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Boy-band does college Square One is a Former Be <HO~~ O 2001 wrong healthy alternative to Chronicle to the bar scene COLUMBIA '--. Pages 8 and 9 Ba&9}g'~EGE LIBRARY Tax forms: Top college personnel see hike in pay 0 Incoming the previous year. when dona Compensation ~ tions reached $9.6 million. donations drop $6.3 Donations came to Columbia of the '-...,~ million from 98-99 mainly in the form of cash. tax year with the biggest indi vidual ~~~ Paid Columbi_a ··;Etpployees donation at $500.000. Donations also included 99-00 By Jill Helmer books, music collections, benefits photographs, pledges and film ~ ~ Assistant Editor stock. One of the biggest -'~Uohn B. Duff, former president $143,827 non-cash donations came in Every top administrator at the form of a music collection ~~ Samuel A. Floyd, provost Columbia- from both the valued at $73,635. Twenty ~ Zafra Lerman, professor, science academic and non-academic two thousand dollars worth of __, sides- received a pay hike promotional spots were also ~ Albert C. Gall, executive VP during the 1999-2000 tax donated to Columbia. ~ l' ~ year, according to IRS 990 Money brought in by the ~ Warrick Carter, president ,j tax forms obtained by the school to be dispersed as Corter" was p.~l on the college's payroll in June 2(X)() ond ouurned office ·in August 2000. Chronicle. scholarships totaled $2. I mil ~ Philip J . Klukoff, a ssociate VP, continuing Form 990 is the tax form lion, a 79 percent increase non-profit organizations such from the 1998 tax year. OSheldon Patinkin, theater choir as Columbia are required to according to Form 990. file with the IRS. Form 990 also listed the top I) R. Michael DeSalle, VP, fi nance The forms also documented five highest-paid employees that the school collected only other than officers, directors U. Dennis Rich, management choir $3.5 million in donations for and trustees at Columbia. the 1999-2000 tax year, a sig OPaul J. Johnson, huma n resources director nificant drop from the total of See Salary, page 3 Asking is an art, journalists say College seeks spotlight 0 Panelists argue friendly those with celebrities. especially those versus confrontational related by Chicago Sun-Tim es pop-mus ic critic Jim DeRogatis and Esquire magazine in Hollywood parade approaches contributing editor Bill Zehme. Interviews with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nation 0 AII-4-0ne to top float will be spent on limousine service. By Kela M. Ellis of Islam Minister Louis Farra khan, actress refreshments and a parting gift for Staff Writer Cameron Diaz, blues legend B.B. King and in nationally broadcast All-4-0ne. the band which will the late rock critic Lester Bangs were dis Christmas parade play on the fl oat but is not being The tables were turned Tuesday when cussed as the panel told of successes and compensated for their appearance. some of Chicago's most prominent journal failures in their attempts to ask the ri ght "This is a non-commercial event ists were the ones answering questions as questions. By Neda Slmeonova and all celebrities are donating part of Columbia's Creative Non Fiction Research is crucial to asking the right News Editor their time," Vanek said. week. The events included a series of questions, Zehme said. " I think of myself All-4-0ne began their career as panel discussions, book signings , and read as the Columbo of interviewers," he said. an overnight sensation in I 994 with In a unique collegiate promotion ings presented by the English, Fiction Mitchell agreed that research and pers ist the release of their first single, "So al effort, Columbia will spend more Writing and Journalism departments. ence are what it takes to do a great inter Much in Love." which went gold than $25,000 to sponsor a float in In a panel discussion called "20 view. "When other reporters were tired and and made the top-fi ve on the pop the upcoming celebrity-studded Questions: the Art of the Interview," jour ready to go ... ! stayed behind," she said of charts. The fl oat will a ppear in the Hollywood Christmas Parade. nalists like Chicago Sun-Times columnist a news story where a I 2-year-old girl was parade for 45 minutes as the pro Hosted by Grand Marshal Peter Mary Mitchell and Chicago magazine edi shot in the head by a stray bullet that came cession winds around Sunset and Fonda. best known for his role as a tor Jan Parr spoke to a crowd mainly con through her bedroom wall. Hollywood Boulevards. motorcycle-driving rebel in "Easy sisting of aspiring journalists about some of After staying behind and talking to peo- " It is a really good marketing Rider." the Hollywood Christmas their more memorable interviews. investment fo r Columbia," Levin Parade is the largest celebrity Some of the interviews mentioned were See Journalists, page 3 said. " It is a marketing tool and a parade in th e nation. publicity tool to get Columbia's "What Columbia is trying to do message out." Levin said that the is get national exposu re and purpose of the parade is not to increase the national visibility of advertise the college's program in the school." said Aaro n Va ne k. Los Angeles alone. but to advertise Columbia's West Coast a lumni the entire school and benefit the coordinator. college on a national level. T he 70th annual parade will take Paul Chiaravallc. Columbia ·s place on Nov. 25. 6 to 8 p.m. PS T. associate vice president and chief It will be broadcast live on KCOP. of staff. thinks that there arc sever channel 13. in Los Angeles and al advantages to participating in th~ carried by the lJ PN network across parade. ·'This is a really good mar to over 155 cities nationally and ket and it is creating an outn.·ach international ly. The pa r ad~ cover for our alumni in the area he age w ill be aired in Chicago on I 1." said. Chiaravallc thinks that the WCIU. cha nnel 26. on Dec. 2. I publicity w ill add credibility to the p. m. coll ege a nd "the fact that we ' re According to Vanek. Columbia is able to comp el~ out there." taking part in the parade because According to Chi aravalle. the the administration wants to ma ke cost of the event is low. consider the llollywood community awar~ ing the exposure that the parade of the school's presence in Los w ill bring to the college. "We did a Angeles and to fo cus on the more good job utilizing our contacts to than 1.000 alumni in the area. keep the cost low:· he said. The parade cost includes an Bob Enrietto. coordinator for e ntrance fee of $8,500 a nd the Columbia's Semester in L.A. pro $ 12.000 cost of the fl oat, said Jeryl gram. agrees that the parade will The journalism panel discussion was held Nov. 14 in the Hokin Gallery, 623 Wabash Ave. Levin. director of Columbia's Left to right: Bill Zehme (Esquire magazine), Mary Mitchell (Chicago Sun-Times), Jan Parr Alumni Program. Another $4.500 (Chicago magazine), Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, a freelance writer. See Aoat, page 3 ·n 0 3 Vt.=t:>.3fl News ~na ~ Notes : 0~ ~· (, 4.~ ~...m.l~MJer department to 'HI.Hffl. perfurm·classic musical Rogers and Hammerstein's classic musical, "Oklahoma'" wrll be presented by Columbia's Theater department on Dec. 6. running thro!lllh Dec. 16, in the college's Getz Theater. on 72 E. 11 St. The production rs drrected by college faculty member Estelle Spector. A veteran of musical theater, Spector has been teachrng in the Theater department for 15 years and is the coordrnator of the department's musi cal theater program. Show choreography is by Tammy Mader: musrcal directron by Larrance Fingerhut: fight choreography by Davrd Woolley: lighting design by Emrle Boulos: costumes by Frances Maggio: and vorce coachrng by Albert Willrams. Student Lisa Bendrick is servrng as stage manager with fellow student David Sregel as set desrgner. The department's Couch Potato program starts up again thrs year with an open dance class, led by chore ographer Mader. after the Wednesday, Dec. 12 per formance. See the show. then learn how it's done. The dance class is free. but places must be reserved in Seno Yohey/Chronicle advanced by calling (312) 344-6104. "Oklahoma'" tickets are $10 to $1 4 each, with half Street artist Bobby Mason puts the finishing touches on his 'Evacuation of Afganistan' piece in front of the 623 S. price tickets for senior citizens and students. For a Wabash Ave. building. season brochure. tickets or more information . call (312) 344-6126. College community welcomed Pay raise fills up work positions 0 The wage raise is offered to any The change in hourly wage has drawn more students to enroll for a tour of Spain to work for the college than ever before.