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THE COLUMBIA
The Official News Source of Columbia College Chicago
February 8, 2010
Volume 45 Number 18
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Columbia’s Moment Brent Lewis THE CHRONICLE
The Media Production Center, 1632 S. State St., officially opened Feb. 5, with a ribbon cutting ceremony that included (left to right), Columbia President Warrick L. Carter, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chairman of the Board Allen Turner, 3rd Ward Alderman Patricia Dowell, and Dean of the School of Media Arts, Doreen Bartoni.
Student Loop, ShopColumbia awarded for outstanding outreach initiatives by Benita Zepeda Campus Editor
COLUMBIA’S STUDENT Affairs office has
worked hard to create a sense of community at the college, and its efforts have been recognized through three NASPA 2010 Excellence Awards. NASPA, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, is a nationally recognized organization in which roughly 1,400 various institutions are members. This year, Student Affairs was recognized through two different initiatives—
» SEE AWARDS, PG.7
» SEE PG. 12
by Ciara Shook Assistant Campus Editor THOUGH DEPARTMENTS across campus
experienced more class cancellations for the spring 2010 semester than in fall 2009, the cuts weren’t as severe and abnormal as students and faculty may have thought. The Columbia community suspects the class cuts could be part of the college experiencing a drop in enrollment between fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters. The Chronicle contacted all 22 departments on Columbia’s campus. Of the 11 that responded, chairs reported several possible explanations for low enrollment in
» SEE PG. 23
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Class cancellations less severe than perceived
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their department. “There has always been lower enrollment in the spring than in the fall,” said John Green, chair of the Theater Department. However, the Theater Department this semester experienced more class cancelations than an average spring, where it would expect to lose two or three sections of a class, Green said. The Theater Department cancelled 12 classes, all of which had other sections available to affected students. As was the case with most of the other departments surveyed rarely were entire courses wiped from the Oasis map. Bonnie Brooks, chair of the Dance Department, said her department keeps a close eye on class enrollment during the fall semester to see how the sections are filling for spring and what students are taking. “By the end of the semester, with the exception of incoming students, we have a pretty good idea [of what sections will not be cancelled],” Brooks said. “We make some effort to see if we can get additional
Results are in
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Student Affairs efforts gain national merit
ShopColumbia and The Student Loop. Both initiatives are relatively recent additions to the efforts made by Student Affairs. ShopColumbia was founded in October 2008 and The Student Loop launched in January 2008. The Office of Student Affairs was recognized with three awards this year. The first was a silver award for ShopColumbia in the category of Career and Academic Support. The Student Loop won a gold award in the Best in Category and then was awarded the grand silver award, which means they rank second overall nationally. Mark Kelly, vice president of Student Affairs, said that members in the department are very excited for both initiatives to have received awards. “As far as we know, this might be the most successful and innovative digital college communication system that’s being read and embraced by the students,” Kelly said. “And that’s in the country.” Kelly will be presenting at the national convention along with Louise Love, vice president of Student Affairs, which is
» SEE PG. 34
» SEE CUTS, PG. 8
INDEX CAMPUS
2
H&F
11
A&C
17
COMMENTARY
30
METRO
33