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THE COLUMBIA OLLEGE HRONICLE VOLUME 25 NUMBER 20 THE EYES AND EARS OF COLUMBIA APRIL 6, 1992 Questioning standards By Jade L. Williams and local black officials, who lack basic skills. Staff Editor are accusing the colleges of Journalism student Leslie trying to push minorities out Cummings spoke of a former The disenchantment over through testing and by writing class in which students open admissions and academic eliminating classes with low exchanged papers with each standards can still be heard in enrollment and high school other for editing and feedback. the hallways of Columbia Col equivalency courses. "The paper I edited was filled lege as the City Colleges of But Bush said the colleges with run-on sentences," she Chicago move ahead with will remain open to all, and said . "There's no way the girl I plans to expand their current only classes with very low en- exchanged with could have ~-~A assessment testing policy this given me feedback with her ~- fall. " Testing alters the writing skills." Lisa Adds Staff Photogra-phet The City Colleges, joining These comments can be heard S.O.C board members, (from left to right) Ryan Daniels, many community colleges mission of often from Columbia students Carmella Snook, Ivan Rivera, and Thurston Coleman. ~ c ross the nation, decided in Columbia by in English, fiction writing and February that college-wide setting up two math classes, but many are , tl·sting was needed to help stu reluctant to go on the record, Latin Alliance, one dents benefit from college schools: people and some try to rationalize courses. with skills and their argument for pre-testing. " If people come in un people without Television major Cornell of SOC's top players prepared, we're not doing them Lambert said Columbia should any favor by letting them take skills." have a form of assessment test By Andrew Rohan Staff writer course that they are not ready Glen Graham ing to correct the broad fM-i t wi ll result in failure," said diversity of skills he has en Last Month the Latino Alliance got actor/ director Edward Sylvia Bush, director of the countered in some classes. James Olmos to appear for free at the Hokin Center. Center for Testing and Assess rollment will be canceled for ef "All students are not on the ficiency reasons. In February, the group sponsored a forum with state Sen. ment for City Colleges, said. same wave length," Lambert Miguel del Valle (D-Chicago) and Alderman Jesus Garcia (22nd). The measure, proposed by At Columbia, students con said. "It's been my position that The alliance is certainly one of the most active student groups the City Colleges Board of tinue to blame the college's Columbia should have testing open admission policy for on campus, but, it is only one of the 23 Student Organizations Trustees and Board Chairman Council members contributing to student life. Ronald Gidwitz, has come frustrations incurred in class See STANDARDS rooms with peers who they say Page 7 Other groups range from the radical (Students for a Better under fire by faculty, students World) to the obscure (the Yearbook Organization) to the techni cal (the Science and Math Oub). Latino Alliance president, Carmen Figueroa, who also sits on the board, said the group prides itself to being the most active and cost efficient organization. Figueroa snagged Olmos through a P.R. dept makes news friend who is active in the Latino Center, which puts on the Chicago Latino Film Festival. "Most of our speakers are not motivated by money," Figueroa said. By Cris Henry As a result the Alliance saves more of the Staff Writer school'sdollars. , "Combining the fall and spring semesters, thus Carol Bryant has a working budget of just under far our budget has not exceeded $3,000." $65,000 per year. She has a staff of only four . When students organizations hold an event or people. She has undertaken a task of immense group P.roject, they submit a proposal to SOC. The proportions at Columbia, and she is not only . counc1l 's representatives then vote on the succeeding in its completion, she is thriving. ' ' proposal. If passed, the proposal is submitted to Bryant is the director of Columbia's college rela- j Dean of Students Hermann Conaway for final tions and development department. It is her job . approval. to make sure that Columbia holds a prominent 1 · The SOC's annual budget is $45,000, according place in the media spotlight. to President Ryan Eugene Daniels; the money " I've been here for 15 months, and I really enjoy comes from the Dean of Students' budget. it. Before I was here I worked for Porter /Novelli, The SOC encourages new groups to join and get a public relations agency, for 15 years. Columbia ·active. was a client of the agency's, and I worked on the "New organizations are welcome so long as they account. When this position opened up, Colum represent a student constituency and have a wor bia asked me to join the staff, and it sounded like thy mission or goal," Daniels said. In addition, the a neat organization to work for, so here I am." group must get the signatures of 10 student mem Bryant has also worked for Channel 11 and a bers. professional equity theater in New York, doing The Latin Alliance is also looking for new mem public relations. bers. "Recruitment is done primarily by word of Recently Columbia has been popping up in mouth," Figueroa said. "Friends bring in friends." both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun The Alliance meets at noon every Wednesday in Times. This is the work of Bryant and her staff. room 202 of the Wabash building. Members need "Our approach to p.r. varies completely depend not be Hispanic to join; of the 70 members, there ing on the subject at hand. We use pitch letters, are 30 non-Latins, including one Filipino and two public service announcements, and media alerts, African Americans. but sometimes it isassimpleasmakinga phone call. The Alliance and Students for a Better World, It's our goal not just to be pro-active by sending the with about 70 members each, are the two largest information, but to create opportunities." groups. This spring the Alliance will host a Salsa Bryant's office and the English department col concert and a Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May) laborated earlier this year to create a poetry celebration commemorating the Mexican Revolu contest for community college students. This con tion. test, open only to community college students The SOC itself sponsors several events, includ ing bands, lectures, and student films. Last spring it sponsored a See RELATIONS boat excursion See ALLIANCE Page 6 that was open to Page 2 Gambling stacks deck against city "campus one big ashtray," some say. Page 2. Pat Thompson of Dell Express on pages 4, 5. All bets off, Crescenzo says on page 7. PAGE 2 C H R 0 N I C L E APRIL 6, 1992 ;Jenny Smoking ban gets mixed results ~ Dervzn By Tricia Robinson Staf' Wnttr OKING "Whdt docs he do, this man you seck?" Smoking is no longer in "l ie kills women." vogue. " o ... that is inc1dcntal." In the 1990s, nearly everyone Killing women is incidental? You bet, if we're talking about acknowledges that smoking is "Silence of the Lam bs," one of the greatest movies of all time. o ne of the leading causes of air Ma ny lessons can be learned from this movie, including the pollution, lung cancer and moral that seemi ngly major events arc really incidental. Take, heart disease. Researchers have for instance, Ca rol \ll osely Braun's stunning victory in the found that people who don't Democra ti c Senatori al primary. smoke can contract lung dis "Wha t did she do, this woman you voted for?" case by inhaling stale smoke "She won the primary." from people who do, and they "No... that is incidental." have urged the federal govern It's a trick questio n, really. Her importance lies in what she ment to establish mo re didn't do-namely, spend a load of money, smear her can programs that will combat didates personally, lash out as the "angry'' candidate, and use smoking in public facilities. her race as campaign fodder. It is obvious to her supporters that Many public ins titutions she is an African-American female, running for an almost ex have already taken up the call. clusive Caucasian-male club. She threw the race card away. Columbia College and Gus Savage didn' t. And he lost. Big time. Roosevelt and DePaul univer "What docs he do, this man you didn' t vote for?" sities have instituted lisa Add1 "He ha tes non-black Christians." no n-~mok ing policies in com "No ..