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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. It has been accepted for inclusion in Columbia Chronicle by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. THE CHRONICLE Of COLUMBA CO LL EGE C lii CACO May 6, 1996 Columbia's 'Cartoon Boy'
Photo courtesy of Hwma-Barbera Back to the drawing board? Hardly. Former Columbia student Genndy Tartakovsky is at the top of his game. Tartakovsky's animated series, "Dexter's Laboratory," premiered last month on TNT and TBS.
By Yasmin Khan remembered by his now famous student. Copy Editor "I always wonder if I did something different with him. I know that I gave him a lot of encouragement Genndy Tartakovsky has had his head in the clouds but I also know that he wanted to make it, and that before. He once cleaned skyscrapers in California to drive, that determination to do well, is why he is put himself through school. But today, this former where he is today," said Hughes. Columbia student is riding high on a different cloud. Tartakovsky's drive was apparent when he made The name probably does not ring a bell yet, but 26- the move to leave Columbia and Chicago, the only year old Tartakovsky is not only one of the youngest home he had known since moving from Moscow at the animation directors in the United States, but "Variety" age of 7. magazine predicts that he will "emerge as an industry He headed for the prestigious Cal Ans and found shaper," over the next decade. himself cleaning boilers and slcyscrapers to pay his And to think it all started right here in the halls of way through school. Yet, through it all, he never lost Columbia Coll ege. sight of his dream of breaking into the Los Angeles "I was here from the Fall of '88 to '90. Initially, I market - the hub of animation in the early '90s. had no intention of going into animation, but by the "Los Angeles was where it was happening. The time registration for students with last names begin animation industry was not that great in Chicago then ning with the letter 'T' came around, all the classes for and even though it would mean uprooting myself, I the Advertising Art major I was eyeing had been taken had to go. Also, Columbia's animation department up," said Tartakovsky, laughing at the recollection. was not as developed at that time and I felt that to "Since onl y elective classes were left, I signed up make it, I had to move on and out of here." for an animation class just for the fun o f it." At Cal Arts he wrote, directed, produced and ani The fun soon became his calling when he met mated two student films. One of them, "Dexter's Columbia's artist-in-residence, Stan Hughes, whom he Laboratory," became the basis of the seven-minute credits for setting the groundwork for a career in the cartoon short series that was ai red on Hanna-Barbera's animation industry. "World Premier Toons." "He inspired me with his own independent fi lms. It was one o f 48 new animated shorts to be intro He really let my creati ve side flow and he taught me a duced on the Cartoon Network and garnered him a great deal about film and technical support." said Prime-Time Emmy nomination in 1995 for Tartakovsky, who in his second year at Columbia cre "Outstanding Animated Program" and the Annie ated and di rected an animated short for "Stumpy's Award, wh ich honors excellence in animation. Game," a mu ltimedia theatrical pl ay staged in Realizing his potential, Hanna-Barbera was quick Chicago. to sign him up. "We have discovered a huge talent in Hughes. who has taught at Columbia for I 0 years. Dexter's creator, Gcnndy Tartakovsky," said Fred confessed to being "very fl attered" that he is still See Cartoon, page 2 'Mom and Dad, what do you do at work all day?' Faculty and staff bring their kids Office encouraged every faculty and staff "When I fi rst heard about it, I was reconnected with her dad, but she partici member to bring a daughter, niece, neigh totally supportive," said Paula Eubanks, a pated and really enjoyed herself." to school as part of 'Take Our bor or young friend to work to receive Columbia career ad visor and volunteer for Administrative Assistant Dorothy Daughters to Work Day.' hands-on experience and tour some of the the event.Eubanks. a former reporter who Horton-Jackson, who participated by college's facilities and departments. enjoyed covering women's issues, fe lt an bringing her daughter to work,feels the By April Knox After a brief registration and orienta extreme need for the event. She noted that program was excellent. "They had some CtJrre.rpondent tion, the girls worked alongside their vol 25 years ago, women in the workplace thing to do at all times," she said, referring unteers and/or parents and talked to were scarce, and therefore felt an extreme to the full schedule of events that day. On April 25, Columbia College partic employees. After lunch, the girls had a need for such an event. Horton's 2-year-old daughter, Janessa ipated in "Take Our Daughters to Work choice of visiting a department or contin Eubanks decided to volunteer as a was too young to fully participate in all of Day." The day was a national event estab uing to work with their parent or volun "women professional on duty," where she the events, but received a coloring book lished to give girls an opportunity to teer. was a host to Nikki Kalinowski , the along with a certificate of appreciation. observe their mother or father and other At the end of the day, a round table dis daughter o f a male engineer in "Unli ke most days," Horton-Jackson women professionals on duty, assist them cussion was held where the girls talked to Columbia's Building Service Department. said, "I got to spend the entire day with with daily tasks and interview employees Columbia's women professionals about "I explained what a career advisor does my daughter." to get information about various careers. their backgrounds, careers and responsi and then [Nikki] sat in on a career advis Although most faculty and staff mem The Career Planning and Placement bilities. ing session," said Eubanks. "Later on, she bers who participated were women, some 2 NEWS May 6,
THE CHRONICLI Daughters come to work-at Columbia Journalis m Department From page 1 623 S. Wabash Ave., Suite fathers-like Greg Narlow, who works in 802 Columbia's Finance Depanment-also C hicago, Illinois 60605 brought his daughter to work. 312-663-1600 ext. 5432 Narlow says his daughter. Katie, 8, had expressed an interest in coming to work with ~-~3-1600 ext. 5343 him. and when he received the memo con ~ ~12-427-3920 . FA-x cernmg the event, both he and hi~ w1fe · " · e-mail: thought it was an excellent idea. • ': C(Ironicle@ Katie's excurs1on marked many firsts in fll30.colum.edu her life. including her first visit to Chicago, • W,\;b page: first train ride and first ride on an escalator. http:llwww.colum.edu/ " I really liked my dad's office," she said. , -chrlincle/index.html "I got to interview two ladies who worked in . hi s office and got to ask them some really ' ·. ~/ ., Edifor-in-Chief neat questions." Due to her strong interest in an, Katie toured the An Depanment, where ,N_
Columbia is compaltiendo nuestra diversidad cultural. or "sharing our cul tural richness," as we say in English. The Latinos in the Arts Celebration CITIZEN K I NCI 1996 continues its cultural extravagan Satur day za through May I 6. Helen Ladron de Guevara of Latino MAY Cultural Affairs chairs the committee responsible for the event. It consists of * I 5 members from all the departments and the Latino student groups AHORA, Latina Image and L.U.N.A. (Latinos 18 Unidos Now in the Arts). A highlight of the event was the I 2th 2 TICKETS PER COLUMBIA 1. 0 . Chicago Latino Film Festi val, which AVAILABLE F'RO M 4·6PM .-.T SKYLINE BOX OF'F'tCE Spon.-.1 bJ llotin Coal•, features various video screenings from Argentina, Chile and the United States. F'IRBT COME, FIRST SERVED Colunoloia Collop 623S.Wohaah Cklc.. ol L A Latino round table "open mic" ses INFO 31 2 . 663.1 6 00 EX. 5696 60606 sion with celebrities from the Latino film industry discussed aspects of film and its future with students. The Cinco de Mayo Celebration, · r '======~ entertainment,complete with was Mexican held May cu i2ndsine at andthe Columbia Residence Center on PI ymouth Court. A collaborative mural workshop on Attention Graduating Seniors! May 9 will I bridge a bi-national expe rience with the art students and faculty from Columbia College and the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Art instructor Mario Castillo is coordi ~\0. College c:. nating the multicultural mural project. The theme o f the mural is "Universal Culture," the aesthetics of a visual concert of uni versal human har ~ ~· mony. ~ e ~ The mural will be on the north wall -~ ~ of the residence hall lounge. Students ~ ~ were asked to submit drawings, paint ings, illustrations, photographs or slides to showcase their capability and Gratlualtm Ce/ebrattm 1!HJ6 how they could cooperate. "The wall is a flat object," Castillo said. "It is going to be made into a two dimensional object." Cooperation among the artists will be essential. The students that were ~ - chosen are Moises Alaniz, Luz Castillo, Nicole Emmons, Esteban Lopez. Santos A. Michelena and Susannah ., Peg. Alumnus Edna Boksenbaum and faculty member Jeff Stevenson were also chosen fo r the project. The University of Guadalajara is sending four students to work with Columbia College students on the mural. "Mexico has a great fou ndation of mural ism that goes back 3,000 years or more," said Castillo. In MtWT' oft/U 1996 (jraiuating Cfass, "Schools in Mexico have classes in mural painting. I'd li ke to get one start Jolin t.B. tJJuff, PresUlent, coriia{[y invites you arul a ed at Columbia. It's just a matter of time." guest to t/U Senior (jraiuation Cefeoration Castillo's interest in murals began in 1965 when he participated in a portable May24,1996 mural at Lane Tech High School. In I 968 he parti cipated in the first Latino mural in the midwest. It was Cfiicoao !Jlilton & rtowers called "Peace," later to be known as ' .'WUlifori !l(pom "Metafi sica." ' It was the fi rst anti-Vietnam mural in the world, and the first mural to pay 720 S. Midiigan 5lflenzu homage to Native American aesthetics. In 1969, Castillo also directed "The 6:00p.m. -ll:OO p.m. Wall of Brotherhood," the first multi cultural mural in the world of the new ' 7:00p.m. Cliampagne rtoast witli t!U PresUlent, faculty People's Art Movement. The students have one week to work on the mural. ~ .., &staff ~..., Castillo encourages students who would like to watch this event to feel free to stop by Columbia College's ~ t]{,S.o/.P. 6y May 17, 1996 ~ Residence Center. The Latino in the Arts Celebration . .. ' {312)663-1600qJ5459 1996 will culminate in a talent show case, the offi cial un veiling of the mural with the President John Duff, and the closing ceremony. - Sponsord 6y: Stuient Lift & t])evefopment j' All locations of the events are at the downtown Columbia College Campuses and are free and open to the public. For more information or a schedule of events contact Helen Ladron de Seniors Only! ' Guevara at (312) 663-1600 Ext. 5812. 4 .. . Dishing out poetry an By Leon Tripplett "Sometimes Staff writer writers take themselves too A literature serious I y," plate with entrees Meno said. Dennis Rodman seems to be including scxuali- "They lose the the weapon of choice for televi ty. philosophy and ex c i I em en I sion stations seeking through the ever-popular that got them the-roof ratings during the May topi c am ong col- motivated in Sweeps. lege students- the first Following Dateline NBC's re l a tion s h ip s - place." report on Rodman last Tuesday made for a good The audi- night. the Channel 5 News meal last week in ence was also served up their own helping of the Hokin Gallery. enter I a inc d Rodman in the form of a one-on Serving the dish with songs and one interview. were Fictio n guitar playing, Channel 32's 9 p.m. newscast Writing and all of which, atlempted to counter the Engli sh majors in Meno said, Dateline report with yet another their firs t annual brought out Rodman wrap-up, this one ques any real haunts in the lake. pOCI','Y and fi ~tion Photo by Laura Stoecker the excitement tioning whether Rodman's wild Channel 32, which has put readong entitled, Sexuality, philosophy and relationships were just some of the of the read- ways are threatening the Bulls' out some of the best and worst " Blue Pl.atc topics students at the Hokin Gallery were treated to, at a ongs. . the playoff chances. sweeps stories in the past, con Specoal : Scrvong reading of fiction and podry on April 24. While Channel 2's Rodman cover tinued its tradition of at least one Up A Healthy audtence . was age, which included an inter sexy story per ratings period. Portion of Vo ice." caught up in the merriment of the readongs, view with his mother, was This time, reporter Mark And it was the voices of Loll Hill, Joe Meno. allenders were also captured by some somber spread out over three nights. Saxenmeyer profiled a sex talk Judith Greer, Kim Morris, Robert Robbins, moments. as in Hill's poem about a bumpy rela- show host in his report Laura Hoofnagle and Lease! that caught the tionship. The Ratings Game... "Generation Sex." audience's allention. The poem explored how excuses can break Also at the Fox station, Larry The readings were proposed and orchestrated up a vul nerable relationship when both parties Apparently, the abundance of Yellen's investigation stuck it to by Fiction Writing majors Loll Hill and Joe start blaming outside forces like religion and phony Bulls merc~andise ven Meno, who nirted with the idea of bringing the parents. Rodman stories worked for Channel 2, which posted a I 0.9 dors. two departments to~elher to showcase . In actuality. a~cording to Hill's poetry, those rating for last Monday's news Columbia's plethora of hlerary talent. thmgs have nothmg to wuh the breakdown of TV Notes... "We've always had lots of fiction readings the relationship. cast on which the first of Jay and very rarely do we have poetry readings," The poem ended with the line, "The differ- Levine's three reports aired. That rating was much higher CCEN, the school's electron said Hill. ence is between the two of us," and the audi- ic newsletter, is doing a remote The platform was shared by all readers, ence fell silent. .Men? had struck a deep cord. than Channel 2's April average of 6 .8, and is a respectable shoot on Thursday, May 16 at whose eyes indicated s urprise at some of the Meno and Htll satd they were at first dts- increase of about two points the Lincoln Statue just north of content. couraged from having the reading during lunch Congress and Columbus Drive. "The readings were based on views and hour, chieny because of congestion, but they over the February sweeps aver age. The shoot runs from I p.m. to visions," said Hill. "We wanted to do more than stuck 10 their plans, estimating a full house. This translates into an addi 5 p.m., and the public is wel just hang a picture on a wall." And they were correct-not only was the come to watch. Most of the readings were a far cry from audience impressed with the performance, but tional 127,000 households over April's average and another The finished product airs on Hill's analogy. They each expressed vividly- many stayed afterward to chat with the readers. CCEN beginning on May 20. and bluntly-perceptions of subjects still often "I didn' t know that we had so much talent 62,000 households over the considered taboo. here at the school," said sophomore Joe Fishti, February sweeps average. Although Channel 2's news VIDEOS PRODUCED since Students entering the already packed gallery who was there to offer his support. director Steve Lange likes those Spring 1995 in any Television paused upon hearing the vulgarity-filled The poetic students have already made plans Department cour.;e are eligible speech. for the fall's second annual Blue Plate Special numbers, he also thought the reports were simply "good jour to be entered for the Genesis Joe Me no introduced a character in his poet- and said that they will meet over the summer. Awards. ry named "Piss Boy" who was often teased by As far as the mark they hoped to have left on nalism." "Ratings aside, the piece was First place winners receive peers for having the strange disability of urinal- Columbia students who took a bite out of the $100, second place $50, and ing in two directi ons at once. Blue Plate Special. Meno said modestly,"We an interesting study," Lange said. "We're all fans [of third place $25. Meno hes itates to call his work "obscene," hope they left with a smile." The official deadline for believing art should be realistic and tangible. Rodman] .. .! think it was the right story to do at the right entries is May I 0. Entry forms time." are available in the TV equip Channel 7 got in on the ment center or the main TV Rodman act with a preview of office in room 1500. ~llllllllf ' l' .lolh til !Itt' the Bulls star's new book. In other sweeps news, Radio Notes... Channel 5 opened up the ratings \ltl:-'t'tllll ol' ( : oltH'Illpornr~ \rl period with a solid report from "ENTERTA INMENT Lisa Parker and the Target 5 TONIGHT' personalities appear consumer unit. all this month on the Scott "Ice The report revealed that some Man" Trunda morning show, foreign-made mini-blinds con which airs every Wednesday Begin June 1996 through August 1996 lain lead. through Friday from 7 to II a.m. Also at Channel 5, in an on Columbia's WCRX-FM VIsitor Scwka (foil ( patt·lim• opporwmties) effort to snare viewers from the (88.1). NBC miniseries '"The Beast," Among the celebrities appearing via telephone will be Admluiom St#jf the station ran a rather weak chronicle of the mysteries Bob Goen on May 8, Leonard Apply now for CliStOmef service-oriented Individuals sought to staff Experienced beneath Lake Michigan. Mal tin on May IS and John Tesh a chance to be a the admissions desks of the new MCA, process admissions, The piece relied more on Phil on May22. and provide MCA exhibition and general information. Walters' crafty reporting than Mary Hart was scheduled to part ofthe appear last week. MCA'sjune 1996 ltt[onntrtlotr find M~mknhlp Sfllcs Assoclfl1a The MCA seeks individuals to represent the MCA while Grand Opening providing up-to-date and accurate Information about MCA festi~ities and a activities, CYCnt schedules, and membership to museum patrons. Position requires exceptional communication skills, summer experience Aexibillty, and organization. in the Arts Spldfll S.rvk• AtUnd41"" you won't forgetl Attendants needed to provide dual services In Coat Chedc and In Audto Tour sales during the Grand Opening. special events, and regular museum public hours. Reaching and lifting are essential job fUndlons.
S.curlty OJJk•rs MCA Security Services seeks officers responsible for protection of art and museum assets and staff and patron safety. Training in security and gallery monitoring will be provided. Essential To Apply: job fUnction includes standing lOr several hours at a time.
Send ltlcer ond resume eo Schedules for full ond pofl·limt posillonslncludt weelcdoy, •••nlng. ond Museum of Ctmltmporory M , weekend hours. Posiliom begin torly june ond nm lhn>Ugh AuguSI •996. Human Rtsourus. Box"· Ability eo speok ond undtrslond o longuog• In addition co Englilh is on no fosl ChiUJgo Aolenue, ouec for oil f'O'IIIons. Afl bockrround ondfor txptri•nu olw is on ouel. ChiUJgo, IL, 6oGu. No rAfk pltou. Tilt MCA is on equo/ oppoflunicy employer. May 6, 1996 NEWS 5 0 -N J\f ~L\Y t7. • •
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( ~ (~( z ~ r h< .. We didrrt think we could make it any easier to surf the Net. oomputm to share ldez on the lnlernet than any. computet No small \\roller, eithet llecausewith a Macimosh there are no oom~oommand5 needed to get up md surfing on the Net. So in a matter c( minutes you can be on-line aa:esslng the exciting new unifme of the lnlernet. (Not to mention prospective employers) Aid lif)tt now; buying a Mac· is as easy as using one. For a limited time, we're offer Ing special campus saVir.y;~ on selected Madntosll computm and App!L"prlnttrs. So visit us today, and look into the JJGI"'e! of Macintosh.The poll'er to be your best~ But we just did. 6 NEWS May 6, 1996 Marketing in a digital age By Lisa Manna lnfahntc. "I found this class by acci Summer Jobs Staff \Vriter dent. I was searching through the schedule trying to find a class to fill a Arc you a Marketing student who'd time slot. I've been in marketing for like to get an edge o n the latest market four years and even though the Internet to $13.00/hour ing medium? Arc you interested in the is the latest medium there isn' t a class boom of the Internet industry? Or like this offered in marketing." would you just like to get web-savvy? The problem boils down to the fact This summer you can earn rrom If your answer is yes to any of these, th at the class is only listed under then Marketing With Digital Media Academic Computing. not Marketing $6.00·$13.00 per hour should be o n your schedule for next Communications, so students have a \ fall. difficult time finding it. (depending on your skills). "What I like most is that it dives into "Since it was under Academic the whole Internet explosion in digital Computing I might not have noticed it , media," said senio r Alex infahnte, a and no one from Marketing ever told Marketing major currently in the class. me it was there," said lnfahnte. Dominic Tassone, the instruc tor, Jo hn Tarini, Chairperson of the Same week pay describes his class as an introduction to Marketing Department, is aware of the how marketing uses the Internet and problem and plans to fi x it by next fa ll . Work in pleasant Loop or Michigan Avenue offices. computers. "The class started out of Academic "We focus on marketing and market Computing... my comment was let's We need people skilled in the following areas: ing communicatio ns," said Tassone. find a way to at least cross-list it in "We use Ki osk and CD ROM's. For the Marketing," said Tarini. He added that first half of the semester we define di g the class will be cross-listed next fall ital media and then in the second half and that the Marketing Department is • Wordprocessing • Reception we deal with how marketing is using currently undergoing changes to facili digital media." tate more computer-related marketing • Secretarial • Data Entry "It 's very marketing related." said courses. lnfa hntc. "We talk about how systems Tassone says students don't have to work and what different companies arc be completely Internet-savvy to take the doing on the World Wide Web. We course. but recommends taking a foun Most positions require typing skills. even learned how they made movies dations class in either marketing or like 'Toy Story' and 'Jurassic Park: ·· computers first. lnfahnte said the cl ass has been very "Tassoncs·s examples and assign valuable and a real eye-opener to differ ments arc straightforward and easy to FOR AN APPOINTMENT, ent career possibilities in marketi ng. understand,'' said Infahntc. "He talks " I think anyone in Marketine should marketing and co mputers. most of it is CALL BETH AT take th i, d ass." said lnfahntc. "'·1 ne,·er mar~ e t i ng but he shows how the two rcali1ed ho" man} di ffercnt jobs you comphmcnt each other." (312) 782-7215 could get in this field. And there is a lot Ta,><>n e brings in guest speakers of demand incc more and. more mar from companies ' uch as Ad Age and ~ eune is using dteital medta .. Leo Bu rnett He is also General If \ l ar~cting \\'ith Dtg ttal Mcdta i< . tanager and Co-Fou nder of Stream< such a 'aluablc course then "' h} arc o Onhnc Mcdta Dcvoloprnen t m Chtcago. APPROPRIATE fe "' marketing student> a"' arc of 11' If ~ou'd h ~c more mfonnall on about ''I'd sa~ out of about ctght or moe of M a r ~ellng With Dtgllal 1\ledtJ. hop on u m the clas. o n!\. hkc. t"' o of us arc the Internet and check out Tassone's TEMPORARIES in ~l ar~cttng. the rc Columbia College Chicago Offices of Student Life and Development, Latino Affairs, Science and Math, and Present: Aids Aw areness + MONDAY.MAY 6 , AFRICAN,_,.,_"''·- +TUESDAY MAY 7. lla J.AnNOS AND AIDS. RICCA RIV£RA OF LEO NEGRON OF ERJ + WEDNESDAY MAY 8, GENERAl PANE.l FELICIA RODRIGUE% FROM HEkTOEN INmTUT£ FOR RESEARCH +THURSDAY MAY 9. faOO- laiS P.M. THE CHURCH, H/V, AND AIDS. FR. DIMITRJ OF THE ARCHDIOCESE TASk FORCE ON AIDS Spec1al Thanks to LAMBDA l'orce CUld the Columbin College I .ibmry May 6 1996 EDITORIAL 7 How's The Scribbler's Perspective: Stuff Your From Steak? Staff John Henry Biedennan By David Harrell Managing Editor Copy Editor At the right wing of J esus The real Oklahoma tragedy ' m sure glad all these newly powerful ong after the 1993 Wo rld Trade American religious groups, especially Center bombine. it was revealed that I the Christian Coalition, are clarifying L the FBI could have stopped it. what God is all about. According to the New York limes, the feds I, for one, was really confliSed. When I had infiltrated the conspiracy and planned to think of God, I think of my late Catholic substitute harmless powder for the explo grandma, who focused on being kind to, and sive-but failed. Tragedy resulted. helping, othe r people. She tho ught twice Now, over a year after the bombing of the about swatting a Oy, and, even when she did Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, n't panicularly care for an individual or which killed I 68 people, it appears that event group of people, she was quick to mention may have been "World Trade Center II." that it wasn't her job to judge. Almost immediately after the tragedy of It's a good thing that the Christian Taking voters for a ride April 19, 1995, investigators, legislators and Coalition-inspired Washington For Jesus experts began to question every aspect of the (WFJ) came along. Grandma Biederman had omething's wrong when you have a democracy (of, by and for the government line. no idea what religion was really about. people-in theory) where those in power are intently interested in Oklahoma state legislator Charles Key WFJ held a rally on the Capitol grounds preventing citizens from participating. said to USA Today (August 4, I 995), "I don't last Monday. The event was led by WFJ's S like to use the word 'coverup,' but ... people youth chairman, Jeff Fenholt, who was a : Welcome to the State of Illinois. are not telling us the truth. Something is seri singer for Black Sabb~th (long after Ozzy We'll admit that City of Chicago Democrats are far from the role model ously wrong." Osbourne left, when the band really should for better government. We have a system with 50 aldermen-and 50 ward The government story- which the big media accepted unquestioningly-is that have performed an anistic Kevorkian on committeemen plus staff- while larger cities like Los Angeles and New York itself). Fenholt began " witnessing for Jesus" Timothy McVeigh's truckload of fertilizer in 1987 after years of alcohol and cocaine boast Jess than one-quarter that number. We have regular federal investiga alone sliced a steel-reinforced federal building abuse. . tions of local government, City Council meetings that resemble the shark in half. "That's fertilizer," asked many inves tigators. Which is the way it goes, you know. Jesus feeding frenzies and the near-iron rule of our mayor (it may be a bit less cor One of them is Retired Air Force Brigadier only a ppears to failures when they've blown General Benton K. Partin. who has 25 years of away half their brain cells and are hallucinat rupt, but make no mistake about it-Chicago is still run by a political explosives experience. In an interview with ing. I'm ~ot sure why. Regardless of the rea machine). the alternative newspaper The Spotlight, sons, Grandma never had a drug or alcohol But, as cliched as it sounds, two wrongs don't make a ri ght. Illinois' Partin said a mere fertilizer bomb could never problem, and was never the lead singer for a have caused such damage. Calling for con washed-up ba nd, so what did she know. General Assembly is run by a political machine of the Republican persua sion. And they'd like to keep it that way. Which is why Gov. Edgar has so gressional investigation, he said the effort WFJ organizers claimed they were shoot required to bomb the Murrah building "pales ing for " a major event that .will eclipse vehemently opposed the implementation of so-called "motor-voter" legisla in comparison with the effort to cover it up." Woodstock." As the most vocal religious tion. He also questioned the government's haste activists of today have learned, God isn't into Currently, the General Assembly is run by James "Pate" Philip in the to demolish the bui lding and destroy or bury peace and love. all debris before independent investigations What was on the agenda of Washington Senate and Lee Daniels in the House. Both are key players in the state could be conducted. (The same thing hap for Jesus? World hunger? Battling poverty? Republican party, effectively putting them in charge of deciding who can run pened after the I 993 Branch Davidian Racial harmony? Nope, Grandma was con for office on the party ticket. And Illinois has a strong Republican majority tragedy.) fused on these issue too. What God wants is The government sti ll denies it, but many more intolerance, more discrimination, back in the General Assembly- with a Republican governor to boot. witnesses insist that at least two explosions to the "listen to us or you'll scream for an One might assume that our Republican-heavy legislature bears testament occurred. This contradicts the government eternity of pain in hell" religion! to a population mirroring their agenda, but that's obviously not the case. story of McVeigh and a single truck bomb. Important problems for Jesus today, It has been revealed that various agencies through the visionary WFJ: abortion, the Illinois is one of only two states sti ll fi ghting the 1993 Voter Registration Act in the Murrah Building-an office building teaching of evolution, di vorce, homosexuali Bill Clinton signed into law the 1993. with a day care center-also maintained scv· ty and U.S. Supreme Court decisions curtail The law was designed to automatically register citizens to vote when they eral large arsenals containing high explosives. ing prayer in public schools. Now I'm not on The newspaper Contact reported that an a direct line to God, as is Fenholt, but in my receive a state driver's license. Gov. Edgar fought the law, and when taken to Oklahoma City fireman at the scene spoke of humble way, I' ll try to explain why these court, lost. Sort of. Illinois was ordered to register its voters on at least a fed " huge underground tunnels where enormous issues are so important to the spiritual big eral level, leaving thousands of otherwise eligible voters registered only on a supplies of arms were stored"- including cheese: missiles and tanks. Abortion: The na ive may think that with federal level. This has resulted in Illinois having a complicated, two-tiered On the radio program "For the People,'' all the gangs, drugs, serial killers and terror system for what was meant to be a fundamental American right. retired lawyer-turned-investigator Johnny ism in the world today, abortion would be a And now, Cook County Judge Francis Barth has ruled the system uncon "J.D." Cash said a C IA operative told him about a " huge bunker underneath that office minor issue. How silly of them! God gets a stitutional. Of course, Edgar will fight it when it goes to an appellate court, kick out of seeing poor families trying to sup building. It was full of [high explosive] C-4, port unplanned children they can't afford. and to the State Supreme Court, and to a federal appell ate court ... shoulder-launch rockets. weapons and explo sives of every kind." In the bombing's after Oh, and how he loves making victims of rape We can only hope higher courts will uphold the wisdom of Judge Barth. math. rescue attempts were halted while and incest carry the child to birth! Needlessly complicating Illinois' system of voter registration is certainly "some guys from linker [Air Force Base] . .. The teaching of evolution: Science is no came over and removed Claymore mines, good. In fact, we ought tQ make the wrong on a moral level, if not unconstitutional. While Edgar and his GOP machine claim that motor-voter is too costly, we caps for C-4s, various explosives. When all of Unabomber's manifesto the Third Testament. this stuff filters down to the American peo 'Thou shalt not kill" has always been a judg can only turn the finger of blame toward Springfield, where the requirement ple ... they're going to be shocked." ment eall anyway (it doesn't apply to mem to print twice as many ballots for elections was created. And we must ask But the government recklessness doesn't bers of other religions and abortion doctors, Illinois Republicans why they fear more people becoming active in what's end there. According to several reports, at for instance), and our pipe-bombing pal only least one federal agency had prior knowledge killed liberals, whom the Christian Coalition, supposed to be a process of, by and for the people. of a terrorist bombing attempt. in all its infinite wisdom, has declared minor We believe that legislators should earn their seats by pleasing the people. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reported in the anti-Christs anyway. Make no mistake: God's Not by muffling their voices with bureaucratic chicanery. London Sunday Telegraph (April 14) that the no liberal- he's invested heavily in Disney. Oklahoma City Fire Department received an Divorce: God wants us to stay married. FBI warning on March 14 to " be on the alert Had the hell beat out of you by that drunken for a terrorist ac1." husband for the thousandth time? Hum a few Edye Smith's sons were in the Murrah's bars of Kumbaya, stay strong for Jesus! Leave their day alone day care center and were killed. In the chaos Family is far more important than the safety immediately after the explosions, Smith said, of women or the best interests of children. officials told her that none of the Bureau of Homosexuality: We don't have enough On April 26, thousands of girls across the country foll owed their mothers Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms agents from hatred in the world. Get it straight: It's ho ly to into the work place for the fourth annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day. the Murrah Building had been hurt. Whyn? hate people for things they can't help. Forget Created by the Ms. Foundation to counteract decades of sexual stereotyping, They'd been told to stay home. what your grandma to ld you, the prohibition "If the ATF was told not to come in," said on judging others has been revoked. it offers girls a vision of the work world so they can better set career goals. Smith, "Why were we allowed to take our Supreme Court decisions on prayer in Mothers at Home, a national non-profit organization, has been promoting kids inside?" school: The idea of gentle missionaries is a homemaker angle to the day, encouraging housewives' daughters to remain Also, said Cash on "For the People," seven dead, it's ti me to force people into the o ne home and learn about their traditional career. eyewitnesses said "the bomb squad was work and only right way to pray! You can't count ing the area around the Murrah Building, the on people to arrive at the right decisions Given our society 's saturation with images of women as exclusively federal courthouse building and the IRS build themselves-which is why we have degener domestic citizens, we believe education on the housewife option is more than ing" the morning of April I 9. ates like Fenho lt to serve as ambassadors to adequate. If nothing else, Mothers at Home should create their own obser Some say this and other evidence-and the God. government's desperate attempts to hide it mean the bombing may have been a failed I only wish Washington For Jesus would vance. have sprung to life years ago. They could' ve We see the wisdom in teaching girls about every possible career path. But government Sling against McVeigh and sever al co-conspirators. Whatever the truth is, don't saved all our grandmas from burning in hell. the housewife agenda contradicts the very purpose of the event. Please, leave expect any confessions from the feds any time Take Our Daughters to Work Day alone. soon. 8 FEATURES May 6, 1996 Eat get looped at the outh Loop By Cristin Monti Vranas was hesitant to share its Ft'ntuns Editor contents, when asked why the WHAT: shot was named after a lobster, Picture this: You have a few he expl ained, "After a while, it South Loop Club hours to kill between classes. really grabs you." You skip over to a bar a few The South Loop Club menu blocks away, order a beer, and is sure to put the clutch on hun WHERE: kick back in anticipation of a gry patrons. TI1c bar claims to kinky strip show. Now, picture make the best burgers in 701 South State St. this: You have a few hours 10 Chicago. Buffalo wings, curly kill between classes. You skip fries and fried mixed vegetables over to South Loop Club. which arc popular choices. Recently, WHEN: occupies what was once home vcggic burgers and grilled veg to a strip bar called Showboat etabl e sandwiches were intro Lounge, order a beer, and kick duced . Sunday-Friday: back for some friendly conver "People were asking for 11 a.m.-4 a.m. sation and free popcorn. them, so we responded to it," Not quite as exciting? Well. Vranas said. "We· vc gotten a while South Loop Club may not real good reception." Saturday: employ strippers for entertain South Loop Club also fea 11 a.m.-5 a.m. ment, it does manage to stir up tures a free happy hour buffet exciteme nt. A rich diversity of from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. c ustomers crowd the small Until the early 1960's, the neighborhood bar and grill area in which South Loop Club Photos by Joanne Machodoh daily for cold drinks and hot resides was full of adult enter food. tainme nt establishments. Now, " We get a ll kinds of people a 70" television screen attracts here," said ma nager Nic k South Side sports fans to the Vranas. "Blacks. whites. bar. South Loop Club cus Hispanics, college studcnfs and tomers also enjoy electric dart professionals: it's the basic boards. video games and a makeup of the neighborhood." state-of-the-art jukebox that South Loo p C lub's beer features over 600 selections selection is equally diverse. The ranging from Sinatra to Filter. bar carries over 60 differe nt The bar's odd decor may beers from around the world. hint to the personality of including 2 domestic and 4 patrons past. A wall behind the imponed non-alcoholic brands. bar holds about 300 hats col "Most places only carry lected from VISilors over the Sharp's and O'Doul's." said years. including one from the Vranas. who dnnks only non Chicago police. and a " 100% alcoholic beer. " I have one of Crazy" baseball cap. those and I take a nap. I get so "There is a fncndly. com bored." fortable atmosphere here," Those lookang for somcthang Vranas said. " We hope to con with a little more bile may find tinue to be a pan of the history it in South Loop Club's special and tradition o f Chicago's - Lobster Shot.'' Although South Loop." Talk is cheap--but is TV talk even ·cheaper? With Donahue b.owing out after a 30-year run, Columbia students have a lot to say about where the medium is going, where it has been and where it should go from here Ali2ge Taqi that when you run a talk show. you WMAQ-TV (NBC) in Chicago. mcnl." Sraffwriru have an ethic to be Irue 10. A talk show He is an eight-time Emmy award- Before all the uproar over shows like ~hould have redeeming qualiries." winning producer, four in Chicago and "Springer" and "Oprah," talk shows "Mothers cncouragang their daugh LatonJa Muhammad. a prinl joumal- four in San Diego. started as basic progrnmming that pro ters to leave abus1ve mates," ism s1udc n1 sa1d, "Today's lalk shows "Some of !hem will occtiSionally vided a lillie news, a touch on local fig -·Reumting former h1gh school sweet arc a renec11 on o f !he poor morals 'orne develop good topics. but in the effort to ures. explanations on culinary recipes, hearts" and "Hypno tism demonstra people in soc1c1y arc prJclicing. These make lhe progrnms confrontnlionnl and and a talk about celebrities, according tiOn ." ~ho ws feed on the mind-set dealing exciting. !hey get too for nwuy from the to 1994 Congressional Quan erly. lllesc arc a JUSt a few o f the over wirh !he ncgarive uspecls of life and inlendcd purpose." aid Corman. Talk progrnms first e merged in the whelming number of daytime/night people. " I lhink rhe focus of a ny pro~ram early 50s on NBC in the fo rm of morn time talk 'how top1cs that students feel "L1ke on denhng wllh a ing talk programs and late-night talk a rc mmo ring the lnw morality and Jenny J one~. r------"""----""!'!11 negative of progrnms like the "Today" show o r the standards thai !>Orne believe pervade !here arc pro - society should "Tonight" show. soc1ety. g rams thai attempt to The talk show format that is used on Talk \hows \Cern to be outnumber show sllua- direct its focus shows like '' Rolonda" or "Gcraldo" did ang other •how~ on the an. lllellhow' lion~ about more toward not evolve until the 60s w ith the pwnt out p«X>ple wlw1 go through horn people whu p r o v i d i n g "Donnhue Show." hie ordeal\, hve ccccnluc hveJ, or have currmul adul- wuys 10 lcnch Questions from the audience for the adv1ce for people on lw1w In h ve 1he11 tcry," •a1d people why pnncl has become extremely popular. A hve< Muhammad this is wrong." slew of hosts followed Dontlhue's foot " II appear. !hal everyunc jU\t ah By Rusty Osgood so he can show ·' Missing Witch Baby, our black snarltarl haired. Corresponiknt Witch Baby the Angel Juan" is a bat backpacked. roller skating heroine is wop bop a Ju punk rock fairy played by Julie Neary with cham1. pas· Sleekster Cool. Like a stream of con bop, a wham tail based on the sion. and hyperactive glee. Matt scious, dancerama, in your face food bam boom good book of the same Kozlowski's Charlie Bat is reminiscent of that's a play that tastes so good, you;ve got time he wasn't name by the fab Michael Keaton's "Beetlejuice" character to gobble it like jammin' spinach tofu able to while he ulous Francesca in the film of the same name. but with a salad which hunka chunks halfway down was alive ...a nd Lia Block. This huge spring in his step. Witch Baby's your throat and stops to let you savor it's to help her find is the fourth part arrival allows Charlie Bat to say his tina! oh my god, yakity yak give me some more Angel J uan. of her "Weetzie goodbyes to both Witch Bahy and his de-lic-lie-licious Oavor; "Missing Angel Witch Baby Bat" book series. beloved daughter Weetztc, who he· d been Juan," playing at The Firehouse, 1625 N. relucta ntly lets a wonderful col a "clutch pig" (jerk-for the Franccsca Lia Damen, is a crazy, craze, craze of a good Charlie Bat lead lection of beauti Block impaired) to for a while before his time play. her through the ful colors. tastes. death. Witch Baby's got a big problem. Angel city in search of exploding land "Missing Angel Juan" is a multicultur Juan, her dream of all dream drcamlovers Angel J uan. scapes. as well as al. multiscxual, unconditional love story; boyfriend, is leaving her for the panther Their travels breezy, sad, and it's about letting go and loving on every slick taller then tall building after monster lead them to glorious level: love of one's self. love of family. building city, New York, in search of that Harlem to eat thoughts. The boyfriends/girlfriends. the lonely stone inexplicable something he can't identify. warm cinnamon Weetzie Bat faced stragglers wandering aimlessly into When Angel Juan leaves, Witch Baby is spice, with not books are great the dark corridor of night. Angel Juan sadder than the lowest hanging branch of a too much butter because they I i ve reminds us that some of the most beautiful weeping willow. Angel Juan is the one on top, grits, and breathe and parts of us arc our differences. Can holy moly only one person that can make Central Park to nudge you in the "Missing Angel Juan" cure all of the her black lipstick smudged heart glow play with wan stomach and world's hurt and sadness? Doy. But if there warm with a deep fire engine red pulse of dering tree spir remind you that were a lot more stories like this I would he happiness. its, a nd Coney li fe can be ten riding the ka-chink ka-chink ka-chink On the wings of a hurried eagle she Is land where times as good as train, or our destined for the scrap heap soars to the scariest, glariest, hip-hopiest, Charlie takes it is bad without car, a lot more often ... to the shows. P.S. solid hairiest, of all apple cities in the uni Witch Baby on a p r each in g. Get any Francesca Lia Block books you verse. With nowhere to go, she bunks in bittersweet back "Missing Angel can get your hands on. the funky j unk palace of her dead, sort-of, nip n ashback in Juan" has the "Missing Angel Juan" is playing step-grandfather, Charlie Bat. time to his childhood. With each new des same effect. The stage is tiny but filled Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and The Bat had a bad bad living experi tination, there lies a clue leading to with a wonderful urban crush of acti vity Sundays at 7 p.m. through May 12. For ence and is more happy to let it drop like Angel's whereabouts, but they are always without becoming too congested and over reservations and information, call The snake skin off his white, whitey ghostiness just one step behind. bearing ...ju st right. Firehouse, (312) 281-0022. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AN •.•....;:.· ···· :: STUDENT? . - Jt Then don't take chances! (J!j By Jeff Mores What's next, Correspondent G 0 d Stree t gospel music'! Well, • ' d to tell you the truth. How do you WIDe s soun GSW goes there to. explain an album "Untitled Take Two" WE HAVE ANSWERS! that you are not defies labeli"ng provides listeners ~ven able to tell with a calm, religious- someone what sec- like sound. The fi ve- lion he/she would be able to find it in at some combine to produce a church (to your the local music store? choir sound vocally, which Jon Bevo In December of 1995, God Street backs up with organ and piano over- Science & Wine, regarded by many as the "best lays. Math em at ics unsigned band in the country," signed The funk-popping "Don't Tell God" with Mercury Records. The fivesome introduces GSW's version of rock' n' Questions) from New York recently released its roll. Faber and Maxwell team up on major label debut, "Red," which is vocals again as bassist Dan Pifer and crawling with inOuences from every drummer To rno strut their stu ff with a comer of the musical world. · hard hitting sound and interludes of GSW has played hundreds of live good old fashioned guitar solos. shows in the United States throughout Enough of that! Just as you think it the past four years. Over that time, it is safe to drop to your knees and play HELP: has developed a large and obsessively air guitar in front of the bedroom mir- FOR FREE devoted fan base. The "Winos," as ror, Bevo slips into classical mode. He Visit the Science & Mathematics Dept . they are called, have made a habit of proves that he is not just your average Learni ng Center exchanging and circulating bootleg rocker through a soothing classical tapes of GSW shows. Major labels piano performance on "Maybe." Wabash Bu i ldi ng started sniffing around and, after a What better to complete such a Room #511 short stint with Geffen di verse project than a taste of the 7 pm Records/McGhee Entertainment, GSW sounds of Jamaica. "When The White Mon, Tue , Wed , Th u 9 am signed with Mercury. Sun Turns To Red" is I 00 percent Fri 9 am 5 pm The GSW project opens with "Get Reggae, and the perfect end to a very Or, Call 663 -1600, Ext. 5545 On The Train" which wastes no time special album. establishing ' a distinct shufni ng Why did Geffen give up on such a f or mor e i nf ormation. groove-type sound. As the songs roll promisi ng band? In a previous inter- on, GSW redefines the word 'variety.' view Faber comment~ . "Geffen was THEN , SAIL RIGHT THROUGH THE SEMESTER! Memories of Pink Floyd's historic havmg great success wtth Ntrvana and album 'The Wall" surface through a Beck; alternati ve bands that sounded masterful arrangement of deep vocals the exact opposite of us. We were seen by frontmen Lo Faber and Aaron as the most uncool thing that could Maxwell on "Which Way Will She possibly be." Go?" The vocals are carried by a Faber said that the lyrics on "Red" mood-catching display of percussion are a ren.ection .?r the b;rnds emotions and echoing guitars. at that. wn~ . It dtdn t matter who "Chop!" provides listeners with a heard 11. tf tt became a ht~ tf we got completely different sound. This knee- another rec~~ dea!. ~~ tf . we ever slapping tune showcases GSW's west- toured agam. he S3ld. ~c JUS! want- em influences as country-hkc guttar ed to make a good album. twanging rings out over a background How do you categonze an album of tambourine slapping and happy that touches'? m~y ~? A~tua ll y. piano playing. Watch out square dane- a better questton ts, w!!l R~. trans- ing maniacs. form you toto the next Wino . 10 FEATURES May 6, 1996 ~a~ limp~ tStJIIe suit dress. I found absolutely nothing. Unlike many impulsive shop pers, I set a limit on the amount f o,Juon' tllfll/1\ \ Sandra Taylor of money I would spend on of Uo1l11uu N1111' 1-"a!;hion \Vritt•r clothes. I'm a student and I have a small budget. In order to buy clothes for the spring and fall. I don' t spend all of my money at one time. You know what I First. let's de fi ne style. "Style mean. is something you can call your One trait shared by all con own." said Coco Chancl. And scientious shoppers is a knowl Bloomi ngdale's d idn' t have one edge o f style. In order to learn single clothi ng item that I could your style. you need to ask your call my own. self the fo ll owing questions Now that summer is before you embark upon a sale: approaching. many stores will What am I going to wear shop hcein the yearly huge sales. an ping? What do I like wearing? attempt to clear the display areas What do I feel good in ? What for more s ummer ite ms. fi ts me? Bloomingdale 's sale was on It is a shame and a disgrace April 26. 27 and 28. Three fu ll that Bloomics forgot about a . days of bargain shopping for college student's budget when fashion gurus and three days of they threw this big money sav ' madness for the sales assoc.iates. ing sale. Shame on them ! Bloomies was practically Eventuall y. I'll give up on shop giving merchandise away. Get ping in a major department store this: An outfi t by Donna Karan such as Bloomi ngdale's. It was sell ing for pennies on the seems as if the quality of mer \ dollar. Imagine buying a pair o f chandise is decreasing and the Donna's pants for just $99.99. prices arc increasing. Was I able Now that's a real bargain all to fi nd one item that was right. reduced from the hundred-dollar Bloomies didn' t forget about price range to the dollar range? people who love shoes. Shoes No! by Ke nneth Cole. Joan and I finally got lucky though and David and Yves Saint Laurent spotted a pair of Kenneth Cole were bcin2 sold for as little as boots. or shoe boots. I bought $79.99. It eeLS better. Men's silk the m for- well I can' t tell. tics v. erc g-oing for $30. you'll nc"er hclic\'e me. My I went to the grand sale on new boots arc black. soft leather Saturday. Apri l 27. Women and with the tippers fa cing the men who were looking for a B insodc. Oh. I feel >OOO sexy }',,,• ''I\ A-R-G·A -1-N crov. ded the when I wear my nev. boots. f.ul , / /c 11 t lr ,1 • North Moc hiean A"e nuc lmagone thos. I wear my boots Bloomongdalc 's.- Beginning on (bare legs of cour>e) with my the first noor and cndong on the nashcr trenc h coat. This last si,th. I searched and searched state ment sounds Joke I may for a great pair of pants. a shirt ha\C a lo ttie sleanncss on my blouse and a double-breasted soul. Nah ' CLASSIRED ADS NO GIMMICKS EXTRA INCOME NOW! 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It's on that album where he Despite having only one album out, "Enter mov1es. strays from the kung-fu warrior image of the the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)," The Wu-Tang 01' Dirty Bastard was the first to grab the Wu-Tang, to the next generation of scarfaces. Clan, from the streets of Staten Island, N.Y. , mic, performing "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" and Wu classics like "C.R.E.A.M." and "Wu have found themselves atop the world of some of his opera-style antics. The remaining Tang: 7th Chamber" were intertwined underground hip hop. But where's that? members then took their turns performing throughout the show, but unfortunately there "Handle your business! Handle your moth their respective songs, but were never alone as was no new material. With a new album due '!!!!~!~~(@!~! er fucking business!" That was the theme on the rest of the Clan backed them up. The only out this summer, the crowd expected to hear ~ April 26 at the Wu-Tang Clan show at the time they left the stage was to get another beer some new stuff, but it didn't happen. Congress Theater, 2135 N. Milwaukee. Those or another hit from the blunt that was being The most overlooked and underrated words of wisdom came from the show's M.C., passed along the side of the stage. Clansman, the Genius, played a few songs a rotund rapper who used that phrase and oth The evening's bummer turned out to be no from his album, Liquid Swords, but seemed to ers to try riling the crowd iqto a frenzy. He Method Man. Method Man, or Johnny Blaze remain mostly in the background. This was a only succeeded in annoyance. After he han- as he's sometimes referred to, was out due to shame. With his almost monotone voice, he -., died his business- two unimpressive Chicago chest problems. His lazy-cool voice holds the remains the constant of the group. On his solo hip hop groups-it was time for the Wu. chaos of the Wu together and he was sorely album he reaches new levels with his formula The real theme for the evening came from missed. Also scheduled to perform were the of driving beats and relaxed, smooth lyrics. the opening song, "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Gravediggaz, the RZA's side project with He should have spent more time in the spot Nuthing Ta F' With." Wu-Tang's membership Prince Paul and others. They never performed light. consists of eight bad-ass rappers: Prince either, but with them not being an integral part If the Wu-Tang Clan is true underground Rakeem "the RZA," Method Man, U-God, of the clan, Method Man's absence was more hip hop, then maybe the underground isn't so Rebel INS, Shallah Raekwon, Ghost Face noticeable. underground. 01' · Dirty Bastard has done a Killer, 01' Dirty Bastard and the Genius, "the These no-shows really put the pressure on, duct with Mariah Carey, and Method Man GZA." Four have released solo albums and 01' Dirty and Raekwon put the show on with Mary J. Bl ige, both gaining mainstream (Method Man, Raekwon, 01' Dirty Bastard their backs and carried it. 01' Dirty danced success. That and a sold-out show in and the Genius), all produced by the RZA, and and sang like only he can, which made Chicago,--but it doesn't mean they're a house they all appear on each other's albums. All Raekwon seem ever-so-cool performing hold name, yet. -- Loot<,., <:. .f«t MY fLAS~Uc,n; '' \ 1 € lL ~ 1M ·.· ~Goi3 SAYS, •. t>AMN ~ l='lA~HL\bHT; H€U' Mf: FINO~ M'( \(€YS AN, we'L\.. l)~l'/6" O\.\T of H€~ 12 -Ma-y· 6, 1996 rownupcose By April Knox Cor~.f(Hmdtnt As part of Columbia College's Fiction Writing Department's Writer-in-Residence series·, the depart ment presented acclaimed author and editor, Wesley Brown. By Jackie Gonzalez uniforrn. Brown's appearance included a publ ic reading on Staff writer "One time we could May I, "Conversations With the Author" on April not find a player's shorts 30, and private consultations with student writers At this point, the hottest ticket in until we saw him walk about their manuscripts. town would be to the United Center, out of the showers with Brown is the author of two novels, "Tragic standing room included. them on, wet," said Clark. Magic" and "Darktown Strutters." and has written Unfortunately, tickets are sold out or Ball persons get paid, two plays entitled. "Boogie Woogie and Booker T" too expensive for a college student's and work six hours per and "Life During Wartime." budget. game. According to Both Randy Albers, One Columbia College student docs Clark , the position docs Acting Chair and Gary not have to worry about getting a scat not pay as well as people Johnson. Artistic Director of at the center because he has one at each may expect. 'Tm a big Columbia's Fiction writing and every game, as an employee. Bulls fan, that is why I do Department agree that Ant won Clark, a junior majoring in it," said Clark. Brown's writing renects the broadcast journalism, is a ball person Clark saw his opportu power of black Vernacul ar, for the Bulls. nity to become a ball'per mixed diction and lively oral What exactly docs a ball person do? son when an address was storytelling. His job begins three hours prior to the given in a newspaper The forn1cr Black Panther games. Clark is a visiting team ball sports section to write for grew up in New York City person, and most of his time is spent an application. during the peck of the tight taking care of the needs of the oppos Clark sent in his appl i for civil rights. an era where ing team. cation only to discover :·helping to change the world" He begins by making Gatoradc, was high in hi s age nda. Brown says that despite this that ball persons had Columbia student and Chicago Bulls' ball boy filling jugs with water and stocking alrcad>: been hired for the Antwon Clark (right) with Detroit Piston Grant time of tunnoil. he began defining how he fit into the coolers with beverages for the players. world and considered the possibility of writing upcommg season. Hill at a home game last month. Once these tasks have been com Persistence paid off for . . 'That is the worst memory that 1 have because of his ability to give such a vivid written pleted, he puts the players uni forrns description of his surroundings and what was going Clark, who was granted an mtervte~ of working as a ball person." on around him. into their lockers. Then he watches as after wntmg a letter ,askmg for a post- Clark has been in contact with peo "If you can describe what happens to yourself, the players' enter the locker room. tlon the next season. There were .12 of pie who have given him advice on his what's around you and realize how important lan Clark's services are now in demand as us who were ca!!ed for the mterv1ew," career, as well as special gifts. guage is. that is empowerment." said Brown. the players begin to ask him to run C~ark recalled. We. all sat m a room "I received the best momento when "Writing brought clarity to my own life." errands, such as getting food from the Without anyone saym* a word, there the Bulls won the NBA title for the Brown added that through writing. he began to concession stands, making phone calls was nO! even a cou.gh. . third time," Clark said. "All of the ball discover who he was and what he believed in. or relaying messages. He began workmg for the Bulls m persons received a leather watch "I began writing seriously in 1969," said Brown. Clark recalled a time when ScO!tie the 1991-1992 season. ed ·th beh'nd · · Pippen had him deli ver a package to Clark has ex ri ed times when engrav WI. our names t 1.1. m "I started out writing poetry, and later began writing . pe enc . the same casmg that the Bulls recetved longer, more methodical pieces." Orlando Magic's Horace Grant. Inside he d1d nO! want to work, espec1ally their championship rings," said Clarlc. In Brown 's own writing, he feel s that it is the box was a fake mouse, something when m1dterrns or papers were due, Clark has also received gifts from extremely important to "explore" his characters · he knew that Grant detested. When but he _has managed to find a way Bulls players. When Stacey King was because of the world's social construction. Brown Grant opened the box he threw it on tries to show how his characters deal with diversity the noor and wouldn't touch it. Pippen aro~r~~~have days when 1 do not want with the Bulls, he gave each of the ball and provide a clear, ethical evaluation of the human continues to send packages to his 10 work, but then someone will say pe~ons a bottle of cologne . for behavior. fri end Grant when he is in Chicago, but something funny and I forget why I Chnstmas. He ~ also been g~ven During Brown's residency. he enjoyed reading Grant refuses to open them, Clark said. didn't want to be the're," said Clark. ~hoes o~o~l= feet when they are and evaluating student writers' manuscripts. which As the players begin to play basket Clark plans his ~ l ass sc,hedu le ~1 .:1 said that· people recognize he believes is always valuable. ball, Clark sits behind the visitors aroundthegames,but 1fhecan twork h' bu hedoes th'nkofh' If "The writer can hear or see something that has bench and places the players' jackets he calls an alternate ball person to take lm, I not t trnse as been suggested from someone that is neutral," said over their shoulders. He also hands his place. His bosses are u~rstand- a s~.work at Blockbuster Video in the Brown. "These sessions could reinforce and bring them Gatorade, water, and towels. mg because they know that he ts a col- suburbs and sometimes people will something into focus that the writer could not see." When the players leave the locker lege student. . . come in and say they saw me on tele- Brown also encouraged students to read as much of room after the game, Clark must count Not everyone. IS under.:!andmg vision sitting behind the Bulls bench," ''the best" that has bee(l written and if they are seri all of the jerseys to see if there are a w.hen Clark has a Job to do. I had a he said. "I have 10 tell them no, it was ous about writing, to be "committed to being a tO!al of 12. If the number of jerseys shght .altercation w11h a cameraman beh'nd the vis'tor's be h " writer." does nO! equal the number of players, who d1d not want to let me on the court t 1 nc · Brown is currently working on a new book. Clark must find the missing player's so that I could do my job," said Clark. Nate Crone Theater Freshnum Sex -- Good sex.