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Salary increase is the ers taught the equivalent of a fuJI-time o schedule. Between teaching classes at main focus of the contract both Columbia and other colleges, teach­ ers were still living on less than $20,000 a By Georgia Evdoxladls year. According to the Office of Planning and Institutional Research, 78 percent of Copy Chief Columbia's faculty is part-time. Previously, teachers had to have taught A new contract for Columbia's part-time at least eight hours, effectively two semes­ faculty has been presented to the Board of ters, to become unit members. Now any Trustees and to members of the Part-time teacher who has taught at Columbia for Faculty Association. The previous con­ even one semester will qualify fo r the con­ tract expired at the end of February and tract. The unofficial change was made negotiators have been working to come up about a year and a half ago, according to with a replacement. The proposed con­ Laiacona, but this is the first contract to tract details governance procedures, work­ reflect it formaJl y. load and salaries. Another important issue for teachers was Highlights of the contract include saJary job security, Laiacona said. Under the old increases, stricter grievance and gover­ contract, not renewing a part-timer's con­ nance procedures, an increase in the tract was as easy as leaving a voicemail. amount of credit hours that may be taught Cancelling a class taught by a part-time by part-time faculty and a lower standard teacher was also easier. for membership in the unit of teachers. The proposed contract lays out more spe­ P-Fac President Joe Laiacona named cific rules for such procedures. For salary increases as the teachers' top prior­ instance, if the college wishes to discon­ ity. tinue a teacher 's employment for unsati s­ Under the proposed contract, part-time factory perfonnance, the teacher must first teachers' salaries will be higher than they be offered an opportunity to remedy his or are currently. For example, a teacher who her teaching deficiencies. has taught 49 credit hours wi ll be paid Additionally, it would be easier under the $3 ,000 per three-hour course, up from proposed contract for teachers to move up $2,470. in the pay scale. But teachers who have "We also wanted to attain parity, or equal taught 200 or more hours wiJl no longer pay for equal work," Laiacona said. He also said many Columbia part-time teach- See P·Fac, page 5 -$100,000 grant brings ~ancer-lati to ColUmbia New lab's director will o in the quest for better treatments. Michael SchmidVChronicte conduct basic prostate The lab wiu also be used to teach Chronicle photographer Michael Schmidt recently vis ited New York City. cancer research CoJumbia students how scienti fic His work is featured in th is week's photo essay, found on pages 16 and 17. research is done and will further inte­ By KevIn B. O'Reilly grate artistic concepts intO the study of science. In addition, the lab will be Assistant Editor available for use by Chicago Public Choices final for bands Schools teachers who study and do Columbia's Institute of Science research al the Science Institute during Education and Science Communication. the summer. will open a cancer resean:h Iaboratmy "Columbia's art and communications headlining at Mayfest April 30 with $100.000 from the students will be called upon to intelli· National Science Foundation. gently communicate research results Ozomatli one of main hip-hop. "It's really an anomaly to give a high o Fred Anderson. who is the "renowned concerning cancer, the imnllme system, acts at college's month-long ""ienf;e grant to an arts and communica· reproduction, etc.)" said Science giant of Chicago jazz..' according to Kelly. tions college." said Science InstituIA: Institute bead Zafia Lennan, who was festivities will also be one of the big names playing at faculty member Kenneth Uio. who will out of the country and responded to Columbia. direct the resean:h facility. "But we're questions by fax. By lillian Helmer Oliver Mtukudzi. the popular artist from doing solid researcll, and this is impor. "'There is no bener way to learn how Managing Ed itor Zimbabwe. was a hit perfornler at the 2000 tant for students too. There is a reallaclc to report results in these fields than by Chicago World Music Festival. of science communicators out there." conducting research and learning to Throughout May. Columbia will show­ Thornella Davis. the fourth headliner in The lab will primarily support lIio's communicate the results through 'video. case student work and talent to the Chicago the Mayfest lineup. is a blues singer. prostate cancer research. llio's work, DVD. CD-ROM. film. illustration. community during a month-long fe stival. All events will lead up to the event's May which is part of a larger research project script writing.joumalism. etc .... Lennan Mayfest. Plans for this high-proli le event 23 climax. when the Columbia community based at Northwestern University's said. have been in the works for months, but with wi ll overtakfJ Wabash Avenue from Uroiosy departmen~ will utilize lines of "Colwnbia students who are interest· May drawing nearer, plans arc now being Harrison to lit 1 streets. normal and abnormal cells 10 study the ed in enhancing their professional port· finalized. Mayfest is really about two things. Kelly development of prostate cancer. folios." Lennan added, "will now be With the help of the House of Blues, one said- the month-long series of events "This is a small part of cancer able to produce projects combining their of the main sponsors of Mayfest, Columbia showcasing student work. and then May 23. researcll," llio said. By establishing a mai<>r and scientifio research, greatly has finally named the headlining musicians "May 23 is what we hope will become thc liDo of undifferentiated cens, llio and improving their chances for exceptional who will perform at the event. major student event of the year. evcry year. IIUdenI oeoearchers will be able to study career options." According to Mark Kelly. vice president fo r the coll ege, and not just for students. but bow growth tiIcto

Early fall and summer Tom Patzelt, interactive multimedia student registration to begin (Left), talks with Bill Leubscher, at-large Registratio~ for the summer 2002 semester will be held from Apnl22 to 25,10 a.m . to 6 p.m. Continuing cand idate for the Student degree-seeking undergraduate students will register Government Association. in the Hokin Annex with academic and freshman advisers. Undergraduate students-at-Iarge will regis­ ter during open registration in June. There will be a second registration session from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., June 3 to 6 and June 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. New freshman and transfer students will register at this time. All graduate students will be eligible to register dur­ ing these two weeks. Early registration f~r Fall 2002 will be held April 30 to May 9. All registration will take place in the depart­ ment offices. Class schedules for both semesters are available now in various campus locations. Contact the Records Office with any questions at (312) 344-7224. Film and Video department hosts festival of student work Climbing the ladder to an audio arts career o In this week's series: What to know than those that just have great technical skill s," Kanters This week the Film and Video department wi ll be said. hosting MTake 1,' a juried festival of student films cre­ when breaking into the so und industry Step four: Network as much as possible. Join the ated in the Production I and Production II courses. EARS Association, which is based in Chicago and hosts "Take 1" will be held on Wednesday, April 17 at 6 By Melissa D1 Clannl events that often have successful sound industry person­ p.m., 1104 S. Wabash Ave., Room 302. Awards will nel as guests. Networking gets your face and name also be presented. For more information, contact Staff Writer Sandy Cuprisin at (312) 344-6708. known in the field and will help you make connections The sound industry is small and, like all industries, very that could lead to a future job. hard to break into-although many have. But becoming Step five: Search audio engineering Web sites like Multimedia event to be held successful in the sound industry actually starts before col­ www.audioengineering.com for jobs. Positions in the lege ends. sound industry are not typically found in the want ads of A performance event sponsored by the English department will be held Tuesday, April 16. The event, "As soon as you make the commi tment to work in the a local newspaper. Your job search will be easier if you entitled "Genre mel (tid)," will be an intersection of var­ sound industry you begin learning who to connect with start directly with an audio engineering Web site. ious a,rt forms incl ud ing dance, video, intermedia, poet­ and where you should go to get ajob," said Benj Kanters, "Audi o Engineering Web sites are the first place to look ry, fiction and music. ~ Genremel (tid)" is free and will be di rector of recording for the Audio Arts department (for­ for a job, but nothing surprises me anymore," Kanters held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Hermann D. Conaway merly known as the Sound department). said. "Sometimes I'll hear a story about someone going Multicultural Center located at 1104 S. Wabash Ave. Students trying to break into the sound industry should through a temp agency to find a someone who can work For more information call (312) 344-8125. know some basic facts before starting out. with audio equipment rather than come to a college th at "There are three basic elements to make it in the sound specializes in sound." industry," Kanters said. "You must have a solid math and Audio engineering Web sites usually give li st ings of Talent exchange encourages science background, have an understanding of the music current employment opportunities, and tips on how to set world and the client you are dealing with, and have fabu­ up sound for different environments such as schools, more student collaboration lous people skill s." churches, amusement parks, and sports arenas. The re is also a Ch icago chapter of the Audio The first annual Columbia Ta lent Exchange will be Step one: Know that audio is a science and understand held on April 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will the science behind it. Understand the science and math­ Engineering Society that holds monthly meetings. The give students an opportunity to show each other their ematical theories that are dealt with when it comes to AES often has guest speakers at the meetings from the portfolios, talk about concepts and find colla borators sound. sound field and publishes an onl ine newslener to keep its from other majors to work on their individual or Step two: To create sound that is suitable for cl ients you members up to date. AES offers annual student rates of school projects. The Talent Exchange will be held on must understand the cl ients. Each sound system is $40. You can apply for an AES membership online at the first floor of 1104 S. Wabash Ave. building . unique, and every cl ient is different. www.aes.org. Students will a lso have an opportun ity to set up Step three: Have people skills that will help get you Kanters said that the sound industry is very competi­ booths to display their projects, portfolios or works­ noticed. Be personable and easy to talk to, and be able to tive and that, no matter where you go when you first start in-progress. For more information contact Doug out, you will be assisting someone. Bonner at (31 2) 344-7344. accept a client's criticism or comment with ease. "Sound is a service industry, and those with fabulous Kanters also offered four words for all sound people to people skills can do more to ensure their own success remember: "Be great. Be known." Panel to discuss GLBT issues

This week a panel discussion will be held on "Gays Another feature of May 23 will be a "town square" in the and Lesbians in the Arts ." The event sponsored by Col umbia's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Mayfest parking lot at the comer of Balbo and Wabash Avenues, Concerns and the Freshman Center will be held Continued from Front Page where approximately 15 student organizations will be rep­ Wednesday, April 17, 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Hokin resented, according to Micki Leventhal, media relations Annex, 623 S. Wabash Ave. For more information call several other street events, according to Kelly. associate at Colwnbia. (312) 344-8594. The parking lot across Wabash Avenue from Columbia's Not only are Colwnbia students and faculty working to 623 S. Wabash Ave. bui lding will hold two stages where make Mayfest a success, many local businesses are also Visiting poet reads his works headlining bands will play. There wi ll be three stages at the participating. Buddy Guy's Legends, one of the sponsors of event; the third will be located in the sculptuffi garden on Mayfest, will be closed to the public for several hours and David Trinidad, visiting poet in the English depart­ the northeast comer of Wabash Avenue and lIt Street, and wi ll feature events catered to Columbia alumni, according ment's poetry program, will rea d his works on will feature spoken-word and dance perfonnances, accord­ to Kelly. Thursday, April 18, 5:30 p.m. at the Conaway Center, ing to CarolAnn Brown, director of student galleries and Even local businesses not directly involved with planning 1104 S. Wabash Ave . Also, on Tuesday, April 23 at 5:30 perfonnance centers at Colwnbia. Mayfest are taking part. According to Brown, Harold's p.m., Trinidad will be at Hokin Ha ll, 623 S. Wabash Several student bands, all of which have at least one Chicken Shack, Thai Spoon, Chicago Carry-out, and Ave. for a lecture entitled, "Holding Our Own: The Colwnbia member, will be perfonning at Mayfest as well. Channing Wok will all feature "Mayfest specials." Selected Poems of Ann Stanford ," based on his editing, "There are very few all-college events that bring every­ with Maxine Scates of a book of the same title. Both The bands were selected by a combination of students and staff, according to Brown. "The three student bands chosen one together. In fact, you could say there's the convocation programs are free and open to the public. For more for new students, and there's the commencement for those information call (312) 344-8100. out of all the submissions were Radio Hour (alternative), Blues Monks (rock, blues and funk), and Tina Blumeberg who are leaving. And in between, there's a slew of (hip-hop/rap)," Brown said. events-it's not like we're this dull-state place and there's Other student bands, the Columbia College Jazz not much going on-but it's very localized, and there's no Ensemble, lkkya, the Jazz Guitar Ensemble, and Helen Sea, way to get a sense of the scale or the comprehensiveness of If you have an upcoming were selected by the Music department to perfonn at what we're about," said Kelly. ''It's a chance for freshmen Mayfest, Brown said. to see what seniors are doing. It's a chance for a sense of event or announcement, Another major feature of the May 23 festival will be the community spirit that sometimes is difficult to locate." please call the Chronicle's Art Walk, which will consist of six galleries located Mayfest is not only an event for the Columbia commu­ throughout Columbia's campus. The galleries will include nity, but for the local profess ional arts community as well, news desk at the Glass Curtain Gallery in the Luddington Building at according to Leventhal. "It's exposing our graduating stu­ 1104 S. Wabash Ave., the Center for Book and Paper Arts, dents to hopefu lly their future employers," she said. (312) 344-8568. also at 1104 S. Wab:i1.h Ave., the Hokin Galleries, at 623 fu "This is the chance for the entire community- this is not Wabash Ave., the II t Street Gallery, located at 72 E. II just for students or just faculty or staff; it's for all of us, To reserve ad space call St., the Narrative Arts Center, at 33 E. Congress Pkwy., and and for those who care about Columbia. I think the chal­ the Auxiliary Gallery, located at 1130 S. Michigan Ave. lenge is to make sure that students understand this and (312) 344-7432. According to Kelly, trolleys will be available to transport attend. I mean, we want 5,000 students there that night," people who do not wish to walk to the different galleries. Kelly said. April 15,2002 Campus News 3 Visionary filmmaker to visit Columbia 30-year veteran o Douglas Trumbull, Photography Trumbull said he is very excited about teaching and and Film and Video department guest, that this will be the first time he's accepted a school's in vitation to do a ·residency. Thompson cop hired as new will present his works to students also stated that, "He is considered to be a virtuoso on a set, able to handle a huge number of competing By Candice Zel demands simultaneously, and to come up with not Staff Writer only effective but hugely imaginative solutions." security director Trumbull has digitized all of his films-as well Legendary filmmaker and visual-effects pioneer as film clips and photographs of models and behind Douglas Trumbull is coming to Columbia and will be the scene shots-onto a new laptop. He want s to in residence from April 22 through Apri l 25. He will take his computer with him wherever he is, along be giving two free public talks with screened exam­ with a portable projection device so that he can ples of his work. He wi ll also teach classes for access his own experience instantly, for use whi le advanced students as the guest of the Photography teaching. He wi ll also be bringing photographs that .and the Film and Video departments. he shot on the set of "2001 : A Space Odyssey," Trumbull has an extensive background of accom­ which are among the few shots ever taken. plishments. He was one of four special photographic In addition, he has created the Douglas Trumbull effects supervisors for "2001: A Space Odyssey." He Scholarship for students in both the Film and Video was also the visual effects supervisor for films such as and Photography departments. lie is also wi ll ing to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," "Close Encounters have a documentary fi lm of his residency shot by of the Third Kind," and "Blade Runner." Each of faculty and advanced students within the Film and these movies earned him an Academy Award nomina­ Video departmel)t. T. W. Li wi II produce the docu­ tion for Best Visual Effects. mentary. Advanced students from the Michael He directed "Silent Running," "Brainstorm," "The Rabiger Documentary Center will also be involved. Andromeda Strain," "Secrets of the Lu.'(or Pyramid," The film and video and audio studio will shoot and and many other special-format films. Trumbull record sound. received an Academy Award in Scientific and Trumbull will be teaching classes for advanced Technical Achievement 1993 for the concept behind students in the Photography and Fi lm and Video the Showscan Camera System. He was also given the departments such as Special Studies in International Monitor Award and the American Cinematography and Visual Effects and Digital Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime Achievement Cinematography. He will give onc-on-onc critiques Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of to the student winners of the "Take One Festival." filmmaking. Three professors from the Columbia Film and Video Using virtual, digital sets and electronic cinematog­ department-Peter Hartel, Ninoos Bethishou and Dwayne M. ThomaslCnromcte raphy, Trumbull is actively involved in the explo­ Robert Buchar-will accompany him in teaching. (left to Right) Captain Ron Dorsey, new security director ration of the future of visual-effects photography. His Trumbull's first talks are scheduled for Monday, Cerrlck Nelson and former campus security director Jose company, Entertainment Design Workshop, has April 22, 12 :30 to 1:30 p.m. in seminar rooms 1109- Gallegos pose for a farewell picture. recently completed a series for Disney including 52 1111,600 S. Michigan Ave. He wi ll screen work and episodes of "The Book of Pooh." Each episode was speak on "The Jupiter Machine: Deconstructing the o Former director leaves to pursue shot in his studio, the most advanced digital virtual­ Camera, Solving Extreme Problems and Digitizing PI work set studio in the world. He is also preparing for an for All Media." A reception featuring digital crc­ upcoming Broadway play that will involve advances ative work by Columbia students and advanced By Kevin B, O'Reilly in the integration of digital media and live action. practitioners from outside the college wi ll follow in Trumbull finds a common ground between the dis­ the Digital Imaging Lab, room 1107 from 1:30 to Assistant Editor ciplines of film and video and photography. Peter 3:30 p.m. Trumbull 's second talk will be on Wednesday, Jose Gallegos, college director of security fo r nine years, Thompson, a professor in the Photography depart­ has left to pursue his private investigations business. A new ment said, " I can't think of anyone better equipped to April 24, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in Screening Room 302, 1104 S. Wabash Ave. He will screen work and director of security, Derrick Nelson, took over the job April 8. deal with both disciplines, and therefore what our stu­ Nelson was director of security al Dawson Technical dents-as well as our teachers-are dealing with on not speak on " Film as Experience: Special Fonnats and Breaking Through the Proscenium Arch." Institute, which encompassed a much smaller campus area only a daily basis, but., prospectively, into the future." and whose student population nwnbered around 1,500. Nelson worked for 30 years in the Chicago Police Department., retiring with the rank of watch commander in New cultural studies major proposed to council the Youth Investigations Group, which was responsible for investigating cases involving missing, abused and molested o Request for full-time faculty by the council. Barbara CaJabrese, chair of the Radio children. third year of program causes debates department, questioned this aspect of the proposal Colwnbia contracts out its security services through SOl because established departments have been waiting to Security Inc., but the college chooses wbo is hired as direc­ add new full-time faculty positions for years. tor of security. The position's duties include overseeing and Prados-Torreira explained that the request to add a training security officers, conducting investigations into any By Jllilan Helmer full-time faculty member is to ensure the possibility of reported on-campus crime incidents and compiling incident Managing Editor adding a position in the future. She said they would be data for the crime reiX)f1 brochure. required to go through the same hiring process as all The director of security also coordinates celebrity visits, C?lumbia may soon gain a cultural studies majo ~, other departments. schedules opening and closing times of campus buildings pendmg approvaJ at next month's College Council In other council news, Vice President of Student and cooperates with the Chicago Pol ice Department on meeting. Affairs Mark Kelly reported that the number of students investigations. Stephen Asma, acting chair of the Liberal Education whose work will be showcased on May 23 as part of " I think Derrick wi ll really help us out a lot in dealing with department, Teresa Prados-Torreira, assistant acting Mayfest has reached 600. the Chicago Po lice," said Martha Meegan, director of cam­ chair of the Liberal Education department and Cannelo Kelly also announced that there wi ll be a student pus safety and security. Esterrich, faculty member of the Liberal Education health center on the first floor of the 73 1 S. Plymouth Executive Vice President Bert Gall made the decision to department presented the Cultural Studies proposal to Court residence center by the fall semester. hire Nelson. He could not be reached for comment by press the council on Friday, April 12. Kelly reiterated that Columbia's student center will time. During his presentation to the council, Asma dis­ not be paid for with tuition funds. The biggest differences between his job at Dawson cussed the need for the major. He said that for several "It is not in competition with the needs of any depart­ Technical and his new task at Columbia, according to years, there has been student interest in such a program. ments. It will be built with a capital campaign brought Nelson, are "more property, more students and a more He also discussed highlights of the proposed major, one by our trustees, and if that doesn't happen there won't di verse student population. All you're dealing with is peo· of which wi ll be a mandatory internship program. be a student center," Kelly said. pie," he said. The council, for the most part, enthusiastically sup­ Another topic discussed Friday was the proposed stu­ Gallegos has been briefing Nelson on the job over the last ported the major, but with a few stipulations. dent code of conduct., wh ich will set standards for stu­ three weeks. Briefing sessions have included wa lking The proposal's request to add a fu ll-time facu lty mem­ dent behavior. The council is scheduled to vote on the through campus bu ildings to review structures that may be ber by the third year of the program spurred debate in proposal when it reconvenes next month, Friday, May 3. more vulnerable to security lapses than others. Nelson retired from the Chicago Police Department at age 50. " I told myself at 40 I'd be retired at 50-that I'd finan­ cially be able to retire. Fifty was a milestone for me." Nelson does admit to missing "some of the action of being on the force," especially when he hears or reads about a partic­ ularly heinous case involving a child. "( think, 'I should be O.A.S.I.S. the one on that case, , .. Nelson said. But, Ne lson said later, " I look forward to it being nice and Selected by Columbia Studenls as the Name for quiet here." Ihe Student Services System Nelson said that, ideally, he would like a bigger budget so that better-trained security officers could be hired. "No mat­ ter where you work," Nelson said, "you're going to have C olumbia College students recently voted on the name for their new student selVices system. these pipe dreams." The naming marks the beginning of a two-year project to implement online applications, registra­ Before leaving Columbia, Gallegos did private-investigat­ tion, degree audit,and a student portal. ing work part-time. He discussed why he decided to pUr.)ue the work full-time. The name chosen was OASIS. OASIS is an acronym for OnlineAdministrative Student Information "The demand for security since 9111 has really grown," Gallegos said. '" just felt that it was the right time to move System. on and try new things." The new things include more field investigations and covert operations such as dressing up as a The portal is a component of the overall system. The college is looking to implement the portal as construction worker or as a student. Gallegos will handle soon as possible and will be working on it during the summer. At the present time Art and Design both corporate and private clients. students are designing logos for OASIS. A logo will be selected by a vote of the student body dur­ A farewell reception for Gallegos was held April II from 3 ing the Student Govemment election on April 22. The Columbia College MIS Department is work­ to 5 p.m. About two dozen security officers, staff and fac ul­ ty bid Gallegos adieu in the 33 E. Congress Pkwy. Narrative ing with the Student Government Association to use computer checking of voters. Arts Center. 4 Columbia Chronicle April 15, 2002

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l .0 . C. ~ DUlling A :.('1 1 26th M April 15,2002 Campus News 5 Carter hosts first brown bag luncheon o Faculty and staff given an Urging as many people to come out as possible, is built in September. there will be money that can be Carter said he wanted it to be a participatory project. spent on fu ll -time faculty depending on the enroll­ opportunity to discuss college issues Depending on the fundraising, he said he hoped the ment increase. with president student center will be ready by 2005 or 2006. He Al so di scussed was that a large number of full-time talked about how Illinois is in a different financial faculty are doing things that they shouldn't have to do. By Candice Zel state now, but there is sti ll money. Carter said he is in Carter said he would like to relieve faculty of staff­ the process of talking with state representatives and related work. When asked what he expects from Staff Writer senators about possible funding. Columbia's faculty, Carter stated, " I expect them to be The first brown bag luncheon scheduled by When asked how he sees the school in the next three on the leading edge of the material in their fields, to Columbia President Warrick L. Carter's office was to five years, he stated, '" clearly see us aiming toward be brilliant in the classroom, to care about the students held April 8 at the Hokin Hall , 623 S. Wabash Ave. 12,000 students in this period of time." He also said , and to nurture them." Staff and faculty of Columbia were invited to listen " Within the next five years, we should have our stu­ Carter also said that, "Sept. 11 created unusual and ask questions and voice their concerns. The atten· dent center-which should greatly improve the lives of expenses-such as security-which changed the dees-as we ll as Carter-brought lunches to eat dur· students outside the classroom." budget, as well as shortfall s that mi ght ex ist with ing their discussion of important iss ues. Among the He discussed the Graduate department and how he retirement plans. Other institutions cut jobs and topics covered were the committees and task forces sees the most room for gro\li1h in that area, as well as the salaries, but all we did was cut supplies and services. that will be involved in different conversions, particu­ possibility of adding new majors. The plan is to focus We are very healthy; we are a profitable institution larly in plans for the new student center. on the strengths at Columbia and build on them. and will return." A group called Vision 2010, onc made up of students, Columbia's alumni are also involved in the planning and On the subject of how large the Columbia student staff. and the Board of Trustees, will be looking at participation for the college because the fields served population can become, Carter said the college owns what situation the college is in now, and what needs to are always changing, and that needs to be incorporated. three lots but lacks the money to deve lop them, which be done for improvements in three-year increments. Carter gave an example of the convergence of film, is why fund raising is so important. He also discussed Caner talked about how Columbia has been the "con­ television and radio and how more media outlets are the need to be more effective. version king," in the past and showed excitement about coming together, requiring more knowledge of different When asked about possible enrollment caps, Carter the opportunity to start from scratch concerning the fields. He stated, " It has been that newspapers hire jour­ said "There are no classes on Friday, but other days of new student center. nalists, te levision hires broadcast journalists and radio the week it's packed." He said enrollment is increas­ According to Carter, the school is 87 percent tuition­ hires announcers, but now things are changing and that ing but the average class size is decreasing, wh ich driven, but no tuition doll ars will be used to build the needs to be incorporated with what the industries are means Columbia is not using the present facility effec­ student center. The federal government has granted looking at." tivelyenough. He also said. "Just increasing the aver­ $75,000 in funds. The bui lding wi ll be 150,000 square The ratio of facu lty to students has changed with ris­ age class size by two students saves the college $1 mil­ feet and will cost somewhere between $30 - $35 mi l­ ing enroll ment. Carter said, "We have a commitment to lion. It's important to work on recruitment and target li on. Carter said he hopes to have competition from the hi ring of full-time staff and faculty." There are no programs." many architectural firms and to attract one that will new full-time positions for faculty or staff in next year's The brown bag luncheon discussion lasted from build a bold and brassy bui lding, keeping the history budget. He added that, "The budget itself is to ban, but 11:30 a.m. to I p.m. This was the first in a series of and spirit of Chicago architecture in mind. the parameters within it may not be." Once the budget discussions scheduled by president Carter's office. Lab Continued from Front Page P-Fac Continued from Front Page ground in cellular biology for journalists. llio said. The new lab will also house polyamerase chain enjoy higher pay than those who have taught as few as 140 hours. reaction equipment. peR is used to multiply Increasing mobility through pay levels was explained by col­ unique fragments of DNA, which is valuable lege officials as being a move to hold on to good teachers. because it all ows scientists to detect them in large "We have an interest in keeping experienced teachers. It's in genomes. PCR is a leading method used to con­ both [the college and the teachers'] of our interests," Director of clusively identify the source of a genetic sample Human Resources Paul johnson said. in forensic science. as seen on popular television The P-Fac organization mailed ballots concerning the proposal shows like "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and to its members last week. Those ballots, marked with a simple HBO's "Autopsy." yes or no, must be mai led back by April 30. Prospects for the The Science Institute, founded by Lerman in contract's adoption look good, Laiacona said. 1991 , has previously received $2 million in ftmd­ "This is just a guess-but my educated guess is that it will over­ ing from the NSF for various projects. whelmingly pass," Laiacona said. The last time a contract was Lerman said an important factor in NS F's submitted to members, Laiacona, who was also a negotiator then, grant decision likely was th e hope that said that only about three votes out of over 200 were not in favor. "Columbia students wi ll , through the use of this "Frankly, I'm confident that it is a very good contract," said facility, have an understanding how real Executive Vice President Bert Gall, who was a member of the research is be ing conducted, and these future and a poet, playwright, essayist and New York college's negotiating team. communicators wi ll be able to communicate sci­ Tim es reporter Claudia Dreifus, who is known "\ think it's a good proposal for both sides," Johnson said. entific research from an intelligent and knowl­ for her penetrating interviews with scientists, The only disappointing issue for faculty negotiators twned out edgeable point of view." and Dr. Todd Siler, a visual artist, writer, inven­ to be hea!th insurance. "Unfortunately," Laiacona said, "insur­ A Science Institute symposium dubbed "How tor and educator who is the first recipient of a ance companies don't want to insure part-timers." Advances in Science and Art Enhance Your doctorate in visualization from the According to Johnson, college negotiators met with the Board Life" will run April 25 through May 2 to cele­ Massachusetts Institute of Technology. of Trustees committee April 12 to have a conversation and brate the opening of the research lab. The thinking behind the symposium, Lennan answer questions about the proposal. Ratification of the contract Symposium guests will include Dr. Roald said, was to demonstrate "the importance of is expected to happen at the end of the month. Hoffmann, Nobel Prize winner for chemistry, developments in science and art to our lives." Web site promotes Chicago independent film community o Columbia alumni create a place to summer. "I was in that situation and, most times, when Once a film is finished, filmmakers are faced with the address problems faced by independent you meet someone to work with it was accidental," task of distribution. IFV Chicago allows you to submit Lorenc said. your film or music video so they can screen it on the Web filmmakers in Chicago The four put together the plans for the site and launched site for free. The site has categories for dramas, comedies, it in May of last year. The IFV Chicago Web site contains music videos-and if you feel your fi lm doesn't fit into a database where people can post resumes to be accessed one of these, the site allows you to describe it yourself. By Rudolph Sanchez by directors and others looking for talent. The IFV Films by Columbia students are currently being shown on Staff Writer Chicago database is currently stocked with Columbia the Web site. graduates and students from the TV and Fi lm depart­ The site also includes other features, such as links to Chicago has a strong independent film community. A ments. movie reviews and information on films currently being group from Columbia is looking to make it stronger with The IFV database is broken up into every category in the shot in Chicago. Audition announcements for films in pre­ a new Web site that aims to help everyone from actors to filmmaking process so you can better find your area of production will also be posted on the site. In addition, the screenwriters and directors. expertise. Posting resumes on the Web site is free. This site has an "In the Spotlight" feature that profiles a resume Wojciech Lorenc , Andre Magnuszewski, Mark is a feature not found on similar sites. "Most let you from the IFV Chicago database. Anderson and Dan LaCloche created post a resume for no charge but they will charge you a The Web site has received a lot of positive feedback, www.IFVChicago.com. which stands for Independent fee to maintain it. Our service has no charge," prompting the founders to create a TV version of the Web Fil m and Video Chicago. Anderson, a Columbia alumnus said. site. "We plan on producing a television show that wi ll In February 2001, the group had a meeting to decide The other primary component of the site is the cre­ compliment the Web site," Lorenc said. " It will start out how they could address the problems faced by independ~ ation process link, which assists you in all aspects of on public access but we plan to approach Channel 26." ent filmmakers in the Chicago area. They decided to cre­ creating an independent film. You can find out how to The TV version of IFV Chicago wi ll spotlight actors ate a Web site that would promote the Chicago independ­ finance your fi lm, or you can get help in writing the and directors and provide movie reviews. It plans to fea­ ent film community. script. Here you can even download screenwriting tem­ ture all the local fi lm festivals and help promote anything " We wanted to have a place where everyone involved plates. "Thi s site is really about helping and promoting that has to do with independent film . The members of in the independent film process could meet," said IFV co­ people," said Magnuszewski , who teaches Video IFV Chicago are currently finishing the script and plan to founder Lorenc. who will graduate from Columbia this Multimedia Production at Columbia. tape the pilot for the show within the next week. lI VI~SIT :US ON THE ~B AT WWW.COLUMBIACHRONI CLE:C=O~ 6 Columbia Chronicle April 15, 200r

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Last weekend. Fusion, a multicultural student organization at Columbia. held a fash ion and talent show entitled " Fashi on Euphoria." The show included students from almost every depart­ ment. Fusion Vice-President Gabrielle Watkins explained that thi s year's show featured what she described as mystical. fairy-talc fashions. "Things you wouldn' t sec every day:' Watkins said. " Kind of whim­ sical." The talent show featured students performing R&B. hip-hop and dance. It included students who are members of local bands such as Dnmkcn MankeC'. World Famous and Thump. TIle show also fea­ tured Jameisha Trice perfonning R&B, Latin dancers Anabel Ortega and Anthony Quintana as well as music by DJ Spider. The show also featured spoken word poetry. Watkins sa id the show consisted of six talent groups and three model runs. The talent groups consisted of anywhere from one to five people. The show fe atured 3S models representing eight design­ ers. Colum bia st udents designed all fa shion in the show, and Watkins said the models themselves were all Columbia students. "Thi s show gives many students a chance to showcase their ta lents and also provides them with an outlet to express their creativity regardless of their grade level." sa id Laila AI-Chaar, president of Fusion. Watkins said she knew the show would have a good turnout. She sa id last year's sho\\ was only one day long and it sold oul ri gh t away. She added, this year was a lit­ tle tougher to get people to come 011 the first night. but the Friday sho\\ was sold out by Tuesday. "Last year's show had a hip-hop theme:' Watkins said. Some of the fashions last year were not as tame, so this year they were toning it down a little, she said . There were a lot of experimen­ tal fas hions this year, many of which had a mys­ tical quality to them, Watk.ins said. She dcs!.: ribed the fashions as extremely unique. pa n icuiariy the outfit with a Barbie doll theme. Watkins said, although this show has been held before, this was the first year that Fusion hosted it. Last year the show was held under ASIA (Asian Students In the Ans) and entitled ";01 Fusion:' Watkins said she believes the show very slrongly represents the cultural rich­ ness and diversity of the board lof Fusion] within itself is extremely di verse," Watkins said. "That is basically what we stand for:' AI­ Chaar agreed that the show repre­ sents the diversity in Columbia studell ts. Fusion, which is an acronym (For Unifying Students In Our Network), define themselves as a organization. thei r goal at Colu mbia is to bring students together. " We unite Colum bia's diverse community;' AI~Chaa r said. She said Fusion stri ves to unite stu­ dents of different races, back~ grounds, majors or any ot he r aspect. Wat kins pointed out that, because Columbia is a commuter school. sometim es there's a lack of a sense of community. Watkins said Fusion tries to create more of a bond between Colum bia stu­ dents by hosting variolls event s th roughout the year.

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Government waste is out of control, and so are America's taxes

--:-"""f;;;;;;;;;;;;=;I------:;;;;;;;,-----r;;;;;;;;;;;;~------, things-the things that the government doesn't want you to know are go ing on By Katie Walsh r Commenlary Edllor I~tf~ ,, ~fJl.~u~~iTii;;lr .,'..... Il-..,~..,.-,I ',., 'fiill~ii~i:iii;;~i;"tr1 withThe your gove moneyrnment_ has spent your money in some truly laughable ways. As unbe­ Tax day has fina ll y arrived. To lievable as this may seem, former most of us hard-working, low­ President Bill Clinton supported a earning students that means it is Housing and Urban Development pro­ time to see how much we've paid gram taught at public housing centers in Uncle Sam and how much more 26 U.S. cities. The program, with a we need to be paying Uncle Sam. budget of $860,000 taught tenants to wear The entire tax system of which feel-good colors like peach to reduce we partake here in America stress. begui les me. The amount of In 2000, SI7 billion of farm subsidies money the government takes from (63 percent) went to the highest earning the average working American is 10 percent of fanners and farm owners astounding. What is even more which included wealthy people like ' astonishing is how much the gov­ Sconie Pippen and Ted Turner. ernment wastes- and I really mean wastes--()f that tax money. In 2001, the immigration and But let's get back to the actual dollar amount of taxes before we talk about where Naturalization Service could not account for 61,000 items that totaled $70 million. the money goe~ . According to the Tax F~undation, Americans payout an average 35 The missing items included 539 weapons, 12,000 computers 39 automatic rifles and a gas-grenade launcher. percent of ~ur mcome to th.e government In the fonn of taxes. If you li ve in Illinois, your ~o~blned tax ?urden IS 34.6 percent. Think that's a lot? Trust me, it 's not. If The Department of Education failed three consecutive audits from 1999-2000 and reported los you live In ConnectIcut you pay a whopping 39.9 percent in combined local, state and ing at least $450 million doll ars. Think about that next time you read fede ral taxes. about under fu nded city schools. The government ta.xes you for nearly everything you buy. The average gas tax is 43 I saved the most ridiculous for last. The National Institute of Mental Health a gov­ cents per ga"o.n. Fee l like driving to Wisconsin? That'll cost you a toll tax. If you ernment-funded research p~oject on severe psychiatric disorders, currently giv~s out smoke, your cl~areltcs are taxed. There is a federal, local and state tax placed on 33 grants for research on birds. Fourteen of those grants, totaling of$1.2 million. are every automobile you bu~. In a dditio~ to the annual income Ia.x on the house you relegated to research on pigeons. may buy ~om ,eda~ . .you Will pay a closlllg tax the day you actually buy it. Other grants they fund include a $505,862 grant to study peer rejection of girls and I fyo~ li ve In Chicago, you ~now in the winter you need heat. The government $68,208 to study sentence processing in Japanese and English. knows II 100. The reds take 2) cents for every gallon of heating oil. And next time At the ~ tart of2001 , taxes in America were at the highest since World War II. In you are ha\ ing a big bash for all your friends. you might want to remember that the case you ve forgonen, at the start of 200 I, we were not at war. That is the highest government lakes a whopping 58 percent duty on all bottles of hard liquor. they have ever been in a time of peace. . I could go on and on about the taxes everyone must pay, but you get the picture. It Americans should be outraged at the taxes they pay and by how linle they actually IS out of control. benefit from the tax money collected. This government waste should not be tolerated Whal is mor~ amazing- and more repulsive-are the ways in wh ich the govern­ and we should demand that our money be used appropriately. ment ~' aste,s thIS tax money. Now, I''"!l n~t talking abo~t the war or the defense budg­ Unless of course, you like to see your paycheck depleted so some scientist can learn et (whI ch J m sure college students thmk IS wasteful); I m talking about the little about pigeons. Exposure AOL Instant Messenger a college must '.,1 ;. members via this splendid program By Ethan Fry t:ather than relying on MaBell. There's also a certain non-intrusiveness to AIM Fairfield University that you can't get on a phone. When The social phenomenon that is AOL taking a nap, the bleating ringing of a Instant Messenger is bizarre and phone waking you up from a J!leasant unnerving. Never before has there slumber is offensive and wra1H-incur­ been- and there probably never will ring, and half the time its one of your be again-a software program that har­ roommate'sl odious acquaintances. nesses the oxymoronic convivial ennui But who can be angry at that splen­ of such a generation as ours. Utilized did bubbly sound when someone IMs by so many-depended upon even­ you? li ke some son of sick narcotic, stu­ "Someone wants to talk to me!" it dents every day wake up to get their screams. "To me!" fix of humorous away messages or OK, so maybe that's going a little overdone "SubProfiles." overboard. But I don't think anyone You rea ll y would have to be living can quibble with the fact that AIM is under a rock to be in college and not some sort of Gen X juggernaut, rum­ know what AOL Instant Messenger is. bling relentlessly toward complete and Consequently, I refuse to waste a para­ utter global domination like Louie graph explaining it. I f you don't under­ Anderson staggering toward the donut stand, then just SlOp reading. Now. can on the set of"Family Feud." Perhaps it is a mark of the average This is a revolution, a paradigm shi ft student 's dependency on AIM that ear­ of the most epic proportions, nonn­ li er in the year, when Internet connec­ shattering in its significance and scope. tions in residence halls were not able And the whole time nobody is thinking to connect to Ihe AIM servers, there of the children, the millions of kids le ft was as close to a student rebellion at behind in this whole thing, orphans of this university than there probably ever the Space Age, parentless pods has been. People just didn't know what debauched at the will of heartless mon­ 10 do without it- I myself actunll y had sters like Rupert Murdoch and to blow the dust otT my phone and use Alexander Haig, kids who will never it! Ludicrous! know what it was like before all this, Somctimcs I try to think what life who wi ll never know whal it was like wns li ke for people before AIM . In this to live in a society, a community, 8 civ­ age of pinhelld sized microchips and ilization! gene therapy, usk ins sllch It qucstion is We arc nil living in the bad district. akin to wOIllJ er in ~ wlml li fe was li kc nssocialcd wi th [\ lower class of peo­ fur primitives bclorc Ihe wheel. All ple. Ihlll'S missi ng is 11 booming recording We're poor, sniveling ~ ulters1\ipcs of Alsu Spruch ZlIfHlhustm plnyi ng ill preying on one Imothcr tor sustenance Ihc background. nnd wcll-bdng, obsessed with nco-cnp­ I d On'11IlC1t1l 10 reu ll y bash AIM, I italislic slognl\s of "COI1lC nnd piny, proha_bly lise it us much ItS Itnytllu..: . lis come und pluy'" 1\11 the while forget­ benchls IIrc muny lIlId VII IUllhl c. II cer­ ting "bout uny rcnllUlJ\'cmcnt. 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W.b.. h Ave., 81111. 105, Chl o.yo, Il 10eOI, .dv.l1l.tQccchronlcl.,com April 15, 2002 Commentary 13 COLUMBIA CHRONICLE Israeli offensive does more harm than good Ryan Adair Executive Editor Jillian Helmer By Georgia Evdoxladls Managing Editor Copy Chief Neda Simeonova Israel has gone too har. News Editor As of today, the 141 day of the Israeli offensive on the West Bank, Katie Walsh no one knows how many Palestinians Commentary Editor have died. Israel has closed off most of the areas lojoumalists and human· Cassie Weicher itarian workers, preventing independ­ Michael Hirtzer ent confinnalion of the anny's vague Arts & Entertainment Editors reports of "terrorist casualties." Civilian homes and pri vate proper­ Dustin Klass ties have been razed. An estimated 3,000 Palestinians are homeless in Ryan Saunders the city of Jenin alone. Child ren and Sports Editors teenagers are killed every day in a banle they did nothing to start. Michael Schmidt Hundreds of Palestinian men Dwayne M. Thomas between the ages of 15 and 45 were Photography Editors herded together in Nablus on Thursday fo r Israeli questioning. Georgia Evdoxiadis Vasser Arafat re mains imprisoned Copy Chief in his compound in Ramall ah, while the rest of the Palestinian peopl e in Kevin B. O'Rei lly the area are kept in their homes due Assistant Editor to an Israeli curfew. ing will make them more- not less-radi· declaration of neutrality in Jerusalem. As international outcry ri ses to a fever cal. Although Jerusalem is the Jewish peoples' pitch, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Jeremy Adragna Again and again, those who choose sui · most holy city, it is one with g reat impor· Assistant News Editor Sharon-previously implicated in the mas· cide mi ssions, say the reason for their tance to two other major re ligions. Like sacres of Sabra and Shatila, and removed choice was made because they fe lt they the Vatican, it should be a city of peace from his military position and disgraced­ had nothing left to lose. Humiliation, and worship, not one of never·ending vio· Greg lopes blatantly defies the desires of the United anger, frustration and a dai ly exposure to lence. liza Pavelich States, the U.N. and the world, by sending violence turns those who fee l they have no When land was originally given to the Tina Spielman more tanks into the West Bank vi llage of other recourse to justice into murderers. Jewish diaspora in 1945, Jerusalem Copy Editors Ber Zeit. How does increasing death and warfare belonged neither to Israel nor Palestine. It Sharon scolds the United States as if it alleviate this situation? was only after the Palestinians lost the Nick Panico were a recalcitrant child because it The clear answer is: It doesn't. land in 1948 that it became part of Israel. Webmaster planned a visit with Arafat-the undisput· Sharon's offensive in the West Bank has a Although governance would be a chal· ed leader of the Palestinian people--<;all. retaliatory tone that is frightening in its lenge at first, the United Nations, the Ashleigh Pacetti jng it a "grave mistake." rage. According to National Public Radio, organization that originally controlled GraphiC Designer Suspected terrorists are not arrested, even Israeli soldiers have expressed con· Jerusalem, would be the best equipped to Advertising Assistant tried or judged--they are summarily shot. cern that once the fighting is over, the usher the city into peace. All of these crimes have been commined destruction will come back to hurt Israel. President Bush and the United States no in the name of one thing-stopping sui· Sarah Koteles The United States has always been a longer have the luxury of non·involve· Web Video Editor cide bombings. friend to Israel. More foreign aid pours ment. The Middle East conflict will infl u· It is bitterly ironic that the offensive has from our coffers into their country than ence all future foreign policy issues, done just the opposite-inspired more any other. So, when President Bush joins including any decisions countries might Stephanie Keller killing. Thirteen soldiers were killed the rest of the c ivi lized world-and two make about aiding an effort to depose a Advertising Assistant Tuesday in fighting to uched off by a sui· unanimous U.N. resolutions-in telling certain Persian Gulf dictator. The United cide bombing. Wednesday's suicide Sharon to pull out of the West Bank, it is States must lay down the law to Sharon in bombing on a crowded Haifa bus was the not the time to rebel. a way that makes potential consequences fourth terrorist attack since Israel began It is increasingly obvious that the clear. Ifhe still refuses to comply, our the incursion. Israelis and Palestinians cannot be left country should not hesitate to punish vio· Christopher Richert If there is a point to all the violence and alone in the Middle East. They have lence and human rights violations. General Manager the shame to which Israel is subjecting proved, like two violent children, that they Few can deny that the Jewish people Palestinians-Sharon would say there is­ cannot play nicely. It is time for the deserve a place to live, but so do the it is to prevent attacks on innocent civil· United States and the rest of the world to Palestinians. There must be a way to rec· Jim Sulski ians. The likelihood, however, is that the step in and take control of the situation. oncile the two. Now is the time for action Faculty Adviser civilian deaths that Palestinians are suffer· The first step should be an immediate if that goal is ever to be reached.

The Columbia Chronic/eis a student-pro­ duced publication of Columbia College Commuters shouldn't pay 75 cents a toll Chicago and does not necessa rily repre­ sent, in whole or in part, the views of onto their money more than ever. Columbia Cortege administrators, faculty By Allison Clark Rep. Jeff Schoenberg (D· Evanston), told the Ch icago Tribune, or students. Staff Wrtter "This ill · advised to ll increase only underscores why we need greater accountability over this agency's spending practices and Columbia Chronicle art icles, photos and Seventy.five cents mig ht not seem like a lot to most people, po licies." graphics are the property ot the Columbia but for a college student, 75 cents can be the difference The state has the rig ht to raise tolls on its own but must first between a dirty load of laundry and a clean load; it can a lso be have public hearings in a ll 12 counties served by the tollway. Chronicle and may not be reproductd or the difference between a bagel during class o r starvation. The hearings will be a convenient time for commuters to speak published without written permission from Heck, 75 cents at a bar is the dete rmining factor between a out on this issue. the staff editors or faculty advisor. domestic beer and an imported one. Alo ng with the commuter's opinions, the agency's spending It is no surpri se Chicago commuters are upset over the proposal should be discussed at the hearings. Questions, such Illinois State Toll Hig hway Authority's proposal to increase as how much money is needed to improve the roads, how many tolls from 40 cents to 75 cents this fa ll. Seventy· fi ve cents roads need to be repa ired, and when construction wi ll take spent about twice a day, five days a week, is steep. place should be addressed. The Columbia Chronicle The increase supposedly wi ll be used to fix o r widen roads, If the state must increase toll s, it might be better recei ved 623 S. Wabash Ave. not tollway extens ions, the ·agency said. if it's gradual, such as a ten·cent increase every other year. The increase would also finance a 15·year capital plan that In a recent interview wi th the Chicago Tribune, Joseph Suite 205 includes widening parts of the Tri·State Toll way, according to Schofer, professor and chairman of civil and environmental Chicago, IL 60605 the Chicago Tribune. The project would create a four· lane engineering at Northwestern University said: " People don't road from O'Hare International Airpo rt to the Indiana state want to pay the toll s." He a lso said any to ll increase proposal line. is bound to be controve rsial. Main line: 312 ·344· 7253 The increase will affect many Columbia students who com· For some authori ties, a 35~ce nt in crease isn't enough. Gov. 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Metra and the Chicago Transit Authority may be an option to Inflation is another reason for the increase, the agency said. many students but not all. During the hearings, the agency sho uld determine whether Email address: Commuters realize tolls can't stay 40 cents forever, yet they [email protected] deserve to know where the extra money will be spent. The the increase is necessary. They should state ample reasons as country is recovering from a recession and citizens are holding to why commuters should pay the extra 35 cents. More com· muters might respond positively to the increase if the reason 14 Cammentary Ap!15,2002 COWMBIA'S VOICES • Carter's new house During Senate hearings several years filling debate." Now, given the fuct that Columbia does after the war strong evidence points to How would you know anything about have a paintball club, I'm disheartened to comes at a bad time the fact that some sort of chemical them? I find it hard to believe from read­ see that the pa!",,: would rather promote weapons were used. ing your article that you have ever spent other universittes' clubs rather than Wh ile I understand that it is important Almost all branches of the military any time with the guys, so who are you to research their own school's organ.izations. for the school's president and hi s family involved in the confli ct were equipped judge what they do or don't believe in? This could have all been avoided if you to have a comfortable living space as a with devices that detect chemicals in the Also, to limit punk. to such a narrow cate­ would have just walked up one floor to home and a meeting place, I feel that this air. According to veterans of that war, the gory is a very narrow·minded thing to do. the Student Life and Actives Office, house is overly decadent. alann sounded more than once for "unex· And anyway, to label their music as Room 313 of the 623 S. Wabash building. We have students who are struggli ng to plaincd" air born chemicals that forced punk-pop or pop. punk, whatever you You would have clearly seen a "paintball pay rent, tu ition. and buy school materials many men to sleep in their gas masks want to call it is just stupid. It is music. If club" mailbox on the wall. while the school is spending SI.35 mil· night after night. you would actually listen to the CD with One thing that makes this more ironic is lion for the bui ld ing and who knows how According to the De partment of an open mind you would hear that the that cven people at N IU know that much to renovate and decorate it . And Defense, Ilossein also has built up his songs arc not all alike. Apparently you Columbia has a paintball club. I have yet we are getting another tuition increase chemical and biological weapons in the must have just skipped over the songs that been in contact with some people at NIU in the fall. years since the Gulf War and has even have reggae influence, or been quick to and this is how I know. When I came to Somehow, th is does not compute. I've used them on the people of his own make your opinion that you didn't even Columbia I was told that Columbia's heard several sound bites where the prcsi· nation. listen to the additional secret song. communications programs were among dent has Slated that he wants Co lumbia to Although I do thi nk that ifthc U.S. And what is it exactly that makes you the best in the country, but 1 suppose 1 be the "best studcnt·ccntcrcd arts and goes into Iraq during this war, an unfor­ feel that Mest "so obviously desi res was wrong. An article like this could have communi cations coll ege in the world," tunate wake· up call will beckon our fame." They are just out there doing what been a great asset to my organization, but 1l ow, with the recent budget cuts, is troops as U.S. fatalities in this Middle they love to do-making music. And I now the opportunity is wasted as this let­ lavish spending on living spaces consid· Eastern country will surely be the result think it would be a good idea to possibly ter wi ll be seen by far fewer students than ered conducive to achieving the presi· of a sick and twisted "leader." think about what you are saying before read your article. By not doing your basic dent's goal? When students cannot afford it's printed. if you didn't notice you con­ research you are leading students to other to anend Columbia because of tuition - Michelle Tarrant/Junior tradicted yourself in the article. places when what they already have is in increases and culs in sc holarship funds, First you say about the song Cadillac: their backyard. You could have simply be ing the best is a moot point. "But since the whole rock-song-with·a-DJ looked on the Internet or at the wall, seen Yes, this house wi ll be a great pl ace to President's house will trend has been completely beaten to paintball flyer.; and foWld out about us. woo potential funders. But when do we benefit the college death, resurrected, then beaten back to Our meetings are on Tuesdays from get the payoff, and is it even cenain that death again-all within the last few 2p.m.to 3p.m. and Thursdays from I p.m. the payoff will come? It seems like a dis· I would like to thank the Carters fo r a ll years-the song sounds stale and just to 2p.m. in the 623 S. Wabash Ave. build­ torted trickle·down economics in coll ege the time and effort they put into this proj· comes ac ross as an anempt to cash in on ing. Room 315. We have already had and administration fonn . ect. It has been going on for a long time the success of other bands using the same event and are planning the next one:. The now. This wi ll be a big benefit to the formula." But two paragraphs later you main thing we are doing now is planning - Pinya VongkasemsirilGradu31e college. I' m sure they're glad the con· claim that "Outside of 'Cadillac,' is really fund raisers to make paintbaJl more Student struction is finally over and they can set· the only unique-sounding song on the affordable for all Columbia students. tie in to make the house a home. whole CD, everything has a feeling of Also, who is this Gregory Fandl and DJ Maeda deserves sameness." It's pretty interesting that you why are you interviewing people from - In' MeyerlStafr consider the same song to be totally over· other schools and not Colwnbia If he is praise done but yet at the same time be so from Columbia you should have staled unique sounding. that I could have given far more info Miles Maeda is the most underrated Mest is not like the It also sounds as though you don't even about the sport than appeared in your arti­ OJ in Southern California. Hi s music punk bands of the ' 70s listen to the lyrics or know their meanings cle. As a writer of a painthatl mag,azine, is so amazing. I thought the article you because you seem to think. they are all Paintballlxtrf!me.J, 1 should know. For did on him back on January 14 was I cannot even begin to decribe how far ali ke . Maybe if you could step outside of example, the Chicago Painthatl Fac10ry great. from the truth your article, "Mest makes your little mainstream world you would that was located at 1001 W. Van Buren mess of second album," published in the begin to appreciate other types of mus ic Ave, is no long in existence. If you had - Jim YahazimfReadcr Dec. 10 issue, is. Just because Mest is the world has to offer. called the place you would have heard not an ex.act replica of bands li ke the Sex "Sorry. the nwnber you are trying to reach Hussein should be Pi stol s or the Clash, you automatically - Leah Picht eVReader 5-6-3-1-7-7-7 is no longer in service." By seem to think this makes them not a things like this, students here couldn't removed "punk" band. have an advantage over people in rural Punk today is not li ke the original '70s Chronicle paintball areas because they would be running I just wanted to take the time to punk. The issues of today are different article way off target around trying to find a place that's really respond to Kevin B. O'Reilly's column in than those of the time period in which open so they could play. the April 8 issue of the Chronicle. In hi s Also from one of my "sources" this is those bands were making records. And After reading an article in the April 8. coiwnn, O'Reilly states that Saddam not the first time this has happened. I'm how is it exactly that because they have edition of the paper I stumbled across the Hussein never used chemical or nuclear pretty sure that the same editor did not do tattoos, piercings and like to drink and headline, "NIU, WIU hit target with paint· weapons during the Gulf War. based on the same thing twice (because if they did, usc drugs, the punk tag gets thrown on? ba ll clubs" by managing editor lillian infonnation from a Chicago Tribune arti· then it is time fo r some demoting), But, The original punks you speak of didn't Helmer. As president of Colum bia's cle. the simple fact of it happening more than even use drugs, so that statement you paintball club (which has been in exis­ Hussein used Scud missi les during the once should have made you stricter with made doesn't even make se nse. tence si nce October 200 I) I was very sur· Gulf War and according to the U.S. gov· reporting procedures. In your article on Mest you also prised to read the sub-headline: "Despite emment, no other biological, chemical or How would you like if all the student asswne a lot by saying " But un li ke the no Columbia paintball club, many oppor· nuclear weapons were used. Many of organizations got together and asked Clash or X, their songs ha ve no deeper tunities avai lable to students in C hicago­ Gulf War Veterans, however, have either "Why doesn' t Columbia have a newspa­ meanings." There arc no political ideas land area." find it fascinati ng that come down with mysterious ai lments, r per?" behind what Mest is doing. They proba· Columbia Chronicle is unaware of the died as a result of them or have conceived ---Curt FIo... nlPainlbaD Club bly have no stance on any major issues, paintball club at Colwnbia children with severe birth defects. outside of the timcless"Tastes great, less President The Columbia Chronicle photo poll Question: Do you prefer Coke or Pepsi?

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Si x months after the Sept. II attacks, the New Yo rk skyline re-emerged with a streaming ray of hope. On March II the so-call ed towers of light , two radi ant beams of li ght reaching in finitely skyward, were li ght ed in commemorati on of th e li ves lost in the now-missing Worl d Trade Center towers. The rays could be seen throughout the ci ty fo r 34 nights. The memorial lig hts were easi ly viewable from nearby Brooklyn and as far away as th e distant New Jersey Shore. The memo­ ri al was designed to resembl e the Tw in Towers. There is onl y one word to describe the vision-awesome. Awesome in the purest se nse of the word . The presence of the li ghts seemed to unite the people of the ci ty, as we ll th e peo­ ple of the nation. Stra ngers recogni zed stra ngers as fe ll ow victims as th ey remembered the att acks. The aura in the city was surrea l, creating an eeri e sense of awe th at seemed to leave onl ookers with a feeli ng of loss-an empty feeling, a feeling of vulnerability. But as the beams continued to shi ne, it seemed as if feelings of hope and re newal perservered. As work on Ground Zero conti nues 24 hours a day, soon the area will be cleansed of the fa ll en debri s, leaving a a poignant and stark reminder of the attacks. As we move forward, beyond the terror, memorials li ke the beams of light will have served as reminders of the value of human li fe and the tragedy that united our nation. 18 Columbia Chronicle April 15,2002 April 15,2002 Columbia Chronicle 19

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LAril\lO fiL~ FeSr f2.€rU(2l\JS ro c+-liCAGO Though the ILCC are the producers of the event, it seeks include "La Lola se va a los Puertos,," "EI Palomo Cojo," By Shannon McEntee sponsorship from outside sources, one of which is "Truhanes" and "Hennano Bastardo del Dios," all of Staff Writer Columbia. The school has been a contributor to the annu· which will be shown during the festival. al Chicago Latino Film Festival since 1987. Other long· The Audience Choice Award provides an opportunity This year marks the 18 th anni versary of the Chicago time sponsors include American Airlines and the Claridge for the viewers to voice their opinions. The annual award Latino Film Festival. The festival is presented by the Hotel at 1244 N. Dearborn Ave., which serves as official goes to the favorite film in the festival, as chosen by the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago and is festival hotel. In more recent years, HBO Latino has been audience. Last year's winner was a film called "Dust to being held AprilS through 17 . The majority of the festi· added to the list of supporters. Dust/Par la Libre," and was directed by Juan Carlos de val's screenings arc being held at the Biograph Theater, "Representatives- whether they be actors, directors or L1aea of Mexico. It will shown at this year's festival for 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., and the Three Penny Cinema, 2424 produces-from about 80 percent of the films featured an encore presentation Monday, April 15 at the Three N. Lincoln Ave. attend the festival. This is in addition to international jour. Penny Cinema at 9p.m., and Thursday, April 18 at the According to Veronica Vida l, the fe stival 's public rela· nalists and media," Vidal said . Biograph at 7p.m. tions manager, the purpose of this event is to provide a In addition to film screenings, a series of festivities are Some local talent will be featured at the festival this vehicle to promote Lalino culture and the understanding being held throughout the week, including a closing night year, including the first, second and third place winners of of Latino cuhure. "This is the only time to see a lot of fie sta to be held on Wednesday, April 17. There are 10 to Columbia's Student Latino Film Festival. Also, Columbia Latin films from Spain, Portugal and Mexico because 15 scrcenings each day of the festival, with general Film department faculty member, Ben·Hur Uribe, will they don' t get distributed in the: U.S. So, this is the only admission startin!? at $9. showcase his film . chance the public may get to see some good cinema," This year's fesllval will also include a special tri bute to A statement written by Pepe Vargus sums up what the Vidal said . Paco Rabal nnd Anthony Quinn, two legendary Latino festival is all about, "The festival otTers the public an Pepc Vargus created the fe stival in 1986 to serve as a actors who both died las t summer. " Both have contributed opportunity to view films that are otherwise inaccessible, cataly st to improve enrollment at SI. Augustine College. so much, they arc both icons. They have done so much to sec Latinos in more positive roles that are oftentimes por· The festival'!'! budget began at $100,000 and showcased pave the way for Latinos in Holl ywood," Vidal said . tmyed by Hollywood films, connect with their own cul­ 14 films--which were projected on a concrete wall for an Quinn has more thun 100 lilms under his belt, including tuml heritnge and learn about the diversity of other cul­ audience of SOD people . Today, its budget stand s al $ 1 "La Stradu," "Zorbu the Greek" lind " Requiem for It tures." million and the fe stival features more than 100 films from J Ic:avywei~ ht." Itab.tl, deemed an icon ofSpnnish cinelllll, For 1\ daily schedule of films and events call the fe stival 20 c()untric!t and wi ll bring in an audience estinmted at worked with some of the best in Iiollywood and had It hotlinc at (31 2) 409-1757. 35,O(J(J people. cllreer spanning more thllil SO years. SOllie of hi s Ii tillS

'Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage' 2.3 April 15,2002 arta &~ 21 Mies van der Rohe at the MeA o Prolific architect receives recognition In Chicago exhibit

Phyllis Lambert, curator and director of the By Matthew KersteIn Canadian Center for Architecture, said, "By Staff Writer looking closely at the buildings to which he devoted the greatest attention, we may under­ Mies III America, an exhibition of the archi­ stand that although Mies' work was aJways tecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, shows grounded in reason, ultimately he was an the development of one of Chicago's most artist." important architects through the presentation The first phase began in 1938. The defining of more than 200 drawings. photographs and work of this first phase was Mies' design for models of Mies' most famous works in the Armour Institute of Technology, which America. would become the Illinois In stitute of Mies helped create the concept of skyscraper Technology. architecture and in the process became known Mies became as a master of the modernist movement. Mies the head of has gained global prominence for his use of the Depart- modem simplicity and space in his buildings. ment of According to Dennis Sharp in The llluslraJed Architecture Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture, at the Armour "Mies attempted to create contemplative. neu­ Institute of tral spaces, through architecture based on Technology material honesty and structural integrity and forcing him to dedication to the idea of universal. Simplified move to architecture." Chicago The exhibit shows the refinement of his ideas permanently. and concepts over his career in America. As Mies. the BBC Web site points out, "As his work responding to became more basic it attained discipline. puri­ a request by the school to design a new cam­ ty and clarity." pus for the growing school, spent seven years Mies van der Rohe was bOrn in Aachen, worki ng on the project that was to be built in Gemany in 1886. He worked in the family Chicago's Near South Side. stone carving business and received no formal Through his sketches and drawings. the training in architecture until 1905. when he exhibit shows how Mies' ideas for the campus moved to Berlin and began working for vari­ evolved over the years. The evolution shows ous architects. One of the architects he studied his deeper dedication to his axiom that "Less under was Peter Beheren, who is considered a is More." He came up with a design in 1940 key figure in the evolution of German and then reworked it and simplified it for Modernism. From 1914 to 1918 he served in years. the engineering corps of· the German Army. Two ideas from the final design for the LIT During World War 1. he emerged as an ongi­ campus would stay with Mies as defining naJ and competent architect and went into pri­ characteristics of his architecture. vate practice. First. according to MFA Associate Curator In 1930 he became director of the Bauhaus. and coordinator of the exhibition Staci Boris, an important, modernist avant-garde art and Mies was trying to find, "A new language of design school in Germany. Under his direction openness and movement." The idea that archi­ the Bauhaus continued to be the main influ­ tecture was a language and form of expression The Seagram BUilding, located between S2nd and S3rd streets on ence on all aspects of design in Europe, until and that his buildings needed to be open and York City, Is one of Mles' most famous designs. the Nazi Party shut it down in 1933. spacious, would be themes that Mies would IIi In 1937 Mies left Nazi Germany for spend the rest of his career trying to develop. The third phase took place in the '50s. and glass frame to build a structure that the America. where a new part of his career, his The second defining characteristic of the IIT The defining building of this period was exhibit states. "Freely articulates space. "second career," would start. The exhibit project was the tools he would use to create the Seagram Building in New York City. opening it up. and connecting it to the land­ begins with Mies in 1937 when he was begin­ this new language of architecture. Mies aban­ This expanded on and refined Mies other scape." ning work on designs for what was supposed doned what the exhibition caJled the "pic­ high-rise conceptions. It was aJse during The design consists mainly of a 213-foot to be his fIrst American home. the Reser turesque strategy he had used in Europe." and this phase that the model began to replace square roof that sits on eight colwnns, two House in Jackson Hole. Wyo. began to use materials such as steel, brick and drawing as the most helpful and common­ on each side. This aJlows for a 27.­ fl lfhis project was to be Mies' introduction to glass that were easily accessible in the indus­ ly used tool for the development of the square-foot glass enclosed interior. America. -]]Je_project was a design for a sum­ trial Midwest. design. According to Boris, with this building Mies, mer home rommissioned by Helen Reser. Mies would use these new methods of The building was to be the commissioned "Found the ultimate resolution to his long Museum of Modem Art trustee and advertis­ design and new materials to change Chicago's new headquarters for ~'s ~ Sons, aspiration to many space and structure." ing executive. Although the project was never skyline and create a new modem skyscraper. to be built between 52 and 53 streets The exhibit is held at the Musewn of built. some of the hundreds of sketches Mies The second phase was from 1948-1951. This on Park Avenue. According to Boris, '1be Contemporary An until May 26. It was did for the project are on display to show how phase is represented by the high rise apart­ success of Seagram lay in the discipline of organized by the Canadian Center of he worked at solving difficulties as they arose ment towers located at 860-880 Lake Shore structure and encloswe and the quaJity of Architectwe and the Whitney Musewn of between practicaJ structures and concepts. Drive. These buildings are significant because materiaJs." 'These materials included the American Art with the cooperation of the The design was of a "glass box in the woods" they are the physicaJ reality of the glass and normaJ steel and glass as well as the extrav­ Musewn of Modern art. New York. that was supposed to be built over a stream. steel high-rise that had originally been con­ agant bronze and pink granite. Boris summed up the significance of the Because of continuous problems with site and ceived of in Berlin in the 19205. With the The fourth ph=: was during the '60s and architecture of Mies van der Rohe when she design, the project was scrapped after a few space allowed for in the design of these build­ was defined by the New National Gallery said. "Mies' influence and sensibilities yean. ings, Boris said, "Mies elevated structure to an in Berlin. Mies was asked by the Berlin shape our idea of the modern city, it i ~ not The exhibit is divided into four phases of art form, with the hope that architecture and Senate to design a building for contempo­ just the buildings he designed, but the enor­ Mies' career in America. Each phase can fur­ technology would grow together to be an rary art. It is considered the design closest mous impact he had on architecture in ther be defined by a particular building. expression of one another." to accomplishing his goal of using the sted Chicago." Intimate 'Image Impressions' By MIchael Hlrtzer with black paint. Friedrich, who is manager of A&E Ed itor Photo.Print.Media and a puppetry instructor, said, "People are willing to The th ird annual Photo.Print.Media experiment with printmaking," She Studio Exhibition, whic h runs through added , "Printmaking is a very hands-on May 8 and is entitled "Image process. It's a very o ld art form. Impression," highlights a variety of stu­ Aesthetically, it's different than photog­ dent works in the fields of experimental raphy-you're really using your photography, printmaking and digital hands-you're engraving, carving printmaking. things, drawing." Curator of th e exhibit, Jennifer The exhibit welcomed entries from all Friedrich, said the works are displayed Columbia stude nts, which all otted fo r a according to mood and color. Located in wide array of works. T he title. the front of the Hokin Annex, 623 S. "Impressions," is a pun based on the fact Wabash Ave., the exhibit's works are del­ that, in addition to giving viewers differ­ icate and thought-provoking. They mean ent impressions. many of the works were different things to each individual. also pressed on plates-such as th e Photo major Rebecca An said the exhibit works of Chris Zinster, who dry-etched is "small, but intimate. With each work. his work and pressed it with a zinc plate. you have to step back and take it in." Photo major Aaron Guice has two a large wooden case incorporating dia­ fee ling as if they all ha ve a great past. Sarah Duprey utilizes pinhole photog­ pieces in the exhibit: a Xerox transfer grams. drawings and paintings of Friedrich said printmaking will soon raphy to capture an intimate moment in and a collagraph, which is a print made different aspects of the human body; it be offered as a major at Columbia. " It a series of five photographs printed on from a low-relief collage. He said, "My also contains a beaker and a tiny test took Columbia a while to grant masters what looks to be black construction teacher encouraged us to e nter work." tube. Many other works-such as small in fine art," she said at the ex.hibit's paper. Vanessa Sanchez has six series of He added, " It 's a really impressive vari­ books made out of clay-like materials reception on April 11. "Columbia is rec­ three successive personal photos taken ety of works from the photo and print and an old wall et whose picture holders ogni zing that there is an interest in print­ in a wooded area laid out filmstrip-style, departments ... contained weathered bl ack-and-white making. and we're trying to cultivate matted on white paper and then splashed Another work, by Justin Lundquist, is photos- evoke a delicate, nostalgic that." 22 Columbia Chronicle April 15, 2002

, 23 am&~ April 15, 2002 Defiant cowboys with 'Flaminq Guns or the Purple Saqe'

By Kristin Leonardi Staff Writer Upon entering the Viaduct, your eyes must Piano and voice lecturelrecital by Phillip Seward and Sebastian Huydts adjust to the dimly lit par­ Concen Hall, 10 14 S. Michigan Ave. lor inside. The Viaduct is one room with a single Monday, April 15 at 12:30 p.m. pool table lying unused in its center. Lingua Musica World Music Ensemble From the ceiling hang Concert I-fall, 1014 S. Michigan Ave. Japanese lights in red and Monday, April 15 at 7:3 0 p.m. green that cast dark shad­ ows. There is a bar nes­ tled in the comer of the Jazz Gallery in the Lobby featuring Columbia Jazz Studies students room where people chain Concert Hall, 10 14 S. Mich igan Ave. smoke and drink imported Tucsday, April 16 at 12:30 p.m. beers. We are all gathered here for opening night of Jane Gina Gray Independent Project Martin's "Flaming Guns Concert Hall , 1014 S. Michigan Ave. of the Purple Sage," a Tuesday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m. classic tale of good guys versus bad guys. Chicago Jazz Ensemble plays the music of Woody Herman Bi g 8 (Kirsten Fitz­ Concert Hall, 1014 S. Michigan Ave. gerald) is a retired rodeo starlet who can heal Wednesday. April 17 at 7 p.m. wounded cowboys. Unexpectedly, a young Peter Lerner Ensemble in Chicago gothic-looki ng girl shows Co ncert Hall, 10 14 S. Michigan Ave. up at her doorstep; adorned with pink hair and Thursday, April 18 at 12:30 p.m. army pants. SheDevil (Joy Ronstadt) Shoji Naito Senior Recital claims to be the bride of Photo by Krissy ShieldslDefiant Theatre Concert Hall, 1014 S. Michigan Ave. Big 8's son, and she is Members of the cast of 'Flam ing Guns of the Purple Sage': Thursday, April 18 at 5 p.m. pregnant with his chi ld. (Front to Back) sheDevil (Joy Ronstadt), Black Dog (s iava To make matters worse, an Vorobiev) and Rob Bob (Kelly Cooper). outlaw Russian biker David Trinidad Poetry Reading looking for his stolen drug boy she heals-after you!" Hennan Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave. money is chasing her. sleeping with all of them "Flaming Guns" is not a Thursday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. The Defiant Theatre, and treating them as her production for everyone. whose mission statement conquests. The good guys don't nec­ is to "strive to subvert the The production is defi­ essarily win. The plot Hedwig Dances social. moral , and aesthet­ nitely low budget, but it takes you deeper into a Dance Center, 1306 S. Michigan Ave. ic expectations of main­ fits in perfectly with the sadomasochi stic world of Thursday through Saturday, April 18 - 20 at 8 p.m. stream artistic expres­ play. The set is modest. sex, li es and body dis­ sion," is putt ing on the The entire play takes place membennent. production. in the kitchen, which con­ Audience member Zane "Flaming Guns" does tains a rifle rack and a Carter called the produc­ just that. Fitzgerald, who poster from the film tion "humorous, but in a teaches acting at "Out law Women" on the devious and twisted way" Co lumbi a, is wildly funny. wall. and said, "It is not good­ The production is centered The soundtrack to the natured humor, but dark in Casper, Wyo. All of the production seems straight humor." characters have a white­ from a really bad country "Flaming Guns" does trash yet chic feel to them. and western album. The everything it can to be Big 8 finds herself in real opening song's lyrics went funny and cntenaining­ trouble since she needs something like th is: and it works. The plot is a $6,000 to keep her house. "We're so pretty I I'm so litt le far-fetched, but the Rob Bob (Kelly Cooper) pretty I We're vegans 18ut act ing makes up fo r it. is loveable and convincing now we don't care." Kirsten Fitzgerald and Jen as the dim-witted cowboy The music consisted Engstrom arc perfect in that Big 8 must heal. mostly of acoustic guitars their roles as white-trash When SheDevil shows and was played in a west­ sisters. up at Big 8's door, Big 8 ern fo lk style. Each song Joy Ronstadt is wonder­ re luctantly lets her stay the was performed between fu l as SheDevil. Even night-outside in the rain. the sets with satirical though she is the bad girl , The next morning, lyrics such as " I wanna be you st ill want to root for SheDevil must be gone by your dog." her. " Flaming Guns" may the time Big 8 and her sis­ "Flaming Guns" was not have an overall moral ter Shirl (Jen Engstrom) written by Jane Martin and theme, but it is wildly get home. directed by Linda Gillum. entertaini ng. SheDevil decides to steal The play is witty with sar­ Defiant Theatre said, "We whatever she can find castic and somewhat dare 10 impassion our before she leaves. Rob sadistic humor. audiences and ourselves Bob, wearing nothing Black Dog (Slava using any means neces­ more than a jockstrap and Vorobiev) is a Russian sary, limited only by our Columbia Co llege Chicago a gun, stops her. bikerldrug dealer/psycho. boundless imagination." GLASS CURTAIN GALLERY. fi rst flOOt Big 8 and Shirl are the He comes to Big 8's look­ "Flaming Guns" runs 1104 South Wabash Avenue epitome of man-hungry, ing for hi s stolen money. through May 4. Tickets Chicago, " 60605 big-haired, white-trash Black Dog has only a few are $15 on Thursdays and riot grrrls. Big 8 coll ects lines, li ke "I'm going to Sundays, $20 on Fridays buckles from every cow- kill you, I'm going to eat and Saturdays. Call (312) SCULPTU RE IN CH ICA GO NOW PART II CURAT ED BY ADAM BROOKS & COREY POSTIGLIONE Corrections and clarlftcatlons Apr il 15 through May 12, 2002 GLAS S CUR TAIN GALLERY, 1104 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, 1ST FLOOR, CHICAGO. 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Col umbia COLLEGE CHICAGO · · · f~ · 24 April 15, 2002 Zombie's dark noise Power Pop alive and well wows lans "When it comes down to it, we're a pop band," By David Arter said Schatzi's singer/guitarist Chri s Kyle in the By Tina Spielman Staff Writer band's press re lease. Copy Ed itor The other creative force behind Schatzi, When someone te lls you that a band performs singer/guitarist Monte Williams, offers a more Rob Zombie has many fe ti shes-ranging from classic horror films to power pop, do you imagine a group of skinny, graphic description. He explained, " If you had naked women to hotrods. Zombie embraces and caters to pop culture's dark sweater and spectacle-wearing hipsters with Led Zeppelin, and you had Superchunk. and side, banking in on both the comic and intense aspects of hardcore. Many shaggy hair desperately teetering somewhere maybe Sunny Day Real Estate or the Get Up people think Zombie's music is satirical and that it pokes fun at the hard­ between the look of a model and a vagrant? Kids-somebody like that-and you gave them core ideology. But performing in front of a rowdy audience last Friday at When the words power and pop are fused all [Ecstasy] and you put them in a big orgy the Aragon, it was apparent that, gimmicks together in an ever-so-abused classifi cation, we scene , the spooge that would be left over in the aside, Zombie puts on one hell of a show. come to expect primiti ve-but-cute rock riffs that room, the crazy sex smell, the vapors of the orgy The nu-metal band Sinisstar, whose album haven't advanced too far from the suburban fam­ in the room, would probably be Schatzi." Future Shock will debut in a few months, ily basement and have instead crash-landed 50 Reasons to Explode is the follow-up to the opened the show. Sinisstar's members played somewhere in the band 's 1998 full­ the roles of defiant musicians by singing coll ege scene. length Joanie Loves songs full of anarchical themes and angst as Power pop is the Schatzi and picks up the black-clad guitarists and bassist crouched other "alternative" ri ght where the 200 1 over their instruments. The audience was in rock music from EP, Death of the for an extra treat-footage from the Aragon the 1990s. Alphabet, left off. show will be used in Sinisstar's upcoming However, power The first four tracks video for the single, "White Noise." Though pop rides the path on Death of the their performance proved to be more fluff blazed by the likes Alphabet are part of than substance, their sound can be li kened to www.robzombie.oom of rock geeks 50 Reasons to a teenage version of KMFDM. Rob Zombie Weezer rather than Explode, which were Zombie stepped on stage wearing hi s s igna- that of grunge pio­ a ll recorded at the ture two-foot long dreadlocks, a hole-ridden skull tee shirt and his industri­ neers Nirvana­ same session at the al, si lver-buckled boots. Zombie looked every part the ringmaster of a two totally different Red House in debauched circus. The stage was covered in kitschy rock elements, w ith gas branches on the Eudora, Kan. with masks and gargoyles decorating the floor. A huge devi l's face protruded "alternative" fami ­ producer Ed Rose from the center of the stage where the drummer played. ly tree. Members of Schatzi include Monte Williams, Chris Kyle, (Get Up Kids, The Covering the hits of both White Zombie and his solo act, Zombie played When a band's Markc Ford and Marc Fort. Ann iversary). all the classics. "Living Dead Girl" frenzied the crowd, resulting in slam sound is cast away The second track of dancing in the mash pit. The band followed up with "Thunder Kiss '65," into a general category like power pop, it 50 Reasons to Explode, "Death of the "More Human than Human," and Zombie 's latest single from The Sinister becomes a waste of'emotion fo r any li stener Alphabet," is where Schatzi hit their peak. Urge, "Never Gonna Stop." Each song was energy-fueled and smacked of hoping fo r a sound that escapes the mundane The song begins w ith a quiet ringing of the catchy hooks and chorus lines. constraints of the power-pop generalization. And song's main theme on a xylophone or keyboard The band played loud, hard and heavy, feedi ng the appetites of the die why would anyone want to listen to a band that replication. After the fourth li ne, the entire band hard fans and casual fans alike. sounds just like that other band they like? drops in with Gennan precision and a wheelbar­ Each song came equipped with "Spinal Tap"-esque performances. Large Such is the case with power pop because the row full of cinder blocks. The vocals ring with skeletons, a mod dancer, and smoke filled the stage as footage from both a time when sim ple over-driven rock riffs and cute creative humor, "I started with ABC / Defeated Bettie Page film and the cult classic " A Clockwork Orange"-in addition to melodies were fresh was about eight years ago. my enemies." other haunting images- played on dual movie screens behind the band. Thankfully, Austin-based Schatzi (German for The song's highlight is the sweet guest vocals Zombie ended the show with an encore including "Dracula," perfonned sweetheart) sticks its neck out a litt le bit further of The Anniversary's Adrianne Verhoeven har­ with the crisp fervor and raw energy most musicians can only hope to har­ than most power pop bands do. monizing the chorus' melody, "Sifting through ness. Schatzi's second fu ll -length album, 50 the debris I How did I know? I Set those dead let­ Zombie's concert expertise may be anributed to hi s 13-year run in the Reasons to Explode, was re leased on March 19 ters free I I should have never gone." music business, whi ch includes both his work the band White Zombie and shortly after the band headlined with the To Schatzi's credit, when stacked up against his recent solo project, Rob Zombie. The latest album in Zombie's reper­ Prom ise Ri ng at Emo's in Austin at this year's almost anything you can hear on the radio or see toire, The Sinister Urge, features Ozzy Osbourne, Tommy Lee and the South by Southwest Festival. on television, they blow the rest out of the water. Beastie Boys' Mixmaster Mike, and has a more theatrical sound than his The first thing that separates Schatzi from ';1 want it to be an antidote to all the crappy previous works. other band s is their consistent use of rigid, angu­ metal that's on the radio right now," Kyle said . In his spare time, Zombie has also written and directed the film "House lar power·pop gu itar rhythms. 50 Reasons to ''There's a lot of really great pop bands that are of 1000 Corpses." Cli ps from the movie were presented at the concert, and Explode bobs up and down over the tight drum coming out right now, and I just want to be its graphically violent content will be hitting theaters this Halloween. and bass muscle by Mark Ford and Marc Fort another band that provides something besides Sure, the Zombie musical cannon is steeped in giddy darkness, but it's a respecti vely. negative, angry music." darkness without pretension. Rather, it 's a fun-loving darkness that makes Zombie a fetish himself and his music a guilty pleasure .

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Impressionist renaissance exhibited at Boston's MFA WCRX~snew By Matthew Kerstein hip-hop show Staff Writer By Veronlka Marcell "Impressionist Still Lite," an exhibit at the Museum of Staff Writer Fine Arts Boston, showcas~ Two students with di fferent cultural es 90 still life paintings ere· backgrounds are sharing one vision- to ated between 1862 and express how they fee l about the world of \904. It is the first major hip-hop in an attempt to educate Columbia exhibition done on the sub­ students about its history. ject of Impressionis! sti ll Eric Bryant and Emmax Letshwit are life and includes painting hosting the new WCRX radi o show called by 16 impressionist the "Blow Up." Airing every Saturday paimers. from II a.m. to 2 p.m., the show is a In the laIc 16005. The source for underground hip-hop. Royal Academy of Painting Bryant and Letshwit have di fferent and Sculpture in France sci styles. Bryant is a California native and the standard throughout Letshwit is from Africa. Europe on suitable topics Letshwit said he fell in love with hip­ for artists to paint. The most hop at a very young age while watching important paintings depict­ te le vision back home in Africa. He said ed religious images and sto­ he dido't let troubles at home keep him ries from hi story and H.O. Havenmeyer Collectlon down. Instead. he turned to hip-hop as an mythology. Of lesser Edgar Degas' 'A Woman Seated Bes ide a Vase of Flowers.' outlet to express himself and leave the importance were portraits, blues behind. landscapes and scenes from as Jean-Simeon Chardin, by using varied backgrounds, question the old tradit ions and Bryant said he grew up with U.S. hip­ everyday life. Still life was Edouard Manet. and Edgar placing arrangements in the values of artists. The over­ hop and that his brother educated him on considered the least valid of Degas-used the sti ll- life as a studio and painting the items flowing vase of fl owers takes the lifestyle, with which he is now active­ the painting genres. mode of artistic exploration from unique angles. over the painting and leaves ly involved. The theory was that still instead of using the more The impressionists a lso the portrait of the woman to ''The name of the show is dedicated to life, which is the represen­ common impressionist themes helped add personal meaning its side. The interpretation is young artists who use the phrase blow up, tation of stationary inani­ of landscape, everyday scenery and fee lings to the once that the still life of fl owers can meaning 'I will make it successfully in the mate objects like flo wers and portraiture. mechanical and sterile still life be just as artistic and impor­ music industry,'" Bryant said. and fruit, requ ired only a The exhibit begins in the painting technique. tant as the portrait of the Every week.. Bryant and Le tshwit feature techni cal ability to imitate 1860s when still life painting Edouard Manet, as shown in woman. The painting causes new artists on their show, host interview and that it left no room for was making its resurgence in the exhibit, had an important its viewers to question their segments and invite interested Columbia emotion and interpretation. France. The exhibit gives two ro le in adding meaning still life perception of suitable subjects students to submit their own music. By the late 1800s, a dif­ reasons for the rise in popular­ art. Shallcross singled out the for serious art. They said ihat "Blow Up" gives them the fe rent view ofstililifes had ity. First, there was a rising painting, " Branch of White Display ing so many still life opportunity to express themselves, yet not taken shape. "Still Li fe interest in realism at the time. Peon ies with Pruning Shears," painti ngs-<:reated by artists as much as they would like. "WCRX painting became a fin ing The second inspiration was the as an example of Manet's abil­ including Manet, Monet, van radio station doesn' t allow us to fully vehicle for anistic experi­ work of the French paint­ ity to use st ill life as "a means Gogh, Gauguin, Renoir and express ourselves, but we break the rules mentation, improvisa­ er Jean-Simeon Chardi n. of both transcribing real ity and Cezanne-in one exhi bit anyway and follow the tradi tion of hip­ tion, and innovation,"said Shall cross said, "The impres­ also asserting personal, asso­ showcases the uniqueness and hop," Bryant said. Gi ll ian Shall cross, the man­ sionists, in their formative ciative meaning." The guide to personality of each artist's Being a part of the hip-hop world means ager of MFA exhibition decade of the late I 860s, began the exhibit states, <; Manet's individual sty le. It may be dif­ going against the norm, challenging soci­ resources. According to their exploration of still li fe intimate images captured the ficult to understand thi s when ety's accepted views and displaying origi­ Shallcross, this change with his [Chardin's) work." heartbreaking fragi li ty of you look at the paintings id i­ nality. It also means pUShing past any lim­ occurred because by "paint­ One of the main reasons for nature and it's ability to com­ vidually because each focuses itations and giving your best performance. ing intimate and closely Chard in's popularity, accord­ municate joy." All of the on a di fferent subject, but the According to Letshwit, " Blow Up" is a focused views of objects ing to the Shallcross, was his paintings in the exhibit, like exhibit expertly shows how platform for aspiring music artists to strut that neither move nor "unparalleled skill at compos­ the works of Manet, concen­ such a variety of art ists lI sed their stuff and be informed about what's makes demands of any in g humbled objects so that trate on what these inanimate sti ll life to express them­ going on in the music industry. Audience kind, anists were able to they never appeared con­ objects could communicate. selves. " Impressionist Still members can aJ so both participate in and concentrate on composi­ trived." For some of the artists, cre­ Life" di splays the di stinction listen to lively d iscussions on social tion, light, color, brush When impressionists started ating sti ll li fes provided a of each artist's work and issues. work, and the inherent qual­ to paint stilllifes, they expand­ break from pa inting conven­ emphasizes their importance "Blow Up" is different from other local ities of paint." ed the art in a few ways. tional subjects. They used in art history, the impression­ radio shows because it is not formatted The American Heritage First, they varied the subject still li fe to communicate a ist movement, and the effect like Top-40 stations. Bryant and Letshwit Dictionary defines impres­ of the painting more than in the change in its perception as a their work had on the still li fe are spontaneous. B ryant said, "We have sionism as a styles of paint­ past. Not only would they paint traditionally unimportant art as an art fonn. different cultural backgrounds and some­ ing that tries to capture "the the typical fruit, fl owers and form-an opinion that origi­ The still-life exhibition runs times we have c uJ tural clash, instead of it immedi ate visual impres­ meats, but they also painted nated from the French school until June 9 and was orga­ being in the way we use it for our advan­ sion produced by a scene." random items like shoes, hats, of the late 16005. For nized by the Phillips tage. We are very playful with each other." Beginning in the late 1800s, tea sets and bird 's nests. instance, Degas used his Collection. Washington. D. C. Tune in to WCRX on Saturdays to take impressionist painters fea­ Secondly, they changed the painting, "A Woman Seated and the Museum of Fine Arts, part in their hip-hop adventure. tured in the exhibit-such setting of the typical still life Beside a Vase of Flowers," to Boston.

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Soup~ - ~ - A eelClb Make' """.- Q ieeltal Qickeea Ytget:able Tues.tIy-T.~" TNScIIy-O.1 'of~ Basement of the Main Building Open: Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Friday 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Also visit the 6'lass curtai .. Cafe ,1104 S. Wabash, and the ~ki.. Cafe ,623 S. Wabash. Jeffrey T. WahllChronicle Marissa Del Santo pulls the best crooks of the day on this ledge. Winner of the Sponsored Division, Robert Fairbairn, backside flips the bike rack after the contest to celebrate his victory. a contest at a park that is up to par with Another new feature, an intermediate skate scene. Each year, the series has By William Gorski other parks around the nation. Judging division for the older skaters, helped pushed west, broadening its. spectrum Contributing Writer by the surge of new skaters at the park divide skaters by skill level and gave and strengthening its reputation as a after the reconstruction, it is obvious the spectators more excitement. Last serious contest circuit. WARP Skatepark in Woodstock, III., that more parks in the area need to year's contest in Detroit had great Top qualifiers from the Grom Series financed a major reconstruction of its change their layouts on a semi-regular potential, but did not effectively create and the Advanced and Sponsored por­ street course just weeks before the basis to keep attracting local skaters an image of a serious, amateur-elevat­ tion of the Beast of the East now have national circuit contest, the Beast of (who have committed lots of time and ing contest. This year, the contest the choice to compete in the interna­ the East Amateur Championships, was money and are to credit for the scene's received more enthusiasm and atten­ tional contest circuit and to attend the held there on April 6 and 7. The old strength today). dance. finals in New York. Exceptional layout was given a nod of "good rid­ Last year, the closest the Beast of the The United Skateboarding skaters from WARP's Beast of the East dance" by skaters frustrated with its East contest got to Chicago was Association is the group behind the contest include winner Robert limited possibilities and inaccurate Airborne Skatepark in Detroit. This Beast of the East competition. Formed Bearbang, Steve Fauser, Pat Pasquale, proportions. year it was held locally and was more in February 1998, the USA was origi­ and Eric Fletcher. To follow local The new layout, which is partially organized than ever. The addition of nally conceived as a skater-run organi­ skater's progress through the series constructed in the model of Florida's the Grom Series, a section of the con­ zation that would give East Coast and see how they place in the finals, popular Skate Park of Tampa, is an test for skaters age 13 and younger, skateboarding a summer competition visit www.unitedskate.com. attempt to draw locals to a newly which was held the day before on April 6, series and, in tum, serve as a focal refreshed park and to help WARP offer greatly reduced the contest's usual drag. point in creating a stronger East Coast

Sponsored Division Advanced Division Intermediate 1. Robert Fairbairn 1. Eric Fletcher Division 2. Steve Fauser 2. Dave Witherspoon I. Ryan Zareczny 3. Chris Traven 3. Jarret Smith 2. Jason Pitner 4. Pat Pasquale 4. Luke Standish 3. Blake Madden 5. Zach Stuart-Fry 5. Dan Cardinell 4. Joey Kukla 6. Randy Korwin 6. Paul Haeppner 5. Travis Smith 7. Joey Steadman 7. Justin Smolenski 8. Drew Porter 8. Nathan Porter 9. J.J . Mace 9. Andrew Gore 10. Charles Stan ley 10. Adam Zareczny

Photos by Jeftrey T. WahllChronicle Left: Jlrr.t Blrry WII on. of the/udge., but mad. fool. recognlz. during In its April 8th issue, the Chronicle printed that Columbia does not have a paintball club. fret Iklt. by ptrfonnlng I frontl d. Wlilrid. at no ••bleed h.lght Above: In fact, the coll ege docs have such a club. The Chronicle regrets this error. Sponlored rid." Ind th.lr lilly trophYI. April 15,2002 Sports 31 Draft Continued from Back Page

as high as No.5. Now, back to Jammer and the rest of the workout recently and has run as fast as abi lity to read plays quickly and make John Henderson, Haynesworth's team­ DBs. 4.31, is also expected to go in the top 15. proper decisions. Also slated to go in the mate, is an explosive player off the ball "Quentin is probably at the top of the He has a 37-inch vertical jump and top 50 is Washington State's Lamont who could go in the top 15. Wisconsin's board as far as cornerbacks are con­ sticks to receivers like the goo that Thompson. Wendell Bryant, who was double­ cerned," Newsome said. "He has the Oakland Raiders cornerback Lester The li nebacking corps in thi s draft is teamed last season by every team except size-speed ratio that you look for to be Hayes used to rub all over himself. rated as average, with only Penn State, is a possible top-! 0 se lec­ able to play against the bigger receivers Florida's Lito Sheppard and Ohio Northwestern 's Napoleon Harris pro­ tion. in th is league." State's Derek Ross are also comers who jected as a first-round pick. At 253 Aside from Peppers, the defensive Some also consider Jammer to be the li ke ly wi ll go in the first round, but the pounds, he is bi g for an outside line· ends feature Georgia's Charles Grant, a best overall athlete in the draft. He has star of this draft's defensive backs­ backer, but he gets to the football quick­ 6-foot-3-inch. 282-pound speed rusher a 36-inch vertical jump, can bench­ aside from Jammer- is at safe ty. ly. who could be a little stronger, and a pair press 345 pounds, and has a nasty atti­ That would include Oklahoma's Roy Other linebackers who might make the of small fries, Syracuse's Dwight tude toward wideouts. Williams, who could go in the top fi ve top 50 are Alabama's Saleem Rasheed, Freeney and South Carolina's Kalimba "Obviously, he's a very physical foot­ but almost certainly will be gone in the UCLA's Robert Thomas, and North Edwards, who might be moved to outside ball player," said Texas secondary coach top 10. He has a nose for the football Carolina State's Levar Fisher. line backer. Dwight Akina. "He hits like a safety. I and is technically sound. At 6 feet and Kickers and punters don't usually Freeney and Edwards weigh around just came over from Arizona, and 219 pounds, Williams has strong safety show up until the later rounds of the 265 pounds each, but Freeney has run a Quentin is very much like Chris wrinen all over him, and his 101 tackles draft. The fo ur who rate the hi ghest on 4.48 and registered 17.5 sacks last sea­ McAlister," a former corner at the last season indicate a will ingness to come most charts are Florida's JefT Chandler, son. Edwards is a little slower at 4.75 but Un ive rsity of Arizona who plays fo r the to the line of scrimmage and hit. Purdue's Travis Dorsch, Tulane 's he benched 225 pounds 22 consecutive Ravens. Miami safety Edward Reed is a late Casey Roussel, and Ohio's Dave ti mes. Buchanon, who ran a 4.39 at his private first-round possibility largely due to hi s Zastudil.

Hey Columbia sports fanatics, the back to Montreal, where the Cup Sports Dudes would like to congratulate belonged. the Chicago Blackhawks on their first Why ask why? In } 977. the original ring of the Cup playoff berth since 1997. was found in a parking lot in Toronto. Coincidentally our question this week. TIle ring was stolen seven years earlier from Kurt in Naperville, j ust happens to from the Hockey Hall 01 Fame. It had be about hockey. Kurt writes: the names 01 the first champions Dear Sports Dudes, there's a lot I engraved into it. don' t understand about hockey, but After winning the Stanley Cup for the more than anything, what is so covet­ fourth consecutive time in 1979, ed a bout the Stanley C up? Montreal s Guy Laj/eur stole the trophy Good question, K-man. The Stanley during a team celebration and hid it in Cup was named after Lord Stanley of the trunk af his car. Preston, Governor General of Canada. He drove it back to his home and left For the price oj S50. he bollght a gold it On the front lawn lor neighbors to p lated silver bowl from a London sil­ Ask Dustin Be Ry. look at. When he Smtl his son Martin versmith in 1892. The bowl went to the filling the Cup with water with a garden best team in Canada. ancedoles about Ih e Cup s adventures: After flXing the blown tire, they left far hose, Lafleur decided to return it to the Today, the NHL champions are After Ouawa won the Cup in 1905. the the parties. However, they lorgot one team. rewarded with a replica of the trophy. champions were on their way back th in~th e Stanley Cup! A member of the Pillsburgh Penguins The Cup is the only trophy awarded home. While crOSS ing the Iro2en Fortunately, after realizing they forgot threw the Stanley Cup offof an embank­ year after year with the names of the Redeau Canal. one player kicked the it. they did a U- turn and found it chill· ment into the pool at Mario Lemieux s players who won championships Cup into the canal. It was not until the ing in the same place. house after winning the 1992 champi­ engraved imo it. New rings have to be next day that the team discovered the During the 1961 playoffs, a Montreal onship. added onto it wilen space rWJS out to Cup was missing. The players hurried fan named Ken Wi/onder travelled ta "Luckily. it landed in the water with­ ensure ' the tradition. The original to the Canal to get the trophy, which Chicago to attend the game between the out hitting the cement edge. " said then Stanley Cup sits in a museum exhibit. was covered in snow. Blackhuwks and Canadiens. After he Pittsburgh coach Scotty Bowman. Th e true magiC of the Stanley Cup, On their way to victory celebrations realized that Montreal was going 10 "Othenvise it could have been the end however, comes in its ability to survive after winning the Cup in 1924, the lose and get eliminated. he went to cor­ of the Stanley Cup. " the celebrations of drunken hockey Montreal Canadiens had to stop to fix a ridor of Chicago Stadium and stole the players through the decades. jlat tire. They set the Cup down on the Stanley Cup out ofa glass case. He told www.mcq.org was lull of interesting side of the road when they got oul. ajudge that he wamed to bring the Cup [email protected]

In this corner, weighing in at 134 you're a celebrity and have a beef, call firm ed that Tyson did not assault any­ ment of Lakeview Hi gh School in pounds, the undefeated column ofgos­ me." one in the club. Cottonwood, Minn.-Gonzo has sip: SLAPSI-IOTS! In the opposite Round three: If your uncle were a TKO: HBO has dropped longtime decided to thew and bequeath a new comer, weighing in at over 800 words, former world heavyweight champion Inside the NFL hosts Len Dawson piece of gum to the charitable affair. the undisputed world champion: would you burglarize his house? Nic k Buoniconli and s ix -year· vet The legitimacy of th e original wad, Athlete's Shenanigans! I expect a Neither would I, but I'm not Jer ry G lanville. So far the network which has received a hi gh bid of good, clean fi ght. Let's get it on! Abraha m Wright, nephew of has added Bob Costas who will co­ $3,275, has been in question since Round one: Can the May 16 release Riddick Bowe. Wright, 25, and girl­ host with Cd s Collingsworth and Ponytail J ohn, a security guard at D­ of the next "Star Wars" film be over­ friend Alicia Medina, 24, all egedly Da n Marino and has reportedly held Backs spring trai ning setting Tucson shadowed? In an " Attack of the Once­ entered the boxer's home on Easter auditions with salary-capped super­ Electric Park, s igned a n affi dav it Knowns," Fox is rumored be to airing and stole two fur bedspreads, more stars C ris C arte r and Sha nnon denyin g he retri eved the gum for a fo ll ow· up to its super-popular than 30 fur coats and other property. Sha rpe. Carter and Sharpe are sti ll J ason Gabbert, the man behind the "Celebrity Boxing" that evening. Bowe told police that a vehicle was unsure whether they will play next auction. Gabbert, who previously has Though the network has yet to confirm parked outside his home at the time of season, though Sharpe is reportedly been convicted of forgery, is reported any rumors, John Wayne Bobbitt and the robbery that matched his nephew's. talking to Seattle, Oakland and to have pi cked up a random piece of J oey ButtaCuoco are expected to head­ The two have been arrested and Denver. chewed gum ofT the field and saying, line the bouts. Monica Lewinsky and charged with cri minal possession of Last week we reported that 5,000 "this will do." Gonzo's decision to re­ Da rva Conger have already reported­ stolen property. According to New Irish soccer Ca ns we re petitioning to chew a piece of gum means he will no ly declined Fox 's offers, and the Los York police Detective L t. Fran synchronize Ireland's clocks and work longer have to submit a DNA sample Angeles limes reports that the show Martin more than $600,000 ofBowe's days with those of Asian countries to clear up the scandal. may abandon its tabloid nature by fu rs have been recovered, though when they host World Cup fin als "Gee, should I believe a magazine approaching "more legitimate celebri­ another $600,000 remain missing. matches. This week, in part two of who spends 365 days a year research­ ties." Round four: Unable to wait fo r the "European soccer fans are insane," we ing finances, or some one with zero Round two: Riding the coattails of previously postponed June 8 bout go to Hartlespool. England, where credibility?" That's Minnesota Twins the celebr ity boxing craze is radio against Lennox Lewis , M ike Tyson G'Ha ngus the Monkey, Hartlepool player representative, Denny Hocking "shock" jock, Howard Stern. The a llegedly started throwing punches United Soccer Club's monkey mascot, ri ghtfull y slamming Bud Selig. New Yo rk Daily News reports that early in a Phoenix topless bar last has been entered into the town's may­ Commissioner Selig, whose MLB is Stern is organizing a pay-per-view week. A 25-year-old stripper has oral election set to take place in May. currently in financial turmoil , recently boxing event that will pit Stem staffer filed a complaint against Tyson, G'I-Iangus is running on the independ­ denied a report by Forbes Magazine Studdering John against fellow claiming he punched her and her 23- ent ticket and has promised free that claimed that 20 to 30 major league WXRK personality C razy Cabbie. year·old boyfriend in an altercation at bananas to children in local schools if franchises were profitable last year. Stern announced on air last week that, the club. Tyson's attorney, Darrow elected. And a belated happy birthday to to ensure the event happens, he would Soli, stated that, "The allegations are After a month of controversy sur­ Utah Jazz's John Stockton who be willing to pay ce lebrities more patently false." Phoenix police rounding the discarded piece of L uis turned 40 last month. Stockton is now money for their willi ngness to brawl released a statement saying, "There Gonzalez' Bazooka Joe b ubble the 10th player and th ird guard in than FOX did. And Stem's producer we re no visib le injuries to either vic­ gum-put up for auction on the NBA history to be more than 40 years Gar y Dell 'Abate announced, " If tim," and several witnesses have con- Internet to benefi t the athleti c depart- old. Cubs get warm reception on chilly day o Cubs home opener draws sold-out crowd

Photos by Michael SchmidtJChronde (Left) Un der cloudy skies, lans bundle up in blue and red. (Right) The Cubs' pitching has to make up lor lack 01 offe nse il they want to go to the postseason. basis come June. It is very different the C ubs and Wrigley arc an integral cent of A-Rod 's contract). It was orig­ By Dustin Klass than anending a gam e in Boston or New pan of the community. Wrigleyville ina lly named Weeghman Park. after the Sports Ed itor York where fans actuall y expect their residents need to realize the park was owner of C hicago's Federal League teams to win. there long before most. if not all. of the franchise. Only 14,000 seats were There is no question that Wrigley Although the Red Sox have not won a people moved there. included in the original ballpark. After Field is a uni que place- nol onl y the World Series since 1918, their fans One of the great traditions of attend­ the Federal League went bankrupt after park. but a lso the neighborhood around think that every season could be the ing a ball garne at Wrigley is sitting in the 1915 season, the C ubs moved in. it. Sure, the character of Fenway Park is year the Sox reach baseball's Promised the bleachers o r on the rooftops of the The same year, the team added more great, the history of Yankee Stadium is Land. In New York. losing is not an apanment buildings across Waveland outfield bleachers. The upper decks on illustrious and the comfort of the new option. 1f the Yankees or Mets lose. the and Sheffield Avenues. Wrigley might the first base side and third base side parks is ni ce, but none of them compare local media will act like it is the end of be the onl y ballpark in baseball where were built in 1928, giving the Wrigley to Wrigley Field. the world. the bleachers are the first to se ll out. As 40.000 seats. The legendary ivy was On April 5. the C ubs had their ho me On the West Coasl. there arc mostly a result, bleacher tickets arc also morc planted at the bottom of the outfield opener. Wrigley was filled to capacity fa ir-weather fans who support their expensive than upper-deck seats. walls in 1937. with loyal fans who braved the cold to teams when they are winning. but do not Singing " Take Me Out to the Expectations were higher than usual watch their beloved team play. The fill the ballparks when the teams are los­ Ballgamc" during the seventh-inning going into the 2002 season, but injuries temperature was in the mid-J Os and the ing. They do not have the die-hard atti­ stretch is something that was popular­ to Flash Gordon, Moises Alou and Kyle wind chill went ri ght 10 the bone. The tude of fans in the Midwest and ized by Ilarry Caray at Wrigley. but Famswonh have diminished any hopes ivy had yet to co ver the outfield fences. Northeast. Cub fan s sho w up no matter most of the other parks have tried to of the Cubs winning it all for the first but the scene o f baseball being played how good or bad their team is perform­ mimic that tradition. Although Harry time in 94 years. satisfied the appetite. The corner of ing. Unfortunate ly for them. the C ubs passed o n a few years ago. singing Although Cub fans have suffered Clark and Addison Streets was packed, ~ r e usually at the boltom o f the stand­ "Take Me O UI 10 the Sallgamc" is still through many of losing seasons, going and thoc;:e not fortunate enough to get mgs. not the same at any other ballpark. It is to Wrigley Field provides an environ­ into the stadium crowded into the ba rs There is a mystique that stands out a trl'at being able to take pan in a tradi­ ment with little corporate sponsorship around the area. about Wrigley. Part o flhe beauly o f the tion al such a mo numcnt to the great around the park. The scoreboard is still Cub fans go 10 games simply 10 have park is thai it is ri ght in the middle of a sport of bascball . manually operated. and the smell or hot fun . They kno w better th'in to expect a neighhorhood. A Ithough some of Ihe Thc construction o f Wrigley Field dogs and beer is certainly in the nir. lot out of the team. '1he phrase " Wait neig hbors arc nol tou fo nd of Ihe noise took onl y seven mo nths in 1914 and Baseball was meant to be played in a ' till next year" can be heard nn " regular and trallic a ballpark in the area brings. cost a to tal of $250,000 (that is one per- setting like Wrigley. Defensive linemen lead the charge in 2002 NFL Draft

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