Albany Student Press, Volume 78, Number 21, 1991 September 13

Hitchcockian terror lives in

Dead Again

Editorial - Reporting “colors”
Stories

Albany football unable to stop
Springfield in opener

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

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September 13, 1991

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Police continue search for suspect in rape

By Tom Murnane
NEWS EDITOR

Albany Police are continuing their
search for the man who broke into a
University at Albany student’s Hudson
Ave. apartment on August 29, raped and
beat her before fleeing.

The 19-year old SUNYA student was
asleep in her first floor apartment when
she awoke to find an intruder standing in
her kitchen at around 9:30 pm, said
Lieutenant Robert Wolfgang. Apparently
the intruder entered the apartment through
a screen window behind the house.

“The woman ran back into her bedroom
to notify the authorities for help, but the
intruder followed her into her bedroom
and raped her, Wolfgang said.

“The attacker asked the victim if she
had any money, and after taking $100
cash from her, he tied her up with an
electrical cord from a fan,” he said.

Before leaving the room the attacker
warned the woman not to move. He
returned minutes later and smashed a
glass coffee pot on her head, Wolfgang
said.

According a Times Union Report, the
victim managed to run out on to her front
porch and scream for help. Moments later
she was brought to the Albany Medical
Center, where she was treated for several
cuts and bruises and later released. She

Composite sketch of rape suspect
distributed by Albany Police

has since returned to her parents’ home in
New Jersey.

Wolfgang described the victims
condition as severely traumatized.

Tom Gebhardt, the SUNYA’s director of
off-campus housing said ironically, he

as “in the vicinity of the attack at about
the same time the rape occured
distributing information about off-campus
safety.”

A neighbor of the victim also said he
heard “nothing out of the ordinary.”

Both Gebhardt and Wolfgang are urging

students to learn to take precautions to
precautions to prevent a similar
occurrence from happening to them.

“There are a number of excellent
services provided for students to take
advantage of,” Gebhardt said, mentioning
that Albany Police offer a free on-site
inspection service to students,

“All students have to do is make an
appointment and they [the police] will
come into your apartment, offering
suggestions on how to protect your
homes,” Gebhardt said.

Emphasizing the need for students to
protect themselves Wolfgang said, “I
realize it’s the furthest thing from a lot of
people’s minds in a urban setting . . . and
there are some simple steps students can
take that don’t cost much and can go a
long way in protecting themselves.”

“Chances are, if your door is locked and
your windows are locked,an intruder, will
move on to a house that isn’t protected,”
he said.

The victim described the rapist as a
clean-shaven Black male, six feet tall,
weighing about 190 pounds and wearing a
white T-shirt, white cotton pants and red
sneakers.

A composite sketch of the suspect has
been distributed on and off campus, but so
far, police say they have no new leads in
the case.

Mandatory parking fee instituted at SUNYA

Students want to know: “Where is the money going?”

By Theo Turque
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Some curious students have questioned
the need for a mandatory on-campus
parking fee: Where is the money - an
estimated $493,000 - going? they want to
know.

“Before students left school last spring,
[University President H. Patrick Swygert]
met with Central Council to discuss the

need for imposing a parking fee. He
communicated to Council his decision the
campus needed the revenue to partially
offset anticipated budget cuts,” John
Hartigan, vice president for finance and
business said.

“We knew it was a cut of great
magnitude. He [Swygert] knew at that
point in time we needed to make a deep
cut,” he said.

Staff Photo by Peter Weigele

Cars display their parking permits In the Dutch Quad parking lot.

Hartigan said the Albany campus
suffered a loss of $4.3 million in its
operating budget for the 1991-92 fiscal
year.

The SUNY system drew up
recommended guidelines for parking
management, according to Hartigan. It
[the guideline] says parking management
should be self-sufficient, i.e., security
(UPD), maintenance costs, snowplowing,
utility, repairs and restoration, grounds
upkeep and construction.

“Tf the University can afford to paint the
buses purple and white, they can afford to
provide more funds for safety-related
issues,” Central Council representative
Judy Wolpoff later argued.

“We could have gone for higher fees
like $100 [a person]. We didn’t think it
would be fair to charge some people to
make up the difference while there are
people we presently can’t charge
[unions],” Hartigan said.

There are four separate contracts that
guarantee no parking fees imposed on
unions, according to Hartigan. The first is
called the Civil Servant Employees’
Association (CSEA). The second is the
United University Professors, which
includes faculty and staff (UUP). The

Continued on page 25

Advice for
‘assault victims

By Natalie Adams

EWS EDITOR

if you are the victim of an assault,
sexual or not, there are certain things you|
should do immediately to prevent it from|
joccurring again.

“Actions taken by a victim after she}
has been raped are an important part of|
rape prevention—hecause a rapist rarely|
stops with one victim,” stated a pamphlet}
ion rape prevention published by the New
York State Division of Criminal Justice)
Services.

_ This pamphlet gives the following tips
as to what you should do if you are the
victim of rape:

* Call the police immediately. If you!
lare attacked on campus, call the
[University Police Department at 442-|
3131, Reporting the assault aids UPD in|
lpinpointing problem areas, exposes the|
loffender and may also prevent future,
crimes.

* Do not bathe, douche or change|
clothes, The urge to cleanse oneself willl
[be very strong, but don't do it The best
way to gather evidence is through a|
physical examination by medical
professionals.

* Try to fix a description of your|
lattacker in your mind. Often the victim is
ithe only witness in a sexual assault case.
(The information most needed by the|
Ipolice includes: race of assailant, color|
land length of hair, eye color, approximate|
lage, weight and height, any unusnal
marks, scars, etc., and clothing.

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Student

stabbed in off-
campus home

By Theo Turque
|ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

SUNYA student, Tamara Manor, was
terrorized by an assailant who entered her
basement apartment on State Street
September 6 at 4:40 A.M.

The assailant entered her apartment
through a window and stabbed her with a
knife in her right breast, puncturing her
lung. 2

“(The case) is still being actively
investigated by Albany detectives,” said
Lieutenant Robert Wolfgang of the
Albany Police Department, community
relations office. “No major developments
(have arisen),” he added.

Manor was brought to Albany Medical
Center for treatment. She is in fair
condition.

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NEWS BRIEFS

WORLD 4
Baker bids for peace

Washington

(AP)Secretary of State James A. Baker
II] is due to return to the region in the next
few days, Bush noted, in his efforts to
convene a peace conference among Israel
and Arab nations.

“Too much is at stake to let domestic
politics take precedence over peace,”
Bush said.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir
says the United States has a moral
obligation to provide the $10 billion in
loan guarantees to help pay for the cost of
absorbing tens of thousands of Soviet
immigrants. Bush made his comments as
supporters of Israel were fanning across
Capitol Hill in hopes of persuading
Congress to reject the delay.

House Speaker Thomas Foley, asked
whether the United States should link the
housing guarantees with Israeli
concessions at the peace table, said, "No."

Some key congressional officials
initially signalled their approval for a
delay when Secretary of State James A.
Baker III first mentioned the subject last
week. But since then, others have said
they might not be so quick to go along.

Fighting continues

Belgrade, Yugoslavia

(AP) Yugoslavia's defense minister
yesterday rejected the president's offer to
return federal army troops to their
barracks in Croatia, where the fighting
reportedly killed nine more people
overnight.

The military's rebuff came a day after
Serbia accused Croatia's secessionist
leaders of waging economic warfare by
shutting down a pipeline that supplies
Serbians with most of their oil.

Yesterday's toughly worded statement
from Defense Minister Veljko Kadijevic
was issued just hours before Yugoslav
peace talks were to begin in the
Netherlands. It indicated the depth of
disagreement on ending fighting that has
taken at least 400 lives since Croatia
declared independence Jyne 25.

Thomas is evasive
Washington
(AP)Supreme Court nominee Clarence
Thomas told the Senate Judiciary
Committee yesterday it was "irrelevant"
whether he holds any personal opinion on
abortion, spurring new frustration among
the committee's Democrats.

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Great Danes Men's
Volleyball Tourney runs

But as the hearings’ third day got under
way, no groundswell of opposition to his
confirmation seemed to be emerging.

Asked several times by Sen. Herb Kohl,
D-Wis., about women's right to end their
pregnancies, Thomas said, "Whether or
not I have a view is irrelevant.”

Such answers have frustrated the
committee's Democrats, who say Thomas
is an evasive witness. They also have
voiced skepticism about his backing away
from stands he took in past writings and
speeches.

Thomas said yesterday Senate
confirmation of his nomination would
give him "an opportunity to serve and
give back" and to “bring something
different to the court."

Gay rights at last?

Sacramento, California

(AP)The state Senate has approved
legislation that would ban job
discrimination against homosexuals in
most instances, setting the stage for a
difficult veto decision by Gov. Pete
Wilson.

The Senate's 25-10 vote Wednesday
sent the byill back to the Assembly, which
passed a broader version in June and was
expected to approve the revised bill today.

"Anyone with a sense of elementary
fairness recognizes that everybody is
entitled to a job, if they are willing to
work and if they have the ability to do that
job,” said Senate President Pro Tem David
Roberti, a Democrat from Los Angeles.

Wilson, a Republican, said earlier this
year he probably would sign the measure.
Buth there has been strong opposition to
the bill from the GOP's right wing.

Bill opponents have threatened to put
the issue on next June's ballot through a
referendum, which could create problems
for the man Wilson appointed to succeed
him in the U.S. Senate, Sen. John
Seymour.

Seymour, a moderate, is running in
June's Republican primary against
conservative Rep. William Dannemeyer.

A gay rights measure on their ballot
could bring out more conservative GOP
voters who would support Dannemeyer.

Wilson spokesman James Lee said the
Senate racewould not affect the governor's
decision. "I don't think we're going to
factor a lot of politics into it because it
would be a disservice to judge a bill on
extraneous political issues, " Lee said.

Wilson's predecessor, Republican
George Deukmejian, vetoed a similar bill
in 1984,

Job discrimination is already banned
under a number of circumstances,
including a person's race, religious beliefs,
color, national origin, physical disabilities,
sex, age and marital status.

The new bill would, in most instances,
ban employment discrimination based on
a person's sexual orientation. The bill
would not cover religious organizations
or employers with fewer than five
workers.

State keeps cutting
Albany
(AP)The Legislature's leading
Republican said Thursday the only way to

avoid new taxes in next year's budget is to
cut state spending on the poor.

State Senate Majority Leader Ralph
Marino said New York's welfare and
social spending on the poor grew 17
percent this year while other areas, such
as state aid to public schools, were cut.

"While other areas of state spending
have been cut, welfare-related spending
continues to explode," Marino said.

Marino issued his statement in response
to Gov. Mario Cuomo's comment
Wednesday that he would try to produce a
State budget in 1992 with no new taxes.

Parents plead guilty

Troy

(AP)The parents of a 15-year-old boy
who died after a drinking binge have
pleaded guilty to causing his death.

Justin Russell, 15, died in 1988,
choking on his own vomit after drinking
at least 25 ounces of gin and brandy at the
kitchen table at the family home in East
Greenbush. Court records say he may
have held a drinking contest with his
stepfather, Stephen Garbarino.

Garbarino, 42, pleaded guilty to
criminally negligent homicide and to
endangering the welfare of a child. He
will be sentenced to five years on
probation and fined $1,500.

Justin's mother, Jeanne, 46, pleaded
guilty to endangering the welfare of a
child and will be sentenced to three years
on probation. No sentencing date was set.

The youth died of cardiopulmonary
failure. His blood alcohol level was 041
percent. Under the law, a level of .10
percent is considered intoxication.

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Staff photo by Peter Weigele

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1991 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

A gloomy forecast; Swygert predicts tuition hikes

By Tom Murnane
NEWS EDITOR

University President H. Patrick Swygert
renewed his warning to student
representatives last week, urging them to
consider supporting a differential-tuition
proposal despite recent tuition increases
brought on by the state’s budget woes.

“If we do nothing, there will be more
tuition increases and we'll get less in
return,” Swygert said at a roundtable
session between the student
representatives and several University
administrators.

Swygert originally raised the idea of a
differential tuition during last year’s fiscal
crisis, which eventually resulted in an
annual tuition increase of $800 per full-
time student.

The controversial plan calls for higher
tuition rates at the SUNY system’s four
university ceaters; Albany, Buffalo,
Binghamton, and Stony Brook.

The proposal has met with strong
resistance among the non-university
center schools. SUNY College at Oneonta
President Alan Donovan told the ASP last
winter he felt “the plan would eventually
tum the system into a distinction between
champagne and ripple.”

Swygert disagreed with Donovan. “The
proposal does not assume the quality of an
undergraduate education in one SUNY
institution is ‘better’ than another,” he
said. “(It) must not produce an academic
caste system that divides students
according to their means.”

The issue of a differential tuition was
raised again Wednesday by Student
Association of the State University

University President H. Patrick Swygert expresses his support of differential tuition at the

Staff phe by Peter Weigele

first Fall 1991 meeting of Central Council on Wednesday.

(SASU) Vice President Jeffrey Luks, who
asked Swygert about the proposal’s status.

Swygert said the plan should be
“seriously considered.” “Right now, we
collect the tuition from students and tum
it all over to the state,” he said. “We are
then allocated a certain amount of money
and we have to raise the rest with
tuition...we have a tuition target which we
are able to meet due to the enormous
demand for access to our institution.”

“The number of tuition dollars retained
on this campus is currently zero,” Swygert
said. “The concept of a differential or
what I call a ‘mission-based’ tuition
would call for an increase in (Albany’s)
tuition,” but some of the money would
stay in the campus’ coffers, he said.

“If we could just keep a fraction of this

Fahey may be out of a job

[By Melissa Cooper

Middle Earth, a peer
counseling program at SUNYA,
lhas lost an estimated 50% of its
funding, due to cuts made by the
State Division of Substance
Abuse Services, said Scott
Mims, the Director of Middle
Earth.

Mims said the program will
continue to function successfully
due to great efforts from many
volunteer students, yet a
reduction in the volume of
programming will occur due to
ithe loss of funding.

The fiscal loss has caused
three professional positions of
the organization to be cut,
laccording to Mims. Val Fahey,
the Coordinator for Resource
Development, is being forced to
forfeit her job, as of December.
(Fahey provided back-up
resources and developed training
modules for the volunteer
students to learn from in the
iprocess of becoming counselors.
The two other positions
provided similar services,
laccording to Mims, which must
now be substituted for by the the
role of one professional and
many volunteer students.

Middle Earth is an
organization run mainly by
volunteer students. Mims
lexplained students go through a
semester of learning, training
land practicing to become
counselors. As counselors,
lstudents confront numerous
issues and problems at SUNYA,
such as date rape, sexuality,
bts disorders and substance

buse. Mims summed up the

[EDITORIAL ASSISTANT _

premise of Middle Earth as,
“Students dealing with and|
‘wanting to help other students.”

Students can contact Middle|
Earth by calling the Hotline
(442-5777) or by going to the}
office (room 224, Health
Services Building). The hotline}
is open from 10:30AM to
midnight, weekdays, and 24
hours on the weekends. Fahey;
emphasized the importance of|
Middle Earth’s policy: all
Services are strictly confidential.

Middle Earth offers various}
different lectures and learning}
sessions throughout the year.
Mims told of several programs|
of the past, including Alcohol
‘Awareness Week and Sexuality,
‘Week. He said 175 programs
were run last year for groups)
such as fraternities and|
Sororities, residential life staff|
and the Student Association.

Middle Earth was started in
the 1960’s, as a drug hotline,
according to Mims. It was
known as (C-R-I)-S-I-S-5300.
He said it was a number for
people who were having a bad|
“trip,” where someone could
help talk them down.

Over the years, the program!
has evolved to include a broader]
range of issues. Mims named]
many topics that the hotline]
receives calls about regularly,
such as rape, relationship
violence, suicide, substance
abuse and others. The hotline|
‘opens on September 16th.

Anyone interested — in|
becoming a volunteer counselor]
may submit an application in
room 224, of the Health Services|
Building.

increase,” Swygert explained, “we could
guarantee continued diversity and access
to the University and address campus-
determined priorities.”

“We recently saw an $800 increase in
the annual tuition,” he said. “Some might
say this is not the time to talk about
differential tuition...I say it is the right
time, because if we don’t talk about
differential tuition now, we'll be faced
with yet more increases and we'll get less
in return,” Swygert said.

“We have to learn to take care of our
own affairs because we don’t want to
freeze anyone out.”

Terry Lynam, a spokesman for
Governor Mario Cuomo, said the
governor, “doesn’t really have anything to
do with tuition decisions." “Since SUNY

was given more autonomy to handle its
own affairs several years ago, the
governor’s office is not involved in this
area...it’s something the SUNY Board of
Trustees will have to decide,” Lynam said.

Luks said he believed a mission-based
tuition “probably won’t become a reality
this year.”

“However, who knows what will
happen after next year,” he said.

Luks compared the mission-based idea
to the California higher education system.
~ “There are three levels in that system,”
Luks said. “There’s the university level,
the non-university system and then the
community colleges...the university level
gets most of the money and the other two
systems are greatly left to fend for
themselves,” he said.

‘Luks said he feared the same problems
may occur in New York if the mission-
based tuition concept becomes a reality.

Central Council Chair Cindy Goldberg
agreed with his opinion.

“I’m concerned this idea would ‘ghetto-
ize’ the SUNY system into an economic
class distinction,” she said.

“Access to the University is being
thrown in to make things sound flowery,”
she said. "His (Swygert’s) goal is to
obtain and maintain funding for (Albany)
to remain as a University Center...it (the
mission-based tuition idea) has nothing to

do with equality or access,” Goldberg
said.
President Swygert and SASU

representatives were unavailable for
followup comment.

A shot for your health

Staff photo by Jennifer Lipow.

Nurse Joan Mc Namara administers
an innoculation to Senior Chris Pace as required by
the new New York State Department of Health law.

4 aLpany STUDENT PRESS FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13,1991

iBy Tom Murnane

IWEWS EDITOR

Incoming freshmen were
lbarraged with information almost
from the moment they moved
}into their dorm rooms this month,
The freshmen were able to
ichoose among a variety of
programs, in which they were
able to hear various University
staff members offer their advice
jon such subjects as Carson Carr
and John Murphy's time
management and study skills
lworkshops.

Many of the programs were
simultaneously offered in the
[Lecture Centers and in Brubacher
Hall on Alumni Quad.

The program which ‘has
received much attention was the
date rape seminars held on the
uptown and downtown campus.
Campus Life’s director of
student orientition Mary
Schimley said she was “very
ipleased with the progress we've
made.”

Schimley estimated over 500
freshmen were informed about
ithe reality of date rape.

“We decided we would offer
these date rape workshops in the
fall. érientation programming
schedule. The fall was better
(because during the summer

Jate rape Seminar warns incoming
freshmen of potential dangers

‘orientation, the students are more}
concerned with academic!
matters, registering for classes|
and just getting acclimated with|
their surroundings,” she said.

Schimley added she thought!
the fall orientation ambassador]
program was helpful in making|
the various workshops, including}
those on date rape, a success to}
‘be built on in the years to come.

Schimley noted the “incredible
‘Strides we have taken with the|
date rape workshops...look at|
how far we’ve come in get five|
years. Back then we were lucky!
if we could get five people to]
show up, and now look - we had!
about 500 people show up to this|
year’s workshops.”

Alumni Quad Coordinator
Dave Milford led the date rape|
workshop in Brubacher Hall.

Milford told the freshmen “at
least one in six - some estimate|
one in four -” college women|
will be raped during their college|

Careers.

According to Middle Earth, at|
Jeast 75 percent of the date rapes!
occur within the first three weeks|
of a freshman woman's college’
career, known commonly as the’
date rape honeymoon period.

Missing keys on Indian Quad baffle
University officials; students worried

By Tanya Egnuss
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

A master key for Indian Quad,
misplaced by a Residence
Director, was reported missing
Monday, Sept., 9, according to
Dennis Stevens, assistant vice
president for facilities and the
physical plant director.

“We are currently taking a
number of steps to ensure the
safety of all Indian Quad
students,” Stevens said. The nine
exterior residence hall door locks
are currently being replaced, at
an estimated cost of $3000, with
completion by the end of
Friday’s business day.

“We are also in the process of
reclaiming all master keys other
than those issued to campus
security and physical plant
personnel,” he said.

University President H. Patrick
Swygert and Stevens waited to
see if the keys would resurface
prior to enacting these security
measures. Extra patrols by
campus police will “continue
until this temporary security
issue has been resolved,”
Stevens said,

“Since the occurrence there

has been no evidence that the
keys were stolen nor [has there
been] an increase in residence
hall incidents,” Stevens said.

Yesterday, Swygert and
Stevens appeared at an
emergency Quad Board meeting
in the Campus Center Assembly
Hall.

The meeting was called to
update student representatives on
the steps the administration has
taken in response to the missing
keys controversy.

Stevens announced the
replacement keys will allow
“students who live in, for
example, Cayuga Hall, to be able
to get into the Skin Room, and so
on,” he said.

After addressing the students,
Swygert and Stevens opened up
the floor to questions. One issue
focused on the idea of reclaiming
all the master keys except for
these issued to campus security”
and physical plant personnel.

Swygert said he was interested
in the students’ opinion, trying to
determine if they were willing to
sacrifice the convenience of the
resident assistants having access
to the master key in favor of

Book helps women defend themselves from rape

By Natalie Adams
NEWS EDITOR

“Aquaintance rapes...happen
much more frequently on college
campuses than stranger rape...At
least one-quarter of all college
women will experience sexual
assault by an aquaintance during
or before college,” according to
Dr. Andrea Parrott, Ph.D., of
Cornell University’s department
of human service studies.

Parrott and Carol Pritchard,
author of the book, Avoiding
Rape on and off Campus, give
these tips to help prevent assault:

*Learn to be assertive.
Express your feelings and don’t
be afraid to say “no” if you don’t
want to do something. When a
woman says “no,” it means
“NO!”

*Be aware of your nonverbal
communication. Be conscious of
your body language and the
message you may be sending by
your posture, tone of voice or
eye contact.

* Avoid dangerous places. By
staying away from known
trouble areas, you drastically
reduce your chances of being

assaulted.

*Don’t walk alone at night.
The campus provides an escort
service, Don’t Walk Alone, on
the Uptown, Downtown and
Draper Hall campuses for free so
you do not have to walk alone.
Walk with a friend if you don’t
want strangers walking you
home. You can call for more
information on DWA’s hours at
442-5511.

*Know how to use
unconventional weapons. The
pen and/or pencil you carry may
be one of the best weapons you

have for protection. Also using
your car keys to scratch and stab
at your assailant may be
effective in getting away from an
attack,

*Take a self defense class.
Learning to better protect
yourself is no guarantee that you
won’t be attacked, but every
little bit helps.

*Take a rape prevention
seminar. These seminars are the
best way to get more information
on how to prevent assaults. The
most effective way to protect
yourself is to be informed.

Colleges and universities nationwide suffer from
plethora of cuts to campus student health services

(CPS) A university without an
English department is impossible
to imagine. Unfortunately,
officials from colleges across the
country say the absence of

campus health care and
counseling is not considered
equally as absurd.

As a result, student health
clinics are trying to find
alternative sources of funding.
Many counseling services could
be ended as a result of budget
cuts, administrators wam,

“There is a change in mood on
university campuses across the
country,” said Dr. Donald Peters,
director of the University of
Minnesota’s Health Services.

That mood is not a health-
conscious one. “As state and
federal decreases, tuitions
increase. Because schools are
trying to keep their total costs as
low as possible, some fees, like
health fees, are not escalated to
maintain service,” said Dr. Verna
Armstrong, senior educational
resources consultant with the

American Association of State
Colleges and Universities.

Most student health centers
across the country are supported
primarily by student fees. The
remainder of the money comes
from university funding and
third-party insurance. Insurance
money is collected from non-
student patients using the student
health centers for medical care.

Most university counseling
services, such as rape crisis
centers, drug and alcohol
treatment programs and
educational programs for AIDS,
eating disorders and stress, do
not fall under the health services
umbrella. Instead, they are
funded primarily by each
university with minimal money
coming from fees. In times of
financial strain, counseling
programs are usually the first to
get cut.

“This is the 1990s,” Peters
said. “We are not just Band-aid
centers. There are an incredible
number of services students

need. Unfortunately those
programs, the ones peripheral to
health care, are always the first
to go.”

Already this year budget
problems at Stanford University
have resulted in the school
ignoring a task force
recommendation to hire someone
to run its sexual assault services.

The University of Florida has
suffered cuts in its rape
counseling and victim advocate
services as well. “People really
need to have these programs to
deal with what’s going on,” said
Lt. Sadie Darnell, spokeswoman
for the Gainesville Police
Department.

At Rutgers University a
recommendation by a task force
resulted in the hiring of a person
to run the school’s sexual assault
services. But, the school has
reduced funds for its alcohol
treatment program.

“J think there’s a general
feeling of considerable
vulnerability because classroom

activities won’t be cut,” said Dr.
David Burns, Rutgers’ assistant
vice president for student life.
“Many people feel these services
are essential. We see them as
linked to education but many

institutions just hold instruction
at the top.”
In Washington, the

government is getting involved
in the issue as well. Selena
Dong, legislative consultant for
the United States Student |
Association, a lobbying group
for student concerns, said USSA
is working on trying to get
federal money earmarked for
Tape counseling services.

Sen. Joseph Biden, D-N.J.,
recently worked with the Senate
Judiciary Committee to get a bill
passed that provides some
federal money to colleges that
agree to make sexual assault
Statistics public information.

“T think that’s great,” said
Burns, “but I don’t think the
government is going to come up
with enough money for

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InterQuad President- Judy
Wolpoff complimented the
attention to the students’
concerns about dorm safety.

“This was a nice thing for the
President to do. When he was at
Central Council he was with a
whole bunch of his people...this
time it was just him, Stevens and
us.”
“Tt showed us he was really
concerned about this...and
whether or not he to our
suggestions, he took the time to
be there,” Wolpoff said.

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INEWS EDITOR

“More than three million
residential burglaries are’
committed annually-one every
ten seconds. Don’t become a|
victim,” says a brochure]
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Department.

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repeatedly at certain hours. This}
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checking to see when you're
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show proper identification. Just!
because someone has on a
uniform doesn’t mean anything,
Check ID’s for proof. Also be
suspicious of unsolicited
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length of time. The variation o!
light times inside your home or
apartment will show that the area|
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your home. Burglars always find
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By Tom Murnane
NEWS EDITOR

Central Council began its fall session
Wednesday night, one week after it hosted
a roundtable meeting between Student
Association (SA) representatives and
University administrators.

Council members in attendance drew a
collective sigh of relief as a potential
storm brewing since the end of the spring
term was narrowly averted.

The “storm” would have come in the
form of the possible and expected
challenge of virtually all the 1991-92
internal Council elections, including for
Chair, Vice Chair and individual
committee chairs.

The executive branch reorganization,
sponsored by SA President Bill Weitz, all
18 executive branch appointments and the
(SA Comptroller Ed Fagan’s signatory
powers were also in jeopardy of being
voided.

The problems began when the internal
Council elections began last spring and
continued into the SA summer conference
held at SUNYA’s Dippikill campground.
During both sets of internal elections and
votes, Council failed to have quorum.

A quorum, which requires two-thirds of
the voting membership of Council to be
present for the votes, was necessary for
any internal Council elections and
decisions to be upheld.

“We didn’t have quorum for those
elections and decisions,” Central Council
Chair Cindy Goldberg said. “Virtually
every election wasn’t final until
Wednesday.”

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SA representatives met with University
President H. Patrick Swygert the week
before to discuss specific concems and to
begin setting priority issues for the
upcoming year.

Swygert opened his discussion by
addressing the problems the University
has had with some off-campus students’
behavior in the past.

“Much of this (behavior) does not fall
in line with the image the University
wants to have in the community,” he said.

Off-campus student rowdiness had
become a volatile issue last year.
Problems escalated as local neighborhood
associations began publishing
photographs of students urinating in alleys
and a local television stations produced a
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Swygert mentioned Tom Gebhardt,
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“If we don’t come up with a way to heat
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“Right now, the money we have been
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He introduced several new additions to
the administration, including new Vice
President for Academic Affairs Karen
Hitchcock and the new Dean of
Undergraduate Education Emest Scatton,
who replaces Sung Bok Kim. Kim
presently is in South Korea on a Fulbright
Fellowship.

Central Council representatives Jessica
Mann and Judy Wolpoff concentrated on
addressing safety concerns. Mann asked
Swygert about an on-going security
problem on Alumni Quad. Mann feared if
this problem were identified, “it could risk
the safety of Alumni Quad residents.”

Wolpoff discussed safety and
differently-abled access concerns, mostly
connected with complaints she has
received from Colonial Quad residents in
her capacity as Interquad president.

She targeted the lack of parking on
Colonial Quad as a major safety problem.
“People are forced to park over in State
and Dutch at night and then they have to
walk back to Colonial... This is not safe!”
she said.

Swygert said both complaints would be
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(AP) Yugoslavia’s defense
minister Thursday rejected the|
president’s calls for the army to}
pull back in Croatia, and two}
Croatians resigned from the}
federal Cabinet out of frustration
that ethnic bloodshed continued.
The squabbling among leaders
of the crumbling federation case}
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Croats in the secessionist}
republic.
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Eleven others were reported]
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like that outfit on him?
It’s like a little man
outfit!”

“Hey Dan! Dan!
think that’s enough
0.K.?”

“I'm gonna get
more and more and
more O.K. mom?”

“Watch that girl
over there Dan. DAN! |
told you he’s not gonna
watch her!”

“This is MY
tunnel, don’t you go by
it.”

Long Island?”

“No man, |
think I’m gonna try
to get ajob in the
city.”

“Cool man!’

“Ice, Ice, Ice!
Danny look, ICE!

“lsee. You
should eat it.”

“Sometimes
you have to bite it
too.” Ly
“No, we don't
eat sand,
sometimes we just
play make believe.”

“Ice cream,

Belt

Ice cream...DING
DING...

“George wanna

it’s raining!”
“NO!”

“| don’t want you

“Don’t put all that
sand over here pal. I'll
bury you head first!”

Sandcastles and Italian ces

“!'m very good
friends with her.”

“Yeah, they're nice
people.”

“C’mon Danny”
“| gotta use so

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go get the seagull?”

“Richie's party...I'Il
be all over that shit!”

“Sunday they’re
having the shower...”

“Then | was going
to go that Sesame Street

“Danny | think you

should relax now.”

“Oh, | think he’s

going to sleep well
tonight.”

“| hope so.

If not I'll
give him a
Valium. I'm
gonna
market
~|pediatric
'Valiums,

: neh be

bigger than
Ninja
turtles.”

“| think
— right now
. “I'm going to
play. Is this
my tunnel?
O.K. good.

Seaweed’s
all the way
up here.”

=
much water.”

“You coulda went
into that wave because

in the morning.”

“You going back to

“You weren't

playing with that!”

“You make believe

guys fighting. Stop it! |
said no fighting!”

“Maybe if | can go
down here then it’s a
trap and | can’t get out!”

“Now it’s my turn!”

“There was a
spider on your thing!”

“She's gotta stop
doin’ that shit! Hey I'm
no angel , when | come
home on a Thursday
night | wanna doa
little...I'll tell anyone.

“What do you do,
a line or two?”

“Yea! | try not to
do more because then |
think of my brother.”

“Daniel come over
here. Stop crying. Do
the car. I’m gonna take
it away if you don’t share
(ie

“Italian ices,
candy bars, fruit
bars...Hey ding, ding,
ding! Ice cream Ice
cream!

“See | can’t wear
bathing suits like that
they choke me.”

“Guys why don’t

* ‘you go back and play?”

“Mommy, mommy!
| wish we had those
Boogie boards. Mom!
Those would've been
good waves for Boogie
boards.

“Hey guys cut it
out!

As the sun began
to melt into the horizon,
a gentle breeze began to
move through the air
relieving some of the .-
afternoon's sweltering
heat. Dozens of sun-
baked beach goers
began to lazily pack up
their belongings ,
leaving behind a
scattered group of sea
lovers savoring one of
the last beach days of
the season...

It's official- another hot hiatus
has come to pass and the country’s
colorful collage of college students
must again prepare to acquiesce to
the plethora of pressures that
accompanies a post-summer
soiree melancholy.

“Not me,” explains
Albany graduate
Devon
Newman,

residing
amid the
cathartic
serenity of Aspen’s
Southern Rockies. “My
September neurosis has officially
ended,” he quips, lazily sipping
from an intricately etched , sea-
green bottle of Grolsch beer.
“Sixteen years of school is enough
to wrack and debilitate the fragile
infrastructure of one’s brain.
Newman goes on to cite the banal
and pretentious thought that
“explodes within the oppressive
walls of a typical university.”

In July, Junior Natasha Winters
celebrated her second decade of
life and meaningful existence by
quoting the sultry and seductive
striptease Gypsy Lee Rose. “I
have everything I had twenty years
ago only its all a bit lower, “ she
laughs.

A Hit From
The Harrowing Side
Mandatory excruciating
circumstances can summon forth
an abundance of ambivalent
thought. Senior ROTC platoon
captain Lori Kravetsky vividly
recalls the acute agony that
accompanied four and a half
summer weeks of frantic, high

FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1991 ALBANY STUDENT press 13

Summer

Sonippets

wire, militaristic training at Fort
Lewis in
Washington.
“Tt’s times
like that
when I

it happens again. I mean, I’m
out there and I can’t even see my
hand in front of my face and they
expect great things from me at this
ungodly hour.
What’s up with
that?” Shit happens
though, suck it up
and drive on,” she
states emphatically.
Fresh from this
grueling grind out
west, whose
monstrous
conditions truly
impeded the pure
pleasurable,
Kravetsky
fastidiously clung to
a powerful belief in
herself, thoughtfully
Teflecting that she
“Zs as pure as the
driven snow, only
slightly driven.”

Almost Impaled
And Whaled

On the opposite
coast, senior
lifeguard Matt Serynek was
“treading water” in the vast
Atlantic when a mammoth
humpback whale “gracefully swam
within touching distance” of his
surfboard. The wonderstruck
Serynek said he can’t recall a more
exhilarating moment in his entire

life. This cataclysmic happening
has Serynek aspiring to open a
beach cafe snuggled amid the
curvacious Hamptons dunes. The
name: The Whale’s Tale.

Domestic Doldrums

Gravitating back to more
mundane matters , Senior Braet
Murphy summed up his summer
with a bit of cynicism. Murphy
labored long hours under the lights
of a sprawling supermarket “hiding
amongst the piles of produce.”

Despite monotony, tedium, and
puzzled patrons “who ask where
something is when it’s right in
front of their face,” Murphy was
able to learn lessons on humility.
“You see,” he starts, “nine times
out of ten the employee is more

supervisor, however, never realizes
this to be true and one must
consequently communicate with
him/her on a very low level of
speech; speech that borders on
impairment.” Murphy’s anecdote
for “‘boneheaded bosses” is a keen
facade of diplomacy, and - of
course- “humility...”

.. and - so our obsequious nature
prevails as we return to campus.
Individual dreams are dashed and.
all of our flights of fancy
eventually crash.

'y
towering pile of books in his
trembling hands, Senior Bob
Dobson picked his way through the
chaotic throng in the bookstore,
waiting to purchase his literature
Smiling he said, “Who can say no

intelligent than the supervisor. The to this?”

department.

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too upset to be back in school. If you are
creative, like to write, draw, or work with

computers stop by the ASP office in CC 323

and ask for Kerri from the Features

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EDITORIAL ==
Fair reporting or
bias journalism?

Two weeks ago, a child was killed when a]
motorist ran his car onto the sidewalk.

Sound familiar? Your recall may be better if}
lyou're reminded that the driver of the car was aj
Hasidic Jew from Crown Heights; the child
was black. ,

For two weeks following the incident, the
media had a field-day reporting the story and|
ithe events that followed. The story read...
Jew kills Black . . . the aftermath was chaos.

Was this incident racially motivated?
Perhaps if the driver had yelled racial slurs as
lhe ran his car up the sidewalk you could argue|
the point. Was the incident a tragedy? Of
course it was, and it deserved proper attention.
Like a full scale investigation as to why the|
accident happened. Was there negligence
‘involved? And why didn't the police bring the|
driver in immediately for questioning? It also}
deserved to be treated with a little respect;
respect for the family of the child, who was not
only left to mourn a loss, but deal with huge

amounts of publicity as well.
When a newspaper or broadcast station|

includes race and religion in a story, we, the
reader, come away with a "colored" perception.|
‘What could have been a three graph story in|
the police blotter section suddenly is front page
material, just because the victim and the
accused have different color skin, or part their]
hair differently.

It's as stupid as that.

Supposedly, the media has a responsibility to
report the "truth." The truth is, a really fair
Inews story should omit certain truths. Truths|
that are not pertinent to WHAT HAPPENED.
It seems a news story really is just someone's|
interpretation of what happened. An editor or|
reporter thinks,"Gee, this sounds like a racial]
incident," and BAM! Suddenly it is one.

We have little chance to make up our own

minds . . . someone always beats us to it. 5
Of course, the media is not the evil one in all

lof this. Yes, you guessed it. SOCIETY is|
always to blame. Why should the medial
change its reporting when it is clear that the|
public supports racial and ethnic bias. People
like Al Sharpton preach hate and the masses|
love it. They respond with more violence.
Sharpton condemned the driver of the
automobile that killed Gavin Cato. But where
was his remorse for the Hasidic stabbed soon!
jafter, in some sort of warped retaliation? This
warped logic, that one heinous crime is worse|
than another is ridiculous. An eye for an eye!
[just doesn't work.

As long as there are people to support
Sharpton, and support the distortion of truth,
ithe news will never change. Black against
White, Jew against Black . . . whenever|
in the

different colors and religions mcet
media, the news is undoubtedly bad.

Werrzmon

Distnbuted by Tabune Media Seruces

“Man...by the time we graduate we'll be
endangered species’."

(©1991 Mark Weitzman,

COLUMN

Thomas... everyone has an opinion

Every so often, there comes that most momentous and
historical time when a Supreme Court justice announces
his or her retirement and a new justice must be found to
take his or her place. Presently, we, as both American
citizens and students at a public institution are witnessing
such transformations in our judicial system.

Earlier this year, the Supreme Courts’ first black
Justice Thurgood Marshall announced his retirement. To
succeed Marshall, President Bush announced his
nomination of Clarence Thomas, a conservative black to
the Supreme Court.

Since Bush’s appointment of Thomas has been made
public, he like Robert Bork in 1987, has become the
subject of much legislative and public scrutiny. Simply
because Bush nominated Thomas, liberal Democrats and
blacks are reluctant to believe that Thomas has the ability
a ac

Gina Barresi

to objectively weigh the tension between individual
freedom and state authority that is central to the
Constitution. Rightfully so, they believe that Thomas will
for the most part represent the ideology of the right, and
will not be impartial when deciding on cases dealing with
such issues as affirmative action, the right to privacy or
the right of a woman to have an abortion.

Fortunately, for most Americans, the Founding Fathers
of this*country have installed a system of checks and
balances. Although only the President can nominate a
Supreme Court justice, this person can only be appointed
with the advise and consent of the Senate. Just this past
week, such Senate hearings were held in Washington.
The arm of the Democratic majority, led by Judiciary
Chairman Joe Biden of Delaware, was to slam Thomas’
views ‘ the same way he slammed Judge Bork’s. The
findings of this inquisition, however, were nowhere as
revealing as the findings of Judge Borks interrogation. In
fact, Thomas’ evasive responses left one frustrated that a
direct question could be so cicuitously answered. It was
as if he was so well rehearsed he knew what to say it
without revealing his real convictions. As Linda
Greenhouse, a New York Times correspondent wrote,
“Judge Thomas stuck doggedly to his script today, a
script that called for him to refuse to discuss abortion on
the ground that he did not want to compromise his ability
to decide an abortion case impartially.”

Seriously, do we really believe this? This answer is too
perfect. It is not even human. Do we really believe that
when a case comes up in the Supreme Court, like
whether or not a fetus has a constitutional status as a
person, Thomas is going to review the case so
impartially? He is certainly going to have to, as the other

judges, listen to medical advice and philosophical texts,
but what it all comes down to are his basic convictions. If
he really believes that the ultimate violation of human
Tights is abortion, then no matter what medical texts say,
he will be in favor of the fetus having constitutional
rights as a person. In not so many words, by evading
questions such as ones dealing with Roe vs Wade,
Thomas has already declared where he stands in the
political spectrum. It is crucial that we understand that as
one among nine equals, Thomas’ vote on any of these
right to privacy issues could render a devastating impact
on the female American population.

Thus, to accept his evasive responses would be to
accept that we as human beings and citizens, do not
deserve to know the truth, and that we as human beings
and citizens are not intelligent enough to know that
Thomas has selected the “say nothing” route of Supreme
Court Justice David Suter as opposed to the “tell
everything” route of Judge Robert Bork to get himself
onto the Supreme Court.

Additionally, one should be suspicious about any man
who drives a black corvette and still lets his sister collect
a welfare check every month. Can he not find it within
his ambivalent heart to help his sister become more self-
sufficient, or can all he do is chastise her for being on
welfare? In a Newsweek interview, he proclaims, “She
gets mad when the mailman is late with her welfare
check.” Do these words sound like they originated from
the heart and mind of a reasonable and compassionate
human being? I definitely do not think so.

Lastly, how could a man who profited from
Affirmative Action be so willing to see its demise? Sure,
some can rightfully argue that Affirmative Action is
counter-productive because it stigmatizes blacks, but to
Just eradicate this program without any other solution to
the growing plight of the black underclass is definitely
ludicrous.

This certainly reveals that Thomas is not only a
hypocrite, but a man who ironically has little or no desire
to help ameliorate the conditions of the black population
in this country.

Indeed, it is a sad commentary on we, as American
Citizens, if Judge Thomas is appointed to the Supreme
Court because not only will we be the victims of more
Political rhetoric, we will also, as a nation, have to bear
the burden of some very unconstitutional decisions.

cAspect

[September 13 ,1991

Arnold's Back, and Better than Ever

In the 1984 sci-fi blockbuster
The Terminator, Arnold
Schwarzenegger said he’d be back.
Seven years and a reported eighty
million dolfars later and he’s made
good on his promise. Also back for
the sequel are Linda Hamilton, who
was stalked by Schwarzenegger in the
original film, and director James
Cameron, who, with Aliens, The Abyss
— and now Terminator 2 — has
established himself as the master of
sci-fi adventure.

Adam Meyer

Early in Terminator 2, we learn
that not one but two terminators were
sent back in time: the first, of course,
went to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor
before she could give birth to her son,
John, who will become an important
leader in the war-to-be against the
machines; the second was sent to 1993
to murder young John himself.

Audiences were drawn to The
Terminator because of its nonstop
action, and in Terminator 2 there are
car chases and shootouts galore. But
while many filmmakers inundate
viewers with so much action that it
ultimately becomes boring, Cameron
provides small bursts of excitement

interspersed with quiet moments,
saving his grand confrontation and
most dazzling special effects for the
last few minutes.

Visually, Terminator 2 is far
superior to its predecessor. The
tremendous budget gives Cameron an
opportunity to create virtually any

image his imagination can conjure.
The Terminator raced ahead like a car
with no brakes, full of brilliant ideas
which were never quite realized due
to the limitations of both Cameron’s
budget and talent. Terminator 2 is a
much smoother ride.

The characters played by

The Terminator (Arnold Scwarzenegger) and future leader of

the Resistance, John Connor (Edward Furlong), have a deep,

meaningful conversation in betw .en gunfights.

Schwarzenegger and Hamilton are
significantly different. The
Terminator, once a ruthless killing
machine, is now an invincible
bodyguard with a sense of humor.
Schwarzenegger isn’t required to do
much, but he plays the role for all it’s
worth. Last time Hamilton was an
ordinary woman caught up in
extraordinary circumstances. This
time she’s a hard-edged fighter who'll
do whatever she must to protect her
son, even if it means fighting side-by-
side with the Muscled One. Hamilton
shows good range, and one can only
hope that we'll be seeing more of her
in the years to come.

While there are dozens of
films like Friday the 13th Part 8, which
remind us why sequels have such a
dismal reputation, it’s a pleasure to
come across a Terminator 2 every now
and then. Deciding whether or not
it’s as good as the original isa
fruitless exercise. Terminator 2 is a
powerful film in its own right, one
which starts with familiar characters
and ideas and transforms them into
something unique and worthwhile.

C122?

Branagh Resurrects Classic Cinema With Dead Again

What appealed to me about

Kenneth Branagh’s version of Henry
V was, firstly, his fine performance in
the lead role, and secondly, his ability
to turn Shakespeare’s work into a
genuine cinematic experience, not
merely a photographed play. He
brings his talents both in front of and
behind the camera to his second film,
Dead Again, which stands as one of
the best horror movies in recent
memory.

Adam Meyer

It's ironic that it took a Hollywood
import—despite the California accent
he affects in the film, Branagh is
British — to do what his American

counterparts could not: chill
audiences. His method is deceptively
_simple; he returns to the

basics—characters you care about and
a reasonably credible plot. It helps
that he’s surrounded himself with a
superb cast.

Private investigator Mike Church
(Branagh) is called upon to find the

identity of a woman afflicted by
amnesia (Emma Thompson, the actor-
director’s real-life spouse). He has
her picture run in the newspaper, but
no one appears with a clue as to who
she is. Instead, Church is visited by
an eccentric antique salesman (Derek
Jacobi), who has a talent for
hypnotism. In hypnosis, Grace’s
memory comes flooding back, but she
is recalling scenes from the life of a
woman named Margaret Strauss (also
played by Thompson). The wife of a
famous conductor, Roman Strauss
(Branagh again), she was murdered
by him in December 1949.

The cynical gumshoe doesn’t
believe in reincarnation and past lives,
but Grace does. And she’s convinced
that someone is out to get her — a
reincarnated Roman, perhaps. When
she realizes that Mike, whom she is
falling in love with, was her husband
in his previous life, she becomes
terrified. But, as Mike points out,
willpower is stronger than fate. Or is
it?

Unlike many modern directors,
Branagh is conscious of his roots. The
flashback scenes, which comprise

nearly a quarter of Dead Again, are all
filmed in black-and-white, giving
them a gritty, noirish quality
reminiscent of movies from the 1930's
and 1940's. The same footage would
not have been nearly as powerful in
color.

The unfolding of the relationship
between Roman and Margaret Strauss
occurring simultaneously with that of
Mike Church and Grace is a brilliant
device. It helps create suspense by
allowing Branagh to cut between
different eras as well as locations.
This he owes to silent film pioneer
D.W. Griffith.

The greatest influence upon
Branagh, however, seems to have
come from another director who
made the journey across the Atlantic,
Alfred Hitchcock. Not only is this the
type of story which would have
appealed to him (though he would’ve
undoubtedly cast Michelle Pfeiffer or
Meg Ryan as leading lady), but
Branagh borrows some of the
Master’s stylistic devices as well. For
example, there are numerous scenes
in which a scissor, the weapon used to
kill Margaret Strauss, is placed

prominently in the foreground,
reminding the audience that Church
may be dangerously violent.

Branagh proved his acting prowess
in his Academy Award-nominated
role as Henry V, but here he shows his
vast range by taking on two different
roles. Thompson is every bit as good
as her husband, engaging our
sympathies as a woman tormented by
spirits from the past. Though
renowned for his Shakesperean work,
Jacobi’s enormous talent translates
easily from stage to film. In addition
there are many fine supporting
performances, highlighted by Robin
Williams as a wacky former
psychiatrist and occult specialist who
runs a supermarket.

At one point, Jacobi’s character
sums up the appeal of Dead Again by
saying, “I don’t know about you, but I
can’t wait to see whahappens next.”
Iassure you, Derek, yot’re not alone.

AG

pa é\spects

Sept. 13, 1991

A DATE!?.
WITH WHO?
HEINOUS FRESHMEN
HE HOOKED UP WITH
LAST WEEKEND?

EXCUSE ME, DEAR, BUT YOU
HAVE A BIT OF FOOD ON
YOUR CHIN...NO , THE
OTHER ONE.

Ad's Last GASP

Howdy, folks. Welcome back to all, except freshman,

transfers, and those for whom last year was a great blur,
in which case just plain welcome. If you don’t know me,
I’ve been offering my humble opinion on the latest books,
movies, and TV shows for the past couple years. (“Oh,
him — but he always likes the stupid stuff.”) By way of
introduction, let me say that I’m a junior here at the
concrete playground, my major is English, my favorite
color is blue-green (or is that green-blue?), my height is
five-ten (though people who’re shorter than me claim to
be six-one), my favorite group is Genesis (which, as we
all know, is run by Tony Banks), and my hobbies include
bungee jumping and taxidermy. | respond to the

following names: Adam, Ad, Hey you with the funny
haircut!, Chainsaw (a nickname derived from my fondness
for power tools), and Adi (pronounced “Ahhhh-dee’), the
latter favored by my two-year-old neighbor.

As recently-appointed commander-in-chief of
Aspects, | have the dubious honor of writing a weekly
column. Go figure. In junior high my English teacher
voted me least likely to be able to write his own name.
But that was now, and this is then. The powers-that-be
here in ASPdom have left the subject matter of said
column up to yours truly. Which means, less or more,
that | can write about whatever | please. Anyone got a
problem with that?! Didn’t think so. | imagine some
weeks this column will be funny (arguably so, of course),
and some weeks it will be serious, but rest assured it
will be mine. Except when I’m on vacation; in that case,
Johnny Carson will be the official guest columnist.

The sole restriction which has been placed upon me by
the gods of Mount ASP regards the name of this column.
It was strongly recommended to me that | use the word
“asp” in the title; once rumors began to circulate about
Meghan being a distant relative of John Gotti, | decided
to comply. Besides, using “asp” in the title is a
tradition dating back to the twelfth century.

After much deliberation, | have settled on “Ad’s Last
GASP,” as anyone with a minimum GPA of 0.35 and one
good eye can plainly see. | figured it was better than
“Ad’s ASParagus.” Both “The Silence of the ASPs” and
“Dear ASPy” were close calls. | like “Ad’s Last GASP”

because it is sufficiently bizarre so that people can sit
around on Friday nights, sloshed out of their socks, and

ponder its philosophical implications. Should anyone
come up with something, let me know.

In the next installment | will discuss the top ten
reasons why my column is better than Albany women
(which, hereafter, will be spelled “wuykn”). On second
thought, maybe I'll just put the list on T-shirts and sell
them in front of the campus center for a hundred bucks a
pop.

Before | sign off, | would like to extend my thanks to
a few folks who have helped me get to where | am today
(wherever that is): To Mom and Pop, without whom this
would just be a blank space; to Ray R., my first editor; to
Tina Z., who gave me the six month course on being an
ASP editor in less than a week (yes, Tina, | owe you
about a zillion); to the late Sue F., a fine writer/editor
and an even better person, whose shoes, though a size six
tops, will never be completely filled; and to all my loyal
devoted fans, who read every word | set on paper with
orgasms delight — hell, there must be at least one.
Lastly, I’d like to thank the Academy and all the other
nominees, who deserve this award far more than I.

On that note, I’ve gotta split. Until we meet again, be
shiny happy people. See y’all next time....

Dian Meper
Sept. 13, 1991

3a Aspects

THEY DROVE FROM BOSTON TO SEE SIMON

An estimated 750,000 people were in

attendance to Paul Simon’s free
concert on Central Park’s Great Lawn
on August 15, 1991. I was one of those
people — what a memorable
experience. There were people of all
ages as far as the eye could see. The
crowd was a mixture of the teenagers
of the ‘90s with many throw-backs
from the ‘60s as well.

Tanya Egnuss

The concert goers trickled in as early
as 6 am. With blankets and picnic
coolers in hand, they camped out and
waited until the concert started at 7:30
p-m. Blankets were spread out on
every patch of grass regardless of its
size. Some even brought tents while
others surrounded their blankets with
wooden stakes and string so as to
prevent the hords of people from
stepping on their belongings. Much
like pioneers who settled America
years ago, out they came to stake their
claim to a good view of Paul Simon.

Braving awful weather, the crowd
grew in size with the influx of
businesses closing up shop at the
magical hour of 5 p.m. They came in
their suits, carrying their briefcases
and sporting their sneakers, to end a
rather hectic day with some old tunes
by Paul Simon.

At 7:30p.m, the Brazilian bongo
drummers walked onto the stage. The
crowd roared with the thunder of a
zoo full of tigers and other wild
animals. Then New York City Mayor
David Dinkins introduced Paul Simon

Picture this: The setting is northern

New Jersey. The year is 1986. An old
man meeting with an old friend he
hasn’t seen in 75 years.

Natalie Adams
and
Tom Murnane

This is the basis of Halley’s Comet,

and finally he appeared with his ever
famous black guitar. All of the
waiting through the pouring rain and
sticky August heat was worth it when
he walked onto the stage and began to
play.

A family seated near me drove for
seven hours from Michigan to see this
concert. Another group of people
held up a large sheet sign which read
“We drove from Boston to see Paul
Simon.” Yet another couple from
Green Bay, Wisconsin planned their
trip to the northeast around this event.

Foreign languages were heard
everywhere. I could discern German,
Spanish and Italian — to name some.
It was as if everyone came out of the
woodwork in order to participate in
this event. Thousands of people
skipped out on work to reserve places
for others who would later join them
— this was not a simple task.

Susan Goldberg of White Plains,
New York showed up at 10am to
claim her spot. Her husband and their
son joined her around 6 pm fora
picnic dinner before the concert.
Balloon signs, large pretzels, any
differentiating marker that could be
used was so that people could join up
with their friends, relatives and work
associates. Mrs. Goldberg relied on
the kindness of her blanket-neighbor
for his cellular phone so that she could
let her husband know where she was
in the awesome crowd. “To the left of
the big pretzel on the silver pole,” was
the simplest way to describe her
location, due to the quilt-like feature
the Great Lawn had assumed.

Comet

and produced by John Amos. You
may remember Amos as playing
Kunte Kinte in Roots, the father on
Good Times, or the mayor from Die
Hard 2.

The audience travels back in time
with Amos as he relives his childhood
(hearing stories at his grandfather’s
feet), his parenting years (losing four
children to war: Civil Rights
Movement, World War II, Vietnam,
and Korea), and his life now.

We feel his pain as he retells the

There were many “Port-O-
San” toilets for our use, however the
lines for them were extra long and
finding one’s blanket was practically
impossible. Personally, when nature
called me I took a walk outside of the
park and did my deed in a public
restroom far removed from the mass
of concert freaks. Going to the
bathroom was merely one challenge
that day, for keeping one of these
highly valued patches of grass was
quite challenging as well. My
experience was holistically fun,
however I was a bit frightened when a
6 foot tall man carried a bicycle above
my head. Yet another couple carried
their child in a stroller over a nearby
blanket occupied by at least ten
people. These were just some of the
items people brought to this event.

Technology definitely played
a role in differentiating this concert
from the Simon & Garfunkel concert
in the park in 1981. As already
mentioned, cellular phones kept
people in touch with the outer world.
While this was convenient I don’t
know how much business could be
carried out with 750,000 people
around. The picnic cooters, tents,
board games, portable stereo systems
and other handy items definitely set
this concert of the ‘90s apart from its
predecessor of the ‘80s.

Simon played a medley of
songs, among them “The Boxer,”
“Cecilia” and a special guest
appearance by actor Chevy Chase on
“Call Me Al.” Twenty-four songs
were played in all, some new, some
old — many had hoped Art Garfunkel

Burns

story of hi: son’s last letter before
dying in Iwo Jima. We see the “rain of
blood” as it falls from the sky. “We
were all one color — red with the
blood of those Jap soldiers falling
from the sky,” Amos’ character recalls.

You laugh with him as he recounts
his favorite grandniece waiting
impatiently for something to cook ina
microwave oven. “But Great-
granddad,” she says, “it’s taking so
long!”

All in all, the play was well

would appear — perhaps they were
disappointed. However, Simon was
the main attraction at this concert.

Amid balloons, signs, tiedyed “t-
shirts” and dancing couples, it was a
rather peaceful evening of brightly lit
stars and the crescent shaped moon.
Simon finally ceased playing and put
down the black guitar, however the
crowd would not permit him to leave.
They shouted, screamed — in unison
for him to play more. He ended with
“Sounds of Silence,” quite appropriate
I thought. Everyone picked up their
belongings, and started for home, or
for the bars - whatever the case may
have been. The crowd was remarkably
peaceful; even after the concert had
ended there were only isolated
incidents requiring police assistance
or arrests. We followed whomever
was in front of us through the
sanctioned exits with the aid of

numerous flood lights provided for
our safety.

Melissa Schorr of New York City
said,”I was too busy keeping from
being trampled to enjoy the concert. I
only wish I could’ve been at the one
ten years ago. Simon’s performance
wasn’t as energetic as I had hoped it
would be.”

All in all, I feel people enjoyed
themselves. It was a nice way to
spend a summer day and night. It was
free, it was fun and it was quite big!

Bright

received, although the conditions in
the Capitol Rep Theater could have
been better. They claimed to have
recently renovated, but the ventilation
could use much improvement and the
sound needed to be turned up.

Amos is to be credited for making
us feel we were with him out there
under the stars, waiting for Halley’s
Comet to fly across the midnight sky.
A night for all of us to remember.

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To the Editor:

It’s amazing the amount of energy you have in the
morning during high school. I mean, you get up, shower
and Mom’s already in the kitchen. The pungent aroma of
bacon begins to swell through the house. Dad’s reading
the Journal. Willard Scott’s on the tube and when you
leave at 7:30 there’s a twinkle in your eye and an extra
spring in your step. By the time you step on that school
bus (or, in my case, being a New Yorker, the #6 train),
you feel like you can conquer the world.

Let me tell you something. The second your foot
touches a college campus, a bug is tossed into the
biological system which throws it all off kilter. Early to
bed, early to rise? I’m lucky if I fall asleep before my TV
turns into static and wake up prior to the second half of
Days of Our Lives.

Unfortunately, the average college freshman is
unaware of this peculiarity in the human body and thinks
that taking an 8:15 class is a refreshing way to begin the
day. This attitude quickly changes, however, when this
young, impressionable soul finds himself, and the rest of
his classmates transforming into catatonic zombies by
8:18.

There are usually three good signs that you’ve shipped
off into La-La Land.

1. The “pool” effect - This occurs when you lie with
your head sideways against the desk. This position is
most comfortable with your mouth open, thus resulting in

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the saliva pool (Hint: Paper towels usually alleviate this
problem).

2. The neck roll - This happens when you are leaning
back. Being that you are asleep, and your muscles aren’t
functioning, it leads to your head kind of spinning in
circles. There is usually a recovery period every couple
of minutés, when you realize that you look like a jerk, but
the fatigue is often so overwhelming that you have no
power to control your pathetic condition.

3. The shakes - Probably the most embarassing of the
three. Develops after R.E.M. Whatever the reason is, a
wave of fear runs through your body causing you to jump
violently out of your seat.

When you contrast this with the teachers’ unearthly
high-spiritedness, the situation only gets worse. No one
really knows how they actually achieve this “normal”
state at such an early hour. Rumor has it that they suck in
coffee intravenously in the faculty room. Kind of a
steroid for professors.

If I haven’t convinced you of the perils of taking such
an early class, let me offer a personal example. It was a
B-Law class, and my professor sadistically asked me to
answer the simple question, “What is a tort?” The
problem, you see, is that I was in the middle of dreaming
that I was a fisherman on a junk boat in Hong Kong.
When I woke up and gave the reply “Oka twong sai ek
tow,” it marked the first and only time I ever spoke
Chinese. I gave the rest of the class (those who were
awake) a hearty chuckle and earned myself a C+.

Hopefully, you will take my advice. In college, a brain
just isn’t fully functional until after lunch.

Ron Wechsler

Parking Fee is Unfair

To the Editor:

The dog days of August came along this year with
continued financial pressure, which made it an
extraordinarily “hot” summer for all of us. During these
times of harsh budget cutbacks and heavy tuition
increases, we must be extremely astute at holding the
people who construct our budget and spend our money
accountable,

Yes, we are all in a financial bind. The University is
being cut down, our bills are going up and our pockets
are emptying quicker than ever before. But why, I ask,
has the fat not been trimmed out of the University’s
budget, so as to minimize both layoffs and the cost to the
student body? For example, why are professors allowed
to go on junkets at the University’s cost when our belt is
being tightened? For instance, there was a case this
summer where the school paid for several professors to
go down to Miami for a week long conference.

The State Legislature tried to pull off a similar stunt
this summer with a junket to Orlando. Their pre _ysal was
fortunately met with stiff opposition and an active media
campaign. Many legislators were stopped from using
public funds to take their trip. Others that went ahead and
spent taxpayers’ money in such an irresponsible manner
will have to answer to the electorate next fall.

In addition, I happened to notice that several dozen
new plush chairs and desks were delivered to the
downtown campus this summer. It may in fact be true
that I will be a bit more comfortable listening to a lecture
sitting in the new furniture, however, I feel very
uncomfortable paying for these non-essential items
during times of financial crisis. Extra capital
expenditures like these should only be purchased when
there is excess money in the budget to do so, rather than
have to increase tuition fees to pay for them.

We need to react to the University Administration and
Faculty in an aggressive manner. We need to not only
voice our outrage at the waste of our precious dollars, we
need to demand that these practices be ceased
immediately. The faculty excursion to Florida and the
new furniture purchase are only a couple of examples of
fiscal mismanagement. They were found without even
looking. I would hazard to guess that there are many
other areas of the University’s budget that can use some
scrutiny.

A new academic year is upon us. I invite both the
student media and the Student Association to make this
problem a top priority this year. We need to investigate
exactly how our money is being spent.

It is true that there is a time and a place for everything.
Now, however, is not the time to be spending money
foolishly. Now is the time for broad-based student
activism, so as to insure that our dollars are wisely and

responsibly spent. SUNY Albany did just recently make
number eleven on Money magazine’s best higher
education bargain list. We should commend our
administration for that. Perhaps, however, we are missing
an opportunity at an even higher rating.

Steve Gildin

Apology Is Extended

To the Editor:

There are times in a person’s life when no matter how
hard s/he tries to do good, their action ends up bad.

By the time you read this, hopefully, Viewpoints, the
Student Orientation Guide will have hit campus. The
purpose of the guide is to provide students, especially
freshmen, with important information about our campus
and presenting it from students’ viewpoints. When
Viewpoints was first printed several years ago, the
Student Association editors wanted it to be full of student
group and social life information. Over the course of
“Viewpoint*’s lifetime” editors have made a conscious
effort to include valuable academic and advisement
information, while continuing to incorporate student
group and social life information. With the current state
of academic advisement, this information is more
valuable than ever realized.

After several discussions with various students and
administrators throughout the University, this editor
realized that although student group and social life
information is valuable to a student, academic
advisement and reference is essential. So without de-
emphasizing groups or social life, this editor decided to
focus Viewpoints on academic advisement issues.
However, based on this decision, I feel apologizes ,must
be made those groups which feel “slighted.”

Two of the groups that I would like to especially
apologize to are University Action for the Disabled and
Albany Student Press. While Viewpoints was in
production over the summer, these two groups asked that
certain information be included or changed. First, UAD
delivered a statement which more accurately defined
their services. I apologize for misplacing this statement
and hope that the replacement is near acceptable and not
totally offending. Secondly, ASP editor-in-chief, Leanne
Warshauer, mailed a similar statement regarding new
information about the ASP. Unfortunately, the statement
did not arrive to this editor before Viewpoints was sent to
be printed.

In the past, University Photo Service has handled the
bulk of the ASP ‘s photo-related work. This is no longer
so. The ASP has started its own photo department to
handle its needs.

At present, these are the only two groups that have
approached this editor with a grievance. However, since I
know that I am only human, if any other group or person
feels that they have a grievance regarding to Viewpoints,
please accept this letter as a public apology. No harm or
misrepresentation was ever intended.

Diego Munoz
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Business not for all

To the Editor:

1. Happiness is learning or doing something that is
both interesting and seems worthwhile.

2. Don’t major in economics just because you can’t get
into the SUNYA business school. There are lots of other
business schools in this country with lower entrance
requirements and many of them have the advantage of
being located in places where employment opportunities
are increasing at a faster rate.

3. If you are able to effect entry into the SUNYA
business school you may be well advised to major in
something else. Some colleges and universities with
fairly respectable graduate schools of business
administration, such as Harvard and UCLA, don’t allow
their undergraduates to major in business. Starting
salaries for MBA’s are usually higher for students with
undergraduate degrees in math and science, engineering
and other technical areas such as computer science. And
most MBA programs don’t discriminate against students
who have majored in humanities or libetal arts, other
things equal. :

4. Who needs economics? Some but not everyone.

(a) Money managers. (Don’t fight the Fed—Margin
Zweig, author of one of the more successful stock market

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WHAT CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
—_—_—_____“Natand Tom.

MEGHAN ME,
You can take the next eight issues off
as grace period just for having to deal
with all of us this first issue. | know
this hasn't been easy on you (I'm
sure | didn’t make it any easier).
Dinner and Happy Hours are soon
to come. I'll keep you posted!

Natalie
AN-DA-WOO! 'Nuff said. Nat

Tommy,
| promise things will get easier at
this madhouse. You have been a
great comfort, friend and coworker,
Isn't it kind of a wonderful
coincidence that | get to see you
outside of the paper, too. | think so.
More fun times abound here and
abroad! Tell me you'll be around for
the cruise to some warm tropical spot
(The Bahamas would be great right
about now).
YLI and goony f-g goo goo!
© Natalie

It's done ! It's done! | can't believe
it's done!!!

To Meghan , thanks for being sooco
patient with us on our first issue.
You're really great, ya know? | still
think Marvin looks a little like a
chiwawawa, but a loveable one...
Tom

To all our new staff writers: your lives
will never be the same again.
Welcome aboard,

Coop, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!
Tom

To Jaya and Denelle:

Have now fear, we will ignore you
both equally. The ASP is an equal
opportunity ignorer. Hope you guys
continue to work production nights
and stay up at all crazy hours with us.
You've done a great job so far - Keep
itup.

Natalie, an overworked NE

Se eae
To our rock, Wayne Stock: Where are

you when we need you to help with
headlines and all other wonderful
Sorts of stuff. We wanted to call you
at 6 am, but then we thought better.
PAGESII!II! You're going to be
Mr.November in our new ASP
promo.
We still love ya! WAYNE STOCKI!!
The wonderful late nite crew '91

Jaya and Denelle,
| can't believe you're still here! Hang
in there, you're doing great!

Meghan

Leanne,
fri 13- nota good day for an issue.
let's blow this taco stand and get a
real life.

who else

Tom and nat-
Cops i'm running out of caps. news
looks good. do what you have to do.
hang in there. 15 weeks til the end of
the semester,

your me

Melissa and Tanya,
noone expects you to pick it all up in
‘one issue, but you're doing quite
weilllll! keep it up.

meghan me

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certain silly people should not put

wax on their nose. it makes them look
like a lupin.

Leanne,

This is a whole new year...we’re
gonna rock!
Andy, let me know if you ever need
any help. Tom

Photo Dude, lackeys # 1 and 2- you

To Mr. Starlin, it's good to see you
again; does your new staff realize
what they're getting into?

Denelle and Jaya: You have no
choice. You're going to Dippikill.

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AOTI To the person who has taught me that
education only promotes ignorance,
Good Luck this year! Fred (you know who you are):
‘AOTI . Cindy, hang in there babe. Feeling
any less detached today? Tom
Get psyched for a great year!

AOTT
ee
Time and space have no meaning...

David,
| will never forget our summer
together. Finally we can say goodbye
to Campus Concepts!
Love,

“To Kerri Lewis:

You are the world's best!!! How can
‘Tom and | ever thank you for the help
on the editing job - especially on
Tom's story. *

We actually made it through the
night (this is being done at 6:50 am)
and we're all the more better for it.

Please tell us that this gets easier

‘as time goes on. It's got to get better,
tight?
HOPE, WHERE ARE YOU??? WE
NEED YOU BACK HERE. CALL US!
SOONINIII

Your frazzled and very sleepy NEs,

; Tom and Nat

—

STEPH, YOU WONDERFUL TYPIST
WHO IS GOING TO GET
SAINTHOOD AUTOMATICALLY!
WHAT CAN WE SAY BUT YOU'RE
THE BEST!!! TOM AND i OWE YOU
BIG TIME FOR THIS. WE'LL SEE

To Kerri and Hope,

| now have a greater understanding
of the hell | put you through last year.
| can't believe how you managed to
stay so nice to me or how you
managed to keep all your hair! Kerri,

good luck with your internship and
Hop, kickass in law school.
Tom

Natalie,

We make a wonderful team and as
wacky as this issue has been with all
that stuff that happened, | actually
had fun. The rest I'll say in private.
SAND will never get me! well, almost
never. | can't wait to spend some time
with you this weekend. YLI. BY the
way, the Bahamas sound reeaal nice
about now. Love,
Tom.
—

You would not believe alll the things
| have to talk to you about: ASP and
personal, though that seems to
overlap a bit these days.

| hope things are going great for
you at Albany Law (I'll bet you're
knocking ‘em dead in class).

Please keep in touch and I'll be
sure to keep you in touch,

| miss you. Nat

Little bro,

Really big guy

Little bro,
Back off. He sounds tough.
Just looking out,
Big bro
ee re
Hey you kids, break it upiti!!!
Mom

Wayne,

Your improvised stories would
make even an Irishman go weak at
the knees.

Andrew

Computers,

You guys suck the big, long, hard
‘one, but we mean that in the nicest
possible way.

ASP staff

Kerri,

If you even had the slightest idea of
how much trouble you have caused.
Try alittle less creativity next time.

late nite dudes

Meghan,

You make a very nica me...if you
could only take something for that
spooling problem of yours...

‘Andy (again)

Keith,
Rumor has it...you have got nice
buttocks...suitable for fondling
the ladies

Ad prod sucks parsnips...some things
never change

GO DANES! GO DANES!
GO DANES! GO DANES!

GO DANES! GO DANES!
People should stop harrassing me. i to my little sister,
bite back you know like, omigod, you're just, like, totally

ee
Theo,

Come up and see me some time
meghan
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As tavern owners in Albany's Pine Hills neighborhood, we are
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Football

Continued trom back page
teams. Punter Jeremy Klimow
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were consistently deep all game.

On defense, Demchak (total 11
tackles, one sack) and defensive

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comprises the public safety
officers. The fourth is the
Professional Employees
Federation (PEF).

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back Mike Niebuhr (12 tackles,| St##@ appropriation.
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Danes.
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hard,” mused Ford. “We’ll just
try to improve each week, take
each game one at a time.”

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i 21 Ithaca. 16 25 *Siena.... 3:00] Indianapolis 0 2 0 000
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Yankees ACD 7a 405 138 28. Union 21 28. Binghar Ganka
Baltimore 58 81 .417 20 | Oct 12 “Western Conn 25 Oct 12-13 USCGA To Houston 2 0 0. 1,000
Cleveland 45 93 926 325 30 New Paltz... 3 TBA Cleveland 1 1 0 500
West Oct 3. Siena..... 3:30 ‘home match Pitebugh 1.1 0.500,
WoL Pot Gp |Nov 2 Salisbury, 20 40 North Adams... Chantal 9 Sata? aa
Minnesota 85 55 607 —— 9 “Wagner. 12 West
Chicago 77 64 546 985 |, 16 “StLawtence. 00 14 Denver f 4e.0—— G00
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Texas 72 65 526 115 A ; iders 5
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California 69 69 500 15 RES oy 20-21 Rochester Timer National Conference
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Boston at New York 14-12 E.Conn Timeni WoT pe
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Minnesota at Texas COUNTRY “home match Philadelphia 1 1 © 500
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Chicago 69 70 .496 14 Nov 2 NYS Champ@ Saratoga West
Mets 67 72 482 16 12:00 New Orleans 2 0 0 1,000
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SanFran. 64 75 460 15

Houston 57 82 410 22
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Three Braves pitchers toss no-hitter vs. Padres

Atlanta
(AP) The surprising Atlanta Braves pulled
yet another rabbit out of their bag of
tricks, this time making history with an
unlikely trio of pitchers throwing the first

combined National League no-hitter.

The Worst To First edition of the 1991
Braves accomplished the feat Wednesday
night when Kent Mercker, rookie Mark
Wohlers and Alejandro Pena held the San

Diego Padres hitless in a 1-0 victory that
also enabled Atlanta to maintain its NL
West lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

All three weren’t even on the Braves’
active roster less than a month ago.

In a season that has seen the Braves,
last place finishers the last three seasons,
surge into first place despite losing 1990
Rookie of the Year David Justice and first
baseman Sid Bream for nearly two
months, Wednesday night’s effort may
have been the icing on the cake.

It was the Braves’ sixth consecutive
victory - their longest winning streak of
the season - and it snapped the Padres
seven-game winning streak, their longest
since 1987.

It also gave the Braves a 40-20 overall
record and a 24-7 at home since the All-
Star break, enabling them to make up 9
1/2 games on the Dodgers.

“T don’t think this is a team of destiny,”
said a manager Bobby Cox after the
improbable no-hitter. “This is a team that
has worked hard and is playing good
ball.”

The no-hitter was accomplished by
Mercker, a 23-year-old, making only his
second start after 80 consecutive relief
roles, The left-hander was thrust into the
role when Armando Reynoso was hit hard
his last three outings.

Mercker (5-3), who came off the
disabled list Aug. 24 after suffering a
pulled muscle, pitched six innings, struck
out six and walked two, the only Padres’

Wohlers, 21, who pitched two scoreless
innings, was in the minors where he had
32 saves saves, until his calling up to the
Braves on Aug.16.

And Pena, who got the Padres out in the
ninth, was dealt to the Braves from the
New York Mets on Aug. 29. In six outings
with the Braves, he has a victory and four
saves and is 7-1 with eight saves overall.

The Padres didn’t come close to a hit,
until two were out in the ninth when
Darren Jackson hit a high chopper to the
left side. Third baseman Terry Pendleton
cut in front of shortstop Rafael Belliard,
but backed away from the ball with his
glove.

Official scorer Mark Frederickson
immediately ruled it an error. Pena then
got Tony Gwynn on a soft fly to left to
end the game.

“T’ll take an ‘E’ like that any time of the
week,” said Pendleton, a two-time Gold
Glover. “The ball was in the lights and I
just tried to stab at it,” he said.

After the game, Frederickson went
down to the locker room and asked
Pendleton: “Was it a fair call?”

“He (Pendleton) said no doubt about it.
It was an error all the way,” said
Frederickson.

The no-hitter was the first by the Braves
in 18 years, and only the second since
moving from Milwaukee to Atlanta in
1966. Phil Niekro accomplished the feat
on Aug. 5, 1973, in a 9-0 victory over the
Padres.

Six combined no-hitters have been

AP Laserphoto

Kent Mercker pitched the first six innings against San Diego on Wednesday. to reach base. pitched in the American League.

rt . v TSports thoughts]
Like horse racing? Saratoga's the place _[Spetts thousnts
By Wayne Stock and stretches to the city’s Critics of the change believe Travers Stakes. They deserve an |SPORTS EDITOR

SENIOR EDITOR restaurants and shops. that attendance would drastically _ extra three weeks. Everybody in the baseball]

There’s a small, quiet town
located about 25 miles north of
Albany that sleeps for nearly 11
months out of the year. A place
whose grass is so green, it would
make the proudest Irishman
envious.

As the summer begins its run
into the homestretch, Saratoga
awakens. It’s life machine comes
in the form of thoroughbred
horses and 4 1/2 foot athletes
named Cordero, Krone and
Smith.

But as anyone who has
patronized Saratoga racetrack
will tell you, the actual races are
only half the story. Saratoga’s
uniqueness begins with its old-
fashioned architectural elegance

The track itself is the oldest
and finest thoroughbred venue in
the nation. It is a place where
champion horses taste bitter
defeat and stakes races occur
almost on a daily basis.

This season, the New York
Racing Association (NYRA)
extended the stint at Saratoga
from four to five weeks. The
change was initially met with
hesitation, but quickly received
tave reviews when the season
climaxed at the end of August.

With the tremendous financial
success the fifth week endured,
speculation for a full two-month
program has been making its
way through the racing
community.

fall after the fifth week, and
NYRA would wind up on the
short end. This was the same cry
heard when the extra week was
added, and that proved to be
untrue, With racing simulcasts at
Aquaduct for the New York City
fans and a well attended
Saratoga track, NYRA enjoyed a
very fruitful August.

There is no reason to believe
why a full two month stay would
not endure the same
achievements.

Upstate New York deserves
the action. They deserve the likes
of a Corporate Report - Hansel
stretch dull, as seen in the

NYRA racing is currently at
Belmont Park until November
when it shifts to Aquaduct.

Hoof Notes: The
Meadowlands is currently
conducting their swing of
thoroughbred racing with a 10
race card per-night until
December 7.

Senor Speedy continues to be
an enigma to racing fans. After
disappointing performances in
the past few months, Jean Cruget
unleashed this horse up the rail
to blow by the likes of Mr.
Nasty, Diablo, Kid Russell and
For Really in the Highweight
Handicap last weekend.

University at Albany sports
results at a glance

Men's Cross-Country
9/10 at Hamilton - Albany 20, Hartwick 41, Hamilton 79
[Top Albany finishers - Todd Orvis (1st) - 28:40, Chuck Tanner]
(2nd) - 29:53), Jeff Sullivan 93rd) - 29:59

Women's Cross-Country
9/10 at Hamilton - Hamilton 31, Hartwick 43, Albany 46
‘Top Albany finishers - Tricia Shultes (3rd) - 20:59, Colleen|
Shine (4th) - 21:10

Men's Tennis

9/11 at Albany - Albany 8, R.P.1. 1
Singles: Addelston (Alb.) def. Saxe,7-6,6-1; Presser (Alb.)

f. Hsin,4-6,6-4,7-5; Cohen (Alb.) def. Maher,4-6,6-1,6-2;
Rudnick (Alb.) def. Schroeder,7-5,6-1; Hausman (Alb.) def.
Roe, 6-2,6-2; Meacham (Alb.) def. Mitta,6-2,4-6,7-6
Doubles: Addelston/Cohen (Alb.) def Saxe/Maher,8-1;)
IGarnock/Lee (Alb.) def. Schroeder/Choe,8-4; Almy/Lanzilotti
(R.P.1.) def. McGoey/McGrath,8-3

LT victim of racial prejudice

East Rutherford, New Jersey
(AP) Despite his success on NFL playing fields and his $1 million-
plus annual salary, prejudice has had no problem finding Lawrence
Taylor.

However, the perennial All-Pro linebacker of the New York Giants
said Wednesday: the prejudice he’s faced is a minor symptom of a
serious problem of racial discrimination that’s nearing a crisis in the
New York area.

“I’m just a realist and I see what’s going on around here,” Taylor
said. “New York, this area, is a time bomb and it’s going to explode
soon because too many people are getting hurt out here. Too many
people are getting destroyed out here and nobody gives a damn.”

Taylor, widely regarded as the NFL’s best defensive player in the
1980's, rarely has discussed social issues in his 10-plus seasons with
the Giants.

But in an interview in this week’s Sports Illustrated, Taylor said he
has been the victim of prejudice because several New Jersey golf and
country clubs have denied him membership, though he has been
allowed to occasionally play on their courses.

Taylor also took the opportunity Wednesday to criticize the media
for its handling of his past drug problems.

In 1986, Taylor checked into a treatment center for drug
rehabilitation. In 1988, he was suspended for the first four games of
the season for substance abuse. Under the NFL’s rules, a third
problem could result in a lifetime suspension, a penalty that can be
appealed after one year.

world knew that the Toronto
Blue Jays would be fighting for
first place in September. So who}
the hell scheduled them to play
American League West for the|
final month?
* * * * *

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If Atlanta holds on, not only
will there be one team to go
from last place one year to first}
the next (Minnesota), but the}

Braves will be the second-ever.
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the Mike Tyson rape trial,
evidence from previous sexual
cases will be allowable. Well,
llet’s see, there was the violent
tantrum in the Albany mall after|
a sexual advance was rejected,
and the assault of a male
parking lot attendant after Tyson|
tried to kiss the attendants|
female co-worker, and the
grabbing of a Queens woman in|
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[Long Island woman in 4a]
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"champion" to describe this man}

lin any way?
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around is that Albany, the city,
jis somewhat “All-American” in
the sports world , too. The
Patroons (basketball) didn’t}
quite win the CBA title, but the}
Albany-Colonie Yankees,
(baseball) took their third
Eastern League crown in four]
years, and the Albany Capitals,
(soccer) pulled an upset to
remain in good shape in the|
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larena football season?

Football at Alfred - Saturday, 7:00

Men's soccer vs. LeMoyne - Sat., 2:00

Volleyball -Great Dane Tourn.- Sat.,Sun.

Springfield runs easily past Danes’ defense

By Patrick Cullen
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Missed tackles and lackluster
defense in the early going were
the key factors in Albany’s
opening game 21-3 loss to
Division II Springfield College.
The Chiefs wound up with 328
yards rushing.

A University Field crowd of
1,201 saw the Chiefs take the
opening kickoff 76 yards in just
five plays. Chief quarterback
Aaron Kelton (101 yards
tushing, 50 yards passing, one
TD) ran the ball in from 18
yards out to give Springfield an
early lead. David DePasquale
nailed the extra point to make it
7-0.

The Dane offense then
sputtered and was forced to punt
after just three plays,

The Chiefs had lost no
momentum, however, using two
big plays to march for another
quick score. On first down from
his own 27-yard-line, Kelton
broke free and ran for 23 yards.
Just as he was going to be
tackled, Kelton pitched the ball
to running back John Traudt (77
yards rushing), who took the ball
an additional 15 yards for a 38-
yard gain and a first down on the
Albany 35.

After a three-yard run by Rich
Gray (96-yards rushing, 2 TD’s),

~ Kelton hit Traudt in stride with a
perfect over the shoulder pass
for a gain of 29 and first down
on the Albany three. Gray then
tan three yards for the
touchdown. DePasquale added
the extra point for a 14-0 Chief
lead.

The Danes caught a break

early in the second quarter as the
Chiefs’ Paul Gonnella coughed
up an Albany punt. The Danes
tecovered and took over at the
Chief 24. Albany could not
achieve a first down, however,
so senior kicker Mike Malvin
booted a 34-yard field goal to
narrow the margin to 14-3.

Meanwhile, the Dane defense
had found its niche, not allowing
another first down to the Chiefs
for the remainder of the half.

Albany started off
impressively in the second half,
embarking on a 20-play, 58-yard
drive which took eight minutes
off the clock.

On third down and one from
the Chief 36, receiver Joe
Valerio dropped a perfectly
timed Jaan Laap pass at the goal
line with Albany electing to go
for it on fourth down, Laap dove
over the left side for a clutch
first down,

Later in the drive, Ben Alston
(97 total yards) bulled through
the middle to convert yet another
fourth down situation. The drive
stalled at the eight when Ed
Lemon was stopped for no gain
‘on fourth down and four.

The Danes had another
opportunity in their hands late in
the third quarter. Albany
linebacker Rob Demchak caused
Kelton to fumble the football,
which Mike Peoples recovered
for the Danes at the Springfield
21.

The Chiefs added another
touchdown on Gray’s one-yard
plunge at 10:26 of the fourth
quarter,

Alston made an excellent 52-
yard return of the ensuing Chief

Light My Fire

Je
Staff photo by Stephen Randolph

Springfield QB Aaron Kelton rushed for 101 yards in the Chiefs’ 21-3 win over Albany on Saturday.

kickoff, but Albany was forced
to punt after three downs.

Albany head coach Bob Ford
knew immediately what hurt his
team. “We simply missed too
many tackles,” he stated. “We
counted at least 10 missed
tackles on their first two drives
which they scored touchdowns,”
he added.

In all, the Danes missed 28
tackles. “I can’t remember
having that many in one ball
game,” Ford said.

“T think the turning point was
our inability to convert on our
scoring opportunities,” Ford
mused.

A bright spot for the Danes
was the play of the special

Continued on page 25

‘Staff photo by Christian Klossner

For the first time ever, the Empire State Games (and 7,200 athletes) came to
the capital. Several of the events, including archery, track and field, diving, and
volleyball, were held right here at SUNY Albany. Others took place at such
local sites as Heritage Park (baseball), Washington Armory (team handball),
and Knickerbocker Arena (gymnastics, boxing). The opening ceremonies on
July 24 featured speeches from Governor Mario Cuomo, Mayor Thomas
Whalen III, and Olympic gold-medal wrestler Jeff Blatnick.

Tough schedule will
give football a challenge

By Patrick Culler
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Out with the old, in with the new. These words rang true for last
year’s Dane football team. Time honored methods of offense and
defense were replaced by newer systems never before seen on the
Albany gridiron.

It was to be a year of transition for the Danes, one where they
would have to become acclimated to these rapid changes while
facing one of the tougher schedules in Division III.

The Danes ended the season the season with a record of 3-7, their
worst record ever.

First and foremost, the wishbone offense that had been the
mainstay for the last 18 years was replaced by the trap option in
1990. The wishbone utilizes the option play, where the quarterback
has the choice to run himself, handoff to the fullback, pitch to a back
or pass. The trap option is a variation of the wishbone.

On defense, the 4-4 set made way for the new 4-3.

“Last year was damn close to a total disaster,” said head coach
Bob Ford.

According to Ford, besides the learning experience involved with
the new offense and defense, 25 seniors were lost to graduation the
year before. A “major upheaval,” as he put it.

In addition, some main cogs of the Albany machine were lost to
injury at times during the season. Starting quarterback Martin
Gordon was out for two weeks due to chicken pox. Gordon left the
team later in the year for personal reasons. Offensive lineman Cliff
May missed eight weeks due to appendicitis.

This year’s Dane starting lineup sports four seniors, nine juniors,
and nine sophomores.

On offense, junior Jaan Laap takes over the reins at quarterback -
after a battle with sophomore Dominick DeMatteo. Laap started in
last year’s finale a 17-12 loss to St. Lawrence University. Junior
fullback Ben Alston and sophomore Ed Lemon will be the featured
runners in the Albany backfield this year. Walt Chemosky and Kevin
Koziarz will anchor the offensive line.

Senior Mike Neibuhr and junior Ken Breland will lead an
experienced defensive secondary which has all its 1990 starters
returning. Rich Lassard and Rob Demchak will anchor the
linebacking corps. The defensive line looks solid as juniors Tim
Rankins and Mike Peoples look to have a good year.

This year’s schedule appears to be as tough as last year’s. Upstate

powerhouses Ithaca, Union, St. Lawrence and Cortland will make

the going tough for the young Albany squad.
Hofstra, who defeated Albany 65-7 in 1990, has moved up to

Continued on page 25