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THE CDLUMBIA· COLLEGE APRIL 18, 19941 Students meetwithDuff By Todd Dell Aringa "I then met with Dr. Duff and Correspondent shared with him the tally of the committee's recommendations and Many students are wondering resumes of the people involved." why Mark Kelly did not get ap­ But there were some problems pointed as the new Dean of Student with the search process. Life. On April 7, a handful of stu­ According to Torres, Kelly did dents met. with President John B. not get interviewed by the final Duff to fmd the answer. search committee. She also said the Among the students were Paula search committee was only able to Garcia, president of Latino Alliance; interview Kelly after obtaining per­ Marisol Torres, a member of the mission from the final search Dean of SIUdents search committee; committee. and Michael Wojcik, chair of the Wojcik also criticized the process (L-R) Natalie Wbite, Theresa Volpe, Katherine Ernst, Steve Crescenzo and Paula Uebanks Holcin SIUdent Advisory Board and because of the fact Duff did not a member of the Dean of Students meet with the candidates. "It con­ search committee. cerns me that in such a large-scale Journalism grads tell tales According to Duff, the Dean of position as this, that affects every Students search committee could student in this college, that Duff did By Laura Otto Brownlee and other teachers who nships are important, "You have to only make a recommendation for not meet with the candidates per­ SlllffWrller had connections with theCity News do the internships and keep in touch the position to the head search com­ sonally," he said. Burtau. He did get an interview, with them," she said. mittee, which had two students and Duff also agreed that there were Recent graduates found that but there were no openings and he White was known as the "inter­ six faculty/staff members. The stu­ problems with the search process sometimes perseverance is the only was told to do freelance work. nship queen" and stressed that you dent committee did not get to vote saying, "I don't think it is a good idea key to finding a job in journalism's "Stringing is a great way to stan," should learn to do it all. "It's only in the search process. to have two committees like that" ~gh job market. Cortopassi said. " If some as hard as you make it, or as easy," Provost/Executive Vice President As for Kelly's future, Duff said Ray Cortopassi, of City News newspapers say no, go somewhere White said. "You have to do every­ Bert Gall, who attended the meet­ that Kelly is very pleased with what Bfll"au, interviewed for the job in else." He suuests that since you're thing. Be ready to pay your dues. ing as well, clarified questions and hap~ned and an announcement 1990, but wasn't hired Ullli11993. spending all your money on your Everyone wants the glamorous rumors about the new appointment will be made after May 17 to in­ After seeking a job during a education, you should put it to jobs." by explaining the search process. form faculty and students about Columbia College Job Fair, Natalie work. Through persistence and a The graduates emphasized the im­ "The committee went through a Kelly's new position. White applied for a position at the family connection, he made it to portance of accomplishments in search process not very different Some students were still left un­ Ntw York TllrN1 then followed up City News B~~rtau . class. "Don't be afraid to get in­ from what we've done when we've certain about the search process with numerous phone calls. After Steve Crescenzo, of Ragan Com­ volved when you're a sophomore. hiredchairpeople of depanments or after the meeting. four interviews, she finally landed munications, experienced a touch You have to learn the ability to sell other senior administrative posi­ "I think the process leaves a little the job. Her employer commented of panic himself and returned to yourself," Volpe said. tions," Gall said. "It's a fairly to be desired," said Torres. "I son that she was hired because she school for a little help. After net­ Clermont suggests not to limit standard procedure. of got the impression that Dr. Duff "called more," and complimented working with a former teacher, he yourself. "Get to know everyone's The final search committee felt a little bad the way the thing her on her perseverance. sought an interview. ''Take advice role. You can't waste time asking looked at about 150 resumes and was handled and it probably won't Although perseverance is essen­ from everyone and everything," someone else to do it" interviewed 11 people during the be handled that way again." Wjl. other factors are important as Crescenzo said. "Get to know your Editing and layout classes were two stages of the search. The com­ This does not mean that the students well. It was the design concepts teachers. Don't just do your inter­ recommended, as well as computer mittee interviewed four people will not welcome Dr. Jean Lightfoot, learned at Columbia that placed nships. Get to know them so you and political science courses. more than once. the appointed Dean of Student Life. Theresa Volpe at Richard D. Irwin can list them as a reference." The experience and advice the Gall assened that the vote was Torres said that students were just P ublishing as an advertising Internships were also considered graduates offered did not go un­ made by secret ballot. "In the fmal curious as to why Kelly did not get copywriter. "I had an edge. over vital by the panel of graduates and noticed by students. committee meeting," Gall said, the job after everything he has done people with 16 years of experience some thought it should be stressed "I've learned it is important not to "members wrote down in rank for the students. because I looked at things dif­ more at Columbia or be made man­ limit yourself and to be available to order the three finalists. ferently in terms of graphics," datory. "Internships are the key," the classes Columbia has to offer," Volpe said. said Nadine Clermont of NBC said Suzanne Gorga, print major. After experiencing a few panic News. "You have to have inter­ Minhsin Chen, magazine major, attacks while searching for jobs, nships to meet people who will help said, "I was inspired by their ex­ some graduates were motivated to you later on. They'll know you and perieJJce and have a better idea take time out and seek help from they will know what you can do." about what broadcast journalism former teachers. Katherine Ernst of Chicagoland looks like." Cortopassi approached Les Television News agrees that inter- Wiesman on display By Sergio Barreto scholastic and professional lettering, newspaper excerpts and StAff Writer development other materials, making a statement The 1993 Weisman scholars on the nature of fashion and on the The late communicator 'and recently displayed their projects in artist's self; The A/umbra Project, C9lumbia trustee Alben P. Weis­ the Hokin Gallery. The projects a group work consisting of inter­ man believed that every field of represented nearly every im­ pretations offive poems by Melissa cOmmunications had its own goals aginablecommunications medium. Ann Melandez through drawing, arid that all communicators should Each project had its own distinctive painting, and photography; and two work together. value. Taken as a whole, they issues of Emerge, a literary journal The Weisman Scholarship Fund formed a provocative and made "by, for and about women." was established in 1974 to provide remarkably varied body of work. Perhaps the two most surprising grants for Columbia students vying "It's a tough choice and it keeps projects were Beth Kagel's Little to complete any communications­ getting tougher," said Joan Lus­ Y1llow Boat Journey, a trip related project that can be rano, one of the judges at the through Africa using computer­ di:sPJayed or published. Projects are reception. "The quality of the animated images, and Vaughn e~aluated by members of Chicago projects keeps increasing year after Wascovitch's Two Big Cameras Communications Network, a year." and the Mississippi River. Was­ Photo courtesy citywide umbrella organization. Visitors to the 1993 Weisman covitch built two super-large Pulitzer Prize winning author Studs Terkel (right) congraulates and Each project is considered in terms Scholars exhibit were given a format, wooden view cameras in presents David Moberg, senior editor of In These Times Magazine of creativity, potential contribution chance to appreciate works such as with the Studs Terkel Award. Also receivi ng this award was Cheryl to its field of communications, and Susan Grant's Patterns, a set of Corley , WBEZ's news director and M.W. (Bill) Newman a senior how it may further the applicant's writer, of the Chicago Sun-times.