Albany Student Press, Volume 79, Number 28, 1992 October 2

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VOLUME LXXIX

By Allison Krampf
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
The Student

executive officer said Thursday.

interviews.

Lotta Ska at Bogies

Association
postponing some of its office
appointments due to errors made
during the interview process, an SA

Affirmative Action Officer, Awilda
Martinez said the interview process is
being reviewed after a member of
Central Council’s Internal Affairs
Committee lodged a complaint, saying
ithe interviews violated SA policy.
That policy requires two members of
SA to be present during the candidate

Martinez cited at least one interview

Editorial: Election

Commentary

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SPORTS

NUMBER 28

Elections postponed

in which only SA representative was|

in attendance. Martinez added she was|
is not present at the interviews, during}
which she could have only asked
questions about affirmative action
policy.

SA vice president, Michael
Williams, was also absent from the|
meetings.

“Though policy is vague on the}
duties of the vice president,|
traditionally, this officer (the vice|
president) should be present at the|
interviews,” Martinez said.

Because the Affirmative Action|
Officer can only ask questions related]
to that office, this is why it is|

necessary to have
at least two other
representatives in
attendance, to ask
candidates about
their qualifications,
Mantinez said.

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redone upon the|
conclusion of the|
investigation, she
said.

Resolution passed

By Joe Faughnan
NEWS EDITOR

In a move to allow for more equitable
partnerships between the SUNY system and
independent research organizations and
increase commercial competitiveness the
SUNY Board of Trustees resolved last week
to allow SUNY personnel to participate
alongside those who are doing classified
Tesearch, according to SUNY Provost and
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Joseph Burke. The resolution redefined a
1966 rule “that prevented any SUNY
personnel or graduate students from taking
part in research that would not be made
public” said Burke.

Currently the University at Buffalo is
involved in a non profit partnership with
Calspan Corp., a Buffalo based “high tech”
research firm according to Burke. The
partnership, the Calspan-University at
Buffalo Research Center (CUBRC) just
completed work on an $11 million “Large
Energy Natural Shock Tunnel (LENS), “the
largest most sophisticated hypersonic shock
tunnel of it’s kind, the LENS tests airframes
at hypersonic speeds” said Burke. Now
CUBRC will be involved in a $30 million
research project testing hypersonic airplane
models in which some work would be
classified “secret” by the Department of
Defense, and some would be declassified

“Back in 1966 the SUNY Board of
Trustees adopted a policy where any
research conducted by SUNY personnel or
on SUNY premises had to be disseminated
without restrictions” continued Burke, “but
since CUBRC is a partnership between U.B.
and Calspan we can’t restrict research, it’s
not University Property.”

“Universities didn’t do research like this
in 1966, this is an old policy” said Burke,
from a time when Universitites “didn’t do
secret work with proprietary companies.”

The new position follows “spirit of
resolution” according to Burke. Prohibiting
research of a classified nature at CUBRC
would be, “prohibiting Calspan from doing
research.” “Now” said Burke “we will work
alongside, but not do classified research.”

According to Burke “this venture is one of
a kind” and although money was not a huge
factor in deciding to participate in the
research, the work could “generate up to $45
million.”

“Tf it didn’t fit into our research priorities
we wouldn't do it,” continued Burke, “we
are working against problems of
competitiveness across the world.”

“We're going to see more research, and
not just for defense, we will see computer
and biomedical” he continued, “it’s
important to make sure our personnel get the
full benefits.”

Photo’by Ean -ontanite: with “commercial applications” Burke said.

Central Council discusses recent events.

Last minute attempts to gather student voters at SUNYA

By Allison Krampf
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Several campus groups have
launched last minute voter
Tegistration drives as the October
9 registration deadline rapidly
approaches, hoping to boost the
historically low turnout amongst
student voters. As a result of that
low turnout, students are on the
verge of losing one of their
polling booths.

The New York Public
Research Interest Group kicked
off the final week before next
Friday’s deadline, teaming up
today with Central Council’s
Student Action Committee to
sweep the lecture centers.

SUNYA students have more of
a vested interest in voting i local
elections rather than back
home, because they live here
nine months out of the year,
NYPIRG intern Kate Gottleib
said.

“{They] Should have a say in
their political environment,”
Gottleib said. “Albany politics
affects students more than at
home. Tuition increases and
budget cuts happen because
politicians take advantage of

those who didn’t vote.”
NYPIRG’s SUNYA Project
Coordinator, Sean Fitzgerald
said he’s hoping for a better
turnout than in 1990, when only
three percent of SUNY’s uptown
residents voted, _ while
nationwide, only 40 percent of
the 18-24 year old age group
turned out at the voting booths.
“Students who pay local sales
tax and property taxes, but don’t
allow for taxation without
representation,” Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald notified Central
Council Wednesday that the
polling booth for students living
on Indian, Freedom and part of
Dutch Quad has been moved due
to the low turnout there in past
elections. Once located in the
gym, Fitzgerald said students
will have to walk over to a
firehouse on Western Avenue.
Since this new location isn’t
easily accessible to many
students, NYPIRG and SA are
circulating a petition to have the
polling site moved back on
campus.
“The county government has
taken away a right provided to us
because students don’t vote,”

Fitzgerald said. NYPIRG is
currently trying to get polling
back on campus for the
November elections, he said.

“T will do what I can to get the
matter straightened out,” said
Albany County Legislator, who
represents State Quad.

In recent weeks, several
groups have begun urging
students to register.

Sharon Guzman, President of
Latinos Unidos said that, due to
the efforts of Secretary Carmen
Serrano, her group has been able
to work in conjunction with
NYPIRG to urge students to
Tegister.

“We'll have a few people out
there, Friday afternoon, from our
organization,” Guzman said.
“Latinos Unidos will be working
closely with NYPIRG in the
weeks to come. We'll table for
an hour, or so... We're basically
informing people , now...
targeting Latinos.”

Guzman said she felt it was
extremely important that Latinos
were visible on the podium to
encourage other Latinos to voice
their opinions in November.

Guzman said she formed

Latinos Unidos to address the
issues affecting Latinos, which
other groups seemed to be
ignoring. “We're a resource
where these students can
network,” she said.

Latinos Unidos is also
planning a workshop to educate
students about the election,
though a time and date has not
been set, Guzman said.

“Hopefully, we'll have ten
people working on_ the
recruitment effort,” she said.
“This is a project to make more
Students vote... more minorities
overall. I hope our turnout is
going to be good this year.”

Fuerza Latina has also joined
the effort to sign people up, an
SA representative said, but no
one was available for comment.

The University Democrats
have been taking action to
increase student registration
sign-ups. Ritu Singh, president
of the University Democrats,
said, “We did a Quad run where
we went to all four quads, door
to door, to register people.”

Singh said they also posted
people on the podium to stop
passers-by to ask them if they are

tegistered. “if they aren’t
registered, we register them right
there.”

As the Oct. 9 deadline for
registration grows closer, the
University Democrats will be
increasing their efforts in tabling,
Singh said.

Daniel Collender, former
president of the University
Democrats, said the University
Democrats are currently working
with the local Albany County
Democratic party as well as the
United Democrats of Albany to
encourage people to register to
vote.

Collender was less optimistic
than Guzman (the president of
Latinos Unidos), in terms of
student-voter turnout. “You
really don’t have the resources to
get people out to vote,” he said.

According to Collender, the
University Democrats were able
to get approximately 100 people
to register this summer,

Collender said he hopes people
don’t lose sight of the races other
than the presidential election. He
said the University Democrats
would be focusing on the Bob

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2 : ALBANY STUDENT PRESS _ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1992

NEWS BRIEFS
WORLD &

Reactor shut down

Tokyo
(AP) Operators at a nuclear power plant
mistakenly flipped a switch that caused
three of a reactor’s cooling pumps to fail,
a nuclear official said today. But an
emergency shutdown system kicked in
and prevented a core meltdown.

No radiation was released in Tuesday’s
emergency shutdown at the nuclear plant
in Fukushima prefecture, about 70 miles
northwest of Tokyo, said Tokyo Electric
Power Co., the owner.

The incident was the first shutdown
using the emergency core cooling system
since Japan’s worst nuclear accident at
Mihama in February 1991, when a small
amount of radioactivity was released into
the atmosphere.

The emergency system, the last reliable
defense against a core meltdown, pours
cooling water onto nuclear fuel rods to
prevent them from reaching dangerously
high temperatures,

The accident involved a lightwater
reactor, a common design that uses
ordinary water for cooling and to
moderate the flow of neutrons between
atoms to produce nuclear reactions. A
meltdown could occur if a reactor’s rods
heat up to the point where their uranium
fuel starts to melt and collects in a puddle
on the floor of the reactor.

Copters collide

Niagara Falls, Ontario
(AP) It could take a year to determine
the cause of a collision between two
sightseeing helicopters over Niagara Falls
that killed four people, an investigator
said Wednesday.

Nick Stoss, who is heading the
investigation by the Transportation Safety
Board of Canada, said it would be at least
a month before he had gathered enough
information to begin piecing together how
the collision occurred.

The two helicopters collided 300 yards
from the falls on Tuesday. One slammed
into a wooded embankment, killing the
pilot, 42-year-old Ben Paprawski of
Kendall, N.Y., and his three passengers,
whom police identified Wednesday.

The other helicopter was damaged but
managed to land at a nearby theme park.
The pilot and three passengers sustained
minor injuries.

Neither helicopter had a flight recorder,
so investigators have to rely on the
remains of the two helicopters and
survivor and witness accounts to
determine what happened, Stoss said.

About 200 tourists were in the area, and
police were asking for any who

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videotaped or photographed the collision
to contact them.

Stoss said he would submit a
preliminary report on the collision to the
safety board within four months. The
safety board would prepare a final report
on the cause within a year, he said.

NATION &&

Talk host replaced

Los Angeles
(AP) Former police chief Daryl F. Gates
has taken over as host of a radio talk
show.

“They asked me if I would come back
and I said yes,” Gates said Tuesday.
Gates fielded a flood of calls from
listeners surprised and angered by the
station’s abrupt decision to replace radio
personality Tom Leykis.

Leykis was as astounded as his fans.
“I’m totally shocked by this,” he said
Tuesday night.

Gates, 65, who retired in June in a
storm of criticism over his leadership
during the Los Angeles riots, was a guest
host on KFI for three days in early
August. “I’ve been in public life for 43
years, and I’m really enjoying this
opportunity to speak out,” Gates said.

Next stop, Sea World!

Panel probes Hunt

Montgomery, Alabama

(AP) A federal appeals court on

Wednesday refused to block the

unprecedented state ethics investigation
into Gov. Guy Hunt’s finances.

The 1ith U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
in Atlanta upheld a lower court ruling that
cleared the way for the probe. The
appellate court said U.S. District Judge
Harold Albritton properly ruled against
Hunt’s lawsuit claiming the ethics law did
not apply to the governor.

The 11th Circuit said the investigation
does not violate Hunt’s religious freedom
or his rights to due process, as he argued.

Terry Abbott, a spokesman for the
Republican governor, referred questions
to the Hunt’s attorney, who said he had
not seen the decision and declined
comment. State Attorney General Jimmy
Evans, a Democrat overseeing the probe,
did not return telephone calls.

The investigation began with a grand
jury review of Hunt’s moneymaking
preaching trips on state airplanes. On
Tuesday, Evans said the probe had been
expanded to a full review of Hunt’s
finances, including whether he used
campaign money to pay off personal
expenses and , if so, whether it was
reported as personal income for tax
purposes.

Hunt maintains he used campaign
money only to pay campaign-related debts
and expenses.

photo by Jason Davidson

STATE =

Phone rates cut

Albany
{AP) Under orders from state regulators,
New York Telephone said Wednesday it
was reducing monthly phone rates to
residential customers by an average of 39
cents per month.

The rate changes will be particularly
beneficial to customers in rural areas and
those who make frequent toll calls within
the same area code, said New York
Telephone spokesman Mark Marchand.

The state Public Service Commission
ordered the phone company to return to
ratepayers $65.6 million in tax savings
granted by the state Legislature. The PSC
on Wednesday approved the company’s
plan to return that money.

These charges for downstate customers
making calls within the New York City
area but to different area codes will be
reduced, saving ratepayers a total of $28.7
million, Marchand said. The company is
also reducing some upstate toll call rates
for people who live in the same area code,
he said.

Jails are too full

Erie County
(AP) Jail overcrowding has caused
county sheriff’s officials to confine as
many as 25 inmates at a time in a
makeshift cell the size of a college
dormitory room, authorities said.

The Erie County holding center had
averaged an extra 50 or more inmates
above its capacity of 551 for over a year.

“We're like sardines in here, and it’s not
good for my employees or the inmates,”
said center Superintendent John Dray.
“It’s not right, it’s dangerous.”

Suspects on charges ranging from
shoplifting to murder there at the same
time.

The men share a single toilet and sink

in the open along the back wall of the
12x18 foot room. It is the same space
where they eat their meals and sleep on
mats, stretching end-to-end across the
floor.
“Everybody smells bad, there’s nothing
to do, so you just sit there and hope
nobody starts messing with you,” said
Calvin Williams, 25, who spent two
months jailed there this year on a charge
that was later dropped. He was jailed
there again this month on an assault
charge.

On weekends, when arrests usually
increase, it’s not unusual to find more
than 60 people sleeping on the floors of
dayrooms, conference areas and hallways
throughout the building, officials said.

hold a post-LSAT bash.
‘Any interested members
lor potential members
should call Greg at 442-
7231 for more info.

Sunday, Oct. 4

The North/South

Recital Hall.
Monday, Oct 5
University Democrats

meet at 8:30 in CC 361.
All are welcome.

all frosh of color at 7
p.m. in the Dutch Quad
Flagroom.

Wednesday, Oct. 7
The Bob Abrams

United States Senate
Campaign Committee

for more info.

The Central Council

Internal Affairs
Committee meets
Wednesdays at 6:30 in
the SA Lounge.

For more info about
Council

Central

FREE LISTINGS Consonance Ensemble Tuesday, Oct 6 meets every Wed. until Committee meetings!
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p.m. in LC 3.

National Women's
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Coalition meets every
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the SA Lounge,

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1992 _ ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

Principles of Just Community discussed by students

By Rochelle Keum Yun Lee
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

The Just Community, race relations
and the roles of the student groups in
relations were just a few of the topics
covered Wednesday by students and Vice
President of Student Affairs Mitchel
Livingston.

The students, all winners of the
University at Albany Benevolent
Association Scholarship or graduate
research grants, met with Livingston in
the Alumni House to discuss “positive
race relations.”

The University at Albany Benevolent

Students with Mitch Livingston

Association gave $145,000 in
scholarships to undergraduates and
research grants to graduates, a significant
increase “in light of the budget cuts,”
according to President of the University at
Albany Benevolent Association David
Martin. It also contributes to Chapel
House, other specialized awards, and the
President’s emergency fund.

V.P. Livingston opened the discussion
by noting, “Students come (to SUNYA)
that are from increasingly segregated
neighborhoods. One of the greatest
tragedies in American higher education ...
we have lost the ability to talk and share.”

Staff photo by Edwil Fontanilla

Jeannie Lawton, a Resident Assistant
on Alumni Quad, for her third year,
facilitated the discussion by adding it was
a time to find “common ground” and
share experiences.

Martin pointed out that many diverse
backgrounds were represented among the
fifteen or so recipients present. Among
those represented were Puerto Ricans,
Jamaicans, Haitians and Koreans. Mark
Liebner referred to a column written by
Melissa Cooper in the September 15 issue
of the Albany Student Press entitled “Why
ask Why?” One of the questions was:
"Why don’t people say hello when you
pass and stare at each other around the
school?”

An attendee, originally from
Manhattan, explained saying “hello to
someone” can bring one physical harm.
Livingston agreed, “You get conditioned
not to establish eye contact...different
cultural expectation.” He urged all to
“practice....pleasant, warm, inviting
environment.”

One of the many explanations offered
for the “cold” SUNY campus was
“population.” “Its” a spatial thing. People
are more warm when they’re in less of a
hurry. Population creates a kind of
tension.”

The main focus of discussion was the
Just Community document. Livingston
handed out brochures and a pin with the
Just Community logo--the scales of
justice.

“Equality and liberty are two basic
principles," he said. "It was expanded so
that people could see themselves in it.If
you don’t define your environment, you
allow th incidents to define you. It’s (the
Just Community) a statement of what
we’d like to be.”

“SUNY Oneonta hasn’t done a damn
thing to address the diversity,” Livingston
continued. ” Now they are defined (by the
incident that occurred a few weeks ago).”

A recipient of the graduate research
grant described the problem by saying,
“American academia does not conduct
open discussion about political
correctness. How would I truly know
what is merely outrageous as opposed to
bigotry. There’s a fine line.”

Mitch Livingston answered that it was
an “issue of the first and the fourteenth
Amendment in conflict.” He described it
as a clash of freedom of speech and one’s
right to equal protection under the law,
the right to not be verbally harassed. He
used the example of CUNY professor
Leonard Jefferies to illustrate the
problem. Jeffries describes Whites as “Ice
people.” Livingston also referred to
Professor Levin, another CUNY
professor, who is researching the physical
inferiority of Blacks. “It is every person’s
right to expose their beliefs in the
academy within legal and professional
parameters,” Livingston declared.

The role of the Just Community in

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Writer's Institute continues series with Philip Roth

By Adam Meyer
ACTING MANAGING ED.

“J don’t believe in God,” said
novelist and short story writer
Philip Roth. “I would vie with
anyone in this room to be the
most secular person here. I don’t
have any religious feelings.”

Roth was guest lecturer to the
Writer’s Institute, addressing a
room full of students and faculty
in Humanities on Tuesday,
September 22. Although he has
frequently written about Jews,
his relationship with religion is
an odd one. “I feel tremendously
bound to the Jews but not
through God, [rather] through
history and my biography. I
lived with Jews, I grew up with
them. I don’t relate to Judaism
through formal worship.”

An audience member said to
Roth, “Then I guess you’re not

author of Patrimony: A True
Story, for which he won the
National Book Critics’ Circle
Award. His other works include
Portnoy's Complaint, Deception,
The Counterlife, and The Breast.
His first book,
Goodbye,Columbus, garnered
him a National Book Award and
catapulted him into the literary
spotlight.

“T was only 26” when it was
published in 1959, he recalled
during the hour long question
and answer session. The
response from many fellow Jews
was one of shock and anger, he
explained. “It was remarkable to
be published, let alone the
enemy of the Jews—which is no
small thing.

“I was angry, I felt very
paranoid. I felt combated,
misunderstood. For a 26 year

worry about that because nobody
reads them. The Jews tend to be
plugged into writing.”

Although bitter at the time, he
now understands the cause of the
uproar. “In defense of my
adversaries, when I began to
publish these [stories] it was
only ten years since the war.
Nerves were frayed. The
meaning of the concentration
camps was still breaking through
the barrier of denial. Along
came this young fellow writing
stories in which Jews were the
subjects of comedy, were
adulterers.”

The older Jews had a valid
reason to be upset, Roth said, his
long-fingered hands pressed into
his lap. “The 1930’s were
probably the wickedest decade
of anti-semitism. The 1940’s
weren’t much better.” He had a

potentially dark situations. His
father’s death, for example,
which is the subject of
Patrimony, might seem a serious
subject. Roth feels there was
leeway for humor, although if his
father’s suffering had been more
severe that may not have been
the case. In his own words, it is
“a true story artistically
arranged.”

“My father had his own
mordant humor—that in a way
directed me. I realized this when
writing about him, I had a big
literary character here. He was
flamboyant.” Once he got on the
track, Roth said, The writing was
spontaneous.

It took Roth some time to
discover his potential as a comic
writer. “I enjoyed laughter, yet
when I was writing there wasn’t
much to laugh about. When I

full frontal assault on the humor
genre,” Roth said. After the
completion of Portnoy's
Complaint, “I was on a comic
high and pushed it and pushed it
and pushed it.”

Although some of his fiction
contains autobiographical
elements, Roth was careful to
point out that a novel is not real
life. “A novel is a performance
and you perform. If you saw
Laurence Olivier leaving form
the stage door after Othello,
would you say, ‘How could you
behave to that woman like
that?’”

Roth grew up in a Jewish
neighborhood in Newark, New
Jersey. In college, where only a
fraction of the students were
Jews, “I learned about another
world.” College was an
important experience for him, he

on a spiritual quest.” “My old it was an ordeal.” freedom the older generation began writing, it took some _ said, as he believes it is for all
spiritual quest is literature,” he It was and ordeal which was _ didn’t have, Roth believes. doing to realize one could be writers. “It frees them from the
quickly responded. relatively unique, Roth indicated. He seems to take pleasure in funny in fiction.” crap we all come out of. I say

Most recently Roth is the “Most writers don’t have to extracting humor from “Not until 1960 did I make a

Continued on page 15

New shuttle created to improve safety on campus

by Faith Paris
STAFF WRITER

Campus safety concerns have forced SUNYA to
institute several new programs this semester, including a
new university shuttle bus and guest registration
regulations on the residential quads.

The University has established an Evening Shuttle Bus
Service that transports passengers between major
facilities and parking lots on the uptown campus. Dennis
Stevens, Assistant Vice President for Facilities at Albany
said, “The Shuttle is intended to provide safe and
economical transportation on the University main
campus in the evening.”

He went on to say, “One factor which led to its
establishment was the clear need the University saw for
providing a means of transportation for the disabled.”
Though he mentioned it is available to everyone.

The shuttle service provides a link between the major

parking lots, academic buildings, and new Recreation and
Convocation center. The shuttle begins at 7 p.m. and
runs every half hour until 1 a.m. The bus leaves Freedom
Quad and circles Perimeter Road. Along this route it
stops at the Social Science Bus Stop, Colonial Quad Lot
at University Drive, Administration Circle, State Quad
Lot, State Quad, Indian Quad Lot, Indian Quad, Dutch
Quad, Social Science Building, Dutch Quad Lot, the
Recreation and Convocation Center, and returns to
Freedom Quad.

This Shuttle is free but passengers must show a
University I.D. card to board. Stevens said the schedule
will be adjusted to begin earlier during the winter months
when dusk falls closer to 5 p.m..

Another innovation to go with the new Shuttle are Bus
Shelters. "We noticed people didn’t have convenient
places to wait for the Shuttle,” said Stevens. Therefore,
four new bus shelters have been built in lit areas

available to students on the four quadrangles.

Stevens said, “This is a real positive for safety and has
been extremely well received; students I’ve spoken with
are thrilled.”

Ken Wolben, dispatcher for the Shuttle service said, “A
wide range population is very appreciative because it
encompasses all the major walkways on campus.” He
added, “It gives real safety to students waking at night
and helps handicapped students to get around.”

The Shuttle started running August 31, 1992 and will
run through May 14, 1993. Schedules can be picked up
in several places including the Campus Information in
the Campus Center, the University Police Department,
The Visitors Parking Booth, The University Motor Pool,
and all the Quad Offices.

Another program that has been implemented by the
department of Residential Life and Housing according to

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4 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1992.

Finishing touches were made this week on
the latest addition to the New York State

useum’s Native Peoples of New York
Exhibit - a Mohawk Iroquois Village display
ca. 1600 a.d.

The centerpiece of this display is a life-
size recreation of a Mohawk Iroquois
longhouse - the only one of its kind ever
constructed in a museum.

Museum spokeswoman Valerie Chevrette
said the entire display took over three-
land-a-half years to. complete, costing over
$500,000.

Numerous experts were brought in as
consultants for the project, including
SUNYA’s own Dean Snow, a nationally
known expert on the Mohawk Iroquois.

With help from archaeologists such as
Snow,

able the

to recreate

New Iroquois exhibit

the museum’s production team was
longhouse’s

Photo courtesy NYS Museum

The latest addition to the NYS Museum's Native Peoples of New York Hall

specifications, said the project specialist George Hamell. The 60 foot structure - which is about half the length o
an actual longhouse, also spans 19 feet wide by 20 feet high.

through

on both

Visitors will be able to
wander
longhouse,
platforms

the

which has raised
sides

where numerous families
from the same clan would
live.

In an inner room, people
come face- to- face with
several life-like Mohawk
Iroquois sculptures, including
those of an elderly clan
mother telling stories to
some children huddled
around a fire.

“What’s exciting is kids will
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(AP) - For the fifth time since
he’s been elected, Gov. Mario
Cuomo is asking voters to
approve a multi-million dollar
borrowing to fund state
improvement projects.

The New York Democrat has
been crisscrossing the state all
summer, telling State Fair goers
in Syracuse, contractors in
Albany and anybody who will
listen that his proposed $800
million bond act is just the tonic
for New York’s ailing economy.

But the criti¢s have been
nipping at Cuomo’s heels, trying
to convince New Yorkers that
the governor is trying to pay for
today’s goodies with tomorrow’s
higher taxes.

Voters decide November 3 on
the proposal, the only state wide
ballot proposition in New
York’s ailing economy.

“ The jobs bond act is an
absolute must.,” Cuomo said in
Buffalo last week.

The “ Jobs for the New New
York Bond Act” is designed to
create roughly 24,000 jobs
starting next spring through
construction projects designed to
make New York more attractive
to business investment. There

are to be access roads , utility
hookups and sewer systems.

Businesses attracted to the
improved sites will provide mire
than 100,000 permanent private-
sector jobs, the Cuomo camp
estimates.

“It’s all a plus. It’s not giving
money to people to pick up
leaves from a park or to paint
murals on public buildings. It’s
to create assets. It’s to create
wealth,” Cuomo said. But as
Cuomo pitches the borrowing
with the mantra of “ jobs, jobs,”
the critics have countered with
their own of “debt, debt, debt.”

Critics from the state
comptroller to the New York
Farm Bureau have argued that
New York shouldn’t take on the
debt under present fiscal

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conditions. The Conservative
Party has joined together with a
citizens group called the All-
County Taxpayers Association in
a lawsuit to challenge the
constitutionality of the bond act.

Comptroller Edward Regan
has said he might be able to
support the bond act , but only if
there are some basic fiscal
reforms.

“The state can’t absorb that
$800 million without doing harm
to the state’s fiscal; status unless
there is a degree of discipline
and control over future
borrowing, Regan said.

While Regan says creating
jobs is a laudable goal, he has
started a campaign to make sure
that any approval of the bond act
is coupled with reforms in the
way New York accrues debt.

Even when voters disapprove
of borrowing, such as it is the
$1.975 billion environmental
bond act they rejected in 1990 ,
Cuomo and the _ state
legislatatures resort to “back-
door borrowing “ , Regan said.

The Legislature and Cuomo
have borrowed more than $6
billion without voter approval
since the last bond act was
approved by New Yorker’s in
1988. Meanwhile, the state’s
tax supported debt has grown
from $12 billion in 1986 to $21
billion in 1991 and could
approach $30 billion in the next
five years. , the comtroller said.

Regan said Cuomo and the
Legislature should vow to limit
non-voter approved debt and
give voters 30 days notice on
any such borrowing proposals in
return for support of the lastest
bond act.

“It’s a two-fer . You get the
State’s shabby finances
straightened out and you get the
bond act at the same time.,”
Regan said.

Although Cuomo gas said he
agrees with the need for debt
reform, he has blasted Regan’s “
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. we're going to kill 24,000 jobs,
so he has no argument against
it,” Cuomo said.

Last week Reagan said he
wanted to have a public debate
with
Cuomo on the issue. Cuomo
refused.

Meanwhile, the governor has
dismissed bond-act opponents
such as the Conservative Party
and the anti-tax group
CHANGE-NY as middle class
New Yorkers.

The Cuomo administration
claims that extra tax revenue
generated by the new businesses
and jobs would more than make
up for the added debt taxpayers
would pay over the next 20-30
years.

While the state would pay an
average of $65 million a year to
pay off the loan, increased tax
revenues would run as high as
$495 million a year initially and
level off between $114 million
and $155 million annually after
the year 2000, according to
Cuomo’s Department of
Economic Development.

“It’s like going into debt to get
a college education. It’s going to
pay you back.,” said Darren
Dopp, a spokesman for the state
Democratic committee that is
actively promoting the bond
issue along with its candidates.

State Democrats are hoping to
take advantage of possible Bill
Clinton coattails in New York to
help pass the Cuomo bond act.

“The Clinton “ Rebuild
America Fund is the same thing
as the bond act , accept the
financial mechanism is different,
(Clinton) is going to use national

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1992 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 5

improvement program

resources to fund his
reinvestment program,” Dopp
said.

Clinton’s infrastructure plan
would rely largely on existing
taxes instead of borrowing.

While voters rejected the
environment bond act in 1990 ,
New Yorkers approved
transportation bond issues worth
$1.25 billion and $1.45 billion
environmental bond act in 1986.

In July the state Legislature
voted to place Cuomo’s bond act
on the ballot after winning
concessions on how the $800
million would be allocated.

Under the final agreement,
$600 million will be spread

among New York’s 62 counties
in proportion to their population.
No county would get less than
$2 million. Brooklyn, with the
States largest Development
would hand out the remaining
$100 million., giving priority to
projects in distressed areas or
those that will use minority and
woman-owned businesses.

Counties , municipalities,

public benefit corporations and
the State
Transportation have begun
submitting potentially land, up to
80 percent in an economically
distressed area and up to 60
percent on other projects.

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House sustains veto on Family-emergency bill

WASHINGTON
(AP) The House on Wednesday
easily sustained President Bush’s
veto of a bill requiring many
businesses to give their workers
time off in family emergencies.
Democrats pledged to redouble
their efforts to make “family
leave” a major issue in the
campaign for the White House.

The vote on the politically
charged bill was 258-169, well
short of the two thirds majority
needed to override Bush. It was
the 33rd consecutive time Bush
has made his veto stick.

In defeat on the family-leave
bill, supporters said the veto
would reverberate in next
month’s presidential election.
Democrat Bill Clinton supports
the measure; Bush has promoted
“family values” as a campaign
theme.

“This issue frames this
campaign,” said Rep. Patricia
Schroeder. “Yes, it really is

about who is for families.”

Forty-two Democrats deserted
their party and voted to sustain
Bush’s veto. Thirty-eight
Republicans voted to override
their president.

The measure was strongly
opposed by lobbyists for small
business. Opponents pointed to
Bush’s eleventh-hour alternative,
$500 million in tax credits for
businesses that grant the unpaid
leave to workers.

“There’s a better, more
effective way,” said House
Minority Leader Bob Michel, R-
Il.

The House voted
overwhelmingly as expected to
override another Bush veto of a
bill that would slap conditions
on renewal next year of China’s
trade status with the United
States. Most-favored nation
status imparts the lowest
available tariffs on a country’s
exports to America.

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The veto battles were among
the major bills to be acted upon
before the 102nd Congress
adjourned early next week.

Since the new federal fiscal
year begins Thursday with most
of the 13 annual spending bills
unfinished, Congress passed the
emergency bill to give it more
time to finish those spending
bills.

Legislators also sent Bush a
$688 million measure that helps
finance the District of
Columbia’s government after
removing a provision allowing
local tax collections to be used
for abortions. Bush had vetoed
the bill earlier in the day because
he opposed the abortion
provision.

The family leave bill would
have required required
businesses with 50 or more
employees to give workers up to
12 weeks of unpaid, job-
protected leave , with full health
benefits, to care for a sick family

member or for the birth or
adoption of a child.

The Senate voted 68-31 last
week to override Bush. He so far
has a perfect record of making
his vetoes stick. The Senate vote
marked the first time in his
presidency that body voted to
override.

House Speaker Thomas Foley
called Bush’s veto “a very bad
mistake” but already was
looking ahead to the bill’s
prospects if Clinton, a supporter
of the bill, is elected president.

“It is one of the things that
will change in a new
administration,” Foley said. “It is
one of the things that the Clinton
campaign is committed to
change and that the Congress in
great majority is committed to
support.”

We thought the election
politics would would help us,”
one Democratic strategist said.
“On the other hand, it could be

hurting us.”

Major tax legislation was also
pending in the final days of
Congress.

A Senate-House conference
committee was to take up the
issue after the Senate voted 70-
29 to approve it’s $35 billion
catchall bill Tuesday night. The
House’s version is about half
that size.

Both include a portion for
poor cities, through business
incentives in depressed areas,
but the urban aid portion was
dwarfed by added items such as
expanded individual retirement

accounts and business tax
breaks.

The House and Senate sent
Bush a compromise $12 billion
measure financing land
Programs that leaves mostly
intact the 120-year-old law that
gives miners inexpensive access
to federal lands.

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Perot commits himself to the presidential

(AP) Ross Perot seers
belatedly into the presidential
race on Thursday, setting the
stage for a three-way struggle
with President Bush and Bill
Clinton over the final month of
the campaign.

“Government is a mess,” Perot
said. The Texas billionaire said
he was joining the race because
“neither political party has
effectively addressed” economic
and other concerns that are on
the minds of the voters. “We
gave them a chance; they didn’t
do it,” he said of his rivals.

He made his remarks at a
news conference 11 weeks to the
day after he announced he would
not run. He said at that time he
believed he could not win and
did not want to be a disruptive
influence on the campaign.

He didn’t address the
likelihood of victory in his
announcement speech before
family, friends and supporters in
his home state of Texas. Instead,
he looked beyond the election,
pledging to dedicate the cause.
“Looking forward, working
together. we can fix anything.”

VOTE

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Perot once had support
rivaling that of Bush and Clinton
in the public opinion polls. His
backing dwindled through a
series of spring controversies
and he now runs an distant third
in polls.

His entry has the effect of
injecting uncertainty to a race
that Clinton has led consistently
since July.

Perot cast his announcement
as a deferential bow to the
volunteers he said had urged him
to reconsider his earlier refusal
to run. However, spending
reports filed with the
government indicate he has
spent millions since his nominal
withdrawal to maintain a
political infrastructure and make
sure his name was placed on all
50 state ballots.

He reportedly has 20 or more
television commercials ready to
go and said with a smile as he
left his news conference: “Got to
make a living, got to pay for
ads.”

Bush declined to answer
questions about Perot as he
arrived at the White House from
Camp David in advance of the

Texan’s comments. Clinton,
campaigning in Wisconsin, said,
“I’m going to run my race”
regardless of Perot. “I think my
fight is with George Bush.”
Clinton said he got into the
race “because I believed we
couldn’t afford four more years
of George Bush and trickle-
down economics. I still believe
T have the best economic plan.”
Perot said his fight was with
both parties, anda political
system that has allowed the
economy to deteriorate.

“We've got to put out people
back to work,” he said. To
rejuvenate the economy, Perot
has prepared a detailed plan to
cut the deficit, including a
mixture of higher taxes and
spending cuts.

He added, “Our people are
good; the American people are
good, but their government is a
mess.” He said his fight was
with both parties, and the
political system itself.

Perot was accompanied by his
wife Margot and the man tapped
to be his vice presidential
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The World of Sayles

By Kristen Hubbell and

F eatures Editor

Want to take a good
Human Diversity course?
Well, there’s a great one
being offered this and
every semester right here
on campus. It’s called
“International Living 101"
and there’s no books,
papers or tests involved.
Want to know more? It all
takes place in SUNYA’s
international dorm- Sayles
Hall.

Students from all over
the world have found a
family and a home at
Sayles Hall on SUNYA's
Alumni Campus. The hall
contains students from
such places as Japan,
South America, Africa,
England and even these

“I love it here because of
the diversity,” says
sophomore and Columbian
native Ed Arredondo, “The
uptown campus is diverse
but it's very segregated.”

Arredondo enjoys living
at Sayles because it gives
him a chance to learn
about others. "I like my
own culture but I like
others as well. I am very
interested in the Japanese
culture," explains
Arredondo.

Unfortunately, others
don't always understand
his attraction to Japanese
culture. "People call me a
sell out," Arredondo says
sadly, "I don't want to lose
my heritage, but many of
the Latinos here think that
they're the thing and if you
don't act like them you are
trying to be what you're
not."

Tania Deidan, who also
lives at Sayles, runs into
the same problem as
Arredondo. Though born
here in the United States,
Deidan was raised in

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Ecuador with her extended
family.

"I am called a sell out. I
like to meet other people
and learn from them. I
also want to give people a
chance to learn from me,"
says Deidan earnestly.

Deidan, a Junior, came
to SUNYA as a freshman.
"My brother went to
Albany. I came here
because of him."

Now, three years later,
Deidan is a Resident
Assistant at Sayles. "It's
my home. I love it here.
I've lived here more than
anywhere else. There are a
lot of memories here."

Sayles is known to be
very close-knit hall. "I feel
a responsibility to be
friendly to everyone!" says
warmly.

"Even if you don't know
someone in the hall you
say Hi,” adds Deidan.

The people are "so
close" on Sayles that they
all tend to know what each
other is doing. “It's hard to
keep a secret on Sayles!"
laughs Arredondo.

It's especially hard to
keep a secret once the
“Sayles Hall Yearbook”
comes out. The Hall has
its own yearbook staff
which comes out with a
book full of photos of all
the “Saylers", superlatives
including: “Biggest Mouth,”
“Lovers of the Year,"
“Person Least able to take
their Alcohol," and “Person
who has done his bit for
Multicultural Awareness.”
The last pages of the book
contain blank pages with
room enough for all the
residents to sign and keep
as a remembrance of each
other.

The students in Sayles
come from all corners of
the world and all walks of
life. Some were born and
raised in another country,
some have spent most of
their lives here, and some
have spent half their lives
in the U.S.A. and half
abroad, a situation which
often causes international
students to struggle with
their identities.

“I never quite fit either
place,” says Nigerian
student and SUNYA Junior
Ebere Akobunda, “I don’t
quite fit in here because

I'm never quite American,
but when I go home,
people consider me
American. There, I have to
fight to maintain my
African identity. I have ‘to
fight even harder when I go
home to prove that I'm
African.”

Despite the hardships,
most students wouldn't
give their dual

up

impoverished nation to
come study in the United
States or elsewhere has
caused what is known as a
“Brain Drain” on the native
country. Many of those
students who leave their
own country never return,
thereby causing a drain on
one of any nation's best
resources - its educated
youth.

identities. "You get the best
of both worlds," says
Arredondo, "I enjoy the
freedoms of this country

and the values of
Colombia."

In addition to this
identity struggle,
Akobunda has to

reaccustome herself to the
role she must play as a
female every time she
returns to Nigeria. "I have
to fit into the way a female
acts," explains Akobunda,
"In Nigeria, it is custom for
a female to hand things
and receive things with the
right hand only. I forget
what I'm doing and use the
wrong hand! My father
gets so upset!" laughs
Akobunda.

When asked whether
they prefer the U.S. or
their country of origin, the
students seem to agree
that by living here and
keeping their native ties,
they get to appreciate both
equally.

“You get the best of both
worlds,” says Arredondo,
“You get to enjoy two
cultures.”

Akobunda feels that
though the United States
may have its problems,
other countries are worse
off. "Even though the US
has problems, it has
opportunity. Education is
possible here."

The phenomenon of the
brightest, most talented
youths leaving an

"A lot of my friends come
here to get educated and
stay here. At home is
where we need them," says
Akobunda.

After finishing their
education, both Akobundo
and Arredondo plan to
return to their native
countries. “Efeelca
responsibility to
Columbia. I feel a pull to
it," says Arredondo
sincerely. "I want to help
the people there." Several
Sayles residents expressed
a desire to return to their
native countries in order to
have a positive influence
and help out where they're
needed.

Ebere Akobunda

As far as variations in
drinking habits go, it is not
usually a problem among
the students even though
the drinking age is lower
in most other countries.

“It's especially not a
problem with the Japanese
students. Maybe with the
British students, but they
don't have an attitude
about it,” says Deidan.

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ASUBA's "Back on Track”

By Makeda Palmer

Albany State University
Black Alliance attracted a
lot of attention and praise
for their decisive action in
organizing a bus ride to
Oneonta State University's
rally and for helping to
arrange a meeting with
representatives from
Oneonta and SUNY
schools Chancellor, Bruce
Johnstone.

Rosa Clemente, the
president of ASUBA, feels
that the meeting was not
quite unproductive, but
she expressed
disappointment because
Johnstone offered only
sympathy and vague
promises without offering
to take action.

"But at least we got him
to listen and admit a
mistade was made,” she
said proudly.

As a follow -up on the
whole Oneonta rally and
related controversy,
ASUBA will work with the
Oneonta students and the
Martin Luther King
Institute for Non-Violence
to pursue an investigation
into the state police. The

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Staff photo by Joe Schram

controversy also provided
an opportunity for
networking between the
black student
organizations of various
SUNY colleges. They have
maintained contact and
exchanged calendars of
upcoming events with
ASUBA.

Representing ASUBA,
Clemente reported, "We
want to thank all faculty

and administrators that
helped us. I'm proud of
the way ASUBA members
that went to the rally
handled themselves and
gave advice to Oneonta
students. By going down,
we showed that ASUBA is
back on track and
organizxed to help other
black student
organizations.”

This precedent of tight

organization and rapid
action on the part of
ASUBA creates a contrast
with the shroud of
confusion and scandal
through which ASUBA was
seen in past semesters.

Clemente commented, "I
wouldn't say last semester
was bad, the semesters
before and the past couple
of years might have been.
But I wasn't here when
ASUBA allegedly started to
Now, I'm trying to
direct it away from being
merely a social
organization, into focusing
on the political and
educational aspects of the
Black/Latino community.
We're not trying to live in
the past- what happened,
happened. We must live
in the present and in the
future. When I leave, the
next people that run
ASUBA won't be just
thrown in, I'll make sure
they know how to run an
organization."

With this new optimistic
attitude and rejuvenated
reputation, ASUBA is
planning a variety of
events and programs for

this semester.

One goal is to work with
the Pan-Caribbean
Association and Carl
Martin's office in order to
plan an event
commemorating Columbus
Day from a people of
color's point of view.

Other upcoming
activities include the
ASUBA Fest concert with
rap artists EPMD, Das
EFX, and K-Solo on
October 1, as well as a
forum on October Sth on
the subject of how people
of color relate to each
other, a speech by the
secretary general of Pan
African Congress (PAC)
Benny Alexander, and
Black Men's Week October
19-24,

‘With all of these events,
ASUBA will continue to
provide outlets for black
people on campus as well
as be a_ powerful
organization looking out
for the interests of people
of color everywhere.

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The true purpose of
Ross Perot

Ross Perot finally had his mind made up for him.
His army of faithful volunteers has decreed that he
should be a candidate this year. Well it's a good
thing somebody did. One can only hope that the
Perot volunteers will be in the White House with
him, since he might need them to make decisions
there too. If a man can't decide by himself if he
should run for president, what kind of a president
would he make, if he were in fact elected?

Besides being an easy target for political
cartoonists, Perot does serve a function. America
needs third party politicians. It's obvious that the
problems of our society cannot be solved by the
Republicans and the Democrats. There has to be
something new in the political process, something
that cannot be provided by our present two-party
system.

As long as the American people allow these two
parties to go unchallenged, they will do as they
please. Take a look at Washington D.C. today for
proof. Republicans and Democrats in themselves
are not necessary to the political process. Any
party will do. The only way to get their attention,
to get them to listen is to hit them where they live:
their pocketbooks and their seats in the
government.

Even if third-party candidates don't get elected,
their presence forces the two mainstream parties to
address the new ideas and issues.

Perot's deficiencies as a presidential candidate
are not something to be ignored. However, some of|
his ideas are quite valid. The economy is a mess.
The government could use some serious help.

{f his race does nothing more than make the
other two candidates take more notice of the holes
in their platforms, then it will have been a success.

The deification of
Magic

Former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson isn't
former anymore. Johnson this week declared his
intention to return to the team and play on a
limited basis. ,

When Johnson made his stunning announcement
last winter, he was lauded for putting a face on
AIDS. He has since done community service
related to AIDS awareness, including writing a
book, making a video, and until recently, serving
on President Bush's AIDS committee.

Johnson has undoubtedly done a lot for this
country regarding AIDS. However, the question
that lurks behind the scenes is: How would things
be different if Johnson has said he contracted
AIDS through homosexual contact?

The answer is obvious: nothing would be the
same. Johnson would not be the public figure he
still is. The prejudices that have always been
attached to AIDS are still present. If homosexuals
have the disease, it's not a crisis (except to them).
If a woman had gotten the disease because she
"accommodated" many men, again, it's not a crisis.

Johnson was right to speak out against Bush's
efforts on AIDS. Bush has done nothing. But he
shouldn't stop there. He should work to dispel the
prejudices. Embrace all victims of AIDS,
regardless of how they contracted it.

Whether or not he deserves it, Johnson has the
position of an expert on AIDS. If he is truly
concerned about it, he'll work on every front. He
could really help some people who have no allies,
or give millions of dollars to back them up.

COLUMN
"Let's get on with it

With the tenure of the Presidency almost expired and
the upcoming election looming in the near future, many
SUNYA students still do not have a grasp on why their
President has failed them politically, economically, and
morally. If you are a busy student and find it difficult to
work the New York Times, of any other sort of reputable
middle of the road newspaper into your schedule, read
on.

A politician who commits multiple moral violations is
just as reprehensible as one who is guilty of only one
major atrocity. Ironically, George Bush has been
squirming through the past four years without taking
imuch heat for his apathy, greed, and dishonesty.

. Craig Wolyner

s==The bran washing and censorship mat Mr, Bust
endorses for his political benefit is a travesty. The Gulf
War was one of the President’s manipulation tools.
George Bush and the head Pentagon policy makers, in
their endless quest to retain power, conspired to keep the
American public in the dark and blindly pro-war. They
did this by containing the photo and news journalists into
restrained areas. No newsmen were allowed to leave the
quartered off sections to obtain photographs or film
footage. Because of this, the American people still do
not know what went on in Iraq. The Pentagon claimed
this infraction of our freedom of press right was
necessary for “security reasons.” Thousands of Iraqi
civilians died, arms were blown off, legs were severed,
faces lacerated. Bloodshed was rampant but the
American people were at home believing that winning a
war again was as glorious as the Olympics.

The Vietnam War ended because the public was
appalled by the horrific television and photographic
images that were sent home. The media of the late
1960’s, early 1970’s, were at least free to reflect the
reality of the war’s destruction. Now that our
government has taken away our freedom of press, we are
forced only to know what “big brother” wants us to
know. Our esteemed leader is flirting with fascism and
disguising it as blind nationalism.

On the domestic front, President Bush actually had the
audacity to proclaim himself the “environmental
President.” Empty words would have been bad. The
systematic desecration of the forests, the ozone, the
spotted owl, America’s wetlands, and the air which we
breathe is even worse. Just a few months ago, George
Bush’s illustrious Vice-President partner, Dan Quayle,
was influential in passing a measure that enabled
factories to almost double their toxic emissions under
their current permits. The environmental president
supported this act as a plan to stimulate the economy.
Just this year, hundreds of acres of woodlands were taken
off National Park status to be logged. The environmental
president supported the act even though he knew it would
render the spotted owl extinct. Internationally, the
environmental president was not present for the world’s
greatest attempt to curb carbon dioxide emissions, the
Earth Summit. Even though there currently are two holes
in the Earth’s protective ozone layer, President
Environment felt it was more important to protect

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American bio-chemical corporations than to clean up the
global mess we’ve made.

As far as ailing the U.S. economy, it seems evident
that no efforts on the part of the executive branch has
been made.

Bush blames congress for not passing progressive
legislation. Presidents like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry
Truman, and John F. Kennedy had bright ideas and put
them into motion. Bush just passes the buck. A
president should be an influencer, not influenceable.In
the past four years we have seen the polarization of
wealth pushed even greater distances through tax breaks
and other loopholes. The past twelve years of supply side
“trickle down” economics has simply not worked. The
poor get poorer and the rich keep getting fatter.

When thinking about Mr. Bush’s proposal for
bolstering the American education system, I am torn
between laughter and tears. Bush’s mastermind is to
offer “vouchers” or small refunds of money back,
towards private school education. Someone should
nudge George Bush into reality and tell him that our
country was built on a free education system which
creates skilled workers and a higher standard of living for
everybody. Residents of inner cities and places like
Arbor Hill cannot afford private schooling. Mr. Bush’s
make shift education plan shows that he has no
understanding or compassion for the poor or middle
class.

On foreign policy, an area where Bush holds himself
in high regard, the president is consistent in his lack of
scruples. Bush continues to support ‘most favored
nation’ trade status with China even though their human
rights record is appalling. After Chinese citizens get shot
in the streets, tortured in prison, and manipulated by a
Coercive totalitarian regime, Bush condones this behavior
by vetoing a bill which would limit trade with China.
Because a large percentage of China’s growth rate
depends on United States trade, the rebuking of ‘most
favored nation’ trade status, would put adequate pressure
on the Chinese government to treat their people like
human beings. Because of our size, strength, and
political power, the United States has a responsibility to
do what we can to curb human suffering.

China is not the only example of Mr. Bush’s
indifference towards the world’s helpless. In Boznia-
Herzigovina, where the “ethnic cleansing” is no different
than that of Nazi Germany, President Bush lays idle. He
claimed that Kuwait was subjected to extreme and
unusual atrocities and America must come to the rescue.
What about Croatia? What about Burma? It is true that
America cannot and should not be an effective policeman
for the world, however, if Americans are fighting a war
for oil, it would be nice to be treated like intelligent
people and be told the truth.

In a time where politics is ugly and Americans do not
trust their leaders, we, the electorate have a responsibility
to ourselves to question the status quo and bring a decent
person into the office of the presidency. Bill Clinton is
not a perfect man but the policies he advocates sound
Positive in their direction. The Arkansas governor wants
to shift the tax burden away from the middle class and
poor and make the wealthiest two percent of the

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cAspects

October 2, 1992

Weekend Ska-fest at Bogies a Dance Craze

Bigger Thomas with Mephiskapheles
Bogies , September 19th

The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones with
Can’t Say and Needle Park
Bogies, September 20th

Buzz magazine recently reviewed
two records of ska music. In trying to
describe what ska music is, it called it
the “retarded brother you don’t want
to be seen with”, sibling to its Reggae
brother and ‘Alternative’ (?) sister.
Glibly throwing around silly similes
does no justice to the music that Buzz
is trying to support.

Recently, there has been a bunch of
ska concerts in Albany. These bands
are new, fresh and on the cutting
edge, making a bigger “Buzz’ than
most bands covered in that magazine.
With all due respect, ska has been
around since the 50’s and has
travelled from Jamaica to the U.S. by
the way of England and still inspires
fervent (if small) groups of fans with
it’s 3/5 jerk rhythm, towering horn
section and a lust for dancing up and
down. To some, ska is like a bad case
of herpes - it just won't go away.

Ska was born in 1950's Jamaica,
grew up intorocksteady and reggae in
the 70's, and was rediscovered by
English musicians in the late 70's.
These bands, such as the Specials and
Madness, reached the top 40 at the
turn of the decade in England then
petered out about '81. In the mid-'80’s,
bands started popping up again
across the sea in New York City, lead
by the Toasters, the N.Y. Citizens and
the Scofflaws. Taking it’s cue from the
English bands, they added their own
flavorful “East Side Beat” to the
sound. Since then, the music has been
gaining momentum and moving
across the country. In New York,
Boston and San Francisco, bands have
been pumping out the ska to a newly
waking audience. This reviewer has
seen enough ska bands to know that
ska is defined by a definite rhythm
and beat, so it is very easy for a
slightly uninspired ska band to suck
incredibly rotten eggs, but at the same
time a slightly talented ska band can
transcend the limits of the art form
and give religious experiences. With
more groups joining the Ska Train
daily, an increasing number of
Ameriskan bands are falling into the
second category.

And now, Albany! Ska bands are
reaching out and growing, and they’re
finally getting big enough to include
our own little playground as a date on
their tours. The Toasters played a free
show in Albany this summer, Perfect
Thyroid from Kingston has been
gigging in this area recently, and

Skanking Pickle (all the way from
sunny California!) almost played on
the 27th, if not for a last minute
cancellation. Ska bands get no respect
from the local media and not enough
respect from the Lark Street ‘cultural
elite’. But enough bitching and
bulling, the
weekend of the
19th and 20th was
a ska extravaganza
at the club of clubs,
Bogies.
Saturday
welcomed Bigger
Thomas from New
Jersey, one of the
few and clearly the
best ska band from
that state. Like
most ska bands,
they mix their §
influences to create
anew sound. Their |
ska bourices with
reggae and
Calypso to create a
Mediterranean
breeze through the
ears. They hopped
along at loping to
jacking speed and
the large trombonist jumped into the
audience more than once to have a
dance with the ladies. They kept the
rhythm at dancing speed, and they
shuffled about the stage showing the
audience how to do the moves. The
trumpet player was decked out in
‘50's rocker regalia complete with
pompadour quiff and the rest of the
horn section bowed down to him
when he swung his hips and shook
his midrift like Elvis was trying to get
out of his trousers. Musically, they
were tight and it translated into dance

But the high point of the show goes
to Mephiskapheles from New York
City. As much as Bigger Thomas was
tight and directed, Mephiskapheles
had the punk-fusion energy
reminiscent of the Specials. They were
as loose as any 8+ member band can

be with out samples or backing tapes
and still get across a balls-to-the-wall
dancing experience. Their ska is
proudly inspired by Satan, and make
no bones about praying to the Great
Horned One. They played loud, fast
and frantically, blowing their horns
hard and plucking
(and even bowing)
their upright bass
with evil glee. Andre

(‘the Nubian
Nightmare’) sang,
screamed and

shouted through the
show in stand out
originals like
Doomsday’ (which
begins with a cartoon
voice asking, “Whoo-
whoo, what’s that
button for” - answer:
DOOMSDAY!) A
cover of ‘Shame and
Scandal’, originally
by Peter Tosh and the
Wailers brought back
nostalgia in the tribal
memory of all the ska
folk at Bogies that
night. On top of that,
the band gave out
free 4 song demos (the DEMOn, as the
band puts it) to anybody who wanted
one. In New York, these guys are
popular among the “scene”, but don’t
let that stop you from thinking these
guys couldn’t bust out from that
inbred little circuit any moment now.
The next day’s ska show was all-
ages. (But still my friend, "Junior",
was not let in because the night before
he tried to see Bigger Thomas despite
his youth. Steroid-abusing bouncers
answer to beer money-funded bosses,
not the young music lover. Remember,

It

was packed out by one of the hottest
ska bands at the moment, Boston’s
Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Like Bigger
Thomas, to say the Bosstones is
simply a ska band is not only a
simplification, but a lie. They add
metal thrash music (as well as attitude

and aggression) to their mix of fast-
faster-fastest ska. Like Bim Skala Bim
before them, the Boston ska sound is
defined by its speedy delivery.

Rather than spew on about how
great a show it was, I will honestly
say I did not stay for most of it. (So to
you, I say that you will not need to go
to your friends and say, “Look at this
article, that dickhead doesn’t know
what he’s talking about!”) When the
Bosstones first got on, people were
moshing hard, stage diving, hanging
from the ceiling and pushing the stage
like sardines. And then it got more
crowded.

Can’t Say is an Albany band who
say they play punk and reggae, but by
default can be included as a ska band.
Lead bellower Big Al is a cross
between Ozzy and Mamma Cass, a
James Hetfield who said “Fuck the
diet, I gotta be me!” While their meld
of their two disparate musical styles
were not too smooth, they had the fire
to mosh up the audience. I liked ‘em,
they were fun and I hope they get to
gig more in Albany. Undoubtedly,
they will improve with time.

Needle Park? Not ska. Don't ask
me, maaan.

People came all the way up from
New York to see this show. Their were
only tickets at the door, and the place
sold out before the Bosstones came
on. Underage people had no re-entry
and were forced to stay in the front
away from the bar for a hellishly hot
time. Rarely is their an all-ages show
in the area for a band this hot, and
Bogies was full up with out space to
breathe. From what I heard, the show
was red hot and the bouncers laid off
the paying customers. Bogies is too
small for this act, but their are no
venues in Albany for a following this
size. It's wonderful that this music is
getting exposure in an all-ages setting,
but damn, it certainly isn’t ideal!

Ska could even be the next Big
Thing, it has been before elsewhere.
Respect to Bogies for hosting ska
bands, despite of their 21+/bouncer
problem. Respect to Buzz, the review
of the two albums was good after all,
but that is not an excuse for
ignorance.If anybody wants to get
hooked up with the real deal in ska, I
will be happy to dub you a
compilation I made - just supply a
cassette. Ask for Noah at the ASP and
get down to the nutty beat!

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well, so
maybe Rosh Hashanah this year was sort of boring. | needed
an opening line, and | didn’t think Dickens would mind. If he
does, | apologize, but | needed a thought to start off with.

This non-adventure started Friday, when | drove home to
Buffalo in four and a half hours. |’m still a little surprised that my
car (a 1985 Toyota Corolla) didn‘t shake apart when | hit 70.
When | got home, my sister was waiting. She didn’t have swim
practice that day, so she rushed home to make sure | wasn’t
lonely. That was very considerate of her. Unfortunately, | really
wanted to be alone. | haven’t had a house to myself since |
moved to Albany in September. On top of that, she was at her
most obnoxious. | know that sounds mean, but what would
you call it when she wraps a bath towel around her neck and
runs around pretending she’s the Phantom of the Opera while
his theme song blares at concert hall pitch from her CD
player? Eventually she stopped. Of course, | had to offer her
most of the clothes in my closet to get her to do so.

Around 5:30 my mom came home from work, and we had
dinner. It had to be quick, because we all had plans, My sister
had to go watch her high school football team lose yet
another game, | was going out with the two friends | had left in
Buffalo whom | could still stand to spend time with, and my
mother had a date. Upon later comparison, it turned out that
my sister had the best time.

My friend Mary-Jane, her boyfriend, Chris, and | decided to
go see Schoo! Ties. The movie was good, and we got there
before it was completely sold out. There was one problem,
though. There were three full rows of giggling high school
freshmen. When one had to go to the bathroom, all three
rows got up to go with the person who had to go. It was a
mass exodus. All five times they went.

After the movie, the three of us decided to go bowling. Chris
and Mary-Jane both bowl regularly. If | bowl more than twice
a year, it’s an event. Needless to say, they’re bowling 150
games, and |’m lucky if | can break thirty. | almost bowled in
the wrong lane. It was sort of embarrassing. | stopped bowling
a game before they did because my arm felt like it was going
to fall off.

After we paid for the games, we decided to go into the bar
for a drink. There came my downfall. They had a kareoke
machine. I’m not talking to Mary-Jane anymore. She made
me sing. | can’t sing. I’ve been in chorus for 5 years now, and |
can‘t carry a tune in a bucket. | had to get up in front of
people and prove to the world that | can‘t sing. | even
screwed up the words, and they’re printed on the screen in
front of you! Unfortunately, | can’t even say | was drunk. To
make matters worse, for once the other people performing
could sing. | think my ex-chums and | walked into a top-secret
recording session and no one wanted us to know because
they were afraid we'd alert the press.

After this enchanting experience, | went home and went to
bed. There was simply nothing that could top that climactic
evening. Saturday arrived. My mother and | took my dad's
credit card and went shopping. | hate shopping. Shopping
was created by a Flagrant Capitalist Who Demeans Women
And Loves It. That's all | have to say on the subject. - It doesn’t
deserve any further commentary.

Sunday and Monday were Rosh Hashanah. There was a lot
of praying and eating involved. | feil asleep in temple. We
were only there for an hour, the service was in English, and | fell
asleep during the Rabbi's sermon. At least | didn’t snore. After
services, we took my sister to swim practice and ran errands.
At 6, we ran around trying to buy my father things for his
birthday. Every year we run around trying to think of
something creative and end up buying him a shirt and tie. This
year was no different. We wrapped presents in the car on the
way to his house. He was suitably impressed. We had dinner,
and | found where all our recipes had gone. Apparently when
my parents split, he took his favorite recipes with him. No
wonder we couldn't find them.

So that was my Rosh Hashanah. Not real exciting, but | had
nothing else to write about. If you have any topic ideas,
please let me know. Otherwise | may have to write about Yom
Kippur, and we wouldn‘t want that, now, would we?

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October 2, 1992

3a Aspects

Polyester Jumpsuits and Elvis Impersonators

It had to be the Flying Elvises (Utah
chapter). That was the only reason I
went to see this movie, and it was one
of the few parts that didn’t
disappoint.

Meghan Howard

Honeymoon in Vegas comes off as a
two hour long satire of the Elvis
impersonator phenomenon. It laughs
at the National Enquirer-mania of Elvis
sightings by capitalizing on the
ridiculousness of it all. Unfortunately
for the real storyline, this part of the
movie is vastly more entertaining.

The plot itself is interesting. A big
city detective (Nicholas Cage)
promised his mother on her deathbed
that he wouldn’t marry. Years later,
he is heavily involved with Betsy
(Sarah Jessica Parker), a second grade
teacher. She really wants to get
married, and after a lot of kvetching,
(and to avoid losing her) he gives in.
They fly to Las Vegas and check into a
hotel, where coincidentally there is an
Elvis impersonator convention.

Gambler Tommy Corman (James

Caan) is also in residence amid the
Elvises. In typical silly movie fate,
Betsy is the spitting image of his dead
wife. He decides he must have her (of
course) and sets up a notorious card
game, where Tommy wins a weekend
of Betsy’s company. He whisks her
off to Hawaii. Jack decides he wants
her back, and takes off in hot pursuit.
Now the fun begins.

The actors are for the most part
decent for their roles. Sarah Jessica
Parker is excellent. She gives energy
to some of the lifeless scenes in the
movie. Nicholas Cage is just plain
annoying. His voice grates on the
nerves. He’s believable in the part,
but he acts like he’s terminally stupid.
Placed alongside the others in the
film, he seems like a whiny cardboard
box with bad hair. James Caan has
the accent and mannerisms of a New
York City gambler down pat. He’s
amazing to watch. He comes across
as a Don Corleone-esque figure, both
ruthless and tender. Kinda like a
Santa Claus with fangs. Pat Morita
plays a bit part as a Hawaiian cab
driver. He's just far enough off the
wall to add a touch of hilarity in a

movie in which bizarre is
commonplace.

Honeymoon in Vegas is a great escape
movie. See this one if you are looking
for a couple hours of free time, but
don’t want to have to use your brain.
The biggest problem with it is it’s way
too long. There are many scenes
which drag on, or are unnecessary.

However, if you’re one of those with
a really twisted sense of humor, this
film is a must see. The Elvis
convention is enough to pay for your
ticket. Hundreds of Elvis
impersonators, from all around the
globe gathered in one place. Picture a
Vegas hotel lobby, filled with replicas
of The King in every shape and color,
where suddenly there is an
announcement : “Attention Pakistani
and Indian Elvises : your bus for the
Grand Canyon leaves in five
minutes.” You gotta love it.

On Jack’s trip around Kauai, Pat
Morita takes him to the chief, a man
who sings entire scores of Broadway
shows “Chief's getting senile. He
only used to sing one number,” muses
Morita upon leaving. One of the
zaniest side characters is one of Jack’s

clients in New York, a factory worker
who is convinced that his wife is
having an affair with Mike Tyson.
He's even got photos to prove it...

But the Flying Elvises really make
the movie. The commercials give just
a taste of the true strangeness of it.
The ending is made all the better by
their presence. This you have to see
to believe. Grown men jumping from
airplanes in battery operated white
polyester jumpsuits. That’s male
bonding at its most deafening.

The soundtrack is also worth
picking up. Featuring such diverse
artists as Billy Joel, Willie Nelson and
Bobo, it is a collection of Elvis songs
redone by modern greats. It also
carries the movie through some lame
sections.

All in all, Honeymoon in Vegas is a
thoroughly recommendable movie.
Bring a book for the low parts, and
otherwise be on the lookout for
surprising weirdness.

The Unofficial All Purpose Guide to Freshmen

Types of freshman:

Geek: A harmless breed of frosh.
Can be identified by pocket protector,
taped-up glasses, and his constant
companion, a physics textbook.
Affectionately known as “gunkies.”

Jocks-to-be: Still wearing their high
school football jacket and talking
about the game-winning touchdown
they made three years ago. Talks
about how many chicks he'd have in
the back seat of his car if frosh were
allowed to have cars on campus.

Cheerleader-to-be: Are on a 24-
hour sugar high. Still wearing their
cheerleader jacket from high school.
Thinks how many cars she would be
in the back seat of if frosh were
allowed to have cars on campus.

Preppies: The most common breed
of frosh, their hair is the reason why
we have to import so much oil each

x FDilm
The hype accompanying Cameron
Crowe’s new film has been
tremendous, owning to the success of
the Seattle rock scene that emerged
over the last two years. Singles,
however, has little to do with that.
Instead Crowe once more turns his
attention to the twentysomething
generation going through the motions
in Seattle.

Vangelis Savva

Crowe introduces his primary
characters by having them speak
directly to the camera, a technique
employed on a more serious note by
other filmmakers before. The
audience is exposed to the attitudes
and ideas of Steve (Campbell Scott), a
transportation planner, Linda (Kyra
Sedgwick), an environmentalist, Janet
(Bridget Fonda), a cappuccino
waitress, and Cliff (Matt Dillon), an

year. Walk like they stole a pencil
from the geek’s pocket protector and
shoved it up their butt.

Most frosh can be spotted from a
mile away. Usually they stick out like
H. Patrick Swygert’s nose. How to
spot a frosh:

1) You’d think they were at
Disneyland from the looks of awe as
they gaze at concrete pillars.

2) Their clothes are ironed. Cleaned,
too.

3) They're the only ones walking to
class at 8a.m.

4) Who else stands waiting for a bus
in the middle of the winter?

5) They’re all dressed in post neo-
Albany: Albany sweatshirts, Albany t-
shirts, Albany socks, Albany tattoos,
Albany bras (women and
transvestites only), etc.

6) They have a compass and look at
the campus map.

7) They’re first in line at lunch and
dinner, arriving ten minutes early to
avoid the mad rush.

8) They EAT the American chop
suey.

9) They believe everything they
read in the ASP.

10) The read the Podium Press.
Really.

11) They sit front row center in
every class.

Common phrases which frosh
should avoid:

“Wow, the food is great here. Lets
go back for sixths.”

‘We're going to get our phone now.
Be back in a couple of minutes, guys.”

“McDuff’s, what a cool name! By
the way, do you see any rats?”

“T’ve got all the money I need for
books. Dad gave me a twenty.”

“I'm going to add/drop—I want to
get an English class.”

“Look at the size of this closet. Now
where’s our room?”

“Man, I went out partying last
night, had a great time. Couple of
beers and I was wasted.”

“Now hold on a minute. Did the
colonies come before the Indians or
what? Wait, who has a history book?”

“Where's the cable hook up?”

“President Swygert really seems to
know what he’s doing.”

“T came to college to meet new
people and broaden my horizons.
Isn’t class great?”

--Ray Lukas, Adam
Meyer, Robert Tiger

Ulhich Singler linelf Out

aspiring rock musician. They are all
in their mid-twenties, living in their
own apartments for the first time and
trying to comprehend their own lives
and their environment.

Crowe takes his setting and
characters and exposes them to
routine, everyday situations to draw
some overall conclusions on love and
friendship. Cliff and Janet are a
couple, or so she thinks. Evidently,
his career as a musician bears more
importance than Janet’s feelings,
despite his mediocre talent, until she
finally gives up on the whole thing.
In the meantime, Linda and Steve,
while moderately devoted to each
other, find commitment a hard pill to
swallow. In both cases, a mild crisis is
required before all parties begin to
realize certain things that were not so
quite obvious before.

Crowe approaches his story and its
themes through a rather realistic lens,

which makes Singles both funny and
serious at the same time. As a writer
he exemplifies a wry sense of humor
in examining the bonds between
friends, the intricacies between lovers,
without turning his subject into a
farce. Perhaps more significantly he
avoids engaging in any absurd
melodramatics -- and that is one
serious asset -- despite the fact that
he’s mainly working with cliches and
quite trivial situations. On the
downside, Singles is prone to
occasional superficialities while the
director fails to provide his audience
with depth in the Janet - Cliff affair.
Out of the acting group, Campbell
Scott stands out easily through a
magnetic, almost passionate
performance. Bridget Fonda’s work,
seemingly effortless, offers another
example of how good an actress she
can be. Sedgwick’s portrayal of Linda
is at par with that of Scott’s while

Dillon is merely adequate in a role
that does not really require that much.
The supporting cast also includes
cameos by members of Pearl Jam and
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden.

Singles is all about the
twentysomething generation,
somewhat idealistic yet moderately
cynical. self-assured on the outside
yet vulnerable on the inside. In that
context, Crowe examines the trials
and tribulations of his characters,
their desire for love and friendship,
their fear of commitment. Singles is a
well-written, well-acted, overall
realistic piece of work that is fun to
watch but nothing monumental or
groundbreaking. Now, about that
new Woody Allen movie...

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Local musicians jam
To The Editor:

The advertisement in Metroland reads, “Seattle, my
butt! There’s plenty of musical talent in the Capital
Region, and we’re out to prove it with...EAR JAM ‘92!”
The last line of the full page ad reads, “SUPPORT
LOCAL MUSIC”. What is that? You don’t know what
Ear Jam ‘92 is? Allow me to tell you. It’s a fantastic
five week showcase of bands whose original music has
been voted as the best in the Capital Region. It all
started on September 13, when “J-Jewel” won the
Rap/Dance category. “Rodeo Christ” took the
Metal/Thrash award the following week. Last Sunday
“Smokehaus” competed against four other Rock/Blues
bands and came home with the title from that category.
This Sunday is the acoustic competition and the
following week will highlight alternative bands. All of
this is taking place at “Kicks” in the Albany Marriot
from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. There is no admission charge and
people eighteen and over are allowed to go and enjoy.
The grand prize of the competition is studio time.

I am the conga player in “On Air”, one of the acoustic
acts scheduled to perform this Sunday. I am also a fifth
year senior. In the past, I have noticed that very limited
positive interaction has gone on between the students and

the people of Albany. I figured that “Ear Jam” would be
a great opportunity for students to not only interact with

people outside of campus, but for them to enjoy some of
the culture that Albany has to offer. Opportunities like
this are often overshadowed by the busy life of a student
and limited exposure to on-campus residents. I also can
not hide the fact that my band could use the support of

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our biggest fans, which are the students.

Although we have played venues such as “Pauley’s
Hotel”, “Longshots”(in Saratoga), “Kenny’s
Castaway”s”(in Greenwich Village), and local “SUNY
gigs” such as “The Long Branch”, advertisement is still a
necessity if we hope to play to a large audience. I
figured I’d be able to solve all of these problems at once
and place an advertisement on the podium boards. Who
wouldn’t want to see an acoustic band competition for
free? I still don’t know the answer to this question.

The question I should have asked, however, is “Who
doesn’t want the students to know that anything
interesting is going on off-campus?” The answer to this
one-THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION! I went into the
campus life office with a copy of the poster I wanted to
put on campus. There is only one problem; I am a
student who isn’t “recognized” by the student
association. There was no question of what I was
advertising (in fact, the secretary liked the poster), just a
flat out rejection. She said that if I’m not recognized, I
can only post on two of the boards on campus, and that
the rest of the pillars are reserved by people who, I
guess, SA feels important enough to recognize.

The singer in my band and myself are both students.
The guitarist recently graduated from SUNYA. Don’t
you, as students who are also probably “unrecognized”,
find it to be a little bit ridiculous that SA won’t support
students and let us advertise on campus. We’re not
going to be making money from this and we don’t want
any money from them. All we stand to gain from this is
your support, which we do need. You, in tum, would get
to experience a great night of free music and culture. I
think the problem is that SA has nothing to gain from
this as an organization. It’s definitely a warped society
we live in when a controlling organization, SA, won’t
help its supporters, the students, even if they don’t have
to do anything. I mean, come on now, I paid my
mandatory student activity fee!

I must end this editorial by encouraging you, the
students, to do three things: 1) go into the campus life
office and question your right to advertise, 2) write your
own editorials for the ASP when something on campus
bothers you, and 3) come down to “Kicks” at the Albany
Marriot this Sunday for a good time and a chance to
Support a student band.

Dave Hochheiser

In support of UAS

To the Editor:

First and foremost I am a student here at SUNYA. I
also happen to be employed by UAS, at McDuffs to be
precise. I too am a mealcard holder and eat at the quad
dining hall (Alumni). I feel that USA Today did a serious
injustice to UAS by saying we have the worst food in the
country. If one really wants to have a serious displeasure
of eating food at the lowest possible echelon, try eating
the food put out by CAS at the University of Scranton.
Or if one would like to assault their palate even further,
just join the military, and then you will see just how well
off we are.

Obviously dining hall food is not the gourmet style
cuisine that one finds in the fine restaurants, and it
doesn’t come anywhere near close to “mom’s”, but
overall it isn’t all that bad. As said before, I work at
McDuffs. If our food was so bad then why are we
packed every night? Students wait in line for a burger or
a club sandwich and return again on another evening for
more of the same.

Let’s just jump off the “Bash UAS” bandwagon and
get real. Sure, some of the food leaves something to be
desired, but it’s still far from the horrific picture that has
been painted by the media these last couple of weeks.

If you really want change, then some helpful and well
thought out suggestions would by far be the most
appropriate method of upgrading the quality.

Craig Thompson

Say no to D'Amato

To the Editor:

Don’t you think that it is time for a change from 12
years of Reagan-Bush-D’Amato? Don’t you think that it
is time for a change from Anti-Abortion Supreme Court
Justices and the “Gag Rule”. Don’t you think that it is
time for a real National Health Care Plan that will cover
everyone, not just those who can afford health
insurance? Don’t you think that it is time to fight for the
environment and not to protect big corporate polluters?
Don’t you think that it is time for Bob Abrams for the

United States Senate?

Did you know that Senator Alfonse D’Amato voted
for every Reagan-Bush Supreme Court Appointee,
including Clarence Thomas and is an ardent opponent of
abortion and a woman’s right to choose? Did you know
that Senator D’Amato has one of the worst
environmental records in Washington D.C., protecting
the big corporate polluters? Don’t you think that it is
about time for a change from Senator D’Amato?

Attorney General Bob Abrams is the only United
States Senate Candidate from New York who supports
Senate Bill 2320, the Russo/Wellstone National Health
Insurance Bill (Senator D’Amato does not support
§.2320), which would provide National Health Care for
all, including graduate students. Attorney General Bob
Abrams is also the only United States Senate Candidate
from New York who unequivocally supports a woman’s
right to choose and supports the Freedom of Choice Act
(which Senator D’Amato does not support). Bob
Abrams also has the endorsement of New York State’s
two leading environmental groups, the Sierra Club and
the League of Conservation Voters and will continue to
fight to protect the environment. In his 14 years as the
Attommey General of New York State, Bob has taken on
the big corporate polluters and WON, putting the
executives of those big companies behind bars.

For the future of New York State and the United
States, we must ensure that we send a fighting Senator to
Washington. If you would like more information, or
would like to volunteer for the Abrams campaign, please
call Jeffrey Luks at 463-1434, the Victory ‘92 Campaign
Headquarters. We will also be meeting every
Wednesday at 6:00 at the Albany County Democratic
Campaign Committee Headquarters, the corner of
Lincoln and Colvin Avenues in Albany.

Jeffrey Luks
Albany County Coordinator
Abrams ‘92 Campaign Committee

Students: get involved

To theEditor:

It has been said that Politicians are the Doctors of
Society. By passing bills and resolutions, Legislators
attempt to cure the ills of their State. Well, here at the
State University of new York at Albany, we have our
own share of problems, and consequentiy we have a need
for “Problem-Solvers”.

Iam the Vice-Chair of the Central Council of the
Student Association, We convene weekly and attempt to
do what we can to make the world, or at least $.U.N.Y.
Albany, a better place. Last week we passed a powerful
Resolution staing our anger, as a student body, about the
actions recently taken by certain Oneonta officials that
we’ve heard so much about. Last year we lobbied
Congressman McNulty, convincing him to sign on to the
Federal Higher Education Act. Who knows what’s next?

Who makes these bills? You do, the students. Both
directly and indirectly. Indirectly, you elect Central
Council representatives who attempt to express their
constituent’s ideas on the floor of Council. Directly, you
can be a part of Central Council, without having to run
for any election. Anyone in the University may join one
of our exciting Committees, the sources of all our Bills
and Resolutions :: Internal Affairs (our own F.B.1.),
Student Action (our lobby group), Finance Committee
(our own I.R.S), Student Community (our mayor’s
office), Academic Affairs (the Student’s dept. of
education) and our Intercollegiate Athletics committee
(our Softball Commissioner). These Six committees are
YOURS, take them and use them.

Everyone complains, but if you want to do something
about it, then Do It. Contribute to the University through
Central Council. Your “Congress” at Albany State. The
Central Council meets Wednesdays in CC 375 at 7:30
pm.

Jason Stern

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Community
Continued from page 3

everyday SUNYA life was
discussed. One attendee
questioned the length of the
document, with concern that
people won’t be able to read it
and “take it to heart”.

Livingston countered, “It’s not
the words that I’m focusing on,
it’s the meaning behind it.
College is a reading environment
- a page of notions. To say it’s
different and difficult, I
completely reject.”

One female attendee agreed. “I
was involved in an incident, ran
into a little trouble. I was
sexually harassed and assaulted.
I read the Just Community and
the Community Rights and
Responsibilities handbook. I
talked to my RA, who filed a
report. Now that person (the
transgressor) is no longer on
campus.”

All agreed there was a
problem of impersonality on
campus where one is made to
feel like a social security
number. “It’s up to the
individual. How you make
yourself known more as a person
and how you make yourself less
as a number ... go against the
ideals of a person,” said
Freshman Chrishana Wright.

The current reputation and
labeling of the Quadrangles was
discussed. Names such as “JAP
Quad” for State or “the projects”
for Dutch were brought up.
Livingston said, “We’ve done
empirical research. It (The
stereotyping) just does not hold
up.” Mark Liebner, a resident of
Colonial Quad, said he has
noticed more diversification of
residents in his Quad with more
lower classman and minorities
this year.

On a similar note, the role of
ethnic specific clubs were
discussed. One student said he
saw a posting for a Catholic
study group on Indian Quad.
Liebner asked, “Can I join that
group?” although he is not
Catholic.

“Why do we need a Catholic
study group? Do they study the
New Testament?” Liebner asked.
Livingston added that many
students feel a need to identify
with peoples of similar
background, to develop a “home
base.” He added,” If that’s the
only base, that becomes
problematic.”

Philip Roth
Continued from page 3

crap affectionately,” he added
with a smile. “You tur on the
place you come out of. The next
thing is you turn on the
classroom.”

“The gradations between
memoir and novel can be
blurry,” he said. “You say at the
beginning this is a novel.” Of
course, a writer can play games
with the reader, Roth pointed
out, as he himself has done.

Although much of the
discussion revolved around
Roth’s humorous works, he has
also written some very grave
books such as When She was
Good, published in 1967. “It’s
about a family in a middle
western place. I didn’t know

what kind of writer I was or
could be. I was ambitious to see
if I could do it. I thought I had a
tone—of their speech and of
their lives.

“I was angry and I felt
screwed up. I didn’t have to
fight. I thought, ‘To hell with
them, I’m going to write a book
with no Jews in it.’ “

He related an incident where
he had given a speech at Yeshiva
University in the midst of the
Goodbye, Columbus furor.
Another speaker, Invisible Man
author Ralph Ellison, came to his
defense. Ellison said, “I’m not a
cog in the machinery of civil
tights legislation. I’m a cog in
the machinery of literature.”
Such conflicts between a
minority and a writer within that
minority are inevitable, Roth
said.

Roth also spoke a Page Hall at
8 p.m. Tuesday night, and again
in the campus center assembly
hall on Wednesday morning.

Safety

Continued from page 3
Geneva M. Walker-Johnson,
Assistant Vice President of the

Residential Life and Housing, is
guest registration on the
residential quadrangles.
Students have been asked to fill
Out guest registration form 24
hours prior to when they are
having overnight guests. They
must give their name, their room
and phone number, their guest’s
name, dates of the visit and
whether they have notified their
roommates and suitemates.
Walker Johnson has
recommended that students tell
the people they live with about
heir intended guest at least
twenty-four hours in advance of
the visit.

‘Walker-Johnson said, “This is
a part of our continuing safety
awareness. We needed a better
handle on who were guests as
sometimes there are people no
one knows. We are most
concerned with safety for our
residents. We want to be more
sensitive to guests so we know
who they are. Eventually we
hope to get visitors’ IDs for the
guests.”

The policy allows two guests
per visit to stay no more than 72
hours and guests overnight twice
a month. Ms. Walker-Johnson

said, “Students have been very
responsive and good about
filling out the situation because
it isa voluntary act.
Walker-Johnson said, “The
primary purpose of all the new
policies are resources is safety.”

Column

Continued trom page 10
population pay their fair share.
He understands that Americans
find their health care system too
costly and. supports a plan to
ensure that a poor person can
enjoy his right to a healthy life
as much as somebody who is
tich. Clinton feels the need to
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elite. Our country is broken
because of the past twelve years
of selfish corruption in the
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There is a choice to be made in
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Men's Soccer
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from-behind victory here in
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M.L.B

American League

Toronto 93 66 .585 -
Milwaukee 90 68
Baltimore 86 72
Cleveland 75 83 475 17.5
Detroit 75 84 «472 18
Yankees 7 84 «472 18
Boston 71 88 447 22

x-Oakland
Minnesota 87 71 551 7
Chicago 86 72 «544 8B
Texas 75 83 475 19
Kansas City 71 87 .449 23
Califomia 69 89 437 25
Seattle 61 97 .386 33

National League

East

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Montreal 8 73 «541 9
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Chicago 7 83 .478 19
Mets 70 89 440 25
Philadelphia 69 90 .434 26

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Cincinnati 89 69 563 5.5
SanDiego 80 77 51014
Houston 78 «80 .494 16.5
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LosAngeles 62 96 392 325
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Chicago at Seattle
Detroit at Toronto
Texas at California
Milwuakee at Oakland
Chicago at Seattle

National

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Philadelphia at St. Louis
Montreal at Chicago
San Diego at Atlanta (2)
San Francisco at Cincinnati
Los Angeles at Houston

BY THE NUMBERS

Major League

Leaders

American League

Batting Average
EMartinez, Sea, .343; Puckett, Min,
825; Thomas, Chi, .323; Molitor, Mil,
.323;Mack, Min 316; Griffey, Sea,
311; RAlomar, Tor, .310 .307.

Runs
Phillips, Det, 113; Thomas, Chi, 108;
RAlomar, Tor, 103; Raines, Chi, 101,
EMartinez, Sea, 100; Puckett, Min,
100.

Runs Batted In
Fielder, Det, 124; Carter, Tor, 117;
GBell, Chi, 112; Thomas, Chi, 111;
Belle, Cle, 109; Puckett, Min, 106;
Winfield, Tor, 106.

Hits
Puckett, Min, 201; Baerga, Cle, 194:
Molitor, Mil, 191; Mack, Min, 183:
EMartinez, Sea, 181; Mattingly,
Yankess, 181; Thomas, Chi, 180.

Home Runs
McGwire, Oak, 41; JuGonzalez,
Texas, 40; Fielder, Det, 35; Belle, Cle,
34; Carter, Tor, 33; Deer, Det, 32;
Tettleton, Det, 31

Strikeouts
RJohnson, Sea, 233; Perez, NY, 212;
Clemmens, Bos, 208; JsGuzman,
Tex, 174; McDowell, Chi, 170;
KBrown, Tex, 168; Nagy, Cle, 162.

Saves
Eckersley, Oak, 51; Aguilera, Min, 40;
Montgomery, KC, 39; Olson, Balt, 35;
Henke, Tor, 33; JeRussell, Oak, 30;
Olin, Cle, 29.

TRIVIA QUESTION: Who is the
only major league baseball player to
win batting titles in three decades?

National League

Batting Average
Sheffield, SD, .330; VanSlyke, Pitt,
-327; Roberts, Cin, .324; Kruk, Phi,
323; Gwynn, SD, .317; Pendleton, Atl,
812; Butler, LA, .312.

Runs
Bonds, Pitt, 107; Hollins, Phi, 103;
Grissom, Mon, 99; Sandberg, Chi, 99;
Pendleton, Atl, 95; Biggio, Hou, 93.

Runs Batted In
Daulton, Phi, 107; Pendleton, Atl, 103;
Bonds, Pitt, 101; Sheffield, SD, 100;
McGriff, SD, 99; Murray, NY, 93;
Bagwell, Hou, 91; Hollins, Phi, 91;
LWalker, Mon, 91

Hits
VanSlyke, Pitt, 197; Pendleton, Atl,
196; Sheffield, SD, 194; Grace, Chi,
183; Sanberg, Chi, 182; Grissom, Mon,
179; Lankford, St. Lois 171.

Home Runs
McGriff, SD, 34; Sheffield, SD, 33;
Bonds, Pitt, 32; Daulton, Phi, 27
Hollins, Phi, 26; Sanberg, Chi, 26;
LWalker, Mon, 23.

Strikeouts
Smoltz, At, 212; GMaddux, Chi, 199;
SFernandez, NY, 188; Drabek, Pitt,
173; Rijo, Cin, 169; Benes, SD, 162.

Saves
LSmith, St. Louis, 41; Myers, SD, 37;
Wetteland, Mon, 36; DJones, Hou, 34:
MWilliams, Phi, 28; Chariton, Cin, 26:
Dibble, Cin, 24,

TUESDAY'S ANSWER: Sid Finch
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 19

Danes fifth in ECAC Tournament

By Ron Balle
STAFF WRITER

For the third weekend in a row, the
courts of the University at Albany were
the sight of another major Division III
tennis tournament. This time around it
was the ECAC Tournament, which was
scored on an individual basis rather than
team play. Albany scored 11 points to
place fifth in the field of nine teams.

The setup of the tournament was
different from the previous tournaments
held this year. Instead of the teams going
us against one another head-to-head, each
seeding was broken up into individual
tournaments called “flights”. The teams
would score points based in their players’
performance in these flights.

The Danes had their greatest success at
the #4 position, with Jon Rudnick
making it to the finals of his flight before
losing to Chris Criblez of Central
Connecticut State, 6-1 , 7-6.

Matt Presser also put in a notable
performance, reaching the semi-finals,
where he lost to Hartford’s Tyler Gibson,
6-1. 4-6, 7-6.

Albany was not as fortunate at the #1,
#3 and doubles positions. Number one
seed Adam Addleston lost to Hartford’s
Andy Finn, 7-5, 6-1. Tony Cella from the
U.S. Coast Guard Academy took the third
set tiebreaker to oust Albany’s #3 seed,
Steve Cohen, The team of Paul Garnock
and Ken Blume was upended by Buffalo’s
Luis Gurri and Dave Monkarsh, 6-1, 1-

6, 6-2.

The order of finish was: University of
Hartford (17 points), University of
Rochester and Central Connecticut State
(tied with 15 points), U.S. Coast Guard
Academy (14 points), Albany (11 points),
University of Buffalo (nine points),
Bentley, Quinnipiac College and Salem
State (tied with seven points).

“It was an excellent weekend for
tennis,” Albany head coach Robert Lewis
commented. “Some good teams showed
up, but our draw was smaller than usual
because of the late the announcement
about the tournament from the ECAC
Committee.”

“We usually would have had 25 teams
instead of the nine that we had,” he
added.

Some of the Danes warmed up for the
ECAC’s when they took on R.P.L. in Troy
on September 23rd. This was the second
time this season that Albany had locked
up with the Engineers, and the result was
the same. Albany came out on top, five
matches to one.

Neither school was playing with their
team at full strength, due to a combination
of class conflicts and illness. Albany was
missing its#] and #4 seeds, but the rest of
the ladder stepped up and took charge.
R.P was missing their #2 and #3 seeds
and could not recover.

Presser, replacing Addelston at #1, was
the only Dane to lose on this day. He
dropped his match to Dave Saxe, 6-4, 6-4

Cohen had taken the first set, 7-5, in his
match against Max Wong, but Wong had
to withdraw before the second set because
of illness.

Blume continued his promising
freshman season, knocking off Praskaut
Mitta, 6-4, 6-1

In the other matches, Garnock defeated
Jeremy Druger, 6-0, 6-1. Keith Hausman,
playing in his first collegiate singles
match, won over Stacy Kearse, 6-0, 6-3.
Craig Goldman notched a win in his first-
ever collegiate match, beating Naru Chao,
6-2, 6-4.

Just when you thought all the
tournaments were over, another one
comes to Albany this weekend. The
Men’s Rolex Northeast Tennis
Championships for NCAA Division III
schools will be held on Albany’s courts
from October 3rd to the Sth.

There will be singles and doubles play,
and the singles champion will earn a free
trip to Corpus Christi, Texas, to play in
the Rolex National Small College Tennis
Championships, being held October 22nd
to the 25th. Doubles champions will have
a portion of their expenses paid.

In addition to Albany, the other schools
being represented will be N.Y.U., R-PI.,
St. Lawrence, Hartwick, Oneonta,
Skidmore, University of Rochester,
Binghamton, and Vassar. This will be the
third straight year that Albany has hosted
the Rolex Tournament.

St. Rose, RPI outduel women's soccer

By Eric Dagnall
STAFF WRITER

The Lady Dane soccer season has gone
from bad to worse in a span of only four
games. Losses to College of Saint Rose
and R.P.I. has left Albany (2-5) in a state
of disarray.

At St. Rose (3-0-2), the Lady Golden
Knights came out attacking from the get
go. St. Rose’s Jenn Camardello and
Christa Leonowicz picked apart the
Albany defense and led their team to a 4-1
win.

Fifteen minutes into the game,
Carmardello took a shot that Lady Dane
goalkeeper Celia Mosier got a hand on but
couldn’t hold onto. Jenn Gardner seized
the rebound and shot into a wide open
goal put St. Rose up, 1-0.

The Lady Danes did provide a little
spurt of offense. Nancy Nicolich kept St.
Rose’s defense on its toes with a couple of
nice crossing passes. A cross by Amy
Cheney found Debra Antonelli in the box,
but Antonelli’s shot sailed right of the
goal. That would be the only shot the Lady
Danes could produce in the half.

With Albany pushing the whole team
upfield looking for the equalizer,
Leonowicz took the ball at midfield and
broke free. At the edge of the Albany box

she took a shot. The ball found its way
past Mosier and trickled into the left side
of the goal.

The scoring wasn’t over, however.
When Albany’s Mellanie Brown cleared
the ball from the box, Leonowicz shot
somehow*bounced its way past a diving
Mosier. The half ended with St. Rose
holding a commanding 3-0 lead.

Albany came out in the second half like
a team fighting for their lives. “The St.
Rose team was visibly stunned by the
pressure we put on them,” Albany coach
Colleen McTygue said. “In the first half,
we played defensively and that didn’t
work, so we decided to attack.”

Albany got on the scoreboard when
Debra Keiser beautifully headed a
crossing pass past goalkeeper Missy
Eversdyke. Albany kept applying more
pressure after the goal.

Nicolich shot the ball just high from a
direct kick. Linda Rouse took a shot that
Eversdyke nudged right of the goal, over
the crossbar. Camardello halted all
hopes of a Lady Dane comeback when she
went uncontested into the box and snuck
the ball under diving Albany goalkeeper
Monica Harlow. The goal gave St. Rose a
4-1 lead and put the game out of reach.

Despite an excellently played second

half, Albany’s sloppy play is the first half
proved to be the deciding factor.

The first half again was Albany’s
downfall against the Lady Engineers of
R.P.I. (2-3). “We have a problem getting
motivated in the first half, but we pick it
up in the second,” explained McTygue.
“However, to win soccer matches, a ninety
minute effort is needed.”

In the first ten minutes of the game, the
Lady Dane starters were not playing up to
par, so McTygue replaced them all.
However, nothing could stop the Lady
Engineers from running all over Albany
with a 6-1 win.

Jennifer Ocif had a goal and three
assists to lead the Lady Engineers, Kristen
Ladaski added three goals and Jessica
Metwier scored two more to send the
Lady Danes back to Albany licking their
wounds.

Albany did play a good second half.
Mosier, playing forward, scored her first
goal of the year to avoid a shutout.

The Lady Danes take a two week break
to regroup and recuperate. “Our schedule
is very demanding and we have a few
injuries,” McTygue said. “We hope to start
off fresh again.”

The Lady Danes host the Lady Hawks
of North Adams on October 8th at
3:30p.m.

Danes still undefeated after seven games

By Matt Fineman
STAFF WRITER

Albany’s men’s soccer team fought through the cold autumn
weather on Wednesday to defeat New Paltz 1-0. They improved
their unbeaten mark to 6-0-1, but not after receiving a good scare

along the way.

Albany, playing on the road, finishing the first half with a one
goal lead. During the opening half, the Danes really turned on the
pressure and moved the ball around nicely to gain numerous
opportunities. Captain Marty Hearey notched the game’s only

goal off a Jason Auffarth pass.

Only ten minutes into the second half however, Albany faced
its biggest challenge. Junior midfielder Paul Feeney was
presented with questionable red card, forcing Albany to play a
man down for the final 35 minutes. Luckily for the Danes, they
were able to survive the extended “power play” by adopting a

more defensive strategy.

sporting a unit of players with three years experience together.
The new piece to the puzzle has been John Jacobs, a freshman

goalkeeper. Jacobs has yet to allow a goal in his college career,
As a team, Albany has permitted one goal in their seven games,
that by way of a penalty kick.

Last Friday, the team faced off against nationally ranked Union

College. The Danes saved their best soccer for this local rival and
embarrassed the Dutchmen, 3-0.

Hearney had two goals within the first 20 minutes to set the
tone. Billy “Crusher” Muller scored with :14 seconds remaining

in the half to all but seal the match.

Senior Steve Wintonick explained the games importance. “In
our minds the Union game would make or break the season,” he
explained. “We were on a mission, facing our ex-coach and
overcoming last year’s loss.”

One year ago, Aldo Nardiello’s Union squad set back Albany’s

quest for an NCAA tournament bid with an emotional come-

The defense has been outstanding for the entire season,

Continued on page 15

No success for
Lady Danes at
Stony Brook

By Rochelle Keum Yun Lee
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Winning matches has been very.
difficult as late for Albany’s volleyball|
team. The Lady Danes lost all four of its}
matches at the Stony Brook Invitational:
last weekend.

On Friday night, the Lady Danes lost
to Eastern Connecticut 5-15, 5-15, 15-
12, and 8-15. It was the first time the
two teams played against each other this}
season.

Albany didn’t fare any better Saturday
morning against Stony Brook, getting,
crushed in straight sets, 4-15, 2-15, 5-15,
“Stony Brook was the strongest team|
there,” Albany coach Patrick Dwyer
conceded.

Next they lost a match muddled in
controversy to Hunter College 13-15,
15-12, 15-5, 8-15, 13-15.

“Several aspects of refereeing and|
scoring were controversial,” Dwyer said.
[We] lost one point in the game because’
of it.”

The fifth game of a match is played
without sideouts. Every mistake means aj
point for the other side.

During the fifth set, Dwyer substituted]
many players while the Lady Danes|
were winning. Once the score got too|
close for comfort, Albany found it had|
used up all of the allowed subs.

“T have to take credit for the Hunter]
game,” Dwyer said. “I substituted quite a|
bit and got some playing time for all of
ithe players.”

He also commented on the efforts off
fall the players on the team. “They [Stony
Brook] beat us, we didn’t lose it.”

After the loss to Hunter, the Lady
Danes lost again to Eastern Connecticut
in straight sets: 9-15, 13-15, 7-15.

Dwyer focused on the positive. “[We]
laccomplished a number of things,” he
said, “We are winning games versus,
having the opponent lose to us.”

“In the same way, we are not losing,
they beat us,” Dwyer continued. “Before|
iwe played really well or really badly.
This time around we played more
evenly. “

Albany was playing without starter
Lori Schoolski, who was ill.

Dwyer would like to improve several]
different things, including the mental!
outlook of the team. “That’s a big'
problem of the team, potentially,” he|
said.

The Lady Danes travel to Boston
today to participate in the M.I.T.
‘Tournament.

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Football vs. Alfred Univ. - Sat., 7:00

Men's Soccer vs. Castleton - Sat., 1:00

Women's CC - LeMoyne Invite - Sat.

Great Danes hold off Brockport for first win

By Jacob Jonas
STAFF WRITER

In a game reminiscent of the now-
defunct, high-scoring American Football
League (where the best defense was a
good offense), Albany (1-2) posted its
first victory of the 1992 campaign,
outgunning Brockport, 41-33, at Special
Olympics Stadium in Brockport on
Saturday.

“This was, by far our best offensive

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File Photo by Peter Weigele
QB Jaan Laap accounted for over half the Danes' offense.

output of the season,” Albany head coach
Robert Ford remarked.

The Danes kept the scorekeepers busy
as they almost doubled their point total
from the first two losses (28-14 to
Springfield, 51-7 to Ithaca) of the season.
Albany raced to a 35-7 halftime cushion
before Brockport (1-3) roared back in the.
second half to make the game interesting
as the Danes substituted freely throughout
the third and fourth quarters.

“You suit up forty guys
and you expect them to be
teady to play,” defensive
coordinator Mike Simpson
commented,

Senior quarterback Jaan
Laap had a “career day” as
he produced 246 total
yards of offense. Laap was
12 for 16 passing, piling
up 188 yards through the
air for three touchdowns
and no interceptions. Laap
also netted 58 yards on 11
tushes, including a 23
yards on a scramble.

“There were lots of big
plays,” Ford said. “The
offense scored quickly and
gained large chunks of
yardage.”

Ten different Danes
went for gains of ten yards
or more, and three of those
plays covered at least
twenty. Ben Alston capped
Albany’s 21-point

“

explosion in the first quarter with a 26-
yard run with sixteen seconds remaining
in the stanza.

Split end Larry Marin hit paydirt after
going 42 yards on a pass play from Laap.
That touchdown was recorded by the
Danes before two minutes had elapsed in
the first quarter,

Alston looked sharp in his first game
since coming off an injury, gaining 85
yards on only eight carries. Mike
Imperato had 61 yards on 12 attempts.

Marin paced the Albany air attack with
97 yards on three catches. Andy Shein
came out of the backfield to haul in three
passes for 35 yards and a touchdown.
Tight end Eric Hawkins (24 yards) and
wide receiver Floyd Saunders (20 yards,
one TD) each had two receptions.

“Tt was a must win situation for us as
far as the year,” Ford said.

The “must-win” almost turned
disastrous during a fourth quarter when
Brockport scored 26 unanswered points.
The Golden Eagles controlled the ball for
9:44 in the stanza. Four touchdowns
(there was one missed extra point and one
failed two-point conversion) were not
enough as Brockport chewed up yardage
like it was going out of style.

The best example of Golden Eagles’
suddenly efficient offense came on the
last drive. Running back Anthony
Clingerman took the ball in from one yard
out, capping a 10-play drive that covered
72 yards. That scoring march took an
incredible 1:37.

“It’s hard to figure out what happened

in the fourth quarter,” Simpson
commented, “We had a lot of missed
tackles at key times.”

Although injuries can sometimes be
used as a crutch, the Danes are not
complaining about the fact that key
figures such as defensive back Ken
Breland (injured during Springfield game,
doubtful for Saturday’s game vs. Alfred)
and defensive end Jeff Ridgeway (out for
the season with a broken leg) were
missing from the lineup.

Linebacker James Fraguela paced the
Danes’ defense with 13 tackles and
defensive back Frank Zardezed also
reached double figures with 10. DB
Travis Miller posted a solid effort with
nine tackles, and defensive end Jeff
Emerson recorded eight.

Running back Greg Smith lead
Brockport with 75 yards rushing on 20
attempts and QB Rob Snedden threw for
111 yards, but was a paltry 12 for 28
passing with three interceptions and only
one touchdown (a four-yard toss to Cliff
Jones with 4:30 remaining in the game).

Albany attempts to even its record
when it takes on the Alfred University
Saxons (2-1) at University Field
tomorrow. The Danes are looking for
payback after losing in the final seconds
at Alfred in 1991.

Simpson stated-that tomorrow would
not be a replay of last season’s
disappointing game. “We're going to play
from start to finish,” he remarked. “We're
not going to let what happened last year
happen again.”

Cross country's best gather at Cortland Invite
Team performance propels

men over Roc

By Michael Director
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Goipg against their fiercest competitors
in the Eastern region, namely University
of Rochester and R.I.T., Albany’s men’s
cross country team posted a huge win as
they defeated both rivals and took first
place at the Cortland Invitational this past
Saturday.

Albany compiled 47 points while
Rochester took second with 63 points and
Haverford took third with 95 points.

With the win, Albany is now ranked
fourth nationally in Division III. Also, the
team is ranked first in New York State, as
well as first in the Eastern Region. This is
the best national ranking ever for the
Danes and it is the first time since 1972
(when Albany finished second at the
National meet) that the team is ranked
first in the state

With this result, nobody was more
pleased then Dane’s head coach Roberto
Vives, who is looking at the total picture.

“Tt makes you feel that the season is
going as planned and we are
progressing,” Vives said.

Normally, the five-mile course at
Cortland is extremely fast. But at this
meet, rainy conditions turned parts of the
course into mud and as a result, slowed

hester & R.I.T.

times.

Through the first two miles there was a
lead pack of eight runners, four of whom
were Danes. Helping to set the pace for
Albany were juniors Todd “Slammer”
Orvis, Todd Rogers, and Bill Vanos, as
well as senior Scott Carroll. They posted
a 10:02 split at the two-mile mark.
Following closely behind was sophomore
Jason DeJoy, who ran 10:10 for two
miles.

The pack stayed together, passing
through three miles in 15:10 as DeJoy
dropped back a little, passing through in
15:30. At this point the pack began to
break up as runners began to surge.

Orvis was the first Dane to cross the line
as he took fourth place overall with a
time of 25:19. The other scorers for
Albany were Rogers (6th, 25:25), Carroll
(7th, 25:28), Vanos (9th, 25:35) and
DeJoy, who placed 21st in 26:09.

This meet had other positive news for
the Danes as well. The average time of
their top five (the scorers) was 25:35,
which is 12 seconds faster then the
average from last year’s National meet.
And it is still only September.

Also, the spread between the scorers
was a mere 50 seconds, which is one

Continued on page 17

By Patrick Cullen
SPORTS EDITOR

When Albany’s women’s cross country
team descended upon Cortland last
Saturday, a morning’s worth of rain had
made Cortland’s flat five-kilometer
course a wet, muddy mess.

More importantly, however, were the
teams that were participating in Cortland
Invitational. Geneseo State came in
ranked 17th nationally in Division III and
Ithaca College came in right behind,
ranked 18th.

Host Cortland found itself perched on
top the Division III rankings as the
nation’s top Division II] women’s cross
country team.

In the end, there were no surprises.
Cortland had easily out run the
competition, with its runners sweeping
the first five places to achieve a perfect
score of 15 points.

Geneseo was far behind in second
place, compiling 62 points, outdoing
third place finisher Ithaca (77 points).

Out of the nine schools represented,
Albany was sixth, tallying 177 points.

Saint Lawrence College was fourth
with 106 points, University of Rochester
was fifth with 143, and Alfred University
was seventh, totaling 207 points.

Women bow to powerhouses
Cortland, Ithaca & Geneseo

Brockport State and Mohawk Valley
Community College both received
incomplete scores.

Freshman Peg Burns stepped up and
was Albany’s top finisher, placing 40th in
21:30. Junior Jen Miller was 44th, timed
at 21:46.

Freshman Becky Popp, Albany’s top
finisher in all previous races this season,
was the team’s third finisher, coming in
48th and timed at 22:07.

“Becky was little under the weather in
days coming up to the event,” Albany
coach Ronald White explained.

The team’s only senior, Sue Ebel, was
54th in 22:27. Junior Alexis Torchio
placed 61st (22:59) and sophomore Lara
Johnson was 64th (23:25).

Sophomore Brandy Bovee (73rd,
24:10) and freshman Leila Ortiz (77th,
24:35), running in her first collegiate
race, rounded out Albany’s finishers.

The team takes part in the Le Moyne
Invitational this Saturday. “There will be
some pretty solid New York State
competition [at LeMoyne],” White
predicted.

The following weekend, Albany looks
to defend its string of wins as it takes part
in the Capital District Championships at
Saratoga State Park.