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It has been accepted for inclusion in Columbia Chronicle by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. ~~ IFIEA1r1UJI?lllt IPlE<rDIPILlE <C<DMMIIM'Il'Aii'i.Y Point ofHonor Meet Tom Smith What's on Reviewed •. ~--- . Page 3 Columbia's minds? Page7 \ .-..~ ,. Page 4 and 5 THE CDLUMBIA COLLEGE jVOLUME 29 NUMBER 9 NOVEMBER 21, 19941 593 Students Share the Thanksgiving Spirit By Susan Naese has been pretty good so far," com­ News Editor mented Williams. She also wants to remind students that more vol­ More than 400 homeless people unteers are needed to serve on three will share Thanksgiving dinner different committees. with the students, faculty and staff The three committees are the of Columbia College. labeling and loading committee, This event, sponsored by the set up and serve commiuee, and the college's Community Service Pro­ clean up commiuee. A total of fifty gram and Outreach, is a volunteer persons are needed to make sure project to feed the homeless and to the event is a success. cheer them up during the holiday One committee is the labeling season. and loading committee of ten to NSF Checks Can Bounce a Student's Life This dinner project was started fifteen. members. From 9:00a.m. last year as a service project for the until noon, that committee will be By Andrew Holland iers make tracking delinquent stu­ available from the bursar's office community. "The Columbia Col­ in the Wabash Campus's Hokin and are later credited to the user's Correspondent dents easier for bursar Ambrose by lege community is committed to Annex, receiving and labeling listing their social security number account. service and outreach to the sur­ dishes of prepared food for trans­ The college does not experience The Columbia College Bookstore atop the check. rounding community. portation to the mission. Students these problems to the same degree is $11,000 in debt because of the Bookstore manager Cowlings This event provides a beneficial are reminded to bring foods to be checks with insufficient funds then submits the list of delinquent as the bookstore, but students do "connection between the college donated to the Annex at this time bounce checks when they pay fees (NSF) written by 114 students that students to Assistant Bursar Diane and the community," according to to be labeled and transported as bounced this semester, according Ambrose. "If we can fmd them in and tuition. "If students bounce a Arlene Williams, assistant dean of quickly as possible to the mission. check here, we just apply it towards to the school's records. our system, we flag them and stop Community Service Program and The set up and serve committee "During the fall term, students them from registering," Ambrose their account," Ambrose said. Outreach. is charged with setting tables and are just writing checks and their ac­ said. The flagged account usually For students who write bad The meal will be served by Co­ checks, a $20 surcharge is added serving food. About twenty counts llC'l( cl!lllt;41 or !hey have in­ solves the delinquency. lumbia students, faculty, and staff people will be needed to set tables According to Cowlings, "The to the check's amount. For every sufficient funds," said Paulette on Wednesday November 23rd at at 2:00 pm., and to start serving Cowlings, the bookstore's man­ majority of the students usually additional bounced check an addi­ 4:00 p.m. at the Pacific Garden come in and pay after there's a hold tional $20 is added to the total sum meals at 4:00p.m. ager. Mission, 646 South State, in the The last committee and the After the bookstore deposits the [placed on their account]. The bur­ owed by the studenL If students south Loop. sars' office has been very helpful." consistently write bad checks, their most important committee is the check twice without results, the The menu includes a variety of clean up commiuee. The clean up bookstore activates its collection If seniors walk in to the book­ check writing privileges will be foods for the homeless. Featuring denied and canceled. crew will consist up of twenty vol­ process. 1\vo letters are mailed to store and bounce a check thinking turkey, green beans, yams, salads, unteers. They will be at the mis­ the student's home over a two week there is no need to worry since they If students bounce a check, es­ tomatoes, com, cranberry sauce, pecially at the bookstore, the man­ sion at 4:00 pm and stay until the period. If there is no response, two are graduating, Cowlings said to macaroni and cheese, bread, rolls, cleaning is finished. letters by certified mail, are senL If think again. Graduates may walk ager is willing to work with stu­ desserts, and soft drinks that will dents to avoid a collection process. Persons interested in volunteer­ there is no response to those, Cowl­ down the aisle at the ceremony, but be served by the volunteers. Part ing should come to room 30lof the ings said she passes the problem to they will not receive their diplomas. "I've had students come in to let of the menu will be donated by stu­ or transcripts until the account is me know the checks are going to Wabash Building to talk with Wil­ a collection agency. "It shouldn't dents, faculty and staff as well as liams and sign up to help. Inter­ cleared. bounce," Cowlings said. If they're have to go this far. You know you're Vending Consultants, Columbia ested parties may also call her at bouncing a check," she said. For students unable to immedi­ honest enough to take the initiative College's food service contractor, ately buy textbooks, book vouch­ and work it out. I'll listen." extension number 459 for more in­ Without the bursar's office, the which will donate mashed potatoes, formation. problems would be worse. Its cash- ers, based on financial need, are dressing and the gravy. "The response from the students Perspectives Middle School: One On One Education By John Harris see a measured improvement in cated to Columbia College from the NtuJSEdilor their social , as well as scholastic south side's Dyett Middle School, growth, since they've been here. We on 51st and King Drive. Perspectives Middle School have tested their subject progress, "Every Wednesday, we are out opened it's doors to the public, with and it has grown immensely." on the town, eilher visiting a busi­ a science fair outside its third floor When asked what other benefits ness or museum, which allows the classrooms, in lhe Wabash Campus the program offers, Shulla said, kids to see and experience a vari­ on Friday, Nov. 18. "Small schools work. They [the ety of things. We really want to Funded and started by the Small students] feel that they can ask any make use of our surroundings," Schools Program of the University question they want, and we can de­ adds Shulla. of Illinois at Chicago, and the vote the attention lhat they deserve. Another source of interaction Chicago Teachers Union approxi­ They feel that they have a purpose is the Columbia College student mately a year and a half ago. Per­ in school, a certain focus." body. Graduate students from the spectives' goal is to give a small, The school's time format dif­ college's Masters level department diverse group of inner city students ferentiates it from other commu­ come and interact with the teach­ the individual attention they do not nity schools. Instead of breaking ing program. The art department get at other public schools. every 45 minutes, they devote two also comes and interacts with the Teachers Kim Day and Diana hours to each aca<!emic subject. students through class presenta­ Shulla, think class size is its big­ This allows them to follow through tions. Students of both schools gest advantage. "We wanted to cre­ thoroughly on things such as sci­ draw from each other in this in­ ate an intimate [academic] setting ence projects. formal learning laboratory. for them, and not make them an­ It may seem monotonous, but The families of the students are other one of 400 other faces at the the students are given an opportu­ interested in their children's work. school" Day said. nity to go out and use their loca­ They and the school have much They have had the same 39 stu­ tion. parent and teacher interaction. A 1tudent from Penpective Middle Sebool dbplays bb eame at tbe dents since the program's incep­ On the third of October the "Just recently, we held conferences Math and Selenee Fair beld on the 3rd floor of the Wabub Bulldln& tion; they see progress. "We can Perspectives Middle School relo- See Perspectives, page 2. J'rlday Nov. 18. HACE Provides ti~ and Awards Scho•'-lii'C!I By Natalie Taylor Diana Lopez. of CoUalliaCIII­ Comspontknt Iege, attended the Juncbeaa, ..