University of Chicago event focuses on youth vote at DNC
Youth Vote Fest, hosted by the nonpartisan University of Chicago Institute of Politics, included students from 180 colleges and universities.
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Youth Vote Fest, hosted by the nonpartisan University of Chicago Institute of Politics, included students from 180 colleges and universities.
The University of Chicago's Institute of Politics brought hundreds of Gen Z students to its Youth Vote Fest on the city's Near West Side, just blocks away from the Democratic National Convention at the United Center. As hundreds of college voters filled the Epiphany Center for the Arts. Organizers pulled a song from Charlie XCX's blockbuster "Brat" album, playing to their young audience. One of the attendees wore a "Demo(b)rat" hat to the event.
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The students were involved in an encampment that condemned the War on Gaza, took up the pro-Palestinian cause, and demanded a cease-fire. Andrew Ramos reports.
The students were involved in an encampment that condemned the War on Gaza, took up the pro-Palestinian, and demanded a cease-fire.
The students were involved in an encampment that condemned the War on Gaza, took up the pro-Palestinian cause, and demanded a cease-fire. Andrew Ramos reports.
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One of the thieves implied he had a weapon, but the victim did not see one.
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One construction worker was killed, and another was critically injured after falling nine stories from a scaffold in Hyde Park on Thursday.
One construction worker was killed, and another was critically injured after falling nine stories from a scaffold in Hyde Park on Thursday.
The university is withholding degrees from four students who participated in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus.
Students protested and walked out of commencement at the University of Chicago. This comes as the university withholds degrees from four students after they participated in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. The university confirms one person was arrested.
The university is withholding degrees from four students who participated in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus.
The university is withholding degrees due to a disciplinary process, which is in action because the students "may have been involved" in the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Quad.
The students' diplomas are being withheld at graduation from the College on Saturday on the grounds that they "may have been involved" in the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Main Quad. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The university is withholding their degrees due to a disciplinary process, which is in action because the students “may have been involved” in the Gaza solidarity encampment on the Quad. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The women's team broke through with the title after finishing as national runners-up two years in a row. It was the first title for any women's program in school history.
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