Gunshots reported at Columbia
College officials are investigating a fight that started after performance

Reports of gunfire brought at least nine police cars to a student talent show in at a Columbia building April 22, according to a spokeswoman from the Chicago Police Department’s News Affairs Department.

College officials said the incident is under investigation.
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University Center expected to boost local development
Students, retail necessary for area's growth

In many respects, the area around Columbia can be seen as a neighborhood in transition: Huge retail projects are being built on the area’s southern edge, the northern boundary is coalescing around an academic corridor, and a residential property explosion continues unabated.
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A league of her own
Team says female baseball player displays 'heart, soul, talent and desire' for the game

Boys play baseball and girls play softball, right? Well, if that’s the case, then Mimi Hall is just one of the guys.

Hall, a freshman film major at Columbia, plays hardball. She is a reserve second baseman for the Columbia club baseball team, the Coyotes.
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Students seeing 'Red' with web radio station
Sophomore broadcasts show out of basement

It might seem unorthodox for any other radio talk show duo to suddenly throw a reporter on the air without her knowledge, especially if that reporter was scheduled to profile their show.

But not for part-time graphic designer Mike David and Columbia sophomore Ron Galperin, front men for Red Bar Radio, a new online radio show that’s steadily gaining popularity among the 20-something demographic, the hosts said.
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A virtual tour of Columbia’s campus garnered a January 2004 Four Star Virtual Tour Award from a website that hosts a collection of online college tours.

An editorial board made up of prospective students, parents and college administrators selected Columbia’s interactive tour for a top honor among a pool of 12 candidates available at www.campustours.com.
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Film teachers win state art fellowships
Faculty productions win respect, financing

Columbia’s Film and Video Department came up big in February’s Artist Fellowship Awards, presented by the Illinois Arts Council. Faculty members C.A. Griffith, Wenhwa Ts’ao and Ted Hardin all won awards for work in their field.

The IAC awarded Griffith and Ts’ao fellowships in the amount of $7,000, while Hardin finished as a finalist and received $700.
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Accident hoses floors in the film building
Officials still unsure about the cost of damage

It could take as long as a month for Columbia to put a price tag on the damages accumulated from the April 17 flood in the 1104 Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., a school official told The Chronicle.

The building houses the college’s Film and Video Department, the Book and Paper Arts Center, the Glass Curtain Gallery, and the Student Government Association offices. The water soaked through and warped the hardwood floor and carpeting on the sixth and seventh floors of the building, where the flood did the most damage, according to Associate Vice President of Facilities and Operations Mike Debish.
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High price of fashion
General and student admission to student-produced clothing expo raised

The eighth annual Fashion Columbia is almost ready to hit the runway.

Columbia’s fashion show, which will be held April 28 in the 1104 Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., is the only entirely student-produced fashion exhibition in the country. Fashion Columbia showcases student talent each year in a professional manner—and this year is no exception.
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SGA hosts first online election
New method to focus on voter turnout numbers

The Student Government Association at Columbia is preparing to enter its third year, by hosting another round of student elections.

As of press time, 25 candidates representing various departments areall vying for a seat in the student senate, said Justin Kulovsek, acting president of SGA.
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Humor and genocide afoot at Dance Center
Kota Yamazaki’s performances part of center’s mission to fuel diversity

With plastic bags in his hands, Kota Yamazaki tiptoed across the stage attempting to infuse some humorous choreography in to his show “The Day of Africa,” which he performed at Columbia’s Dance Center, 1306 S. Michigan Ave., on April 16 and 17.

Yamazaki has been busy at Columbia recently. Not only did he create and star in “The Day of Africa,” but he also choreographed “Fagaala,” a separate feature of the Dance Center.
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Saving The Ruins

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle, the battle spirits of an ancient world are reawakening.

Fourteen centuries ago, Mayan kings fought for control of Waka, a city on a crucial river route westward out of Mayan country. Today the city is the epicenter of a different kind of battle—to preserve some of Central America’s last intact rain forest and its treasures.
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Bush support waning among college students

CHICAGO—President Bush’s support on college campuses has dropped substantially in the past six months because of growing student dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq, the weak job market and Bush’s stance on gay marriage, according to a poll released April 15.

The survey from the Kennedy School of Government’s Institute of Politics at Harvard
University showed college students favoring Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee, over Bush, 48 percent to 38 percent. Independent candidate Ralph Nader drew the support of 5 percent.
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Critics say Kerry's tuition plans falls short

WASHINGTON—College financial aid experts say Sen. John Kerry has found a good political issue in the high cost of college tuition. But some argue that the fixes proposed by the Massachusetts Democrat need work.

“He has the right idea to look for some savings, but whether his specifics would work out is a bit questionable,” said Sandy Baum, a professor of economics and a college tuition expert at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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