Students raise issues with poetry spinoff
Students concerned about creator's absence

Shortcomings in the new poetry MFA could force students to consider whether or not they will reapply for the master's program, students told The Chronicle.

Complaints stem from inconsistent grading, a lack of diverse curriculum, interdepartmental politics, favoritism and false advertisement of what to expect in the program.
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College pioneer dead at 89
Exec's 'instinct to be creative' still lives on

When former democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark came to Chicago last year, Fred Fine somehow found a way to grab the retired four-star general's attention.
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The day DePaul Music Mart died
Crow's Nest is first tenant to leave building

The DePaul Music Mart is ending its music era, redefining and restructuring the Music Mart-without the music.

In January, DePaul University officials gave notice to six retail tenants on the concourse level of the Mart that their leases would not be renewed.
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Cable channel gains local support
RCN's financial woes leave future of CAN-TV cable stations in question

Hundreds of community leaders, neighborhood activists, television producers and cable TV viewers turned out in force to support access to community television at a Feb. 10 meeting of the Chicago Cable Commission.

At issue was the continued operation of CAN-TV, Chicago's only public-access television broadcaster, which is facing a significant cut in its operating budget due to a missed payment by RCN Cable of Chicago, one of the city's cable operators.
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For a school that's struggling with growth problems and consistent budget shortfalls, the last thing administrators should have done is hired a new executive, especially when the position was just created.

College officials last week announced the addition of former city Planning and Development Commissioner Alicia Berg to Columbia's higher management. Berg will serve as the director of campus environment, a position the college structured just for her.
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Editorial: Jackson's slip pales in comparison to CBS's

If you're like most college students, you have $20 to your name at any given time and semi-clean clothes on your back that smell dimly of cheap beer and cigarettes.

This is because you are what is affectionately known as fiscally reduced. You have sacrificed four years of your life so that the remainder of your days are not spent scalding yourself over a fryer or selling used carpeting door to door.
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Love is true for Adam and Drew
Dynamic duo teams up a second time for Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy '50 First Dates'

His plan was simple: Never date a local girl, never fall in love, live out the dream of sailing to Alaska with no strings attached. But somewhere along the way, pancake-waffle houses, penguins in Hawaiian shirts, an oversexed man/woman zoo assistant and the lives of walruses got mixed in with fate and destiny, taking him on a completely different path.
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How the Windy City got the blues

It's no secret that Chicago is famous for the blues. After all, the city is home to the largest free blues festival in the world. Within Columbia's vicinity alone, live blues can be heard virtually every night at the renowned Buddy Guy's Legends and other popular venues, such as Blue Chicago, Kingston Mines, B.L.U.E.S, The Hideout and sometimes even the House of Blues.
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