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Disability Representation in Media: More Than a Label

Anna Bitz, February 18, 2025February 17, 2025

Although the news media has improved how it depicts issues of disability, some argue it…

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Video: Lincoln Park Conservatory champions sustainability amid fundraising challenges

Lauren Schmit, February 12, 2025February 11, 2025

Rafael Rosa, the executive director of the Lincoln Park Conservatory, is leading the charge for…

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Chicagoland

Video: ‘Track is another sport’s punishment’

Maya Liquigan, January 21, 2025January 20, 2025

Long-distance hurdlers switch their legs right before the jump. Karam Jaber, a student athlete from…

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Business

Lincoln Square businesses evolve after the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Sam Mosquera, December 19, 2024December 19, 2024

One minute it’s there, the next it’s not. In Lincoln Square, the number of new…

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Arts & Culture

Punk Planet and Dan Sinker, 30 years later

Trinity Balboa, November 16, 2024November 16, 2024

At the age of 19, no one expects to start a major magazine that has…

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Arts & Culture

Lowrider Love: An Exploration of Hispanic Heritage through Art, Cars and Culture

Student Stories, November 13, 2024November 12, 2024

“Dulce Vida,” a multimedia art exhibit in the C33 Gallery, was created by three Latina…

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Arts & Culture

Why Not Petites celebrates inclusive fashion with prohibition-themed party and runway

Gavin Lipinski, November 2, 2024November 6, 2024

When Britney Wittes graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2019, she had already identified an…

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Business

Fiesta Feminina at La Palapa welcomes McKinley Park residents to celebrate the women of Chicago’s City Council

Frida Scheffler-Gonzalez, October 27, 2024October 25, 2024

Residents of the McKinley Park area held a fundraiser for the Latina women of Chicago’s…

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Opinion

  • Chicago’s influential music scene doesn’t get the respect it deserves 
    by Zoey Hill-Hernandez
  • Lost in translation: ‘I would see everyone else writing while I just stared blankly at my paper’
    by Cynthia Alaniz
  • ‘It felt like something was gnawing at my heart’; Columbia student copes with illness of a lifetime
    by Morgan Bruner
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Arts and Culture

  • 23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell
    by Triniti Waxman
  • Queer Chicago designer finds niche dressing drag performers
    by Seng Xiong
  • From dorm room to mainstage, Phat Dragon built a comedy cult following 
    by Ava Simone Forster
  • Great Ideas of Humanity exhibit showcases famous quotes made visual 
    by Sh'Mara Chism
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Feature

  • Hairstylist helps clients embrace their own beauty, rather than copy someone else’s 
  • Care for Real food pantry serves North Siders as need grows 
  • Cuddle Bunny: Where visitors can chill out with a furry friend 
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