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Higher education feeling the heat in illinois April PAGE 20 CTU, supporters hold April 1 strike Volume 51, Issue 25 ColumbiaChronicle.com 4 PAGE 33 2016 Lost without a MAP College unable to fund monetary awards for 2016– 2017 See MAP, Page 9 Students from Chicago-area institutions, including Columbia, have lobbied for MAP grant funding from the budget-stymied state. The » FILE PHOTO most recent rally (above) was on Feb. 16. be announced April 26, the first will have » MARIA CARDONA/CHRONICLE their work displayed on the south-facing Students compete for WAC wall of the 623 S. Wabash Ave. Building » LAUREN KOSTIUK The exhibit is housed in the Arcade next to the work of Heidi Unkefer, a former CAMPUS EDITOR Gallery, 619 S. Michigan Ave., and will graphic designer for The Chronicle and a run through April 22, according to Leo 2013 illustration alumna. Unkefer painted COLUMBIA STUDENT ARTISTS will soon get the Selvaggio, coordinator of the Department of her cartoon mural in that space in early chance to leave their mark on their beloved Exhibitions, Performance & Student Spaces August of 2015. college and join the ranks of renowned and the college’s Workroom. Six months later, the second muralist’s alumni and established local and interna- “The work is so impressive; I looked at work will be painted over and become part tional artists on the walls of the Wabash every one of [the proposals] and said, ‘Give of a rotating student mural competition, Arts Corridor. it to all of them,’” said Mark Kelly, vice pres- according to Kelly. Several student finalists have already ident of Student Success. The winner’s banner will be displayed been selected for the WAC competition, The competition’s finalists include junior above the Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D which will highlight two student mural- art & art history major Andrea Coleman; Gallery, 619 S. Wabash ists and one banner designer along Wabash senior design majors Andrea Dunn, Nicole The competition opened February 9 Avenue during Manifest, Columbia’s end-of- Garcia, Diana Polanco and Katie Wagner; and ended March 8. The Wabash Arts the-year student showcase and celebration junior photography major Charles Loggins; Corridor Campus Committee juried on May 13. junior design major JJ McLuckie; and senior and rated the 15 mural proposals and 14 The finalists were announced March 31 photography and American Sign Language- banner proposals to select the top five , PAGE 9 with the opening of an exhibit featuring English interpretation double major for each category. Voters line up with proposed names for WAC upcoming murals in the South Loop. The voting their “mini murals” and banner entries as Katie Strickland. The community can also vote for its period ends April 22 and individuals can only well as a brief history of the WAC. Of the two muralist winners, who will favorite project in both the mural and SEE vote once at the Arcade, 618 S. Michigan Ave. EDITOR’S NOTE » staff Higher-ups should reconsider MANAGMENT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kyra Senese decision not to fund MAP grants MANAGING EDITOR Jacob Wittich AD & BUSINESS MANAGER Begina Armstrong Megan Bennett ASSOCIATE EDITOR Main line: (312) 369-8999 » KYRA SENESE Advertising: (312) 369-8984 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CAMPUS Campus: (312) 369-8964 Metro: (312) 369-8966 CAMPUS EDITOR Lauren Kostiuk Arts & Culture: (312) 369-8969 CAMPUS REPORTERS Carolyn Bradley Opinions: (312) 369-8967 olumbia has now joined many Andrea Salcedo Llaurado Copy: (312) 369-8976 Photo: (312) 369-8973 other colleges statewide in Sports & Health: (312) 369-8970 facing increased struggles—or ARTS & CULTURE Permission/Reproductions: (312) 369-8955 C General Manager: (312) 369-8955 a complete inability—to provide stu- Faculty Adviser: (312) 369-8903 dents with the state-funded grant aid ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Spencer Hall ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS Zoë Eitel The Chronicle is a student-pro- they rely on to attend college, such as Ariel Parrella-Aureli duced publication of Columbia the Monetary Award Program grant that Gretchen Sterba College Chicago and does not has been made unavailable to thousands necessarily represent, in whole or of students because of the Illinois state OPINIONS in part, the views of college admin- istrators, faculty or students. budget impasse. OPINIONS EDITOR Arabella Breck As reported in the Front Page story, All text, photos and graphics are the property of The Chronicle and Columbia students enrolled for the METRO may not be reproduced or pub- upcoming 2016–2017 academic year administrators have long sought the METRO EDITOR McKayla Braid lished without written permission. will not be able to benefit from MAP addition of a centralized student space Editorials are the opinions of the grant aid, leaving many students to on campus, but we have all already COPY Editorial Board of The Chronicle. question how they will shoulder the waited for such an addition for years. COPY CHIEF Selena Cotte Columns are the opinions of COPY EDITORS Katlyn Tolly the author(s). added expense. Just as other schools have reallocated Grady Flanary While the college deserves building funds or dipped into their Views expressed in this publi- some credit for managing to cover endowments, the administration should GRAPHICS cation are those of the writer students’ MAP grant aid for the consider putting a one-year hold on SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Alexander Aghayere and are not the opinions of The 2015–2016 academic year when other the student center’s development and GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Zoë Haworth Chronicle, Columbia’s Journal- Illinois universities have failed to shifting funds to students whose aid has Sarah Impola ism Department or Columbia do the same, it’s valid to ask why the been withdrawn. Mitch Stomner College Chicago. school cannot reconsider its decision We all would like to see the student Letters to the editor must include PHOTOGRAPHY not to advance these desperately center completed as soon as possible, full name, year, major and phone number. All letters are edited for needed funds for the 2016–2017 aca- but it may not be worth the loss of SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR Lou Foglia PHOTO EDITORS Evan Bell grammar and may be cut due to demic year. potentially as many as 2,000 students Santiago Covarrubias a limit of space. Columbia’s failure to make up for and the attendant loss of diversity. G-Jun Yam The Chronicle holds the right to the loss of state-funded aid means In addition to putting the student cen- Maria Cardona limit any one person’s submissions that it will be tougher for low-income ter on hold, the college may also want to three per semester. students to attend the college and to consider taking action on the high- MULTIMEDIA that some students will not be capa- priced Johnson Publishing Building, MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Jessica Scott ble of returning in the fall. located at 820 S. Michigan Ave., which MULTIMEDIA REPORTERS Chris Shuttlesworth Columbia’s mission statement was purchased as a potential library Brittany Brown acknowledges that a student body and school center. ADVERTISING that is diverse racially, culturally The new administration rejected MARKETING CONSULTANTS Rhiannon Austgen and economically is crucial to the those plans but the property has sat Joshua Foster college’s goals of educating students vacant for nearly a decade. effectively before they enter the pro- Is it really worth holding on to WEB fessional workforce. a large, empty building instead of WEBMASTER Clayton Haddock It also states: “Columbia conducts retaining students who have already education in close relationship to given so much of their time and money OPERATIONS a vital urban reality and serves an to this college? OFFICE ASSISTANTS Ethan Stocking-Anderson important civic purpose by active While it’s understandably a tense Jake Miller engagement in the life and culture of issue that the college’s higher-ups would the city of Chicago.” rather ignore, it’s crucial that President SENIOR STAFF The college’s financial woes are no and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim find a way to FACULTY ADVISER Jeff Lyon secret, but the school should recon- aid those students who worked so hard ASSISTANT FACULTY ADVISER Stephanie Goldberg sider ways to reallocate funds so that to attend Columbia. MAP grant recipients are still able to Not only would serving students’ GENERAL MANAGER Chris Richert Letters can be emailed to attend Columbia. immediate needs be the right thing to do, [email protected] or mailed to: The upcoming student center, for but it’s a far stronger accomplishment The Columbia Chronicle example, is still in the very early than raising funds for a building. 600 S. Michigan Ave. planning stages. Chicago, IL. 60605 Students, staff, faculty and [email protected] 2 THE CHRONICLE APRIL 4, 2016 CAMPUS Big names announced for commencement speakers » ColumbiaChronicle.com/Multimedia » Courtesy CARLOS TORTOLERO The list of this year’s commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients was released to the college community via email on March 29. From left, producer Paul Garnes, actress Jane Lynch, museum founder and president Carlos Tortolero, poet Tracy K.