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TheCohnnbia Onunide VOLUME 24 NUMBER 15 COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MARCH 25, 1991 Here's a sampling of the most recenl Harrison buildings fail inspection We're violations at the By Nancy Thart the city time to file complaints tio n, per day, until the y a rc Harrison parking resolved, Bcal said. Staff Writer and serve the appropriate parties garage. involved," said Marilyn Johnson, The time given to comply wilh outta the vio lations. and the fines • Window frames: All win The fate of the Harrison Park a deputy corporation counsel. levied, if any, are up to the discre dow frames rusted, 18th ing Garage now rests with the City records show that the tion of the judge assigned to the floor front window frame courts. garage a nd hotel are owned loose. Dangerous and haz case, Johnson said. here! On Thursday, Chicago build through a blind trust at the Cos ardous. ing inspectors cited the garage, at mopolitan National Bank. But a Some of the violations cited on Cynthia Horvath 1989 Housing Court suit against • Window panes: Broken, 605 S. WabashAve.,and the Har Thurs day may be the same Staff Writer missing or defective win rison Hotel, at 65 E. Harrison S t, the building lists Harold Nyberg problems that appeared on the in dow panes. Dangerous and for 28 violations of the city's as a co-defendant, and Ralph s p ectio n report issued last The number of bookworms hazardous. building code. Nyberg, who may be related to November, a little more than a turning into beach bums bound Harold, is listed on the city's in • Parapet: Front parapet out The case will now be turned week after the garage's front for break may be less than a bus spection records. of plumb. (Fortnication out of over to Housing Court because facade fell from the 13th and 14th full this spring due to war and Ralph Nyberg could not be line with front wall below.) the owners of the buildings failed floors onto Wabash A venue. recession reperc ussions ex to submit structural engineering reached for comment, but Harold Three people who were at perienced by students. Nyberg was reached by phone at • West wall: Bricks loose, reports at last week's inspection, tending a Columbia Annual Fall Only 28 students have signed pulling away from building. said Joe Beal, district director for his Lincolnwood home and at his Open House were injured by the up for the economical vacation the city Department vf Buildings. office in the Harrison Hotel. falling debris. getaways to Florida, according to • Lintels: All building A court date has not yet been When asked if he owned the When asked if he was aware of Campus Marketing Inc. agents, thresholds rusted. assigned but is expected in about building, Harold Nyberg said he the incident, Harold t..: yberg said, Sandra Flor and Tom Ptak. was "the operator." Source: OricagQ Depanment of lnspec- three weeks, a spokesman for the "I'm not familiar with it, but I've Two trips are being offered by The buildings' owners could tiona! Services. corporation counsel's office said. CMI this spring. Students can 'The three week period gives face fines of up to $200 per viola- See Harrison, page 2 travel to Daytona Beach or Panama City Beach. Trips in clude bus fare and deluxe ac Evaluations have no method to their madness comodations at oceanfront hotels By Tim Berry hiring or firing practices. Evalua Samuel Floyd Jr., academic dean departments are not addressed. available. The price for a full of student affairs, is currently ex· For instance, lhe fonn has no week stay runs $239 in Panama Staff Writer tions are primarily done to give lhe department head some sense amining the effectiveness of tilL questions about writing assign City Beach and $279 in Daytona. "Use number two pencil only. of how the students are reacting evaluation system. The commit ments, obviously an area critical to According to Jan Berry, rep This instructor grades fairiy. A. to the teacher, he said. tee includes Betty Shiflett, of lhe the English and fiction writing resentative for CMI, "The war Strongly Agree B. Agree C. Dis Probationary full-time faculty fiction department, John Mul departments but perhaps not essen md recession have inevitably had agree D. Strongly Disagree. I are evaluated by !heir students vany, chairman of lhe photo/art tial to evaluating a music teac~r. :>Ome effect on students' travel v.ould advise other students to once a year; other full-timers are department, Leslie Van Marter, Some of the committee mem plans this year." Berry attributed take this course. A. Yes B. No." evaluated every three years.No chairman of the liberal education bers expressed concern wilh lhe some of the decline to a lack of You've probably, at least once, set schedule exists for evaluating department and Chappelle difficulties inherent in a single resources a vailable to un slammed some lame teacher on the part-timers. Freeman, of the film/video questionnaire. "We need to see ifwe employed students. student evaluation fonn. But there After s tudent s complete department. can get more in that fonn ," Shiflett "Resources such as Christmas he was again next semester. You evaluations, lhe results are col According to Mulvany, the said. "I don'tlhink we're gelling all money, mone tary g ifts from had to wonder: Does anybody ac lated at lhe dean's office into a committee ensures !hat evalua lhe student feedback we need." parents and grandparents for tually read !hose lhings? single fonn and sent to lhe ap tion is accomplished and While the standardized fonn vacations and early graduation Whelher student evaluations propriate department head, who provides feedback on how lhe must be employed in all full-time just aren' t as plentiful !his year. of teachers are a necessary then discusses the assessment process might be improved. faculty evaluations, department Money is tight for many people baromete r o f fac ulty perfor wilh the instructor. The discus "We' retaking lhe temperature may come up with their own right now. mance or a futile ritual marking sion can range from a pal on the of the college on lhe evaluation questions. "Despite the decline, students lhe semester's close, the impact back and a " nice job," to an in process," Freeman said. The absence of a school-wide have been known to rush in and of those evaluations is ques depth analysis of what lhe teacher One problem lhe committee policy for lhe evaluation of part sign up at lhc last minute for lhe tionable and ambiguous. is doing right or wrong. When a will examine is lhe standardized time faculty will also be ex Florida trips," said Berry. The According to Nat Lehnnan, teacher is doing well, Lehnnan form on which students evaluate amined by the committee. Under deadline is Mon.,March 25. She journalism department chairman, said, "I j ust say, 'You' re doing full-time faculty. Not all ques the current system, !his is left to also expects an increase in enroll student evaluations do not direct great, lhe kids love you, keep it up."' tions are applicable to all depart the discretion of department ment now that the war is over. ly affect salaries, promotions or A committee headed by Dr. ments and issues important to some See Ev:tluations, page 2 Vince Ke lly, junior, film major, attests to !his idea and said, "I wouldn' t miss going to Florida for the world! It's a great time, I ' d recomme nd it to everyone!" Kelly we nt to Daytona lhrough CMI last year and added, "The cost of the trip is dirt cheap for everything you get. Students were upset wilh last year's trip because CMl didn't provide information regarding at tractions like Disney World,said Ptak, a senior majoring in film, and hotel accomodations were not good. But things should run smO< :· ly !his year, he said. "CMI was pushed to get students into lhe best hotels and say !hey will.'' Like many students, Ptak and Kelly work part-time to meet !heir vacation expenses. They es timate the total cost will be some· where around $600 each. Kelly admined laughingly, "What I should spend and what I could spend are two different things. If I run out of money, I'll just whip out the old credit card and worry about the bill later!" • But Karol Kuehn, a senior majoring in journalism, said, "''m staying home !his year there's too muc h work to do before graduation." The Columbia Chronicle Page 2 March 25, 1991 Photo museum: amateurs need not apply staff is willing to help out. muse um. Some of th e more By Tim Berry famous photographers whose Staff Writer "Student;; can come in and say, 'I'm interested in color work has been displayed arc Vic lOr Skrcbneski, Dorothea Lange To most s tudents , the photography,' or, 'I'm interested and Helmut Newton.