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Stacie Freudenberg/Chronicle A Columbia student takes advantage of the free AIDS testing in the Hokin Annex on Wednesday, Dec. 4. BEHIV (Better Existence with HIV) provided the service to staff, faculty and students as part of AIDS Awareness Week.

Crowd ties one on for Morris
Morris remembered for dedication to education and unique personal style

For Ed Morris, Columbia’s late Television Department chair emeritus, wearing a bow tie was similar to displaying a work of art.

Morris, who died this past April at the age of 80, created a reputation for himself around Columbia not only by helping to put the college’s Television Department on the map, but also by displaying colorful ties or suspenders that often represented his different moods.

To honor Morris’ memory, the college hosted the “Tie One On For Ed Morris” tie sale last Friday, Dec. 6, with all proceeds benefiting the Edward L. and Marsha E. Morris Scholarship Fund. The scholarship, named for Morris and his wife, was established in 1995 to financially aid an outstanding television student each year. Last spring, the fund awarded $3,000 to Kristi Marx, according to Deanna Evans, a Television Department staff member.
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Latino students hold ‘Speak-Out’
Students call for hire of Spanish-speaking staff

The Latino Alliance hosted a speak-out on Dec. 4 to gauge student concerns about Latino affairs and to drum up support for the Latino Assembly Dec. 12, which will confront Columbia administrators on the school’s poor track record of serving the Latino community.
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Columbia fosters AIDS awareness
‘Living with AIDS’ panel tackles HIV’s tough issues

Most people still do not know enough about AIDS, according to the five panelists who participated in the “Living With AIDS” panel discussion Dec. 4.

“About one-third of America’s [infected] population does not know that they’re HIV positive,” said Dr. Litjen Tan, director of Infectious Disease, Immunology, and Molecular Medicine for the American Medical Association.
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Search for permanent deans continues
Many positions at college still need to be filled, but two searches to be completed by next semester

Columbia continues to operate with a shortage of permanent deans after implementing a controversial restructuring plan, but college officials say two of the three dean searches are nearing completion.
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College Council gears up faculty for OASIS
Online registration expected to be up and running by next semester

Faculty members got a preview of the highly anticipated OASIS software at the Dec. 6 College Council meeting.
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Semester in L.A. program not just for film students any more
Guest speakers major highlight of weeks spent in bungalows

Columbia’s Semester in L.A. program started off small, but in its four-year existence has blossomed into a popular offering that isn’t just for film and video majors.
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Columbia to observe Human Rights Day
Scholarship winner, details of May human rights conference to be announced at breakfast

Journalism faculty member Rose Economou said that Columbia’s Dec. 10 observance of U.N. Human Rights Day would be a “prelude” to a larger three-day human rights conference in May of 2003. Economou said that through the event, she hopes to stress to Columbia students that “human rights do begin in our own backyard.”
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Survey finds Americans can’t find Iraq on map
College-aged students need geography lessons. Many couldn’t find Iraq on a world map.

(U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— Of 18- to 24-year-olds polled, 87 percent could not locate Iraq on a map, according to a survey by the National Geographic Society. Should President George W. Bush decide to wage war on Iraq, the age range polled would be the most likely candidates to fight.
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Mock fashion show addresses sweatshops
UCLA students make mockery of sweatshop manufactured products

(U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES—The University of California-Los Angeles’ United Students Against Sweatshops worked to address abuses in the garment industry with speakers and a satirical runway show.
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Supreme Court to determine role of race in college admissions
High Court decision will set the tone for future minority enrollment policies nation-wide

(U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA—The Supreme Court agreed on Dec. 2 to hear two cases about affirmative action policies at the University of Michigan Law School and undergraduate college.
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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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