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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. THE CHQ@!tJCLE 0 f COLUM5 C A C 0 September 30, 1996 New dorm director, new outlook New Residence Hall Director Daniel Betts wants to make more than mere cosmetic changes in his domain--he's calling for a whole new attitude By Leon Tripplett Senior Writer
New Residence Hall Director Daniel Betts strode briskly into his new position with confidence, a rigorously trained staff of resident fioor Daniel Betts, leaders and a commitment to Col umbia 's ensure change, reshaping new Columbia's dorms from a build Residence ing of vi rtual strangers to a Hall Director, community of citizens. stands in front There is one undeniable fact, of a dor m though: Betts will be scruti mural painted nized, analyzed and challenged, by students much like most new ad ministra from tors. Columbia and And he knows that. the University Although Columbia's dormi of tories, as they are traditionally Guadalajara. called, Jay secluded behind the college's main campuses on Pho:o h)• Pl ymouth Court, the problems Natalie filtering from the obscure build Bauaglia ing two years ago hardly went unnoticed. From false fire alarms being pulled by giddy students to alcohol and drugs, problems were running rampant. The rumblings of discord in tant at Roosevelt. Dean of Students, Jean Lee, of among others. the dorms reverberated When questions emerge Betts and his assistant Kristin The biggest change is more throughout the college, calling about chaos in residence halls, Fourroux. obvious, though. No longer for prompt snorting and Other residents share the will residents refer to their lloor action by t hi g h-s l ap same sentiment. ''They are try leaders as Resident Assistants, administra ping usually ing to change things from previ as they arc typically called at tor s follow-no ous years," said Sophomore most colleges and universities, problems one wants to Dennis Rodgers, who returned but Community Assistants, said t h a t , talk about it. to the dorms aft er a rocky last Betts. according But that year with roommates who "We have definitely changed to resi was the past, couldn't adjust, and ult imately the focus by creating an envi d e n c e according to opting to move out. ronment where students can directors, sources with Rodgers is hoping for a feel connected to a community happens all in Columbia's smoother ride this year. "It's a based program," he added. the time. Student Life matter of what are you going to Community Assistant "You' re a ri d do to get to know people and Symon Ogctho took the com alway s Development, get involved I've learned a Jot munity idea literally, calling his going to the office since last year," he added. sixth lloor "Sixth Avenue." find prob assigned to Already, some of the "For residents to gel along they lems at any oversee the changes arc evident. Students must get to know each other institution, school's resi get acclimated to living with personally and become neigh you just dence hall. strangers by holding topic-rang bors, even if they're in different have to be prepared to deal with "I think that the new team ing discussions, or " lee rooms," Ogetho told residents it and act accordingly," says will work out great, they both Breakers," on street safety, date Lynette Phillips, resident assis- bring so much to the table, said rape, and nutrition and health, See Dorm, next page Putting ColuiDbia's new students to the test: Is itiair or is something .. .fishy?
By Robert Stevenson Besides getting the data to update the Some students like the idea while oth who come here excited about an area of Senior Writer math and reading areas of your college ers don't. "I think it's a good idea because the arts have the basic skills necessary to education, these tests will help students it's going to Jet you know what level succeed in that area of the arts," said Dr. In last week's issue, some of you may receive better counseling, something stu you're on and what class you need to go Withrow. have noticed a letter from Academic Dean dents want, according to the Student to," said freshman Agcla Arnold. "Artistic talent alone isn't going to Caroline Latta and Provost Bert Gall about Satisfaction Inventory issued last year "No [I don't li ke the idea] because then ensure a student with a degree from the new testing for freshmen and new transfer "These exam you have all the college or a future in an area of the arts students. The test wi ll not chang~ the cur inations will give students com that's brought them here," continued rent open admission policy of the school. the college, espe peting against Withrow. "So we want to make sure that It is, however, a first step in a college-wide cially those of us each other," said we're servi ng not only students artistic effort to do a better job of assessing stu in general educa Gary Schultz. ambitions, but to also make sure that stu dents skills and deficiencies so the school tion departments, ''I'm pretty dents are leaving here with a sound, well can meet the needs of students. a profile of the lousy at math." rounded, liberal arts education. " "It's a big undertaking," explained incoming fresh Accordi ng to The test is expected to take about two Latta. "In order to get valid data, we need men class of Dean Latta, and a half hours and will be proctored in to have about 2,000 people take this." I 996-97's read these tests are classes like English Composition I. During the week of Oct. I 4 through 19, ing and mathe designed to help If you arc a first semester freshmen or a reading and math skill s tests will be given. matics skills," those students in transfer student who is not in a class that The tests are designed to find out what said Dr. Mark Withrow, Director of math and reading. will get tested, the test will also be offered areas of the curriculum need improvement. Composition for the English Department. "Everybody has strengths and weak at the Blackstone Hotel. A letter will be "I think the big thing for students is it's "It's an instrument to help placement of nesses, and it's going to identi fy your sent out soon to tell eligible students the not supposed to be some kind of awful a student and is Jetting us know what the strengths and weaknesses," added Dean dates and times for testing. If you have experience," said Latta. "It's supposed to background is of the student," said John Latta. questions about these tests, you can call be an experience that will, in the long run, Meyer of the Science and Math But what is the goal of these tests? the Academic Dean's office at (3 I 2) 663- pay off for you, the student." Department. "We want to make sure that students 1600, Ext. 5493. 2 NEWS September · 3o, 1996 THE CHQONICL Will the govt. pay your tuition? Journalism Department 623 S. Wabash Ave., Suite John Olino, Columbia's Director of Financial Aid, addresses the most 802 asked questions about his department--the promised land, to many students Chicago, Illinois 60605 By Allison Martin dent expects, he said, but the through several channels before contribute to a student's educa News desk: Assistant News Editor advisors exist to paint an honest, finalization. Submiu ing the tion even if they are fi nancially 312-663-1600 ext. 5343 realistic picture. "Honesty some- application right before the dead able. At this point, Olino speaks Photo desk: If you arc not exactly sure times frustrates students." line is "selling yourself up for with the parents on the advan 312-663-1600 ext. 5732 where your next tuition payment Once the availability of funds failure," he said. tages of aiding the student, but will come from, do not fret: is determined, students need to When students are not eligible generally only one out of five are Advertising desk: Approximately 4,000 Columbia know when they will receive for financial aid, there are several persuaded. A believer in 312-663-1600 ext. 5432 students arc in the same boat. them. According to Olino, the options. The unpaid balance . Maslov's basic human needs the FAX: Accordi ng to the Director of partner- must be ory, Olino said it hurts to see stu 312-427-3920 dents distracted with money con Financial Aid, John Olino, 5 1% s h i P ""'0.d ·dtiaU co n s i d - e-mail: of Columbia students receive be tween " '~ . ques· t1"ons ered criti- cerns when there are available Chron96@ interacess.com some type of financial aid. To a d viso r j ""· f • ~ cally, and fu nds. If students are too dis Web page: calm fears and some nervous and stu- rceme up rom tune to· the stu- tracted by money issues-, he http://www5.interacess.com ness, Olino provided answers to added, the goal of higher educa /chronicle some of the most frequently ~e ~t e i~ I time: Some students . ~ h ~ unl J tion may be set aside. asked questions concerning extended not nee- Oddball questions do pop up from time to time. Some students financial aid. ! o · k "D I b t cssarily Topping the list was "Will I in c lude . as ' 0 ave 0 rush to ask, "Do I have to repay this· Editor-in-Chief get financial aid?" Some stu loan?" John Henry Biederman the ~ dr o p dents jump the gun and begin Bursar 's repay thiS loan?" c lasses. Overall, Olino stresses turning questioning without knowing the Office. ~ The bai- in financial aid forms in a timely Managing Editor actual process for application. T h e ance may matter. If a student needs to con- C ristin Monti Olino s uggests preparing the Financial Aid Office establishes sometimes have to be paid with a . firm information or answer• Federal Application For Student the limits, but the Bursar's Office credi t card or loan. For first-time remaining questions, he advises . News Editor Aid form and meeting with a releases and distributes the funds. borrowers, Federal and Columbia to immediately fill out the form Bo b C hiarito financial aid advisor to answer To understand the process, regulations exist to require a and remail it. Olino acknowl any questions. "The most impor Olino urges students to become debt- edges that although there may be Assistant Ne ws Editor tant fu ncti on we give students is familiar with the deadli nes and management advisement hoops to jump through and providing accurate and timely beat them by 15-20 days. Once meeting to review budgeting, paperwork to 'submit, it is impor Allison Martin information," Olino said. Often the Financial Aid office receives paying back loans and more. tant to keep focused on the ulti the news may not be what the stu- the information, it must still go In some cases, parents do not mate need: the reward note. Features Editor Kim Watkins • Some Columbia students did more Entertainment Editor Summer vaca tIOD: before to a. m. than you did au summer Ryan Healy Anna Dzienisik Collins also said that the summer camp the future. "I want to give her the possibility Opinion Editor Correspondenl definitely advertised Columbia and served as to feel and find out what she is interested in. David Ha rre ll a recruiting device for the school. Everything It might develop her imagination and give her Anyone visiting Columbia during the sum was done to give the kids a positive experi a taste of interesting things," she said. mer knows that it is a totally different place ence on Columbia's campus. In the long run, In the book "Summer on Campus" by Photography Editor from the Columbia of the regular school year. it could help them decide to enroll in the Shirley Levin, there are cataloged about 500 Natalie Battaglia One can have the impression that the school is school in the future. schools proposing summer programs for chil too quiet and too empty. And it's no wonder: It took six months to prepare the camp. dren and teenagers. Thus, the idea of organiz Assistant Photography A majority o f the students have "better Coll ins said it was better organized than usual ing summer camps at universities and col Editor things" to do than study when it's hot outside. this year, and that they had a waiting list for leges is not a new or unique one. Nationwide, Laura Stoecke r Who wouldn 't agree that, after the horrible the fi rst time. "We did better promotion and· kids and youngsters can choose one discipline months of winter, fun is better than studying? put more ads into newspapers. The camp is from more than hundred of others, according Copy Editors It turns out, however, that some students growing, and we are more confident about to Levin. Merna Ayi visited Columbia in the summer not to study, what we are doing here," she said. Some programs are huge. For example, Columbia's neighbor, National Louis Rob England but to have fun. Altogether, 22 people worked for the In July and August. kids between the ages camp. One of them was Amy Braswell, a University, has a special center that organizes of 9 to 14 explored visual media and per visual-arts counselor. She worked here last summer sessions in numerous fields for gift Advertising Manager forming arts during the Summer Arts Camp at year and decided to come back because of the ed students. About 3,000 students took part in Amy Pickle Columbia College. They were on-campus great experience she gained. "I have a strong classes conducted by 140 teachers this sum five times a week, eight hours a day for two interest in teaching at a developmental level," mer. Senior Writers six-week sessions. The first session had 65 she said. "Working here gave me an opportu What were the attributes of Columbia's Leon Tripplett children and the second one 80. nity to figure out where I want to be without camp? Milette said that teachers' energy and Robert S tevenson The cost of the camp was $640 per ses starting a graduate program or teaching pro their age was a big plus for the camp. "They sion. It provided all materials and equipment gram. Now, I do not have to waste a lot of were young and really excited about what Web Page Editor such as brushes, paints, paper, cameras and money in order to find out the same things." they were doing. They had excellent contact Mark Dascoli equipment required to make TV or radio Lori Sheidemann, a senior majoring in with kids because of theiryoung age. Thus, shows. photography, also worked a second year at the even though working with children was Margaret Sullivan from Columbia's camp. As a visual arts instructor, she taught tough, they could communicate very well." Staff Writers Marketing Department started the camp four printmaking and black-and-white photogra Counselor Braswell prized the camp for its Jonathan Bethely years ago. The purpose of it was to introduce phy. "This was a wonderful job to have," she program and ambitious projects. "College Scott Buxtin chi ldrcn to arts and let them taste, touch and said. "I did something I liked. I have learned students design the same things. The process Michelle DuFo ur play with them. to have a lot of patience, to be fl exible, and I of teaching here, however, is a little bit differ Jason Falkinham It was not hard for kids to get into the had great training." ent. We c;xplain everything in simpler way Mic hele Gomez camp, said Kathleen Collins, a camp direc Sheidemann emphasized that this camp and break projects into a fe w more steps. The Danie lle Hirsch tor's assistant. There were no portfol ios or was very sophisticated. Columbia offered program never tells kids, 'You are too young C harles Jordan auditions required. The program of the camp campers supplies and techniques adult artists to do something.' They get into the projects Jason Kravarik was not intensive or competitive. use. "We treat kids like they're adults, and and fly with it." On the other hand, many children could they like it," she said . "They feel more She observed that school systems do not Jennifer Prause not take part in it. Three weeks before the involved and serious ·about what they are take the time to stress the importance of art .. Jill Schimelpfenig program started, more students applied than doing." Thus, many kids are missing it. "Every child Julie Van Jacobs Columbia could ad mit. Children really seemed to enjoy is talented in their own way. It's a matter of The counselors at the camp were Columbia's vacation spot. Erica Russo, 10, letting them have confidence in their talent. Staff Photograhpers Columbia College students recruited ,from its and Cierra Sherwin, 9, admit they had great Columbia's program makes a great job of Blair Fredrick departments and recommend by thc1r teach fun. They liked the friendly counselors and supporting them to experiment. That is the Jo M achado ers. The students were paid and were able to said they worked on interesting projects in only way to find their own talent." Maria Me lendez work in the fi elds connected with their photography and computers. "We were doing At the end of each session, there were majors, such as computer graphics, radio and something here, not sitting," they said. shows of visual arts and media projects creat Faculty Advisor sound , visual arts, fi lm, stage works and tele Mary Jo Milette of the College Relations ed at the camp. Parents were invited. Many vision production. As a result, Collins said , Department, sent her daughter Lindsay to the Jim Sulski were astonished, proud, and happy. the camp provided a learn ing process not only camp to give her opportunity to explore the "Something really good happened in for kids, but also for its counselors. fields she could enjoy and maybe pursue in Columbia this summer," Collins reported. The Chron icle is a student run newspaper of Columbia College. It is published Dorm, from page 1: New Residence Hall Director Daniel Betts has his hands full weekly during the school year and distributed on Mondays. as he attempts to rectify problems with false fire alarms, drugs and a lack of community Views expressed in this news during an icc breaker. make you a part of what's going mcnt, Betts is certain change paper arc not necessari ly the number of video games in Second-floor resident on, they make you feel real will encourage an atmosphere the arcade room, add more those of the Journalism Charles Johnson welcomes the comfortable," Johnson :mid. thnl wi ll get students more computers and get the dorms Department or the college. hospitality Rhown to him in the John son's C.A.. Steve involved. connected to the Internet. first week of moving into the Lockett, also took to the new In an effort to internally While Betts admits that it residence hall, obli vious to the role. "I think this describes us rcv;llori7.e the somewhat dour may tnkc time to achieve these fact that problems have existed better, it says who we arc and appearance of the dorms. other lofty gonls, he remains opti· in the past. what we're about," he said. changes arc on the drnwing mistie. "This is n brand new "They arc really trying to Hingi ng on more involve- hoard. Betts plans 10 increase day," he said. September 30 , 1996 NEWS £?!!~ti~ y!~~!~~- I n t e r n e o.E~RAR, s and keep money in your pocket too By Colleen DeBaise 'Indecency' Your College Press Service
University of Iowa freshman Sharon Monaghan had just trudged back to her dorm room with a heavy sack of text ban stricken St e a k ? books and a mild case of sticker shock. 'This one book alone cost '$40," said Monaghan, point ing to a text for a music appreciation class. "I couldn't believe it." WASHINGTON-The U.S. Justice With On average, college students spend about $600 each 1 anno~mcc:d in July it would fight a PhJiad.elp•hJa John Henry Biederman school year on books and supplies, according to Martha decision that ruled a law banning "indecent" Love, information analyst for the National Association of the Internet unconstitutional. College Stores. The Justice Department notified the Supreme Court The persnickety press The trick. is getting the most for your money, and the appeal the federal court ruling, handed down by a association offers a number of tips for shopping wisely at panel June 12. conference pandemonium the campus bookstore. Internet may be regarded as a never-ending, In particular, freshman might be startled by the costs of conversation," the judges wrote then. "The Another week, another trashy col11mn. I was sitti textbooks on their first book-buying trip, Love said. may not... interrupt that conversation." at my desk, wondering what to write about when ... "Up until college, you go to school, your textbooks are decision had been hailed as the first major step "Hey-where's your tie?" It was my 'ol...er, there," she said. 'There's no previous buying experience federal rules for the worldwide computer Knuckles Von Chuckler, entering the Chronicle with that." Internet users and free-speech advocates "You're dressed like white trash for the press The association has conducted surveys and found that by months of uncertainty over what can be senior year, many students have devised strategies to save on the network in the United States. Even if money on books, Love said. Court agrees to hear the appeal, a final decision Freshman, on the other hand, "were much more com until next year. pelled to buy anything the professor said," she said. stems from a measure "Freshmen don't know the town and what other options Act, signed into law by they may have," Michelle Riche, a University of on Feb. 8, which made the transmission of California-Santa Cruz junior, said. "On my campus there is material punishable by a jail term or $250,000 the mega-bookstore that charges top dollars for books. After its passage, the American Civil Liberties First-year students are more likely to go there because they and 55 other groups immediately filed a suit, arguing 're not my PR man." I rose from my chair want to make sure they buy the right issue of a book." new law violated free-speech rights. Group such as ng a finger at him. But after two years .on campus, Riche said she is more Student Press Law Center were concerned with the "Is the New York Times here yet? People?" likely to check out other avenues. For example, at impact on online college newspapers, which "No-and I wouldn 't bet on them showing." California-Santa Cruz, there is an independent student orga with their content. "How 'bout Hustler?" nization and a local bookstore that sell some textbooks. also were worried that topics such as abortion "Hustler?" Love said there are two schools of thought when it comes and even some classical works, could not be "Cat Fancy?" to buying books for Class. on the Int~rnet. "Listen here, see. I'm very busy and ... " Some students recommend goirig to class first, before , those in favor of Internet restrictions, such "Should've expected this." Knuckles said, pulling you buy your books. That way, you might discover that a Exon, D-Neb., said the law protects children recorder from his jacket pocket. "Can't roommate or friend is in the same class and could share a nrc:servi 1n ~ the First Amendment rights of adults. media. You're still a ragi ng, conse:rv,lt.-·el book with you, Love said . wrong to hand out pornography to children on right? You wearin' that Dole underwear I Also, check with friends to see if they've taken the corner, and it's wrong to do it in cyberspace as well , course. Ask if they'lllend you their textbook, or if the book said. was needed, she said. Going to class first also gives the student a chance to That way you can return the book if you don't need it. question the professor about whether the textbook really As far as whether to buy books early or wait until class will be used, she said. A student should ask if an older--and es start, "It depends on the student. It 's what you want to usually cheaper--edition can be substituted, or if a copy has do," Love said. "You can save either way." been placed on reserve at the library. Other tips from the association: If a professor is using a newer edition in the classroom, • Be careful to di stinguish between "required" and Riche said she'll just ask a student what section they' re on "optional" textbooks. Usually the information is on the shelf if the page numbers don't match up. ''Usually the material tag or book list. Don 't buy optional books until you attend doesn't change that much," she added. the first class. At that time, ask the instructor how much the The other school of thought is that by hitting the book text will used. store early, before classes start, a student can get the • Find out your store's refund policy. How long do you least-worn used books, pay less money and beat the long have to return a text? Are new and used books returnable? lines, Love said. And don't take books out of the shrink wrap until you find Riche said she recommends students buy their books out whether the school will take opened packages back. early. "First, the lines are absolutely amazing," she said. "If • Don't write in new books until you're sure you wi ll you buy books early, there 's usually more used texts avail keep them. Even if you've only written your name, many able. That saves money." stores will not give you a fu ll refund if there are any But make sure you find out first if your store will accept inkspots on them. return~ of used books without a drop/add card, Love said. Unabomb suspect may have been inspired by Conrad novel By College Press Service tiny room and fashions a bomb to "The Secret Agent" to scholars last destroy an observatory referred to as summer in an effort to identify the WASHINGTON- A Joseph "that idol of science." mysterious killer who eluded them Conrad novel about a mad professor Kaczynski's primitive, one-room throughout an 18-year mail-bombing who shuns academia and builds a shack in the Montana hills was much spree. bomb may have inspired Unabomber like the protagonist's "hermitage," The attacks, many of which targeted suspect Ted Kaczynski, the according to the Post. university professors, killed three and Washington Post reported. Even before Kaczynski's arrest, maimed 23 others. Kaczynski, a former math professor FBI agents had noted striking parallels The Post also reported that federal indicted in four Unabomber attacks, between the Unabomber suspect, who agents believe Kaczynski used the read Conrad's "The Secret Agent" targeted science and technology alias "Conrad" or "Konrad" while about a dozen times, federal authorities experts, and Conrad's mad professor, staying at hotels in the Sacramento and his family members told the Post. who held a scathing contempt for sci area, where he allegedly went on three The novel, published in I 907, is ence, according to the Post. occasions to send mail bombs. about a mad professor who lives in a FBI agents reportedly sent a copy of
"Sorry Nat!" I said, chasing Knuckles into the "You're a violent guy, you know that? You. on an FBI list- if you're not already," as he mowed down our fashion reporter, kind of conservative won't pose with a ... a liberal, ain't ya'?" he said, up and behind him as he ran. "You're because I'm a white, hetcro '90s liberals can't criticize anyone how the paper's gonna be slanted!" I hit him right in the buttocks with a stream of fee, sending him whimpering down the stairs. "I'll be back!" 4 FEATURES 30, 1996
By Merna Ayi Copy Editor
Who is he? AI Parker is the chairperson of the Radio/Sound depart ment and the voice of the "Welcome to the Columbia College Phone-Mail Answering System" greeti ng. Earlier this year, AI was honored with a fundraising gala at the Musem of Broadcast and Communications, complete with a scholarship established in his name to commemorate his 50th year at Columbia. During most of his 50 years at Columbia, AI has worked simultaneously as an announcer for WLS-TV, and as a free lancer for other broadcast advertisers.
How did he get into radio? "Radio chose me." When AI was in high school, he began announcing and doing voice overs for NBC Radio. And before he was 16 he was narrating radio programs.
What he loves about Columbia? "Columbia's strength is directly related to its teaching staff. The faculty here is challenged more than at other col leges and universities. There isn't a textbook that can even come close to matching the kind of experience we have here on staff."
On SO years at Columbia : AI Originally, AI started teaching at Columbia for walking Parker around money. He had a wife and small children, so he need ed the "extra bucks." Al's gratification is no longer fin ancial ly driven. He said he is amazed that his work over the years has paid off and produced an upstanding department that has made it possible for many students, including Bob Sirot and Pat Sajak to become successful. AI hopes that through his stu dents hi s teaching and chairing will go on after he leaves AI Columbia. Parker
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Pick up an application in the Hokin Center Office 623 S. Wabash Building, 1st floor, or call 663-1600 x5696. 6 FEATURES September 30, 1996 Welcome to Power of Our Rhythm The first installment from the Chronicle's new music columnist
By Tim Matthews gospel, etc.). And if you, the best read George Clinton and the Mothership, Cubby Bear. Correspondent ers in the world, want to voice an .opin along with Bootsy Collins. landed at the Oct. 5- Meet-n-Greet at Georges ion about something written or some Riviera nightclub to a sell-out crowd. Music Rm, 3907 W. Rossevelt Rd .. with Welcome to the new music column. thing which should have been written, He put the flava into the joint with his rappers Sadat X (Brand Nubian fame) I'd like to get acqauinted with anyone you ' ll have that chance too. Just drop old school hits like "We Want the and Xhibit (Alcoholics) from 12-4 p.m. who doesn't have any idea who I am or me a line at the Chronicle office, room Funk," "Atomic Dog" and Oct 13- Columbia recording artist what this is for (whi ch is probably most 802 in the Wabash building, or call my "Flashlights," and got the crowd Maxwell will be at the Park West in a of you). I'm a new music columnist for voicemail at 512-1581. jumpin' with his new beats concert sponsored by the hi ggest, well actually the only news For you local artists who are making like "If Anybody Gets Funked Jam Productions. paper on campus. My major is business a buzz on campus, in clubs and on the Up" and "Summerswim." The Oct. 15- No loca management with a concentration in street, I' ll give you publicity as long as Parliament also have been tion has been set, but music. I' m just a junior, so my column more than one person can vouch for making some other noise this Toni Braxton · and P.O.O.R. (Power of Our Rhythm) will your talent. summer guest starring on Too Kenny G will be he here in this peace for a minute. Make sure you tune into the honest Short's first si ngle "Gettin It," swinging through town I'll he bringing you interviews, infor tag-team on College radio, Omar (The off his double platinum album for the "Secrets" mation on mus ic seminars and confer Phat · Kid) on Thursday nights and of the same title. national tour. ences. and critiques on new music of all Davey "Do-Ya" on Friday nights, both If you are throwing a party Oct. 26-28- Rap different flavas (hip-hop. r/b, jazz, from 7-12 p.m. on WCRX, 88.1 FM . and you need one of the phat sensation E-40 and his test D.J's in Chi-town to rock boy B-Legit will be the joint, consider D.J. Ravi making rounds through New Kingdom scores for (488-6173). No matter what local record stores, and music you're into, he's got it there is even talk of a in his crates. Playas ball. Listen out! mixing punk rock, folk For you concertgoers out This summer saw there. who need to fill your Chicago host the 5th New Kin gdom old-fashioned alarm clock and trum plan book up some more in October, take annual MidWest Radio Music Business "Paradise Don't Come Cheap" pets that could come strai ght out of a notice as I give it to ya!! On October Conference at the Swiss Hotel. It was GeeStrcetflsland Spanish bull fight. A number of the 3rd, rappers Jay-Z, Foxxy Brown, and put together by Jerome Simmons of songs arc instrumentals; those that Smooth will perform at the Clique BRE (Black Radio Exclusive). New Beck and the Beastie Boys have aren 't feature opaque lyrics delivered nightclub, located at 23rd and Michigan. artists such as · the s inging trio racked up accolades by mixing punk in quavering vocals that al so hang in At the same location on October 4th, Goodfellaws off AIM records, and rock and folk mus ic the air. singer/songwriter Donne! Jones, whose Copia soloist Symbryt represented well. with hip hop rhythms While that might seem simply killing us softly with his remake of The industry still mourns the death of and heats. Now into this fertile new ter bizarre, the overall effect is quite capti Stevie Wonder's "You Should Know," one of hip-hop's greatest lyricists, ritory stomps New Kingdom, a brac vating. "Upgrade & Afterlife," like will perform. Also that night check out Tupac Shakur (a.k.a. 2Pac), who died ing two-man crew with an equal dis most post-rock. isn't for everyone. But Ann Nesby of Sounds of Blackness two weeks ago as a result of injuries dain for genre boundaries and limita those looking for real "alternative" fame, whose first solo effort this year is inflicted from a gunshot wound. He will tions. music would do well to check it out. getting rave reviews. Here's the rest' of be sorely missed. "Paradise Don't Come Cheap" is a Drag C ity, P.O. Box 476867, the special schedule: Lastly, the bomb new music out relentless. gloriously in-your-face Chicago IL 60647. affair, with thundering. lurching beats includes the High School High Oct. 3- Hip-hop groups Goodie colliding again and again with insistent D Generation Soundtrack, and Tevin Campbell's wah-wah guitars and boozy horns. "No Lunch" Mob and De La Soul, along with song "Back to the World." Peace out and Jason Furlow and Sebastian Laws Columbia writer/producer Dallas Austin's alterna much love! punch their raps through distortion tive group Fishbone will be at the devices and over an edgy assortment of Scruffy and brash, bawling out their feedback squawks and squeals. lines li ke a pack of alley cats, the boys Lyrically, much of "Paradise" in D Generation can't be surprised by addresses a rei iable old topic-the road all the comparisons to their legendary trip as a journey both physical and hometown forefathers, the New York mental- but with a hip hop and indie Dolls. rock sensibility. That means there's But this crew is too smart to mimic time for a touch of social commentary the Dolls' sound too closely. Instead ("Infested"), and plenty of wigged-out they rev it up with the kick of lines about unicorns and even the "Hey '90s-style punk. pushing tracks like you guys!" tagline from the o ld "She Stands There" into overdrive. "Electric Co." kids TV show. 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They also left behind the 1,500 mem . bers of the Iraqi National Congress, most of Stephan Portugal whom were killed within hours of the city's occupation. Now that the opposition is crushed, Saddam has more influence in northern Iraq. On Sept. 3 and 4, American bombers and seven-year war with Iraq at the cost of at least Hundreds of millions of our tax dollars have warships fired 31 tomahawk cruise missiles a million lives. The other member of this been wasted on trying to oust him, not to on what could nominally be called "strategic Kurdish family feud is the Kurdish mention the estimated 40-billion-dollar-a targets." The missile attacks were in response Democratic Party, which advocates a Kurdish year price tag it takes to keep our military to the Iraqi troop violation of crossing the state within the country of Iraq. This faction there. It makes me wonder why we did not 36th parallel in northern Iraq. The area is a invited Saddam, the man who eight years ago topple his regime when we had a chance. free fly zone under the protection of the ordered 5,000 Kurds to be gassed to death, The worst sufferers are the Iraqi people. United States and has been engul fed in fac into the city of Erbil which was occupied by First we kill 300,000 of their people, then we tional warfare which has taken thousands of the Patriotic Uni on. The leader of the leave them with the dictator who has been lives. Mainly through the CIA, the U.S. gov Kurd istan Democratic Party, Massoud oppressing them for years. Was the Gulf War ernment has spent at least 900 million dollars Barzani, justified the invitation by saying that even worth all the consequences? If the whole in an attempt to unite an anti-Saddam coali they were merely expelling a foreign enemy thing was mainly over oil, then we should all tion to topple his regime, a policy that has from Iraqi territory because they considered switch to electric cars. Then again, we should been a hopeless failure. themselves to be Iraqi Kurds, not just Kurds. all switch to electric cars anyway. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which But was that enough to test the resolve of believes in an independent state for the the United States, especially when Iraq was Stephan Portugal is a Columbia music Kurdi sh people, was receiving money and about to reach an agreement to sell $2 billion majo r. suppl ies from Iran, a country that lost a worth of oil to swap food and medicine for White House and cials like National Security Oli ver North were peddling drugs to finance their favorite secret By David Including, but not limited to, the Ha rrell the Contras in Nicaragua. (Of course, Soviet-backed, communist Sandinistas involved in drug trafficking too, the says.) "Dope, Inc.," by the way, was put out Republican presidential candidate Bob that Clinton knew at least as early as 1985. supporters of Democratic gadfly has charged, correctly, that teen drug use Clinton claimed he did not find out about the LaRouche. Perhaps that explains skyrocketed during Clinton's watch; that activities until 1988. In any case, he did noth Reagan/Bush administration had ur"'c•u~""l - -- - - "cavalier attitude toward drugs" sets ing, and has yet to authorize any investigation imprisoned in 1989 on what the example; that he slashed the offi ce of into the Mena affair. "trumped-up conspiracy .WELCOME BACK••• drug policy director by 83 percent as soon Some of the drug money w~ laundered how citizens are always con s~• iri1n g I he arrived in the White House. through an Arkansas state agency ostensibly government, but oh my, heavens no, ~ Non· Co .,.\.,eay!! However, the Republican propaganda errs set up to provide loans to small businesses, bid, don't ever suggest anyone in the it charges that "Bob Dole, on the other say investigators and whistle-blower Larry ment could be conspiring against us.) has made the war on drugs a priority. " Nichols. Instead, big "loans" went to business It wasn't just LaRouche. Fonner Paris $249 has studiously avoided the real drug es owned by Clinton cronies- and were never Enforcement Agency agent Michael that could topple Clinton in a second: paid back. Much of the money, of course, "The Big White Lie" was published London $265 fact that Clinton knowingly allowed CIA found its way into Clinton's 1992 campaign. It exposed a street-level agent's Frankfurt $309 cocaine smuggling to go on right under his Ain't America great? battles with a bureauracy that in his very own state of Arkansas. Eventually, everyone in Arkansas knew to be undermining his efforts. Levine Madrid '$319 Clinton," a new book by R. Emmett about the Mena drug operation, just like the infiltration of the DEA by CIA moles Rome $325 cites as a source a former Clinton everyone in Chicago used to know about elec blocked any real investigation into just llx> nton acts as president was to White House Office of Drug Control Policy 83 percent. He now, a cut drug enforcement and cut drug interdiction. Under his TV INTERNSHIPS presidency, drug prosecutions went down and sentencing for drug crimes went down . His Attorney General argued AVAILABLE word of rebuff against minim um sentences for drug criminals. His Surgeon General suggested legalizi ng drugs. And when asked on MTV, a network watched by millions of America's young Get the hands-on from the GOP people, whether he would inhale marijuana if he had it to do experience you need for over again, the President himself said , "Sure." Editor 's note: Last week we ran a column from the The result "! First came the Clinton Administrati on's own a successful career in Democratic Party's National Youth Coordinator. Th is week. report showing teen drug usc has more than doubled on communcations with an in the intere.ft offa irness, we are running this piece from the Clinton's watch. Republican National Commil/ee. Nexl week (and up until Yesterday came another grim report from the National internship at this year j· elec1ion.1), we will run another column from the Parents' Resource Institute for Drug Ed ucation (PRIDE), DPNYC:r desk. a.r !he commiltee has established a weekly showing the teenage drug prohlem is even worse than the column .rervice for colle[ Bob Chiarito Ryan Healy The long and the short of it ast Tuesday marked the first y eyes turn up toward the day of the fall semester but ceil ing, focusing on the Ljudging from the appearance M shelf which rests just of many students, it could have easily below it. Quickly scanning the office been Halloween. Although the students supplies which arc piled up recklessly, looked like circus freaks and ghouls, An evil shepherd I spot what I am searching for: coffee the administration wasn't giving out filters. I take a deep breath, gather my any candy. In fact, many students were Th e world is governed by very different personages from what is concentration, and slowly thrust my tricked, rather than treated. arm into the air, extending it to the That's because many classes that imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. fullest as if I were reaching for the they waited hours in line to register for -British statesman Benjamin Disraeli heavens themselves. were canceled. The box of fil ters is two inches out After months of lobbying for of reach, now one inch; I can almost If you haven't been lost in space with Shannon Lucid, you've heard of the big feel the box in my hands. Now I am approval, the English Department can stink involving the Central Intelligence Agency and crack <;ocaine. And what a grunting and heaving and breathing celed in structor Fred Gardaphe 's stink it is. heavily like a maniacal demon and my "Italian American Experience," a class arm feels like it may rip out of its focused on Italian American literature. It started with a series of articles published last month in the San Jose (Calif.) socket at any moment. "C'mon," I'm Gardaphe did teach the class once, in Mercury News. Reporter Gary Webb had researched the matter for a year. He thinking. "C' mon. Just a little bi t 1991 , but since then the class either has wrote, in a nutshell, that men employed by the CIA used a San Francisco Bay higher. Almost there. Damn!" I give not been offered or has been cancelled. area drug dealer and the Los Angeles Crips and Bloods gangs to introduce the up. My arm falls limply to my side. The cancellation of Gardaphe 's The filters have challenged me and I class was only one of many cancella devastating drug to our streets in the 1980s. The CIA operati ves then allegedly have lost and I can hear them laughing tions around Columbia. Three were used the profits to fund then-President Ronald Reagan's pel secret project: the at me. axed from both the Liberal Arts and war against the communist Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Defeated, I swallow my pride and Science and Math Departments, but it Meanwhile, the drug dealers used their profits to arm the gangs with semiau ask one of my co-workers to reach was the Music Department that had the tomatic weapons. Thus began the downward spiral in already crime-ridden inner them for me. Ah, the travails of being largest amount cut with 15. There were short in a tall society. cancellations in virtually every depart cities: crack addiction. Death. Crack babies. Death . Destruction of famillies. Being a short person is something ment and while most cuts were made Death. Thousands of li ves taken in battles over drug turf. Death. I've had to deal with my whole life, because of low enroll ment, making If you're not outraged at the possiblity that such an enormous crime might and it hasn't been particularly fun. business sense for Columbia, some stu have been committed using your tax dollars, you must be dead yourself. Short people are constantly discrimi '(lents were left in -dire straits. . nated against in our society. For exam The question is: Why would anyone be surprised? ple, most athletic teams don't want us L~cki l y for students, many teachers because we arc too short, many mem are will ing to accommodate them by Why should we be surprised that those who work under the cloak of secrecy would abuse the secrecy to do illegal things? bers of the opposite sex don't want us teaching them the canceled course on a because of our vertical problem, the one on one basis as an independent Slugs live under rocks, and roaches frolic under the cover of darkness. How elite won't let us participate in presi study. That's what Gardaphe has opted could anyone not understand that covert agencies, and govern ment in general , dential debates, we cannot shop in Big to do, as well as Journalism instructor are a magnet for the wicked, lying, conniving slugs and roaches of the world? It and Tall stores, and we are often Carolyn Hulse. amounts to a denial of human nature. kicked out of movie theaters fo r drink Hulse's business reporting class, ing and smoking. "The Business Beat," was canceled Another analogy from nature: It has been said that the world is composed of Furthermore, we arc subjected to because only two students enrolled. 95 percent innocent sheep and 5 percent ravenous wolves. The sheep are naive, endless name calling. I've been called Over the last few years "The Business you might even say dumb. They are not very fast runners. Worse, they spend every name in the book: shorty, short Beat" has been plagued by low interest, most of their time standing around munching on grass, -.yith their heads down cake, stump, midget, asshole, loser, although after taking it last year I can poseur. son-of-a-bitch, and those are say that it was one of my favorite class the perfect targets. just the beginning. Why the ridicule? es at Columbia. Hulse told me that she The wolves, on the other hand, are quick, slick, clever, conniving and deceit Please stop. You're really upsetting wants to try and get it required for jour ful. They spend most of their time thinking about the delicious lamb chops me. nalism majors, starting next year. But instead of dwelling on the neg they'd like for dinner. One of their favorite ruses is dressing up as sheep so they at ive aspects of being short, I have For now, the always-generous Hulse can get in the middle of the flock. embraced the positive. I can weave is teaching the class (for no pay) to the through crowds of people like an indy two students who were stiffed under It remains to be seen who wi ll take the blame in this mess (if it is ever in ves ti gated). The CIA top leadership and the White House, of course, will likely racer, making hairpin turns around tall the guise of an independent project. people and underneath their anns. That's right, Hulse, like all full-time blame this and other CIA-connected drug scandals on "rogue agents"-just a Most of them never know what hap faculty who want to teach an indepen few guys who got out of control. After all , in covert operations, there is built pened. In a jam-packed car, I can fi t dent study, is not getting paid for her in "deniability": The fool soldiers who do the actual dirty work are often kept in snuggly into a tiny spot while tall peo work. Part-timers do get paid, but the the dark about exactly what they are doing, where it fits into the overall plan, ple struggle and complain and try to amount is so low that it is almost an get comfortable. But perhaps the insult. and sometimes even who is giving them their orders. Even if they decide to talk greatest benefit of being short is my According to Mike DeSalle, to media or law enforcement, they have little to talk about. They may not even proximity to the earth. I'm much clos Columbia's Vice President of Finance, know who their direct superiors are or where their orders are coming from, it's er to it than you tall people, and there part-time faculty (who teach most of easy fo r the bigwigs at the top to distance themselves from misdeeds of the guys fore I have a stronger connection to it than you. Ha! Ha! I' m more earthy Columbia's classes) are paid around on the bottom rungs. $ 1,400 for every semester long, three than you. You might argue that you hour class they teach. Students pay However, regardless of where this scheme originated, it is clear that persons are closer to the sky, but my head is in $275 per credit hour, or $825 for every at "high levels"-meaning the White House and the National Security the clouds most of the time anyway. three hour class. So it doesn't take a There was a ti me when I wished I Council- looked the other way wh ile America's cities were being devastated. was tall , until I realized what that genius to fi gure out that the cost of And our so-called "leaders" must be held accountable. would make me: a conformist. You classes, even those that utilize sophisti It's time for the sheep to wake up. sec, tall people tit in well in our capi cated equipment, do not require many talist society because they have been students to be covered. And surely suckered into embracing mater ialistic some classes are so profitable that they values. Case in point: Tall people can could subsidize those that are not, or at not fit comfortably into small, com least pay instructors for teaching inde pact <.:ars, so they buy bigger cars. pendent studies. Bi gger cars lead to bigger TV's, big As for classes that do not attract ger couches. then bigger houses, more · many students, like Gardaphc's "Italian COMING NEXT WEEK IN THE CHRONICLE: land, on and on unti l they arc com American Experience" or the Liberal pletely out of control. I hate the Education Department's 'Topics in greedy hastards. Social Science: Fashion in Society" •AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SlUSHING PUMPKINS In conclusion. I will say that I am (which also was canceled) it is hard to proud to be short. I have come to acquire a high enrol lment when a class •.t LOOK AT COJ.IJHBIA'S NEW ClASSES terms with my challenge and it has doesn't get a chance to build a reputa made me a stronger p..:rson . No longer tion. Columbia has the money to run a AND wi ll J kt my problem stand in th e.: way few classes that arc not big-earners, but of my ~oa l s , aspirations and dreams. I' m gomg to s tri ve to be the best short for now, the students, as well as the fac •EATING ABOUND COUJHBIA person I can be, because I love me. ulty of Columbia, wi ll continue to get God bless America. Thanks for tuning the short end of the stick. Ill. 10 FEATURES S e p t e m .b e r 3 0 , 1 9 9 6 'La Negra Ester' sparks Latino Cine~a lly Kimberly Watkins Ft•alurt'\ l:"duor ,\h. !he u'wh and tnhulauons of another pro,lltutc with a heart ol gold. Tim fall sea ""'· Chicago Latmo Cinema and Columbia College pre,cnt ''La Negra E>tcr."' a love 'tory lured toward' doom rig ht from the hcgmnin!!. Fla,ed on the poem "Las Decimas de Ia :'- STUDENTS &FACULTY Auditorium Garage, Inc. Southeast Comer Congress Parkway and Wabash Avenue Discount Parking for Students & Faculty Day and Night All rete• Include City Parking Tax 1 Hour $4.25 4 & 5 Hours $6.00 2 hours $4.75 6 to 12 Hours $6.75 3 Hours $5.25 13 to 24 Hours $8.75 Monthly Pass (Unlimited Access) $135.00 Validate your parking ticket at school. Discount only applies to the first 24 hours. September 30, 1996 FEATURES 11 The Cardigans lend a warnt, fuzzy feeling By Rob England everyone was happy. A point in world, but it's definitely differ damn happy. The subject mat Cardigans is actuall y fun. Copy Editor time where, as a music critic, I ent. ter often involves the loss of They make you want to get am largely unfamiliar with. The album's lead off tune, love and other matters of the up and dance. "First Band on As a music lover, there is no Like their American debut, "Your New C uckoo," climaxes heart, but the music keeps the the Moon" is like an exciting thing I fear more. Not a face-to "Life," "First Band on the with a flute solo as Singer Nina overall fe el ing upbeat. It is as night o n the town. From the -face encounter with Courtney Moon" is full of kitschy 60's Persson sings jubilantly about though they refuse to let the beatnik bar sound of " Yo ur Love, not a Milli Vanilli pop that is unique in today's heartbreak after heartbreak. world get them down. New Cuckoo" and "Choke," to reunion, not even having music world. It may not be the What makes thi s band so dif That is why this album is so the disco fl oor for ''Lovefool ," Michael Bolton, John Tesh and most origin al music in the ferent is that they sound so enjoyable. Listening to The then home to bed for the lulla Kenny G as pennanent house by feel of "Heartbreaker" and guests. No. there is nothing o n "Great Di vide." God's green earth I fear more And fo r that odd event that than a Swedish music group. makes the night stand out. The So when I was asked to Cardigans th row in a truly review the new album by strange cover song. Sweden's latest darlings, The It seems as though The Cardigans, I imagined the Cardigans arc obsessed with, wo rst. Abba jumped on the of all groups. Bl ack Sabbath. stage in my brain and per On " Life" they covered formed "Dancing Queen" in "Sabbath Bl oody Sabbath" and their matching pantsuits. Then this time they take a stab at the Ace of Base joined them for an Beavis and Butthcad favorite, impromptu group rendition of " Iron Man." "The Sign." I felt a tear come Gone arc the driving guitars to my eye. I was scared, very and Ozzy's howl. Replacing scared. them arc a ni ce relaxed groove But as soon as I began Ii s and the seductive crooning of tening to The Cardigans' "First "Ooh, Iron Man. " The song is Band on the Moon," those tears so different from the original. of fear turned into tears of joy. it would go unnoticed as a The singer's voice was cover if not for the album's sweet like cotton candy, the Ii ncr notes. music li ght and bubbly like a And that's what gives The good champagne. It gave me a Cardigans their charm. They're wann and fu zzy feeling, just different. In a music world full like the wool variety of sweater of sour apples they' re the that shares the band's name. sweet peach that is so refresh The music was like a time ing. warp to a better time where The Cardigans Ps5ST! 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IAM.KING OF TilE VE&ETABLU... ~ •~ :/:G/) Of TilE FRUIT!. ~GGPLAXT 0 1 1 IU.IU:K II" c:Ht:t:st: "·a;H An~IS AXIJ a.t:c:s a•nTATnl: sn au ·t•u a• ". t:.uu xc: A '-"UXtJt:n BRA r···- ~------~------, I I I I I I I I I I I IL------lh e b e aull(ul (lsh .. . anJ a lso a princess > e.A~ i ~s l( ~014 sOtY.tlo\. i ~~j ~..u:i do~'t hl(e. tlo\.is wr~, b-utl w"'-~ w0141o :t ~0 014t witlo\. ~014 ~~ 1 i Vt. w~fe.L<.e.o ~014 ~SI( 01tf fil(t. 10,000 di-t.fe.ra.~t ~ i rls ~r014~d "'-t.re.? tlo\.~t is ~ ,... i.s it? v romombor t,tds! noxt wsst,. brtng a dats and rsdssm your coupon/ and gt'ls hor ons or two For mo. ~oct,. gt'IS hsr ons For John too/ ~Kf ~, _September 30, 1996 FEATURES 15 Hilfiger 01adness: Do you have it? By Melissa Wendel Fashion l!:'riter TOMMY, TOMMY, TOMMY! lines? The answer is yes! Forty-five million Everywhere I look I see people wearing dollars in booking alone have already been Tommy Hilfiger. Ori suburbanites, South pre-sold. In this case pre-sold means the mer Siders. North-Siders. college students. my chandise has sold before it is even complet teenage brothers, my two-year-old brother ed. and my father, which is definitely the last The lines are wide. They include your straw! However, I have come to accept the basic chinos and "All American" sweaters, in fact that everyone wears Tommy. And if you addition to a professional attire and a dab of can relate to the Tommy overkill, watch out fashion, in which he breaks out the stretch because Tommy's women's lines are about to and techno fabrics. His hit a runway near you. Look out Ralph, or price point is bridge, At fa~;of le(t: A should I say Calvin, here comes Tommy! which, in other words, is camel wool tlannel Over the summer, WWD headlines read affordable to students if peacoat · over an "Here's Tommy," across the front page. they save. really want it, 1vory Jam.bswool "Hilfiger's Pay Leaps 65% to $6.5 million," sweater and dark· or will settle for only one dyed eottl>n denim and "Tommy's Girl: Tommy's Encore." I or two small pieces and 'eall$, have to say the man is hot. But my question skip a dinner or two. Of Jj ::f is why? course, I am only talking Below: . "Red Do not get me wrong. I like Tommy. He is about those who have cotton ,;; eardigan a very personable and charming man, and I been cut off by daddy and and striped tuJ:'t)e like his stuff. His ad campaigns are done well left without his credit neck over.a camel and he definitely is on top of the business. I cards. wool fbyinel ,skirt, met him four years ago when the Columbia Tommy's future plans College Fashion Association, brought him to include his "encore," as Columbia as the guest designer for "Fashion WWD call s it, of Columbia." At that time, I, like many other Tommy's Girl, a new unaware people, had never heard of the man. women's fragrance that However, after I spent the day with Tommy, will hit the stores this fall it was obvious that he was going to be a star. with his lines. He also But huge? plans to launch a higher The Hilfiger Corp. recently moved into priced women's sports the top three retail apparel money-earning wear line this spring in race. His pay was onl y topped by the CEO of New York, open an Federated Department Stores, a huge client amphitheater, where he of his, and the CEO of the Warnaco Group. will build his own run Hilfiger himself earned $6.5 million and a way, a women's footwear discretionary bonus of $800,000, stated in line, a separate active the July 9 issue of WWD. wear women's line and a Keep in mind that this is before his women's golf line for women's lines have even hit the stores. spring of '98. Tommy's long-awaited women's jeans and There is definitely a sportswear are due out any day now for fall. lot happening at the He had intended for them to hit the stores Tommy Hilfiger Corp. So four years ago. Then last March, when he for all you fashion, mar finally presented his women's lines to his keting, advertising, pub partners and other experts in the field, they lic relations, photography voted against it and sent Tommy and his or art majors who are get designers back to the drawing board. Their ting ready to graduate, reason being it was too focused around jeans send your resumes. and too label-heavy, but to my observation Please, write me and that is what Tommy Hilfiger is all about, let me know your opin isn't it? ions of Tommy and why Anyway, I have seen pictures of his hi s business is skyrocket women's lines, and there is no doubt about it, ing. Or even simpler, why the line's are filled with great pieces. But, do you wear Tommy realistically, will it sell over and above with Hilfiger, or why do you stores like The Gap and The Limited, not to wear what you wear? mention all the other designer's women's- Classifieds FREET-SHIRT+ $1,000 Credit Card fundraisers for fraternities, sororities & groups. Any campus organization can raise up to $1,000 by earning a whopping $5.00/VISA applica tion. 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Dearborn St. ST" TRAVEL -- Melissa Wendel book for new author of childrens books. Chicago, IL 60605 IM II Please call Ken 3 12-222-9877 \\\VIA. ~t t ll.tVLI (I Jill we•ve been there. Septemb e r 30 , 1996 FEATURES 16 'Narrative' flows from cover to cover By Kimberly Watkins o ver 30 doctors that have operat Ft'lltuiY'.t Editt•r ed on her back. slightly revealed through the opening of her hospi ,fl. cowboy Gather ·round. gather ·round. tal gown. Her chorus is one of hoot, a teacup, a The story is about to begin. Take sadness and solitude. o walk through the hall and hear No object is left untumed or lock of hair, eight a tole or two or three. The unused in this exhibit. especially Columbia College Chicago in artist Gay Thrush "s ""Where I treth, a pack of Center for Book and Paper Arts. Lie."" An actual bed and once lJ,tcky $trikes, a located o n the seventh noor of brass frame immediately catches 218 S. Wabash. is presenting a visiting eye. The bed quill is green-haired ·· arrative Flow:· This multime covered with n host of materials. dia exhibit merges the arts of including: a paperweight. a cow 'frol~ and a 45 drawing. painting. .culpture and boy boot. a teacup. n lock of hair. of Mary performance that screams an ode e1ght teeth. a pack of Lucky to the art of storytelling. Strikes. a green-haired Troll. and Poppin 's "Super Arti~t Teresa Pankr~tz revc.1ls a 45 of Mary Poppm ·s ··super her fear of the creepy and the Cali -Fragil-lstic."" Family photos Cali-.:f'ragil cr.1wly. ··rear of Spiders·· appears also adorn the quilt. Thrush com lfow in the fom1 of a book. One that puter-generated the photos onto Jstic"... stretche!> out over si' feel. It linen through a process called Iris many items can begins "ith one spider and soon prinung that took over 700 hours ln\"01\·es a multitude. They >prout to complete. you find? from the ceiling. they sprout ""Patience·· and ""Nothing from the chairs. They emerge Curvv at All About T rounded from the wallpaper. They"re out the multimedia mayhem with e\"CI)" here! She achiC\'es th1s performance art. Kate Thomas. a same dTcct m ""Pas de Deux: A graduate of Columbia"s InterArts Talc Without Wonh. "" T\\0 lo\er' Program brings a Balthus paint run to\\ards lo\e. only to he mg to life in ""Patience:· Stillness pulled back b) hca\ y duty rope. to chaos to stillness agam all take :-.lc"Cily·s res1dcnt com1c place on one stage wllh two Chns Ware lends ongmal boards \\Omen and one velvet love seat. for h1s ""Acme·· com1c. fcatunng She performed the p1ccc with J1mm~ Comgan. Pocket Sam. Juhc Hopkms. a graduate of B1g Tex and Ho" I Became an Columb•a·s Dance program. An.st. Enter the macabre com1c Molly Shanahan and Andrew "-Orld of Julie Doucet. Some of B~rd combmcd dance and '•olin her ··Dirt) Plonc·· com1cs arc for 1nto a beaut1ful orchestration mature readers only. Bert Mcn<·o called ·· othmg Cuf\•y at All tales )OU through "'The Many About 1:· Face of Polyhead"s L1fc ·· It Ste\Cn Tomasula. Steven mcludes 15 ml dra" mgs of the Fan-ell and Gregory llalvorson four-faced Pol) head as he 1s fed. Schreck collaborate on a love "-ed and put to bed story that lools to be somcthmg "" Her Fantas) of Lo'e "a' out of a luc1d. deranged dn::lm. Larger than L1fe"" by Holhs Wnter. photographer and typog S1gler IS an thoughl-pro,olmg rapher expand the mcanmg of p1cce and commenl3f) on lo,e. A "11C and toe.·· "'Toe"" 1< an cxpcn black mghtgo.. n and heels lay mcntallon m the ne'er cndmg near a pmk ch;m. The bed IS banlc between content over form turned cJo,. n and leiters and ""1nc ' s. form o' cr content Sec who Ia) on the noor All 1s qu1e1. '"'"' out m the mulllmed1a ~· C\CCf'l for the rustling of the scntat10o on Fnday. Oct. 4 at 7 ,.,nd one em •magmc that comes p m at the Center ""Narrafi•·. from an opc:n ,.,ndo,. Sute•dc"' FI Amy Clarlulon 1\b~laGallo Gnphll: Dtllan Sound Sen for Senior I Wllnt un n ron\! trip I t fll~ltd 10 Mexico CI\15N"01HIIry. Slllpplni nntl sluytd In dirftltnl In C'olurhdl•. Arllunn d lks for 1\\"U mootlls by nnd C'nllfl•mln. my sill f 1111\1 for&ot I visit my lfllntlmolh«,