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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. It has been accepted for inclusion in Columbia Chronicle by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. TH E COLUMBIA COLLEGE HRONICLE THE EYES AND EARS OF COLUMBIA APRIL20, 1992 Columbia stays afloat, Loop drowns School shut down Monday, reopens Tuesday

By Mark Giardina Staff Writtr

The Great Chicago Flood washed out an afternoon of clas­ ses at Columbia last Monday, but the rising waters bypassed the college. Nevertheless, Executive Vice President and Provost Bert Gall decided to close the school around noon, foll owing a request from Mayor Richard M. Daley to evacuate buildings as far south as Taylor Street. Mass transit shut-downs, which would affect students' and teachers' abilities to get to the school, were also a fil ctor in the decision, Gall silid. Staff members walked each fl oor to notify s tudents and See FLOOD faculty of the evacuation. Ed Page 7

A Surprise Spring Break. omareasti llophoto

By Lisa Song Columbia pay was never a travel column in USA Today. S~af{Rtp<>rltr means of survival. The recession took it's toll on "Nobody pretends to make a his free-lance work, he said. With the recession still taking living teaching part-time at "Advertising went stale and its toll, Columbia College part­ Columbia or anywhere. You do because ad pages relate to the time teachers are faring it because it's rewarding. My amount of editorial, there surprisingly well-with the income comes from my writ­ wasn't as much work for help of their other jobs. ing," Keifer said. writers. In 1991, business There are approximately 621 Keifer has taught at Columbia started to pick up and assign­ part-time instructors at Colum­ for six years. His freelance work ments came in, just not as bia who teach one to three has appeared in Vanity Fair, The many," he said. classes. The salary for each class New York Times, Sports lllustrated, But Keifer said that he was is $1,200 a semester. The New Yorker and Self. He is fortunate during the For many part-timers, like also the former editor o( Outside Michael Keifer(who has taught See RECESSION Stacy Hosch for the Chronicle Magazine, an outdoor sporting worker peers into a sewer hole during the c lean-up efforts. _!vlagazine Article Writing), his monthly, and once wrote a Page3 N a t ive Ameri can Playing th e m oney game s p eaks o ut By Tariq M. Ali fo r aid, but has not received a Staff Writer response. She asks Suzy for her Lisa Song social security number and Stllff Writtr Everyone knows that higher brings up her informati on on education is enormously ex­ the computer. Suzy is eligible In celebration of Human pensive. Students who are on for the Illinois Mo ne tary Rights Week (April 13-17), a their own have to search for Award program, whi ch will Native-American forum was sources of financia l aid. To help pay for part of her tuition. She'll held in the Hokin Center. The them, Columbia held financial have to make up the balance featured speaker, Albert Lone- . aid workshops last weeki n room herself, maybe with a loan. ly Wolf, who is of Yaqui, ' 409 of the Wabash building. this semester as part of state Suzy discloses that she had Mavajo and Zuni origin, dis­ During financial aid week cutbacks. received a Stafford Loan as a cussed problems facing the (April 6-10) four advisors from In one of the skits, a student student at Texas State Univer­ Native-American community. the financial aid office per­ from Texas named Suzy Wes­ sity and wants to explore what He said that big business is formed three typical "skits". ton pays a visit to the financial she can do at Columbia. The infringing on reservations and Albert Lonely Wolf Angela Baskin, a sophomore, aid office to disc uss her case advisor gives Suzy a detailed that Native Americans living said she attended the with an advisor. See NATIVE workshop to find out about Suzy arrives at the office and on reservations are victims of See AID unjustified medical research. Page 6 other aid sources. She said her asks to sec an ad visor. She tells financial aid was recently cut the advisor that she has applied Page 6

Radio history made just around What does this mean? Read page 4. We praise rather than bury• .• Page 6. the block. We vtslt Unshltclcled. Page 5. -PAGE 2 c H R 0 N I c L E APRIL 20, 1992 Jenny Dervzn

"I bet this wi ll be called the Great Chicago Aood, like after the Great Chicago Fire," said Chick #1. "Only this time they can't blame Mrs. O'Leary's cow," gig­ gled Chick #2. Oh, how achingly funny. These two females were on their way to work via Metra's Rock Island train. They got on at Oak Forest and did not stop complaining for the rest of the arduous trip. "My boss was screaming at everyone," Chick #1 said. "He couldn't figure out what to do with the computers and files." "So what did he do?" #2 asked. "Nothing," #1 said, a bit contemptuously. "I told him we weren't going to lose anything-We're on the fourth fl oor for Christ's sake." Hmm. I imagined the rest of Chicago telling similar hero stories. Channel Five, for instance, might pull the foreman of Kerrey Construction over and ask him, "How did you manage to plug the leak?" and the guy might say something like, "Eh, ya know, dis is da city dat works, and I threw some mattresses down the river and dat was dat." The modest hero taking credit for silt moving in and doing the job. Farewell Nick Shuman The chicks kept talking about the leak. "By the time I got home, they had taken the soaps off and A quilt, with farewell messages from which was held at Riccardo's, a well-known everyone was covering the river," #1 said. She seemed to be students, faculty, and family, was watering hole for journalists. Among the the most disturbed of the two commuters. "I watched them presented April 15 to Nick Shuman, as­ guests were faculty, graduate journalism talk to this guy and that guy and then the mayor came on sociate director of the journalism students and Shuman's family. and boy, was he an asshole!" graduate program. The quilt com­ The quilt Is divided Into nine squares. Chick #2 was a little more forgiving on this point. "Maybe memorates his retirement. Seven squares contain messages from he was worried about the water destroying more business," Though Shuman retired Feb. 1, he will graduate journalism classes ('86-'92), she mumbled. remain at Columbia as a part-time con­ one from faculty, and one from family "Doubt it," #1 said. "I think he knew about this way sultant to the journalism department and members. . before." #1 held her position on the mayor's direct mis­ the Fishettl editorial cartoon competi· Shuman, formerly a national editor of management regarding the old tunnel system and the tlon. the now defunct Chicago Dally News, subsequent leak. The quilt was created by Dee Davls­ and later an editorial writer for the Apparently, #2 didn't give a rip about the potential water Tokars, (pictured with Shuman) of the Chicago Sun-Times, came to Colum­ damage. " I was hoping our office would be closed today. graduate journalism class of '92 . The bia In 1964. I've got a load of laundry to do." side of the quilt with the messages was The rest of the train listened in to the two female's conver­ hung up at a surprise party for Shuman sation and pronounced their own judgement. so the guests could write on 11. -Mark Giardina A middle-aged account executive (what exactly do they More than 60 people attended the party do?) decided the city had already lost over a billion dollars and by the time the Water Reclamation District ("headed by all those women") got around to digging the hole to the Deep Tunnel Project, the cost would be more than the federal deficit. A secretary from joliet knitted away and informed everyone around her that her building, on Wacker Drive, was full of river shit and fish by 9:30 in the morning. Since she seemed a little more credible than the idiots who started this whole thing, other commuters quieted down and tuned in ... "I checked in at 8:45, and my boss told me he had heard from the City," she said, knitting a scarf or sweater or rug, whatever. (She was using the worst colors-puke green and bright pink.) "He says, 'Ya wanna see the water?' so I says, 'Ya sure. Why not?' And we go to the fi rst basement, there's nothin'. We go to the second basement, and there's water shooting up, I mean, it was shooting up! and he's jus' stand­ ing there like it 's the Fourth of july or whatever." Marketl"g Ca.reer Day Grandma kept knitting that horrible rug or sweater or ' ' - " • t scarf, and the whole thing just got too surreal, so I checked out and waited by the doors. There was no escaping the River Talk, as the conductor asked me, "Where you downtown yesterday?" I lied and told him "Yes, I was. I work on Wacker. I told my boss I'd come in today to help him pour bleach down the walls and clean up this mess." The guy believed me, so he started asking all kinds of questions. I fel t kind of terrible, but I figured the rest of the city will have a Flood Story, just like everyone has a Blizzard Apri123rd Story or First Night Game At Wrigley Story, and the truth is just too boring. 10:30-12:30 How can I tell everyone that I was home, safe and dry in the south suburbs, watching the news all day and laughing my head off every time the Mayor held a news conference? . ' Or laughing when the city engineers moved all those blue Fergus~n T.h~jlter mattresses towards the river bed? Mattresses! . ~ ;,-...;~ .~\;~~ ~'

The city that works .. .NOT/ ~ "~· •.. • Meet company reps from marketing, advertising and PR firms Corrections: • Hear from successful Columbia Alumni In last week's Chronicle, the feminism story that appeared on who've found entry level jobs In this recession! the front page contained several factual errors:

Sheila Baldwin was the moderator of the panel discussion and This event Is co-sponsored by the Departments of Marketing the event was sponsored by the Women's Coalition. The Communication and Career Planning and Placement of Women's Coa lition mCI!ts Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in room 217 in Columbia College the Wabash building. The Chronicle regrets these errors. Female department chairs scarce at Columbia

By Cris Henry long as they choose to stay, and said that Columbia in fact does way and rotating chairs could Su:ff Rrporur chair positions don't open very a much better job promoting not only bring more women often," said Suzanne Cohan, women than other institutions. into the position, it would bring In this age of hyped-up who directs the IAE depart­ "I came from institutions that new ideas, fresh attitudes and equality and political correct­ ment of Columbia. While she were extraordinarily rich in in­ insights to the school," she said. ness, it would be v~ry easy to agrees that the "old-boys'­ tellect and history, but poor in Like Mordine, Turkovitch classify Columbia's ad­ cl ub" way of thinking is still a the representa tion of came to Columbia to start up a ministration as a key player in part of the politics of education, women," she said. "During the new program. Her department, the "old boys' club" style of at Columbia she says, "I don't two years I've been here, there which offers a master's degree university and college ad­ think it's a male/ female issue haven't been many openings in teaching, is the newest ministration. Of 11 positio ns at at all." Many chairs were (for chairpersons). graduate department in the Columbia labeled "chairper­ people Mirron Alexandroff Shirley Mordine, Columbia's school. She said she feels that son," only one is held by a picked because he respected only female chairperson, heads although there are not many woman. their work in their fields, she the dance department. She women chairs, here or at any Eleven more women hold the said. came to Columbia in 1969 to other school, the situation will position of "director" in start a dance department, and improve over the next 10 years. various departments. In a Liberal Education depart­ Marilyn Turkovltch has been chair ever since. Al­ "As I go to teaching conven­ school the size of Columbia, ment Chairperson Leslie Van though she said she was on the tions, I find that the people Chairs raise funds raising for these numbers may seem dis­ Marter agrees. "There is no search committee for chairper­ giving papers are the up and their departments, propose ex­ proportionate at best. simple reason why there are sons several years ago, she said coming, especially in the social Yet things are not quite as more males than females," he panded and new programs, sell she does not know why there sciences, Asian studies, and they appear. Some faculty and said. "1ne reasons arc as vari­ the department to students and are not more female chairper­ education. And the most excit­ chairpersons said that the able as the field of study in prospective faculty, mediate sons at Columbia. ing work is being done by shortage of women in power at question. While there are more problems of students and facul­ Cohan offers a solution to the women. Women have made Columbia is no t so much an women getting Ph.D.s than ty, and serve on search male to female ratio. issue of gender as it is one of ever before, not everyone committees for other chairs. "To me, rotating chairs every opportunity. wants to be a chairperson. It's a Marilyn Turkovitch, the coor­ two or three years would make See CHAIRS "Most chairs are chairs as lot of work." dinator of Educational Studies, sense. Other schools do it that Page 6 RECESSION From Page 1 times of the recession because AN he was already an established writer with regular accounts. For students wanting careers in the media, chances of sliding UNEXPECTED in the door are slim. Magazines a re more budget conscious when hiring, trying to use staff people as much as possible, and BENEFIT for photographers, it's even harder. Jeff Cohen, w.ho teaches Photo Editing part-time, is a Of.YOUR full-time photo editor at Playboy magazine. With a full­ time job he isn't hurting financially, but says "free-lance COLLEGE photographers are being hit hard by the recession. There are a lot of expenses that go along with a photo shoot-traveling, EDUC~ makeup, film, rental... photog­ raphy is an expensive medium."

yoU'VE EARNED JTl $500 FROM FORD AND MERCURY . You can get an extra $500 cash back when you purchase or tease any eligible new 1991. 1992 or 1993_Ford or Mercury car or Ford light Dan Curry teaches On-Line truck. You can use it towards the purchase or lease . or you can take 1t as cash. College Program benefits are over and above consumer Editing for the film/video incentives except other Ford private offers. e. g. First Time Buyers Program. department. In addition, he is also the director of graphics at Optimus, a national and regional film and video post­ production facility. Curry said he feels lucky to have the luxury of a full-time job but added that, "The com­ munity in Chicago is one of the EXPLDRER last cities to experience a major ESCORT GT CAPRI recession than say New York or PLUS ... FORD CREDIT FINANCING Los Angeles." For qualified applicants who purchase an eligible vehicle during the pro9ram period. Eve!) so, many professionals In addition. graduating college seniors and graduate students may qualily lor have had to go where the jobs pre-approved credit levels that could mean no down payment. . 9. 9. 2 are. Recently, Keifer left for ELIGIBILITY Arizona after being offered a You ~re eligible lor this $500 cash back if you are currently enrolled in an accredited 4:year full-time positipn a! the Phoenix undergraduate program at this school and take new vehicle reta1l delivery between Apnl I and New Times, a newspaper December 31 , 1992. You are also eligible if you earn a bachelor. assoc1ate. nursing or advance degree, or are enrolled in graduate school between October I . 1990 and December 31 . 1992.and sirniliar to the Village Voice. take new vehicle retail delivery between January I and December 31 . 1992. Keifer was hoping for a full­ time position at Columbia but BUYING A NEW VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN SIMPLER the opportunity never arose. For more information, call the Ford I Mercury College Program Headquarters at 1·800·321·1536 or "There just aren' t enough visit your Ford or Mercury dealership. positions for everyone who 1-800-321-1536 would like to be full-time." PACE4 FEATURES APRIL20,1992

~~~ You can't beat the Meat.. .Puppets ~ Students "h; video cameras. It was also ~ By Ali•on Pryo' photographed and digitally & Lisa Song rt•corded. Gardner and Kloehn 11 ' Cd their own money for Staff Writers equipment and to set up studio time for post-production. On April 12, the Third Coast coffC! The objective was to make a Dearborn St., hosted an exhibition ol compilation of live concert by residents of the Three Arts Club c 13y Kari Smith footage and interviews with The Three Arts Club, 1300 N. Dca tl Cnrrespondenl the band. Computer animation female housing facility. The women wou ld be used during the con ­ various art institutions, includ ing th, While on vacation in Wiscon­ cert sequences. The finished Institute, American Conservatory of sin, they fell through the icc. As piece would be a documentary bia Coll ege. the car sank and water rose on the Meat Puppets. above the windows, the stereo "I was looking for a variety of sub1 Gardner and Kl oehn formed a dining atmosphere," said Kathy Ca that was playing a Mea t Pup­ a film and video production pets song became muddled. the Third Coast. "It was very difficul company called Shape Produc­ pieces." Robb Gardner and Tim tions as a result of the Puppets Two of the artists, Kim Elaine Mar; Kloehn, both film students at shoot. Columbia, became inspir~d by Gardner and Kloehn have raphy major, and Tiffany Thompson, the coincidence of their ncar­ been listening to the Meat Pup­ from Columbia. death experience and the :vte~t pets for about five years and Marzella's w ork, a series of pho: Puppets, an alternative have seen the band play live titled "Corporate America," high! Arizona-based band. They nine times between the two of It consists of four prints of a nude decided to match their film­ them. tangled and entrapped by the Ameri1 making ta lents with the band's "The Puppets have been draped over the woman's body, is in, and gain recognition for both around for a long time and and the theme is unconventional. parties. have stayed small. They have a "The arrangement of the photograF A few weeks later, the Meat sort of cult following. Af ter of a swastika, because it symbolizes\ Puppets came to town, and eight albums, they're still rela­ turning into," Marzetta said. Gardner and Kloehn filmed ti vely unknown," · sa1d The photographs are matted in th1 one of the Puppets's March 20 Gardner. hand corner in large frames. Marzet and 21 concerts at the Lounge The Puppets were formed by tion of light gives the pictures a dra Ax with the intention0f ai ring two brothers, Curt and Cris powerful effect. it on cable television. Kirkwood. Curt plays guitar. "I saw cable as a tool-to pro­ Cris plays bass. They both si ng. The background is dark, allowing tl vide a service for the public and Derrick Bostrom p lays the subtlety on cer tain parts of the worn gain recognition fo r the band. drums. Theirmusicisa mixture Marzetta also rreticulously hand-painte There's really no money in it," of thrash, country, rock, and a giving the series an aura of animatior Gardner said. few other s tyles. The band (Marzetta's) work because it is so st1 The idea grew after speaking doesn't lit in any one category, said. with an entertainment lawyer which partially explains their Thompson's only photograph, "un who suggested the project lack of commercial succes;. A sample of the Kirkwoods' artwork. The urba,; image (right) reminiscent of the Disintegration a! could be bigger. Another friend However, the band enjoyed is a possible auimatiou for thr t~ ideo . the musical group, the Cure. It emp who believed in the project, model's d esolate expression. better success with their latest paign the following Monday, Steve Cummings, got the ball album, Forbidden Places, wit h quainted with the Kirkwoods. Works by students who attend theSe rolling by calli ng the Meat Although Gardner and where they would have a singles such a sNail it Down and chance to relax. stitute were also displayed. An oil on li Puppets's record company. Sam receiving fairly heavy rota­ Kloehn are accustomed to fi lm­ Jenny jones entitled, "Self-Portrait" is r The band, which has been on ing and objectively looking at Once the Puppet weekend tion on stations like WXRT-FM. ended and everyone said their real. the SST label for years, has Although some of their their subjects, they weren't so confident about interviewing goodbyes, the weeks of post­ "My Life Was Our Life" and "PurpJ, recently moved to London studio recordings a rc more the band. production started. Gardner acrylic on canvas paintings by Liz We Record s, a subsidiary of mellow, seeing the band li ve is sti tute, were also featured. Polygram. and Kloehn have begun trans­ completely different. The songs "!didn't want to fire driving ferring film and video, mixing The Third Coast rotates exhibits one They enlisted a photography are mo re raw, faster, and questions. I went in there with student, jennifer Sun; the film sound, and critiquing their Carey is always interested in findingr louder. The Puppets arc also a list, but I ended up just letting work. art work. The upcoming display will f, department; and other friends more improvisational- a trait them talk," Gardner said. The from River North Studios, the They also must decide what works done by The Latin School, a pn that has earned them com­ Kirkwoodsdidn' t reveal a lot at songs to use and obtain the school. School of the Art Institute, and parisons to the Grateful Dead. fi rst, but they eventually brok ~ Cybertoons, a Milwaukee­ right to use them. The pieces in the current show are f1 The Puppets knew vaguely of a out of their shells. "They were "We want to get a couple of based company that deals in vidl':> s hoot 1n Ch1cago. really down to earth and intel­ range from $100 to $900 and are negol co mputer animation and songs edited with some anima­ arti st. Gardner and Kloehn met the ligent... we got twenty mmutes tion and pitch it to the so und. band Friday night. ''They were on tape with each member," he "I enjoy doing group shows. You ge For three weeks, Gardner and company," Gardner said. "We reallv tired. They just got in said. want to sell it to the company ~~ the artists' best work," Carey said. '1 Kloehn made arrangements for Iron·, Ohio," Gardner said. ~ ting together a group project with Col the actual shoot. They made The Puppets became more and get some money back from ~ Friday's show was filmed only cooperative a nd helpful, as photography students." phone calls, and sent letters and it. .. the Puppets are getting with a video camera from 'Jnck­ well. They offered use of the pretty big. It could lead to more rD Interested Columbia students shoulc l,lXcs to the record company, ~tage. band's artwork for the project jobs," he said. Carey at the Third Coast (649-0730). Lo unge Ax and equipment On Ma rch 21, Gardner, (both Kirkwoods do all the "Either way we're going to ~ companies. .., Klot•hn, and Cummings went artwork for the albums). The finish it. It'll just take us longer ~l!f:ii~ The shows were filmed with to the Puppets's hotel. They band also invited Gardner and if we have to pay for it all our­ three fi lm cameras and two talked and became better ac- Kloehn to their show in Cham- selves," Kloehn said.

J On the road wtth the Meat Puppets Photos courtesy Jennifer Sun Johnny Lydon APRIL 20, 1992 fEATURES PAGE 5

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hs is in the form A lot of the letters are from Some of the actors played •hat America is people who want to buy tapes more than one role and all of of the programs. them provide background bottom right The radio show began in 1950 voices and noises for many :a's manipula­ and is produced weekly. scenes. natic and Though the public is welcome This script had the main char­ to attend the tapings of the acter narrating his own story ll y Mark Giardina show, which take place here with the major events being •e light to reflect Staff Writer Saturdays at 4:30p.m., reserva­ acted out by the cast as flash­ m's body. tions are required. backs. Backgro und music j the photographs The Pacific Garden Mission is All production work is done added a dramatic effect to the . "I chose her making radio history a block o n the premises by a paid narration and filled the breaks iking," Carey away from Columbia College. prodl'ction staff of fi ve to 10 between the segments of narra­ " Unshackled", a true-life people. The actors are union tion and acting. litled" is radio program taped at the mis­ profe ssionals, a nd change "Unshackled" is·aired on al­ Jum cover by sion, is the longest running weekly depending on the needs most 900 stations in many hasizes the radio drama performed before of the week's script. countries, such as the Philip­ a hve audience in the country. "Unshackled" taped show pines. Locally it can be heard on hool of tlhe Art In­ The radio scripts are all based number 2,169 on April 11. It WMBI, 90.1 FM, Sundays at 7 lien piece by on true stories of people who tookabout45 minutes to record p.m. 1ystical and sur- ha ve bee n saved, o r "un­ the hal f-hour show. The show is generally run shackled", by the teachings of It was about a man who be­ weekly but some stations re­ the Bible. ! Angel," a set of ca me involved with selling broadcast old sho'Ys every psic of the Art In- The mission, located at 646 5. drugs at an early age and did night. St~ t e, provides housing, food, short stints in prison. He finally "Unshackled's" audience is clothing, medical and dental received a substantial sentence made up mainly of homeless eamonthand care, and counseling for the 1ew, innovative for shooting a police officer. people and visiting church homeless. It has been in exist­ While in prison he found groups. The audience on April JCUS on the ence s ince 1877, a nd will .vale grade religion and straightened up 11 numbered over 100, leaving celebrate its 115th anniversary when he was released. few chairs empty. Pi ref said it is on September 12. The mission The show used six actors, an always a full house. lr sale. They stresses the teachings of the announcer, a sound effects per­ The costs of producing the tiable with the Bible, but is non-denomina­ son, two production people in show are covered by donations tional. the booth, a syntlhesizer player, from churches and private in­ t diversity and Pastor Jay Piref, the director and a person to keep time and dividuals. would ·enjoy put­ of the men's division, said that continuity. Production times Listening to a religious pro­ hfmbia ~ the show has "a phenomenal vary according lo the com­ gram might not appeal to impact around the world." He plexity of the script and the everyone, but it is a piece of added that it "generates a amount of sound effects that history that is made every week d contact Kathy tremendous amount of letters." Kim Marzetta, working Lisa Adds S tafl l'hutQRraphtr ~ are called for. in our back yard. at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. (!f:al§!!]~ PiL: That What ts• Not IS• not what it was

such diverse groups as R.E.M . deemed it necessary to save the Pi L was content with thumbing insightful, questioning, lyrics. and MotleyCruc.Soonaftcrthe pu b li c from "obscenities." tis nose at the mainstream and Lydon's lyrics range from op­ forging its own path. But on By Dav id Scott ~ Sex Pi stols demi se, Lydon (then Lydo n's lyrics arc deli vered tunistic on the track Love Hope Staff Writer calling himself johnny Rotten) with his refined snarl and john That What is Not the band has ("/ can see potential with a pocket fo rmed Public Image Limited McGeoch' s g uitar ma tches hooked up with a pro ven, suc­ full of seeds, Hope keeps me Let me paint a picture. The (PiL). Lydon's anger and disgust. cessfu l "alternative" producer, alive"), to just being plain time is the late 1970s, and arena Back to the fu ture: We now Cruel starts out sounding like a Dave Jerden (jane's Addiction, pissed oif on Acid Drops,!"\ Vlw bands like Acrosmi th arc find Pi L with their tenth album Morrissey single, then takes a Alice in Chains). Jerden takes censors the certSvr, cart I do tha t dominating the music scene. release, That What is Not (V ir· hard gui tar turn courtesy of the reins and incorporates com­ myself, make up my ownmir:.llike Suddenly out of Eng land a gin). Since the release of the producer Dave Jerden. On the mo n, almost trademar k, anyone else?"). wave of bands storm into the Pi stols' single, God Save the following track, God, the begin­ 'alternative' sounds onto the Lvdon and the Sex l'istols, U.S., grabbing th e roots of rock Q11een, Lydon has proved to be ning also deceives the listener. album. A good exa mple would once ma naged to musically and ' n roll by the jugular and refu s­ an insightful lyrici st. He carries The opening guitM riff sounds be on Unfairgrottnd, which con­ lyrica lly blazea path that others ing to let go. hi s ta lent, a long with the like a le ftover from joy tains a guitar solo thdt would followed. On That What is Not, johnny Lyd on and the rest of tra demark snarl wh ile singing Division. Musical bits and make the boys of Warrant Lydon has decided to pl,ny the the Sex Pistols were one such sound onto PiL's latest. pieces from other artists pop up salivate. follower instead of the leader. band. The Sex Pistols' basic yet The album opens with Acid throughout the album. The album might lack musi­ A piece of advice for Sir Lyd on: inventive sound and vulgar Drops, where Lydon questions In past releases, like 1985's cally, but Lydo n d iligently Fortune favors the brave. lyrics were to later influence the so-called censors who have Album or even 1987's Happy?, compensates with his proven PAGE 6 .:- E D IT 0 R I A L APRIL 20, 1992

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ARCHIVES ARE OPEN is that the Archives (Wabash THE HOI..£ IN 610) is open to the public right now-it is the formal dedica­ Many thanks for your article THE. RIVE~, on Columbia's Center for Black tion which is scheduled for the Music Research ("Preser ving fall. centuries of black music") that Dominique-Rene de Lerma WORKER.~ appeared in your April 13 Director issue. As indicated, we need to Center for Black Music FoUND A be better known by those at Research Columbia engaged in scholar­ I LOVE GINGER ly research. Might I SOWTIO~ For once a positive letter on supplement the coverage with one of your writers. I think a few brief points? One is that Ginger Pleisha is great. Her ltJ MA'IOR we can readily demonstrate columns are consistantly witty that the history is quite un­ and pe rceptive. And I ap­ known to the music industry, preciate her choice of topics. . which is why those who know DAl-£'1-·· One quibble. If you' re going to black culture only from COs, TV, and the radio might think write about Basic Instinct you we are giving particular em­ have to mention the beaver phasis to "classical" music. shots. It was the highlight of Not so. This is a tradition cen­ th!'! movie. turies older than jazz, the blues, and reggae (to which we Burney Simpson Broadcast journalism A job well done .... are no less dedicated). Second

Nobody likes a uthority. Especially at a school that is full of free spirits like Columbia. But authority does come in handy every now and then, even though we journalists hate to admit it. The flood last week was a good example. Security and the school ad­ ministration were well prepared for a potential crisis. The orderly, speedy evacuation of our b uildings Monday afternoon was evidence of the thought and planning the school puts into maintaining safety for all of us. The school administration also merits praise for keeping students and the public aware of the situation. Early Tuesday morning a recorded message at the school's main number announced that Columbia would reopen. Listeners to TV and radio got the same message. Though this time Columbia escaped the fate of DePaul and many otper buildings in the loop, it' s nice to know that if we ever have a rea l disaster, the NATIVE - ' BOys?"'·'"·'' school will be prepared. Thanks for a job well done. Besides being a Native­ From page 1 Americanactivist, Lonely Wolf is a musician. money said Diane Brazier, a $2,500 for full-time under­ "It is a straight out genocide, He plans to go to New York AID financial aid advisor. graduate and graduate what industries are doing to to record a single with rap singer From page 1 "The complexity of financial students and is renewable fo r my people." KRS 1. In addition, he is working aid is governed by a set of each semester. Wolf's talk was followed by a on his own album which should •tunmnry of the requirements regulations which govern Deadlines vary on each aid question and answer period. be completed by August. fo r the Stafford Loan (formerly federal student aid programs," source. To apply for financial When a student defended her "America should discover it­ known as the Guaranteed Stu­ Brazier said. "The importance aid for the 1992-93 school year, high,chool's mascot as being a self. it is not in riches, gold... Big dent Loan). Suzy must first is communication. There are no a student must complete and symbol of respect towards In­ business is a perversion of life," apply fo r a Pel! Grant. Her Stu­ stupid questions. Feel free to postmark the Singlefile Ap­ dians, Wolf replied, ''You don't said Wolf. "Everything we are dent Aid Report (SAR) is then come to our office anytime and plication Forrn, available in the get it. Why do we have to single looking for is right here. It is in examined to see whether she is we will help you." financial aid office, by May 3, out Native Americans? How the nature around us. If we lose eligible to receive the Stafford All financial a id advisors 1993. Processing time fo r an ap­ would you like it if a team was nature's spirit, there is no hope, Loan. The Stafford loan pays have been assigned a group of plication is from fou r to six named the California White nothing." out $2,625 for freshman and letters that correspond to weeks. s0phomores, $4,000 for juniors students' last names. The loan The financial aid office is .nd seniors and $7,500 for offir'i!rS are Darryl Luckett and open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 graduate students. Gwend Summers, who handles CHRONiCLE p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays Department of Journalism But Suzy finds out from her Stafford (SLP) loans, lllinois Opportunity (lOP) loans, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more 600South Michigan Avenue advisor that she needs60 credit Chicago, Ullnois 60605 any other loan request; Loan information drop on by and hours to have her loan renewed 312-U3-1600exL 343 Clerk Cassandra Mosby, pick up a copy of the fi nancial FAX 312·421-3920 each year. processes the paper work on aid handbook, the blue Student And if she gets a loan she applications. Guide and Singlefile Applica­ Art Golab, Edilor won't be able to use it all at The financial aid office does tion form. Jerry E. Pott, Msm•ging Editor once, because half is given out not encourage students to bor­ Nancy A. Thart, Ntw$ Editor in the fall semester and the row money unless borrowing other half in the spring. Since & money will help them reach Th<>rtsa Volpe, Fe•tures Editor/F

FLOOD From page 1 Connor, director of security, helped the handicapped stu­ dents leave the building. Both Connor and Gall said the I was out my evacuation was orderly and again the other day. I had finally convinced her that I wasn' t cooperative. part of the Great White Male Conspiracy. She never really To prevent damage or loss of bought my theory that I couldn't be part of the Conspiracy since data in the event of a power I was an Ita han Male, and there was a huge conspiracy against cut-off, the college's mainframe Italian Males. In fact, when I tried that one out on her she went computer and the library com- · off the deep end again and hurled her tofu and bean sprout salad puter system were shut down. right in my face. I always forget that liberals have absolutely no Color cameras in the television sense of humor. studio were turned off as well. Well, it took some doing, but I finally got her to start talking The elevators were brought to to me again. I told her that I was a homosexual, and that one of the ground floor, shut down my parents was black, and the other was a Native American. and locked, except for the ser­ She of course got very emotional, throwing her arms around me vice elevators which were left and saying, through a wall of tears, "OH, you poor baby, I FEEL on in case they were needed for for you, I really FEEL for you. My GOD, what you must GO any emergencies. through!" Students were notified of the I finally had to push her away because the longer she closing by a telephone message pressed herself against me, the more it was becoming increas­ on the school's switchboard, by ingly obvious that I was NOT a homosexual. signs on the doors, and over the Anyway, we were friends again, and we were out drinking radio. The buildings were lock­ and discussing the state of the world. Actually, she was discuss­ ed up by 2 p.m. Only a few ing the state of the world, and I was feigning interest, nodding students showed up for after­ my head every now and again while I watched the Cubs game noon and evening classes, on the T.V. set behind her head. I have also learned the hard way Connor said. that besides having no sense of humor, gung-ho liberals only like Though Columbia had to discuss the state of the world with people that share exactly reopened by Tuesday morning, the same view of the state of the world as they do. So I usually many students and teachers just nod and ignore them. noted low attendance that day, Suddenly, though, in between talking about the plight of this possibly due to CTA closings. or the plight of that, something Rainflower said actually caught The State and Dearborn Street my attention. "What was that word you just said?" I asked her. subway lines were closed be­ Nick Oza Staff Photographer "PITA," she said again, with feeling. cause of water leaks from the "PITA??" I repeated, unable to believe my ears. flooded tunnels. Shuttle busses Columbia's buildings have no and no decrease in cu ;tomers, "Yes, PITA. They're the greatest thing in the whole world. I carried commuters from the sub-basements and no connec­ the HarrisOn Snack Shop was a swear by them." Congress-O'Hare lines to and tions to the tunnel, according to different story. Grace Kwon, Bingo, I thought to myself. Finally something we could actual­ from the downtown area. The the shop's owner, said she had ly agree on without me having to lie to her. "I agree!! I agree!! I Conner. No flooding occurred only around 50 patrons Mon­ shouted. "I LOVE Pitas! There's nothing like a good pita, Harrison Street. stop of the in any school buildings and Howard-jackson Park line was day, down from 250 on a stuffed with tender, juicy lamb meat, smothered with onions and power was never shut off. normal day. Kwon decided it cucumber sauce. Let's go get one right.. ... " closed, but"the Howard trains Many precautionary were switched to the overhead was not worth it to stay open "PIG!!!" she screamed, taking off her beads and flinging them "L" tracks, where the nearest measures were taken in case and closed the shop at 2 p.m. at me. stop is now Adams and flooding did occur. Gall ar­ Universal Bowling and Golf, "Okay, Okay .... Relax," I said. "You can have pig if you want ranged for access to next to the Wabash building, to, or beef, or chtcken, or seaweed, or whatever. This is certainly Wabash. high-powered pumps and a Both subway lines are ex­ also took the city's advice and nothing to fi ght about, is it?" stand-by cleaning crew in case closed the store, leaving two pected to remain closed for at they were needed. Staff kept in "I .wasn't talkin~ about PITAS, you disgusting meat-eating least two weeks. employees to answer the can mba!. I was talkmg about PETA, People for the Ethical Treat­ contact with the Mayor's Office phones. and Commonwealth Edison ment of Animals." Though the school an­ Oh. Oops. "Well, that sounds great," I said. "I'm all for not Co. to stay aware of any new nounced through the media developments. abusing animals. Maybe I'll join too, so we can go to meetings that it would reopen Tuesday together. What exactly do they do?" morning, class attendance was Security was increased sig­ "Oh, man, they are so radical man," she moaned, a fierce light low, according to some coming into her eyes. "They go around the country, man, and nificantly to control possible teachers. EARN EXTRA INCOME looting. A guard in each build­ they are so radical, and they radically break into labs where Earn $200-$500 weekly mailing ing checked for flooding every "My first class began with animals are being used for scientific purposes, man, and they travel brochures. For information radically let the animals loose, and radically destroy years and send a stamped addressed en­ half hour to 45 minutes, Connor only four students," said said. SOA, the firm that years of valuable research material. Isn't that radical, man?" velope to: ATW Travel, P.O. Box Dominic Pacyga, who teaches "Well, it certainly seems radical," I answered diplomatically. 430780, South Miami, FL. 33143 provides Columbia's security Topics in History: The 1960s. guards, also added a car to Pacyga's class begins at 9:30 "But, urn, Rainflower, with all due respect to how radical these people are, couldn' t that research be used to find a cure for AIDS, Get Your Foot In the Door: make regular checks on the a.m., and has 25 students. Theatre, Dance, Music groups need buildings. Although no CTA and subway problems or cancer, or the common cold, or something?" I ventured. your help. Share your time and skills security problems arose, Con­ gave some students a tough "It doesn't MAlTER, man," she cried. "PETA doesn't care through !heArts Connection. Call Bus~ nor said the ca r patrol time getting to school. about people. People are scum! People are ruining the earth, n ess Volunteers for th e Arts. man. Animals are a ll that matter. Animal Rights!!!" she 312-372-1876 continued for several nights. Chris Carstens, secretary for Security also stayed in con­ the Liberal Education Depart­ screamed, thrusting her fist into the air. tact with area businesses such ment, said he received a lot of "But, actually, Rainflower, if you think about it, animals really DO YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TYPE don't HAVE any rights," I said, fearing the worst. "Rights are RESUMES, TERM PAPERS, as the Blackstone and Hilton calls from students who were REPORTS, YOUR GREAT hotels. having transportation something bestowed on people by society, and people have to AMERICAN NOVEL? I OFFER FAST, The Chicago Hilton and problems. conform to the rules of that society if they want to retain those ACCURATE SERVICE AT Towers hotel, located one block rights, and they pay taxes for those rights, and they work for a REASONABLE RATES. CALL living (most of them) to pay for those rights. So, while I'm MURIEL WHETSTONE AT 663-1600 south of Columbia, got 4 1/2 But even the flood couldn't (COLUMBIA CHRONICLE) OR 752- feet of water in its sixth sub­ keep some students away. certainly against beating innocent animals for kicks, I don't think 5936 (HOME). basement. Carol Gifford, a "I called at 7:30 a.m. ," said we should get carried away with this. I mean, if finding a cure spokeswoman for the hotel, Francine Restivo, a senior for AIDS means we have to wipe out a couple million white rats Attention all Iranian-American atu­ said they had three extra fashion design major. "I was or Rhesus monkeys, I don't really have a problem with that. What denta at Columbia College: If you are pumps working to empty the praying the school would be has a white rat ever done for me?" interested in forming a group with other water out. closed, but a recorded mes­ "You son of a bitch!" she sobbed. "Didn't you just hear me say fellow Iranian-American students, how RADICAL these people are? You have to join with me, so we please contact Haleh Abdolhosseini "Although the water is being sage said it would open." 944-6250 or in suite 418A pumped out, we st ill have flood can traipse around the country, being radical and helping animals!" waters leaking in," Gifford said Roosevelt University, like "Geez," I said. "Can' t we at least join Greenpeace instead? At Columbia, received no water least those people have worthwhile causes and actually do a lot NEEDED: Volunteers to be paid $10. Tuesday. "Workers are trying A psychologist at Loyola University is damage but DePaul of good work that accomplishes things." to put up a wall to stop the fl ow University's downtown cam­ looking for black males and white into the basement." "NO, NO, NO!!!! " she screamed. "They are just simply not males to pose as Loyola college stu­ Electricity at the Hilton was pus was fl ooded a nd lost radical enough. It's Peta, or nothing!" dents fo r a videotaped research power. DePa ul re mained not cut off so hotel officials "Well, all right, Rainflower," I said. "But is it okay if we wait project. If you can help, please call Or. closed throughout last week Eaaron Henderson at 312-508-3034 or decided not to evacua te the until after dinner to leave? I'm going to my Mom's for dinner, Maureen O'Brien at 312-508-3001. building. Gifford said they were and was making plans to con­ and she's making veal cutlets. I just love veal cutlets." not overly concerned with the duct classes in rented space "PIG!!" she wailed through her tears. elsewhere in the loop. NEED A JOB FAST? flooding since it was relatively "No, urn, actually, veal is little baby cows," I explained. Waiters, cashiers, cook&, hosts, bu•­ low and under control. "Tender, succulent, little baby cows." boys, dishwuhers, delivery The flood caused more than "Animal!!" Rainfloweryelped,and stormed outofthebarafter fuiVpart time taking off her moccasins and throwing them at me. 341 -1717 ukforKennyl just water damage to some area no job no fee Contributing: janet Chambers, I guess I'll never be able to with Rainflower. Then again, businesses. Though Deli Ex­ she called me an animal, so some press reported no problems and Nadine Clermont PAGE ,8 . . . THE BACK PAGE APRIL 20, 1992

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~ --20 It's Monday again. Don't Hanging out around the Wabas h building -25 Cabaret Metro, 3730 N. I worry there are only 4 more Monday classes today, well relax with a movie, Nothing But Oark, is the entertainment spot tonight with The I thanks to Memorial Day. Anyway, today check Trouble showing at 4 p .m. Young Gods with Old. It's an 18 and over show out the Black Theatre Workshop today at 1 p.m. sponsored by WNUR 89.3 FM. Tickets are $8. in the Hokin Center, 623 S. Wabash. But ca tch it Forbes magazine says country music is hot. And Doors open for the 11:30 p.m. show at 9:30p.m. ! soon, because it's over at 1:45 p.m. fashion designers tend to agree. The Elbo Room, 2871 J\J. Lincoln, jumps in on the trend .§~ -25 All aspiring rock/metal II . :J.,.oda:~ • --21 The Women's Coalition with country western night featuring Hillbillys songwriters can't miss this ASCAP event tackles a serious topic for both m en and women, from Space, free 2-step dance lessons, gun jug­ today at the T hirsty Whale, 8800 W. Grand I eating disorders, at 1 p.m. in the Hokin Center gling and more. It starts at 9 p.m. and has a $5 Ave., Rivergrove. From 1 to 5:30 p.m. the free i 1\ today. Be there if you've ever thought about cover. Rock/Metal Son~ters Workshop hosts a lis- dieting. ten/critique sessiOn, of pre-submitted songs by I the general public. The critique will feature . 'U":)~ -22 It's EARTH DAY' prominent pa nelists from all areas of the music Celebrate today by treating it specia I, remember mdustry: Mike Faley, Mike Clink, Jon the ozone layer is depleting. Sutherland, and Chip Z' Nuff. Then at 9:30p.m. the entertainment begins with a Rock/Metal In honor of our planet, the Students for a Better Showcase featuring Bump and Grind, Radak- World are sponsoring a series of events from ka, Snakeskin Cowboy,and Wild Child. All of 10:30a.m. to 2:30p.m. (The location is tentatively this is free! Any questions, call (312)527-9775. Grant Park, look for the fl yers a round school) Gu est speakers are Eddie Two Rivers, a Native Back on Columbia's turf is Caravan O'Laudts, American poet, Hazel Johnson, of People for a two man comedy review featuring Joe Kon­ Community Recovery, and Sandra Steingraber, rath and Jim Coursey. The show, written and Columbia College science instructor. Bands produced by the duo, is in the Hokin Hall, Quaker Youth Ensemble, Hus h Drops, Jen Wabash Rrn. 109, and begins at 2 p.m. Check it Brown - acoustical, and God Box will be the out, it's free. · entertainment for the afternoon. Plus, Colum­ bia College's Theater. Improv Groul? will strut .§~ -26 Tonight the Asexuals , their stuff. There will a1so be envrronmental (Cargo Records) come down from the cold of organizations represented at several informa- Canada to heat up the Lounge Ax, 2438 N . Lin­ tion tables. . coln, around 11 p.m. It costs two bucks. Rich Logan and Truda Stockenstrom <.9 . But take time out to stop in the Hokin Annex, star on the Intimate Theatre's production of ~ -DePaul University's Theatre 623 S. Wabash, and hear A EMMP Records' August Strlndberg's play Intoxication, which School continues its showcase with guest artist Laughing Man at noon today. runs through May 17, at the Swedish American Jack McLaughlin-Gray directing Shakespeare's Museum Center, 5211 N. Clark St. The play Is corned y Love's Labour's Lost, through A pril26 3""~ -23 Frontline is coming to set Paris In the 1950s, reflecting the post-war at the Blackstone Theatre, 60 E. Balbo Dr. Stu­ Columbia at 12:30 p.m. in the Hokin Center expatriate movement of the Left Bank. Call 31 2· dents with a current I. D. get a two-for-one deaL today. If you like Latin Jazz you'lllike them. 271-6510 for more information. For more info call (312) 362-8455 Compiled by Alina G. Romanowski

Face Value: By Lisa Adds I Staff Photographer What did you do last Monday after the closing of Columbia?

Angela Baskin Graphic Design Junior David Pelczarski Carlos Restrepo Advertising Broadcasting Due to the fact tha t I Freshman o uld not do my Junior omputer 1 had to find some homework, I went I watched the news :ur three hours to find way ro take out my home and watched frust ra tions so I news while doing ,nil if we wou Jd ha ve c·l.lsses on Tuesday. bitched at the CTA house work. for making me wait an hour and a half for a train. FrankS. Young Nicola Delgado Sound Engineering Acting Karen Morgan Senior Junior Graphic Design Senior I got to school ~ftc r a Seeing the oppor­ two hour tri p to find tunity for further I went home after out a class at ~ local study and stage com­ work and turned on bat pr.1ctice denied, I studio was c~ n ce l ed, the television to find promptly toddled off so I decided to get oul my evening class some work done at home. From there I canceled. I was upset the main campus. made several phone When I walked over bcca usc 1 needed to call s and arranged for there it was closed. go to the computer a tri p to the ta ttoo lab and d o With my head h~ng­ shop to witness the ing low and my tail homework. It was not masterfu l drawing of goods news that the between my legs I Texas on )en's back. school was closed.