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1 month ago | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Liquigan |Kate Larroder |Emma Jolly |Patience Hurston
Kate Julianne Larroder, Reporter [email protected] Kate Julianne Larroder is a junior communications major, minoring in journalism. She joined the Chronicle as a reporter in January 2024. Hometown: The Philippines
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1 month ago | 
columbiachronicle.com | Araceli Ramirez |Maya Liquigan |Patience Hurston |Charles Rahn
Araceli Ramirez, Bilingual Reporter [email protected] Araceli Ramirez is a journalism major with a minor in creative writing. Ramirez is a Reporter. She joined the Chronicle in June 2024. Hometown: Chicago, Illinois.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Liquigan |Addison Annis
January 23, 2025 While on a 17-hour-long train ride back to Chicago, the Chronicle’s Maya Liquigan and Addison Annis reflect on their trip to Washington D.C. to report on Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States. Transcript:0:09: New York Penn Station 0:11: You will be taking train 196 at gate letter D, as in “dog.” 0:19: Once again at 13. 0:23: Welcome to Chronicle Reports, the podcast that takes you behind headlines and inside the story.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Liquigan
December 11, 2024 Kenli Mays, a senior fashion studies major, said she felt like she needed to switch her degree plan last semester because she could not afford the rising cost of Columbia’s tuition and fees. She said that the increases—15% in three years— put significant pressure on her financial situation and educational aspirations. “It has made it a little difficult and it does kind of restrain some students from really trying to reach that goal, curriculum-wise,” Mays said.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Liquigan
December 8, 2024 On Friday night, the Renegades En Pointe Ballet Club filled the Hive with magic to set the scene for their showcase to end the fall semester with vines of leaves wrapped around the stage and pastel flowers sprinkled around the room creating their own mystical garden. Family and friends came to support the club and members in their only event this semester, as many of the club members are new to ballet.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Liquigan
Columbia sports teams and clubs returned to East-West University for practice this week after the college signed a letter of intent to rent the facilities again. The students lost access at the start of the semester because of budget cuts, as the Chronicle previously reported. Kristi Beltran, the director of Student Engagement and Leadership, said that the letter of intent was signed on Nov. 12 and students gained access on Nov. 18.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Liquigan
Around 400 prospective students attended the collegewide open house along with their families on Saturday, Nov. 5 to explore campus, connect with faculty and meet current students. The open house was offered in two sessions: one from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and another from noon to 3 p.m. At 9 a.m., the Student Center was packed with students who were admitted and enrolled or are interested in attending Columbia.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Doreen Abril Albuerne-Rodriguez |Lily Thomas |Emma Jolly |Maya Liquigan
November 5, 2024 Polls opened at 6 this morning in Chicago, with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump deadlocked in one of the tightest presidential contests in decades. Chicago voters also are choosing elected representatives to the school board for the first time and voting on whether reproductive treatments should be covered by health insurance plans in the state.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Liquigan
The weight of the outcome of the presidential election on Nov. 5, including whether it will even be decided that night, is causing distress to many voters around the country, and young voters at Columbia said that they are feeling it, too. Some students who are first-time voters told the Chronicle that their main concern is not being prepared to vote in a razor-tight election.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Liquigan
October 21, 2024 The Renegades Outdoor Collective club gathered around the campfire during their biannual camping trip to tell scary stories, harmonize with the strum of guitars and reconnect with nature in the middle of the fall semester. Faculty advisor David Dolak, a professor in the School of Design, and 17 students traveled to the Indiana Dunes National Park over the weekend to camp. Some students took the South Shore Line train on Friday, Oct. 18, and others drove to the campsite.
