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Students Push to Take Advantage of Internships
Each of Columbia’s three schools, Media Arts, Fine & Performing Arts, and Liberal Arts & Science, have their own way of encouraging the furthering of students’ professional lives by gaining skills through internships. Lyn Pusztai, industry relations and internship coordinator of the cinema art + science program, said she hosts 45-minute internship introduction meetings with […]
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27th Annual Polish Film Festival Brings Together Polish Americans
December 26, 2015 Comments Off on 27th Annual Polish Film Festival Brings Together Polish Americans
Karolina Bielawska, the filmmaker of the documentary “Call Me Marianna,” showcased her film in the annual Polish Film Festival that took place last month in Chicago. The film is about Marianna, a transgender woman who sues her parents to obtain a sex reassignment and spotlights the sacrifices a transgender person has to make to be his or […]
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Poverty, Unemployment and the Homeless in Chicago
December 23, 2015 Comments Off on Poverty, Unemployment and the Homeless in Chicago
Symantha Lancaster has big goals. “What I’m looking for is a career path,” she said. The upbeat and cheerful Chicago native is a student at The Cara Program, a non-profit organization that offers job training and placement for individuals affected by homelessness and poverty. Lancaster, who joined the program in September, said she has a […]
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Kristaps Porzingis entered the NBA with many doubters, but the rookie is taking the league by storm. In June the New York Knicks drafted Porzingis with the fourth overall selection in the NBA Draft. The 7-foot-3 Latvian walked up the stage to an array of boos from New Yorkers who didn’t believe he was ready […]
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Students Say Columbia College Chicago Very Diverse
December 21, 2015 Comments Off on Students Say Columbia College Chicago Very Diverse
Columbia College students say being part of such a diverse student body has made them more accepting and open toward people from many different cultures and lifestyles. Most students have no problem branching out and interacting with students outside of their normal groups, they said. Transfer students have found Columbia to be diverse compared to […]
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People Still Driving In to Cascade
December 17, 2015 Comments Off on People Still Driving In to Cascade
Movie lovers might think drive-in theaters are a thing of the past, but the Cascade Drive-In, which is on Chicago’s West Side, is still drawing crowds. The Cascade Drive-in, the largest drive-in theater in Illinois, opened in 1961. Jeff Kohlberg and his family took over the business in 1989 from the previous owner who retired. Kohlberg has […]
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Some Object to the Comedy of “Chi-Raq”
December 17, 2015 Comments Off on Some Object to the Comedy of “Chi-Raq”
The recently released movie “Chi-Raq,” directed by Spike Lee, has caused an uproar among some Chicagoans who say it will offer an unrealistic depiction of the city. “I lived in an impoverished part of the city when I was a child and it’s not beautiful or easy to look at,” said Chicago resident Jocelyn Gutierrez. Gutierrez, who […]
