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Volume 15, Number 1 Monday, September 30, 1985 Columbia College, Chicago Columbia.adds graduate program Lund and.Shuman head program
By Kristine Kbpp struct a modern newsroom which includes 10 Texas Instrument Pro Columbia College has introduc fessional Computers that will be ed its seventh graduate program available to the graduate students this fall by offering graduate on a daily basis. The newsroom students from all over the country a also has a small but well equipped master's degree program in Public library with reference materials. Affairs Journalism: Because only 10 computers are The new program has been in the available at this point the number works since March of 1983 when of students able to enroll is limited. journalism chairperson Daryle There will be at least one opening in Feldmeir conducted a market study the Spring and Lund hopes that by of 25 editors and was pleased to next year there will be room for learn that they ·were enthusiastic possibly 15 students. about the proposed program. Since then Feldmeir has worked Lund estimates that they received with Associate Director Eric Lund approximately 100 inquiries from and instr.uctor.Nicholas Shuman to prospective students from ail over get tbe program off the ground. the country. By the August 15 . deadline, 15 applications were on The new program was accredned file and nine of those students. will . in Octotx:r .~ f..!,?~.4 _wi_t_!l t!'e "!<,~rt~ •. be attending this faiL The other six Central Assocratron o( Colleges students were either rejected and.Schools. hecause they didn't meet the The program will include a three stipulated requirements or they semes.ter study schedule during were accepted and decided not to which time students will go to Spr attend. ingfield and Washington for four week periods covering state and na According to Lund the re tional news stories. quirements compare to thosr of With the help of a $68,500 grant most other institutions. An appli cant muSt submit transcripts, three from the Field Foundation of Il linois, Columbia was able to con- letters of recommendation and a five page self-assessment essay. An interview with the program direc tors follows. Instructors Eric Lund (standing) and Nicholas Shuman in the new Journalism Department Graduate program newsroom. (Chronicle/Robb Perea) Two of the nine students atten ding will receive tuition waivers and Lund encourages the others to app ingfield. media experience of some type. The many of the enrolled graduated a ly for grants to help cover the costs Enrolled in the program are four average age of the students is in couple of years ago and are j ust of travel to Washington and Spr- men and five women who all have about late 20's. Lund says thai (Continued on page 3) lAC --money for the arts By Gene Koprowski make Illinois a better place to live ... "The grant helps us with our used .. . performance and studio spaces that's why they've given the Arts Coun· marketing and public relations and are created ... th is gives artists a place to Imagine for a moment' what it would cil a record appropriation," Purkey helps pay the f ees that dance troupes work and it creates jobs for light and be like if someone gave yo.u money to said. charge," Bentley said. scenery people these new activities develop that " great idea" that you've Part of that appropriation comes Last year, O.P.C./San Francisco, the bring in people and soon the whole had floating around in your head . from the state's 'Build Illinois' pro Kathryn Posin Dance Co., and the place is buzzing." Purkey continued. Last year over a hundred artists got gram. dance troupe Momix performed at the The interest in these projects has grown to develop their "great ideas•• as a This program has been criticized, but Columbia dance center and a part of quickly in Illinois. More than half of result of the Illinois Arts Council's it is beneficial because we believe that their fee was .paid through the lAC the counties in this state have asked us Grants and Technical Assistance pro· the arts play an integral part in 'Build grant. how they can get ' touring art shows' to gram. Illinois' ," said Chris Frevelitti, a Also, lAC money was used to fund come to their area. The program awards grants to artists spokeswoman for House sponsor Lee the dance center's resident company with a " proven track record" in either A. Daniels. " Mordine Co.," Bentley said. Those touring shows bring art to the visual or performing arts, according Organizations like the Steppenwolf "The l AC gave us an additional areas where cultural facilities are scarce. to Gail Purkey, the legislative liason to Theater, the Oriana Dancers, the Riaho gran1 to develop collaborative projects. One such area was Yorkville, Illinois. the Illinois General Assembly for the Jl . Theater in Joliet, the Paramount These self produced projects bring linois Arts Council (lAC). Theater in Aurora, and the Dance choreographers, composers and visual The lAC held a series of lectures which told the people of Yorkville "The lAC gives artists awards of up Theater of Columbia College have artists together to prod ucc original to S6,000 a·year to develop individual received &rants from the lAC . work for us," said Bentley. about possibilities that were available to projects. Peer·review panels determine The lAC distributes funds as "they them. eligibility by reviewing the applicant's see fit" and they try to provide at least After the series, five organizations in· work samples, education, previous No lAC- four-percent of a grant recipients vited performance artists to the town. awards, projects completed and career operating expenses. plans," Purkey said. No Columbia The mone)' provtdcs a constant level "We also sponsor 'anist in residence' Illinois General Assembly ap· of grant money which enables each art programs at libraries ... where anists propria res a record $7.07 million for the Dance Center center to keep key staff members and spend some time doing their work fiscal year 1986 which allows the Arts 0 5 this increases peoples awareness of the parts Council to award grants to artists, to art -~.~.W~e ·w·o·u~ld~n~.-, •b•e•a·b~le-to_h_o~ld_o.ur- pr?.~~~s~e.: /t cben~~;s~~~~:~ skey arts," Purkey said. organizations, libraries, and park performance season without JAC in 'downtown renovation projects' and districts. grants," says Jeffrey Bentley, General help revitalize city economics," Purkey " The General Assembly feels that the Manager or Columbia College's Dance said. . arts are important ... ti\M the arts will Center. "Vacant buildings arc renovated and (Conrinued on Page 3) September 30, 1985 PAGE 2 Columbia Chronicle NEWS Job market slump for '85 grads
"From all one reads, computer · in demand and when it reaches its frui- and are able to see the big picl~. Em· BETHLEHEM, PA (CPS)- The job " But soon this bulge of majors fills tion,,. he says. ployers are recognizing this." market for 1985 college grads- which science is the place to be," Kayser admits. the demand. and the market tapers back Liberal arts majors, recently thought "In fact, anyone who can combine a many experts hoped would boom this off. Then you're left with hordes of stu- to have the worst job prospects of any technical discipline with a liberal aru year - " remains better than last year, "But in our survey one of the biggest surprises was the lack of movement jn dents who jumped the bandwagon too one, enjoyed the most improved job background is .the marketable araduate but falls far short of some of our earlier late, and exit into a glutted field," he market this year, getting four-to-seven of the future,,. Stanford's Levin sua predictions," the College Placement this category," she notes. "There were only a handful more offers than last should do more to warn stu- percent increases in pay and job gests. Council's (CPC) annual year·end Sala sa~~neges " That way you come out with tbe ry Survey has found. year- 3,796, up from 3,773 in 1984- and a 1.8 percent increase in average dents of the changes, Levin contends. of~~~ere seems to be a re-evaluation of ability to read and write and communi The unexpected downturn .....:. espe " It's not all that difficult to project. the liberal' arts (graduate)," says the cate ·clearly - which are always aood cially for some high tech majors - also salary. And most of that was eked out at the end of the year." because there's typically a seven-to-nine . CPC's KaYser. "These students have skills to have - and you can apply that· has convinced some experts that col year cycle between when a discipline is analytical and communications. skills, to your particular technical area." leges aren't doing enough to guide stu Engineering majors also are enduring dents through changing demands in the a less·than-robust job market. Petroleum engineering grads contin job market. Last spring college placement o ffi ued to attract the highest average sala cials predicted 1985 would be a banner ry, $30,996. Chemical engineers were year for new grads looking for their the next most prosperous group, geuing fi rst jobs, breaking the market out of a average offers of $28,428, followed by · decade·long sl ump. electrical engineers, who averaged Instead, 1985 has been "an indiffer $~7.396. ent year," says Judith Kayser, CPC's But the increases genera ll y didn't manager o f statistical services. She keep up with the inrlation rate. blames the nation's "listless" econ Engineers also showed disappointing omy. three·to·fi ve percent gains in the " This probably was a carry over number of job ofrers they got. from the recession," she speculates. Accounting and marketing majors "So many employers were adversely af got more offers and four to 16 percent fected (by the 1980 recession), a nd the salary iilcrcases. General business scares haven't healed. Despite the eco majors, however, drew 14 percent fewer nomic expansion in the last two and offers and only five percent salary in one-half years, we haven't been able to creases. shake the cautious attiiUde." Masters of business administration Overall, companies made 44,479 job grads had the worst spring of all: 20 offers to new grads this year, up from percent fewer job offers and flat start 42,393 off LINCOLN, NE (CPS) - College stu After asking respondents how they schoolers. making is a very lonely process." " is a very normal human condition. but dents, particularly entering freshmen, feel and behave in specific social situa "We believe that students are lonely "Collegi-is indeed a tiino of' shaping'· it becomes -a pr6blein when it inter.feres ....(i are more lonely than virtually all other tions, Woodward rates them on what he for a jood many reasons," Woodward and building for students,"' said Thorn- with someone's ability to function." social groups except single parents, al calls '1is " loneliness index.'' said. 10Most of them have been uproot as Cummings, a counseling education coholics and some high school students, "Ironically, what we have found is .ed from their family support systems, specialist at Arizona State University. fo~ instance, unusUally lonely stu according to a researcher at the Univer that high school and college students - their life-long friends, and are searching dents often can't study well, isolate sity of Nebraska-Lincoln. who you would expect to be the least to establish a new support system in a " You can be in the middle of New themselves from social activities, and " We have been very surprised to· lOnely of all people- rate very high on strange place among strange people.'' York City and still be lonelier than if bec'om~ depre~sed and withdrawn. learn that college students are one of the the loneliness index. while the elderly - you were in Muncie, lnd!ana,:• he said·. more lonely groups of people we've sur who you would expect to feel lonely - In addition, he said, " college stu " And a student in the midst of a new " But. sdmethin~ as simple as a phone veyed over the years," said John Wood are the lowest group on the loneliness dents are in a period when they have to campus can be surrounded by people aJI call home, joining a club or orpniza· ward, UNL professor of human devel index," he said. make new decisions about all sorts of day, and still feel lonely beeause of the tion, or going to church can help stu opment, who has given his loneliness The only people lonelier than enter things - committing themselVes to col changes and ~isions they have to dents establish the new relationships test to thousands of people - including ing freshmen, he said, are alcoholics, lege, building a philosophy of life, set make." and gain the self confidence they need over 400 students - over the past 20 single parents, rural high school stu ting rules for moral behavior, what to overcome their loneliness.'' Wood- years. dents and female, inner-city high classes they will take - and decision- Loneliness, s3ys UNL 's WoOdward, ward said. "' THE CHRONICLE IS SEEKING ADVERTISING STUDENTSINTERESTE IN A POSITION AS AD PHONE 663·1600 .EXT. 343. ,, ...... "' .. .. ~ ~ ' ...... ' • Columbia Chronicle NEWS September 30, 1985 PAGE 3 Brown opens ~channels of communications' The Second Age of Television. The seminar is scheduled for Nov. 1-3, at By Greg Walker the Emma and Oscar Getz Theatre (for merly the II th Street Theatre). Columbia will continue the tradition The seminar is divided into seven ses- of providing thought provoking, inter- sions held over the three day period. It nationally known authorities through will cover new and interrelated methods the school's Scholar in Residence pro- of communications: cable, interactive gram with the addition of Les Brown. cable, satellites, backyard dishes, video· Brown, editor of Channels of Com- confercncing and more. munications magazine and a leading au- ..;.;;.;.;,;..;;,;.;.;.;,;...;.__ ...;. .;______thorit y on broadcasting, will teach two intensive mini-courses offered, under commentary this fall's television curriculum. The courses, Understanding the Media and Television: The Business Be by hind the Box, focus on the policy and philosophy or the broadcast medium. personalities Classes begin Oct. 21 and end Nov. --::------!::'"":'"'--":"'~~ 12. Commentary will be supplied by Television: The Business Behind The John Reidy, ltading broadcasting ana Box will cover the business aspects of lys1 for Drexel, Burnham and Lambert. th.e television industry. The class will The keynote speaker will be Lawrence focus on the video marketplace and the K. Grossman, president of NBC News. Instructor Nicholas Shuman Oeft) and Eric Lund inspect new computer in graduate newsroom. (Chronicle/Robb forces that play upon it: technology, fi- Other leaders from all branches or com Perea) nance, labor, audience research, a nd munications will also participate: Reece public policy. Schonfeld, vice president of Cablevi- Understanding the Media will con- sion; Frank Ogden, president of Journalism grad program centrale on the powerful ways which the Twenty-first Century Media; Jim Ji media influences our society, shapes mirro, president of the Disney Channel (Continued from page I) public opinion, and the ways we look at and others. the world. It will cover the effects televi- The seminar will conclude with a dis now pursuing their masters •'The program combines the Chicago Daily News. As sion and other forms of the media have cussion of the social and cultural impli degrees. academic ' background with a Associate Director of the Graduate upon lifestyles, language, and social cations of the News Media on Chicago knowledge of where to go for in Journalism Program, Lund will values. In the end, the course asks how institutions. Lund, as well as the other faculty formation coupled with actual ex work directly with Journalism well the American media arc perform- Les Brown is currently editor-in-chief members that are involved in the perience," said Lund. "The key Chairperson Feldmeir and ing in the service of the First Amend- or Channels of Communications maga program are proud of what they will be placement. If the students Shuman. Feldmeir is a former ment. zine. He previously served as television have created and they are anxious are good they will get jobs." managing editor for the Min To register, students must have ap- correspondent for The New York Times to get started. neapolis Tribune and Chicago Dai proval from the TV or AEMMP depart- and as television-radio editor for Vari "There aren't really any weak Lund has been with Columbia ly News. Shuman is a 40 year mcnt chairpersons. ety. Mr. Brown has lectured extensively Broadcast students, educators, and on issues involving the broadcast in points but our strong points are the since 1983. He was formerly an veteran of the newspaper busi ness members of the broadcast industry are dustry and has raughl courses on the preparation you will receive for a editor of the Evanston Review and and a former national/foreign invited to a three-day seminar lead by American television system at Yale Uni job in a major media,' ' said Lund. also assistant managing editor of editor for the Chicago Daily news. Les Brown, entitles: Exploring the versity, Hunter College and The New Great New Communications Frontiers: School for Social Research. lAC grants funds economic development" for parts of that 11ate, according co Purkey. (Continued from Page I) Purkey said "This Illinois endow ment for the arts" has been going on Art centers used to have an average for nearly twenty years a nd was found lifc·span of one to three years. ed to "increase people's accessibility" Now that the "word is gcuing out" to the arts. about the arts, these centers arc show uw e bring people together. The artS" ing more continuity. are one of ljfe's best experiences. We're " The Center East Theater in Skokie giving children who otherwise couldn't is the perfect example of a growing pro gram. Also, many downstate opera sec dance, theater, and music per houses and movie theaters are forma nces, a chance to see them," said generating community int.erest," Purkey. PUrkey said. Purkey concluded by saying that the The lAC also provides technical lAC's goals for the future are to "con wistance to anists in need. tinue their programs and 'sell' the arts For example, "the Springfield Muni to non-artists." Opera wanted to stage ' Peter Pan' . They wanted to make Peter and Wendy lAC) hired a specialist to come in a nd fiy and didn't know how. So we (the 'rig it' for them," Purkey said. These aCtivities are modeled on a They also buy costumes and lighting similar program in North Carolina. fixtures and help develop fundraisers That for artistic companies. 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It is far more advanced than even to achieve my aoals." dent of the MacArthur Foundation, the moll sophisticlted computers. lt1 ChickCorea. topjaukcyboardt" Rudy Vorkapic and potential is nearly inr111ite. But how do Hilton Kramer, editor of the New Crite you realize that potenual? " OIANETICS has provtded the toob Gene Koprowski to undcn tand and malte ltfe ao my rion, and Ardis Kranik, general manag way." D~CSM ~~y er of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The Daana Vencaas.Fashiondeslaner Sun-Times Forum series was designed helps you un Mirron Alexandroff President of Columbia College Time for action in South Africa The time has come for President Reagan to stop his pussyfooting over apartheid. The United States as a world leader has a responsibility to lead, to take a stand and shape the course -of world history. We can't do this with an executive who is seem ingly ill-informed and must have his statements 'clarified' by his press secretary. Reagan calls his South African policy 'construc tive engagement.' Perhaps a more appropriate name would be 'going steady with stupidity.' These next few months will be the most decisive of his presidency. Let's hope he makes some cor rect choices. Columbia Chronicle The Chronicle rese 600 S. Michigan Ave. Will B-106 Main Bldg. Chicago, IL 60605 · space··each week for letters fro our readers. We. will. consider letters of up to 200 words. All Ad\r•14~r f n /lrov.,ltt Tht ('ofurnb•a (hrullldt" fol ~wdtnt run nc"''Pllfl"l JdiiUIIII(Iud Nu11 ~ \t V01 ~ .. r"t.. pu"'"hcd "'cc~ly and rclca~d C\ Cr)' Monda) VIC'*' M"""'1111 l duor Jloherf lhool\ C'J.prnt.ed I'K-rc arr not IIC\'C'\\lllll) thuK' ur the ad\1\Ut letters are subject ~ to editing. lntiOU' I dtl Huth \J \,,, ~ .,.,, We a~~ 1ho11 )'Oil rnlllo.l )11tH •<.HIIIntnh 10 !hOW' """""'"''Allnl "-1!110 Jl to.ud td.. !cd Ill lhll (IUhiH. ..!IItll , lhCo.oJk,r, Ill 1\UiC\(fJII k nloJo I· ~,., ~tt llllllf •IJII(JC ~!ttdclll\ accepted. J~ (jil ,, "''". ( l!,.llclltl •I I CIICU .,.III!Oiil kiJilllllolll' \lflll~llln lu.hltul.t'\ illltl '·•ov. .. u .., ph Record ratings won't help ease parent responsibility Gravity is probably the only thing more predictable than some congres sional wives. When they aren't living vicariously through their husbands, eating crumpets and sipping tea, or having nervous breakdoWns - theY usually jump on the bandwagons of pseudo-moral causes, and wail to their hearts ;content. - Perhaps this explains all the banter about 'obscene' rock lyrics lately. These 'wicked wenches of the west' have take n a mighty c ross upon their backs - saving young children's souls from the perilous evils of popular music. Oh, and they're doing a swell job too... primly spelling out nasty words that they claim reside on rock records. And acting as if the very act wounded them morally. What end do they wish to achieve?? Oh, nothing more than a little harmless censorship, lim iting freedom of ex pression, and all that silly stuff. ¥ou see, they want to label records the same way that movies are rated. ;(Imagine that, PG-13 radio stations Will c rop up across the country to fill this dire need.). This, they think, will help parents rid their children of unsavory influ ences.. .Jike tha t devil-worshipping Madonna character. And allow them to r~ise healthy, normal, decent, AmericaO children (who can join the ..:hamber of commerce) ... because as we all know, listening to pop music leads to homosexuality, vagrancy, inflation and evemual death . The journalists covering t his story are no better. Many of them allude to the fact tha t they don't know the words of today's : songs, and are darned proud of it too. . If that's not •subjective journalism,' what is? ~ Can a network or newspaper call their work thorough and objective if it hasn' t been properly researched?? By not researching the story, journalists become flacks for the subject's viewpoint. If pop music had a group o f acknowledged leaders, as it once did, their views would be aired too. But it doesn't. So they a ren't. For Leo Seren (pictured above right), the fortieth anniversary of the dro pping Frank Zappa can't do it alone, and I don't think that M r. Muppets Denver of the atomic bomb last mohth probably meant more to him personally than to or Donny Osmond represent anyone's vie~poin t. (At least they tried most other persons who lived through tha t event. though.) "I worked on the atomic bomb from 1942 through J94S , and then I regretted But all the senate hearings and television coverage and bridge clubbers fail it all and decided that I would never work on weapons again," said Seren. to realize one major point. Seren was at the Peace Museum, 430 W. Erie in Chicago, for the opening of It's the same old song; it's not the governments, not the music industry's, the museum 's new exhibit, "Child's Play." Seren was accompanied by his most not Klondike Kar 's, it's the parents responsibility to educate their children. recent child, Samuel (P.ictured with Seren). Until this is recognized, inanities like these will continue. Seren helped build the first pile at the University of Chicago and was then sent to Los Alamos to help build the bombs. " I regretted it afterwards and I devoted a little bit of my life since then to By Gene Koprowski 'peacetime' efforts; "Seren added . " 1 never worked on weapons again." Due to his feelings on war and peace, Sercn says that he has had a special feel· ing for the Peace Museum a nd for their present exhibit Child's Play. " I think it's wonderful here. I think the idea of peacetime toys is very good," Scren continued. It's awful how many military toys there are. I know of many families where there are wonderful pa rents but they don't realize that they let their kids play with these toy guns and what-not. And that's the beginning of violence. (Chronicle/ Robb Perea) Photo Poll Rudy M. Vorkapic Question: Do you think thatpoprecord. should carry a warning "label for 'obscene' lyrics? Yea h ! Regi!ltrat.ion ~s over and the ~choo l <.h.l.lC begin toda). No\\, let'\ 1.:\CT)Onc gi\t,; ound\C\ a gr~.:~t tHg p.tt-on thc--back for ma kmg II through yet anothe-r infamous Columb1a rcgi•-.~r;n •on Ll·t'~ pal our~d\1:\ on th1.· h.• ~. I.. IN Rob Wagma n-Music Director WCRX· Gina P owell-Jo urnalism/Television: fait hfully going through all of the steps. Step 1: Going to the fifth floor and g~ttJng ~our Peace Museum,. located at 430 W. Erie in Chicago,. . is the only museum in the country which is dedi~ated ·to ex~ ~loring peace throu·gli the visual, literary ·and forming· arts. The Peace Museum seeks public consciousness about the issues building peace. toys on the market today arc war toys. " Cries and screams a rc music 10 my " Of the five toys, four of them have cars." was rhc mouo o f one of I he best Saturday morning cartoon shows or at 1 Bears' early wins brighten fans By Marty Walsh Chicago sports fans can sto p making excuses, for this year, now that the baseball season is fi nall y coming to a close. No more Cubs, no more Sox. Thank you. The true representatives o f Chicago professional sports teams are back. The Chicago Bears. No longer do we ha ve to be subjected to reading a nd watching Cubs manager Jim Frey cry about how many injuries rhe Cubs have sustained, and how those injuries adversely affected our flash in the pan Cubs. We won't have to watch Sox Manger Tony La Russa fight with the umpires every other pitch, he is the reason the Sox games seemed to last a full shift. Tony can save his moaning for next year, maybe. On to more important things, the Bears. Going into the season there was no doubt in my mind tha t the Bears have a good football team. The emba rrassing loss to San Francisco, the eventual Super Bowl winners, was a nightmare. But that was last year. The 1985 Bears should have no pro blem winning t he wea k Ce r;J tral Divi sion. The Lions won't roar, the Packs not back yet, the Sue's a re stuc k and the Vik ings are still recovering from last year's boot ca mp . It sho uld be easy. The Bears are fielding pretty much the same ream as last yea r with the ex ception of defensive hold outs Todd Bell and AI Harris. The pair is impor tant to the team and the defense bur. as everyone in the NFL knows, no one is indispensable. The team will win you watch a Bea r game it speaks for tion, to go along with a lot moie pass drop easy receptions. Seems that ·he's Ditka Hkes Wrightrrian b«8use, be" without them . itself. Mike Singletary and Otis Wilson ing. The Bears ranked near the bottom still afraid to get hit. He'U do for a played like the coach: tough. are two of the pre mier players in t he of the list last year in most o ffensive trackman, as .a wide receiver in the When you talk about the Bears the On the surface the kicking pme league. Bear Defensive Coordinator, categories. Oitka promises that this will NFL, I'm not quite sure. first thing to pop into your head is seems to have improved. The acqujsi· Buddy Ryan, said Wilson is the most be changed . The brightest spot in the receiving defense. The Bea rs defense was tops in tion of Kevin Butler in the draft should improved player on the team . · Ryan division is the return of Dennis Mc Kin· the league last year during t he regular give the BearS some extra ra nge in the credits most of Wilson's success to t he The Bears offense will o pen up. With non. Mike Dit ka calls McKinnon, " The season. They rushed, sacked a nd maul field soal department. ed their way to the oppositions quarter fact that after four years Wilson finally quarterback Jim McMahon back a nd hardest worker on this team." McKi n ~ The Punting situatjon remains pretty backs more than any other team in the has an idea o f how the Bears defense is healthy, the Bears receivers can all look non will go over the middle and catch much the sam e, aJthough the -Mmes NFL They stopped tbe run and supposed to work. Some people are forwa rd to good yea rs. McMahon gives the ball in traffic which is a rarity have changed from Finzer to prevented th't big play, what more courd faster learners than others I guess. You the Bears a n edge, this was evident in among NFL receivCrs. Gault should been Buford, fans can look for the same _ one ask. can' t forget about Wilber M arsha ll , the Minnesota game. I'm not quite sure start hanging around with him with perhaps the luc kiest player on the Be-ar back-up qua rterback Steve Fuller has hopes of some of Mc Kinnon's guts rub average results. This year's defense figures to do pret defense. l say this because Ma rshall was recovered from last year's lambasting at bing off on Willie. So it would seem that the ..Pears once ty much the sa me. The acquisition of fortuna te enough to be a first ro und the hands of the Forty-Niners. Even so, Another bright spot has been the again are on the winning track. But four William Perry will be a plus as the draft choice at the height of the NFL he proved himself a worthy pla yer dur emergence of Tim Wrightman, a nother games does not ma ke a season. But season progresses. Even if he does not USF.L player scramble. Marshall 's con ing McMahon's absence. Oitka favorite. The rookie Tight End what ever' happens the Be~s. under start a game, he will be worth his con tract calls for him to be paid almost will provide adequate backup to Emery Ditka, will always play hard-bittina, The Bears have never had trouble siderable weight in gold if he can pro SSOO,OOO a year. For SSOO,OOO a year he Moorhead. Look for Wrishtman to be entertaining football and · t ha t's moving the ball on the ground tha nks to vide adequate relief for Dan Hampton better be good, forget "good" he better the sta rting tight end before too long. something we all want to SC:· and Steve McMichael. be All-Pro. Walter Payton and this yea r won' t be an exception. Payton and fullback Mau If there is a weakness in t he Bears The defense rests, will the offense Suchy should combine for 2CM)() yards defense it lies in the secondary. With rushing. Rookie Tom Sanders has been Bell out there is some question as to wake up? Racing team forms impressive in the first 3 games. If he can how the Bear secondary will handle the Last year the Bears didn' t need to hold on to the ball he might be a Bear Columbia College has a new roadracing one-on-one coverage that many of the score a lot of points, fourteen was for a while. team! Open to all faculty, staff (full and part Bea r defenses require . Look for Gary usually enough. Oh there were excuses. The o ffensive line, considered young Fencik and Leslie Frazier to carry the They used five different qua rterbacks, time) as well as students, the team will regular two years ag6, has matured. Anchored load unt il Bell returns. Fencik, in his etc ... Excuses are for losers. Head by team captain Jimbo Covert and ly meet for training "fun-runs," and compete 1-- lOth year, will provide the leadership Coach Mike Ditka will be the first to tell Keith VanHorne they could be the best and experie nce necessary to solidify the you that. So what can we look forward in ~rea races ranging from 5-K (3.1 mile) to 10- run-blocking line in the NFL. · back-half of the defense. to this season. K (6 .2 mile) and longer distances. There is not too much to be said The biu est question mark this year about the Bears linebacldng corp. lf Ditka promises a little more imagina- are the receivers. Willie Gault is back to Co-captains Barbara Yanowski and Brian Read encourage runners of all ability levels to join the team for fun, fellowship and friendly competition. The team ·wm meet at 5:30p.m. Western coaches favor Mondays, in front of Buckingham Fountain . for training fun-runs, and joining is as easy as J just showing up! The team's first race will be Sunday, Oct. 6, paying collegiate players at Hamilton Lakes, Itasca, for the 5-K " Oktoberfast" sprint from GTE. Racers DENVER, CO . (CPS) - Paying col spend on football," Texas EI-Paso proposals to pay student a thlets will registered from Columbia include Dr. Harvey lege students to play football - long coach Dill Yung told the Post. gain support as schools st(uggle to find considered wrong by most college " It's like a job - and you deserve to ways to end under-the-ta ble payments Ideus from Career Placement, Irvin Meyer of sports officials - may be mustering set paid for a job. .. that viola te NCAA rules. Building Services, student workers Kevin iUpport even among coaches, according National Collegiate At hletic Asso But the athletic community itself has to a recent Denver newspaper report. ciaion (NCAA) ofricials o ppose payina not shown much interest In the idea, Grandberry and Scott Schenker, Kevin Fourteen of the I H representative& of student athletes, claiming it would un until now. , Cassidy of the Art Department, and Brian and the We5tern Athletic Conference quc& dermine the a mateur sta tus o f college Most coaches and players polled by Barbara from Television. tioned this summer by the Denver Post athletics. the Post advoca ted a monthly salary of said they support &i vi ng football players The idea has been disc ussed informal between SSO and SIOO. " G ive the kids a Columbia College Dean Lya Rosenblum; a a monthly sala ry. ly for .several years, mostl y by crlc ics of few do llars in their pOcke ts to spend le charter-member of the racing team, will also Eight of the nine players questioned big-time college athletics who cha rge aally, then I think you cut down on the endorsed the idea, as did six of the eight student athletes generate profit s for the temptation for them tryina to aet illeaal compete in our premiere roadrace. . coacheJ. schools, but get nothing in return. money for lhelr tickets or aettlna alum For information, see Brian Read, Office "The current situa tion iJ not h1i r to ni 10 give them (gifts)," said Wyontins the players, with u many boura as they And some sporu socioloaisu believe coach AI Kincaid. 1202-C.