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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 CHQONICLE 0 !" CO L U Ml) CO LLI~C I~ C II c 1\ c 0 VOL. XXX No. 18 March 3 1997 Fin. Aid workers suspended Drinking on the job costs one month's pay

By Bnb Cbiaritn According to sources. Pendry wa~ not re pri­ lni'CJtigatirc l:'diror manded in any way. Financial Aid Director John Olino refused to comment on Columhia 's course or Financial Aid Ad\'isor Diane Brazier and recep­ actimt. tionist M:1rlita Da vis were each suspended last DircclOr of Human Resources Paul Johnson week for one month withnut pay. rcfu scJ to comment on the investi gation. hut did The suspensions. equal to the longest suspen­ say suspensions at Columhia arc rare. sions in Columhia·s history. came after the school's According 10 Johnson, Columbia has i;sucd administration investigated allega­ than ten suspensions in tions of on- the-job drinking. last eight years. the amount prompted by a Feh. 24 story in the ti me Human Resoun.:es has Chronicle. isted. During !hal time. !he As tirst reported last weck.the suspe nswn was a alle-gations were made by a long, equal to Brazier Financial Aid Department work and Davis' penal ty. aiJc. who wished to remain aJH.Hlymous, for mer Information ahout any di st·i pli nary action hcforc Financial Aid Department work aide Robert Human Resources was created was unavailahlc. Ste,·cnson and a Financial Aid advisor who also While il is unknown if Brazier and Davis admit­ wanted to remain anonymous. ted to the all ccations during the College's in vesti­ They each alleged that when Brazier. Da vis and gation. acco;(]ing to a \tatcmcnt .. _issued hy 19 year-old Pendry drank. they drank in Brazier's Columbia Counsel Da rryl! Jones, ··columbia's oftke between the hours of 5 and 6 p.m .. at which investigation supported the allegat ions." When tele­ time the Financial Aid office closes. phoned. Jones refused to comment further. Columbia brass makes it Fashion tougher for drug dealers Passion By Maria Tacderas voice mai l phones have been Staff Writer used in hi gh schools and certain areas of Chicago. while being Model Lancaster In the Fall of 1996. touted as a means to stop drug Columbia's powers-that-be dealing, as drug dealing is con­ slwws off a black switched from Ameritech and nected wi th pagers in public Sheffield Systems' subversive, opinion. silk crepe sheath voice mai l- accessible public Yet Traci Cargo, assislanl to phones to those of rival MCI the vice presi den! of fi nance at with a double skirt Metrocom, whose non- Columbia, said that the change and block-lined v o i c e was purely mail accessi­ profit-mo ti­ decollete. Fashion ble retrieval vated. system is w columnist Sandra touted as a never saw method to any mo ney JrayLor undresses slop drug ( f r o m dealing. Amerilech and Sheftield the myth behind the Non-voice mail accessible Systems)," Cargo said. " I'd phones do not allow a caller to walk by and see students lined dress. enter extra digits after a call is up to use the phone. Now, we connected. a process that is nec­ gel 10 percent from Metroco m. " essary to enter a number into Cargo also contends that the someone's pager or access an school has housed Mctrocom See page...... 7 ans wering machine or voice mail syste m remotely. Non- See Phones, next page Photo by PaJml Barin INSIDE Students a lucrative market for credit cards 'Spend now, pay la te r,' is m antra tn college

By Cla udia Rivera application. After doing so, the Student :-. of America." whic h Stc~ff Writl'r applicant may 1101 actual ly expect provitks lo\\L'St ai rfarl':-., a tran.·l­ to he receiving a card in the mail ing s~..· rv i cc and purchase war­ The concept of "spend now hut. once it arrives. it hccomes rantiL'S . Amcrkan E\prc's ofkrs and pay later" has caught the :1 "Student nlch lur \lu­ impossihlc to di sctrd. \ ;1rd" ... attention Of Jllany COil Slllllers dl'nts enrolled in a four~ y\..·ar L'PI­ " I currently have nne s t o r ~..· who lind it easier to make pu r­ lq!L' o r uni\L'r~i t y. credit can.! hut I am loo~inc. mto c..:hases or go on trip~ wit hout c..:on­ t\ 1 thl' l llPiliL'II( of fL' L\.'1\ Jill.! ,I getting a Vi~a card," ~:tid :1 11 tcmplation. Credit card compa­ unidcntilll.·U Columbia ( 'ollL·i.!c L'fL'thl r.1rd. t ilL' burro" 111!~ h ~nu nies arc now targeting that mar­ siUdent. ~ hl'!.!lll\ li\U;llh .It .)-lOU tll: S500. " For Better or keting to a group easily persuad­ hul end quu:J... I} 1,11,.... Card i:-. suer~ .'-ouch as Vi.,a, ,..,...t,~..·' ·' ed hy that philosophy-college the m a:-. :1 r :ull 1..., u:-.t'd \l:ul} Verse, "debuts this week American 1 ::\pre~ ., and s tudents. (11\ll'~ :11\llll'll'llll'lll tll ,\, llltldl ,\\ with poetry from security Mas te rCard ha ve spl'l'ial pro­ Many st u dent ~ tJon 't have .'f,),OOO 1:- ofk!l'd to the cud grams fo r card mcn l hcr~ who arc officers Patricia Ridge steady johs or saviugs. yet they in colkgL'. hold~..-r. and Corporal Defo.rest arc considered to he a lun:llivl.' " r\II L'I h,\\'111 !.! Il l \ \'1~.1 ~o:.11d " Visa's 'ln~ta n t R L·w:1n l ' King market hecause they arc likel y to lo r .1hout ll\t' wcrl' Offers' inc!ULk:-. ~t u dcn t hreaJ...... lfl~llllh-, , the~ carry hig halanccs d ue to undisci­ tlflcllll!! 1111..' :1 t 'lt'tlil lllL' I L'. I ~L' llf with airli n e~ o fkrinc. di,l'lHIIIh pline<] spcn

TIIE CHRONICLE Bittenbinder urges students to take control

Journalism Department Top Chicago cop warns thieves prey on the weak 623 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 802 By Sheryl Tirol Bittenbinder said. "But we can teach our Officer, it happened so fast!" Chicago, Dlinois 60605 Corrtspontknt swimmers how to keep sharks off." A few simple suggestions BiUenbindcr He went on to say that, usually, thieves provided for avoiding victimhood werel­ News desk: On Monday evening of last week, a look for weak people. lowed-move, learn to manage private (312) 663-1600 Ext. 5343 Columbia College work aide was supposed to "You can not be vulnerable because your places and if you be on a nonnal walk home. But along Balbo, body language says a lot about you. Thieves don't like someone on the elevator-get out! Photo desk: between Wabash and State Street, a man dart­ don't want to be physically beaten, identified Follow your instincts. (312) 663-1600 Ext. 5732 ed out of a dark alley under the el tracks, or, obviously, caught by the police," Bittenbinder specifically addressed the grabbed her purse and ran off. Bittenbinder commented. crime carjacking. He said to always drive Ironically, guest speaker Detective J.J. He went on to say that lowering your head with your car doors locked and, if someone Advertising desk: Bittenbinder came and spoke to students when you walk past someone tells a thief does get into your car, to get out- there is no (312) 663-1600 Ext. 5432 about "Street Smarts," a program that teach­ immediately that you are vulnerable. car worth dying for. es techniques on how to avoid being a victim, Bittenbinder advised pedestrians to keep Here are some other pointers Bittenbinder FAX: the next day. Bittenbinder has appeared on their heads up, sweep the area with their face gave that morning: (312) 427-3920 Good Morning America, Oprah, CNN and but never allow their heads to go down, Have an extra set of keys; don't ever let numerous other television shows discussing stressing the importance of body language. a purse be seen in the car or under .the car. e-mail: street safety and awareness. Bittenbinder said that, when a criminal is Keep on walking if you're on the street, Chron96@ interaccess.com Bittenbinder's appearance at Columbia going to strike, between him and the victim don' t let anyone stall you; if a thief was sponsored by the Student Life and the one who is not preoccupied will win. He demands money, keep a money clip and Development office. He spoke about mur­ advised fonning a quick, simple plan because throw the money and give it up. Web page: ders, sexual assaults and car jacking, along there isn't time for a sophisticated one. In real Bittenbinder concluded by saying, http://wwwS.interaccess. the way relating "How Bad Guys pick their life, it is takes only a matter of seconds for a "This is your life and you are responsible com/chronicle victims." crime to be committed. Bittenbender said the for yourself. You don' t have to be a vic­ "I am the lifeguard and we are all swim­ most common phrase police and detecti ves tim." Editor-in-Chief mers and there are sharks out there," get from victims recounting crimes is, " John Henry Biedennan Managing Editor School, students toss environmental issue MemaAyi

News Editor By Rui Kaneya Babyk says. There are three paid department administrative super­ Paich, campus safety coordinator Leon Tripplett Staff Writer positions that have to be filled by visor at Roosevelt University. at Loyola. students to implement the pro­ "We've always been somewhat Loyola's "Bag-it" program, Assistant News Editor In many ways, Columbia gram, but only one position has involved in recycHng. But the which started roughly two years Jason Kravarik College is ·considered a progres­ been filled so far. program has stepped up in the ago, collects any usable materials sive school. The exceptions to "This program is dead in the last two years or so." that will otherwise be thrown out. Features Editor that rule are environmental water," says Babyk. "The college Roosevelt has garbage con­ Loyola's human reso urces Jill Schimelpfenig issues, especially recycling. is willing to pay several more stu­ tainers throughout its building for department sets aside those mate­ Of all· the four-year colleges dents to work with the recycling recycling use. The recyclable rials contributed by -students and Assistant Features Editor and universities in the Chicago program. Until I get that going, I materials are picked up by janito­ donates them to charity organiza-· Michelle DuFour area, Columbia is the only school have no way to judge its effec­ rial crews and taken to a process­ tions. where no recycling program cur­ tiveness." ing plant by private contractors. Some Columbia students Investigative Editor rently exists. Unlike Columbia College, University of· Illinois at seem to be frustrated with the Robert Chiarito Under the direction of Susan other universities in Chicago area Chicago conducts a more exten­ inadequacy of the school's com­ Babyk, assistant to the provost, seem to be keen on environmen­ sive recycling program called mitment to recycling, unlike that Opinion Editor the effort to revive the recycling tal issues. Uicycle. Started at the end of seen at other colleges. Robert Stevenson program is underway. However, "Students are quite conscious 1994, Ulcycle covers over 60 "Recycling system is really an that attempt is being stalled by of this particular. issue," says buildings along with a paper embarrassment to the school," .Photography Editor the lack of student participation, Kennedy Jones.. physical plant recycling program !,hat has col­ says Dan O' Connell, founder of Blair Fredrick lected paper since 1989. Columbia's first official environ­ UIC was awarded a grant of mental club, Environmentalists Web Page Editor Phones, from page 1 $50,000 from the Department of of Columbia Organization. Mark Dascoli phones since October of 1995, but some students s wear Commerce and Community ECO is seeking to promote that the statement is simply not true. Affairs for its recycling program: awareness of environmental dan­ Copy Editors Those of us who merely had to check on the status of a hos­ It was spent, along with the uri­ gers in the society through vari­ Rob England pitalized loved-one have also suffered the consequences of versity's own budget, to purchase eties of activities such as march­ Chuck Jordan the virtually undetected exchange. three trucks that will collect the ing in this year's St. Patrick's Jerry La Buy "In the Torco building, I think I wasted o ver a do llar on a recyclable materials on campus. Day parade. O'Connell maintains James Boozer couple of phones until I fi gured out what was going on," said "Every person who works at however that it is not their goal to music major Otto Castillo. "Then I noticed the Metrocom the university has to empty their solely deal with Columbia's recy­ Advertising Manager label on the phone and I was like 'What is this cheap piece of own trash, instead of having peo­ cling program, which they Amy Pickle crap?' I walked over to the '600 Building' and it was the same ple who feel like it," says Diane believe is the school's responsi­ deal there. Yo u aan dial the phone number you need ... but Beedle, coordinator of Ulcycle. bility. Senior Writers that's it." "A couple of people grumbled, "Every stance that we hear Jason Falkinham The Wabash building, as well, hosts a copious number of but most people are really happy from Columbia College is that that the university is recycling." they want us to volunteer our Danielle Hirsch Metrocom wonders to tempt and tease the voice mail set. "I was waiting for a call from my proctologist's office. I The recycling program at time," says O'Connell. "I think couldn't access my voice mail because the ... phone wouldn't Loyola University also covers all that when they saw ECO started, Staff Writers .buildings on their campus. But its they wanted us to go around and Douglas Arnold let me. I couldn' t contact them before the office closed," said an anonymous marketing major. "Needless to say, I had to pay effort goes beyond the conven­ pick up all the cans. But that's not Roumiana Bankova tional recycling according to Joe the case." Erin Bonillo full-price for my medication." Ann Gabor Perhaps those honest students can find consolation in the Arjumand Hashmi fact that their drug-dealing classmates have a price to pay as Credit, from page 1 dent," said Gloria Andrews, Debt Rui Kaneya well: a one-block walk to the nearest pay pho ne in the El Taco balances too high to pay off Management Advisor in the Eileen Lavalle Loco restaurant. any time soon. In a sur\tey cqn­ Financial Aid Office here at Timothy Matthews After pubic officials as high-profile as Mayor Daley have ducted of fifty Columbia students Columbia. During their last Jeremy Nelson touted non-voice mail accessible phones as a weapon in the regarding the amount of credit semester, students who have Keri Norton War on Drugs, many students are unconvinced that it didn' t cards they posses, 35 owned at taken out school loans must go Edwina Orange play a part in Columbia's decision. least one major credit.card but no through an Exit Interview with Michelle Pocock "If the school thinks they are actually doing their part in more than three. As for store Andrews to discuss repayment of Claudia Rivera drug prevention, they've got another thing coming," said cards, 18 students owned at least all loans and avoid problems that Maria Tacderas Castillo. "Drug dealers can be very enterprising. You don' t one but no more than three and can result in default. Avoiding Kit Wolden have to be a rocket scientist to walk two blocks to find a pay 10 students owned three or more. debt problems for college stu­ Paul Zabratanski pho ne." . "All three of my major credit dents has become a large focus Drug dealers also have eel phones. The extra I 2 cents it cards are maxed out," said one with schools and credit card com­ will cost to make the transaction will most likely not pose as Staff Photographers student. panies. an impediment. Besides, the narcotics industry can be quite Jo Machado More than in any other gener­ Credit card issuers are now profitable. The high returns will no doubt cover the overhead. trying to teach the use of credit. Brian Markiewiscz ation before, this one is weighed Week-long efforts to contact anyone at the MCI subsidiary down by debt. Not only do col­ "We are proposing a· program Lisa Mendez proved futile. An Ameritech spokeswoman said only, lege students become burdened called 'Choices and Decisions' Stacy Morgan "Hmmm. I really don't think I s ho uld talk about that." with credit card debt, they are as an interactive educational pro­ "We as a student body need to come together and petition concerned about a large balance gram to help teach students about Faculty Advisor to get Ameritech's bright, shiny beeper-friendly pay phones from loans used for paying their payments, credit and finance Jim Sulski back in the school," said the unidentified marketing student. education. It seems almost charges," said Cornwell. "To Pagers, voice mail and the technological-like are no longer impossible for college students to begin in the fall we are working 'I'M Chronicle is a student-run news­ the luxuries or necessities of solely the medical profession or avoid debt these days, especially towards having mandatory ses­ dr ug cartels. Despite the impersonal aspects, many people are paper of Columbia College Chicago. with tuition rising almost every sions for all incoming freshme!l dependent on pagers , voice mails and answering machines­ It is published weekly during the year. Although . several scholar­ in order to avoid going into debt. and, considering Columbia is largely a commuter school, our We are working with many school year and distributed on ships are available for students to pay phones play a crucial role in that scenario. · take advantage of, colleges are schools on this." Mondays. Views expressed in this "Someday we're going to reach a high-speed, 'Star Trek' assigning a greater share of newspaper are 1101 necessarily those level of communication," said Castillo. "Columbia better get financial aid packages to loans. of the Journalism Deparunent or the with the program." "A $3S,OOO loan is the highest college. I am aware of for a Columbia stu- March 3 ,- 1997 NEWS 3 N-ewsletter launched at dorm By Arjumand Hashmi "It's provided for the students to express themselves and Staff Writer its open to them. If the submitted material is acceptable then we will print it for them," said Graduate Assistant Emily Administrators at the Columbia College Residence Duff · Center on South Plymouth Court have long been dubbing The format of the newsletter is free. The disclaimer says the dorms a "community." To help establish this setting the newsletter is designed to cover residence center news, they' ve started publication of a new newsletter entitled "The issues, information anc! problems. Columbia Community Newsletter." Their main goal is basically to voice the opinions of the "It will never be called a 'dorm,' or just a mere residence students in the residence. The staff of the newsletter encour­ With center. Now, the Columbia College Residence Center is a ages students to submit their positive thoughts as well as community of residents living together in a learning envi­ their comments on problem areas. There is space available Kttueliles V8R Chueliler ronment," said Daniel Betts, Director of Residence Life, in for columns and a poetry. John Henry Biederman the first newsletter. Although, the newsletter does go through an editorial In keeping with the spirit of promoting a community board, Betts says that he doesn't censor issues that students Knuckles, you dodo, environment the Residence Assistants (RAs) are now send. "I don't take out things that the students write in . We'll referred to as a Community Assistant (CAs). take a look at the issues or policies," said Betts. get out of my photo! According to CA and co-editor Symon Ogeto, he feels He continued to say that he would personally follow up that Columbia College includes everybody, but many people with the individual students and hear them out. hope you don't mind that this column today's, a don't know about the residence center. "This newsletter is a According to the staff, the comments, suggestions and poem with meter and timing, communicative tool which gives the residence center an concerns will not go unheard. A copy of the newsletter is llBut Knuckles hit me so damn hard in the head, opportunity to write what they want to write," Ogeto said. sent to the president, provost and to the dean of students. now I just cannot stop rhyming! The newsletter serves as a bulletin board for the resi­ "I think we are doing a good job! The newsletter goes truly bizarre-and real tough to exJ7ta·m--t,nts dence center students that is both up to date and informative. through enough channels, the proper corrections are made. I stumped a good medic, The articles are about news and upcoming events around like to see students take advantage of this opportunity," said Knuckles hit me at some other cmce--ucsc.eaa campus. Betts. waxing poetic! "This just can't go on!" KNuc K LEs CHUCKLER SAYS. I don 't know what happened to scramble New class dives into Atlantic world but/think I'm doing just fine, if you don 'tlike it, got four words for you, you By Sheryl Tirol The effects of voluntary and forced The format seems to work. This column is mine! Staff Writer migration on the development of racial Although the class is in the evening all the crazy ailments to come down with consciousness, capital markets and and has a relaxed atmosphere, students hit in the head with a computer monitor, It's 6:20 p.m. on a Monday evening social class are but a few examples of are attentive and in a learning mode. to pick this ... this Slim Whitman junk!" and, within ten minutes, room D on the the topics this class discusses. With a wide-window view of Grant I THINK KNUCKLES MEANT TO. SAY WAL. second floor of the the 600 South "I don't want my students to think Park, street lights and cars passing out­ Michigan Building is quickly starting the way I think," Graham said. "I want side, it would be easy for thoughts to to fill with people. Unlike many them to be able to learn how to process drift, but students seem pleased with Columbia classes, this is not one where the information and think on their own. · Graham's way. the students seem to pick their own I prefer talking to the class and not lec­ "I have a better understanding of ar.:c ... usE 1 starting time. But this is not an average turing." what slavery was and why it hap­ class; it's Topics in History: Atlantic Unlike many classes, with tradition­ pened," said senior Carissa Gillespie. Studies; Race, Color and Culture. The al desks and chaits facing one direc­ "J've learned about the Capitalistic and R, BUCKLES, LAS T WEEK•• • class is taught by Dr. Glen Graham, tion, the format in this class is a round­ financial side. Dr. Graham is down to What 's this talk of Nipsy, my foul evil twin? He isn who also teaches the Freshman table discussion. That way, students earth and he tells it like it is." at this paper, Seminar program. can interact while looking directly at "I think the class is very intriguing," all this confusion that's all that we need. is Atlantic Studies examines interac­ each other. Graham also believes that said student David DiGangi. "It's not crude caper. tion among peoples of the Atlantic humor should play a part in teaching, traditional but it's thought-provoking have to get somebody else running things World: Africa, the Americas and especially for those "hard to learn top­ and I really like that. [It's] a better way Robert Freeze won't do!" Europe. ics." O f learning." KNUCKLES MEANT ROBERT FROST. "It's a new class that was developed "I think it [this format] also is What does Graham hope to accom- Now listen here, Knuckles, you fascist uu,,.e<

1---:-:.··-----·c· · but you must Hnd a ftU-In, at you stop playing the idiot's Ogden Nash. 'Til do it1" I'm sorry there Knuckles. but you have been from penning your dreck in this column Last year you took "How's Your Steak" right down hill, as if page th ree here was a slalom. U G H! THE R H YMES ARE GETTING UGLY. "What about Nipsy?" Nipsy is evil, a crude m /len sort I'll only let/rim write here as last resort! "My sister Buckles! She once attended the Berwyn for Cheese Log Design and Column Writing'" I sure wish t!ratl!rad more options, more choices For all ofyo u characters !rave 11111ball voices! "That's why you need more characters!" /wish all you puppets would banish. say "bye," lillie experiment has gone awry· Beyond this here column now grou.·ing /row will/ pass classes? !row will / get it to a liberal to worry

By Sue Ter Maat "We were taught in school to think of and carcinogens (cancer causing agents). multiplying, but tobacco is an extremely Corre.tpondent the damaged lungs to be like the clastic the cilia, coated with the mucus, traps the potent carcinogen," said Dr. AI Benson a around the waist of an old. worn out pair of undesirable substances and directs them cancer specialist and faculty member at If you ever had to walk up the stairwells underwear; once they' ve been stretched up toward the mouth where a person either Northwestern Medical School. of the Toren Building or passed outs1de out of shape. no mallcr what you do, you swallows it or spits it out. Medical studies Despite reading the negative conse­ 600 S. Mich1gan around noon. you may can never get 1t back." said Slranc. show that prolonged cigarette smokmg quences of smoking in newspapers and have noticed that many Columbia College With the Irreversible Joss of thiS elastiC paralyzes the cilia . Therefore. everything magazines, many Columbia students said students smoke. nature. people with emphysema can not that smokers should expel from the lungs that they still cannot quit smoking even ''I've been smoking for ten years, and I exhale properly, leaving air inside the stays there. The lungs. not designed to though they may want to do so. don't think I' ll ever quit," sa1d Soo Chun. lungs. Therefore, when people with this combat cenain bacteria and viruses. can­ ''I've tried to quit twice.'' commented 25. a freshman majoring in film and video. condition try to inhale, they become not defend the body as easily so smokers Jun-hak Cha, 25, a j unior majoring in All of the Columl>ia College student> hyperinOated because of the excess air usually experience more lung infections media management. "I know I can'tjog for interviewed who smoke said that smoking trapped inside their bodies. Also, due to such as pneumonia and infectious bronchi­ a long time and it's due to smoking, but it's was bad for them: however few knew the lung tissue destruction caused by years tis than nonsmokers. really hard to quit especially when things exactly how smoke from cigarelles of smoking, less oxygen gets into the In response to all the undesirable mate­ get stressful." destroys their lungs. bloodstream of people suffering from rial now lodged in the lungs, the mucus Although many treatments are available "If they only knew what it really did, emphysema. cells stan to enlarge and multiply at an such as the nicotine patch and nicotine they would never smoke again," said Lisa "Most of my patients suffer not only accelerated rate. With more mucus cells gum, many health professionals believe Stranc, a 2R-year-old Northwestern med­ from the physical problems caused by working over time, more mucus gets th'at people may fail to quit because these ical student and an ex-smoker. Stranc tried emphysema but from the psychological trapped in the lungs where a person has to treatments do not address the psychologi­ to kick her I 0 year, 2 pack a day habit ones as well," said Dr. Tom Corbridge, physical cough it up to clear an air pas­ cal factors involved with smoking. many times, but said that she could not dirc;ctor of the Medical Intensive Care Unit sage. "When I hear people say that they want until she went to medical school and at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and a "lr's a rather dramatic process," said to quit and are not able to, that tells me that learned the exact mechanism of lu ng lung disease specialist. "It's such a heroic Stranc, "The lungs are inflamed and high­ they cannot do it alone. They need to join destruction caused hy smoking. effort for these people just to get around ly irritated. You're basically coughing up a a suppon group of some kind and taltc to Medical doctors link three basic lung they tend not to got out anymore. They thick mucus full of pus." people going through the same problems diseases to smoking: e mphysema, chronic lose friends and become depressed." Lung cancer, the most deadly and well as they are," said Benson. bronchitis and lung cancer. Usually, Chronic bronchitis, the other compo­ known of the lung diseases, can be direct­ The good news for young people who emphysema and chronic bronchitis present nent of COPD, creates a situation where ly related to smoking in numerous docu­ smoke and do manage to quit is that usual­ themselves together e ncompassing a con­ smokers experience frequent coughing mented studies done all over the world. ly people diagnosed with emphysema, dition called chronic obstructi ve pul­ spells and the need to clear their throats of Around ninety percent of those diagnosed chronic bronchitis and lung cancer have monary disease (known as COPD to those mucus build up. Specialized cells embed­ with lung cancer arc smokers. smoked at least one pack of cigarettes for familiar with lung di seases). Researchers ded in the lung tissue produce a thick, "We arc constantly making abnormal about thiny years or more. studying COPD found that over time sticky mucus. Also lining the lungs are cells that can lead to cancer but the body's "A person in their twenties who has smoking dissolves the spongy tissue of the hair-like structures called cilia that pro­ defenses can destroy them. We are not sure smoked everyday for about ten years and lung. causing it to lose elasticity. duce an upward, waving motion. When a exactly why one day the body cannot over­ quits today, has a trivial chance of getting person breathes in bacteria, like pollutants come these cancer cells and they just keep a lung disease," Corbridge stated. An interview with Jay Allen Truth EN Action By Tim Mathews Staff Writer guides the spirit Tim: Not many people can make that statement. At 27-years-old, Jay Allen (program director of 106 You seen like you spread a lot of happiness. Jamz) has done more in fi ve years what most people to do in a decade or two. I had a chance to talk with Jay Jay: I try to be there for everybody when I can. I'm about hi s coming up in radio, school, and life and I a fair person. I try to project a Jove and a trust through By Erin M . Bonillo ual 's spirituality. We promote must say, if you' re in the entenainment fi eld, Jay is, Jamz. The results have gave us the highest ratings ever Staff Writer 'one on one' spirituality. How someone you bellcr know or you' ll wish you had! in' the history of this station. We're the youngest radio you interpret the performance, station in Chicago. We only possess v, a signal and Their intent faces painted and it's message, is what Tim: Chicago felt a major loss when Isadore have the recognition of our competitors. We're #2 in white, bodies dressed in full makes your experience Pink (a. k. a. Pink House) departed from our lives our demographics. We'd give WGCI a run for their black, they came to Columbia unique." late last year. With him being your standout disc money if we had a full signal. with a message. Meet Truth As I sat back in the audi­ jockey, what was it like for you? En Action. e nce, I waited semi-anxious­ Tim: (In a country voice) Gonna have them look­ Confronti ng issues of today ly ...certain that the big Jay: We met in college because of our local radio ing over their shoulder, huh? through the performing arts is "preaching" was right around battles with him doi ng WKKC and myself at what this seventeen-member the comer. Instead, the visual WCRX. I was more of an RIB person and Pink Jay: (Laughing) Yeah. This will definitely be an team is all about. For over an performances j!'st kept right helped me to Jearn about Hip-hop. It .------,.. interesting year. I'm sure we' re going to hour, the group performed on tugging at issues facing was just so much stuff going on. make some noise in Chicago this year and dance, mime, comedic skits everyone at some point in their We went out for lunch everyday we're looking forward to it. I really don't and music to express the lives. The simplicity of con­ with record people because I always look at what I do is work. I get paid to have importance of morals, truth cepts and the way they were wanted him to converse with them a ball. I enjoy what I do. I get up in the and spirituality. presented made Truth En about some of the joints he played of morning and I look forward to going to "People take in ideas visu­ Action truly powerful. It was­ theirs on his show. work. Every day is an adventure. You meet ally," said lead member Diane n' t the "shove down your Part of my career is dedicated to a lot of unique people. Now that I'm com­ J. Bell. "If they can see the . throat" ministry I expected. Pink. We always talked about taking ing up in the ranks. I'm getting exposed to a truth, and feel the message we The vitality and youth ol Jamz to the next level and that time is lot more. My boss, Don Moore, he's been are expressing, thev are more the performers (their ages now. There isn't a day that goes by like a good mentor to me, trying to teach me likely to understand what we range !rom 6 mto the mid-20s) that I don' t think about that man. the business aspect of radio. He reali zes that are communicating." help make Truth En Action people like myself and the rest of the crew The performance consisted role models to young people. Tim: Jle's always here in spirit at Jamz are the future. Don has been very of seven shon scenes that "Youth need a core of val­ Jay. What was it like growing up as good at sharing his knowledge to help us focused on such issues as ues to live by," Trotter asserts, Jay Allen ? move on to the next level. gangs, teenage pregnancy, 'This is not an easy world for drugs, dreams,' morals and young people today. If our Jay: My life has been like a sto­ Tim: W ho's the one person that gave warfare between different reli­ message can hit a nerve with rybook. I've been pretty bl essed all Photo by Stacy "!organ you the j umpstart that you needed? gions. They used mime to por­ someone, then we have suc­ my life. My pare nts have always Jay Allen, progam d1rector tray all the emotions and inter­ ceeded." bee n the re for me in full support of at WEJ M-106jamz jay: Barry Mayo. He is the former nal turmoil these issues create Truth En Action performs what I wanted to do with my life. owner of this company. At that time the in lives and then explored out­ any place they are welcome, At first, whe n I brought the prospect of being a company was called BPI, which stands for Broadcast lets to resolve those inner con­ from churches to prisons. OJ, they thought I was crazy. I looked at a lot of Programmers Incorporated. He was responsible for flicts. They believe their unspoken schools a nd Columbia seemed to be the best thing creating WGCI and WVAZ. He's a 44-year-old mil­ One particular scene that message will cross boundaries for me. What made that decis ion so good was thai it lionaire who was a Howard graduate. He 's~ very good was especially moving that traditional ministering was right here in my hometown. My friends a ll went friend of mine. At times I say to myself I want to be focused on the theme of using will not. away for schoo l, so when I started at Columbia I just like Barry. He sold the company and retired. He's spirituality to see beyond peo­ "People usually cry when didn' t know anyone. That was kind of good for me accomplished so much at such a young age. Don' t have ple's "labels" and stereotypes. we perform," Diane Bell said. because I didn' t have any distractions to hold me a bit of gray hair. The guy is so full of energy and Judging by the tears and "Sometimes individuals are down. knowledge. I read a lot about him when I was at emotion felt by the small afraid of religion because ol Plus, I've always been the type to keep to myself Columbia. I never thought I'd have the opponunity to Columbia audience that gath­ all the rules involved. We want anyway. Soon as I got to Columbia I just dove ri ght meet with him or even work with him for that matter. I ered at Ferguson Theatre on to show people that a relation­ in . My time at Columbia were the best years of my was in a position when I was with 950 am. John H. Feb. 2 1, it seems that Truth En ship with God is a individual life. Columbia was fun, I learned a lot, and people Johnson, the owner of the station, became a good Action was successful at com­ spiritual experience and that it were good to me. friend of mine too. Barry was buying the station from municating their message. The should be positive and I came in there wanting to be the next Tom him. Usually, when radio stations get bought people audience's perception and empowering. People see that Joyner and all of a sudden I became inte rested in the are let go, starting right at the top. I don't know what it interpretation of the produc­ in our performances and it is different compartments of radio, such as program­ was but Barry wanted to meet me. His fi rst words in tion was individual, as each encouraging." ming, promotions and sales. our conversation was "You were the first person I was scene addressed different Truth En Action was an I learned how to use the music selector system. going to fire."After we talked for a while he realized issues in people's lives. impressive approach to intro­ Columbia prepared me to get started in the business. that I was a young man eager to learn and I just need­ "That's the key," said mem­ ducing values and spirituality I have a woman that's been in my corner since col­ ed some polishing. He gave me the opponunity and the ber Tony Trotter, "We are not to audiences, relying on cre­ lege and we've just got e ngaged Frid ay. If I died rest is history. He's always been there in my comer affiliated with a particular reli­ ative visual performances to now I'd be a happy man. giving me guidance. I got a lot of love for that man. gion. 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Columbia College adrruts students without regard 10 age. race. color. creed. sex. 1ebgion. handicap. disability. sexual orientation, and nauonal or ethnic ong111 March 3, l997 FEATURES 7 'Ivanov' relates inner-most feelings

By Kit Wolden trapped and unhappy. Nikolai Ivanov is a man with Pasha, a wealthy landowner and friend, tries to Staff writer many problems. There are many people who con­ understand what Nikolai is so upset about. Pasha even tribute to his feelings of worthlessness and self-doubt. goes as far as lending Nikolai money at the cost of his The lights go down and a hush grows over the small And there is the guilt that he feels because of his own relationship with his penny-pinching wife. Then crowd. A few minutes pass and the lights slowly return. wife's strained relationship with her family. there is Pasha's daughter, Alexandra, a young idealistic A small stage appears through the dim lights expertly Anna Petrovna, born Sarah Abramson, gave up woman, who thinks her love can change Nikolai. decorated with wicker chairs and a backdrop of clever­ everything for the man she loved and got nothing in These complex and emotional relationships are the ly placed curtains. return but a sickness that effects more than her health. hardest for Nikolai to deal with. It is these complexities A man. reads quietly at the table. In walks a younger Nikolai's distant realative, Misha, manages his estate that ultimately bring his down fall. man, a distant relative, who wants to talk to Nicolai and has to make sacrifices in order to keep it running. "I thought the play was good." said Scott Stadig, a lva~ov, a JJ<:rmanent member of the county council and But he has big ideas and expects that everyone should member of the audience. "The set was cool." an Impoven shed landowner who doesn't want to listen listen and follow his advice. The set and costumes were designed by student to him because he has enough problems of his own. Then there is the Count, Nikolai's uncle, who feels Christopher Wren and former student Kristie Jodlowski So begins Columbia College's Theater and Music his best years have passed him by. He stays home with respectively. "The play opens this Wednesday and Departments' presentation of Chekhov's "lvanov"-A Anna to keep her ~ompany and watch over her so Thursday," said Susan Padveen, Director of Audience Russian play set in the late 1880's that still has rele- Nikolai doesn't have to feel guilty about leaving her Development, "and we expect a good tum out." vance in today's world. ' alone . . "It was a play I wanted to work on for a long time," The doctor who cares for Anna seems to be jealous "Ivanov" performances start Feb. 26 and run said Sheldon Patmkm, director. "I decided it was time of the Jove that Anna has for Nikolai. He stays with through March 6 at the New Studio Theatre, 72 East to do it." Anna to keep her company and all the while he reminds lith Street. Tickets are $2. For more information or Many people can relate to Nikolai's feelings of being Nikolai how wwwwwsickly his wife has become. reservations call (312) 663-1600 ext. 6126. line, commits suicide. An insider's war The story's narrator is continuously haunted by the fear of draft. "Who could have possibly thought that I was not afraid?" he tells us. By Rui Kaneya Staff writer "More and more people were being sucked into that whirlpool. One day, I thought, they would bang IN THE HOLD on my door as well, and then my knees, like those By Vkulimir Arsenijevic of so many others in recent months." Trans/oJion by Celia Hawkesworth By Sandra K. Taylor whatever that means. 128 pp. New York: The sense of powerlessne.ss and confusion rests Fashion Writer A woman can exert the Alfred A. Knopf $20 underneath the author's bright humor dispersed power of womanliness, act fri v­ throughout the book. The tone is ironic, and it offers Despite what most fashion olous Uust a little) and flirt bet­ During the last months of 1991 , an unnamed nar­ us the insight into the reality of a war that is uncov­ writers claim, the dress has ter in a dress (like Sharon Stone rator takes us through his life in war-afflicted Serbia ered by the network news.Lying on the bed as the never gone anywhere. did in "Basic Instincts"). within the pages of Vladimir Arsenijevic's In The birth of their child approaches, "a kind of According to an article written Regardless of fashion promot­ Hold (Alfred A. Knopf; 128 pages;· $20). psycho-twilight materialized above us; a dense, in the February edition of ers hyping the dress issue, it's doughty mass covered us, and we felt as though we Bazaar magazine, "Fashion wonderful to know that women It is a wonderfully sensitive story that tells what were .in the hold of a ship, condemned to play the Flash:The Dress," the dress had have the choice of going into a it means to live during the war that, with every arti­ role of culprit it for all the world's sufferings." become an unnecessary item. retail store and picking a great cle, commentary and analysis, had become twisted Women can look into dress. and deformed in the Western media. It is not the self-pitying war novel that the author their closet and all Louis Feraud is a is trying to create. But it is a genuine tale of the they will find are designer whose The story focuses on the young narrator, a man young who refuses to be torn apart despite the cyn­ pants, sweaters fashions are who is awaiting the birth of his first child with his icism of many who have shut down themselves in and shirts, beautiful and former drug-dealer wife, Angela. During this preg­ the face of chaos. but not one feminine. nancy he learns the tragic and mind-numbing news dress? His fash- that the Serbs and Croats, and many of his friends The soft-spoken voice of Vladimir Arsenijevic, Yeah and relatives, have gone to war with each other. the youngest recipient of the NIN Prize (his coun­ right! "All too often, not even a full month would have try's highest literary award), is similar to the mix of passed since the last of the deaths when here was a the two distinct styles of Generation X writers and new victim hovering over our heads for a moment . Vietnam-era American war corr;spondents. and then vanishing forever." Beautifully translated from Serbo-Croatian by Among the narrators friends and relatives are his Celia Hawkesworth, Arsenijevic's wise novel not Zenned-out brother-in-Jaw, Lazar, who is drafted only portrays a generation of Yugoslav youth, but into the Yugoslav National Army, surrendering to also witnesses the demoralizing war that was hor­ the seduction of "a childish cowboys-and-Indians rendously brought on to the people in the Balkans perception of the Serbo-Croat mutual slaughter." by a few nationalistic thugs. It is a work that is rare, He is killed shortly thereafter, as is his best friend, compassionate, strong, brutal, tragic, moving and Dejan, who, after losing his right arm at the front worthy of being read. Romance reveals harsh political truth Director Mort Ransen's latest film tells the sad tale of a couple whose lives are devastated by inhumane working conditions. By Melissa Thornley and washes dishes to survive. Ignoring her bitter Corresponent mother as she rants and raves warnings, Margaret marries Neil and together they build a women." Margaret MacNeill vows she' ll never marry a beautiful house on the ocean's shore. Women H i s miner. But in a small mining town in Nova The honeymoon ends quickly, however, on the d esig ns Scotia, there is nothing else. The mine is every­ when Neil loses his dishwashing job and is West Coast seek to be thing to· everyone: no one survives without it, forced back into the mine. have always "Always in even when survival comes at great costs. At last October's Chicago International Film preferred fashion, but "Margaret's Museum," directed by Mort Festival, Ransen discussed his fascination with dresses over never a slave to Ransen, explores the community that lives and the real life miners and their survivors. He sees pants, but keep in short-Jived fashion dies at the hands of the coal mine. the story as a political one: "the bottom line vs. mind that West Coast trends," he said. Feraud More than an expose on the coal mining humanity and human life." women are body-conscience. believes that many couturiers industry, "Margaret's Museum" is a remarkable Rather than just a moral tale of oppressed They love showing off their try to impose overdone cre­ story of romance and family. Margaret (Helena workers against the all-bad, all-mighty compa­ Tina 1\Jrner legs. ations on women. Bonham Carter) has lost both her father and ny, Ransen decided that "the romance would tell In the Midwest and on the "Real fashion is something brother to the greedy man-eating coal mine. the political tale." East Coast, women have to don women should live with com­ Working in the town hospital, she's plagued Although they take place on opposite shores, pant-and do we have to be told fortably," he explains. "Its by the sirens that announce the incoming dam­ "Margaret's Museum" feels strikingly similar to why? According to the Bazaar excellence should be such that it aged and dead. At home Margaret and her moth­ Lars von Trier's amazing "Breaking the Waves" article, the little dress is being increases the wearing enjoy­ er (Kate Nelligan) struggle to keep little Jimmie (which also debuted at the 1996 Chicago (Craig Olejnik) out of the coal mines and International Film Festival). Both films are set ~efined for an audience who ment for its owner." Now that's has discounted the item as the fashion truth and, like style, Grandfather (Peter Boretski) alive as he drowns in rural communities and posess phenomenal female characters that survive tragedies by using "nonutilitarian and out mode," dresses are forever." in his coal-stained lungs. Margaret lives her life just a thumbnail extreme measures: Most importantly, both use a beyond total despair. The despair seems to van­ romance to tell a story that's bigger and more ish, however, when Margaret meets Neil (Clive powerful than the audience could ever expect. Russell), a former miner that plays the bagpipes 8 OPINION M a r .c h 3 , 1 9 9 7

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everyone-white, black, advice. Second, I guess you must I guess I should explain some­ A Male-bash­ Hispanic, Asian and anyone I resort to mindless drivel in an thing. The person that is writing Imposter didn't mention-needs to stop attempt to make me look bad the letters to the Chronicle is my ing mini-mani­ and listen to themselves. We all because you can't match me in a friend. He ["Silent Bob"] attends among the need to teach the younger gener­ battle of wits. As a matter of fact, Columbia and is not to [SIC] festo ation that insulting one another is I doubt that you could outwit fond of the articles in your paper. Paparazzi not OK. anyone with an IQ that's larger Even though I go to DePaul, I I am so sick and tired of men By the way, in my educational than their shoe size. To be quite have read them though ... and, Upon Hours of searching who are too macho to ask for experience I have been the "bad frank, I could write a better col­ well, what can [I) say. I under­ this thing called the "Web" I directions and then blame their guy" for my color many times. umn than you in my sleep. Why stand that writing for a newspa­ have unearthed a rare photo of gi rlfriends/wives/significant oth· The problem is that it was for don't you stop trying to be funny per can be a tough thing to do [?]. the "How's your Meathead" at ers for their mistakes. speaking the truth. with your lame ass act and try I can see where the struggle can his favorite Charity organiza· Ley/a "ltty·Bitty" being journalist. Once again, get come into play. The issues that tion! The annual meeting of Via the Chronicle :v e-mail Via the Chronicle's e-mail a dollar, buy a fucking clue. You the articles are trying to address the Gene Simmons Lesbian don't have enough class to smoke are valid, but I don't think they Fanclub! See for yourself! Leyla: Do we sense a spurned ttty·Bitty: We weren' t talking anything better than a Swisher do it well. They seem to be more lover here? Or do you ask for about the size of your IQ. (Guess Sweet, so leave the Macanudoes along of the lines of a "youth in directions because, as a it'll take you two more wuks to to us big boys. angst" theme. The replies to the woman, YOU CAN'T READ A SIM· figure It out now!) We, too, Love, letters that my friend has sent that PLE MAP! Hey, you started the regret that It's okay to Insult "Silent Bob" get published are also pretty bad. stereotyping! Anyway, the one's self-which you've just so Via e-mail Telling someone to watch out for males here at the Chronicle had aptly proved! And tears came to PS Once again, a terrible column. the fuzzy wookic doll is not a fabulous, touching, sensitive our eyes reading your John Maybe you should write to the exactly a response to put in a response for you but... well , the Lennon•sque remarks on race­ convict in Arizona for journalis­ paper. Comments like those do women up here kept changing until we read the ~angry white tic advice. nothing to add to the repectabili­ their minds about some of the boy" comment you so eloquent· ty and credibility of your paper. phrases to use and ...-Eds . ly closed wlth.-Eds. Readers please note: The above If you would like me to write writer: AI Boasts of sexual and a[n) article for you, just give me literary talents while· B) conve­ and topic and I'll give it a shot at An 'ltty-bitty' niently refusing to reveal his journalism (even though [I] 'm a real Identity all because he's Cl psychology major). I apologize Response Silent Bob inordinately angry over a silly, for his harshness ... he can be Inconsequential newspaper col­ brash sometimes. "Nipsy" To the Chronicle Staff: Babbles Again umn. Is anybody from the FBI Bob Via the Chronicle's e-mail They do not call me ltty-Bitty paying attention here?-Eds. for my lack of intelligence. I did Well, Mr. Biederman, you So ~ silent Bob" Is your ~Nipsy"-You're not Nlpsy. The not mean that I wanted to or even have truly shined again. I thought frlend?Hmm. You need to get ~rea)• Nlpsy (we're humoring enjoy hearing the all famous your sincere and totally honest Two Bobs don't out more. But we have learned Biederman) claims he had n-word. What I meant is simply reply to my previous letter something from your letter-did• nothing to do with thl....and has this: Why is it OK to insult your­ SUCKED! First of all , unlike make a point n't know DePaul had a grade an alibi. So, you're not Imper­ self but no one else can? I am you, I don't need a blow-up doll school before. We'd comment sonating Biederman (which proudly Polish-American- [ hate when I'm looking "to get some. I Dear Robert [Stevenson­ further on your letter but... well, would be frightening enough) the word Polack. I'm sure an guess you must be into dolls, Opinion Editor]: we honestly don't have a clue as but Biederman' s CHARACTER ... Italian-American hates "Dago". because you' II never get a [Sent as a reply to Silent Bob's to what your paint is.-~ds. This Is the wrong forum far the The truth of the matter is that woman foll owing Merna's above letter] kind of help you need.-Eds.

"Ah yes, well, you see the thing is, I live in Skokie." "You live in Skokie, and you go to Columbia?" A Day "Yes, I'm, uh, very committed." "Hmm, well, my caller I. D. indicated you're calling from the 312 area code, so you must be in town for a visit or something huh?" In Busted. "Uh... well I'll be a monkeys uncle! You're right! I am in town for a visit; I'd completely forgotten!" The "I'm sure; we'll see you soon, Mr. Walters." Ohhell.

So you head out at9:20 AM into the "brisk" Chicago morning (In Life ... fact, it is cold enough to freeze the balls off a snowman) and iurive Sam Walters shortly at Columbia College where you discover, of course, that you have no class, nor anything else to do, nor any money to do it with.

You migrate to the "Hoarkin" with the intention of regaining as Monday, 9 a.m.; school has begun anew. School has begun anew much sleep as you can, but your napping plans are thoroughly foi led for some, anyway, as for whether or not that applies to you, you by a performance art major rustling around the room in a newspaper body suit. He or she is frolicking about, picking up and playing with don' t know because you've lost your class schedule and your large­ an assortment of objects in a seemingly pointless and random fash­ ly corroded brain, still pickled in alcohol from last night's revelry, is mis-sparking even more than usual. ion, which surely has some greater metaphorical subtext at its core and isn't just a bunch of ill-conceived twaddle. What to do, what to do? This stirring display of genius is accompanied by an electronic And then a thought comes! A severely hobbled, pathetically dis­ sound scape, replete with pulsing quasars, and broadcast at a terrify­ figured thought that has pulled itself half-formed from the primor­ ing volume through the "Hoarkin" sound system, with some of the dial bog-mire of your cerebrum, yes, but a thought nonetheless! speakers shuddering and then erupting in flame from the sheer Why not call the school? I'm sure the nice people in records would wattage demands being made on them. Plaster is cascading from the be more than happy to look your schedule up and parley it to you ceiling, cracks are running the length of the walls and people are over the phone. bolting screaming from the cafe stanching nose bleeds. So jarring is this bold sonic statement, this fresh dimension in stereo, this sound "Records." oftwo.moog's fucking, that it is everything you can do to keep from "Hello? Oh hi , uh, I lost my schedule and was wondering if you having an aneurysm or suddenly becoming wildly and explosively could check on your computers to see wether or not I have a class incontinent as a result of having your synapses blown out. this morning." Having suffered major brain trauma, you teeter, smoke pouring "No." from your eye sockets, out onto the street, eventually stumbling aim­ "Er, why not?" lessly into the "Harrison" where you sit huddled in a comer, drool­ 'There's a line here. It'll be easier for you to just come in and ing, shivering, mumbling incoherently to yourself, nursing a cup of have us print one up for you." toilet silt masquerading as coffee and waiting expectantly for the No it wouldn't, that's why I'm calling. onsel of food poisoning. March 3, 1997 EDITORIAL 9 This s·t off Is from This Staff

Bob Chiarito Robert Stevenson

E-mail still a dream What is the truth? hile just about every col­ o you solemnly swear to lege in America provides tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth? free e-mail accounts for D W Wait! Before you answer this their students, Columbia is still question, consider this: trapped in the stone age. "Every truth passes through three It is true that there are computer stages before it is recognized. In the labs on campus that allow students to first it is ridiculed, in the second it is log on to the Internet and that e-mail opposed, in the third is regarded as accounts are provided to faculty mem­ Reach out and touch who? self-evident. "-Arthur Schopenhauer bers. But, as usual, Columbia students I think Art has something there. are getting the short end of the stick. Telling the truth is much harder than you may think, even though every­ Last week I was looking through n many ways, Columbia College Chicago dwells on the cutting edge of sci­ one is raised to be responsible and some old issues of the Chronicle, tell the truth. searching for anything that resembled ence and technology. . Let's expand on these stages. journalism, when I found a Nov. 6 I Stage one, ridicule: 1995 story I wrote about Internet Our phone systems are a glaring exception. Some just say "I don't remember access at Columbia. I began reading seeing that happen." While the hon­ through the article, which seemed only You'd have to pay somebody-good money, mind you-to say anything good orable say, "Yes, it did happen and I to be about Columbia regaining about the voice mail system for the college's office phones, but that's a matter for saw it." Internet access after the college's serv­ another time and forum. What does concern us now is the state of the pay phones Once this is said, watch out, no one may trust you again. er was stolen in September 1995. at the College. Think about it. If you're the whis­ Since most Columbia students proba­ As related in Maria Tacderas' front-page story, many of the pay phones in tle-blower at work, do your peers say bly aren't aware, a server is a master Columbia buildings belong in some other age. Non-voice mail accessible phones, "Good job" and "That took guts to computer that links files and informa­ come forward." tion to other computers, or Internet in an age when most everyone has a pager, voice mail or, at the very least, an Those arc not the things you hear. users. answering machine at home. Non-voice mail accessible telephones at the ultimate Let's trx "back stabber," "ass­ After reading on, it hit me like a in commuter schools? Non-voice mail accessible phones at a school where large hole," "rat, · "fink" and things of that nature. You know, the names that pigeon bomb on lower Wacker Drive. portions of the student body have jobs, fami lies, friends and significant others they But it wasn't bird crap, it was more make you feel real good for doi ng the right thing. Although a few wilf and talk from a Columbia staff member. It could hear from, on important matters, at any time? There's one word to describe this scenario: Ridiculous. Okay, it's the best word do think you have done the correct always seems that members of and honorable thing. Columbia's staff and administration we can think of at this time and still a remarkable understatement. Being ridiculed is probably the are quick to announce a plan to make We believe that any way you arrange, state or manipulate the facts involved hardest part of telling the truth. everyone happy. What they can't do is here, non-voice mail accessible phones are nothing more than a sham where drug­ Could you stand being treated that way day after day? live up to their word. deal prevention is concerned. And Traci Cargo, assistant to the vice president of Specifically, Columbia's Computer Dunng Harry S. Truman's presi­ Services Librarian Gary Phillips, the finance at Columbia, seems to agree. Cargo told us that the reason for installing dency a popular slogan was 'Give this good-as-antiquated phones was money, that Ameritech and Sheffield Systems, 'em hell, Harry." Truman said, "I person who runs the school's Internet don't give them hell. I just tell the server, was responding to my question providers of the voice-mail accessible phones, did not provide us a cut of the truth and they think it is hell?" which asked if Columbia students money they made from them. Sounds like the second stage, would ever get e-mail accounts. He Columbia College Chicago saw no other alternative than to switch phone com­ opposition. Opposition isn't neces­ responded by saying "Undoubtedly, sarily a bad thmg. getting both sides that day will come, but it may take panies? This institution could do nothing else to rectify that situation? This insti­ to the story is the way to find truth. another year." tution-with thousands of students feeding coins into them, most of whom have But, when people have closed minds That quote ran in the Chronicle on entered this age of pagers and voice mails out of necessity? and put too much emphasis in rela­ tionships, not the facts, the truth Nov. 6 1995, more than 14 months Something doesn't sound right to us about these facts. So, if you are a student becomes unimportant to them. ago. While Phi llips is not the sole rea­ or faculty member who has entered the technological age and could use some I don't mean to say that feelings son students don't have e-mail voice mail-accessible phones at the college you spend so much time at, why don't should be ignored. but when some­ accounts, he was speaking for the thing is wrong. feelings should be set College. you speak up? aside to consoder what is true. Geoffrey Goldbogen, chairman of People opposed many things that Columbia's Academic Computing were later proven true. Just look to Department, was also quoted in the the past. article, saying that he " ... Can't wait Galileo Galilei, a pioneer of tele­ until the day Columbia students have An investigation brings results scopic astronomr and modern physics, was convoctcd in 1616 by complete access to the Internet." the Inquisition and ordered never to After calling Phillips the other day, defend or to teach Copernacism, the it now seems the day Goldbogen said any important issues have been addressed throughout the years in the theory that the Earth is not the center he couldn't wait for may never come Chronicle, and many well-researched and thought-out opinions have of the universe. to Columbia. Phillips told me that been expressed here, on the editorial page. Rarely do the stories or Just because the problem is things are not the same as they were in M ignored. does not mean it is not true. 1995. He explained, saying "My guess opinions of the Chronicle directly influence the· actions of administration here, When the facts are realized, they arc is· that the school will not get e-mail however, and we've long been content to know that we've done our part; that we seldom accepted by the ones who don't want to believe them, even if accounts for students because it's so may have spurred others to action. they are in plain sight. Accepting is easy to get it free elsewhere. For the The results of last issue's investigation into drinki ng at our Financial Aid the hardest part of the truth. school to provide it, there would either Department, however, remind us that, now and then, the power of our press can Who would want to accept some­ have to be an increase in tuition or a thing that may make your best friend separate charge." bring about change. At the same time, it serves to remind us that we, as journal­ lose their job or go to jail? I was unable to reach Goldbogen ists, still serve an importan t function in today's world. Another problem with telling the and the person in charge of Those results are related in Bob Chiarito's front-page follow-up to last week's truth is that people twist itmake · it Columbia's Web site, Associate piece: an investigation with results supporting the allegations set forth and the subjective. The truth is never subjec­ Academic Dean Peter Thompson, for tive, only objecti ve. This may be resulting one-month suspension of the wrong-doers involved--except for the one hard to prove, since one man's truth comment. While not reaching some­ party concerned who was underaged and thus less accountable. is another's falsehood and everyone one for comment is usually a pet­ is innuenced by personal bias. But peeve of mine, in this case I'm happy. Today's follow-up also informs us that suspensions here are rare, and that those facts are facts, no matter what. And they should be, too. This way no resulting from Chiarito's investigation tie the record for the longest yet ( I month). To all of the people out there who one will be able to write a column next We hope this means that wrong-doing itself is rare within the College's halls, but do tell the truth, thank you! You arc year pointing out their fal sehoods. the one's who make things better. can only wonder... Who make things change. We recall that the original reason whistle-blowers gave for coming to the It may not be astronomical, like Don't be afraid, I'll be there Chroni cle first was a fear of inaction by administration- and the simple fact that Galileo Galilei. It may just be some­ thing small and non-consequential, What has long been suspected was the fear exists makes us leary. It also worries us that nobody from administration just remember it's a lot harder to tell stated publicly in the Chronicle last was wi lling to comment much on the situation for Chiaro's follow-up. the truth than to ignore it or lie. week. If anyone read my story about Maybe there is little to be said, at this point. And again, maybe Columbia is, by Like the Hebrew proverb says the allegations against Financial Aid "Tmth is heavy; few therefore can and large, relatively free of wrong-doing. Nonetheless, we have an obligation to bear it." workers, the main reason the accusers this school- to bring students and faculty the truth. And while we naturall y share came to me before the administration Those that do bear it deserve our in the triumph of making the school a little better through Chi arito's investigation, adulation, a pat on the back and a was because they feared nothing "Good job!" would be done. we must assign most of the credit elsewhere: to those who were brave enough to While most at Columbia probably speak up about it. don't have e-mail accounts, if you do As we've written countless times, this newspaper belongs to all of us. We only have access to e-mail and want to send hope that students take our investigation and today's follow-up as an example of a tip to me, my e-mail address is [email protected] what we, together, can accomplish. · 10 FEATURES TV's February ratings sweeps ·as easy as ABC 7 On Free•Free•Free•Free•Free•Free•Free•Free•Fnoe•F~ Media All Sbulellta. Faculty, and Staff Wekuaw

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ThdaySbOw 3.3/12 3.3114 The February sweeps are over, and it 's time Od. Mo. Am. 5.8121 4.9120 for the local stations to evaluate their perfor­ Fo1t Thing 2.318 2.3110 mances during this winter's ratings period. OiJi'l!h 111.7138 1.9130 Dominating the local news market once In$ide tMfu, &.01'}3 s.m& again is WLS-Channel 7, which pulled a 15.8 Simpsons/5:30 t0.4(lf S:.l/15 rat ing and 26 share for their 10 p.m. newscast. 2Nwsat6pfu un 4.7/8 One ratings point equals 31,243 households and Cb. S nws at 6 5.7111 6.4ftl share is the percentage of sets in use. Ch7 owtat6 11.7/tl B.M4. Coming in second was WMAQ-Channel 5 Ho~Imp/6 11.1121 t0.8/l9 with a 13.1/21. And just when you thought Wheei/Fonn 16.4128 11.4129 WBBM-Channel 2 had hit rock bottom, they SeWeld/cb 32 12~121 11.6120 . chiseled their way further down further to trail . . etmart H/8 · s.'Tttz 1 the competition with a 6.6111. The Channel 2 ·liow 6~913 ' ' ' .6.&114 10.!1119' average was even lower than WON-Channel CJ.1119 . "'. 9's 9 p.m. newscast, which scored a 6.9/10. TOll\ Snyder 2.1f! 2.618 Even WFLD-Channel 32 seems to be closing in Cn. O'Brien 2.318 2.518 • I 1 on Channel 2. The Fox station posted a 5.218, Oprah (Rpt) 6.8118 7.5120 '' 1l • I I l l\ j I ', \ ,. r • • I ', • up from a 4.4/6 a year ago. 1 1 In the past. the argument for Channel 2 was 11 I I ) '' ' l their poor network lead-in ratings. But even though the CBS network has risen to second place nationally, Channel 2's ratings have gone down anyway- and show no signs of bottom­ 11.811&, ing out. 14.0121' For example, last week's Grammy Awards 9.7/tS televised on CBS drew a 13.8 rating in Chicago 7.6112 . between 9:45 and 10 p.m., a large audience for 6.8/l'i Channel 2 to work with. Instead of keeping that audience for the newscast. about 11 6,000 view­ of the miniseries "Asteroid" and Steven ers, or 3.7 ratings points, tuned out Channel 2 Spielberg's "Schindler's List," NBC finished News at 10. with an average of 11.2 million households. In the national network ratings, NBC CBS was second with 9.7 million, and ABC claimed its ninth sweeps in a row. With the help was third with 9 .3 million.

Columbia College Association of Black Journalists

Presents an

AFRICAN HERITAGE CELEBRATION

"Express Yourself'

Here's your chance to share your talents .and show the true you.

:l.come sing, dance, act, rap, read poetry Or whatever you -reel the true you may be.

"Express Yourself'' will be held on March 6, 1997, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Hokin Annex. Immediately following the show, please C.C.A.B.]. in an "African Heritage Food Tasting"

Come taste the many delicious foods ofAfrica. Please be prepared to "Express Yourself" We hope to see your face in the place!! March 3, 1997 FEATURES 11 ·Things to do in Chicago when you're dead, (or just plain bored) Columbia Festivities

The Thrtle Press Exhibit ECO (Columbia's Recycling Irish Theater Workshop The Book and Paper Arts Center. club) to march in St. Patrick's Columbia students perfonn 218 S. Wabash, 7th Ooor Day parade a collection of Irish poetry and March 7-May 9. March 15. drama that explores Irish cultural history. City Events The 3rd Annual African Film 1996 Albert P. Weisman Lunar Cabaret Festival: African Visions Ill - Memorial Scholarship recipi­ 2827 N. Lincloln Ave. Voices of the Screen Griots. ents will exhibit their projects call Ext. 6131 for times. Celebration party (mixed media art, computer gen Exhibits and discussions March 28 at 6 p.m. $25 crated images, photography, Festival film/video, sculpture and perfor­ April 28-30, April25-27. mance). "The Visible Soul: Revealing The Hokin Gallery Spiritual" exhibition March 3-20. School of the Art Institute of Chicago Gallery 2 present-March 2 1.

"Rolando Castellon: A Legacy of Mud· Post Columbian objects 1981-1997" School of the Art Institute of Chicago March 7-April 23. r·;;' ~.~~ }l~ 'J! ...f.\J\fj[~ "J[:~c;·.JI

Culturas de Ia Costa: Cultures of the Coast ·y1r~ l!·~~; ·1:. {r/'J(ll' J f:\'JI A discussion on how ancient and modern South American artisans honor the natural world. Brookfield Zoo ·1 Jt~Jr~~J : rx .. u· J.t\JI. March 13, 7 p.m. Sharks: Maligned, Magnificent, and Threatened A discussion about conservation issues con­ 'Ji-~ Jl: ~:; J:j .x. ·u· J .f:\ ·Jl· 1/ ~- cerning South America's western coast. Brookfield Zoo March 27, 7 p.m.

Theater

" Babette's Feast" Presented bv Theater Oobleck in association with The Rhinoceros Theater Festi val and The Lunar Cabaret. Production includes eight course feast. Lunar Cabaret Wednesdays present-April 2 $17 donation prefered " Vices" The namesake production company presents a high-energy musical. Theatre Building 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Sunday, March 16 at 7 p.m.

"The Fantasticks" The popul ar Broadway musical about love and innocence comes to Chicago. Centcrlight Theatre 3444 Dundee Road Northbrook, IL March 2 1-April 13 847-559-0 110, Ext. 237.

" 1,001 Afternoons in Chicago" Live Bait Theater and Prop Thtr announce a production that recaptures the energy and rhythms of a midwestern metropolis crawling with convicts, Oappers and recent immi­ grants . The Fire House 1625 N. Damen Ave. .A_. March 16-April 27 773-871-12 12 for showtimes. .-]~l rr ··.-"~ j~ ·w;·J·r.. .[~~~ ( '~ ·)o) ·)[. «..':~. j~ ·w·Jr· .t ;;t ~ ;, . 1 >) · .l.~ ~- 'Jf J \\ .H. .1).1 L. 1/ t-: .» l.J) . " , .,.,)J. L .\ ... H. liJ. 11. 1/l'-..)) .1I)).· House of Blues OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS LESBIGA Y STUDENT ART EXHIBITION Robert Hunter-March 4 Cowboy Mouth-March 8 MARCH 17 -APRIL 171997 J ason Bonham-March 10 OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 6:00-S:OOPM Joshua Redman-March 12 Quality student work of all mediums accepted by March.13 at 7:00pm to the Hokin Drovers- March 15 Willie Nelson-March 18-19 Center, 623 S. Wabash. All work must be ready for display (ie. paintings wired, De La Soul-March 21 photography and illustrations matted to our specific sizes) 8"x10",11"xl4", Chick Corea-March 25 16"ia0",20''x24", and 30"x40" Contact Michael-Alistair Wernik at ext. 5696 with ???? 329 N. Dearborn St. Shows begin at 9 p.m. 12 FEATURES March 3, 1997 AEEMP signs "Brando's Charm"

By Paul Zabratanski have an edge to us, more of a diverse Staff \\'rila sound." The hand was signed to a one-year Columhw's Music Business Decision licensing contract that entitles AEMMP Making class. which forms the corpora­ to promo te and sell the band's compact tion AEMMP (Ans Entcnainment Media disc and o ther merchandise. In addition, Manacemenl Productio ns) Records. 1.500 to 2.000 compact discs will be signed- the hand Brando·s Charm to a released by Branda's Charm and record conlract on Feh. 24 as pan of the AEMMP. program·s annual project "Our o bjective is to take the artist to a The program. founded in 1982 by new level and create a little bit of a buzz Irwin Steinberg. who subsequently staned for them." stated Steve Lockett, co-direc­ Polygram Records. currently has 19 stu­ tor of publicity. AEMMP hopes to jump deniS enrolled. Together they form. start the band's career. so that they can go AEMMP. on to bigger and better things. ·Thi> class fill s most offices that you The band, which has been together would have for a record company:· said almost three years, seemed to be as enthu­ Debra Hale. facuhy advisor for AEMMP siastic about the deal as AEMMP Records. ··SIUde nts really put their talent Records. Schuler, when addressing the to practice in this class and they take it AEMMP employees staled. "We're excit­ very seriously. II really is great experience ed to have you guys helping and working for the students:· Photo by Brian Markiewiscz with us. We want to make it like one big ··we meet as a corpormion. we don·l band that you are all a part of." meet as a class:· said Kim Cooper. presi­ From the over 170 demos that AEEMP received, Brando's Charm was chosen as the The band will release their new com­ dent o f AEMMP. "This program is the most promising band. The musicians signed a one-year contract on Feb. 24. pact disc near the end of March and they whole reason that I came to Columbia in chosen by the class consensus as the best band to sign. feel extremely good about it. the first place. This is o ne of the only schools in the coun­ "We felt that they were the most promising band," stated "I didn't even think we could sound that good, we' re try 10 run a program like this and il"s everything that I Trevor Peters. really excited," said Schuler. The band currently has two hoped it would be: · AEMMP knew they were making the right choice compact discs on the market but wanted to create some­ AEMMP originally solicited over 170 demos from when they saw Branda's Charm live. thing unique for this release. "We're trying to stray from different bands from both the city and suburbs. They "They had stage presence, they had the sound and the Pearl Jam comparison. That's a really hard stigma­ received all types of music ranging from piano bar style they're serious about what they're doing," said Lampkin. tism." 10 heavy metal. Branda ·s Charm consists of five members: Schuler; Branda's Charm will be playing at the Penny Road "II was a very time-consuming and tiring process," Lawrence Tio. rhythm guitar: Stelio Kalkounos, lead gui­ Club in South Barrington, for "Winterjam 97," a contest said Reggie Lampkin. co-director of marketing. "On the tar: Michael Casey, drummer; and Ako, head vocalist. among 50 to 100 bands, on March 5 atiO p.m. Following other hand. were real excited that we did this from start Casey stated that Branda's Charm cannot really be_ that, the band can be seen on March I 4 at Navy Pier, to fini sh ... categorized when it comes to their type of sound. "We where they will be headlining a show for the Irish Youth When it all came down to il. Branda's Charm was Fellowship.

a safe way to go about mec;ting people. So you have to be a lit­ •• Power Of Our Rhythm •• tle more realistic about your expectations in those relation­ ships. In a way, it's not even real. It's all comp!Jiers. Yo u don't see the people you're talking to and they don't see you. You've heard the phrase "if it seems too good to be true.. ." that's what this is like. With Tim You met this wonderful (per­ Matthews fect) woman on-line and you're into her and she's into you and life is great and you finally Hi. I hope you could provide me some found the woman of your advice with my love problem. dreams--{)n(y she lives over 2,000 miles I've known this girl for a month. She away. There's your first problem. Do you lives in California and I in Chicago. We met really lhink she's been telling people that each other through AOL chats. A while she met this great guy on-line and she's If you' re about to throw a party The "joint" will be wide open Friday, later we shared postal addresses and we moving all the way to Chicago to be with that needs some loungin' flavor and a March 14 at 8 p.m. There's a $5 actually did write to each other. Later, we you? relaxed mood, them look no funher. charge and o n the Wheelz will be DJ went further with phone numbers. Your other problem is that you don' t DJ Sativa, a Columbia student who sprite, SJ Shazam and GQ. A while back, I managed to buy her a know what she's in this for. This woman loves De La just as much as I do, is up "It's Off the Record, Off the Vale ntine's Day gift a week before could have a boyfriend or a husband (and and coming so you better grab hold of Hook!!!" will be coming .at cha in Valentine's Day. Way ahead of all the guys. maybe a couple of kids) who she's having him while he's still on the ground. His March at the Chopin Theater, I 570 !h I bought a doll. Two white mice hugging communication problems with and just collectio n of hip-hop/techno music is North Damen. For more information each other with a heart attached bet ween using this whole meeting guys on-line thing a new wave that is catching momen­ on the event and informatio n on them. They' re I 8"tall. It cost me quite a bit to deal with it. tum. He can be reached at 773-404- advanced ticket sales, call (3 12) 250- .to package it for mailing too. She called me Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that 0886. 1266. Take my word. if New York , when she received it. She told me she liked she was just using you to get herself Every Sunday at Uni on Hall there's L.A. and Atlanta are all dooin it well , it a lot and said it's on her bed. through a rough period, but it's altogether nothing but a big band boogie going you know it's butta when we touch it. I called her the day before Valentine's possible. on. Bell Jam Records Presents Big ups to the infamous B*Cole, Day. Before we hung up, she said she'd call Although I'm sure she appreciated your "Sunday Delights." Music featured comedian extra ordinaire. B*Cole had me back on Valentine's Day. Now the prob­ gi ft and was touched that you even thought will be reggae, hip-hop and disco. his o wn hour-long special on BET's lem is this: I've waited since Valentine's of her, but chances are that she spent Action j umps off fro m 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. "Comic View - Grand Stand" this past Day and still haven't heard from her yet. Valentine's Day trying to repair her rela­ with ladies getting a freebie until mid­ Tuesday. Once again, Chi-town was It's been. more like over a week! What's tionship with the boyfrien.d/ husband/what­ night. There's also an Open Mic from represented well and hi lariously !! going on? I don' t know if I should call her ever. 12:30 to I a.m. The event will be host­ If you're the type that says and or not. I know I love her a lot, but I don' t A .M., You' ve got to go on with your ed by Spank Boogie and Aquaman. docs " Keep It Real" at all times, then · really kno w what she's thinking of. life! You "met" her on-line! Get a grip! You For more information, contact D-Fiat March 22 is the date to mark on your I don't know why I cried myself to s leep make it sound like you're in love with her at 106jamz (312) 360-9000. calendar. 106jamz wi ll give a beauti­ on Valentine's Day night. I'm probably get­ or something. So which one d id you g uys do this fu l music tribute to the late legendary ti ng too emotional at the moment, like I'm Here's what you have to do: First, you pa't Thu"day night, the C.U.M.A. Isadore Pink a.k.a Pink House during scared of losing her. I never felt like this should leave your house. I know it's hard to Showca" or the Records' Row spe­ it's Spring Break Bash. Jay Allen, da before. Once this feeling strikes me, at once do, but women can ' I come knocking on cial that channel II aired at 9 p.m.'1 Man over there, guarantees a night to I start to feel like not doing anything at all your door if they don't even know that The Columbia College Association remember. You want to know who's besides confining myself at home. you' re in there because you' re sitting of Black Journali'ts will throw a the special recording guest artists will around all day checking e-mail messages, "Talent Showcase" March 6 in the be? Yeah, I know you do'! Please he lp me! looking out for the postman and waiting for Ho kin Annex with a 6 or 7 p.m. start. So So Def Records, label home of A.M. the phone to ring. (A watched phone never Although the audition; were late last Chi -town's reigning hip-hop queen rings, by the way.) week, there could ' till be a ; pot for Da Brat, is looking for Demo Hi , A.M. Second, you need to go places where one more act. Contact the lovely Packages from the Midwest. Though You obviously missed my Valentine's you can mee t" real people and have face-to­ Miche lle Y. John,on by faxing (3 12) number was left. Lil' Jo hn, the Day column about not getting all wo rked face conversations. There arc a lot of single 431-9755 or ju' l leave a mes;age in National Directo r of NR for them is up about that ridiculo us Hallmark holiday. people in the Chicagoland area just waiting their mailbox in Student Life on the the man to do business with . So get Valentine's Day doesn't have to mean any­ to meet someone just like you. 3nl floor in the Waba'h Bui lding. on the phone and call "Hotlanta"' thing- unless you want it to. It's j ust anoth­ I could he wrong about all this though. Chicago Tribe. along with M.J. S. A.S.A.P. er day. But, I g uess this year it meant some­ (Unlikely but possible.) She could have just invite' you to attend the Salon Las. Hey Do Or Die, Nice remix!' thing to you. hccn really busy the past few weeks. You America, , at North Milwaukee, acro;s Peace out and Much Love!!! Here's the thing: You can't get too close two could get together and live happily the 'tree\ lrom the Congrc" theater. to people you meet on-line. You don't ever after. If it happens ; let me know. In the know enough about them and it's really not meantime, look tu meet real women that you can come in actual contact with. March 13

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By Sandy Campbell Fargo Correspondent

Whether you are a movie fan or not, you probably realize that this years Academy Awards resembles last year's Sundance Film Festival, rather than a glitzy gala honoring the best of the studios' By Joseph Schrank fall commercial releases. All but one of the five films that are nomi­ Correspondent nated for best picture this year is from the independent foray. Ironically "Jerry MacGuire," the studio's release could have eas­ The viability of "Fargo" as a best pictuo: nomi~atibrl leaves me ily been an independent film due to the dire~ tor/scree nwriter with a c<,mple of probing questions. Was it chosen because of'lilack Cameron Crowe, who is best known for making small films such as of quality movies in 1996? The ot~er four nominees merit 3 con­ "Say Anything." It is truly a studio release due to the presence of tenders ("Shine", "The English Patient", "Secreis and Lies") ·and a Tom Cruise and the highly paid athletes that pop-up throughout the seem in~ throw-in ("Jerry MacGuire"). T!Jen again, was it nominat­ film. ed for 1ts new and different coverage of a movie-fan favorite the I avoided this film as long as I could because it was advertised like grotesque multiple-murder spree? . ' a "big-ego, world-revolves-around-me, highly overexposed Tom Overall, I thought "Fargo" was an average to below-average Crui se" movie. In part the movie is, but it is also a well-written movie depiction of a real-life event that didn't totally translate to the screen. about friendship. The _movie explores the different types of friends, At fault for this are the brother team of Ethan and Joel Coen. They rangmg from agent/chent to romantic companionships. The movie co-wrote "Fargo" (Joel directed and Ethan produced.) . also explore~ how real friends surface when times are tough. . "Fargo" _is based on an actual series of crimes that took place in Tom Cru1se stars as a sports agent named Jerry MacGuire who M111nesota 111 1987. The Coens' statement that the movie is exactly suddenly becomes morally conscious when the son of a hockey play­ what happened is enough to put anyone on' guard. er g1ves him the finger for making his hockey player/father (who has W1lham H. Macy stars as Jerry Lundegard, a Minneapolis car a stereotypical, so-called "Canadian accent") play for tons of cash dealer who conspires to kidnap his wife and split the ransom with the after an unfortunate accident. As a result, he writes a document say­ kidnappers. The idiocy of t~e plan and more so the kidnapperS, Carl mg that agents should be more for the caring of and being there for Showalter (Steve Buscem1) and Gaer Grimsrud (Peter Stormare) the athletes rather than making the most money for themselves and begms m Fargo, N. D. where Lundegard initially meets the kidnap­ their clients. pers. No further action takes place in Fargo and the name of the He sends a .copy of the document to everybody in the agency, movie probably signifies the start ofth'e horrid events to come. wh1ch makes h1m a hero, but they dump him within a week. So now Showalter and Grimsrud commit three murders in Brainerd the "free agent" must recap all of his clients, He loses all but two of Minnesota one of which was a state trooper. This results from a rou~ them to Bob Sugar (Jay Mohr), the big cheese whom Cruise's char­ tine highway stop where Grimsrud decides to kill the trooper. All this acter taught everything he knows to and was also fired by. He also because the kidnappers have no vehicle tags for a.car Lundegard stole loses his bride-to-be (played by Kelly Preston). / for them and is to be used to get his wife in Minneapblis. . Office worker Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zegweller) is the only The subsequent action gets more bizarre and ends in the kidnap­ agency worker who joins Cruise on his solo career after he chal­ pers turning against one another and Lundegard fleeing the metro l en~es the entire staff to join him, because she find; his document area. Several murders later the viewer is left with a great appall at the (wh1ch she refers to as "memo") sincere. She has a cute son (Jerry depravity humans can sink to. Lipnicki) whom one could squeeze the stuffi ng out of. The " innovativeness" critics hail "Fargo" for having is also itA' One cl1ent that stays with MacGuire is Ron Tidwell (Cuba weakness. The human realness of characters in dress, dialogue and Goodmg Jr., also worthy of an Oscar nod). He is a football player manner seems to be a little thick at times. The "backcountry" lingo who 1s very good at what he does, but doesn't get any recognition by and outnght stupidity of locars paints a far from. gratifying portrait of the _press or t~e fans because he is loud-mouthed and arrogant. Only Mmnesota natives. a faux pas th1s unreahst1c could happen in the movies. Right? I am The police officer who solves the case, Marge Gunderson go111g to bravely state that Cuba Gooding Jr. (All grown up from (Frances McDormand), is about the only intelligent person in the "Boys 111 the_ Hood") is going to be, if he isn't already, the next film. Nevertheless, she appears slow and "earthy" and so are other Denzel Washmgton. In fact, their mouths look oddly similar. law enforcement officers. Her cunning in figuring out the crimes Kudos to the casting director, who assembles a well-organized seems at times a stretch. Mcdorma'nd received a iiomiriation for Best Actress. ·• · · - · cast and takes a chance on newcomer Zegwe'J ier. She fits the part per- fectly with her naive sweetness. · An odd note is that the orily ch¥3cters withou1:an accent were t!Jc: Besides best picture, the film is nominated for five other awards two kidnappers. The Coen's, however, never reve'!l where.they·are including Cameron Crowe and Cuba Gooding Jr. (for best original from. · ' · screenplay and best supporting actor respectively). I guess it's just hard for me to see people in Minnesota acting' lik~ As for Tom Cruise, _what _can I say, he is the best at playing Tom they were portrayed in "Fargo."'Some of the characJeristic's are there Cru1se. I have to adm1t he IS chansmat1c and likable for an over­ but not enough to accept "Fargo" as a great film let alon·e a best 'pic­ ture nomination. ' ' · .. ' ' exposed superstar, unlike Madonna and Dennis Rodman. • ·o 1' March 3 , 1997 FEAT U R ES 1 5 Award Nominated Fil ms

By Eileen La Valle whines and smokes throughout the entire Staff Writer film, is unaware, at first, how she could have a black daughter considering she is white B-0-R-E-D-0-M. That's the main thing I (she had mistaken the identity of the father got out of Mike Leigh's film "Secrets & and never saw the baby at birth). Lies," not to mention a little nausea. Her other daughter Roxanne (Claire The film, which won the Golden Palm, Rushbrook), the street cleaner who despises International Critics' Prize, and Brenda her mother, walks around hating the world Blethyn an award for best actress at Cannes, with a gigantic chip on her shoulder and must have been judged by British folks who frown on her face, sulking about lulling in were drinking some funny tea and wine. The her piety. dreaded soap opera is torturous to watch and To add to this pathetic anguished family was a noble, but feeble attempt on Leigh's Cynthia's brother Maurice (Timothy Spall) behalf. and his pain-in-the-ass wife Monica (Phyllis The film is full of bitter neurotics, all Logan) are added to the deranged picture. Shine whom are depressed about one thing or Maurice's character is the only thing that another. The so-called plot has Hortense adds a small amount of humor to the dull (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), whose parents are saga. The only part of the movie that is recently deceased, deciding to go on·a mis­ deserving of a small snicker of laughter hap­ sion to find her birth mother, who gave her pens in Maurice's photography studio when By Adam D. Payne up for adoption 28 years ago. Hortense is a we see shots of absurd people having their Correspondent young black optometrist who discovers that portraits taken. her mother is a middle-aged and unstable Despite some of the positive reviews and "Shine," a prodigy !Jicture, is the true story of the card-box factory-worker whose also a white, numerous awards, "Secrets & Lies" just plain virtuoso pianist David Helfgott. drunken, manic-depressive named Cynthia sucks. There is some annoying background The film fo)lows David from early childhood (Brenda Blethyn). Critic John Simon put it music throughout almost the entire wannabe and into adolescence while .he endures and learns well when he said, "Brenda's portrayal of comedy/drama. from his stem and ardently tempered, yet compas­ Cynthia should have earned her Best Crier So unless yqu wish to waste your money sionate, father. This relationship is largely the instead of Best Actress." foolishly, or are in dire need of a good nap, I essence of the entire picture and wonderful perfor­ Cynthia, who desperately cries, wails, don't suggest going to see it. mances by Armin Mueller-Sial as the father and Noah Taylor as the adolescent David are, the basis for the film's overall success, including· its Oscar nomination. · David attends the Royal Academy of Music in London against his father's demand. His professor (played by the incomparable John Gielgud) takes him through a competition in which he attempts the hardest piece he knows of, by Sergi Rachmaninoff. He begins to flirt with his future madness while at the Academy, having the "guts" to do the infamous "Rach III." Throughout the film he is not afraid, and perhaps more accurately, happy to display these "guts." Geoffrey Rush tops the film off with his portray­ al of a middle-aged David, fully immersed in his schizophrenia. This role earned Rush an Oscar nom­ By Sandy Campbell gous tank. That bomb is being ination and a well-deserved one at that, but Taylor Correspondant diffused at the same time by captures the support and sympathy of the audience Naveen Andrews character as young David. He really made Rush's job possi­ Probably the most talked (Juliette Binoche's east Indian ble by setting up the character with such extraordi­ about ·movie at the Academy lover and probably the real hero nary appeal that I found myself hoping for another Awards this year is "The English of the film). flashback. Patient," which I have to say is That quick shot of the tank Skeptics beware: This film is too passionate and highly over-rated. with the American flag is placed pure for those who admire only masterful direction The main plot of the movie in the film's advertisements really doesn't matter, because the against heavy background music -- or cinematography. While the photography. is beau­ tiful, there are often distracting, drifting cameras highly erotic and sensuous sex (probably in both the U.S. and that one may not be able to look over. It is the mar­ scenes between Ralph Finnes and Canada). I doubt there are any velous execution of every single role that makes this Kristin Scott Thomas make up Canadian flags in the Canadian film so memorable. the movie. If you ·advertisement. Similar films have failed to reach into a charac­ like beautifully The cinematogra­ ter as this one does. "Searching for Bobby Fisher," directed sex phy is superb and for example, is a film with a similar theme and sub­ scenes (as does breath-taking, which ject thaf does not delve into a single mind as this yours truly), then helps establish the this movie is for epic feel of the - does . . "Shine" approaches the plaleau of mesmerizing you. When movie. at moments, especially those that are David's point watching the Ironically, "The of view. Manipulation of sound and shocking use of love scenes, one English Patient" silence allow this film to do so. Whenever David cannot help but feels and tries to be approaches "ecdysis" while performing, the sound feel compassion for the ever­ very Hollywood for an indepen­ is what carries the effect most proficiently. loyal husband played by Colin dent Film. This is probably Appropriate, you might say, as this is a film about Firth, whom Scott Thomas is because of producer Saul Zaentz, music, of music and for music. cheating on. who has had two other films (One "Shine" is also reminiscent of Truffaut's "Shoot Another reason I like this Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the Piano Player," the story of a celebrated pianist movie is because it contains Amadeus) nominated for best driven from the throne of his profession and later Canadian characters. As a picture. Zaentz will also be the found entertaining small bar crowds. David Helgott, Canadian watching mostly receipient of the Irving A. however is not an imaginary character but, is so fan­ American character.; in movies Thalberg award during the tastic that he may as well been. all my life I could not feel a Academy Awards ceremony. Every time David finished a piece, I felt like sense of relief. In fact, Americans "The English Patient" is nom­ applauding. While I did not enjoy the endlessly are only in the movie for two inated for practically every award drifting camera work, I could not help but fall in short scenes and they are not por­ in front of and behind the camera, love with this film and it's wonderfully complex trayed in a positive light. In the with one notable exception: best characters. Whatever trend made Hollywood elect first scene they are loud and make-up. this film to the Academy Glory Sphere, let's hope it obnoxious while partying. The horrific state Ralph last for a while. And in the second, they almost Finnes is in physically, when This year holds an interesting ballot on hand for arrogantly run over a bridge that Juliette Binoche finds him, us as Oscar night approaches, and that is largely due is booby-trapped with a bomb makes the audience wonder if to the nomination of"Shine" with such heart break­ while proudly waving the this is the same man in the titil­ ing performances. Encore! American flag from their humon- lating love scenes. .March 3, 1997 FEATURES 16

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