Albany Student Press, Volume 74, Number 28, 1987 October 16

VOLUME LXXIV

PUBLISHED AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY BY THE ALBANY STUDENT PRESS CORPORATION

ALBANY.

STUDENT
RESS

October 16, 1987

NUMBER 28

State Police
cracking down

on speeding

Albany
(AP) State Police Superintendent
‘Thomas Constantine says he’s beginning
an effort to make New York less attrac-
tive for people who like to break the
speed limit.

“Td like to see New York have the
reputation as the state that’s being, par-
don the expression, a bastard when it
comes to enforcement,’’ said the State
Police chief Tuesday as he announced a
new effort to nab speeders on New
York’s highways.

Constantine, declaring the decision by
other states to raise their speed limits was
“a serious mistake’’ that was prompting
some people to drive faster in New York,
said he would begin sending special units
of 60 troopers or more to specific areas
of the state to catch speeders.

Constantine said experiments in July
near Kingston and in the Syracuse and
Albany areas on Friday had convinced
him of the value of such a concentrated
anti-speeding program.

The superintendent said that in Fri-
day’s sweep, 761 motorists were given
speeding tickets in an 8-hour period.
When such things as seat belt violations
were figured in, more than 900 tickets
were issued, he said.

State police Lt. Michael Wright said
ithe new system of attacking speeding was
being implemented, in part, because
troopers couldn’t adequately carry out
their other duties and have a significant
impact on speeding without some
changes.

Wright said that to combat radar
detectors, troopers were now using inter-
mittent radar and such things as a timing
device that allows troopers to issue
tickets if a motorist goes through a cer-
tain section in less than a specific amount
of time.

The State Police superintendent said
the value of the concentrated enforce-
ment was demonstrated when one
motorist was given a ticket on one of the
enforcement areas and then ticketed
twice more before the day was out. Con-
stantine said the motorist . mistakenly
assumed that having been caught once in|
a speeding trap, he would encounter no|
more within the same area that day. 0

SUNYA awarded $1.5M for center

By Colleen Deslaurier
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

SUNYA was awarded a $1.5 million
federal grant Wednesday for a program to
conduct research on and improve the
teaching of literature in secondary schools.

According to Dr. Alan Purves, co-
director of the program, the grant will be
used to start a research center for educa-
tion and English. The center should be set
up by the end of November in the School
of Education.

As part of the SUNY Graduate Initiative
Program, this grant will be beneficial for
“providing resources for graduate
students and to work on issues related to
the teaching and learning of literature.’’

What is being taught and how it is being
taught are some of the program’s concen-
trations. The issues of student-teacher in-
teraction and how students use literature
to improve reading and writing skills is

‘Fecruitment as a
om of speech

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issue.’”
_— Henry Kirchner

HOFFMAN UPS

Henry Kirchner meeting Tuesday with a student coalition opposed to CIA recruitment on campus.

Univ. defending ClA recruitment

By Jennifer McCormick
NEWS EDITOR

Controversy surrounding the on-campus presence of CIA
recruiters escalated this week into a battle between SUNY A'ad-
ministration and an anti-CIA coalition of various student
groups.

After a confrontation concerning Peace Project’s anti-CIA
demonstration at Career Day Oct. 8, the University officials and
members of Peace Project involved agreed to a meeting Tuesday
afternoon at which a list of four demands was given to Henry
Kirchner, acting vice-president of Student Affairs.

Three demands were subsequently dropped. The remaining
demands called for an immediate moratorium on CIA on-
campus recruitment until a clear University policy on the topic is
defined.

Kirchner addressed the issue as one of guaranteeing freedom
of speech, referring to University policy as set forth in University
Senate’s Council on Academic Freedom and Ethics (CAFE)
Policy for Freedom of Expression.

Prohibiting the CIA from recruiting on campus would violate
the organization’s right to free speech, Kirchner said.

Members of the coalition, however, agree that recruitment is
not covered in the policy. Peace Project member Dave Anshen
said, ‘Is recruitment equal to free speech? We would argue no.
We’re not going to accept or tolerate the pretense that this is a
freedom of speech issue.’”

University policy pertains to ‘‘posters, publications, speakers,
performances, or any other form of expression.”’

Stanley Schwartz, director of the Center for Undergraduate

Education (CUE), said that the phrase ‘‘any other form of ex-
pression’’ covers CUE’s jurisdiction, including Career Develop-
ment Center, which oversees recruitment.

Schwartz said that in determining which organizations to allow
to recruit on campus, ‘‘we don’t question politics of employers.”
Any “‘legitimate’” group is welcome to recruit on campus,
Schwartz said.

Associate Director of Career Development Center and
manager of on-campus recruitment Victor DeSantis explained
that a ‘legitimate’? company simply means ‘‘a bona-fide
employer.”’ Fly-by-night or bankrupt corporations would not be
invited to recruit on campus. ‘‘We don’t have, and I don’t think
we need, a criteria.”

But a criteria is what the coalition is calling for: ‘‘an immediate
moratorium on CIA recruitment until a written policy that
outlines the administration’s position on CIA recruitment and
that states their standard for allowing groups to recruit on
campus.”’

Kirchner maintains that the current policy is sufficient. “‘The
policy speaks to [the demand] clearly, explicitly.”” An in-
dividual’s recruiting on campus is ‘‘a firm expression of their
freedom of expression,” he said.

Coalition members disagreed with Kirchner, contending that
the free speech issue is irrelevant to the CIA’s ability to recruit on
campus. Kirchner was told, ‘‘You’re not talking on the level
we’re talking on,”’ by Daniella Korotzer, member of Peace Pro-
ject, Student Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism
(SCAAR), and Young Communist League, three of the member

8p

Today will be sunny with a high of
about 60 followed by a low in the 40s
tonight. Expect the weekend to be mild,

also important, Purves said.

The three-year grant was awarded to the
University by the Office of Educational
Research and Improvement of the U.S.
Office of Education. Purves said the
School of Education sent a proposal to the
federal government explaining ‘‘what they
would do if given such a grant.”

“It has a very specific purpose partly by
the government and by us.” Purves said.

The university itself will benefit from
the Center, said Purves because “‘it will
make the school more important national-
ly and internationally.”

The Center will examine strengths and
weaknesses of current teaching methods
and materials, the role of literature plays
in critical thinking, and how the process
can be improved, according to University
spokesman Vinny Reda.

The Center represents an effort to ex-
pand upon the ‘‘back to the basics’ move-

ment that stressed teaching of fundamen-
tal skills while neglecting the study of
literature, according to Dr. Arthur Ap-
plebee, Center Director.

The Literature Center is just one of a
series that will be set up in other schools
around the country, said Purves. ‘‘It‘s one
of the kinds of things that will make the
university better.”

Some of the research will be held in
schools around the region, and area
educators will be asked to join the research
teams, according to Reda. Panels, sym-
posia, and conferences are also planned, as
well as the publication of research and
conclusions by the Center.

Past examples of literary research con-
ducted by the university has been the
Center for Writing and Literacy, set up in
the spring of 1986 by Purves; and the New
York State Writers Institute, set up in 1984
by William Kennedy. a

with Saturday highs reaching the mid
60s amid increasing cloudiness and mild
breezes. Lows for Satuday and Sunday}
nights should dip into the high 30s, with
partly cloudy skies lingering on Sunday
before the clouds take over on Monday.

Beyond the Majority
Classified.

Digest..
Entertainment Listings
Letters & Opinion.
Sports .

The Far Side .
Upcoming Events.

INSIDE: He's usually the man behind the
photo, but this time Torch yearbook
editor Howie Tygar is in the photo — and
this week's Friday Pro

2 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS (] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1987

NEWS BRIEFS

The Wedd “%)

es

Soviets stop rally

Moscow
(AP) Soviet policemen broke up a rally by
Jewish refuseniks and cut the cables of
American camera crews covering the
event, in the toughest action against such
protests in recent months.

Witnesses said at least a dozen
demonstrators were shoved into a bus
Wednesday night and driven away from
the protest site at a government television
studio. Several were released later in the
evening; it was not clear if any were held
overnight.

The protest was held the same day
Vladimir Slepak, a prominent Jewish
refusnik who has been seeking to leave the
Soviet Union for 17 years, said he received
permission to go to Israel. Refuseniks are
those who have been denied permission to
emigrate.

Wednesday’s police action was the
roughest against demonstrators since a
group of several hundred Crimean Tatars,
an ethnic minority, staged an all-night
demonstration in Red Square in July.

Gulf war continues

Manama, Bahrain
(AP) A medium-range Iranian missile
slammed into Kuwait’s main oil loading
terminal Thursday, setting a supertanker
ablaze, officials and shipping experts said.

Shipping experts said they thought the
missile was a Chinese-made Dilkworm. If
that is confirmed, it would be the first time
Iran has used a Silkworm missile against a
ship.

The 275, 937 ton Liberian-flagged
Sungari, owned by New York-based Omi
Corp.; was hit in the starboard’ side at
about 5:04 a.m., and ambulances were
rushing to the terminal, said shipping
sources who were in contact with Kuwait.
There was no immediate word on
casualties.

The sources said the ship was anchored
at the Mina Al-Ahmadi oil terminal, where
four U.S.- flagged Kuwaiti tankers were
waiting to be loaded with oil for a trip out
through the Persian Gulf with U.S. Navy
escorts.

The Nation

Budget cuts itemized

Washington, D.C.
(AP) The impact of $23 billion in spending
cuts threatened by the Gramm-Rudman
budget law is coming nto focus with the

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

release of the first official figures on how
government programs would be hit.

The Congressional Budget Office plann-
ed to report today that Pentagon spending
would be cut 10.4 percent, outside of
payroll accounts, which were exempted.
Domestic programs lose 8.7 percent across
the board.

The percentages are based on equal total
dollar amounts — $11.5 billion — that
would be stripped from those two spen-
ding areas should the automatic cuts
outlined in the budget-balancing law be
triggered.

The cuts will be made unless Congress
and the president agree on alternative ways
of reducing the deficit.

Child trapped in well

Midland, Texas
(AP) Rescue workers feverishly drilled
through solid rock early Thursday toward
a toddler who tumbled into an abandoned,
backyard well and was trapped more than
20 feet down, officials said.
Eighteen-month old Jessica McClure
had been inside the well since about 9:30

a.m. Wednesday and the effort to save her
was continuing early Thursday.

“Tt is solid rock right now. It is pretty
slow going,”’ said paramedic David Felice,
one of the diggers. He said the girl was get-
ting adequate oxygen and was believed to b
on her back in a relatively comfortable
position.

The State
Collider site dropped

Albany
(AP) The Cuomo administration, bowing
to local opposition, will withdraw its pro-
posal to locate the federal Super Collider
project at a site in the lower Hudson
Valley, it was announced, today.

While thousands of people had pro-
tested the disruption that would be caused
by the project in the area, Lt. Gov. Stan
Lundine said in a statement released at a
morning news conference that the decision
to pull the plug on the site was prompted
by a “‘region-wide consensus that the area
cannot accomodate the economic growth

TYGAR UPS

With mid-terms fast approaching, some podiaters chose lighter reading.

that would accompany the Super Col-
lider” and ‘‘not because of protests or
threats.’”

State scolds hospital

Amenia
(AP) Mentally retarded patients at
Wassaic Developmental Center had no
privacy in bathrooms, were left unsuper-
vised and were not taught such basic skills
as feeding themselves, according to a
report released by state inspectors.

The report — based on a suprise inspec-
tion in September, 1986 by the state Com-
mission on Quality of Care for the Mental-
ly Disabled — found ‘‘widespread defi-
ciencies”’ in the living conditions of the
retarded at the Dutchess County facility.

David Sucato, the Wassaic deputy direc-
tor of administration, said center officials
“agreed with the essence of their findings
and have already undertaken and im-
plemented our plan of corrective action,”
The center has 1,260 retarded patients.

The 51-page report released Wednesday
sharply criticized the institution, citing in-
sufficient staffing, inadequate programs,
sparsely decorated rooms, violations of
privacy in bathrooms, and shortages of
underwear, toothbrushes and combs.

Aide kicks reporter

Albany
(AP) A New York Post reporter said he

was ‘“‘knocked down and kicked” this
morning by a top aide to Assembly
Speaker Melvin Miller as he attempted to
get information from the Miller aide,

Fredric Dicker said he had gone to an
office building near the state Capitol
where the House Operations Committee
for the Assembly’s Democratic majority is
located. It has been reported that commit-
tee employees have been heavily involved
in running political campaigns and Dicker
said he wanted to tour ‘the committee
office.

With Dicker was a televeision crew from
Albany’s WRGB-TV, which showed tape
on its noon news broadcast of the incident
involving Dicker and Norman Adler,
Miller’s $79,500-a-year chief of staff.

‘Adler came out and read a statement
and then began walking down the hall,”
said Dicker. “I went after him to ask him
more about the committee. He went crazy,
He was like a madman. He knocked me
down and kicked me.’’

Correction ——

In the Oct. 13 issue of the Albany Stu-
dent Press, Dean of Undergraduate
Studies Sung Bok Kim’s title was incor-
rectly reported.

We regret the error. ,

Free Listings

FRIDAY, OCT. 16
Pauly’s Hotel will present
Freedom of Expression from
Nashville. Entrance fee is $5.
For more information call
465-7423.

UPAC Concert Board and
Black Students Alliance at
Rensselaer Polytechnic In-
stitute are sponsoring Cabo
Frio at 9 p.m: in the McNeil
toom.

Toni Cade Bambara, fiction
writer, will hold a reading from
her work at 8 p.m. in the Orien-
tation Theater, New York State
Museum Cultural Education
Center.

The Student Association is
providing free transportation
to the annual Take Back the
Night, anti-rape, march on the
capital. Vehicles will be leav-
ing at 6 p.m. from the Rat. For
more information call James
Lamb at 442-5640.
SATURDAY, OCT. 17

Carol Lynn Youtz, mezzo-
soprano, and Joann
Rautenberg, guest pianist, will
perform the music of Barber,
Liszt, Ives, Schumann, Faure
and Debussy at 8 p.m. in the
Recital Hall. General admis-
sion is $6, senior citizens and
those holding University ID
are admitted for $3.

The Clarion Music Society,
under the direction of Newell
Jenkins, will close its 1987

series of Leaf Peeper Con-
certs in Columbia County with
a program of Italian music for
Vespers at 8 p.m. in the
auditorium of the Middle
School in Hudson, New York.
Once Upon a Childhood, a
concert presenting a program
of songs and stories
celebrating the magic and ex-
citement of childhood, will be
held at 7 p.m. in the Schacht
Fine Arts Center, Russell
Sage Troy Campus. Adult ad-
mission is $5, children $3. For
tickets call the Sage Educa-
tion Department at 270-2326.

Medea, the ancient Greek
tragedy by Euripides, is play-
ing at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7
p.m. in the Lab Theater, Per-
forming Arts Center. Seating

is reserved and available by
calling 442-3997.
SUNDAY, OCT. 18
The Class Council of 1990
meets at 8 p.m. in the SA
Lounge.
The Class Council of 1988
meets at 9 p.m. in the SA
Lounge.
The Off-Campus Association
meets at 2 p.m. in the
Washington Tavern.
The Schacht Fine Arts Center,
on the Russell Sage Troy Cam-
pus, will be showing the film,
“El Super”, today and tomor-
row at 7 p.m. Admission is $1.
MONDAY, OCT. 19
The Symphonic Band and the
Jazz Ensemble, with directors
Henry M. Carr and Ray Rettig,
will perform in the Main

Theater at 8 p.m.

Thomas Martland, Professor
of Philosophy, will present a
paper entitled ‘‘Religion’s
Route.” His goal is to attempt
to understand what religion
does, its route. The presenta.
tion is at 4 p.m. in Humanities
354.

The Office of International
Programs will hold the France
meeting at 3:30 p.m. in CC 373,

The Junior College of Albany
will hold an opening reception
for an exhibit of installations
by Judy Haberl, of Boston
from 5 to 7 p.m. in the
Rathbone Gallery, 140 New
Scotland Avenue.

The Peace Project meets at
7:30 p.m. in CC 361.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1

987 (1) ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

Invite a prof

Any student who really needs to get on
good terms with their professor or just
has a favorite administrator will soon
have a chance to invite them to the an-
nual Student-Faculty dnner.

According to Lisa Risolo, co-chair of
Student Community Committee of Cen-
tral Council which is sponsoring the!
event, said the dinner will be held in the
Patroon Room at 7:30 p.m., preceded by
an hour of a non-alcoholic cocktail hour
on November 5.

The dinner is free an open to all
students who bring a faculty member
with them, said Risolo, adding that the
money comes out of the student activity
fee. A sign-up sheet will be in Student
Association a week before the dinner for
the first 65 ‘‘couples’’ to attend.

AlDS call-in show

Students who have questions concern-
ing Acquired Immune Deficiency
(AIDS), how it is transmitted, or how it is
treated will have a chance to get some|
answers Monday night.

WCDB will be hosting a live call-in in-
terview show from 9 to 10 p.m., accor-
ding to Chris Kendall, WCDB news
director. Students will be able to find out
about the dangers of AIDS and facts
about safe sex, said Kendall.

People answering the phones at the
station will give the questions to Kendall
rather than having the calls go on the air
live because ‘‘you don’t know who you’ll
get.” said Kendall.

Kendall said, ‘‘if anyone has a medical]
question or any question they want to!
know,”’ then students should call. Guest
speakers include: Dr.Vicki Sharp, a
physician and assistant director of AIDS
treatment at Albany Medical Center;
Alan Oliver, AIDS Council Represen-
tative; and David Vesely, President of the!
Gay and Lesbian Alliance.

At the wheels

Central Council appointed Pedro}
Rivera, a senior, Transportation Director!
Wednesday.

Requirements for the position included]
filling an application, being interviewed)
by SA Vice President Steve Harrison,
Central Council Chair Sara Meyer, and)
Affirmative Action Office Gregory
Serrano.

The applicant also underwent inter-
view by Central Council Internal Affairs,
Commitee, who in turn, gave their
recommendation to Central Council,
who approved the nomination.

Rivera’s duties include handling the|
SA van, appproving or denying applica-
tions for its use and also helping groups
acquire other means of transportation if}
the SA van is not available.

ICAC tries new idea

Forest Cotton, co-chair of the ICAC,
presented an interesting concept to his
committee last Wednesday.

The idea is to fuel school spirit by hav-
ing ‘‘kick-line girls’? at football games,
throw minature footballs to the croud at
half-time.

The back of the footballs will read
“Across the Street Pub-one free large
draft beer with ball.’”? The footballs can
be taken to the ATSP in exchange for a
free large draft.

The number of footballs is ‘‘roughly
250” at a total cost of about $400, with
SA funding a little less than half, and
Across the Street Pub paying for the rest,
according to Cotton.

This will be done for the remaining
three games of the season and possibly in
other sports such as basketball.

— compiled by Colleen Deslaurier

and Jeanette Rodriguez

Repairs proceeding after storm

By Andrea Orrill

A surprise snowstorm which hit the
Capital District Oct. 4, downing thousands
of trees and power lines, took its toll on
SUNYA’s uptown and downtown
campuses.

Trees surrounding the Student Health
Center, Physical Education building, In-
dian Lake, Alumni Quad, and Draper Hall
were all extensively damaged. ‘‘We have
hundreds of trees with broken limbs, and
in some cases whole trees have been toppl-
ed,’’ said Dennis Stevens, associate vice
president and director of the Physical
Plant.

The total cost of damages has not yet
been assessed. ‘‘We haven’t had this
amount of tree damage in the past. We are
now only beginning to collect data, but it
will be very expensive,’ Stevens said.

At this time repair costs are being
covered by operating funds for the
Physical Plant, but according to Stevens,
“we may seek additional resources.’’

Stevens said, ‘‘the most extensive
damage was to trees and other formal
plantings. There was damage to formal
gardens, expecially the magnolia garden
between the Performing Arts Center and
the Biology building.”

Physical Plant staff has begun to repair
broken branches and straighten whole
trees when possible. Ninety-nine percent of
repairs should be completed within the
next one and a half to two weeks, Stevens
said.

“We are now only

beginning to collect

data, but it will be
very expensive.”’

— Dennis Stevens

UPS.

Because it is so early in the fall season,
wet, heavy snow collected on the trees,
causing branches to fall and entire trees to
be uprooted throughout the Capital
Region. Falling trees and limbs pulled
down power lines and knocked over poles
carrying the lines, leaving thousands
without heat, electricity, and hot water, in-
cluding residents of Alumni Quad.

Dormitories on Alumni lost power dur-
ing the storm, but temporary power was
restored to Alden and Waterbury within 24
hours by diesel generators, one owned by
the Physical Plant and one borrowed from
the Department of Correctional Services.

Alden and Waterbury Halls were chosen
to receive temporary power because they
house Walden cafeteria. Brubacher,

Foodfright drama addresses
danger of eating disorders

By Alanna Devine

Foodfright, a cabaret of song, dance,
and anecdotes concerning women’s obses-
sion with weight, food, and beauty played
to a full house in the Recital Hall of PAC
Wednesday night.

The play drew a crowd of predominant-
ly female students, a handful of Albany
residents, numerous representatives of
SUNYA health and counseling support
groups and Capital Region community
members.

The floor show, which combined
elements of music, humor, dance and nar-
rative experiences, was first written by co-
authors Barbara Harrington and Susan
Clement. Both women combined their per-
sonal experiences with eating disorders and
colloborated their efforts into writing
Foodfright, a type of theatrical, educa-
tional therapy which has been highly ac-
cliamed by critics.

Upon the completion of the preliminary
script, the authors began touring the New
England area.

This version was performed in 1984 at
SUNYA.

“We received a tremendous response
back in 1984... We’ve been working on
getting them back on campus ever since,”’
said Valerie Fahey, administrator coor-
dinator for Middle Earth at SUNYA.

It was not until 1985 that the Present
State Group Theatre, which concentrates
on theatre of social significance, began
performing the revised edition of Food-
fright. This revised edition not only
discussed the diseases of anorexia nervosa
and bulimia, but also incorporated that of
obesity as a recognized eating disorder into
the script.

Together the scenes in Foodfright ex-
plored the on-going pressures placed upon
women of all shapes and sizes to be thin,
and also reflected on the problems that
persist and continue to increase in society
as a result of these presures.

Foodfright encountered the problem of
the “fear of fat’ or the ‘‘fear of food”’
and attempted to help its audience and the
public into ridding themselves of these
fears.

The main objective of the play was to
“‘put the word out more about the fact that

eating disorders are very prevalent,” said
Lesly Fredman, director and producer of
Foodfright: There is an epidemic of eating
disorders happening.’’

Agreeing with her cast members, Fred-
man said that she wants “women to feel
that they are not alone... that there is
hope... but we also want to show that they
[eating disorders] are life-threatening,”’
said Fredman, ‘‘so women don’t get
started in the first place.”

Foodfright deals with ‘‘guilt and food...
with food being the enemy,” said Jesse
Harris-Bathrick, a Foodfright actress and
full-time psychotherapist. Harris-Bathrick
explained that she felt the media and the
fashion industries are the “‘primary
culprits”? of this ‘‘deadly obsession with
weight and body image.’’

As one SUNYA student, Melissa Moss,
said, ‘just the very idea of there being a
diet-advertising industry is very hard to
believe.”

The images that the media and fashion
industries create of the perfect bodily
shape and size has been “‘increasing in
criteria and decreasing in poinds,’’ Doris
Romer, a Foodfright panelist and director
of the Counseling Center at Russell Sage
College in Troy.

She backed her statement by using
Playboy centerfolds as an example, stating
that in 1963, the ideal weight for a center-
fold who was 5 feet, six inches tall was 130
pounds. In 1983 the ideal weight for
centerfolds of the same height was 108
pounds.

The panelists aroused an active par-
ticipation from the audience, with many
students asking questions of the panelists.
Several students seeked ways to receive
help connected with eating disorders.

Currently the Capital Region Associa-
tion for Eating Disorders Inc. (CRAED)
Inc, one of the sponsors of Foodfright,
holds group meetings every third Tuesday
of the month at 419 Madison Avenue in
Albany. These meetings are free and open
to the public, and are devised to assist peo-
ple suffering from eating disorders and the
families of those with eating disorders.

Donations for CRAED were accepted at
the performance. EY

Sayles, and Pierce Halls remained without
power until early Wednesday morning,
Oct. 7.

According to Nick Lyman, spokesman
for Niagra Mohawk Power Corporation
(NiMo), power had been restorec. to all
Capital District NiMo customers as of

5>

Smoking ban
case hitting
top N.Y. court

Albany |
(AP) State officials have made their final:
pitch to have sweeping new restrictions;
on public smoking validated by New
York’s courts.

The state Court of Appeals, New
York’s highest court, will decide pro-'
bably by next month whether the tough’
new restrictions will be allowed to take
effect, a court spokesman said.

Two lower courts have found the|
guidelines unconstitutional, contending)
that the Public Health Council usurped]
the authority of the Legislature when it
approved the regulations in February.

“This is not a public policy decision.
That’s where the lower courts were all!
wrong,”’ Deputy Solicitor General Peter
Schiff told the New York Court of Ap-
peals. ‘‘This is a public health problem.”’

The council’s rules would prohibit
smoking in malls, schools, arenas,
auditoruims, food stores and taxis.
Smoking would be restricted in larger
restaurants, workplaces, nursing homes
and bowling alleys.

The only places specifically exempt!
would be bars, restaurants with 50 or
fewer seats, private parties, tobacco
stores, homes, hotels rooms and private|
automobiles.

State Health Department officials have’
touted the regulations as among the most
stringent in the country.

The Cuomo administration has argued
that the council had the power to pass the
regulations as part of its authority to pro-
tect the public health.

But the tough new rules were challeng-
ed in court by Schoharie County
restaurant owner Fred Boreali, two state
legislators and several business groups.
They claimed that only the state
Legislature had the power to adopt such
rules.

A state trial court and a first-level ap-
peals court both agreed with the
challenge and threw out the regulations,
which were to have taken effect May 7.

The Legislature for years has defeated
bills that would have imposed smoking
restrictions that were less severe than
those adopted by the Health Council, but
did approve a bill that limits smoking in
some areas. By doing so, the Legislature
in essence has said rules such as the coun-
cil’s weren’t necessary, said B.J.
Costello, lawyer for Boreali and the
others.

The 7-member Court of Appeals is ex-
pected to hand down its decision next!
month, said court spokesman Walter
Mordaunt. QO

4 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS (| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1987

Council to review Doddo’s Court appointees

By Laurie Stillwell

Appointments to the Student Associa-
tion Supreme court were posted Wednes-
day, two weeks after applications were due
September 29.

The delay was caused by schedule in-
compatibility among those responsible for
interviewing appointment candidates, SA
President Matt Doddo said.

Prospective court members are inter-
viewed and evaluated by the Central Coun-
cil Chair, the Chair of Council’s Internal
Affairs Committees, the Affirmative Ac-
tion Officer, and Doddo.

The initial appointment decisions are
made by the SA president. Of the 22 ap-
plicants of the 1987 fall semester, six will
be chosen to compliment the one returning
associate justice Dave Ettinger.

Ettinger is currently serving the second
year of his two-year term.

All appointments by Doddo must be
received by the Internal Affairs Commit-
tee, a sub-committee of Central Council,
the executive branch of SA. If no problems
arise, the matter is then presented to the
currently 31 members of Central Council.

Sophomores Sheldon Lee, Carolyn
Papp, Jacob Walthair, junior Dina
Feldman and seniors Robert Goudman
and Eric Stravitz were to meet with the
chair of Internal Affairs yesterday for

“Integrity is probably
the most important
aspect .. . I want to
see integrity in the
Court.”
— David Ettinger

JONATHAN WAKS UPS.

mandatory individual confirmation

hearings.

Wednesday the appointees will appear
before Central Council. Court represen-

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the newly apointed justices later next
week,

Dutch Quad Central Council candidate
Cary Munk recently filed a Writ of Appeal
with supreme court seeking a re-election
within Dutch Quad.

Through a typographical error, Munk’s
name was left off the original Central
Council ballot. SA contends that because
Munk did not attend a mandatory can-
didate’s meeting, he was rightly, although
accidentally left off on the ballot.

Munk is petitioning a re-election on the
basis that had he been informed he would
not be on the ballot, he could have staged a
successful write-in campaign.

If a re-election is deemed just, Munk
will have the opportunity to run for Cen-
tral Council as a write-in candidate.

When asked what characteristics would
be found in a successful court candidate,
Ettinger and Doddo both stressed integri-
ty. “‘...integrity is probably the most im-
portant aspect,”’ said Ettinger. ‘‘I want to
see integrity in the Court.’’

Open mindedness, honesty, the ability
to interpret policy, a basic knowledge of
SA policies, and an ‘‘ability to work well
with people” were also listed by Doddo as
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Photographer shooting SUNYA for posterity

Yearbook’s editor in chief
combining his skill with art

By Jennifer McCormick
NEWS EDITOR

Professing a ‘‘love...a passion”’
for photography, Howie Tygar is
crystallizing his skills to the task
of creating Torch’88 — SUNYA’s
yearbook.

Tygar, a senior from Wheatley
Heights majoring in psychology
with an art minor, is editor in
chief of—this year’s yearbook
the responsibility for arranging
photographs,
design layout,
and printing of
thousands of
yearbooks.

Working out
of the Photo Service office, Tygar
devotes around eighty hours a
week to pictorializing SUNYA.
From 1,000-1,200 rolls of film
will be shot throughout the year
— about 20 shots per day.

“But he does not see himself as
an artist. ‘I am a photographer
—acreative photographer.’’

“To me, an artist is Picasso,
Ansel Adams.”’ The difference
between Adams, an American
photographer, and Tygar is that
Tygar is ‘‘a college student, and
[Adams] is dead.

One possible explanation for
his love of photography may be
that he ‘‘can’t draw.’’During an
art class this summer, Tygar said
his renditions of the nude model
always came out making her look
“eithier anorexic or pregnant.’”

Ten years from’ now, Tygar

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hopes to be a photojournalist for
‘a major magazine’’ like Time,
Life, Sports Illustrated, or Na-
tional Geographic — “‘the bigger
the better.””

Ten years ago, Tygar started
photographing while touring
Europe with his family: a brother
(‘a brat’) and his parents, who are
“80's type of people.””

When he started taking pictures
as a kid cameras “‘seemed like ex-
citing tools.” After learning how
cameras could be used, Tygar
began photographing as an art.

Which is the interest in the
yearbook. Not a random group of
pictures with senior portraits in
the back, the yearbook is “‘an ar-
tistic creation.”

Putting together a memory
for students is his job for this
year. After graduation, graduate
school is a possibility, perhaps at
Rochester Institute of
Technology.

Tygar’s direction for Torch ’88
is to show ‘‘a combination of the
good and the bad” of the
University.

Editors in the past have con-
centrated on one or the other,
Tygar said. Trying to show
SUNYA in “‘its real sense.”
Tygar is concentrating on
photographing students.

Designing the yearbook — lay-
ing out each of the 300-400 pages
hasn’t started yet. Tygar said he
uses anything for the layout ideas
“to make the best possible

Torch editor Howie Tygar at home behind his negatives.

book.’’ Right now he’s thinking
of the sections, not the specifics,
but generalities.

Shooting the actual pictures
themselves, Tygar said he often
has ‘‘a preconceived notion. I go
out looking for one shot, hoping
it’ll turn up.”

The Torch itself has a history
earning meritory recognition —
“more than fifty percent’’ have
national awards under. their
respective belts. ‘Our yearbook is

incredible,” according to Tygar.
**& lot [of college yearbooks] just

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look like “‘high school trash.””

At $15 each, Torch’88 will be
“one of the cheapest books’”’
bought by students while in col-
lege, and will be the “‘only one
they’d end up keeping from their
college career,” Tygar plugged.

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percent of NiMo’s 270,000 customers had
lost power due to the storm.

Asked why it had taken so long for
power to be restored, Lyman explained,
“Our original estimates of the extent of
the damage proved to be wrong, but then
this was an unusual storm,”

Lyman stated that although the damage
was underestimated, ‘‘repairs could not
have been completed much earlier because
the damage was so extensive.’’

Lyman admitted that NiMo may have
“made some mistakes,”’ but felt they had
learned from them so that in the event of
another unexpected storm repairs would
run more smoothly.

“The storm really creamed Albany,”
said Lyman, though he thought damage
was equally extensive in many areas of the
Capital District.

Lyman could give no estimate of cost of
damages due to the storm, but said it

would be ‘‘quite expensive.’’ He said
NiMo has an insurance policy to cover part
of the cost and it has a built-in fund for
emergencies based on past experience.

SUNYA students had to adapt to the in-
conveniences the storm created. ‘‘We had
no lights or hot water,’’ said junior Yin
Har Chan, who lives in Sayles. “‘We all
just sort of sat around in the dark the first
day, and then we started hanging out in
Walden cafeteria.”

Senior Leah Cherkassky said, ‘‘Losing
power was so inconvenient. Alden was on
emergency power so it wasn’t so bad for
me, but I saw a lot of people walking
around with flashlights.””

Junior Christine La Monica, who lives
off-campus, explained, “‘My sister lives in
Brubacher so she stayed with me. I feel
bad for people who had no where to go.”’

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Rights and

wrongs

We demand of the administration:

1) An immediate moratorium on CIA
recruitment until a written policy that outlines
the administration’s position on CIA
recruitment and that states their standard for
allowing groups to recruit on campus is made.
2) Any group or organization that has been
guilty of violating national or international law
shall be prohibited from recruiting on campus.
3) That the administration comply with its own
regulation of New York State law in prohibiting
recruitment on the University grounds of any
group or organization that practices any form
of discrimination (such as race, sex, sexual
preference, etc.).

4) That the University provide an honoranium
in the amount of $1,000 per semester to host a
speaker on the issue of the CIA. This speaker
must be approved by a student committee
composed of members of the following groups:
Peace Project, SCAAR, Young Socialist
Alliance and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance. This
committee must meet at regular set intervals.
5) The aforementioned demands be met by
Tuesday, October 27, 1987.

Thus officially began a crusade by four student
groups to stop CIA recruitment on the SUNYA
campus.

Representatives of Peace Project, SCAAR, the
Young Socialist Alliance, and the Gay and
Lesbian Alliance handed over a list of demands to
administrators Wednesday asking that the Central
Intelligence Agency not be allowed to recruit
students on campus because the agency allegedly
commits crimes against humanity (from running
drugs to murders). In return, the groups received
a recently-implemented two-page University
policy on freedom of expression designed to
summarize the administration’s stance on the
issue.

Shortly thereafter, however, all of the demands
were dropped — except the first one. The groups
hope the administration will accept the
moratorium so that the matter can be pursued
through various University channels such as
University Senate.

The consortium of groups hasn’t publicly
stated what action it will take if its demand is not
met by Oct. 27, but expect to see sit-ins, protests,
and other forms of civil disobedience if a
moratorium is not imposed.

But just what would this accomplish?
Assuming the CIA is a regular violator of both
international law and human rights, as the
coaliton maintains, some would believe that such
an illegal and immoral agency deserves no room
at a- University Career Day alongside such
harmless companies as Jordan Marsh and Touche
Ross. Perhaps. Some would say their presence on
campus legitimizes crimes against humanity for
the sake of national interest. Perhaps. And some
would say University officials are therefore
obligated to ban CIA recruitment. No way.

University officials such as acting Vice
President for Student Affairs Henry Kirchner are
not here to judge the CIA activities. They are here
to run a large state university which is part of an
even larger network of universities, all governed
under SUNY Central Administration. As a
university, SUNYA should provide a forum or
outlet for the diverse views held by its many
factions and shouldn’t limit freedom of
expression by accomodating one particular
faction carrying a list of demands.

While activism is the backbone of student
power, activism is only effective when directed
towards the proper channels. And the proper
channels for changing the CIA are not in Albany
but in Washington D.C.

Student activism can only be effective and
taken seriously when educated students are
behind it. Idle threats may publicize an issue but
they don’t go far in terms of education. And if
students are educated enough about these CIA
“‘atrocities,”’ the CIA would still have a table at
Career Day but no students to recruit.

“WTS TRAN AGAIN... NO, WAIT A MINUTE...”

Energy’s bright future?

Recent events in the Persian Gulf have once again
focused America’s attention on this highly critical area of
the world. At least part of the reason is because the
United States is heavily dependent on foreign imported
oil. As oil tankers attempt to avoid Iranian mines,
Americans must begin to focus more on the larger ques-
tion of how this nation will meet its future energy needs.

Peter Murphy

Over the last few decades the trend in this country has
been to rely more on electricity to meet our demand for
energy. In 1950, electric production accounted for one-
sixth of America’s energy use. Today, close to 40 percent
of our nation’s energy consumption is in the form of elec-
tricity and by the year 2000, the U-S. will need nearly 50
percent more electric power than we currently use.

Electric demand has been closely linked to economic
growth. Over the last 15 years, electrical usuage has risen
by more than 25 percent which roughly coincides with a
22 percent increase in Gross National Product. The im-
portance of electricity for computers, communications,
mass-transit, high-technology, and economic growth. in
general cannot be overstated.

Electric power can be produced by oil-burning as well
as other energy sources which are used in place of oil for
many commercial and domestic needs. However, as elec-
tricity plays an increasing role in the production of
energy, oil is still the main source of electrical power
primarily because of fallen oil prices and difficulties in us-
ing these other energy sources.

To keep our economy strong, our industry competitive,
and our standard of living comfortable, the United States
must produce enough non-oil-generated electricity to
meet our increasing demand. However, regulatory
obstacles and short-term economic considerations are en-
couraging utilities to rely more on oil to produce electrici-
ty. The longer this continues, the more America will
become vulnerable to potential economic blackmail and
shortages from foreign oil producers particularly in the
Middle East. The Arab oil embargos of 1973 and 1979
ought to remind us of this likelihood.

Fortunately, America has plentiful domestic supplies
of other sources of energy, particularly coal and uranium.
The United States is estimated as having over 200 billion
tons of coal, more than any other country and enough to
last the next two centuries. We also have enough uranium
to fuel double the more than 100 nuclear power plants
currently operating today. In fact, since uranium is so
concentrated, nuclear power plants can operate on 30
tons of uranium per year compared to 2.5 million tons of
coal or 9 million barrels of oil that a fossil fuel plant
would use.

In spite of all this, a well organized and deceitful op-
position has led to excess and unpredictable government
régulation as well as public misconceptions and fears,
thereby hindering the vast potential of using coal and
nuclear power. Public debate over the safety of these

energy sources has been largely one-sided by the scare tac-
tics and sensationlizing of self-proclaimed consumer and
environmental groups (NYPIRG immediately comes to
mind).

These groups have been mostly successful in using
legislative, administrative and legal roadblocks in order
to delay the opening and operation of many plants. Often
the delays are procedural and have little to do with safety.
What results are additional costs to companies and their
ratepayers, thus, these energy sources become unfeasible.
It currently takes an average of eight years to build a new
coal-fired plant and ten years or more to build a nuclear
power plant in the United States. Furthermore, if all the
nation’s power plants now under construction are finish-
ed, they will meet less than half of the increased ammount
of electricity we will need by the year 2000.

“Unless we have proper
perspective of the balance
between the risks and benefits
of coal and nuclear power,
we... will face critical
shortages of energy.”

Now no one is saying that nuclear power is risk-free,
All energy sources, including coal and uranium, have
their risks and benefits. Certainly the thousands of
automobile fatalities each year or the potential of a plane
crash do not keep anyone from driving a car or flying
somewhere. This is not to trivilize any energy risks.
Nonetheless, in reality, the nuclear energy industry has a
safety record unparalleled by any other American jn-
dustry. In addition, a recent federal agency report from
the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
could not find any serious threat from acid rain to fish
life, forests, crops, or human health.

Unless we have proper perspective of the balance bet-
ween the risks and benefits of coal and nuclear power, we
as a nation will face critical shortages of energy and a
much lower standard of living — not to mention the
millions of jobs that will be lost. Many of these groups
that condemn the use of coal and uranium are sleepwalk-
ing into the future by presenting very selective facts and
offering no real alternatives, thereby continuously ignor-
ing the reality of America’s energy needs.

Americans must go foward with an ambitious electric-
fication program which mitigates the dependence on oil
and makes proper use of our vast amounts of coal and
uranium. Future generations clearly depend on it. Oo

The writer is a graduate student in public administration.

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Hairdressers. What the hell?

It didn’t seem like a particularly difficult request: kinda cut it the way it
was, only much shorter on top. Fine. Simple enough... or so I thought.

“Please put your head down,” she said to me.

So I did.

There's really not too much to do when you get your hair cut (as you
probably know), especially if you can’t watch every move. You just sit there
are let your mind wander, while you try-to ignore the sinking feeling in
your stomach, a left-over reaction from the traumatic experience of your
first childhood haircut. Fine.

‘Tl never get that damn Shakespeare paper done,’ | thought, mentally
calculating the number of hours in a day, then the number of days between
now and its due date, and finally, exactly how many (few) hours of sleep I
can live on. ‘Not a good scene. Definitely not a good scene.’

Suddenly I noticed these relatively long pieces of damp hair sliding down
the bib-thing they always make you wear. It’s almost like being at the den-
tist...('d better save that for another column!)

‘What the hell?/? My mind began to race, as did my heart. I was dying,
though at the same time not really wanting to know exactly what it was
that she was doing to me.

‘Oh no,’ I thought desperately.

Finally she let me look. I was almost sorry I had. She began casually cut-
ting the sides (as if nothing unusual had just happened — does she do this
to everyone?) It was about this time that Julie, my roommate and mall com-
panion, came into this House of Horrors to wait for me.

“Excuse me just a second,” said The Great Evil One, as she walked away.

‘I can’t believe this,’ 1 thought unhappily.

I turned around and looked at Julie with what I knew to be a pained
look. She visually questioned my new “do” and brushed her hand along the
bottom of her own, almost shoulder length, hair, indicating the questionable
length of my own.

Grabbing a really-too-short piece in the back, I held it straight out from
my head to show her the damage that The Monster had done.

Julie gave me one of her “I don’t know .. . 1 just don’t know” looks as she
shook her head.

Calling her over before The Villain returned, | handed Julie some money
and asked her to go buy me a soda. Barely two minutes had passed when a
large crowd suddenly gathered outside, within view of my chair and right
near where I knew Julie had gone.

“What happened?’ someone asked.

“Some huge guy pulled a knife on somebody out there,” was the
anonymous reply,

‘Oh, great,’ | thought. ‘Who'd he pull a knife on? Please don’t let it be
Julie. All this because I was thirsty. Oh no.’ Needless to say, my imagination
ran wild.

In spite of The Butcher's attempts to casually block my view, I still almost
missed Julie’s return. What a relief it was when I saw her sitting there in the
waiting area, with soda in hand, like nothing had happened. Then it occur-
red to me — she must be in shock.

Swivelling me toward the mirror at last, that Scissor-Wielding Woman
had the gall to innocently ask, “How's that look?”

“Fine,” | lied, like I always do. Only once had I gotten my hair cut and
not hated it afterwards, at least until I got home and played with it myself.
Besides — this was no time for niceties. I had to find out how Julie was,

“Are you okay?” | asked as we left. “What happened?”

“Oh, I don’t know. It was pretty much over by the time I got out there,”
she calmly explained as I breathed a sigh of relief.

“What d’you think?’ I pointed to my hair.

“It looks fine. | like it. Really.”

“Think so?’

“Yeah. I thought you were sort of just getting a trim, though. Is that how
you told her to cut it?”

“Not even close.” I went on to explain the communication gap I'd inade-
quately tried to bridge.

“Well, you know, it’s always been my belief that hairdressers do
whatever they want to, no matter what you ask for.”

‘Thanks,’ | thought. ‘Now you tell me.’

Hairdressers ... What the hell?

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October 16, 1987

Aspects 3a

Medea _ madness

in-tAb at= PAC

he University Theatre's production
he of Medea, Euripides’ prophetic

Greek tragedy, which runs October
15-24 in the Lab Theatre of the Performing
Arts Center, is the third Greek drama to be
staged at SUNYA by director Constance
Valis-Hill. Hill recently took time out of her
busy teaching and rehearsal schedule to talk
to Aspects about the upcoming production.

Martin A. Blanco

Aspects: How did you come to choose
Medea?

Hill: A colleague in the Theatre Department
recommended Medea to me. I read several
translations of the play, including the Rex
Warner, Phillip Vellacott, and Robinson Jef-
fers’ adaptations. I was struck by the im-
mediacy of the play, despite the fact that the
play was written in 431 B.C. Medea, a
woman abused and rejected by a man she
too desperately loved, and the revenge she
must seek seemed very modern to me. And
luckily, all the actors I have cast both feel
and can relate to the play. Here is the story
of a strong woman, a woman who dares to
strike out and against a male-dominated
power structure.

‘Aspects: Would you say that Medea is a
feminist play?

Hill: The heart of all my work has always
been an exploration of the woman in man —
the female dilemma of finding her true self
within a society which ignores, at its peril,
the world of instinct, emotion, and irrational
experience. Medea is an exploration of a
woman retracing, rediscovering, and
celebrating her true self. You must consider
her position at the beginning of the play. She
is a foreigner, an alien gypsy, considered
barbaric by the civilized Greeks. For Jason's
love, she committed several murders, in-
cluding the killing of her own brother. Her
husband, Jason, to whom she bore two sons,
discreetly remarries the princess of the royal
family, leaving Medea with banishment by
King Creon. She cannot return to Colchis,
her home where she was a princess, but
which she left for Jason. Where can she go?
What can she do? This is the crisis which
opens the play. What follows is the story of
a woman who is forced to reclaim the aban-
doned parts of herself in order to survive.
And part of that is to reclaim her two sons,
her children — her only remaining personal
property, whom she loves but who also
serve as a constant reminder of Jason.
Aspects: The obvious question is why can't
Medea just take her children away with her?
Why is it necessary to kill them? She would
emerge as a far more sympathetic character
if she didn’t brutally murder her children.
Hill: Save that scenario for a soap opera or
tv, film. Medea is a Greek tragedy. On its

highest level, Medea’s act of terrorism is a
manifestation of the barbaric in all of us.
Medea’s impulse to kill her own children
emerges from a deep desperation from liv-
ing in a constant state of pain, fear, and grief.
She cannot quietly accept the circumstances
of Jason's new marriage, even as her begs
her. She is too proud and passionate a
woman to do as perhaps other Corinthian
women must do. As she constantly states in
the play, she must, she will, she is forced to
kill them, despite that she will eternally en-
dure the pain, guilt, and suffering. Satisfying
her greater need for vengeance moves her to
action. I'm not attempting to justify her ac-
tions, only to make clear what she believes
she must do.

Medea is also the Earth Mother. The
tragic aspects of Medea and the wrongful ac-
tion taken against the mother are, in-
terestingly enough, reflected in the high
degree of radiation detected in Greece today
as a result of the Chernoble distaster. Medea
is a symbolic statement of nature's anguish
over being polluted and abused. The earth
mother rebels against those who have hurt
her by, tragically enough, swallowing her
own. We can only look at the poisoned state
of our environment today to understand
that.

Aspects: I've seen the posters for Medea
around campus. That's quite a gruesome
mask on display. Does it relate to the show
in any particular way?

Hill: That's an African death mask and an
image which I think appropriate for the look
and feel of this production. I've also cast a
black actress to play Medea, which further
prompted the choice of that mask, which
evokes the powers of spirituality and
primitivism which are strongly woven
through the production. Through utilizing
an interracial cast, and blending African,
Greek, Persian, and Bulgarian musical
rhythms, I hope to achieve a universality
within the themes of the play.

With that, Theo, the director's five-year-
old son who had been sleeping quietly,
awoke from his nap; this sweet-faced, big:
eyed child plays one of Medea’s ill-fated
sons. Hill said he was having great fun at
rehearsals and that the children brought
great comic relief. The director's final state-
ment: “Save the children.”

(Editor's note: Medea runs Thursday —
Saturday, October 15, 16, 17, at 8 p.m.; Sun-
day, October 18, at 7 p.m.; and the Wednes-
day — Saturday, October 21-24, at 8 p.m.
Admission is $6 for the general public and
$4 for students, senior citizens, and Universi-
ty faculty and staff with LD. Call the Perfor-
ming Arts Center for information at
442-3997.) a

(‘In The Mood” with Patrick Dempsey,
Talia Balsam, and Beverly D'Angelo.
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson. From
Lorimar. Rated PG-13.)

hen you're 15 years old, falling in
Wie isn’t such a terrible thing. Unless

it’s 1944, And you fall for an older
woman. And your name is Ellsworth “Son-

ny” Wisecarver. Then, it can be terrible.

April S. Anastasi

Based on. the true adventures, _ or
misadventures, of Sonny Wisecarver
(Patrick Dempsey), In The Mood follows the
unpopular high schooler’s trail of broken
hearts across the country. It all began in the
sleepy town of Willowbrook, California,
where Sonny grew up.

After falling in love with an “older”
woman, — Judy (Talia Balsam), the 21-year-
old mother of two, who just happened to
live across the street with her commonlaw
husband — and subsequently eloping with
her, Sonny started making national
headlines. Dubbed the “Woo Woo Kid,” he
helped take the nation’s mind off the war
with stories about the search for the
newlyweds.

Balsam is very appealing as Sonny’s first
love. Seemingly trapped in an extremely
unhappy home life, she regains her in-
nocence and takes advantage of what youth
she still has through her new affair. Balsam
brings an admirable balance of comedy and
poignancy to her role.

Once captured, Judy is charged with child-
stealing, and the marriage is annulled.
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other, they had to part. Sonny must now try
to cope with living like any ordinary 15 year
old, something that isn’t as easy as it sounds.

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Befriended by another older, married (this
time legally) woman, Francine Glatt (Beverly
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itself when they go out for hamburgers one
night and never come back. This time a na-
tionwide search is launched.

D’Angelo's Francine is the typical rough
exterior/tender hearted character. Though
she comes on a bit too strong in her initial
moments, D‘Angelo tones the harshness
down, making any relationship — friendship
or otherwise — more likely and believable.

When Sonny eventually does meet a girl
his own age, he isn’t very trusting and
assumes that her offer of going for a cup of
coffee means something more.

“That's how it starts. Real simple, then
BOOM! We get married, and I get the elec-
tric chair.”

Dempsey's comedic timing, previously
displayed in Can’t Buy Me Love; has been
honed, becoming a dangerously sharp instru-
ment of which he makes full use. An endear-
ing “Richie Cunningham goes Cassanova”
quality surrounds his Sonny, adding to his
credibility and appeal. There are few
moments when Dempsey fails to carry the
film.

In the small role of Sonny's father, veteran
actor Michael Constantine shines, complete-
ly stealing the scenes in which he appears.
Betty Jinnette is also notable as Sonny’s char-
mingly bizarre mother.

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odd characters, silly anecdotal stories, and
lighthearted humor will put you in the
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Patrick Dempsey:

n an already over-saturated market of
I young actors, few stand out, despite any

talent they may possess. Patrick Dempsey
is one of those few.

Star of the newly released film, In The Mood
and of the box office smash, Cant Buy Me Love,
he has been making a name for himself in the in-
dustry. A pretty big name.

‘1 haven't done a lot,” Dempsey explained.
“Tve done a handful of roles which have been
seen, so my career has come up very quickly. But
my growth has come in front of the camera and
on stage.”

While growing up in several small towns in
Maine, Dempsey's ambitions had nothing to do
with the theatre. He originally aspired to a spot
on the United States’ Olympic Ski Team, going as
far as to capture the championship title of his
home state.

The self-taught unicyclist took up that art in
hopes it would improve his skiing. Though he
eventually grew away from the sport, he con-
tinued riding his unicycle, usually to school

“One day this shop teacher asked anybody if
they wanted to learn to juggle, and I said, ‘Sure.
I'd like to,’ and I picked it up that afternoon,”
Dempsey said.

“T went home and broke a bunch of things in
the house, and my mother got very angry. But I
learned a few tricks. So, I came back the follow-
ing day and said, ‘Can you teach me some more
stuff?’

“From there on it just kept snowballing. I
started meeting people, and they started having
me come and do little acts, and I started develop-
ing my own show and my own material. I went
to workshops, and slowly it evolved to the point
where I wanted to get into the circus.”

Ringling Bros. did not accept his application,
but Dempsey was not discouraged and planned to
audition for them when they came to town. In
the meantime, during his sophomore year, he did
a school play, which led to a role in the Maine
Acting Company's production of On Golden
Pond.

“And then, one night after doing that, I said,
‘God, this is what I'd love to do the rest of my
life,’ So that’s how I got started.”

His appearance in a variety show called “Town
America” hooked him up with an agent in New
ork, and after about two auditions, he got a part
in a touring company production of Torch Song
Trilogy. Although this was an education unto
itself, Dempsey has been receiving formal

training.

“T's been coming,” he said. “I study with Rocky
Parker (who is also his manager).

I've been studying with her privately and other
people we meet along the road, but I'm not study-
ing in the formal sense, going to school for three
years.

“I’m studying when I'm working and when I'm
not working,” Dempsey continued. “So | am stu-
dying full time. I never stop learning or trying to
learn. But eventually, I'd like to take time off to
go and study in England, You know. With the
classics, and then come back.”

Finding the time for that may be difficult, but
even more difficult will be the actual studying
itself. Dempsey has dyslexia, a reading impair-
ment, something which makes his success even
more admirable.

“The good thing about it is, it really makes me
work hard,” he said. “I have to confront it now. I
have to overcome it. So I’m trying to overcome
it.”

However, the problem was not always so sim-
ple to. confront. Up until his diagnosis in the sixth
grade, Dempsey was considered a hyperactive,
emotionally troubled child. Even after the
diagnosis, he was improperly dealt with, placed in
classes with learning disabled and/or mentally
retarded children.

“| was reading, and I'd be making up stories as I
read books to them, and I'd entertain them. It was
the biggest waste of time. Id rather be out hors-

In th

ing around than be in there
learn anything, and I.wasn't
at all

“Tt wasn’t until | was a
and I met William Lockre
getting me interested in En
you know, spelling and all
to it. They couldn’t get me

Dempsey has been greatl
periences, going beyond a
and writing skills. They
realize defects in the put
which, he believes, must b

“School, for me, was 1
perience. You know? I did
there are a lot of problems
teach people differently.

“I'm not sure how, but 1
side for the outside world
get caught up in A’s and B‘
A’s all through high school
because you won't

“The kids in school who
did what they were suppos
pletely fucked up individ
I'm getting a little less fucl

“There are days when
grown at all,” and the
something .. . I son
something, then I know I’
step. So that's kind of nic
are few and far between.”

As he continued, the
Dempsey touched upon a
sality. “It's very depressing
you think you know so m
you don't,

“Everybody's like that,
the public eye, but mio «
else. It’s just that I’m out t
there. Financially, you get
dent, and that's really nice
you need a little bit of that
But, sometimes it’s a little

‘I'm no different,” he
allow myself to think I arr
upon actors that they're L
and sometimes they're mo
ple who are just living no

“It is glamorous. To a
good,” Dempsey admitte
benefits to it. But we're all
have to remember that. S
know, some days I get cz

see

believe what people are s
those are the days that I ¢

Insofar as keeping hit
Dempsey accredits Parker.
coach/friend, with a mi
lifestyle. “What has been
my life? I'd have to say w
Rocky Parker, has been th
life. It’s true. It really is t
really into going out and I
chasing girls and going to
all wrapped up in that. |
down.”

He continued, revealing
Parker has played in his c
out there, y'know? Becaus
help you. You can’t do thi
she helps me.

T have a lot of trouble b
and I'm very naked out i
me. So she’s been my pro

Veering back to the ori
related, “Sometimes I don
house, and I don’t want to
want to get caught back |
enough inner strength to t
so powerful. The brig
limousines ... and the gc
have to keep a distance
enough strength inside.”

The dedication to build
Power and sustaining his
October 16, 1987

Aspects 5a

he mood for success

han be in there. ‘Cause I didn’t really
1g, and Iwasn’t really stimulated by it

until I was a junior in high school,
Villiam Lockren, who really started
iterested in English and reading. But,
pelling and all that — couldn't get in-
ouldn’t get me into it.”
has been greatly affected by these ex-
ing beyond a simple lack of reading
skills. They have enabled him to
cts in the public education system
slieves, must be corrected.
for me, was really not a great ex-
uu know? I didn’t like school. I think
t of problems in school. They should
differently.
ure how, but really prepare them in-
outside world. Don’t teach them to
p in A’sand B's, and that if you make
gh high school, you'll make it in life,
won't.

in school who were really smart and
y were supposed to do are now com-
ed up individuals,” he added. “And
| little less fucked up, so that’s good.
e days when I say, ‘God, I haven't
all’ and there are days when
..1 see something and I feel
then | know I've grown at least one
t's kind of nice. But those moments
far between.”
yntinued, the twenty-one year old
uched upon an even greater univer-
ery depressing being young. Because
ou know so much and then you find

dy’s like that, you know. I may be in
ye, but I'mino different than anybody
that J’‘m out there, and my ass is up
cially, you get:a little more indepen-
at's really nice in this world because
little bit of that. That cushions things.
nes it's a little more complicated.
lifferent,” he stressed. “I sometimes
f to think | am, and people project it
that they're better than everybody,
nes they're more fucked up than peo-
just living normal lives.
morous. To a certain extent. That's
npsey admitted. “There are fringe
. But we're all the same people. And
,ember that. Some days I don‘t. You
> days I get caught up in that, and I
it people are saying. And when I do,
e days that I get in a lot of trouble.”
s keeping himself out of trouble,
credits Parker, his manager/ acting
|, with a major alteration in his
Vhat has been the biggest change in
have to say working with my:coach,
er, has been the biggest change in my
>. It really is true. Before + 2n, I was
oing out and having a good time and
; and going to the parties and getting
i up in that. Rocky has calmed me

jued, revealing what a significant part
Slayed in his career. “I need someone
‘know? Because you need someone to
ou can't do this alone. You can’t. And
e.
t of trouble because of my dyslexia,
'y naked out in the world. She helps
s been my protector.”
ack to the original subject, Dempsey
metimes I don’t go out. I hide in my
| don’t want to go out. Because I don’t
- caught back up in that yet, without
er strength to trust myself. Because it’s
ul. The bright lights...and the
..and the gorgeous girls, that you
ep a distance from it until you gain
ngth inside.”
cation to building that sort of intrinsic
sustaining his career become obvious

in his explanation concerning his choice of
profession.

“Why am I an actor? Because'l don’t want to do
anything else, and I really love it. . . . | really love
doing it. I like the work, and I love the whole
lifestyle. And I just love it, you know?

“I don’t want to do anything else, and I don’t
feel I can do anything else right now. But, I'm sure
that if something came up, I'd find something else
to do, But it’s giving me an education that high
school never gave me, I've worked harder outside
of school on this than I ever had in school.

‘I've really started developing my intellect,
slowly but surely, and it forces me to improve my
reading and my writing. Three years ago, I
couldn’t have a diary — I could just barely spell.
But now, I’m putting coherent sentences together.
My handwriting looks like henscratch, but that’s
okay.”

The commonalities Dempsey touched upon
here and earlier extend beyond messy writing
and insecurities, further revealing the very real
person behind the circumstantial facade.

“Music is very important, I think. It’s the
greatest gift of pleasure because music can take
you away from everything and take you into any
romance you want to get involved in, or any kind
of exciting adventure. I mean, it’s a real key. It
takes you away from everything,” he
emphasized.

Another entertainment form high on Demp-
sey’s list (not surprisingly) is the movies. “It got to
a point where I'd go to see as many as three or
four a day. So, I'd be spending all my money on
movies and on plays. Yeah. I spend a lot of time
in a movie theater.”

What holds the ‘pick of the crop’ spot in the
mind of someone who can be considered
somewhat of a connoisseur and a member of the
business? “What's my favorite movie? Up to this
date? (Dempsey whistles,) Tough question (then
pauses in thought.)

“Oh, no it isn’t! Twist and Shout is definitely
up there. Twist and Shout is a great movie. The
European movies are great because they really get
into things, and they're really well done. It’s not
such a commercial kind of thing.

“They're really a lot freer, and they're not so
caught up in (worrying about) offending people.
They like to offend people, and I think we need
to offend — not offend people, but stimulate
them in thought-provoking ways. And really get
it all across honestly.”

Honest portrayals hold a great position of im-

portance with Dempsey. American commer- |

cialization of the film industry has moved it away
from the direction he believes would be advan-
tageous to take.

“That's what we need to do right now. We real-
ly need to get in touch with young people's pro-
blems, and we need to portray them honestly.”

Accomplishing this is another matter. “I don’t
know yet what we need to do. I'm not a writer,”
he said, but later went on to prescribe a medicine
for this debilitating disease. “We need to develop
young people. We need to develop a young
talent in America that can bring that truth. We
need a new crop of writers who can catch the
essence of youth. The older people writing about
it are not gonna catch it. They just won't.”

Truthful representations of the difficulties of
youths and growing up should be in greater de-
mand. “For me, my struggle right now is to find
out who I am and accepting all my faults and try-
ing to see the good in myself. For me, that’s my
struggle, and I would like to see that. ‘Cause when
I go to the movies, they effect me. When | was
growing up in Maine, if I saw someone going
through a struggle that at that time I was going
through, it helped me.

“It's very important to have a movie with a
message,” Dempsey said. “You don’t have to
browbeat them over the head, but just be honest
about the whole thing. . . . what people are going
through.

“T have to find something that's close enough to

my own struggle to put out there, and I have to
allow myself as an actor to go through the strug-
gle, too.
And, if I find a script that has the struggle in me,
that I can find, then I'll do it because it works
through all my stuff, too. And I really have to ex-
pose myself, and that’s hard. To open up. You
know, expose your problems and to deal with
them. Sometimes I can, and sometimes I can’t.”

Having learned to deal with one of the largest
problems of his own, Dempsey offered advice to
fellow dyslexics.

“I would say read whatever you can get your
hands on. I hated reading, but you've really gotta
read, Read something very simple. I don’t care
what it is. | mean, I was, at nineteen, reading real-
ly stupid books. Very baby books for me to read.
Read the newspaper daily. Read a little bit of the
newspaper.

“Write a little bit. Write for yourself. You
know, write — keep a notebook, and write out
how you're feeling. And struggle. It took me a
good year of struggling before I could start
writing coherent sentences. But, do it now while
you're still in high school,” he stressed.

“Work hard now, and then you can take a little
bit of a break before you go into the real world.
Make it easier on yourself, but don’t make it foo
easy on yourself. Don’t not do the work. Work
hard in school, even though you see through a lot
of things; try to find the good in what's going on
in school. Just do it for yourself. Don’t get caught
up in all the bullshit in school. Just keep yourself
isolated, and do it.

“And that’s hard,” Dempsey admitted. “And if
you can do that, great. And if you can’t, that’s
okay, too. Because if you really want to, if you
really, really, really believe that you can do it,
and you want to do it, you can do it.

“I really wanted to be sitting here,” he con-
tinued. “And now I'm here. My Dad said, ‘Think
positive.’ That's the key. If you keep a positive at-
titude, you'll be in great shape, but if you look for
the negative, you'll be negative.”

Dempsey’s positiveness has carried him thus
far: one quite successful movie (Can’t Buy Me
Love), which is still in many theaters, two months
after its initial release; a brand new picture now in
theaters nationwide (In The Mood); and a wrap-
ped feature with a tentative spring release date of
March 1988 (In A Shallow Grave). An extremely

by April S. Anastasi

talented, complex performer,
himself in this way:

“PeaceAngry — one word. Oh, it’s back and
forth. It’s everything. I don’t know yet. That's a
very tough question.

"Trying to find the truth. Trying. Trying. I'm
trying. Trying, I think would be the best thing.
Trying to find the truth.”

As far as his future (career-wise) is concerned,
Dempsey said, “I'm at the purest I’m gonna be,
because I’m young. My youth is wonderful in the
fact that I am open to a lot of things. I have not
been beaten down. I have not been completely
exploited, and I'm open-minded, being young. So
that’s the best thing about it.

“So, the best work that will come out of me —
the purest, hopefully — is now. I mean, if you
look at the Beatles, the purest music was when
they were young.

“There will be a point where I will peak in my
career as. a young actor, and then I'll have to go on
to the next step,” he explained. “Later on,
technically [ll get better, and it'll improve. But for
me, right now, everything is so new, and 1 am so
innocent, that my innocence is really gonna be
now. And then I'll start to be more aware. I'll see
life a little differently. But, hopefully, I'll always
keep part of that innocence.

“And, in the long run, I want to do stage, I
definitely want to study in England. . . . I want to
have a film career, to establish a little bit of ex-
posure so people know who | am, and I have a lit-
tle money so | can go off for three years and tour
without having to worry about anything. Do
stage, and do film.”

Dempsey’s exposure has already increased
greatly in the past few months, to the point
where he is being recognized by fans.

“Sometimes I love it,” he said. “Sometimes —
yeah. It’s great. It is fun. I mean, there’s something
to be said for it. I just hope it doesn’t get to the
point where I can’t walk down the street without
being hounded.

“There's a part of me that wants the success,
and there's a part of me that’s sabotaging myself
not to be that successful. Because I don’t want
that. I'm scared of it. You know — you're scared
of having what you want.

“There's a part of me that says, ‘I don’t want
this, | don’t want this,’ and there’s a part of me
that says, ‘I do want this.’ Those aren’t all; they're
just different sides to me. They're not the true me.
The many layers of Patrick Dempsey . . . and of
anybody else, I guess.

“It's nice to be known where you go,” he con-
tinued, “and people respect you, and don’t infr-
inge upon you. It’s nice. But when people start
really digging into you, it can be alittle too much.

“But when someone comes up and asks me for
my autograph, I’m very thankful that they see the
work, and they like me. They say nice things, and
they've been touched by some of the stuff. That
pleases me, because that’s... that’s good. You
know? The work that I'm doing is reaching so-
meone. It’s nice to know that the work you're do-
ing is of some value to somebody.”

And, with a performer like Patrick Dempsey, it
is. Oo

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The Hooters’ power-pop hits home

hiladelphia's brightest power-pop

band, the Hooters, are back from

1985's critically acclaimed Nervous
Night with an even stronger conviction that
they are here to stay! With their latest effort,
One Way Home, the band has created an ex-
citing, stimulating, and even somewhat dar-
ing excursion.

Raymond Rogers

The band is currently embarked on an ex-
tensive worldwide tour. Last Saturday the
Hooters brought their powerful rock show
to the RPI Fieldhouse in Troy.
Vocalist/keyboardist Rob Hyman took some
time out before the show for an enlightening
interview.

With the tremendous success of Nervous
Night, their 1985 national debut on CBS
Records, one might think there would be a
great deal of extra pressure in doing the
follow-up. Hyman explained otherwise:

“We put a lot of pressure on ourselves in
everything we do. There's pressure to try to
top yourself and to search for the best every
time out. So, there’s a lot that we do among
ourselves that I think probably would be
greater than any amount of pressure.

“There's a bit, but to be honest, we were
following up a real successful album which
was great to us. It was real flattering, but
with the Nervous Night album, we went
platinum, sold over a million records, but it
was a matter of a lot of hard work that made
it happen. It wasn’t just like an overnight
success; it took a year of touring, it wasn’t
one big hit song; it was just a slow build.
That's the way we work; we're just gonna
keep on going on that pace. So to be honest
it was a little easier to follow up a successful
album, than if it had really failed. Knowing
there was at least a million plus audience out
there that was interested was kind of ex-
citing. That was a help in a way because you
know that people were waiting for new
music, and you try to stimulate the fans and
get new ones.”

On their new album, the Hooters have ex-
panded their many versatile and somewhat
unusual sounds to include an even greater

traditional old-world feel on many of the|

new tunes. For instance, the band has now
blended the sounds of the accordian, the
recorder, triangle, and harmonica into the
distinct Hooter sound. “You go by instinct a
lot. And that was what we did on the album.
We just followed our instincts, and I think its
been two years since the last album, so there
were some new ideas, some new in-
struments, new sounds.

“It’s just an extension of the last one, and it
really all started in the beginning with the
hooter, the melodica. That was just kind of
an unusual instrument that we named the
band after, just ‘cause it was a different ap-
proach, And then it was through a couple of
years into the progress of the band that we
started messing around with the mandolin
and on the Nervous Night album those were
really predominant sounds, besides the usual
guitar and synths. We felt that we just
wanted to explore that direction more
because it was working.”

On there last tour, the band stopped off at
the Honer factory in Richmond, Virginia.
Hyman, like a kid in a candy store, explain-
ed: “They supply the melodicas that we use,
and we said, ‘What else do you have?!’ We
spent a day there going through their
warehouses, which was really a trip! It was
just like pulling boxes down and trying out
things. I had this accordian guy there who
was from Germany and he thought I was
crazy. I said I really want to get into accor-
dians; he didn’t think we were serious, but
we were and we used them!”

The Hooters seem to have set a trend in
today’s music with their return to these old
world instruments. “We've done some inter-
views with Keyboard magazine and other
magazines where they want to talk just
about the accordian or that trend in music.
John Cougar’s album has a lot of it, Bruce
Hornsby’s as well.”

A rather modest Rob Hyman suggested, “I

think it is simultaneous realizations of it,
people just kind of found they’re going back
to that instrument. We'd like to think we
were there early as far as some of the stuff.

“Tt was funny, because we met Stevie
Windwood last year at an MTV Awards
Show, and we're big fans of his. His last
album, Back in the High Life, had this man-
dolin kind of thing and I swear I hear it on
the radio and I think it’s the Hooters; it
sounds just like us! We went up to him and
said, ‘Hey, Steve,’ and ‘Nice mandolin there.’
Ihave a feeling that he heard our record. We
grew up listening to his stuff, and then we

meant to do. What does the woman repre-
sent? Is it just a love affair or does the
woman represent something
else . . . something heavier, (like) obsessions
or addictions? That's what the song is about.

“We're trying to make it work ona couple
of different levels. Some people really react
against that. They showed it (the video) and
people seemed to like it, but it’s got a distur-
bing quality to it. I guess some people just
want to rock-n-roll. It’s a disturbing song,
and it’s meant to be; that’s the point of the
song.”

|S SS ET

The many versatile sounds, controversial subjects and

happy-go-lucky tunes have already established the

Hooters as a first-rate American rock band.

might have influenced his latest record, at
least on one song.”

“There are certain songs that take on
deeper meaning, and we do feel responsible
(to our listeners). We don’t want to get out
Not only has the band toned up musically | there and be up on the bandwagon and
with their new instruments but they've also | preach. It’s hard to write songs like that. It's

delved much deeper into their more mean-
ingful lyrics and controversial topics. The
alburn’s first single for instance, “Johnny B.”,
is described by Hyman as “a very disturbing

song. We meet people that still don’t really
understand it. You have several levels of
meaning ina song, like ‘Johnny B.’ definitely
does. Before you saw the videos maybe you
wouldn't know what it was about, and that
was intentional. That's what the lyrics were

much easier to write ‘And We Danced’ or
songs that just kind of rock out, and you get
your basic message across pretty simply,
which is also good. That's also a side of the
band that we have and people like, but
there's the other side of the band that writes
“All You Zombies," “Where Do The
Children Go,” “Johnny B.,” and “Graveyard
Waltz,” songs that are just a little bit more
demanding for us and for the kids that listen
to it.”

On One Way Home, the band certainly
didn’t deny their fans and that other light-
hearted side of the band. Songs like “Karla
with a K” and “Satellite” keep the “And We
Danced” side of the band well and alive.

Hyman told of the very rare, enjoyable
bus ride in which “Karla with a K” was writ-
ten. “There is a Karla who happens to be a
friend of ours. We did meet her in New
Orleans. It was the first time we were there,
and we've seen her since. It was kind of a
harmless friendship; it wasn’t any deep,
romantic road affair. The next day was
when we had this bus ride which was just a
great day. On the road, you don’t have a lot
of great bus rides; it was just one of those
days. We started picking up the song. We
didn’t have any words for it, but we just
thought ‘Karla with a K’. I think that’s how
she introduced herself. We liked that phrase.

“There's almost like an acoustic version of
the band, which on the bus we'll jam where
we don't have all the amps and electric stuff.
So we do some writing that way, which is
really fun. And that’s how ‘Karla with a K’
was written . .. driving through the bayous
of Louisiana, we just got the feel.”

The band’s new single and video,
“Satellite,” also reflects that same kind of
fast-paced rhythm. On this song, the band
has made a mockery out of the PTL and Jim
and Tammy Baker affair.

“Every day now, things are just starting to
heat up again,” Hyman said. “We started
that song a year ago. We wanted to make it
real up-tempo and rockin’, and not make it
too heavy-handed. It’s got this rock-n-roll
hoe-down kind of groove. It’s a wild musical
track; and it’s funny, and it’s meant to be that
way. We were in the studio last March just
about finishing up the song, and then Jim
and Tammy Baker were all over the news.
We're like, ‘Let’s get this record out now.’
For us it actually pre-dated the whole scan-
dal. The timely element of it was there, and
it still is there; every day you hear more
news like they’re coming back now. They're
just pop heroes. If they (the American peo-
ple) believe that, then let them send their
money in, follow their dreams if they're
making people feel better. It’s a fiasco; it’s
amazing to think that they'd be welcomed
back, but they might be successful, only in
America. We wrote the song, and I think the
video is really going to nail it shut. The
video is wild, it’s really funny. It kind of puts
them all together.”

The many versatile sounds, controversial
subjects and happy-go-lucky tunes have
already established the Hooters as first-rate
American rock band. In fact, said a very
pleased Hyman, “When we finished our
new record, a couple of record company
guys came down, heard some tapes and said,
‘Wow! It sounds like the Hooters!’ That was
definitely the biggest compliment we could
get; that there is a sound, that someone
would hear it as a distinct sound.”

The band has been incessantly touring,
promoting the distinct Hooters sound. “We
depend a lot on the audience for feed-back,
but we're there to give 100% effort and I
think it’s one thing the band can be real up
front about. You're gonna see 100% effort.
As far as giving the show and giving 100%,
that’s something we do every night, it’s
something we've learned to do by playing a
lot and especially by touring. We're here in
Troy, NY., tonight, and who knows when
we're gonna play here again. It might be a
year. That's when you know you're going to
be there once, and you're not gonna be back
for a while so you have to do your best to
get the music across, and the message. And
we do.

“Tonight we're real excited. This is our
last show in the U.S. for a while because
we're going to Europe and Japan. In fact, we
leave tomorrow night (October 11).” The
band will return around Thanksgiving time
to continue their headlining American tour
to promote One Way Home. “We'll be
headlining in Europe, mostly in theaters
clubs. We're in Europe tor three or tour
weeks and then we're in Japan for two
weeks. We're excited, it's our first trip.
We're going to Hooterize the world!”

October 16,1987

PECTRUM digs.

csp

Cine 10 (459-8300)

1. Like Father Like Son (PG-13) 2:05, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50, Fri, Sat, 12:05
2. Princess Bride (PG) 1:45, 4:10, 6:25, 9, Fri, Sat, 11:10

3. No Way Out (R) 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:25, Fri, Sat, 11:50

4. The Principal (R) 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:10, Fri, Sat, 11:30

5. Fatal Attraction (R) 1, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20, Fri, Sat, 11:50

6. In the Mood (PG-13) 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40, Fri, Sat, 11:55

7. Prom Night Il (R) 2, 4:30, 7:30, 9:50, Fri, Sat, 12 midnight

8. Someone To Watch Over Me (R) 1:25 3:45, 6:35, 9:15, Fri, Sat,
41:35

9. Three O'Clock High (PG-13} 1:10, 3:50, 7:05, 9:35, Fri, Sat, 11:45
10. Hell Raiser (R) 2:10, 4:40, 7:40, 10, Fri, Sat, 12:05

Colonie Center (459-2170)

1, Stakeout (R) 7:20, 9:30, Sat, Sun, 2:15, 4:40

2. Best Seller (R) 7:25, 9:20, Sat, Sun, 3:50, 5:30

Fri, Sat, midnight showings of:

A. Rocky Horror (R)

B. Pink Floyd’s The Wall (R)

Crossgates 12 (456-5678)

1. Hell Raiser (R) 2:05, 4:50, 7:50, 10:25, Fri, Sat, 12:25

2. In the Mood (PG-13) 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10, Fri, Sat, 12;10

3. Prom Night II (R} 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 9:55, Fri, Sat, 12:05

4, Someone to Watch Over Me (R) 1:15, 4:10, 7:30, 10:20, Fri, Sat,
12:30

5. Fatal Attraction (R) 12:45, 4, 7:05, 10:10, Fri, Sat, 12:30

6. Stakeout (R) 12:30, 3:35, 6:45, 9:40, Fri, Sat, 12:20

7. Surrender (PG) 12:35, 3:20, 6:30, 9:55, Fri, Sat, 10:50

8. Three O'Clock High (PG-13) 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 9:25, Fri, Sat, 11:35
9. Dirty Dancing (PG-13) 1:55, 4:30, 7:40, 10:15, Fri, Sat, 12:25

10. The Principal (R) 1:05, 3:45, 6:20, 9:10, Fri, Sat, 11:40

11. Like Father Like Son (PG-13) 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:15, Fri, Sat, 11:30
12. Princess Bride (PG) 1, 3:35, 6:50, 9:35, Fri, Sat, 11:50

Spectrum (449-8995)

1. Withnail and I (R) 7:10, 9:35. Sat, Sun, 4:30

2. Wish You Were Here (R) 7, 9:15. Sat, Sun, 4:15

3. Matewan (PG) 6:50, 9:25. Sat, Sun, 4

UA Hellman (459-5322)

1. Surrender (PG) 7:15, 9:25, Sat, Sun, 2, 3:45, 5:35

2. Dirty Dancing (PG-13) 7:30, 9:30. Sat, Sun, 2, 3:50, 5:30

Fri, Sat, midnight showings of:

A.Heavy Metal

B. Monty Python’s The Holy Grail

University Cinemas

1. Angel Heart (R) Fri, Sat, 7:30, 10 in LC7

2. Monty Python (R) Thurs, 7:30, 10, Fri, Sat, 7:30, 10, 12 midnight in
LLCis

QEz2 (434-2023)
Mercy Seat with Dr. Black’s Combo, Sunday, October 18, Todd
Nelson Band, Tuesday, October 20, Dead Milkmen with The Mon-
talbans, Wednesday, October 21, Mambo-X, Thursday, October 22.
Bogies (482-4368)

* About Nine Times, October 23 thru October 24.
Pauly’s Hotel (463-0434)
Freedom of Expression, Friday, October 16.
September's (459-8440)
New Friends, thru October 18, Hawkeye, October 19 thru October
25.
Half Moon Cafe (436-0329)
Jazz by Randy and Naomi Peterkin, Fri, October 16, Folksinger Emilio
Dabul, Sat, October 17, Jazz by Alan Thomson, Rich Weibe, and Paul
Supple, Sun, October 22.
Eighth Step Coffee-House (434-1703)
City Lights starring Charlie Chaplin, Monday, October 19.

UY

Capital Rep (462-4534)

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe—The Play,

thru November 8.

Siena College (783-2383)

Extremities, October 28 thru October 31, Foy Campus Center.

Performing Arts Center (442-3995)

Medea, October 15-18, 21-24, Lab Theatre, University Symphonic
Ti Band and Jazz Ensemble, Monday, October 19.

Proctor’s Theatre (346-6204)

F4 Singin’ in the Rain, thru October 16, The Magic of David Copper-

field, Sunday, October 18, Chinese Children’s Palace of Hangzhou,
Wednesday, October 21, James Taylor, Saturday, October 24.
Palace Theatre (465-3333)

Suzanne Vega, Sunday, October 18.

The Coliseum Theatre (785-3393)

Miami Sound Machine, Friday, October 23.

Albany Institute of History and Art (463-4478)

Albany's Families: 350 Years of Growth and Change. An exploration
of the history of ethnic groups in Albany, Artists at Work... The
New Deal Art Projects, Tuesday, October 20.

New York State Museum (474-5842)

Diamonds Are Forever, Artists and Writers on Baseball, thru
November 15, Dinosaurs Alive! thru December 28, Blacks in America:
A Photographic Record, thru January 3.

University Art Gallery (442-4035)

Twentieth Anniversary, A 35 year retrospective of the work of Ed-
ward Cowley, founder of the Fine Arts Department.

Schenectady Museum and Planetarium (382-7890)

Visitor's Choice-art from the museum’s collection thru October, The
Twenties-fashions from the Foote Costume Collections thru October
2i,

The Rice Gallery (463-4478)

Coatlique by Joseph Ramos, thru October 24.

THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON

Chom

“Crimony! ... | must've been tangled in some
bimbo's hair for more than two hours!”

“So close and yet so far.”

Watch your words

To the Editor:

I must applaud Michael Andrews’ remarks (‘‘Spinning
His Wheels,’’ Oct. 13.) I was glad to find that I was not
the only person on campus whose sensibilities were of-
fended by Mr. Mitchell ‘Flip’ Posner’s indescriminate
use of the word ‘‘murder”’ in his letter to the editor (Oct.
9)

Mr. Andrews could have stated his point less sar-
castically but his reaction is justified.

In our country, many take for granted the unalienable
right to voice our opinions freely. When one uses the right
of free speech to take advantage of others, his hypocrisy
mocks the very system which has bestowed this precious
right.

It is my sincere hope that in the future, Mr. Posner, as
well as every student, will bear in mind that the right to
free speech does not absolve a speaker of responsibility.
Remember that the validity of what you say is worth more
than the volume of what you way. Mr. Posner, if you
doubt me ask any professor currently grading term
papers.

— Leigh M. Bernard

Ends and beginnings

To the Editor:

In response to the poem which appeared in last Friday’s
edition of the ASP, I would like to say thank you.

Ms. Czipott conveyed beautifully all the sentiments
that 1, and possibly most seniors are feeling as May 15
draws near.

Graduation represents another milestone in our
lifelong process of growth and learning. When one finds
him or herself feeling melancholy about their college

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career coming to a close, they should recognize that ends
and beginnings are one in the same. So instead, regard
graduation not as a loss, but rather a beginning of a new
adventure.

Ms. Czipott and any other seniors — Class Council of
1988 would like to extend an invitation to join Class
Council, and partake in enhancing our senior year.
Meetings are every Sunday at 9 p.m. in the SA Lounge.

— Lisa Risolo
President, Class of 1988

Deep Waters

To the Editor:
Upon opening the Sept. 22 edition of the ASP, I was
pleasantly suprised to find an article addressing the music

of Pink Floyd. Considering that this year’s average’

freshman is more concerned with Madonna’s new hair
style and the latest colors in Champion sweatshirts than
with the social statements of a band like Pink Floyd, it
came as a shock.

However, being an intense Floyd fan, I did not have to
read far to recognize the writer’s lack of understanding
with regard to the subject. He openly criticizes Roger
Waters’ attempt to block the remains of the ‘‘band”’ from
using the name Pink Floyd. Any true Floyd fan knows
that Waters has moved on to other things, something the
remaining members of the group should do. While I
respect and enjoy David Gilmour’s solo works, he can
never match the vocal uniqueness or conceptual depth of
Waters. As to the author’s claim that The Wall’s heavier,
upbeat tunes were not written by Waters, I would like to
state that The Wall masterpiece is not and was never
meant to be a heavy, upbeat album. Like all true Floyd
works, it is depressing and brutally honest. As far as I’m
concerned, Gilmour, Wright and Mason can go around
forever calling themselves whatever they like. However,
in my mind, and the minds of all true Floyd fans, Pink
Floyd’s last album was titled, appropriately, The Final
Cut.

— Tony Santoro

One man’s opinion

To the Editor:

In regard to the letter of Tuesday, Oct. 13, entitled
“‘Who’s Watching,’’ I would like to express the fact that
the views included were my own personal views and not
necessarily those of the entire Gay and Lesbian Alliance.

— Dave Vesely
GALA President

Serious business

To the Editor:

One thing that always suprises me about life here on the
SUNYA campus is the hypocrisy of such groups as The
African National Congress, ASUBA, SASU, Young
Socialist Alliance, and YAF. All of these groups actually
think that they are trying to do something “‘for the good
of mankind,”’ but neglect the fact that they simply repre-
sent a small minority in the world. The defense of minori-
ty rights is acclaimed today, virtually by everyone, as a
moral principle of high order. But this principle which
forbids discrimination is applied by all ‘‘liberal”
thinkers, and the groups that I have cited above, in a
discriminatory manner: it is applied to racial or religious
minorities. It is not applied to that small, exploited, de-
nounced, defenseless minority which consists of
businessmen. Yet, if you look at every “‘injustice”’ that
both the “‘liberals” and the ‘‘conservatives”’ claim is be-
ing heaped on the countries of South Africa and
Nicaragua, all of these injustices are being openly and
blatently practised towards businessmen.

“Rights”’ are moral principals that define and sanction
a man’s freedom of action in a social context. According
to the constitution, you have the right to life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness. Thus, for the individual, a right
is the sanction of something positive; of the individual’s
freedom to act on his own judgment, make his own deci-
sions, and work for his own goals. This is the practice of
all businessmen, but it is labeled by both the ‘‘conser-
vatives’’ and the “‘liberals’’ as being selfish. The rights of
man are not selfish at all, but are derived from man’s own
nature to maximize his potential. If you open up a factory
and hire a thousand hungry poor people, you will be do-
ing more for those thousand people than the preachers of
self-righteousness whose organizations I have cited
above.

The middle-class businessman is the workhorse of
society. The conservatives wish to impose censorship, and
the liberals want to run milk lines. Yet, it is the
businessman who frees people from the enslavement of
the minority (or majority). The businessman brings the
discoveries of science from the laboratory to the in-
dustrial plants, and transforms them into material pro-
ducts that fulfill people’s physical needs and create a
more comfortable life. By creating a tax-free mass

market, businessmen make these products available to
every income-level of society. By forming organizations
based on the productivity of each member, they employ
thousands of people in countless professions. The
businessman is the great liberator of the people; he has
released men from the bondage to physical needs, has
released men from famines, from pestilences, from the
stagnant hopelessness and terror of the pre-Capitalist cen-
turies — and in which most of mankind lives, in non-
Capitalist countries, today. If the various groups I have
cited above were really interested in promoting the well-
being of mankind, they would form fundraising opera-
tions and use 100 percent of the money they get to buy
food, clothing, and building materials for the poor of
South America and Nicaragua. And they would educate
these people to help themselves build a strong and vibrant
economy.

However, the conservatives and the liberals both realize
that it is easier (and more profitable) to destroy than to
build. Thus, they seek to destroy the capitalism of the
United States either through ‘“‘reform’’ or “‘reyolution.””
Both liberals and conservatives display only their hatred
for man if they try to force people to their side through
their bombastic conduct, their hate-filled ‘‘rallies’’ and
their evil name-calling.

— Robert Wieland

Post time

To the Editor:

We are writing this letter to complain about something
which has bothered us since our first days here at
SUNYA. It is something which affects every person who
lives on this campus.

Remember that check that mom sent you last week
which you still have not received? Or how about those
“fresh baked’’ cookies grandma sent you and finally ar-
rived this month?

What we are talking about is of course, the slow,
sporadic and inefficient delivery of mail on campus. Why
do they think it is inconceivable that someone on this
campus could recieve something important? Examples in-
clude: insurance premiums, bank statements and daily
periodicals. It is now Thursday at 9 p.m. and we are still
waiting for the delivery of the mail (including the morn-
ing paper).

And why does the rest of the country (including most
college campuses) receive mail on Saturdays except us?
What are we — second-class citizens? A letter mailed on
Thursday has no chance of arriving before Monday, and
at the leisure of SA representatives. We understand that
these people have schedules but isn’t a 9 p.m. Thursday
delivery a little unreasonable? We appreciate your sup-
port on an issue which we feel deserves immediate
attention.

— Marc Friedman
— Robert Tamburri
— Michael Waxman

— Kenneth Horn

Time to talk

To the Editor:

For the second time this week I find myself apoligizing.
To all those insulted at my use of the word ‘‘murder,’’
perhaps it was too strong. (*‘Another Murder,’’ ASP Oct.
9) But keep in mind, Mr. Andrews, that I had not intend-
ed to use the word in bold-face print as sensationalism in
order to persuade people to read it. I did not title the let-
ter, an editor of the ASP did. Nonetheless, I apologize for
the use of the word.

Continuing along other lines, I fail to see how a person
can call a letter a waste of time and in response to that let-
ter write three times as much on the topic. Somewhere in
there is a paradox of hypocrisy. Also, a person perceiving
the topic as trivial, unimportant, and ‘‘irrevelant’’ should
perhaps direct their concern towards the Student Associa-
tion, more specifically the legislative branch for even
debating such a silly and irrelevant issue.

It is suggested the letter was written in order for me to
“see my name in print.” At this point my name has been
printed enough times that it no longer provides an ego-
trip. Perhaps Mr. Andrews’ point would have been more
valid had his name not appeared at the end of the letter.
As for too much free time being wasted: my college life is
mostly dominated by a great deal of work geared towards
the befefit of fellow students; how about you Mr. An-
drews? Please forgive me if in these rare moments of free
time I get, usually when most students are no longer
awake, I express my opinion about something that
bothers me.

It is an inherent consititutional right to express our opi-
nions freely. Mr. Andrews asks ‘‘Who cares?”” Well I do,
and the Constitution says nothing about ‘‘Freedom of
speech only if a lot of people care!’’ Mr. Andrews, if you
disagree with an opinion in form and not on the basis of
what it says, then perhaps the free world is not the place
for you. I am sorry if you don’t belong.

— Mitchell Posner
Vice-Chair Central Council

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groups of the coalition.

Anshen also felt the University
wasn’t addressing what he sees as
the issue. “We feel there are some
ambiguities in that document that
we wanted then to
clarify ...they totally ignored
that issue and were unresponsive
and arrogant.’’ Anshen said,
“They showed they don’t have
much concern.””

Kirchner said if the policy is
weak or unclear, it should be
discussed at the next CAFE
meeting. ‘‘If it’s a good policy, it
should stand close scrutiny.’’

Kirchner reiterated, ‘I do view
recruitment as a freedom of
speech issue,” that it is ‘‘ab-
solutely essential to the free
marketplace of the university” to
provide a very wide spectrum of
ideologies and viewpoints.

“SUNYA has always had a
very Strong tradition in providing
the greatest possible access to
campus [to] speakers who ab-
solutely offend some portion of
the university common,’’ Kir-
chner said.

The coalition is waiting until
the Oct. 27 for the University to
meet their demand — a clear
definition regarding policy and
criteria for allowing on-campus
recruiters. Anshen said he doesn’t
know what action the coalition

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to not respond. ‘‘We’re not sure,
but things are being planned,” in-
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The coalition is working to pre-
vent the CIA from on-campus
recruiting because of its history of
illegal acts, especially overseas,
Peace Project co-coordinator
Tom Gaveglia said. A detailed
listing of subversive CIA actions

was provided at Tuesday’s
meeting.
Members of the coalition

brought up the CIA’s guilty ver-
dict by the World Court of having
commited civil right crimes as
reason to be declared
“illegitimate” for on-campus
recruitment. “‘By allowing [the
CIA] to come here, you’re en-
couraging it,’’ Gaveglia said.

DeSantis pointed out that they
are a federal agency, that
“‘Congress has not said the CIA
can not exist.’’ He does not con-
done the CIA’s subversive actions
and said, “‘students must be made
aware of that.””

Anshen countered, saying

“their argument that the CIA is a
legitimate group — that’s not
what the argument is.’*

Kirchner again stressed th2 im-
portance of the University pro-
viding as many, as extreme, view-
points as possible.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1987 1) ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 9

Murder of reggae artist seen as
loss to anti-apartheid interest

By Maurice A. McBean

Let it not go unnoticed that the
senseless murder of the late great
Jamaican reggae artist Peter Tosh
is not only a loss to the music
community but is also the loss of
an important figure to the move-
ment against apartheid.

Tosh, who was originally nam-
ed Winston Hubert Mcintosh,
died of gunshot wounds when

three gunmen
opened fire on Beyond
Tosh, his wife,
Gi cae ot ENE
friends at inn
Tits: 2 Majority
residence in Kingston.

Peter Tosh, as he is known to
most reggae fans, grew up in the
western end of Jamaica in the
parish of Westmoreland. He was
initiated into the realm of music
not by choice, but through the
persistance of his parents that he
become a part of the church choir
of which Tosh’s mother was a
member.

Upon arriving in Kingston,
Tosh joined the future king of
reggae, Robbert Nesta Marley
and another great reggae artist by
the name of Bunny Wailer.
Together these three men formed
the most influential group known
to the sphere of reggae music:
Bob Marley and the Wailers.
After recording a number of hits
with the Wailers, Tosh decided to
part company with the group and
venture into the music world as a
solo artist in 1975.

To understand where Peter

.. Tosh got.his inspiration to write

the politically oriented lyrics
which permeate most of his
songs, one has to be back to the
inner ghettos of Kingston
Jamaica, where Tosh and his
fellow Wailers toiled for quite
some time before making it in the
music world. Living among the
poor and oppressed people of
Kingston, Tosh and the Wailers
used their music as a way of
challenging the political order of
the Jamaican society, which in
structure kept the poor and op-
pressed class chained to the
shackles of poverty and destitu-
tion. I myself, growing up in West
Kingston, witnessed the frustra-
tion and anger of the people of
the ghetto, from which Tosh drew
to write most of his lyrics.

Through hits such as ‘‘Legalize
It” we hear some of the social and
political convictions of Peter
Tosh. This song “Legalize It’”’
echoed Tosh’s belief that mari-
juana or ‘‘colly-weed’’ the term
coined by the Rastifarians
which Tosh is one himself, ap-
plealed to the Jamaican govern-
ment to legalize ‘‘the weed.”
From other such hits as “‘Mama
Africa” one can hear the voice of
Tosh as if in a wail, crying out
against the indignities Africans
have suffered throughout the cen-
turies at the hands of the white
man. Not only did the Wailers
protest the political establishment
with their musical talents but they
also allowed their hair to grow in
the form of dreadlocks as a sym-
bol of social protest.

Influenced. by the late Marcus

Mosiah Garvey, Tosh espoused
the ideals of Gervey that the only
alternative for the black man to
lift the yoke of political and
economic bondage from his
shoulders, was to return to his
homeland of ‘Africa.’ Long
before the social movements
against apartheid began to take
root, Tosh was instigating and
disseminating to the West Indian
community as well as abroad, to
combine efforts to dismantle the
malefic regime of South Africa
with its oppressive policy of apar-
theid.

Speaking from a personal point
of view, Tosh’s works after he left
the Wailers represented and
unveiled the true Peter Tosh-the
true Peter Tosh who urged
Africans to take up arms and
fight to recapture the land which
is rightfully theirs.

As a Jamaican writing this arti-
cle, I must say I have truly grieved
over the death of a true and
devoted artist, who not only
satiated myself and others’ love
of reggae music but on a more im-
portant level, he touched us
through his wailing voice. and
enlightened us all of the graveness
of black diaspora. He lighted a
flame through which others can
see the artocities of the policy of
apartheid. May the flame endure
with the struggle. Oo

The writer is a member of the
Pan-Caribbean Association and a
communications major.

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10 Sports ALBANY STUDENT PRESS (] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1987

Ohio bill proposed to punish sports agents

COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE —
Retaliating for the loss of All-
American receiver Cris Carter to
his beloved Ohio State University
football team, state legislator
John P. Stozich has introduced a
bill that would punish sports
agents for getting college athletes
in trouble.

“The player is punished, the
coach is punished, the school is
punished, but the agent responsi-
ble is not,”” said Stozich.

Carter — as well as players
from three other schools —
allegedly took money from sports
agents Norby Walters and LLoyd
Bloom, apparently for letting the
agents represent them when the
players eventually leave college
and turn professional.

When allegations that Walters
.ad Bloom paid them — a move
that violates National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA)
tules for maintaining students’

amateur status — arose, the agent, for example, can loose the and compensate each injured
schools suspended the athletes license for: person.
from further collegiate Inducing an athlete to agree to California, Texas and

a contract with a sports agent or
professional team before the
athlete’s college eligibility ends.

Offering anything of value to a
campus employee for referring a
student athlete to the agent.

The agent could also forfeit a
$25,000 security bond posted Stozich added the NCAA’s
when the agent applies for licens- reaction to his bill was “very
ing, pay a fine of up to $10,000 positive.”

Michigan have or are considering
bills to regulate sports agent prac-
tices or licensing. The Ohio bill is
more comprehensive, Stozich
said.

competition.

In Ohio, Stozich introduced
what would be the nation’s
toughest law restricting the
agents’activities and setting str-
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and ‘‘disreputable”’ recruiters.

If enacted, the Stozich bill will
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» | STAFF WRITER

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1987 (] ALBANY STUDENT PRESS Sports 11

Netmen crushed in doubles, fall to Vermont

JOHN RYAN UPS

By Christopher Sciria
STAFF WRITER

The Great Danes mens tennis
team, facing a strong team on
their home court, were defeated
by the University of Vermont, six
matches to three. Albany split the
singles matches three to three, but
were swept in the doubles to seal
their fate.

Coach Robert Lewis said that
“Vermont has a nice team and is
very strong in double matches.””

In the singles matches for
Albany, Keith Kramer defeated
Mike Worth of The Danes 6-3,
6-1. The Danes fared better in
their next match with Tom Roe
winning over Paul Munson of
Vermont, 6-2, 6-1. ‘‘Roe,’’ accor-
ding to Coach Lewis, ‘‘never
played a better match and he was
overpowering. Mare Singer,
although playing well, lost his
match against Mike Duffy by a
score of 6-3, 7-5.

The next match for Albany was
Adam Cohen versus Vermont’s
Mike Connors. Cohen played
what coach Lewis said ‘was a very
courageous match.””

“He was down 4-5 in the third
set, serving, 1-3, triple match
point,”’ said Lewis. ‘‘He came
back and tied it 5-5. The match
went into a tiebreaker where
Cohen was down matchpoint.
With a great backhand, cohen
took the tiebreaker. Final score:
3-6, 6-3, 7-6.

Brian Brennan was beaten 6-2,
6-1 by Vermont’s Andy Radden.
The last singles match for Danes
was a sucessful one, with Dennis
Traver winning over Burger, 2-6,
6-4, 6-3.

In double play, Albany didn’t
fare as well. The Vermont team of
Munson and Duffy defeated the
Albany team of Roe-Singer 6-2,
7-6. The second match had
Komar and Radden winning han-

dily over the Danes Traver and
Brennan 6-3, 6-2. The final
doubles match was a good one,
with Connors and Burger struggl-
ing to a tough win over Albany’s
Worth and Cohen. The score in
that match was 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Coaches Lewis remarked that
“the guys who won, did good’”’
and that Vermont was a strong
team because “‘they had a lot of
returnees.”’

‘They came in second at the
Great Dane Classic,’”” he added.
Vermont also finished eighth at
the ECAC tournament.

The Danes almost finished with
the fall section of their schedule.
They stand with a 4-3 record in
dual meets. Coming up this
weekend in their final three mat-
ches. They face strong Bates,
Brandeis and M.1.T. teams.

The Danes hope to finish the
season on a positive note. Oo

Great Dane gridders searching for consistency

By Kristine Sauer
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Ever since the Great Danes upset Ithaca
in the first game of the season, coach Bob
Ford has been hoping he will see that
glimpse of brilliance his squad has
displayed at South Hill Field.

JV Great Dane
footballteam
shuts out RPI

The Albany J.V. fotball team soundly
defeated R.P.I. Monday 22-0, but it
wasn’t even that close.

From the begining of the game, when
Albany scored on its opening drive, until
the conclusion, the Danes dominated the
game offensively and defensively.

Albany led only 7-0 at halftime, but it
could have been more as they played
most of the first half on R.P.I.‘s side of
the field.

The Albany first half score came on
the opening drive when Curtis Holloman
took a reverse from quaterback Mike
Bury and ran it for a 58 yard touchdown.
Dave Baker’s extra point kick was good.

The Great Dane defense shut the
R.P.I. offense down, giving up only
three first downs in the first half.

The defensive line was very effective
against the run, stopping RPI on three
fourth down and short yardage plays.
The Albany secondary came up with
three first half interceptors by Joe
Senteu, who had a’fine all-around game,
Owen Sanford, Mike Guiffrids.

The second half was much of the same
with the Great Danes in total control.
The offense came up with three more
scores and the defense kept RPI
scoreless. Sanford made his second in-
terception on a day in which Albany had
five altogether.

Albany scored once in the third
quarter on an 11 yard run by fullback
Todd Barone right up the middle, but the
extra point attempt was missed.

The Danes scored twice more in the
fourth quarter. The first came on an 11
yard reverse from Bury to split end Ted
Hale, with the two point conversion at-
tempt failing. That was followed by a 38
yard field goal by Mike Delibero that
sailed straight through the uprights.

“We're off to’a real good start, we’re
moving the ball on the ground and in the
air,” said Offenseive Coordinator Joe
Tricario. ‘‘Mike Bury did an excellent
job at quarterback for us today.”’

Instead, after each game, ford has only
been able to turn to the upcoming game
and think maybe this will be the week. The
week when the Danes kicking game is on
and the offense gels. The game when his
team finally comes together and plays the
way Ford knows they can.

At the mid-point of the season, with his
squad ranked eighteenth in the nation and
fifth in the east, Ford will tell you that his
team, despite a 4-1 record, is struggling.

“If you look at our schedule, we’re at
the midway pont and it’s not anywhere
touch from here on in,’’ Ford said. “‘We
can lose to anyone of ’em or everyone of
them.”

“We have not had what you’d call a
great ball game so far this season,’’ he
said. ‘‘Defensively we’ve played very well
every week but it’s a team and we have to
play as a team to get the win. And yet
we're 4-1 against good teams’’

When the Danes travel to Cortland
Saturday to face the Red Dragons, Ford
will be hoping that this will be the game for
his team to put it all together.

However, the Danes have already faced
teams that, based on the past, could have
been teams to put things together against.
One resulted in a loss (Brockport, 13-7)
and the other a near catastrophe despite a
30-17 win over RPI.

Enter Cortland, a team the Danes
trounced 45-24 last year. A team that went
on to finish the season 1-8. A team that,
like Brockport, is much improved this

year.

The Red Dragons, 3-2, are coming off
three straight wins under second year
coach Dennis Kayser.

They opened the season with a 30-28 loss
to Wilkes College, Pa., and another to
Hobart 24-14. From then they defeated
Bufallo State 37-17, shut out Stony Brook

23-0, and last week downed Brockport
14-10.

“Their coach is one of our former
coaches (1974 and 1975). He’s a fierce
competitor,’’ Ford said. ‘‘Last year, they
had to be next to the worst, if not the worst
team on our schedule. This year they are
doing the job.”

“This is going to be a hard fought ball
game,”’ Ford added. ‘We will have to be
emotionally ready to play. Our track
record isn’t very good there, (at Cortland).
Weare 6-4 with them and I’ve a feeling all
four of the. losses were down there.”

The fast Idss'the Danes remember vivid-
ly. Two years ago a 28-21 loss in the mud
at Cortland gave the Danes an 8-2 mark,
one too many losses for an NCAA playoff
berth. The last time Albany beat Cortland
at Cortland was in 1978.

The Red Dragons have two very capable
senior quarterbacks and can go with either
one. For the first four games John Dargle
started and did not throw an interception.
Last week against Brockport Dangle threw
four in the first half. Rich Keefer, a five-
game starter last year, went 6-9 in the air
for 106 yards and engineered both
touchdown drives last Saturday in the
Dragon’s come from behind win.

“We haven’t decided who’s going to
start Saturday,’’ Kayser said before Thurs-
day’s practice. ‘Both kids played last year
and know the offense equally as well. Both
throw the ball fairly well and run the of-
fense well. You might even see both of
them Saturday.”

One player that Bob Ford was impressed
with in the films is fullback Gareth

Grayson. He’s quick and a tremendous
blocker who has gone 396 yards on 69 car-
ries to average 79.2 yards per game.
Tailback Steve Pisciotta is ranked 2nd in
ECAC upstate in rushing with an average

TYGAR UPS.

Pat Ryder and the Danes are still striving for consistency on offense.

of 106 yards per game. On 114 carries he
has rushed 530 yards and in four of five
games broke 100 yards.

When the Dragons go to the pass the
mai (hey look for is split end Jeff Rober-
to. The junior has 20 receptions for 265
yards and two touchdowns.

A preseason All ECAC selection was
flanker Dave Falco, a senior. Falco has
caught !3 catches for 163 yards and one
touchdown.

“Our strength is that we are a very
balanced football team,’’ Kayser said.
“We're running and passing almost the
same in yardage. We’re not relying on any
one person.”

The Dragons have been gaining 184.6
yards per game on the ground and 186.2
from the air. They have given up 155 on
the ground and 136.2 in passing.

“Defensively we’ve gotten better each
game and ayain we have no so called
outstanc’ 1g players. Our weakness if any
is that we are still very young,’’ added
Kayser.

The Dragon’s leading tackler is
sophomore Bob Kaith, of Ballston Lake,
an outside linebacker with 45 total tackles
with quarterback sacks and a tackle for a
loss. A big factor for the Dragons has
been kicker Ted Nagengast, a freshman
from Bayshore. He kicked six for 10 field
goals, two of which were over forty yards
long (42 and 44). Twice this season,
Nagengast kicked three field goals in a
game. He has yet to miss an extra point,
going 14 for 14. Against Buffalo State, the
freshman tied a school record for the most
points in a game by a kicker with 13.

“We feel we can’t give up the big play,”
Kayser said. ‘Ryder, Pedro and Carlin are
all capable of big plays. We have to make
them work hard for their yards. Offensive-
ly we can’t turn over the ball (last week
they had five interceptions and two
fumbles) and our kicking game has to be
good. We have to get him (Nagengast) in-
volved because he is a good one.””

the Albany defense has been strong
despite injuries to Jeff Vizethann, Joe
Russo, Rich Strachon, Brad Acker, and
Frank Sarcone. Acker will be out with a
shoulder injury on Saturday and Sarcone
will play but not start as a result of a foot
injury.

“Defensively we’ve got to feel good so
many others have stepped in and played
good,”’ Ford said.

Whether this is the game for the Danes
or not, on Sunday Ford will still be looking
to the next game.

“‘That’s the thing that drives ya,”” Ford
said. ‘‘You’re striving for perfection.
Perfection may not be attainable but that’s
what you need. You know you'll never
achieve perfection. Oo

Sports

Bob Ford’s Danes are|
4-1 heading into
Cortland Saturday.
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Dwyer posts 300th career victory

By Stef McDonald
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

It may not have been a very eventful
match in terms of play, but for coach Pat
Dwyer, the Great Dane women’s volleyball
team’s victory over St. Rose on Wednes-
day marked his 300th career win as coach.

“I think the most important thing of the *

match was his 300th win,’’ remarked
junior Pat Incantalupo.

By Denise Pisapia
STAFF WRITER

Despite an excellent effort to succeed,
the Albany State’s women’s soccer team
lost to Hartwick College 3-0 on Tuesday.

Hartwick, ranked third in New York
State Division Ill, upped their record to
6-4.

“Overall the game was played very
well’? commented Head Coach Sue
Zaloom. ‘‘I was proud of each player,
they did what they had to do.’’

At the half the game was scoreless. The
Albany booters had been successful in
holding back Hartwick’s offense,
holding Hartwick to only seven shots on
goal in the entire half.

“We had a game plan to hold them
back and stuck to it the entire first half,”’
said Coach Zaloom, ‘The team had an
excellent game execution wise.”’

All went well for Albany until the last
thirty minutes of the game, when Hart-
wick scored the first goal of the game.

And the Dane spikers, in facing St.
Rose, were also facing a team coached by
one of their very own, former Dane All-
American Patty Munhall, who graduated
last year.

“It was different seeing her on the other
side of the net,’’ said Jill Food.

On the other side of the net was a St.
Rose team that the Danes had no problems
defeating in three games, 15-5, 15-7, and

TYGAR UPS

Hartwick overmatched the Danes Saturday.

Albany women booters
shut out by Hartwick

The Danes took the goal hard and
became discouraged. The disappoint-
ment showed in their performance.

“*At that point (when Hartwick scored)
the game plan folded, causing the team to
become less aware of their marks,”
stated Zaloom.

Hartwick continued on to score two
additional goals in the second half, tak-
ing eleven shots on the Danes’ goalie
Jean Tierney.

Albany posted six shots on goal for the
game, and keeper Tierney had eleven
saves on Hartwick’s 18 shots.

The Danes now have a record of 3-3-1,
not including yesterday’s late contest
against Binghamton.

Coach Zaloom added that each player
was aware of the job they had to do and
performed that duty well.

The team was getting prepared for
their game against Binghamton on
Thursday and is looking ahead to
meeting Ithaca on Saturday. Oo

15-3.

“Tt wasn’t really eventful,’’ said Dwyer.
“They played pretty well and everyone
played.’”

The Danes were, in fact, given the op-
portunity to patch some problems in
preparation for this weekend’s eastern
connecticut Tournament.

Since setter Tracy Griffin was injured in
last weekend’s Springfield Tournement,
the team needed to re-group:

“We were trying offensive strategies to
get ready for this weekend.

The Danes, in testing offensive
strategies to replace Griffin, put freshman
Vanessa Docharty in the back to set and
rotated playing either Julie Silberbush or
Laura LaRock in fromt.

“With the injury situation, we have to
put the ball on the floor,” said Incan-
talupo. ‘Now we have to specialize
more.”’

And again, Dwyer made use of the
whole bench.

The Danes, now 22-2, are still ranked
seventh in the nation and first in the east
going into this weekend’s tournament. [1

Tyson heavy
favorite over
Olympic champ

Atlantic City, N.J.

(AP) Tyrell Biggs will try to become the
fifth member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic
Boxing Team to win a world professional
title when he challenges Mike Tyson
tonight for the undisbuted heavyweight
championship.

“He’s made for me,” the 26-year-old
Biggs said.

The smart-money guys disagree.

“I’m the best fighter in the world,”’ the
21-year-old Tyson said. The smart-money
guys agree that he certainly is the best
heavyweight.

Tyson has been a strong favorite in all of
his fights, and this time Las Vegas odd-
smakers have made the swarming, power-
punching champion an overwhelming 12-1
favorite, as of Thursday.

Sports betting is legal in the United
States only in Nevada.

Tyson was a 10%-1 favorite when he
scored a unanimous 12-round decision
over Tony Tucker last Aug. | to add the
International Boxing Federation cham-
pionship to his World Boxing Council and
World Boxing Association titles.

Tyson is the first undisputed
heavyweight champion since Leon Spinks
upset Muhammed Ali Feb. 15, 1978.
Spinks then had title recognition
withdrawn by the WBC for signing for a
rematch with Ali instead of defending
against Ken Norton.

Should Biggs pull what would be the
greatest upset in heavyweight history, at
least in terms of odds, he would join fellow
Olympians Evander Holyfield
(cruiserweight), Virgil Hill (light
heavyweight), and Frank Tate (mid-
dleweight) as world champion. Another
Olympian, Mark Breland, was a
welterweight champion.

The 6-foot-4% Biggs appears to have
the tools needed to beat the 5-112 Tyson.
He has the height and reach advantages all
of Tyson’s opponents enjoy, but Biggs has
shown good boxing ability, especially as an
amateur and he has a punishing left jab.

But there are questions about Biggs’
stamina and strength, although he official-
ly outweighed. Tyson Thursday 228%
pounds to 216 pounds.

ETL RO ETERS

Dane women’s
tennis team
dominates RPI

By Mike Brewster

SPORTS EDITOR

Hitting a tennis ball, an act which has|
transformed Bjorn Borg into a recluse-
miser-amatuer hockey player (good
skate, glass jaw), John McEnroe into
maybe just a little bit of a paranoiac, and!
those of us with lesser skills into, at one’
time or another, complete basket cases,
has not yet insidiously worked it’s way
into the heads of Linda Myers’ talented
women tennis players as evidenced by
yesterday’s win over RPI.

But once in a while, Myers would just
like to peek inside a couple of those
heads and check.

“All these teams that have blown us
away this here,’’ Myers said, ‘‘we could
have beaten. Stroke-wise, we were just as
good or better than all of these teams.
We just haven’t had mental toughness in
close matches.”

Myers is referring to losses to private
powers Vassar, Middlebury, and
Amherst. The Amherst loss on Tuesday
especially irked Myers.

She believes that, minus certain “‘rest
periods”’ her players seem to take in the
midst of tight matches, her team could be
undefeated.

Anyone, however, who knows the dif-
ference between a Continental grip and
the Continental drift knows that when
one gains a comfortable lead, the ball
becomes larger, muscles looser, and ten-
nis simpler. And this was the scenario
yesterday against RPI.

The team won 9-0, and according to a
fifth singles and third doubles player Lisa
Granirer, the Danes .eceived a much
needed a boost going into a tough
Hamilton match next weel

“This win gave us some confidence go-
ing into the Hamilton match,’’ said
Granirer. *‘If our head was in it, we
might have done against those other
teams.”

Granier’s doubles teammate, Lauren
Hermann, won her singles match rather
easily, 6-3, 6-2.

Granirer and Hermann also won their
doubles match 6-1, 6-1.

At fourth singles, senior Ellen Katz
thought her 6-2, 6-3 victory and the
team’s overall performance boded well
after Tuesday’s loss.

First singles player Caryn Levy, second]
singles player Laurie Wilk, and Lisa
Glendening also won the singles matches.

In doubles, besides the Granirer-
Hermann win, Levy and Wilk one at first}
doubles, and Katz and Glendening won|
at second doubles. ®)