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~COUE.GeU8lWly THE CHRONICLE o f COLUMB COLLEGE C Ii C AGO VOL. XXX, No. 21 April 14, 1997 THE OTH OF THE The 1'eCen-t: ~uceS"S" of independen-l 'Soull=ooJ,' give, Columbi" "nJ nuJenh It's an all to familiar site around Columbi a 's campus: Film students lugging around clumsy black boxes, li g ht meters strapped around their necks. and shooling their fi lms in Gfa.nt Park. But what is going on inside the minds of these complex artists? Success, one might think, perhaps even . visions of a major Hollywood studio plucking them from their amateur status, making them by tomorrow's hottest director. over I Let's get real. Success in any is a bu siness just like any other, field is difficult, and dreams the goal is to make money. In Film major, Lisa Ziembicki peers into the lens in Grant Park, have their place. As in every spite of that, film is a sensiti ve where most film students practice their tra de. trade, the best way f.of a neo business with the artist's per· phyte to stand out is to know the ceptions and personalities business, and know it wel l. deeply rooted in their work. With such alumni as With the exception of a lucky Abrams cut as 1987 graduate, Janusz kamins· few, most di rectors never get to !ti, an Academy Award recipient make a fi lm that reflects their for his cinematography work on own beliefs. the film Schindler's List, and "As an instructor, I FilmNideo chair more recently 199 1 graduate, have three goals: One, to get my By James Boozer duct ion to the college commu writer/director Theodore students to apply for production Copy Editor nity, the film community or the Witcher, and hi s new feature funds. Two, to get film students academic community at large as film, "Love Jones", Columbia to appl y for scholarship awards In a surprise move by the hi s well deserved reputation as College is placing students at such as the Weisman coll ege, the contract of a fi lm maker, scholar and a Fi lmlYideo Department chair teacher of extraordinary talent person, Ira Abrams, has not certainly are weB known local been renewed. Replacing ly, nationally, indeed. interna Columbia's foreign student Abrams as acting chairperson is tionally," said Bert Gall , Michael Rabiger, a professor Provost and Executive Vice who work ed in the President, in an announcement Documentary Film Center. enrollment at all-time high "Michael needs little intro· See Abrams, next page Rui Kaneya available. Staff Writer However, accord· Despite the small rate of ing to Dinello unveiled increase in foreign·student Gigi Posejpal, assistant dean of lor's institutions and communi· enrollment nati onwide, international student affairs, ty college. Boston College led By Erin Bonillo 1 w;J.s on the threshold of no ordi Columbia College is attracting roughly 80 new slUdents have all U.S. institutions in overall Slllff Wrilt'r nary fi lm professor. more international stude nts enroll ed fo r th is semester. enrollment , with 4532 foreign Blips like " Best Film" and than ever before. Colu mbia's fo reign·student students-15.6 percent of its I sc urry up to Dan Dincll o's " Dinell o takes fil m to Sundance in a nationwide study con· population has been expanding popu lation. office with all the eager Film Festival", jump ducted by the Institute of Intern considerably for last 10 years. With 3,038 foreign students, ness and blatant clue out ;lOci int imidate atonal Education, Columbia ran "Seven or eight years ago, there Un ive rsity of Ill inois al lessness of a fre sh my novice skill s. ked sixth in fore ign-stude nt were maybe between 80 and 90 Urbana-Champaign ranked first Chronicle reporter on a Without even a enrollment last year in the international students," she in Illinois, and II th in the profil e assignment knock. I turn around bachelor's institution category. said. "Every year we are getting nation. handed out only ten and retreat as quick In the fall semester, more and more students." Nine Asian countries domi mi nutes ago. ly as I pra nced in. Columbia accommodated 321 The institute's annual report, nated the top 10 countries that As I make Illy way Okay- green foreign students, which "Open Doors 1995·96," is sent the highest numbers of stu into the Film and Video journali st, let's try amounted to 4.4 percent ' of based on a census of the for· dents to the United States. offi ce, I smile. thrilled some hackground Columbia's total population. eign-student populati on at Japan led all countries with at the prospect of a info. iirst. I head to Foreign students accounted fo r 2,715 accredited U.S. colleges 45,53) students for the second breezy interview and a the library in hopes 3.1 percent of the total enroll· and universities, 96 percent of consecutive year, fo llowed by quick write-up. I reach of finding a few ment in U.S. higher education which responded to the insti· the Republic of Korea. which hi s closed offi ce door mentions of his last year. lUte's questionnaire. sent 36,23 1 students. Thailand i.lOd stop, taking in all Dan Dinello name. One hour and The exact number of The study divides schools was placed third, sending the taped-up clips not Phl1/o by li.w M t'luJel. forty-three minutes Colul1Jbia's foreign students for into five categories: research, 12,165, an increase of 11.7 ing Dinello recent later, rill still sifting the spring semester is not yet doctoral, master's and bache· See Abroad, next page awards and filmmaker 's honors. It is suddenly quite apparent that See Film Prof, next page ,. 2 NEWS April 14, 1997 TIlE CHRONIQ,E A bra ·m s Journalism Department The bumpy- road .contract not 623 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 802 Chicago, Illinois 60605 to filmmaking renewed Continued from page 1· News desk: Continued from page I 312-663-1600 Ext. 5343 Scholarship. And three, to get nies censoring my work." Buchar. "They have to decide last week. my students work noticed," said Independent film mak this [film] is what they want to do Rabiger has been a member Photo desk: Carter Martin, instructor of Film ers are getting much more recog for the rest of thei r li ves, and then of Columbia's FilmNideo 312-663-1600 Ext. 5732 Techniques II & III. Video pr Web Page Editor Mark Dascoli the prospect of having well ... his latest shon film "Shock criticism seems to spur him on to to endure a session of Asylum" was screened at be compulsively persistent with ~: Assistant Web Editor Dinello blundering questions . Sundance 97' and went on to win future endeavors. Already his Bernard Larssenn from an amateur several awards through the film mind is on his next project. a fea- Continued from page 1 reporter. I stan right in, circuit-i,ncluding the New York ture film set in the alleys of Design Editor with the dreaded back· Underground Film Festival; the Chicago, involving genetic Nick Kononelos through piles of clips glorifying ground questions. _ Chicago Underground Film research and human mutation. Dan Dinello; pai nfully aware of He shifts uncomfortably and Festival; and the 10. Stuttgarter I can only imagine where " Copy Editors my own ignorance. gives me a dry sketch. A Illinois Filmwinter Festival; the 2 Berlin Dinello will take that one. From .,..•., Rob England I discover Dan Dinello is not native, originally from Oak Park. Underground Film & Video the fervor in his eyes. I am cer- Chuck Jordan just a film/video professor locked The background becomes even Festival. tain that I could not even be&in to Jerry La Buy James Boozer up in an office on the 9th fl oor. barer as he skims over family. I One particular review of the rathom the depths that Dinello Far from it. Try a blazing history push for more detail, but his short film said it was "David Lynch has created for this upcoming Advertising Manager of innovative film making si nce answers say no. I do learn that his meets Jerry Lewis", which was a project. Amy Pickle 1975. Throw on top of that, hi s father was a violinist and writer, compliment to Dinello whom "Filmmaking requires putting film "Shock Asylum" at this which gives some history to admires Lynch's dark, comic yourself on the line- incorporal·, Senior Writer year's Sundance Film Festival. Dinello's creative art back vision. "It was the works that did ing vast sums of energy and emo Danielle Hirsch winner of Best Film at the New ground. n't cater to mainstream tastes that tion into something you can only York Underground Film Festival, Being a filmmaker was never always appealed to me", Dinello hope people will connect and Staff Writers as well as hi s accomplished back something he dreamed of as a confessed. He incorporates that relate with. You feel personal Douglas Arnold ground of published written child, in fact, it was a pretty for unique mold and uninhibited about your work, and sometimes Roumiana Bankova work. eign concept to someone from realm of .experimentation, to his it's nard not to let that insecurity Erin Bonilla This last pan was especially the West Side of Chicago. Yet he work attacking the pillars of soci· and self-criticism to de-energize Ann Gabor disheartening. No green journal always had a passion fpr writing ety through twisted plots and you". Dinello said. Arjumand Hashmi ist looks forward to doing a pro and questioning social nOnTIs. He dark themes. I wonder with his teaching. Rui Kaneya file on an accomplished writer. I explains that it wasn' t until after As we delved deeper into the involvement in the Interactive Ei leen La Valle envision a red pen and brutal he got a degree in Philosophy, topic of film and artistic vision, Multimedia Program. and jour TImothy Matthews editing marks. I decide to put off that he was turned onto filmmak Dinello sat forward as his words nalistic venues, whether the Jeremy Nelson the interview until next week. ing at the University Of flowed with greater speed, and stress and intensity of filmmak- Keri Norton Eight days later I'm back at Wisconsin. . Edwina Orange obvious passion. At one point I ing is wonh it. Looking at Dan his office door- this time armed Miche lle Pocock He finished hi s BA in lost track of what he was saying, Dinello, you can't help notice Claudia Rivera with a jumble of history and film Philosophy and then went on to consumed by the focus and drive that something is in the works, ... Maria Tacderas honors whirling in my head. He attain a Master of Fine Arts in behind his glasses. h became much deeper than surface level. Kit Wolden opens the door and shows me in. Film and Video from the apparent to me that it was that The entire hour I spent with him, ~ Paul Zabrataflski I feel as though I've entered the University of Wisconsin. raw intensity that makes his work he was acutely aware of how he , night of the living dead. Hi s Working as a janitor to put him stand out from all the others. wanted to maipulate the inter starr PhotOgraphers cramped office is covered with self through school allowed for The huge reels of film strewn view. while trying to hid. and Jo Machado black and white pictures of 50's plenty of "mind wandering" for around his office floor, the over subdue the obvious pounding and ~ Brian Markiewi scz horror nicks. Visualize vampires future short films. It was the real populated bookshelf standing swirling of brilliant ideas brew· . Lisa Mendez drooling fake blood, screaming ization that film wasn't restricted .wearily with the weight, and the ing within. . , Stacy Morgan sex-kittens, faded Frankensteins, to the full two hour feature way the door only opens three "Why do you push yourlielr to and mad science, length, but a whole genre of quarters of the way due 10 the pile make films. even thou~h the mar Faculty AdviAor Silting in the middle of all lengths that made the industry of projects stacked up behind it's ket is grim, and your hfe is ove.... Jim Sul ski thi s. Dinello seems to be a warm more accessible to Dinello. He hinges- speak loudly of how loaded already?'. I ask. His touch of reality with gentle took his inherent love of dark Dinello's work consumes his life. answer summed it all up, "It is The Chmnide is a student-run brown eyes peering through hi s subject matter and fu sed in a "I am gratified and happy with pure exhilaration to see an audi· newspaper of CuJurnbia College glasses. I am struck hy how Chicago. It is puhlished wcckJy twi sted sort of comedy and imag the success of my work, but I ence relate, react and enjoy YOUf young he looks, especially while during the IioC huol year ancJ distrih ination to create over eight inde take it all with a grain of salt", he work. It makes me feel connect· ute<.! on Monday", Views he fumbles to make room and pendent productions over the last comments reflectively. "Any ed." ex pressed in thi" newsp By Paul Zabratanski On the vessel you perform Staff Writer tasks such as, cleaning, gutting and separating the fi sh. When you attend any of your classes in Progressive advertisements one of Columbia's buildings, regardless from the U.S., in colleges and of what fl oor you're on, there is a bulletin newspapers, state their lucrative board. And it seems as if one fl yer stands offers, but like everything else out from the rcst and is highlighted in there are two sides to every story. bright colors. It slales "ALASKA, Jim, a sales representative for Summer Employment." Progressive, admitted that jobs as The most attractive thing stated is in a deckhand should not be expect the next line is--earn up to $4,000+ a ed because, "they are hard to month. This would catch any college stu come by." dent's eye. There is even a quote on the The fl yer states that all appli· adverti sement stating that a student from cants should not be afraid of hard Ohio made $ 10,500 in only six weeks. work. What they don' t state is that The Progressive Employment Service, shifts are anywhere from 12 to 18 which is based in Seattle, produces and hours a day, seven days a week. distributes the flyers. Thcy do not employ According to Jim, who has the applicants, but they will send them a participated in the Alaska fi shing comprehensive employment guide that work, both land·based and float· will give students the information they ing vessel jobs pay about the need, including a job fi nder and pam· same. He estimated that it was phlets describing Alaska's fishing indus· around $6 an hour, though over try. This can all be sent to you for the cost time is paid. of $49.95. That free housi ng that is pro showering." claimed. The)' stated that if you are lucky There are three types of jobs available vided isn 't exactly an ocean view. The Duplessis ran into one other problem enough to make $3,(}()() in three months. for the summer. Either working on a float size of the room you are housed in is being on the ocean for two weeks straight, that should be considered a complete suc ing vessel, a land· based cannery, or as a described as small at best, and you're he was constantly seasick. Unfortunately cess. Moreover, the department said that deckhand, which is the cleanest and best roomed with anywhere from four to six for him, he had to go home after the fi rst applicants will not be obtaining any jobs paying job. The companies also provide roommates. two-week expe as a deckhand because most of the busi free room, board and transportati on. Russell Duplessis, a sophomore at "See -iditorial, . dition. This nesses are family run and deckhand jobs Palomar Community meant he did not are practically nonexistent. ,..,----...... --,..---,,,.,r- ,,,.----,..,.--, College in California, "page it fu lfill his con- The last thing that should be taken into participated in this pro· tract and there· consideration before applying is that the gram. He stated he was fore was not provided with transportation fi shing industry is known for going on on an 184·foot fl oater that home, with no money after purchasing his strike according to the department of harbored in Anchorage. The ticket to go home. labor, and if there is no fish there is no floater would take the The Alaska Department of Labor stat work or pay for you. employees on two week ed that many of these employment ser The Alaska Fishing Development stat expeditions. " I was working vices are outdated and inaccurate. They ed that they could send information about 17 hour days the whole time, revealed that Alaska:s job market is actu obtaining a job, and guess what, it was constantly being on my ally the lowest in the nation, and it is free. feet." extremely diffi- r--::------::::::--- -:::::;> Duplessis also stated that cult to find a job, there was only one bathroom with no factory accessible to the employees jobs currently and confirmed the housin g avail able. conditions. The labo r "I was crammed in with department also four other people in a tiny mentioned that room, smaller than a dorm the pay for the room, with on ly one closet." kind of work Duplessis also comment· Progressive was ed on what the working con talking about ditions were "Scum, the pays anywhere smell of dead fi sh every· from $4.75 to $6 where, but even worse was an hour. They that because of only having also contradict· the one bathroom, a lot of the ed what people were obviously not Progre ss i ve O1iIdrenand Cdumbiastudents beneJitfnm summer aI1s program By Kit Wolden School Summer Institute. The program was started in Staff Writer 1982 and is a "perfect opportunity for students to tryon occupations and Columbia," said Bonnie Lennon, coordi Columbia College is sponsoring summer programs nator of the High School Summer In stitute. "It also lets called the Summer Arts Camp and Abroad which targets students experience cultural aspects of Chicago." children from age 9 to 15. Sophomores, juniors and seniors have the opportunity It's a camp that gives children a chance to use to chose from over 50 different course offerin gs such as Columbia College's facilities. This is the program's fifth acting, advertising, computers, dance, journalism, fashion year according to Amy Braswell, assistant director of the design, music, photography and many more. camp. "We hope that students {who participate in the pro· "The school supports this program," Boswell said . "It gram] gain the self confidence to continue thei r education also provides opportunities for students and graduates to at a college level," said Lennon. The courses arc taught by work in a coun selor situation." volunteers from the faculty at Columbia. The camp is based at me college's Theater and Music Lennon hopes to introduce student ambassadors this department, 72 E. II th St. year. "These are college students that they (high school "One of the great things about this program is me ben students) can ask questions and learn what bein g a efit of exposing kids to art at an early age," Boswell said. Columbia student is really like." said Lennon. "It builds me children's confidence and personality devel To help students become better acclimated with the opment." city, the program offers "Explore the C ity" field trips. The program is split into four sections. Each section These trips include going to the museum s, concert s in the deals with a different aspect of Columbia. The four groups park, galleries, theater and an archeological boat tour of are visual arts, writing and music, performing arts and the city. media arts. . The Summer Arts camp is in two sessions which start The campers go on a fie ld trip each week relevant to on June 16 to July II and July 14 to Aug. 8. Tuition is the topics that they are working o n. For example, in visu $720 per session. whi ch includes all suppl ies. For both According to Boswell , in the past two years enrollment sessions the cost is $ 1,350. al arts the children may' go to the Art Institute or on a has increased greatly. . gallery tour. In the performing arts the children can par The daily program starts at 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For For the first time since the program began, an interna· ticipate in an improv jam designed specificall y for them. more in formation o n these programs, call 3 12- tional flair has been added. Campers can now sign up for "Improv knocks down a lot of their stereotypes about 663-1600 Ext. 5574. a musical and art tour of Vienna, Austria. This opti on is the theater," said Boswell . The High School Institute runs from July 14 to Aug. avail able to those students who have summer sessions that 15. Tui ti on is $100 per credit hour; students can earn up to In writing and music a poet works with the children at begin June 16th. Lincoln Park Zoo teaching them that "writing can be cre 2 credit hours for courses. "We chose Vienna because jl. is a city rich in artistic Scholarshi ps are available. For more information about ative and fun." cultural hi story, has a theater festi val and many fine art There is also a band of Columbia College graduates the High School Summer In stitute program call 3121 mu seums," said Boswell. On August 11th, one week 663-1600 ext. 5135. that works with the kids. before the trip, the campers wi ll be ori ented to life in "It seems to be a neat for the kids at this age." said Austria. They wi ll learn about responsible travel, journal I's-ee,-, 100-+ -st-O-ry-'I Boswell. The children also participate in "traditional" keeping, photography, and art history. -p-ag-~-1-,.2-~-~r-" -,!-~,a-., summer fun such as going to the park, the zoo and the Another program that Columbia sponsors is the High beach. There has been a big turnout for the program. 6 FEATURES April 14 1997 INSIDE • •• THE CHICAGO PART IV IN A P.O.E.T.S. About this series al mlnaThcIaY·'.~ __.. "-oIpoet-'':. RECEIVED APR 1 4 1997 POETRY SCENE COLUMBIA COUEG£ UBRARY CONTINUING SERIES Mem()ries rut mine, some perverse some devine. And he stroked the audience till they as one purred the proverbial pin dropped and the deaf even heard. Buffeted were we with mindless or mediocre spoken swill 'had I my druthers, rd be sitting in SpiceS still. Maria McCray' penned the above lines as a part of a poem about Spices, the Dow ~ defunct poetry outlet that jnspired the movie "love ·ones." McCray was one of the hosts at Spices, and the venue holds a spc· dnl pla.ce in her heart-but she thinks th"J all the media attention isn't focusing enough on the present. ADd many' of her partners in verse f~l the same. "Witcher's my homey and all, but SpJces is gone," said)\'1ario.x, a co host, of sorts, at P.O.E.T.S.' sister readings at Lit X and the Cotton Club and a regular patron of McCray's reading. "People should focus more on what's happening now." Photos by Amber Gribben Mario's complaints stem from t.he treatment t.it X received on March Clockwise, from upper left: Maria McCray presides 28 in the CIiicago Tribune'. Tempo section. Altbough he, McCray and all over poetry amid lights and mirrors; poetry gets loud, the hosts involved in Chicago's African-American poetry scene are glad melodic and entrancing; "Party" Calvin Glaze always Cor the publicity, the write-up embodies many of the reason p~try scene adds humor to a poetry reading; musicians, too, express ugulars distrust the media. themselves at P.O.E.T.S.; and James Gautier performs On MarclI 31 at P.O.E.T.S., running topic number two (in addition to his signature verse to the accompanyment of a strange McCray's Jnteractive topic of "justice") was the Tribune article. (Media instrument he recently found around the house (McCray coverage .fi be African-· . usually dubs him "the craziest man here tonight"). .Ameci~ community. in any fonn, is ~lways under scrutiny by the sharp minds at P.O.E.T.5_) The complaints? While most'Seene patrons give a thumbs up to "love jones," it's a moYie. It's HoUywood. It 's not what's going on bere, and now, in the Windy City. And the Tribune piece seemed, to many, to say "look-tbis is kinda Uke 'love jones"' as opposed to ''lOOk--:Jhis is the ~lity 'Jove jones' came from." The undtrground growth of black poetry in the city-th.... thrMng venues r1ght now- . > seems to indi Cab-forward design. dual airbags. 16-valve. I 32-horsepower engine. More standard power than Escort. Civic and Cavalier Coupe. Dodge Dakota starts as low as after $400 college grad $7.19.~~, cash back:- ($12,395 as shown) Sport Tru ck maga.linc·s '97 "Sport Truck OfTh Year:' M re available horsepower. torque. towing and payload than any compa t pickup. Don '( forget to ask about '97 college graduate lilian' plans available to eligible customers through Chrysler redit. 0 ~TheNew Dodge See The FriendJy Dodge Dealer Near You • AsIc 10< lJligibility rflqulremt!nts NoIllvall til wllh cerl.ln oNr on.,..0 OM RP .11", 1400 COIItgI Gflldulte cun licit (lind ' 1.000 NlliQn l ea h b CII on Neon) lnoludft lin lIOn. II UdelIO. AIweye ... yow Met ...... VI It our Web II al www. ~ . com April 14, 1997 OPINION 9 Hello Dolly Sam Walters All this talk of t loning, brain chip wide array of rainbow colors." implants. genetic engineering and general Paramount amongst all these technolog t knowledge of and tampering with things ical developments is the advent of cloning. ttP previously thought unknowable and unal While many noble ideas have been raised Wilfred Brandt 'You could get real buff. speak in broken terable has plunged many of my more sen recently as to the best application of this sentences ... wait, I'm getting Frankenstein sitive , arti sticall y-inclined fri ends in to exciting new technique, I believe I offer up Sleep all day. Stay up all night. .Wear and Van Damme confused again. But. you steep existential nose-dives the likes of the one of most import when I propose we all black. Grow out your nails. Drink get the picture. which many of them will never pull out of, start cloning.. mc.. a lot. See, mama blood. Er, wait-scratch that pan about the With the end of the eighties and the or, at the very least, emerge thousands of always said I was going to be a loser and blood. How about, ~' h ang out all night cof drop in record sales for The Cure, I dollars indebt to some insidiously control while I tend to agree with her, I generall y fee shops smoking cigarettes and talking thought I had seen the last of boys and ling shrink to whom, hi m having burrowed retain a modernists' skepticism of absolute about death?" Or maybe, "watch a few girls in pancake make-up and thick black and nested deep in the core of their psyche, truths, preferring instead to see things in more Marilyn Manson videos for makeup eyeliner. But, apparently, "goth" of the they will remain enslaved, Brian Wilson gradations of probability. I will, in all like ideas?" eighties has .become "vamp" of the ' like, for the rest of their days. lihood, end up a dangerous loser-I am Recently, I stumbled onto a startling nineties. People are breathing new life Dirty and feverish, they si t on the edges a lr ~ady ,clearl y, a psychopath. My thinking new phenomenon. One night I was on into Morrisey's immortal crooning: "I of their beds, naked, save for the same pair then, is that for the good of society, we campus a bit later than I nonnally am, and wear black on the outside. 'cuz black is of steadil y greying "Haynes" briefs they've should clone me nu merous times, the theo I noticed some students I never see during how I feel on the inside." Now though, been weari ng for two weeks now, chain ry being that with repetition eventually, the daylight hours. Much to my surpri se I just wearing black is not nearly enough. smoking and staring paranoid out the win inevitably, must come some degree of suc found that, after 6 p.m., the armies of the To be true vampire, you need a few tat dow for the first signs of the coming ~rm a cess, at least enough to place "me" happily undead swann the campus! No," not toos, some silver jewelry, long bl ack nails da of cybernetically enhanced mutants and as the manager of some backwater armies of the BRAIN dead, that I'm used and combat boots. Still, it's the same idea. bio·engineered uber-men to come parading "Denny's," safely far from civilization. to by now. These were bona fide. grade A, I recently heard an ad on the radio that down the street, heralding their obsoles This is not unlike belting at the racetrack, Transylvanian vampires! Or so I thought. announced a "goth dance night" where cence and the defilement of all they hold putting money on the bli nd three-legged Creatures with long, black hair, all black you can ' celebrate your "love of life sacred. Myself. I can't wait. horse to, every fiftieth race or so, stop clothes, and pale complexions were wait through DEATH." And that's what always Just think of the infinite possibilities butting his head mindlessly against the ing patiently for the elevators to arrive as bothered me about goth the first time these fantastic new technologies affo rd us! track railing and stumble enti rely by acci I sat crouched in the comer of the lobby, around. How can you love death when Why, with nothing more complex than an dent over the fini sh line, perhaps even fin scrambling to make my best index finger you're still alive? injection or topical ointment, we can affect ishing a respectable dead-last. I wi ll super crucifix. I was disillusioned when a fellow Last weekend, I made a dreadful mis the appearance or removal of a wide vari vise the progress of my clones on a bank of student infonned me that these weren't take and I went to see a midnight movie at ety of limbs and appendages, like say, the monitors from my luxurious loft-plex on actual vampires. Huh? "It's just a fashion the Village North, and I had forgotten that elusive third or even fourth nipple! We the "scenic" south-side. trend," I was told. I could not believe it. The Rocky Horror Picture Show plays may also circumvent traditional placement "How is clone #15 coming along Maybe we can blame it on that there also. Though there has always been restrictions with these methods, so as to Corky?" "Vampires" card game. Or those a goth element at Rocky Horror showings, manifest a pair of nipples, for example, on Corky-my clone man-servant: "A suc "Interview with the Vampire'! novels. Or it seemed stronger than ever. dour faces our temples. or on the palms of our hands; cessful alcoholic my lord, God Emperor Elvira's meteoric career. Whoever is at and bone white skin (I think some of the the culmination of this technology will Walters." fault, the halls of Columbia are now filled people were actually dressed up to see doubtless see these nipples capable of lac "And #13, how is he progressing?" with enough pasty faces and black trench Trainspouing). I wrapped my scarf tightly tating and we wi ll then, if we're so "j\ most skilled peep-show janitor." coats to rival a Bauhaus concert. . around my neck and quickly rushed inside desirous. be able to spin about spurting "Well! I should say that's an unqualified I would probably find it more comfort to avoid being bitten. milk from our heads like a fountain, or success, I mean . given the ci rcumstances. ing to know these were actual bloodsuck Maybe I just need to stop going out at make as some dairy·style super-hero van And what of #14, how has he shaped up?" ers, instead of just fashion victims. The night, since the undead are allergic to sun quishing evil with powerful blasts of calci "A college newspaper columnist. my put-on is a little confusing. I mean, why light. Or maybe I should start carrying a um rich justice from our hands(!) ... er.. lord." would you want to be a vampire? There wooden stake. Or maybe the vampire race At the very least, such custom body "Oh sweet Christ! That's patheti c. are a lot more funny things you could pre will eventually die out. Has anyone s~en work will make for some interesting con Euthanize him immediately." . tend to be. How about a werewolf? You the television version of the film Buffy the versation: Maybe I've succeeded in assuaging can grow out your body hair, growl a lot. Vampire Slayer? I had high hopes that it "Hey baby. ever seen a guy with ... three some of my friends' anxieties with this Or maybe a mummy? Wrap yourself up in . would be a real life documentary, but no of these!" . thoughtful , hopefully reassuring column . . gauze, growl a lot. Frankenstein perhaps? such luck. "Yes. but never that size, nor in such a Don't sweat it! "AU the nuts that an unfit to print elsewhere!" This page rated SH-the discretion of a Slnst of humor is required. The opinions repnsented herein aTe not those of the colkge, i ournaUsm Department, Chronklt or, in some cases, anybody in their right mind. When sending correspondence to the Shoots And Letters Department, please also include you~ name and phone number tho folk1M1i11g Mlays: Mail: c/oColumbiaChicagoChronicl•• 623S.WabashAv•.• ChlCago. IL 60605; ~AX: Web page message We reserve the edit aU er galaxy before I ever dale again. new socks onl" Still Waiting for Prince Respect/ul, 18. When at least 8 people have boarded, Mad about labs He thinks, Carrie L Nelson moan from !he back: "Oh, not now, damn This letter ;s ;n response to the anicle Viae-Mail motion sickness!" "Eng. Depr. Opens New Computer Lab" therefore ... 19. Give religious tracts to each passenger. by Daniello Hirsch: litter Sexl._.lhlnk _ In!ng 01_ 1. 20. Meow occasionally: TIlE NEW PROGRAM SUCKS!!!! we're scared a good option for a .meotyplng. hobby 21. Bet !he o!her passengers ¥ou can fit a: 1 don't know who sold Norton Textra I. ... paranoid woman Ilk. you lmo.t of quarter in your nose, Connect to Columbia. but he or she must h Hi. I was .hinking. Why does Columbia th.m a re using roofl• • 1 Roofl. s are 22. Frown and mutler "golla go, gOIla go" ew Bob Chiarito jill Schimelpfenig Keep the blues alive! Jill's Opus axwell Street To many, the he overall educational experi famous street conjW"eS up ence that students can receive M images of capitalism in its T at Columbia is unique from most basic form. Where else could one most other universities. For the most go to buy hubcaps for a 1977 Buick and part. thi s school allows you a voice and clothes for kids while eating Polish encourages you to use it in order to stim sausage and listening to some of the best ulate thought . which in tum fosters bluesmen on earth? internal change and growth true educa Yes. it was all at the Maxwell tion. marlret, held every Sunday for 120 years The United States was one of the first until 1994, when the City of Chicago nations to revamp its educational system shut it down to allow for the expansion so that students became part of the of the University of D1inois at Chicago. learning process and were not si mply Since then, a watered-down version has spectators of a preacher-like teacher. In been staged at Roosevelt Road and Cruisin' for cash? the late 1800·s. educators saw the bene fits of classroom reorganization. where Canal Stree~ but the real Maxwell Street students sat in circles, facing one anoth cannot be duplicated. fter reading Paul Zabratanski's story on page 5 about summer employ- ' For those who never went to "Jew er. with the teacher as leader of thought Town," as it was proudly known to ment in Alaska, we should be wondering which of the other flyers on our and assistant to knowledge. Teacher everyone. including Jews, you may want Abulletin boards are scams to sucker in already financially-strapped col- took more of a backseat whil e students to rent the movie '''The Blues Brothers." lege students. . . " .. became the leaders of their own educa In the movie. the main characters, Jake Let's take this as another example of "tf t(s too good to be true... Thts IS not to tion. and Elwood, go to a soul-food restaurant In many classrooms, Columbia has say that all of the flyers are put up by greedy employers hungry for broke college exemplified this productive. interactive on MaxweU Street where the waitress is students to do aggressive work in unpleasant conditions for little pay. But we none other than the Queen of Soul her learning process. Rows are stripped self, Aretha Frnnklin. While that scene is should be cautious about these seemingly wonderful Jobs WIth btg paychecks. Thts down. desks are scattered in rough cir staged, blues legend John Lee Hooker's is kind of like those sweepstakes scams that are stealing money from the elderly. cles where eye contact spurs confidence cameo was nOl It just happened that and conversation. They want you to send them money so that they can provide you with a great However, there are deviants who when the cast went down to Maxwell opportunity. Sounds a little crooked, huh? Street to film , Hooker was chilling out, have slipped through our doors and into playing blues as he often did at ·the As Zabratanski pointed out in his slory, students have found that once they get our classrooms who try to act as head of Sunday bazaar. to Alaska; they work up to I 8-hour days, are expected to live in conditions that are the class. but who are actually working For anyone that remembers, Maxwell probably worse than their campus homes and are not likely 10 make the $4,000 against the more effective system. Street was disorganized and dirty. But it promised for a summer of long, hard work. . Last semester I had the misfortune of may nOl be a stretch to say many busi· Unfortunately, these jobs are not like internships, where we're al least workmg signing up for a class where the teacher. ness executives of today learned the if one could call him that. thought learn skills of hustli ng a deal from dealing for credit or experience in our field of interest. And -even then, doing aggressive ing should occur by rote. His mechani with Maxwell Street venders. Not 9nly work or menial tasks for little or no pay seems worth it. cal approach to teaching. with his emphasis on memorization versus atten ~ but it can be argued that Maxwell We also can't lay all the blame on the employers. They're counting on us to be tion to acquired sense. provided students Street was the place bluesmen from the gullible. But, since we are in college now, we should at leasl be wtlhng 10 mvestt- Mississippi Della first started playing gate the details of a job that seems too good to be true. . . with nothing more than a temporary sct electric blues, which ultimately led to the of principles th at were soon forgotten . birth of Rock and Roll . While those Besides, one has to wonder why any person from the MIdwest would lake a Job Scientists suggest that most people points can be debated, one thing about on a fishing boat in Alaska-Qf all places-Qver the summer. will fo rget 90 percent of any facts that Maxwell Street is cenain. In a city wide they are forced to memorize on a shan ly oonsidered the most segregated in term basis. America. Maxwell Street was an oasis In the case of my former particular where people of a11 11lCeS and nationali College of opportunity classroom head one should not call him ties got together and communicated. a teacher he required his students. in the even if it was only about the price of a America has long been called the melting pot of the world. Columbia can now course of 15 short weeks. to memorize a toaster. be thanked for adding to this diversity. 3 J 7-page book about writing style. In Two weeks ago I went · down to other words. we were asked to memo Memphis and was in awe when I saw As related in Rui Kaneya's front-page story, Columbia is attracting more inter rize a guide similar to a dictionary, only more specific and detailed. We spent Beale Street Like Maxwell Stree~ Beale national students than many big name universities across the country. Street also has a long history dealing Rui is one of these students. He is from Japan and decided to study in America valuable class time and study time going with music and race relations. In fact. it here at Columbia. over a book that is meant to be used as a was Sam Phillips, owner of Sun Records resource guide. If you are unsure of a We at The Chronicle would like to congratulate the school on this. word. you look it up and, through ti me in Memphis. that gave many black The school can take pride in the contributions of each culture to not only the col bluesmen their fin;t chance to record and necessity of use. the particular defi their music and it was in Memphis that lege, but the city and country as a whole. nition becomes a familiar second black bluesmen where first treated with nature. Call me critical, but I find it hard to ~ wann Ten~ air must enable THE CHftONICL.E IS AL.WAYS L.OOKINO keep silent over abuse of my mind. clear thinking, because restoring Beale At one point during the semester, I Street, which was once rundown and FOR STORIES TO' COVER AT ·COL.UMBIA. attempted to discuss with this classroom nearly completely shut-down, has turned head my disgruntlement over his teach into one of Memphis largest tourist ing style. The two-minute discourse IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING, OR THINK ended with him rudely tossing my attractions. . While in Memphis, I oouldn 't figure homework at me before he then turned SOMETHING ... ISttY IS 00U4G ON. TEL.L. his back and walked away. out why Chicago has"t restored many of its blues landmarks. With the amount of US ABOUT IT' His main problem. I believe. was tourism pouring into Memphis, certainly self-righteousness. He thoroughl y enjoyed wasting classroom time by restoring a few historic landmarks or cre IT'S EASY TO OET IN TOUCH WITH US. ating a Maxwell Street Blues museum preaching to his students about the real would bring Chicago lots of money. world. as if he knew all there is to know, But UIe controls much of the land ON THE INTERNET: showing us clippings from the classified section that listed qualities in which near Maxwell Street and its Chancellor, E-MAiL USAT:[email protected] David Broski, seems not to care about a prospective employers look for in job vital part of Chicago history. WEBSm::: HTf'P://WWW5.INTERACCESS,COM/CHRONICLE applicants and then continued. on a reg Unfortunately, the media, historians and ular basis. to patronize us by demeaning even much of Chicagos blues communi our motives for attending this college. He thought students came to Columbia ty already views the fight to save what's FAX us: solely to get a job and that none of us left of Maxwell Street is a lost cause. QECEIVED actually cared about what we learned. But it may not be. Roosevelt 3 I 2-427-3920 Faced with what he dished out, it was University Professor Steve Balkin and very hard to care. his Maxwell Street Historic Preservation APR 1 4 1997 My point with all of thi s is that Coalition is playing the role of David in OR WRm:: US: despite a few dictatorial types. this battle, taking on ,Mayor Daley and UIC. To find out how you could help, Columbia is equipped with excellent THE CHRONICLE teachers and as students. you should not call Balkin at 312-341-3696 or visit the get discouraged if at some point in your group's web site at 600 S. MICHIGAN AVE" SUm:: B02-W www.openair.orgImaxwell.preserve.html. college career one of thi s lot surfaces to CHICAGO, IL 60605- I 996 try to swipe a~ay your confidence and Remember. having the blues is better admiration fo r knowledge. than having nothing at all. 12 FEATURES A p ri I 14, 1997 more you you often than we are now. ,be object of your affections is never going to If only I cOlild get his/her allention ... your way, be overwhelmed with desire by If s/he would only look my way, slhe would see all scent, made instantly happy by the sound of of the wonderful things about me and we would live laughter or be mesmerized by your smile? You happily ever after, hand in hand, etc., etc., etc. That on, dam mit! is, if s/he can see beyond my many faults, right? Keep in mind though, that while you must This whole "dating" thing is so weird. It seems on, your fantasies don't have to end. In your that the people we wouldn't go out with even if you can still share his/her joys and pains, look Chuck Wollery himself were paying for the date into each other's eyes and even meet a clergyman somehow have the capacity to see past our annoying the end of an aisle surrounded by 300 members habits and faulty interpersonal skills and love all of your family and friends. If that's the kind of the things about us that the Grant Hills of the world sy you're into. couldn't see if their lives were dependent upon it. I hate to even say this, but... That body, that face, hair, smile, walk ... What if you have to see this person on a If sfhe were mine, I could work that body, caress basis because of work, school or whatever that face. I could run my fingers through herfhis them part of your regular routine and they've hair (or rub that bald head) and that smile would it clear that they just want to be "friends." Isn't always be just for me. the worst? Well, after you' re done pulling your I have been pondering on one question of love fo r It sounds like your love life works the way mine out in frustration, you get over it. You learn some time now. It seems li ke whenever somebody does. There's always some undesirable annoying the deal with his/her presence. But you have to in love with me, not onl y do I not feel the same hell out of me. And when I want someone, there's healthy ways to deal with it. , but it 's the most annoying circumstance. Then, I almost always another woman working that body, Leaving a room every time s/he walks in love with someone, but the hardly care about me. caressing that face, running her fingers through that you're afraid that you will be so overcome this )'lay. You like someone, but they don ' t hair and enjoying his smile. sion that you'll pounce on himfher like a . Then someone likes you, but you don 't li ke Or he's just plain not interested. And that's fine. is not healthy. Nor is convincing Do you sec where { am going with this? Is there It's no big loss, right? better off without himfher because ea~h day way to gel around thi s vicious love circle? Try not to take a lack of interest personally find a new flaw in their character. It won't take A lack of interest doesn't mean that you're ugly,. before you start to think those flaws are RB stupid, immature or annoying. You might not be cute." We can't always have what we want, can we? I'm that person's "type." And hisfher type is probably You just have to live with it. And everything you're not. Ugly, because it makes them about it-when you're You a hard time answering your question, often feel better about their looks; stupid, because they're be judged as harshly as your victim of the "why didn't you like me when not very bright (you'd just make them feel dumb); syndrome myself. Wouldn't life be ciated. If that person really is your immature, because they're easier to control; and should be able to discuss such matters and we could get the people we liked to fall annoying because ... I can't figure out why men date if Ih".,I-over-tleels in love with us? Only then, we'd remain friends. But, they're not, they could annoying women. Maybe they're easier to get into head-over-heels in love with people we everyone you know and make you look like a bed_ geek! have no interest in and would find OK, what now? Columbia's High Lerman spices up I School Institute SClenCe She continued to say Columbia students deserve By Arjumand Has'hmi the best education and Columbia's Science Institute •• < Staff Writer has exceUent teacher and facilities. offers opportunity Lerman feels saddened by the interference of Stepping out of the elevator on to the fourteenth politics in the course decision making process. In By Chuck Jordan fl oor of the Torco building, the first thing you a lecture, she compared her fights with regimes on Copy Editor notice is an incredible source of energy that appears human rights to her battle with regimes on educa to be generating from one specific office. tion. On a wann sunny summer afternoon last summer, Ifaeanyi This source is provided by Dr. Zafra Lennan-a "I feel that the best education is a right for all of Nwawe entered a small room overlooking Harrison Street. She woman who has successful left her mark in the our students. The fact that the under privileged stay took her place among a circle of chairs. She opened her blue world of education and continues to soar. She is under privileged so long is not because we don 't shoulder bag and took out a control board schedule and control responsible for creating outstanding programs have smart children or teachers that can teach the log for a radio station. The schedule read four minutes for the which have been implemented by educational insti children, it's because we have regimes. Regimes two music segways, 30 seconds for the two public service tutes all across the world. Lerman is the director of that want to prevent the ' best education," said announcements and 15 seconds for the commercial. The AP Columbia's Science Institute, Distinguished Lennan. network news closed out the segment. Professor of Science and Public Policy and world Reportedly students have been told not to take Despite her surroundings, Nwawe wasn't a radio announcer renowned human rights activists. classes in the Science Institute. According to or even a broadcast student. She was a 16-year-old high school Lennan joined Columbia College in 1977 when Lerman the problem is that students are being told junior from Long Beach, CA who was enrolled in the High she was a vital part of establishing the Department not to take classes in the Science Institute, there School Institute program at Columbia last summer. of Science and Mathematics. Through the years, fore they are missing out on taking advantage of the In 1996, over 500 students took part in 47 different classes Lennan's leadership helped the Institute of Science wealth of the curriculum and equipment which is offered through the institute. The program has drawn students emerge into a department where creativity and sci designed for the 21 century. She refers to this as as far a way as Arizona and California. ence went hancl .. in-hand. "bad politics" that she has to fight. "The course [Radio News Reporting] is helping to define Bringing art and science principles together Many times Lerman is questioned about the my career choices," said Nwawe last summer. "I've always along with developing creative methods of present validity of the courses offered by the Science known I've had an interest in radio broadcasting. Taking this ing science, Lerman reached out to students. Institute. Confused students have approached her co,,!rse has shown me all the different career options that are Students who were art and media oriented concen about why they were told that if they took a course available to me within radio." trated in their field and were turned off by science. in the Science Institute, it would not fulfill their Each individual class attempts to introduce the student to LenoSn had taken on the difficult challenge of science requirements. each area of study. . teaching scientific concepts in a creative and inter One of the courses offered in the Science "Our goal is to introduce high school students to overall esting way to students who are not science orient Institute is titled, "Ozone to Oil Spills, Chemistry, fundamentals of radio news reporting," said instructor Karen ed. the Environment and you. It This course was devel Cavaliero. "And let students know what good radio sounds Her efforts and achievements have not gone oped as an introductory course and intended for like." unnoticed or unappreciated. On March 14, Lerman non-~cience majors. Funding for this course was A key focus of the course is getting .the students comfort was presented the American Chemical Society provided by National Science Foundation, able with the equipment found in newsrooms across the coun (Chicago Section) Public Affairs Award. She was $265,000 was the course development grant. The try. The control board exercise was one of the many assign honored for her in'temationally recognized activism idea for developing this course is to have it adopt ments given throughout the course. Other work focused on the on behalf of human rights, scientific freedom and ed by every college and university in the United different aspects of gathering infonnation and writing. for innovative science education methods. States. Currently Columbia's Science Institute is According to Bonnie Lennon, institute coordinator, a major Lennan has kept her base at Columbia and has involved in this program with Indiana University in goal of the institute is to let students know what college is used her talents locally to serve the students of and Princeton University. Students enrolled in the about and to help students·realize there is a safe environment Columbia as well as the Chicago community, class fly in May to Princeton University where they for their creativity within the school. Recently, the National Science Foundation award learn together with the science students from The program benefits everyone involved. The students ed Columbia College's Science Institute a grant for Princeton. receive credit and a valuable sample of college life, while the over $1 million to continue its innovative work pro Lerman has a passion for education as well as school receives recognition. moting science literacy in low-income Chicago giving the oppressed an opportunity at life. She has Potential students get the chance to aquaint themselves with schools. In the next five years the grant will pro found a medium between her love for science and Columbia's faculty, facilities and curriculum. The marketing mote a program combining two successful science humanity. Lerman's her motivation is to change appears to be a positive recruitment method. For example, 150 education program developed by Lennan. the world not let people destroy it for their benefit. fonner institute students registered as freshmen last year. "I work very closely with the Chicago public Lerman has touched the lives of many through her Nwawe hadn't heard about Columbia until she saw a bul schools, through this grant we will be able to train open minded and detennined personality. Dr. Vii letin board advertisement about the institute at a junior college teachers with the methods developed at Columbia Mirazyanov's statement speaks for itself, he neai' her home. She said that the institute gave her a positive about the concepts and content of science," said thanked Lennan for her cordiality, humanity and image of college and Columbia. Lerman. her kind impulse in expressing sympathy and con "Attending the institute confirms the fact that I am interest "Untill the students of the Ci ty of Chicago get cern for a person she did not know. In ed in coUege." the best education in science, I haven't finished my Mirazyanov's words, she is indeed something close job," stated Lennan. to sainthood. 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IfHE DAnRIPPERSI OPENS EICLUSIVELY Af fHE MUSIC 801 L-----fHUfRE ON 'RIDAYI APRIL '81------l .1 6 FEATU R ES April 14 , 1997 * * Sara on sports * * Columbia artists pertorm at 'Cross Currents By Sara Willingham America's greatest past Corrt!spOndtml time is fa r from coll apsing! The suppon ts there. And in Comtemporary Composition' O h · a nd · fi vc, if you look closely... you oh - and-six. may even discover that it 's oh-and-scven ... O H NO! highly entenaining ... cr, at By Michelle Pocock poem written by Lisa Mueller. This piece was It must be the Cub's sea least "Cubbie-bloopers" StaffWritu commissioned by Charles, and has been per son record. Well, don't are! formed all over the United States since 1987. fret C ubbic-backcrs. The Chicago Bulls Two intern ationall y renown composers rep "Quiet Shadows," written by Williams for a there's still a looong have only a handful of reg· resenting different music styles teamed up for a solo alto flute. was the next piece featured in the road ahead of Chicago's ular season games left and performance Wednesday, March 26. concert. National League repre thcy currcntly have only Howard Sandroff and James " Kimo" "1be solo performer is presented as a soldier sentatives, and any ten losses- the number 0 Williams. both anists-in-residence at Columbia alone at night with hi s thoughts," said Williams. thing's possible (ahem, games they lost in last College. held a discussion and performance "'This work has no restrictions on the per of course I'm nol laughing). OK. so year's regul ar season. They could called "Cross Currents in Contemporary former's interpretation of these thoughts, other I AM laughing! win the rest of their games and tie Compostion," in the Getz Theater at the than notes themselves." C' mon C hi cago. I agree that thc ir own hi story-making record Elcventh Strcet building. A clarinet tri o performed the next work, "La there's no place like again this year. The Two musically diverse artists began thc Joic," written by Sandroff. "La l oie," or the joy, Wrigley... unless, of course it's 30 I hope they do. I've got five evening with a discussion. moderated by James b:egan life as "The Bride's Complaint," and is degrees or below. I was nol at all bucks on it. Upcoming, however. Mack, a music instructor at Harold Washington dedicated by Sandroff to hi s wife. shocked to see the bleachers packed they're looking au, and New York College. Williams' next work, 'i'estimony of Lucy with die-hard, drunken Cubs fans for twice. Ouch! Well if anyone can do Sandroff, a pioneer in the musical use of Smith," featured a string quanet, soprano, harp the home opener. thc job it's M.1 . & Company. Al so. computers and electronics beli eves in the abili and alto flute. The piece was written about The first thing I saw at the train Dennis Rodman's "vacation" (out ty to manipulate music piece by piece. Henry 0 Flipper, the first African-American to stalion thai morning was a pair of for the season with a sprained knee) "I am obsessed with the idea of freezing graduate from West Point. He and his house ser~ red, while, and royal bluc "SOSA" is really a disgui sed advantage. At music in time. holding it static and examining it vent, Lucy Smith, were tried and wrongly con 'crscys. and I had (0 giggle. I mean least now we know that our lead· form many different aspects," said Sandroff. victed of a crime. And she is testifying in his there is something to be said for the ing-rebounder won't be ejected from Williams carries a more traditional view of behalf in a court room at Ft. Davis, Texas. left-center bleacher scats. a cold the NBA be fore crucial play-of music and stresses audience understanding. His Several other pieces were performed, which beer. and a farmer's tan .. . but when timc! goal is to use music as a form of communica showcased the variations between the two the highlight of the game is Harry Hmmm, I wonder what the tion. artists' styles. A reception was held following Caray in the seventh. well then mighty World of Spons will bring us "People need an aspect of music to grab hold the performance, where the audience could min you've got a problem. next week.. .. of," said Williams. "Composers should be con gle with the performers of the evening. Personall y, I would rather play They will not make the playoffs. cerned with audience understanding." Sandroff received the Master of Music the game myself than pay to watch a It's true, the Blackhawks arc simply Sandroff quickly retorted with, "Who degree with Honors in Composition from the group of niners who seemed unmoti a fl ower petal away from advancing cares?" Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt. He is vated and desperate for II win . But I to the post-season this year (or bow This remark brought on a semi-heated debate currently Director of the Computer Music know that it runs deeper with you ing ouO, and no onc really knows about each style and audience appreciation, The Studio and Senior Lecturer in Music at the Cub fans. It has become a tradition. j ust why they're havi ng so much moderator quickly took charge of the situation University of Chicago, and a consultant for II ritual. It 's basically a trouble. It 's not the leather couches. and began the concen . Yamaha Corporation of America. seven-month-Iong holiday that, 1I 's not being on the road. And A shon intermission preceded the concen, During hi s military service in Vietnam, whether the Cubs arc leading the according to goalie Jeff Hackett, it's which began with a string quartet of performing Williams was "discovered," and began to play league in errors or not .... MUST GO not a lack of desire or a lack of char Williams' work, ''Two Gether." The piece rep for troops throughout the war. Upon returning ON! And I admire that. Whew! acter. Then was is it? Your guess is resented a "celebration of companionship" home, Williams attended the prestigious It·s II good tfling the White-Sox as good as mine. through five separate events joined as one. Berklee School of Music in Boston, Mass. As a aren't reall y winni ng and aren't real If it's not the chemistry, the The second piece was Sandroff's work, "The record producer, Williams has produced and ly losing. That means that there's incentive ($$$), the talent, or the Bride's Complaint." This composition was released "War Stories" for hi s record company; nothing to rave about. nor is there a cnergy, then it r:1ust be the uniforms. computer generated. accompanied by soprano, Little Beck Music. He owns and operates a reason to belly-ache. Whoever My " Hartsburg-ish" advice: try Susan Charles. The melody was created by Digital\Analog recording studio and is a Web believes that Major League Baseball wearing the black jerseys .. .they Sandroff, usi ng the Yamaha Computer Assisted Developer for the National Vietnam Veterans is losin g it s nair is crazy. could bring good luck! Music System. The lyri cs were taken from a An Museum. hillary r. kallsh scholarship Announcllql; ••• The IIIIIaly R. IaIIIII Sc:IIoIIIIblp - _ to assist stu~ents who are facing difftcuh medical and lInancial cbaDenges as they complete tIIeir studies at COlumbia COllege. Students may be enrolled IuD-time or part-time and must demonstrate motivation, persiStence and IInanciaI need. Muimum award (for a luD·time student) will be $2500.00 for the academic yeaI. AppIlc:aIloll_1IId _ ._1IIIuagII: Offtce of Financial Aid, 600 S. IoIicbig8n. Room 303. OR Offtce of the Associate Provost. 600 S. IIlcbIgan. Room 300 application d ••dll ... : ....y:l., :1.887 eoo--...... ~ c "-- c ---a~ ••a1eoo Columbia CoUeoe admlts students without regard to age. flCe, c:oIoI:. geed. .x. religion. handicaP. diMbilIty .• xual odellUltkll. ind national 01 ethnic 00gin. April 14 , 1997 FE A T U R ES 1 7 Enterprising Student goin' at it All Tha Tyme By Eileen La Valle A.K.A. 007, Bond. Bonds handles most of the publicity University together. They feel Sraff Writer promotions, contracts and production aspects of the busi Columbia's program is much more ness. beneficial to them. "I get my ass up every morning and go to school and ALL THA TYME uses Beverley Hills Recording stu "There's more hands on and the studio because I want to be successful at what 1 do," dio (no, it's not California based) and Vern Lloyd is the eye to eye at Columbia. At said Clyde Johnson. a Columbia sophomore majoring in record ing producer there. Lloyd is a big part of the busi Northern you're just a number. management. Clyde, A.K.A. Snake DiIla, started hi s own ness as a whole -as Clyde puts it, "he is one of the heads At Columbia you ca n commu entertainment productiOn/promoti on company a year ago that makes the body work , he's the main connection for nicate better wi th your teach called ALL THA TYME Entertainment. He is trying to the music business." ers and your classmates face break into the music industry on the largest scale. Lloyd has been in the business for a long time. He 10 face," said Bonds. Both Johnson, who grew up on the South Side of Chicago, has toured in Japan and knows how the mu sic industry said they have made great would like to localize the musk scene. runs inside and oul. Vern is eager to help out any ded . connections through "We're going to be the biggest music company com icated artists. ili Columbia. ing out of Chi, we're going to break on into the Chicago For $60 an hour a band can sign up for studio i "We don', look al school music scene with our fl avor, it 's part of bringing it back recording time. ntis is pretty cheap considering most like most people look at here, it was here originally. Instead of musicians goi ng out other studios facilities charge at least $100.00 an hour. school; we look al it like busi to California and New York, we'll give them a reason to If Johnson and Bonds feel the band has talent, ness, that's OUT e igh t hours, Slay." they'll pick them up. "Anybody that gets signed and is you kn ow, it's our nine to five. John son is very enthusiastic about the way his business about busi ness will ru.:;;::,:=;;-;:::::;:--::;-:;::;::::;-mr:::-1 Shaun and I take school very has been going so. far. get automatic seriously, thi s is what we arc Johnson has realized that owning your own company notary," Johnson said . going to do," said Joh nso n. has its advantages. He doesn't have a lame job with a Hi s advice for They take different classes than boss, he's the one in charge, plus he has great connections striving mu sicians each other in the Management in the music industry - not bad for a young entrepreneur. trying to break into department and then fill each other in Owning ALL THA TYME is Johnson's first and on ly job. the industry is to be on what they learned. "I never worked ajob before and I like to get up at my serious about what '-______-' For Johnson and Bonds, school and work arc business leisure," said Johnson. you r doing and try to and fold right into each other. They are able to take what ALL THA TYME has a few assistants Clyde relies on find people to take care of bu siness. Good management they learn at sc hool and apply it to the dai ly bu siness. to keep things running smoothly. Johnson's right-hand will make or break a band. Business is bu sin ess with ALL THA TYME. man is also a Columbia management major, Shaun, "Management is your platform to spring off of, with "Busi ness is something I deal with on a dai ly basis and the good management you can do anything," music is the part that is going to keep me paid ," Johnson said Johnson. said , "but it 's all busi ness." Tha" s where ALL THA TYME "I want to have a beller way of li ving," said Johnson. comes in with the promotions, produc He wants to take what he has and knows and turn it into a ti on, recordin g and pUblici ty. With the growing empire. connections that both Johnson and Bond Ri ght now they promote mostl y R&B bands, but have acquired, they are one step ahead of Johnson will promote anything he likes as long as it 's the game. quality music and the artists are seri ously dedicated. One of the bands that Joh nson is cur rentl y workin g with is TotallConfuzion . 10hllSOll is currelltly looking for graphic artists and Total lConfuzion has just started writing people who have a good advertising and/or marketing and producing thei r ow n material and has background. If YO II are interested, send YOllr resllme and played a few gigs on the south side. samples ofYO M work to th e address below. Anyone who is Johnson says publicit y for interested in promoljom/publicily, production and/or Total lConfuzion will be large. recording please contact or send demo lopes to Clyde "We 're going the whole nine yards. It 10hnson (Snake Dilla) at: will be a big promotion on the move; l1 ex t ALL THA TYME Entertainment company we'll do the video." Music videos arc 601 S. Ul Salle 51., Suite A-6/O another service ALL THA TYME pro Chicago, IL 60605 vides. 312·562·3148 r;O"",=.=o'iOr:::1h".=OR;::;;&C:;;B"g=ro=u=p=s=I"ha='I'iJ;:o::;h=ns=o=n::;'s=co=m=p=.=n=y=c=u=,=... =n:::tl"y= ... =p=res= .=n=ts;=;. Johnson and Bond grew up together Photos provided by All Tha Tyme and previously attended Northern Ill inois 1997 ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING w- dates ~ ~/ Fridays 4/2B, 5/2,5/9 RECEIVED , (For Graduating Seniors & Recent AlumNi, 1 4 1997 ;OLUMBIA COLLEGE UBRAR~ You must register to interview. Visit Career Planning & Placement (Suite 300 Wabash building) For registration requirements and list of companies. Columbia College Oticago - -,. 1 8 F EAT U RES Apr il 1 4 , 1 9 9 7. Catastrophic topic provides sure success·for 23-year-old director By Melissa Thomley Ihe fiim. Corrrspondeni Total funding for the project was a whopping S30,(K)(), a fraction of what most U.S. films cost. If given the luxu "Love and Other Catastrophes" is exactly what we've ry or a larger budget, Emma·Kate joked that the "actors been looking for in the movies: an entertaining (but ~ot ' wouldn't be doing their makeup in the street." patronizing) depiction of who we are (or who we thmk A big budget didn't se~ m to be an issue for Emma we arc). We can laugh at the situations. relate to the char- Kate as she cites that "the method of the production acters and empathi ze with their plights. . . affects the film itself." For over a decade we've been spoon-fed a glossy a l T The actors and twelve .person crew (average age 25) brushed image of what Holl ywood (through the likes of worked long crazy hours fueled by their passion for the John Hughes) perceives OUT generation to be. Ironically film and the story it had to tell. enough. I caught "Sixteen Candles" on cablc the day I "With such a small group of people working so quick screened "Love and Other Catastrophes." Watching that ly, we were just lucky that the chemistry really worked," film for the zillio nth time. I recalled the underlying tor says Emma-Kate. ment and disappointment I felt seeing it as a teenager. This production chemistry pervades the film and cre Why didn't my own "l ake Ryan" pull up in a Porsche ates just the energy Ef!lma-Kate and crew wanted. "We and bake me a birthday cake? wanted to catch the same spirit that you get in American Even though I laughed until I cried throughout Ihe independent cinema, the work of filmmakers like Spike movie. I left with a bad tasle in my mouth. Embedded Lee and lim Jannusch. We were looking to make some· somewhere between its soundtrack and suburban thing with real energy, to make a fresh story in that inde lifestyle. I felt an expectation and a judgment placed on pendent manner, something rough, but also channing, everyone of my peers. where you write a script which is just a blueprint and you Hughes. like so many other directors. just didn't seem hooking them up with Michael, who just happens to have end up with something with a son of craziness about it." to get it. He was telling a made-up story instead of hi s own a crush on Alice. Emma-Kate admits that the film 's structure is com truths. Are you confused yet? Don't worry. ]t all comes pletely stolen from the screwball comedies of the 19305 This is where "Love and Other Catastrophes" finds its together (or apart, depending on how you look at it) a~ the and ' 40s. "Shop Around the Corner," "Holiday," and strength. Although the film is not autobiographical in any huge party Mia and Alice are throwing that same mg~t. "Awful Truth" served as her main inspirations with their way, the story is told by our peers. The entire story transpires over the course of one day In musings on love. "People falling in love with the wrong Despite its upbeat feel, the film is not some sugar-coat the life of these five college students. It 's a 24 hours you person and not realizing it until the end. Tying yourself up ed, too-good-to-be-true fairy talc that leaves us wondering won't want to miss. in farcical knots in the process." why are lives aren't picture perfect. In stead it offers us an Love and Other Catastrophes is not your average film In dealing with the whole "Generation X" issue, unabashedly sweet glimpse of relationships and college and Emma-Kate Croghan is not your average director. At Emma-Kate notes, "Every generation has to go through life as seen through the eyes of people we can easily rec 23, Emma-Kate is already experiencing what most direc this type of labelling. The film never stands up and says ognize as our friends and ourselves. tors may never realize: Her first feature film is being dis this is how all young people think and act" Some aspects Mia and Alice, film students and roommates, are in tributed throughout the U.S. by Fox Searchlight Pictures. of our generation, like the advent of video, can't be search of a third roommate. scholastic justice and true Love and Other Catastrophes oozes the frenetic energy ignored. "Being the first generation with access to video, love. Mia fights her way through a bureaucratic labyrinth of its production. Writing the script in just two weeks and we' ve experienced the repetitiveness of watching things riddled with donuts, mysterious $663 in library fines and shooting the film in just six, Emma-Kate, the actors and over and over again. We can have a dialogue on the Brady a dead professor. Meanwhile, Alice dodges her advisor on the twelve person crew had their work cut out fo r them. Bunch or on nature and they can hold equal importance to her overdue {four years, that is} thesis "Doris Day as a Staning out with only enough film to shoot for one week, us." Feminist Warrior." they forced themselves to come up with the resources When asked how she's enjoying her new-found "fame" When it comes to love, both have their own problems lhey needed. with the overwhelming response to her frrst feature film, to resolve. While Mia can't seem to commit to her girl Emma-Kate says that was the only way to do it. "It was Emma·Kate humbly admits that she's not really famous, friend Danni (who has suddenly befriended the mysteri a clear choice in making it in six weeks. You've got a "I'm a director. It's not really part of my life." The only ous Savita), Alice is on a quest for a man that is "truthful. deadline. Come hell or high water you have to do it. If you inconvenience she's experienced so far is having to left-handed and likes the same films." really need something, you' ll find it." change her home phone number. . lben you have the boys. Ari. gigolo by profession, And find it they did. Parents, friends, and relatives With a successful film under her belt. that's no big classics student by choice (noHo-mention Alice's current helped fund the the film . Actors and crew members price to pay. crush), tries t'o help his friend Mia find a roommate by worked on deferred fees. Final funding came from the Australian Film Commission after seeing the first cut of Dirty three: •• Power Of Our Rhythm •• By Tim Mathews the historic "Me, Myself, and I." Common, Mum's the word Slaff Writer who should be dropping that new LP some time in the late summer. had people jumping Man I'm in a good mood. Why, you ask? when he did ''The B-- In Yoo," his per· By Douc Arnold released si ngle, "Obvious Is Obvious" Well , for one. I'm glad to be living today. sonal but powerrul response to Ice Cube and Staff Wri.er are more traditionally structured. with Al so there was that phat weekend I had the rest of the Westside Connection crew penetrating melodies that make you going on about a month ago. It all started off that's been dissing him. ] would've kicked it Melancholy self-awareness, drunk want to hug the person next to you. on friday. March 21st with a trip to the with them after the show but I had to con enness and a dynamic stage presence Fonned a few years ago as back· newly-opened Shark Bar at 212 N. Canal St. tinue the groove on "Saturday." are staples of heartfelt rock and ro ll , ground music for indifferent patrons of There is onl y one other similar club and The next nighl I look a trip 10 the south but Warren Ellis and the Dirty Three a Melbourne pub, the Dirty Three have that's the first one in New York City (listen side of Chicago. The l06jarnz Springbreak occupy a niche all their own. grown significantly since. Their first for the mentions on Biggie's and Foxy concen was the business I came to take care AI the Double Door on March 22 albO.rD; 1995's "Sad And Dangerous," Brown's C D's). The club is three levels of. Chi-town definitely represented well to and on their latest album " Horse was basically a recording or practice with the top fl oor being a balcony with a it's peoples. Crucial Conflict, 00 Or Die. Siories," on Touch & Go, Ellis's bat sessioDs; the soundtrack of the band great view of downtown Chicago. The club Twista and Da Bral did lhere thang for lhe tered violin serves as lead vocalist for . memorizing songs to play live. ''The is a 21 and over venue that will aUmct the rough.n-rugged brothers while Danny Boy the London via Melbourne trio, Dirty TItree," which surfaced later that working urban college graduates and Bnd Johnny P wanned the place up for the si ngi ng about IOl t love, sorrowful year, wa., recorded live in a day and a esteemed people of business. Columbia ladies. The concert also paid tribute to lamentJ, longjourneys, and time wast half, Records R&B crooner Kenny Lattimore Notori ous B.1.0 and Chi-towns first ambas ed away at ban, without the help of a " Horse Stories" was their first rocked the spot with his hit song "For You" sador of Hip--hop, Pink House. Out of town single lyric. Said ElJis, "As an inslru· album that wa.~ intended to be released which will soon take over " Here And Brtist that appeared were Suave Houses' mental band we've developed inlo a.~ an album, and their change is into Now"and any other Luther cuts claiming the Tela nnd Rap-A· Lots Mr. Scarface. who quite an intense outfit. We can get song writers, rather than simply li ve spot as the "wedding song." If that day was either was wearing a bulletproof vest or ale ocron menages without having to perfonners. any indication of whllt's to come then look a whole 101 of meat and potatoes. By the have words. People can relate to the Largely unknown in the United out Chi ~ t own , because Keith and the boys way, keep your ears opened for this new cat emotional viability of the music." Statell, they have cracked the lup twen ~ nre camin' for dinner Ilnd a purty!!. nllmed Snwbuc, he 's one of my early picks The Dirty Three are nothing if not ty in Australia and have IIl1rncted Frol11lhere the ni ght only got belter! 11lC.~ for newcomer of the year. Big ups to Jay emotional. With guitarist Mick Turner respe4! tcd admirers and tour mll tes, vibc moved on to the House Of Blues, the Allen nnd Randy, good looki n oul ond sec and drummer lim White providing a "ueh a." Sonic Youth and Pavement. present King Of the Cluhs in ChiclIgo, you ill Miami!! ~.I) hcr lY4Ckpuund , Elli1l careens aero." 111e Inlerest of Ihe American blinds wherc De LII Soul WIIS mRking II stutcmcnt Hnppr Birthday 10 Iwo of lhe best guys the \lage 10 ti n alcohol and panion and lIolid succeSll .. hruad eurned thelll lind l e tlil1 ~ everyone know dlIIt the "Stukes keepin' It renl, Omllf n.k.n the Phalkid and IOduced trance. He dim'" anything on a couple week!! on Lollupuinozil lind Are High. 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Kollyo RunsulIl who jusl ~() ttlO In intern " 1(la, ing c.. luflu. " fl upc." ffllrn WOld. cd with III)' olher J1nu round I}lck~ I ka "S IIY ,,"duI' MII "rlte White, Ihe M'dwo$I R.alon.1 " H (},~ Sl(rricllt," ,lIld H, c rccentl y No UII," "My OUlMy," " Whl1lovor 111I1' ~ n el l MIIIIII¥er "I Ihe 1"001, UMA Lovelll ' I ~ I '111 Me," " P\)lhtll o~ In My LnwlI ' III1lI Apr ill 4 1 9 9 7 F EAT U RES 1 9 ... ~ 'The Devil's Own' dreadful material By Sandy Campbell CorreslJOndent Could a movie waste the charismatic movie star power of Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford? The two' names together create a cer tain dosage of lethal power that studio exec utives are hoping we the audience, will plop away our eight bucks to go see. ~ell keep your hard earned cash because unfortunately the answer is yes. This movie stalls like a Model T. (Ford that is) and is the "pits." This is a shame because I usually like both of the fore men· tioned movie stars. Harrison Ford plays Tom O'Meara, an Iri sh-Catholic American cop who has barely fired his gun in the 23 years he has served on the force. Brad Pill plays Frankie McGuire, a.k.a. Rory Devaney, an Irish terrorist work ing for the IRA. Pill comes to the New York area under a hidden name to purchase mis siles from local businessman baddie Billy Burke (Treat Williams). He kills Edwin Diaz (Ruben Blades), a cop and Harrison Ford's best friend and puts Ford's wife (Margaret Colin) and daughters in danger. If Brad Pitt's character is so rotten, why does Ford's character, who is portrayed so Alan J. Pakula, left, directs superstars, Harrison Ford, center, and Brad Pitt, right, on the New York set of moral and upright, end up saying that he Columiba Pictures' suspense thriller ''The Devil's Own." "understands" Brad Pitt's character and that Pitt just turns himself in as if lhey were "buddy buddy"? .. This does not make sense? Is there a hid den clause that all Irish Catholics must stick together regardless of what they do to each other and other ethnic and religious groups? I doubt it. This movie is pure Holl ywood hokum and asks the audience to believe that just because the character is played by Brad Saint Kilmer Godfather Pitt he must be a good guy. Also, why does Ford, who has never lied • in his life, cover up and put his exceedingly IS no revival secure job on the line for his best friend Ruben Blades after he shoots a radio thief in • the back? Ford thinks it is immoral and cow Franciscan~ as eerIe as ardly to shoot someone in the back, regard less who the person may be, cops, but covers for him anyway. . or is he? ever And all of a sudden Blade's character is just referred to just as "a cop" when Pitt kills By Sandy CampbeU By Sandy Campbell him? All that friendship built up over the last Correspondent Correspondent decade or so disappears in a matter of sec onds. Oh goodie, I get to review a Val Kilmer movie! When a big movie like 'The Godfather" is re Brad Pitt's character should have been a What a cinematic event this will be. He is one of the released and all the critics re-review the new edi full bad guy and no attempt should have been few movie stars whose career r nave constantly read up tion, it must be hard for a critic to give the film made to try to create dual heroes when none on because I find him to be a fascinating and perplex an honest, poor or mediocre review. Especially existed, as in Kevin Jarre's original script. ing individual. He is both an actor and a movie star one that is so loved by everyone else and consid Director Alan I. Pakula ("All The President's and, up until the "Battuan Forever" brouhaha, has ered a classic. Men" and 'The Pelican Brief') could have remained a low-key presence in the movie spectrum. Fortunately, there is no need for concern since used the off-screen tension between Pitt and First of all, I would like to say that 'The Saint" is this was my first time watching "The Godfather." Ford into how their characters see each other not a bad movie. In fac t, this movie is a great date I have read the book and can honestly say that [ on-screen. But instead the tension is gone movie and"there is nothing more depressing than see liked the film. The two things I loved the most and a false brotherhood between the two is ing a great date movie without one. Dh well. Val about the film were the screenplay by Mario establi shed. Kilmer seems to be an actor whom you either love or Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola (which won an I have mi s~ed some of Pitt's darker films, hate. (When his name appeared on screen at the film academy award) and the cinematography by though he seems 10 be too nice to playa bad that [ attended, there was a clap followed by a contra Gordon Wi ll is. The screenplay seems to be very guy. Bu t Treat Williams comes off nicer than dictory jeer.) faithful to the book and presents itself like a Pitt and he is supposed to playa darker son [ would like to give this sentence a purpose in coh novel unfolding on screen. of a bitch. When will casting directors learn tradicting the movie critics who simply gave the film I think the book glorified the mob way of life that amiable actors do not translate well as poor reviews simply because they hate the man and and the movie clearly doesp't. bad guys especially when the leading man think that he is nothing but a show-off. One scene is a great example of the transition could play the role a hell of lot better. The cinematography adds an appropri ate styli stic of an event from the book to the screeenplay. In I still cannot get over Ernie Hudson's feel under the direction of Philip Noyce, in terms of fil the book, there was a sex scene in which hot "smiley-faced nice guy Mr. Roger's-type" tering and framing. The movie successfull y squirts in headed Sonny Corelone (James Caan) has during interpretation of a drug pushing, greedy high elements of "Mission Impossible" and James Bond so hi s sister Connie's (Talia Shire) wedding with school principal in "The Substitute." Who the movie does not have to be totally original. one of her friends. The friend is bragging to her were the good guys in that fi lm , Tom Val Kilmer plays Simon Templar, a hero without a friends how big his "pole" is to the rest of Beringer and William Forsythe? Please give gun, (sort of a MacGyver with acting skills), who .is Connie's friends. Well, of course the sex scene is" me a break. The same could be said for Ford. hired by a really rotten Russian Party Commumst there, but the description is captured in a brief Though I usually love both to root for him leader with close ties to the Russian mafia (Rade shot of Connie's friend holding out her hands as and his movies he would make a great vil Serbedzija) trying to reinstate Communism in Russia. to say this big with the rest of the female gaggle lain. If the proposed "Spiderman" film is still They ask Val to steal them the formula for cold sitting outside around a white lawn-table. But if in development, may I suggest Ford play Dr. fu sion from an American scientist (Elizabeth Shue), one did not read the book first, they might have Octopus. which he does. When Val Kilmer and Eli zabeth Shue -trouble decoding what Coppola is trying to say in This is another good example of a movie meet, they fall in love and of course the bad guys try to that shot si nce there is no dialogue. in wh ich screenwriter after screenwriter was kill them both. The cinematography is eerily under-lit called in to fix a movie which probably did They have to kill Kilmer even though he was suc throughout the movie and the eyes of Marlon not even need fixing in the first place. Even cessful in capturing the formula. They are bad guys, Brando and several other of the mobsters are not Brad Pitt, the mega-superstar, was helpless right? Even when t~e Cold vt,ar is over, H?lIywood lit to creatively .show that these guys have no against Columbia Pictures, which helped pull still trie$ to find new ways to bnng these RUSSians back soul or are little souls lost. Clemenza (Richard apart the film he wanted to make. as villains. Castellano), an old henchman for the Corelones, This movie is also a good example of But maybe the only fair way to rate the movie is to could be huggi ng you and serving you pasta one which superstar reall y rules with the iron fist. judge on whether you're a Kilmer fan or n -. . April 14 , 1997 FEATURES RECEiveD in town # .... APR 141997 By ~ I a udi a Ri!e r~ _ ,.,.... I cGEU8RAR* lth o~g h there weren't S((~U Wri r('r COLuMBlA",v- prospectI ve students for Augusti ne College. Vargas was Chicago Latino Cinema. in cooper assured the festival would grow to ation with Columbia College, is pre become a success. And it d id the senting the 13th Chicago Latino Film third year, which was the same Festival which began April 4 and is year the 150th Celebration of running for ten days at various locn Chicago occurred and Va rgas lions :1fllund Chicago. received $10.000 from sponsors. The fe sti val features 47 films from In 1987. the festival began as a 17 L:lI in Arncricnn countri es which non-profit organization. What had portray a unique angle of each. begun as a small event was now "The cvent is intended to highlight growing and acquiring a larger Latino!', (fC:ltc awareness and to have budget 10 work with. "Above all I Latinos looked at in a different way," had the desire to make a state said Pepc V;ugas, Director o f the ment." said Vargas. Latino Film Festival. This year's opening night took The filtn fesli val occurs on ly in pbce at the Art Institute of Chicago. bUi Ihis year's films are also Chi cago and featured the fi lm heine. shown in An n Arbor. Mi ch. ;md "Eva Peron: The True Story." Mih~' au k cc. Films arc also being Director Juan Carlos Desanzo and shown in ~c\'cral Chi cago elementary leading actress Esther Goris were schools :1S free matinees and Illany present. The event was sponsored young kids arc interested. by WSNS-TV Channel "Through this festival we arc capa -l4ffelemundo and Columbia blc: and able to show th:l1 Latinos do Col.1ege. Noche Mexicana took more than just menial jobs" in today's place at Ihe Pipcrs Alley Theater, society," s,lId Vargas. " It is a disgrace April 10 and featured a screening that large cooperations such as of "Salon Mexico" by Mexican McDonalds. beer and soda companies director, Jose Luis Garcia Agraz. poison our children. but yet we get no The Closing Night Gala will money from them." take place at the First Chicago event s planned for this ' semester. The The fe stival can be used as a leach Center Theate r (Madison and screening of "Dolores DuJces," pro ing tool for many young children who Dearborn). Monday April 14. It will duced by Columbia's former can benefit and learn a 101 about differ· feature " Ho la. Estas Sola?/Hi. Arc You Chairman of the Film and Video ent cultures through the films. A lone?" by Spanish di rector lciar Department , will be shown on "The festival is a learning and Boll ain. The award for the most popu Tuesday, April 15. It will be followed entertaining experience and a sense of lar film of the 1996 Fesli val wi ll be by a panel discussion beginning at connecting universally and together presented. as well as the Kodak 4:30 p, m. Al so planned is Latino ness:' said Vargas. Emerging Filmmaker Award. Buffe t Di versity ' 97 which will feature a Vargas started the program in 1985 and Cocktails will be at 5:3 0 p.m. and group exhibition of six Latino arti sts. in a much smaller setting and in part the film will begin at 7 p.m. Ticket This event is presented by Hokin with Ihe assistance of SI. Augustine price (includes entire program) is S25 Gallery and Mario Castillo of the Art College. and Chicago Latino C inema Members and Design Department. and will 'take "It began as a neighborhood activ pay SIS. Tickets can be purchased at place April 14 through May 8. ity which was also meant to recruit the door or in advance by credit card Opening Night and Reception will participants to the college." But a dis (Visa, Master Card or Di scover). For occur April 16 from 6:30 10 8:30 p.m. appointment came when none o f the more information call 3 12-43 1- 1330. An acoustic performance by panicipating actors were registering A li sting of all films and programs Guillermo Anderson, a pcrfonner from for SI. Augustine. being featured through the festival can Central America, is scheduled for The fo ll owing year the fes ti val be obtained at the Chicago Latino Thursday. April 17 at 1 p.m. at the included 19 films, 54.000 in revenues Cinema department on the eleventh Hokin Center. and about 35. 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