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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. o r COLUMB A COLLE G E C H C A G 0 VOL. XXX, No.;(P October 21, 1996 Students, admin reach boiling point: Following five incidents of false fire alarms this semester at the Residence Hall, students are aggravated and administrators fear the next real emergency won't be taken seriously.
By Leon Tripplett '"It 's unbelievable that one student would put the lives the alarm proves to be the result of a student's idea of fun. Senior Writer of hundreds at risk. What if it really happened? Then According Residence Hall Community Assistant what?" Symon Ogeto, the school is fined up to $2000 for false Dorm resident Helen de Guevera compared the night to The occurance was reportedly the fifth this semester. alarms. Assistant Director Kri stin Fourroux said the col the children's story ''The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf," an A week ago it happened after midnight. and after students lege is fined $ 100 per incident. At press time, the Fire appropriate analogy to the early morning Oct. 19 fire were directed back inside, the alarm was pulled again. At Commissioner's Office could not be reached to determine alarm, another in a string of false alarms. that time, many students opted not to leave the building, the actual amount of the fine. The unknown person who pulled the fire alarm at believing that it was not a real fire. Regardless of the dollar fi gure, said Ogcto. ultimately Columbia's Residence Hall last week has residents and But sixth-floor resident , Dennis Rodgers, took the the residents arc left like they were Saturday morning, out community assistants irate and wanting the jokes to stop. alarm seriously. '"I though it was the real thing so I left out in the cold and foo ting the bill. '"In the end, it is no laugh The sound of the fire alarm sent hundreds of sleepy and forgot my keys," Rodgers said . As a ; ng matter," he said eyed residents pouring out of their rooms at 731 South result, Rodgers was locked out for some time No one knows for sure who pulled the Plymouth Court and across the street at 4 a.m. until his community assistant was able to let Editorial, page 9 fi fth fl oor pull stati on, and chances arc the Anger permeated the 36 degree air as students were him in. person will not get caught, although one lcept outside for several minutes until fi re officials of the For second-floor Community Assistant fifth floor witness said he saw someone Congress and Wells sta Steve Locken, who was on duty during the ni ght of the walking down the hallway into a room just as the alarm tion left, officially dis fire alarm, getting the residents out and answering the fire sounded. missing the alarm as a department's queries, it was just routine. Another resident, Jenny Forseth, echoed the sentiments prank. '"I came downstairs and found out what floor it was o f the majority of students. Resident Helen de pulled from and then made sure residents were out of the '"It may be real one day and no one wi ll li sten to it." Guevera expressed con building," he said. Resident Yalorie Smith be lieves the school should take cerns that if the pranks Firefighter, Duvall Williams, sympathetic to the frus action. don' t stop, a real fire tration of the students, commented that thi s is no laughing '"We need cameras in every hallway to monitor what's may occur and no one matter. The. fire department responds to all calls regard going on and solve this will heed the warning. less of the status. However, the schoo l is fined every time problem." See Alarm, next page
Columbia sophomore Nancy Antonia Bozzi and other members o the Columbus Day Queen's court wave to onlookers at the Columbus Day Parade Oct. 14. Bozzi was fourth runner-up in the Columbus Day Queen Contest held earlier this month. See next page for story.
Photo by Natalie Bauaglia
Community Media Workshop 'bridges the gap' between media and non-profit organizations By Jonathan Bethely city, and the organization holds brown bag lunches to stimulate con Staff Writer versations between community members and the medi a. '"We've had some impact over the last seven years to bring those Journalists don't always know where to find interesting community issues to the forefront," said Thorn Clark, president of the Community stories. Likewise, people aren't always sure how to get connected to Medi a Workshop. "If you introduce reporters to the people who li ve the media, leaving many neighborhood stories untold. their lives day in and day out it becomes a different story. " But the Community Media Workshop, located on the 8th fl oor of the Clark said CMW is not a public relations firm. Instead the organi Wabash building, has worked for seven years to bridge the gap between zation tries to teach non-profits how to handle public relations on their non-profit community organizations and Chicago area media outlets. own since many of the organizations using the service can't afford to Their mission is simple: train non-profit groups how to use the hire an outside public relations firm. media more effectively and help journalists learn of their stories. CMW CMW has used Columbia office space free of charge for three years. has trained more than 300 community organizations that represent over In return for the free space, CMW uses Columbia College's name and 2,000 people in the Chicago area. They sponsor seminars to train non address on all their printed material, not to mention the exposure the profit groups on media access, and publish an extensive media directo college gets from big time media executi ves visiting CMW's offi ces. ry that provides the telephone numbers of reporters and media outlets Clark said the affiliation with Columbia works well for them because in Chicago. of the school's foc us on communicati ons Twice a month, CMW sends news tips to o ver 300 journalists in the and the administrati on's support of their See CMW, next page 2 NEWS October 1 4 , 199' 1HE CHRONICLE Colu01bia celebrates Journalism Department 623 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 802 Chicago, Illinois 60605 ColuDibus Day News desk: 312-663-1600 ext. 5343 Photo desk: 3 12-663-1600 ext. 5732 Advertising desk: 312-663-1600 ext. 5432 At right: WMAQ NBC FAX: Channel 5 anchor Joan 312-427-3920 Esposito celebrates Columbus e-mail: Day with Columbia students C hron96@ interacess.com Lisa Manna, center, and Web page: Ta nis~a Woodson, far right, http://wwwS.intcracess.com both mterns at the station. /chronicle Below: English Depa rtment faculty member Fred Editor-in-Chief Gardaphe, (far left), takes part in the annual parade on John Henry Biederman the Fra Noi Ooat, an Italian American newspaper based in Managing Editor Chicago. Cri stin Monti Photos by Natalie Bauaglia News Editor Bob Chiarito
Assistant News Editor Allison Manin
Features E ditor Kim Watkins
Entertainment Editor Ryan Healy
Opinion Editor David Harre ll
Photography Editor Natalie Battaglia
Assistant Photography Editor Laura Stoec ker
Copy Editors Me rna Ayi Rob England Jim Perez
Advertising Manager Amy Pickle in CMW from page 1 "We' re trying to create a Marketing soph fourth runner-up level playmg field by Senior Writers Columbus Day Queen Contest mission. They are also able teaching people how to do Roben Stevenson to tap into the wealth of it themselves," said Leon Tripplett Veronica Drake, marketing By Bob Chiarito aspect. student talent at Columbia, having used 10 students manager at CMW. "Mcdi Web Page Editor News Editor "Looks are not really as is not something that hu imponant as your inner-per from the college to work in Mark Dascoli their office. three heads. . . . You can While most sonality," Bozzi said. During the Democratic actually pick up the phone Staff Writers Columbia students were According to Bozzi, National Convention held and dial them." Jonathan Bethely in class on October 14, bringing out your inne r-per in Chicago in August, the The Polish American sophomore Nancy sonality on stage is the key organization thrust itself Association, 3824 N. Mic helle DuFour Cieero, has used CMW to Jason Falkinha m Antonia Bozzi was par to doing good in pageants. into the. international spot light with the Community help increase their visibili Miche le Gomez tic ipating in the Unlike many contestants News Project. CMW pub ty through media contacts. Danielle Hirsch Columbus Day Parade. who participate in mock Bozzi, 19, was a mem lished a 62-page booklet During the convention, Charles Jordan questioning sessions, Bozzi Drake said they were able ber o f the Columbus Nancy just keeps up on the news that gave JOurnalists a Jason Krava rik hands-on guide to Chicago to get coverage on Day Queen's coun, and Antonia Boui and remains natural. Maria Melendez n~ighborh ood s. complete "Nightlinc," as well u Jenn ifer Prause rode on the Queen 's " I don't like to be fake wtth names and numbers Dutch and German TV sta Jill Schimelpfe nig n oat as founh runner-up in the and pr.actice. I just act myself," ·ournalists can use to tions. annual pageant. she sa1d . research issues both past "The international Staff Photographers For Bozzi, it was he r first Bozzi said she hopes to pursue and present. Clark said media wanted to loolt pageant and a warm-up to the acting and modeling after college while some of the local and behind the scenes," Drake Scott Buxtin said. She put them in con Blair Fredrick November Miss Illinois USA con but is studying marketing to national media focused on how beautiful the city tact with organizations Jo Machado test, a competition she entered on insure a stable job. For now, she a whim. continues to ac t like her role mod looked and how well the re~ners needed to s wath to complete their sto "Cd m th1s new!l pride and a warm-up for the Miss lo ~c t understundnblr annoyed. lllinoiNC ontest. Lookmg back at the recumng nlanns the again in August during the of neighborhood contacts. paper are not n ece~~a ri l y Ootcs said his oraani • " I want to do a couple smalle r next could be onlr weeks nwny. And convention. wnnting more th~ of the Jou ma l i ~ m participated In numerou pageants before Miss Illinois to the unfortunate d1snster could be thnt information nbout welfare Department or the college. reform ond It s Chicago mtervlows durlna the Nee ho w we ll I'd do," Bozzi suid. residents won't toke It as Rodaers did who locked himself out. connections. CMW wus ventlon, but It wu hard A lthough good loo ks arc a key "We don't know when It 's 11oing 10 ttblc to steer the stntiun to determine how eac: to doin_g well in pageants, Bozzi be for real ," Rod&crs aald. the propor Chiclii!O con· reporter aot his number. ~ ai d it 1s not the most important tncts. sald 1myone whQ u CMW can reltll Ill otlke. October 21, . 1996 NEWS First Illinois Interpretive Training H atOsiWLEGE SARY graduates ready to face the real.· world y our By Michelle S. DuFour Staff Writer The room remained silent, yet two people con Steak? versed. Through expressions, gestures and signs, an Interpreter Training Instructor communicated with her student. Since the Interpreter Training Program began at With Columbia in 1993, increasing numbers of·students John Henry Biederman have joined the program to learn American Sign Language, the official language of the deaf. In the spring, four students successfully completed the The uncanny similarities program and became the first graduating class of the ITP. of PR and plain ol' BS "I met a deaf lady who wanted to go to my n last week's issue. we ran a letter from church," said Judy Robinson, 45, senior, ITP. "And Columbia's Provost and Executive Vice I thought about how I was going to do that, when I President Bert Gall, which responded to the they didn't have anything for deaf people at all." previous week's story about our elevators. (The story Robinson decided then that she wanted to learn exposed the elevators as lacking proper safety certi sign language. She attended Waubansee College fication.) I trust that students who've read the origi in Aurora and went through the interpreter pro nal piece can put Gall's letter in the proper perspec gram there, but decided that she wanted " ... a tive, but considering we didn't receive any mail broader knowledge base." So she came to Columbia. Columbia is the only school in Illinois about his reply, I'll point a couple of things out any and one of II or 12 nationwide which offers a BA way. in sign language interpreting, said Lynn Pena, ITP Photos by JoAnne Machado Of course, someone had to send a letter. It works director. Robinson is one of three students who Part-time interpreters Anne Leahy (above) and Diane Thorpe that way in the real world, too. A media outlet uncov will graduate in the spring with a degree in (below) practice signing in an interpretive training course. In the ers a slip-up on the part of an agency (in this case, the Interpreter Training. bottom right-hand picture, Thorpe forms the letter "r''. college), and the agency has to say something to save The ITP began at Columbia with the help of a face. Lacking any real explanation, the agency sends grant from the Department of Rehabilitation a letter to the media outlet in an attempt to confuse program in January. Services. Melodic Lamkey, 22, will also graduate from the ITP and manipulate readers into believing they have an The program has been "very successful," said Pena. alibi. all the while completely avoiding any real "The first year we hoped for 30 to 40 students and had program this year. "I've been really pleased with the program," she said. questions posed by the media investigation. It's more than 60." "They ease you into graduation with the practicum. They called public relations, the art of saying nothing and Legislated mandates for interpreters created a need for using a lot of words to do it. more interpreters. ease you into the real world." "They [ITP] give you very solid tools that you need in Luckily for those of you new to the concept, we Of the 120 students majoring in ITP, most of the stu have an easy case here. A good PR person can often dents are women, said Pena. the profession," said Robinson. The last two semesters of the lTP, students are required persuade otherwise intelligent (but unwary) readers She believes the ratio is so large between women and with bri lliant yet devious arguments-but we don't men in interpreter training programs because the field has to take a practicum where they work directly with an not been viewed as a profession up until the last 30 years. interpreter, said Pena. The students need to be flexible have to worry about that. Gall's letter would make a because of the interpreter People viewed interpreting as a "helping field," said s' varied schedules. great example for a PR class-of what not to do. Lamkey transferred from Illinois Central College in Maybe his secretary phoned in sick on the day he Pena. Interpreters were usually friends of families. Now Peoria and started taking interpreting classes. that society views interpreter training as a profession, wrote it, but, for whatever reason, nobody with an IQ more men are joining, but at a slow rate, said Pena. "I never knew a deaf person before," said Lamkey. "I higher than a hedgehog could fall for the bureaucrat Of the three students completing the program this year, was just interested in learning the language." ic babble set forth in his piece. Marvin Mollinedo is the only male. He will finish the Si nce the demand for interpreters is so great, all of the The letter began, "I regret the impression given by graduates are working as free-lance reporters and in edu The Ch~onicle that the College's elevators are cation. unsafe ... Many different areas need interpreters, including: edu First of all, he let truth slide in-the ultimate PR cation, medicine, law (court settings), conventions, and one-on-one situations. no-no. Admin regrets a lot of things about the "I don't have any set plans right now," said Lamkey. Chronicle. They'd like us to remain an incompetent "But I want to free-lance through an agency because I'm college-PR rag. Over the last couple years, we've still trying to decide what area to go into." changed all that. And more than one administrator One of the biggest misconceptions about interpreting is has called (concerning a variety of stories) begging that "it's easy," us not to run a certain article. said Pena. "It is a Considering we hauled seven awards back from language and it the Illinois College Press Associati on Convention takes a lot of time last year, we're j ust doing our job too well. We deal and practice." in the truth, so if anything needs to be changed. Although there maybe it's the way this college docs business. are 120 students Of course, we love our school and think. for the declared as ITP most part, that it's a great place. But we're interested majors, many in making it better and, as in any other institution, other students take there are some shady things going on. Revealing American Sign them is the first step toward rectification. Language and Secondly, students already have the impression Deaf Culture that our elevators are unsafe-the Chronicle did classes as elec nothing to alter that. C'mon, take one look at 'em! tives. Even though We'd be better off taking the Flintstones approach, using hairy, wise-cracking elephants and pulleys. only four students have successfully completed the pro gram, Pena has received positive feedback about how well The doors close on students' limbs regularly, one or prepared the students are to go out and work as profes- more are out of service at least once a week and they sional interpreters. . just look like an elementary school project. "I really like the program here," said Lam key. "It's bet Next excerpt: "Breakdowns arc handled immedi ter than a two-year program and you really get to learn the ately by professionals ..." language." OK then. Define immediate. Some of our eleva tors bore safety certificates that became invalid over a year ago. so I don't know what dictionary Gall Chronicle sparks investigation on justice for handicapped plucked his definition from. Here's the clincher. The knee-slapper, one of did this," she said. "Now we can "I am very pleased that someone Gall's "helpful" tips for using Columbia elevators: Jason Kravarik get the owner into court and pre went out there so quickly. This is "Do not enter an already overcrowded elevator." Staff Writer sent these violations." the first piece of good news we've Has anyone ever seen a Columbia elevator that The inspection centered on the had in a long time," Reynolds said. wasn't overcrowded? It's a great idea for a Chronicle The city is taking the owner of a apartment housing of Bruce "I hope they don't stop here. They promo, though: Bring us a photo of a Columbia ·ele filthy apartment building to court Reynolds and Tonya O'Neill need to follow this so the place vator that's not overcrowded and win a prize. after a Chroni cle story prompted l\n both are handicapped. O'Neill said gets c leaned up." What are we supposed to do? Take the stairs? If I inspection of the building last the roach problem was so bad that The DOR said they took took the stairs every time I couldn' t grab an week. they would get bitten as they slept. Reynolds' request and filed a uncrowded elevator, I'd have thighs like an Olympic City inspectors cited the Rogers For that, the city also notified the report with the city's Department speed skater-if I didn't die of exhaustion first. Do Park buildtng with I 0 violations, Department of Human Services. of Buildings. Unti l now, the city you really want that? Do we really want Columbia's and the landlord will be taken to Tina Reynolds, a nursing super had no record of an inspection of student hordes running up and down multiple levels court, said Kathleen Walsh, visor from Del Health Care, an the building since that report was of stairs to get to class on time, a spokesperson for the Department agency paid by the state to provide filed. ll at once? Do we of Buildings. homemaker services to the resi The city plans to use the viola really want that scenario for injurious disaster (and Among the violations, inspec dence, says she has been trying to tions against the landlord on an consequently, possible lawsuits)? tors fo und unsanitary living condi contact the State's Department of undetermined court date, Walsh Probably not. But it's already happening. Why'? tions, roach infestation, and foul Rehabilitation (DOR), but received said. The state of our elevators. odors, Walsh said. no help. This latest inspection Maybe the bigwigs here will wipe the dollar signs "It was definite ly good that we came as good news, she said. from their and see the obvious 4 NEWS October 21, 1996 A sound piece of advice: See your advisor By C huck Jordan Fridays fro m 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to help stu members to refer people in need of help to fact that s tudents may have financial diffi Staf!Writu dents deal with virtually everything from them. Students who went through orienta culties. Many of the practitioners students depression to family problems to trouble ti on were given information about the ser are referred to offer moderate prices. All Being a college s tudent can present in a class. vices provided . arc covered by insurance, and some are many challenges. Preparing for exams. According to Talbot, the staff of advis Academic advisers do more then their even free. writing papers. researching informatio n, ers is made up of mature, caring adults title describes because academic, personal Talbot says the advisors' work doesn't and complcling assignments involves time who work to help students throug h the var and social problems arc intertwined. In end with a referral. "We assist and aid the and concentration. which is difficult ious cri ses. For ins tance, if a student needs many cases, students arc affected academ student with m aking the connectio n, m ak enough. But many students at Columbia legal help, is depressed, or is having fami ically by personal problems in their lives. ing s ure they get the response they have johs. internships and family rcsponsi ly pro blems, staff members can refer him For example, a s tudent who has been deserve," she said. hiltues as well. or her to someo ne who has expertise in a unable to pay the heating bill during the An important goal is to see that students If students arc havi ng difficulty dealing special area. winter or a s tudent who has an in ill child feel com fortable. They have the freedom "11h college life or arc in need of som eone "We will work together to find out what will probably sec their academic perfor to pick their own adviser. to talk to. they can seck support from aca is best for them," says Assistant Adviser mance decline. In addition, there are all-campus work demic advising on the third noor of the Kathy Giblin. Columbia has a list of agencies and pri shops offered thro ughout the semester. For Wabash building. Advisers want to encourage students vate practitioners they will refer advisccs example, some of the seminars presented According to Academic Advising who need help to come to the office. where to. Advisers will visit sites to make· sure have included stress management, study Dm..·ctnr J:1nc1 Talhot, advisors arc avail they can he assured o f confidentiality. they arc serving the needs of their stu skill s, anxiety workshops and graduate ahlc on a walk-in basis from ') a.m. to 7 According to Talhot. the academic dents. school preparation. p.m. o n Mo ndays through T hursdays and advisers try to hranch o ut and get faculty Advisers contend they arc aware of the
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W ho is· he? John O lino "the d~rector of F~nanc1al Aid at Columbia Co llege. A native Chicagoan, Olino attended the Univc"ity of lll1nms for two years and spent two years in the Navy before grad uating from Parsons College in Iowa in 1'167. He received a master's degree in education administration from Loyola Un1vcrsity in 1971. O lino taught high school math and science at Holy Trinity H1 gh School where he also served as princ ipal. Before coming to Columbia 10 years ago. Olino was director of Financial Aid at Triton College for six years.
What is the differen ce between the classroom and administration? "An admmistrator has three job' and they all relate to making and facilitating instructing in the classroom. You have to be wise enough to hire good people. You have to have management skills to help teachers and librarians and other folks reach their potential and then you have to relate well with parents and other admini>trators. I've found that I learn something new every day."
Do vou miss the classroont? .:Yeah. I do ... I don't get the real clo>e re lation>hips that I had when I was teaching that one math claS>. It was fun. Teaching keep> your brnm functioning on all eight cylinders. The types of q ues t ~ What do you like m ost a bout your job? "Work~ng with >tudenh and helping them realilc their goals and making it easier for them to concentrate on their 'tudies by pos,.hly reduc ing the fi nancial stress on them. I try to focus on tr) 1ng to get people to think not in the 'hort term. but in the long term." What do you like least a bout your j ob? John "Trying to get state and federal governments to increase funding for financial aid pro grams. It's a hard thing to do because you're always caught in the bureaucracy, but yet it's not Olino that I dislike it. it's"' frustrating to know that we're not investing in young people. If there's one thing that I wi>h I could do. 11 would be to change the perspective of the federal and stale governments in term' of looking at young people as an investment in this country's future." How can you make fina n cial a id better ? "Anyone can "ton the "dehne> and complain. hut you don't really change anything. I'd rather jump in and get dirty. I belong to several committee' and have for many yea". Even though the going is slow and tough. you can't leave it up to the next person. You have to walk the talk. I tlunk 11 \ really Important for people not only like myself, hut for s tudents too. to do what they can to impactpu;,;;._ pv;;... , ... How i.• the new federal direct loan progra m working? "The federal dtrcct loan "more efficient in that I do n't have to deal wi th 600 lenders. I deal with one lender which is the U .S . Treasury. I don't have to deal w1th a whole hunch of loan guarantors because I'm dealing with the federal loan service. So from that perspective alone I th1nk that there'; an efficiency ga111ed for ' tudcnts and the office. I think we have been ahlc to help students meet their financial obligation to the college a lot qUicker." What is your favorite hook? " I l1ke lmtoncal h1ographie>. One of my lavonte people is Alhert Eins tein. I could never get enough to read about him. I find that his phi )o,ophy of l1fc and the way he perceived the universe is very intrigui ng to me. I li ke general biographies. The o ne I'm reading now is about Lew,; and C lark. It\ a g What are your hohhies? " I ilkc to fi , h, wntc poetry and travel with my w ife to small towns in Illinois. I like being involved with my kids' li ves. I have three sons and a daughter." What are some of the problems studenl• face today that students 10 years ago didn't face? " Money "alway' a concern. I think that the fact that tuitio n and fees nationwide huvc increased faster than the nile of in n ation and finan Cial a1d h;l\n't. I thmk there'' more unmcd1acy than there was when I went to college." W hat i.• the ht'llt ad vice you could Kive to studenl• using your office? " l'lan Thmk crll1cally. Live for the day, hut never take yo_ur eye off tomorrow. And do good for people, it comes back." What wa• the he•t advice you ever received ? " I rccc1vc adv1cc everyday. It may not sound like it, tho ugh. hut it is . I never learned anything when I was doing the talking. Listening is an extremely 1mportanttlnng that we all s hould do more of." October 21,1996 NEWS 5 \~)~~)}:ll\\'l'Jt~ THE JOURNALISM CLUB m~ OC1 22 1WS PRE.f)'ENTS COLllMBI4 COlLEGE llBRARY A CRASH COURSE ON POLITICAL CARTOONS THURSDAY,0CTOBER31~ ~h·sse ···· -{(,u ('omin· lo lwtl. 01· ·nh;at? 11:30 A.M.- HOKIN HALL LECTURE SANDY NORTHROP Author, Producer and Editor ''DRAWN & QUARTERED: THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN POLITICAL CARTOONS" 12:30 P.M.- WABASH FOYER- BOOK SIGNING I :00 P.M. - HOKIN ANNEX FISCHETTI EDITORIAL CARTOON EXHIBIT (Oct. 21 -Nov. 7, 1996) Fl?EE AND OPEN TO Evt..,'RYON!<_'/ 6 NEWS 0 c t o b e r 2 1 , 1 9·9 6 Seniors only need apply By Jill Schimelpfenig have more time to plan their Staff Writer ! last two semesters. After receiving their audit, They flash 'before your eyes, students find that they are either those ominous red and green on the right track towards grad .ATTENTION neon placards posted all around uating or need to schedule an Columbia. Yet, only if you plan appointment to meet with a POETS, on escaping college sometime counselor for guidance in fur ILLUSTRATORS, soon have you noted the warn ther scheduling of classes and ing: You must apply for gradu internships. FICTION AND ation in the Academic Advising But Gerstein said that "most Department by November I, of the students know where CREATIVE 1997. they're at" in terms of credits. By filling out a one-page Seniors are rarely unaware of NON-FICTION WRITERS: application, students are eligi their progress. ble for early registration and Though Talbot encourages receive an official audit stating students to meet with advisors WANT TO GET PUBLISHED? the classes they have completed well before they plan to gradu and what requirements they ate, too many students come to still need to fulfill. The applica early registration without ever tion also begins the process of receiving approval. She said SUBMIT SOMETHING preparing a student's diploma. these seniors are turned away Most seniors who stop by unless they are clearly able to WILD, Academic Advising in room graduate by the end of the 300 of the Wabash building will upcoming semester. DISTURBING, realize that it only takes a few "There always are excep~ minutes to begin the process tions," Talbot said. OBSESSIVE OR OBSCURE TO THE that they have been looking for The Academic Advising CHRONICLE'S SOON-TO-BE-ESTABLISHED ward to for years - graduation. department's graduation appli Janet· Talbot, Director of cation has three main purposes, WEEKLY Academic Advising to grant seniors the advantage Department, urges all students of early registration, show CREATIVE WRITING PAGE. to plan their classes or intern seniors where they are in terms ships with an advisor as a of credits they need to graduate, means of "taking ownership and begin the paperwork for their education." involved in processing a diplo CONTACT CRISTIN OR RYAN AT EXT. 5343, Lee Gerstein, an academic ma. OR STOP BY S. WABASH, ROOM advisor, says there is much Chris Jacobi, 22, a radio 623 802 paperwork involved in doing major who will graduate in FOR MORE INFORMATION. each audit. 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A nENTION SENIORS charged with stalking Oct. 9 after police University officials were not certain said he pursued a female student with how Shaw knew the student, a Purdue unwelcome visits and phone calls. senior, or if she had been enrolled in his Dong Shaw, 34, an assistant profes class. sor of industrial engineering, was "My understanding is that there was arrested at his campus office and not a relationship involved at all," said charged with stalking, a Class D felony. Greg Zawisza, a university spokesper If you plan to graduate The student told police that the pro son. fessor had made an unwelcome visit to The student said that Shaw wrote letters and made a series of phone calls ts to blame in to her, he said. Shaw, who was released in 1997 (June or on $5.000 bond, has been reassigned tanford power outage from classroom activities pending a determination of criminal proceedings. August) and you will By College Press Service the university said in a statement. 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The in various TV that revealing his statements would throw out a and Clinton are both subject to blackmail, as indicated !he story later guilty verdict against O.J.? result of the digging by !he ex-cop. air Friday, Oct 27, HEY! Clinton White House! Shut your This all may be one of the biggest scandals 1995. But it did not go on mouth! In !he criminal defense of O.J., super the 20th century--the apparatus of state and the air. So !he program has vising those detecti ves (different bunch than era! government covering up a double murder. its own unsolved mystery. those reportedly at the murder scene) was a for Skolnick, who taught journalism courses VICI'IM #3: Robin mer New York cop, long reportedlly on the Columbia in /969,founded and now choirs 'Clark, covering !he trial for Mafia payroll. He was reportedly a silent part Citizens Committee to Clean Up the the Philadelphia lnquirer-- ner in Mafia gay bars and discos jointly with dedicated to exposing "judicial a somewhat Mattie ..The Horse" lanello, now a jail bird. political murders." Irs program "B.roadside••"l Q.J., mysterious deaths and more more indepen This reported mafia-friendly ex-cop reported airs most MondiJys at 9 p.m on cable dent and outspo ly dug very, very deep into !he dope business. Channel 21. The group's news horline ken paper- apparently was murdered by hav And he came up, apparently, with a link to !he is (312) 731-/100. And now-- ing his car shoved into oncoming traffic. California dope turf wars betwen the Herreras VIC11M #3: in September, 1995, about three and !he Yakuza (Japanese mob], linked to.lhe weeks before !he jury's verdict, Ron Goldman's CIA dope-and-guns operation throughout the Members of !he Columbia community, fellow waiter and reputed dope gang member, southern states, starting in !he 1980s. Among you please help me? Michael Nigg, was murdered by assassins who !he links was to !he CIA dope brought in If at any time you see one of!hose ne stonewalling of the details on The Clinton Mrs. Clinton's College should teac·h values health care task force and of community, responsibility administration's billing records: the dangling of By First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton pardons before integrity gap A few months ago, my daugh I was just beginning then- as life in the 2 1st century. You are c o n v i c t e d By Haley Barbour, Republican ter Chelsea and I went on a col many of you are today-the already living in a time of great felons who lege tour. As we visited dormi never-endi ng process of search change and transition. might implicate National Committee Chairman tories, libraries, and lecture halls, ing for the right balance in my Your challenge : - an adult will the president; and looked over fliers advertis life, of fi lling my days in ways ob Dole has posed an be to lead the next generation of and, most recently, news of millions ing plays, clubs and special that were true to my own inter important question to !he Americans safely into a 21st cen of dollars of political contributions speakers on campuses, I was ests and to my responsibilities to tury American people: Does !hat continues to honor the B from foreign business interests to the reminded of the great opportuni the larger community. ideals of democracy !hat have !his nation deserve a president who Clinton campaign and the ties colleges can offer to those In these four years, you have made our country !he strongest has betrayed the public trust, or do Democratic National Committee. lucky enough to go. unprecedented opportunities to and freest in !he world. we deserve a president who can I began my own college career pursue your true interests, to nur What's just as reprehensible is the I believe you must do !hat by restore integrity in public office'! more than 30 years ago this fall . ture your own intellect, to Clinton administration's continual taking responsibility, creating The Clinton administration has I remember the excitement- and express your own ideas. But col reaction to being confronted with opportunities, and strengthening been marked by an endless series of uncc rtai nty~f moving far from lege is also a place to discover questions about their ethical lapses: our communities. ethical fa ilures, and a pattern of home, of leaving my parents, how much more you can achieve 'They duck, they dodge, they conceal Few colleges will claim that excuse-making and alibis. It 's truly brothers, and best friends back in when you work a~ part of a larg and make excuses. As Senator Dole each of !heir newly minted gmd astonishi ng when you line them up Illinois. er community. put it, "The huck stops nowhere." I remember feeling anxious uates is fu lly prepared to the side by side: More than 30 offic ials It's a place where people of dit~ When Boh Dole resigned from the about which courses to select fcrent tastes, nttitudes, nnd aspi meet the challenges of the real inveMigatcd, fired or forced to resign world. But if each of you Jcnvcs Senate, Democrat senator after from a catulog of hundreds und rations Jearn to live together, to due to ethical improprieties; four cnmpus with 11 greater sense of Democrat senator stood up and about finding time for all of the share cure packages and problem independent counsels appointed; what it means to be and act praised Bob Dole for heing a man of clubs I wanted to join . (One of sets, und to respect each other. l·i legatc and the unexplained six those was the Repuhliean Club! ) College, with the fri ends you responsibly as pun of a larger his word . His word , they all said, is month gap in the FB I fil e Jog; I remember worrying ahout how muke, the teums you cheer for, community, then you wi ll have his lxmd . How Bill Cli nton must Travelgate; the indcfensihle usc of I would balance ull of' these new the clubs you join, is u plnce to gui ned the most important tool have cringed l Stephan Portugal Bob Chiarito Women need not apply Debate? What debate? olumbia College boasts about diverse student body that hat a boring, uneventful pair Cthe 1990s. But when it of presidential debates. administration and · Columbia resembles the I W Where was the spontaneity? That's because the aec:ISICJn-:maJIOn:g I Where was the excitement of Lincoln vs. positions here are virtually all filled Douglas or Kennedy vs. Nixon? men, who are virtually all white. Maybe we needed that little ball of Columbia's president and provost, energy, Ross Perot, to liven things up? two highest positions, are white men. Among the upper ranks of the adminis Maybe not. What we did need was the tration, there is only one woman and truth. The truth in issues, the truth in facts. minorities. Only one department chair What we got from both guys was a bor person is female; all but one are white. Stupid, stupid, stupid ing litany of distorted facts and figures With the retirement of Journalism Chairman Nat Lehrman this past June, s First Amendment scholars are quick to point out, yelling "Fire!" in a crowd that anybody could have easily found. or Columbia had a chance to hire its ed building, when there is in fact no fire, is not, and has never been, protect figured out were slanted. female chairperson this year, but politics A ed speech. And while we support Columbia students who push the bound Surprisingly though, Senator Dole did and red tape kept the door shut. Ironically, aries of free speech for artistic purpose, that scholarly argument applies to pulling fire not exploit the character issue to the a majority of Columbia's journalism stu alarms as well. fullest, even though he threatened to dents are female and minorities. As related in Senior Writer Leon Tripplett's front-page story, this is the fourth time As with all departments, a search com come out swinging in San Diego. Perhaps mittee was formed. It consisted of five this semester that someone has sounded a false fire alarm in our residence halls. he realized this Whitewater issue has journalism faculty members and six out Dorm resident Helen de Guevara compared this story of mischief to the fairy tale, been dragging on for so long that the side members, including Academic Dean 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf." In this case, the antics will not lead to students being accusers are starting to look like fools Caroline Latta and Provost Bert Gall. eaten by a vicious lupine. But they do contribute to students' pocket books being because they can't find any hard facts on After interviews, three candidates stood eaten away by rising education costs. the President or the first Lady. out. The committee voted, and Ed While the Chronicle has not yet obtained exact, confirmed figures for the cost of was named--by default. A majority of the facts used for accus According to journalism faculty mem these false alamis, a look at the estimates in Tripplett's article is enough to know that ing (or taking credit for) were generally ber Les Brownlee, who served on it's too much money to be wasted on someone's twisted idea of fun. And although truthful if taken literally. But the problem search committee, the process was biased we do not know whether or not the culprit was in fact a Columbia student, dorm res is time and situations totally change the to begin with because the journalism fac idents should realize that the costs of these misadventures are passed on to them in relevance of these facts. For instance, ulty were outnumbered. the overall fee for campus housing. "We had to fight like hell to get President Clinton has been bragging that [faculty members] ,.. they had only given We do not have reason to point fingers at these time--except at the party who's he did a very Republican thing and cut us three at first," Brownlee said. ''What I sounding th·ese false alarms. But we are urging dorm administrators to waste no time 250,000 federal jobs, making !he govern believe ... is that it is tokenism at best. " in getting to the bottom of this. And urging dorm residents to lend a hand- after all, ment smaller than during the Kennedy Brownlee said the reason that the it's your pocketbooks the "wolf' will be eating. Journalism Department wanted an equal administration. voice was not only to make things fair, but But the reality is two-thirds of those to make sure the administration's choice job cuts were Cold War defense jobs that was stymied. Brownlee, as well as sever were no longer needed. As far as non al other journalism faculty members that Salvi hears call and defense jobs, we are still have a federal wish to remain anonymous, said the com mittee was divided into two factions: the work force that is 40 percent larger than journalism faculty, who wanted Carolyn answers (a week late) the Kennedy Administration .. Oppenheim, and the administration, who Senator Dole said the President's 1993 wanted Ron Rappaport. (Planer was ast week, we ran an editorial chastising Republican Senate candidate AI Salvi budget called for the "largest tax increase among the top three choices). for breaking an appointment to speak with the Chronicle. This week we have in history." But when you take into Oppenheim, who is from Emerson to make a correction in our previous position. A minor correction, yes, but a L account inflation, the largest tax increase College, was touted by seven of correction nonetheless. Journalism faculty members. Rappaport, The fact still remains that Salvi didn't keep his previous appointment with us. And since World War II came in 1982 when now working for the Chicago Sun Ronald Reagan was president. But more Times, was the administration's choice. that nobody from his office called to apologize or reschedule. But this week, after multiple calls to his office, Salvi's people did call us back to reschedule the appoint importantly, Mr. Dole was head of the Ironically, both Oppenheim and Senate Finance Committee at the time, Rappaport were knocked out ment on Oct. 18. And they kept the appointment. The fruits of that interview will each faction's fi rst place vote appear in our next issue, Oct. 28. and thus had great influence over the the others. After all was tallied, You see, we at the Chronicle may be quick to jump on any public (or school) offi wording of that budget. stood alone, although he only received on cial that breaks any sort of promise, direct or implied. But we are forgiving of any Perhaps the biggest joke is the fact that first-place vote- from a Journalism facul party that makes a good-hearted attempt at rectifying such transgressions as well. these people rely so heavily on these facts ty member. and figures when they usually aren't the Brownlee believes that clout No-we are not endorsing Salvi. Only revoking our "default endorsement" of more than qualifications with the Durbin at this time. result of some presidential decision. If istration and that the adrnin1str.atio'n This week, Salvi, as well as his Democratic opponent, Dick Durbin, did something President Clinton had been able to con only interested in getting its canmrnue 1 else to gain respect in our eyes. Both candidates were invited to write original essays, tinue the programs and ideas of the fltSt hired. According to Brownlee, one on separate days, about their respective political platforms for the Chicago Sun two years of his presidency into the next mittee member said, "''ll fight like Times. And both candidates submitted informative, fresh works. Earlier this month, two years, then the whole face of this see that she doesn't get it [the the Sun-Times did the same for presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole campaign would be completely different. Brownlee also said search cornmitteesl and both failed miserably, recycling sound-bite jargon from previously written texts should be contain more faculty But in the last two years the President was from the department that is and speeches. moderated by a Republican Congress. "I think we should have had So regardless of which Senate candidate you support-or which one we endorse- you can't go wrong with either of the main-party candidates, at least on And thus his whole approach was shifted. input," Brownlee saii:l. "We would Few, if any, administrations in our his had just as good a chance of getting one level: Both Durbin and Salvi have the integrity to present their views in plain lan of the janitors if they had con.nection1s. guage before the public. If all politicians had the same candor, this country would be tory have had anything close to comple1e seems like what we used to and still in much better shape. control of our economy. It can be argued 'the old boys' network is in effect. I that FOR had that kind of power. Of it's a shame and a mistake." course, he had the Great Depression and As for newly named Chairman World War II to justify that situation. But Planer, Brownlee said he is a good choice but said Columbia is a long way from DBAD7 it is nearly impossible to completely cred more women in positions of power. it or discredit one leader at any time "I'm glad he's here and I'll be happy to because of what kind of unemployment, work for him," Brownlee said. As for Tben oon't write to us. However, ~ ~ou're alive with some brain activ trade surplus, price of the dollar, or what women chairs, Brownlee said "We have ever prevailed during or after his admin one out of 17 departments and only one it~ going on, we want to know about it. Mail or bring ;90ur letters or istration. And that's a good thing too, minority. These are the questions that opinion pieces to Davi~ Harrell at 623 S. Suite 802 OR email: people ask me about out in the commu wabash, because I don't think we want any presi nity. They ask me 'Columbia claims to be ~HRON9([email protected] . Hurryr-~u're losi11fJ brain eel~ dent to have that kind of power. diverse, how do you explain this?' And of course I can't." 10 FEATURES October 21, 1996 Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstars By Jason Falkinham the first part of the album, "The Staff Writer Inaugaration of the Worm." After the third song of the show the lights went out, then "He is the angel with the scarred came on again to show a group of angels wings," whispered the Rev. Marilyn being impaled by spikes on the altar of a Manson, arms outstretched, silhouetted church. Adding just two songs from the against the background of an old beat-up aforementioned first album in the first set, church. The opening song of the same "Dogma" was the song that seemed to set name started the sold-out show at the the crowd into an uncontrollable frenzy. Riviera with a bang. "You cannot sedate, all the things you With the thin and pale singer wearing hate." Manson shouted in pure rage. nothing but a black thong and tattered The theme of the first part seemed to be cloth wrapped around his body, the song the hatred of "rock star." Lyrics like, represented him well. "You' re such a dirty little rock star," The band, which got its name from the proved that point during the song famous sexpot Marilyn Monroe. and the "Deformography." The band's incredibly serial killer Charles Manson, based its set dark and wicked version of the Eurythmics around their new "concept" album entitled "Sweet Dreams" seemed to be a mockery "Antichrist Superstar." which was released of the candy coated world of Rock and last week. The album\ 16 songs arc divid Roll. The track "Lunchbox" added, "I ed into three parts. just as the show was. wanna grow up, I wannabe, a big rock and Shying away from their first alb.um. roll star," which is a song that was written "Portrait of an American Family," the to piss off everyone who abused Manson band played almost all of their new album. during his youth. The first part of the show was based on The stage lights then went off while Manson performed .------, the song "Tourniquet" illuminated by a spot- I .. light during a simulat- I ed snowstorm on stage. Following the I song. the singer announced that the .. worm" was no more, / and slammed into the grinding "Irresponsible Hate Marilyn Manson, pictured above, performed a sold-out show at the Riviera. From Anthem," a song left: Ginger Fish, Twiggy Ramirez, Marilyn Manson, Zim Zum, Madonna Wayne which is pretty much Gacy. At left: Choose your own caption. against everything Photo coute:ry of Joseph Cultice that exists. "I wasn't born with enough dropped to reveal three more banners with full speed bass line from Twiggy Ramirez middle fingers. so the symbol. was followed by the driving guitar riff fuck it," shouted the Emulating the soldier's and gatherer's from new guitarist, and Chicago native, singer. At the fini sh of of Nazi Germany, the band was wearing Zim Zum, whowas named after the angel the song, the band left long trench coats and silver helmets, while turned devil in the Bible. as their crew went to the crowd waved their fists in the air dur "Man in the front got a sinister grin, work on the new ing the chorus. Following the song, the careened down highway 666," shouted stage. pedestal was taken away, but th«('power of Manson, lyrics which ·.ptrfectly summed On a ten foot the band stayed. up the night: 1m evil, sexy, and power dri- pedestal draped with a "This is the most violent song ever ven show. • red and black down written, and I hope you would act accord The band returned to do one last song, ward pointed broken ingly," said Manson about the track the new album ~closer, "Man That You arrow. the band· s "1996." "Anti-choice, anti-girl. anti-gay Fear," performing in darkness, save a spot symbol for and anti-dope, I am the faggot anti-pope," light pointed on the microphone of the "Antichrist sang Manson. After the track, the band left singer. Superstar," the singer the stage amidst the chanting of the crowd. "I was born into this, everything turns was dressed in a suit "We hate love, we love hate," screamed to shit, the boy that you loved is the man of the same colors. the crowd, which is a popular Manson that you fear," whispered the singer in the The band then pound quote. powerful, yet spooky final song. ed into the title track During the two song encore, the band Marilyn Manson has been hit with law of the new album, hit the crowd hard- with songs from the suits, banned in certain cities, -and belittled while Manson enthu debut album. During the opening chords by religious organizations. This country is siastically blew kisses of "Cake and Sodomy," the singer pro blessed with freedom of speech, however at the crowd, as if he claimed himself the "God of Fuck," bor strong that is. and the band uses it to their was their leader. rowing a Charles Manson quote, before advantage brilliantly on record and stage. During the song, the slamming into the song. If you missed them this time, don't do it back of the stage The encore closed with the last track of again. the debut album. "Misery Machine." The The Power of Our Rhythm By Tim Mathews fundamentals of being a successful act, LP ("Urban Dance Suite"), stop hurting Correspondetrl and offers a meet-n-greet with artists from yourself and get it 1! the midwest region who have already had FFB. better known as the Fabulous Welcome to another edition of Chi experiences with the larger scope of major French Boys, arc a trio who bring the beat town's finest. I would like to start this off labels. Also, some of the finest acts in the to you house-style. These cats play their by giving a warm good-bye to one of city come to showcase their raw but real own instruments, write their own songs, Chicago's most respected radio DJs of the talents. They just had a showcase/meeting produce their own beats, and publish their 90s era-WGCI's Rick Party. Rick has at the Excalibur nightclub last week. The own songs. Besides being on point legally, been the ruler of prime-time radio in events take place the second Monday of Fritz, the group leader, tells me that the Chicago for quite sometime now. With his each month at different locations, and guys arc booking gigs left and right. sidekick for life, the lovely First Lady, November's is still tentative. If you need Although a lot of people feel that the NV Rick's style of being hip but serious, with more info either hollu at the management NV era is long gone, you can't help but out overdoing it with too much talk. capti office, contact Professor Kimo Williams at reminisce with their party chorus hooks. vates the young masses. Rick is leaving us the Theater building on II th Street, or call Three words: Buy the EP. for Hotlanta, a.k.a. Atlanta, to take over my pager (5 12- 158 1). Finally, there is a scoop that hip-hop another prime-time slot. If things do not For those of you who were busy and fans may be interested in hearing. Old work out down south, he knows he's missed the Maxwell concert at the Park Dirty Bastard, member of the highly always got love to receive up here. West, you missed a rousing show full of acclaimed rap group Wu-Tung Clan, and Personally knowing Rick, I can say the energy and pizza1.z. If you can get around Akineyle, of the summer hit "Put It In guy carried himself like a real gentleman the foot-long afro and the 70s clothes, Your Mouth," got into a heated brawl at off the air, offering words of encourage which in my opinion sets the tone for his the "How Can I Be Down" weekend in ment when a brother was feeling down and music (funk, intimate R&B), you'll dis Miami, sponsored exclusively by Source always acknowledging one's accomplish cover the type of love for music that only Maguzine and Def Jam Records. It's u ment~. The nightlife won't he the same artists like Tony Rich and D'Angelo bring shame that artists, no matter how much without him. to the table. Hi s three-hour show included money or recognition they receive, still The National Association of Recording his mega-hit "Ascension," and other sultry cannot lose the negntives of where they Artists and Songwriters (NARAS ), spon songs like "Till 'I11e Cops Start Knocking" came from. Pence out and much love. sors monthly seminars that deal w1th the and "Reunion." If you haven't heurd the October 21, 1996 FEA·TURES 11 Characters the key in "Secrets and Lies'' John F. Clorus lll Royal Shakespeare .------c::= Correspondent Company. She is now at the Donmar Warehouse in We are reprinting our review of London in Alan Bennett's the Mike Leigh film "Secrets and ·'Habeas Corpus." Lies" for those of you who missed Blethyn first worked with it. Following the review is an inter Leigh in 1980 in the BBC view with the actors from the film. production of "Grown Ups." Director Mike Liegh brings us "Lies" marks the first back to the cold, harsh world of time Leigh and Blethyn lower class life in England with have worked together on a soon to be realeased "Secrets and feature film, and it is her Lies." first lead in a feature. This What is unusual about this film is only Brenda's third fea is how it deals with the issue of teen ture. She appeared in pregnancy by not showing the Nicolas Roeg's "The teenager pregnant, but instead Witches," and in Robert showing the result 27 years later. Redford's "A River Runs Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), now Through It." 42, is a single mother li 'Cing with Jean-Baptiste comes her second daughter. Lonely and from more of a theater unhappy, Cynthia struggles for her background, having daughter's attention, which only appeared in "Measure for creates more di stance between the Measure" with the Cheek two. Life becomes even more By Jowl Company, "A upsetting when she is contacted by Working Woman" with her 'first daughter Hortense the West Yorkshire (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), who she Playhouse and most gave up for adoption at the age of recently "The Way of the 15. World." Like most of the L------..J The film not only deals with the other players in the film, Above: Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), and Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) in a relationship between Cynthia and Jean-Baptiste has worked scene from "Secrets and Lies." At left: Director Mike Leigh in action. Below: A scene her two daughters, but also her rela with Leigh prior to from "Secrets and Lies." tionship with her middle-class "Secrets and Lies." by-day, week-by-week, looking scene and said, ''I'm really sick." brother Maurice (Timothy Spaull) In 1993, she was in his play "It's into every aspect of what developed "What's wrong?" Leigh asks. and his wife (Phyllis Logan). a Great Big Shame" at the Theater their personality: how many broth "I have a stomachache." After reading the storyline, one Royal Stratford East in London. ers and sisters did the character "Did you eat some bad food?" might think this is a soap opera, but Jean-Baptiste is also the playwright have, what is the history of each of "I ate some meat." Ross said. the acting is so real, so uncensored. for "Ave Africa," in which she per the brothers and/or sisters, where do "Do you usually eat meat?" At no point in the film does Mike formed in the Double Edge Theater they live now, where their parents "No. I'm a vegetarian." Leigh shy away from showing us Company. lived before they had children, how "So why did you start eating that What I found their parents meet, on and on into steak?" most interesting infinity, as long and drawn out as "Because Paul would' ve eaten about the movie history itself. Jean-Baptiste sup it." and what we di s ported thi s concept of acting by say cussed quite a bit is This shows how two different that the entire film ing "it's so rich, there's so much to acting styles can achieve the same work with." This process is done so was improvised, results. that the actor can relate to their meaning that at no Quite frankly, I learned more character at any point in the film, about acting during my half hour point was a script recalling any moment from that used. "There's a interview with Blethyn and Jean character's life. This, as Blethyn Baptiste than I have in the last two script for continu points out, is quite different than the ity," Jean-Baptiste years at Columbia. Not since John · Stanislavsky method of acting that explained. "But Cassavetes has there been a director has been popularized by Marlon not for us. We with such a radically different Brando, James Dean and Dustin never see it," directing style than most of the Hoffman. Leigh's actors do not Blethyn added, mainstream. Blethyn 's spontaneous become the character in order to act "Because the work and thought-provoking perfor like them, but instead act like them is arrived at in such mance redefines the way actors because they can relate to them and a detailed way, it work in fi lm, just as Gena understand their motivations. This would be more dif Rowlands did over a decade ago. was apparent during the interview ficult to remember Blethyn and Jean-Baptiste give it. We don't need as the actresses would speak of the magnificent performances in the -'"'---= to see it." characters as if they were real peo best film I have seen this year. the painful conficts that occur To understand the way Leigh ple, distinctly different than them between each of the characters and uses improvisation in this film, one selves. Jean-Baptiste told of an inci "Secrets and Lies" is scheduled Cynthia. Long takes that continue must first understand the process dent reflecting this. Lee Ross, who to be released this week. for as long as five minutes force the the actor goes through and then the played Paul, walkedup to Mike audience to witness every moment method the actors use. Leigh while shooting the barbecue of a conversation that many films "What happens," would back down from. Blethyn began, is "you A painful drama, "Secr~ts and find a starting point for Lies" has humor which does more the characters which than make you laugh. The humor you are going to invent makes you think ~bo ut the motiva and you do that by tion of the characters. A very honest talking about lots and film, I would strongly recommend lots ... of people, in gen not only "Secrets and Lies" but also eral, not necessarily "Naked," another Mike Liegh film people you knew very available on video. well but have made a mark on you. Of the people I presented to I recently had the honor of inter him, I told him about viewing Brenda Blethyn and over a hundred people Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who are I found interesting." both appearing in "Secrets and The actors then dis Lies," directed by Mike Leigh. cuss each character and Most people in the United States Leigh picks out the are unfamiliar with Blethyn, whose character he feels portrayal of Cynthia earned her the appropriate for the sit Best Actress award this year at the uation. He then works Cannes Film Festival in France. with the actor to devel Blethyn is well-known in England op a character from the because of her many years on tele original inspiration. vision. Currently, she appears with Jean-Baptiste said they "Lies" co-star Timothy Spaull in "spent fi ve months or "Outside Edge," for which she won so" to make the charac Best Comedy Actress in 1994. ter Hortense. Together She also has a long theater histo they develop a new ry with companies such as the person/character, going Royal Nation of Theater and the through their life day- ~...-...... :..;__..t; 12 FEATURES October 21, 1996 l OIII By Kimberly Watkins Features Editor Aside from havtng its campus in the heart of the city. Co lumbia's greatest asset is that students arc taught by professionals in the fielu. The Art and· Design Department is no different. "Drawing in Cht~ago Now" is ~urrently o n ex hibit at the Columbia Co llege Art Gallery in the 72 E. lith St. Campus. The show is curated by Corey Postiglionc. professor of art histo ry and ~riti~al theory in the Art and Design Department. His only requirements of the art ists were that they work in Chicago and exhibit current pieces. "!The exhibit! is intended to test the limits tt nd possibilities for drawing today," wrote Postiglionc. "Drawing in Chicago Now" is a takeoff of artist Bernice Rose's landmark 1976 exhibition "Drawing Now." Her work remained con ~eptual in nature. but rc~civcd tremendously acclaim for redefining drawing into a more contemporary form. Her work and others' after this period broke new ground. but still stayed true to traditio nal drawing materials. Columbia's current ex hibit breaks even more ground. Subject matter. media. ~o ntent. size and support (paper. ~a n vas. wood. et~.) vary constantly. The magtc of computers. digital processing, is also evident in some' of the works. Traditional figuration still exists. but conceptual ideation and abstraction also make a showing. The drawing, in some cases, is the process and exploration that leads the artist to hi s completed piece. Ho llis Sigler and Mario Castillo are two of the artists and Columbia faculty that arc participating in the exhibit. Sigler 's work incorporates cut paper pieces in a painted red frame. A red ballgo wn stands against a green tree and hill. Clothes are strewn about and vanity chests sit in the background. The piece, "Some Say That Leaving This Life Is Like Casting Off Old Clothes For New. Hopefully She Has Castillo makes use of his entire color palate in the pieces, "The Lizards An Elegant New Evening Gown To Wear In Her Own Private Ballroom," Embrace" and "Nagual Woman Traveling Through Huichol Dreamtime." oozes with mystery and a sense of eerieness. Each merges more than six images into one, centering on the eye. "These drawings can alter perception. To create a perceptual change, focus on the pupil of the drawings' eye for at least 30 seconds. Gently sway back and forth to create fluctuation in image and color," wrote Castillo. Art Kleinman's '"Self' Back to Back to Back" uses charcoal, pastel and wax on paper to create an undefined environment of earthy browns and varying blacks and whites. This self-portrait features two "Kieinmans "standing back to back. His shadows become globs against an uncertain wall. Kleinman wrote, "I concentrate on self-portraiture to portray the isolated figure in a non-specific environment. My drawings are not sketches but complete in themselves, however I do try to achieve and define a particular emotional level that I can bring to painting." Kathleen King celebrates fall in her multimedia work "Day Kite," where a leaf becomes her kite. She wrote, "My source materials consist of actual leaves, collected and color photocopied. The original leaves are further altered by hand and sketch-collages arc made from these; drawing and painting may be added." In "Domino (Dominoes)," artist Bibliana Suarez records and discusses . her process of acculturation as a Puerto Rican living in the United States. She uses the reference of the game of domino, a favorite pastime in Puerto Rico, to assert the difference between acculturation and assimila tion. Suarez wrote, "To acculturate means 'to modify one's own cultural parameters through the prolonged and continuous interaction, involving intercultural exchange and borrowing, with a different culture.' To assim il ate is 'to take into the mind and thoroughly comprehend or to absorb into another cultural tradition.' While I may acculturate, I resist assimila tion." McArthur Binion's "Modern Ancient Brown Diggin' Potatoes II," Max King Cap's "Vcrnicle" nnd Owen McHugh's "Out of the Box" and "Into the Box" round out the Columbia faculty contributions. (Note: Whether or not students can gain extru credit for viewing the exhibit, must be taken up with individual teachers.) "Drawi11g i11 Chicago Now" co11ti11ues tlmmgh Nov. 22. 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His Possibly the most fun one can ""r Chicago is a city of many cullurcs. Yet sadly. it is a city that for the most part remains segregated. If you drive to the south side, you will notice a predominant ly African-American community surrounded by abandoned and virtually shelled-out factories. Make a 1:1-tum, head north and you will find a vastly white community living amongst an array of thriving new businesses. Then, if you cruise far west down Division Street. or North and Chicago avenues you will find l~al Latinos foster the majority. Nestled in various other parts of the city are Asians, Europeans and Middle Easterners--all designat ing separate places for themselves. The heart of Chicago, downtown, seems to be one of the few areas where our lives merge--at least in the areas of work, school and artistic appreciation. To celebrate the coming together of communities and cullures, Dance Africa/Chicago Festival is holding its sixth annual city 'l!ide celebration entitled "Cullural Syncopation." The festival, which began its run in Chicago with the help of Columbia's Dance Center in 1991. will take place from Oct. 18-27. The many cullures spawned of the African diaspora will present a "blending of traditions'' at this year's performance, said Julie Simpson. executive director of Columbia's Dance Center. "It's a wonderful and important reminder and role model for all of the African-American children. and all chil dren. who come to see it ," she said. Dance companies from Africa. Brazil, Puerto Rico, New York and Chicago will come together to showcase both tradi tional and contemporary forms of African dance. The South African com pany. Soweto Street Beat, will perform the traditional "gum boot dance." h is the basis for the today's " hip-hop" and "step pin"' dance forms. "They (audience) will appreciate the strong influences of traditional African cullure on African-American cuhure." Simpson said. Dance Africa/America's founder and Artistic Director. Chuck Davis. will guide audiences through the program as griot and hosl. The griot in African folk lore and oral tradition is the storyteller. He begins the performance and often sets the scene. Simpson credit' Davis as the "most major African-American ,_____ .;:..cc.:..:..;..;:.c;;....;.;..;..;_;;_.;..;..;.;..;..;=;;_:_-====-:, artisllleacher in the United Stales." Each year Davis decides on a theme for Dance Africa and selects the finest professional companies to perform. The mission of thi s festival. currently in its 19th year. is to prcsenlthe ideas of African-American cullure. The I 0-day event begins with demonstrations and lectures at various venues throughout the city before culminating with three performances on Oct. 25, 26 and 27 at the Medinah Temple, 600 N. Wabash Ave. Students can also buy tickets at the Dance Center Walch il all come together at DanceAfrica/Cbicago 1996. Performances for $5. Tickets bought at Medinah Temple areS 14 to S 18. take place at the Medinah Temple on Oct. 25-27. Angela Farrug!Pa Christopher Godbout Jazmlne Arroyo Theater Music The11ter Theater Junior Senior ' Junior Yes, hecause Dole Just as long it isn't Yes. I believe it is as Of course, but it mat want\ to take funding Mr. Dule. every Americun 's duty ters more if the president away from all areas o to vote for who they actually docs something. art\ in schools. I feel a think will do the hesl for well-rounded education the country, or the leust should include aspects damage. of the arts to make it complete, not to men tion I am directly related to the field su he is attacking my Joh.