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Column: With gratitude and warmth, goodbye
By Shane Tolentino, Senior Graphic Designer September 30, 2020 Shane Tolentino I’ve seen plenty of people come and go during my 20 months at the Chronicle. From regular staffers popping in and leaving as opportunities arise and situations change, to fellow members of management embarking on new journeys as they graduate from Columbia—the routine of seeing people pitch, write and then read their goodbye columns is familiar to me. I never believed that I would write one myself. I create images.
Culture Chronversations: Internet Privacy, TikTok and Netflix
By Jonah Ocuto, Camilla Forte, and Shane Tolentino August 10, 2020 Welcome to Culture Chronversations! On this show we ask broad questions about topics we aren’t usually able to touch on in our standard reporting. To give you an idea of who works at the Chronicle and who we are, we’re rotating guests each week to ensure everyone gets a chance to speak. On today’s episode we’ll dive into the role technology plays in our lives, the value of our data and what that data even means.
OPINION: Rapid insect decline is cause for worry
By Shane Tolentino, Graphic Designer April 12, 2019 Summer evenings have always been filled with the steady hum of little insects flying around as the sun sets and the air cools. Annoying as they can be, their presence also means the arrival of one of my favorite winged creatures: fireflies. However, I noticed last summer, amid talk of the honey bee and monarch butterfly populations dwindling, their light shows had become few and far between. What happened?
EDITORIAL: CPD must fix its spying by increasing transparency
The Chicago Police Department has been monitoring the social media accounts of Chicagoans for five years beginning in 2014, according to documents released Feb. 27 by the department after a lawsuit, according to television station WTTW. The city has spent nearly $1.5 million on software which “determines networks of association, centers of influence and potential signs of radicalization” on social media, according to WTTW.
ENDORSEMENT: Susana Mendoza for mayor
With the mayoral election coming up on Tuesday, Feb. 26, college students are looking at a field full of candidates making big promises. Most are progressives whose policies line up fairly well with our interests and passions. Their websites are full of brief stances written in traditional, mostly-empty political language we’ve seen time and time again during every election cycle.
EDITORIAL: ‘Sex Education’ must go beyond Netflix
New Netflix show “Sex Education,” released Jan. 11, follows the life of a teenage boy whose mother is a sex therapist, and covers topics ranging from masturbation, premature ejaculation and wet dreams to teen pregnancy and homophobia. Programs like “Sex Education”—which offers an unflinching and nuanced take on teen sexuality—ends up serving a hidden purpose: filling in the gaps young people are left with when their education and community fail them.
College students struggle to afford food, federal report says
As tuition rises, many college students struggle to afford basic necessities, such as food. A December 2018 report by the United States General Accountability Office analyzed data from 2016 and concluded that millions of students who are eligible for federal assistance that could help get them access to food, such as the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, are not receiving it.
EDITORIAL: Gun violence issues need systemic solutions
On Jan. 17, freshly-inaugurated Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a new bill into law targeting illegal gun trafficking. A similar bill was vetoed by former Gov. Bruce Rauner last year on the basis that it would put too much pressure on gun sellers. The bill requires firearms dealers to be licensed by the Illinois State Police.
Counseling Services concerns continue for students during colder weather
When sophomore interdisciplinary documentary major Maple Sullivan came to Columbia in Fall 2017, the transition to a big school full of new people was hard. After her first semester, things only got more difficult, and between the dropping temperatures and the gray skies of a Chicago winter, her depression started to worsen. “The winter was really rough for me last year,” said Sullivan, originally from New Jersey. “It’s pretty rough this year, too.
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