PUBLISHED AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY BY THE ALBANY STUDENT PRESS CORPORATION
Friday
March 13, 1987
VOLUME LXXIV NUMBER 11
UAS votes to increase board rates $31 per year
RAs denied request for meal plan discount
Rate hike first in three years
By Bill Jacob
MANAGING EDITOR
Proposals that would have
given RAs discounts on their meal
plans were unanimously voted
down by the University Auxiliary
Services board of directors
Thursday.
The RA advisory board in-
dicated late last semester that it
felt’ RAs should receive some
compensation for work they do to
benefit UAS. RAs perform duties
such as distributing student meal
cards at the beginning of the
school year, helping to maintain
order in cafeterias, locking dorm
laundry rooms, and posting UAS
menus.
The first proposal would have
had UAS pay RAs $150 per
semester for a total cost of about
$41,000, and the second proposal
would have given RAs a 25 per-
cent discount on their meal plans,
costing UAS about $35,000 per
year.
The 10-member advisory board
serves as a liaison between RAs
and Residential Life and was
established to represent RAs
campus-wide.
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The tradition of Thursday nights at the Rat seems to be reinstated; a crowd at
the Rathskellar was rocking last night to the music of “Slipknot.”
By Bill Jacob
MANAGING EDITOR
After enjoying three years of
non-changing board rates,
SUNYA students will be paying
$31 more per year for a basic
breakfast, lunch and dinner meal
plan.
The University Auxiliary Ser-
vices board of directors voted 12-4
Thursday to raise food service
rates by three percent to cover ad-
ditional food and operational
costs. Two members of the board
abstained from the vote.
“T felt the raise was fair,”’ said
board chair Mike Gusmano. ‘‘We
had two caucuses among student
board members, met with-[UAS
General Manager] Norb Zahm
and felt it was the best thing to
do...in the student interest.”
The board of directors is com-
prised of ten students, seven
faculty, two administrators, and
one alumni who oversee financial
operations of UAS, a private cor-
poration which provides sup-
plementary services to the Univer-
sity community.
Opposing the increase were
Michele Hecht; Donna Tessler,
Julio Sena, and Larry Hartman,
| who also serves as chair of Stu-
| dent
Association’s Central
Council.
At the meeting, the four
students maintained that UAS
could absorb costs without a rate
increase. Hartman and Hecht said
that when they decided to join the
board they would only support a
board rate increase if UAS’s
solvency was in question.
John Hartigan, who also serves
as Universtiy vice president for
finance and business, said their
arguments against the increase
were “‘tunnel visioned’’ and that
although board members should
take student concerns into ac- -
count, they must ‘‘first maintain
fiduciary responsibility to the
corporation.””
Ideally, Gusmano said, UAS
should break even financially
every year, but 0.8 per cent
margin of error must be included
in budgets to ensure that the cor-
poration doesn’t spend more than
its total revenues for the year.
For this reason, UAS normally
ends it fiscal year with a profit,
but those funds are channeled in-
to programs on campus such as
Guinness Day or projects such as
refurbishing cafeterias and the
Rathskeller, Zahm said.
Zahm said UAS would lose
about $150,000 if the present
board rates were maintained for
next year. UAS would also lose
interest on income and its strong
cash position would diminish, he
said.
UAS board President Paul
Barnes said he saw this year’s
change ‘as ‘‘a very judicious in-
crease’? that wouldn’t rake
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Price Chopper best value for students, survey says
By Heather Levi
STAFF WRITER
Attention all bargain shoppers : A
survey comparing grocery prices of area
supermarkets is set to be released Monday
in the Campus Center and quad dining
rooms.
The survey found the Madison Avenue
Friday night's weather outlook for the
Greater Capital District is cloudy with a
chance of snow flurries and
temperatures in the mid 20s. The
weekend looks like a return to
seasonable temperatures in the mid 30s
with increasing sunshine. By early next
week the arctic cold front will be com-
pletely past and replaced by increasingly
warmer temperatures.
Beyond the Majority
Classified.
Digest...
Entertainment Listings
Letters & Opinion.
Sports ..
The Far Side .
Upcoming Events.
INSIDE: The new chair of the Committee
for Higher Education Edward C. Sullivan
has introduced a bill in the State
Assembly that would eliminate tuition
fees in the SUNY system.
See page 3
Price Chopper to be the cheapest store
overall. Coming in a close second and
third were also Price Chopper stores on
Delaware and Central Avenues,
respectively.
Consisting of a price comparison of pro-
ducts commonly purchased by students
, and including information on which stores
provide the best overall bargain, the survey
has been a project of the New York Public
Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) since
late January.
By using products that in their opinion
represented a typical university student’s
grocery basket, NYPIRG members “‘shop-
ped’? at many of the stores frequented by
SUNYA students.
A sampling of some of-the products in-
cluded were: beer, macaroni and cheese,
toilet paper, milk, coffee, and laundry
detergent.
“NYPIRG picked the most prominent
brands,”’ said Angela Ledford, NYPIRG’s
project coordinator. ‘It was a consensus
of what people thought was better.”
According to Ledford, this survey is
just a guide, and not only one brand was
chosen for each product. The total cost of
conducting the survey is estimated at $200,
said Ledford.
Shop Rite, Grand Union, three area
Price Choppers, Stewart’s Bread and But-
ter, and Hoiden’s Market were the grocery
stores chosen because they are all within
walking and driving distance for SUNYA
students.
A total of 33 products were bought at
$49.02 in the Madison Avenue Price Chop-
per, making it the least expensive. A bill of
$49.12 rung up at the Delaware Avenue
Price Chopper ran a close second, whereas
the Central Avenue Price Chopper totalled
$50.60.
Shop Rite, which is extremely conve-
nient for many SUNYA students living on-
campus, was found to be the most expen-
sive large supermarket with a final total of
$52.57 for 33 products. _
According to Ledford, NYPIRG had ex-
pected that there would be a wider price
variation among the larger stores. ‘This
didn’t happen though,”’ she said.
The one product that had the widest
variation in price was peanut butter, which
“ranged from $1.99 to $2.19, said
Ledford.
NYPIRG’s survey must be looked at on
an item-by-item basis, she added, because
an individual product could cost more at
the Price Chopper on Madison Avenue,
éven if the store is the least expensive
supermarket overall.
NYPIRG’s survey also concluded that
smaller grocery stores tend to carry items
higher in price than larger supermarkets.
There were two reasons why NYPIRG
conducted this survey, according to
Ledford.
“Qne was to check out price com-
parisons and the second was to see how
well grocery stores were complying with
the Item Pricing Law.”
The Item Pricing Law states that all
grocery stores must have a price sticker for
each individual product on their shelves.
Copies of the grocery surveys will also
pe available Tuesday in the Campus
Center lobby for Consumer avin
JOHN CURRY UPS
Students often buy in bulk to save on
grocery costs.
2 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS ©) FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1987
NEWS BRIEFS
The World |
USSR stages test
Moscow
(AP) The Soviet Union Thursday staged its
second nuclear test since abandoning a
unilateral test freeze two weeks ‘ago, ex-
ploding a device at an underground test
range in Kazakhstan on the steppes of cen-
tral Asia.
The official Tass news agency said the
device’s yield was ‘‘up to-20 kilotons,”’ the
force of the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on
Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, in the
final days of World War II.
Tass said the test at the Seimpalatinsk
range 1,700 miles southeast of Moscow
near the Chinese border was conducted
“with a view to upgrading military
technology.” It gave no further details in
its two-paragraph dispatch.
Activists convicted
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(AP) Five cultural activists convicted of il-
legally profiting from promoting jazz and
publishing books said their banned
organization will survive and they will con-
tinue to seek government recognition.
The five leaders of the Jazz Section, an
independent publishing and musical
organization, were convicted Wednesday.
Two defendants were sentenced to prison
terms of 10 months and 16 months, respec-
tively, while the three others were given
suspended sentences.
Prosecutor Petr Snajdr said he would
appeal. The defendants — Vladimir
Kouril, Josef Skalnik, Tomas Krivanek
and. Cestmir Hunat — have eight days to
respond to the sentences.
The five were convicted of engaging in
illegal economic activities because they
continued to run the 7,000-member Jazz
Section even though it officially ceased to
exist after 1984. Officials also said the
defendants made illegal profits of $6,200,
| Quake relief sent
Quito, Ecuador
(AP) Foreign governments and interna-
tional relief agencies sent food and fuel to
aid the estimated 75,000 people left
homeless by a series of earthquakes that
rippled across the nation and triggered
deadly mudslides.
Relief workers in helicopters searched
Napo province in jungle-cloaked nor-
theastern Ecuador, the hardest hit area,
for signs of life. Officials say 300 people
were killed and at least 4,000 others are
missing.
The quakes struck Thursday night and
Friday along the nation’s 2-mile-high An-
dean spine from the Colombian border to
Riobamba, 95 miles south of Quito.
The temblors spawned avalanches of
mud and rocks that destroyed homes and
highways and swallowed up entire villages
in remote Amazon forest regions.
The Nation aigy
Airlines reschedule
Washington, D.C.
(AP) The airlines, pressured by govern-
ment concern that flight delays will worsen
this summer, gather next week to rear-
range schedules in and out of two of the
country’s busiest airports.
The Transportation Department on
Wednesday directed the scheduling
changes at the airports in Chicago and
Atlanta and said it would decide next week
whether similar scheduling shifts will be
needed at five other busy airports as well.
The airlines have grudgingly agreed to
re-examine their summer flight schedules,
which go into effect in June, amid warn-
ings from the Transportation Department
that if no action is taken the government
may force schedule changes.
Most of the changes at the airports will
be aimed at spreading flights so they are
not bunched around the most popular fly-
ing times.
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Hackeysack is a popular podium pastime.
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The State
Friedman sentenced
New York
(AP) Stanley Friedman, admittedly
disgraced and humiliated but still asserting
his innocence, was sentenced to 12 years in
prison by a federal judge who said the ex-
Democratic boss had ‘‘betrayed public
trust’’ by corrupting a city agency.
“You took public power unto yourself
of the most extraordinary magnitude,’’
U.S. District Judge Whitman Knapp told
Friedman at the Wednesday sentencing in
the Parking Violations Bureau corruption
trial.
But Friedman, who also received an ad-
ditional 12-year suspended sentence and
five years probation, said both in court
before Knapp and outside the courthouse
to reporters that he was not guilty of runn-
ing the PVB through bribery.
Divestment hailed
Ithaca
(AP) Anti-apartheid activists called
Ithaca College’s decision to make a partial
divestment of investments in corporations
doing business in South A frica a step in the
right direction.
The college announced Wednesday that
its Board of Trustees decided to gradually
sell about 90 percent of its investments in
corporations doing business in South
Africa.
The trustees decided at a February
meeting to narrow south African-related
investments to companies rated as ‘“‘mak-
ing good progress,” under the Sullivan
Principles, a system rating companies’
treatment of blacks.
Ithaca has about $5 million invested in
19 companies with South African ties.
Agreement proposed
Albany
(AP) State lawmakers say they are nearing
agreement on compromise legislation
designed to help western New York com-
panies that need hydropower and
downstate firms that need cheaper
electricity.
The proposed compromise would allow
21 industries in western New York to con-
tinue to receive hydropower through 2006:
It would also guarantee that at least 50 per-
cent of the electricity generated by the Fitz-
Patrick nuclear power plant near Oswego
will be shuttled to the New York City area
and Long Island, legislators said.
The plan would allow smaller businesses
to qualify for the nuclear power and would
guarantee the downstate region at least
half the money from an economic develop-
ment fund to be created with excess
revenues from the sale of power to in-
dustries that want to build or expand in
Western New York, legislators said..
PREVIEW OF EVENTS ————————————————————————————————
‘Free listings
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
Chinese Student Association
will be showing two Chinese
films from 7 to 11 p.m. in LC 1.
Admission is $1 for member,
$2 with tax sticker, $3 general.
For more info., call Peggy
442-6505.
“Supervision in Human Ser-
vice Agencies” a three part
workshop presented by Nadia
Ehrlich Finkelstein, Parsons
Associate Executive Director.
Campus Center of Russell
Sage College. For more info.,
call 445-1717.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14
Assertiveness Training
Workshop, conducted by
Jules Harris. Introduces the
skills and techniques needed
to actassertively in business
and social relationships. 9a.m.
to ip.m. at Albany Public
Library. Call 449-3380 ext. 200
0223. Registration required.
Megillah reading » Shabbos
House, 67 Fuller Rd. 4:30p.m.
Free dinner, 5p.m. Come in
costume. Sponsored by
Chabad.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
Tenant’s Association meets
every Sunday at 4p.m. in the
SA Lounge behind cash
machines.
Brady Bunch night at Alumni
Quad with special guests
Alumni’s own Bon-Jovi.
Admission-$1 at Brubacher
Bar Room.
Dutch Quad Board meets
every Sunday at 7p.m. in the
flagroom. All are welcome.
The Class of 1987 meets at
5:30p.m. outside the SA office.
The Class of 1988 meets at 9
P.m. in the SA lounge.
The Class of 1989 meets at 10
p.m. in the SA lounge.
The Class of 1990 meets at 8
p.m. in the SA lounge.
Colonial Quad Board meets at
7 p.m. in the back of Colonial
Quad cafeteria.
Schuyler String Quartet will
appear in concert at 7p.m. in
the Recital Hall of the PAC.
Admission is $6 general, $4 for
Students, senior citizens, and
University staff members.
MONDAY, MARCH 16
University Concert Board
meets every Monday at 8p.m.
in CC 375. All are welcome.
Peace Project planning
meeting at 8:30p.m. in CC 370
for next month’s Washington,
D.C. march to protest U.S.
policy in Central America and
South Africa.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
NYPIRG Consumer
Awareness Day in CC Lobby.
Representatives will answer
questions about consumer
problems.
Internship and Information
Seminar held at 7p.m. in Con-
tact Office. Refreshments
served. press
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In search of Mayfest
With Mayfest less than two months
away, University Concert Board (UCB) is
still attempting to find a headliner for the
event.
According to UCB vice president Seth
Ben-Yishay, the following groups due to
various reasons are no longer
possibilities: Eddie Money, The Bangles,
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Steel Pulse
and Steve Winwood.
Those that are under current con-
sideration are the Hooters, Run-DMC
and the reggae group Third World, said
Ben-Yishay.
University: officials have set a limit of
11,000 tickets to be sold for the event
because of security and liability risks, but
UCB maintains that a top-name enter-
tainer is needed to ensure Mayfest’s
financial success.
Watch out, Ronnie
Seventy-two hours after the Tower
Commission Report on the Iran-Contra
arms deal came out, Bantam publishers
had the report published, and by March 6
the campus bookstore was carrying it,
said Pat Haze, manager of Barnes and
Noble.
After Barnes and Noble received an
order for 18 copies of the New York
Times Special Edition of the Tower Com-
mission Report for Professor Carl
Lankowski’s POS 383 class, the
bookstore ordered 48 additional copies to
sell in the general reading department,
said Haze.
“The first 18 copies we received were
sold in three days. We just received the
additional 48 yesterday and one has sold
since then,’’ Haze said.
The cost of the book is $5.50 and, as
stated in its introduction, ‘‘It may, in
retrospect, be seen as the watershed of
the Reagan Presidency,””
Say cheese!
Senior sittings for the Torch yearbook
are going significantly better than last
year, according to Kenny Kirsch, Torch
editor-in-chief.
Out of a 1987 senior class of 2,500
students, 1,100 will have signed for their
yearbook photos by March 24, Kirsch
said.
“The cost for the sitting is $10 and the
yearbook is $10, so it’s $20 all together,”
he said.
How many seniors get their pictures
taken,‘‘ comes down to the enthusiasm
of the class. 1983 was the most excep-
tional year,”’ said Kirsch, adding that,
“People shouldn’t be apathetic and
should sign up.’’
According to Kirsch there is no final
date for signing up. As soon as seniors
stop signing up he will discontinue the
service. "It’s first come, first served,’’
said Kirsch.
Zorba cancelled
A performance of the play Zorba,
sponsored by Alumni Quad, which was
scheduled for April 24 has been cancell-
ed, according to Greg Cardillo, former
producer of the show.
According to Cardillo, an $800 check
for rights to the play was printed by Stu-
dent Association on Dec. 12 and was sup-
posed to be sent out within two to three
days. But, at the beginning of Feburary
the check had not been received by the
company that holds the rights. ‘‘The
company would not send the rights
without a check and it was too late to
issue a new one, so the show had to be
cancelled,” he said.
As an alternative, Alumni Quad is now
planning Free to be You and Me which
will be performed in late April, said Debi
Rosenfeld, director of the play.
— Compiled by Lisa Rizzolo
Tuition-free SUNY, CUNY proposed
By Seth Kaufman
Tuition at SUNY schools may be free
soon, if New York state Assemblyman Ed-
ward C, Sullivan has his way.
A bill eliminating tuition charges for
New York State residents attending
schools in the SUNY and City University
of New York (CUNY) educational systems
has been proposed in the State Assembly.
Sullivan, the new chair of the
Assembly’s Committee for Higher Educa-
tion, and the bill’s chief proponent, said
his proposal would provide for a phasing
out of tuition charges over a period of five
years.
Annual costs to the state, if tuitions for
both SUNY and CUNY schools were
eliminated, would be ‘‘in the
neighborhood of $500 million,” according
to Sullivan.
However, Governor Mario Cuomo’s re-
cent budget cuts may make it difficult to
pass this legislation. ‘‘Tax cut fever is on
us,”’ Sullivan said.
It will take a few years until ‘‘they see
the folly of this,” he said. ‘“‘It’s better to
spend wisely than it is to give back in tax
cuts to people who will buy another stereo,
or take a trip to Mexico.”’
With a state educational budget of $3
billion, Sullivan said, ‘‘We are, I think the
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highest in the country in terms of [the costs
of] our public institutions,’ and added
that these institutions are ‘‘primarily for
students.””
This is why he believes it is important
for students to take part in government
policy-making, he said.
Students may participate in the policy-
making process through voting and
holding positions on boards of trustees.
Before the tuition bill can go through,
Sullivan said he first needs to “build up
the motion” in public opinion.
“Tt takes a while to pass important
legislation,”’ Sullivan said, but “‘it’s not
going to happen this year. It’s going to be
two or three years down the road.’’
“The bottle bill, for example, took eight
years to pass,’’ he said.
Sullivan said he believed that tuition
“drives students out”’ and “makes it more
difficult”’ to attend college, and that the
state government has a ‘primary obliga-
tion to the state university.’
“We cannot turn to other institutions
until we’ve met our obligations to the
public institutions,”’ he said.
There are other states whose universities
charge no formal tuition, although tuition
is sometimes “‘masked”’ under the guise of
JONATHAN WAKS UPS
“student fees,’’ according to Sullivan.
Putting student rights high on his agen-
da, Sullivan supports the student voting
rights bill because students “‘should be en-
couraged, not discouraged” to vote, and
that their college communities are ‘‘where
public policies will affect them most.”
The voting rights bill would allow
students to vote in elections as residents of
their college community.
Another concern of Sullivan’s is that
“certain students have not been properly
prepared by their secondary education’’
when they enter college, he said.
“T think we’ve got to have more money
in there to help. . .prepare them for col-
lege,”’ he said.
Lack of child-care facilities for student
parents is also a concern for Sullivan.
“We're going to work hard this year,
very hard, to. get more money for child
care,”’ Sullivan said.
Sullivan also voted against the bill that
raised the drinking age to 21.
There is quite a way to go before the tui-
tion proposal comes through, Sullivan
said. Realizing this, he said, ‘‘I’m wiling to
keep working and pressing on until we get
it.” i
Shake it up!
State Quad got a touch of the exotic
Tuesday night as residents of Anthony
Hall were given belly dancing lessons.
The lessons were a project of Resident
Assistant Elise Adler (at right), who said
she got the idea from a fellow RA on Col-
onial Quad who ran the same project
Wednesday night.
Giving the lessons-was SUNYA junior
Gina Preziosi (at left), a Colonial Quad
resident adept at the art of belly dancing.
Adler said that although only five peo-
ple — all from Anthony Hall — attended
the event, those who went were treated to
“a really good program.”’
Prezrosi began her program at 7:30 p.m.
in Anthony Hall lower lounge and taught
the ‘‘basic steps’? of belly dancing until
about.9 p.m., Adler said. é
Admission was free and the event was
sponsored by State Quad Board.
— Pam Conway
Council revamps elections policy
New elections commissioner named
By Melissa Aviles
STAFF WRITER
As nominations open Monday for
selected Student Assocation positions,
elections policy dominated Wednesday’s
Central Council meeting.
The appointment of Paul Barnes to SA
elections commissioner was approved by
Council, as well as several revisions to
SA’s elections policy.
Barnes, who is also president of the
University Auxiliary Services (UAS) board
of directors, will serve as commissioner for
what remains of this 1986-87 academic
year.
He replaces former Elections Com-
missiner Lisa Risolo, who resigned early
last week.
According to Central Council chair
Larry Hartman, Barnes has served as an
area coordinator in previous elections.
“He will satisfactorily fulfill his respon-
sibilities,” said Hartman.
“Barnes can only benefit us,”’ said Phil
Botwinik, off-campus representative of
Council and former Student Action Com-
mittee chair. ‘‘He’s well versed in election
policy.”
With less than a month to go before the
SA spring election, Council also took time
out to heavily revise the Election Regula-
tion Act.
According to SA President Paco
Duarte, the format and structure of the
policy were not clearly organized. “‘The
old elections policy needed to be made
more comprehensibile,””. said Duarte.
According to Botwinik, one of the
minor changes made is that ballots will be
counted a total of three times instead of
two.
“Revisions in policy
are made every year
because we learn from
Past experiences.”’
— Jaclyn Bernstein
Duarte and Botwinik both agreed that
the most crucial issue covered during the
Election Regulation Act overhaul involved
the selection of SUNYA delegates to the
United States Student Association
(USSA).
According to USSA policy, delegates
must be from diverse sections of the com-
munity and must be selected in accord with
equal opportunity requirements.
SUNYA sends six delegates to USSA.
Originally, four delegates were appointed
by the SA president and vice president and
the other two were elected by the student
body.
Council increased the number of ap-
pointed positions to five and approved
changes that would require the SA ex-
ecutive branch to select appointees only
after an application-and-interview process.
There now must also be at least one ap-
pointed delegate from the following
categories: women, non-whites, disabled
persons, and members of discriminated
groups such as homosexuals and veterans.
“I was concerned about making sure all
{four groups] would be eligible for these
positions,’’ said Academic Affairs co-
Chair Jacyln Bernstein.
“Revision in policy are made every year
because we learn from past experiences,”
said Bernstein.
However, not all revisions in the policy
met with Duarte’s approval. In particular,
he felt that in order for an election to be
recalled, a 10 percent minimum of student
signatures was necessary.
As the policy stands now, a five percent
requirement of student signatures is
necessary for a recall of any came wide
4 ‘ALBANY STUDENT PRESS (FRIDAY, MARCH 13; 1987
Students prime target of professional mailing lists
Jennifer McCormick
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Ever wonder how companies such as
Montgomery Ward, Texaco or American
Express selected you as the recipient of a
pre-approved credit account? Or how they
got your name and SUNYA address?
Well, you’re not alone. In fact, you’re
probably just one of over 5.5 million col-
lege students whose names and addresses
are circulated on massive mailing lists.
College students — especially seniors
and graduate students — are a particularly
hot commodity with companies seeking to
get in on the ground floor of students’
economic growth. «
Mailing lists of college students are the
result of months of work done by com-
panies who specialize in compiling and
maintaining such lists.
One such company, Compilation and
Market Research Bureau (CMRB), exists
for the ‘‘sole purpose to assist people to
reach their primary market with acceptable
advertising,’’ according to CMRB
Associate Marketing Manager Rod
Norton.
STORE HOURS:
Norton said that CMRB is “‘one of three
nationwide’ companies specializing in
age-based indices of individuals and their
addresses.
CMRB works with a database of 30
million, Norton said, and files them in in-
dices focusing on new births, college
students, and senior citizens.
“Our biggest client is American Ex-
press,’ Norton said. American Express
buys lists of students from CMRB who are
‘hopefully a good [credit] potential.’”
This definition usually applies only to
seniors and graduate students, he said.
However attractive SUNYA students
may be as credit risks, companies may not
procure printed mailing lists through the
University.
SUNYA Director of Records and
Registration Tom O’Brien said, “We
release no addresses to off-campus mailing
agencies.
However, O’Brien said that there are
ways to get student addresses. ‘‘Almost
everybody [on campus] has~access to the
student mailing lists through a computer
terminal, although, O’Brien said, “‘any ac-
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file has to go through me.”’
On-campus student groups can receive
mailing lists, but require Campus Center
Director James Doellefeld’s approval
before receiving O’Brien’s authorization.
Off-campus agencies must go through
SUNYA Central Administration, and
faculty members or groups are directly
supervised by O’Brien before a list is
given.
National mailing agencies employ
resources such as records from voter
registration and the Department of Motor
Vehicles, as well as people paid to record
birth notices in daily newspapers and in-
formation on warranty cards submitted to
manufacturers.
The attraction with college students as a
strong economic base began in the late ’60s
and early ’70s, explained Klaus Ruege,
Montgomery Ward’s Director of Special
Offers and Direct Mail.
When retail companies first began sen-
ding students pre-approved credit accounts
“‘the losses were higher than average.’’ But
after the first weeding out of poor credit
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risks, Ruege said, the college students left
had ‘‘better than average accounts.”
“Tt’s an investment in the future,”
Ruege said.
One effect companies such as these have
on college students is through mailing lists
for financial aid institutions. Oo
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Economic Opportunity — or “junk
mail”?
Board hike
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SUNYA less accessible to
students because of added finan-
cial constraints, which opponents
of the increase charged.
SUNYA’s 1987-88 dorm rates
are also expected to increase $162
per year when the state’s final
budget is aproved this spring.
Zahm said he ‘‘believes the
board acted very responsibly.””
“I don’t think anyone would
want to propose a board increase,
but there comes a point in time
where you have to be realistic
about it,’’ he said.
We want to maintain a quality
food service and one that’s
responsive to the needs of
students,”? Zahm said. “You
need to have fair prices to do
that.””
The increase will also affect the
Campus Center Option, which
will be raised from $30 per
semester to $30.90. The option
allows students to receive $2.50
credit for either lunch or dinner in
Campus Center cafeterias.
Next semester, however,
students will also be able to use
the option at quad sub shops,
which will be featuring an ex-
panded -- but yet undetermined --
selection of food.
Despite the increase, SUNYA
still has the lowest board rates in
the SUNY system.
UAS is the largest food service
corporation in the SUNY system
with total revenues of $8,428,687,
and according to Zahm, UAS is
able to offer students low board
tates because of the large number
of meal plans being fulfilled and
general managing practices of
ther corporation and cafeteria
managers. oO
Election policy
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election.
“It’s not challenging enough to
only require five percent of stu-
dent signatures,’’ said Duarte.
The Elections Regulation Act is
waiting for Duarte’s signature
and approval before going into
effect.
Council also approved chang-
ing the Fall bye elections to two
consecutive days as opposed to
one.
Revisions on the act were in-
itially proposed by Central Coun-
cil’s Internal Affairs Committee
headed by Sara Meyer, before be-
ing presented to the entire Coun-
cil Wednesday.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1987 () ALBAN: STUDENT PRESS 5
Foundations laid for new dorms on Fuller Road
By Michael Reisman
STAFF WRITER
Construction of the new Fuller
Road dormitories has been pro-
gressing on schedule, according to
Assistant Vice President for the
Physical Plant Dennis Stevens.
Pushed back from the original
fall 1987 date, the 410-bed dorms
are scheduled to be built and
ready for occupancy by the fall of
1988.
The site has already been
cleared and foundation work has
been done by the constructor,
Wade Lupe Construction Co. of
Schenectady. Installation of sup-
port services, such as utilities and
sewer and water lines, will be
completed next, Stevens said.
The $6 million dorms are being
built on a six-acre site that is part
of a 78-acre tract of University-
owned land located across Fuller
Road and southwest of the
University warehouse.
Stevens said that the new dorms
will not look anything like the ex-
isting uptown dorms and will be
divided into four clusters, each
with six buildings.
Almost three years in the plan-
ning, the new student housing will
resemble apartment
more than dorms.
Each of the 24 two-story
buildings -will be fully furnished
and will contain one-, two-, and
three-bedroom apartments. A
commons building will exist in
each cluster, containing its own
lounge, storage area, mailboxes,
and mechanical system.
“Bach apartment will be self-
sufficient, with its own kitchen,
living/dining area, and
bathroom,’’ according to
Stevens.
In many respects, the new
dorms will resemble the off-
campus housing in which many
SUNYA students now reside.
Students will be responsible for
all the costs associated with the
dorms, including security.
buildings
Design of the new dorms is in-
tended to ‘‘provide different style
housing as an alternative for
students who wish to live on cam-
pus,”” Stevens said, adding that
one of the goals for the new
dorms will be to achieve a ‘‘feel-
ing of community’? among
students, much like that felt on
Alumni Quad.
Construction continues on the sites of the new dorms.
University regulations which
prohibit cooking in the dorms
would not apply to the new
buildings, as each will contain its
own cooking facilities. Details
about occupancy procedure and
rates have not yet been finalized,
Stevens said.
Access to the dorms will be pro-
vided by extending the road runn-
ing next to the infirmary which
links Fuller and Perimeter Roads.
Separate contractors have been
hired to extend the road, add
walkways, and install lighting,
Stevens said.
Stevens said that the new dorms
would be set off from the rest of
the University buildings, so that
students residing there would not
feel like they were on campus.
Original estimated costs for the
project, set before construction
began, will be adhered to, accor-
ding to Stevens.
Groundbreaking for the new
dorms had been delayed until last
AR’ PISCOPO
September due to federal legisla-
tion that affected bonding
facilities and the selling of bonds.
The project is being financed
through such a bonding
procedure.
Construction of the new
dorms, which are being built to
satisfy additional student oc-
cupancy needs, could be followed
by other construction projects,
possibly in the same general loca-
tion, but no set plans have been
made, Stevens said. Q
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COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — University of
Texas officials noted late last month that
the College of William & Mary had lured
away a noted UT political science prof,
while sociology, math and language
department heads complained out-of-state
campuses were raiding their faculty, too,
with promises of higher salaries.
Not many educators at other schools are
crying for UT, however, since UT has
made a career out of raiding other cam-
puses for name faculty members.
Two years ago, UT angered many top
colleges with a plan to endow 32 science
and engineering positions at $1 million
each, and hire other colleges’ top faculty
members to fill them. So far, about one-
fourth of the positions have been filled.
The move attracted at least three Nobel
prize winners — one from Harvard — and
put top research institututes on notice that
UT was serious about beefing up its
academic reputation.
Thanks to the state’s weakened
economy, though, UT is having trouble
keeping ‘‘less distinguished’’faculty
members on campus.
The reason is that Texas can’t raise the
salaries of the existing faculty members,
even as its celebrity prof program is “‘still
in business, still very active’ with ‘money
socked away in an endowment and not af-
fected by the economy,”’ said Dr. William
Livingston, vice president of graduate
studies.
The wage disparities are galling to some
teachers, he added.
“Other schools are luring faculty
away,” he said. ‘It’s a problem, but it’s
not a crisis. In any given year you lose
some faculty, and it’s important not to
overemphasize the ‘brain drain.’ ’””
In Texas, however, the problem runs
deeper.
In an economy strongly based on
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employees last year suffered a three per-
cent pay cut, and have little hope for an in-
crease soon.
Engineering Dean Ernest Gloyna con-
tends he would have to raise salaries for
full professors by $11,000 a year to com-
pete with the best engineering schools.
The sagging Texas economy also could
be hampering UT’s drive to recruit the
“best and brightest.”
“‘We work hard at trying to recruit the
best,”’ said Dr. Ed Sharpe, UT vice presi-
dent of administration. ‘‘We try to con-
vince candidates that the economy will
turn around, and support for higher
education is strong in the legislature.’
“If we get a good, sound funding base,
we’ll use it to dispel the notion that things
are on a downtrend. On the other hand, if
our funding is cut this year or kept at the
same level it will be harder to recruit,” he
said.
Some colleges consider the UT method
of recruitment high-handed and overly
ambitious, but others see it only as another
round in the constant competition among
top schools for top scholars, especially
those who can attract lucrative research
grants.
“All universities are competitive,”’ said
Phyllis Kellers, Harvard’s associate dean
for academic planning. ‘‘Texas isn’t the
only one. The economic problems in Texas
haven’t reduced the recruitment
problem.””
“They’ve lured some faculty, but the
stiffest competition is still among schools
like Berkeley, Stanford, Michigan, Har-
vard and Yale,’’ she said.
“We're competing to bring them here
rather than to keep them’? Keller said.
“We have a very high retention rate. If we
get [the professor] we’re competing for,
generally we can keep him or her.’’
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1987’) ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 7
The Rosemen carry on enterprising tradition
By Laurie-Beth Cohen
Joe wants to arrange the perfect date.
He calls early for reservations at a fancy
restaurant, chills a bottle of imported
champagne and picks up a beautiful red
rose for his sweetheart. Joe, like many
other SUNYA students, thinks that to
make the perfect date, a rose is a necessity.
The ‘‘Rosemen’”? — seniors Andrew
Moss and Danny Gewirtz — have been
providing roses and other college
necessities for sale in the
Campus Center and on
the podium.
Moss and Gewirtz
have been peddling roses
since September.
However, the “‘Rosemen”’ concept was
started last year by Gordon Loeb and
Larry Solomon who asked Moss and
Gewirtz to replace them after they
graduated.
Gewirtz said that Loeb and Solomon
made up the name ‘‘Rosemen’’ to be
“something distinguishable’ and also
hired a professional artist to design their
sign.
Friday
Profile
“It does become tedious when you have to
wake up in the morning to get fresh roses.”’
— Danny Gewirtz
Selling roses on campus has been a tradi-
tion for as long as Gewirtz can remember.
“*We don’t live the lives of rosemen. We’re
more like entrepreneurs than rosesellers,””
he said.
However, Moss disagrees. ‘People
know me as the Roseman. . .They say to
me ‘Hey, I need some roses and someone
buys a dozen roses to impress a girl and
they appreciate it. Then it really hits the
spot. . .I think it is looked up to.”
The Rosemen, using some of the other
helpers they have hired, have sold
everything from study pillows and school
supplies to Paul Mitchell hair care pro-
ducts and socks. As Moss puts it, ‘“‘People
know us as other than the Rosemen, but
also as the guys who sell hair care pro-
duets. . .people know us as enterprising.””
The Rosemen also hire themselves out to
fraternities, sororities and other organiza-
tions, which Gewirtz said is ‘‘good for
them because they don’t have to make an
investment.’’
Currently, the Rosemen are working for
Student Association (SA). ‘‘We expanded
into quite a large business all for the sake
of making money for SA,”’ Moss said.
However, being rosesellers is not all that
Moss and Gewirtz do. Gewirtz is also pro-
ducing and directing a production of Pip-
pin for Colonial Quad. Moss holds an
advertising distribution job, and does
telemarketing with Dial-America market
in addition to his role as Roseman. Both
psychology majors, Moss and Gewirtz not
only share jobs, but also share an
apartment.
Moss feels that to become a roseseller
one should ‘‘have a good connection to get
roses cheap. With us, we try to sell them as
cheap as we can. We don’t want to rip
anyone off. We’re less than a florist.”
The Rosemen will deliver both on and
off campus. Their roses sell —with
delivery — for $2 apiece and will usually
be delivered the same day.
Gewirtz said that selling roses is
“‘sometimes fun and sometimes it’s a pain.
On nice days out on the podium, I get to
talk to old friends. Living off campus, I
wouldn’t get to talk to these people as
much. It has its social values.’’
However, Gewirtz said, “It does
become tedious when you have to wake up
in the morning to get fresh roses.””
Since both Rosemen are graduating this
year, they will be looking for replacements
to carry on the business. Gewirtz thinks
that they will ‘probably have friends do it
in the same manner we got into it.’” oO
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HAVE YOU BEEN IN A VIOLENT
DATING RELATIONSHIP? IF SO,
WE ARE INTERESTED IN
HEARING ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCES
The committee on Personal Growth &
Human Relationships is producing
an educational videotape on dating
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stories about student experiences.
No names or other identifying
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| Complaint
| Directory
In the interest of the student who has a bone to pick
with the administration and might need a little
direction to air that grievance, we have decided to re-
run the ASP Complaint Directory. A few changes have
been made to keep the list up to date with some new
concerns.
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never been addressed and he or she is almost sure to
! isted.” !
say, “‘I wasn’t aware the problem existed.’ Chances H
| are that’s the truth. Adminstrators don’t live on
| campus and they don’t attend classes. They see very I
I little of what goes on here. |
1 So the next time you start to tell a friend what’s |
| wrong with this school, take a few extra steps to the |
[nearest phone and tell your gripe (or praise) to |
| someone who can do something about it. Listed below |
| are some key names and numbers of people you can |
| call, along with some examples of what you might |
| speak to them about. This is, of course, only a |
] sampling of the people you may want to contact. For I
] additional names and numbers, check your faculty I
| directory or call the Campus Center information desk }
at 442-5571.
: Bus Service — When you get tired of watching full :
buses pass you on many mornings, making you late for
! 1
| your classes, and you’ve stood there so long your legs I
I can’t support you anymore, crawl over to the nearest I
I! phone and call Physical Plant Director Dennis Stevens I
it 442-3400.
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University Auxilary Services — When you look at this
! week’s menu and marvel at how UAS has once again
! managed to serve its three worst entrees on one night
! and its three most bearable ones on another, or you’ve I
! found something large and disgusting in your Colonial I
I Burger and you’d like it identified, call UAS General |
Manager E. Norbert Zahm at 442-5950. He’s told us |
many times that he genuinely appreciates student |
input.
| Dormitory Rates — If you have noticed that dorm 1
I costs are steadily increasing while the quality of i]
| services in the dorms is decreasing, and you’d like to |
know why,call 474-1041 and ask for Mario. Don’t get |
y,
discouraged if you don’t get through right away; the |
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| governor only es students when elections are
approaching. |
! Alcohol — The next time you and your: suitemates
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| decide to have a party but realize the alcohol policy |
I Says you can’t have kegs or beerballs in either your I
room or suite, call Acting Vice President for Student
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I Affairs Hank Kirchner at 442-5500 and tell him what I
I you think of the ban on bulk containers. I
I Mayfest — If you want to hear how the administration I
I feels students should feel about Mayfest call I
University President Vincent O’Leary at 442-5400. He
! has some interesting ideas about what bands the !
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: students want to see. I
Academic Issues — When your professor seems
| wraj up in his or her own research and teaching I
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I seems more like an annoying distraction, call the I
| Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Judith |
1 Ramaley at 442-4000 and tell her you’re not getting the |
I. education you paid for. (We’ve found Ramaley one of |
I the more difficult administrators to get in touch with, |
I so either be persistent or try Harry Hamilton of |
| Academic Affairs at 442-3950.)
| Student Accounts — If a hold has been placed on your |
| account, preventing you from registering, and you’ve |
| paid all your bills and returned all your library books, |
| call Student Accounts Director Lia Catalano at |
| 442-3200 and remind her that even computers can |
I make mistakes. I
| Dorm Maintenance and Cleaning — When the carpet
I! in your dorm hasn’t been vacuumed in a week and you I
can’t describe the things growing in your bathroom,
: bring it to the attention of your RA. If you don’t get ;
I results, go to the Residence Director and then the Area I
I Coordinator. If the problem still hasn’t been rectified, I
call Karl Scharl, Systems Director of the Physical I
| Plant for Building and Institutional Services, at
! i |
442-3410 and invite him to stop by your dorm. i
! Parking Rales and Tickets — If you get a ticket that ;
1 you think is unjustified, go to the Public Safety office
| and appeal it right away. And if you’re having trouble |
1 finding a parking space during the day, call Traffic 1
! Control Director Lloyd Herbert at 442-3124. |
I Getting Results — If you call any of these people and |
1 you don’t get results, call us, the Albany Student Press
I at 442-5660 and we'll look into it. After all, no one
] likes uninvited publicity,
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Dying in vain
Oliver Stone’s new movie, Platoon, is a highly
devastating personal statement about the Viet Nam war
from the viewpoint of the common combat infantryman.
These men, known as “‘grunts’’ in the rough patrols of
war, do, and are expected to, survive and be effective in
the most horrible and dangerous of conditions.
Clayton J. Powers
Fear, added to disgust, bad and sparse food, dirt,
disease, and no sleep, combine to put nearly
unimaginable pressures on these people. For a soldier to
keep from running away from the fighting, he must, for
at least a time, be able to take the daily grind of seeing
people being blown to fragments, burned, poisoned or
shot. To these factors must be added the incredible stress
of taking human life, sometimes in the most gristly of
manners — with the bayonet, knife, or rifle butt.
The understanding of two major psychological needs
are necessary to understand why men can endure the hell
of the battlefield. If a soldier has unshakable trust in
himself and his buddies, and is properly led, he may find
life tolerable enough to stay in the line for a few weeks
and no more. In the light of this fine film two major
pathologies of the United States military are exposed —
mistrust among enlisted men, and incompetent leadership
from the officer corps. The causes of these pathologies
are not simply military in nature, nor can they be easily
corrected, for they are deeply embedded in the institu-
tional politics of the Military Industrial Complex. When
this condition is combined with the incredible belligerence
of the foreign policy of the United States we are possibly
looking at a self-inflicted military disaster that would
dwarf the foreign and domestic consequences. of Viet
Nam by orders of magnitude.
Let’s look at the fictional events of the film more close-
ly. Chris Taylor, a middle class volunteer, arrives at his
platoon of the 23rd Infantry Division and immediately
becomes disgusted with what he is experiencing. As a
“long timer’? he is very often assigned the most
dangerous position in a war patrol: the point. The reason
is callous. The veterans feel it is better to die early in the
one year tour than just before going home. Veterans are
never given dangerous or distasteful assignments. Taylor
hates them for it.
Then there are his platoon sergeant, Barnes and his
squad leader Elias. Barnes is a cold blooded killer whose
unspoken creed is that war is death, and he is its instru-
ment. Elias has retained his compassion, and it is his com-
passion that will kill him. He interferes with Barnes’ lust
for revenge on any Viet Namese (gook) that he sees and
pays for his compassion with his life. One of the tragedies
of the film is that Elias expects to die thereafter — at the
hands of Barnes, not the hands of the North Vietnamese.
Taylor is affected by this sense of paranoia, which has
become general, but pulls himself back from the brink
enough to save a Viet Namese girl from being raped by
one of his squad mates. Later, realizing that Barnes has
killed Elias, Taylor plots to kill him with a hand grenade.
Finally, in a subsequent firefight, he discovers, and then
murders, the wounded Barnes.
and Platoon
These events lead me to ask two questions: Why do
these men hate each other more than the enemy? Why
were the atrocities allowed to happen to the Vietnamese?
The answer to these questions lie in the fulfillment of
the psychological needs I mentioned earlier. To build
trust in a rifle squad (11 men) it is necessary for the
members of the squad to develop a feeling that they are
watching out for each other. This requires that the same
people remain in the squad for a long time. In Viet Nam,
units stayed in combat while replacements, like Chris
Taylor, arrived from “back in the world’’, and died near-
ly immediately. It cannot be expected that strangers
would sacrifice their lives for each other.
To stop the runaway paranoia that causes atrocities,
and to get the men to do their jobs, what is necessary is
the solace that can be derived from caring, consistent and
competent leadership. The platoon commander in the
film was an incompetent nonentity to whom Barnes, a
subordinate, was giving orders. Barnes forced that lieute-
nant to obey him out of his fear that the lieutenant would
screw up and kill them all.
“Soldiers in combat care
nothing at all about
bureaucratic or budgetary
politics.’
Why was this cruel system used then, and why is it still
being used now? It is used because it is much easier for
the policymakers in Washington and the bureucrats in the
Pentagon to send in the replacements — it also saves
money. Why was the officer not able to exercise effective
leadership? Because he was not trained in leadership
through getting to know his men. He was trained to effi-
ciently route paperwork, foster complex weapons pro-
grams through the bureaucracy of Congress, and to com-
mand in combat to facilitate promotion rather than en-
suring the survival and effectiveness of his men.
Soldiers in combat care nothing at all about
bureaucratic or budgetary politics. They care about sur-
vival first. In light of this imperative, the only way for
them to do what is necessary to execute a mission is to
fear the shame of letting down their buddies, not some
kind of higher political cause. Oliver Stone in an inter-
view said that the battlefield is the most apolitical place he
had ever been.
If we are not to get involved in a war that
psychologically injures another generation of Americans,
our political leadership must be made to realize the true
horror of the battlefield and avoid war, and if forced into
war, to enter it reverentally, in fear and trembling. They
must also be made to realize that to the ‘dogface”’,
“grunt’’ infantrymen, budgets, administration, and glory
have no meaning. Only survival, doing the job, and get-
ting the hell home has any meaning to these long suffering
men. Q
The writer is a graduate student in the Political Science
Department
©)
Friday, March 13, 1987
Inside: Meet Jack and Harry in
Fragments of an Overheard
Discussion or The Tragic, Young
Whatdoyoucallit, pages 4 and 5.
2a Aspects
March ‘13, 1987
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“Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.”
— Robert Orben
“Tm sick, Mom. I'm deathly ill. I don’t just mean I don’t feel well. I mean that I
may be on my death bed.”
“Stop that, you're not dying. How can you do this to me, Evelyn? I don’t have
enough to worry about without you getting sick. So what happened?”
“1 don’t know. I woke up this morning with a horrible sore throat. I'm achey,
nauseous and burning up. I'm going to die, I tell you. And I want to come
home, Mommy.”
When I am sick, I revert back to my childhood. | whimper in my sleep,
groan in agony, and demand exorbinant amounts of attention from anyone
willing to give it. Furthermore, I spend all day in bed watching The Little
Rascals, and | deliberately chew on those honey-flavored cough drops that
specifically say “dissolve cough drop slowly in your mouth.” In essence, my
composure and self-control attempt to crawl back into the womb, while I lay
alternately shivering and sweating with Our Gang.
This sort of “learned helplessness” goes back to my childhood. Whenever I
was sick it was automatically assumed it was my fault. “Well what can | tell
you, Evelyn. If you didn’t go outside in the snow without your hat, you
wouldn't be so sick.” And if only I had worn six sweaters instead of five, that
ingrown toenail could have been avoided, as well. Surely I must be a masochist,
intentionally inflicting all this pain upon myself.
More often than not, being under the weather is, for me, an invitation into
the Twilight Zone. I meet the strangest people and often encounter
unexplainable phenomena.
Once aflame with a fever of 103 degrees, I was instantly cured in a hospital
Emergency Room. Not by a doctor or a nurse, mind you, but by an old bag
lady who wandered into the waiting room, and had asked to say a prayer over
me. Before my name was even called, the fever had broken and the bag lady
had vanished into the night. Rod Serling would have loved this, | thought. Then
I asked my Mom why the bag lady could go without socks or a hat and she
wasn't sick, and I was told not to ask stupid questions.
The School Infirmary is an experience in itself. Admitted to the infirmary as a
freshman with mononucleosis, | encountered a charming doctor who
immediately informed me that I looked awful. “No kidding,” I muttered
through what was left of the air passage in my throat: “I’m sure feeling swell.”
“What do we have here? Well, it looks as though you have mononucleosis,
Evelyn.” (Oh my God, I thought. I knew I should have worn my hat during the
fire drill.)
“You know, you're actually a very lucky girl, Evelyn. It’s very fortunate for
you that you have mono now, because now you can't get it when you're
pregnant. When a woman is pregnant, mononucleosis can damage the fetus.”
Wow, what a load off my mind, doctor. My fetus was saved, just in the nick of
time.
Five months later I contracted another horrible virus, and I was re-admitted to
the infirmary. Sweet Dr. Charming didn’t recognize me, but as he looked at the
chart at the end of my bed, I immediately remembered him.
“Well, what do we have here? It looks like the CMV virus.”
Already feeling very much like an embryo, I gasped, “I think I'm going to
die, Doctor. Can you notify my family? Can you call my mother? No, don’t call!
her, on second thought. She'll just blame it on my walking barefoot or
something.”
“Now, Evelyn. Yo're actually a very lucky girl, to have contracted CMV
now, and not when you're pregnant. CMV can cause damage to a developing
fetus.” Deja vu, I thought. Either I'm having an extra-sensory experience, or I'm
delirious from the codeine they‘ve given me.
“Yes, you sure are fortunate,” he repeated himself.
Perhaps the doctor was right. After all, things could have been a lot worse.
Like the time the handsome young intern had examined me at the hospital, and
I had forgotten to shave my legs.
That was the one time I really wished I had remembered to wear my hat in
the snow.
March 13, 1987
Aspects 3a
tudent art of the atomic age
DL UME LK¥X
he possibility of nuclear war is a
subject most of us don’t think or
speak about every. day. Never-
theless, it has become part of our daily
lives, and student art projects now on
display in Social Science room 260 depict
its impact on all of us.
Elizabeth Beaubrun
The projects were assigned by instructor
Louise Kransniewicz as part of her course
“Nuclear Culture: American Culture in the
Atomic Age.” The course is designed to
make students aware of the nuclear pro-
blem and encourage them develop their
own critical interpretation of the situation.
Students are urged to express their opi-
nions, ideally increasing social awareness
which may ultimately lead to a change in
society, Krasniewicz hoped that the art
projects would give students the sense that
they “have an ability to do something
about the nuclear armament issue.”
Originality was stressed over artistic
merit, yet most of these displays possess
both qualities. The students worked with a
wide variety of mediums. Among them are
T-shirts, games, three-dimensional models,
paper mache on glass, and photographs.
Most of.the artwork deals with the subject
: I
I
Wedged precariously between a raised
bed and the radiator, | was jolted awake
after crashing down on the pointed legs
that had recently been removed from my
bed.
Joseph Matthews
and Jessica Aimes
hese are the times to remember and
they did not last forever... or did
they?”
Opening my eyes in a flash, my vision
still blurred from the festivities of the night
before, 1 could distinctly make out a
strange figure in my bed. I stared at her
motionless body for but a few seconds
before she awoke.
While glancing down toward her unbut-
toned blouse I thought, “I'm sure I must
have enjoyed myself last night,” although
couldn’t recall the details. 1 was thankful
that my high standards had been upheld
even in a state of inebriation.
When she awoke she uttered the same
question that was ever-present on her
mind: “Who are you?”
I recognized her vaguely as a friend of a
friend, but her name eluded me.
I had only been away from home a
week and this was my first experience with
such a situation, and my only one to date.
After quick introductions, | pondered
my obligations to this stranger. I'd come to
the conclusion that I wanted to date her
(possibly out of guilt) and on our walk to
her dorm, to which she guided me, I asked
her out.
fs America Next- A second Bom@ Dropped
in Europe <<
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February 20,
on a personal level, communicating that
nuclear war means annihilation of
themselves and the people around them.
Among the works displayed is Andrei
Soholomon’s “Split Second,” depicting the
effects of the first few seconds of a nuclear
explosion. To convey the horror of such a
moment, Soholomon uses a doll, with legs
partially burned and melted, as a victim un-
safe even in the sanctity of his bed. Thea B.
Sternbach designed a jigsaw puzzle, with
pieces forming the peaceful scene of a little
boy (her nephew) at play. A nuclear bomb
is the final, missing piece. Also on
dislpay is a simulation of an ASP
_newspaper headlined: “Is America Next —
A Second Bomb Dropped in Europe.” On
the newspaper a “bloodied” razor blade has
fallen symbolizing a student's choice of
suicide, rather than experiencing the slow-
killing effects of a nuclear explosion.
Other projects in the exhibit focus on
the effect of nuclear war upon the masses.
Robert Goodman, for “100 days in the Life
of Planet Earth” created a collage of
headlines, ultimately leading up to the
nuclear disaster, Douglas Bricker uses a
three-part poster/collage to convey. his
point of view. The introduction states,
“There are two things in my life that effect
awakening
me every day,” The second poster reads:
“The first thing I share with many people,”
and shows us scenes from sports events.
The last poster reads: “The second | share
with everyone,” and includes effective
headlines such as “Final Blowout” and “The
Only Option (With No Options).”
Wayne Blunert views nuclear war from
a different perspective, portraying it as a
threat to the structure of society by using
photographs of various institutions in the
Albany area. Commenting on this project,
Krasniewicz said that nuclear war would
cause “the structure of society to fall apart.
It is these institutions that keep society
together.” |
Kraniewicz said she found the humorous _|
projects to be the most successful. For ex-
ample, Andrew Lawrence's cartoon “A
Cautionary Tale” effectively uses humour
and sarcasm, warning viewers to avoid the
apathy and complacency of the main
character. In a project entitled “Think
About It,” Jeanine Sergent formed a
nuclear cloud out of magazine faces.
Reagan (a recurring figure in the displays)
sits in the foreground, calling forth a
nuclear explosion with a callous snap of his
fingers,
At the front of the exhibit is a giant
model of a nuclear bomb created by
Jonathon Kirshman and Tara Fitch. A
monstrous creature, globe in hand, is titled
“The little boy and his toy.” Every
thoughtful point of view is encouraged by
Louise Krasniewicz. “Students should
make a critical inquiry — not accept
without criticizing in the sense of Why is
this being said? Who is saying this? and
What are the alternatives?’ she said.
Krasniewicz believes that it is everyone's
resporiibility to get involved in the issue
of nuclear armament. “Our personal con-
cerns are tied up in global concerns. There
is no such thing as.a distinction between
petsorial life and political life. This involve-
ment can take many forms, whether
through art, music, newspaper articles, or
oral presentations, as long as it is a way
which influences others to. get involved
too.” x
“Once you get a critical mass” she stated
“it will eventually explode into a change in
the world.” QO
ANAT
In the week and a half that we were sup-
posividly seeing each other, no date ever
really occurred. When we decided it
would not work out, we became the
closest of friends.
I awoke in a strange bed, sensing the
presence of another body.
“Where am 1?” I thought.
“Who's this guy I'm with,” I wondered,
looking at the figure hanging. obscurely
between the bed and the radiator.
I tried without success to recall the
events that had preceded our mutual
snoozing, only remembering that I had
been to a party and was introduced to this
guy (whose name I couldn’t remember) by
my then close friend Paige.
Thinking back to a magazine quiz I'd
taken only a week earlier, specifically to a
question about how I would react in this
exact situation, I decided to change my
answer, Instead of discreetly sneaking
away I asked him his name and about the
events that had transpired.
Joe reintroduced himself and then
replied, “I was hoping you'd remember
how we got here.”
-He had a devilish look in his eye, as if
trying to fantisize about the good time he
had had that night. (He later told me that
he didn’t rémember anything that
morning.).
He offered to walk me to my toom and
quickly asked where that was. On the long
cross-campus trek he asked me if I'd con-
sider seeing him. Basing my decision on
past drunken experiences, I figured my
taste had usually been pretty good, so I
figured I'd give it a try.
While my excuses were legitimate, I still
wonder if he thinks I avoided him for the
week and a half we were “dating.” When it
ended, our friendship started and grew
strong. oO
|
Idea
An idea, \
Like a rose,
Comes to full
Beautiful
Blossom. All
Marvel at .
Its glory
Until its
Color turns
To brown and
Its life is
Gone. And so
Comes its death
Leaving memories
Of warmth and
Pain of thorns.
4a Aspects
March 13, 1
The tragic, young whatdoyoucalli
by John Sherm
o then what happened?” Harry said,
S leaning forward eagerly. His hard,
angular face was set in a firm smile. His
eyes glittered in the dark surrounding them:
shadow drowned booths, beerstained
tabletops, the grey, rushing sky outside the
tall narrow windows. They were the most
alive things in the place, although the thin
scar on his left cheek, about two inches long
and beginning just under his eye, also seemed
to be infused with life: a glowing red line, his
smile turned sideways.
“So I wrote a bunch of poems fo:
her. . you know?”
“Oh, shit!” Harry said. “You wrote poems?
Oh, Jesus what a fool! God-damn!”
Jack frowned darkly into the table's
pinewood surface. “Well, I'm sorry. I write
okay? That’s what I do. I thought that since |
didn’t have the sense to speak to her other-
wise I could reach her with my writing. So
that's what I did.” He looked up, thin face
pale and peppered with whiskers. He was
cautiously turning a salt shaker around and
around in his hands.
“But Jesus, poems? For a girl on this cam-
pus? Better you should send her a piece of
dogshit.” Harry laughed loudly grinning at
Jack. “God, here I thought you were a smart
one, guy. You're disappointing me, Jacky.”
Harry ran his fingers scross the tabletop.
“Well, what happened after that?”
“Well, I put something in there. . .with an
envelope for her to send back to me.”
“Oh my God. ..” Harry bent over with his
face in his hands, laughing, his body twit-
ching spasmodically.
“1 don’t know. . .I guess I could take rejec-
tion through the mail. . .[ thought that if she
blew me away I'd put it in with all my rejec-
tion slips. . just to be ironic, 1 guess.”
“No. Fucking stupid.” Jack flinched. “Of
course she never sent it.”
“No. No, she didn't.” Jack looked sadly out
the dirty windows at the heavy sky. It was
going to snow today. “I wonder if she even
read the poems. She probably just threw
them away. . I. . .I just thought. . she might
see what I was trying to say. ..”
“Forget it,” Harry snapped, waving his
hand. “You're hard fucking pressed to find a
girl like that hereabouts. A straight one,
anyhow.”
enclose me,
opens
“But .. .1 put myself in those poems. That
was me, man, and she... she...” Jack ran a
shaking hand through his hair.
“What? What'd she do?” Harry leaned
back, running a finger around the inside of
his mouth, cleaning out the remains of a late
lunch. His scar jumped a bit. Alive.
“Well. . .it got so I just felt had to speak to
her. . just to know. So I waited for her after
class one day, out in the hallway. She was
with some guy who's always talking to her--
somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience, your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture there are things which
or which i cannot touch because they are foo near
your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed my eyes as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring
(touching skillfully, mysteriously) her first rose
or if your wish to be close to me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
a the snow carefully everywhere descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals |p
the power of your intense fragility: whose texture
compels me with the colour of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing
(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens; only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands
4
just a friend, I guess, although I don’t know. I
don’t know anything anymore. So she came
out, and I was all nervous, and I said, ‘Can I
speak to you for a minute?’ and she looked
like she was going to just keep walking, but
then she stoppped and said ‘Yes?’ and, Christ,
I was so nervous, and I started to mumble like
I always do, and I said I was sorry for sending
her all that crap, and that I guess I was just
subliminating myself with those poems, and
she just stood there, staring at me, and I
thought she didn’t know what the hell I was
talking about, so I said ‘Do you know what
I'm talking about?’ because | thought maybe
she hadn't read them yet, and she said ‘Yes,’
just like that. ‘Yes.’ So I said I was sorry again
and pretty much ran away. | told her to have
a nice Christmas, and she said “You, too,’ and
that was it. That was all.”
“Jesus,” said Harry. “You ‘said you were
sorry? Why? Christ, she should be fucking
flattered somebody gave his heart instead of
his cock over to her for once. Probably didn’t
understand the stuff. How’‘d it go?”
“Well, there were three I wrote myself. . .”
“How'd they go?” Harry persisted.
“Um. . I don't recall. . .um. . .” Jack leaned
back in the seat, his fingers touching his
forehead. “Okay. . .um. . .Jn soft November
rain I found one Wednesday. . .“ he began in
a quavering voice, :.’a_ fragile
bloom’. . .um...”
Harry’s«face was-set in a wry grimace.
“Well, that sucks, guy.” His scar jumped, his
fingers tapped.
“But I didn’t finish yet! Um. . across a
crowded classroom’. . .um. ...”
“What shit!” Harry laughed. “Let me hear
another. That one’s awful.”
“No,” Jack said, disappointed. “Forget it. I
just wish I knew when you turned into a
literary critic on me.”
“Never! Hell, son, I hi
uh, anachronism, if that’s
just to have some fun, hi
C'mon.”
Jack sighed and put th
“All right. ‘Standing.in the
littered with broken
hands’. . ah...”
“Lousy opening,” Hart
“What's a ‘watchspring’?”
“Jesus, give me a break,
pained. “Forget it. I won’
“Hey, no skin off my
grinned brightly. “You
else?”
“Yeah. I copied down a
by a guy named cummin
“Coming? Hey, sly w
you're a dirty little fuck a
Harry beamed in un feig:
“No! Not coming! cu
cumings, the poet. Chri:
asshole sometimes that it’
Harry looked hurt, anc
in mock pain. “Aww, y
quick that time!” Then h
again. “So this guy - cum
ings then, how’d his bit g
Jack sat back and put h
“Well, it was everything
her in my own poems bi
uhm, ‘somewhere i hav
gladly beyond any experi
frowned, searching.
“Some poem -- can't «
Harry laughed.
Jack slapped the table ir
the last line is what I real
“How's that go?”
‘nobody, not even the.
hands”
Jack stared at Harry, wai
there, looking at Jack, fac
s March 13, 1987
Aspects Sa
lit
herman
ell, son, I hate poetry. Unless,
sm, if that’s the right word. But,
some fun, hit me with another.
| and put the salt shaker down.
anding.in the sugarcoated forest,
2 broken watchsprings and
ening,” Harry decided smiling.
itchspring’?”
me a break, man.” Jack looked
et it. 1 won't say anymore.”
in off my ass, bucko.” Harry
atly. “You send her anything
pied down and sent her a poem
red cummings.”
Hey, sly wordplay, Jacky! So
little fuck after all! Well, well.”
d in un feigned admiration.
coming! cummings, as in e.é.
poet. Christ, you're such an
imes that it’s not funny.”
ed hurt, and clutched his heart
1. “Aww, you cut me to the
ne!” Then he sat back smiling
S guy ~ cummings, is it? cumm-
w'd his bit go?” .
+k and put his hands on his lap.
everything I wanted to say to
yn poems but couldn‘t. It goes,
rhere i have never travelled,
d any experience’. . .ah.. .” Jack
ching.
m -- can't.even remember it!”
d.
d the table in frustration. “Well,
; what I really chose it for.”
t go?”
ot even the rain, has such small
Harry, waiting. Harry just sat
; at Jack, face expectant.
“That's it?’ Harry asked, running a finger
slowly along the line in his cheek.
“Yes,” Jack answered grumpily.
Harry looked around the room, head shak-
ing as though he were assessing something.
“So this guy cummings was on drugs, right?”
he said, smirking, his hand held out now. “I
mean, Jesus. . .”
“See!” Jack exploded after a low sigh. “I
knew it! I knew you wouldn't understand
anything about it at all! Nobody here
understands anything! It’s all a bunch of
fuckin’ bullshit!” Jack leaned on his hand.
“Goddamnit, I knew you'd just sit there
laughing but I fell into the trap anyway.
Damn.” Jack collapsed onto the sticky
tabletop, cradling his head in his arms. “Well,
I quit,” he said to his sleeve.
“I mean, why bother writing when you can’t
reach who you want to?”
“Good question, guy,” Harry said.
Jack just sat there, bent over with his head
nestled in the crook of his arm, resigned.
Harry stared at him, and smiled for a few
minutes. Then he leaned forward, grabbed
Jack's hair and lifted his head up. Jack’s face
rose into the dim light, eyes redrimmed,
mouth hanging open.
“Wake up,” Harry said, “and listen to the
voice of reason. You spent all that time doing
those poems for nothing, because that girl,
she doesn’t like you. You know? And a
bunch of shitty words semi-arranged on
pieces of paper isn’t gonna make anybody
like you. You just can’t reach anyone with
that crap anymore, except maybe a few rigid
dingbat intellectual types with granny glasses.
And you don’t want that. I've seen this girl —
she’s just looking for someone to nail her and
buy her a few nice things, someone who
doesn’t jerk off all night -with a typewriter. _
You know? And besides that, she’s older than
photo by Dave Asher
you and you're just a shitty freshman. And
also, | haven't seen a redhead yet who could
comprehend a line of poetry, and believe me,
I know all about poetry. And that’s that.”
“Her hair was auburn,” Jack said, face
clouding.
“Auburn, red: same difference. You've just
got to understand that if some girl doesn’t like
you, you can’t swing her with a bunch of
stupid poems, or anyone else’s, for that mat-
ter. All the dead poets in the whole goddamn
universe can't make her like or love you if
she doesn’t, and that is that, guy. That is that.
Now get out there, right? Get out.there and
find some girl you can talk to without mak-
ing a fool of yourself, lay her, and then all
will-be well.” Harry sat back, arms crossed,
face serious. Intellectual. be
Jack stared at Harry for a long time, and
hen turned his red eyes to the windows. A
tew cautious snowflakes had begun to fall,
touching the concrete steps and fading away
in an instant.
“Ts all well with you, Harry?”
Harry was just lighting a cigarette he had
viken from his inner coat pocket. He lit up,
put the lighter away, and exhaled a small
cloud of thick smoke, staring at Jack the
whole time. Then he smiled. “You bet, guy.
Oh don’t you just know it. Christ. . .” Harry
laughed and put the cigarette between his
lips.
Jack looked at him. Harry's eyes had gone
dim behind the smoke, and the cigarette bob-
bed up and down as his jaw worked, flicking
ashes on his green coat. The scar did a ner-
vous dance.
Sighing, Jack turned away, watching the
snow begin to fall heavily, thickly, gathering
in scattered patches on the steps and, stones.
Harry stared, too. His hand twitched to the
cigarette and flicked ashes onto the ‘grubby
floor. i
“T just wish that | knew what it was that she
wanted,” Jack said wistfully. “Money? A nice
car? Better looks? To bel a few years older?
What did she want from me, Harry?”
Harry grimaced and plunged his cigarette,
without reason, into a half-full cup of beer.
“Ah, these bitches,” he said, running his
finger along the scar on his cheek, “they don’t
know what they want these days. They don’t
know what the hell they want.”
Ouside the snow grew into gentle, white
magnificence on the pines and_ ledges,
smoothe and untouched, save for one great
oilstain on the concrete just beyond the win-
dows. It was long and thin, a black, gaping
wound scratched into the scene like a mad, ~
sweeping stroke from an angry brush, and
the snow just couldn't seem to cover it. But at
five they came and threw salt down anyway,
so it didn’t really matter at all. Not one bit.
Jack was gone by then.
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Aspects 7a
Aspects picks the Oscars
he following are special tips on
how to get through the remaining
weeks until the Oscar broadcast on
March 30:
If someone asks you the question, “What
do you think is going to take Best Picture?”
your response should be, “Who cares?”
Consequently, if you are asked, “Do you
think it looks like Paul Newman’s (or other
performer's) year?” simply reply, “Who the
hell is he (or she)?”
“Who's the favorite for Best Animated
Short Subject?” should garner a “What on
earth are you talking about?”
Scott Eisenthal
‘And “That's a nice tie you're wearing”
simply deserves, “What the hell are you
looking at?”
Alright, so the last one may be a bit ex-
treme, but once people have become lock-
ed into Oscar mania, the only thing that
can recondition them are these three little
words. . .
“. The envelope, please.”
In this, a year of small films with big ad
budgets, the favorite of the masses in what
is referred to as the “Oscar horserace” is
veteran Oliver Stone's Platoon. The film is
a gripping war story that boasts itself as “a
side of the Vietnam war most people have
never seen before.” It hits its audience on
social, moral, and emotional levels and has
earned rave reviews from everyone except
noted critic Chuck Norris, and leaves peo-
ple thinking after they have left the
theaters.
Platoon is a film about which people,
upon having seen it, can say, “I saw it.”
Academy members are people too
(although we sometimes wonder), and
when they think about a particular movie,
they tend to vote for it. If the Oscars were
indeed a horserace, and power and
strength were everything, then. Platoon
would win hands down.
But alas, they are not a horserace, but
rather a well-mannered, though inten-
tionally controversial contest, which is
why two other films in the running are also
considered strong possibilities. James
Ivory’s A Room with a View, and this
critic’s favorite, Woody Allen's Hannah
and Her Sisters were both “smaller” films
in that they. don‘t overpower our hearts
and minds the way Platoon does. Hannah
is Allen’s look at contemporary upper-
middle class life in New York City seen
through the eyes of the members and
friends of an extended family. They all
have different occupations and interests,
but basically the same lifestyles.[t is Allen’s
most optimistic film to date, and it makes
ls
From left to right: Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters.
Randa Haines’ Children of a Lesser God,
adapted from the play of the same title, is
an old-fashioned love story with an in-
teresting twist: half of the couple in ques-
tion is deaf. Primarily receiving notice for
its outstanding acting, Children is quite
heartwarming, funny and tense, but it does
not have the makings of a Best Picture win-
ner. Why? In recent years there has been a
trend toward films which either have in-
tense plots with huge underlying messages,
or films which completely go against that
style. Children lies on'the line between the
two.
For the “intense plot with huge underly-
ing message” category, this year’s offering
is Roland Joffe's The Mission. Producer
David Putnam provided Joffe the funds
and. the leeway. to hire Jeremy: Irons and
Robert DeNiro and a few hundred South
American Indians who'd never even seen a
movie. The Mission won't win because
Mission parallels Out of Africa too close-
ly.Last year, Sydney Pollack’s epic won
Best Picture, as well as six other awards.
Since the Acadamy hates to follow pat-
terns in giving the awards, the Mission-
aries might as well be satisfied with the ex-
tra revenues that will be generated from
the film’s nomination. ;
In response to the Best Actor pro-
gnosticators, I can only say this — “Isn't
everbody just so smart?” The critics and in-
dustry hotshots are all sure that this is go-
ing to be Paul Newman's year, simply
because he’s been nominated six times and
has never won, He’s the good ol’ “sen-
SS ESE
. . In recent years there has been a trend
toward films which either have intense plots with
huge underlying messages, or films which
completely go against that style. .
us feel that we know some or all of its
characters personally. Hannah allows us to
think and feel, but doesn’t force us to do'so
in the way Platoon does. If the Oscars were
an Elizabethan drama, Hannah would
basically be Platoon’s antagonist.
The dark horse (there’s one in every
horserace) is A Room with a View. This
lighthearted drama wants the “feelers”
more than the “thinkers,” as it deals with
society and morals (sounds like’ a lower
division philosophy class). We're presented
with a young English woman who is
perfectly content to marry the man
“chosen” for her — until she actually falls
in love with someone else. A pleasant but
somewhat contoversial story adapted from
an E.M. Forster novel, this is the type of
film screenwriter Colin Welland was refer-
ring to in his 1981 acceptance speech when
he remarked “The British are coming.”
timental favorite.” Well here's just a small
reminder to all of you who are putting the
ranch and the dog on The Color of
Money's star. Richard Burton was
nominated seven times during his long
career, and died without winning. And
Peter O'Toole, with an equal number of
bids, is still after his first. Realistically,
Newman has only as good a shot as any of
the other nominees. I'm betting on Bob
Hoskins for his portrayal of a rich woman’s
sleazy chauffeur in Mona Lisa.
William Hurt probably won't win for
Children of a Lesser God since he won last
year, and does not have the industry
popularity to pull a Spencer Tracy, who
won two in a row. ‘Round Midnight's Dex-
ter Gordon doesn’t have much of a chance
since so few people even knew about the
movie, which means that voters probably
didn’t flock to see it, figuring that they
could get away with only having seen four
out of the five nominees (even movie
makers get tired after three months of non-
stop movies).
James Woods of Salvador was the sur-
prise in this category, playing the sleazy
journalist whom audiences are just seeing
now on home video. The winning actor
may surprise many people, or maybe not,
but here’s to the five-foot-two-inch
Hoskins being a giant killer.
The Best Actress category is somewhat
of a disappointment this year. First of all,
Jane Fonda's nomination is only there to
create controversy. The voters got a kick
cout of nominating her the same year that
Platoon is making its mark. The Morning
After was an awful movie, and although
her performance was its saving grace, it
was not one of the best of the year.
Crimes ‘of the Heart starred Sissy
Spacek, Diane Keaton, and Jessica Lange,
not just Spacek. The Academy should have
nominated all three actresses or none of
them, The “pop” film nominee of the year
is Sigourney Weaver in Aliens. Her perfor-
mance was very good, but sci-fi horrors
don’t win acting awards. So that leaves us
with Kathleen Turner of Peggy Sue Got
Married and Marlee Matlin of Children of
a Lesser God. Matlin’s film was better, and
she was better in it. Enough said.
Highlighting the Best Supporting Actor
category are Platoon's Tom Berenger and
William Dafoe, leaving out the widely
recognized Charlie Sheen as the young
soldier. The two sergeants were both very
good, but they will probably cancel each
other out in the voting.
Denholm Elliott, a British actor, was ex-
cellent in A Room with a View, and can be
billed the distinguished dark horse. | can’t
think of a good reason why Dennis Hop-
per won't win for Hoosiers. Call it instinct.
Hopper won't win. That brings it down to
Michael Caine, He was funny, sad and
very real as the infatuated financial advisor
in Hannah And Her Sisters. He is also the
public's favorite, and my favorite, to win.
This time around, there won't be any
runaway winners of Best Supporting Ac-
tress like last year’s Anjelica Huston
(Prizzi's Honor). There-are five very good
performers nominated this year, although
many people are surprised at Piper Laurie's
nomination, including Piper Laurie. Her
ten or twelve minutes as Matlin’s mother
in Lesser God make for a rather small role
to be up for an award. She did do a fine
job, though. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
of The Color of Money has the longest
name ever to be nominated for an acting
award, but don’t expect that distinction to
win it for her. She was as good as any ac-
tress can be playing in Paul Newman and
Tom Cruise’s shadows, but that’s just the
point — she was overshadowed by these
great names.
Two time winner Maggie Smith was
very staid but still good as the female con-
fidante in A Room with a View. She has a
chance, but the voters will probably be
looking more towards relatively new
blood.That new blood comes in the form
of Tess Harper in Crimes of the Heart and
Diane Wiest in Hannah And Her Sisters.
Both have been in several films, but have
gotten very little notice up until now.
Harper's role was more of a caricature than
a character, but was still very funny and
quite effective in the film.
Earlier I mentioned that Harper's co-star,
Sissy Spacek, was nominated while neither
of her screen sisters received a bid. Well,
much notice has been taken of the fact that
both of the other two sisters in Hannah,
Mia Farrow and Barbara Hershey, were
overlooked in this category. It seems to
have been a year of ensemble perfor-
mances that are only receiving fragmented
notice. Still, Wiest as sister Holly was the
funniest and most memorable of the three,
and will probably squeek out a win over
Tess Harper.
What do the names Coppola, Avildsen,
Lumet and Scorcese have in common?
They all belong to top industry directors
who made films in 1986 but who were not
nominated for Best Director. Instead, the
voters chose to go for innovators such as
David Lynch, who made Blue Velvet,
about psychopathic killers and sex maniacs
in Norman Rockwell's Middle America. It
was the most controversial film of the year,
and. that was the primary reason he was
nominated. The film couldn't be
nominated because they couldn't show any
scenes on the Oscar show. =
The other nominated directors are
responsible for four of the Best Picture
nominees (or is it the other way around?),
including Woody Allen (Hannah And Her
Sisters), James Ivory (A Room with a
View), Roland Joffe’ (The Mission), and
Oliver Stone (Platoon). Now, | want to say
that Oliver Stone will win this award, but I
made a similar blunder last year in choos-
ing Out of Africa to win Best Picture and
John Huston (Prizzi’s Honor) as director.
This year I'm going change my strategy by
going along with industry standards and
choose Woody Allen and his film. I‘
either be right in both cases or wrong in
both.
For those of us who still haven't adopted
the Woody Allen attitude about the Oscars
(Id rather be in a nightclub in New York
than in a tuxedo in Los Angeles — not a
direct quote, but close), ABC will be sure
to accomodate everyone on March 30.
For those who have, good luck finding
something else decent to watch on televi-
sion that night. Maybe you’d better just go
out to dinner (a long one). In either case,
just remember how to keep your sanity un-
til then.
If sometime, somewhere, somebody
should come up to you and say, “Who do
you think is going to win?” — well, you
know what to say. a
8a Aspects
March 13, 1987
: Film
Cine 1-10 (459-8300)
1. Heat (R) 1:30, 3:55, 7:15, 9:40, Fri, Sat, 11:40
2. Nightmare on Elmstreet 3 (R) 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55, Fri, Sat, 12]
midnight
3. Hoosiers (PG) 1:15, 3:45, 6:45, 9:25, Fri, Sat, 11:45
4, Evil Dead 2 (NR) 4:45, 7:35, 10, Fri, Sat, 12 midnight
5. Lady and the Tramp (G) 2:00 only
6. Platopn (R) 1, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35, Fri, Sat, 11:55
7. Crocodile Dundee (PG-13) 2:15, 4:20, 6:40, 8:50, Fri, Sat, 11:00
8. Some Kind of Wonderful (PG-13) 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:45, Fri, Sat,
11:50
9. Mannequin (PG) 1:20, 3:30, 7:10, 9:15, Fri, Sat, 11:05
OF2
Dance Club Night, Fri, March 13. Donnybrook Fair Irish Folk special,
Sat, March 14 after the parade. The Sharks with Creative Differences,
Sat. night, March 14. Tea Dance, Sun, March 15. The Wild Seeds with
Painted Birds, Mon, March 16. Donnybrook Fair, St. Patrick’s Day.
Hollywood Indians with The Switch, Wed, March 18. Pop Art with
f) Dada, Thurs, March 19.
Pauly’s Hotel
Motherless and the Merry Knights, Fri, March 13. Saint Patrick’s Day
party, Sat, March 14.
Club 288
¥ Con Demek with Hunger Artists, Sun, March 15.
Bogies
Slipknot, Fri-Sat, March 13-14.
Eighth Step Coffeehouse
John Krumm with Small Potatoes, Fri, March 13.
September's
Skyline, through Sun, March 15. Private Eyes, Mon, March 16
through Sun, March 22.
10. Black Widow (R) 1:40, 4:10, 7:05, 9:20, Fri, Sat, 11:20
11. Radio Days (PG) 2, 4:15, 7, 9, Fri, Sat, 11:10
Crossgates 1-12 (456-5678)
1. Nightmare on Elmstreet 3 (R) 2:15, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30, Fri, Sat, 12:30}
2. Heat (R) 1:40, 4:15, 7:30, 10:15, Fri, Sat, 12:25
3. Tin Men (R) 12:55, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55, Fri, Sat, 12:15
4. Hoosiers (PG) 1, 3:55, 6:40, 9:15, Fri, Sat, 11:35
5. Some Kind of Wonderful (PG-13) 12:40, 3:15, 6:30, 9:10, Fri, Sat,
11:25
6. Lethal Weapon (R) 12:20, 3:15, 6:40, 9:15, Fri, Sat, 11:30
7. Platoon (R) 12:30, 3:45, 6:55, (0, Fri, Sat, 12:05
8. Mannequin (PG) 1:10, 3:40, 5, 9, Fri, Sat, 11:00
9. Sullivan's Pavillion (PG) 1:55, 4:10, 7:10, 9:20, Fri, Sat, 11:20
10. Angel Heart (R) 12:25, 3:10, 6:20, 9:20, Fri, Sat, 11:45
11. Outrageous Fortune (R) 2:20, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50, Fri, Sat, 12:05
12. Evil Dead 2 (NR) 1:30, 4, 6:25, 9:05, Fri, Sat, 11:10 .
Madison (489-5431)
Crimes of the Heart (R) 7, 9:10
Spectrum 1-3 (449-8995)
1. Round Midnight (R) 7, 9:40
2. A-Room With a View (PG) 6:45, 9:15
3. Decline of the American Empire (R) 7:10, 9:25
{ Theatre
| Music
SUNYA Performing Arts Center
Schuyler String Quartet in concert, Sun, March 15 at 7pm in the
Recital Hall. ;
Capital Rep
World premiere of Jupiter and Elsewhere, Sat, March 14 through
April 12.
Cohoes
Yours, Anne, through Sun, March 15.
ESIPA at the EGG
Amadeus, March 21-29.
Palace Theatre
The Band, Hot Tuna, Taj Mahal and Roger McGuinn, Sat, March 14.
Doug Henning, Fri, March 20 at 8pm. Anita Baker with Durell Col-
eman, presented by UCB and WFLY, Wed, March 25 at 8pm.
Proctor’s
On the 20th Century, March 20-22.
Cathedral of All Saints
Chorus in Mendelssohn's Lauda Sion and Liszt's Via Crucis, presented
by Capitol Hill Choral Society, Fri, March 13.
Stuyvesant Plaza Promenade
The Berkshire Highlanders Bagpipe Band, Sun, March 15 from
1:30-2:30 and 3-4pm.
SUNYA Campus Center
Reggae Concert featuring Able and Allen, Fri, March 13 at 9pm
Please call the theatre directly for the Sat, Sun. matinee showtimes.
UA Hellman (459-5322)
1. Angel Heart (R) Fri, 7:45, 9:45, 12 midnight. Sat, Sun, 1:45, 3:45]
5:45, 7:45, 9:45 and a 12 midnight showing Sat. Mon-Thurs, 7:45]
9:45
2. Lethal Weapon (R) Fri, 7:30, 9:30, 12 midnight. Sat, Sun, 1:30, 3:30]
5:30, 7:30, 9:30 and a 12 midnight showing Sat. Mon-Thurs at 7:
9:45 .
University Cinemas
1. Running Scared (R) 7:30, 10, Fri, Sat, in LC18
2. Friday the 13th, part 1 (R) 7:30, 10, Fri, Sat, in LC7
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (R) Thurs, March 19
Albany Institute of History and Art
Savory Suppers and Fasionable Feasts: Dining in Victorian America,
through April 5. Five Person Exhibition featuring sculpture and
photography by Brickman, Giorgini, Natalini, Noyes and Scialo,
through April 21. Institute panel presentations every Thursday at
noon.
New York State Museum
Johann Sebastian Bach: The World Within and Without the Artist,
March 15, 22, 23, and 29; free admission. Black Art in the 20th Cen-
( tury: Film series, Sundays at 2pm through March 22 and Tuesdays at
~ 12:10 through March 24. Tradition and Conflict: Images of a turbulent
decade, 1963 to 1973, through April 26. The Ice Age Returns, The
Elegance of Yesteryear.
THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON
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Tenant trouble
To the Editor:
The full page ‘‘Off-Campus Association Landlord
Survey’’ in the ASP Feb. 20, 1987 inspired me to put pen
to paper to suggest that a survey of ‘“‘Off-Campus Pro-
spective Tenants” would be more beneficial to us ‘‘nor-
mal’’ residents of Albany. This would provide landlords
with legitimate references of prospective tenants from the
campus. It is usually said that it is impossible to give
references if you are renting off campus for the first time
but RA’s could perhaps give an unsuspecting landlord an
idea of what to expect in after hours behavior from a
given student.
Being in the dubious position of a full-time student at
SUNY and a landlord’s daughter I can fully understand
why landlords may not be interested in students’
problems.
The saying it takes just one bad apple to spoil the whole
barrel is true in this case. We had the misfortune to meet
three bad apples when we rented our upstairs apartment
for the first time this past fall semester to three students
from SUNYA.
I think both parties have learned from the experience.
We have learned that if at all possible we will most em-
phatically will not rent to students. Our past tenents I
hope have learned that signing a lease is a little more
serious than they had thought. After taking these same
tenants to court on harrassment and criminal mischief
charges they also perhaps have learned that they unfor-
tunately should be responsible for their childish behavior.
Perhaps their behavior is acceptable in dormitory living
but not in residential living. An appeal from one of the at-
torneys representing the tenants to forgive him because he
was ‘“‘only”’ a student and had no previous record of this
nature should be considered. Forgive me for presuppos-
ing that a SUNY student should be responsible for his
own actions and no longer needs his Mama to fight his
battles. Forgive me for thinking that a student didn’t have
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the right to take the law into his own hands. It remains to
be seen if these three past tenants will meet their restitu-
tion deadlines, but if they don’t we will again summons
them to court and see if the judge has more words of
wisdom for them.
To conclude I feel The Landlord Survey would be most
beneficial if a survey to ‘improve the quality of off-
campus students’’ accompanied it.
— Name withheld by request
Traditions
To the Editor:
This is a letter to the administration.
Why not Huey Lewis? Out of all the popular rock
bands Huey Lewis is the mellowest. He doesn’t attract the
screaming head-bangers of rock and roll (you know-‘‘the
poor element’’), he just plays good music. Instead of wor-
rying about a few minor incidents of vandalism caused by
certain individuals (the real “‘poor element”), worry
about the lack of school spirit this will cause. This school
gets together on so few occasions, that taking this tradi-
tion of SUNY Albany away, by bringing in an unheard of
band certainly won’t help.
This is our Jast great tradition, don’t let the
bureaucracy stifle it through a ‘‘fear of a mass of students
tearing apart the school.” Rock concerts (in this case get-
togethers) aren’t as violent as you think, especially with
Huey Lewis fans. Have a little more faith in your students
and other adults of college age — we’re not as bad as you
think!
— Amy R. Riddell
Beat the rap
To the Editor:
This is in response to Alan B. Fried’s letter concerning
a black man playing loud music on a SUNY bus. Mr.
Fried expressed anger at the incident, his sentiment sup-
posedly not of a persecutory nature but directed at an in-
dividual’s behavior. However, he also asserted that the
black man and his race in general, was venting hostility
(to subversion by the white race) through his music.
Far be it for me to accuse Mr. Fried of bigotry, but his
letter seems to be an attack not only on one man, but an
entire culture. I quote the letter:
“When we choose to vent our frustrations, our hostilities,
we must choose the manner of a civilized man.””
Despite the medium, through which Fried chose to ex-
press his anger, I see his words being just as ‘‘hostile’’ as
the loudness of the radio. Furthermore, who says the man
was expressing the anger of his race, or his own, for that
matter?
The real issue, as I see it, is not of a race alienating
itself, showing its culture, or even an angry guy — but the
lack of common courtesy. Someone was very rude,
whether he was aware of it or not. Because of this, you
and those affected by the loud music might have politely
asked the individual in question to lower his radio.
Whether white or black, Mr. Fried, we all have our
differences and must learn to live with other people. The
first requisite is consideration, as I’m sure you will agree.
But to incur a judgement about the behavior of one per-
son and apply it to an entire group of people is not what
will help whether the cause be black, white or your own.
— Jayne Rand
Road warriors
To the Editor:
I am writing in response to Todd Fernbach’s letter in
the March 6 issue of the ASP. Mr. Fernbach voices his
conern about the inconvenience caused by joggers on
perimeter road, but presents his argument in a weak and
inconsistent manner.
Mr. Fernback claims the issue at hand is safety. That is,
joggers are a hazardous risk to themselves and motorists
alike, and should find a place to run other than perimeter
road. He supports his argument by explaining that in
cold, wintery weather conditions he often has car trouble
and a tendency to be late for class. Therefore, it is
necessary that he break the law by exceeding the speed
limit. Driving faster makes it difficult for him to perceive
obstacles on the winding road, such as other cars and peo-
ple. The conclusion I draw from your argument, Mr.
Fernbach, is that in order to improve traffic safety for
joggers and motorists alike, you should be banned from
using perimeter road, not the joggers. If you honestly feel
that your tardiness is sufficient justification for exceeding
the speed limit, and if you find pedestrians and vehicles
too much of an obstacle, you are not responsible enough
to operate a motor vehicle on public roadways.
As you have probably guessed, Mr. Fernbach, I am one
of those “‘annoying subcreatures’’ about which you are
complaining. But I am also a motorist, and.well aware of
the driver’s perspective on this issue. I have been using
perimeter road for the 3 and a half years I have been at
this university, and I very much appreciate having such’a
convenient place to jog. I am also quite conscious of the
potential inconvenience joggers present to motorists. I do.
not feel that I ‘“‘own the road’’, Mr. Fernbach; on the
contrary, I have always, felt that motorists have first
priority, and I act accordingly. I stay as close to the edge
of the road as possible, I stop at intersections even when I
have the right-of-way, and, unlike you, I pay close atten-
tion to my surroundings while using the road.
It is fortunate that you are not representative of all
motorists, Mr. Fernbach. I have shared perimeter road
with many considerate drivers who respect my decision to
jog. It is responsible drivers like these who are truly con-
cerned with safety, not someone like you who prefers to
take the law into his own hands, drive fast on icy roads,
and perhaps ‘‘teach me a lesson’’ by hitting me with his
car.
— Sheri Feinzig
Skip Stratton
To the Editor:
I’man R.A. on Colonial Quad and recently I organized
a ski trip to Stratton Mountain, Vermont, for the
residents in my dorm. In late January I called the moun-
tain and spoke with the marketing manager, Joanne R.
who quoted me a group rate of $19 per person. I asked
for a confirmation on that reservation and price but was
told that they didn’t mail confirmations and there was
nothing to worry about. I was a little leery of not having
anything in writing so I called twice since that date to con-
firm that original quote. Again I was told, $19 per
person-once by Joanne R. and the third time by her
secretary. I also specifically checked about the holiday
rates applying to my trip but was told that they only ap-
plied those rates to the previous weekend for the observed
holiday.
Confident now of my information I set trip prices to
just cover bus transport and lift tickets, and planned the
event over the next few weeks accordingly. When I arriv-
ed at Stratton on Sunday with 30 people alongside I was
told that the price was $22 holiday rate per person. Ap-
parantly the lines of communication in the organization
had gotten bangled and I had no choice but to fork over
an extra $93 of my personal money to this multimillion
dollar business.
I tried desperately in the beginning and end of our day
to make my point and get justice for my loss but the entire
staff was very rude and unprofessional in their hospitali-
ty. Over the next few days I made 5 calls to Stratton to
speak with the marketing manager who was responsible
for the entire mixup. When I finally made contact I was
appalled at the treatment I received. Not only did she
refuse to compensate me for any loss but she denied ever
speaking with me.
This type of thing has never happened to me before and
I will never deal with Stratton again. I hope that student
groups from this campus will learn by my experience and
not do business with this mountain in the future. It really
opened my eyes to an organization that is simply in
business to ‘make the buck’ even if it means cheating
those of us who are ‘not so wealthy’ students in their
greed. Avoid Stratton Mountain,
The chosen
To the Editor:
Andrew Kantor should learn to conceal his lies a little
better. In his letter in Friday’s ASP, Mr. Kantor stated
that he was ‘‘chosen’’ by the “‘inner-circle’’ of NYPIRG
to be local board co-chair along with myself. This is lie
number one. In the Spring of 1985, he and I were named.
temporary co-chairs in lieu of upcoming elections in the
Fall of 1985. If Mr. Kantor had stayed more than one
week into the fall of that semester, he would have known
that elections were held, and a new local board chair was
named. Mr. Kantor’s second lie was in presuming that I
“‘stayed on’’ as chair; in fact, Genie Budow was named
local board chair, and she ‘‘stayed on’’ that year because
we elected her to the position.
When someone’s position is seriously lacking in validi-
ty, they often make desperate (if not humorous) attempts
to salvage it. This is the only explanation for lies number
three and four in Mr. Kantor’s letter. Our Women’s Issue
project never contemplated working against por-
nography. The group, in its fledgling stages had pot-luck
dinners and women’s encounter sessions where they talk-
ed about the effects of sexism on their lives as women.
Had Mr. Kantor ever been to a women’s issues project
meeting, he would have known this as well. Finally, the
allusion to abortion is humorous, indeed, but factually
full of it. NYPIRG has never taken a stand on abortion,
and NYPIRG resources and energies have never gone to
work on the issue. Mr. Kantor knows this, but he chose to
lie in order to incite the student readers to agree with his
deceptive position.
Andrew Kantor, like all of his College Republican,
YAF and STAFF friends, assumes that the student body
will easily fall for their misleading poster campaigns,
deceptive letters, and boldfaced lies, Their anti-PIRG,
anti-student activism campaign is an insult to their own
integrity, it is an insult to NYPIRG’s integrity, and it is an
insult to the integrity of every student on campus.
— Joseph M. Sammons
SUNYA Representative, NYPIRG State Board of
Directors
— Theresa Coyle _
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FRIDAY, ‘MARGH 13, 19871) ALBANY STUDENT: PRESS 1 1
Students use ingenuity to meet college costs
PRESS SERVICE — The tighter
Guaranteed Student Loan re-
quirements that went into effect
apparently are forcing some
students to throw parties, beseech
banks for personal loans and go
to greater lengths to pay for col-
lege this term, various campus of-
ficials report.
Banks in Norman, Okla., for
example, report some students in
recent weeks have been applying
for short-term personal loans to
help pay tuition.
And at the University of
Wisconsin at Stout, 11 students
were arrested last week for
allegedly trying to raise tuition
money by charging admission to
weekend beer parties.
The reason is that the new
Higher Education Act passed last
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families with yearly incomes
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RAs
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RA Advisory Board chair
Tracie Shaw said she felt the
proposal was ‘‘fair and just,”” but
added that ‘‘we kind of overshot
because we wanted them to
bargain with us.’’
Board members expressed a
reluctance to establish an
employer-employee relationship
between UAS and RAs, but some
members proposed that UAS
could support activities such as an
outdoor picnic or dinner dance to
show its appreciation for RAs.
No definite proposals were made,
however.
Shaw, who had not been in-
formed of the board’s decision,
said RAs would probably ap-
preciate a picnic or dinner dance
sponsored by UAS. “‘I think it
would be recognized as positive
“Now that the government has
made the GSL pretty strictly a
need-based program, lots of
students who depend on that
money may not have any other
options [besides taking out per-
sonal loans] if they choose not to
work their way through college,’”
said Elton Davis, Oklahoma’s
financial aid director.
“Lots of students who don’t
want to work now may have to
before they graduate. That makes
the next question: will there be
enough jobs for those who end up
having to work?”’ he said.
Aid directors were generally
amused by the tuition-beer party
at Stout.
Oklahoma’s Davis said,“‘If
students can raise money that
way, I won’t knock it. There are
lots of students out there who
drink beer, but I hope it’s not a
trend that reaches into harsh or
violent types of things.”
Stout financial aid director
Kurtis Kindschi laughed at the in-
feedback from UAS. Most would
be impressed.’”
Last year, the UAS board turn-
ed down a proposal by the
previous advisory board that
would have-given first-year RAs a
50 percent discount off their meal
plans and second-year RAs a 100
percent discount, Shaw said.
She added that she anticipates
next year’s board will make
another proposal to bring before
UAS.
Residential Life Director John
Martone supported the proposals
and wrote a cover letter before
they were presented to the board
of directors, Shaw said. The Of-
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cident, but hoped other students
would seek more mainstream
alternatives to GSLs.
“They can look for other types
of loans, perhaps attend college in
their home communities, work
while they attend school or extend
their educations over five or six
years rather than four,’’ he said.
But most importantly, Kindschi
said, families must realize the
days of readily available federal
aid are gone.
“Over the past 10 or 15 years
the availability of aid encouraged
families not to plan for the
future,” he said. ‘High ap-
propriations for financial aid pro-
grams let them think the feds
would take care of their childrens’
tuition when the time came.”
“Now the worm is turning, and
significant reductions are causing
frustration and anxiety. The feds
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Others will consider changes in
the tax laws — which disallow
deduction of interest on personal
loans — and take out deductible
second mortages or equity loans
to pay their childrens’ tuition.
“A number of families have
always used personal loans to pay
for their childrens’ tuition,’’ Mar-
tin noted. “‘But it’s too soon to
try to determine patterns to this,
although it’s safe to say many
people will need other sources of
credit.”
Davis brands the PLUS pro-
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Increase in racial incidents draws mixed reactions
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — Race
relations on various American
campuses have been marred by a
rash of ‘‘incidents’? in recent
weeks, but observers don’t agree
on what to make of them.
While some see the incidents —
which range in seriousness from
racist jokes on a campus radio
station to beatings — as
emblematic of a rise in student
racism, other specialists see them
as examples of thoughtless insen-
sitivity that, in the broad im-
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ultimately will be forgotten.
Most recently, UCLA tem-
porarily suspended the editor of
the Daily Bruin for publishing an
anti-affirmative action cartoon.
In late February, the
Massachusetts Commission
Against Discrimination, upon in-
vestigating racial incidents at U.
Mass, Amherst, called for ad-
ministrators to start more pro-
grams promoting ‘‘racial
understanding.’’
The commission was reacting
to an incident in which a group of
white students chased and beat a
smaller group of black students.
Earlier that day, a white football
player had been injured in a fight
with a black student.
The University of Michigan,
meanwhile, pulled a student disk
jockey off the air at the campus
radio station when the student
told anti-black jokes.
And a panel organized by The
Citadel to look into a much-
publicized racial hazing incident
at the South Carolina military
college last fall recommended last
week that the band not play
“Dixie”’ at football games, and
that The Citadel appoint blacks to
disciplinary boards.
At the same time, Baylor’s
president said progress in race
relations at the school was un-
“Tt may be that the frequency of
these incidents hasn’t changed, but
the reporting of them has.’’
— Prof. Reynolds Farley
satisfactory, and that extracur-
ricular activities especially could
benefit from integration.
At the U. of California, Santa
Barbara, many recent incidents
have sparked protest marches on
campus.
Mark Armstrong, at UCSB’s
Equal Opportunity Program, said
students have been arrested for no
reason other than race.
He quoted former Chancellor
Robert A. Huttenback as saying
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concerns.
“There is no doubt in my mind
that the number of racial in-
cidents is increasing,’’ said
Frederick Hurst of the
Massachusetts commission that
probed the racial climate at U.
Mass.
Hurst attributed it to ‘an at-
titude around the country that
makes people who are not well-
meaning believe they can manifest
racial feelings in negative
behavior.”
But University of Michigan
Prof. Reynolds Farley, author of
“Blacks and Whites: Narrowing
the Gap,”’ isn’t sure there are
more racial incidents.
“Tt could very well be that
we’re more sensitive to these in-
cidents. It may be that the fre-
quency of these incidents hasn’t
changed, but that the reporting of
them has.”’
UCLA’s recent incident involv-
ed a cartoon that implied even a
rooster could get into UCLA
under affirmative action rules.
The Bruin’s art director said he
did not understand the full im-
plications of the cartoon, and
Editor Ron Bell said he did not
see it before it ran.
Alfred Herrera, UCLA’s coor-
dinator of transfer programs, said
Bruin generally is fair in repor-
ting about minorities. ‘‘If
anything, they’re anti-racist,’’ he
added.
Most campus incidents, Hurst
found, were started by young
people insensitive to the civil
rights struggle. ‘Young whites,
but young blacks also, tend not to
remember what happened to
them.”
Michigan’s Farley contended
there has been progress in race
relations, although ‘‘it’s hard to
draw overarching conclusions.
There’s been a sharp decrease in
racial discrimination. Blacks are
elected to high offices, and we’ve
seen the emergence of a black
middle class since the forties and
fifties.””
Hurst argued that ‘‘people
who’ve come through the civil
rights struggle — black and white
— tend to become passive.’”
Although campuses and society
may not be able to rid themselves
of all racism, Hurst thinks the
best strategy is to ‘knock it down
when it rears its ugly head.’’
On most of the campuses where
minorities have protested the in-
cidents, whether big or small,
other students have responded.
The Citadel hired a commission
to gauge the campus climate for
blacks, The Bruin’s editor Bell is
undergoing a sort of sensitivity
training by engaging in a round of
talks with campus minority
groups.
At U. Mass, Hurst was ‘‘very
pleased with all the helpful input
from students,’’ who, he said,
were “ashamed of what had hap-
pened. I did not find indif-
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Minorities can gain power in election process
By John Wilson III
On Monday March 16, election fever
will hit the SUNYA campus. Self-
nomination forms are now available for
United States Student Association
(USSA), the Student Association of the
State Universities (SASU), University
Senate, Central Council, University Coun-
cil, as well as for Student Association
president and vice president.
The time is now for minority students to
stand up and have their
voices heard. We, the Beyond
minority students on
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ing important decisions about our college
careers without our views being effectively
represented. If I may borrow a line from
W.E.B. DuBois, ‘‘for too long we have {et
other people do our thinking for us.’’
If you feel the students presently holding
leadership positions are lacking the ability
to lead effectively, or if you are unhappy
with the present status quo, then run for
office yourself. By running for office, you
will be taking a step in the direction toward
a positive change. This is the way to end
the successive string of ambiguous vic-
tories and vague defeats that we have
grown accustomed to.
An important part of education involves
developing skills that help prepare for the
everyday work world. Learning to effec-
tively deal with an array of people, plann-
ing social functions or organizing a task
force are educational opportunities of a
different dimension. As stated by Julian
Bond at the Martin Luther King luncheon,
“We move forward faster when we move
forward together.*’
Last year’s election was a major
breakthrough for the minority communi-
ty, when the student body elected a minori-
ty for Student Association President. Let
us push forward and support minority can-
didates for vice president of next year’s SA
administration.
During the next three weeks forums and
debates will be held for the candidates con-
tending for SA president, vice president,
and University Council. Attend the forums
and debates; know the issues the can-
didates will be discussing; prepare and ask
questions to decide which candidate has
your best interest as a minority student on
this campus.
Locally, on your residential quad, find
out who is running for USSA, SASU,
University Senate, and Central Council.
Our effectiveness as a community can be
felt by supporting our own candidates,
acknowledging the sincerity — or lack of
sincerity — of a potential elected student
leader.
If you live off campus, you also must be
aware of pertinent student issues, as well
as what is happening in the community in
which you chose to reside. Your
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Then, in 1965, the Voting Rights Act pro-
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Univ. of Texas report reveals illegal payments
Baytown, Texas
(AP) A University of Texas
booster who helped raise $10,000
that allegedly was passed on to
football players says he did so
after former Coach Bill Yeoman
asked for his help.
**When you love and respect
someone and he asks you for
help, you help without asking
questions,’’ Baytown
businessman Frank Terry said.
**No coaches ever asked except
Coach Yeoman.”
Terry held a press conference
outside his home Tuesday, a day
after the university released a
memorandum quoting him as say-
ing he and other supporters raised
money so’ Yeoman could make
Men’s track
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fastest time in Division III this
season, just missing an NCAA
bid.
Sophomore Bruce Gaynor ran
impressively in the 500-meter. For
the second consecutive meet, he
wond his heat and placed fifth
overall. Gaynor’s 108.1 was a per-
sonal best by one second.
payments of $250 to $500 to some
players who came to school early.
The memorandum was part of
an in-house investigation con-
ducted by a Houston law firm in
response to allegations that
Yeoman and his assistant coaches
violated NCAA rules by paying
players.
In a report conducted by the
same firm and made public last
week, Yeoman said he occasional-
ly gave players money, but only
for humanitarian reasons and
never more than $35 at one time.
Terry’s voice quaked and tears
welled up in his eyes several times
as he talked about the university.
“On three occasions, I did raise
funds for Coach Yeoman at his
In the 55-meter high hurdles,
junior Mike Bizovi placed fourth
with a time of 8.71. A week
earlier Bizovi placed third in the
pentathalon at the State Met,
‘breaking a school record.
Bizovi said of his hurdle race,
“ came into the race hoping to
place, so I’m happy with that. I
als felt better in that race than I
had in a while.”
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request,’’ he said. ‘‘He asked, I
did it. 1 wished I hadn’t. I loved
the guy and I wanted to help.’’
Terry said he understood that
the money he helped raise —
$3,000 on two occasions, $4,000
on another, he said — was used to
pay off bank notes. Yeoman, he
said, always apologized when he
asked for help.
Terry said he didn’t know ex-
actly how much money was paid
to the players who arrived early.
“7 just know the players that
came in early got compensated,”
he said, adding that he did not
witness any transactions but that
Yeoman told him about the
payments.
Coach Vives said of the tri-
captain, who was named ‘‘Athlete
of the Meet,” ‘‘Mike has been
sacrificing himself for the benefit
of the team all season. He has
participated in three or four
events in most meets and here
tried the pentathalon for the first
time. He placed third with a new
school record. He is a very ver-
satile athlete.””
Yeoman, who resigned last fall
after heading the Cougars for 25
years, has refused to comment,
but university President Richard
Van Horn defended him, calling
his career ‘‘long and
distinguished.””
The head of the school’s
Athletic Advisory Committee said
a resolution would be introduced
today calling for the university to
sever all ties with Yeoman.
Also on Tuesday, Dick George,
one of the boosters Terry named
in the -report, declared that
“Frank Terry is out of his gourd,
and you can ‘quote me on that.”
When asked about that and
other denials, Terry said he had
told the truth and that others had
The Danes’ mile relay of Dave
Reinhardt, Thompson, Bizovi
and Miller placed second at
3:26.7. The event was the last
contest and a tough weekend of
running finally caught up to the
Danes. St. Lawrence won: the
event at 3:24 and will go to the na-
tionals as a result. The Danes will
get a rematch with St. Lawrence,
as they had qualified for the na-
Men’s hoops
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capitalized on Albany’s close
man-to-man of Harley. Forward
Marty Safford finished with 16
points, well above his 10 point
seasonal average. Another for-
ward, Rudy Outlaw, scored 16,
also above his average. Scoring 15
points, a little under his average,
was forward John Ramsey. Platt-
sburgh finished their season with
a 16-9 mark.
For the Danes, Ursprung was
high scorer with 18 points on 7 for
11 shooting from the floor. He
also had 14 rebounds, 10 of which
were in the second half. Cinque
scored 17 points in addition to his
10 assists. Russ Teague added 15
points on 6 for 8 shooting from
the field. He led with 9 points at
halftime when the Danes had a
33-31 edge.
The Danes, now 21-6, travel to
Hamilton Saturday for the ECAC
Dane swimmers
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the 100 IM, and ninth in the 200
breastroke.
“I had a good time, but I
didn’t place well,” said Van
Brunt.
Mike Kouttelis also contributed
to the Danes’ high finish. He
finished sixth in the 100 yard
breastroke and ninth in the 200
breaststroke.
The highlight of the meet for
the Danes, of course, was Burton,
Besides his 200 backstroke gem,
he finished second in the 100
backstroke and fifth in one of the
individual medley events. In-
credibly, in all three races Burton
Set school records.
“Ed is the key to our success,””
said Van Brunt. ‘He came here
and challenged everybody in their
events. He pushed everyone to do
better. We did that much better
when he got here.’?
The Danes still had more
to make up their own minds on
what they would say.
“I can’t tell the story of.
others,” he said. ‘‘I can only
relate my story.”
“I think Terry is a fine fellow,”
Archie Sylvia, an accountant,
said. “I don’t know why he went
off half-cocked on this.””
Added businessman Frank
Cole: ‘‘This guy [Terry]
fabricates more. . .stories.
Another booster, Bob Warner,
said, “Bill Yeoman never asked
me for one penny of illegal funds.
Mr. Terry never needs to worry
about an occupation. Evidently
he can write fairy tales better than
most writers.’’ oO
faster than at the SUNYACS.
Glaser passed one additional run-
ner as he ran a personal best.
The mile relay will be joined at
the nationals by sophomore
Alfred Williams. Williams will
particpate in the long and triple
jumps. He placed fourth at the
State Meet in that event leaping
well over forty feet. ao
finals. Defending champion
Hamilton (22-4) defeated Union
67-62 Wednesday. Earlier this
season, the Danes beat Hamilton
82-80 in over-time. The last time
Albany won the ECAC tourna-
ment was in 1978 at Utica where
they played Hamilton.
HOOPLA: Adam Ursprung has
capped a fine senior season by be-
ing named to the ECAC Upstate
New York First Team “All-Star
Squad. . . Plattsburgh’s Harley
was also named to the first team,
although observers at Wednes-
day’s game might see the Danes”
Cinque as just as valuable a guard
for any team Cinque,
Ursprung, O’Connell and Tony
Dickens, who was in street clothes
Wednesday night, appeared for
the last time at University Gym
the Danes’ record now
stands at 21-6 . . . if they win
Saturday, they will fall one win
short of the school record of 23.
records to set in the relays. In the
800-m free relay, Burton,
Jackson, McElerney and Green-
baum finished fourth, shattering
the old record. That same squad
finished second in the 400 medley
relay, breaking yet another Great
Dane record.
“We had an excellent year,”
said Van Brunt. Next year looks
really good too because we’re on-
ly losing one guy [Greenbaum]
from the relays.”
Diver Mike Vardi, a senior,
finished tenth in the 3-m dive and
twelfth in the 1-m dive. Other
seniors who finished thier Great
Dane swim careers were Dave
Wilson, Doug Ketterer, Jim
Neiland, and Greenbaum.
“They all did a very good job,””
said head coach David Turnage.
“Six records were broken; it was
a very good team effort. We’ve
been improving every year.” O
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By Jerry Kahn
STAFF WRITER
Although the Mets are the World Cham-
pions and the Yankees finished second in
the strong American League East, each of
them have serious management problems
which cannot be ignored.
One of Davey Johnson’s problems is
that he gives in to favoritism. Most of the
players on the Mets played for him in the
minor leagues. He is the only manager in
baseball who would start Rafael Santana,
the major league’s worst hitter according
to Total Average (TA measures on base
percentage, power, and speed).
The Mets also have problems in the
front office. Frank Cashen has proved to
be very erratic. One minute he will make a
great trade, and the next minute he will
make a terrible one. He did not turn the
Mets into winners, his scouts did.
First of all, he traded a young, promis-
ing Jeff Reardon for Ellis Valentine, who
had only one and a half years left on his
contract. Reardon anchored the Expos’
bullpen for the next five years,- while
Valentine had only one good year for the
Mets before he became a free agent.
He also traded future prospect Marvell
Wynne to the Pirates for a young catcher
named Junior Ortiz. Wynne had two good
seasons with the Pirates, which is two
more than Ortiz gave to the Mets.
He traded future Cy Young Award win-
ner Mike Scott for bench warmer Danny
Heep. That trade will become worse every
year, as Scott improves. The only reason
why he needed Heep was because he sold
Mike Jorgensen to Atlanta for $75,000.
That was another bad deal.
He traded another young outfielder
named Herm Winningham, along with
Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, and Floyd
Youmans for Gary Carter. Although
Carter is a star, Brooks became one, and
Youmans and Fitzgerald became regulars.
He traded Billy Beane and Bill Latham,
two more prospects to the Twins. for
reserve second baseman Tim Teuful.
He sent still more minor leaguers away
by trading Stanley Jefferson, the very
highly touted Shawn Abner, rookie Kevin
Mitchell, and two minor leaguers to the
Padres for expensive Kevin McReynolds,
Gene Walter, and minor leaguer Adam
Ging.
But let’s give credit where it is due. He
did make a few good trades. For example,
Lee Mazzilli for two future prospects nam-
ed Walt Terrell and Ron Darling. They
emerged as bona fide starters a couple of
years later.
He made another good trade by sending
Alex Trevino, Charlie Puleo, and Greg
Harris to the Reds for George Foster.
Though he grossly overpaid Foster, Foster
did much better than the other three. He
traded Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey for
Keith Hernandez. While Allen was good,
and Ownbey was young, Hernandez was.
an All-Star.
All of the Yankees’ management’s pro-
blems boil down to one-owner George
Steinbrenner. Since 1973, when Steinbren-
ner bought the team and promised not to
interfere, there have been too many
managerial and pitching coach changes.
Steinbrenner helped to’ escalate the
ballplayers’ salaries in the seventies and
eighties by offering ridiculously high
amounts. For example, in 1981, he gave
Dave Winfield a ten year contract for well
over $1,000,000, and gave money to the
Dave Winfield Foundation. Although the
Winfield Foundation is a charity to help
young people in athletics, it has been boil-
ing in controversy for a couple of years.
Finally, since Steinbrenner loves to see
his name in the newspapers, he does
anything that he can to get into them. That
includes starting trade rumors, firing peo-
ple, criticizing players and personnel, and
making outrageous comments.
By Sandie Weitzman
STAFF WRITER
Although the Dane gymnastics team
gave a consistent performance in Satur-
day’s NYSWAA state meet, they fell short
and finished second to Cortland.
The four team field filtered down to a
of her routine, so the tumbling hurt her.’’
He also explained that Stephanie Stein-
dorf missed both of her ‘‘C’”’ moves in her
routine, which normally doesn’t happen.
A “‘c”’ move is one of extreme difficulty.
‘T don’t think I’ve ever seen it happen
[with her].””
The floor exercise was won by Cor-
tland’s Micole Sherman with an 8.55,
followed by her teammate Meryl Mintz
with an 8.45.
Andrea Weber, of Hunter College, was
the only performer from her team to place
in the meet. She received an 8.4 on the
floor and earned herself a third place
finish.
Albany rounded out the top five, with
Nora Bellantoni receiving a fourth place
score 8.83 followed by Barbara’ Teiss with
an 8.1,
Of Teiss, Giumarello remarked that her
routine was the best it had been all season.
“She was hurt during the year and has
been throwing mid-sevens all season.’’
The Great Dane gymnasts finished se-
cond in the NYSWAA state meet.
two team contest as Cortland and Albany
began a heated battle for first and Hunter
| and Brockport vied for the remaining two
spots. In order of the scores were: 155.3,
152.45, 120.8 and 94.65.
Coach Tom Fiumarello said that it
wasn’t the meet which he was displeased
with, it was the team itself.
“Y thought the floor [performance]
was really poor,’’ said Fiumarello. ‘‘Meri
[Cantor] has a bad wrist,” said
Fiumarello, “‘She ran out of gas at the end
San Jose, Calif.
(AP) A judge’s strongly worded repudia-
tion of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association’s mandatory drug tests has
opened the way for a possible broad attack
on the program.
Attorneys for the American Civil Liber-
ties Union, which is challenging drug-
testing on a number of fronts around the
| country, hailed Wednesday’s ruling declar-
| ing the NCAA’s tests an unconstitutional
violation of privacy.
The ruling holds important implications
for thousands of athletes, especially those
in California, where the right of privacy is
specifically included in the state
Constitution.
The first legal challenge to the NCAA’s
14-year-old drug-testing program was
brought by an unlikely athlete, a diver who
said she had never used illegal drugs and
wasn’t worried about the outcome of tests.
Simone LeVant, a 22-year-old Stanford
senior, said she simply opposed the tests
on principle.
She filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in
January, and Wednesday won a
preliminary ‘injunction allowing her to
compete in the NCAA diving champion-
ships without submitting to urine tests.
The ruling applied only to LeVant.
“T feel wonderful,’’ LeVant said. “I am
happy to hear everything the judge said. I
feel I set a precedent. No other athlete has
been willing to challenge the NCAA.
We’ve won the first step. I hope this makes
other athletes think about their situations
more.””
Santa Clara County Superior Court
Judge Peter G. Stone agreed with LeVant
that mandatory urine tests are a constitu-
tional invasion of privacy and said there is
a “‘reasonalbe probability” she would win
in a trial court.
Stone rejected virtually every argument
posed by NCAA attorney Richard J. Ar-
Albany placed forth and fifth in the
uneven bars, behind Cortland’s first and
third place finishes, and Hunter’s second
place. Again, Weber of Hunter pulled out
a good performance with a score of 8.1.
Albany senior Bellantoni scored fourth
with a 7.5, followed by the Danes; own
Karen Vlasaty with a 7.4.
The beam was a relatively successful
event, with Albany capturing third and
fourth and having two team members tie
with another competitor. The only other
team placing in the event was Cortland
with first, second, and fifth.
Missy Livent has a 7.65 for the Albany
team, followed by ArwphNIW Arwin-
sorf’s 7.55 and Mintz with a 7.4.
Sherman won her beam, capturing her
third first place of the evening with an 8.0
score.
cher. Archer said he didn’t think the
NCAA would appeal the ruling since Le-
Vant would be graduating this spring.
LeVant’s attorneys, who are working
with the ACLU on the case, said they will
wait for the NCAA to make the next move
before deciding whether to bring the case
to trial.
“The ball is in the NCAA’s court,” said
Susan J. Harriman, one of LeVant’s
lawyers. ‘‘If they don’t appeal, the ruling
will stand as a precedent in California.
We're ready to go to trial. I’m sure the
NCAA will do everything it can to protect
its [drug-testing] program.’”
an
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1987 (. ALBANY STUDENT PRESS Sports 15
Albany gymnasts fall at State meet
Albany’s best event of the evening was
the vault. The team swept the event, with
Cortland having two competitors tie for
fifth place along with Cane freshman
Marla Wambach, who recorded a score of
8.25.
Steindorf had a personal best score
of 8.55, winning the event, and giving her
her first state title ever. Co-captain Sue
Leskowitz came in second with an 8.45,
followed by Livent with an 8.35, and Terri
Sokal with an 8.3.
Fiumarello explained that the teams’
performance on the beam showed why
they should have beat Cortland.
“In the last meet, Cortland beat us by
over three points on beam; this time we
beat Cortland by almost a point.’’ In ac-
tuality the Danes beat Cortland b .85.
Fiumarello also stated that the score
from the state meet will count towards the
NCAA division II regional bids. As of last
week, the Danes are ranked seventh behing
the Ithaca bombers. The difference bet-
ween their ranking scores is a little more
than a point. Only the top six get to go to
the regionals.
Saturday’s ECAC meet, to be held in
University Gym, will be their last attempt
at securing the regional bid.
“T have no idea how we’ll do,” said
Fiumarello. ‘‘We have been very consis-
tent, but only stellar once [against
Ithaca].””
He also said that the should girls should
be pumped up for the meet, as it is at
home. ‘“‘Nora [Bellantoni] should help.
This weekend will be her first beam routine
all year, and the kids will be psyched about
that.’”
Fiumarello commented that they were in
the thick of things when it comes to
regionals. “‘I had hoped for a better tur-
nout at states, but we didn’t have one. This
weekend I hope we’ll do better.’” =i
NCAA’s drug testing policy fought
John Toner, the athletic director at the
University of Connecticut, past president
of the NCAA, and currently chairman of
NCAA Special Committee on Drug
Testing said:
“It is a case being tried in the state
courts of California. The challenge is to
the protection of inidividuals’ rights under
the constitution of the state of California,
not the federal Constitution, so that we’ll
have to wait and see.
“‘We tested last weekend, and we’ll con-
tinue to test through this week and then
next weekend at various championships,
among them, of course, men’s basketball.
KEN KIRSCH UFS
ALBANY STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER Tom Higgins receives 2 plaque
from Executive Vice-President of Academic Affairs Harry Hamilton for be-
ing named an Academic All-American — he’s a senior with all ‘A’s and one
Sports |
Staff writer Jerry Kahn
voices his opinion of
problems facing the
Yanks and Mets.
See page 15.
MARCH 13, 1987
Albany nips Plattsburgh in ECAC semis, 73-72
By Kristine Sauer
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Once again the Great Danes
pulled themselves out of a bind by
utilizing their two saving graces
— the zone press and the three
point shot — to take Plattsburgh
in a 73-72 come-from-behind
victory.
With 10:23 remaining in
Wednesday night’s semifinal
game of the ECAC Upstate New
York tournament, Plattsburgh
held a nine-point advantage over
Albany. Dave Campbell, a six-
foot sophomore guard went to
the free throw line to shoot a one
and one hoping to put his team
ahead by 10. He was seeking to
gain revenge for the two earlier
losses the Cardinals suffered at
the hands of the Great Danes this
season.
However, Campbell missed the
front end of that one and one and
the Danes went on a 13-4 tear to
tie up the game at 57-57 with 6:40
to go.
“Psychologically that was a big
miss for them,” said Albany head
coach Dick Sauers, who called a
time-out before Campbell went to
the line. “‘We put on our zone
press and put Goodie [Andy
Goodemote] in, hoping he might
do what he did, which was to
HOWIE TYGAR UPS.
Andy O’Connell, in his last home game, shows the form that earn-
ed him the reputation as the Dane’s best three-point shooter.
come in and just make shots like
that.”
Three-point shots that is, of
which Goodemote landed two key
ones from the baseline within two
minutes of each other. Between
point guard Mike Cinque’s driv-
ing left-hand layup and subse-
quent bonus free throw and
Goodemote’s second shot from
the 19-foot-nine stripe, which tied
up the game, life was sparked
back into a flat Dane squad.
““We were a little disappointed
that” we didn’t get into the
NCAAs,”’ said Cinque, a senior
who scored 17 points in the game,
which was his last in University
Gym. ‘‘Sometimes it’s hard to get
pumped. We were a little flat, but
I think the three-point shots Andy
hit got the crowd into it and that ©
boosted us.””
It was not until the Danes were
down by two, 63-61, at 4:48 after
a basket by six-foot-four forward
John Ramsey, that Albany went
on an 8-0 run to take their biggest
lead of the half.
Again it was Goodemote to
start the roll. The sophomore
guard got the ball in three-point
range at the baseline where Platt-
sburgh star Holman Harley, a
transfer from Division I West
Virginia, was guarding him.
When Harley took a spill,
Goodemote took advantage of
the open shot which was just in-
side the three-point stripe.
“T thought I was behind the
line,’’. said Goodemote, who
scored all ten of his game points
during the Dane comeback. ‘‘I
practice my shot a lot — it’s just a
matter of getting my rhythm in
groove.’’
A basket by senior Adam
Ursprung, followed by’an Andy
O’Connell steal and subsequent
foul shots by Cinque put Albany
ahead by four, 67-63, at 3:34.
Ursprung came away with the
defensive rebound and O’Con-
nell’s outside jumper gave the
Danes their biggest lead, 69-63.
Harley tried to follow his inside
basket, which cut the Danes lead
to 69-65, with a three-point shot,
but missed.
“That’s been our problem all
season,”’ explained Plattsburgh’s
coach Doug Riley, whose team
relinquished a nine point lead.
“In big games we don’t handle
the ball the way I’d like to. We
didn’t milk the clock or look for
the good shot. We settled for
anything that was available. That
three-point shot he shouldn’t
have taken.
Plattsburgh’s Bernard Brown’s
buzzer shot ended the game at
73-72.
Harley, who has been averag-
ing 28 points per game, was held
to 19 points by the Danes. Sur-
prisingly he didn’t start the game
due to personal difficulties bet-
ween Harley and Riley. Harley
entered the game at the 13:36
mark and the Danes were eagerly
waiting to use their box and one
against him.
The other Plattsburgh starters
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Dane men’s track team takes fourth at State meet
By Steven Silberglied
STAFF WRITER
fighting for first with Geneseo’s Peter
away from me, but I woke up and passed a
Lawrence runner fighting for second. Hoff
The Albany men’s track team finished a
highly successful 1986-87 indoor season by
placing fourth of 16 teams at the New
York State Meet held at St. Lawrence
University this weekend.
The host team, who many observers feel
are legitimate contenders for the National
Championship next week, ran away with
the state title with 167 points. Finishing se-
cond was Ithaca with 94 points, followed
by Fredonia’s 77 and the Danes’ 70.
Although the Danes had hoped to beat
Fredonia, they were far from disappointed
with their performance. The 70 points the
team scored nearly doubled last year’s
total of 38. Also, their fourth place finish
was their-highest at a state meet in the last
five years. All this was despite the fact that
the team was not aiming to run for points
as they were concentrating on high quality
individual performances instead.
The highlight of the meet for Albany
was the 800-meter run in which sophomore
Stephen Thompson became the first Dane
to ever win an event at the Indoor State
Meet. He was one of three Danes to be
named “‘Athlete of the Meet.’’ Teammate
Vernon Miller finished second, right
behind Thompson.
Miller set the pace for the first quarter,
with Thompson right behind him. Surpris-
ingly, nobody in the field even challenged
the duo throughout the race. Thompson
nipped Miller at the line, 1:58.47 to
1:58.87. a
Albany Coach Roberto Vives said of his
star half-milers, ‘‘they ran according to
plan and helped each other out. I think the
rest of the field actually conceded first and
second because of their reputation and
because they work so well together.’’
In the 1000-meter run, Albany senior
David Blette finished second, running a
2:35.61. Blette went out hard and was
Knowlton. On the last lap, he was passed
by three runners, but again fought back
Blette passed three runners, including
Knowlton, to claim third. He also beat
Fredonia’s Len Plunkett, who had beaten
him two days earlier at the SUNYACs.
Blette, another Albany ‘‘Athlete of the
Meet,” recalled of his race, ‘‘I was in the
10th lane so I had to go out like a sprinter.
few runners. I.guess what surprised me
about the race was that a lot of guys were
as tired as I was.””
Another Dane that finished second was
senior tri-captain Tim Hoff, who ran a
time of 8:45.6 in the 3000-meter run. His
finishing time was 12 seconds off his
previous personal best.
Leader Tim Platt of Siena broke the
broke the St. Lawrence harrier and actual-
ly was gaining on Platt, who finished only
four seconds ahead of him.
Freshman Mark Allman ended his
phenomenal season by placing third in the
5000-meter run. Allman was running in the
back of the pack for much of the race, but
his brisk 4:55 last mile surge earned him
his third place finish. Allman has mele
With a lap to go I almost let the race get pack early, leaving Hoff and a St, eee
By Mike Brewster
‘SPORTS EDITOR
Sophomore swimmer Rick Van Brunt
made the ultimate sacrifice for his Great
‘Dane teammates this weekend at the
SUNYAC Championships. And because
of it, he can now be seen walking around
Colonial Quad with a bandanna around
his head.
“I completely shaved my head,’ said
the Elmira native,‘thopefully it kept us
loose and pumped us some. Everybody
called me Spike.”’ :
If Van Brunt was the emotional spark
to the Danes’ fourth place finish this
weekend, it was Division I transfer Ed
Burton who: provided the solid perfor-
mances to propell the Danes to ore of
their strongest SUNYAC meet showings
in years.
“*He’s amazing,” said sophomore
Mike Jackson, who was pretty amazing
himself in setting a school record in the
400 individual medley. “Everyone was
upset for him because he just missed the
nationals.”
Jackson was referring to Burton’s nar-
tow miss in making the 200 backstroke
nationals. Burton was only two hundred-
ths of a second away from qualifying.
“‘He had some excellent times,”’ said
Wan Brunt. ‘‘He had a great race in the
200 yard backstroke.””
+ Out of the eleven swimmers and one
diver who competed in the meet, six plac-
ed high enough to earn points for the
Danes. Tri-captain Fred Greenbaum
placed sixth in the 200 yard freestyle and
sixth in the 100 free.
Sophomore Pete McElerney, con-
sistently one of the strongest members of
Dane men swimmers place fourth
the squad, finished second in the 100|
freestyle. He brought home a third place
finish in the 50 free and fourth in the 100)
butterfly.
Jackson, aside from his record-setting|
performance in the 400, also finished
fifth in the 200 breaststroke and eighth in
the 500 freestyle.
Van Brunt also placed in three events.
He placed twelfth in the 200 IM, ninth in
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