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COLUMBIA COLLEGE CH ICAGO ED VOLUME 32, NUMBER 21 WWW.CCCHRONICLE.COM MARCH 29, 1999 =======================jl•':f"il.) CAMPUS VITALITY SPORTS Columbia's own wins Train: On track for March 23-T he day another Oscar success the Black.hawks died College buys historic Cleanup continues in Museum Ludington building Fire damage could top $ 1 M; MCP may reopen next mont h By James Boozer & been cleaned. ly a fire taking place inside, Bruno VanderVelde Columbia Provost/Executive according to Torres. Senior Editors Vice President Bert Gall expects However, Bruce Hanson, a the museum to reopen to the pub­ spokesman from U.S. Damage-related expenses lic in mid-April. Dismantl ement, told the from a March 7 fire at the According to Chicago Fire Chronicle in a phone interview Museum of Contemporary Department spokesman Sal that workers called 911 because Photography could cost about $1 Marquez, the fire started outside "it was obvious [from the out­ million, according to school offi­ the second level of the museu­ side] that there was a fire." cials. mand was brought under control Hanson went on to say that his Work continued this week as within a hour. company was unaware that there crews repaired damage caused by Two workers from U.S. was insulation behind the sign. the early morning ftre, located on Dismantlement, a Chicago-based He suggested that the fire may the first and second fl oor of the company, were replacing the have started inside the second main campus building, 600 S. exterior Columbia College sign fl oor museum gallery when Michigan. along Harrison Street after it was sparks from welding torches flew Whi le a majority of the dam­ damaged by a severe snow storm inside the room through a broken age was contained to the muse­ in January. They were using exterior window near the sign. um, there was also some destruc­ welding torches to remove bolts Gall said that liability for the tion to a second floor computer from the sign w hen sparks fi re has yet to be determined. lab, offices on the second and reportedly ignited insulation that The school has credited fire­ By Gloria Brand third floors,and the basement's was located behind the sign. fi ghters for saving several expen­ Slaff Writer recently-remodeled Underground Jose Torres, an employee with sive pieces in the museum. Gall Expanding its considerable ownership of South Loop l?roperties, Cafe . U. S. Dismantlement, said that reiterated that most of the muse­ Columbia College closed a deal last week on the $4.9 million pur­ The Financial Aid and workers were cutting steel um's artwork escaped major chase of the I 08-y ear-old Ludington building at I I 04 S. Wabash, the Admissions offices and the frames for the new sign when damage. The museum's perma­ largest siructure bought by Columbia in I 0 years. Underground Cafe reopened they realized the insulation was nent collection, featuring works Eight stories high wtth 182,000 square feet, the building will after being closed last Monday. starting to catch fi re. Workers by I SO photographers, did not reportedly provide an expansion space for currently oversized col­ Second-floor Freshman Seminar tried to get inside the building to suffer any damage, Gall said. The lege departments. "We are trying to address the departments that classes have returned after being tell someone that the fire had permanent collection was sealed have current [spacel inadequacy and that's the first objective", said temporarily relocated to the started but since no one was in in a high security, humidity- and Columbia Provost! f':xecutive Vice President Bert Gall. Torco Bldg., 624 S. Michigan. Gall said that the building may also be used for an expanded the building that Sunday, the fi re temperature-contro lled vault. Student Life center. The computer lab on the sec­ department was called. Work on a new exterior The Ludington building was designed by architect William Le ond floor of the main building After arriving on the scene, Columbia College sign is sched­ Baron Jenney, the " father of the skYscraper," and constructed in remains closed and is not expect­ firefighters did not enter the uled to begin in May. The old one 1891. It origmally housed the American Book Company; because of ed to reopen until computers and building for IS minutes, until it has now been completely its terra cotta surface and its unique construction style, the building other equipment in the lab have was determ ined there was actual- removed. was designated a Chicago landmark by the city in 1996. It is also on the National Register of Historic Places. According to a Chicago Tribune report last week, the school will Chicago area schools were involved with the quilt, spend an additional $9 mil lion to $1 S million for the building's ren­ Columbia finally which was presented at the Art Institute in ovation over the next three years. February. Contributing: Bruno Vander Velde "The thrust of my usage of the sites was that it offers web page was out in the community," said Poll i. "It wasn't sitt ing in a vacuum that nobody was going to see." Duff talks to 'Newsbeat' accounts to staff As dictated by Columbia's web pol icy, the sites are intended for educational use or research rather By Patrick M. Walsh Faculty sites will link to main site than personal pages or as a vehicle to sell some­ Executive Editor thing. Otherwise, there hasn't been much worry By Jotham Scdcrstrom Columbia president John Duff met with the student-produced news Staff Writer about censoring any of the sites. show, Newsbear, to address pertinent student issues and to examine More than two years ago, though, an electrical the school's future. After many colleges and universities across the engineering professor at orthwestern University Bringing students together is the most important aspect of helping country have offered web accounts to faculty in Evanston, Arthur Butz, was involved in a con­ the school move forward. One step, according to Duff, is the installa­ members for several years, Columbia has troversy concerning his website. Though, his site tion of a student counc il. "By havmg an organized student body, then the administration knows more about what the students want " he announced the acWeb initia- displayed revisionist Holocaust views which sai d. ' tive (acweb.colum.edu) which r--:--------:-----:--, opi ned that Nazis never mur­ Duff also discussed the resolution of the P-Fac dispute. For the fi rst will be offered to au of its staff College professors' dered millions of Jews in the time ever, a part-ti me faculty unionized in an effo rt to raise their and fac ulty. I . 'II b concentration camps, the uni- wages and benefi ts. The story brought national attention and the deal Accord ing to Academ ic persona Sites WI e versity refused to remove his could possibly serve as the impetus for other schools to follow. Computing web expert, Jason linked tO the COllege site, saying the Internet is a According to Duff, the eventual P-Fac resolution Shipley, 20 to 30 fac ulty mem- free and open forum. helped both sides. "The agreement was good for both the adjunct faculty and the college," he said . bers and departments have WebSite fOr edUCa- "I suppose something wi ll The agreement wi ll .POst Columbia about $ 1.5 mi l­ already began using their tiona! purpOSeS and come up," said Shipley, refer- lion a year. accounts, but when more peo- ring to questionable material During Duff's seve n-year tenure, he has pie become interested in the aCCeSSibility by OUt- on the web. "Someone wi ll increased the coll ege's endowment, the money that project there will be more Sl'ders. challenge the boundaries of is available for possible use, from $3 million to $50 additions. this." mill ion. That money has been used to expand cam­ " It's pretty embryonic at With 250 computers on the pus and dorm space. this stage," said Shipley. "Right now there's a lot desktops, as compared to about 60 in other depart­ But not all IS not well, accord ing to some stu­ dents. When asked why students cannot register fo r of nitpicking and trouble-shooting." ments, Academic Computing is leading the way in classes on-line, Duff responded, "You probably Among others. the English, Math and Science computer technology at Columbia. The department 4 --..... to crawl before you can walk, and walk before Departments as well as the Center for Black Music is currently running two high speed web servers, you can run." A task force has now been set up to look into the prob­ Research, have all begun to use the service. and soon threaded discussion groups, chat ser- lem and will be headed by the provost.