Issue 21
Category
Top-Shelf Label
“At the time, the word ‘country’ was a bad word,” says Nan Warshaw on the 1994 launch of her roots-inflected indie rock label Bloodshot Records, with co-founder Rob Miller, outside the company’s headquarters on Chicago’s North Side.
Inside Job
Interior architects mastermind the spaces in which we live, work and play
Notable achievements from the college community
Apes of Wrath, directed by Jen Ellison, plays out on Second City’s e.t.c. stage.
WIRE, News from the Columbia Community
News from the Columbia Community
Moving Pictures: Kyle Cogan
“[At Columbia], everything is what you make of it.”
CAAN Updates
See what’s happening in your city, and get involved with the Columbia Alumni Association & Network!
Jimmy Odom, Delivery Man
Odom’s company WeDeliver turns everyday Chicagoans into drivers for local businesses.
She’s A Rainbow
“New York pushes me—emotionally, physically, everything. If you’re not the best or you’re not working the hardest, you’re going to be tossed aside.”
Questions for President Kwang-Wu Kim
“People seem to have really powerful positive memories with their experiences here.”
Eyewitness: Carlos Javier Ortiz
By documenting the ravages of youth violence, photographer Carlos Javier Ortiz (’02) captures communities’ devastation, resilience and hope—and wants to spark conversations to curb the brutality