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Judy Shepard, human and gay rights activist, speaks to UAlbany

By BENJAMIN POLEN
Executive Editor

It was standing room only
Tuesday night, as an overflowing
house filled the Campus Center
Ballroom to hear Judy Shepard,
mother of the late Matthew Shep-
ard, present “The Legacy of
Matthew Shepard.”

After his brutal murder in
October 1998, when his beaten
body was tied to a fence on the
Wyoming prairie and left for
dead, Matthew became a martyr
for gay and human rights.

The speech was extremely
emotional for Shepard as well as
the crowd. Judy spoke about
Matthew’s life, his interest in the-
atre and politics, his ambitions
and education.

Shepard described remem-

Photo by Benjamin Polen

A public service announcement featuring the Shepards in a message against
hate crime violence started off the evening.

hours after getting the call and
made their way across the globe
to Fort Collins, Colorado, where

Judy Shepard was the Keynote Speaker for UAlbany’s Sexuality Week 2001.

brances of her son as, “A constant
reminder of how good life can be
and, also, how cruel and horri-
ble.”

Shepard retold the ordeal of
receiving a phone call in Saudi
Arabia, where she and her hus-
band, Dennis, were living at the
time of Matthew’s beating (Den-
nis worked in Saudi Arabia).

They left Saudi Arabia 19

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Matthew’ was _ hospitalized.

“When I thought of Matt, the -

image that comes to mind is of
Matt alone on the prairie and tied
to a fence for 18 hours,” said
Shepard, continuing, “Logan,
Matt’s brother, refused to go into
the hospital room, he didn’t want
that image of Matt to be his last.”

Judy Shepard appears as
somewhat of an icon herself.

She is a grieving mother, one
who has seen her son suffer and
die. On stage, she had a very
motherly quality about her.

In the first minute of her
speech two cell phones went off
and she chastised the anonymous
offenders (as only a mother
could) reminding them “to turn
them off.”

Since Matthew’s murder,
Judy Shepard has taken on an
activist and political role.

Tuesday evening began with
the screening of two public ser-
vice announcements (PSA) she
has appeared in. The PSAs warn
against intolerance and _ hate
crimes, including using hate lan-
guage. The narrative of the
PSAs linked the Shepard family
to James Byrd, a black man from
Jasper, Texas, who was killed in a
brutal hate crime.

“Hate language is a power-
ful, powerful medium,” said
Shepard.

So too, is the media, which
Shepard has had to deal with,
through the “ever-present press”
coverage of the trial of her son’s
killers and her own family life.

Yet, through her own politi-
cal action, Shepard has come to
use the media for her own agen-
da.

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and Dutch Quad

By Tom WILK '
Contributing Writer

No, it’s not John Steinbeck,

but rather mice that have inhabit-

ed Beverwyck and Schuyler
Halls on Dutch Quad. And
they live well. They take up res-
idence in your beds, couches, and

- radiators.

Jeff Carvajal, from Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, says that he has
seen them running across his
bedroom floor in the morning
when he wakes up. His suitem-
ate, “T;’ thinks that it is “Whack.”
They have been in other bath-
rooms as well, but unfortunately
they cannot reach the_ toilet.
Instead, they will go in your bed.

“There was crap in my bed,”
reported a Beverwyck Hall resi-
dent who wished to remain
anonymous. She also reported

that mouse fetuses had been
found in a radiator in her room.
Her suitemate also called the
Times Union, which published a
story covering the rodent prob-
lem on February 4.

also wished to remain anony-
mous, it was reported that mice
can still be heard in the walls
since their holes have been
sealed. The mice are still there,
they just have nowhere to go. In
addition to the rodent problem of
her hall, she also reports that
there have been several power
outages in her room and a couple
others. “We shouldn’t have to
live like this,” she says.

The same anonymous girl
says that they had a floor meeting
after some girls on the third floor
of Schuyler Hall reported seeing
mice before winter break. She
also said that they began extermi-
nating soon after that, and she
had to move her furniture to
accommodate the exterminators
removing the radiators.

Her RA declined to com-
ment.

Sara Duignan, a junior, said
“We think the school should have
told us because they knew [about
the mice problem] long before
we got here.” The ResLife rep-
resentative I spoke to, who also
wished to remain anonymous,

Photo by Benjamin Polen

Schuyler and Beverwyck Halls, located on Dutch Quad, have experi-
enced an extreme rodent problem this year.

Eco Lab from Latham was
called in to exterminate the mice.
They came in over winter break
and tore off old radiators and
sealed up holes in walls and
floors. They also laid down
traps that are equivalent to
mouse-fly-paper. “I know I’m
going to come into my room one
day and see a mouse stuck on it,”
says an anonymous resident.

In an extended interview

said that there had been mice
problems in the previous years.

College dorm rooms seem to
invite mice, which can squeeze
through a hole a half-inch wide
with their flexible backbones, .as
stated in Alan Wechsler’s Febru-
ary 4 article in Times Union,
Pieces of evidence such as M&M
bags with holes chewed in them
serve only as fuzzy memories
now, no pun intended.

with a Schuyler resident, who

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2 Friday, February 16, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

News

Fountains of life mostly dead

Water fountains are far and few between on

campus

By Tony GRAY
Associate News Editor

A recent inspection of water
fountains on campus reveal that
40% of them don’t work, which
is disturbing in light of the huge
profits earned by beverage sales
on campus, as reported in last
week’s Albany Student Press.

Of 68 fountains inspected on
the academic podium, a whop-
ping 41 didn’t work.

No style points were deduct-
ed for nasty tasting water, the
need for plastic hoses to drink

the water (“hamster hoses”) or

stagnant pools of brackish water
in basins.

If it were possible to drink
water out of the fountain, without
having to have direct contact
with the spout, the fountain was
deemed functional.

The first inspection was con-
ducted during the winter break

and results were re-checked over —

the last two weeks. No improve-
ments were noted in any of the
dry fountains. |

Physical plant Assistant
Director Scott Richards was
unable to offer an explanation for
the incredible number of inopera-
tive water fountains. Richards
promised to contact the ASP with
an explanation, but it hasn’t been

received yet.

Getting enough water is cru-
cial to human health, according
to the prestigious Mayo Clinic,
which said even a slight lack of
water can sap energy and make a
person lethargic.

Drinks with caffeine, such as
Coke, are dehydrating and
require even more water to com-
pensate, said a recent clinic
report, which is why the present
situation is disturbing.

It’s disturbing because we
only found two water fountains,
compared to 18 soda, water, and
juice machines on the LC’s con-
course. Interestingly enough,
none of the Coke - supplied
machines were out of order, any-
where on campus. ;

Water performs impressive
functions like regulating body
temperature, cushioning joints,
removing wastes, and removing
toxins (which lowers the burden
of the kidneys and liver).

More important for students
is a suggested link between mild
dehydration (as low as 2% drop
in body water) and fuzzy short-
term memory, trouble with basic
math, and difficulty focusing on
printed data, on computer termi-
nals and hard-copy.

By JOSHUA KAUFMAN
Staff Writer

The third Student Action
Committee (SAC) meeting of the
semester was somewhat more
productive than the first two.
Like any other week, SAC began
with Chairman Ben Kallos stat-
ing his favorite color and his rea-
son for being there. Everyone
else at the meeting then followed
suit.

After the preliminary fun
was over, Kallos, along with
other department heads, gave the
Executive report. The issue of
living on campus over breaks has
been resolved by ResLife’s let-
ting students ‘live on Freedom
and in two halls on Alumni.

Next: came the issue of seat
covers for toilets which was met
with much enthusiasm by all in
attendance. Also on the issue of
bathrooms -- all low-rise bath-
rooms are supposed to be cleaned
every Sunday. If they aren’t, be
sure to notify your RA and, if
necessary, your RD.

After the Executive Report
wrapped up, the issue of Univer-
sity television was brought up.
Kallos explained, that in reality
there are not 64 channels avail-
able to the University. However,
the Universtiy does have the abil-
ity to add more channels, just not
as many—it has to be deciphered
how much it will cost to add the
channels. According to Reslife,

SAC: Getting things done

“We are restricted as to how
many channels we can have due
to bandwidth ability.” Reslife
has stated that they will look into
the issue and get back to SAC on
what can be done. Also in regard
to the television situation on
campus is the eight movies
shown each week. Because the

University pays to have the

movies shown twice a day each
week, “it would be astronomical-
ly exspensive to run them every-
day continuously,” said Ekow
King who is in charge of the stu-
dent run movie choices commit-
tee. “While we may not be able
to run-the movies continuously,
the students do have a say in
what movies they want to watch
each week, and can contact me
via email at dking @uamail.edu.”

- Next came the campus din-
ing. ‘First, the issue of hot break-
fast on he quads. According to
Kallos it will not be returning
next semester. Next came the
issue of students being taxed on
foods that they purchase in the

campus center from UAS ven-

dors such as Pizza Hut and Zepps
(both of which are run by Char-
wells catering service). Accord-
ing to Kallos they are not allowed

_ to charge students tax if you are

paying with munch money.
Munch money is a part of the
meal plan, for which the tax has
already been paid when the plan

_ was purchased. Be sure to take a

receipt every time you purchase
something and see if you have

been charged tax. Also, the idea
has been proposed to, change the
structure of the meal plans to an
Ala carte system, where you
would only pay for what you
take. Each item gets a price and
meals are done away with just
leaving you with all munch
money or points, depending on
how the plan is designed. There
was a mixed response to this
idea. More info is to come in the
future. Se
The next and last order of
business of the evening was the
issue of the academic calendar.
According to Indian Quad repre-
sentative and Academic Calendar
Project Co-ordinator Joseph
Favata, “there are two new calen-
dars in the works, both of which
give students more time to get
home and come back during the
breaks. For example, one of the

calendars takes Thanksgiving .

break and makes it a week long,
instead of Thursday to Sunday.
Although, to do that, the fall
semester would have to start con-
siderably earlier.” Before any-
thing can be done, the calendars
must be submitted to a commit-
tee, and the University has the
final say in the end.

As always, any problems
that students may have should
not go unheard. The SAC meets
every Monday night in Campus
Center 116 (SA office), and all
are encouraged to attend. The
SAC website is
www.albany.edu/~action.

Judy Shepard speaks at

UAlbany

Continued from page 1

Judy Shepard _ testified
before the Senate Judiciary Com-

mittee in May, 1999 in support of

the Hate Crimes Prevention Act,
where she delivered a message to
those in opposition to the law.

“I can assure opponents of
this legislation firsthand, it was
not words or thoughts, but violent
actions that killed my son,” she
said.

Shepard is also involved
with two national support groups,

the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight
Education Network (GLSEN)
and Parents, Families and

Friends of Lesbians and Gays

(PFLAG).

Both groups turned out in
support of her at the event.
Shepard was welcomed to the

Albany campus by Estela Rivera,

Director of the University Coun-
seling Center,
Gliedman, President of Middle
Earth. Norman Sweet,hotline

coordinator for Middle Earth;

introduced her to the crowd.
In a reference eerily reminis-
cent of To Kill A Mockingbird,

and Rebekka

Shepard said Wyoming has “laws
against animal cruelty but no hate
crime laws.” She also warned
parents, “Websites associated
with hate are recruiting your chil-
dren, recruiting young people
who don’t feel like they belong.”
Judy also said, “Matt wasn’t
alone at the fence. He had his
lifelong friends with him: the
beautiful Wyoming night sky, the
daylight and sun to shine on him
one more time. He had the wind
of the prairie and breathing in for
the last time the sagebrush and
pine. He had God. I feel better
knowing he wasn’t alone.”

Photo by Benjamin Polen

Norman Sweet, Middle Earth Hotline Coordinator, introduced Judy Shepard to the crowd.

Scholarship benefits
nontraditional students

By JENNIFER BOSKE
Contributing Writer

On January 30, Avon Prod-
uct Foundation announced a
$100,000, two-year grant to UAI-
bany. The grant, designated
towards the Life Impact scholar-
ship. program from the Universi-
ty’s Initiatives for Women (IFW),
will allow 10 “nontraditional”
female transfer students an

_ Opportunity to attend the Univer-

sity full-time in pursuit of a four-
year degree. Along with tuition,
the grant will cover other educa-
tional expenses that would pre-
vent the women from attending
full-time. This insures their
completion of a four-year degree,
since attending school over a
long period of time, taking class-
es only part-time generally leads
to students dropping out.

The status of “nontradition-
al” includes women 25 years of
age or older, those that have chil-
dren, work experience, etc.
Candidates must already have an
affiliation with UAlbany for the
2001-02 academic year, and must
be transferring from one of the
regional community colleges,
including Hudson Valley, Sch-
enectady County, and Adiron-
dack County community col-
leges.

Kathleen Walas, President of
Avon Products Foundation Inc.
said, “Avon is especially pleased
that the grant to UAlbany’s Life

”

Impact program will empower
women by. providing direct
scholarship aid for ‘nontradition-
al’ women students, as well as
allow the University to help
integrate mature women into
four-year colleges upon comple-
tion of a two-year community
college degree.”

This program will also help
UAlbany assist the needs of its
students. Carol F. Bullard,
Director of UAlbany’s Corporate
and Foundation Relations and
chair of the IFW Steering com-
mitte, said, “The data gathered in
time from this program will
enable us to better target our
financial assistance, design our
advisory services, and share key
findings with our community
college partners.”

The IFW, founded in 1993 to
raise the. number of career and
educational opportunities for
women, will use part of the grant
to establish a support service
focusing on counseling students’
needs to insure their success.

UAlbany President. Karen
Hitchcock said, “Since transfer
students comprise nearly one
third of our student population,
and ‘nontraditional’ students are
now a growing percentage of that
population, it is fitting that the
University at Albany is now
focusing greater care and
resources on these students’
unique challenges.” -

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News

Friday, February 16, 2001 -ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

3.

Ranting Raver :

I like Bush!!

By JUSTIN KEESEY
Staff Writer

Okay, I don’t really, I was
just trying to get your attention.
But now that I have it, I might as
well explain why I said it.

While my dubbing of Dubya
as an incompetent moron stands,
he has done some things in the
short time he has been in office I
would have to consider smart. Or
at least less than moronic.

President Bush, in moving to
give federal aid to faith-based
organizations that help shelter
and feed the poor, has drawn fire
from many groups and individu-
als who insist that the separation
of church and state must remain
strict. They say that they are
being forced to deal with reli-
gion, and are having others’ val-
ues shoved down their throats.

These people need to shut
up. The decision to extend aid to
faith-based groups was an
incredibly good one. And despite
what others may believe, funding
these groups is very different
from funding a church or reli-
gion.

The money isn’t buying
bibles. It’s buying food. And
groups do not discriminate with
regards to whom they feed. They
are also very efficient in that
what they receive, they give
directly to those who are in need.
No one profits among church-
based groups. The ‘only people
who reap the benefits of their
work are the poor.

If an: organization abuses
their funding, there is no question

Baruch

as to whether or not to cut off the
funding. But in a situation where.
there is so much to gain from
placing money in their hands,
isn’t it better to give them the
benefit of the doubt?

When funds are given to
nonreligious groups and not to
religion-based ones, it is tanta-
mount to reverse discrimination.
The United States was founded
on the principle that everyone has
the right to believe what he/she
wants.

Nowhere does it say, in the
Constitution, if someone believes
in a certain faith, he/she is ineli-

gible to receive federal aid. It is

ironic that the very principles that
are meant to allow people to
practice whatever faith they
choose ends up having a chilling
effect. As long as there is no pref-
erence as to what faiths receive
aid, there should be no problem
with helping them feed, clothe
and shelter those in need.

If this is what Bush meant
when he stuttered out the words
“Compassionate Conservatism,”
then I am beginning to like it.
There are plenty of things I dis-
agree with him on. For example,
his cutting off aid to international
groups that help provide abor-
tions is a big step backwards.

All I can say is, people asked
for it, and now they have it. But
the next time I hear someone
whining about having Jesus
shoved down his/her throat, ’'m

- going to slap him/her upside the

head. Separating church and state
and preventing religion from

playing a role in everyday life are

very different things.

Grad students get contract

State Government and Graduate Student Union Agree on Tentative Con-

tract Agreement

By Jon S. Davip
Staff Writer

After almost two years of
intense bargaining and multilat-
eral frustrations, the Albany
chapter of the Graduate Student
Employees Union (GSEU)—-a
labor organization that represents
graduate students hired as teach-
ing assistants and/or researchers
at colleges—-signed a tentative
agreement with the New York
State Government regarding the
adoption of a new contract by
late March. )

Among the provisions in the
forthcoming contract, which will
benefit the approximately 5000
graduate students employed in
the SUNY system, are increased
wage minimums, cost-of-living
adjustments, allocation of profes-
sional development funds and
approximately $8 million worth
of raises.

Aside from these terms, one
of the most vital clauses in the
forthcoming contract will be an
overhaul of the current health
care structure—-a system orga-
nized under the Univera compa-
ny of Buffalo, New York.

Area Vice President of the
GSEU Kathleen Sims called the
current health care arrangements,
“substandard.”

DON’T JUST
LIVE BY
THE RULES.

MAKE THEM.

THE BIG BIN THE BIG APPLE.

So sa

According to Ms. Sims, Uni-
vera displayed an “inability to
offer even the most basic ser-
vice.” As a Buffalo-based com-
pany, the health care provider
seemed unequipped to deal with
the medical needs of GSEU
members in the Albany area.

Lack of knowledge about the
qualifications and locations of
doctors and dentists, along with
“improper practice” were among
the other flaws and failures of
Univera named by Ms. Sims.

Under the conditions loosely
outlined in the impending con-
tract, the state government will
write proposals to secure bids
from new health care providers,
and Univera’s services with. the
GSEU will be terminated.

Although health — care
appears as a very prevalent issue,
many other matters are dealt with
in the tentative. contract... Of
course, wages are a critical sub-
ject. Both labor and manage-
ment, of the GSEU and state offi-
cials, have agreed to take major
steps to generate the $8 million
worth of raises for graduate stu-
dent employees.

“Both sides have incurred
positive responsibilities,” said
Ms. .Sims. “Members of the
GSEU must agree on the salary
specifications and the State Leg-

islature must finance.these wages. .

out of the State Central Fund.”

No state officials were avail-
able for comment.

In spite of all the clerical and
legal complications to smooth
over before fulfilling the promis-
es of the contract, GSEU mem-
bers and UAlbany representa-
tives seemed optimistic about the
goods and services provided to
graduate students.

Director of Media Relations
at UAlbany, Vincent Reda, said
the school’s faculty and adminis- -
tration are “delighted” with the
outcome of the negotiations.
Although his office currently has
little detailed information on the
parameters of the new contract,
Mr. Reda said, “The provisions in
the new contract will allow us to
proceed as a university.”

In a statement issued onits
website; the GSEU President and
Chief Contract Negotiator, Mon-
azir Khan, said, “At present,
SUNY ranks forty-eighth among
the fifty state university systems
in the Nation with respect gradu-
ate employee wages...This con-
tract is a victory. The: improve-
ments in the tentative agreement
are greater than the increases for
members in any prior contract.”

Note: The GSEU is an affili-
ate of the Communications:
Workers of America (CWA) and ..,
the. AFL-CIO ,..* Payee

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Sarcastic Socrates:

President

By GrecG C. HEVIA
Staff Writer

There has been a lot of Pres-

ident Clinton in the news lately. —

Frankly, I love this guy. Ameri-
ca is addicted, and I can’t get
enough of the hijinx he gets him-
self into. It’s like watching
“Dukes of Hazzard” reruns on
TNT. You think you should feel
low class for enjoying it, but
when no one is looking you flip it
on. The man is a walking sitcom
and drama of the week. Forget
about being a lawyer or a peace
maker, Clinton should go into
entertainment. He has to stay
married while Hillary tries to
take over the world, and playing
with your dog is fun only for a
little while, so Clinton should
look towards building a new
career in the public eye.

The first thing I could think
of him doing is one of those real-
ity shows. The Real World with
Willie Clinton. Follow this
adventurous former president as
he brokers Irish Peace and fathers
red-headed children everywhere!
Watch as he and_ good
friend/counselor Jesse ‘Rev.’

Jackson scout the ladies in the
finest gentlemens’ clubs in New
York! Wouldn’t that be fun?
‘With TV success behind
him, he could try movies. Imag-
ine Crouching Tiger and Hidden
Dragon starring Bill Clinton.

Superstar

This would be great. View Billy
as he takes a plump concubine
into his bed, and his heart, then
defends their love to the death
with Matrix-style special effects.
I would pay 9 dollars to see that.

Then I could see Clinton in
Vegas. He would have to be an
Elvis impersonator in order to
pull it off, though. I don’t think
he can sing, so he’d just toot on
his sax. But I could see him in
Elvis gear, belting out Heatbreak
Hotel. Let’s see Jimmy Carter
try and pull that one off. This
man has the talent to be a star,
and the morals to boot.

Maybe he could play backup
sax for Kenny G, or even start his
own band! My point is that this
is a man with talent. He, like
King Midas, has the Golden
Touch. Everything he does, he
suceeds at, and it seem like as far
as the public’s concerned, he can
do nothing wrong. If he does do
wrong, he can just shake it off
with a smile. Now that is star
power at its finest.

I would like to see more of
Clinton in the future, and I hope
he does not fade off into obscuri-
ty. He was, and still is, a great
public figure and a magnet for
great news. There is always
something going on with this
guy. Although I don’t agree with
his morals, I can respect that kind
of ability. THAT will be his
legacy. ;


4 _Friday, February 16, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

News

Kickline has fighting chance

By AMy ROSENBAUM
Contributing Writer

You may have seen them at
football games. You may have
seen them at basketball games.
The UAlbany Kickline has
become a regular feature during
halftime, but it wasn’t always
this way. The now-successful
team is a product of four years of
hard work, persistence, and
patience.

Courtesy of Amy Rosenbaum

The original Kickline squad in 1997.

In the fall of 1997 a group of
eight enthusiastic young women
decided they wanted to start a
dance team here at UAlbany.
Unfortunately, the team was
immediately faced with adversi-
ty. Their budget was a mere
$250, which is the amount the
Student Association provides to
groups when they are first start-
ing out. Since the team had no
official support or staff backing,
their practices were held in the
State Quad Flag Room and in the
basement of the Mohawk Tower
on Indian Quad. Obviously, nei-
ther of these locations provided
the proper atmosphere or ameni-
ties that a dance team requires.

When it came to their actual
performances, there were more
difficulties for the girls to handle.
Because the Kickline was not
recognized as an official “team,”
the members had to find ways to
obtain exposure to an audience.
They would go to games, hand a
tape with their music on it to an
athletic director, and hope they
would be allowed to perform.

Original team member, and
now Vice President, Christy
Olezeski commented that, “‘peo-
ple were so amazed that we had
the confidence to just show up at
games and expect to perform at
halftime.” Though they were
given minimal time to dance and
were not afforded much respect,
the team membership continued
to expand. After attending a year-
ly budget meeting and appealing
to SA, the team was fortunate
enough to gain funds to pay for
their uniforms.

The following year, the
Kickline was given the opportu-
nity to perform at the Pepsi Arena
during an Albany River Rats
game. Luckily, they were now
holding practice in the dance stu-
dio at the RACC, which was a
much more suitable facility.
Although they encountered some
small setbacks, such as a shifting
performance mat that slid on the
ice, the experience proved to be a
positive one. This performance
helped to gain valuable exposure
for the Kickline and allowed
them to finally achieve some
recognition. That spring, the
group also received an additional

increase to its budget.

In its third year the team
grew to include 16 members.
Still without a coach, the girls
continued to depend on the lead-
ership of their own teammates
and develop their own choreog-
raphy. Asa result of their exten-
sive fundraising efforts, the
Kickline was able to enter its first
competition in the spring of
2000. The girls were given a
Gold rating, which is the highest
honor awarded by the Interna-
tional Dance Challenge. They

also took home a special award

for high energy and spirit. “A
vital element in this teams suc-
cess has been the unity and
friendship between the mem-
bers,” said Gina Rocco, sopho-
more and Secretary of the Kick-
line.

It was just recently however,
that the Kickline finally achieved
one of its greatest aspirations. In
January, they became part of the
Athletic Division | program.
This means the team can now
rely on receiving a steady and
sufficient budget allowing them
access to things that were impos-
sible before. The team is now

Courtesy of Amy Rosenbaum

The UAlbany Kickline squad cur-
rently has 16 members.

Activist community

By LINDSAY SONSKY
Staff Writer

being advised by Patti Palmer,
who is the Spirit Coordinator of
the University. She helps the
girls with organizational tasks,
voices their requests to the athlet-
ic department, and is very sup-
portive of the team, taking a sig-
nificant amount of stress off of
the Kickline’s executive board.

The Kickline is presently
composed of 23 girls who are
very excited about the bright
future that lies ahead of them.
They will be competing in the
East Coast Regional Competi-
tion, hosted by National Dance
Association (NDA), which will
be held here at UAlbany on
March 10 and I1, as well as the
Big Apple Classic at Madison
Square Garden (also hosted by
NDA) on March 31.

When asked for her opinion
regarding all of the changes
occurring recently, sophomore
member Kathleen Oliver said, “I
think it’s great that we sit on the
floor during games now. It
makes us feel like we are part of
the entire game, not just half
time.”

Senior, original member, and
Kickline President, Kristi
Geissler is very proud of all that
her team has attained. “We went
from a group of 8 girls with no
funds or experience, to a team of
23 that is competing at a level
one step below the Nationals. I
feel that is a great accomplish-
ment.”

For information about Kick-
line contact Kristi Geissler at
Criscpooh@ yahoo.com.

Two muscular dogs wrestled
on the wood floors while a third
gurgled a deep growl at the knock
on the porch door. Sporadically,
someone would show up with a
casserole dish or a tupperware
container, until eight people sat
around on the tapestry-covered
couches and beat-up old recliners
feasting on a veagan potluck din-
ner.

From the looks of this small
gathering it could easily be mis-
taken for a party before a Phish
concert, which couldn’t be fur-
ther from the truth. These two
girls and six guys have come
together and defied the label of
the “Me Generation” that kids
their age have been branded with.
This Community of Activists, as
they like to call themselves, has
come together to discuss their
most recent project, The Basta Ya
Freedom Conference.

On February 4, 2001 an
event called Basta Ya, which
means enough already, was held
in memory of Amadou Diallo.

Exactly two years earlier, Diallo,

a West African immigrant, was
killed in a hail of gunfire when
four police officers mistook him
for a serial rapist they had been

looking for. In front of his
Bronx apartment building the
police thought the wallet he held
in his hand was a gun, and shot
Diallo 41 times hitting him with
19 bullets. The trial of the four
police officers was moved from
the Bronx to Albany, New York
resulting in the officers being
acquitted of all charges.

People gathered together in
the cold early morning at 5:30
a.m. to begin Basta Ya. A drum
circle was formed and the spirit
of Diallo was called forth with
the rising sun. Basta Ya contin-
ued through the day with words
from a local spiritual leader and
an activist and ex-proffesor of
UAlbany. Workshops were host-
ed by a variety of organizations
like The Malcom X Grassroots
Movement, The MOVE Organi-
zation, The Prison Moratorium
Project, The Environmental and
Social Justice Activism Center,
and NYPIRG.

The night ended with a rally
and open-mic. “Not all of the
poetry and readings were about
Amadou Diallo but why crimes
like these shouldn’t happen,” said
Matt Polito, a sophomore at UAI-
bany.

_ The event was surprisingly
organized for a community of
anarchists that only spent a
month planning it with lots of

help from friends. But one mem-
ber of this anarchist community
stated that he doesn’t feel like
they reached all of the people
they would have liked to.

“There were upper-middle
class white college kids but not
many blacks or Latinos. Police
brutality focuses on these peo-
ple,” says activist Alejandro Sosa
from under a black-rimmed base-
ball cap.

The activist community
admits that the kids that usually
go to activist groups are the ones
that show up at these events. In
fact most of these eight activists
have met one another through
events like the Rebel Poets and
protests in Washington D.C..

With a little modest force
Sosa adds, “The people who were
there gave out a good vibe. We
just want people to know that the
system is messed up and there are
people that want to help.” When
asked if there will be a Basta Ya
on February 4, 2002 the group
answered, “I don’t see why not.”

Contemplating whether they
accomplished what they had set
out to do, a thick bearded activist
named Dylan Boyce states, “If
you want a non-violent revolue:
tion you need to come together to
change the system but more
importantly, it was a day of spiri-
tuality and learning.”

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By TIMOTHY BLUM
Staff Writer

Gladiator continued to pick
up momentum in the awards sea-
son by grabbing 12 Academy
Award nominations. The Oscars
will air on March 25. The nomi-
nation ceremony was held at 8:30
a.m. Tuesday morning, co-hosted
by Oscar winner Kathy Bates.
The annual awards show cele-
brates the best in film achieve-
ment over the last year as deter-
mined by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.

Director Ridley Scott’s epic,
Gladiator received bids for Best
Picture, Actor (Russell Crowe),
Supporting Actor (Joaquin
Phoenix), Original Screenplay,
and Director, to name a few
Clearly, this has to be this year’s
favorite, based on nominations
alone, to pick up Best Picture.

The other contenders for
Best Picture are Chocolat, Traf-
fic, Erin Brockovich, and Crouch-
ing Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Crouching Tiger came in
second with 10 nominations
including Best Director (Ang
Lee) and Best Foreign Language

Film, besides the aforementioned
Best Picture nod.

Crowe is joined by Tom
Hanks (Cast Away), Javier Bar-
dem (Before Night Falls),. Ed
Harris (Pollack), and Geoffrey
Rush (Quills) in the Best Actor
category.

To no surprise, Julia Roberts
received an anticipated nomina-
tion for her role in Erin Brock-
ovich. The Golden Globe winner
is joined by Joan Allen (The Con-
tender), Laura Linney (You Can
Count on. Me), Ellen Burstyn
(Requiem for a Dream), and Juli-
ette Binoche (Chocolat) for Best
Actress.

Steven Soderbergh faces his
Golden Globe dilemma once
again being nominated twice in
the Best Director category, once
for Erin Brockovich and again for
Traffic. The final nomination
went to Stephen Daldry for his
work on Billy Elliot.

Supporting Actor bids in
addition to Phoenix were handed
to Golden Globe winner Benicio
Del Toro (Traffic), Jeff Bridges
(The Contender), Willem Dafoe
(Shadow of the Vampire), and
Albert Finney (Erin Brockovich).
Once again, this category

remains one of the most intrigu-
ing Oscars to be presented.

As expected, Almost
Famous co-stars Kate Hudson
and Frances McDormand both
received a Supporting Actress
nomination. They are joined by
Judi Dench (Chocolat), Marcia
Gay Harden (Pollack), and Julie
Walters (Billy Elliot).

Who will win?

Based upon critical review
and my own personal opinion,
here is a quick glance at who
might be taking home an Oscar:

Look for Gladiator to win a
handful of technical awards, both
sound and visual, throughout the
show and will most likely win
Best Picture. Tom Hanks and
Julia Roberts, both recipients of a
Golden Globe last month, will
also win, although I feel it is
more for their reputation rather
than for their performances. Ang
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A day on the set of Time Machine

By TIMOTHY BLUM
Staff Writer

It’s not everyday you get up and drive
to work only to find a major motion pic-
ture being filmed no more than 300 yards
away from your house. Yet at the totally
absurd hour of 5:30 a.m. on Monday, that’s
exactly what I found myself doing.

I'd been hearing about this for a while
from my roommate, who knew a guy that
was working security for the Dreamworks
Pictures production of The Time Machine.
Apparently, the capital region managed to
attract the attention of some fool producer,
who will lead the film crew from Troy, to
Albany, up to Saratoga, and even
Schenectady. Today they were at
Washington Park.

Feeling extremely curious, I decided
to blow off a good half an hour of work to
check out what was being accomplished
this early. I parked my car in the lot of the
Albany YMCA and walked down
Englewood to the entrance of the park.
Immediately I knew Hollywood had
invaded.

There was a giant, yet extremely fake,
concrete-looking gate that seemed oddly
out of place. It was too nice to be there. I
circled the structure a few times and then
took a seat on a bench to survey the scene.
There were piles of boxes and lamp posts
all over the place. Further down the road I
saw a row of horse-drawn carriages, with-
out the horses of course, evidently to be

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“Hey kid, get off that, that’s part of the
set!”

I turned around and saw a cop waving
at me to get off the bench. I jumped up and
assured the nice Albany police officer that
I did not know the bench was a prop. He
told me to beat it, using profanity that was
completely unnecessary at 6 a.m. That was
the first time I was thrown off the set; it
would not be my last.

I walked back down to the Y, taking
into account the number of cops patrolling
the area this early in the morning. One of
them was helping a truck tow a car that
had parked in a restricted area. The owner
of the car probably lived in the house in
front of it. Jesus, I thought, what a terrible

way to wake up, finding your car gone

because you parked on a street that some
California filmmaker would close at 5 a.m.

Already I was not impressed, and the sun ~

had not even come up yet.

Around 11, I went back over to the
set. There were people everywhere, most
of them carpenters, building and hammer-
ing and sawing... This time I blended in a
little better and managed to talk with sev-
eral production members, most of them
mumbling about the cold weather, but
some eager to divulge information about
the film. They had been in Troy Saturday,
taking yesterday off before starting bright
and early this morning.

I was on my way home to grab a bite
when a voice said, “Isn’t this great?” I
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elderly woman who was approaching me.
“Yeah, it’s pretty cool,” I returned, hoping
to avoid conversation. “They’re gonna be
working most of the day, putting up these
lights,” she said as a man sidled up along
side her. “I heard Jeremy Irons and Guy
Pearce are in this,” I said, trying to show
off my knowledge. “He’s in it!” she fired
back, pointing to the man.

I looked at him. He was beaming.
Probably around 60, obviously retired,
wrapped up in a typical grandfather coat.
“This is the sixth one I’ve done,” he said,
his smile growing larger. “Oh, you’re an
actor?” I inquired. I knew he wasn’t, I
knew he was an extra, although he’d tell
me he was a background actor. “Yeah, I do
the background acting in a few of these
scenes,” he said.

I soon realized that these
girls had a tactic that was
useful — they annoyed
until they got their way,
and it wasn’t long until
they were bugging me for
a ride home, probably to
some yuppie suburb of
Albany

We spoke for about five minutes, the
three of us, and I found out what time
they’d be starting. He had to be here at
5:00 p.m., but his scene wasn’t until 11:00.
He had to drive one of those carriages I
had seen earlier, no movement, just sitting
and waiting. I told him the forecast was for
single digits tonight, a cold night to be a
background actor. He couldn’t have cared
less. He was so happy to be a part of some-
thing, even though the chances of his mak-
ing it into the movie were slim.

“Just filled out an application and they
took my picture. ‘We’ ll call you’ they said.
This is the sixth one I’ve done.” His smile
grew. I had no choice but to like this man.
Considering my first impression was poor,
I’m glad to have spoken to some locals
whose lives were a little more exciting
because of the film. I thanked them both

for their help, and planned on being back

after classes around 5:00 or so.

4:45 p.m. I arrived and stayed for 30
minutes, I ran into a group of girls who had
been kissing some ass around the set and
managed to score copies of that night’s
script. I tried to read it but they kept talk-
ing and I couldn’t concentrate. I soon real-
ized that these girls had a tactic that was
useful — they annoyed until they got their
way, and it wasn’t long until they were
bugging me for a ride home, probably to
some yuppie suburb of Albany, if they
exist. I made up an excuse and got the hell
out of there.

Dodging the snowmaking equipment
was my last, and seemingly only, task on
this visit. They had blocked off a part of
the street and were dumping man-made
snow all over it. I guess I got too close and
a cop on a horse had to chase me off. I
decided the cover of night would best suit
me, so I wouldn’t come back until the film
crew began shooting scenes, which is what
I wanted to see anyway. I jumped a block-
ade and ran for the safety of my car.

I went back at 7:00. It had grown dark
and the entire place was swarming with
security, although that’s not really what
they were. Hell, I was security there, peo-

ple were afraid of walking too close to me,
thinking I'd tell them to leave, and asking
me where the bathroom was. My room-
mate came along, and after poking around
for a while, we staked out a perfect view
from a stoop. The set looked good, proper
lighting, manufactured snow on _ the
ground. The extras were rehearsing. It took
a while, but I finally spotted one of the
film’s stars.

It was Guy Pearce. The only other
movie I’d ever seen him in was LA
Confidential, where he played some loser
cop and actually had a sex scene with Kim
Basinger. Pretty cool, I thought, an actual
movie star. The scene we saw was dumb,
Pearce was running around in the snow
with no purpose whatsoever. But I guess
Ill just wait for the movie release and
hope it'll make sense then. We watched a
few more takes and decided to go home
and warm up, I knew they’d be working
deep into the night. Mr. Pearce wasn’t that
exciting anyway...

My last visit was timed well. After
being denied access to the set, this time by
a cop smoking a cigar, my crew took the
long way around into Washington Park
and found that everyone had gone to
“lunch.” We walked on the set, no one
cared when the cameras weren’t rolling,
and even got confused with production
help (We were asked to help move some
equipment) I stopped to talk to an extra
riding in a carriage. He looked cold and
exhausted, but was willing to speak with
me.

“Tt always goes slow,” he said with a
sigh when I asked him if things were mov-
ing along. “That’s the way Hollywood
works.” I could tell that he was in no mood
for me to torment him about how he knows
how Hollywood works, so I dropped the
subject. Besides, this is probably what this
guy does: he drives horse-drawn carriages
in films and plays it off as profession, then
complains about it.

It’s a different breed, these people;
things are simple yet they like to believe
it’s one big mess. That’s why films have so
many people working on them. Most of
them stand around. I told him to have a
good night and turned to leave.

“Hey what’re you doing out here any-
way?” he asked. I told him I was curious
and I wanted to write something for my
school newspaper. “Ah, then I'll give you
a quote.” I told him it wasn’t necessary,
that I probably didn’t have enough infor-
mation to write anything good, that I was
going to drop it. “Look around you,” he
said. “There must be something from this
movie set that you could write about.”

So I did. The whole concept seemed
kind of stupid to me. There was a 60-year-
old that would be out in the sub-zero tem-
peratures until 7:00 a. m. Guy Pearce, one

_ of the movie’s stars, was running around in

the snow with little purpose. Cops were
yelling at people for standing on a side-
walk or parking their car on a street. I think
I enjoyed my experience on February 12, a
whole day to watching no more than a few
seconds of actual screen time, and I look
forward to the movie’s release to see how
my neighborhood park will look on the big
screen. But I’m glad that when I drive to
work tomorrow the Mack trucks, police
cruisers, and dozens of stressed out
moviemakers will be gone.


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Culture & Lifestyle

Sex With Hi-liters:

Making the ©
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By KENNY HERZOG
Staff Writer

Two weeks ago, I felt a lump in my
throat as I started to weep for the current
state of affairs in pop music. This was
bigger than Creed going nine times plat-
inum, worse than the Now compilations
consistently topping the charts. O-Town,
the “stars” of ABC’s show “Making the
Band” put out a debut album which
debuted at No.5. That same week, I saw
them hosting “TRL” and receiving a
reception not too different from one
which might be expected for ‘N SYNC.
Ok, more like 98 Degrees.

As good a predictor of such things
as I usually like to consider myself, I
would have never, ever imagined this to
be true. I gave the screaming, hysterical
American youth just a little more credit
than that. Correct me if I’ve lost it, but
isn’t this group the same bunch of clue-
less joe-schmos that the whole country
(or at least a couple of million) watched
get manufactured, trained and groomed
every week like a pound of obedient
puppy dogs? “Making the Band” was the
kind of thing that’s normally supposed
to get revealed accidentally, if at all,
after the initial charade goes down. Why
do you think a magician doesn’t reveal

O-Town, pop music’s newest boy band

duty as MTV personality as she does
recording artist. Aaliyah, DMX and a
slew of hip-hop artists dabble in
mediocre movies in between tours. The
“Real World” might as well be synony-
mous with their “Wanna Be a VJ” spe-
cials. Even ex-porn star turned Melrose
Place vixen Traci Lords put out a techno
album for Christ’s sake.

It’s a brilliant move on the part of
the artists’ managers and decision mak-
ers. To take the “J. Lo” example, she had
a budding Hollywood career. She was-
n’t exactly the next Julia Roberts, par-
tially because of race discrimination in
the movie industry. But a-ha! Nothing’s
bigger in the music world at that
moment that the Latin pop explosion.
Jennifer insists she used to sing really
good Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam renditions
on the 6 train while growing up in the
Bronx. Like a rich girl begging her dad
for a pony that he knows she can’t ride,
Sony Records goes, “okey.” Instead of
riding lessons though, Jennifer gets
about eight or nine top-notch writers and
producers per track, lots of vocal over-
dubbing and a blitzkrieg promotional
campaign. Now, in case Selena: Back
From the Dead bombs at the box office,
she’s got quite a backup plan. If things
go well on both ends, she’s the model
omnipotent celebrity.

Courtesy of J. Records

his methods? It’s not all that magical
once that happens is it? Do you think the
Wizard of OZ would have been intimi-
dating if his curtain had been pulled
back from the beginning?

Then how come these guys man-
aged to become full-fledged pop stars
after giving away all their tricks? Well,
to quote a famous cartoon rabbit, tricks
are for kids. The teenagers who are
growing up today live in a world com-
pletely consumed by a cross-fire of
media images. There’s nothing in a kid’s
brain that says, “hey, these guys aren’t
real musicians because I saw it get all
made up on TV.” There’s no distinction
between singer, actress, model, or even
MTV VJ. There is just modern-day
celebrity. To be a true figure in enter-
tainment, you have to be involved in all
facets of the industry, regardless of your
overall talent level. Look at Jennifer
Lopez...err..J.Lo, for instance.

In addition, you have someone like
teen pixie Mandy Moore doing as much

Ultimately, what all this does is
make it even harder to distinguish who’s
got real talent. It’s like how the ‘two
companies that own all radio stations
limit the variety of songs you hear on
the radio. This crossover of entertain-
ment mediums by a handful of pretty
faces and powerful people consolidates
the number of people you actually see
on your TV screen, giving the appear-
ance that they must be something spe-
cial to squeeze in there at all. Of course,
all people need to do to find their space
is be backed by the right people.

Thus, the. last thing O-Town’s
“Making the Band” stint would do is
hurt its career. Kids recognize the group
as stars. It’s not important what it’s
famous for. It doesn’t even matter if it’s
more infamy than anything else. The
band is already famous because it was
on TV. By them and their army of
image-makers putting out an album, all
that is guaranteed is the addition of pop
star to their resumes

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7 and 9:30 p.m. Local Jazz Gui-
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CRIME BLOTTER

Friday, February 16, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Crimes

2/9 Indian Quad — DWI/DWAI/Criminal Possesssion of a Forged Instrument — DWI
& possession of forged drivers license.

2/9 UPD — Bench Warrant — Niskayuna PD Executed Bench Warrant

2/9 Waterbury Hall — Criminal Tampering — Partially discharged fire extinguisher
found.

2/9 Indian Quad — Criminal Mischief — Exit sign damaged.

2/10 RACC Field Level — Criminal Mischief — Unknown person(s) broke wire rein-
forced window pane.

2/10 Indian Quad — Harassment — Student harassed by another student.

2/11 Livingston Tower — Criminal Nuisance — — person discharged fire extin-
guisher in laundry room.

2/11 State Quad — Harassment — Verbal harassment & threats between co-workers.

2/11 Clinton Hall Basement Lounge — Criminal Mischief —
machine broken into, product missing.

2/l1 Dutch Quad Lot — Criminal Mischief — Driver’s side window broken on unat-
tended vehicle

2/11 Sayles Hall — Petit Larceny — Food delivery worker grabbed money out of VI’s

hand and ran.

2/11 State Quad — Marijuana — Student arrested on marijuana possession.

2/11 Mahican Hall — Marijuana — Student arrested for marijuana.

2/12 Dutch Quad Lobby — Criminal Mischief — Damage to “Pizza phone” in iste
Reported to Telecommunications.

2/12 Milne Hall — Falsely reporting/ Trespass — Respond to active fire alrm. Pull box
activated. AFD/APD on scene.

V6.9. 6.3m

Incidents

2/9 Eastman Tower — Responded to marijuana call — Judicial Referral.

2/9 Waterbury Hall — Respond to intoxicated individual call. Transported by 5-Quad to
St. Peter’s. :

2/9 Eastman Tower — Hallway found trashed.

2/9 Waterbury Hall — Found graffiti in black marker.

2/9 Colonial Roadway — MVA - hit & run.

2/9 Eastman Tower — Wallet turned over by cab driver. Student Judicially referred for
false ID.

2/9 University Drive West & Western Ave — Two-vehicle accident.

2/9 Dutch loading dock — Delivery truck made contact w/overhead door on loading
dock.

2/10 Waterbury Hall — Falsely Reporting — Repond to fire alarm. Pull box pulled by
unknown person. Reset by AFD & Plant.

2/10 AM/PM MiniMart (Western Ave.) — Three underaged youth buying beer.

2/11 Indian Lowrise — Several doors found propped open.

2/11 Eastman Tower — Students found drinking alcohol.

2/11 Dutch Quad — Laundry room door found ajar w/trash can. Gotcha fected:

* 2/11 Indian Quad — Judicial Referral for Possession of altered driver’s license. Pipe
confiscated.

2/11 Indian Quad — Judicial Referral for marijuana.

2/11 Onondaga Hall — Respond to fire alarm. No sign of smoke or fire. Plant and AFD
on scene. Possibly caused by cigarette smoke in hallway.

2/11 UPD — Mother reports non-student left for UAlbany two weeks ago and had not,

had contact since.

2/11 Onondaga Hall — Respond to active fire alarm. No smoke or fire. AFD & Plant on
scene.

2/11 Adirondack Hall — Judicial Referral for three students w/marijuana

2/11 State Quad Lowrise — Several doors found ajar and propped apse Issued Gotcha
tags.

2/H Colonial Quad — Found 15 exterior door propped open during the night. Secured °
all.

2/12 Podium — Several windows found open in various buildings. Secured all.

2/12 Colonial Quad — Found six laundry rooms unlocked.

2/12 State Quad loading dock — Vehicle scratched from front wheel to rear wheel.

2/12 Unknown location — Wallet & ID case taken from coat on chair.

2/12 Dutch Quad mail room — Respond to active intruder alarm. Staff acs Tanna.
tripped alarm.

2/12 Indian Quad — Respond to active fire alarm. Found damaged heat sensor, reset
alarm. 3

2/12 Dutch Lot — Minor MVA.

2/12 Onondaga Hall — Respond to fire alarm activation. False alarm - malfunction;

_ Plant on scene.

2/12 Indian Quad — Judicial referral marijuana.

2/13 Fulton Hall — Respond to suicide attempt; AFD responded. Transported to AMC
for treatment.

2/13 Montauk Hall — Respond to possible Asthma attack. 5-Quad and AFD on scene.
Transported to AMCH.

Traffic and Parking Violations

2/9 University Drive/Tricentennial — Failed to stop at sign
2/9 University Drive — Failed to yield after stop sign

2/9 University Drive West — Failure to stop for sign

2/9 University Drive East — Front passenger headlight out

2/10 University Drive — Failed to stop at sign

2/10 University Drive — Operated w/suspended registration
2/10 Various Locations — 13 parking tickets issued

2/10 University Drive East — Speeding in zone

2/11 University Drive East — Passed stop sign

2/12 University Drive West — Speeding in zone

2/12 University Drive — AUO 3rd

2/12 University Drive — Speeding in zone

2/12 University Drive @ Tricentennial — Pass stop sign
2/12 UPD — Possession of Altered NYS driver license
2/12 University Place — Inadequate headlamps

2/12 University Place — AUO 3rd

2/12 RACC Lot — Car towed .

2/12 University Place Road — Vehicle towed

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Culture & Lifestyle

Separation of church and state:
Who's to say?

Tim SHABAREKH
Featured Columnist

I find it hard to be opti-
mistic about President Bush’s
recent changes since he’s
entered the oval _ office.
Already we are seeing how he
intends to blur that thin fine
line separating church and
state.

I’m sure you have heard of
the policy changes to which
I’m referring. He has a plan to
allow faith-based organiza-
tions to compete for govern-
ment grants, while at the same
time has barred aid to foreign
groups that perform abortions
or advocate abortion rights.

These reforms have many
groups up in arms. Bush critics
are screaming “I told you so”
while atheists are updating
their passports and requesting
visas to move to England.

. Personally, I am an ardent
supporter of the separation of
church and state, but at the
same time I wonder how much
of an impact this will have on
my life. If we think closely
about our present-day situation
we'll realize how much reli-
gion is already intertwined in
our lives, whether we like it or
not.

Our national anthem and
pledge of allegiance speak of
our “nation. under God.” In
1963 our currency began car-
rying the motto “In God we
trust.”

Then there are more subtle
things even closer to home.
The academic calendar conve-
niently gives us breaks around
religious holidays. Our winter
break encompasses Christmas,
we're given a week off for
Easter, and the Fall semester

Jewish holidays ensure that we
get plenty of rest.

However, we’re not given
a single day for traveling on
Thanksgiving, which is a
nationally celebrated non-reli-
gious occasion. Fountain Day
isn’t considered worthy of sus-
pending classes, even though
it’s a University-wide celebra-
tion of Spring.

Our activity fees paid to
the state of New York go
towards funding religious
groups among others.
School-wide services are
reduced on Sundays...

There’s even more. Our
activity fees paid to the state
of New York go towards fund-
ing religious groups among
others. School-wide services
are reduced on Sundays, which
has been a long-standing tradi-
tion in America. Religion has
shaped our society in so many
different ways, one has to
wonder if the changes pro-
posed by President Bush will
be so radical.

I'd like to put two dis-
claimers in at this point. The
first being, that I am_ not
against the free practice of
every religion in America, and
I find nothing wrong with our
breaks being around religious
holidays. I just wanted to state
that fact. Second, I do believe
that Bush’s plans can cause
problems if they are abused.

For instance, who will

_oversee to make sure that these

funds to “faith-based” organi-
zations are fairly distributed? I
would prefer that our social
services were given out by
secular government organiza-

tions, but if our elected leader
makes this change, the best
case scenario would be that all
types of faith-based organiza-
tions receive funds. Perhaps
Christian groups. will be
favored.

This may offend people,
but I see this as being an area
of abuse. It’s not that far-
fetched. After all, the Christian
Coalition is very influential in
the Republican Party. Recent
Attorney General appointee,
John Ashcroft, is a good exam-
ple of how Christian groups
can gain access to American
politics.

If we have to have faith-
based distribution of social
services, we as Americans
need to be assured that all
faiths will be represented. One
can only imagine worse abuse.

These groups may refuse
help to individuals, or perhaps
impose their beliefs on those

they help. For instance, shel- -

ters for single women may not
be offering abortion counsel-
ing for pregnant women in
abusive relationships.

The worst case scenario I
suppose is that groups offer
assistance only to converts and
believers, but this isn’t the
Seventeenth Century, so I am
only being facetious in making
such a statement ;

While this might not be a
horrible change due to the
already blurred lines .I men-
tioned earlier, it could be
prone to abuse. We need to
tread so very carefully when-
ever we touch in on this realm
of American policies.

I just hope that President
Bush realizes this, and doesn’t
dive us straight in to the. pool
of this debate.

The Philth and the Fury:

Going do

By Puivip RAFFAELE
Staff Writer

Down-tempo, that is. The
debut album from Jaffa (aka
David Kakon) has arrived, and its
subtle grooves will have you
closing your eyes and drifting to
far off places that only high-cal-
iber music can take you. Titled
Elevator, this album knits the
brilliance of a highly skilled
pianist, with enough beats woven
in to keep it interesting.

A drum beat sets the stage;
simple, yet poignant. A slow
melody creeps in, with guitar
riffs penetrating at opportune
moments. Part of the reason that
Jaffa’s sound is so unique, is due
to the collection of vintage key-

boards and synthesizers used on
the album. It creates a sound that
just can’t be copied by more con-
temporary musicians and equip-
ment. There is simply an antique
feel that sounds almost too
smooth to be true.

Jaffa cites influences such as
Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock,
and John Coltrane. And his musi
c is an extension of their work,
developed into a new sound that
incorporates the old, yet pro-
gresses into a new style that is
very distinctive. I’ve been listen-
ing to this non-stop when I’m
studying, reading, or just loung-
ing around.

_ Worldwide acclaim has been
piling up for Jaffa, but is fairly
new to American audiences.
While the record is the first

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release on Nude Recordings, US
distribution has been picked up
by Studio K7!, who is responsi-
ble for the recent popularity of
German electronic duo
Funkstorung.

In his own words, Jaffa
describes his sound as “a sort of
Fat Albert meets Emmanuelle on
a beach in Tahiti type thing.” I
couldn’t have said it better
myself.

Eleven tracks of new-fash-

ioned jazz, destined to become a
classic. And if that’s not enough

for you, check out the unbeliev-
ably good Fila Brazillia and
Herbaliser remixes contained on
the disc. Some great sleazy-lis-

tening for those cold winter

nights.

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By THE PRIDE ALLIANCE EXECUTIVE
BOARD

In concurrence with the start of
the spring semester here at UAlbany, the
PRIDE Alliance has been granted a col-
umn by the Albany Student Press. For the
sake of clarity, the PRIDE Alliance, for-
merly known as the LGBA, is a student
organization that is allied to provide visi-
bility, solidarity, and support for the les-
bian, gay, bisexual and transgendér com-
munity at the university. However, do not
be alarmed, for neither the group nor this
column function to discriminate or segre-
gate. On the contrary, embodied in the
mission of the PRIDE Alliance is the
endeavor for an all-encompassing unity.

PRIDE’s Executive Board mem-
bers have worked arduously to ensure an
activesemester. In addition to this col-
umn, a schedule of meeting dates and their
subsequent topics has been outlined.
Other major events PRIDE has slated
include participation in Sexuality Week,
co-hosting of the East Coast LGBT
Conference, fundraising via basketball and
spades tournaments, as well as _ political
activism on “Lobby Day.”

Currently, one of the most press-
ing issues for PRIDE is the recent
Republican victory in the election of
George W. Bush as well as the party’s con-
trol of both houses of Congress, a feat last
accomplished in 1953. Unsettling to the
LGBT community is the fact that Bush

sided with the opposition on hate crimes,

employment discrimination, gays in the
military, and civil unions. With such an
apparent disregard and lack of commit-
ment to the LGBT community, we are left

with a challenging dilemma: what do we
do now?

The most logical strategy in my
opinion is to become’ better organized.
The LGBT community needs to undergo a
resurgence in order to motivate its mem-
bers into positive action. For this reason,
PRIDE Alliance is currently establishing a
network with similar student groups on
other college and university campuses.
The message most critical to our success is
that we are fighting for equal rights: the
same rights at the heart of American
democracy for which the United States has
achieved historical prestige. However,
many Americans have declared our strug-
gle as a selfish demand for “special rights”
and refuse to support such a cause.

Although forward movement on

most LGBT issues is highly unlikely under
the Bush Administration, there is hope that
further setbacks will not occur.
Recentyears have provided increased visi-
bility and awareness. In order to continue
this trend, the LGBT community must
embrace its own differences and work to
gain the support of heterosexuals. For this
reason, “straight supports” are warmly
welcome to attend PRIDE meetings and
are encouraged to join our cause. The
PRIDE Alliance mission asserts that, “We
are part of the lesbian and gay civil rights
movement so we can keep this cause
alive.” | We have pledged to “Pass it on
to others.” And that is precisely what we
plan to do.
The PRIDE Alliance holds weekly meet-
ings on Mondays in SS256 at 7:30PM.
The group can be reached by calling 442-
5672 or by looking on the web at
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Culture & Lifestyle

Concrete Blonde:

You're going to have to speak up

DOREE LEWAK
Staff Columnist

Have you ever read the
warning labels on your ear plugs?
I mean really read them? — [ll
assume most of you simply twist
those puppies into your ear canal
without ever really thinking
about it. You slip into a deep,
soundproof sleep, taking for
granted the importance of the ear
plug. But failing to read the vital
warning labels on the package
can hinder you from getting your
best sleep possible; what you
thought was your reliable pair of
ear plugs can disappoint you dur-
ing crucial moments.

It’s completely understand-
able that some light sleepers may
be disturbed by the impulsive
thunder of gunfire during the
middle of the night. Quiet-
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within the increasingly popular
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the consumer that, although they
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protect against the jarring boom
of sudden gunfire. Don’t you just
hate when a 38- magnum sounds
off in the middle of the night and
disrupts your otherwise peaceful
and uninterrupted shut-eye?

If you had read the package
carefully, though, then you would
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don’t protect against that pesky
blare of sudden gunfire. There’s
something I just can’t shake,
though. I suppose I can attribute
it to my journalistic grounding,
but it begs the question: What
kind of area are we living in that
gun fire sounding off during the
night is the norm?

Short of gunfire, though,
what about the noises and sudden
events that warning labels don’t
address? UAlbany students have
logged quite an abundance of
EPS’s - ear plug scenarios, if you
will, to determine whether these
bad boys can rise to the occasion.
They may not protect our lobes
from the blare of gun shots, but
let us see if they can ensure a rest-
ful night against the mean streets
of Albany. Consider the follow-
ing scenarios next time-you find
yourself strolling down aisle 2B
in CVS, confronted by a myriad
of competing ear plug distribu-
tors, asking yourself, “Can this
plug pass the test?”

Scenario Number One:
The Indian / State Quad Fire
Alarm. Not uncommon among
feisty, inebriated coeds, the mid-
dle-of-the-night pulled fire alarm
is a staple of campus life. Will
you be one of those suckers who
evacuates because a pulled fire
alarm or will you outsmart every-
one else in your dorm and sleep
through it, as long as you select
the appropriate ear plug that can

handle it?

Scenario Number Two:
Rowdy neighbors “tiptoeing”
home at the end of a rough
Albany bar-hopping night. They
may look well-behaved on the
outside, but given the right cir-
cumstances like a full moon and a
six pack of Corona, and the odds
of sleep disruption upon their trek
home is as likely as your getting
laid on Spring Break in Cancun.
Can your ear plugs take the chal-
lenge?

Scenario Number Three:
LC7. We have all had those
moments inside the cavernous
center dedicated to the sole pur-
pose of learning. But in reality
when we try to catch up on our
sleep, our work, or the latest ASP
(what a shameless plug,) the
power of a lecturer’s microphone
may very well eclipse your ear
plug efforts. That droning lecture
can become intolerable. It is
times like these when you have to
ask yourself: “Can my earplug
withstand the noxious noise of
the LC7 lecturer?”

If you still think that ear
plugs are uncool, let us examine
the evidence. What is one locale
we can all agree is the place to be
and be seen? The Post. Would it
surprise you to learn that the
esteemed Post bouncers all swear
by ear plugs as their ear accesso-
ry of choice while on the job?

Letters to the Editor

Outkast
gets cast out

To the Editor:

In reading Kenny Herzog’s article “Would a real awards show
please stand up?” in the February 9 issue of the ASP, I noticed a minor
mistake that raises a major issue.

In the midst of his Grammy rant, Kenny complained that Outkast
had been snubbed by the Academy in every category of its Grammy
nominations this year. However, the slightest bit of research would
have revealed that Outkast’s record, along with all but one of their sin-
gles, was released on October 31, 2000, whereas the eligibility period
for this year’s Grammy awards was between October 1, 1999 to
September 30, 2000. Clearly, this virtually eliminates Outkast from
any possible Grammy nominations.

My point is that anyone who’s going to swing around volatile
opinions (many of which I don’t disagree with, incidentally) the way
he does and as often as he does (and as print journalism, no less)
should really check his facts first.

Chris Augustine
Student

Mouthin’ Off:

What happened to the sitcom?

JACK GAYTON
~ Contributing Columnist

It’s Wednesday night and
there I am, relaxing with a beer
waiting for “Temptation Island“
to start. Then, with no warning,
my friend busts into the room.
My hand instinctively goes for
the remote but it is too late, I’m
caught. I watch as his eyes travel
to the TV screen where the freak
girl with the dreadlocks is crying
into the camera. I prepare myself
for the onslaught of insults that
are about to be unleashed, but-
they never come. Instead he
points out how he can’t believe
she‘s crying since she cheated on
her boyfriend at the end of the
last episode. I breathe a sigh of
relief; I’m not the only one.

It appears there are many of
you out there, just like me, who
find a sort of guilty pleasure
watching these so called “reality”
based shows. You may not want
to admit it to your esteemed col-
leagues and peers, but each night
the TV somehow seems to find its
way to the right channel. The
channel is usually Fox which
leads the field with the largest
array of reality based shows, six
hours a week of the 15 primetime
hours.

According to the latest

Nielsen ratings, the fifth episode
of “Tempation Island “ dominat-
ed its hour in younger demo-
graphics, including beating out
NBC’s “The West Wing” among

younger viewers.

Despite “Temptation Island “
and the other “reality” shows
moderate success, not everyone is
impressed. Many critics are bash-
ing the shows and their creators,
claiming all the sex, violence,
and backstabbing are not reality
based, merely a ploy to get rat-
ings. To this I say: Thank you
Captain Obvious! Who wants to
watch a show about real life? The
whole idea of watching “real life”
probably can be attributed to
MTV’s “The Real World” where
seven people were picked to live
in a house and blah blah blah.
From there we got “Road Rules”,
“Real World vs. Road Rules”,
“Real World Reunions”, and
“Real World Casting Specials”
and so on. People still argue over
the fact that these shows are not
realistic. Of course you’re not
going to be realistic with a cam-
era in your face. How successful
do you think a show would be if
it were realistic? Could you
imagine “The Real World” being
just like real life? We could all
tune in to watch Melissa stand in
line at the DMV or maybe spend
an hour watching Dave sit on his
butt, in front of the TV, drinking
beer. Awesome.

Does anyone remember “Big
Brother”? This was one of the
shows that came out last year and
tried to be realistic. In fact, it was
so realistic that it bored me to
tears for the whole ten minutes I
actually watched it. All they did
in this show was sit on their

couches and complain about one
another. Meanwhile the
American viewers got to sit on
their couches and complain about
them. Now that was real life and
it sucked.

It seems as if nothing can
surprise us anymore. We have
seen it all. Year after year
Hollywood dishes it out to us and
we eat it up. Everything from
alien invasions crushed by Will

‘Smith in three days to Freddie

Prinze Jr. falling in love with
assorted girls; its all been done.
So now we want to see real life,
but real life is just too boring, so
the people of Hollywood are
spicing it up a bit. Now people
get to be voyeurs and see into the
lives of people slightly more
interesting than themselves. Why
not?

Let me be honest with every-
one, I did have to do a little
research into these reality shows
because I don’t keep up with
them all. I don’t know who is
going to get kicked off
“Survivor” this week and I don’t
care but if people want to watch
it, go ahead. What irks me is the
people out there who have to
bash everything because they
don’t like it. I mean what is the
problem with “Temptation
Island?” Let’s look at the
premise; four couples, well three
now, 50 singles, a tropical island,
lots of alcohol, bikinis every-
where you look, and no Regis.
Sounds like a winner to me.

Let us pick our own
channels

To the Editor:

My suitemates and I read with interest the article in ASP Issue 12,
dated Friday, 2 February 2001 entitled “SAC: Trying to Make
Changes”, by a Mr. Joshua Kaufman. One paragraph in particular
interested us; it reads

“One of the advertisements for the meeting was a poster saying “I
WANT MY CARTOON NETWORK!” referring to the University
cable system. TV Program Coordinator Ben Frishman said ‘There are
64 cable channels and the University utilizes 24 of them and that’s with
three in use for the university movies.’ When asked why the rest of
them are not being utilized, the only explanation that could be given
was that no one is willing to go downstairs in the cable room and input
the channels.”

This is preposterous. In a university which, per student, receives
about $10.00 per annum, the dearth of cable channels is explained by
sheer laziness? It’s sick, but it doesn’t surprise me.

Having thought it through, we have decided that we would be
interested in learning how to input the channels ourselves. If it isn’t a
great amount of effort (after all, it isn’t our job, but the ones whose job
it is don’t want to utilize their time in such an enterprise), we would be
willing to do the job ourselves.

Thank you.

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Jonathan Gold
David Mannino
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Friday, February 16, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 4

Danes struggle against Patriot League foes

By KEVIN GROSSMAN
Staff Writer

The fatigue of a long season
of college basketball seems to be
catching up to the Great Danes
men’s basketball team as Albany
dropped both their games this
week.

The Great Danes were
defeated by Colgate at the RACC
on Saturday night, 66-58. Both
teams played sloppy basketball
as the teams combined for 36
turnovers and 31 fouls.

Albany’s main players also
had off nights, as Will Brand
scored eight points on 1 for 8
shooting’ and E.J. Gallup,
Albany’s leading scorer scored
10 points. Gallup, a 77 percent
free throw shooter, also missed 6
of 8 free throw attempts. Alex
Barnhill and Antione Johnson led
the Danes in scoring as each had
12 points.

Despite Albany’s offensive
woes, the Danes actually led the
contest with about 10 minutes to
play in the second half. Colgate
(12-11) guard Dave Hardy scored
on two consecutive possessions
to give the Red Raiders a 44-40
lead.

Albany was able to creep to
within three with about two min-
utes to play in the game, but Col-
gate center Howard Blue scored
on a critical shot with a minute to
play to give Colgate a five-point

lead and the game.
Albany was defeated by

another Patriot League school on. ©
Wednesday night as the Danes |

fell to Lafayette, 78-65. Albany’s
lack of size posed a major prob-
lem, as the Danes played four
guards for much of the game and
were consistently outmuscled in
the paint.

Will Brand and E.J. Gallup
rebounded from a poor shooting
night on Saturday to score 16 and
19 points, respectively. The rest
of the squad struggled from the

field, as the team shot only 37

percent from the floor for the
contest.

Forty fouls were called in
the game, and the lack of
momentum took the crowd and
the Private Pound out of the
game early on.

Both teams went back and
forth throughout the first half,

, and Lafayette (10-13) broke a 46-
46'tie early in the second half on

a Brian Burke shot. Burke, who
led the Leopards off the bench
with 13 points, spurred a
Lafayette run that saw them take
10 of the game’s next 11 points.
Albany (5-20) was never
able to catch up to the Leopards,
and the Danes wound up losing
their third straight game. The
Danes next contest is on Saturday
afternoon against Lehigh.

Courtesy of Sports Information

Will Brand scored 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds in Wednesday night’s loss to Lafayette.

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I S Friday, February 16, 2001. ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Women’s Field

Hockey

There- is no comparison
between the schools women’s
field hockey teams. The field
hockey program at UAlbany was
instituted six years ago and each
year the Danes have played and
beaten the Saints.

In 1999, the Great Danes
went 11-4, while Siena finished
with a record of 2-9. At Siena in
late October, UAlbany defeated
the Saints, 3-0. The two teams
had four common opponents. The
Great Danes defeated
Monmouth, 7-1, while Siena lost
to Monmouth twice, 2-0 and 2-1.
UAlbany defeated Rider, 4-1,
while Siena lost twice against
that team, falling 5-0 and 7-0.

Siena’s only wins came
against Sacred Heart, who

UAlbany also defeated twice last

Siena vs. UAlban

Part Two: Women’s Fall Sports

recruit top-notch players,” said
UAlbany coach Deb Fiore.

She credits the program’s
early success to the team’s defen-
sive responsibilities.

“Defense is always our

major focus,” Fiore said. “Every
player has to play defense, even
our top scorers.”
_ This season, the Great Danes
defeated Siena, 8-0 in early
October. The Great Danes closed
the season with a 10-8 record,
while the Saints were 5-10 for the
season. UAlbany was 4-1 against
common opponents, while Siena
was 2-6.

The Great Danes defeated
Monmouth, Rider, Sacred Heart,

and Vermont. After holding a 2-0

halftime lead on Georgetown,
UAlbany was defeated, 3-2 by
the Hoyas. Siena split two games
with both Sacred Heart and
Rider. The Saints also lost to
Monmouth twice, Georgetown
and Vermont.

Despite UAlbany’s recent

Amy DiMicco and the Danes have had much success against Siena in recent

years.

Courtesy of Sports Information --

season. The Great Danes also
defeated Vermont, 8-1, and Siena
lost to the Catamounts, 3-0.
Overall, UAlbany - was 5-0
against common _ opponents,
while Siena was 2-5.

“We've been fortunate to

Women’s Field Hockey

1999; at Siena
Albany 3 Siena 0

2000: at Albany
Albany 8 Siena 0

1999 Record vs. Common Opponents
Albany (5-0)

Monmouth 7-1 win

Rider 4-1 win

Sacred Heart 5-1 win, 4-1 win

Vermont 8-1 win

2000 Record vs. Common Opponents

Albany (4-1)
Monmouth 4-2 win
Rider 2-1 win
Sacred Heart 2-1 win (OT)
Georgetown. 3-2 loss
Vermont 1-0 win

2-1 loss (OT), 2-1 win

acceptance into the America East
Conference, the two schools are
still scheduled to play each other
next year.

Siena (2-5)

2-0 loss, 2-1 loss
5-0 loss, 7-0 loss
3-2 win, 2-1 win
3-0 loss

Siena (2-6)
2-1 loss, 4-2 loss

1-0 win, 1-0 loss
5-0 loss
2-1 loss

EDGE: UAlbany

Women’s Soccer

Both women’s soccer pro-
grams are not that strong, but
each team has coaches that are
just starting their tenure at the
respective schools. UAlbany
coach Joanna Tomasino took
over this season and Siena coach
Steve Karbowski just concluded
his second season at the healm.

Siena seems to have a slight
edge over the Danes over the past
two seasons. In 1999, the Great
Danes went winless, finishing the
season with a record of 0-15-1.
The Saints were not much better,

‘going 3-11-2. UAlbany was 0-7-1

against common
while Siena was 2-6.

The Great Danes lost to
Stony Brook, Niagara, Sacred
Heart, Quinnipiac, Holy Cross,
St. Peter’s and Canisius. The last
two schools accounted for
Siena’s victories. However,
UAlbany tied Iona, while Siena
lost to the Gaels in, doublé-over-
time.

The Danes finished the 2000

opponents,

season, 3-15. Siena had a record |

of 4-12-2. The two teams played
each other this year with the
Saints winning, 2-0 in an early
September game.

“Tt’s great for the communi-
ty,’ Tomasino said of playing

‘Siena. “We’re two programs that

are pretty much at the same place
right now.”

It seemed that UAlbany
improved as the season went on,
finishing: with a 2-4 record
against common opponents while
the Saints went 1-5. However, the
Saints also improved over the
course of the season with their
extremely young team.

“We started the season with
13 freshman,” Karbowski said.

“There was vast improvement as
the season went on into confer-
ence play when we were able to

Courtesy of Sports Information

Goalkeeper Michelle Talviste will look for a more positive result when

Albany plays Siena next season.

go with more of a set lineup.”
The Great Danes defeated
Niagara and Canisius, but fell to
Army, Sacred Heart, Iona and
Holy Cross.. Siena defeated
Canisius, but fell to Sacred Heart,

Women’s Volleyball

1999: at Colgate Invitational

beat Niagara, Iona, and Canisius,
all teams that defeated the Great
Danes.

This past season, the Great
Danes fell to Siena, 3-0 (15-5,
15-4, 15-2) as the two teams

. Siena 3 Albany ! (15- 6,16- 14, 14-16, 15- 2

2000: at Siena Invitational

 Siena3 Albany 0 (5- 5, 15-4, 15-2)

1999 Record VS. Conta Opponents”
Albany (4-8)

2000 Record vs. Common Opponents

Albany (1-14)

Holy Cross, Niagara, Iona and
Army.

The two teams will meet
again early next season in the
annual Governor’s Cup played: at
UAlbany, the same place the two
teams met this season.

EDGE: Siena

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Volleyball

Siena’s women’s volleyball
team has defeated the Great
Danes in each of the past two sea-
sons. During the fall of 1999, the
Saints defeated Albany 3-1 (15-6,
16-14, 14-16, 15-9). The Great
Danes finished that season with a
9-17 record while the Saints fin-
ished 12-14.

Against common opponents,
Albany was 4-8 and Siena was 6-
5. Each team defeated Vermont
(Albany three times, Siena twice)
and Holy Cross. The Saints also

Siena (6-5)

Siena (7-4)
seemed to go in opposite direc-
tions. The Great Danes finished
the season with a 3-24 record.
The Saints closed the 2000 sea-
son with a record of 14-15.

‘“‘We’ ve had an open relation-
ship with Siena,” UAlbany vol-
leyball coach Curtis Strife said.
“They are a very strong team, but
we are comparable with them on
any given day.”

Against common opponents,
Albany was 1-14 and the Saints
were 7-4. Both teams defeated
Marist (Siena did so twice), while
Siena also defeated Quinnipiac,
Stony Brook, Wagner, Iona and
Niagara. Both teams lost to
Army, Boston College, Cornell
and Syracuse.

There is nothing on the
schedule for next year as of yet,
but the possibility of playing
again remains an option.

“T would like to start setting
up a home-and-home _ with

Albany,” Siena coach Ron Racey
said. “It’s fiscally responsible and
it would be a nice rivalry.”

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Senior Erinn Langford has been a part of the Danes early success at the Division I level.

Women’s Tennis

The two women’s tennis pro-
grams have not played a dual
match against each other the past
few years, but have played some
common opponents and some
individual matches at tourna-
ments over that time period. The
tennis teams compete in two sea-
sons, the fall and spring.

During the 1999-2000 sea-
sons, the two squads each played
Stony Brook and Long Island
University in the fall.

The Great Danes defeated
the Seawolves, 7-2 but lost to
LIU by the same score. Siena lost
to both schools, falling 8-1 to
Stony Brook and 6-0 to LIU. The
two teams did not play any com-
mon teams that spring.

This past fall, each squad
played and lost to Holy Cross.
The Great Danes lost 7-2, while
the Saints fell, 6-3.

UAlbany assistant coach Joe
Trapasso, who coached at Siena
in the late 1970’s and all of the
‘80’s, says the UAlbany program
is in good shape and thanks to
recent happenings in the athletic
department, mainly the move to
Division I and conference affilia-
tion, looks forward to the possi-
bility of playing Siena in a dual
match sooner than later.

Trapasso said, “With the new
conference (America East), we
hope that the two can meet in the
very near future.” .

EDGE: UAlbany

Women’s Golf

The two women’s golf pro-
grams have played each other
over the past two seasons with
the Saints clearly holding an
advantage over the Great Danes.
When they played each other in
the 1999 season at Siena, the
Saints defeated Albany, 371-401.

This year, the two teams
played against each other three
times in an eight-day span, at two
invitationals in addition to the
match they played at Albany. At
the Princeton Invitational, the
Great Danes finished last in the
16-team field, while Siena placed
11th.

The next week at the Rutgers
Invitational, the Saints finished in
13th place out of 17 teams while
the Great Danes once again fin-
ished last at the invitational.

Two days later, the two
teams met for a match at Albany,
where the Saints once again got
the best of the Great Danes, 345-
424.

EDGE: Siena

Women’s Cross

Country

Like the men, there is a wide
disparity in the two schools
women’s cross country teams.
During the 1999 season, the two
teams faced each other three
times with the Great Danes com-
ing out on top each time. At the
Iona Meet of Champions, Albany
finished 16th out of 17 teams in
the highly competitive field, but

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Albany continued

Siena placed 17th, by a large
margin. Albany scored 421 points
to Siena’s 575. The Siena women
took the last severi places in the
race.

The ECAC Championships
was perhaps the Great Danes best
race last season. Albany finished
fifth in the 24-team field with 166
points. Siena finished 23rd with
667 points. Over the five-kilome-
ter course, Albany’s average time
was almost three minutes faster
per runner than Siena’s. The
Great Danes also placed higher
than the Saints at the Northeast
Regional Championships, finish-
ing 23rd out of 34 teams. The
Saints finished last.

The Saints closed the gap
between the two teams in the
2000 season, but still not enough
to come close to threatening the
Great Danes. The two teams
raced each other twice and once
again, Albany finished better in
both races.

At the Northeast Regionals,
the Great Danes placed 20th in
the 33-team field, while the
Saints finished 29th. Albany also
finished ahead of the Saints at the
ECAC Championships, despite
running without, their third-place
runner, finishing 15th out of 24

teams. Siena finished 19th.

EDGE: UAIbany

Next issue, the
ASP. will analyze
the spring sports
of the two schools.
The five sports are
baseball, softball,
women’s _ tennis,
and men’s and
women’s lacrosse.

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The Great Danes have not finished behind Siena at any invitational in recent memory.


Four track records fall at Invitational

onships next month in_ both.

By ANDREA SWEET
Staff Writer

Freshman Jessica Walton
won the 1,000-meter run with a
school-record effort and Alix
Rodriques broke school marks in
two events to __ highlight
UAlbany’s performance at the

Fordham/St.John’s Invitational in —

the New York City Armory. The
Great Danes were second among
15 teams in both the men’s and
women’s standings.

Walton shattered a UAlbany
standard in the 1,000 meters with
a time of 2:54.99, and qualified
for the ECAC championships in
March.

“It’s good, very good,”
Walton said. “I wanted to qualify
and I’m really excited.”

She broke a mark that she set
earlier in the season with a four
second personal record.

Jessica Burger and Nierria
Jones also picked up first-place
finishes. Burger ran the 500-
meter dash in 1:17.10, while
Jones leaped 36-02.25 in the
triple jump.

“It was incredible. I can’t
believe what I ran,” Burger said.
“T haven’t run the 800 in a while.
Going into it (on the 4x800 relay
at ECAC’s), I should be fresh and
I’m hoping to run well.”

Seidah Abu-Bakir took first
in the 55-high hurdles (8.60), and
was fourth in the high jump.

In the men’s competition,
Rodriques was second in both the
55- and 200-meter dashes to St.
Joseph’s James Scott. However,
he qualified for the IC4A champi-

events. His times of 6.38 seconds
in the 55-meter dash and 22.11 in
the 200 erased UAlbany records.

“Tm _ really happy, you
know? I haven’t run in a few
weeks and to come here and qual-
ify is great,” Rodriques said. “My
coaches and teammates have
really helped me a lot.”

He has big plans going into

. the next race.

“Come IC4A’s, I plan on
winning both events.”

Adam Rice set another
school-record with an IC4A qual-
ifying time of 2:28.94 in the
1,000-meter run. Three Great
Danes won individual events.
Jamie Rodriguez went 8:30.72 to

take first place: in the 3,000

meters. Paul Roche and Marlon

Monroe were victorious in the,

long jump and triple jump,

respectively.

“IT was hoping to go further
than that,” Roche said. “I’m
happy that I was able to win that
event though.”

The 4x400 meter relay took
third with a time of 3:22.07.
Members of that relay were Joe
Senchyshyn, John Morris, Ed
Fotiades, and Aggrey Morris.

A few athletes will be com-
peting at the Seton Hall
Invitational on. Sunday, February
26th. The last scheduled meet for
the season. will be _ the
IC4A/ECAC championships held
the first weekend of March.

Danes downed by Bearcats

By KEVIN GROSSMAN
Staff Writer

The Great Danes women’s basketball team lost their sole
game last week, dropping a 75-60 decision to Bighamton at the
RACC on Thursday, February 8.

Binghamton (18-6) won their 11th straight game behind
strong play by Sarah Cartmill, the school’s all-time leading scorer.
Cartmill scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the
Bearcats to victory. The Great Danes (5-19) were able to stay close
throughout the first half, but Binghamton went on an 11-3 run to
take a 62-48 lead. Binghamton, which was 30 of 36 from the free
throw line, sank 9 of 12 free throws down the stretch to secure the
win. Liz Tucker led the Danes with another strong performance
with 11 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds but the Danes lost
their fifth Consecutive decision. The Danes begin their final road
trip of the season this week, as the team travels to Daemen for a
Thursday night contest and Stony Brook on Saturday for an
evening game. Albany’s final home game of the season is
Saturday, February 24th against Bucknell.

Dane of the Week

Alix Rodriques |

Sport: Men’s Track & Field
Year: Junior

Major: Computer Science
Accomplishments:

Rodriques set two school-records at the Fordham/St.
John’s Invitational in New York City on Friday night. The
junior finished second in both the 55 and 200-meter dash-
es, setting school-records and qualifying for the IC4A:
Championships in each event. Rodriques ran 6.38 sec-
onds in the 55-meters and 22.11 in the 200-meters.