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Rentervention connects renters with legal services, virtually

Rentervention connects renters with legal services, virtually

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
December 18, 2020
Column: Thanks for the memories, but I'm not going to say the "g" word just yet

Column: Thanks for the memories, but I’m not going to say the “g” word just yet

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
December 16, 2020
Awkward: What is the etiquette of giving and receiving gifts?

Awkward: What is the etiquette of giving and receiving gifts?

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
December 15, 2020
Awkward: Your friend found out you were talking behind their back. Now what?

Awkward: Your friend found out you were talking behind their back. Now what?

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
December 10, 2020
'City So Real' filmmakers paint a portrait of the real Chicago

‘City So Real’ filmmakers paint a portrait of the real Chicago

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
December 7, 2020
Students find ways to make a solitary Thanksgiving feel less lonely

Students find ways to make a solitary Thanksgiving feel less lonely

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
November 24, 2020
Columbia semifinalist NRF teams show the Student Challenge is about much more than winning

Columbia semifinalist NRF teams show the Student Challenge is about much more than winning

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
November 23, 2020
Awkward: How do you broach conversations about tough topics at the dinner table?

Awkward: How do you broach conversations about tough topics at the dinner table?

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
November 20, 2020
Natalie Y. Moore, WBEZ reporter and former Columbia journalism adjunct faculty member, discusses her book "The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation," which outlines racial inequity and segregation in Chicago.

‘It’s not happenstance’: 4 years after the release of her book, WBEZ reporter Natalie Moore reflects on segregation in Chicago

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
November 13, 2020
Awkward: What do you do if you dislike your friend’s significant other?

Awkward: What do you do if you dislike your friend’s significant other?

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
November 11, 2020
Marcelo Wright, a junior audio design and production major, will be featured with a speaking role in "Chicago P.D." this month.

Q&A: Columbia student Marcelo Wright on his upcoming role in ‘Chicago P.D.’

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
November 5, 2020
Senior film major Devon MacNerland is spending a week in Washington, D.C. to film a personal project and deliver letters to senators during the week of the election.

‘Looking for outliers’: Film student to document the election in Washington, D.C.

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
November 3, 2020
Awkward: What is the etiquette of borrowing and lending money?

Awkward: What is the etiquette of borrowing and lending money?

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
November 3, 2020
Halloween's not canceled: Students find ways to get spooky this year despite COVID-19 guidelines

Halloween’s not canceled: Students find ways to get spooky this year despite COVID-19 guidelines

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
October 23, 2020
Awkward: What do you do if you and your friends have different COVID-19 comfort zones?

Awkward: What do you do if you and your friends have different COVID-19 comfort zones?

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
October 23, 2020
College rankings don’t tell the whole story for Columbia students

College rankings don’t tell the whole story for Columbia students

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
October 21, 2020
A tale of two presidential town halls

A tale of two presidential town halls

By Isaiah Colbert and Lauren Leazenby
October 16, 2020
Awkward: What do you do if you find a roommate’s sex toy?

Awkward: What do you do if you find a roommate’s sex toy?

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
October 13, 2020
Awkward: How do I deal with a passive-aggressive roommate?

Awkward: How do I deal with a passive-aggressive roommate?

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
October 9, 2020
‘I just want to get a job’: Students struggle to find work, on and off campus

‘I just want to get a job’: Students struggle to find work, on and off campus

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
October 7, 2020
First of its kind: Quidditch scholarship will aim to bring diversity to the sport

First of its kind: Quidditch scholarship will aim to bring diversity to the sport

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
October 6, 2020
Practicum films make waves during festival season impacted by pandemic

Practicum films make waves during festival season impacted by pandemic

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
October 1, 2020
Artist Bryant L. Jones uses art as a creative outlet to spark conversations around important issues.

Paint The City initiative supports local artists who ‘bring a little light back’

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
June 26, 2020
Comedy Majors Eryn Burnett (left) and Nathan Hatfield (right) host a fundraiser livestream to raise money and support for Brave Space Alliance's Trans Relief Fund to provide economic relief payments for transgender, non-binary and intersex individuals.

‘Something Like a Livestream’ virtual fundraiser helps trans community impacted by the pandemic

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
June 26, 2020
During a June 10 press conference, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said more than 300,000 people in Chicago did not receive a federal stimulus check, many of whom were undocumented, from mixed-status families or dependent adults.

Chicago Resiliency Fund to provide $1,000 to those who didn’t receive a federal stimulus check

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
June 18, 2020
Corona classifieds: Students rely on virtual tours and chats during apartment and roommate searches

Corona classifieds: Students rely on virtual tours and chats during apartment and roommate searches

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
June 17, 2020
Columbia student files lawsuit requesting reimbursement for tuition, fees during coronavirus-related campus closures

Columbia student files lawsuit requesting reimbursement for tuition, fees during coronavirus-related campus closures

By Paige Barnes and Lauren Leazenby
June 16, 2020
BREAKING: Fall course schedule updated with a mixture of online, in-person and hybrid delivery

BREAKING: Fall course schedule updated with a mixture of online, in-person and hybrid delivery

By Kendall Polidori and Lauren Leazenby
June 15, 2020
New debt-to-income ratio offers students a glimpse into their financial future

New debt-to-income ratio offers students a glimpse into their financial future

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
June 15, 2020
Summer at Columbia, the high school immersion program, will begin June 29, but will take place online with six-week courses.

High school students will experience Summer at Columbia online

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
June 9, 2020
The pandemic in pictures: Coronavirus sends photography students to a collaborative final project

The pandemic in pictures: Coronavirus sends photography students to a collaborative final project

By Lauren Leazenby, News Editor
May 28, 2020
Political pandemic: scope of local and national politics altered due to coronavirus

Political pandemic: scope of local and national politics altered due to coronavirus

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
May 19, 2020
(From left) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) have all been floated as potential running mates for Joe Biden.

Biden’s VP pick likely ‘inconsequential’ in 2020 but could indicate future of Democratic Party

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
May 18, 2020
Columbia students, professors and alumni have rallied to put together a virtual fundraiser to raise funds for Roseland Community Hospital’s coronavirus mobile testing unit.

Columbia community partners with South Side hospital to raise funds for mobile coronavirus testing

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
May 12, 2020
'Zoom fatigue,' the downside of constant video conferences

‘Zoom fatigue,’ the downside of constant video conferences

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
May 6, 2020
Lack of facilities hinders success of online photography courses, students and faculty say

Lack of facilities hinders success of online photography courses, students and faculty say

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
April 28, 2020
Elaine Glusac on being a travel journalist during a global pandemic

Elaine Glusac on being a travel journalist during a global pandemic

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2020
The anonymous creator of the account—who refers to themself as “the Peter Parker to Mayor Lightfoot’s Spider-Man”—initially created it to repost others’ memes about Illinois’ stay-at-home order.

The ‘meme generation’ creates humor to cope with coronavirus

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
April 23, 2020
Opinion: Health care workers need more than applause right now

Opinion: Health care workers need more than applause right now

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
April 10, 2020
Some grocery stories are no longer allowing shoppers to use reusable bags as a preventative measure against the spread of the coronavirus.

Changing habits related to coronavirus pandemic offer reasons for hope in fighting climate crisis

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
April 7, 2020
Columbia looks toward intimacy directing to fill industry, campus need

Columbia looks toward intimacy directing to fill industry, campus need

By Lauren Leazenby and Isaiah Colbert
March 27, 2020
Junior design management major Imani Kutti operates a one-woman fashion line, incorporating aspects of her African heritage.

Student brings African heritage to the Chicago fashion scene

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
March 23, 2020
Coronavirus closures put strain on local restaurants, food service workers, delivery drivers

Coronavirus closures put strain on local restaurants, food service workers, delivery drivers

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
March 21, 2020
(From left) Kim Foxx, Bill Conway, Bob Fioretti and Donna More.

Heated Cook County state’s attorney’s race draws national attention

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
March 16, 2020
Upcoming exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Photography turns the lens on democracy

Upcoming exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Photography turns the lens on democracy

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
February 28, 2020
Preservationist and faculty member Raymond ‘Terry’ Tatum dead at 64

Preservationist and faculty member Raymond ‘Terry’ Tatum dead at 64

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff reporter
February 26, 2020
The last straw: Columbia prepared for city’s proposed single-use plastics ban

The last straw: Columbia prepared for city’s proposed single-use plastics ban

By Paige Barnes and Lauren Leazenby
February 15, 2020
Erotic audio content helps followers find their sweet spot without a partner on site

Erotic audio content helps followers find their sweet spot without a partner on site

By Dyana Daniels and Lauren Leazenby
February 6, 2020
The Lucky Plush ensemble used movement and comedy as storytelling elements in their work-in-progress piece presented Friday, Jan. 24.

Dance company ‘lucks’ out with ‘dreamy’ partnership with college’s Dance Center

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff reporter
February 2, 2020
New minors expand students’ ‘Columbia recipe’

New minors expand students’ ‘Columbia recipe’

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff reporter
February 1, 2020
Columbia students from the "Global PR" class gives a presentation for a World Chicago project on Dec. 3 at 33 E Ida B. Wells Drive.

Global PR course engages students in citizen diplomacy

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
December 19, 2019
Retail workers ring in this year's Black Friday

Retail workers ring in this year’s Black Friday

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2019
Founders of the Columbia Renegades Steppers Sean Studivant and Jade Rice

5, 6, 7, 8 … Renegades step onto campus

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2019

World’s largest Starbucks finds home on Magnificent Mile

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
November 18, 2019
Restricted access raises student concerns

Restricted access raises student concerns

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
November 4, 2019
The Chicago Teachers Union went on strike Oct. 17, demanding more resources for Chicago Public Schools and paid prep time for teachers.

Teachers strike ends in compromise; classes to resume Friday

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
October 31, 2019
Hair Trigger, a student-edited anthology of short fiction and nonfiction student works first went online in 2016 with the introduction of Hair Trigger 2.0, a digital companion to the print publication.

Award-winning literary publication Hair Trigger pulls away from print

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
October 24, 2019
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul broke down his plans of reducing gun trafficking and increasing access to trauma programs in a Monday address to the City Club of Chicago.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul tackles gun violence with gun tracing, trauma services

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
October 23, 2019
Isabelle Bottger is a self-taught visual artist based on violence against women. This piece is "Portrait of the Black Dahlia."

‘Lethal Ladies’ highlights the women of true crime through art

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
October 5, 2019
Coordinator of Wellness Athletics and Recreation Mark Brticevich (right) demonstrates self defense techniques in a "Kick @ss Self-Defense Program" on Michael Tansey (left), a certified personal trainer.

WAR programs muscle up to deliver inner peace

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
October 4, 2019
Jazmin Bryant, a cinema art and science major, produced the Hollywood-bound film “A Wolf Comes at Night” in a Columbia practicum course.

‘A Wolf Comes at Night’ goes to Hollywood

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
September 29, 2019
Provost Marcela David adresses the Faculty Senate members during the Sep. 13 meeting.

Provost addresses Faculty Senate, senators weigh future closed-door meetings

By Lauren Leazenby and Camilla Forte
September 14, 2019
New nonbinary ID law changes gets governor's approval, but will take years to implement

New nonbinary ID law changes gets governor’s approval, but will take years to implement

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
September 11, 2019
Textbook piracy: When free isn’t free

Textbook piracy: When free isn’t free

By Lauren Leazenby, Staff Reporter
September 9, 2019
South Korea is caught in a nuclear crossfire because of U.S.–North Korean tensions, said Scott A. Snyder, a senior fellow for Korea Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

South Korea caught in nuclear crossfire, generational divide, expert says

By Lauren Leazenby
March 13, 2018
Journalists, professors and researchers discussed Chicago's race-based political hierarchy during a Feb. 27 panel at the Chicago History Museum. 

Solving Chicago’s segregated political structure

By Lauren Leazenby
March 7, 2018
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