The second employee buyout in two years was announced to faculty and staff March 1, and those who are eligible have already begun contemplating leaving Columbia, as reported on the Front Page. Vice ...

An alumna's documentary about the demolition of Chicago public high-rises, specifically Cabrini Green, made its national debut on PBS on Feb. 21. Ronit Bezalel, who created and directed the film, graduated with a masters from the Cinema Art and Science Department in 1999, where sh...

At the start of the academic year, many students are strapped for cash and in need of a campus job that can work around their class schedules. Campus jobs are a staple at every academic institution and provide not only a source of income but are often also educational opportunities housed within the students’ home department.The money from these campus jobs is often used to pay for books, tuition, fees and other expenses that go back...

Though statewide funding for the Monetary Award Program grants—a sum of money given to college students by the state government—will decrease, affecting thousands of students’ financial aid, those at Columbia should see very little impact due to the college’s efforts to increase scholarship funding.Approved by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner in April, the decrease in MAP grant funding is a result of the state’s attempts to...