E2 nightclub: Columbia reacts to tragedy
Some students who have been to E2 say they can see why the stampede happened

Few Columbia students and faculty seemed surprised by the stampede at the E2 nightclub on Feb. 17, but many said they would change their attitudes about partying as a result of it.
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No more bowling for Columbia’s neighbor
Long-time South Loop business tosses its last gutter ball, heads for Indiana

Universal Bowling, neighbor to Columbia’s 623 S. Wabash Ave. building for more than 30 years, officially shuttered last month. The closure, according to owner Larry Weinstein, is due in part to a sagging economy and a waning interest in the sport.
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Scholarship offered to AIDS patients
Long-time South Loop business tosses its last gutter ball, heads for Indiana

CHICAGO—A college scholarship program is offering hope for the future to young patients with HIV/AIDS.
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In the Loop...

On a wintry Chicago night, a crowded venue erupts into bedlam. Pungent fumes permeate the seething horde. As the panicking mob tries to escape, they confront blocked doors. Some are trampled. Bodies pile. Exits are locked. Those on the bottom asphyxiate from the pressure atop them. As the dead are carted away, the city blames the venue; the venue blames the city.
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