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BigMouth Open Mic Couger's big man entertains crowds the box-office? looking to lead and benefits hornless Pagel Back Page Program reaches up and out to students Outkast in the Hokin By Jill Helmer Staff Writer Upward Bound is a program at Columbia designed to help low-income families prepare for coll ege, both academically and financially. The program works with students at three local high schools: Forman. Holy Trinity, and· Benito Juarez . Director of Upward Bound Craig Kirsch said the people who take pan in the Upward Bound program are usually " low-income. first generation" students. which means they" re the first generation in their families to ean1 a college degree. Kirsch said, in order to qualify fo r the program. students have to be committed and have the potential to go to college, and their parents must take an active role in the ir child's education. Student s in Upward Bound receive tutoring twice a week during study halls. before or after school, and attend the Saturday program twice a month. The Saturday session consists of severn! c lasses. one of which is somcthim! extra-curricular, like drama, film. or music. said Kirsch. The most popular aspect of the program. in Kirsch's opinion, is the summer program. Students get a chance to visit a college and stay in the dorms for a week, to get a feel for what college would be like. "It gives students a chance to experience inde­ pendence, which is a large pan of college... he said. The group? Outkast. The album? "Stankonia." The place? "Students who stick with the program benefit enor­ Columbia's Hokin Annex. Atlanta's own Outkast arrived to a mously," Kirsch said, "they are more prepared to packed Hokin late Tuesday afternoon for a special meet and succeed than their peers from similar backgrounds." greet with Columbia students. Several students who participated in the program After two hours of waiting and listening to the new Outkast agreed with Kirsch that it's worthwhile and benefi­ album "Stankonia" (pronounced stank·on-ya), Andre 3000 cial. (Andre Benjamin) and Big Boi (Antwan Patton) arrived to an anx· One Columbia student who participated in Upward ious crowd of hip hop fans. Bound is sophomore Christian Clarke. Clarke is a They answered questions regarding their first single, B.O.B. journalism major, and says she wants to be a maga­ (Bombs Over Baghdad), the future of Outkast, and the tour, zine writer, but would also like to teach writing. which will be coming to Chicago sometime next year. Clarke said she first heard about the Upward Outkast is already considered one of the best hip hop duo's in Bound program her freshman year at Holy Trinity the industry, and their latest release "Stankonia," has been High School from her counselor and from her "big receiving rave reviews as it brings a fresh new instrumental funk sister" from the Bigger Sisters' program. sound to the hip hop genre. Clarke said Upward Bound was a good program because "they helped you out with new experiences in high school your freshman and sophomore year, and junior year they helped you prepare for the ACTs." "Senior year, they helped me pick out colleges with my major, and helped with financial aid and scholar­ Living legend visits Columbia ship forms." Clark said she enjoyed the summer program. "We sharing ideas with artists such as Brown and David Gordon, two of the took math, writing, and human relations classes, and By Sabina Ghebremedhin painters and scul pt ure artists from the major contributors to the White Oak. got to pick an extra curricular class, like dance or Correspondent postmodern era," Baryshnikov saw their work back in drama. We got to live away for a week, and got .the Forti an independent choreographer. 1965 and has continued the relation­ real college dorm experience." The Russian born legendary ballet has been in the business for more than shi ps since then. Nelson Navarro, a junior graphic design major at dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov, visited 40 years. and is happy to have had the "My purpose of founding the White Columbia, has been involved in the Upward Bound the Dance Center of Columbia last opportunity to share her work with the Oak Dance Project was to dance with program since his freshman year of high school, and week for a series of performances. Columbia community. "My work the the best modern dancers in the believes that he has benefitted a lot from the pro­ His White Oak Dance Project took a 'Huddle' is usually six to nine p~ople worlu." Baryshnikov said in a video gram. trip down memory lane exploring the performing;· she said. "They stand presented at the performance. Navarro attended Forman High School, where he '60s and brought the performance to together in a huddle. The dancers take Most of the choreography per­ heard about the Upward Bound program through the present , introducing White Oak's turns climbing over the characters nf formed on stage reflected work~ some of his classmates. He said that one of the main new production "Past Forward" with the twins. 1 w~s thinki ng of that struc­ whic h were ; hown at Judson things that attracted him to the program was the sum­ dance excerpts from the postmodern ture as a sculpture anU as a sculptu n.: Memori al C hurch in Greenwic h mer program. "They took us to Naperville College, era. stays in one place you geL to sec the Vi llage. NY in the early '60s. During and Knox College. We li ved in the dorms, and ate The production was a mix of rni ni­ action." that time many independent modern the food we would eat if we lived there. We reall y malism and conceptualism. Bringing T he opening ni ght. Nov. I 5. was a dancers were struggling to shnw...:asc got a feel for what it was like. We had classes in everyday concepts, such as walking, fund raisi ng gala and a single ticket their work. The Judson Dance Theatre actual classrooms, and had access to all the facilities dressing and sitting, to the an form of was sold for $:100. At 6 p.m. the was formed and these modt.: rn dan c(.~r~ we would if we went there." dance was fundamental to the various Dance Center lobby was a lready found a home. The formation of thb Though Navarro is a student at Columbia now, he choreographies presented. White Oak crowded, and audience mcmhcr:-. danct: company maUc a :-,t rong imp;,u.:t still stays active in Upward Bound . He now tutors also performed current works. began the evening hy sipping t·ham­ on the dance world and the <lrl s<.:enc for the program at Holy Trinity High School. Simone Forti is one of the many pagnc and enjoy ing hors d 'ocuvn:s. as we ll. "The program has been a blessing for me. I owe choreographers who joined the White The 272-,eat theater was sold out. During a time or "cxpcrim c..: ntalism .. them a lot; they helped me out a lot of times. So now Oak tour this year. At Columbia. Forti The ticket price for the remaining fi ve it became the hirth of the post modern I try to help them." was not only a choreographer but also performances was $60 pL'r pc r ~o n . era. As a daJH..:c: artist. Baryshni kov Columbia's Upward Bound program is pan of a a guest performer. and all the performances wen: ~o ld often broke the rule~ . \Vhcn he wa~ nationwide program which is pan of the 1965 Higher Forti explained, .. ' Past Forward' is out. the artistic Ui rcctor or the: classical Education Act, according to Kirsch. focusing on a group of choreogra­ Baryshnikov. now 52-years-old. " It's one of the oldest of a group of federall y fund­ phers from the early 1960s. We had founded the White Oak Dance Project ed programs known as "Trio," which grew out of the different ideas back then, than what 10 years ago. Hi s inspirations were war against poverty," said Kirsch. we arc working on now. We were postmodcrnist choreographers Trisha See Baryshnikov, page 2 Around Campus Early registration approaching for current students Early registration for all currently enrolled degree-seeking students will be held from Monday, Nov. 27 until Friday, Dec. 8. Undergraduate students-at-large register during open registra­ tion in February. Students will have until Friday, Dec. 15 to sign their tuition contracts. Spring 2001 class schedules will be avail­ able in mid-November. Free concert christens new piano Columbia's Music department recently acquired a new Yamaha concert grand piano for the Music Center. To inaugurate and cel­ ebrate the new instrument, a lunch hour piano recital will be given on Tuesday, Nov.