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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...
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When Blair Holt, a 16-year-old South Side teen, was fatally wounded after shielding a classmate from gunshots on a CTA bus in 2006, news media from all over the world reported his death. A few Chicago residents were inspired to take action. Maurice Willis, 31, joined with others to create Lucid Life Works. Willis,...
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Looking at Leonard Goodman, you might not have a notion that he’s a member of an elite Chicago family. He could live a lavish life without working a single day. Instead, he has built a successful practice representing many defendants the justice system left behind. For nearly 20 years he has managed The Len...
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Just a handful of the 63 higher education institutions in Cook County appear to be following a law that requires all Illinois colleges and universities to adopt safety policies and procedures meant to keep students safe. The Illinois Campus Security Enhancement Act, approved unanimously by the Illinois General Assembly just weeks after the Northern...
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After getting off the Red Line at 8 p.m. on Harrison and State Street, former Columbia College student Aaron Hopgood, 19, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his friend, Derrick Holmes, 19, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were proceeding up the stairs to go home, when two men pulled them back down them.
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Gregory Koger, a prison paralegal, as well as a prison reform activist and former inmate who spent six years in an Illinois prison, spoke to Columbia College Chicago recently about unjust treatment of prisoners in California penitentiaries.
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The GI Bill exhibit at the Columbia College Library is up to honor the veterans who came to Columbia College Chicago after WWII. The exhibit highlights material from 1945 to 1956. Heidi Marshall, the archivist for the college, put together the exhibit, which consists of photographs, a display of the fields introduced and different...
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As local veterans groups work to help the growing number of jobless and homeless military service members, political leaders in Washington continue to debate what kind of help to offer. “It is a good step for veterans who are able to work, but the job plan doesn’t help the disabled,” said Ray Parrish,...
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Federal Judge Ronald Guzman says the recession and government budget cuts have left judges overburdened, making it difficult to devote enough time to each case. “One tenth of 1 percent of the government budget is for maintaining this branch,” said Guzman. “We are now doing more work with a less amount of people, which...
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The Printers’ Ball: IT’S ALIVE! is a raucous sprawling event, presented by the Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine with the Center for Book & Paper Arts, the Chicago Underground Library, Columbia College Chicago, and MAKE magazine. Their 7th annual event will be one of the largest celebrations of literary culture in the country. On Friday, July 29, in...
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