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Columbia Chronicle College Publications Columbia College Chicago Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago Columbia Chronicle College Publications 4-22-1996 Columbia Chronicle (04/22/1996) Columbia College Chicago Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cadc_chronicle Part of the Journalism Studies Commons This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. Recommended Citation Columbia College Chicago, "Columbia Chronicle (04/22/1996)" (April 22, 1996). Columbia Chronicle, College Publications, College Archives & Special Collections, Columbia College Chicago. http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cadc_chronicle/350 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 CHQO O . f COLUMB IA COLLEGE VOL. XXIX, No. 22 April 22, 1996 One woman's crusade to save lives By Leon Tripplett directly to us, where everyone could Staff Writer understand where she was coming from." Like any ambitious teenager, It was this motivation that Stamps Lynnette Stamps has a long list of needed, which prompted her to take goals. The 19-year-old·Columbia fresh­ classes and become an offi cial peer man would like to be a doctor, a writer educawr--but not your regular peer or perhaps even a movie star. But what educator with the monotonous voice she would like more than anything is giving a lecture on abstaining from sex. for her generation to understand the That's much too traditional for Stamps, risks of unprotected sex. who's just as straightforward and emo­ " Unless something happens to them tional as Thornton. or someone that they love-contracting "Sex is all around us. It 's on televi­ HIY or any sexually transmitted dis­ sion," Stamps said. "If you're going to ease-it's not imponant to them," she tell them about safe sex, you have to be says. · on their level, and you have to be real­ But it's personal with Stamps. And istic." she's waged a decidedly unabashed Stamps' sermon is unconventional, campaign against HIY (human immun­ despite the fact that the World Health odeficiency virus), the precursor to the Organization in 1995 reponed an esca­ deadly AIDS (~cq uired immune defi­ lation in AIDS cases. The data is ciency syndrome). almost frightening: With 17 million When Stamps was 6, her mother worldwide infected with HI Y and walked out on her and four other chil­ 8,000 infected everyday, Stamps said dren. She died several years later after she doesn't preach abstinence. "I don't being infected with HIY. This, in pan, tell young people not to have sex," she was the fuel that ignited Stamps' drive. said. But she said she had mixed emo­ "I know that it's not realistic. Sex tions about her mother. who wasn't in has become popular, it 's everywhere. her life for most of her childhood. It's hard to say no to sex. I tell them "I thought, at first, that she was that if you're going to have it, then be being taken away from me, but then I prepared for what might result from it , realized that she wasn' t my · mother," be responsible." Stamps acknowledged. "She wasn't It's perhaps that realism that has there for me when I needed her." paid off for Stamps. The traditional But if Stamps wasn't torn to pieces way has been to go to schools and give by her mothe(s death, she had come to lectures. But Stamps likes to be on the realize one im111utable fact: This prolif­ cutting edge with her generation. She's erating disease called AIDS was for taken her campaign to the television real. screen. Bea.UDg The Od..CJ... Reared by the Department of Produced by Stamps' aunt and Children and Family Services through funded by the Centers for Disease ·- -- --·····---- -- her grandparents, Stamps was always Control, "Rap-It-Up" is a down-to­ taught to be the- best she could. Her eanh, no-holds-barred show highlight­ About this series: grandparents' household was alive with ing the potentia!ly devastating effects the ans. "I grew up singing, dancing of un-protected sex. The show goes on Every year Columbia College opens Its doors to and playing the piano," she said. "Now location to night clubs and social gath­ thousands of students. Many go on to achieve fame I'm almost burned out." But her main­ erings-wherever teens can be found, and ultimately reach the pinnacle of their careers. stay was always what she says she was you'll find Stamps and the "Rap-It­ How they got there, however, often goes untold, born to do: "I have to be helping oth­ Up." despite having fought excruciating obstacles and ers." But the show delves into more: How Rae Lewis Thornton, who is infect­ to use condoms, what sexuality is all daunting challenges. The Chronicle's Leon Trlpplett ed with AIDS and has made it her busi­ about, how to control your emotions. turned the light on ordinary Columbia students ness to tell teens to have protected sex, But is anyone listening to the show's accomplishing extraordinary feats for this exclusive visited Stamps' high school, Currie pleas? three-part series. Though they are not national High School for the Performing Ans. "One night when we were broad­ stars, their stories of triumph and persistence are Stamps was hooked when she heard casting we asked a question about equally emotional-these diamonds In the rough Thornton speak so bluntly. "I knew HIY," Stamps recalled, "a little girl have a message for Columbia. that after hearing her that this is what I wanted to do," said Stamps. "She spoke See Stamps, page 2 Open admissions debate heats up By Bob Chiarito should be for those who arc ready. Admitting News Editor those who are not academically sound makes the learning atmosphere disappear," he said. As today's job market becomes more com­ According to Academic Dean Caroline Latta, petitive, a bachelor's degree is no longer the Columbia's standards have not declined. "We asset it once was. It has become a basic require­ don' t teach down to anyone. We have high ment to even be considered for many entry­ expectations," she said. level positions. At Columbia, some feel that the When asked if Colum bia's value of their degrees has been compromised by open-admissions policy The C hronicle 's · the school's open-admissions policy, while oth­ has hurt the school's repu­ view on ers believe it is what makes Columbia unique. tation. she said "we have Columbia's open Columbia is currently the only four-year col­ fu ll accreditati on, and the lege in Illinois with an open-admissions policy. [North Central Association admission policy Created to give everyone an equal opportunity of Colleges and Schools] in higher education, regardless of their academ­ doesn't give that away eas­ See page 9 ic past, the policy ·has continued to pose many ily. Students that come out serious questions. Most importantly, does open of Columbia can compete admissions help or hun students? with anybody." While many agree that it gives everyone an Edward Mazzocco, undergraduate admis­ equal opponunity, some feel Columbia's stan­ sions counselor at· Columbia, believes the open­ dards have declined because more unprepared admissions policy mimics the real world. "We students are enrolling. want to bring a wide variety of students to the "I think it has limited me," said sophomore Journalism major Robert Stevenson. "College See Open, page 2 f. ·· - ~ .•. ,. , ' .. - 2 ... - NEWS April 22 1996 · st~dent designs dress up the Hokin THE CHRONICLI By Nancy Laichas Columbia's Vice President of Development Journalism Department Editor-in-Chief Woodie White, along with !von, welcomed 623 S. Wabash Ave., Suite guests to the Hokin Annex Gallery and 802 Organizers of the third annual student exhi- applauded the efforts of the student design­ Chicago, Illinois 60605 bition and competition, "Fashion Columbia," ers. 312-663-1600 ext . 5432 learned first-hand last week the meaning of the "Fashion Columbia is an extraordinary 312-663-1600 ext. 5343 old saw. "the show must go on." representation of the creative spirit of stu- Weeks of preparation by fashion design and dents at Columbia College," White said. FAX 312-427-3920 management students fro m the Columbia Members of the Chicago's fashion com­ e-ma il: College Fashion Association (CCFA) and munity along with Columbia College stu­ C hronicle@ Columbia's Fashion Advisory Board were to dents. administrators and faculty gathered to mail.colum.edu culminate at an April 18 benefit. The reception admire student designs ranging from cloth­ Web page: kicked off a week-long exhibition of Columbia ing and accessories to photography, sculp­ http://www.colum.edu.( students' fashion-related art. lure and even poetry. Student designers -chroncle/index.html Just days before the opening, organizers were on hand to answer questions about received the news that ..------------------, their creations Editor-in-Chief fashion designer Patrick while informal Robinson, the scheduled Award Winners modeling allowed Nancy Laichas Fashion Columbia. guest of honor. would guests to get an not be in allendance. Three-Dimensional CaJegory up-close look at Managing Editor Robinson, designer for selected clothing John Biedennan Anne Klein Collection, First Place-Soomi Chun design entries. was to receive the Second Place-Soomi Chun To recognize News Editor CCFA's Designer of Third Place-Eun Mi Yang the creative talent Bob Chiarito Excellence Award and of Columbia'S' to present awards to Two-Dimensional Category aspiring design- Features Editor "Fashion Columbia" ers and artists, Cristin Monti competition winners.
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