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2 months ago | 
columbiachronicle.com | Sydney Richardson |Lilly Sundsbak |Patience Hurston |Maya Swan-Sullivan
Sydney Richardson, Podcast Producer [email protected] Sydney Richardson is a sophomore journalism major, concentrating in broadcasting for radio. She is minoring in voiceover. Richardson has reported on campus and metro events, as well as changes to Columbia’s Student Life and Residence Life departments of the college. She joined the Chronicle in August 2023. Hometown: Woodridge, Illinois
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May 20, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Swan-Sullivan
When President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim steps down on July 1, he will leave his successor to grapple with rising tuition costs, declining enrollment and a $38 million operating deficit. But his legacy also includes a showcase building for students that has become the centerpiece of Columbia’s urban campus. The five-story Student Center, which opened in Fall 2019, just before the pandemic hit, was partially by a donation from Kim himself.
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May 8, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Swan-Sullivan
U.S. colleges and universities rely on adjuncts to do the majority of teaching, but under a model that makes them essentially gig workers, most part-time instructors don’t know from one semester to the next if they will have a class to teach. That anxiety has increased as higher education faces declining enrollment and pressure from their board of trustees to reduce costs and for some, like Columbia, to reduce budget deficits. A study done by psychologists Gretchen M.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Swan-Sullivan
Students from Columbia College, Roosevelt University and the School of the Art Institute stood in solidarity outside of the Art Institute on Friday, April 26 to protest the ongoing war in Gaza. The Columbia chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine organized a campus walkout in the South Loop on Friday. Columbia students started at 618 S. Michigan and marched to the Art Institute, where they were joined by students from the other schools.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Swan-Sullivan
April 17, 2024 President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim has proposed to sell both the 624 S. Michigan building and his residence in the Gold Coast neighborhood. The recommendations are part of a draft advisory report the Board of Trustees requested to address the $38 million deficit. 86 courses are being held in the building this semester, with class sizes ranging from 12 to 41 students.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Swan-Sullivan
The library would relocate to different places on campus if the college sells the 624 S. Michigan building that currently houses it, its director told the Chronicle in an exclusive interview. No place on campus is big enough for everything currently housed on the library’s five floors, said Jo Cates, director of the library. “I can’t imagine a place on campus that would hold us right now.”But it would not close. “The idea of us moving isn’t upsetting,” Cates said.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Allison Shelton |Maya Swan-Sullivan
Columbia’s part-time faculty union hosted an open event for faculty and students on Friday, March 1 to debrief the historic strike, talk about unionism and the arts and discuss strategy for organizing. But when some part-time instructors who resigned during the historic strike last fall showed up for what was advertised as a “town hall,” they were turned away and threatened with legal action.
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Feb 24, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Allison Shelton |Maya Swan-Sullivan
Admitted students and their families crowded into the Student Center on Saturday, Feb. 24 for the first of a series of Admitted Students Days this spring, easing initial fears that the historic strike and financial crisis might keep people away. Nearly 400 admitted students and parents attended, which was “more than expected,” according to student leader Manuela Álvarec, a senior musical theatre major. This was the first of eight Admitted Students Days the college will host this spring.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Maya Swan-Sullivan
Even as traditional gender roles continue to influence relationship dynamics, some members of the queer community defy those stereotypes while others find comfort in them. “I always consider myself ready for whatever and just ready to protect whether it’s a friend or a loved one,” said Mckayla “Tacco” Mills who graduated from Columbia last year. For her, being the more masculine one in her relationships comes with certain roles that come naturally.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
columbiachronicle.com | Allison Shelton |Maya Swan-Sullivan
For the second day in a row, President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim sought to explain the college’s financial crisis to faculty and staff, laying out why the deficit grew to $38 million and what steps Columbia will need to take to address it. More than 250 people joined a “State of the College” address held on Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 7. The presentation from Kim mostly mirrored one the day before in-person, at the Student Center.
