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Charles Bernstein Picture This: An e.ight- page literary supplement Th checks out a myriad of by CC srudents, staning e co Columbia band's record­ after page 4. & ••II"''UIL ings, oo page 6. VOLUME 23 NUMBER 23 COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MAY21,1990 Science and]ournalism Departments hit Rash of thefts strikes Wabash building; Sculpture garden Qpens money and science equipment are taken By Timothy Bentevls teaching assistant David Morton thefts. StaffReporlu said, "I waited for my class to ''Last year I had two radios and begin on the fifth floor. I placed a camcorder stolen from my of­ The fifth floor of the Wabash my bag near a student in the hall fice," said Journalism Depart­ Building has been plagued by a and went to the washroom. When ment Chairperson Nat Lehrman. series of mysterious thefts in I came out, the student was gone "This year other offices have recent weeks. Science and Math­ and so was my bag." been hit. But I have no suspicions ematics Department Chairperson Another teaching assistant, as to who committed any of the Zafra Lerman has asked her staff Paul Roque said he has had thefts." rr.oney stolen from the Science to keep their doors locked at all No 'one is exactly sure how times and not comment on the lab twice. thefts. · "I had twenty dollars stolen widespread the problem may be, 1 from my wallet three weeks ago, but the anxiety level has increased. Some faculty, and several stu­ "In most of the incidents on the dents, however, were willing to and the following week I had my ftfth floor, I fmd that the missing talk to the Chronicle about how wallet swiped and I lost twenty money and personal belongings personal belongings and money five dollars and my keys," Roque said. were left un-attended," said were taken out of their offices, Columbia's Chief of Security, Ed labs and hallways. Adrienne Daniel, also a teach­ Connor. "Consequently, they of­ "It's ridiculous. I can't believe ing assistant on the fifth floor, fered an open invitation for this is actually happening," said was also victimized by theft. "I dishonest people." one instructor, who requested feel personally disturbed by the anonymity. "I had a book bag entire incident. Twice, I had five "Hopefully, everything will stolen from my office that con­ dollars stolen from my wallet in get back to normal," said another tained folders, papers, and my car the lab. I'm terribly upset, be­ Science Department faculty registration. It happened too cause I feel that it may be some­ member. ."My only advice to fast." body I trust," Daniel said. • anyone in the school is to hold Another faculty member, who Keith Kostecka, lab manager onto your personal belongings, also requested his name not be and chemistry instructor, said he because there are thieves used, said, "I had forty dollars hopes an expensive taPe recorder everywhere." taken from my wallet a few weeks stolen from the lab last week will­ The same faculty member also - ~ ago, and last week a student's beretumed. said, "If this thief does not stop, ., backpack disappeared from in The Journalism Department, he or she will eventually get ::E front of my office." which is also located on the fifth caught. Unless, of course, they Science and Mathematics floor, has also been victimized by justquit." ];- Internships _a key ~ Thin job market for 1990 grads reported Workera holat a sculpture by Ed McCullough, at Columbia'• new By Amy Hudson everybody but computer en­ and prefer not to break bad Sculpture garden. The gardenIa Iocated next to the 11th St. building. gineering and health-related habits." (CPS) Although the summer ' majors is weak, reported Patrick Generally, liberal arts majors job market for collegians is hold­ Sheetz,. assistant director of are having a harder time than Academic dishonesty persists ing steady, earlier warnings of a Miclrigan State University's other majors in landing jobs. "It tight, competitive job market for placement office. The weakness takes humanities graduates a little Classroom cheating plagues those earning a degree this spring matches the results of a nation­ bit longer to decide what they are coming true, many campus wide survey Sheetz conducted want to do and a little bit longer faculty, frustrates students placement officers reported. last term of 4 79 corporations to find a job," said Humboldt "There are as many interviews about their hiring plans for col­ State's Johnston, himself a By Mary Johnson severe disciplinary action. as people want to take, .. observed lege grads nationwide. former psychology major. Staff Reporler According to Eileen Cherry, Don Monroe, the University of Overall, Sheetz found· the assistant dean of student develop­ South Dakota's placement direc­ 'companies-citing a cloudy The out-look for non-graduat­ When blatant classroom ment, the students' grievances tor for education majors. "But economic look, mergers and ing students seeking summer cheating caused several Colum­ should have been brought to the that doesn't necessarily mean buyouts, increased global com­ employment is brighter. Man­ bia students to cry foul to an in­ attention of the Student Services jobs." petition and a slower-than-ex­ power, the nationwide temporary structor last semester, they were Department. "In general, offers are a liu!e pected turnover of e;:mployees­ agency, expects to fill about subjected to threats by the ac­ " We take complaints very slower in coming than last year," planned to hire 13.3 percent fewer 100,000 positions, mostly with cused, and a fight almost erupted. seriously," Cherry said. "Our of­ said Linda Barnes, !!-Ssociate graduates than they did in 1989. · collegians, for office duties and What the protestors wanted fice is a place where students can director of career placement at However, some campu§es light industrial tasks. ''The out­ was enforcement of the college's be heard in confidence. We will Utah State University. 'The out­ report this spring's grads are get­ look is real good," said policy on academic integrity. be supportive while complaints look is still good, but on-campus ting as many offers as last Manpower's Barb Schryver. "It They settled for rearranged seats are being investigated." recruiters, primarily in [defense­ spring's. · looks pretty similar to last year." during the next exam, and closer But Cherry cautioned that stu­ related industries], are a little "I haven't seen [a drop in job monitoring of the class by the in­ Wages, depending on the job dents need to know what they slow." offers] at all," said Bruce structor. want to achieve by making acorn­ For instance, offers to USU's Johnston, associate director of and location, range from $5 to $18 an hour. But, as one of the students who plaint. mechanical engineering majors career placement at Humboldt was verbally assaulted later said, "If there is cheating going on, have been scarce. Of the 40 stu­ State University in Northern 'There are plenty of jobs to go that was satisfaction enough. does it really affect another dents graduating this spring, only California. 'The worst we have around," confirmed Don Mc­ ''The cheaters only wanted to student's grade, or is it that the a "handful" are fielding offers, seen would be the same as last Murrian, job coordinator for the attack someone because they student who reports cheating real­ said Ron Prescaro, one of the year, and that's not bad at all." student employment office at found out that their activity was ly wants to achieve a greater lucky few. ''We have plenty of positions Kearney State College in Nebras­ being reported, and were,fearful good?" Cherry asked. "The numbers are down, for qualified, good quality ap­ ka. "We've got about SO listings that subsequent cheating would Math instructor Gregory Neul guaranteed," added USU grad plicants," added Kim Rauche of and a whole array of summer be foiled by the teacher," she said. said that students should develop student James Singer. After 14 State Farm Insurance Corp., camp listings." "It was, and they were pissed," morality during their college ex­ interviews in the fall and winter, headquartered in Bloolllington, And with the post-graduate she added with a smile. perience. Singer, who expects to fUlish his Illinois. "We've been recruiting market tightening up, more and The policy governing "Part of an instructor's respon­ masters' thesis in electrical en­ at 80-plus schools for the past five more students are drawn to sum­ academic honesty is found on sibility is to demonstrate that gineering in August, is still wait­ months to fill our needs." mer internships, said Utah State's page eight of the Columbia Col­ morality and enforce it," Neul ing for a job offer. ''We almost look for people Barnes. "There's also an in­ lege Student Handbook. Viola­ said. Last year at this time, most of without financial experience," creased interest in companies tions include plagiarism, use of Another student who wit­ his electrical engineering friends added Marvin Hecker, vice presi­ looking for interns." And after unauthorized aids on tests, taking nessed the cheating episode said who were graduating not only had dent of First Investors Corp., lin graduation, she added, many credit for someone else's work, that cheating hurts students who job offers,_but had accepted jobs.