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Freshman Assessment U·Pass rejected again Program gives new students By Benjamin Trecroci would benefit the majority of the students. Execulive T0ilor The main issue is money and this is the rea son Columbia doesn't want to pick up the a push in the right direction Columbia administ rators have rejected the program," said Munoz. Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) U-Pass Columbia is exploring the idea of having a By Bruno Vander Velde program last week for the second time in six 'pi lot' U-Pass program, in which only stu- Copy Editor months, sparking a student backlash includ- dents who wanted the pass would pay for it, ing a proposed student protest. although the price would be more than the The Freshman Assessment Program has been utilizing a unique computer pro The U-Pass would provide full-time stu- previous $60 fee. gram and an ultra-friendly environment to add to its reputation as one of the most dents with unlimited rides on CTA trains and According to the Dean's office, not helpful student-oriented programs at Columbia. buses. enough students This program assesses incoming freshmen and transfer students with fewer than 15 Aecording to a letter ..------..,..-----..,... rcsponscd to a su r- credit hours, according to Ly nn Levy, the Freshman Assessment Manager. She (See page 4), from the vey early in the emphasized that the tests administered arc not pass/fail entrance exams (Columbia Dean of Students, Jean semester to see if has an open-admissions policy), but instead arc used to place students in appropriate Lightfoot Lee, the such a program class levels based on their scores. sticking point rcma)ns would be beneficial. "Many times, students don't co me here asking, 'do I have to take this test' but the $60 fcc per scmes- Only 277 students instead 'when can I take it'," Levy said, noting the nervous anticipation of class tcr the school would responded to the placement by newer studen ts. The test is cal led Compass, and in many ways, this assess to each full-time survey. "We need at unique computerized test is very much like a compass. student no matter if least 60 percent of The multiple-choice test has three parts-reading, 'riling, and 'rithmctic-and is they usc the CTA or the college to feel taken exclusively via computer. The program leads students on to different problems not. comfortable about based on their previous answers. Therefore, not all tests taken by a given number of The lcttc( lists the picking up the pro- students contain the same questions; instead, they are based on the students' per results of a survey that gram," she said. ceived strengths from their answers as compiled by the computer. was published in The Students charged Levy said that the assessment process saves new students time and worry and Chronicle on Oct. 5. In that the survey was- offers them not only placement opportunities, but also advice in a number of differ the survey in which n't well publicized ent fields. In a startling example of interoffice collaboration, Levy noted that the 277 students respond- and the medium that freshman assessment program works closely with Freshman Orientation as well as cd, only 12 students was used didn' t advisors from every academic department and most administrative departments, were not in favor of the allow for all stu- including Financial Aid, Academic Advising, Housing, and Student Support U-Pass. According to dents to get the Services, among others. "I've done plenty of advising myself," said L evy. school officials, a information. The Levy has been the Freshman Assessment Manager since August 1997 and has questionnaire will be Deans's Office say been teaching public speak ing classes at Columbia for two years. " Being a teacher given to students dur- that they're plan- and a tutor myself, I get a chance to see these struggles firsthand," she said. Placing ing early- registration ning another survey certain students in general classes (English Composition I, for example) where they for spring '99 semester. and perhaps a mass struggle instead of putting them into developmental See Freshman page 2 Depending on the ou t- mailing to attempt classes (hkc lntro to College Wntmg) where they • come of the. question- to get a greater nairc, school officials reaction from the will determine whether students. to take part in the pro- L...... · ... . .l But time may Fischetti Competition honors the gram. not be on the side of The proposed protest anchored by student, the college. Columbia missed the deadline in Aaron Munoz will take place on Friday, Nov. late October to get the U-Pass program on best of a different breed 13 on the fifth noor Of the 600 S. Michigan board for the spring semester. " We arc trying By Kelly M. Woyan on the tai I of the plane. The awardccs building. now to sec if we can get an ex tension for the Staff Writer were chosen from 300 cartoons. "The purpose of the rally is to bring the Spring." When the paper went to press, CTA Higgins said the best editorial car students together to show the administration U-Pass coordinator Calvin Pete said no one The spectacle at the White House with toons come from the gut. " If people just there is power in numbers and we arc strong- contacted him regarding an extension for the Monicagate and President Clinton has laugh at a cartoon, it's mi nd-candy; if it ly demanding that Columbia pu rchase the U- spring. certainly given newspaper cartoonists makes them angry, it forces them to Pass program the CTA is offering, because it more material than they could ever think," he says. M cnees agrees with the dream of. Appropriately, this year's win idea that editorial cartoonists need to ners of the Fischetti Editorial Cartoon illustrate controversies. "Our responsibil Competi tion were spoofs on the presi ity as sati rists is to hit the powerful, not Comparing costs with benefits: dential crisis. the weak," says Mcnees. Jack Higgins of the The 17th ann ual competition memori The U·Pass plan in detail Chicago Su11-Times won lirst place hon alizes John Fischetti. a Pulitzer B~· Leon Tripplctt ors and Tim Mcnees of the Pittsburgh Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Fonn l:dlfoJ Post-Gazette took second place. They Chicago Su11- Times, Chicago Daily News will be honored at a luncheon on and the New York Herald Trilnme. Those Wednesday, Dec. 2 at the Pump Room. who knew Fischetti say that he was a \\'hl·n <"olumhJ;t·, hr;'"' ~.1\ ~ tht: CTr\-~ l "-Pa..,.., program the th umh.., down late last week. Chicago native Jonathan Alter, a senior great mentor. "John was terrific; he dt:;..pite thL· L!L'I tlut m:111y 'llldcJHs ha,·~..· C\pn.~""L' d ... trong coJH..'ern for it. they prohahly editor at Newsweek and correspondent opened doors for a lot of people. He pulk·d till' l·.IkuL!tnr' PUt dlld ,jftcd t h rou~h the numhcr:-.. for NBC News, will keynote the event made you feel like you were the most ("T.-\ 1, .t ... k.tll,:.! uplllllll !'or~) percent -Pi' ~X~.7~5-of the tot;tl rn ... t of the.: program. an c ... ti sponsored by Columbia College. The important person in the world," says matcd \.~<:'.11~11. Th.ll c·quatc' to ~60 for c·ach Df Columbia·, '-'JOO fu ll -tim~ untkrg raduat~ luncheon not only honors the year's top Higgins. ... tud... ·nt-.. Th~..· pro~t.tlll \\uuld cu\-l'f ~ad1 of tlw-.c .... tutknh. rL·g.arJk..,.., if tht.:) \\~lilt to par editorial cartoonists, but it also supports But Fischetti is not just remembered llctp;tll..' ill not. the Endowment Scholarship Fund for for his remarkable ta lent as a cartoonist. T he "L'":ond .llld third tlhlallmc.:nh would L·onh.' la!l'r in thL· 'L'Illl..~..,tt~r. support of outstanding Columbia jour Former Columbia College President ) (.., ;t litl.lth:ul priL'!...' t.t_:.! thL' cnlk·g.~.· would L!lhL·r ,1\Pid nalism students. Mike Alcxandroff said Fischetti was an ''\\"~...· ,., .111t to dt, '' h.tl ·, b~-.·:-.t for the -.tud~...·tlt hod\ ...... ;tid ('p]umhia Colll..'~l..' Prc..,ilknt John Higgins, a Pu litzer Prize winner, will exemplary human being. Others say his Dull ··11 ,,~,.·~.:.m· t ~~..·t.~m.IJnr it\ of...,tud~..·nt-- tn !L'I'I..:,~~... d thcntt \\uuldn't hl..' ..hl' th:ficial for the receive $3,000 for his cartoon showing cartoons signified who he was as a per l.'llllrL' ,:u~..knt hil~,.l\~ _ .. . .. the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson son. "He was a lively, wonderful and For c~dutni·II;I ~llh.k·nt-. . m;tny ol ''hom h\L' 111 Chi~.·.ag.o. th!..' tdL'a o f riU ing t hl..' hu" anJ the Memorial and Rodin's sculpture "The warm guy. He believed in people and his ;-.ul"''·t:- !1\1 ."(J .: ....:tlt' .1 d;t>- "'.''L'Iltb~.., .t ''l'L'~. j.., .t dt\.';llll Ultlll'lntc-in ... t~trk rompo.tri..,l Hl to Kiss," which Higgins dubbed the cartoons showed it," says former journal t~p~o..:.t!l: ;' . !~111::! \.~ ,t d.t~ 1!1 p.nllll::! Jntlh.· \.'llll~l',kd do\\ IH''''ll .trt:a for ~111 C\llln atcd SJ5 " Clinton Memorial." Mcnees will ism chair Nat Lehrman. a "cd. receive $1 ,500 for his cartoon of Both Higgins and Mcnees say win- h 1 J .t ,t:~>.. !~·nt U'-:11~ tl1..: CT\ !Jh' d.1!" .t ''··L··:J.... :hL' prn~r.un UlU!d ';1\l' tht..·m.S2.50 per President Clinton approaching "'Air d.t~ or ,t, llllll.:h ,t, ...., I~- :'IJ Jlt..'r 'L'Illt..''IL'l Force One" with a Playboy bunny logo See Fischetti page 2 J ~~~~~~~!~ solidifie~,,'!,~~c~~~,~~-~!.. ~!,a~~ ,!~.~m!~~,~~~~!~ St(lfl.;WriJa · :. : . cha sed a build ing at 1306 S. Michigan issuing a Space Needs Analysis report next = 1 .., : Avenue which will become the new home of week that wi ll outline which departments c,lJ(,in'hin 's ito\lrtl ;,fi Freshman Fischetti Continued from f>afie I Continued from pafie I may belong can cause disillusioned stu ning the award is a great honor. "In some ways, winning the Fischetti Award means more to me than dents to quit, Levy said. "We have an winning the Pulitzer because having known John Fischetti makes the award more personal," says ethical responsibility to these students Hi ggins. Mcnees says "I' m honored to be named with Jack Higgins, a Pulitzer Prize-winning car to help them and to make their transition toonist, and of course Fischetti -someone we all admire; [he's] one of the great ones." to college a successful . pleasant experi The winning cartoons and other leading entries will be featured in two exhibits free to the public: ence," she said. Oct. 30-Nov. 18 at Borders Books and Music, 830 N. Michigan Ave., and Nov. 2-25 in the Hokin Pleasantness is an integral part of the Annex. 623 S. Wabash. Other popular cartoon entries included issues on Viagra, gun control, school orientation/assessment process. "It is as SA#ryl Tirol violence and international politics. much about welcomi ng as assessing," In addition to honoring this year's winners, the awards luncheon benefits outstanding Columbia ,.., ~ UltOI Levy said. There is even a 'welcome journali sm students in need of financial support as well . Students who wish to apply for the award packet· offered with the test. Politeness should call the journalism office for details. and helpfulness arc "imperative," Levy Tickets to the awards luncheon are $100 per person and must be purchased by Monday, Nov. 23. said , because "we arc the first people For ticket information call 312-663-1 124. these new students sec." eltll~o,AM RltA#tt Up to 22 students can take the Compass test at a time. and Levy said ~~ that freshmen aren't the only students Fischetti ~~A4 ..... taking the tests. Any students can take certain portions of the test solely to con firm their academic placement. Levy noted that many faculty initially had reservations regarding the usc of the 8too4• 814dwit4 Compass test to ass ist upperclassmen on DIIU The U-Pass Dilemma . On the surface, it looks like a monetary advantage for Columbia College students. However, the CTA U-Pass proposition is questionable as to whether it would be the greatest good for the greatest number of students here. There are several glaruig issues that would need to·be resolved before Columbia enters into an agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority. 1. The cost per student/per semester 1s approximately $60. Before the agreement is finalized, the College must send the CTA $60 (per semester) for each full-time undcrgxwiuatC student n;~ardless of whether each student uses the U-Pass or not. 2. Consequently, -each undergraduate full-time student would be assessed an additional $120 per year whether he/she used public transportation or not. 3. Results from a recent survey in the C~lumbia Chronicle regarding (pro/ron the U Pass dilemma) had a yery small number of students (277) as its sample population. Of this number, twelve (12) students were not in favor of the program. We now have 5,917 full-time undergraduates. Therefore, approximately 300 is not a significant sample nwnber on which to base our assessment of additional dollars from 5,917 students, -who may not need or want the U-Pass. The college plans to initiate an additional student survey. This time, the questionnaire will be provided during th~ registration period so ihat the opinions of a greater number of students will be solicited The original proposal was not presented in time such that we could do that for Fall 1998. Of course, the administration will honor the preference of a full-time student ~ority in the new survey. In other words, we need a majority of the total 5,917 full-time undergraduates to pass a referendum accepting the proposal to join the U-Pass proposition. According to the erA time·line for involvement in the program, Columbia has already missed the deadline for Spring semester. However, we have.sent a letter requesting "an extension" to allow time to set up a pilot program (if appropriate). Although, the U-Pass would be a" boon" for some students,' for others it would be an unfortunate and unfair demand for additional funqs from elich undcrgnu.luate's already (in many cases) over-extended-educational budget.. NOVEMBER 9, 1998 I COL UMBIA CHRONICLE!~ Let's join together to make this Thanksgiving a very special one for all We invite you to drop off non-perishable food at our four main collection areas: All collection areas are next to the Chronicle newstands Main Bldg. in lobby Torco Bldg. in lobby Wabash Bldg. in lobby Wabash Bldg. next to Chronicle office (2nd floor, Room 205} All donations are going to the Greater Chicago Food Depository The Columbia Chronicle "Columbia's Choice" (;II COLUMBIA CHRONICLE HOA, Nellie! I think some of you· may have it all wrong. W Whcl') people ask me where I came here from, an!! I say, "A small farm ing community out in the country,"_ the Editorial response is the same 99% of the 11mc: They wrinkle their noses and say, "Really, must have been boring as hell, huh?" Don't Tread On I just want to say, "Not at a ll !" Those of you who think that the excite ment an!l lights of the city must be a Me lifeboat to us poor, bored country bump kins, you arc mistaken. Sure, the city is Voting has been a cornerstone_of !lcm~rac_y for the past 222 years. Th1s 1s the lime when m!ll nice, but so is the country, and a lot of vi!luals can express their views an!l bchels, a people here in Chicago stereotype it. Just because country music might not have the time when they arc in control of the direction of our country. But for some this "right" has bcCOJ!lC most uplifting lyrics in the worl!l !loes an i nconvcnicncc. n'l mean the people connected to it arc Voters have gradually shown more apathy corn-fc!l dullar!ls who !lo nothing but fish, towar!ls the voting process. Some people do not hunt an!l !lri nk beer. have the time to vole, while others arc not even Since moving to the city from the country, I've found several pros an!l cons, rcgislcrc!l. These arc just excuse.~ for laziness. If you arc too husy, gel an absentee ballot. If you as any human being woul!l. Pros inclu!le arc not registered. register. Americans seem to meeting a wi!lcr range of people, who arc think that their entire problem will go away with ethnically, culturally, and socially diverse; out gelling involvc!l. Copping out instead of vot there's much to be enlertainc!l by, lots to ing is very revealing of your "love" for this coun sec and draw and many opportunities. try. It's nice here, but there ARE many To give up your right to vole is to give up your cons. Having been here almost two years, voice. There is no other induslrializc!l nation that Letters to ~ I have become a meaner, less patient per allows its citi1.cns the same amount of freedom son. When people on the streets won't we have. We arc able to write, say and think, and the Editor stop bothering you for money, when in the end we alone control our country's future. ~£ ~: junkies come up to you an!l stan scream How !lo we pay homage to this? By throwing ing obscenities in your face for no reason away the one power that brings our i!lcals to the an!! taxi drivers run you !!own practically Financial double standard? faculty respectably would be lo raise highest offices in America. every day when you attempt to cross the tuition on the table. What !lo you The ideal of democracy is fabulous. Plain an!l street, you just gel pissc!l at people. it's a To the Editor: think? Shouldn't the College's ceo simple. it says that if you don't like something fact of life. Any lingering doubts we might have nomic priorities be rcconsidcre!l from about this country you can change it. From In the country, life is "slower" an!l had about the College's economic pri the bollom up? school funding to childcare, your voice counts. because of lower population, not as many orities were lai!l to rest by The Stephen Longmire people beg for money, an!l there are no The only way you can fix something is if you roll Chronicle's Oct. 26 report on the up your sleeves and jump right into the problem. Part-time Faculty Member taxi !!rivers. Most people in the country salaries of its president and lop admin Photography Department will wave at you when you !!rive by, What can possibly be fixc!l when we Americans istrators (thanks to a national survey as a whole sit on our hands? If one docs not exer whether they know you or not. People in conductc!l by the Chronicle of Higher the country make eye contact with you cise their right to vote they have no reason to Education). The following week's More support for Senior Seminar complain. Even if the candi!latc or memorandum when you walk down the street. retraction - clarifying tllal President My brothers an!l sisters make excuses I recently rca!! your critique ao!l -~~o:------:--- that you were 10 Duff is not the highest paid college not to come to the city. I guess they arc " If you are too busy, favor of docs not overall frustrations with the Senior president in the entire country, just in just used to open spaces an!l clean air. get an absentee ballot. If win, at least you Seminar Program. I was surprise(] not Columbia's category of The Chronicle People think it must be boring in the took the initiative only by your opinion but also the fact you are not registered, of Higher Education survey. earning those wide open spaces they call "coun that you made your judgements after register. Americans sum to make thmgs upwards of $407,000 annually includ try," but maybe they just have never l)ccn only a mere four weeks of class. I do to think that their entire nght. People ing benefits - docs not change the shown a good lime there. not feel as if you have given the class a roblem will go away nee!! to rcahzc equation at all. What the survey did not Have you ever gone skinny-!lipping on P . . . I d that apathy and fair chance to !lcvclop in onl y four mention is that while Columbia offers a hot summer night? Ever !!riven back wttho~t gettmg_ mvo ve · s loth arc not clc classes. As a stu!lcnt, you feel like the several salaries thai arc !lisproportion into the woods with your fricn!ls, buill a Coppmg out rnstead of mcnts that con skill s you nee!! from Senior Seminar alcly high. it offers far more thai arc huge bonfire, tunc!! your ra!lios to the voting is very revealing stitutc liberty. shoul!l be work rclalc!l such as resume disproportionately low. same station and hall a big ol' "beverage" of your "love" for tlris In years past. writing, interviewing an!l proper busi Remember: The majority of party? Ever ri!ldcn your bike !!own a back country." 1gnorant law- ness procedures. What a small aspect ___.:______makers forbade Columbia's faculty - a staggering country roa!l at 3 a.m. in the mist a_nd of the hig picture you arc focusing on! 80% - is hire!! on a part-time basis moonlight an!l been able to sec every sm minorillcs an!l women to vote. but those times arc I agree thai you need those skills to gel 1 only. which means they rccci vc sub glc star in the sky. without fear of being long gone. On this given day every cllit.cn ideals a job. hul what !lo you !lo with yourself stan!lar!l pay an!l none of the benclils horussc!l or muggc!l? E vcr been able to sit arc on the ~arne level. Anyone. mclu!ling minon until you gel that joh? That's where of health care an!l job security. In prac on your front porch sipping icc!! tea an!l tics who want to make their voices heard. must Senior Seminar really plays a role in tice. part-time faculty typically means listening to nothing but the crickets and get out an!l vote. The higher the turnout the helping you 10 slay true to yourself faculty mcmher. who haven't hecn thun!ler? Ever been crccking, canoeing, \lronger 11 will be hear!!. Reprcscnlalives arc m.r while slaying focused on your goals. 1 offered full-time cunlracl,. lis stu!lcnts ham-rope swinging. or played ror 1mag~ of the people who elect them. If you The class wu' a wonderful source know. part -timer. teach 70% of hidc-n-seek in the corn for the hell of it? want bcller rcpre~ntali on . let it be known by for share!! fears. frustrations and amic Columbia's curriculum. What stu!lcnls The country is also a wonderful place changmg the >lalu' quo. The power of change ipnlions of whal Ih e "Real Worl!l" was may nul know is thai a Columhi.1 to go on vacation, never the !lull waslc h~ m the punch of a ticket. really all about. We nil discusscu what "pan-timer" teaching as many courses lan!lthut it is onen portrayc!l as on tclcvt The arc no racial or gender barrier. when peo the good life meant In us. und how we a year as possible - four each semes sion. There arc cows to pel, horses to ride, ple talk about low turnout. Every group is includ ter an!l two in the summer - would could obtnin it without losing sight of c!l. People must rcali7.c that voting is the one our i!lenlilies on!l scpurute goals. lots of space for pels an!l children lo play earn only S 15.000 fur Ih al work. with in, and fresh plant-produced oxygen-rich way where they can make a difference. Don't out hcncfils, or roughly 27 times less We lcarne!l the true power of com waste that chance next lime aroun!l. Go out an!l munity and how important it is espe air to hrcuthc. than the Prcsi!lcnl makes. Si nce few I'm not pulling down the city nt all. but gel rcgmcrc!l, an!l when thai !lay comes stan!! up teach quite this hcnvy a load, most cially nfler grn!luntinn, when you move and make your vote count. uwoy from your "comfort zone" of col I nm just trying to cxpao!l the minds of "part-lime" faculty at Columbia curn those who think that the city is all there is. Make !lcciMIJO\ for yuur ~ vitality n. 1. The characteri§tic that disting~ishes".the living from; grow or develop. 3. Physical or intellectual vigor: energy. ADVENTURES IN MUSIC SHOPPING lly Michael O' llricn can take pride in that. StajJWrit<'l" Braid's last record showed some promi se, but it lacked focus - their pas It's har<.l to lin ARAB STRAP- Philophobia (Matador) Saturday morning, 3 a.m·. The bars arc closed. your ex-girl/boyfriend has left. You sit down on the couch and light a cigarette. enjoying a nice buzz. Soon enough, the regret and shame from tonight's slip-up with the ex will stan eating away at you. You need something to get you through 'til UN KLF~Psycncc Fiction (MoWax) sunrise- someone who understands. You Unklc is a collaboration between DJ need Arab Strap. Shadow and MoWax label founder James Lead singer/storyteller Aidan MoiTat's Lavelle. D.l Shadow is credited with writ deep, thick Scottish voice shares tal es of ing all the music, so in a sense this is the twisted relationships. long nights on the follow up to hi s outstanding debut album, bottle and old regrets. His ramblings arc "Entroduci ng." cxpenly layered over a bed of sofl drum Guest vocalists include Radiohcad's machine and piano. The music is good Thorn Yorke, Richard Ashcroft of the enough to stand alone. but adding Moffat's Verve and Beastie Boy Mike D. "Psycnce voice and amazing lyrics make this the best Fiction" is another incredible example of record I' vc heard all year. DJ Shadow's unique ahility to blend There arc no big guitar li cks or uplifting togethe r massive heats, grooved bass lines choruses- this is a record for music fans and samples. Thanks to the high-profile with an open mind and a longing for a guest vocalists, this could be hi s chance at fresh. new. literate, incredibly unique mainslrcam success. sound. Thorn Yorke's track. "Rabbit In Your Memorahle Lyric: " .. .I'm not liste ning to Headlights," is beautiful. Yorke's fragile what my mother said - what we're doing voice floats magnificently o ver the shu m e inside my bed. And I' m not pretending this heat and soft piano. Radiohcad fans will time you· rc someone else. but I' m cleaning not he disappointed. these sheets all by myself. " DJ Shadow docs his best to help him, Check this one out if you like: the movie hut Ri chard Ashcro ft can't seem to mellow "Trai nspotting," New Order, Tom Waits, out enough to lit in with the rest of the Mogwai, waking up stic ky, wet and con voices on the record. The album's standout fu sed. track " Bloodstain" is sung by newcomer Alice Temple. She fits OJ Shadow's music as well as Manina fit s Tricky's. Nowadays, when hip-hop sounds stale and dance music is endlessly repetitive. it's exciting to hear a fresh new blend of music that's inventive enough to please MoWax disciples and radio fri endly enough to pos BRAID- Frame & Canvas (Polyvinyl) sibly sell some records . Ok, I' II admit it. I'm frnm the suburbs. Memorahle Lyric: I don't really remem I've li ved in the suburbs my entire life. ber any - hey, it's all ahout the groove Braid's new record has helped case my anyway. shame. This is the sound of some kids from Check thi.< one out ifyo u/ike: Tricky, suburban Chicago, and commuter students Ponishcad, Underworld. r---, r Amcrican Gothic Productions brings the legendary femme fatale of the Moore, Ni ck Cave. Marc Almond. Exenc Ce rvenka of X, and Clint Ruin. I dark,------ Lydia Limch, for a long awaited appearance at the Smart Bar ------.Combining punk, new wave. shock goth. and performance art, Lunch I Tuesday night. ller spoken word performance will he accompanied by the has definite ly provcnjlcrself as a musical innovator and artist. Teenage I ~ ~ I sounds of J. Budenholzer & Terry Edwards. Also, spinning that night wi ll Jesus, Devil Dogs anaR-Eycd Spy arc just a few of the bands included in 1 I he the ringleader of Gothic events in Chi cago. OJ Scary Lady Sarah. the angry Lydia Lunch empire. The black and white. sexually driven I I ·- a» I From her li"t audio assault with Teenage Jesus and the Jerks in I 976, "Fingered," and the frightening ly poetic 'The Right Side of My Bruin" arc Lydia Lunch continues to expand her multi-media manifestations includ two uf the more prominent lilms Lunch has worked on. I I a. ~ I I ing ' pokcn word, writing. acting, lilmmaking, and numerous audio and There is no question whether or not Lunch has acquired cult status. viM•a l collahon•tions. Twenty years since the dchut of her career, Lunch is With Lunch. you e ither love her or hate he r. There's really no in-hctwcen. l I -ca a» I I still 'crecching and screaming. Ear-bleeding guitar assaults, angry-aggressive little g irl screeching and As a woman who describes herself as a " hideous screaming hitch," her volu mptous, mind-blowing ligurc arc just some of the tnctics Lunch I Lunch certain ly delivers a hlood rushing. a~;g rcssiv c ly powerful sermon of uses to embrace her audience. Now. wi th soul ful vocal de livery, Lunch I 1:!::f I her "'ul. Much of Lunch's work stems straight from her life in an open nnd wi II fa ce her fans. Il ank mode that lea ve' " 'n1c refreshed and others in a paralyzed daze. The show is 21 & up and will take place during Smart Bar's Goth I I > .... I I Lunch'' biography Include' work with Birthday Party's guitarist dance ni ght Nocturna. Tickets arc $ 10 and doors open nt I 0 p.m. L_ ___0 .J 1 l lly K11te Meehan American Playwriting ConteSt winner. Last year's show was l .:,~~ lly Hilly O'Keefe on their homages (few bands can sound so fresh while paying trib • I) ) Camp~tf!Viewpo1111' /:dllor ute like the Popes can), the band still never sounded better than \.:, ' when they pla)'ed their own-stuff. PerforlliO!i,jiyc, their music makes t/,L On Tue~day mght. the Smokmg Popes any studio rcooition stale by comparison, anJ;ongs like "You ' ~ fu~cd 90s noJSe wllh 50' r oman11 c 1~m wh1lc cov- Spoke to Me" (from last year's "Destination Failure") and "Need J- cnng songs from a plethora of different eras. all You Around" (from 1995's "Born to Quit") still sound c~citing and before an almost·packcd Ri viera. Problem is. every new. one wa< there to sec the V10lent Femmes. As skilled as three-cord musicians can be, the Smoking Popes Playing to an icy crowd that seemed surprised commonly cut and paste their live music, often playing two or three to sec music coming from the stage. the Popes still man· songs in one seamless composition. Thus, the music is full of pleas aged to give their best. subtle sense of humor and all ant surprises; witness the highlight of the evening when the Popes (their somewhat-hit smglc, "I Know That You Lnve Oawlessly insened the Costello classic "Everyday I Write the Book" Me," was christened " I Wi sh That You'd Lnvc Me" for inside one of their own songs. "On the Shoulder." the show). Headliners the Violent Femmes put on a crowd-pleaser or a show, In anticipation of their ne~t record. an album of 1f pumping your list to fo lk music is your son or thing. No real sur ...... covers that pays trihute to their mus1cal prises surfaced as the band ran through the motions, covering sta • #I roots. the Popes took on music by every ples such as "American Music" and " Blister in the Sun" as if they one from Willie Nelson to Elvis Coste ll o were their own tribute band. For most of the crowd, it did the job. to George Gershwin (yes. the composer). Rut but it reminded a few of us just how criminally short the Popes' set while Josh Caterer and company made good really was. Vttalitg= Af yov ca"' fee, people ave >tavti"''j to 'jet excite~ abovt v)~ ·~,•• Cosmic Travels washinutan Square ReviewJ • I!Mitlhv C.lotgren I'm rest-tired after 1hear what sounds like a voice frlm m lh1ai'U Cherry imergalaCtiC tip wauldnl vou know hil someone·s to the triP of my soul searching skip, at Papeye's chicken drive up. • lftiiiiD aut of the haze I trY II rest, h'S jUst tlhese religious davs my skin sheds away Alew minutes later, tlhenvs hollering pny "hey you bleep • tlhisway. eXPiilives: tlhen 1hear a car door slam parking lat. 1trv to rest, h's Just street sounds. take my hand while sand Now alii hear are in tlhis unknown land, as they roll across tlhe 1seek power to InfinitY The loud roar of and tlheladY tlhat was has stopped. MaYbe You know what it was "Peak-a-Boo," J:' \liiiDVIU.~·~·~ I'A OpeaialcSuppf~ ~9,1998 Tnlth To Poetrv Christopher la Pelusa Emotions transform 1mo words that glide across a page, like a doiDhln softly skimming through pale blue ocean waters. W"llh a slow swiftness. the pen releases ifs black blood to palm the canvas With ifs This is our fourth in a tmest. continuing series of sup plements featuring works from students and other individuals from the Columbia College community. This supplement show cases works of fiction poetry, personal essays May and artwork- ink We are proud that everyone featured in this For supplemnet took time out Words are to submit their work- aad your true While we weren't able to include all of the sub- lay OBIY by deftBitiOI IIIII missions, additional is Millen. opportunities for students and other individuals will 1111 be made 'liivailible in the But bY lbe llean and soul 111111111'111111 •• near future. IS 1111111111111111 Ill lbat taps across ablank IIIUidlver ~~irol sbeet of paper. 1111 klsslll Ill eSpecialc5eclion.s Cx/ilor IIIIIIIJI. ~a-/by Bofpwn 9raphJ'c 'lJe.ujn &//lor Passage to Peoria ~!J'Joozcr &filor-in-C.bief .l am.: -.. \ Julian.: uring that Mr. Nelligan was intent on ignoring her. But a Special thanks to. •... On the night of Jim Nelligan's death a small band of moment later she burst out, "and maybe you will let me em had gathered in the game room. The nurse's aid hear it this time." lifted the projector onto the pool table while the "Look," she said, "It's already put Reverend Brooke Budwick Reverend Gittes as usual hoisted the small movie screen Gittes asleep." Journalism Mljor into position. When Jim Nelligan gave the sign, Mrs. Jim Nelligan glanced back at the old preacher Leoanny De La Cruz Stein wheeled herself over to the doorway and flicked and groaned, "I hope his His Holiness doesn't have one Columbia Student the light switch off. of his snoring fits." Not long into the movie Mrs. Stein's commen "Mr. Nelligan!" snapped Mrs. Stein. Christopher La Pelusa tary commenced. "At first sight. Oh how silly." "Quiet !" demanded Mr. Nelligan. It was at this Journalism Major Jim Nelligan nearly said shut up! He settled for moment that a tingling sensation arose in his left arm. Gina Leyba "Shh .. ... " Mrs. Stein flung her head away from Mr. Journalism Major Her critique continued. "It's just not real life." Nelligan and through the next couple of reels of the film "Probably not Mrs. Stein," he said, "But I've had said not a word. When the final reel began however she Vanessa Mendicino enough real life." His voice grew harsh. "Seventy-six wined ''I'm bored." Columbia Student years of real life. We've all had enough real life. That's "Now and forevermore," thought Jim Nelligan. James Mullane why we are all here." As he spoke Jim Nelligan's eyes But he told her, "Yes, all newcomers say that." He was Part-time instructor, did not stray from the small movie screen at the far end thinking ,"Then in no time at all they forget themselves Liberal Education of the darkened room. Up there on the movie screen a and embrace their blessed boredom." ship's officer and a woman passenger were in a "Never," she boomed, "No I never thought my Dee Dee Rose Smith Hollywood embrace. chi ldren would put me in a nursing home." Rlldio Broadcasting Major Mrs. Stein inched her wheelchair towards his. Jim Nelligan nodded, "The newcomers all say eir vehicles were all but touching. She whisperc:d, that too." As he spoke he tried to remember how he had Laaonya Ward "There is no such thing as love at first sight." Jim been delivered to this dreary abode. He couldn't recall. Columbia student Neligan's eyes remained riveted on the passionate cou He came because he stunk. He could remember that ple on the screen. The couple were kissing on the deck much. His daughter in-law had told him he stunk. He of a deserted luxury liner. Mrs. Stein rambled on, "Till denied it. Why should he admit it? They had taken his Thank you for the day I buried my Fred I loved him, but I sure didn't bowels, must they also take his pride? So here he was aubmittina your work fall in love with him at first glance." because he stunk, because he was stinking the house up for thia aupplement · · · " Well,Tn ~>e · ~uier now;··vowtd Mrs: stel" fig-· and wouldn't own up to it. "It must be the dog" was. his ~.9,1.9.94 Continued from Page 2 "By the way, I'm Jim Nelligan." future medical career, but not a word about her favorite retort. "I'm Patricia...... Patty." fiancee. He talked about his deceased parents Mrs. Stein continued to ramble on ''Nice to meet you, Patty" and his teaching position and of the car acci about her ungrateful family. His patience grew "Pee .. or. ..ee ..a ? Where is that?" dent last week that forced him to take this extinct. "Enough already! Watch the damn "Oh, just another hundred or so miles Greyhound bus to his brother's graduation. movie!" It was at this moment that a peculiar, south of La Salle." Their conversation moved easily and with a intense light stabbed at his eyes. He rubbed his "Do you live there, Jim?" great deal of warmth and intimacy. For nearly eyes and the light disappeared, ''No, my younger brother is graduating three hours they talked. She seemed to have A moment later he felt Mrs. Stein's from college down there." the power to do what no one before could do, hand coming to rest on his knee. His muscles "Oh, how nice. What college does he that is, she made reveal himself, made him tighten reflexively. He was about to withdraw attend?" want to reveal himself. Somehow before those his knee from her range, but then he told him "Bradley University." warm magical eyes his need for a mask dis self, "No, she's been shit on enough." Instead Her dark eyes rose pensively, "I never solved. She seemed to understand him. He was he used his right hand to rub his left arm which heard of that school." happy, happy to be understood, to be under was now numb and had apparently fallen "You obviously don't follow college stood at last. asleep on its own. basketball." As they talked the sun sank and sank "Isn't love wonderful?" she whispered. She shook her head and asked, "Is it a till finally her tan face reflected its pink glow. "I guess so," he mumbled. good college?" It was a brief haunting image, and to him it "And sometimes," She was looking at Jim She was looking straight into his eyes seemed as if she were suddenly transformed Nelligan's old face now," it comes right out of and suddenly he felt like smashing his lips on into a Cezanne painting, an eternal work of art. the blue just like the movies." hers. Her face shone with serene elegance. "I suppose." said Jim Nelligan and then How far apart were they? Inches? "It's no "Isn't it beautiful," she said as she wondered, "Was she still living?" Even though Harvard" he answered. gazed out at the flame swept horizon. she was obviously younger than himself when "Patty, are you from La Salle?" "yes" He was looking only at her. they met, he realized that if she wasn't dead, She shook her head. "My fiand herself ' We mustn't ever forget this beautiful she too would be old now, as old as and as more towards him. This twisting movement sunset, Jim." worn down as poor Mrs. Stein who still had brought her knee pressing against his leg. She ''Not ever, Patty." Then suddenly he her hand on his knee. appeared oblivious of this meeting of limbs. crossed his heart and made this solemn vow, "Could it be that long ago?" There was He wasn't. "This will be the very last thing to cross my so much these days -so many simple "Yes, been here all my life. South side mind, my last thought." things- that he had difficulty remembering, Irish." "We have a long way to go before that, yet that late spring evening forty-one years ago She brushed some of her shiny black I'm sure." She laughed and then she made a was not one of them. For years he thought of hair away from her eyes. He now noticed the similar vow, but in a casual, less serious man her only in spring, but since his wife's death diamond ring. She had spoken the truth. Was ner. last March he has been haunted by the memory she waving it in his face? Was this her polite A few minutes later they were saying of the stranger on the bus. And when the mem warning to "lay off''. He wasn't sure. In ages good-bye. "Well here's my stop," she said as ory of that spring evening returned, it came ture of a strange where is the certitude? the bus pulled in front of a small gas station. vividly and effortlessly, not unlike the movie Another clue, just a clue on how to proceed. "So soon?" he sighed, ''you must be now flickering before his old eyes. "So how do you like the Windy City, mistaken." Mrs. Stein asked him if he was warm Patty?" She laughed, "Don't think so, Jim" enough but Jim Nelligan didn't reply. Later she "Oh, it's OK, but I prefer New York." Awkwardly he walked ahead of her would speak almost clinically of the dampness She then added in a more tentative tone, "I towards the front of the bus. He was in a daze, of his hand which she had grasped and was mean Chicago doesn't have the culture you panic stricken. He spoke rapidly, "This all the now holding as she watched the movie. The find there." bags you had? ... Will he be here to pick you Reverend Gittes continued sleeping. Gradually "No it's no New York," he replied and up? ... Will it be safe here waiting for him? Are Jim Nelligan's mental gaze cut through the flat then added without reflection, "But it's no La you sure? ... Are you certain? .... She assured magic light at the end of the room and once Salle either." Why did he say that? he won him that she would be fine and gave him a more he was there ...... dered. Then he knew, and he knew that she quick kiss on the cheek. just before stepping knew too. He had only clues . contradictory off the bus. Forty-one years ago the Greyhound bus clues, but she already had a good glimpse of "So long, Jim." She stood waving as departed from gate eleven in downtown his heart. He had put himself at a disadvantage the bus pulled away. There was something Chicago. His intention was to sleep the entire or so he surmised. deep in those Asian eyes that he focused on. ~ourney from Chicago to Peoria. He had taken "I've only been in the United States a Underst let it go. From the doorway of the bus the very first vacant seat he found and his eyes year." she suddenly blurted out. he just stared out at her. closed as soon as he sank into it~ cushions. "And you are already engaged to an "Coming or Going !" yelled the bus Before the bus began to move he was asleep. American?" His face was feigning astonish driver. As the bus spun sharply out of under ment. I ~noring the driver, he stood in the doorway ground depot, his shoulder slammed against She nodded. "You remind me of him." watching her figure fade away in the distance. the passenger at his side. His eyes popped "Him?" inquired Nelligan. "You can't stand there!" snapped the open and he found himself staring into a pair "My Fiancee," driver. of startled Asian eyes. He quickly pleaded for "Really?" he said. He returned to his seat and pressed his face giveness. "You do ..... You .really do." She was against the green tinted window. His eyes "No harm done." The voice was for smiling at him. sought a final glimpse, but there was none. eign and feminine. There was a hint of a smile He looked deep into her luminous eyes Unconsciously his hand stroke the seat that her on her lips. "Well, at least not to me." , "Patty, you remind me of no one." body had warmed. Without her, the bus rolled Although she had a beautiful voice and She responded with a nervous smile. on through the spring night. It rumbled on mile cut a lovely figure, it was her face that dazzled Her eyes lowered shyly. A certain sadness after mile toward Peoria, and after that it rum him, a face that he surmised fostered foolish-. seemed to briefly seize her face. Her eyes rose bled on for years in his mind. ness on most males it encountered. She had and she seemed about to say something, but The girl was waving. The ship was sailing. huge sad Asian eyes, inviting, plush lips, and a then her gaze sank again and she shook her The credits were roll ing. And as predicted, cute, kitten's nose. He figured that this face head slightly. She didn't speak. Reverend Gittes was snoring. Images on the was from the Philippines. With further cajoling he got her to talk screen flashed back and forth between the After an awkward moment of silence about her life in the Philippines. She spoke girl 's face and the distant ship. Mrs. Stein was passed between them, he turned to her and slowly and hesitantly at first, but then as he anxiously rubbing her eyes, trying to dry them inquired, "Are you headed to Peoria too?'' questioned her about this or that detail of her . before the lights came back on. Then at last, She shook her head. ''No, I'm going to life, she seemed to grow eager to tell her story. the words came floating up the tiny screen, La Salle" She spoke of her family, her schooling, her "The End." ~ • • i " •. • ' . T --r- ~cr 9, 1994 his broad. I couldn't pass that up. Ruby. She was so pretty and per 'lore Than A \\'heelchair It was an easy job, seeing how fect. She was a thin Italian with slammin' she was and all. thickness in all the right places, I ~ bt)J1~ a \\ ·~m.i Before the mountain incident almost like a coke bottle. She had Shucks was a swinger, but he was the longest legs in the party and seen in your life. Well anyway, we also, at one point, the guy you that turned Shucks on as well as He was the best friend a were playing in the sand and could trust to keep his paws to myself. She was rapping pretty guy could ever have. He cooperat throwing the chicks in the sand himself if he had a main lady. I'll heavy with Shucks and they ed with all ideas and suggestions. when Shucks' chick told me she never forget this one lady he dated exchanged numbers and every He knew where the hottest joints wanted to go to my place tonight, named Ruby. Ruby was a dream thing and then he found out she were in town to party, when he but she said it in lip movement at boat. She used to always call me was a lady. "Hey sweetness, would used to party. And he wasn't even first. I kept looking at her mouth "CatFats" because I was a cool cat you like to crash at my pad THAT bad with the foxes. Yelp, moving when Shucks and my with a lot of fat. Some people tonight?" he asked in a Mac that's right. He was a real swinger chick weren't watching. I came never change as you can see, I Daddy-type voice. ''No thanks. I in every way. I think that I left out pass and she whispered it in my guess, but she was cool. She got my own pad on 34th street the part about him coming through ear. I then knew for sure that this turned Shucks around and into a with my roommate, Karen." she for those who were in need of his broad was digging me. Later on one-woman man. She ran out his told him, trying to talk over the assistance. Man he would jump up that night I told Shucks the deal other chicks because she was a loud music. "Baby you not hearin' as soon as you had a problem, with his female. He was totally lady. She worked at a respectable me. I want you to groove with me whether it was financially or any calm about it. " Do you want her?" lounge, she wore tight, yet classy tonight." he said smiling with other problems. He liked helping he very casually asked. ''Naw man. attire, she was beautiful, she was every pathetic word. A drink then people. But now he has to be That's your chick." I responded. charming, Shucks got to nail her splashed right in Shucks' face. helped and the stubborn ass does "Do you want her or not?" he anytime he wanted and it was "What type of girl do you think I n't like it! That mountain climbing asked again hoping for a yes this great, from what he says, and she am , huh? You think Italian girls incident changed his life forever. time. "Yeah man she's kind of could cook! Not just any old cook are easy? You think we look for All he had to do was take up a groovy". I said coming clean with ing, but that delicious East cook- black pimps in bars or some ground level hobby like the rest of the truth. " Well, this is how it's thing?" she asked him angrily us, but that wasn't spectacular insulted. "I'm sorry foxy mama. I enough for him. That Damn moun ain't no pimp. It's just that I didn't tain climbing! Damn the moun know you were a lady." he apolo tains! The mountains are the ones getically explained. "Can we start that traded this curly-afro headed, over?'' he asked. "Sure. I'm Ruby leisure suit-wearing monster in a and I'm a lady." she said laughing wheelchair for my suave, slick without hesitation. "Hello. I'm headed, down-to-earth friend with Carl, but my friends call me out my consent or approval. It 's Shucks and I'm in Jove." he said, just wild to me how a guy can laughing along with Ruby. They transform like Shucks did in that lasted a long time, about 2 years I little amount of time. I know here believe. In those two years I in the hospital you all called him believe I grew to Jove Ruby Carl, but that name was too formal myself. She decided to move back for the ladies. One day we were in to New York to nurse her ailing this joint called "La Casa" and we grandmother. She had to go. were just sitting at the bar rapping Shucks loved her so much that he to the bartenders about all the foxy wanted to fly her grandmother in ladies that were pulling in that to live with them because he knew night. Well, one of the ladies he couldn't leave. It would' ve walked pass Carl and said "Baby, been alright ifher grandmother can you take me to your place wasn't as sick. That was real hard tonight? Shucks !" We all looked for Shucks. Ruby claimed she at Carl and burst out in laughter. would be back, but she never came From that moment on we called back. Some guys who knew Ruby him Shucks and he gladly respond and Shucks claimed to have seen ed. Yes indeed. Before that damn Ruby around the way when mountain incident we were blood Shucks first got his wheelchair, brothers. If Shucks went some ing because she was from New and they say she saw him down where I went as well and vice going down. You are going to pre York. Ruby was the kind of lady the street and turned the other way. versa. I remember this one sum tend that you wanna get serious that you took to the best joints in That hurt Shucks. Just like himself mer evening on the beach like it with her and you're gonna screw town. The kind of lady you would he bounced back though. This was yesterday. Carl was about in her. My revenge kicks in because settle down with or even marry. wheelchair business was real hard his years of 24 and I was about 20. you're gonna ditch her after that, She understood things and wasn't on him. Damn,those,mountains! We were in the .sandbox which ya dig?" he asked, thoroughly all over Shucks for hanging with When he first heard that he had was this huge box area full of sand mapping out the events of the us all night, some weekends even. to be confined to a wheelchair he and rocks and shit. So anyway, we devious plan. "Sure Shucks. She understood the gambling too. was so devastated that he acted were just kicking .sand on each Whatever. It's your chick." I We'd spend up to $200 sometimes like it was no big deal. "It ain't no other and these two slammin' agreed, not finding the plan diffi just betting on the horses and dice biggie. I'll be alright." he would broads we were with. And when I cult or unpleasant in the least bit. games in the back alley behind say when we'd come to visit him. say slammin' I mean slammin' So, that's what I did. One day I Shucks' building. I think he met I always told him it w11S okny to be alright. I mean toes polished beau went to pick up his chick, we Ruby at a dance in Ridgeland on pissed or to act out on his frustra tifully with art design and in excel came back to my place, we talked Valentine's day. No, now that I tions, but he never did. He becnme lent form, hair was real long and about this relationship thing, in think about it, it was definitely pretty obnoxious ntler that tao. It curly, tmell was like, like some and out I went in her goods, and New Year's because they were was cmzy man. We went to this rich woman's garden, sweet and then I left. She kept calling the watching the countdown with Dick little cocktnil purty and we didn't r(JJ)'. Jt was just that nice. The&e house for week.. and I never talked Clark on the wide screen television know anyone bcc11usc we ~n:n ' t ~ would wear some of the to her or returned any of her culls. in the bar area. I was dancing with invited. I knew Shoron and she tightest dresses, but since we were My mission was complete. some fox and then I spotted Ruby was the one who WllS hostlna th" on the beach they wore some of lmaalnc that. One of your closest r11ppina with my man, Shucks. I party, but she claimed to hllve ~~t · the tightest blkinis you' ve ever pals aiving you pcrrniulon to nail tuned out ovcrythlna when I saw ten my invitation mixed up, 9Gxxun£er 9, 1994 Anyhow, we were at this little thing and Shucks was bothering everyone at the party. "Hey that's a mighty swell~looking fox you came with", Shucks told one guy at the party. "Thanks a lot man", the guy responded. "I saw her staring at me like I'm a damn freak or something too!", Shucks shouted, making a complete scene in front of us all. "What's your problem Shucks? I'm sorry man, but he's just a little bent off of all the booze he's had", I told the guy. And there was also this one situation at the party where Shucks harassed this woman's ass with one or two major pinches and quickly turned his wheelchair around and rolled away. Not suspecting it was Shucks, the chick turned around rapidly and pinched the hell out of some other guy standing around in back of her. "I know that was you!", she yelled. "What're you talking about?", the guy asked feeling the pain in his back. "You just pinched my ass, you little roach!", she shouted back. "I don't know what you're talking about, but I didn't pinch your ass lady!", the man shouted back, defending his innocence. "Well, who did it then?", the woman asked, obviously in disbelief. "It was probably the wheelchair guy! He was the only one around!", he harshly responded. "How can you accuse that poor, innocent man? He's handicapped for god sakes!", she shouted, diverting everyone's attention immediately from her situation and to Shucks, seeing that he was the only guy there at the party in a wheelchair. Everyone was silent and so was the room, as if the usual noises like the toilet were staring at Shucks as well. "I ain't no damn handicap!", Shucks shouted, rolling out of the room. After that, he ain't never been quite the same. I didn't mean to keep you doctor, but I guess I had more on my mind than I thought. You're doing a fine job here and I know it's not your fault that Shucks, I mean Carl, died. You did all you could. It was really that alcohol that killed him. Well, I guess I'd better start calling people and let them know that he's gone. Soma Me nmothV C. Lofgren So Soma Me Into TranquilitY Knocked Out SIIIJ IDA Pile Of Ulles laugblng Aid laiiiiiiiDU I'm Blaela tbe Face. no Uatltled IV Brooke IBIIWICil I Wllllllthe fOOII Where v•• aad I Bad slept manv nights before EJnodons ruSh through me Memories evade mv head I cannot sleep here aDJIIOre In the place we made love The new bed now lacina the same dlrecdon As the Pile of lllaallets We ased nlahl after nlahl The empty room No bed Nofurnhure Now someo1e else's clothes Are lhrowa eathe noor Se11e11e else's 111a11lets lie, Oathe bell that was aever there. The Refrigerator Massacre Gina Leyba On a chilly autumn day in the refrigerator, Mrs. Kiwi went into the crisper section and stepped into a pile of pickle chips. "Oh no!" she exclaimed, when she realized that the remains were that of her friend, Ms. Pickle. She called the freezer police. "I would like to report a murder!" she wailed. "Ok, Mrs. Kiwi, calm down," Lieutenant Broccoli said. He took down the rest of Mrs. Kiwi's statement and pulled out the unsolved crimes file. "It sounds like the same person who killed Rudy Rutabaga last week," he stated to Commissioner Carrot as he hung up the phone. "Yeah," Commissioner Carrot recalled, "He was sliced up and stashed in the butter compart ment. Why would anyone want to kill innocent vegetables?" he sighed hopelessly, sitting at his desk observing Lieutenant Broccoli pace rapidly back and forth across the frigid floor. Later that evening, Mr. Kumquat called everyone together for a meeting on the second shelf. "The killer is in the area," he said, "We have to stick together and catch him." "Can we hurry this up?" Miss Cheezy said, as she tapped her foot ruiJI.Juu~•y, • clutching a tiny bag, "I have a date with Charlie Coconut." "Another desperate fruit from the third shelf?" Betty Banana growled. "Oh, go wilt somewhere!" Miss Cheezy snapped. "Bite me!" Betty Banana replied. '! That night about midnight, there was a loud crash in the crisper. "What are you doing!?!" Mr. Kumquat shrieked with terror, as he flickered on the lights. Miss Cheezy stood there motionless in a mound of shredded coconut. "Care for some coconut?" she laughed maliciously. Commissioner Carrot and Lieutenant Broccoli were called to the scene and carted Miss Cheezy away. "Miss Cheezy!" Judge Cauliflower began, "you are charged with the deaths of Rudy Rutabaga, Ms. Pickle, and Charlie Coconut. How do you plead?" he angrily banged his gavel on the table. The crowd became quiet. Anxiety filled the cool air. "I plead guilty, Judge Cauliflower, by reason of insanity," she explained, holding back her tears, "My father was turned into shredded cheese when I was young. I saw the whole thing. It was all for revenge." "That's no excuse, Miss Cheezy. Your sentence is to be executed in the food processor. A sentence to be carried out immediately. You are to become Cheese Whiz." Miss Cheezy burst into tears as the crowd around her cheered. Everyone 11 re:ini•~ the event. To celebrate, each resident of the refrigerator brought their own box of crackers for the after-execution party. • S.lllllllllllllll ...... ,.. llcnz ...... -lhllnll- .... .,WllllllllrltJ. ...,..... IIIII III, IIJ SJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISI. • •ere IIIII. I WIIIIIVIIII'IVIr, 1111 WGD11fiW 1D Inch nor 1111. lsYIIIIIIIDIIDIIIIness. fmlbe IIUIIJ, voar bllll There's 1 SVIIIIIII Dllonellaess. carved In mv collar bone. h crvs and reels mv pain, With h. rm not alone. 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Riek Kaplan, President, CNN" FRUDA )'~ NOVEMBER 1 S~ 1 998 1 o:so~ 11 :45 A~M~ Ferguson Hall 1__st FLoor/ GOO S. ML0V1Lge1V'v Ave. (M C1 LV'v CC1 VV1v}J u.s) TV1L.s .se.s.sLoV'v L.s off-tV1e-re0orcL Do V'v't VV1vL.s.s Lt! • • NOVEMBER 9, 1 998 COLUMBIA (HRONICli & invite you to a special advance screening of Visit T he Chronicle Office, 623 S. Wabash Room 11 205, to pick up your free pass (admit 2) to the advance screening of ELIZABETH. Tickets arc on a first come, fir t served basis, while supplies last. No purchase necessary. (Limit one pass per person) In Theatres November 20th NOVEMBER 9, 1998 u By Unda C. Black L ibra (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). A strong leader wants to take control of Tribune Media Services ~ fightingHfo .for Wd, your, '"" attention."'· "' Pick• ~"''' the one or"''"' whos going'"''"· to '"lead' '"''" you ''"'where you want to go. Pay attention to whats going on around you. Thats especially true on Monday and Tuesday. By Wednesday, you II Aries (March 2/-Apri/ 19). You should be in an·exccllent mood have figured out that your path is pretty well set, so develop a rou today and tomorrow. Thercs a grand trine in fire signs going on, a tine you can usc through Friday to he most effective. Dont try to get which always lights you up. In fact, yourc lighting the other people through the second hair of this week without a plan. You II waste too much time. If you up, too, as we speak. Be careful, though. That sun in Scorpio means go according to schedule, you should be ahlc to relax by the weekend. Just about all you should be cautious about what you say, especially with some the important stuff" will be done by then, and you II be able to give yourself" a special body you love. Make sure you dont accidentally hurt somconcs treat for having accomplished everything so wisely feelings by coming on too strong. Yo_ull have lots of work to do Wednesday through Friday. Details arc important. Dont let any of them slip out. Focus your attention on your pa rtner over the weekend, and you II enjoy the dance at a whole new level. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21 ). Dont get into too much of a snit on Monday or Tuesday, if things arcnt going quite the way you want. Yourc not in complete control of the situation, and that should be Taurus (April 20-May 20). You may feel like youre under attack obvious. Looks like somebody else wants to order you around, for a the first part of this week, today and tomorrow especially. Thais just change. You II do well to comply graciously. Thats the best chance because thcres a grand cross in fixed signs going on. The suns in you have for gaining the power in this situation again. I f you resist, Scorpio, the moon is in Leo and Uranus i s in Aquarius. When thats ® you II only make matters worse. Your friends arc the key to your suc combined with your sun in Taurus, it makes for a standoff a situa cess from Wednesday through Friday. Empower a team of them to do what you need, tion where n:>body will budge and nothing seems to be getting and you II be amazed at the results. You can take it easy while they make sure every accomplished. Actually, thats not quite the way it really is. Youre getting something thing is perfect. Catch up on the latest gossip over the weekend by asking leading accomplished. Yourc making sure your needs are met, and thats very important right questions. Make sure you dont tip your hand, though, or you II lose an advantage you now. Stick to your guns. You can relax Wednesday and Thursday with your significant worked hard to gain. other. Those are good days for romance. Fridays not bad either, with Saturday and Sunday looking more like the work days this week. Schedule accordingly. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Youre under pressure today and tomorrow, but thats OK. Youre also very creative right now. Youll Gemini (May 21-June 21 ). Your work is challenging while the suns be able to solve the problem, once you figure out exactly what it is. in Scorpio, but youre learning fast. Some of the stuff yourc learning Thais the difficult part. The person who wants you to do something might seem to be making things harder. Thats especially true today isnt going to come right out and tell you. Yourc going to have to fig and tomorrow. The information is coming in. but its contradicting ure it out for yourself. Once youvc got that part mastered, the rest is what you thought you already had. Theresa clinker here some going to be easy. From Wednesday through Friday. clean up your where, but the question is, where? Keep after it. Youre bound to act. Perfection is not a luxury this week. Its more likely a requirement. I f you can sim ® discover the facts, and thats more important than somebody elses ply follow directions, you can achieve it. Thatlf be the hard part. The good news is all interpretaticm of the truth anyway. Theres a big job to be done at your house, too. the parties scheduled for this weekend. If you havent been invited to any yet, make a Tackle that from Wednesday through Friday. You II be in the mood to make changes few phone calfs. Your friends arc just waiting to hear from you. then, and itII be relatively easy. Schedule your big date for over the weekend; have it include a jaunt to a place youvc always wanted to go, with the person youd most like to have with you when you get there. Cancer (June 22-July 22). You should be in a good mood this week. The sun in Scorpio makes you more decisive and powerful, as well as more affectionate. It just brings out all your best qualities. The moon in Leo today and tomorrow may cause something of a problem, however. Leo transits your solar second house of finances, and right now you might feel like you dont have enough. Thats not altogether true, but its defi Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Focus on how you can best invest nitely a strong feeling. Instead of spending more, why dont you figure out how to your time and talents on M onday and Tuesday. Looks like thcrcs a make a little more? T~a t would calm your fears and also give you some money in way for you to provide a little security for yourself and for your reserve. Wednesday through Friday will be good days for learning new skills. If you family. This docsnt have to be complicated. It could be nothing more need something in order to achieve your goals, sign up for a class then. You II find significant than buying your canned goods in case lots. Food is a learning easy and fun. Over the weekend, entertain at home while the moon is transit wonderful way to save, although youll probably think of many other ing Libra. ways. Once your security issues arc handled, you II feel like branch ing out. Travel looks excellent from Wednesday through Friday. I f youre in busi ness, scout out new markets, and your expenses wiil be deductible. It looks like you could l:eo (July 23-Aug. 22). The moons in your sign today and tomor get a new job opportunity over the weekend. Youll have to learn new skills, but thats row, which is usually magnificent for you . This time, however, its OK. Yourc up f"or it. going to be a little more dinicult. That sun in Scorpio is like an anchor that yourc dragging around. It seems like somebodys not let A EVEJJ~ BEING OM THII P:L4METH41 3 B41ICI OF :LIFE: ILIIP LOVE FOOD TO 81 COMTIMVID••••••• !NOVEMBER 9 , 1 998 VIEWPOINTS ItA The Healing Power Music Do Bookstores Selling Alcohol of Containers Undermine Efforts By LaTonya White article also said that music is used in hospi Guest Columnist tals in conjunction with anesthesia to elevate patient's moods or induce calmness. To Fight Binge Drinking? he long-awaited hour final ly arrived In her article, "Tuning in.to the power of By Melissa Hankins "A lit display is saying these shot · and a woman's voice sounded loud- music," Janalea Hoffman, a registered music University of Delaware Review glasses and beer mugs arc the things we T ly over the speakers: "The store will therapist, said, "Several researches have really want to sell, and shot glasses arc be closing in five minutes." Last-minute demonstrated that the right hemisphere of the ot unlike many other campus a symbol of binge drinking," he said. shoppers raced to the cosmetic counters brain, which has to do with feelings, imagery, bookstores across the nation, "There arc other things the university pleading to make one final purchase before dreams, and even the unconscious, is activat N there is a prominent display could display more prominently." the exhausted sales associates closed the reg ed by music." She said that through music of shot and wine glasses and beer mugs But getting rid of or moving the ister. Avoiding the eyes of a potential night people arc often able to recall lost or sup gleaming under a lit exhibit on the lirst items to a less prominent space is not marc (excuse me, customer), I grabbed my pressed experiences. Ladies, remember the noor or the University of Delaware's the answer, said Todd Petrie, the book belongings in a mad rush to make it to the time your boyfriend made a careless com bookstore -- and every one of them is store's manager. subway before the cl, a.k.a. "soul train," ment that was offensive or just downright emblazoned with a school emblem. "There arc many other things in the crawled along the tracks to slowly take me to insensitive? A saucy YoUDcc mascot struts bookstore which provide lasting my usual destination, 95 th St., the end of the You might have given hi)ll a piece of across some, the school's name is impressions too," he said. "Arc we line. your mind, then told him to go you-know stretched in big, bold letters across oth going to stop selling other items I was in no mood to give another person where. Later you heard the song that was ers. Many arc even stamped with the because people don't like them? How advice about which lipstick matched best playing the first time you met. It brought . picture of an Op<;ij book symbolizing about books concerning race relations with their complexion, and if one more back memories of how much you enJoyed scholarship, knoWI'edgc and wisdom. or sexual orientations? Arc we going to woman asked inc to give her a make over, each other's company and it wasn't long So what docs the university's mas limit all forms of self-expression? while I stood there in my coat, I would have before you decided that what he said wasn't col, namesake and emblem have to do " Taking these things off the noor is lost my sanity. My feet were screaming for so bad after all. Music has the same emotion with drinking? not going to sol ve anything," Petrie relief, my lower back ached endlessly- my al impact on children. Given that colleges and universities continued. "Putting the display in the nerves were shot. I felt beat down and dis My little friend Mia is three years old. make money from the sales of such corner won't help. People arc still gusted with retail, people, anci the cute black From the time she was in her mother's womb products bearing their names, it is an going to want to buy them, and they shoes I chose to wear despite the excruciating she responded to the sound of music by form issue that has been raised on many will just take their business elsewhere." pain they always cause. ing her body into a tight ball or kicking. Mia campuses. But it's an especially touchY. "The store provides products to To make matters worse the train was was a year old when the theme song, subject at the University of Delaware, more than the student population any packed with no empty scat in sight. "Mama," from the movie "Soul Food" was which in 1996 received a five-year, way," she continued. ''There arc facul Whenever I board, I'm reminded that chival released. Every time the song was played on $770,000 grant from the Robert Wood ty, alumni, staff, parents and visitors. ry is dead. All the men arc sitting down, leav the radio she'd cry. I was bewildered ; she had Johnson Foundation that is primarily We arc providing products that appeal ing the women to fight for standing room. By never seen the movie. She's a baby; surely aimed at fighting bi~ge drinking on to a wide range or customers, and we the time I made it home all I could think she couldn' t understand the lyrics. As time campus. can't remove every possible item that about was passing out. When I entered my passed, Mia began speaking a little more Many administrators were -- and could be used as an alcohol container." living room I plopped down on the sofa, clearly. I asked her why the song makes her still are -- thrilled with the money and However, it's the shot and wine grabbed the stereo remote, and used the tiny cry. Her voice was a soft whisper when she the opportunity accompanying it -- a glasses, beer mugs and nasks, not the amou nt of strength I ·had left to press the responded, ''That song makes me sad." chance to tone down the university's coffee cups, which arc under attack. small red button labeled "power." The sou lful In the evening when I come home, the party-school reputation. The grant pro " It's hypocritical," said M aquetia sounds of Branford and Ellis Marsalis, two first thing I do is turn the radio on. This helps vided a new weapon in the war against Harris, a sophomore who frequents the remarkable jazz arttsts, filled the room me unwind and relieve the pressures of a·)ong an alcohol-saturated culture on campus. bookstore. ''The school is trying to stop Instantly, I began to feel renewed The day. Life is the ultimate challenge (especially Yet, in the minds of many, the book drinking, but they're promoting it with memories of the hectic day at work soon when you're in school), and there arc obsta store's display of alcohol containers has their name at the same time. faded away. My body was relaxed, my mind cles that we must overcome every day. Music undermined the university's efforts to "I don't think they should sell any at case. Music is a powerful entity. This art may not be able to solve all the issues at eradicate binge drinking. It also may thing that has to do with alcohol usc at form has known to evoke emotional and hand, but it can aid in clearing our minds so have workers for the foundation won all." physical responses in people. The usc of that we can sec th ings in a better perspective. dering how the money is being spent. Roland Smith, vice president of stu music as therapy i s what interests me the Many of us listen to it but don' t realize how The Rev. CliiT Armour, chairman or the dent life and co-chair of the founda most. Ju st recently, I read an article in much it affects the way we think. Music can local committee that helps oversee th.c tion's local committee, sa id he also Upscale that discussed the spiritual, healing give us hope when things go wrong. grant's disbursement, said the commit never knew that the university's book effects of it. It understands you when no one else docs. tee could apply some pressure to have store was selling shot glasses bearing The article said that music has been used It's happy when you arc and is always there the alcohol containers removed. the school's emblems. to treat patients w ith developmental and when you need it. So the next time you feel " Although Robert Wood Johnson is " I think it's probably not a good learning disabilities, Alzheimer 's disease, restless, fed up with society or your professor not a prohibition movement, this is idea," he said. " I think it does probably substance abuse problems, and people who (whichever comes first). or life is grand and communicating the wrong message," send the wrong message." suffer from chronic pain, including women in you're in the mood to celebrate, don' t go to Armour said, adding that he was not labor. 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Dominick's & rower Recoo.b ~ffnron' '~~~~ W-ttrtlf Not 100<1 '""'" ar>y o.hf.t offm 01 Ill! pt~ tl1at wasn ' t n~ John (;l·l,omino '''fll~lt\jlll/1(~~~ ------By Rob Steva Just when Bears fans were ready to ship Dave the Colorado Rockies for Todd Helton and Darryl Sports Hditor IWonro< lodl OUt of town and build around their lOp draft Kyle. The trade is intriguing and would help the Sox in 1999. the team found a way to win three ugly in two ways. First, it would give them a good defen ednesday. Nov. 4. 1998. a and throw a wrench into the plans. It started sive first baseman and a powerful left handed bat. day in which most every a come-from- behind victory against the inconsis Second, it would give the Sox that veteran pitcher that Bulrs fan had circled on W Dctroil Lions, a game which featured six Chicago they desperately need. Albert Belle ha~ thirty days to their calender. II was supposed to be They then traveled to Arizona and could find a team to pay him moreuld have guaranteed with the Bulls first home game of the sea gel anything going as they fell in embarrassing the Sox. Teams should be interested, especially si son against the Washington Wizards. to the Cardinals. Then the injury plagued Mike Piaz7..a was given a seven-year, 91 million dollar II was supposed to be the most antici- ' ; . Cowboys came to town. Jason Garrett started in deal with the Mcts. I really think the Sox are hoping paled game of the season where the ace of Troy Ai kman and completed only one first that a team takes him off their hands because in doing heroes of last year receive their championship ri ngs and the pass as the Bears mediocre offense chalked up so it would free up some major money to lest the free sixth bannerwas to be unveiled from the United Center 13-1 2 win. Next, the Bears went to Tennessee and agent market. More so, it would open up left field for rafters. However, due to the NBA lockout the stadium park ayed a talented but mindless Oiler team. The Bears a younger hitler with outstanding potential, Jeff ing lot was like an abandoned ghost town and the United were able to capitalize on an Oiler mistake and a Abbott. Robin Ventura's agent supposedly has four Center basketball noor continued to collect dust in storage. missed field goal. They win 23-20 and improve to 3- teams interested in his client. If this is true and Robin The first game would have told the story that all fa ns want lo 5. fi nds a team willing to take a chance on a third base hear. II would have revealed both the crowd's reaction Some fans may be happy with this mi nute achieve man who has not had an impressive offensive season towards new head coach Tim Floyd and the fate of Michael ment. They won three games against three less-than si nce his fool injury, the Sox will find themselves Jordan. Unfortunatlcy we still do not know if Michael would teams. and we arc supposed to believe in this without anybody occupying the hot corner. The minor have shown up reti red. in an Armani suit or ready lo defend. and think that they will make a productive sea leagues offer little hope; other possibilities include in the baggy shorts and new Air Jordans that we all have out of all this. The Bears are in the weakest part free agents Dean Palmer, Scoll Brosius, and Ken grown accustomed to seeing. The same question can be asked their schedule and will soon have to face the Caminiti. of Dennis Rodman, would he have shown up in a brides Division foes, arguably the toughest teams in A few weeks back I aucndctJ DePaul's Midnight dress or in the Bulls red and white ready to capture another NFL. With the current streak. the Bears have gone Madness, the official beginning of college basketball. rebounding title? What about Sconic Pippen. would he have the NFL's worst to middle of the pack, which been there? Nobody knows. it seems as if an coin loss will There is a lot of excitement about head coach Pat no playoffs. More importantly it means they determine Pippen's future with the Bulls. Finally. if Phil Kennedy's recruiting class and rightfully so. Bobby the draft pick position and lose the opportunity Jackson were there how long would the ovation for him have Simmons and Lance Williams are two of the big name n a much needed quarterback such as Tim been, or would there have been recruits who will most likely start as freshmen. With If not a quarterback then a player who could one at all? All these questions young nucleus it may be hard to adapt to the college CHICAGO in and fill an important role right away. Also remain a mystery at least for game, but give them a couple of years to adapt.. If potential of Dave Wannstedl maintaining his job another month as the players' ABULLSl they stay, this group could bring excitement back into • ~- •• ,I t h noeroo