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The Colombia
Chronicle Campus News::
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College
buys president $10-million South Beach abode to cultivate
'Disney connections' "President Kotter has many contacts in the South Florida area from his days as director of entertainment arts at Disney," said Executive Vice President Ernie Smythe. "We think that this can be a great opportunity for him to utilize those Disney connections to help raise money for our animation and film programs." FULL STORY » One
graduating senior might receive the president's
new digs, if Board of Trustees approves The senior will be the owner of
the house built earlier in the year for Columbia
Warren N. Kotter. According to Kotter, he will pick
one graduate's name out of a box at this spring's
ceremony and hand them the keys of his 8,000-square-foot
townhouse, which was rumored to cost, including
remodeling, $4.35 million. The benevolent plan,
however, must still be approved by Columbia's Board
of Trustees. Digital
Technology junior's taste in movies, music set him
apart from too-hip classmates Digital Technology junior Tim Bell
transferred from Truman College, a Chicago city
college, for the spring semester. Bell spends most
of his time in the Academic Computing labs or working
at home on his computer projects. "It's been really rough," Bell said. "It seems like all the people I meet know about all these cool movies and music I've never heard of. And they're always going to 'readings' and 'shows' all the time. I like psychic readings as a gag as much as the next guy, but every other weekend? I don't think so." FULL STORY » Film
major lands 'internship' at Blockbuster "I commend Blockbuster's management for this opportunity," he said as he locked the doors just after midnight. "So far, they've only given me a taste of my options here. I've cleaned the employee bathroom, rewound videos and entered new members' information. Next week, I imagine they'll have me editing film, coordinating with actors and preparing sets." FULL STORY »
Overturned
chair mistaken for art exhibit Student
gets way too personal during class introductions "You know how, like, they go around and ask everybody to talk a little bit about themselves?" said Marketing Communication sophomore Tammy Kzapsinky. "Well, most people say 'Hi, my name is such-and-such and I'm a whatever major and I'm taking this class because blah, blah, blah.' But she's like, going on and on all about this terrible crap that happened to her. I was like, 'Too much information!'" FULL STORY »
Journalism
grad lists only 'Columbia' on resumé "I got so discouraged every time I'd talk to an employer on the phone," Biddles explained. "I'd mention that I am graduating from Columbia in June and they'd say, 'Oh, wow, that's impressive! That's a wonderful program!' After I clarified that I was graduating from Columbia College Chicago, they'd say, 'Oh, that's nice.'" It was that difference in reaction
that spurred Biddles, who is concentrating in magazine
journalism, to alter his resume to read only "Columbia,"
without specifying the city or full name of the college.
FULL
STORY » Marketing
sophomore's fourth absence due to actual illness After
ditching three sessions of his Monday morning Introduction
to Market Research class, Marketing Communication
sophomore Joe Garden cursed his luck when his fourth
absence-resulting in automatic failure-was caused
by an actual illness. "Dude,
that totally sucked!" the despondent Garden said
while smoking Marlboro Ultra Light 100s outside the
623 S. Wabash Ave. building. "I knew I had to
straighten my shit up after missing three classes
in a row after the first day. And I was going good
there for a while. I made two classes in a row, man.
I thought I had it all under control."
FULL
STORY »
Where
do your student fees go? Commentary Well…I guess my life really wasn't
like that. But I guess you could say that was kind
of a metaphor for what my life was like-dark, dreary,
empty, devoid of joy and meaning. That is, until I
had the great fortune of taking Senior Seminar last
semester. A&E
Dance
major denied academic credit for work as stripper
She
smiled wryly and confessed: "I just earned $1,000
in four hours, but I want more-I want class credit."
Her request for an independent project was denied
by the Dance chair following intense lobbying by Jackson's
Introduction to African Dance instructor, Jenny Johnson. Johnson
said she appreciates Rain going the extra step to
gain more experience with her "extracurricular
activity" but believes stripping isn't a viable
way to enter the professional dance field, however
Johnson admits she's never seen Jackson strip. Chicago
finds: Columbia's 'Underground Café' On walking down the stairs to The Underground Café, the first smell to tempt the diner's nose is an intriguing, complex fragrance with charcoal and smoky undercurrents. The mind conjures up images of a salmon steak, sizzling on an oak grill at a backyard barbeque, or a honey-marinated pork loin roasting on a luau spit. In reality, the savory smell is just the immobile cloud of smoke over the smoking section's patrons. As an added benefit, the smoking section comprises over 95 percent of the café, with much of the non-smoking section smelling as well. FULL STORY » Tri-quarterly
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