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Sport~ECEIVED The Chocolate Turner Cup bound Messiah resurrects Nt.~· 2 :'! 2001 COLVMJJ!A ·,... Back Pc€')LLEGE LmRA}fy; Internet cheating creates mixed views But now students are finding By Christine Layous new ways to help ease their Staff Writer workload by buying papers o fT the Internet. "Plagiarism is a serious To make it easier for stu­ offense and is not, by any dents, there are Web sites that means, c<,mdoned or encour­ offer papers for a price. aged by Genius Papers." Geniuspapers.com was even A disclaimer with that mes­ featured on the search engine sage would be taken serious. Yahoo. They offer access to but how seriously when it term papers written by stu­ comes from an Internet site dents for a subscription of only that's selling term papers? $9.95 a year. "You've seen For years, students have inadequate. over-priced. bar­ always found ways to cheat. gain j unk." they state on their As soon as new media site. ''We think vou deserve emerged. new ways of cheat­ bener. We think ;,ou deserve ing were invented. If a class high quality. low priced. eas) required the student to read access. AT papers. which will Shakespeare's Romeo and help you on your own papers:· Juliet, students would go to Most students don't read past Blockbuster Video and rent the "A+" but it states that they film the day before the reading help with the papers: not sup­ was due. ply the student with one. If a paper was due on the AcaDemon.com is another topic, the student may have site that offers "research" stayed up and wrote whatever O·Nayne M. Tho.,as.'Chron.cle came to mind. See Internet, page 2 Grammy-nominated Hlp-Hop artist and former Columbia student, Common, (foreground), performs with members of the band, Water Babies for the packed crowd at the Street Beats Festival, Friday, May 18. Gourmand extends south Common-beats from the street along with Loop district By Michael Hirtzer the equipment involved in jazz nized pop locking, a beautiful By Jill Helmer changes in the last five years. big bands. spoken-word poem entitled There's the new Women's Park Staff Writer Announcers Michelle Gilliam, "Lonely Train Ride," and Thugz Staff Writer between the G Iessner and a freshman public relations 4 Life with more rhymes. C lark Houses, and there 's new The sun was shining and the major, and Reina Alvarez, a sen­ OJ Nole played fellow Chicago For the past 14 years, housing both under construc­ winds subsided for the inaugura l ior film major, provided back­ resident Derrick L. Caner's. "A Gourmand's Coffeehouse has tion and planned," she said. celebration of Columbia's new ground information on all artists Hope Comes O ver You." as Vice been serving South Loop cus­ Lynne said that she thinks president. The event, called the as well as comic relief. as they President of Student Affairs tomers in the historic Printer's Gourmand will be a good Street Beats Festival. hosted per­ made small talk and tried to ener­ Mark Kelly, stepped in to intro­ Row. addition to the Prairie District. formers from a variety of musi­ gize the crowd. duce the college's president A little over a year ago, "You need that type of thing ... cal genres featured alongside The Reed Sisters perforn1ed Warrick L. Carter. Kellv reiterat­ Gourmand expanded, opening small restaurants and pubs. Grammy nominated Hip-Hop next in the line-up. setting a la id­ ed Columbia's view that a new location at 180 I S. That sort of thi ng makes a artist and former Columbia stu­ back romanti<: mood with sultrv "Chicago is our campus" and Indiana, serving Chicago's neighborhood a neighborhood. dent, Common. sing ing to mellow beats. One of Columbia is the " best student historic Prairie District. I think (Gourmand) will do The parking lot across from the the sisters. Brandi. sa id she centered art colle~e in the coun­ A coffeehouse in an area that, fine," Lynne said. " People 623 S. Wabash building was an th ou~ht more s~hool~ should trv. and the world~" until recently, was composed need a place like that- some­ ideal setting for the event. w hich hold events like Street Beat. · Carter introduced the Ch ica!!ll of not much more than vacant where to go meet friends when gave Columbia artists a .:hance Onlv Columbia studt·nts "ere artist !'avinu ··common nh~a;1s warehouses? they come home from work." to show.:ase their diverse talents civen ·,u;~cs s to the 1.:\ l.!'llt. as it avcral!c. · hul this is outstandint.! There is no doubt that the With more and more people in a tightly run professional envi­ ~vas funded by their uollars: but music~ an uutstandinu 1\ h.~ssa!.!~ .':". South Loop is changing. It's coming to the area, either for ronment. Columbia students manv bvstandcrs- students frnm Drl'Ss~d in an olive.:- !.!rec.·n 'Suit getting easier and easier to residency or for employment. were treated to Coca-Cola. o ther schools. homeless and con­ with a bow tie. Carter :ukkd find a Starbucks near Yelaska said, Gourmand is try­ Cheetos. pretzels. along with st ruction workers- danct.•d to thl' ·· 1·m glad tn he part llf~nu·· ~tnd Columbia... ma ybe not on ing to cater to the new demo­ various pastry snacks and music on the other sic.k \)r thl..' Common proves tha t ~~ every sing le corner like on the graphic of the area. Mountain Dew's new Code R~d . fence. "Columbia Coll~g~ ~ducation North Side, but at least every "We'll be open at night even­ O pening the a liernoo n was [)J The hand Sudden Dark. t· am~ ~an take.• you anywhcn: ~ nu " ant three blocks or so. tually," he said. "We've had a Nolc. He played deep house up next on the hard-ro.:k kv~l. as it to." Gourmand's owner Michael lot of requests from residents records at the beginning and dur­ they re-dire<:ted their :Ul!!t'r in to l'omnllln. · .-\K:\ i.<>nnit• Rashid Yelaska observed this transi­ for us to be open at night. ing intermissions. He said the positive t•ncrgy. The sk~1 band. L\'1\11. is a former South Side.· rc.·:-;.­ tion, and in it, saw an opportu­ Right now, we basically just wide va riety of bands "opcn~d Last Man Out. li11l ow~d with icicnt. wlw 1ww l i\'c.~s in Nl''' nity waiting to be seized. get the lunch crowd." up people's cars" providing power chords and ho rn stabs. York. "'I love hc in~ hl'rl·. this is " [The Prairie D istrict] is a Patrons of the new music that's rarely performed in Both rn~ k hands were well Ill\ ' hom e.~. It ~ IIW ~l\'S ti:l'ls !.!l)lld growing area; it's going to be a Gourmand's also agree that it the same place let alone the same rehears~d and skilled. hut the lll. l'llllll' ha~o.'k . r h~.: crowd l ~)da\ fantastic area in just a matter is a good addition to the neigh­ atlcrnoon. crowd was largely there li>r llip­ lll~H.k llll' kcl n:all\' l!,OOd \\1 1~1 of time. That's why I' m borhood. Bill Stronks, a resi­ The lirst band to play was t h~ llop. that's whv I lov<' t<l ,!o what I there," Yelaska said. dent of the Prairie D istrict Columbia College .Ia /./. l'h..: ir hopes were answc..•n..·d do:· Corninon said. So does the presence of a area, said he is a regular cus­ Ensemble. The band. directed hy with Wmld Famous. as thn The l'<>lumhia population coffeehouse like Gourmand tomer of Gourmand's. Scott Hall. played renditions or camt' through with upfn>ni. l'l'SIWc.·tivcly and rowdily mean that the area is in fact "I live a block away, and I coo l jazz tunes hy Duke unn·nsored l lip-l lop. !'his is rt•spomkd to tlwir 'homt•y.' bnh­ changing and a new popula­ come here either fo r coffee in Ellington and John Coltrane. when the party trul) hegan, as hing th(' ir heads and dan~ing. ttl tion is settling there? the morning, or for lunch," Continuing on the jazz tip was everyone Wl'Tll dose tn the stage llip-llop and limk twats pnwid­ According to Barbara Ly nne, Stronks said. He said he's Equinox 5 that <:ansisted of live and the stragglers from the ~d hy l'ommon 's band. tlw Water executive director of the Near been going to Gourmand since members of the Columbia jazz Wabash huilding linally came Bahies.