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Congresswoman fights campus rape
it possible for us to talk about this,”
REND a!
Molinari rounds up campus
in concern for public safety
By Pam RESNICK
News Editor
A Staten Island Congresswoman
Teturned to SUNYA Wednesday to speak
to the students and faculty of her alma
mater about campus rape and sexual
assault.
Congresswoman Susan Molinari (R-C,
Staten Island), of SUNYA class of 1980,
impressed by the turnout for her
discussion said,“I congratulate you for
increased activism.”
Molinari said rape has now surpassed
theft as the most reported crime on
college campuses.
Molinari, who graduated SUNYA cum
laude with a degree in Communications,
has been working to help women “break
through barriers,” said Louis Tobacco,
president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity, the sponsor of her appearance,
“Greeks are — overwhelmingly
responsible for the majority of [campus
community service] .... we must educate
ourselves about life.”, Tobacco said.
Molinari has been instrumental in such
policy changes as the Higher Education
Act of 1992. The amendments require the
University to “provide education
programs.... adivse students of proper
procedures... and provide vital counseling
that students so desperately need” when
victimized, Molinari said.
Molinari was also a strong advocate of
the passing of the mandatory Sexual
Assault Bill of Rights for Universities.
She said she was shocked when a United
States Member of Congress said,“Let’s
face it, date rape does not occur.”
With persistence and the aid of the
CSPAN network, Molinari was able to
convince all 435 members of Congress to
pass the Bill.
“You have the right to speak out it you
have been raped,” Molinari said.
“The creation of Task Forces and buses
that go around campus are going to
change things,” Molinari said. “Changes
that take place in a place like this.... are
most important..”
“I thank the administration for making
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Molinari said.
Campus rape, Molinari said is an “issue
that we've got to keep talking about...
but will not be adequately talked
about in our lifetime.”
Molinari introduced Kristin
Eaton-Pollard, Student
Association’s women’s issues
coordinator, as someone who
“plays a very important role in
educating this campus.”
Eaton-Pollard said the
university’s new Sexual Assault
Protocol “was written and
implemented over the summer.”
“We are all concerned about
how to be a good friend,” Eaton-
Pollard said, “The University
just adopted a policy which
main component was the issue
of confidentiality.”
Eaton-Pollard said faculty
members may “under no
circumstances tell anyone else at
the University” the information
confided in them.
Eaton-Pollard offers her
services to anyone who needs
help. “I’ll give you all the
February 12, 1993
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decision...we will not take the decision
out of your hands.”
Molinari said, incidents at SUNYA on
Continued on page 13
Staff Photo by Mike Femenella
information, You can make the Congresswoman Susan Molinari speaks to campus
Bias-related crimes deterred
Practice of Dr. King suggested as solution
By Tim STaTLER
Student Association funded
groups gathered in the
Performing Arts Center Monday
night for a workshop on bias-
related violence, sponsored by
the Affirmative Action arm of
S.A.
Speaking at the workshop was
Les Carter, director of the
Albany chapter of the New York
State Martin Luther King Jr.
Commission and Institute for
iolence. The goal of the
Commission, according to one
of its brochures, is “to
promulgate the philosophy and
methods of non-violence
practiced by Dr. King.”
Carter said violence against
any group or individual because
of that group’s or individual’s
race, sex, ethnicity or sexual
orientation is considered bias-
related,
Carter, noting there is a 15
percent greater chance of being a
victim of bias-related violence in
the United States than in Japan
Staff Photo by Edwil Fontanilla
Les Carter discusses non-violence alternative.
said, “it is truly an American
question.”
“If I go to any other
industrialized nation, I'd be safer
than here,” Carter said, adding,
“not only is [bias-related
violence] on the increase but it is
rising at an alarming rate.”
Jose Albino, assistant
affirmative action officer of S.A.
said on the SUNYA campus
people are generally unaware of
the existence of bias-related
crimes.
“It’s a hidden problem,”
Albino said.
People are unaware, in part,
because victims often don’t
report the crimes, and guilt plus
the victims’ fear of retaliation or
escalation of the violence are the
reasons behind this, Albino said.
When violence is committed
against someone in a particular
Bfoup or life-style, victims’. who
don’t report the Crimes “are not
only defending themselves but
protecting people of the same
group,” Albino said.
Albino said the SUNYA
administration doesn’t recognize
bias-related crimes as such and
that also contributes to the
campus community’s
unawareness of bias-related
Continued on page 17
Police crack down
on illegal parkers
By ALLISON KRAMPF
News Editor
The University Police
Department and Parking
Management combined efforts
this week to stop students
without special permits from
parking in designated areas.
At least 42 cars have been
towed since Wednesday. night,
because “ticketing has had no
effect [on restricting cars being
parked in these areas],” said
Kathleen Wakeman, director of
the Office of Parking
Management.
“We have been getting
complaints from students with
Special permits who can’t get
these spots. Towing was done
to get people’s attention,”
Wakeman said,
“We do have the authority to
tow illegally ‘parked cars at any
time, but it's done as a last
Tesort .,.. It's not something we
do with joy,” Wakeman said.
“There is space for everyone
to park. Everyone can’t park
near the buildings,” Wakeman
said, adding its a bigger
problem in the winter, because
students don’t want to walk in
the cold weather.
Student Nick Mcllvaine said
his car was towed Thursday
morning when he parked on the
podium, near Earth Science.
“Towing has never been
enforced until now. Parking
tickets have always been used
as a deterrent,” Mcllvaine said,
Although UPD alerted Quad
Offices of their intentions so
that warnings for students
could be posted. McIlvaine
said he thinks “better
precautions could haye been
taken to warn students who live
off campus. A UPD officer
told me they didn’t want to pay
to put an ad in the ASP.”
Cars are towed to the
Osbourne Garage at 191
Osbourné St., near Wharton
and Delaware Avenues.
“Students have to pay a $10
parking ticket and a $59.40
towing fee,” McIlvaine said,
which he found out is a price
negotiated between the garage
and the University. The garage
usually charges $65 for towing.
Mcllvaine said the attendant
at the garage was unsure of the
percentage the university
teceives from the fee. Officials
were unavailable for comment.
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NEWS BRIEFS
Child killer bailed
Toronto, Canada
(AP): A convicted child killer who has
maintained his innocence through two
trials was granted bail from prison
Tuesday while he waits an appeal. Guy
Paul Morin was acquitted af his first trial
in 1986.
The ruling was released by Justice
Marvin Catzman of the Ontario Court of
Appeal following a bail hearing last week.
It could be 1995 before his appeal his
heard.
Morin, 33, was sentenced last summer
to life in prison for the 1984 murder of
Christine Jessop, his nine-year-old
neighbor in Queensville, north of Toronto.
Somalis questioned
Mogadoshu, Somalia
(AP) Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah
Aidid skipped a planned meeting with
U.S. Marines today, a day after American
troops detained one of his top allies and
seized weapons.
Tt was not immediately clear why Aidid
failed to show up for the meeting at a
Marine base set up in the city’s main
soccer stadium. He controls southern
Mogadishu, while rival warlord Ali
Mahdi Mohamed controls the northern
part.
On Monday, Aidid ally Col. Omar Jess
and 31 other Somalis were detained and
questioned after U.S. troops found assault
rifles, machine guns and a rocket launcher
during a routine search of vehicles
stopped at a roadblock north of
Mogadishu. All 32 were freed without
questioning.
More than 20,000 U.S. troops and some
14,000 troops from 22 other countries are
in Somalia to try to restore order so vital
food aid can be distributed.
The United Nations said today that the
cease-fire monitoring committee
including clan leaders was scheduled to
meet next Monday. The U.S.-led
coalition has asked clap leaders to tell it
where their fighters and weapons are, to
help monitor the cease-fire agreed to last
Clinton helps jobless
Washington
(AP) President Clinton is proposing a
face lift for the nation’s unemployment
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insurance program that will line up
retraining programs with jobless workers
who most need them.
The plan - an advance component of the
economic program Clinton will unveil
Feb. 17 - came as the administration
backed away from one controversial
option, a one-year freeze in Social
Security benefits.
Earlier, Stephanopoulos had said the
freeze was one of a number of deficit-
reduction items on the table. Speculation
that the White House might go ahead with
such a plan drew outcries from senior
some
citizens and
Democrats.
congressional
Clinton wins support
Washington
(AP) Environmental groups are cheering
President Clinton’s move to transform
what they view as a symbolic
environmental council into a White House
office with broad influence on foreign and
domestic affairs.
Clinton promised Monday to give his
new Office on Environmental Policy a
coordinating voice on environmental
issues across the board, and said he was
“changing the way government works.”
fter years of waiting for scraps,
environmental issues finally have a seat at
the table.” said Frances Beinecke of the
Natural Resources Defense Council.
What underage students do on Saturday nights.
In announcing the restructuring, Clinton
said he will ask Congress to abolish the
Council on Environmental Quality,
created by legislation 24 years ago. He
also renewed his pledge to press Congress
to make the Environmental Protection
Agency a Cabinet department.
Flipped coin decides
Yuma, Ariz.
(AP) A coin flip started a chain of events
that resulted in the robbery and killing of
a young couple at a freeway rest stop, a
California teen-ager who admitted to the
slaying testified
Travis Wade Amaral, 17, also testified
Tuesday it was his companion, Gregory
Scott Dickens, 27, who ordered by
walkie-talkie that Bryan and Laura
Bernstein, both 22, be killed to cover up a
$50-plus robbery.
Amaral testified in his first day as a
prosecution witness in Dickens’ murder
trial in Yuma County Superior Court that
Dickens decided over dinner at a fast-food
restaurant that they needed money and
would pull robberies to get it.
They then flipped a coin to see who
would commit the first robbery, he said.
Amaral said he called “heads,” and the
coin came up heads, so he went first.
He said Dickens gave him three
options, two of which he remembered:
robbing a convenience store or people at
Staff Photo by Tal Goldhamer
a rest stop.
"I chose the rest stop due to it was out
of the way," Amaral said.
He said he robbed the couple in their
while Dickens sat in a truck on the other
side of the interstate, giving him orders by
walkie-talkie.
“He said, ‘No witne: ”” Amaral said.
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Tenant burns home
Syracuse
(AP) An 18-year-old woman angry at her
landlord was charged with arson Tuesday
after allegedly setting fire to her
apartment house, police k
Carletta Blount also charged with
two counts of assault because two firemen
were injured fighting the pre-dawn blaze,
said Sgt. Micheal Kerwin. All three
charges are felonies, he said.
About 10 people who live in the three
story apartment house escaped unharmed,
said Deputy Fire Chief Henry Boynton.
Blount admitted she set papers,
magazines and trash on fire on the stove
of her second floor apartment, Kerwin
said. The flames caught curtains nearby
and spread. The building was heavily
damaged, said Boynton.
Police said that Blount told them she
wanted welfare workers to move her out
because the apartment door had been
broken for a week and the landlord had
refused to fix it..
Boyfriend is DOA
Albany
(AP) A woman and her daughter were
arraigned on murder charges for beating
the woman’s live-in boyfriend to death,
police said Tuesday.
Sheila Giggetts, 33, using a lug wrench
and Tracy Giggetts, 17, used a ball-peen
hammer to kill James Mason, 38,
according to Albany Police Lt. Robert
Grebert. Mason’s body was found
Monday evening in the stairwell of the
couple’s Albany apartment and he was
Pronounced dead less than an hour later at
Albany Medical Center.
Mason had apparently been arguing
with the woman prior to the beating,
Grebert said.
“There’s a real history of domestic
violence there, both of them assaulting
each to other,” he said.
Giggetts and her daughter initially
claimed that Mason had been attacked by
others and that they found his body in the
stairwell.
Both women were arraigned on second-
degree murder charges and sent to Albany
County Jail without bail.
FREE LISTINGS
Pan-Caribbean will be
Ballroom. The show starts at
members are always|
FRI., February 12
The Jewish Student
Coalition will be sponsoring
a Shabbat dinner immediately
following 6pm services. All
lare welcome to attend.
The Golden Key National
Honor Society will have
representatives in the CC
lobby from 10am-4pm. Come
find out what the honor
society has to offer.
having a Spades & Domino
Tournement at McDuff's.
Come hungry!
Footworks is coming! The
University Dance Council will
be performing at 8pm at the
Performing Arts Center. For
more information call 442-
3318.
Sat., February 13
The Ebony Associaiton
presents the Dating Game
Show to be held in the CC
8pm sharp and features DJ
RON G. The Sadie Hawkins
Ball Room Dance starts at
10pm. Admission is $8
w/college ID and $10 w/out.
Call 437-1728 for more
information.
Footworks will be perfoming
at 8pm in the PAC.
Sun., February 14
Footworks will be perfoming
at 7pm in the PAC
Mon., February 15
Student Association
elections will take place
11:30-1:00 & 4:30-7pm in the
Campus Center and on the
Quads. Come out and vote
for your student leaders.
The South Asian Student
Association will be holding
its bi-weekly meeting at 8:30
in LC-21. If you are of Indian
descent (Indian, Pakistani,
Bangladeshi, Cuyanese, etc.)
or are interested in the
region, please join us. New
welcome. For info, 442-6414.)
Tues., February 16
LGBA will be sponsoring a
support group for men every|
Tuesday at 6:30pm in the
Education Bldg. 127. For
more info, call or stop by|
CC333, 442-5672.
LGBA will be holding
meetings every Tuesday at
8pm in ED 335. Come and|
help plan the Spring 1993
agenda.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS_&
Renowned hypnotist returns to SUNYA
‘ By RacuEt DETESO AND
Davip KaPLAaN
renowned
Dr: Bengali,
hypnotist, returned to SUNY
Albany Tuesday night to
entertain a full audience in
lecture center 18.
Everyone can be hypnotised,
but some people more easily
than others, said Bengali.
The entire audience was asked
to participate in a screening
process, by concentrating on a
sample suggestion. Then,
Dr. Bengali performs his magic.
members of the
audience who had felt
the hypnotic influence
were asked to come
forward and
| participate.
Throughout the two
hour long event, about
twenty-five volunteers
» were hypnotized and
convinced to do
various things.
Among other things,
the volunteers were
convinced they had no
memory; when their
friends were asked to
come up. the
volunteers did not
recognize them and would not
agree to go with them.
“No one can be hypnotized
against their will,” Bengali said,
nor will anyone do anything that
is against their own moral
beliefs. Bengali convinced the
volunteers they were naked and
they hurried to cover themselves
up. He also told two volunteers
they lost their “vital organs” and
they rushed around trying to find
them.
One volunteer, Noel Hirsch
said, “I was very skeptical at
first but when I started eating the
raw potato I knew this guy was
for real.” Hirsch also felt
Bengali had varying degrees of
control over people.
Hirsch said, “Part of his talent
as a hypnotist is the ability to
determine who he has control
over. He knew he was affecting
Bengali astounds students with hypnotic influence
some people more than others,
and those are the people who he
used.”
One member of the audience
said, “Some people were just
faking the whole thing. There
were a few volunteers who were
under complete control. Bengali
took advantage of the few people
under complete control, and the
audience responded very well. It
appeared as though the guy in
the black shirt was most
susceptable to his hypnosis, and
Bengali took advantage of that.
Bengali’s sensitivity to the
audience is part of his whole
act”
A memorable suggestion was
when the volunteers were told
they were in a talent show and
were asked to perform any
special talent. Bengali also told
Continued on page 17
Bronx Zoo goes beyond even its own limits
New name
brings new found
hope for animals
By Karen STEIN
Associare News Eprror
In efforts to ke
number of wi
Zoological
this week.
NYZS, a world leader in wildlife
conservation, has been in existence 98
years, stated a press release from the
society.
Its new name, NYZS/The Wildlife
Conservation Society, is a “reflection of
the fact that we are, and have been for
along time, an international wildlife
conservation with a broad impact on
conservation policies and strategies
worldwide,” said Society President
William Conway in a letter to members
“Clearly, we have outgrown the limits
of our old name,” said Wildlife
Conservation society Chairman Howard
Phipps, Jr.
eep up with the growing
parks, “The New York
Society took on a new name
Orgasm.
question the author, Dr. £
Schwartz will be intervi
Ron Balle of the Ror
done.” Balle said.
University in California.
ordered during the show.
WCDB D.J.s will be conducting a phone
interview with the author of The One Hour
The interview, to take place February 17th
at 8a.m., will allow listeners to call in and
ob Schwartz, about
his book, said WCDB D.J. Brian Perlis.
ved by Perlis and
and Brian show.
“I'm excited about it because I feel it gives
the show more respectability. We've been
doing the show for about four months and this
is the first remotely professional thing we’ve
Schwartz’s book, his fourth, is based on a
class taught by Dr. W. Victor’ Baranco of More
According to Balle, copies of The One Hour
Orgasm will be offered at a special price if
Other books by Schwartz, as listed in R.R.
Bowker’s Books In Print 1992-1993, include
Diets Don’t Work and Diets Still Don’t Work.
— By Hers TERNS
According to the release, NYZS_not
only runs and operates The Bronx Zoo
and The New York Aquarium but also
actively works outdoors to save wildlife
and wild places since 1895
Recently, as a result of the i
global
extinction crisis, the society has had to
move in anew direction. They now
include 158 projects in 41 countries,
which makes them one of the largest
international wildlife conservation field
programs in the world, the society said.
Perhaps the most visible charges the
society made are the new names.of its
facilities, including The Bronx Zoo which
will new be known as The International
Wildlife Conservation Park. According
to the society’s press release,
“The move away from the ‘zoo’ term is
deliberate. Unfortunately, the word *z00°
now connotes activities less far-reaching
than ours. The new name more
accurately describe what we're about,”
Conway said.
“Conservation, especially wildlife
conservation. more accurately represents
what we do around the world,” said Steve
Dunlop, executive manager of National
Communications For NYZS/The Wildlife
Conservation Society. “Conservation
Orgasm by Radio
parks give back to the wild,” Dunlop
said.
Aside from the changes in the
facilities’ names, he Wildlife
Conservation society also has many
projects underway at this time
Biotelemetry is a global project that
enables the society to track and monitor
wildlife individually or in groups around
the world. They are now able to follow
tadio collared African elephants in the
wild via satellite transmissions received
at the International Wildlife Conservation
Park (Bronx Zoo), stated the release.
Paseo Pantera (Path of The Panther) is
a program designed to preserve Central
America’s Biodiversity. This program is
a five year, $4 million project involving
the Society, and the Caribbean
Conservation Corporation, the US
Agency For International Development as
well as seven Central American nations,
stated the release.
Among the society's other projects are
the translocation of Black Howler
Monkeys, an ambitious wildlife
restoration project in southern Belize; a
program to protect the endangered rhino
species from Rhino-Horn’ Poachers in
Continued on page 17
Staff Photo by Patrick Cullen
Independent
honors group
serves the
community
By PAM RESNICK
News Editor
Academic excellence is not the only
asset the Presidential Honors Society
has to offer, says Brian Kerr, chairman
of the society.
As a two-year old group with 20-30
active members, the society has run
“various ‘activities within the
community [including] tutoring and
fundraising,” Kerr said.
With their requirements being a 3.74
grade point average and at least
sophomore status, Kerr said, “we
promote academic excellence and civic
consciousness.”
The group is run as a model of
equality. Kerr said “[we have] no
officers...no membership fees!” They
follow a policy of “natural ranking,”
Kerr said.
“It’s a friendly and welcoming
atmosphere of varying viewpoints,”
said Deborah Milham, a society
member,
Renee Tobin, another member of the
society, said “it’s basically a_small
organization that ‘tries to go oat to the
whole community and improve it.”
Kerr said the society is “not allowed
to be SA funded” because they are
considered a discriminatory group.
When we need money,” Kerr said. |
“we just raise it for that occasion”
Among the activities sponsored by
the Society are visits to Nursing Homes
and Children’s Hospitals, Food and
Clothing drives and co-sponsoring of
Peer Advisement Day, Kerr said.
Dean of Undergraduate Students,
Sung Bok Kim is the society's
“pseudo” advisor. =
“His support has been incredible,”
Kerr said, “[Dean Kim has been]
behind this thing about 200%."
For those interested, the Presidential
Honor Society will be holding a
General Interest Meeting Thursday,
February 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Earth
Science 139. re
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SUNYA professor awarded
University at Albany Professor Thomas J. Galvin has been
given the 1993 ALISE Award for Professional Contribution to
Library and Information Science Education.
Galvin is a professor of information science at SUNYA’
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and is the
director of the new Ph.D. program in information science. He
was given the Association for Library and Information
Science Education award at the Association’s 1993 annual
meeting in Colorado. 3
Galvin was cited for his contributions in developing new
areas of telecommunications within the information science
field, and for an exemplary record of research and publication
and as a professor, scholar, author and director.
Summer jobs are offered
The Unoffici udent le is offering employment
‘| Opportunities for summer students this summer. Students can
gain valuable-business and publishing skills while earning
great pay.
Associates sell advertising to local businesses, compile the
| Guide’s' campus information listing, and manage distribution
Of the guides at the beginning of the school year. Instructional
~ | job training takes place throughout the summer from Campus
Concepts.
Campus Concepts will be recruiting Summer Sales
Associates ‘for the Guide on the SUNYA campus on
Wednesday, Feb 17. Students who want to join can call 1-800-
743-2220 or stop by the campus job placement office to fins
*}out'moré information. ."- --- ta
Free concert in PAC
The New England Winds, the woodwind quintet of the Air
Force Band of Liberty, will present a free concert in the
Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center on Monday, Feb.
15 at 8:00 PM. Seating for this free-evetit will be on a first-
come , first-served basis. The quintet offers a variéty of music
from the 18th to 20th centuries. Their repertoire includes
selections of popular, Broadway, patriotic, jazz and folk
music.
On Tues, Feb.16 in the Main Theater of the Performing
‘Arts Center another concert willl be offered. Five young
soloists from the University Community Orchestra will be
featured in the Annual Student Concerto Concert. Admission
is free and the concert begins at 8:00PM.
Selections from Hayden, Max Bruch, Mozart, and
Mendelssohn will be performed,
For further information on either of these events call Alton
McCloud at 442-3995.
Saturn to award money
Applications for the 1993 Saturn award are now available.
Saturn would like to recognize and encourage efforts of
innovative students across the country and is offering
rewards. The winning campus team will receive $1000-and a
trophy at a Saturn-hosted reception and also become eligible
for the National Saturn Award of $5000 presented at Saturn.
Teams of three or more students ‘tan apply with projects
that either began-or were active within one year prior to the
application deadline.
For more information call 442-5566. Applications are due
by March 1, 1993.
Quartet contest continues
Preliminary contests for the 1993 Collegiate Quartet
Competition are. currently underway. The Society for the
Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet
Singing in America, inc, will be awarding $8500 in prizes to
quartets of men under the age of 23.
Twenty-one qualifying quartets will compete in the finals,
to be held June 30 at the Society's International convention in
Calgary, Alberta.
For further information on regional preliminary dates and
sites, and a complete set of contest tules, contact Bill
Rashleigh at (800)876-SING.
Touring students to perform
“UP with People,” an international enterntainment non-
profit organization, will be on the Lecture Center concourse
today between 10 am and 2pm soliciting interested students
who wish to join. The perfomers are college students, ages
18-26, who tour around the world for one year, performing
and doing community service in the areas they visit. They will
be performing tonight in the Albany PalaceTheater. Call the
Palcae Theater at 465-3333 for ticket onformation.
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Pope wants
to protect
Christian faith
By DANIEL WaKIN
Khartoum, Sudan
(AP) Pope John Paul II told Sudan’s
military leader on Wednesday that his
Muslim fundamentalist government
had a duty to protect Christians
struggling for the freedom to practice
their faith.
President Omar Hasan el- Bashir
denied Christians were oppressed. A
human rights group insisted the
Sudanese government systematically
violated the rights of ethnic and
religious minorities.
And officials in a rebel- held village
in the south said el- Bashir “does not
give a damn whether the Pope is
around” and ordered their starving
community bombed.
Religious, political and radical
conflicts exploded in civil war 10 years
ago in the mainly Christian and animist
south, where black African rebels are
fighting for independence against the
government in the Arab Muslim north,
The violence, exacerbated by famine,
has killed as many as | million people,
displaced 6 million more and sent
hundred of thousands of Christians
fleeing to the desert surrounding
Khartoum,
Stopping for nine hours in as country
where parishes have been closed,
missionaries expelled, priests arrested
and Christians rounded up, the Pontiff
publicly rebuked the government.
“No group should consider itself
superior to another,” he told el- Bashir.
“The state has a duty to respect and
defend the differences existing among
its citizens.”
Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro
said the pope has not spoken out so
forcefully on behalf of endangered
Christians since 1979, when he made
his first trip as pope to his native
Poland. His remarks clearly reflected
the Vatican's concern over the rise of
Islamic fundamentalism in Africa and
elsewhere.
Sudan is 70 percent Muslim and the
Vatican says there are 2 million Roman
Catholics among the 26 million
Sudanese.
The popes brief visit to Sudan was
the last leg on his 10th African tour.
The pontiff has hoped to prod the
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Clinton enforces peace in former Yugoslavia
Washington, D.C.
(AP) The Clinton administration
said Wednesday U.S. troops
could be sent to enforce peace in
the former Yugoslavia if warring
factions can negotiate a
settlement.“Our conscience
revolts” at unending accounts of
murder and rape, said Secretary
of State Warren M. Christopher.
Christopher announced the
possibility of using American
troops as part of an international
force to deal with what he called
“a cauldron of ethnic hatreds.”
Other key provisions of a six-
point administration plan
included the appointment of
Reginald Bartholomew, the U.S...
ambassador to NATO, to assist
international mediators forge
agreement, and a pledge to
tighten the U.N. trade embargo
against the federation of Serbia
and Montenegro.
Christopher, at a. news
conference, denounced the
Serbs, accusing them of a wide
range of atrocities in Bosnia-
Herzegovina, but he said
President Clinton had ruled out
providing the Muslims with U.S.
weapons or using U.S. air power
to silence Serbian mortar fire.
He said those options were
weighed during the three-week
review conducted by the new
administration but — were
discarded out of concern that
British, French and Canadian
peacekeepers in the stricken
country might be “gravely
force.
“We are prepared to use
military power to enforce the
agreement,” he said. “It is
premature to try to analyze what
kind of military power is
necessary.”
Other senior U.S. officials,
speaking on condition of
anonymity, said there was no
Christopher, describing the
situation in the Balkans as
deteriorating, said: “By acting
now we can prove that every
crisis does not mean a choice
between inaction and unilateral
American” action. He said, “We
want to create an atmosphere
and an environment in which all
parties see a self-interest in
“By acting now we can prove that every crisis
does not mean a choice between inaction and
unilateral American action."
-Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher
endangered.”
He said the United States
could not ignore what was going
on in Bosnia-Herzegovina and
said Clinton wanted to “bring
the full weight of American
diplomacy to bear.”
On the potential use of U.S..
troops, Christopher said they
would be sent to the Balkans
only in-the event of a negotiated
settlement and only as part of a
multinational U.N. or NATO
As NY's economy falls
Albany NY.
(AP)- With Gov. Mario Cuomo’s
popularity at an all time low and
New York’s economy continuing
to stumble, almost 20 potential
Republican candidates for
governor have surfaced.
That’s a marked difference
from, 1990 when _ frantic
Republican leaders, having been
turned down by almost
everyone, handed their
nomination to a little known
economist who had never run for
political office.
Five months later, Piere
Rinfret suffered the worst
republican defeat in New York
history, collecting just over 21
percent of the vote.
But that was then and this is,
well, three years later. Battered
by a recession, New York’s state
taxes have been repeatedly
raised while services have been
cut. Democrat Cuomo’s
approval rating, according to the
Marist College Institute for
Public Opinion poll, was at 44
percent last fall. In January,
1988, it was 77 percent.
“He’s vulnerable and people
sense they can win,” said state
GOP chairman William Powers.
With the election still more
than a year away, some big-
name Republicans are playing
the “not ruling it out” game.
decision yet on whether ground
troops would act as
peacekeepers.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., a
senior member of the Foreign
Relations Committee, said
Christopher called him and said
that as many as 5,000 to 10,000
American troops could join a
40,000-member NATO force
that might go to Bosnia under
U.N. auspices once a new peace
accord is concluded.
negotiating a political solution.”
Christopher began the news:
conference with criticism of the
bush administration’s policy.
“The West has missed every
opportunity” to keep the conflict
from deepening, he said. As a
result, he asserted, the Clinton
administration faces “a much
more intractable situation.”
Before Christopher’s
announcement, ‘Clinton
conferred with Russian President
Boris N. Yeltsin by telephone
and with other world leaders.
The United States will need their
support on the U.N. Security
Council to carry out
‘Wednesday’s pledges to enforce
a “no-fly” zone over Bosnia and
to tighten the U.N. trade
embargo of Serbia~ and
Montenegro.
Christopher said Bartholomew
would go to Moscow to confer
with Yeltsin before joining
mediators Cyrus R. Vance and
Lord Owen at the United
Nations to plan their: next
moves.
Leaders of Bosnian Serbs and
Muslims: both- have rejected the
mediators’ proposal to establish
10 autonomous zones in Bosnia,
and, the Muslims have rejected
cease-fire terms as well.
Christopher said Varice, a
former secretary of state, and
Owen,-a former British foreign
secretary, appeared to be trying
to impose terms on the warring
parties.
“We. have no -prescribed
solution,” Christopher said,
gubernatorial candidates increase
They include Sen. Alfonse
D’Mato, coming off a bruising
November re-election win, and
Lewis Lehrman, the millionaire
businessman who narrowly lost
the governor’s race to Cuomo in
1982.
Others who have expressed an
interest in the race or who have
been mentioned as potential
candidates -by Republican
leaders include: cosmetics heir
Ronald Lauder; former US.
Ambassador to France Evan
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and J. Patrick Barrett; US. Rep.
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A political conference hosted
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but politically . influential
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Pope
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Sudanese government to stop
abuses in the south that have
been criticized worldwide.
El-Bashir, during a public
meeting with the pope, calmly
denied his country violated the
rights of its Christian minority.
He called such accusations lies
and distortions and blamed the
country’s problems on “foreign
intervention” and the western
press.
In a report issued Wednesday
, the human rights group Africa
Watch said assurances of
religious freedom by the Muslim
government “belied both the past
history and present practices.”
The group accused Sudan of
“systematic violations” of the
tights of Copts and other ethnic
and religious minorities.
On Saturday, as John Paul said
mass in northern Uganda, a
Sudanese army plane bombed
the rebel- held community of
Kajo Kaji, killing 17 people,
officials said.
“Bahsir-does not give a damn
if the pope is around,” said
Mario Muor Muor, a leader of
the rebel Sudan
Liberation Army.
At mass in Green Square
attended by more than 200,000
people in Khartoum on
Wednesday, John Paul made
impassioned appeals for
religious freedom.
“The immense suffering of
millions of innocent victims
impels me to voice my solidarity
with the weak and defenseless,
who cry out to god for help, for
justice, for respect for their god-
given dignity as human beings,
for their basic human rights, for
the freedom to believe and
practice their faith without fear
or discrimination,” the pope said.
“It is my earnest hope that
there will be more dialogue and
cooperation between Christians
and Muslims in Sudan,” he
said. “We must realize that to use
religions an excuse for injustice
is a terrible abuse, and it must be
condemned by all true believers
in god.”
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research, Preliminary studies have shown
that it. is caused by nutritional
deficiencies. A deficiency in the B
vitamins (especially B-6) and the mineral
magnesium is thought to create an
imbalance of the hormones which control
the menstrual cycle. One result of this
imbalance is the variety of symptoms we
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By Ed Pere:
Legendary ladies’ man
Don Juan, former actor
John Travolta, wrestler
Randy Savage and former “I
Love Lucy” star “Ricky
Ricardo” all have something
in common, and it’s not
that they've all slept with
Amy Fisher. Each one of
these men was at one time
or another considered
“macho”. All of them had
the qualities that one
would expect a man who is
“macho” to have, among
these a suave attitude with
the girls and, of course,
that “tough guy” image.
There are mixed attitudes
toward the idea of macho
and what is called
“machismo.” Some people
dislike or are even
disgusted by those men
who fit the defining
characteristics of
“machismo.” On the other
hand, there are those who
may look up to these cool
guys, and surprisingly
enough, some females fall
into this category as well.
What exactly is
machismo anyway? Well,
to begin with, machismo is
a word which has a
Mexican-Spanish origin, as
the word macho means
“masculine” in Spanish. If ~
you looked up machismo in
the dictionary, you might
find a definition that states,
“strong or assertive
masculinity; virility”
(courtesy of Webster's New
World Dictionary). Since it
is originally a Spanish
term, the origins of
machismo can be traced
back to the traditional
ideas and beliefs*of the
Spanish people. For
example, a young man’s
shyness with girls would be
considered unacceptable in
a traditional Spanish or
Latino society because it
would be tragic if the young
man did not marry and
therefore not father any
heirs to continue the family
name. Also, during times of
courtship, young men
would have to prove that
they were worthy of a lady's
hand-by showing their
superior strength, charm
and sex appeal. Since then,
the ideas connected with
machismo and a “macho”
male attitude have adjusted
to modern ideals.
Today, if you weré to look
through the eyes of a
“macho” man, you would
find that machismo has
taken ona néw meaning
dué ‘to’ society's trends and
more ‘modern’ ways of
thinking:In other words, a
male ‘who possesses these
ideals today ismany times,
not‘resulting from noble
interitions: or ‘from wanting
to impress the opposite sex.
Today Rak hare an or
Latin America, but all over
the world, men are
expected to act in a certain
fashion typical of how a
man should act. This is
apparent when young boys
reach school age and begin
to play together. It is then
that they start to learn
what is expected of them
and the proper way to
behave.
One example is
Ricardo Ayerz, a junior
working towards a major
in sociology. Ayerz
recalled a story from
when he was in the
fourth grade and was
confronted with the need to
take a “macho” attitude so
that he would not be
ridiculed by his peers.
“One day in gym class, I
started arguing with a kid
who I considered to be a
good friend. When he
challenged me to a fight I
had to accept because if I
didn’t, I would have been
picked on by everyone else.
it wasn’t that I didn’t think
I could beat him, but that I
just didn’t think a fight was
necessary. Finally when we
did fight after school, I beat
him, but only because I did
not want to look like a
wuss .in front of my
friends.”
Instances like this one
and others in which men
act certain ways to show off
their masculinity are
common examples of a
machismo attitude. To cite
a final example of one of
these instances, Phil
Williams, a freshman
whose planned major is
Accounting says, “When we
(men) go out and “hit skins”
and don’t call the next day,
this can be considered a
“macho” attitude by many
females.”
This brings us to how the
majority of women feel
about men who are
“macho.” I found that most
of the women I talked to
about this subject share
similar feelings with
sophomore and _ social
welfare major, Patricia
Chandler.
Chandler says, “Some
men take on a machismo
type attitude to use as a
defense mechanism
because of a lack of self
confidence, or it may result
from a need to prove
themselves.” A number of
women also feel that the
ideals of. -machismo
demonstrated by some men
display “ignorance and
insensitivity.”
However, there are
females who look at the
principals of machismo in a
different light,. this being
that they admire the men
who like to-display their~
masculinity. _One wornan,
who wishes to remain
anonymou admits,
“Knowing that a guy who is
“macho” likes me is kind of
a turn on, I mean it kind of
raises my self-esteem.” So
the attitude towards
machismo does have a
spectrum of different views.
Also, we must remember
studying computer science,
was asked: “What effects
do the principles of
machismo have on
American society today?”
he responded “American
society inherently contains
some of the principles of
machismo already and,
AIDS has revived the
homophobic notions that
some say are related to
machismo as it exists in
modern society.
If you take a look at the
current trends machismo
has taken in the United
States as well as other
MACHISMO
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that the term machismo
does not particularly mean
male dominance or
superiority over females,
but does mean a strong
expression of the male ego
and pride of one’s
masculinity.
Realizing that the concept
of machismo does indeed
have a variety of meanings
and can be displayed in a
number of ways brings us
to the question: Can
females display machismo?
One male described a
“macho” female as a
“feminist”. But as
mentioned earlier, the
range of the definition of
machismo is too wide for
one word to describe a
female who has “machista”
ideals. Chandler, brings up
the point that “women are
greatly judged on their
appearance.” Explaining
that in the same way males
may try to impress their
peers and the people they
are attracted to, females
may take similar steps by
having sex appeal and
similar characteristics to
help them feel “macho” in
a feminine sense of the
word.
Just because the notion
of machismo is of Spanish
origin does not mean that it
is confined to the Spanish
eultures,.<> There — are
numerous examples of
machismo in the U.S. and
other nations, Many Arab
cultures, for example, have
several prevailing
machismo principles and
attitudes as well.
Traditionally, women have
very little influence when
compared to men in these
societies. This shows an
underlying concept of
machismo. Similarly,
Japanese, Mediterranean,
and other European
cultures share aspects of
machismo with the rest of
the world. Something that
is distinct about machismo
in the U-S. isthat American
own pre-existing elements
Of-=-pridé “in one's
masculinity. When David
Bauman, a freshman
therefore, it’s hard to say
the extent that traditional
machismo has influenced
it.” Since the U.S. is a
country made up of many
different nationalities, it
has a unique form of
machismo in operation.
To take a different look at
our topic, this time how
machismo is affected by
society, we must examine
the rise in AIDS cases and
other STD's that have
occurred recently. Many
times the sexual aspects of
machismo can be
demonstrated when a man
who is “macho” succeeds in
having sex with a number
of different females. This
particular. practice is being
Suppressed because of
increased awareness about
Transmitted
the increased spread of
parts of the world, you
might find that it has taken.
sort of a backseat to things.
such as increased
sensitivity and basic social”
awareness. Freshman
Leila Noor, when asked how:
she felt the current trends
of machismo are affectin; :
today’s males responded,
“Less men feel they need to”
be macho today than in the
past.” This may be true for.
a number of reasons, some
of which definitely stem,
from increased sensitivity 3
to the needs of others. ra
Although many of the s&
called “negative aspects Ot
machismo" have bee
declining in recent decades,
its basic principles are stiff,
alive. Whether you like
or not, the enigma of
machismo will be aroun
for a long time and wilh
continue to” grow. and
change along with societies;
values. ~
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS Q
A
I can’t even remember
when it was that I first
heard about AIDS. I was
only about six or seven
years old when the first
cases of AIDS were
appearing, and I was only
about eight when it was
Officially defined. All 1 knew
then was that it was
something like Herpes, and
if 1 wanted to tease my
friends on the playground,
AIDS was a convenient
Substitute for the cooties.
When Rock Hudson died, I
was thirteen, and AIDS
was emerging as the
number one _ health
concern of our time.
Since then, AIDS has
become a popular object
for charity events, legal
battles, and calls for moral
purity. Because of the most
common ways in which it
is transmitted (via
homosexual sex and
intravenous drug use),
AIDS has been made into a
moral issue. Negative
stereotypes have developed
surrounding the disease
and its victims. This has
made their suffering even
worse, as the moral
Support attributed to a
victim of cancer or M.S.
may be largely diminished
for the AIDS patient.
It is uncertain how AIDS
started or where it came
from. It has probably been
in existence for a very long
time among apes. Many
chimpanzees have the HIV
virus, but do not develop
AIDS. This may be because
they have developed an
immunity to it. About 40
years ago, the disease first
crossed over from apes to
humans. Since the natural
habitat of chimpanzees is
subsaharan Africa, and
since AIDS is most
widespread in Africa, the
assumption has been made
that it originated in Africa.
However, positive data on
the origin of AIDS is hard
to come by.
AIDS spread to the
United States sometime in
the 1970's, or possibly
even somewhat earlier. The
virus first appeared in
urban centers,
particularly in the gay
community and
impoverished sectors
of the cities. There
was also a certain
concentration in the
Black and Latino
communities, where
it continues to be a
significant problem.
By the late 1970's
AIDS had taken the
lives of its first victims in
the United States. By the
end of 1993, it is expected
that 290,000 people in the
United States will have
died of AIDS. ‘ x
_ It's important to realize
that AIDS‘is a worldwide
problem. In subsaharan
Africa, right now there are
I
six million people with
AIDS. That's roughly one
out of every forty people in
that area. AIDS is a major
problem in most of the rest
of the Third World as well,
while in Western Europe,
the demographics are
similar to those in the
United States.
The progression of the
AIDS virus begins with
infection. This happens
when the internal bodily
fluids of one person come
into contact with those of a
person who is already
infected with the virus. The
most common ways in
which AIDS is transmitted
are by sharing needles and
by engaging in anal
intercourse. As a result,
incidence of AIDS is
highest among IV drug
users and homosexuals.
HIV is also commonly
transferred through oral
and vaginal sex, through
blood transfusions, and
from mother to child
during pregnancy and
delivery, or through breast
feeding.
Since the transfer of HIV
requires direct contact
between the internal fluids
of an infected person and
another individual, it is not
considered to be an easily
transmissible disease. HIV
has never been transmitted
through casual contact,
the air, water, food,
hugging, handshaking,
mosquito bites, toilet bowl
seats, water fountains, and
most kinds of kisses
(although French kissing
and other deep kissing
which involve the exchange
of saliva pose some risk).,
Razor blades,
toothbrushes, tattooing
needles, and ear-piercing
equipment may be unsafe,
although no cases of HIV
have been linked to their
use.
After the initial infection,
the person enters
the first stage
feels symptoms somewhat
similar to the flu, and the
body develops antibodies to
fight the virus. These
symptoms should not be
thought of as necessary for
HIV to be there. They could
be very mild, or barely
noticeable. A person
should still seek HIV
testing if he or she feels
that the virus may have
been contracted.
By the first 1 to 3
months following initial
infection, it will be possible
to test that person and
determine if the virus is
present. The most common
HIV blood test is the Elisa
test. It detects the
antibodies produced to
fight the HIV virus, but it
does not detect the HIV
virus itself.
Avoiding the AIDS virus
depends heavily upon
limiting contact between
one’s own internal bodily
fluids and those of others.
By being completely
abstinent, never using
needles, never getting
blood transfusions, not
being born a hemophiliac,
and not being born to HIV
infected parents, a person
could be very confident
that he will not get the
virus. Of course, this is a
quite unlikely scenario.
AIDS should not be
thought of as someone
else's problem because just
about all of us are capable
of getting it.
Using a condom will
reduce your chances of
getting AIDS. Condoms are
most effective when they
are made out of latex and
contain spermicide.
However, even with a
condom, anal sex is
considered to be too risky
because the condom is
more likely to break and
tissues in that area are
more likely to be torn. This
D
provides for a higher
chance of interaction
between the internal bodily
fluids of each individual.
It is also important to
have all equipment relating
to needle-injection
sterilized. In some
countries, where medical
technology is not as readily
available, the spread of
AIDS has been increased
because of unclean needles
and syringes. With regard
to blood transfusions, the
chances of getting HIV are
extremely remote. All blood
used is tested for HIV, and
the selection process is
extremely precise.
If we are capable of
getting it, we are all also
capable of giving it to other
people. So any person who
engages in any of those
behaviors that increase the
likelihood of the
transmission of HIV and is
not sure if he or she does
has the virus should think
about getting tested. For
more information regarding
the HIV antibody test, you
can all the HIV
Counseling Hotline at 1-
800-872-2777. You may be
required to be tested for
military service, blood
donations, some insurance
policies, and immigration
green cards as well.
The first stage of the
illness is called
seroconversion, which
simply means that
antibodies are beginning to
be produced. After this has
happened, the person will
enter the second stage of
the virus. During this
stage, the person will show
no symptoms. However, the
HIV virus is still there and
can still be transmitted. It
is important that
individuals are tested at
this stage because they can
potentially pass the disease
on to many other people
without even knowing
it. It’s also
S
important to be tested at
this point because if
treatment is given, it is
more likely to prolong the
life of the patient. Because
there are no symptoms at
this point, a person can
remain a healthy, active
participant in society while
he or she is at this stage.
The second stage can last
up to ten years, and can be
prolonged by treatment.
This stage could also be as
short as a few months.
At this point, some
people enter the third stage
of the progression of the
virus. This stage is marked
by a swelling of the lymph
glands called PGL
(persistent generalized
lymphadenopathy.) This
will continue for over three
months,
Eventually, a person's
condition will move into
the fourth and final stage
of the virus, which is often
referred to as full-blown
AIDS. At this. point, there
is still a wide range of
symptoms that a person
may experience. In general,
these symptoms do not
respond well to treatment.
At the start of the fourth
stage, a person may still
look and feel well. What
eventually happens to the
person is that the AIDS
virus attacks and
diminishes the immune
system, allowing the body
to remain unprotected
from certain diseases
which the body would
ordinarily be able to defend
against. These diseases,
which take advantage of
the weakening of the
immune system, are called
opportunistic diseases.
The most common of
these diseases is a form of
Pneumonia call PCP. Sixty
percent of the people who
have been diagnosed with
AIDS have had PCP, and it
is impossible to get this
disease with the immune
system intact. There are
also a number of other
such diseases, like
Kaposi's sarcoma, powerful
forms of Herpes, and
Cryptococcosis (which
leads to meningitis).
There is also a form
of Tuberculosis,
which responds to
no treatment.
A person
with the AIDS
virus can also
suffer from
neurological
diseases — like
dementia,
‘ myelopathy, and
\ nerve disease. There
“is also a wasting
‘syndrome, known as
Slim's disease, which an
AIDS sufferer can die
from: People with this
will = become
involuntarily
Continued on page 17
IEIDITOIRITAIL
SA: It's Educational
Reportedly, Student Association is preparing for the
mid semester bi-Elections. This election fills seats left
open from earlier elections. According to certain plans
the athletic fee referendum will not be included in the
Bi-election but will wait until the spring election in late
April. Apparently SA believes more students will
respond to elections when important positions are open.
Hopefully this will be the final time change after a run
of postponements, invalidation and just plain bad luck
- let's hope this is it.
The ASP Is Here For
All Students
Recently, the Albany Student Press has been
criticized for releasing the names of students arrested
by the Albany Police for falsifying drivers licenses.
Some argue that the Albany Student Press, as SUNYA's
leading newspaper should protect students.
The Albany Student Press upholds the tradition of
journalistic integrity by doing one thing, printing the
news and the facts, "to get the best obtainable version
of the truth.” The ASP printed the names of the
Students in the same way the Albany Times Union did.
If individuals believe the ASP should protect
students, then they should realize it does, by informing
them of the consequences of their actions. No matter
how intelligent ....or stupid .
Informing students without bias is the ASP's only
job. The ASP will continue to inform students and
faculty as long as it publishes. If an individual has a
problem with the ASP for it's journalistic integrity,
layout or spelling, they shouldn't just complain. They
should come to Campus Center 323...to join us.
One Woman Fights for
All People
Wednesday, Susan Molinari, a SUNYA alumnus and
a New York Representative to the United States
Congress addressed about 200 students at SUNYA.
Representative Molinari spoke to the large audience
regarding an important piece of legislation recently
signed into law, The landmark bill forces colleges and
universities across the country to establish concrete
guidelines regarding sexual assault and similar
violence, including disclosure of statistics.
Molinari's leadership with past legislation and current
co-sponsorship of the Violence Against Women Act is
an example to us all,
La, La, I Love You
This Sunday is St.Valentines Day. Although in
history in has been the time of massacres, little red
cards and a lot of heartbreaks, one thing that is a
constant is love. Love for one another is a constant that
we should work for everyday, and try to spread
thoughout the year. Let us use this day as an example
for all peoples to love one another for all time. (We all
should watch the annual Peanuts special on CBS
together).
“WHAT DO YOU NAN,
COLUMN
Osstnmutee oy
Condom Buying Ordeal
The first week of this semester, after purchasing my
books and office supplies, I decided that I should take
care of my biomedical needs for the next few months. I
dropped by a national chain drugstore adjacent to campus
and picked up a few items; stress formula multivitamins,
beta carotene and zinc supplements, a new toothbrush,
blades for my razor, aloe vera gel for my sickly Irish skin,
and some extra batteries for my walkman. I also picked
up a few items from the family planning aisle; a six
(boring) month or three (fun and happy) week supply of
latex products, a small bottle of water-soluble,
biochemically engineered short-chain lubricant and a tube
C. Adam O’ Toole
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» |"So-we have to put together.a plan that. keeps my é
~jcommitment to-you, invests in you and your jobs, in your
education, your health care, your future, that brings that
debt down, that deals with the health care crisis, and that
does it in a way that's fair to all Americans."
-President Clinton addressing the American public in his
first televised town meeting in office.
of spermicidal, anti-viral Nonoxynol-9 jelly. My plastic
shopping basket brimming with pharmaceutical goodies, I
waited in the checkout line and read the Weekly World
News to keep up with the latest in psychotic delusions.
“Next!” called one of the cashiers, an aged woman who
had a certain conservative, religious air about her; what
she was doing in a dead end minimum wage job is only
for her and her banker to know. She seemed to be a pious
Roman Catholic, the kind of woman one might expect to
see protesting against sex education at a school board
meeting one day, demonstrating for school prayer the
next. I decided that I’d let her help somebody else,
waiting instead for the other, younger cashier to finish
bagging some woman’s diapers and baby wipes. The
older woman, in a slightly exasperated tone of voice said,
“You, sir. May I help you?” and pointed most rudely at
yours truly with an arm at full extension. With no other
choice, I walked over to her register, playing it off as if I
had previously been lost in thought, and plunked my
basket down. She looked much older from a short
distance, which led me to believe that I should adopt ”
some defensive behaviors. Despite my ploy, which was to
hand her all of my non-sexually related items first, she
peeked in my basket and noticed the stacked boxes of
condoms, the bottle of lubricant and the spermicidal gel.
She made a facial gesture that signified an even mix of
disgust and moral superiority, consisting of an up turning
of the left corner of her mouth, a sudden contraction of
her pupils and a surprised elevation of her eyebrows
followed by an angry contraction of her brow and
forehead. She was clearly displeased with me and my
shopping choices. Her expression changed to the kind of
detachment mixed with superiority and disgust one might
expect from a garbage man with a Master’s degree in
Continued on page 17
If I Can't Change Your Mind...
It’s been three weeks since the Presidential
Inauguration, and what does our dear President do? He
actually has the nerve to appear in the newspapers. How
dare he take away-from such important issues as Amy.
Fisher and Michael Jackson's plastic surgery adventures.
How dare he talk about . . . issues.
Most of us knew this would happen, him being a baby
boomer and Democrat and all. I’m just surprised that he
wasted no time talking about the “I” word. He’s even
getting into the “C” word (Controversy, for those still wet
behind the ear). Well, my job is to make fun of the
politicians, his job is to make politics funny, and your job
is to pay fifty cents a day to read it (or you can read the
ASP for the low, low, introductory price of zilch).
Now on to the issues. The biggest issue at this point
would have to be gays in the military. Personally, I think
this shouldn’t have to be an issue. As it is, we don’t have
enough people joining the military. We should be glad
Adam Spector
that any able person is joining the military. We don’t have
such a great amount of people wanting to be all that they
can be that we should have the right to pick an choose.
This is by far not the first time an issue of this sort has
come up.
~ Many years ago, it was blacks ir the military. America
didn’t believe that ‘they could be good soldiers. I guess: -
they believe it now looking at the percent of blacks in the
military today. Same with Jews. I remember a few years
ago that there was a controversy over Jews wearing
yarmulkes while in the armed forces. I see the issue of
gays in the military as just another bigoted controversy by
a bunch of moral-minority, overly right-winged, has no
tight to speak about morals considering who they slept
with last week. Politicians, End of subject.
Then, there is the issue of Hillary Clinton being put in
charge of the health care referendum. Personally, she’s as
qualified as anybody for this issue. Her being the
President’s wife should not disqualify her from a job she
is more than capable of doing. Frankly, Republican's have
no right to complain about her getting this job. Saying
that Dan Quayle was qualified as Vice-President is like
saying that I have the build of Hulk Hogan (not to
mention the bald spot). :
Then, there is the matter of the job of Attorney General,
and whether giving illegal immigrants jobs should
disqualify you from politics. This is a bit harder to answer
than most questions. Personally, I look at this issue the
same way I looked at the marijuana issue of the 1980's,
namely, should your having used marijuana before you
went into politics disqualify you from a‘high political -
office. The answer in my opinion is no, it shouldn’t.
Many people have done marijuana, just as many people
may have hired an illegal immigrant at one point or
another, knowingly or unknowingly.
The question unfortunately goes far deeper than that.
The Attorney General is the highest law official in our
country. Should someone who has broken the law be the |
highest law official of the country. I feel that if the
candidate hired the person knowing originally that the
person was in the country illegally; then the candidate
should:be disqualified. If the person didn’t know or found
Out after the person was hired, then I.can accept ‘it.
The Republicah legacy has ended. A new one has
begun. Will the new be better than the old? I don’t know.
Thope so. All I hope right now is that the economy will
be better, the wars will be over, and maybe we can all get
along with our lives. I realize that this article isn’t as
humorous as you are used to seeing from my writing.
Even laughs have to end sometimes. Peace.
a a eR SF ET SPEED
LETTERS
No Smoking, Please...
To the Editor:
This University takes time to be attentive to the needs
of a good many groups, be they ethnic, handicapped,
academic or political, but I am a member of another
group which has been forsaken by the administration.
Non-smokers like me have been robbed of a
community area which we, like all students here, have a
right to inhabit and use freely.
The campus center lounge has become a haven for
smokers who persistently ignore signs and regulations
and pollute the campus center’s atmosphere. They leave
it at best unbreathable and at worst deadly.
On any afternoon one can walk into the lounge to find
it choked with smoke, a disgusting area strewn with crap
despite. garbage pails at every turn. Cigarette butts lye
like dead slugs after a heavy rain, on a carpet peppered
with the burns they have inflicted, because the careless
and insensitive people who smoked them simply didn’t
give a shit, and dropped them on the floor (The reason
you didn’t see any ashtrays, guilty smokers, is because
they’re typically not deployed in areas where smoking is
prohibited).
In this University environment where “political
correctness” is supposedly a priority and a “just
community” is a foremost concern, where is there justice
for the non-smokers who don’t want to sit in a repulsive
campus center between classes?
cAspectS ...
Joseph Faughnan, Editor in Chief
Patrick Cullen, Managing Editor
Glenn Teichman, Associate Managing Euitor
Allison Krampf, Pam Resnick
Karen Stein
shed in 1916
_Eric Dagnalt
niel Collender
.Kristen Hubbell
David Kaplan, Tom Murnane, Leanne Warshauer, Senior Ealtors
Contributing Editors: Lara Abrash, Cindy Chin, Mitch Hahn, Ellen
Kackmann, Kerri Lewis, Jim Lukaszewski, Jr., Morgan Lyle, Doug
Reinowitz, Ray Rogers, Bryan Sierra, Wayne Stock, Sandie Weitzman
Editorial Assistants: Jennifer Braine, Rache! DeTeso, John Lazar,
Louisa Petsitis, Jennifer Schultz, Adam Spector Photography
Assistant: Sal Coniglio Staff Writers: Ron Balle, Tasha Emmons, Matt
Fineman, Edwil Fontanilla, Luke Mangal, Adam Meyer, Hal Moss, Jon
‘Ostroff, Kevin Sonsky, Glenn Teichman Staff Photographers: Yaneev
Benno, Veronica Felix, Mike Femenella,Tal Goldhamer, Doug Henry,
Kimm Isgar, Ellen Kackmann, David Kaplan, Michael Kersten, Jason
Miller, Nicole Oliver, Jonathan Rollins, Alison Woscek Staff Artists:
Kerry Ann Costello, Erie Kim, Raymond McGrath, Stu Yellin
I want to know why U.P.D. has not been put to a
constructive use like enforcing the smoking ban in
University buildings. Surely one room - perhaps two if
you count the arcade - is not too much for an officer to
patrol? If the signs that say "No Smoking" are not
enough to discourage the activity, perhaps a policeman
issuing $20 summonses would be.
I'm not a troublemaker or a rabble-rouser. I’m just a
student who doesn’t smoke and who is pissed-off that I
have been effectively banished from a place that I have
every right to enjoy - smoke free. I wish that other non-
smokers like me would make their opinions heard by the
University administration. If enough of us grab their
attention, maybe they’ll get something done about this,
for the benefit of us all
Jeffrey Budzynski
Names Might Always
Hurt Me
To the Editor:
The suspension of Schott is one more step in the
direction towards a less painful society, steps we must
continue to take. Marge Schott, the owner of the
Cincinnati Reds professional baseball team, will be on a
mandatory hiatus and fined 25,000 dollars for using
repugnant comments as part of her regular vocabulary
while on the job. A disgruntled employee decided to tell
all about Marge’s degradation of her “colored” players,
Jewish collegeaus and Japanese business partners. The
baseball world reacted immediately, and several more
employees climbed on the bandwagon of righteousness
denouncing this conniving executive. On television, this
once tough fighter looks broken, leading all to believe
her bigotry was wrong. Her conviction brings a certain
relief, an acknowledgment that the public is committed
to banishing language that is purely, solely, universally
destructive.
Not everyone thinks the suspension was right, some
argue that Schott has improved Cincinnati's baseball and
is personable to all, especially children. So be it, may she
continue acts of good will after serving her time.
Marge’s behavior is more harmful than most of us
realize. By virtue of her high status position, she
perpetuates a system of language that is passed on to our
young, who will pass it on to theirs. Marge was putting
out the wrong message to too many.
We have all heard the nursery rhyme “sticks and
stones may break my bones but names will never hurt
me,” and questioned its truthfulness. Schott’s dismissal
casts a vote against the old childhood saying. We are
coming to understand that mental anguish is equal to
physical pain. If she had struck a player in rage, she
might have justified her position and possibly received a
lessor sentence. Locally, a professional hockey player
faced stiff penalties and suspension from the league for
using racial slurs against the Capital District's Islander’s
forward Grahm Townsend. Punishment for the diatribes
more severe than far fighting on the rink. Similar trends
are occurring in the workplace, a shoving match with a
co-worker might draw less criticism than the attack of
one by another who uses slurs. The condemnation of
verbal assault reaches its apex on the University campus,
students are hyper vigilant, and officials are poised to put
the crunch on violators. Each example attests to the fact
that name calling does hurt, and as we shall see destroys.
Since we are merely children who have gotten older,
considering how slurs and degrading remarks affects
children might help us understand how they impact upon
adults. Kids have a tendency to internalize critical
remarks ditected towards them that they cannot explain
away. Especially attacks by adults, or people bigger than
them. The feeling generated when unable to defend the
self is shame. without some kind of “come back” we face
severe debilitation and as children our come backs are
poor to non-existent., Shame destroys the soul, makes it
inhibited, fearful, withdrawn, and filled with self-hatred.
After receiving such jolts to mind and body susceptibility
increases. A person does not build stronger defenses but
instead, physiologically, develops pathways for shock to
more readily travel, Mice receiving jolts, of electricity
reacted to low currents that never-shocked mice should
detect. If we equate verbal attacks to shocks, a serious
problem becomes evident.. Many children, lambasted as
“tittle people,” might enter adulthood more open to pain
from verbal assault. Adults are less susceptible to shame
but more open to hurt. Racist and degrading language
destroys the souls of children, and children learn from
their parents, and some parents learn from people like
Marge Schott. A survey is not needed to measure the
“voltage” of racial slurs, if you have not felt the cattle
prod of disdain, consider yourself lucky, and perhaps
stronger because of it.
We need a society where minority citizens are not
subjected to “shock treatment” as children and hurt as
adults. Marge may have gotten a kick out of cutting
down anyone who did not look like her. She may have
had fun acting superior, and experienced intoxication
from power and control. But she also was a dam, holding
back water that soon cascades through turbines creating
electricity, juice that burns.
Jeff Sulivan
Middle Earth Helps
To the Editor:
Hello! My name is Bridget Finn and I would like to
take this opportunity to introduce myself as SUNY’s new
Health Educator, Prior to coming to the University, I had
the pleasure of working as a health and sexuality
educator with Planned Parenthood Health Services of
Northeastern New York.
Upon arrival at SUNY, I have been asked many times,
“exactly what does a health educator do?” Because this is
a new position at SUNY, my role will be changing and
expanding as the health education needs of the campus
community become more clear to me. I am currently
meeting with students, staff and faculty to gain a
perspective on perceptions of health issues addressed on
campus.
Health education addresses the intellectual, social,
physical, emotional, sexual, and spiritual aspects of
health. Part of your educational experience at SUNY will
involve making decisions about your health. For many of
you, your familiar resources of family, friends and
community are far away. I welcome you to utilize me as
a resource for addressing questions and concerns you
may have concerning health and wellness.
Tam available to coordinate and provide educational
programs for students and staff in those areas that relate
to health topics. Programs are described under general
areas of nutrition, wellness, sexuality, and alcohol/drugs,
but specific programs can be designed for a group. The
following are examples of a variety of programs you may
want to consider for your club or residence hall. Please
request programs at least two weeks in advance.
SEXUALITY: Reproductive Health, Relationships:
Rights and Responsibilities, Contraception Options,
Male Sexuality, Heterosexism.
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students, engenders trust by establishing an atmosphere
of positive growth, independence and increased
responsibility.
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law allows Powell 35
The
years in the Army, to serve a third two-
who has sper
B ates that he leave after
four, and Clinton has given no indication
that he would renominate Powell.
Largely overlooked in the extraordinary
flap over Powell’s retirement plans was
his statement Wednesday that he now
believed the defense budget could be
reduced even more than planned by the
Bush Administration without hurting U.S.
security.
“We believe that we can make
additional reductions now without doing
damage to the force,” Powell said on
NBC’s “Today.” “And President Clinton,
in the number of conversations I’ve had
with him, and Secretary Aspin have
reaffirmed to me that they want to keep
the quality of the force intact, but we have
to do it at less cost...And I’m confident
we'll be able to do that.”
Clinton wants to cut military spending
by $60 Billion more than Bush had
recommended by 1997, and troop strength
by 200,000 more than Powell has called
the minimum necessary.
Rumors have circulated in Washington
for weeks that Powell might choose to
resign rather than carry out Clinton’s
intended policy of ending the ban on
homosexuals serving openly in the
military. Powell and the service chiéfs
told Clinton in a meeting last month that
they oppose changing the policy, but
Powell said Wednesday that had nothing
to do with his desire to retire early.
“There is nothing, nothing, nothing of
substance behind reports I am planning to
desire to retire early over some
unhappiness, disgruntlement or fit of
pique,” he added.
Powell has made no secret that he
disagrees with Clinton’s intended policy
on homosexuals, but he disputed the
suggestions that he and the service chiefs
were challenging Clinton
“We are not being insubordinate. We
gave him our best advice. He li
that advice, he expressed his appreciation
for that advice, and now we have heard
from our commander-in-chief,” Powell
said. “He has given us our direction, and
we are moving out, And so there’s
nobody over here in blue funk.”
Powell said that reports of his plan to
retire early apparently stemmed from a
conversation he had last year with then-
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney.
Molinari
Continued from front page
and off-campus have been “dealt with a
little more honestly” than most other
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“Time after time it is the young woman
who is persecuted,” Molinari said, “Too
often, women who report to campus
security...will be double victimized.”
Molinari said, “When I was here most
rapes that we were aware of did not occur
on campus. Date rape was not really a
topic that was discussed by anyone.”
“A college taking steps goes a long way
to increase their reputation,” Molinari
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Student Association President Diego
Munoz said, “it is up to us to stand
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“Common Council has become very
aware of our presence,” Munoz said.
Tobacco later presented Molinari with a
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Minority students limited
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Washington, D.C.
(CPS) Although minority
students have made gains in
college enrollment, their
progress has been jeopardized by
reductions in state and federal
funding that limit their access to
higher education, a new report
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The report found that in 1990
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widespread state budget cuts,
which reduced funding for
higher education and forced
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rates and more students to seek
financial aid, including loans.
“Access by minorities to
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American Council on Education
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“The growing imbalance
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students at a disadvantage.”
Atwell said an upcoming cut
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| California-Santa
becomes
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embarrassment when her film
students at the university of
Barbara
lt the same way, she
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very highly charged genre
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California campus —
class first met in January. Her
has political and social weight :
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that exists in the world and let Ss
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Porn films from 1891 until
the present are shown, Penley
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“The ‘Gay Shoe Clerk” (1903),
full” reuice of her
department. and the
administration. She did say,
however, that the Santa
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Clinton takes first steps in spending cuts
President says
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FE Washington, D.C.
(AP) President Clinton ordered cuts in the
White House staff, salaries and privileges
_ Tuesday, saying he could not ask Americans
- to make economic sacrifices unless the
government shares the pain.
“The government must do more and make
do with less,” Clinton said, announcing a
Teduction of 350 full-time and part-time
workers and employees borrowed from
Other agencies. Most of the cuts will be
achieved without layoffs.
bridge construction and other projects.
Another warm-up step will be a televised
town meeting Wednesday, in Detroit.
The president will announce his program
Feb. 17 in an address to Congress.
The slimmed-down White House staff
will total 1,044, when fully effective on
October 1. White House chief of staff
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$10 million.
“The real promise the American people
want President Clinton to keep is slashing
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years,” said Senate Republican Leader Bob
Dole.
Clinton said the staff cuts fulfilled his
promise for a 25 precent reduction. He
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temporarily detailed to the White House to
other agencies.
McClarty noted CLinton’s $200,000
salary was exempt because it was set by
stature. McClarty , though eligible for a
limousine service, “is not accepting it at this
point,” Mark Gearan, his deputy said.
“This is not a shell game
Other steps announced by
Clinton:
Restrictions on the use of
chauffeured driven limousines to
three officials: the chief of staff,
National security adviser and his
deputy.
Transformation of the White
House mess to a cafeteria open to
all employees.
Salary reductions of 6 percent
to9 for senior officials.
Cuts in the White House
Subscriptions to newspapers and
Magazines. Clinton’s
announcement was part of the
Process of preparing Americans to
dig deeper in to their pockets for
where we’re moving people here
and counting people here,”
McClarty said.
Clinton’s team used a
benchmark of 1,394 White House
employees as the target for a 25
percent cut.
McClarty said that was the
number of workers in the Bush
White House on Election Day.
He said the figure included
full- and part- time staff,
employees borrowed from other
agencies, White House fellows
and presidential management
interns.
The hardest hit staff will be the
Office of National Drug Control
higher taxes to shrink the huge
deficit, and pay for highway and
Policy.
Policy. It will be cut from 146
people in the Bush
Administration to 25 under
Clinton.
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Gay admission to ROTC programs delayed
Clinton puts six month wait on
homosexual entrance into military
By JouN WILLIAMS
(CPS) Gay and lesbian college
students were pleased with
President Clinton’s move to
eventually end the ban of
homosexuals in the military, but
enthusiasm was tempered
because of the six-month delay
in signing the presidential order.
Clinton. was the center of a
maelstrom in late January when
he announced he would sign an
executive order ending a 50-year
military ban of gays and lesbians
in the military.
After meeting with the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and key
congressional leaders, Clinton
announced that the armed forces
immediately would stop asking
recruits and applicants to ROTC
units about their sexual
preference while the practical
details of reversing the ban are
worked out in the next six
months.
On Feb. 3, the Pentagon put
Clinton's orders into practice for
recruiting centers and ROTC
units. Prospective soldiers,
sailors, airmen and women
won’t be asked about their
sexual orientation; however, if
they are found to be homosexual
or admit to being gay or lesbian,
they will be kicked out, a
Department of Defense
spokesman said.
They will lose their pay and
benefits, but they will be eligible
for reinstatement if the gay ban
ends.
Gay and lesbian ROTC
students who have been ousted
for being homosexual won’t be
reinstated until the total ban is
ended. A spokeswoman for Air
Force ROTC at Maxwell Air
Force Base, Ala., said no
decision has been made
concerning the ongoing
investigations of gay and lesbian
ROTC students.
One ROTC student was turned
down for reinstatement four
days after Clinton made his
announcement on Jan. 29. Neal
Snow, a senior at the University
of Maine, was dismissed from
the school’s Air Force ROTC
unit last year when he told his
commanding officers he was
gay. a
He reappked for admission the
week Clinton announced that
sexual orientation questions
would no longer be asked, and
was turned down Feb. 1.
've tried to reapply. Since I
was already discharged, I was
told I was not allowed to
participate in the program,” said
Snow, a psychology major.
“They may not be allowed to
ask, but if they discover you are
gay, and it’s obvious I’m gay,
they won’t let you in.”
The military’s ban on gay and
lesbians is in direct conflict with
most schools’ equal opportunity
policies which forbid
discrimination on the basis of
race, disability, religion, sexual
orientation and ethnic origin.
Snow said he is fighting his
dismissal and is seeking adyice
from the University of Maine’s
legal counsel. What frustrates
Snow, he said, is that he believes
he would make an effective
officer. He wants to get a
master’s degree and become a
counselor in the Air Force.
“Once the ban is overturned,
the military is going to need
more counselors to deal with it,”
he said.
Dr. Terry Stein, who teaches
psychiatry at Michigan State
University in East Lansing, said
the uproar over allowing gays
and lesbians into the military
reflects societal prejudices
against homosexuals in general.
If the ban is lifted, there will
still be problems, he said.
Racism and sexism still exist,
even though African Americans
are allowed in the military, and
women are taking a more
prominent role and are allowed
to attend the military academies.
“There is continued racial
resistance and sexism against
women in the military,” he said.
“There might be some
problems, but there are already
thousands of gays and lesbians
in the military. The issue is that
they can’t identify themselves.”
The gay and lesbian issue
surfaced shortly after Clinton
was sworn into office Jan. 20.
He had made a campaign
promise to end the military ban,
but hit a wall of resistance when
he announced intentions to end
it. The Joint Chiefs of Staff,
military personnel, leaders in
Congress, and ordinary citizens
were vehement in their
opposition.
Gay and lesbian activists, and
their supporters, were equally
adamant the ban should end.
“My sense is that the issue has
been in the background so long,
those involved weren’t prepared
for the controversy when it came
to the surface,” said Robert
O'Neil, a law professor at the
University of Virginia. “There
are genuinely strong feelings
and they may be magnified in
the military. We tend to forget
sometimes that the military is a
hierarchical organization, that
when given a directive, will
accept. Once the word comes
down, it is the law.”
Part of Clinton’s immediate
compromise was ordering
Secretary of Defense Les Aspin
to prepare by July 15 a proposed
executive order repealing the
ban, and including a strict code
of sexual conduct for all
members of the military. O’Neil
said he agrees with the delay.
“Tt was a sound resolution and
a practical matter. I don’t think it
would have been possible to
charge ahead at full speed at this
point,” he said. “There had to be
some accommodation.”
There are also collateral issues
that need to be addressed, he
said,’ including benefits for
partners, housing, and even the
handling of issues already in
process, including investigations
and pending charges.
Some gay and lesbian college
students, however, think that
Clinton shouldn’t have
compromised.
Snow, at the University of
Maine, said the delay will hurt
his re-entry into the Air Force. “I
wish he had overturned the ban
right away. It would have helped
my situation,” he said, adding
that the delay will give
conservative opponents more
opportunity to organize and fight
for continuation of the ban.
Deborah Bey, president of the
Ten Percent Society at the
University of Wisconsin-
Madison, said that Clinton’s
action was a “step in a positive
direction, but not enough by any
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Ordeal
Continued from page 11
ecology. I smiled back as she
rang up the charges.
“That will be fifty three
dollars thirty nine, Sir.” said my
sSurrogate-superego
neighborhood pharmacy clerk. I
gave her three cash machine
fresh Jacksons, and in my
customary polite manner stated,
“ Out of sixty, please.” She
replied, “ Yes. Three times
twenty makes sixty.” My, was
she rattled, so wound up that
pure mathematical truth was
being spontaneously generated
by her vocal apparatus. I
expected her to slap my hands
with a ruler and order me to do a
few Hail Mary’s, but she gave
me my change without physical
incident. “Have a good night,
Sir,” she said, tensely. It was at
this time about three thirty in the
afternoon, sky blue, sun high in
the sky. I thanked the old
curmudgeon and _ happily
departed, entirely forgetting in
my embarrassed state to pick up
anew box of Phillies Blunts.
What amuses me the most
about my trial at the hands of the
cashier is the fact that I’m old
enough to married by now. I’m a
legal adult! I have already been
on job interviews, have already
had to consider the graduate
school question.
One might think that, the
aforementioned facts aside,
walking into a drug store with a
few-days of beard growth would
make one safe from such
personal attacks by the staff. I’m
really not young anyméfe//It i?
not as if I was some green fifteen
year old kid who walked
nervously around the store for
half an hour, browsing at nasal
sprays until he could build up
enough courage to walk over and
pick out his contraceptive
selection.
Picture this: The green kid’s
girlfriend waits in the parking lot
as he nervously shuffles up to
the register. Shoegazing, the
green kid plunks down a pack of
fruitstripe gum, a bag of cough
drops, a pencil sharpener,
pauses, and then drops a box of
Magnums, spermicidally
lubricated. It hits the countertop
with a too-heavy thud. A tense
moment occurs as his eyes meet
the cashier’s.
She glares at him, he pulls out
a few dollar bills and two rolls of
dimes. A few other shoppers
glance over, take in the heavy
scene. “Th... Th. . . They’re for
my d-d-d dad,” says he, and only
company policy allows the
transaction to take place. He
takes his change, dropping a few
pennies in the process, stuffs his
purchases shamefully into a
jacket pocket, bumps into
someone in back of him, then
hurriedly leaves to join his
companion in the parking lot.
The green kid feels eyes at his
back the entire way to her house,
and by the time they get there,
he’s far too nervous to do
anything but hold hands, watch
after school cartoons and have a
mug of hot cocoa.
I don’t want to make a big deal
out of some sixty year old
woman’s psychological hang
ups. After all, I could care less
about what she thinks of me and
my craven, hedonistic life style.
The point is, is that my shopping
experience was pretty amusing,
for two reasons. The first reason
is that I had to deal with some
old lady and her cultural
baggage, and she made my life a
little harder than I was expecting
it to be. The second is that,
despite my senior class standing
and presumably adult age status,
others in society can still treat
me like some green, snotty-
nosed, washed up junior high
school kid. And that, my friends,
is pretty funny. Despite my
efforts to graduate from SUNYA
with at the very least a B.A., and
my attempts to absorb and
emulate the adult role, I still get
manage to get treated like a little
nobody jerk. I suppose the
humiliation will only intensify
with my first job, which will
likely not meet up to my
expectations in any way, and my
next apartment, the rent for
which I will struggle to pay for
along with college loans and car
repairs for my ‘86 Escort. My
wardrobe and vitamins will be
the first economic casualties,
followed in turn by my record
collection and entertainment
budget. The world will have
quite a few laughs at my
expense,
So, my friends and readers,
I'm going to take my pleasures
when and where I can get them
and have a few laughs of my
own. Please don’t expect me to
wait until I've “deserved” them,
until the larger society
recognizes my right to have fun.
Society as 2 whole would rather
I was a mindlessly productive,
poorly paid cog in its machine
than a being seeking purpose,
enjoyment and fulfillment.
Societies as a whole don’t like
risks, don’t like any variables
that are outside of their control.
Society is a control freak, an anal
retentive personality writ large,
who keeps a personal library
according to the Dewey Decimal
System, who keeps love letters
in a filing cabinet.
A little dissent throws the
system out of order, scrambling
sacred codes, cigarette burns in
the national carpet. I don’t want
to seem overly critical, but some
of the decor that our society has
chosen for its house is really
ugly and dull.
I think it needs to air out its
closets and hire a contractor to
knock down some walls, to open
up some space. I think it ought to
get rid of the Victorian era
reproduction furniture, as well as
the “bathtub Mary” in the front
yard.
Who could blame me for
hating the paint job, for disliking
the red, white and blue color
scheme? And someone, please
tell it to drop the subscription to
Reader’s Digests, to get rid of
those Norman Rockwell prints
and Hummel figurines. At the
very least, push the two single
beds in the master bedroom
together, because the Cleavers
moved out in the early sixties.
Remember, the personal is
political. The form that mundane
life events, such as a visit to a
drugstore, take has the power to
shape our lives. Occasionally in
such happenings, conflicts reveal
themselves, conflicts that are
political in nature. The control
machine may work by declaring
war on its enemies, by
threatening them with the threat
of nuclear annihilation, but it
also exercises control through
simple social pressures, through
its power to sanction. Control
doesn’t need to implant
electrodes in your brain, it just
needs to play with your emotions
once in a while in order to make
you comply. The enemy
operative, masquerading as a
grandmotherly drug store clerk,
was unsuccessful in her mission.
She was unable to crack the code
on my mental defenses, was
unable to get her cranial control
virus into my psychic
blood/thought stream.
Unconscious processes
destroyed its protective cell coat,
its linguistic/genetic structure
was broken down, it was
deconstructed, decomposed, and
summarily excreted.
I think she was just jealous,
anyway.
Gays in ROTC
Continued from page 16
means.” The Ten Percent Society
is a social and political network
for gay, lesbian and bisexual
students at the University of
Wisconsin.
Bey said she believed one
reason the military is so opposed
to ending the ban is because
straight men are nervous that gay
men will be looking at them the
way men look at women.
“As a woman, my perspective
is that white heterosexuals can’t
stand the idea of men looking at
the men. Now they’re all freaked
out,” she said.
O'Neil, at the University of
Virginia, said that ROTC units
may lead the way in changing
attitudes toward gays and
lesbians because most colleges
and universities have policies
prohibiting discrimination based
‘on sexual orientation.
“I suspect the resistance is
likely to be least evident in
ROTC. They are dealing with
college students who are used to
institutional policies that forbid
discrimination about sexual
orientation,” he said. “ROTC
could provide a model or
example for the service to accept
gays and lesbians more readily.”
Snow wants to serve his
country, like thousands of other
gay and lesbians have done, and
he doesn’t think the fact he’s gay
will interfere with his service. “I
am very much determined to
become a good officer. I have
wanted to for a long time,” he
said. “I feel I would be make a
good officer.”
Clinton
Continued from page 15
Quayle’s Space Council was
wrapped into a new office of
science, technology and space
policy.
McClarty said some of the
reductions would be achieved
simply by hiring fewer people ,
while other cuts will be done by
attrition.
“We;re exploring early
retirement and voluntary
severance options where
possible,” he said. “There will be
some involuntary terminations.”
Pornography
Continued from page 14
Barbara Anti-Pornography
Coalition had called, saying they
had heard that “Deep Throat”
was being shown on campus.
However, the group is mostly
concerned with young children
seeing porn, so she wasn’t
worried about the organization’s
reactions to showing the films on
campus.
Penley said she wants to teach
the class again. In demystifying
porn, she said, the genre can be
viewed as a serious film type.
That still doesn’t cut down the
anxiety level among her
students, however.
“I think that we think
pornography films are horror
films. My class is actually seeing
it for what it is. I’m trying to get
over the misconceptions of what
porno films are, Penley said.
Affirm. Action
Continued from front page
violence.
“They’re covering up for
themselves,” Albino said.
Carter said that all bias-related
crime stems from a lack of
understanding between peoples
of different backgrounds.
“Cultural ignorance is the
weapon of bias-related crimes,
once we become humanized to
the enemy you can’t kill them,”
Carter said,
Albino also said cultural
tolerance is crucial to combating
bias-related violence. “The
University Police Department
needs to be more educated on the
needs of minority groups.”
Carter said it is important to be
knowledgeable about one’s
physical environment in order to
avoid being a victim of violence:
“Know your campus like the
back of your hand...Know a
campus security person like you
know your brother or sister,”
Carter said, “We've got to take
responsibility for protecting
ourselves.”
Albino said although most
students aren’t involved in trying
to stop violence on campus,
educating people would change
that.
“If people were aware they'd
get involved,” Albino said. The
media plays a big part in
educating the people.
“The media concentrates on
controversial issues rather than
on educational issues,” Albino
said.
Minority Ed.
Continued from page 14
were disappointing to college
officials nationwide, most said
they thought the near future
would bring about better results,
“To place the somewhat
discouraging news on the
national level in context, it must
be remembered that a major
philosophical change occurred at
the federal level yesterday
afternoon,” Buffalo State
College President F.C.
Richardson said.
Zoo
Continued from page 3
Asia and Africa; and the
Artificial insemination of a
leopard cat with frozen semen at
the International conservation
Park (Bronx Zoo).
This was the first time a non-
domestic cat was successfully
impregnated using frozen thawed
semen.
The birth of this threatened
species is a breakthrough in
sperm banking and artificial
reproduction techniques, stated
the release.
Hypnotist
Continued from page 3
the subjects the audience was
full of famous celebrities, sports
stars and politicians, and asked
the volunteers to go into the
audience and bring their favorite
celebrity to the stage. Among
the famous people the volunteers
returned with were Whitney
Houston, Jodie Foster, Arsenio
Hall, Cher, and Jean Claude Van
Damme.
Hirsch felt that he’ wasn’t
affected as much as the other
volunteers. He said, “I was
trying my best to avoid
concentrating on Dr. Bengali’s
voice. As a result I wasn’t
completely hypnotized but I was
in a relaxed state. The reason
why I stayed up on the stage is
because I wanted to join the
crowd, be a part of the gang. I
thought it was a humorous event
and I wanted to play along.”
AIDS
Continued from page 9
malnourished and will become
severely dehydrated. Fatigue,
fever, and diarrhea accompany
the.wasting syndrome,
A cure for AIDS is not likely
sin the foreseeable future, so
increasing’awareness of the virus
is crucial if its spread is to be
controlled; For college students,
this is especially true. One-fifth
of all of those with AIDS are in
their twenties, and AIDS is now
the second-leading cause of
death for men and the fifth
among women from the ages 25-
44. Accounting for the long time
period between infection and the
onset of AIDS (about ten years)
means a lot of people are getting
infected in their late teens and
early twenties.
Now is the most crucial time
to be aware and protect yourself.
Oil
Continued from page 7
pleaded guilty for the company
under an agreement negotiated
with federal prosecutors. The
company agreed to pay a
$500,000 fine and $7 million in
restitution and damages for the
unused oil the Pentagon was
stuck with.
U.S. District Court Judge
William Skretny accepted the
guilty plea and was expected to
impose the fine and damages
settlement at the company’s
sentencing March 9.
Vacco said the cheaper
ingredients apparently were
substituted by low-level
employees at Battenfeld and
investigators could not prove
that Bellanti or other upper
management officials knew
about it.
Joseph Sedita, an attorney for
Battenfled, said company
officials had not deliberately
defrauded the government.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993 ___ ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 19
Wrestling prepares for National Qualifiers
By Tom MurNANE
Senior Editor
No other Division IIL
wrestling team could do it last
week, so it took good old
Mother Nature to knock Albany
out of the top five in the NCAA
Division III poll.
Albany had been ranked fifth
after the Division HI Dual Meet
Tournament in January, but then
last week, the polling committee
which decides every two weeks
who the best teams in the
division are, dropped the Danes
down to seventh.
But why would a team that
trounced three Division III teams
last week, outgunning them by a
whopping 98-29, be dropped
two places?
“Tt wasn’t anything they did or
didn’t do,” SUNY Cortland’s
coach Gene Nighman said , who
sits on the polling g
committee and makes |
recommendations to j™
the committee on
teams from the upper
New York region,
which includes
Albany.
“They needed to
have wrestled (fifth-
ranked) St. Lawrence
last week for them to
have moved up, but
they had to cancel f
their match because of
bad weather. That
definitely hurt them,”
weight class next
weekend will qualify
for the NCAA
Tournament, scheduled
for March Sth and 6th
at the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy in New
London, Conn.,
Nighman said.
In addition to that
f the coaches meet after
the qualifiers and
throw in their six wild
card picks, he said,
which allows coaches
to pull for t
j wrestlers who have
Nighman said.
Albany has another
chance at moving up
in the rankings next week when
the newest NCAA poll is
released, Nighman said.
But no matter how his sixth-
ranked Cortland team or Albany
File Photo by Edwil Fontanilla
Albany is looking to wrestle their way to the top.
fares in that poll, Nighman
thinks both teams will score well
at the national qualifiers to be
held next weekend at Cortland’s
Park Center,
The top three wrestlers in each
solid records but failed
to place in the top three.
Nighman thinks that
Albany’s Van Fronhoffer should
take the 150 lb. championship at
the qualifiers.
“Van's a
American
returning
so he’s
All-
got the
experience...I’d have to pick him
to win it,” he said.
“There is a guy from SUNY
Brockport, D.J. Simanta, who's
coming down (in weight) from
158 lbs who’s good, but in my
opinion, I think Van is tougher,”
he added.
Nighman predicted several of
his wrestlers would do well also,
including Phil Kelly at 167,
who’s dropping down to 158 for
the qualifiers and 150lb. Tim
Godoy, who's going to Cortland
to wrestle at 158 Ibs.
He also said he considered
Fronhofer one of the best in the
country in his weight class,
along with a wrestler from
Wartburg (Iowa region).
“I don’t know if Van can beat
him or not, but both of them are
great wrestlers,” he said.
Men swimmers dominate for second straight
By Eric DAGNALL
Associate Sports Editor
The Albany swimming and diving
teams continued their never ending road
trip, stopping at Vassar, Wednesday
evening.
The menpicked up their second win in a
row, beating the home team 102-57. The
women also had a good showing, but fell
126-84.
The beginning of the season was dismal
at best for the men’s swimming team.
However at the last few meets, the men
have had superb performances. The men
are improving at the right time too, with
the New York State Tournament only two
weeks away.
Three swimmers had outstanding
swims taking three events apiece. In all
the men took nine of the twelve events.
Senior captain T.J. Davis headed the
pack with three wins in the freestyle
events. He cruised to a twenty second
victory in the 200-yard freestyle
(1:54.81), a fifty second victory in the
500-yard freestyle (5:17.23), and was a
part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team
(1:39.77). Incidentally the 5:17.23 time
in the 500-yard freestyle was Davis’
fastest time this year.
Junior Ben Feliciano won the 50 yard
freestyle in 24.37. He also swam in the
200-yard medley relay (1:53.21) and the
200-yard freestyle relay.
Freshman Dave Agresto had another
fine performance, winning the 200 yard
individual medley in 2:16.53, the 100
yard butterfly in 1:00.67. He was also on
the 200 yard freestyle relay team.
Senior Ed Haase contributed to the
team’s effort, placing second in the 100
yard breaststroke, and swimming a leg on
the 200 yard medley relay.
Sophomore Bill MeGowan fresh from a
weekend off, took both diving events for
Albany. He totaled 217.05 in the one
meter event and 221.63 in the three meter
event.
Though the women lost to Vassar, they
were able to take five events. However
the problem that Albany has faced
throughout the year has been a sheer lack
of numbers.
“Numbers have definitely killed us,”
Albany coach Dave Turnage said.
Senior captain Michelle Trudell won
the 100 yard freestyle with a time of
11:49.32, her best time of the season.
Junior Siobhan Martinko won the 200
yard backstroke (2:2
second in the
(1:05.48),
Vassar’s Anya Bailis had a standout
performance, winning three individual
events. She took the 100-yard butterfly
(1:03.57), the 500-yard freestyle
(5:31.92), and the 200-yard freestyle
(2:03.03).
Albany continues its dominance in the
diving events. Jennifer Peterson won
both the one meter and three meter with
scores of 166.28 and 191.85, respectively.
Dora Queredo came a close second with
scores of 157.35 and 184.95.
Next up for Albany is Plattsburgh State
tomorrow at University Gym, starting at
1:00 p.m.
1.28) and placed
100 yard butterfly
Men's track is
impressive at the
Millrose Games
By Epwit FONTANILLA
Staff Writer
Fresh off an impressive Albany performance at
the Capital District Tournament, the men’s 4x400
relay team traveled to Madison Square Garden to
compete in the Millrose Games.
The relay team came in second with a combined
time of 3:28.25, Only Parana College was
able to beat them. ‘
Junior Howie Sellers opened up ws an
excellent leg of 49.4. Sellers gave the team al5
meter lead.
Freshmen Zamafa Chickwendda and David
Abraham were the second and third ies and they
ran times of 53.3 and 52.1 respectively.
Sophomore Oscar Almendarez, who is ‘known
as an excellent jumper , ran anchor sath a uid
of 53 seconds. _
Mainly Division I Renna are invited to ‘this
Prestigious event, a credit to the strength of the
Albany squad, which is a Divisio Iteam. _
“We usually get invited t compel
ses Division I schools each’ Albi
Lady Danes
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forge ahead, Nealis hit two foul shots
after an Albany time-out to give the
Lady Danes the lead. Albany then
pulled in front when Tanya Johnson
drove the lane for a layin and Stanley
hit a beautiful 12-foot jumper. The
teams traded baskets and Albany
entered the locker-room ahead, 31-28.
One place that Albany did have
trouble was the foul line. Usually a
67.7% foul shooting team, the Lady
Danes could only hit eight of their
fourteen opportunities, a 57.1% clip.
The Colonials, on the other hand,
showed why they were the second
ranked team in the Northeast, hitting
87.5% of their free throws, including
nine of ten in the second half.
“You never know what might have
happened if we had hit our shots,”
Warner said, referring to the six
misses.
“Our performance shows what type
of a team we can be potentially. Our
team is starting to listen more in
practice and it is starting to pay off,“
she added.
Indeed it is. Before the loss the Lady
Danes had reeled off six straight wins,
dating back to the Lady Dane
Tournament.
Next up for Albany is Keuka,
College tomorrow at 6 p.m.
Albany (53)
Smith 0-0-0, Nealis 7-3-17, Johnson
311,DeLuca 0-0-0, Quinn 2. Jackey 0-0-0,
Stanley 4-0-8, Franklin 6-0-13, Witham 0-0-0.
Totals 23-8-53
West Conn. (60)
Commodore 3-0-9, Flowers 2-0-4, Hill 6-4-16,
Brooks 0-0-0, Joyner 0-0-0, Blood 1-1-4, Kindle
5-4-14, Green 2-0-4, Abbot 0-0-0, Cyr 2-5-9,
Totals 21-14-60
took the inbounds pass into the right
Great Danes
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corner and drove the baseline and
passed off to wide open Neil Ivery. As
Albany overreacted on defense, Ivery
scored the winning hoop and was
fouled as time apparently expired.
The referees put a second back on
the clock as Ivery went to the line to
miss on purpose. Murray rebounded
for Albany and immediately called a
time-out. Again the horn sounded and
again second was put back on the
clock. Albany set up for fullcourt
inbound but there was no Christian
Laettner to catch and shoot at the
buzzer.
Skidmore was paced by 6’7”
freshman Yusuf Screen who scored 14
points and grabbed 11 boards. The
Thoroughbreds’ balanced attack
featured five players with 10 or more
points.
The loss leaves Albany's post-
season goals more modestly on the
ECAC Tournament. Albany has five
games to go, with three on the road.
The Danes travel to Elmira College
for a 2:00p.m. tip-off Saturday.
Albany (60)
Murray 4-1-12, Hotaling 5-1-11, JaGraber 6-
5-17, Jo Graber 3-0-6, Fitzpatrick 4-0-8, Keegan
0-0-0, Ferrier 0-0-0, Brennan 1-0-3, Girnius 1-0-
3.
Totals 24-6-60
Skidmore (62)
Cook 5-1-12, Blair 4-4-13, Ivery 4-1-10,
Winter 5-1-11, Screen 6-2-14. Nargassans 0-2-2,
Rasmussen 0-0-0.
‘Totals 24-11-62
Arlington, Texas
(AP) Nolan Ryan, the all-time
strikeout leader with a record seven
no-hitters and 319 victories, will retire
after his 27th season in the major
leagues, the Texas Rangers said today.
With pitchers and catchers due to
report for spring training next week,
the team called a 4 p.m. CST news
conference in which Ryan will
Baseball legend Nolan Ryan
announce he is leaving the game. He
has played since joining the New
York Mets in 1966.
Ryan, 46, has 5,668 career
strikeouts and a record of 319-287,
but was only 5-9 last season, his
lowest victory total since winning six
games for the Mets in 1969.
Though he struggled, Ryan still
struck out 157 batters in 157 innings.
ready to retire
Ryan, who also pitched for the
California Angles and the Houston
Astros, joined the Rangers in 1989
and paid outstanding dividends. On
June 11, 1990 he pitched his sixth no-
hitter, beating the Oakland Athletics
5-0. He no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays
the next season and on July 31, 1990,
beat the Milwaukee Brewers for his
300th win.
ports
Friday
Men's Basketball at Elmira - Sat., 2:00
Women's B'Ball at Keuka - Sat., 6:00
Swimming vs. Plattsburgh - Sat., 1:00
Albany holds its own against W. Conn.
Lady Danes lose a see-saw battle, 60-53
By Eric DAGNALL
Associate Sports Editor
Albany (11-7) hosted Western
Connecticut (15-3), the second ranked
team in the Northeast, Wednesday night
at the Recreation and Convocation Center.
The Lady Danes put up a valiant effort
against the Colonials only to fall in the
closing minutes of the game, 60-53.
“I'm extremely glad with the way we
played as a team,” Albany coach Mari
Warner said. “I really proud of the way
we controlled some of the game, but it
Staff Photo by Mike Kersten
Stanley scores two of her eight on the night.
Danes fall
hurts when you know you know you're
close to a win.”
The Albany defense centered on Kelly
Kindle, West Connecticut’s leading
scorer, who is averaging 15.3 points per
game. Lady Dane senior captain Casey
Stanley had the daunting task of shutting
down Kindle. She did so with flair
holding Kindle to fourteen points, with
just two in the second half.
“It won’t show up on the stat sheet, but
she [Stanley] did a terrific job of shutting
Kindle down,” Warner said. “In fact, the
whole team did a great job containing
Kindle and Kathy Hill [the Colonials
other top scorer].”
Because she concentrated so much on
Kindle, Stanley herself scored only eight
points, five points below her average.
Each team tried to look for a break that
would turn the game in their favor. Not
until there were eight minutes remaining
in the game did an opportunity arise.
The Colonials capitalized on numerous
Albany turnovers and pulled off a 8-1 run
in what Warner described as the “two
minutes of hell,” that gave West Conn.
the momentum they sorely needed to pull
ahead.
Colonial Lashonda Commodore started
the run with deadly touch from the
outside. With Albany leading 37-30, she
nailed a trifecta from the top of the key to
pull West Conn. within four. After a
Albany's Lynda Nealis commited a
turnover, Michelle Cyr hit a bank shot off
the backboard to cut the Albany lead.
Warner called a time-out to settle down
the Lady Danes, who looked to be
coming apart at the seams.
Albany had committed seven
turnovers up to this point, but no
matter what Warner told the
team the turnovers would still
be coming.
After the time-out, Hill took
the ball in the paint and
struggled for a layin. On the
way up, Lady Dane's senior
Tkeuchi Franklin grabbed Hill,
giving her the chance for a three
point play.
Hill took her opportunity and
hit the foul shot, putting W.
Conn, ahead, 38-37.
Just when it seemed the see-
saw battle was about to resume,
Commodore hit a three to start a 14-3 run.
After a six-footer by Maura Quinn gave
Albany back the lead, Cyr hit two foul
shots to quickly bring West Conn. back.
With the game tied at 43, Quinn fouled
Cyr after she hit a basket, and Cyr
completed the three point play seconds
later.
Tricia Blood, cold for most of the
game, hit a shot from downtown to extend
the Colonial lead to six. With 7:03
remaining, after hitting one of two free
throws, Hill seemed to have put the game
out of reach with a layin off the glass for
a 52-43 lead.
However Albany still had a little fight
in them. Franklin hit two straight shots,
both layins inside the paint, and Albany
had pulled within five.
Cyr hit two clutch one and ones and
West Conn. was able to hold off any late
ee a na
Staff Photo by Mike Kersten
Nealis sinks one for Albany.
minute heroics from the Lady Danes.
In the first half, a see-saw battle
ensued right from the tip-off. A total of
ten lead changes resulted in the first half
and another five in the second.
Neither team was able to mount any
offensive runs, as the biggest spurt of the
first half was six straight by the Lady
Danes.
Stanley scored all of her eight points in
the first half on 60% shooting. Nealis
contributed nine points to the Lady
Danes’ cause.
To Albany’s credit, the Lady Danes
were aggressive on the offensive end,
pushing the ball up and hitting 50% of
their shots in the first half.
Albany’s biggest lead in the half was
five points, which they would carry into
the intermission.
With the Colonials ahead 22-21, the
Lady Danes scored six straight points to
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to Skidmore in closing seconds
By Matt FINEMAN
Staff Writer
The Great Danes entered Wednesday night’s battle
against Skidmore College with waning hopes of reaching
the Division II] NCAA Tournament. Facing Skidmore
for the second time this season turned into a game they’d
rather forget, however.
The Thoroughbreds stopped Albany basketball’s four-
game winning streak and in the process put an even
bigger cloud over the Danes playoff hopes.
Following a timeout with four seconds remaining and
the score tied at 60-60, Skidmore inbounded from near
halfcourt and ended up with an open layup to win at the
buzzer.
The heartbreaking loss was even more painful
considering the effort put forth by the Great Danes to
come back and tie the score.
The loss dropped Albany’s season record to 12-8,
while Skidmore notched their ninth win against 12
defeats. Skidmore:also, avoided a season sweep, having
lost to Albany, 68-52, in both team’s, 1992-93 debut at
the Capital District Tournament title game in November.
Albany looked sluggish in the first half, giving up easy
baskets in transition. Several times they were beaten
down the court after baskets when Skidmore released a
guard down court. Albany was fortunate to trail by only
five at the half, 27-22.
Sophomore Ted Hotaling kept the Danes in the game,
scoring 11 of the team’s first half points. Even with his
hot hand, Albany was only shooting 33.3% from the
field at the break.
“They did a good job defensively, zoning it up on us,”
Hotaling said. “They showed us a lot of different looks,
mixing things up with man to man and triangle and two
defenses.”
The officiating, or lack of it, also played a major role,
as the Danes managed to finish the first half without any
free throws attempted,
File Photo by Sal Coniglio
For once Jason Graber could not lead Albany to victory.
The second half opened at a much quicker pace, with
both teams shooting the ball better. Early on it was co-
captain Gary Murray lighting things up for Albany. The
junior point guard was slowed by three quick fouls in the
first half but found the touch in the second stanza.
Murray connected on three of six three pointers on the
way to 12 points.
With about nine minutes left in the game, Albany
trailed, 51-41. Junior co-captain Jason Graber then took
his turn carrying the offensive load. The team’s leading
scorer keyed a 12-2 spurt that knotted the game at 53.
eight of his team high 17 points, 13 of which came in
the second half. Graber also pulled in a team high It
rebounds.
Albany fell behind down the stretch and trailed by
three with under two minutes remaining. On one key
possession with 1:34 on the clock, freshman Josh Graber,
Graber hit two field goals and four free throws for
Jason’s brother, missed a three pointer for the tie. Junior —
Paul Fitzpatrick grabbed the offensive rebound for the
Danes but missed the ensuing shot,
Albany again regained possession and moved, the ball
around the perimeter to find junior Jason Girnius spotted
up on the right wing. Girnius let go a game tying three-
pointer, his first of the year, with :12 seconds left in the
game.
Albany head coach Doc Sauers was not very happy
with what followed Girnius’ shot. Skidmore ran off some
seconds and called timeout with four ticks remaining.
The Danes stayed in a man to man as Skidmore
inbounded from their right offensive sideline. Tim Blair
continued on page 19
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