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Kwang-Wu Kim, president and CEO of Columbia College Chicago, will resign from his position days after telling the Faculty Senate in an announcement that the college will soon begin a process to evaluate its financial situation, which could determine whether whether full-time lecturers are employed with tenure will be laid off. The news also follows a fall semester that was significantly impacted by a historic seven-week strike by part-time faculty members.
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Juliana Zavala, senior manager of elementary athletics for Chicago Public Schools, and high-fives player Morgan Ellis speak with players and head coach Erin Pruitt of Simeon Career Academy after a press conference sanctioning girls flag football in Halas Hall in Lake Forest was announced on February 14, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Girls Flag Football Is Officially a High School Sport in Illinois: 'This Is Just the Beginning of Greatness'
The IHSA sanction of girls flag football comes several months after news that flag football will be played at the 2028 Olympics. Read more here.
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Drivers with the Justice for App Workers Coalition demonstrate during their one-day strike at the O'Hare International Airport rideshare lot on Feb. 14, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Some rideshare drivers in Chicago took part in the Valentine's Day strike, but for many it was business as usual
About 100 rideshare drivers gathered in the rideshare parking lot at O'Hare International Airport midday Wednesday to protest working conditions. However, because there was no widespread strike, many travelers had no trouble getting rides. Read more here.
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Chicago Cubs players train during spring training camp on February 14, 2024 in Mesa, Arizona. (Matt York/Associated Press)
Column: Shades of 2004 as the Chicago Cubs open camp and wait for a special someone
Cody Bellinger wasn't here, but he was the talk of the town when Cubs camp opened Wednesday in Mesa, Arizona. Read more here.
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Pam Grier plays a prominent role in Odie Henderson's new book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema. (American International Pictures)
Column: A new book about blaxploitation films celebrates everything from Pam Grier to 'Black Belt Jones'
Author Odie Henderson on Blaxploitation films: “Like anything that starts underground, once it goes mainstream it is destroyed.” Read more here.
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A police officer looks around the crime scene after a fatal shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' NFL Football Super Bowl celebration on February 14, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. (` Photo/Charlie Riedel)
The shooting after the Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration appeared to stem from an argument between several people, police say
Police Chief Stacey Graves said the 22 people injured in the shooting ranged in age from 8 to 47, with half of them under 16. A mother of two children was also killed. Read more here.
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