‘Kam’ Buckner for mayor

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Tourists and locals walk through the streets of Galway, Ireland on Jan. 14, 2023. Ireland is one of the countries offered by Columbia's study abroad program and is included in the J-Term trips.

Editorial: Columbia’s study abroad programs lack diversity

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Police investigate a shooting near the 1200 block of South Michigan Avenue on March 14.

Editorial: Columbia’s lackluster active shooting resources leave students in harm’s way

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Abortion-rights protestors march down Dearborn Street on Friday, June 24, mere hours after the Supreme Court announced the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Editorial: No time for Columbia’s silence following disastrous Roe v. Wade decision

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Editorial: The college’s decisions in the past year have landed Columbia on the naughty list

Editorial: The college’s decisions in the past year have landed Columbia on the naughty list

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EDITORIAL: Dear Joe and Kamala: The Chronicle's wish list to the president- and vice president-elect

EDITORIAL: Dear Joe and Kamala: The Chronicle’s wish list to the president- and vice president-elect

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Endorsement: Biden is a beacon of empathy in a sea of political unrest

Endorsement: Biden is a beacon of empathy in a sea of political unrest

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Editorial: The president must understand the ethical implications of brushing the coronavirus under the rug

Editorial: The president must understand the ethical implications of brushing the coronavirus under the rug

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In a staff-wide poll, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won with 63%, followed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at 14.8%.

Endorsement: Bernie, for more than the bros

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Editorial: How do you navigate the gray area of consent?

Editorial: How do you navigate the gray area of consent?

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Editorial: Feeling helpless at work should not be the norm

Editorial: Feeling helpless at work should not be the norm

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Editorial: Exclusivity in the education system harms students

Editorial: Exclusivity in the education system harms students

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Editorial: The case against Remington Arms Company is an avenue for gun reform

Editorial: The case against Remington Arms Company is an avenue for gun reform

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot (center) announced Friday that former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department Charlie Beck (right) would take over as police superintendent following the retirement of Eddie Johnson (left).

Editorial: Characteristics for a successful new police superintendent

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Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) resigned Oct. 28 after having an affair with a subordinate and her allegedly abusive husband sent revenge porn of her to a conservative news outlet.

Editorial: If Katie Hill goes, so should Donald Trump

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Editorial: You eat the donuts, you do the time

Editorial: You eat the donuts, you do the time

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Editorial: The Venus symbol goes, genderless inclusion stays

Editorial: The Venus symbol goes, genderless inclusion stays

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Editorial: Recognition features show Google’s true face

Editorial: Recognition features show Google’s true face

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Editorial: Protests keep complacency from going extinct

Editorial: Protests keep complacency from going extinct

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Editorial: Veganism is not a punchline

Editorial: Veganism is not a punchline

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EDITORIAL: Stop masquerading your hate as religion

EDITORIAL: Stop masquerading your hate as religion

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EDITORIAL: Time to wake up and educate our youth about jury duty

EDITORIAL: Time to wake up and educate our youth about jury duty

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EDITORIAL: Inclusivity is not child’s play

EDITORIAL: Inclusivity is not child’s play

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EDITORIAL: Presidential deportation figures do not tell the whole story

EDITORIAL: Presidential deportation figures do not tell the whole story

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AP/Elise Amendola

EDITORIAL: Privilege dictates what ‘better’ education means

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Provost Marcela David adresses the Faculty Senate members during the Sep. 13 meeting.

EDITORIAL: Faculty deserve space for honest debate, even behind closed doors

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EDITORIAL: Dress codes exclude identity

EDITORIAL: Dress codes exclude identity

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EDITORIAL: Sex workers deserve security, updated policy

EDITORIAL: Sex workers deserve security, updated policy

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EDITORIAL: Straightness does not need celebration

EDITORIAL: Straightness does not need celebration

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EDITORIAL: Addressing the prison system means addressing injustices

EDITORIAL: Addressing the prison system means addressing injustices

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EDITORIAL: Listen to the voices of Hong Kong protestors

EDITORIAL: Listen to the voices of Hong Kong protestors

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Curt James Brockway, 39, was arrested at a Montana county fair and rodeo after he assaulted a 13-year-old boy when the boy did not remove his hat during the national anthem.

EDITORIAL: If Americans cannot count on their president to set a good example, they must do so themselves

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EDITORIAL: Twitter must cut down homegrown hatred

EDITORIAL: Twitter must cut down homegrown hatred

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EDITORIAL: Columbia theater must set a better example

EDITORIAL: Columbia theater must set a better example

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EDITORIAL: Young people need spaces and understanding, not policing

EDITORIAL: Young people need spaces and understanding, not policing

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EDITORIAL: Vaccinations are about more than personal choice

EDITORIAL: Vaccinations are about more than personal choice

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EDITORIAL: The Mueller report will mark a turning point for young people

EDITORIAL: The Mueller report will mark a turning point for young people

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EDITORIAL: Lightfoot met with hope and apprehension

EDITORIAL: Lightfoot met with hope and apprehension

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EDITORIAL: Funding for disability resources is essential

EDITORIAL: Funding for disability resources is essential

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EDITORIAL: 'Us' exemplifies power of authentic representation

EDITORIAL: ‘Us’ exemplifies power of authentic representation

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EDITORIAL: Students energize fight against climate change

EDITORIAL: Students energize fight against climate change

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EDITORIAL: Chicago must enact rent control

EDITORIAL: Chicago must enact rent control

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EDITORIAL: Students deserve more testing and treatment

EDITORIAL: Students deserve more testing and treatment

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EDITORIAL: CPD must fix its spying by increasing transparency

EDITORIAL: CPD must fix its spying by increasing transparency

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EDITORIAL: Holidays should be about more than escapism

EDITORIAL: Holidays should be about more than escapism

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EDITORIAL: Abortion must be accessible, not just legal

EDITORIAL: Abortion must be accessible, not just legal

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ENDORSEMENT: Susana Mendoza for mayor

ENDORSEMENT: Susana Mendoza for mayor

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EDITORIAL: Hillsong dresses up hate

EDITORIAL: Hillsong dresses up hate

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EDITORIAL: Celebrating LGBTQ success enriches our community

EDITORIAL: Celebrating LGBTQ success enriches our community

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EDITORIAL: Banning cigarettes is not a solution; dismantling power structures is

EDITORIAL: Banning cigarettes is not a solution; dismantling power structures is

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EDITORIAL: ‘Sex Education’ must go beyond Netflix

EDITORIAL: ‘Sex Education’ must go beyond Netflix

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