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THE COLCMBIA COLLEGE VOLUME 25 N UMBER 10 TI-l£ EYES AND EARS 0 1 COLUMBI A .'IIOVEMRER 25. 1991 Film chair placed on leave By Art Golab men of the department. Ediror "We're committed to keeping the department good and making it bet­ Tony Loeb, the 20-year chairman of ter," Freeman said. "While we're the the film department, was placed on acting co-chairs, we're starting to talk indefinite leave November 15 after to students and faculty and staff showing up intoxicated at a graduate about how we should run the depart­ thesis screening. ment and what improvements should Loeb arrived late to the November be made." 11 screening, and students said heap­ The day after the screening, Loeb peared intoxicated during a Q &: A went to several classes and apologized session following the three films. for his actions. "On a personal level I About 50 people were present. think he acted well to come and Loeb could not be reached for com­ apologize, ment. but on a "He was totally smashed, I mean professio there's no other word, he was really, nallevel it really drunk," said Tristan Gros, a is some­ first semester graduate film student. thing that "It was meant to be a first impres­ is very sion of the department for all of the hard to ac­ new grad students and it was a bit cept," disheartening to have our first contact Gros said. with the chairperson in this manner," Althou said Lou Anastas, a graduate film stu­ gh placed dent. on in­ Executive Vice President Bert Gall definite said he made the decision to place I e a v e , Loeb on leave after consulting with there is a Columbia grads undeclared Columbia president Mirron g 0 0 dL-----~--------~ Alexandroff. chance Loeb will return, according to Muriel Whestone professions, like interior design, may Some students sent letters to the ad­ Gall. Sptcil:l Projects EditDT dictate stricter adherence to a con­ ministration complaining about the "When people are on leave that nor­ centrated discipline. In many cases, iuC.Jent, Gall sa1d. Others expressed maily means they come back. The Nearly half of Columbia's seniors however, students can take as many their disapproval in the classroom. question should be, is there a chance last year graduated without a major, courses as they see fit and depart from "Our professors were quite aware that he wouldn' t come back? But at this the Columbia Chronicle has learned. the major's requirements." we were unhappy with what hap­ point I don't know what the process Columbia awarded 760 under­ The large number of non-major pened," Anastas said. graduate degrees and 24 graduate graduates also comes as no surprise to Full-time faculty members Chap see LOEB degrees beiween August 1990 and the research department. Columbia did Freeman and Doreen Bartoni have page 3 1991, according to Dennis Peacock, not even offer majors 10 years ago, ac­ been named interim acting co-chair- director of the Office of Institutional cording to Peacock, and many students Research. have not traditionally concentrated in Of the confirmed graduates, 360, or any one discipline. 47.3 percent, graduated with "no Columbia prides itself on its "crea­ Home is where the dorm is· major." Of those, 172 were men and 188 tive, integrated, self-chosen approach By Sherri Kirk education or career in the arts, includmg were women. to education," according to an 5b1ff Writtr painting, music, drama, architecture, The college began tracking gradua­ academic advising course brochure. design , photography, film making, tion statistics in 1991, so comparisons to Talbot said transfer students may ac­ There's no place like home- especially literature and journalism. previous years are not available. "The count for many of the stud ents if "home" is along Chicago's elegent Gold "We primarily house people in the arts numbers may change," Peacock said, graduating without a declared major. Coast or a few blocks from campus. first," Workman said. "Now we include "but they won't go down." "Transfer students may not fulfill the For many Columbia students who do things like film, video, photography, and Is Columbia betraying its promise to official majors' requirements because not commute, nearby housing is a must. broadcast journalism." students to graduate them with they don' t want to take the additional Columbia doesn' t offer dorms, but Women living at the club range in age marketable skills? Not according to time or spend the extra money," she the student services department will from 17 to 35, and come from 27 states Janet Talbot, director of academic ad­ said. help students find affordable and con­ and 8 countries, Workman said. vising. "Students are given the option Incomplete computer records may venient housing, whether it's an "Columbia and the School of the Art of choosing a specific major or follow­ also contribute to the large numbers. apartment, a dorm or another tem­ Institute are the two largest groups we ing a self-designed course of study." "The student may consider himself a porary facility. house," she added. "But we also have "One's not necessary better than the radio major, the department may list · Akiko lwama, a 21-year-old senior students from the Uni versity of Illinois other," she said . "More technical him as a radio major, his counselor may media management major, moved to at Chicago, Roosevelt, DePaul, the consider him a radio major," Peacock Chicago in january from her home in Am erican Academy o f Art, the said. "But if the computer doesn't know Graduates By Maj0r japan. American Conservatory of Music and that, he's listed in the official records as With the help of the student services various independent dance studios." an undeclared student." department, she found a room at the The monthly rent ranges from $425 to Some students are initially attracted 92-room Three Arts Club, 1300 N . Dear­ $505, depending on the type of room, to a particular major but are not fully born. The club accommodates up to 116 and includes breakfast and dinner seven aware of the amount of work or the residents. days a week. The rooms arc fully-fur­ level of intensity and commitment "Columbia gave me information about nished singles or doubles, some with ~ """' "• •.. ., .-..•·,o..a needed to complete it. They may have the dorms and advice on good locations," semi-private baths. "' already taken several of the major's re­ she said. The club has laundry faci lities and quired classes, and are unwilling to lwarna said she explored other hous­ ........ \ . .....~ \ ,.JI' practice rooms, and 24-hour security . '')!' begin another major. Consequently, ing alternatives before choosing the and check-in . they end up takmg courses in several Three Arts Club, which currently Pri vate telephones may be installed in "' · ~~· ----__...,H • disciplines until they reach the credit houses 36 Columbia students, accord­ the dorm rooms at the residents' ex­ .· hours required for graduation. ing to Cheri Workman, the club' s pense, a lthough house phones arc Almo8t hal the Columbiana who graduate Even one class short of completion in administrative assistant. availabl,•. do.o wllhout e~mjDr. •-ott.•lnc:ludee The four-story club was built in 1914 see DORMS ........... Muelc:, 0..., Photognlphy, Sound see GRADS and is a historic landmark. It offers page 2 eng'"-tng, end Fiction Wrlllng ~mjora. page 2 private housing for women pursuing an Kinko's copyright troubles ... 10-year-old computer artist They may affect you. See page 3. Read all about them on page 7. This kJd Isn't playing games. Page 4. PAGE 2 . C H R 0 N I C L E NOVEMBER 25, 1<}91 - - -·-·--···---··-----·---------- for S I ,H75 ,, from the DORMS se m e~ l l'r th,ll d oesn ' t in rl 11 dl' from page 1 stairwells me~ b . c..; t udl'n t ~ "l'l.•king noosing ut I I L' r Ill ,, n lht· cl ub n1ll'l complctt• an ap­ Crown rl'o..,idt•ot..., p licut lo n form, ~ u b mi t to a rnu~t p rovidl' a by Kj Zarker physic,• I c•x,lm, 'how proof of $250 room in~u ralln·, s ig n a nint>-month depo si t , 'how contr,,..·t (from Sep t. l · May 3 I proof of Jw o~l t h o r from S..-pt. 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