CCC Field Work

I will be the first to admit that I have not utilized CCC to its fullest potential. After almost 5 years of attendance at CCC, I find myself knowing just about as much about Columbia now as I did when I first started. This was mostly my choice. To me Columbia is a place where I go to school to get a degree in order to get a better job than I would with just a high school diploma. CCC is not a place to hang out, it is a place to be taught, then you go home. Im sure that this is not the case with a lot of students at CCC, but it is with me. So when im asked what two places are the most representative of Columbia, I have a hard time answering.

One place that is very representative of ccc is the lobby of 624 S Michigan ave. Like all of Columbia's buildings, it was not originally built to be a college building. So lots of things just don't serve the purposes of a school, especially the elevators. Like clockwork, everyday around 15 minutes before the morning, afternoon and evening classes start, the lobby fills up to the point that you can't close the door behind you. Everyone is struggling to get on one of the extraordinarily slow elevators, trying to balance being polite enough not to piss anyone off and being aggressive enough to get to class on time. Then 20 minutes later, the lobby is dead quiet. This emulates exactly how I see Columbia. Everyone trying to get to their destination (or graduation date) as efficiently as possible, and little more.

The second place is the first floor of the film building. The reason this place feels like Columbia is because of the variety of things that go on here. On one hand, you have people relaxing, eating from the plum café, maybe reading the red eye, or surfing the web. On the other, you have people working on the audio visual equipment, perhaps getting ready for a performance on the stage. You have an art gallery being set up, you have people sitting in groups networking, or having production meetings. Theres always something going on here. So it stands out in my mind when I think of Columbia.