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By IBRAHIM KHAN
Staff Writer
It’s official: The UAlbany
Great Danes are North East
Conference Champs! The
defense was the catalyst in the
Danes’ 19-7 championship game
victory. The Monmouth Hawks
were able to muster a gain of
merely four net rushing yards in a
contest which saw the Danes
dominate from start to finish.
Stan Zylinski kicked a field
goal with 7:47 remaining in the
first quarter to put UAlbany on
the board. Following the field
goal, captain. linebacker Josh
Bazan forced a Monmouth fum-
ble that was recovered by Ryan
MacClean. The fumble set the
tone for a day when the Hawks
were stifled by Albany virtually
everytime they tried to make any
head way. “Our defense was
absolutely the key. (They) were
spectacular and they also helped
to set up scores,” stated Coach
Ford.
As Ford’s defensive unit was
holding Monmouth down, the
offense kept on inching closer
and closer to a victory. Zylinski
made another field goal from 31
yards out giving Albany a 6-0
advantage going into the second
quarter.
The Danes’ first touchdown
came courtesy of backup fullback
Eddy Unverzagt who took the
ball in from the Monmouth |
yard line. This gave the Great
Danes a 13-0 lead in a game
played on a frozen University
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Danes win Norh East
UAlbany would strike one
more time in the half when quar-
terback Ryan Roeder rushed from
the Albany 41 all the way to the
end zone. The Danes emptied the
backfield which got Monmouth
to spread its defense. Once
Roeder got into the secondary on
the quarterback trap, the only
thing between him and goalpost
was green,
Even though Albany looked
well on its way towards a confer-
ence championship, the Danes,
who had squandered a 20-0 lead
in their last outing, could not
relax We .-nesdes ie: be
focused,” Ford would say after
the game. And focused they
were, keeping Monmouth from
making a comeback and spoiling
the long awaited celebration.
With Albany leading 19-7
and the clock winding down to
the end, the Albany faithful who
had sat through freezing temper-
atures started erupting into chants
of “NEC, NEC” referring to the
championship their Danes were
about to capture. As the offense
took its final knee of the regular
season, the entire team rushed
towards midfield embracing cach
other on a well earned NEC title.
President Hitchkock joined the
fans in congratulating the squad
on the victory which not only
brought home sole ownership of
the title but also a birth in the
ECAC Holiday Classic. “It’s a
great win. We really didn’t want
to share the title with anyone,”
said an elated Ford who was
soaked with the customary
dumping of the Gatorade by his
players.
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“This 18° awe-
some. This means so
much to me,” said
Gary Jones who had
a tremendous season
shattering — record
after record during
Albany’s journey to
the championship.
Roeder, who played
in his final regular
season game for the
Danes, seemed
relieved to finally
lead his team to the
conference title.
“We've been close in
the past and came up
short and to do it in
my senior — year
makes it so special,”
exclaimed the quar-
terback.
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Gary Jones rushed for his sixth 100-yard game of
the season on Saturday.
In addition to
making the Great Danes the NEC
champs, the win helped nine
seniors extend their college
careers. “I’m so happy Pll get to
play football next weck,” said
Roeder. Roeder was joined by
fellow varsity letter winners Josh
Bazan, Ryan MacClean, Samson
Brown, Greg Sigler, Brian
Bidens, “Billy=. Pike, Josh
MacAnn, and Alex Argulewicz in
getting the first place monkey off
Albany’s back. The team had
come close in the past few years
finishing second in 1999 and
third in 2001 but couldn’t seem
to climb atop the North East
Conference until this past
Saturday.
The Danes who were picked
to win the title in preseason polls
took a rocky road to achieving
their goal. “It wasn’t pretty. I
wasn’t happy with the team for
losing games that we shouldn’t
have lost, but we won and tonight
we get to savor the victory,” said
Ford, whose team — hosts
Duquesene the Metro Atlantic
Athlietic Conference (MACC)
champion next Saturday. The
(cam grew stronger and stronger
as the season unfolded. It went
though everything from blowing
out opponents to giving up huge
leads and suffering disappointing
losses. In the end though, there
they stood, in the middle of
University Ficld, celebrating a
championship that was finally
theirs.
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
News
UAlbany students
discuss campaign
finance reform
By Matt HALLER
Staff Writer
Activist Joan Mandle came
to speak last Wednesday night,
November 13, at UAlbany.
Mandle is the executive director
of Democracy Matters, a non-
profit activist organization that is
pushing to take money out of
politics. She clams that democ-
racy is failing in this country
because of the amount of influ-
ence that money and campaign
contributions have in United
States politics. “Democracy has
been hijacked by the very
wealthy,” she says.
A grassroots chapter of
Democracy Matters was formed
on campus last semester by some
UAlbany students, led by Shauna
Fisher. This group is recognized
by the Student Association and
has participated in various peti-
tions and projects to promote
campaign finance reform.
Campaign finance reform
has been a hot issue for debate in
the United States legislature. It
is, of course, a controversial
issue, because politicians tend to
oppose progressive reforms that
may get them replaced in the
next election. “Democracy
Matters is trying to activate and
motive young pcople [to get
involved in politics],” says
Mandle.
“Clean clections” have been
implemented in
Maine and other areas across the
country. This provides the oppor-
tunity for political candidates to
run under public financing with-
out accepting campaign contri-
Sacred choices
By Tom DURANTE
Co-News Editor
Courtesy of www.democracymatters.org
Joan Mandle came to UAlbany last
Wednesday.
the state of
butions from vested interests.
The members of Democracy
Matters claim that clean elections
will improve the current inequal-
ity that exists in politics.
Discussing the inarguable
paramount interest of money in
politics, one person in the room
stated some statistics about the
close financial relationships
between corporations and politi-
cians. Corporations throughout
the state contributed approxi-
mately 1.1 million dollars to the
New York State Legislature, and
received a total tax break of
about three billion dollars. This
would probably be considered a
high-return investment.
In order to combat this pow-
erful influence of money in poll-
lics, activists and organizations
such as Democracy Matters are
raising awareness about cam-
paign financing here in_ the
United States. To find out more
about this grassroots movement,
go to
www.democracymatters.org, Or
contact one of the members of
this group on campus.
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On Thursday November 14,
UAlbany students, as well as
Albany residents gathered in the
Campus Center Ballroom to wit-
ness. an interesting program on
contraception and abortion by Dr.
Daniel C. Maguire, a revered
professor of ethics at Marquette
University in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Aside from being
president of the Religious
Consultation on _ population,
reproduction, health and ethics,
Dr. Maguire is well-known
throughout the United States as a
theologian, author, and speaker.
He holds a doctorate in moral
theology, and has published over
150 articles and 12 books. In
addition to his notable works of
literature, he has made television
appearances on “Nightline,”
“Phil Donohue,” and the “CBS
Evening News,” to name a few.
The program was brought to
UAlbany by the Upper Hudson
Planned Parenthood (UHPP), the
First Presbyterian Church of
Albany, Medical Students for
tunity to take free condoms and
information from a UHPP table,
as well as a VOX table.
The program began with a
few opening remarks by Carol
Stenger of the UAlbany counsel-
ing department. Stenger intro-
duced Pat McGeown, the execu-
tive director of the Upper Hudson
Planned Parenthood, who talked
about the importance of the
night. Dwight Smith, a member
of the Pro-choice volunteers for
faith, encouraged the congrega-
tion, saying, “It is important for
people of the faith to speak out
about choice.” With that said, Dr.
Daniel Maguire was introduced.
Throughout his presentation,
Maguire, raised important issues,
told intriguing stories and made
jokes. “The truth is,” explained
Maguire, “that a pregnancy is
actually a 25-year commitment,
not just nine months. It is some-
thing you have to be ready for.”
He further explained that organi-
zations like Planned Parenthood
offer respect and hope, as well as
the important virtue of honesty in
a country where the rate of teen
pregnancy is extremely high.
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Choice and the UAlbany
Counseling Center. In addition,
VOX, a new organization of
Planned Parenthood on_ the
UAlbany campus, was _ present
before and after the program.
UAlbany students had the oppor-
and terror, which lead to abortion
clinic bombings and anthrax
scares. Planned Parenthood has
actually prevented more abor-
tions than any terrorist organiza-
tion could.
Maguire then explained a lit-
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tle about his book, Sacred
Choices; ~The 2 Right. to
Contraception _and Abortion in
Ten World Religions. Maguire
explained the significance of the
title when he said, “If you are
ready to have a baby, then the
decision to keep it is a sacred
choice. If you are not ready to
have a baby, then abortion is also
a sacred choice.” The book is a
collaboration of ideas from
Maguire and 13 scholars from
different world _ religions.
Maguire does not receive any
royalties for sales of his book.
When Maguire was through
speaking, an invitation was sent
out for members of the congrega-
tion to ask questions. Inquiries
were written on index cards on
the chairs and passed along to
Maguire by volunteers. Maguire
addressed these questions aloud
in an extremely informative man-
ner. Some pro-life questions
challenged Maguire, but he han-
dled them in a calm and collected
fashion.
_ After the short question and
answer session, the program con-
cluded with thunderous applause
for Maguire. Copies of his book
were available for purchase, in
addition to refreshments. For
more information on Planned
Parenthood or how to _ get
involved with VOX, direct e-
mails to blue@UHPP. org.
Meningitis anyone?
By SREELA Roy
Co-News Editor
Susan Friedman, a_ writer
and editor for the Albany Student
Press (ASP) attended UAlbany
from 1989-1991. On April 21,
1991, Susan died suddenly from
Meningitis. The Susan Friedman
Memorial Meningitis Clinic was
founded in her honor and on
Tuesday, November 12, from |
p.m. to 7 p.m., a Meningitis
Vaccine Clinic took place in the
Campus Center Patroon Room
Lounge. The UAlbany Student
Health Services and the Susan
Friedman Memorial Meningitis
Clinic sponsored the
Thanks to the mass e-mails and
letters sent to students and their
parents, many students went to
clinic to get vaccines. Dr. Leslie
Lawrence, Director of the
clinic.
University at Albany Health
Center, encouraged and strongly
recommended that — students
should be vaccinated to reduce
the risk of meningitis despite the
fact that it is not required.
Meningitis is the inflamma-
tion of the linings of the brain
and spinal cord and Septicaemia
is the blood poisoning form of
the disease. Even after recovery,
people can suffer from long-term
defects from either disease.
Either can kill within the course
of a few hours and Meningitis is
caused by the meningococcal
bacteria and is contagious, espe-
cially within college dormitories.
The symptoms of Meningitis are
very flu-like and include a stiff
neck, fever, headache, sensitivity
to light, vomiting, confusion,
rash and/or severe sleepiness. If
you have any of these symptoms,
contact the Health Center imme-
diately.
Influenza and Twinrix (a
Hepatitis A/Hepatitis B combina-
tion) vaccines were also offered
to those students who had not yet
received those vaccinations.
Students were allowed to pre-pay
at the Student Accounts Office or
be billed at their home addresses.
The Meningitis vaccine cost
about 90 dollars, the flu vaccine
cost 20 dollara while Twinrix
was 110 dollars. For more infor-
mation about bacterial
Meningitis, Hepatitis A/B or their
vaccine(s), please contact
VACCESSHealth at
cess.com or toll free at 1-877-
482-2237. For more information
about meningitis, go to
WWW. Meningitis. org or
WWW. VdC-
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Monday, November 18, 2002
‘ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3
Julianne Swartz displays
light in art form
By Tony Scotto Di CARLO
Staff Writer
To put it purely, Julianne
Swartz is not your typical, com-
monplace artist. She is perhaps
one of the most distinctive artists
ever witnessed; her work focuses
on things that often go ignored in
today’s active society. She pre-
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November 13, most of which
focused on the concept of light.
Julianne Swartz not only touches
upon art, but theory as well. She
is an extraordinary and ground-
breaking conceptual artist.
Swartz received her bache-
lor’s degree at the University of
Arizona and that Skowhegan
School for Painting and
Sculpture. She has displayed her
work in various parts
of the country, such as
the Brooklyn Museum
of Art, The New York
Biennial of Glass, and
the Inaugural
Exhibition at the
Bellevue Art Museum
in Seattle. Her most
recent exhibitions
include “Liminal
Spaces” curated by
Cassandra Coblentz at
the Center for
Curatorial Studies at
Bard College,
“Periphera” at the
Murray Guy Gallery in
New York City and
“Magnitude” at the
Educational Alliance
in New York City.
She began _ her
sented an assortment of her
miraculous slides and video of
her work in the Fine Arts
Building this past Wednesday,
presentation by showing slides
and video of her 1997 series enti-
tled, “Weightless” simultaneous-
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series. Swartz says that with this
series, she wished to project loss,
stating that this was a “painful
period” in her life. In this partic-
ular piece she used thin glass and
fibers and shined light through
the glass to create shadow. What
Swartz wanted to do here was
document her work in a different
way: through time. “If I wanted
to make work about transience, I
realized I should use time as
material,” she said.
In another astounding piece,
Swartz displayed her fascination
with using unique tools in her art.
In this piece she funneled light
through a fiber optic cable,
because it has the same qualities
of lenses. “It’s like a very thin
mirrored tube,” she explained.
The light enters one end and
comes out the other end trans-
formed onto a wall in her studio.
She said that the fiber optic cable
was the “perfect material to use.”
The amazing concepts and
ideas Swartz provided through
her work easily provide corrobo-
ration that she is a pure genius.
One work that was particularly
shocking was that of a pole that
she constructed outside of her
barn. The pole would capture the
light of the sun and project it into
her barn at a specific time of the
day. “It’s like a clock,” she said,
“I loved the idea that I could
watch time pass“ike this.”
She also likes to use private
messy places, and she likes to
bring these places into her work.
She says, “The world already has
so much stuff in it, it’s better to
use what’s there to try to make a
composition of what already ts.”
In one project, she used a six-
mile line of thread that went from
a museum through the streets of a
city and places of business.
About 16 houses and places of
business took responsibility of
their piece of thread for six
weeks.
She also uses sound in her
work; for example, in one of her
works of art, she used 250 feet of
tubing that extended from the top
of her studio and into her base-
ment. At one end she played the
Bee Gees’ song, “How Deep is
Your Love?” She says that when
you listen to the song from the
basement, it sounds as if the song
exists in a very far distance, giv-
ing you a feeling of nostalgia.
“It’s like hearing a memory, like
hearing it in your head,” she said.
She used this same concept in
using light, using the 250 feet of
tubing to get light from one end
of the tube to the other in order to
project the light against a wall.
Julianne Swartz is an inspi-
ration for those who want to
think outside the box. She is a
revolutionary artist and should,
by no means, be left unnoticed.
Her work is the perfect example
of things that don’t always catch
the eye right away. It is startling
to see how she can use something
as simple as light to create some-
thing so powerful.
Animal rights activist
visits UAlbany
By GINGER HANSON
Staff Writer
On- *Noventcer 15,” the
UAlbany chapter of Students for
the Ethnic Treatment of Animals
(SETA) hosted a
guest lecture by for-
mer animal liberator
Gary Yourofsky. As
the official orator for
People for the Ethnic
Treatment of
Animals (PETA),
Yourofsky is touring’
with his “Liberator to
Educator”
lecturing at almost
high
schools, and middle
speech,
30 colleges,
schools.
The passionate
activist delivers his
controversial speech
on veganism and the
evils behind laugh-
valid arguments in support of his
cause. Besides the immorality of
enslaving and torturing animals,
he explained how the human
body is not genetically engi-
neered to consume meat. Our
jaws, teeth, and intestines are not
terhouses. Vegans are
Photo by Ginger Hanson
individuals who do
not consume anything that ever
“had a face, a mother, or a bowel
movement,” including animal
by-products such as leather or
milk. The
graphic, and often times gruc-
presentation was
some, but extremely valuable for
students to hear, according to
SETA Vice President Melissa
Henneman. “It is really impor-
tant for people to open their eyes
and be made aware of what real-
ly goes on in our society regard-
ing abuse of animals.”
With the objective of per-
suading students to abandon their
Youroltsky
meat-ecating ways,
designed to digest animal flesh,
which is one reason why we have
to cook meat before cating it. For
example, human intestines are
too long for digesting meat while
natural carnivores have intestines
short cnough for decaying flesh
and fat to pass through quickly.
Because of this, natural carni-
vores can never suffer from
clogged arterics. Another point
Yourotsky brought up is that
before the inventions of fire and
tools, humans were completely
herbivorous. There were no
hunters and gatherers, just gath-
erers.
Photo by Ginger Hanson
interjects his powerful words
with vidco images of animals
being beaten, tortured, dismem-
bered and mutilated. He warned
non-vegetarians in the audicnce
that the images would be particu-
larly disturbing for anyone who
consumed meat, but commented
that “if its not good enough for
your eyes, it shouldn’t be good
enough for your stomach.” Many
audience members looked away
in horror as they viewed cows,
chicken, sheep and pigs being
subjected to the “disgusting ritu-
als of the human enslaving of
animals.” According to
Yourofsky, it’s “time that humans
climbed down from their make
believe pyramids of domination
and show some common decen-
cy"
In addition to the film,
Yourofsky brought up several
Yourofsky was a passionate,
informed orator who presented
his arguments with intelligence
and articulation. He has been
arrested 13 times for peaceful
disobedience, such as for releas-
ing animals from certain death on
a fur farm in Canada in 1997, a
crime for which he served 77
days in a maximum-security
prison. He is passionate about his
veganism and believes that peace
towards animals encourages
peace among humans. “People
can make a difference by taking
the meat our of their lives. You
personally can make a differ-
ence, embrace ethics and com-
passion.”
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
News
Candlelight vigil
mourns death of
265 in plane crash
By Matr HALLER
Staff Writer
Last Tuesday night,
November 12, several members
of the UAlbany community gath-
ered at the fountain near the
Campus Center to conduct a
memorial service for the victims
of the tragic plane crash that
occurred in Queens, New York
last year. Shortly after leaving
John F. Kennedy Airport on the
morning of November 12, 2001,
Flight 587 crashed down in Belle
Harbor, killing five people on the
ground and all 260 that were on
board. The plane, bound for the
Dominican Republic, had an
apparent malfunction with the
rudder.
The Latino Greek Council
coordinated the candlelight vigil
last Tuesday, handing out-candles
to participants in the memorial
service. The candles were lit, and
the flame was passed from per-
son to person ina circle.
Members of the group
recounted some facts about the
tragedy that occurred one year
ago in Queens, and offered con-
solation to those students who
lost friends and family in the
plane crash. The lighting of the
candles was followed by a
moment of silence, in recogni-
tion of the innocent lives that
were lost in this tragic accident.
The Latino Greek Council is
composed of six fraternities and
sororities at UAlbany. This group
is recognized by the Student
Association, and participates in
various forums and community
service in the area. Some of the
members of the Latino Greek
Council lost loved ones in the
plane headed for the Dominican
Republic last year.
Most of the people on Flight
587 were citizens of the
Dominican Republic. Several
candlelight vigils and memorial
masses were held on Tuesday in
Washington Heights, a largely
Dominican community — in
Manhattan.
Memorial services have
been held throughout the state to
remember those who were killed
in the crash of Flight 587 one
year ago. Hundreds of members
of the community in Queens
gathered at Jacob Riis Park on
Tuesday to mourn the deaths of
the victims of the plane crash.
Jam if you can!
By REVITAL ARANBAER
Contributing Writer
Wrapping up _ Poverty
Awareness Week, the New York
State Public Interest Research
Group (NYPIRG) sponsored a
noteworthy event called Jam If
You Can. The goal of poverty
awareness week is to increase
students appreciate for poverty,
hunger and homelessness, as well
as give students an idea of some
of the things they can do to com-
bat these societal threats. There .
has been a full week of events
leading up to this including a sig-
nificant hunger banquet, a movie
night and several hours of clean-
ing and assisting at local home-
less shelters. A box collecting
canned foods, and clothes were
presented at every quad. The goal
of tonight was to try to gain sup-
port and donations by bringing in
performers to attract students.
Punk bands such as The Flight,
Life Force, and All Sales Final
performed in front of a small
crowd, while miniature mosh pits
began to arise. A crowd of 20 to
30 UAlbany students were pre-
sent. President Jeff Tobias said,
“Tonight was a sure sign that a
great music scene is about to
emerge in Albany.” The bands as
well as entertaining had an
unconventional sound to which
many students were drawn.
Proiect:: Leader °-taeratd
McCarl stated that, “students are
the voice and future of America,
and despite the general feeling of
apathy students usually have, it’s
a great day when they can all
come together and fight a major
problem such as hunger.” This
specific event has received a con-
siderable amount of donations,
and the proceeds will be granted
to a few shelters in the area.
Aiming at helping the homeless
and hunger prevention was the
objective for tonight. Students
attended because of the entertain-
ment and in return cooperated in
achieving a humanitarian goal.
While tonight may have
been about poverty, there are also
other issues with which NYPIRG
strongly deals. The threat of a
drastic tuition increase was one
of the considerable issues
brought to students attention dur-
ing this week. One of the project
coordinators was quoted saying
that, “New York State pays the
fourteenth highest tuition and
fees in the country for a four year
public school.” Fighting for costs
of tuition to remain constant, and
for financial aid not to be cut is
an imperative goal at this point.
While the turnout of students
might have been seen as positive,
the truth is not enough people are
willing to fight for their rights.
Said McCarl, “Students may care
but they are not willing to fight
for their beliefs, so politicians
won't fight for their behalf.”
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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Monday, November 18, 2002
Central Council
By SARA CHAPMAN
Managing Editor
The November 13 meeting
of Central Council proved to be
the most controversial yet the
most productive meeting of the
year. Chair McNamara began by
announcing that the meeting for
the following week will be can-
celed to allow members to attend
the “Hardball with Chris
Photo by Sara Chapman
Chris Arco made a stunning come-back.
semester. New York State Public
Interest Research Group
(NYPIRG) spoke about a project
about which they have been quiet
up to this point: consumer advo-
cacy. On November 26, they will
hold a press conference at the
Dutch Quad day care center to
list the more dangerous toys this
season. Albany Television (ATV)
ran into some problems over the
weekend, but their scheduling is
back on track.
SJ ape eat
Association (SA)
President Kirk
Douglass, during the
executive report,
announced that there
would have been
appointments heard
that evening if the
Internal Affairs
Committee had met.
Educational Affairs
Director Amy Hebert
urged the group to
pass the bill for her
assistant that was on
the agenda _ that
evening. Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual,
Transgendered
Matthews” taping in Paige Hall.
At the following meeting,
UAlbany President — Karen
Hitchcock will be in attendance
with top administrators Kathy
Lowry, James Doellefeld and
Laurie Garafolo. At -the
December lI meeting,
Doellefeld will come back with
various administrators. This will
also be the last meeting of the
Concerns (LGBTC)
Director Dan Schlagetter is look-
ing into many different speakers
as the key note for his major
event of the year, the LGBTC
conference which will take place
from April 12-14. Women’s
Issues. Director Stephanie Frisz
reported that her ‘Zine is coming
along very well and at this point,
she is looking for writing/artistic
contributions. She is also looking
UAS Town Meeting
with Laurie Garafola,
Director of
Residential Life
Monday, November 18
Colonial Quad Penthouse
8:30 p.m.
into possibilities for speakers for
Sexuality Week. Kirk delivered
the reports of the Affirmative
Action Director, the Director of
the Arts, the. cane ~dihe
Transportation Director. They are
all making progress in the areas
about which they spoke in previ-
ous reports. Comptroller Alethea
Tomapat also urged the group to
pass her assistant. The Judicial
report nonexistent
there is one case, but there are not
enough justices to hear it.
During the legislative report,
Internal Affairs ([A) Committee
Chair Chris Arco, who, up until
he walked in the door, was
rumored to have resigned, made a
motion to suspend the rules and
move straight into new business.
When this motion passed, Arco
proceeded to make a motion to
impeach Vice Chair Joey Favata
for breach of duty. Arco went on
to confirm the rumor that he was
planning on resigning because he
was, “sick of it all!’ Two weeks
earlier, Arco approached Favata
on Wednesday with appointment
bill for assistants to be placed on
the ‘legislative report — that
evening. Favata refused to allow
was since
the bills onto the list-because of
the aging of the bills clause,
which states that all bills must be
in at least 24 hours before the
beginning of the meeting. Arco
had had trouble getting enough
people together to pass the
appointments, however, because
IA requires that at least half of all
voting members must be present
in order to hear appointments.
Because the assistants had gone
for so long working without
being paid because IA members
failed to show up, Arco pleaded
with Favata in order to stop the
indentured servitude. Favata
steadfastly refused, causing an
exasperated Arco to resign.
Because he never officially did
so, Arco was still technically in
charge of the [A Committee. In
absence of any action, though,
the responsibility fell with vice
chair Dave Brooks. Brooks was
unable to call a mecting last
Monday night, so he notified
members of TA that the meeting
was canceled. Arco asserts that in
order to further his own agenda,
Favata convened the mecting.
While not elaborating on what
Favata’s intentions were, Arco
said that not only was the IA
meeting canceled, but the vice
chair was unable-to call the meet-
ing to order anyway. Calling him
hypocritical for. staunchly follow-
ing some rules when it suited his
purpose, despite the importance
of the issue, while not following
other rules in order to suit his
own purposes, Arco begged the
group to remove Favata. In his
-own defense, Favata explained
that it was a matter of miscom-
munication between = Arco,
Brooks, McNamara and himself.
Both McNamara and Favata
explained that McNamara had
asked Favata to convene the
meeting so the assistants might
finally be heard. With only
Favata and Lari Bazargan present
though, the meeting had to be
adjourned. To this, Brooks
responded that he spoke to
e
McNamara and explained per-
sonally that he was canceling the
meeting, which explains why no
one showed up. Arco added that
- when he spoke to McNamara the
next day, McNamara did not
know anything about a meeting.
Needing a two thirds majority
vote in order to pass Council, the
motion could not garner enough
support for even a simple majori-
ly.
Back in the © legislative
report, the bills for assistants
were grouped and heard all at
once. Passing at all once as well
Elana Kleinman as_ the
Educational Aflairs “assstdtt:
We're:
Josh Arcus as the Programming
assistant; Tony Gray as the Editor
in Chief of the Student Voice; and
Zack Evans as the Comptroller
assistant.
To end the evening were two
resolutions that: looked all too
familiar to Council. Though pre-
sented through the Academic
Affairs Committee this time, the
resolutions were regarding the
limited study abroad opportuni-
tics for business mayors and the
difficulty in fulfilling the general
education requirements that were
presented by Anton Konevy sever-
al weeks earlier. Some students
had trouble seeing the difference
between the old and new resolu-
tions while others still had prob-
lems with the spirit of the bills.
Despite these hurdles, the clean
up was enough for Council who
passed both the resolutions. They
will promptly be sent to various
administrauions, most of who
already agree with them.
Ana Menendez at the Writer’s Institute
By Tony Scotto D1 CARLO
Staff Writer
Cuban-American fiction
writer and journalist Ana
Menendez visited the UAlbany
campus on Thursday November
14, gracing the podium with a
poised, yet humorous presence as
she read selections from her pow-
erful collection of stories entitled
In Cuba JI Was a German
Sheppard. She also read an
unpublished work © still in
progress and a gorgeous short
story she calls “Driving
Lessons.”
Menendez recently wrote
“Driving Lessons” for a Latin
American magazine. She
describes it as “simple” and says
that it “brought back the joy of a
story for me.” As she read from
her work, one could not help but
realize her knack for portraying
characters so brilliantly. In
“Driving Lessons,” we are wit-
nessed to the relationship
between a grandmother and a
granddaughter sitting in a car as
the granddaughter instructs the
grandmother how to drive. The
language and. style used by
Menendez evokes a simplicity
that flows like a tame waterfall.
She then read her story still .
in progress about a woman born
in Havana in 1961 who tries to
find the mystery of her parents
whom she had been separated
from as a young girl when they
came to America. Upon being
separated from her legitimate
parents, the young girl became
part of the Peter Pan program
where she joined a family in Los
Angeles. She took several trips to
Cuba to attempt to unlock the
mystery of her parents, mecting
various people in Havana that
could help. She describes Havana
as “a city of dashed hopes.”
When asked how tt feels to
read a. work in
Menendez exclaimed, “It’s like a
test marketing run; you get to see
how it sounds when reading: it
over, and it’s also exhilarating to
read new work.”
Ana Menendez grew up in
the United States with her family,
which planned on returning to
Cuba at any moment. Until enter-
ing grade school in America,
Menendez knew only Spanish.
She says that most of her charac-
ters are based on members of her
family. She also recalls some
quite hilarious anecdotes regard-
ing her spunky grandmother who
Menendez seems to envy dearly.
Menendez is a graduate of
creative writing at New York
University and was a New York
Times Fellow. She was a journal-
ist for such prominent newspa-
pers as The Miami Herald and
The Orange County Roster in
progress,
California.
When asked what prompted
her recent visit to India, she
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explained her voyage was an act
of following her husband who
was stationed in Delhi from 1997
to 2000. She says that it was in
India where she was able to
understand what loss really
meant. “It was a very passive
decision,” she said.
What is amazing about her
work is the fact that readers are
able to hear the stories that exiles
put into the picture. The novel
reminisces about Cuban-
Americans and their fight to live
in the modern city of Miami.
Many Cubans at this time were
hopeful and thought they would
be staying in America for only-a
short period of time and that they
would be returning to Cuba
rather soon. In Cuba I was a
German Sheppard is a harrowing
account written by a writer who
will undoubtedly deliver more of
her brilliant writing and rhetoric
in the years to come.
6 Monday, November 18, 2002
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment
Access to Extra
Entertainment: E! Briefs
By MATTHEW LISSAUER
A&E Editor
The BIG Screen
Eminem’s bio-flick 8 Mile
ran over making 54.5
million dollars in its opening
weckend. It’s the second biggest
opening for an R-rated film—the
first being last year’s Hannibal,
which opened at 58 million. As
if this won’t feed Eminem’s ego
enough, his single from the 8
Mile soundtrack also hit number
one. & Mile bumped
Clause 2 to number two.
How many~* of you love
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Well,
actor Jeffrey Jones (who played
the principal) was arrested this
past Thursday on charges for
alledgedly having sex with a 17
records,
Santa
year-old boy, and possession of
child pornography. No wonder
he tried to find Ferris so fast.
James Bond’s latest adven-
ture Die Another Day opens this
Friday with Pierce Brosnan and
new Bond-chick Halle Berry.
Struggling to make it big will
also be the third installment of
Ice Cube’s Friday franchise, The
Friday After Next. And Kevin
Klein’s new movie The
Howie Mandel
The Santa Clause 2
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Emperor’s Club is sure to grab
some Oscar attention.
THE small SCREEN
The networks finally beat
out HBO for rights to air the
Emmy’s, after they threatened to
boycott the telecast in every way,
shape and form. The boycott
would have meant that neither
their biggest stars, nor even clips
of the shows would be present at
the telecast; if the Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences
accepted HBO’s near 16 million
dollar bid. The “fab” four (CBS;
NBC, ABC, and FOX) made a
final bid of 52 million, and
agreed to air the Emmys on a
rotating schedule.
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Both Tim Allen and Howie
Mandel are coming up with sit-
com ideas for ABC and NBC,
respectfully. Allen’s idea is
about “the state of the American
male, circa 2002.” (taken from
Yahoo! News). Not a far cry
from his previous ABC hit,
“Home Improvement.” The dif-
ference is that Allen will be exec-
utive producing not starring. As
for Mandel, his sitcom has him
starring as the head a family with
three kids, where his character
creates hidden-camera bits for an
NBC hit talk show. Yeah, it will
probalby fail.
Muzik Newz
It seems. like this year has
been the year of “Best Of” col-
lections. It all started with Pink
Floyd’s “Echoes.” Then came
The Who, the Rolling Stones,
Elvis Presley, and most recently,
Nirvana followed suit. Enter
JOURS
U2, whose collection of what
they deem as the “Best of 1990-
2000” hit the shelves this week,
featuring songs from “Achtung
Baby!” “Pop,” and their last
album, “All You Can’t Leave
Behind.”
Pearl Jam and TLC have
new albums in the stores. Pear!
Jam’s seventh effort “Riot Act” is
said to be different than their
other albums. The difference
lies in that all the memebers of
the band contributed songs. “We
have five songwriters,” says front
man, Eddie Vedder. “The band
has really become a vehicle for
everyone to offer up their songs,
have very adept musicians play
them, and have a very good com-
munication with ‘those players.
That’s why I can see us going on
for a long while!”
TLC’s latest album “3D” is
said to be reflecting on the
untimely death of the “L” in their
name: Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes.
More than half of the album was
recorded before Lopes’ car acci-
dent. The album was originally
to be a “greatest hits” compila-
tion, with a few new songs. But
that idea was tabled, as Tionne
“T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda
“Chilli? Thomas chose to com-
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Enter the fanboys: MegaTokyo
By KAREN GELLENDER
Staff Writer
Some entertainment
demands merely the small invest-
ment of time that you spend
enjoying it. When you cross the
line to calling yourself a ‘fan,’
you're buying into something
larger than mere consumption; it
becomes a part of who you are.
For those of us that are fans, to
what extent does our fandom
define us? Furthermore, what
purpose does it serve?
Of course, these are ques-
tions with no answers designed to
provoke psuedo-intellectual con-
versations where everybody has a
good time pointing out that a Star
Trek convention or two never
really hurt anybody, but no con-
clusions are ever reached.
However, for some inquiry on the
subject, consider MegaTokyo: an
incredibly popular online comic
that not only tackles the subject
of how fandom __ insidiously
changes your outlook on life
within its story, but it also serves
as an example of the ultimate
‘worth’ that fandom can have.
Inspired by the creators’ long-
time love of anime, Japanese
comics, and video games,
MegaTokyo is an example of
what happens when fans start
creating their own art that is both
a response to the works on which
they were weaned, and a breath
of fresh air to the genre that’s
entirely their own.
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MegaTokyo has an interesting
premise to boot. Two 20-some-
thing Americans—Piro and
Largo (alter-egos of series cre-
ators Fred Gallagher and Rodney
Caston, respectively )—find
themselves stranded in Japan,
when a short vacation to Tokyo
does not go entirely as planned.
However, the version of Tokyo
that they inhabit is a place where
talented Mortal Kombat players
are worshipped as Gods, cute
school girls in sailor suits crowd
the streets, and Godzilla can be
rented by the hour from a rep-
utable establishment — called
‘Rent-a-Zilla.’
In short, it’s the fictionalized
version of Tokyo that fans fall in
love with based on the warped
perception of the city that is often
presented in anime, games, and
manga. It’s all mega-fun and
games for young people in this
uber-Japan, with the possible
exception of one aspiring actress
struggling to earn a living wait-
ing tables at a cheesy chain
restaurant; Kimiko Nanasawa is
slowly falling through the cracks.
When Piro Kimiko and
tries to form a connection, will he
find that the Tokyo he lives in 1s
part of the real world after all?
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aspect of the story is how well it
imitates traditional anime: plots.
Characters like Ping, a hyper-
cute robot-girl designed as a top-
secret Playstation 2 peripheral;
and Junpei, the resident Ninja
master who’s light on brain
power but big on heart, fit so well
into established anime archetypes
that there appears to be little dis-
tinction between the MegaTokyo
storyline and any of the shows
that inspired it.
What does serve as a distinc-
tion is the amount of humor that
punctuates the tale. In the begin-
ning, there was some ambiguity
as to whether or not MegaTokyo
was really a humorous ‘strip,’ or
a long-form comic book, and
while recently the project has
been leaning toward the latter,
most strips still have a punchline
(Largo: “WOOT! I think PII talk
about how to dispatch the undead
with ordinary kitchen appliances
today”-#331). While the amount
of video game humor has
decreased since writer and co-
creator Caston left the comic in
Gallagher’s capable hands earlier
this year, there are still plenty of
in-jokes that — only
immersed in ‘otaku culture’ will
those
truly understand.
Gallagher’s heavily manga
(Japanese comics) influenced art
style fluctuates between simple,
iconic images, and some with a
meticulous attention to detail.
While occasional difficulties
with anatomy betray a lack of
classical aruistic training
(Gallagher is actually architect
by trade and would often stay up
until the wee hours of the morn-
ing working on Megatokyo in
addition to his day job; he has not
made a profit on the comic up to
this point), the overall quality of
the art is one of the main appeals
of the strip. While several other
web-comics like “8-bit Theatre,”
“Penny Arcade,” and the com-
pleted “Expoitation Now” have
attained a fair amount of name-
recognition for quality game and
anime humor, MegaTokyo
remains the leader of the pack on
the strength of is intricate art-
work, °
Finally, as the American
comic book industry continues its
decade-long death rattle, while
publishers like Marvel, DC and
Image appear to be milking their
most successful franchises at the
multiplex rather than attempting
to resuscitate flagging comic
sales, MegaTokyo may represent
the future of comics in this coun-
try. Straight from producer to
consumer, tackling subject matter
that while arguably more realistic
than ‘superhero’ comics, still
takes advantage of the potential
for suspension of disbelief that
defines the medium, web-comics
like MegaTokyo are already sur-
passing the popularity of their
hackneyed print) counterparts.
While the print comic industry
has little freedom to experiment
with form because of the necessi-
ty of pandering to the ever-dwin-
dling, nigh-cexclusive demo-
graphic of young males who con-
tinue to buy their products, web-
comics can be as experimental as
they darn well please because
they’re free. Creators can pursuc
whatever storyline. suits” their
fancy at the minimal cost of host-
ing and bandwidth (which in case
of MegaTokyo is no longer mini-
mal, but that’s another story), and
those that do it well will acquire
an audience. Since the audience
is still paying with their time,
especially if they use dial-up con-
nections, web-comic artists con-
tinue to offer more and more cre-
ative material in the hopes that
web-surfers will flock to. their
site. This competition for new
readers has set the stage for the
explosive growth of the medium.
The one remaining road-
block to the continued success of
web-comics Is getting the audi-
ence to pay for something that
they’ye used to getting for free: as
more and more web-comic artsts
quit their day-jobs when their
strips. take off in) popularity
(Gallagher himself has recently
made the switch to doing
MegaTokyo full time), these
artists still need to eat. Some will
inevitably make the switch to
charging for their comics, and
some, ironically, will choose to
offer print editions of their work.
“MegaTokyo: Volume #1”. will
be hitting the dead tree format
from IC. Entertainment (former-
ly Studio Troncat) just in time for
Christmas, with additional con-
tent not available on the site. The
comic itself will remain available
for the foreseeable future for the
low, low price of nothing at
www. Megatokyo.com. If you've
written off comics as the juvenile
exploits of grown men-in-tights,
take a gander at MegaTokyo and
the new generation of web-
comics, and see where the future
of the medium ts going.
Dave Matthews Band, Live at Folsom Field
By JOSEPH PEZZULA
Staff Writer
Recently, the Dave
Matthews Band (DMB) has dis-
appointed a lot of fans. It started
with the pop-induced album
Everyday, which featured a blend
of talents between lead singer
and songwriter Dave Matthews,
and famed producer of hits Glen
Ballard. That album consisted of
songs that were not as band-ori-
ented as past fais... “trash.”
“Under. the --.daple™.... and
“Dreaming.” Over a year later,
the band released Busted Stuff, a
set of songs put together as a
band before the recordings for
Everyday, but shelved for later
release. This album was better
than Everyday, but still failed to
win back the hearts of fans.
Many people have felt that
DMB failed them at some point
along the road with the release of
Everyday because of its lack of
originality, and its failure to pro-
vide a new sound form an ever-
growing talented band. | think
this is one way to look at it. Lalso
think that it’s important for bands
to come up with new things once
in a while, just to prove their
range. The Beatles did it (Sgz.
Pepper), Radiohead did it (Kid
A), heck, even the recent release
by Beck (Sea Changes) proves
that he has a range. Why is DMB
so different because they chose to
go the pop-oriented path for an
album? Besides, when you hear
their songs live, it doesn’t matter
when they were written or
released, it’s all about the attitude
with which they are performed.
As evident on their newest live
album, Live at Folsom Field,
DMB still keeps up with the
crowds and the excitement
despite a growing variety of
songs.
Their last live release, Live
in Chicago, failed to make a dent
in my mind, or from the speakers.
But this new double CD album
adds the punch that was last
heard on their first live release,
Live at Red Rocks. The kick-off
track, “Don’t Drink the Water,”
still has the same drama after a
few years in release. In fact, all of
the old hits are still very power-
ful, as we hear constantly from
the crowd. Even the early song
“Recently” keeps the crowd into
things, and the encore includes
two classics, topping things off
with “Ants Marching.”
What adds to the clement of
joy at this DMB concert is the
new stuff, from both Everyday
and Busted Stuff. We get the
heavy love riff “So Right,” with
an extended ending. “Big Eyed
Fish” gets the crowd rolling for
the ever-long hymn “Bartender.”
“The Space Between” is an casy
way to get the crowd into things,
as the live effect is heard with the
plano assistance from Butch
Taylor. Taylor also makes things
interesting for “Two Step” later
on in the show. The solemn tunes
from Busted Stuff are countered
with the inclusion of the very fun
“JTR.” and the always favorite
“What Would you Say.”
Fans of DMB’s live record-
ings will have most pleasure in
the version of “Everyday,”
which, because of the common
chords, combines itself with the
song “#36,” blending two sweet
tunes into a pleasing collision of
an old and a new favorite. The
“lovely ladics” (Tawatha Agec,
Cindy Mizclle, Brenda White-
King) are also featured on sever-
al songs, most notably “Angel,”
in which cach band member pro-
vides us with a solo.
The show is not without its
flukes, however, as we tire
towards the end of “Bartender,”
and “Stay (Wasting Time)” over-
stays its welcome somewhat.
But the album is still worth it, if
only to hear some new stuff in a
different way. Maybe it’ll change
the way you look at Everyday, or
it may just make you close your
eyes and wonder what they were
thinking. Either way, the music is
still very pleasurable.
8 Monday, November 18, 2002
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Arts & Entertainment
Local-eyez on you: Helping thos
lesser known bands
By Curis RIALE
Staff Writer
There are many ways to help
a lesser-known band out. One of
which is going to see their shows,
where. ever they may _ be.
Valentines on New Scotland
Avenue is one venue out of many
in the United States that pro-
motes lesser-known bands. These
kinds of low key establishments
help the word get out that there
are bands that _want to be heard.
Another take for
struggling bands is one I just
route to
heard of a few weeks ago. It is
cleverly called the “Localeyez”
program. Transworld
Entertainment, a huge multi-mil-
lion dollar corporation and_ the
largest mall-based retail music
chain in the United States, is the
creator of this program. Their
intent with this program is to
have local bands perform in their
music stores, which include
Coconuts, FYE, Strawberries,
and Record Town; while at the
same time promoting the local
bands album(s). This seems like
a very good idea to me and I am
happy to see more of a care for
the underdog from Transworld
Entertainment, being that they
are quite an impersonal chain
only caring about which Spears
or Aguilera album comes out
next so they can exploit, exploit,
exploit!
The way the program works
is quite simple. If you are ina
band or know someone in a band,
submit a demo CD to any one of
Transworld’s stores and you will
be entered into this program for a
chance to perform at one of the
chains, for exposure and promo-
tional purposes. The band also
will be given an opportunity to
sell their CD at one of these
stores. That would help out many
bands looking for some cash. |
think this program has the right
idea, and helps to assuage my
disdain for large corporation
music stores.
“Localeyez
artists the opportunity to be scen
and heard in our stores. With this
program comes an unprecedent-
ed exposure of some potentially
great local bands in an extremely
corporate setting,” says an- FYE
sales associate at Crossgates
Mall.
I went to go see Localeyez in
action on Sunday, November 3 at
the FYE in the Colonie Center.
After making it past the maze of
Spiderman stuff and unreason-
gives — local
Courtesy of www.sirsy.com
By Basi C. PUGLISI
Contributing Writer
ably expensive DVDs, I went
towards the back of the store to
see the stage they had set up for
the local band that was all ready
to be played on by 2 p.m. last
Sunday. The band was called
SIRSY. I have heard of this band
through the Sounding Board pro-
gram run on Time Warner Cable,
which showcases certain. local
bands every week. This televi-
sion program alone is a big help
for lesser-known bands trying to
gain more exposure in the Capital
Region.
SIRSY is a funk, pop con-
glomerate rock band who is led
by vocalist Melanie Krahmer.
The rest of the line up include
Rich Libutti on bass guitar, Greg
Nash on drums and Chris Decker
on Guitar. One would describe
them as a diversified band with
many original, non-derivative
songs. The band as a whole can
be properly described as colorful
and confident in their abilities to
play their original music.
SIRSY is bigger than many
might think. They now have a
fan base in many parts of the
world including ~~ Australia,
Europe, Canada and = South
America; and have opened for
such bands like Fuel, Cheap
Trick and Dave Davies. Their
third and latest album, Af This
Time (Live), has been mentioned
on local radio stations and on
“FOX23” News. Another inter-
esting fact is that Sharon
Obourne, Ozzy’s wife, was one
of five judges to choose SIRSY
as a finalist in the “Born on the
World Wide Web” contest in
L999:
‘Their performance at FYE
on November 3 reflected their
reputations and experiences. |
stayed for their whole twenty
minute set and it was better than
I thought it would be. People
seemed to very much enjoy the
product of Localeyez, which was
evident by observing people’s
body language, whistling and
clapping. I thought their perform-
ance was very good, and much
effort and heart was put into it.
What was also good about the
piece, was the passion, stage
presence and glaring potential of
this band. The instruments were
played very accurately and neatly
with hardly any mistakes made
which allowed for a very decent
set.
The Localeyez program by
Transworld is a good stride in a
direction towards narrowing the
polarity between music “stars”
and the local scene today.
Although this program is nothing
to get ultra excited about, it pres-
ents an excellent opportunity for
local, lesser-known bands and
their music.
We miss you
Daniel Owen!
Love, Sarsa and Jess |
“Tf you had one shot, one oppor-
tunity, to seize everything you
ever wanted, one moment, would
you capture it or just let it slip.”
Lose Yourself — Eminem
3 12 Stars out of 4
The main char-
acter of Jimmy
Smith Jr. (B-Rabbit)
is played by contro-
versial rap artist
Eminem. B-
Rabbit’s character
walks us through the
life of a struggling,
and impoverished
young man trying to
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astonished by the crowd, but by
the film as well. 8& Mile scores
big in my opinion, and provides a
great story from beginning to
end.
B-Rabbit’s potential to per-
form like the Eminem we have
all come to know is reveled only
in the final moments of the
movie. 8 Mile will be a winner
with all crowds, and will hold a
special interest to those who can
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piece together a life
in shambles within the cold
streets of the mid-nineties
Detroit. The young rapper pow-
erfully conveys his perpetual
struggles against the seemingly
impenetrable social walls that
have been constructed around
him and his peers.
B-Rabbit also — struggles
against a far from perfect family
life. His mother (Kim Basinger)
is one step from being evicted
from her trailer home, which
could potentially put B-Rabbit
and Lily (Rabbit’s younger sis-
ter) out onto the streets. B-Rabbit
gets into several altercations dur-
ing the film and is far from inno-
cent. However, he proves to be
softer than his rough exterior,
when he shows warmth and love}!
to Lily. B-Rabbit’s character is]:
developed in a way that almost
everyone can relate to and under-||
stand. B-Rabbit’s main objective}:
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racism, and a dysfunctional bro-
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Mekhi Phifer, and _ Brittany
Murphy also join Eminem.
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put on a more then convincing
performance, which allows you).
to experience the story, which
draws on Eminem’s life.
I was skeptical going into
this movie and felt by watching
the previews that Eminem might
have overplayed his artistic abili-
ty. Also, I was concerned that
the previews might have con-
tained almost all of the major ele-
ments, as they often do. I began
to lose my pessimistic mindset,
however, when I was forced by
the audience size to sit in the
handicap seats down front. The] ig
10:50 showing of & Mile, at
Crossgates Theater on Sunday,
was sold out! I was not only
recall the urban rap battles that
took place during 1990’s.
According to www.the-num-
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9, “8&8 Mile demolished projec-
tions by earning over 20 million
dollars on Friday alone. To gauge
how popular it was, look at its
8,450 dollar per theater average -
that’s just a shade below what
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone made on its opening day
last year.”
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138 am: = B30 p.m.
Denmark: The Jewel of Europe.
Get acquainted with a small
-country and what it has accom-
plished for the citizens. Campus
Center, Terrace Lounge. Free.
7-9 p.m. “Is Interracial Dating
Still Taboo?” Join in this discus-
sion concerning issues related to
interracial dating and its increase
in society. Sponsored by Kappa
Alpha Psi. Social Science 255.
For more information, call 462-
5103.
7 p.m. Book Signing. Don
Rittner will read from and sign
his newest book, Troy: A Collar
City History. Troy Public
Library. Free. For more informa-
tion, call 274-7071.
7:15 - 10 p.m. ‘*Technology.”
This will be a discussion of the
benefits and the hindrances of
technology. Sponsored by Phi
Iota Alpha. HU 132. For more
information, call 482-5013.
November 19
3 p.m. Public Hearing. Statc
University of New York Board of
Trustees will receive testimony
and statements from concerned
individuals about university-wide
issues. State University Plaza,
Federal Court’ Room, Third
Floor.
7 - 9 p.m. “Affirmations in
Action: Taking Diversity to the
Next Level.” A presentation will
be given by Steve Birdin about
moving from talk to action in
regard to diversity. RACC, Hall
of Fame room. For more infor-
mation, call 442-5840.
8 p.m. Lynne Tillman. This fic-
tion and nonfiction writer will
read from her newly released col-
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Not It. Sponsored by the New
York State Writers Institute.
Performing Arts Center, Recital
Hall. Free. For more information,
call 442-5620.
8:30 - 10:30 p.m. Debate. Five
Democratic students and five
Republican students will be dis-
cussing the war on_ Iraq.
Sponsored by — Educational
Affairs. Campus Center,
Assembly Hall. For more infor-
mation, call 442-5640.
November 20
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
“Networking/Business
Development Workshop.” A
representative from First
Investors will present on how to
network with businesses and
ways to develop for the business
world. HU 24. For more informa-
tion, call 956-5038.
6:30 - 10 p.m. “Female
Mutilation.” This will be a
forum on the different practices
and reasons why female mutila-
tion takes place through the
exploration of different cultures.
Sponsored by Omega Phi Beta
Sorority Inc. SS 133. For more
information, call 442-9778.
7:30 - 9:30 p.m. “STDs on
College Campuses.” Priscilla
Maskin from the University
Health Center will discuss STDs
on this campus as well as others.
Sponsored by the Pan Caribbean
Association. SS 133. For more
information, call 442-9728.
8 p.m. Helen Vendler. This poet-
ry critic will present the Herman
Melville Lecture on the Creative
Imagination on “Yeats and Lyric
Poetry.” Sponsored by the New
York State Writers Institute.
Performing Arts Center, Recital
Hall. Free. For more information,
call 442-5620.
November 21
7:30 p.m. Joe Quandt. This
local poet and peace activist will
be featured at an open mic for
poets. Changing Spaces Gallery.
$2 donation. For more informa-
tion, call 482-0262.
November 22
4-5 p.m. “Interviewing Skills.”
Learn how to improve interview-
ing styles for when applying for
employment. Sponsored by the
Graduate Student Organization.
Campus Center, Patroon Lounge.
For more information, call 442-
4178.
7:30 p.m. Fever Mounts in El
Pao. The notion that “power cor-
rupts” is examined in this film
when a liberal attempts to reform
a Latin American dicatorship
from the inside. Sponsored by the
New York State Writers Institute.
Page Hall. Free. For more infor-
mation, call 442-5620.
8 p.m. Ellen Sinopoli Dance
Company. This company will
draw viewers into a captivating
world of legends, secrets and
anecdotes in “From the mind/of a
single, long vine/one hundred
opening lives.” The Egg. To pur-
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8:15 p.m. Claudia Acuna. This
vocalist has a refreshingly unique
approach to American standards
and Latin tunes and has set the
jazz world on fire! The Egg. To
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November 23
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. “Neighborhoods
Work III: Partnerships For a
Better Albany.” Join Albany res-
idents, community leaders and
elected officials in a full-day con-
ference to develop an action plan
Albany’s neighborhoods. First
Lutheran Church. Free. For more
information, call 964-6208.
“Focus on
A Dialogue
Between the Muslim and
Christian Communities.”
Discussion will center on early
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Christian-Muslim relations and
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Nonviolence:
the modern Muslim world.
Westminster Presbyterian
Church. For more information,
call 436-8544.
7 - 11 p.m. Asian Occasion. This
will be a cultural and modern
show. Sponsored by Asian
American Alliance. Campus
Center, Ballroom. For more
information, call 442-1671.
8 p.m. “3 Poets, 3 Bucks.” In
this evening of poetry perform-
ance, Mike Jurkovic, Cheryl A.
Rice and Bob Wright will pres-
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donation. For more information,
call 482-0262.
November 24
6:15 - 10:30 p.m. “The True
Meaning of Thanks-GIVING
(Equinox Volunteering).” Help
prepare over 5,000 meals for the
Capital District’s homeless, hun-
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the 33rd Annual Equinox
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Dinner. If interested, sign up with
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archway. For more information,
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Call Me When You Get Home.
This will be the world premiere
of Ross D. Levi’s and Michael J.
Meade’s new play. WAMC
Performing Arts Studio.
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members. For more information,
call 462-6138.
The Shadow of a Gunman. Sean
O’Casey’s 1920s tale of love and
death is a poignant and timely
depiction of ordinary citizens
under terrorist seige. Performing
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“Susanna Coffey: Self-
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direct observation. The portraits
reinvent her image to reflect
aspects of age, beauty, gender
and identity often concealed by
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“Modern Masters: From Carot
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 11
CRIME BLOTTER ¢
CRIMES
11/8 Empire Commons - Criminal
Mischief - Unknown person broke emer-
gency light ;
11/8 Social Science - Petit Larceny -
Report of prescription medication stolen
from unattended bag
11/9 Indian/Oneida - Criminal Mischief -
Fire extinguisher discharged
11/9 Empire Commons - Criminal
Mischief - Unknown person chipped paint
from parked vehicle
11/9 Collins Circle - Criminal Mischief -
Bus Unknown person broke glass in bus
shelter
11/10 Campus Center - Disorderly
Conduct - Student arrested for disorderly
conduct
11/10 State/Fulton - Disorderly Conduct -
Intoxicated male with face injury arrested
for disorderly conduct/resisting arrest,
transported by 5-Quad to AMC
11/10 State/Tappan - Falscly Reporting -
Fire alarm activated, PP & AFD on scene
11/10 Freedom - Assault - Student report-
ed assault by guest
11/11 State/Eastman - Burglary - Three
students arrested for burglary
11/1] State/Eastman - Burglary - Cell
phone and wallet containing cash & credit
cards reported stolen - recovered during
arrest investigation
1/11 State/Eastman - Burglary Pockct
PC, keyboard and Discman reported stolen
- recovered during arrest investigation
11/11 Campus Center - Petit Larceny -
Unattended cell phone stolen
11/11 State/Eastman - Burglary - Credit
cards, laptop, cell phone and textbooks
reported stolen - recovered during arrest
investigation
11/11 Biology - Criminal Mischief. -
Window broken by unknown person
11/11 State/Eastman - Burglary - Watch
reported stolen - recovered during arrest
investigation
11/11 State/Eastman - Burglary - Camera
and case and mirror reported stolen
11/11 State/Eastman - Burglary S- pindle
of CD's reported stolen
11/11 Indian/Mohawk - Harassment S-
tudent reported harassment
1//1I_ Colonial/Delancey - Criminal
Mischief - Report of broken window
II/1] Western Aye - Criminal. Mischief -
Four unknown males threw objects at
vehicle stopped at traffic signal
11/12, CPCS - Indian/Oneida - Non-
SUNY student arrested for criminal pos-
session control substance
11/12. Indian/Onondaga - Thelt of
Services F- raudulent use of phone
11/12. State/Melville -. Harassment. -
Harassment reported
11/12 Dewey Library - Grand Larceny -
Wallet containing credit cards stolen from
unattended bag
11/13 Lecture Center - Larceny - Report
of stolen property
11/13 Bus. Admin. - Petit Larceny -
Report of unattended property stolen
11/13 Milne - Trespass - Report of suspi-
cious male : ;
11/13 Melville - Marijuana - Student
arrested for marijuana and a forged instru-
ment
11/13' Empire Commons - Aggravated
Harassment - Report of harassing emails
11/13) Dutch/Schuyler - Criminal
Mischief - Large panel window broken by
unknown person
INCIDENTS
11/8 Colonial Tower - Medical call for
vomiting female, 5-Quad transported to
St. Peter's
11/8 Counseling Sve Ctr - Transported
EDP to CDPC for evaluation
11/8 RACC - Repair needed to water foun-
tain
11/8 PAC - Notification of family cmer-
gency
11/8 Alumni/Waterbury - Medical call for
vomiting male, transported to AMC by
Mohawk
11/8 Indian/Mohawk - Medical call for
injury to foot, 5-Quad treated & released
11/8 Alumni/Pierce - Welfare check
11/8 State - Suspicious activity reported
11/8 Indian - Student to be referred for
marijuana
11/8 Empire Commons - Res Life to refer
students for alcohol
11/8 Indian/Oneida - Medical call for
female with chest pains, 5-Quad transport-
ed to St. Peter's
11/9 State - Student to be judicially
referred for altered permit
11/10 State/Cooper - Report of marijuana
odor
11/10 Alden - Res Life to refer students for
marijuana
11/11 State/Irving - Verbal dispute report-
ed
11/11 Campus Grounds R- cport of lost
cell phone
11/11 RACC Lot - Student stopped on tral-
fic violation wanted on Albany Police
warrant
11/11 State/Eastman - Non-student guest
reportedly lost
11/11 State/Irving - Verbal dispute report-
ced
11/12 Indian - Window in door found
cracked
11/12 Campus Center - Door found unse-
cured
11/12 Tunnel - Doors found unsecured
11/13 Melville - Welfare check
11/13 Tappan - Medical call for female
student, 5 Quad transported to AMCH
11/13 Dutch - Roadway Medical call for
male student, 5 Quad Transported to AMC
11/13 Colonial - Responded to odor of
marijuana complaint
TRAFFIC
11/9 Parking Tickets - Various parking
tickets issued
11/10 University Drive - Expired inspec-
tion
11/10 Dutch Roadway - Minor two-car
PDAA reported
11/10 Access A & University - Stop sign
11/10 University Drive - Speed, 49/25
11/11 University Drive - No Seatbelt
11/11 University Drive E - Speed, 44/25
11/11 University Drive W - Speed, 43/25
II/11 Tricent Drive - Stop sign
11/12 Indian/Oneida - Possess another's
license
11/12 Indian/Oneida - UPM
11/12 State Lot - Parked car found with
lights on
11/12 State Lot - Vehicle towed for exces-
sive fines
11/12 Indian Lot - Car towed for being
parked on roadway
11/12 Colonial Roadway - While traveling
wrong way on a one way, vehicle hit
another car
11/12 Dutch Roadway - Car towed for
excessive fines
11/12 Indian Roadway - Report of vehicle
lock out
11/13 O'Leary Blvd. - Vehicle towed for
excessive fines
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Editorials
Gray Matter:
Slippery stocks
By Tony GRAY
Staff Columnist
Ever notice how some peo-
ple are just plain lucky? Do you
know people who don’t seem
smart-enough to come in out of
the rain, yet when they fall into a
pile of manure, they come up
smelling like roses? Being dumb-
er than a box of rocks 1s okay as
long as the rocks are lucky rocks.
Who hasn’t squandered
money for their one shot in 13
million of hitting the lottery and
rationalized the money spent on
lotto tickets with stupid state-
ments like, “You gotta be in it to
win it,” or, “Hey, you never
know.”
But, you know what? We do
know. We know we don’t stand a
snowball’s chance in Hell of hit-
ting the jackpot and we wouldn’t
be any worse off than if we used
those dollar bills as substitute toi-
let paper.
That doesn’t mean that |
don’t believe in luck. I do. In
fact, Pll be surprised if there
aren’t at least a few more believ-
ers in Juck on this campus, after
reading this column.
A few wecks
doing some research for an arti-
ago, I was
cle and I came across a page of
links that Pd bypassed many
times before. For some unknown
reason, that day I clicked random
links and eventually I found
myself at the: New York State
Comptroller’s
unclaimed funds.
I didn’t expect to find any-
thing when I entered my name
but - TALK ABOUT LUCK -
page for
there was my name, big as big
could be. The Comptroller’s
office has had it for over ten
years. It’s just so bizarre that it
should have ever ended up in
New York.
When I was in the service, |
was stationed in Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, and I had invested a little
money in some - stocks.
Eventually, I ended up selling
most of them because, let’s face
it, I had no business being in the
stock market. And when I trans-
ferred overseas, I sold almost all
of it because I needed the money.
Luckily for me, even though the
ship’s home port was Scotland,
the mailing address for Fleet Post
Offices is routed through New
York.
I’m sure you’ve read about
companies that announce 2 for |
stock splits; for every share of
stock you used to own, you’ll
own two shares after the distribu-
tion date. Well, I was cursing my
luck back then because this one
rinky-dink, little oil company
approved a 10 for | reverse stock
split. That’s right - the 100 shares
I used to own had been reduced
to ten shares. Needles to say, the
price dropped to just pennies a
share and | remember thinking
that it wasn’t even worth the cost
of an overseas phone call to sell
them.
Are they worth anything
now? I don’t know. The represen-
tative of the Comptroller’s office
I spoke with wasn’t sure if I
would get the actual stocks or the
amount they were valued at when
their office assumed custody of
them, or what their present value
IS.
The NYPIRG Niche:
Consumer advocacy
By JESSICA WISNESKI
NYPIRG Campus Coordinator
A multitude of
get taken by businesses every
day. They purchase shoddy or
even dangerous goods, receive
CONSUMCES
inadequate services and fall vic-
tim to deceptive business prac-
tices. That is why NYPIRG
chapters statewide, including
here at UAlbany, have active
Consumer Action Projects.
Consumers need a stronger
voice in order to stand up to busi-
nesses. Since the early seventies,
NYPIRG has been a major con-
sumer advocacy organization in
New York. For ecxample,
NYPIRG established the Small
Claims Court Action Centers in
1976 and helped pass the Generic
Drug Law in 1977, Small Claims
Reforms in 1979, the Lemon
Law in 1983, Lifeline Banking
Legislation in 1994, Federal Toy
Safety Legislation in 1995 and
Banking Laws requiring ATM
safety measures in 1996.
Students have been counsel-
ing consumers through
NYPIRG’s Small Claims Court
Action Centers since the late sev-
enties and early eighties.
Recently, students at UAlbany
have participated in Toy Safety,
Playground Safety and Banking
surveys and have organized suc-
cessful public outreach cam-
paigns including news confer-
ences.
The purpose of NYPIRG’s
Consumer Action Project is to
give the active consumer some.
effective tools to take on con-
sumer injustice and make a dif-
ference. Students involved in the
project have the opportunity to
develop their own strategies to
greater effectiveness. Students
build on established consumer
projects, such as the Small
Claims Court Action-Centers and
the Book Exchange, and develop
new consumer campaigns.
This semester, the Consumer
Action Project at UAIbany will
be having a Toy Safety Press
Conference on November 26.
Students will be releasing to the
press a list of the toys parents
need to be cautious of this holi-
day season.
For more information on the
Consumer Action Project, please
contact the NYPIRG office at
442-5658, or stop by anytime in
Campus Center 307,
More than likely the compa-
ny went out of business and
they’re still worthless. I suppose
it’s possible that I could get
whopping five or ten dollars out
of the deal. But, hey, that’s five or
ten more dollars than I would
have had, otherwise. Until I get a
letter telling me exactly how
much money is involved, I can’t
help but hoping that the booming
stock market of the last ten years
lifted even that leaky boat and
I’m looking to be building a
house next to Bill Gates when I
sell those ten shares.
You know - the same fantasy
I indulge in when standing in line
for two dollars worth of quick
picks when the Lotto jackpot
approaches $100 million. There
are two big differences though.
First, the Comptroller doesn’t
charge a dime for returning peo-
ple’s property (no way he’s an
Albany alumni) and second, I
know I’m getting something
back. Even if it’s fifty cents, I’m
going to be that much ahead. Oh,
shoot. I forgot that it cost me
sixty cents to copy the Navy doc-
uments that verified my social
security number at that address.
So much for luck. Oh, well.
The URL for
http://www.osc. State. ny. us/cgi-
bin/db2www/ouffrm.d2w/input.
Even if you don’t have any
unclaimed funds, you,might want
to check for your family and
friends. I thought I found a listing
for a friend of mine and notified
her. Even though it wasn’t her,
she said she learned that her com-
pany had unclaimed funds with
two other states. So, she was
happy.
the site 1s:
In My Most Humble Opinion:
Get active!
By PETER W. BRUSOE
Staff Columnist
NYPIRG Calendar
*Tuesday, November 19
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sweatshop Awarness
Project Table
Campus Center Small
Fountain
*Tuesday, November 19
7:30 p.m.
NYPIRG Chapter meeting
Assembly Hall, Campus
Center floor 2
eThursday, November 21
lla.m. - 4. p.m.
Tabacco Outrage of the
month table
Campus Center Small
Fountain —
eThursday, November 21
7 p.m.
NYPIRG’s Homeless and
Hunger Outreach Project
. meeting
Assembly Hall, Campus
Center floor 2
*Thursday, November 21
8 p.m.
NYPIRG’s Higher
Education Project Meeting
Social Science 131
There are many beautiful
things on a college campus. The
stately trees on the paths, build-
ings that inspire you to greater
goals, the well maintained gar- |
dens and flowers, not to mention
the occasional college co-ed all
enhance the beauty of a campus.
We certainly have all of these
great features on campuses.
However, one of the most beauti-
ful things is to see people gather
together, work toward a common
purpose, share skills and talents,
all leading into Putnam’s idea of
Social Capital. Sadly that is one
of the things that is most lacking
on this campus, and the worst
part about it is that it is the hard-
est thing to change because the
change needs to start with each
student.
We have over 150 student
groups with 11,953 undergradu-
ate students, not counting Greek
life. That should mean that every
group on this campus should
have a population of 1,000 mem-
bers. Most of our clubs are not
that well stocked with member-
ship and to be honest, I doubt
many have over 100 truly active
participants. Everyone pays their
pound of flesh to the Student
Association (SA) of 80 dollars a
semester; why not take the
advantage of our groups?
There is a _ tremendous
amount of activities in which one
can participate. Quite literary
there is something for someone.
If you like to be verbose and
argue logically, or would like to
learn, the UAlbany Debate Club
is right up your alley. If you are
interested in growing in your
own particular faith tradition, or
into learning more about another
one, Hillel, Muslim Student
Association, or the Newman
Association, offer talks, semi-
nars, group activities ranging
from making peanut butter and
jelly sandwiches, apple picking,
to watching The Exorcist on
Halloween night; the range of
activity is endless. There is an
outdoor club that does fun events
ranging from hiking, rafting, and
just getting off the concrete jun-
gle to enjoy the land. Or if poli-
tics is more up your sleeve the
College Republicans, Greens and
Democrats offer phenomenal
opportunities to get involved and
advocate for political change.
Other groups produce campus
radio, the campus newspaper,
plan an annual Rocky Horror
showing on Halloween, or ride
horses, dance; the list goes on
and on.
If none of that interests you,
consider pledging. UAlbany has
many great fraternities and soror-
ities, which in turn do phenome-
nal programming and activity
planning. I don’t think a week
goes by without one of the frater-
nities advertising a program, or
giving back to the community, or
sponsoring an event in the
Campus Center. If you are not as
socially motivated, and would
rather find an organization that
has some of the social aspect
with added academic benefits,
Delta Sigma Pi (Pre-business),
Alpha Phi Omega (Community
Service) and Phi Alpha Delta
(Pre-law) are two phenomenal
paraprofessional fraternities on
campus that center around a ser-
vice of spirit and commitment.
These groups give back so much
to our campus community, and
help prospective new brothers
learn teamwork, speaking and
time management skills. On the
other hand, if you want to take
the more drastic form of pledging
in which much _ hazing is
involved, there is the academic
route. There exist many phenom-
enal educational societies that
exist to bring students outside of
the classroom, and into a com-
mitment of service and acade-
mia. Pi Sigma Alpha, the
Presidential Honor Society, Psi
Chi all represent such great insti-
tutions.
If none of that interests you
there are ways to get involved in
the Student Association, your
local quad board, and even your
Class Council. The Student
Association offers such a wide
range of activities from learning
how to plan events, being able to
produce your own show on
Albany Television, becoming a
legislator on Central Council, or
a whole range of opportunity. If
nothing else, at least vote in
Central Council, or other types of
elections that SA runs. Even if
you don’t like to leave your quad,
there are groups that meet right
on them. There are boards set up
on each of the quads that are
actively doing programming,
having meetings and trying to
develop a sense of community
for students in residence. If you
do not want to get involved con-
sider going to one of the many
pizza and movie nights that resi-
dential life continually plans, or
get one of the fifty free tickets
each quad has for the Danes v.
Siena Saints game. We as a stu-
dent body need to take advantage
of the great opportunities we
have on this campus, and ensure
that we have a growing and car-
ing environment. If nothing I
have mentioned interests you,
consider starting a new group,
here the possibilities are endless,
but go out there and become
involved in something!
Questions? Comments?
asp_online@ hotmail.com
Editorials
Monday, November 18, 2002
13
Middle Earth Roots:
How can I help a
friend who drinks
too much’?
By LAUREN POSNER
President, Middle Earth Peer
Assistance Program
With the widespread use of
alcohol in the United States, it is
very likely that someone you
know and care about has or will
have a drinking problem. The
first thing you can do is simply
decide to do something to help.
You have realized that your
friend’s drinking habits are
affecting his or her life in a nega-
tive way. You should feel confi-
dent that getting involved is the
right thing to do, not only for
your friend, but also for yourself.
Next, you need to formulate
a method for confronting the per-
son about his or her problem.
Make your friend aware of how
drinking is affecting his or her
life as well as personal relation-
ships. As a friend, you have the
right to know how your friend
feels, and you have the right to
express how you feel. Try to
address the issue in a non-threat-
ening, sensitive manner. Avoid
labeling him or her as an alco-
holic, a bad person, or a burden
in your life, because doing so
might drive a wedge through
your relationship and lead to fur-
ther drinking.
Make sure that your friend
sees things as you see them.
Chances are pretty good that
he/she is not aware of, or has
been denying, the effects that
drinking has had. Try to be as
specific and objective as possi-
ble, citing the effects that the per-
son’s drinking has had on his or
her life, and your relationship.
For example, the person may
now exhibit violent behavior
much more frequently than in the
past, may not be concerned about
his or her appearance, or may not
be performing as well academi-
cally as in previous semesters.
Helping the person confront and
accept the results of his or her
current drinking behavior is a
vital step in changing that behay-
ior.
Expect the unexpected.
There is no typical reaction or
universal response that you can
anticipate from your friend. He
.or she may think that you are
over-reacting, or that it is none of
your business. Your friend may
become defensive and upset or
seem completely indifferent to
anything that you have said about
his or her behavior. Don’t take
any negative comments person-
ally. Try to remain calm and real-
ize that the person is simply
reacting to something painful.
Be prepared to make a com-
mitment. If your friend realizes
he or she is in need of help, don’t
let him or her do it alone. Try to
be supportive and reinforcing of
this positive behavior. If your
friend responds negatively, make
a commitment to confront him or
her with the problem again at
another time, and again and
again, if necessary. Sometimes
positive responses only come
after repeatedly voicing your
concerns.
If your friend agrees with
you, start working out a plan to
obtain help and support, and find
alternatives to drinking. If he or
she is willing to try, you should
be willing too. Don’t become the
person’s caretaker or baby sitter,
but remain a supportive friend.
As a result of the changes
your friend makes, you may need
to change some of your behay-
iors, too. For example, if every
Friday night you go out to a club
or a bar, you may want to avoid
that for a few weeks until he or
she feels comfortable about
going into that environment
again.
Set limits for yourself. If
your friend responds negatively
and is unwilling to listen to you
and change, you may need to dis-
tance yourself from the pain. Tell
your friend that you dislike his or
her drinking, and not him or her
as a person. Explain that while
the friendship is important to
you, you care enough about it to
try to make it a healthy one for
both of you. Some examples of
limits you should set for yourself
are:
* Do not talk to your friend
unless he or she is sober.
* Do not give your friend money
to go out, do his or her work,
or make excuses for him or
her.
* Do not spend time with him or
her when he or she is drunk.
* Know when to quit.
Unfortunately, if all attempts
to help the person have failed,
you may need to end the relation-
ship - but keep in mind that it
was the person’s drinking that
ended the relationship, not you.
If you have any questions or
concerns about this or any other
issue, remember that the Middle
Earth Hotline is available at 442-
5777. The hotline is open from
noon to midnight Monday
through Thursday and twenty-
four hours on the weekends until]
Sunday at midnight. The
University Counseling Center is
also available at 442-5800. Don’t
do it alone!
To submit a
Letter to the Editor, e-mail
asp.op.ed@hotmail.com.
PAL_etters to the Editor!
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Ban smoking
To the Editor:
Smoking. Perhaps the most
offensive activity any individual
can engage in outside their cof-
fin, and yet America, in all her
infinite intelligence, continues to
fall into the abyss of knowledge
gone wasted. Accordingly, so
has the student population here at
SUNY, as well as the administra-
tors who capriciously select what
may benefit the University.
Only in the last few weeks
has any municipality (namely
Nassau county, home to an over-
whelming majority of Albany
students) made unprecedented
strides in the unfortunate, but
necessary fight to ban smoking.
Nonetheless, it 1s ubiquitously
known to be a killer, yet the
University at Albany supports it.
How, you might ask? Our very
own bookstore is a peddler of the
drug.
Don’t get me wrong, I am
not opposed to the concept of sui-
cide, which is why I don’t mind if
the new Life Sciences Building
includes a smoking-only room
with pressurized air chambers
upon entrance and exit to contain
the smoke... but that is the only
place where it should be allowed
on campus!
One of the greatest problems
facing the University is that of
school pride. The athletic
department is desperate for larger
attendance at its events, and I’m
sure the University wouldn’t
mind more revenue in the alumni
donations category, yet they can’t
even keep their brand new,
beloved Empire Commons, litter
free.
I live on Empire Commons,
and the first few weeks of school
I noticed how the sidewalks, and
especially the areas surrounding
the entrances to the buildings,
became nothing morc _ than
cesspools for cigarettes. The
University’s next attempt at alle-
viating the problem was spend-
ing money to endorse smoking,
Courtesy of Josh Merlis
by purchasing “Smoker’s
Stations” (the actual name on the
product), strategically placed in
the planting pots at each cluster.
Hello Garden of Eden! And yet,
it seems these stations-of-death
have accomplished litthe more
than bring to light the discourte-
ous and selfish nature of smok-
ers; cigarette buds are still left lit-
tered all over the place! Just
outside one of the doors to CS,
there are easily 100+ reminders
of why health care is increasing
in cost, and why the University is
wasting moncy cleaning up after
its children. Even right next to
the Smoker’s Stations, our
cherubs continue to reaffirm their
lack of responsibility! Ban
smoking! :
In the University’s
Community Rights and
Responsibilities pamphlet, sec-
tion 6.19 states that one can not
smoke within 10 fect of a build-
ing entrance or open window, nor
in any exterior stairwell. If the
University were to enforce this
rule, you might have to penalize
more than just your students...
but this is nothing more than a
moribund, at best, attempt to
appease students who valuc clean
air while they go to class.
I am nearly certain that
every student of this University
has had to enter a_ building
through a puff of smoke, as the
Albany-clite bask in the glory of
getting in that last breath of
toxin-filled air, before they sit in
a class wreaking of it for all to
enjoy. Ban smoking from the
academic podium!
In most civilized communi-
lies, even if a person enjoys a
particular activity, if it is detri-
mental to the masses, it is banned
rumor has it
is bad for
from public use...
second-hand smoke
your health.
The University prides itself
on all of its recent developments
and structures; why not add one
more accolade, that being the
first smoke-free University in the
nation. Unprecedented! Then,
and imagine this... rather than
attracting students who need to
ensure that each day ts filled with
quality tar-lime, you can attract
students who lead healthy lives,
and want to foster that in an aca-
demically-focused environment.
No student should have to feel
uncomfortable at this University,
and therefore, no student should
have to deal with the lack of con-
sideration of smokers. Walking
on the podium ts a constant battle
of finding a smoke-free path,
when it shouldn’t have to be.
The new Life Sciences Building
would be a terrific place to study
the benefits of smoking, but as
for the rest of the campus, ban
smoking.
Josh Merlis
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Pick football; win pizza
Each week that the ASP is
published, three ASP staff writers
will challenge three readers in
picking the winners to all of that
upcomming week’s NFL games.
(We are actually a week ahead,
however, due to our production
schedule.) The number of games
guessed correctly will be com-
bined for each opposing side. The
side that has the most correct picks
will win a free large pizza for each
person. Your job is simple:
1. Read this entire issue of the
ASP.
2. Answer the question in the form
at the bottom of this page.
The answer can be found
somewhere in this issue.
Failure to give the correct
answer will result in your
entry being voided and every-
one assuming that you are
illiterate.
3. Fill in the information requested
on the form. If you win, you
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By JOHN PREDOVAN
Sports Editor
UAlbany men’s head basket-
ball coach Will Brown admits
that his team’s regular season
opener against Siena is their most
important game of the season.
For right now at least. “It’s the
biggest game on our schedule
because it’s our first game.
When that game is over with, the
next game is going to be the
biggest game on our schedule.”
Coach Brown and his Great
Danes are going to approach this
season one game at a time, and
with good reason. It would be
foolish for Brown to look too far
ahead, given his program’s unsta-
ble recent past. If there has been
one constant for the UAlbany
program over the past year, it has
been change. Following a disap-
pointing 6-win, 22-loss season in
2000-2001, former head coach
Scott Beeten was “reassigned”
(read fired) after the Great Danes
dropped seven of their first eight
games last year. Around this
time as well, six players left the
team. One of these, forward
Janis Pipikis, would return short-
ly. Another, guard E.J. Gallup,
had announced that he would
return to Albany for this season at
the end of August. However, a
week later he again decided to
leave the UAlbany program.
Gallup lead the team with an 18-
point scoring average in the nine
games he played last season
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4. Circle your picks for EVERY
GAME. Failure to pick a win-
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and everyone finding out how
dumb you really are.
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many weeks as you want. The
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this contest, including terminate it
at any time for any reason.
before he quit.
So with all this controversy
surrounding Brown as he took
over, the then interim head coach
managed to pull the team togeth-
er and improve on last year’s
record. The Great Danes fin-
ished the season 8-20, while
going 5-11 in their first season in
the America East Conference.
The season ended with a 65-49
loss to Hartford in the first round
of the America East Conference
Tournament. UAlbany went 7-
13. with Brown at the helm,
prompting Athletic Director Lee
McElroy to lift the “interim”
from Brown’s title on March 13.
With the University’s confi-
dence in him certain, Brown
brought in two new assistant
coaches, Gallagher Driscoll and
Mike Spisto, and four freshmen
(and a junior transfer, Aquawasi
St. Hillaire, who has redshirted
this season) that have given this
team a new look from last year.
All four freshman saw playing
time in the Great Danes lone
exhibition game, a 99-95 loss,
against the USDBL All-Stars on
Tuesday. Herman Banks, a 6-
foot-9 inch center from
Brooklyn, NY, and Jerrad Knotts,
a 6-foot-6 forward from Colton,
CA both came in off the bench.
Levi Levine, a 6-foot-6, forward
from New York, NY and Jamar
Wilson, a 6-foot-1 guard from
Bronx, NY were both in the start-
ing lineup.
Joining Levine and Wilson
in the starting five were returnees
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Chris Wyatt, 6-foot-6 at center, 6-
foot-1 Antoine Johnson at guard,
and 5-foot-5 Earv Opong at point
guard. Coach Brown will rely
heavily on these three veterans
because of his team’s admitted
lack of depth. He is still trying
to determine how deep his rota-
tion will be this — season.
“Ideally, I'd like to go ten deep,”
Brown said.
we'll be able to go ten deep. But
I’m not going to play guys just to
play guys. I’m going to play the
guys that are ready and _ that
deserve to play. If that’s seven
guys, itll be seven guys, if it’s
ten, 1U1l be ten. [I’m hoping it'll
be thirteen guys.” Ten players
saw action on Tuesday.
The returnees who will fight
to stay in Brown’s rotation off of
the bench this year are 6-foot-8
center Janis Pipikis, 6-foot-5
guard/forward Rhasheed
Peterson, and 6-foot-! guard
Sequon Young. Junior Rasheed
Bonner, who returned to the
Great Danes after missing two
years because of injuries, was
injured again in the preseason,
but should be ready to play soon.
Walk-ons Brian Barnes, who is
also a team captain, and 6-foot-
9 Andrew Ecker, another fresh-
man, could also figure into the
mix.
The Great Danes are under-
sized, but could make up for it
with quickness. Their senior
backcourt should be the team’s
strongest area. Opong is among
the fastest players with the ball in
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Danes this year.
an outstanding 6 of 8
from 3-point territory.
“T think we’re going to have
a much better year than last sea-
son. We’ve gota couple of great
freshman coming in that are
going to help us a lot,” said
Johnson.
Those two freshman, Wilson
and Levine, did not disappoint in
their first game in UAlbany uni-
forms on Tuesday. Wilson lead
the Danes with 26 points and was
three rebounds away from a
triple-double. Levine nearly
equaled his classmate’s point
total, scoring 25. If the Brown
continues to get production like
that from his top two freshman,
the Great Danes should definitely
improve on last year’s record and
could possibly do some damage
in the conference tournament.
Brown isn’t banking on his
team’s chances in the conference
tournament right now. He isn’t
even thinking about it. He just
needs his team to improve on
Tuesday’s encouraging perfor-
mance against Siena on Friday.
That game is, after all, the
UAlbany’s most important one of
the season right now. And the
Great Danes are just taking it one
game at a time.
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thus far. Nothing has gone right.
After the “dream-like” season
put fourth by the club last year,
the hockey team was expected to
exceed their achievements and
advance further in the playoffs.
They are 5-10-1, with a measly
eleven points, and in last place in
the Atlantic Division. At times,
they have shown a lack of inter-
est and effort and have displayed
a poor brand of hockey. The
Isles have scored forty goals and
allowed sixty two. It 1s hard to
be a consistent team when the
numbers look that ugly.
Everyone involved with the orga-
nization has faith. Most impor-
tantly, the loyal fans who fill up
the Nassau Coliseum every
game, know that the club has
grossly underachieved and _ that
things will change. Can they
turn itaround? There is no ques-
tion that the personnel is plentiful
and abound. Players like Alexei
Yashin, Shawn Bates, Roman
Hamrlik, are among several play-
ers who are on the active roster.
The coaching staff is very solid.
They are led by Peter Laviolette,
who coached the team to a post-
season birth in his rookie year
behind the bench. With all this
talent available, why has the
Long Island hockey club strug-
gled to find an_ identity?
Something has been missing.
Ah, Captain Michael Peca.
Last season had a sad con-
clusion. The Islanders lost to a
rough, bully-like. team, the
Toronto Maple Leafs, in a very
emotional seven game series.
Both teams played hard.
However, a possible reason why
the Isles did not advance further
can be attributed to the dirty hits
laid out by the players on the
Maple Leafs. Perhaps, the most
substantial loss occurred when
Captain Michael Peca tore an
ACL when he was hit by Darcy
Tucker. Peca’s recovery has
been relatively smooth, but
tough. For Islander fans, this
past Thursday night could have
meant a turning point in the sea-
son. Peca made his debut in the
starting lineup when _ the
Islanders traveled Boston to take
on the Bruins. However, -the
team lost 4-1 and Peca injured his
other knee. More information
will be known later on. The
hope is that it will not require
Peca to miss a lot of time.
Though early, the Isles are des-
perate for victories. But, there is
new hope and enthusiasm. Peca
is a legitimate leader who can
carry a team a very long way.
Which direction will the team go
from here? Will they recapture
the magic that is associated with
Islanders teams of the past, or
will they miss the postseason
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streak to 165
By NICHOLAS DERASMO
Staff Writer
After receiving news that
Brett Favre, quarterback for the
Green Bay Packers, had a torn
lateral collateral ligament in his
left knee it seemed doubtful that
he would play heading into Week
8 of the NFL season. Green Bay
was going to play the Miami
Dolphins that week in a Monday
night showdown of two of the
most talented teams in_ the
league. Favre returned to prac-
tice the Wednesday before and
progressively increased his
workload all week. Favre’s
streak, which is 181, counting
playoff games, is the longest by
any active NFL player at any
position.
When Packers head coach
Mike Sherman confronted Favre
he said to the quarterback,
“Don’t try to do this all by your-
self, if something happens, your
career is more important than one
game.” Sherman said that Favre
had a smirk on his face the whole
time.
So when it was time for
Favre to take the field Monday
night, he sprinted like his old self
into the huddle. Wearing a knee
brace and having no fear or lack
of confidence, Favre came out
strong. The Packers’ first play
went right at the Dolphins, with
Favre completing a pass to the
tight end Bubba Franks. Coach
Sherman had explained to Favre
to throw the ball away if he was
rushed. Instead, twice he tried
to outrace quicker defensive
ends. This is the Favre we know
and love. He is one of the most
consistent and aggressive quar-
terbacks playing the game today.
This behavior just proves to the
viewers that this guy is full of
confidence and plays to win.
Sherman said, “That was not
the plan to try to outrun their fast
defensive ends. He’s a little
hard-headed sometimes. I
thought he did a better job in the
second half with that than the
first. He’s hard to convince.
He believes the play isn’t over
until it’s over. He feels as long
as he has the ball, he can score a
touchdown. He usually does.
But at the same point, self-
preservation has to set in. He
hasn’t figured that part out.”
Sometimes Favre gets car-
ried away and doesn’t get rid of
the football like he should.
That’s not really a big problem
for him, though. When a player
is confident enough to hold onto
the football and take a tremen-
dous hit from a 300-pound defen-
sive end, he’s obviously very
courageous and confident. His
performance. on Monday night
wasn’t his prettiest effort, but it
was one of his gutsiest.
When asked about his knee
after the game Favre admitted
that the knee concern was on his
mind every single play he was on
the field, but by the looks of it he
didn’t let down once. “Ah, I’m
sure that won’t be the last
(time),” Favre responded when
told his coach’s heart pumped
fear everytime he ran. “If you
are going to play, you’re going to
play. Football is football.
That’s the way I do it. I’m sure
his heart was pumping pretty
good. But my instincts are hard
to overcome sometimes.”
As the Packers went on to
beat the Dolphins 24-10,
Sherman had this to say about
Farve’s performance: “It didn’t
seem like he was any worse off at
the end of the game than he was
at the beginning of the game. So
I'd say he came out in pretty
good shape.”
As Farve continues to add to
his record streak straight starts,
worries on the sideline don’t
seem to slow him down any.
Nothing worries him and
because of that he is one of the
most fearless players in the
game. Ahman Green, running
back for the Packers said, “He
was a legend when I got here.
He’s just adding to it now.” As
Favre goes on to add to the
record streak of most games
played it will be exciting to see
how he will continue to play the
rest of the year.
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This is a new era in the
world of metropolitan basketball.
The electricity that sparked great
playoff runs, turned all stars into
Hollywood heroes and made
front office suits and_ gritty
coaches seem brilliant has
flowed to the other side of the
Hudson River, from the Garden
to the Meadowlands. This is the
post-Patrick age, where the best
center in the Eastern Conference
resides in New Jersey, where the
seats are slowly starting to fill
while a sellout streak on Madison
Avenue - that was almost as
renown around here as Ripken’s
streak - ended with a whimper.
It’s a time where orange and blue
are no longer cool, no longer
associated with style and excite-
ment, no longer engaging the
hearts of thousands of fans.
Now the colors of victory are
white, blue and silver. These are
the biggest threats in the East, a
forced to be reckoned with, an
MVP point guard, orchestrating a
seamless offense, an explosive
second-year forward on the brink
of stardom and a young head
coach with an innovative vision.
This 1s the new era and these are
the new faces.
_ Jim Dolan now runs _ the
Knicks. He and his General
Manager Scott Layden” have
robbed the team of its young tal-
ent, handcuffed them with a pay-
roll nearly double the salary cap
and have made
advised moves that will cost this
team for years tocome. Jeff Van
Gundy, who now only looks like
a brilliant basketball mind
because of how this team has
fared since he’s left, is an after-
thought and his protege, Don
Chaney, has been, in his first sea-
son with this team, incompetent.
He won twenty games with the
Knicks in the 2001 season, earn-
ing him two contract extensions
before the season began. At this
rate, by the all star break, he’Il be
Cablevision’s CEO. Perhaps the
message this team is sending by
extending Chaney’s contract 1s
one of concession. All is already
lost, why bother spending money
on a coach of more substantial
quality? Why bother caring?
And this is the whole thing
with the Knicks. It used to be a
question of whether or not they
were good enough to make it to
the Finals. Then the question
was were they good enough to
make the playoffs. Now people
wonder if they even care. If you
look at what’s going on, they feel
several ill-
they have little reason to. Their
best player, Latrell Sprewell, is
injured, disgruntled, and the most
likely candidate to be playing
somewhere else by April.
Antonio McDyess, their big off-
season acquisition, has yet to set
foot on the Garden floor in a
Knicks uniform and won’t get
that chance until the fall of 2003
(we’re hoping). Even Allan
Houston, the lone bright spot in
this NBA trash heap, has come
up short. Despite averaging 30
points a game through the first
five games of the regular season,
the all star perimeter shooter has
collapsed with the rest of the
team in crunch time. This team
has shown little hustle, little
defense, little size, little every-
thing but above all, they’ve
shown little heart. This is a team
that knows they’re beat whenev-
er they take the floor. And
whenever you’ve got a team that
knows they’re beat, you’ve got
an arena where the squeaking of
the lower level seats is louder
than the lackadaisical emotion of
the indifferent fans.
However, there’s good news
in Jersey, where they haven’t
been this excited about some-
thing at the Meadowlands since
Springsteen put the E Street Band
back together. The Nets are
looking once again like the per-
fect team to get crushed by the
Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals
(granted, it’s an arduous task, but
also rewarding). They’re off toa
6-2 start, proving that their 52-
win scason last year wasn’t some
fluke. This team is for real.
There have been major acquisi-
tions by Team President Rod
Thorn, such as the best shot
blocker in the league, Dikembe
Mutumobo, a 3-point shooting
sixth man in Rodney Rogers and
a veteran backup point guard in
Chris Childs (although he’s
going to have to lose some
weight to be effective). Richard
Jefferson, in his second year in
the leaguc (first year starting) has
made the most noise this season,
leading the team with an average
of 17 points per game. Byron
Scott’s motion offense has revo-
lutionized the way the game Is
played in the Eastern Conference
and with Jason Kidd running the
show, nothing more needs to be
said,
So how well and how long
will this new cra of tri-state
hoops seem to fare? For the
Nets, youth is on their side.
Jefferson is having a breakout
year and could become a Iegiti-
mate all star in the near future.
His potential 1s just recently
being shown since his emergence
in the starting lineup. Mutumbo
is on his last legs (we still can’t
figure out how old the guy is),
but with the lack of strong big
men in the league, he’s still one
of the best around. The key to
ensure a successful future for
them will be re-signing Jason
Kidd at the end of the season.
Without him, this team does not
click. Although at first, Kidd
would dodge questions about his
future, this summer he made
statements expressing his con-
tentment ,with the Nets. And
since New Jersey will be able to
offer him the most money and the
best chance to play on a champi-
onship team (that isn’t Los
Angeles), the odds are he'll sign
a lucrative deal in the off-season.
Things are not so simple for
the Knicks. The idea of them
actually getting under the salary
cap is a pipe dream. The odds
are that with their lack of size and
healthy quality players, New
York will be a lottery team again
this season, which means they'll
get.a shot at high school phenom
LeBron James. However, the
biggest ray of hope for the
Knicks in future seasons will be
the health and clfectiveness of
Antonio McDyess. If McDyess
can come back next season at full
health, he will give this team a
much needed low post threat,
which can not only score big
within the paint, but take pres-
sure off the perimeter, frecing up
Houston and Sprewell to take
more open shots. Therefore,
McDyess’ presence makes the
Knicks’ other players better as
well. And as I’ve stated in a pre-
vious column, without many
dominant teams in the East, a
team that comprises of Houston,
Sprewcll, McDyess and possibly
James, could be a very unique
and extremely competitive one.
The whole idea of how a
team will do over a long stretch
of time rests for the most part on
management. The Knicks have
made many deals that will hurt
this tcam for many years.
They’ve exercised fiscal irre-
sponsibility, a reluctance to make
innovative trades and have failed
to keep a consistent eye on their
future. The Nets on the other
hand, have made bold moves
starting with the Marbury-Kidd
trade, followed by picking up
Jefferson, Mutumbo and an array
of young talent drafted out of col-
lege. Rod Thorn has shown a
commitment to his team and to
winning. Before the players on
the Knicks can show that com-
mitment, Jim Dolan has to show
that he cares.
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The Albany women’s bas-
ketball team played their last
exhibition game of the season
Friday night taking on Syracuse
AAU. at the Recreation and
Convocation Center. The Albany
women lost 67-54.
Senior guard Jess McGinlay
led the Danes with a team high 12
points while junior center
Danielle Hutcheson added 11 and
six rebounds in the defeat.
Syracuse AAU is comprised
of former college players who
out hustled and out shot Albany
for the better part of the whole
game. Paula Moore and Sue
Ludwig, formerly of Syracuse
University, had 17 and 15 points
respectively. Ludwig who had a
double-double had 10 rebounds
to go with 3 assists.
“They were just more expe-
rienced,” said Albany head coach
Trina Patterson. “They highlight-
ed our weaknesses including
rebounding.” Syracuse AAU out-
rebounded the Great Danes 42-
34;
Syracuse used a 21-5 run in
the middle of the second half to
seal the victory. Albany was held
to only 34 percent from the field
and scored only 10 points in the
final 16 minutes of regulation.
They scored only a total of 18
points in the second half.
The Great Danes went to the
locker room at half time only
trailing 37-36, thanks to the
Gains!
defense of junior guard’s Kathryn
Hemlock and Sarah Sweetland.
Hemlock finished with six points
and three steals while Sweetland
had nine points and four steals.
At times the Danes looked
confused on defense allowing for
easy baskets. Players had trouble
getting back on defense and pick-
ing up their opponents while
were pressing full-court. Even
though they stopped pressing in
the second half, Patterson
explained that this is her style of
basketball.
“T have an up-tempo philoso-
phy,” said Patterson after the
game. This style was shown not
only on the defensive side but
offensive too. The Great Danes
who pushed the ball up the court
_in the first half were successful
on the fast break. Yet like last
year where the Danes lost six
games after leading at the half,
they need to show the same
intensity in the second half as
they do in the first.
The inside game looked
especially good even though
Patterson admits that Syracuse
wasn’t fronting the post players.
“The key is to have an inside
game,” Patterson said. “You can’t
rely strictly on the play from out-
side.”
McGinlay sat out the majori-
ty of the second half nursing a
left knee and an ankle injury.
Sophomore Becky Ayers, the
team’s leading scorer last year
has been sidelined with a foot ail-
ment, plantar fasciitis. She will
be sidelined for another six to
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eight weeks and is said to be
ready to return when the Great
Danes play at. St. Francis
December 21.
Patterson was hired this off-
season to replace Mari Warner.
The former Albany coach had a
20-year tenure as head coach of
the women’s basketball team.
Patterson brings experience
not only as a coach but also as a
former college player. She
attended the University of
Virginia where her team reached
the NCAA Tournament every
year as a player. Capturing three
Atlantic Coast Conference regu-
lar-season titles, the Cavaliers led
by Patterson reached the NCAA
Tournament regional final in her
senior season.
As for coaching, she spent
eight seasons as. head coach of
William & Mary of the Colonial
Athletic Association. Taking over
a team that was in the process of
rebuilding in 1991, Patterson was
named the CAA coach of the year
for the 1993-1994 season. In
1999 she took over the head
coaching position at University
of Maryland-Eastern Shore only
to take the next two years off to
pursue her masters degree.
Albany defeated McGill
University on November 10 in
their first exhibition game of the
season, 73-56. McGinlay had a
game-high 19 points and
Hemlock added 16 in the win,
Albany trailed McGill in the
first few minutes of the game but
used a 15-2 run to go into the
lockers at half time with a 39-3]
Danes victorious in Gibbs’ last home game
By JEFF FEINMAN
Staff Writer
The UAlbany women’s vol-
leyball team won their last home
match of the season against Sicna
on Tuesday night, 3 games to |}.
It was also Alissa Gibbs’ last
home game of her colligiate
career. “I couldn’t be happier
with the game. It was a great
ending to my career. Very senti-
mental,” said Gibbs after the
match. Gibbs recieved many
boquets of flowers and balloons
from teammates and fans. She
also recieved her number 14 jer-
sey in a plaque from the Athletic
Department.
The Great Danes won the
first game by the score of 30-15.
An Alexis Bowens kill and a Jill
Dombrowski ace built the score
to 10-5. Soon after, freshman
Kristin Norton had three consec-
utive kills. Then Gibbs stepped
up to the serving line and scored
five straight points to build the
score to 26-12. Bowens sealed it
with a monstrous kill.
At the start of the second
game, freshman Eileen Nicole
Rodriguez got into the action
with two aces. Dombrowski
snuck two short serves over that
hit the net that counted as aces as
the score became 14-9. Gibbs
slammed down a kill from the
backside to give Albany a 23-16
lead. A Rodriguez kill sealed it
at 30-21.
Siena refused to go down
with a goose egg as they came
back to win the third game.
UAlbany started strong as Susan
Spierre had a kill to make it 9-5.
Siena then called a time out and
came back on the court like a
new team. They managed to tie
the score at 17-17. A kill by
Gibbs temporarily gave Albany
the tead back at 23-22.
Dombrowski scored two points
at the serving line. Spierre had
another kill to make the score 27-
27, but Siena scored the last three
points to take the game.
Albany returned to top form
in the forth game, winning by the
score of 30-22. In this game,
Rodriguez, fresh off of setting
the NCAA Division I record for
service aces in a season, also
became UAlbany’s career leader.
She served her 186th ace on the
year, Spierre credited
Rodriguez’ aces as essential to
the win. “Siena is not in our con-
ference, so they weren’t ready for
Eileen’s serving,” she said.
At the end of the match,
Gibbs had two consecutive aces
for a great end to her last home
game. “Alissa’s been a rock on
our team. It was a story book
tebe
ending with her getting the last
two aces, something you couldn’t
even make up,” said head coach
Kelly Sheffield.
Four Danes reached double
digits in kills. Bowens held the
horse with 18, followed by
Rodriguez with 14, and Gibbs
and Norton with 11 each.
Dombromski had 56 assists on
the night along with 10 digs.
The Danes have two games
left in Hartford and Stony Brook
as they push to make the America
East Conference Tournament.
The top four teams make the
playoffs, which will be held at
New Hampshire. The Wildcats
won the right to host the tourna-
ment when they clinched the top
seed last week. UAlbany is cur-
rently in fourth place. They trail
third place Stony Brook by one
game in the standings and lead
Hartford and Maine, who are tied
for fifth, by one game. Coach
Sheffield said, “I feel really good
about where we are as a team.
We’re attempting to do some-
thing our program’s never done.
We’re not focusing on specific
opponents. We’re focusing on
getting ourselves ready.”
Optimism is high on the
team. Spierre added, “I’m defi-
nitely sure we’ ll make the tourna-
ment. Once we’re in, hopefully
we can work our way up.”
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Senior guard Jess McGinlay is a co-captain for the Great Danes this
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lead. Freshman forward Sharon
Majors who finished with 9
points led the first half run and
finished 7 of 8 from the free
throw line.
McGinlay opened up the
second half leading Albany to a
19-8 run with 10 points. Junior
forward Tereyn O’Bannon was
the team’s third leading scorer
with 10 points. Sweetland fin-
ished with 8 points and 3 assists.
Ayers and Hutchenson both sat
out the game nursing foot
injuries.
Anne-Marie Scherrer scored
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12, Maude Vallieres had 11 and
Sarah Gagne added 10 points in
the loss for McGill. Albany held
McGill to just 29 percent shoot-
ing for the game.
Next up for the Great:Danes
is this Friday’s season opener
against cross-town rival Siena
Saints. In last years meeting
Siena beat the Danes, 76-59. The
game once again takes place at
the Pepsi Arena in downtown
Albany and is the first game of a
double-header. The women’s
game begins at 6 p.m.
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(Pepsi Arena)
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