Weekly Issue - 2008-05-12
Awards won by The Columbia Chronicle

2008 Illinois College Press Association Awards

2008 Associated Collegiate Press Best of Show Awards

2007 Illinois College Press Association Awards

2007 Gold Circle Awards, Columbia Scholastic Press Association

2006 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker

2006 Columbia Scholastic Press Association

2006 College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers (CNBAM) Competition

9th Annual Webby Award Competition

2006 ICPA Awards

Society of Professional Journalists 2005 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Competition

Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Convention - Minneapolis, 2005

2005 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition

2005 College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers (CNBAM) Competition

2005 ICPA Awards

Illinois Press Photographers Association's Illinois Student Best of Photojournalism 2003 competition

Society of Professional Journalists 2003 Region 5 Mark of Excellence Competition

2004 College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers (CNBAM) Competition

2004 Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Convention - Minneapolis, 2004

2004 Illinois College Press Association

Associated Collegiate Press national competition

2003 ACP Advertising Awards, co-sponsored by Larson Newspapers.

2003 ACP Cartooning Awards, co-sponsored by Universal Press Syndicate

Chronicle staff, Finalist - Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Pacemaker competition

2003 Apple Awards

College Newspapers Business and Advertising Managers (CNBAM) Competition

2003 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition

Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Convention - Minneapolis, 2003 2003 Illinois College Press Association, Chicago 2002 U-WIRE Web Savvy Award 2002 Associated College Press Leader of the Student Press in North America 2002 Associated College Press Online Pacemaker Winner 2002 College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers, Inc. 2002 ACP National College Newspaper Convention, Los Angeles 2002 ACP Best of the Midwest College Newspaper Convention, Minneapolis 2002 Illinois College Press Association, Chicago 2001 Mark of Excellence Awards Society of Professional Journalists 2000 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards (Region 5) 2000 Illinois College Newspaper Business and Managers Association 2000 Illinois College Press Association 2000 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker Competition 2000 Northern Illinois Newspaper Association/Northern Illinois University Journalism Program College Newspaper Competition 2000 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition 2000 ACP National College Newspaper Convention Best of Show 1999 Illinois College Press Association 1999 Northern Illinois Newspaper Association/Northern Illinois University Journalism Program College Newspaper Competition 1999 ACP/CMA National College Media Convention 1999 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Competition 1998 University of Missouri College Photographer of the Year 1998 Illinois Press Photographers Association 1998 Associated Collegiate Press's Best of the Midwest competition 1998 Illinois College Press Association 1998 Northern Illinois Newspaper Association/Northern Illinois University Journalism Program College Newspaper Competition 1998 College Media Advisers Best of Collegiate Design 6 Competition 1997 Illinois College Press Association 1997 Associated College Press Association 1997 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards (Region 5) 1996 Illinois College Press Association 1995 Illinois College Press Association

Columbia shines at Pride with one of the best floats

For the third consecutive year, Columbia has won an award for its float entry in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade, which took place June 29 in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood. Columbia’s ABBA-themed “Dancing Queen” float won honorable mention from judges at PRIDE Chicago, the parade’s organizer. In years past, Columbia’s float has won for the best organization float award for previous themes like “Nancy Sinatra” and “The Sound of Music.”

Media Production Center update

Columbia is a step closer to purchasing the land at 16th and State streets for the construction of the Media Production Center. The Community Development Commission voted unanimously to recommend to City Council the sale of the $3.2 million parcel of land for $200,000. The one-story Media Production Center will include two sound stages, a motion capture studio and an animation lab, among other amenities, for film, video and television majors.


A new view for Wabash Avenue
Construction to beautify downtown street by end of 2008

The current scene on Wabash Avenue in the Loop is a bit cluttered. Green mesh lines chain link fences and sandbags lay on hammered, uneven concrete surfaces and on fence ties. Concrete barriers line the sidewalks and close off southbound traffic lanes. Construction workers sit with their lunch pails and white hard hats. Wooden boards lie on top of holes and lead into temporary entrance ways to businesses and schools. The noise of jackhammers and equipment sound loudly.

Taste of Chicago to offer healthier food option

At this year’s Taste of Chicago, some menu items of more than 70 local restaurants will be a little less indulgent and little more nutritious. The Mayor’s Office of Special Events has required participating food vendors to add a more healthy option to their selection at the Taste. Cindy Gatziolis, spokesperson for the Mayor’s Office of Special Events, said the office has been noticing a more calorie-conscious trend in food and wanted to encourage the vendors to offer something lighter.


Don’t Miss: Day One of Lollapalooza
The Cool Kids, Holy F--k, CSS

With so many bands and so little time, making decisions on which sets to check out at Lollapalooza, Chicago’s biggest music festival of the year, and which to miss out on can be a bit stressful. Of course, headliners like Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, Nine Inch Nails and Kanye West are givens, but with so many promising smaller acts performing in different areas at the same times—in forecasted temperatures of above 90 degrees, nonetheless—pre-planning is absolutely necessary.

Don’t miss: Day Two of Lollapalooza
Does it Offend You, Yeah?, Explosions in the Sky, Uffie

With so many bands and so little time, making decisions on which sets to check out at Lollapalooza, Chicago’s biggest music festival of the year, and which to miss out on can be a bit stressful. Of course, headliners like Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, Nine Inch Nails and Kanye West are givens, but with so many promising smaller acts performing in different areas at the same times—in forecasted temperatures of above 90 degrees, nonetheless—pre-planning is absolutely necessary.


Venues open doors to all ages crowd

About two years ago, I went to a concert at Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., to see one of my favorite bands at the time. I was 18 years old, wore electric blue tights with a pair of Chuck Taylors and couldn’t wait to dance and get sweaty with other underagers like myself. I was so excited to actually see a band I loved at a great venue in the city without having to track down a fake ID just so I could be admitted into a show, since Chicago venues seemed to shun underage crowds at concerts.

Like a piece of vomit from my soul, like a Rolling Stone

I’ve always wanted a column. In my cocky naivete, I felt that my own musings about things like street corner preachers and the idea of reclaiming the Hitler moustache as an acceptable style of facial hair as a way of removing it’s stigma deserved to be shared with the masses who read The Chronicle. However, I’m not a word person, and my opinions oftentimes should not be shared with everyone. (Sometimes, not be shared with anyone.) To those who have listened to all my rants, tangents and moans: Thanks. This includes, but is not limited to, all of my teachers, those in my classes, people I work with, friends, roommates and occasionally random strangers I sit next to on the el.