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o F COL U M B I A CO L LE G E November 11, 1996 Bridging The Foreign Gap Coming To America RECEIVED NOV 12 1SSS

CKuwait They come from all over the world. From the rain f orests of South America, the prairie flat lands of Canada, the close-packedjigsaw puzzle of European countries, the swatches ofp arched deserts to the sun-lit coastal escarpments of Africa. Over 400 international students study here, representing some 45 countries from every continent ill the world-Columbia has gained world prominence­ and, perhaps, even a guiding light in higher education. But why have some traveled great distances to come to America? And what does Columbia offer that beckons them? Over the past month, Senior Writer Leon Tripplett has talked to international students from Kenya, Kuwait and Japan who made the voyage to America and made Columbia their home. This week the Chronicle talks with Davissa Fernandes from Kuwait. FrODl Kuwait to ColuDlbia

Davissa Fernandes Photo by SCOIl Bllxti"

By Leon Tripplett fusion," and eventually wnr. Kuwait." she said. Senior Writer Fernandes remembers that uneasy night. Fernandes remembers the residential the eeri e prelude before reality drove home building across the street from that was It is not often that great events intrude in the understanding understanding that she bombed that afternoon. "We heart! a loud our lives, accelerates time and brings our would never be the same again and neither sound. followed by more sounds and we all world to a standstill. For a young Ku waiti would the rivcrlcss, hot desert. '" remember rushed downstairs to the basement of our girl , life stood still. She grew up earl y waking up to bomb shell noises early in the bui lding," she said. enough to know that war-lOrn Kuwait would morning," Fcrnadcs told the Chronicle in ,I Days latef. as waf loomed, the Fernandes never be the same. hysterical tonc. "My parenls came into the family did what most Kuwait fami li es were On a seemingly calm Thursday morning, room and tried to calm us down. They told doing-they left the mvaged, hot desert for Davissa Fernandes was looking forward to us that 'everything was going to be O K.'" Jordan 10 stay with relatives. '" had to leave a day out on the town with her mother-she She recalled the next day: "My parents my friends behind, the place where I was had just turned 16. Her hope were dashed, were walk ing up and down :.lIld all I t.:()uld brought up," Fernandes s'lid. however, when Iraqi soldiers invaded her think was, ' What is going on here.' My But they were leaving more than friend~ tiny, oil-rich, Middle Eastern nation of mother remembered reading through the behind--their whole homeland was Kuwait. There would be no shoppin g spree Reuters news service, the day before at and no day out on the town,just "chaos. con- work, that Iraq was plnnning to invade See Kuwait, page 5 PrintIng policy met with mixed reviews By Jill Schimelpfenig fl oor of the 600 S. Michigan Ave. out of a lab:' said Danie l Henrick. anoth ­ So much paper had been w;\stcd last SlafJ Wriler Bu ilding. For $ 10, the card allo ts 20 print er lab assistant. year that the department's budgct dcplet­ jobs of one to 10 pages each. Re becca Courington, at.:ting chair of ed early and the labs were out of paper The new printing policy administered Academic t he two weeks before the end of the spring by the Academic Computing De partment Computing At.:ademic semester. has taken off with some minor complaints D epartment Cumputing Courington has had no one in her and a few angry refutes, according to fac­ lab assistant Is the new printing policy fair? Department. office to complain ahout the polit.:y. " By ulty and lab assistants in the department. Matt Cotten, See editorial, page 9. explained and large. I think mo:-.t peuple understand As many students may be aware by a junior, said that the rea- that it's cost ant! it needs to be paid ror," now, printing a document in Columbia's that he has I son for the she said. computer labs is no longer free. r eceived pol i e y Her sentiments have been echoed by Beginning this semester, each print job many complaints from students who do change was people abusing the use of some students at Columbia. costs 50 cents. not like the idea. Other lab aids have had computer labs. She said, " We'd have stu­ Imholep Zoser, a sophomore music stu­ Students can purchase a print card similar experiences. dents printing up a hund red copies of dent, is not offended by the policy. "You through the cashier's office on the fifth "A guy got really upset and stonned 'I'm having a garage sale ... · See Poli cy, page 2 NEWS Novemb er 11 1 996 THE CHRONICLE Pulitzer-winning poet visits College Journalism Department By Jennifer Prause Beauty," "Region of Unlikeness" place or time or creed or race or 623 S. Wabash Ave., Suite SlaffWriter and "Materialism," "The Dream gender or even a specific lan­ The "Poetry Review" is • 802 of the Unified Field: Selected guage." nationally distribute~ map· Chicago, Illinois 60605 Jorie Graham. the winner of Poems 1974-1994" was pub­ Being trilingual, Graham has a zine edited and pubhshed by this year's Pul itzer Prize for poet­ lished by the Ecco choice of language Columbia students. It is aYair­ News desk: ry. read from her works last Press. .----- to convey her poetry able in the spring, usually May. (312) 663-1600 Ext. .5343 Thu rsday in the Hokin Gallery. Graham loves in but feels English Paul Hoover from the Graham won the Pulitzer, litera­ being a poet. She has "is such a vast muhi­ Poeuy Department said the ture's most prestigious award, for Photo desk: always been attract­ cultural language, magazine is "Forty percent "The Dream of the Unified Field: ed IQ the kind of (312) 663-1600 Ext. 5731 having in its marrow Columbia student worlc." Tho Se lected Poems /974-1994:· thinking necessary more other lan­ magazine was only for stu.. Born in New York. City in for writing poetry. guages than any dents up until three years ago. Advertising desk: 195 I, Graham was a recipient of " It 's the experi- other instrument. Then the department decided (312) 663-1600 Ext. 5411 the John D. and Catherine T. ence of going " I feel especially to allow professionals to COD­ MacArthur Fellowship. She now through one's lucky to have ended tribute. Because of an increase FAX: is on the faculty at the University life- through the up thinking and feel­ of diverse work, circulation (312) 427-3920 of Iowa's Creative Writers' crises, as well as the ing, searching in has increased from, according Workshop. s urpri ses - with it...it felt like com­ to Hoover, "Five hundred to e-mail: "Any prize feels simultane­ poetry's way of ing upon the Pacific three thousand" issues sold, Chron96@ interacess.com ously like a roll of the dice and a thinking as a guide Ocean from some including Canada. great honor ... As for the Pulitzer that's addictive. inland brook. Who Students start to publish tbo itself, it is a great honor, particu­ Form, technique, wouldn't want to try magazine in January. The edl­ Web page: larly because it's the only award [and] the language to learn to swim?" tors are chosen from the http://wwwS.interacess.com that address so many different of metaphor are all Her plans are to "Selected Advance Poetry IchronicJe uses of language-dramatic, amazing rudders by Jorie G raham keep writing and .Workshop" classes. novelistic, journalistic, which one steers teaching as best she Anyone can contribute to poetic- all of them searching for through the mess of things," she can, "To try to go through life the magazine. The deadline to Editor-in-Chief versions of the truth," Graham said. and not, accidentally, slip around submit work is Dec. 15. You John Henry Biederman stated. She was influenced by many, it." She feels poetl)! should be can purchase sample copies for "The Dream of the Unified including teacher Donald Justice taught in school like math, geog­ $6. If you bave any questions, Managing Editor Field" yields 20 years of writing, and others she refers to as "teach­ raphy or history, contact Paul Hoover in the Cristin Monti revealing the growth of an aston­ ers not there in the flesh" includ­ "The routes of perception English Department. For a ishing poetic voice. Investigating in g Dickinson, Hopkins, poetry opens in a forming response, send a self­ new types of territory, she has Berryman and Keats. soul-paradox, the pleasures of addressed, stamped envelope News Editor broadened her connection with She feels poetry is never out­ ambiguity, analogy, irrational and a brief letter to: Columbia Bob Chiarito each succeeding book. dated. No matter how long ago logic-tend to be, today, intro­ College English Departmont, Her other works include, somet hing was written, "The duced to children only through 600 S. Michigan Ave~ Assistant News Editor "Hybrids of Plants and of knowledge poetry requires-it advanced mathematics and Chicago, 1160605. Allison Martin Ghosts," " Erosion ," "The End of doesn't tend to be specific to physics."

Features Editor Kimberly Watkins Open mic sets stage for emotion Entertainment Editor Ryan Healy By Michele S. Gomez ticular reading there were 22 participants who weren't afraid to stand Staff Writer in front of an audience and reveal some of their deepest thoughts. A Opinion Editor sure cure for stage fright, there were newcomers as well as pros. David Harrell While the Fiction Department's Open-Mike reading of Nov, 7 was Various emotions swept through the room, carrying the sounds of subject to numerous snafus getting started, spectators and participants love, pain, joy, laughter and excitement. seemed more than fulfilled when the event actually happened, " Porky" was a wi ldjoumal entry read by Josephine Lipuma which Photography Editor When students and faculty arrived in the Torco Building'S 11th made the audience burst into laughter through her tales of pigs having Natalie Battaglia floor faculty lounge for the reading, they found nothing. But that did­ sex and Barbie doll pornography, Karen Stein, vice president of n't stop them- they wandered the floor looking for it department's student board. also captivated the audience with her Assistant Photography After asking around, and being directed from floor to floor and humorous tale about the letter she wrote to her landlord explaining the Editor room to room, people found the smiling face of Andrew ferguson, co­ reason she broke her screen door-her ignorant boyfriend who was Laura Stoecker advisor of the Fiction Writing Department, welcoming them into a missing until 6 a.m, without explanation and a female's business card small room on the 12th floor. in his pocket. Copy Editors The show was running 45 minutes behind schedule and more The first open m ike event was held a few years back and received MemaAyi inconveniences were mounting-they didn't even have a microphone such a positive response from students that a committee was needed to ready. But it didn't take five minutes before all the seats were occu­ handle it. The Fiction Writing Department then created their Student Rob Eng land pied and people began sitting on the floor, leaning against the walls Board, composed of both faculty and students. Jim Perez and blocking the isles, The Fiction Writing Department and their There will be two more readings held in December: Another open Student Board appeared in front of their audience, introduced them­ mike on Dec. 6 and "The Rookie Reading" on Dec. 8. Advertising Manager selves and the show began. For more infonnation on these or other upcoming events, contact Amy Pickle The open mike is the Fiction Writing Department's most popular the Fiction Writing Department at Ext. 5611 and look for further post­ event and everyone is encouraged to attend or participate. For this par- ings, Senior Writers Robert Stevenson Policy, from page 1: Free printing is a thing of the past in Leon Tripplett Academic Computing-and students are sounding off Read the Chrollirl'·... Web Page Editor have to look at both sides of the story," he said. Even then, however, these students are Mark Dascoli " 1 can see [the policy] when people print out only allowed to print for free the work they resumes, but if I just print out a paper, I should­ have completed inside the classroom, n' t have to pay,"' said Jeff Redlinger, 23 , a For instance, if a student is assigned a 20- Staff Writers senior academic computing and film major. page paper for a class that meets in a lab, if YUlI kllu\\' \\hal's Jonathan Bethely Faculty in the department said they would printing the document will cost two print Michelle DuFour consider an alternative to the current policy jobs because the work was done outside of guud IIII' yUlI. Jason Falkinham if it does not impose on the budget and is the classroom, Michele Gomez equally fair to students. Students are But, Courington said, "There is no way to Danielle Hirsch encouraged to bring their suggestions to the enforce [the policy, in this case]." Charles Jord an department. Other ,private BOOK Now Jason Kravarik The print colleges In the Jennifer Prause card policy Chicago area, such FOR THE HOLIDA YS! Jill Schirnelpfenig isn't new to as DePaul and Co lumbi a. "It's [new printing poli­ Loyola universi­ London Staff Photographers "We used to ties, do not have Scott Buxtin have a print cy] whacked, it sucks." print fees for a Paris card in basic print job. Blair Fredrick place, several Frankfurt Jo Machado Sean Finn, a years ago," student at DePaul Madrid Courington -Anna Seifert, University and Rome Faculty Advisor said. The past full -time staff Jim Sulski few years, student member in Prague when the D ePau l 's Attlens copies were Computer Science The Chronicle is a student­ free, were an Department, said Aviv run newspaper of Columbia "experiment" that caused the department to "For the tUition we pay, they better not College Chicago. It is pub­ lose money. charge us." lished weekly during the By consulting with lab managers, At Loyola, use of the Epson printer is school year and distributed on Courington made the decision to revert back free but anything printed on the laser com­ Mondays. Views expressed to print cards in order to cover the cost of puters is five cents per copy. in this newspaper are not nec­ computer maintenance and paper. Regardless of explanations from the C lass fees charged to students in the essarily those of the department, many Columbia students, like beginning of a semester do not cover com­ fre~hman Anna Seifert, are angry about the Journalism Department or the puter lab costs, said Courington, unless the policy. college. student pays a fee for a lab-assigned class. " It's whacked, it sucks," she said. November 11, 1996 NEWS 3

coffee shops. I didn 't know anybody that airbags could be dangerous, some­ On wanted to know anything about thing we now know to be true. Starbucks. Also at Fox, reporter Mark How's The station known for its infamous Saxenmeyer delivered a highly infor­ " High Heel Hell" story, WLS-Channel mative report on a legal, but danger­ Media 7, opened its menu of soft stories with ous, new drug circulating at all-night a repon on " lite" Illenu items that may dance parties. not be so healthy. To their credit, Overall, there have been less cor­ Your Channel 7 also ran two solid repons: a ruption stories than we're used to see­ Chuck Goudie investigative report on ing from the Big Four (WON-Channel clu es into a northwest suburban mur­ 9 does not regularly run investiga~ der and Kathy Brock's look into cancer tions). So far, politicians, the school Steak? Jason Kravarik outbreaks. Brock's report was informa­ system and the rest of local govern­ tive, but it wasn' t quite an investiga­ ment have escaped the wrath of Pam tion, as the station promoted it. Zekman, Dave Savini and Walter With Channel 5 was first to draw criti­ Jacobson. John Henry Biederman cism with its Unit 5 investi gation OTHER TV NOTES: Channel 7 We' re well underway in the most " Hidden Hote l Horrors," which found recently unveiled its " ABC 7" station important time of yea r for te lev ision: grotesque stains on hotel bedding 10 , a rip-off from Channel 5, which the November sweeps. That's one of usi ng an ult ra-violet light. Compared calls itself"NBC 5. " ABC 7 a lso intro­ four mon ths (a long with February. to th e government waste stories we're duced sleek new graphics. Now all Help! May and July) designated to set adver­ lI sed to seeing from Unit 5, this piece they need to do is get out of the '70s tising rates. It's also when we see the came across as a tasteless opportunit y with a new set. ."ome people pay hundred~ C?f dollars to "escort" best each station has to offer in an to show disgusting stains on hotel bed Showing signs of di scomfort in services for their kinky thr;J/s. Others go to attempt to get more viewers. (And sheets. their anchor lineup, Channel 2 otTered "bondage nights" at clubs. Me? I get my hair cut. when we see the worst a station has to Unit 5 reporter Dave Savini Bill Kurtis his old jon of principal Thi.~· may sound strange, but I pay three times offer.) bounced back, however, with an effec­ news anchor. Kurtis declined and is what / 'd pay in (l barber shop--jor thrills alone. With the exception of a WMAQ­ tive repon on stolen military weapons now reponedly trying to leave the sta­ That :s right. I have no other reason to go to an Channel 5 investigation into water and how they could be ending up on tion through a contracl buyout. upscale, pricy sa/on. Take (/ look at my picture! heater safety, most stations staned out the streets. Nonetheless, Lester Holt, current lead (That:s no reflection on my stylist, Chris, a/Cur/up much so fter than usual. WFLO-Channel 32 newcomer anchor at Channel 2, has to be scratch­ and Dye on North Clark- I mean, look at what she WBBM-Channel 2, which usually Sylvia Gomez (formerly of Channe l 2) ing hi s head. The station apparently has to work with !) comes out swinging. opened with a lead Fox into th e November sweeps isn't quite as dedi cated to him as th ey Thal:~ right! The femininity turns me on like a report on what riverboat casinos do to with a report on the rising use of hero­ were when Holt originally took the job neon light! Manicures, hair talk, pedicures,feminine lure women. An interesting piece, but in. The story lacked depth and relied over from Kunis. clothes- and to top it off, I 'm usually the only he t ~ not quite the hard-nosed investigative too heavily on video of people doing ChannelS's news director could be erosexual guy there, so I get special treatment. story Channel 2 usually opens with. drugs. on his way out. Mark Antonitis is " Stupid." Someone says as I' m writing this in the The following week, Channel 2 ran Fox's investigative reporter Larry weighing an offer from a CBS affiliate Chronicle office, surprising me from behind. a fluff piece on everything anyone Yellen delivered his usual solid repon, in Sioux Falls, S.D. to become vice­ It 's my old ... er, friend, Knuckles Von Chuckler. would want to know about Starbucks this time on a former auto industry president and general manager of the "This has got to stop," he says. employee who, in the '60s, insisted station. " What are you talking about? Go away!" "This column. I mean, really. I' ve never seen any­ thing sill ier in my life. You never write about any­ thing remotely newsworthy. You ramble about sick little things in your head that nobody cares about, fill Two students create support it up with obscene little inuendos ... " " Shut up and get out of here. Who asked you?" Okay, where was I? Now before you send letters refering me /0 Dick group for Chinese transfers Morris ' support group, I'll explain myseljf urther: " Do you mind?" I feel Knuckles' eyes on my By Jonathan Bethely anyone and could barely help of a student associa­ experience before. We can computer screen. Staff Writer speak English. Chinese stu- tion. He said the group's give them a better chance. "Erase that. Write abouL.the elections. Yeah. dents from Roosevelt mission will be to help stu­ We have several Chinese Write about the elections." Ming-Lung Tsai and University and dents with academics on and students here, we just have "Bug offl" Daniel Wan g did not have Northwestern University off campus and inform s tu~ to find them ." " Have you forgotten that I'm your PR man?" the opportunities they now helped her adjust to her new dents of Columbia's policies The organization's first "Are not!" hope to give Ch inese stu­ home and student life at that are not readily known. meeting on Nov. I wasn't Being a member of Generation X- although I'd dents at Columbia. Both Columbia. " I didn't know anyone," we ii-attended, but Wang like to divorce myselffrom it- I've noticed that... entered Columbia void of " We ' re trying to get said Wang. " I tried to find a said another meeting will be vrrooom vuooom' goes Knuckles' chainsaw. help from a Chinese student friends of ours and some­ group that could help me, held at the end of the month. .. . the predominant style of dress these days is group. body who is interested in but I couldn' t find one. Interested students in the enough to induce vomit. Femininity in dress is out, I But now the pieces are in Chinese culture," Tsai said. " We ' want to help new group will have a chance to guess because it s easier to change superficial out­ place and Columbia's first Student organizations students who don ' t know meet the founders and ward appearance than anyth ing tanglible, and. .. Chinese Student need a minimum of 15 anyth ing about being here," receive more information on He's got a chainsaw!?! Association is searching for members in order to be offi­ Wang said . " We 've had the the organization. "Knuckles .. . Knuckles, put that down ... " enough members to keep cially recognized by the col­ "No-not until YOIl write abollt something that building. lege. Two years ago another somebody in thei r right mind cares about." Wang, a senior double attempt at starting the orga­ r------, " You ' re not serious, are you?" majoring in art design and nization fell short by nine WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN vroom vroom vroom! computer graphics, j our­ students. " I'm not writing another co lumn about the elec- neyed from Taiwan to This time around, Wang, tions! " America in search of a better who serves as president of ~ ~ STUDENT??? "Then how about something ... intcrnational?" education without much the fledgling group, said " I've got just the thing:" knowledge of what life was they have about 14 mem­ I am in love with Aung San Suu Kyi, the silenced like in America. bers. Organizations seeking Then, don't take any chances! leader nf Burma s pro-democrac..y movement. So I'm Wang found help settlin g official recognition will offering to do my part for the cause by marrying her. in America from student know their statu s by the end Vroom vroom! organizations at other col­ of November. "Watch it! You shaved some hair off my head! " leges but not at Columbia. With the formation of 00 Ymmn.l " Write a serious column! " Similarly, Tsai, a senior Columbia's first Chinese "This is a serious column, it 's just comes across majoring in film/video and Student Association, Wang as less preachy when ... " one of the founders of the said he doesn't want WE HAVE ANSWERS! ! vroom yroom! Chinese Student Chinese students new to Knuckles looks especially evil fl ailing a chainsaw Association, came to Columbia and America to (to your Science about. 1 want to grab the phone, call security, but [ America two years ago from experience adj ustment the & Mathematics questions) don't know if I can reach it before he .. "Write something about business. Go on." .Yn.l2m. Taiwan. She didn't know way he did- without the You don't ever have to be . without the right answers, YrQllIDl ever aga!n .... What s with White Hen? Do we really need a deli there? I always walk into the place when one STUDENT TRAVEL employee s working and three or four boneheads are f ordering sandwiches while the line grows like voter FOR ASSISTANCE: apathy. The point of White Hen is convenience but ... V!s!t the Science & Mathe.at!cs Dept. "Aargh!" I yell as Knuckles throws a lasso around STA Tra ••1 II Ih. world', large" Learning Center my waist. "You' re a maniac! And watch that rope! Leave my arms free, or else I won't be able to type!" 1.... 1 o.... niJallon lPocI.llzln, Wabash Building "That, my pointless little friend, is intended." In low-cost travel for stUdents. Room #511 " But Knuckles!" I cry. " I can write something serious. Here:" Mon l Tue, Wed. Thu 9 am - 7 pm • Student Alrt&rllll '10 Card. &< • Sprtnr HNlllk Fr! 9 am - 5 pm Another election has come and gone, and while • DuHlISIIUU D1M.lOunl4 H_1i>1 Mcmberahlp • Tl1l.vellnM umru. , Or, Call 663-16001. Ext. 5545 media continue to treat it like the biggest story on for more informst on. Earth, the public bliziupoiUl;Iag;Ikmbok. .. • F.urall Pu_ • Around the World I, Knuckles Von Chuckler, have hog-tied THEN, SAIL RIGHT THROUGH THE SEMESTER I ! and kidnapped the How's Your Steak! Idiot, rssll Ctinl umllhln lin? STA Tlutilin &rut sllidlnl alrl,rn to dl$li~,ti.nl arouftd til, world. so I'll be In control of this column from now on. You can look forward to a meaningful col- , urnn here next week. • ••WOW . Oh, and don't worry about the Chronicle, ~H-D?~~-s~050 -!1/j John's evil twin, Nlpsy, will be in control. [3J Nobody will notice, trust me. John's expend- Chicago, tL 60605 STA TRAVEL La=.b"l.;:e,-' ______-' "'"'w r,I, •• 1, "" Wu'vebm'nthcl'c L. ______.J

No v emb er 11, 1 996 NEW S 5 New group brings unity to black women By Mema Ayi Bridgett Scarborough, a junior li be ral from experts. Tongues of Fire encourages African­ Copy Editor arts major, is vice president and co­ "I like them having an outlet to express Amerit:an women to have a voicc. to founder of the group. On and off campus, themselves. I like the idea that they arc ex.plore their options :md to learn about In the African-American community. Scarborough planning to self and spiritual enham:ement. "It's a way there are many issues thai arc not readily said, black come up for us to make a statement about who we discussed. Homosexuality, depression and w a men with strate­ are as African-Amcriciln women." health issues are often avoided completely. don ' t sup­ gies (to Scarborough said. Tongues of Fire. a support group for port or "There's no unity here. solve prob­ This semester, Tongues of Fire will African-American women, is ready to face respect one People put up facades. And Ie m s J ' " have discussions on herbal healing. spiri ­ taboo issues head-on and give black another. B a ldwin tual healing, establishi ng leadership in the women on campus a comfortable forum to 'There's no there is a lot of tension said . community and sexual harassment and express themselves. strong sense Black rape. Tongues of Fire is building a founda­ of commu­ between [black] staff and women have Each of the two-hour sessions begin tion on campus to educate, support and nity among s i mil a r with an hour of free expression where par­ create opportunities for networking with African­ students." problems ticipants arc encouraged to bring songs or other African-American women on cam­ American and con- poetry re lated to the topic. Reading poetry pus. women on --Synira Allen, cerns at or listening to songs can help create a more Synira Allen, a senior li beral arts major. camp.us. A student C o lumbia intimate atmosphere. especially for per­ is one of the group's founders and its pres­ strong com- but don 't sonal or hard-to-discuss topics. ident. She hopes the group will bring m u nit y realize the The second hour of the session includes African-American women at Columbia understands and rewards its own. They most feasible way to solve problems is to a guest speaker. During this hour, the together, destroyi ng walls they've built to encourage positivity and leadership. ,. come together. "We need to come to tenns speaker and group come up with ways of separate themselves from one another. Sheila Ba ldwin is the faculty advisor with what's going on with us. Every othcr tackling the problem ;It hand. "We don't 'There's no unity here," she said. "People for Tongues of Fire. She said she looks for­ ethnic or social group has someplace on want people leaving wi th no solutions," put up facades. And there is a lot of tension ward to seeing thesc women become the campus they can go to reach oul. We Allen said . between [black) staff and students." leaders that they can be and seeking advice don't," Scarborough said. From Kuwait to Columbia: a student's odyssey From page 1 the dorms or in their classes, its styled dorm s on Plymouth Court, a most students to Columbia- our always hard to make new fri ends," major step up from the dorms in th e method of educating. "We didn ' t do a devastated. "We had never seen said Assistant Dean of Support Herman Crown Center. lot of hands-on work at Frederick. At Kuwait that bad in our lives. The Services Gigi Posejpal , Co lumbia's "I think the atmosphere obviously Columbia there is morc in s piration. roads were so uneve n, tanks were o n direct link to interna tio nal student s. had a lot to do with me stayin g here .. ' Since I'm un interi or design major, I the streets." Fernandes recalled her first week But now that the atmosphere was can just walk down the street and look Although Kuwait, where Fernandes in Chicago as a culture shock. " It clear, what about gettin g to know peo­ at some of the buildings and get in spi ­ spent most of her c hildhood, lay made it extra hard for me to come to ple ? She found it a challenge. "I n ration." bounded by As ia on the southwest and th e r Cyprus, people were very fr iend ly, What shocked Fernandes mos t Iraq on north, she and they wen t out o r the way to talk to about Amcric.:ans was n' t the c.: ustoTllS hadn ' t felt co n ~ yo u. " she said. "At Columb ia , it and educat ional process but the la c.: k fin ed . From her seems that pe ople were into their own of geographkal knowledge . "It's sur ­ native home in thing. I would have to go ou t of my prising how some people don ' t kn uw In dia to Kuwait way and make friend s." And that's about the rest of the world." she said. City and a brief exactly what she did. " I did n' t expect them lO know about s pell in Cyprus, "M y roommates helped a lot to KUW :lit. where she went 10 make it a good experience for me, we But Kuwait did appear o n most stu ­ school at the dents' rad'IT in high sc hool wi th the Frederick Institute escalati o n or thc Gulf War in 1991. of Technology, she when UN forces fl exed muscle to get has been a nomad Iraq oul of Kuwait. Even if most of sorts. couldn ' t explain t he conflict, Ihey It was through a could tell you who Saddam Hussein look in the was from watching the TV c.:overage . Peterson's Guide Fernandes is not short on words of Colleges and over the invasion o f Kuwait, but she's Universities, at not harboring hate ror the Iraqis and Frederick, that she Hussein-she has a much bigger mi s­ found Columbia s ion. " I wan I to buy a building for the College homeless and design it myself," she Chicago-and it said. The ed ucation she's getting from beCKoned to Columbia will playa major role in Fernandes from a making that goal poss ibl e. distance. But s he B ef~re coming C.:ohmibi,., k th t Davlsa Fernandes hved through "Everyt hing that I learned, here and nel W b. lad Persian G ulf War in her native Kuwait. from abroad, I' ll put it together to Co urn la wou make it happen." accept her credits from the Frederick "It 1.------" Ins ti tute. "I was ini tiall y going to go to Colorado for school, but I con­ wanted to A guide to Kuwait's recent history vinced my dad that Chicago was the back home." July, 1990: Elections were held to center of architecture," she said. That When was a deciding factor since her major establish a new consuitati ve National arrived at the Assembly. is interior design. college last August 2, 1990: Iraq invaded and occu­ Fernandes admitted that trying to year, to her sur­ pied Kuwait. sell her father on Columbia wasn't an prise, there was October, 1990: The Kuwaiti People's easy task. "My dad didn' t want me to no room for her Conference was conducted in Saudi come to Chicago, he wanted me to be . Columbia's Arabia. as close to him as possi ble. He wasn't November, 1990: The United Nations really keen on the idea of me coming do rms o n authorized use of "all necessary means" to to America," she said. "I had to tell Plymouth remove Iraq from Kuwait after January 15, him what my dreams were, but he sup­ Court. She was 1991. January 16, 1991 : Coalition military ported me and, most importantly, he sent to the Herman Crown Center on went shopping cooked together," forces intiated a ground campaign against believed in me." Wabash, where neighboring Roosevelt Fernades said . Fernades made her initial journey Iraq. University students reside. There would be other problems. February 26,1991: Kuwait was liberat ~ to America with her father. After "I was very depressed that entire Trying to acclimate herself to an ed from Iraqi occupation by Allied being dissatisfied with the education week," she said. "I called my mom American process of education is a Coalition mHitaly forces under the aus­ she was getting in Cyprus at the and cried and told her about eondi~ natural hurdle for international stu­ pices of the United Nations. Frederick Institute. she was hoping tions at the dorm." dents. Although she speaks several March 11, 1991: Iraq renounced ils Columbia would give her what Fernades wanted to go back to foreign languages, understanding the annexation of Kuwait in a tetler to U.N. Frederick couldn 't. But fitting into Kuwait. "My mom told me that it was pro fessors here in America was, to Secretary General Perez de Cuellar. another country with stark differences up to me," she said. her, foreign . March 14, 1991: Kuwait', Amir, Shiek in values and customs would be her She remembers talking to Posejpal, "The American system of language Jaber AI-Ahmad A1-Sabah, relUrned to his first chall enge. who made her transition better. And was difficult for me, because 1 studied homeland after seveD and a half months in For most students coming to col· the British system for so long." That exile. after going to several meetings with November6, 1991 : Lastof751 burning lege for the first time, leaving the the international students organiza­ meant longer study hours for Fernades comforts of their native towns to trav­ or damaged oil wells was capped. tion, Fernades began to fit in. "I told just to keep the same pace as the other October 5,1992 The first election afler el to another stale, city and, in her to give it another semester before students. But Fernades was willing to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was held Davissa's case, another country, try­ she made any decision," said work as hard, or harder, than anyone under lhe terms of the old constitution. . ing to make new friends can be diffi­ Posejpal. Then, the break Fernades e lse. November, 1994: Iraq nolified Ihe cult-and it was no different for was looking for came. She heaved a One major difference Fernandes Security Council of Baghdad's recognition FeTnades. sigh of relief when she found out noticed between Columbia and of Kuwait "Until students actually get busy in there was room for her in the loft- Frederick was oerhaos what invites

November 11, 1996 FEATUR ES 7 Pixel Stew mixes multimedia mayhem

By Kimberly Watkins Features Editor

Have you had your dose of Slew yet? Pixel Stew, that is. Or maybe you've tripped over those sets of televisions chained on the fl oor? "~ixel Stew" is the latest Acailemic Computing multi­ mecha extravaganza on exhibit in the Hokin Gallery. This is the first show where most of the art can actually be secn where it was meant to be seen, on the computer monitor. "The computer is our medium," said Academic Computing fa culty member Barbara Iverson. "This show­ case allowed us to actually show the work on the comput­ ers, previously we had to print them out. " . ~tudcnt work for the showing was j uricd by Iverson. Nlkl Nolan and several part-lime faculty. They tried to keep the work as close 10 "real world" situations as possi. ble. "~a ny of th~ students wi ll be working in the digital world In teams, like on an advertisi ng campaign or with Web pages." said Iverson. "Here, sound, video, program· ming and graphic arts students can come together." "Low Resolution! Revolution'" is one such coll abora· tion involving nine students. Seven TVs sit chained together. The video on the technologically·chall enged monitors battles the ongoing conflict of high·end technol· ogy and ideas forced through low·end resources. Most of the work can be achieved through many of Academic Computing's classes, Iverson said. Upon com· pleting Foundations of Computer Applications, Intro to Computer Graphics and Desktop Multimedia, students can begin to create their own digital masterpieces. Elements of Multimedia is the beginning course and jumping off board into the world of multimedia and all its avenues. "We want to let students know what kind of work they can do," said Iverson. In classes like Video Compositing, Computer-Controll ed Installation Environment and CD· Rom Multimedia Production. students learn to put what they mentall y visualize onto the physical computer screen. Photo by Natalie Battaglia Sophomore Jose D. Mateo, majoring in Multimedia, This is but one of the bizarre multimedia pieces on display for " Pixel Stew," which runs in the Hokin gallery uses his knowledge to do just that. His interactive through Nov. 21. It is the first show at Columbia to feature the form where it was meant to be shown--on the com· "Graffiti" CD· Rom is accessible in the computer kiosk on puter monitor. After taking just a few Academic Computing classes, students can make their own, similar works. the east side of the gallery. "Graffiti is close to my heart." said Mateo. "It was my ''I'm a digital artist." said Mateo. " I can use visuals and Columbia student Charles D. Mo isant shows us voice when I was younger. Now the computer screen is sounds to portray my message so that everyone can have Strength . Death . The Devil and The Empress. Death and my wall ." access to il. the Devil illustrate some beautiful graphics and in·depth Mateo attributes the course Intro to Computer Graphics "It 's a revolution. Every company has a computer no w. coloring. Sunnower visions come to life in Najaree and many long Saturdays in the computer lab as instru­ creating an open market of creation." Chavysak's work . Linda Grogan presents some challeng- mental in helping him to achieve hi s work. Students c'tn One of the best points of the exhibit is that the work ing black and white images. Step into the "discontinuous visit the walls of Mateo and other artists through the sim­ being reated can be achieved by anyone wi th some di s- timeline" of Brian Cho's installation. And Carrie Dressel ple click of a button. They can also create their own mas­ cipline and training, not just rocket engineers. "These X-rays the human condition. terpiece with red, blue and green spray cans on a graffi ti courses are open to business majors, dance majors or the "Pixel Stew " rllllS through Nov. 2 J ill th e Hokill wall . rest of us," said Iverson. Gallery. 11th Street sculpture garden a good place to park it

used to park every day. acquired in 1982 (whe n th e La Sall e " I always call it the sculpture lot," Street Station was de moli shed) in to the Taylor said. insisting that gardens gen­ nine-foot-long and ten· erall y refer to plush grass and colorful foot-deep vault flower arrangements. " If thi s is a gar­ The " I Will" den, then its an asphalt garden." Taylor said he hopes to eventually use the garden as an outdoor classroom for stud ents to work on li fe·sized art projects during class lime. Tayl or works with an annual budget of $6,000 for projects on the \0 1. " I see the space bei ng used as more of a partici patory space for more direct involve· me nt with students," Taylor said. BUI for now the theme C h icago 'S of the lot s uccessful rebUIldi ng spi rit aftl.!r the Great icago Fire. Origin'lll y 1.!~II.: h car wa~ pai red with 4.l wolf- each facing C"·····A'"'' one anoth er. Taylor ~a id the idea with was to suggest that the human need for responsibility the automobile confrollb our nced for of making an nature. The display eventunll y attractive space el(plained, through grapl1H': mcasure~. out o f an asphalt lo t, humanity's dcpendcnct: 0 /1 the automo­ Taylor ~ aid he wanted hile and their di ~n:gar J for nature. As Photo by Jo MachCldo 10 add character to the time went on, Taylor "aid people dam· lot wi thout taki ng away it s original pur· aged and knocked over th e wolves. but Students are advised not to park in Columbia's sculpture garden, located on the pose-parking. Taylor's love/hate re la ­ le ft the cars a lone. northeast corner of Wabash Avenue and 11th Street. ti onship with the automobile gave way Now the concrete wolves-minus to his vision of the sculpture garden. two-stand e rect. more defiantly, at the By J onathan Bethely too precious to leave in the car. ''To respond to the fact that it still e ntrance to the concrete garde n in front Slaff Wril t' r In 199 1, Columbia purc hased the looked like a parking lot, I thought it of an eight-foot w<.lll protecting the con­ corner lot that was previously a parking would be interesting to put some cars in crete covered cars. And a concre te raven Contrary to popular belief, Columbia lot. But in order to take it off the tax the lot," Taylor said . But these are no is perched at the top of the wall for an does own a parking lot of sorts. On the rolls, Tom Taylor. fi ne arts coordinator ordinary cars. Each car is covered with extra eye. Although one of the wolves is corner of 11 th Street and Wabash in the Art Department, said that the concrete. reading a book, the cars are still there. Avenue, five cars are parked everyday, space was turned into a sculpture gar· At the back of the lot, Taylor said he The the me of the lot is concre te. guarded by three wolves and a raven. den. In order to be deemed a garden, the wants to put a keystone Columbia There's even a vault to store valuables school planted five trees where cars 8 OPINION November 11 1996 Letters to the editor Animal dissection has no place in academics By Jonolhan IIok:ombe prising in a busi ness where the ''merchan­ bear the thought of dispensing with hands-on for classroom use is nOl known, it is certainly dise" is goi ng 10 end up dead anyway. contact with a preserved animal, human not ecologically beneficial. pproXimn,c/y, 7 million ve rt eb~ l e TIlen there arc human social concerns. cadavers offer the full·seale experience with­ Moreover. the world needs people who animals arc killed each year for dls­ Dissection is intrinsically violent; it involves out the associated ethical problems (people value environmental stewardship and c~ A seclion in U.S biology classrooms. killing, preserving, cutting apart then discard­ are not ki lled for the PUIJlOSC of dissection passion for life; dissection fosters neither. To iIIuslnllC the magnitude of this many ani­ ing an animal. However well-intcntioned an and the patient voluntarily donates hislher Perhaps there are a few fields, such as veteri­ mals. consider that if you lined them all up instructor's desire to teach respect for ani­ body). nary medicine, for which cuning open and end to end. they would stretch more than mals. the typical dissection exercise will lend Even the economics of dissection do not examining the insides of dead animals is twice the length of California. to undennine it by devaluing the lives of argue for ilS usc. The HSUS recently did a indispensable. But even vet schools don't And for wha.t purpose? What gains arc other crealures to the level of expendable cost comparison and found that, for all five need to deliberately kill animals to train their made when students cui open and explore the objcclS. species we looked at (shark. frog. rat. pig. studenlS. Conducting spay! neuter surgeries insides of frogs and cats and fetal pigs and Thcrc is also quality of education to be cat), the cost of purchasing a broad range of on animals from the animal shelters. and dogfish sharks? TIle Humane Society of the considered. Teachers who continue to use alternative materials was lower than that of procuring deceased calS and dogs from their United States (HSUS) believes that whatever animal s in dissections or other invasive class­ purchasing animals to dissect. For 270 stu· owners who sign a consent fomt are amana benefits arise from dissections arc far out­ room exercise." are apparently unaware of or dents (two students per animal) over a three the ethical ways that growing numbers of vet weighed by the COSls. unmoved by the foct that more than a d07.cn year period, money saved ranged from $344 schools are procuring animals for their train­ First there is the animal suffering studies have shown that students using (bull frogs) to $4.342 (calS). If you want to ing programs. involved. Investigations into the dissection humane alternatives Icam anatomy and phys­ save even more money. just borrow the alter­ Is there any justification for animal dissec­ trade have documented eals being drowned iology as well as or better that students who native. lhe HSUS, for instance, operates an lion when it has so many counlS-animai len al a lime in burlap sacks or prodded use animals (The HSUS wi ll provide an Altematives Loan Program that currently has killing, animal suffering. violation of stu­ roughly into crowded gas chambers. rats annotated list of these studies to anyone who over forty items available on a temporary, dents' sensibilities, mediocre educational embalmed with fonnaldchydc while still liv­ requests it}. Ahundant resources arc avai lable frcc --of-c harge basis. merit and environmental disruptioo-against ing. dozens of live frogs pi led into sacks for for leaming anatomy, physiology, genetics. Finall y. there is environmental protection. it? We think not. days or weeks without food and sickly turtles toxicology and other animal-related fields Many of the animals hanned or killed for Jonatlwn Ba/combe. Ph.D .. is a biologist kept in filth y, overcrowded holding tanks. thai do not require animals 10 suffer and/or classroom use arc caught in the wild. and arsocioJe director for education for ani­ 11lese sons of conditions appear to be quite die. TIlcse include film s, computer simu la­ Populations of frogs and sharks, for instance, mnl research issues with The Humnne Society commonplace. and although inexcus.1blc and ti ons, models. books or a trip to the local vet· have been seriously declining in recent years, oflhe United States. sometimes illegal. they arc perhaps not sur· erinary clinic. To anyone who si mply cannot and while the specific impact of their capture

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Bob Chiarito Jennifer Prause

Silence deadlier than words Fear of elevators in£~vit:able With a record low voter turnout in Okay, I've read the Chronicle arti­ TIlinois, this year's presidential election was cles about our elevators malfunction­ a good indication of just how hypocritical ing, but up until a couple weeks ago. I we have become. was never stuck on one. In case anyone forgot. when President It happened during a break from I ainton was first elected, he only received class, when was going from the lobby to the 12th noor in the 624 43 percent oflhe popular vote. This year, he I received 49 percent, despite not living up to Students not happy South Michi gan Building. hesitated many of his campaign promises of 1992. geuing into the elevator because there Many people who voted forOinton told were so many people in it. But if I did­ n' t get on, I would be latc. me they did so because he was the "lesser There were at least 11 people in the of two evils," 'That may have been true in about new print fees elevator. Right after we hit the eighth 1992, when Qinton ran against Ross Perot noor, the e levator stopped. I couldn ' t and Geo!ge Bush. BUI the real reason any­ e know, through experience, how tough it is to get students excit­ help but lament my bad luck. But then one would v()(e for Clinton this year is sim~ I realized it was the school's fault that ply because they compromised their beliefs ed about any issue on campus. We also know that circumstances I was stuc k w ith II screaming and vOled fa< the so-called ''more inclu­ that cause student uproar are nearly impossible to predict. In our strangers and a lack of oxygen. sive" Qinton. While talking a big game, W I heard people behind me scream­ Ginton has not done anything for homo­ office, we've winced numerous times anticipating student reaction to op-ed pieces-only to hear nothing upon publication. And some of the stories that ing, "Ring the bell!" "Oh my God!" sexuals or blacks, two groups thaI he and 'There's no oxygen!" pledged to help in 1992. Like Clinton vot­ have seemed innocent to us have in fact prompted strong student protest. The lady next 10 me ran g the emer­ ers, many free speech advocares arc com­ In the case of Academic Computing's new print card policy, as delineated gency bell, and soon the phone rang. A promising their beliefs and taking the polit­ male student answered the phone, icaJly correct approach to the current by Jill Schimelpfenig's front-page story in this issue, we understand the stu­ dent uproar that has resulted. asked what they were going to do. He Texaco scandal. then informed us that the school was Last week, Texaco executives were As Rebecca Courington, acting chair of the Academic Computing getting someone to help us. The lady caught on tape referring to their black Department, has indicated, something had to be done. Students were given behind me screamed, "Do they know employees as "niggers" and "block jelly the freedom to print documents as needed and that freedom was abused. And this is serious?" beans," and they joked aboul the African­ while it appears that this is another case of a few bad apples spoi lin g a good There was a teacher who used the American celebration of Kwanzaa. phone to tell security to call her Texaco, as well as the executives, have thing for a majority of responsibl e students, Academic Computing has a bud­ department and let them know she been rightfully lambaslcd by !he press and getary bottom line to keep in mind. would be late for class. One passenger African-American groups around the coun­ Yet with all the money each of us pays for college tuition-including fees pushed us to keep ringin g the bel l. by as being ra:ist While this is undeniable per class-we find,this development regrettable. Whe n security called again, the true, the way the public learned of the story same man answered and asked who should scare both whiles and blacks. So far, Most regrettable is the fact that some students will abuse thi s process by was coming to get us. Security this story has been widely ignored by the printing hundreds of copies, and thai the consequences of their behavior is responded that we had to wait for the press, once the leading fighter for freedom felt by al l. We' re not sure it has 10 be that way. elevator company to come to our res­ of speech. Rather than take an unpopular Academic Computing, located on the fourth floor of the Wabash Building, cue. The teacher screamed for them 10 stand, they are choosing to focus on the call the fire department. Security politically correcl angle of the stO!)'. is set up in such a way that this should never have happened to begin with. responded thai they couldn't- we had 1l1e tapes in question were made by When a student prints a document from a lab, they have to retrieve that doc­ to wail for the elevator company. Robert Lundwall, who was senior coordi­ ument in "the cage" with the help of a work aide. And students are supposed The male student then as ked where nator of personnel services in the compa­ to leave an ID with aides so they know exactly who's in which lab. the company was coming from and ny's finance department Lundwall not only security didn' t know. Because it was made the tapeS secretly, bUI used them as Isn't it part of a work aide's duty- paid duty-to crack down on abuses of raining out, we were sure it would take revenge fodder after he was fired. any sort? And couldn't the definition of an "abuse" of printing privileges be a long time because traffic was bad . ... Forget for a moment vihat was on the set, allowing students to print, say 20 copies before they have to leave the The male student finall y opened our tapeS and think aboul the more importanl lab? elevator doors 10 bring in some air and aspect freedom of speech. Fnscdom of see where we were. We hadn' llefllhe speech no! only for !hose who are political­ Maybe we're being too optimistic about human nature-or about th e eighth noar. He saw people through ly COO"ecI and righl, bul for !hose who are nature of students who are, mostly, scrimping and saving at every chance to the doors and screamed for he lp. ignornnl and full of hate. begin with. But, again, it's just such a shame that we have to shell out even Nobody responded. Over the yean; groups from the Black more money to this institution. Chaos erupted. No one knew what Panthers 10 K1u Klux Klan and people like to do, so we kept ringing the bell and Malcolm X and Pat Buchanan have made But if even more fees are necessary in thi s case, we slill cannot understand yell ing. There was no way out. We comments or statements of their beliefs that the screwy system that has been put in place: Students pay 50 cents per print couldn', look around or move. are offensive and degrading to many pe0- job, and a print job can be anywhere from one to 10 pages. When it costs th e Then thc people on the other side of ple, yet they are nOl barred from speaking. same to print one page as it does to print 10, some students are, in effect, the elevator opened the doors so there Many believe that. since the Texaco was enough room to get out. We just ra:ists made their comments at an "official" paying for the actions of others. That's a decent price for a student printing had to be careful not to fall in to the company meeting,Jhey should be fired. But 10 pages, but a little steep for one page--or even a few. shaft. The male student jumped out people should nOl jump on the politically Again, we admit that Academic Computing is having a problem with prinl­ first. I fo ll owed. As soon as the correct conspiracy-theory bandwagon. ing abuses, and that the blame mostly li es upon the shoulders of a few bad teacher tried to exit after me, security Remember Voltaire. who said "I may not caught her and yell ed that she had to agree with a word of what you say, but I wi ll apples. But we don't believe the current policy is fair. get back in the elevator! When securi­ defend, until death, your right to say it" As Schimelpfenig's story related, faculty in Academic Computing have ty asked who opened the doors, At Columbia. a school that prides itself indicated that they' re open to alternative policies. How about something nobody answered. on its students' individualism and indepen­ closer to a copy shop card where students pay what they please and have Ihe When the male student who had escaped the elevator with me left, tak­ dence, there is not a single student group amounl deducted per copy? that is controve~ ial . Even those that may ing another elevator, I said goodbye to have seemed controversial years ago do not And to the students who' re suffering from the abuses of others: Faculty has my peers who were slill stuck (after at alarm anyone today. That's because groups indicated that Ihey're open to suggestions. Bring Ihem some- or suffer in least ten minutes) and ran for my life today often disguise their agenda by saying silence. up four nights of stairs. they are "pro-this," or "in support of that," When I walked into class, late, my whi le they are really "anti-something." teacher asked where I had been. I told While I am not advocating the fonnation her the truth. One Ill an in my class said of any hate or supremacist groups here, it they should go check the elevators to would be interesting to see how the pol iti­ see if I was lying. One woman said cally correct masses at Columbia would DEAD? that she heard the bells rin gi ng when react. So far in Columbia's history, no hare.. she came back from break and ful or militant group has been created. But bel ieved me. the three people in charge of approving new Then don't write us. Howeve r, if you're alive with some brain activity going When my class was over, the eleva­ tor was work ing. I don', know how studenl groups-Dean ofSludcnlS Jean Lee, on, we want to know about it. Mail or bring your letters or opinion pieces to Dean of Sludenl Life Madeline Roman­ long the others were slUck. Vargas and Student Organizations Council David Harrell at 623 S. Wabash, Suite 802 OR email: CHRON96@INTERAC­ This happened in a schoo l where President Melissa Wendel-aU told me I've been in elevators four days a Columbia would respect the formation of CESS.COM. Hurry--you're losing brain cells! week for three years. I'm now a little leery of entering the elevators again. any student group as long as it met the But there is no way I'll walk up 13 or school's criteria Only time will tell if they 12 nights of stairs when I have cl ass. live up to their word. 10 FEAT URES Nove m b e r 11, ,1 996 : Forging a step ahead By Ryan Healy your wrisis o f your arms of your shoulders Enl~rtainmt'nl Editor o f your neck of y~ ur head .o f ~ higher place and we're all gomg to die, If not from a The Archers of Loaf will kick your