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Campus Calendar

Saturday, 3/15

X-Country Ski Tour in the
Albany Pine Bush sponsored by
Save the Pine Bush. Meet at
Collins Circle at 10 a.m.. Call
Bert or Clare at 465-8930. No
reservation is necessary.

Sunday, 3/16

Chapel House provides a
protestant service at 6 p.m. every
week. Dinner is served each
week before the service, at 5
p.m.. All are welcome.

Monday, 3/17

Video: Greenland on top of the
World will be shown at 7:30 p.m.
in Recital Hall of the Performing
Arts Center. The film is by
Lesley Larson, a graduate stu-
dent at the School of Public
Health.

‘its weekly meeting at 7:00 p.m. in

HU 112. New members welcome.
for more info, call Merry or
Stacey at 465-4291.

Wednesday, 3/19

Alcoholics Anonymous will
hold one of their weekly meet-
ings from 1-2 p.m. in CC 361. For
more information call M. Dolores
Cimini at 442-5800.

Central Council will hold its
weekly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in
the Campus Center Assembly
Hall. For more info, call SA at
442-5640.

Harvest Christian Fellowship
will hold their weekly meeting at
7:30 p.m. in SS 255. For more
info, call Melissa at 442-9729.
Earthbound (campus environ-
mental organization) will be
meeting Wednesdays in HU 23
at 7 p.m.. Planning Earth Day
celebration and campus gardens!

Thursday, 3/20

Brothers and Sisters in Christ
will hold their weekly meeting at
7:00 p.m. in CC 375. For more
info, call Chris Jones at 442-
0559. :

People On Womyn’s
Empowerment and Respect
(POWER) meets every week at
7 p.m. in Campus Center 361.
Ballroom and Latin Dance Club
will hold their weekly meeting at
7:30 p.m. in the gym, PE 350.
For more info, call John at 453-
4559.

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Alcoholics Anonymous will

hold their one of their weekly
meetings from 4-5 p.m. in
Campus Center 357. For more
info, contact M. Dolores Cimini at
442-5800

Tuesday, 3/18

Class Council of 1998 will hold

The News Department sin-
cerely apologizes for any
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Night article in the March 7
issue.

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politicians,”

-Raymond Flynn, speaking at the
New York State Writers’ Institute

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for us, the meetings are now on
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Cover Photo: Doc Sauers says his final goodbyes.
Photo courtesy of the SUNYA Basketball Yearbook

| An Army Sex
Scandal was
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| week when
female cadets
| jclaimed they
| jiwere_ coerced
| jinto pressing

acharges of rape
gainst' their
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had consentual
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ference’ with
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would reveal lit-

the case.

The
Outsider

President
Clinton defend-
ed his campaign
fund raising
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Tuesday, claim-
ing there is noth-
ing wrong with
financial contri-
butions to candi-
dates for office.
Senate
Majority

|tle more about:

Leader Trent Lott (R) is calling for an
independent counsel to investigate
Clinton’s fund raising practices.

The US vetoed a UN Security Council
resolution urging Israel to abandon plans
to build thousands of homes for Jews in
Palestinian East Jerusalem. US diplo-
mats felt the resolution would stall the
peace process between Israel and the
Palestinians. President Clinton has still
expressed disappointment at Prime
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel
for not honoring the treaty signed by the
late Yitzach Rabin at the White House,
which stipulated that there would be no
new homes in East Jerusalem, sabes or
Palestinian.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu is facing a crumbling govern-
ment at home, the most unstable since
Israel’s creation, according to the
Washington Post. Netanyahu’s hold on
power has diminished with the US’ oppo-
sition to his settlement policies, as well as
an alleged power broking scandal.
Netanyahu is reported to be on unfriendly

terms with over half of his cabinet. Since -

Netanyahu’s announcement regarding
plans to build homes for Jews in East
Jerusalem the conflict with the
Palestinians has been on the brink of vio-
lence.

Lys cele
k, Andrew Purrott,

The Russian Space Station Mir has lost .
a second oxygen generator, with 2 |

Russians and 1 American on board. The 3
astronauts have about 2 months worth of
oxygen left. A Russian supply rendez-
vous is scheduled for April 6, a month
before the remaining oxygen is due to run
out. The first oxygen generator to mal-
function caused a small fire on board of
Mir. It is believed excess air in the elec-
trolysis chambers of the generators
caused both malfunctions.

American Muslim organizations are rally-
ing to have a marble etching of the
prophet Mohammed in the Supreme
Court building removed. The Islamic

faith does not believe in artistic render- .

ings of people, and a sculpture of
Mohammed is particularly offensive. 16
groups petitioned the Court to sandblast
the sculpture “in the spirit of religious tol-
erance,”. Muslim leaders report talks with
Supreme Court officials were “fruitful”.

Seen anything Newsworthy?
Call the ASP News

Deptartment
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message. One of our investiga-
tive gumshoes will be on the
case...from lost poodles to stole
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' Friddy, ‘March 14, 1997 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS | 3

service, SUNYA
b-ball coach retires

By Taomas MCMAHON —
Managing Editor

"The. search has ‘begun. ‘The

University at Albany has put togeth-
er a seven member screening com

the men’ ts sect team. 41

Academic
Cummings—Danson,

Chairman of the University at
Albany Foundation Council for
Intercollegiate Athletics, and Vice
President at Barry, Bette, & Led
Duke Inc.; David Anderson, Key
Bank Vice President for Community
Relations; and Michael J. Castrilli,
President of the Student Association.

“We are very appreciative that
these individuals have agreed to be

part of the process,” said Director of -

Athletics Dr. Milton E. Richards,

who would not comment on candi- —

After 41 years of +

mittee in search of a head coach for

Director of Athletics; Bob Fortune,

Vice president and educational affairs director implicated in ethics questions
Questions raised over dismissal of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Issues Director

By DAN RUISI
News Editor

This week’s Central Council meet-
ing was host to a show down
between Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
Issues Director dawn Schirmer and
Vice President Ashish Prabhakar.
The conflict arose from a decision
made by Prabhakar and President
Castrilli to ask for Schirmer’s resig-
nation, saying, “issues of insubordi-
nation, misuse of key access and the
inability to cooperate with our
efforts to resolve issues within her
office were the reasons for this
action.”

Schirmer addressed Council as a

_ sion on a coach, but with the concur-
_yence of Vice President for Student

Affairs James P. Doellefeld. The uni-
versity will accept all applications
and nominations until a successful
candidate found.

dates during the search. “It willbe a |

tremendous challenge to find coac
Sauers’ successor, but I feel we hav:

a dedicated group. Our next head

basketball coach must make :
student—athletes graduat SS

Call for new fellows

The New York State Senate announced its dead-
line for fellowship applications. The fellowships
will offer $22, 575 for one year of service to the
State Senate. The fellowships are open to graduate
and doctorate students only and run from
September 18, 1997 through July 22, 1998. The
three fellowships are the Legislative Fellows
Program, Richard J. Roth Journalism Fellowship,
and the Richard A. Wiebe Public Service

Fellowship.

These programs are opened to all majors and
applicants must be New York State citizens.
Application are due on May 2, 1997, and appli-
cants will be notified of their acceptance by July

1$, 4997.

If you have any questions about any of these fel-
lowships, please contact Dr. Russel J. Williams at

455-2611.

‘Photo courtesy of Basketball Year book

Central council members discuss ethics issues in the SA.

guest speaker, during which she
requested that her resignation be
rescinded and that she be reinstated
as LGBI Director. Schirmer claimed
that she was asked for a resignation
without the due process guaranteed
to any SA employee and that the
complaints from her office-mate,
Damian Sclafani, Educational
Affairs Director, fell upon impartial
ears when brought to Sclafani’s
house mate and friend, Vice
President Prabhakar. Schirmer read

Doc Sauers, favorite basketball
coach for forty one years, retires

aloud a memo from Sclafani, which
is printed in full below.

Vice President Prabhakar defended
his actions, stating that he has “the
right” to ask for the resignation of
any directors subordinate to him,
and that his relationship with
Sclafani had no effect on his judg-
ment.

Questions addressed at Schirmer,
Sclafani and Prabhakar continued
for over half an hour until it was
finally resolved that Schirmer had
never officially resigned and the
issue would go to the Internal Affairs
Committee, with Schirmer retaining
the post as LGBI Director.

The following statement is a ver-
batim reproduction of the memo.

Student Association

Executive Branch

University at Albany ¢ University of
New York

To: dawn Schirmer

From: Damian Sclafani

Re: Office and Computer access

If you remember the executive board
meetings of last summer and early
fall, you might recall yourself com-
plaining about the security of our
office and requesting that access to it

‘that there's: ne

Staff photo by Dan Shlosser

be restricted. You also may recall
complaining about people sitting in
“your chair” and going through
your things and using “your com-
puter.” If you will investigate budget
records, you will find that the com-
puter in our office was paid for by
the office of Educational Affairs,
mainly for the use of that office, my
office, and therefore may be used at
my discretion. Nonetheless I have
been very generous in allowing you
and our co-workers to use it. Even
after you clearly overstepped your
bounds by putting a password on it
without telling me or my assistants
(who are MORE entitled than you to
its use),and thereby causing our co-
workers to page me at all hours of
the morning to yell at me for
restricting their access to it, I tried
to work with you and resolve the
petty issues between you and my
assistants. I asked them (my
Assistants, who work here, who are
employed by S.A., who incidentally
are here more than you) to please
not sit in “your chair” (which,
arguably, is my chair, as it was
Allan, my predecessor, who it was
originally purchased for). Not ten
minutes after speaking to someone
about this, I come to find a col-
league of yours, who does not work
for us, using your key to my office,
sitting down in a chair that you tell
my assistants, who do work here, not

| to sit.in, using my offices’ computer,

which you have the audacity to
restrict my assistants’ access to. As
it is, even when I do get a chance to
use the computer, it processes at a
snail’s pace as a result of all of the
memory that is used by all this out-
side use. I have been more than
patient and this is the last straw. Tell
you what. 1. Neither you nor your
‘friends’ will use the computer. 2. I
will sit in any chair that is in my
office whenever I feel it is appropri-
ate. 3. My Assistants will do* the
same. 4. You will not give your key
to anyone. 5. If I find anyone who
does not work in my office using a
key to gain access to it, that key will
be taken away and not replaced.
Have a nice day. —


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US government funds assassins

By Ep MUNGER
Staff Writer

During the week ending Fri.
March 7, signs were posted by
students which stated “Close
the School of Assassins.”
Groups around the country
have been fighting to close this
school down, which was
dubbed the School of Assassins
by South Americans who had
to live under the authority of
graduates of the school. The
U.S. Army School of Americas
is the Alma Mater of such per-
sons as; Manuel Noriega, for-
mer Panamanian Dictator, the
late Roberto d’ Aubisson, the
leader of death squads in El
Salvador; 19 Salvadoran sol-
diers linked to the 1989 assas-
sination of six Jesuit priests,
(N.Y Times 9/22,96) and oth-
ers.

On their webpage,
(“http://www.benning.army.mil
/majunits. htm”) The Army
states that

“The U.S. Army School of

Americas is a stand alone

Training and Doctrine Com

mand [TRADOC] service

school which presents all
instruction in Spanish. The
mission of the SOA is to
develop and conduct resident
training for Latin American
military personnel, encour
age multinational military
relationships and enhance the

Latin American armed

forces’ knowledge of U.S.

customs and tra

ditions...Under the provision
of the 1977 Panama Canal

Treaty, SOA was relocated to

Fort Benning Ga., in October

1984, and designated an offi-

cial U.S. Army TRADOC

school. Present student
enrollment is currently
around 700, and since its
inception, the school has

graduated more than 59,000

officers,cadets, and noncom

missioned officers from 22

Latin American countries

and the United States.”

“The U.N. Truth Commis-
sion was committed to seek,
find and make public the truth
about the acts of violence com-
mitted by both sides in El Sal-
vador during a civil war in
which more than 75,000 Sal-
vadorans were killed,”

Fort Benning, Georgia location.
Father Bourgeois has served
time in prison for his efforts to
close the school down. The
SOA Watch Organization has
organized many efforts such as
protests and contact with Con-
gressman in attempts to bring
the School into the public light.
Recently, there have been
investigations of manuals used
at this school. In September the
NY Times reported that “..the
SOA used training manuals
that contained references to
executing guerrillas and beat-
ings as methods of obtaining
information. The material was
sent to Congress in 1991 and
made known in general terms
at the time, but the exact trans-
lations of the manuals were not
made public then...”(Sep. 21,
1996)

On Tuesday, March 6, the
Washington Post reported that
manuals written in 1965 and
used in what is called “project
X,” which taught foreign offi-
cers to offer bounties for cap-
tured or killed insurgents, spy
on nonviolent political oppo-
nents, kidnap rebels’ family
members and_ blackmail
unwanted informants,” were
sent to Fort Benning, Ga.

Another group working on
behalf of SOA opponents is the
Latin American Working
Group, based in Washington

“D.C. A staff writer for The

Albany Student Press got in
contact with a group member
(Gina) in hopes of finding
some of the documents which
were released due to a Freedom
of Information Act suit filed by
the Baltimore Sun earlier this
year. Gina said the documents
were at the National Security
Archive, and Lisa Haugaard,
from the Latin America Work-
ing Group was at the Archives
recently, translating the
released documents. The ASP
then found the transcripts
placed on the Web, site
(www.igh.apc.org/lawg) on
Feb. 18.

The manuals are
entitled,’Handling of Sources,
“ “Counterintelligence,” “Rev-
olutionary War, Guerrillas and
Communist Ideology,” “Terror-
ism and the Urban Guerrilla,”
“Interrogation,” “Combat Intel-

ligence,” and “Analysis 1.”

The ASP staff writer phoned
the offices of both Congress-
men McNulty (D-NY) and
Congressman Soloman (R-
NY). The office of Congress-
man McNulty had a statement
available which said that Mr.
McNulty was a co-sponsor of
the bill (HR 611) which was
introduced by Congressman
Joseph P. Kennedy. The ASP
staff writer spoke with Mr. Bill
Tator, Representative Solo-
man’s Press Secretary, who
said Mr. Soloman has been a
long term supporter of the
school since the Cold War era,
in which the main motivation
for the school was the contain-
ment of communism. Mr. Tator
said that the small percentage
of students who were implicat-
ed in human rights should not
be considered the norm for
graduates. He also pointed out
the success of the program not-
ing that only Cuba remains as a
Communist nation in the West-
ern Hemisphere.

Gina from the Latin Ameri-
can Working Group Faxed the
ASP a copy they received from
the Office of U.S. Representa-

tive Joseph P. Kennedy .

responding to a report from the
Inspector General of the
Department of Defense which

was charged with conducting a .

full investigation of the issue.

In the memo, it is stated “..the |
Inspector General issued its |
findings. We believe it glosses |

over the true implications of
U.S. involvement in teaching
torture in Latin America.”
Referring to claims that the
army personnel did not realize
that the SOA manuals violated
standard army policy, the
Kennedy memo states “John
Zindar, who helped develop the
military intelligence training
course at SOA in 1982,
noticed the objectionable
material. But when he
raised it with his superior .
officer, he was told that it
had been approved in
Washington. He was fur-
ther told to update the
training materials quickly, |
because it was a top priori- |
ty for President Reagan. _,
Some SA Organizations
at SUNY are planning

states a report on the F
Commission, which
investigated some of the
most widespread viola-
tions of human rights that
occurred in El Salvador

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between 1980 and 1991.
Many of the names and
occurances reported by
the Commission have

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been linked to Students of
the School of Americas.
The School of Assas-
sins Watch is an organiza-
tion dedicated to seeing
the school closed. Headed
by Father Roy Bourgeois,
the SOA watch is located
across the street from the

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The conflict between religion and
politics was the focus on March 10,
as U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican,
Raymond Flynn spoke about his
future book.

“T’ve stumbled across an idea,”
Flynn said, “I’m here to learn as
much as I can to expose a particular
point of view.” He told the audience
that besides being a politician and
diplomat “he is also a writer.” The
book he is working on is about gov-
ernment, politics and religious lead-
ership.

The idea of the book is above the
role of religion in society. It is “the
influence of religion in the govern-
ment or the world today.” He

explained that “we in the United
States don’t understand this... the
separation of Church and State...”
The effect of politics and religion
on nations all over the world is a
major theme in Flynn’s book. “The
political environment, in many
respects, has tremendous influence
over religious people.” He used
Northern Ireland as an example. In
a diplomatic trip to Northern Ire-
land, Flynn discovered that people
didn’t “show up to meetings,
because the political leaders who
called the meeting had no credibili-
When the community decided to
have an ecumenical meeting, more
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By MELANIE KADLIC

Associate News Editor

The most common complaint about
the University at Albany is the food.
Many students at Albany are incredi-
bly displeased with the food provided
by the University Auxiliary Services
(UAS). Steve Schwab, Treasurer of
the UAS Board of Directors, has made
a proposal to bring in an outside food
consulting agency to review every
aspect of the UAS dining experience.

The proposal made by Schwab on
March 4 would allow a review of UAS
from the customer’s point of view. The

_review would be totally independent
of UAS, so UAS management would
have no involement - UAS would not
be aware of when the review would
take place. All aspects of the food
served on the entire campus-dining
halls and campus center food (includ-
ing Cee Cee’s) - would be analyzed:
taste, preparation, presentation, tem-
perature, consistency of variety, menu
enhancement and offerings, attitude of
employees.

The decision on what firm to use for
the survey and the carrying out of the
actual review is planned to be com-
pleted before the end of the spring ‘97

semester. The survey would not only
include a review of the food, but
would also involve the questioning of
the directors of the cafeterias - to see if

they are getting what they need to run :

the services proficiently, the employ-
ees, and , of course, the students.

Schwab introduced the idea to the
Board of Directors, which consists of
seven students - two positions reserved
for the SA President, (Mike Castrilli),
and the SA Chairperson, (Schwab),
and five appointed by the SA Presi-
dent. The Board accepted Schwab’s
proposal unanimously. “This is a huge
issue that students have,” said
Schwab. “It is in response to many
students’ requests. My position as
Central Council Chair and as a Board
member allowed me to pin point the
problem and then try to fix it.”

The reason for the late action for
UAS reform is because March 4 was
only the Board’s second meeting of
the year. The surveyor would report all
aspects - positive or negative - to UAS
and allow them to deal with the conse-
quences. Schwab hopes the agency
can figure out when students develop a
bad perception of the food. UAS
would pay for the survey out of its
own profits.

Students request to have showers
on Colonial Quad repaired denied

By Ep MUNGER
Staff Writer

During the week ending
March 7, an anonymous
source told the ASP that stu-
dents’ request to have prob-
lems with their showers taken
care of were coldly denied.
The source stated that at a
floor meeting of Colonial
Quad two weeks ago the
complaint was voiced, and
not for the first time.

The supposed problems
were that only two of the
third—floor showers were
usable, information from
other sources at Colonial
Quad said that the showers
on the second floor were cold
and painfull. The New York
State Code Book section
1300 (updated in 1994) con-
siders a building to be in vio-
lation of codes for “failure to
provide ...one shower per
eight transients.” [occupants]

In an attempt to find out

the facts, an ASP staff writer

called the R.A. of Colonial
Quad several times and left
messages. The R. A. never
replied, but the Quad Coor-
dinator Stephanie Madnick
returned the call in his stead.
Ms. Madnick on Monday
said she was unaware of any
plumbing problems in the
Quad. On Tuesday signs
were posted in Colonial Quad
stating that the water was to
be shut off for repairs to
occur on Wednesday.

The ASP staff writer went
to the Quad on Wednesday in
hopes of getting more specif-
ic information. After a stu-
dent let the staff writer in the
building, the ASP went to the
office to request permission
to interview a few students
about the complaint and
reply. The answer was no.
On the way out of the build-
ing, the ASP writer men-
tioned the story to students
on the first floor who spoke
of their shower problems on
the second floor. Minutes

later, the R.A. who was in
fact the one at the floor meet-
ing rudely asked the writer to
leave the building, saying no
press members were given
access to the building nor any
students not living there.

With the sound of pipe-
wrenches clinking in the
background, Mr. Rosetti stat-
ed that the problems reported
to him at the meeting were
taken care of immediately the
next morning, and the work
being done in the restrooms
had nothing to do with those
problems. Mr. Rosetti stated
harshly that any questions
were to be directed to Ms.
Madnick.

The writer went to the
phone immediately and
phoned her office. Ms. Mad-
nick would not accept the
call.

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Friday, March 14, 1997 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 7

Jen Fifer takes back the night

By DAN RUISI
News Editor

Assistant Women’s Issues Director Jen Fifer was unhappy with the ASP’s article on
the Take Back the Night rally which took place March 5. An editorial decision in the
News Department of the ASP allowed Jen Fifer to be represented as a rape victim,
something which Fifer never said in her speech.

“The first thing that was said after my name was a label, and that label was very
harsh,” Fifer said, “there were two very strong words in that label...victim, which I
don’t believe anyone is a victim. Anyone who is attacked is a survivor. Rape is a very
strong, strong word. A ‘victim of a crime’ or a ‘survivor of a crime’ would have been
more appropriate.”

Fifer says the public response to the article has been tremendous, “The number of
women and men who have come up to me and said “Thanks for making that speech’
just shows me that Take Back the Night really was an evening of empowerment.”

“It’s nice to hear people say ‘you spoke for my mother that night’ or ‘you spoke for
me that night’,” Fifer says.

Fifer also emphasized that Take Back the Night is not strictly an issue for Women.
“Take Back the Night is definitely not a thing strictly for women...Men have been
attacked, men have been raped and men have been victims of these crimes and we wel-
come them to join us in the fight.”

Fifer mentioned the article by Melanie Kadlic about blue light phones. “I was very
impressed that article was next to the one about us,” Fifer said. Fifer says one of the
issues she hopes to change is the lack of blue light phones on campus, and chuckled at

the irony of having to run and hop fences in order to get
to blue light phones in certain parts of the campus. “The
[Presidential] task force on women’s safety still has a lot
work to do, and people should come out and fight for
blue light phones if they think there aren’t enough,
we’re always welcome to anyone’s opinion.”

Fifer also spoke about the role of sororities as being
advocates for Women’s Issues. “I’m hoping that within
the next year we can bring sororities into the Women’s
Issues department, not only sororities, but fraternities
and every group on this campus.” She mentioned Alpha
Omicron Pi and Alpha Xi Delta’s work on a presentation
about Rohypnol, also known as the “date rape drug”.

The national Take Back the Night date is in April, but
Fifer explained that all 63 SUNY schools united to hold
take back the night early. “We wanted to show that we
weren’t going to sit back and take campus crime, and
that’s why why united to have it in March instead of only
having it in April with everybody else,” Fifer explained.

The national Take Back the Night rally will be held in
downtown Albany, and Fifer encourages students to
attend because, “this issue just isn’t done with one
march.”

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authorities because of alleged
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Big club on campus

By DAN RUISI
News Editor

Have you ever thought of start-
ing a club? Are you already in a
club that you want to improve?
There are a number of very suc-
cessful clubs on campus, with
active memberships in the hun-
dreds. Liga Fillapina is one of the
largest, most active clubs on cam-
pus. What does the president
attribute to Liga Fillapina’s suc-
cess?

“Tt’s very important to work as
a cohesive unit with your execu-
tive board,” said Glenda Bautista,
President of Liga Fillapina, “ and
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common goal.”

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To the editor: ‘

This is in regard to the recent
editorial printed in your fine
periodical.’ The anonymous
author of the piece once again
has negated from the ASP’s
already sub-par reputation. I
understand that the author was
criticizing the school and its stu-
dents apathetic position on
issues that should matter. How-
ever the gross generalizations,
poor writing, and most impor-
tantly false information belittled
the focus. First of all, there
were 400 students at the rally
not 150. Second, students do
care about tax cuts represented
by numerous letter writing, peti-
tions, and rallies even though
the author feels that the latter of
the three is a waste. The author
needs to spend less time making
generalizations about 17,000
students and more time report-
ing the news and information.
This would enable students to
have a more efficient way of
learning about important issues,
such as tuition hikes and ways to
combat them such as rallies.

-Brad Cantor

Rallying
works

To the editor:

I am writing in regards to your
recent editorial “Rallying just
doesn’t matter.” In that editorial
you spoke against students that
had joined together to protest

Gov. Pataki’s tuition hikes. The
editorial contained a number of
errors:

1) Tuition hikes don’t
affect students.

2) Students don’t care
about tuition hikes.

3) Only 150 students
attended the rally.

4) Rallying doesn’t
matter.

Each on of these points raised
in the editorial is absolutely
incorrect. Students are very
much affected by tuition hikes,
budget cuts, and cuts to financial
aid. This is a state institution
and many, many students attend
this school who otherwise would
not be able to go to college. The
cuts to financial aid combined
with the tuition hike, will drive
some of those students onto the
street. This is real, it has hap-
pened, and will happen in the
future. Ask any person who had

to quit school because of a

tuition hike if he or she cares
and I'll guarantee his or her
response.

A head count at the rally
would have informed the author
of the editorial that there was
close to 400 students at the rally.
Students attended the rally from
all aspects of our campus com-
munity: fraternities, political
clubs. The high attendance at
this rally - and 400 is a fantastic
turnout that the organizers of the
rally are very proud of - is a tes-
tament to now much students do
care. In closing, rallying does

matter. The attendance of the

chair of the Higher Education
Committee of the state assembly
shows the impact that students

Some propagan

REAUTHORIZE!

Yes, my friends, it is that
time of the decade again: reau-
thorization of the Higher Edu-
cation Act! In 1965 Congress
passed the Higher Education
Act (HEA), incorporating all
of the existing financial aid pro-
grams: the Perkins Loan Pro-
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and the Educational Opportuni-
ty Grant Program. The Act
now also includes the State Stu-
‘dent Incentive Grant Program
such as the TAP in NY, Pell
Grants, the six TRIO Programs,
Graduate Fellowships, funding
for specific institution such as
‘community colleges and His-
torically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU), and Pre-
dominantly Latino Universities.

In addition, the Act includes

legislation affecting educator
recruitment, retention, and
development, international edu-
cation, community service pro-
grams, and campus safety.

What is REAUTHORIZATION?
It is the process Congress
uses to review the Act, and
potentially change the laws by
adding new. legislative lan-
guage, creating new programs,
or eliminating certain provi-
sions and programs. Authoriz-
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ations to be-made and gives the
executive agencies the guide-
lines under which they admin-
ister or regulate financial aid
programs.
So every five years since the
first reauthorization in 1968, the
legislators open up or programs

can have on legislators that
make important decisions.
Everyone who organized the
rally should be very proud of
what they have accomplished
and all who attended the rally
should know that they have
made a difference.

_-Mike Livermore

Justify your
claims

NYPIRG Campaigns Director
To the Editor:

I am writing to you in
response to your editorial, “Ral-
lying just doesn’t matter.” In the
article, you seem to be lament-
ing the apathetic attitude of the
students here at SUNY who
“only care if the bars are going
to be busted by the cops and if
the grades will be curved in all
of our classes.” However, you
condemn the students who are
trying to change this stagnant
mentality, by rallying or by
other means. This makes zero
sense to me. Are you advocat-
ing the persistence of an apathet-
ic student community? If so,
then I strongly question your
journalistic integrity and intent.

I find it sad and frightening that
you are using this medium to _

rationalize and perpetuate the
myth that students just don’t
care, rather than making an
effort to change it. Not only
that, you should probably check
your facts a little more accurate-
ly - 400 students were at the
rally, not the 150 you mentioned
in your article. I can only hope
that the apathy you spoke of so

and create new funding levels,
guidelines, and occasionally,
new programs.

For example, in the 1972
Reauth, President Nixon teamed
up with Senator Pell in a biparti-
san effort to create the Basic
Education Opportunity Grants-
what we currently call the Pell
Grant.

This is the time when stu-
dents across the country taking
a proactive role to demand
higher access to education.
The Board of Directors of Unit-
ed States Student Association
(USSA) has met and identified
several areas where we ask
Authorizing legislation to focus
on:

1. Altering the grant/loan
imbalance
2.- Changing the formulas used

fervently in your article includes
lack of readership of the ASP. I
personally would rather have
students be unaware of their so
called mentality rather than have

Protect your
library |

a weak justification for it.
-Tracy Lerman
To the editor:

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Ctuden

Students: Our new library
may be in jeopardy of being not
completed on time. La Corte
Electric is in serious financial
trouble. The courts are in the

process of forcing. Ken La Corte -

to pay back money he stole from
his own workers. If this hap-
pens, we might see serious
tuition increases to cover the
costs to finish the job.

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to determine a student’s
financial needs.

3. Maintaining and strength-
ening the direct lending
program.

4. Increase federal funding
for Historically Black Col-
leges and _ Universities
(HBCU), Primarily Latino
Universities, and Tribally Con-
trolled Colleges.

5. Increasing funding and
opportunities in Work Study.

6. Increasing funding for
recruitment and retention of stu-
dents of color.

7. Ensuring student fee autono-
my.

8. Developing loan forgiveness
options

9. Increasing graduate student
funding

10. Making college study count

toward the work requirement

for public assistance

11. Increasing student access to
comprehensive health care.

USSA will also be working
on legislation relating to campus
safety and efficient delivery of
financial aid.

Students need to prepare a
Student Agenda for Reautho-
rization, and we need to solicit
input from each other in various
forms. If any student wishes to
become involved in researching
a particular issue, please feel
free to contact USSA’s represen-
tative at 442-5640 or you can
stop by the office of Student
Association.

Mimi Nguyen
USSA Board’s Member.

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A funny thing happened on the way to the podi-
um. Actually, it was on the podium itself. My room-
mate had been running home to work on a project
due the next day. I’d like to have some dramatic
story on how the night began, but it began with a
mere fall.
Her ankle was swollen and she couldn’t walk on
it. We decided to call 5-Quad, figuring that since it
wasn’t a big deal, it would be pretty low key. Right
after we called, an RA came to our room, and we
began hearing sirens of an ambulance in the near
distance. That’s when the procession began:

Four EMT’s from 5-Quad and another RA entered
our room. It was now decently crowded with all
seven of us, as our suite mates tried to peer through

MELANIE KADLIC.

the blocked door way. My roommate was laughing -
of embarrassment, maybe of nervous worry. The
EMTs asked her various and numerous questions -
they couldn’t get enough information!

Then they told us that they couldn’t be sure if her
ankle was sprained or not, and recommended that
we go to the hospital to be sure of any problems.
One of the EMTs began making a splint out of a pil-
low and fabric ties. I started getting a little worried -
going to the hospital was serious business. So there
I was, gathering my roommate’s coat, keys, and
money. I took my books so I could study for the
next day’s mid term - I knew it was going to be a
long night. We all piled into the elevator, stretcher
and all. We laughed the whole way down and into
the lobby. It really was a procession.

I got to ride shotgun in the ambulance. The three
EMTs in the back finished up even more paper
work, while the radio played dance music. The driv-
er and I chatted all the way downtown. You would
never had guessed that we were going to a hospital -
we were actually having a bit of good time.

When we arrived at Albany Med., all four EMTs
waited with us to get my roommate checked in -
_|neither of us had ever had to admit any one into an
emergency room. Five-Quad brought her to her hos-
pital bed, and informed us of what was going on,
and then finished up her paperwork. They talked to
us the entire time about school, classes, and were
genuinely pleasant.

After they left, the doctor came to soon at her
ankle. He hugely complemented the splint that was
on her ankle. Going to the hospital for even some-
thing minor can be nerve wracking - just the stress
of missing time to do work, money to pay for the
visit, and worrying that everything will be all right
makes you scared. The 5-Quad volunteers were
really wonderful - they were professional, VOLUN-
TEER EMTs. They turned an unfamiliar event into a
low stress night. My roommate and I were thor-

ing moment bearable.

(And 5-Quad was correct in bringing Her to the
hospital, because she ended up having a fractured
ankle).

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Books are better than air filters

If anyone has ever taken a class with Professor Reedy,
you know the inherent problem with the library. You see,
Prof Reedy doesn’t allow students to use books written
before World War II for the 10-12 page research paper
required for his class. So as you toddle through the
library computer, you realize that a majority of books are
written before this illustrious era.

So that is the predicament. How can one possibly find
useful any good research when World War I is referred
to as the “Great War,” the Russian government is consid-
ered to be behind for “just” freeing its serfs, and Africa
is the-most colonized region in the world? Even seem-
ingly timeless subjects like art and ancient history
require the use of modern books, and the library just
doesn’t carry them.

What does the library carry? How about a large per-
centage of books that aren’t in English. Well, there’s a
great concept: we go to school in America, but all the
books are in French and German. Learning about French
history does not require the knowledge of French usual-
ly, but most books on French history are in French, Ger-
man history is in German, and so on. This doesn’t work
too well. First this school cuts almost all the funding for
the French department, using 25 year old exchange stu-
dents as teachers, and then they have innumerable books
in French. Curious.

So there. you are with your topic for Professor Reedy’s
class paper. Your topic is French knights in the first cru-
sade. All the books are a) from the nineteenth century
and b) in French. That’s just great. The books you can
use are, of course, out of the library, because graduate
students and post-graduate students can check out books

and keep them out indefinetly.

What a great library we have. Another great feature of
the library is that it isn’t opened later during mid-terms.
Granted, no one wants to bescaught studying on a Friday
or Saturday night, but some people. need to use the
library to do well in school. Apparently, that is not a
function the library is concerned with.

Hark! You say, but they are building that big thing
behind the Campus Center. Well, that big thing behind
the Campus Center isn’t going to help anyone who is in

_the liberal arts here. It is a math and‘science library

extension and we students of Professor Reedy or any
other liberal arts program at SUNY are going to have to
suffer with German language books written when Bis-
marck was attacking France.

If Karen Hitchcock and the rest of the school adminis-
trators are so concerned with research at this school that
they ask professors not to give essay tests because they
take too long to correct, why not buy some new books te
help normal students who pay for this school to work? -
Never has there been such a neglect of students and their
work as the despicable nature of the library.

Some people may argue that the school bought all
those internet computers and those help us study. That’s
just a load of crap. No one has ever taken a literature,
history, or philosophy course and has used it to write a
full, annotated paper. It is impossible. The internet is
good for advertising and sending yourself catalogs and
that’s it.

‘Hey Karen: why not use some of the millions of dol-
lars that you steal from us every year and use it to by
something more useful than an air filter in your office:

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Danger of roofies discussed at forum

By CHUCK BENNETT
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“Black Out”, a discussion
forum concerned with the
spread of Rohypnol was held
last Monday in the Campus
Center Ball Room. The forum,
hosted by AOI, AXA, E® and
People On Womyns’ Enpower-
ment and Respect, was orga-
nized to inform SUNYA stu-
dents about the dangers of
Rohypnol. Rohypnol, com-
monly called “roofies”, has
been used by rapists to inca-
pacitate their victims.

During her opening remarks,
Jen Feifer, Assistant Women’s
Issues Director of the Student
Association, said that Rohyp-
nol involved rapes are “not an
issue but an epidemic.” She
told the crowd that the forum
was organized because there is
little information about Rohyp-
nol made available to students.

Two SUNYA students spoke
of their experiences with
Rohypnol. Chris Elden talked
about “the scariest night of my
life.” Elden was apparently
slipped Rohypnol in a down-
town Albany bar. He has little
memory of the night that
ended with him falling, hitting
his head, and going to the
emergency room. At the hos-
pital his blood alcohol content
was .04%, which isn’t legally
drunk.

Wanda Doeing, whose story
ran in the ASP last month,
spoke of her experience. Doe-
ing, along with her friends,
‘were Slipped something at a

New York City bar. Her night
ended with her friend being
raped, and Doeing still unsure
if she was raped or not.

Ann Lisk, of the Rape Crisis
Center, commenting on the use
of Rohypnol in rapes said,”1I
hate to admit it; it’s a perfect
crime.” She explained that
Rohypnol is colorless and
odorless when dissolved in
drinks and often
induces amne-
sia.

Lisk also told
of the legal
penalties
involved with
Rohypnol. She
spoke of a new
federal law, the
Drug Induced
Rape Prevention
Act, which adds
up to 20 years to
somebody con-
victed of using
incapacitating
drugs in a rape.
She also said
that President
Clinton signed
legislation last
September that .

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police. Lisk was said to admit
it, but “many times the campus
process won’t serve justice.”
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DATE RAPE |
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and more rarely, agitation and aggressive-
ness. An intoxicated individual will appear
the same as one intoxicated on alcohol or
other sedative and manifestations include:
slurred speech, difficulty walking, and
impaired judgment/decision-making abili-
ty. The effects of the drug may last approx-
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-|dose and combination with other sub-

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According to the manufacturer, lethal
overdose of Rohypnol alone is unlikely
though it is important to note that when
combined with alcohol or other drugs
deaths have occurred. Make no mistake
about it, the abuse of Rohypnol or other
benzodiazepines is dangerous and leads to
physical and psychological dependence

that only increases with dose and duration

of use. Abrupt withdrawal from sustained
abuse of Rohypnol and other benzodi-
azepines may range from headache, muscle
pain, and confusion to seizures and hallu-
cinations. A medically supervised with-
drawal is advised because abrupt cessation
of use may become life-threatening for
some people.

So, given the fact that Rohypnol and
other similar drugs represent a clear and
present danger to personal safety, what are
some strategies one can take to help main-
tain their safety? First of all, be aware and
informed of the dangers of such sub-
stances. Second, take special precautions
such as maintaining a close watch over
your beverage at parties, clubs, restaurants
etc. Third, do not drink anything you did
not either pour or open yourself. These
strategies are admittedly simple and given
a recent account by one UA student in this
paper they may not always be effective.
Still, they are likely to be helpful in most

situations.

Should you be interested in further
information on this topic there are a num-
ber of sources that may be helpful. Hoff-
mann-La Roche, the manufacturer of
Rohypnol has established a hot-line to
address public concerns about their prod-
uct and provide information on testing if
you believe you have been drugged (1-
800-608-6540). In addition, the University
Counseling Center (442-5800), Middle
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Health Center (442-5229) are available to
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have an ecumenical meeting,
more people came. The tensions
between the Protestant and
Catholic community of Ireland
were “diffused,” as a result.

The process of writing began,
Flynn said, when, “I started col-
lecting memoirs of my experi-
ences to bring this book to life.
However, “no one was excited
about it.” Publishers told Flynn
it was a “local book,” because it
was about his political life as
assemblyman and mayor in the
city of Boston, as well as being
U.S. Ambassador to Vatican.

Flynn asked for writing advice
from the audience and the Writ-
ers Institute. He said he has a
“proposal, but that’s as far as it’s
gone.”

A woman from the crowd told
Flynn that despite what big pub-
lishers say, he should include his
“local” involvement in the poli-
tics of Boston in the book,
because “it would relate to the
audience.”

A question from the audience
asked Flynn if he was going to
“deal mostly with historical
experiences” in his book, or the
things he has done himself. I’ve
read books rich in religious and
governmental history,” Flynn
said.

This book would be a book
that people who aren’t history
majors would pick up, “main-
taining the separation between
Church and State.” As a result of
the audience’s confusion, Flynn
said, “When I say religion, ’'m
going to have to come up with a
new jargon.” A simplified defini-
tion of religion for Flynn is
“influence.”

Another question from the
audience dealt with Flynn’s trav-
els. “Have you seen how your
influence has been a force for
good?” He cited the temporary
truce between Protestants and
Catholics in Ireland as an exam-
ple. “It’s not just a cease-fire. It’s
a cease-fire with an end result.”

Referring to his endeavors in
Ireland, a focal point of Flynn’s
book will deal with the fact that

“it wasn’t in the politicians best
interest in Ireland and other
countries to do anything about
the conflict.” Politicians, Flynn
explained, “have a constituency
to protect.” They concentrated
on protecting their own “turfs.”
“We even have to push our reli-
gious leaders to do what their
supposed to.”

Speaking about his role as
Ambassador to the Vatican for
the last four years, Flynn said the
“Vatican is really a geographic
position known as the ‘holy sea.’
Any place across the world
where there are members of the
Catholic Church is considered a
part of the Vatican...it’s not the
Catholic Church which brings
me here,’ it’s getting involved in
writing.”

Flynn talked about his politi-
cal backgrounds effect on his
views. “I come at my politics
from a sense of social and eco-
nomic justice to people who
don’t have much influence in the
world.”

Reiterating his point about
religion and government in the
U.S and the rest of the world
today, Flynn said, “if you think
about it, being political, you can
deal with it better than it being
religious.’

Flynn’s appearance was co-
sponsored by the American-Irish
Legislators Society of New York
State and the New York Writers
Institute.

Local Albany politician, Jack
Magdalin, joined by Dick Caine,
President of the American Irish
Legislators Society, introduced
Flynn. His duties as Ambassador
to the Vatican, said Magdalin,
are to “represent the U.S. on
issues of social and economic
justice.” He also informed the
audience of Flynn’s involvement
in peace efforts in Northern Ire-
land and humanitarian efforts in
India.

At the root of his book is the
issue of “peace and justice.”
“It’s the religious leaders who
have the influence, not the politi-
cians.”

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Tougher rules for athletes

(CPS) Virginia Tech officials say
they were so embarrassed last season
by the wild misconduct of football
players that they’ ve set new sanctions
for athletes who break the law.

The new plan, proposed by a stu-
dent and faculty committee, will
impose a mandatory punishment on
any athlete charged with a crime.

Only a handful of universities have
established separate policies for stu-
dent-athlete behavior.

“Playing athletics at the intercolle-
giate level is a rare privilege afforded
very few students,” said Virginia
Tech president Paul Torgersen. “We
expect the [athletes] at Virginia Tech
to uphold the highest values of
sportsmanship, honor, integrity, and
respect for others.”

He added: “If . . . athletes are not
up to this standard, they won’t be
playing for us.”

The tougher sanctions are in
response to a string of arrests that
scandalized the 10th ranked Hokies.
In November, seven football players
were charged with beating up a track
team member; another player was
charged with abducting a University
of Virginia student.

Under Virginia Tech’s new code,
an athlete charged with a felony, or a
crime that involves gambling or game
fixing, will be suspended until
charges are dropped or resolved. An
athlete who pleads guilty or no con-
test to those charges will be perma-
nently kicked off the team.

Also, any athletes charged with a
misdemeanor will be subject to sanc-
tions by the athletic director, ranging
from a warning to dismissal from the
team.

Torgersen said
the university also
would expand the
number of support
programs avail-
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such as peer men-
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Isles not backing down from Devils

By ROBIN BENNETT
Staff Writer

The recent acquisitions of
Doug Gilmour and Dave Ellett
from Toronto have solidified an
already strong team, the New Jer-
sey Devils. Since then, they have
been the talk of the NHL, and

have been one of the most feared
teams in the league, beating
everyone from Buffalo to
Philadelphia. Apparently some-
one forgot to tell the twelfth
placed New York Islanders, as
they ripped the Devils off of their
high horse on March 8, in front
of a sell out crowd at the Nassau
Coliseum.

The Devils entered the ice
without their newest star, Doug
Gilmour, who took a puck in the
face in the Philadelphia game.
Martin Brodeur was given a well
earned rest, and Hike Dunham
filled in between the pipes. To
suggest that the problems the
Devils had against the Islanders
was the result of these two cir-
cumstances is to over-estimate
Gilmour’s role, and to severely
under-estimate Hike Dunham’s
goaltending.

Beginning with the pregame
skate, there was something not
quite right about the Devils.
While their passing was good,
they were skating and shooting
slowly, and lifelessly. On top of
this major problem, the expert
puck control that has been one of
this team’s. strongest points was
quite diminished. and almost
absent. Many passes were missed
throughout the game, and the
Devils refused to get their
rebounds.

The Islanders, on the other
hand were pumped up, and more
than ready to play. Derek King
opened the scoring at 1:07 of the
first, when he took advantage of
the Devils’ missing defense, and

easily beat Dunham with a wris-

ter to the center of the net.
Bertuzzi scored again at 6:58, to

give the Islanders a.2-0 lead.
Steve Thomas taking the place
of Steve Sullivan on the Andrey-
chuk-Holik line, scored the only
goal for the Devils at 8:02 of the
first. But, the Islanders contin-
ued to take advantage of the
weak defensive attempts, and
missed passes of the Devils.
Smolinski scored another in the
first, Wood scored in the second,
and Palffy picked up a twice
rebounded puck to easily score
on the charmed third time at
13:48 of the third.
The Islanders, put on quite a
show. with great defensive and
offensive efforts. Tommy Salo
played a strong game. though
most of the Devils’ shots on goal
were admittedly not good scoring
chances. While the Devils looked
more like the River Rats than the
second team in the East, the
Islanders showed them two
strong periods of hockey. When
they sat on the lead in the third,
they still refused to allow the
Devils to score, and forced
turnovers.
Since the All-Star break, the
Devils’ only losses have been to
Anaheim, Tampa Bay, and the
Islanders. This seems pretty
indicative that the Devils need to
put on the same kind of show for
the bad record teams (excluding
Anaheim) as they do for their
main opponents. To highlight the
notion that the Devils don’t play
the same kind of hockey against
weaker teams, the still Gilmour
less Devils beat the Hassekless
Buffalo Sabres 4-1 the following
evening, and annihilated Edmon-
ton 6-1 on March 11.

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Covering University at Albany sports since 1916

Sauers calls it quits after 41 seasons on bench

By THOMAS MCMAHON
Managing Editor

This past Monday not only marked the
end of an era at Albany, but in all of col-
lege basketball. Richard “Doc” Sauers
announced his retirement as head: basket-
ball coach, effective June 1, in a press

conference on Monday morning.

Coach Sauers was hired way back in
1955 to lead what was then the New York
State College for Teachers. The team was
called the Pedagogues back then, but no
matter what their name was, coach
Sauers’ teams all had one thing in com-
mon, winning! As the years went by, the

Sauers had been on the Great Danes’ bench for over four decades.

Photo courtesy of Sports Information Department

names changed, and so did the game, but
“Doc” Sauers’ winning tradition remained
the same.

On December 3, 1955, Sauers won his
first game against New Paltz State Teach-
ers College. This would be the start to one
of the greatest college coaching careers in
the history of the game. The Slippery
Rock State College graduate continued to
compile one winning season after another.
In fact, coach Sauers went an amazing 39
straight seasons without a losing season.

Last year “Doc” brought Albany bas-
ketball into Division II, and suffered his
first losing season. The 12-15 record
served as a stepping stone and learning
process for a team in transition.

This season the Great Danes finished
17-10, and established themselves as a
solid competitor in Division I basketball.
Coach Sauers was pleased with this suc-
cess and said that his goal was to set the
foundation for a winning program at this
next level. With this goal accomplished,
retirement was now an option for a man
who dedicated 41 years of his life to the
University at Albany.

Although the Great Danes won 17
games, the 15th win this season was per-
haps Sauers’ greatest moment. On Febru-
ary 8, Albany defeated Bridgeport in the
Recreation and Convocation Center, and
coach Sauers became only the tenth coach
in National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion history to win 700 games. This
achievement placed Sauers among such

legendary coaches as Dean Smith, Adolph
Rupp, Henry Iba, and “Phog” Allen.

In his 41 seasons as head coach of the
Great Danes, “Doc” averaged a 17-8
record. Such consistency and domination
can only be described by saying, “Richard
Sauers is a winner.” 41 years is a long
time and in that time many changes have
occurred in college basketball. Some of
the latest adjustments include the three-
point arc and the shot clock. Sauers was
influential in the implementation of both
these changes as part of the NCAA Rules
Committee. This is just one example of
how “Doc” Sauers was not only important
to Albany basketball, but to all of basket-
ball.

Richard Sauers is truly a living legend
in college basketball. It is hard to put all
of his accomplishments over the years
into perspective. Anyone who has ever
come in contact with coach Sauers holds
him in the highest regard and has the
utmost respect for him. I can only say that-
I am honored to have had the chance to
watch “Doc” Sauers coach, and hope that
the University at Albany realizes that any-
thing short of renaming the RACC would
be inappropriate. In the day of “big busi-
ness” and arenas being named after large
companies, there is nothing or no one
more deserving of the billing. I hope the
Richard “Doc” Sauers Center will be part
of the University at Albany campus in the
near future.

First place River Rats are winners of nine straight

By JARED TROPP
Staff Writer

After defeating the Syracuse
Crunch at the Pepsi Arena on
February 26, the River Rats
found themselves three points
behind the first-place Rochester
Americans. Albany soon was to
depart on their annual Maritime
trip, a ten-day, six game journey
to eastern Canada. Before the
game, two all-stars came back to
the Rats from injuries. Captain
Geordie Kinnear returned after
missing 17 games with a hand
injury, while Brad Bombardier
returned to the Rats lineup after
missing 49 games with a broken
leg. Albany had a full squad for
the first time in a longtime.

The River Rats traveled into
Fredericton for games on Satur-
day, March 1 and Tuesday,
March 2. Albany overwhelmed
the Canadians, outscoring them
by a total of 10 to 2 (6-1 and 4-
_ 1). The Rats scored five power

play goals in the two contests,
while killing off all 10 of Freder-
icton’s power play opportunities.
Peter Sidorkiewicz saved 57 of
59 shots in the nets as he contin-
ued his stellar play.

Next, it was on to St. John’s,
in the Canadian province of
Newfoundland. Even though the
Rats had to play back to back
games on Thursday, March 6 and
Friday, March 7, it seemingly

Overtime

did not affect, them, as they
played outstanding defense in
winning the two games by a total
of 6 to 1 (4-1 and 2-0). In the
first game, Sidorkiewicz made
26 saves for his fifth straight win
as the Rats penalty killing unit
was perfect again, stopping the
Maple Leafs on five power
plays. In the second game, Rich
Shulmistra got the start in the
net. Shulmistra was flawless ¢
he made 24 saves for tke
shutout.

The Rats had to quickly leave
Newfoundland and travel over
1,000 miles to play the Flames in
St. John, New Brunswick. The
Rats and Flames faced off on
Saturday, March 8 and Monday,
March 10. In the first game, it
was a very close contest, but the
Rats were able to pull out a 40-3
win. Both teams seemed lethar-
gic, but it was expected because
the Rats and Flames each played
their third game in three days.
The Rats held a 3-2 lead after
two periods, but the Flames’ Jeff
Cowan tied up the score only 51
seconds into the third period
with a power play goal. Sergei
Brylin provided the Rats with
the win just one minute and 24
seconds later when he flipped the
puck past Flames netminder
Sandy Allan. In the second
game, Peter Sykora had two
goals and an assist to lead the
Rats to a 3-1 victory.

Sidorkiewicz made 31 saves to
improve his record to 29-18-5.
The successful Maritime trip
propelled them into first place in
the Empire State Division, as
they returned home with a two
point lead on Rochester. —

The Portland Pirates skated
into Albany n Wednesday,
March 12. It was the first home
game for the River Rats in two
weeks. The fans greeted the Rats
with a standing ovation during
pregame warmups to signal their
appreciation of the recent excel-
lent play of the team. The puck
was dropped and the Rats went
back to business, attacking the
Portland net right off the face
off. Albany got the first goal at
7:31 of the first period, as
Patrick Elias was able to redirect
Ken Sutton’s shot from the point
in between Portland goaltender
Martin Brochu’s pads. Pirates
defenseman Eric Charron was
able to flip the puck past Shul-
mistra at 16:06 to tie the score at
one. The Rats were awarded a
power play towards the end of
the period, and they quickly cap-
italized on it. Bryan Helmer’s
blast from the blue line flew past
Brochu and into the Portland net
for a 2-1 Rats lead at 19:38.

In the second period, Pascal
Rheaume made the score 3-1 at
12:22. Eric Bertrand skated in
alone on Brochu and fired a wrist
shot that was saved, but the

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rebound went right back to him.
Bertrand’s second shot was also
saved, but it squirted out from
underneath Brochu’s pads, and
Rheaume was able to slide the
free puck into the open net.
Steve Brule made the score 4-1
just two minutes later when he
picked up a loose puck in the
slot and wristed it into the top of
the Pirates net. Portland seemed

confused after Bombardier and.

Bertrand slammed into each
other in front of the Portland net,
allowing Brule to sweep in and
grab the loose puck. Portland
made the score 4-2, with just one
second left in the period. With
the Pirates buzzing the River

. Rats net, Patrick Boileau’s shot

eluded Shulmistra and found its

Rats made sure they gave up no
more goals, camping down on
the Portland offense, allowing
only 4 shots in the third period.
Rob Pattison’s empty net goal
with 21 seconds left made the
final score 5-2. The Rats had
won their ninth straight game.
Shulmistra made 20 saves to win
his fourth straight gave.

***Notes and Quotes: The
River Rats record currently
stands at 34-22-6. They have a
four point lead on
Rochester...Peter Sidorkiewicz is
8-1-0 in his last nine decisions
with a goals-against-average of
L929.

*** pcoming home games:
Saturday, 3/15 versus Kentucky
(7pm); Sunday, 3/16 versus
Springfield (4pm).

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