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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. o r C 0 L U M I) A RECEI'&DO L L E G E C 1i C A C 0 VOL. XXX, No. 23 APR 2 9 1997 April 28, 1997 ~~•=11=~•== ~1 Disabled Sfuaelft§ seek better services for a student volunteer to assist for the needs of disabled students. The student volunteer will receive a stipend of $50 at the end of the semester from the college. By Rui Kaneya For note-taking purposes, there is an Copy Editor advantage of having students as volunteers because, naturall y, they have a vested inter Bumping into barriers-literally and fig est in taking good notes in their class. For uratively-is a way of life for many blind cases where Columbia cannot get any vol students. But Buna Dahal, a 24-year-old stu unteer student, instructors are asked to write dent at Columbia, is doing the best she can a note for a student," said Janet Talbot, to bring down some of these obstacles. director of academic advising. In her classes, Dahal takes notes using But Talbot said that there is always a stu braille, a written means by which blind peo dent who is willing to help. "People at ple communicate. It is a system of tactile dot Columbia are very happy and willing to help patterns created by either a slate or stylus, out their fellow classmates," she said. tools used to punch out symbols on notepa "Every student who requested a note taker per. Each braille character, or "cell," is com has received notes. So it 's not a problem." posed of up to six dots in a unique arrange Providing readers for blind students is a ment, enabling blind and visually impaired little bi t more troublesome. Since the stu individuals to "read" by touching it. dents mostly need readers outside their "Blind people have to be able to take classes, blind students and volunteers have their own notes," Dahal said. "Having note to arrange the time to meet in their busy takers makes blind students very, very schedules. dependent." The system becomes very inconvenient There are many obstacles in college since readers may not be available when a attendance, however, that blind students student really needs them. cannot overcome by themselves. Some have Dahal said she could not work with any to rely on others to serve as "readers" for readers a few weeks ago because her readers their textbooks and tests, while others use had conflicting schedules. Photo by Jo Machado closed-circuit television sets that enlarge Some colleges and uni versities around Buna Dahal, a blind Columbia student, type. the country are installing new technologies belives, while the college can do more to help Dahal has to ask for assistance, especial to compensate for the scarcity of such disaled students, it is taking a positive steps. human assistance. Reading machines, spell ly for reading materials from textbooks, the blind and visually impaired students. When blackboard and researched information checkers and other computer-based systems are used to assist people whose disabilities it was first created in the mid-'70s, the price from the library. Using computers are also of the translator was $22,000 for the English cumbersome. Dahal said she can type fairly makes it difficult to read, write, organize information or otherwise communicate. version- now costing less than $500, well on the keyboard. But she has to ask according to the catalog. However, Columbia has yet to install somebody to read the monitor as she goes The software is used to transcribe text on along. supporting technologies that are specifically designed for blind students to use computers the computer into braille form. The special "Ri ght now I don' t have enough ized printer will print the transcribed braille resources," Dahal said. "I'm not able to without any assistance. "Right now, Columbia doesn't have com text so that any textbooks, tests and other function at the level that I want because I materials can be made available to blind stu puters that are adapted to me," Dahal said. don't have enough readers. So it is very hard dents in a form that they can understand. right now." "If they have one or two computers with Features, page 17 voice output, it would help me so much." In April 1995, Purdue University created Columbia provides readers, note takers a supporting facility to provide many such and other additional assistance if a student Duxbury Braille Translator is one of expresses a need. Typically, the college asks many software programs developed to help See Disabled, next page hild care Columbia alum turns growing issu at Coulmbia small part into big deal By April M. Knox Corre.rpondelll up with how· "Waldo" would be," By Erin Bonillo See Editorial, What was originally a small role in Staff Writer the up-coming movie "Hoodlum", star said Morrow. "I came up with the P~9 ing Lawrence Fishburne and Vanessa character right there in my agent's Campus mommies office." and daddies have ..___ ...... ______. Williams, Columbia College radio/the ater alumni Kevin Donnell Morrow Morrow's persistence stems from been around since Columbia opened, but new statis vigorously developed his character and his own personal struggle to become tics show that the number of students with children eventually turned his two scene debut an actor along with some auditioning is up a significantly. Along with that increase comes into 12. advice from acclaimed actor Daniel new demands and concerns, the first being child Morrow plays the role of "Waldo," a Baldwin during a Columbia College event. (What event and when) care. quick tempered gangster who serves as "He told me to make "them" realize Columbia College has received criticism for not a security/body guard for Ellsworth providing on-campus child facilities as many other "Bumpy" Johnson, (Fishburne), and that I'm the man you want, that I am Chicago colleges do. For that growing number o along with a host of other henchmen, the best man for the job. He assured students juggling books and babies, campus-based they survive by playing the numbers me that I would get work with that type of attitude, and I applied it." child care could ~e their hectic lives a bit more game - illegal daily lotto. manageable. \ In addition to his invaluable experi The movie was filmed last summer Nate Wilkes is a full-time Columbia student and in Chicago's downtown area and South ence from the role itself, Morrow also the father of two toddlers. He knows firsthand the had the opportunity to work alongside Side, and is set in Harlem during the Photo courtesy April Knox 'ly stress involved in trying to play both roles 1920's and depicts the great depression Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Will iams, Loretta Devine, and lim Roth, among Actor Kevin Morrow (right), a simultaneously. and the rise of the historic Harlem " It's a constant struggle to work caregive others. Columbia graduate, seen with fellow Renaissance. actor Bill Dukes ("Predator''). options, while attending school. If my care provide "Hoodlum" director Bill Dukes, ("A On day's when Morrow was not backs out, I miss classes." said Wilkes. Rage in Harlem", "Sister Act II", "1ne expected to be on the set, he came any In between numerous auditions, Other parents resort to bringing the child or chit Cemetery Club"), acknowledged way, determined that his desire to study Morrow currently plays three different the art of acting will never end. to classes, if they are stuck without options. Morrow's suggestions on how to characters in " Fun in the Forest". a pro "Either they go with me or I risk failing. It's that sim expand his character's non-speaking "'These were people that I'd watched duction from the Ch1cago-based theater ple," stated an anonymous Columbia parent. role and opened a door of opportunity growing up," said Morrow. ··so, I asked company Chocolate Chip, housed 1n myself, why not watch and study them See Family, next page in which Morrow walked through. "By reading the script, I came li ve on the set?'" See Morrow, page 3 .. \ 2 NEWS A p _r i I · ~ ~ , ~ ~ 9 ~ · 7 1BE CHRONICLE Jot.mallsm Department Going to. college o-ver 623 S. Wabash Ave., Other colleges that are offering classes greatly underestimated the frequency' atKf, · Suite 802 By Dan Bischoff over the 'Net are Walden University and The variety of problems my students ahd I would Chicago, Illinois 60605 Correspondent University of Phoenix, but these schools offer encounter in completmg a document cycle. specific· degrees. Walden University is a · E-mail software is. much less powerful than • Imagine going through college without graduate school, with headquarters in Naples, editors, this led to work which was poorly News desk: ever leaving your house. Does the possibility Fla. and Minneapolis, Minn. offering only forfnatted and hard to grade." . 312-663-1600 Ext. 5343 of attending class in y<;mr underwear sound graduate level courses. The University of Dr. Kenyon went on to say. that, going into crazy? Well, with the power of the all mighty Phoenix has 47 campuses and learning cen the course, he was concerned it would turn · 7 " Photo desk: Internet, an Internet college degree is now ters throughout the U.S. as well as -their out to be a disaster. The course was not a dis 312-663-1600 Ext. 5732 available. Online Degre~ Programs. The University of aster but there is a need for major improve ~ere are several colleges and universities Phoenix offers three different Bachelor of ments if Internet classes are to achieve simi- ~ Adve111s1'1Q desk: that offer courses over the Internet. But one Science degrees, all in business, one Master Jar learning objectives ·as traditional courses.. . 312- 663-1l>OO Ext. that stands out is the New School University, · of Arts, and three Master's of Business, and "There ar~ positives and negatives to 5432 located in New York City. The New School one Master of Science in Computer Internet classes," said Jannan Khuri, a broad~ · University offers prospective college students Information, all offered over the 'Net. cast journalism major. "Online classes are • FAX: a Bachelor of Arts degree via the Internet, and "In the traditional classroom setting, there quickly accessible and provide a good way to . is fully accredited by the Commission on is too much interaction between students and avoid transportation hassles. But there is no 312-42 7-3920 Higher Education of the Middle Atlantic teachers, students and students, that can't be physical human interaction. I think speal9ng · States Association of Colleges and Secondary matched in an internet class," said Suzanne · verbally helps students retain ·infonnation . . ~= Schools. Szucs, instructor of Photography I and the The use of auditory senses is obsolete in , Chron96@ lnterac New School's online program, called graduate school semin.ar 20th Century Internet classrooms." · cess.com D.I.A.L. (Distance Instruction for Adult History of Photography. "I don't think an The cost of taking a college class on the Learning), offers students a variety of classes Internet class would be as worthwhile as a 'Net is no great bargain. At The New School Web~: over the 'Net. At New School's homepage class in a traditional setting." University, .according to office assistant http://WWW5. they advertise that "Participating in a New There have been a lot of mixed reviews Theresa Murphy, non-credit classes start at lnteraccess. School distance learning course is stimulat about Internet classes, or distance learning, $250 and go up to $400. Classes that gain com/chronicle ing, intellectually challenging and personally according to Rebecca Courington, Acting college credit are even more.expensive start rewarding." However, in spite of their bold Chair of the Academic Computing depart ing at $540 ptr credit. So, a three credit clasl . statement, what is the real educational value a ment. Schools that have offered distance would cost a bank-breaking $1,620, and there · student can really get ou·t of one of these learning seem to be pulling back and return is a good chance of never even meeting tbC John~~an online courses? ing to actual classroom settings. teacher in person. . "Well, the question remains: What occurs Dr. Peter Kenyon, a professor at Humboldt "Taking a class over your computer is ~Ar between a student and a teacher in an online State University School of Business and being lazy. , 'The convenience could maie class? Essential to a college education are the Economics, taught an accounting class over people lazy," said Sh~ Patterson, a junior personal relationships built between students the internet. The online class he taught, majoring in film. "Physical human interac Ja~=r . and teachers," said Louis Silverstein, Acting Accounting 240: Essentials of Financial and tion is missing. But it might be good for peo Chair of the Liberal Education Department at Management Accounting, was taught with ple with disabilities, or if a person can't make .AIItltalil News Edtor Columbia College. "It is important for a reading assignments and group discussions it to class."- Jason Kravartk · · teacher to know if there is something wrong that took place in a "chat-room" setting. 'The lbe Academic Computing Department at with their student outside of class that is course had no prerequisites. The class met Columbia will be offering a class this fall affecting his or her work inside of class. And twice a week, and was fully enrolled with 70 in which students will participate in both a Jl~=g there is no way for a teacher to know that students logged on for the first meeting. traditional cl;tSSroom setting and an online without physical signs: eye contact, a touch Homework consisted of textbook problems setting. 'The course is Desktop Publishing, Allldant Fealu'el Ecllor on the shoulder, etc... An Internet education and questions which Dr. Kenyon authored. and will be taught by Steve Dynako. Michelle DuFour lacks an important aspect, and that is actual ''There were many more technical prob human interaction." lems than I anticipated," said Dr. Kenyon. "I ~~ g•es on t come c • wev very spec1a 1 a apuve ntsto w tr ,as ~'rriPPiett er. Purdue spends several hun equipment, such as voice input, defined by the Americans with dred thousand dollars a year for voice output, Braille translators Disabilities Act," said Darryll Vision Lab. and head-pointers, demands K. Jones, Columbia's general Aside from the university's considerable human and R~e=n such software for its students. council. "And the need basical own budget, the Vision Lab machine customizatton. And ly was for assisted learning The facility. called the Vision receives outside funding. "We equipment purchased without a devices, which put them on the ~~ Lab, is considered to be one of have grants from some ot the clear need will likely go the world's leading facilities of same par as a person without' research projects we are work its kind. unused. So it is usually more disabilities." ing on," said Schleppenback. cost-effective for colleges to 1be Americans with ''The basic goal of the lab "And we also got some of the quickly arrange specialized was to provide the education Disabilities Act. known as the '~T donations from various accommodations as needed. ADA, requires a college or: uni materials for blind and visually groups." impaired students at Purdue," As a part versity to provide its students ~Jr~= T h e of the with a "lasonable licc:Ommoda said David Schleppenback. commer Columbia's director of Vision Lab. "Purdue tion," which will meet the stu cialization ·effort to not N~~~ made an internal commitment dents' needs and will of the soft arrange to educate its blind students." impose an undue burden on the w a r e , s u c h schooL There are 30 employees and which 15 computers in the lab to pro accommo However, Dahal said that she Chuck~= JOrdan Vision Lab i:o.:i._;..c....,~ dations, was hesitant to bring up the vide service for six blind stu developed, dents and 20 low-vision stu Dahal was argument for the ADA at the ~~~ dents at Purdue. also brought additional funding invited to speak at the meeting meeting. to Purdue. · of Special Needs Student Task "We use a lot of different "I said at the meeting that I kinds of software, most of Meanwhile, at Columbia, Force committee on April 9. was not here to put high ~~ which we developed here at school officials are still in the 'The meeting was also aimed at demands to the school," Dahal process of learning more about Purdue," said Schleppenback. exploring the efficient ways of said. "As soon as we bring up "In addition, we use some stan these technologies. facilitating more sophisticated the ADA, the company or "We are aware of technolo dard packages like Microsoft technologies. school gets threatened. 1bat's gies and we looking into Office and even some drawing are "I understand that it takes a not what I want to bring up. procuring the cifht equipment while to solve the problem," 'This whole idea is new for programs like PhotoPaint. For and software," sa1d Talbot. "But Braille translation. we use said Dahal. ''They listen to us this school. So I said at the Duxbury Braille Trans lator." it just doesn't happen and they want to work together. meeting that we are the family, overnight." Such supporting technolo- That's most important." so let's work together and find 'The current generation of 'The meeting was for stu- the best place."
ac em1c programs m early c 1 h educa eges. Yet, even WI s mg, It IS e y tion. In addition, field experience in the cam parents would pay for the child care center on pus child care centers could become a a sliding fee scale, similar to other university resource for training teachers. programs. The kind of support campus child care "At this point, it is too early in the 1lle strugglca are very real for these par centers can provide students 1s already well researching process to make detailed state enll, yet Columbia has been slow to attend to documented. The College Quarterly of ments," Lennon said. ''The students needs are their needs. · Research and Practice found that student-par apparent, but we 'need to continue visiting and A11i1tant Director of Admisllions Bonnie ents were 26 more academically successful reselltChing other campus child care pro Lennon was able to explain in deta il why when ther had access to a on-campus child grams to ensure a high quality program there hWI not yet been an on-campus child cure faciluy. Additional benefits, such us the Columbia students and their children." center implemented yet. opportunity to meet with other student-pnr There is also a dilemma over finding room 'The need for a center ill certainly there, entH , the ability to sec their children more fre for such a center and how to incorporate tho but there i ~ a lao a need to do it right." said quently during the day and convenience, oil new Early Childhood Education Department Lennon. make a 11trong argument for 11 campus-based eflcctively. Lennon elaborated by saying that tht.:rc is 11 center. Columbi11 udministrntion seems commit cmnmillee working on a future child care But implementing the progrtun is not 11 tell tu 11 futuro child-care center, built upon The Chronicle Is a student cenler. bu1 tf one iN to he implcmt.: nted it must quick proce ~s. Funding. locution nnd the phi s.tron.g ex pec tmion ~ n~d standards. The By Paul Zabratanski Staff Writer Steak? Hey graduating se'niors, in case you With didn't know it, there are only five more weeks left of attending good old John Henry Biederman Columbia College. Then it's on to the real world. In the past couple of years, the How last summer drove nation's economy was the worst it had been since the 1980s. Only 20 to 30 per me MAD cent of graduating seniors in 1992- 1993 had access to jobs after gradua How I spent my summer vacation, by little John tion and 20 percent of the nation's John Biederman. graduating seniors were underem I never got the chance to give that spiel when I was ployed. a shaver, so here goes. True, it's a little late, but I've Cindy Garner, an alumnus of promised in past columns. Columbia College, can vouch for these Some of my friends didn't do anything last summer statistics, as she is at a job she enjoys but laze about and party. Some worked like Heaven's but admits that she is overqualified for. Gate members on a Web site-out of necessity. But It has been three years since Garner many of them interned at the finest of institutions, gr!!duated from .Columbia with a .film from U.S. News and World Report to Essence to major degree. Despite being ambitious and TV. stations. getting good grades, she is having a I somehow scammed the pri vilege of outdoing hard time trying to break into her field. them all. On June 3, 1996, I walked through the doors People in the career placement field ~~~~-----_;_ ___~!!!!!!!1!!!!~~~!!!1!!~·.1.1111.1&:.1.1.1~11 of this nation's most honest publication. A literary '- bastion that wouldn't know how to pull a punch, an were predicting the percentage would tunity to succeed,"said Seto. been actively pursuing it smce high be up to about 33 percent of the American icon founded on the spirit of the First One of the first steps is to register school. Amendment, a wellspring of culture intertwined with nation's graduating seniors working at with your career planning office. Paula "My goal is to be a head animator jobs they are overqualified for. the very fabric of our society. Brien, a career planning advisor for Disney," Rein said. "But it is On June 3, 1996, I became a member of The Usual College students need to prepare said,"we are never going to be able to tougher than I ever thought it would and market themselves appropriately Gang Of Idiots. I began my internship at MAD hand people a job." be." Rein has interned at Disney, Magazine in New York. to improve their chances. This doesn't "We create an environment for stu established contacts with people in just apply for graduating seniors, you It wasn' t easy to get there. The editors have enact dents to meet possible employers." power and gained the necessary work ed a competition, of sorts, to find two six-week interns should start getting your name out career planning advisors can also help experience that is required. there and find out as much as you can every summer. I sent my resume, my best clips and with resumes, job opportunities and Seto has also known what he's two letters of recommendation from Columbia faculty by the time you ·are in your sophomore interviews. wanted for a long time. year. (advisor Jim Sulski's was even written in MAD style), Students should try to build rela "I've wanted to get into radio ever but they tossed all that aside. There looks to be a glimmer of hope tionships with professionals that are since I took a self-assessment test in out there for seniors, according to Tim All that mattered was a critique of a recent issue already in their fields as Seto has. high school and radio broadcasting (being a subscriber for years helped there) and at least Long, a career planning advisor, who They should also attempt to gain as was one of the areas that was listed in believes that the economy is in good one feature idea (I sent six, and I don't know what much field experience as possible the results." helped me there-maybe the baby-sitter pushing me condition, which is creating more through internships, summer jobs and Seto knows that it is not going to be opportunities. out the window head first when I was two). part-time jobs. easy. I spent most of my six weeks reading old issues and B.J. Seto, a junior in Columbia's Looking for a job can be a job in "It seems like everything is going Radio Department, has already started toying with ideas. I wrote lead-ins to stories.ancj phony itself. Resumes have to be prepared corporate, it's going to take blind department names, participated in editorial meetings, making contacts with professionals in and sent out to all possible employers luck," he said. He also knows that job his field, among many other prepara voted on freelance proposals, made the occasional in hopes of just getting a couple of security is more uncertain in his field photocopies, did some filings and even one delivery. tions. responses for interviews. than in other fields. "The job market looks pretty bleak All of this to learn more about the magazine in order Ann Rein, a art major who wi ll "Honestly, I don't even see myself to become one of their freelancers. and difficult to break into. I just want graduate from Columbia in May, in the radio field ten years from now, to try and give myself the best oppor- As Associate Editor Joe Raiola told me many times knows exactly what she wants and has but there's always that hope," Seto during the internship, humor is hard work, and humor isn't pretty. He also told me too much about the won ~~~O--r-r--0--~------~~~===~======~ ~of~~~ts.~t~~~~~~~~~~~ I did go home mentally drained on most days. Sure, Continued from page 1 Annie Gaines (managing editor and widow of MAD Founder William Gaines) walked around singing alter Kennedy King Community College. native tunes in an Ethel Merman voice. Sure, Joe He has also been cast in the upcoming Raiola walked around eating mangos and occasionally Chicago cable television series tap-danced on my desk. And, sure, the First "Easydrop" as Coach Crawford, a for Amendment aficionados there left many bizarre publi mer gang leader turned inner-city high cations all over their offices... school basketball coach. But there's serious business going on at MAD. The Earlier this year, Morrow played the staff is almost as up on the news as a wire service. The role of Cinderella's father in the suc editorial meetings spawn heated arguments that can cessful run of "The African drag on for hours. And the level of quality.. .s uffice it Cinderella" at the Ivanhoe Theater in to say that long-term submitters see rejections on the Chicago. vast majority of submissions and many a Hollywood "Kevin is certainly committed," humorist has given up trying. (Then again, print has said Columbia College Relations and Photo courtesy April Knox and will always blow away any other media, but I Development's Fred Fine, Director of Morrow, a Columbia alum, on the set of "Hoodlums." digress.) Public Affairs, whom Morrow worked His role, originally two scenes, has been expended to 12. Most people don't respect that. For the same reason closely with as a work-study student. people shied away from calling Mark Twain a genius "That's half the battle." instructor Brian Shaw. Morrow played "I use that negativity to fuel my during his time-it's humor. "Kevin is a very talented and dedi a small role in a play directed by Shaw desire," said Morrow. "As long as you MAD became a magazine when Congress (an insti cated person," said Katherine Wales, entitled "Rhinoceros" in the Fall of believe in yourself and know what's in tution that can only hope one day to be one-! Oth as Associate Director of Development, 1994. "He was extremely fun to work your heart, that's the most important honorable as MAD) decided to enact a Peter whom Kevin also worked for while with." things." Thompsonesque comics code-keeping them to a pursuing his undergraduate degree. Brad Mott, a part-time instructor in Against all odds, Morrow felt that child's level-almost 50 years ago. And, to this day, "He shares his talents and time to vari Columbia's theater department and one his hard work and drive would eventu MAD laughs when institutions like the NRA call and ous causes and goes beyond his quest of Morrow's former instructors said ally lead him to the' path he's currently threaten advertiser boycotts because they have no for success on a personal level but also that he is not surprised that Morrow's on. He is extremely grateful for his advertisers. makes a concerted effort by working intense discipline has gotten him so far lovi ng parents, those who have They attack whomever they desire. The New York with kids as his re-investment in the as an actor. believed in him and steered him in the Times can't claim that. 60 Minutes can' t say that community." "He has a wonderful sense of right direction. they pull exposes on Scientology and Big Tobacco Wales said that Morrow recently humor," said Mott. "He has that drive "That's all I ever wanted was for when lawyers start harassing. contributed to Columbia's Alumni that a lot of actors who make it don't someone to give me a chance, and the Ahem. Anyway, for the rest of my summer vacation book award fu nd, a scholarship to help have. Kevin is one of the best student's people from United Artists, Bill Dukes I embarked on a summer fling and was tossed aside students afford books. I've had in the past 10 years." and Lawrence Fishburne trusted me like a wet nap. What could I expect really? Women are "I'm sure there's alot of things that A former semi-pro football player and gave me an opportunity to display afraid of commitment. So the MAD thing was certain he does like that, that we don't even for the Chicago Panthers, Morrow also my talent on the big screen." ly the high point. know about," added Wales. voiced his concern about the negative Morrow's other film credits include Oh, and I'd tell you what happened when I finally His desire .to become a well-round attitudes he encountered from other "While You Were Sleeping," "Miracle met Alfred E. Neuman, but we've settled that private ed actor has prompted him to do every African-American's, especially those On 34th Street" and "Losing Isaiah." ly, out of court. thing from print ads for "Game Boy" in his own South Side Community, His television roles include "Early He did tell me that he didn't care what people to playing football for Mike Ditka in towards him and other aspiring actors Edition," "Behind the Screen" and thought about him, though. When you're proud o Montomery Ward's Electric Avenue who are black and choose to pursue "Grass Roots." yourself, outside respect isn' t so important. commercials. acting rather than sports or other popu Hoodlum opens nationwide on What, him worry? "I certainly enjoyed working with lar careers among the African August 29. him," said part-time Columbia theater American community. E-mail John at: [email protected]. 4 ADVERTISEMEN-T Here's Proof at A College Degree Can Really Pay Off. Right Now Recent College Graduates Get $400 Off Every New Dodge. In Addition To Most Other Current Offers.* Dodge Neon Coupe starts as low as after$400 college grad. and $],000 national $9.900' cash back.** Cab-forward design, dual airbags. 16-valve, 132-horsepower engine. More standard power than Escort, Civic and Cavalier Coupe. Dodge Dakota starts as low as after $400 college grad $1.19.~~' cash back.** ($]2,395 as shown) Sport Truck magazine's '97 .. 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In addition, condoms the reliahility o f condo ms found that were filled with water and checked for evaluated data on condoms tested in vagi can be weakened by exposure to heat or human erro r was the main cause of con leakage. nal sex. There have been several published sunlight or by age. dom failure. Every late x condom manufactured in studies and surveys which indicate con Data suggests that adequate use of The Centers for Disease Control and the United States is tested for defects dom breakage and slippage rates may be lubricants might even be a more important Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. Ga .. support before it is packaged. Because the FDA higher during anal sex. The breakage rate fac tor in preventing condom failure than Consumer Report 's findings. wanting to requires that imported condoms must pass may be reduced by the use of a water type of condoms used. clear up misconceptions about condo ms. the same tests as domestic condoms, they based or silicone-based lubricant. The serious consequence of condom "Analysis of these studies indicates that should be equally safe. In the Consumer Reports study, the size failure has placed added emphasis on con the large range of effieicncy rates is relat All condoms are tested for de fects. But of the condom was considered an effec dom quality. Correct condom use can be ed to incorrect or inconsistent usc." point like rubber bands. condoms deterio rate tiveness factor because if a condom is too learned and practiced with the result being ing out that people who usc condoms with age. If properly stored, condo ms can tight, it can be uncomfortable a nd is mo re more condom use with less breakage. every time may no t usc them correctl y. be used fi vc years after the date of manu likely to break. Incorrect usc contributes to the possibility fac ture or until the expiration date that is For co ndoms, the typical failure rate is Consumer Report'S' top five: that the condom could leak at the base or printed on the wrapper of each condom . about 12 percent. Researchers know that, break. The FDA does not recommend con as with other contraceptive methods, the Excita Extra Ultra-Ribbed with spermi- The Co nsumer Reports ratings list test doms be unrolled and e xamined befo re failure figures include many couples who cide ed products in o rde r of burst index. the usc. because this could cause damage. don' t use contraception every time. Ramses Extra Ribbed with spermicide percentage of condoms that innatcd to at However, the condom should be checked According to Consumer Reports, if cou Sheik Elite least 25 liters in air-burst testing. TI1e air as it is unrolled o nto the penis. The con ples used condoms consistently and cor LifeStyles Vibra-Ribbed hurst te.st is a guida nce for ma nufacturers do m should not be used if it sticks to itself, rectly, researchers estimate, the condom's Ramses Extra with spermicide with which all complied before the test is gummy or brittle. is discolored or has failure rate would plummet to 2 to 3 per became a Food and Drug Administration tears or holes. cent or less. Condoms with an overall burst-vol (FDA) requirement in 1994. Among the 30 products that passed An estimated 2 to 5 percent of condoms ume defect rate that exceeded 1.5 per According to the Co nsumer Reports Consumer Reports initial screening (in tear during use. Most of those failures are cent: study. products with a higher air-burst whic h no more than I .5 percent of con tho ught to stem from misuse, not inherent inde x sho uld offer greate r assurance do ms fell short of government require naws. LifeStyles Ultra Sensitive against breakage in usc. All produc ts test ments). those with a higher burst inde x The CDC reports that several studies Trojan Extra Strength ed by Consumer Reports for the study should minimize the possibility of break have clearly shown that condom breakage Trojan Mentor were manufactured prio r to the U.S . Food age during sex. rates in this country are less than 2 percent. Trojan Plus and Drug Administrati o n's (FDA) air- The C DC and the FDA indicate that all M ost of the breakage is likely due to inco r- Trojan Very Thin Springer signs Placement ·office on with Ch. 5 a hidden resource As for the mo v1e llself. King serves as the exec utive producer and script writer in the first autho ri LCd version of the book Kit Wolde n "Many students don' t understand that about a man hired as caretaker of a hotel Staf! Wriru they have to coun potential employers," o nly to go mad from ISOlation with his said Grekoff. "Research helps students fa mily and demons. Kmg has accused How ma ny students know where the speak more intelligently about their ' fit' Kubn ck of taking too much liberty in his Career Placement office is? Ho w many in the company." 1980 "c:rsion starring Jack Nicholson. student know who their advisor is? How Res ume is a word that seems to intim Kravarik The three-part m iniseries am:d Sunday. many stude nts kno w that they should idate most students. w1th part two runnmg Mo nday and part research tl1e JOb they want? Not many ''Students don't know how to get it [a three amng ·n JUr..day locally on Channel 7. according to G rethia Hightower. a career resume) started." said Hightower. " But ad v1sor. "We don' t get enough students o nce they gel going. it's easier." for tl1e e minars because they do n' t kno w According to Hightower. important Walter Jacobson appears to have h1s 'Inside' does 'extra' work on we arc up here." facts about res umes that tudents should first real competition on the Ch1cago TV The Clll'CCr Planning and Placement keep in mind include clarity. use ener commentary scene. and n's com1ng from its 'hard copy' to win award, o rfice held a series of seminars des igned getic wo rds and avo id blocks of informa an unhkcly source. Jerry Spnngcr. the ~yn on the next 'Entertainment to mfo m1 students about the " Business of tion. A cover letter is also very impor dlcated talk show host famed for hi\ sleazy Getting a Job" on Wednesday April 2 a nd tant. show Lop1cs. has s1gned o n w 11h WMAQ Tonight' most recently on April 16 at 2 p.m . and "It is an introduction of yourself. It TV Channel 5 to deh vcr commenL PART VI IN A CONTINUING SERIES Remembering The Kinky Dolphin By John Henry Biederman would bring me an envelope marked "FSP Editor-in-Chief PIB" (Famous Sunken Polish Poet Investigation Bureau), which I would open "So you've been going to a lot of poetry and add to the legend after bringing the crowd JUST WHEN YOU '\..!L._ IT WRS readings, John?" Tully, co-owner of Cafe up to date. Amore, asked me. Here's just a bit of that legend: SRFE TO 60 BRCK TO THE"SCENE" ... "Yeah. You oughta have one here," I said. "It's worth a try; could bring in some The Famous Sunken Polish Poet was so money. So when are you gonna start it?" famous in Poland that, when he'd read a ~ poem, for miles around, people would react. "AU the nuts thaJ are unfit to print elsewhere!" This page rated SH-the discretion of a sense of humor is required. The opinions represented herein are not those of the college, Journalism Department, Chronicle or, In . some cases, anybody in their right mind. When sendmg correspondence to the Shoots And utters Department, please also include your name and phone number for veriftcation purposes. You can "write"'" in the following ways: Mail: c/o ColumbiD CoUege Chicago Chronicle, 623 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 60605; FAX: (312) 427-3920; e-mail: Chron96@ interacce11.com· Web page message board: hltp:llwwwS.interaccess.com/chronicle. We reserve the right to edit aU submissions for length and clarity. ' .lnQ W"lll Invaluable say that it's wrong to hurt a woman or Warn Think of all the students who would've Male debate contin- child. "nson Warnl"ng otherwise been stuck In a frigid environ- It is happening slowly but surely. Robl ' ment (no, we're not referring to the love ues ... Still trying to find Mr. Totally Loft) with nobody to cavort with but pen· Respectful and having fun in the process, This leiter is in rt!sponse to Staff Writer Paul gulns! We're waiting few our awards.. • OK-most men are assholes some of Zabratanski 's article on Alaska Summer But anyway, we'd give you a prize for fig time but most women can be bitches some Angel Employment from the April 14 issue. uring this out from our prize closet but of the time. Carrie Nelson must think her Vra online forum we don't have a prize closet. You're wei· shit don't stink if all she can do is general Dear Letter Department, come to come up and chase copy edltew ize about how horrible men are. Everyone You had to do It, didn't you? You hod to Chuck Jordan around the water cooler must take responsibility for the ills that go and throw Carrie Nelson's name Into There are many opinions on that tho119hi-Eds. their gender does. whot would have otherwise been a [Alaska employment opportunities] adver Mr. Neal has the correct idea-there are Carrie-Nelson-free Shoots and a...tt.rs. I tising but I strongly believe that it not a more men these days trying to do the right hope you're proud of yourself. llvt we'd good deal to believe in that advertisement. Biting off more thing but not enough to say that things are like to spiritually hold '-'cis with you It was good that you also help the student getting better. One day we won't need to and dream of a day when we won't hawe who thinks it is a good choice to make than we can chew hear people like Ms. Nelson bitch about to hear people like Carrie Nelson • bftch"l money. I believe that everybody might the awful things men do; because I believe &en better, a day when Shoots and interested in the advertisement on the bul Do not insult me with your dry and that one day enough men will stand up and Letters wfn be Carri•Nelson-frMI-Eda. letin. On the other hand, some of students tasteless humor. You do not realize whom do not read the newspaper. So they would you toy with. not know what is going no with them if Hurrah for hemp tor they think it is a hot catch. Why don't you IIi thea tell someone who can protect the student Via online forum from this advertising. I would like to tell prog1 esslve marketers only you that all of us do not know everything. ·mtheow: We do not bell- our humor to Anyway. I really appreciate that your be tasteless. To prove It, we've asked few· Lynne Snyder insignificant amount of the psy news could help or protect Columbia stu mer news edltew (and current. .. we don't me. dent. choactive chemical in marijuana? I'm know what he Is, now) Leon Trlpplett to I'll never forget the story that one of going out on a limb here, but my guess is taste the Shoots And Letters section my friends told me years ago. He was that they are totally ignorant. Yours Sincerelv. (okay, we wrap,.ct some broccoli In the about 17 years old and fighting with his Many marketers are playing up on its Sa/amra/a MaiDrtJI section and told him It was a burrito, but parents. He got so upset that he punched drug identity. There is a skin care line Via e-mail he gobbles up most anything)! a hole in the wall. At that moment. his called Body Dope and part of their slo There he go.s... he's chewing it. .. he's parents just looked at each other and gan is "getting your daily dose." Sakuntala: You are a fine example of making a funny face ... the verdict: Tastes what a human being should be! You've threw their arms up in disgust. His moth However, because a significant group of like chicken! You were wrong, sucker! er screamed out to her husband. "Gene, consumers would not buy hemp prod discovered that the Chronicle Is an Eds. he· ~ on dope!" ucts, some marketers take a more cau The humorous part is that his parents tious approach and instead play up on its didn't even know what dope wns. His environmental benefits. For example, parents. ns well ns many others. were hemp produces four times more pulp per MMM-MMM BEER! uneducated about drugs and considered acre than trees and is grown without pes anything foreign to them ns threatening ticides and irrigation. On the other hand, nnd dangerous. a crop like cotton requires a lot of irriga Wilfred Brandt gcrs who kept us slurring our words Hemp. a plant that is often confused tion. through the dark ages of prohib1110n"! Sure. with mnnjuana, has made the news late Here's some useless. but interesting Spnng IS here agam. You can feel 11 in 1t"s been a rough couple of hundred year... ly because savvy marketers are finding trivia for those twenty-five percenters: the au. And whenever spnng rolls around. but hccr has never let us Amencans down. profitable and creative ways of making one thing IS sure to follow. You g uc ~sed 11. Wh1ch bnngs up another po1nt · Beer everyonc"s best friend 1s back m products from it. The plant is being used George Washington grew the stuff. know' no houndnne~ . You can order a heer 1n cycshadows nnd coffee. Calvin Klein town .. BEER' a nywhere you go 1n French. Spamsh. The Dedaration or lndepeodeoce wu uses 111n bed linens. while Ralph Lauren written on paper made from it. OK. spnngt1me doesn't usually make Gcnnan or French. You m1ght not he able Ulics 11 1n clothes. Recently. Woody most people thmk of hecr. M ol> t people tn order a burger there. but w11h even the Harn:bon sported o 100 percent hemp So. you see. using hemp is just fol thmk of thmgs hkc flowers. b1rd\. \allboats \lmplc't "dnnkcc. dnnkec" tw1 st of the tuxedo at a Hollywood bnsh. The U.S. lowing in our forefather's tradition. It's and Muff But I th1nk l>pnng 1\ the perfect wnst. you can get loaded wtth the locnls! opportumty to sn back and think about a ll imports nhout S I million dollars worth of just not as easy to utilize these days. Stronger than love. hoo1~ I' the true lntcr hemp woven fabru:s and yarn made the .... ondcrful thmg.s hecr does for u' natwnal language. Importing the product from countries yearly und some wiss brewers use it us who grow it legally is even a difficult throughout the year. And hecr makes great fncnds! It bmd~ a H11>ty ~ uhst i tutc for hops. and bureaucratic process. Cum:ntJy. up When wa' the 1351 11mc you truly apprc· u' together We may be 'worn pol1t1cul Acw rding to Marketing News. 1.000 to I 0 states are considering bills to legal c1ated your frothy fncnd? How many 11mc ~ encnuc~. with a h1story of fcudtng as lung pel>ple were polled tu detem1inc their ize it. With teenage pot moking on the dtd a good or brcwskr keep you warm dur a~ . well 'omething really long. hut if likeliness to huy n hemp product know mg tho\<: C(lld winter cvcmng,. wllhuut you 've got twu bottles of beer and l"vc gut rise. however. chances are slim. mg II Will> mnde from the same plunt us Sharon' Finest in Santa Rosa, even '10 much '" a hand!lhakc? And God a bottle opener. there·~ n match made m nuanJunnn. Here nrc the results: Califomill, uses hemp in its burgers and knowJ the number of fam1ly gatherings you hcnvcn' Thnt golden hcvcrngc help~ con· cheeses. First, they must line up a sup 'tumbled through w1th the help o f that versnllun to now. Lord knows I hnvc ~pent ~ ore dy to uy plier in Chinn. When the hemp con1es · ,.~ · you hid m the back of the fndge. countlc ~~ n1ghtl> convcrsmg wuh the mo~t 70~ Wouldn't matter Yes, I th1nk we sho uld all take lime out 1h15 loath\omc of types. people I wnuld never lS ~ Ltss llkdy mto the U.S .. the seeds must go through 11 steriliZAtion process (which only one ~'on , and Jay a hearty. ' 'Thank ~ hecr. we want to o.ee m the daylight. Out. when the 1 "l11e group of 25 percent reully mude facility in the country hils been licensed love ya " keg w1u lhc1r~ . they were my comr 1dcs! A nn 1111prcssion on me. I'm nClt surprised to do) in order to prevent them from A' C(JIIcge Aludcnt\, we hecomc mun hecr ha1.c ~ ~ 1hc moM um1able of ~ lili es . (lr shocked. As 1llustroted 10 the story spruuting. dalcd nn a day·IIHiay ba\1\ wllh heer cui IAr,.tly. we ~ tumid never forget huw beer uboutmy friend. many people nru simply Snys Richurd Rose. owner of lure. \o rnudt \41, that many uf our murc he lp- o ur huiiHIO 1111111ng rttuul. New uncducntcll nhuut drugs nnd thcruforc h U"On 's Finest. " It's an intaesting mar Jlided dll\\ rnateA hc:gtn lo furgct lhe beauty rc!ICurch .\ how~ that a ttuck prur of hecr dCCIII thCIII U~elcSS nnJ evil. four Cltfllll· keting dilcmmn when poople think 11f a good hrew ke rnc:mhcr all tho'IC ntg ht ' )IOl(glc~ cun mnke even the mu~ t hulcou~ of pic. it's mnddonin11 to hcnr su mnny pc:o yuu' re mnking som thing thai' itlcaat." n11! \4> lrmg ago when y~>u and your frtencl\ crcolun:• llllracllvc tn either sex. Nut tu ple 111.111in st the mcdicnl us1111e (If lllllrtjuu In fn·t. Rose points out that \at, nii\C\ prc•\Cd ag:un't the 11 uperrrwrkct mcnllon the power tu rekindle tl1111 old hemp nn. In these c11~cs. the duclllr uses his dis· scclls 111'\l the lll (:~..~ t 1:0nl~ntrntcd sourc:c t.. l~t> l er , 11~c r cly rrr•mth\ away frtmr " lcy,al fl ;unc lll:tWcell mumed couples. 'J11c 1111111 · 1 cretiun to rrescrlho put for people like nf csscntlnl fntty a ·Ids. He's pre~ltly purc.. hli\C Now:11lay•. 11 '' a ll hccttruc M l her of lx:cr huh1 e~ who hnve the liquor I(Uds cunc ·r p11tirnts. 'l11c chemnthompy trout· l0<1kina tu Europe for n w soun.:es. s t..lmrrrrtmpll"-c. " lfcy, wanl a hccrT "Sure. Ill thllnk for I hell CX l ~ lcncc I ~ llllllleiiHUr R · ments they undcr11u hnvc sumc: side "''hY rtt >l " "mne on, hecr dcM:rvc~ lx;llcr ahlc You k11uw who you nrc. now he nrutc Is cnaor to find poopl who know the dif· !Iran lhat' ful for your mukcrl effects such 11s n1111scu nnd the: p<•t helps fc.Nnce hetW\lCI\ hemp nnd m riju•na. brln1.11 mpur111y relief. Uut mtmy llilOpl We "''lllld c..lre rtdt nccr U\ part of uur und ll c11untry who Is loss ubsurd ahout So lin• -~1rlnjt . he l!lllld11l lur heerl cunstder this 11 wnm11 trontm nt avon lrertlay,c fleer " hkc '"'c of our J111urrdtny, W1tlwut II, w 1crc wuultl we 11<' '1 A111f. when it, !lUll ·io . . thou~h It h11s ho n l'rovc:n olfllctlve. sccund th1\t ~\()Inion . What do l'llltlrel\, a' muc..lt ~~ :1\ Ahrultarrr L11rc..oln: lleX I ' J)IIIIjt roll ~ IIIOUIId, llllltk your CIIICII reoPlc ( )C(Ifi'C Wa\lrrrtl(llm and th:tl ~uy who \ lcpt der tlual u · ~ lhc ~eiiACHI ol hccr. Or how I slii!I!OSI 111111thcr JK•II Ill '"' 111~cn . It think Is auint~ to happcn'l I oon't kno would n~k tins l.llttUJl uf "25 f)(lrccntcl'l<" wlllr Manlyn Mrmroc . You cun'l lcll tnc ' h11111 1he Yeur uf the IJccr'/ Oh. tt'll ho nbout )IIlli, hut smokln& " tult tlr ~tllftl If they 11 'h1nlly klliiW whnt h nap Is. AN ltii/\C e:Jrly p11mce" 1hdn'1 throw had u !(relit' "l11c1c could he hccr In jttunclnut' ~ hi!Jh on· my ~- chul\lcr ju t d sn 't do they nwurc thnt It Is 1111ly 11 cu u~l 11 tu 11111 t.41UJ!Ic hefmc tlrey fle<.Hkll to 111" ull lhul • ll ~t. kllll( 111 ( 'hriAtiiHI•, heel 111 th kid~' It fur m . I l\dmlre t~ cre11tl ~~~~ Uu11nn'/ Du th y know thnt tntlns uf tea "'''' ti re h : ~rhm A111l whul 1.1111111 he h1rg• 111 ll1allowccn nnd f'Cer in my lliiAtcl ~ctc~ und Ul'flOrt their hlahl\~ t hcmp u ~c:ll tu muko produ 'Ill cnntnl11 1111 rm!fc Ame tlt.itll th:w IIJI >M! dtlrl(cnt I >~Hitlelo( lm•kcl I cnn'l wnltl h~tiiJ) I April 28, 1997 E D I TORI A L 9 T-his Stuff Is from This Staff Bob Cbiarito Ann Gabor So long to Hong Kong ith less than I 00 days ''HC?n~~ is where the heart until China takes over IS. W Hong Kong from the British, it may not be too early to write the eulogy·for the country that Home is not a place you can phys was the world's greatest example of ically go. It is not a building with four capitalism at its best. walls and a roof, it is not a designated It has long been feared that China spot for family gatherings and it is not would make some changes to Hong where you rest your head at night. Kong, but changes once considered highly unlikely and drastic by most Home is an abstract principle. have already been announced_ And Home resides in each one of us, in the although Hong Kong may be taking a very deepest recesses of ourselves. step backwards after July I , the real Home is defined differently by each travesty is the absence of an outcry person, for we are all different. Home from not only Hong Kong but the rest Day care: The day is formed solely by our respective of the West, especially the United instincts and perceptions. Home can States, · not be taken away from us, but it can Throughout modem history, China be given to others. has proven to be one of the largest oppressors and abusers of human has already come To me, Home is where I am com rights on earth, Now, as the· Hong fortable, where every fiber of my Kong change-over approaches, Tung being tells me "I belong here." Home Chee-hwa, chosen bY China to lead one are the days when all the average college student had to do was go to is where I go when the real world gets the territory as it's first chief execu school and maybe keep a part-time job for beer money. Nowadays more too crazy for me; when I need a break. tive, has announced several restric ·and more students have to take on the responsibility of raising children in Home is the people who cheer me up G when I am down, settle my nerves tions curbing civil rights. addition to their studies. All organizations and societies when I'm frayed, tell me to "shut-up" will be required to register with the It's a fact of life for many college students, but while Columbia may be the ulti when I over-react and are consistent police• . who will have the authority to mate in commuter schools, with a small dorm population and a large percentage of ly there when I need them to be. ban any group "in the interests of students in the workforce with families of their own, the school has yet to recognize national security," Groups will be the changing family structure of its student body. More importantly, Home is the prohibited from receiving contribu In Erin Bonilla's page-one story, Nate Wilkes, a full-time student and father, said people who give me !)pace when I tions from abroad and any group that need it. Home is the people who listen wants to stage a protest must receive that when his child care provider backs out, he misses classes. If the school offered attentively (the key word here) when police permission at least seven days some sort of day care, when Wilkes' care provider backed out he could drop his chil I babble along as I sound out my in advance, And of course, any hopes dren off and go on to class. problems and frustrations. for a free press have been crushed_ Without child care facilities on campus, students with small children are forced to To me, Home is not my biological Although Tung has expressed either miss classes or bring the children to ~hool with them. admiration for the authoritarian rule family, nor is it the town I lived in for of Singapore's Lee Kwan Yew and Assistant Director of Admissions Bonnie Lennon told the Chronicle that there's my first fourteen years. Home is Malaysia's Mohammed Mahathir, a committee working on a future child care center. Student parents should be aware, when I'm never uncertain about any one need not leave China to find all however, of numerous other "committees" developed by administrators in the past. thing. Home is communicating with types of human rights atrocities. They should realize that while child care fac ilities are coming, it may be later rather my eyes-without ever having to utter Chinese dissident Harry Wu spent than sooner that they see it. a word. Home is support and accep 19 years in the Chinese Laogai, or tance on every level and every matter. Gulag; his only crime was being the The school is to be commended for finally recognizing that there is a need for My Home provides me with uncondi son of an intellectual banker. Wu sur such facilities and for taking the first steps to do something about it. But we do urge tional understanding support, and vived, emigrated to the United States that this issue be given the utmost in prompt attention. love. It is adolescence with all of its and secretly returned to China three giddiness, but none of its uncertainty. times, each time documenting prison labor on videotape to show the world. Home is all of those people who I first met Wu in November and Dreams and sweat make me feel 15 again. Home is Jen spoke to him again on Friday. When I and I, in our early twenties, riding our asked him what he thought of China mangled childhood bikes around the bringing troops to Hong Kong recently, neighborhood at 2 a.m. just because it he sounded like the fight for freedom in can equal success was fun_ Home is watching Dan look Hong Kong was already over, for his car keys, even though it is the "Of course Hong Kong is finished. seventh time that night we've hidden The Chinese say they'll be one country e've all have dreams in life and many of us have chosen Columbia his keys from him. Home is laughing with two systems and let capitalism sur College Chicago as a means of pursuing them. As Paul Zabratanski's so hard I can't breathe because we fed vive in Hong Kong," Wu said. 'They page-three story on jobs for graduates relates, every one of us cannot Jen's dog peanut butter. Home is guarantee Hong Kong will not change W laughing when Jen didn't say "social realistically expect to work in the exact capacity we're dreaming of. but who are they?, they're communists. security." It's always "social sisure Have you checked their credit? Sooner This seems to be a recent mini-theme in the Chronicle. In the April 21 issue, Dan ty." or later it will be one system and that Bischoff's front-.page story on film students touched upon the subject of dreams system will be communist" · within Columbia's most popular major. Bischoff's story quoted film instructor Home is when I'm not as indepen As far as the Laogai, since 1949 low Robert Buchar as saying that maybe "two in 50" film students will go on to "real dent as I think I am, but they let me end estimates say that 25 million success." pretend anyway. But when I fall, Chinese have perished in it, with some Home is always there to catch me putting the toll at 50 million. Whichever Yes, life has it's grim realities. But we'd like to deviate from a recent role as mes before I hit the ground. Home is talk figure is correct is not the issue. sengers of the cold facts. Take a look at April Knox's front-page story about ing to my Mom when she never inter America, which is always patting Columbia alumus Kevin Donnell Morrow. jects with "what would be a good itself on the back for denouncing the This, of course, is not the first time a Columbia student has went on to the big idea." Home is always, every single Holocaust and standing up to the time. The award-winning movie "love jones," written by Columbia alumnus Ted time, being comfortable with Steve. Soviets, has somehow let China slide in Home is when we all get together, all this, Witcher, brings another example-and, for those who doubt us, another example of which isn't often because we all have Indeed, China has most-favored Chronicle good news, as a write-up of "love jones" appeared in the Chronicle ear our own li ves now, and everything is nation trading status with the United lier this year. always the same. States while countries like Cuba and the Morrow's story should serve as an inspiration for all dreaming students-not just former Soviet Union were always shut Columbia's and not just film majors. He was offered two scenes in the upcoming In our lifetimes, my Home and I out, a fact Wu finds hypocritical. will travel in many diverse directions, 'The West is not concerned with movie "Hoodlum" (something that many would be more than happy to settle on) but I know that when it comes down human rights, just business rights," he and, seeing greater opportunity, worked the job into a 12-scene role. to it, we will all , always come back said. Some graduates will decide that other things-family, job security, etc.-are home in the end. As for China, it's most favored more important than contuinually pursuing an elusive dream. And some will be nation list reads like a who's who of happy working with the art from they love, whether or not the job is "big time." Everyone has a different Home. It international terrorism-with Iran, Syria is important to remember that Home and North Korea all on it But for those disposed to constantly pursue that dream, to brave all the negative is not where we live, nor is it where But I guess with billions of people to aspects for an uncertain future, alumni like Morrow are living proof that dreams can we grew up. Home is that over sell "Happy Meals" to, America doesn't come true, with a healthy dose of hard work. whelming sense of belonging some want to step on any toes in China In this Congratulationss, Kevin Donnell Morrow. You've made us, the college and even where, of finding our place in the case, we'll let China do all the step the entire city proud. Dream on. world_ We all have our own places to ping-<>n people, laugh like teenagers, and we all have .. 10 PHOTO ESSAY April 28, 1997 ""'<..> ~ l::' c:x:i ""'.... ] QQ .s """'<..> ~ · ~:: <:> "1::1 l::' ci: k. c:x:i... :§ .sQQ _g~ Q., April 28, 1997 PHOTO ESSAY 11 0 "0 "'u ~"' c:: c:: <( ...... 0 ' I' • i <..> ~ <:I ~ """<..> :::1 i§ ~ ~ .q: .s~ s ~ 0 .s cf: s0 cf: 12 FEATURES April 28, 1997 Litany of lofty local affairs Columbia Events City Stuff Scientia Artifex The Museum of Contemporary Photography presents an exhibit that searches beyond the role of photography as a Music passive record of the order of thing.s to examine the ways "as rose petals open" · in which it might shape representatiOns of knowledge. 600 S. Michigan Ave. The acclaimed nine-voice c)lamber choir Chicago a Through May 31 cappella will perform a captivating array of works for one to nine voices in their upcoming concert. First Congregational Church Faculty Selects: A Student Honor Exhibition . May 2, 8 p.m. 1417 Hinman Ave., Evanston Work by both undergraduate and g radu~ tc st.udcnts tn . the fiel ds of computer graphics. computer tmagtng, drawtng, Unity Temple painting. sculpture. fashion, furniture. graphic design, May 3, 8 p.m. interior design. illustr!ltion. tine an photography. profes 875 Lake St., Oak Park sional photography. photojournalism and mixed media. The Church of St. Luke Columbia College An Gallery. May 10, 8 p.m. May 19 through May 30 1500 W. Belmont 708-383-7599 Magic Show "Experimental Tokyo in Concert" Todd Ripplinger. !=olumbia theate~ student. and profes sional magician. along with hts asststant, wtll present an The Note presents the dynamic cross-cultural evening of creative magic. sound event in the field of electroacoustic music. Residence Center The Note May 13 1565 N. Milwaukee Ave. FREE May 10, 7 p.m . $9 773-489-00 II Sergio Medina in Concert The classical guitarist will play mustc from Latin and South America. ''Sacred Music and Sacred Dance for World Getz Theater Healing" May 20, 8 p.m. A group of Tibetan Buddhist lamas from the FREE to students Drepung Loseling Monastery will perform multi phonic singing at Fermilab as pan of their interna ti onal tour. Distractions Ramsey Auditorium The Dance Center of Columbia College Fermi lab proudly presents a senior performance fea May3, 8p.m. turing Tiffany Bowden and Deborah 630-840-ARTS Dohrman. $15 The Dance Center 4730 N. Sheridan Rd. Performance :'\lay 16 & 17,8 p.m. FREE ''Skeletons'' 773-989-3310 Strawdog Theatre presents a new play by local playwright Lauren Berman that causes audiences to ponder the ideas of family bonds, sibling rivalry, first love and unspoken trust. Columbia College's Chicago Jazz Ensem~le The group will perform as pan of the 20t annual Jazz Strawdog Theatre u nites. Inc. tribute to Duke Ellington. The concert will May 5 · June 14 feature Etta James and Jon Faddis with a recepti on fol 3829 N. Broadway lowing the concert. 773-528-9696 Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Randolph St. :VIay 4, 5 p.m. "An Average Joe" 773-667-2707 The TurnAround Theatre presents a 60-minute one man play. written and performed by Joe Ryan. The TurnAround Theatre Songspiel 3209 N. Halsted The Mordine and Company Dance Theatre will perform a Through June 15. Sundays at 7 p.m. spoof of greed. lust and power, and will premiere a quintet $5 to the mustc of Bach. choreographed by Shirley Mordine. The Antheneum Theater Exhibits/ Discussions 2936 :-.1 Southport Ave. :Vfay 1,2 & 3, 8 p.m. Domestic Bliss: Family Life in American Art 773·989-3310 This exhibit will trace the changing attitudes toward home and the experience of childhood from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Columbia's Cooking with Buddy's Terra Museum of American Art An eventng of mustc, food and camaraderie to promote the Through June 22 recently publi~hcd "Taste of Columbia" cookbook and 666 N. Michigan Ave. raise funds for Columbia Coll ege Chtcago's Residence $7. $6 for students Center Student Scholarship. Entertainment by Columbia faculty will feature J3LZ vocalist Bobbi Wilsyn. Buddy Guy Legend', Photo by Peter Ocampo "Further'' May 14, 5:30 p.m. • 8 p.m . Kesey and the Meny Pranksters present a tlashbllck .S35 (tocluding cookbook) to the 1960s "Summer of Love." 3 12-663- 1600. Ext. 52117 Borders Books and Music store 2817 N. Clark St. May 7, Noon to 3 p.m . Windy C ity International Documentary Fe11tlval The Dr.l(. umentary Center o f Columhta College. the lnternatlfln Th, l?'n ,\1a,ler ur Am and Master ''' trine Arl!! The ~i By Maria Tacderas of racism that has gone virtually undetected: No seUing! Staff Writer prejudice toward the Native-American. Looking for people to conduct customer service follow-ups. $8.00 "This is a statement against racism," Two for good attendance, $9.50 for excellent performance, higher pay on Three Native-Americans from Chicago Rivers said. 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It is the theater company in resi Chicago. dence at Truman College on the City's north side. As expected, the preacher refuses to comply Just as many members of the African-American and the three are subsequently left to scheme acting community were determined to annihilate Motel 7 ..• In the Harrison Hotel. Newly decorated, carpeted, nicely their way home. And brilliantly scheme they do. the African-as-domestic help role, Red Path furnished, maid service, 24 Hr. Switchboard, Laundry room on Because the. preacher lacks a permit, the town Theater is equally determined in quelling the premises. Student Discount. Call now, 312-427-8000. committee threatens to shut the revival camp "Tonto" myth. down. Mack realizes that the camp's potential Although several of "Forked Tongue's" audi profit is his ticket home and concocts a plan that ence members agreed that the play demonstrated not only benefits him but the preacher and com great vision in its portrayal of racism, there Spring Break! 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Triton COllege Is an Equal Opportunlty/AiftnnaUve Action Institution. 14 ADVERTISEMENT April 2S, 1997 TICKETS $15 $5 with Columbia ollege I.D. FOR TI C KETS AND INFORM AT ION CALL 773-989-3310 OR 3 1 2 -902 - 1500 T I C V I ,.} 1\ R AVA II A B L AT T H E AT H EN A EU M 8 0 X 0 FF I C E tA1YV E R T 1-SE MEN T 15 --- • t "T, . .16 FEATURES . ·. ...,. Les Brownlee Living proof of By Doug Arnold strength to move a muscle, he will get an Staff Writer education." From then on Les was undaunted. Two uccess Despite having achieved enough for years later, he enrolled at New Trier High three lifetimes, journalism professor and School one district north using a friend's self-described "young African-American Glencoe address. To attend the school, he After graduating, he got a job at Ebony with an EMMY in 1972. Later that year animal" Les Brownlee isn't quite satisfied often had to sleep in an unheated caddy Magazine as a writer and occasional pho he was named Director of Community on the eve of his 82nd birthday. shack at Skokie Country Club, where he togragher and became associate editor in Affairs. He is an inductee of the Chicago worked. When it was too cold he moved 1946. He left in 1948 for a feature writing Throughout the years he has also man Journalism Hall of Fame, has won an to a Winnetka train station. position at the Chicago Defender. aged to write six children's books, stories EMMY among countless other awards, Eventually Les was arrested at the sta In 1950 he became the first black for Scott Foresman and Company text and held broadcast and print jobs that tion for vagrancy. New Trier Principal reporter for the Chicago Daily News. He books and hundreds of freelance maga most of his students will only dream Matthew Gaffney got him a live-in cook left two years later for a discouraging zine stories, as well as contributing to about. but Les won't feel complete until job with a family neJtt door, because he stint as an executive assistant for a dozens of civic activities such as the all of his students have the ir work pub had never seen someone who wanted to Houston publishing group. Les says of Illinois Commission on Human Relations lished. To even hint at the suggestion of go to school so badly. Les describes his the experience, "You always run in to stu and the Boy Scouts of America. that goal's implausibility prompts Les, eJtperience at New Trier, and later at the pidity in higher places." He quit and went His current handful is teaching at who refuses to respond to students who University of Wisconsin as unbiased, back to the Defender as an advertising Columbia, which he has been doing for call him Mr. Brownlee, to wave his hands rarely eJtposing him to the hatred that manager before the end of 1952, then 19 years. His classes are undeniably and shake his head in frustration. stung him throughout his youth. became a Daily News columnist the fol unique, with more emphasis placed on "You have to believe you can do it," He played basketball, football (which lowing year. personal motivation than the memoriza he says, practically pleading. "Wherever he would have sought professionally if Writing a column is a dream for some, tion of rules and structure. you want to go, there is a way to get not for a knee injury), tennis and partici but wasn't ideal for Les. Sessions begin with each class mem there." pated in literary involvement with the "I had quite a popular column, but I ber standing and shouting, "I'm Great" If Les should know. G rowing up and try whites. He earned pocket money by writ didn't like it. I wanted to be an on the Les doesn't think someone means it, he ing to get an education in the segregated ing love poems for fellow students to give street reporter until 1958, when I began makes them do it again. Evanston of the 1920s was obviously an to their girlfriends. A close friend even writing features for the Along with packets of tips on the jour- incredible ordeal for those from its ghet tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to pledge Les Chicago American," Les nalism trade, Les hands out piles of to. Les credits his widowed mother, Rosa to a white fraternity. says. information about nutrition, a passion Adele Latimer Brownlee. for being a sin He left Wisconsin early to enlist in the In 1964, Les jumped of his and third wife Priscilla Ruth gular inspiration while raising her seven segregated U.S. Army, citing free room into the broadcast medium MacDougall. children. and board. clothing and a round trip ticket as a newsman at WLS "We're digging our graves with In his Hall of Fame acceptance speech to Italy as incentives. Before the end of Ch.7. Six years later he our teeth," he says. " I want you a11 to in 1993, Les spoke of Rosa's role in his World War II, he had become one of the was promoted to manage live to be I 00 and work everyday." determination to get the education he first black commissioned Artillery ment as Education and He won't let a class go by without deserved. At the end of his sophomore Officers. He was awarded eight medals Urban Affairs Editor, a preaching of all we can achieve year at Evanston Township High School and married Lucille Burr, who worked on position he with hea1thy minds and bod in 1932. Principal Francis Bacon wrong the atom bomb at the University of received because ies. fully accused him of stealing a white Chicago in 1943. She died of liver cancer of equal oppor· All of this could be bov's teJtthook. Bacon summoned Rosa to in 1965. tunity laws that boring, so-called moti his office in hope of releasing Les from After the war Les attended went into vational drivel coming the school which might have thrust him Northwestern's Mcdill School of effect that from someone else, but mto the world of uneducated "colored" Journalism. where he earned his bache year. He was from Les it's all believ laborers. Calm despite her tears, Rosa lor's degree in 1947 and was Salutatorian. worthy of the able. He's a living wid him. "As long as my boy wants an In 1951 . he earned his Master's and made position, example. education. and as long as God gives me the leap to Valedictorian. proving it Filmakers pay Third Annual African Film Fest tribute to Dinello explores tradition and culture By Saody Campbell eJtplaining the history of the film Film Correspond~nt in an eloquent analytical summa By Edwina Orange Children" from England and also a full-time faculty member ry. Staff Writer Last Sunday. Chicago Yes dear reader, having them "Sweet Potato Ride" from the in the Film/Video department. USA. Filmmakers payed tribute to talk with a flashlight underneath Stephens has devoted the past A rainbow of faces gathered The Festival will feature more three years bringing knowledae Columbia's own Dan Dinello their chins helped to clarify the tightly into the Hokin Hall last (along with his nephew Paul than 60 films by African and growth to the school and the seriousness of the piece. Sunday in celebration of from Comedy Central's short descended film makers from community by giving us the Even when the Dinellos Columbia's third Annual African lived series "EJtit 5T'). Europe, Australia, Canada and by chance to see what western cine filmed a documentary short, the Film Festival entitled "African The attendance was well film waq sr milar in their taste for Columbia's alumni such as Carl ma has chosen not to sec. Visions III-Voices of the Screen Seaton, Rudy Oliver, Virginia "In Africa. it is often said that recerved. In other words the the outl andish. They went to a Griots." ~how wa~ pa(;kcd to the house. Halloween party that contained Bailey and many others. when an old man dies, a libnry The weekend ended with Rudy Randell, a viewer. said, burns to the ground," said l1le audience wa..\ treated to sev Splatter Theatre (people ripping Children and Family Day where eral ~hort films that Dinello each other to threads and hleed "These: films give me reinfon:e Stephens in a previous interview. children were able to make paper ment of my identiy. Also, that it's "As the oral tradition fades by made or worked on (\CJmctime!l ing fake hlood). a guy talking plate tribal masks nnd sec w1th Paul) hcfore the main seriously with a walt <.:a ndlc OK to be who I am with history which accumulated lore has been favorite c hildhood stories re to hack it up." K reen1ng ,,r .S hoc k A\ylum. hurning on hi!! head. Satanists passed on. film makers step into invented on the screen like These films will answer ques· the void to fulfill the ancient task Example\ ranged from a guy and Rnhert "Preddy Kruger" "Dreadlocks and The T hree ~ •ngmg alx,ut hi\ g1rlfnend that Englund. tions of how Africans not born in of villap storytellers throuah the Bears." hy Alile Shnron Larkin. Africa view themselves as newer medium of cinema." lef1 hrm for a guy nametl Je' u' to "Shock A~ylum, " whu.: h had This clussic talc hns been a Carhoh<. Pneqf flghtrng a door African, which is pretty much the Planned activitiN included hccn 'ICrecncd at Sundance '97 a~ imnginalively retold where while commg our r, f an el - ~ top lo same questions of how blacks the Saturday film maker well a!l varwu~ underground film Orcadlm:ks leaves her friends an unhappy hou\ewife dOin!( feqllval\, qpiced the lang with the consider themselves African Symposiums. Special Oriots unci family hchind on her beauti Amcricun when they wenl not (h <;<,r, w11h an Arah dre\~ like 1yp1<.:al Dmello jalapeno. I don' t Documentary Proaram film and ful i ~ lund and visits n friend in born in Africa. } r,hn Trav<>lra . Demented. th1nk that I need lo explam the Panel Discussion and closina Teddy ncar Forest. This is 11 cultural event and its remarks by Stephens. w~c ky . h".arrc and \IJTne llni C'~ rnovre ·, plot ""'F'Y hc<.: aU"C my Afncnn culture nnd traditions <;t> mher are <•hVII>U~ de\l..nptmnq llllnl is to encoumgc understund The Africanltilm festival was hland dehul <.:ouh nol <.:nplure the were explored not only through ,,f rhe fJrne llo" a~ auteur\ . i nt~ and disc u:~Sion . It also con presented by the Columbia cqqen<.:e of a l>1nello film. Well. the fr lrns hut through the fmxl f>rnello'q film~ u~ually veys the rituals, history nnd trlldi Collep filmiVIdeo deputmeat ·me may he I' II try. A man goe~ lo l(el nvailnhle and the clothes nnd huts ex preqqer l qe r1ou~ or per~onal tions of Africans throuahout the and sponsored in part by a anat a pqydualn<.: evaluntum. Oh dnrn on displny. Also, little nicknncks fo:dlnl(' l~y e re rl underneath world. from the Illinois Arts C'OIIftCU, I f;ulcll. were gi vcn In 11ue"ts to take h11arre mctapht•rq and have llx'•r " A rerson wuuld have to ho media sponsors (Afrique In 1. ompnonll the D 1n c ll o~ horne nncl ~ont inue the education. ••wn .;en~ ,,f h•~rnor rhar rcflc<.: fq very open minded to understand Communications l~~e .. and w1th other chrcc·tor,, rnayhc Jcnn "'llus 1s my second yenr cnm !he rxldhall (juahty of lhe1r "Ci n the lltnlnjlth of the t11ms, hecause WVON) and supported by I'Jerre Jcuncl und Mnr<.: C' aro of inl!nnd I love the 111ms nnd cspe ema llnlll(llliure " A v1ewer the history nntl cllu~· ntiun are C'olumhia 's Liberal Bctucatioa Jl'T''"' "fJcii<.:IIIC\"fn " nm l "The ( '1 ty of cinlly nil the different kinds of ahly v•ultl nr,t tell 1f the f>rn e iJoq I ,o\1 C' hildren" nnd Tim Hurton. much dccrcr th11n the mind," said department and Fluhman foods lo try," said Pnmcln Crnill. Mkhacl A. 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What band could possibly the Kiss pack 25 albums into 2 112 hours? archives to For those ·of you who' ve never seen this awe follow· the some band live, you could expect at least three show. The set things: the band in their full Kiss gear (which was list will not almost 17 years in the making), Gene Simmons feature any spitting blood and fire comming out of Ace's gui of the newer tar. fans looking to buy tickets from scalpers. I would like to material but The concert, on April 24, held in Milwaukee, was one give a special thanks to their manager Doc for all of his it will have of the best I have seen in a long time. Shame on you if human kindness. Doc, you're a cool dude with a great atti the old '70s you're a Kiss fan and weren't there. Everything from tude. I love ya, peace out. stuff that Gene Simmons' bass solo to Peter Chris's drum solo were made them to die for. The concert sold out and there were .about 200 ...... l"'·.~...... Photos... by..... Katrice ••!.••······· Hardaway··· · Jerry's Kids are searching for a shadow By Eileen La Valle share ·and spread the have a name recogni have fun while drinking on the house. Swff Writer music in order to tion and be getting One of Shane's favorite reasons to play help the spirit and as Jerry's the Cubby Bear is because "We bring For every big-time successful band, memories of are doing, Deadheads and other real cats out that nor there first was a no-name local band, striv Garcia to keep thanks ma11y wouldn't go to yuppie bars." ing with heart and soul to make their on living. George. Most of the band's members are influ dream into a reality by breaking into the A h me George, enced by the Greatful Dead but have many music scene. One of Chicago's upcoming Nizam, one band's other various musical backgrounds. Jimmy popular bands, Jerry's Kids, is doing just the band's boardist, Tomsello and Steve Levatt, the two gui that. drummers, said, taken on the tarists, both teach at The Old School Town The band chose the name because most "We started play anager-like of Folk. Mike Hazdrd, the bassist, has a of the members consider themselves one ing the music because utilizing his jazz composition degree. 1be band incor of Jerry's kids (Garcia, not Lewis). They that's what we like to do, North·w"''~'"''-n Business porates their diverse musical tastes, merg play mostly Grateful Dead cover tunes, and it's growing into a Keifer is the one who got ing them together to create a spacy, full, and some Bob Dylan, but Jerry's Kids is thing." Jerry's the notoriety to play they tight sound. It goes beyond just playing a not your typical cover band. Jerry Kids' other drummer, Shane want. Recently, they have played The song, they explore and improviso--it is The seven-member band, which Mayo, has been playing with Ahmer for House of Blues, The Cubby Bear, 1be how their musical quest unravels. "lbeir hooked up about two years ago, has a rapid seven years and started playing with Aabey Pub and numerous other _places. jamS malce no two shows ever the same, growing number of listeners and a great Jerry's Kids about a year and a half ago. George, who started the band, takes care they' re a fun groovin' band. These guys tum-out at local venues. Being a long-time The drummers add a very full sound to for booking the shows and the negotiating play not just with their hands but their Dead listener and follower, I was a little the band. Ahmer and Shane do a drum jam of the money. As Shane puts it: "George whole hearts. skeptical on listening to a band that was during the second set. In response to play takes care of all the bullshit and then takes Jerry's Kids next show will be at the not THE band playing Grateful Dead ing with Ahmer, Shane said, "It makes a his huge cut. In my opinion though he's a Cubby Bear on May 3. For more upcom tunes. However, after seeing Jerry's Kids a good foundation for our band and it creates good manager." ing show dates or to get on the mailing list few times, I realized they are not like other a great connection on stage." The Cubby Bear, where Jerry's Kids call 847- 205-9376 or e-mail comments to cover bands that try to make money off As most local musicians know, it's not show always sells out, pays the band KidJerry@ AOL.COM other people's songs. Jerry's Kids love easy to break into Chicago's, or any other around $2,000 a gig. Not bad for a bunch what they do and want to use their talent to large city's, music scene. 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