Albany Student Press, Volume 73, Number 12, 1986 March 11

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SUNY profits after stock divestiture

Albany
(AP) When State University of New York
trustees voted in September to sell all
SUNY stock in companies dealing with
South Africa, critics said the move would
cut the worth of the university’s stock
portfolio.

Instead, the value of SUNY’s endow-
ment of stocks and bonds has jumped
from $88 million to more than $105
million in nearly six months since the
divestment was approved, said Harry
Spindler, senior vice chancellor of SUNY.
The university has sold about $8 million
worth of stock in companies linked to
South Africa during the period, he said.

Now the same student group that
mounted a successful campaign of protests
that led SUNY to sell South Africa related
stocks in using the results of the divest-
ment in a campaign to force divestment of
the much larger state Common Retirement
Fund.

While SUNY owned $11.5 million worth
of stock in companies doing business in
South Africa before it began divesting in
September, the state Common Retirement
Fund has more than $6 billion worth of
such securities, said state Comptroller Ed-
ward Regan, sole trustee of the $28 billion
pension fund.

The Student Association of the State
University, (SASU) which led a sit-in that
ended with 26 arrests and staged a series of
other protests to win SUNY divestment,
contends the difference in size between the
two stock portfolios doesn’t affect the
wisdom of divestment.

Justin Hixson, legislative lobbyist for

Abelow challenges Univ.

JOHN CURRY UPS
Inter-Fraternity Council President Ross
Abelow

SUNY Stocks

$105M

After
divestment

Before
divestment

the student group, said that students are
seeking divestment to combat the white
minority government of South Africa,
which denies voting and other civil rights
to the black majority.

But in addition to being morally right,
divestment handled properly can be finan-
cially right as SUNY has shown, Hixson
said.

‘What hapened with SUNY’s divest-
ment vindicates our position,’? Hixson
said. ‘It’s a great example of how to
divest.””

But SUNY’s
disagree.

“The state pension fund would have a
much more difficult time divesting than we
did, because it’s so much larger,’’ Spindler
said.

In addition, Spindler said it’s too early

Spindler and Regan

By David Spalding
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Student Association Vice President and
Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) President
Ross Abelow plans to challenge the legality
and legitimacy behind a University policy
that he says discriminates against frater-
nities and sororities at SUNYA.

“T question the total logic,’’ said
Abelow of the policy, which prohibits
fraternities and sororities from accepting
pledges with current disciplinary records.

According to Abelow, the University
does not use the disciplinary record as a
criterion for any other organizations or
athletic teams at SUNYA. ‘‘We think that
it is discrimination,” he said.

“J question the legality, legitimacy and
the whole decision-making process,” said
Abelow. ‘‘The University just makes ab-
surd decisions and here is an obvious
case.””

SA attorney Mark Mishler said that
legally, ‘‘On first impression, it strikes me
that this provision is not proper.””

“There is no other student group that
I’m aware of that has this eligibility re-
quirement set by the University,” said
Mishler. ‘‘Since the student guidelines
themselves do not state that being found
guilty for a violation may result in loss of
eligibility to join an organization, I don’t
see how the university has the power to
declare such a pollicy.””

Abelow said the students and the ad-
minstration ‘‘usually work together’ on
making policy, but in this case no student
input was added. ‘‘The Student Affairs
Council of the University is supposed to
make policy and they didn’t even know
about it,”’ he said.

According to Abelow, after IFC elec-

to proclaim the SUNY divestiture a finan-
cial success.

“It's true we’re doing well, but so is the
entire stock market,’’ Spindler said, ‘‘Just
about any stock fund would have gone up
in the past few months.”

While SUNY’s stock portfolio has
jumped almost 20 percent in value since
late September, the Dow Jones Industrial
Average rose about 16 percent in the
period.

Spindler said he doesn’t know if the
SUNY stock portfolio would be worth
more or less today if the divestment policy
hadn’t begun.

Under the policy, SUNY has so far sold
all its stock in CBS Inc., IBM Corp., Ab-
bott Laboratories, Merck and Co., Ford
Motor Co., Pfizer Inc., Johnson and
Johnson and CIGNA Corp., Spindler
said.

SUNY must sell all its stock by
September this year in Dresser Industries,
Johnson Controls Inc., Eastman Kodak
Co., Marsh and McLennan Cos. and Up-
john Co. unless those companies end
business in South Africa, Spindler said.

Regan said that ‘‘the sale of stock of
America’s largest corporations’? would
carry ‘‘an ensuing risk of adverse financial
consequences.”

The state comptroller said the state pen-
sion fund would lose 465 million to 840
million if- it were forced to-divest~its
securities in companies dealing with South
Africa during the next five years. The
770,000 active and retired state employees
served by the fund would suffer as a result,
he said. o

Greek rule

tions next week the Council plans to bring
their complaint to the University Senate.
“We want to bring it to the University
Senate and say ‘Hey what the hell is
this?”””

“The University is just trying to hurt the
fraternities and sororities,” said Abelow.
“The University. is just slapping them in
the face.’”

Director of Student Activities Jessica
Casey explained the university’s position
on the policy that was implemented
February 1985. ‘‘What we are doing is a
case by case review,”’ she said.

‘‘Anyone who has a current discipilinary
sanction that they are serving’’ will be pro-
hibited from participating in the Greek
system, said Casey. Students who had a
disciplinary record in the past that is no
longer an ‘‘active judicial sanction’’ will
not be prohibited, she added.

In addition to the disciplinary record
stipulation, the University has also set a
policy requiring a minimum grade point
average of 2.0 for fraternity members.

The policy provision was formulated by
a “group of us in Student Affairs,” said
Casey. There were ‘‘pros and cons”’ to the
two policy provisions said Casey, in-
cluding the argument that the Greek
system could provide a constructive en-
vironment for students with disciplinary
problems.

“‘We felt that the advantages outweigh-
ed the disadvantages to these two provi-
sions,”’ said Casey.

Fraternities and sororities are being
treated differently than other SUNYA
groups in regard to their members’
disciplinary records because of two
reasons, said Casey. First, Greek groups

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UUP and state

reach tentative
contract pact

By Ilene Weinstein
NEWS EDITOR

The United University Professions
has negotiated a tentative three-year
contract agreement with the Governor’s
Office of Employees Relations, subject
to the approval of UUP members and
the New York State Legislature.

UUP, which represents about 17,000
professors and professionals throughout
the SUNY system, has been working
with a contract since June 30.

The UUP negotiating team is ‘“‘very
satisfied’? with the terms of the agree-
ment, said Chief negotiator Jim Reilly,
who is also UUP’s SUNYA chapter
president. The state has finally address-
ed the areas identified by UUP as being
important, he said.

Key issues in the agreement include
five percent salary increase for the three
years of the contract, which will cost the
state an additional $22 million in
payroll, a new health insurance plan,
and job security for part-time
employees.

Statewide activity by UUP members
such as demonstrations held in
February, the implementation of work-
to-rule, and letter-writing campaigns,
prompted the Governor’s Office to
speed up negotiations, said Reilly. “It
was to everyone’s advantage to talk
about important issues,’’ he said.

Thomas Hartnett, Director of the
Governor’s Office of Employees Rela-
tions, said in a press release that ‘‘the
agreement is a fair and equitable one
that provides new terms important to
unit members.”

“I believe this agreement represents a
promising beginning to the process of
addressing long-standing problems in
the University,’ said Dr. Nuala
McGann Drescher, UUP president, in a
statement released to the press. The
agreement ‘‘commits funds to this pur-
pose while giving our members com-
parable across-the-board increases,”
she said.

UUP Chief negotiator Tim Reilly

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The World y
Dictatorship predicted

Manila, Philippines
(AP) The running mate of Ferdinand E.
Marcos today claimed the exiled ruler is
still legitimate president of the Philippines,
and said Corazon Aquino’s government
has the potential to become ‘“‘the worst
kind of dictatorship.”

Arturo Tolentino, the vice presidential
candidate who claimed victory with Mar-
cos in the Feb. 7 election, told a Manila
breakfast forum that Mrs. Aquino’s ad-
ministration should call a constitutional
convention to establish its legitimacy.

If it operates without legal limitations,
Tolentino said, Filipinos and foreigners
alike will not know what to expect from it.

A revolutionary government, the 73 year
old Tolentino said, ‘‘is worse than martial
law and the worst kind of dictatorship,
because everyone in government can be a
little dictator.””

Vega 2raises concern

Moscow
(AP) The Soviet Union’s Vega 2 space pro-
be gave scientists their closest look yet at
Halley’s comet, but damage from comet
dust increased concern for. a European
probe that will pass within a few hundred
miles of the comet later this week.

Vega 2 passed Sunday within about
5,125 miles of the comet, which swings
around the sun every 76 years.

About 100 of the world’s top space
scientists gathered at the Soviet Institute
for Space Research to watch Vega 2's elec-
tronically produced images as they arrived
back on Earth. The images took nine
minutes to travel from ‘space to the
Moscow complex.

American astronomer Carl Sagan, who
is among the U.S. observers there, con-
gratulated the Soviet scientists for ‘a
brilliant success with this mission.”

The Netion gy

Contra aid pursued

Washington, D.C.
(AP) President Reagan, trying to stave off
a foreign policy defeat on Capitol Hill,
plans to meet with groups of Congressmen
this week to personally lobby for support
of his plan to provide $100 million to the
U.S. backed guerillas fighting Nicaragua’s
leftist government.

The president also will make a national-
ly televised speech next Sunday to try to
rally public support for his fight against a
Soviet supplied nation he says is a threat to
its Latin American neighbors.

The battle over aid to the Contras will be
a major topic in Congress this week, along
with efforts to write a budget for the fiscal
year that stats Oct. 1.

Last week, the Republican controlled
Senate Budget Committee brushed aside
Reagan’s budget proposal on a 16-6 vote.
It will continue efforts this week to come
up with a spending plan, while a proposed
constitutional amendment requiring
balanced federal budgets will be debated
on the Senate floor.

Priest scorns lottery

Chicago
(AP) The Illinois Lottery sells false pro-
mises and victimizes people who ought to
be spending the money on food and heat,
said a Roman Catholic priest who drew
$5,000 worth of losing tickets in his

NEWS BRIEF S————____—

church’s Sunday collection to illustrate his
point.

“People without discretionary income
do not have the money, to play the lot-
tery.” said the Rev. Thomas O’Gorman,

GM layoffs announced

Detroit
(AP) General Motors Corporation said
Monday that it would lay off more than
10,000 autoworkers temporarily this
month at four plants because of backlogs
of unsold cars.

The No. 1 U.S. automaker’s action
comes despite a new round of cut rate
financing incentives designed to help
reduce dealer inventories. GM had been
scheduling car production at an ambitious
rate for the first quarter of the year, in ap-
parent hopes that any sales lags could be

TANIA STEELE UPS

This time of the year, students are scrambling to find off-campus apartments,

creating a housing crunch downtown.

reversed with incentives.

Workers affected build the Chevrolet
Camaro Pontiac Firebird sports car; the
midsize Buick Regal Oldsmobile Supreme;
the subcompact Chevrolet Chevette Pon-
tiac 1000; and the Pontiac Fiero sports car,
GM said in a statement.

The Fiero plant shutdown, also in Pon-
tiac, caused 2,200 layoffs for this week and
the suspension of production at the Regal
Supreme plant there will cause additional
layoffs at an associated body plant in

Flint, where 1,200 workers already were on
layoff.

The State

Law curbs scandals

New York
(AP) The city’s Parking Violations Bureau
scandal would not have occurred under a
council law passed in December, said City
Council Majority Leader Peter Vallone.

Meanwhile, Geoffrey Lindenauer, the
former deputy director of the PVB in-
dicted on bri bery charges, was expected to
plead guilty Monday in federal court in
return for his cooperation in the case,
broadcast reports said.

Vallone said in an interview aired Sun-
day that the new law restricts the ability of
city agencies to issue consulting and other
contracts outside the provisions of the
city’s low bidder requirement.

Escaped inmate found

Hudson
(AP) A 22 year old man who escaped last
week from the Hudson Valley Correc-
tional Facility was found hiding in the attic
of his mother’s house in Philmont Satur-
day, authorities said,

Trooper Ed Moore said Ronald Oakely
who was reported missing from the
medium security prison about 1:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, was recaptured without incident.
“We knew he was in the area and were
waiting for him,’’ Moore said.

About 40 state correction officers,
troopers and Columbia County sheriff's
deputies set up roadblocks in and about
Hudson after the prison break and used
dogs and helicopters to search for Oakley.

Oakley, serving 2 and a half toa7 anda
half year sentence for burglary, was found
about eight miles from the prison. He was
arraigned in Hudson City Court Saturday
and sent to Coxsackie Correction Facility
pending another court appearance today.

—Correction

In the Friday, March 7 issue of the ASP,
SUNYA student Tracey Allen’s plea to
charges of disorderly conduct during a
protest against U.S. aid to Nicaraguan
contras was incorrectly reported. Allen is
planning to plead guilty.

We regret the error.

PREVIEW OF EVENTS ——————__—————————_———_____.

free listings

Conference for Language
Teachers will be held on Satur-
day, March 15-at the SUNYA
Alumni House from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. For more information
contact Dr. Light at 442-5009.
Feminist Alliance will be
Holding a meeting every
Thursday night at 7:30 in CC
357.

Class of 1988 will hold its
weekly meetings every Sun-
day in the Patroon Lounge of
the Campus Center at 9 p.m.
Peace Project will hold its
next meeting Wednesday,

March 12 in the 2nd floor
lounge of PAC at 8 p.m.

Democracy and the University
will be presented by the
Democratic Socialists of
America on Tuesday, March
41 in LC 11. National Coor-
dinator Bill Spencer will be
speaking. For more. informa-
tion call Tom at 442-6964.
Pre-Law Association General
Interest Meeting will be held
on Tuesday, March 11 at 7:30
p.m. in LC 19.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance
will be holding a meeting this
Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in cc
375. Everyone is welcome.
Safe Place , a support group

for families and trends of
suicide victims will be held
on Friday, March 14 at 7:30
p.m. in CC 361.

Summer Crossroads is accep-
ting applications from interna-
tional students for spending a
week of pre-departure orienta-
tion in Colorado. For applica-
tions, contact International
Student Services in CC 137,
SAFAM, a Jewish Rock group,
will be in concert on Sunday,
March 30 at 3 p.m. at the
Niskayuna High School. For
more information call Susan
at 377-6711.

Student Faeulty Dinner will be
held on April 17. For invita-

tions and more details, go to
eee Association in the

Community and Public Ser-
vice Program Information
Days will be held in the Cam-
pus Center from Monday,
March 10 to Wednesday,
March 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
in the CC lobby.

Free Tax Assistance wil be
given in the Commuter
Lounge of the Campus Center
on Saturdays from 12 p.m. to5
p.m. For more information call
442-5640. Sponsored by Ac-
counting Club and IRS.

Be An All-Terrain Vehicle. Find
out how at Outing Club

meetings every Wednesday in
LC 22.

Delta Sigma Pi will be spon-
soring a seminar on Pepsi's
marketing strategies on
Wednesday, March 12 at 7:30
p.m. in LC 23.

Cyprus Night will be held on
March 15 at 8 p.m. in Sayles
Hall downtown.

Pi Sigma Epsilon will be
holding a Mandatory meeting
on Sunday, March 9 at 7 p.m.
in Hu 137. All members must
attend.

Communicators of Albany will
be meeting Monday in SS 134
at 7:30 p.m. Topic will be
Speakers and events.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1986 (1) ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

SUNY students march with 80,000 in D.C. rally

Compiled by Ilene Weinstein

(AP) About 75 SUNYA students were
among 80,000 abortion rights activists who
marched in Washington, D.C., this
weekend to protest Reagan administration
policies which they contend are undercut-
ting women’s rights.

The rally was a ‘“‘fantastic success,” ac-
cording to some activists, because it show-
ed the potency of their side of the highly
charged issue.

Wendy Guida, Co-Chair of SUNYA’s
Feminist Alliance, said the large number

of rallies showed that a majority of people
want to keep abortion legal. ‘‘If you turn-
ed around a corner and looked behind
you, you could still see more people com-
ing,’’ she said.

Guida, who organized a bus trip down
to Washington for the event, said she was
“very pleased”’ that almost half of the
ralliers were college students who marched
together carrying school banners. But, she
added, there were almost no right-to-life
activists counter-protesting.

ERICA SPIEGEL UPS
SUNYA students marching for women rights in Washington, D.C. this weekend.

this weekend, said SUNYA senior Joanne
Fuchs, adding that the rally showed that
most people are pro-choice, but not vocal
about. The rally made “‘people see it’s im-
portant to voice their opinion,’’ she said.

Students comprised the largest group of
marchers, said Fuchs. ‘It’s about time
younger women got involved,’’ she said.

“J learned a lot of things about abortion
[at the rally] and what the results would be
if abortion was made illegal,”’ said mar-
cher Sarah Nunberg, who is a sophomore
at SUNYA. “‘I was very surprised at the
turnout,”’ she said.

At the rally, singer Holly Near said that
the rally shouldn’t be done just once, add-
ed Nunberg, who agreed with Near’s sen-
timents.

Hundreds of the activists planned to
take their case to Capitol Hill Monday to
push for a repeal of anti-abortion
legislation.

The march also was designed as a show
of support for legalized abortion, a voice,
organizers say, that has been drowned out
in recent years by well financed anti-
abortion groups.

“Tt was a fantastic success,” said
Eleanor Smeal, president of the National
Organization For Women, which spon-
sored the protest. “‘The numbers game is
over,’’ Smeal declared. ‘‘The silent ma-
jority will be silent no longer.”

Police estimated the crowd Sunday at
between 80,000 and 35,000, according to
District of Columbia police officer Steve
Langford.

But Molly Yard, political director for
NOW, estimated the crowd at 125,000,

Quad-to-quad van sought for campus

By Hillary Fink

STAFF WRITER

\ Uptown Quad residents may soon be
able to ‘‘hop on the shuttle’’ to get around
campus safely if a project of Student
Association’s (SA) Student Community
Committee receives financing from either
campus groups or the university.

The committee proposes to operate a
van which will run between the gym, the
Administration Circle, and the four quads
for about four hours a night, said Irwin
Weinstein, the committee’s co-chair.

“It’s a total issue of safety,’’ Weinstein
said. ‘‘(Having) friends other than at your
home quad creates walking alone at night
in places where there aren’t people to
safeguard you.””

“(The van) will be for students, faculty
members, and directors,” said Weinstein.
“The students aren’t the only ones prone
to harrassment on campus,’’ he said.

However, funding for the project is still
a problem, Weinstein said.

Operating the van during it’s six-week
trial run after spring break will cost about
$2,180, Weinstein said. Estimated cost per
semester thereafter could be as high as
$9,000, he said.

The committee will be seeking funds
from Interquad Council and Quad Boards,
and will be presenting the idea to the Presi-
dent’s Task Force for Women’s safety at
Wednesday’s meeting, said Weinstein, ‘‘to
see if they can come up with any funding
ideas.”

The van would go around the uptown
campus, starting at the gym, then going
from Dutch to Colonial Quads, then to the
Circle, State, Indian, and back to the gym.

“I think that people are intimidated by
the fact that it’s a long walk from Colonial
to Indian,”’ said Lynn Livanos, co-chair of
the Student Community Committee. ‘‘It’s
a safe way to travel around the campus. I
think people will be receptive to the idea,”
she said.

Vice President for Student Affairs
Frank Pogue said that ‘‘It’s worth ex-
perimenting with. . . because of the safety
factor and the convenience of movement
from one quad to another.”

‘CINDY GALWAY UPS

“It’s a total issue of
safety.’’
— Irwin Weinstein

library to the quads. There are times when
a student travels from one quad to
another,”’ Pogue said. ‘‘(It is a matter of)
safety and convenience...it will be a
positive step pending how students will
respond.””

Weinstein said the project will run from
one month to six weeks, depending on the
amount of money available. ‘‘It will cost
$1,350 to rent the van for six weeks with
insurance for carrying people,’’ Weinstein
said.

Student drivers must also be paid $3.75
an hour, Weinstein said.

“The services could be nice to have, but
it has to be reviewed to see if the benefit
would be worth the cost of putting on the
project,” said Dennis Stevens, Assistant
Vice President for Plant Facilities.

“The only I see this not working is
monetarily,’ Weinstein said, ‘I don’t see
it failing out of (lack of) enthusiasm or
Jack of need, for the project. Funding
maybe impossible...”

Weinstein said he thinks the project will
work. ‘I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t think it
would,” he said. ‘‘With all of the pro-
blems of safety, it is another thing that will
come out of the awareness for the safety
for people.”

It is proposed that the van will run from
8 p.m.-12 midnight seven days a week,
Weinstein said. ‘‘We’re trying to make
sure it starts when it gets dark,”’ he added.

It is not known how often the van will
arrive at each stop because the route has

“Right now, uiders) will just have to
show campus I.D.,’’ Weinstein said. ““We
want to see how the students react. Maybe
later it will be part of the entire bus pro-
gram, where student will have to present a
bus coupon to use it.””

According to Stevens, Weinstein ‘‘came
to me with the idea for the project and I
said that I would be happy to assist. I of-
fered to aid in finding a van and managing
to screen drivers and provide
supervision.””

Stevens aded that he notified Weinstein
about the route and mileage and included
information about insurance, gas, and
other costs.

“After we explore it a bit. . . and put it
to trial. . . we'll look at the outcome and
student’s use and response,’”’ Pogue said.
“If they respond well, we’ll look at ways
of looking at the cost and ways to fund it.
It does represent another initiative that has
a lot of promise.”

The van will begin operating soon after
spring break because now is a good time to
test the idea, Weinstein said. ‘‘Students are
studying more now than they will be in the
beginning of the semester. . . If it works
initially, we’ll work out how it works in the
future,”’ he said.

“It is a pilot project. . . The idea came
out of a discussion with Dr. (Frank)
Pogue. .. about having a bus running
from the podium to the gym (so -people
don’t have to worry about bringing a
change of clothes to the gym),’’ Weinstein.

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declaring it “‘the largest demonstration for
women’s rights in the history of the United
States.”

Leaders on both sides of the emotionally
charged abortion issue concede they are
engaging in a numbers game in which sup-
port is measured by how large a crowd
each side can draw.

NOW organizers said numerous
women’s groups have joined to counter
what they describe as a Reagan administra-
tion attempt to reverse the 1973 Supreme
Court decision decriminalizing abortion.
They also charge the administration is
moving to undercut family planning pro-
grams which provide abortion and birth
control counseling services.

Monday’s lobbying campaign was to
focus on the removal of an anti-abortion
amendment from the proposed Civil
Rights Restoration Act.

The legislation would restore enforce-
ment of four court-weakened civil rights
laws protecting minorities, women, the
elderly, and disabled in programs and ac-
tivities that accept federal assistance. Most
of the civil rights provisions have bipar-
tisan support, but the bill has been held up
by anti-abotion riders attached to the
legislation.

Rep. Don Edwards (D-Calif.), a sponsor
of the legislation, has said he would rather
kill the measure than accept the anti-
abortion language.

Edwards, a strong proponent of the
abortion rights movement, said at Sun-
day’s rally, ‘‘I think it’s an historic day.
This signals a turn-around for women’s
rights in this country.”” o

SUNYA student
killed in Brodie

skiing accident

By Karen E. Beck
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

A Colonial Quad junior was killed
Wednesday night, when he lost control
skiing on one of the expert slopes at
Brodie Mountain, a ski resort in New
Ashford, Massachussetts according to
Brodie Mountain manager Matt Kelly,
James Wrafter was skiing down ‘Kelly’s
Leap,’ an expert trail, when he lost con-
trol and struck one of the light posts
that border the ski trails.

Conditions were ‘‘very good’’
Wednesday night, said Kelly, and a skier
spotted Wrafter lying at the base of one
of the light posts at approximately 10:00
PM.

“The Ski Patrol was notified, and
upon arriving, administered CPR
(Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation),’’
Kelly said. ‘Apparently, he had to be
moving at a very high rate of speed,”
said Kelly.

Wrafter was transported by am-
bulance to Berkshire Medical Center
Emergency Room at approximately
11:00 PM.

Dr. Robert Brown, a Berkshire Coun-
ty Associate Medical Examiner, said
that Wrafter was dead when he arrived
at the hospital, but that ‘‘attempts at
resuscitation were made.’’ Cause of
death was listed as skull fracture and ex-
tensive brain damage.

“The nature and extent of Wrafter’s
injuries indicate that he was moving
very fast,”” Brown said.

Although there were no eye-witnesses,
Kelly said ‘‘there is a rumor that there
are witnesses that saw the accident and
are not coming forth.”

The staff at Brodie Mountain is con-
ducting a ‘‘standard investigation as a
follow-up to the accident,’’ Kelly said,
adding that ‘‘witnesses would be a ma-
jor part’’ of the investigation.

Wrafter was skiing at Brodie with his
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UAS directors resign

UNIVERSITY
AUXILIARY SE RVI C i S Student Association Vice President Ro$s

presents: |two students on the UAS Board of Direc-

tors and thus far has received one, he said.
Abelow said he has accepted the resigna-
tion of Carmella Concepcion who has been
| asked to step down because she has not at-
tended a board meeting ‘‘since
| November’
According to Abelow, Dan Agosto is the
jother board member who will be asked to
\tesign, because he has not attended a
board meeting “‘since October.”* “‘I intend
;on seeing his resignation,” said Abelow,

who added impeachment proceedings will
be started if Agosto fails to voluntarily
step down.

|. The UAS Board of Directors is compos-
‘ed of ten students, seven administrators
;2 faculty members, who decide board
|rates, said Abelow. “There are other
students who are able and willing to help
out,”” Abelow said.

Safe drivers compete

An “‘open competition’: in the 1986 Na-
jtional Collegiate Driving Championships
|will be held for college students at
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| according to a press release from Dodge
' Public relations.

The event, sponsored by the Dodge Divi-
sion of Chrysler, “promotes safe driving
| habits by young drivers’, the press release
said. Time trials will be held from March
| 18 to 28 and the student with the best driv-
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Daytona International Speedway on April
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To compete college students must have a
valid drivers license and a college I.D. the
press release said.

Telethon hosts profs

Telethon will be holding a wine and
cheese reception for faculty and staff on
March 17 in the fireside Lounge according
to faculty Alumni Community Committee.
Chair Judy Leibowitz.

The purpose of the gathering, according
to Leibowitz, is to inform the faculty
about telethon fundraising and to in-
troduce a competition in which individual
departments try to raise more money.

Representatives of the Telethon-
sponsored charities will attend and speak
to interested faculty members. Recipients
of Telethon Funds include the Albany
Medical Center For Cancer Research and
Spina Bifida and the Parsons Family care
center, added Leibowitz.

Poll clarifies views

A Louis Harris poll conducted in Iowa
and Nebraska revealed that widespread
reports of growing anti-Semitism in the
American farm belt have been “‘grossly ex-
aggerated’’, according to a press release
from the Anti-Defamation league of B’nai
B’rith.

The press release said the poll also
demonstrates that ‘“‘far-right extremist
groups that seek to stir up anti-Semitism
by exploiting the farm crisis have failed in
their mission,””

The Harris Poll was conducted January
23 and 24 by telephone among more than
600 persons, a cross section of the rural
population in both states, the press release
said.

The ADL, in summarizing the results of
the Harris poll for its governing National
Commission claimed that ‘‘extremist
groups have tried to persuade American
Farmers that Jews are largely responsi-
ble for their problems’, the release said.

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Protesters target Regan in push for divestment

By Michelle Tenam

Anti-Apartheid protesters
demonstrated outside the Alfred
E. Smith building in downtown
Albany Friday to urge New York
State Comptroller Edward Regan
to divest pension funds from cor-
porations doing business in South
Africa.

Using picket signs and chants,
approximately 175 demonstrators
called upon Regan to ‘‘reconsider
his position on divestment and
help bring New York into step
with our neighboring states who
have already approved divestment
legislature.””

The demonstration was co-
sponsored by the Capital District
Coalition Against Apartheid and
Racism and the Capital District
region eight of the Public
Employees Federation (PEF).

Representatives from com-
munity, civil rights, labor, stu-
dent, and religious groups
chanted ‘‘our bucks, our state —
vote ‘yes’ to stopping hate’’ to en-
force their plea for divestment.

According to Leroy Helmes, a
spokesperson at the rally,
“divestment is a weapon that
hurts the rulers of South Africa
more than it hurts the millions of
blacks.””

According to Joe Walker,
media advisor for the rally, a
divestment bill has already passed
in the Assembly, but is being held
up in a Senate committee.

“There seems to be the
possibility that the bill will be
passed,”’ said Student Associa-
tion Minority Affairs Director
Paco Duarte. “‘Although there
are more people opposing it, we
still have hope.””

Governor Cuomo has indicated
that he would sign the bill into
law if it got to his desk, Walker
said.

PEF Coordinator Howard
Schafer said that both the Civil
Service Employees Association
(CSEA) and the PEF have passed
strong resolutions for divestment
of retirement funds.

“The CSEA and PEF together
represent the bulk of state
workers whose retirement funds
are involved,”’ said Schafer.

“It is Comptroller Regan who
is responsible for investing and
supervising these funds and is un-
willing to pull them out of com-
panies doing business in South
Africa,” Schafer added.

New York divestment would
not hurt the state financially, said
Schafer, citing the recent rise in
SUNY stocks since SUNY’s
divestment. ‘“‘The SUNY port-

. folio is booming.”

The rally was very successful,
said Duarte. ‘We had a big tur-
nout despite the cold weather,”’
he said.

“The coalition felt if we were
able to target towards individuals
with strong influences, and make
them realize the community will
not support them for re-election,
that this will place enough em-
phasis and stress the party to
divest,” said Duarte.

Sipho Seepe, a South African
student at Renssalaer Polytechnic
Institute and key spokesperson at
the rally, said, “‘American com-

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panies are promoting misery
throughout the world.”

“‘The world has come to realize
what the U.S. stands for,” said
Seepe. “The world’s greatest
enemy today is U.S. imperialism,
and the world is now aware of
that.”’

Seepe said that 50,000 children
die in South Africa of starvation
every year and 15,000 children
between the ages of 7 and 14 are
in jail because they won’t go to
school to ‘‘learn how to be sup-
pressed and servile.”

SUNYA student Jackie Am-
vrosini, who attended the rally,
said “It’s a crime that New York
has its money invested in South
Africa.

“There is no economic argu-
ment that can justify the suffering
of humans, and the suppression
of human rights and dignity,”’ she
said.

“The U.S. will not invest in co-
caine or prostitution because it is
the immoral thing to do,”’ said

Seepe, ‘‘but how can they say that
to invest in a system which
destroys human beings, children,
and families is morality?”

“It has become pretty obvious
that there is no doubt about the
change coming. The question re-
maining is how and when,” said
Seepe.

Other speakers at the rally in-
cluded Al Meed, CSEA region 4
coordinator; Pat Murray, a
representative for N.Y.
Velmanette Montgomery; E.J.
Josey, president of the Albany
chapter of the National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Col-
ored People (NAACP); Albany
City Alderman Nebraska Brace;
Jane MacAlevey, president of the
Student Association of the State
University of New York (SASU);
Fr. Brian O’Shaughnessy of the
Peace and Justice Commission of
the Albany Roman Catholic
diocese; and Vanessa Haley,
president of the upstate chapter
of Blacks in Government. ia

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Food Co-op sales limited by permit restrictions

By Merri Berlin
STAFF WRITER

The managers of the SUNYA Food Co-
op, upset by a stipulation in their permit
which mandates that they sell yogurt and
bagels only in bulk quantities, are seeking
ways to resolve this problem.

The permit, which states that the Food
Co-op’ only can sell items in bulk quan-
tities, is the major dissatisfaction of Co-op
members, according to Food Co-op
manager Linda Venczel.

According to Food Co-op President
Scott Cypher, ‘‘It is stipulated within the
UAS (University Auxiliary Services) con-
tract that UAS is the sole provider of food
on this campus and the Food Co-op is ex-
plicitly stated as being restricted to selling
items to students that are not usually of-
fered by UAS and (are) only in bulk
quantities.”

Since the Food Co-op must sell its items
in bulk amounts it is subject to a loss of
business.

“We have a lot of problems when peo-
ple want to but one or two bagels and then
they find out they must buy a half dozen.
They just put them (the bagels) away and
walk out,’’ said Cypher.

“We think it’s unfair because there
should be even competition. UAS
shouldn’t be the only one allowed to sell
food that can be consumed (immediate-
ly),”” said Venczel.

About two weeks ago, the Food Co-op
had initiated a petition, signed by approx-
imately 500 students, against the UAS
regulations, said Venczel. The managers
did not inform UAS of their actions and
later learned that UAS was not the
organization to petition, she said.

According to UAS General Manager E.
Norbert Zahm, he was not made aware of
the Food Co-op’s petition. He said that the
Food Co-op made no attempts to contact
either UAS or himself.

Cypher said he was told by Student

Association Vice President Ross Abelow
that the Food Co-op was petitioning the
wrong organization. ‘‘Abelow said that it
is a part of the SA constitution that the
Food Co-op cannot sell non-bulk items,”
said Cypher.

The solicitations policy in the SA con-
stitution is adopted from the policy of the
University, according to Abelow. The SA-
incorporated article deals primarily with
duplication.

The constitution states that ‘‘All sales
that duplicate anything provided already
by the University Auxiliary Services or
Student Association shall be prohibited.”

In order for the Food Co-op to be allow-
ed to sell non-bulk quantities there ‘thas to
be a change,”’ first in the University policy
and then in the SA‘ solicitations policy,
said Abelow. The Food Co-op must also
speak to Vice-President of University Af-
fairs Lewis Welch to gain a change in
policy, said Abelow.

“The reason. for_the clause _(in_the

COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — The
government said it will impose new
“controls”? over most education
research it will let scholars publish.

While the Department of Education
said the controls are needed to keep
“suspect”? and ‘‘poorly-written’’
research out of circulation, campus
scholars themselves equate the controls
with censorship.

“It’s more goofy requirements and
goofy criteria saying research has to be
consistent with the secretary (of Educa-
tion’s) and the president’s mission,”
complained Joseph Schneider of the
Council for Educational Development
and Research.

“That’s just right-wing ability to put
down everything they don’t like,” he

solicitations policy) is that we don’t want -

to compete with UAS because part of stu-
dent costs are board rates,”’ said SA Presi-
dent Steve Gawley, adding that ‘‘UAS did
well this year, and we didn’t have a board
increase, which helps all students.’”

According to Central Council Investiga-
tions Oversight Analysis (IOA) subcom-
mittee chair Michael Brocci, [OA is going
over the solicitations policy to recommend
policy changes that the committee feels are
necessary.

SA is going to be the go-between for
UAS and the Food Co-op, said Brocci.
“They (Food Co-op) are going to have to
sit down and talk to us (IOA) first and
then we’re going to have to get everyone
else involved,”’ he said.

“An agreement was made that we (UAS
and Food Co-op) can co-exist as long as
we’re not selling individual bagels and
we’re not in direct competition” with each
other, said SA Controller Eric
Schwartzman.

said.
But Chester Finn, the Education
Department official who will scrutinize

sponsored research reports before
deciding whether they should be
published, argues research — like

weapons, paper products, buildings and
everything else the government buys —
should be subject to strict quality
controls.

“In the past, shoddy research just
slipped through the cracks,’’ said Jim
Bencivenga, Finn’s assistant at the Of-
fice of Education Research and Im-
provement (OERI).

The guidelines will cover only
research commissioned by the OERI.

The OERI signs contracts with

According to Schwartzman, ‘We used
to be able to sell one bagel, but this year
the University decided it wanted to enforce
the Position that since they gave UAS the
Tight to operate on our premises, that UAS
is a favored client on campus over SA.””

Director of Campus Life James
Doellefeld said the Food Co-op felt that
the sale of bagels and yogurt was critical
for their inventory if they were going to be
Successful. “In order to accomodate their
Tequest, but at the same time, not outrate
the Food Co-op in such a way that they are
selling immediately consumable food
items, we arrived at an agreement back in
1979 that they could sell bagels in bags of
six and yogurt in quantities of two 8 oz.
cups.’”

Doellefeld said he was not aware of the
Food Co-op’s intention to petition this
year. “Last spring the Co-op asked for
relief of those two items and the Univer-
sity’s Tesponse was that they had to con-
tinue to sell things in bulk.”’ Oo

ra Se ee See
Ed. Dept. to keep a closer eye on research

and other scholars to do research that
the Department of Education needs.

But their research was left largely un-
monitored, Bencivenga said. Some of
“it-should never have gone out because
data collection was suspect or the papers
were just poorly written.”
: Review boards and Finn’s personal
judgment will replace the old, routine
Tesearch publication approvals, Ben-
civenga said.

“We're about two weeks away froma
solid policy that will be distributed to all
Our researchers,” he said.

_ Schneider, for one, said he was wor-
tied the new policy will make scientific
research subject to bureaucratic whim.

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Greek rule

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undergo a selection process and, secondly,
they are often national and international in
their scope, she said.

Greek organizations have ‘‘a larger con-
nection with schools than Student Associa-
tion officers,’’ said Casey. For example, if
a pledge gets seriously hazed in the pledge
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and not the fraternity or sorority is held
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Before “‘the current Greek revival’? on
campus, Casey said fraternities had ‘‘more
of a reputation for being mobs than
frats.’’ In the past, many fraternities had
“behavioral problems” and often seemed
to take “‘pride in notoriety.””

Casey said any “thoughtfully and ar-
ticulately presented” proposals from the
IFC to modify the provisions would be
considered.

At present, there are 19 fraternities and

11 sororities on the local, national, and in-
ternational level that are at “‘various
stages’”’ of acceptance, from ‘‘temporary
to charter,” Casey said.

According to Abelow, the Greeks have
been “‘tremendous for school spirit’’ and
he added that a fraternity or sorority might
be good for someone with a disciplinary
record. The Greek system provides
students with an opportunity to feel like
“they belong,”’ he said.

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Will Gawley return your call?

By Bill Jacob
NEWS EDITOR

Students trying to reach Stu-
dent Association President Steve
Gawley or Student Action Com-
mittee (SAC) chair Larry Hart-
man at home during the past week
would have been welcomed by
this message on their answering
machine:

“Hello. This is 173 North Allen
St. and these are the people we
will definitely call back: our
plumber, our lawyer, Larry Bud
Melman, John Lennon, the dog
pound, and Rocky Bullwinkle.

“‘Here are the people we might
call back: our parents, Mayor
Whalen, Dick Wood and Marcie
Elliot, and Mike Berman.

“These are the people that we
definitely won’t call back: Kurt
Scherwatsky, Rick Schaeffer, the
Albany State cheerleaders, and
Nate Charney, and of course
Larry Fox.

“Leave a message at the beep,
Please.’’

The message, written by
Gawley’s housemate Bob Gor-
don, was ‘‘meant as a joke...we
are not trying to hide it from
anybody,”’ said Gawley.

The message on the answering
machine is changed every few
weeks, Hartman said, and was
changed again Monday night.

“We tried to make it funny and
humorous,’’ Gawley said.

“‘Here
are the
people we
might call
backs. 2.

“We're trying to keep everybody
interested in calling us.”

Gawley explained. that the
Albany State cheerleaders were
originally put on the ‘we will
definitely call back list,’ but
because none of the cheerleaders
ever called, they were demoted to
the ‘might call back list.”

After still not hearing from any
cheerleaders, Gawley said they
were put on the ‘definitely won’t
call back list.’

According to Gawley, the lists
have evolved over the past two
semesters.

Listeners of the message were

able to hear Gawley, Hartman,
Gordon, and their housemate
Aaron Geller each recite a dif-
ferent line.

Although Gawley and Hartman
said the messages are only meant
to be humorous, not all of the
people mentioned in the message
thought so.

Charny, Central Council’s In-
ternal Affairs chair, said he
wasn’t pleased with the message.
“Tt’s not-a professional thing to
do, It seems kind of stupid and
not very thoughtful, he said.””

Gawley said additional
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House should be condemned

‘ouse doesn't look like a cheaply
H made horror film, but it sure acts
like one. The screenplay,
perpetrated by Ethan Wiley, tries for light
comic touches that fall like sledgehammers,

and moments of horror that seem pretty
funny.

John Keenan

From the opening sequences, director
Steve Miner uses interesting camera angles
and off-beat shots to set an eerie mood,
lulling you for a moment into believing
that House might be a pleasant surprise.
Then, out of nowhere, the screenplay
strikes,

William Katt, known for his starring role
on The Greatest American Hero, plays
Roger Cobb, a famous writer of thrillers.
Suffering from writer's block, Cobb repairs
to the house his aunt hung herself in, osten-
sibly to work on his newest novel, a
reminiscence of his Vietnam experiences.

Here the plot thickens, or perhaps con-
geals. It seems that this is the very house
that his son Jimmy disappeared from
several years before. Cobb is haunted by
the belief that his son is in the house
somewhere, and it is this obsession that is
ruining both his work and his marriage.
Thrown in with that are a couple of Viet-

nam flashbacks, just to make everything
easier to follow.

In the first half hour, the camerawork is
House's saving grace, but when Cobb
begins experiencing flashbacks — set in a
conspicuously plastic-looking Vietnam —

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD!

the film begins to fall apart.

Cobb's aunt appears to him.

“It tricked
me,” she explains while putting a noose

around her neck. “It will trick you too,
Roger. It knows everything about you.”

A beast in the closet keeps trying to drag
Cobb inside. “It’s a raccoon,” he explains to
a befuddled George Wendt, after showing
him the scars on his chest. “Ah,” Wendt
responds. “Cujo the raccoon?”

The makers of House seem unsure
whether they are satirizing horror movies
or making one, but House doesn’t pass
muster either way. Although Wendt (of
Cheers fame) provides some deft comic
moments, and Katt develops what seems to
be a purposefully funny manic look, it isn’t
enough to make the film fly as a comedy.
Similarly, as a horror movie, House can’t
sustain the feeling of reality necessary to

frighten.

The haunting agent of the house turns
out to be connected to Cobb's experiences
in Vietnam, providing an excuse for the
horrendous flashbacks. Yet as everything
becomes clear, it just seems more stupid.
Cobb’s final dramatic moment of truth,
when he battles the forces ofdarkness for
his son, encompasses so many cliches of
baa moviemaking, you couldn't list them
all.

“DONT COME ALONE!” the films
trailers blaze. Better advice would be
“Don't go at all.” As a horror movie, a com-
edy, or simply a way to spend an hour and

a half of your life, House should be con-
demned. o

Mediocrity killed the cat

the test?” whined a Technobus ma-

jor in the first row, center. This
same guy asks the same question not less
than two times per class. The instructors
always respond the same way, too.

Pierce Thalon

“Let us just say it is worth noting.” In this
particular case it was, “Cryo-synthetic
preservation is a process worth noting.”

Of course, what the hell isn’t worth
noting?

This particular class, Business of the
Supernatural, numerically TCB 10012,
wasn’t the push-over course I'd heard it
was. | think the 800 other restless souls
here could defend me in that thought.

God, LC A is big. It’s not even half full.
What kind of class is supposed to draw
2,000 people. This whole school is a
blunder. Not an outright mistake, just a
blunder.

J Vie but do we have to know that for

tower is, indeed, luxury. The fact that it
was cheaper to build down rather than up
on top of the existing 100-floor tower is, in
my opinion, hilarious. I've heard they're
going deeper in the next few years.

Ipress the green Mr. Fixit button on my
wall near the intercom.

“Indian Quad Service is presently busy,
please leave name, ID number, room
number and the nature of your problem at
the tone. We at Indian Quad Service wish
to assist.”

Now I did have it memorized. I thought
I did yesterday, but I had forgotten “wish
to assist.”. TONE...

“Hello Mom! you sound awfully tired
today. Uh, can I speak with Dad?”

I chuckled.

I'm godamn tired of my window screen
being broken. Ordinarily it showed a fine
view of the world off the 68th floor, sup-
posedly the most “glorious view of
underground Albany to be found
anywhere.” I personally thought that a

. My room on floor sub-20 of Indian Quad
tower is, indeed, a luxury. The fact that it was
cheaper to build down rather than up on top of the
existing 100-floor tower is, in my opinion,

hilarious . .

Colonel Thompson was finishing his lec-
ture and it was obvious that he could bare-
ly wait to escape back to his . . . whatever.

I wonder who wants to leave more, him
or me? A quick scan of the crowd confirms
my thoughts, I am once again surrounded
by Technobus majors. Truly marvelous. |
myself am a Technobus minor, a major in
Busnitech. I tried to find out the difference
one time about two years ago. It seems the
difference is a matter of spelling. The on-
duty told me:

“You see this major starts with a T,
whereas the other starts with a B. Not at all
alike, I should think.”

That was good enough for me.

Treturn to my luxury on room on Indian
Quad. Thank God the conveyor belts are
working. Who could take walking to and
from classes? Especially those savages from
the south. A constant whine erupts from
each mouth of theirs, as if a small fire alarm
had been maliciously set off. A continuous
false alarm.

My room on floor sub-20 of IndianQuad

aeaee view of Albany” was a classic
contradiction, off any floor.’ But I’m sure
this irony will continue into the distant
future.

The Albany Learning Center. And grill.

Learning Center, hah. In one class two
years ago, Busnitech 10001 I believe, my
first and only lecture involved a colonel
distributing several pages stapled together.
Each side of each page had three columns
of nine digit numbers. About 30 rows of
nine digit numbers.

“The process of memorization is one
worth noting,” he said.

“Not only will it teach you discipline,
but it will prepare you for the future. Each
number has a page number, 1 through 14.
‘A column and a row location, 1 through 3
and 1 through 30, respectively. For exam-
ple, the number 718861617 is on page 10,
row 7 column 1. That is its location: The
exam is during finals, of course, on May
12th. I suggest you take it down. It is worth
noting.

The Learning Center.

“Yes, but do we have to know it for the
test?” whined a Techobus major in the first
row, center. Arthur D. Samson, I believe
his name is. His annoying posture and
facial structure bring him to my mind com-
plete with name. I respond, “Cryo-
synthetic preservation is a process worth
noting.” My stock answer. Everytime I use
it, 1 chuckle inside. What a ridiculously,

away with such things. Yes, yes my
uniform is the bouncer of this bar. If you
don't like it, scram! What a farce.

My position as instructor came as no sur-
prise. I’d signed up for it in the academy, so
now I fulfill my destiny.

Jesus, you sign up for a lecture on

ambiguous phrase. But colonels can gets

academics in grade ten and they stick you
in the program. Because you signed up.

My family was too badly off to send me
to a “learning center’ like this, so the other
option became immediate: Military. I've
never seen a gun. It’s too expensive to have
working guns. But I do have and can
assemble a plastic grenade rifle in under 20
seconds, or I used to be able to.

God, when does this class end! I've got
to get out. It doesn’t even matter where,
just get out and do. . . whatever. But I still
have to listen to the teach tape tonight.
They're great, these things. I memorize the
complete lesson word for word from a tape
and then verbally relate it to the class the
next day.

Thank God for a good memory. Where
would I be without a goddamn good
memory? Oo

March 11, 1986

Aspects on Tuesday 11

A Club worth joining at the PAC

he Club, a musical diversion by Eve
Merriam, is truly like nothing
you've ever seen on campus. It
opened March 5 at the Studio Theatre in
the Performing Arts Center and will be
performed this Friday and Saturday nights,
March 14 and 15, at 8 pm.

Hope Piliere

A University Theatre production, it is
directed by Constance Valis-Hill, a pro-
fessor here at SUNYA. Originally, it was
performed by the Lenox Arts
Center/Music Theatre and by Tommy
Tune Off-Broadway at Circle in the Square
in 1976.

The Club is set in an exclusive men’s
club at the turn of the century and features
songs from the period under the musical
direction of Anne Turner. Humor, more
than music, though, is what makes this
show special. The Club pokes a
mischievious finger at social conventions
of the late nineteenth century and perhaps
of today as well. It makes a sobering com-
ment about the reality of male-female rela-
tionships then and today. The dialogue is
witty, and much use is made of plays on
words, typical of the popular songs of the
era.

Merriam’s characters are drawn in such a
way as to allow the roles to conform to the
players, sort of a reverse casting. The cast is
fine, though perhaps still a bit unseasoned
for the demands of the performances.
Especially outstanding is J. Wilfore in the
role of the boisterous Algy. In a few years,

the work of all the players should be well
worth watching, if their work in The Club
is any indication.

The set design is simple, but enough to
make the audience members feel that they
are actually in the drawing room. The in-

timacy of the Studio Theatre is also respon-

Bountiful: a trip

‘oing to see The Trip to Bountiful
S made me feel like I'd just been

given an entertaining lesson on
what film is all about. In that spirit, I'll ex-
plain a few cinema terms in shorthand us-
ing Bountiful as an example and hopefully
that will help show why this is such a rare
and exceptional film.

Tom Kacandes

“Production value’ is by definition a
function of the time and money spent to
produce a certain extraordinary effects)
such as good acting, or period scenery and
costumes, special effects, custom-made
soundtracks, approporiate locations or
outstanding screenplays: in other words, all
the things that can make a good film. Fac-
tors such as these drove the cost of The
Cotton Club near 50 million dollars, even
though only about 15 million ended up on
screen.

In The Trip to Bountiful, set in Houston
and southern Texas in 1947, the costume
designers and the cinematographer draw
from the colors and shadows that mark the
work of painter Edward Hopper, which
results in a demure yet romanticized and
ultimately realistic look. Every detail of
scene, clothes and props are perfect right
down to the Greyhound bus that takes
Geraldine Page on her trip.

Interestingly. first-time director Peter
Masterson chose to do Bountiful because
it fit the advice of Robert Redford, “find a
piece of material that is very meaningful to
you and can be done economically.” If, in-
deed, less than 15 million was spent on this
film, then you can see every dime on
screen.

Bountiful-was adapted by Horton Foote
from his play of the same title first per-
formed on television in 1953. Nine years
later he wrote To Kill A Mockingbird,
which has the distinction of being the only
thing I ever read in school that made me
cry. And just in case you're wondering if
he still has that classic touch, I'll say that
Tender Mercies, arguably the best film of
1983, was also written by Horton Foote.
All too often filmmakers ignore the fact
that spending time and money (a.k.a. pro-

duction value) on a superior screenplay is
the best investment possible. See Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Wasted Money
for the truth of this.

‘Acting’ is when you let loose people of
trained sensitivity and concentration inside
of dramatic characters with the purpose of
bringing them to life with the effect of fin-
ding truth through fiction. Bountiful
features a nearly flawless performance by
Geraldine Page as the elderly woman who
runs away to visit her past and finds reality
instead. John Heard (After Hours), Carlin
Glynn (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas),

sible for this comfortable atmosphere.

In short, you could spend $4 on a movie
designed for learning disabled adolescents
any time of the year, but if you have any
sense and natural curiousity, you'll divert
yourself from midterms and trot over to

the PAC to see this play. The Club has
more style and more quality, than pro-
bably anything else you're likely to en-
counter on the Albany campus this
semester. Join The Club either tonight or
tomorrow night, March 14 or 15, at 8 pm.
You won't regret it. oO

worth taking

about an idea that they could make into a
film. Characters may be radically altered
by an actor or costume designer or even
the lighting designer. The main purpose of
the screenplay, however, is to lay down
the fundamental elements of the story (nar-
rative) and provide a credible reason why
the audience should care about the
characters and what happens to them.

For example, the main difference bet-
ween Raiders and Indiana Jones was the
screenplay. The characters in Raiders were
somewhat realistic, and the wild things that
happened to them were interesting because

a SS ST SE

_.. Bountiful features a nearly flawless performance
by Geraldine Page as the elderly woman who runs
away to visit her past and finds reality instead. . .

Richard Bradford, and Rebecca De Mornay
(Risky Business) are all perfectly cast and
thoroughly believable.

The acting combines with the costumes,
locations, direction, and Mr. Foote’s unerr-
ing dialogue to put this film in a class with
The Kiss of the Spiderwoman in terms of
character believability. As much as I
esteem William Hurt, I must confess that
Geraldine Page may well have walked
away with the best dramatic performance
of this Academy Award season, as her
quick nomination indicates.

When acting of the quality found in
Bountiful is combined with a story that has
something to say about our lives, the
resulting film should makes you think, or
cry, or become angry, and it might just
help you understand your own story. This
is film's highest purpose, and despite the
growing trend among people our age to
equate entertainment ‘and mindlessness,
films like Bountiful are often fun as well as
entertaining.

The ‘screenplay’ is a bizarre art form that
marries descriptions of visuals and
characters with dialogue, much like plays
do. In a very real way, a screenplay is no
more than an elaborate suggestion to the

director, actors, and production people

we could care about them. This was not
true of The Temple of Wasted Money, in
which the production values in terms of
special effects, locations and costumes
were better, but the characters became flat
and uninteresting. That film had all the nar-
ative interest of a fireworks display.

In Bountiful, Horton Foote tells a story
with very little “action” and all the human
interest you could want; an old woman
runs away from her son’s house in Houston

to visit the now deserted farm town Boun-
tiful, where her illusions of the past are
slowly dismantled. Her son catches up with
her there and in the course of their con-
frontation, the mother, the son, and his
wife all change. He is forced by her action
to remember his roots and reassume an
abandoned part of his identity. His mother
has. made her trip and is ready to go on
with life. .

“Southerners are the children of lost
causes,” comments Foote. “There is
something deep within us that’s always try-
ing to ‘put it back together’, and yet we
finally have to say ‘okay’ and go on.”

If your style is limited to adventure
stories, then Foote's emphasis on the
characters, their relationships to each other
and reality may be too intense for you. If
you are interested enough in people
enough to watch soap operas, than you
will probably enjoy this film very much,
Geraldine Page says of Foote, “He writes
about strong, visceral family ties. People
get embarrassed by the human nakedness
of it all.”

The Trip to Bountiful is a beautiful and
important story about people. The film is
brought to life by first-rate actors who give
selfless performances and is made visually
haunting by its superior production values.
Chances are that it is one of the best five
films made this year and you will like it
very much. {=a}

Aspects is looking all over for creative,
ambitious people interested in editorial
training. Interested? Call Loren or Ian at
442-5661, or stop by the ASP office, CC

329,

s j @ " a |
Don’t stop the
shuttle van

Ever since the disappearance of SUNY
Albany student Karen Wilson last year,
efforts have been intensified to make the
uptown campus safer. The recent proposal
of a shuttle van transporting people around
campus is a logical step in that direction.

Current plans call for the van to stop at
all four uptown quads, the gym and the
circle from 8 p.m. to midnight daily.
Service will start sometime after spring
break if — and it’s a big if — funding can
be found for a six-week trial run this
semester.

According to Irwin Weinstein, co-chair
of Student Association’s Student
Community Committee, the cost of
running the van for six weeks will be about
$2,180. As of now, no committments have
been made to fund the project; a stumbling
block that could put an end to this
worthwhile project before it even starts
rolling.

Weinstein plans to seek funding from the
quad boards, the Interquad Council and
the President’s Task Force on Women’s
Safety. He’s got a tough challenge ahead of
him though: money has a way of getting
scarce this late in the year. In the past
however, money has been found for
worthwhile projects. This should be one of
those projects.

Funding for this project should probably
be split among three sources: the
University, University Auxiliary Services,

and students, through their quad boards |

and through fund-raising events run by
quad boards and inter-quad council.
Ideally, students should support the service
by paying each time they use the van, or by
paying an optional fee on the tuition bill, in
the same way Five Quad Ambulance gets its
money. But neither option would be
practical this late in the term; if the trial run
is successful, perhaps these options should
be looked into for the future.

Until then, each of the three possible
sources should try to put some money in
the project. In the name of women’s safety,
the University should be making every
effort to see this through. While not on the
same order as improved campus lighting,
the shuttle van would be a dramatic safety
improvement. UAS has given money to
similar-minded projects in the past, such as
Don’t Walk Alone, our campus escort
service.

Those quad boards that can afford to
should also help out with small donations.
Those that can’t, could try running a few
small fund raisers.

Ultimately,. student groups such as the
quad boards or SA, itself, shouldn’t be
responsible for providing for a safer
campus. The van should not come at the
expense of an SA event that will suddenly
be without funding.

There has been a lot of positive feedback
about the idea of a shuttle van. If the
University put some money behind it,
perhaps others would follow suit. This is a
practical improvement to women’s safety
Measures on campus and it would offer a
convenient service to the entire campus
community. It would be a shame if a lack
of money put the brakes on this project
before it even started rolling.

College Press Service

Too young to vote

Governor Mario Cuomo’s lofty statements in the
March 4th ASP article on student voting rights were in-
sulting. The fact that his comments were made just two
weeks after his infamous reply to the SUNY Binghamton
student body makes him sound even more phony. When
the Binghamton students urged him not to make any
more cutbacks in the SUNY system, he told them “‘We
can’t give everyone everything they want!’’

Robert T. Schmidlin

In the March 4th article, Cuomo is quoted as saying
“By enabling students to vote in their college com-
munities, we are opening this country’s great democratic
system to many young people...etc.””. The only way
Cuomo could support such increased student voting is if
he believes we will never retaliate against such heinous
remarks as the one he made at Binghamton.

It is true that students have a right to vote and young
people should be encouraged to participate in the political
process. Logicaly, however, the only fair vote is one cast
by a person who has a real and viable stake in the com-
munity and will either reap the rewards or suffer the con-
sequences of their choices at the polls.

For example, SUNYA students, you and I, are forced
to pay an activities fee. Decisions made by SA President
Steve Gawley and Central Council affect us; therefore,
we have a “right’’ to vote in our campus community. A
student visiting this campus from Oneonta for the
weekend may also be affected by these decisions.
However, this student has not paid the mandatory ac-
tivities fee, he has no real and viable stake on this cam-
pus, thus the student from Oneonta has no ‘“‘right”’ to
vote on our campus. Similarly, a New York State resident
who visits New Jersey frequently has no right to vote in
the local elections there. However the argument can be
asserted that on-campus students must pay local sales tax
and adhere to local ordinances and therefore, they believe
they are entitled to vote in those communities. This is a
fallacy. The fact is anyone, student, tourist, or visitor

THE FAR SIDE

must pay sales tax and adhere to local regulations. This
does not give the tourist or the visitor the right to vote,
nor does it give the student the “right” to vote in sur-
rounding communities.

a The argument that a citizen’s tight to vote requires
neither payment of taxes nor any stake in the community
and is thereby guaranteed the right to vote only by
residence lead to the following unfortunate incident:

While serving as an election inspector last semester in
SUNYA’s gymnasium, I overheard one Indian Quad resi-
dent complain because she ‘‘had to walk all the way over
to the gym to vote,’’ and ‘why couldn’t they put the poll-
ing place in the skin room?” The poor neurotic must have
thought that everyone else in New York State must be
able to vote in their living rooms. The saddest thing was
her vote was probably among the majority of yotes on the
voting machine that went against what every other district
in this community (all comprised of tax-paying residents)
wanted. To top it all off, most of these student voters had
little knowledge of either who were the candidates or
what the issues. were!

I realize you cannot prevent a person from voting simp-
ly because they’re ignorant, and I also realize not all
students are ignorant. But students can vote against
Cuomo and other State lawmakers who aré unsym-
Pathetic to student interests from their home districts
where they and or their parents have permanent residency
and pay taxes. All of this can be done with an absentee
ballot. Local communities surrounding student campuses
need protection from the masses of non tax-paying
students who have only a limited future in the local com-
munity and wish to vote there. These students should be
voting in their home districts where they have permanent
residency. This is the best way for students, in my opi-
nion, to learn about the democratic process and to face
the long term consequences of their choices at the polls. 1]

Robert T. Schmidlin is the Executive Director of Students
Against Cuomo.

| 3-6 © 1986 Universal Press Syndicate

Clumsy ghosts

shure ___ © 1986 Universal Press Syndicate 3.

Single-cell sitcoms |

We're all sick

To The Editor:

Upon reading of Steve Gawley’s illness, (issue no. 11)
my friends and I agree that the school has come to a stand
still. Seeing as how it is such news is made of one
students’ illness, we figure this list ought to make front
page. Charlie’s knee is hurting him, Debbie P. is just get-
ting over a cold, Debbie H. has a stomach virus, Ed has a
hangnail on his left thumb, Keir is just getting over bron-
chitis, Kim has a chest cold, Laura has had colds on and
off all semester, I have had sniffles and a recurring
bloody nose, Mark the R.A. has an ear infection, Mindy
has a cough, Nina has a basic sore throat, Paul has ton-
cilitis, Pete has had a nasty cough for a while now, Rich
has a chest cold, Sue is just getting over strepp throat, and
Greeney is just plain sick. These are the ailments of
Waterbury Hall, 3rd floor East. ‘‘We are trying to keep
the ship afloat,” said Ed. ‘‘We’re keeping a direct line of
communication between us and O’Heaney’s at all times.’”
We hope to bounce back soon.

—Mark Duane

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most influential members of Congress in the past twenty-
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War Powers Act, a bill which restricted the power of the
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vetoes by President Nixon, Javits helped push the bill un-
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primary author of the Pension Reform Act of 1974,
which protects retirement pensions of over 30 million
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which removed ceilings from many federal mandatory
retirement policies.

Even after he was defeated by Al D’Amato in 1980,
Jacob Javits refused to be halted from political activities
and speaking out for what he believed in. President
Reagan said that Javits ‘was known for his intellect, for
his integrity, for his dedication to the people of New York
and the nation . . .” Jacob Javits, a liberal, Jewish
Republican, was a refreshing exception to the usual brand
of Senator. He transcended party politics and fought for
the people of his state and for the citizens of his country.
He was a fierce patriot, and a bold advocate of individual
rights.

Javits refused to be sidelined by Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Javits said about his affliction, ‘‘to me, keeping alive is
keeping my brain in order and functioning.... this, is the
essence of life.’” Jacob Javits was a liberal Republican
who supported Israel, but was one of the first to criticize
the Israeli government for settling occupied territories,
thus, according to Javits, jeapordizing Mid-East peace
process. He was truly a man without politics, committed
to the betterment of the world around him, and the im-
provement of life for those who he lived with. His exam-
ple should shine and point the way through any obstacles.
He was a man who, in the words of Al D’Amato, “never
forgot his humble beginnings.’’ He was a man who, in the
words of Senator Edward Kennedy, ‘‘was truly
courageous, committed, compassionate. To the very end,
he taught us with his own imspiring example ...””

Jacob Javits was a man who never gave up the fight for
what he believed in. Jacob Javits was a man who refused
to surrender, even in the face of the most trying obstacles.
We all should endeavor to follow the standard set by
Jacob Javits.

—Steve Korowitz

President, College Republicans

Glorifies socialism

To The Editor:

Professor Lawrence Wittner of the History Depart-
ment authored a column which appeared in the 3-4 edi-
tion of the ASP and at the outset at least, dealt with the
regrettable assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olaf
Palme. Sadly, Professor Wittner’s column developed into
a personal and incomplete glorification of Socialism, and
a denunciation of the U.S. for not adopting a neutralist
foreign policy, such as the one utilized by recent Swedish
governments.

Professor Wittner claims that Socialist parties have
“successfully goverened so many democratic nations” in
the recent past (e.g. England, Israel, etc.) and that
socialized medicine (so called ‘‘free’? medicine by
Socialists) is an efficient and effective way to structure a
nation’s medical system.

I must address the following to Professor Wittner.
Should we consider 20 percent inflation in England dur-
ing the Labor governments of the 1970’s (Lipsey and
Steiner, Economics, 1981) and recent 100 percent inflation
in Israel under the Labor government of Shimon Peres as
examples of ‘‘successful governing’’. Should we also con-
sider the recent sabotage of a Greenpeace nuclear protest
ship, ordered by the Socialist government of France as an
example of enviable foreign policy. Professor Wittner ob-
viously fails to see that Socialist governments contain the
same flaws that he insists are unacceptable in the govern-
ment of the United States.

As for “‘free”” medical care in Socialist countries, is it
really free. These programs are funded by exorbitant tax
rates on the general population. Sweden has the highest
marginal tax rates of any nation on earth; a fact Pro-
fessor Wittner is eager to omit from his column. These
programs are also notoriously well known for lengthy
waiting periods that would try the patience of Job. As an
example, my Uncle recently had a triple bypass operation
in the United Kingdom after being on the waiting list for
over a year. He noted, ‘‘more people die on the waiting
list than on the operating table in England.’’

Professor Wittner also praises Sweden’s neutrality in
foreign policy, but as a historian he leaves out important
facts relating to Sweden’s neutralist policy and the lack of
such a policy by the U.s.

In 1939, Finland, Sweden’s westerly neighbor was also
neutral. One day Norway’s citizen’s looked up into the
sky to see German paratroopers landing on their soil.
Needles to say, Norway is a member of NATO.

In 1939, Finland, Sweden’s easterly neighbor was also
neutral. That is until the Soviet Union decided that it
wanted the Finnish Island of Hanko for a naval base, and
also wanted a slice of Finland to buffer Leningrad from
the Germans, To that effect, the Red Army attacked
Finland in Dec. 1939. The Finns begged Sweden for help,
or.at least to allow the British to transport war materials
across Sweden to Finland. The Swedes would do neither
and Finland was defeated in March,1940. As part of the
armistice, the Soviets insisted that Finland become
neutral once again. The Finns had no choice but to agree.

In 1939, a group of elderly women echoed Professor
Wittner’s cries of 1986 that the U.S. become or remain
neutral. The U.S. did just that. One day in 1941 the

Japanese decided the U.S. Navy was too dangerous even.
if it wasn’t being used, and destroyed Pearl Harbor.

Recently, Soviet subs have been discovered in Swedish
waters, and Sweden has come under fire by the Soviet
press for selling her internationally reknowned machine
guns to certain NATO countries. Thus Sweden may find,
as did the U.S., Norway, and Finland, that a nation’s
foreign policy may not so much be decided by it’s own
people, but by it’s potential and real enemies. Should
Sweden ever be attacked by the Soviet Union, it is a good
bet that she will require assistance from the non-neutral
nations of NATO.

Finally, Professor Wittner, as he did in early 1984 in
the ASP, insists on presenting one side of Socialism,
while completely ignoring the negative side. He repeated-
ly insists that the U.S. adopt Socialist economic and
foreign policy, but refuses to admit that in many cases,
these policies result in the same failures that the U.S.
already has.

—Timothy L, Taylor

Paid but can’t park

To The Editor:

To expand upon the article in the ASP
regarding the parking situation and ticketing at Indian
Quad which appeared in the February 28 issue of the
ASP, I too find it equally frustrating to pay for a parking
permit to park in the Dutch Quad Paid Lot, and then not
be able to park there.

The parking situation in the Dutch Lot, and I am quite
certain in other paid lots as well , is justly unfair. It is bad
enough to have to buy a special permit in order to park at
the University at all, but to purchase a parking permit to
enable a person to park closer and then not have the space
available due either to poor snow removal conditions or
illegally parked cars is equally unfair.

I find it very frustrating and unjust to pay for the con-
venience of closer parking and then find that others are
enjoying the same privelege, free-of-charge, without any
penalty. Why are these illegally parked cars not ticketed
or given a ‘‘warning notice’’ that they will be towed away
if found there again, and then if found again —Tow
them.

Also signs should be erected at the entrance to the Paid
Lots that these are for ‘‘Permit Parking Only”’.

— Trish Sanchez

Consenting adults

To The Editor:

I would like to applaud Ryk E. Spoor for his suppor-
tive letter directed at the recent exhibits of “‘lesbiphobic”’
letters printed (again and again) in the ASP.

However, Mr. Spoor made:a serious error when he
stated that most lesbians choose to build lives with other
women ‘‘usually bécause males in their lives have abused
and hurt them.’’ Although in some cases abuses such as
rape and incest may play a role in a woman’s choosing to
engage in an intimate relationship with another woman,
for the most part this is not true. Once again lesbianism is
being portrayed as a phenomenon based on man-hating
and not women-loving. The reasons for this run deep.
Women are essentially viewed as heing valueless in our
culture; their worth is brought to}, > only in connection
to a man. This reality immediately cenders a sexual rela-
tionship between two women as something worthless in
itself. Such an attitude leads some people to the conclu-
sion that since there is no possible exploration for one
woman to sexually;emotionally love another woman, the
relationship must be one based on hatred; the hatred of
men.

These beliefs have served as an obstacle to a better
understanding of lesbianism and the rights of women to
have relationships with each other without hassles. Les-
bianism is, I believe, a natural phenomenon resulting
from the fact that women are feeling, emotional, think-
ing, erotic beings (as are men) capable of attacting each
other. Sexuality has never been the sole result of the
desire to procreate. Instead it has a multitude of dimen-
sions, i.e. celibacy, asexuality, heterosexuality, les-
bianism, homosexuality, sensuality etc.

As consenting adults, we all have the right to choose
what direction our sexuality should take. Mr. Spoor’s let-
ter insinuates that if men just ‘‘clean-up their act,’’ les-
bianism will vanish. This is ridiculous. I believe that if
society cleans up its act, sexuality will be more something
to be explored rather than something whose growth and
development is stunted.

— Wendy Cervi

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skiie1 together ‘‘just once
before,” Chiusano said, who

described Wrafter as ‘‘a pretty
good skier.’”

The SUNYA Ski Club spon-
sored a trip to Brodie Mountain
the evening that Wrafter was kill-
ed. However, ‘‘Neither of us were
members of the Ski Club,”
Chiusano said. ‘‘We drove up on
our own.””

“Getting injured while skiing is
something I consider a freak acci-
dent,” said Ski Club president
Robert Chang. ‘Unfortunately,
the bad reputation that skiing has
as being a dangerous sport is
perpetuated by tragedies such as
this.””

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Wrafter’s suitemates, said that a
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scheduled for Saturday in the

Contract

<Front Page

UUP members will probably be
casting their votes on the agree-
ment by the end of April, said
Reilly.

First, the negotiating team will
be working out the language to a
“memorandum of understan-
ding,’’ which will be distributed
to UUP’s members. ‘‘Right now
there is a conceptual understan-
ding of the pact,” said Reilly.

Members of UUP’s negotiating
team are in the process of visiting
the SUNY campuses in order to
inform their members of the
agreement’s terms, and will be
sending out copies of the tentative
agreement to UUP members.

The American Arbitration
Association, an impartial New
York-based organization, will be
conducting the vote on the agree-
ment, said Reilly. According to
the association’s guidelines,
union members must have a copy
of the agreement in their hands
for at least 25 days before they
can cast their vote, he added.

The State Legislature will pro-
bably vote on the agreement by
the end of March in anticipation
of UUP’s ratification of the pact,
said Reilly. Legislators have been
“supportive” of UUP and will
probably try to wrap things up
before the Easter holidays, he
said.

According to Carol Schlageter,
a spokesperson for the Employee
Relations Office, the terms of the
agreement are as follows:
Salary increases of five percent
for each contract year. The in-
crease for the first year will be
retroactive to September 12, 1985
for employees who are appointed
for the full college year and
November 7, 1985 for employees
who are appointed for the
academic year.

»Participation in the New York
State Empire Plan, a health in-
surance benefit plan.

One percent increase of unit
payroll during each contract year
for merit pay to employees who
have exhibited ‘outstanding
achievement and performance.”’
>One-time payment of a $500
performance award to employees
who have achieved permanent ap-
pointment status.

»One percent of unit payroll in
the second and third contract
years to be used to implement
recommendations of the Arthur
Young Promotion and Classifica-
tion Studies.

Protection of long-term part-
time employees through a new
term appointment program.

The Arthur Young Company,
based in New York City, is in the
process of studying issues impor-
tant to UUP, and if the contract
is ratified, $5.5 million dollars
from the unit payroll of the se-
cond and third year will be set
aside to implement its recommen-
dations, said Schlageter.

The first issue being studied is
salary disparity adjustments for
long-service employees with
salaries less-than-average for their
status, said Schlageter. - oO

student

Campus Center Assembly Hall
and that ‘‘anyone interested in
paying their respects is welcome.”

Funeral services for Wrafter
were held on Saturday at St.
Mary’s Church in Clifton Park.

Wrafter is survived by his father
James, his mother, Anne, and
two sisters, Anne Maura and
Mary Alice, all of Marine Park,
Brooklyn. Oo
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1986 (1) ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 15

Emotionally depressed students urged to
seek counseling at free campus services

Dan Rachlin

You’ve been feeling kind of
down lately. You could do
nothing about it and hope that it
will pass, but you realize that you
work more efficiently when you
feel good emotionally, so you’ve
decided to work on the issue
that’s troubling H
you. Unfor- Middle
tunately, you
aren’t sure just Earth
how to do this.
At SUNY Roots
Albany, there are a number of
places you can turn to for help in
this type of situation.

Middle Earth (442-5779)
Schuyler Hall

Middle Earth is a peer
counseling center which provides
a number of different services. If
you need to speak with someone
who can help you organize your
thoughts about a problem you’re
having, or to examine and deal
with your feelings, you can call
the Middle Earth Hotline. The

hotline is manned by
undergraduate volunteers who go
through an intensive semester-
long training program before they
begin answering the phones. If
you are uncomfortable talking on
the phone, you can walk over to
Middle Earth and talk with one of
the counselors in person.

Middle Earth also provides on-
going counseling services for
students who feel that their

problems are too involved to be
resolved in a single session. On-
going counseling can last from 2
to3 sessions to 2 full semesters,
depending on what is needed.

If someone is interested in
starting on-going counseling, they
can either tell a phone counselor
or just walk over to Middle Earth
and request it. An appointment
will be set up for a screening
interview. In the screening
interview a phone counselor
discusses your problem with you
in an effort to define just what the
problem is, and how we can best
help you. The information
gleaned from this interview is
used to match you with an
appropriate graduate counselor.

Middle Earth can also help you
if you are looking for specific
information. Information topics,
which address issues ranging from
sexually transmitted diseases, to
time and stress management, are
available. To hear one you simply
call the hotline and ask for a tape
on the topic you are interested in.
The tape will then be played for
you over the phone.

In addition, the phone
counselors have a resource library
they use to make referrals for
students who have specific
problems and aren’t sure where to
go for help. The phone
counselors also use the resource
library to answer questions callers
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Counseling Center has licensed
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students; someone interested in
being seen there would simply
walk over and fill out an
application. A counselor would
then contact the student and set
up an appointment.

Chapel House (489-8573)
Campus Center

Chapel House is another option
for people who are having
problems and want someone to
talk to. At Chapel House, a
student can speak with a Rabbi, a
Roman Catholic Chaplin (a Priest
or a Nun) or a Baptist Chaplin.
Any of the Chaplins would be
glad to discuss any secular as well
as religious concerns that a
student might have.

All of the places listed above
provide free, anonymous services,
but you must take the first step. If
you don’t stop by, or call, they
won't be able to help you.

Dan Rachlin is on the staff of
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Pre-Law Assoc. seeks minorities

By Craig Wortman
STAFF WRITER

To attract more minority
members, the SUNYA Pre-Law
Association has established a
Minority Pre-Law subcommittee,
said Pre-Law Association Presi-
dent Neil Garfinkel.

According to Garfinkel, many
minorities might want to find out
more about law and law schools,
but they may not know about the
Association.

“Basically, 1 guess the informa-
tion just wasn’t getting to the
people,” Garfinkel said. ‘‘We’re
now trying to focus to get them
more involved.”

The idea was developed by
Angela Hinton, who is now the
Minority Affairs Coordinator of
the Association, and Celeste
Budd, Senior Advisor for the
Center for Undergraduate
Educaton (C.U.E.), and an ad-

visor for the Pre-Law
Association.
The pair approached Gar-

finkel, who said ‘‘I thought it was
an excellent idea to attract more
minorities because a lot of them
may want to go to law schools.”
“I’m trying to attract as wide a
group of students to the organiza-
tion as possible,”” Garfinkel said.
“7 think getting the information
to them is the main idea,’’
According to Hinton, a
minority Pre-Law Association is a
concept that’s been around for a
while. Slowly but surely we’re

building a bigger group.’’

However, Hinton doesn’t ex-
pect that the subcommittee will
become a separate organization.
“I don’t think it would be an ad-
vantage to separate. Working in
conjuction with the Pre-Law
Association is better because of
the wealth of information that
they have,’’ said Hinton. ‘‘They
have much more experience, and
Neil [Garfinkel] has been tremen-
dously helpful.’’

Hinton said she feels that for
minorities ‘‘there’s a lot to be
gained through networking of
knowledge. A lot of minorities
might be thinking of studying
law, but they may not know
necessary information.

“We want to give them infor-
mation as quickly as possible,’’
she said. This is especially true
about admissions to law schools
and deadlines, ‘‘which come up
very quickly,’’ she said.

According to Hinton, presen-
ting information to minorities is
especially important ‘‘because of
social situations. Minorities may
not have the information
resources that others have,’’ she
said. Minorities are “‘less likely to
have a neighbor who is a lawyer
or a parent who wants them to go
to law school.”’

“There are far too few
minorities that are in law. I think
this because they don’t have the
same social supports as other peo-
ple,’ Hinton said. ‘‘They [also]

don’t have the same financial sup-
port from their parents [paying
for law school].””

Affirmative action only goes so
far in helping minorities gain ad-
mission into law schools, said
Hinton. According to Hinton,
Albany Law School professor
Anthony Baldwin said, ‘a law
school won’t admit someone if
they don’t think he will graduate
{regardless of his social
situation].””

“T think it will take a lot more
work [for a minority] to get notic-
ed,’’ said Hinton. “The minority
who would work to get good
grades and who would risk taking
on huge bills, and it is a great risk,
of going to the best school they
possibly can will make himself
more attractive.”

According to Garfinkel, it is
not known if the impetus has at-
tracted an influx of new members
due to internal problems resulting
in inactivity of the Pre-Law
Association.

“The Pre-Law Association is
reorganizing because our vice-
president, whom I worked with
very closely, has left the
university.”’

The group also has to
reorganize, “according to Gar-
finkel, in order to establish new
leadership. ‘‘We’re all graduating
this year and want to insure that
the Association continues.”

Prof recommendations may drop

COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — Depending on how
the U.S. Supreme Court rules this spring, pro-
fessors around the country may stop writing
recommendation letters for students, some
lawyers say.

The court will hear arguments this spring on
the case of Andrew Burt, who claims University
of Nebraska Medical Professor John Connolly’s
“negative’’ recommendation defamed him.

At issue is whether Burt can sue Connolly in
Colorado, where Burt now lives.

Forcing professors to shoulder the expense of
traveling to defend the recommendations they
write could discourage or simply prevent them
from writing references in the future, some of-
ficials said.

No one contested what was in the letter.

When Burt applied for a job as an orthopedic
surgeon at a Colorado hospital, it asked former
teacher Connolly to write a reference letter.

In response, Connolly wrote Burt’s perfor-
mance at Nebraska was ‘‘well below average,”’
and advised he should not be hired in orthopedic
surgery.

Connolly did add that Burt ‘‘might serve ade-
quately’’ in some other health field.

Burt left Nebraska in 1977 for California

before looking for work in Colorado in 1981. He
sued Connolly that year, claiming the professor
defamed him in the letter to the hospital.

Connolly’s lawyers claimed Colorado was the
wrong jurisdiction, and that the case had to be
thrown out unless it was filed in Nebraska, where
Burt did his residency.

The case, turning on the jurisdiction issue in-
stead of the defamation issue, finally made it up
to the U.S. Supreme Court this year.

“What happens if a faculty member is hailed
to Alaska?’’ asked University of Nebraska
General Counsel Richard Wood. ‘‘We would
have to hire counsel up there.”’

Leaving a state to defend oneself ‘‘would pre-
sent a tremendous burden on the defendant,”’
said Marilyn Mintz of the American Association
of University Professors (AAUP). ‘‘It would
severely impact on the system of evaluation as it
applies to faculty members.”

Wood also contends a Burt victory would in-
hibit employers as well as professors in writing
reference letters.

Burt declined to comment on the case, and his
attorney, Robert Dyer, did not return reporters’
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COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — Hoping to
avoid more budget cuts, University of
Nebraska officials censored a film that was
to be shown on campus, and last week
pressured the student newspaper not to
publish a photo of legislators sleeping dur-
ing a budget committee meeting.

The officials apparently hope not to
provoke legislators into cutting the univer-
sity’s budget any more.

In the past year, Nebraska, its coffers
emptied by the farm crisis, has been strug-
gling with one of the worst budget crises in
the nation.

To cope, legislators cut state colleges’
budgets in mid-1985, forcing campuses to

close class sections, lay off some part-time.

instructors and delay most equipment and
library acquisitions.

“The external pressure of budget reduc-
tions is continuous,’’ said Dr. Otto Bauer,
vice chancellor of student affairs at
Nebraska’s Omaha campus.

More cuts are necessary this year. The
state budget committee now is debating
how deep the next cuts will be.

While it does, educators canceled a
movie, tried to control the student paper
and, some fear, even may alter courses to
make sure they don’t anger legislators.

One budget committee member, Senator
Bernice Labedz, recently told the director
of the university’s art gallery she objected
to the showing of ‘‘Hail Mary,”’ a French
film about immaculate conception, on
Nebraska’s main campus in Lincoln.

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“Politicians who want to use the
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“There are serious constitutional issues
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“You have to wonder about budget con-
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The NCLU threatens to sue the universi-
ty if it doesn’t show the film.

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because of foul trouble. While we were in
our zone, they put on a passing show and
got us back to our man. They adapted well
at whatever we threw at them.’’

The Danes used five different defenses
on the Vikings. ‘‘We threw every defense
out on them and everybody was still hit-
ting,’’ added Bayba.

High scorer for the game was senior
guard Oquendo with 27 points on 9-11
floorshooting and 9-10 from the line. She
was followed by Barbara Tourville, a 6-1
center, who scored 17 points, nine of
which were from the line. Ten point con-
tributions came from Brown and O’Brien?

“7 don’t think we attacked her (Oquen-
do) as much as we should have,”’ said
Warner. ‘“‘We wanted to go out at her in-
itially we did that. She got two quick fouls.
Offensively she is a top player. She’s one
of the top in the country.””

Only six Albany players were on the
scoreboard for the Danes. Lesane led with
22 points, on 6-10 field goal shooting and
10-14 from the line. She also had five steals
and eight assists. Jensen, followed with 19
points and 12 rebounds. Chris LaBombard:
scored 18 points, all from the floor. Ten
points were turned in from Bayba and
eight from senior Diane Fernandes, who
was in foul trouble and sat the bench.

Another big difference between the two
teams was bench performance. The Danes
only got two points out of their bench,
from sophomore Donna Hughes. Salem,
which prides itself on bench depth
answered with 21 points from four
reserves.

When asked if that was the best game his
team has played to date, Shea said “‘I’d
have to say no in those first eight minutes
because we coughed up the ball. From that
stretch on we shot the ball well and played
well.””

“‘What can you say, we played a good
ballgame,”’ said Warner.” I guess we have
to narrow it down to four minutes that’s

where we slept. The first 16 minutes
was the best Division III women’s basket-
ball. It was tremendous basketball.

Fernandes, a senior, was pleased with
her final game. ‘‘They were fun to play
with,’ she said “they played’ their
best...some of their shots were
unbelievable-you couldn’t believe they
went in.””

“‘We went far enough,’’ she added.
“We played against a good team and they
won fair and square.”

Bayba, a senior who transferred into
Albany last year, said, ‘‘I thought it was a
great game: they played excellent basket-
ball. We have nothing to be ashamed of.”’

She continued, “I thought I’d be sad. I
thought of crying, but it’s been a great
year with a great bunch of people. These
last two years have been the best years of
my life. We played a good game we didn’t
expect to get-this far: Our team goal was to
get a bid anything after that’was plus our
goal.”’ ira

Seniors

123

championship being the best performance

in an NCAA tournament by any Great

Dane basketball team, men’s or women’s
“T’m so proud of them’”’ said head

coach Mari Warner. ‘‘they went out in

style.’’

Lesane’s message to her underclass
teammates was short and to-the-point.

“Push harder. Don’t slow down,’’ said
Lesane. ‘‘If they work as hard as they did
this year, they can do it (return to the
NCAAs).””

Fernandes, however, cameback down to
earth to express concern with her own im-
mediate future after the Danes’ ousting by
the Vikings.

“Tt stinks,” grumbled the senior from
Staten Island, with tounge planted firmly
in cheek. ‘‘Now I have to go out and get a
resume and a job.” je

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Albany racquetball club
finishes season at 6-2

After opening the season with back-to-

decided by total points, of which Albany

back losses, the Albany racquetball club won 472-466. The following day they beat
won their next six straight to end the Binghamton 10-8 and won their final

season at 6-2.

The last two weekends have been very
busy for the team. This past weekend they
hosted the Northeast regionals at the
Albany Court Club. Overall they finished
fourth among eight teams, but two in-
dividuals finished first in their flights.

Sophomore Brian Tollin captured the
men’s second singles title for the North
East. Jeanine Lima took women’s number
three singles. At fourth singles, Carol Rit-
chie finished in second place after losing a
10-7 tie breaker in the finals. Albany had
to make due without the services of first
singles player Garr Thompson, out with a
torn rotator cuff.

The team traveled to Providence, Rhode
Island on the weekend of March 1 for a
four team match. Against Northeastern,
Albany won 12-6. They faced Providence
next in a very close match. A 9-9 tie was

match against Bryant College by forfiet.

The team now looks ahead to the Na-
tionals in April, where they will bring four
men and four women, plus doubles teams.
At the Nationals the team will be
represented by Thompson, if he is no
longer injured, Tollin, Mare Soalt, John
Sayour, Francine Fudim, Ritchie, Lima
and Carol Collins. Marc Reich will also
compete at second doubles.

Their 6-2 record puts them in second
place in their conference. They have a shot
at first place with Binghamton if RPI wins
over Binghamton when they play in the
near future.

“It’s our first year in the league,’’ said
Sayour. ‘‘To have a shot at first place is
quite impressive. My goal for the year was
to finish .500. I’m really happy with the
way the team has played.

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Albany gymnasts’ hopes look dim for NCAAs

By Michael: Bruno
STAFF WRITER

If awards and regional berths
were given out for determination,
then the Albany State gymnasts
would spend the beginning of

Spring Break in Bridgeport, Con-
necticut at the NCAA Division III
and III Regionals.

Unfortunately, a few bad

breaks and shabby routines at last
Saturday’s ECAC championships

‘CATHY STROUD UPS.

all but eliminated their chance for
such a berth. Albany could only
score a mediocre 147.80 to finish
fourth behind Ithaca College,
Salem State, and Trenton State.

The Danes began this cham-
pionship on the floor exercise.
Senior Karen Bailey hit her best
tumbling of the season to score an
8.15. She cleanly executed a whip
back pass, a front tuck to back
tuck pass, and a handstand triple
pirrhoutte. Freshman Barbara
Tiess hit a high back full, and two
back tuck passes to score a solid
7.4. Freshman Missy  Livent’s
routine included a back full, front
handspring, and front tuck and
back tuck passes.

The judges awarded Livent’s
high leaps and complete turns
with an 8.2. Junior Nora Bellan-
toni threw a high complete back
full after only a week of practic-
ing this difficult trick.
Sophomore Michelle Husak’s
routine included a beautiful whip
back pass, two directly connected
cat leaps, and a handstand triple
pirrhoutte, which earned her a
7.8. With this rotation of the meet
complete, Husak commented, ‘‘It
wasn’t the best floor we’ve done,
but it will definitely keep us
competitive.””

The second rotation had the
Danes vaulting. Bellantoni replac-
ed Junior Terri Sokol in the line-
up as Sokol sustained a sprained
ankle earlier in the week. Bellan-
toni hit a solid handspring to
score a 7.8. Tiess threw a com-
plete half-on full-off vault to

All eyes turned to Captain Sue
Leskowitz in anticipation of her
handspring front vault. She stuck
this vault in warm-ups, but just
wasn’t able to stand it up in the
meet. Despite her fall on the lan-
ding, the judges awarded her
vault an 8.0.

Senior Brenda’ Armstrong
threw a well executed half-on full-
off vault and added an 8.2 to the
team effort. Livent, this year’s
vault powerhouse, showed great
form on her half-on full-off to
receive an 8.35. This score earned
her a fifth place medal on that
apparatus.

Their halftime score of 79.00
put the Danes in first place. The
next rotation had the gymnasts on
the uneven parallel bars. Captain
Leskowitz. remarked, ‘‘We were
all psyched to be in first place at
the half. We are now the team to
beat and the momentum is.’with
us.””

Unfortunately, the momentum
built up was not enough to over-
throw hard luck. on the bars.
Sophomore Karen Vlasaty was
the only uneven bar competitor to
stick her routine. She executed a
clean salto down, reverse grip
straddle back, double leg jam and
full twisting underswing dismount
to score a team high of 7.4, Miss-
ed difficulty and falls marked the
other routines.

The final rotation saw the
Danes march towards the balance
beam. Head Coach Tom
Fiumarello commented, ‘We'll

going to have a chance at winning
this championship.”’ The pressure
of this meet took its toll on the
gymnasts as the majority of the
beam routines were shakey.

A bright spot for Albany was
the routine performed by
Freshman Theresa Barracato.
Forced to fill in at the last minute
because of an elbow injury sus-
tained by Bailey on bars, Bar-
racato exhibited poise as she ex-
ecuted a free jump tuck jump half
mount, switch leg leap,
backwalkover backhandspring
combination and an aerial dis-
mount. She should be a com-
petitor to watch for in the coming
years.

The only other beam highlight
was Husak’s routine. In her last
competitive routine for Albany
State, Husak executed a split leap
side leap combination
backwalkover backhandspring
flight series and a gainer dis-
mount off the end of the beam.
She recieved a team high of 8.1.

As the meet ended, the Danes
waited with anticipation to see if
their floor and vault scores would
carry them past arch-rival Salem
State. Unfortunately, their efforts
were not enough, as they finished
a disappointing fourth to Salem’s
second place finish. This finish
gives the gymnastics team a
seventh place ranking in the nor-
theast region. Since only the top
six teams qualify for regionals,
the Danes can only hope that one
of the top six teams forfeits their

Senior Brenda Armstrong executes her balance beam routine.

score an 8.15.

need five stuck routines if we’re

regional berth. ao

Miller, Hash give Albany men’s track sixth place

By David Blette
STAFF WRITER

This past Friday and Saturday, the
Albany State men’s indoor track team par-
ticipated in the New York State Indoor
Track and Field Championship meet.
Thirteen personal best performances led
Albany to a sixth place finish.out of the 22
teams in the meet.

Coming off a strong team showing at
the SUNYAC’s a week before, Albany em-
phasized individual performances at the
State meet. All of the runners who
qualified in individual events were given a
chance to concentrate on their best event.

Two of the best performances were turn-
ed in by “‘Co-Athletes of the Meet’’, Ver-
non Miller and Trevor Hash. Miller ran in
the qualifying heats on Friday night to
make the finals for the 800m run on Satur-
day. Running in front for much of the race
Miller hung on to take third. His time of
1:56.33 gave him a personal best, breaking
his old school record.

Hash surprised everyone in the 1500m
finals. He was the last man to qualify for
the eight-man final, but he went with the
pack to finish sixth with a personal best
performance of 3:59.9.

Two personal bests were also turned in
by freshman Dan Jocelyn. He scored
Albany’s first two points of the meet as he
took fifth in the Pentathlon. On Friday
Jocelyn had to run two good races to
qualify for the finals in the 500m run. in
the semifinals he ran a personal best of
107.34, which got him int the six-man
final. On Saturday he took sixth in the
tough final,

Towards the end of the meet, Albany
began to show its distance strength. In the
3000m Tim Hoff and John Glaser paced
each other in the slow section to personal
bests. Hoff’s 8:57.8 got him sixth place
with Glaser close behind for seventh.

After that Albany displayed domination
as they took three of the top six places in
the 5000m. In a highly strategic race, co-

captain Craig Parlato just missed first by
two°tenths of a second with a time of
15:28.8. Senior Chuck Bronner was fourth
with a time of 15:34.1, and he was follow-
ed by housemate Ian Clements in 15:39.3

In the last event of the meet, the 1600m
relay, Albany took fourth in a competitive
field, with an unstacked team.

Many other Albany runners came
through with good times although they

missed out in the scoring Co-Captain
Bruce Van Tassel ran a personal best of
8.29 in finals of the 55m hurdles to take
seventh. Freshman Bruce Gaynor ran a
personal best of 108.39 in the 500m run.
Albany did not fare very well in the field
events at the meet. National qualifier
David Walker was only able to take fourth
in the high jump, due in part to a poor
jumping surface. Albany had no entrants
in the shot put, the 35-pound weight

Albany’s Rainny Lesane looks to pass at NCAA practice.

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throw, or the triple jump, and was
outclassed in the long jump and the pole
vault.

This coming weekend Albany will be
represented at the NCAA championship
meet by high jumper Walker. Other
Albany athletes also have a shot at Na-
tionals. The times from this weekend’s
meet were sent in Monday and those
athletes who qualified will know by
midweek. oO

Careers close

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way to end four years-going farther than
we ever did before. As a senior, just going
to the NCAAs was great.””

“*After last year, almost everyone’s goal
was to go to the NCAAs,”’ said Lesane. “‘]
am very happy about going to the NCAAs.

The Danes-were snubbed by the NCAA
selection cOmmittee last year after
finishing 22-2, so the °85-’86 season
presented the last opportunity for the
seniors to reach the tournament. So it was
uppermost in their minds when the season
rolled around, and their competing against
Columbia, NYU, and Salem State was a
consummation of that dream.

“We write down team and individual
goals before the season, ’’ said Logan.
“My individual goal was to reach the
NCAAs.””

**We had a great season,” said Bayba,
who co-captained the team along with
Lesane. ‘‘I thought we went as far as we
could go. Only one team can win-we just
fell a little short.””

And the Danes like to console
themselves with the fact that they may
have lost to the best Division Ill women’s
basketball team in the country. Salem
State is ranked number one and favored to
win the tournament.

The seniors have made their mark, with
their last hurrah being the first NCAA ap-
pearance by a women’s basketball team at
Albany State, and their East Regional
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Sports Tuesday

MARCH 11, 1986

13 personal best
performances spark the
Albany runners to sixth
place.

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The party’s over for women cagers

Four seniors play
their last games

By Mike MacAdam
‘SPORTS EDITOR

Four seniors on the Albany State
women’s basketball team played the last
game of their careers in Saturday’s loss to
Salem State in the Northeast Regional.

The general feeling among the four,
however, is that the rewards from the
finest season ever by any Great Dane
basketball team by far outweigh the initial
sadness from dropping the 90-79 decision
to the Lady Vikings, the nation’s top-
ranked women’s team.

The Danes enjoyed a 24-game winning
streak enroute to a 26-4 final record, but,
more importantly, they were selected to
the NCAA tournament for the first time
ever. They swept the East Regional at
NYU before falling to Salem State, but
senior center-forward Lori Bayba addmit-
ted that getting that far was not even a pre-
season goal for the Danes.

“Before the season started, our only
goal was to get a bid (to the tournament),””
said the 5°10” transfer from St. John
Fisher who spent two years as a Dane.
“T wasn’t sad at all after the game because
we weren’t even expecting to get this far.””

“It was great coming this far,’ said
senior forward Diane Fernandes. “I’m not
disappointed because we played well
against a great team. If we played a lousy
game against a bad team and lost, it would
have been different.”

For seniors Rainny Lesane and Debra
Logan, the loss was the end of a six-year
partnership dating back to their high

school days in the Bronx.
“1m not sad,”’ said Logan. ‘‘This is the

By Steven Silberglied
STAFF WRITER

The Albany State Women’s track team once again plac-
ed impressively high at a major championship meet. This
time it was at the Eastern regional held at Colby college in
Maine.

The Danes finished seventh of 30 teams at the meet.
Both the place and the 29 points the Danes scored repre-
sent team highs at the Eastern Regional.

Winsome Foderingham, Albany’s star sprinter, led the
Danes with two first places and a second. In the process
she broke three school records, all her own. Foder-
ingham, who will be running in the nationals next week,
became the first Dane to ever win two events at the
Eastern meet.

Running against a tough field, Foderingham won the
55 meter dash with a time of 7.26, She actually had the
same time as her closest rival, University of
Massachusetts’ Murtonda Durant, but was given the vic-
tory by virtue of her lean.

Foderingham, who felt she was in control of the race,
knew once she crossed the tape her lean had given her the
victory despite the challenge from Durant.

Not only was Durant close to Foderingham, but the
whole field was tight as well. Eight hundreths of a second
separated first and fourth place.

Her time narrowly missed the meet record by one hun-
dreth of a second, which is quite a feat in light of the fact
that the record is held by Buffalo State alumnus Armsted,
who is generally considered to have been the best sprinter
ever in New York State.

Foderingham’s other victory was in the 200 meters
where she won, sprinting 25.6. This fully automatic time
broke the meet record and college field house record as
well. Though the 200 meters is not contested in the na-
tionals, it may be Foderingham’s best event.

Senior Lori Bayba scored ten points in her last game for the
women cagers.

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Foderingham shatters records

HOWIE TYGAR UPS

She placed second in the 55 meter hurdles with a time
of 8.51. Albany State head coach Ron White felt “‘this is
definitely her best hurdle race of the season.’’ White will
know later in the week if that time qualified her for the
nationals in that event and if she qualifies in the 55 yard
dash also.

White also added ‘‘Winsome is a real coachable young
woman. It’s just a thrill to see her succeed every
performance.’”

Freshman Kathy Bellantoni added a sixth place finish
in her event, the pentathalon.

She compiled 2572 points in the competition; almost
200 points better than her seed. She set seasonal bests in
four events: the high jump, high hurdles, long jump, and
800 meter run.

The 800 meter run was an outstanding break through
for Bellantoni. She finished third among pentathaletes in
that event as she ran 2:34.

Coach white was very pleased with the hardworking
Bellantoni. He said ‘* she just gave us a super perfor-
mance. To improve so much in one meet is simply
amazing.”

Jumper Keely Wilson just missed scoring by placing
seventh in the long jump. Her jump of 15710.5”’ was just
one half inch away from scoring. Wilson also competed
in the triple jump as she leaped 33’4’’.

Junior Kitty Sullivan ended her outstanding winter
season by running 19:40 in the 5000.

The Danes without question have enjoyed a successful
winterseason. White said ‘‘we’ve done things this season
that we’ve never done before.’’The Danes are excited
about the upcoming spring season.

First, though, is a trip to the nationals for Foder-
ingham and White. This is a first for the team as Foder-
ingham will be the first Dane to ever participate in the in-
door nationals, which will be held March 14 and 15 in

Minnesota. oO

Salem State wins in
Northeast title game

By Kristine Sauer
SPORTS EDITOR

The Albany State women’s basketball team won’t be
going to the Final Four next weekend; instead, Salem
State will be there. The Salem Vikings knocked off the
Danes, 90-79, in the NCAA quarter finals on Saturday
night in Mass. to end Albany’a season and quest for the
national championship.

“They (Salem) have a wonderful ball club,” said
Albany head coach Mari Warner. ‘‘I hope we lost by 11
points to the number one team in the county. They have a
great shot at it. They’re the best ball club we met all
year.””

After a tie score 31-31 at the 5:33 mark in the first half,
the Vikings pulled out infront and held on for the rest of
the game. Albany only trailed by two, 36-34 with 4:15 re-
maining, but Salem outscored them 14-4 in the final
minutes to end the half with a 12-point, 50-38 cushion.

The Vikings were paced in the spurt by four points
apiece from Tricia O’Brian, a 5’8’’ sophomore, and
junior forward Ann Breitenwisher, both off the bench.
Additionally, two point contributions came from Salem
natives Holly Brennan, Evelyn Oquendo, who ended the
half with 19 points and East Douglas’ Mary Dolores
Brown.

Despite the run in final minutes of the half the earlier
part of the opening half was very close. There were 15
lead changes and nine stalmates before the Vikings broke
lose.

The big difference between the two teams in the first
half was Salem’s ability to get the ball in the hoop from
the outside. Salem State shot 71 percent from the floor,
compared to Albany’s 51 percent. From the freethrow
line, the contrast was even greater. Salem shot 84 percent
to Albany’s 44 percent.

“We normally don’t shoot as well from the field,” said
Salem head coach Tim Shea. ‘‘Things were working so
well, it looked as if we were doing it by design. Actually
we were hoping to shoot from in a little closer. We have
lived with the 15 footer’quite often.”

“It was a superior first half except for that last four
minutes,” said Warner. “‘We went from down four to
down twelve. Looking back, maybe we needed a time
out.””

The Vikings’ shooting percentage did drop in the se-
cond half, but the damage was already done. The Danes
could only muster a final surge in the last four minutes.
Albany couldn’t put a dent in the Viking lead. After
coming to within nine points, 59-50 on a Rainny Lesane
break to the hoop off of a steal at the 15:02 mark, the
Vikings turned around and scored three straight baskets
on the way to a 16-point, 75-59 lead with 5:31 to go.

With 3:13 remaining, Salem captured their biggest lead
of the game at 79-61. A three point play by Albany’s Cin-
dy Jensen and baskets by Lesane, senior Lori Bayba, and
Jensen again had the Danes trailing by nine with 1:07 to
go at, 84-75. The game ended with Salem ahead by 11
points 90-79,

Shea attributed the break away in the first half to two
things. ‘‘We finally settled on what defense we wanted ,”’
he said. ‘“‘Once we got Lesane’s pressure under control,
our zone press started to work. From the zone press we
were falling back into our 2-3 zone. We use that defense
as a last resort. We don’t like playing it”.

Shea continued, “‘the second thing was the ball handl-
ing. Evelyn (Oquendo) controlled everything and the ball
just wasn’t being turned over.”

Although Salem’s field goal percentage fell to 41 per-
cent in the first half, they maintained the percentage on
the line, which was 85 percent for the game. Albany’s
percentage from the floor also dropped to 42 percent, but
the freethrow percent increased to 78 percent. The
freethrow line was crucial in the Dane loss. The Vikings
scored 34 points from the line alone, while Albany had
only 15.

“That tells you the game right there; said Bayba. “‘It’s
hard to beat a team that shoots 71 percent in the first half
from the outside. It’s depressing when you play excellent
defense and they still make the shot.’’

Warner commended. Salem’s ability to adapt to
Albany’s various defenses. ‘‘We didn’t want to go man

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