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VOLUME 23 NUMBER 22 COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CIDCAGO~ ILLINOIS MAY 14,1990

But students pay attention $24,000 in limbo Lerman rips faculty for Budget bugs AIDS awareness apathy HokinBoard

By Mary Johnson do whatever they could to ensure By Richard Bleglmeler Stoff Reporter that all their students become f Stoff Rtporter educated about AIDS. Although swdents lined walls According to Assistant Dean f Students on the Hokin Board in the Hokin Student Center and Irene Conley, a member of the Sf are angry with what they feel is a Ferguson Theater to hear panels AIDS Awareness Week Commit­ lack of accountability and consis­ discuss AIDS last week, Science tee, a "Rap Fest" drew full houses !f tency from administration con­ Department Chairperson Zafra both times it was presented. Also, ~ ceming the annual Hokin Center Lerman said that certain depart­ the opening panel, which gave an ~ - budget ments were under-represented at overview of the AIDS siwation, :.- The money for the Hokin AIDS Awareness Week. drew about 150 students. budget comes from a "student-ac­ "It was very clear that shldents "I was pleased will\ the shldent tivity" fee paid by all students. All came from only certain depart­ response," Conley said. "Stu­ of the swdent activity money is ments," Lerman said. dents picked up an enormous intended to fund the Hokin (an­ Lerman refused to comment amount of written material, and I nually, the fees add up to ap­ about which departments she think they walked away knowing proximately $100,000). believed were not well repre­ that this a problem we all face." The Hokin Board insists that a sented. Lerman, however, said that $24,000 surplus from program­ Despite her allegations of poor some swdents may not know that ming in 1987 was supposed to attendance by some departments, AIDS can infect anyone. rollover into its 1988 budget. In a however, Lerman said that, This was the third year for board meeting, Irene Conley, the "AIDS Awareness Week was ex­ Aids Awareness Week at Colum­ assistant dean of student life, tremely successful." bia, and Lerman said that other Columbia frMhman Mellaaa Danlelaon apoka out Jut Thuraday at a agreed. However, Bert Gall, The highlight of the week, ac­ colleges are paying close atten­ forum for minority atudanta. Danlalaon uld aha obJected to the pramlaa Columbia's executive vice presi­ cording to Lerman, was Friday, tioi} to what Columbia is offering. lhatlha dlacu"ulon waa llmllad to minority atudanta. dent, disagreed. when Columbia College Presi­ 'This year, a few radio stations "There isn't $24,000; there dent Mirron Alexandroff called me up to hear what Colum­ First session is a bumpy ride never was," exclaimed Gall. "At presented awards and certificates bia was going to be doing for the end of the first year [of the to students who participated in AIDS Awareness week, because Minority committee flies Hokin, which was 1987], the the AIDS projects competition. of our unique program," she said. Hokin had a balance of $16,700. The &\\lards were given during Lerman, Conley and Assistant . into storm of controversy At the end of the second year, the a luncheon !hat was held in hooa- of Dean Hermann Conaway at­ cost of operations were exceeded the competitioo's participants. tended a conference in New-Or­ .l>y $13,000 .. which ,reduced. the "It was wonderful that our leans this year, and presented the ' By Tanya Bonner them.After~ngthatthesw ­ reserve to $3,000." president took the time from his program, where it received na­ Stoff Repornr dents were not going to stop their Hokin Treasurer, Andre Roy, busy schedule to spend the hours tional attention, according toLer­ activities for the panel, Graham said that because of a lack of com­ with the students who par­ man. "Other colleges wanted to The President's Committee on opened the forum by introducing murtication and information from ticipated in the competition," follow our example;" she said. Minority Student Development the committee. administration, it's impossible Lerman said. Although students could select and College Life almost crashed Members included Paul for the Hokin to tell how much First place winners were Todd from a wide range of activities on takeoff Thursday. Carter-Harrison, playwright-in­ money it spends during the year. Hayes (print media), George related to AIDS education during "Who was supposed to tell us residence; Sheila Baldwin, Conley has repeatedly insisted Tillman (electronic media) and the week, some did choose not to about this?" asked Marc Rand, a English instructor; Tony Del­ that the Hokin has a $30,000 a ·craig Schiller (visual arts). attend any. black student who happened to be Vaile, fiction instructor; Betty year budget for programming, Second place winners were "I know how people get AIDS. sitting with friends in the Hokin Shiflett, fiction instructor; Lya and that the Hokin has exceeded Michelle Becht (print media), I'm notatriskfrom AIDS, and the Student Center around noon, un­ Dym Rosenblum, vice-president this year's budget by $2,000. The Lisa Jessen Hanscom (electronic ' threat of AIDS has not changed aware that a forum for minority and academic dean; Hermann Hokin Board, however, assumed media), and Andrew Lucas and my life. Why should it?" said students was about to begin there. Conaway, dean of sbldents and it had .more money left for Randall Palmer tied for second Timothy Berghoff, an Art major. Other black students ex­ Eileen Cherry, assisiant dean of programming. place in visual arts. One third Gregory Kampwirth, also an pressed surprise, interest and student development, who was Gall, and a new budget prin­ place prize was awarded in visual Ait major, said, "I feel th3t I'm anger as they learned what was walking around the Hokin trying tout, confirmed the Hokin's posi­ arts to Paul Stodulski. informed enough already about about to take place, and a very to quiet students down. tion. According to Gall and the "My only disappointment AIDS." surprised Hokin staff rushed to After the introduction, printout, this year the Hokin has a [about AIDS Awareness Week]," According to literature dis­ set up chairs, tables and Graham issued an open invitation $51,439 budget for program­ Lerman said, "is that it looked tributed during panCI discussions, microphones as administrators to studen~ to come up to the ming, of which $15,337 remains. like a few departments did not its not who yon are, but what you and instructors flied in. microphone to voice their As for Conley's $30,000 take the message from President do, that determines your risk of "The committee takes full opinions. budget, Gall, who is Conley's su­ Alexandroff.seriously, by making acquiring the AIDS virus. responsibility for the poor After some initial shyness, sw­ perior, said, "I don't know where sure that swdents attended and "I may use condoms, but that publicity," said Dr. Glen Graham, dents began to speak out on the the $30,000 figure comes from." learned what we had to present" doesn't mean I'm 100 percent committee chair. "Information need for changes in distribution Conley, on the other hand, said Lerman was referring to a let-· protected from the deadly virus," about the forum should have been of internships, insensitive in­ it was her understanding that the ter from Alexandroff, distributed said Sid Williams, a Radio and posted." structors, more teacher support, $30,000 was agreed upon by her­ to faculty with the March 15th TeleviSion major. "I have to be Graham said that a banner ad­ racism, and, as with black jour­ self and the Board in May 1989. payroll, in which he "strongly and vertising the event wasn't nalism major Angelique Creer, According to the board, the sincerely," encouraged faculty to continued on page 2 received in time from the com­ fmances. reason there is so much confusion puler graphics department. 'The Bursar's office doesn't concerning the budget is, until Approximately 34 minority distribute book vouchers until last Monday, it had not been is­ students, mostly black, who were two weeks after classes have sued an update for two years, present for the start of the event, started. They have the money despite repeated requests. just happened to be in the right prepared long before then, and 'The Hokin hasn't had a prin­ place at the right time. they should make the money tout this year," said.Gall, "nor has "I just found out," said swdent available to students immedi- anybody else in the institution." Nicole Young. "I was standing in ate!y," Creer said. ' Gall said the board's requests the hallway outside the Hokin Black student and theater could not be met until this past when someone told me about it. major Terrence Williams said the week because the school had been They should have made it known greatest problem for black sw­ implementing a new computer to us. Every department head dents is support from faculty and accounting system for a year and should have made it known to administrators for their college a half. Now that the new com­ us," Young said angrily. activities. puter system is operational, Gall The forum was almost 20 "Some teachers don't support assures that the Hokin, and the minutes behind schedule when all African-American sbows. Some rest of the instiwtion, will receive the committee members were instructors will bring all their as many as 12 monthly updates. fmally seated. Once seated, mem­ classes to a show becauses it's a bers stared uneasily at groups of students wbo appeared to ignore continued on page 3 continued on page 3 The Columbia Chronicle

NEWS PAGE2 MAY14,1990 Absence policy is absent Police seize By Jacqul Podzlus Glenn Graham, acting chair­ shorts, thief Staff Rod·loc>k or•o Shadow. rehable Colt GL. mod·s•ze Da

By Sherrl Kirk According to McClendon,_a THE SIIJf! Reporttr major disagreement stemming from the Central Station project, Approximately 10 years ago, a 72 acre mixed-use development residents of the South Loop proposed for the old Illinois "WRITE" pulled together in an effort to Central railyards site south of gentrify their community and cre­ Roosevelt Road, was that its ate a safer environment for its oc­ developers "didn' t seem to STUFF? cupants, eslablishing the South respect the idea of extending the Loop Neighbors' Association, a urban street grid." 279-member not-for-profit Il­ McClendon said the site linois corporation. It's still going should become an extension of ·The Columbia Chronicle is finalizing its fall staff. strong, today. the South Side of Chicago, and As defmed by the SLNA, the not something separate from it. Any student interested in writing for the Chronicle South Loop consists of the area _ "We want the buildings to be between Jackson Boulevard and urban in character, and respect the next year must meet with eitqer Chronicle Advisor 16th Street, and the Chicago pedestrian," McClendon said. Don Gold or next year's Editor-in-Chief Lance River to Lake Michigan. "We try to ensure that designs are "The neighborhood is really compatible with the neighbor­ Cummings, in the Chronicle office, room 802-W, very much in its formative years," hood." said SLNA President Dennis Mc­ Besides monitoring construc­ before May 25, 1990. You may "just drop in," or call Clendon. "The neighborhood is tion, the SLNA attempts to make really in the process of being built the South Loop a desirable, safe ext. 343 for an appointment. now, so it's critical to pay special and successful residential and attention to the details. It's a real commercial neighborhood, and important time to be watching promotes the community as a - ' very carefully how the neighbor­ desirable place to live and raise a Writing samples will be expected. This is the only hood is developed." family. Basically, the group acts as a But the South Loop is not only prerequisite for enrolling in the newspaper workshop, liaison between the area's resi­ inhabited by families. A large dents and the Chicago Depart­ number of college students also a three-credit course that involves writing for ment of Planning, and speaks out reside in the area. on developmental and environ­ "We consider the colleges to and producing the Columbia Chronicle. mental issues that affect the South be a big source ofresidents here," . Loop, according to McClendon. Burns said. "And they are "We want the new develop­ defmitely a positive influence on ' ments to be compatible with the the neighborhood." \ idea of an urban neighborhood, Although the SLNA has no · and we want to make sure they're major proposals for area colleges, not suburban model develop­ and has "never made a special are no hispanic role models {)n rently ·enrolled at Columbia, ments," said McClendon. "We effort to do any sort of outreach to Forum from page 1 campus ... Ortega pointed out that Eileen Cherry said she regreted want to see the urban fabric of them," McClendon said the Chicago extended." committee member Tony Del­ that poor publicity reduced repre­ SLNA has attended some events mostly white production," Wil­ Valle is the only hispanic full­ senlation from the 8 percent of Large parcels of real eslate in at Columbia's Getz Theater. liams said. the area are in need of develop­ time instructor at Columbia. hispanic students and the 3 per­ Sponsoring and planning After a long wait for someone Other students stressed a need ment, and the SLNA tries to en­ neighborhood activities plays an to approach the microphone, Dr. cent of Asian students. sure that the design of any new for more black instructors, more "We certainly missed com­ important role in the .SLNA's at­ Graham said, "When I'm walking classes about blacks, and bring­ building is compatible with the tempts to unify the community. down the hall, I have numerous meny from tho~ students. ~e neighborhood, McClendon said. ing speakers to Columbia who .certainly need to 1mprove putung Along with garage sales, neigh­ students walk up to me with com­ share common experiences with "We try to keep apprised of the word out when we do this in borhood cleanup days, recycling plaints. Now that we are having minority students. any new .developments that might programs, and a community an open forum no one wants to the future," Cherry said. be occurring in the area, and try By the end of the afternoon, Dean Rosenblum said the newspaper, South Loop News, the talk. There is nothing good in un­ minority student attendance had to allow for neighborhood resi­ SLNA also organizes an annual derground bitching. It doesn't get committee will plan another dents to comment and criticize, nearly tripled. forum such as this in the fall for street fair. to the people who can make sub­ Though Columbia had sig­ and get the developers to conform Originally held in May, South minorities, and a second in which stantial changes." nificant representation from the • to community standards," said Loop Alive was moved to Sep­ students of all races can par­ What Graham got in response 27 percent of black students cur- ticipate. Rob Burns, Land Use and tember last year, and McClendon to his plea for participation was a Beautification Committee chair­ said it will also be held in Septem­ black student with a tearful ac­ man for the SLNA. ber this year. At that time of the count of teacher insensitivity. Currently, the SLNA is year "there aren't many other "My mother had a heart attack Is someone following in your footsteps? reviewing plans for the construc­ ·events for it to compete with," he last semester. All my. teachers tion of two buildings proposed for said. gave me D's. Now I'm on proba­ Columbia <:;allege Chicago the Printers Row Historic Dis­ tion, and no one cares. I told them 1990 Summer Institute trict Other area projects being "We try to represent the views to give me a chance to make up ofthe neighbors on just about any Created for high school students examined by the SLNA include the work, but all they said was who have completed their, the Central Station project, the matter, and we also try to create a cohesive neighborhood com­ 'That's not thefr problem.' That sophomore. junior or Franklin Point. project and the was wrong, and that's all I have senior year. proposal for a new post office on munity and bring the neighbors together," Burns said. to say," said S1acey Lampley as a site owned by US Equities. she walked away from the puter printout of every Hokin microphone crying. Hokin transaction. Tensions in the Hokin seemed l'rompagel One Hokin Board member to increase after a comment by views the budget situation as a Melissa Danielson, a white fresh­ taste of "reality." man and theater major. The Hokin budget update only "What is a minority, anyway? shows how much of, and where, "Columbia is supposed to be a And why are their needs, on! y, the Hokin money was spent It different experience," said the addressed here?· It seems a lot of ~) does not show an itemized list of board member. "Well, if this is a things in this school are geared .· ~- what was purchased. • different experience, then it's a toward black students. Other This detail, oc lack of it, also dish of reality, of how corrupt things are not given the same concerns board members. Ac­ America can be." amount of attention as black Some scholarships are cording to Roy, there is ap­ things," she said. a>1lilable. For 1990 Summer proximately $3,460 which was George Ortega, president of Institute infonnation contact: supposedly spent on miscel­ the Hispanic American Alliance, The Admissions Office, laneous items. However, Roy Columbia College Chicago. also fought back tears as he strug­ said he has no idea what was pur­ 600 South Michigan Avenue American Heart gled to tell of his experiences chased with the money. during his five years at Columbia. Chicago. 1L 60605-1996. Although Gall was not able to Association "It's alllalk and a· lot of BS. (31:!) 663-1600. ext. 129. produce an update of the Hokin WE'RE FIGHTING• FOR I've been here five years, and I budget for the past year and a half, 'lO.JRUFE Columbta Colleae ~mtlS 511Mknu w•thout reJ&rd to ;,rc. race . colot. sell. rtltlton, phy11nl handtcap haven't seen anything in terms of and nauonal o r clhnu:: on11n. he said he has a multi-paged com- helping hispanic students. There The Columbia Chronicle

OPINION PAGE4 MAY14,1990 Stand up and be counted CA~ [)0\oJN, ~ER.AI.. . The 1990 census is giving us a good look at ounelves. It isn't a T\.latE.'5 AL-WAYS 1'\-lf.. pretty picture. I-IOMOSEXUAL..5 ·•· But it isn't what we're telling the census !hat's so ugly. It's that so many are refusing to participate. The Constitution requires the government to count the population every 10 years, so scats in Congress can be properly apportioned Equal J IN rcpresentaoon requires standing up and being counted. The deadline for rct.uming census questionnaires has passed, yet ROTC nearly 40 million households have not been heard from. A frightfully large number of Americans apparently don 'teven care whether they're rcpresenLed in Congress. This message hasn't been lost on Capitol Hill, or in the corridors of the 50 statehouses. Lawmakers throughout the land are geuing a green light to continue mismanaging our government at every level, confi­ GfJ dent that too few of us arc minding the store. A brain-dead Congress is spending the countiy into penury, while at the same time passing laws that permit attacM case-wielding robbers to loot the banking system. Our military has figured out that the way to get 70 planes lhat they don't genuinely need is to ask for 140. Our schools arc turning out students that couldn't write a complete sentence if their jobs depended on it. Once, such conditions might have sparked a revolution. Today, they inspire yawns. That's why the re-election rate for Representatives is more than 98 percent. That's why state lawmakers continue to draw redistricting maps with the sole intention of keeping it that way. They know that Editor turns on red on Wabash nobody cares. Lack of participation in the census, in and of itself, of course is hardly lethal to the American system. But what it represents, utter By Mitchell Hum tossed out of Germany. and how shameful that was, apathy toward the system, is. Edilor-in.ChUf failing to mention that they were probably stealing We're only asked to go through this exercise once every 10 years. everything that wasn't nailed down. Is that really too much to ask? One article praised a young woman who testified A lot of excuses have been advanced for not answering the census. Thinking my intellectual challenges for the day for the prosecution in the Yusef Hawkins trial in New It can take 30 minutes. It contains personal questions about home­ had all but dried up, I left the Chronicle office last York, breaking the "code of silence" in the Benson­ loans, marital status, and the number of phones in the household. And Tuesday evening around 6 o'clock, the only thing left hurst commurtity where Hawkins was gunned down. you have to use a number 2 lead pencil, admittedly a dumb idea. on my mind being an ice-cold Red Stripe beer. Since we all know that "fair" trials, especially for None of these excuses is valid enough, however, to shirk one's civic As I exited the Wabash building. I was confronted minorities, are the rule of thumb in socialist countries, responsibility. by a plainly-dressed woman who thrust a copy of the I thought it a worthy tribute. We didn't lose control of our governmentovemight. We lost it little newspaper The Workers' Vanguard toward me and by little, as fewer and fewer of us cared enough to exercise our control. Another article took the side of Haitian.proteSten asked if! would like a copy of her socialist newspaper. There's still time to begin reversing that process. Answering the census in New York, who were speaking out against the U.S. is a good tune-up for the next election. I told her that. considering the events that took government's penchant for singling out Haitian im­ place this past year in Eastern Europe. I considered migrants for AIDS testing. While I thought this cer­ socialism to be, at best, untrendy and, at worst, flat-out tainly was a worthy cause, I couldn't help but think o deceased. what usually happens every time an anti-government "Well it's not," she replied. "Why don't you read protest takes place in a staunchly socialist country. and fmdout." Those protesters tend to end up in the hospital or in Not wanting to consider myself, at least for the the morgue. moment, a close-minded journalist-to-be, I took the The contradictions were obvious, but bring u paper from her hand and turned away. "important" questions in my mind. With Marx t.umin Not so fast, I was told by this enterprising, young in his grave as socialist countries all over the worl Marxist. The Workers' Vanguard costs 25 cents per crumble like a petrified copy of The Communis copy. I handed her a quarter, agonizing over the Manifesto, what is the fate of American communists possibility that I had just contributed to the defense Ohdear. fund for comrades in Romania who were on trial for In the face of failed economies, horrendous in blowing away their own people. dustrial pollution-worse than any in the U.S.-an I dashed away. countless human-rights violations by their comrades Realizing I probably hadn't purchased the most these warriors fight on, carrying their irrelevant me objective or accurate account of recent world events, sage to a general public that doesn't want to hear it. and taking on my fiercest anti-propaganda mindsetfor But their diligence should be commended in · fear I might tum red, I decided to do a quick read­ land of freedom and opportunity. After all, we The Columbia Chronicle through of the publication. always use a reminder of where those who swallow 600 S. Mlchlzan AYO . Chlago, IL. 60605 The paper included stories about gypsies being Marxism dump their shit: in The Workers' Vanguard

Edltor-tn-<::hle( Mitchhy Editor Elitu Zimianitis consists of borderline students Russell-Thomas says such I am absolutely stunned that Arts Editor LaMra Ramira who appear to have little concern seminars are discriminatory. In Steven Russell-Thomas, the as­ for their education. There is no fact, in many of my journalism Adverllslng Dtrector Todd R. Hay<~ sistant academic dean of our "in­ middle ground; I defy anyone courses, I'm the one being dis­ stitution of higher learning," 1las Editorial Cartoonist Jan Weaver who disagrees to prove me criminated against by other stu­ come out against Columbia's wrong. dents because I participate in Associate Editor Cltarles Ber11stein newest honors programs "Highly This does not mean, however, class and complete all n :· assign­ motivated students prompt estab­ that honors-level students are on Ad>1sor Don Gold ments on time. Does the college's lishment of honors programs, • a fast, "elitist" track. Not all administration want to positively (May 7, 1990). Reporters honors students are rich and enforce the prevailing attitude Timctlry Benuvis. Richard Bieg/,..iu. David Bloom. TtVrya Bonnu. As a student in the journalism white. In my seminar, I'm told here, that being smart and hard­ Jeffrey CIUIItingham. Tara Dwbsty. Arl<11< Furlong. Kimberly Jolvtson. department's honors seminar, lhat minority students were in­ working -is socially unaccep­ Mary Johnson. Mary KetUilc. S~rri Kirk. Jacq~li11< PodziiU I'm grateful for this opporturtit; vited •o sign up for the class, yet table? The administration func­ to fully apply everything I've no 1e of them did. Here is an ex­ Photographers tions, then, on a different level of Mart Black. Omar Castillo. Stacy M. Hruch learned tdWard one comprehen­ c~llent learning opporturtity for discrimination when it wishes to sive project. It's the first time I capable students to work on a deny willing students the oppor­ feel like the work I'm doing at professional project, and yet they tunity to challenge themselves in TM Columblo Clv'onlcl~ Is the orrtclel student-run newspaper of Coh.mble Columbia is practical, and wonh passed it by. It's not fair, to say classes like senior honors semi­ College. Ills published weekly twenty-one times throughout the school publishing in the real world. year end Is distributed every Monday. VIews expressed In this newspa­ the least, to hold highly driven nar. Don't we have the right to get per are not necessortly those or the 8dvlsor or or the college_ All opinions Teachers at Columbia have a students, and their academic the most out ofour tuition dollars Intended for PubllceUon should be sent. typed, to Letters to the Editor-. In difficult challenge trying to teach needs, responsible for the apathy as well? cere or lhe Chronicle; letters mey be edited et the sterr·s d!scretlon. two classes at ooce. You know of students wbo don't take the Tamara Sel.b:rum what I mean: one class consists of initiative to seek out the many Senior higbly-motivated and career- learning opportunities Colwnbia Journalism The Columbia Chronicle PAGES MAY14,1990 Company presents two world premieres Lynd_a Martha's young troupe impresses Dance Center audience By Tara Dubsky reunions between the lovers, but Staff Reporter they finally danced off stage, leaving ''Fate" behind. The danc­ The Lynda Martha Dance ing itself fluctuated between Company staged two world light, traditional movements and premieres and two previously strong, contorted ones. performed pieces at Columbia's "Hollywood Canteen," a Dance Center, in concerts per­ world premiere jazz piece formed May 4, 5, 11 and 12. choreographed by Martha, took Martha's own "Elements" was the audience back to the 40s and designed especially for the Mar­ 50s. It began with an old radio thatroupe, which consists of program being broadcast in the seven dancers. Clad in simple, background, ar.d a dance hall set­ skin-tight, beige costumes with ting on stage. 111c dancers entered black tassels, the three men and dressed in 50s attire, complete four women performed the piece with bobby socks and hair rib­ with blank, but intense expres­ bons for the women, and sions. suspenders and bow ties for the They moved slowly and silent­ men. The men and women ly from the shadows of the stage proceeded to dance separately like graceful zombies; then the and in couples, performing pace quickened with a variety of popular dances of the era, such as unusual movements, which ex­ the jitterbug. pressed the "elements" of nature. "Hollywood Canteen" was an The dancers· performed with in­ entertainment piece spiced with tense energy and commitment. many witty theatrical moments. Martha's choreography called In one instance, a male dancer for repetitive movements, some Dancer• perform In "Eiementa,• a world premiere dance, at the Dance Center of Columbia College. dropped his partner and left her of which were performed in piece. Pessemier' s choreography, them cues. They managed to sus­ lying on the floor as another male unison. Many movements were "Hearts and Bones" was a which occasionally matched men tain a sense of energy without a picked her up and began dancing sudden, set to percussive music. world premiere, choreographed and women, appeared effortless. single sound. · with her. Men and women Individual dancers seemed by Leslie Jane Pessemier, a San The men lifted the women and . " Almost a Tango," proceeded to dance on the tables directed by some of the sounds, Francisco-based choreographer performed the movements with choreographed by Martha, was and "whisper" to each other. but not by others. . and teacher. It was performed to the greatest of ease. ' performed by only three dancers. PrOps included tables, a punch The dancers ended the piece in modern classical music by The second movement fea­ _Udo Demmig and Beverly Sikes bowl and movie screens in the a striking pose, in which they Bohuslav Martinu. . tured dancers Abby Kantor and represented. "The Lovers" and background; and· the dancer.; en­ leaned into one another to form a The piece was comprised of Matthew Keefe. They performed Jaap v t'lioff represented ''Fate." hanced the set with their ex­ complex mass; they were sur­ three movements for all seven with perfect timing, and a grace "The Lovers" ·danced together, uberant smiles and playful rounded by darkness except for dancers. The women wore black that evoked memories of Fred As­ and were constantly being inter­ dancing. one spotlight illuminating the leotards with long black skirts taire and Ginger Rogers. rupted by "Fate." It was a per­ group. lrimnled in red, and the men wore The third movement was per­ sonal, emotional dance. Martha's young company put "Choreographer's Conversa­ formed in total silence. It "Fate" occasionally inter­ on an irnpressiye performance, tions," an audio tape recorded and black unitards with bare chests. demonstrated the power and vened, and danced with the encompassing a variety of ideas produced by Scott Silberstein, "Hearts and Bones" is a poetry of dance without music. woman while the man danced and movements. Their strength of followed "Elements," and the modem piece with a ballet foun­ The dancers 1 talent was most ap­ alone. Then the man and "Fate" technique, their energy and their audience listened to it, a descrip­ dation. The dancing was more parent in this piece, in soft, flow­ danced together, as if they were stage presence made the innova­ tion of the next piece, while the traditional and the movements ing movements, without music fighting. Martha's choreography tive choreography even more ex­ dancers prepared to dance that were smooth and fluid. that they might rely on to give created repeated separations and citin~.

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Film review Four flicks that horrify I By Jeff Cunningham FilmCritk

Tales From the Darkside: The Movie is a compilation of four short siOries of !error. Like most film an_thologies, the results are uneven. Lot 249, inspired by a s10ry by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and written by Michael McDowell (Beetlejuice), fails as a modem mummy tale. The title refers 10 a crate that holds a tomb and its soon-to-be­ revived occupant. Steve Buscemi plays a college student who en­ joys collecting antiques. His latest acquisition, a mummy, fas­ cinates him so much !hat lie's soon cutting off the corpse's bandages. There is, of course, an ancient scroll included inside with the mummy. The student Jason (James Remer), a Soho artls~ makes a deeJ with a ,_ fllrn from Pruamount Plctu-, baaed on a1o11ee by proceeds to d ecipher the tenlfylng cniature In Tlllee from the DarllsJde: The llovle,_a StephenKing,Mk:haeiMcDowellandSirAr1hli"Conan Doyle. hieroglyphic message that, of David Johana.~, a.k.a. Bueter course, brings lhe mummy back · Poindexter, playa a hired kiUer In to life. · The hit man laughs at lhe idea, dumped. The artist sulks on his grand ...as long as he doesn't lalk: Tates hom the Derblde: The llovle. The usual maybe&! follows. but for $100,000, he won't argue. bar SIOOI till closing time, !hen about that unforgettable night in Dead bodies turn up, yet no one It sounds like a simple task until leaves with lhe bartender out the lhe alley. Bad Examples seems very disturbed by any of it. he's clawed and bloodied wilh back door. Now in the alley, the Connecting lhese lhree tales is An electric knife, if you can each failed atlempt. two are confronled by an impres­ the generically titled, The lands contract believe it, is the weapon that kills Despite its hint of predict­ sively hideous gargoyle. Wraparound Story, written, the mummy. So much for lhe ability, this segment prospers The gargoyle brutally murders again, by McDowell. Deborah By Charles Bernstein lhreat of evil. wilh an acule auention to detail, lhe bartender but agrees 10 spare Harry stars as a suburban lsssociat~ Editor The moderately successful cat's-eye-point-of-view shots lhe artist if he promises not 10 teU housewife who plans 10 cook and Cat From Hell is based on a s10ry and blended flashback sequences. anyone of its existence. And serve for dinner a young boy she When Columbia College's by Stephen King, and was written Be prepared for the gory climax. promise he does. has locked in a miniature ceU in AEMMP records signed the by George Romero. Easily the best entry, Lover's Later that night, the artist, her kitchen. This segment comes Chicago band, The Bad Ex­ William Hickey stars as a rich Vow was also written by Mc­ meets a young woman (Rae closest 10 the bizarre nature of lhe amples, over a year ago, qeither old man who requests lhe services DOwell. This is a nicely crafted Dawn Chong). Fearing for her Tales From the Darkside TV the band nor the AEMPP label of a hit man (David Johansen) to tale about lhe consequences of safety, he brings her back to his series, and is, consequently, the ever imagined that they would be kill his caL The cat has already breaking a promise. place. film's least effective segment. signed to Holland-based record murdered three people living wilh A struggling artist (James They make love, and a Like most of lhe TV episodes, it company, CNR, this past March. lhe old man, who now lhinks he. s Remar) meets his agent at a local ·relationship develops. She brings falls far short of terror, and settles Even more peculiar, the record the feline's next tofmd happiness to his life, and all is for being merely strange. company has never seen The Bad Examples perform. "It's a true story," says lead singer Ralph Covert. "I first HAIR BY ------.. ·-----1 I talked 10 the A & R guy afler we were signed. I lalk:ed to him on the I SUPERCurs·. I phone and he said, 'Ralph, I'm really exciled to do this, but I do I have to admit I have heard two of · I your songs once. The president of I I the company ran into my office and played them on my blasleron I I my desk. He took the tape, and I haven't heard them since. So I'm I really curious to hear what you I guys sound like,"' Covert ex­ I plained. I According to Chuck Suber, The Bad Examples I I part-time Columbia management weren't exactly what some might is one step of many steps towards profess9r and secretary for caU "mainstteam" music, com- being hopefully, a world-famous I I AEMMP _Records, the contract pared to the other choices the lhe rock band," Covert says. OUR VER SION OF A SCHOOL BUDGET CUT IS TO TR IM specifically calls for .a multi­ class was given. As most bands hope !hat !heir I A LITTLE OFr ouR· REGULAR PRICE I record deal over a period of five _The Bad Examples, however. future wiU be successful, Covert years, with the possibility of an do fit quile snuggly into the mold feels that in order to stay on optional two years. The group of''popdom," and are easily com- course, !hey must believe in what I Show us thfs coupon and the deal fs ... I received $37,000 from CNR for parable to mega-rock groups, they do. publishing rights to their songs, such as Journey and Styx, whose "We've never compromised I PRECIS ION HAIR CUT $8.00 I and 10 pay for studio time. simple melodies and themes as far as what we do and we've Regular Supercut Price $1 o The record label will receive caught th~ attenti~n and ~s of been lucky enough that it. s ooeri I 1- teenagers worldwide durmg the received weU," Covert said. $3,000, half of which Suber says NEVER AN APPOINTMENT. will go for promotion of the 1970s. "Our long range goals are in a I NEVER EXJ>EN SIVE. management program, plus an Covert readily explained of sense, to make sure we don't put additional two percent from the lhe group that "there's a ttemen- ourselves in a position with a I NE~ER A BAD HAIRCUT. sale of each three-song single. do us amount of energy within this record company where we are "(The two percent] goes right band, a ttemendous amount of asked to be doing somelhing that I 336 s. Michigen Avenue back into the AEMMP record desire and a tiny bit of talenL" we are not ready to do or that we (Between Jeclc:son end Yen Buren) company, in a checking account In terms of lhe record deal, don't want to do." I 341-9797 to be used for the programs' pur­ drummer Terry Wathen feels the "It's our responsibility 10 our- poses. No person receives any band wiU accomplish a sense of selves to just-say no 10 things that I NOT VALID WITH ANV OTHER OFFER money whatsoever," Suber said. fmancial security, helping lhem ' are stupid for us," he continued. When the band was signed 10 along while they create their "When we went to clubs, we said I WE USE AND RECOMMEND music. Covert agrees. we didn't want 10 headline; we AEMMP last year, the Columbia PAUL students in the course "Decision­ "WewantiObeable iOkeepon wanled to open. We wanled 10 ..I ______MITCHELL ~ _ Making: The Music Business" doingwhatwedo. Welovebeing buildafollowing. That's our SALON HAIRCARE PRODUCTS who picked them felt they in this band, and this record deal philosophy." The Columbia Chronicle THE BACK PAGE MAY14,1990 Miscellaneous Surprise, surprise, surprise. Tuition is going up. According to Columbia's Vice President of Finance Michael DeSalle, tuition will Tuesday, May 15 . . , • • . .. . be increased next year due to inflation and teacher salary hikes. The Writing Center will offer a serrunar utled Wr1tmg w1th Style. at 1 pm m Conveniently for the administration, the amount of increase will not room 311 of the Wabash building. Open to all Columbia College students, staff be released until after graduation, when most students are locked into and faculty. Advanced registration is requested. To register call663-1600 x698. their choices for schools in the fall. The wake-up call. will no doubt arrive in the mail some time during July or AugusL Wednesday, May 16 Students for a Better World will hold a special meeting tonight at 5:30pm in The Columbia College student showcase radio program, "Rough the Hokin Center. Featured Speaker will be James Y ellowbank, head of the Jndian Cuts," will debut on WCRX Tuesday, May 29 at 7:00p.m. The bands Treaty Rights Committee. Yellow bank and other guest speakers will try to educate to be featured, who all have members, producers or sound engineers us through the use of music, poetry, and discussions on the issues and cultural dis­ who are Columbia students, are Animal Farm, The Earthlings, Kiddo tinctions of the Native American. For more information call Frank Maugeri or Ja­ Le' Player, Ip Du Tan, Oncoming Traffic and Stil-life. After its initial mie Cahillane at (312) 281-2871. · airing, the show will be a regular feature on WCRX at the end of each semester. The Love Ensemble will perform at the Hokin Center at 1~ am.

The Academic Advising Office is still seeking qualified students Thursday, May 17 to work fall orientation and registration. Applications are available in The 15th Illinois Festival of Fi\m and Video Artists will take place to­ the Academic Advising Office in room 300 of the Wabash building. night at 7 pm at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport. The festival will fea­ Get them in by May 18. ture films produced by Columbia College Students. A panel discussion will fol­ low. For more information call663-1600 x300. Any students who at the end of this semester will have at least 82 credit hours need to apply in the Records Office for 1991 graduation. The Museum of Contemporary Photography will present a special photography lec­ Applications will be received starting today through June 1. If you ture titled "The Forgotten Ones." Milton Rogovin will be the featured lecturer. want to register early for the fall, 1990 semester, you must apply before The lecture is free to students, faculty, and staff and will begin at 2 pm. · June 1. < · Friday, May 18 With all the controversy concerning popcorn the past few weeks, "Prime Time Columbia" will be shown on Chicago Access Charmel 21 at 9pm. the Chronicle is happy to announce some truly good will emanating from the popcorn world. Take a bite out of next year's tuition by applying for the Orville Redenbacher Second Start Scholarship Pro­ gram. Yes, the king of popcorn is handing out ten $1000 scholarships If there are any club meetings or Columbia College events that you would like to see for the 1990-91 sChool year. You must be 30 years old to enter and a listed in the Chronicle calendar, send the infonnation one week in advance and include full or part-time student at an accredited college or university. The the date, the time, the place, and the admission charge (if any) to the Chronicle, in care award will be based upon both need and student commitment. Contact of Laura Ramirez. The Orville Redenbacher Second Start Scholarship Program at 21 1 East Ontario, Suite 1300, Chicago, 60611. The deadlinefor application is Sep. 1. Mli. CLASSIFIEDS

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Face Value How has Columbia prepared you for your future after graduation? By ~ark Black

Dave Paluch Carol Brown Senior Senior Senior Toval Ralston Radio/Sound Radio Broadcasting Radio/Sound Senior Radio/Sound "I've had to help my cause "The biggest way Columbia "Actually, the Records office through the internships I've goucn. has helped me is probably the is still sending me applications "It has given me the profes­ As far as the school is concerned, contacts I've made. A lot of the for admission. Hopefully, I can sional experience to perform in I'm disappointed. A3 of now, I teachers that I've come across hit up on my contacts that I made the radio and TV industry as well haven't received information con­ have been very helpful as far as here at Columbia and get my foot as the contacts and employment cerning graduation, so how can advice for breaking into this job in the door." opportunities that would not be they help us for our careers?" market is concerned." available anywhere else."