The average class size for undergraduate students at Columbia saw a small increase for the Fall 2003 semester, marking continued efforts by the college to increase how many students are in a typical classroom while capitalizing on already existing resources. Read
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A former Columbia film student and Matrix producer said he was assaulted Jan. 8 after a motorist nearly hit him outside Columbia's 33 E. Congress Parkway Building. Read
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A new Senate bill requiring Illinois police to take a driver's race into consideration when making traffic stops took effect Jan. 1.
The Illinois Department of Transportation will collect data over the next four years to determine if decisions regarding traffic stops are based on police officers' perception of the driver's race. Read more...
Chicago may be the murder capital of the country for 2003, but the First District-the area that surrounds Columbia-remains one of the safest police districts in the city. Read more...
In the wake of several canceled trans-Atlantic flights
over the Christmas holiday, the Department of Homeland
Security has announced that armed “air marshals”
would be required for all international flights. This
announcement follows on the heels of a contentious ongoing
debate in the wake of the 9/11 attacks regarding the
arming and deputizing of commercial airline pilots.
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Had the Internet been around in the days of Pablo
Picasso to use as a tool for his paintings, perhaps
life wouldn't have been so twisted for him. Then again,
it might've made things even more complicated for the
artist whose relationships were strange without having
the World Wide Web easily at hand. Read
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When most people think of stand-up comedy in Chicago,
only one word comes to mind: Zanies. Read
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Murder rate hits new low
Picasso
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