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Proposed state budget could provide much needed relief for students » ARIANA PORTALATIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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ust five weeks into his new job in the highest seat of the state, Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed a $39 billion state budget that would make room for legalized recreational marijuana and sports betting, impose taxes on insurance companies and would introduce more state police troopers to increase public safety. Noteworthy items in the budget include increased educational spending, which would provide relief for college students statewide who struggle to make ends meet under rising tuition and loan payments.

As reported on Page 14, Pritzker’s budget proposal includes a $50 million boost in Monetary Award Program grant funding. Also on his list is $594 million for the Early Childhood Block Grant, a 5 percent spending increase for public universities and community colleges, increased funding for the Advanced Placement Low-Income Test Fee Waiver and $35 million toward the AIM HIGH merit scholarship program.

Pritzker detailed the state’s financial baggage during his Feb. 20 proposal, including the $3.2 billion deficit and $15 billion debt from unpaid bills. Making a point about student finances, Pritzker said the state’s $700 million worth of late-payment penalties could cover tuition at a four-year university for more than 12,000 students.

Pritzker also recognized the importance of investing in education and the consequences when those critical investments are not made, saying, “If we cut skills training and college affordability, we curb near-term economic growth, lower our prospects for future revenue and drive businesses away.”

While it is important to provide funds for higher education, it’s crucial for government officials to make a commitment to fund education during its early stages as well. When adequate education is given at early ages, students can continue to do well academically, which will then transfer into the higher education industry. Funding every level of education will ensure people have the greatest opportunities later in life, ensuring financial stability and success of the state.

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Within these goals was a promise to

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As students, higher education professors and administrators, we are aware of the struggles facing educational insti SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR tutions nationwide. However, Illinois is

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Illinois leads the way in the number of students pursuing out-of-state education, according to an Oct. 7, 2017, NBC Chicago story which states the number increased by 64 percent from

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» BRIDGET EKIS & JULIA GREEN STAFF REPORTER & CONTRIBUTING WRITER FROM ITS BRIGHT colors to the height of the building itself, it’s hard to miss 30 East when walking through the South Loop. Residence Life determined the building that hugs the corners of Balbo Drive and Wabash Avenue was a good fit to be Columbia’s next residence hall.

Residence Life signed a lease with 30 East, 30 E. Balbo Dr., Feb. 8 for a 10-year agreement. During Residence Life’s Contract Renewal Campaign, March 1-29, students can sign up to live at 30 East for the 2019–2020 year beginning March 12.

Columbia will occupy floors 3-14 of the 16-floor building, according to Mary Oakes, director of residential operations.

“Gender-inclusive and honors housing will occupy two floors each,” Oakes said. “30 East is down the street from the student center.”

The Fitness Center, Counseling Services and Health Center, currently located at the Residence Center, 731 S. Plymouth Court, will relocate due to the addition of 30 East as a residence hall and the ending of Columbia’s lease with 3L Real Estate.

The Fitness Center will move to the student center when completed, and the Health Center and Counseling Services will be moving to the 916 S. Wabash Ave. Building, Oakes said.

Sophomore music major Baylie Owen has lived at 30 East since May. Owen was attracted to the building for its amenities and said it sounded like a better option than The Dwight, 642 S. Clark St., or the Plymouth building.

Owen was deterred from both The Dwight and Plymouth building because of rumors she heard about the utilities not being “up-to-par.”

Owen heard about the lease through a letter slid under her door signed by 30 East General Manager Daria Peterson.

The letter informed residents they would not be able to renew their leases if they lived on floors 3-14 since Columbia will be occupying the space. Floors 15-17 will be available for non-Columbia housing.

Owen said she plans to live at 30 East through a housing contract with the college.

Current Plymouth residents, including freshman animation major Helen Grimes, received a Feb. 7 email from Residence Life stating her apartment would be unavailable next year.

“We are giving you an opportunity to get first dibs on a space in our new building if you so wish,” the email said. “[Plymouth being unavailable] is OK because this was the lesser of all the residence halls at Columbia,” Grimes said. “The new building seems much nicer.”

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The 30 E. Balbo Dr. building is located near Columbia College, Roosevelt University and DePaul University’s Loop Campus and offers fully furnished apartments.

Sophomore music major Baylie Owen has lived at 30 East since May 2018 and loves the amenities the building offers.

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Filmmakers raise $1,000 in 10 days for web series

» ALEXANDRA YETTER STAFF REPORTER CORBIN E ATON, JUNIOR cinema art and science major, had an idea for a web series when he was in high school. It was not until he pitched the idea to sophomore cinema art and science major Grant Osum at a party that it was set in motion.

“It was one of those things where I doubted I’d ever make it,” Eaton said. “I got drunk and pitched it, woke up the next morning to a text and then we all got coffee and talked about it.”

“Movie Night” is an eight-part YouTube comedy web series following a group of friends whose lives are affected by a different movie genre each episode as they » STEVEN NUNEZ/CHRONICLE

Cinema art and science majors Corbin Eaton and Grant Osum raised $1,000 for a web series about friends whose lives are influenced by different film genres.

Black arts, culture celebrated at festival » KNOX KERANEN STAFF REPORTER

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Sampson was inspired by Macbeth’s revolutionary approach to black theater. Macbeth was the founder of the New Lafayette Theatre in New York City and a contributor to the Arts and Inner City Chicago conference in 1968.

The conference hosted by Columbia was a gathering of artists and art administrators designed to address programming and arts funding in the inner-city.

“I came from Texas, so I have met more black people here [at Columbia] than my entire life,” Sampson said.

Sampson was looking forward to meeting other black students, and said he is one of two black students in his class “Topics in History: Black Artistry and the Archive.”

Co-organizer and senior arts management major Ry Douglas said the festival was a celebration of African-American art. She added that the festival is a safe place to discuss differing views on blackness.

Douglas was the social media volunteer last year and was inspired by co-founders and

ating outside of class. Osum has an independent short film lined up to work on during the summer about an old man and his teenage neighbor. Meanwhile, Eaton is working on a 19-episode radio show about Dick Dangerfield, a fictional detective in the 1970s.

“We’ve been writing [the radio show] for about a year now. It has been a lot,” Eaton said. “The voices are in my head all the time.

They won’t shut up.”

The two also recognize the importance of collaboration, something Columbia stresses its students to embrace. Without the rest of the “Movie Night” team, the project would have gone nowhere, they said. “[Columbia] hounded me about collaboration,” Eaton said. “I felt I was sold a lie, but I realized ... no one is going to make your movie for you. It’s super cliche, but it’s super true. You have to go and be passionate enough to tell a story through whatever your medium is.”

Columbia alumnae Alivia Blade and Bri Heath.

She said it is difficult to maintain Blade and Heath’s vision with a smaller team and without the oversight of the founders.

Douglas was excited about the Feb. 23 panel, Black Fluidity, that featured a range of artists, one of whom is a drag queen and vocalist.

“This event is a celebration of the broadness of the art available to us, not only at Columbia, but within the Chicago community,” Douglas said. “So many different people have so many different disciplines, [and] not only different disciplines, but different approaches to blackness.”

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A MAN SAT proudly in front of his computer illustration of a black man wearing a punk T-shirt; a student spoke with admiration about the triumph of black theater in the 1960s; and others read poems about mass incarceration. The visual art, readings and music were the soul of the 2nd Annual Black Arts Festival.

Self-identifying African Diaspora artists gathered in the 623 S. Wabash Ave. Building Feb. 21–23 to showcase talent in a variety of disciplines and call for an increase in representation of African-American art.

Sophomore graphic design major Jordan Snead-Matthews’ computer illustration titled “Purple Haze” combines Eastern animation styles and his own sketchy flare. He chose to showcase the illustration because it

was on-theme and a representation of his current works.

Snead-Matthews said it is important that Columbia provides African-American inclusive events, such as the festival.

“We don’t get much exposure, so it’s nice to have an event that’s [for] all of us at once,” said Snead-Matthews. “It can feel overwhelming to be the sole African-American kid in class.”

The school should work on supplementing art inclusivity for black students, SneadMatthews said.

The event showcased mediums including: film, dance, design, painting, spoken word and other disciplines.

Freshman television executive producing and entrepreneurship major Marcus Sampson read his academic paper about African-American actor and director Robert Macbeth before the opening ceremony of the festival.

are “sucked into an alternate reality.” The pilot episode, set to release in June, will focus on film noir with movies such as “Casablanca” or “The Maltese Falcon.”

More than 10 Columbia students have signed onto the project, with Osum and Eaton currently in the process of locking down the on-screen cast. Osum will act as producer of the series, with Eaton as co-writer and co-director.

“It’s a little hard to juggle multiple projects. You’ve got to think about doing different things at the same time,” Osum said. “I definitely don’t want to take on too many projects to the point where I can’t commit to people.”

In the 10 days since the video announcement of “Movie Night,” they raised $1,000 for the pilot episode from 16 backers. They hope to raise $1,500 total by March 11. The money will be put

toward transportation, filming locations, props, costumes and paying those involved.

A Tinder date of Eaton’s even donated $20 to the Kickstarter and gave him the idea of gifting $20 donors with personalized mixtapes, which Eaton is burning onto CDs and mailing out. $5 contributors will receive a link to the pilot episode when it airs; $10 contributors will receive a digital “Movie Night” poster; $100 contributors will receive associate producer credit; and $300 contributors will receive producer credit.

“Grant and I sat down and were like, ‘If we don’t raise a certain amount of money by this date ... if it comes down to it, we’ll just have to pitch in our own money,’” Eaton said. “But I think we may survive this round.”

One anonymous contributor donated $300 and Eaton’s favorite Cinema and Television Arts Department Assistant Professor Paul Peditto also donated, he said.

As Columbia students, they recognize the importance of cre-

Isaiah Moore, sophomore television and cultural studies major, participated in the Black Arts Festival, held Feb. 21–23. The festival provided a safe space for artists and people of color to collaborate and appreciate each other’s work.

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Fat Tuesday: glazed with heritage PACZKI, FROM FRONT » MOLLY WALSH MANAGING EDITOR IF CHICAGOANS WANT to take a dozen doughnuts to class or work Tuesday, they should start lining up now. Fat Tuesday, or “Paczki Day,” is March 5, and bakeries are busy preparing for this tasty Polish tradition.

Paczki, pronounced “pownch-key,” are doughnuts typically found in Polish cuisine filled with different custards, creams and jellied fruits.

Fat Tuesday is the name for the day before the beginning of Lent, a 40-day observance in Christianity that includes fasting and prayer before Easter.

“You can find paczki everywhere,” said Jan Lorys, Polish Museum of America historian and former director. “Even Jewel has Paczki Day!” But it’s in the small, traditional bakeries tucked away in Chicago’s ethnic neighborhoods where the paczki tradition is most authentic. Last year, Bridgeport Bakery, 2907 S. Archer Ave., sold nearly 5,000 of the billowy, sweet pastries, and this year, it is expecting lines to go around the block.

The bakery offers 13 flavors, including apple, cherry, strawberry, custard, cheese, lemon and poppyseed.

Sandra Budz has worked at the Slovak and German bakery for a decade. She said Fat Tuesday is usually a madhouse at the bakery, with preparation starting the Thursday before.

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“One time it was below zero, and people were waiting all the way down the street for them,” Budz said.

Steve Walowski has been a Bridgeport resident for 63 years and said he used to deliver Bridgeport Bakery’s baked goods to gas stations and other places before he went to work in the morning.

Walowski has been frequenting the bakery for the last 40 years. He said his go-to paczki flavors are custard or cherry.

“For a small, little bakery, they say they put out like 2,000 [paczkis] or something,” he said. “It’s quite a bit.”

Eating paczki makes people feel guilty with Lent taking place the following day, Walowski said.

Eating paczki the Thursday before Lent became a tradition in Poland as a way of ridding fat and sugar before fasting. The day is celebrated in the U.S. on Tuesday in correlation with the French tradition of Mardi Gras, Lorys said.

“Now, if you celebrate both traditions, you eat paczki on Thursday, and then you eat them again on Tuesday,” Lorys said. “What could be better than that?”

Lorys, whose favorite paczki flavor is rose, said Polish heritage is important.

“For 123 years, there was no Poland on the map of Europe. There was partition amongst the Germans, the Austrians and the Russians,” he said. “The fact that there wasn’t a country does not mean that there was not a Polish culture.”

The Polish culture in Chicago is especially prevalent.

According to a 2000 census report from the Polish American Association, more than 200,000 people in Chicago have Polish ancestry.

Budz’s brother, Ron Pavelka, has owned the bakery for 46 years. Budz said paczki have always been a part of her life.

“Everything is made here. Everything is fresh,” Budz said. “I’m diabetic, so I try not to eat it at all, but when we make my favorite, buttercream, then I have to have one.”

The bakery plans on opening at 12 a.m.

Tuesday with 20 employees ready to handle the thousand people expected to be waiting in line, eager to pick up a dozen or two of the filled doughnuts for $1.50 each.

“Treat your friends so they can find out [about] a small part of Polish culture. You can use that as a springboard to talk about other things,” Lorys said. “That would be a sweet opening. No pun intended.” mwalsh@columbiachronicle.com

Bridgeport Bakery regular Steve Walowski enjoyed a paczki in front of the bakery, 2907 S. Archer Ave.

» KACI WATT STAFF REPORTER NOT MANY SHOWS can successfully open with a scene that focuses on a vaginal rash, but Rebecca Gilman’s “Twilight Bowl” did.

“Twilight Bowl,” which began its run Feb. 8 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St., followed a group of six women navigating their post-high school trials. It was the perfect modern-day melody of small-town America with women tackling the social issues integrated into their daily lives.

The show opened in a bowling alley of its namesake, Twilight Bowl. The set was the perfect replication of the Midwest: familiar and comfortable. From the classic red of the Pepsi cups and the glowing hues of signs advertising cheap beer, to the iconically terrible but cheap pizza my friends and I would force down, it felt like home.

The show, which runs through March 10, took place in a small town in Wisconsin. It examined the classic trope of whether to stay or venture outside of your hometown. While I found this to be a charming backdrop, the show touches on other serious issues, including religion, abortion, the opioid crisis and privilege, that I thought were much more important and, at times, still not explored with enough depth.

The friend group included exactly what you would expect from a small-town show. There was Sam, the privileged one with a scholarship to get the hell out of there; Jaycee, Sam’s cousin and resident bad girl; Sharlene, the overbearing, devout Christian; and Clarice, whom I couldn’t quite figure out but who delivered wonderfully witty lines that resulted in most of the audience’s laughter.

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We were also introduced to Sam’s college friend Maddy, played

by Angela Morris. This character grew up flaunting her privilege in Chicago and continued to do so in Wisconsin when she came home with Sam for Thanksgiving.

Maddy was the most interesting character, and her times on-stage were the highlights of the show.

After finding out she was preg- Six young women navigate life’s troubles and social issues while working at a alley in Wisconsin in “Twilight Bowl.” The show will run through March nant, Maddy decided to get an bowling 10 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. abortion and asked Sam to go with her, solidifying their friendship.

The final character, quippy which Clarice responded, “Except During Maddy’s time at the Brielle, was the most relatable as you kinda do.” This left the audiTwilight Bowl, she mistak- she was the only socially conscious ence to rightfully reminisce the enly told the holier-than-thou character on stage. internal stress of finding yourself Sharlene about her pregnancy.

I found myself looking for repre- and your place in the world.

Sharlene immediately verbally sentation in the show, and includIn short, “Twilight Bowl” is assaulted Maddy for her choice ing only one plus-size woman was a mundane story of six young to have an abortion. As the not enough. That said, the inclu- women in today’s rural America argument escalated, it turned sion of social issues makes up for who successfully remind us we all physical when Sharlene slapped the lack of diversity. have our doubts and faults, but life Maddy across the face, resulting The show closed with the lines will inevitably go on. in the only shocking moment the “You never know what life is going show delivered. to hold,” delivered by Jaycee, to kwatt@columbiachronicle.com

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Cell Phone: Dee Ocleppo stepped onto the red carpet wearing a silver gown. While most celebrities top their look off with a clutch or tiny Jacquemus purse, Ocleppo chose a gold, bedazzled brick cell phone. It’s no hot pink RAZR.

“Dinner Party”: Season 4 episode 13 makes me cringe and laugh my pants off every time. Michael and Jan’s attempt to throw a dinner party ends in a police visit, a song from Jan’s assistant that will get stuck in your head and Dwight’s old babysitter.

Vladimir Lenin: The Russian revolutionary’s body has been on display since 1924. Corpse maintenance is a full-time job for scientists who routinely replace pieces of the body with new materials.

“The Circle” by Dave Eggers: This novel centers around a techobsessed society that values transparency. Notice how eerily similar our society is to Eggers’ creepy fictionalized one. (Sidenote: Avoid the film version like the plague.)

Socks & Docs: Pharrell Williams wore a camo suit, but instead of pants, he opted for matching camo shorts in order to show off his white tube socks and black Dr. Martens.

He also layered a custom Jacob & Co. necklace with another necklace he designed in collaboration with Chanel.

We love a beautifully accessorized man.

“Stress Relief Part One”: Season 5 episode 14 brought a newfound respect for fire safety and brought us to our knees with laughter. When Dwight tries to teach the office proper fire-safety tactics, chaos ensues. This episode will make you laugh, cry and very weary of your workplace’s fire-safety plan.

La Pascualita: Legends maintain that La Pascualita, on display in 1930s Mexico, was the preserved corpse of a wedding shop owner’s daughter who tragically died. Though this is likely untrue, La Pascualita remains a source of fascination for those who visit her.

“Giovanni’s Room” James Baldwin: I fell in love with James Baldwin’s prose in the tragically romantic “Giovanni’s Room” while outside a cafe in an alleyway of Paris. This book is mandatory for anyone who loves a heart wrenching romance full of symbolism.

Jeremy Bentham: The auto-icon of this English philosopher is on display in New York City. The auto-icon is a cabinet designed to preserve his skeleton. Before dying he made plans for the preservation of his body. His severed head is occasionally on display at different exhibits.

“Eligible” by Curtis Sittenfeld: Love the story of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” but hate the flowery prose? Pick this up instead. Sittenfeld takes the same characters we know and love and puts them in 21st century Cincinnati. Just as romantic as the original, but a lot more sarcastic and sexy.

“Threat Level Midnight”: Season 7 episode 17 far surpasses anything that ever was or is to come.

The first mention of the legendary film is in the second season, and the writers string you along for five more seasons before revealing this masterpiece.

Ferdinand Marcos: Marcos was a brutal Filipino dictator during the ‘70s. His death caused controversy about whether his body was worthy of being buried at the Heroes’ Cemetery, an honor in the Philippines.

The body was kept in a private crypt before being buried in Heroes’ Cemetery in 2016 against ongoing protests.

“Laughter in the Dark” by Vladimir Nabokov: Vladimir Nabokov’s worst work is actually my favorite. Nabokov has been one of my favorite authors since I studied him for a year in high school. No book holds more of his personal style than the crazy “Laughter in the Dark.”

“Fun Run”: After hitting Meredith with his car in episode 1 and 2 of Season 4, Michael rights his wrongs by raising money for “rabies victims.” Despite different foundations, plotlines are connected.

Ötzi the Iceman: This corpse was found in 1991 by German tourists in the Alps. It was preserved by being covered in ice and has served as a source of scientific research since its discovery. The body may also be cursed.

Scrunchie: Jason Momoa wore a millennial pink, velvet suit with a matching, ‘90s-inspired Fendi scrunchie. He has been seen on several occasions sporting the accessory.

Beanie: Mahershala Ali wore an expensive beanie and actually pulled it off. The actor paired the rabbit-fur felt hat— which can be bought for $350—with a black suit and walked with confidence.

Chic casual wear is in. $30 million necklace: Lady Gaga wore a 141-year-old yellow diamond necklace. Its official name is the Tiffany Yellow Diamond, and it is a 128.54 carat stone last worn by Audrey Hepburn in a publicity shoot for “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

“Koi Pond”: Season 6 episode 8 is overflowing with fish puns and brings joy . You see that even when he feels he’s floundering, Michael’s purest desire is employee happiness. This episode humanizes Jim, which needed to happen one way or another; his ego needed to be scaled back. If you have any more fish puns, let minnow.

“The Golden House” by Salman Rushdie: It’s rare to find a novel vibrantly written that manages to make your jaw drop every chapter. “The Golden House” is one such novel. I sobbed while reading this book on the Metra—it’s that good.

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Demand and protect access to abortions

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he Trump administration announced a new rule Feb. 22 that will prevent any organization that provides abortions or abortion referrals from receiving Title X family planning funding unless they provide those services in a separate facility. This is the latest in an ongoing conservative campaign to defund Planned Parenthood and chip away at women’s right to abortions. This rule paves the way for dangerous and biased organizations—such as crisis pregnancy centers, which have been known to spread misinformation and manipulate women—to receive a greater share of Title X funding.

Since Roe v. Wade stipulates the government must keep abortion legal without undue burden on the people who seek it, Republicans have long gotten around

We need to deal with death » JAY BERGHUIS OPINIONS EDITOR

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he average funeral cost $7,360 in 2017, and the funeral industry is worth roughly $16 billion, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. These numbers have been increasing for decades, and the least expensive option for death

overturning Roe v. Wade by imposing increasingly severe restrictions at the state level.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health, many of these restrictions are based on outdated and false information; five states require counseling on the debunked link between abortion and breast cancer. Twenty-seven states require waiting periods which force women to make multiple trips to clinics. An entire subset of laws in red states are literally called TRAP laws: Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers.

These laws are designed to shutter abortion clinics with restrictions regarding the exact width of hallways, size of janitors’ closets and height of grass. According to care—direct cremation—will still run most families more than $1,000.

The grieving are talked into purchasing more expensive caskets, flower arrangements and burial plots. Perhaps those making these sales are well meaning, but they are a part of an inherently flawed system. An industry centered around capitalizing on the desire of grieving families to honor their deceased loved ones cannot be just. But the industry continues on because of one reality: We all die, and the longer we ignore that, the more we pay.

We cannot challenge the exorbitant costs of funerals and cremations without also confronting our relationship with death.

Our culture is terrified of death, and our funeral system reflects that. We embalm bodies so that they appear to be asleep, we dress them in their best clothes and lock them in silk-lined boxes that will do nothing to prevent them from decomposing. This all seems innocuous enough, but it is nothing more than a show. Jaws are

Business Insider, there are 22 states with five or fewer remaining abortion clinics.

Lawmakers get away with ridiculous restrictions because they are sold under the guise of protecting the health of women seeking abortions. Republicans argue that TRAP laws make clinics safer, as if the height of grass outside ensures quality care inside. We must acknowledge these laws as anti-abortion tactics. Roe v. Wade being the law of the land means very little if countless other laws are on the books preventing it from being carried out. In a state with only one abortion clinic hours away, mandatory waiting periods and counseling make abortion functionally illegal for the women who need them.

At Columbia, we are fortunate to live in a state, city and college community that supports access to necessary healthcare.

It is our responsibility to keep it that way, and to encourage other states to follow Illinois’ example. After we leave the safety and accessibility of this community’s laws, we must bring a progressive mentality to wherever we go next.

There is a difference between legality and accessibility. We need to acknowledge that disparity in the fight for abortion rights. There is an immense legal battle sewn shut with wires, veins are drained of blood and pumped with chemicals, organs are removed so they don’t smell, clear bodysuits are worn under clothing to prevent leakage. All this is to avoid, at all costs, the appearance of death.

Because information about the funeral process is largely kept from all but the most curious and morbid members of the public, we lull ourselves into the belief that this spectacle is the best way to respect our corpses. But an honest look at the mainstream funeral industry reveals that we treat our dead like puppets for our own comfort. We shell out thousands upon thousands of dollars, willingly, because we refuse to look at the reality of mortality.

There was a time—still the norm in many non-Western cultures—where the dead were cared for at home, gently and lovingly, by those who cared for them in their last days. Bodies were wrapped in simple shrouds, grieved and buried without caskets. They were allowed to

EDITORIAL presenting itself to pro-choice advocates, but the real fight is the one to keep clinics open in states that are desperate to shut them down. We may not be able to turn the Supreme Court blue, but we can do so much more than protest, though that is critical too. If a state whittles down clinics to one lone facility, we will drive the women who need to get there. If the state says grass must be three inches high, we will cut it. And if the federal government defunds abortion clinics, we must fill the gap with donations and fundraising. When the government fails to protect us, we must protect each other. chronicle@colum.edu

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COMMENTARY decompose in the soil, to become in death a part of the ecosystem they occupied in life.

Now, this practice of caring for our own dead is taboo, seen as gross and even dangerous, despite the fact that dead bodies pose no risk to the living unless they died from a highly infectious disease, according to the World Health Organization.

Though no laws prohibit us from caring for our own dead, it has become a cultural norm to leave the work to strangers. By continuing to support the funeral industry, we choose to pretend our loved ones have not died until we are forced to grapple with it. We choose to keep a comfortable distance between our homes and our mortality. This distance is a disservice to our loved ones who have passed and to those who come after them. The funeral industry will never change until our relationship with death changes first. jberghuis@columbiachronicle.com

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Smollett cannot discredit victims » KENDALL POLIDORI STAFF REPORTER

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mpire” star Jussie Smollett’s name has been splashed across headlines for more than a month following his alleged attack in Chicago.

Since Jan. 22, when a homophobic death threat letter was delivered to Smollett at Fox studios followed by an attack that allegedly took place Jan. 29, statements from Smollett were looked at with skepticism, for more reasons than one. Smollett had holes in a few of his claims and police were suspicious of some of his actions, including his reluctance to let them inspect his phone.

After the alleged attack, Smollett said his attackers shouted racial and homophobic slurs at him and told him Chicago was “MAGA country,” referencing President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan. Smollett­­—who is black and openly gay—also implied during a public appearance that anyone pushing back against his claims was showing prejudice.

Now that the story is unraveling

—with Smollett awaiting trial for allegedly filing a false police report after he turned himself in to Chicago Police Feb. 21—more ethical issues have fallen on the table.

Whether or not Smollett is found guilty, he has been made the face of something larger than himself. Before this incident, there was a lack of support and understanding regarding prejudice toward people of color.

Now that Smollett, a celebrity with a platform, may be guilty of faking his own attack, it could discredit victims of hate crimes, specifically those in the black and LGBTQ communities.

Society tends to look at individuals as representatives of an entire community. If one person from a group makes a poor choice, then the community suffers the consequences.

While some may exhibit certain unfavorable characteristics, everyone cannot be reduced to the same category.

In Smollett’s case, the purpose for filing the reports will go down the drain, as he could come to be known as “the boy who cried wolf.” No one knows the reasoning behind his case, what really happened the night of the alleged attack or why it happened. He was doubted from the minute he made the report, and now that he may have lied, he will never be taken seriously again.

We cannot allow the same be true for other LGBTQ people and people of color who are victims of hate crimes.

Living at the intersection of these communities can put an individual more at risk of violence. Smollett may have made a major mistake and discredited himself, but that cannot be the case for the communities he identifies with. False claims or reports of victimization should not affect our willingness to believe victims of violent discrimination.

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‘This is what change looks like’:

Chicago to have first black female mayor » KNOX KERANEN

STAFF REPORTER WHEN CHICAGO VOTERS go to bed April 2, they will have likely elected the city’s first black woman as mayor.

“This, my friends, is what change looks like,” mayoral candidate and former Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightfoot said during her election night speech.

The unofficial results showed Lightfoot with 17.4 percent of the vote. Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle finished second with 16.1 percent. The result pits the final two candidates against each other in a runoff election.

Since the end of Mayor Jane Byrne’s term in 1983, Chicago has not had a woman at the helm, and the city has never had a woman of color, nor an openly gay person as mayor— Lightfoot is married to Amy Eshleman.

Chicago has not had a black mayor since Richard M. Daley defeated Eugene Sawyer in 1989.

“I’m excited,” said Shanita Akintonde, associate professor in the Communication Department. “Because my scholarship, my

research, a lot of what I do at Columbia as a professor is based on supporting women in particular, and specifically black women, as a black woman.”

At the polls, voter turnout fell across all age groups, but the 25–34 and 35–44

moving forward,” Akintonde said. “I am hopeful they will catch on to the tailwinds of this historical opportunity and show up.

Anytime change happens ... it spurs action.”

Senior multimedia journalism major Ashley Parker said people of color will have

Young people had an opportunity to take advantage of this wave, and they still do moving forward

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groups were hit hardest, with approximately more representation with a black woman 180,000 fewer votes than the November in office. midterm election total, said Jim Allen, com“They are going to know how a lot of us munications director for the Chicago Board feel, and a lot of decisions that are going to of Election Commissioners. Voters have not be made are going to be more conscious and been interested in municipal elections since for us,” Parker said.

Harold Washington was elected in 1983 and She added that she wants Lori Lightfoot re-elected 1987, he added. to win because of her focus on police reform, Akintonde said she is hopeful this result especially after Laquan McDonald, a black will spur young voters to vote in the runoff. teenager, was killed by a white police officer.

“Young people had an opportunity to take Teacher Field Representative for advantage of this wave, and they still do the Chicago Teachers Union Christel

Williams-Hayes attended Preckwinkle’s election night party. Williams-Hayes hopes Preckwinkle will edge out Lightfoot in the runoff with her plans for education reform.

“Being a former teacher, she knows what the children need,” Williams-Hayes said.

“She knows what the teachers and the staff need to have a productive day.”

Williams-Hayes said the CTU has been fighting to have an elected school board for years with Preckwinkle as a supporter.

Lightfoot talked about an elected school board as well, but she did not get the endorsement of CTU. The election result should not be minimized but amplified because it sets a precedent for both male and female students with grand aspirations, Akintonde said.

“As a faculty member, when I look out at the sea of faces of my students, I see potential,” Akintonde said. “I see [these election results] as a building block that sets the foundation for the next generation to now say, ‘They’ve done that, but I can do this.’” kkeranen@columbiachronicle.com

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Pritzker to prioritize education in 2020 budget

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FINANCIAL RELIEF COULD be on the way for a greater number of Columbia students. The troubled and under-funded state Monetary Award Program is scheduled to get a $50 million boost under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 2020 budget proposal.

“For our fiscal and economic health, we must start with a sustained effort to restore and improve our education system,” Pritzker said in his Feb. 20 speech at the Illinois State Capitol building.

In the speech, Pritzker prioritized health and human services, public safety and education.

Pritzker plans to increase funding include a $50 million increase for MAP grants for public and private colleges, which are needbased grants that do not have to be repaid. He also plans to increase

funding for early childhood education, a major that Columbia recently announced would be discontinued. Pritzker also proposed waiving fees for Advanced Placement tests.

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission provides MAP grants as part of its mission to make college accessible and affordable for students, said Lynne Baker, managing director of communications at ISAC. Illinois had a MAP budget of $401 million in the 2018 fiscal year, and nearly 130,000 students received aid. However, nearly 98,000 eligible students did not, Baker said. In 2017 and 2018, the grant served only 43 percent of eligible students, she added.

Insufficient funding has also led to many students not receiving enough money to cover the full

Hackers beware: women are coding » KATHERINE SAVAGE STAFF REPORTER

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helping women become equally represented in the technology field.

ISACA is providing the training platform for the program that includes real-world cybersecurity issues, Wenc said.

The program partners with businesses and colleges, such as Columbia and City Colleges of Chicago to offer mentorship opportunities, according to manager of City Tech Operations and Services Meera Raja.

“Columbia College specifically has committed to being able to provide a mentor,” Raja said. “If there’s a career fair, they could provide a representative who could talk about cybersecurity careers.”

Columbia will provide mentors for women on issues related to entering a workforce with few women, said Dean of the School of Media Arts Eric Freedman. The mentor opportunities are in close connection with AnitaB.org and ISACA and planning mentorships will start when the pilot program begins, Freedman said.

“We’ll probably be able to find a really robust group of industry mentors to do some public conversation or dialogue about women

of Student Financial Services Cynthia Grunden in a Feb. 28 email statement. “We look forward to a budget that includes greater financial support for students.”

Karla Rivera, director of public affairs at Ingenuity—a company that works to increase access to arts education in Chicago Public Schools—said Pritzker’s proposal is a good start to fixing education funding in Illinois.

“The more debt-free a student can be, the more freedom they have to delve into college in profound ways,” Rivera said.

Cutting the fee for Advanced Placement testing could help students complete credits with qualifying AP scores, giving them more options to take different courses, she added.

“It allows a pathway to a really advanced understanding of a particular curricular area,” Rivera said. “It [also] frees up space for students to engage in further exploration of other subjects that they may not have thought about.”

minorities entering a high-tech, high-wage field,” Freedman said.

“It’s not just training, but they will probably encounter certain culture obstacles along the way as they look for job placement.”

The program will last for eight non-consecutive weeks beginning March 23. Participants will continue to have access to online courses for a year after the program ends, Russell said.

“Within cybersecurity, you don’t need a four-year college or university experience,” Russell said.

“You can come from a community

college and have real career growth within cybersecurity.”

If the pilot program is successful, it has the potential to expand throughout Chicago and eventually internationally, Olson said.

“Women traditionally have very creative solutions to offer,” Russell said. “This is going to be an exciting shift. [I] look forward to the pilot being successful and then being replicable, as well, to really grow what it means to have more women in the field.”

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THE CYBERSECURITY FIELD is made up of only 20 percent women, but a Chicago-based training program is dedicated to changing that.

Due to the increase in cyber crimes from September 2017 to August 2018, there were 313,735 cybersecurity job openings in the U.S., according to a study by Cyber Seek, a company that supplies data about the cybersecurity workforce.

The new program, which includes Columbia, will be composed of 25 women and will train them in cybersecurity basics and provide them with mentorship opportunities, according to Director of Operations and Services at City Tech Collaborative Katie Olson.

City Tech Collaborative, through the Connect Chicago program, will fund AnitaB.org and ISACA this year to develop a

cybersecurity training program.

The goal is to make Chicago the most digitally-connected city in the world, Olson said.

AnitaB.org’s mission is to make the workforce equal parts male and female by 2025, according to Michelle Russell, vice president of programs at AnitaB.org.

AnitaB.org is planning the mentorship program that could help women find guidance in the industry, according to Corporate Programs Manager Alisha Wenc.

ISACA, a Schaumburg-based nonprofit, provides practical guidance for companies that use information systems.

“A lot of what our female members say they are missing are mentors,” Wenc said. “This is a bit of a cliche, but the cybersecurity professional you picture [is] a dude in a hoodie. Technology is actually a huge field.”

ISACA is the parent company of SheLeadsTech, a group

price of tuition. The maximum MAP award covered only onethird of tuition for a student at a public university and two-thirds for a student at a community college, Baker said.

That’s compared to 2002 “when MAP was actually able to meet the needs of all eligible

applicants, and it fully covered [tuition and fees] at the average public university or community college,” Baker said. “Tuition and fees have gone up a lot [in recent years, but] MAP grants haven’t gone up.”

In his budget proposal, Pritzker said a $50 million increase would allow for about 15,000 more low and moderate-income students to receive funding.

However, Baker said there is a fine line between trying to accommodate more students and giving students more funding to try and cover their full tuition.

In the 2017–2018 school year, Columbia had 1,504 students who received MAP grants, according to college spokeswoman Anjali Julka in a Feb. 28 email statement toThe Chronicle.

“We are encouraged by the state’s recent proposed increase for the Monetary Award Program as it would enable more low-income Illinois-based students to attend college in Illinois,” said Associate Vice President

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THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO PRESENTS:

DONNY MCCASLIN RESIDENCY CONCERTS Featuring the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble directed by Scott Hall

March 7–9, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

March 10, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Court $20 General admission

With special guests: The Fusion Ensemble Directed by Bill Boris ChicagoVox Directed by Martez L. Rucker

$10 Staff, faculty, and family of performers $5

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For tickets, visit jazzshowcase.com or tickets.colum.edu, or call 312-369-8330