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NUMBER 15

Rasheem-Ameid Rooke World AIDS Day
offers visions of future

By JUSTIN WALDEN
Staff Writer

President Rooke also discussed the issue of
racial harmony at our university. There has been a
lack of focus on some of the more controversial

Student Association President Rasheem-Ameid
Rooke applauded this year’s freshman class for
their initiative taken in everyday life throughout
the campus. He believes that the class of 2001 is

during a recent interview with the ASP

File Photo thin a

and factional issues lately at global, state, national
levels. Results have produced a rather peaceful
university from years past: “This year the harmo-
ny is more so because there is nothing to fight

“break- over.”

LR YZ He also commented SUNY Albany’s ranking of
down_ number three party school in the nation. While
the idea there is a certain amount of partying here, places
that stu- like the University of Wisconsin at Madison are
dents more excessive. On a summer trip to Madison
come_ Rooke discovered just how great a difference
here there is between SUNY A and the rest of the
apathet- nation. The trip put things in perspective for the
ic, lazy, SA president. Students are more balanced with
don’t the amount of partying and studying, “... | think
want to that it is a positive as well that students know how
do any- to play the role now.”

What can we expect from Rooke’s administra-
tion for the spring semester? He hopes to continue

By Ep MUNGER
News Editor

The University at Albany ran an AIDS prevention program the
week of December 1-5, and displayed part of the AIDS quilt in the
: Fireside Lounge. The quilt is a compilation
of four-foot sections which are memories of
the many people who have died due to HIV.
The entire quilt takes up 18 acres of space.
The fireside lounge was quiet and somber
when the quilt was displayed, and many stu-
dents came to view it. “Yesterday over 300
people attended,” said Carol Stenger, Health
Educator at SUNY.
According to the Centers for Disease
6000 Americans are infected with

AIDS Quilt
Staff Photo by
Briana Wentworth Control,
HIV every day, 3000 of whom are under the

age of 25.

“This is basically designed to increase awareness,” said Lisa
Harkema, a graduate assistant, adding that the issue is not some-
thing “brought home” to students too often.

In the middle of the room was a table where students could com-
ment on the exhibit. One anonymous comment read, “One of the
most touching-displays I’ve ever seen.”

A booth was sect up with pamphlets con-
cerning sexually transmitted diseases, and
prevention methods. “It’s the easiest disease
to prevent,” said Stenger.

Nationally, more than 171,000 adults have

According to Rooke, this year’s freshmen have
been-more active in campus affairs than in years
previous. The SA president said, “I think you all:

the way things have gone through this first semes-
ter. Students should look forward to an active
President Rooke in the anticipated budget cuts at

died from AIDS up until 1992, and approxi-
mately 38,000 New Yorkers diagnosed with

are hot.”

the year’s lack of problems. “
very smooth semester”, he remarked.

This fall semester has been relatively calm on
campus. As president, Rooke has not had any
{big, big problems” to deal with. Despite the SA’s
history of problems concerning hiring and
appointing the year has gotten off to a smooth
start. SUNY Albany’s administration beyond him,
like vice president Doellefeld, has taken note of
This has been a

SUNY Albany from governor Pataki’s adminis-
tration. He seems to be preparing for a struggle to
contest the expected cuts . We might sce things
like “town hall meetings, discussions with the
White House.” We can also expect more debates
and public speakers. Citing the positive experi-
ence of this year’s six day homecoming as an
example of campus activity he hopes to “pull stu-
dents out of their rooms.”

AIDS have died from the disease. The
worldwide total of people with aids is around
30 million.

Some prevention methods are: do not allow
any of your partner’s body fluids to enter your body, always use a
latex condom with a water-based lubricant for vaginal, anal and oral
sex, don’t use oil based lubricants— hand creams, massage oils,
Vaseline, etc., can cause the condom to leak or break, and don’t
have sex when you’re drunk or high, drinking alcohol or using other
drugs makes it harder to follow safer sex guidelines.

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Fifties

As it turns out, the 1950’s may not have been as
pleasant as LEAVE IT TO BEAVER or Happy Days
would lead one to believe. David Halberstam’s
book, THE FIFTIES, has been made into a doc-
umentary on the History Channel, bringing to
the public’s attention the discontent, pes-
simism, and domestic abuse that was common

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EISENHOWER This US president
fabricated the story of a revolution
in Guatemala, when actually the
US government overthrew the
elected government because it
feared it would interfere with

(Intended only for
housewives)

By DAN RUISI
Associate Managing Editor

The 1950’s have long been viewed as a
simpler time with simpler people living
simpler lives. As David Halberstam’s
book, The Fifties, shows, the fifties were
a time when men beat their wives and got
away with it, when the government lied
directly to the people, and when women
who preferred pants to skirts were
shunned by society.

In the 1950’s America was recovering
from the war, especially the veterans who
came home to suburban sprawl that
wasn’t around when they had left.
According to Halberstam, it was difficult
for a husband to quickly forget about the
exciting times of war and settle back into
suburban servitude.

Halderstam maintains that a general
feeling of being disillusioned swept
through the country, laying the foundation
for the milestones set in the 1960’s.

The political atmosphere of the country
during the fifties, too, shows pessimism,
paranoia, and an unwillingness to inform
the American public of any information.

Halberstam has a myriad of former CIA
Agents who were assigned to the
Guatemala “coup” of the fifties as
sources. They tell the tale of a president,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, more concerned
with the welfare of a company, United
Fruit, than the lives of the Guatemalan
citizens.

Add the fact that ranking Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge was a stockholder in United
Fruit and the picture becomes clearer.

United Fruit is a conglomerate banana
grower, which owned over 40% of
Guatemala’s areable land, according to

Halberstam. When a newly elected leftist
government attempted to seize some of
United Fruit’s land, President Eisenhower
dispatched a unit of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency to overthrow the leftist
government of Guatemala.

The operation was a facade; the mortar
fire and the guns from which the
Guatemalan citizens were running came

from two huge speakers on the roof of the

American Embassy.

When a report from the New York
Times said that no revolution was going
on in Guatemala, Eisenhower called the
editor and said the writer was a “security
threat”.

As soon as the US-trained revolutionar-
ies encountered resistance from the elect-
ed government they retreated. Next the
United States flew fighter planes low over
the Capitol.

“Once they knew Americans were in on
it, they surrendered,” said one CIA
Agent.

United Fruit uses the trade name CHIQ-

UITA, a popular brand, and worked to con-

vince the American public that it helped
the locals of Guatemala become civilized.

A recurring theme throughout the book
and the miniseries is.the foundation the
1950’s laid for the turmoil and mile-
stone’s of the 1960’s.

Two women authors challenged the
rigid social structure of America in the
1950’s. PEYTON PLACE and. THE FEMININE
MYSTIQUE are two novels that outraged
many and titillated many, as well.

PEYTON-PLACE took “appearances” that
sO many were concerned about and
turned them upside down. Domestic vio-
lence, rape, incest and child abuse, and
finally murder are all omnipresent in the

in the fifties, but never talked about.

banana production.

fictitious New England town of Peyton
Place. The part that disturbed most people
was that the people who were committing
these acts were just like them. Suburban,
middle class, married with children. It
was insulting to them.

THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE was originally
an article meant for a womens’ maga-
zine. Since the womens’ maga
zines were all controlled by men
they did not take kindly to the
insightful observation of sexism
that the author had written.

THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE exposes
womens’ magazine for what the
actually did. They told women
what they should be: a good cook
shy and thoughtful. THE FEMININE
MYSTIQUE is a cornerstone in the
foundation of the Sexual Revolu
tion.

The miniseries aired this wee
on the History Channel. The boo
is called The Fifties by David Hal
berstam.

, JHE MAN _IN THE GRAY
FLANNEL SUIT A fifties
novel which artuculated the
deep sense of discontent with
the new “rat race” amd the rise
of the suburbs.

PEYTON PLACE A controver-
sial novel which exposes the
nasty side of small town, Ameri-
ca. Domestic Violence was
described in detail in the book,

even though the term “domestic
violence” had not yet even been
invented.

Two recently fired union members reinstated under considerable suspicion

By Ep MUNGER
News Editor

Michelle Acevedo and Annie
Cornelius were reinstated to
their positions at the University
Research Foundation last
month, following a settlement
agreed to by the Research
Foundation and signed by the
National Labor Relations
Board.

Acevedo and Cornelius, who
worked at the University for the
Research Institute believe that
they were fired for exercising
their legal right to form a labor
union back in August of 1996.

“We handed out pamphlets,”
said Cornelius, a clerical work-
er at the University for 19
years, “..and two days later I
was called out of a meeting and
fired.” She described the pro-
cess of her termination, saying

“..we were given a half-hour to
clean out our desks, and two-
weeks severance pay on condi-
tion.” She said the condition
was “to behave yourselves, and
stay away from the University.”

Cornelius and Acevedo were
trying to organize the momen-
tum of other employees, the
complaint; bad pay. According
to Cornelius, the State employ-
ees in the office do the same
work as the Research Founda-
tion people, but get paid at state
scale. “In nine years | only got
two discretionary raises,” she
said.

What didn’t make sense to the
lawyer at the Labor Relations
Board, according to Cornelius,
was that she had an exemplary
record from the past 19 years,
her file had thank-you letters
and other commendations.

“We were all so appalled to

hear that they were fired, “ said
Tony Anderson, a National
Representative for the National
Federation of Teachers, which
has taken interest in such issues
at research foundations. “We
were delighted to see that they
were reinstated,” he said.

Firing someone for trying to
form a labor union is against
the law, but according to
Anderson it is the “chief tool
corporations use in their efforts

to keep their employees from.

organizing.” | What makes this
case unique, said Anderson, is
that it took place “not on some
factory floor, but on a universi-
ty campus.”

Today Cornelius is working
for the University, and her
friend Michelle Acevedo took
another job altogether. Cor-
nelius said that she and Aceve-
do were given back pay, plus

interest, but said she hopes that
this issue won’t be forgotten.
According to Anderson there
are around 7,000 research insti-
tutes which are non-union.

The Research Foundation’s
stance, according to a fax sent
by Ken Goldfarb, their
spokesperson, is that “The
Research Foundation decided
that it was in everyone’s best
interests to resolve this matter
as expeditiously and as fairly as
possible, and therefore pre-
ferred to negotiate a settlement
rather than proceed with litiga-
tion. The settlement agreement
specifically states that it is not
to be construed in any way as
an admission of wrong-doing
on the part of the Research
Foundation.” ;

Cornelius said that “They
tried to buy me out with a two-
and-a-half year’s salary,” but

she declined in August, and
they surrendered. The charges
were filed for being terminated
for “Protected Concerted Activ-
ity,” which is availed to work-
ers when they are working on
the behalf of fellow employees.

According to the fax from
Goldfarb, “..the Research Foun-
dation continues to affirm that
no action taken by the Research
Foundation in this case was
related to any labor organizing
activities. In addition, the
Research Foundation previously
and continues to maintain that
these organizing activities were
unknown to the individuals who
had decided to take the original
action involving these two
employees.

No mention was made as to
why the two employees were
fired.

Controversy surrounds
“Battle of the Bands”

By ED MUNGER
News Editor

Members of the all-student band “Disenchanted” are call-
ing “foul” after a score-card fiasco landed them in last place
at the annual Battle of the Bands contest that was held on
Thursday, November 20, in the Campus Center Ballroom.
Each year SUNY Albany puts on this contest, the prize for
which is the opportunity to play during the annual Parkfest.
This year, the winners were River Styx and the Mr. Ferguson
Band. According to members of Disenchanted, however,
something went wrong.

“It was absolutely ridiculous,” exclaimed Ben Haberland,
a senior sociology major who plays guitar and sings in
Disenchanted. “The whole thing was basically fixed,” he
said, as he explained the course of events leading up to his
band’s loss.

There were five judges present when Disenchanted went up
to play. After the band was done performing, Haberland said
his friend went to check on their scores at the judge table.
“He said that we had two-79’s and two-80’s,” said
Haberland, “out of five scores.”

There were five score cards when Disenchanted played, but
because of confusion in the organization of the judges , there
were four-each band at the end of the contest. The band
names were read in ascending order, according to their
scores, and Disenchanted was read first, they got 155 points,
and came in dead last.

Haberland accompanied Kurt Stegmann, a senior sociolo-
gy member and also guitarist and vocalist in Disenchanted,
to the judges table after the competition: When they got
there, Haberland said, “We’d like to see how two-79’s and
two- 80’s added up to 155.” said Haberland, confused by the
outcome.

“I asked them what went on,” said Stegmann, who demand-
ed to look at the score cards. “It took ‘em a half-an-hour to
find them,” he said. When they got the cards, they couldn’t
believe what they saw. “A huge 10 written in sharpie black
marker, crossed out with a fading, blue—ball point pen,”

exclaimed Haberland.

The score cards were itemized into eight categories, with
ten points for each one. A perfect card would be an 80. “All
of the scores were crossed out and changed,” said Stegmann.
When they asked what happened, one of the organizers said,
“I honestly cannot tell you, and I don’t know.”

Joshua Fensterstock, Student Association Controller
[Treasurer] was the Master of Ceremonies that night. His
fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, co-sponsored the event with the
Student Association. It was he with whom the band mem-
bers spoke at the end of the contest. He explained the situ-
ation saying that the judges who were there when
Disenchanted was playing, went out for a cigarette after the
first performance, and never came back. He said that the
replacement judges who ended up judging the rest of the
bands simply changed the scores according to their view of
the performance.

“They were offered a fair opportunity to play music and be
judged like the rest,” he said.

According to Stegmann, the band after his had no judges at
the table, “and those who wound up there weren’t the same
all night.”

Fensterstock said that there wasn’t much chance that
Disenchanted would be able to play at Parkfest, because even
after they reconfigured the scores, adding the previous
judges’ scores, they would have come in fourth anyway, and
“Who Cares” was the next in line for scores.

He also added that the rule that the bands needed to have
SUNY students in them was rescinded.

To add to their surprise from the event, the bands who play
at the contest, since it is a Student Association function, get
paid $200. “They never even told us about getting paid,”
said Haberland, who found out about the money later.

Brian Beckley, the bass player for the band and a senior
American History major, said that he wouldn’t have minded
as much “if we lost because we didn’t play our best,” but
found it demeaning “to lose because they blatantly cheated
us out of It.” ;

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Opinion & Editorial

HISTORY PROFESSOR
SETS THE RECORD
_ STRAIGHT

Dear Editor,

I have read with much interest the
<<Open Letter to the Governor>> by
<<Another Activist Professor>> in the
ASP of November 14, again in the ASP of
November 21, this time by <<Another dis-
senting Professor of French.>>

While I am in total agreement with the
writers’ sentiments, I do feel that scholars
should get their facts straight, especially in
as delicate a matter as the present situation
of the Humanities at our University.

Our Department of Classics now consists
of six professors, plus one emeritus profes-
sor who is teaching Ancient Greck this
semester and a number of part-time
instructors.

Our Department of French had eleven
professors five years ago.

Our Department of Hispanic and Italian
Studies had seventeen Spanish professors
ten years ago and at present, five. There is
now one professor of Italian and one part-
time lecturer in that subject.

The Department of French Studics and
the Department of Slavic, Hispanic and
Italian Studies will be consolidated as of
next semester, probably under the name
<<Department of Languages, Litcratures
and Cultures.>>

Thank you for your attenfion, | beg to
remain, —

Yours very sincerely,
Herman Prins Salomon

UAS = U ATE S**T

To the Editor:

This letter is in response to the article
about required meal plans published in the
November 14 issue of the ASP. First of all,
as far as the required meal plan forcing us
to eat nutritionally, what business is it of
theirs anyway? If students want to eat
healthy, they will. If not, they won’t. We
don’t see why this should even be. consid-
ered as an issue. If eating nutritionally is
so important, why are there a Pizza Hut,
Taco Bell and a KFC in the Campus
Center?

The required meal plans force us to eat at
certain times that are not always conve-
nient to us, as stated in the article. This
means that if we cannot eat at a given meal

“If I make a five dollar pur-
chase with a twenty dollar
bill, I expect the change
back. I don’t expect the
cashier to keep the money.”

time, we lose the. money spent on that
-meal. This is just simply unfair. We are
forced to buy the meals but are not com-
pensated for the m@als that go unused. We
know of very few people that actually use
the number of meals they have every
_ weck. That is hundreds of dollars that peo-
ple are just throwing away every year. It
doesn’t matter what is done with the extra
money; whether UAS pockets it or it is put
into the University. The money was meant
for food. If it is not used for food, it should
be returned. Personally, we would rather
have the moncy in our pockets than have it
put towards the remodelling of Dutch
Quad. It’s not UAS’ job to decide how to
spend our money. If I make a five dollar
purchase with a twnety dollar bill, | expect

Editorial

Earlier this week, Latrel Sprewell felt the need to attack P.J.
Carlesimo. Carlesimo is the coach of the Golden State Warriors,
and Spreewell was the team’s best player. After Sprewell choked
the coach and was thrown out of practice, he returned to get in a
few more punches, and threatened to kill Carlesimo with his gun.
The all-star guard finally spoke on Wednesday, but refused to
apologize to the coach or his teammates. This led to the Warriors
firing Sprewell as an employee, an unprecedented move in the
National Basketball Association.

| am a regular listener of WFAN (660am) which is an all sports
talk radio station. This incident has been the most discussed topic

fof the week on “The FAN.” However, some callers are so biased

that they actually try to defend Sprewell’s actions. How do they
do this? By turning this incident into a racial attack. Folks, these.
acts are inexcusable, and have NOTHING to do with race. Not
every incident has to do with race. There are many callers that
understand this, but it’s ridiculous that anyone could be so igno-
rant to defend Sprewell. This is a issue of right and wrong, not
race.

A few years ago, Sprewell attacked then teammate Jerome
Kersey with a 2 x 4. Both men are African-Amcricans, so its
obvious that this attack was not racial. Why do people not blame
this most recent incident on Sprewell’s horrendous temper,
instead of using race as his defense? Why were no other players
offended by Carlesimo? This is all evidence that race had nothing
to do with Latrel Sprewell attacking and threatening the life of

we’ve seen players head butt referees, spit on umpires, kick cam-
eramen, knock out people in bars, and the list goes on and on.
However, none of these acts can compare to Sprewell’s loss of
control. It is true that in some cases people are verbally attacking
these players for hopes of making money, such was the case with
Charles Barkley in the bar before the season. This led to Barkley
being arrested, something that has not been uncommon over the
past few years. But let’;s take a look at it this way: Would you
take the verbal abuse or not leave the bar because of fame for $8
million dollars a year? | would. However, none of this applies to
Sprewell.

Sprewell was at work. His boss, who makes less money than
him. The boss then isn’t pleased with the employees effort, so he
lets him know about it. The employee than attacks his boss. The
boss tells his employee to go home for the day. Minutes later, the
employce returns and attacks his boss, and now threatens to get a
gun and kill him. This strikes fear in not only the boss but other
employees because they are aware of the employee’s bad temper.
For all this, the employee received only a ten day suspension until
he is ultimately fired for showing no remorse. This is what hap-
pened in Latrel Sprewell’s case. | think Golden State was lenient
by giving him‘an opportunity to shoe he was sorry, and the fact
that this firing could be challenged is ridiculous.

In any other profession, this employee would not have been
given a second or third chance in Sprewell’s case, and a firing
would have been expected. Now, the Warriors must fight fire an
employee who has a code of conduct in his contract.
Unbelievable!

What is even more appalling is that another team will probably
sign Sprewell and give him yet another chance. We’ve seen it
before with Steve Howe and others. Professional ballplayers get-
ting opportunities that no one else would. Sooner or later owners
and coaches will have to make a stand against such athletes, no

another human being. It’s a matter of what’s right and wrong.
What is wrong with today’s athletes? In the past two years,

matter their talent. Otherwise, these incidents will continue to
occur.

my change back. I don’t expect the

cashier to keep the moncy.

So what if the meal plans were
optional? Well, the service coordina-
tor of State Quad dining hall, Debbie
Lavigne, says that would hurt the job
market. Well, we’re sorry Debbie,
but. our function here isnot to create
jobs for other people at our own
expense. If UAS would like its
employees to keep their jobs, they
should give us reasons to want to
buy a meal plan, like serving better
food. Debbic also questions the fact

Who’s responsible for
the dumbing-down of

the SUNY System?

that despite the gencral dislike of
food here on campus, student still cat
here. First of all, she says herself
there is a dislike of food by the stu-
dents. If the problem is this apparent,
why isn’t something donc to fix it?
Secondly, we are forced to buy a
meal plan and, as we stated previ-
ously, we can’t make it to all the
meals that we would like. What
should we do when we can’t make a
meal? Go spend moncy on food
somewhere else while throwing
away cven more moncy by not cat-
ing here? As nice as it would be to
cat somewhere clse, it just would not
make any sense; not that most of us
would have the oncy to do so any-
way. :

What bothers us is that there is an
obvious problem here, and nothing is
being done to fix it. Students com-
plain and all the University does is
sign UAS to a contract extension. It
doesn’t make much sense, if you ask
us.

John Higgins and Jeff Levine
WE CAN’T
WAIT FOR
YOUR LET-

TERS NEXT
SEMESTER!

By TERESA L. EBERT
Department of English

By sensationalizing the conferences on sexualities at the SUNY New Paltz campus, the media,
once again, had found a subject simple cnough.and “juicy” cnough to divert the public’s atten-
tion away from the serious issue in contemporary education in New York State. The media, the
Governor and some of the SUNY Trustees are representing the “Revolting Behavior” and
“Gender Sexuality” conferences as scandals that will be turning points in the future of the
SUNY system. In doing so, they obscure what is really “scandalous” in SUNY, IT is not the free
exchange if ideas over different ways of engaging gender and sexuality—this is a matter of "free
speech” and “academic freedom.”

The real scandal is the “dumbing down” of SUNY: the concerted effort in the SUNY system
to reduce the education of citizens to what is basically nothing more than job training. SUNY
campuses are becoming more employment centers for teaching students “skills” rather than
places for teaching them the knowledge that will enable them to reach a critical understanding
of issues of gender, sexualities, race; of existing social institutions, and of the question of prior-
itics in a democratic society. |

The low level of the debates over the New Paltz conferences shows how an impoverished edu-
cation impoverishes public debates about social issues. As SUNY Albany, (to give an example
fro where I teach), the administration of the university is using its resources to persuade students
and their parents to accept “skills” training for “Education.” As my colleague, Helen Elam has
explained in the campus paper, students at SUNY Albany can no longer read Goethe, Freud,
Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Heisenberg, Holderlin or Schiller—the founders of modern cul-
ture—in German. This is because the administration has decided that German is an “extra” in
the education of students: a “luxury” they can do without.

Such “luxuries,” the administration seems to be saying, should be taught at private schools.
The SUNY Albany administration has also concluded that there is no need for the university
(one of the four major research centers of SUNY) to have a French Department! All these
changes follow the recent attempt by some in the Albany administration to turn the resources of
the English Department into a “Writing Department”—a move “back to the basics.” Such a no-
nonsense education is deemed more appropriate for the working and middle class students who
attend SUNY Albany and more appealing to the business community.

The “controversies” over the New Paltz conferences clearly demonstrate the effects of “dumb-
ing down” SUNY. When students are taught to regard reading Gocthe, Freud, Baudelaire and
Proust as “luxuries” and to think of the “humanities” as only providing communication skills or
practical job applications, they are indeed likely to conclude that conferences exploring dimen-
sions of gender and sexuality in the postmodern world are just a waste of time and money and
an offense against civilized norms and citizenship itself.

Citizens taught to think in this way will regard any moncy spent on non-”mainstream” ideas
as a waste.

December 5, 1997

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Benson’s back!

December 5, 1997

Benson’s Bubble |
There is Life Affer Graduation

© A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a remarkably intelligent
friend of mine, as we were driving to Long Island from Albany. She was feeling the —
‘senior-year jitters’ that strike fear in virtually every SUNY student here. “What am I going to do
with myself?” “Is my resume impressive enough?” She was visibly upset and I had a hard time
empathizing. “just think,” she began with an unmistakably pessimistic quiver in her voice, “...six months from
now, I could be anywhere, doing anything.” ; -
As I watched her shake her head woefully, I said with the unbridled enthusiasm of a televangelist, “But if you look at ‘
it another way, six months from now, you could be anywhere doing anything!”
She failed to see my point of view. “I don’t know, Benson, | just don’t know.”
What Linda sees as a dark, twisty path with uncertain footing, I see as a brilliant chance to explore a myriad of
/ opportunities. It is ingrained in the minds of most of America’s youth that there is a certain schedule that must be rotons in order to be
successful. It is almost as explicit and mundane as the “rinse and repeat” directions on a bottle of shampoo.
First, be born and raised; soon after, hit puberty. Graduate high school (preferably with good grades). Next, go off to college and make your
parents proud. After two years, declare your career focus. Shortly thereafter, get a diploma. After a period of no more than four months, have a job
|/ (ideal location is in or around the city) with a salary equal to no less than one thousand times your age. Work diligently, and after a few promotions,
/ move to the suburbs and do your best to be boring. Move to Florida. Die.
It has only recently occurred to me that in the cosmic game of chess called “life,” it is finally my move.
“Linda, if you want to pick up and move to Europe after you graduate, you can,” I tried to explain. “You could live anywhere in the world and do
whatever you want. You have a grace period during which your parents have to take you back in the event that you fail, so why not roll the dice and be
different? Knowing what you want to do when you get out of school is not necessarily an advantage, in fact, it can be a limitation. Why restrict yourself to
one option? If you are a good artist, go to France and paint. If you can ski, spend the next few months waiting tables in Colorado to pay for your lift tickets.
Take a year and do something cool. The rat race will still be going when you get back.”
But my friend seemed unconvinced and even more concerned than the beginning of the conversation. My original plan was to have her
\\ convinced by Coxsakie, but as we passed the sign for the exit, all | could do was sit back and wait.
“Well” Linda began, “I was thinking of becoming a writer but...” It is these types of buts that exemplify the stifled creativity of our generation.
Now is the perfect time to try something risky, “Linda,” I said, “you are as debt-free as you will ever be. You don’t have a mortgage, car payments, or a
spouse to anchor you to one location or vocation.” New Paltz was fast approaching and I had still made little headway. “Once you get a jog, you'll get
)\ an apartment and then it will be ten times harder to pick up and relocate. Now is the only time that your life is yours to do with as you wish.”
Linda seemed somewhat moved by the last remark. It was a good thing too, since we were coming up on Poughkeepsie. “Maybe I won’t go
straight into the city,” Linda pondered out loud. “If I don’t try to write, I'll probably regret it.”
That was when I knew she was convinced. By the time we hit the city, Linda had gone from being a writer in the village, to a dancer
in EuroDisney.
The point of this whole conversation was to help Linda realize that jumping into the business world right away is not
always the desired path. As long as you have a degree, you can slap on a suit and start a career whenever you want to.
\ What is the point of wasting the best years of your life in an office? Your capacity for excitement decreases exponentially after
you graduate from college. Certain people have a goal of retiring by 40. This seems silly. I would rather have a year free
as a young person to do as I whish than as an adult.
“Now is the time to grab the bull by the horns, Benson, you only live once,” Linda said emphatically. As I got
out of the car and Linda sped away, I heard her yell, “Carpe Diem, Benson, Carpe Diem!” Mission
= accomplished.

|By David Benson]

By Scott Kelson

The malls are jammed. Final papers and exams are driving you insane. Mom and Dad keep pestering you about how well your grades are going to be. You just
can’t wait to kick back and relax. Well my friends, your friendly neighborhood movie buff is going to give you the lowdown on the holiday movies that are going to

allow you to unwind for a little while.

TITANIC: starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
the tragic tale of the sinking ship that cost over $280 million to bring to the silver screen. TITANIC takes us on a flashback to the original voyage and spotlights the
relationship of two would-be lovers. The previews for this look unreal (especially the sinking of the ship scene) and probably will spark interest in the true history of
the Titanic’s passengers and story (look out Borders, a slew of Titanic books will be invading you real soon).

SCREAM 2: starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Jada Pinkett, David Arquette, Sarah Michelle Gellar
this eagerly anticipated sequel brings the ghost face killer back into the lives of the surviving members of last year’s holiday hit. Here’s the lowdown, it’s now two
years later and our gang are trying to get on with their lives, until the murder and mayhem starts up again. The film includes all the ‘necessary’ horror sequel
twists: more people dying, more blood, and more fun for Screamatics (those diehard fans that don’t stop talking about the film).

AMISTAD: starring Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou
Spielberg’s Back, and once again is taking on a historic period of trials and tribulations. This powerful story is about a mutiny aboard a slave ship called the
Amistad. After taking over the ship, the intended slaves attempt to sail home, but end up landing on the shores of America, where they were put on trial. A heavy

topic that will cause controversies and Oscar nods.

JACKIE BROWN: starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda, Robert De Nero, Michael Keaton
Generation X’s favorite movie guy, Mr. Quentin Tarentino, is back, giving his loyal fans another film to go ga-ga over. Based on Elmore Leonard’s RUM PUNCH,
Jackie Brown is the tale of a call girl/flight attendant who gets mixed up with federal agents and arm dealers. With the cast Tarentino has brough together, and
with his clever way of storytelling, make no mistake, JACKIE BROWN is going to be the most watched women in America. :

THE POSTMAN: Kevin Costner tackles the post-apocalyptic concept again, but instead of doing it on a world full of water, Costner dons a postman uniform and
tries to restore the idea of patriotism. (This is the Sci-Fi flick of the bunch, because Alien 4 wasn't too good)

TOMORROW NEVER DIES: The names Bond, James Bond, and with me as usual are beautiful women (Teri Hatcher and Michelle Yeoh), awesome gadgets and
gizmos (courtesy of Q), and a mission of dire straits (the possible start of World War Ill). (This is the 18th Bond flick, so people are not going to stop following the

adventures of 007)

December 5, 1997

3a Aspects

CD Review:

: ZR .lrav-

This full-length debut by guitar hero and vintage suit oficionado’
[Scotty Mac amid his aptly titled Rockin’ Bonnevilles, put aside any doubt
as to the validity of the Capital District’s music scene, particularly in the
blues arena, where Scotty and his band stand as peers among the likes of
George Boone and the much heralded Ernie Williams and the Wildcats.

...Lravelin’ is a cohesive mix of Texas swing and West coast
shuffle that includes standards such as “Harp Jump” and “My Home is a
Prison,” that, along with the originals, make up twelve tracks of hard
swingin’ blues, featuring both Scotty mac’s virtuosic guitar play and blues —
assault harpist Ted Hennessy; the dual frontmen are anchored by the
rhythm and ear of Scott Talmon on bass and Dave “The Human Heart
Attack” re on the drums. - .

Throughout Travelin’ the Bonnevilles consistently deliver the
goods, with “My Home is a Prison,” standing out as an exception- ally
fiery performance showcasing blues harpist Ted Hennessy’ s tasteful use of
notes and phrasing. In the autobiographical “Don’t Shoot Me,” Hennessy
tells a hilarious tale of married life, that ends with his pleading for his life
at the hands of his rifle-wielding wife. ...Travelin’ ends with the jump
blues of “Division 2”, about a couple of peas walking home who
find themselves “Kissin’ the hood of this police car,” and wind up in jail
after a run in with wot S$ finest; an n important lesson for anyone wishing

to avoid the clink.

_ If your interested | in picking up a copy of... Travelin’, it’s avail-
able through SUNY Albany alumni owned and operated Blue Knight _
Reco s and i is on sale at Borders, Music Shack, and Last Vestige. But do
nd go see Scotty ; and the Rockin’ Bonnevilles on
pie eee Roadhouse; chances are, its ee,

| like “Doodie”.

Why we Like South Park

By Lauren Hartman

Comedy Cenrtal’s South Park has become one of the most frequently
watched television shows among college students. South Park items have gone

——on sale recently, just in time for the Christmas season. T-shirts with Kenny dead
jand Stan screaming, “You killed Kenny!”, “Big Gay Al’s” notecards with Big

Gay Al saying, “It’s so good to see you’, caps, and even a South Park booster
club. On the internet there's even a South Park video game similar to Pac Man,
titled “Cart Man”, where Cartman must eat all the Cheesy Poofs on the screen

[while running from a pack of anal-probing aliens.

So what is it about these eight-year old hicks that’s driven viewers wild?
Just immersing yourself into South Park for five minutes is enough to be irre-
_|versibly hooked. College students are identifying with the shows humor easily,
as if we've been waiting for a return of this sickness since the Garbage Pail Kids
craze died down, when most of us X-ers were in elementary school. Perhaps it
brings back the warm and fuzzy feeling of flipping through the cards and seeing
“Adam Bomb” or “Victor Vomit”. Maybe we're all just sick of watching the typ-
ical major network sitcoms, struggling to laugh at the same thing week in and
week out ( ie: friends sitting in a coffee shop or diner, making fun of each
other). Television viewers are craving to laugh without the cue from a laugh
track to make sure you laugh when youre supposed to. South Park, like the
Simpsons ard King of the Hill don’t insult your sate oar The shows actual-
ly assume you'll get the joke; how refreshing.

The show has spread like wildfire, and unlike the Simpsons, which orig-
inated on the Tracy Ullman Show, and slowly developed a huge, dedicated, and
well deserved following, South Park immediately took off. “Cartman” (the
shows token fat kid) vocabulary has been adopted by anyone who watches the

|show. Terms such as “Beefcake!” and “Yeah I want some Cheesy Poofs” imme-

diately fly from the mouths of viewers when being asked if they watch the show.
While so many sitcoms are struggling to pull a chuckle from their view-

fers, all South Park has to do is have “Terence and Philip” (the favorite television

Show of the kids in South Park) pass gas and Comedy Central’s ratings boost.
The intelligence of our generation hasn't atrophied, but rather the need to return

|to our immature side has become more prominent. As we get older it becomes

more difficult to revert back to the days when an adult would use the word
“Duty”, and you and your friends would burst into laughter because it sounded
It becomes easier and easier the older you get to fall into the
|code of maturity. South Park’s stupid humor has given an outlet to the Peter
Pan complex side of all of us.
So, for those of you who have been mentally drained by the X-Files,

_ {bored by the redundancy of sitcoms, join the cult of South Park viewers and get
fin touch with the ridiculous, absurd, and irrational side of yourself that you
: might have forgotten about.

December 7,

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LSA S/

Upon seeing the must
see animated fairy tail,
Anistasia, it would be
probable for one to assume
that Disney once again has
created another blockbuster
flick. The animation was
very vivid,the characters
were lovable, and the action
and magical scenes were
enchanting. Thing is, Disney
did not create this wonderful
film, Twentieth Century Fox
did, and make no mistake,
WDisney might start having
lanimated competition at the
Hbox office.

The storyline,
although historically
innacurate,( Hey, Disney did
it, considering practically
the only thing correct about
Pocahantas was the fact that
she was Native American)
was still thoroughly
enjoyable. Meet Anastasia,
the youngest daughter of the
ruling Romanov clan of
Mother Russia. During a
huge gala, the evil Rasputin
crashes the party after being
exiled, and puts a curse on
ithe family, causing the
idestruction and possible end
of the Romanov dynasty..

| After a successful
fescape from Rasputin and his

and her grandmother attempt
to flee out of St. Petersburg;
problem is Grandma makes
it, and Anastatia gets stuck
with amnesia (sounded to me
like a soap opera at first,
but trust me, it
gets better).

Did

Anastasia

survive ? If

she did, will she

ever see her Grandmother
again ? And what about
Rasputin, whatever happened
to him ? These answers are
given, well as the
introduction of the
supporting cast that helps
solve the greatest mystery of
the 20th century..

What made this film
work was a good mixture of
powerful scenery (the castles
in St. Petersburg were
designed beautifully) and a
good cast of actors playing
the cartoons roles. Meg Ryan
(When Harry Met Sally) was
the voice of Anastasia, and

mobs evil clutches, Anastatia her character was drawn with

a lot of spunk (a dashing
redhead with a fiery spirit).

Anastasia's main squeeze
was voiced by John Cusak
(Grosse Point Blank).
Dimitri is the

Slick and

ambitious

con man

who thinks that

the amnesic Anastatia could
help him and his partner,
Vladimir (voiced by
Frasier’s Kelsey Grammer),
make a few bucks. But
standing in there way is the
villainous Rasputin (voiced
by Back to the Future’s
Christopher Lloyd) and his
comical bat sidekick Bartok
(voiced by Simpson’s voice
man supreme, Hank Azaria).
The story moved
swiftly, especially the love
story between Dimitri and
Anastasia. Dimitri’s face
was not that of a typical
animated character. He had a

very ordinary face, not

overly handsome, yet his
crooked nose, and somewhat
rugged features made him
more appealing than most
other leading Disney male
characters. Anastasia, was
of course, beautiful with a
two inch waste. Although
Anastasia’s character was
physically delicate, she was
constantly outwitting Dimitri
and showed more bravery,
and quick thinking in every
life threatening situation they
encountered along their
journey to the truth about
Anastaia’s past.

Anastasia was also filled
with a wide variety of music.
The dream waltz sequence
‘Once Upon a December’,
the comedic ‘A Rumor in St.
Petersburg’ and the devilish
‘In the Dark of the Night’
all had that Disneyesque
element that people expect
when they go see animated
films.

The creators of Anastasia
managed to bring magic to a
fairy tale that wasn’t Disney,
but in the end, who really
cares, it was a damn good
movie.

By Scott Kelson and
Lauren Hartman

Did you ever get the feeling that something just isn't
right with the world? That sense that somethings just wrong,
but you can’t quite put your finger on what it is? If so, you’re
not alone, and no longer have to wonder what causes that .

voice of discontent.

In 1992, Daniel Quinn introduced us to
Ishmael, a gorilla who teaches (you heard me)
that civilization, as we know it, is inherently
flawed and incredibly destructive. Quinn’s new

novel, his third, is a sequel to the wildly
successful and critically acclaimed Ishmael.
Titled My Ishmael, the novel takes place at the
same time as the first, but with a different

student.

In the first Ishmael we learn through
Ishmael’s teachings to a middle-aged, college
educated man. The new novel features a twelve |
year old girl as the student. Because of her age |
and experiences (or lack there of), the lessons
tend to go in a different direction. While the
original message stays the same, Quinn finds

new and interesting ways to present it.

Quinn also focuses on different aspects of society this
time. In the first book (and second, called The Story of B)
Quinn looks at religion, amongst other things. In My Ishmael,

the topic never comes up. One of the book’s major sections,

however, deals with the school system’s inability to produce
graduates who are ready to take their place in the work force, a
topic never discussed in either of the previous books.
According to Quinn, this apparent failing is a necessity in our

current way of life.

And for those who finished the first book with the

question of “what now?”, Quinn provides a more

' detailed account of what must happen in order for
our species to survive.

The book is, stylistically, much like the first.

Quinn uses the gorilla, again, as a literary device.
The message provided by Ishmael wouldn't be
nearly as powerful if it came from our culture (which
is almost all of humanity) so Quinn provides us with
a character that naturally has an outsiders point of

view.

Also like the first novel, Quinn uses a pure

Socratic method of questions and answers to
effectively get his message across.

| highly recommend this book to anyone and
everyone. First time readers of Quinn will be wooed
by the message of the book, and fans of Ishmael will find new
answers and new questions plus a new ending to the saga of
Ishmael that’s very different from the original.

By Brian Beckley

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By Brian Beckley

ing, our boys won their eleventh consecutive victory

and the EFC championship. Nice job.

OK, on to the news...

First let’s talk about Irag. When we last left this particular saga, the Russians had negotiated a way for UN inspectors to continue looking
for weapons of mass destruction. Well, everyone’s favorite dictator, Saddam Hussein, said that the inspectors could look around, but they
couldn’t look in any of his presidential palaces. Sounds fair, doesn’t it? Well folks, he’s got dozens of them and they’re more like compounds
than palaces, some being hundreds of acres in size. Then, Saddam said that inspectors could check out the palaces. Then he said that he never
said that, but he’d allow ambassadors from the UN to look around, but not inspectors. Now US and UN representatives are calming some of their
rhetoric on Iraq in hopes of a diplomatic, instead of military, solution.

_There’s two major conferences going on around the world right now. The first is taking place in Ottawa, Canada and is seeking to end the
use of land mines around the world. Countries that sign the pact are agreeing to ban the use of mines, destroy existing stockpiles, and clear mine-
fields within ten years. 125 nations are signing the treaty. The US isn’t one of them. The US refuses to sign because mines remain to inherent to
defense strategy on the Korea peninsula.

Meanwhile, in Kyoto, Japan, representatives from 150 nations are meeting to discuss the effect humans are having on the climate, and
what needs to be done about it. The goal of the conference is to reduce emissions of “greenhouse gases” that trap heat in the atmosphere and
seem to be directly tied to our current problem of global warming. The gases, including carbon dioxide are given off in the burning of fossil
fuels, the main power source for the world. Perhaps the biggest stumbling block to any treaty is the United States. The US is proposing a
decrease to 1990 levels of emission by 2010, while the European Union is calling for cuts up to 15% below the 1990 level by the same time.
Folks, this is probably the single biggest crisis facing the planet in the next millennium. Why must the US insist on kowtowing to business inter-
ests instead of biting the bullet and doing what needs to be done?

In other cheery news, the UN celebrated World AIDS day on Monday by announcing that one out of every 100 adults under the age of 49
in the world (including 2 out of 3 in sub-Saharan Africa) is HIV positive. That’s a total of over 30 million. And only 1 out of ten know they’re
infected. For the most part this is a preventable disease folks. Be smart, don’t allow yourself to become one of millions already facing death.

In West Paducah, Kentucky, this week, 14 year old Michael Carneal brought five guns to school and shot eight people at a prayer meeting.
Three students were killed in the incident. Apparently Carneal had been the victim of teasing for most of his life and felt the best way of dealing
with it was going postal on his fellow students. Frank Augustus, Sheriff of the sleepy Southern hamlet, said that he feels more children were
involved in the incident. Carneal is accused of stealing the weapons from a neighbor’s gun safe. Good thing they had that safe...

The Supreme Court hears a case this week dealing with whether or not sexual harassment laws apply in instances involving members off
the same sex. It appears that six of the nine justices plan to rule that yep, men can harass other men just as easily as they harass women. Seems
like common sense to me, but the decision will overturn a lower court’s assertion that harassment is only harassment when dealing with members
of the opposite sex.

And finally, high winds at the traditional Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade caused one the giant balloons to veer into a street light. The lamp
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Peace in the Middle East threatened by internal and external forces

By ROBERT NISSIM RAKOWITZ

Since the Netanyahu Government
began its construction of what it has
called Har Homa and even earlier, any
prospect of a stable peace in the region
has been severely damaged duc to the
assault the Netanyahu Government has
launched against democracy, in Israel, Jor-
dan, Egypt, and the y |
Palestinian State.

Netanyahu’s assault on regional demoera-
cy comes through his abortion of the”

peace process; whether or not intention-
al,“Bibi” has made himself an anti-demo-
cratic and anti-peace force in the region,
and is only implicating other leaders in
his descent.

Regional doubts regarding the peace
process have stirred domestic unrest in

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Egypt, and namely Jordan, and have put
undo strain upon both President Mubarak,
and King Hussein in having to contend
with domestic criticisms. Each time there
is a “hiccup” in the peace process, usually
caused by unreasoned Israeli action (such
as punishing the Palestinians for a
Lebanese Hizbollah bombing i

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arrangement with israel.

This is only natural; the opposition
parties in both Egypt and Jordan are
Islamist forces such as the Muslim
Brethren (al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun) and
the Islamic Group (al- Gama’a al-
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virtually anything the governments put
forth as policy. Therefore these forces
represent a “delegitimizing force” tn
domestic politics, compelling govern-
ments to politically suppressing such reli-
gio- political organizations, acting against
the interests of democracy.

ince Becthnen has been banned as a
political party on and off since Egyptian
independence, however notably in times
of foreign policy crisis such as 1981 and
1994. More alarming, as a result of this
exclusion of a quasi-political party, Egyp-
tian Islamists are further

radicalized; hence the Luxor Massacre

a that left seventy dead on 17 November

1997. Suppression and exclusion only
serve to popularize the dangerous move-
ments amongst the disaffected.

The latest crisis with Jordan, stem-
ming from the Mossad assassination
farce, has caused the Islamist opposition
parties to boycott upcoming parliamen-
tary elections on November 4th. King
Hussein’s Jordan represented the ideal

Islamist partics in democratic govern-
ment. The opposition partics have
changed from loyal to disloyal opposi-
tion.

In both cases, the parties wicld the
political frustrations with the Netanyahu
Government’s mishandling of the peace
process in order to increase domestic
political power. The constant questioning
of government in both Egypt and Jordan
over the issue of the peace process is
pinned on making Palestinian interests
the interests of other Arab states, a trend
that has been used when convenient since

mthe 1930's.

model of political incorporation of

Either voluntary or forced exclusion
from the national legislatures marginalize
the large following of these Islamist par-
ties, and decreases the representative
nature of these governments. Democracy
in the Middle East and Middle East peace
are therefore intertwined.

Middle East peace is dependent on the
answering of the Palestinian Question,
d therefore the solving of the Palestini-
Question will pave the way for
sreased democracy in the Middle East.
stanyahu’s obstructionalist policies not
only provide Egypt and Jordan’s “anti-
government political forces” with ammu-
nition to attack their
governments, turbulence in the peace pro-
cess upsets the possibilities for the Pales-
tinians to establish a state under demo-
cratic guises.

Netanyahu’s actions radicalize those

opposed to peace with Israel from the
onset, and only helps dissuade the
ambivalent towards despair. In the West
Bank and Gaza _ .
Strip, democratic elections produced a
legislature that has taken Arafat to task
over missing funds, clearly demonstrating
separation of powers and the seeds of
democracy. However as Netanyahu drags
his heels in approaching the negotiating
table, the Palestinian Legislature and
Arafat lose political legitimacy by the fact
that Palestinian statehood has yet to be
delivered.

The same actions that have radicalized
opposition parties disloyal to governmen-
tal regimes, have had the same effect on
their Palestinian counterparts, namely
Hamas.

Each time Netanyahu punishes the Pales-
tinians collectively by sealing borders for
acts perpetrated by Hamas, he’ radicalizes
the politically moderate Palestinians
through economic upset. Hamas is not
loyal to Arafat’s administration and has

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PEACE

Palestinian populace against the democ-
ratically elected Palestinian Authority.

Continued from page 9 _ Netanyahu’s actions, whether he real-

through economic upset. Hamas is not
loyal to Arafat’s administration and has
refused to participate in democratic
elections within the West Bank and
Gaza. Pictures of Arafat meeting with
Hamas officials is indicative of the
political pressure he faces from both
sides; the Israelis expect Arafat to act as
if he is an Israeli soldier rounding up
Islamists, and the Palestinians expect
him to lead them into statehood.
Netanyahu cannot see the forest for the
trees; he politically attacks his partner in
peace, and punishes Palestinians collec-
tively for ANY terrorist act whether
domestic or foreign in origin, only to
serve the agenda of the disloyal opposi-
tion groups in their quest for constituent
power. The only government account-
able to the Palestinians is Arafat and the
Palestinian Legislature; Hamas is not
accountable to the Palestinian people.
Therefore the failure of the elected
Palestinian Authority to deliver the
political results promised to their con-
stituents, caused by Israeli intransigence
and actions of groups like Hamas, caus-
es a crisis in legitimacy. This crisis in

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izes or not, in the long run are counter-
productive to any arrangement for coex-
istence in the Middle East; Netanyahu’s
miscarriage of the peace process has
undermined democracy in Egypt,
Jordan, and the Palestinian territories of
Israel. While democracy would be the
keystone to a regional peace, democra-
cy’s growth in the Middle East has been
slowed, and further upsets caused to the
peace process by the actions of the
Netanyahu Government and groups
such as Hamas, only exacerbates the sit-
uation. The Netanyahu Government has
proved itself unworthy of its peace with
Egypt and Jordan, and has effectively
undermined the political order in those
nations and has further delayed the
long-awaited arrival of democracy.
With regards to Palestine, Netanyahu
continues to push the bulk of the
Palestinian society into the Hamas camp

by using the Palestinian Authority as its

scapegoat.

The onus is upon the Netanyahu
Government to start acting like a
responsible democracy; notwithstand-
ing its own domestic situations regard-
ing freedom of religious plurality, the
future Israel] governments must strategi-
cally analyze the prospects of a ‘sustain-
able peace between the Isracli State and
her neighbors through the stability
democratic. participation provides.
Democratic institutions and traditions
are entcring an awakening in the Middle
East, however political mismanagement
on both sides of the fence are the chief
obstacles to a sustainable development,
let alone a stable and sustainable peace.

Renaissance

JUSTIN WALDEN

“It was cold, it was wet.” remarked Michael
Spranger of a recent trip taken by some
Project Renaissance students. Part of the
community service project for the
Renaissance program, students spent the
weekend of November 21-23 at a Mohawk
Indian community, Kanatsiohareke. The thir-
ty students of preceptor Nancy Dunlop braved
the near seven inches of snow that had fallen
early Saturday and did such labors as chop-
ping wood and cleaning a stable.

Established in September of 1993 by Tom
Porter, Kanatsiohareke is not a reservation.
The Mohawks left their old reservation
because of such morally suspect activities as
drugs, gambling, and smuggling. The spiritu-
al center is “trying to re-establish a tradition-
al Mohawk community”, according to trip
advisor Rob MacDougall. :

Kanatsiohareke is located in Fonda, about
forty minutes west of Albany. The communi-
ty has a bed & breakfast along with a gift
shop. Many Native Americans have the
chance to learn about their selves and their
culture; some people live permanently while
others visit. There are approximately twenty
current residents at the community.

The farm that the inhabitants live on is in
necd of manual labor. Students spent all of
their Saturday working. Along with the work
they had the chance to learn about the culture
of the Mohawk tribe. Various members of the
tribe lectured on ways of life for the coopera-
tive. Tom Porter, whose Mohawk name is
“Sakokwenionwas” lectured about how a
tribe elected new chiefs and clan mothers and
the federal government’s relation to the rules
that govern the Iroquois Confederacy.
Students also learned the first ten numbers in

takes a trip

the Mohawk dialect of the Iroquois
Confederacy. Saturday night was spent on a
nature walk through the snow covered wood-
lands that surround the farm.

Brian Guadagno commented, “| thought
that the experience would be tedious and
rough, though it turned out to be interesting
and fun. The trip had a positive effect on my
life, the work ethic of the residents rubbed off
on me. Their life was not as simple as |
thought it would be. Instead of a longhouse
and camp there was a humble but nice home
with a Cadillac out front.”

The community is well known. In its seven-
year existence, residents have received aid
from countries such as Australia and Zaire.
They «.-aiso.. . fave....2- web site;
www.atsrc.com/des-site/mohawk.htm. The
students were from the fourth and fifth floors
of Mohawk tower, part of the Project
Renaissance program — for freshmen.
Kanatsiohareke means “The place of the
clean pot”.

Anthony Melvin said, “I found the overall
community service at the traditional Native
American community to be an enjoyable and
fulfilling experience.”

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Allison Sarnoff (anchor) lost to .

By TOM PARKER
Staff Writer

On Saturday 22 at the Knight of
Siena in Mechanicville the SUNY
Albany Fencing team competed
against Renssalear Polytechnic
Institute. Thanks to the donation
of time and energy of SUNY
Alany’s fencing guide, Richard
Mazzafero, the SUNY Albany
team had a strong performance,
winning 2 of the 6 events.

Each event consists of 9 bouts
with each fencer fighting three
bouts. The first bout is to five the
second bout is to 10. This contin-
ues until one team reaches 45 in
the ninth and final bout.

The first match of the day was
the Foil-B team. Mark Miller,
Allison Sarnoff and Thomas
Parker (anchor). The team won 45
to 37. The Foil-A team Dan
Davis, Randy Calabrese and
Michael Ciminesi (anchor) lost to
R.P.I. 32 to 45.

In the Saber event the Suny
team dispatched their opponents
quickly and efficiently. Kevin
Duff, Michael Ciminesi and Jeff
Bates (anchor) achieved an out-
standing victory almost doubling
their opponents score. They won
45 to 25.

The Suny fencing team also
fielded a Women Foil team.
Sojung Lee, Rita Friedman, and

R.P.I. 29 to 45. The Epee-B team

Mark Miller, Allison Sarnoff, and |

Thomas Parker (anchor) lost with
a strong performance 35 to 45.

The Epee-A team Randy Cal-
abrese, Kevin Duff and Jeffery
Sherman (anchor) lost in a close
match 37 to 45. .

Anyone interested in fencing
(with or without experience) can
come on Monday 7:30 to 9:30 or
Wensday 5:30 to 7:30 to the old
Physical Education building third
floor dance studio. This will be
the last week of practice this
semester. For further information
contact Michael Ciminesi at 442-
9621.

Being that this is the | last week of the ASP for the rest of the
semestet, I figured it was time to return to the grey box. Being that

so much has happened this year, and I’m trying to get out of here

in fifteen minutes, all bets are off.
Is it just me, or does the whole Latrel Sprewell situation pretty
much sum up the problem with proffesional sports. Now I’m not

By GARETH M. SMITH

talking about him attacking the coach. What I can’t unverstand is
that the Players Association is filing a greivance for his firing. In
any other proffesion, even if you are in a union, if you attack the
boss, you can be pretty sure that you’ll be fired. How the players
have the gaul to say that he’s been mistreated in some way. Why
does it seem that proffesional sports is the only capitalist endeavor
where the owners need to be protected by unions, and the players

should be prevented from colluding.
. Jerry Callangello is ruining baseball. How in the world can he
~~ ave a Q re at b reak an d ‘| spend 80 million dollars on Matt Williams and Jay Bell? At 16
| million dollars a year they make more than the entire Pittsburgh
. Pirates team. Now | understand how Scott Boras came to the 11
million dollar price tag for Bernie Williams...He must have
b re ad y tO CO ce bac k forseen the idiot factor. Tampa bay doesn’t escape blame in this
area after lavishing 35 millions dollars on Wilson Alvarez. Even
George (I gave Kenny Rogers 25 million) Stienbrenner scoffed at
that amount. When you have teams willing to spend more money
a a d W rite fo r th on AS PP on free agents than our beloved Yankee owner, baseball is in big,
| big trouble.
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the Dallas Mavericks franchise enough since taking over as the
b nt Ca U S od Writ! NM Q fo c th aa GM. Trying to outdue last seasons brilliant moves when he got rid
of Jason Kidd, Jamal Mashburn, and Jimmy Jackson....for Shawn
. Bradly and (this is hard to believe) less talented players. This year
‘ Don realizes the only way to outdo that fiasco is to coach the team
AS -- S sate r th an COaC h = himself. This is a man of such utter incompetence that he makes
Jeff Van Gundy look good.
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December 5, 1997

Albany captures conference championship 27-20

By ROBERT O’ DONNELL
Sports Editor

It all came down to last
weekend. Albany made the trip
to Springfield, Massachusetts
to play what was to be their last
game regardless of the out-
come. The win the previous
week against Southern Con-
necticut State gave the Great

Albany is the Champs.

Danes the Atlantic Division

Championship and put them in
line to play Bay State Division
Champ, American Internation-
al, for the Eastern Collegiate
Athletic Conference title.

Had American International
won they would have moved on
for a chance to move through
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association Division II playoff
tournament. However, Albany
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the seasons of both teams. The
27-20 victory for Albany sent
Al home with a loss and second
place in the conference.
Albany’s ECAC champi-
onship was as good as they
could do. They went 11-1 and
although it is impossible to tell
how far they could have gone
had it not been for the proba-
tion enforced because of the
teams eventual move to Divi-
sion I, they have to be extreme-
ly happy and proud of all that
they accomplished for the sea-
son. They set goals at the
beginning of the year, knowing
their unfortunate limits, and
achieved every one of them.
-So many players could be
praised along with head coach
Bob Ford and the rest of his
staff for the spectacular effort
put forth in the 1997 season.
Senior quarterback, Joe Savino,
and sophomore linebacker,
Mike Grever, were specifically
recognized for their efforts in
the championship game.
Savino was voted the cham-
pionship Most Valuable Player,
and won the offensive player-
of-the-week award for the EFC

for the fourth time this year. .

His afternoon included a great
display of accuracy, completing
21 of 30 passes for 314 yards

and one touchdown. He fin-
ished the season with a school-
record 2,377 passing yards and
22 touchdowns. Savino also led
the conference putting up 229.3
yards per game and had a pass-
ing efficiency rating of 156.35.

Grever received the defen-
sive equivalent of the weekly
award as he posted a team-high
12 tackles, including ten unas-
sisted. He also added one sack
and one fumble recovery to his
game statistics. Grever’s inter-
ception in the last minute of the
game sealed the title for the
Great Danes.

In reward for such.a great
season, coach Bob Ford was
named coach of the year, and
UA place seven players on the
all-conference team. Loren
Baker, a senior offensive tackle
was picked as the EFC’s best
offensive lineman, and with
Savino was among five Great
Danes on the first team. Split
end Dan Gmelin, tightend Seth
Thomas, and cornerback Troy
Rhett were the other first team-
ers. Linebacker Mike Grever’s
excellent season at his new
position, and defensive end
Mark Pnini’s equally strong
effort made them second team
selections.

Now that all is finished on

the Great Dane’s season, it can
be said how amazing the year
was. The team accomplished all
that they could with only one
blemish on their record. They
showed great team work, and
incredible focus which allowed
them to stay on track all season
and get everything they were
able to get out of their efforts.

Coach Bob Ford and the rest
of the coaching staff obviously
deserve a lot of credit. They
kept a team that was obviously
talented, from giving less than
their best with the realization
that a playoff run was not a
possibility.

Although Coach Ford stands
to lose a number of very key
players, especially a few of the
offensive stars in quarterback
Joe Savino, split end Dan
Gmelin, and tightend Seth
Thomas, hopes are still high for
another strong season in 1998.

Albany players can reflect on
the unbelievable season they
just completed, but for those
remaining, including Coach
Ford, it is time to look forward
to building a team that can go
on to be a success at the Divi-
sion I ranks. Congradulations
to this year’s squad, and good
luck to all of those that are
sticking around.

River Rats finally have something to be thankful for

ROBIN BENNETT
Staff Writer

The River Rats had several things to
be thankful for this Thanksgiving week-
end. At the top of the list were great
goaltending and three back to back wins
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Richard Shulmistra made his second
start this season against the St. John’s
Maple Leafs Friday night, since his
return to the Rats on November 19. His
first start resulted in a 7-3 win over the
Syracuse Crunch on November 21,and
he remained on top of his game posting
a 4-0 shutout over the Baby Leafs.

Scoring for the Rats were defenseman
Sergei Vyshedkevich with two goals
and an assist, right wing Steve Brule
and center Sergei Brylin. The Rats were
3 for 4 on the power play, and Brendan
Morrison netted three assists.

The Rats then played host to a bitter
Crunch on Saturday, who were looking
to avenge that embarrassing 7-3 loss.
The Rats had a typical slow first period,
and allowed defenseman Chad Allen to
score his first goal of the season at 1:02..
Syracuse’s lead was short lived, as red-
hot Morrison netted his 13th at 5:44.

The scoring went back and forth
throughout the first and second periods,
until Brule posted the game winner at
17:06 of the second, to give the Rats a
4-3 lead. Though Albany gave up three
goals, Sidorkiewicz was tough in the
net, making some excellent saves. Peter
Zezel and Bryan Helmer each had
power play goals for the Rats, while.
Brian Bonin and Robert Dome had the

Overtime

other two goals for the Crunch.

For the final game of the weekend,
the Rats traveled to Syracuse and swept
the Crunch with a 3-2 win. Acting much
like Alain Vigneault head-coach of the
Montreal Canadiens, Rats coach John
Cunniff gave Shulmistra the start.

Shulmistra commented about his
increased ice time and said, “I couldn’t
be happier to be back, and | don’t think
they brought me back here to sit on the
bench and open the door.”

Once again the Rats had a mediocre

first period, but were not out-played by

the Crunch. “It’s definitely a mental
thing,” Cunniff said about the Rat’s tra-
ditional weak first. “We need to come
out ready to play, and learn as a group
how to play (the first). But, we’re mak-
ing progress.”

They do make progress throughout :

the course of the game, if not with the
first period. John Madden opened scor-
ing at 6:45 of the second with his first
professional goal. Morrison cleared the
way for his college buddy with a beauti-
ful pass, as they both entered the zone
unguarded... Brule then scored his tenth
less than four minutes later when he
lifted a rebound over goaltender Corey
Hirsch, who had lost sight of the puck.
The Rats exited the second with a 2-1
lead, after Bonin took advantage of a
power play rebound at 19:10.

Syracuse tied the game at 1:54 of the
thrid on a rebound from Larry
Courville, which made its way over
“Shu’s” quick glove. Brule once again
came to the rescue and won the game
after stripping the puck at center ice,

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other diversions in

and then easily beating Hirsch on the
breakaway.

Shulmistra has not had a loss for the
Rats this season, and had a league high
.956 save percentage prior to Sunday’s
game. Though Shulmistra began the
season with the IHL’s Fort Wayne, he
looks at it as a positive experience. “I
faced anywhere from 35-48 shots a

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night. There were a lot of times where it

was isolated with just me and a player.
There were a lot of times where it was
isolated with just me and a player.
There were a lot of two on one situa-
tions as well. | faced 20 tough shots a
game, and it helped me to build confi-
dence.” This new, confident Shulmistra
is proving to be yet another bright spot
on a gifted team. ;

River Rats goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz,

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