The Columbia Chronicle, October 21, 2019

PAGE 5: Faculty Senate considers removing C minus grade

PAGE 9: Blue Man group brings humor and paint to Chicago

PAGE 7: Artist blends Moroccan and Chicago culture for mural PAGE 14: Supreme Court hears arguments for LGBTQ+ rights Volume 55, Issue 8

October 21, 2019

ColumbiaChronicle.com

» MARI DEVEREAUX STAFF REPORTER

In accordance with the 1990 Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, every college participating in federal financial aid programs must “maintain and disclose campus crime statistics” annually to give the public a clear picture of a campus’ criminal conditions.

Overall, Columbia appears to have crime levels that are comparable to Roosevelt University and DePaul University’s Loop campus.

On campus property, Columbia reported seven incidents of rape in 2018, Roosevelt reported one and DePaul reported three. With burglaries and robberies, Columbia reported 11 incidents in 2018, Roosevelt reported two and DePaul reported 12.

In 2017, across 11,210 U.S. colleges, there were 38,100 criminal offenses, including 7,490 counts of rape, 12,523 burglaries and 16,977 Violence Against Women Act offenses, such as domestic abuse and stalking, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

SLIGHT UPTICK IN CRIME, UNDERREPORTING POSSIBLE

THERE WAS A SLIGHT increase in reports of rape, robbery, burglary and stalking on campus in 2018 according to the college’s latest Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, though Columbia’s numbers are comparable to other downtown schools. But some experts say underreporting of crimes by students may affect those numbers.

The report

Ronald Sodini, associate vice president of Campus Safety and Security, said the annual report includes a compilation of campus security data as well as Chicago Police Department records breaking down any crimes that happen on campus, on public property adjacent to campus and on non-campus property. Crimes on non-campus property are only counted during times in which school functions are held on-site.

“The objective is to share information about all crime and not limit it to just crime that’s involving a student or an employee,” Sodini said.

SEE SAFETY REPORT, PAGE 3, AND STUDENT REACTIONS, PAGE 4 » JUSTIN ANDERSON & GRACE SENIOR/CHRONICLE

guest editor’s note

I am here and queer with plenty to fear » MIRANDA MANIER MANAGING EDITOR

A

s reported on page 14 in the Chronicle’s new explainer series, “Chronicle FYI,” the Supreme Court recently heard arguments from three cases about whether or not Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects the workplace rights of LGBTQ+ Americans.

As a queer woman, this issue is more than just a hypothetical. It’s more than just a personal or professional concern.

The decision the Supreme Court makes will have a lasting impact on my emotional well-being. It will determine how safe I feel applying to jobs, knowing that social media posts and articles like this one make up almost my entire digital footprint. If a potential employer who does not support people like me does an internet search of my name, their opinion of me as a candidate might suddenly change. This decision will determine how secure I feel once I land a job; every time I get a new boss and every time I change departments, I will have to wonder if this is the moment that my identity becomes more important than my professional accomplishments.

Being queer should not make me a target. It should not jeopardize my job security. No one should ever fear unemployment because of something about themselves that they cannot change.

The arguments that the plaintiffs’ legal counsel on this issue made to the Supreme Court pointed out that the language of the statute already protects the LGBTQ+ community, something which has been affirmed by lower courts’ decisions on two of the three cases. Firing someone because they are a man who loves men or a woman who was assigned male at birth is, by definition, firing them because of their sex—which is explicitly a violation of the Civil Rights Act. The Supreme Court should do their job and interpret the law exactly the way it is written.

Justice Neil Gorsuch expressed his concern that ruling in favor of the plaintiffs would cause “social upheaval.” He and other justices, both conservative and liberal, also talked a lot about bathroom usage by transgender people, a complete tangent from the issue at hand.

These kinds of remarks are indicative of a fear that surrounds LGBTQ+ issues.

2 THE CHRONICLE OCTOBER 21, 2019

MANAGEMENT CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Blaise Mesa Alexandra Yetter

MANAGING EDITOR

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Grace Senior

DIGITAL CONTENT & BRAND MANAGER

Micha Thurston

Miranda Manier

REPORTERS

NEWS EDITORS

REPORTERS

Katherine Savage Kendall Polidori Paige Barnes Isaiah Colbert Dyana Daniels Mari Devereaux Mateusz Janik Knox Keranen Lauren Leazenby

People who consider giving us written, legal protections often focus on the potential “slippery slope.” Before same of COPY sex marriage was legalized, opponents it would ask questions like, “What’s next, COPY CHIEF Margaret Smith

COPY EDITORS Summer Hoagland-Abernathy people marrying their dogs?”

Kaci Watt These people think that if LGBTQ+ people receive protective rights, it will GRAPHICS lead to the decay of their own—that if

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Maddy Asma transgender women are allowed to use Jennifer Chavez women’s bathrooms, suddenly cis men Wesley Enriquez will start waltzing in there, too.

Shane Tolentino These fears are not grounded in real MULTIMEDIA ity. They are a way to “otherize” queer people by hyper-sexualizing us and SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR Mike Rundle PHOTOJOURNALISTS

Korrigan Agen associating us with predators in the Justin Anderson public’s eye. But a cisgender man using Ignacio Calderon the women’s bathroom has as much to Camilla Forte do with my workplace rights as it does Jacqueline Luttrell Steven Nunez with a transgender woman using the

PODCAST PRODUCER Yasmeen Sheikah women’s bathroom: The matters are all completely unrelated.

ADVERTISING/ By acknowledging that my rights are MARKETING protected by the Civil Rights Act, the

MEDIA SALES REPS Breanne Jacobs Supreme Court will not be threatening Anthony Karlsson the rights of anyone else. There is no Kathryn Williams Tara Woods “slippery slope” to fall down. That decision will simply ensure that my professional life, and the professional lives of so SENIOR STAFF many other people, will not be shrouded

GENERAL MANAGER Travis Truitt by fear and paranoia.

FACULTY ADVISER Curtis Lawrence I do not deserve to be fired because I love women. My best friend does not deserve to be fired because they are nonbinary. My uncle does not deserve to be fired for living with his partner of many decades.

I deserve to be evaluated by employers for my strengths and weaknesses—not my identity.

I hope with all my heart that the Supreme Court agrees. @c

mmanier@columbiachronicle.com

cchronicle

@c

cchronicle

Th

e C h ro n i c l

e

Main Line: (312) 369-8977 General Manager: (312) 369-8955 Editors-in-Chief: (312) 369-8959 (312) 369-8961 Advertising: (312) 369-8984 Creative Director: (312) 369-8986 Production: (312) 369-8834 News Editors: (312) 369-8980 (312) 369-8963 Copy Chief: (312) 369-8976 Faculty Adviser: (312) 369-8905

The Columbia Chronicle is a student-produced publication of Columbia College Chicago and does not necessarily represent, in whole or in part, the views of college administrators, faculty or students.

All text, photos and graphics are the property of The Columbia Chronicle and may not be reproduced or published without written permission.

Editorials are the opinions of the Editorial Board of The Columbia Chronicle. Columns are the opinions of the author(s).

Views expressed in this publication are those of the writer and are not the opinions of The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia’s Communication Department or Columbia College Chicago.

Letters to the editor must include full name, year, major and phone number. All letters are edited for grammar and may be cut due to a limit of space.

The Columbia Chronicle holds the right to limit any one person’s submissions to three per semester.

Letters can be emailed to Chronicle@colum.edu or mailed to: The Columbia Chronicle 600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL. 60605

campus SAFETY REPORT, FROM FRONT

SINCE 2017, THERE have been slight increases in rape, robbery, burglary and stalking on-campus at Columbia, according to the 2018 report. The numbers increased from five to seven rapes, two to five robberies, three to six burglaries and one to seven stalking incidents.

Reflecting on this year’s numbers, Sodini said a majority of property crimes can be attributed to unattended items, such as delivery drivers leaving their cars unlocked while delivering food to residence halls.

Violent crimes typically occurred at commercial locations connected to or across from Columbia property. For instance, at the beginning of the semester a robbery took place involving women outside Peet’s Coffee by the Student Center, 754 S. Wabash Ave. Where burglary is classified as a theft of property, robbery is considered to be a violent crime committed against a person in order to gain their possessions.

“We’re seeing less reports of suspicious activity occurring within our buildings as a consequence of strengthening our control measures at the front doors,” Sodini said.

The reporting process

» SHANE TOLENTINO/CHRONICLE

These statistics, however, cannot necessarily be taken at face value due to a potential lack of reporting from victims, said Megan Alderden, criminology program director at DePaul.

Public relations professor emeritus Morton H. Kaplan dies at 87 » ColumbiaChronicle.com “The reality is, reported crime is not always an accurate indication of [the] kinds of offenses that may have occurred,” Alderden said.

Sophomore photography major Katelynn Rogers was pickpocketed near campus last year and did not report the crime to campus security.

Despite being unsure of how to report crimes through the school, Rogers said she feels mostly secure around school property.

“I, personally, feel safe on campus,” Rogers said. “The crime advisories that are sent out do freak me out a little bit, but I am lucky enough that all my classes are during the daytime.”

On the other hand, Jaye Rodriguez, senior poetry major, said their sense of safety has decreased as the years go on due to the fear of school shootings as well as transgender harassment and exclusion.

They said there is more the college could do to clarify the reporting process.

“Where [can we] report crimes? … Where can I go in-person?” Rodriguez said. “Can I go straight to the Title IX Office? Can I go to a security guard in one of the buildings? Who do I go [to] right after this event happens?”

For most crimes, as is outlined in the Annual Security and Fire Safety report, students can call Campus Safety and Security directly at 312-369-3220, or go to any on-campus security personnel.

In an emergency, students can also call Columbia’s 24-hour emergency hotline,

312-369-1111, to reach the school’s Security Command Center. Emergency Call Boxes, located throughout campus, also provide direct access to Campus Security.

To initiate an investigation into sexual misconduct such as assault or harassment, students can either report the incident to a “responsible employee,” which includes most staff members and full- and part-time faculty who are mandatory reporters, or file a grievance with Title IX coordinator Janely Rivera in the Title IX office, 623 S. Wabash Ave. The college also provides confidential resources and non-professional counselors and advocates, as outlined in the annual report emailed to all students.

Underreporting

Underreporting, which Alderden said could also contribute to the potentially-skewed data set, can occur for multiple reasons.

A 2015 survey by the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that approximately 53% of violent crimes and 65% of property crimes go unreported in the U.S. In addition, three out of four sexual assaults go unreported, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

Underreporting is common for victims who have experienced negative reactions from those close to them and are not aware they have access to certain resources, Alderden said.

Cameron Okeke, research analyst at the Urban Institute—a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit research organization—said part of this may be due to individuals’ lack of trust in how people in authority will treat them and handle their reports.

“The reporting of especially heinous crimes or misconduct by people in power is hard for people who have historically been marginalized, who have historically been met with derision or not been believed,” Okeke said.

Michael Easthope, a junior photography major, said he would rather go straight to the police to report crimes and bypass campus security entirely because he said it seems to be a more convenient and straightforward solution.

“The only reason I would go through the school is if I was next to one of those emergency kiosk things they have, and if that was easier than calling on my cell phone,” Easthope said.

Reporting an emergency or urgent offense directly to law enforcement is something Campus Safety and Security advises, although the hope is that students and faculty also follow up with the college about any crime incidents, Sodini said.

“We certainly want to know about the incident so that we can appropriately respond and assist them in getting help and investigating the incidents as they occur,” Sodini said.

Safety initiatives

Recently, Columbia has piloted several safety initiatives, such as blue light security phones around campus, as well as stop-and-go access control centers where students scan their cards to gain entrance to all campus buildings in an attempt to prevent crime and ensure students’ safety.

Last year, students took more than 2,000 rides using the new escort service, Safe Rides, Sodini said. The service provides students with free transportation from specific pick-up points on-campus.

“It’s important that we raise awareness about the potential for someone to be the victim, and we educate our entire community about steps to take to minimize the chance that they can be a victim,” Sodini said.

For more student reactions to whether they feel safe on campus, see page 4. mdevereaux@columbiachronicle.com

OCTOBER 21, 2019 THE CHRONICLE 3

campus

Students respond to the question, ‘Do you feel safe on campus?’ » MARI DEVEREAUX STAFF REPORTER

is put right in the South Loop, it’s completely just knowing where you are, being smart about things.

Honestly, bad stuff happens anywhere, and you can have all of the security in the world, but there’s going to be crazy people wherever you go. …

I think people just need to be mindful of their surroundings,” said Megan Hammond (below, right), sophomore music major.

other it’s at most five minutes to walk.

It’s pretty safe. I’m not worried,” said Stella Huang (below), senior international arts management major.

SEE RELATED CONTENT ON PAGE 3 » JUSTIN ANDERSON/CHRONICLE

I’ve ever had an issue with anything … I think you have to know your surroundings and where you are. I feel like some students, they think that ‘we’re not in Chicago, we can go do whatever we want.’ But at the same time, Chicago is a vast city, and there are a lot of characters here,” said Luis Alfredo (below, left), junior fashion studies major.

“I DON’T THINK

“THE BUILDINGS [ARE] so close to each

“BECAUSE OUR CAMPUS

“I REALLY LIKE the fact that [campus

security] … can escort you to your dorms and classes. That’s really nice.

It also [made] me feel good, even when I was living in the dorms, that there was a security guard downstairs and I [didn’t] have to worry about someone being able to get in. I think [security officers] are doing a good job,” said Lily Someson (pictured above), senior poetry major.

FOR ALL OF YOUR ART SUPPLY NEEDS, SHOP

SHOP YOUR CHICAGO AREA BLICK STORES CHICAGO LOOP 42 S STATE STREET 312-920-0300 LINCOLN PARK 1574 N KINGSBURY AVENUE 312-573-0110 EVANSTON 1755 MAPLE AVENUE 847-425-9100

20% OFF

ENTIRE PURCHASE OF NON-SALE, IN-STOCK ITEMS ONLY. IN STORE ONLY. VALID ON EVERYDAY LOW PRICE.

VALID 10/21/19 – 11/3/19

Coupon must be surrendered at time of purchase; no copies may be used. One coupon per day. Not valid on previous purchases or with any other discounts, sales, or promotions, including yellow-labeled items. Not valid on phone/mail/online orders. Not valid on “Lowest Possible Price” items. Not valid after “Buy More, Save More” discount has been applied. Not valid on Custom Printing and/or Framing orders. Some product exclusions may apply. For a complete list of exclusions, visit bit.ly/blickexclusions

*AO25431*

BLICK ART MATERIALS 4 THE CHRONICLE OCTOBER 21, 2019

typically here super late at night, though. I get those crime advisory emails, and they kind of freak me out. [But] I feel safe on campus,” said Sonya Robinson (above), sophomore acting major.

“YEAH, I’M NOT

mdevereaux@columbiachronicle.com

campus

Faculty Senate weighs prospect of eliminating C minus » JUSTIN ANDERSON/CHRONICLE

» MARI DEVEREAUX STAFF REPORTER THE FACULTY SENATE is weighing eliminating the C minus grade collegewide. Some say the change would bring uniformity to grading, while others argue it could diminish the value of a passing grade.

Ilya Levinson, associate professor in the Music Department and a member of the Senate’s Academic Affairs Committee, proposed the college drop C minus grades in order to raise the academic standing of the college during the Oct. 11 Faculty Senate meeting, held at Stage Two, 618 S. Michigan Ave. Currently, students must achieve a C grade or higher to pass a class within their chosen major or minor. A C minus grade, which is a 1.7 on Columbia’s grade point average scale, lies below the 2.0 requirement for academic compliance.

Luis Nasser, associate professor in the Science and Mathematics Department, discusses dropping the C minus grade at Faculty Senate, Oct. 11.

“We are doing a disservice to students by giving them a C minus,” Levinson said. “We need to work more with advising and identify earlier students who might be heading toward a C minus.”

Levinson said the change would seek to ensure more credits are universally transferable as well as lessen the number of

students attempting to change their grades at the last minute before graduation.

Loren Wells, assistant professor of instruction in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department, said his department has already discarded the C minus and C plus grades, allowing a broader definition of who is considered a C student.

DELILAH’S 2771 N. Lincoln * (773) 472-2771

PUNK ROCK MONDAYS

$1 American Beer

$2 Jim Beam

Free Pool !!!

Wells said this departmental policy has been a “personal grief,” as it rewards different levels of effort with the same credit.

“It sometimes feels a little bit awkward to give somebody the same grade as someone else who got nine percentage points higher in the class,” Wells said.

Some Senate members were concerned with the amount of “wiggle room” left for students to plead with faculty for certain grades, a problem some fear could be worsened by the elimination of the C minus.

“No matter what we decide, we’re still going to have students who are going to advocate that they were just a tiny bit off from passing that class,” said Frances Maggio, associate professor in the Theatre Department.

Luis Nasser, associate professor in the Science and Mathematics Department, said faculty should not be making changes to grades unless an actual mistake

was made.

Shannelle Armstrong-Fowler, assistant professor of instruction in the Communication Department, said a tougher approach is needed when it comes to the delivery of quality education and fair grades.

“I tell [students] from the beginning, you need 73%, don’t cry a river Argentina with me at the end of the semester and tell me what every other faculty member has done,” Fowler said. “At this point … I am going to give you the grade that you earned.”

The Academic Affairs Committee will collect more data on industry standards, and reevaluate the C average as an academic standard before bringing the issue back to the Senate for discussion.

Visit ColumbiaChronicle.com for additional reporting. mdevereaux@columbiachronicle.com

1. ENROLL IN COLLEGE 2. MOVE TO CHICAGO 3. EAT DEEP DISH PIZZA 4. GO TO CLASSES 5. VISIT THE BEAN 6. MAKE MEDIA Eager for experience on sets, in writers rooms and in edit bays? Frequency TV is Columbia College Chicago student’s opportunity to get started.

frequencytv.colum.edu/volunteer

+ Free Whiskey Tastings !!!

Check Us Out @ DelilahsChicago.com

frequencytv.com

@frequencytv

OCTOBER 21, 2019 THE CHRONICLE 5

campus

Meet the Chronicle’s fiercest competition: The Black Sheep

The Black Sheep Columbia is a branch of the larger company The Black Sheep, which has a presence on more than 200 campuses nationwide, according to its website. It is not afraid to poke fun at the college and popular topics happening around campus and the city, either.

When the Student Center, 754 S. Wabash Ave., was being built, Eaton’s grandma said, “I was at the Kennedy assassination and this is a bigger s--t show than that.”

Robert Morvay—senior acting major and The Black Sheep’s social media manager and campus team manager—said they really try to “keep an ear to the ground” and listen to what is going around on campus for ideas on satirical content. As Morvay oversees all of The Black Sheep’s social media accounts and schedules their content, he actively looks at engagement on posts to see what topics are sticking.

One of the group’s most popular subjects to poke fun at is President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim. “[However,] making fun of Dr. Kim is not getting likes anymore because he is receiving goodwill from students because of the Student Center. What used to happen is we used to get a lot of likes on stuff where we s--t on the Student Center before it was made,” Morvay said. “Now, we get a lot of likes

on content where we praise the Student Center.”

The new subject of ridicule seems to be Roosevelt University’s recently-announced merger with Robert Morris University.

One meme heckling the merger shows two people fighting with each representing Roosevelt and Robert Morris. A person, who represents Columbia, stands in the background, observing the situation unfold while appearing to be doing drugs. The caption on the post reads: “Have fun with that merger!”

They work hard to make sure none of the content they produce goes too far, though.

Eaton’s motto is “when in doubt, cut it out.” He said it can be difficult, though, because they are trying to keep up with their satirical and critical style students love, but they still have to make sure they are not crossing the line.

Eaton jokingly said his parents are “not proud” of him and are “disappointed all the time” because of the content The Black Sheep posts.

He said they make sure not to pick on individual students, instead focusing on the institution as a whole. For instance, they did not want to make fun of the student who lost $2,000 in the phishing scam, as reported Oct. 7 by the Chronicle. Instead, they wanted to point out Columbia’s “inactivity toward helping that person,” Morvay said.

The group has never received negative pushback from Columbia administrators, and some of the faculty even enjoy the content, Morvay said.

“Everyone seems to be supportive and knows that we’re just goofing around,” he said. “We don’t actually have any ill will for anyone.”

They even get suggestions for improvement. One viewer suggested adding captioning for videos to make them accessible to Columbia’s deaf community, and now that’s something they are going to provide.

“We come from a very diverse group of very talented and funny individuals,” Morvay said. “[And] people speak their personal truth and let jokes out in their way.”

Despite poking fun at some administrators, such as President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim, The Black Sheep Columbia has never received negative criticism from the college.

ksavage@columbiachronicle.com

» KATHERINE SAVAGE NEWS EDITOR

» COURTESY THE BLACK SHEEP COLUMBIA

AT 2 A.M., one of the members of The Black Sheep Columbia is filmed drunkenly eating a stranger’s food off the Chicago Transit Authority train floor. Later, he pulls a thread of floss from a fast food burger after biting into it.

Upbeat music plays in the background, creating an even funnier aspect to the Tasty Transit videos.

This is but one stomach-churning skit produced by The Black Sheep, a group of 12 Columbia students who create satirical content, including videos and memes.

Although the group is taking a break from the Tasty Transit videos, Corbin Eaton, senior cinema art and science major and The Black Sheep’s video production manager, said the series might make a comeback depending on how “his liver reacts.”

6 THE CHRONICLE OCTOBER 21, 2019

Another series widely viewed

by Columbia students is their person-on-the-street video interviews, which have been restructured over the past few years to include students, Eaton said.

One of Eaton’s favorite on-thestreet videos is where he video chats his grandma to go along and ask students embarrassing questions, such as if students have pooped in the new Student Center yet.

arts culture

Arts in the Dark makes Halloween an artists' holiday » ColumbiaChronicle.com » IGNACIO CALDERON/CHRONICLE

New Moroccan mural adds to Chicago’s ‘global tapestry’

Pointing out the symbolism in the mural, Amriss said pigeons are common in Casablanca and drew the pigeons with a heart over them to represent the bond between Casablanca and Chicago. It is unknown what is inside the sack, but this is left for the public to decide, Amriss said. Every completed mural features Amriss’ iconic teddy bear logo; it can be found on his necklace as well. » PAIGE BARNES STAFF REPORTER

of a young Moroccan man dressed in a mix of traditional Moroccan and contemporary Chicago street attire now decorates the side of Columbia’s dance building, linking two sister cities and blending Moroccan and Chicago cultures together.

“The inspiration comes from the new generation,” Moroccan artist Youness Amriss— who goes by the artist name DYNAM—said in French. “Morocco is my first inspiration; [the mural] is a mix of modern cultures.”

The mural is the newest addition to the Wabash Arts Corridor and sits on the back wall of The Dance Center, 1306 S. Michigan Ave. It is the product of a collaboration between the Wabash Arts Corridor; Morocco-based Casa Events and A nimation; and Chicago Sister Cities International, which has had a sister cities relationship with Casablanca since 1982. The Dance Center mural project began in 2017 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the ChicagoCasablanca sister city relationship, a program that promotes crosscultural education.

A NEW MURAL

Lisa Roberts, co-chair of the Casablanca Committee of CSCI, said that Amriss’ mural is adding to Chicago’s “global tapestry.”

“It is about two cities coming together and working on projects together that can help advance this idea of global partnership using people-to-people diplomacy,” Roberts said.

The mural exchange began two years ago when Chicago artist Sam Kirk went to Casablanca in April 2018, said Neysa Page-Lieberman, chief curator of the Wabash Arts Corridor and executive director of the Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces at Columbia.

“It’s kind of like bringing a little taste of another country here through a language most people can understand now,” Page-Lieberman said. “When you bring a Moroccan artist here and have their work here, then it’s an entry to the appreciation of other cultures.”

Explaining the symbolism behind the objects in the mural, Amriss said the building behind the young man depicted is the Wilaya of Casablanca, a well-known building in Casablanca’s Mohammed V Square.

The young man is dressed in an outfit that represents traditional Moroccan clothing on top and traditional American

apparel on the bottom. Roberts said the subject’s attire is encouraging new trends while still upholding old traditions.

“It’s a way of normalizing all different kinds of people who co-exist,” she said.

“Some of whom we see regularly and some who are invisible to us.”

The mural was officially unveiled Oct. 10 after two weeks of working through rain

showers and cold temperatures. Following the project, Amriss will return to Mons, Belgium, to finish completing his master’s degree at ARTS2, a visual arts university.

“It has been a very beautiful experience [in Chicago],” Amriss said. “C’est un très belle expérience.” pbarnes@columbiachronicle.com

OCTOBER 21, 2019 THE CHRONICLE 7

arts & culture

» STEVEN NUNEZ PHOTOJOURNALIST

POP ARTIST CHARLI XCX brought palpable energy to her sold-out show Oct. 12 at the House of Blues Chicago, 329 N. Dearborn St. The Atlantic Records artist is on tour in support of her third studio album, “Charli.”

The show featured opening performances from singers Dorian Electra and Allie X. Dorian Electra is a singersongwriter and performance artist from Houston who creates music that redefines gender norms. They performed their latest album “Flamboyant,” joined by dancers onstage.

Allie X, a Canadian pop singer from Toronto with an edgy, electro-pop sound, performed

her latest singles “Fresh Laundry” and “Bitch” from her 2015 album “CollXtion I.” Charli XCX opened her set performing “Next Level Charli,” the first song on her new album, and had the crowd jumping, dancing and singing along.

She also performed “White Mercedes,” “1999,” “Shake It” and more from the album.

Outside of her most recent works, she performed older songs such as “Boom Clap,” her single in the 2014 soundtrack album of “The Fault in Our Stars,” and “Boys” from 2017.

Charli XCX’s tour will continue across North America and Europe through the end of November.

» STEVEN NUNEZ/CHRONICLE

Charli XCX sells out House of Blues

snunez@columbiachronicle.com

Charli XCX (top, middle), Dorian Electra (bottom left) and Allie X (bottom middle) perform to a sold-out crowd at House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St., Oct. 12. on Charli XCX’s North American and European tour.

8 THE CHRONICLE OCTOBER 21, 2019

» KATHERINE SAVAGE NEWS EDITOR PROJECTED ON SEVERAL screens around a small theatre is an eccentric blue eye. Lights begin to flash, drums start beating and the spotlight shines on three men covered head-to-toe in blue paint.

The Blue Man Group has been performing for 28 years in more than 25 countries. With a recent show at the Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted St., the three performers continue to thrill audiences by adapting their routine.

The Chicago show has several new skits, instruments and audience interactions, said Jeff Quay, full-time drummer and associate music director.

Despite all the new features, some of the classic Blue Man skits live on, including drumming on PVC pipes with paint on top.

When the group first started, they were influenced by the New York art scene because that was

where their background stemmed from, Quay said. Some of this is still reflected in the show.

Now, they have moved on to more common themes present in society, including how technology can be a distraction. In one skit, animated people are displayed on the screen texting and are so distracted they fall into a manhole.

“We’re shining a light on things in a new way,” Quay said. “That’s one of the cool things about this, it keeps us all interested in doing it for 25 years [because] it’s really open to interpretation.”

The blue artists are known for having a very neutral demeanor and one of them, Tom Galassi, said, surprisingly, maintaining that demeanor isn’t difficult to do.

“There’s, in some ways, a seriousness to what we’re doing, and if we were to laugh, then everything we’ve worked toward is just gone,” Galassi said.

The show requires a lot of improvisation from the audience,

» COURTESY ERIC KLEIN

Blue Man Group continues to ‘save the world’ after 28 years

arts & culture

the performers and even the musicians. Quay said they have a baseline for music but a lot of the transitions are done on the spot, creating a slightly different show every night.

“We’re working so closely with [the band]. It can change the whole course of how we go from here to here,” Galassi said. “If [they do] something, all of a sudden our physicality changes or our mood changes, and we start to move together in a different way.”

The show encourages audience participation, often bringing people up on stage to bang on the drums, get splattered with paint The Blue Man Group has been bringing fun and colorful performances to various or have an awkward dinner. places around the world for 28 years.

In recent years, the Blue Man Group has performed a variety of eight-week training program to trying to connect to the audishows across different cities and make sure each “blue man” is a ence,” Galassi said. “We’re trying different countries, allowing fans good fit. Afterward, they are sent to save the world. We’re trying to potentially see the act in several to a show to finish their training. to be like, it’s okay ... and there’s cities and still get a different expe- However, he said in some ways, nothing wrong with you. You’re rience each time, Quay said. he is still training because of the all individuals.”

This requires a lot of train- improvisation the show requires. ing, Galassi said. There is an “Our thought process is we’re ksavage@columbiachronicle.com

» JACQUELINE LUTTRELL/CHRONICLE

The Chicago show has several new skits, instruments and audience interactions. Audience participation is encouraged and people are often brought on stage to be part of the show.

Jeff Quay is a full-time drummer and associate music director for Blue Man Group.

OCTOBER 21, 2019 THE CHRONICLE 9

opinions

Get the latest news in your inbox by subscribing to our newsletter » ColumbiaChronicle.com

Clean energy should be Pritzker’s No. 1 priority » ALEXANDRA YETTER CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

E

» MADDY ASMA/CHRONICLE

lected officials wouldn’t know a crumbling ecosystem if a forest fire held up a sign saying it was the end of the world.

Yet, it is still truly baffling how—in a state as blue and agriculturally-centered as Illinois—environmental legislation is not the No. 1 priority of every legislator. What is especially puzzling is Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ability to make good on his campaign promises of legalizing recreational marijuana and raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 during his first term, yet he is taking an inadequate approach to pushing for the Clean Energy Jobs Act. Illinois’ Clean Energy Jobs Act is the Marvel Studios of green legislation, putting the U.S. Congress’ Green New Deal to shame. Not only is it more than 300 pages longer than the Green New Deal, it also provides a more comprehensive,

logical approach to making clean energy a necessity while protecting those who will be put out of work with the potential restrictions on fossil fuel industries, as reported Sept. 3 by the Chronicle.

During an unrelated Oct. 7 press conference, Pritzker told reporters he was not optimistic about CEJA progressing during the fall veto session, according to an Oct. 9 article by the Daily Herald.

ayetter@columbiachronicle.com

Veganism is not a punchline

D

ietary choices and restrictions can be a very personal and serious aspect of a person’s life.

Now, imagine if someone made a joke of those for their own entertainment.

On Oct. 8, a post went viral on Reddit—a discussion forum website— with comments and debate over a post made by an anonymous user who goes by the name “Veganthrowaway192847.”

The user, a vegan woman, said friends » SHANE TOLENTINO/CHRONICLE

fed her chicken nuggets when she was drunk at a party. The woman said she had not eaten meat since she was a toddler.

“My friends thought it would be funny to feed me chicken nuggets as a prank,” she wrote in the post. “I checked with them before chowing down ‘Are these vegan?’

To which my friends replied, ‘Yeah, they’re Sunfed,’” a meat alternative food brand based in Auckland, New Zealand.

The day after the party, she was shown a video of herself eating the chicken at the party, where the people who gave it to her went on to mock her.

Although 2019 is said to be the “year of the vegan,” according to The Economist, it is still a dietary choice that is not taken seriously and is often misunderstood.

It is sometimes viewed as more of a social trend rather than a choice based on ethical or health issues. Veganism

Editorial Board Members Blaise Mesa Co-Editor-in-Chief Katherine Savage News Editor Shane Tolentino Graphic Designer Camilla Forte Photojournalist

10 THE CHRONICLE OCTOBER 21, 2019

“[CEJA] is certainly something that’s being considered as part of a broader energy package,” Pritzker said at the conference.

“We only have about 7% of our power being generated by wind and less than 1% by solar. We can do so much better, and we need to continue that drive toward renewables and toward clean energy policies.”

Pritzker undoubtedly sees the importance and groundbreaking opportunity for Illinois in passing CEJA, arguably the most progressive green energy bill in the nation. But it is his lack of political pressure on legislators that is startling, given: There are 11 years left before the climate crisis is irreversible; it takes

COMMENTARY years to put CEJA’s proposed changes in full effect; and the Illinois Power Agency found the state is already falling behind on its renewable energy goals.

Young people clearly see the importance of passing environmental legislation, and activists in Illinois have repeatedly called for the state to not only pass CEJA, but to also declare a climate emergency, which was accomplished by New York City in June.

Young activists’ fervency and dedication to this global catastrophe is evident in the ongoing protests held by global activist groups like Extinction Rebellion.

Granted, there are a lot of important matters for politicians to address, especially when it comes to providing resources to disenfranchised groups. But all, including Pritzker, need to come to terms with the fact that, without far-reaching legislative changes, every social issue will be adversely impacted by the climate crisis.

This issue touches every person, but it gut-punches low-income communities and minority groups the hardest. If Pritzker truly wants to embody the groundbreaking, progressive actions he campaigned on, he cannot wait one more day to pass CEJA.

Paige Barnes Staff Reporter Dyana Daniels Staff Reporter Mari Devereaux Staff Reporter Lauren Leazenby Staff Reporter

should be seen as more than just a food choice—it is a belief and a lifestyle.

The woman later took the video to the police seeking charges against her friends for food tampering, according to an Oct. 9 Daily Mail article.

With more than 6,000 comments on the post, Reddit users varied in support of the woman, with some saying taking it to the police was over-the-top.

It is necessary to understand and respect a person’s life choices, even when you may not agree with them yourself.

The consequences of your misunderstanding could have lasting side effects.

It’s likely that eating meat for the first time in 20 years can be perpetually damaging to a person’s body and their mental well-being. After not eating meat for so long, it may be difficult to properly digest. This, of course, ends in a not-so-pleasant result, but it is still questionable as to what the police could actually do in a situation such as this.

EDITORIAL Rather than going to the police, the woman could have simply cut the so-called friends off because, with the information known about this case, it is more about moral principles than anything else.

People must respect the choices of others, especially when it involves something that will not affect anyone except for the person who is making those choices.

Aside from the harm this could have done to the woman’s body and digestive system, this could have long-term psychological impacts, depending on her reasons for being vegan. Although taking it to the police may not have been the best choice, if companies such as Starbucks or McDonald’s had done something of a similar nature, a lawsuit would have most certainly been involved.

A line must be drawn to hold people accountable for their poor actions. chronicle@colum.edu

Did you catch a mistake, think we could have covered a story better or have strong beliefs about an issue that faces all of us here at Columbia?

Why not write a letter to the editor? At the bottom of Page 2, you’ll find a set of guidelines on how to do this. Let us hear from you. —The Columbia Chronicle Editorial Board

opinions

In response to: Oct. 14 ‘US Department of Labor to oversee CFAC election’

RONICLE

Susan Van Veen Adjunct professor in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department CFAC Steering Committee svanveen@colum.edu

NE

TOL E

NTI

NO

/C H

RO

NIC

LE

» WESLEY ENRIQUEZ/CHRONICLE

IFER C HAVEZ /CHRO NICLE

Fred Camper Adjunct faculty member in the Cinema and Television Arts Department fcamper@colum.edu

» GRACE SENIOR/CH

» JENN

In point of fact, our Union leadership has sent messages to our members that contain statements on consequential matters that are simply not true. Several times when I wrote with questions about such statements, to see if I was missing something, my letters went unanswered, and those factual mistakes—or were they lies—went uncorrected.

The defenders of the current Union leadership have now called some of its own members who voice concerns a “small minority.” It is the functions of elections to determine the views of our members. But the discourse that should matter most concerns openness, honesty, and justice, and not the almost-thuggish, sports-like talk of crowd sizes and winners and losers that so sickeningly characterizes the worst of the actors in our national politics today.

follow as close as possible the CFAC constitution and bylaws. There was a lengthy discussion over the mailing [of ] ballots. CFAC leadership believes it will depress voting. An IEA union member from Roosevelt University, who also teaches at Columbia, at [the] meeting stated they vote by mail ballot all the time and it’s become turnkey.

However, their voting ballot return is only between 10% and 20%. The DoL is insistent on mailed ballots.

HA

T

he insults to the civil servants in the U.S. Department of Labor from our Union leadership and from Mr. Johannesson as quoted in the Chronicle are, frankly, despicable. I saw no signs that the DoL representatives at our Oct. 7 meeting have been influenced in any way by the current American president, or that they are doing anything other than trying responsibly to do their jobs by upholding the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, a law put into place many decades before our current president took office and designed to protect union members from abusive leadership.

The idea that the corrective of having the DoL run our election—after there was NO election in 2017 that I, or anyone I know, can remember hearing anything about—is some sort of anti-union move is absurd. The anti-union people I can identify are our current Union leaders, who have failed to hold elections; weakened us by expelling five of our best; wasted our money by losing wrong, pointless and divisive actions against our brothers and sisters of Columbia’s full-time staff; failed to correct insulting, mass emails sent out anonymously in the name of the Union, childishly mocking the former college provost [Stan Wearden]; and more.

a negative? It’s hard to def lect, let alone answer, the question of when did you stop beating your dog?

I will reiterate once again that the [U.S. Department of Labor] found NOTHING wrong in the conduct of the elections. Elections were held. Their issue was with how the union bylaws, inherited from the IEA, called for the election of the at-large Steering Committee members. Since the DoL desired a remedy to this bylaw, since corrected with the adoption of the new constitution and bylaws, CFAC agreed to the DoL supervising the 2019 elections.

Derek Fawcett’s comment, “This meeting made it clear that this is a pretty complete takeover [by the DoL]” does not represent events. The DoL, at the meeting, made it CLEAR they are there to supervise and work with the CFAC Election Committee.

They made it clear they are monitoring, not taking over. They will

»S

P

rinting an article that is f lawed and one sided in content is concerning. CFAC leadership offered multiple sources for the Chronicle to reach out to and fact check with, of which none were contacted.

This group that you have chosen to give the lion’s share of comments in your article represents a small minority of Illinois Education Association-backed union members and fee payers that continue to go against the will of the majority of union members. Their intent appears to be to sow doubt and discord. They continue to cause harm and misuse of union resources. They ignore the will of the majority, while claiming they want a democratic process.

Let’s be clear—this union properly conducted elections in 2015 and 2017. In 2019, it’s a tad late to “claim” one didn’t receive a call for nominations. Where was this concern in 2015 or 2017? How do you prove

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

OCTOBER 21, 2019 THE CHRONICLE 11

metro

12 THE CHRONICLE OCTOBER 21, 2019

CTU strikers talk about why they are walking out of schools » ColumbiaChronicle.com/Multimedia » IGNACIO CALDERON/CHRONICLE

metro

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates (left) and President Jesse Sharkey (center) join the front lines of the Oct. 17 march near the Chicago Board of Education headquarters, 1 N. Dearborn St.

CTU strikers: ‘Mayor Lightfoot, get on the right foot’ » IGNACIO CALDERON PHOTOJOURNALIST

MEMBERS OF THE Chicago Teachers Union and their supporters walked picket lines Thursday, striking for the first time since 2012. The union estimated that more than 30,000 teachers and support staff were prepared to be on the streets, and a rally began just after 2:30 p.m. around the corner from the Chicago Board of Education headquarters, 1 N. Dearborn St. After rejecting Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s offer that included a 16% raise over five years, teachers said the problem is not with inadequate wages but with a disparity in the number of resources available for schools.

City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin said at an Oct. 14 CTU rally that teachers and other unions supporting them are sacrificing themselves “to fight for the basic rights of our children. … [They are] fighting for class size, a nurse, a social worker, a librarian—for an environment conducive to learning.”

In contract negotiations, Lightfoot dismissed some of the union’s requests by saying “the collective bargaining agreement is not the appropriate place” to address social issues such as affordable housing needs of students and teachers, according to an Oct. 9 WTTW article.

“[All they] have been saying is, ‘Take the money,’” said CTU President Jesse Sharkey during the Monday rally. “‘We’ve offered you 16%; you teachers are highly paid. You are the highest paid in the country,’ they said.” Still, he said the union will push for better conditions for their students.

As of press time, the city has not reached

an agreement with teachers, meaning CTU members were working under an expired contract since June 30.

“We know what works, we know what students need to be successful. It is not rocket science,” said Ald. Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez (33rd Ward) during the Monday rally.

Ronald Schupp (yellow), a supporter of the Chicago Teachers Union strike, attended the Oct. 14 rally organized by CTU to express its demands for a new contract with the city.

CPS canceled classes Thursday and Friday, affecting more than 300,000 students and their families, including some people at Columbia.

However, school facilities remained open to offer meals and a place for students to stay during the day.

Jackie Spinner, associate professor in the Communication Department, said in an Oct. 16 email to the Chronicle she was disappointed she has not “seen any guidance from Columbia College for our students who may be parents or faculty and staff.”

Spinner welcomed any of her students who are CPS parents to bring their children to classes, if necessary.

“My department chair reached out to see how she could help, which was great for me,” Spinner said. “But I don’t know how many of my colleagues … can count on this kind of support.”

Those on the picket lines have said they will continue to strike until contracts with the city are finalized.

“I hope this ends quickly,” said Gina Cipriani, a 25-year veteran first grade teacher at Smith Elementary School on the Far South Side. “We’d like to get back into the classroom and do what we do best—teach.” icalderon@columbiachronicle.com

OCTOBER 21, 2019 THE CHRONICLE 13

metro

Supreme Court takes on LGBTQ+ workplace rights

14 THE CHRONICLE OCTOBER 21, 2019

if they ruled in favor of this application of the text. Even Gorsuch, who said he was “with” Cole on the text of Title VII, said he was concerned about the “massive social upheaval” the decision could have.

Yohnka said, depending on how the decision is written, it could potentially overturn the decision of Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, which would impact more than just the LGBTQ+ community.

“I think one of the concerns would be that you might see again the rebooting or the reapplication of sex stereotypes in the workplace in a fashion that we have thought were part of a bygone era,” he said.

“If you aren’t feminine enough, if you don’t walk the right way, if you don’t dress the right way, those things could be used against you adversely in your employment. … I don’t think the Court is going to do that, but it’s a disturbing prospect.”

Yohnka said that whether or not this ripple effect happens, threatening the rights of any still

The Supreme Court heard three cases about LGBTQ+ people being fired for their identity on Oct. 8. The decision on these cases will not be made for several months.

threatens the rights of all.

“The truth is that rights are not part of a package,” he said.

“I don’t get one from Column A and one from Column B and one from Column C. I think we should

always think of rights as being part of a quilt. The more people who are covered, the more protections we have for ourselves.” mmanier@columbiachronicle.com » JENNIFER CHAVEZ/CHRONICLE

ON OCT. 8, THE Supreme Court heard arguments on three cases that all revolved around one question: Does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964—which prohibits discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sex— encompass the prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity?

Two of the three cases the Supreme Court heard on this issue, from Gerald Bostock and Don Zarda, were combined as both Bostock and Zarda are gay men who were fired after coming out.

The third case involved a transgender woman, Aimee Stephens, who was fired after she informed her employer of her intention to start openly expressing her true gender identity.

These cases will not be decided for months, but the far-reaching implications of the potential decision by the Supreme Court could affect more than just the LGBTQ+ community.

With a 5–4 divide between conservative and liberal justices, respectively, the deciding judge currently seems to be Justice Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch said the text of Title VII was “close” after hearing arguments from David Cole, the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, who was arguing on behalf of Stephens.

Cole argued that Title VII already protects members of the LGBTQ+ community. He cited a 1989 Supreme Court case, Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, in which an accountant, Ann Hopkins, was fired from Price Waterhouse for being “too butch,” according to an Oct. 9, 2019, New Yorker article. Hopkins won and the Court ruled that workplaces requiring employees to adhere to gender stereotypes constitutes as gender discrimination.

The way Stephens was treated by her employer was no different than the way Price Waterhouse treated Hopkins, Cole said. Stephens was fired for expressing her gender as a woman simply because she was

assigned male at birth, he argued, and therefore her termination was rooted in the same expectations for gender presentation that Hopkins’ were. Lower courts also ruled in Stephens’ favor because of this reasoning, as well as in Zarda’s case, and said he would not have been fired if he were a woman attracted to men—indicating that sex discrimination was also behind his termination.

Ed Yohnka, director of communications and public policy for the ACLU of Illinois, agreed with this argument. Title VII does not need to specifically identify protections for LGBTQ+ people because these types of discrimination are already encompassed within it, he said.

Yohnka said that regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision, Illinois will be unaffected because of the Illinois Human Rights Act, which explicitly protects members of the LGBTQ+ community who work in an Illinois workplace, regardless of their state of residence.

However, for states without protections, Yohnka said a decision not in favor of the plaintiffs could put a burden on state activists to quickly pass state-based laws.

Alternatively, The Equality Act—a bill which passed the House of Representatives in May and has since been sitting in the Senate— would provide protections based on “sex, sexual orientation and gender identity” on a federal level, regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision.

The Equality Act was a popular topic of discussion at CNN and the Human Rights Campaign’s Town Hall Oct. 10, as reported Oct. 11 by the Chronicle.

Most Democratic presidential candidates support the bill, but in April, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called himself “the grim reaper” for legislation coming from the Democratic House.

Several conservative justices said making the decision to explicitly include LGBTQ+ workers in Title VII would be better handled

by Congress. Justice Samuel Alito said the Supreme Court would be “acting exactly like a legislature”

» FILE PHOTO

» MIRANDA MANIER MANAGING EDITOR

Top three talked-about debate topics: Trump,Trump and Trump » ALEXANDRA YETTER CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Trump’s actions with Ukraine, which sparked the inquiry’s official announcement in September.

Harris was most fervent on impeaching Trump and predicted it would be a speedy process given his public statements.

“He told us who he was,” Harris said. “Trump told us he could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and get away with it. He has consistently, since he won, been selling out the American people.”

Booker was more tepid in his response, calling for a fair trial built on patriotism rather than partisanship. His response reflects the 38% of Americans who still do not support an impeachment inquiry, according to an Oct. 8 poll by The Washington Post and George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government.

However, Warren—considered among the three front runners, along with Biden and Sanders, according to the latest polling— pointed to her public support for an inquiry after former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress on

obstruction of justice and Russian interference in the 2016 election.

“Look what happened as a result—Donald Trump broke the law again in the summer, broke it again this fall,” Warren said, in reference to Trump’s request that Ukraine dig up “political dirt” on the Bidens. “We took a constitutional oath and that is that no one is above the law, and that includes the president of the United States.”

Visit ColumbiaChronicle.com for additional reporting. ayetter@columbiachronicle.com » SHANE TOLENTINO/CHRONICLE

IN THE MOST crowded presidential debate in history with 12 candidates, there may as well have been a 13th podium set up for President Donald Trump for how prevalent he was in the discussion.

The twelve candidates who qualified for the Tuesday night debate included: former Vice President Joe Biden; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Ca lif.); businessperson Andrew Yang; Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.); former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas); businessperson Tom Steyer; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.); Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii); and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro.

The debate also marked Sanders’ return to the campaign trail after suffering a heart attack two weeks ago.

Although many of the standard talking points were discussed throughout the night, including healthcare, gun violence and the job market, the debate often turned toward criticism of Trump. That comes amid polls showing public attention shifting in favor of impeachment as the U.S. House continues its investigation.

The first topic of the debate was each candidate’s response to the potential impeachment, a departure from the last three debates that all kicked-off with the topic of healthcare, showing the political weight put on this issue in the 2020 race for president.

While all the candidates reiterated the necessity of Congress exploring impeachment, they ranged in their damnation of

metro

Numbers represented in the graphic above are from Oct. 14 Real Clear Politics poll averages of voter preferences among 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.

Interested in sound?

You’re invited!

OPEN HOUSE Sunday, November 3rd, 11am-2pm

The Music Center at Columbia College Chicago 1014 S. Michigan Avenue

M u s i c

D e p a r t m e n t

E v e n t s

Woody Goss (Vulfpeck) in Residence October 21 - 25 Monday October 21 New Music Ensemble in Concert at the Sherwood

7:00 pm

Tuesday October 22 Meet the Artist: Woody Goss

12:00 pm

Wednesday October 13 Wednesday Noon Guitar Concert Series at the Conaway Center ChicagoVox and Gospel Band Showcase in Concert Thursday October 24 Student Piano & Strings Recital #4 at the Sherwood

12:00 pm 8:00 pm 7:00 pm

Friday October 25 Woody Goss Residency Concert 7:00 pm For tickets, visit tickets.colum.edu or call 312-369-8330

Evanston Campus

RSVP today soundopenhouse2019.eventbrite.com OCTOBER 21, 2019 THE CHRONICLE 15

THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO PRESENTS:

(OF VULFPECK) WOODY WOODY GOSS GOSS (OF VULFPECK) WOODY GOSS RESIDENCY CONCERT RESIDENCY CONCERT RESIDENCY CONCERT THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO PRESENTS:

THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO PRESENTS:

(OF VULFPECK)

October 25, 7 p.m.

Music25, Center October 7 Concert p.m. Hall 1014 S. Michigan Ave. October 25, Concert 7 p.m. Hall Music Center $20 General admission

$10 Michigan Staff, faculty, and family performers 1014 Ave.ofHall MusicS. Center Concert $5 Students with ID 1014 S. Michigan $20 General admission Ave.

$10 $20 $5 $10

Staff, faculty, and family of performers General admission Students withand ID family of performers Staff, faculty,

$5

Students with ID

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