Albany Student Press, Volume Issue 05, 1999 October 15

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Five Quad tothe Rescue

Broken Heart for Sacred Heart. Lady Danes Roll

Our A&E section finds the real per-
son behind Saturday Night Live’s
dorky Mary Catherine Gallagher.
Find out if it’s worth the cash.

Five Quad, UAlbany’s ambulance
service, has been keeping students
alive for 25 years. Our features
section delivers the good on this
elite corp public servants.

i: A pair of penalty stroke goals by

senior captain Tovah Atwell pro-
pelled the Danes field hockey team
past Sacred Heart.

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Affairs James Dollefeld.

Bongo Playing Outlawed

A cease and desist order, prohibiting all sound and music on
the academic podium, was issued by Vice President for Student

File Photo

Bongos 3 >

Dearth of on-campus
dorms sends transfer stu-
dents to hotels

By JEN HADDAD
Staff Writers

An overwhelming demand
for on-campus housing this year
has led the office of Residential
Life to house some of the new
transfer students across the street
at the Towne Place Suites Hotel.

The hotel has reserved one
of its three-floor buildings for the
163 students originally assigned
to live there. The students do not
get the luxury of having their

- beds made every morning by the

hotel staff, and are not permitted
to use the pool facilities. The stu-
dents do, however, have many
other ‘extras’ that students living
on the regular campus are not
provided with.

Each of the suites, which
house three to five students,
comes fully equipped with a sep-
arate kitchen including a full-size

Hanging Out

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Photo by Ben Fractenberg

As ResLife continues to have housing problems, some students
are again forced to live on off-campus housing.

refrigerator, dishwasher, stove,
microwave and garbage disposal.
Their cable package includes free
HBO.

However, there are strict
rules that residents have to fol-
low. In addition to the regular

dorm. regulations, there is
absolutely no smoking or drink-
ing (regardless of age) inside the
building, under penalty of evic-
tion. If any of the students are...

Housing 3 >

City Sued Over Pine Bush Re-Zoning

By KATHRYN PHILLIPS
Staff Writer

A lawsuit against the City of
Albany has been filed by Save
the Pine Bush regarding the City
of Albany Common Council’s
decision to approve the building
of Pine East Office Complex.
New York State Supreme Court
will rule on Albany Common
Council’s decision to re-zone the
300 Washington Avenue Exten-
sion property. Save the Pine
Bush contests Albany Common
Council broke the New York
State Environmental Quality
Review Act (SEQRA) when it
authorized re-zoning of the prop-
erty.

Save the Pine Bush, an all-
volunteer organization, was
founded by UAlbany students
nearly 21 years ago. Pine Bush
originally encompassed nearly
58,000 acres around the Albany
area. Large parabolic sand
dunes, which normally only
appear near a large body of water,
are found among the pine bush.
Save the Pine Bush fights to
maintain the 5,800 remaining
acres of pine bush found between
Albany and Schenectady.

The debate over the develop-
ment of the Washington Avenue

Extension property dates back to
1989 when the owner, Charles
Touhey, bought the property. The
parcel was zoned residential, but
Touhey hired Daniel Hershberg
to lobby Albany Common Coun-
cil to re-zone the property. Save
the Pine Bush sued the City of
Albany over the illegal approval
of re-zoning. In 1992, the New
York State Supreme Court ruled
the size and shape of the pine
bush preserve were important.
Judge Cobb decided the City of
Albany must set aside 2,000 con-
tiguous acres, the minimum
required to keep the pine bush
ecosystem alive. Winning the

1992 case was a major victory for
Save the Pine Bush and has been
quoted nationally for its case

Photo by Al Parella

precedence.

The current lawsuit is over
the violation of SEQRA by
Albany Common Council.
SEQRA requires developers to
draft an environmental impact
statement, analyzing the effects
of their project on the surround-
ing ecosystem. All facts of the
case must be contained within
this document. Once the state-
ment is submitted to the local
government, the public is
allowed to comment on the draft
at a hearing. At the close of the
public comment period, the
developer writes their final envi-
ronmental impact statement. No
new information is allowed to...

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Jeremy Newman New Vice President

SA Insider squeaks by to win Vice Presidential Election

By ANNE LINDNER
Political Correspondent

Politics as usual marked last
Tuesday’s Student Association
Vice Presidential elections.
Though both candidates ran hon-
est campaigns, there were prob-
lems plaguing the contest.

Jeremy Newman, former
Interim Educational Affairs
Director and former Interim Vice
President, won over Jeffrey M.
Fitts, a junior majoring in Sociol-
ogy and a transfer to UAlbany,

“by a tiny margin. Newman won
50.3% of the votes, one more
vote than would have sent them
to a run-off election.

Both candidates disclaimed
involvement with SA politics,
and both feel it is important to
separate themselves from it in the
future. Fitts said, “I may have
said that the SA has a lot of bad
qualities, but I also see a lot of
good.” Newman also described
the problem when he said, “I hate
SA politics. Unfortunately the
politics creates a line down the
middle of SA which allows for
nothing to get done.” The poli-
tics were not separated from the
election, and Fitts found many of
his posters being torn down from

the bulletin boards.

Fitts continues to maintain a
positive attitude. He said, “I tried
my best and put all my effort mto
it.” He claimed, “If anyone were
to take example of anyone in SA,
follow the example of Christian
Duran. He’s the friendliest, most
honest person in SA.”

Vice President-elect New-
man plans to increase campus
safety with ideas such as more
lights, bringing back the Student
Safety Patrol and implementing
Safe Rides. The Safe Rides pro-
gram would be similar to the
Don’t Walk Alone program, but
would provide rides for students
downtown.

He also proposed taking
advantage of UAlbany’s new
Division I status by increasing
school spirit. Newman explained
his position on the issue of apa-
thy when he said, “Apathy is one
of the biggest problems on cam-
pus today. The Division I status
has brought new light to getting
people out there.”

After winning the election,
Newman said, “I want to thank
everyone who came out to vote.
I hope this will be the beginning
of the end of the controversy and
politics in the Student Associa-
tion.”


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News

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Friday, October 15

“Don Juan.” New York
State Writers Institute Fall
1999 Classic Film Series. Film
was directed by Alan Crosland,
starring John Barrymore, Mary
Astor, and Willard Louis. 7:30
p.m. Page Hall. Free and open to
the public.

Tracy Nelson, blues rock
mama, will perform rock and
rhythm and blues. Nelson’s pow-
erful vocal style combines the
soulful belting of Aretha Franklin
with the bluesy wail of Bessie
Smith, the gospel fervor of
Mahalia Jackson, and the down-
home pain of Tammy Wynette.
Shows at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
The Van Dyck, 237 Union Street,
Schenectady. Tickets/reservations
available by calling 381-1111.

Saturday, October 16

Evin Jones Jazz Machine.
The legendary drummer with
John Coltrane’s group is back.
His previous shows have been
called “outstanding... a blast of
dynamic jazz... Jones remains the
master. (Greg Hames, Times
Union)” Shows at 7 p.m. and 9:30

pus Events

p.m. The Van Dyck, 237 Union
Street, Schenectady. Tickets and

reservations available by calling
381-1111.

Jack Landron, charismatic
acoustic singer-guitarist, will per-
form contemporary and tradition-
al folk in concert. 8 p.m., The
Eighth Step, 14 Willett Street,
Albany. Tickets $12. For infor-
mation, call 434-1703.

Visit to Montgomery Place
and regional winery. Friends of
the Libraries’ Outing. For more
information, call 442-3542, or
email
(dchris @cnsvax.albany.edu )

Sunday, October 17

The McKrells perform
Celtic Folk and Newgrass Blue-
grass at the Sunday Jazz Brunch
at The Inn at Saratoga. 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. The Inn at Saratoga, 231
Broadway, Saratoga Springs.

Monday, October 18

“Torah and the Messiah.”
Dialogue by Rev. Bruce Chilton

and Jacob Neusner. 4:00 p.m.
Bard Hall, Bard College. Call

914-758-6822 or visit
www.bard.edu

“Advanced Search Tac-
tics.” Library Technology
Class. 3:30 p.m. Library B15. For
information call Trudi Jacobson,
442-3581.

“The USS Slater and
Destroyer Escorts.” A talk and
video presentation will be held
at 7 p.m. Troy Public Library.
Free and open to the public. To
register or for more information,
call Troy Public Library at 274-
7OFT.

Tuesday, October 19

“TB and_ International
Issues from a Public Health
Perspective.” School of Public
Health Fall Seminar Series 1999.
Max Salfinger, MD, NYS Dept.
of Health. Bagels and coffee,
7:45 a.m. Seminar, 8-9 a.m. East
Campus (Sterling). Free. For
information, call 402-0330, or
email (cyoung@csc.albany.edu),
or visit web site:
http://www.albany.edu/sph

“Attention Deficit Disorder
in Adults.” Learning Disability
Film Series, sponsored by Dis-

abled Student Services. 4:00 p.m.
Campus Center Terrace Lounge.
Free. For information, contact
Nancy Belowich-Negron at 442-
5490.

“Tortoises, Textiles, and
Trade in Southeastern Nige-
ria.” Lisa Aronson, Skidmore
College. Art of Africa and the
Africa Diaspora Lecture Series.
7;30 p.m. Performing Arts Center
Recital hall. Reception to follow.

Wednesday, October 20

Twice Wednesday Concert
Series. Findlay Cockrell, pianist.
12:20 and 4:20 p.m. Performing
Arts Center Recital Hall. Free
and open to the public.

New York State Writers
Institute presents Lawrence

Weschler, long-time writer for

“The New Yorker” and artist
J.S.G. Boggs. 8 p.m. Performing
Arts Center Recital Hall.

Thursday, October 21

A.C. Everson, poet, perfor-
mance artist, and “pinata-ist” will
be featured at the monthly read-
ing and open mic at C@fe Web.
Everson’s papier mache and
mixed media work have been dis-
played at the Spectrum Theater,
Stephanie’s on the Park, and else-
where. The evening will include
an open mic for poets to read
their own work. 7:30 p.m. C@fe
Web, Madison Avenue. $1 sug-
gested donation. For more infor-
mation, contact Dan Wilcox by
calling 482-0262 or emailing
wilcox23 @juno.com

News Briefs

Local/State

400 year-old documents describ-
ing Dutch life in the capitol
region will be restored using a
$16,000 grant from the State
Archives and Records Adminis-
tration. These 12,000 pages
include government council min-
utes, land titles, and documents.
Area historians will undertake
the restoration project.

The New York City Council
approved legislation that will
require all gun owners to pur-
chase locks for pistols. The mea-
sure, praised by gun control sup-
porters, may lead to a decrease in
the number of accidental shoot-
ings in the city.

NEW YORK

Approximatly 78% of the
155,020 New York students have
passed the new English Regents
Exam. Starting with the class of
2000, all New York students will
be required to take the exam.
Under the new version of the
Regents Exam, 55% can be con-
sidered a passing grade in some
schools.

National

The County District Attorney of
Boulder City, Colorado has
announced that no-one will be
charged with the killing of Jon
Benet Ramsey. Not enough evi-
dence was acquired to charge a
suspect in the three year old case.
The grand jury in the case will be
dismissed, but there is talk that
Governor Bill Owens will assign
a special prosecutor to investi-
gate the killing.

A major blow was dealt to Presi-
dent Clinton’s foreign policy plan
as the Senate rejected the Com-
prehensive Test Ban Treaty. The
vote, largely along party lines,
fell far short of the required num-
ber to pass the bill. The treaty
would have banned all under-
ground nuclear testing. This is
the first time since 1920 that the
Senate has rejected a major inter-
national security pact. The treaty
requires 44 countries to ratify it,
and so far 26 have done so.
France, Britain, and Japan were
among the major nations to sign
the pact.

International

A military coup in Pakistan has
ousted Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif’s elected government and
has left many people questioning
what will be put in it’s place. The
head of the army, Gen. Pervaiz
Musharraf, said in a televised
national address that he would
soon lay out the plans for the new
Pakistani government. Many
government officials are still
being detained by the military,
and there seems to be little if any
public outcry against the mili-
tary’s actions.

Columbian officials announced
Wednesday the leader of the
nation’s largest cocaine traffick-
ing ring has been arrested along
with other associates. The Justice
Department has been promised a
speedy extradition of Alejandro
Bernal Madrigal. It is estimated
that the cartel Madrigal operated

shipped 20 to 30 tons of cocaine
a month to the United States and
Europe. Madrigal’s cartel repre-
sents one third of U.S. cocaine
consumption.

COMPILED BY TIM SHARBAREKH

Mergers Killed the Radio Star

In search of the all-
mighty dollar, corpora-
tions join hands

By BHAWIN SUCHAK
Contributing Writer

On Monday, October 1, the
latest in a string of mass media

cartels was formed when Clear -

Channel Communications, Inc.
acquired one of its largest com-
petitors, AMFM Inc. If approved
by the FCC the deal will further
consolidate radio markets
nationally and especially in the
Capital Region. The $23.5 bil-
lion deal will create one of the
largest radio station conglomer-
ates in the country, consisting of
more than 800 outlets.

With both corporations
operating a total of 12 major sta-
tions in the area the deal will
create a virtual monopoly for
Clear Channel on the area’s
radio dial. This will leave only a
handful of independently run
stations such as WCDB 90.9 FM
and WRPI 91.5 FM to challenge
their domination of the Albany
airwaves. Clear Channel will
assume control over 48 percent
of the region’s radio-listening
audience and will reap the bene-
fits from 64 percent of all adver-
tising revenues generated by the

same group.

Merging with AMFM Inc.
will allow Clear Channel, a San
Antonio, Texas-based corpora-
tion, to cut operating costs and
gain a command of a much larg-
er share of the listening audi-
ence. It has yet to be decided
whether they will continue to
employ local disc jockeys or
not. If they choose to follow
the trend set by previous large
radio mergers, Clear Channel
will employ computer technolo-
gy to broadcast disc jockeys
based in San Antonio and
attempt to pass them off as local,
Albany-based DJ’s.

Ever since the passage of
the 1996 Telecommunications
Act, which was intended to ben-
efit the listener/consumer, regu-
lations that previously would
have impeded such giant merg-
ers have been eased consider-
ably. In just the past month CBS
and Viacom combined forces,
becoming the largest broadcast
corporation in the world; and on
the heels of a flurry of small
takeovers MCI WorldCom now
appears poised to acquire Sprint
for a whopping $108 billion.

It appears safe to conclude
that further corporate consolida-
tion of the media, including
broadcast and cable television,
radio, and newspapers is
inevitable.

The Albany Student Press is now looking for staff
writers to fill Features, News, and A&E sections.
Please call Justin in the Newsroom at 442-5666
or go to CC 326 Wednesday’s at 7 PM for our

General Interest Meeting.


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Friday, October 15, 1999 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

Bongos Outlawed

By BENJAMIN POLEN
News Editor

Beating your bongo might
seem relatively harmless, but it
can be dangerous to your enroll-
ment at UAlbany. Students who
usually gather on the Podium, at
the top of the stairs between the
LCs and the small fountain, were
confronted by administrators on
Wednesday, October 13, and told
they must stop playing.

A cease and desist order,
prohibiting all sound and music
on the academic podium, was

Housing

Photo by Ben Fractenberg

Continued from front page

..caught breaking the rules,
the University does not help pro-
vide any other housing for them.

There is a free shuttle bus
every fifteen minutes that picks
students up at the Towne Place
Suites and drops them off at
either Collins Circle or the new
bus stop by the Campus Center.
“T walked it a couple times and it
really wasn’t a bad walk, but I’m
glad I got moved onto the real
campus before it got really cold,”
said Keith Darius, a sophomore
computer science major.

Another inconvenience for
students living at the hotel is that
there is no dining hall, so stu-
dents must go to one of the cafe-
terias on the main campus in
order to use their meal plans. It
is also hard for the students to
make outgoing calls, because
there are a limited number of
phone lines available. The cost
of doing a load of laundry is $1,
an extra quarter than on campus.

“T think it’s good that they
put all the transfers together, so
they could meet some people at
the school,” said Gideon Lubin a
junior Finance major.

According to employees of
Towne Place Suites students are
being moved out everyday. No
one there is really sure how
many students are still living in
the hotel. The office of Residen-
tial Life could not be reached for
comment.

File Photo

issued by Vice President for Stu-
dent Affairs James Dollefeld.
John M. Murphy, Director of
Judicial Affairs, informed the
bongo players of the order.

Amy Fischer, a bongo play-
er, said that she was told “to stop
or they would bring in UPD.”
She continued, “I’ve been play-
ing drums on Wednesday after-
noon for a year now. Its kind of
a change, it shifts your outlook
and puts a little soul into the
day.” Students were also told
that if they continued to play in
violation of the ban that they
would be expelled from UAI-
bany.

John M. Murphy said the
ban was due to faculty com-
plaints of sound levels. He
approached the issue with an
administrator’s perspective, “The
faculty have a responsibility to
protect the integrity of the acade-
mic process. This is the academ-
ic podium and we have to protect
that.”

Pine Bush Preserve

‘Continued from front page

..enter into the final
impact statement since the pub-
lic has not had the opportunity
to comment on it.

Save the Pine Bush con-
tests Albany Common Coun-
cil’s approval of Touhey’s re-
zoning. Lynne Jackson, a UAI-
bany graduate and board mem-
ber for Save the Pine Bush,
stated “I believe we will win it
based on the SEQRA.” Albany
Common Council made their
decision to re-zone the property
based on the final environmen-
tal impact statement. The final
statement contained informa-
tion on the traffic impact as
well as the analysis of fire man-
ageable acres of pine bush
affected by the development.
As neither of the two issues
were discussed in the draft
environmental impact state-
ment, Albany Common Council
may have violated SEQRA by
not allowing the public to com-
ment on these issues.

The other aspect of the
case deals with the size and
shape of the preserve. Due to
the 1992 ruling, the City of
Albany must maintain 2,000
contiguous acres of pine bush.
Save the Pine Bush wants the
City of Albany to look at all
development projects as a
whole. The impact of several
development projects will
affect the pine bush preserve’s
ability to remain connected.
Jackson explained the impor-
tance of continuity in stating

Photos by Al Parella

Albany County’s Pine Bush Preserve, originally
encompassing nearly 58,000 acres in the Albany area, has
been reduced to just 5,800 in recent years.

“animals don’t know the differ-
ence between a highway and
the preserve.” Save the Pine
Bush will never stop fighting to

keep: “all remaining undevel-
oped contiguous pine bush
within the preserve.”

Students Urged

Voter Registration Drive

By ANNE LINDNER
Political Correspondent

The New York Public Inter-
est Research Group (NYPIRG)
and the Student Association are
attempting to rebalance voter
power in state politics by
increasing the diversity of the
voting population. “Student
Vote 2000” is aimed at increas-
ing the number of students and
under-represented citizens in the
election process.

Currently, almost 37%, over
5 million of the state’s eligible
citizens, are not registered to
vote. Many of these are students
or politically disenfranchised
low income persons. John
Flanigan, Campaign Coordina-
tor for NYPIRG said, “Without
registering and participating in
the political process, students,
the homeless, and the poor will
continue to struggle to make
ends meet and face an ongoing
lack of political commitment to
their respective grievances.”

“Student Vote 2000” is a fif-
teen month long campaign to
register New York state resi-
dents before the deadlines to
vote in the upcoming elections.
The registration blitz took place

from October 6-8 in order to get
people eligible to vote for the
1999 off year election, which
includes the Albany County
Executive’s seat.

The project will continue
again on November | to get peo-
ple educated and eligible for the
March Presidential Primaries
and the 2000 elections, which
include the entire New York
state legislature, the Presidency
and Daniel Moynihan’s U.S.
Senate seat.

Dozens of student volun-
teers will be stationed on each
quad, as well as on the corners
of Lark Street and Washington
Ave., and Clinton Ave. and
Henry Johnson Boulevard.
They will also be in Arbor Hill,
in soup kitchens and homeless
shelters. The goal of “Student
Vote 2000” is to register eligible
voters and to educate them on
the elections by the distributing
voting guides and fact sheets
about the primaries.

Steve Dixon, a NYPIRG
Campaign Coordinator said,
“This campaign is not only
about voter registration, it is
about making sure that politi-
cians realize they will be held
accountable to voters both this
November and in 2000.”

to Take Action

Walmart Protested

By DANA BERTISCH
Contributing Writer

“Wal-Mart uses Sweatshop
Labor!” “We Want Public Disclo-
sure!” These are only a few of the
slogans shouted by UAlbany stu-
dents as they drove around the
parking lot of Wal-Mart located on
Washington Avenue. According to
NYPIRG and the Coalition for a
Sweat Free SUNY, over forty stu-
dents participated in a car caravan
on Sunday, October 10, in order to
raise awareness about Wal-Mart’s
alleged sweatshop usage. They
also put pressure on the company
to disclose the locations of the fac-
tories that produce the apparel.

According to the National
Labor Committee, “Wal-Mart
claims it is the ‘good neighbor’
company... yet pays workers 9
cents an hour in Bangladesh, 43
cents an hour in Honduras, and 12
1/2 cents in China.” Although one
of the wealthiest companies in
America, Wal-Mart denies its
workers in Bangladesh a living
wage, adequate health care, and the
right to organize.

Amber Martin, one of the pro-
ject coordinators of the Coalition
for a Sweat Free SUNY, said the
purpose of the caravan was to

“...make shoppers aware of the
atrocities of using sweatshop
labor” and to “point out that as
both consumers and students, we
don’t have to stand for these atroc-
ities.” Alana Hillman agreed, and
stressed that “as one of the richest
nations in the world, we don’t have
to support human rights viola-
tions.”

Due to intense pressure put on
the sports apparel company, Nike
agreed last week to publicize the
locations of factories that produce
the apparel for five universities
sponsored by the corporation. The
students are hoping that Wal-Mart
will follow Nike’s lead, as con-
sumers have a right to know where
their garments are made.

The overwhelming majority
of Wal-Mart shoppers on Sunday
expressed their support for the
protest, offering kind words of
encouragement to the student pro-
testers.

- The protest ended peacefully
when the police politely asked the
demonstrators to leave, as the park-
ing lot is considered private prop-
erty.

The Coalition for a Sweat
Free SUNY meets on Mondays at
7 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge, for
all those who wish to get involved.


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Friday, October 15, 1999 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Features

Nights on the Town
ASP reporters hit the bars in search of a good time

Every year, UAlbany students head to local bars for enter-
tainment and relaxation. The ASP thought it necessary to
help students on their quest for the perfect destination, what-
ever the goal. So here it is, quick and easy: Albany Bar

Reviews.

The Tavern

The Tavern has just expanded and
has a great happy hour. Darts is a popu-
lar pastime here, but you may decide to
come just to chat with the friendly
bouncers and other staff members.
There is a selection of unusual shots and
mixed drinks, though the prices have
gone up since the remodeling, probably
to pay for the new shot girls. There’s a
serious lack of sitting space, but it’s still

pretty popular any night of the week.

Cafe Hollywood

Located on Lark Street, Cafe Hol-
lywood has a great Sunday 2-for-1 well
drink special. The four dart boards are
for developmental league play, and
there are two billiards tables, one
upstairs and one down. Watch out for
the biggest bouncers. They will scare
you. Cafe. Hollywood is a good meet-
your-friends location.

File Photo

Lionheart’s

Located on Lark Street, the main
problem. with this bar is its distance
from all the other bars. At Lionheart’s,
the beer is expensive but good. Here
you will find types of beer not carried at
other places. The bar is set up like the
coffee shop in “Friends,” with couch
cubicles designed to seat parties of peo-
ple. In the middle of the couches are
tables offering games such as Jenga.
Lionheart’s is the place for graduate stu-
dents and chill undergrads.

Partridge Pub

The Pub is a darker bar, fairly stan-
dard for the area, featuring good spe-
cials and bartenders with personality.
The age and style of its patrons varies
by the time of day or night. The jukebox
is loud and contains a choice of songs
for those with diverse musical tastes.
The dart boards are too inconsistent,
sometimes minor leagues, sometimes
the senior tour. For the bar-gamers,
there are two mega-touch machines.
Nothing to write home about.

Washington Tavern

WT’s, or just T’s, offers a great
happy hour with a pitcher of beer and
wings for less than $5. Darts is usually
competitive, and bouncers are abundant
and tough-to-trick. There’s a great juke-
box and straight-out-of-class style of
dress, with bright lighting accented by
polished brass. Summing up the T’s phi-
losophy on the back of the menu is
something like: “At T’s, there are no
strangers, ...only friends you have not
met.”

Sadie Klutz

Sadie’s is a drinker’s paradise fea-
turing the “Best Bartenders.” Tip well
and you’ll be treated to drinks that come
potent and often. There are two crowds,
one earlier for hardcore drinkers who
need to start at 3:00 in the afternoon,
and one starting later but lasting ‘til
dawn. Yeah, there are darts, and also
great food and TVs for sporting events.

Peabody’s

Peabody’s is a scaled-down version
of The Lamppost. The dimly-lit dance
floor offers increased hook-up potential.
The people here are generally slightly
older than those at The Lamppost.
Peabody’s offers good drink deals and is
the place to go if you like smaller bars
but still enjoy dancing.

The Lamppost/Oasis

A library card and a promise will
get you in the door of the center of the
Albany bar scene. The beer is cheap,
though Pataki’s law will put a stop to
the» traditional $5 all-you-can-drink
special on Friday and Saturday nights.
The upstairs has modern music, the
downstairs is a dance floor. The genders
are equally balanced, and everyone is
looking to get some nookie. Although
your chances of contracting an STD are
high, this is the place to go if you don’t
want to wake up in your bed.

The Long Branch

The Long Branch brings the feeling
of home to a bar. There are several
booths for seating and a good selection
of music. The drink deals are modest
but the availability of both genders
makes up for it. The Long Branch is
also close to Peabody’s so you can
always take a little walk if you feel like
dancing. Furthermore, this bar is clean,
which is always a bonus.

Smitty’s

Smitty’s is a dark little cellar of a
bar offering $1.50 Labatts and Rolling
Rocks every day of the week. Smitty’s
is relatively easy to get into, although
lately it has been tightening up security.
Smitty’s is the place to go for a guys’
night out, or the place to go after the
other bars have closed. There aren’t
many women at Smitty’s, and large men
accompany the ones that are there.
There is a jukebox, darts, and foosball.
Overall, Smitty’s is the place to go for a
beer with your friends but not for much

else.

Dancing Up a Storm

Club gives students a chance to learn the moves

By ROSE PARKER
Contributing Writer

“Wanna learn to Swing
Dance?” ask the fliers posted all
over campus by the Ballroom and
Latin Dance Club. The student
body has answered their question
with a resounding “Yes!”, judg-
ing by the turnout for the club’s
first meeting on Thursday, Octo-
ber 7.

There were approximately
75 undergraduates, graduate stu-
dents, and community members
in attendance, and over 50 of
those paid their fees for the
semester. The club’s Executive
Board considers that to be an
excellent achievement, especially
considering that nearly all of
those who attended were under-
graduates and not prior members.
“We were very excited to see so
many new people show up for the
lessons. The price is great, and

that’s probably a big motivator
for people to join,” explained
President Melissa Yan. “Plus, the
dancing is really fun and Swing is
especially popular right now.”
The club charges full-time  stu-
dents a $40 fee for eight lessons,
each lasting two hours and 15
minutes. This is an especially
low price made possible partly by
funding from the Student Associ-
ation and partly by Lorraine-
Michael’s Dance Studio, which
provides the lessons and gives
students an extra discount.
Lessons at most professional
dance studios would cost proba-
bly twice as much and wouldn’t
be nearly as long.

Also serving on the Execu-
tive Board with Yan are Vice-
President Andrea Saxe and Sec-
retary Daniel Davis. The group
plans to add a Treasurer, Web
master, and Historian in the
upcoming weeks. “We are offer-
ing lots of opportunities for stu-

dents to get involved,” said Yan.
“People can take a position on the
E-board, or they can volunteer to
help with events later this year.
There’s a lot to be done, so we
need a lot of help from our mem-
bers.”

The format of the lessons has
changed this year. In previous
years, the group has offered
beginning, intermediate, and
advanced lessons in consecutive
order. This year’s Executive
Board decided to shift the format
to a lesson in Swing, followed by
a Ballroom Dance lesson, and
concluding with a lesson in Latin
Dance. Additionally, the group
has reserved their dance studio
for extra time in order to allow
members some free time to prac-
tice after the lessons have ended.

At the first lesson, students
learned basic moves in East
Coast Swing, American Tango,
Waltz, and Meringue. Because
most students were new dancers

with little or no previous experi-
ence, the club plans to keep
lessons slow and basic for the
first few weeks. This allows new
students to get involved and those
who’ve already joined to master
the steps completely.

Junior Haley Mink attended
the first meeting. Though she’s
not new to dance, she’s new to
the club, but she felt comfortable
nonetheless. “Lorraine made it
very easy for us to meet people
because we had to switch part-
ners after every dance. People
were very friendly. Most of us
didn’t know anyone and a lot of
people didn’t know how to
dance,” she said.

“We’re hoping to see lots
more new people in the next
week or so. The club is a really
great way to meet new people
and you don’t need a partner, so
it’s very easy to join,” says Yan.
“We’re planning to have social
events like a Winter Ball and

Courtesy of Andrea Saxe

President Melissa Yan danced a
Tango at the Ballroom and Latin
Dance Club’s meeting on Octo-
ber 7.

some special events during class
time, such as an Aerials Class for
Swing. It should be really fun.”
Students interested the club
are welcome to join the lessons at
8:0 p.m. on Thursdays, in the
Dance Studio on the third floor of
the Old Gym. Questions can be e-mailed
to: as0505 @cnsvax.albany.edu


Features

Friday, October 15, 1999 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

5

Faerman Stays Accessible
UA gets new Dean of Undergraduate Student

I think I saw the opportunity. °

By LARRY PANETTA
Staff Writer

“T see my role as really being
an interface between students,
faculty, and university policies.
Students usually come here when
they are going up against the sys-
tem in some way,” said Sue Faer-
man, the new Dean of Under-
graduate Studies. “We try to
explain why the system works
the way it does, and try to help
students deal with the system
more effectively, by explaining
policies and procedures.” For
this reason, Dean Faerman stress-
es the “importance of being
accessible” in her position.

Faerman’s interest in the
Office of the Dean grew out of
her experiences of working in
government, and teaching in Pro-
ject Renaissance.
she was attracted to the position
because she sees UAlbany as a
research university “focusing on
undergraduate education,” which
she says is. not a commonality.
Faerman said, “One of the things
that interested me in the position
of Dean was the whole idea of
interacting with students. When I
taught Project Renaissance, one
of the nice things about it was the
interaction between students and
faculty, meeting in small groups,
and getting to know students in
ways that you do not necessarily
get to know them in a larger
‘classroom. Project Renaissance
is a living/learning opportunity,
and because of the topics taught
in Class, the nature of the interac-
tion ends up being a closer one,
than often happens in the class-

room.

Furthermore, |

to be in this office as a chance to
interact with undergraduates
beyond the classroom.”

Dean Faerman received her
B.S. in Applied Math and Statis-
tics from the State University of
New York at Stony Brook. Since
she knew that she wanted to work
in government, she then moved
to the Washington, D.C. area.
She started working in the non-
profit sector, and then worked for
the federal government as a com-
puter programmer. Meanwhile,

Faerman was busy earning her-

M.S. in Applied Math and Statis-

“IT saw the
opportunity to be in
this office as a
chance to interact
with undergraduates
beyond the class-

room.”

tics at George Washington Uni-
versity. She noted the impor-
tance for managers to know more
then just their technical area of
expertise, so she decided to study
the field of public administration.

In 1980, she came to the
University at Albany as a doctor-
al student. In 1987 she received
her doctorate in Public Adminis-
tration. Before becoming Dean,
Faerman was an Associate Pro-
fessor within the Public Adminis-
tration Department, teaching
courses in research methods,
management skill development,
and organization change and
development. She was also
involved in the Senate Councils
that designed and developed Pro-
ject Renaissance, so it came as no
surprise that when she was asked
to teach Project Renaissance she
enthusiastically agreed to the job.

Faerman’s goals for the posi-
tion of Dean include reducing the
amount of red tape bureaucracy,
to serve students more effective-
ly. In addition to supporting the
various departments in raising
standards and increasing quality
instruction, Faerman is currently
working with the College of Arts
and Sciences to increase the

opportunities for honors seminars

and other opportunities to
enhance the classroom experi-
ence.

In her work, Faerman says
that some of her daily challenges
include time management, espe-
cially making sure that student,
faculty, and administration needs
are met. Also, there is the chal-

lenge of developing a new gener-

al education program, and hand-
ing it in to SUNY Central. There
are two reasons SUNY Central

wants UAlbany to revise its gen-

eral education program. First,
SUNY Central wants to establish
greater consistency across the
various SUNY campuses, so if a
student attends a two-year school
and then transfers to a four year
school, such as UAlbany, there is
some assurance that the general
education credits would transfer.
Second, SUNY Central wants to
equalize the value of the general
education credits, since different
campuses have different require-
ments, and some campuses have
requirements that are not as rig-
orous as others.

“T think that this is really an
exciting time at the University,
between the changes we are
going to experience as the build-
ings become refurbished, and

new buildings come on line,

which support the academic pro-
gram,” explained Faerman. She
plans to establish “more efforts to
engage undergraduates in all dif-
ferent activities, such as intern-
ships, research, and _— study
abroad... opportunities that don’t
just happen in the classroom.
More and more students will
really think about their education
in different ways.”

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Five Quad Helps Students
_ Ambulance service ts fast and free

By KELLy M. BECKER
Contributing Writer

I'll never forget that one
early morning last year when I
woke up with a terrible pain in
my side. I could barely get up
out of bed. A friend suggested
calling Five Quad Ambulance
Service. Sure. enough, within
less than five minutes of my
phone call, I was whisked away
to the hospital, with what was
later identified as a kidney stone.

Five Quad Ambulance Ser-
vice has benefited the University
community for 25 years now and
is located -at the University
Health Center. “What many stu-
dents don’t realize. is that Five
Quad is a free EMS service to
students, and we respond much
faster than the city ambulances
do,” said Five Quad President
George Etzel. An ambulance bill
just for transportation to the hos-
pital is between $300 and $500.
Five Quad can reach anywhere

on campus within two minutes, »

and can even make it to Alumni
Quad within four minutes. Scott
Jakubek, a Junior and Computer
Science major, said, “It’s really
great that we have an ambulance
service that is like this, and that
we don’t have to worry about our
parents getting a giant bill a
month down the road.”

Five Quad handles many dif-
ferent kinds of emergencies
around the campus and commu-
nity. There is always a dispatch-
er on call, as well as at least two
people waiting to respond to calls
for help. When responding to an
emergency, a driver, crew chief,
and one or two attendants are
present. Calls vary from cut fin-
gers to full code cardiac arrest.
When asked what he expects
from a call, Etzel said, “There
really aren’t ever any two calls
that are alike. Every call is
unique, and requires just as much
attention as the one before or
after it.”

Etzel and his crew have been
involved in some very serious
emergencies. Between a six-car
accident and performing artificial
respiration on one victim, there
isn’t much that he hasn’t seen.
As the weather seasons change,

so do the emergencies to which
Five Quad responds. Ankle and
knee injuries, as well as flu-cold
symptoms, and even diabetic
emergencies happen more fre-
quently depending on the season.

Currently, Five Quad has
about 100 volunteers and has just
picked up some new recruits for
this semester as well. At the
beginning of each semester, the
group holds a general interest
meeting and a membership drive,
during which time applications -
from interested students are

~ accepted. There begins an inter-

viewing process to select stu-
dents who are serious about join-
ing this organization. Applicants
much complete an informal inter-
view, and of 100 students, 30 are
usually selected.

The ‘interviewing process is
crucial for choosing dedicated
students who will be successful
in serving the student body in
emergencies. “They were so
friendly and nice, and made me
feel so comfortable. When I
called them for help, they really
calmed me down a lot,” said
Junior Kristina Huang.

To join Five Quad you need
no certification, but there is a
lengthy process of certifications
you must acquire. During the
first semester with the group, stu-
dents are placed on probation and
obtain certification in First Aid,
CPR, and train as dispatchers.
The following semester, they

_ serve as dispatchers and have the

option of taking the EMT course.
Students are not allowed to ride
in the ambulance without becom-
ing an EMT first. Once a student
becomes an EMT, he/she next
becomes an attendant, and stays
an attendant until being promot-
ed to crew chief or driver.

“We provide a fast and free
service to the University commu-
nity. We’re helping make our
campus a safer place, and with
dedicated volunteers we can bet-
ter serve the community in every
way possible,” Etzel said.

Students can reach Five
Quad in an emergency by dialing
911 or calling 442-5151. Stu-
dents interested in getting
involved with Five Quad are
always welcome and should call
442-5555.

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Features

By HEATHER VALENTINE
Contributing Writer

Philosophers. agree that
Jacques Derrida is one of the
most influential thinkers of the
last half of the twentieth century.
He is considered the father of the
deconstructionist movement,
which is how he came to promi-
nence in America. On Monday,
October I! he gaye a lecture on
deconstructionism and the future
of the University at. UAlbany’s
Page Hall on the Downtown
Campus.

Derrida Comes to UAlbany

Premier philosopher gives students something to think about

&

Derrida began studying phi-
losophy in 1952 at the Ecole
Normale Superieure in Paris,
where he would later teach for
twenty years. However, his study
was not without its failures. On
three separate occasions, he
experienced nervous collapse
and had to give up the entrance
exam.

At the time of his study,
French philosophy was undergo-
ing transformation. Many of
Derrida’s peers were influenced
by the Stalinized Communist

Party in France. Derrida himself —

was skeptical,though, and from

Getting Down to Business

Competitive Business
Department Ranks Highly

By JANA FRIEDMAN
Staff Writer

Albany may have lost its #1
party school status, but the
School of Business has its own
impressive statistics. Recruiters
ranked the University’s Manage-
ment Information Systems pro-
gram among the top ten national-
ly in “Computerworld” maga-
zine. Out of 750, UAlbany ranks
71st in the nation in partners with
Big Six accounting firms and has
the most partners of any SUNY
School. And to top it off Albany

has placed in the top 10% -of

schools in the country in pass
rates on the CPA exam over the
past 10 years.

Within the School of Busi-
ness there are several depart-
ments, or concentrations. The
Finance department provides stu-
dents with a basic level of knowl-
edge in each of the three branch-
es of finance: financial. markets
and institutions, — corporate
finance, and investments. How-
ever, this ts abasic level of
knowledge and it is recommend-
ed students get an internship to
gain real-life experience and
make contacts in the field.

According to “Money” mag-
azine, Marketing is considered
one of the top ten careers of the
21st century. By 2005, “Money”
predicts a 47% increase in mar-
keting and marketing manage-
ment jobs. Here, students study
well-known companies and go

over the successes and failures of

each. Students following this cur-
‘riculum are given the opportunity
to design and:develop new prod-
ucts and advertising strategies.
Successful projects have even
been used in real businesses
within the capital district.
Management Science and
Information Systems is another
popular department. MSI utilizes
computers and technology to col-
lect companies’ raw information
and make it useful. Students in
this concentration do a lot of pre-
sentations and projects, and learn
how to work as a team. Nearly
everything the students work: on
is based around using computers.
But don’t worry, you don’t need
an extensive computer back-
ground to be successful in MSI.

There is also a 3-credit course
available that is. basically a
“crash-course” in computers.

The Accounting program is
among only a few in the United
States to have been accredited by
the American Assembly of Colle-
giate Schools of Business, the
International Association for
Management Education.

Most of the business classes

are in the Business Administra-

tion building, which provides a
friendly, social atmosphere. The
classes are small, with between
30 and 50 students in each. So
how does one get in? Here’s
where it gets tricky. A Freshman
may be admitted during his or her
orientation conference. To stay in
the School of Business, students
must maintain an overall GPA of
3.0, with a 2.7 in the required
core courses for business.

Juniors who did not apply as
Freshmen must maintain the
GPA and meet all requirements.
If these requirements are met,
Juniors can then apply.

The credit requirement for
an undergraduate degree is the
same as any other major. Every-
one needs 120 credits to gradu-
ate, except accounting students.
New York State is planning to
adopt the 150-credit requirement
for admission to the CPA exami-
nation. Students that are planning
to take this exam will be asked to
take the additional credits. If you
think this means you, you should
see your advisor. The extra 30
credits could mean another year
here at UAlbany. :

An anonymous graduate of ,
University. of Pennsylvania's:

Wharton School of. Business
recently had an interesting situa-
tion. When applying for a job
after graduation, he went on
many interviews. He was on his
third interview with a large com-
pany. He did not get the job, and

‘found out that it went to a UAI-

bany graduate instead. “I was
shocked, because I went to
Wharton. I don’t hold any preju-
dices against the SUNY system,
but let’s be realistic, its not Whar-
ton.”

Apparently, the company
didn’t care whether new hires
came from SUNY or UPenn.
Quite a statement for Albany.

this skepticism evolved the theo-
ry of deconstructionism. At this
time he published three books,
which helped to define the idea:
Of Grammatology; Speech and

Phenomenon; and Writing and a
Difference. The essence of

deconstructionism is that it chal-
lenges the idea that language has
a unified and unchanging mean-
ing. Deconstruction gave hope to
the disillusionment created by
communism in France.

Since 1986, Derrida has
been Professor of Philosophy,
French and Comparative Litera-
ture at the University of Califor-
nia, Irvine. He has also taught at
Yale and Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. He also devotes time travel-
ing to universities across the
country to discuss his philoso-
phies and their applications.
Within the past few years, he has
started to answer some criticism
of the political implications of
deconstructionism through pub-
lications such as Politics of

Friendship and Specters of Marx.

In spite of this criticism, he has
gained the respect of his contem-
poraries. In 1992 he received
honorary distinguishment at
Cambridge University.
Throughout-his life, Derrida
has been an “activist-theorist.” In
1981, he founded the Jan Hus
Association to help persecuted
Czech intellectuals. He has also

advocated education reform in.

France and has fought for the
rights of Algerian immigrants in
France, himself being Algerian-
born. It is clear that the basis of
his philosophy was heavily influ-
enced by historical context, from
its beginnings to the timing of
some of his publications. His
essays have deconstructed

thought of philosophers from the

structuralist school, such as Plato
and Rousseau. By deconstructing
the works of previous scholars,
he shows how language has
shifted. This also shows how lIan-
guage and literature can have
more than one legitimate inter-
pretation. His ideas have been

Jacques Derrida, U. of
California Urban, is one of
the most influential
thinkers of the last half of
the twentieth century.
Derrida developed through
his study the theory of
deconstructionism.

applied to language, linguistics,
law, and architectural research
with far-reaching impact.

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Friday, October 15, 1999 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 7

SEX, SUDS & THE SUNY STUDENT

CU IJDDLE
. EARTH

MIDDLE
EARTH ROOTS

By DANNY TRUJILLO, PH.D.,
AND ANNIE ROSIN

Sometimes the first lesson
learned in college is the percep-
tion that everyone in college
drinks alcohol. Even when we’re
in high school, we may hear
about college parties, and drink-
ing may become a part of our
own stereotypes about college
students before we even arrive on
campus. Movies and popular
media can help reinforce these
stereotypes. The presence of
alcohol within college life may
be a reality for some, yet students
often overestimate the amount
and frequency with which others
actually use alcohol. This mis-
perception can overshadow the
reality of alcohol use and its role
on campus. While heavy drink-
ing might seem to be a typical
activity for the average student,
it’s actually not the norm at all!
While 94% of UAlbany first year
students believe the average stu-
dent drinks alcohol at least once a
week or more, a majority of UAI-
bany students (85%) classify
themselves as either abstainers
from alcohol or moderate social
drinkers (CORE survey, 1998).

Alcohol is also associated
with missed classes and poor per-
formance on tests and projects.
The number of alcoholic drinks

consumed per week is clearly
related to lower GPAs. In the
Core Alcohol and Drug Survey of
56,000 college students, students
who reported D and F grade point
averages consumed an average of
11 alcoholic drinks per week,
while those who earned mostly
As consumed only 3 drinks per
week.

Alcohol use may also affect
sexual decisions and behavior.
Forty-five percent of college stu-
dents report having had sex after
drinking alcohol when_ they
might have otherwise not have
desired to do so (Bloch & Unger-
leider, 1986). The United States
Center for Substance Abuse Pre-
vention (1993) reported that 41%
of college students reported that
they had engaged in sexual activ-
ity after consuming alcohol with-
out the use of condoms or other
contraceptives they would nor-
mally use.

' Those students who drink
five or more drinks on one occa-
sion (for males) or four or more
drinks (for females) are classified
as “binge drinkers” and are more
likely to experience the negative
personal and social consequences
associated with alcohol use. On
college campuses where the
binge drinking rate is high, the
vast majority of students (87%)
have experienced one or more
problems as a result of their
peers’ binge drinking, including
physical assaults, sexual harass-
ment and rape (Wechsler, 1995).
Students at schools with high lev-

els of binge drinking are three
times more likely to report being

hit, pushed, sexually assaulted or

experience an unwanted sexual
advance by other students who
had been drinking than their
counterparts who reside at
schools with less drinking
(Wechsler, 1994). In a study of
students who had been victims of
some type of sexual aggression
while in college, from rape to
intimidation and illegal restraint,
the women surveyed reported
that 68% of the male assailants
had been drinking at the time of
the attack (Frintner & Rubinson,
1993). Excessive alcohol use has
been shown to exacerbate prob-
lems with interpreting and
obtaining sexual consent (Finn,
1995). These results illustrate
that everyone in the campus com-
munity can be affected by exces-
sive alcohol use, whether it is
their own or other’s drinking.

These are statistics, but they
represent the experiences of real
people. Perhaps as you are read-
ing this you have thought about
your own alcohol-related experi-
ences or those of friends or rela-
tives. How has alcohol affected
your life? Alcohol has been a
part of human cultures since
ancient times; it can be used
responsibly, or it can be abused
and have devastating conse-
quences.

From October 17 to 26, UAI-
bany will be hosting the Ninth
Annual Alcohol Responsibility
Week, which is coordinated by

the University Counseling Cen- 4

ter. During this week Middle
Earth Peer Assistance Program
and the University Counseling
Center invite you to attend pro-
grams, speakers, and workshops
are scheduled on a number of
alcohol-related topics. For details
on the programming schedule,
please call the Counseling Center
at 442-5800 or stop by the recep-
tion desk on the' second floor of
the Health and Counseling Build-
ing. One of the highlights of the
week will be a presentation by
Mark Sterner, a member of Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity who
attended the University of Con-
necticut; the program will take
place in the Campus Center Ball-
room at 8:00 PM on Tuesday,
October 26. Mark’s presentation,
“DUI: A Powerful Lesson,” is a
gripping account of the impact of
a drunk driving incident on a
group of fraternity brothers and
their friends. On the final night
of a spring break trip to Florida,
an intoxicated Mark was behind
the wheel with four of his frater-
nity brothers when the car he was
driving was involved in an acci-
dent. Three of his fraternity
brothers died. His program helps
his audience to better understand
how a single bad decision can
forever alter the course of an
individual’s life.

If you suspect that you or
someone you care about has a
problem with alcohol or other
drugs, the staff of the University
Counseling Center are willing to

“Students
Helping
Students”

HOTLINE: 442-5777
Mon.-Thurs. Noon-Midnight
Weekends - 24 hours

INFO-TAPE LINE: 442-5893
WORKSHOPS: 442-5891

TRAINING PROGRAMS: 442-5890

help; to make an appointment,
please call’442-5800. The Mid-
dle Earth Peer Assistance Hot
line is also available if you want
to talk; the number is 442-5777.
Off-campus resources include
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA);
many AA meetings (as well Nar-
cotics Anonymous meetings and
groups for adult children of alco-
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Masters of Indian Music
Play UAlbany

By Topp YELLIN
Staff Writer

Living legend of Indian
music, sitarist Nayan Ghosh, cap-
tivated the audience in the Per-
forming Arts Center Recital Hall
on October 8 in an event spon-
sored by the Indian Student Asso-
ciation. Backed by a pair of fellow
Indian music maestros, he created
a mystical world with the varied
sounds of his sitar as the trio per-
formed three separate pieces.

During the performance,
Ghosh plucked and strummed the
seven-stringed sitar, the long-
necked, arch-fretted principal
instrument of Indian music. Its
body is fashioned from a gourd
that is approximately split in half.
Adding a hypnotic ambiance to
the sitar is a series of sympathetic
strings that run under the frets and
provide soft harmonic tones when
the instrument is played. Thomas
Koss provided drone accompani-
ment on the four-stringed lute-like
tanpura (also tambura), which

ships are already determinedda
sort of éscale-cum-melody.’ How-
ever, it is, as he explained, much
more specialized than the modes
familiar to Westerners music-lis-
teners. The raga is based around a
specific, unchanging scale, with
the center note maintained
throughout the piece by the tanpu-
ra.

Ragas typically start with
sitar and tanpura improvising in
free time until the tabla comes in,
establishing the metrical pattern.
The interlocking parts pick up
momentum until they reach a fre-
netic, fantastic conclusion that, if
performed faultlessly, is believed
to have magical powers. As
Nayan indicated, there are ragas
for every time of the day (early
morning, late morning, early
afternoon, and so on), as well as
for every season of the year. The
first raga they played, “Yaman,”
was for the evening prayer time,
and was played to “create a mood
of devotion.” The second raga,
“Desh,” pertained to a monsoon,
and consisted of both sharp and

resembles a sitar in design, but
lacks sympathetic strings and 1s
played more upright. Mallar
Ghosh provided the rhythmic
cycle, or tala, for the trio, thumb-
ing, tapping, and thrumming the
hand-played pair of drums known
as tabla. The larger left-hand
drum, or bonya, is the bass, while
the smaller right-hand drum, also
called tabla, is the tenor, and the
two compliment each other beau-
tifully.

The trio formed the Indian
classical ensemble, which Ghosh
pointed out in his brief pre-show
lesson in Indian music. He then
launched into the first piece, a
long, dynamic, and explosive
mode known as a raga. The raga,
a staple of the North Indian Hin-
dustani music tradition, is a
melodic type which provides a
general framework for improvisa-
tion. It consists of a sequence of

seven notes whose interrelation-
s

flat 7th notes to evoke the image
and sound of a violent storm. In
this piece was an extended tabla
solo that displayed enough skill,
feeling, and flavor to impress a
studio conga-player, let alone any-
one with an ear for rhythmic
finesse. In the end of both ragas,
Nayan and Maller were almost
clairvoyant in their interplay, and
created a spontaneous musical
energy that could easily be called
sublime.

Nayan sang on the last piece,
a baul, or Bengali folk song once
performed by wandering min-
strels. He first told the story
behind the lyrics — that of a man
who waited alone to cross the
river of life and was finally guid-
ed by the grace of the Guru, a god-
like figure of Indian religion. The
audience was doubtless moved by
the trio’s music, and guided by
their spiritual and musical grace.

Terror Squad Busts Out With New Album

By CARLOS ACEVEDO
Staff Writer

“Triz!” Straight outta the
Boogie Down Bronx comes six
of its finest sons. That’s right,
The Terror Squad (T.S.) has
blessed us with their first full-
length compilation, “Terror
Squad: The Album.” Prospect,
Triple Seis, Armageddon, Cuban
Link, Big Pun, and the Don him-
self Fat Joe are bringing the
ruckus to our ears with this
album. This group compilation
follows the multi-platinum suc-
cess of Big Pun as well as the
gold status of the squads leader
Fat Joe, showing that the Squad
has mo intent on stopping any
time soon.

According to Fat Joe (Joseph
Cartagena) this album is just a
taste of what’s to come. Soon all
members will release solo efforts
and show that Latinos are making
a full invasion on the Rap scene.
As a group or individuals, T-.S.
makes sure that their lyrics are
nothing but sick. That was
demonstrated on the now classic
“Capital Punishment,” Big Pun’s
multi platinum solo debut.

This album is no different,
“Terror Squad: The Album” com-
bines the squad in different ways
in each song, giving each one a
different feel. “Pass the Glock” is
the only song that features all six
members of the Squad. With fly
beats and outstanding lyricist
skills this album is sure to go
Platinum. “Terror Squad: The
Album” dispels any doubt that
anyone may have in the skill of

these Bronx natives.

Coming off with an out-
standing solo track is Cuban
Link. “All around the World”
sums up the attitude and demon-
strates the fast flowing skill that
this Cubano possesses. “This
goes out to the Players, Thugs,
Hustlers, and Pimps...all around
the world. “ Triple Seis’ effort
“War” has the aggressive under-
tone that only he could bring. The
beat gives a straight out Godfa-
ther feel. But all other solos aside
the one that definitely stands out
is, big surprise, Big Pun.
“Whatcha Gon Do” has a beat
that has an imperial mood of Wu-
Tang’s Rza. This track removes
any doubts that anyone has of
Pun. He is without a doubt one of

the greatest lyricists ever.

The one downside of the
album is the absence of any
straight party hits like, “Glamour
Life” or “Triz” that were present
on Pun’s and Joe’s albums. How-
ever, this album is strictly from
the street and it shows. The Ter-
ror Squad will keep showing
America that Latin rappers have
great skills and are here to take
the game over.

Is it worth buying? Definite-
ly. The beats, lyrics, variety make
it likeable to everyone. Anyone
who likes rap can identify with
someone in the Terror Squad, and
that’s why, like the Wu-Tang
Clan, the Terror Squad will
become the next great Rap
dynasty.

Violence 1n the

By GrecG C. HEVIA
Staff Writer

The last year of this millen-
nium has been one of the scariest
imaginable, especially when it
comes to violence in a school set-
ting. It seems like every week, a
new school is subject to a dis-
gruntled child with an Uzi. Usu-
ally the first, question posed after
each of these shootings is “Why
did they do it?” The first thing
NRA-loving, God-fearing con-
servatives look at is the child’s
CD collection. The first thing the
NEA-loving democrats look at is
the child’s gun collection. What
we all turn our backs on are the
underlying social earthquakes
that help cause these events in
our schools.

Let’s face the facts. It is not
the availability of guns that is the
problem. The problem with guns
is their increasing ability to kill.
If the children at Columbine had
to use black powder rifles or six-
shooters then they probably
would not have gotten the chance
to reload before being subdued
by their classmates.

Media: Is It Really Their Fault?

On television, one can easily
view violence. A long time ago
in the fifties and sixties, TV
deaths looked fake, but now spe-
cial effects make them look more
realistic. The irony of all of this
is that even though there can be
mass murder on television, one
cannot swear. That word cannot
even be printed here. So what
television is saying is that sticks
and stones can’t break your
bones but words will always hurt
you. No movie pointed out this
irony of the United States quite
as well as the highly intelligent
“South Park” movie, “Bigger,
Longer & Uncut,” in which the
U.S. goes to war so that children
won’t have to hear foul language
on television.

The media has a tendency to
give the public what it wants. If
the media doesn’t, no one gets
paid and there is no more media.
It is the people of this country
who have demanded violent pic-
tures be smothered in politically
correct language. The media just
supplied the demand. The ques-
tion is: Why do people appear to
want violence?

Perhaps it’s due to the nature

of the child to rebel against their
parents. Our parents and the par-
ents of Generation X were peace-
loving hippies. They did not
want war they wanted love. We
in turn want a war-like atmos-
phere in order to rebel against
them. This demand for violence
surfaced in action movies and in
the lyrics of grunge and rap, all
sharing a “hate the world” men-
tality. Our parents wanted world
love and we ask for world hate.
As a result of this there is the
creation of a generation, that has
grown up entirely on realistic TV
violence and hate. These chil-
dren express their hate by hurting
others. Nothing has ever been
done to stop this because vio-
lence is what makes money.
Who watches Jerry Springer for
the engaging plot? No one. We
watch it for the fights. The mon-
sters that created Columbine and
similar tragedies at countless
other schools across. the nation
are monsters of our own making.
The media and entertainment
industries are not to blame; they
are merely faithful messengers of
what the people want to see.


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Are you on a Quest?

One Writer's Journey Towards Enlightenment

By CARLA GABRIS
Contributing Writer

Have you ever been unsure
about doing something? Have
you ever considered taking part in
some kind of adventure? If so,
you’re not alone. Everyday of
our lives, we are forced to make
decisions: some minor, some
major. A couple of weeks ago, I
was forced to make a decision.
Although relatively minor, the
decision had a big impact on me.
I had recently been getting into
yoga, and when I saw the fliers
around campus for a yoga retreat
that only cost $40, I thought that
I'd like to go. I had no hesitation
when making this decision.

The way I saw it, there
would be nothing better than
retreating into the woods to meet
a bunch of cool yogis, and just
have a relaxing weekend. But
when the day of the retreat
arrived, I became hesitant. I had
some uncomfortable feelings
about not knowing anyone, and
being stuck in the middle of
nowhere for an entire weekend. I
had already gone home for a cou-
ple of weekends, and I felt I had
not experienced enough of the
“Albany scene” yet. My mind
jumped back and forth about a
thousand times before I came to
my final decision. Upon realizing
what a unique opportunity was at
hand, and realizing that there
were four years of Albany week-
ends ahead of me, I decided to go.

The car ride to northern
Pennsylvania was great. The
scenery was gorgeous, and I had
some great conversations with the
other three “Albanites” who
decided to go. When we finally
arrived at “The Quest,” (the cen-
ter where the retreat was held),
we were greeted by a man in a
long, bright orange robe. It turns
out that he was a monk, and lives
at the center, teaching groups of
people (such as ours) yoga and
meditation. In fact, most of the
instructors at the retreat were
monks who dedicate their lives to
the practices of yoga and medita-
tion.

We were the first group to

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arrive at the Quest, so we relaxed,
cooked ourselves a nice healthy
dinner, and waited for the rest of
the groups to come. It wasn’t
until eleven that other groups
started arriving. By 1 am, all
twenty students were there.
There were students from a vari-
ety of schools; UMass, Yale,
Brown, American University,
Penn State, and George Washing-
ton University.

After everyone introduced
themselves, we went to bed
because the next morning we
would have to wake up at 6a.m.
for our first yoga session.
Believe it or not, waking up that
early wasn’t hard. It was such a
beautiful morning, and I felt I was
amongst such a cool group of
people, that I wanted to get the
most out of the day. In each class
we did about an hour of yoga,
then some chanting, concluded by
silent meditation. We would do
this three times a day, with some
variations, depending on_ the
instructor.

In addition to the yoga and
meditation, there were other
activities. We had organized dis-
cussions about the world, our
society, and spirituality. We had
plenty of free time to roam
around the beautiful countryside,
look at shooting stars, and take
long walks in the woods. We also
had wonderful meals, all consist-
ing of excellent fresh health food
from the garden located right at
the Quest.

One of my favorite parts of
the retreat was the activity we did
the final night. Everyone sat in a
circle on the floor in the room
where we did our meditation and
yoga, and under candle-light,
read poetry or sang songs that
they wrote. The amount of talent
was incredible. It was so inspira-
tional to be amongst such gifted
individuals.

The retreat ended with an
open reflective discussion about
what our thoughts on the week-
end were. Everyone seemed to
get a lot out of it. For most, it was
more than a relaxing weekend. It
was an introspective and spiritual
journey. Anyone who is at all
interested in yoga is welcome to
attend The Renaissance Club’s
regular meetings and free yoga
sessions on Wednesday Nights
from 7:30-9p.m. in Humanities 132.

The Simpsons:
An All-American Family

By Net BAREISH
Contributing Writer

You grew up with them. You
emulated their behavior. You
bought their merchandise. No
wonder its so painful to see the
decline of “The Simpsons” after
eleven hilarious years.

When the new writers were
brought in last season, there was
a noticeable decline in quality
almost immediately. Along with
countless other Simpsons fans, I
expected the season premiere to
recapture the characters’ charis-
ma that has drawn in so many
fans. For those of you that caught
the Sunday night Fox cartoon,
you know that this was not the
case.

Unfortunately, the new writ-
ers on the show have not been
able to pick up on the writing for-
mula that has brought the show
success for over a decade. They

seem lost, and are relying on
celebrity cameos to boost ratings.
Maybe if they watched some old
tapes of the show, the writers
could pinpoint exactly what the
writing had in the past that made
the members of the Simpson
family what they are today:
American icons.

For anyone that has been
watching the show since its earli-
er years, you know the evolution
of this all-American family all
too well. During the first few sea-
sons, the show was centered
round that rambunctious grade-
schooler, Bart. Then as the show
progressed and America became
tired of hearing “Don’t have a
cow man” and “Aye Carumba..”
Soon after, the focus of the show
switched over to Homer, the
stereotypical lazy American
worker with a bad comb-over and
a “healthy” beer-drinking habit.

It’s unfortunate that the new
writers are now trying to throw

too much into the time frame of a
half-hour animated sitcom. It
hurts to say this, but this could
very well mean the end of a sta-
ple to everyone’s Sunday night
viewing pleasure. At least when
that day comes we’ ll have the re-
runs to remind us of the good old
days.

Maybe if they
watched some old
tapes of the show,
the writers could
pinpoint exactly

what the writing had
in the past that
made the members
of the Simpson
family what they
are today:

American icons.

Cheers Albany, this is The London Suede
New Album full of Head Music

By KATHRYN MCCARTHY
Contributing Writer

This past May saw the emer-
gence of “Head Music,” the latest
release from divinely decadent
and provocative British outfit,
The London Suede. Known sim-
ply as ‘Suede’ in the UK, the
group first seduced the US in
1993 with their self-titled debut
album while marking the path for
subsequent bands like Oasis and
Blur. Well-heeled front man
Brett Anderson, both kooky and
cocky, is a glamorous mutation of
the Brit-pop rock star America
has been crushing over since
Beatlemania broke.

Here in Albany where most
radio stations feature rap or
‘modern rock’ (as they like to call
it), checking out The London
Suede just might do the trick for
those bored of hearing ‘uh,
what?’ and sitting through pre-
dictable and repetitive guitar
rifts. |The new record bril-
liantly fulfills its agenda, includ-
ing thirteen tracks that are glam-
orously modern, shamelessly
poppy, and saturated with the
casual sexuality that has lured
and endured throughout the
nineties.

For those of you unacquaint-
ed with The London Suede, terms
like ‘glam rock’ and ‘Brit-pop,’
both spawned and spurned by the
band, are convenient classifica-
tions, but do injustice to these
virtuosos of rock. The record has
been in the works since the mid-
dle of 1998 and is produced by
Steve Osborne, who has taken the
place of former Suede producer
Ed Buller. The change is notice-
able in every track, particularly in
“Savoir Faire.” Admittedly his

favorite, Anderson describes the
song as “sort of mechanical but
quite groovy at the same time.”

The first single from the
album, “Electricity,” oozes that
potent and, well, electric appeal
that Suede is renowned for.
Other tracks like “She’s in Fash-
ion,’ “Can’t Get Enough,” and
“Hi-Fi” give first-timers a sense
of the slinky hedonism and
wicked indifference crucial to the
‘Suede’ attitude. The London
Suede is also keen on melodra-
ma, as can be heard in “Down,”
“He’s Gone,” and “Everything
Will Flow,” each respectively
mesmerizing. The London Suede
is about good music and glamour,
the ability to be recklessly
charming while maintaining the
staying-power of other main-
stream bands — showing every-
one that you can have an authen-
tically good time looking danger-
ously attractive and criminally
chic.

If Head Music moves, you to
curiosity, The London Suede’s
past albums include “Dog Man

Star” (1994), “Coming Up”
(1996), and a 27 track double
disk set entitled “Sci-fi Lulla-
bies” released in 1997. And
don’t forget the pop masterpiece
“Suede; therr “first “record
released in 1993.

The album features the tal-
ents of Richard Oakes (who
replaced guitarist Bernard Butler,
now solo), bassist Mat Osman,
drummer Simon Gilbert, and
Neil Codling on keyboards
(every good band should have a
synthesizer, c’mon now..) The
overall sound of the record is a
modern concoction of both fash-
ionable coyness and roguish
effrontery. Oakes’ guitar sounds
are manic and intoxicating as
Anderson delivers his well-
developed and peerless vocal
powers. Exclusive and exquisite
are the sounds of The London
Suede, and Head Music is a per-
fect means to finding out. We all
know you don’t have to be a
British rock star to be cool... but
it sure does help.

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By JESSICA LAFEX
Contributing Writer

Libra
(September 23 - October 22)
Life continues to go smoothly this
week. Enjoy this relaxing time,
but stay on top of things. Life’s a
lot more enjoyable when there’s
nothing to worry about.

Scorpio
(October 23 - November 21) A
recent goodbye leaves you feeling
pretty lonely. Reach out to your
fricnds this week and let them
help you remember what life’s
about and that life really does go
on.

Sagittarius
(November 22 - December 21)
You took a major step in your life
last week, and it’s taking more
time than you thought to adjust.
It’s okay to take your time.
Remember that.

Capricorn
(December 22 - January 19)
You’ ve been getting behind lately.
It’s time to reexamine your goals
and decide what’s really impor-
tant to you. (Do you really need
to run for SA vice-president?)
Start making decisions you can
live with.

Aquarius
(January 20 -. February--18)
Recent conflicts in your-life arc a
sure sign you need to start getting
yourself back on track. Step back,
take a deep breath, and go slow.

Pisces
(February 19 - March 20) This
week, you start t6 experience a lit-
tle “cabin fever.” This is life’s
way of telling you that you need
to get more involved. Join a

group. Volunteer. Do some-
thing!
Aries

(March 21 - April 19) This
recent “me time” you’ve been
revolving around starts to get
old this week. Call your friends,
do something fun, and remind
yourself why you love them so

much.

Taurus
(April 20 - May 20) Someone
from your past (an old room-
mate? an ex-significant other?)
reenters your life this week
seeking something from you.
It’s your choice how to handle it,
so follow your heart.
Gemini

(May 21 - June 20) Life seems
almost too good to be true late-
ly. Remember to keep this all in
perspective and to ground your-
self from time to time.

Cancer
(June 21 - July 22) Your life
seems to be moving full speed
ahead. Remember: You are in
control. Don’t let this week’s
sharp turns surprise you. Stay one
step ahead.

Leo

(July 23 - August 22) It’s time to
get moving! You’ve been think-
ing about doing something (exer-
cising?, studying?), but you keep
putting it off. Now’s your chance.
Call a friend and do it together.

Virgo

(August 23 - September 22) You

have come into some juicy infor-
mation you aren’t supposed to
know. Before you start blabbing
this gossip, keep in mind the last
time someone spilled your big
secret...

ACROSS

1. Obey a red light

5. Walking stick

9. Also

12. Dwell

13. Unlock

14. Total up

15. Angers

16. Brought back to a former
condition

18. Showing the effects of a fend-
er bender .

20. Five and __ variety store

21. Where the sun rises

23. Relaxes

27. Garment worn with a tie

30. You and I

32. Tender

33. Boy

34. Moonshiner’s apparatus
37. Regret

38. Pub orders

40. Go __, continue

41. Was in play

43. Item in a garden

45. Wicked

47. Picasso’s field

49. Worships

53. Gets ready

57. Drug store fountain drink
58. Listening organ

59. Bear’s den, usually

60. Level

61. “Yes” vote

62. Seeing organs”

63. Cause to go

. Slipped

. Grow weary

. Baking appliance

. Annot

. Thin ropes

. Imitate

. Bird’s homes

. Come in

. Paving goo

10. Lyric poem

11. Unusual

17. Singletons

19. Has dinner

22. Strong, twisted string
24. Type; ilk

25. Loyal

26. Plant beginning

27. Smack

28. Corridor

29. Brainstorm

31. Overhead railroad
35. As far as

36. Deposited (eggs)
39. Break sharply in two
42. Shuts :
44. Barely perceptible. amount
46. Flower holders

48. Waiter’s server

50. Wander

51. Genesis garden

52. Hourglass contents
53. Small pod vegetable
54. Dancer Bolger ~
55. Before: poetic

56. Night before a holiday

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By AuDRA LEVITT
Contributing Writer

A good comedy is truly hard
to find, and keeping that in mind
this week’s review focuses on the
new film “Superstar,” starring
Saturday Night Live members
Molly Shannon and Will Ferrel.
Following in the long-standing
tradition of SNL legends, like
Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy,
“Superstar” is an attempt to bring
Shannon’s talents to the big
screen. The movie revolves
around Molly Shannon’s most
well known sketch character, the
hilarious and overwhelmingly
frustrated Catholic schoolgirl
Mary Katherine Gallagher.

The film takes the clever and
boisterously entertaining charac-
ter of Gallagher and brings her
comedic potential to new heights.
Molly Shannon truly is rib-crack-

ingly funny, and in the end it is
clear how talented this comedi-
enne really is. This film is full of
clever dialog and even funnier
antics but needless to say it takes
a certain humor to fully under-
stand and appreciate “Superstar.”

The movie is the story of
Mary Katherine Gallagher, a
young Catholic school girl who
radiates sexual frustration and
only focuses on her dream of
being a superstar. Mary Kather-
ine will do anything to be noticed
in a school where she is definite-
ly on the lower end of the social
ladder. The only thing she wants
more then superstardom is a
chance to kiss the school’s best-
looking and apparently coolest
guy, “Skye,” played by fellow
SNL cast-member Ferrel. Finally,
in a strange twist of fate, the
school puts on a talent contest to
fight venereal disease, and the
winner gets a chance to go to
Hollywood to be an extra in a
film. Gallagher’s one wish is to
get to try out for this show, and
tries to convince her grandmoth-
er to let her do it.

Mary Katherine is forced to
deal with “Evian,” the girlfriend
of Skye. Evian sets out to make
Gallagher’s life a living hell and
even gets her sent to special edu-
cation. The plot thickens when
Mary arrives in special education
and meets the school rebel,
played by Harland Williams.
Eventually, Mary does try out for
the talent show, and gets every-

thing she has ever wanted. In the
end, everybody lives happily
ever after.

Over the course of the movie
there are many funny scenes that
are beyond description. One in
particular that stands out takes
place in the middle of the cafete-
ria: a dance scene breaks out to
C+C Music factory and all of a
sudden everyone is doing a dance
called “the robot.” Although, it
has no relevancy to the film
whatsoever, it helps recreate on
film that offbeat vibe which
defines SNL.

It seems as if “Superstar”
falls into the category of those
SNL movies which certain peo-
ple enjoy and others hate. In the
age of stupid slapstick comedies,
“Superstar” is one of the more
original films, which is full of
humor and in the end truly does
shine above the rest.


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Crimes

10/5 Dewey Library - Money missing from library vend-a-card machine.

10/6 Indian Quad - Harassing phone calls

10/7 Social Science Bldg. - Textbooks stolen from open grad student office several
times 9/16-10/7

10/8 Waterbury - Judicial referrals for marijuana

10/8 Alumni Quad - Three St. Rose students and one Unv. Albany students arrested
for stealing items from unlocked vehicles on O’Leary Blvd. Also charges with
Poss. Forged Instrument and Poss. Stolen Property

10/8 Phys. Ed. - Obscene voice mail message

10/8 Collins Circle - 15 year old arrested (Family Court) for hitting, punching male on
CDTA bus.

10/8 O’Leary Blvd, Alumni Quad - Non student 17 year old arrested for breaking car
window, attempting to steal stereo. Two others not caught.

10/9 Indian Quad - Student using another’s PAC to charge long distance calls. Victim
did wish to press charges

10/9 Waterbury - Fire extinguisher discharged, causing fire alarm system to activate.

10/9 State Quad - Harassing voice mail message

10/9 Indian Quad - Known female entered unlocked room, hit resident, fight ensued.
Res. Life aware. Action pending.

10/10 State Quad - One non-student arrested for Pos. Forged license

10/10 State Quad Lot - Check of male sleeping in vehicle-non student arrested for
possession of Ecstacy and marijuana.

10/10 Alumni Quad - Various items missing since 9/12. Victim moving to another
quad. Investigation continuing.

10/10 State Quad - Student arrested for having forged license. Judicial referral for ver-
bal threats to student and officer. ID’d during arguement with girlfriend.

10/11 State Quad - Harassing phone calls since 9/23

10/11 Dewey Library - Threatening voice mail message.

10/11 Colonial Quad - Vehicle window broken 10/10-10/11

10/11 Alumni Quad - Non-student arrested for threatening his girl-friend, St. Rose stu-
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10/9 Delancey - Part of UPD traffic barricade seen hanging on wall-retrieved

10/9 Alden - Minor graffiti in men’s room.

10/9 Campus Center - Ill excutive cleaner 5-Quad transported

10/10 State Quad - Judicial referral for possession of beer.

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Editorials

A-P-A-T-H-Y

By JUSTIN WALDEN
Editor in Chief

Apathy, the most over used
word in today’s debate on soci-
ety. It is used an an excuse for
most of society’s major prob-
lems.

Why does only 45% of our
population vote in presidential
elections? Why does our Student
Association get a bad rap for
being lazy? Why do people skip
the news section and_ head
straight for the comics in the
newspaper? These are all ques-
tions that have been answered
with “apathy.”

Most of our nation’s top
political analysts say that citizens
don’t vote because of voter apa-
thy. Most SA politicians say their
reputation is due to student apa-
thy. Most news editors say peo-
ple don’t read the news because
of reader apathy.

Apathy is this amazing term
that is used to describe society’s
problems. Its a three syllable
. word that has a great meaning.
Saying that people are naturally
apathetic absolves those in
charge of their responsibilities. It
is a back door for our leaders to
stop caring, and allows others to
become more apathetic.

Our American system seems
to have been set up to perpetuate
apathy and hopelessness. In most
of my political conversations, my
companions usually close with

the statement, “What in the hell
is my one vote going to do in the
grand scheme of things?” Our
democratic system tends to dis-
credit the individual vote. It
would be interesting to see how
America would developed had
we subscribed to John Stuart
Mills’ form of meritocracy,
where people received more than
one vote based on their intellec-
tual capabilities.

The American Revolution
allowed us to break away from a
tyrannical government. It was
brought on by England’s contin-
ued oppression of Americans. It
was blatant subordination that
lead to our revolutionary war.
American freedom fighters had a
symbol in the form of the King to
rally against.

Our system is different. If
Americans are being forced into
things, it is not against their will,
it is against their knowledge.
Since a large number of citizens
don’t vote, they are willingly
subjecting themselves to a form
of tyranny. Again, this can be
attributed to our one vote per per-
son system. Apathy perpetuates
apathy.

By not voting for president,
by thinking that an SA event is a
waste of time and by not reading
a couple of news stories per
weck, we subject ourselves to a
silent form of tyranny. And as
they say, silence kills.

Carcinogens In My Shampoo

By KENNETH WANG
Staff Columnist

What can one consider as
fact? That which we. can physi-
cally sense? Events relayed from
a reliable source? More often
than not we accept things at face
value, or if we choose to discard
the information it is done on the
basis of preexisting prejudices.
This is evidenced, of course by
our tendency to believe our histo-
ry professor or one’s refusal to
accept the ranting of a neo-nazi.
Skepticism is always healthy in
the Misinformation Age.

Reality again rears it’s ugly
head. Taking our preexisting
prejudices another step further,
we then automatically assign a
value to our sources; the same
history professor is accorded an
acceptance rating of 100%, mak-
ing his lecture law. The Neo-
nazi, even if he was quoting the
time off his watch is heaped con-
tempt. Emails are forwarded
from friends even if they contain
some ill-written, badly conceived
urban myth. I thought the whole
point of the Scientific Method
was to critically judge the factu-
ality of the information we
receive;

Apparently not so. In our
pursuit to accommodate our val-
ues, we take intellectual honesty
for a ride. Creationists neatly
sidestep the scientific implausi-
bility of their own theories by
attacking faults with Big Bang
and evolution. Evolutionists
sidestep the faults of their theory

Stop the Insanity

There’s no such thing as a 24-hour student!

By SHARON DRUCK
A&E Editor

From the first moment I
stepped onto this campus I’ve had
the principle drilled into my head
that I am supposed to be spending
the majority of my time here at the
University studying. During the
second day of my orientation I (in
addition to 300 or so others) was
treated to a lecture about study
skills and time management, both
of which I consider valuable.
After all, when you’re paying to
go to school, you might as well get
your money’s worth.

However, one of the points
impressed upon us during the lec-
ture was that for every hour of a
class that we were taking, we were
to spend 2-3 hours of additional
time studying for it. It’s a good
idea in theory, bui in theory alone.
According to this principle, you’d
have to spend 4-6 hours studying
for a 1-2 hour class, 6-9 hours for
a 3 hour class, and so on. Multi-
plied by 2 or more class meetings
a week, the time truly starts to add
up. But how can a fully matricu-
lated student (i.e., one taking 12-
15 credits or more) keep up with
such a schedule, especially if ALL
of their professors demand that
this be the amount of time devoted
to the work? Even with a perfect-
ly managed schedule, this is an
almost impossible task.

The reason this task is impos-

sible is because, the last time I
checked, there are only 24 hours in
a day. It sounds like a lot, doesn’t
it? Its not. Take those 24 hours
and subtract 6-8 of them for the
sleep that is required in order to
function and remain alert and
healthy.

Subtract another 2-3 hours for
meals eaten at a normal pace
allowing for digestion, and _ that
leaves you with between 13-16
hours left over. If you have to earn
money in order to fund your stud-
ies or your social life (provided
you have time for one), that’s even
more hours gone from the day.
And I haven’t even factored the
actual classroom time in! When
all of that is figured in, you’re left
with about a 1/4 of the day left to
do an inhuman amount of work.

Some people blow the home-
work off completely, but those
seem further and farther between
than they did during my freshman
year. Now that I’m a sophomore,
I’ve noticed (in myself and others)
both the need and desire to actual-
ly knuckle down and study. I’ve
also noticed a greater willingness
to do this. But this willingness
comes with a hefty price tag.

In order to keep up with the
many things that have deadlines
attached to them, I’ve noticed
through conversations that people
are skipping out on sleeping and
eating (two acts needed to exist on
a daily basis) so they can finish
some incredibly large reading or a

paper assigned only a few days
before. The lack of food and sleep
makes people get sick, unable to
pay attention during class time,
and incapable of absorbing what
material is assigned outside of
class. Yet every semester this
cycle still continues, and only
seems to increase with the individ-
ual’s class year. Granted, the
workload should increase slightly
with the level of difficulty, but not
to the level when it actually
becomes harmful to the students
involved.

I’m not saying that UAlbany
(or any university for that matter)
should lower their standards about
the quality and difficulty of work
that the students should be doing
by any means. What I’m suggest-
ing is that those in charge and in
the classroom take a closer look at
what they’re assigning. Perhaps
while doing that, maybe take into
the account that the myth of the
college student that doesn’t sleep,
only begs their parents for money,
and parties constantly is just that
—amyth. There are plenty of us
out there who want to be success-
ful students that need our 8 hours
of sleep at night, work to pay our
own expenses, and try to squeeze
one or two hours of fun out of
every day just to retain our health
and sanity. You can only manage
time when you actually have time
to manage. Most of the people I
know, myself included, have
none.

by attacking the scientific
implausibility of creationism.

_ Advocating a tax cut while nego-

tiating a pork-laden spending bill
would be the political equivalent
I suppose. Reducing the com-
plexity of a capital murder case
from Polymerase Chain Reaction
DNA technology into a witty, but
empty, rhyme might be the defin-
ing point of our judicial system.
Ts it a reaction against how
utterly convoluted our world has
become? Maybe. By all rights
we should be able to ignore all
that which does not immediately
impact our lives, for that is the
prerogative of those that exist in
a structured society. Along the
way, though we have lost the
ability to correctly distinguish
between outright fiction and
bedrock truths. We are supposed
to get better at this as we get
older; this is why we can fool our
kids into believing in a jolly fat
guy who breaks into people’s
houses to leave gifts. We leave
questions of epistemology to col-
lege students.

But now that we are here,
what of it? Aside from hapless
science majors who must docu-
ment everything in lab, do we
truly question what we hear, read
and learn? My roommate is curs-
ing her professors for forcing her
to learn 4 different versions of the
scientific method. But even this
is but mere memorization, a
bunch of points that may be
deducted from her grade at the
next exam.

Without asking why, or how,
we are expected to take the words

of our superiors at face value.
We are not even instructed on
how one may question the infor-
mation presented to us on well-
organized silver platters. The
miraculous advances of science
have yet to easily prepare us for
the most rudiment tool of the rev-
olution: critical thinking. While
obviously learning the minutiae
of the French Revolution, how
RNA translates DNA into pro-
teins, the integration of a polyno-
mial is very important in the
average student’s chosen career,
the more useful tool of discrimi-
nating between what is useful
and what is utter garbage is in a
book, collecting dust on a book-
shelf somewhere.

College is a formative expe-
rience, whether one grinds
through the course work and all-
nighters, or if he went and drank
with buddies until losing con-
sciousness. We delude ourselves
if we think that acing all our
classes is the best education.
Certainly it is helpful, but to cap
off our formal education without
the ability to understand why
such courses have a high truth
quotient deprives us of a life pre-
server in a deluge of information.
I don’t know about you, but I am
starting to get really annoyed at
friends that forward emails about
carcinogens in my shampoo.

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Letters to the Editor

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Letters to the Editor

Our War on Drugs Falters

Minorities not receiving help with abuse problems

Editor

I wish to add to and drive
home the blatantly obvious point
' that Jen Haddad made in “The War
on Drugs...Minorities?” (Issue 3
10/1/99). The supposed War on
Drugs, which the federal govern-
ment admitted as having achieved
nothing in 1993, has done much to
cause a huge rift between minori-
ties and whites as well as building
a mistrust of law enforcement.
1991’s Uniform Crime Report dis-
plays the racist enforcement of
drug laws. In 1991 58% of the
drug arrests were of whites,while
41% were for blacks. Granted that
this looks pretty evenly distrib-
uted, but let us not forget that in
1991 blacks only constituted 12%
of the population. When calculat-
ed, this means that for every time a
white person was arrested for drug
use, three more black people were
arrested.

As with any research, one
must search for the original event
that sparked the cycle. The reason
that drugs are illegal today can be
traced back to the first drug law of
this nation. American history
books have taught us that there
was a large distrust of new immi-
grants to this country. In the east,
the Irish fleeing the Potato Famine
were despised because they were
willing to work more hours for
less and therefore stole many jobs
from those already established in
thins nation. On the West Coast,
the Chinese were doing the same
thing. Chinese workers were will-
ing to build railroads for a mini-
mum wage. A large anti-Chinese
sentiment was building in_ the
West. the active ingredient of
opium, morphine, went directly
into the bloodstream and to the
brain when smoked. This was the
method favored in China and by
the Chinese immigrants brought to
the U.S. to build the transcontinen-
tal railroads. In 1875, in an attempt
to spite the Chinese, California
prohibited establishments where
opium was smoked. Similar laws

were passed in Nevada. Only
smoking opium was made illegal,
all other forms of opium were still
legal. This act set the precedent for
drug laws in this country. Soon
cocaine was banned in the south to
prevent an uprising of hopped-up
“cocainized” Negro slaves. The
story behind marijuana’s illegality
is a long one, but I'll try to give
you a 2nd grade version of the
story. In the mid-1930s, machinery
was perfected that would allow the
hemp fiber to be more easily and
economically separated from the
plant. This meant paper, clothing,
and other manufactured articles
could be produced from hemp at
prices far more competitive than
ever before. William Randolph
Hearst did not like this because not
only did he own several newspa-
pers, but he also owned the paper
processing plants along with the
forests from which the trees came.
The DuPont Corporation, mean-
while, had just patented a process
for making paper from the wood
pulp. The process, which relied
heavily on DuPont chemicals, was
not necessary in manufacturing
paper from hemp. Additionally,
DuPont had recently taken Ger-
man patents and perfected the
“miracle fiber” nylon, to be manu-
factured from coal tar and petrole-
um products. Inexpensive, readily
grown hemp fibers would put a
damper on two of DuPont’s future
moneymakers, paper production
and textiles. From then on all
drugs were fair game for unconsti-
tutional laws prohibiting them,
allowed the U.S. government to be
the new moral experts for its citi-
zens.

Furthermore, the education
and drug prevention programs
seem to gear themselves towards
drugs favored by minorities. On
May 21, 1995, the Los Angeles
Times, a major anti-drug support-
er, ran an article which in short
pointed out how whites are more
likely than any other racial group
to use crack, but the U.S. Sentenc-
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white ethnicity.

Peter McWilliams, an expert
on the absurdity of consensual
crimes reports that:

-Alcohol is used by 17%
more whites than blacks

-Two times as many blacks
use marijuana once a week more
than whites.

-Blacks use heroin four times
as much as whites

-Hallucinogens (mushrooms,
peyote, LSD) are used by whites
as much as black

-Whites use twice as many
stimulants and tranquilizers than
blacks.

Given these facts, the point
that the War on Drugs us racist can
be proved. The government says
alcohol is OK and legal. Marijua-
na, we are told, is supposedly
‘bad’ and illegal. Heroin is so bad
that we are told to avoid it like the
plague. But, have you ever seen a
public service announcement
warning us to stay away from
mescaline? Funny how awareness
of the dangers of drugs used by
minorities is promoted, but little is
said about the drugs that whites
use nearly twice as often, like

stimulants and tranquilizers.

I personally would prefer to
see our nation’s law enforcement
agencies use their man power to
prevent and respond to violent
crimes and crimes with victims,
than waste MY tax money perse-
cuting people who are victims of
their own actions. Constitutional-
ly, we have a right to privacy,
which Congress has seemingly
forgotten about. I fully advocate
returning to the principles of the
founding fathers of this nation.
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or property of a nonconsenting
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the November 2 elections. We
want to put the school board back
in the hands of. the community
whose children are part of the
albany School System. We are
running for the school board and
need your help because we believe
this country is in an educational
crises. I think it is ridiculous that
our idea of education is to take a
six-year old and sit her behind a
desk for seven hours a day. Our
children come into this. world with
vibrant energy, innocent and hon-
est. We numb that energy and try
to make them like ourselves. We
discipline the creativity right out
of them. They learn how to sit up
straight, move to a bell, and punch
an invisible time card. All of this is
to prepare them for the “real
world”. I personally wish the real
world would function like our
children’s world. Society would be
a more honest place.

Who is most affected by this
crisis? Historically people of
color, have been the greatest suf-
ferers of this educational system.
Education is given in such a way
that the lies we are taught only
serve to help certain people. This
means that some of us are left
hanging while other people reap
the rewards of this system. Octo-
ber 11th was Columbus Day and
children all over the U.S. stayed
home from school. They most

likely learned how Columbus was

a hero and a pioneer. What they

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didn’t learn is that Columbus was
directly responsible for the slaugh-
ter of millions of Arawak natives
in the Carribean. This is just one
example of the blatant racism that
is rampant in our schools today.
Racism is detrimental to all stu-
dents. Racism creates separation
between different groups of stu-
dents. Our students miss out on the
opportunity to share different cul-
tural experiences. Children are not
born racist; they can only learn
racism. We can’t even begin to
talk about equality when our
schools glorify slave traders and
genocide.

The Albany City School Dis-
trict is a perfect example of the
inequalities within the educational
system. Children of Color make
up 69% of the student population
in the district yet there is only one
person of color on the school
board. This leaves our communi-
ty without representation in the
decision-making process. Half of
the children in Giffen Elementary
cannot read to their grade level.
Our children are receiving an infe-
rior education. This is why we
need to take over the school board
so that we can start providing a
righteous education to all of
Albany’s children. We can’t do
this alone. We need people to help
in every way possible. We need a
few hours of our time. “Tf not us,
who? If not now, when?” We can
do this but it’s gonna be a struggle.
That’s why we need whatever help

you can offer.

We can be reached at:
newschoolboard@ hotmail.com or
427-0246

Yours in the struggle,
Victorio Reyes

Signed Letters to the Editor can be
dropped off in our Campus Center office,
room 329, or sent to:

Albany Student Press
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Friday, October 15, 1999 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Rats Open Season with High Expectations

By DAVE SCHNOCK
Contributing Writer

The 1999-2000 Albany
River Rats professional hockey
team will try to improve on last
year’s disappointing American
Hockey League, AHL Calder
Cup playoff performance. The
Rats must recover without sever-
al key players from last years
team.

Last year’s River Rats
included the likes of forwards
John Madden, Jeff Williams, and
Steve Brule. These three players
had excellent numbers last year,
and helped propel the River Rats
to a second place finish in the
Empire Conference, and a play-
off berth.

Madden showed how versa-
tile of a player he was by finish-
ing first in shots (334), fourth in
goals (38), third in assists (60),
second in short-handed goals (6),
and third in scoring overall for
the American Hockey League.
Williams, another standout play-

er, who finished first in goals
(46), and third in game-winning
goals (9). Unfortunately for the
River Rat faithful, both Madden
and Williams will not be return-
ing to this year’s lineup. It is one
of the consequences of minor
league hockey. That is, the line-
ups are very dynamic, and not
very often fixed from season to
season. Players like Madden and
Williams have moved on to big-

ger and better things in the
National Hockey League.

Brule has returned though, to
take over the reins as captain, and
to continue to produce for the
Rats. Last year, Brule finished
sixth overall in scoring with 84
points. This year should be no
different for Brule, who will con-
tinue to play his game, and lead
this young team into the season.
One of the big questions for this
coming season is who will
replace those holes left by the
departures of Madden and
Williams? Although this year’s
lineup is very young, it has a lot
of size. The lineup this year has a
lot of potential, especially with
the athletic ability that they pos-
sess. As the year progresses, we
will begin to see who these stand-
out players will be. This year,
players like Jiri Bicek, Vlastimil
Kroupe, Sasha Goc, Stanislav
Gron and others will be looked
upon to bring this team back to
the playoffs. Last Saturday’s
opening game though, showed
exactly how inexperienced the
River Rats are.

The crowd. cheered as the
River Rats took the ice for their
introductions last Saturday. The
game took place at the Pepsi
Arena, where the River Rats
faced the Portland Pirates, the top
farm club for the NHL’s Wash-
ington Capitals. The last time the
River Rats played their first game
as a home opener was during the
1995-96 season. Last year, the
Portland Pirates were one of the
teams that did not make the play-
offs. Brule was the one who actu-
ally received the loudest of
cheers. It was the fans acknowl-
edgement of a proven player who
is now the leader of this team.
Brule also wasted no time, by
getting off a shot in the first 30
seconds of the game. The first ten
minutes of the game featured
some nice action between the two

teams.

Colin White was hitting
hard, and Mike Buzak was mak-
ing good saves. The highlight for
the first period was a power play
goal by Kroupe assisted by Goc
and Brule. The last ten minutes
of the first period was a different
story though. The River Rats had
power plays that produced noth-
ing. The major letdown of the
first period was when Buzak let
in a Portland shot by Moore with
11 seconds to go in the period.

The River Rats never really
got back on track after that. The
first ten minutes of the second
period, did not contain much
action. The only excitement of
the second period was a shot in
the last second of play. Pirates
goalie Martin Brochu knocked
the puck in after a River Rats
shot. The referees ruled against it
being a goal, but it was still
debatable as to whether or not it
should have counted.

The third period was all
Portland. They scored the first
goal of the period with 19:38
remaining. The River Rats got a
power play with 13-minutes and
49-seconds remaining, but didn’t
capitalize. Ten seconds later,
Brian Muldehurn scored an unas-
sisted goal for the Pirates. With
10:11 remaining, Mike Elomo of
Portland scored, which made it 4-
1. By the middle of the third,
Brian Cunniff got in a fight, leav-
ing only three Rats on the ice.
One minute after Cuniff’s penal-
ty, Portland scored their fifth
goal. The only comeback chances
came when Pierre Dagenais
scored a short-handed goal with
4:29 to go. To end the period,
Elomo scored yet another goal.
The third period was very ugly,
and the River Rats ended the first
game of the season with a 6-2
loss.

Photo by Irene Gilbert/UPS
Men’s Soccer
(4-8-1)

Central Connecticut State 1
ALBANY 0

Tony Nylander scored the lone
goal for CCSU 1-minute and 28-
seconds into the second half for
the victory. It was the seventh
time this season the Great Danes
have been involved in a contest
decided by one goal or less. They
are 3-3-1 in those games.

Oneonta State 3 ALBANY 1
Jason Warshaw scored the lone
goal for the Great Danes in the
loss.

Sports

Women’s Soccer
(0-14)

Quinnipiac 4 ALBANY 1
Ashley Mendicino _ scored
Albany’s lone goal just before the
half, bringing the Great Danes to
within 2-1. Lisa Horowitz scored
two goals in the second half for
Quinnipiac to break the game
open. Michelle Talviste made 12
saves for Albany.

Vermont 2 ALBANY 0

The Catamounts scored a goal in
each half to defeat Albany. The
Great Danes only had two shots
on goal in the contest.

Women’s Tennis
(7-5)

Hofstra 7 ALBANY 1

Ilissa Strolovitz won Albany’s
lone match as the rest of the Lady
Danes were set down in straight
sets in singles. Two of the three
doubles matches were tightly
contested, but Hofstra eventually
pulled out victories in both.

Update

ALBANY 6 Connecticut 3
Samantha Kramer and Erinn
Langfordeach won at singles and
teamed at second doubles for a
victory to lead the Danes in the
win.

Women’s Volleyball
(5-12)

ALBANY 3 Maine 0 (15-2, 15-1,
15-10)

The Great Danes dominated
Maine in the match that was
played last Friday. Sophomore
Tammy Bryngelson recorded six
kills and seven digs and Erin
McGuire had eight digs to lead
the Danes to the win.

Women’s Golf

At the Brockport Invitational,
Albany placed third out of the six
teams that competed.

COMPILED BY MIKE KIERNAN

Atwell Leads Lady Danes
Against Sacred Heart

By Matr McGEapy
Contributing Writer

On October 2, the Universi-
ty at Albany Great Danes
women’s field hockey team
defeated Sacred Heart Universi-
ty 4-1. The Lady Danes were
led by senior captain, Tovah
Atwell, who scored two of the
team’s goals off of penalty
strokes.

The Danes were awarded
the first penalty stroke six min-
utes and eight seconds into the
game. Atwell sent the ball high
and to the left side of the goal.
Twelve minutes later, Sacred
Heart tied it up with

The Danes went on to play
Cornell University on Tuesday,
October 5. The team knew the
battle that they were about to
face. The Danes started off
strong, scoring three minutes
into the game off of a deflection
from the goalie’s pads. This was
not enough to hold Cornell for
the rest of the game. Minutes
later, Cornell responded with a
goal off of a penalty corner to
tie the contest. Albany’s defense
continued to play strong, but
Cornell’s offense was able to
score another to make the lead
2-1.

Albany’s defense in the
second half was enough to
hold Cornell at

a hard slap shot in
front of the cage.
The Danes were

Di Micco scored

the final goal of

only two goals.
Christina Costel-
lo, Zaborowski,

awarded with their the game from a and Hammer had

second penalty
stroke with only a
couple of minutes
remaining in the
first half. This time,
Atwell sent the ball

deflection with
two minutes
remaining to

clinch the win

strong defensive
performances
for the Danes.
Although, _ this
was not enough
to put the Danes

high and to the right
side of the goal, making the
score 2-1. Albany continued to
dominate the first half by keep-
ing the ball on their offensive
end.

Midfielder Chrissy Bradt
led the team through the second
half. Her presence in the mid-
field was well known through
her defensive tackles, passing,
and: dodging abilities. She con-
tributed not only on the defen-
sive end by sending the ball
through to the offense, but she
was a dominant force on the
offensive side. The third goal
scored started from the play of
Bradt in the midfield. She car-
ried the ball up the right side of
the field and into the offensive
circle. Amy Di Micco deflected
Bradt’s pass to Lauren Byrne
who sweept the ball into the
cage.

Junior Jo Contro, and
sophomore Sarah Zaborowski
led the Danes defense. Strong
performances by Amy Hammer,
Jen Gonzales, and goalkeeper
Cathi Burek also led the team to
victory. The win improved
Albany’s record to 5-3.

on top. Cornell’s
defense was also able to stop
Albany from ‘scoring, holding
them to one goal, and bringing
their record to 5-4...

The Danes face Sacred
Heart University once again on
Sunday, October 17, hoping to
improve their record to 6-4.

Photo by Mark William Wimmer
Senior Tovah Atwell scored two

goals in the victory over Sacred
Heart.

ALBANY
SCHEDULE

Date Team

10/15  Men’s XC

Opponent

Time

at IC4A Championships 1:00

Women’s XC at ECAC Championships 1:00

Women’s Golf at Siena 1:00
W. Volleyball at Boston College 1:30
10/16 Men’s Football at UMass-Lowell 1:00
W Soccer Holy Cross 2:00
Men’s Soccer at Holy Cross 2:30
W. Tennis at NYS Championships TBA
10/17 WField Hockey Sacred Heart 1:00
W. Tennis at NYS Championships TBA
10/20 Men’s Soccer at Adelphi 3:30

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Grever Leads Danes to

Win Over Wagner

By KEVIN GROSSMAN
Staff Writer

The University at Albany
Great Danes football team,
led by a spectacular defensive
effort by Mike Grever, over-
powered Wagner College, 37-
21 last Saturday in Staten
Island.

The Great Danes (4-]
overall, 4-0 in the Northeast
Conference) never trailed as
they jumped out to a quick
seven point lead on a 27-yard
touchdown pass from Eric

Williams to Jay McFarlane.
Albany continued its scoring
when Bryan Bagstad kicked a

Photo courtesy of Sports Desk

Eric Williams threw for three
touchdown passes on Saturday
afternoon.

20-yard field goal in the sec-
ond quarter.

Wagner (3-2, 3-2 NEC)
attempted to make the game
interesting by scoring a
touchdown early in the third
quarter, but Albany extended
the lead back to ten points
with another Williams touch-
down pass, a 63-yard strike to

ALBANY 37
Wagner 21

Chris Phillis.

The Great Danes blew the
game open in the fourth quar-
ter by scoring 13 unanswered
points. Williams connected
with Phillis again from 1]
yards out and Steve Checks-
field caught a five- yard
touchdown pass from Mike
Oliva, extending the lead to
30-7.

Wagner scored a couple
of times late in the game, but
the damage had already been
done and Albany took sole
position of first place in the
NEC. “

Although this was a key
win for the Great Danes, the
real story of the game was the
play of All-American line-
backer Mike Grever. Grever
had a fantastic day as he
snagged two interceptions,
blocked a field goal, forced a
fumble, and made ten tackles.

“He had a career day,”
Head Coach Bob Ford said.

Mike Grever

Sport:
Year:

Football

Senior

Major:

Education

Dane of the Week

Position: Linebacker
English and

Accomplishments:

Grever was named Northeast Conference and Foot-
ball Gazette Division I-AA Defensive Player of the
Week for his efforts in Saturday’s victory over Wag-
ner. He had two interceptions, forced a fumble,
blocked a field goal, and made ten tackles. Grever has
321 tackles for his career here at Albany, which puts
him second on the all-time list. He needs 24 tackles to
break the record, which has stood for 12 years.

Photo courtesy of Sports Desk

Greg Garrett is only 62 yards away
from becoming the school’s all-time
leading rusher.

“This is the level of perfor-
mance that we expect him to
play at. He is one of our cap-
tains, and has the potential to
become a future Hall of
Famer.”

Although the Danes won
their fourth game of the sea-
son, Albany did make some
critical mistakes in the game.
The Danes had eight penalties
for a total of 83 yards, some-
thing that will plague them in
the future against a more effi-
cient team.

Despite these mistakes,
the Danes were able to pull
out the victory with tough
goal line defense, including a
key turnover by the Seahawks
with the ball on the Danes 1-
yard line. “Turnovers saved
our butts,” said Ford.

Albany will look to
extend their winning streak to
three games when they travel
to Division II UMass-Lowell
(1-4) for a game on Saturday
afternoon.

Notes

Grever was selected as
the Northeast Conference
Defensive Player of the Week
and Football Gazette Division
I-AA Defensive Player of the
Week....Albany moved up one
spot to number three in this
week’s Football Gazette non-
scholarship Top 20 Poll....the
Great Danes are second in the
nation in turnover margin
(+10 overall)....Tailback Greg
Garrett is 62 yards away from
becoming the school’s all-
time leading rusher and 75
yards away from being first
all-time in all-purpose
yardage....Roverback Greg
Green is out for the season
with a torn ACL

Cross Country
Building Momentum

BRIAN KIERNAN
Staff Writer

The Albany men’s cross
country team finished 10th and
the women 11th in their respec-
tive races at the 26th annual Paul
Short Invitational this past Satur-
day at Lehigh University in
Pennsylvania.

The men finished a strong
10th out of a total of 30 teams.
The team was led by sophomore
Jamie Rodriguez and junior Mike
Kiernan. Rodriguez finished 30th
in a time of 25:17 over 8000-
meters while Kiernan placed
37th in 25:31. Junior Andy Rick-
ert and sophomore Adam Rice
crossed the line almost side by
side in 75th and 76th place
respectively. The two finished
with a time of 26:08. Junior Jeff
Brooks rounded out the top five,
placing 108th in 26:28.

“Tt’s happening again. As the
end of the season nears with our
championship meets on deck,
we’re beginning to put things
together,” Rickert said. “Rice had
a clutch performance. He’s really
been working hard and it’s pay-
ing off.”

The women pulled out an
11th place finish out of 32 teams.
Like the men, the top two runners
were tight, as were the third and
fourth runners. Junior Nicole
Herring placed 36th in a time of

18:39 over the 5000-meter
course. She was followed closely
by senior Andrea Viger, who fin-
ished 39th in 18:43. Sophomore
Laura Kearns placed 79th and
freshman Zerlinda Martinez 80th
in a time of 19:23. Erica Viger
closed out the scoring, finishing
100th in a time of 19:44.

“Every week we’re decreas-
ing the spread between our first
and seventh runners,” senior Liz
Hamilton said. “If Lehigh is an
example of what we’re going to
do at ECAC’s this week, we’ll
perform really well.”

Both teams got out well at
the beginning of the race and
held on to their positions or
moved up throughout the race.
”Getting out early was the key to
both races,” Head Coach Kevin
Williams said. “We ran a lot
more aggressively than usual and
that helped us throughout.”

For both teams it was their
best race of the season. They
hope. to continue on a consistent
pace and improve more as they
build momentum towards their
big races in the coming weeks.

“We have to look to be con-
sistent,” Kiernan said. “We’ve
had a couple of good races and a
couple of bad ones. We know
what we’re capable of doing and
now is the time to put things
together for consecutive races.
We have in the past and we will
again this year.”

Photo by Irene Gilbert/UPS

Team of the Week

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Both teams ran their best races of the season this past
Saturday at the Paul Short Invitational against nationally
ranked competition. Albany beat teams handily that they
had lost two only a few weeks ago. The men placed 10th
out of 30 teams and the women 11th out of 32. Both the
men and women have been strong up front throughout the
season, but last week the rest of the scorers came through
in a big way. They will look for big efforts again from all
the harriers, cross country runners. On Friday at Van Cort-
land Park in the Bronx, the men will participate in the,
Eastern Division I, IC4A Championships and the women
in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, ECAC

Championships.