Albany Student Press, Volume 79, Number 23, Summer Issue, 1992 June 1

This Weapon is out
of bullets

Editorial: Past events
must not be forgotten

ALBANY
STUDENT

Track finishes season on
high note

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

PRESS

1992

NUMBER 23

Absentee landlords targeted by University

By Tom Murnane
NEWS EDITOR

SUNYA administration and
student leaders said Wednesday
at a campus safety task force
meeting they may create a
blacklist targeting
“irresponsible” landlords who
they believe have contributed to
the unsafe conditions in the Pine
Hills neighborhood.

This came in response to the
brutal rape and beating of a 20
year old SUNYA coed the night
of Sat., June 6.

There was a heightened sense
of urgency in the campus
conference room where about 20
task force members listened as
Albany Police Assistant Chief
William Murray and Lieutenant
Robert, Wolfgang. updaied.them
on their investigation of the
attack, which occurred in a first
floor Quail Street apartment.

“When a crime of this nature
occurs, it doesn’t just affect the
students, it affects the whole
city,” Murray said. “Fear has
been struck in the minds of many
who are living in the area when a
Tapist seems to be ‘working’ that
particular neighborhood.” —~

Murray noted the similarities
between the latest rape and
several other violent attacks,
particularly the rape of a 19 year
old SUNYA woman in her first
floor Hudson Avenue apartment
on August 29, 1991. The victims
gave police similar descriptions
of their attacker, and both times
the attacker entered the
apartments by climbing through
a screen window before raping,

beating and tying them up with
wire.

The attacker in the June 6 rape
has been described by police as
a black male in his 20’s, with a
thin build and wearing a plaid
shirt. The rapist from the August
29 case has been described as a
clean shaven black male, 6 feet
tall, weighing about 190 Ibs.,
between 25-30 years old,
wearing a white T-shirt, white
cotton pants and red sneakers.

Despite the similarities in the
cases, Wolfgang and Murray said
they could not yet consider
Saturday night’s attack the work
of a serial rapist.

On March 9, two Asian female
students were robbed and
punched by an unknown intruder
in their first floor State Street
apariment:

Wolfgang also stressed the
department’s free security
evaluation service to area
tenants. Officers will visit
apartments to evaluate and
suggest improvements, such as
“pinning” windows, so that
while a window can be opened
for ventilation, it won’t be wide
enough for someone to fit
through, Wolfgang said.

While SUNYA President H.
Patrick Swygert agreed that this
was a positive service to the
community, he added, “We have
to go much further than this.” He
then lashed out at those
landlords who he claims have
not been committed to making
their apartments safe for tenants.

Having already talked with a
group of area realtors, Swygert
said the administration would be

investigating additional ways to
identify and pressure
“uncooperative landlords” to
address the community’s
concerns about safety. He
suggested one possible way to
warn students about unsafe
apartments would be to publish
a list of “bad landlords” and the
locations of the properties
students should avoid renting.

“They have supped at our
table and in return have taken
advantage of our students, then
retreat to wherever they live
where it’s nice and safe and
comfortable,” he said.

Student Association President
Diego Munoz agreed with
Swygert, labelling absentee
landlords asa major culprit for
Pine Hills’ problems.

“ There isa number of people.
who are moving out of that
neighborhood due to the
unsuitable and unsafe living
conditions,” Munoz said. “The
apartments are just horrendous.
There has to be a way of getting
these landlords to understand
their responsibilities. Yes, the
students can do a lot to help
themselves and it could be said
that they’re not doing enough,
but the landlords have to know
their role as well.”

Task Force Chair Dr. Gloria
DeSole said SUNYA had already
begun compiling a list of those
landlords who have volunteered
to make their apartments safer
for tenants. “This way we can
report the positive news about
the landlords who are assisting
us as well as talk about the bad
ones,” she said.

Task force calls for student

By Tom Murnane
NEWS EDITOR

University and city
representatives met Wednesday
and said they will ask the
Capital District Transportation
Authority if it would consider
offering a discount for local
college students riding on its
buses.

The proposal was announced
at a University-Community
Relations Task Force meeting
held at the Albany Police station
at 526 Central Ave. They
agreed a discount would promote
a migration of student residents
into other parts of the city of
Albany, away from Pine Hills.
This area, more commonly

Task Fee. Chair Thomas Gebhardt
known as the “student ghetto,”
has a large number of college
students concentrated in a small
area. Local residents have
complained for years that their

neighborhood has become run-
down due to the conditions in the
“ghetto.”

The officials believe the Pine
Hills neighborhood is attractive
to students because of its
proximity to the present
University busline, which runs
up and down Washington and
Western Avenues. They also
understand many students desire
to live near other students, which
keeps them clustered in one area.

There has been little incentive
for students to move into other
less student-populated areas.
‘Task force members see location,
finances and absentee landlords
as culprits. Two students riding
a University bus Friday

plaguing

SUNYA is taking several other
steps to improve on- and off-
campus safety, according to the
task force. In a June 8 letter to
Albany Police Chief John Dale,
Swygert listed a number of
programs SUNYA would be
implementing this fall, including
a new uptown campus shuttle
bus service that will operate
from early evening until 1:00
a.m., seven days a week. He
also requested that Albany
Police “adhere to a protocol for
notifying the University when
our students have been
victimized by crime.”

According to DeSole, new and
returning students will be
receiving a letter detailing the
current safety
problems
the
campus
community
while Off
Campus Housing
Director Tom
Gebhardt said a
door- to- door

and the ugly,” Swygert said.

A city ordinance requring
landlords to install locks and
other safety devices is also
scheduled to be discussed on the
floor of Albany's City Council.

Residents interested in the free
security survey are asked to call
Albany Police’s Crime
Prevention Unit at 462-8033 to
schedule an appointment .

The Off-Campus Housing
Office has also distributed a
poster requesting student
residents fill out a “Student
Opinion on Off-Campus
Housing Form” at their office,
located in the State Quad U-

program
informing
students. about
safety concerns
and the services
available to them
would begin
when  studets
return for the fall
semester,

“We are
undertaking an
aggressive
program to tell
our students the
good, the bad

Staff photo by Theo Turque

This State St. apartment was robbed March 9.

discount on CDTA

concurred with their
assessments.

“Why should students want to
move into other neighborhoods
where the rent is higher, there
aren’t any other students to hang
out with and the neighbors are a
bunch of prudes who have
forgotten what it’s like to have
fun?” one female rider said.

The woman’s housemate,
riding next to her, agreed. “ It
makes sense for us to live in the
ghetto,” she said. “ It’s only one
or two blocks away from the
bus-line to get uptown, we never
see our landlord because all he
cares about is collecting rent-
maybe if we’re late with rent
we'll hear from him and that’s

about it. The rent’s cheap to
begin with and if you can get a
fourth housemate, it’s even
cheaper, and that’s the bottom
line.”

The woman added she thought
the University charged too much
for “those little hell boxes they
call dorm rooms, “ that other
houses in Albany were “too
expensive to afford on our
budgets and next to impossible
to get to” and “just too far away
from the bars,” leaving them and
other students no choice but to
“move in with the cockroaches.”

Both women refused to give
their names because they said
their landlord is in violation of

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2 _atpany STUDENT PRESS SUMMER ISSUE 1992

Opportunities abound to have an "impact" at SUNYA

This is an exciting time of year
for everyone.The momentum has
been building as the start of a
new academic year approaches.
There are many challenges that
you will encounter at the
University, both in the academic
classroom as well as in your co-
curricular activities. As you plan
your activities for the next year,
be aware Of th? —_—mes

University’s MIDDLE
oer to EARTH
elp students ROOTS

successfully meet
future endeavors.

Your active participation with
the various programs, both
traditional and non-traditional,
will provide you with an
opportunity to impact the
University. As you embark on
your activities this year, you may
already be asking yourself: Why
should I get involved? How do I
get involved? Is there time for
involvement? Where do I get
additional information?

Here are a few ideas for
thought...

Why should I get involved?
There are many reasons to
become actively involved in a
campus organization. Here are
just a few good ones...
-Meet people and make friends.
Depending on the group(s) you

choose to join you’ll meet people
with similar or diverse interests
and backgrounds from yourself-
potential friendships await you.

Enhan our demi
preparation. Numerous clubs are
related to academic majors and
sponsor events that complement
academic coursework while also
providing valuable opportunities
to interact with faculty members
outside the classroom.

Learn and improve important
“life” skills. Involvement
provides many opportunities to
develop and enhance group skills
such as program planning,
budgeting, conflict resolution,
time and meeting management,
decision making, problem
solving, publicity and public
relations- skills that will be
valuable to you and your future
employers.

Make a difference! Students
involved in groups are truly the
campus movers and shakers.
They contribute to the spirit and
life of the University. Our
groups are diverse in purpose
and include social groups as well
as those organized around social
and political causes and
community service and special
interests so that students can
make a contribution to the
University and beyond.

Have fun. Utilizing some of
your spare time constructively
provides a necessary and
enjoyable break from your
academics.

ntin' favorite h or
activity. With over 150 groups
active on campus, you can find a
way to become involved in a
familiar activity that will make
your transition to University life
more comfortable .
pasttimes. Since many groups
are subsidized by the activity
fee, it will never be cheaper or
easier to lear and participate in
new hobbies.
What Opportunities Exist to
Become Involved?
Over 150 student groups offer a
wide variety of experiences to
members. The University
recognizes sororities and
fraternities, cultural groups,
academic clubs; residential
quadrangle boards, media
groups, including a radio
station, newspapers, and other
publications, social and
recreation clubs, fine arts
groups... We feel there is
something for everyone with
new groups constantly forming
to meet the changing needs and
interests of the campus.
Students also have opportunities

to become involved in student
government (i.e. the Student
Association) and the University
governing systems.

How Do Get Involved?

There are several primary ways
to become better acquainted with
opportunities for involvement ...

Group Fair Day; sponsored by
the Student Association. This
annual event features displays
and demonstrations by student
groups on the podium for the
purpose of membership
recruitment.

Interest Meetings; student
groups sponsor special meetings
each semester to introduce
Prospective new members to the
purposes of their organizations.
You're encouraged to attend to
learn more and to determine if
the group matches your interests.
“Rush” activities; sororities and
fraternities sponsor special
meetings and events that allow
you to learn about the Greek
system and the individual
organizations.

Is there time for involvement?

Freshmen students are
encouraged to be cautious in
undertaking co-curricular
involvements. However, if you
are organized and careful in
managing your work and your
time, you'll find it is possible to

successfully handle coursework
and co-curricular involvements
and the combination can be
tichly rewarding.

Where Can I Get Additional
Information?

There are several offices and
publications that can assist you
in locating co-curricular
involvements.

The Student Activities Office_in
Campus Center room 130
provides advisement to over 150
Student organizations. The
professional staff maintains
listing of groups and can
provide helpful information and
assistance to students seeking
opportunities for campus
involvement.

The Student Association in
Campus Center room 116
recognizes and funds many of
these organizations and also
provides numerous
opportunities for students to
become involved in many
aspects of University life.

Active involvements in the life
of the campus and the Albany
community provides special
rewards and valuable learning
experiences that can richly
enhance your education.

Make the most of your time
here... become involved!

SA schedules programs to spur leadership development

Compiled by ASP staff

While most SUNYA students
won’t be returning to Albany
until September, the newly-
elected Student Association has
already begun preparing for the
1992-1993 term. One major
student leadership program has
been scheduled for this week,
while another is planned for late
July.

By last Friday, the list of the
speakers for SA’s first
“Leadership Development
Week,” which begins Monday,
has been filled according to SA
President Diego Munoz.
Throughout the week, a number
of University and civic leaders
will brief student representatives
and the public about their roles
and their relationship to the
campus population.

“It's supposed to be an
interactive program for everyone
so people can get to understand
each other’s roles,” Munoz said.

Central Council Chair
Sarah Zevin said the annual SA
Dippikill Summer Conference is
planned for the weekend of July
31-August 2.

Highlights for the weekend
include a roundtable session

between University
administrators and SA
representatives from both the
jexecutive and legislative

branches. “The roundtable is
important because it outlines
exactly what we want to
accomplish with the
administration this year,” Zevin
said. “For example, I’m sure
campus safety will be a big
topic at the roundtable because
Of all the rape reports this year.”
While she said she enjoyed
last year’s conference, Zevin
said many things were talked
about but “less was

accomplished than I would have
liked.”

Among the things that fell by
the wayside last year was a
“Doorstop Program,” similar to
the system at the College of
Saint Rose on Western Avenue,
located a block away from
Alumni Quad. At St. Rose,
Resident Assistants are required
to work their shifts at a desk
situated by the front door to
Lima Hall, where there is a high
number of freshmen female
students.

One of SA’s main problems
last year was too many people in
SA who needed to
understand their
responsibilities
did not, Zevin
said. She added
she would like to
hold some
workshops for
new SA members
as well as
concentrate on
Px0-t ot. er
implementation of
SA policy.

For example,
she said, if there
had been closer
attention paid to
implementation of

Undergraduate Education Dan
Smith, University Accounting’s
James Vanvoorst, University
Auxiliary Service General
Manager Norbert Zahm and
Deputy Building Commissioner
for the City of Albany Richard
Gross.

On Tuesday, Director of Off-
Campus Housing Tom Gebhardt
will start things off, followed by
Director of Student Activities for
Campus Life Jessica Casey,
Associate Director of Admission
Patrick Foti, Sr., who will do a
joint presentation with Assistant
Vice President of Admissions

Students and dogs alike enjoy
the beautiful weather by playing
in the fountain. Catching some
rays before class, cooling off in
the fountain after, it hardly
seems like Albany. Enjoy it folks, }

November will be here sooner

than you think...

Podiating hath returned

Micheileen Treadwell, -and
Albany County Legislator Nancy
Wiley.

Assistant Vice President of
Residential Life John Martone
and Residential Life Director
Geneva Walker-Johnson will
open up Wednesday’s program.
University President H.Patrick
Swygert, Public Safety Officers
Randy Fine and Thomas
Kilcullen (Crime Prevention)
and Aurora Insurance President
Peter Noonan are also scheduled
to make presentations.

Thursday morning will start
off with Vice President for

i “
— =

Student Affairs Mitchel
Livingston, followed  b:
Affirmative Action Director
Gloria DeSole, Public Safety
Director James Williams and
Albany Police Lieutenant Robert
Wolfgang.

Speakers scheduled to finish
off the week-long program
Friday will be Judicial Affairs
Director John Murphy, Assistant
Vice President for Campus Life
Jim Doellefeld, former SA
President Bill Weitz and Vice
President for Academic Affairs
Karen Hitchcock.

policy this year,
the SA elections

debacle this past
spring could have
been avoided.”We
have to get some
people in there
who know what
they’re doing,”
Zevin said.

Slated to speak
Monday are
Assistant to the
Dean of

The Summer Session began
June 1 and will continue until
August 21. However, it seems

there are more people by (or in)
the fountain than in class...

Staff photos by Sal Coniglio

SUMMER ISSUE 1992__ ALBANY STUDENT PREss_3

Grad students stud

By Robin Fox

Three SUNYA graduate
students, Glenda Villajuan,
Sheila McBain, and Margaret
King are participating in a seven
month-long fellowship program
created by the Center for Women
in Government.

It enables women to research
and help develop government
policies that further advance the
research and help develop
government policies that further
advance the status of women and
families, with a special emphasis
on women of color. All eight
women currently in this program
said they have a strong desire to
affect social change for
oppressed or neglected groups.

The.fellowship places its
graduate students with
sponsoring state legislators and
state agencies. Villajuan,’ placed
with the NYS Department of
Social Services, and King,
working with Senator Anthony
Masiello (D-Buffalo), are
Pursuing their Masters in Public
Affairs and Policy while
McBain, a student in the Public
Administration Department, is
working with the NYS
Department of Labor.

These women’s decisions to
apply to this fellowship stemmed
from their desire to advance
women’s issues. They decided
the best way to accomplish their
goals would be through policy-
making or policy-related roles
and teaching. These career aims
were influenced by their
exposure to women’s studies
courses:

“My goal, in whatever career I
choose, is to improve the
socioeconomic status of womei
and oppressed groups,” McBain
said.

Through her placement in the
NYS Department of Social
Services, Villajuan is working on
policies related to day care.
“Child care is not emphasized in
society enough,” Villajuan said,

Villajuan said she finds the
experience in a state agency to
be rewarding. “The Department
of Social Services is a good
place to learn about policy.

Often agencies are
underestimated in the policy-
making decisions; the

implementation of policies by
State agencies are as valuable as
the creation of those policies.”

At 14, Villajuan immigrated to
America from the Philippines,
where she grew to understand
the problems she faced in
‘Western society.

“As an undergraduate at
SUNY Albany I took
Introduction to Feminism and
Sexism, Racism, and Classism
and my eyes were opened,”
Villajuan said. “Previously, I
was the last person to consider
myself a feminist, but I learned
that anyone who believes in the
equal economic, social, and
Political opportunities of women
is a feminist.”

She attempted to address
what she saw as inequalities of
women through her involvement
with a sorority, Phi Sigma
Sigma, in which she organized
self-defense and Sexuality Week

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Philippines was a colony of
Spain for centuries. I wanted to
trace my family and to get a
better understanding of my
history. Unfortunately, I learned
firsthand how vulnerable women
are; the way men treat women
there made me very angry. I
couldn’t stay out late, I always
had to be careful.”

As a former graduate assistant
she initiated programs with the
Department of Residental Life’s
Multicultural Awareness
Program (MAP) where
Villajuan’s challenges to
prescribed roles for females or
underrepresented groups have
merged into her career options,

In MAP, Villajuan said she
was able to draw upon her
experiences to implement
programs that might help the
student body.

“T advised the University’s
Judicial Board and saw how
people infused their prejudices
in their judgments,” Villajuan
said. “It is important to confront
our prejudites and challenge
preconceived ideas, in order to
be comfortable with ourselves.
Otherwise, we cannot practice
what we preach.”

Villajuan said she eventually
plans to teach. “Geneva Walker-
Johnson (Director of Residential
Life) once advised me that
fighting oppression is like a
relay race; you run until you are
tired and then you pass the baton
to someone else. You might not
see the end but you know the
Tace continues.”

Sheila McBain grew up in
Watervliet, NY. She grappled
with college costs for ten years
working full time while
attending undergraduate and
graduate school part-time. Her
job experiences ranged from
restaurant manager to the first
female Capital police officer in
1989, to assistant director of the

‘Campaign was my

Women’s Studies Center at
Russell Sage College.

She eyed the fellowship for
several years before she could
meet the program’s
requirements. At her placement
in the Department of Labor she
has designed a study that will be
used to analyze the promotional
opportunities available to
women and minorities in the
existing work force.

“Most likely the State’s
financial climate will not allow
many new employees. There is
a need to focus on the women
and minorities who are
overrepresented in entry level
positions,” McBain

said. by (pas
important to
examine what

advancement
opportunities are
available for these
employees.”

Originally from
Bergen County, N.J.,
Margaret. King
attended Vassar and
heard her vocational
calling through her
women’s studies
experiences. i
connected to the
subject matter,” she
said. “I wanted to
apply my passion
for equality in a
job.”

King was able to
obtain an internship
with the Child Care
Action Campaign
that led to full-time
employment. “The

machine

first exposure to a
policy group,” she
said. “I felt in order
for women — to
receive economic
justice, more
qualified child care
Programs and family

The Rensselaer woman

indicted Friday on
attempted murder and

Patricia J, Acker, 48, of
S57 Pine Street, allegedly
Ishot James D. Acker, 44,
wice at close range
jutside the Upholstery
hop at Dutch Quad,
where he worked, on May —

Acker, who is free on

Woman to be arraigned
for Dutch Quad shooting

$25,000 bail, is scheduled
for arraignment Tuesday}
in Albany County Court.

James
treated for neck and jaw
charges. wounds
Medical Center.

His wife checked into)
Four Winds Psychiatric!
‘Center in Saratoga Springs|
immediately after she|
Posted bail, according to}
her attorney, F. Stanton|
Ackerman.

Acker — was

at Albany

JBURGLARY
5/15- Stuyvesant-

such as the Families and Work
Institute, but she said she wanted
to get'a “bigger picture” view of
policy-making. “It was
important that I witness first-
hand the legislators, and
understand the policy makers’
motivations for their decisions.”
King’s placement with Senator
Masiello has afforded her more
than a passing glance at the
legislative process. Her close-up
experience with legislators has
alloed her a rare peek at the
tremendous amount of
negotiation and networking that
occurs before a bill even

appears.

AGGRAVATED HARRASSMENT

CRIME BLOTTER

y policy effects on women's issues
ae

King assists Masiello with
research and gaining support for
legislation. “Senator Masiello is
working for child care
improvements and a future
Project to improve economic
conditions in a predominantly
Hispanic part of Buffalo.”

“Tt has been an opportunity I'd
repeated if I could but it has also
been disheartening,” King said.
“During one of my first days, the
State of the State address was
taking place. A crowd of at least
300 ‘dark suits’ were attempting
to enter and 275 of them were
men. Women are clearly
underrepresented and change
happens so gradually.”

“ In whatever career I choose,
T have to feel that my work is
benefitting someone, somewhere
down the line,” she added.

Any student with a minimum
of 12 graduation credits, who are
interested in future policy-
making roles can apply for this
apid, seven month fellowship.
For more information, call Maud
Easter of the Center for Women
in Government at 442-3900,

6/4- State Quad- Irate and threatening call to office.

|ATTEMPTED MURDER

5/26- Dutch Quad- Woman arrested for shooting her estranged husband,

CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION

‘ash and comforter stolen from locked room.
5/13-15- Schuyler- Phone and library books missing from dorm room.

5/23- Roadway- At traffic trial received information that driver had

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

presented someone else’s license so that summonses were issued in wrong name.

5/14-15- Ten Eyck- Saline solution used on three vending machines.
5/14-15- Herkimer- Door to empty suite forced open.
6/7- L.C.’s- Damage at vending area- microwave knocked over, vending

unplugged.

CRIMINAL TAMPERING.
5/31- Lecture Center sub-bas2ment-
water fire extinguisher,

FALSE REPORT

Three unknown males discharged

6/3- Husted- Fire alarm pulled; juveniles seen Tunning from area,

GRAND LARCENY

5/16- Indian Quad- Wallet stolen from car,

6/1- PE Lot- Purse stolen from car,

6/2- Dutch Lot- Bicycle off car and purse from inside car.
6/9- Dutch Lot- Car stolen; recovered at Crossgates Mall, no suspects.

HARASSMENT

5/13- Stuyvesant Tower- Item thrown out tower and three males became

labusive to persons checking on that incident.

PETIT LARCENY

5/1- Tuscarora- Bicycle missing from storeroom.

5/1- Dutch Lot- License plate stolen,

5/8- Student Health Services Lot- Parking hang-tag stolen.
5/14-16- Indian Quad- Bicycle stolen from bike rack area.
5/16-17- Ryckman- Bicycle stolen from basement.

5/19- Dewey Library- Book stolen,
6/1- Milne- Bicycle stolen.

6/1- CC-PE Road- Wheel and tire stolen off car,

6/1- Physics Road- Parking hang-tag stolen.

6/2- Dutch-Indian Road- Parking hang-tag stolen.

6/2- Dutch Lot- Parking hang-tag stolen,

6/4- Hu-SS Stairwell- Newspaper vending machine broken into.
6/T- Fieldhouse Lot- Car broken into, cash stolen from purse,
6/9- Indian Lot- Backpack stolen from car,

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One professor's advice

By Jennifer Young
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Students are not just
numbers when they attend
SUNY Albany, thanks to
the open and
approachable professors
that can be found here on
campus. But
unfortunately, the Profs.
can't come to you--you
must seek them out!
"From the beginning of
their freshman year,
students should get to
know faculty, " advises Lee
Bickmore, professor of
linguistics and cognitive
science and Faculty in
Residence on Dutch Quad.

Bickmore recalled one
student he encountered
that didn't follow this
advice. While doing
graduate work at UCLA, a
student approached him
and asked him for a letter
of recommendation for
Harvard. "I told her that it
would be much better to
get three Professors to
write the letters rather
than a teaching assistant's
recommendation. She
that she could only find
two professors that she
knew on speaking terms,"
recalled Bickmore. So if
planning on going to
graduate school, or hoping
to one day obtain job
recommendations,
Bickmore strongly
suggests making yourself
known to professors.

One way to do this is to
utilize their office hours.
Incoming freshmen are
sometimes taken aback
by the overwhelming size
of, the classes held in the
large lecture centers.
When there are hundreds
of students in a class,
chances of getting
personal attention are
slim. "Go into their office
and ask them questions.
Make them know who you
are," stressed Bickmore

adamantly and continued,
" Try to ask questions that
go beyond the text book.
Professors love to see that
you are interested in the
subject matter."

As a student it is always
smart to keep your ears
open for any advice others
might. have about a
specific professor. "Don't
be afraid to take a class
just because you heard
how good the prof is. A
good professor can make a
class worthwhile no matter
what the subject,” said’
Bickmore earnestly.

Professor Bickmore
knows this from
experience. . While

attending college he heard
"good things" about a
professor of a philosophy
class. "I had no interest
in philosophy at ail, but I
took it. I don't regret it,"
explained Bickmore. "We
often remember a small
number of professors
rather than the facts and

figures we learn in
classes."

Perhaps the most
important words of
wisdom Professor

Bickmore passed along
were to "go to classes."

Not doing so is the easiest
way to fall behind.
However, he realizes that
students are not just here
to study. "Going to a
University involves many
different aspects besides

taking classes. As a
student you grow
mentally, physically,

spiritually, as well as
socially,” stated Bickmore.
According to him, it is
possible to do it all--as
long as you organize your
time!

Professor Bickmore
himself seems to be able to
do it all! Instead of being
the “standard 9-5
professor," he and his wife
and son Matthew, have

chosen to live on campus
full time as a faculty in
residence,

This position gives
Bickmore the opportunity
to interact with students
both in and out of the
classroom.

Bickmore, a native of Los
Angeles, brings with him a
background of education
experience, and world
travelling. He has gone
from the class rooms of
UCLA to wondrous
countries in Africa, before
settling down here at
SUNYA.

After completing his
undergraduate work at
Brigham Young University,
Bickmore went to UCLA to
do graduate work. During
his last year there, he
became a counseling
assistant. Bickmore was
involved with summer
orientation and he helped
undergraduate student
pick out classes. It was
this that "planted the
seeds" of his interest in
undergraduate education,
said Bickmore. He found
working with students very
rewarding.

UCLA was also the
birthplace of another of
Bickmore's loves. "It was
there that I began to study
Hausa, a language spoken
in northern Nigeria. In the
summer of '84, Bickmore
was one of ten students in
the country that was sent
over to Nigeria in a
government funded
program designed to
further educate the
students in the language
of Hausa.

“It was a real eye opener
to the way people in the
third world live," said
Bickmore. He witnessed
“open sewers, abject
poverty, and fly infested
living conditions." The
people there were quite
friendly to Bickmore and

the others in his group.
"The children followed us
everywhere! Especially the
village children. It. was
probably the first time they
had seen non-Africans,"
recalled Bickmore with a
smile.

Last August, Bickmore
got a chance to return to
Africa. While co-teaching
a class here at Albany, he
became friends with
Alfred, a native of Zambia.
Alfred invited him to come
visit him and his family in
Zambia, where’ he is a
principal of a school.
Bickmore obtained a grant
from the school and took
Alfred up on his offer.

"I loved it more than
Niger!" exclaimed
Bickmore. During his
month there, he was able
to collect data on two
African languages: Lungu
and Lamba. The
information he collected
there provided enough
information for Bickmore
to use for two years. He
has already written and
presented two papers
about his data at national
conferences.

Bickmore found the
people of Zambia to be
poor but, "much healthier
than those in Niger." The
wages in Zambia were
quite a contrast to the
average living made here
in America. Professor
Bickmore paid Alfred a
consultant fee which
amounted to $500. "That
was over half of Alfred's
yearly salary! And he is a
principal of a school!" said
Bickmore shaking his
head in disbelief.

Bickmore has been able
to incorporate his
knowledge of Africa with
some of the programs he
does on Dutch Quad as
Faculty in Residence. Last
fall he held a program that
allowed students to sample

some African food. This
fall Bickmore and a native
speaker of Swahili, will be
teaching a Swahili class
together on Dutch Quad.

Bickmore's other
programs have included
cooking international
foods, and a discussion of
how to apply to graduate
school. This fall the hall
he lives in will be a french
speaking hall. They have
plans to take a trip to
Montreal, which will be
open to all students even if
they don't live in that hall.

Professor Bickmore is
always willing and eager
for suggestions for new
Programs. “ If a student
has a suggestion or an
idea they should drop me
a note, call me, or see me.
I will certainly listen," he
said sincerely. Bickmore
isn't the only one running
programs. There is one’
faculty in residence at
every quad.

In the future summers to
come, Bickmore would
love to go back to Zambia.
"Someday I'd like to bring
ty family and teach there
for a year," he revealed.
But for now, Bickmore
Plans to stay right here on
the SUNYA campus.

Whether a student has a
question about linguistics,
a suggestion for a program
, Or would just like to talk,
Professor Bickmore is the
man to see. "After all,”
smiled Bickmore, "that's
why I'm here.”

What is Features? It's
Published once a
week. It's somewhere
in between news and
Aspects. It needs
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students, So stop by
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SUMMER ISSUE, 1992 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 5
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Students who feel lost in the crowd

By Kristen Hubbell
FEATURES EDITOR

“Albany State is so large
you're going to be treated
as just a number."

How many times have
you heard that statement?
If you're like most
students here, you've
probably heard it a lot.

"It's too big, it's
overwhelming," says
Christina Mastroianni, a
graduate of an area high
school who chose not to
attend the nniversity
because of its large size. "I
wanted to take Business
Administration at SUNY
Albany, but I checked it
out and it seemed like I
walked for, miles just
trying to get to find the
different buildings to get
to-my destination.”

Although many students
do complain of the large
size of the campus itself, it
is the size of the classes
that intimidates the most
students, especially those
freshmen who feel that
they...need .a
individual attention during
their first year of college.

"I was planning on going
on going to a two year
school and then
transferring here so that
at least for the first two
years I would get that
individual attention," says
one sophomore at SUNY
Albany, "I mean, freshman
and sophomore year
classes like math,
psychology, biology, and
chemistry are always in
crowded lecture centers
and those are the years
when you need the most
attention."

Mastroianni agrees. "I'm
used to small classes with
thirty-five to forty students
in them where you can
actually talk to your
professors if you need help
during class. You need

lot of

that when you're a first
year student, even 100 or
150 per class is too
much."

If this is the case, then
why doesn't fear of losing
their individuality in the
classroom turn more
students off to SUNYA?

"It's more of a realization
than a fear,” claims
Campus Life Staff

member, Carmen Serrano,
"I think a lot of the
incoming students don't
know what to expect, I

know I had no idea it was
going to be that way. Now
I realize in a school of
17,000 you can't expect to

have a personal
Telationship with
anybody."

Professors on campus
seem to agree with the
students when it comes to
the university's size and
the students' loss of
individual identity.

"It's probably true, at
least in the lower division
classes," remarks Dr.
James Acker, the
Associate Dean at the
School of Criminal Justice
who also feels that, "a
certain degree of
anonymity is not entirely a
bad thing because it gives

students at such a large

students freedom,
independence, and allows
them to develop and
grow.”

Dr. Steven Messner,
Associate Professor of
Sociology agrees. "It's a
big school, and with the
lower level courses there is
a tendency to get lost in
the crowd.”

According to these
professors, there are limits
on the amount of contact
that can be expected
between faculty and

institution, but the
statement that students

are "treated- as just
numbers" is an
oversimplification.

"I think that that

statement is exaggerating
it a bit," says Messner, "It's
certainly not that bad,” he
adds.

"I don't think you can
say that all people here
treat all people as
numbers," claims
chemistry professor Dr.
Robert Frost.

How is it possible then,
for a student to become a
face rather than a statistic
at a university of such
overwhelming size?

"You have to make a 100

percent effort to get to
know people and to get
your name out," advises
Serrano, "being known
really depends on your
interactions."

"For the professors to
attack individual student
problems in class is just
too much. Most of the
time when you're in the
big lecture centers the
professors just want to get
things done, but you just
can't sit back and say
‘that's just how it is’ and

SUNYA

advises
student who is currently
majoring in Biology.

"The students that I get
to know, "says Dr. Frost,
"are the ones that make
attempts to know me by

one

approaching me and
coming to my office hours.
I do make attempts to
know them, but I have
trouble doing that in a
class with as many as 240
students."

Dr. Messner admits that
during a normal semester
in a large course he gets to
know only "between ten
and twenty students- the
ones who come to see me."
In a small class with
twenty or thirty students

he says," I make and effort
to know each one by
name. I can't do that ina
large course with over one
hundred students. In a
large class, the student
has to take the initiative."

Not only are smaller
classes more profitable
and less intimidating for
the students, but they are
also better for the
professors.

"Most professors feel
that it is more enjoyable
when students are known
because it's easier to
lecture,” says Messner.
"The class becomes more
of a conversation," he adds
cheerfully.

If_you still have your
doubts about becoming
ust a number at SUNY
Albany, remember that
it's all relative.

Dr.Acker uses an
example from his own
experience.

"I went to Indiana
University as an
undergraduate and that's
two to*three times larger
than Albany. Believe me,
it's a lot worse there and
at even larger institutions.
You never get within a
stone's throw of a
professor," he laughs.

"For a State University
as large as Albany, I feel
that the people in it doa
lot to inspire. faculty-
student interactions. A lot
of positive things are
happening here,” says Dr,
Acker.

"They try," concludes
Serrano, “with 17,000
students, they try."

So though your ears may
be clogged with rumors of
your inevitable fate of
losing your identity at
SUNY Albany, keep in
mind that it is possible to
establish yourself by
taking the initiative and
making that first move.

‘

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DON'T FORGET...

In times past, the editorial of the summer issue was
simple, stupid, and written in very large print. The
message, directed towards incoming freshmen and
transfers, usually extolled the virtues of “becoming
involved.” Everyone should join the club of their
choice. Take a part in our illustrious Student
Association. After all, it’s your money we’re spending.
Besides, no college experience is complete without a
long list of extra-curricular activities, right?

However, this year is quite different. Last semester
this campus experienced some pretty horrible times.
There were allegations of a gang rape involving a
fraternity. There were allegations of 4 cover-up by
University officials. More rape reports were made.
Students staged a sit-in at President Swygert’s office.
After the verdict in the Rodney King trial, there were
more rallies and protests.

One of the chief worries of student leaders last
semester was that these events would be forgotten over
the summer. Three months away from something can
lessen your intensity about it.

One thing I used to tell people about being a SUNYA
student was that it wasn’t possible to get thirty people
together on this campus for free beer, much less a club
event or rally. Suddenly last semester, the campus was
unified in its anger over what was going on. Hundreds
of people turned out to question University officials.
Hundreds attended rallies and protests in support of
women’s issues and Rodney King. Not a typical
SUNYA response by a long shot.

The purpose of this editorial is twofold. First a
message to continuing students. Don’t forget what
happened here. Don’t let your anger to dissipate over
the summer. Keep that energy flowing, and channel it
into something contructive this fall. Don’t allow the
University to forget their promises. They’ve begun to
change, but the student body. must be vigilant to ensure
the continuation of the trend. There were some good
ideas about student safety put forward; work to make
these a reality. Last semester proved that students can
work together to accomplish what they want. To quote a
chant from the Rodney King march, “The people,
united, can never be defeated.” Let’s remember this
above all else.

Now a message to the incoming freshmen. Most of,
you probably don't know much about what's happened.
There is a new law that requires colleges and
universities to furnish students with information
regarding sexual assaults and rapes on campus. Make
sure you exercise this right to know. Don't be afraid to
ask questions. Ask your Orientation Assistant about it.
Ask the resident assistants, the residence hall directors,
anyone you can. Don't let it drop. In high school,
questioning authority figures is most definitely not
encouraged. It is time to break this habit. Passivity will
only result in letting others stomp all over your rights.
Take an active part in what's going on. No one is going
to take care of you anymore but you. Taking
responsibility for all our actions is the key to actually
becoming the adults we claim to be. Responsibility
includes exercising your rights, as well as protecting
them, and those of others.

Everyone should look for self-defense workshops in
the fall, and other forums about safety, both on and off:
campus. The ball is rolling, and it is our job to keep
pushing it along. The University has responded to
concerns by investigating the allegations, and promising
to look into all future allegtions. The administration as a
whole has acted commendably. UPD has instituted foot
patrols. They should be recognized for their quick
efforts to make this campus safer.

So this year there is no sappy sweet, rah-rah
involvement editorial. Involvement now is not a matter
of strengthening your resume, it is a matter of personal
necessity. By working together in the coalitions that
were formed last year, we can hopefully create a
campus community that is safe, cohesive and enjoyable
for everyone. Only by working together can we achieve
our goals.

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Views of women need change

If April is the cruelest month, March runs a close
second. At least for Israel, that is, for whom events last
month might have made T.S. Eliot, were he Jewish,
change that designation.

On the bad news side of the list, which all but
overwhelmed the good news side, Israel lost its former
Prime Minister, Likud leader and Camp David
peacemaker Menachem Begin, the dovish David Levy
quit the Shamir government. Infitada violence worsened
and took the lives of several Israelis. The conflict
widened abroad as the Israeli embassy in Argentina was
destroyed by a car bomb crash which killed 28 people
and wounded 235 others. Events in Europe shocked
Israel and Jews worldwide as the anti-Semetic,
xenophobic, extreme right wing Jean-Marie Le Pen’s.

National Front swept away 14% of the French vote, and
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German Chancellor Helmut Kohl met with Austrian

President Kurt Waldheim, whose Nazi past as an
intelligence officer includes war crimes in the Balkan
states and the deportation of Greek Jews. When the
World Jewish Congress spoke out against the meeting,
Kohl shot back that he needed no advice on whom he
ought to meet, and made a caustic accusation that the
World Jewish Congress was an enemy of German
unification. In Russia, anti-democratic groups like
Pamyat, whose platform is openly anti-Semetic, have
been protesting in Moscow and gaining in popularity.
Ironically and unfortunately, the cruelest of last
month’s anti-Semitic mania emanated not from Arab
nations, radical terrorists, or other typically anti-Zionist
groups, but from the highest office in the United States
of America. President Bush denied the $10 billion in
loan guarantees requested by Israel to absorb Jewish
refugees from the former Soviet Union, flatly rejecting
the legislative compromise proposed by Senators Bob
Kasten (R-WI) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The Bush
Administration, in deciding that Jewish settlements in
the West Bank, or Judea and Samaria, are the greatest
obstacles to peace, abandoned not only the U.S’s long-
standing friendship with Israel, but an opportunity to
have at least appeared to be acting as the “honest and fair
broker” of the peace process. Had Bush and Secretary of
State James Baker III made an accompanying demand
for an end to the Arab boycott, or for a halt in intifada
terrorism, the image of the U.S. acting as an impartial
mediator might have been easier to swallow. By denying
the Israelis the opportunity to negotiate the disputed
lands in the context of the direct, bilateral talks, the Bush
Administration has overstepped the peace process and
clearly abandoned its stated policy of neutrality. In
contrast to Bush’s policy towards Israel, during the last
three years the Administration has supported nearlyt $8
billion in unconditional loan guarantees to eight Arab
countries, including Iraq. It is believed that the
Administration has even asked Germany and other
European nations not to grant Israel loan guarantees.
Amid the uproar over the loan guarantee rejection, the
Bush Administration forced Israeli confidence in its
once-close ally to plunge even further downward, as

reports were leaked that Israel sold American military
equipment to China and other third world parties. The
leak has since been denied by both American and Israeli
officials, but the seeming objective of increasing anti-
Israel sentiment in the U.S. was probably achieved.
Moreover, reported Ed Koch, Secretary Baker used a
vulgarity to describe either hostility or indifference to
American Jewish support for loan guarantees to Israel,
adding, "They don't vote for_us." When the top officials
of the world's leading nations become overtly Anti-
Semitic, what is to be expected from the citizens of those
nations?

The Bush Administration's hostility towards Israel and
its supporters manifests that now that the Cold War is

_ over, Bush apparently feels that the U.S. no longer needs

Israel as a strategic ally in the Middle East’ Apparently,
a life-long history of loyalty to the U.S. and of
democracy in an undemocratic region bears little
importance in the mind of George Bush. Bush's new
outlook on foreign policy in the Middle East was
extraordinarily apparent in March, when Jordan's King
Hussein, whom Bush called his "friend," was invited for
a personal meeting at the White House. Has Bush
forgotten his leading role in last year's Gulf War, during
which Jordan was one of the few Arab nations that
supported Saddam Hussein? Does Bush pretend not to
know that Jordan is presently helping Iraq avoid the U.N.
embargo? In contrast, Bush makes no effort to treat
Israel as a friend, regardless of its cooperation with U.S.
demands during the Gulf War, or the fact that had Israel
not destroyed Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981, the
world would have been dealing with a nuclearly-armed
Saddam during the Gulf Crisis. Just what is George
Bush's idea of a friend?

Obviously, Bush has endeavored not merely to push
Israel out of what he perceives to be “occupied
territories," but to push Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir
out of office. However, while trying to bribe Israel into
moderacy and conciliation in its negotiations with the
Palestinians, Bush's scare tactics might actually swing
the Israeli electorate further to the right. The Bush
Administration's hard-nosed stance has made Israelis feel
more friendless and vulnerable than ever before. As
both a matter of national pride and strategic security,
Israelis are likely to feel increasingly strong about the
need to maintain control of the disputed lands, and to
refuse to concede much of anything to the Arabs. In that
case, Bush would be responsible for having hindered the
Arab-Israeli peace process, rather than having
orchestrated it. Perhaps, then, rather than questioning
"Who lost Russia?" as former President Richard Nixon
thetorically suggested, a more fitting question will be
“Who lost Israel?"

The best news for Israel last month came when the
Constitution for Israel Movement had its first major
victory in last month's decision by the Knesset to have
direct election of the prime minister, after over five years
of fighting for governmental reforms which also include
a written constitution and a change in the percentage of
votes needed by parties to win seats in the Knesset,
which is presently a mere 1%. Direct election of the
prime minister is an inherently more democratic method

: Continued on page 9

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cAspects

Summer Issue 1992

‘Lethal Weapon 3° Should Have Been Left
to Retire With Dignity

Lethal Weapon 3 seems to be the next
in a long series summer sequels. Like
most sequels, this movie doesn’t quite
make the grade. Sure, there’s still lots
of car chases, bombs, intrigues, shots
of Mel Gibson’s posterior, Joe Pesci,
and tons of other Lethal Weapon
paraphernalia. The one thing that
makes this movie different from its
two predecessors is that for once,
Martin Riggs’s (Gibson) girlfriend
doesn’t die due to unforeseen
circumstances, like South African
governments. Lorna (Rene Russo)
plays Laurel to Riggs’s Hardy. In fact,
these two seem to be made for each
other. This is probably because they

would drive anyone else absolutely |

insane. Both seem to have a love of
The Three Stooges and the martial arts.
One of the funniest scenes in the
movie is when Lorna and Riggs are
comparing battle scars.

Cheryl Torrontor

Unfortunately, Lethal Weapon 3 does
not have the spirit or spunk of 1 or 2.
Like Sergeant Roger Murtaugh
(Danny Glover), the premise is getting
old, and should probably retire while
there is still some dignity left to retain.
The rapid-fire dialogue isn’t so rapid-
fire anymore, and the action, while
still as red-hot as ever, gets annoying

‘Hey, Roger, check out the babes over there by the fountain,”
Says Sgt. Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) to his partner, Sgt. Roger
Murtaugh (Danny Glover) in Lethal Weapon 3.

if there’s nothing to support it.

Not to say there isn’t a plot. There
is. The subject? Gangs in the city and
the men who supply these people,
usually teenagers, with their weapons
and ammunition. In this case, the
weapons are supplied by a group of
developers. The developers sell the
guns to the gang members. The

FOF DOCS /h-F

Harrison Ford is no stranger to the
action-adventure genre. Now the man
who portrayed such unforgettable
heroes as Han Solo and Indiana Jones
can add another to his resume: Jack
Ryan.

Adam Meyer

Although the role was originated by
Alec Baldwin in The Hunt for Red
October, any lingering impressions of
him will be erased in the opening
moments of Patriot Games. Ford
teplaces his predecessor’s cockiness
with a mature confidence and seems
closer to the character created by
author Tom Clancy. It is a privilege to
watch Ford work; in the ‘90’s
Hollywood, he is one of the few
genuine movie stars.

Jack Ryan follows up his escapades
on the Soviet submarine Red October
with a family jaunt to merry old
England. This isn’t CIA business:
Ryan is retired and teaching college;
He goes to London to make a speech.

Where Jack goes trouble is sure to
follow. He finds himself among the
bystanders of an Irish Republican
Army assault on a member of the
Royal family. Like any self-respecting
ex-marine, he saves a Duke from near
death, and in the process kills a 17
year old IRA member whose big
brother, Sean Miller (Sean Bean), is
taken into custody.

Ryan is a hero. But his celebrity may
be shortlived after Miller’s cohorts
give him an early parole. He has not
forgotten the man who killed his
brother, and soon finds himself
putting his personal hatred before his
political goals. Although the movie
doesn’t explore his motivations for
joining the IRA, we can empathize
with his sense of loss if not the way he
chooses to deal with it. It’s almost a
cliche that movie villains are stupid
caricatures, but Bean is a strong actor
ina strong role.

Back in the States, Admiral Greer
Games Earl Jones) pays a visit to Ryan
and informs him of what has
happened.The chances of Miller

gangs, on the other hand, buy the
guns to get the advantage over their
rivals. The circle goes on and
on...well, at least until Murtaugh
shoots one of the young gang
members, who happens to be a friend
of his son Nicholas’s. Enraged and
distraught, Murtaugh scopes the
neighborhood in search of the people

who sold the guns. Luckily, they find
the right person, and the search ends.

Added to the basic premise is Joe
Pesci, once again portraying Leo
Goetz. Leo has gone straight and
become a successful real estate agent.
Unlike the Leo of movies past, he has
destroyed any modicum of humor
and bases the character strictly on
those annoying aspects of his
personality. Pesci is brought in to sell
Murtaugh’s house. The house is
being sold because Murtaugh is
tetiring, and can’t afford to maintain
his mansion of a house. I wonder
how he ever afforded the behemoth in

a the first place. Oh well.

Murtaugh’s retirement is the
underlying story behind the story.
Riggs has to face the possibility that
he’ll have to break in a whole new
partner, while at the same time losing
his almost adoptive family. In the
end, Murtaugh decides not to retire. I
can only hope that Richard Donner
shows wisdom and doesn’t repeat
that idea by making a Lethal Weapon 4.
Let the guys retire with some kind of

[2]?

Play Around

seeking revenge on him, he explains,
are minimal. But if that were the case,
there wouldn't be much of a movie.

Philip Noyce brings a sure
directorial touch. The action scenes
are balanced with a credible scenes of
family life or conversations at the
CIA. Instead of abusing car chases or
gunfights to the point of numbing the
audience (as is the recent trend),
Noyce provides bursts of suspense
throughout Patriot Games, only letting
go at the very end. The composition of
certain shots is so stunning they will
remain vivid in your mind. His
experience in the horror genre shows
in the brutal violence, which is done
in moderation but gives a sense of
how ruthless the villains are.

James Earl Jones is an important
supporting player, a giant teddy b ear
who's simultaneously imposing and
likeable. His moments on-screen are
all too brief and leave you wishing for
more. Perhaps he would have been a
better choice to play Catherine Ryan
than Anne Archer, who simply
reenacts her Oscar-nominated

performance from Fatal Attraction. She
doesn’t seem like the kind of woman
Jack Ryan would be in love with.

Much of the film’s success is due to
its fully-realized characters. The
suspense is real because we care about
the Ryan family. The screenwriters,
forced to convert Clancy’s massive
novel into a couple of hours of
celluloid, face and unenviable task.
Adapting a book is easy to do but
difficult to do. well. As when Jack
Ryan makes the world safe for
democracy, K.W. Peter Iliff and
Donald Stewart take a tough job and
make it seem simple.

Ultimately, Patriot Games owes its
success to Harrison Ford. Lapses by
anyone else could be overlooked, but
he’s the one who has to keep
audiences in their seats. Unlike a
Kevin Costner, Ford recognizes his
limitations as a performer and instead
capitalizes on his abilities (and they
are extensive). Starring in action films

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2a Aspects

‘Summer Issue 1992

Far and Away’ A Great Film

Far and Away seems to have a
stereotypical Hollywood plot. Boy
peasant gets house burned by
landowner, goes to landowner to get
revenge, girl aristocrat stabs boy
peasant with pitchfork, boy peasant
attempts to kill landowner, shotgun
explodes in boy peasant’s face, boy
peasant recovers in landowner’s
home. Girl aristocrat turns out to be
landowner’s daughter. Girl
aristocrat entices boy peasant to
come to America in search of free
land. While enjoying many various
adventures in America, boy peasant
and girl aristocrat fall in love. Boy
peasant and girl aristocrat meet with
difficulties and get separated.
Eventually, boy peasant and girl
aristocrat reunite and live happily
ever after.

Cheryl Torrontor

Okay, so maybe its not that typical.
What makes the movie better than
average is the directing and
cinematography. Director Ron
Howard filmed in 70 mm for the first
time in a while. This tactic made the
movie larger than life and a much
more enjoyable cinematic experience.
In fact, visually Far and Away
reminds me more of Dances with
Wolves than any other movie I have

seen recently. Far and Away is two
and a half hours long, but it moves
quickly. Unlike Kevin Costner’s
recent Robin Hood, the accents are
plausible and remain intact for the
entire movie. It was a nice change.

The main characters, Joseph and
Shannon, are played by Tom Cruise
and his wife, Nicole Kidman.
Kidman and Cruise first worked
together on Days of Thunder. Unlike
many married couples who make
indulgent movies and just like to
make them together, Far and Away is
an actual movie. Cruise and Kidman
bring their marital relationship to the
screen. The chemistry between them
is ever constant, and a pleasure to
see.
Director Ron Howard (of Andy
Griffith and Happy Days fame) makes
another spectacle of a movie, much
as he did with Cocoon and Backdraft.
The camera angles are interesting
and innovative, and show a great
knowledge of how to achieve the
best effect with minimal panning of
the camera.

All in all, I hope Cruise and
Kidman proceed as well with their
marriage as they did with this movie.

2/2) 2/7

|

Ad's Last Gasp

Lessons in Life at SUNYA

As the number of
classes dwindles here at
SUNY Albany, the
remaining courses are
becoming more and
more basic. Yet the
school still doesn’t offer
classes which will help
us in every day life in
this place. The
following courses
should be offered, if not
required, , for all
students attending this
university.

Kelly
Barclay

SUNY 101 Local Bars:
Getting In The Easy
Way

This course explains the
basic to finer points of
fake IDs. When
enrolled, you will learn
how to chalk your
license, where and
where not to buy a laser
copy, how to find
someone who looks just
like you and persuade
him or her to give up
his or her license,

sucking up to bouncers,
and which bar will
accept which kind of ID
(i.e. chalked, laser copy,
etc.). Assignments will
include practical
application by taking
the professor out for a
drink.

SUNY 122 Parking On
Campus

Explains where and
when to park, why
parking stickers cost so
damn much, and
various theories on
why UPD officers have
nothing better to do
then drive around
giving tickets to people
who park in the upper
lots. General tone of
class: park elsewhere.

SUNY 211 Quad Living:
Mice and Other Strange
Creatures

Gives students an
opportunity to learn
how to deal with their
various corhpanions
inside quad halls. From
the mice in the
radiators, to those
extremely loud guys

bouncing basketballs a
floor above you, this
class will explain how
we can all live together
in a harmonious
community without
tearing each other’s
throats out.

Prerequisite to SUNY
313 Off-Campus Living:
Rent, Bills and
Neighbors.

Suny 342 Surviving
UAS

Explains different
techniques on how to
live through a semester
of University Auxiliary
Service food. Discusses
which food is
reasonably safe to eat
without threat of food
poisoning, and how to
get a salad without any
hair. Also teaches the
quickest routes to local
stomach pumps in case

of emergency.

SUNY 437 How To
Drag Out Elections
Taught by members of
the Student
Association.

Now that the cheesemeister has moved on into the
hierarchy (and strawberryness), the threat of
contamination to this section from his limburger
breath is over. So when September rolls around come
on up to Campus Center 323 to join ASPects, the
hottest and freshest smelling section of the ASP, and
ask for either Cheryl or Rob. Also, watch out for
special interest meetings this fall.

In hundred degree heat, a group of brave pioneers piled into my puke green
1981 Chevy Malibu, equipped with instructions written on masking tape (it was
my grandfather's car, he didn’t want to forget to fasten his seatbelt or put the
car into drive), a state of the art air conditioning system which shuts down
automatically after eight minutes exactly, and a radio without tape deck which
receives every station in the Capital District with a maximum of static. These
souls who dared trust my automobile to complete a fifty mile excursion were
{not including the Head Gasper): Generalissimo Meghan Howard, Ed in Chief
and Speed Reader; Cheryl Torrontor, Aspects Editor and Columnist-to-be;
Robert Tiger |, Associate Aspects Ed; and Kelly, who just keeps following us
around.

Actually, they aren't as brave as they seem. Generalissimo Howard was
driving, not myself.

We were cruising down the Thruway when the “Check Engine Immediately”
light went on. Sitting in the passenger seat, | asked my chauffeur if this was a
bad sign.

“Sort of,” she said.

“Does this mean my car is going to explode?”

“Perhaps.”

“Oh,” | sighed.

The light flashed again.

“I guess we should check it immediately, huh?”

“Oh, we will,” she said. “There's a rest stop forty miles away. If we make it
there, we'll stop.”

At the rest stop, Kelly informed us that her major was currently auto
mechanics, so she would gladly inspect my Malibu. “It used to be biology,” she
said, “but | was bored with that, so | switched to English, and then anthropology,
and | was in philosophy for awhile—”

“Thank you, Kelly,” Cheryl said.

According to Kelly’s expert opinion, the water, oil, and blood levels were
sufficient; she suggested that perhaps the car was having a PMS attack.

Back on the road again. In the back seat, Cheryl and Rob were debating
whether or not Buffalo should be allowed on a state map; Cheryl, a Buffaloite
herself, was making a poor case, using the Bills as her main argument (“Now
that we got rid of Scott Norwood, we're going all the way...”).

Our destination was a small village known as Red Hook. We passed through
the traffic light, saw the video store (one can distinguish it from the pizza place
by the sign which reads “Video”) and the tractor dealership, as well as the
historic trailer in which the all-time leader in issues as Managing Editor, Chief
Howard, was raised.

Finally we arrived at the farm itself. We parked the Malibu in a dirt Parking lot
and braced ourselves for the festival festivities.

“Look at that,” Rob said. “Isn't that Kevin Costner?”

Out yonder in the corntield was, indeed, the Prince of Thieves himself. He
was having a catch with Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb, and John Goodman.
Pete Rose was playing whiffleball with Steve Howe. George Steinbrenner was
trying to sign Sandy Koufax to a ten year deal.

A baseball fan, | wanted to check out the goings-on, but was outvoted three
to two. Ona stretch of grass, tents had been erected. Each one had a different
attraction. There was a straw maze, hay rides, and vendors selling every kind
of berry product imaginable: strawberry shakes, strawberry shortcake,
strawberry soda, strawberry beer, strawberry T-shirts, and so on. We wandered
through, absorbing atmosphere.

“Now we'll go picking,” Meghan said.

She took one basket, Cheryl, Rob, Kelly and | took the other. Since we were
new at this, Meghan explained to us the subtleties of picking strawberries. “You
have to see if they’re ripe or not.” She used her hands as she talked.
Everyone stayed at least two yards back to avoid getting whacked in the face.
“If they're red all the way around, then they're happy strawberries. If they have
white tips, then they're not happy.” Then she sprinted off to a distant patch,
leaving us to fend for ourselves.

Rob and | began to check the vines. There were several deep red
Strawberries which we grabbed. After a minute or two a competition had
developed, not only in quantity of berries picked but in their size as well. “My
Strawberry’s bigger than that,” | told him, observing the Puny fruit in his hand.
ae wish, pal,” he said. “I've got plenty more happy strawberries than you

ave.”

“Hey,” Cheryl said, “who's putting unhappy strawberries in the basket?”

“Rob did it,” | said.

“All this business about happy strawberries and unhappy strawberries is
totally unfair.” Kelly shook her head. “It simply isn't right. Why should we
discriminate against unhappy strawberries? Maybe they haven't had as much
sunlight, or they were abused in their youth.”

“Don't touch my Strawberry,” | told Rob.

“Man, | don’t want anything to do with your strawberry.”

Cheryl held up a bizarre berry-like mutation. “I've got a neurotic Strawberry.”

Finally, with two baskets full of strawberries, we proceeded to the exit.
Payment was by the pound. Meghan claimed that she alone had collected
More strawberries than we had. | begged to differ. When the berries were
weighed, indeed, she was the winner. But, as Rob sorted through her basket,
he pointed out unhappy strawberry after unhappy strawberry. “You'd have to
put these things on drugs to get them happy,” Cheryl observed.

Thus, we won by default. A Strawberry conspiracy revealed.

ED wh nh ol?

VLCL

ae
Summer Issue 1992:

3a Aspects

‘Box Socials': A Good Way To Meet Kinsella

The old maxim about the
importance of quality, not quantity,
certainly holds true for the novels of
W. P. Kinsella. There have only been
two prior to Box Socials (in addition to
a number of short story collections),
both marvelous books, The Iowa
Baseball Confederacy and Shoeless Joe
(the basis for Field of Dreams).

Adam Meyer

He has been categorized as a
baseball fiction writer, and as such
toils in a territory largely his own.
Unlike those who pay an occasional
homage to the American Pastime,
Kinsella’s love of the game and his
literature are inextricable. Unlike such
overblown fantasies as Bernard
Malamud’s The Natural, his books are
both more realistic and yet fantastic.
The details of everyday life in Shoeless
Joe are so artfully rendered that when
the 1919 White Sox trot out onto the
narrator's cornfield, you're not
necessarily willing to believe it could
happen, but you wish it could.

Box Socials, which is the first of a
promised trilogy, does not follow in
the same vein as his supernatural
baseball fantasies. The narrator is
Jamie O’Day, a young country boy.

Bi

I’ve got a very special recipe. It’s-a
little concoction that I’ve thought up
myself. A special mixture that will
allow me, and those who will join me,
to render helpless, and then take over,
the island of Manhattan. My basic
thinking is simple; paralyze the
island’s populace, create massive
chaos, and present demands to the
City’s shaken and spineless leaders. I
believe that if these steps can be
followed properly I, along with a
small occupation force, can conquer
the Big Apple.

Ladd Everitt

Before the first wave of my attack
hits the island, I’m going to need a
large-scale diversion to occupy the
borough’s populace and distract them
from my impending strike. My first
ingredient will thus be 150 clowns,
400 mimes, and those chicks in that
Gerardo video.

I'm not talking about 2-cent, side-
show, snot rag clowns. I’m going to
get the best goddamn clowns this
country’s ever seen. They're gonna
keep everyone busy, making ‘em
laugh, smile and chortle, while my
blitzkrieg’s warming up. The mimes,
too, will be top notch. They’ll be so
damn good that people won't even
realize they’re mimes. I’m going to
distribute them along with the clowns
all over key points on the island, to
keep all those Manhattanites nice and
busy. Oh, and those chicks from the
Gerardo video are going in, too. Why?
Because they’re damn hot and I don’t
want anyone concentrating on what
I'm gonna be hitting them with a little
later.

The next ingredient in my little
brew is what I call my “special

€

Some of the tales he relates about
Bjornsen’s Corner of Alberta, Canada
are nearly as absurd as the two
hundred inning baseball game
featured in The Iowa Baseball
Confederacy. There is, for example, the
story of the Little American Soldier,
whose truck
breaks down, is
taken in by the
Lakusta family,
and ends up
marrying
Wasyl, “who
was rumored
tobe othe:
hotblooded one
among the
Lakusta
sisters,” with a
six day
wedding.
According to
the first line of
Ja mailie”s
narrative, “This
is the story of
how Truckbox Al McClintock almost
got a tryout with the genuine St.
Louis Cardinals of the National
Baseball League...”, but he greatly
underestimates the breadth of his
own story. Box Socials is about much
more than Truckbox Al, the Cardinals,

ti T
forces.” These forces will consist of
people with a rare skill that I need in
my operation; the ability to suck a
token out of a subway turnstile in a
matter of milliseconds. That's right. I
need people that can assure me that,
once the operation begins, no one in
Manhattan can get off the damn
island by train’or bus. I’m going to
put my “suckers” at all the main
subway turnstiles in Penn Station,
and other terminals. When anyone
tries to get through one of these
turnstiles, my people are going to
bend down in a swift motion and
suck that token right back out of the
slot in the turnstile. Then they'll
throw it back to a collection team
behind them, who will alternate with
them on “suck shifts” when they get
tired. 500 strong, this force’s task is
crucial. I can’t create chaos if I can’t
force a frightened population to
remain on the island. I’m not worried,
though. People will think twice about
trying to leave when they see my
Suck Elite go to work.

The next thing I’m going to need is
8,000 wildebeests and a few rigs to
bring them onto the Manhattan
bridges. My plan is simple. I divide
my wildebeest force evenly among
the bridges leading into Manhattan.
Just before my attack, I get my rig
drivers to bring this animal force onto
the bridges and suddenly jack-knife,
at the same time having a man in the
rear of the truck open the back gate
and release the animals. You can
picture the rest. 8,000 screaming gnus
pouring out of my rigs onto the
bridges, immediately stopping all
traffic flow (which, according to my
planned schedule, will be that of the 5
o’clock rush hour) and causing mass-
accidents and chaos. This will stop all
car flow out of the island and cause

or even baseball. It’s about people.

In a novel with minimal plot, it is
the characters who bring it to life.
Many bear Dickensian tags which
allow for easy identification of the
large cast. There’s the widow, Mrs.
Beatrice Ann Stevenson (no relation to

7 the Venusburg
Stevensons),
Mrs. Edna
Rasmussen
Bozniak and
her mother,
Mrs. Irma
Rasmussen,
the infamous
Flop Skalrud
(whose
infamy
derives from
his sexual
prowess), Mr.
and Mrs. Bear
Lundquist,
and various
OMAN. esr
eccentrics, If
there is a villain in the novel, it would
have to be Velvet Bozniak, the
daughter of Mrs. Edytha Rasmussen
Bozniak, who lusts after Jamie with
single-minded purpose.

Kinsella’s experience as a short
story writer is evident, the book

he App

the suryiying automobile commuters
(and wildebeests) to flee back to the
trap I have waiting for them on the
island.

The last lane of transportation back
to the other boroughs will be via the
water surrounding Manhattan. Since I
don’t want anyone swimming off the
island, I’ve planned to block this
escape route as well. I’m going to get
1,000 duffel bags of guano and dump
them into the Hudson and all other
waters surrounding Manhattan just
before I launch my attack. 1,000 bags
of the smelliest, stinkiest, rottenest,
crappiest, most fetid bags of guano
you've ever seen. And I’m going to
throw them right in the water. No
one’s gonna be swimming off that
island.

I'm not stupid. I know I need an
intimidation force, a hit squad, to take
care of the city and community
leaders and other individuals who
will try to thwart my plans and rally
the people of Manhattan against me.
I've thus pre-selected my personal
“gestapo.” You know who’s going to
be in it? The meanest, cruelest, and
toughest childhood stars this world
has ever seen. I’m talking about
people like Adam Rich, Dana Plato
and David Cassidy; cold-blooded
butchers with two-ton chips on their
shoulders. Bitter, angry bastards out
to make headlines again any way they
can. Payback for the world that made
their dreams come true and then took
them away. And revenge is gonna be
a bitch, baby. I’ve got a small army of
these “warriors” lined up. People like
“Rick” Schroeder and that Danny-kid
from the Partridge Family. People that
would kill you for drug money
without a second’s hesitation. I’ve
even got coked-up ex-Menudo
members ready to do my bidding.

coming together as a series of related
anecdotes. Meanwhile he scatters
tantalizing bits of information,
promising to expand upon them later;
in the absence of brutal violence or
lurid sex, he plants these small hooks
to keep you turning the pages.

The narrative style has an
easygoing, familiar sound. Box Socials
reads as if it were being told around a
campfire, full of lengthy sentences
and characterized by a steady rhythm.
Instead of proceeding in a linear
fashion, it takes broad leaps backward
and forward in time, the only
constant being the friendly in which it
is told.

The title comes from the box socials
which, along with with drives,
community dances, and ethnic
wedding, are among the main
activities in the region. The idea is
that the local women prepare box
lunches and the highest male bidder
earns a chance to eat it with her.
Kinsella’s latest proves to be a most
satisfying meal, and anyone who
doesn’t bid on Box Socials is missing
out on something almost as good as
the locally-produced “bring-on-
blindness, logging-boot-to-the-side-
of-the-head homebrew.”

le

These guys are pissed, big time. Oh,
yeah. I’ve also got Willis. A bulked-
up, drugged-up, and heavily armed
Willis ready to cleanse this earth,
baby. You and I are knowing that any
resistance is going to die real quick.

The last part of my “recipe” calls for
3,000 of the ugliest, roughest,
strongest, and hairiest lumberjacks in
this whole damn country. These guys
are gonna knock out all the power on
the stinkin’ island. That’s right. I’m
gonna have these oafs climbing every
goddamn telephone and utility pole
in Manhattan to knock down all those
damn wires. I’m gonna hand ‘em big
old-ass saws and say, “You boys cut
through every pipe and cable you
see.” These half-asses are gonna be
sawing, axin’, choppin’, hammerin’,
cuttin’; spittin’, and growlin’ until I
tell them to stop. You think I’m gonna
give an already terrified population
power? No way, Jack.

The last part of my little recipe is
stirred up especially for my victory
celebration, when I become the new
Mayor and get the key to the entire,
bloody city. What I need at my
inauguration is that Michael Bolton
guy. You know why? Because that
son-of-a-bitch has pipes. And I want
him to sing my glory song like a
goddamn banshee when they place
the crown on my sweet old head. You
can picture it. His long-ass mane’ll be
blowin’ in the wind and I'll be telling
that bastard to sing on baby, sing on.
Oh, it’s going to be real nice.

There you are. A special little mix, I
think. I’ll see you suckers when all
that smoke clears, and I’m the friggin’
good ol’ King of the whole damn
Apple. And believe me, you'll hear
about it when I bite into that big, red
sucker.

4a Aspects

Summer Issue 1992

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The Safest Of Beta

A collage of influences from all
areas of music (Classic Rock,
Alternative/ Hardcore, and Classical)
comprises the premiere release from
the band Machines of Loving Grace.
Their sound is one that breaks down
the boundaries, and encompasses an
lever-widening scope of the riches
modern music has to offer.

Mike Fisher on keyboards, Scott
‘Benzel with the vocals, and Stuart
Kupers on guitar are the principal
members of the band. Two and a half
years ago, the band blossomed out of
a project Benzel was doing at the
University of Arizona. The project
was to produce a music video, for the
song he was also working on...
“Terminal City.” With the addition of
Kupers, and finding all their
influences so distinctly different, yet
complementary, the three musicians
set out to bring their unique sound to
a wider audience.

“Machines of Loving Grace,” as a
band name, begs for further
explanation. Richard Brautigan's
poem, ‘All Watched Over By
Machines of Loving Grace’ was
something I read in high school,” said
Kupers. “I’m actually not too fond of
the poem anymore. That is where we
got our name though...”

The first form of their album was
recorded on an eight track in Fisher’s
bedroom. Mammoth Records heard
their work, and picked it up to re-
release properly.

All this, and money too?! It has not
yet come to the point at which they
can be free to create without the
constraints of the dreaded “DAY
JOB.” As they put out their brand of
fresh and unique music, they feel they
are building a sturdy fan base for
their springboard to success.

At the present time, they are in the
process of writing new music. “The
old stuff (however new to the public)
has been around for about two years.
We're beginning to get sick of it all.

are
playing so
much of
new

The
direction
ae a
Machines
are taking
for their

new music does not differ that greatly)
from what you can hear on “Machines|
of Loving Grace.” Fisher saw their,
new sound as “. . more focused on|
what our sound is supposed to be,
who Machines of Loving Grace are. It
is about breaking boundaries, and|
shaking off all the labels people try to
put on us. Through our new music,
we cover a really broad scope.” The
terms seem contradicting, but the
“Machines” defining themselves does|
not narrow them in any way. Their]
music is versatile, and their horizons,
broad, so the only way to go is up the}
charts.

The newest single off the album is|
“Bur Like Brilliant Trash (At Jackie's}
Funeral).” The “hard tech groove”
created in the released mix, is a la
Trent Reznor of 9 Inch Nails renown.
“Oh, he was a friend of a friend. . .we
got a hold of him through the!
grapevine,” says Fisher of Reznor.
“He (Trent) had similar points of view
to us, he is open, and honest. . .,”
qualities well matched to the
members of this band. The touring is
getting crazy, one could assume,
because the album is getting hot. I
caught up with them in Las Vegas,
and the big question was “So, are you

having a ball out there (the Black Jack|_

and the Roulette)?” Oddly enough,
the answer was, “Well, we played the
slot machines last night, but we’re
awfully tired after shows. . .no time|
for all that stuff.” Well, its all fun and
games, until its not—it’s serious art,
with something for everyone to enjoy.

--Jamie Roberts

A Lollapalooza Guidebook

It is in essence a random smattering

~ of bands, each with different musical

styles and different groups that they

appeal to - but it's not as simple as
that. :

This year's Lollapalooza Music
Festival features seven bands who
-seem to be at the peak of their success
or at a time where they are just
beginning to show the world what
they can do for alternative music.

Headlining the festival will be the
Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose name
describes the state of euphoria
surrounding them at this moment.

Their ~ latest release,
BloodSugarSexMagik, has been both a
commercial arid a critical success. The
album's third single, "Under the
Bridge", has brought the Chili Peppers
into the mainstream of Top 40 music.
The song, which describes lead singer
and lyricist Anthony Kiedis’ regrets
about his heroin addiction, has
brought widespread popularity to a
band that was known for its hard
driving, bass laden funk style of
music.

But just as the pinnacle of success
had washed itself over the Peppers, a
demoralizing blow was landed.
Guitarist John Frusciante suddenly
quit the band while on tour in the Far
East. The group immediately
cancelled the rest of its dates and the
band's status at this year's
Lollapalooza Festival was in jeopardy.

Just recently, however, the band
announced that it had found a
replacement for Frusciante, although

at the time of this article, his name
was not known yet.

Backing up the Red Hot Chili
Peppers at Lollapalooza will be the
Jesus and Mary Chain, Soundgarden,
rapper Ice Cube, Lush, Ministry and
Pearl Jam.

Pearl Jam, replete with members
from the now defunct Mother Love
Bone, recently completed a year long
tour to support its debut album, Ten.

Pearl Jam is at the heart of the ever-
burgeoning music scene in Seattle,
Washington, which brought rise to
groups such as Nirvana and
festivalmate, Soundgarden.

Seattle-bred Soundgarden toured
recently in support of its latest album,
Badmotorfinger.

England's Lush are the festival's
opening act. The quartet's first album,
Gala, was a compilation of earlier EPs
and outtakes. Late in 1991, they
released their first full-length album,
Spooky, upon an expectant alternative
music scene.

The album soared to the top of the
college music charts upon its release.
Lush, with its guitar-heavy dreamlike
aura that it puts forth in its music,
have been compared to up and
coming group Curve, who recently
came to the Manhattan Center
Ballroom on 34th Street.

Ministry have been around for a
long time and their style has changed
dramatically during their years.
Ministry, circa 1982, resembled a
melodic, beat-oriented type of band,
heavy on keyboards and electronic

beats. Somewhere along the line
Ministry's frontman Alan Jorgensen
was alienated by something. Ministry,
circa late 1980's and early 1990's, have
an angry, thrash guitar driven sound
personified by Jorgensen's raging
lyrics. Quite a change.

Jesus and Mary Chain has risen to
the top of the current college charts
with its latest release, Honey’s Dead.

Lollapalooza, originated by former
Jane's Addiction frontman Perry
Farrell, started last year. Siouxsie and
the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Ice-T,
Butthole Surfers, Living Color and
Henry Rollins Band backed up
headliner Jane's Addiction last year.

Jane's Addiction has since broken
up and Farrell has formed another
band, Porno for Pyros.

Area shows include one show at the
Saratoga Performing Arts Center on
August 4th. Tickets are $30.50 and
they go on sale June 20th. Two shows
at Long Island's Jones Beach
Amphitheater and a show at Waterloo
Village in Stanhope, New Jersey have
already sold out.

-Patrick Cullen

Continued from page 1a

like Witness, Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade and Patriot Games won’t earn
him a place in the Hollywood annals as
a brilliant actor. He isn’t at the level of a
Robert DeNiro or a Gene Hackman. Not
many actors are. When he does what he
does best, there isn’t anybody who does
it better, and that’s not something to be

underestimated.

PS. It's a boy.

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Queen of Terrible Fonts,
The Duke of All That's
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LETTERS

Take rape seriously

To the Editor:

Once upon a time, a woman being raped was of direct
interest to any man whom she was closely associated
with. Fathers, male siblings, and husbands were enraged
by such an act. By raping a man's daughter, sister, or
wife, the assailant was raping his wallet as well. Because
of this heinous act, a man's "property" was immediately
debased and devalued. Raping a virgin was especially
criminal; not because sex was especially criminal; not
because sex was supposedly an act reserved to someone
you live but because a virgin was a priceless commodity
on the dowry market. If a woman was sexually flawed in
any way, she was just about as useful as a cow who could
not produce milk. Rapists were reprehended because they
were thieves. Their sentence was to marry the victim
who was now futile. In the end, a woman's feelings were
not even a consideration.

Today, we go by the premise that we are all empathic
civilized human beings. In the college environment,
students like to fancy themselves as being mature adults.
It seems that along with all this newly found civilization
and maturity came a great deal of apathy. The following
message is geared toward whatever emotions that we
have not been robbed of in the advancement process.

I don't know how many of these recent rape incidents
are veridical, but for any man who has or is inclined to
rape a woman, I would just like to remind you that
women were not objects when they were being bought
and sold on the marriage market and they are still not
objects now. Women are just the same as you are, with
some anatomical differences. They have blood running
through their veins, ideas running through their heads
and feelings in their hearts. I am not going to beat the

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proverbial dead horse by telling you that "no means no"
because although this is important to understand, I think
that by the time we are of college age we are all
intellectually competent enough to know that. When you
rape, you are not having sex. You are violating a
woman's body and most of all her spirit. Albeit women
may want sex, no one wants to be frightened, humiliated
and degraded.

These rapes, both reported and rumored, have given
rise to many misogynist statements and jokes. Quite a
few men make the assertion that they would love to be
raped and how lucky they would be to have a group of
women just storm into their rooms and have their
nymphomaniac ways with them. Statements such as
these are completely idiotic. There is nothing enjoyable
about being threatened that way. There is nothing fun
about having your home broken into and being
threatened at gun or knife point to have sex with
someone you have never even seen before. On the flip
side, there still is nothing pleasurable about spending
time with someone you like and trust and having them
turn on you because of their lack of respect for your
feelings and decisions.

It does not matter what a woman wears or what her
previous sexual behavior was like. Just as dirty clothes is
not an indication that someone is a common street
vagrant, a tight shirt or a short skirt does not make a
woman a whore and does not give a man a right to rape
her. People always argue that convicted felons should be
given a chance to reclaim their part in society after
incarceration; thus it would be wrong to assume that a
former thief is automatically responsible for any thefts
that take place after his release. At the same token, if a
woman has slept with all of your friends, don't
automatically assume that she is obligated to sleep with
you. Don't assume that a rape is fictitious because of the
victim's reputation.

I would like to commend the administration for it's
gook intentions. They are trying to prevent a frantic state
of hysteria among the students. They are trying to protect
us. However, they have to understand that we are facing
a scary issue. When the master key of Indian Quad was
stolen last semester, and people's rooms were being
broken into , everyone got scared. When there was an
arson incident on Alumni Quad, everyone got scared.
Once again students are at risk, and now we are expected
to be level headed about it. Yes, as college students»we
are supposed to be in the "best years of our lives" but it is
also important to recognize that college is a microcosm
of the “real world." The same issues that we are facing
here will be the same issues that we will be facing after
graduation and it is imperative that we learn how to
protect ourselves today so that we will not be victims
tomorrow.

With the semester over, we have, for the most part, left
SUNY Albany to enjoy a glorious three and a half
months of warm weather, no tests, no papers. By next
semester, or maybe even next week, these incidents will
be just a dull memory to most of us; except the victims.
These women who have been raped have to live with
their ordeal for the rest of their lives. To many of us,
these acts are only available through what is printed in
newspapers or what is aired on the news. Some people
live them. A drunken night of passion for you may be a
nightmare for someone else and the last thing a victim
needs is a completely sordid critique of her experience
afterwards. I urge that we all remember this when
choosing what we say and do because it may directly
affect someone else's life and that someone may never
get over it.

Kenya McCullum

Help teach Business Basics

To the Editor:

As a member of Delta Sigma Pi, the co-ed professional
business fraternity, I've had many valuable experiences,
but the most rewarding was my participation in the
Junior Achievement Business Basics program. Junior
Achievement is the oldest, largest and fastest growing
business and economic education organization. Its
mission is to provide young people with practical
economic education programs through a partnership with
the business and education communities. One after
school program and four in-school programs have been
developed. Business Basics is one of the in-school
programs. In Business Basics, fourth, fifth, and sixth
grade students learn the fundamentals of business
through hands-on activities taught by college or high
school business students in four lessons.

The organization lesson teaches what is necessary to
start a business, The management lessons deal with good
and bad interviewing techniques. The third lesson

compares mass production versus unit production. For
the fourth and final lesson, marketing strategies are
discussed and the kids make their own commercials.
Delta Sigma Pi has been involved in this program for
many years. This semester, twenty-six brothers
participated. Not only is it a great way to serve the
community, but it also is a useful addition to a resume
since the program is recognized and well-respected by
the business world. The program only requires four hours
of lessons which are completely planned out. If you're
interested in Business Basics, contact Carol Dyer at 372-
6465.

Sheri Gilbert
Delta Sigma Pi
The rights of rollerbladers

To the Editor:

Well, it looks like it's time to defend myself in the ASP
again, or at least to defend my practice of rollerblading
on campus. From professors, from maintenance staff, and
most recently from the weakest man on varsity crew, I or
my form of transportation have received abuse. Why?
Did I frighten the little fellas? Awww. Didn't mean to
scare you, little fella. Have a lollipop and dry those eyes,
everything gonna be allright.

Aside from irrational fear, I can see no reason to stop
rollerbladers from utilizing the podium. It is true that
beginning bladers lack control. However, they tend to be
slow, and.only endanger themselves. It is also true that
the better bladers are fast. Allow me to point out that
bikers, skateboarders, people late for exams, and
Cushman carts are also fast, and that bladers have more
control than any of these. So, RELAX. Personally, I have
never and will never injure anyone unprovoked.

And if safety was really of any concem at all on this
campus, perhaps preventative measures would be taken
against rapists and vandals rather than rollerbladers. For
those of you who need a safety issue to debate, try an
important one.

Back to blading; for those out there who still think of
me as the number one evil in our time, here are some
suggestions: 1) find someone actually injured by me,
ever, to testify against me; 2) devise a feasible obstacle
course that I cannot navigate safely; or 3)flag me down
to discuss things reasonably. Perhaps arrangements can
be made. By the way, I am the long-haired freak with the
jive-wheeled blades. And I take no responsibility for the
actions of other bladers, although I support their right to
blade and wish them well.

To the many who have tolerated me over the. years with
no more than a bit of griping, I commend you for your
rationality and coolness. Would that there were more
easygoing souls around here. Thanks for reading this.

Dan Stackhouse

Buy American goods

To the Editor:

lam responding to the letter "Support the Dollar" by
Peter Russo written in the April 3 issue of the ASP. I am
responding because I felt the gist of Russo's letter was
good but the way he went about it suggests unfounded
fanaticism in the American market and a few
inaccuracies. I will discuss only one. Why buy American
goods?

The reason quality for the consumer has risen so fast is
based on market competition, international as well as
domestic.The U.S. was certainly on top in the 1960's but
we did not keep the competitive edge. Thus in the '70's
we got off track with the edge especially in the auto
industry. Other companies in particular JApanese
companies did good business, Now we are paying for our
mistakes and trying to play catch-up. We are getting back
into the game but with a cost, just look at the economy
right now. WE are in a recession and only WE can get us
out.

Russo suggests we should buy American because its
comparable quality and similar price. I see it from a
different angle, the consumer wants good quality and a
fair price. The consumer doesn't want to buy an item with
their hard-earned greenbacks that isn't as good as the
competition just because it is "Made in the USA." How
to solve this dilemma: work hard (and smart) make U.S.
goods the best, go to the store, look for the best goods on
the shelf, buy what you-like. That product should be
“Made in the USA." Make the USA number one.
Demand quality, get quality.

J. Harris

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Adam

Take me now. Or later. Or both, Or
upside down. Oh, sorry, | thought
you were Michelle Pteiffer. Good job
on your first solo. Adam

Meghan,

| have only one thing to say:

| feel like chicken tonight

Like chicken tonight

Like chickn tonight.

{envision arms flapping in
chickenlike motions) Adam
(Everytime | watch the Mets!- A Sox
terrorist.)

Kelly,
Nice car. NOT. Rob

Little Elf Ad,

You're so photogenic. | bet it'll stat
great. Can't wait for my chance to
jump you. Here's to no one knowing
where we're living next year.

The Duke
Meghan,

Thanks for letting me crash. Don't
be jealous, you'll always be my
favorite jump of all. No need to wiggle
my cables for you. The Duke

Generalissimo-

Here's to a great year, plenty of
machine guns, lots of alcohol, tall,
dark and nerdy, and many future
adventures.  -Your Undersecretary

Pat-Thanks from saving page four
from having a big empty space. -
Cheryl

Pat,

| save your ass (yet again) with a
stunning article on the Mets and you
still have the nerve to insult my
manhood (and even worse, Genesis).
\'ll remember this. Hsy, maybe we
can actually agree to hang out in
Queens AND do it? Adam
Petes dekh aa RSE Cadell
Kelly,

| miss you. NOT. Bet you loved it
when Rob jumped you, eh? Adam

Rob,

Is there anyone you haven't
insulted this weekend--twice? Next
time you visit Albany we'll scope the
fountain. Adam

Cheryl,

Adam- Just wait and see wher e
your picture turns up. »lIt'll be like
“Where's Waldo” in every issue. You
need to get your glasses checked
(see above). | don't think you'd know
Michelle Pfeiffer if she came up and
molested you. -Cheryl

Rob- Here's to a good year,
fascinating fill-boxes, and making fun
of everyone in the vicinity. All we
need now are some articles,..-Cheryl
P.S.- Is there anyone you haven't
jumped?

I like people who play with
superconductors!

Meghan and Adam-you'te off to a
great start! One down, 21 or so left to
go! Cheers! Rob, remind me to take
out a hefty insurance policy from

Lloyds of London on that golden arm
of yours. You know the one I'm
talking about, don't you? I'm talking
about THE ARM THAT ROCKED SA!
Two years in a row ASPies!
Patmeister, Otto and Sal-way to go
this week. Hey Dave can | lock
something in your trunk?Pat-
GLO!Good luck Cheryl, my
successor as Corp Board Secretary.
By the way, get used to Meghan

bothering you at weird hours for a ~

copy of the Constitution. Charge her
a buck a copy for beer money. Josh-
Thanks for the help. . Cindy
congrats, Madame Chair-woman
Person! Good luck, Jason and Jon.
Rachel DeTeso-Welcome to the
staff! Thanks for showing me up with
your neater handwriting on the Crime
Blotter. Your grateful NE.
KerriWoman-!'m gonna miss ya
around here. Thanks(You too Judy)
for the movie Please stay in touch.
Tom NE

Natalle, my love, | know it's a rough,
but hang in there! Snuffy and Co.
love ya and miss ya bunches! Great
Adventure soon? Give Fenster a hug.
Tom

Sputter...Gagh...Cough...Whimper
What aml? Kelly's Car

Adam, But it's so easy to insult your
manhood! | guess it takes a lot of
balls to be managing editor - so
there's part of your manhood back.
‘See ya in Queens. Pat

Dave, You are funny when you're

mad! Great job pullin’ the dept. by
yourself. Ice Cream in the car on the
way home. Pat

Tom, good looking out. I'm glad you
can see your feet now. Only 15 more
pounds to go. Keep grinnin' Pat

Dan, Get a job, man! The hair's

growing in nice, don't worry so much.
You gotta come down this weekend
for My Bloody Valentine. Pat

Louisa, I'll tell you everything about

the concerts | saw if you want.
Thanks for talkin‘ with me. Pat

96 Grafs, not bad for one issue.

Tlove you. | want you. | need you.

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We would like to invite everyone to
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Task Force

Continued from front page

ithe City of Albany’s “Grouper Law,” an

ordinance prohibiting more than three
unrelated people from living in the same
apartment. They said they feared their
landlord would be identified through them
if their names were released. If that were
ito happen, one of the women said their
landlord would “ get fined by the City and
then have to kick our fourth person out,
meaning instead of splitting the rent four
‘ways, we'll have to split it three ways,”

“We do what we have to do to survive,
so we're not going to blow a good thing,”
the other woman said.

Task force members said they

understood that any additions to the
University’s linear bus route would mean
overlapping routes presently covered by
ICDTA. By asking CDTA to offer students
fa discount to ride on its buses, both CDTA
and the University would benefit. The
University would not have to find
additional buses and pay for additional
drivers as it continues to contend with
difficult budget constraints and it could
avoid bad blood being created by using its
buses on CDTA “turf.”
By offering a student discount, CDTA in
turn could count on additional riders and
increased revenues as usage of the area’s
public transportation system has stagnated
lover the last decade. CDTA would also
avoid the possibility of University buses
moving into its territory.

A discount would be necessary to entice
Inew riders because of the higher cost of
riding public transportation. The average
student travels uptown and downtown at
least once a day during the week. On
ICDTA, that ride would cost the rider $1.50
ia day, $7.50 a week, $30.00 a month and

about $90.00 a semester. For the whole

year bus costs alone would be roughly|
$200.00 for the student who lives off-
campus and would like to take CDTA.

Currently the only alternative, the!
University bus system, is the cheaper one,
by far, charging students $25.00 for|
colored bus pass stickers which are
attached to students’ identification cards.

Henry Madej, representing the Pine
Hills Neighborhood Association, along,
with SA president Diego Munoz and
former SA President Bill Weitz, suggested}
the University should consider asking,
other area colleges, such as the College of
Saint Rose and Albany Law School, to}
join in their efforts to obtain a college!
student discount.

“If you can get the other colleges to|
work with you on. this, I think that will]
whet (CDTA’s) appetite,” Madej said.

Task Force Chair Thomas Gebhardt said|
he and other members of the commitee
would continue seeking support from the
University for the student discount}
proposal and would try to meet with|
officials from CDTA at a later date.

The task force also discussed problems|
resulting from student residents moving]
out of their apartments in May, chiefly the|
unsightly piles of garbage left on the curbs}
to be picked up by garbage haulers but
which weren’t for long periods of time.
Again, task force members labelled
absentee landlords as the problem.

“Yes students do have a responsibility,
but it shouldn’t all fall on their shoulders|
or the city’s... these landlords should have}
contracted with private companies to have|
that stuff removed, but they didn’t,” one;
member said.

Representatives from the Albany Police|
and Fire Departments, the Pine Hills|
Neighborhood Association and the Albany
County Legislature were also in|
attendance.

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SUMMER ISSUE, 1992 __ ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 9

only presidential candidate who

ss making a Rabin victory more
Column has expressed strong support for likely. And that, unlike the
Continued from page 6 both friendship and loan March's malevolent turn of

and would help to alleviate the
leader's recurring need to placate
small, extremist parties in order
to form a coalition. The change
is also believed to allow for a
prime minister who will be ina
better position to negotiate with
the Arabs.

Regrettably, the change will
not be in place for the June 23
elections and will not go into
effect until 1996. However, the
leader who would be most likely
to win through a direct election
maintains a good chance at
winning anyway. Yitzhak Rabin,
the leader of the Labor Party, is
the favored candidate for
unseating Likud's Yitzhak
Shamir, Rabin, many believe, is
much more committed to the
peace process than Shamir will
ever be. He has expressed a
willingness to temporarily
suspend new West Bank
settlements, yet has promised
that he is not prepared to give up
the disputed lands and force

Israel to return to its indefensible '

pre-1967 borders.

A Rabin victory in Israel and a

guarantees to Israel, but it is too
early to predict an outcome for
the November election in the
U.S. In the Israeli election in
June, hundreds of thousands of
new Russian immigrants who are
neither particularly Zionistic nor
teligious, and whose concerns
revolve around socioeconomic
issues, may well vote for
whichever leader can promise
the most absorption benefits.

events, could be a harbinger for
improved relations between
Washington and Jerusalem. In
the meantime, the Bush
Administration takes the role
once played by the Soviet Union:
preventing Russian Jews from
immigrating to Israel.

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to place third. Vives later elected to run
McCullen in the 800-meters at Nationals
rather than the 1500.

Sophomore Bill Vanos set a school
record 9:24.6 in the 3000-meter
steeplechase. Rogers’ personal best of
14:55 in 5000-meters was good enough to
take third. Rodriguez was second in the
400-meters, timed at :53.23.

At the State Championships, Vives
cited a team performance as the factor
that helped Albany come from behind to
win its third straight New York State title.

“We were behind going into the last
couple of évents,” Vives remembered.
“The team just rose up to another level.”

McCullen was first in both the 800 and

1500-meters. York, running in his first
ever 100-meter dash, won the event by
beating an All-American.

“Jeff had never run this event before
and he won it,” Vives exclaimed. “It was
a surprise.”

Dean, with his discus throw of 161 feet,
10 inches, set a new NYS record.

Almendarez was second in the triple
jump, while senior Tom Mead was second
in the pole vault. Rogers’ third place in
the 10,000-meters was his first ever run in
this event and was a school record.

Vanos ran a 9:32 in the 3000
steeplechase. It was a school record until
he broke it the next week at
Princeton/Adidas.

The 4X100 relay team was first while
the 4X400 team took second place
honors.

Mets

Continued from page 11
know, why wait for what you can have
right now? But can we really have it
now? The lack of fundamental skills
(bunting ability, baserunning, and so on)
on recent Met clubs indicates that perhaps
housecleaning should be done in lower-
level management.

The Mets are like the Frankenstein
monster: Harazin took parts from
numerous bodies and attempted to create
a superior individual. The experiment has
failed thus far. When a team wins and you
aren’t quite sure why, it’s called
chemistry. The Pirates have it and have
had it the past two years. The Mets don’t.
Pittsburgh is composed of mostly average
players and a handful of superstars. Their

pitching is mediocre and may give out
later this season. But don’t count on it.

People may start calling this the
National League Least. The first place
Pirates have the lowest winning
percentage of any division leader at .576
and yet they have the biggest lead over
their competitors. It’s not so much how
good they are as how bad everyone else
is. With a long homestand in front of
them, the Mets have a chance to climb in
the standings. Unfortunately, when
cleanup hitter Bonilla can’t find the
baseball at Shea, the chances of that are
slim.

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picked the Mets for first. From what
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A season to savor in Albany basketball

By Patrick Cullen
SPORTS EDITOR

If anything can be deemed
positive here at the University at
Albany after a year of budget
cuts, campus safety concerns,
bickering student government
officials and general student
discontent, it would be the
extremely fruitful and exciting
year Albany State basketball in
1991-92.

There were unprecedented
achievements by Albany’s
teams, old pros did what they
did best, and a milestone was
teached.

Basketball is a staple sport at a
typical university; school spirit
can revolve around the comings
and goings of these teams. This
is most easily seen in the large
Division I schools like, for
example, Duke University,
whose two consecutive NCAA
basketball championships put it
in revered status with the student
populace.

Unfortunately, the same kind
of hoopla usually doesn’t
surround Division III sports,
which lacks the commercial
capability and the scholarship
athletes of Division I schools.

But shades of enthusiasm
could be seen here in Albany
during this sports year; students
mobilized due to the outstanding
play of some of SUNYA’s teams.

The Albany basketball
program went through a lean
year in the 1990-91 campaign.
The men’s team struggled to stay
above the .500 mark and people
questioned whether this would
be Albany coach Richard “Doc”
Sauers’ first losing season in his
then 34-year tenure.

The Danes ended the
campaign with a 14-12 record,
but the team lacked the spunk
that accompanied Sauers-
coached teams of past years.

Contrast that with the Danes’
1991-92 season, one which saw
them win 14 of their last 15
games and make it to the
Division III Tournament after a
rather lackluster start.

The year started off
precariously. Opening their
season with a convincing win
over Union in the first round of
the Capital District Tournament,
the Danes faced RPI in the
championship. The Engineers
dismantled the Danes 80-60 in
front of their home crowd to
capture the championship.

It continued to be a lackluster
early season as the Danes
dropped two in the Rochester
Toumament, losing to Alleghany
and St. Lawrence. They watched
their record drop to 2-3 after the
losses.

All the while, Sauers was
sneaking up on his 600th career
win. After a 75-61 win over
Castleton State, Sauers was at
the 597 mark. Wins over Alfred
University and Southern Maine
in subsequent games gave the
Danes a modest three-game win
streak, but most importantly,
Sauers was on the precipice of a
milestone, poised with 599
career wins.

Hamilton College came into
University Gym on December
11th looking to delay Sauers’
celebration for one more game.

After seeing a 65-62 lead
evaporate into a 70-65 deficit in
the closing minutes, the Danes
clawed back to within one, 72-
71. But Bob Miller’s off-balance
jumper was off the mark and the
Continentals salvaged a 73-71
victory and effectively played
the role of spoiler.

Sauers’ next chance for 600
glory came against Ithaca
College, but a sorry performance.
in a 69-61 loss left the Danes
with a bitter taste over the
Christmas break and made
Sauers wait a little longer.

On January 4th, the first game
back from Christmas break,
Sauers achieved his milestone
when the Danes handled
Montclair State (N_J.), 69-56.

After the win, Sauers said, “...
now let’s get on with the
season.” And the Danes listened.

Albany proceeded to go on a
mammoth 14-game winning

streak, starting with a win over
Alfred on January 15th.

Along the way, the Danes
defeated archrival Potsdam
State, nipped Plattsburgh State in
a thriller, and ended nationally-
ranked Hartwick’s 13-game
winning streak with an
electrifying 65-57 win.

In the season finale, Albany
faced an RPI team that had
dumped the Danes by 20 points
back in the Capital District
Tournament. The Danes, winners
of 12 straight at this point, had a
chance at an NCAA Tournament
berth looming.

The Danes did not disappoint
as they convincingly beat the
Engineers, 90-76, and received a
bid to the NCAA's the next day.

Albany traveled to the Big
Apple to face a New York
University squad that had gone
undefeated in 13 games at home.
The Danes came away with an
inspiring 72-66 win to propel the
team to a matchup with
powerhouse University at
Rochester in Rochester.

The Danes 14-game winning
streak and outstanding season
ended when the Yellowjackets
overwhelmed the visitors, 75-49.

Albany had gone as far as the
second round when it beat
Potsdam in the first round and
then lost to North Adams State
69-66 in the second round on the
1989-90 season.

Albany’s women, similar to
the men’s team, suffered a less
than spectacular season in 1990-
91. The Lady Danes came up
with a 10-14 record, the worst in
Coach Mari Warner’s nine years
at Albany.

It was deemed a transitional
year because both a new offense
and a new defense were
implemented. It would take time
to master. Only time would tell if
the Lady Danes would rebound
in 1991-92,

Opening the season, the Lady
Danes travelled to Rochester to
compete in the Rochester
Tournament. They disposed of
Nazareth, 97-67, in the first

round to advance to final against
the host, University of
Rochester. The Lady Danes took
the trophy with a 73-64 triumph
over the Lady Yellowjackets.

It was clear what this was a
different Lady Dane team. In
winning its first seven games, no
opponent had come within nine
points of Albany in the final
score. They won these games by
an average of 20 points.

At Hunter College, in the first
game back after Christmas
break, the Lady Danes received
a scare when Hunter brought the
game down to the wire before
losing 56-54. Albany shot badly
but caused many Hunter
turnovers to come away with a
narrow win.

The team won its tenth in a
row and remained undefeated
when it beat New -York
University for the second time in
the season, 66-54.

The Lady Danes plummeted
back to earth when Western
Connecticut gave them a lethal
dose of reality, cruising to a 61-
46 win. It was Albany’s first loss
in 11 games.

Albany was 12-1 going into its
own tourney, the Lady Dane
Tournament. Revenge on
Emmanuel College, who had
taken away the title a year ago,
was on their minds.

The Lady Danes almost didn’t
get to play Emmanuel because of
a letdown against Norwich in the
opening round. Norwich came
storming back to take the lead
after Albany appeared to have
the game won. The Lady Danes
woke up just in time to salvage a
79-75 decision.

Against Emmanuel in the title
game, it was a close contest until
the closing minutes. Albany
pulled away at the end, winning
65-58 to reclaim its title.

The next test came at Cortland
State two games later. The Lady
Dragons were simply the better
team on this day, demoralizing
the Lady Danes with an 80-67
victory.

After wins over Utica and

Keuka Colleges, Hamilton
College marched into University
Gym and handed the Lady
Danes a beating, 73-55.

In a must-win situation in the
season finale, the Lady Danes
beat Nazareth 80-65 to finish the
season on a good note.

An invitation to the New York
State Tournament at Hartwick
College in Oneonta was next.
The Lady Danes, the number
one seed, played poorly and
were almost upset by host
Hartwick (eighth seed) in the
opening round. They escaped
with a 65-61 win.

Then came another showdown
against Hamilton. Again, the
Lady Continentals outplayed the
Lady Danes, sending them
packing with a 60-50 decision.

On strength of schedule and its
21-4 record, Albany received a
bid to the NCAA Division III
Tournament.

Its opening round game was
against New York State
champion William Smith
College, who had beaten
Hamilton to win the
championship.

Fans, over 500 faithful,
packed University Gym as the
Lady Danes played what could
have been their finest game of
the year. Albany was able to shut
down the Herons’ lethal three-
pointer attack on the way to a
gratifying 67-50 victory.

The win advanced them to the
second round to face Eastern
Connecticut State. The Lady
Danes hung tough, but in the end
Eastern was too strong for
Albany to handle. Eastern won,
69-57.

It was indeed a unique season
for Albany basketball to say the
least. For the first time ever, both
the men and women advanced to
the NCAA Tournament in the
same year.

Albany basketball proved
itself in 1991-92; it woke up a
largely sleeping campus and
electrified the University with its
outstanding seasons and success
in postseason play.

The Mets of 1992: These firecrackers are duds

By Adam Meyer
ASPECTS EDITOR

In the off-season, the New York Mets
won the: unofficial award for Most
Improved Team. Al Harazin, who
replaced Frank Cashen as the team’s
general manager, was this close to having
a statue of his likeness erected in front of
Shea Stadium. Sports writers were
conceding the National League East to
New York long before opening day. Here
it is, sixty games into the 1992 season and
the Mets are dwelling happily in second
place (tied with the Cardinals), six games
in back of the Pittsburgh Pirates. And
there are no signs to indicate that the final
standings will be any different.

The ballclub which had once scomed
the free agent market spent millions of
dollars signing marquis players.

They lured high-priced and highly-
productive outfielder Bobby Bonilla from
the division rival Pittsburgh Pirates with
many years and even more dollars. They
provided leadership and a solid glove at
the often unstable position of second base
with veteran Willie Randolph. With Dave
Magadan returning from shoulder surgery
(on both arms), they decided not to take

chances and grabbed Eddie Murray from
the Dodgers.

The always solid pitching staff added a
third twenty-game winner with the
acquisition of Cy Young Award winner
Bret Saberhagen from the Royals. In the
deal they moved ho-hum left fielder
Kevin McReynolds and third baseman
Gregg Jeffries, whose absence alone
improved the team’s chances of winning.

There were some less dramatic
changes. The Mets acquired reliever Paul
Gibson, infielder Bill Pecota, and utility
player Chico Walker. The team which had
underachieved every year since capturing
the division title in 1988 (and arguably
since their 1986 World Championship)
had been fully dismantled.

The team which could do no wrong in
“86 but hadn’t done much right since had
been split apart. All the key everyday
players from that season are gone, with
only Dwight Gooden and Sid Fernandez
remaining on the pitching staff.

Harazin’s idea was a good one. He did
what Cashen should have done. Out with
the old and in with the new. Of course
some of the new are old, but that’s all part
of the plan: men like Murray and

Randolph could provide leadership for a
mixed bunch of young and seasoned
players.

Darryl Strawberry, who only a couple
of years ago was the talk of the town, isa
distant memory. And no one - except
perhaps the media - wishes he were back.

On paper, these Mets are awesome. If
you were a playing a-computer game
where everyone performed at or near their
potential, you would have a powerhouse.
This is real life, however, where Vince
Coleman is lucky to have spent more
games off the disabled list than on it,
where Bret Saberhagen is out indefinitely,
where rookie catcher Todd Hundley isn’t
close to meeting expectations with a sub
-200 batting average, and where Howard
Johnson has a .220 average, five home
tuns, and 29 RBI.

Most of the big showings have been
surprises. Third baseman Dave Magadan
was a backup in April and these days he’s
a regular. With a .311 average, he’s also a
regular on the list of league leaders in
batting. Everyone knew he can hit, but
who would’ve believed he’s so solid in
the field.

Murray was expected to perform, but at

the age of thirty-eight and a shoo-in for
the Hall of Fame, no one expected him to
pérform this well. He’s provided offense
and defense, a rare combination for this
team.

Dick Schofield wasn’t even around at
the start of the season, but he has made an
average infield look pretty good. Hitting
-229 is all the Mets wanted from him, and
considering his teammates, it isn’t so
shabby.

Last year the finger pointing was at
Buddy Harrelson. There is no easy target
this year; instead there’s a whole row of
them. Torborg has done a good job with
everything except motivation. The cries
lamenting the loss of Davey Johnson,
which had subsided after Harrelson’s
firings, have risen again.

One school of thought says that you
can’t buy a championship, and maybe
there’s some truth to that. After all, the
Mets’ farm system has weakened
considerably in the last few years. That as
much as anything has caused them to seek
aid on the free agent market.

New Yorkers are impatient, but perhaps
this is a team that needs to rebuild. I

Continued on page 10

Empire State Games are coming to Albany

SUNYA Basketball wrapup - see page 11

Look for By the Numbers in the fall

Outdoor season a success for Albany men

York repeats; Albany wins 3rd
consecutive NYS Championship

By Patrick Cullen
SPORTS EDITOR

Over the years, the Albany men’s track
and field team has established itself as a
force to be reckoned with not only on the
New York State level but on the national
level as well.

Similar to the great dynasties of the
New York Yankees, Montreal Canadians
and New York Islanders, Albany’s men
have an impressive string of
championships to their credit,

A come-from-behind victory at the
New York State Championships at the
University of Rochester on May 8th and
9th gave them an incredible three straight
championships.

Just a week before, on May 1st and
2nd, Albany hosted its first Collegiate
Track Conference Championship and
proceeded to capture its third straight
CTC throne. The win came over a number
of Division I and II teams in addition to
Division III teams.

Albany dabbled with world-class
competition as well as the best of
Division I at the Princeton/Adidas meet
on May 16th and the IC4A
Championships on May 23-24 at
Northeastern University in Boston.

The outdoor season culminated at the
Division III National Championships at
Colby College on May 27th-30th.

Albany came out of Nationals with its
head held high, achieving a 10th place

overall finish. But most importantly, it
left with four All-Americans (8th place or
better) and a national champion.

Junior Jeff York defended his national
110-meter high hurdle title, running a
14.03 to repeat as champion. During the
indoor season, York captured the national
title in the 110-meters.

Currently, York is an Olympic hopeful
for the United States in the 110-meter
highs. He bested the Olympic Trial
qualifying time of 13.90 by running a
13.88 at a recent race. York will
participate in the Olympic Trials at New
Orleans soon.

“Jeff is one of the top he five hurdlers
in the country,” Albany coach Roberto
Vives maintains. “He is a world-class
athlete.”

-Hampered by recent injuries, senior
Wilfredo Rodriguez came into the
national meet as the two-time defending
national champion in the 400-meter
hurdles.

Because of his injuries, Rodriguez
entered ranked eighth in the 400-meter
pool. But, Rodriguez surprised many as
he sped to a second-place finish in 52.49
and achieved All-American status once
again.

“Wilfredo really dug down deep,”
Vives said. “He ran extremely well
despite his injuries.”

Junior Joe McCullen’s performance in
the 800-meter, according to Vives, was
the “surprise of the meet.” McCullen’s
1:50.74 missed the national title by an
infinitesimal six-hundredths of a second.
He finished in second place.

Nevertheless, McCullen improved his
best 800-meter time by two seconds and
achieved All-American status.

“We're real excited,” said Vives,
conveying the intensity of the moment.
“We thought he had won the race.”

Sophomore Brad Dean became
Albany’s fourth All-American of the meet
when he tossed the discus 161 feet, six
inches, for an eighth place finish.

Freshman Oscar Almendarez took part
in the triple jump, leaping 45 feet to place
11th for the competition.

“Oscar helped us tremendously this
year as a freshman,” Vives glowed. “He
is going to be a good one...he has a bright,
bright future ahead of him.”

Sophomore Todd Rogers had qualified
for Nationals after running a school
record 31:03 in his first-ever 10,000 meter
run. His time of 31:11 at Nationals

brought home a 14th place finish.

Albany, with its 10th place overall
finish, became one of only three teams in
the nation to place in the top ten in all
three National competitions. Albany was
fifth at Cross Country Nationals last fall
and sixth in the indoors earlier this year.
Wisconsin-LaCrosse, winner of both
indoor and outdoor Nationals, was
another school to achieve the feat.

The IC4A Championships featured 94
colleges, including 70 from Division I.
York was Albany’s sole Participant,
Tunning in the 110-meters.

In the semi-finals, York sped to the
second fastest time, 13.56. “That [York’s
semi-final performance] was an incredible
race and an incredible time,” Vives
asserted.

In the finals, York was involved in a
photo finish for third, timed at 14.09.
Upon further review, judges awarded third
to the opposing runner and York settled
for fourth. Syracuse University’s Quadry
Ismail, Raghib “Rocket” Ismail’s little
brother, was second.

At the Princeton/Adidas competition,
York finished an impressive second place
in 13.7, only one-tenth of a second behind
Eric Cannon, a former Division I National
Champion from the University of
Pittsburgh.

McCullen qualified for Nationals at this
meet, running a 3:53.4 in the 1500-meters

Continued on page 11

Cap. Dist. wrestling alive and well at Trials

By Scott Breier
- ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
--When people think of
wrestling in the Capital District,
they immediately think of the
". Adirondack Threestyle Wrestling
Association,

The home of this club, which
is considered one of the nation’s
most successful, is the State
University of New York at
Albany. It is here where one of
the most crucial events leading
up to the 1992 Summer Games
in Barcelona were held during
the month of May.

If there is a single reason why
Albany has endured as the

country’s hot spot for Greco-
Roman wrestling and why it
earned the privilege of hosting
the 1992 Olympic Trials, its head
coach Joe DeMeo. In 1985, nine
of the ten berths on the U.S.
Junior National team were from
his club.

Several weeks ago, at the U.S.
Greco-Roman Nationals in Las
Vegas, DeMeo locked up his
fourth trip to the Olympics when
he was named assistant coach for
the U.S. team,

The Albany wrestling team
has been a very successful club
for several years, Many of the
participants of these trials

You may watch one of these wrestlers at Barceiona this summer.

wrestled or still wrestle for
Albany State.

Among these top Albany
wrestlers are former 1988
Olympian Shawn Sheldon and
Andy Seras (an assistant coach
for Albany).

Sheldon has earned a spot on
this year’s U.S. team. He is
considered an excellent
candidate for a medal.

Of the current Albany
wrestlers, Van Fronhofer and
Chris Mirabella participated in
the trials,

Fronhofer, 20, a member of
the Adirondack Threestyle
Wrestling Association, took a

Staff Photo by Leanne Warshaver

year off from the University at
Albany to give himself a shot at
making the Olympic team. He
lost in the trials to 1988
Olympian Anthony Amado (12-
1) and similarly at the hands of
Shon Lewis, the eventual winner

in the 134.5 weight division.
Chris Mirabella also lost in the
tournament. He lost 10-1 in his
opening match but came back to
show some impressive moves in
his second match. Mirabella
pinned Jeff Cervone of Syracuse.

‘Staff Photo by Leanne Warshauer

Only the best could grapple with each other at the Olympic Trials.