Nader taps Columbia for voters, volunteers
Independent candidate needs 25,000 signatures to make the election ballot in Illinois
Teresa Melzer said she was on the fence as to how she planned to vote in the November presidential election.
But in a quickly dwindling field, Melzer-a sophomore art major at Columbia-said she had narrowed it down.
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College officials increase number of scholarships
More awards mostly benefit incoming students
Columbia's scholarship offerings for new students will more than double for the next school year, college officials said.
According to Mark Kelly, Columbia's vice president of Student Affairs, the number of scholarships available primarily for new students in the coming year will rise from 100 awards to 250.
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Rebecca Gordon, a senior majoring in film, inspects the ‘Double Happiness’ exhibit April 7, on display in the first floor C33 Gallery, in the 33 E. Congress Parkway Building. The exhibit, which runs until April 30, explores Asian American Wedding stories.
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Musical chairs
Replacement for the late William Russo has some big shoes to fill
Nearly two years after he resigned as chair of Columbia's Music Department, a search committee charged with picking William Russo's successor has endorsed its list of candidates.
Now, it's up to the college's administration to approve the committee's pick.
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Advising Center names staff
New Career Center planned to offer archived student portfolio samples
Columbia's Student Affairs Office has announced its new management team for the recently shuffled Academic Advising Office.
According to Mark Kelly, vice president of Student Affairs, not a single staff member was lost in the conversion of the office into the Advising Center, through which all student advising (from freshman orientation to portfolio evaluation near graduation time) will soon be carried out.
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Natalie Hill, a sophomore majoring in poetry, reads at the fifth annual Columbia College Chicago City Wide Undergraduate Poetry Festival April 8 at the Music Center, 1014 S. Michigan Ave. Hill, who says she tends to base her poetry on fame and gender issues, represented Columbia at the festival among representatives from 11 other Chicago-area colleges, including Northwestern and DePaul universities and the University of Chicago.
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Beat the Donkey wins headliner spot at Manifest
Five student bands also slated to perform
After carefully working to choose a big name band to headline this year's Manifest arts festival, Columbia administration and a select group of students say they've found a group that will fit the Columbia mentality.
And the winner is: Beat the Donkey.
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Homepage set for a makeover
Columbia's entire website to be updated by May
Columbia's website is about to get an overhaul, and students should expect to see the first changes to the site beginning in May, school officials said.
The first step in revamping the college's website is redecorating the homepage.
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Rebecca Gordon, a senior majoring in film, inspects the ‘Double Happiness’ exhibit April 7, on display in the first floor C33 Gallery, in the 33 E. Congress Parkway Building. The exhibit, which runs until April 30, explores Asian American Wedding stories.
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Faculty members teach overseas
Not all schools as willing to support Fulbright Scholarship as Columbia
Fifty years ago, opportunities to teach abroad were limited-not so anymore.
Dr. RoseAnna Mueller, an instructor in the Liberal Arts Department at Columbia, recently took advantage of an offer to travel to Merida, Venezuela, to teach a course in Latin American Women's Literature.
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Florence trip inspires students
More departments added to Columbia's Summer in Florence program
Four years after the Art and Design Department at Columbia started a program that sends students to study in Florence, Italy, for the summer, the program is thriving.
As part of the Columbia Arts/Florence program, students study at the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence. Columbia faculty members teach five courses, including art and design, fashion, photography, film and liberal education at Santa Reparta.
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OASIS comes into its own
Surveyed students want more info via e-mail
OASIS, Columbia's year-old Internet portal, is students' preferred method of obtaining information about the school, according to a new survey conducted by the Student Government Association.
The survey, which sought to report methods by which students receive information at the school, polled 294 students via an online survey, linked on the OASIS website.
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Attacking taxes
As millions of Americans get ready for the lengthy and time-consuming process of filing taxes, one group won't be writing out checks to Uncle Sam on April 15.
Known as "war tax resisters," they are a small but dedicated group who refuse to pay all or part of their federal income taxes to a government they vocally oppose.
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Homework: 48 hours without using cell phone
'It's an addiction,' says one Rutgers student
(U-WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.-A cell phone's cheerful ring caused students to burst into laughter during instructor Sergio Chaparro's Introduction to Information Technology and Informatics class at Rutgers University.
While a ringing cell phone during class is not unusual, the reaction came in the midst of a class assignment to be "cell phone-free" for 48 hours. Chaparro asked his students to turn off their cell phones as an experiment to see how much the devices affect their daily lives in ways they may not be aware.
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