Albany Student Press, Volume 82 Issue 12, 1994 December 9

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NUMBER 12

Police charge ne 's father in Indian Quad assault

By SuE CRAINE
News Editor

David Ronald Gillis, father of
Kendra Gillis, was arrested early
Thursday morning for assaulting
his daughter on Nov.28 in her
dorm room on Indian Quad.

Gillis was arraigned before
Guilderland town justice,
Kenneth Riddet, on charges of
third degree assault. He was then
remanded to the Albany County
Jail, where he posted bail.

Gillis was arraigned in
Guilderland because Indian
Quad, where the assault took
place, is within the zoning of the
town of Guilderland.

According to Major Lloyd R.
Wilson of the New York State
Police, Gillis had been abusing
his daughter for some time and
on the evening of Nov. 28 a con-
frontation occurred between
Gillis and his daughter which led
to the assault.

_ Wilson also said the police
believe Gillis did not use an
object to strike his daughter and

David Gillis makes his way into the Guilderland Town Court Thursday.

didn’t encourage Kendra Gillis
in her fabrication that her attack-
er was a black man.

At a press conference held
Thursday morning, University
President H. Patrick Swygert
said the university is not plan-
ning to press charges against

Central Council

Kendra Gillis for giving false
information.

“The University at Aibany is
not interested in recommending
prosecution...My concern at this
moment is for this young woman
and everything we cau do to
make her whole again,” Swygert

this campus,”

said.

Swygert also said Kendra
Gillis has left the SUNYA cam-
pus, but refused to disclose her
whereabouts. He also was unable
to tell reporters if Kendra
planned to remain at the univer-
sity.

taff photo by John Meyer -

“Kendra i is safe, but I don’t
know if she’s going to stay,”
Swygert said.

Swygert emphasized that the
increased security implemented
in response to the assault would
not be lessened, and that the uni-
versity still plans to make major
changes in the security on the
campus.

“We have not lessened our
resolve to enhance security at
Swygert said.

Swygert then chided the media
for its role in creating the result-
ing hysteria on the SUNYA
campus and not consulting with
the administration about the
assault.

“T think the enthusiasm this
story was run with, without
allowing the university to
respond was unfair...I really
believe the media needs to
reflect,” Swygert said.

After the press conference,
Swygert was confronted by a
group of leaders who were seek-

pe information about the arrest.
See CHARGE on page 12

debates safety issue

JOSEPH M. SCHRAM
Staff Writer

Student safety was the major issue discussed at
the last Central Council meeting. Also debated
was the current status of two campus groups; the
National Women’s Rights Organizing Coalition
(NWROC), and the Revolutionary Workers
League Interest Group (RWLIG).

A number of council members voiced their con-
cern over the lack of security at the University in
relation to the recent attack of a student on Indian
Quad. Cliff Lent, SA President, spoke about the
recent attack and about what safety measures
might be implemented in the near future.

Lent said a number of university students had
gone to other SUNY schools as representatives
“to learn about their security systems and how
effective they are.”

There were a number of ideas discussed at the
meeting regarding new locking systems and
alarms on the doors to the residence halls.
However, Lent said, “So far the University hasn’t
officially made any definite plans for changes in
security.”

“These types of attacks can be prevented by
long term security measures taken by the
University,” Lent said, “We need students to get
involved and help to make this a safer communi-
ty.”

A Safety Committee meeting will be held on
Friday at 4 pm at the Residential Life conference
room in the Eastman Tower on State Quad.
Student safety on campus will be discussed in
light of the recent attack.

Debate also raged over the current status of
NWROC and RWLIG. Last semester, former SA
president Chris Hahn derecognized both groups
during a Central Council meeting.

The official minutes to the Central Council
meeting in question have mysteriously disap-

See SAFETY on page 12

Assault brings more issues to forefront

By NATALIA ARMOZA
Associate Managing Editor

In response to surmount-
ing tension on campus and
new evidence regarding
Kendra Gillis and her
attacker, President H.
Patrick Swygert spoke in
Lecture Center 18 Thursday
to over two hundred stu-
dents.

Cliff Lent, president of
the Student Association,
referred to the meeting as,
“the most diverse coalition
of student leaders I’ve seen
in years.”

Before the president arrived,
members of the SA stood
outside the doors of the lec-
ture center, holding signs
reading, “SUNY and

CUNY United Empire
Coalition,” “Safety First,”
and other slogans demon-
strating their concern and
support of new state-wide
safety measures.

Students with a variety of concerns fill LC 18.

Swygert opened the meet-
ing discussing the new
developments surrounding
the Kendra Gillis attack of
last Sunday. “Early this
morning, I was told by (the
police department)...the
results of their investiga-
tion. In about half an hour
(after the phone call with
the police) Kendra Gillis’
father was to be arrested for
third degree assault.”

Swygert then said he
would not press charges
against Kendra Gillis.
“However upset we might
be, however we feel we
have been used...she has
been a victim of abuse. We
cannot make her a victim
again,” Swygert said.

Swygert said he knew
how upset the students
were, but “this case is very
real in the fact she was
abused,” and the communi-
ty should not be angry with

_ her.

Staff sr e Pete Archer

Staff photo by Pete Archer

University H. Patrick Swygert addresses campus concerns Thursday.

Swygert also discussed
the progress of safety mea-
sures on campus in the last
week. On Indian Quad, the
low rises and tower are
staffed between the hours of
ten in the evening to six in
the morning, with people
who check ID’s and sign in
guests. The most important
aspect of the security proce-
dures, according’ to
Swygert, are the foot patrols

and physical presence. .

Swygert personally patrol-
led the four main uptown
quads to insure they were
all covered by foot patrols
and to get first hand feed-
back from students.

Swygert. detailed the
biggest problem as the
propping of doors. He said
the campus as a locked
facility has been function-
ing very well for the last 26
years and the problems
arose only when the doors
were left open.

Swygert then opened the
evening for questions.
Many of the questions
revolved around safety
measures, including increa-
sed lighting, and cameras in
the entry way of buildings.
Swygert said he planned to
increase lighting on the
backside of the towers and
in the “pit” parking lots, and
that cameras were to be
implemented. Funding would
have to come from the
administration “do(ing)
less.”

Swygert said, however,
the school could not protect
“fathers from assaulting
their daughters” despite any
safety measures that could

be taken.

Swygert was repeatedly
asked to address the issue of
the insult to the black com-
munity. Before the meeting
at which Swygert spoke,
ASUBA held an emergency

See ISSUES on page 13


2 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1994

Campus Calendar

Sunday, 12/11

The Protestant Student
Association will hold its worship
service at 12 p.m. at Chapel
House. For info. call 489-8573.

The Roman Catholic Liturgy ©

will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the
Campus Center Assembly Hall.
For more info. call 489-8573.

Monday, 12/12

The Pan-—Caribbean Association
will hold its weekly meeting in HU
137 at 7 p.m. For more info. con-
tact CC 349 at 442-3348.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance
will hold its weekly meeting in ED
335 at 7 p.m. For more info. call
LGBA at 442-5672.

The People on Women’s
Enpowerment and Respect
(POWER), formerly known as the
Choice Party, will be holding its
weekly meeting in LC 11 at 7:30
p.m. For more info. call Megan
Casey at 432-4008.

Gamma Phi Psi Soroity and
Don’t Walk Alone are sponsor-
ing a hands on self—-defese
course titled “Empower yourself”
at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus
Cneter Ballroom. For more info.
call Melissa or Carmen at

442-5511.

The University Senate will be

holding a meeting at 3:30 p.m in
the Campus Center Assembly
Hall.

Tuesday 12/13

The Pre-Law Association will
hold its weekly meeting in LC 20
at 7:30 p.m. For more info. con-
tact Luana at 436-7614.

The English Department will
hold a theory conference
“Questioning the Post-al:
Postcolonialism, Ludic Theory,
Revolutionary Praxis.” beginning
8:30 a.m. in the Campus Center
Assembly Hall. For more info. call
Teresa Ebert 442-4094.

Albany State University Black
Alliance (ASUBA) will be hold-
ing a Kwanzaa program in the
Patroon Room in the Campus
Center 7:30 p.m. Admision is $2.
For more info. call 442-5678.

Wednesday, 12/14

The College Republicans will
hold their weekly meeting in LC 5
at 7 p.m. For info. call Marc
Connolly at 465-7882.

The Feminist Alliiance will hold
its weekly meeting in CC 360 at
8:30 p.m. For more info. call Trish
or Jen at 465-8253.

“Rage Is something not to associate with
shame, but to associate with power.”

December 8, 1994
eSee story on page 5

MHlast from the dSyp

The Alumni Affairs Office will
be holding a holiday open house
and sportswear sale from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m at the Alumni House. For
more info. call 442-3080.

The Don’t Walk Alone Escort
Service is available Sun. through
Thurs. from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in
the library lobby.

‘Newswriters:

Good news.
There is no writ-
ers meeting this

week because
this is the last
issue. So stay
home, and actu-
ally do some
schoolwork.

Have a good

break and we'll
see you in
January.

—Mary Valentis

Gun carrying officers causes student concern

May 9, 1975
By Betty Stein

“It’s scary,” said SA President-elect
Andy Bauman, reflecting on the recent
revelation that seven members of Campus
Security presently carry firearms when on
duty. “It‘s so dangerous having police on
campus with guns.”

Bauman continued: “In a relatively safe
community there is no need
at all times. On college c
asserted, “they shouldn't‘t c
all. It’s obvious that they’re disrega
the policy and something has to be done.”

But it has yet to be seen what action, if
any will be taken. With outgoing universi-
ty president, a ‘lameduck’ student govern-
ment in office, finals fast approaching,
and a score of problems competing for
student sentiment and attention, condi-
tions are far from ideal for seeking a reso-
lution to any issue, let alone one as con-
troversial as gun control.

“IT would hope that if anyone follows
the law, it’s the people who are supposed
to enforce them,” says SA Vice President
Ira Birnbaum who had hoped to discuss
the issue with President Benezet and Vice

President Hartley. Birnbaum was
informed, however, that Benezet would
not be free until Monday of finals week-—
“which is a little late.” So instead,
Birnbaum planes to go to the University
Community Council (UCC).

“T’m going to ask for them [UCC] to
make a decision as to whether or not
Security is in violation of the policy, and
i nd in violation, I would
y will see to it that proper
bring them into compli-

Benezet to suspend authorization for bear-
ing firearms, unless he himself authorized
it in an emergency until a decision is
reached.”

For Outgoing SA President Pat Curran,
this has been just one of the many bomb-
shells that have dropped during his
administration. “I was shocked to hear
that people were wearing guns on cam-
pus,” said Curran, who feels that the
blame for allowing any non—compliance
with policy does not rest with student
leader: “I can’t really fault us on that, ”
says Curran. “How the hell can you fol-

low any administrator around to make
sure he’s obeying the rules. I’m very both-
ered that I didn’t know about it; however,
it’s not my responsibility to enforce it.”
Curran feels that the blame rests instead
on administrators, “starting from Vice
President Hartley, right down the line to
Jim Williams (Director of Security).”
Curran would not speculate, however, on

whether “it was incompetence on his
[Hartley’s] part or deliberate disobedience
of the rules.”

A thorough investigation of the matter
is in order according of the matter is in
order according to Curran. In addition, he
feels that as many students as possible
should be made aware of the situation;
“They ‘re gonna be forced to do something
about it if a lot of people are breathing
down their necks.” If administrators prove
unfacilitative, Curran suggests that
“Possibly, we could take them to court.
Either the situation has to be changed—and
I wouldn’t want to see the policy
changed.”

Photo by Magien

Many students are unaware university police officers can carry guns such as these.


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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1994. ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

Attacks spark variety of safety meetings and measures

By STEPHANIE BETH-FINDLING
Editorial Assistants

A plethora of meetings were held to
discuss new safety measures and com-
municate information surrounding
recent attacks at SUNYA, particularly
the attack on Indian Quad resident
Kendra Gillis.

The first meeting was held Friday.
It was called by the Student Association
to make student leaders “informed and
aware of the situation on campus that
is affecting students especially in
regards to safety,” according to SA
President Cliff Lent.

At the meeting, possible courses of
action were discussed. Lent urged all
student leaders to encourage the mem-
bers of their groups to attend the
Presidential Task Force on Women’s
Safety meeting on Monday. Lent said
he wanted to get as many students at
the meeting as possible in order to
show the administration how serious
the student body was about imple-
menting new safety measures.

The next meeting took place in the

Indian Quad cafeteria. It was called by
the residents of Cayuga Hall, Gillis’
hall. The meeting was attended by
members of the administration, S A
officers, and students. Gillis opened
the meeting as she did all the meet-
ings, with a description of the attack.
The panel was then introduced and
questions from the students were
entertained by those with appropriate
answers.

Sarah Warden, Central Council rep-
resentative for Indian Quad and active
member NWROC, approached Lent
with the question as to whether or not
S A would support a demonstration of
students. Flyers for the demonstration
were passed out. The flyer said, “Fight
as we did in 1992! Build a campus
wide movement against rape, racist,
sexist and anti—gay attacks!” The
flyer proceeded to list the three crimes
the demonstration would address. The
crimes were those of the attack on
Gillis, the overturning of student Tom
Keller’s car, and racist messages on
the internet.

Gillis responded to Warden, “I

understand your concern, I know you
are trying to help, I know people in
this room have a lot of anger, I have a
lot of anger, but a lot of things have
been done and it hasn’t been by §
attacking the University, it has been
with a mature attitude. If you take
away the relationship with the
University, you lose your resource.
You can’t be protected by the students
in this quad alone. You need the
University. We can’t attack them.”

The attack on Tom Keller’s car on
Freedom Quad was brought up again
by Keller himself later on that
evening. Keller, a Freedom Quad
Central Council representative said, “I
would like to show my support to
Kendra. No one from the administra-
tion called me to say are you okay.
There is a level of insensitivity on this
campus.” In response to this state-
ment, Audra Snieska, Gillis’s room-
mate said, “You cannot compare your
car with her body, wake up.”

The next safety meeting was the
Presidential Task Force on Women’s

Staff photo by Pali Basi

See MEETINGS on page 14 The Presidential Task Force on Women’s Safety met Monday.

Racist slurs made on Internet Impassioned crowd seeks answers

By KEVIN DEVALK
Staff Writer

A rally held Tuesday night protested
what were described as racist, sexist, and
homophobic remarks made over the inter-
net system.

The remarks were made by an individual
who broke into an English class’s Internet
time. The individual is unidentified
because students generally use pseudo-
names when using the internet, and no log
book was kept.

The only African American woman in
the class, complained to a variety of stu-
dent. organizations about the incident. She
told the Albany State University Black
Alliance she no longer feels comfortable
going to that class.

Students were given sheets with a sam-
ple of the internet dialogue. One remark
read, “Scenario: You bring home black
(man/woman) in one arm. Do mom and
dad say welcome to the family or what the
hell is that?”

“There are some vicious things being
said in an academic classroom,” said
Miamah Richards, moderator of the speak
out, citing the Principles for a Just
Community as outlawing the harassing use
of free speech.

On the Monday after the incident, vari-
ous student leaders met with John Murphy,
director of Judicial -Affairs, Dean Sung
Bok Kim, and Jim Doellefeld, vice presi-
dent of Student Affairs. Richards said the
administration has contacted the professor

Staff photo byLisa Patrick
Indian Quad residents met with officials.

and the computer center in an effort to
begin an investigation. They promised a
letter would be distributed to the student
body concerning the matter, but Richards
said after two weeks she hasn’t seen any-
thing.

Richards also said there has to be better
regulation of the internet system on the
part of the professor and computer depart-
ment. The topic was supposed to be about
inter-racial dating. But apparently, the pro-
fessor was unaware of the remarks until
after the student complained.

Richards did not want to give out the

See RALLY on page 14

Anti—discrimination order is in limbo

By JEN MILLER
News Editor

A representative of the Governor’s
Counsel’s Office said this week executive
orders passed by Governor Mario Cuomo
are “still in effect until the new governor
says otherwise.” Last week a representa-
tive of Governor—elect George Pataki’s
press office had said executive orders are
automatically rescinded with the end of the
departing Governor’s term. Phone calls to
the Pataki press office this week were not
returned.

The issue may effect SUNYA because
an executive order passed by Cuomo in
1983 prohibiting discrimination on the
basis of sexual orientation by state agen-
cies is the basis of a court decision which
has barred military recruiters from all
SUNY campuses since 1993.

Ken Goldfarb, director of Media and
Public Relations for the SUNY system,
said Thursday he did not know “exactly
what would happen and how it would hap-
pen” if the order is revoked.

Goldfarb said although a 1984 Pentagon

directive bars colleges and universities
which don’t allow military recruiting from
receiving Department of Defense funding,
the SUNY system has not lost any funding
since the 1993 decision “as far as we
know.” In the fiscal year ending in June
1994, the SUNY system received $8.8 mil-
lion, $1 million more than it had received
the previous year, Goldfarb said. “We’ve
been trying to work with [the Pentagon] on
this issue.”
_Commenting on the court decision,
Goldfarb said SUNY’s original interpreta-
tion of the executive order had been that
because the Pentagon is not a state agen-
cy, the order did not apply to them.
“No-one investigated any other employ-
ers, public or private, to see whether they
discriminate,” he said. “But obviously the
court felt differently.”

A state law prohibiting discrimination
on the basis of sexual orientation, unlike
an executive order, would not be rescind-

See RECRUITING on page 14

By THOMAS WEILAND
Staff Writer

“The main issue should be, ‘Why was
it so easy to accept that a black man
might have done it.’ said a member of
the Albany State Black Alliance to near-
ly 500 students at a meeting Thursday.

The ASUBA meeting drew a stand-
ing—-room only, racially and ethnically
diverse crowd in LC7 on Thursday.

Television cameras watched closely as
a students vented their anger and frustra-
tion over the recent events on campus,
involving Kendra Gillis.

Last week, Gillis alleged she had been
beaten in her Indian Quad dorm room by
a black male. However, Gillis’ father was
arrested and charged with the assault on
Thursday.

“This is a serious and difficult moment
in our history as a University,” President
Swygert told students at the gathering.

Angry over the apparently false allega-
tion, ASUBA members charged Gillis
with being a “racist” and “ignorant.”

“We want an apology from Kendra
Gillis,” one ASUBA member said to a
cheering audience. Other members
favored more radical steps, such as tak-
ing legal action against the students.

“Yes, she. was. victimized,”
Rasheem—Ahmed Rooke said, “but that
does not give her the right to victimize
us.”

Making references to several recent
cases in which black males were falsely
accused of crimes, and subsequently vic-

tims of harassment. President Swygert
told the audience he took measures to
ensure black students were not subjected
to similar treatment.

“We did not rummage through com-
puter files, take photographs or follow
students,” Swygert said.

Swygert was, however, critical of the
way in which the administration was
denied access to Gillis.

“Every media organization in Albany
had a opportunity to meet with her. We
did not.” he said.

ASUBA leaders were critical of the
press as well stating, “Historically, the
media has really never been there for
ne.”

ASUBA members seemed divided on
the issue of a multi-cultural approach to
the Gillis problem. While ASUBA offi-
cially encouraged support from all stu-
dent organizations, many of which were
present, several ASUBA members jeered
when a non-black students spoke out.

“Sit down,” one student yelled, “This
isn’t about you.”

Professor Lois Owens of the Africana
Studies said, “You are the people, young
people-responsible for making change.
Historically it has always been the young
people who make change.”

Owens went on to encourage students
not to walk away from the challenges
facing them, “If you do not move for-
ward tonight, you will be setting your-
selves up for failure,” Owens said.

Sunday.

Multi Cultural Greek Council.

SA President Cliff Lent, ( from left), Comptroler Jennifer Padovani
and Media Director Elizabeth Ball awarded groups and student leaders for
their service contributions to the community at the Sesquicentennial Dinner

The groups honored with awards at the dinner were Golden Key National
Honor Society, New York Public Interest Research Group, Omega Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc., Delta Beta Rho, Presidental Honors Society, Latinos Unidos,
InterFraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, Latino Greek Council and the

Lent said the event brought together a huge part of the campus community
including students, faculty as well as administrative aides.

Staff photo by Glenn Teichman


4 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1994

By JEN MILLER
News Editor

Geneva Walker—Johnson,
assistant vice president for
Residential Life and Housing,
will be leaving the University
at Albany Jan..16 to become
Dean of Student Life at
Hartwick College in Oneonta,
New York, according to Jim
Doelleld, vice president for
Student Affairs.

Walker—Johnson has been
with the University “approxi-
mately six years,” Doellefeld

. said, and has been a “major

voice” in the University’s
development of the Principles
of a Just Community, among
other projects.

“Geneva has left a mark on
this University and has been a
presence this community will
miss and one I personally will
miss,” Doellefeld said.

Doellefeld said the move to
Hartwick is “consistent with
her plans to become a Dean
or Vice President.”

Bill Brophy, Director of
Public Relations at Hartwick,
a small liberal—arts college,
said Walker-Johnson was
chosen from a field of 80-90
candidates selected through a
nation—wide search begun
this summer. Her new posi-
tion will include “trying to
invigorate campus life in a
24-hour a day sense,” he
said. “It seems clear she has

Administrator leaves for new post

File photo by Glenn Teichman
Geneva Walker-Johnson.

more than enough talent to do
the job.”

Protest sends student to Norway

By JEN MILLER
News Editor

Ronn Torossian, the 20 year-old president
of the Revisionist Zionist Alternative at
SUNYA, travelled to Oslo, Norway,
Wednesday to protest the award of the Nobel
Peace Prize to Yasser Arafat, chair of the
Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Torossian said Arafat, as chair of the PLO,
is responsible for the murder of Americans
and Israelis, and is guilty of conspiring with
Iraq during the Gulf War. “He is not a fitting
symbol for the Peace Prize,” Torossian said.
“The history of this man cannot be forgot-
ten... he is distorting what the Peace Prize
stands for... The Prize must not go to a mur-
derer, he is putting blood on the prize.”
Torossian said, “It’s a travesty the Nobel
Committee can even think of giving the prize
to this man,” and said the purpose of his trip
was to “raise a voice of moral outrage.”

The trip is sponsored by the Coalition for
Jewish Concerns, an organization affiliated
with the Israeli right-wing, and headed by
Rabbi Avi Weiss, who Torossian has described
as RZA’s “spiritual leader.”

Accompanying Torrossian are representa-
tives of the Coalition, including Weiss, mem-
bers of the Israeli Likud party, and US
Congressman from Brooklyn, Dov Hikind.
Torossian is the only student on the trip. The
trip’s costs are paid for by Coalition fund-
raising, Torossian said.

Speaking from his hotel room in Oslo,
Torossian said his delegation held a protest
outside the prize-giving facility Thursday and
was planning to present a petition signed by
20,000 opposing the award of the prize on
Friday. Saturday, when the prize is presented,
another rally is planned. RZA plans a demon-
stration on campus Friday, and intends to burn
an effigy: of Arafat.

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Spy’s sister pleads for her brother’s

By NATASHA LEE

The Revisionist Zionist Alter-
native held a meeting Tues-day in
support of Jonathan Pollard, who
has been imprisoned since plead-
ing guilty to passing military
secrets to Israel in 1985.

Carol Pollard, sister of Jonathan
Pollard, was guest speaker at the
meeting attended by members of
the local Jewish community,
SUNYA students and members
of the University Democrats. She
has founded an advocacy group,
Citizens for Justice, which urges
that Pollard's sentence be com-
muted.

Carol Pollard maintains her
brother, who is Jewish, has been
the victim of anti-Semitic bias.
Ronn Torossian, President of
RZA, said, “Pollard was sen-
tenced as an American but pun-
ished as a Jew...as Pollard is a
hero and a Jewish political pris-
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moral conscience until he is
freed.”

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release, claims prejudice in sentencing

advocates call “unusually harsh
sentencing for spying for an ally
of the U.S.” In 1985, he gave
Israel information about Iraq’s
production of a poison gas.

His sister maintains that by
right of treaty, Israel was sup-
posed to get the information
Pollard passed. She claims
Pollard’s superiors, Bobby Ray
Inman and Casper Weinberger,
ignored this treaty.

She further claims Pollard
plea—bargained with the US gov-
ernment, promising his coopera-
tion in exchange for the govern-
ment’s promise not to ask for a
life sentence. She says that
promise was broken. Pollard was
sentenced to life without parole
and sent to what his sister calls
“the worst prison in America.”

She draws a parallel to the case
of Joseph Garfield, who in 1993
was.indicted on the same charge
as Pollard, in this case for giving
information to the Philippines.
Garfield received a sentence for
five years and ten months.

“Tf you don’t stand up for your-

See POLLARD on page 13

Women’s rage addressed in study

By NATALIA ARMOZA
Associate Managing Editor

Female Rage, a book about
“self-assertion, psychologica
development and emotional
well—being,” has acquired con-
siderable notoriety, said its
authors, SUNYA professors
Mary Valentis and Ann Devane.

The topic of the book is “not
male bashing,” Valentis said,
but learning to recognize rage
when it arises and to realize that
it is potentially harmful.

Valentis said she was inspired
to write the book through expe-
riencing her own rage and learn-
ing “instead of turning rage

against myself, I could turn it:

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for me.”

Devane said she saw female
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expressed, Devane said.

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something not to associate with
shame but to associate with
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scholarly work on the topic of
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“radical feminists” and of the
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Academic intellectual role and
integrity is history lecture subject

By DONNA MYERS

Professor Hugh Hawkins of
Amherst College discussed the
role of intellectual opinion in
education in a lecture entitled,
“The Academic Past as
Prologue.”

Dr. Kendall Birr, -author of the
sesquicentennial history of
SUNYA and member of the
History Department, introduced
Hawkins to a gathering of
approximately 20 people.

“The Independent Intellectual”
was the subject of Hawkin’s lec-
ture. Using examples from the
history of various colleges and
universities in America, Hawkins
discussed the ideas of several
intellectuals such as Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Henry David Thoreau,
and A.L. Mencken.

According to Hawkins, all
showed a pattern of belief in
scoffing at the academia of uni-

versities and colleges across
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cern SUNYA students.

The issues discussed included
environment, women’s rights,
financing higher education, hate
violence, and multiculturalism.

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presentation from speakers on
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of all places, and I thought that
there was a clear definition
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country.”

Brian Sculy, a senior, said,
“As a conservative person
myself, I sit there and I get
bashed on campus. I read your
sign outside and I’ve never been
sO upset in my life. Here I am
against women’s rights; here I
am I’m destroying the environ-
ment; here I am killing poor
people.”

“We are concerned about the
degree of which the Radical
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Another important topic
brought up was the difficulty for
students to vote. “It is up to the

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I have been involved with the ASP, to one extent or
another, for five and a half years. I started as a freshman,
picking up a bit of cash as a typist, then moving to chief
typist, then ASPects contributor for the main of my stay,
even guest-editing one issue of ASPects for a theme-
issue on Grunge music and style (an affliction that still
affects us, though now its hair is multicolored and
they’re calling it punk now.) I got my BA in sociology a
year and a half ago, and have taken this semester to work
a crap retail job and simply write a Master’s thesis
‘(which is still not finished.)

Noah Herschel Wildman

I didn’t really do much with the ASP this past
semester, because I was almost never on campus, and the
stepping stone that the ASP gave me allowed me to write
for other publications, such as local BUZZ and NYC’s
SOUND VIEWS (as well as various ska zines, but that’s
another story.) You can’t help but feel old in an office
filled with 5 years memories of people long gone.

I’m one of the few among the student population left
at SUNY who remembers Sue Friedman. She was a top-
notch ASPects editor who died during the school year.
She was a good friend of mine, I thought she was
awfully cute, actually, never did act on it. Sue and the
ASP, damn, two parts of my SUNY experience that just
won’t fade.

LETTERS TO Ws

Harmful Innuendos
To the Editor: .
Today, December 8, New York State Police arrested

the father of Kendra Gillis and charged him with third —

degree assault for beating her in her residence hall room
in Cayuga Hall on November 28 in the early morning.

Our hearts go out to Kendra, her mother, and her
siblings. In times such as this we must remember that she
already has been victimized, and we must not compound
her pain by blaming her for being a victim. This incident
must not discourage crime victims from coming forward;
we urge each member of the community to continue to
cooperate with University Public Safety in reporting all
crimes on oroffcampus.

African-American men have been also victimized by
these events, specifically by her description of her
assailant as an African-American male. Several media
outlets included it in their accounts. No University at
Albany students were detained, charged, or treated as
suspects by any law enforcement or University
authorities. Rumors and innuendoes to the contrary are
harmful and destructive, and are totally unfounded.

_I urge all students, faculty and staff to continue to
work together to focus on what unites us as a
community. The safety measures we have taken will
remain in effect and will be further enhanced in the
months ahead, for the safety and security of all members
of the University family.

H. Patrick Swygert,
President

Abuse of Power
To the Editor:

I must take exception to t he letter President Swygert’s
Secretary Natalie S. Dean wrote to the ASP concerning
the controversy surrounding President Swygert’s “Open
Office Hours.” Her interpretation of events that occurred
between members of the GSEU and President Swygert
and herself on November 17 is flawed and inaccurate. .

Members of the GSEU attempted to visit with the
President during his “Open Office Hours” to discuss with
him the fact that graduate students who hold fellowships
are currently being denied health benefits, while all
Teaching and Graduate Assistants on campus currently
enjoy GSEU-negotiated health benefits. Ms. Dean,
speaking on behalf of the President, informed us that the
President would not meet with us in a group; after some
discussion, we were told that he President would meet
with two of us, but that he would not discuss health
insurance. After waiting patiently for about two hours,
Ms. Dean informed us that Swygert would only meet
with one of us. When we complained that we did not feel
that this was fair, and insisted that the President keep his
word to have us physically removed by Public Safety,
and would file judicial proceedings against us if we did
not leave.

From our experience, it appears that President
Swygert’s “Open Office Hours” are a form of
administrative window dressing; any attempt to engage
our President on substantive matters will be flossed over
using miscellaneous bureaucratic excuses. President
Swygert’s Secretary, Ms. Dean, is wrong to assert in her
letter to the ASP that our group was “abusive.” The only
abuse we witnessed was an abuse of administrative
responsibility, as well as a condescending attitude on
behalf of Ms. Dean.

The Graduate Student Employee Union does not wish
to engage the President or his staff on any petty, personal
level. We are much more interested in addressing that
fact that right now, all graduate students holding
fellowships are being denied the right to health insurance

BIDIMTOIR

Never did like the cliquishness of the ASP, though. At
times it was group warfare, with the personals displaying
where the lines were drawn. Who needs it?

I used to write really nasty messages in the personals
to the Greeks, encoding theme in the Greek font. Things
relating them to the impregnation of farm animals, or
something. Greeks, being the humorless fascist goody-
goody organizations that they are, didn’t quite
understand. They complained, threatened pulling
advertising, whatever. One thing I’ve learned from my
years at SUNY is a seasoned hatred of Greek life. But
that’s my opinion, and I’m sure advertisers would rather

not have me explain them to you.

ASP wasn’t my life or anything, like some of the low-
sexed, non-slept parasites who would crank out
production till the wee hours every week (never did it,
but they really do have my admiration for their blind
stupidity!) Albany is a nice place to visit, a wonderful
place to leave. After growing up in a metropolis, coming
to Albany, with its bullshit drinking laws, nonexistent
night life, low-octane music scene and overwhelmingly
suburban populace leaves a herbert like me with only
vapors. After years of trying to make the best of it and be
optimistic, I can only feel sorry for those who must come
back after Xmas break.

When I got to Albany, man, I had the hugest mohawk
haircut, easily three feet tall, ridiculous. I soon shaved it

from a administration that cares more about window
dressing and appearance than about real discussions
during their so called “Open Office Hours.”

Tim Dubnay

NWROC Incites

To the Editor:

I am writing in regard to a very disturbing and very
vile incident On December 4, a program was held in
Indian Quad cafeteria to discuss the recent incident
involving Kendra Gillis. Kendra spoke frankly and
honestly about the attack on her. During the course of
evening, many of those in attendance asked questions
towards a panel on various safety issues. All in all, it was
a very helpful and needed meeting.

What-eft a bad taste in my mouth was the presence of
the currently banned NWROC at the meeting. They
made their presence known immediately by handing out

leaflets at the beginning. This paper basically listed their

demands, as well as announcing a demonstration on
behalf of Kendra this past Tuesday (of which Ms. Gillis
later said no to). At the top of the page, they related three
incidents: Kendra’s attack, the attack on Tom Keller, and
the recent wave of racist messages on internet. This
would be fine, except they basically trivialized
everything except the Keller incident.

While I was mad because of the flyer, the actions of
NWROC made me furious. They used this meeting as an

‘opportunity to make a political statement. They didn’t

care about Kendra, they didn’t care about our safety,
they were just there to make trouble. NWROC member
Sarah Warden stood and yelled for anyone to listen.
This, the same INDIAN Quad Central Council member
who is never on Indian Quad, and doesn’t even live on
Indian! Most outrageously, Mr. Keller claimed to know

‘how Kendra felt because his car was overturned. Let’s

compare: loss of a car vs. near loss of life. Luckily,
Kendra’s roommate let Tom know that the two don’t
even compare, which they don’t.

This was my first and only experience with this group,
but I can now fully support their ban. All they did was
ruin an otherwise fine program. Kendra didn’t deserves
this, and neither did those who’ve helped organize this
program and Support Kendra through this very difficult
time . Freedom of speech is essential, but inciting
incidents isn’t necessary.

Mike Leavy

Protect Yourself
To the Editor:

Throughout the course of the semester, we have
corresponded with you about different safety programs,
activities and initiatives to help improve your safety and
security off campus. Now that the Fall semester is
drawing to a close I wanted first to wish you a happy
holiday and secondly offer some safety tips for the

‘upcoming intersession.

Many of you will be enjoying the holidays with family
and friends. Others of you may be looking forward to a
quiet and less hectic pace by staying in your apartment.
This becomes a very important time for you to take care,
as many apartments may be unoccupied and become
attractive targets for would be burglars. I have requested
additional patrols by the Albany Police Department in
our traditional student neighborhoods and asked for the
assistance of their Pine Hills Neighborhood Walk &
Watch Program, but I want to strongly urge you to take
the steps necessary to protect yourself and your property
during this period. Specifically, I would encourage you
to take the following precautions before leaving:

¢ Be sure your windows are “pinned” before your

into a skinhead and wore all sorts of strange patterns of
sideburns on my face. Why? I was uncomfortable and
bored at SUNY. Looking back, I can see how silly it is to
be a ‘punk rocker’ ‘alternative type’ while living on the
enclosed-society of the SUNY campus. So you got a
wacko haircut? As if other students care? As if your
teachers care? Now get your stupid multi-colored hair
and tats and get a job you’re happy with, then it’ll mean
something. All college punks and alternadudes are
inherently posers by definition.

Including me. Fortunately, I’m one of the few to land a
job within my subculture. I’ve been obsessed with ska
music and everything that goes with it for as long as I
can remember. I’ll be starting full time work for Moon
records (the premier indie ska label of the New World)
come the end of January, where I can be as ‘alternative’
looking as I want, and have nobody to answer to but
myself. College is over, my life is beginning. And this is
my last piece for the ASP.

Is this viewpoint too negative and dripping with
sarcasm for you? Yeah? Well, FUCK YOU! To Albany,
that’s my view, and that’s my point. Thanks to the
friends, associates, editors, dweebs, pimps and whores
who have goofed off with me at the ASP all these years.
You won’t be missed for a split second. NY, here I
come!

The writer will be graduating with an M.A. in Sociology

leave. You can secure your windows utilizing the

equipment available from the University Police

Department, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4

p.m.

* Do not leave valuables out in the open and remove
anything of extreme value.

* Notify a trusted neighbor that you’ ll be gone and ask
them to watch your apartment and shovel your
walkway should it snow because an unshovelled walk
indicates that your apartment is indeed unoccupied!

* Cancel all deliveries such as newspapers and have all
mail held by the post office.

* Check all doors and windows to make sure they are
securely locked.

¢ Use automatic timers to turn lights on and off.

In addition I would advise you to:

° Call the Albany Police Department at 911 to report
immediately all crimes and any suspicious activity.

¢ If you are staying alone, be particularly mindful you
are by yourself and take the same prudent safety
steps you would normally or invite a friend to stay
with you.

* Don’t walk alone at night if at all possible.

¢ If you have no choice, be aware of your
surroundings, walk confidently, and act like you
know where you’re going even if you don’t.

¢ Join the “Whistle Watch Program” by procuring a
Whistle at one of the following locations: the
University Police Department, Off-Campus Housing
Office, Pine Hills Neighborhood Walk & Watch
Office, Office of Affirmative Action, EOP Office,
Campus Life Office, Women’s Issues Office of
Student Association, Don’t Walk Alone/Main
Library, and Draper Hall Safety Satellite Office.

If you need additional information about safety off-
campus, contact me at 442-5875. By working together
we can make your environment safer and more secure
off campus. Have a joyous and safe holiday. See you in
January.

Thomas L. Gebhardt,

Director of Off-Campus Housing

and Chairperson of the Committee on
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Here we go, down the long stretch, almost home. In two long
weeks, finals, papers, crying to professors; it will all be over.
And it can’t come soon enough for me. After my suitemates
hogtied my roommmate, after one of them needed the
abbreviation “SA” explained to him, after this school fell under
a state of emergency, I’ve officially become ready to haul ass
out of here.

Is it the snow? Is it the deluge of work, all of which I have
three days to complete? Is it the long hours my under-sexed,
under-slept self (see Viewpoint) has spent at this paper? I don't
know. All I know is all I want for Christmas is my two hours of
sleep. :

Can you blame me? What a stressful year this has been. OJ,
Bosnia, Cuba, Haiti. It’s almost enough to make you want to
pick up a national paper and find out what’s happening—almost.
The news is too distressing to delve deep into. I find it much
easier to turn on Ricki and get my dose of the important events
in America. Speaking of Ricki, what are her guests doing this,
holiday season? Are the pregnant wives having the women over
whom they let their husbands have sex with, because they love
them? Are the daughters who dress like tramps going to be
allowed to attend family parties? What about the mothers who
are too flirtatious with their daughters’ boyfriends? Are they
invited? I worry for these people, I do.

Actually, there are lots of people I’m worrying for this
Christmas. Donna Summer for instance. She’s got this whole
greatest hits thing coming out and I don’t see people running
out to buy it in time for Christmas. Not to question the
reverence music lovers should have for “On The Radio” and
“She Works Hard For The Money,” but I’ve got all my money
saved up for Kenny Rodgers’ Christmas show at the Knick as
well as that Go-Gos double CD. Donna “AIDS _ is God's
punishment towards gays” Summer (yup, that’s a quote, Merry
Christmas) is not at the top of my list. |

Then there are kids. I worry for all the children who won't get
to see the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers at Radio City Music

Hall this season. The’ Power Rangers are only playing 19 (?)

performances, all of which have “Power Seating” available. Just
imagine how it must feel to be the only kid on the block who
doesn’t get to see them. It must be analogous to children of my
era who didn’t get to go to the Lisa Lisa with Cult Jam and Full
Force concert in sixth grade. It must have been crushing. Of
course, having mom there with me didn’t aid my cool bravado,
but in sixth grade I didn’t know what bravado meant so the
point was moot.

I also worry about the anti-semites of the world who go to the
movies on Christmas Eve. As a Jewish person, Christmas Eve’s
significance is dependent on me getting invited to the house of a
lady friend. If not, the movies are a great place to go. They’re
empty-except for all the religious Jews, excited to get the theater
to themselves. If you’re an anti-semite, it must be like a
Klansman going to Washington, D.C. on the anniversary of
March On Washington-scary, very scary.

And lastly, I worry about anyone who gets mono during the
next few weeks. Let me tell you a story of a young man who
came home from college during his first semester because he
had mono. He couldn’t leave the house too often, go too far, or
have too much fun. Due to these restrictions, he found himself
home on New Year’s Eve watching his sister and her friends
rating the cute boys in their bio class and watching Dick Clark
with his mom. He was even subjected to hugging her at New
Year’s. Not oedipal, but severely degrading. So all you kids
going out in the cold without proper attire, you'll be sorry when
your mother asks why you're going to sleep at 12:02 on New

_Year’s Eve.

So everyone else have a good Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa,
happy New Year, and happy any other holidays I’m not
ethnically literate to know about. In the coming year remember
to treat your fellow human beings with respect, remember to
call your grandparents, tell your younger siblings they’re cool,
and boycott all 40-something bands who get back together,
you'll thank me for it.

For the last time in “94.

a,


December, 9 1994

Threepenny Opera Hits and Misses

) Threepenny Opera at
ithe Performing Arts
Center’s Main Stage, is a
musical set in London,
about the corruption of a
governing body and the
corrupted minds of the
governed.

Jennifer Youssef

The show, strenuous to
follow, is slow and boring.
The costumes, sets and
ighting are quite impressive,
but certainly not enough to
hold the interest of the
audience. The music is mono-
j/tonous and the lyrics are
difficult to understand; songs
quickly sound redundant. The
7 singers stand on a platform at
the front of the stage illuminated
only by a spotlight. In most
musical productions, the music is
| accompanied by dance. It is the
| visual stimulus that works to
explain the musical narrative
and more importantly, enter-
tain. Instead, the audience is
forced to watch a still body for
about five minutes, while
trying to decipher the lyrics
and their relevance to the
overall plot. It becomes mun-
dane to the ears and weari-
| some to the mind.

The backbone of the play
| relies heavily on the talent of
the actors. There are some
ery comical scenes and char-
cters. The main focus of the
omedy is grounded in the
hysicality of each actor’s
performance, rather than the
cleverness of the script. The
actors do a splendid job of

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working in farce, but sadly, it is not
enough to make the plot work.

The talent in this production is
plentiful. The actors do a super job
with what they are given. S. Dion
Flynn plays Mr. J.J. Peachum, Big
Brother of the Beggars. Dion
commands a strong presence on the
stage. He is funny, intimidating and
entertaining, and to top it off, he has a
profound baritone singing voice.

Nancy Millan’s operatic voice,
enough to calm any beast, lends well
to her portrayal of Mrs. Peachum.
Unfortunately, she is difficult to
understand and not at all convincing.
Sherri Anne Sawyer plays Polly
Peachum. She is quite believable and
her soprano voice is awe inspiring.
John C. Anderson plays Polly’s
newlywed husband, Mack the Knife.
His sinister and shrewd behavior
yield a very convincing performance.
Dawn DeMaio plays an outstanding
Jenny, the head strong prostitute that
lends a hand in the capturing of
Mack.

Jeremy Newberger plays the comic
leader of Mack’s gang. His
performance, along with Paul H.
Ruff’s hilarious portrayal of Filch, the
beggar, are some of the few
entertaining points of the show, but
the most entertainment is brought
about through the uproarious
transvestite, Coaxer played by Ted
Wilson. Wilson displays a fine mas-
tery of facial expression and body lan-
guage that evoke genuine laughter
from the audience. |

It’s sad that the play selection does
not flatter the talent that is so
abundant within the cast. But if it is
talent you seek, Threepenny Opera,
running through Dec. 10, is the place
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(CPS)-Backstage, the wig is coming
off. The bodysuit that fills in Julia
Sweeney’s curves and creates Pat’s
androgynous illusion is back in its
travel case. The eyebrows are gone, so
too are the horn-rimmed glasses, the
atrocious western-style shirt, the
sexually ambiguous khaki slacks.

And Julia Sweeney says, “That’s it.”

Barring some “really great reason
for me to do it again,” Sweeney says,
Pat, the character Sweeney made a hit
on Saturday Night Live, made his/her
swan song at Jacksonville (AL) State
University’s Homecoming festivities
on Nov. 9.

And Julia isn’t the least bit sorry to
see him/her go. “As far as I’m
concerned, this is the last time I’m
doing Pat,” she says.

And why should she? The less—
than-successful full-length feature
film based on the character certainly
wasn’t an incentive to continue,
though it will be available on video
soon. And it’s not like Julia needs Pat
to make her career a success. After all,
she’s in Pulp Fiction, one of the year’s
hottest films. She just finished another
film with Saturday Night Live alum Al
Franken. She has a working rela-
tionship (at the very least) with
director Quentin Tarantino. She’s
working on a pilot for a TV series.
And she’s a widely recognized
improv comedienne.

With Pat in the bag, she’s got the
time to devote to each of her
activities. :

When she joined The Groundlings,
an improv group in Los Angeles, she
began her acting career. It was there
she first impressed “Saturday Night
Live” boss Lorne Michaels in 1990.

Though Sweeney only hinted about
some SNL guest hosts such as Chevy
Chase (“not my favorite”) and Steve

esau, December 14, 1

Roast Breast of Turkey/Gravy
Smoked Ham/Raisin Sauce
Old Fashioned Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes
Stuffed Shells Marinara
Baby Carrots
Whole Green Beans with Garlic
Apple Sauce
Cranberry Sauce
Patroon Salad with Honey Walnut Dressing
Ambrosia
Greek Salad
' Fresh Breads and Corn Bread
Fruit Cake
Christmas Logs-Cake
Rainbow Cake
Frosted Brownies
Iced Holiday Cookies
Pumpkin, Apple, Banana Pie

Buffet Served Btwn. 4-8p.m.
Still $6.25

Here Comes Julia Sweeney, There Goes Pat

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Martin (“an unfunny man” behind
the scenes), she was very vocal about
the least favorite person with whom
she worked. “Steven Segal. He does
not have a sense of humor. He kept
wanting us to only do sketches about
the environment. And we would all
say, ‘Yeah, there are a lot of problems
with the environment. . . but it needs
to be funny’.”

Sweeney stayed with the show for
four seasons, and her Pat character
became a fan favorite. This year, she
decided to strike out on her own.

Enter Quentin Tarantino. At the
time, the Pat movie was at 20th
Century Fox. When it came time for
rewrites on the script, Julia suggested
Tarantino. “They really couldn’t say
no,” she says. “They wanted to do a
slapstick movie, and I wanted it to be
more of a romantic comedy. Quentin
and I were talking and I said, ‘Why
don’t you do it?’

“We put the studio in this huge
quandary. They were looking for
somebody to come up with jokes. But
they agreed to it.”

Her relationship with Tarantino
developed during the rewrite. “I was
pretty much with him during the
whole rewrite He worked on it for a
couple of weeks, and we had like five
nights when we worked on it
together.”

The movie, “It’s Pat,” is finished,
but there are only 33 prints in
existence. Sweeney says the movie,
which was eventually handled by
Disney, will see a video release.

As for her future, Julia is looking
forward to some time off. She still
does the Groundlings every Thursday
night. But coming up is an HBO
special. A comedy special that won't,
she says, include Pat.

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[Recent Holiday Releases:

2Pac-It’s Christmas And I’m All Shot Up
| Aerosmith-It’s Christmas, Take My Daughter
Nine Inch Nails—It’s Christmas, God Is Dead
Melissa Etheridge-Come To My Chimney
Rolling Stones-It’s Christmas and We’re Old

Nine Inch Nails Put On A Show As Vicious As Their Pit

Sunday, Dec. 4,
Knickerbocker Arena. The ek
ing of heat exhaustion was felt
by all of the faithful Nine Inch
Nails fans waiting for the great
one, Trent Renzor, to come out
and play.

DIJON

The rush of groupies towards
the stage, crushing anyone in
the way, made the crowd rest-
less. Brief chants drew the
whole crowd in. People were
being pulled out left and right
of the musicless pit during the
thirty minutes it took for NIN
to take the stage (following
opening acts Marilyn Manson
and The Jim Rose Circus).
Finally, as a few strums of the
guitar and a few at the synthe-
sizer sounded, cheers arose
from the crowd and the lights
lowered. The curtain in front of
the stage was a sheer sheet
which Reznor pressed his body
against, arms raised godlike to
his followers. It went up and
there was the five piece ensem-
ble decked out in the familiar
dress, fishnets and all.

While the lights dimmed, the
opening track from the Broken
EP, “Pinion,” played like a
countdown. The crowd in front
engorged as “Pinion” led into
“Big Man With a Gun” and
then erupted with fun violence

as bodies flew through the air
trying to get closer to the stage.
Reznor’s powerful voice
echoed through the sports
arena as he sang and some-
times screamed the lyrics. After
an extended ending of the song
with loud keyboards and heavy
drum beats vibrating through
bodies, came “Piggy” and “Big
Man with a Gun,” both from
Downward Spiral. The crowd
seemed to be part of the band
as the place was alive with
voices singing the lyrics along
with Reznor who stopped
briefly, only to throw the mic
and keyboard down.

The most visually provaca-
tive part of the show was dur-
ing the middle of a set wherein
the silk screen came back down
and projected very disturbing,
but at the same time cool,
images of dead animals, decay-
ing and reassembling over and
over again in different scenes
as NIN played. It ended with
an image of a room shaking
and as blood poured over it,
the lights on the stage turned
red and the screen went up.

When Nine Inch Nails played
“March of Pigs” it looked like
the center of a nuclear explo-

_ sion. The view from above

Digable Planets’ Blow Job

For all the hip—hoppers and
even the mainstream music
listeners searching for an
album of substance and
enough depth to stimulate
your intelligence, here it is.
Digable Planets have out done
themselves with their second
album Blowout Comb
(Pendulum/EMI). They have
brought out the sound and
spirit of the Black Power
movement of the “60s and “70s
through songs like “Black
Ego” and “9th Wonder.”

Chistoso

Tracks like “Borough
Check” may appeal to those
who strictly follow hard-core
hip-hop. It gives big ups to
Brooklyn. Native son Jeru the
Damaha is featured in the
moody, “Graffiti,” while acid
jazz diva, Sara Webb from

Influential, appears in “Dial
T.” Those who were around
may recall that Webb
appeared as an opening act in
Digables’s 1992 SUNY con-
cert.

Blowout Comb ranges from
serious to soulful, righteously
angry to play. As quoted from
their song “Butterfly”: “It’s all
our life experiences, just like
the first was, but this time, we
feel more confident of what
we say and how we choose to
say it,” making it one of hip-
hop’s true experiences.

Over all, this is a required
acquisition to the musical
library of anyone serious
about the sounds, ideas, and
culture of funk & hip-hop.
Blowout Comb also promotes
love for something real; full of
street and style, it'll blow you

away.

Trippin’ Jazz

photo by Roxanne dePrado

probably looked like a giant
fight. The intro drum beat was
twenty times as powerful as the
recorded version, ripping
through my soul and tearing
my insides out-Trent would be
proud. The show ended with
awesome versions of “The
Only Time” and “Suck.” And
what would be a Nine Inch
Nails concert without “Head
like a Hole,” which made the
crowd go nuts.

After ten minutes of waiting,
an announcement came over
the sound system saying there
would be no encore because the
drummer was hit in the head .

with a shoe and sustained a
concussion. That put a big
downer on the night, but there
was one good thing about hav-
ing no encore - no “Closer.”
The opening act, Marilyn

. Manson, which is one of the
_ first projects on Trent’s label

Nothing, was annoying. Even
though they got a great
response from the crowd in
front, spitting into the crowd
and calling some girl a cunt,
their set was only cool for
maybe a minute. At least their
set was very short and as soon
as they started, they were over.
The other opening act was the
Jim Rose Freak Circus. They
could have been entertaining,
that is if they weren’t on before
Nine Inch Nails. You know that
no one would have gotten hurt,
but for the weak hearted, it
could be too freakish. The
human rubber band trick
would be great at parties but it
wasn’t enjoyable while a thou-
sand people waiting for the
band they wanted to see were
being pressed against you and
the temperture in the stadium
at a near boiling point.

The show did prove that the
hype NIN has received over the
past year from their “Closer”
video and Woodstock perfor-
mance is not without merit,
something the diehard fans

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Acid jazz, the fusion of classi-
cal jazz instrumentation,
hip-hop beats, soul singing, and
all out grooviness, is on the rise.
Moonshine Records has been on
top of the scene since the begin-
ning. The Acid Jazz Test Part Il is
the latest sampler from the L.A.
based record company.

Robert Mallia

The disc opens up with the

sensuous voice of Deborah
Anderson. A groovy bass-line
and mild synth-jazz—piano are
what make this track stand out.
The traditional house beat only
takes away from the ingenuity
of the song.

A One’s contribution to the
disk, “Take Me to the Casbah,”
is by far the catchiest of all the
tunes. Smooth horns and clean
jazzy guitar mixed with a nice
piano accompaniment and a
tribal beat make this track shine.
It is one of only three instru-
mental songs on the disk.

If you’re more into the
straight-up hip-hop sound, this
disk has you covered. Sound
Assembly provides the generic
Digable Planets wannabe effect
with their song “Stoned Again.”
You get much more of the same
from Brooklyn Funk Essentials |
and Peace Bureum. Their songs
aren’t bad, they just don’t add
much to the compelation.

Overall, the disk isn’t half]
bad. But if you’re into acid jazz, |
definitely pick this one up. It’s}
good for a great evening with
your significant other, or for just
chillin’ with a Cappio.

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The Wedding Present has
released Watusi, their most accessi-
ble album to date. It is the first
album on their new label, Island.
This thing is just packed with
hooks. If you are unfamiliar
with the band, this album is the
perfect introduction. Produced
by indie rock guru Steve Fisk
and recorded in Seattle, one
might think the record would be
immersed in low-fi indiedom, or
worse yet, grunge. Well,...it’s
not!

Toby Semrock

After three albums and _ three
collections of singles, this is the
acme of the Wedding Present
(so far). Where they used to just
jangle through an entire song,
there are now sudden tempo
changes and actual harmony
parts courtesy of new bassist
Darren Belk.

The first single from the
album Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,
Yeah, is typical Wedding
Present-catchy pop music. They
even venture into the acoustic
side of things with “Gazebo”

and “Spangle.” “Shake It” offers
vocals by Darren Belk instead of
David Gedge, who does vocals
for the rest of the album in his
distinctive deep throaty voice.
“Click, Click” is a touching, yet
completely unsappy love song
which sounds nothing like a
love song. Heather Lewis pro-
vides the additional vocals
(Lewis also provides vocals for
“Swimming Pools and Movie
Stars,” while Carrie Akre sings
on “Gazebo” and “It’s a Gas”).

On the second half of the
album the Weddo’s offer up a
big tasty plate of diversity with
two quick blasts of pop in “It’s
a Gas” and “Swimming Pools
and Movie Stars,” the latter
showing the influence America
has had on this British band.
“Cat Woman” is the epic rocker
on the album, clocking in at just
under eight minutes.

This is definitely uncharted
territory for the Wedding
Present; you get horns, acouStic
guitars, a surf instrumental, and
of course, classic Weddo’s jangle
pop. Don’t miss this fine Pop
record, one of the best of ‘94.


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John Frusciante Goes Solo UA‘sPionoMonatMotherEarth’s

Some of ‘you may find the name John
Frusciante very familiar if you are a big
Chili Peppers fan. He did, however, quit
the Chili Peppers in order to pursue a
solo career. Frusciante spent a few

months after that just bumming around
Los Angeles.

Andrea Leszczynski

Finally he began recording Niandra
LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt, his solo
the debut album, released on American
‘the Records. Frusciante has also spent time
ser” recording with The 3 Amoebas, which
Flea and Stephen Perkins are a part of.
rit, Niandra is a very unusual, yet smooth
; album. It has an eerie calming effect.
Frusciante’s music is constituded of all

a Success,”

acoustic and electrical guitar.
Percussion is occasionally ,
used. Another aspect that is
peculiar about the album are
the titles of certain songs such
as —“My Smile is a Rifle,”
‘Blood on My Neck From
and “Ten to Butter
Blood Voodoo.” It only made

| listening more fun.

“My Smile is a Rifle” was an
awesome tune. It starts off
with a soft acoustic and elec-
tric guitar. Oh so pleasant and
sweet. Frusciante begins
singing softly, almost mum-
bling. Suddenly, his voice
moves to a falsetto type high
pitch to a squeak. Repeatedly,
he says “my smile is a rifle” in
different high pitched voices
and then gives a little screech
afterwards.

“Mascara” is entirely differ-
ent. It’s like Frusciante under-
went a total voice transforma-
tion. He sounds, well, normal.
The song starts off with the

usual acoustic guitar sound. The coolness
of this tune is that Frusciante sings simul-
taneously with himself. He uses different
tones between the two voices to make it
sound as if he’s dueting with someone
else. One voice echoes the other - pretty
original.

His lyrics are difficult to understand at
times. You must listen very intently if
you want to know what he’s saying.
Most of the time it’s just an assorted
jumble.

Frusciante’s songs are very short, some
only amounting to two minutes. The
whole album is a crazy mixture of whiny
howling, with the soft twang of electric
guitar and strumming of the acoustic
guitar. It’s a silly little album, but you'll
like it.

Chillis Go To Older Ground

What does a band do to follow up its most successful};

With little to no experience under
his thin belt, Jonathan Hyman has
pushed himself into the local lime-
light with a string of stellar perfor-
mances. With the help of hired gun,
guitarist Puneet Pawha, Albany’s pre-
mier “Piano Man,” performed at
Mother Earth’s Cafe, on Tuesday
evening.

Brian Melman

The addition of Pawha paid off
immediately, as the two combined in
a beautiful rendition of Crosby, Stills,
and Nash’s “Helplessly Hoping.” The
song, a folk anthem comprised of ris-
ing harmonies and alliterative lyrics
silenced all early doubts of the duo’s
ability to share a stage. Pawha’s
majestic airy resonance, somewhat
reminiscent of a brooding Art
Garfunkel, was a perfect compliment
to Hyman’s more fiery early Billy
Joel-style sweetness. Following with
Neil Young’s “Sugar Mountain,” , the
two traded stanzas in a casually com-
petitive manner that both firmly
established and exhibited both men’s
diverse array of vocal abilities.

Hyman opened his solo set with
Elton John’s “Border Song,” nearly
bludgeoning the keys with a violent
force that almost managed to over-
shadow its grace. The soft sweet
vocals of his earlier folk harmonies
were gone, replaced by a series of
deep, red-faced bellows that convinc-
ingly pleaded the song’s anti—hate
sentiment. He followed with an origi-
nal composition, entitled “Blade of
Grass.” While the song begins in a
deceptively casual manner, it is ulti-
mately an anthem of lust, screaming
out in mood swings of bitterness,
melancholy, and rebellion against a
wall of suffocation, pettiness, and

anonymity. He closed his set by dig-
ging up one of Billy Joel’s
little-known gems, “Until the Night.”

When Pawha rejoined him on stage,
the crowd had swelled to nearly dou-
ble its original size. Besieged by
chants for a previous Hyman original,
they shocked the audience with a ren-
dition of Pearl Jam’s “Elderly Woman
Behind the Counter.” It was prefaced
by jokingly issuing an apology for
their foray into the world of grunge.
They followed with a faithful adapta-
tion of Eric Clapton’s blues classic,
“Old Love,” a dirge-like hymn
wrought with the mournful anguish
of broken love. Slowing the pace to a
delicious crawl, Pawha matched
Clapton lick for lick while Hyman
jammed in pace on piano and quietly
crooned the vocals. An ambitious
song to even attempt, the duo man-
aged to pull off a stunning achieve-
ment in the song’s completion.

They finished with a series of songs
similar to their opening set, highlight-
ed by their harmonies on Simon and
Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair,” and
the simple familiarity of the Beatles’
“Here Comes The Sun,” before clos-
ing with the Indigo Girl’s catchy,
upbeat standard, “Closer | Am To
Fine.” Of course, they were not let off
the hook without an _ encore.
Although continuing to ignore the
desperate pleas for the aforemen-
tioned Hyman original, they man-
aged to please nearly everyone else
with a loose adaptation of Don
Mclean’s “American Pie.” Judging by
the lengthy standing ovation, it seems
obvious to label the night’s experi-
ment a success. Albany’s “Piano |
Man” may have added a guitarist, but
he still managed to preserve the
stripped-down, no-nonsense effect of
his prior performances.

K. McCarty’s Unusual Tribute

” offers
istead of

Chilli Peppers are not your typical band. Out in L.A. is more
proof of that.

James Meier

The album opens with four remixes from the bands earlier
days on the early eighties L.A. music scene. The best of these
is “Higher Ground” from Mother's Milk. These tracks represent
a portion of the Chili Peppers career, but don’t belong with the
other parts of the album.

The next segment of the album is a collection of three live

s vocals | songs that don’t make a healthy transition from stage to disc.
n in his | Although, they are very energetic, they seem forced and insin-
y voice. | cere, furthering the poor sound quality of the live tracks .

ing, yet | The best of the bunch in this collection are the six demo
ve song | tracks. They truly capture the energy and emotion that the

- like a | Chili Peppers posses as a band. Fans of the band will recog-
vis pro- |nize these songs from their earlier albums Freaky Styley and
vocals | The Red Hot Chili Peppers . If you don’t know of these albums,
cals for | it provides a great opportunity to hear how former guitarist
~ Movie | Hillel Slovak compliments Anthony Kiedis’ vocals.
re sings | The unreleased material is the most compelling of the songs
Gas”). on the album. Nothing alone stands out, but collectively they
of the |show how musicians can Beat enjoy: whet they play. Fans
pr -up a —— who have the
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in “It’s and recognize
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America away. New
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record? Well if that band is the Red Hot Chili Peppers, it }}
comes out with a rarities and remixes collection. A somewhat | |
typical move, (can you say Nirvana-Incesticide, Smashing | @
Pumpkins-Pieces Iscariot, REM—Dead Letter Office?) but the | jj

To begin the review of K.
(Kathy) McCarty’s new tribute
album to cult hero Daniel
Johnston, entitled Dead Dog's
Eyeball (Bar/None), it is first
important to give the Cliff’s
Notes version of how this
recording came into existence.

Seth Diamond

Johnston was a big fan of
McCarty’s band, Glass Eye,
and gave her a tape of his
album, Hi, How Are You? She
really liked it and Johnston
started opening for their
shows. These days anyone
who is alleged to be cool in the
music business has covered a
Johnston song at one point in
their career, now McCarty has
decided to do a whole tribute
record. The only thing to say
about this album is it’s killer.
Even if you could never find
anything enjoyable in the orig-
inal Johnston recordings, the

breadth of songwriting that
McCarty found in his work
make these songs sound new,
fresh, and satisfying. The
album starts off with a simple
piano intro that segways into
a musically expanded version
of “Walking the Cow,” which
was also covered by
f[REHOSE on their Flying the
Flannel record. As opposed to
the fIREHOSE version that
deconstructs the simple key-
board riff and builds it into a
dense ballad, McCarty leaves

the simplicity and innocence

of the song while cleaning up
the performance. .
McCarty also has a tendency
to completely shift the genre
of songs or orchestrate them
into full-blown style pieces.

- Good examples of this are the

cabaret jazz of “I Had A
Dream,” and the intense
orchestrated balladry of “Hey
Joe” which was originally fea-
tured on 1983’s Hi, How Are

You album. Amongst all the
stylistic shifts, McCarty also
had the sense on this record-
ing to leave cetain pieces in
their original form. The only
difference between the origi-
nal “I Am A Baby (In My
Universe)” and McCarty’s ver-
sion is studio quality and a
well tuned guitar. “Running
Water” was recorded in a
bathroom at the University of
Texas and maintains the
integrity of the original
recording.

This is the best introduction
to Daniel Johnston for the
weary. You can hear the
respect and care put into the
recording. There is a lot more -
going on in a typical Johnston
recording than many may pick
up on. K. McCarty has taken
everything she heard and
made a great album of great
songs written by America’s
most lovably insane song-
writer.


6a Aspects December 9, 1994

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Nine ten eleven twelve

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yeah I try.to stow it all way

but it comes back stronger every day

Thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen
get away, chosen queen

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or stick your nose up in the air
why can’t you leave me alone?
you know my fate’s already sewn

Seventeen eighteen ninteen twenty
why can’t you just let me be?
(your coldness is revealing)

(the emptiness your concealing)
the shalowness of your feeling
‘and it sets my head a’reeling

Twenty-one twenty-two

twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five
it takes so much out of you

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8a Aspects

12/9 & 10 - Threepenny Opera
will be shown at UAlbany's
Performing Arts Center at 8
PM. Admission is $6 for
students and senior citizens. $8
for the general public.

12/9 - The musical The Gay
Divorcee will be playing at
Albany’s Page Hall, 135
Western Avenue. Admission is
free and open to the public. For
info call 442-5620.

12/10 - John Kirk and Trish
Miller perform at the Eighth
Step. A concert of music and
‘dance. Show starts at 8 PM.
Admission is $10. For info call
434-1703. |
12/10 - Lecture concerning
Mohican Indians, titled, The
Mohicans and Their Land, 1609-
1730. Book signing and
presentation starting at 2 PM at
the New York State Museum.
Free. |

12/11 - Bill Shontz to perform
at Steamer No. 10 Benefit.
Located at Albany’s Page Hall.
Starts at 1 PM. $10 admission
fee. For reservations call 438-
oye) cm

12/11 - Everclear will be
performing at Bogie’s with
Bloom. Call 482-4368 for
information.

12/11 °-2 Freesconcert “at
Albany’s Performing Arts
Center with the University

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Community Chamber Orch-—
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concerto and  Schubert’s
“Tragic Symphony” will be
heard. 7 PM. For further info
call Alton McCloud at 442-
3995.

12/12 - University Percussion
Ensemble, SUNYA Gospel
Choir, University Chamber
Singers, and University
Community Symphonic Band
will perform in the Main
Theater, Performing Arts
Center, SUNY Albany Uptown
Campus at 8 PM. _ Free
admission. For more info
contact Alton McCloud at 442-
3995.

12/12 - Local artist Wendy
Caroll will be holding an
opening art reception at
Borders Books and Music, 59
Wolf Road, Albany. 7-9 PM
12/13 - Kenny Rogers “Home
for the Holidays” with guest
star, Suzy Bogguss will be
performing at the Knick at 7:30
PM. Tickets are $23.50. Call
Knickerbocker Box Office or
Ticketmaster for tickets.

12/13 - Production of Charles
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as a
musical at Proctor's Theatre.
Starts at 7 PM, $20.50 adult,
$10.50 kids 12 and under.
Tickets available at Proctor's
Box Office (346-6204) or at all
Ticketmaster locations.

12/16 - Tina Ward (songwriter)
will perform at Borders Books
and Music at 8 PM.

12/16 - Baltimore Consort to

perform Holiday Concert at the
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall,
84 Fourth Street, Troy. Tickets
cost $18. Call the Troy Savings
Bank Music Hall at 273-0038
for reservations.

12/17 - Black 47 will perform
at Charity's in Clifton Park.

‘Located in the Grand Union

Plaza—Routes 9 and 146W.
Show begins at 10 PM. Tickets
available in advance at the club
and at all Strawberries locations.
Tickets may also be purchased
at the door.

12/17 - Gods Child performing

at Saratoga Winners, Route 9,

Latham. For tickets call the
Winners Box office at 783-1010.

12/17 - Magpie, with Kim and
Reggie Harris. Celebrating the
Solstice. 8 PM. The Eighth Step
(upstairs) 14 Willet Street
Albany. $12 admission. Call
434-1703 for info.

12/18 - Aerosmith is coming to
the Knick Arena. Special guest,
Jackel. Tickets are $19.50 and
$25.50. Call the Knick Box
Office or Ticketmaster for

reserved seating.
12/17-12/18 - Production of

Alice in Wonderland. Home

Made Theater at the Spa Little
Theater, Saratoga Springs. 3
PM both days. Admission is
$10 for adults and’ $8 for
children. For reservations call
587-4427.

12/17-12/18 - New York City
Ballet‘s Kyra Nichols and
Philip Neal star in The
Nutcracker. Proctor's Theatre,

432 State Street, Schenectady.
Reserved admission is $18.50
for adults and $10.50 for kids
below 12. 12/17 performance
at 7 PM. 12/18 performance at
2 PM. Call Proctor’s Box Office
or Ticketmaster for tickets.
12/26 - Nutcracker on Ice with
Oksana Baiul and Viktor
Petrenko. Knickerbocker
Arena, 8 PM, $23.50, $27.50,
and $29.50 (VIP). Tickets
available at the Knickerbocker
Box Office or Ticketmaster
locataions.

12/27 - Biohazard is performing
at Saratoga Winners. Special
guests Stompbox, Marauder,
and Bone Box. Tickets available
through the Saratoga Winners
Box Office. 783-1010

12/30 - Nearly New Year’s
with NRBQ. Charity’s, Routes.
9 and 146W, Clifton Park. Show
starts at 10 PM. Purchase
tickets in advance at the club or
any Strawberries location.
Tickets may also be purchased
at the door.

12/31 - New Year’s Eve Party
at the Albany Marriott, 189
Wolf Road, Albany. The Out of
Control Rhythm and Blues
Band will headline their party
again. Held in the ballroom. DJ
from 8 PM-10 PM. Out of
Control performs at 10 PM til 2
AM. DJ returns til 3 AM.
Tickets available by calling the
Marriott at 458-8444.

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The Youth International Party—Yippies—founded by Jerry Rubin and
Abbie Hoffman, conducted political street theater, organized protest of
the Vietnam War and the 1968 Democratic National Convention. They
were prosecuted by the government on charges of conspiracy to cross
state lines for the purpose of inciting a riot.

When Jerry Rubin’s partner-in-crime, Abbie Hoffman, died on my
twenty second birthday (April 12, 1989) I considered it an act of

didn’t have to. When I was sixteen—a no good, low down, welfare
receiving, high school dropout, punk kid—I read his autobiography,
Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture. I’d never read a book from
beginning to end when I was in school, but Abbie had an effect on me.
From that book I learned about Jerry Rubin and read his book, Do It!
They were the first adults I’d ever heard tell the truth about the often

Randolph L. Viscio

divine intervention; perhaps even reincarnation. I never met the man. I |

suffocating reality of life for young people in United States society.
Learning about the movements of the 1960’s changed my life
simply because for me it represented a hidden history in which young
people masterfully wrought change. I thanked Abbie Hoffman and
Jerry Rubin for having communicated in a manner which was
meaningful to me. Thus, Hoffman’s death created in me a renewed
sense of purpose because regardless of who you could or couldn’t
trust; regardless of whether young people today were apathetic or
politically correct; regardless of who did or did not sell-out of the
sixties; in one way or another the proverbial torch had been passed.
For many years after I found out he’d become a “Yuppie,” I hated
Jerry Rubin. I grew up during the 1980’s and Rubin seemed to
represent everything that went bad in that decade. Rubin was a no
good, yuppified, suit-and-tied, greedy, sell out; a hypocrite who traded
in his radical vision for the middle-class security which, in his youth,
he had recognized as being “bankrupt.” In direct contrast to Abbie
Hoffman, Jerry Rubin was-a traitor to young people and youth culture.
When I saw Rubin and Hoffman debate in the eighties during their
“Yippie/Yuppie” speaking tour, I took great pleasure in lobbing dollar
bills at Rubin from my seat in the audience. Hoffman really made
minced meat of him. Hoffman was funny and made good points with
his humor. At one point, Rubin stated that Hoffman was “forever
fighting a non-revolution” which couldn’t be won. Abbie picked up
one of my crumpled dollar bills that had landed on the stage. He held
it out invitingly to Rubin and said, “You wanna bet a dollar on that?”
Rubin tried to snatch the George Washington but Abbie was too
quick. Giggling, he ripped the buck up and tossed the pieces at Rubin
saying, “See, we’ve already won.” It was an expression of that
essential dilemma that we, as young people were facing: values vs.
money-making; people vs. profits.
His love of money wasn’t the only reason I hated Jerry Rubin. He
was dangerous to me and probably to Abbie as well because he
represented, mother’s frightful curse.

the man who had stopped Vietnam-bound munitions trains in
Berkeley, pissed on the Pentagon, threw dollar bills from the balcony
of the New York Stock Exchange, mocked a Federal Court Judge,
disrupted theHouse Committee on Un-American Activities, and was
perhaps the only person to ever make Phil Donahue want to quit
showbiz.

When Jerry Rubin died the media covered it blandly (surprise,
surprise) focusing either on his transformation from Yippie to Yuppie,
or the fact that he was hit by a car while jay-walking; WOW! “his last
bona-fide revolutionary act.” What garbage!

I began to recognize the societal Id and Ego represented by the
similarities and differences between Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin.
Whether we liked either of them wasn’t the point. Whether we were
willing to admit it or not, they made us question our values and our
beliefs. I don’t think they could have planned a better Yippie direct
action, a more relevant non-conspiracy, than to go to their graves
having left the world to pots calling the kettles black; to leave all of us
behind quibbling about who was right and who was wrong, as if the
foundations of Democracy would crumble because you were either a
Yippie or a Yuppie. The joke was on us. All of US.

I was never sure what Jerry Rubin had become or what happened to

Conerete Corners

EDITORIAL

WK, 1 GR PLENTY OF EXERUSE....EVER TRY CHANNEL SURFING Without A REMOTE 2!”

Olew buted by Tribune Modis Services,

One attack is enough

Kendra Gillis did not tell. the truth.
Or at least the whole truth.

She told the media, the police, the
SUNYA administration, and many of
her fellow students she was assaulted
by an unknown black male. According
to the state police, she was assaulted
by her father.

This has left many people on
campus angry about the fact that she
apparently made. up the story about
her assailant.

The fact is Kendra Gillis did not

make up the fact that she was
assaulted. Anyone who saw her speak
or saw photos of her cannot accuse her
of that.

She was assaulted on this campus
and, according to the state police,
probably in a place where security

guards, hidden cameras, and extra
security measures couldn’t protect her.
A place where you should be the most
safe: at home.

University President Swygert spoke
of the need to prevent a second
victimization of Kendra Gillis and we
agree with him.

If she did lie about the facts of her
assault then her actions were wrong. It
was something a frightened teenager
would do. But that’s probably what
Kendra Gillis was, frightened.

This assault. and the issues
surrounding it have inflicted more
pain than one assailant should be able
to inflict. Only one person, however,
has physical scars and she should be
allowed to heal in peace.

Scott Bogin

You know, it’s amazing how the University at Albany,
no, rather schools in general are considered to not be in
the real world. Apparently, the world of college and
work are two totally separate worlds — and they are never
meant to be intertwined. In fact, I have heard time and
time again, that college is not the real world, and the
work world is. College is supposed to prepare you for the
work world — otherwise known as the real world.

What? ;

When I was in high school, I spent a lot of time
studying for classes. They were intended to prepare me
for college, which would prepare me for the real world.
Now, if I recall, my high school years were rather, well,
painful. I don’t recall ever being too happy there except
on graduation day, but the hope of graduation day and
my eventual going off to-college, so that one day I would

be in the real world, kept me going. Now I’m in college
— only one year away from graduating, and ready to enter
the real world.

Worse, when I was in junior high, I spent all of my
time preparing for my entrance into high school, and
elementary school prepared me for junior high. Heck,
even nursery school prepared me for elementary school.

Now that I’m a year away from leaving college,
perhaps I’ll be able to delay entering the real world so
that I can continue preparing. Hopefully, I’ll be able to
one day go to graduate school. Graduate school!

When I’m in the real world, what will I be preparing
myself for. I guess [’ll be preparing myself for retirement
or something. I’m beginning to believe that all this work
that I’ve been doing to prepare myself for the real world
is to have enough money so that I can live a happy
retirement.

A happy retirement? Isn’t retirement when you prepare
to, well, die?

Gee. I hope not.

Now, imagine an entire society, preparing for their
entrance into the real world (which may one day prepare
them for retirement and, well, death) in a school system
that is not considered tobe a part of the real world.

Does this mean that the world that Americans have

prepared for within the halls of schools across America
is not real? After all, isn’t America nothing more than a
by product of the educational system? Everyone from
Albany to San Francisco has been required to go to

school for some length of time, and during this time, we

have prepared for the real world — and the real world has
been created by those who come from the educational |
system.

1. Perhaps, then, when I leave the University at
Albany, I’ll be able to go into the real world with the
happy notion that the real world is just as unreal as the
school world because the people of the school world
created the post modern day real world.

2. Or, I can then come to the conclusion that I haven’t
been living in a phony world after all, that the school
world is just as much a part of the real world as an aspect
of the real world is to the school world.

Either way, I’ve spent my life preparing for my
retirement some day. Which case do you think it is, 1 or
2?

Oh, and by the way, congrats to Aaron Russell, the
other columnist, for his nomination for Rhodes Scholar.
Of all the SUNY-ites in the preparation race, he is
definitely at the top. :


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Dear Denise and Lisa-| can't
believe it, this is it! I'm out of here,
for real this time! What am | going
to do without my walking diaries and
fashion consultants and psycholo-
gists and most importantly best
friends. I'm so glad we finally got it
together, | wish it had been sooner!
I'LL MISS YOU!!! When your in the
city we definitely will do the club
thing and | will keep in touch this

time. | PROMISE. Don't forget me!
~And don't kill the ferret! Michi and

Rochelle—We had a pretty good
semester, didn't we? | couldn't have
asked for nicer “sweet"mates. I'm
going to miss you guys, | love you! |
promise to. visit. Michi don't worry
you'll graduate and go to Japan |
know you will! And Rochelle do
whatever makes you happy forget
everyone else! NADER-My love,
parting is such... a pain in the neck!
Why did you have to be such a nice
guy. Now | have yet another person
I'm going to miss with all my heart.
Be good while I'm away! You have
my number so keep in touch
(Literally!) When your in the city we
can hang! Rob, Pete, Adam, and
the gang-! probably won't be able
to get over to the.science hall before
| leave for good. But | couldn't leave
without saying a fond farewell to my
favorite science hall residents! |
wish we would have spent more
time together this semester , I'll miss
you! Be Good! Go G & Ri!! (I still
have the mix you made for me!) To
the ASP-Although | was only here a
semester and | was a lowly typist, |
must say it has been an experience
| will never forget. It's true what they
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When | heard you were leaving |
decided that | couldn't bear the
thought of Albany without you so I'm
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you big lug. |! wish you the best of
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What can | say but that your beauti-
ful baby! There is no other person
like you! You are the WOMAN!
Thanks for being such a great friend
and so understanding, when no one
else seemed to agree with me, you
were behind me 100%! Thanks! |
love you and I'm going to miss you!
GIVE IT HERE, DON'T HOLD
BACK!

¥ Tania

To the ASP,

Little did | know what | was getting
into when | walking into that immac-
ulate newsroom. It’s been fun
watching my G.P.A. sucked into a
black void. See you all in January.
Eric—Don't let my sweet exterior fool
you, | really love having my baby pic-
tures strewn all over page two. Jen—
The news department won't be the
same without you, considering you
thought of all the story ideas. And | still
think Edith Wharton is a great writer
and the Shipping News is the worst
novel | have read in a long time.
Jason-Where is my Sting CD?
Actually | finally went out and bought
the tape. I’m so glad | have a
music/movie buddy. Dijon—Melissa
Etheridge is awesome and you can
just kiss my butt. Ellen— Okay I’m run-
ning, are you satisfied? Ramon—-
Hope your leg is okay. Rochelle—Are
you ready for this sadistic ritual on
Sunday? Good luck hon, and let the
best and most insane person win. By
the way you were right, the ASP is not
good for your grades. Roxanne-—I'll
buy all the donuts you want if you
promise to get me ail the photos.
John—How’s that ear of yours and no
| won't kick you in the jimmy no matter
how hard you beg me. Stephanie—
Are you really sure you want to give
up your entire life just to put out this lit-
tle weekly? Kelly— Hey want to come
back and be ME or something God
knows you’re here enough. Pali-
Thanx for being a good listener and a
great admirer of my clothing. And |
really like you too. | will miss you next
semester. Glenn-| do thank you for all

the input. | know you're right (most of —

the time), even though you pissed me
off when you told me. Bec, Mark,
Tania and Jen-! thank you for the
bed, the ears, and the patience to let
me be a basketcase when | needed to
be. | love you all. Herb-Please leave
the coffee maker, please. Thank you
for your patience, your insight, the
bruises on my legs from hallway foot-
ball, and introducing me to tequilla. |
will miss you, and so this doesn't
sound too sappy I'll just have one
more thing to say-Fuck you! —SUE

Kelly - you're really weird. Pali - How
about Tibet for your trip. Jason -
Since you are a rich Island jew how
about spreading the wealth and all
that crap. Keith - No, Keithums, |
expect you to die! Remember, no
chicken could save a puppy. Roxy -
So how could | get those pictures for
free. I'll do anything. Hint, hint.
Natalia - You're cool now. Sarah - Do
| have to work at Denny's to hang out
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PERSONALS

Edwil—HELP!!!!! Too much stuff, then
not enough, then too much...wait a sec-
ond, I’ve managed so far, why do | need
help? Nevermind... Eric— Heh...Edwil
wouldn't really be the one I'd ask if | was
desperate, unless | was REAL desper-
ate. Say, how would you like to pretend
to be sports editor one more time? Just

don’t tell anyone. Tom—Rochelle would ~

make: you. think this is fun:Yeeha. Oh.
joy. It can be, though, if you have some-
one like Edwil to rank out. Edwil-found

a new use for you to your newspaper
buds! And you still don’t have to show:

up! Though it would be nice if you wrote
an article. See you next semester! At
least, | will in the classifieds! Other peo-
ple—I'm tired, see you later when | write
more. Besides, everyone knows what |
have to say anyway. ~Aaron

To the members of the ASP-Thanks
for making me feel so welcome at the
ASP. Of course, | meet you guys now,
right when | have one more semester
left. | know the way Eric and | express
our affections to one another would
make any person puke their guts out -
so thanks for not puking. Happy holi-
days, everyone. -Susan G. (The wild
woman)

Ellen- What can | say, you gave my
first break in the business world. NOT.
All you did was tell me what to do and
gave me all the work. Well don’t be
surprised if you don't see me next
semester. Eric- | finally know what the
hell “ME” means at the end of all your
classifieds. Thanks for all your help in
showing me the ropes. Hope to see
you next semester, if not as ME then
as Eric. Herb- | still do not know if |
want to be an ASPie. Although you say
| am. Should | be proud or scared
HELP ME. P.S. Ali the best of luck to
you. I'll miss your advice and cigarette
smoke in the BO. Susan G- Bueno
hablar espafiol con usted fue una
experiencia muy entretenida. Hablas

espanol bueno y espero hablar con .

usted pronto. Adios, .Edwil- You.loser.
How could you. Don't act as if you
don't know. Just wait till ‘see you next
semester, maybe. By the way it was

great to do circulation with you. Tania- >:

| hope | spelled your name correctly.
No, | know | did. I'll miss you greatly
and so will you simians in ARCADIA,
but don’t fret, i’ll Keep them safe. A few
earthquakes here and there and some
floods, you know god like disasters.
But | will never let any ARCADIAns die.
Keep in touch. Jason- Where are
those Star Trek tickets you promised
me and everybody else. Don't worry
your forgiven. See you next semeter.
Rochelle- Been great knowing you.
Hope to see you next semester so that
we can go to Ben and Jerry’s for some
more ice cream birthday cakes. Susan
C- Should life take you on an endless
journey, just remember your an ASPie
true and true. To all others- Hey hope
that all of you.come back, And see you.
all next semester. Merry Christmas to
all and to all a Happy New Year.
-Ramon

Roxanne- as always, it has been a
pleasure working with you this
semester. | am looking forward to
spending many more nights in the
darkroom developing. The radio was
key this semester. Have a great break.
Herb - Always remember that you are
in debt to me because you took my last
cigarette. Congrats on finally graduat-
ing....1 wish 1 could say the
same.Paulllllie(Pali)- Negatives babe
its all just negatives. How about some
printing. Next semester | will develop
the negatives ... yeah right!! Heather-
Jason- thanks for all the photo stills.
Ohh, how did your relatives react to the
new hair dew over thanksgiving? have
a great break....and go back to smok-
ing Camels... those marlboro mediums
are terrible. Kelly- Have a great break..
and remember.."Kick Me in the
Jimmy!! Sue- thanks for helping me out
when | was stressing about my
paper...thanks 'MOM'. | still owe you
one for that little incident when | lost
my hearing. Eric- Keep the River Rat
tickets coming...the games were great..
Edwil- where the hell have you
been???Dijon- you are the only per-
son that | Know that is a worse
cigarette grub than me. And get a hair-
cut!!! Jen- Don't eat so much of that
Taco Bell...one of-these days you are
going to turn: into a''soft taco'!l!To

everyone. else at the ASP...Have a.

great break- John

Eric- Thanks for all the help that you
gave me over the semester with the
ads. Thanks for always taking the
phone when | did not know what to do
with it. Ellen-Thank, you for always
being there to listen to me and my
advetures! Oh by the way, that was a
great party, too bad | took a little nap
that lasted almost the whole night !
We'll have. to do it again next
semester! Susan- Good luck with the
elections! Maybe one day I'll will be in
Shakespeare for a whole week! Good
luck with your paper too. | had a great
time at Ellen’s speaking with you and
laughing with you. Herby- | will truly
miss seeing you wake up in the morn-
ing after production! Congradulations!
Your finally leaving this fine institution
of higher education. Good luck and
know that the couch in your office
won't be the same since you won't be
asleep on it! Jason- Well nine inch
wasn’t everything we had hoped it
would be. Maybe next time around!
Hey, at least we were on MTV news!
How impressive! Oh, | also think you
have graet fashion knowledge that is
dying to come out! After all | love
those boots! Glenn- Your a real funny
guy! If | hadn’t had someone to pick
on me like you do what would | do?
You have added quite an interesting
atmosphere to the business office. Are
you going to “break your habit” over
the break? If you do give me a call.
Give me a call anyway! Well, ASPies
this semester is over , | really can't
believe it! Hope everyone has a great
break and I'll see you all in January!
Noah- Of, course | had thought of some-
thing else to say to you! Right about
now | am sure that you are ready to kill
me with these personals.—Lou Ann

Herb-So the whole graphics thing went
out the window, thanks for staying up
and being suicidal with me. These
things are so cheesy. You know you're
my idol, why bother puttting it in the
paper?~ Sue-—What’s that Tori
line...“Why do (we) hang around?”
You're all that. Ethan—You may end up
being the man who saved my life. Then
again, when you find yourself here on
Thurs. at 5am you might hate me-and
yourself. Roxanne—i'm still waiting for
that test drive. What’s the usual? 2am,
dark room, right? Eric—Wed. after-
noon? You kill me! You should write

some comedy pieces for ASPects-but | -

‘Il need them...whenever. Natalia-We
are elitist pigs, but it's ok cuz we're
cooler than goats, potato sacks, or the
best dressed here. Glenn-you can
have Sarah but | get Tori.Ramon,
Aaron, Dave, Brendan-—come over for
Christmas, Shatner, Patty Stewart, and
the rest of the gang will be over for din-
ner, it'll be a hoot. Kelly—You’re lucky
I’m scared of how crazy you are or I'd
have killed you at least twice already.
Pali-My soulmate, don’t get killed in
Chad, ok? Or no one will be around to
understand the plight of bougie guilt.
Jen-—Thanks for laughing as opposed
to killing me when | make certain com-
ments. | know you know I’m PC boy
#1.Dijon—You'll be Kurt Loder soon.
No, that’s me, | guess you have to be
Idalis. Andrea—lI’ve never seen you on
a production night -congrats.
Ellen-Thank God you smoke in that
office... BURPEE! Roach- Don’t ever
call for Noah’s #again. No Whay.
John-Take me fishing sometime, |’ll
catch big stuffand learn to be a man.
Luann-Sorry no free NIN tckts, my
power is Imtd. Elissa—$ or not, thanks
for being a sucker. Andrea L.—Thanks
for taking on the shit work. You'll still

get dibs on the good stuff. ASPies—at- -

large—-Congradulations: new associ-

ates. Only a dozen'more issues-and _-

we're done. , cwason

Eric—Thankfully my semester is over
and you will have to break in another
EIC. Hope your up to it. In my time
here few people have done what you
have for this paper. I’m glad you
stayed and am glad your staying to
help the new EIC. Sue C.-It’s hard to
believe you’ve only been involved in
this madness for a year; you were born
for it. | know the sacrifices you have
made to be here and | can only hope
your time here helps you as much as it
helped me (despite the nasty habits
you get here). Jen—I’m disappointed in
you. I’ve been expecting the dirt on
that overpayed, overrated idiot and it’s
the last issue and | have yet to see it.
Maybe I'll see it someday in the
Workers Vangard. Good luck.
Jason-I’m sorry to see what Aspects
has done to your hair. | should have
told you Kelly’s hair wasn’t really red
when she started, it evolved to that
color over the semester. Thanks for let-
ting me do all that crap to your section.
At the end of every semester | expect
myself to have something profound
and sentiment to write so people will
remember me fondly by but | never do.
Sorry to you and everyone else that |
had to be “the principal’ sometimes.
Aaron-You are the best sports editor
we've had this semester. Right now,
however, you are asking me where my
hockey article is(4:08 p.m.). Don’t you
know editors don’t have to get their
stuff in on time? In the future, don’t
stress so much.

Susan-You mean a-lot to me, | hope
our good times never end. Thanx for
the comic...remember, I’ve got the
cushions! =Eric

And they said it couldn’t be done.The
sections have never looked better and
| know at times we all were stressed
but all in all Aspies have worked

- together better than ever before!

Thanks to all for putting up with those
of us who have graduated and still
hang out here - yes, you too Glenn!
Ellen- you're not dying, maybe all you
need is more gospel to boogie to just
like the old days. More shoes we need
shoes!! Herb- you have been calm,
cool and collected since I’ve known
you and luckily the EIC position didn’t
take that from you. How did you like
the helm? Eric- Once when | was
asked where the tall man in stripes
was | didn’t know who that was-- duh!
Thanks for all your help and keeping
me grounded. Jason - There is always
pressure to better Aspects, | think you
have proven it can be done and with
ease - 2 thumbs up! And Hey there will
never be Star Trek tix!! DHS- /t’s been
5, 1 engaged and the rest will be histo-
ry, scared yet?? - Andrea

Eric-Thanks for being there for me.
Don’t worry, I'll write the second vol-

ume to Cheek Boy really soon. It will-

be “Cheek Boy meets Monobrow” or
“Cheek Boy meets Dave, the Ape
Man.” You choose. Either way, Cheek
Boy will beat them both-with his super
cushioned cheeks. -Susan

Yo Nili! Thanks for helping me write my
story. Someday, he’ll get what's coming

' to him. Maybe if my story ever got out,

everyone will know what a jerk he really
is. Then again, maybe not. People
believe what they want to believe. So
Nils, have a good break. -Susan G.

Herb -This is it. You're finally leaving. It
was cool working with you man.
Smoker!!! Eric-you're the man! You bet-
ter come back or else..... p.s. When are

you going to get your shit out of the truck. ©

It's starting to take up space.Ramon-if you
were not so pickable | would not do all
those things to you. You got to love it.
That's why you keep coming back. Thanks
for all your help. LouAnn-You had a hell of
a semester, don't worry be happy.

Susan-Everything will be O.K. 1 won't drill
you that bad. Just remember all those
drinks you will get after ward. Good Luck!
Brandan-When are you going to fix the
copy machine. come on move it, move it.
Andrea-Are you ready--The big day will
come soon-be prepare.. Good luck!!!

Shawn-Thanks for correcting my paper. If.

| get a good grade on it then you know
what you will get. By the way | know what
your mother got you. Ha! Ha! Oh, don’t
expect to get what you want for christmas
because it won't happen. Have fun cutting
down the tree saturday. -Ellen

| hate getting sappy but since | won't
be ending any more semesters as ME
who cares!?! | won’t get another
chance to so...Herb-who better to
start off with the MAN. Admit it, this
semester was a breeze. i know that we
would have done it over it we had to.
Well, maybe not. Thanx for making my
job as easier and being there for a
laugh when | needed it. See you next
semester...maybe. Ellen—Hey miss!
Aren’t you glad that we picked you for
BM. You know | wouldn’t leave you
stranded, did ya? Glenn-it’s great to
have you back around, not that we
won’t get this thing out at seven any-
way. Oh and happy birthday gramps.
Sue-You don't know what you've. got-
ten yourself into have you, get out
while you have the chance. Jen-what
can | say. The news department proba-
bly would have fallen apart in August if
you hadn’t salvaged it. | salute your
dedication. Andrea—you were always
someone | could depend on when no
other sections were going right. | can’t
thank you enough for your
help...Aaron-| couldn’t think of a bet-
ter person (besides me) to head the
greatest department on the paper.
Keep up the good work and maybe I'll
get you another article sometime...
Rochelle-I’ve never really thanked
you (or hated you) for getting me
involved at this paper. Who knew we
would get this far. Thankyou for all
your support and good luck Sunday...
Roxanne— What would a paper be
without a photography dept. Thanx for
holding it together. Jason—Someday I'll
get around to doing a cover for you. |
know it’s tough doing eight pages by

yourself, keep the faith. Thanx for per-
severing. Kelly-my favorite traitor. |
forgive you for defecting to that place
they call a radio station. I’m happy
you’re stil around to lend money
to...lan—hey that money | got you pays
for all the rides you given me any-
where. Don’t let Servetah give you any

_trouble, see you at a game some-

time...Edwil-Yo | thought you were
going to stick around...what’s going
on? Oddeye?. No problem! Ramon-l
know what that spanish message
means to Susan. “I love you, | want
you” Watch your back, you’re dead!
Lou Ann-my favorite little classified
director. | know you were in the pit
moshing and hitting people, come on
admit it! Natalia-you do realize what
you’re getting into right? Thanx for all
you’re help. Brendan-your help has
been invaluable this semester. Where
would this place be without you? To all
ASPies- Though I'll be back next
semester, I'll always remember this
year. Good luck to everyone, the

toughest obstacle is yet to come! To-
‘everyone else—Happy holidays, see

ya next year. -the one and only ME

become a complete and total ASP per-
son. Only the insane may apply, and
the truly out of your fucking mind are
accepted. Rochelle— keep threatening
to bring in those pictures, | don't
believe you really have them. You're
one of the last people left from the
olden days, so | don't feel so old
myself. Heather— my fellow pill popper!
Thanks for making me feel not so
insane. | think this all would have been
quite a bit harder for me if you hadn't
been here. Eric— this place has a very
high turnover rate. | remember when
you were a wet behind the ears ASE
and now you're retiring... Dijon— you
do not give yourself enough credit,
son. Cheer up, take some Prozac or
something. Roxanne— how could you
think | would ever ditch you for any-
body? | might ditch you for Trent,
though, but that's another story. John—
Mr. Buzzcut himself, you sea—going
bellhop. I'll kick you in the jimmies...
Glenn—- gee, some things never
change. How bout getting me a job
somewhere that will pay me money or
something. WCDB people who have
somehow morphed into ASP people
as well-— this isn't even your club. Go
back to your own club. Herb— did you
have fun this semester? You did a real-
ly great job as editor in chief, and I'm
not just saying that. You are just jeal-
ous of my hair color. Take care, and
you can write or call or visit or some-
thing, although | know you probably
won't (loser). We will go out. drinking
Sunday, even if for some of us it will
just be soda. Lisa-— it's just you and me
next semester, my friend. Those two
other traitors are leaving us. Thanks for
being my roommate this semester. |
will clean up the room, | promise. Pali-—
California, here | come. | am very
happy you are spending Christmas

with us- | like entertaining you. | am -
“slightly angry you are leaving, so if |

sick my dog on you in the middle of the
night, don't be surprised. Save some
room for me in San Francisco, | will be
there. Noélle— just when | could stand
having you around, you leave again.
Oh well, | think I'm just going to go live
with your mom and dad and take your
place. They like me. So does your dog.
Have fun in Scotland, and find a nice
highland boy for me. | will write. | promise.
Really. To everyone else-— | love you all.
Truly. Even if | don't know your name, |
am just full of love for the whole world
(medicine's kicking in). —Kelly

mood swings. Allen— Thanks for all
the inside info. When you're governor,
will you still come by on production
night? Rochelle— one day you will see
the inside of my mysterious apartment
and meet my magical cat Max...
Thanks to everybody for making this ©
horribly unhealthy experience so much
fun. love, Jen

To everyone- well, we managed to
get through another semester without
killing each other. Eric— you were the
the glue that held the paper together.
Herb- you were, um i'm drawing a
black here. Oh well good luck anyway.
To all those leaving— you'll be back,
just don't be Tom. -Brendan

Dina (the best d, m, s, and f in the
world), you're the greatest and you
deserve the best. Billy Falconer - that
one's for you, Jeff. -Elissa

ERIC You pressured me enough so I’m
writing personals. Thanks for your help
even when you totally redo layout after
Andrea and | spent the last hour
arranging ads! HERB What is that you

_do around here anyways? Oh well it

really doesn’t matter, what’s important
is you always have a job at McDavid’s,
Stein’s Allsports or the Steins Union
Newspaper if you want it. If not thanks
for your help. Jason Thanks for trying
to get free Star Trek tickets | liked The
War better anyways. CRASHBOY Live
long and prosper just as long as you
save before you scan. SUE C Are you
going to go to Liske’s class next week?
| hope you enjoy being EIC if you get
the position Good luck!! Ellen please
take Andrea to buy shoes so that |
don’t have to!!! Thanks for managing
the business. Andrea I’m glad we
could work together on this even
though we didn’t actually work togeth-
er. | am not scared but you will be
when | make you dance at the
Wedding. -DAVID H. STEIN

Herb Congrates and good luck! You
deserve it after being starved of your
rightfully earned chinese food!!! Eric
Thanks for taking the time to think of
me when ordering chinese food! And
thanks for listening to my crap. some-
one has to! hee-hee Susan Photos,
photos! what about me?! Jen You may
act all innocent on the outside, but |
want the world to know you've got a
crazy side lingering under all that! Jay
Oh! My love! No one compares to you
and the way you make me feel! Dijon
You're very huggable too!Edwil Where
art thou Edwil? Aaron I'm still wonder-
ing who you're always talkin’ to. But
although | don't always show it, you've
grow on me in a big way Rochelle |
owe you $10 and stay calm about
Barney Roxanne What can | say but
you are just a true goddess Pali I'm
going to.miss you tons next semester

‘(that is if all goes well!) Thanks for

putting up with the crap and sticking by
when | needed you John Well, you've
earned the position of associate by far.
Next semester the dept. will be even
better (I'll make more labels!) Thanks
also for always putting up with my
bossy ways and listening to me whine
Kelly Maybe this time | won't be wash-
ing my hair! | hope you're still still my
best friend?! Glenn Hippie! You're
back! I've missed you and the way
you're sarcasme always puts a smile ©
on my face. God, are we messed up!
Heather Good to see you on your feet
again, you show off! Teaches you a
lesson, huh?! hee-hee! Thanks for all
you've helped me with Ellen | miss
you! AnneMarie AAAAAR-
RRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHBILo

- ve you hon! Jeffy poo! hee-hee! | love

you! Happy almost one year honey!
love, with all my shit,
roxy
ps you're a jerk glenn

x

Jason-— fuck off you blue haired freak.
Actually, that message is from Dijon. |
would like to say that I'm happy some-
one finally realizes the hell | went
through. But it's well worth it, right?
Don't answer that. Have fun over
break, city boy. | will see you there.
Ethan- | don't think you understand
what you are getting yourself into, or
you probably would have already run
as far away from here as you possibly
could. Jen— hey, didn't you used to be
this quiet associate features editor? I'm
really glad you hung out here this
semester, and you'd better be around
next semster. Susan— or Julia? It has
been fun this semester watching you

Sue- You're a gem. Not to be warm

and loving or anything, but this
wouldn’t have been even remotely pos-
sible without you, and it certainly
wouldn’t have been nearly as much
fun. | look forward to being unofficially
mean and bad-tempered around here
next year .Natalia— You"ve made a ter-
rific start. One day we will get to the
bottom of that WK business. Jason- |
don“t usually bother to give compli-
ments, unless they’re leading to some
kind of reward for me, like a gift or a
ride to the airport, but | really do think
you”re awfully talented at the 30 mill-
lion things you have to do to keep that
miserable section afloat. | look forward
to seeing you replace Tabitha, Kurt
and Libby one day. Herb— Some day |
will do the massive investigative piece
on the pool angle of the hideous cor-
ruption of the NYSWI. Until then, ‘tl
look to you to keep me honest and of
course to check my quotes. Seriously, |
forgive you for your revoltingly untrust-
ing nature and obvious lack of appreci-
ation for my utter journalistic integrity.
Kelly— \f | hadn’t just given my one
compliment for the year to Jason, |
would say you”re. headed for very cool
places, but as it is, I'll at least say |
think you will one day be trusted
enough at the Source for your Nirvana
comparisons to be left untampered-
with. Glenn—-| think your treatment of
your brother may constitute a violation
of his civil rights, but it’s cool to have

' you around getting us on track and

destroying the self-esteem of the
young and impressionable. Stephanie—
Have fun next semester. | hope you
escape the ASP curse of depression,
paranoia and academic catastrophe.
Seriously— | expect to see you as EIC
in F95. Eric— thanks for 3 semesters of
repairing the cruel and unusual things
I've done to the pages I've worked on.
You really are a great ME, despite your
screaming temper tantrums and wild

I've never written you a classified
before, have 1? THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR HELPING ME IN MY
TIME OF CRISIS. Of course, it
wasn’t really a crisis, | just acted like
it. The important thing is that | got my
ugly pictures and | can take the test
walking in looking like that Saturday
morning. If it is in the morning...OH
NO!!! Sue- What can | say? I’m nota
man of many words unless | start
babbling or have a space to fill or do
a cross country article or play football
in the hallway. | hope we can still
toss the football around, | want to
stuff Herb and embarass him really
badly. And make up for all the taunts
| get as being “oh, just sports, big
deal, who reads your section any-
way?“ Herb-The Big Kahuna. The
Barney Blaster. The Bills’ best hope
for a Super Bowl QB....Have fun
doing whatever. Whatever are you
doing anway? One of these days |
might remember who is doing what
after this semester. Maybe not.
Dave- we each won a round in
Accounting and we each did sports

‘articles. We’re even. Thanks for fol-

lowing a bunch of Rats. Natalia-you
don’t really think we think you’re a
freshman, right? Stop showing off.
Just because you can answer
Shanley without having to go through
the typical “duh...uh..oh...1 guess
so...nah..| guess not...” routine
doesn’t mean you know how to be up
to par with Eric. | guess nobody's up
to par with Eric. It could be that I’m
only saying that because, to date,
he’s been my patron... Eric-you got
me into this mess. Thanks. | can’t
stop saying that. | might have, but
money does things like make one do
things they otherwise wouldn't. Not
that.1 wouldn't. Who else would stay
up all night gleefully typing stats that
are going to be eventually cut out?
Glenn and Jason-Get a Grip!
Roxanne- “Roxanne....” just be
thankful | haven’t sung that around
you. | can’t sing, but it | can’t help
thinking of that. Big pretty photo
boxes, Roxy. Happy? Happy! Joy
Joy! Aaron


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CHARGE
Continued from front page

Swygert then took members of
Student Association to be
briefed.

However, many members of
the group waiting outside felt the
press conference should have
been opened to students and con-
fronted Swygert outside of his
office.

Dionne Cole, a student, said,
“The press conference should
have been open. We put money
into the university, we come here

at eighteen as adults, and we
should have been treated as
adults.”

Miamah Richards, a member
of the Albany State University
Black Alliance said Ms. Gillis
should be prosecuted for giving
false information.

“Kendra took it to another
level when she accussed a black
man...I think she should defi-
nitely be prosecuted”. Richards
said.

Swygert however, said he did
not believe the race issue was

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“T don’t believe there is a race
issue. I believe the issue is that
there is a frightened young
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Swygert said.

Gillis is scheduled to reappear
in court on Dec. 22. There also
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not recanted her original story
about her assailant.

“The police do not have a
statement from me abut my
dad...my dad did not do it”. Ms.
Gillis said.

SAFETY
Continued from front page

peared, so the exact circum-
stances surrounding the incident
are unclear.

According to council members
a bill was brought before Central
Council that proposed the SA
derecognition of the NWROC
and the RWLIG. The bill failed.
Chris Hahn then derecognized
the two groups using his execu-
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that there were no parts that
allowed the SA president the
sole power to derecognize an SA
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Both the NWROC and the
RWLIG were therefore never
officially derecognized. “Since
before the summer there has
been no doubt in my mind that
these two groups were never
derecognized”, said Christian
Klossner, a member of Internal
Affairs.

Thomas E. Keller officially
withdrew his nomination to the
Chair of the Finance Committee
stating, “Parag has done a great
job as acting FiCom chair. He
should continue as the chair”.
Parag Khandhar was then
appointed to the position of
Finace Committee chairperson
of Central Council with a 19-2
vote. Khandhar was formerly the
interim chair of the Finace
Committee.

Adam Covitt resigned his
Central Council position and as
member of the finance commit-
tee. Reguarding his resignation,
Covitt said, “I will be in the land
of my people next semester.”

Sarah Warden also anounced
her resignation as Central
Council member and a member
of the Student Action commitee.
“I must resign and withdraw
from the University because of
health reasons, but I hope to be
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2 btesident of ASUBA “sald the acts out into the world. Nicole given away a lot of female Summarizing the book, again. She replied , “My
= Sere ee fee ace Brown Simpson is the victim, secrets.” To show “men are so’ Devane said, “Nobody’s going to brother strongly believed in
a Sg eared tee RE - the other type of woman “who concerned about women’s fix everything. It isn’t up to our what he was doing and why he
os po a Gem a RD ce ge has taken the rage and made anger,” Devane cited an exam- husbands, it isn’t up to Congress, was doing it and he would be
a ignored. “(Kendra Gillis) is a somebody else out it back on ple of a man who had said to her it isn’t up to our children, it isn’t _ the first to tell you he should
= Victiihivich\She -piié4iny- teothers her. The book contends that he wished he had the book five up to our boss, to fix our rage, to have been punished for his
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al “er ae Sr see that there is a better way to deal drank herself to death. to us. To claim it, to know what _ er has been in jail too long.”
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LADY DANES

Continued from back page

_ Squires and Feerick each with six. As
a team, Albany went five of thirteen
for three-pointers. The Danes man-
aged to get blocks by five different
players and Feerick, Ginsberg and
Quinn combined for 14 assists.

Warner was pleased with the sec-
ond half shooting, which was close to
the team goal of 40%, which was hit
in the early games. The Danes have

consistently held opponents to much —

lower percentages, even in losses.
Notre Dame was fairly successful
compared to past opponents, reaching
33%. For the tournament, Feerick
was awarded as an all—tournament
player and Ginsberg selected tourna-
ment Most Valuable Player.

All in all, Albany walks off 4-2,
with their goals achieved, although
the level of their opponents was not
that of the teams who beat the Danes.

“We walked away bringing back
confidence and our style of play,”
Warner said, very similar to what she
had hoped for before the tournament.

With an incredible challenge ahead
in Friday’s game at 7 p.m. in the
Recreation and Convocation Center
against New York University, the
Lady Danes may set up what their
season will be like. .

Last year, NYU was the only team
Warner felt beat them easily when
Albany played its game well. This
year, NYU is off to a 6-0 start, com-
ing off a 90-30 win over John Jay.
Ginsberg believes it will take every-
one’s best efforts to defeat NYU,
while Warner expects a game focus-
ing on defense, which will test
Albany’s strongest point to date.

On a young team, balanced
between freshmen, sophomores and

juniors, an interesting side note is the
development into a more complete
player by Ginsberg.

“I was always able to score,” she
said, but last year, when her shots
were not falling, she realized that
there was a lot more to the game.

Since then, her defense has been
improving steadily, to add to her con-
sistent team leading scoring this year.
She credits her adjustment to the
coaching staff, as well as simply hit-
ting more of her shots and improved
confidence.

‘It is still too early to project how
this season will go, as the Danes have
not yet beaten an opponent near the
level of NYU. It is the last game of
the semester, and there is already

hope for January, when Mickey
Smith and Katie Zeglis return to the
lineup.

LECTURE
Continued from page 6

ing, government, and other outside
interests and did not concentrate on
thought itself. They wanted universi-
ty reforms on these subjects affecting
academia to take place.

“TI think the record that I have
begun to discover deserves attention
from [the academia and universi-
ties],”” Hawkins said during his lec-
ture.

The lecture led in the Campus
Center’s Lecture Hall, was part of the
14th annual Distinguished Lecture
Series at the university and was spon-
sored by Phi Alpha Theta sorority.

Hawkins received his Ph.D. from
John Hopkins University, taught at
Amherst College his entire career,
and is the author of three books.

FORUM

Continued from page 6

individual to register to vote, but it
also up to the state to make it easier
to vote.” said a representative of The
New York Public Interest Research
Group. She went on to explain the

Republicans in the conference

difficulties SUNYA students had vot-
ing because officials at the registra-
tion booth would not allow affidavits.

The focus of the discussion, how to.
cope with the recent political
upheaval by Conservatives, was
geared towards SUNYA students.
But, of the fifty people in attendance,
less than one-third were SUNYA stu-
dents; this was another issue raised
during the forum.

“Is your attempt here to. sort to
organize students in some way; if
that‘s the case I’d like a show of
hands to show many students are
here,” said assistant professor Nelson
Pichardo. ““As you see the number’s
fairly small and that may be a basic
problem.”

The forum exceeded its set time
limit and closing remarks centered
around plans for future with speakers
on both sides of issues being present.
Hodge asked students to stay and
help organize so that more of the stu-
dent body would attend in the future. _

The forum was hosted by NYPIRG,
Chapel House at SUNYA, the First
Unitarian Society of Albany, and the
New York State Interfaith Impact.

RALLY

Continued from page 3
name of the class because she said
the class has been “disrupted
enough.” She said she wanted to
stress that the “real problem” was
that the University isn’t handling the
problem in a “just manner.”

Richards said the student vanguard
program should return to campus.
“Students need to do for the
University what UPD or the adminis-
tration isn’t doing”, Richards said.

Students present at the rally
weren’t satisfied. One student said
eyewitnesses should come forward
and the name and address of this per-
son should be “broadcast all over
campus.”

The rally was sponsored by student
groups including ASUBA, the
Chinese Student Association, Fuerza
Latina, the Hispanic Student
Association, the Korean Student
Association, Liga Filipina, the
Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Alliance,
and the Pan Caribbean Student
Association. The speak—out was
moderated by Miamah Richards, of
ASUBA.

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RECRUITING

Continued from page 3

able by a new governor. The legisla-
tion has been considered in the state
legislature every year since

bridge the

vote against it. In 1985, Salvione
said, Pataki, then in the Assembly,
voted against a bill which would have

_ prohibited discrimination on the basis

of sexual orientation in housing only.

She said, however, while in the
Senate, Pataki co-hosted a meeting to
allow Republicans to become famil-
iar with gay and lesbian concerns.

MEETINGS

Continued from page 3

Safety on Monday afternoon. The
meeting was attended by an estimated
250. The meeting was called in order
to give students another opportunity
to inquire about revamping of the
safety conditions on campus.
However, some students who came
with the expectation of hearing what
new security measures would be
implemented were disappointed when
they felt the meeting turned into
another information gathering ses-
sion.

University officials on hand
including Gloria DeSole, Senior
Advisor to the President for
Affirmative Action, and Henry
Kirchner, Associate Vice Presidnet
for Student Affairs, asked the stu-
dents what safety measures they
would like to see in the dorms. Lent
said, “I don’t understand how we can
give advise on things we don’t know
about. We are not safety experts.”

The Indian Quad Board held a spe-
cial safety meeting and they
announced plans for a Student Safety
Patrol Tuesday night. The Inter—fra-
ternity Council and the Pan—
Hellenic Association pledged their
support to the program. According to
Steve Schwab, chairman of the
Indian Quad Board Safety
Committee, they will serve as the
“backbone” of the Safety Patrol.

The Safety Patrol members will
patrol the Campus Center, the

_ Podium and the quads. The tentative

target date for beginning the program
is Dec.16. John Kalka, President of
Indian Quad Board said, “What this
represents is much more than an
organization dedicated to the safety
of our students. It represents a
stronger sense of community between
all. This is not just meant to bridge
the students together but due to the
nature of this program, it is going to
Administration,
Residential Life, the University
police Department and all the stu-
dents.”

JOIN THE ASP ,

Dec. 10 Potsdam
Dec. 14 Union

2pm
7pm

Dec. 28 Hunter 3 pm
Dec. 29 To Be Determined

Jan.10 Ithaca 7:30 pm
Jan. 17 Rensselaer 8 pm
Jan. 21 Cortland 7:30 pm
Jan. 24 Plattsburgh 8 pm
Jan. 26 Mt. St. Mary 7:30 pm
Jan. 31 Oneonta St. 7:30 pm
Feb.4 Old Westbury 7:30 pm
Feb. 7 N.Adams St. 8 pm
Feb.9 Keuka 7:30 pm
Feb. 11 Elmira 8 pm
Feb. 14 Hartwick 8 pm
Feb. 16 Skidmore 7:30 pm
Feb. 18 S.Vermont 7:30 pm
Feb. 21 St.John Fisher 8pm
Feb. 25 Stony Brook 7:30 pm

Great Danes Schedule

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Dec. 9 NewYorkU 7pm
Jan. 5 Buffalo St. 6pm
Jan. 9 Wilkes 7 pm
Jan. 11 Ithaca 7 pm
Jan. 14 Hunter 3 pm
Jan. 17 Rensselaer 6pm

Lady Danes Schedule

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Lady Dane Tournament Jan. 20-21

Jan. 20 Staten Island 7:30 pm Home
Jan.21. To Be Determined Home
Jan. 24 Plattsburgh 6pm Away
Jan. 26 Union 5:30 pm Home
Jan. 28 Stony Brook 2pm §$ Away
Jan. 31 Skidmore . 5:30 pm Home
Feb. 2 S. Vermont 7 pm Away
Feb. 6 Utica 7 pm Home
Feb. 9 Cortland 5:30 pm Home
Feb. 11 Elmira 6 pm Away
Feb. 14 Hamilton 7pm Away
Feb. 18 Nazareth 5:30 pm Home

NYSWCAA Championships in the RACC

Happy holidays
from the ASP and
Good luck on finals

1971.

Assembly, the first time it had
ever passed in either house.
Acording to a New York
Times story, the bill would
have passed the Senate, had it
come to a vote, since “virtual-
ly all the 26 Democrats” sup-
ported it and only a few
Republican votes were
required. Some Republicans

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River Rats fight to tie Aces at two

By DAvip STEIN
Staff Writer

The River Rats faced off
against the Cornwall Aces
Wednesday night with the hopes
of continuing their four game
unbeaten streak. Three minutes
into the game those hopes looked
discouraging as Ryan Hughes
deflected Dwayne Norris’ shot
past Rats goalie Mike Dunham
for the Aces’ first goal.

The Rats defense was sloppy
at best in the first period and
they were lucky to go into the
break only down by one goal
when Cornwall center Paul
Brousseau’s blast bounced off
the post and the Rats cleared
their zone managing to hold off
the Aces for the rest of the peri-
od.

In the opening minutes of the
second period there was no
improvement as the Aces outshot
Albany four to one in the first
two minutes. Albany started to
turn things around when Steve
Sullivan took an out pass from
Bill Armstrong and slipped it
past Cornwall goalie Garth Snow
for the score. Cornwall came into
Wednesday night’s game with
one of the best power plays in
the league and Albany’s penalty
killing unit was ranked third, so

something had to give. At 11:27
into the second, while on the
power play, Karson Kaebel
picked up the puck as it deflected
off the linesman’s skate and
scored Cornwall’s second goal
giving them a 2-1 lead.

Goalies Mike Dunham for
Albany and Garth Snow for
Cornwall, teammates at the
University of Maine and on the
1994 U.S. Olympic team, took
over and kept both teams score-
less for the last 30 minutes of the

McAlpine goes for a slap shot.

Four minutes later, Albany’s
Steve Sullivan came up big send-
ing a pass to Rob Conn who
zipped it home and knotted the
game at two. The assist
improved Sullivan’s streak of a
goal and an assist to four
straight.

File photo by John Meyer

game, including a five minute.
overtime, as Albany and
Cornwall skated to a hard fought
2-2 tie. The Rats are 4-0-1 in
their last five, and their next
home game is Saturday at 7:30
against the Worchester IceCats.

word out that Albany has field

potential athletes.

- willing to take the challenge with
me.” ly has to do as well with

inspiring athletes to per-

form well scholastically.}
For Albany coaches, this
will be lessened by having
a new full-time Academic
Advisor. Fiore is still
expecting to make it clear
that academics is the num-
ber one priority, and in
fact, the main reason for
Albany’s high value to Coach Deborah Fiore.

FIORE

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It is a young group of athletes
who were attracted to the field
hockey team in the fall, and Fiore
sees a great chance to teach them
how to develop into a high level
varsity competitor.

“It’s exciting,” Fiore says,
although one of her early con-
cerns will be “recruiting those

said.

This she intends to do by
stressing the academic possibili-
ties at Albany. If she can figure a
way to get a winning record
soon, the program should find
itself on solid ground for the
future, simply by the combina-
tion of these factors.

“Everyone already knows that
Albany has great academics. The
biggest challenge will be getting

hockey as a sport,’

The indoor field hockey
season gets off in January,
with a number of tourna-
ments on the schedule.

Fiore has spent four
years as head coach for
lacrosse in Oneonta, and]
now will take the assis-|
tant’s position in Albany.

The role of coach usual-

> Fiore

Staff photo by Pete Archer.

NBA scoring changes come up blank

By DAN BETTAN

This year the National Basketball Association
decided, in all their infinite wisdom, to increase
scoring by limiting defense. They moved the
3-point line in, widened the lane, and officially
eliminated hand checking. The question that
remains is...why?

The league average for scoring has increased two
points, from 101 to 103, when compared to the
average for the same time last year. Wow, a whole
two points.

Where are all these extra points coming from?
Foul shots. Each team is now shooting an average
of three more foul shots a game. All the NBA has
successfully accomplished thus far is lengthening
the game. This is something every household in
America was hoping for, I’m sure.

When the NBA decided to widen the lanes their

heart was in the right place. The logic being that

there would be more inside scoring if the offense
had more room on the inside, right? Wrong!
Scoring so far has not increased. But there have

been more three—second violations this year, so it’s

not all that bad.
How have these rule changes affected defenses
throughout the NBA this season? Well, last year’s

_ three major defensive powerhouses, New York,

Houston, and Indiana, are 11—5, 11-5, and 10-5

respectively. Last year at this point, Houston and

New York combined only 5 losses between them.
Specifically, these teams all had players who

made defense a major part of their game. Derek
Harper’s defensive game has all but been eliminated
thanks to the end of hand checking. Remember, this
was the guy whom Michael Jordan said played bet-
ter defense on him then any other player in the
game, which are pretty high credentials. And let’s
not even get started on what this has done to both
Workman’s and Olajuwon’s game.

And now how have the new rules affected offense
this season?. Well, basically, teams with pitiful
defenses have improved, i.e., the Magic and the
Mavericks. Their defenses now have the luxury of
still playing badly while their offenses go ballistic.
All their defenses have to do is play slightly better,
and they have.

Dallas and Orlando, (Horace Grant not included)
have defenses that yes, may have slightly improved,
but are be no means good. What their records show
is an offensive explosion these new rules have cre-
ated. Case in point, look at what happened in the
Knicks—Magic game. The Magic may have won
that game’anyway regardless of the rule changes.
But a blowout? Come on.

-The saying in the NBA used to be “The best
offense is a good defense.” Now it’s “The best
defense is a good offense.”

Before ending this, I would like to wish the now
1-16 Los Angeles Clippers congratulations on their
first win. They finally won a game. They won at
home, in overtime, 96—94 over the Milwaukee
Bucks. Very impressive guys, really.

- (AFCA) All-America Team yesterday. This was

- York Division III All-Star Team in November.

Turrin voted AFCA
All-American

University at Albany’s Scott Turrin was selected
to the American Football Coaches Association

the second time Turrin has received the honor, he
was first chosen in 1992. The AFCA’s College II
squad features 24 players from NCAA Division III
and NAIA Division II schools.

Turrin, a right tackle, helped Albany rank first |
among Upstate New York teams in total offense at
389.6 yards per game. The Great Dane tri-captain
missed all of the 1993 season due to a hernia opera-
tion.

Turrin was named to the ECAC Upstate New

Turrin, a three-year starter, was his team’s offen-
sive lineman of the week six times during the sea-
son.

Turrin was one of only two players from the |
Northeast Region to make the national team.

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December Q,

1994

Covering University at Albany sports since 1916

Lady Danes capture Manhattanville Tournament

By AARON GREENBERG
Sports Editor

Coming back from two tough losses,
the University at Albany’s women’s bas-
ketball team convincingly won the
Manhattanville Alumnae Tournament.

After setbacks versus Binghamton
University and William Smith College,
the Lady Danes went to Purchase, New
York to compete in a tournament with
Eastern Connecticut State University,
Manhattanville College and Notre Dame
of Maryland.

On Saturday, December 3, Albany

be

Photo by Rebecca Driscoll

Nicole Jenkins shoots over the defenders.

faced off against Eastern Connecticut
(1-2) in the first round. In a defensive
stand—still, Albany trailed 14 to 8 with
6:05 left in the first half. The Danes put
together a big run to take a 23-17
half-time lead. Coach Mari Warner
thought that her team made good shot
selection, but just could not hit.

“They were in the paint a lot,” Warner
said about Eastern Connecticut, which
forced Albany to start hitting outside
shots.

“They just overpowered us in the
beginning,” Warner said.

The Danes opened up the second half
with a tremendous run, sopho-
more guard Samantha Ginsberg
leading the charge with nine
points. After that, it was all
Albany, who won 54-33.

“We went into half-time with a
lot of momentum,” Warner said.
4 “Defensively, we did a very good
A job. It really caused them a big
problem,” she stated. The game
aturned into a blowout “when I
® looked up and realized that they
had 19 points on the board with
10:17 to go.”

ECSU was held to just 15.4%
shooting in each half, allowing
for Albany to mount its assault
on transition baskets. The press
created numerous turnovers and
- ECSU passing managed just one

/ assist. They were led by three

. players with six points.

One of the key battles was on the
boards, where Albany found itself sup-
ported by junior Nicole Jenkins and fresh-
man Kerry Ochal. Ochal scored. 11 points
on good shooting, to go with seven
rebounds. Jenkins scored only one point,
but set up the Danes’ offense with her 17
rebounds.

“She is making the game a lot quicker,”
Ginsberg, a proponent of the running
game, said of Jenkins.

Ginsberg led the scoring with 19 points,
a career high, on 8-15 shooting, had three
assists, three steals and a block. After
Ginsberg and Ochal, only junior Maura
Quinn scored at least five points, getting
seven on 2-4 shooting, including a
three-pointer. Warner was not worried
about the lack of balanced scoring, citing
the nature of the game.

For the 18th annual tournament cham-
pionship, the Lady Danes faced Notre
Dame (2-4), who had _ beaten
Manhattanville in overtime. Once again,
Ginsberg led the way, with big help from
junior point guard Margaret Feerick. Both
scored 14 points, Feerick getting most of
hers at the line, and Ginsberg by shooting
6-14, including hitting two threes.

Albany got out to a much better start,
getting to a 37—26 lead by half-time. The
second half went very well for Albany,
who pulled up a lead around 25 points
with 12 minutes left.

At that point, Notre Dame started hit-
ting three-pointers, so “the score is
deceiving,” Warner commented.

Great Dane Tournament won by Staten Island

By THomas MCMAHON
Associate Sports Editor

Last Friday marked the return of the
Great Dane Basketball Tournament, after
a one year absence. Albany hosted
Johnson and Wales University, Green
Mountain College and the College of
Staten Island, in search of their unprece-
dented fifth Great Dane title. In the end,
the Danes came up short against Staten
Island.

The Danes faced Johnson and Wales in
the opening round, a team who had lost
their only other contest of the season.

Albany entered the game with a 3-1 ©

record and riding a two game winning

streak. Things would start off bad for the
Griffins as Albany opened up a 27-13
lead midway through the first half. The
Danes would finish the half with a 17
point lead, 43-26, their largest of the half.
Albany used balanced scoring, having five
players with six points, and a distinct
shooting advantage at 45% while the
Griffins shot a dismal 27%.

The second half proved to be much of
the same for both teams. The Danes
increased their advantage to 38 before the
Griffins added late baskets to cut the lead
to 30 and a 80-50 final score. Rich
Dormer led the three Danes in double fig-
ures with 15 points as Ted Hotaling and
Jason Ferrier added 14 and 10 respective-

, ly. The Danes finished the game shooting

Jason Ferrier earned all-tournament honors.

Football

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. 40% from the field and 42% from behind

the three-point arc, while Johnson and

Wales only shot 28% for the game. All

eleven Danes played at least 10 minutes.
In the early game, the Green Mountain

‘| Eagles took on the Staten Island
| Dolphins. Staten Island was able to out-

last the Eagles 76-65. Rommel Santos
led the Dolphins with 25 points as they
improved to 4-1, dropping Green
Mountain to 5-3. Rich Rosario and

| Cedric Spence led the Eagles with 12
| points

each.. This «set up the
Dolphin—Dane matchup for the champi-
onship on Saturday night.

In the championship game Albany
jumped out to the first clear advantage
with a 23-11 lead 12:22 into the game.
Staten Island wouldn’t quit, pulling back
into the game by going on a 12-0 run and
tying things up at 23 with 2:43 to go in
the first half. Santos’ three pointer with

Another award for a Great Dane football]

player — see page 15

48 seconds left would give the Dolphins a
28-25 half-time lead, and one that Albany
would never be able to overcome. The
Danes shot only 31% in the first half and
were led by Hotaling’s 8 points and
Dormer’s 7. For Staten Island, 4 players
had at least 5 points at the break. The sec-
ond half began with each team putting
together spurts, until the Dolphins started
to pull away midway through the second

half. With 7:23 to go the Dolphins opened |

up a 13 point lead that would grow to 19
with only seconds left in the game.

When it was over Staten Island had won
the game 73-56 to earn the 11th annual
Great Dane Tournament Championship.
The Dolphins were led by Most Valuable
Player Santos and his 20 points, half of
which came from the free-throw line, as
they earned their second Great Dane title.
All-tournament selection Rick Maida
added 13 for Staten Island. The Danes
were led by all-tournament selections
Dormer and Ferrier, who scored 14 and 13
points respectively. But a 32% shooting
performance was too much for Albany to
overcome in the championship.

Earlier, in the consolation game, Cedric
Spence, an all-tournament selection, led
Green Mountain with 23 points on the
way to a 73-67 win over Johnson and
Wales. The Griffins were led by all-tour-
nament selection Louis Sapp who scored
17 in the game.

The Danes have a week off to rest and
refocus themselves before playing host to
Potsdam this Saturday. After Potsdam
Albany will travel to Union to face the
Dutchmen, a team they defeated earlier in
the Capital District tournament.

Pro Basketball

Notre Dame’s top scorer, with 16
points, did not do much during the com-
petitive portion of the game. They put
four scorers in double figures, but were no
match for Albany’s deep bench, which put
away the game, 73-62.

Some statistics of note were the bal-

File photo by Roxanne de Prado

Samantha Ginsberg has been unstoppable.

anced scoring and rebounding for Albany.
To Ginsberg and Feerick’s points, junior
center Erica Witham added 10 points and
four players scored five or six. Ginsberg
reached a career high with nine rebounds,
followed by Ochal’s seven, freshman
Stephanie Gregory, co—captain Christy

See Lapy DANES on page 14

New coach named
for field hockey

By AARON GREENBERG
Sports Editor

The University at Albany recently
announced the hiring of Deborah Fiore as
field hockey head coach. She replaces
interim coach Debbie Donovan, who
started the program and ran it this year, as
well as becoming assistant coach of the
wpmen’s lacrosse team, another fairly

‘new sport.

Fiore, 34, has been long associated
with the State University system, as an
undergrad and graduate student at
Cortland State, as an assistant coach there
and more recently as the head coach at
Oneonta State. Her record at Oneonta of
64—54-3 includes several playoff appear-
ances, two of which were in the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
Tournaments.

Being involved with two of the
school’s newest sports, Fiore has found
that the support necessary from the
administration exceeds what she expect-
ed.

“I’m very impressed with Milt
[Richards, Director of Athletics] and Gail
{Cummings—Danson, Associate Director
of Athletics] and their support for build-
ing up a national field hockey program,”
Fiore said.

She has already planned to help move
the fledgling team onto the Division. II
level when the school advances its status
next year.

See FIORE on page 15

The undesired effects of the new NBA
rules — see page 15