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College gives Carter multi-million dollar horj6 o Columbia plunges $1.35 S 1.35 million after approval frolll the col mi llion plus renovations into lege's Board ofTmstees. The building itself was in total di srepair Gold Coast mansion for and is currendy undergoing extensive Carter renovations. Harri s refused to comment on the scope or. cost of those renovations, but noted that they are '" in accordance By Ryan Adair with the budget for the project" and arc Executive Editor bei ng close ly monitored by the college's Board of Trustees. After months of keepi ng the project In an elegant neighborhood Ill OS t single under wraps, Columbia ad ministrators family homes eost $600.000 (0 $ 1 mil unveiled last week that the college has lion, said Gold Coast Realtor Kath leen purchased and is now renovating an Tannyhill , who works for Baird and exclus ive property to be occupied by col· Wa rner. She did note , however. thn! a lege president . Warri ck L. Carte r. fully restored ~, OO O square-foot town The mi ll ion do ll ar-plus mansion. IDeat house would cost approx imately S3 mil ed in the heart of Chi cago's trendy Gold lion. Coast, wi ll not only serve as the presi The house was built in thl: la tc 1800s dent's primary residence. but is also as a single-Ta mily dwell ing. Until intended as a base for the coll ege's vari recently, the buil ding was sectionl:d off into separate units and rented out as ous fundrais ing fu nctions. according 10 Alton Harri s. fo rmer chai rman of the apart ments. Columbia Board of Trustees. Harris in iti "The house was a total \Heck:' lI arris ated the purchase of the structure. said "We expect the president to use the res Renovations were orig ina ll y slated fo r idence as an entertai ning venue, not sim completion in December of this year. equally di\ idcd into publ ic space and Carter reaffirmed thai ha\ ing SUl.:h ply just as a private facility." Harris said. but Harris said the completi on date has private liv ing quarters. One of the pri "This provides the opportunity for Dr. bee n pushed back until January or public spaces fo r student and facult) mary goals o f the new buil ding is to Carter to invite students into hi s home for February o f 2002. usc is essential 10 Colum bia, since in meetings, sma ll performances and infor Harri s also pointed out that it is not host benefi ts an d prospective donors to the past. the coll ege has re lied on out mal gatherings." unusual for a coll ege to provide housing the college. he added. In add ition, side fac ilities to host special events and The 8,000 square-foot townhouse is on for its president. In fact, the president of Carter said that students would be as receptions. He also noted that th e the southwest comer of north LaSalle Uni versity of Illinois at Chicago li ves on welcome at th e house as potential bene acquisition of the building is a great Street and Goethe Avenue. The coll ege the same block as Columbia's future factors. inve stment for the schoo l as a whole. initially conducted a six-month search fo r president ial house. Colum bia has pro " We 'd like to use the publi c space to "This shows that the coll ege is cont in the appropriate property, consideri ng vided housin g for two previous coll ege fe ature student work s of art , and host uing to grow as an institut ion," he sa id . many locati ons on the South Side. near presidents, Mike Alexandro fT and John openings for the exhibits," Carter said. " Most colleges and universiti es around West Side and Loop area near Columbia, B. Duff. Du fT occupied a hi gh-ri se con " We are also in the process of organi z the country already have houses li ke Harri s said . The college finally decided dominium in Chi cago's Magnificent ing the student govern ment and other thi s on their campus. By gai ning this to purchase the Gold Coast property for Mi le neighborhood. committees who would utilize this house we show that we are truly matur Carter said the new house will be space." ing as a college." 'No more killing, no more war,' say Columbia students o Students, facu lty and staff of Others echoed Gall 's sentiments, Columbia gather at Grant Park to voice Mi chael Thorburn, an English instructor at Columbia, mentioned that the Bush administratio n is not interest· opinions-on the Sept. 11 attacks and ed in reaching a peaceful resolution to the conflict. but the imminent response the United that it was a ll part of an overa ll "economi c and strate States will have to face in the months gic game." "Why hasn' t the Bush administra ti on presented ahead proof of bin Laden's culpabilit y to the Taliban?" he asked. The Ta liban, whi ch seized control of 90 pe rcent of By Pablo E. Gutierrez Afghan istan in 1996, is considered ill egitimate by the Staff Writer Un ited Nati ons, and has imposed the harshest form o f Islamic law to datI:. T hey gathered to share their thoughts and con " We have a de mocratic inte rnat ional poli cy," sa id cerns, just li ke sO.me people did in the 1960s, on the Thorburn. He maintained that by negotiating with same corner and III the same town, but with a much the Tal iban's leaders the culprit 's could bl: brought sma ll er crowd. They stood fi rm for their cause and to justi ce. "They say they want to tal k, so why their voices echoed their demand : " No more killing, haven' t we?" no more war. " Randy A lbers. of the Fi cti on Writing department . On Wednesday, Oct. 3, a group of students and also addressed the group of peace-set:king gatherers. fac ulty members of Columbia voiced their opinions He said that protesting war is not anti-A merican. about the imminent war the United States will wage " Patriotism that is blind is not patriotism at aiL" against terrori sm and most likely against the land A lbers also said that President Bush is on a " rabbit locked country of Afghanistan. hunting" crusade. Louis Silverstein, an instructor in the Liberal According to Albers, the immi nent confl ict will Education department, began the rally by paying hi s Amlna Peterson, a Muslim community activist speaks at result in a " long and sustained battle." respects to the victims of the Sept. II attacks in New peace rally about the effect of the recent terrorist "The li ves of many young persons will be lost, York and Washington, D.C. He also mentioned th at as attacks against America. including Columbia students," Albe rs sai d. Other speake rs included stude nts. a com mun it y a member of the human family, it was important to response from Washington has been to seek revenge," acti vist. fac ulty and staff. Those w ho d id not want voice his opposition to the course of action that is Gall also questioned the validity of th e Bush admin to express the ir concerns ve rball y could do so by underway, and that jf continued, it would result in the istration's statement about the recent terrorist acls loss of more human li ves. writing in one of the three pa pe r pads that were being acts of war against this country, "Since when placed on the ground. Bert Gall, executi ve vice president of Columbia, are the acts of individuals acts of war against this or "I ' m struc k by the irony today of s peaking in mentioned that he was pained and saddened by the ter any country?" Gall asked. He questi oned whether the oppositio n to yet a nother A me ri can mi lita ry sol u rorist attacks and also disappointed by the apparently bombing of the Edward P. Murra h building in tion at the very pl ace where in 1968 so many of us rushed decision of the Bush admini stration. Oklahoma City was an act of war. "Appa rently. no. ca me togethe r to voice our opposition to another "Rather than asking for a refl ection and self exami And is that because the indi viduals weren ' t Arabs but nation to understand why American symbols were tar American milita ry c rusade," said Gall referring to rather Ameri cans who com min ed only a criminal the d iv is ive Vietnam conflict.