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Riding the radio waves Latino Allia~DJ~:=-:..-­ assembly draws college officials 0 Administrators closed-door session to discuss their concerns. promise to address On Carter's behalf Kelly said, issues raised at meeting "[President Carter] is the first black president of a private col­ By Angela Caputo lege in Illinois. I think he under­ stands what the stakes are on this." Assistant Editor As of press time, Carter was More than 100 students and fac­ unavailable for comment. ulty, and five administrators, par­ Percentage-wise, faculty atten­ ticipated in a Latino Alliance­ dance was low. Despite the fact sponsored assembly Dec. 12 to that the Latino Alliance called all bolster administrative support for of the academic chairs and deans campuswide multicultural issues. campus wide, fewer than five The forum gave students an attended, said Guzman. opportunity to speak with admin­ "We were pretty disappointed istrators who made public commit­ that they dido 't show. It makes you ments to meeting the needs of wonder how much they really Latino students. care," Guzman said. "I think it was incredibly pro­ Beginning next semester, the ductive," said Mark Kelly, vice Latino Alliance executive com­ president of student affairs. mittee will join college adminis­ Latino Alliance President trators to lead a task force with Jessica Guzman said she agreed. the charge to fill gaps in the col­ However, Guzman said she feels lege's services to Latino students, "kind of iffy because the assembly Kelly said. Director of the Latino seemed to go too well- there was Cultural Affairs Office Ana no friction. Maria Soto will chair the com­ "We'll see how willing the mittee and the Office of Student administration is to work with us Affairs staff will also participate, and get things done," said Latino he said. Alliance Vice President Nick Among the issues students plan Gomez. to address through the task force Administrators present included are boosting the number of Provost Steve Kapelke, Acting Spanish-speaking faculty mem­ Dean of the School of Media Arts bers and financial aid representa­ Doreen Bartoni, Dean of Students tives, and to address Latino stu­ Sharon Wilson-Taylor, President dent retention and recruitment. Stacie Freuden!Jergi'Chn>nicle Warrick L. Carter's Chief of Staff Administrators were unable to Students from Dyette Academic School listen to Keysha Keyz, Disc Jockey at WGCI, explain Paul Chiaravalle and Kelly. commit to the number of new the Inner workings of the radio broadcast business. Students were also given a tour of Carter was not in attendance at faculty members that will be Columbia's radio station, WCRX, In the 33 E. Congress Parkway building. the assembly but he met with alliance leaders on Dec. II in a Seel.llllt,page2 Credit cards turn into campus nightmares 0 Students find them- the highest average credit card balance ($2,478), according to a study conducted selves with increasing in 2001 by student loan company Nellie amounts of debt as they Mae. move through school The most common attempt people make to lower credit card debt is trans­ ferring their balances from one card to By Danlelle Dellorto another, experts report. Contributing Writer Columbia student Shawna Wolff chose this option about seven months ago. Bills, Bills, Bills. From credit cards to "My debt got overwhelming," Wolff student loans, some students can't say no said. "I thought if I could combine all of to charging and are now buried in debt. it and pay all of it in on one bill; it would Twenty-year-old Ashley Jackson, a be a lot easier." junior majoring in broadcast journalism, Wolff, who had seven credit cards 67% 78% 8:1% said she already feels like she is in way before consolidating them, charged over her head. Jackson said she charges items such as clothes, books, Christmas AY.... I of cards :1.5 :1 4.15 ' everything from food to clothes and presents and vacations. books. Jackson has three credit cards By transferring her balances onto one " w11o llaft 4 or more 17% :11% 47% with balances totaling more than $4,000, card, she now has only one bill at a $1,879 $1,748 $1,:117 in addition to almost $20,000 in student lower interest rate than most of her other loans. cards had. Medtan debt per student $1,111 $1 ,1:16 $1 ,770 "Some days I think I will never be able "It is a good choice for me," Wolff to pay off my debt," Jackson said. "I said. "I choose to have the company take " wttll SJK to $7K In debt 14% IJ% 11% don't even know where to start to get the monthly bill right out of my check­ ahead." ing account every month, so I know it is " exceecltnJ $7K tn debt 10% 9% 6% And Jackson is not the o nly one. College students in the Midwest carry See Debt, page 3 All inlormation provided by Nellie Mae Graphic by Ashleigh Paceni/Chronicle PUS NEWS Around Campus------

,.. Famed author to address censorship for fiction class Playwright and filmmaker Sam Greenlee will discuss the industry, government and society cen­ sorship in Gary JOhnson's Critical Reading and Censorship class at 6 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 9, in the 624 S. Michigan Ave. building, Room 1205. An acclaimed novelist and poet, Greenlee bat­ tled censorship writing his award-winning novel and later film, The Spook Who Sat By the Door which is about the CIA's first black agent who drops out to train young black Chicago militants. In continuous print since 1969 and translated into six languages with over a million copies in cir­ culation, Spook-Greenlee's satire of U.S. civil rights problems in the '60s and a serious look at black militancy-was called "deadly" by Newsweek. nme magazine said the book "blends James Bond parody with wit and rage." For more information, call (312) 344-7611 . The event is free and open to all. Angie Guzman, performing as 'Mya,' competes at the Wanna Be An Idol contest Thursday, Dec. 19, in the Conaway Debate tackles pending Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave. The Columbia College Association of Black Journalists organized the event to raise U.S. war with Iraq money for their trip to the National Association of Black Journalists' annual convention, to be held in August 2003. Tbe Public Square, one of the community part­ ners of the Cultural Studies Program at Columbia, is sponsoring a public debate on the potential of war with Iraq on Jan. 6 at the Harold Payroll Department goes online Washington Public Library, 400 S. State St. The event is free and open to all. Some of the issues 0 Officials say they are still After talking to Robert Richley, PeopleSoft pro­ slated for discussion are: grammer and developer, Cargo said she decided the Should the United States go to war against working out some kinks in system most efficient solution would be to use the PeopleSoft Iraq? Alone, or only as part of the United product the school had upgraded. Richley accommo­ Nations? What are the goals of military inter­ By Ana Hrlstova dated PeopleSoft 8 to serve Columbia's needs and pre­ vention? What are the costs? What are the sented the system, which is now being tested in sever­ peaceful alternatives? Why Iraq? And why Staff Writer al departments. now? Columbia's Payroll Department is introducing a "It works for Columbia and it has saved us a lot of The event will begin at 5 p.m., in the Harold new online payroll system designed to eliminate money," Cargo said. " I have more people that are Washington Library Center Auditorium. paperwork and simplify the processing of student happy than unhappy with it." Admission is free, but reservations are strong­ workers. The system, which is still being tested in sev­ The Film and Video Department, the Writing Center ly recommended. eral departments, is expected to become the standard and the English Department are a few of the depart­ Check out the new online ticket form at operating procedure on campus by Feb. 15, 2003. ments participating in the pilot program testing the www.publicintellectuals.org/ticketform.html, or "The schoo l has grown and we have many stu­ system. call (312) 993-0682. dents," said Tracy Cargo, payroll director. "I had to "! like it," said Michael Bright, administrative assis­ The debaters will be: Peter Berkowitz, con­ come up with a way to get everything in on time and tant in the Film and Video Department, which is tributing editor to The New Republic, professor of make sure that the right people are paid." Columbia's largest student employer, with 170 student law at George Mason University, and a research According to Cargo, the new system which uses the workers. " I am sure that it helps payroll quite a bit fellow at the Hoover Institution; Rashid Khalidi, school's existing web-based software product because they have so much stuff to process," he Palestinian activist. frequent commentator on PeopleSoft, makes balancing more accurate and saves added. "But it is relatively easy to use. I was able to NPR, and professor of history and Near Eastern time and unnecessary trips to the Payroll Department. go and do it right the first time." lan~uages and civilization at the University of Previously, supervisors had to gather and approve stu­ Bright, whose department entered the program on Ch1cago; Katha Pollitt, columnist ("Subject to dents' timesheets and then take them over to the 600 what he said seemed to him short notice, said he Debate") for The Nation: and Raymond Tanter, a S. Michigan Ave. building. Now they can enter the thinks there are still kinks to work out and that some regular on MSNBC, a visiting fellow at the information at their desks, approve it and send it to the of the information in the database is inaccurate. He Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a pro­ Payroll Department via the Internet. said because of his other responsibilities, it usually fessor of political science at the University of "The supervisors are writing [the information], then takes him a day to enter the information and send it to Michigan and former adviser to President we turn around and make the same thing," Cargo said. payroll, work that on a quiet day would take him Reagan. " It is unnecessary and takes four to five days to put about three hours. Shirley Jahad from Chicago Public Radio will everything in order." With the new system, if the Harold Holt, secretary in the English Department, moderate. supervisors completed their work on Monday or early said he likes the system and finds many advantages to The Chicago Public Library is co-sponsoring Tuesday, Cargo could confirm hourly payroll that it. the event. same Tuesday or Wednesday. "Since I don't have that many students to put in, I Before choosing to continue using PeopleSoft, have only eight, it is simple to me, it is pretty effi­ Cargo talked to representatives of other vendors like cient," he said. "It ensures that students can't just fill Presentation highlights Kronos and Ceridian about purchasing a time and out timesheets for hours that they arc not even here. I attendance program to connect the growing Columbia know exactly what I am putting in because I know noted artists work campus while using equipment the school al ready exactly when they were here." The college community is invited to attend the owns. But, in addition to charging almost $300,000, Still, the positive response the new system is get­ Intersections lecture "Stark Strangling Banjos: Cargo said Kronos and Ceridian failed to overcome ting, however, is mixed with some criticism. The Linguistic doubleness in the work of African­ the technical challenges each department presented. See Payroll, '~3: American artists David Hammons, Harryette Mullen and AI Hibbler," which features Paul Hoover, director of Columbia's poetry program. Making use of music and slides, Hoover will Latino explore the use of cultural puns in Mullen's poem "Must and Drudge": Hammon's conceptual art work; ConUnued from Front Page and Duke Ellington's so119. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear added to the sc hool's payroll by 2004. Latino students have a history of drumming up From Me," which was written especially for Hibbler. Kelly said Spanish-speaking staff in the financial social support for multicultural issues at Columbia. Hoover will also explore similar types of puns in rap aid office "should be in place soon," though he did Seven years ago, students addressed Columbia's music. not set a date. administration in a similar manner. The lecture is at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 Kapelke also committed to meeting each semester The initial wove of student activism led to the hir­ E. Washington St. on the fifth ftoor, Thursday, Jan. 9, with the Latino Alliance executive committee to ing of three Latino faculty members and the opening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. keep dialogue nowing and evaluate the college's The of the Latino Cultural AfTnirs Office. event is free and open to the public. For more progress in meeting its goals. However, during the lust rise in activism "they Information, visit www.lntersectlons.colum.edu. " It isn't like we didn't realize these issues existed hired n couple of Latino faculty Immediately, and before," Kelly said. "But [the task forcel will bring then they d1dn't hiru anyone for nearly 10 years," If you have an more energy to these Issues," Kelly said. Guzman suill. upcoming event or The assembly followed n Dec. 4 spook-out nt "The Lntlno Alliance hns no intention to back out announctmertt; J)lem call the Chronicle's which approximately 30 students or11nnlzed to 11ivc from whnt we stnrted," she suld. "We're golna to their message to the Columbia ndmlnlstrutors who keep them on their toes." new• de•k at (,3U) 344-7155. we re In nttcnduncc January 6, 2003 Campus News 3 Library staff donates presents to family 0 - Plans already underway for were enclosed in the letter, along with the age of each family member. follow-up next Christmas This was the second time the library donated to a family. Michelle Ferguson, administrative assistant By Renee Edlund for the library, said there was a connection between Staff Writer the family chosen last year and the Glorers. "Ironically, the family we chose last year lived Last month, the Glorer family celebrated only a street away from this year's family," Ferguson Christmas with a little help from the Columbia said. library, which chose one family from a collection of Two carloads were necessary to help deliver the letters sent to a post office in Chicago. clothes, coats, food, toys and money donated to the A letter addressed to Santa Claus, written by 13 children and their grandmother. Although the Georgia Evdoxiadis Steven Glorer, I 0, said he was one of 13 children, all grandmother knew of the delivery, the children were Co-Editor-in-Chief in need of winter clothing. both surprised and elated, said Ferguson. Things to think about: "Our grandmother name is Sadie. Our grandmoth­ "Unfortunately, ~o many things have happened to • So we rate video games, similar in fashion to the er does everything she can to provide for us," Glorer the grandmother. Her daughter died and she was left way we rate movies. Yeah, well, why is it that the wrote. "But after she pays all the bills and rent, she to care for the children," Ferguson said. "It was such games we're trying to keep away from the kiddics, can't buy us all the things we need. We run out of a blessing to help such a wonderful, warm family," like Grand Theft Auto 4 (yes, Virginia, it is about food and other things we need every month. Santa, she said. stealing cars and getting hookers and killing cops), we need winter clothes now. And my grandmother Columbia library staff, department members and why do we rate those games "M" for "Mature"? To a need things to. She has neglected her self for us. We students were all encouraged to give to the Glorer 13-year-old kid, that's like rating it "C" for "Cool" or pray and ask god to bless you to be able to help us. family. Ferguson said she is also grateful for those " R" for "Rebellious." I say we rate games like We love you. Thank you, Santa," read Glorer's letter. who volunteered. Assassin 2 with a less desirable moniker. Let's say "I have four brothers. Their names are Aaron, "It was just wonderful to see others going above they' re "E" for "Educational" or "N" for "Nerdy." Samuah, Julius and Elvis. I also have eight sisters. and beyond," she said. • You know what? I want the economy to tank so Their names are Chrisden, Sakitta, Sade, Brittany, Ferguson also said the library staff has made plans that that smug little monkey GWB will get kicked out Nina, Jillisa, Sherice, Torri," Glorer continued. A list to pick another family from another letter next of office in 2004. Preferably by a woman. of the children's pant, shirt, shoes and coat sizes Christmas. • Now that the holidays are behind us, it's only a matter of time before a major snowfall hits us, bring­ ing with it all the lawn furniture of Chicago. It starts to look like some snowy version of The Road Warrior, Payroll and people get absolutely crazy over those spots they Continued from Page 2 shovel out. I have seen, with my own eyes, a man become so enraged over someone moving his paint Writing Center, which is the second largest student Harasym said. "We simply can't afford the time it cans and parking in "his" spot that he keyed the other employer with 80 students, is unhappy with the takes. They gave us a system and now we are find­ car. What are we, savages? software. ing all these problems for them. And it is not our • What's more insulting, that Trent Loll said some­ "The effectiveness of this new system for us is job to be doing [this] kind of work." thing racist or that he then claimed on BET to be in counterproductive," said Tanya Harasym, adminis­ "Right now I have more criticism than I have favor of affirmative action? Man, he was kissing so trati ve assistant at the Writing Center. "For other praise," said Nicholas Aguina, secretary. at the much ass he practically joined the Black Panthers on departments that have five or I 0 employees, this Writing Center, who helps Harasym process the national television. might not be a burden but I can't see all the bene­ timesheets. " It has a lot of bugs. Right now it is dif­ • Do they make movies anymore that don't have les­ fits for us." ficult to do· entries because information either isn't bian sex/kissing scenes? I don't think they do. Before I Harasym said she feels that the new system; accurate or isn't current. It is a lot of extra work." have to sit through another protracted and irrelevant besides having many flaws, creates additional work "We are developing the system with the depart­ shot of some starlet licking some other young starlet's and deflects the responsibility in the case of a mis­ ments," Cargo said. "That is why we started with a face, I want to see Jude Law and Ben Aflleck do it. take. She also said she thinks that the Payroll small group." She said she doesn't think they could • Speaking of cashing in on lesbian scenes, do they Department l)asn't been very cooperative in work­ have completely developed the system before even let Madonna act anymore if she doesn't ki ss a ing with the center. introducing it, because they don't know who is woman? Should they let her act anyway? "They don't seem to want to address our con­ • Late-night advertising is one of the great enigmas cerns about the volume of employees we have," See Payroll, page 5 of our time. It is, simultaneously, both more and less · depressing than regular ads. More because the product is frequently targeted to the drunk, sexually frustrated, unemployed or insomniacs in our society. Less Debt because these companies believe the late-night demo­ graphic is too stupid to handle the complicated emo­ Continued from Front Page tional manipulation in prime-time commercials and gelling paid and my $5,000 debt will be paid off in qualify for a bill consolidation loan," Cavazos said. merely bombard us with plainti ve and urgent requests 24 months." "You have so many factors already against you." for money. Money managing ·expert, Rudy Cavazos, said According to Nellie Mae, nearly 45 percent of • When is someone going to stop Michael Jackson? transferring credit card balances to one card can be students have four or more credit cards by their Maybe someone should ·tell him that Lisa Marie a great option for students, if it is done correctly. second year in college. Presley is single again. Cavazos is the director of Corporate and Media The number one thing Cavazos said to remember • How on God's green earth did Richard Roeper Relations at Money Management International if you do obtain a bill consolidation loan is to get ever get a job reviewing movies? How did he ever get which is the largest full-service, nonprofit credii rid of your credit cards. a job, period? And why do I feel dirty after reading his counseling organization in the country. "Tear them up and close those credit card column? And why is this more like a Roeper column Cavazos said the most important thing students accounts because too many people forget to do that than any other I have ever written? need to do when deciding whether to transfer the and end up in the same situation nine months down • Hundreds of Muslim im migrants were rounded up balances from one credit card to another card is to the road," Cavazos said. in California on Dec. 18 for not registering with the understand the details in the disclosure statement. Paying off student loans on credit cards is a seri­ government. Tell me what you think about that, and I First find out how long the introduction period is ous mistake- and a sign that credit trouble is on can determine your stance on 99 percent of the current for the new card: If they are offering zero per­ the way. events issues in this country. cent- you want to know for how long. The longer, "It is a serious red flag that you need some help • According to the Associated Press, two people are the better. if you are pay ing off loans on credit cards," suing Domino's, claiming that they got pizza with Also look at what the interest rate will be once Cavazos said. "You don't want to use your credit pubic hair on it. They're asking for $150,000 each. I the introduction period is over. card to pay those types of things." can't decide if that's fair or not. Cavazos suggested finding a card that offers a He said when you are using your credit card to • Page one of the Woman News section of the low, fixed interest rate. pay normal household expenses such a groceries Chicago Tribune, De~. 18, 2002 informed us that many "Most consumers will not pay in full the bal­ and utility bills; it is a bad thing too. social events at colleges and universities include mem­ ances that they transferred over to the card with the Another sign of trouble is habitually making late bers of the opposite sex consuming alcoholic bever­ low introductory rate," Cavazos said. "People just payments to creditors or borrowing from one cred­ ages. I am shocked and appalled. Have they been to don't do it. It's a great idea, starts off as a great it card through cash advances to pay off another Brigham Young University as part of this " in vestiga­ plan but in the end, consumers just don't fulfill credit card. tion It? their commitment." "There are many students out there that have • When did advertisers convince us that diamonds Student loan company Nellie Mae affirmed this questions regarding money and credit," Cavazos equal love? How? Now the only possible way for a statement. According to their data, most students said. "These issues were never really covered in man to express his everlasting adoration is for him to by their graduation

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(Part-time students are Deadline: March 14, 2003 based on academic achievement on Columbia's campus or beyond. eligible to apply.) and demonstration of financial Deadline: March 14, 2003 Deadline: April 1, 2003 need. Applications are available at: Deadline: April 1, 2003 Thaine lyman Scholarship Student Financial Services. 600 S. Michigan. Room 303 $1000 maximum award for the Fall, 2002 semester. This scholar­ Office of Enrollment Management, ship Is tor tull-tima televlelon stu­ 600 S. Mlr;higan, Room 300 dents who have at least 24 credit Academic Advising, hours earned at Columblu. 623 S. Waba~h . Room 300 Deadline: March 14, 2003 www.colum.edu/ scholarships Jaiiuary &,. 2oo3 Campus News 5 FUSION brings people together 0 Students bring fun food and Alchaar. . . I helps the children connect with people. entertain me t t h'ld ', h Th~ two orgamzat1ons spent almost a month and a half "We were a little worried because we didn't know n 0 C I ren S orne plannmg the event. what to expect," Alchaar said. "We worked hard logging [recruitment] hours fo r The party took place in the gym, where the children By Fernando Dlaz Murphy Monroe [director of Admissions)," Alchaar were "allowed more freedom than in their regular dor­ said, which involved calling prospective Columbia stu- mitory groups," said Gabrielle Watkins, FUSION's other Staff Writer dents. co-president. The group also received Frisbees and temporary tat- She credits the success of the event to the personal C.hri stm~ ca~e early for the boys and girls at the toos the Freshman Center brought to the children. connections Columbia student volunteers were able to Uhhch Ch1ldren s Home on Chicago's Near North Side. About 25 volunteers showed up to entertain the almost establish with the children. On Dec. 15, Columbia student organizations hosted a 50 children that attended the party. Allison Winton, the "We didn't make [them] feel like charity cases," she three-hour event that afternoon, which included dancers, volunteer coordinator for the Uhlich Children's Home said. smgers and a carnival for residents of the home. said she was especially happy with the turnout and the The idea for the event was inspired by work that . FUSION! Co l~mbi~ 's multicultural student organiza­ positive effect the volunteers had on the kids. Latino Alliance President Jessica Guzman had done dur- tion, m conJunction With the Latino Alliance, "decorated In a letter she sent to the school, Winton expressed her ing high school. a 7-foot tree with the kids, painted a mural and made thanks for "the opportunity to expose [the) youth to pos- "We wanted to bring Colum bia students together to do ornaments," said Dominic Cottone director of student leadership at Columbia. ' itive young adults like [the volunteers] who role-mod- something for the community," Alchaar said. " It was eled social responsibility." really nice to see people come out of the school environ- The. organizers expected more volunteers to show up, She also said that December is a "stressful time of ment." but sa1d they were able to make do. year" for the children, who range from 7 to 17 years of The event also received support from the Oflice of A group of students that form the groups Drunken age. The home is one of the city's residences fo r children Student Affairs, which helped promote the event, the Munkeee and 360 degrees found a DJ for the event at the who have been removed from their homes for various Admissions Office and the Office of Student Leadership. last minute. reasons. This event is FUSION's second-largest function of the "A lot of the kids were coming up to us afterwards While they are living in the home, they are designated semester, and drew largely on the efforts of one of its while we were cleaning up and saying, 'Thank you. I had wards of the state and have little contact with their fam- presidents, according to Cottone. "[Laila] did everything a really good time,'" said FUSION co-president Laila ilies. According to Alchaar, the volunteers' attention basically," he said. Payroll Poetry MFA helps Continued from Page 3 working for whom. Departments testing the sys­ paper or do it online. Their job is to process the tem are going over the lists of their employees payroll for their employees. With the new sys­ library nab grant and telling Payroll whose name to take off or put tem, Cargo said that they aren't doing anything on. different besides using computers instead of 0 Columbia's collection brings "Their first couple of attempts are not going to paper. It is a misconception around campus that be the way they want it," Cargo said. " But even­ students process their own timesheets, when it is money for consortium literature efforts tually, within two or three payroll periods, it will the supervisors who do that work. be right where they need it to be." Cargo said she remains optimistic about the By Lisa Balde Cargo said she doesn't agree that the Payroll future of the new system, and the school is enter­ Department hasn't been open to feedback. ing a new era and everyone will have to· adjust. Staff Writer "That can't be true," she said . "I have left the "I think that the big picture would be at one office and gone to the different departments to point, when everything is up and running, we As a result of its efforts to collect works by contemporary sit down and talk to them and help them. have worked out all the bugs, the students them­ Illinois poets, Columbia's library was awarded a $1,182 consor­ Anybody that called, I helped." selves would be able to sign on, enter their time tium grant from the Illinois Cooperative Collection Management According to Cargo, supervisors are going to and the supervisor would go behind them and Program. The program all ows more than I 00 libraries through­ either write the information out on a sheet of approve it," she said. out the state to snare their collections with each other. The grant, entitled "Illinois Authors: A Literature Partnership," follows the ICCMP's framework in allowing schools to enhance their collections in a particular literary area for the purpose of sharing it with other Illino is libr~ries. "What's most important to me is that it's about sharing," said Library Director Jo Cates. " It 's amazing what you can do with that kind of money, when you're buying these kinds of materi­ als." A group of college library representatives started the grant last year after they decided it would benefit students to have a more precise and extensive statewide collection of literature. In order to submit Columbia's library, Electronic Resources Librarian Jessica Alverson, who is also the library's liaison to the English Department, prepared a short proposal last March detail­ ing the staff's plans. "It was a brief proposal about what we would be collecting- a comprehensive collecti on of [poetry ] by Illinois authors," Alverson said. The compilation of works was chosen in order to compliment the new Poetry MFA th at will officially begin instruction within the graduate program as of fall 2003. "Because of our curriculum needs, we felt it was an area where we could grow and diversify," Cates said. Columbia shared this year's grant money, which totaled $14,300, with 13 other colleges throughout the state, including Loyola University, DePaul University and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Stacie Freudenberg/Chronicle Tracy Cargo of the Payroll Department works on Columbia's new online payment system. All materials purchased with this money must be avai la ble for all other schools within the state to use. "In the grant process, there's certain criteria that must be met," said Kimberly Hale, the head of collection management for Columbia's library. "How does it impact the statewide collec­ New labs set for spring tion, and is there a need [for the school) to build in those areas, for example? It has to be of un iversal benefit." dent affairs. This is not the first ti me the library has won this type of"shar­ 0 Computer labs in Conaway The Conaway Center lab will be on the mezza­ ing" grant with the ICCMP. In 1999 and 2000, it received and residence center planned nine level and, according to Kelly, wil l be simi­ $ 10,728 to purchase a collection of business-related books with­ lar to a cyber cafe. Students wi ll be able to pur­ in arts, entertainment, sports and hospitality management. chase food and beverages at the center while they Al so in 2000, the library's staff was able to buy independent By Michael DesEnfants work on the computers. Like the "super lab," the films made by women through an ICCMP grant of $9,900. As one of the largest departments at Columbia, the li brary is Staff Writer Conaway Center's will also have 50 new com­ puters. always looking for opportunities to find fund ing for the purpose When students come back for the spring The lab projects have been in development for of further expanding its collection of books, video and audiovi­ semester they can look forward to a couple of about two months, according to Kelly, but the sual tools. new additions to the campus. need has been around for a while. Now that Colu mbia has established itself with the ICCMP, Columbia hopes to open both of its new com­ Kelly said the labs were put in for a few rea­ Cates said, the college could expect to be involved in more pro­ puter labs, one located at the Hermann D. sons. "Students at the south end of campus had grams, including those that involve cooperative collection part­ Conaway Center on 1104 S. Wabash Ave., and concerns," he said. "They were having to hike to nership grants like the ones that it has previously been awarded. another in the res id ence center at 731 S. the 600 S. Michigan building to use the lab Hale is currently looking into one that wi ll help increase the Plymouth Court. there." · library's theater collection. The residence center lab-aka "super lab"­ Brian Health, a sound recording major, said he Alverson plans to meet with members of the Poetry will be open to students 24 hours a day, and will was very excited about the addition of a 24-hour Department as soon as possible to di scuss which materials would replace the cafe previously there. lab. "With my busy schedule, a 24-hour comput­ best suit the needs of the students within that area of learning. The lab will have 50 Internet-ready computers, er lab would really help, and would make me like According to Hale, all money received from this grant has to be according to Mark Kelly, vice president of stu- Columbia even more," he said. spent by August 2003. 6 Columbia Chronicle January 6, 2003

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Michigan, 900A Deadline for sub111lsslons: Monday, March 10th NATIONAL CAMPUS NEWS 8 January 6, 2003 Herbal cold remedy frozen out Harvard murals 0 Study finds echlnacea no more In an editorial accompanying ~e ~isconsin st'!dr. get face -I ift effective or harmful than placebo Dr. Ronald Tur:n~r of !he Umvers~ty of, Virgmta School of Medtcme satd anecdotal reports about echinacea 's benefits were "difficult to ignore," By David B caruso despite disco uraging research, and' deserved further 0 Conservators challenged by The Associated Press study. difficult restorations Most of the study was funded by government grants. Researchers also received funding from By Angela M. Salvucci PHILADELPHIA-Echinacea, a popular but Shaklee Technica, a maker of herbal supplements largely untested herbal remedy for the common cold, whose echinacea capsules were used in the study. The Harvard Crimson showed no benefit when given to a small group of At least two large studies in Germany concluded college students with sore throats and stuffy noses, the herb was safe and effective for treating cold (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Battling years of researchers say. symptoms. And a 1999 study of 95 employees at a grime with cotton swabs, gentle solvents and boundless University of Wisconsin researchers gave capsules York, Pa., nursing home found that drinking four to patience, a group of Harvard conservators has begun of the herb to 73 students suffering from cold symp­ five cups of echinacea tea at the onset of a cold, fol­ restoring one of American painter John Singer Sargent's toms. Another 75 got a placebo, or dummy pill, made lowed by at least a cup a day, diminished symptbms most complex works. of alfalfa. After I 0 days, both had gotten equally ill, and could cut the time of illness from about 14 days Sargent's Triumph of Religion," a 16-panel series of oil the study said. to about four days. paintings covering a total of2,100-square-feet of wall and "Compared with placebo, unrefined echinacea pro­ Dr. Frank Lindenmuth, an adjunct professor at ceiling space at the Boston Public Library, presents a vided no detectable benefit or harm," researchers York College who conducted its study, hadn't seen unique challenge to Harvard's conservators because of its wrote in the study published in Tuesday's edition of the Wisconsin study but noted that only a few of the size and diverse materials. the Annals of Internal Medicine. herb's 200 different forms sold worldwide have been With funding from the federal Institute of Museum and According to the study, individuals in the placebo tested. Library Services, Harvard's Straus Center for group were sick for an average of 5.75 days, com­ It's possible, he said, that certain blends of the root Conservation is working to restore both the paintings and pared to 6.27 days for the group given echinacea. like hot teas work, and others like capsules or pills sculptures of the library's "Sargent Hall." The work, Echinacea flowers blossom throughout North don't. which presents a history of Western religion, is expected American prairies and plains. Americans annually " It's one of the big problems with the health food to take 18 months to restore. spend about $300 million on the herb, according to industry," he said. "In a lot of cases, you don't know "We're not just dealing with paintings. We are dealing the National Institutes of Health. what you're getting." with sculptures as well," said Assistant Paintings Conservator Catherine S. Maurer. Sat:gent Hall has sculptures extending up to 12 inches off the canvas and the artist used glass, wood, metal and a Tobacco continues to be top killer variety of paints in creating the murals. Still, the workers say it's worth the effort. "The Straus Center would bring 0 Report says smoking still a quit smoking yet, but said he wished he could quit. this passion and enthusiasm to any project, but with this " I really need to,'' Spain said. "I know it's bad for project, you are there where [Sargent) stood," said Maurer. leading cause of death in United States me ... but it's a lot more difficult to quit than putting "That is exciting." them down and not picking them up again." By Kenadal Kelly Spain said he started smoking at the age of 15 or Oklahoma Daily (U. Oklahama) 16. "I really don' t know [why]," Spain said. "Everyone in my fam ily smokes and all my friends smoke so (U-W IRE) NORMAN, Okla.-Cigarette smoking I've been around it forever." The library murals were one of Sargent's continues to be a leading cause of death in the United However, damage done by smoking is not lim ited favorite projects. He painted them on canvas States, according to the Centers for Disease Control to just the smoker. in England, and upon completion they .ere and Prevention's April 12, 2002 Morbidity and A 1992 study by the Environmental Protection rolled up and transported to the United Mortality Weekly Report. The report said that from Agency Office of Research and Development found 1995-1999, smoking killed more than 440,000 people that secondhand smoke is responsible for approxi­ States for hanging.. in the United States each year. mately 3,000 lung cancer deaths per year among non­ Tobacco kills more people than AIDS, murder, sui­ smokers. - According to Harvard University Assistant cide, fires, alcohol and all illegal drugs combined, College freshman Amber Brooks said she suffers Paintings Conservator Catherine S. Maurer according to another CDC Morbidity and Mortality from asthma now because her stepfather smoked report from May 23, 1997. when she was little. In Oklahoma, 34.8 percent of young people "My asthma was a lot worse when he did smoke, between the ages of 18 and 24 are current smokers, but when he quit it got a lot better,'' Brooks said. According to Maurer, the library murals were one of according to a 200 I Oklahoma Behavioral Risk Along with lung cancer deaths, smoking during Sargent's favorite projects. He painted them on canvas in Factor Surveillance Survey. pregnancy resulted in an estimated 599 male and 408 England, and upon completion they were rolled up and The same survey also revealed that 8.1 percent of female infant deaths annually, according to an April transported to the United States for hanging. Sargent young people between the ages of 18 and 24 are for­ 12, 2002 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. began the project in 1890. The first panel was installed in mer smokers, and 57.2 percent have never smoked. And not only is tobacco deadly, but it is also cost­ 1895, and the project was more or less completed b:r 1919. Chief of Tobacco Use Prevention Services Doug ly to the economy. While Sargent preferred to work on the murals, hts fame Matheny said one of the main reasons young people The economic costs of smoking are estimated to be and demand as a portniit painter often got in the way of the start smoking is due to the positive image of tobacco about $3,391 per smoker per year, according to the project's completion. products that has been created over the years as a April 12, 2002, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Plans for restoration began in 1999. The federal grant result of the industry's billions of dollars of advertis­ Report. The same report also said that for each pack money kicked off the restoration efforts last summer. The ing. of cigarettes sold in the United States, the nation pays first phase--now in progress-is the construction of an "The only new customers come from young peo­ ple," Matheny said. an estimated $7.18 in medical care costs and lost pro­ educational website that will report on the progression of ductivity. the project. Then, Senior Conservation Scientist Narayan He said the highly advertised cigarette brand Along with costing the government, individual Khandekar and his staff plan to begin analysis of the thick Marlboro was made to appeal to young people. smokers also pay a price in insurance costs. layer of residue obscuring the paintings to determine "Seventy-five percent of high school students in For a level-term 30-year S I 00,000 life insurance exactly what was deposited in each portion of the painting. Oklahoma who smoke, smoke Marlboro,': Matheny policy, it would cost a healthy nonsmoking 30-year­ Paint chips smaller than the tip of a ballpoint pen were "Only 35 percent of adult smokers smoke said. old male $137 per year, said Jack Pinion, an insur­ extracted from portions of the mural with the tip of a Marlboro." ance agent at Allied Insurance in Norman, Okla. scalpel. The specks of paint are then mounted in resin, College freshman Paige Beasley agrees that adver­ Pinion said for a man of the same age who smokes, magnified 250 times and viewed using digital computer tisements by tobacco companies influence young people. the cost would be $340 per year. imaging. . "They think the mortality rate is higher for smok­ A typical cross section might include a layer of pnmer "I think advertising is very powerful, and when you ers than nonsmokers," Pinion said. "They die quick­ that Sargent often used on his canvases, the layers of paint see stuff everywhere, whether you admit it or not, it er." influences you," she said. he used to create and recreate the painting and several lay­ Ki m Cobble, an insurance agent at Shelter insur­ ers of grime. Once a chemical analysis detern'tines what Along with advertising their products to youth, ance, said one of the biggest factors when giving substances are obscuring the paint, a solvent and cleaning tobacco companies know that 70 percent of smokers quotes on insurance is if the client smokes or not. specific portion of the murals. want to quit, but can't, according to the CDC's web­ method are chosen for each site on tobacco use. "Smoking is going to cost more because we don't Discerning the difference between grime and what the expect you to li ve as long," Cobble said. "Your (price Tobacco companies a lso know that of the smokers artist meant to be part of the painting- for example. a thin is] going to be raised up for being a smoker." who try to quit, only about 3 percent succeed, accord­ brown glaze--is crucial, according to Khandekar. Even though smoking kills so many people and The rest is grunt work. According to Maurer. it will tak~ ing to the Dec. 23, 1994 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. costs the government such a large amount of money, between IS and 18 months to painst11kingly rub away Matheny said smoking will never be made illegal. yeors of dust, air pollutants and smoke from the nearby Beasley IS one of the scant few who managed to quit. "No o ne is proposing prohibition because it doesn't Back Boy railroad, inch by inch, with cotton swabs and work," Matheny said. "They've had that experience cleaning solutions. " I started smoking when I was like 17 and I quit it before I turned 19," she said. with alcohol und didn't work." Sargent, a prominent Boston artist of the late 19th and Matheny also said an estimated SO million Beasley said she started smoking initially because early 20th centuries, designed the entirety of S"fllent Hall. Americans are currently addicted to tobacco and that it was a SO(:ial activity, but it soon became a stress Sargent designed the bookcases, wall coverintts and nat­ the soal of Tobacco Use and Prevention Services Is urn! and nrtillclnl lighting-right down to the bmss rele~ . IlK· "to do what works,''- whlch includes elimlnatina tures- to enhnnce the experience of viewing "Triumph of " I didn't like the way it smelled and I was ~etting smokina In work and public places; IVe&!IY increas­ Religion." The restoration staff will also work to restore tick, pltins colds all the time, and I didn't hke the lna the price of claarettes by ralslna the excise tax; way it made my voice scratchy," Beasley said. "So I the llahtlna so that the murals may be viewed j ust as just stopped. It wasn't easy." ellmlnatlna positive lma11ery surroundlna claarcttes Sargent planned. that the media has created and provldln11 help to Collep frethman Travis Spain has not been able to everyone who wants to quit smoking. January 6, 2003 . Columbia Chronicle 9

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0 ACLU sues U. Maryland Individual university affiliates, includ- sion of ideas," said Mark Goodman, exec­ law. ing students, faculty, staff and groups not utive director of the Student Press Law "Those who are challenging the over so-called 'free-speech' affiliated with the university-who are Center. University of Maryland speech zones zones not sp~msored by university departments "More often than not, college adminis­ have a slam-dunk First Amendment case. ~r ~egtstered student organizations-are / trators are not interested in having a col­ The administration would be advised to By Sarah Lesher hmtted to speaking on the Nyumburu 1 lege community with vibrant, unfettered quickly review its policy in light of the Amph!theater stage and distributing liter- debate. They want peace on their watch bold steps by the West Virginia The Diamondback (U. Maryland) ature m front of Stamp Student Union, -no controversy, no interruption of University administration in declaring the (U-WIRE) COLLEGE PARK, Md.­ according to university policy. fund-raising-they just want peace and entire campus a free speech zone rather The Maryland chapter of the American "It's not a public forum just because it's quiet," said Thor Halvorssen, executive than fighting a battle against the Bill of Civ!l Liberties Union is filing a lawsuit a public university,'' said Diane Krejsa, director of the Foundation for Individual Rights which they would have lost," agamst the university, arguing that First university counsel. She said a recent revi- Rights in Education, which has catego­ Halvorssen said. ~mendment free speech guarantees are sion of university policy for the first time rized campuses according to their toler­ ACLU-UM has proposed a student bill vtolated by administration policies that allows outsiders to come onto campus ance for provocative speech. of rights addressing First, Fourth and limit public speaking and literature distri­ and speak unofficially. Krejsa added that The issue of free speech and free Fifth Amendment issues. It has been bution to certain locations on the campus. the state's attorney general had advised speech zones is currently a difficult one approved by the Residence Halls and . T~e campus chapter, ACLU-UM, is the ~dministration that the law does not on many campuses, with pro-life protest­ Student Government Associations but has JOmmg as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said requtre greater access. ers in Texas at the University of Houston not yet gone before the administration, co-president Dan Sinclair, a junior gov­ Sullivan, however, said the Supreme and University of Texas claiming their Sinclair said. ernment and politics major. . Court and other courts have repeatedly rights to free speech were abridged when "What's most important about the stu­ Anthony Romero, ACLU national upheld that a public university is a public they were prohibited from showing large dent bill of rights and free speech on cam­ director, announced plans for the lawsuit forum and may not restrict public speak- photos of aborted fetuses. Students at pus is that it affects everyone whether when he spoke on · tl:le campus in ing or literature distribution, even by Harvard have been upset both by opinion they realize it or not," he said. "If there's December, .said Dwight Sullivan, ACLU­ those who are not members of the campus pieces and class discussions on racial any time for greater awareness regarding MD managmg attorney. community. minorities, and by perceived attempts to civil liberties, it's now," Sinclair said, "The very purpose of the university's "From a philosophical standpoint, you suppress the frank discussion of ideas that referring to post-Sept. 11 restrictions College Park flagship campus is to hav~ to question the rationale for a uni- are not considered "politically correct." under the USA Patriot Act and elsewhere. advance knowledge. The university is verstty to regulate free and open expres- The Supreme Court is considering the He said he thought the free speech law­ closing down ·the expression of view­ sion when it is not disruptive. Simply say- question of whether potentially intimidat­ suit against the university administra­ points. I can't understand why they want ing that [non-disruptive] expression is not ing speech is protected with respect to tion's restrictions on free speech "will to do it," Sullivan said. appropriate goes against the idea of the two different cases of cross burning in definitely bring this to the attention of unive':5~7 as a place for the free expres- Virginia, which is prohibited under state students." . ' Colleges-strive to -meet INS deadline ·- .--P-r-of_e_s_so_r_s_s_ho_u_t__

0 INS bumps·up deadline for Thomas said the INS helped ease the transition by schools to register international allowing schools to have more designated school officials entering the data into SEVIS, but bugs in 'racism' on campus students the computer system have to be fixed first. "The hard part is getting a large computer data 0 St. Cloud State University By Elizabeth Dunbar system to work,'' she said. "That seems so far away professors again warn of racism even though it's Jan. 30." Minnesota Daily (U. Minnesota) The INS announcement also clarifies when old 1- (U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS- Th~ -Immigration 20 forms are 'no longer valid. . By Kristina Torres and Naturalization Service Dec. II announced a Though former I-20s will not expire until the deadline for universities to comply with an Intemet­ August deadline, Thomas said the international Knight Ridder Newspapers services office issued a travel warning for interna­ b¥ed international studenr tracking system. ST. PAUL, Minn.-Two St. Cloud State University professors have tional students. The warning recommends students The Aug. I ,.2003, deadline was set for schools to sent !heir second letter within a year discouraging minority students traveling abroad over winter break come into the have all international students entered into the from attending the school. office. Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, The letter from Myrtle "Buster" Cooper and Michael Davis began "We want people to be aware of what documents which sends information about international stu­ arriving Monday at nine Twin Cities-area high schools with a warning they need for arrival and departure," Thomas said. dents to the INS. to parents about "a community with a long and sordid record of Universities must start issuing SEVIS 1-20 forms­ SEVIS spokesman Chris Bentley said the system will eventually speed up the process for students racism." the new document verifying international students' The two, who sent their previous letter last February, said !hey wanting to study in the United States. association with a U.S. institution-to new interna­ again wanted to spur change by putting St. Cloud State under a micro­ tional students beginning Jan. 30, 2003. "SEVIS is not going to have an effect on them being able to get into the United States," he said. scope. The new deadline benefits schools that start But, on a campus buffeted recently by a series of bias-related com­ Information such as address, course load and spring semester after Jan. 30, giving them more plaints and reports, at least one school official criticized the letter. Les field of study are entered into the database and time to enter new students into the system. But the Green, cultural diversity director in the College of Education, ques­ tracked. Students must report changes to avoid con­ August deadline requires school officials to have all tioned "whether telling a series of truths in a way that creates the students in the system earlier than the preliminary sequences, such as being forced to leave the coun­ try to renew their visas. wrong impression, whether that's a lie or not." October 2003 deadline. "From a parent's standpoint, my obligation is to teach their child to Vinay Nangia, a graduate student from India, said The August deadline does not change the timeline be tough," said Green, who is black. " I tell them St. Cloud is probably SEVIS will require him to take full responsibility for schools having difficulties getting the computer the best place to learn how to handle white people." for his visa status. system running. Minorities comprise about I 0 percent of the student body, and the "The burden has shifted upon us now," he said. "What I' m continuing to tell faculty is that we university runs several diversity-related programs, including Green's "It just seems like a new hassle to take care of on can expect a rocky road for several months," said "teacher of color project," which recruits minority students to the edu­ top of everything else we're doing." Kay Thomas, International Student and Scholar cation college. Services director. But Cooper, who retired from teaching in 1998, and Davis, associ­ ate professor of teacher development, said they are simply sticking to facts and leaving the interpretation up to parents. Their earlier letter, Campus Fact: Post-graduation plans sent to at least 40 high schools, churches and community groups, warned that residency in St. Cloud "can be hazardous to black peo­ ple." KRT Student Monitor "They've had a long-standing problem here and they've always tried to rely on cover-ups, deflections and diversions," said Cooper. Six months after graduation, students expect to: " We think parents need to know about it." Unlike !he last letter, when Cooper and Davis attached newspaper clippings and other documents, the men this time used three pages to Total% Freshmen Seniors support their warning with both media and legal references to recent 49 44 62 events on and off campus. Employed full-time They also encourage parents to conduct their own investigation. Grad school full-time 28 29 24 "Since there are 20 plus degree granting colleges and universities in 4 4 Minnesota, it may be prudent for black students, parents and coun­ Traveling 5 selors to consider other schools until there is convincing evidence that Grad school part-time 5 3 6 racial problems have been solved in town and on campus," they 2 wrote. Employed part-time 2 Complaints of racism on St. Cloud State's 18,401-student campus Military 2 go back more than a decade, but it's been in the past two years that they've come to the fore. Separate reports by the Jewish Community In the Peace Corps/ Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas and the Equal volunteering <1 3 Employment Opportunity Commission questioned the school's credi­ 0 1 bility in dealing with diversity. Unemployed <1 Two weeks ago, the university settled a federal lawsuit filed last Don't know 10 18 3 year by three professors and a student alleging anti-Semitism on the campus of the state's second largest public university. That settlement involved a class-action lawsuit thought to be the (Siudent Monitor publishes nationally syndicated market research st~ies ?fthe college student market. For this survey 1,200 nation's first based on anti-Semitism at a public state university. full·time undergraduates at four-year colleges and un.versattes were mtervaewed.) 12 ·January 6, 2003 COMMENTARY Columbia Chronicle Editorials AIDS awareness needs a boost HIV/AIDS is a disease that continues dents are sexually active, according to the to grow within America's college student CDC. Thirty-four percent of those students community. One in 500 college students is said they have had more than six partners, HI V positive, according to the Centers for according to an agency study. Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS is a disease that grows " We' ve only seen the tip of the iceberg exponentially. When infected students of the AIDS phenomenon in this country," don' t get tested and remain sexually active said Victoria Shannon, director of the it spreads. Office of Gay and Lesbian Student The Office of Gay and Lesbian Student Concerns. "It's very scary because most Concerns is making an outstanding effort people who are infected don't realize they to stop the spread of HIV I AIDS. Before are," she said. the office's inception two years ago, the Most experts on the disease say that the issue was neglected completely. biggest problem in abating HIV/AIDS Recently, the office cut a deal with growth is educating people about how it is Better Existence With HIV, a nonprofit transmitted and reinforcing ways to pre­ mobile HIV support organization, to pro­ vent it. vide monthly HIV testing for Columbia Columbia's Office of Gay and Lesbian students. They will be on campus Feb. 12. Student Concerns sought to do just that This testing is a step in the right direc­ during the recent AIDS Awareness Week­ tion. But the undertaking is much too large Dec. 2 to 6. Despite efforts of the office's for one student affairs office to shoulder. one staff member, getting the message out The college needs to do more than sim­ to a majority of students fai led. ply acknowledge that it is cognizant of the Only !50 students attended the week­ disease: It must supply more resources to long, five-event educational series with help students stop it from spreading. In awareness speakers, panel discussions, order for AIDS awareness and abatement performances and a health fair, which was among Columbia students to become a designed to increase knowledge of reality, Columbia administrators need to HIV/AIDS. That's roughly I percent of the make it a priority. A comm itment to fund­ student body. ing, streamlining the message (brochures, This is an issue that students and col­ condoms, etc.) in all departments and lege officials must be more proactive about adding services to the health center must because it can be a matter of life and death. be enforced to demonstrate to students the An estimated 86 percent of college stu- grave reality of the disease. Bilingual staff needed now Question: What if Columbia could pering their children's education. Parents improve its minority retention, increase may also lose out on scholarships and student satisfaction and improve relation­ grants available to their children. ships with its students and their parents, all · Few could possibly argue that the cur­ for only $60,000 a year? It's possible, it's rent lack of Spanish-speaking employees is easy, and the Latino Alliance has an idea not a problem. With a small compromise of how it could happen. Hire two bilingual hiring two bilingual staff members, staff members-one for the Office of though, that problem could be easily Student Financial Services and another for solved. There are millions of Spanish­ the Admissions Office. speaking Chicagoans. How hard would it War may change college life Latino Alliance members first brought be to hire two of them? up this idea at the Speak-Out on Dec. 4, The impact, on the other hand, would And there is yet to be a voice heard when they suggested that Spanish-speak­ be dramatic. Students and parents could By Angela Caputo in favor of war. ing staff might improve the experience of speak confidently to school employees, Assistant Editor Students seem to be banking on Latino students at Columbia. thus gaining access to information and the current stock of soldiers staffing a The solution is simple and the facts are advice in their first language. war. Most students think it's unlikely President George W. Bush said that a war against Iraq would deplete clear. In the fall of 2001, about II percent As of Dec. 12, Columbia officials met "the signs are not encouraging" that of Columbia students were Latinos, 63 per­ with members of the Latino Alliance and Iraq will disclose· and disarm the armed forces enough that a draft cent were white and 18 percent were committed to addressing this problem. It would be enacted. But is it really that weapons of mass destruction in com­ unlikely? Isn't registering for the African-American. In Cook County, there remains to be seen how quickly they do so. pliance with the U.N. mandate. were more than one million people who Due to the small financial expenditure Sure, there is good reason to draft still mandatory? With nearly the entire Arab world identified themselves as Hispanic or required, students should expect the col­ doubt that Hussein will do an about Latino in Census 2000. There are 753,644 lege to act almost immediately. face after more than a decade of defi­ up in arms about a United States driv­ people in the city of Chicago alone who The only reasonable argument against ance. But Bush's lack of hope leaves en strike on Iraq, this impending war identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino. the case for hi ring Spanish-speakers might Aihericans wondering if he is disin­ could escalate quickly. And so could More than three-quarters of them be: If Columbia gets more Spanish-speak­ terested in reaching a peaceful agree­ the need for soldiers. (625,240) say they speak Spanish at home ing staff members, where would it draw ment. Wake up students! It could be and half of those people say they cannot the line? Would there be French-speaking This hawkish tone has all but you. speak English very well. admissions officers or Italian-speaking promised war and the American peo­ The days of college deferment are It's an obvious need. Columbia's financial aid officers? ple will have no choice but to be long gone. Since the reinstatement of administration is constantly saying it But reducing the need to a fairness involved. the draft in 1980, the provision that exempted college students from the would like to reach out to African­ issue ignores this underlying fact: Latinos Among Columbia's students, the American and Latino students, and has make up by far the largest population of lack of outrage or support for this draft was thrown out. Now, any col­ already received a $200,000 grant from the non-English-speaking citizens in Chicago drive toward war is disconcerting. lege student tapped for war would Department of Education to improve and are becoming an increasingly large Columbia students are not alone in have until the end of the semester to minority retention. Latino students are at a percentage of society. It is fair that their apathy. College students nation­ wrap up his studies. Seniors would be high risk of not graduating from Columbia should seek to help those who wide seem to be ignoring the reality able to delay enlistment until the end Columbia- about 4 percent of Latino men need help. By avoiding the matter, we do that college-aged people are top can­ of the current school year before and II percent of Latino women fail to them, and ourselves, a disservice. didates for manning a war, should one gearing up for combat. And with the graduate in four years. When more than 1.5 million of the break out. military requiring more sophisticated Often times, those students feel alienat­ inhabitants of our city are French, then, Merely two groups Jed by soldiers to operate highly technologi­ ed and left out due to problems they or cal weaponry, college students and perhaps, we can talk about French-speak­ Columbia students, Not in Our Name their parents have when trying to commu­ ing employees. Right now, though, there graduates are the most ideal candi­ ni cate with faculty or staff. Discussing and On the Ground, and the College are many Latinos inadequately served by Council have taken the initiative to dates. financial issues is an especially important Students need to stand up and rec­ Columbia departments. The sooner college try to educate students on the pres­ problem. officials act on this matter, the better. ognize that talk of war could quickly When Spanish-speaking parents are not ence of a potential war. But their turn into actual warfare. And they If the Columbia community is serious messages don't seem to be catching able to talk with Spanish-speaking office could end up on the front lines, fight­ about improving minority retention, they on. Only a dozen or so students have workers, interaction becomes difficult and must take action, and the first step of that ing a war they are ambivalent some parents may instead choose to avoid taken organized action speaking out about-or against- before they even action is clear: Seek out and hire two new against a military campaign with Iraq. these potentially embarrassing or difficult bilingual employees, thereby proving our realize how they got there. communications altogether, further ham- school is committed to diversity.

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By Pollna Goldshteln Creativity is also what Pate Staff Writer Conaway said he was shooting for in his collection of letters. In an age of hyper-media and Although he is not a student in technology advancements, a per­ the class, teacher Doug Stapleton sonal touch in communications is asked Conaway to participate all the more valuable. and share his mail art collection. Collections of postcards, love Long ago at a party, Conaway letters, school notes and personal started corresponding with his correspondence between family roommate under fake names. The and friends are on display at the letters are witty, funny and polit­ Hok.in Gallery, 623 S. Wabash ically incorrect at times. They Ave., through Jan. 7. created a mother-daughter corre­ Curated by I 0 Visual Arts spondence that has lasted for 12 Management graduate students, · years. "Dear - Our lives in letters" Stapleton and Julie Caffey, openedDec. 9. Even though par­ who co-taught the class, helped ticipation in the exhibition is a the students arrange the exhibi­ requirement for their Museum tion. Stapleton displayed the and Gallery Practices class, the boyhood letters her penned to his stui:lents chose the theme them­ father in Vietnam in 1970-1971. selves. Students also wrote state­ "It was easy to decide on my ments about their work, offering collection pick," Stapleton said. their interpretations and curating "It seemed like a perfect choice." their own installations. Caffey displayed letters writ­ "The mailbox symbolizes her ten by her parents to each other independence from me, and a before they divorced. "My moth­ mother letting go, while still des­ er sent me the letters, saying that perately waiting for her letters," they are a proof they once loved Margarita Roman said about her each other," Caffey said. installation. Roman's daughter Collections from other stu­ went to Ghana for a semester dents include World War II post­ during college and sent her moth­ cards; pictures from the er letters. She said it was difficult Philippines; letters a grand­ for them to communicate daughter who moved to the because only a few things were United States wrote to her grand­ available in Ghana, which made mother in Korea; school notes every letter special. between girlfriends; correspon- "I love you with al~ my heart . dence between and inmate an and I don't want to be without artist. you," Nissan Wasfie's girlfriend As different as the stories of wrote him in a series of love let­ e.ach collection are, they all share ters while they dated in school. the same underlying meaning: The installation is done in a time­ they were created as a way to line format, running from the keep in touch with loved ones, to beginning to the end of their rela­ correspond with friends across tionship and includes letters that the globe, to preserve precious are · serious, funny, playful and moments and to keep those mem­ creative. ories alive forever.

Fernando I A La Pocha Nostra performance artist cleans a M-16 rifle with an American flag during 'The Brown Sheep Project' in the Glass Curtain Gallery. No holds barred in '.borderless' art show Peila and Juan Ybarra; their experimental La Pocha By Fernando Dlaz Nostra collective and students from both Columbia Staff Writer and Northwestern University. Once the gallery doors opened, the facial expres­ To the uninitiated, waiting in the crowd that filled sions of the entering audience members were just as the II 04 S. Wabash Ave. building lobby for the much a part of the spectacle as the performance-­ closing night of the two-day "The Brown Sheep the goal of which is to erase cultural, racial, gender Project" series might have seemed uneventful for a and generational borders to create new identities highly anticipated Columbia art show. But once from the ashes. inside the green-light district just behind the doors Bathed in the glow of green light- and among to the Glass Curtain Gallery, it was clear that there the smell of burning sage and the blur of a wander· was nothing normal about this show. ing fog- were five stages where artists, clad in Stacie rreuaenoerg~l;nromc~e "The Brown Sheep Project," a multidisciplinary "Mad Max"-esque costumes either writhed, danced, performance art show that comments on interracial or sat as living sculptures on display. (Front) Katherine Buggenhager and her sister Beth, check out relations, was an exciting collaboration between Katherine's collection of World War II letters in the exhibit 'Dear , Our acclaimed performance artists Guillermo G6mez- See Brown Sheep Project, page 20 lives in letters at the Hokln Gallery. - January 6, 2003 'i6 Ai1s & Entertainment < Polanski returns to form with 'The Pianist'

Assistant ME Editor On .f>ee. U, itwont 10 -print. 'l1» capdons were 'Yritletr; t1Je byliit6~ ·~ tbe toP.)' ed)t· ed. Come .tUM, st~ts will .crack tM biitdh\g, thumb through. the entries and sctutini;e the index for how many pages they're feafuied on­ an impUcit barotneterofhigh school popularity. It wilf undoubtedly sit on a shelf and fade from memory-gather{ng dust until tht need 10 check a face/name combo arises. Yet one page, one photo in fact, will 'be bti.rd to forget anyt,ime soon. Two months. ago, news broke of'a butlabal06 a- brewing at C{ete.Mo.nee .High ScltOOI w, SO,IIth suburban C(e.,~111t It appears the. ~ll'ldt class nominated1asp-tWo (e,males as the schooJ's ' "cutest couple"'for publication in tbt school•s 11Mual yearbook. Other "Seniors Best' <13tt· • Photos by Guy FomlfldisiFoaJs Feawres gbries include the standard btltlal "most Ukefy 10 Adrien Brody plays Wladyslaw Szpilman, a famous composer and su rvior of a World War ll·era Polish ghetto, In Roman succepd" and,~ fa'iorite, ''most likely to shock Polanski's 'The Planial' us at our reunion."' fuitially, schoolmticials recoiled-4 ptedidable move for the.draiillll' By Michael Hlrtzer unsentimental view of what actually $18.rVed wl,Ute·bfead 'burbf. went down. That's reall5' rare in films. ,. At i hauglrtj :Pfo411C:t of'the s:te tl!fgan A&E Editor ROMAN And it's rare for us. It's a wonderful opportunity because it's a compelling ~::~'f-ttft~~ . Jnjtii)~: n The Pianist, Wladyslaw POLANSKI story, it's a beautiful story, but at the felt a twinge dtp)ty for )hese young lid!~ , t Szpilman continues to play the same time, we can benefit so much wwned. wrongly, that their amioll!ltrit.WU piano as Germany bombs 810 because it gives Yl>U some insight." one ofpat'roUi7iltioq--a Joke. But iit the ' Warsaw during the onset of His costar, German-born Thomas fJreStorm of c:ontrovers1 that foUow~aWned. World War II. As his Polish radio Kretschmann, who plays Capt. by a~ full of media hypo-some of Crete­ Istation rumbles and fills with smoke Hosenfeld, said the film gets a great Monee s hi~ school students did something and debris, Szpilman (Adrien &ody) response in Germany. He said some wholly capncioUS! tbef walked out. s~ $fu,. continues to play elegant classical Born Ralmund Liebling in Paris Germans are angered when they are deuts'(a nominal Jot outo£1,500, bvt stiJf n~ music, waiting until the last possible 1933, Roman Polanski's tw'bulent and portrayed as wholly evil villains. "This worthy} protested 1)\e school's dela9 a.tl!f;;as \hey moment to stop and escape, even paus­ oft divisive life has served as dark fod­ is a film that shows precisely how it contended, lti,ldings ofa ~phObic; 1m$_tOWllrd ing, in near pandemonium, to converse der for his 30-plus years of filmmaking. was. It's like there have been evil the couple. Vive ht.Revolution! Ma,x{miheit with a beautiful fan. At seven, the Nazis overtook his Germans, but there have been some Robesplerre would be proud. This scene summarizes the spirit and Krakow neighborhood, his parents good," he said. Despite my' early presumptiOII'S ~t the girls endurance of Szpilman, a Polish Jew, forced to concentration camps-his Kretschmann said, "Technically you were victims ofmJsdirected, student-generated ' survivor of World War II, famous com­ mother, a Russian Jew, dying in don't have anything to do with [the ang$1, it apPearS now that the voting was legit­ poser and the subject of Roman Auschwitz at eight months pregnant Holocaust), but you feel very responsi· the couple, individually, is reportedlY popular Polanski's latest film . Based on The early plight of Polanski, who evad­ ble." Every German school class visits within the hierarchy of their school, Classmates Szpilman's memoir of the same name, ed the camps, survived his peril via a concentration camp, he added. · revealed the couple have been dating since the The Pianist is a film about an individ­ escapism: the occasional voyage to the Brody said, "There was a tremen· beginning oftbt school year. And some ofthose ual who loses his family, sees thou­ cinema acted as simple solace in an oth­ do us amount of work of on my part to students, at least a small faction oflhem, appear sands murdered, yet stills holds on to erwise complex time. almost cultivate a sense of sadness and to have been fairly adamant about the school's hope. In the mid-1950s, Polanski delved deprivation in order for me to feel that stance-several were suspended for participating It is, perhaps, Polanski's most into Polish cinema before immigrating I can honestly portray [Szpilman]." He in the \Ylllkout They concluded the stbool was important film. At the age of seven, to England. There, he directed the hor­ said he had to Jose 30 lbs. and take stonewalling the entire .issue in an effort to pull Polanski escaped the Krakow ghetto. ror/drama Cul-de-Sac ( 1966) and piano lessons everyday in order to the plug on the. nomination' all togetller. He directs the film in a knowing but starred in the satire Dance of the Jearn the complicated Chopin compo­ With pressure from students and a mounting nonjudgmental manner, letting the Vampires (1967) where he met Sharon sitions in the film. press core, 1M school released a statement outlin­ camera slowly pan across the unimag· Tate, an American-born actress. Tate Wearing a black vest and tie with his mg its aCtions. S!ll}>risin~, $Ch.o0lofficials said inable destruction of an entire city, and Polanski wed in 19(i8. Yet at the hair about chin length, Brody, who they woul4 allow~ destgnaflo'Q. i(the fesbian with buildings leveled as far as the eye pinnacle of his professional lifo-mar· turned 26 on Dec. 23, said, "[The couple's WeilW e.:idorsed the vott: hnplyi.ng tb,e can see. (Schindler's List's Allan ried with a baby on the way, his fii'St Pianist) made me realize what's really tWo would uhdoub\ed\Y grow up 10 ~ tbis. Starski was the film's set designer.) American film, Rosemary !r Baby'$ in important and how important it is to My parents dkln't have 10 sign any-~ for In his director's letter, Polanslc.i theater&-Polanski's personal life was try and not bring more negativity into my ''class individual" title-l doubt Crete­ wrote that he chose Szpilman's mem­ uprooted. Along with three of Polanski's the world and try and appreciate [and) Monee's does either. oir for his "almost cool and scientific friends, Charles Manson's infamous clan not take things for granted. Appreciate But sexual prefete~;~Ce ~ a bit ofa sticky .issue objectivity." The Piani3t tackles the murdered and dismembered Tate in her what you have. for school officials, as this case proves. complex situation of World War II, Hollywood home. Like his mother, she "It was such a sad thing to really see "Because sex preterc.nce is such a ~rivate giving both evil 'Poles and good Poles was eight months pregnant. what loss we have seen in a century­ issue," the district's s~kespersotl Sue. Rossi told and evil Germans and good Germans Living in Europe, Polanski released what a treme11dously profound the ChicagQ 'l'rlb!lllc, uld was happy Roman Polanski was mak· Polanski's films were met with mod· one of the most difficult things I had to have been llstonlna to tile student~ \lnllke ing it-he considered him hi s only est critical praise while box office endure," he said. "However, it makes the adult av.i. ~ ~e w · friend and co-producer Gene remains In Franco. - Chrli Coatl3 that's when you really grow," he said. void of pollttcs or eqllll ~-.hl$.w

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movie is about two co-workers who rub man who narrates from a reception area in Still, this is probably a little thinner than each other the wrong way in ·person but the afterlife where he is waiting to see ' some ofthe other offerings. carry on an anonymous love affair through , whether.he is headed up or down. What fol­ the mail contains a beautifully illustrative lows is a tender recap of the man's life. To Be or Not To Be • Lubitsch scene. This isn't as funny as some of the other Maybe the funniest of any of the movies After the main plot line has been nearly offers here, but it's a sweet, complex and showing-iltl uncanny distinction since it By Dixon Pattlck resolved, the shop owner stands outside his often jaw-dropping look at one person's focuses on a theatrical troupe in Poland at store, as snow begins to fall, and asks his moral circumstances and decisions. And the height of World War II. The story's love Contributing Writer employees, one by one, ifthey would like to though only somewhat visible on video, the triangle, involving two actors and a pilot, is join him for a Christmas Eve dinner. Technicolor should sparkle on the big less convincing given the backdrop, but the All this month, the Gene Siskel Film Lubitsch balances the hapl;'iness of the screen. slapstick manner in which the Nazi officers Center, 164 N. State St., will be offering owner for his employees with the man's are portrayed is so 11llique and bracing that audiences a chance to see the Hollywood growing desperation and loneliness. The Trouble in Paradise it makes up for the film's shan­ work of Ernst Lubitsch. "Lubitsch in snow functions as a joyous symbol of holi­ A critical favorite, long unavailable on comings. The slapstick isn't the kind of Hollywood" is a program of 14 movies by day cheer as well as a building force threat­ video but soon to be released on DVD. helpless buffoonery of the Keystone Cops, one of the most consistently thrilling and ening to swamp the owner. Despite this film's acclaim, its virtues are but rather stems from the officers' involve­ engaging directors ever to work under the Lubitsch 's real and always surprising slightly overrated. A love triangle develops ment in a ridiculous regime, in which they old studio system. "Lubitsch in Hollywood" accomplishment was weaving strains of between two jewel thieves and a rich woman are paralyzed and stripped of their humani­ runs through Jan. 30. Tickets are $8; $4 for comedy and drama, elation and despair, from whom they intend to steal. The emo­ ty by their devotion to and fear ofHitler., A members. For more information call (312) and formula and realism into one seamless tional turns and exchanges are satisfYing and scene of a Nazi soldie.r jum,Ping out of a 846-2600 or visit siskelfilmcenter.org. sensibility that drives all of his pictures. the lack of villainy in any of the main char­ plane without a parachute, influenced by acters is refreshing. The opening, featuring militaristic hysteria, is fuMy, shocking, The Shop Around the Cornel' Heaven Can Wait a gondolier rowing a gondola filled with and politically astute all at once. Jack A venerable classic, having suffered Perhaps Lubitsch's signature piece, and garbage while belting opera with convic­ BeMy's performance· is expected and through two remakes since its release. This my personal favorite. Don Ameche plays a tion, is illustrative of the "Lubitsch Touch." impressive.

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show your colors January 6, 2003 Arts & Entertainment 19 Film puts Kissinger on trial

By Chris Coates consulting company's fo reign clients documents from his stint in the White Assistant A&E Editor (including, some say, Saudi Arabia), House-piquing audience interest very well might have led to Kissinger's about exactly what the former head stepping down from the 9/ 11 post on has to hide. The documents-which When Pres ident Bush, compelled by Dec. 13. most administration staff make pub­ Congress, was forced to create an inde­ One such critic was Christopher lic after leav ing the White House pendent committee to study the govern­ Hitchens, a Briton and former writer sans harm ful details-are to be ment 's part in the Sept. 11 terrorist with Vanity Fair and contributor to released five years after' Ki ssinger's assault, the choice of Henry Kissinger Atlantic Monthly, Mother Jones, death. fit perfectly into the Bush paradigm-. Newsday as well as author of a score of In short, the film outlines Kissinger's or so critics claimed. Many consider foreign policy-related texts on modern "war criminal" label, an idea that I-laig Ki ssinger-the National Security culture. In his book, The Trial ofH enry . shudders to ponder. And if Kissinger's Adviser in the Nixon White House and Kissinger, Hitchens paints the former persona is anything like that of the later Ford's Secretary of State-the secretary (who now heads a fore ign fi lm's viv id narrative, his resigning master craftsman of modern U.S. for­ interest-consulting firm) as a war crim­ from the 9/ 11 commission is hardly e ign policy. inal on the lam. In 200 I , Kissinger was due to his own guilty mindset. However, his critics-and there are served a warrant in his Paris hotel room The fi lm utilizes the fine art of many- consider the Nobel Peace Prize­ ordering him to testify in the matter of peppering stock footage with on­ winning Kissinger a master of govern­ Chilean President Augusto Pinochet's screen government documents, many ment secrecy and an egregious violator assassination in 1976. He has been stamped w ith "for your eyes only." of human rights, a Ia Slobodan the subject of war crime charges in In a lighthearted moment in an Milosevic. Editorials galore, mainly in England , Argentina and Brazil. And Photo by Joe MarqueVAP otherwise straight-laced documen­ the independent and foreign press, although Kissinger's performance in Henry Kissinger, seen here in 1995, is the tary (it's the BBC, recall), Jarecki pointed out Kissinger's ideal qualifica­ print is hardly positive, a new fi lm subject of a controversial documentary, renders Kissinger as a b it of a tions for Bush's panel (even though he based on Hitchens' text adds to accusing him of war crimes and other celebrity debutant-mingling with voiced concerns with the president'.s Kissinger's already bruised persona. atrpcities. · celebrities at cocktail parties, grac­ . use of force in Iraq). Presented by the BBC in its signa­ ing magazine covers and other­ Kissinger knows a thing or two about ture documentary format, The Trials his future s.tance on foreign policy. wise becoming a political pop keeping things under wraps, a trait that of Henry Kissinger brid ges Hitchen 's In all, The Trials of Henry Kissinger icon-and before McCain made it would have likely led to his keeping muckraking accusations with idyllic paints an ugly picture of a categori­ chic. In this respect, Kissinger tight reins on the panel's findings of commentary and footage. The fi lm cally shady man w ith a grim past. It lives for his authority. For him, "intelligence fai lures." Such derision features interviews with The New proceeds at a break-neck pace, layer­ power and its exertion make him from the outset, coup led with the for­ York T imes' William Safire, a fierce ing charge after charge of Kissinger's the person he is-a notion Trials mer secretary's refusal to identify his critic of Kissinger's policies in the injudiciousness: He jumps ship from uses to ex plain Kissinger's policy Vietnam War; Reagan's Secretary of the Johnson administration when choices in the White House. State Alexander Haig; and Hitchens THE TRIALS Nixon wins the election; he draws out himself. Haig, a close comrade to the Vietnam War and bombs neigh­ Read anything lately? OF HENRY Kiss inger in his White House years, boring Cambodia for Nixon's politi­ KISSINGER says Hitchens "sucks the sewer cal gain; he calls for assassinations, (besides this ad ) pipe." That sentiment is effectively overthrows governments and com­ THE CHRONICLE Run Time: 80 Miinutes projected onto Kissinger himself. mits · genocide against foreign civil­ wants your Rated: Unrated Director Eugene Jarecki examines ians. fl!aturing: Henry Kissinger Kissinger's early life in Holocaust­ In perhaps the most damning hint B o o k R e views Director: Alex Gibney and era Germany and-though he never at the severity of his clandestine rela­ Call th e Publ ishing Lab Eugene Jareckl- says it explicitly-implies the set­ tions, Kissinger has practically cut ( 312) 344 · 8043 ting had a primary effect on shaping off any effort to publish his personal "·

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Attendees were initially stunned by the Thai kickboxing trunks and short red troupe's delivery. No fewer than 10 per­ heels, he addressed sculpture of individu­ formers were acting out their "identities" als and on lookers that began to form. The as part of the project- which also strived artists and. participating members of the to create bonds between emerging and audience climbed the stage-and on top established artists and to create temporary of one another-resembling mannequins communities by erasing the imaginary bor­ as G6mez-Peila moved their arms, sug­ der between t~e artists and the spectators. gested poses and surveyed the results to The next three hours would turn inno­ assure that the sum of the message was cent bystanders into willing participants not drowned out by any one individual. with a cultural, generational, spiritual and The image they bore harnessed corpo­ multimedia melange of twisted social rate symbols to self-effacing effect. They iconography. G6mez-Peila started the illustrated the sense of victimization by evening sitting quietly in a wheelchair as forces commonly perceived as having a techno shogun in football pads, a metal worth greater than that of human individ­ chest plate and painted wrist guards. uals. One member held an oil can near La Pocha Nostra artist Michelle another's mouth. One man pointed a rifle Ceballos rubbed a U.S. flag up and down at a baby held by its mother. Another per­ Fernando Diaz/Ghronicle the shaft of an M-16 rifle as Ybarra­ son simulated sodomy-a theme present wearing little more than blue pockmarks, throughout the performance-while his A man test his threshold for pain on his altar·esque platform as part of the 'The Brown face paint and a feathered Prince Albert partner winced in imaginary pain. Sheep Project.' The performance art series aims to erase boundaries between the per· piercing on the head of his penis-danced As the sculpture froze into position, formers and the audience. violently. He took up a bazooka, helmet, G6mez-Peila raised the bullhorn to his goggles and crucifix to combat an imag­ lips, "We are getting close to the end of English nor Spanish. After hurling the last into position between the others. A total ined enemy as an Apocalyptic Aztec western civilization!" While the audience· piece, he put the mask on and placed his of 21 artists built the final diorama. Dancer. On another stage, a female artist stared agape, he intoned, "Next image, wrists through ropes on the cross' arms. Ceballos-now clad in a gas mask and in a lace red bra and panties contorted her­ go!" One by one the remaining artists took a leather bodice with tubes running from self into compromisi ng positions. The human sculpture then disassembled the stage as a Snoop Dogg song blared its chest to its waist- ran a bow across At first it was impossible for the audi­ and moved to another stage where G6mez­ through the space. G6mez-Peila sent them the strings of the violin on her arm. ence to move around. The placement of Peiia's instructions involved crafting an up one by one, posing them as well. The accompanying an operatic song that the stages and their "exhibits" moved and image to send to President George W. resulting image encapsulated the theme played. several of the artists interacted with the Bush. As more of the audience joined this of the performance: Nothing is sacred or G6mez-Peila sat patiently next to this audience. Two of them brushed the heads stage, other artists continued their perfor­ taboo, only that which we allow to be momentary masterpiece, gently pulling and shoulders of people with their mances on their respective stages. defined as such for us. the last drag from his cigarette. The Native-American headdresses as they On one stage, a student dressed as a The 6-foot-tall naked man stood on gallery fell silent except for the music. sifted through the ranks of those trying to brown-faced maid dusted a statue that one side of the cross. Opposite him stood Then it died as well. As the audience find a path from one spot to the next. looked like Julie Andrews from The an actor representing a Muslim man held looked on, the artists stood stil l. After The untamed "community" that sprout­ Sound of Music and sang patriotic an M-16 in a soldier's stance. In front of standing in silence a while, G6mez-Peila ed during the first phases of the perfor­ anthems before abruptly breaking into a them was a member of the audience, pressed the butt of his cigarette out with mance exploded with sexual energy. The rap. Next to her, two artists simulated sex picked only for thfs scene, with his the heel of his shoe, wondering aloud, "Is artists shea all inhibitions, fleshing out against an appropriated Columbia hands clasped together as if in prayer. In this the end? Would you not like to make the nature of the characters they had Chronicle stand. The dominant character, his lap sat the artist in red lace. A man the last statement?" worked so hard to represent. On a stage a man in a short fitted skirt and tall black costumed as a Native American held the G6mez-Peila went on· to ask of no one near the entrance, a woman wearing little high-heeled platform boots pounded his sage he had been burning all night, hold­ in particular, "When are we going to more than a loincloth fashioned from the female partner against the display. ing it in front of him as he knelt before break the silence?" Mexican flag sat patiently in the Baddha Back near the door, G6mez-Peila's liv­ the audience watching offstage. But in many ways, countless silences Konasana-a pose in which her legs were ing piece morphed into a glam-rock like Each of the individuals who mounted had already been broken. The troupe had crossed before her and her hands rested group portrait embodying the antithesis of ,the stage adapted to the metamorphic already pushed the envelope far beyond gently on her thighs with her fingertips the homogeny present in Gap fashion ads. piece, either grab15ing onto an article of the cutting edge to a place where eJ.~~. pointed upward. "Let's erase the border between art and clothing or another artist-some twisting thing is subject to question. At one point a tall, dark-haired woman life," G6mez-Peila urged via his bullhorn. wearing a magnificent headdress Once the artists were set-many of them approached me. She placed her hand on mooning the would-be photographers my chest and then mumbled unintelligible attempting to capture the image­ words in a foreign tongue, which were G6mez-Peila said rather seriously, "Hi overshadowed by the music playing President Bush!" He then joined the throughout the evening, itself a perfectly group baring his own buttocks for the blended mix of the techno, rock and con­ camera, announcing, "This is a postcard temporary Mexican genres. from Chicago for President Bush!" As Underworld's "Born Slippy," made Near I 0 p.m., the crowd gathered on a famous by the film Trainspouing, stage with a li fe-size crucifix at the back bounced in the background, she leaned in of the gallery where artists who had been to deliver the last of her message. "You blending a combination of biblical should be naked," she whispered con­ scenes and BDSM imagery in riot-gear vincingly, in a seductive tone that could style to shape the final diorama. explain why some people left early and As a rendition of "Mack the Knife" others stayed late. made its way out of the sound system, Suddenly, I noticed that one person G6mez-Peila and his group sat in a semi­ who had waited outside patiently near me circle at the foot of the stage. Ybarra, the was completely naked. At more than 6- apocalyptic warrior, took with him a feet-tall, he was difficult not to notice. mask of the stereotypical depiction of an The word "Alone" was scrawled on his alien from outer space to the foot of the chest in red lipstick. He became a piece in cross. Kneeling before it, he took a loaf of one of the developing "dioramas" that bread, broke it into pieces, threw the would consume the rest of the evening. pieces at the cross' center and yelled As G6mez-Peiia paced around in green words in a foreign language- neither Got hot The arts Be one of the 17 to 24 ~r and build democracy desk is (:urren. tly looking Cor freelance writers. Call (112) Cor more lnf'ormadonl January 6, 2003 Columbia Chronicle 21 . 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un de rg ro 'Ia~S~Mif:n~!sement \L Mon. - Thurs. 8-6, Fri. 8-3 Welcome Back! From the Food Service Staff at the Underground January 6, 2003 SPORTS 23 - Commentary Recent Harvard report ties binge School drinking to sporting events spirit can 0 Study finds sports fans most hazardous when intoxicated 1999, in which fans are considered those who said that By Laura Jensen attending sporting events is "important" or "very impor­ go too far tant" to them. The Daily Iowan Mike Porter, the owner of One-Eyed Jakes and the 0 Riots, crazy fans Summit, said his bars sell approximately 25 to 30 percent (U-W!RE) IOWA CITY, Iowa-College students who more alcohol on home football weekends. He added that spoil fun for others are sports fans are more likely to binge drink than their the numbers also went up for major sporting events that non-fan peers, according to a Harvard School of Public do not involve the Hawkeyes, saying that his establish­ By Kristen Menke Health study released last month. ments opened at 6 a.m. and were packed for the soccer Copy Editor The study showed that among students who drink alco­ World Cup. Andrew Black, the general manager of the hol, 53 percent of athletics fans usually binged when Iowa City Vine Tavern, said sales on football weekends Rivalries between schools are commonplace drinking-compared to 37 percent of female and 41 per­ have been "absolutely" higher with the Hawks' great sea­ in college sports. College administrators cent of male non-sports fans. Also, fans were more likely son. endorse it and coaches know their jobs depend to consider getting drunk a primary reason for drinking Carolyn Cavitt, the acting director of the Stepping Up on a victory. Where a contest between competi­ and were more likely to have drank at least I 0 times in Project, said the group was aware of the study and was tors gets out of control is with the vandalism, the past 30 days. not surpri sed by the findings. drunkenness and mob-mentalities that erupt in Iowa City police Sgt. Mike Brotherton said public­ "It just supports the need for our work and the need to campus riots. intoxication arrests, a good sign that an individual has continue our focus," she said. Nowhere is the rioting fan more prominent been binge drinking, are higher on home football week­ The study attributes the problem to the saturation of than on the campuses of Big Ten schools: Iowa ends. Public-intoxication arrests from Aug. I to Dec. 16 alcohol-industry advertising and sponsorships, which stu­ State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue and were as high as 42 on home football weekends and 23 on dents have observed since they were children. Binge my alma mater Ohio State have all had to deal away game weekends, but on weekends without a game, drinking around sporting events is a cultural expectation with the costs--monetary and otherwise-­ the totals were as low as three. Most of those arrested that has been around for a long time, Cavitt said. when the behavior of fans gets out of control. were people of college age. The study shows that sports fans were more likely to However proud I may feel about having "There is a tradition of tailgating, and the drinking goes have alcohol-related problems ranging from academic attended a Big Ten school, the major distinc­ on for a long period of time," Brotherton said. "They problems to alcohol-related injuries to sexual violence. tion that OSU holds in the public arena is that drink before the game, after the game, and later that Students at schools where 40 or more percent of the of yearly riots after the OSU-Michigan game. night." students declared themselves fans were more likely to Other schools can brag about research, distin­ The survey was conducted at 119 nationally represen­ experience second hand effects from binge drinking, with guished faculty and famous alumni. OSU fans tative four-year universities in 39 states involving 14,000 almost half reporting that they had been assaulted, had can brag about the fact that all three major net­ students. The study is based on a survey, conducted in study time disrupted, or property vandalized. works featured the riots on the national evening news and CNN even covered the riots live from Columbus, Ohio this year. Don't you Kass wish you could be a Buckeye? But, who's responsible for the yearly rioting? Continued from Back Page - Some say' it's the pollee. Others say some fans just get carried away. billboards, signs, even on unsuspecting cameramen. This Drew Berlan, a student at Columbus State is usually carried out by a posse of Kass supporters, some Community College voiced his opinion in an of whom favor wearing green Army helmets and fatigues. article published in OSU's student newspaper, They made themselves noticed during the Olympics by the Lantern, on Nov. 25. "The police were let­ parading an inflatable male doll among spectators. Kass, ting us have fun and bum couches, but people a Hamburg, N.J., native, referred to it as the team man­ took it too far by destroying cars and light ager. poles," Berlan said. "It's too bad a few can ruin Nine of 30 riders in the slopestyle competition were the fun for everyone else." sponsored by Grenade. The Kass brothers, who live near Did you get that? It's alright to set fire to California's Mammoth Mountain, started the company couches, but it's not OK to destroy cars and without a product. All they had was a logo. The gloves light poles. came later. And even the president of the university is Gloves or no gloves, snowboard kids ate it up. not free from criticism. "The perception of him is that he's this aloof, stoner "[President Hollbrook] wanted to get rid of kid that's a skate rat," said Bob Klein, Kass's agent. alcohol around the stadium, and I know that "He's a really focused person who is really smart. People ticked a lot of fans off," said Gregg totally underestimate his intelligence." Samtomieri, an OSU student in the same article Partway through 2002, the company had made nearly in the Lantern. "She just causes too much hate $1 million this year in sales of gloves, T-shirts, sweat­ and hostility by trying to control our behavior." shirts and hats, according to a story in November's Well, excuse me. But when did university­ Outside magazine. sponsored events ever include alcohol for That's in addition to the estimated $200,000 Kass will minors? Even if fans were upset with the deci­ make this year from his snowboarding endorsements, sions the university's president made concern­ Klein said, doubl e the annual amount he made before the ing game day, does that give them the right to Olympics. destroy property, start fires and throw beer bot­ "Grenade Gloves has become the full 'Kilroy is here,"' tles at police officers who are trying to keep the Richards said. "It's everywhere. They hit the nail on the peace? head right when it needed to happen." • Add to that the fact that the majority of the Other companies started spray painting their logos. At rioters don't live in the campus area-they BRECK!NRIDGE, Army green and fatigue patterns were don't have to deal with the aftermath. It's not in. their cars in danger of being flipped and set on As for Kass, he was the only guy competing in head-to­ AP Photo/laura Rauch fire. It's not their houses that get tear gassed. toe light brown. If spray painting has become passe, Kass It's not the rioters who have to explain the Danny Kass won a silver medal in the men's halfpipe at the isn't letting it bother him. He's going in another direction 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. damage to angry landlords. with equal glee. And the media attention this annual ritual "We have a die-cut machine now," Kass said Dec. 15. chased a snowmobile "so I can go into the backcountry gets doesn't help. Getting on the news, no mat­ "We can produce mass quantities of enormous die-cut and injure myself' and a 31-foot 1996 Winnebago ter what the reason, is glamorous. Being part of stickers. Kids are going to be stoked." Warrior, so he and his buddies can tour the country, mak­ something that people talk about, even if it's He's a successful entrepreneur, draws cool designs on ing competition stops along the way. only to criticize, is alluring. Everyone wants 15 his snowboard, and sang with a high school band called He's also putting together a Grenade team video, due minutes of fame. Devoting so much time to Bent Metal. So doesn't that snowb oard stereotype bug out in September. Its working title: Night of the Living last year's riots and police preparations for pos­ him? Shred. sible riots and anything else riot-related doesn't It doesn't seem to. "I' m just trying to have more fun," Kass said. "Not just do anything but reiterate the idea that there will "It's just weird," he said. "You're hanging out with focusing on halfpipe training." be riots. your friends and you're all kids, so then you're labeled a If you press him, Kass will admit to pride in his versa­ Don't get me wrong, I'm all for celebrating punk by the media. We're all kind of punks, but it's been tility. That shows in his slopestyle skill , which he demon­ victory over a hated rival. Rushing the field printed more about me than anybody else." strated at BRECKINRIDGE. Kass finished I Oth in the after the game to take part in the team's In his first major competition of the season, Kass did­ obstacle-course event most riders say is a truer measure moment of glory, that's fine. Even the occa­ n't seem disappointed by the mellow atmosphere at of skill than the halfpipe. Few are good at both. sional tearing down of a goal post, that's fine. BRECK!NR!DGE. The music blared and the announcer "He's not just a pipe jock," said Grant Glenn, 19, of But that's where it should end. Moving the tried to get a subdued crowd going to no avail on the Steamboat Springs. "Powers can go bigger, but Danny party from the stadium or the bar to the street 15th. Kass has more tricks." just to bring mayhem isn't school spirit- it's That appeared to be fine with Kass. He recently pur- And Kass, it's clear, has just as many up his sleeve as stupidity. on a snowboard. Corporate sponsors dominate sports 0 Businesses budget tens of millions of dollars for endorsements, advertisements

Michael Jordan (Left) and Tiger Woods have become two of the most marketable athletes In all of sports and have earned millions of dollars from endorsements.

that they cannot only sell advertise­ which businesses invest a lot of money. As a result of his popularity and the By Dustin Klass ments at ridiculous prices, but can also Former Bulls star Michael Jordan makes team's success, the Mavericks have promote their own prime-time shows. $40 million a year on endorsements. brought in $20 million in sponsorship Sports Editor For last year's Super Bowl between When he came out of retirement before revenue since Cuban bought the team the New England Patriots and the St. last season, his salary from the for in 2000. One of the most common sayings in Louis Rams, FOX sold advertisements Washington Wizards was $1 million. In Cuban said that he's willing to do any sports is that "it's a business." And for $2 million for 30-second commer­ 1998, his last season with the Bulls, he and all promotions as long as the money when players get traded, they under­ cials. The Super Bowl is the most­ earned $31.3 million. According to is right. ··· stand that "it's a business." watched sporting event in the United KnoxNews.com, Jordan's net worth is "I'm part of the product line and I'm That has never been truer than in States. As such, FOX advertising execu­ about $398 million. for sale," he told espn.com. "I will· sup­ today's sports. Sports are no longer just tives were able to set the price they Jordan has endorsed Nike and port any major customer of the the actual games played. Billions of dol­ desired for advertising. Gatorade for many years-and has also Mavericks. If the price is high enough, lars are invested every year into sports Do you think the networks are crazy endorsed about 70 other products since I will at least consider it." advertising. for spending astronomical amounts just being drafted by the Bulls in 1984. Cuban bought the Mavericks for $280 CBS, ABC, ESPN and FOX have to broadcast sporting events? Well, the Tiger Woods is just as marketable as million. That is a boatload of money, dished out a combined $17.6 billion for green that corporations fork over for Jordan. According to MSNBC, Woods but nothing compared to what some the rights to broadcast NFL games. naming rights is pretty astonishing too. makes $54 million in endorsements. He other teams are worth. FOX paid Major League Baseball $2.5 Reliant Energy will pay the Houston made $9.I million on the golf course in According to Forbes Magazine, the billion to broadcast all postseason Texans $10 million annually until 2032 2000 and his father Earl Woods said he Washington Redskins are valued the games and the games of the week during to have its name plastered all over the expects Tiger's net worth to eventually highest out of any professional sports the summer. NASCAR, which is the new facility where they play. exceed $5 billion. franchise at $845 million. Daniel fastest growing sport, received $2.4 bil­ The NBA' s Atlanta Hawks receive "If things continue and he remains Snyder, along with two business part­ lion from FOX, NBC and TNT. And, as $9.3 million a year from Royal Phillips healthy, there's no limit," Earl told ners, bought the team for $800 million for the money networks will pay for the Electronics for the naming rights to Golfweek, adding that $5 billion "might in 1999. rights for sporting events, the list goes their new arena until 20 19. be on the short side." The Dallas Cowboys ($784 million) on. There has been a huge debate as to Nike pumps millions of dollars into and New York Yankees ($730 million) ABC had the rights to broadcast all of whether the Bears will sell the naming stars like Jordan, Woods, Vince Carter, hold the second and third spots. the BCS bowl games, but according to rights of the renovated Soldier Field. Marion Jones and Mia Harnm. Here is some more food for thought: the Associated Press, ABC paid $20.5 However, Mayor Daley said the name All the endorsements must be paying The average salary for MLB players is million alone to broadcast the Rose "Soldier Field" is safe for now. Selling off because, according to thestreet.com, $2.3 million. And in 2003 every team in Bowl. the naming rights could mean an extra Nike brought in $2.8 billion in revenue the league will have an average salary The reason networks are willing to $300 million to the Bears, but war vet­ in 2001. of $1 million for the first time. pay so much is that sports involve a lot erans are trying their best to prevent it Mark Cuban, the flamboyant owner of Are you ready to drop out of school of passion. And the networks know from happening. the Dallas Mavericks, has been jumping and work on your curve ball yet? people will tune in to the big games and Endorsements are another area in on the endorsement bandwagon as well. Olympic boarder making it in slopes, business 0 Silver medalist using punk image, fame to make glove company successful

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