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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. It has been accepted for inclusion in Columbia Chronicle by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. VOWME 33, NUMBER 3 COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO OCTOBER I I , I 999
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CHRISTOPHER R ICHERT CARRIE BRITTAIN BUSINESS/ADVERTISING Copy Editor MANAGER If you haven't already noticed the win I BILLY O'KEEFE dow display on the 600 S. Michigan VIEWPOINTS/ building, Victor Skrebneski's work is now NEW MEDIA EDITOR showcased at Columbia's Museum of I Contemporary Photography. I JOTHAM SEDERSTROM Skrebneski, a world-renowned photogra CAMPUS EDITOR pher, is displaying "Skrebneski: The First
! JILL LOPRESTI Fifty Years" at the museum. I VITALITY EDITOR According to Karen Irvine, the museum's special projects coordinator, Skrebneski BENJAMIN TRECROCI also held his 40th retrospective exhibition SPORTS EDITOR at the museum. He has donated 162 prints to the muse KIMBERLY BREHM um's permanent collection. He donated AssiSTANT EDITOR five of his prints in the past, and he donat ed an additional 157 for this exhibit. BRENNA. MCl.A.UO HL.IN/CHRONICLE GRAHAM COUCH Approximately 55 of these prints have Kathleen Balog, a freshman photography student, admires some of AssiSTANT EDITOR never been published before, and all together, the prints on exhibit are valued at the Skrebneski pictures. MICHAEL O'BRIEN an estimated $500,000. In the 1970s, Skrebneski exploded onto "He based it on the fact that we are very AssiSTANT EDITOR The 69-year-old Skrebneski studied at the the celebrity scene. He photographed professional in handling our collection," School of the Art Institute of Chicago and many, all wearing black turtle necks. Thus Irvine said, "and the archiving in the vault BRIAN CAMPBELL the Institute of Design. began his trademark look. Some of celebri here is state-of-the-art." CONTRIBlJT1NG EDITOR His first subject was of his sister, Jenny, ty photos include: Andy Warhol, Liza It has yet to be determined what the in 1949. In the I 950s, he worked for Minnelli, Bette Davis and Orson Welles. ROBERT H ART museum is going to do with Skrebneski's Marshall Field's department store. Then in PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR On Sept. 8, a gala reception was held in exhibition after it closes, but Irvine said 1962, he disembarked upon the Estee honor of Skrebneski at the museum. she wants it to travel. She is currently Lauder account. He spent the next 27 DONNIE SEALS J R. Maggie Daley and Hubert de Givenchy looking into the Los Angeles County years using his lens to create the cosmetic AsSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY were co-chairmen of the gala. Mayor Museum of Art. firm 's appearance. EDITOR Daley even proclaimed Sept. 8, as "Victor "Skrebneski: The First Fifty Years" is on Skrebneski became on of the world's Skrebneski Day." exhibit at Columbia's Museum of AMY AZZARITO leading fas hion photographers. Beside hi s Skrebneski donated and chose to have Contemporary Photography until Nov. 6, COPY CHIEF beginnings at Marshall Field's and Estee his 50th retrospective exhibition at I 999. The museum is free and open to the Lauder, he has worked for Givenchy, Columbia's museum because he is public. Viewing hours are Monday-Friday CARRIE B RITTAIN Chanel, Saks Fifth Avenue and "Town & impressed by the way the museum handles I 0-5, Thursday until 8, and Saturday 12-5. COPY EDITOR Country" magazine. and preserves its photographs. The museum is closed on Sunday.
VALERIE DANNER ,, COPY EDITOR Latta calls the low graduation rate a "vexing problem, due to a Convocation number of factors." She says, "The national research shows that if a MELODY E . RODGERS student doesn't bond to the college in the first 3 weeks, then they COPY EDITOR COKTtNUED FROM FRONT PAGE don't bond to the college at all. Columbia students come here with a ------lotofbaggage. The JIM SULSKI Kelly said, "I think what we've Retention Program is trying FACULTY ADVISER come to understand is there is "I think what we've come to understand is there to let students know that no magic bullet in turning it is no magic bullet in turning it around. It's many there is a community support THE COLUMBIA C HRONICLE IS A around. It's many efforts, both system." STUDENT- PRODUCED PUBLICATION efforts, both large and small." large and small , but fundamen Kelly agrees, "I think [the OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO tally what they do is transform graduation rate]is low due to AND DOES NOT NECESSARY REP... ···Mark Kelly, Chairman how a student enters the college a combination of factors. RESENT, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, Freshman Retention Task Force THE VIEWS OF COLUMBIA and what they experience in One, we had such a high COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS, FAC their first year." ------value on letting students 'do ULTY OR STUDENTS. Columbia students are without a doubt, an eclectic mix of their own thing' that we created an environment for freshman where extremely creative individuals who wouldn't thrive at other schools thi s could happen, however there is no sense of commun ity with no COLUMBiA. C HRONICLE ARTICLES, as well as they do at Columbia. Kelly hopes that these new, what one helping you and no direction. The students have told us they PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS ARE THE he calls, "intrusive programs" will not only increase the freshman need these things, and I believe that this is the root cause of [the PROPERTY OF T HE C O LUMBIA graduation rate, but also increase the creativity of the students. problem]." CHRONICLE AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR PUBLISHED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSIO N stopped by to visit Stein's roommate and after slaughter. Stein had finally completed FROM THE EOITQR-tN -GHIEF OR Cow saw the work in progress. his conceptual cow that made all on-lookers fACULTY ADVISER· "After seeing the cow one guy made fun ponder: What in the hell does that cow COKTtNUED FROM FRONT PAGE of it and said 'look at that how now brown mean? TI-lE COLUMBIA CHRONICLE cow."' Stein, unsure as to if the phrase Stein was right after aii--"Chicago's Cows the expected arrival. "We had no idea what 623 S . WABASH AVENUE came from a nursery rhyme, responded in on Parade" exhibition was big and did get we were going to do," Stein said. SUITE 205 laughter. lots of publicity. Thanks to former students The Department of Cultural Affairs pre CHICAGO,IL 60605- I QQ6 The phrase perfectly expressed the Susan Rooch, Anne-Marie Rounkal, and Jon approval policy further hindered the trio's moment, referring to the group's creative Stein, Columbia's cow has been acknowl artistic creativity. Opposed to simply amus MAIN lJNE: 3 I 2-344-72!54 block as to HOW they were going to design edged by the Chicago Tribune and has also ing the viewers, Stein was determined to EorroR: 3 I 2 -344-7343 the cow and the time limit: NOW. Stein appeared on the "Today's Show." make the cow meaningful. AoVERT1SING: 31 2-344-7432 admits that out of the herd this cow is the " He didn't even get paid," commends "Contemporary art is concerned with CAMPUS: 3 I 2 -344-72!5!5 most basic, but it's conceptual art, art that teacher Phil Berkman. Jon was the leader, making the viewer have an experience," VIEWPOINTS: 31 2-344-72!5e visually represents the environment it will and it wouldn't have happened without VrrAUTY IA&El: 3 I 2 -344-7!52 I Stein said with the serious intensity of an be displayed in . him." SPORTS : 3 1 2-344-70Be intellectual artist. "I'm a professional artist Stein proclaims that even with the addi As grazing season comes to an end, PHOTOGRAPHY: 3 I 2 -344-7732 and I want to make art with depth. I would tion of the words HOW and NOW stenciled Chicago's cow population will soon decline FAX: 3 I 2 -344-8032 say 95 percent of the cows are just decorat on opposing sides of the cow, it didn't and the bovine beauties will leave the city ed. That's arts and crafts and express the depth of his conceptual artistry. later this month. The lavish herd wi II be WEB ADDRESS : it's to easy to just decorate a cow," Stein The cow was still just too cute. auctioned ofT to help fund various non-profit WWW . CCCH~ONICL.E . COM continued. "I attempted to do something serious and organizations. It has been rumored that the With four days left before deadline and it end up being whimsical," said Stein. "I proceeds from Columbia's "How Now E-MAIL: seven days before graduation, Stein, Rooch just wanted to shoot [the cow]." Instead, he Cow" will go towards an art scholarship [email protected] and Rounkal had only painted the cow placed a huge steel bullet in the middle of fund. brown. Later that evening, I 0 people the cow's head, suggestive of macabre cows INKLIN68... Fre....s....hmen...... can.....'t. ge...... t no. .(s.....atis..facti...... on) ...
Though a new survey hasn't found our office yet, the Fall ' 95 Student Satisfaction Inventory seems to echo the complaints of many of this year's freshmen. The survey asked students to assign imponancc and satisfaction scores to "73 standard and I 0 local questions or items." The students' responses are analyzed in terms of the difference between importance and satisfaction, which is called the perfonnance gap, by comparing local satisfaction scores to a national norm. "Overall," according to the survey, "Columbia's freshmen have both lower expectations of college and lower levels of satisfaction than the national norm. The satisfaction scores for all but two of the scales arc below average at statistically signif icant levels." So me of the areas of questioning dwell on Academic Advising, recruitment and fi nancial aid, but concern fo r the individual--ranked eighth in importance out of II topics--seemed to be the most disturbing. T he topic deals with the attention given to students as individuals by vari ous sectors of the college community. Given its importance to retaining students, it is an issue o f great co ncern. " With the exception of an item related to faculty fairness and bias," said the report, "all the satis Legendary poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti was in the Ferguson theater Thursday, to launch the English faction scores are below the national norn1 by a department's fall/w1nter poetry series. Ferlinghetti, one of the last living figures of the legendary "beat" high level of statistical significance." movement of literature and poetry, is here in Chicago reading from his newest books These Are My Rtvers: New and Selected Poems (1993) and A Far Rockway of the Heart (1997) Famous for publishing With the newly formed Freshman Retention len Gmsberg's Howl and other controversial works at his own City Lights publishing company. Program (see front page story) working toward higher retention and satisfi ed students, the rank ings, likely, will change. But a "mandatory" fresh Clash of the Titans creator visits Columbia man celebration this Friday, for instance, may, likely, remind them of what was further studied in the inventory. off a hot mocha in December. TIMOTHY LOFGREN "Throughout the survey, the freshmen rank As someone fumbled to open the door to let them in, . poorly Columbia's concern for them as individu Special to the Chronicle people in the room prepared for his arrival. He turned als," it was reported in the survey. "In light of The animation department was blessed to have leg and looked at me. I stuck out my hand and said, "It's an what is known about the factors that influence endary stop-motion animator, Ray Harryhausen lecture honor to meet you sir," he shook my hand smiled kindly to students studying stop-motion at Columbia. Stop and was led into the class room. I then turned and retention, this is a serious issue." motion is the single frame shooting of three dimensional looked at my fellow classmates and before I could say it, objects or characters to create an animated film. The they blurted out that I could never wash my hand again. character's skeletons are made of wire or ball and socket Everyone in anendance sat hanging on every word he Where to be, who to see, and what to know armatures, while the exteriors are cast in molds or spoke. He credited Willis O'Brien, animator of"King in Chicago and on campus sculpted in clay. Kong" (I 933), as his inspiration in stop-motion. In the Harryhausen is best known for creating Medusa, late 50s and 60s, it was hard to get investors to support October 13. Columbia's Admissions Office will host its Pegasus, and the Krack en in "Clash of the Titans" his ideas because of the amount of time and money it annual Fall Open House from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addi ( 1981 ). Before computer animation, these special effects took to produce. tion, the Admissions Office is looking to hire students to were all achieved by lots of But with persistence, work as Student Ambassadors for this event. Students hands on work and tremen Harryhausen would travel interested in the position can pick up an app lication in dous patience. his charcoal draw- the 600 S. Michigan Building, Suite 300, or call Howard With special anention to Hildebrandt for more information at (3 12) 344-7272. lighting Harryhausen blended his stop-motion creatures story treatments until October 14. Digital Design, a student organization at with live action actors. The decided to invest. Columbia, is offering a time and place to gather for product was the greatest creating Medusa for people who, in some way, use computers to create or monster, creature and of the Titans," the enhance their work. The first meeting of the semester will be held from 6 until 7:30 p.m. at the 623 S. dinosaur special effects original model was more available to Hollywood human with snake hair like Wabash Building, room 416. between 1957 and 1983 when he retired. Harryhausen's the original myths and was rejected because of the credentials include, "Twenty Million Miles To Earth" human-like breasts. So, Ray decided to make her into October 15. The purpose of the New Student ( 1957), "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" ( 1957), "Mysterious the total snake woman that we all see in our minds as Convocation (see front page story) is to welcome new Island" (196 1), "One Million Years B.C." (1966), "The Medusa today. students to Columbia and introduce them to a variety of services and organizations. The Convocation will Valley of Gwangi" ( 1969) and his infamous skeleton During a brief Q & A, Harryhausen was asked which assemble at I p.m. on the second fl oor of the Congress banle in "Jason and the Argonauts" (1963). films he was most proud of. He responded that he liked Plaza Hotel, located at 520 S. Michigan. At 3 p.m. Columbia's student animators all huddled anxiously on them all for individual reasons, but he had the most fun Freshmen are "required to anend" a celebration in the the seventh floor of the Michigan Building, shaking with making "Jason and the Argonauts." excitement for the arrival of one of the most respected Students were then allowed to meet and talk with him South Loop parking lot at Wabash & Harrison .....Spon sored by the Journalism Club, CNN animators of all time. while everyone enjoyed a typical Columbia catered President Richard Kaplan will speak to broadcast As we stood in the hall making jokes about pulling a lunch. To end the meeting, Harryhausen was played the students about the media and "How to Produce the Wayne's World, we're not worthy thing, at his arrival, he Spring 1999 Animation Reel. He commented, "I'm so Evening News." Those interested are asked to call turned the comer with his wife. Instantly, the group of glad to see so many students interested in animation and (312) 344-7675 to RSVP by Wed., Oct. 13. Kaplan goofing animators went silent as we stood awe struck. using their imagination. Keep on stretching your imagi will be speaking at the 624 S. Wabash Building, room His experience and wisdom oozed off of him like steam nations and you' ll do just fine." 1305 from II a.m. unti l 2:15. .m COLUMBIA CHRONICLE .... T.ir. .f.... f.as.t. ...f.o.o.d? Fly Home. Mom's sure to make your favorite for dinner.
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COMC l PT ,.PHOTOUArY,.LUOUT AND OUtCIII 81 " "~C HOLil,_AN The Chronicle Mailbag-Supersized Edition Controversy at the top John B. Duffcreated the interim position ofvice president for academic duties and responsibilities held by one person will academic affairs and some called Dr. Samuel Floyd, who be given to another person. What s so upsetting about that I Dear Columbia Chronicle editorial board, now holds the position, unqualified. ask? I can see if these duties and responsibilities were new It was obvious to us that these individuals based their and if the person taking them was not from Columbia, but I am appalled at your editorial "Controversy surrounds opinion ofDuffs decision and Dr. Floyd on persona/feelings thats not the case. These duties have existed for quite some appointment of Floyd ..." It is filled with inaccuracies and a either for or against Duffand Dr. Floyd. As journalists, it is time and the person who will perform them is from Columbia general failure ofjournalistic responsibility. our responsibility to accurately and fairly report on issues and was formally academic dean prior to Caroline Latta. I. You title your anicle "controversy" and mention the involving the college, and this was, and remains to be, one of We don i report issues based on how we feel personally "controversy"several times in the editorial, but fail to say them. I strongly feel that we clearly informed the reader what or on the opinions of others, nor do we "create" a certain exactly what the "controversy" is all about. Your first respon the controversy was and more importantly. left it up to the angle in our reporting based on anything other than the facts sibil ity is to inform your readers of the controversy. reader to interpret the editorial and judge for themselves as we know them. Our reaction was not "naive" and in no 2. You say in the first paragraph "President Duff agreed whether or not the issue was controversial. It is as simple as way was it "irresponsible. " Just because we didn 't make a with the NCA recommendation that despite Columbia's sub understanding that we as journalists only report the news big issue out ofthis story or base our actions on hearsay and stantial growth in recent years, there was a great need for a and the reader must decide whether or not it is news. gossip, doesn i mean we as journalists have failed to do our vice president for academic affairs." 2. The word "despite" may have confused some readers, job. In fact, we reported the story as fair and balanced as any First of all, "despite" is inappropriately used- it makes however. based on the way it was used, I feel that those who other news outlet would have in our place. We doni make up no sense in this context; maybe you mean "because." either read the report or understood the issue at hand, knew the news, we report it as it should be, in an accurate and Secondly, you should read and quote from the NCA repon what we meant by it. According to the NCA report, the team unbiased way. it did not recommend the creation of a new post; rather, it felt that "despite" Columbia s "substantial growth in both made suggestions of various alternatives. students and faculty. the top administration remains, in the James Boozer 3. In the second paragraph, you say: "there remains a opinion of the 1999 Team, too lean for comfort. " We inter Editor-in-Chief cloud of confusion and lackluster suppon from many of preted the sentence as referring to the need to create the posi Columbia's top administrators and faculty regarding Duff's tion ofvice president for academic affairs and that is the way decision. Just what those reasons are, we don't know." we reported it. Why don't you know? It's your responsibility to dig and The NCA report, according to Duffs administrative College: A retrospective find out. Did you ask anyone? Apparently not, otherwise you announcement number 16 in the 1998-1999 series, did say Ben [Chronicles Spons Editor], would have mentioned your attempts. You made no attempt that "the team [NCA} recommended the establishment of an to find out the other side of the vety imponant issue -this office ofthe vice president for academic affairs. " While we is called journalistic irresponsibility. Feeling homesick, catching a 6 p.m. Metra train and didn i review the report ourselves, there was no reason to being gone for I 0 hours is a real cause to be homesick. Who 4. You say "there is no need to question why the position believe that this was untrue and that Duff was misinterpret was created or why Dr. Floyd was chosen. We all know the talks about what high school they went to, Columbia is a ing the NCA report. commuter school. High school was a couple years ago and reasons behind this decision and we should accept them at 3. You're right in saying that its our responsibility to face value and not allow our ' personal' feelings to hamper no one really cares where you went. Who would go to col "dig and find out" what were the reasons behind the cloud of lege, especially this one to meet people. the c~.ntinuing advancement of Columbia as one of the confusion and the apparent lack ofsupport, however, it is not This school has no atmosphere or community, why write best... our job to report hearsay. gossip or rumors. We did talk to What are you talking about? What personal feelings are about it. The back to school jam. Who goes to that? I haven't numerous faculty members about this issue and all of them met QJJe person-who went or knew someone who went. And you referring to? Did you ever hear that it's up to journalists declined to have their names and comments published. As to question authority? You don't understand what's happen the Underground Cafe and Hokin are a joke. The worst pan you know, we can i run a persons comments if they doni of your anicle is your last sentence. "The only advice is to ing. The issue is democracy, governance and student and fac want them published. What we are then left with are unsup ulty panicipation in the structure of the institution. This deci enjoy your experience at Columbia, because it is one of the ported comments and a bunch of talk. We felt there was no most unique places you will ever be a pan of." What total sion radically re-structures the college by decree. It was done need to report this because, in a sense, there was nothing to without planning or input from those who must implem~nt bull. There is nothing unique about Columbia. No sense of report considering no one would go on record. community or campus life. the decision. Your reaction is shockingly naive and journalis 4. With all due respect, I strongly disagree with your tically irresponsible. This anicle has no point. Why write about a school that comments regarding the need to "question authority. " Why has no personality. It has good points but nothing that has to question everything when there may or may not be the need do with student life. What a waste of newspaper space. Dan Dinello to do so in the first place? Director oflm eractive Multimedia Program It has never been, nor will it ever be, common policy for Faculty, Film/Video Dept Ken Bogdanski us to j ump on everything that the administration does or Sound says. One of our goals here at the Columbia Chronicle is to Editor 's Note: cover issues, events and people at Columbia and around Chicago. In doing so. we base all of our stories and or Before I respond to your letter, I would like to first thank columns on the facts as we know them in an accurate, unbi Regarding the editorials you for submitting it. We haven i received many letters since ased manner. the school year began and your letter was a welcome addi When we reported on the announcement of the creation I have read the Chronicle for the past two weeks and have tion. However, I, and many members of the Chronicle staff of a vice president for academic affairs, we did so, and will enjoyed it for the most pan- except for the terrible editori were a little puzzled by certain issues you raised in your let continue to do so. based on the facts that were presented to als on page six, which are full of guessing, more guessing ter in regards to our Sept. 27 editorial. Andjust as you did in us and what we were able to discover through research and and troublemaking for the sake of troublemaking. your letter. I will address each issue point by point. interviews. You mayfeel that "the issue is democracy, gover I know it's common for newspapers to write editorials I. In regards to using the word "controversy" in the edi nance and student and faculty participation in the structure with every issue, but the slop you guys put together, at least torial headline and throughout the piece, we based our deci of the institution," we, however. feel differently. From my these past two weeks, isn't wonh the trouble. The only argu sion to use this word on what we had not only heard, but perspective, this issue is in no way as big as some people ments you could make about is Columbia being behind tech- observed from many of Columbia s top administrators and have made it. certain faculty members. These individuals, who we chose What is simply happening here, in my opinion, is that the SEE LETTERS, PAGE 7 not to name, openly questioned why Columbia s President,
Question: What's your opinion on the Cows on Parade?
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t was raining a little_ too much for my liking as 1 made my way down the f you're a ":om~n, that's gre,at news, because th7 world needs you. If you're a religious Kennedy the other mght. Traffic was pretty heavy considering the weather person and 11 su1ts you, that s great too. If you ltve in the state of Minnesota that's not I and the lateness of the hour, but it was moving swifty, if slower than usual. I so bad either, as long as you take a vacation or four here and there. But if y~u' re all of No problems there, not counting the lousy song on the radio. the above? l feel for you. I really do. But then ~ enormous pair of headlights appeared in my rearview mirror, and Enter Jesse "the Mind" Ventura. When the former wrestler and sometime actor was elect they were commg my way awful quickly. A rather massive truck sped up and near ed last year as Minnesota's governor, we giggled and thought it was really neat and fun. ly rear-ended my car before finally backing down a little and swerving into the There's nothing as invigorating as a good-time gimmick, and what piece of the world 's rotten next lane: It then braked. entirely and jerked over to another Jane, very apple pie needs a charge more than American politics? All in all , we could do nearly dnvmg a car or s1x off the road in the process. It changed Janes much worse than having a big, honest mouth calling the shots somewhere. yet agam, sped up and cut off those very same cars. And so on. But as my somewhat-crazy second grade teacher told me, it's only fun and By the way, when I say truck, I don't mean some born-again mid games until somebody gets hun. In th is case, that somebody just happens to be dleager driving a Pathfinder with an empty bike rack on top. I mean a about 80 percent of the country. big ol' truck, I 8 wheels and al l. That's I 0 percent times eight. My friend, who initially thought I was being paranoid, took notice. That's a big number, no? When I mentioned to her that the guy probably didn't even have a legal The most amazing thing about it is that he did it all in one day. In an interview driver's license, she laughed slightly, as if I was telling an unfunny with Playboy magazine, Ventura let his dimmest lights shine. Some highlights, to joke. I wasn't. use the term loosely: Why wasn't it funny, you ask? Because there are illegally licensed truck drivers on Illinois' roads. There are drivers who have never taken . - The governor denounced all organized religion as a "sham" for "weak a driving test, and probably never even drove in the state of Illinois mmded people who need strength in numbers." After pan ially recanting his state until after they'd received a license. It's also a safe bet that these same MEDIA EDITOR ments at a press conference days later, he said that he expects religious leaders to drivers never passed or even saw a written test, because most of them forg1ve h1m because "that's what religion is all about- forgiving." can't even speak English, one the many criteria for getting the aforementioned - He said his favorite thing about be ing governor is that it makes him feel license. like "a king," and that nobody can tell him what to do. He later discounted these statements as Witness Ricardo Guzman. Five years ago, on a highway near Milwaukee, a a joke. Or perhaps someone told him to do that. large metal bracket fell of Guzman's rig, tumbling onto the road and eventually -He mentioned that overweight people "can't push themselves away from the table." underneath Rev. Duane Scott Willis' van. Willis had only seconds to get out of the Why that had to be said is anybody 's guess. obstruction's way, and it wasn't enough. The bracket punctured the van's engine, - Worst of all, he very nearly justified the behavior behind the Tail hook scandal in and the van caught fire. Duane and his wife, Janet, survived, but all six of their I 991, in which 83 women, mostly naval officers, were sexually assaulted in Vegas during a children did not. Navy and Manne Corps convention. "These are people who live on the razor's edge and defy Granted, the accident Guzman caused was just that. But it could have and death _and do things where people die," he son of explained. "They're not going to consider would have been prevented if Guzman could speak English. Guzman brushed off grabbmg a woman's breast or buttock a major situation." He later joked that he'd like to be repeated warnings from another trucker about the loose bracket because he could: reincarnated as a 38DD bra. If he keeps this up, he'll probably come back as a v-neck. n't understand what he was saying. And a simple understanding of the vehicle he drove would 've helped, too; it's hard to imagine that the bracket just suddenly But wait, that's not all. In the past, Ventura's mouth has choked on everything fro m pros detached itself. titution (it should be legalized and ... unionized?!) to guns. He was quick to apologize for his Robeno Guzman is one of 80 drivers whom Gonzalo Mendoza helped obtain suggestion that the Littleton, Colorado disaster could have been minimized if concealed an unlawful license at one of the Ill inois' testing facilities. Unfonunately, one ":eapons were legal. In other words, if a bunch of high school kids were packing that day, the man's work doesn't cover it: Mendoza is one of a handful of men who have plead VIolence could've been prevented. ed guilty to providing scores of wannabe drivers with crooked licenses. Names I've been to high school. He's wrong. aren't too imponant right now, except for one: These men managed these facili At least he apologized for that remark. He has yet to do the same here, even as his approval ties whi le George Ryan was Illinois' Secretary of State, and thus worked very rating has been shot down faster than an Iraqi plane flying over Alabama. closely under Ryan. In case you don't know, George Ryan is our governor now. According to statistics compiled by Minnesota's Star-Tribune, only 54 percent of I won't bore you with the politics and details of it all, because this is a college Minnesotans approve the job the governor is doing. Not bad, but that's a 19 percent drop from newspaper, and the reward for going to college is that we don't have to care about this summer's record highs. Meanwhile, 68 percent say that "The Mind" needs to use better all that junk for a few more years. judgement, 60 percent believe he is a poor role model, and only 57 percent insist that Ventura To make a long story shon: Ryan's men took bribes in exchange for creating is not an embarrassment to the state. Ouch. the fal se hcenses, the money went into Ryan's campaign, and the cycle continued. . With another presidential election just around the comer ("around the comer" being any Ryan claims a full investigation turned up no knowledge of foul play, despite the thmg from one day to three years in politicalspeak), a lot of people have insisted that Ventura ~bv i ous problem with Guzman's and other driver's flaws, and also Ryan's close throw his feather boa into the ring as the Reform Party's candidate. He won't do it, but only t1es to those who have turned themselves in. Now that confessions are hitting the because he's committed to being the governor right now. It might not be the same story in fan hke so much other crap, the governor chose instead to discredit his former 2004. employees, adding that while he had no knowledge of these bribes-turned-contri Is that good news? Well, it's not as bad as it seems, anyway. Taken out of context, Ventura butions, he was still pretty cenain that the amount of money these guys raked in sounds like a walking natural disaster. But when he gets a chance to explain himself and elab couldn 't be as high as some sources claim it to be. orate, he sometimes- sometimes- makes sense. His comments on religion, for example, came Fi ll in the rest of the blanks yourself, or let five years of trials, records and from firsthand experience in Vietnam of defenseless people giving their lifelong earnings to reponing, along with a successful $100 million lawsuit fiied on behalf of the causes that never even existed. His blanket denouncement is still a stupid and shonsighted Willis family, do it for you. Just know that either Ryan is lying, or he is the most move, but at least he doesn't come off as a complete moron. In fact, depending on who he's inept boss of all time. A secretary of state who is ignorant of what happens in talking to, he can be just plain bright. license testing facilities is like an elephant who can't keep track of his trunk. But a panial moron is still a moron, and the possibility of someone like Ventura becoming It doesn't matter whether or not you care about bribes, campaign contribu our country's main representative to the world is a little nuts. He'd never get out of the Middle tions, or politics in general. And none of this means we need to lynch the gover East al ive, for one thing, and that's only if the Queen of England doesn't rip his head off first. nor and knock h1m off h1s lousy throne right now. But it's imponant that you sim for once, we can be thankful that Ventura's affiliation with a third party almost guarantees his ply know what's happening on your own highway and why it's happening, if only losing if he should decide to run. Because if this bra-to-be can barely get along with his own for your ow_n safety. What you don't know can not only hun you, it just might people in Minnesota, what would happen if he had to take on everyone else? knock you nght ofT the road because it can't drive a truck. LeHers EDITOON BY BILL Y O ' KEEFE CONTlNUED FROM PAGE 6 nologically, the U-Pass and registration? No s- t! And I really doubt most people even care about the "cloud of confusion" surrounding some interim position or whatever.
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James Boozer Editor-in-Chief m SPECIAL REPORT OCTO BER 1 1 , 1 999
Valnie Danne,. i5 a ruovering anorexic. She i5 a senio,- at Columbia studying journalism. By writing this piece she hopes to ,-each out to others by sharing her- exper-iences. She lectures often at Columbia and at locallib,-aries. Valerie also works hue in The Columbia O!ronide as a copy edito,- and she can be reach via e-mail at Editor"@ccchronide.com.
The pl1oto illustr-ations used in this special f'epof't we,-e photogr-apl1ed by J essica Quist.
was dnvmg with my friend Kim a lutlc over a year ago down a suburban Chtcago ~t r cc t . as we sipped the coffee I we had JUSt purchased. h wot!. a damp. gray afternoon, and thl' weather ~uit ed the wa)' I fch at the momcm-a hulc dreary. She began talking about how her heart had been s kipping hL· at s lately. Kun w<~s scared. and so was L Hcan fa ilure is a m aJ or complication of c~ting, disorders. and I knew that Ki m wa<.; ;~w;~rc of that. Slu· lwei been h;~tt lin g the demon 111 her head for so long. But even m her fear, her nurturing self came through. "Promise me Val." s he sa1d. "'that God forb1d some· thmg happens 10 me-God forbid-you get yourself beuer."
I think my heart skipped a beat in that moment. I didn't know what to think I felt like I needed 10 cry. I had so much to say, hut had no idea how to articulatl' it. I wanted to tell her tb.tt I felt the same way. I wanted 10 tell her that our eating disorders h :td been controlling us long enough. I had mine for four years, and ~he h:-~d hers for ll. There was no way we could let them win.
remember the day I met Kim; I was scared to death. It was f-ebruary of 1998, and I had hit rock bouom .. She was 25 I and I was 19, but we immediately bonded. I was hoSpital Ized at the Rock Creek Center m Lemont. Ill.. and was 1nfuriat· eel at my fam1ly and therap1s t for making me stay there. Yes, I had an eating disorder. but I felt I could manage it as a n outpa· ucnt. But looking back. staymg 111 the hospital for those nine da)'S was a turnmg po1111 for me. It rekindled m y spirit to fight my ~ norex 1a . This IS largely due to meeting Kim there. "'
When s he feebly walked passed me the first time, sipping coffee through a stirring stick, I ins ta ntly knew that s he heard the same torturous eating disorder voice that I did. Except judging from her appearance, the voice had been giving her hell longer than mine. She wo r< baggy clothes that hid her frail frame, and had da rk circles under her eyes, even more pronounced than the pools that had appeared beneaLh mine. But her eyes were beautiful and she had a smile that shielded her hurt; my s mile did the same for me. I was jealous of her at first. She was thin. So much thinner than me. 1 wanted to be "It is a big control issue, and with sexual abuse that tiny and unnoticeable. I felt like a fai lure al my illness there is a loss of control," says Kahle. "When next to her. But that envious feeling didn't last long. skin is hit or touched inappropriately, it is vio laLing a very primary boundary-our ski n. As 1 see it, it was fale Lhat brought Kim and 1 togecher. They are grasping at something to regain control of- food Lhey can control. .. It turned out we only li ved 15 minutes apart from each other. I tell her when she gets such a desire to call me at anytime, Today, we believe that we )2nded in the same hospiLal at the even if I don't always know what to say. I was not sexually same ti me for the same -rCason- to find each other. Dr. Cynthia Power, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. abused myself, but I try my best to reassure her that she did also treats those suffering with eating disorders, and has a spe· nothing wrong. She hears it, but it is still hard for her to We share a lot wilh each other-our pain, hearl:4J.che, and cia! connection to her patients-she's been where they are now. accept Kahle says this is common in eating disorders; moments c:J-happiness as well. When I listen to what she went L From the age of 12 until 27, she bounced back and forth suffere rs carry a lot of guilt on Lheir shoulders. through as a child, I am sad- , between anorexia and bulimia, and Lhe experience left her dcncd. She was robbed of Weight and food are "With sexual abuse trust is a huge issue," says Kahle. "It is a innocence before she even unable to bare children. She such a primary violation or your person that you do n't trust says she is lucky to be ali ve. had a chance to experienc~ anybody." Without trust, it is d ifficuh to reach out to anyone her childhood. not the real problem. for help. Power now treats s uch patients She opened up Lo me about The issues are much more in a practice she shares with Sexual abuse isn't the only contributing factor to eating d isor the extent or the sexual her husband, also in Wheaton, ders though. These disorders are mulLi-ca used by family, soci abuse she suiTered al the complex. It is about a severe and runs a weekly support ety, and even chemical imbalances in the brain. In the United hands of two close relatives. group at Good Samaritan Sta Les, eighL million people suiTer from them, one million of abuse that lasted from Lhe self-hatred, lack of self, HospiLal in Downers Grove, 111. who m are men. It also is es timated that between 10-15 percent Many of her eating d isorder timeshe wassevenuntil she accompanied with a belief that of all Americans suffer from some form of an eating disorder. was 16. Out of fea r and paLiems also have a hisLory of In fact, ealing disorders have Lhe highest mortality rale of any shame. s he never told any sexual abuse. She finds such other psychological illness. Twenly percenL of Lhose affiicted one about what was hap you deserve the condition. victims are afraid or having a will die from it However, society is sometimes clueless to the pening. The guilt she sLill female body. real causes of these problems-it's always the media and those feels over the abuse is tremendous. There's a part of her that "When they develop into a mature woman with breasts and images of the waify mod els that grace magazine covers. This is believes she caused it. wide hips--il might be too sexual for Lhem Lh en," she says. certainly an aspect, but not the cause.
There is no doubL that the sexual abuse has played a major Kim has this problem . She has a haLred of her body-mainly "All little girls grow up with the media," says Kahle, "but not all role in the development of her eating disorder. Dr. Brad Kahle her breasts. She believes they are what first attracted her become eating disordered." has been a psychologist for 17 yea rs, and currently wo rks at abusers to her, so every time her eating improves and her the New Li fe Cli nic in Wheaton, 111. He has Lreated at least 50 breasts s tart to develop, she tends to regress again. Kim even cases of eating disorders, mine included. He estimates that 75 has the urge to cut them orr sometimes. OCTOBER 1 1 , 1 999 SPECIAL REPORT
Actions like these are particularly distressing for our families to pam in my tone. as I could with hers We set goals for oursch-es. handle. It's hard to explam to someone who has never hke 1f you get the urge to purge. you call me. I used to feel lonely n rulity, r.ating disorders are more likt: a passive suicide experienced the self-hatred Kim and I have, since that is what in my diSOrder. but K1m changed that I fed off the her support than a mission to be model-like. Weight and food are not motivates such behavior. That's why our friendsh•p has been and others around me. and slowly began to recover. I WISh I I the real problem. The issues arc much more so valuable. We understand and have supported could say the same for Klm. complex. It 15 about a severe self-hatred. each other. unconditionally. which has been lack of self. accompanied with a critical for recovery. Cnfonunatdy. she has chosen to slowly cut me out of her ltfc belief that you deserve the condi I look at her and know that her frat! bodv hasn't g:uncd a tion. In my own experience, I pound smcc I've known her. Soon my c-matls went unan wanted to be uny; I thought swered: phone calls weren't returned: plans to go out for cnrfcc I'd be unnouceablc if I were cancelled at the last mtnutc. She stopped attcndmg her could shrink away. anorexic and only ate an therapy sessio ns and began to retreat back into her self· Eating prolonged a apple and an 1ce cream destrucu,·c ways life that was too cone each day Two painful to live, and years later she turned \Vh1le 111 the hospnal. Kim and I bonded as we helped e:tch other in a chaotic 10 bulimia and htdc our dmner from the starr. to make Hlook like we had eaten world, anorexia hinged sometimes \Ve laughed at how easy n was to throw our graham crackers mw was my control. up to 10 hours a the bushes on the way back to our rooms At that tunc. 11 w.h It nev Some are freaked by the thought of self-injury, but Kim and I I know not to comment o n her appearance. t never both learned to take our frustrations out on ourselves, be it tell her she's looking healthier; she would interpret purging or culling. 1t all serves the same purpose-it makes us il as she's getting fat. Instead. t say we're not get· temporarily feel better We know it's a terrible thing; however ting fat: we arc gettmg beuer \Ve both have heard u 1s not an uncommon problem. It is estimated that two the incessant banter of "fat p1g" or ~ra t bitch.. when milhon people suiTcr from self-mutilation. we've eaten drummmg 1n are heads So we remmd ourselves that we deserve to cat; we deserve to get Kahle estimates that 60 percent of his eating disorder patients bcuer: ulumately. we deserve to 11\-c engage tn sclf-muulauon "Evc:rybody who does it descnbes it as iln cmouonal release." says Kahle. "The pain of cutting yourself The year after our release from the hosp1lal was lS less than the pain ms1de.- mstrumental \\'e checked m on each other There were umes when I called and she tmmedJately sensed I COLUMBIA CHRONICLE OCTOBER 1 1 , 1 999 Cnnlinutd from pagt 9 People die from this illness. I've made a commiunent to myself that I will not only try to educate others, but also let those who are struggling know that I know the loneliness they feel; I know how much self-hatred they feel; I know that they don't really want to die. They j ust don't know how to live. I'll always have my eating disorder; it will always be a pan of me. Bu t my eating disorder doesn't have such a strong grip on me anymore. ATTENTION ALUMNI OF Kahle once told me that, he would like for me LO look at my anorexia as a gift. IL seemed like a crazy thought at first, but now when I look my budding strength and abil ity LO not fear close relationships anymore, I believe that he may just be right. The National Young Leaders Please feel free to contact me at the Columbia Chronicle office, located in the Wabash Building, Suite 205 or call our main line at312-344-7254. Conference, Washington, DC -or- Further Information The National Youth Leadership forums on Law, ~edicine or I. The Secret Language of Eating Disorders, by Paggy Claude-Pierre, Random House, 1997. Defense 2. 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Take care of your health this week. Get plenty of rest even if you're busy. Work closely with your partner on Monday and Tuesday. Don't let anybody push you around then, either. An opportunity you've been waiting for could show up on Wednesday or Thursday. Travel Horos~opes and romance look great for this weekend. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You could become success Gemini (May 21-June 21) . Th is week you're lucky in love ful this week if you 're willing to tackle the tough stuff. Your - and just about everything else. Monday and Tuesday could friends point you in the right direction on Monday and be hectic anyway. There's too much to do! Avoid arguments Tuesday. Finish old business on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday and Thursday. Have fascinating discussions You 'll be rarin' to go over the weekend . You're hot, so make instead. It's an attitude thing. Friday and the weekend are things happen. That goes for romance, as well as business, by good for household projects and practical matters. Schedule the way. your playtime for late Sunday. Cancer (June 22-July 22) . Keep the home fires burning this week so you can get rid of the trash! On Monday and Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb 18). Travel and higher education Tuesday, a romantic commitment could happen quite naturally. are easier than usual this week, except for Monday and You'll be too busy for much of that on Wednesday and Tuesday. Get past a frustration first. Celebrate your success Thursday. Learn from your partner and play with your friends on Wednesday and Thursday. Clean out the garage over the from Friday through Sunday, not necessarily in that order. weekend and get rid of everything you've outgrown. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) . You 're smart this week, so study. Stay close to home on Monday and Tu esday. Romance blossoms on Wednesd ay and Thursday. Rest up so you'll be Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Buy and sell this week. You'll ready for an overloaded work schedule from Friday through feel generous, but it's OK to make a profit. Monday and most of the weekend . Eat right and take care of yourself to Tuesday would be great vacation days. Travel for business avoid catching a cold or straining something. looks good, too. You may be tested on Wednesday or Thursday. Good news - you're even more brilliant than usual. This is a great weeken d to play with your friends and to learn from them. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Fantasies might become reality this week. Study someth ing that's got you fascinated on Monday and Tuesday. Make a decision then, too. Fix up your If You're Having a Birthday This Week ... place on Wednesday and Thursday. Plan a romantic excursion for this weekend, starting on Friday. Leave the kids Oct. 11: Money money money money! Is that all you ever think about? Do it this with Grandma. year and profit! Oct. 12: If you're so sma rt, why ain 't you rich? Put in the correction and make it happen. Libra (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). The focus is on you this week. Oct. 13: You're smart this year - and getting smarter. Study's required, and Get the money you need-on Monday and Tuesday. You 're you 'll get to take action, too. amazingly creative on Wednesday and Thursday. Whip your place into shape on Friday and Saturday so you can entertain Oct. 14: Push yourself to learn this year, and you'll emerge much stronger. that special someone on Sunday. Solve a riddle to save money. Oct. 15: Home and family are important this year, and they bring you good luck, too. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your hopes, dreams and fears are activated this week. Do your planning Monday and Oct. 16: Fix things up at home this year even if you have to move to get it right. Tuesday and get started on a couple of new projects. Work and, therefore, money should be plentiful on Wednesday and Oct. 17: Make changes at home so you can live out your romantic fantasies. Thursday. Practice new skills with a partner over the weekend You've waited long enough . and get yourselves ready for competition. OCTOBER 1 1 , 1999 fl!f[ S.L\~PLfS * fl![[ S.L\~PLfS * fl![[ S.L\~PLfS fl![[ S.L\~PLfS * fl![[ S.L\~PLfS * fl![[ S.L\~PLfS Come on over to The Coffee Nouse or The Underground Cafe for a fRrr sample smoothy Friendly, articulate, enthusiastic, people oriented students to work as Student Ambassadors, for the Fall 1999 Open House on Saturday, November 13th from 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. Must currently be enrolled at Columbia with at least a 2.5 g.p.a. Pays $55.00 for the day, with an optional buffet for workers following the event. Applications are avaiable at the Admissions Office reception desk, 600 S. Michigan, 3rd floor. Interviews will be conducted October 26th, 27th, and 28th. Attendance at a 1 hour training workshop on Wednesday, November 3rd or Friday, November 5th is mandatory. OCTOBER 1 1 , 1 999 SPORTS Hoop Dreams live for Columbia students Roosevelt University allows students a chance to show their skills on the basketball court GRA H AM COUC H last Monday, to get a "The talent level depends on the time of day you Assistant Editor three-pointer to fall in come,'' said Linear. "If you come early. it's not all that the hoop. James Hardy good. But from 3 p.m. and beyond, it's pretty tough.'' Columbia does not have a basketball considered playing col Roosevelt's gym is open Monday through Thursday team. However, this is not stopping many lege basketball before form 7:30a.m. to 10 p.m. (Reserved from 3:30p.m. to 6 Columbia students from showing ofT their coming to Columbia to p.m.), Friday from 7:30a.m. to 8 p.m. (Reserved from court skills (or lack there of). study interactive multi 3:30p.m. to 6 p.m.), and on the we~kends from noon to For Columbia students, there are several media. He took the class 4 p.m. It is located at 430 S. Michigan. To get to the opportunities to play basketball. An out for social reasons. gym, use the Wabash entrance and go to the fourth floor. door park is always an option. Sneaking in "It's nice that they For Linear and other Columbia students, Roosevelt's to the United Center is another popular have this," said Hardy. gym gives students a place for friendly competition. choice. However, more than likely, the best " It's a good opportunity "It provides somewhat of a campus atmosphere, since opportunity is to take the Columbia basket to meet new people." [Columbia] doesn't have a home court," Linear said. ball class or go to Roosevelt University's Perhaps a better and gym. cheaper opportunity for On Monday afternoons, from I p.m. to 3 Columbia students is at Physical Education classes offered through p.m., Columbia otTers a co-ed basketball the nearby Roosevelt Columbia this semester: class through the YMCA. This semester the University Gymnasium. Low Impact Aerobics, Hi!Lo Aerobics, Water class has 12 students, all of whom are All that is needed to Aerobics, Advanced Water Aerobics, Beginner male. Taught by Antowine Locke, the class play at Roosevelt is a Step Aerobics, Step Aerobics, Volleyball, Co-ed all ows students to play full court basketball valid student 1.0. Basketball, Judo, Aikido: All Levels, Karate, at a first class faci lity. Roosevelt, which has Adult Swim Lessons, Weight Training: The students' abilities range from slow DoNNIE SEALS .JR./CHRONICLE several other fitness Beginning, Weight Training: with no jump shot, to guys who had the Freshman James Hardy Dunks at opportunities for Intermediate/ Advanced, Fencing opportunity to play college basketball. the Columbia Basketball Class. Columb•a students, (see Fitness opportunities offered through Sophomore Franklin Taylor is the former of box) otTers a consistent Roosevelt University: the two. and solid level of basketball competition for those who 7:30 a.m.- 10 p.m. M-Th, 7:30a.m.- 8 p.m. "! can't play at all. I suck," said Taylor. "I j ust decided really like to play. Fri., 12 p.m. · 4 p.m. Sat & Sun. that it was two easy credits. Plus, I get to play basketball Junior Keyshaun Linear, a former high school player at Aerobics, Basketball (closed 3:30p.m. to 6:00 when I can't play outside in the wintertime." Chicago St. Martin Deporres, plays at Roosevelt two or p.m. weekdays), Game Room, Weightlifting Not everyone has to use the backboard, as Taylor did three times a week. ' - INTERESTED IN The UPS Earn & Learn RECEIVING UP TO Program $23,000 FOR COllEGE? Tuition. Books. Software. Approved Fees. Paid Back Student Loans. Call 1·888·4U PS·JOB CHECK THIS BOX. 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I was n an effort to gain some of the lost fan s, Scott Hall Staff Writer able to do back-to-back internships with them and by the and Kevin Nash (The time I graduated, I had part time work lined up with I Outsiders) returned to The saying "The More You Know" is good advice for [WMAQ)." WCW, making their first anyone to follow, but for college students, this takes on a DeFalco said creating a good relationship with your appearance in months, last whole new meaning. Working as an intern while still in teachers is also a key. week at Nitro. school gives students an opportunity to make a name for "You have to show them that you're serious," he said, In the same fashion at themselves and gain credits while learning about their adding that his re lationship with his teachers helped him which they first came on the field. get his internships and pre scene in '96, Hall and Nash Former Columbia pared him for the real walked through the masses of students Josh Liss world. " You also have to fan s and took a seat ringside. and Carmen show them that you're Whi le they didn't enter the ring on this night, the BENJAMIN TRECROCI DeFalco have both capable and willing to Outsiders are expected to be SPORTS EDITOR worked as interns learn. "You have to be in the ring sometime this with local Chicago ready to do whatever they month, mostly li kely after radio stations and ask," he said. " You need Halloween Havoc (Oct. 24) to feud with the current are now both suc to have the drive." tag-team champions, Harlem Heat. cessfu l. Liss is the Liss said not to limit The WCW house cleaning continued last week, with Sports Director with yourself to one particular an incredible amount WBBM Radio 780 aspect of news. "Just of names. While and DeFalco is an because I worked in sports many o f the anchor and reporter as an intern, that didn't wrestlers will stay on with ESPN Radio mean I stopped at sports," for a while or unt il 1000. their contracts run he said. " I also coverd o ut , their days in the Liss, who graduated elections and breaking WC W are numbered. from Columbia in news. Whatever was The most prominent 1995 with a degree avail able." Liss added that names on this list in Journalism, has the time he spent at were Randy " Macho held his current WMAQ as an intern didn't Man" Savage and position at WBBM compare with many of the "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Savage, who earlier this sum since August of Former Columbia student Josh Liss talking the talk on horror stories associated mer went on a "personal-strike" against management 1998. Before that, WBBM. with interns. will stay with the company until early next year before he worked at L------___J "It was more than just making an expected return to the WWF. WMAQ Radio 670 in the sports department for four-and getting coffee and answering phones," he said. "It was For Piper, his contract was just too much for WCW what you made of it." to pay, considering his appearances were becoming a-half years and also interned there for two semesters too erratic. A possible return to the WWF is possible beg inning in 1994. DeFalco graduated this past spring Liss said that you need a lot of motivation and self but if he did, it would have to include his infamous with a degree in Broadcast Journalsim. He did his first pride in what you do to be successful, both as an intern Piper's Pit segment. internship at WLS Radio in the fall of 1997 and was hired and in the real world, and that you always have to be Other names on the black list for WCW included by them in January of 1998. He then interned under looking for ways "to work your way up. I had short-term former NWO members, Scott Norton, Brian Adams Mark Giangreco at Channel 7 in the fall of 1998. He also goals at WMAQ but didn't limit myself," he said. and Horace Hogan. A lso, Public Enemy, who have worked with Don Wade and Roma, which is where he As for DeFalco he is happy with his current position worn out their welcome everywhere they've gone, as learned how to format a talk show. and the progress he has made, but he has higher aspira well as the Insane Clown Posse who are expected to Both credit Columbia with getting them where they are tions, saying that he would like to move back into televi jump to ECW- were all given their walki ng papers. today. "Without Columbia there wouldn't have been an sion, possibly at ESPN or in another market other than Also, this past week, WC W announced that they internship," Liss said. "My internship showed me just Chicago. have signed a new creative team to direct the story about everything, including how to be professional, and lines and characterizations of the wrestlers. Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera fo rmerly of the WWF w ill over see all creative deve lopments and writing for WCW effective this Monday. Meanwhile in the WWF, the most compe lling story has been the re lationshi p between The Rock and Mankind. "The Rock and Sock" connection that was brought together by accident has apparently broken up, after last week in which Mankind all but ended the " relationshi p" in a hilarious skit that had all the looks of a teenage love. Before they could fini sh, the count down to Y2J hit for the entrance of Chris Jeri cho. Jericho challenged The Rock to a match in what could be a very long and enterta ini ng fe ud . Not only are these two great wrestl ers, but also their microphone work is indisputable. Since his debut in WWF in August, Jericho has been pai red o fT in short feuds with "Road Dog" Jesse James and then Ken Shamrock. But he has not been able to show hi s true capabilities. I hope that this feud will bring the much needed heat and recognition he de,erves. R1ght now, the WWF is in a bit of funk . The "Stone Cold" Ste ve llu~ t i n , beer drinking, middle fi nger 'wmging gimmick has become sta le and needs a change. Austin i ~ scheduled to challenge Hu nter lf ea r ~ t lfe lm>ley at No Mercy (Oct. 17) and possibly become a th rec-t•mc champion. Fina lly, on a •ad note Gorilla Monwon, former WWF wrestler and ~ o ·, ma1n,tay hehind the micro phone died Ja, t week at the age of' 62. lie will be m i ~sed by wrc•thng f'an• everywhere.