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Robin Sluzas

Robin Sluzas, Former Senior Reporter

rsluzas@columbiachronicle.com

 

Robin Sluzas is a senior journalism major, primarily covering the School of Media Arts. She has also covered politics, and arts and culture stories. She worked for the Chronicle from August 2021 through December 2023.

 

Hometown: Chicago, Ill.

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ShopColumbia ,located at 619 S. Wabash Ave., displays student and alumni work for sale on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

ShopColumbia’s 15th Annual Holiday Market adds new artists, with extended hours

By Robin Sluzas, Senior Reporter
December 12, 2023
Members of the part-time faculty union hold signs and make noise as speakers address their concerns during week four of the strike on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.

Students react to classroom replacements at start of Week 4 of part-time union strike

By K’Von Jackson, Cierra Lemott, Robin Sluzas, and Maya Swan-Sullivan
November 20, 2023
Students fight to get back into classrooms after third week of strike, organize over their own demands

Students fight to get back into classrooms after third week of strike, organize over their own demands

By Robin Sluzas and Cierra Lemott
November 17, 2023
David Moravec, cinema and television arts adjunct professor, and Wyatt Fritts comedy writing and performance major stand with the picket line outside of 1104 S. Wabash on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Students and faculty continue to show support for CFAC leading into week two of the strike.

Provost calls for stop to ‘hateful behaviors’ during part-time union strike

By Lily Thomas and Robin Sluzas
November 11, 2023
First year Cinema and Television arts student Erica Pinto, a Marine Corps veteran, participates in the tradition of cutting the cake on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023.

Columbia celebrates veteran students as group works to reorganize

By Robin Sluzas, Senior Staff Reporter
November 10, 2023
Columbia graduate Danny Sotomayor, a Chicago-born AIDS activist, remembered in new documentary

Columbia graduate Danny Sotomayor, a Chicago-born AIDS activist, remembered in new documentary

By Miranda Bucio and Robin Sluzas
November 2, 2023
Secretary of interior Deb Haaland speaks at the Journalism and Women Symposium on Sunday Oct. 15, 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: Secretary of Interior inspires journalists at national conference held on Columbia’s campus

By Robin Sluzas, Senior Staff Reporter
October 15, 2023
Campus Safety and Security to hold street safety training sessions

Campus Safety and Security to hold street safety training sessions

By Robin Sluzas and Cierra Lemott
October 11, 2023
Photographer and nonbinary parent Jess T. Dugan’s Family Pictures series (2012-present) hangs in the “Love: Still Not the Lesser,” exhibit showing at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, at 600 S. Michigan Ave., through Dec. 22, 2023. Dugan, a Columbia College Chicago alum, explores the visibility of queer parenting through photography.

‘Love: Still Not the Lesser’ exhibit explores relationship bonds at Museum of Contemporary Photography

By Robin Sluzas, Senior Staff Reporter
September 28, 2023
Carolina Posse, associate professor and associate chair of the Cinema and Television Arts Department stands outside her office on the fifth floor of 1104 S. Wabash Ave., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Producer of American Parent, Posse began working on this project two years ago and now awaits its premiere on Friday, Sept. 22.

Film with Columbia connections comes home to Chicago for US premiere

By Robin Sluzas, Senior Staff Reporter
September 18, 2023
Rosemary Morillo, a senior broadcast journalism major, poses in front of the iconic wall-art of a moose blowing a pink bubblegum bubble at 33 E. Ida B. Wells Dr. on Friday, April 21, 2023. Morillo is a Marines veteran and the president of the Student Veterans Organization at Columbia.

Campus student veterans group re-forms for first time since pandemic

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
April 28, 2023
Lamont Robinson, 4th Ward aldermanic candidate, speaks to reporters in the Hyatt Hotel located at 5225 S. Harper Ave. as results showcasing his lead over his opponent Prentice Butler come in on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Butler trailed Robinson at 30% of the votes.

Lamont Robinson elected as 4th Ward alderperson

By Robin Sluzas and Leah Love
April 4, 2023
Tattoo artist Clarke Gable Anak Dablin begins outlining a hand-tap tattoo design on Kent Grashel for the Chicago Tattoo Arts Festival at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, located at 5555 N. River Rd., on Friday, March 17, 2023. Dablin has been practicing for 10 years and was the only artist using this traditional method of tattooing at the festival, which comes from his Bornean roots.

Villain Arts 13th Annual Chicago Tattoo Arts Festival features cultural tattooing

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
March 21, 2023
Richard Chin, the new interim Director of Counseling Services, walks into the lobby to greet a visitor on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Columbia's Counseling Services are located at 916 S. Wabash Ave. on the fifth floor, Suite 501.

Columbia’s Counseling Services expands to serve more students, with plans to hire new director this spring

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
March 16, 2023
Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
February 24, 2023
Chuy García

Chuy García

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
February 24, 2023
Austin St. Peter, the professor for one of Columbia's science fiction classes, lectures the class located at at 33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, on Friday Feb. 24. Some students still choose to wear their masks despite the mandate being lifted, while others no longer wear them.

Students, instructors don’t completely abandon masks after mandate is lifted this week

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
February 23, 2023
A Chicago police officer takes pictures of a crime scene at Benito Juarez High School in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago after a school shooting, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Meet the two candidates running for newly created police district council representing the South Loop

By Robin Sluzas and Zoë Takaki
February 21, 2023
Dave Franco and Alison Brie attend a pre-screening for their new film “Somebody That I Used to Know” at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Wrigleyville on Jan. 27. The film, which Franco directed and Brie stars in, premieres on Amazon Prime Video on Feb. 10.

Dave Franco and Alison Brie talk loving the skin you’re in and more about their new film

By Robin Sluzas and John Pollock
February 6, 2023
Raising Cane's new location sits at the corner of Michigan Ave. and Madison St. across from Millennium Park, not far from the Columbia campus.

Raising Cane’s brings chicken fingers to South Loop

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
January 27, 2023
Opinion: Tuition increases especially rough on nontraditional students

Opinion: Tuition increases especially rough on nontraditional students

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
November 30, 2022
Duckworth begins to answer questions from reporters on her victory after being elected to serve a second term in the U.S. Senate.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth wins reelection to U.S. Senate

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
November 9, 2022
Get to know your candidates for Illinois US Senator: Duckworth vs. Salvi

Get to know your candidates for Illinois US Senator: Duckworth vs. Salvi

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
November 7, 2022
What students are saying about voting and the midterm election

What students are saying about voting and the midterm election

By Elizabeth Rymut and Robin Sluzas
November 7, 2022
Get to know your candidates for Illinois Secretary of State: Brady vs. Giannoulias

Get to know your candidates for Illinois Secretary of State: Brady vs. Giannoulias

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
November 4, 2022
'The Ancestry of Home': Cultural domestic traditions explored through Sylvie Harris' photography and art

‘The Ancestry of Home’: Cultural domestic traditions explored through Sylvie Harris’ photography and art

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2022
Photographer Gene Ambo recently released his book "Heavy Metro: Access All Eras," which highlights many of his favorite bands that have played at the classic Chicago venue.

Concert photographer Gene Ambo talks new book, industry advice and Metro Chicago’s history

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
September 20, 2022
Command Center Supervisor Debra Lyons sits in Columbia's Command Center where views from security cameras scattered across campus can be watched. Photo by Phil Dembinski courtesy of Campus Safety and Security.

Amid rising crime, campus security programs are available for students

By Laura Hawbaker and Robin Sluzas
September 13, 2022
Abortion-rights protestors march down Dearborn Street on Friday, June 24, mere hours after the Supreme Court announced the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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

By Editorial Board
July 1, 2022
Thousands gathered at Federal Plaza on Friday after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court.

After Roe v. Wade struck down, thousands of Chicagoans took to the streets

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
June 27, 2022
'Everyone won this': 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award winners announced

‘Everyone won this’: 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award winners announced

By Robin Sluzas and Irvin Ibarra
May 17, 2022
Manifest 2022 graduate art exhibit focuses on joy after trauma

Manifest 2022 graduate art exhibit focuses on joy after trauma

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2022
University Center to host Earth Day e-waste drive for the Columbia community to donate old tech

University Center to host Earth Day e-waste drive for the Columbia community to donate old tech

By Amina Sergazina and Robin Sluzas
April 19, 2022
Katisha Farrell, a tattoo artist best known for her work covering up tattoos, works on a design for a conventiongoer.

Villain Arts’ 12th Annual Chicago Tattoo Festival offers more inclusion and diversity for its return

By Robin Sluzas and Abra Richardson
March 25, 2022
The "Beautiful Diaspora/You Are Not the Lesser Part" exhibition, containing work from 16 artists, extends to the second floor of the museum, with photographs, tapestries and multimedia work spread throughout the space.

Columbia’s Beautiful Diaspora photo exhibition emphasizes connections

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
March 25, 2022
Opportunities abound as planning begins for Manifest's in-person return in May

Opportunities abound as planning begins for Manifest’s in-person return in May

By Robin Sluzas and Samaher AbuRabah
March 14, 2022
File photo

Title IX FYI: Know your rights

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
February 16, 2022

‘These buildings tell a story’: Bronzeville Heritage Act advances toward reality

By Robin Sluzas and Jordan Perkins
February 1, 2022
Opinion: Rittenhouse self-defense strategy in court further divides US

Opinion: Rittenhouse self-defense strategy in court further divides US

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
December 10, 2021
Upon retirement, Mark Kelly says Columbia prepared him for role as city's cultural affairs commissioner

Upon retirement, Mark Kelly says Columbia prepared him for role as city’s cultural affairs commissioner

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
November 22, 2021

Columbia community and professional artists create ‘bad art’ for showcase

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
October 27, 2021
Aryana Robinson, 16, gets help preparing for the 68th Annual Chicago Powwow’s evening Grand Procession, Oct. 9.

68th Annual Chicago Powwow invites tribal reunion, educates non-natives

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
October 15, 2021
Jose Arroyo has been working as a janitor at Columbia for 13 years.

Behind the scenes and keeping it clean: Facilities, janitorial crew perform work essential to college operations

By Robin Sluzas, Staff Reporter
October 6, 2021
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