Summer 2010

Drowning claims more lives of urban kids because they don’t learn to swim. Maybe we all should take a lesson from Jakobi McClellan. Read more

Breaking up is hard to do . . . so text it. Read more

International students find that accents and surnames are often misinterpreted in the U.S. Read more

Knock, knock: Round 2 questioning makes Chicagoans uneasy. Read more

A webcast by Columbia Links reporters highlights the World Cup celebration in Chicago, the new/old rules of dating, plus the hopes of young African-American swimmer from the south suburbs. Watch video

6,000 attended the Chicago World Cup Festival at Soldier Field to cheer for Spain or the Netherlands. Columbia Links photographers were there too. Watch video

What 125 million fans know that you don’t. Read more

Digital downloads are riding popularity with young consumers. Read more

Madonna and Lola aren’t the only mother-daughter team loving the trend. Read more

30 years later, our parents’ decade of fashion finds new fans. Read more

Teens’ passions, talents suffer when media addiction gets in the way. Read more

O-Bee hones his craft, builds his brand and grows his fan base via social media. Soon you too may hear of him. Read more

Fans have their rituals at the old ballpark. You could say it’s tradition. Read more

Compulsive disorder may keep sufferers from seeing their true beauty. Read more

Karate kid Amina Allen, 10, kicks back and wins world championship this summer. Read more