Online booksellers lose to stores
Since '99, Internet sites have seen only a 10 percent increase in sales

Despite drastically reduced prices of textbooks sold online, most college students continually choose to purchase books from good old-fashioned campus bookstores, according to a new study.

In 2003, only 3.5 percent of students nationwide said they purchased textbooks online, while 85 percent made their purchases at local bookstores. Meanwhile, 11 percent went to bookstore websites, according to the National Association of College Stores.
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Columbia taps city hall for new VP
Surprise announcement for development post

In the first high-profile hiring by the college in recent memory, a top city official under fire is stepping down from city hall to take an executive position at Columbia, college officials confirmed Feb. 4.
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Young adults target of new study
"Generation Y's not interested in civic responsibilities, cause for concern"

Americans will go to the polls this November to elect, or re-elect, a president. But what happens leading up to the election and afterward is the subject of a recent study released by the League of Women Voters of Chicago.

Age was a driving factor in the study when a poll by the Council for Excellence in Government found that 69 percent of young adults (ages 18 to 34) said they felt disconnected from the government.
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Library honors 'trailblazers'
Black History Month celebrations underway

Chicago Public Library's Celebrating Diversity program kicked off Black History Month with a rendition of the Negro national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," during a special award presentation held at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted St., on Feb. 2.
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In the world of elementary school academics, every kid knows there's a world of difference between a B- and a C+ report card. A B means "above average" or "satisfactory" work; A C means you're just, well, average.

Such pluses and minuses are a way of life for students in their first 13 years of education. Future Columbia students now can tack on at least another four.
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Editorial: Jackson's slip pales in comparison to CBS's

There's an old saying: When you're the boss, everything is your fault. The truth of this is debatable; if there's one thing we learn early on, it's that crap trickles downhill. After the debacle of Super Bowl Sunday, however, we may learn how far downhill it slides.

The issue here is not merely one of an exposed breast, albeit briefly. The issue is one of hypocrisy, because you're all probably quite sick of seeing and hearing about Janet Jackson's secondary sex organs.
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Columbia alumni debut indie feature film

Lana's Rain, an independent film project by Columbia alumni Michael Ojeda and Joel Goodman, makes its world premiere Feb. 27 at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave.
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Playground favorite turns into an adult obsession

We all remember how it felt in elementary school to stand on the side of the gym, anxiously awaiting our names to be called, while the most popular kids handpicked others to form teams. Those teams were divided, usually unfairly, to play the most exciting and, in our little minds, the most dangerous game of all--dodgeball.
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