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Do hike bike! Do Drive ride!
Wake up, boil water, take shower, brew coffee, toast toast, pack bag, drink coffee, eat toast, head to basement, retrieve bike, RIDE B..
Be Aware Closed Things Open
On the first Thursday of the semester, thousands of students, teachers, staff, and guests explored the campus for Columbia Crawl, the ..
Opportunities Around Every Corner
The great thing about being a graduate student at Columbia College Chicago is that everywhere you turn, there are opportunities to get..
2nd Story Opening Show: An Evening of Story and Fun
Have you heard of 2nd Story? If you haven’t, you should know about this. It’s a live storytelling series in Chicago that features four..
Remember What You Love Doing
Balancing work and play is never easy, but when you throw class, homework, a job, and two internships in the mix, things are bound to ..
Living the ‘L’ Life: Using The Train in Chicago
The ‘L’: a quintessential Chicago icon and a staple of many Chicagoans’ daily commute. Short for “elevated”, the ‘L’ is a rapid transi..
One Voice From The Strike
Yesterday was the first day of the Chicago Teachers Union strike. I awoke to the sounds of a helicopter circling a picket line near my..
End of Summer & Strikes
I sit here in anticipation of my second year of school starting in less than a week. I’m eager to delve into all the prep we’ll be doi..
Art as Gift and EE the Magic Circus Band
“The primary commerce of art is a gift exchange,” Lewis Hyde
Riot Fest is coming up in a few weeks, and it’s going to be a few blo..
Chicago’s Twelve
One of my goals as the Graduate Student Ambassador Interdisciplinary Arts MA program is to enrich our experience as students in this ..