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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. It has been accepted for inclusion in Columbia Chronicle by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. ··columbia chronicle Students suspended after science club outi":g Verdi~t on student appeal expected By Kelli Kirkpatrick A dean's committee met claims the students assaulted him Four students suspended for March 9 and 10 to hear testi on a bus returning from the par allegedly acting in a " rowdy, mony from the studenis and fac ty.• disrespectful manner" toward ulty involved. The c.omrriittee 's The students are Troy Ford, science instructor Philip Miller decision was not known at press 25, a senior in marketing com while o n a club outing in De time. munications; James Howell , a ~ember have appealed the sus Miller, 26, who was hired by sopho more in fiction writing; pensions and are wai.ting for a the department last fall to teach a Mitch Goldm~n. 19. a soph decision. course on natural disasters, omore in televis ion; and Liza Suarez, 24, a junio? in advertis Science Department Chairperson Zalra Lerman ing art and science/ communica tions and technology. After the party. the four stu Johnson. T hey were carrying Fiction Department Chairper dents and the instructor boarded samples of lipstick picked up at son John Schultz.. chairperson of the bus in the company of Sci the party. Apparently. someone the committee. said the purpose ence Department workaide Kim of the hearing was to '·determine Continued on page 2 impartiall y whether or not the suspensions were a proper re sponse on the part of the admin Film grad students istratiO!J. We hQpe.to...co!lle to .a fa ir resolution." The committee was faced with gain ·facility many disputed versions of what happened . All participants By Mary Stockover "At that point we were run agree, however. that the contro ning out of space lin the Michi versy began on Dec. 16 when A documentary center ena gan building!.'' Rabiger said. members of the Science Depart bling graduate film majors to " We had more and more stu ment and Science Club traveled create. edit. produce and view dents. lack of equipment. lack of to the Diplomat West restaurant documentaries will open this space to put the new equipment. in Elmhurst to attend a holiday week as an expansion of the Film so there was really a double party sponsored by the Ameri Department on the Torco Build edged argument for a place like can Chemical Society. ing's third floor. 624 S. Michi this." Apparently. there was a free gan. Rabiger. author of two books flow of liquor at the event. al The 1.500 square foot space on directing documentaries and will include two editing rooms. a thougn various parties to the dis films. said the center is a " tangi lc"
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•Some restnclJOilS ma~ app~ Forcompktt offer detal ls. caJII-800-'4!-A.\tf_'( Currmt student Cardmembers automaucalh recet\'e 1'40 Si)9 \OUcher.i mthe ma1l I() 1989 American E.xpress Tm-el Kti:Hed ~ 1Cts Compan\, Inc PAGE 4 Opinion Edilonal March 13. 1989 I columb.ia chronicle- I Stricter admissions policy should insure quality state universities What is Ihe point in creating the Illinois Board of Gov.Thompson. The board voted in favor of the Hi gher Ed ucation io improve the state's educa- ' motion. 13-0. ti ona! system. if its suggestions a rc not imple To back down again from its stand. would render mented'' the board a joke in the face of what former secre With Gov. James Thompson 's complai ning that tary of education Wi lliam Ben nell called, the worst Illinois may be ex periencing a "brain drain·: and schools in America- he was talking aboui the Chi complaints in the legislature a bout educatiOnal cago Public School System. standards especiall y in Chicago. one would thmk Stude nts can take creative stitchery and home hi gh school c urriculums should be to ugher and economics classes and still be admilled to many more discipline should be exerctsed by teachers. college:;. But if the state plans to allratt the scie n tists. nuclear physicists. doctors and engineers of Yet . the Illinois Board of Higher Education sug the future. . it has to begin by developing a challeng ~es ted in 1985 that state universities make standard ing atmosphere now. ~ nt ran ce require ments for high schoo l seniors to Sen. Miguel del Valle (D-Chicago) countered include four years of English. th ree years of social the proposal by saying that some high schools do studies. math and laboratory science and two years not offer such a curriculum. of a foreign language. music or an . But we say it is about time they do. If a college Schoo l officials across the s tate raised such a degree 10 years frorp now will be as common as the ruckus that the Board of Higher Education bac ked high school diploma today. how will higher educa down on the proposal by suggesting that the re tion retain its value' Why cheapen it by lowering quirements become advisory rather than mandato the standards of excellence we're come to respect? ry. We need to upgrade the quality of college gradu Last Tuesday the board reaffirmed the proposal ates by preparing them efficiently in high school. firs t ·suggested in !985 ~ith the bac~ing of College i ~n·t called higher educatio.n for nothing. TV ne·ws students need airtime
As humans. we find fault in everythi"ng. from the experience a news oriented situation, but with so clothes we wear to the frie nds we choose. Recog many viable and willing candidates. " 600 South" nizing problems in different people . issues and a nd the Television Department should consider ideas. helps us to initiate change in order to benefit making some changes. ourselves and others. Whether it be expanding the program to an hour. When I auditioned for an anchor position on Co or creating a news magazine format. the depart lumbia's news program "600 Sou(h. ··I saw oppor me nt should conside.[ chapges to accommodate tunity. but I also saw flaws in the syste m. thin I felt students who want to participate. At this point. it is should be changed. crucial that the department consider these changes I saw SO people who wanted to perform on the because the number of television students at the show. The majority of those people had talent and cbllege is rapidly increasing. dri ve-qualities essential in any business situation. Change is diffic ult. but out o f c hange comes · But with only three positions available. many of growth and education- two concerns we tend to Why does it seem to me that whenever a censorship or these people wi ll never get the chance to be a part ~xpec t at a learning institution. rights case receives massive popularity. clowns line up of the show. side' Artistic freedom. established censorship and sellt-c:ensot1ihtD I think the program is ideal in helping students are already being strongly influenced by rampant-free enterprise. Elizabeth Roller need to keep the freedoms we have protected . The 20 1-year-old U.S. Constitution is widely considered strongest and fairest government document in the world. T he Grade clearance: a foggy issue it protects stretch it. bend it. make j igsaw puzzles out of it ana abuse it like a bee with a broken wing. And the United N.ations· Declaration of Human Rights 'fares even worse. I j ust _found out why my report cards are always O'Grady said a lot of students think they will get Isn' t it embarrassing when people like "Dread Scott" late and I must admit. I felt prett y ignorant since their grades because they are Cleared for registra Tyler use the Constitution as a shield while proclaiming their " revo- they've been late for four semesters. tion. lutionary" statuses? · · · I wish I could blame it on the bureaucratic sys "We get a lot of calls from students concerning Or. in the case of the U.N. Declaration. Ayatollan Khomeini. whqi tem of the records office. but I can' t. restrictions:· O'Grady said. •·we explain to them . cannot afford one slice of censorship. plays the ultimate censor on! I wish I could blame it on teachers filing grades that the policy fo r clearing stude nts whp owe less late. but I can't. than $200 does not apply to clearing transcripts Salman Rushdie. a mediocre writer who wrote a tastele'ss book. Andi if Khomeini wants to bomb Dante's tomb for slander of Mahomet. q· The only person I can blame is myself. I th ought and grades ... that if I owed $200 or less at the end of ,the se N~w I know why my report card always came couldn't imagine what galaxy the Pope would li ke to ~last the sharp-I' penned Italian author to. mester I would be cleared to register again and to after I made my first installment payment. I don't receive ri1y grades. know why I didn' t put two and two together. May Last week. a tasteless deejay for a very tasteless radio station. aired thoughts I felt were threatening to publishers. Following a rare Since my budget gets tight toward the end of the be I was too busy trying to fi gure out how teache rs tuition pay period. I've always carried a small bal can get away without [jling grades after seeing ''PUrl of taste by ·'accidentally" playing a Cat Stevens record. he ance over into the nex t semester. NG 's on two of my report cards. But that ·s another received phone call complaints. Stevens. the composer of "Peace Train" and "Father and as you may recall. is now known as Head Bursar Peggy O'Grady enlightened me to story. Son:· the situation after I questioned her about the clear Yusuf Islam. an orthodox Muslim who publicly supported Rushdie's death sentence. ance pol icy. Allison Mohr The deejay apologized and destroyed the record on the air. Now. hey. I'm in_Rushdie's comer. but that particular act of Iran bashing was censorship by a man whose job is threatened by cen- Letter to the Editor sorship every day. He must not care. . In the same week. those ·crusaders for everything which America To the editor: himself any way he c hooses and b) exercise his stands': the Ku Klux Klan (a very Greek name) came out in defense Lance Cummings· criti ci' m of the " proletarian freedom of speech. artistic OJ political. Since the of the Skinheads' right to conve ne . Hav ing burned. r aped. hanged intcrnatioriali st" responsible for the " flag art " at art does not constitute a threat of armed struggle. and tortured everything containing "Un-Ameriean .. utterances. they the School of the Art Institute (Marc h 6) repre the on/\· issue here is the freedom of speech and the complained when police searched their vehicles. sented the Chronicle's incoherence at its most efforts. by the Ri ght to place limits on speech. · You've got to admit they were constitutionally right in that particu-. amusin g. Cummings article unwi ttingly serves the censors lar complaint. Hopefully. they'll realize their h ypo~ ri sy. but stone Cummin gs points out that a " revolutionary .. by confus ing the artist's self-description with the hearts belong to stone minds. I dare the m to censor me on that. might advocate ths armed overthrow of the govern art itself. I'm really sorry I'm giving ink to the aformentioned. over-pub ment and that such ad voca~y is not protected under It docs not matter if the artist is a jerk. or exhib licized cases. but as a reporter. I know these things are too important the U.S. Constitution. Quite true. but irrelevant. it s " doubtful " talent. He deserves our support. not to forget. The press needs to realize there are more important cen The " flag on the floor" cannot be construed to dcri,ion. when the 4uestion is freedom of speech. sorship cases than Ty ler. Rushdie and Penthouse's Larry Flynt. represent such speech. so why even discuss the is Tho P.drent's Music Resource Center is not dead. but I haven't read sue in this way? It necdlc"IY confuses the issue . Steve Diller about them in a while. Remember. they'-re the people who censor The arti' t in 4ucstion has the right to: a) define Marketing Communications Instructor albums. Movies. televisio n. radio and newspapers face self-cen- >orsh•p everyday. To express true freedom. they must go under 1 ground . The Chronicle will reserve space each week for reader Underground arc the roots that allow the visible plants to flourish. During the dual puhlic outrage over David K. Nelson's portmit of Harold Wa,hington last spring. a policeman summed it up 0!' the commentary. nightly new, when confronted by a pro-First Amendment demon Letters should be 250 words or less. strator. ._._ ,.m here to make sure you kcc1H hc freedom to act the way .March 13. 1989 Columbta Chrontcle PAGE 5 Frankly speaking: Harry Booras Veteran teacher applies taboo topics stimulating student imaginations
By Douglas Y Ho!t They would have throwh me out and how they work across the board . I feel that's the one thing Harry Bouras has been a fac of this school. run me out be cause it treats God and crea they use most in their li ves. ulty member at Columbia for 30 What do you attribute to years and has witnessed the tionism, it treats the embarrass ment of being a physical object your outgoing attitude toward school's changing attitudes and students? cu ltures. .and -produc ing. building up I have no idea. I like them. I He discusses societal issues in methodology. It deals with sex and complexit y· of sexual rela like the hope. A lot of the people hi s "Taboos and Culture" and my age have given up 'on hope. "Critical Vocabulary for the tions. not in general poetic. ro given up op dreams. given up on Arts" c lasses . which ofte n mantic poetic, which was bad in my generation·, or not in terms of the happy struggles. prompt students to continue talk I don' t like that because that's gr~asy cqmmon places. which is Chronicle/Douglas Huh ing after class. death to me. The students living He is a philosophical lecturer the way it is done now. Harry Bouras, one of Columbia's most popular Instructors, exploits and dreaming, that's what I like. with his own studio, a pail)ter It deal s with the m on a religion, sex and race in his " Taboos and Culture" class. and I love sharing kno~¥ledge. I with 30 years of experience. l-lis number of different levels that What are you credited for What type of cigat do you could have never been done be really enjoy that, deeply enjoy smoke? work was showcased at the Mu- . that, and that's being selfish. I most? fore. but can be broadly done I've been smoking a c igar. seum o f Modern Art in New feel wonderful doing that. When I have a series of good York, the Art Institute in Chi now. exhibitions. then people refer to which is going to bankrupt me if cago. and the Slade School Mo- . Do students take your "Ta When somebody asked the me as an art c ritic. When I I keep on smoking it. It 's called seum and the Tate Museum in boos and Culture" class se question that takes what you haven't had a couple of'good ex Ashton, which is a Dominican London. riously? were saying and pushes a little hibitions anywhere. then I be Republic cigar. He has done classical music Yes. They didn't at first. The . bit further to make it clearer and come a critic artist. It's like a cigar called Temple and art reviews on WI"MT-FM year before I had given a paper to you know they got all the mate I'm lucky to have any likes at Hall, which is Jamaican . It's a radio for 20 years and is earning [students to] assume that sper rial, that's a thrill. That's my all at this po int. I was an alco cigar I bu ilt a shrine to in my a doctoral in history at the Uni matozoa, that semen rather. is , stuff. That's what keeps me at it. holic up to about 10 years ago. I house. versity of Chicago. green and that it stains everyone a · Who are some of the people lost big periods in my life and What advice do you have to People are his favo rite inter it touches and you can never get . you admire? was engaged in lively drugs and give to aspiring students? est. rid of the stains and then I said , Mike Alexandroff. This school lively booze·. a lo t of self-de Love yourself for bumbling How do students respond to " What are the taboos? What has taken , very honestl y. politi struction. into things. Don't pretend that your teaching tactics? does it do to the social structure? cal stances when they weren't Now. I'm just ecstatically hap you know. I wasted a lot of life . I've got a shortcoming as a What differences grow out of popular. racial stances when they py. I do my teaching. I do my pretending I knew what I was teacher. I make a lot of noise and this?" I' d as ked them these weren't popular, moral stances. , werk. I'm doing criticism and doing. I mean about the big fool around a lot. I march around questions and they would write That has really made it the kind make people very happy. stuff. Really. just hope to be ' the place at the same time that wonderful questions about. that. of institution it is. With the thou What's your radio show on good-hearted and relatively de I'm teaching the material. To begin with they thought it sands of students we have. it WFMT like? cent about it and accept it when I can't change that,a lot. but was a crazy idea, but I think that seems funny that one personality Every week this program fea you discover again and again and sometimes the students get more they found themselves thinking could affe~ t it that way. Mike's tures-criticism. mostl y related to again and again that you were carried away with me than the like crazy and seeing the pos personality has affected Colum arts and to music. I do it here. wrong and not be upset about it. subject. ·Usuall y, I keep the two sibility of this idea ex tended in bia the way it is. but market it for s uperstations What's next in the future for of them together and they get the terms of religion, economic and through the cable ·systems all Harry Bouras? material. I think they like it. societal structure and into per Art is one are ~ and philosophy over the United States. There are Write a few more essays. Do Compare this generation of sonal gains, so it worked. is another. I have heroes in all of some places it is syndicated. I do my shows. Paint pictures and "Taboos and Culture" to your What is a topic often dis them. The re are more people four shows here and then a spe hope to God the students don't generation. cussed by students? than you would imagine that cial for the East Coast and one or run out so that I can go on with . This course could never have I think they are most seriously have fou ght and been brave and two specials for the West Coast. them. That's it . you're looking at been taught in my generation. interested in theolog ical taboos been honest at this school. I do six or seven shows a month. a relative ly happy man. Headzone Chris Basis How are you Photo Poll / going to ·celebrate St. Patrick's Day?woodrow Wilson Grover Jr. Graduate Student Radio Broadcast " I'm going to celebrate it by '· wearing as much green as possi bfe. drinking as much green beer as possible and having a party."
I · Daniel Maria Szygowski Junior Marketing Communications " I have to " ·ork at Ben~igan\ where I' ll be serving a lot or green beer. and then afterwards. I'll go somewhere else and drink green beer."
Kelly Mizera Sophomore The River By Matt Conkrite Theatre " l ' m ·going to dress in all red 1 and I'm going to avoid St. Pa 0oGh trick's Day. I g rew up o n th e South Side and it 's like South rto~f€ RN~·n S ide Irish power. Ever since M~cJ.~$AfO[ grade school. everyone always r Jason More Junior Sound Engineering ·-rm going to stay home and get bombed. on whatever alcohol is around. and then I'm going to fill up a big vat of green cream cheese and I' m going to jump PAGE 6 Columbta Chrontcle Milrr h n 1q fll) Ritters' performance glows inside.Edwards' Skindeep by Joe Gilleran change his ways. settle down and start writin)! again. · "Skin Deep" is a comedy Certain events bring Zach to wricten a nd directed by Blake evaluate hi s own character. First. Edwards. who is best known for his wife arrives at a party es his Pink Panther movies. The corted by hi s stepson. Greg. subtitle of "Skin Deep" is "the comedy that glows in the dark.·· Next. because of his drinking. Zach blows his six month rela which fits the movie appropri tionship with Moll y. (Juliann; ately. Phillips) who burns Zach s The opening scene of the film house to the ground. He then has >how> John Ricter cheating on a brief relationship with Lonnie hi s wife with his hairdresser. Rit J ones. (Ra ye H o llit ) a ter is first caught by his mistress. bodybuilder and aerobics in then by his wife. Rictcr plays structor. After this. a respected Z.ach Hucton. once a highly suc film make r. Sparky. who is a ces.ful and respected writer o f friend of both Zach and his ex plays. books. and movies. He Zach (John Ritter) tries to earn the love of his wile (Aiyaon Reed, far right) while wife. commits suic ide. Sparky has turned into a womanizer who sirens of his life, from left: Chelsea Field, Denise Crosby, Diana Barton, Brenda Strong, Brenda Swanson, once had the highest respect for " wants it all : Z.ieh truly loves 1 Heidi Paine, Julianne Phillips, Raye Holiit and Jean Marie McKee (bottom). Zach. but lost interest in him be women: everything about them funniest scenes that will surely scene in " Skin Deep" involves "Skin Deep" had some sim- cause he was los ing his talent as except their long toenails. He be reme mbered this year. be- the use of glow-in-the-dark con- ilarities to Edward·s 1981 movie a writer. longs for a meaningful. monog cause they remind one of the doms. which turns out to be one "S.O.s.:· especially in the sui- amous relationship after his The next relationship Zach bumbling Jack Tripper character of the funniest scenes in the film. cide element of a film maker of a wife. Alex. (Aiyson Reed) a suc falls in to is wi th 25 year-old Ritter played on "Three·s Com- The underlying the me of friend. and also depicting the cessful telev ision anchor wom Amy McKenna. (Chelsea Field) pany.' · One involves Zach re- "Skin Deep" is that a man can wild life of West Los Angeles. an. leaves him . ilitfl .hlames his she has just had a fight with her ceiving electro-stimulation from change his character if he can Ritter does a convincing job of a problems on hi s infiddity. and rock star boyfriend. After this hi s ex-gi rl friend, Molly. The ident ify his problem. Zach had bumbling. desperate womanizer more importantl y. his lost abili ty relationship ends. Zach realizes second is when Zach goes to a to "give up the vices to get to the who must find his way back to to write again. he is a " merry-go-round ad posh magazi ne party and thinks virtues." Blake Edwards does the one who can save him. his Zach ·begins to drink heaviiy dict:· and he feels that the only it·s a costume party. so he dress- this successfully through the wife, so he can resume his life and confides his fee lings in one who can help him is his ex es as a ·genie. In many recent character of Zach. and c·areer. Barney the bartender (Vincent wife. Zach chases his ex-wife to comedies. such as .. Drag net" Gardenia) and hi' psychiatrist Santa Barbara to stop her from and ··casual Sex.·· there is a ref (Michael Kidd ). Zach tells his marrying again. erence to safe sex and the usc of ·New off-beat gallery p>ychiatrist that he want s to "Skin Deep" has three of the condo ms . Well. a b edroom offers-unknowns a chance dents! can expect to find cvcry mental in this who le thing. They thing-idc:ts. commitment. en arc a vital force in running this Facility thusiasm. equipment. books and place:· Continued from Page 1 film- all in one place. It makes Howes and DeLaup will check sense." equipment in out for students as caching at lith Street. my office Rabiger. . a 17-year veteran of well as ~ss i s l students. · ·1 want this to be a communi is on the ninth floor of the Main Columbia. sees the Documen ty effort. not something ded i hui lding. the- l:tl-ms-11re on the tary Center as " the story of Co C~11 e d t6 o ne man. The energy second floor of the main bui ld iumbia. When I first came to comes from a group of people:· ing. I have another office with Columbia there we re only 450 my own collection of film s at stude nts in the who le college. Rabigcr said. · · 1 also want a II th Street on the fourth floor but We had an o ld warehouse build community of film makers. I I would be teaching on the fifth ing and there was not an inch of want it to be a showcase for local floor. That 's like fi ve places carpet for soundproofing. It was people. local documentarians to where things came from. So rough. So this is the story of Co show their work. I want it (the documentary center) to be a stop muc h e nergy was lost in j ust lumbia. this steady expansion :· off point for international docu hringing thing> together:· Rabiger credited graduate stu mentarians who are crossing the ··so in s tead of people all dent Jim Howes and junior Eric country to come in and lecture to walking around collecting things DeLaup for their role in the cen and show their work as well as and missing each other. !the stu- ter. "These two arc very instru- The Looklngglass gallery in Burnham Park will provide additional· opportunities lor artists to display their work. By Stuart Sudak bring exposure to art work that conve ntional galleries consider too off-beat to put on display. , A huge turnout of spectato rs gathered March 4 for the benefit ··w e·re going to distribute a opening of the Lookingglass. a large percentage of our space to highly innovative theater. art gal the unknown artist whose work lery and sound studio complex. wouldn't normally be seen:· he Set amid factories. former fac said . tories and s mall businesses at 62 The theater part of the com E. 13th St.. the complex com plex is headed by a group of re bines The Edge Gallery. The cently graduated Northwestem Lookingglass Theatre Ensemble acting students. who include TV and The Oxygen Sound Design 10 1·s Andrew White and David Studio in two 5000 square foot Schwimmer. a featured actor in adjoined rooms. the TV movie " A Deadly Si While long I incs of people lence:· braved the cold weather. some of More than friendships were them wai ting up to an hour to made in college for the actors. sneak a peak at the exhibit. offi according to theater co-director cials inside Lookingglass were David Catlin. very happy with the turnout. " It 's truly ensemble acting:· ' •Jt shows that people in Chi he said. " There is a tightness be cago arc hungry for an alter tween us that only takes a lot of nati ve in the arts and there is still · time wo·rking together to estab a lot of open space available.·· lish.'· David Kersnar said. co-artistic Three origina l plays have al director of The Lookingglass ready been written for the en Theatre Ensemble. semble two of them written by The Lookingglass is the l)rain company members. child of Tony Fi tzpatrick. Chet The sound studio is only par Witek and curator Chris Murray. tially complete with a state of the They merged their very separate art synchronized light and sound ventures when Fitzpatrick and system in the works. Witek wanted to relocate their The benefit was held to raise Villa Park-based art gallery. The money fo r additional operating Edge. into Chicago. expe nses needed to k~p The According to Witek. the com Lookingglass fresh with new plex was establis hed to he lp ideas. Soldiers continue to fight for dignity of the Am~iican fl Photos by Russ Phillips An unidentified protestor walks on a drawing of " Dread Scott" staling " What Is the proper way to display Scott Tyler?" Keri Fong waves Revolutionary Communist Party flag outside Former 36th Ward Ald. Louis Farina (holding sign) and • Do!' Spencer-urge responses from Michigan Avenue traffic. the Art Institute March 11 . ....J... ,' "-~ d: f...~ ~'.<:" ~National League's sec Cub fans-just wait nant in 43 years. General Man ond best. hitter, Rafael Palmeiro, ager Jim Frey isn't promis ing his and pitchers Jamie Moyer and " The 1989 Chicago Cubs: Wait until next year." Docs this sound ball clu b will break that streak, Drew Hall to the Texas Rangers just a little familiar? If your a Cubs fan, it should. but a potentially successfu l mix for pitchers Mitc h Williams, As a fan of the North Siders myself. I realize that his is the time of ture of veteran and young players Paul Kilgus, and three min'or year where I can get my hopes up so high. I convince myself that he could lead to big things in 1989. leaguers. Cubs will take it all. " I feel very good about our Frey is counting on Williams But. by the time All-Star break roll s around. the only thing Cub infield and I feel very good about to be the relief ace they' ve sorely lacked s ince Lee Smith's depar fan s look forward to. is the date that the Cubs are mathematically out our people that are going to be ' Rick Sutcliffe of content ion. · o n the bench as utility, " Frey ture to the Boston Redsox after I know th is might sound harsh. but Cubs' management has claim said recently in a Chicago Trib the 1987 season, but he will re Webster first crack at either out ed to go with a youth movement . when all it has dpnc is kept on une article. " I feel good about ceive strong competition fro m fie ld jobs. But Darrin Jackson veterans who's pri me pl ay ing time was fi ve years ago. our catching and I feel a lot bet former starting pitcher Calvin Do ug Dascen zo, and highl; Former Cub Keith Moreland said in a Chicago Stm Times article ter about our pitching than I did Shirladi. to uted rookies Dwight S mith, " I don'tthink they're trying to be competitive . Don't get me wrong a year ago," Frey said . But with Palmeiro's depar and Jerome Walton all -look to be they have some_fi ne talent-but if they added a player or two. they Solid major league potential ture . _the Cubs go into spring in the running for either starting could get nght into the hum:· was shown in 1988 by first base training with only Dawson as and backup outfield roles. For the first time since the 1984 season. the Cubs fin ally did some man Mark G race , who '}long sured of a position in the out Starting pitching seems to al cleaning around the fri endly confines. and arc heading in the ri ght w1th vetera ns Andre Dawson fi eld. ways be an enigma for the Cubs direction of going towards youth. . R yne Sandberg and Vance Law: According to Frey, losing Pal and this year is no exception. But why did it take so long for them to realize all the dead weight form a potent hitting attack for m e iro :s bat in the lineup G•eg Maddux anchors the ro that was there? . the year to come. shouldn't be as bad as the mess tation, but a mediocre finish to If you look at things from the Tribune Company's view (they own • However, Frey knows that be his departure has left in the out an otherwise outstanding 1988 the Cubs). they don't have to go out and get players in because of fore the Cubs can reach for a field . season, has fans wondering what tremendous fan support. pennant or even a winning re During spring training , Frey pitche r they' ll see in 1989. Aging, but craf,ty Rick Sutcliffe , "The Tribune Co~pa ny is· a big corporation ... Moreland said . " I cord. questions. most notably in and manager Zimmer will try to the outfield and the pitching - Mike Bielecki, AI Nipper, Scott can sec their interest in drawing people and making money. If I was organize the situation, giving in staff. must be answered . cumbent center fielder Mitch Sanderson, former Ranger Kilg runmng the or.ganization. _I'd probably be doing the same thing they us, and a rookie of the year can arc. They don t have to Win to draw 30 .000 a game. People will root didate, Mike Harkey, all have for the Cubs whether they're flrst or last. It's a tribute to the kind of shots to round out a potentially fa ns you have in Chicago ... solid, but untested staff. How about thos~ fans. don 't you think we have waited long . The Cubs seem destined for enough for a champ10nsh1p. or do we have to wait another 20 years their fi rst winning record in four · before the Cubs even get close? years , but a seemingly tremen All we can do is hope that the youngsters come through this sea dous improvement will have to son. .take place in 1989 for them to be With _the Cubs y~uth - movc me nt finally coming into effect. maybe considered le g itimate con there m1ght be a glimmer of hope for the future of the Cubs tenders. Don't get me wrong. I am one of the biggest Cub fans a ro~~d. and Even if this oc~ urs . too many wnh players such as Mi ke Harkey. Ty Griffen. etc. I look forward to problems remain unsolved to se the future 0f the Cubs organizatio n. rious ly consider them for any For the fi rst time since the 1894 season. Cub fans finally have higher than a fourth pl ace fini sh something to look forward to . The new season promises to be an in the upcoming season. exciting one. and the future years for the Cubs even look better. But in any event, the Cubs should be a mo re competitive I just can't wait unt il Opening Day. when my hopes are so high ballc lub in 1989, giving fa ns and I _c~~v ,_ nce m ~~c l f that the Cubbies arc going all the way. Andre Dawson will play·a key rollin the Cubs' 1989 s~ason . something _to cheer abo ut other As a D1c Hard Cub fan. one can only dream. and 1 really than ni g_ht baseball. dream. Who know,. maybe even this year' I told you I wa ~ a .. Die Hard." fcLisSiFIEoi:White Sox.remain i====L=o:::;c=ai==Ev=e=n=t=s==::J 12:30p.m.-1:30p.m .. Mon- : in the gutter day through Friday. Good phone f By Matthew Kissane Of the few bright spots for the Thesday March 14 D u 1c h E x p e ri m e n 1 a 1 voice and penmanship required . f team are All-Star catcher Carlton Noted Chicago photographer Films.lmagcs of a Baroque Cin- Small friendly office at Jackson Me mories of 1983 ar,e con- (Pudge) Fisk (.277 BA. 19 HR. -Jean Moss will lecture at the cma at 1229 w. Be lmont. For and Dearborn . Call a Commu- f jured up as the C hi cago White 55 RBI) and firstbaseman Greg Museum of Contemporary Pho more information call 28.1-8788. nications, 341 -1310. f Sox start this year, under the tu- Walker. Fisk who was injured for tography at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 Thc Chicago Office of Fine f telage of former major league most of the 1988 season will play for general admi, s io n and free Art s. Department of Cultural Af- catcher Jeff Torborg and batting a major part in the offense. and for museum members. fairs will begin a fi ve-program Wanted: f guru Ralph Hriniak. Young hit- series for professional and aspir- Junior and Senior Animation ters Lance Johnson. Steve Lyons in the mo lding of their young The Te levis ion Arh Soc iety ing writers. All meetings take II s tudent for independent pro- and Ivan <:: alderon may raise pitching staff. will hold meetings March 29. f f place at Chicago Public Library ject with Chicago land poets . their averages and pitching may But b o th pl a y e r s we re April 12 and 26 . All meetings f f Cultural Center, 78 E . Wash- Project con.sists of storyhoard & improve. plagued . Fisk spent 86 days on are al 12 p.m. in room 1509. the disabled list and Walker was There will be a party March ingto n St. . noon to 2 p.m. ad- f a _nir~atiun for poem and short f Led by yo ungsters m iss io n is fre e . Fo r mo r e f fi Ctio n . Stipend negotiable. f Perez. Jack McDowell, Jotinson. hospitalized during August with , 31 for the T. V. A rt' Soc iety a bizarre brain virus. members at Leonc llo's. 340 E. information and reservations call f Ple:tse contact P. Radke. Rm. f Ke n Will iams. and possibly 744-8943. 521 MB between 9 a.m. and 5 f1rst-round draft-choice Robin Walker (.247 • .8 HR. 42 RBI Ohio at 8 p.m . Tic kch arc $ 1·. Saturday, March II! p. m. or call Dan Spinella at Vc~tura . the Sox blend a flavor in 99 games) has been batting Columbia, I. D. required . f f The Hubba rd Street Dance 679-5500 between 1 p.m. and 2 f of youth and leftovers. s ixth in the spring line-up behind Wednesday, March IS Compa ny w ill pe rform at the f p.m. Mon.-Fri. The co ld c uts inc lude re- P-asqua and Calderon. The Magnolis. Nothing and 1>-Jramont. Shows at 3 and 8 p.m. f f cently-s igned Kittle. Dan Pas- Defens ively. the team must The Price of Passio n take the Fo r mo re informati o n c all f f qua, Darryl Boston and spoiled pull together. They wore through three thirdbasemen and lost one stage for .. Rock Against Depres 896_6666 _ • N~ t iona l Marketing firm seeks meat Ron Karkovicc. Yeah. they sion .. at the Cabaret Metro. 10 The Loop AM 1000 and Bud- f U l~b~ u ou s . n~ature student_ to f arc all back. of its best defe ns ive outfielder, p.m. weiser present a Kevin Matthews f manage on-c ampus marke tin g f The last time the White Sox Harold Baines. to arthroscopic Ticket' $4, ladies free. Comed y Jam a t Holiday Star. prOJ~C I for top nat_lonal co_mpany. revamped with s imilar tale nt. surgery. Guests include Little Lenny. Jim f Flex ible hours wnh earmng po- f they accidentally wo n the Amcr Defensive whiz Ozzie Guillen . Thursday, March 16 1 11 1 10 2 rebounds off a mediocre-to-okay Chamber Music Chicago prcs- Shons and Shemp. Show time H f e n a $ ·5° 0 · C a I I f ican League West by 20 games. p.m. Tickets $19. I-S00-932-0528 ex t. 27. Pitching is far from comparison. year in which he broke Luis Ap cnh viol ini't Gidon Kremer and S unday, March 19 but Pe rez ( 12 - 10. 3 . 79, 138 aric io's club record fo r assists Friend' of Lnckenhau' at the f f The Jaa Institute of Chicago t f s trikeouts ). Mc Dowe ll (3 .9 7 with 570 . while putting up a Civic Theatre . 20 N. Wac ker. . 977 fielding percentage. Show begin' 7:30 p.m. For tick will prc,cnt a tribute concert 10 Make up to $ 1.000 in o ne ERA) and closer Bobby Thigpen But most of all . the club needs Ch and more informatio n ca ll ma, ter jazz teacher Capt. Walter f week Student organizations. fra- f (c lub record 34 saves. 3.30 242-6237. Dyctt at 4 and 6 p.m. ,11 the Jau. f tcrnitics, sororities needed for 1 f ERA) are eas ily amo ng the to establish gloves at each defen :'ihowca, c . 636 s. M ichigan . week marketing project right on American Leag ue 's most tal- s ive pos ition before the beg in Friday, March 17 f1 r kct' $ 10. $!! for J IC mcm- t campus. Must be organi zed and f cntcd . Rohtlio n-ope ne r Je rry ning of the season for u chance to Chicago Fil maker' prc,cnt' hers. For more infimllalion cull • nHHivutcd Cull 1-800-950-8472 f Reuss steers the pitching staff. win the American League West Divis io n from the incumbent ..;,oN ,;,e ;.;.II~V;.;.o;;;o,;,;rl,;,;lU;,;,i;;.' ,;,;l<,;.>,;,;lc;· c,;,;tu;,;,r~e .;,o;;;n~l::,:li,;,;,' _..;.:s;:,4'~J -;,:7,::X~5 ::,X ;,o. ~ -~~------Re u ss wns 13-9 with n 3.4 4 ------1 eurncd-run-uverugc. Oakland A's.