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UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
| soent my high-school years
staring at the pine trees outside my
classroom window and picturing
myself on the campus of an Ivy
League university, where my
wealthy roomate Colgate would
leave me notes reading “Meet me
on the quad at five.” | wasn't sure
what a quad was, but | knew that |
wanted one desperately. My
college friends would own horses
and monogrammed shoehorns. |’d
spend weekenas Gi wm
roommate's estate, where his
mother would say things like “I've
instructed Helvecia to prepare
those little pancakes you're so fond
of, but she’s had a devil of a time
locating fresh gooseberries.” — This
woman would have really big teeth
that she’d reveal every time she
threw back her head to laugh at
one of my many witticisms. “you're
an absolut caution,” she'd bray.
“Tell me you'll at least
consider joining us this Christmas at
Bridle Haven; it just wouldn't be the
same without you.”
| fantasized with the nagging
suspicion there was something
missing, something | was forgetting.
This something turned out to be
grades. It was with profound
disappointment | discovered it took
more than a C average to
attend Harvard. Average, that
was the word that got fo me.
C and average, the two went
hand in hand.
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Read This:
We are a generation of
non-readers. | can honestly say |
might of completed a single book
throughtout my college career.
No, no, I'm lying, | probably just
skimmed through it. Everything
so half assed. Everything. Read |
this book, enjoy it, remember what
life was like when you could be half
assed.
Albany sucked the youth out of
my blood the second | stepped
foot on the cement, cement, ce-
ment. The cobblestone was nice
though. | always liked how it
shimmered when the CDTA bus
would drive by at night. I'm tired,
just really tired. College wore me
out. | feel old.
Don't hide this book from your
parents. Let them see what they
paid for. Literally they paid and
we played. | want to go back to
school. | want to learn. Not to
party, nope totally done with that.
Chem DNA is what did _ it fo me |
think. If you didn’t take if you had
20 friends that did and it made me
sick. It was like we were alll idiots
and this guy knew it.
“ Here are all the answers. All of
them. Test on Friday 10:10am in
LC 18." Everyone got A's. You
had to be an idiot not to getanA
in that class.
| got a B.
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- Barbara Smith
| have never been very comfortable around men.
Although | had male lovers when | was straight,
they were few and far between. My major recol-
lection of these relationships, besides how painful
and humiliating they were, was that | really never
really understood what was going on. | am frankly
amazed when some lesbians say how easy it was
for them to handle men and even to run their re-
lationships with them during their heterosexual
youths. | did not understand men, period.
- Chuck D
Public Enemy
Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
Mother fuck him and John Wayne
Cause I’m Black and I'm proud
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
Sample a look back you look and find
Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
Don't worry be happy
Was a number one jam
Damn if | say if you can slap me right here
(Get it) lets get this party started right
Right on, c'mon
What we got to say
Power to the people no delay
To make everyone else see
In order to fight the powers that be
- Fight The Power
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- Michael Ondaatje
Author of The English Patient
- Paul Seigel
...We die. We die rich with lov-
ers and tribes. Tastes we've
swallowed, bodies we have
entered and swum up like riv-
ers. Fears we've hidden in like
this wretched cave. | want all
this marked on my body. We're
the real countries. Not the
boundries drawn on maps, the
names of powerful men... |
know you'll come carry me out
into the palace of winds. That’s
all |’ ve wanted, to walk in such
a place with you, with friends,
an Earth without maps.....
- Jim Morris
Political Impersonator
Deconstruction: A school of philosophy that originated in
France in the late 1960s, has had an enormous impact on
Anglo-American criticism. Largely the creation of its chief
oroponent Jacques Derrida, deconstruction upends the
Western metaphysical tradition. If represents a complex
response to a variety of theoretical and
philosophical movements of the 20th century
- Jaques Derrida
Philosopher
Clearly, Mr. Derrida spends a lot of time pondering weighty philosophical questions, but does
he ever do anything normal, like watch television or go to the movies or play sports?
Mr. Derrida smiled, almost shyly. “You touched a private part of me,” he said. “| wanted to be
a professional soccer player, but | had to give if up because | was not good enough.”
“| watch TV all the time,” he continued. Movies? The news? “Anything,” he said. And does he
deconstruct them as he is watching? “Everything!” Mr. Derrida cried. “lam critical of what I’m
watching. | am trying to be vigilant. | deconstruct all the time.”
So what was the last movie he went to?
“ ‘Deconstructing Harry,’ “ Mr. Derrida said. (What else?) “| was very disappointed at the use
of the word ‘deconstruction.’ | felt if was an exploitation of the term.” Mr. Derrida’s voice
grew heated, as if he were defending his own child from assault. “At the end a graduate
student uses the word deconstruction as a stereotype, to destroy it, fo undermine it, to vulgar-
ize ff 2a
Almost from the moment desconstruction emerged as a glittering force on the academic
scene, its many detractors have been saying that itis “dead.” And yet the term deconstruction
has penetrated almost every aspect of culture. “Even ‘civet’!” said Mr. Derrida, speaking of a
wine stew of rabbit. “Deconstructed rabbit! | saw it in an article in The New York Times!
“What does if mean that for 30 years it was said something is dead?” Mr. Derrida asked. “If
the eulogies continue for 30 years, does it mean that something is dead? Or does that not
mean something is not dead?” Such bruising battles provide a backdrop for Mr. Derrida’s
ruminations about his role in society as “the world's most famous philosopher,” a description
he doesn't dispute.
“| have been given this image,” he said in his fluid and fluent English. “And | have to face
some responsibility, political and ethical. It is as if |am indebted to —! don’t know to whom —
to thinking rigorously, to thinking responsibly. | am in a situation of trying to learn to whom,
finally, |am responsible.” Mr. Derrida seemed to be thinking out loud “To discover... who is
hidden, who gives me orders. It is as if | have a destiny which | have to interpret
and decipher.” ...
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right on: white america
this country might have
been a pio
neer land
once.
but. there ain't
no mo
indians blowing
custer’s mind
with a different
image of america.
this country
might have
needed shoot/
outs/daily/
once.
but. there ain't
no mo real/ white all american
bad/guys.
just
U&me
blk/ and un/ armed.
this country might have
been a pio
neer land, once.
and it still is.
check out
the falling
guns/ shells on our blk/tomorrows.
- Sonia Sanchez
i presented
my feminine side
with flowers
she cut the stems
and placed them gently
down my throat
and these tu lips
might soon eclipse
and brightset hopes
KKK
she had nothing
but time on her hands:
silver rings, turquoise stones
and purple nails
i rubbed my thumb
across her palm:
a featherbed
where slept a psalm
yeah, though i walk
i used to fly
and now we dance
i watched
my toenails blacken
and walked a deadened trance
Until she woke me
with the knife edge
of her glance
i have scars to prove
the clock strikes
with her hands
*KX*
i have seen the truth
many times
but for the fisrt time
she saw me
i wore suspenders
for the judgement
in my pants
**K*
i laced my shoes with sorrow
and walked a weary road
dead end streets
don't come undone
with double knots
winged tipped shoes
that walk on air
through vacant lots
she kept her deck
beneath her pillow
and had promised
me a reading
she stuck a bookmark
in my heart
and walked away
it was autumn then
the leaves
suddenly flames
the sidewalk
burning cinders
i walked the streets
as if the sun
had called me boy
mad at the world
on aging feet
shuffling
her cards
shuffling
my feet
head
to the sky
blue
the clouds
her cards
the clouds:
her cards
shuffling
the skies
a storm passes
new clouds appear:
the chariot
the priestess
the moon
in broad daylight
an omen
- Saul Williams
love is an unbridled horse
with one wing out-stretched
the other tucked and folded
on the right side
the horse galloping
towards a cliff
knowingly
panting just enough
for you to think
he’s laughing
he?
love is male?
love is a dumb horse
with silver streaks
and a sometimes penis
a sometimes penis?
on thursdays
the rest of the week
she grazes
and paints her hooves
with red mud
making tracks
through the fields
which disappear
soon after they appear
because nature has a way
of changing
the same way
it remains
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-Frank Pogue
Founder of Dr. Martin Luther King
Annual Luncheon
- Marcus Garvey Junior
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I'll never forget, no way
They sold Marcus Garvey for rice...
So don't you forget, no way
Who you are and where you stand
in the struggle
-Bob Marley
dao i ae 4 Oto
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No, no, we are not satisfied,
and we will not be satisfied
until justice rolls down like
waters and righteousness
like a mighty stream
-Martin Luther King, Jr
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On February 4, 1999 Amadou Diallo was shot and killed by four police
officers while he was attempting to enter his aqoartment in the Bronx.
They fired 41 bullets at him, 19 of those bullets struck his body, killing him.
The police officers claimed that Diallo “fit the description” of a crime
susoect. When Amadou pulled out his wallet, the officers claimed that it
looked like a gun and they began a barrage of shots.
As a result the police officers were charged with 2nd degree murder.
On December 16, 1999 a state of appeals court granted a change of
venue for the four police officers claiming that they could not receive a
fair trial in the Bronx. This moved the trial from a predominanily Black
and Latino Community, to predominantly white Albany County. This
move was very reminiscent of the Rodney King case, which was moved
from L. A. to Simi Valley and the result was the same. The four cops were
found not guilty on all charges. The same mentality that enslaved our
people, exterminated our nations, and raped our wombs 500 years ago,
is the same mentality that kills a black man for having a wallet in his
hands.
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“1 dance”
(in memory of amadou diallo)
by justyn thomas
i dance by thunder’s vibe
Unnatural fire flies
dancing in my eyes
as my spirit joins me
-- by my side
i hear the pound of offbeat drums
the heat of an unnatural sun
runs thru me
and i dance -- thunder chants
and clouds of smoke become ghosts
echoing these past steps
i dance 2 the west
in the direction of sun-goes-down
past spirits resurrected from the ground
past sounds echoed in the present
our gift, time shifts permanently
Aever will it b, 2 soeak
as i dance
-- With those who just walk the beat
who seek me out 4 their dance partner
their tears, their armor
but they rain on me
shower on me
cold weather
without warning of ‘freeze’
but the rain has me in a trance
i dance
my arms and legs wild
i waltz and tap with my feet
my fate in synch with the beat
i dance 2 their tune
only becuz i look like me
physically prepared 2 dance
-- on their command
and my image, shattered
lingers in the sands of time
and crime iz defined by the sign
-- that tells me i don't belong here
here where the anchors dropped
the middle passage stopped
and the mentality
of history’s longevity docked
the cargo locked in chains
here i remain
stained with thoughts
caught uptempo
every rhythm on the repeat
i rotate 360 degrees
but that’s okay
Cuz bruthaz and sistaz
--r always talkin’ ‘bout revolution
and here wer
revolving back 2 the start
the foundation on which this nation lies
at least my revolution was televised
ib poor man
peddling truth
dancing 2 loops
-- Of liars
lyres playing songs
of premature
dawns
cackling fires
that substitute
4 the sun
leaving mother and father empty
but do not worry
my dance has made me holy
19 times
and the beat rushes thru my veins
my eyes rolling back 2 the past
and i see things haven't changed
i died back then
just the same
under different names
different laws,
different rights,
my name was once christ
dancing 2 41 claps
but i only catch 19 beats
on these streets
ruled by martial law walkers
new york/texas rangers
crossing ash bridges
dancing with me
4 me 2 b touched by an angel
and if u missed the ball
U can read all about it
-- in the early edition
my rendition
of the repitition
of history’s dance
we have been van damned
kicked around
pound 4 pound
sold4 soul
i roll with their thunder
and i wonder why these hunters
have gathered me 2 their ceremony
and only bruthaz and sistaz
and cousins have thought about it
that a loaded wallet in the handz
-- of a black man iz dangerous anyway
and, so i dance
2 masturbating hearts
their thoughts ejaculating fog
and that iz how they get off
and my spirit standis still
and still i stand in the past
asking as i extend my hand,
“may i have this dance?”
Fg |
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“Like my mama said if the fish just kept his mouth shut... he wouldn't get caught.”
- Reverened Al Sharpton
February 15, 2000
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The Case of Mumia Abu Jamal
from New York Newsday, 1995
In 1978, Philadelphia Mayor (and ex-police chief) Frank Rizzo blew up at a press conference, threatening what he called
“the new breed” of journalists. “They [the people] believe what you write and what you say,” said Rizzo, “and it’s got to
stop. One day—and | hope it’s in my career—you're going to have to be held responsible and accountable for what you
do.” What the “new breed” was doing in 1978, and is still doing today, was exposing police misconduct. A cop had been
killed in a confrontation between Philadelphia police and the radical MOVE organization (the same MOVE that was fire-
bombed by the city seven years later), and the police version of who shot first hadn't been accepted without question.
Rizzo feared a new trend, and he was right. The trend has continued. Today, the Mollen Commission, the NYPD “party” in
DC, the Rodney King case and hundreds of other local scandals have exposed the dark underside of police misconduct
nationwide. Ironically, the most prominent of the “new breed” of journalists at whom Rizzo's outburst was directed is await-
ing execution on Pennsylvania's Death Row, the victim—many believe—of a police frame-up.
Mumia Abu-Jamal began his journalism career with the Black Panther Party. The Panthers were the original “affirmative
action” employer, and Mumia (then Wesley Cook) was Minister of Information for the Philadelphia chapter at age 15,
writing for the national newspaper. A heady beginning for a West Philly kid. After the Panthers fell apart (helped by a Stiff
dose of FBI harassment) Mumia turned to broadcasting. He had the voice, the writing talent and the ambition, and by age
25, he was one of the top names in local radio, interviewing such luminaries as Jesse Jackson and the Pointer Sisters and
winning a Peabody Award for his coverage of the Pope's visit. He was president of the Philadelphia Association of Black
Journalists, called “one to watch" by Philadelphia magazine. But Mumia was still a radical. The Philadelphia Inquirer called
him “an eloquent activist not afraid to raise his voice,” and this fearlessness was to be his undoing. His vocal support of
MOVE's uncompromising life-style lost him jobs at Black stations, and he was forced to moonlight to support his family. The
mayor's outburst marked the beginning of a campaign of police harassment that included such subtleties as a cocked
finger and a ‘bang bang’ from a smirking cop, and escalated to a late-night police beating of Mumia's brother on the
street. Mumia was driving a cab that night. It is undisputed that he intervened. It is undisputed that both he and officer
Daniel Faulkner were shot, and that Faulkner died. What is in dispute is who killed Faulkner. Mumia says it was someone else,
and several witnesses saw another shooter flee the scene. Mumia's legally registered .38 was never decisively linked to
Faulkner's wounds. Mumia's murder trial was a policeman's dream. Denied the right to represent himself, he was de-
fended by a reluctant incompetent who was later disbarred (and who has since filed an affadavit in Mumia's support
detailing his delinquencies). Mumia was prosecuted by a DA who was later reprimanded for withholding evidence in
another trial. He was allowed only $150 to interview witnesses. But best of all was the judge. A life member of the Fraternal
Order of Police, branded as a “defendant's nightmare” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Judge Albert F. Sabo has sentenced
more men to die (31 to date, only two of them white) than any other sitting judge in America. A fellow judge once called
his courtroom a “vacation for prosecutors” because of bias toward convictions.
Sabo wouldn't allow Mumia to defend himself because his dreadlocks made jurors “nervous.” Kept in a holding cell, he
read about his own trial in the newspapers. A Black juror was removed for violating sequestration, while a white juror was
given an court escort to take a civil service exam; in the end all the Black jurors but one were removed. A policeman who
filed two conflicting reports was never subpoenaed (he was “on vacation”). Mumia's Black Panther history was waved like
a bloody flag: Had he said, “All power to the people?” Yes, he admitted, he had said that. Character witnesses like poet
Sonia Sanchez were cross-examined about their “anti-police” writings and associations. Thus with Judge Sabo's help, an
award-winning radical journalist with no criminal record was portrayed as a police assassin lying in wait since age 15. After
Mumia's conviction, Sabo instructed the jury: “You are not being asked to kill anybody” by imposing the death penalty,
since the defendant will get “appeal after appeal after appeal.” Such instruction, grounds for reversal since Caldwell vs.
Mississippi, was allowed in Mumia’s case. Mumia's appeals have so far gone unanswered. After being on Death Row for
thirteen years, he is now the target of a police-led smear campaign. Last year NPR's “All Things Considered” canceled a
scheduled series of his commentaries after the Fraternal Order of Police objected. Mumia’s book, LIVE FROM DEATH ROW,
has been greeted with a boycott and a skywriter circling the publisher's Boston offices: “Addison-Wesley Supports Cop
Killers” Officer Faulkner's widow has gone on TV claiming that Mumia smiled at her when her husband's bloody shirt was
shown—even though the record shows that Mumia wasn't in the courtroom that day. Mumia and his supporters want only
one thing—a new trial, with an unbiased judge and a competent lawyer. Defense attorney Leonard Weinglass has entered
a motion to have Judge Sabo removed from the case because he cannot provide even the “appearance of fairness." The
struggle became a race against time last month, when Pennsylvania Governor Ridge, though fully aware of the many
questions in the case, signed a death warrant scheduling Mumia for execution August 17. Mumia Abu-Jamal was not
surprised. Several of the essays in his book deal with America’s frantic “march toward the death chamber.” As he wrote
several years ago in the Yale Law Journal, “states that have not slain in a generation now ready their machinery: generators
whine, poison liquids are mixed, and gases are measured and readied.” Unless Mumia Abu Jamal’s final petition is
answered, and he gets the fair trial he deserves, America will see its the first explicitly political execution since the
Rosenbergs were put to death in 1953. Frank Rizzo's angry threat will be fulfilled, for one “new breed” journalist at least. It will
stop. We won't hear any more criticism of the police from Mumia Abu-Jamal. Forever.
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Forty hearts stop beating for every fur coat
To kill the animals without damaging their fur, trappers Usually
strangle, beat, or stomp them to death. Animals on fur farms
may be gassed, electrocuted, poisoned with strychnine, or
have their necks snapped. These methods are not 100 percent
effective and some animals “wake up” while being skinned.
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Animals can languish in traps for days. Up to 1 out of every 4
trapped animals escapes by chewing off his or her own feet,
only to die later from blood loss, fever, gangrene, or predation.
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In 1993, with wages, benefits and stock options combined, Disney CEO Michael Eisner
took home about $220,000,000. On the other end of the spectrum, Haitian workers sew-
ing 101 dalmations outfits took home 30 cents an hour. The labor costs in Haiti to make
the 101 Dalmations clothes were approximately three-tenths of one percent of the final
retail price of the garment 30 cents an hour is not enough to live on, even in such a poor
country. All the while Disney maintained that these were good jobs. Sadly, the past
tense is appropriate, because when the Haitian workers tried to organize for better con-
ditions, Disney cut and ran. They moved production out of Haiti, and went elsewhere,
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We even had a few problems on campus
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Chicken Please, With Some Rodent
Droppings on the Side
By David Israel
UAlbany students were feeling a little queasy
when three out of six of the University’s cafeterias
failed Albany County health inspections.
The State Quad cafeteria on the uptown campus
and the Alden-Waterbury cafeteria on the down-
town campus both failed inspections for viola-
tions that included under-cooked meat, salad
bar items served at temperatures that were not
cool enough, peeling paint, and dirty equipment.
The Alden cafeteria was also cited for rodent
droppings found in the kitchen.
The Campus Center cafeteria failed inspection
for violations concerning improper temperatures
relating to food storage and equipment prob-
lems.
In July, the University brought in Sodexho-Marriot
management to run the cafeterias because
students were dissatisfied with the service of the
University’s food service provider, United Auxiliary
Services. Despite the change in management,
the food service is still not acceptable.
"We have added regional and corporate researchers, added one or two more managers, and
brought in trainers to the University to solve the problem,” Said Kathy Boyle, a spokesperson for
Sodexho-Marriot. She explained that the trainers will re-train food service workers on the proper
procedures regarding food safety.
"We will also do random re-inspections the cafeterias ourselves to make sure they are up to stan-
dards,” said Boyle. She also explained that even though Sodexho-Marriot is new on campus, they
are fully responsible for inadequate equipment, not the University. Furthermore, although the Univer-
sity is responsible for rodent problems in the dorms, Sodexho-Marriot is responsible for pest problems
in the cafeteria kitchens. A pest-control company was sent in immediately to handle the rodent
problem.
The University cafeterias that failed the inspections have since made improvements and passed a
re-insoection by the Albany County Department of Environmental Health.
"| truly believe this will not happen again,” said Boyle, who is confident that Sodexho Marriot’s plans
to improve the quality of the food service will uphold their high standards.
However, this problem is not new. Last semester U.A.S. held a food service forum in which health
infractions and student dissatisfaction with food service was addressed. Rodent droppings and im-
proper food temperatures were discussed. The problems were not corrected then, leading to failure
during the annual health inspections in February.
A student and former Campus Center employee who chose to remain anonymous is well aware of
the rodent problem in the cafeterias. “When | worked there, there were squirrels who lived in the
ceiling. At night they would get into snacks such as chocolates and nuts. In the morning we would
have to clean up after them.”
Rob Inferri, a senior Economics major, was not surprised about the failed health inspections. “You see
the workers wearing gloves to prevent the spread of germs, but often they handle money with the
gloves, which has more germs than anything,” he said. “You can tell some of the people working in
the Campus Center couldn't care less if the food is handled properly or not.”
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In order to assure your continued
food safety, we have voluntarily
taken a precautionary measure fo
test all Indian Quad managers and
employees to rule out any potential
of carrying the E. Coli virus.
While the Albany Board of Health
conducted an investigation and
found no reason to close Indian
Quad, the University and Sodexho
Marriott Services have jointly
decided to close Indian Quad until
the test results from all employees
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We are doing this for your safety,
and apologize for any
inconveniences this may cause you.
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A protest at UAlbany led to the arrest 11 students and a media frenzy. The student protest group
Sweat-free SUNY in coalition with Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU) and other activist
groups, participated in a sit-in at UAlbany President Karen Hitchcock's office. Students gathered to
support the end of oppression, while the media watched.
Reporters and cameras followed protesters from the morning through evening, from the
Adminstration Building to the Campus Center, and to the University Public Safety building.
Although many feel the issues and motives were unclear, the Tuesday, April 4 protest made big
news. Four major area networks aired live action coverage, the Daily Gazette newspaper ran an
article and the Times Union gave substantial coverage on the front page of their Capital Region
section.
The intention of demonstrators was to stay until UAlbany Administration agreed to the groups
demands. The demands of the students participating include UAlbany that the administration not
renew the Sodexho-Marriott contract and adopt the sweat-free code of conduct, proposed more
than three years ago. Many also protested against the broader issues of oppression around the
world.
The arrestees motives specifically involved the UAlbany Campus Bookstore, contracted to Barnes &
Noble, and the possible selling of goods produced in sweatshops. According to a Barnes & Noble
document, all five primary vendors the Barnes & Noble Campus Bookstore purchases its clothing
from have signed a code of conduct prohibiting them from using sweatshop labor. Any vendor we
do business with has signed a code of conduct, otherwise | cannot do business with them, said
General Manager of the Barnes & Noble Campus Bookstore Carol Van Denburgh. Since 1998 Barnes
& Noble has documented all merchandise vendors. Information detailing their policy will be posted
at the bookstore.
During the events Tuesday, a few students and two members of University Police Department (UPD)
were injured. UAlbany student Thora Gray was involved in a scuffle in an Adminstraion Building door-
way with UPD Deputy Chief Douglas Kern. The 1 p.m. confrontation occured after the 11
students were arrested as police attempted to secure the building and prevent any further conflict.
Written By Marc Tarantelli
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Weight: 175 lbs.
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LAST SEEN: March 2nd, 1998 at 9:45PM exiting a CDTA bus at Collins Cirlce, on the University at Albany
Campus. Ms. Lyall is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs approximately 175 pounds, and has long blonde hair
and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a long black trench coat, blue jeans, and a black shirt. She
may be carrying a black bookbag or totebag. Ms. Lyall is a sophomore at the University of Albany.
These are the hard facts that Doug and Mary Lyall have been tireessly publicizing in
countless newspaper articles, web pages, T.V. programs, missing children reports, news
conferences, and every other medium possible. However, other than these facts, what
do we really know about the lost Suzanne Lyall? With tears in their eyes, her parents
Doug and Mary explained.
Suzy was the youngest of their three children, the baby of the family, and since the
night of March 2, 1998 they have been on an endless quest for
closure. For now, the only means of comfort they have is the love and
support they receive from each other and the plethora of people who have helped the
Lyall family during this struggle.
“ Suzanne was like any other 20 year old college student. She
had weaknesses and strengths like most and for a long time felt as
though she was not accepted by the majority. Growing up she
didn’t easily fit in with the in-crowd and she did fry very hard to do
thisand felt bad that she wasn’t accepted into groups. She was dif-
ferent, she found it difficult,” Doug Lyall said. The pressures of being
part of the popular crowd being good at sports, wearing the “in”
things saying the “right” things.
Her parents describe her as rare and different. She found her niche in middle
school: computers. By the time she was in early middle school her teahchers considered
her to be a computer guru. When a computer broke down in the school the teachers
called her out of class to fix if. They were amazed to watch a 15 year old girl disas-
semble a computer and completely restore it before their eyes. Even still Suzanne
thought she was disliked at school. She was wrong. Her teachers and peers were
actually intimidated by her. “ After she went missing we found out that a lot of people
really looked up to her and didn't know how to approach because of her ability,” said
Mary Lyall.
It was difficult for Suzanne to express herself verbally, however if there was a scrap
of paper handy she had no difficulty putting her thoughts into poetry. Mary put a book
on her coffee table full of scrap paper with poems Suzanne had written as early as the
Ath grade. Suzy knew she was different; her parents explained it as talent. Mary recited
a poem Suzy wrote when she was 13 years old entitled Lost Memories.
Lost Memories By: Suzanne Lyall at age 13
She’ll need these pictures no longer
Now there is no need for the memories to grow stronger
Where the person’s lost memories go
Perhaps in the trash the pictures someone might throw
Most of the pictures were from her youth
The window in her nouth when she lost her Ist tooth
A beautiful bride on her wedding day
The last she saw of her house as she was moving away
And now it is really sad to say
That these memories which meant so much to her
Are being thrown away to be seen again...never
Along with her soul
Which is being lowered into her burial hole
“ Unbelievable, she was just unbelievable,” Mary says as she places the poem back in
the book and delicately feels the books cover before she puts it back into her memory
box of her daughter. “ Poetry was her means of expression and she did it well,” Doug
said.
Suzy always said that she was shy. If Suzy were to talk to you she wouldn't look in
your eyes; yet when she was working at the computer software store in Crossgates Mall
she felt she felt so comfortable with the customers because she knew she had the an-
swer to their problems. She was very friendly and personable with the customers. But on
the basis with people her own age she felt she was inadequate.
“We just never could understand that,” Mary and Doug agreed.
Doug continued, “ Suzy was not a high risk person. She thought before she made
her actions. She didn't use alcohol or drugs. She used instinct to help her with her
decision-making. We feel that Suzy knew the person that took her away from us some
way or another. Through the Internet or through an outside connection. We don't feel
that she was forcefully put into a car and driven away. She would trust her intuition, it
just happened that she was wrong this time. Is there anyone who hasn't been fooled by
someone or been taken advantage of someway or another?”
The last converstaion Suzanne had with her parents was a telephone
conversation on the night of March Ist, Mary’s birthday. The entire Lyall family, all but
Suzanne was sitting at their dining room table that night in 1998 disappointed that
suzanne was unable to visit due to her massive amount of homework that night; she was
preparing for midterms. It was that night that they would hear their daughter’s voice for
the last time: “Happy Birthday Mom, I'm sorry | couldn't be there.” As she recalled this
memory, Mary's eyes slowly filled with tears.
If any people had a right to be embittered, it is Doug and Mary Lyall. However,
truly loving people do not hate, and this is the case with the Lyalls. In an open letter to
Suzanne’s abductor, Doug expresses his wish that her abductor “| hope you have
peaceful moments when you can walk in the woods or through the fields, content, not
miserable and vindictive.” Even in the face of the horrible loss they have faced, their
hearts are filled with love instead of hate. They do not wish the destruction of her
abductor; they just want their daughter home and safe.
From facts flow wisdom, and dealing with hard facts has certainly left wisdom on
the tongues of the Lyalls. Advice from Doug and Mary: “ Let the poeple you love know
that you do love them, let the poeple you love know ehere you are going, trust your
instincts, and be careful who you trust.”
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the strength of our friendship
The long talks, the heavenly strolls through the park
Memories which now comfort me, when | am alone in the dark
The sweet sound of your voice, your long golden hair
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Someday we will re-unite
In this life, or in Heaven, the wrongs will be made right
Until then, I'll continue to wait
To pray and to hope, knowing always that our friendship
Has been sealed by fate
And when that day come, you will find me with out-stretched arms
Still loving, still dazed by your own unique charm
Amplified by the candles which we now burn
Are my prayers, my wishes for your safe return
Benjamin LaMothe
April 28, 1998
To the person who took Suzanne:
| often wonder whether March 2 means anything to you. Do you remember the 19-year old young
woman that you took from us? Do you still have her with you? It has been nearly a year since she
vanished, but she is just as loved and dearly missed. Do you know the person you took?
Suzy is our third child and was born on April 6, 1978. | had the great privilege of witnessing her birth, an
event that was one of the most memorable of my life. Her older brother and sister became very
attached to her and during her younger years were almost a second set of parents. She is a very
creative person and is inspired to write poetry that seems to flow in from outside of herself. She is a shy
but a friendly person whose warm smile and an easy manner can cut through others sadness and put
those around her at ease. Her sense of fairness and loyalty to her friends are well appreciated by those
who know her well. You took away a wonderful person. Someone who probably would have stood up
for you if things weren't fair. Did no one do nice things for you?
| have found some comfort in picturing you not as a mean ugly bad person, but someone's child....
someone deserving and needing love and acceptance who possibly misunderstood Suzy’s friendship
as a romantic interest. If love wasn't shared in your family, I’m sorry. Every person is entitled to the love
and caring that family and friends provide.
If you still have Suzy, | wish for something good to happen to you, a success that makes you feel satis-
fied and positive about yourself. Hopefully then you will treat her well. | hope you have peaceful mo-
ments when you can walk in the woods or through the fields, content, not miserable and vindictive.
| have a hard time getting through anniversary dates. Still not knowing where Suzy is, | continue to talk
to her and ask for answers about her from my dreams. Birthdays, holidays, semesters breaks, but
especially now. Where are you Suzy? What next? | pray for Suzy and for my ability to let go of anger
toward you. If only | could talk to you.
I'm not sure what | would say, although after so much time, surprisingly, | don't hate you. | Know — noth-
ing about you. | wonder if you were ever like Suzy. Did you love homemade chocolate chip cookies?
Did you go to RUSH concerts? Did you play jokes on April Fools day? Did you spend time on the com-
outer, oblivious to anything else going on around you? Suzy is more than a girl on a poster. Her mom
and dad, Steve and Sandy miss her daily. She has dreams, and hopes and potential.
| still have positive dreams. For my own survival, | have had to let go of anger or | would be consumed
by it. But the questions persist. | pray that God will smile down on us all this year and bring us some
peace. All I'm asking for is your response; a call to allow me and all the people whose lives Suzy
touched to find peace and a sense of calm that disappeared on that night in March. The peace that
can’t return until the questions surrounding Suzy’s disappearance are answered. You have held the
answers for so long. You also hold the pain. Please talk to me.
Douglas Lyall
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It was me and a gun and a man on my back
And | sang “holy holy” as he buttoned down his pants
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Things you think
Times like these
Like | haven't seen BARBADOS so | must get out of this
Yes | wore a slinky red thing
Does that mean | should spread for you, your friends
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But | haven't seen BARBADOS so | must get out of this
And | Know what this means
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And he said “it’s your choice babe just remember
| don’t hink you'll be back in 3 days time so you choose well”
Tell me whats right
Is it my right to be on my stomach of Fred’s Seville
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But | haven't seen BARBADOS so | must get out of this
and do you Know CAROLINA
Where the biscuits are soft and sweet
These things go through your head when there's a man on your back
And you're pushed flat on your stomach it’s not a classic caddilac
lt was me and a gun and a man on my back
But | haven't seen BARBADOS so | must get out of this
| haven't seen BARBADOS so | must get out of this
Tori Amos
-Me and a gun
“ The Vagina Monologues”
“Vagina.” There, I've said it. “Vagina” -said it again. I’ve been saying that word over and over
for the last three years. I’ve been saying it in theaters, at colleges, in livingrooms, in cafes, at
diner parties, on the radio programs all over the country. | would be saying it on TV if someone
would let me. | say it one hundred and twenty-eight times every evening | perform my show, The
Vagina Monologues, which is based on interviews with a diverse group of over two hundred
women about their vaginas. | say itin my sleep. | say it because I’m not supposed to say it. | say
it because it’s an invisible word - a word that stirs up anxiety, awkwardness, contempt, and
disgust.
| say it because | believe that what we don’t say we don't see, acknowledge, or remember.
What we don’t say becomes a secret, and secrets often create shame and fear and myths. |
say it because | want someday feel comfoftable saying it, and not ashamed and guilty.
| say it because we haven't come up with a word that’s more inclusive, that really describes the
entire area and all its parts. “Pussy” is probaby a better word, but it has so much baggage
connected with it. And besides, | don’t think that most of Us have a clear idea of what we are
talking about when we say “pussy.” “Vulva” is a good word; it soeaks more specifically, but
don't think most of Us are clear what the vulva includes.
| say “vagina” because when | started saying it | discovered how fragmented | was, how dis-
connected my body was from my mind. My vagina was something over there, away in the
distance. | rarely lived inside of it, or even visited. | was busy working, writing; being a mother, a
friend. | did not see my vagina as my primary resource, a place of sustenance, humor, and
creativity. It was fraught there, full of fear. I'd been raped as a little girl and although I'd grown
Up, and done all adult things one does with one’s vagina, | had never really reentered that part
of my body after I'd been violated. | had essentially lived most of my life without my motor, my
center, my second heart.
| say “vagina” because | want people to respond,
and they have. They have tried to censor the word wher-
ever The Vagina Monologues has traveled and in every
form of communication: in ads in major newspapers, on
ticketssold in department staores, on banners that hang
in front of theaters, on box-office Phone machines where
the voice says only “Monologues” or “V.Monologues.”
- B Why is this?” | ask. “ ‘Vagina is not a pornographic word;
beet it’s actually a medical word, a term for a body part, like
‘elbow,’ ‘hand,’ or ‘rib."”
“It may not be pornographic,” people say, “ but its dirty.”
What if our little daughters were to hear it, what would we
tell theme?”
“Maybe you could tell them that they have a vagina,” |
say. “If they don’t already know it. Maybe you could
celebrate that.”
f “But we don't call their vaginas ‘vagina,’” they say.
, “what do you call theme?” | ask.
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And they tell me: “pooki,” “poochie,” “poope,” “peepe poopelu”... and the list goes on and on.
|say “vagina” because | have read the statistics, and bad things are happening to women's
vaginas everywhere: 500,000 women are raped every year in the United States; 100 million women
have been genitally mutilated worlwide; and the list goes on and on. | say “vagina” because |
want these bad things to stop. | know they will not stop until we acknowledge that they are
going on, and the only way to make that possible is to enable women to talk without fear of
punishment or retribution.
It's scarey saying the word. “Vagina.” At first it feels like you're crashing through an invisible wall.
You feel guilty and wrong, as if someone’s going to strike you down. Then, after you say the word
the hundredth time or the thousandth time, if occurs to you that it’s your word, your body, your
most essential place. You suddenly realize that all the shame and embarrassment you've previ-
ously felt saying the word has been a form of silencing your desire, and eroding your ambition.
Then you begin to say the word more and more. You say it with a kind of passion, a kind of
urgency, because you sense that if you stop saying it, the fear will overcome you again and you
will fall back into an embarrassed whisper. So you say it everywhere you can, bring it up in every
conversation.
You're excited about your vagina; you want to study it and explore it and introduce yourself fo it,
and find out how to listen to it, and give it pleasure, and keep it healthy and wise and strong.
You learn how to satisfy yourself and teach your lover how to satisfy you.
You're aware of your vagina all day, wherever you are - in your car, at the supermarket, at the
gym, in the office. You're aware of this precious, gorgeous, life-bearing part of you between your
legs, and it makes you smile; it makes you proud.
And as more women say the word, saying it becaomes less of a big deal; it becomes part of our
language, part of our lives. Our vaginas become integrated and respected and sacred. They
become part of our bodies, connected to our minds, fueling our spirits. And the shame leaves
and violation stops, because vaginas are visible and real, and they are connected to powertul,
wise, vagina-talking women.
We have a huge journey infront of us.
This is the beginning. Here’s the place to think about our vagina, learn about other women's
vaginas, to hear stories and interviews, to answer questions and to ask them. Here’s the place
to release the myths, shame, and fear. Here’s the place to practice saying the word, because as
we know, the word is what propels us and sets us free.
“VAGINA.”
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This is when you suddenly
become an expert on every
subject in the known Universe.
You know you know everything
and want to pass on your knowl-
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At this stage you are always
RIGHT. And of course the person
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parties are SMART. So after one
pitcher you know you'll make it
to class.
Stage 2- GOOD LOOKING
This is when you realize that
you are the BEST LOOKING
person in the entire bar and
that people want you. You
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stranger knowing they want
you and really want to talk to
you. Bear in mind that you are
Still SMART, so you can talk to
this person about any subject
Under the sun. So after your
buddy buys the next pitcher
the eye contact thing starts
going on and still, you'll make
it to class.
Stage 3 - RICH
This is when you suddenly be-
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world. You can buy drinks for
the entire bar because you
have an armored truck full of
money parked behind the bar.
You can also make bets at this
stage, because of course, yOu
are still SMART, so naturally you
will win all your bets. It doesn't
matter how much you bet
because s you are RICH. You
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that you fancy, because now
you are the BEST LOOKING
person in the world. No need
to graduate with a degree,
you know you'll make if.
Stage 4 - BULLET PROOF
You are now ready to pick
fights with anyone and every-
one especially those with
whom you have been betting
or arguing. This is because
nothing can hurt you. At this
point you can also go up to
the partners of the people
who you fancy and challenge
to a battle of wits or money.
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battle because you are
SMART, you are RICH and hell,
you're BETTER LOOKING than
they are anyway! Screw class.
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anything because NO ONE
CAN SEE YOU. You dance ona
table to impress the people who
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the people in the room cannot
see you. You are also invisible to
the person who wants fo fight
you. You can walk through the
street singing at the top of your
lungs because no one can see
or hear you and because you're
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words. The 5 year plan becomes
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KODAK INTRODUCES THE BROWNIE CAMERA, BASEBALL’S AMERICAN LEAGUE FORMED, PICASSO BEGINS
HiS BLUE PERIOD, INSTANT COFFEE 1S INVENTED, FIRST ROSE BOWL HELD — MICHIGAN DEFEATS
STANFORD, PEPSI-COLA Co. is FOUNDED, FIRST CRAYOLA CRAYONS, WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST
CONTROLLED POWER FLIGHT AT KITTY HAWK, THEODORE ROOSEVELT BECOMES PRESIDENT, FIRST
PIZZERIA IN USA OPENED IN NEW YORK CITY; “HOT DOG”: is COINED, RINGLING BROS. BUY BARNUM &
BAILEY CIRCUS, PICASSO AND BRAQUE INTRODUCE CUBISM, JIGSAW PUZZLES BECOME POPULAR, THE
FIRST KIBBUTZ ESTABLISHED IN PALESTINE.
FIRST HALLEY’S COMET IN THE 20TH CENTURY, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ESTABLISHED, NAACP
FOUNDED, OREO COOKIES INTRODUCED, TITANIC SINKS ON MAIDEN VOYAGE, LOUIS CHEVROLET FOUNDS
AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, ERECTOR SET IS INTRODUCED, 35MM CAMERA MARKETED, WRIGLEY’S
DOUBLEMINT CHEWING GUM INTRODUCED, TAXICAB SERVICE AVAILABLE, LIPSTICK COMES ON THE
MARKET, ALBERT EINSTEIN PUBLISHES HIS “THEORY OF RELATIVITY,” FORTUNE COOKIES INVENTED,
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WWI TAKES PLACE, FIRST PULITZER PRIZE AWARDED, DIAL TELEPHONE AVAILABLE, PoGO STICK IS
INVENTED, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME INSTITUTED.
RADIO BROADCASTING BEGINS, COCO CHANEL INTRODUCES CHANEL NO. 5S PERFUME, MAH-JONGG
BECOMES NATIONAL CRAZE, LINCOLN MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED, “FLAPPERS” REFERRED TO WOMEN WHO
REBELLED CONVENTION, CHARLESTON IS THE DANCE CRAZE, “LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE” APPEARS IN NY
DAILY NEWS, GEORGE GERSHWIN WRITES. AND PERFORMS “RHAPSODY IN BLUE,” LOUIS ARMSTRONG
MAKES FIRST RECORD, LINDBERGH’S FLIGHT TO PARIS ON THE “SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS,” MINIATURE GOLF
IS POPULAR, ART DECO MOVEMENT, MOMA OPENS, FIRST ACADEMY AWARDS HELD IN HOLLYWOOD,
BABE RUTH HITS SOOTH MAJOR LEAGUE HOME RUN.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION, MOVIES OF THE DECADE: “TARZAN THE APE MAN,” “GONE WITH THE WIND,”
“WIZARD OF OZ,” SKIPPY PEANUT BUTTER, 3 MUSKETEERS AND RITZ CRACKERS ARE INTRODUCED,
“JOY OF COOKING” AND DR. SUESS ARE PUBLISHED, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING OPENS, FIRST LAUN-
DROMAT OPENS IN FORT WORTH, TX. SHIRLEY TEMPLE BECOMES CHILD STAR, MONOPOLY IS THE NEW
GAME, GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE OPENS, WORLD WAR II BEGINS, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT {S PRESIDENT,
“THE NEW DEAL,” LABOR UNIONS, DELL PUBLISHING INTRODUCES THE MODERN COMIC BOOK, COMIC
CHARACTERS: BATMAN, SUPERMAN, DICK TRACY, BLONDIE. DISNEY RELEASES “SNOW WHITE AND THE
SEVEN DWARFS,” AMELIA EARHART FLIES SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, RADIO SOAP OPERAS.
ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, TV COMMERCIALS BORN, POLYESTER CLOTHING INTRODUCED
FRANK SINATRA IS THE POPULAR SINGER, PARIS IS LIBERATED BY ALLIED TROOPS, ANNE PaANK’s
DIARY IS PUBLISHED IN DUTCH, WWII WAR ENDS, BUMPER STICKERS, TUPPERWARE, FROZEN DINNERS,
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE HITS THE MARKET, SILLY PUTTY, SCRABBLE, CLUE, DR. SPOCK, KODAK
INTRODUCES EKTACHROME COLOR FILM, JACKIE ROBINSON PLAYS FOR THE BROOKLYN DODGERS
THE LP VINYL RECORD AND “45S” ARE INVENTED.
+ 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950
“PEANUTS” CARTOON DEBUTS, DINER’S CLUB INTRODUCES THE FIRST CREDIT CARD, POODLE SKIRTS ARE
FASHIONABLE, JOE DIMAGGIO RETIRES FROM BASEBALL, “I LOVE LUCY” IS THE HIT TV SHOW, 3D MOVIES,
HULA HOOPS, MARILYN MONROE, JAMES DEAN, MAD MAGAZINE, PLAY DOH, TV DINNERS, DISNEYLAND
OPENS IN ANAHEIM, CA. Eivis IS KING, BABY BOOMERS/29 MILLION AMERICANS BORN, AMERICAN
BANDSTAND, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, PERRY MASON, TWILIGHT ZONE, LIVE POLIO VACCINE AVAILABLE,
BOBBY FISCHER BECOMES WORLD’S YOUNGEST CHESS CHAMPION AT 15, ALASKA BECOMES 49TH AND
LARGEST STATE, HAWAII BECOMES SOTH STATE, MATTEL INC. INTRODUCES BARBIE, NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
BECOMES SOVIET PREMIER.
VIETNAM WAR, PRESIDENT J. F. KENNEDY IS ELECTED THEN ASSASSINATED, CHUBBY CHECKER &
“THE TWIST,” ALAN SHEPARD IS FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE, BERLIN WALL BUILT, ANDY WARHOL AND
POP ART, STUDENTS BURN DRAFT CARDS IN PROTEST OF THE VIETNAM WAR, ROLLING STONE
MAGAZINE PUBLISHED, RICHARD NIXON ELECTED PRESIDENT, MARTIN LUTHER KING DIES, NEIL
ARMSTRONG WALKS ON THE MOON, SESAME STREET DEBUTS, THE BEATLES, BEACHBOYS, STEVIE
WONDER, SUPREMES, BOB DYLAN, CASSIUS CLAY, WOODSTOCK TAKES PLACE, DAY GLO PAINT COLORS
INTRODUCED, JAMES BOND DEBUTS ON SCREEN, CESAR CHAVEZ, THE GRADUATE, PEACE CORPS
ESTABLISHED, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, MASTERS AND JOHNSON, JOE NAMATH.
PLATFORM SHOES, THE FONZ, PET ROCKS, DISCO, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE, GAS SHORTAGE, PATTY
HEARST KIDNAPPED, FIRST EARTH DAY, VOTING AGE DROPPED TO 18 IN USA, ROE VERSUS WADE,
RICHARD NIXON RESIGNS, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PREMIERES, VCR’S INTRODUCED, “ROOTS” is THE
MOST WATCHED TV DRAMA IN HISTORY, “ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW,” “ANNIE HALL,” JOGGING,
THREE MILE ISLAND, THE WALKMAN DEBUTS, “DOONESBURY” CARTOON DEBUTS, “STAR WARS”
RELEASED, MARGARET THATCHER, FIRST STARBUCKS COFFEE OPENS AT PIKE PLACE MARKET IN
SEATTLE, WA.
RONALD REAGAN ELECTED PRESIDENT, CNN DEBUTS, IN-LINE SKATES, PREPPY CLOTHING, SANDRA
DAY O’CONNOR BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE SUPREME COURT, MTV LAUNCHED, IBM
INTRODUCES THE PC, PAC-MAN VIDEO GAME, VIETNAM VETERANS’ MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC
ESTABLISHED, MICHAEL JACKSON, MADONNA, GO-GO’S, BRUCE “THE Boss” SPRINGSTEEN, CABBAGE
PATCH DOLLS, STONEWASHED JEANS, NINTENDO, IRAN-CONTRA, CHERNOBYL, HANDS ACROSS
AMERICA, PROZAC COMES ON THE MARKET, AIDS AWARENESS, SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, EXXON
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NELSON MANDELA IS FREED, COLD WAR 1S OVER, “GLOBALIZATION,” EAST & WEST GERMANY ARE
REUNIFIED, DESERT STORM, SAVING OLD-GROWTH FORESTS, THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT
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Torch 2000 staff would like to take this time to formally apologize for the
lack of pictures shot at Spring Fling. The Editor-in-Cheif was denied
access backstage to shoot the bands due to petty personal gripes
and absolute stupidity displayed by the administration of the SA. The
event will go down in history as the worst SA event ever. As far as we
are concerned the day should have been called Spring Flop. Not only
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It’s 5:16am and lam finally done. It’s funny for the first time in my life
| don't know what to say so | guess | will just write what | am feeling.
Over the past 13 months of my life | have breathed this book and as it
has slowly been leaving me | am finally getting my life back. This
experience has been like no other and there really is no way to
explain it other than it has totally comsumed every thought | have
had over the past year of my life and! am happy fo see it go. It has
made me tired, very tired, but very strong at the same time. This book
has taught me how to live. It’s about making no's into yes’s and
getting my way. In retrospect, the sleepless nights and nutrional diet
from hell were all worth it and | wouldn't change a damn thing. |
don'tremember at what point | stopped caring about everything sur-
rounding me and | know | hurt a lot of people in the process and that
is my only apology. Albany has seriously made me realize what evil
people are capable of in this world. | was dealt a rough hand but |
really do believe | did the best black and white book that | could. |
literally put my blood, sweat, and tears into this and | hope you enjoy
it. |can only hope that when you close this book you feel something.
If the images in this book disturb you so be it and put this book on a
shelf and let it collect dust so that when you look aft this book in 20
years or so you do remember what it was like to be a student at SUNY
Albany. There was no possible way | could make a book of lies. This
book symbolizes truth. This book is real because | couldn't make it
good if | wasn't telling the truth. Cameras don't lie people do. | have
sO many regrets and | all! can do is take all | regret and learn from it.
Guilt is torture and it eats away at your soul, it ages you,
almost like you literally feel yourself decomposing with each
waking breath. Life is a precious gift and it took making this yearbook
for me to realize that. Live yout life, I’m finally going to be able to live
mine. |am awake.
| wish you the best in life and | hope for great success in your future,
: Julia Xanthos
Editor-in-Chief
Torch 2000
st Phofo Service: All of you have seer
me at my worst and somehow you .
keep coming back for more. This
past year! wasn't able to visit my fam-
ily and you all knew that. You were
my 2nd family and all of you mean
so much to me. When! was sad you
guys would run right to me and gave
me so many hugs, when | was hun-
gry you fed me, when! was tired you
had a cup of coffee waiting for me,
when | was stressed and going nutty
someone always offered to make
things better, and when | was lazy you
told me to get up off my toosh. When
| say the only reason | stayed at this
school was because | joined Photo
Service it is nothing but the truth. | love
you all so much, please keep in
touch. 442-5677 is forever engraved
in my memory | definitely will be
checking up. Please shoot lots and
help Tania the way you helped me.
Make me proud, | am very excited for
all of you.
Gold: Thank You for you wisdom, pa-
tience, and words of encourage-
ment. Your knowledge is overwhelm-
ing at times and | need to thank you
for your great ideas (especially the
die-cut). | could not have done this
book without you. All | can say for.
now is Thank You.
Danny: What can! say bro, we're
like family (a sick dysfunctional one)
but still family. Thanks for having faith
inme. You always said exactly what
| needed to hear to totally put things
into perspective for me and | will al-
ways treasure the time we had fo-
gether in good ol’ CC305. We should |
have a print- a-thon down the road.
Be safe and keep shooting.
Tania: You worked so hard for Torch
2001 and it was with great honor and
priviledge that | was able to share this
office with you and | need to tell you
that | have no doubt in my mind that
you will make an incredible book. |
am very proud of you and am very
appreciative for all that you have
done for me, you were my lifesaver
and you'll always be a dear friend fo
me. Thank You for everything.
Mandy: Man did you come through.
You are kicking ass as Chief. Seriously,
you are. Keep it up but don't get too
burnt out. If you're truly serious about
2002... keep your energy on reserve.
You're going to need it!
Mike D: CWS is definitely a godsend to the
Torch. There has never been a time when you
didn’t come through for me. Whenever | was
ina panic you seemed to know exactly what
to say to make me chill out. | appreciate ev-
erything you have done for me and want you
to know that CWS will always hold a place in
my heart. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
Rick: Congrats on your 10th consecutive year
as a Photo Service member. Senior portraits
were always a very stressful time for me but
having you there always made it woth while.
Here’s to another 10 years, it just wouldn't be
the Torch without you.
ANCH & Chris: Boy oh boy what! put you 2
through the nights | would come home so late
from school complaining about my day. | re-
ally want to thank Anch for cheering me up
when | was down and Chris for taking care of
Nani when | couldn't be there. THANKS!
Heather, Stu,C'los & Jorge: | don’t think |
thanked you enough for all the times | was
freaking out and all you had to say was a
couple words of wisdom to make me feel bet-
ter. Heather; | will never forget the influence
* you've had on me and thank you so much for
coming through with the Pimps n’ hoes shot-
it’s really great shot (even though the police
were there) C’los; I'll be seeing you very soon!
You are seriously one of my favorite people-
thanks for teaching me how to run film!
Stu; Our phone conversations got me through
some difficult times and | really appreciate you
for that. It feels like yesterday | was just telling
you how | wanted to be an editor someday
and here | am finishing it up- Thanks for that
i birthday card by the way! Jorge: Your visits
honestly helped me in a way | can't even de-
scribe. When | thought | was so alone in this
you'd help me to remember that you all went
through it and you really brought things to light
for me. I'd tell you to visit but as soon as |
graduate in Dec I’m heading down to NYC
for some leather pants! AIGHT!
Michael, GiGi, Teru,Andrew, & Sean: Ah, you
guys should really know what inspirations you
are to about 25 kids in Albany. Its too bad the
visits never worked out but we understand the
whole real world thing is hectic. Thanks for
keeping busy- it gives us hope. See you in Dec
(I'll be at the Voice)
' Mike Jaromin, Max, Scott, Julia S#, Amour
Glass: | want to thank you for helping me get
through this year and | hope my book has a
home in your offices.
SASU & Col.Quad: Thanks for co-sponsorship$.
NANI: |need to apologize to you buddy for alll
those nights we spent in the campus center
Mommy, Daddy, Stacey, Christopher, Jaclyn, & Danielle:
Finally, | get to come home. You never have to hear
about what work | have to do in Albany. | have waited
so long to be able to come home and actually enjoy
being there with out the guilt of not doing work. Thanks
for being so supportive in all my decisions and sorry I’ve
been such a trouble maker and for understanding that
the only focus I’ve ever had in my life was with my cam-
era. This book is dedicated to you, my fam.Without your
phonecalls and visits | would have seriously lost my
marbles. All this distance has made me realize how tight
of a family we are and | really need to thank you for
giving me that Fisher Price camera for Christmas when |
was 5. So! guess you could blame the whole art major
thing on you! Ha! Okay, its 8:20am, I’m calling it quits.
I'll be home in a couple of hours- | love you!
Photo credit reads alphebetically
from left to right in columns by page
ALL PHOTOGRAPHY BY JULIA XANTHOS EXCEPT FOR:
DannyAvila 10k,11b,14ab,18c,25b,29b,30e,31e,34-35,37c,
40-41,44c,45b,52c,68,76,85abc,92b,98a,99b, 104-105,106a,107a,
112e,130d,210ab,211b,,222b,223b,232a,233bc,234def,235acg,
237 abdef,238acde,239abcd,245c,264ab,265d,1210,224d,248-249
TaniaSavayan 11acd,15b,19b,22-23,24a,26b,30d,31bc,36d,37b,
42b,51b6,55,62a,69¢,117,122-123141bc,150a,164a,165b,167a,
169a,170-171,195eg,197cf,202a,203a,214e,215b,2210,238b,245a
MandyCrabtree 10cdh,11g,16a,36c,42d,44b,45c,47b,69b,70,
74bc,91ab,93b,130ac,141a,145b,156c,157ab,163,166a,167b,168a,
169b,174b,178bd,179d,1980,218a,236bf,238
Heather Rohan 288-289
Andreea Constantinescu 204ab
Carlos Alayo 142-143
Frank Drizhal 11f,42a,45a,51¢,130b, 136-137,156a,176,294
Sonia Grodsky 144c,205ab,20é6ab,207ab,213b,220
Julia Florer 177a
Sheela Soskin 16b,168b
Brian VanScoy 125b
Sarah Gonek 175d
Jenn Wendell 63
Kendra Hucke 146
Ben Fractenberg 12é6c
Adam Neumann (cartoon) 28
CONCEPT, LAYOUT, AND DESIGN DONE BY JULIA XANTHOS
SENIOR PORTRAITS TAKEN BY RICK PITETT| OF CARL WOLF STUDIO
SHARON HILL,PA
TORCH 2000 WAS FUNDED BY THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION OF
SUNY ALBANY AND PRINTED BY HERFF JONES PRINTING CO.
CHARLOTTE, NC
All material Copyright 2000 and are not to
be used without written consent of the Editor.
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