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Patience Hurston

Patience Hurston, Editor-in-Chief

phurston@columbiachronicle.com

 

Patience Hurston is a junior journalism major, minoring in Black World Studies. Hurston has reported on student loan forgiveness, changes with campus building policies and has written film reviews. They joined the Chronicle in June 2023.

 

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

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Interim President and CEO Jerry Tarrer arrives at the Board of Trustees meeting in the Student Center on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.

Breaking: Board of Trustees votes to eliminate, merge nearly half of Columbia’s majors in historic overhaul.

By Doreen Abril Albuerne-Rodriguez and Patience Hurston
December 16, 2024
Two Columbia students sit and talk to each other outside of the Student Center on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

Breaking: College to increase tuition 5% for continuing students for next school year

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-chief
November 12, 2024
Chicago residents vote at Fourth Presbyterian Church, an official polling center at 126 E. Chestnut St., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Columbia students react to Trump win with anxiety, disappointment

By Patience Hurston, Charles Rahn, and Perla Mía Valdez
November 6, 2024
Voters cast ballots at a polling station at the Chicago Public Library in the Clearing neighborhood on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

Editor’s Note: Voting doesn’t create instant change, but it is a starting point

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-Chief
October 28, 2024
Faculty wait for the town hall meeting to begin on the fifth floor of the Student center on Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2024.

Breaking: College looking to close 18 majors across the college

By Patience Hurston and Vivian Richey
September 11, 2024
Interim President and CEO Jerry Tarrer speaks in front of incoming Columbia first-year and transfer students at the New Student Convocation at the Student Center parking lot on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024.

Explainer: What it means to review a program and what happens when it ends

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-chief
September 11, 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves to the crowd before delivering her speech accepting her nomination for presidency at the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.

‘It’s her time’: Chicagoans react to historic nomination of first Black female presidential candidate Kamala Harris

By Patience Hurston, Sofía Oyarzún, and Araceli Ramirez
August 22, 2024
Detroit anti-war community member Mohamed Almawri holds a smoke bomb as he marches down West Maypole Avenue with the Coalition to March on the DNC on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.

Thousands gather in Union Park on first day of DNC to demand end of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza

By Samantha Ho, Patience Hurston, and Maya Liquigan
August 19, 2024
Faculty listen in on Provost Marcella David and interim President and CEO Jerry Tarrer speak at the collegewide faculty meeting in the Student Center on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.

College delays release of consulting firm’s recommendations for which majors should be cut

By Patience Hurston and Araceli Ramirez
August 16, 2024
Interim President and CEO Jerry Tarrer speaks alongside Provost Marcella David at the collegewide faculty meeting in the Student Center on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.

Interim President Jerry Tarrer unveils priorities for next 12 months that focus on retention, new student initiatives, addressing fiscal challenges

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-chief
August 16, 2024
A mural painted on the wall on the fourth floor in the Student Diversity and Inclusion common area in the 618 S. Michigan Ave. building on Thursday, April 13, 2023.

College announces new DEI leadership appointment, disbands Antiracism Transformation Team

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-chief
August 16, 2024
Provost Marcella David and interim President and CEO Jerry Tarrer talk with a colleague before the Board of Trustees meeting on the second floor of the Student Center on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.

Exclusive: Eleven full-time faculty accept buyouts but still have time to change their mind

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-chief
August 14, 2024
People stroll past the 33 E. Ida B. Wells building in the South Loop on Monday, June 3, 2024.

Newly tenured faculty ‘proud’ and ‘relieved’ after five-month delay in appointments

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-chief
August 12, 2024
Kim Hale, former librarian of Columbia, sits by the bookshelves and smiles on her last day at the library on Thursday, June 13, 2024.

Exclusive: Forced out of job after nearly 35 years, Columbia librarian remains hopeful college will survive financial challenges

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-chief
June 20, 2024
Counseling Services operates on the 5th floor of 916 S. Wabash Ave. It offers in-person individual and group counseling as well as a range of other services for students.

Columbia to integrate virtual mental health provider TimelyCare alongside existing Counseling Service resources, providing 24/7 access to mental health care

By Addison Annis, Patience Hurston, and Maya Liquigan
June 5, 2024
Counseling Services is located on the 5th floor of 916 S. Wabash Ave.

Exclusive: College lays off 70 staff across the college to help close the financial deficit, including four therapists in the Counseling Center

By Addison Annis and Patience Hurston
May 30, 2024
Faculty members engage in lively discussion before the faculty meeting begins, held in the Conaway Center at 1104 S. Wabash Ave on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. With $18 million in cuts being made, the college discuss changes being made to core curriculum, staff layoffs and more.

Full-time faculty, senior administrators disagree on whether board’s decision to declare ‘adverse circumstance’ ended tenure at college

By Patience Hurston and Sydney Richardson
May 21, 2024
Chief of Staff Laurent Pernot, Senior Vice President and CFO Jerry Tarrer and President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim confer during a break during the Board of Trustees meeting at the Student Center on Monday, May 20, 2024. The board voted to accept Kim's recommendations for the college.

Breaking: Board of Trustees approves sweeping changes to address financial deficit after finding college has met requirements for ‘adverse circumstance’

By Patience Hurston and Sydney Richardson
May 20, 2024
How cognitive behavioral intervention is reducing gun violence in Chicago

How cognitive behavioral intervention is reducing gun violence in Chicago

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-Chief
May 17, 2024
Family members and friends hug their graduates and congratulate them for their acomplishments after the ceremony on Sunday, May 12, 2024. Graduates smile, cry, and laugh together amongst their loved ones.

Commencement speakers, graduates reflect on a challenging year as they prepare to move on from Columbia

By Patience Hurston and Emily Ramirez
May 12, 2024
Graduates Celebrate with their peers on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the first commencement ceremony at the Arie Crown Theatre at 2301 S. Jean Baptiste Dusable Lake Shore Drive.

‘Columbia taught me what it means to be alive’

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-Chief
May 11, 2024
Opinion: Columbia needs to continue to promote community after a tough year

Opinion: Columbia needs to continue to promote community after a tough year

By Patience Hurston, Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2024

Chronicle TV: Outgoing and incoming editors share advice on the role

By Patience Hurston and Olivia Cohen
April 26, 2024
Exclusive: Columbia board chair says cuts, changes to college must be ‘bold’

Exclusive: Columbia board chair says cuts, changes to college must be ‘bold’

By Olivia Cohen and Patience Hurston
April 25, 2024
President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim speaks with students at convocation in Grant Park on Sep. 1, 2023. Kim, who announced in February that he plans to step down in July, told the Chronicle that he had already started to think about leaving last summer.

Exclusive: President Kim talks resignation, layoffs amid fiscal crisis

By Olivia Cohen and Patience Hurston
March 8, 2024
Opinion: Columbia must step up to tackle rising STI rates

Opinion: Columbia must step up to tackle rising STI rates

By Patience Hurston, Copy Chief
February 19, 2024
Hip-Hop Studies educates students on culture, history of the genre

Hip-Hop Studies educates students on culture, history of the genre

By Patience Hurston, Copy Chief
November 27, 2023
Emerald Fennell explores the depths of desire in upcoming film "Saltburn"

Emerald Fennell explores the depths of desire in upcoming film “Saltburn”

By Patience Hurston, Copy Chief
November 20, 2023
Students push for access to facilities as college aims to address budget concerns

Students push for access to facilities as college aims to address budget concerns

By Patience Hurston, Copy Chief
October 18, 2023
Students gather outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., in support of President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan on June 30, 2023. The Supreme Court struck down the plan in a 6-3 decision.

Students ‘disheartened’ after Supreme Court strikes student loan forgiveness

By Patience Hurston, Copy Editor
June 30, 2023
Three best friends dance to music from Taylor Swift's performance in the park outside Soldier Field at 1410 Special Olympics Dr, on Friday, June 2, 2023.

Tailgaters gather for the final night of Taylor Swift’s weekend in Chicago

By Patience Hurston, Copy Editor
June 5, 2023
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