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Margaret Jenkins Dance Company: Light Moves

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company: Light Moves

See the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company at Columbia’s Dance Center. Jenkins collaborates with multimedia artist Naomie Kremer, noted for her animated paintings combining the painted canvas and light projections, internationally recognized composer Paul Dresher, as well as Wallace Stevens Award-winning poet Michael Palmer. Kremer’s video imagery interweaves eight dancers with several projectors and projection surfaces to […]

Guantanamo Comes to Main Street?

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Guantanamo Comes to Main Street?

Do you remember where you were as the clock approached midnight on the last night of 2011? President Obama was signing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which has been described by a leading legal commentator as an “historic assault on American liberty.” The new law gives the president and the military the right to […]

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Hi-Tech Sunscreen: Healthy or Harmful?

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Hi-Tech Sunscreen: Healthy or Harmful?

In scenes of Caddyshack, The Adventures of Pete & Pete and even SpongeBob, there are times when the characters’ noses look painted white, an effect of the ingredients in their sunscreen. But why don’t sunscreens still do that today? The answer is in nanotechnology. Nanotechnology – commonly defined as the ability to work with and […]

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Chicago Exec Connie K. Duckworth Wins Humanitarian Honor

The news is full of exposés detailing the victimization of women through torture and egregious crimes, such as child-brides refusing to marry or daughters being sold off like chattel to repay opium drug debts to war lords.  Last year’s YouTube video depicting the faceless “woman in the blue bra” in Tahrir Square brought out thousands of Egyptian women […]

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Illinois Extends Tax Cuts for Filmmakers, Hoping to Boost Economy

If Hollywood producers choose to shoot at locations outside of Illinois, not only would Chicago no longer star as the sky-scrapered backdrop for famous movies like Spiderman, Superman and Transformers, but Illinois’ economy and tourism could also suffer. To keep the film rolling in Illinois, state representatives extended a bill last year to ensure that […]

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Illinois Eavesdropping Law Doesn’t Make Sense to Police Superintendent

The rise of technology has enabled everyone to record events in public as they unfold. However, provisions of the current Illinois eavesdropping law are problematic, even for the police. Illinois’ eavesdropping law is one of the few in the nation that criminalizes audio recording of on the job police. The Illinois Eavesdropping Act has been on […]

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Zine-Making Workshop for DIY Columbia Students

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Zine-Making Workshop for DIY Columbia Students

Interested in making zines? Not quite sure what they are? Do you love cookies? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this event is for you!Learn how to make zines (little hand-made magazines) from the experts at Columbia’s zine-making club, Words ‘N Stuff! There will be zine-making supplies, but feel free to bring […]

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