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Chicago police line up in lull riot gear along Washington Avenue in preparation for protesters expected to arrive in Chicago last Thursday and Friday. The demonstrations, mostly low-key, were in reaction to the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue meeting scheduled for Nov. 7 and 8. The city sent out 1,000 police officers, along with dogs and gas, to prevent the kind of riots that occured at the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle.
o City prepares for worse, Demonstrators marched from Boeing headquarters. comes up looking a t ad pa ranoid east on Washington Street. to Michigan Avenue Online registration on where they concluded in a rally at Tribune Plaza. For three tourists, the scene became like a parade. By Angela Caputo and Chris Coates ;'It's kind of exciting," said Michela Bahansky, who target for spring '03 Assistant Editor and Assistant A&E Editor heard about the march the night before. ··Obviously. you never see this in Lincoln. Neb." o OASIS to line up next An estimated 1,000 activists- including at least Along the route to Tribune Plaza, hundreds of offi fall's classes two dozen Columbia students- protested a meeting cers stood shoulder to shoulder, blocking off each of global business leaders Nov. 10, effectively shut intersection. Buses- both CTA and Cook County ting down much of Chicago's downtown loop and sheriff's prisoner transport s- and a variety of By Randy J. Klodz creating what one protestor called "a police state:' Chicago Police Department vehicles blocked off each The protesters gathered to denounce the Staff Writer street behind police. Two concentric rings of officers TransAtlantic Business Dialogue, a two-day, c1osed and bicycle racks surrounded Daley Plaza from Columbia is making efforts to smooth out class registra door session of executives developing international Dearborn Street to Clark Street on Washington Street. tion by adopting a feature many colleges and uni versities policy that aims to ease trade regulations in an effort across the nation have been using for years: online registra to bolster businesses' profits. See Prvlests, page 2 tion. Officials plan to have the system in place by April Demonstrators contend the TABO policies explOit 2003 for fall semester registration. the poor to the advantage of wealthy business inter The software, OASIS, was designed to give students a ests. hassle-free registration process, one that students and facul "This protest is an attempt at dialogue between peo ty have asked for many limes. OASIS. which stands for ple making policies and the workers they affect," said Online Administrative Student Information Systems, University of Chicago student Ell a Hereth. an organ received its name last year through a student voting izer and Student Labor Action Project leader. process. "We have to wake up our politicians and we have to Bernadette McMahon, chief infonnation officer for wake up as people," said Angela Garcia, a communi Columbia, said the current plan is to have online registra ty organizer for Illinois Peace Action. tion take place much as it nonnally would in spring 2003. Two Columbia activist organizillions. Not in Our but for there to be a change in some procedures. Name and On the Ground, parlicipated in an The plan involves a pre-registration consultation with a impromptu march from 623 S. Wabash Ave. to the faculty member in the student's department of study, fo l rally's starting point at Boeing World Headquarters, lowed by a separately assigned registration time frame. 100 N. Ri verside Plaza. Accompanied by three plain Students will then complete the registration process in a clothes officers from the Chi cago Police new computer lab on Columbia's campus. Officials aim to Department's Organized Crime Unit, the group of a create a lab with 100 new computers. The goal, according dozen protesters beat upon makeshift drums fash to McMahon, is for the registration lab to eve ntua~l y ioned from overturned plastic buckets. become an open student computing lab during the times At Boeing headquarters, Chicago police in fu ll riot when registration is not being conducted. gear flanked Washington Street, closing off the hun dreds of protesters from the building. Between the echoes of chants ('"the world is not for sale"), demon See Online, page 2 Chicago police put a demonstrator a paddy strators excited the crowd and exchanged placards. wagon on the corner of Washington and State streets. PUS NEWS Around Campus------
Television Department teacher Tom Sullivan dies Tom Sullivan, an instructor in the Television Department, died on Thursday, Oct. 31 at the age of 43. He taught in the department for six years and is described by colleagues as a wonderful and caring teacher. A funeral was held on Sunday, Nov. 3 in Palos Heights, III. Sullivan's family has requested donations be made to the American Cancer Society in lieu of flowers. The American Cancer Society 17060 Oak Park Ave. Tinley Park, IL 60477 Weekly screening series highlights animated films This week's Wednesday Screening Series will feature of 13 of the best animated films and videos created over the last 20 years by Columbia ani mation students. Several of the filmmakers have indicated they wi ll attend. The evening will feature voice their opinions during a protest held in front of the Boeing building, 100 N. Riverside Plaza, in down the screening of two 35mm prints of animations Chicago on Thursday, Nov. 7. Police enacted a parking ban over the entire Loop as a precaution. created by Andrew Hodges's (stop motion) Hue, and Sean Fennell 's (Maya computer-animated ) Pieces of Man. The event is at 6 p.m., in the 1104 S. Wabash Ave. building, Room 302. For more information ca ll (312) 344-6708. Online ConUnued from Front Page Faculty member speaks on Although the initial fun of online registration may rupt after only a few weeks of use by students. tedious due to the fact that it will still occur on McMahon said OASIS differs from Mascot because recent film, current work McMahon said that was a necessary precaution. the school owns the software and currently houses it on BGB Di stinguished Lecture in Oral History case the students run into problems, we want Columbia's servers. With Mascot, the school didn't own Award 2002-Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa, Columbia sure [they] don't get frustrated thi s time the software and did not have control of the se rver the College faculty member and independent film McMahon said. "We want to do this in a con· program was stored on. When the company went under, maker, will give a talk on her film A Tajik Woman environment so the students won' t have problems so did all of its services. and her current work on the theme of "Home and registration." McMahon also said that problems Although Mascot no longer exists, it did otTe r students Self-exile" on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 5:30 p.m. in transfer credits might cause the most confusion. a range of services they could access from their home Room 401 of the 600 S. Michigan Ave. building. can't just release it and say, 'OK students, just go computer. Columbia officials are exploring plans that For more information, or if you would like to bring ,'" McMahon said. would allow OASIS to otTer students more than online a class, please e-mail or call Erin McCarthy (ext. previous semesters, students have been required to registration. Possible ventures include expanding the 7296). The award was sponsored by BGB a course grid with several class combinations to range of services the software would provide to online Network, Inc., of Liberal Education Department adviser in their major's department at a desig access to registration schedules, financial aid reports and and the School of Arts and Sciences. . The faculty adviser would then simply check tuition bills. prerequisites had been met and manually McMahon said she hopes that being able to track TV instructor hosts program number codes for each student's courses. financial aid reports wi ll allow students to monitor the this new process, McMahon and her team hope processing of paperwork over the summer periods. on own book's creation what she call s a "quality session with an The plan is to have all aspects of OASIS up and ru n " where "the faculty can concentrate on advising ning by April 2003 and teams are entering previo us stu Columbia's Television Department and the col I[stud"nt'] to being a data-entry clerk." dent data. lege's library present "How to Make Your Dreams n""ch",," by Columbia from Jenzabar "It's a huge goal for 10,000 students and converting all Come True! The Story of the Hero In Us All." Dr. Decennb,,,. ~Ic~~atlon is confident that students and the records to a new system, it's a challenge but every Barbara Yanowski, an instructor in the Television will not encounter the same problems that body's excited about it," McMahon said. Department, has authored a new children's book, with Mascot, the school's previous software. In addition to the services of OASIS, another feature Sam the Hero Cat and is hosting a program was only in use for a short time in the fall of of the Jenzabar software will all ow students to view geared toward parents and educators about the program olTered students access to a student course information online. Faculty will begin training in book's creation. ,uLI·ec',or',. message boards and other student-oriented January on the portion of the program that will enable The event is on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 7 to 9 laclivlli,,,. As previously reported in the Chronicle, the them to place class sy llabi and handouts online for stu p.m. on the third floor of the Columbia library, in program cost Columbia $30,000, but the com dents' use. The staff of the Center for Instructional the 624 S. Michigan Ave. building. The discussion that owned and developed the software went bank- Technology will instruct the facu lty on the software. is free and open to the public. Space is limited so RSVP by Wednesday, Nov. 13, by calling (312) 344-7347. Protests Continued from Front Page On the Chicago River, police boats patrolled beneath "It's surreal." Colum G~i1'ery Events bridges while mounted officers escorted the marchers That sentiment echoed among the protestors. along the designated route. The scene took on an air of Aaron Lorence, a member of both of Columbia's Hokjn Gallery (623 S. Wabash Ave.) a war zone. activist organizations, said the variety of police officers Title: Sketchy The sheer number of police officers--estimates was intimidating. Exhibition of student, faculty and staff sketch reached as high as 1,200-was an effort to curtail out "The fact the [poli ce] have helicopters and the fact books breaks like those at the World Trade Organization sum they have boats- it was omniscient [sic] of a police Dates: Now through Nov. 21 mit in 1999. That event, in Seattle, resulted in wide state," Lorence said. spread protests and vandalism- a scenari o Chicago o'm Andy Thayer, executive director of the Chi cago Hokjn Annex (623 S. Wabash Ave.) cials were wary of. Coalition Against War and Racism said, "This intimida Title: Optic Verse The march resulted in one arrest directly tied to the tion is aimed at oppressing our freedoms ... and we will Exhibition of student poetry from partiCipants of protest. Richard Dixon, 38, of Chi cago was arrested for not stand for it. " the poetry program in the Eng lish Department. disorderly conduct, according to a marshal with Jobs for At the main protest at the foot of the Tribune tower, Dates: Now through Nov. 21 Justice. several groups splintered off, pouring into the meridian "[The march] is going exactly as we had planned," said of Michigan Avenue. Standing shoulder to shoulder, C33 Space (33 E. Congress Parkway) Pat Camden, deputy director of news affairs for the officers blocked off Michigan Avenue and sealed the Title: Oia De los Muertos Chicago Police Department. eastern edge of the plaza. Day of the Dead Altar Exhibition That planning began some months ago, with a mock The crowd began to disperse after organizers said the Dates: Now through Nov. 21 traini ng session at O'Hare airport with local police offi Chicago Po lice Department refused to allow the group's cials. sound system into the plaza. At the comer of LaSalle and Washington streets, Steve "This is a movement for peace, social justice and Siwiski, a freshman television major, watched the police workers rights," said Michael McConnell, the Great If you have an upcoming event or preparing for the marchers. Lakes regional director of the Ameri can Friends Service announcement, please cdl the Chronicle's "I've never seen something so calm, but not calm," Committee. "We need to get together and harmonize our news desk at (312) 344-7255. Siwiski said, who supports the efforts of the TABD. movement for peace and justice." November 11, 2002 Campus News 3 Columbia's 'minority report' The Editor's Desk Recruitment and retention This summer, according to Monroe, the admis o sions office took a "critical look" at their budget. receive college funds making drastic cuts in funds for supplies and print ing in order to transfer more money into attracting By Usa Balde minorities. They also re-addressed their staffing Staff Writer priorities in order to get more people involved. A proposal was recently submitted requesting the Columbia plans .to dedicate 25 percent of the col college hire a speciali st in minority recruitment lege's total media advertising budget toward the who can re-examine admi ssion's current strategy recruitment of minorities, according to a 17-point and make efficient as possible. According to outline of the school's new plan. Monroe, this proposal is "likely to be approved," The allocation of funds occurred as a result of the and, if it is, the posit ion will be filled qui~kly. percentage drop in undergraduate minority enroll " When I became the director of admissions back ment from 34 percent in fall 2001 to 3 1 percent in in May [2002), Dr. Carter made it clear that minor Attention Jim Ryan, future candida tc.! s lor governor and fall 2002, according to"the Office of Planning and ity recruitment should be one of my top priorities," all Illinois Republicans: You won't have to beat Rod Institutional Research. Monroe said. "Even the smallest drop in a number Blagojevich in the next dection. He's already beaten him "New student minority enrollment has stayed is my responsibility." self. static," said Vice President of Student A ffairs Mark Despite the percentage change, Columbia still In the middle ofBlags' rambling and obsequious victory Kelly. " But, as a whole, it has decreased." remains. the most di verse college in the country, speech Nov. 5 (in which he called Mayor Richard M. In other wo rds, the number of incoming under and the admissions office staff feel s that it will be Daley the "best mayor in the country"), he made one graduate minority students has stayed the same effective in keeping it that way. huge, enonnous, massive mistake. He detailed specific over the last few years; but the percentage of Some of the techniques that will be implemented promises about what he would accomplish in his tenure as minority students attending Columbia as a whole in order to raise minority enrollment include regu governor. has decreased. lar advertising in Exito, LaRaza and N'Digo; Oh, Rod, hasn't your father-in-law taught you anything? The 17-point plan being put into place in order to launching a radio campaign on B96, which is con Or the first President George Bush? Only make vague solve this problem was written by Director of sidered to be one of the most diverse rad io stations statements like "I support women," or "I would like peo Admissions Murphy Monroe. In it, he li sts many in Chicago; and having minority recruiters visit ple to have jobs." Thc second you say something cute like "direct re cruiting" and "media" recruitment strate Chicago Public Schools and college fairs through "Read my lips," journalists' pens start flying. They will gies that will be executed by the enrollment and out the country. remind you later of what you said, and you will probably admissions staffs at Columbia. "It's important not to see this as a marketing tool regret it. " We need to put a premium on making this col but as an essential educational component," Well, like many other journalists, I happened to have lege as diverse as possible," Monroe said. Monroe said. been writing down those unbidden promises as they flowed from Blags' lips, so now we all have a pennanent record of what exactly he must do in the next six years. Blags promised to: Poster-art legend speaks as Support and enhance education with "more than just lip service." And I thought lip service was the best way to get ahead in politics. part of Art and Design series Stop the "price-gouging of our seniors" and provi de them with aflordable prescription medication. Man, I wish there were some sort of National Association of Middle· side- they just get collected." Twenties Voters. Would Blags call us "juniors"? o Prominent art directors, This year the talks were open to the public, but editors and artists to be featured Attract new capital to the state of Ill inois. Maybe we the crowd is always large, according to Debra Parr, should just have a new capital altogether. [ mean, come the series organizer and a faculty member in the on. Springfield? Maybe it was an important city back By Fernando Dial department. when Li ncoln was president, but.. Kicked offin October by Stephan Pascher, one of Staff Writer Create jobs. Fascinating. Sounds almost magical, does the department's artists-in-residence and editor of n't it? Every seat and square inch of Ooor space in Room Merge: Sound Thought Image, and followed by Increase the minimum wage. By a ni ckel? A quarter? 203 of the 623 S. Wabash Ave. building was taken Chantry, the seri es will close on Dec. 4. Pass and sign pay equity legislation for women into law. as Art Chantry, a living legend in the history of "The series is all new. We wanted to expand the This one might get Rod inlO a heaping mess of trouble. I poster design, spoke to students as part of the Art series to include designers and artists and wanted personally won't ever detach another chad for him if this and Design lecture series. to invite people who were blurring the boundaries doesn't happen. A sign posted on the door of the room directed between the two," Parr said. Change the corrupt budget process in Springfi eld. (To those who couldn' t catc h a glimpse of Chantry'S On Nov. 20, Guiseppe Lignano and Ada Tolla of be a corrupt Democratic process instead of a corrupt presentation to the Hokin Annex, where they could . New York-based LOT/EK wi ll present Urban Scan, Republican one.) catch the talk on closed-ci rcuit television. a "high-speed tour of the New York City that Not "force taxpayers to bailout a system that has fai led Chantry ta lked about his posters and album cov seduced them into staying in America," Parr said. them" I think that means he won' t raise taxes, but there ers and his signature low-tech approach to creating Their work has been exhibited at the San are sufTicient loopholes that perhaps he can wriggle out of them. He started creating the posters on short notice Francisco Museum of Modern Art , and has been this onc. for "50 bucks and a case of beer," he said. He also written about in Metropolis, Wired and other End "petty partisan politics." (Nice alliteration in that talked about the hi story of rock posters, liaving design-oriented magazines. one, don't you think?) started his career in Seattle during the '80s punk On Dec. 4, Joseph Holtzman, art di rector and And, last, but certainly not least- put people first. What scene. chief editor of award-winning Nest magazine, is does that mean? Has Illinois been putting fann animals "[Posters] went from scrappy fliers hung on tele sc heduled to appear. On the magazine's website, first? Or orange j uice? Sigh. phone poles, then with the advent of silk sc reen film director John Waters says, " I subscribe to 92 I wonder, did anyone tell him he already won the elec presses, rock posters became collector's items," magazines a month and I always open Nest first." tion? Because that sounded more like a campaign speech Chantry said, " In the old days, you got hired to do All lectures will be held in Room 203 o f the 623 than a victory cry. Now he has no more excuses. With a the poster. Now you can make several grand [from S. Wabash Ave. building on Wednesdays, from 6 Democratic lieutenant governor, attorney general. Senate one}. Now they probably don't go up on a wall out- p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and House of Representatives. there is nothing our gover nor woul d be incapable of accompl ishi ng. So now it's time fo r Rod to put up or shut up. He made the promises, Art student forced to halt painting he certainly better keep them. On the national election front, I find myself increasingly up, she said one had a copy of the request in his hand. By Georgia Evdoxladls happy to live in the state of Illinois. It appears to be the "It was a very debatable topic, but they would not last bastion of rational (i.e. liberal) thought. Ifsecession Co-Editor-in-Chief debate," Ljubi nkovic said. were possible, I'd certainly vote for it. When Rush Ljubinkovic estimated that she spent $400 on the Limbaugh is brought on NBC as a "political commenta o Police cite lack of permit and project. She purchased paint and brushes and tarp-like tor," you know it 's time to bailout of this whole United order stop to class project material to work on. She also sent out fly ers to media States thing. organizations advertising the painting. Johnson pro And why are we going to have to suITer through at least Chicago police officers shut down an artistic exhibit· moted the exhibit through chicagoindymedia.com, and two more years of Republican fascism? Because George on Nov. 8 by Columbia student Sonja Ljubinkovic due sent out e-mail inv itations. They had planned to paint W. Bush fle w all over the country, propping up the weak to "ordinance violations," according to Sgt. Robert until 8 p.m. and began setting up the canvas at I p.m. candidates who couldn't win their races on their own mer Cargie of the Chicago Police Department. "The concept behind this particular piece makes the its. The highlight of Bush's pathetic last-minute trip to Lj ubinkovic and fellow art students Trace Johnson public space an imperative element," Ljubinkovic said Chicago was him hollering into the microphone that when and Alan Garland set up an 18-foot-tall American flag in a press release. "The process is more important than people in Illinois counted out Ryan. they "spoke too and were intending to paint on its surface when police the fi nal ized art project." soon." Or not soon enough. approached them at about 2:30 p.m. and demanded A photographer from the Chicago Tribune came to But it's really the Democrats· fault. If they had corne Ollt they take it down. The flag was stretched over a canvas take pictures of the exhibit, but arri ved after the stu full-force against the Republican j uggernaut, voted against and erected in Grant Park in fron t of the Torco building dents had taken down the piece. the war, invented some issues and united the ir party at 624 S. Michigan Ave. Johnson said he spoke with District Cmdr. John against the tiny Bush dictator, this Republican sweep Police presence in the loop area was increased dra Risley, one of the offi cers who approached them, and would all be a bad dream. matically for expected anti-globalization protests on asked to see the ordinance that they where in violation Instead, the party of Ann Coulter ru les our country. A. Nov. 7 and 8. of. Johnson said Risley told him that he could see the Democrat's only hope, just like the only hope or Illinois Cargie said pai nting in the area is against ci ty ordi ordinance in jail, if he wanted to. Rcpublicans, is that the ruling pat1y sc rews up so mightily nances. Lesl ie Kish, special events manager for the Johnson also said Risley told them that they could not that the next election is a rout. After al l, just a year ago. park district, said, "any structured event wou ld require get a pennit for any event in the Grant Park area President Bush's approval ratings werc up around 90 per a pennit." Pennit rules posted on the Chicago Park because of the riots in August of 1968. Demonstrations cent. Now, they're in the 60-percent range. District's website list an "event" as an activity that duri ng the '68 Democratic National Convention turned So, to Blags and George. remember thi s: American vot includes more than 50 people. violent and 641 people were arrested as a result. ers have long memories but lhe press's memory is even Ljubinkovic organized the painting for an assignment "Any event has to be in an approved part of Grant longer. It was probably the Chroniclc's endorsement or in her Time Arts class at Columbia. She said she called Park," Kish said. Kish said that getting a pennit starts Rod that put him over the edge, so it's only fair that the the Chicago Park District to request a pennit, and was with the petitioner submitting a "letter of intent" to the Chronicle hold him to some of the campaign promises told she would not need one. ljubinkovic said she park district, after wh ich the city will detennine the that got him where he is. Remember MAP grants, Rod? wrote up a proposal anyway, and when officers showed cost of renting the space. 4 Columbia Chronicle Now.nber 11, 2002
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PRESIDENT BUSH has declared: "you're either with us or against us." Here is our an swe r JAMES ABOUREZK [FORMER u.s. SENATOR)· JACE ALEXANDER· ROBERT ALTMAN LAURIE ANDERSON. JOHN ASHBERY • EDWARD ASNER· RUSSELL BANKS MEDEA BENJAMIN· WILLIAM BLUM· OSCAR BROWN, JR. . JUDITH BUTLER NOAM CHOMSKY· RAMSEY CLARK [FORMER u.s. ATIORNEY-GENERAL)· BEN COHEN· [CO-FOUNDER, BEN & JERRY'S). KIMBERLJ CRENSHAW· ANGELA DAVIS· OSSIE DAVIS ZACK DE LA ROCHA· MOS DEF • AN I DIFR ANCO · MARK 01 SUVERO • JULIE DORF [INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION)· MICHAEL ERIC DYSON. STEVE EARLE· BARBARA EHRENREICH· HECTOR ELIZONDO· DANIEL ELLSBERG • BRIAN ENO· EVE EN SLER· FRANCES D. FERGUS SON [PRESIDENT, VASSAR COLLEGE)·LAWRENCE FERLINGHETII [CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE) • JANE FONDA. TERRY GILLIAM· MILTON GLASER· JEREMY M. GLICK [CO-EDITOR OF ANOTHER WORLD IS POS SIBLE)· DANN Y GLOVER. DANNY GOLDBERG· LEON GOLUB· JUAN GIMEZ QUI"ONES [PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UCLA) • VIVIAN GORNICK. ANDRJ GREGORY· JORIE GRAHAM· JOHN GUARE· ALLAN GURGANUS· JESSICA HAGEDORN· SUHEIR HAMMAD . MICHAEL HARDT [CO-AUTHOR OF EMPIRE)· DAVID HARVEY [PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY, CUNyj· TOM HAYDEN. BELL HOOKS· RAKAA IRISCIENCE [DILATED PEOPLES) · ABDEEN JABARA [PAST PRE S., AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI DISCRIMINATION COMMITIEE)· MUMIA ABU-JAMAL· FREDRIC JAMESON [CHAIR OFTHE LITE RATURE PROGR AM, DUKE)· JIM JARMUSCH· CHALMERS JOHNSON [AUTHOR OF BLOWBACK)· BILL T.JONES· CASEY KASEM· EVELYN FOX KELLER [PROFESSOR OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE, MIT)· ROBIN D.G. KELLEY· [PROFE SSOR OF HISTORY AND AFRICANA STUDIES, NYU) • MARTIN LUTHER KING III [PRES., SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE)· BARBARA KINGSOLVER· C. CLARK KISSINGER· [REFUSE & RESIST!) • YURI KOCHIYAMA· BARBARA KOPPLE • DAVID KORTEN [AUTHOR OF WHEN CORPORATIONS RULE THE WORLD)- BARBARA KRUGER· TONY KUSHNER· RABBI MICHAEL LERNER [EDITOR, TIKKUN MAGAZINE) • PHIL LESH [GRATEFUL DEAD) · LUCY R.lIPPARD • BARBARA LUBIN [M IDDLE EAST CHILDRENOS ALLIANCE) · JANET l. ABU-LUG HOD [PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, NEW SCHOOL). REP. CYNTHIA MCKINNEY· AARON MCGRUDER· DAVE MARSH· W.s. MERWIN· TOM MORELLO· ROBIN MORGAN. VIGGO MORTENSEN· MINISTER BENJAMIN MUHAMMED [HIP-HOP SUMMIT ACTION NETWORK) • CLAES OLDENBURG . PAULINE OLIVEROS· REV. E. RANDALL OSBURN [EXEC. V.P. , SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE) . OZOMATLI • GRACE PALEY· JEREMY PIKSER [SCREENWRITER, BULWORTH) · FRANCES FOX PIVEN • KATHA POLLITI. BONNIE RAITI· MARCUS RASKIN· AMY RAY [INDIGO GIRL S) · ADRIENNE RICH· BOOTS RILEY [THE COUP) · EDWARD SAID· SUSAN SARAN DON • SASKIA SASSEN [PROF ESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, CHICAGO)· JOHN SAYlES · JONATHAN SCHELL [FELLOW, NATION INSTITUTE)· JULIET SCHOR [DIRECTOR OF WOM EN OS STUDIES, HARVARD)· PETE & TOSHI SEEGER· RICHARD SERRA· REV. AL SHARPTON· WALLACE SHAWN· MARTIN SHEEN· KIKI SMITH· NANCY SPERO· ART SPIEGELMAN· STARHAWK· GLORIA STEINEM • OLIVER STONE· MARK STRAND· RON TAKAKI [PRO FE SSOR OF ETHNIC STUDIES, BERKELEY)· STUDS TERKEL· MARISA TOMEI· KINAN VALDEZ [EL TEATRO CAMPESINO)· GORE VIDAL· KURT VONNEGUT· ALICE WALKER· LEONARD WEINGLASS· CORNEL WEST· HASKELL WE XLER· JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN. SAUL WILLIAMS· JEFFREY WRIGHT· HOWARD ZINN • JOINED AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE BY: RANDALL K. ALBERS· JEFF ABELL· ROSEMARY ASHWORTH· STEVE ASMA· ELIZABETH ATKINS· JACK BEHREND· ALAN BERKS· ROSE BLOUIN. SHEILA BRADY· MIKE BRIGHT· PAUL CAMIC • KEVIN CASSIDY· ANDREW CAUSEY · VILMA CHEMERS. JANINA CIEZADLO • JULIAN COX· WILFREDO CRUZ· DONALD CRUMBLEY SH ARON DARROW · DAN DINELLO· VIRGINIA DE OliVEIRA ALVES· JAN ERKERT DIANNE ERPENBACH· RONALD FALZONE· CHAP FREEMAN· DAVID GERDING KATHLEEN GILLOGLY • LEONARD GOODMAN· SUSAN GRAF • STU GREENSPAN· TOM GREIF· JUDITH l. GRUBNER • ANN HETZEL GUNKEL. PAUL CARTER HARRISON· KAY HARTMANN· JUDY HOFFMAN· PETER INSLEY· MARIANNE JAYME· CRAIG JOBSON PETER JONES· CHERYL JOHNSON-ODIM • MAGGIE KAST· WINNIE KAUFFMAN· BAHEEJ KHLEIF • BRENDAN LEE. JASEN LOVERTI • KIM McCARTHY· JOAN E. McGRATH· MARTY RAY MOORE· SUE MROZ • JOE O'ROURKE· KAREN OSBORNE DOMINIC PACYGA· SHELDON PATINKIN • VILMA POBLADOR· ARNIE RAIFF • JEANNE REILLY· INGRID RIEDLE. GWENDOLYN KEITA ROBINSON· MICHAEL ROBBINS· JENNY SEAY· JENNIFER SHOOK • LOUIS SILVERSTEIN. JOHN STEVENSON· GENE TANTA· JUNE C. TERPSTRA· CHRISTOPHER THALE· TERE SA PRADOS TORREIRA BARBARA TRACZYK HOSHINO· CLAUDIA TRAUDT· MARY LOU WADE· KERI WALTERS PAULA WEINER· REGINA WELLNER· CADANCE WINTER· RICHARD WOODBURY ELIZABETH YOKAS • KAREN YOUNG
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LET IT NOT BE SAID that people in the United States did nothing when thier g~vernment declared a war without limit and instituted stark new measures of repression. nil: SIGNERS OF THIS STATEMENT call on the people BUT TliE MOURNING had barely begun, when the high· World War II. For thc first time in decades, immigration )'ou'~ eIther With us or JgamSI us. lIe~ is Ollr ans.... er of the United States to resist the policies and overall politi· cst leaders oftM: land unleashed a spirit of revenge. They procedures smgle out certain nallonalities for u~qualtreat- We refuse 10 allow you to speak for all tile Amencan cal dircction that have emerged since September I I. 2001 put out a simplistic sc ript of "good vs. evil" that was taken pcnple. We "'Ill oot give up our nghtlo Questn.m. We .... tll and which pose grave dangers to the people of the world up by a pliant and intimidated media. They told us that ask· not hand o\'er our consciences in r~tum for a hollo" ing why these terrible events had happened verged o~ . trea. IN OUR NAME, the go\'ernment has brought do ... n a pall promise of safety. We say WE BELIEVE that peoples and nations have the right 10 son. There was to be no debate. There were by definition no of repression over socIety. The President'S .spokesP:t'rson determine their own destiny. free from military coc:rcilln by valid political or moral questions. The only possible answer .... arns people to walch what they say, DISSIdent arusts, NOT IN OUR :-..lAME . We rcfUS<' 10 be: a pany to these great powers. We believe that all persons detained or prose:· was to be a war abroad and repression at home. intellectuals, and professors find theIr views dlstoned, .... ars IlrId we repudiate an)' mferc:nce that the)" arc be:mg cl,lIed by the United States government should have t.he anacked, I1I1d suppressed. The so called Palrlot l\CI along ...· aged In our ~mc Or for our .... eltare, We e.\ tend a hand to same right.s of due preuss. We believe that questioning. IN OUR NAME. the Bush administration, with ncar una with a host of similar measures on the state le\'el gil'es those around the world sul1ering from these poliCIes; "C criucism, and dissent must be valued and protected, nimity from Congress. nOl only attacked Afghanistan but police s .... eeping new powers of search and sellure, super ...,11 show our solldanl)' m .... ord and deed. We understand that such rights and values arc al ...· ays con· arrogated to itself and its allies the right to rain down mili· VIsed- if at all- by sec~t procecdlllgs before secrcl courts. tested and must be fought for. tary force anywhere and anytime, The brutal repercussions WE WIIO SIG~ thIS Slatement calilln all Americans til Jom have becn fclt from the Philippines to Palestine, where IN OUR NAME, the executive has ~Icadtl) usurped the tugether 10 nse 10 tillS challenge We applaud and support WE HEl..IE VE niAT PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE MUST Israeli tanks and bulldozers have left a terrible trail of death roles and funclions of thc other branches of gOl'cmmcnl. the 4uestlonmg and protest no" gOl11g on, c\'en as .... e rec· TAKE RESPONSIBILITY fOR WHAT THEIR OWN and destruction. TIlE GOVERNMENT NOW OPENLY Military tribunals with lax rules of eVl
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BUT A CONFIDENTiAl. 6 Campus News November 11, 2002 Filmmaking and media Career Center gets examined post-Sept. 11 makeover, additions o New Fall Review program offers students o Intern ational m oviemakers from 7 percent of the total films to less than 1 a chance to get their work critiqued by pros percent. discuss stereotyping in industry " It 's easier to thi nk the other person is crazy than to try to understand them," said Caveh By Michael DesEnfants By Fernando Dlaz Zahedi. He ta lk ed about the making of Underground Zero, a docume nta ry feature Staff Writer Staff Writer response to Sept. II that was co-produced with Columbia reopened the Career Center fo r the Arts and Media in The world of cinellla has changed in profound director Jay Rosenblatt. Freque ntly the subject of hi s own documentaries, he placed hi s own Septe mber with Ih ~ hope that it will better assist students looking for bUI s ubtl~ ways since the events of September work after graduation. The remodeled center, which is located in the II. 2001 argued members of a discussion held video camera next to hi s microphone, and Friday Nov. I at the He rm an D. Conaway talked about his ini tial worry that World War 623 S. Wabash Ave. build.ing, in Room 3 J 8, now has eight computers Center. 1104 S. Wabash Ave. III had begun. fo r students to use on which they can look up job li stings or work on and send resumes. At "Cinema after 9.1 J:' panelists and audi Bahman Farrnanara, some of whose fi lms ence members talked openly about their work. were currently screening as part of the Gene Center director Keith Lusson talked about some of the other their reactions. and the role of the media since Siskel Center 's Festival of Films from Iran, improvements made to the center. the anacks. spoke about the obstacles certain filmmakers .. It used to be a convened classroom. We re-carpeted and repainted "The enemy is not necessarily an abstract have faced in corning to the United States. hoping to make it a more inviting, more secure place," Lusson said : entity somewhere else. Maybe it's time this us While not all issues surface in their films, some :'We moved most of our books to the fifth noor of the libraI)', to what and them split should be removed," said mod changes arc directly impacting filmmakers and IS now called the Career Comer. · It is a collection of career-related erator Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa. a Columbia Film other ~H1ists. Just last month, two Iranian direc books that we thought would be better in the library. [The libraryJ has Department facuhy member, referring to the tors who were invited to screen their work at film a better budget and more power to order new books than we do. We portrayal of ethnicities in mainstream movies festivals here in the United Slales were denied kept the trade magazines and pertinent industry magazines but moved and mass media. visas. most of our books to the library." Joined by visiting Iranian director Bahman Bahman Ghobadi. an Iranian director who The center, which was remodeled this summer, also now has win Farmanara, documentary filmmakcr Cavch was awarded a Gold Plaque at the recent do¥:,s that open up to the third-floor hallways, along with new desks deS igned to make the center more appealing. Zahedi. an~ film critic Godfrey Cheshire, Saced Chicago In ternational Film Festival for his lilm Va fa questioned the merits of living in a world "Marooned in Iraq:' sent his award to President .Lusson said the improvements made to the Career Center make it where cultures arc portrayed as polar opposites, George W. Bush to protest the denial of hi s and eaSier fo r students to look fo r a job in their chosen fields. With the new and of the forces that make those distinctions. Abbas Kiarostami's visas. Kiarostami is also an software, which L u s~on call ed the Columbia Works program, current "People in general arc open to the truth," said Iranian director. students and alumni can search for jobs by job title or company. Cheshire. "The problem is that there are no alter "There are a lot of contradictions to confront," Students can also download port fol ios and resumes and forward them to the company directly. nat~\'e forces that people can watch. I People said Spencer Kingman, 22, a film major who beheve) the media is evil:· he said. attendc~ the event. "Sixty-five per cent of the "Stude~ts really seem to be:' enjoying it, they [students] are gening Saeed-Vafa cited this as one of the reasons why population lof IranI is under 25," and we should some senous work done uSing the computers for construction of myths supercede truths when it comes to concep interact with them he said. resumes and ponfolios," he said. tions of other cultures. "We need to decide what the next millennium .Acco r~in~ to Lusson, the center has had no problems getting compa Audience members olTered their viewpoints is going to be like. Are we going to annihilate nies to hst JObs. th":,ughoul the discussion rather than waiting each other or are we going to get along?" he said. . "Companies are coming to us:' he said, "and CoJumbia is also reach until the end. Several talked about how the media During the discussion, onc of Zahedi's short Ing out to companies for listings." perpetuates s tercot~ pes by selectively showing films, The World ;s a Classroom, was screened. Al so new is the Fall Review, the center's program for seniors and Images ,?,r rep:>ning stories that portray other cul Documenting the course of a graduate cl ass he recent gra~uates . The program allows students to show their ponfolios tures Unilaterally. taught at the San Francisco An Institute, it to professionals currently working in the students' chosen fields. The Farmanara and Cheshire also talked about the showed how a potentially violent conflict Fall . Revie.w, which started Friday, Nov. 8, and will continue on suc vCr) sma~1 ~rcen l~ge of for:eign language films between Zahedi and a student was resolved after cesSive Fndays, Nov. 15 and 22, will feature representatives from at that are dlstnbuted In the United Statcs. Cheshire he said " the magic word." least 20 companies. nOied thai since the '70s that number had fallen .. , Please: That's all it took," said Zahcdi. ."Students will have a one-on-one fonnat that mi rrors an interview, to dl sc u~ work and get f~edback," Lusso~ said. He added that, although some JObs may be available, the meetings are more to give students some constructive crilicism. Lusson said he hopes to continue the pro gra~ every year and already has another review scheduled for the Alumna wins $25K teaching award spring semester. For mo~e infonnation about the Fall Review, students arc urged to o Teacher says she once South Side. call their career advisers at (312) 344-7280 or visit considered not continuing her Covarrubias said she ocvcr considered con www.colum.edulcarccrslthefallreview. The Career Center for Arts and education beyond high school tinyi.ng her education beyond high school until Media is open Monday through Thursday. from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and TflMlty was taken ovcr by a new management Fnday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. team thai required its employees to have col- By Usa Balde Starf Writer leg"Te hatdegree wass. m y wakc4up call to go back to col- Lr===~===ii.=~==wr====Jiiiiiii"Iii•• iiiii leg~:' she said. "My husband supported me a Columb.ia alumna Rosa Covarrubias j ust got lot III my return .. . we already had two children S25 ,OOO ncher- and she didn't do it by win /3 and 6 years oldl by then." ning the louef'). She took nighl classes and continued to work On Oct. 15, the Milken Family Foundation at the hospital unlil she recei ved her associ a~arded Covarrubias. an elementary teacher at ate's degree in Child Development from 0livc4 , 1".05 Heroes Elementary Academy, its Harvey College. atlonal Educator Award. which named her She then went on to get her bachelor's in one of the best teachers in the country. Bilingual Educlltion at Chicago Stilte The award. which i~ given to 100 teachers a University in 1992. year thro ughout the United States is an . By then, she had already spent a year work accomplishment based on hard work a~d com IIlg for the Chicago Public School system al passion within the education field. And with a Wash}ngton Elementary School and had begun ~onetary prize of S25.000, the award is presti worklllg as a teacher's aide at Nii'los Hcroc . gious. The whole pr~ce ss too~ her about s ix years But, there was one problem. Covarrubias to ~omplete, whic h she said wa not easy while didn't know she had won until she received the taklOt' care of a family and working another award in front of her entire school. (,ull-lime job. " I knew that the superintendent was coming Aner ovarrubias received her B.A., she to our school on the 15th, so we put together becamc a bilingual teAcher at Nii'los Heroes, an il5"iembly, but I Ihought that he was giving bUI she slill wu!m't satislied. funds to Our "chool," Covarrubias said. ovarrubias said she ought her muster 's - I:.verything wa.) kepI a secret." dcgree at Columbia in order 10 " upgrade hl!r She ~ai d she knew that 'Wmething important self' even further back when the school slill w,U gOlOg on, though, aJ \oon as news carne ra ~ held clnss session:. for the I1Hlsler 's progrnl11 un ti tCirted arrivinK at her school. the weekends . •oT hey said that one of our teacher5 had won "During Ihe firsl yellr, school was one or two a great pri/.c," "he said. inten~ive weekends, 1 hursdny thruugh SU lldll),. , And th ai's when they announced it, hringing III Ih e end of Ihe month. " ovnrrubins snid. III her hu .. band and her daughter 10 help cele She ~raduu led with a degree in Mullicuiturltl brate. l ~ du ~u tlon und InlefllutluI1111 Studies while she "II'. really an honor to know th ill I won thul COlltulued her work at the clementurr school. lP'e~t re cogni~io n among Ihe millions uf IClIeh So now the re's one ,"IIJor quesllon len 10 erll 10 the nallon." ovarrubiaJ Maid. ask: How', !l he KoinK 10 spend Ihe muney'! ~ ~uch r e~ogni li o~ reflect. thc mUIlY years Ihut " I was going 10 dunn Ie SO l11e 10 Ihe school C()V.urub,ali hal IrIve~led in her own educn4 and SOllie for uniformll for needy children," fiun, .. " well ~" in the eductllioll of olher •. C'ovarrubJlls suid. "My SiSler hilS concer 1111<1 lJorn and ral-,ed in Mexicu City, ('uvarrubia" )l ilc needs vcry expclI'Iive leSIS. rhey cuSI '~o.ved tfl Ihe Uniled SI;,leA when _he etlmc 10 $3,000, IIIIt/ I' 1II "oillWlu puy fur thelll ." (hlc""o ~flcr ~n.du alin~ hil,h lchllili. Of coune, !i hc suld lI he UlsoJ,ll1n; 10 spend 11 AI 18, t he beKolJn w(ltkinK .. ,;] lab tcc hniclan A" ral grlder II Nlft ol Hero.. Ell mt nt.ry ACldtmy raetlv .. guldlnc. llllie 0 11 hC rlelf, but "he woul like Iu SCi lil) It " tht wltitt bolrd from Mllktn AWlrd winner ROil Covlrrubl ... al whal i. now " dnity Ilv.pital un 'hica"o'li eo lle~e fUlld ('or her chlldrell. 7 NATIONAL CAMPUS NEWS November 11, 2002 Columbia Chronicle Spider snacks for sleeping students SIU students among Night crawlers find new venture their nose with their mouth open? o "Spiders scare the bejeezus out of me," said Mandi Aldridge, senior. protesters in D.C. The horrific image of a large spider slowly By .Matt Gardner descending from the ceili ng into a sleeper's o Students take protests to Bush's FSView & Florida Flambeau (Florida State U.) unaware mouth is possible, although the odds are front door still pretty slim . Just when slumbering students thought they were (V-WIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- There was an safe, biology offers an unsettling proposition: bal By Kristina Herrndobler old lady who swallowed a spider, it wiggled, and looning. When an egg sac hatches indoors, hun jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the dreds of baby spiders leap into the a ir and attempt Daily Egyptian (SIU ) spider to catch the fly, but what's everyone else's to ride a ir currents to a spot where they can land. excuse? If a sac were to hatch in a bedroom, dozens could (U-WIRE) CARBONDALE. IIL- A 28-hour car drive. peanut It is said that each year, the average person swal· be swallowed at a time. Fear not, unsuspecting butter sandwiches, wann bottled water and many anned police lows up to e ight spiders in his or her sleep. This is sleeper. These baby spiders would be under a mil officers is what 10 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale stu quite an alarming idea. In people's most vulnerable li meter in size; so small that they wouldn't be felt dents endured, a ll in the name of peace. position, drooling on a pillow, they are prone to an even if a person were awake. These students were among 200,000 protesters who made their arachnid invasion. Plus, the a ir would have to be blowing just right mark on Oct. 26 in Washington during a march against the '" think I'd know if I had swallowed a spider," for a bunch to end up in front of an open mouth. United States going to war against Iraq. Cassandra Folder, a said Aaron Catz, sophomore. Even if science proves just how improbable it is to sophomore studyin g psychology, described the march as mas Many students are skeptical about this fun fact, swall ow one, the thought of a spider crawling into sive protest with a large array of diversity. which may not be completely valid. Like the cousin o ne's mouth is enough to really freak out many "There were people as far as you could see and signs every who was left in a tub of ice with his kidneys students. where," Folder said. " It was really very beautifuL" removed, spider swall owing could easily be the " I squ·ish all insects like bugs, even in my sleep," The protesters gathered in the Natio nal Mall , where they lis next big urban legend. Like other urban legends, said Florida State graduate Jayson Virostek. tened to speakers such as Susan Sarandon, Rev. Jesse Jackson, the details vary incredibly. Some say four spiders, Although the possibil ity of unknowingly inhaling and Ben from Ben and Jerry's, who then led th<,;m on a ten-block some 17 and others swear by 57 per year. Also, arachnids may frighten some students, it should not march through the city that ended at the Washington Monument. there is no ori gin of this stati stic. cause rampant insomnia. After all, that peanut but After endurin g the long drive that started after classes on Oct. "My room could be loaded w ith tarantulas and ter sandwich before bed had its share of insect 25 and ended just in time for the march, the group crowded into barking spid ers," said Dave Gutos, junior, "just parts. a single room at the Comfort Inn in Washington. They were waiting to attack me as I lay peacefully." Specificall y, 30 insect fragments are in a 3.5 a ll owed a li ttle sleeping-in time on Sunday morning before they Who is at ri sk for a mouthful of eight-legged ounce jar. Eleven rodent hai rs sit inside a I ounce turned around and made the long journey back to Carbondale. sleepmates? jar of ground cinnamon in the cupboard. No, this Va leri e Sieth, a sophomore studying political science, said the For one, the sleeper must lie with his or her isn't America's filthiest household. Rather, it's the trip was a little easier on the way back. mouth open. For a spider to land in a person's minimum allowance of animal parts all owed by the During the trip to Washington, somewhere in Kentucky, one mouth, it would have to drop from a long distance. United States Food and Drug Administratio n. of the cars in their group hit a deer and had to turn back. Not too Spiders are afraid of breath, which a lso lessens the Suddenly, swall owing eight spiders a year does big of a surprise, according to Sieth, who said the same thing probability of a creepy-crawler sneaking into the n't seem that improbable. happened in Indiana when the group made the same voyage last mouth. But what about those who breathe through April to protest the war against terrorism. "Ws pretty ridiculous," she said . "Next time, we will just have to take a bus." Sieth said that a lthough she is a pretty cheap traveler, she spent her entire $80 paycheck on the trip. Still, she said it was we ll SEVIS creates more difficulties worth it. Folder agrees. " I would have spent way more, as much as it cost to be there," Folder said. " It was totall y worth it. In fact, it was priceless." for international studies They said that although there were closer protests, such as one in Chicago, they had to go to Washington. o I mmigration policies cause problems "This was an international thin g," said Wi ll Bowling, a soph "The Slate of California brings In $3 billion every omore from Libertyville studying speech communication, " On year from International students," -Kevin Dixie" Saturday, Oct. 26, people protested all o ver the world. But we By Wes Schmidgall Immigration and visa aHorney went to D.C., because D.C. was "the" protest." "The" protest might have taken place in Washington, but the The Daily Vidette (ISU) a li ty, passport information, level of studies antici president didn't attend. In fact, he wasn't even on Capitoll-lilL pated beginning and ending dates of schooling, President George Bush was in Mexico, but Bowling is still con (V-WIRE) NORMAL, IIL- A new computer source and amount of fund ing, and other personal vinced Bush got the message. tracking system keeps up-to-date records' ofall visa information "He had to have heard us," Bowling said. "There were 200,000 holding students, tourists, diplomats, religious Two computer systems are required for SEVIS, people yelling, so how could he not have heard our voices? He workers, international stars, politicians and others Ke Li , g raduate assistant fo r the OIS, said. heard them, a ll the way [in} Mexico." entering the United States. ISU is awaiting certificatio n to use real-time, a The group said they couldn't help but talk about politics dur The Office of International Studies, a long with system used for entering student information one ing most of the trip. many other educational in stitutions in the United by one, and is currently creatin·g a batch system All claiming th ird party preferences, they said they are disap States, is working on problems associated with the used for uploading XML to transfer data to the gov pointed in the American government and its position on world new Student and Exchange Vis itor Information ernment's database. affairs. System that goes into effect Jan. 30, 2003, Sarah In the past, internati onal students have waited up "We [Americans} say we want to liberate people, but once we Jome, associate d irector of International Studies, until the 10th day of c1.ass before reporting to O IS liberate them, we leave them worse [otT J than they were when said. because of either a late arrival or problems entering they started," Fo lder said. "And the American people think that "There are a variety of minor problems to figure the country, Jome said. is liberating?" out," Jome said, commenting on SEVIS, With SEVIS, international students will be Folder said she knows that protesting against th e war doesn't SEVIS requires a permanent ho me address, as required to report to the OIS 20 days before the guarantee that it will not happen, but she said she has changed we ll as a record of an 1-20 card from international start of the semester. at least one person's mind by educating them on the issues. students, Jome said. "The government would be able to enhance And according to the protesters that is enough. "The deadline is unrealistic [Jan. 30] and many enforcement, receive accurate and timely data, "We are all le ve l-headed people," Bowling said. "We know it institutions won't be able to meet it," said Thomas improve efficiency and save a lot of money by mi ght not change the world, but even the smallest headline in Pegelow, chair of the International Student el iminating the old paper-based procedures and the news might get some attention." Concern s Committee for the National Association storage problems," Pegelow said. They said if the demonstrations that took place last Saturday of Graduate and Professional Students. According to Pegelow, universities that do not don't prove to be successful, it doesn't mean they have lost the Approximately 74,000 international students report information on their international students battle. It only. means they have more work 10 do. must be recorded into SEVIS before the system wil l have their authorization to issue 1-20s and " I f we do go to war with I raq, we wi II go back," Bowling s COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO CREATIVE NONFICTION WEEK 2002 NOVEMBER 11 - 14 • A SENSE OF PLACE • creative nonfiction writers on location Presented by the ENGLISH , FICTION WEDN ESDAY, NOV EMBER 13. 2002 WRITING, and JOURNALISM > Reading and conversation with author and Departments, along with Gravity magazine NPR reporter Jackl Lyden (Daughter of the MONDAY , NOVEMBER 11, 2002 Queen of Sheba). 2:00pm > Faculty reading featuring: Garnett KIIberC > Student reading open mike. 3:30pm Cohen, Sharon Darrow, PatrIcIa Ann McNair, Don De Howard GrazIa, > Reading and conversation with Laurence Schlossberg and Sharon Bloy6-Peshkln, Gonzales (One Zero Charlie: Adventures in 2:00pm Grass Roots Aviation) and S.L WlMnberg. 6:30pm TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 2002 > An intimate, open conversation with CII.. 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I Make the call now! 312.344.EXT or dial the main line: 312.344.7925 I Bob Blinn X7929 Judy Dyke X7926 Brian Marth X7933 Ritch Barnes X7932 Pattie Mackenzie Art/Design Dance ASL ~ - English Interpretation Animation x7801 Photography Fiction Writing Audio Arts and Acoustics FilmjVideo Arts, Entertainment and Music Cultural Studies Television Media Management Poetry Early Childhood Education Digital Media Teclmology Theatre Interdisciplinary Interactive Multimedia Radio Journalism un~~C EI\/EC Marketing Communication NO;J 1 " ZOiJ2 The Freshman Center Columbia (;UU_ ,;~_.\ (a division of Student Affairs) C /\ G 0 COL LEG E C H COLLEGI" L; ~)~ _ . " ~23 S. Wabash, room 307 TELL IT TO THE BOX• presents last month's $50 WI n ner Art & Design student, Suanne Rayner, asked: "Mass confusion exists in the world of lockers ... is it just me? Canlt a uniform policy be made?" & we say: YES This semester the facilities committee of the Student Government Association has a directive from the Vice President of Student Affairs: to examine the current locker system -- or lack thereof -- and devise a so lution . The goal is to have a consistent and well-managed locker system that will end unnecessary runaround and frustration for students by this time next year. do you have something to say? TELL IT TO THE BOX 12 November 10, 2002 COMMENTARY Columbia Chronicle Editorials Lack of multiculturalism affects minority retention Columbia prides itself on cultural ism," said Art Burton, being a cUlling edge. multicultural Columbia's director of African school; 11 reputation il isn't living Amcrican cultural affairs. The up 10. Mullicuhural Affairs Office was The stlllistical makc.up of fae· developed to address these isslles ult) at the college. especially at Columbia. runone. African·t\l1lcricnns and Perhaps a more diverse teach Latinos. demonstrates Il dearth of ing force would be the key st ratc multicultural Icachers. gy to retaining minority stu Appro:\im!ltcl) 10.5 percent of the dents-an issue the college strug teachilll! StrltT at Columbia is black gles with. On average, 4 percent of nnd 3.f percent L'lIino (compared African-American males and 7 \, ith a 76 percent white Icaching percent of all African-American corps). fe males graduate from Columbia This phenomenon is not limit in four years. Similarly, 4 percent ed 10 Columbia. Institutions of o f male Latino students graduate hiehcr education across the nation within four years and II percent of arC lackinlOt multicultural instruc Latinas graduate by the end of tors. "This"is 3 rcaliy big issue. It their fourth year. starts from the process of how How will we encourage the education \\Or\..5 in the nation," gro\~1h of a diverse teaching corps said Cannelo ESlcrrich. director of if we are not even getting studenls Columbia's Cullural Studies through their undergraduate cur Department. riculum? They may never move African·Ameri ans and into graduate and doctorate pro Latinos are not climbing the aca· grams. According to the National demic and professional ladder as Research Council. less than 5 per easil~ as "hites. According to data cent of people eaming doctorates from the American Council on in arts and humanities, annually, H igher Education, through the are of color, and less than 6 per 1990s African-Americans and cent of individuals eaming doctor Latinos. combined. represented ates in art.s and sciences are of only 12 percent of facuity at pre color. The coulda, woulda candidates dominantlv \\ hire institutions (the Columbia is further impeding vast majo;ity of colleges). this growth by not employing a make for lousy turnout rates The absence of multiethnic model of success and diversity for teachers on college campuses neg all students. The institution needs ably well. Secretary of State candidate Matt ali .. el) affect.s the education of all 10 make changes and becomc a By Andrew Graham Beauchamp took his completely over the top. students national leadcr of multicultural Dally Vldette Running on the Libertarian ticket, - ,\ dIverse teaching staff ism. Introduction of more muhi Beauchamp campaigned with the following broadens all students' perspectives ethnic teachers could close this rift (U- WIRE) ORMAL, III,-MoSl you.hs promise: You'll get your driver's license in on the world they live in and and bolster Black and Latino Slu did not vote in Tuesday's electio n. Thi3 is 15 minutes or less or it's free. enNnccs their scn.siti .. ity to mulli- dent retentIon. neither surprising nor noteworthy, because it Several news releases by Beauchamp's has been happening every year since the office (which, actually. consists of him and '605. Skeptics maintain young men and his home computer. according to his we~ \\omen are irresponsible and bog the govern site) acknowledge his prior use of marijuana Protests educate, infonn ment down with their apathy. One could, and tendency to overindulge in alcohol dur Large g roups of prote3ter3 [helle about polrt,cal issues that hOYoe-.cr, argue a more optimislic perspec ing Cubs games. Photos o n Beauchamp's tive official website depict him being advised by from vanous 3C1i ... . st groups hud affect our ~orld . Young people, three dogs, but he also poinls out what h~ dled together 10 the Sltceterville C3pC'ciall) in recenl years, do not Those who ignore their vOling privilege neighborhood of ChICago la3t particularly show much interest want good politicians in office just as much terms "shady land deab" made by opponent ","cd: '4nh one common goal to natlon\\ldc Columbl3 itself has as those who take to the poll.s every election. Christine Cohn Ihat allegedly gave her free: vOKe theIr oprnloo, a8alOSi the had a difficult lime drumming up The problem, it seems, il thtu there' simply office space from II. real estate owner who nobody ror )oung vOlers to vote for. o\\ncd property she is pushing to develop, Tram llanlu; BU3IOC$l Dla'o8uc ~uppo r' for actIVIsm, and the I'm .5ick of Ihe "go ahead and vole for The fact of the matter is Be uchamp T.. o aCII"1SI gtoup~ from Khool h"" not Jcen its students the ico;scr of two evils ir you don 't like the actuully had some good policics in his cam~ Col mb.a g.llhered at lhe protC1t thrown 11110 the pohtlCal war lonc candldafc·· ar~lIl'nenl. Yeah, Ihat will reall), paign. He aid he would impltmcnt ne and bfought several Columbia ~Iu aJ much as It should, bcinH Ihe dena With them large" privale "liberal" art! school 'Ihow Ihu.5C politU:lIlO3 who's boss , technologies in the DMV, drastically fbi, a good hini-regardle\l Ihat it is Nol rcally decreasing time spent waiting in line, He of whc1her you aglee Of' dlnglec ColumbIa', two main siudent GIVing your volc to someone you think also prop<>S('d to c. tend th(' renew I period to live yurs som~ drivers ~ ","ft 'Whoa the 8roup1 pr01need acllVlSt poup', On the Ground Slink, IS more mesponsible IhAn not vOling rOt al aga imt 01' you SImply don·, care and NOI In Our Name, should be all bov. _II, Be.u hump pointed out .flat Ev t~ ... !tHO"" I/fth@f ttl LUMB JA 8r'tf"dflllf..- """'".c~ c: ~'"~ ~fJ4~",-~j'l 'Atwt~t~"'IttftI~ 8fIo" ... HRONJ LE h a three-year. $4 50,000 award from the have to pay more. It comes in the fonn of things that happened in the "past," people Columbia officials Coleman Foundation to fund u named pro extra cl ass fees, and even that will not are continuing to give our true heroes work ha,-d fessorship. cover the entire cost of the projects our veterans-a despicable lack of lie is leading the administrati ve team's required. The rest is out of pocket. respect. I truly dream that when I [earn my) As :t fon llcr joumal ist. I comlllend the efforts as a participant in the University lIaving all of the prerequisites is what commission an Air Force Officer in C1 m)tlidc slalr for its initiati ve in reporting Center. or "supcrdonn" project; is planni ng makes Columbia a good school. It forces as 2005, that I get more respect than my thl' w lkgl." 's highest paid administr.nors fo r Columbia's future by putt ing together a the students to learn (or re-Iearn) every father did in his day. He once told me and Cduc310rs-) ct another reason why significant amOltnl of property in the South thing from the basics. Even the Gen-Ed that all he wants is a simple "thank you the Chronicle has become one of the Loop; and has been involved in b(."C fillg up program is a fantasti c idea. especially n:\l l011 's best co llege newspapers. Columbia's operat ions in L.A. All of those because of the "open admission" policy. for serving o ur country." How difficult would it be to have a Thank You Veterans 110m:"' er. as the ch3inn:111 of the iniliati vcs dirccily benefi t Columbia stu Not only are the students going to learn Colum bia Board ofTmstccs. I am disap dents. their craft, they are going to learn about march? Now that, in my opinion, would proclaiming peace. pointed that your l'dilorial ignored the vast In the editorial, the Chronicl e asks, other worldly things. be \"'()111r ibulions the people on Ihm list ha ve "[ II Jow can we afford to pay ollr president Worried about clevators? Give me a - Alfred Ve la squez Jr.l Reader 1ll3dl.' h\ Columbia over many. Tllany this kind of salal)'?" As the chaimm.ll of break! It 's not hard to show up to the \ cani-in some cases. dl'cadl'S-and con· Columbia's Board ofTruslces, I say, With build ing an extra fi ve minutes early to ii nllc to 11l3ke on a daily basis today. all that President Carter has accomplished insure an elevator ride. Even the disabled Leave past disputes It ·s also Jis(ollragillg Ihm a paPer with in j ust two years and with other state col can handle that. behind, work on future the Chronicle's ~ pl Jl :u ion for high jount:tl leges suffering even Illl1her cutbacks while . I am disgustcd that th is was Lotito's istlc standards \\ Quid presell! such nabb) Columbia conti nues to grow, how can we self-proclaimed "di gnified" list of com pla ints. There is no validity behind any of First of all, in response to Georgia :U1!lUlh.'ntS :uwinsl Dr. Warrick Carter's aO'ord not to? The same holds true of Evdoxiadis' column last week, nobody , i ll!(: as Coiulllbia's president. Comparing every Columbia official mentioncd in them. Ifhe' honestly believes that he is not getting enough for hi s money, then he from On The Ground has ever proposed Dr. Caner 10 the head of Enron or your news storv. stealing papers off the racks or censorship Columbia to some laundering corporation should take the money elsewhere. State colleges arc a much cheaper fo nn of edu of any ki nd. l1lat's a ridiculous accusation. m3~ ha\ e sounded lih ' am us ing analogies - Bilil-iood/C hairma n, C olumbia Whatever silly hosti lities exist between tll Ihe editori31 \\ ril!:r, but those rel1l3rks Boa rd of T ruslees cation that will provide an English major as wc ll as food. the Chronicle artd the O n The Ground s i l1lp l ~ ha\ e no fo undation in tact. group, can we please j ust forget about Onh three \\eeks earlier. the Chronicle W here does the fault - Mark Sansone/Fres hm an them? We are on the verge of a global rcponC'd that student enrollment has lie, Skinner? catastrophe. It should be obvio us from R'ached an all-lime hi1!:h. We also kno\\ events of the last month that violence is that relelll ioll rnles ha\e imprO\ ed drnmat i Your candidate responses featuring the Military should be spreading over the planet like a virus. This ca ll ~ o\er the past ie" ~ ea rs. b .pansion is not just a war on Iraq and its people, this of student sef\ ices and facilities are 1!:oing Democrat and Republican candidates fo r gO\ lauded, not attacked is a war on 50 years of (at least. nominal) strong. as ~ ou can st.'C b~ wal t... ing d0\\11 - emor ("Election 2002: Candidates respond on important issues") only high internationalism and diplomacy. Wabash t \ \ cnw:. lighted the arrogaJlce of the Libertarian It 's Vietnam all o ver again. Why does In the context of simultaneOus, multi-' And. perhaps most imponanll). pie, "pre-emptive" wars threatening the Columbia gradu.'Hcs an: finding great suc candidate on the ba llot. Cal Skinncr. everyo ne seem to think that our govern 1l10U£h whole world, with the logic of" pre-emp c~ in their chosen lie Ids-from under-funded and Icft oul of ment and military are creating violence? tion" sinking into domestic police depart Barbershop producers George TI llman and the tcic' iSt.'ti debates, this smug, self-sa tis M ilitary doctrine c learly states that war is ments, with all the nuclear potential of the Bob Teitel to the El1lm~ -a\\ aro \\inn ing fi ed re negade \ \ 35 apparently so pleased a last resort to achicving peace. It dis powerful states on hair-trigger alert. it "Alias"' an dirc-c:tor Cccele DcStef.1no to \\ Ith his 4 percent sho\\ ing in an Oct. 29 gusts me to see people disrcsJ>C(:t our seems really silly for tiny cam pus anti-war critical h acclaimed "Samurai Jack" ani 1 rihune poil ihat he didn' l e\en bother to cOllntf) b) burning flags. 3Ils\\ cr the Chronicle's inc isi,c qu..:st ions. groups and school newspaper editors to mator Gennd) Tart3ko \ 'Sk~, 10 name jusl a M ) father's blood was engraved in fi ght over who's a bener " liberal." I apolo fe \\ high-profile examples of latc. At leas!. that's \\ h.1 t must have hap that fl ag during his effort to fight for gize for anything I migJ\t have done to per mebod~ among Colwnbl3's top pened CcrtJIIl I), one cannot fathom that Americans' rights. those very same rights petuate this. admmlstrators and f3cul~ must be doms the Chromclc's cdllors-" ho say that that allow " prolestcrs" to publicly pro Now is the time to build strong li nks something right. "student \Oles re.ll h' do mattcr"'-would claim what Ihey think is " right. " My and relationships in the Colwnbia commu The iact is that Columbl3 has llC\er not send their questionnaire to St...i llner so fat her sef\-cd in Vi etnam and was Shol nity, which is itself under attack. Tuition is been III bener shape and the II profesSion Columbl" ~tudent.s could be made 3" atc sc\cn limes; ) ct, he luckily sunived. of Ihe full i.mge of , oling options ~·t ) family now to sutTer with the skyrocketi ng, forcing people out and als "hose salanes ~ ou listed an: largcl~ has responsible for brlngmg about those " or Si1.1I1lC. Cal. For sh.,me troubles of the typical Victnam vet, Post changing the character of the school. I·low can we defend community from this changes Each and e\cr) one ofthcm Traumatic Stress Disorder. We recently our - J( c\in B. O ' Rrill)/Alu m nu3 kind of gentri fi cation and corporatization \\orl...s hard C\ cl) smglc da~ to earn hiS or lost our home and our car because my [sic)? I' m not sure, but for starte~ we can her pa~ cned.. Some of these professloo Editor 5 nole: Th r Chruniclr sr,,1 a eall father " as losing his mind and his sense recognize the common self-interest we aU als. In fact, acccpI salanes lo .... er than thelT didal,. qurstimllluire to CuI Ski"" ,.r. IIr ofbemg. II c ' lI be going to D.C. with a share in an affo rdable education. Perhaps counterparts at otllcr colleges bc-cause lhc~ did " ot r,..spond. group of 50 Victnam \'c15 this coming this is something that the "conservatives" ha\C a passionatc belief in the miSSion and Veteran 's Day to say a final farewell to and on? \a1ucs of Columbia. Columbia students dis his lost fricnds at the Victnam Veterans " Ii bemls" can get together In the Prcsldent Carter. III partIcular, has Memo rial Wall. inten.'Sts of openness, anticensorship and a satisfied with service d ivcr.iity of opinion. I propose an open made 3 number of significant contnbu· IlowC\'er, during this desperate town-hall meeting of students., fac ulty, tlOnS Ilc \-\"35 instrumC'ntal m securing S2 ancmpt for healing. he: was infonncd that I could not disagree \-\ Ith Da\ld millIOn III SUle flIDding for the rCflm allon Barbaro Streisand wo uld be leading an staff and administrator.; o n the subject. Lollto's complalOt5 more (Columbia's of the Ludmgton Bui lding. I Ic v. orkcd tulli -\\ar protest, just like in the '60s, VOices l'\O\ -' ). pencer KingmanJSe.nior dosel) W ith the Arts, EnicnairtlTlCnl & No w thai 's quite ironic that whilc we are \tcd13 \tanagemem Dc-panmcnt to secure Fi lm and photogrn phy majors DO If) ing 10 avoid exposing my father to The Columbia Chronicle photo poll QuestIon: What do you think of the RedEyejRed Streak? ~1Ik c AJI:ffl t'liu AIII II II .h, ( ,1I(u,.4I "':11"- ( ; r hlllun I\ l k h .. ., 1" 'Ibun \,lm:""1 IUll tun fI r t d Hl' II tI / A II " ,," fill " ,. r4:-, IIIII IIII / I' 11 111 1,' ''l'-, hlll .. I1 /FIIUI "'r.,shmltn/l\ lusl\' . 'Nshllum/Flh" I hh Iw,w Ihe .lfllLiell lite '" ICl,lI ), II kc II I Icnli thc " I've neve l hellnl ti l iI I '" m.e it II' shurt itl\J " I ' \~ Sc(ll hulh. h\lt I ' ,,~ ~I -; hort I lI"le tc.llllII J.! III/I V lH"11 \. lc ll i;(lUI K IHI ( 'ulll.ill ,lUll ', kl1\1\\ til ll' I wtluhl Pll1 fur' SI .. I~ III '" tho p,.III' I II~ . ,h. II" (l r p le k~u urt either \)1' ~flloc!; ' f l'r'Y'IIl' l~ \.cllf \ IIj hell er 11 11111 lilly II Wl' JI"I'<:'r IlIlYWlly , I III 1\ I'ruul I){l»", II llc t ~ III Iltt ~ n · ,h. "" 1 h. k.d ' < I ll\l ~ ' I... P ~Y III ~ '" I ~ O lUI ,. 1 ~" u l l1r \..,lIclte tf lutlelll .. lion " It IUU ' he: on somo ", I ~ \ "nl J) l'pc: r 10, ,I< ," November 11, 2002 Columbia Chronicle 15 16 Columbia Chronicle Now .... 11, 2002 OPEN MIC After-hours Series Thursday, November 14,2002 Show Time 6:30pm - 10pm Open Mlc Si&n Up 6prTHI:3Opm in Hokln Annex. First-come, first-serve. One person in your group must be 8 Columbia student wI fall 2002 10. Featuring olSCOPOET KAHARI B. Hosted by MIKELE BRIDGEFORTH Free Food, Free Admission, Free Fun, Free Your Mind For admission you must present a valid fall 2002 ColI"lle 10. Hokin Annex 623 S. Wabash Ch icago. 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Wabash Ave. The exhibit, enti and winding up homesick instead. tled "The Chronicle of a Some went nuts, some got Schizophrenic and His Reluctant depressed, and some made do. [ Helpers," is based around sti ll did a little of all three, then got photographs by Columbia alumni lucky. I finagled an interview for James Syme and text by Peter's a teaching position at the only stepbrother and fonner Columbia four-year uni versity in the hills. It student "Big" Peter von Ziegesar. was more of a high school with Peter wasll't always homeless. ashtrays than a genuine college. I He grew up privileged, attending should know. Twenty years ago 1 private schools, classical music graduated from there." lessons and going on European So begins Chris Offutt'S mem vacations. He was al so a trouble o ir, No Heroes. which brings him maker. He stole money, got into full circle from The Same River fistfights and set fires. Hi s parents Twice. hi s 1992 account of leav thought he was simply bad, von ing those same hills. Now in his Ziegesar said. 40s, afTun, an award-winning fic " It 's hard to tell a growing tion wri ter, has convinced his schizophrenic kid from a bad skeptical yet supportive wife that kid," he said in an interview at the they need to move back to Rowan exhibit's artist's reception, Nov. County, Ky., where the signs read I. As Peter got older, his behavior " Hogtown" and "Grassy Lick," so got exceedingly worse. Peter's that he can become a role model parents- unaware of his dis for his students at Morehead State ease- became burnt out. Peter University and uplift the disad started abusing drugs and, by age vantaged Appalachian community 20, was li ving on the street. that raised him. Schizophrenia is basically a " I knew the difficulties that psychotic disorder distinguished young people in the hills faced in by delusional and erratic behav realizing their ambition of educa . ior. tion," he writes. Offutt has a Like many schizophrenics, Carver-esque style so stripped Peter lived a vagabond lifestyle, down it reads like poetry. traveling from place to place eat "My goal was to teach writing ing out of garbage cans and in a region where 30 percent of spending all the money he had.on the people \vere functionally illit drugs. He hit an all-time low erate," he says. when his hands were severed Photo courtesy of the Glass Curtain Gallery So he and Rita pack up their after a combine mowed over him "little" Peter von Ziegesar and his brother "Big" Peter von Ziegesar riding New York City's F Train . two young sons and head for the as he slept in a Montana field. His h ills. Using sparse prose that ele hands were re-attached . in Salt tary filmmaker, started documenting their interac tenns with the disease. gantly depicts his hill-dwelling Lake City, von Z iegesar said, but tions in order to explore Peter's illness and their rela "Peter has some awareness of what \'ie're doing," subjects, he describes how even Peter believed a doctor implanted tionship. He filmed and wrote about Peter with the von Ziegesar said. " In some cases he likes the idea though everyone is right where he a·computer chip in his brain . help of hi s longtime friend James Syme, who gradu of holding the camera. He feel s he's been videotaped left them 20 years ago-unless A bit later, von Ziegesar, who ated from Columbia with a degree in film and pho all his life by police, so ifhe can hold the camera and they've died or gone to prison hadn't seen Peter for about IS tography in 1974. point it back, it's a powerful thing." there is no longer much common years, started to look for Peter The exhibit, which runs through Nov. 22, shows He added that Pete!" is often difficult to be with, ground. near hi s old stomping ground. many sides of Peter. There's the nonnal-looking but von Ziegesar looks "for those moments when lie runs into an old acquain After Peter heard about this, he Peter sitting with his mom in Idaho and hiking in the you can sit down and have a good interaction .. tance at the video store who called him and arranged a meet mountains who is pictured in color photographs. He's an interesting guy; he's fu n to be with." announces that he hated the movie ing. Von Ziegesar said he was There's the crack-smoking Peter captured during a Syme said he's constantly riding Peter's emotion Deliverallc·e. but not for its conde shocked at his brother's binge on the streets of Miami. Most striking of all, al roller coaster. "Half the time you're just sensing scending portrayal of mountain disheveled appearance and took there's the lost Peter pictured w ith a straggly dog at what he's feeling," he said, "and schi zophrenics boys. What he objects to is a him home, gave him some food, Canyon de Chelly National Monwnent, Ariz. aren't in touch with their feelings, so it 's a very com scene where the victim of a cross but was afraid to let h im stay in Syme wrote: "Peter and the dog, two lost souls. plex situation." bow shooting ends up with an his house, where he li ved w ith his Their only nourishment comes from scraps left by a He continued: " I'm getting fami liar with the di s arrow sticking out of his chest, wife and three kids. That was in world that does not want to know them." ease and I'm getting familiar with why it's so com when "everyone" knows that at 1995. "The Chronicle of a Schizophrenic" is a short plicated and why the medical community hasn't close range, the arrow would go Von Ziegesar, a Kansas City exploration into the schizophrenia phenomenon. In a come up w ith a good plan on how to deal with schiz right through you. Art Institute grad and documen- way, it's helped all the parties involved to come to ophrenia." Ilis first-grade teacher, the only touchstone between his past and his dn::lI11 S, is now afll icted with A lzheimer's. Ilis siblings arc Indie rock takes Manhattan barely mentioned, and his lunches o'ut with each parent are so By Sean Silver check out the Kindercore show. Out of Lawrence, Kan., Kindercore Records uncomfortable that both ti mes, he Correspondant is home to '60s retro pop bands like Dressy can't fin ish his food and has to Bessy, Of Montreal and Essex Green, all of escape to the bathroom to splash NEW YORK-The 22nd annual eM) which head li ned and injected those in atten cold water on his face. OfTutt Music Marathon brought the music industry'S dance with a nearly lethal dose of Pet Sounds depicts these encounters with top independent label acts along with tomor era pop. honesty and restraint and his row's up-and-comers. The four-day festival The panels started Oct. 31. I decided on two: refusal to wax sentimental about (Oct. 30 - Nov. 2) ranged from daytime fi lm Mom & Pop Marketing in the morning and a "home" or "the good old days" screenings and seminars to record label show Q-&-A session with fonner Smiths guitarist rendering them a ll the more cases at virtually every Manhattan and Johnny Marr in the afternoon. The Mom & poignant. Brooklyn club. Pop Marketing seminar dealt with the plight of Ilis r :'T"cer at Morehead State is Event-goers were able to purchase College the indie record store battling the corporate also a ~l isappointment. lie is Media Journal festival badges in advance, giv giants and how they can sti ll compete while rejected by the faculty, who insist ing them access to all events, with a special trying to sell lesser known artists. Moderated on being called "doctor." His discount given to college students. l'laving by Patrick Jordan, associate director of alter graduate students try to impress always wanted to attend, I jwnped at the early native marketing for BMQ the discussion him by pointing out what's wrong student registration price of $150. (Those who ranged from how majors snatch up indie with his books. He attempts to waited paid $295.) bands, only to eventually spit them out when mentor two freshmen, one a tal Two highly-anticipated label showcases the they don't go platinum, to ways independent ented writer with whom he bonds first night were Kindercore and Jade Tree record stores combat the Tower Records and Photo courtesy 01 CMJ but can't rescue from the Records. Not wanting to get wrapped up in Karen 0., lead singer of the Veah Veah Veahs, per· subway navigation my first night, I decided to See Millie Marathon, page 25 forming at the CMJ Music Marathon. See Offutt, page 24 20 Arts & Entertainment Novemner 11, 2002 Eminem Hellbilly comes to the Metro By KlMn B. 0 ' Reilly at 'the Metro. Like his grandfather, who died Correspondent at 30 of a letha! brew of morphine After Hank Williams 1Il opened and whiskey, and father, who drives his Schubas show two years ago drank like a wild man until he lit ",ith a couple ofne-nonsense, hard eralty fell from a cliff and tore hatf core honky tonk tunes, he his face ofT, Hank III is an erratic announced that he and his band personality. to say the least. AssJack would play some "country Several attempts to contact his s-" for a while, have a break, and management for an interview for '8 Mile' this story went unanswered. then come back and play "some . ~ - that ain't country." It is this fierce independence and By Chris Coates That other "s--" was what the stubbornness which have prevent Assistant A&E Ed itor grandson of country legend Hank ed Hank flf from really making any Williams and son of country headway in Nashville's rigid coun Compared to Crossroadf. Eminem's grungy embarrassment Hank Williams Jr, try circles. He was deeply unsatis 8 Allie is ,I venerable Dr. Strange/ave of (you know, the "Are you ready for fied with the production of his first modern cinema . Even in contrast to 2001's some football ?" guy) likes to call album, Risin' Outlaw. which sat on I/ow /ligh- a marijuana-laced picture about two " hellbilly"-an inspired amalga the shelf for two years and was collegiate teens (featuring the esteemed Method mation of country and Misfits finally released in 1999, Man}-8 Mile is a hcartwanning talc of a strug style hardcore punk that nearly Hank III produced his second gling urban lad and hi s ram bunctious associates. defies description. album, Lovesick, Broke & Driflin, ' Nevertheless, when 8 Mile stands alone. it simply It was truly an amazing transfor which was released last January. has no obvious leg to rely upon. mation, Hank til looks and sounds The production is much more raw 8 Alile chronicles the efforts of one Jimmy eerily like his grandfather, and and displays Hank's fledgling but Smith Jr. (Emincm. aka Marshall Mathers, aka among his original songs and cov promising songwriting in a much Slim Shady ), a 20-sorncthing aspiring rap artist ers of country songs by his favorite more flattering light. The album in mid- 1990s inner-city Detroit. With such a performers like Wayne "The includes a fascinating cover of banal surname, Smith takes on the moniker of Train" Hancock, he threw in a few Bruce Springsteen's " Atlantic Rabbit- a nickname his molher (Kim Basinger) covers ofltis granddad's songs. City." Both of his albums were bestowed upon him as a tyke. With lillIe finan So when he sang "Move it on released by Curb Records. cial security from hi s 111onotonous job at SCREEN GEMS. 0 l1li 0fBI OBIII,IC MJ.1IDI1111JB11m PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED PERVASIVE ACTION VIOLENCE, LANGUAGE, SOME SEXUAL CONTENT Stap IJU the Chrnnlcle Dr'l'Ice [Rnnm 205. WiJhiJsh Building] iJnd pick up iJ cnmpllmentiJru PiJS5 tn iJttend iJ specliJl shall/lng ar 1:4,«,2;&711It'I' nn TuesdiJU. Nnl/emher 12th ilt the !lDD N. MlchlUiJn ClnemiJ5. I This film is rated "PG·13" for pervasive action violence, language and some sexual content. I Passes are available while supplies last on a first-come, first-served basis. One pass per person. No purchase necessary. A photo 10 will be necessary to receive a pass. Employees of all promotional partners, their agencies, and those who have received a pass within the last 90 days are not eligible, IN THEATERS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH! 22 Columbia Chronicle Nonmber 11, 2002 ... " ...... -. r-.",,,,,,, ~,., ...... I~ .-...... <1 COLUMBIA CHRONICLE & F cus FEATURES Invite you to see Stop by the Chronicle office, Room 205 Wabash Building, to pick up a complimentary ticket to see "Far From Heaven" at the Landmark Century Cinemas on Thursday, 11/14. Rules: No purchase necessary. Tickets are first come, first serve and available while supplies last. Limit one ticket per person. Employees of all promotional partners and their agencies are not eligible. "Far From Heaven" opens in Chicago on Novenlber I ':;th! November 11, 2002 Arts & Entertainment 23 .'Revolucion' has a universal meaning .)y Fernando Dlaz Staff Writer "AS HOT Mana rolled into Rosemont's Allstate Arena on the eve of the Night of the Dead to rock the last night of their u.s. tOUf. After a five·year recording absence, the Mexican group released their seventh AS EVER! album, Revoluci6n de Amor, in late August and traversed 11 c ities in almost a STOMP HAS A BEAT THAT month tn support of their latest effort to get to Chicago on Halloween. To say the Guadalajaran·based rockers JUST WON'T QUIT!" are the most influential Latin rock band on -San Francisco Chronicle the globe would be an understatement. Their Oct. 10 show in L.A. at the Universal Amphitheatre sold·out in 10 minutes, and when the second show at the same venue for the next day also sold-out, II they scheduled a third. EXUBE RANT! They manage to attract a wide demo graphic with a range of songs that deal with love, loss, struggle and revolution. They EXPLOSIVE JOY!" won two Latin Grammys for work on Carlos - The New York Times Santana's SuPernatural, and one for their "MTV Unplugged" album, considered by many to be one of their finest perfonnances. When they took the stage, the anticipa Jamie Godfreyl Chronicle tion that had been bu ildi ng through the Juan Calleros, bass ist for Mana, during opening act exploded into a thunderous their Oct. 31 show at the Allstate Arena. welcome, and they used it to jump right into the first track, "Justicia, Tierra, y hit the drums or cymbals, another shot was Libertad (Justice, Land and Liberty)" off logged showing a chronological sequence the ir latest album. of shots and strikes in time, one after While Fher Olvera chanted the refrain, another. It was mesmerizing with the the call of the Zapatista guerrillas, a pro lights and angles catalogued from a jection of the likenesses of revolutionaries moment li ke a morphing contact sheet, faded in and out on a slowly spinning and afterwards, he politely stood on his background of the rising sun flag on a large drum set, and put a hand to his ear hoping screen behind drummer Alex Gonzalez. to hear the audience give him his props. The two other screens, which had been They gave him all they had, and as they running images of S.W.A.T. teams and cheered the rest of Mana made their way riots, were now also showing the face of back to the stage. masked Subcommandante Marcos, leader They played an even mix of songs from of the Zapatista guerrillas, on the same their new album and all of their previous background. His image was followed by a ones. While they perfonned "Ana (tiene succession of others-those of Che 15) (Ana is \5)," from an earlier album, a Guevara, Mohandas Gandhi, Pancho video ran about HIV, and white condom Villa, Bob Marley and Jesus. In many shaped phalluses floated up on a red back ways, the piece reflected the many facets ground. The words across the screen read: ofMami's own activism. "36.1 million people live with HIV" They have supported indigenous com When Gonzalez started out "Fe (Faith)" munities in the Chiapas region of Mexico, from Revoluci6n. they let their new ska founded an organization for the ecological sound loose in an edgier tone than it is preservation of nature and wildlife in recorded on their album. Latin America, and on this tour have They stayed until just before II p.m., pledged a portion of the proceeds to sup and saved "Corazon Espinado," the song port Latino immigrant students here in the they recorded on Santana's alb um for their United States through the Hispanic first encore, and "En e l Muelle de San Association of Colleges and Uni versities. BIas," one of their most beautiful songs, At about mid-show, all but Gonzalez left which they performed acoustically- jllst the stage. While Olvera, Sergio Vall'n (gui as they did on "MTV Unplugged"-for tar), and Juan Calleros (bass) took a mini their second encore. intermission, Gonzalez got down to busi Before they left for who knows when is ness. He went into a seven-minute monster next time, Olvera pulled out a Mexican trash solo set as he hit everything within flag, a roadie appeared from the side stage reach. At one point, the screen behind him with another, and the Mexican flag was j~ped between shots of the two cameras joined to an American one with a white one posit ioned somewhere among his drum kit. in the middle that bore a peace symbol. As he played, the images flickered in time. Olvera took the opportunity to offer his RECt:.i \1 ED As he sped up, so did they. two cents, "We are against the war, in a One screen split into four, and then into country where there are children, so many eight, and then in to 16, and every time he innocent people." NOV 1 Z 20~ ? UUL U 1~-,-,lA '"Free Events COLLEGE LIBRARY Stanley Mouse New European Union Uterature 2002 r;;; Known for his psychedelic promo- On Nov. 12, the Chicago Cultural tional poster art, Stanley Mouse, the Center will host six European Union I w'man who designed the Gratefw Dead's authors to discuss their work including skull and roses, is the subject of an Ray Loriga and Ulrich Peltzer. Each I , exhibit at the 52 Art Gallery, 300 W. reading will be in'its original language I ,. Superior St. "Stanley Mouse: The Man and in English. The Brainstorm event Who Drew The Face On ' Rock 'n' wi ll be at the Studio Theater in the RoJl" is running until Nov. 30: For Chicago Cultural Cent~r. 78 E. more information call (312) 943-8500. Washington 5t. at 7 p.m. Cal l the Instituto Cervantes de Chicago at (312) Peter" Jennings 355-1996 or visit www.cervantesl.org ABC News anchor Peter Jennings for more information. will be signing copies of his new book In Search ofAmerica. The signing is at The last Expression: Art and Auschwitz 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 12 at Borders, 150 Art from the World War II era is cur I' N. State St. For more infonnalion call rently on display at the Mary and ON SALE NOW! Borders (312) 606-0750. Leigh Block M",ewn of Art, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Northwestern University, The Shortest Distance Evanston. The over 200 works of art, NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 29 The Counterpoint Theater is current created by concentration camp prison ly presenting one~act plays by Israel ers and collections from around the (312)902-1400 I> Horovitz, Katherine Snodgrass and world, will be on display until Dec. 8. Romulus Linney through Nov. 20. For more informatio.n call (847) 491- 5howtimes are Mondays-Wednesdays 4000. . THE SHUBERT THEATRE at 8 p.m. Th.e performances are at the -Compiled by K. Ryann Zalewski AN 0 TlCIETS AVAIUIU AT All IRGADWAY 1M CHICAQD 10K OmCES - TlCUTMASTER .C OM '.: ':«_ ~," . ? .. ' """tI!I*_""r+a, ~ll Clile. PI.IIIC'''. 10.U _,elUI . l UI TIl ~OC ~lInll ;ROUPS (312)877-1710 I . Boxer RebellIon Theater, ' 1257 W. .-A''' ... . \~ Ilifflfs ~ IIlItlC"Onco.. "IICOIOIO.' . UOUIIIOIIUAIIOU 1" Loyola Ave. For more infonnation call . (773) 279-8316. 24 Arts & Entertainment Ncwemner 11, 2002 Theatrical fluids drown audience Ann_ Two members of the theatrical band GWAR at The Vic Theatr. on Nov. 1. By Barry Southerland act, GWAR. GWAR's music has always straddled the line between brill ianee and Correspondent ridiculousness. However, it is their World Friday night Nov. I, at The Vic Theatre Wrestling-Entertainment-meets-1970s offered a pleasant surprise as well as a dis Godzilla-flieks that fuels their sets appointment. If you happened to be Friday night's was no exception. thirsty, the headlining act was more than Dismembering an effigy of President willing to spray you with ,any of their Oeorge W. Bush as a means of anger man favorite fluids-like fake blood, urine or agement and defacing a Saddam Hussein do ll semen. There were contrasts in perfor were only a few highlights of their fake· mances and sound as well as a progression blood-and-urine-drenched, hour-plus set. of each with every set. Things beyond imagination occurred: cutting Opening the show was a 25-minute set up a fake Mike Tyson and band members los from San Diego quartet Cattle ing their distwbingly enhanced fake genitaJs. Decapitation. Cramming as many songs as The only thing messier than the band's props they could in their set, Cattle was the floor after their set ended. Decapitation's perfonnance suffered from As GWAR's set evolved, more of their a lack of stage presence and musical cre enemies came on stage to battle the men ativity. Instead of inviting a newer, fresher acing fi ve-piece band and their slaves. sound into the death metal genre, the band The bizarre choreographed battles added a came off as a clone of early Sepultura. As visually comical element to OWAR's the set carried on, the band continued to music and ended with di smemberment repeat the same hasty, loud sounds with and a fluid-soaked audience. When not small breaks between each track to signify spraying their fans with fluids or beating when a new song was beginning. Not that up bad guys, GWAR took the time to it manered much, seeing as how every song showcase the talent behind the theatrics. appeared to sound the same. Songs such as "Saddam A Oo-Oo,"-a Following the trail of noise left by song whose performance was accented by Cattle Decapitation was Bloodlet. Instead the Husse in character getting sodom of relying on the intensity and eardrum ized-and " Happy Death Day" provided shattering levels of their music, Bloodlet the band with the musicaf ammunition to seemed to let the music guide their perfor carry out a performance without assuming mance. Without delay, each song followed that this was another extravagant scheme the one previous without any effort or by Vince McMahon. But despite OWAR's signs of exhaustion from the band. musical ski ll s, the real highlight of their From the opening song, "Holy Rollin' set was their extremely effective the Homicide," vocali st Scott Angelacos atrics-theatrics that audience members roamed the stage like a man on a mission. will remember as they clean their clothes At times, Angelacos' hand was extended and hair the morning after the show. to the crowd as if he were preaching to One thing was proved by Friday night's nonbelievers. Other times, his dreadlocks concert. A concert can only be as good as flailed around in unison with the heads of the performing bands. With GWAR. the bandmates. More importantly, the instru audience got a good show loaded with the mental elements of their recent release, atrics that only fans of Roger Corman Three Hum;d Nights ;n the Cypress Trees films and the WWE could enjoy. were allowed to shine. Unconstrained by However, Bloodlet proved that not all their lo-fi recordings, the music carne performances need theatrics and props. A through more forcefully and rhythmically. good performance without theatrical ele New li fe was breathed into the songs as ments is always good, but it takes a great the music became as passionate as the band to pull it off and make it great. And artists performing them. nothing beats getting sprayed with fake Rounding out the night was headlining bodily fluids. Offut Continued from Page 19 pervasive environment of ignorance and " I had come home to help my people shame, and another who is less talented but and wound up hurting my son," he real more ambitious, and who he can best serve izes shortly before he also comprehends by assisting her transfer to another college. that he has worked through his midlife cri His sense of displacement brings him sis and accepts a position at the University closer to his 80-year-old in-laws, Arthur of Iowa. and Irene Oross, Holocaust survivors who Offun's razor-sharp scenes and bare live in New York . He begins to interweave bones narration eloquently bring to life his experiences about returning home with the repressive and insular society that their stories of being forced to leave theirs: drove him away in the first place, as well the sense of community and the rules they as the honest, eccentric people who developed based on their hardships, the shaped his formative years. ways they coped with survival in the His simple stylings rise above the fre Jewish ghetto and later in separate concen quently stereotyped rural culture, as well tration camps. as above the oft-generalized reportage of While initially confused by the integra Holocaust tragedies, to become vivid yet tion of the two narratives, it became sub quietly personalized expressions of tly apparent that Offutt was processing human fear and courage. their experiences, which he transcribes Ilis ultimate failure to achieve his dream from taped interviews, to come to terms at any level causes him to reach out to his with his di sillusionment. lie begins to father-i n law, Arthur, which helps him to realize that there is no such thing as a convey a larger message--that home is an hero. lie accepts that Rita wi ll fo reve r be illusion one can never return to once it's rejected as an outsider. lie can no longe r left behind, and that life, with both its cru~ deny that their son has fa llen victim to the elty and loveliness, is a worthwhile jour archaic school system, and that the onl y ney, no matter where it takes you. alternative is n Chri stian academy. November 11, 2002 Arts & Entertainment 25 Eugenides explores -:-M--:-u~si_c::--M-:-:-ar_a_th_o_" ______ herma ph rod itism :;:u~:;::;~g:o:: Sebadoh fans are familiar with. Bolh astic crowd alive with their boy/girl After checking out the mid-1980s acts were also part of Saturday's Sub harmonics and cheerleader-like Stones sounds of the Oranges Band Pop showcase. antics. Definitely the highlight of By PoUna Goldshteln 14, Callie's body starts to and Ted Leo & the Pharmacists' pop There wcre quite a few shows to my experience at CMJ Staff Writer change and look more like that radio-ready hooks at the day stage, it choose from on Friday night, but I After wanting to attend this of a man, so he decides that it was off to the Johnny Marr Q-and-A finally settled on the Kill Rock Stars marathon for lhe last three years, the As a part of several sessions wo~ld be easier to operate in session, which was probably the showcase at lhe Knitting Factory. CMJ Music Marathon definitely called "Brains and Beauty," society as a boy. most anticipated seminar of the Slumber Party, Bangs, and The li ved up to and surpassed my expec which were organized by the According to Eugenides, weekend. Marr touched on every Gossip all played that night. I'd tations. It's a hectic atmosphere, Chicago Humanities Festival, while writing Middlesex he thing from the Smiths, The The, ' wanted to see Slumber Party's self and one can really sense the almost Jeffrey Eugenides talked about wanted to go past the medical Electronic and the Pretenders to his proclaimed "slow femme doom desperate, makc or break situation his new novel Middlesex to a mystery and explore the per forthcoming solo record, due in rock" since they opened for Belle & that many of these bands arc in. crowd of about 120 people. sonal experience of a hermaph February. Upon leaving. we all Sebastian here in Chicago last There arc some mainstream bands at They gathered to listen to the rodite. Eugenides said the received an advanced copy of his Spring. Bangs played an infectious eMJ who have had the shoe on Ult.: award-winning author at the hardest part of writing the book debut solo project. pop-punk sound, in contrast to the other foot at one time. trying to Harold Washington Library on was the That night, the Touch & Go show garage ri ffs and bluesy vocals of The catch a break, but it's primarily indie Sunday, Nov. 3. first couple case at Irving Plaza featured Sionde Gossip. bands on display_ They are show He appeared in Chicago as of pages Redhead, !!! (sometimes pronounced Saturday night, lhe last night of the casing themselves to thc throngs of part of the cross-country tour and the "chik-chik-chik") and the Yeah Yeah festival, was the evening of the lhree people that keep their bands alive, promoting Middlesex, which title. Yeahs. Blonde Redhead's noisy gui most anticipated showcases of the and keep the ir record labels in busi came out just a few months "I had to tars and alternate tunings have often entire event: Saddle Creek Records ness. ago. Eugenides g raduated from find the been compared to early Sonic Youth. at Irving Plaza, Merge Records at the Stanford University in 1986 right voice !!! somehow fused soul and punk Knitting Factory and Sub Pop BE A LEADER and published his first short for the between its numerous band mem Records at the Mercury Lounge. I story in 1988. He gained atten book and I bers, while the Yeah Yeah Ycahs' decided lhat I really wanted to catch AMONG tion when his first novel, The did n ' t arty-yet-sexy take on garage needs to Dcsaparecidos, the "rock band" side LEADERS Virgin Suicides, was turned Jeffrey Eugenides k now be seen to be believed. I managed to project of Con or Oberst's, lead singer into a movie. lie is a winner of whether I finagle a frec Foo Fighters ticket ear of Bright Eyes and co-founder of With your ba ch elor's numerous awards, including should tell the story from a first lier that day, so I got to Irving Plaza Saddle Creek Records. fellowships from the or a third person. First person as !!! was hitting lhe stage, second to Desaparecidos opened the show degre e. you ca n Guggenheim Foundation and a was great in dramatizing the last with Yeah Yeah Yeahs headlin and played a half-hour set, derived be co me an Army Whiting Writer's Award. story and showing the transfor ing. Other standout shows that night almost directly from their lone Officer and be a leader included the Teenbcat Records show recording, Read Music/Speak Eugenides came out looking mation act, but I also wanted among leaders . In serious but humble, and th'e third person to show family case al Luna Lounge, and the Spanish This side projeci is the Officer Candidate received the applause with history," Eugenides explained. Lookout Records showcase at the antithesis of Bright Eyes: high-ener what appeared to be pride and "At the same time I wasn't sure Warsaw in Brooklyn. gy vocals and power chords com School (OCS l. yo u'lI apprec iation. He first read ifmy character should sound as On Friday, after a decidedly fans pared to the acoustic guitars and del learn management three passages from his book, a man or a woman. When Cal only Q-and-A session with Tori icate vocals of the fonner. and leadersh i p Amos, the Heart of Rock 'n' Roll Quickly hailing a cab after their then sat down with the execu (a name Callie took after she techniques. Apply now. tive director of the Ill inois decided to live as a man) is seminar was scheduled to take place set, it was off to the Knitting Factory Humanities Council, Kristina tell ing the story, he is 41 years at 4:30 p.m., but was cancelled. This to see the Merge show, which I'd Openings are limited. seminar was to be an all-star panel on been looking forward to all week Valaitis, for a Q-and-A session. o ld, and therefore should sound ) >Cal1 Serlnnl Yates al At the end, Eugenides as a man," Eugenides added. New York rockers discussing what it end. Headlined by Imperial Teen, lhe 312-202-0430 to lind oul answered some questions from As a title. he tried to come takes to make it in lhe Big Apple. showcase also included Portastatic, about collel' loan the audience. He seemed up with d ifferent words to Ugly Casanova, a side project of the much more mellow side project repaymenl and more.l.rmy benelits. touched by the audience's deep expla in Callie's condition, but Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock of Superchunk lead singer Mac understanding and interest in none of them seemed right. A and Jason Loewenstein, formerly of McCaughan, and Crooked Fingers, the book. Those interested coinc idence brought h is mind Sebadoh, played lhe day stage on which is the new project of former could buy the book in the lobby back to his childhood home in Friday. This was probably lhe best Archers of Loaf frontman Eric and get it signed by the author Grosse Pointe, where h is fami one-two punch on the festival's day Bachmann. Bachmann's throaty, just before he left. ly li ved on Middlesex stage. Ugly Casanova showcased the Nei l Diamond-meets-Tom Wa its Middlesex is a book about a Boulevard. Right then he knew distinct lyrical style of Brock, but not vocals really came orr well in the teenage g irl named Callie, who he found the title fo r the book. the angular, jagged guitar parts lhat small room, and he played more inherited a genetic mutation Eugenides researched on Modest Mouse fans arc accustomed than a few songs without any mic. through three generations of leading theoreticians in sexol to. Loewenstein played fast-paced, Imperial Teen went on at 12:30 a.m. ancestors. Her Greek ogy and read books written by straight ahead guitar rock that his and kept the weary yet sti ll enthusi- American family lived in an hermaphrodites. He also read a isolated community back in memoir of a 19'" century her Greece. As a result of inbreed maphrodite who was a convent ing (Callie's grandparents were schoolgirl, and therefore didn' t brother and sister), the genetic give the author enough insight trait for hermaphroditism pass and details about her body and es down through three genera state of mind. Eugenides found tions and flowers in Callie's a nother link h'e needed in body. Greek mythology, in which the Hermaphroditism means that god Zeus and his wife Hera a person has both male and were brother and sister. female genitali a, and until a The book is a funny, and at certain age it is hard to tell t imes sad , story of a family whether it is a boy or a girl. It that is bedeviled and blessed is an ongoing war between free with a number of transforma wi ll and destiny for Callie. 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Contributing Writer Exilus played for Virginia Tech two seasons ago, but season awards played last season at a community co ll ege in But ler County, Kan. DePaul fans are hoping that Leitao's eye for Last week Randy Johnson was awarded Preseason predictions aren't worth too much when it talent will show up in Exi lus. his fourth straight, and fifth overall, Cy comes to NCAA basketball , but everyone is starting to get If Exilus is a complete bust, DePaul has three other Young Award, tying Greg Maddux's record excited about the season. Some teams lost players to the guards with some experience running the point. Marlon for consecutive wins. The Big Unit, 24-5 in pros- which will definitely hurt-others are poised to be Brooks, Marlon London and Drake Diener have all han 2002, recorded a 2.32 ERA with 334 strike near the top when all the dust settles. dled the point, but none with much success. outs. Closer to home, the DePaul Blue Demons have a new Look for Leitao to emphasize defense and turnovers In the American League, Oakland left coach who's trying to pick up a team that's fallen on some hallmarks of the UConn program. It wi ll be especially hander Barry lito won his first Cy Young hard times in the last few seasons. important with an offensively deficient squad. award beating out three-time winner Pedro Former coach Pat Kennedy left the school last spring, Another team with a num ber of hurdles is the Un iversity Martinez for the honor. lito went 23-5 with and the university did not have people begging for the job. of Illinois. U of I has two fres hm an guards, Dee Brown a 2.75 ERA in 2002. Whi le teams in their conference, like Cincinnati, have and Deron Williams, who will have to prove that they can Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Eric gained a national reputation, the Blue Demons continue to handle the pressure of Big Ten basketball . They don't have Hinske was awarded the AL Rookie of the struggle. Most prospective coaches have questioned the the experience of Frank Williams any more, and returning Year honors. Hinske, who was aquired DePaul administration's commitment to the program. forward Brian Cook will be asked to pick up a lot of the from the Oakland A's in an offseason trade After lots of looking, DePaul found a head coach in slack. for closer Billy Koch, hit .279 with 24 home Dave Leitao. Leitao was on the coaching staff at the With the loss of four seni ors, U of I will have a tough runs and 84 RBI. Un ive rsity of Connecticut, where he worked under Jim time, but look for their excellent bench players to step up The NL Rookie of the Year went to Calhoun. He also coached Northeastern University in the and carry the sq uad fo r most of the season. Colorado Rockies pitcher Jason Jennings. mid-1990s for two years, and won a total of 24 games. Nationally, many, including those in the Coaches Poll, He had a 16-8 record and a 4.52 ERA. "The good thing about com ing from UConn is that thi s are picking Arizona as the No. 1 team in the nation. Why? Anaheim Angels skipper Mike Sciascia is a difficult job, in a difficult league, but the same held This team is deep. Alm ost 100 percent of the team is was named AL Manager of the Year, after true at UConn," Leitao said. "[UConn] has been made into returning. In addition, Arizona has an excellent recruiting his third year with the franchise. a very good job now, but it wasn't always li ke that. Being class. Coming off a Sweet Sixteen appearance, thi s team The NL Manager of the Year award went around, going through the trials and tribulations, bui lding is definite ly a force. to Tony La Russa of the SI. Louis and all the things we had to go through to make th ings The coaches in the ACC are definitely losing some sleep. Cardinals. The award was La Russa's work was a tremendous experience." Nine of the 10 players that made up the ACC's first and fourth, an MLB record. Leitao is known as a great recruiter. He brought many of second teams are no longer in the league. So don't ask The AL and NL MVPs will be announced the players on board at UConn who went on to win the where Juan Dixon, Jay "don't call me Jason" Williams, this week. National Championship in 1999. And he knows that he Mike Dunleavy, Jr., and Carlos Boozer are. They' re all can get some good players right here in Chicago. gone. DePaul is not an extremely talented team, but they do That said , don't think coaches like Mike Krzyzewski and Dave Sarachan picked have experienced players. Six-foot-9-inch, 230-pound Pete Gi ll en cried during the offseason. The ACe has some • junior Andre Brown and 6-foot-9-inch, 260-pound senior of the best fresh men in the nation-garners like Raymond to lead Fire Sam Hoskin both average double digits. That kind of size Felton (UNC), Shavlik Rando lph (Duke) and J.J . Redick The Chicago Fire hired Dave Sara chan is a definite plus. (Duke). as head coach last week. Sarachan One place DePaul will have to find some answers is in The chance of an Ace team winning the national cham the backcourt. They do not have a No.1 point guard. When pionsh ip isn't likely, but with a good crop of recruits you served as the top assistant coach for the U.S. national team, that in June, reached Imari Sawyer left the team, Le itao had to go out and find never know. the World Cup quarterfinals. Sarachan has held the assistant coach position of D.C. United, helping them to their third MLS Cup in 1999. He also coached at Cornell from 1988-1997 bringing the Big Red to the NCAA tournament in 1995 and 1996 and Wolverines banned from postseason the Ivy League title in 1995. Sarachan is only the Fire's second coach, and is replacing Bob Bradley who o Current players paying the ultimate price for the Fab Five's mistakes left the team in October to coach the MetroStars. By Michael Rosenberg Hockey Dad sues over Kn ight Ridder Newspapers DETROIT- It's Over. MVP award The Un ivers ity of Michigan imposed sanct ions on its bas ketball program Nov. 7 after investigating booster Ed A Canadian father is suing his 16 year Martin's loans to players on the team during the '90s. And old son's hockey league because his son one of those sanctions wi ll make this a tough season. The did not win the MVP award. school has banned the team from postseason tournaments, Michael Croteau has filed a lawsuit eliminating a huge incentive for most players. against the New Brunswick Amateur The Wol verines, 11 -18 last season, weren't expected to Hockey Association asking for $200,000 in make the NCAA tournament anyway, but the players expect psychological and punitive damages. ed to make it. Croteau also wants the winner of the MVP Now it can't happen. trophy to give it to his son, Steven. Earlier this fall, U-M freshman Lester Abram was asked .. Steven reportedly scored 42 goals and what the team would do if it were ineligible for the NCAA had 45 assists, while the MVP had 21 tournament. goals and 39 assists. Croteau told the "You just play for pride," Abram said . "As long as we're Globe and Mail newspaper that his son has winning, we 're go ing to have fans coming in. " lost his desire to play hockey and was Senior LaVell Blanchard, who arrived at Michigan as a heartbroken when he was not named the McDonald 's All-American in the fa ll of 1999, likely wi ll MVP of the league. leave having played in just one postseason game-an NIT loss to Notre Dame in hi s fres hman season. The careers of Blanchard, Gavin Groninger and Rotolu OJ.'s recent arrest war Adebiyi wi ll end the second weekend in March at the Bi g Ten Tournament in Chicago. rant withdrawn Blanchard and Groninger are eligible fo r redshirt years mean ing they could return to the court in 2003-04, when U M' PhotolCartos Osorio M theoretically wou ld be tournament-e ligible again. But Former booster Ed Martin gave Michigan players loans A Florida judge scratched an arrest war totaling $616,000 a decade ago, rant against former Buffalo Bills star OJ coach Tommy Amaker said he had not given any thought to Simpson. Simpson was accused of speed that, and both pl ayers are expected to compete this season. Amaker met with his team late Wednesday night to tell rewarded fo r it on Se lection Sunday. No NCAA tournament ing through a manatee zone in a power victories fo r this team. boat on July 4 in Biscayne Bay, Fla. them the news. He said he was impressed with their resolve. It was the first time some Wo lverines gave heavy thought to Strangely, no Final Four victories for the Fab Five, either. Had Simpson decided to pay a fine of The 1992-93 season and all games from fa ll 1995 to spring $65, the charge would have been dropped, the Ed Martin situat ion. "I rea lly don 't follow it,"Abram sa id earlier this fall. '" 1999 have been forfeited. Fonner Fab Five star Jalen Rose, according to Ed Griffith, a spokesperson now a Chicago Bull, was informed Thursday that the ban for the Miami-Dade state attorney's office. don't say I don 't care about it. It's just, it's not on my mind right no w. My mind is on winning games-way more than ners his team earned a decade ago will no longer hang at Instead, he pled not guilty in September Crisler Arena. instead of paying the fine for the second they have been winning games in past years." The Wolverines can still do that, but they won 't be "What banners?" he asked. "Ours? Wow. Unti l I get a degree misdemeanor. chance to digest it, I don't want to comment on it." ~... ~.~~~~,~ SP 0 RT S November 11, 2002 Rookies start off slow Dm~;tY Baker o Top picks show promise, need time to polish skills a necessity for the Cubs o Former Giants manager would bring much needed spark to ailing team By Dustin Klass Sports Ed itor The San Francisco Giants officially let man ager Dusty Baker go by not giving him a con tract extension, clearing the path for the Cubs to sign the three-time NL Manager of the Year. Baker has spent the past ten years as the manager of the Giants. It has been well docu mented and discussed that the Cubs have been holding out to interview Baker for their mana gerial vacancy. As of press time on Friday, the Seattle Mariners had not found a replacement for departed manager Lou Pinella. However, they have made it clear they are not interested in Baker's services. The Cubs should do everythm 'il. thtir power to bring Baker to Wrigley Field asthe~' manager. The Tribune Company has given Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry the go ahead to open up the checkbook to do so. However, Baker has made it clear that money is not the factor that is going to attract him to a team. He wants a commiUnent to winning. Baker wants to work for a franchise who will spend enough money to put a World / Series contending team on the field. After 94 years without a championship, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out the Cubs owner- ship has not been generous to its managers and fans when it came to putting a winning tearn on the fi eld. That could be a major hurdle to s ign~ ingBaker. . ~ Managers like Baker dQ..Dot~on trees. And the Cubs are-nor going to fmd another manager of his caliber. In San Francisco, he was able to win consistently with minimal talent, except for Barry Bonds. AP Pholo/David Zalubowski AP Photo/John Froschauer AP PhotOlWinslow Townson In his tenure with the Giants, Baker was 835- Left: Houston Rockets' No. 1 draft pick, Vao Mlng was a superstar in China, but has had a rough start In the NBA. Amare 715. That equals a .539 winning percentage. Stoudemire was the only first round pick out of high school, but has become a key offensive component for the Phoenix He has the second most wins in franchise histo Suns. Bulls' rookie Jay Williams is already showing leadership as a starting point guard. ry, trailing only John McGraw who won 2,604 games. be an indication of his confidence. son progresses and continues to Baker led the Giants to the World Series this By Andrea Hili "My game is real, it doesn't lie to improve. past season, and did not have a starting pitcher Contributing Writer you," Gooden said. He is ranked The Golden State Warriors selected who won 15 games. They had a fairly strong among NBA leaders for points and Mike Dunleavy Jr. as the third pick in bullpen, and had a team ERA of 3.64. This year's NBA rookies just might field goals. Despite the talent and ener the 2002 draft. Although he has seen With the exception of Barry Bonds and Jeff have what it takes to tum heads this gy Gooden brings to the team, the little playing time, he is ranked among Kent, their offense was not anything special. season. The talented class of 2002 has Grizzlies are off to a very dismal start. NBA leaders in steals. Dunleavy is a They had a .267 team batting average. already made an impression in the Powerhouse Caron Butler has fo und high scorer and has excellent ball han The point is that the Giants played like a league, and the season is barely under himself in the middle of the heat liter dling skills. While the team has an team. There were some small quarrels in the way. ally. After being drafted 10th this sum abundance of young players on their locker room early in the season, but those were First round draft picks, Jay mer by Miami, Butler vowed to make roster, the Warriors are hoping resolved quickly and the team moved on. Williams, Drew Gooden, and Caron the teams that passed on him pay. So Dunleavy wi ll be a significant part of Wben a team has a winning chemistry, the Butler began the season starting for far, Butler has made a strong case for the rebuilding process. manager deserves a lot of credit. their respective teams, unlike most himself. He is quick, tough and very The Phoenix Suns got this year's Baker is known for motivating his team and rookies who experience season open aggressive. He has averaged the most only high school draft pick in the first getting his players to pour every drop of talent ers from the bench. minutes for a rookie at 36.8 per game, round with Amare Stoudemire. they have onto the field. That is exactly what Jay Williams won the starting point in addition to 13.8 points. In order for Overall, Stoudemire has been impres the Cubs need, other than another bat or two. guard spot for (he Chicago Bulls over the Miami Heat to become a threat, sive. The Suns were pleased early on Last season, the North Siders looked like a second-year player, Jamal Crawford, Butler will have to produce, especially in summer leagues and the preseason. team who did not want to be on the fi eld. They after impressing the coaching staff in in the absence of Alonzo Mourning. Although Stoudemire lacks on shamelessly went through the motions, just numerous practices and in the presea Butler insists he is up for the chal defense, he more than makes up for it waiting for the season to come to a conclusion. son. Although Wi lliams continues to lenge. on offense. As the 'Suns try to rebuild If Baker becomes the manager of the Cubs, suffer from the free throw line, he " I just want to be a piece of that puz into a younger team,4e is an excellent and the team signs a big time free agent like, insists on being a leader and looks for zle where they say 'They brought addition with unlimited potential and say Jet'( Kent and maybe a pitcher like Tom ward to doing his part to help recon Caron in and he was a key factor in plenty of room to grow and improve. Glavine, the Cubs could be playing ball next struct the Bulls. them winning,'" Butler said in an Talent and patience is a good way to October. ''If I'm the point guard, I'm going to interview with the Miami Herald. describe the Washington Wizards' They have an extremely young but talented be a leader. I'm used to that. That's Other rookie sensations this season Jared Jeffries. Ahhough he has yet to pitching staff. However, a veteran like Glavine what I do. And I have this crazy deter include Mike Dunleavy Jr. , Amare start, he is seeing significant playing could bring a lot of leadership to those guys. If mination to win every game I play in. Stoudemire, Jared Jeffries and the No. time from the bench and is becoming a they had a bat like Kent hitting in front of Just to succeed no matter what I'm I draft pick Yao Ming. strong playmaker. Jeffries along with Sammy Sosa, the middle of the line up would doing," Williams said in an interview Yao Ming had teams, fa ns and even rookie Juan Dixon, are continuing to be solid. Getting the supporting cast to mix with Slam magazine. NBA veterans in awe this summer. At benefit from the team's veterans. with the big guys would be up to Baker. Memphis Grizzlies forward Drew 7 feet 5 inches, Ming is recognized as Other rookies around the league are Baker is a proven winner and a fierce com Gooden had the most impressive stats "the next big thing." Although Ming still finding their niche and adjusting petitor. Losing is not an option. He would be in the preseason, leading all rookies has not put up big numbers for the to their NBA settings. It might take a the shot in the ann that the Cubs have needed averaging 18 points and 11 rebounds. Houston Rockets yet, expect large con little while, but this group is definitely for a long time. . Gooden's nickname, "the truth" might tributions from the rookie as the sea- worth watching now and in the future. IO. I:>V. or VIt>EO TAPE: PAPER: ' CHEMIsTRY: TRIPOt>S. FlASH UNITS" MOST OTHER Sl/PPI..IES ~. 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