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A model shows off some student work at Fashion Columbia, April 28, which is produced and presented by the Advanced Fashion Show Production Team. Some of the proceeds from the show go to the Columbia College Fashion Management and Fashion Design Internship.
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Gary Sinise rocks for troops
Actor and Columbia instructor among lineup of The Lt. Dan Band
Most people are recognized by veteran groups for their military service. Actor Gary Sinise has been awarded for playing his bass guitar.
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Early morning accident leads to student's death
Radio student's license was revoked until 2008
A 37-year-old radio major with a history of drunken driving charges was behind the wheel with a revoked driver's license when he struck two cars head on, killing himself and another person and injuring three in an early morning accident April 26, according to police and published reports.
Cleotho Woullard, a part-time disc jockey on the college's radio station, had his license revoked after two charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, reported a number of media outlets. His license was suspended until 2008. Officials would not confirm reports to The Chronicle, citing confidentiality rules that protect driving records.
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Study: For a lengthy life, write fiction
English faculty: writing lifestyle misunderstood
Students majoring in Columbia's poetry program in the English Department might want to switch to creative nonfiction if they want to enjoy a longer lifespan, according to a recently released study. O
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Changes in terrain for 2004-05 Illinois MAP Grant distribution
Suspension of funds for sophomores with 75 credits among changes
In yet another round of changes to the beleaguered Illinois Monetary Award Program, state legislators have placed a cap on the number of total credit hours a student can have to still be eligible for the grant.
Timothy Bauhs, executive director of Columbia's Student Financial Services, circulated a collegewide memo alerting students, faculty and staff to the MAP grant changes.
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Senior Seminar could move to junior year
Some students' internships are more important
While school officials are not closer to developing a replacement for Senior Seminar, students who spoke with The Chronicle said they would like to see the course either become more useful or be eliminated all together.
The College Council will meet to discuss revisions to the general education core requirements for the Liberal Arts and Sciences. A proposed revision to Senior Seminar, a course required for all graduating seniors, is being postponed largely due to a lack of funds, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Ph.D., wrote in an e-mail interview with The Chronicle.
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Ted Allen, the food and wine expert Bravo’s television show, ‘Queer Eye For the Straight Guy,’ listens at a panel of food writers and chefs, April 30, in the Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 S. Michigan Ave. The panel, which Allen moderated, was part of ‘Food Revue: A Conversation about Food Writing and Criticism,’ sponsored by Columbia’s Journalism Department. |
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Branding Columbia
New campaign in place aims to define school's identity
Columbia is about to embark on a new campaign intended to give the school a more cohesive identity.
The "Create.Change campaign was the result of market research that asked the question, "What is Columbia College Chicago?
The research revealed that there was "tremendous confusion among focus groups-made up of current staff, students, as well as alumni-when it came to describing Columbia.
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Award to honor artistic leaders
Berger Award celebrates enterpreneurial success
Clarke Greene, a faculty member in the Arts, Entertainment and Media Management Department, said he's sick of the starving artist stigma and the idea that artists can't be successful.
The Paul Berger Arts Entrepreneurship Award Program could help dispel that myth by raising awareness about artistic success stories, Greene said.
The Berger Award was founded at Columbia by artist Paul Berger and current department chairman J. Dennis Rich in 1996 in order to honor entrepreneurial successes in the arts field. The deadline to submit nominations for the award was on April 15.
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Bachelor Pad, Sweet Bachelor Pad
Every guy who is single knows the rules of early bachelor living-thou shalt have at least one piece of homemade furniture, thou shalt use any available floor space as overflow closet, thou shalt mount an animal head on the wall and thou shalt recycle pizza boxes as place mats.
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Study defines most college students as 'political centrists'
Polls show Kerry up among college students
WASHINGTON--College students are redefining politics and straying from the established political factions, according to a report released this month by Harvard University's Institute of Politics.
Rather than identifying with conventional Republican or Democratic ideologies, 52 percent of college students fall into categories pollsters named "The Religious Center and "The Secular Center.
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Immigrants hold mock graduation ceremony in support of DREAM bill
WASHINGTON--Wearing graduation caps and gowns, more than 80 students held a mock graduation ceremony April 20 outside the U.S. Capitol to press Congress to approve a bill that would grant them legal immigrant status.
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