Around Campus

Stacie Freudenberg/Chronicle Turell Brown (Far Right) warms up before the student concert series Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the Concert Hall, 1104 S. Michigan Ave. Full-time faculty members Doug Lofstrom (on guitar) and Frank Donaldson (drums) accompany.

‘Blues’ to the rescue
Jake and Elwood Blues take one more trip down Wacker Drive

Deafening sirens and spinning blue lights filled Lower Wacker Drive as six ’60s-era Chicago police cars chased the “Bluesmobile” in a re-enactment of a scene from The Blues Brothers. The parade marked the Nov. 26 reopening of the stretch of road that has been closed to the public since February 2001.

The re-enactment of the famous car chase in the 1980 comedy featured a set of Jake and Elwood Blues look-alikes riding in the same sleek black Dodge Monaco that was chased in the movie.

A mob of cop cars slowly stalked the actors from North State Street and Wacker Drive up through Lower and Upper Wacker drives, as a stream of cars followed to get their first chance to travel on the lower portion of the road that has been under construction for nearly two years.
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Sex offenders moved out of Jones Prep area
Pacific Garden Mission occupants were in breach of law

Sixty registered sex offenders have been moved out of the Pacific Garden Mission in recent months after breaking a law that prohibits sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school.

An analysis of registered sex offenders living in the First District, completed by the Chicago police last year, showed that the Pacific Garden Mission homeless shelter, 646 S. State St., housed 60 registered offenders. The mission borders Jones College Prep, a public magnet school located at 606 S. State St. that enrolls approximately 750 high school students.
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RedEye, Red Streak get black marks
Papers’ real test will come when they are no longer free

It has been more than a month since the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times came out with their new daily papers, the RedEye and the Red Streak, respectively.

Both papers have a target audience of 18 to 34 years of age and contain shorter stories, concentrating more on entertainment and sports, said Robert Davis, retired Tribune writer and personal consultant to the RedEye.
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Senior Seminar course evolves
Teacher says earlier placement of class may work better for students

Whether or not it’s a popular course, all students must take and pass Senior Seminar in order to graduate from Columbia. And, although every student must complete the evolving course, there are conflicting opinions regarding the program, its initiatives and whether it should be a requirement.
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Alumni flying high with Peter Pan
Former student writes and produces play at House Theatre

Many people would be hard-pressed to believe that a play entitled “The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan” would actually be a satirical comedy. But the play, a theatrical adaptation of the original story by J.M. Barrie, is.
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Columbia starts poetry MFA
Program directors expect positive responses from future poets and teachers looking for a school

Columbia will provide the only MFA program for poetry in Chicago as of fall 2003. The 48-credit program was conceived and created by poet-in-residence and Poetry Program Coordinator Paul Hoover. The program is ultimately expected to prepare its students for careers as poets and teachers.
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U of I students respond to controversial ads

(U-WIRE) CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—The Daily Illini ran the first of a series of controversial ads on Nov. 21 that have raised free speech and hate speech issues at the University of Illinois and other colleges.
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Law seeks to end spam

(U-WIRE) BOSTON—Attorney General Thomas Reilly is attacking spam—unwanted commercial e-mail. Reilly proposed legislation Wednesday to protect Internet users from this type of e-mail solicitation.
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The Editor's Desk

Back in the day, it used to be that anyone, anywhere, could—and did—call George W. Bush an idiot. Now, all of a sudden, it’s breaking news. After a senior federal aide in the Canadian government called Bush “a moron,” news agencies here and in the Wintry North pounced.
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