The Columbia Chronicle

UIC Flames shutout Chicago State Cougars

By Nader Ihmoud

April 17, 2013

The University of Illinois-Chicago Flames baseball team dominated the Chicago State University Cougars limiting them to two hits during a 6-0 shutout victory on April 16 at Les Miller Field.Sophomore pitcher Brian Evak is credited with the win. Evak held the Cougars hitless over three innings on the mound. The Flames used seven different pitchers to keep the Cougars at bay.“Defense is a key to UIC,” junior catcher Jaco...

The place that had everything

By Trevor Ballanger

January 30, 2012

The Illinois mall that provided the setting for the famous Blues Brothers’ car chase scene is slated to be demolished.After being abandoned for more than 30 years, the Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Ill., has weathered its last winter—barely. Demolition contracts have been processed for the site and will be underway later this January. Though the demolition itself hasn’t yet started, preliminary steps have begun. Fencin...

Lakota sounds in the city

By Sophia Coleman

October 3, 2011

Growing up fast is nothing new for Frank Waln, 22, founder of Nake Nula Waun, a Native-American hip-hop band based in Parmalee, S.D. With most of his life spent on the Rosebud Sioux reservation, he was surrounded by violence and poverty.But with all of the negativity clouding his life, he created something positive. Waln and three friends—co-founder and vocalist Dre Easter; 26, vocalist Kodi DeNoyer, 21; and vocalist Thomas...

Big Ten, Fox Sports together for six seasons

By Etheria Modacure

November 29, 2010

It all started on June 12, when the University of Nebraska was approved to join the Big Ten Conference beginning July 1, 2011. Shortly after, Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, was chosen as the site of the conference’s first championship game on Dec. 3, 2011.Now the Big Ten has partnered with Fox Sports to televise the first five conference championship games from 2011 through 2016. The deal was ma...

‘Jackass-3D’ creators wax poetic on three-dimensional bodily fluids

By Contributing Writer

October 18, 2010

by: Sean Lechowicz, Contributing WriterThe Chronicle had the chance to mix it up and chat with Johnny Knoxville and director Jeff Tremaine of “Jackass 3-D”, which opened on Oct. 15. They elaborated on the willingness of the crew to reassemble and once again ravage their bodies for our entertainment’s sake. Knoxville and company jumped at the opportunity to take the mayhem into the 3-D realm.The Chronicle: Whose idea was...

Laughs, limbs abound in zombie musical

By Contributing Writer

October 18, 2010

by: Amanda Murphy, Contributing WriterBreaking up is difficult, especially when your boyfriend just turned into a zombie and is trying to eat you. What does a person do to deal with such a dilemma? Break into song and dance, of course. “Musical of the Living Dead” is an original musical performed by the Cowardly Scarecrow Theater Company. It’s a “zom com,” or zombie comedy, complete with an original soundtrack, romance,...

Candlelight vigil held for recent teen suicides

By Meghan Keyes

October 11, 2010

Members and allies of the LGBTQ community gathered in DePaul’s Lincoln Park quad on Oct. 8 to honor teens who recently committed suicide because of harassment. Attendees held candles and listened quietly to speakers tell their stories and encourage people to action, even when the sound system failed and a megaphone was used instead.Nine people were honored during the vigil: Raymond Chase, 19; Tyler Clementi, 18; Cody Barker, 17; Ha...

Q&A: Hoffman makes directoral debut

By David Orlikoff

September 27, 2010

Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz have worked together for more than a decade as two prominent members of the LAByrinth Theater Company. Their latest venture, “Jack Goes Boating,” is an adaptation of the successful play they starred in and is the first film Hoffman has directed after years of performing for theater.Jack (Hoffman) and his best friend Clyde (Ortiz) are limo drivers for Jack’s uncle in New York. The...

Making noise in fashion

By Brianna Wellen

September 7, 2010

In Vogue’s September issue, between Marc Jacobs advertisements and a Halle Berry feature, Nick Cave found his own designs gracing the legendary magazine’s pages.The Chicago-based artist won’t be shy about the accomplishment when he returns to his students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he is the head of the graduate fashion program.“I’m going to have [the issue] close to my chest hugging it,...

Michael Moore shows no love for ‘Capitalism’

By David Orlikoff

October 5, 2009

Throughout the decades, America has seen the many faces of Michael Moore. His first feature, Roger and Me, which opened in 1989, was nearly accidental. Following the philosophy of “keep the camera rolling,” he edited anecdotes and random encounters into a hodgepodge where 70 percent of the film held a common theme.His only fictional work, Canadian Bacon, came in 1995 and simultaneously showed his lack of skill in craf...

Thriller ‘Whiteout’ fails to grip viewers

By David Orlikoff

September 21, 2009

Whiteout is a thriller set in Antarctica about U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko, directed by Gone in 60 Seconds’ Dominic Sena. After hearing the plot one must wonder why on Earth Kate Beckinsale was chosen to play the lead. It’s true she is the face of the Underworld action series, but those films are more akin to comic book movies where special effects and costumes are often more important than acting. Beckinsale’s o...

Director’s first feature fails to deliver

By David Orlikoff

September 13, 2009

Although film is a concrete form of art, the interpretation of the final product often varies by viewer. While the light and sound of the movie registers similarly in our brains, the constructed meaning we create outside the purest facts of plot is often entirely our own. Film is an active and engaging art form in which the audience creates their own living narrative as they bear witness to the static stimuli on the screen. Th...