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Building a Student-to-Student Textbook Exchange
Date: 11/28/2008 to 1/31/2009 At the end of every semester, you take the dreaded trip to the bookstore where they tell you they’ve changed the edition on your class’ book for next semester or only want to give you a $1.25 for your beat-up (and dropped in the bathtub) $70 book.  Instead of trekking your heavy sac of books to the bookstore like a tired and less exciting version of Santa, you can sell them in the Loop. ... (read more)

Meet Kaelyn Garcia, Fashion Designer, Weisman Recipient
Date: 11/28/2008 to 12/28/2008 Senior Fashion Design student Kaelyn Garcia takes an eco-friendly approach to design, but her fabric isn’t the only thing that’s organic.  Read below to find out the personal experiences that motivated her latest collection, which was completed through the assistance of the Albert P. Weisman Award. ... (read more)

Your Words Here: A Letter to The Music Industry, By He Who Loved Her
Date: 11/26/2008 to 12/19/2008 Dear Music Industry ... This is my letter of resignation. My two-weeks notice. My farewell. And I am far from hesitant about this decision. ... (read more)

Call for Work: Q Film Festival
Date: 11/25/2008 to 1/30/2009 How 'Q' are you? Submit your work to the third annual Queer Film Prize sponsored by GLBTQ here at Columbia. Deadline for submissions is January 30 at 5 p.m.
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"Alternadad" visits Columbia's Silver Tongue Reading Series
Date: 11/24/2008 to 12/31/2008 Writer and performer Neal Pollack took to the stage for the final literary reading of the semester during Columbia's spoken word performance series Silver Tongue. ... (read more)

Call for Work: Student Bands for Manifest
Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/15/2008 Calling all student bands! Are you interested in performing live for 30,000 visitors at Manifest 2009? ... (read more)

Call for Work: Departmental Showcase Application
Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/15/2008 Department liaisons- looking for the online application? Check it out here! All departments planning on presenting senior/graduating student work in Manifest are asked to submit their information online. ... (read more)

Your Words Here: Meet Ayisha Jaffer & Zack Eastman, Emerging Talent Agents
Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/5/2008 Seniors Ayisha Jaffer and Zack Eastman have really made their mark in Chicago during their time as students at Columbia College. Collectively, they have interned and worked for such companies as Universal Music Group, The Windish Agency, and JAM Productions. The two already manage several local Chicago artists.  We sat down with Ayisha and Zack about their involvement in SPB, their recent trip to the CMJ music conference in New York City, and the advice they can offer to all of us as they graduate from Columbia this year.
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Call for Work: TICTOC
Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/15/2008 TICTOC, the performance and street theater component of Manifest, is now accepting proposals from current students and alumni of Columbia College Chicago. ... (read more)

Meet Emily Miller, Emerging Choreographer and Bun-Head
Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/13/2008 As a kid, she was a self-described bun-head, but today, senior dance major Emily Miller refers to herself as an emerging Chicago choreographer--and rightly so. At age 22, she has completed five works at the collegiate level and is currently hard at work perfecting her fifth. ... (read more)

Call for Work: Industry Night 2009
Date: 11/18/2008 to 12/15/2008 Interested in learning more about Manifest or Industry Night 2009? Read all about it here!
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Calendar Highlights


December 2
Support Group for those coping with HIV/AIDS ... read more.

December 2
A Conversation With: Freddy Rodriguez ... read more.

December 2
Film Club Fall Screening Series: Black Christmas ... read more.

December 2
Conversations In the Arts: Sir Ken Robinson ... read more.

December 3
Lunchtime Music Series ... read more.

December 3
Karma Community Fair: Service and Volunteerism Expo ... read more.

December 3
Sound Opinions: The Future of Music ... read more.

December 4
WCRX Radio 88.1 FM "Holly Jolly Trolley" Food Drive ... read more.

December 4
If Artists Ran the Media: Reception ... read more.

December 4
The Green Menorah Contest ... read more.

December 4
Black Student Union - 20th Anniversary Gala ... read more.

December 4
Advertising and Marketing of Film: Movie Trailers and How They're Made ... read more.

December 5
Cinema Slapdown: Bad Santa ... read more.

December 7
Sunday Sundae Cinema ... read more.

December 9
Student Government Association Date and Skate ... read more.

December 10
Film Club Fall Screening Series: Special 35mm Screening Party ... read more.

December 10
Words on Wednesday ... read more.

December 16
Anacrusis Concert Sponsored by Cadre ... read more.

January 27
Conversations In the Arts: Ana Deavere Smith ... read more.

January 29
Opening Reception: Criteria: Shelter and Sustainability ... read more.