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COLUMBIA IS HOSTING its first Lavender Ceremony this May to honor Spring 2019 graduates who are part of the LGBTQ community. Lavender ceremonies are made to acknowledge students’ achievements and contributions to the college. The ceremony provides a sense of community for students who experience “culture shock” at institutions. The first lavender ceremony was held at the University of Michigan in 1995 after Dr. Ronni Sanlo, a lesbian, had heard LGBTQ students say they were miserable at their respective schools. She was denied attendance to the graduations of her children due to her sexual orientation and created the ceremony to honor the lives and achievements of the LGBTQ students who were in her care for a short time. Since then, more than 500 colleges, universities and high schools have held lavender ceremonies. For Columbia’s first Lavender Ceremony, students and alumni are encouraged to
sign up to be recognized, said Matthew Rillie, a one-stop counselor and adviser of Columbia Pride. They will be given the option to choose someone close to them who will give them their cord, to be worn over their robe, and deliver a short speech to recognize their achievements. Columbia’s ceremony will also include a reception with food and a drag show following the ceremony. Child care, ASL speakers and braille program options will be available to ensure everyone in attendance is able to enjoy the ceremony. “It’s way past time that we have recognized the struggles that our queer students have,” Rillie said. Rillie added that the Lavender Ceremony is special because it focuses on allowing students to come as they are, meaning students can come dressed however they choose in order to truly celebrate themselves. The ceremony will feature a guest speaker—yet to be announced along with time and location—who will talk about the celebration of queer students during their
huge milestone. “Naming people’s struggles is very necessary,” Rillie said. “[As well as] recognizing that they had a lot of things to go through to get to this point.” Rillie said the ceremony is important because it advocates and recognizes the hardships LGBTQ people have had to overcome in education. The Human Rights Campaign said lavender is of great importance to LGBTQ history. The color is a combination of the black triangle lesbians were forced to wear as political prisoners and the pink triangle gay men wore in concentration camps in Nazi Germany. While the symbols represent hatred, the LGBTQ community reclaimed them to create symbols of pride and community. “I wanted them to know that their lives and their scholarship matter to the university and that they were important to the university,” Sanlo said. Every year, she serves as the keynote speaker at a number of ceremonies across the U.S. “It fills my heart, and it is the legacy I
know I have left,” Sanlo said. “For all the work that I have done, Lavender Graduation is my legacy to higher education and my gift to LGBTQ college students everywhere.” There were only three students who participated in the first ceremony, but by the third year, there were nearly a hundred students. Now, LGBTQ students at Columbia will be able to celebrate their own achievements. “It’s important for LGBTQ people. It is difficult to be out at all, and being recognized for that is a big step in a good direction,” said sophomore acting major Sarah Maerten. Maerten said the ceremony is something Columbia can benefit from, and recognizing the struggle LGBTQ students go through is a positive thing. Maerten said the ceremony encourages people who are not a part of the LGBTQ community to appreciate those who are. It allows others to see the challenges they have experienced that otherwise would have been invisible. “There are a lot of LGBTQ [students] at Columbia,” Maerten said. “For them to be recognized, rather than blend in, shows the diversity through sexuality that we have.” kpolidori@columbiachronicle.com
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Anti-lynching bill passes Senate days after Ida B. Wells honor » ARIANA PORTALATIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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da B. Wells was a remarkable activist and journalist whose anti-lynching campaign helped in the fight for civil rights of black Americans in the U.S. The risks she took to improve the lives of others are still affecting change today. Three days after the city celebrated her sacrifices and achievements by naming a street after her, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to make lynching a federal crime. The bill, now headed to the House of Representatives for approval, was spearheaded by Senators Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Tim Scott, R-S.C. According to a Dec. 21, 2018, Vox article, the “Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018” serves as a recognition and apology of past lynching crimes that have gone unnoticed by local and state law enforcement. “It is really important that our laws protect vulnerable people and outline accurately what are crimes against human beings,” Harris said. “These were some of the most violent acts that took place against Americans in our country for generations, so for this to be acknowledged as a crime for which there will be accountability and consequence is something that I’m very excited about.” According to the legislature, lynching has been documented in all but four states, with at least 4,742 people, predominantly African-American, being lynched from 1882–1968. Despite the large number, 99 percent of perpetrators went unpunished. Enacting the bill would allow judges to impose additional sentencing on top of other charges. Anyone convicted of lynching someone due to discrimination could be sentenced to up to life in prison, while causing bodily harm would lead to at least 10 years. The bill was initially introduced in June 2018 and passed by the Senate in December, but the House failed to act on it before the congressional session ended. Passing the bill after nearly 200 attempts to do so is a long-awaited but much-needed victory. “Only by coming to terms with history can the United States effectively champion human rights abroad,” the bill states. “An apology offered in the spirit 2 THE CHRONICLE FEBRUARY 18, 2019
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engineering sauce we are using to achieve the lush textures and soundscapes we are going for,” McKee said. He added that this is being done so students can witness the dynamic between music makers and engineers. “This is an opportunity to rethink what it means to mix music. Not as a song, per se, but as a soundscape,” Kanters said. “This really does point toward a new part of the audio discipline. The Audio Arts and Acoustics Department is in the midst of developing curriculum in immersive audio.” Kanters said he intentionally wrote a course description that would allow it to cover other projects in the future. Before the class was greenlighted, they needed to make sure the technology would work, which is where Chief Engineer David Knuth came in, Kanters said. Once the technology was perfected, word about the course needed to be spread. Kanters sent out an email invitation in December to all junior and senior-level students in the Audio Arts and Acoustics Department to make them aware of the course. While the course was formally announced after registration for the Spring 2019 semester, the class easily filled up, Kanters said. The album, six years in the making, has no ideal release date, McKee said. Once the album mixing is complete, they will turn
the project over to the Interactive Arts and Media Department for the visual creation, he added. McKee also teased a number of high-profile guest artists on the album. As of now, the visual components are in the early stages of development, said Chair of the Interactive Arts and Media Department Joseph Cancellaro. “[Because it is going to be a virtual-reality experience], some of the questions we’re raising are: ‘Do you want the visuals to be triggered by the soundtrack, the music track?’; ‘Do you want it to be triggered by the user in the space listening to your music?’; [or] ‘Do you want the visuals to be triggered by the brain waves that you’re monitoring while you’re listening to the music?’” Cancellaro said. “There’s all sorts of things we can do. We have to just get that narrowed down.” Anderson said in a Feb. 6 email to The Chronicle the decision to incorporate college students into the mixing process was simple. “It seemed logical to find a way to embrace young talent and work with them on any kind of level,” Anderson said. “The chance to be at Columbia is truly wonderful on many levels. We will be learning from the students as they will be learning from our project.” kwatt@columbiachronicle.com
Sean McKee’s students are collaborating with lead singer of the rock band Yes, Jon Anderson (on screen), to help mix one of his albums.
Provost candidate is a ‘geeky humanist’ » KNOX KERANEN STAFF REPORTER MARCELLA DAVID, THE second provost finalist to visit Columbia, discussed the significance of efficient communication between faculty and administration. “From the outside, the foundation for effective communication exists at Columbia,” David said. “The next step is to ensure challenges of the administration are well-known as well as the challenges facing students, faculty and staff.”
A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School in 1989, David is a self-proclaimed “geeky humanist,” attributing the title to her love of law and engineering. During her Feb. 14 presentation at Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., she said Columbia’s diversity piqued her interest. Most universities’ diversity goals attempt to increase representation by merely sending out invitations and then considering their work done, David said. “Columbia College’s diversity com-
mitment is significant because it takes that step of thinking [of] diversity inclusion not as a series of discreet initiatives but as a holistic challenge,” she added. “Not, ‘How do we help them fit in?’ but, ‘How do we become more diverse and inclusive?’” David’s administrative experience began at the University of Iowa as associate dean of admissions in 2003. She remained at Iowa until 2015, when she left to fill the provost position at the historically-black college, Florida Agri-
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into the rows of lecture hall-style seats. They are staring at a screen—the class is on a Skype call. An ordinary-looking man sits in his home animatedly talking about his passion: music. But he is no ordinary man; he is rock ‘n’ roll legend Jon Anderson. Anderson, frontman of the English rock band Yes, and his writing partner, 1995 Audio Arts and Acoustics alumnus Sean McKee, are conducting a course in which students get to be a part of the music-mixing process for Anderson’s upcoming album. The course, “Musical Soundscape Design & Mixing in 5.1,” is an advanced-topics
course offered in the Audio Arts and Acoustics Department. The course allows students to experience working on a professional album, according to Associate Chair of the Audio Arts and Acoustics Department Benj Kanters. While McKee technically teaches the course, it will also include Skype sessions with Anderson, a Grammy award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee who has sold 50 million albums. Together, the two will provide students high-level musical aesthetic and philosophical insights, including how sound and music can affect the mind and body, McKee said in a Feb. 6 email to The Chronicle. McKee asked music engineer Ryan Black to be a part of the process. Black’s role will be to provide “the secrets to the special-mix
cultural and Mechanical University. She served there for just 19 months before FAMU’s board of trustees ousted her and her boss, the college’s first female president, in September 2016. David has been a visiting professor of law at Florida State University since 2017. President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim said he would like to make a decision soon, but Columbia should not expect the announcement of a new provost until March. Visit ColumbiaChronicle.com for additional reporting. kkeranen@columbiachronicle.com
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FOLLOWING AN INCREASE in hate crimes and mass shootings at religious temples, a change. org petition is demanding more religious diversity on campus, just as the college works to expand its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Senior cinema art and science major Ian Roozrokh created the petition in December 2018 after waiting for a response from the college on the October 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. “It is very disappointing that the college has neither issued a response against anti-Semitic violence nor a call to action for ensuring a safe space for our students who identify with a religious minority,” Roozrokh wrote in the petition.
The petition asks for the college to publicly denounce acts of anti-Semitism and violence and appoint a religious expert to the DEI Committee. As of Feb. 14, the petition has received 194 signatures. Associate Professor in the Humanities, History and Social Sciences Department Stephanie Frank teaches “Religion and Violence” and helped Roozrokh draft the petition addressed to President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim and the DEI Committee. Prior to the petition’s creation, Frank sent a letter on Nov. 11, 2018, on behalf of the HHSS Department faculty to Kim addressing the same issues as Roozrokh. Folayemi Wilson, one of the co-directors of the DEI Committee, responded to Frank’s letter by saying she was happy the department wishes to engage with DEI and the committee had been in discussions
about adding an advisory council. “In my view, it didn’t really seem to address the gravity of the situation,” Frank said about the response from Wilson. The DEI Committee has been developing a self-nomination system for students, faculty and administrators who would like to join the committee, encouraging them to apply if they think they have a level of expertise to offer. They hope to finalize the new structure of the committee early this spring. The DEI Committee announced in a Feb. 6 email that 13 faculty members, including Frank, will be receiving grants to pursue projects aligned with DEI’s mission. Frank’s grant is “to contribute to a program of screenings, worships, lectures and gallery tours that bring awareness around issues of Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism, and support religious diversity on our campus.” In a Feb. 1 email statement to The Chronicle, Kim recognized documented increases in hate crimes in Chicago, but noted that the college is dedicated to supporting a
Cinema art and science major Ian Roozrokh created a petition in December to request that the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee appoint a religious expert.
employees and its students to face these problems and curb them here on campus and in the broader community,” Kim said. While the committee is in its developing stage, DEI Co-Director Raquel Monroe said that Roozrokh reaching out to the committee was a good step, but he should also be reaching out to student organizations on campus. The committee hopes to get more religious voices as a result of its new nomination process, Monroe said. Roozrokh remains hopeful for the petition’s future. “It has been very gratifying that the response to this has been big for the Jewish students and for all religious minority groups on campus,” Roozrokh said. On March 14 the DEI Committee is holding a forum to discuss new ways for students, faculty and administration to get involved. The presentation will be held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 1104 S. Wabash at Film Row Cinema. bekis@columbiachronicle.com
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“It creates a real sense of anxiety and mistrust [for the faculty as a whole] because there is not any certainty about what will happen next,” Andrews said. “That creates a very demoralizing ... environment in which faculty don’t feel like they’re invested in the institution.” Andrews said not explaining the full reasoning behind the program termination devalues the faculty’s agency. “Faculty are the front lines. They’re the ones engaging with the students,” he said. “We need them to be enthusiastic and feel like they’re committed, engaged and a valued part of the institution.” A draft report from President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim and former Senior Vice President and Provost Stan Wearden, which recommended the closure of the programs, was sent to the
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2008 court case that accused him of 14 counts of child pornography. DeRogatis has found a total of at least 48 women who have allegedly been preyed upon by Kelly. The recently-aired Lifetime docu-series, “Surviving R. Kelly,” inspired by DeRogatis’ reporting, has again brought public attention to the musician’s affairs, along with real consequences. » PATRICK REPONSE/CHRONICLE
COLUMBIA STUDENTS ARE muting R. Kelly in the face of multiple sexual assault allegations against the R&B musician. But while the music director of the college’s radio station WCRX said the station will not play the music of the Chicago-raised artist until he “makes a public apology or turns himself in,” the resistance to what many say the artist has come to represent goes much further. Jocelyn Hudson, senior radio major and music director at WCRX, remembers listening to Kelly at barbecues growing up. After becoming aware of sexual assault allegations against him through the recently-aired Lifetime docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly,” she said his music now disgusts her. “[He is] not singing to a woman of [his] age; [he is] singing to my future child or daughter, so it’s a
weird feeling,” Hudson said. Those who have taken a class with English and Creative Writing Professor Jim DeRogatis know the story. An anonymous fax sent to him in 2000 alleged there was a videotape showing Kelly having sex with an underage girl. DeRogatis’ reporting led to numerous child pornography charges against the singer. Kelly was ultimately acquitted in the
Graffiti on R. Kelly’s Chicago-based studio, 219 N. Justine St., with the words “rapist” and “pedophile” expressing outrage toward the singer.
their courses before they are phased out entirely. Dean of the College of Education at Roosevelt University Tom Philion said he was sorry to hear of the closure but said it is a sign of the national trend of declining enrollment in education programs. “Teaching has become less attractive to students,” Philion said. Visit ColumbiaChronicle.com for additional reporting. kwatt@columbiachronicle.com » FILE PHOTO
STUDENTS AND FACULTY reacted with sadness and a deepening mistrust for the administration as the news sunk in that two programs—Early Childhood Education and Dance Movement Therapy—will no longer be offered after the current cohorts complete their degrees. Junior early childhood education major Elizabeth Piskorski said while she understands the decision to close the program due to its dwindling numbers, she did not like how it was handled. “None of the teachers speak to each other or communicate very well,” Piskorski said. “They’ve changed the requirements on [the program] almost yearly. They change our advisors quite frequently, so, our advisors never
know what we’re supposed to do.” Piskorski added that she wished there had been more communication between the education department and the rest of the college. “The fact that we’ve been mistreated not only by our administration, but [also] by our other departments just shows the general attitude in America toward educators,” she said. The closure was confirmed Feb. 8 in an email sent to faculty from Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Suzanne Blum Malley, said Sean Andrews, Faculty Senate president and associate professor in the Humanities, History and Social Sciences Department. It was also discussed in Faculty Senate that same day. According to Andrews, faculty was not given justification for the closure in terms of how it might affect enrollment.
Faculty Senate for feedback in March 2018. The initial report also recommended the termination of faculty in these programs, as reported April 2, 2018, by The Chronicle. According to Andrews, the tenured faculty will remain at Columbia but will have to find new courses, new program homes, new departments and new majors in which to teach. He added that current students in the programs will have a period of two to three years to complete
Sean Andrews confirmed the closure of the Early Childhood Education and Dance Movement Therapy programs during a Feb. 8 Faculty Senate meeting held at Stage Two, 618 S. Michigan Ave. Andrews was not surprised by the program closures.
Since its Jan. 3 airing, Kelly has been dropped by Sony, his record label, and is being investigated in at least two states, including Illinois. Inspectors have searched his Chicago studio twice in 2019 thus far. Professor of instruction in the Music Department Bobbi Wilsyn said students entering the music industry can improve the culture by understanding their own selfworth, who they are and what they want to accomplish in order to make the right decisions during business interactions. Students of DeRogatis who have heard his stories were shocked to learn these incidents had been going unchecked. “Columbia students are woke; they are active; they are appalled; and they wonder how this was allowed to happen for so long,” DeRogatis said. “They need to upturn the culture and get rid of every predatory, harassing man and elbow them the hell aside.” Music is already starting to go back to its do-it-yourself roots, and a new model of production is emerging that is less predatory and pushes out the recording
industry power structure, DeRogatis said. Students should advocate for leveling the playing field for all artists to stop sexual harassment and demand equal pay for artists based on talent instead of gender, Associate Chair of the Music Department Bill Boris said. Boris said the post-Weinstein society will not tolerate predatory behavior. He added that even with his experience in the music industry, he had never heard of anything like the “cultish” behavior Kelly has allegedly been engaged in. Sophomore music major Brianna Miller said she probably would not listen to Kelly again, but would not judge anyone who continued to listen to his music. However, she does feel every artist has a responsibility to their fans. “It becomes a question of: Do we continue to listen to their music? [And if ] you listen to their music, does it mean you are contributing to a problem?” Miller said. chronicle@colum.edu
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The Handmade Market: One-stop shop for artist-made, ethically-sourced goods » KACI WATT STAFF REPORTER FOR CHICAGOANS, THE Handmade Market is a one-stop shop for handmade and ethically-sourced goods. The market is held at The Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., which is generally a live-music venue, organizer Heather Flett said. For each event, the space is transformed to accommodate selling spaces
for 30 handmade artists, she added. The market is held monthly from October through December and twice a month from January to April. It is open from 12–4 p.m. on Saturdays. As the name suggests, everything sold at the Handmade Market is handmade. “We don’t do resale or fair trade,” Flett said. “It has to be something you are making some considerable modifications
Since 2005, the Handmade Market has been held at The Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave.
to from the original source. We prefer local vendors.” The market, started in 2005 by Erica Coslor, has a low entry cost for sellers to participate, ranging from $35-$40. After about a year, Coslor moved to New York City, and Flett—having been connected to the market since the beginning—took over and has been the sole organizer since. Lauren Cornell is a seller for Handmade Market. Her business, Think Unique, began in 2012 and is a jewelry and wellness lifestyle brand. She creates crystal and aromatherapy jewelry and meditation tools. According to Cornell, the next market will be held Feb. 24, and Think Unique will be participating. “It’s a really great event,” Cornell said. “If you’re local to Chicago or even in the near-Midwest area, it’s a great way to get exposure. It’s a casual environment. It’s not one of those big, high-stress markets. It’s a very laid back, enjoyable time.” In addition to her work, Cornell said one can find all sorts of things, including hand-poured candles, food, crocheted items, stickers, handmade wood furniture and more. Like many artists, she said her love for handmade items began young. “Since I was a little girl, I’ve been drawing, working with clay [and] making
things constantly,” Cornell said. “As I’ve grown up, I’ve evolved into different avenues for creating things.” Junior illustration major Courtney Cusack currently sells her art online on Etsy. Cusack’s brand, Cardinal Crowns, sells prints and stickers of her digitally-painted artwork. While Cusack has not sold at the Handmade Market, she has sold in-person at conventions and finds the experience to be beneficial. “Etsy is a solo adventure versus the interactive element that a markeplace offers,” Cusack said. “I’m doing the selling and [using] my ability to convince them to buy something. I can only convince so much digitally for people to buy my stuff. I really enjoy the market aspect of it because it allows me to interact with my audience.” Flett added that the venue serves alcohol and also has a restaurant attached, which creates an easy way for the market to become a destination. “It’s a nice way—especially in the winter when there’s not much going on in Chicago—to make an afternoon of it,” Flett said. “Come, get some brunch with a couple of friends and then check out some local art. It’s a good way to support folks who are doing local art and to understand where what you’re buying came from and how it was produced ethically and locally.” kwatt@columbiachronicle.com » COURTESY HEATHER FLETT
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Connor. Some of those people include Connor’s family, such as his empathetic sister Zoe, played THERE ISN’T AN easy way to review by Maggie McKenna. a show that picks at your brain the “Dear Evan Hansen” started its way “Dear Evan Hansen” does. limited engagement in Chicago Between the score and the script, Feb. 13 in front of a sold-out audia 500-word article does not quite ence at the James M. Nederlander do the six-time Tony-winning Theatre formerly known as the musical justice. Oriental Theatre, located at 24 The show tells the story of W. Randolph St. misfit Evan Hansen as he naviBen Levi Ross gave a stunning gates high school after mistak- performance as Evan Hansen. enly being identified as the best He was a vocal powerhouse who friend of Connor Murphy, played had the crowd hollering after the by Marrick Smith, the misunder- second number, “Waving Through stood upperclassman who takes a Window,” where he poured his his own life. heart out with lyrics like, “When With a busy single mother, mean you’re falling in a forest and there’s classmates and extreme anxiety, nobody around, do you ever really Evan Hansen starts to gain some crash, or even make a sound?” much-needed attention from the Ross also has an incredible actpeople around him as he is seen ing range. He goes from a timid, as the only person who got to know apologetic character in the first act
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all-women workspace, is set to open a Chicago location, its first in the Midwest, this year. The Wing has been active since October 2016 and has approximately 6,000 members in five locations. It was originally founded in New York and now has three locations there, as well as in San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. The organization is set to open in other cities this year including Chicago, Boston and London. The Wing is a workspace dedicated to giving women in business the resources and flexibility to grow. The organization charges a monthly membership fee. According to its website, it is $215 for a single location and $250 to have access in various cities. The membership also includes women’s amenities, such as beauty THE WING, AN
and lactation rooms, special events, internet access, a library and more. The annual fee for a single location is $2,350 and all access is $2,700. Many people are excited for The Wing to come to Chicago, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who recently issued a letter to The Wing indicating his support for the organization. Junior early childhood education major Suzannah Meza was thrilled to hear The Wing will be expanding to Chicago. “It can really help the women in business here,” she said. “The Wing is also a place where you can network with people, so Chicago is a great place to have this opportunity.” Rana Liu, a second-year arts management graduate student, is ecstatic about the The Wing coming to Chicago. “They are self starters,” she said. “They are helping women in male-dominated field[s].”
Liu also said that The Wing is important because females are underrepresented. “As a [female] business student, a lot of the times the entrepreneurs that we do meet are men.” Emily Chertow, a community coordinator for The Wing, also thinks it is a great place to meet strong women. “The Wing is an amazing environment for connecting with other powerful and empowering, strong women while also serving as a women should have access to a space for people to gather together strong community.” to work and get things done,” She added that each space has she said. its own unique personality which Chertow, who has been working allows more women to find a space at The Wing’s Soho location since that aligns with their needs. October 2018, said The Wing can Driskill said it is important for greatly benefit Chicago, and she women to have a place where they encouraged her cousin to join the can talk freely about sensitive topspace once it opens this year. ics such as the Me Too movement, A licia Driskill, CEO of the gender pay gap and the chalEvolveHer, another women’s lenges of balancing motherhood co-working space in Chicago, and a career. located at 358 W. Ontario St., said Based on the response to in a Feb. 8 email, “We believe all EvolveHer since its opening
‘FRIENDS! The Musical Parody’ pokes fun, brings sitcom to life
“Friends.” The rest of [the cast] is obsessed with it. For impressions and stuff, I’d have to watch the show. Last night, [while watching “Friends”], Monica would say, ‘You’re stealing my thunder!’ and so I’d say, ‘You’re stealing my thunder!’ right after she said the line, and my roommate was like, ‘Maggie, stop.’ I’ll just be copying her like, ‘I know!’ I have to say that a million times like, ‘I know!’ over and over. I do have a song [in the musical] called ‘I Know.’
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ite coffee shop, Central Perk, is in Chicago through March 3 in the form of “FRIENDS! The Musical Parody.” The show will run at Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse, Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St., and features songs named after fan-favorite lines and memorable moments—including “We Were On a Break!” and “Could I BE Anymore...in Love with You”—while poking fun at the characters from the beloved sitcom “Friends.” Maggie McMeans, who plays Monica Geller, and Aaron C. Rutherford, who plays Chandler Bing, spoke with The Chronicle about the energy of the show, their characters and what to expect from the musical.
the characters before the show? MCMEANS: We definitely like
“FRIENDS! The Musical Parody” is on tour in Chicago at Broadway Playhouse, 175 E. Chestnut St., from Feb. 12 - March 3. The show is an unfiltered and irreverant take on the popular ‘90s sitcom “Friends.”
THE CHRONICLE: How would you describe the show? MCMEANS: It’s very fun. The
is very fast-paced. It’s basically a bunch of jokes from the show back to back to back, condensed. It’s kind of like the hot points of each show in 10 seasons. It’s definitely a parody.
music is really great; it’s super catchy. And that’s [coming from] someone who is super picky about music and musicals. I was surprised when I heard Are you both fans of the show the music. The show in general “Friends”? How well did you know
Do you feel intimidated playing such beloved characters? RUTHERFORD: These characters are such a huge part of pop culture, so if you mess them up, people get really upset. It’s hard to walk that line in a show like this where it is a parody—making fun of them without going into that mean-spirited place.
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Women’s workspace to spread its ‘wings’
last January, Driskill said women clearly want more spaces dedicated to women. “EvolveHer [has] held over 350 events and connected with over 38,000 women,” Driskill said. “This shows the city’s appetite for female-forward events and the desire for true connection. We welcome any company that is dedicated to helping drive true equity for women and look forward to partnering on this mission.” ysheikah@columbiachronicle.com
characters, but also the only thing I can think about anymore is “Friends” references. No matter what happens, my brain automatically goes to a lyric from our show or a scene from the TV show. I can’t think about anything else. Whenever anyone around me asks anybody how they’re doing, immediately my brain is like, “How you doin’?” What would you say to fans who are considering going to see the show? MCMEANS: See it, but also, don’t
come wanting to see the show [“Friends”] again—we’re poking fun at it. It’s like a mixture of “Friends” and “South Park.” It’s very raunchy, and it’s definitely not “Friends” the show. I can’t say that enough.
RUTHERFORD: Come in without the expectation of seeing the TV show recreated. We do all 10 seasons, but it’s in two hours, so Do you ever find yourselves act- you almost can’t do that without ing like the characters outside of poking fun at it.
the show? RUTHERFORD: Not only do we
start to become more like our
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olumbia will host its first Lavender Ceremony May 1, as reported on the Front Page. Lavender Ceremonies celebrate LGBTQ graduates and their academic achievements at the college. Ceremonies like this have been held since 1995 by more than 200 colleges and universities nationwide. According to the Human Rights Campaign, the choice of lavender is a combination of the pink triangle gay men were forced to wear in concentration camps and the black triangle placed on lesbians as political prisoners in Nazi Germany. Lavender ceremonies, held separately from traditional graduations, are a way to reclaim these symbols and celebrate the success of LGBTQ students. Reclamation is a tool of empowerment in the LGBTQ community, and Columbia’s choice to hold a lavender ceremony upholds that empowerment. There is a long history of LGBTQ people and other oppressed groups reclaiming words and symbols
traditionally used to oppress them; there are a handful of words that were once slurs that can now be said casually in safe spaces. This resilience in the face of forced submission shows the power of the LGBTQ experience to the rest of the world. The ability to stare oppression in the face and flip it on its head is an incredible and admirable strength, one that deserves to be celebrated. The LGBTQ community has faced a long and dark history, from being targeted by Nazis and forced conversion therapy, to the AIDS epidemic and the transgender military ban. There are incidents of discrimination and abuse against LGBTQ people headlining each news cycle, and still, queer people not only survive, but thrive every day. As graduates, artists, writers, performers and community members, LGBTQ people are refusing to sit in silence and shame. The celebration of LGBTQ students is a celebration of overcoming adversity. It is a celebration of the vibrant and diverse student body that calls Columbia home.
Banning cigarettes is not a solution; dismantling power structures is
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awaiian lawmakers introduced a bill raising the legal minimum age to purchase cigarettes. It would go from its current 21 to 30 in
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2020, to 40 in 2021, to 50 in 2022, to 60 in 2023, and, finally, to 100 in 2024, effectively banning smoking on the islands. Nationwide, there is a growing push to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21. Already, six states and about 350 cities, including Chicago, have raised the tobacco purchase age to 21. Those who push for cigarette bans or age changes have good motivations: health and safety. There are legitimate benefits to reducing the number of people who smoke. But for the government to make the decision for consumers is an overreach. It is not the job of lawmakers to force citizens to live by those policies. Everyone’s body—what they put in it and what they do with
It is a reminder of the inhumane history generations before us have lived— and died—through to create places and communities that embrace us for who we are. It shows us that, for as much as we criticize the college and push it to go further in supporting students and their needs, there is a community here which sees and uplifts us. At Columbia, LGBTQ students are not just invited to sit at the table but celebrated as honored guests. In a society that still forces too many to stay in the closet and often punishes those who do not, this is a welcome invitation and a breath of fresh air. As a college with a significant LGBTQ community, Columbia should make the Lavender Ceremony a staple of its graduation season. As a lasting tradition, the Lavender Ceremony will show the Columbia community, including the friends and families of graduates, that everyone is welcome to come as they are. A Lavender Ceremony is something we can look at with pride and feel seen and valued by the college we have chosen to make our home.
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it—is their own business. It is not the job of the government to attempt to regulate personal consumption. Choice must be a core tenet of policy. Removing the choice to smoke may seem like a positive step, but in reality it violates informed consent. Individuals should have access to information about the dangers of smoking and be able to choose whether to undertake the risks. The push to end smoking is an important fight. However, the focus should be on the kind of positive cultural change that makes smoking unnecessary and obsolete. Campaigns should focus on education and activism, not scare tactics. People who make television and movies should stop glamorizing cigarette smoking. Products that help smokers quit should be affordable and accessible. The legislation proposed in Hawaii would be nothing more than a band-aid on a bleeding artery. Smoking is not the
EDITORIAL villain in this situation. According to the Pew Research Center, smoking rates are highest among those who are poor and uneducated. It is not a coincidence that those who are disenfranchised in society are more likely to smoke. If reducing smoking rates is truly an altruistic goal, then the circumstances that turn smoking into a coping mechanism for many must be changed. The downtrodden must be empowered and uplifted. Removing a small pleasure from the disenfranchised does nothing to improve the quality of life that encourages smoking. Time and money should be spent dismantling structural inequality, not restricting personal freedoms. When structural barriers to education, opportunities and success are removed, individuals will be able to make informed decisions about their own bodies. chronicle@colum.edu
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e’re told professionally to leave our comfort zone all the time, but taking that advice into our personal lives can have unbelievable benefits. As students, we are told time and time again to step out of our comfort zone. And while this is good advice, in order to be the best creatives that we can be, that advice should carry over into our personal lives as well. Many fall into the trap of bingeing TV shows or books and not leaving our apartments unless forced to. Often when we do venture out, it’s to the same restaurants and bars to see the same bands, while the bar down the street has new music every night. When my sister moved to Chicago and became a chef, she invited me to visit
when I turned 13 as her Bar Mitzvah present to me. At that age, I was a typical shy, scrawny, AV Club kid from Indiana who hadn’t done much in life besides jump between my bedroom and my friends’ houses playing video games and watching movies. I was in no way ready for how foreign of an environment Chicago was to me at the time. During that weekend, we hung out with other cooks, ate good food and listened to new music. We weren’t going to five-star restaurants; we went to budget-friendly neighborhoods that highlighted diverse foods. The act of going through Chicago’s multitude of neighborhoods and finding new foods with tough, sharp, extroverted strangers was the opposite of everything I had been used to. The effect it had sticks with me even today. As the next generation of creatives, we owe it to ourselves to be inclusive of the multitude of humans who make up the world. The easiest way to do so is to experience as much as possible. Stop at the corner for a cup of champurrado on your way to work, try that little Polish place you always walk by or go see a local band at the bar down the street. Force yourself to step out farther than normal. Leaving the comfort zone forces you to have a new normal. Though it may feel anxiety-inducing, the stakes are not really that high. The worst-case scenario is going to some cool new place and trying food you don’t like or not having as much fun as you hoped. In the best case, you discover a new favorite food or local joint that really inspires you.
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THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO PRESENTS:
DARRYL JONES RESIDENCY CONCERT February 22, 7 p.m. Music Center Concert Hall 1014 S. Michigan Ave. $20 General admission $10 Staff, faculty, and family of performers $5
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opportunity to seek life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” Duster said. “Ida B. Wells Drive reminds everyone that regardCOLUMBIA’S CONGRESS PARKWAY building less of where they started in life, or what now has a new address following the historic their gender, race, religion or ability may street name change from Congress Parkway be, it is possible to make your voice heard.” to Ida B. Wells Drive. aportalatin@columbiachronicle.com The city voted to change the street name in summer 2018 to honor the civil rights activist and journalist who lived in Chicago from 1895 until her death in 1931. This is the first street in downtown Chicago named after a black woman. Wells began an anti-lynching campaign in 1892 following the lynching of three African-Americans in Memphis, Tennessee. Her reports resulted in death threats that forced her to leave the South, but she was eventually able to gain support for reform and civil rights. Her anti-lynching campaign and reporting reached President William McKinley’s desk in 1898. While lynching is not currently a federal crime, it may soon be. An anti-lynching bill unanimously passed the U.S. Senate Feb. 14 and will now advance to the House of Representatives. The change was made official during a Feb. 11 ceremony joined by Mayor Emanuel, Ald. Sophia King (4th Ward), Brenden Reilly (42nd Ward) and Michelle Duster, a professor in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department and Wells’ great-granddaughter. “Ida B. Wells had the drive and tenacity to dedicate almost 50 years of her life fightAld. David H. Moore (17th Ward), Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Ida B. Wells’ great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and Ald. Sophia King (4th Ward) unveiled the ing for African-Americans to have equal » ARIANA PORTALATIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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Volunteering 101: Giving back when there’s not much to give » MIRANDA MANIER NEWS EDITOR BET WEEN CL A SS SCHEDULES , part-time jobs and cash-strapped wallets, college students do not have time or money to offer organizations asking for volunteers. When trying to find ways to give back to their communities, they might feel like they do not have a lot of options. According to Co-Founder of the Chicago Volunteer Expo Sarah Anderson, there are plenty of opportunities for college students to get involved in low-commitment volunteering positions. Some of these opportunities can be found at the Chicago Volunteer Expo, which will be held Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Drive.
The Expo began seven years ago Anderson explained that certain as a way for people to get connected volunteering opportunities do not with organizations affiliated with require large time commitments causes they are passionate about or monetary donations, and could and get to know those causes on a be ideal for college students. personal level. For example, the nonprofit Anderson added that college Cardz for Kidz—a Chicago students can also use skills Volunteer Expo participant that they learn in school to help crowdsources cards organizations aligned with to send to pediatric their passions. patients all over “Sometimes people the world—has think about volunteering… basic rules for physical labor,” Anderson what cards said. “But these organizashould and tions need help with their social media [and their] graphics and marketing, skills that students use every day that could be really beneficial for these small organizations that are trying to do everything on a shoestring budget.” » SHANE TOLENTINO/CHRONICLE
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Cunningham added that when he was younger, minimum wage workers were not the main source of income in families, but now, many people are relying on them. Although the majority vote was in favor of the bill, not a single Republican senator voted for the minimum wage increase, which passed by a 39 to 18 vote. Sen. Jason A. Barickman (R-Bloomington) said he had student employees in mind when casting his vote because the state employs thousands of them on college campuses. “Universities, I believe, will be forced to choose between laying off these student workers and raising tuition,” Barickman said. “Both of those solutions to me are unacceptable.” A lex Stepanek, junior radio major and student employee in the Communication
all different kinds of people in the community.” Volunteering can also encourage college students to get out of their comfort zones, Anderson said. “It helps build community,” she said. “We get kind of isolated in our day-to-day paths, but by volunteering, it helps you find a community that you’re interested in being a part of and really connect with those people on a personal level.” Senior television major Tyler Newman volunteers in the video production department at his church. Newman enjoys volunteering because he is able to do what he is passionate about while giving back. Though he finds the time crunch difficult, he said it is worth it. “Volunteering is important,” Newman said. “When you take time to give back to an organization that matters to you, that helps that organization stay afloat so it can help impact people like it has impacted you.”
Department, said the minimum wage increase would be helpful for student employees, but he is conflicted when it comes to the possible ripple effect it may have. Stepanek compared the potential consequences to what happened when it was raised in Michigan, saying the cost of necessities such as gas, milk and eggs went up along with the pay hike. Michigan will have another increase in March 2019. Although Stepanek sees possible negative consequences that may come from the wage increase, he still believes it is beneficial.
“That is a very good move because the cost of everything has been going up, especially in the city,” Stepanek said. “I’m for it.”
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THE STATE’S MINIMUM wage is on its way to $15 by 2025 after the Illinois House passed a bill calling for the boost in pay Feb. 14. The bill passed the Senate earlier this month and is now on its way to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk for his signature. Democratic legislators hope to have the new bill on Pritzker’s desk to sign before he delivers his first budget address Feb. 20, according to the Associated Press. Illinois Representatives attempted to pass the wage hike while former Gov. Bruce Rauner was in office. In August 2017, Rauner vetoed House Bill 81, which would have increased the minimum wage to $15 over the span of four years. The current Illinois minimum wage is $8.25 and has not been raised since 2010. The current Chicago minimum wage is now
$12 and is set to increase to $13 in July. “If we want to lift people out of poverty, we need to pay people a fair and decent wage that respects the dignity of their work,” Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) said on the House floor, according to a Feb. 14 Chicago Tribune article. Similar words of support were spoken earlier this month when the Senate passed the legislation. “If you look back over the history of the minimum wage, you will see that it [has] not kept up with the rate of inflation,” said Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-Chicago). Cunningham said if minimum wage had been a priority of state politicians, Illinois could have already increased it to the $18 to $19 range by now. “Our economy has evolved, and there are fewer industrial jobs ... for low skilled workers, and workers [without] college degrees,” Cunningham said.
should not include. Anyone can volunteer to gather remotely to create a variety of cards in different languages. The cards are then sent to Cardz for Kidz and distributed internationally. Lakeview Pantry, 3945 N. Sheridan Road, does require certain time commitments from its volunteers, including an orientation session, but it also accepts donations such as canned goods. Overall, they are looking for items that college students who are on a budget might be able to afford to donate, compared to items with larger price tags. According to Lakeview Pantry’s Volunteer Program Coordinator Kandis Howard, volunteering can be a good way for college students to grow personally and professionally and help them gain perspective on walks of life they may not be exposed to. “It’s important for college students to see the world from the perspective of serving people,” she said. “[Volunteering is] a good opportunity to get to know
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