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£. d SEP 20 ""'Rollins riles up F hiQfl cOLliMBIACOLLE as J.0f\V3.r EUStudent crowd Musician encourages Trans-Siberian Express. All the people who attended students to make the show can thank Lauren "great'' changes Frontino for the opportunity. Frontino, a junior film major, By Jessica Pearce said she's a member of Rollins' Assistant Campus News Editor e-mail update list. "I got an e-mail from the list Henry Rollins says his entire asking, 'Do you want Henry act can be summed up by a bit of Rollins to come to your col mangled English he copied from lege?"' she said. "And I thought, a note in a restaurant in 'Yeah, that would be cool'." Okinawa, Japan. The piece of So she e-mailed Rollins' tour paper, which Rollins took pic manager, who told her that she tures of to ensure correct tran had to go through an administra scription later, fini shed a list of tor to set up the visit. She knew ru les by saying, " I finish in a one of her professors, Josef loud voice and run about!" The Stciff, was a big fan, so she went legendary actor, musician, writer to him. The Film Department and monologist ranted, raved collaborated with Randall and laughed his way through a Albers, the chair of the Fiction two and a half hour Columbia Writing Department, to bring only stop on his spoken word Rollins to Columbia. tour Sept. 12. The event was Albers welcomed Rollins. and sponsored by the Film and his message: Fiction Writing "'In an age of sup departments. "/have great confi pression. free The free event dence in you. If every speech is particular was only open to one did something ly important to col Columbia stu tlzis country would be lege s tudents." dents. faculty very different. All Albers said. As he and staff, and change will come welcomed Rollins to publicity was from you." the stage. Albers kept to a mini encouraged students mum. to speak out: Rollins spoke - Henry Rollins, actor, musician and "'I hope you all con on a variety of writer front your own cen topics during the sors and move past two and a half them," Albers said. '"Speak your Eric Davis/The Chronicle hours he was on stage at the Film minds." Row Cinema in the II 04 Center, Rollins took the stage in front Nancy Jensen, visual designer of Oak Street Design, puts the finishing touch 1104 S. Wabash Ave. The self es on an ensemble designed by Becky Bisoulis as she prepares a window dis of a packed house. There were play at the Palmer House Hilton for Fashion Focus Week 2005. See story in proclaimed "angry man'" ranted 240 sitting in the theater, and The Word, pull-out page 6. about the Bush administration in I 00 more -watching the closed between stories of his taking circuit broadcast in a nearby care of a friend's 2-year-old son and his trip across Russia on the See Rollins , Page 6 Campus disaster plan intact By Hayley Graham cumstanccs that can be beyond Columbia's emergency step of Columbia's disaster plan is Campus News Editor our comprehension at the time," response plan is a detailed proce to follow a specific outline of said Martha Meegan, director of dure headed by the college vice responses, meant to direct and pro From bomb scares to catastroph campus safety. presidents in the event of a disas vide guidance to the emergency ic airplane crashes to biochemical Following one of the most ter or major emergency on cam response team. disasters, Columbia's Department destructive natural disasters in pus, which the plan defines as Each security guard station on of Security says it's ready. the nation's history, Hurricane causing death or serious injury, campus is equipped with an emer "We arc as ready as we possibly Katrina, disaster response plans disruption of operations, or physi gency response and evacuation pro could be in the sense that any dis arc now being re-examined cal and environmental damage. cedure protocol that they, too, have aster presents obstacles and cir- across the country. The plan was finalized July 2004. to follow. according to Aimee "'You can never anticipate Hardwick. security operations man everything that's going to happen, ager for The Wackcnhut but at least we know how we arc Corporation, which provides cam going to approach things." said pus security. Alicia Berg, vice president of Security guards receive intensive campus environment. training on how to deal with cam Two groups arc responsible for pus-wide evacuations. Wackcnhut . putting the plan into operation. if also has field supervisors working necessary. The first group is com around the clock to provide assis posed of all of Columbia ·s vice tance to Columbia. Director of campus safely presidents. the chief of staff and "Our security services pro Martha Meegan keeps !he dis Meegan, who would work together gram here at Columbia is based aster plan up-to-date. to prioritize the order for emer on the notion that it takes a com ty."" Meegan said. gency response. munity to stay safe,·· Meegan In an effort to continue impr('l\ The second group includes said. "That sense of community ing disaster plans and to May pre Columbia's directors, dean of stu is from the inside out- security pared. Meegan is the vkc chair of dents, Facilities Department and offices, faculty. staff. students the Building Q,mers and Managers Information Technology and other agencies." Association "s security subcommit Dcparbnent. They implement the ··Columbia is on the forefront of tee and sits on the Chicago Police emergency response plan as priori educating themselves and partncr Department's advisory council for tized by the first group. ing-up with the agencies to address the First District of Chicago. According to Meegan, the next a disaster at the best of their abili- See Disaster, Page 6 NEWs&NoTEs Sept. 19,2005 'Girl' Crazy IN THIS ISSUE By Jeff Danna, Editor-in-Chief 1/ Campus News all me obsessed. Call me that the show is a classic exam to do the same, but "Gilmore C sick. Call me a person ple of art imitating life. At first, Girls" does it through its epic, who needs to get a life, as you it comes across as hopelessly lifelike storytelling and complex roll your eyes. You'd be right. idealistic- an old-fashioned characters. Situations are rarely mentary I' ve allowed a television show East Coast town, a goody two contained and resolved in indi to control a portion of my life, shoes daughter (that would be vidual episodes; they are intro namely Tuesday nights. In the Rory), trendy clothes and witty duced mid-episode and usually past, I have poked fun at people pop culture references. But span multiple weeks. who schedule their activities "Gilmore Girls" gradually Because the show draws on around the pictures shown on reveals its charms below the life's highs and lows for inspira their idiot boxes, but here I am gilded surface as the characters tion, watching it is like looking scheduling my fall semester encounter hurdles in their daily into a mirror. Stars Hollow is a classes around a one-hour block lives. reflection of my hometown; the of time. Although each character plays characters are reflections of my I might as well come out and a different role in Stars friends and family. I examine say it: I am a devoted "Gilmore Hollow- such as gruff-but-love my own hopes and dreams with Girls" fan. While I catch a lot of able diner owner Luke Danes, each year Rory spends at Yale; I flack for it from men and and town busybody and moralist examine my own romantic rela Announcetnents women alike, I'm quite secure Taylor Doosey-they never con tionship as Luke and Lorelei's with my little TV viewing habit. form to stereotypes, making progresses. People seem to think the show them relatable to viewers. The Yes, it's an obsession, but it's Crystal Williams Poetry Reading is the prime-time equivalent of a show's writers never attempt to the best kind of obsession. If a Crystal Williams, a teacher in Columbia's English sappy chick-flick, but it is actu turn picture-perfect Stars TV show is going to determine Department, will be reading her poetry on Sept. 21 ally a consistently well-written Hollow into the model my Tuesday schedule and serve at 5:30 p.m. in the concert hall at the II 04 Center, show that can make me laugh American community; its inhab as the basis for countless con 1104 S. Wabash Ave. Williams has written two col my ass off, cry like a baby or itants have had their share of versations, it might as well chal lections of poetry, Kin and Lunatic. scream at my TV in frustration. life-altering experiences. lenge me in the process. In other words, it reaffirms my We've seen Rory, who has Plus, in a time when most of Baseball Tryouts passion for life, something few always seemed like the ideal the programs that seem to sur shows can accomplish. daughter, arrested for stealing a vive multiple seasons are brain Tryouts for the Columbia Coyotes baseball team For the uninitiated, "Gilmore yacht. We've seen Lane, Rory's less, unrealistic reality shows, will be held on Sept. 24 and 25 at 11 a.m. The try Girls" revolves around the best friend, disowned by her it's refreshing to know that a outs will be held in Grant Park at the softball fields mother and daughter duo of mother for choosing to join a genuine work of art like located on Balbo Street between Columbus Drive Lorelei (Lauren Graham) and rock band instead of a strict, "Gilmore Girls" has been on the and Michigan Avenue. Rory (Alexis Bledel) Gilmore, Christian lifestyle. We've seen air for five seasons (it just who have more of a friendship Luke, who has always seemed began its sixth last week) and is than a parent-child relationship, thick-skinned and down-to becoming more popular. I just Wise Ass Comedy Night due to their closeness in age. earth, fall in love with Lorelei. hope that the show's other fans Wise Ass Comedy night featuring the Nco The supporting characters are Nothing is as it seems in Stars appreciate the same life-affirm Futurists will be held in the Hokin Annex on Sept. the eccentric residents of the Hollow, and therein lies the ing quality I see in it. After all, 21 at 7 p.m. Wise Ass is an open mic night where quaint New England town of beauty of "Gilmore Girls." its message is simple: Life may Columbia students and members of the Chicago Stars Hollow, Conn., and Through my not-so-private be charming and off-beat, but community perform stand-up and sketch comedy. Lorelei's hoity-toity parents, fixation on the show, I've real it's never perfect. The event is free of charge. Edward and Emily Gilmore. ized its most powerful trait: It Without getting into too many draws viewers into its world. - jdanna@colum. edu John Pizzarelli Performance specific plot points, I must say Sure, most television shows try Renowned jazz guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli will be performing Sept. 20, in the concert hall of the Columbia Music Center, 1014 S. Michigan Ave. After the concert,_ students will be able to talk with the artist. What do you think of the . The concert is free and open to the public, although priority seating will be given to Columbia music stu American Idol auditions in Chicago? dents. For more information, contact Joe Cerqua, con cert hall manager at (312) 344-6179. Stand & Deliver Stand & Deliver is a traveling exhibit that shows how books can be shaped, unfolded or engineered to present a three-dimensional approach to bookmaking. The show features three categories: intriguing shapes, revealing folds and uplifting pages. The free exhibit is running at the 1104 Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., until Oct. 28. For more information, contact Bill Drendel at (312) 344-6684. Taiwan Film Festival "They were just looking for people to "Ifyou get lucky and can make it, it's The Center for Asian Arts and Media and the make fun of." awesome." FilmNideo Department at Columbia, in conjunction with The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in -Monica Gilliean, sophomore, -Scott Gold, freshman, instrumen Chicago present Banaba Paradise: Taiwan Film theater, American Idol hopeful tal performance Festival. The festival features films that reflect the unique social structures, cultural fabric and everyday people during the post-war era. The free event is pre sented at the Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., and is running through Oct. 2. For information and showtimes, call (312) 344-7870.
COLUMBIA:I'HE c HRONICLE If you have an upcoming event or "I don't like that someone can just go and "/think they're really brave to go out get famous when they didn't earn iL " there and sing. " announcement, call The Chronicle's news desk at (312) 344-8964 or e-mail - Brad Surinak, sophomore, - Amanda Rodriguez, freshman, musical performance radio broadcasting [email protected]. September 19, 2005 US NEWS 3 Carter, senator vocalize Constitution Continuous reading of forefathers' words reminds listeners of importance of rights
By Jessica Pearce Assistant Campus News Editor
"We rhe people. .. " Columbia stu dents, faculty and staff, as well as Michigan Ave. passers-by listened to the entire text of the United States Constitution Wednesday in an event staged in front of the Columbia library. Columbia librarians organized the reading that brought together Columbia President Warrick L. Carter, State Sen. Kwame Raoul, students, facultY and local eighth graders. Participants literally stood on a soapbox in front of the library as they read. The event was part of the September Project, which, accord ing to its website, is a "grassroots effort to encourage public events on freedom, democracy and citizen ship in libraries on or around Sept. I I." According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, David Silver, an Students from the Chicago International Charter School gather around State Sen. Kwame Raoul after listening to him read a portion assistant professor of communica of the U.S. Constitution Wednesday in front of Columbia's library. tion at the University of the world is that we're able to front, said the reading of the teachers wanted to show them a dif protected by the First Amendment. Washington, started the project with amend it. We can address problems Constitution takes on particular sig ferent perspective. According to a press release Sarah Washburn in 2004. Washburn that existed in the original." nificance now, as the Senate "We wanted them to be able to from the organization, when told had worked with the Bill & Melinda Jo Cates, associate vice president Judiciary Committee conducts con hear the entire document all at the exact text of the First Gates Foundation's U.S. Library of academic research and dean of firmation hearings for Supreme once,.. said Deanna Amos, a social Amendment, a third of high Progrnm. Columbia's library, said part of a Court nominee John Roberts. studies teacher at the school. school students said it goes "too Carter said it's especially impor library's responsibility is to help "It's important for people to have Carol Gulyas, Columbia's refer far" in the rights it guarantees. tant to remember that the maintain an informed citizeruy. a basic understanding of how the ence librarian, said Columbia librar "There 's no awareness among Constitution is a living document. "We felt it was important for the Constitution works," Raoul said. "It ians were motivated to read the young people," Gulyas said. "In " I have mixed emotions about library to take the lead in reminding governs so much that we take for Constitution by a study done earlier their lifetimes, there hasn't been this reading," Carter said. "At the our community, in a simple and granted as rights." this year by the John S. and James anything like the McCarthy era. time the Constitution was written, direct way, of how important the Students from the Chicago L. Knight Foundation, which pro We're in a period of complacen my ancestors were only counted as Constitution is to our basic free International Charter School also motes excellence in journalism cy, and we wanted to highlight three-fifths of a person. But one of doms," Cates said. attended the reading. The eighth worldwide. The study found that the importance of the the things that makes the Raoul, who represents the 13th graders have been studying the many American high school stu Constitution and the foundation Constitution the best document in district, which runs along the lake- Constitution in school, and their dents are indifferent to the rights al rights it protects." SGAaims at historic goals
Student voices to be has not happened in more than 30 heard college-wide years. SGA President Vanessa Torres said she does not know By Hayley Graham when the board of trustees will Campus News Editor make its decision. "This will mean that student Columbia's Student Government voices will be heard at all levels Association aims to achieve his of governance at Columbia," toric goals that would better com Torres said. munication college-wide as it Last year, the SGA voted unani begins its third year. mously in favor of forming a task The SGA's first meeting of the force dedicated to creating the stu year on Sept. 13 addressed key dent trustee proposal, which includ issues they feel will improve ed six SGA and Student Columbia's campus environment. Organization Council members. "Our two highest priorities this They had a run i RubioiThe Chronicle year are getting a through of the pro- student center and "Our two highest pri The SGA's Vice President Courtney Wylie and President Vanessa Torres lead the first SGA meet posal with the ing of the year, where new and continuing issues were addressed. a voice on the orities this year are Student Affairs board of trustees," getting a student cen Committee of the trustee is to enhance communica year is the continued fight for a stated that a student center is an said Courtney ter and a voice on the board of trustees on tion between Columbia's student student center that they say "institutional necessity" and that Wylie, vice presi board of trustees." Sept 13. The board body and board of trustees in would create a sense of commu Columb ia's first capital cam dent of the SGA. members gave them order to improve the campus envi nity on campus. Last year the paign should fu nd the it. "We want this to be -Courtney Wylie, feedback to help ronment, said Torres. SGA formed an ad hoc commit The SGA will also present the what the students vice president of improve the presen "For this to happen would be a tee devoted to getting a student need for a student center to the want ,and we can't SGA tation before meet symbolic event and more impor center. That committee will be board of trustees at the Oct. 6 do it without their ing with the rest of tantly it would allow students to starting up again soon and con meeting. input" the board voice their concerns and offer tinuing its dedication. "SGA is only as strong as its On Oct. 6, the SGA will meet "The committee was very their perspective to the board," The committee submitted a members and suppon from the col with Columbia's board of receptive; they were happy to see said Mark Kelly, vice president request for action to Columbia's lege community," said Torres. "I trustees to propose getting a stu that students care," Torres said. of student affairs. board of trustees and college feel that this year is going to be dent trustee on the board, which The goal of having a student Also on the SGA's agenda this council last year. The document really positive and productive." 4 September 19, 2005
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"I word show " Liar'' in 1994. have great confidence in you. If breakout room Onstage Rollins Rollins has always been angry. everyone did something. this was a compact man, muscled and Far !Tom being a negattve trait country would be very d i fft•rent. energetic. He couldn't keep sttll. .though. he satd h t~ anger mott All change will come !Tom you." punctuatmg hts speech wtth vates htm to learn. to travel and to sound effects and movements. peak out. while hittmg his forehead or tap "My anger gets m~ ur ping the mtcrophone to make a m the morning." Rolltns point. He yells. ending sentences said. "Anything I dt•n 't wtth a shouted expletive. know. it's not that I want Margaret Hosty, former managing editor of the "I speak in uppercase letters." to know it so much as Innovator, speaks about the panel discussion on the Rollins said. I'm angry that I don't. Hosty v. Carter case, at Columbia 's library Sept. 16. Rollins ha' a gruff exterior. and Anywhere I haven't The ca se 's outcome gives administrators the right to hts humor can be caustic. He's traveled. it's not so censor student-run newspapers . been ranting about the Bush pres much the desire to go idency almost since the begin but the anger that I ning. and thi s show was no dtffer haven't been yet." also practiced on campus. ent. He criticized the way Bush Rollins has traveled Disaster: Meegan also established the handled the aftermath of extensively, most Security Council of Professional Hurncane Katrina, saying that he recently doing tours Campus ready Educators last October. whtch had been mtsrepresented m the with the United Service meets every few months and medta. OrganizatiOn. Even for emergencies ensures that the security needs of " It would be so easy if Bush though Rolli ns is higher education institutions in was JUSt a ractst," Rollins said. extremely critical of the "Columbia has developed Chicago's First District are recog "It's so much worse than that!" Bush administration, he strong partnerships with law nized by Chicago's Office of Rollins maintains that Bush is talked at length of his enforcement agencies, both on the Emergency Management and simply not very smart, and com experiences with the state and federal levels, and secu Communications. pares the president's thinking group. The USO is a rit y response agencies such as the It is important to represent the process to the cold he experienced nonprofit, charitable De partment of Homeland special needs of higher education during trip across Russia on the organization that pro Security." Meegan said . institutions that house more than Trans-Siberian railroad. During a vides entertainment to Fire safety marshals who are 52,000 students, museums and stop, Rollins said, he stepped out active-duty military located on each fl oor of research facilities in Chicago's side. The frigid Siberian winter members around the Columbia's buildings are trained fi rst district, according to Meegan. froze everything- including his world. Roll ins has done annually to stay current on disas "It's because we're creative that thought process. six USO tours, travel- Henry Rollins ignites crowds through ter pl an procedures. Each semes we come up with possible solu "I realized then- the presi ing to Afghanistan and spoken-wo rd . He recently broug ht his act ter an emergency evacuation is tions."she said. dent 's not dumb, he's just cold'" Iraq to talk to troops. to Columbia's Film Row Cinema. ART OF THE UBRARY is part of an ongoing series (four times a year) of exhibitions featuring the art of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty and staff. 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"I agement theory to base as a hypoth groups than the theory predicted By Alison Neumer Lara Newsweek article Chicago Tribune (KRT) can't believe there are still girls who esis. The theory says that humans were skeptical of government sparks interest for put on strappy platform shoes to are unique in their ability to coin actions after 9/ 11. Students were Dartmouth College started admit walk across campus." Texas researcher cide basic instincts, like survival, also more critical ofsocial and eco- ting women in 1972, but that didn't But, some students argue, isn't with the knowledge that death is nomic issues. mean they were welcome. that behavior by choice? By Abby Terrell inevitable. "Generation X was recessive. Dally Texan (U. Texas)(KRT) At least that's the impression "It's not as obvious who is a fem "The short-term reaction is to be This next Generation 9111 will Gina Barreca had as she navigated inist anymore," said Alaine Kalder, distracted. You'll withdraw from alternate and become dominant. Anyone who was in college dur between blatantly sexist professors a junior at University of Illinois at society and gamble or drink, or More civic-minded, less materialis ing the Sept. II attacks is part of and resentful male students in the Chicago. "It's not about what you exhibit signs of bigotry," said tic. They will have more reactions "Generation 9/ 11 ," according to mid-'70s. Banners reading "Better wear or what music you listen to." Robert Wild, a researcher at to racial profiling, saying, ' How University ofTexas education asso dead than co-ed" aren't exactly Absolutely, Barreca agreed, Washington University. "In the can I make a difference?"' Wi ld ciate professor Patricia Somers. warm and fuzzy, nor are drunk frat recalling the day a strapping young long term you will said. After conducting a study on col boys who don't believe you attend guy waltzed into her classroom reach out to your Only the first lege students, Somers said the the same school. sporting a T-shirt that declared, family." "My broader hope is of the five proj attacks on the morning of Sept. II, Over four years at an elite school "This is what a feminist looks like." Somers found to follow students in ect phases has 200 I, define this generation. in remote New Hampshire, smack But it's not common to see men or that students reacted been completed. In a released study, Somers and the long term and see in the middle ofthe women's move women demonstrate that view by reaching out into The project will several doctoral students at what leadership roles ment, Barreca learned to do what unprovoked, she says. "Feminist'' is their world perspec take at least three Washington University in St. Louis they take and how 9/11 any sassy smartypants would: chal still a dirty word. tives more than the more years to go spent two years conducting affects their thinking." lenge stale ideas and press buttons. One reason could be that female terror management into further research at five Midwestern univer Only later, after she had looked past students grew up assuming rights theory predicted. depth. It will sities and colleges, posing ques -Patricia Somers, the tofu and earth shoes, did she and beliefs that the feminist move "( Student s ] begin to address tions to 50 students about their claim her new identity as a feminist. ment fought to establish, said Judith signed up for more professor, University the differences in immediate and long-term reactions "A good education can be subver Roy, a professor of women's studies world and Middle- of Texas reactions among to 9/11. sive," she writes in her recent book at Century College and president of Eastern studies minority groups Somers said a Newsweek article on the experience, Babes in the National Women's Studies classes than before," Somers said. and women. on the attacks sparked her interest Boyland: A Personal History of Co Association. "We found that 20 percent of peo "My broader hope is to follow in the study, but found most Education in the Ivy League "I sus "I do see women becoming much ple we interviewed changed their students in the long term and see research on reactions focused on pect, therefore, that only a very more relaxed, more confident about New York City. She began the course of study or their major what leadership roles they take and good education could have pre because of9/11." how 9/ 11 affects their thinking," sexuality, body image and taking study with the intent of seeing how pared me to be a troublemaker." for granted in a good way that they The study found that more Somers said. students reacted in other parts of the Women like Barreca fought for can follow whatever career path country. their place at newly co-ed colleges, they want," Roy said. "The older "Having worked in the industry so they're troubled by current generation is getting impatient for generations, I could see the dif women students who don't identi fY improperly because we; re not ferences in my students, and I want as feminists and aren't pushing the remembering what motivated (the ed to see how this generation has envelope. women's movement). It was almost been impacted by 9/ 11 ," Somers "Girls are still taught that they in the air." said. have to please," Barreca said, she Still, Barreca said, female stu The study showed that many stu defines personal power as j ust the dents need to press ahead on a per dents' perspectives of the world are opposite--the ability not to have to sonal as well as professional level defined by certain events. please or to seek approval. These because sex and gender remain "For students of the '60s, it was days the self-described humorist is prominent issues on campus. the assassination of John F. still doing her best to raise eye "I see girls informed by a sense of Kennedy. In the '80s, it was the brows as a professor of literature trepidation," Barreca said. "Take an I explosion of the Challenger," said and feminist theory at the AP astronomy class. Learn to play ice Patrick Biddix, a researcher at University of Connecticut in Storrs. hockey. Do something out of char Washington University. The Vlklrld Trade Center site in New York is shown Sunday, "I know a lot of young women acter because you don't know your The study uses the terror man- Sept. 11 , 2005, on the fourth anniversary of the attack. whose voices go up at the end of character yet." 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Mauru Nakamoto (Japan). and Camlia Olarte a Ia tecnotogra (Colombia) Curated by Grea Walas - wallet intact, but when I can't expect to see many more from CALE NDAR OF EVENTS made my way to the new him, as he is now 83 years old. release table (usually the What excited me about the release least promising area of any of a contemporary Vonnegut title was bookstore), a bomb was the chance to hear an inspiring voice MONDAY dropped on my world. that doesn't try to rise above, but There, in the middle of the rather ignores the current crop of gab Hu,.;..,....,o;>;1 ·:J1tll Ann1e table, sat a new book by bing politicos and celebrities. f.J,·:·" 3/.lO N Cl;1rk St Kurt Vonnegut, whom I Inspiration is a difficult thing to find 'l p m. 519 would not only call my and listening to someone who shares favorite author, but my many of your viewpoints is not neces A·'·'! R"·· .-. ,t'' Tl1e Reputation personal hero. sarily inspiring. For instance, Michael Ever since my exceed Moore is not inspiring. John Stewart is '"''I rnore part of Estro)anl ingly liberal (a label not inspiring. Funny, but not inspiring. Tt1e Bottom Lounge End of an era Vonnegut abhors) high And despite his glaring cynicism, 3206 N Wilton school English teacher put Vonnegut is inspiring on all levels. His 6pm lead a charmed existence. a copy of Slaughterhouse work makes me want to write better, Whenever a new calamity arises in my Five in my hands, I've studied light our government with more vigor TUESDAY life, a solution inevitably appears to Vonnegut's satirical wit like it was my and treat every person I meet as Pr<:tty GillS rvlake Graves With meet the challenge, no matter how job. And if I recall correctly, upon fin humanely as possible. Basically, he large or small the issue. ishing every one of his books, I have makes me want to save the world, even Franz Ferd Love us or hate us ... Ratings Guide ®0000 Complete Crap We'd love to hear from you. How to contact The Word: So, Is that movie ~ ~ worth watching? ®®000 Download It Todd Burbo - [email protected] - (312) 344-8969 That CD worth PreHy Entertaining buying? Count ®®®00 Hunter Clauss - [email protected] - (312) 344-8970 the hearts In (!)(!)(!)(!)0 Very Good Tiffany Breyne - [email protected] - (312) 344-8971 each review and uM this handy Word Up. chart to find out. (!)(!)(!)(!)(!) September 19,2005. Page 3 lj:IJi•);i•j es advice to would-be writers. On the subject of quotations, he offers this advice: " It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He All ioking oside always steals Vonneguf is back, and he's angry the show." Whether or By Todd Burbo/A&E Editor not he has given up on Amongst authors of American As he tackles today's issues, life, Vonnegut literature- Midwestern American Vonnegut's fans will notice a differ has almost cer literature in particular- Kurt ence in his voice. Much of his tainly given up Vonnegut stands in a league of his humor is gone, but what little is left on America. If own, much as Chicago stands is of the driest. most cynical vari the book ·s title among our country's landlocked ety. Late in the book, Vonnegut isn't enough cities. himself discusses the change. After evidence. he Although he now lives in New explaining his feeling that humor is makes it clear York, Vonnegut is proud of his a form of protection against pain, further in. Midwestern heritage, and mentions he sadly laments that he is no "Many years ago I was so inno it repeatedly in a number of his longer able to joke. cent I still considered it possible books. A Man Without a Country is "I used to be funny, and perhaps that we could become humane and no exception. Only I 0 pages into I'm not anymore," he writes. reasonable," he writes. "But! know " ! want to congratulate librari light of Vonnegut's career, it is the the book, he declares, "I am one of "There may have been so many now that there is not a chance in ans, who, all over the country, have ideal pl ace to start reading his America's Great Lakes people, her shocks and disappointments that hell of America becoming humane staunchly resisted anti-democratic work, if you haven't already. The freshwater people." He continues, the defense of humor no longer and reasonable. Because power bullies who have tried to remove book provides a straightforward, proudly describing the accomplish works." corrupts us. And absolute power certain books from their shelves, no-nonsense view of his thoughts, ments of other Midwesterners, such As depressing as that sounds, he corrupts us absolutely." and destroyed records rather than whereas his past work can be more as poet Carl Sandburg, Mark Twain is not completely disillusioned with He continues: "So I am a man have to reveal to thought police the alienating, using absurd and often and Abraham Lincoln. life, and in fact spends a large por without a country, except for the names of persons w ho have abstract stories to get his points Reading Vonnegut's opinions on tion of this book praising people librarians, and a Chicago paper checked out those titles." across. current events will be exhilarating and things that he loves. called In These Times." His love of librarians seems to There are no such excuses for not to his longtime fans, who have long One of the greatest things about In These Times is a locally pub rekindle a sort of faith in humanity, reading this book. It 's packed with believed that his days of published Vonnegut is his lack of ego, his ten lished paper that, according to its sparking a rare moment of opti brilliance, is easy to read, and will writing were over. As timeless as dency to recognize the greatness of mission statement, is "Dedicated to mism in the book, and one that ulti most likely be the last published his past works are, it is nevertheless others before himself. A Man informing and analyzing popular mately sets the tone for the entire book by one of the most relevant satisfying to hear his thoughts on Without a Country, like many of his movements for social, environmen work. authors of our lifetime. subjects such as the war in Iraq. As other books, is packed with quota tal, and economic justice." In the "So the America l loved still a veteran of WWU and a survivor tions from his favorite people, past few years, its pages have been exists," he writes. "If not in the of the Dresden frrebombings, his the only source of new Vonnegut White House, the Supreme Court, ranging from historic speeches by 'A Man Without a Country' humanist take on war is as inspiring Abraham Lincoln to more personal material, as he serves as a senior the Senate ... The America l loved by Kurt Vonnegut (and often heart-breaking) today as inspirations provided by his sib editor on its staff. still exists at the front desks of our it was when he wrote lings or children. Once a college As for his praise of librarians, public libraries." SlaughterholiSe Five in 1969. professor, Vonnegut often dispens- Vonnegut says this: Despite its appearance at the twi- ~~~~~ Serving Chlcagoland•s art community to Are you taking medication for depression ... but still feel sad? 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Kenmore Ave., ChicJgo, IL 60b40 Open Sunday 11 - 6 , Weekdays 9- 7, Sat urday 9- 6 lih¥4-1;1.1••••-m• ••• • September 19, 2005. Page 4 'Tronsoenerotion' exomines lives of tronssexuol college students New Sundance Channel series hits the books about transgenderism By Hunter Clauss/Assistant A&E Editor Clockwise from upper left: Gabbie. Lucas with his friend Kasey. T.J., and Raci all embark on their own journeys through college life in the Sundance Channel's new show Transgeneration. he transition from high College life in general is pretty ating. So college has been a won Raci appreciates how open come to terms with many of he' school to college can be a liberal." derful experience for me. The minded her fellow students are. hardships, Raci said that she wa.· T difficult one. New student While Gabbie identifies as only thing that could be a down "I [go to] a diverse college, not able to focus on school more. orientation, dorm life and class female and is in the process of side is all of the homework." only by race but by gender," Raci " Last quarter I got straigb1 registration can be a bit over becoming a woman- going The show's other male to said. "There are a lot of gays and A's," Raci said. "It's a g whelming no matter how pre through hormone therapy and female transsexual is Raci, 20, lesbians [on campus]. So we can development for the last quart pared students believe they are. anxiously awaiting the day of her who is also hearing impaired. help each other out of trouble." and the quarter before thal" The college experience, how sexual reassignment surgery- she During the taping of One of Raci's friends shown In addition to Gabbie aDd Rae. ever, is different for everyone. A is sti ll required by Colorado law Transgeneration, she was a on Transgeneration is Apple, the show also focuses on L new documentary series airing to use the men's restroom in the 2 1, a female to male tri!ISSCltU on the Sundance Channel takes a dormitory where she lived and who majored in neurobiolOIY a look at how four transgcndered worked as a resident advisor dur "It's a good example of ways to Smith College in NorthampiOil ~tud ents adjust to the hectic ing the documentary. get through different challenges Mass. Although Smith Colleae · 1 world of coll ege life, while also " It's an annoyance," Gabbic an all female school, Lucas. I confronting issues surrounding said. Despite this, Gabbie said that a trans person might face in senior, decided to continue h~ transgenderism. The show, which she enjoys college life. school or with their family or at that studies there so he could andt premieres Sept. 20 at 9 p.m., fol " I have a group of friends and nte on time. Trtlllsgcne~ratiOII all>' lows Gabbtc, I .ucas, Rac i, and we 're insanely close," Gabbie point in their life." follows Lucas as he ~ 'I.J. through their 2004-2005 said . " I haven't really had many nnd considelrs whether ot not ~· ~ch oo l year. negative experiences in co ll e~,;e pursue honnono therapy. 'W'ilt r,ach o f the four students because I found it to be a really fr cshmun English muj or nt whn is nlsu n mule tu fcmnlc mnny of his fri end.~ have ~ attends a different school. ntce c n v ~ro nm ent. " Culilo rnin State University in trunssc.xuul. In the dncumcntnry, the option, he l't'll\nins connicttd (iabbie, 2() , • ~ a male to female If anytloong, she said, .~ h e loves Los Ange les. Rnc i, whn wns bnrn Apple pmvides support nnd com Thero is nlso TJ.. :u, a !Mitf tran•scxua l mar (Jnng m comput lo ving on her own 111u ch 111 orc 111 the l'hillippincs, hud u hurd fnrt to Hnci ns she experiences n fc mnlo t nmsse~unl who l$ aattt er sctcncc at the IJtuvcrstt y ,,f than li viug at ho 111 e ami hciug 111 forst yeur ut coll c11c; us she j ug mu ~,t h ycnr. untc student in educatiOII ~ Coi Continued from previous page Gender Identity Disorder, a cate Fulbright Scholarship, a study gory of the Diagnostic Statistical abroad program that was estab Manual (DSM IV), which is pub lished by Congress in 1954. lished by the American Psychiatric While his family lives mi les Association. away in Cyprus, T.J. is still "By putting it there," affected by his mother's refusal Schwartz said of Gender to accept him as being transgen Identity Disorder, "there dered. became standards of care so that Acceptance is a large topic doctors and therapist [who throughout the documentary. In were) working with trans people fact, college is all about being had specific standards they accepted into another stage in life. could follow." When one is having trouble Schwartz said that these stan accepting themselves, this stage dards are important in the fair can become much more compli ness of medical treatment cated. such as hormone therapy-of "I started out with some issues transgendered people. with it," Gabbic said, referring to "The criteria can be challeng her upbringing and how she was ing for a lot of people," Schwartz told that transgenderism was said, "and some people agree or wrong. "In high school, my best disagree with the different stan friend was Mormon. With that, dards of care, but they were put there were a lot of issues that had in place so that trans people rubbed off on me." would be treated similarly in Raci said coming to terms medical situations." Schwartz with her identity was hard. also believes that the inclusion of "I was so confused. I tried to Gender Identity Disorder into the be a guy for a year," she said. DSM IV has caused doctors and Ultimately, she didn't feel com psychiatrists to discuss transgen fortable with it. derism much more than they "I had a lot of issues but used to. because of my family, having Above: Raci (left) and Gabbie (right) discuss how they made the transition from high school to While the debate over Gender transgendered friends, and college. Identity Disorder will possibly being on [Transgeneration) grow after the airing of have made me more confident lenges that a trans person might interested in learning more about agree with their decision or not, it Transgeneration, Raci offers about being a transsexual," Raci face in school or with their fam transgenderism. takes hurting people who need another way of looking at the situ said. " I've come to accept ily or at that point in their life," Regina Griggs, executive direc support, who need to know the ation. myself." said Casey Schwartz, 25, direc tor of Parents and Friends of Ex truth, who need to hear... That " I' m unique," Raci said. Many of the themes and issues tor of the Trans Youth Resource Gays and Gays, thinks otherwise. this is not the answer. So why "There are not a lot of transsex di scussed in Transgeneration are and Advocacy program at the PFOX is a nonprofit organization would any television show want uals in the world, so we are in familiar to many local Chicago Broadway Youth Center, 3179 that supports ex-gays. to promote self-mutilation and demand." support groups. N. Broadway. Schwartz sees "I'm really unhappy about harm people?" 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A cfftSNIOn he Loop will be pocked with fashlonlstas and professionals and thrive In," May said. alike from Sept. 19 through Sept. 29 as Chicago's fashion Not all designers are leaving, though. One Columbia alumna TIndustry and the city present Fashion Focus Chicago 2005, a Devin McKenna, who graduated with a fashion degree In 1996, co week of events highlighting everything from style experts to stu founded the Chicago Fashion Foundation, an organization dents. From work from Chicago designers on display In Marshall designed to foster community among Chicago's fashion populace. Field's to demonstrations In the windows of Carson Pirie Scott on After serving on the board that organized Fashion Focus Chicago how to dress, the week Is aimed at this year, McKenna underscored the drawing attention to the re-growth of prospects this year's events offer. fashion as an Important port of "It takes awhile to build on initiatives "This could be the beginning of some Chicago business. and events. Are we anywhere near thing really great In Chicago-some Growing out of fashion week at thing I didn't hove when I graduated Marlhall Field's the post two years, New York? No. Could we be in ten from school," McKenna, who Is also the city Is sponsoring the festival this VIce President of the Chicago Fashion year a1 port of an Initiative to pro years? Possibly." Foundation, aald. "This Is an opportunity mote Independent delignera In to experience (the lnduatry) and show Chicago. 1M- city couldn't do It that you do nat have to ga to New York alone, though, and enlltled everyone from organlzatlonl that were or L.A. " Involved In post yeorl, like the Chicago Loop Alliance and the McKenna 1tresses that thl1 11 New York Fashion Week done the Chicago Faahlon Foundation, to collegea like Columbia and the Midwestern way, I.e. It's tree to the public and II does not Ju•t locus lnternutlonCII Academy of Art and Dellgn. The hope 11, with the on runway1, but the lothian lnduttrv a• a whole. The movement to Involvement of all the faahlon-conacloua thll year, the clly'l Initiative encourage detlgnert to atay In aweet homo Chicago It one of the Will garMr more attention, according to Mary May, apoketwoman group'a main objecllvea, and aho 11 happy to 1ee tho luue coming tor the Moyof'a Office of lpeclol Evonta. to light on a clly·wlde level. "A lOt of p &<>ple don't ~•n realize we have 1uoh a 1ubatonllol There 11 another obvloul reaaon behind a puah tor a toahlon ren lnduttry In Chicago," May aald. "We want to 1how why Chicago Is a alllance In tho oily- money. A booming lndu1try would attract September 19,2005. Page 7 FfUf4•];J•i fashion shows, In tum altraclng people lo the ely. And while a ,.,_Beal" Falllon Show on Slpt. 21 floom f1:30 a.n\. to 1:30 p.m., as -C maiOr lhopplng center at 108 N. Stale St., the WWcty and perpetu- 01 tludent demonlttalklnlln the windows of 5fotM on State Street dUring the dly unoccupied parcel of land In the heart of the Loop, d have a week. McKenna said that lhlllclnd d student,in~nt is good 69cause it positive Impact on residents, H's the money It wll genet01e tor bull- glv.. falhlon students a chance lo ~ What's go~ on in the city. nesses that Is the key-Mnot the least of which Is lhopplng," "We klloW as Chicagoans that there is fashlon in the city, but (these events Manning said. give.the industry more notoriety," McKenna The Loop, where the fashion and "We want to show people-particu- laid. "These, are top-rate fashion events, worthy business districts are undenlabty Inter- of anywhere, even New Vorl< or Milan.M ~ twined, could certainly benefit from larly students-that they have a real Though the ~en mission of the event the money flow a fashion revival would • th t th t d unlike other cities, nearly everyone agrees that bring. The Chicago Loop Alliance, the COmmUnity a ey Can S ay an it is a step In the right direction for a revitallza· result of a recent merging of the thr"IVe .n , t1on of the fashion industry in Chicago-a city Greater State Street Council and the 1 • with a fashion world of its own. Central Michigan Avenue Association, "It takes awhile to bull~ on initiatives and Is sponsoring Fashion Focus Chicago this year as an outreach to the events," Jones said. "Are we anywhere near New York? No. Could we be In Iorge retail piece of the Loop's fiscal pie. According to Lauro Jones, 10 years? Possibly." associate director of the Alliance, Investing In events like this Is sup- porting both the business district and the educational district. For information on events through Sept. 29, visit fashionfocuschlcago.org. Looking around the city and seeing not only designers working in Most events are free and open to the public. the city but also students studying fashion, Jones said that area businesses wondered how they could encourage this while promot· lng Chicago and the Loop. "Everyone's goal is to make Chicago another city that's known for fashion," Jones said. Pairing the city's bocking with the prominent Marshall Field's brand has certainly opened doors for this year's fashion week, even drawing big name celebrities like Jennifer Lopez on Thursday and Sarah Jessica Parker, who kicked off the festival on Sept. 16. Including such marquee names, along with several fashion VIPs hosting talks throughout the week, shows how the indus try in Chicago is growing. Placing the spoHight squarely on the city's designers is great for Chicago, but an obvious ulterior mollve is to keep them here. The city, parllcularly the Loop area, used to have a thriving fashion world, Manning points out. Though he said he can't pinpoint what happened to drain the city of its couture culture, Fashion Focus events look to raise the kind of awareness that will reverse that trend. "We'd like to see (Chicago designers) thrive, so it's not automollcally grab your diploma and get on a plane," Manning said. Both Manning and Kathleen Embry, Fashion Design Program Director at the International Academy of Art and Design in Chicago, said that this year's program is larger than the last. "We worked hard to have a variety this year. There really is a wonderful selecllon," Embry sold. Columbia and IADT will both have designs in the September 19, 2005. Page 8 "We were discussing band Maps and Atlases knows it's "It's the first band we listened names and trying to find one that important to keep good connec to in junior high; it's weird," didn't define us-we didn't want tions with Chicago's local music Davidson said. "We' re really Mops ond Alloses won't scene. Davidson notes that for the excited, but nervous since we to give any indication of what we sounded like," Davidson said. most pan, they come into contact don't share any similarities." Or "It's a good name that describes with good people and great atti as Elders puts it, "We don't rock leod you ostroy the way we write songs, kind of tudes-though there are a few bad as hard. They're the loudest band like a guide." seeds. I've ever heard." Soon after Davidson joined the "We' ve made a lot of friends; Maps and Atlases are currently Columbia band rocks out with New group, Maps and Atlases played we just try to play shows with recording a new EP, set to be Black, Local H its first show in Iowa, near the bands with good attitudes. Being released in late November. The Illinois border. cool with other bands is good for Maps and Atlases website is cur By Tiffany Breyne/Assistant A&E Editor "Of course we were nervous, getting shows," Davidson said. rently under construction, so to cause it was our first show," On Sept. 16, Maps and Atlases learn more about the band, check Davidson said. "We showed up, played with Chicago band Local H out its MySpace account at It's no secret that Columbia is a stop at the Texas Ballroom, 30 I 2 and people were wearing cutoff at Otto's in DeKalb, Ill., an experi www.myspace.com/mapsandat breeding ground for all kinds of S. Archer Ave., along with New camouflage shorts, no shirts and ence they never thought would lases. anistic talent, waiting to broaden its Black, Hanalei and Karma with a Skoal hats. It was bizarre. It was a happen years ago. horizons in the real world. Traverse K on Sept. 23. house party. The kid throwing it through its many paths leading to Erin Elders, 22, the band's gui eventually to ld us it was a white musical stardom, and you ' II find tarist, originally met the drummer trash themed party." Maps and Atlases. Chris Hainey, 22, in Milwaukee Despite the mistaken setting of Maps and Atlases formed a little while attending high school. Both a trash-tastic town, Elders said, " It over a year ago, joining together to eventually made the decision to was a really good response." produce a sound of "math rock," a~ attend Columbia a~ fi lm majors, For those unaware o f Maps and Dave Davidson, 2 I , the band's which is where Elders met Atlases sound, Davidson offers a vocalist, puts it. Math rock is a Davidson, a cultural studies major, more elaborate description. in a class they " I don 't think any band wants to had together. By be set in a genre, but ) think we' re "It's a good name that that time, Elder.; different elements of math rock, and Hainey had which is instrumental, technical describes the way we already posted mus ic," Davidson said. "We are ads on Craigslist, that, but with vocals." write songs, kind of like an online classi Furthering the description fieds page, for Elders said, "We ' re definitely a guide." band members influenced by math rock, and we and found their like folk music too." mixture of complex rhythms and bassist, Shiraz Dada, 24. Davidson and Elders said dissnoance twisted to produce a "I had a good friend that they're inspired by Don slightly helter skelter sound. Of the worked at a record store and knew Caballero, an instrumental group, four band members, three are of this really great band he'd told and Hella, though they're not Columbia students in their final me about," Davidson said. "Then quite as harsh. At the moment, year, balancing school, work and one day I realized it was Erin's Davidson said he's really into their music careers. band." Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, a With a set of shows across The name Maps and Atlases Brookl yn based fi ve-piece band, Illinois in the next few weeks, comes from an ad they saw posted and Elders is into the Chicago Maps and Atlases adds math rock to equal a rocking good time Maps and Atlases will make a pit- on the s ide of a building. based band Make Believe. at the Texas Ballroom, 3012 S. Archer Ave., on Sept. 23. ·~ 1 "[I· ., • .. ,.., . .;,;;; 1 I ... ' • ' ! • 000 \ \. I . I ~ • ~ \. • EGG DONORS NEEDED! HelpMake A C C~terfo..r D ream E.GG PUNK Options Come True. u.c Our egg donor progami!l completely anonymou5 and i:~ owned NIDN*'AVS and operated b_y our profe&eional and ca ring nur5ing eta!+. We are in need Of health_y, non-emoking temale& between the ag:s of 20-:x> year& old. 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The events that happen to characters don't mistake it for a typical horror other than Emily Rose are so detailed that movie-there are no ridiculous plot lines it seems impossible Derrickson would a 12-year-old could write, with numerous know all this information. Yet the movie Being possessed by the devil isn't easy. Jennifer Carpenter plays Emily Rose suspenseful scenes just because it's fun to manages to carry past that fact with its scare people. (Ahem, does Scream ring a strong character development. in The Exorcism of Emily Rose. bell?) It's definitely not another version Emily Rose mostly follows Linney's Carpenter, with her startling ability to cre scare in an appropriate manner. For of The Exorcist. character both in and outside of the court ate such chilling scenes using only her moviegoers looking for that perfect mix But don't believe the creepy trailers room. Skeptical about Father Moore's body and facial expressions. Carpenter, a of drama and shock, this movie is a defi shown on TV- they show a majority of ideas of possession and demons, Linney somewhat fresh face on the screen with her nite must-see. the scary scenes from the movie. Instead, does a great job of playing the semi-sar most recognizable movie being White imagine a courtroom setting, an agnostic castic, non-believing Bruner. Her charac Chicks, doesn't have many lines in the The Exorcism of Emily Rose lawyer finding her place amongst spiritu ter is relatable as she cycles through emo movie but still managed to produce a pow (PG-1 3) al beliefs and the underlying message of tions throughout the movie, deciphering erful and memorable image for the audi "do you believe?" This is a more accurate what's real and what's not. Hearing nois ence. Directed by Scott Derrickson portrayal of Emily Rose. es in the night and warnings from Father The trailers for The Exorcism of Emily The movie follows lawyer Erin Bruner Moore that demons are all around, Bruner Rose may be daunting and misleading, (Laura Linney) as she defends Father is caught between her agnostic self and but the movie still manages to capture and Moore (Tom Wilkinson), who is on trial the yearning to believe in such a ,------ for the murder of Emily Rose (Jennifer power. Carpenter) after a failed exorcism lead to The question constantly looming her death. Emily Rose is seen only in the in her mind is whether Emily Rose flashbacks used when describing scenes was actually possessed or if she in the courtroom about her possession. suffered from an epileptic disease, Based on a true story, the line between as the prosecuting lawyer, Ethan fact and fiction is often blurred in Emily Thomas (Campbell Scott), wants Rose. The real Emily Rose was Anneliese the jury to believe. Michel of Germany, whose possession That same question runs through began in 1968 when she was 16 years old. the audience's mind. Both sides of Just like Emily Rose's character, the trial offer up enough valid evi Anneliese's religiously protective family dence to back up their case, and one looked towards the church to help rid her starts to wonder--do demons exist? of a gruesome condition that medicine Is possession and exorcism really didn't seem to help. Anneliese died in possible or just a figment of the I 976 after many failed exorcisms, and her imagination? parents and pastor were put to trial for Though Linney's character does ne li ent homicide. The court documents ca much of the movie, kudos to Dally at 4:30, 7:15 &10: 10 IJllus 1:45PM Sat & Sun) Daily at 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50 & 10:20 PIPERS ALLEY EVANSTON CENTURY 12 Chicago N BOO/FANDANGO #814 Evanston 847/492·0123 NO PASSES OR REDUCED ADMISSION COUPONS ACCEPTED. Poul McCorlney releases new olbum! Ex-Be atle not only still alive, but still recording By Sam Libretti/Staff Writer Apparently, this is the season bless them. for aging rockers to release Where recent McCartney solo albums designed to coincide with work has seemed forced and unin multimillion dollar tours. Earlier spired, this album feels light and this month, the Rolling Stones energetic, even at its lowest released a new disc, A Bigger points. Working with producer Bang, and their sold-out tour Nigel Godrich, who has helmed stopped at Soldier Field recently. albums for Radiohead and Beck, Tuesday saw the release of Paul McCartney was largely held back McCartney's Chaos and Creation from his habit of getting too in the Backyard, his first new stu syrupy-what late ex-Beatle Wurlitzer pianos. These layers of great melodic rocker, as are comings, Chaos and Creation in dio offering since 200 I , and this George Harrison once described music come together to provide "Friends to Go" and "Promise to the Backyard offers proof that at October, the former Beatie brings as "granny music." There are, an ambiance to McCartney's You Girl." Most of the other 63, Paul McCartney is still capa his sold-out tour to the United however, a few times on the songs that they have not had in songs are successful because of ble of making music that has rele Center for two nights. album when one wishes Godrich some time, particularly on "A McCartney's musicianship, their vance in a market that is vastly On Chaos, released in the U.S. would have held the leash a little Certain Softness," "At the Mercy" precise arrangements and the different from that of the 1960s by Capitol Records, McCartney tighter on the corny balladry. and "Riding to Vanity Fair." strength of McCartney's voice. and '70s. once again proves to the world Sir Paul is credited with all of Beatles fans will quickly recog Easily the biggest misstep on that he is a master of his craft, the instrumentation on most nize "Jenny Wren" as being set the album, "English Tea," sees Sir churning out melodic piano tracks, but there are appearances firmly in the style of"Blackbird," Paul committing his most egre Chaos and Creation in tinged pop like nobody's busi by the drummer for his touring the McCartney-penned acoustic gious musical sin: getting too ness. Listeners who were disap band, Abe Laboriel Jr., as well as ballad on the Beatles' self-titled campy for an album that is other the Backyard pointed by 2001 's Driving Rain one of the band's guitarists, Rusty 1968 double album. wise strong. Music icon or not, by Paul McCartney will likely appreciate the effort Anderson. A lot of the album's The album's opening track and lines like "Very twee I very me" put forth on Chaos. Listeners who appeal lies in the eloquent string current single, "Fine Line," has an and "Nanny bakes I fairy cakes" enjoyed Driving Rain, well, God sections, harmoniums and instantly catchy hook and is a just don't cut it. Despite its short- ~~~r:fJO College Radio .Yc~!!~.!! woo< 88.1 1~lirv Thursday, September 22, 2005 from am PM • • This special program is dedicated to ·the rich history of New Orleans. We will be accentuating the music, literature, history , art and Culture. Contributions will be given to the American Red Cross and The Salvation Anny. September 19, 2005. 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Chicago I ReAL.L.Y WAp.rr TO IMPRE:55 Alderman Burton Natarus (42nd Ward) asked another aldennan 10 mo,·e DANA ON OUR DATE TONIGHT, because her hat was too large and was blocking his view. I think you. of all 50 I WAS WONDERING IF people, can draw an important lesson from this. YOU'D DO ME A FAVOR. .. Taurus (April 21 - May 2 1): Don't be such a hobo. ~ Gemini (May 22 - June 21 ): I hate to break it 10 you, but you do. m f~1c1. look ~ I ri sh . Cancer (June 22 - July 23): Your lack of productiveness is increasing in direct proportion to your confidence level. Blame yourself- everyone told you never to become a hippie. ~ Leo (July 24 - Aug. 23): ! love you, but I'm not in love with you. ~ Virgo (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23): You'll have a fun day sometime this \\Wk. filled ~ to the brim with hargwarsh and poppycock. Libra (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23): Your mailperson will not, in fact, come ram or shine and is defi nitely confiscating your Victoria's Secret catalogues. If you want your luck to change, perhaps you should consider greasing Ins or her palm on the next Boxing Day. ® Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22): By jove, this week you're adorable' Sagittarius (Nov. 23 - Dec. 2 1): Aw, is the stork going to bring you a little bundle of joy? No? Eee ... Sorry, it must be the sweater ... it's an optical illu- sion. Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20): You will be fo rced to move most of your office items into your bathroom for an extended period of time this week after a bad burrito. ~ Aquarius (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19): A road to riches is not in .the cards, but a bright ~ future in door-to-door magazme sales ts looking pronusmg. Pisces (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20): Knock, knock. (You hopefully inquire: Who's there?) Your horoscope. " .. speedtalk Unlimited SpeedTalk Minutes Walkie-talkie-style service • 1000 Anytime Minutes • $49.95 per month • AOL®Instant Messenger'" service-FREE Trial • Buy 1 and get up to 3 LG UX4750 phones FREE (with 2·year contracts and mail·in rebates) LG ~ U.S.CeDuJar 1 · UI· IUY· USCC • UTUSC.C OM 11 September 19, 2005 [C]SPACES UPCOMING PROGRAMMING Columbia~ [C] COLLEGE CHICAGO SPACES THE STUDENT CENTERS AND GALLERIES••• OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO 12 CoMMENTARY September 19, 2005 Hoping for the best ... BACK FROM THE DRAWING BoARDS f our goal is to become instructors. While these two commitment to creating "the best student-cen sets of negotiations are well-rounded students who I tered arts and media col unrelated, it is critical that are more than prepared to lege in the world," then we reach a solution that sat meet whatever challenge addressing the workloads of isfies each and every mem follows graduation, the Columbia's faculty should ber of our staff. The admin notion of becoming the best be one of the college's top istration should have no in the world is hardly far priorities. Resolving this concerns about whether or fetched. issue today would ensure not it is getting its money's However, how Columbia future applicants make our worth. handles its faculty directly school their first choice Workload and salary figures into such a goal. tomorrow. compression should be seen According to The Chronicle Columbia has been fortu as returns on student invest of Higher Education, a sur nate enough to boast ments that could exceed vey compiled by the instructors who incorporate $100,000 per individual. American Association of real-world experience from The quality of the education University Professors found outside the classroom. At we receive is immediately that the average salary for a the same time, this offers impacted by the time those professor at Columbia for students the opportunity to who teach us have to offer. the 2004-05 school year learn from the work per As The Chronicle reported was $64,000. That figure is formed by professionals in March, a survey by lower than the $83,986 who go beyond standard Columbia College Faculty national average for full reading assignments and Organization found that time professors at other lectures. This aspect of who reducing the current work master's institutions, a cate makes up our faculty is load to nine credit hours gorization for schools that rewarding, but it has been was one of the most impor offer both bachelor's and coming at the expense of tant issues among faculty. master's degrees. Full-time some rather overworked With time also having to professors at our neighbor professors. be dedicated to administra ing institution, Roosevelt It has been five years tive duties, it is clear that University-which falls since the All-College reorganizing these priorities into the same AAUP catego Workload Committee was would not be an easy task. ry as Columbia- average formed following then Striking a perfect balance $81,600 a year, according to Provost Sam Floyd's call between allowing all pro the survey. for reduced workloads for fessors to develop profes It's hard to be considered full-time faculty, and the sionally, as well as also the best in the world when committee made a proposal honoring obligations to time salaries for your full-time to make that happen in on campus, makes it diffi faculty rank as being just January 2004. There were cult to create any free time. above the 20th percentile in hopes last spring that the This will not happen the country. reduction would occur this overnight, but clearly as Producing the best and semester, but we're still Columbia grows, more is brightest means learning waiting. going to be required. And from the best and brightest. And we wait while P-fac, that is why the issue can be Of course, that kind of suc · the Part-Time Faculty delayed no longer. cess comes at a price, and in Association, sits at the bar We feel that Columbia is order for our school to gaining table. At Columbia, already emerging as the col achieve a truly global repu we have more than three lege of choice in Chicago, tation, Columbia needs to times as many part-time and we believe that with start getting ahead of the instructors as full-time continued dedication and rest of the nation. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ... preparing for the worst Coca-Cola's recent shareholder t will be weeks before ing sick from possibly using 314,000 from 404,000 in meeting was taken over by sharehold we know what led to the the substance on Sept. 5. 2002. And the number of er activists condemning the company's I shocking death of Results from the medical youths who had used the actions in India and Colombia. New DePaul student Jason examiner are not expected drug between the ages of 12 York City's comptroller is concerned Zarka, who was found in his for weeks, but if it turns out and 17 fell from 13,000 in about Coca-Cola's stock in the city's University Center bedroom that the substance con 2002 to 12,000 in 2003. The portfolio. College and university stu on Sept. 6. While college tributed to this tragedy, res hope would be that these dents, in particular, have played a key administrators and thera idents of the "Superdorm" numbers will continue to role in bringing the campaign to the pists are helping students should be made aware of it. plunge until the figures hit national and international stage. cope with the news, it is Many students are zero. Keep Coca-Cola out of Columbia Unions and campuses around the crucial that the University exposed to illegal drugs When the "Superdorm" country are taking part in a Coke boy Center be as open and hon long before arriving at col opened in fall 2004, it wel I was surprised to read in The cott. est as possible with its resi Jeg_e, but heroin in the envi comed s tudents from Chronicle that the college is negotiat The website KillerCoke.org has a dents when the c irc um ronment at the University Columbia as well as DePaul ing a contract with Coca-Cola. wealth of information and links, stances are revealed. Center should be limited to and Roosevelt universities. Perhaps they aren't aware of a grow including New York City television Zarka's roommate told William S. Burroughs nov It is a key part of creating a ing international campaign against station WB II 's special "Fact Finders police that he and the 2 I els. The only way to contin sense of community for all Coca-Cola for a number of its prac Report" video in the site's August 3 I year-old junior business ue to uphold that expecta three colleges, and if a stu tices in developing countries. news bulletin. Is this a good time to student had traveled to the tion is by addressing the dent's death on its premises Alleged human rights violations at bring Coca-Cola to campus? West Side to purchase hero role narcotics played in was the result of a drug its bottling plants in Colombia, where in. Police are investigating Zarka's death. Being forth overdose, the news would assassinations of union activists by - Sheila Brady if Zarka's death is related to ri ght about all details is the force officials to work hard paramilitary groups are an issue, have Program Coordinator. a string of incidents involv best step to ensure that a er toward reclaiming that given rise to numerous actions includ Educational Swdies ing the narcotic. similar incident does not feeling. ing a suit brought by labor groups and On the West Side, police happen again. However, it also presents victims. In India, Coke's bottling Have an opinion about some ~ u s pected he ro in was The 2003 Natio na l them with an opportunity to operations are accused of drying up thing you read on these pages? Why mvolved in the death of a Survey on Drug Use and case the concerns of its stu the water supply for small villages, as not write a Letter to the Editor? At 35-year-old man on Sept. 7. Health found that annual dents and bring its residents well os polluting groundwater and the bottom of Page 13 you'll find n Four women in the same heroin usc among the gen together at u time when ull soil. In recent months, thousands of set of guidelines on how to do this. neighborhood were taken to eral population age 12 and three schools arc carrying local Indians have turned out to Let us henr from you. area ho"pitals after hecom- o lde r had dropped to heavy hearts. protest existing and proposed plants. Hayley Graham Tiffany Breyne Chad Kouri ~hrts Gallevo Christopher Richert C(jLUMBIA CHRONICLE Camput Ntwt Editor Hunter Clauss Charles Sievert osh Covarrubias GraphlcO.Ignn Oentnl lllnlgtt ~.CoWMBIACHRON I CLE.COM Allltllnt A&E Edltort Wtbmlttn Jell Danna Alan Baker Joth Kantarakl Jessica Pearce Eric Davis Chel~ Klasnlch Jetfre~ Cmlle Jim Sulskl Editor-In-Chief City lltlt Editor Attocllle Editor Attl1t1nt C1mpu1 Newt Photo Editor AtiYe alng Mlche It F nkler Co-FICIIIty AdYI11r Editor Repmtntltlvt Jenller Fischer Alicia Dolr James Ewert Derek Slrum Michael Jarecki Copy Edltort Mlck Dumke Jennaw Sabella Altltllnt City Bell Commenllry Editor Todd Burbo Erin Mash Co-FICIIIty AdYI"r MIIIIOIIIQ Edltort Editor A&E Editor Atelttant Photo Edltort Commentary September 19, 2005 13 iPod killed the radio star Roamin' By Hunter Clauss to the drab routine of commercial and Jack FM, 104.3, have switched pie, because we all know how Numerals Assistant A&E Editor radio. to. much they love new technology. At the moment, radio isn't doing In April of last year, Q I 0 I trans Podcasts, however, offer a The car radio can be just as frus so well with its public image. This formed from the "alternative sta refreshing change that commercial trating as the evening commute fact is driven home by the recent tion," playing heavy metal crap, to radio isn't capable of achieving. A $43.45 home from work, school or both. "pay for play" scandal. In July being "on shuffle," playing any podcast is a radio show that is post Amount paid by Continually pressing the scan but 2005, New York Attorney General thing and everything. The ttight ed online like a blog. Podcasts can Internet casino and ton, flipping through the various Eliot Spitzer reported that Sony they made the switch was the fi.rst be downloaded from Apple's poker room stations for five minutes straight BMG, the second largest record time I remember hearing Daft iTunes music store. Though pod and the whole process of searching label in the world, had paid radio Punk on the station since the late casts can be played on many GoldenPalace.com for for something new to listen to can stations to give more airtime to 90s, and because the switch hap portable mp3 players, this medium the only known deed to feel like the ending of Raiders of certain songs. This is incredibily pened on April Fools' Day, I derived its name from Apple's the property ownership the Lost Ark, when the Nazis open damning because it's now apparent thought it was a strange joke. iPod. There are podcasts like "Gas for 1600 Pennsylvania up the Ark of the Covenant and all that the radio industry is largely a Q I 0 I wasn't the only station Radio" which tells listeners where Ave., or the location of their faces melt. puppet for large record labels. that changed its image. The they can fmd the cheapest gas Radio is by no means a holy gift prices. There are also podcasts like the White House, from God to humankind. It's a relic "Feast of Fools," which is the according to a Sept. 15 of the past thanks largely in part to Johnny Carson Show for the press release. The item the popular iPod, one of the great GLBT commuttity. Even U.S. Sen. was acquired by David est inventions of our lifetime. Barack Obama has his own pod Jenneson following Listeners no longer have to sit and cast. research for his book, listen to what a bunch of corpora Pretty much anyone can create tions think of as good music, like and produce a radio show, and Night of the Realtors, Ace of Base or Ashlee Simpson. there are podcasts that appeal to and sold through the We, the listeners, can plug in our Republicans, Democrats, Harry online auction house iPods and tune out the mindless Potter fans, gays and lesbians, eBid.tv. drivel associated with commercial sports fans, mystery novel readers, radio, which is largely owned by cooks and a whole slew of others. giant entities like Viacom and This diversity of perspectives is 69 hours, Clear Channel. something that is alien to radio. A In some ways, one can see this majority of AM talk shows are as an example oflmmanuel Kant's very conservative, such as Rush 48 minutes essay "What is Enlightenment?" In Limbaugh's show, and FM morn Amount of time Suresh it, Kant argues that mankind can ing talk show personalities often Joachim spent watching only mature through the public come off as catering to the shock TV, breaking the sphere, which consists of the read jock mentality. ing public that has access to books. For Kant, achieving a public Guinness world record If the reading public is granted the sphere in which the individual is on Sept. 16. Joachim freedom to pursue these published allowed to thinlc freely must be holds more than 16 works, Kant believed, that Josh Covarrubias!The Chronide accomplished in order for progress Guinness records, progress would be achieved. It is noticeable that the radio beloved oldies station 104.3 FM to be made. If humankind bows including the longest The only kick-in-the-groin that industry is stuck in a hard place. bit the big one and transformed down to the guardians and their duration of balancing stands in the way of the public Many stations are reformatting into Jack FM, trading in the charm private sphere, then society will sphere is the guardians, an authori themselves in order to effectively ing radio personality Dick Biondi never mature. Podcasting has on one foot. tative system that regulates what compete with the almighty iPod, for the lame slogan, "We play want made radio irrelevant because it an individual can read and say. In which allows listeners to choose we want." The new incarnation of opens up the floodgates for anyone th~ rq!~ of ~dio, big busi~sses wl)at they want to listen to without 104.3 plays an eclectic mil' of, to express !hemselyes in an audio $100 billion act1 as guardians. They control committing to a single ge-;;-re. music that nobody listened to file medium. We no longer have to which radio personalities make it Many stations are ditching the old when it first came out. The oldies listen to the voice from the moun Amount NASA plans to on the air, and what songs make it format of playing a single type of station still does exist online, tain, the corporations or the script spend over the next 12 onto playlists. These personalities music to a format that encompass where you can find Dick Biondi, ed radio personalities. Thanks to years in an effort to put and playlists often lack a certain es a wide range of music, formats but who goes online to listen to podcasting, anyone can have his or humans back on the diversity that could be refreshing that stations li!ce Q I 0 I, I 01.1 FM, Elvis or The Beatles? Not old peo- her own radio show online. moon by 2018. Getting extremism down 'Pat' Choice Cuts By Derek Strum Israel who prefer a very narrow Robertson apparently didn't with President Bush" and an Commentary Editor religious interpretation over the thinlc that his own comments were admirtistration that "got burned by democratic institutions that keep too serious when he spoke of accusations it backed a failed coup The ongoing War on Terror takes the country together." Venezuelan President Hugo against Chavez in 2002," which aim at radicalism among Muslims, A narrow religious interpretation Chavez on the Aug. 22 edition of the White House denies. " Let's face it ... Cocoa but as long we're calling a spade a is Robertson's bread and holy "The 700 Club." Robertson said, In the past, Robertson has been a Beach conjures up spade, there's no American practic water. On the May I edition of "If he thinks we're trying to assas little more willing to help leaders ''visi ons of palm trees, ing the sort of extremism as detri ABC's "This Week" with George sinate him, I thinlc we really ought of foreign nations, such as brutal surfing and the beach. mental to U .S . interests as Stephanopoulos, the CBN chair to go ahead and do it." leaders in Zaire (now Congo) and Houston conjures up Christian mirtister Pat Robertson. man voiced his opposition to Two days later, under fierce crit Liberia, according to Ms. maga petrochemicals." The Christian B roadcasting judges who thinlc the Constitution icism, Robertson said he was mis zine. But in those cases, Robertson Network chairman was "clearly" is "a living document that can be interpreted. "I didn't say 'assassi had financial interests in commer not having a "good week," accord manipulated at the will of five out nation.' I said our special forces cial companies mining for dia Lori Walters, director of ing to the Anti-Defamation of rune judge[s )." Of course, if the should 'take him out."' monds and gold, respectively. the Florida Space Coast League, when the organization U.S. went back to the 18th century Actually, he said both. And Naturally, when Robertson was History Project at the condemned Robertson for criticiz understanding, theoretically the either way, it seems quite odd (and criticized for supporting Liberia's University of Central ing the Israeli withdrawal from the right to privacy would disappear a tad extreme) that a man who pro exiled president, Charles Taylor, a Gaza Strip·. During a broadcast of and slavery could reappear, among fesses to represent the Christian partial bankroller for al-Qaida, Florida, commenting on his religious vehicle, "The 700 other historical progresses that commuttity would call for the mur Robertson once again claimed he whether the Texas city Club," Robertson said, "God says, could be rewritten. der of a sovereign country's elect was "misinterpreted. n would have been more ' I am going to judge the nations When Stephanopoulos asked ed official. With "The 700 Club" reaching I accurate for the setting who have parted my land.' He said, Robertson if he was really serious "I don't know who that person million households, Robertson is of I Dream ofJ eannie. ' I am going to bring judgement about the claim in his book, is," Chavez said about the com being misinterpreted, all right. ments, according to CNN. "I don't Somehow, the mirtister maintains Cocoa Beach residents against them."' Couning Disaster, that the judici celebrated the 40th Hoping to talk some sense into ary is currently a bigger threat than know him, and as far as his opirtion his credibility with his Christian the good minister, ADL's statement Islantic terrorists, the CBN chair of me goes, I couldn't care less." audience, despite exploiting the anniversary of the noted, "As a staunch supporter of man replied, " I thinlc the gradual But, as Time repo rted, name of God at every last chance. show's first episode on Israel, Mr. Robertson should erosion of the consensus that's held Robertson's public comments do If our country is fighting a war Sept. 16. understand that his comments fur our country together is probably little to help the impression in against religious fanatics, we're ther play into the division of a more serious than a few bearded Latin America of a "right-wing hardly helped by having such a country and encourage those in terrorists who fly into buildings." establishment so closely aligned powerful one on our side. The CokJnilla Clvonde is a student-produced Edlloflals oro the opinions of the Editorial Letters to the edttor must indude ful name. year. major The Columbll Chronicle p Submit Sketches in a t)ook or loose pages. Sketches of f igu res, lanclscapes, ' abstractions, fast1ion and object design. { S ~f"/ t; /1 8(10 1\ S WILL £!!' S[CLIIIED ) :. OPFN H>: Students, l" O L AIS t; ll , \ • • n [c (JALLUI'f llf•A C fl1 0 lilt I 'IVI>f HI '· ~ "I NO~ ANU O•UtHIU 0, CQLU M UI ~ ,OOLLIOC CIIIOM O c· Beat September 19, 2005 15 Governor, adversaries put spin on Illinois' economic standing AP pie during that time, according to (R.) of Bloomington. "The As the political season the Illinois Department of recipe that this administration approaches, the health of Illinois' Employment Security. has doctored up has been a disas economy under Gov. Rod That trend has changed since trous one.'' AP Blagojevich is taking center Blagojevich took office. Illinois In the process, they say, busi Soldier Field could lose its landmark status after the National Park stage in a drama where each side gained 17,200 jobs, and its nesses have flocked to neighbor System Advisory Board voted 5-3 to strip the field of its landmark uses many of the same facts to unemployment rate dropped ing states such as Indiana and designation. A final decision will be made within 60 days. tell vastly different stories. nearly a full percentage point, Missouri to build and expand. On one side is the administra from 6.9 percent in September Officials there welcome the tion, with a story of recent job 2003 to 6 percent in July. attention. U.S. could strip Soldier growth and declining unemploy For historical comparison, "Bringing business in from ment. In this version, Illinois is Illinois gained 685, I 00 jobs and other states is something we're slowly coming out of a deep its unemployment rate dropped working very hard on right now," Field of landmark status recession thanks in part to initia from 6.5 percent to 4.3 percent said Weston Sedgwick of the ti ves that lower business costs during former Republican Gov. Indiana Economic Development Advisory board argues Architectural preservationists haH' and encourage them to grow and Jim Edgar's eight years in office. Corporation. that renovation damaged long bemoaned the construction. expand. Under his successor. Gov. Critics also complain Illinois which put a modem steel and gla" On the other side are George Ryan, Illinois lost49,000 is trading high-paying jobs with stadium's character bowl atop the signature colonnade,. David Bahlman, president of the Blagojevich 's Republican oppo jobs and its unemployment rate good benefits. such as manufac AP nents and some business groups. increased from 4. 3 percent to 5.4 tttring, for service and temporary Landmarks Preservation Council of In their tale, Illinois' economic percent. jobs that often come with lower Whether Soldier Field will retain Illinois. said he was pleased by t hl· improvement is painfully small The Republicans running for pay and fewer benefits. its status as a National Hi storic board's vote. and lags behind neighboring Blagojevich 's seat sec the latest "Not all jobs are created Landmark is now in the hands of a "The national historic designation states and the nation because of economic numbers as encourag equal," said Gregg Durham of U.S. Cabinet secretary. program would be considered by the public to be a sham if one could do to the administration's anti-busi ing but also a reminder of squan the Illinois Coalition for Jobs, Interior Secretary Gale Norton is ness policies. dered opportunities. Growth and Prosperity, a busi expected to decide with in 60 days a building what was done to Soldier Caught in the middle are vot They note that the nation and ness group. "Everyone's looking whether to strike Chicago's lakefront Field without any censure or dclist ers, who will be bombarded with surrounding states have outpaced at quantity and not enough at stadium from the nation's list of his ing action," Bahlman said. claims from both sides hoping to Illinois in job growth and lower quality." toric places. Chicago city officials argue that usc the economy for their politi ing unemployment totals. Illinois The administration's version Last week, the National Park the reconstruction added needed cal advantage. Judging Illinois' could have hundreds of thou of the story is considerably System Advisory Board, which amenities without sacrificing the sta economic well-being is tricky, sands more jobs if it had just kept rosier. advises Norton, voted 5-3 to recom dium's architectural integrity. 'The features that make the stadt largely because state and federal up with everyone else, some con Because its economy is mend that authorities strip Soldier um landmark-worthy were pre data can be read in different servatives say. diverse, Illinois went into an eco Field of the prestigious designation. ways. Critics in politics and business nomic downturn slower than The body agreed that a $660 mil served," said Chicago Park District After enjoying years of blame those results on increased other states, and as a result its lion makeover of the stadium, com spokeswoman, Michele Jones. growth, Illinois' economy soured business taxes and fees and a recovery has been slower, too. pleted in 2003, destroyed the historic Still others say Soldier Field was in late 2000, with the terrorist higher minimum wage pushed But recent strong job numbers character of the 81-year-old stadium. named a landmark in 1987 because attacks of Sept. 200 I adding to by Blagojevich, along with show pro-business initiatives are "We believe that there was so of historic events that took place the misery. administration policies that have working, state officials say. much change to the architecture that there- not just because of its archi The state lost 246,000 jobs driven up health care costs. The state gained more than the reasons for it to have been desig tecture. between November 2000 and "You can't continue to ignore 53,000 jobs from this January to nated in the fi rst place have been Fewer than 2,500 properties March 2003, and its unemploy the losses our state has struggled July, a pace that's among the lost," said Advisory Board Chairman. nationwide have National Historic ment rolls grew by 120,000 peo- with," said state Sen. Bill Brady nation's best. Douglas Wheeler. Landmark status. Columbia COLLftr CHICAGO ! ~ 16 September 19, 2005 ·······/, ······· "! ~ • ~ \ >. 4 \ \ \\\ BE PART OF PROJECT DELTA CHICAGO COLLEGES - visit www.projectdeltanow.com for info Columbiil ACT NOW - TRAVEL FREE! Social, love to travel, itching to party more? Be an On-Campus Spring Break Representative for STA Travel, and rack up FREE Chronicle Travel or commission! Join us and reap the benefits that STA Travel provides, as the wortd leader in stu dent travel! 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Durong that lime. of h1~ c.:arcc:r in the re,t.wr.mt Kel ler \\Ould not only have Ill bu~ a nc'' · walk the dogs. but al;.o (·are for 0\\llCr Danny Ctnal "a' on~ the animab if they became 'ick of the orig1nal partne1' 111 thl' Denms McClendon hstens to and drhc to each I Ten most endangered sites The Thomson & Taylor Spice Co., one of into disrepair," Morris said. "Without the his church, according to Morris. the city's earliest dealers of food ingredients, toric landmark status the city will tear the Out of the 27 Chicago landmarks, only 5 in Chicago include hospitals built a facility at 500 W. Cermak Road, in building down because of violations." percent are churches or places of worship. and churches 1911. The seven-story red-brick building The church was constructed in 1915 as a LPCI collects information on historic sites housed every aspect of spice manufacturing: Jewish synagogue with a second story wor from many sources, including property own By Alan J. Baker shipping and receiving, packaging, storage ship space and lofted balconies. Currently ers. Each year the council narrows the list City Beet Editor and laboratories. The building is now being that space is unoccupied due to extensive down to 100 sites, then again down to 10 or used as an art facility. water damage, however, the basement and 15. The Western Shade Cloth Co. building )Jutting against tile now of tile Chicago first noor are still being used for service. "Our goal is to try and preserve as many once housed the largest window shade man River is tile W.M. Hoyt Company's irregular Estimates for refurbishing tile property are in old and historic buildings as we can," said ufacturing facility in the world. But now the ly shaped building tllat s il~ at 465 W. Cermak the range of $700,000. Balhman. "I wish there was millions and mil property, which was constructed in 1924, is Road. Approximately 200 community members lions of dollars given away to rehabilitation being used as a boat storage facility. The wholesale grocer warehouse was built turn out for weekly service at the 95-year-old projects." Standing in front of the historic four- and in 1909 and had direct access to rail lines fi ve-story red brick building at 2141 S. with trains litera lly pulling into the first noor Jefferson St., the president of the Landmarks of the building. Cermak Road Bridge D.istrict Preservation Council of Illinois. David Construction of the 216-foot Cermak Road I. Wendnagel & Co. Warehouse 4. Cennak Road Bridge Bahlman, announced the 4th annual Bridge began in 1904 and features through 2. Western Shade Cloth Co. S. W.M. Hoyt Co. Chicagoland Watch List on Sept. 14. trusses and counterweights. The bridge gave According to Bahlman, the 12 sites on this access for uninterrupted ground transporta year's watch list are threatened by issues tion of raw materials and goods throughout such as bad public policy, current or impend the area while helping to develop manufac ing vacancies. redevelopment plans and poor turing along tile Chicago River. maintenance. Bahlman said the manufacturing faci lities "By placing these sites on our watch list eventually vacated the area probably because we hope to call attention to these problems the companies were findin g a more efficient and work with local preservationists," means of production within other facilities. Bahlman said. "It's in the best interest of both "If tlley were to be designated as land historic preservation and the community at marks they would be saved," said Jim Peters, large." director of planning for LPCJ. 'This is a fab The old Western Shade Cloth Co. property ulous collection of buildings and there is no sits within the Cermak Road Bridge District, way these buildings could be replaced." which is a collection of four buildings and a The other buildings on Chicago's watch double-leaf rolling lift bridge. list are: Israel-Samuel Church in Nortb 'This is arguably Chicago's best collection Lawndale, the New York Life building, Old of early 20th century riverfront industrial Main Post Office, Ravenswood Club, buildings," Bahlman said. 'This commission Rosenwald Apartments, Union Station, has recommended this area for local land Westinghouse High School and two historic mark designation." hospitals in Hyde Park and Streeterville. The Wendnagel & Co. Warehouse, 2130 S. Pastor Ambus Morris at Ireai-Samuel Jefferson St., was built in 190 I and special Church in the West Side neighborhood of ized in manufacturing of brewers, vats and Nortb Lawndale said he is blessed that LPCJ fire protection tanks, which still sit atop nominated the church for the watch list. many rooftops throughout the city. "Certain parts of the church have fallen Photos by Maurlco Mauricio Grapl>ics by Chrlo G...... , Share your space, but live on your own. Ott tvltylhlng lor your dorm rMm 11 W.lnlwt.-lllllltllllftenl tvltllll...... City Beat September 19, 2005 19 "PETA rallies during annual conference at Shed Aquarium Protesters wearing C aptive A nimals a nd costumes rallied Entertainment Issues. quietly promoting PETA Circus Specialist Raeleann Smith agreed. animal welfare "If it looks wrong, it usually By Jessica Tobacman is," Smith said. Staff Writer The group also advertised the site and the protest at the A line of animal rights pro Aquarium to point out how testers, some clad in tiger, bear Shedd and PETA's common and panda costumes, stood on involvement with animals the stairs of the Shedd Aquarium diverges. Sept. 14 during the American The Shedd is celebrating its Zoo and Aquarium Association 75 th anniversary by hosting the conference. AZA's annual conference and People for the Ethical supporting two types of attrac Treatment of Animals (PETA) tions, zoos and aquariums, some People for Ethical Treatment of Animals protested during the American Zoo and Aquarium protesters used the busy day at of which PETA believes have Associations annual conference at the Shedd Aquarium, pictured above, on Sept. 14. Protesters the aquarium to draw attention to precedents of harming animals urged visitors to visit a website to support animal welfare. their new website, zooinsid through mistreatment and neg ers.com. Created to engage the lect. Aquarium has caused the death some didn't think the time and like zoos and aquariums to work public in their protests of zoos Both the Shedd Aquarium and of four dolphins. place was right. with animal rights groups. She and aquariums, the activists held PETA maintain that they place Upon reading the report, the "I'm not really interested in said that, organizations like signs advertising the site along the highest priority on the care Shedd Aquarium's public rela talking to those PETA demon PETA are currently ignored by such phrases as "Be a Hero for of animals. However, PETA's tions director Roger Germann strators," said 34-year-old visi care facilities. If animal care and Animals." website presents an "action was skeptical. tor, Scott Allen. However, he animal rights groups and locals "We wanted to create a more alert" entitled, "Stop Plans for a "That 's their opinion," related that he understood the worked together, she maintains structured approach for [people Dolphin Prison." The group Germann said. "Animal care's group's mission. "Zoos are a that individuals who would concerned about animals] to get charges that dolphins have suf our top priority." necessary evil." report ill-treatment and neglect in touch with us," said Debbie fered without their natural habi A few visitors to the aquarium Smith said that an ultimate could instead share information Leahy, PETA Director of tat, and even claims that the understood PETA's mission, but goal is for animal care facilities with the institutions. Mir, professor for ·the department of geog ing energy or have electricity powering an Emissions: raphy and environmental studies at air conditioner. You get what you want: a Northeastern Illinois University. cooled house, but you also get the pollution Mandating helps to When the waste heat is emitted from fos and the wasted heat, that in tum heats up sil fuel-burning industries and vehicles into the city," Mir said. clean up Chicago the city, it has nowhere to go. That, in com According to the Federal EPA's website, bination with the replacement of natural Chicago is involved in a pilot project land with asphalt, buildings and other designed to assist cities in adopting and in Chicago has been classified as 'good' or structures, increases urban temperatures. evaluating different strategies and pro 'moderate' approximately 95 percent of the grams to reduce the effects of the heat time. Also, Kuntzman said that after this island effect, as well as encourage research, summer, Chicago would meet the federal "When you're burning fossil education and communication on the topic. standard that measures pollution over a fuels, you get not only the In the meantime, to limit pollution's one-hour period. However, the one-hour pollution and emissions, but, effect, the EPA's website lists things like average has been replaced by a more strin at the same time, you also get using light-refl ecting roofmg material gent standard that measures pollution over waste heat. It's two impacts instead of black, heat absorbing material. an 8-hour period. occurring as the result of the Also, installing rooftop gardens or "green Since the Clean Air Act of 1990 was same activity." roofs" to replace heat-absorbing surfaces implemented, federal regulations have rou with plants, shrubs and small trees will help tinely tightened, mandating that certain - Debby Mir, professor for the cool the city. Other ways to curtail and areas be cleaned up. department of geography and envi limit the effects of both the heat island Despite stricter rules and guidelines ronmental studies at Northeastern effect and air pollution in general are to addressing air pollution and it's effects, limit the use of air conditioners and to try to Ulinois University there is another cause for concern that pro avoid driving alone, instead making all ducers of emissions are contributing to that attempts to carpool or use public trans cannot be as easily controlled. portation. It is known as the "heat island effect" The heat island effect has an especially sig "Research is constantly being done to see and it can make a city up to I 0 degrees hot nificant effect on Chicago, not only what impacts pollution has on the environ ter than the surrounding areas. because of the number of motorists and ment and individuals. Additionally, it is "When you're burning fossil fuels, you industries that bum fossil fuels, but because inevitable that growth will always occur, Erin Mash/The Chronicle get not only the pollution and emissions, the tall buildings in the city help trap heat whether it is cars on the road or more According to the EPA, Chicago's air but, at the same time, you also get waste and reduce air flow, while the asphalt industry. Regulations will have to be adapt quality is good or moderate 95 percent heat. It's two impacts occurring as the streets aid in absorbing heat and sunlight. ed to incorporate the growing area," of the time. result of the same activity," said Debby "Either you have a power plant produc- Kuntzman said. On the Lighter Side On a Serious Note Soliciting at gas station when prices are so high not good Woman deceived by fraudulent hurricane survivors idea A 39-year-old female was walking near 800 S. A 3 1-year-old male was observed soliciting on the Wabash Ave., on Sept. 12 with a bag in her hand when property of a gas station at 1221 S. Wabash Ave., on Sept. two women asked her for money. The offenders claimed 7. A 38-year-old attendant asked the offender to leave they were survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Because the after seeing him repeatedly asking for change from cus victim's bag was heavy, she placed it on the offenders' tomers fueling their cars. The man refu sed the request, car while searching for money to donate. The offenders prompting the attendant to call the police, who arrested entered their vehicle and drove away. The offenders are the man and took him in for processing. still at large. Man leaves needles in apartment, breaks in to retrieve them Discerning police notice, seize pot On Sept. 7, maintenance workers discovered a lock on Undercover police observed a 41 -year-old male smok a residence in the apartment building at 12 12 S. Michigan ing a Kool cigarette within view of a no-smoking sign Ave., had holes drilled into it, allowing someone to gain near the CTA station at 1200 S. State St. Upon approach access to the unit. Nothing was reported stolen because ing the offender, police noticed a plastic bag sticking out the previous resident had been evicted the previous day of his pants pocket, which they believed to be narcotics. and the apartment was empty. Employees noted that the Police found cannabis in the baggie and took the offend renter, however, had called several times asking manage er in for processing. ment to give him access to the apartment becaus.e. he claimed he had left needles he needs for a medical cond1t1on. - Compiled by Chronicle staff through information provided by the Chicago Police Department. CITYBFAT Etnissions heating Chicago while casting unhealthy haze Report reveals pollution having bines with low winds. high temperatures and • combined effect on air and heat humidity. "Chicago's primary air pollutants of concern arc 10 ground level ozone and fine particulates. In the By James Ewert Chicago area. hannful pollutants come from both Ass istant City Beat Editor industrial sources and vehicles. both gasoline and diesel. Vehicles arc the largest source of pollution For children. the elderly. and people with respira that leads to ground leve l ozone:· Kuntzman said. tory diseases such as asthma in Cook County. there When all the factors for pollution arc put togeth were 68 combined days last year when the air they er. high concentrations of particle matter, no larger breathed was unhealthy. than 2.5 micrometer.; in size. interact with sunlight According to the American Lung Association. and atmospheric moisture to create a haze. This there were also five days in which the air was so haze infiltrated the city many times this summer and unhealthy it could han: posstbly caused respiratory increased risk of respiratory symptoms. as well as problems in the general population. On those days. reducing visibility. designated as orange and red by the Environmental "Children and the elderly in general are more sus Protection Agency. there were either high concen· ceptible. Children ·s lungs are still developing and tratlons of harmful ozone (smog) or high amounts the elderly typically don't have as strong an of panicle matter (PM 2.5. or soot) in the air. On immune system as the average adult." Renate days when the air reaches these levels. the Illinois Anderson. an environmental health associate for the EPA declares them "air pollution actton days" and A LA of Metropolitan Chicago. said. "But also peo has the public notified of the risks. ple with lung ailments like asthma. bronchitis. "There are stgnificant concerns when atr qualit} emphysema all tho