Issue 7
Monday, Névenber ar, 2002
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By SARA CHAPMAN
Managing Editor
On Monday, October 28, the
small fountain in front of the
Campus Center was lit up with
red, white and blue lights for the
last time before it was turned off
the following day for the remain-
der of the year. However, it was
not this patriotic illumination that
captured most spectators’ atten-
tion; rather, it was the prohibi-
tively caustic black and yellow
police tape roping off the first
floor entrance. Inside the barri-
cade, University Police
Department (UPD) and _ their
canine companions, with support
from State Troopers, patrolled
the area and served as crowd con-
trol for the protests that were
waging on the other side of the
tape. The Campus Center was on
a complete lock down, with
guards at each level of every stair
case carefully monitoring every-
one with business beyond Burger
King. The reason for the protests
and heightened security was the
visit to UAlbany of Ra’anan
Gissin, the Senior Advisor to
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon.
The UAlbany chapter of
Hamagshimim, a Jewish Zionist
organization sponsored the event,
called Caravan for Democracy.
This is a cooperative effort of
Jewish National Fund, Media
Watch International and
Hamagshimim to bring various
speakers to 50 college campuses
across the United States. The
goal of the program is to, “pro-
mote constructive dialogue on
campus about the Mid-East cri-
sis,’ according to their press
release.
Gissin earned his Bachelors
of the Arts in Sociology and
Political Science from the
Hebrew University in Jerusalem,
a Masters in Broadcast
Journalism and his doctorate in
Political Science of Public
Administration from Syracuse
University. He joined the Israeli
Defense Forces (IDF) in 1979 as
a Strategic Analyst and became
their spokesman during most of
the 1980’s. He continued to lead
the IDF’s communication center
during the Gulf War in 1991,
spending most of this time under
the spotlights of journalists and
reporters. While not on camera,
Gissin was a special advisor to
BY THE ALBANY STUDENT PRESS sees Siete
the Israeli Delegation at the
Madrid Peace Conference and
negotiations with the Arab and
Palestinian delegations in
Washington, DC. From then until
1998, when he was appointed as
the Senior Public Affairs and
Media Advisor to Sharon, the
then Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Gissin continued on his quest to
improve Israeli democracy and
foster relations with the US.
The day began at 4 p.muain
the Science Library, in which a
run down of the events was given
before Gissin showed up to
address the small body of Jewish
student leaders as well as the
leaders of a few other on-campus
organizations. The meeting was
small and personal, allowing for
students to ask very direct ques-
tions ,about everything from
Israeli politics, to how his flight
was. One student even spoke to
Gissin in hisnatrve tonguc to
make him feel welcomed.
Gissin was then given a
small break before giving three
consecutive speeches. The first
was to a group of UAlbany pro-
fessors at Alumni House. As the
professors left, reporters, photog-
raphers and local news crews
shuffled in and snapped pictures,
recorded and scribbled away as
Gissin took center stage for the
third time that evening.
Meanwhile, halfway across cam-
pus, tensions in front of the
Campus Center mounted, yet
remained peaccful as opposing
factions of students chanted vari-
ous slogans and waved banners
and flags. Three hours after
Gissin’s arrival on campus, stu-
dents, professors and members of
the community packed the
Ballroom. Four-hundred students
registered for the event in
advance, with another 200 on the
waiting list. Attendecs had to pre-
sent photo identification as well
as their e-mail confirmation of
registration before submitting
their bags to inspection and get-
ting run over thoroughly with a
metal detector wand.
Hamagshimim President
Richard Wachtel introduced
Gissin to an enthusiastic crowd
that afforded the keynote speaker
a standing ovation. As the group
settled down, one student
remained standing in a display of
passive resistance. When he was
escorted to the back, he remained
standing until nearly the end of
the evening with his arm in the
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Ra’anan Gissin, Senior Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
air, extending a peace sign.
To an enthralled audience,
Gissin spoke of how his people
are the only people who, before
they can explain their position,
must first justify their existence.
He is confident that Jews will
come away victorious, though,
and they will do it through peace-
ful means. ‘““We’ve been there for
4,000 years, and we'll be there
for another 4,000!” he claimed.
Despite the desire for a peaceful
resolution to the conflict, Gissin
promised that, “if [Palestinians]
want a fight, they will get a fight.
I just don’t want one.” He cau-
tioned the audience that the
world is on the brink of another
world war, if it is not there
already, further stating that out
inalienable rights of “life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness” are
not inalienable and democratic
nations of the world must fight to
preserve these principles. Gissin
went on to explain that he sup-
ports the United States’ efforts to
eradicate evil via the wars on Iraq
and terrorism. He firmly believes
that deprivation does not breed
terrorism, but that terrorism
breeds deprivation. Arguing that
no civilization has ever been able
to sustain itself by advocating the
suicide of its citizens, Gissin
believes that in order to survive,
those with policies based in ter-
rorism must find another way to
maintain themselves. He insists
that terrorists continue to lose
because they, “don’t have any-
thing positive.” Gissin then took
hard-hitting questions from the
crowd geared at the heart of the
controversy surrounding his visit.
His years of experience in front
of the camera were evident,
though, as his answers were
equally as poignant.
The outbursts of applause,
sometimes accompanied by a
standing ovation, were not. the
only eruptions with which the
speaker had to compete. One stu-
dent held up a sign reading, “Free
Palestine,” and yelled the same,
in addition to other pro-Palestine
rhetoric. Undaunted, Gissin
responded to these outbursts and
though straying from his original
speech, he carried on the spirit of
his message. He felt pity for
those students who he believes
have been misinformed and lead
astray by lies; he encouraged the
student standing at the back of
the room with his hand still
affixed as a peace sign to extend
his hand instead as a symbolic
gesture of good faith and cooper-
ation. The outcries were not lim-
ited to just students. One man
was escorted out after standing
up and shouting at Gissin after
the speaker said that the first
thing taught in Isracli schools 1s
“shalom” (peace) and the first
thing taught in Palestinian
schools is “kill the Jews.” By the
end of the evening, the peace sign
student was joined by many other
students offering the same mes-
sage.
Emotions ran high at both
ends of the gamut. However
given the events on campus over
the past few weeks, coupled with
the sensitive nature of the subject
matter, the potential for disaster,
though high, was completely
avoided. The event was viewed
as an overwhelming success and
Gissin was always quick to
express his gratitude for being
given the chance to speak to stu-
dents. The UAlbany Absoluts
closed the evening with an a
capella version of the American
and Israeli national anthems and
Wachtel presented Gissin with a
UAlbany t-shirt and cap. It can
only be hoped that such an out-
reach will bring about what one
of the signs called for: “Pro-
Israel, Pro-Palestine, Pro-Peace.”
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By Tom DURANTE
Co-News Editor
On Tuesday October 22,
members of the UAlbany com-
munity gathered in the Campus
Center Ballroom for a teach-in
and discussion for those con-
cerned about the war in Iraq. The
purpose of the teach-in was to
have dialogue with students,
staff, faculty and Albany resi-
dents. Questions were fielded
concerning American domestic
and foreign policy, particularly
the policy around the war. The
teach-in was coordinated by the
NOWAR organization, and it
served to provide an educational
forum where individuals could
begin to challenge some of the
sentiments that the Bush admin-
istration has used to justify
America going to war against
Iraq. The teach-in proved to be a
very successful event, with about
500 people in attendance.
The NOWAR organization is
a collection of UAlbany mem-
bers, faculty, students and staff,
who believe that the proposed
war in Iraq is both unwise and
unjust. Leading the organization
are Bret Benjamin of the English
Department, Steven Seidman of
the Sociology Department, James
Collins of the Reading
Department, and Rosemary
Hennessy of the English
Department. These faculty mem-
bers, as well as a wide variety of
students and staff at UAlbany, are
contending against the war in
Iraq with fervent enthusiasm.
“As educators we wanted to
make a public statement of dis-
sent in opposition to the war that
offered an informed, substantive
analysis of the Bush administra-
tion’s arguments,” said Bret
Benjamin, “and that placed the
war into a larger domestic and
international context.”
As concern grows for the sit-
uation in Iraq, people need to be
informed of what exactly is going
on. “It has been distressing that
the media has not presented, in a
serious way, the arguments put
forward by the Bush administra-
tion,” said Steven Seidman, ‘“‘and
it is up to ordinary citizens to
take charge.”
Anyone who is interested in
helping out or acquiring any
information on the organization
is encouraged to visit the
NOWAR website at
http://www.albany.edu/~bret/now
ar/. The website features an open
letter, which any visitor to the
website may sign to express their
discontent of going to war with
Iraq. In addition, the website has
resources and a mailing list,
which can serve to keep anyone
informed of future events of the
NOWAR organization.
Courtesy of www.albany.edu
Bret Benjamin, Steven Seidman, James Collins
Speak out!
By ToM DURANTE
Co-News Editor
On Thursday, October 31,
students and representatives of
over 50 UAlbany student groups
gathered around the small
Campus Center fountain to
protest against tuition hikes and
cuts to higher education. The
speak-out was organized by the
New York Public Interest
Research Group (NYPIRG), who
felt that students at New York
colleges and universities deserve
to know what is going on with
their education.
In the spirit of Halloween,
various students dressed up as
vampires, mummies and ghosts
and urged Governor Pataki to
grant students a “treat” and not
“trick” higher education budget
that can also maintain sufficient |
funding for colleges and univer-
sities as well as financial aid and
Equal Opportunity Programs
(EOP), which would face drastic
cuts in the event of a tuition hike.
“This Halloween we ask the gov-
ernors and legislature to bear in
mind the needs of students in
deciding that budget,” said
Jessica Wisneskr of NYPIRG.
After a few opening remarks
from Wisneski, Student
Association President Kirk
Douglass spoke to the students,
addréssing the point that the
SUNY system has lost thousands
of faculty members since the
1990’s due to budget cuts. He
also spoke of the problem of the
tuition hike, saying, “The costs of
higher education have skyrocket-
ed.”
Douglass then introduced
Alexandra Angel, the president
of Fuerza Latina, the Latino
organization on campus. Angel
addressed the concern of the
opportunity programs, such as
EOP, which are currently running
on their 1994 budgets. “What I
see from an organization where a
lot of minorities are EOP, it is
tough,” said Angel. “Without
EOP, minorities cannot come to
school.”
Amy Hebert, the director of
education affairs at UAlbany,
was then introduced to speak of
the effects of a tuition hike. It is a
fact that when public college
tuition was raised by 750 dollars
in 1995, undergraduate enroll-
ment dropped by 29,000 stu-
dents. This frightening statistic
can only cause students to won-
der what is in store for them in
the future of higher education.
“I’m glad to see people out
here and _ cheering,” said
Wisneski. She continued, “It
sends a strong message to the
governor and to legislature, and it
lets them know that we’re not
fooling around and that we will
not stand for a tuition hike!” It is
Top: Photo by Sara Chapman
Bottom: Courtesy of www.albany.edu
Top: Jessica Wisneski; Bottom:
Kirk Douglass
important that students take
action and remember to vote on
November 5. It is time to bring
the benefits of higher education
to the students who need it the
most.
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UAS Board holds public meeting
By Tony GRAY
Staff Writer
Fifty years of secret Board
meetings came to an end Tuesday
for the University Auxiliary
Services (UAS), which held its
first open meeting, pursuant to an
unfavorable ruling from the
Albany County Supreme Court
ruling ordering UAS Board meet-
ings open to the public.
Kathryn Lowery, University
interim Vice-President — for
Business and Finance, addressed
the Board first and prepared a
case for UAS providing as large a
donation to the University as pos-
sible. UAS typically donates
almost 1.5 million dollars to the
University at Albany in “mission
of the University” money and
appropriates 100,000 dollars for
student activities out of the prof-
its generated from their 16 mil-
lion dollars revenue stream.
Vice-President Lowery
spoke about the recent Board
consideration of increasing the
level of funding for students with
the cryptic remark, “I’m more
than willing to provide 10,000
dollars for that goal.” Lowery is
not a UAS Board member, so it’s
unclear how her willingness
affects a Board determination.
Efforts to reach Lowery prior to
publication were unsuccessful.
Lowery also discussed bud-
getary pressures. that the
University is experiencing as a
result of not receiving state fund-
ing to cover negotiated salary
increases, rising utility costs, and
increased operating costs associ-
ated with each new building
added to the campus infrastruc-
ture. She said that, in times like
these, entities such as the UAS
become more important to the
University. “Entities like UAS,
which exist to support the institu-
tion can play a bigger part,” said
Lowery. It’s unclear if she was
requesting an increase in mission —
money for the 2003-2004 acade-
mic year.
Lowery also suggested UAS
consider a long-range plan to ear-
mark a certain amount of the mis-
sion money to be put into a fund
for improving facilities, such as
the dining halls.
After Lowery spoke to the
Board, members of the public
were allotted five minutes to
address concerns to Board mem-
bers. In the spirit of openness, the
first half-hour of each meeting is
reserved for public comment,
with each speaker receiving five
minutes time. Slots are filled on a
first-come, first-served basis on a
sign-in sheet circulated prior to
the meeting. Only one student
spoke at Tuesday’s meeting.
Elections for Officers of the
Board were held after the public
input period. Last year’s
President Michelle DiDonna pre-
vailed over graduate student
Brian Levine by a vote of 15-1-2.
Student Association President
Kirk Douglas and _ Central
Council Chair Jamie McNamara
accounted for the two absten-
tions.
The remaining offices were
filled by shows of hands that
were determined to denote unan-
imous consent. Central Council
Vice-Chair Joey Favata received
the nod for Vice-President of
UAS; University Controller Leo
Neveu regained the position of
Treasurer that he lost to Lari
Bazargan last year; and, Ginger
LaTourrette was returned to the
position of Secretary.
Executive Director Julia
Filippone closed with her
Executive Report. Filippone,
who is also University Asociate
Vice-President for Finance and
Business, reported that imple-
menting Podium.net was a popu-
lar service and had generated an
additional 33,000 dollars in
Podium funds over last year.
Podium.net lets students add
money to their Podium card over
the internet.
Filippone detailed the
growing list of food vendors
participating in off-podium.
She said DC’s, Wings Over
Albany, Mild Wally’s,
Dominoes, and Dragon City
had joined the program. She
wants students to provide
UAS feedback on other resta-
raunts that they want included
in off-podium, saying UAS
will contact them. UAS’s
number is 442-5950.
Zepps Il was described
as a hit with students. The
new addition to Indian Quad
is an all you can eat sub stop.
The results of two sur-
veys last semester
between 60-80 student partici-
pants convinced UAS to sever
ties with Campell’s. Filippone
announced that the Campus
Center soup shop Wild Greens
will be replaced by Au Bon Pain
during the winter intersession.
Also, in response to report-
edly overwhelming student inter-
est, she said an ice cream shop,
Freshens, will also open next
semester, occupying the space
vacated by Citibank, in the
Campus Center.
Courtesy of www.albany.edu
with Kathryn Lowery
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News
Monday, November 4, 2002
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 5
Central Council: UAlbany switchboard rules!
By SARA CHAPMAN
Managing Editor
The October 30 meeting of
Central Council (CC) was bliss-
fully short. Chair Jamie
McNamara began by announcing
the result of the judicial impeach-
ment hearings (see story below).
He was happy to report that
UAlbany President Karen
Hitchcock will attend the CC
meeting on December 4, along
with Vice President Student
Affairs James Doellefeld and var-
ious other administrators. The
following week, Doellefeld will
make an encore appearance. The
New York State Public Interest
Research Group (NYPIRG)
urged members to attend the
unveiling of a letter to Governor
Pataki denouncing any hikes in
tuition and/or decreases in finan-
cial aid. The letter is co-signed by
over 600 groups on campus,
including CC. After the over-
whelming success of their voter
registration drive, NYPIRG
stressed that the next step is to
actually get people out to the
polls. Members were asked to
volunteer on November 4, the
evening before the election to
help run a phone bank. Interested
students should contact
NYPIRG.
Then came the committee
reports. The Internal Affairs (IA)
Committee did not have a report,
but said that they will have more
to say next week because in the
coming week, they will be hear-
ing assistants, starting the policy
committee and removing mem-
bers in violation of the attendance
policy. The Student Action
Committee (SAC) is looking into
getting Freedom Quad residents
access to the Empire Commons
weight room since it is the only
quad without a gym and Empire
is the closest. They are also work-
ing to get those with a commuter
meal plan card swipe access to
the quad cafeterias for obvious
reasons. The Finance Committee
did not meet due to the impeach-
ment hearings. The -Academic
Affairs (AA) Committee is work-
ing to polish the two resolutions
presented by Anton Konevv
regarding business — students
studying abroad and general edu-
cation requirements.
Student Association (SA)
President Kirk Douglass reported
that the Caravan for Democracy
event (see story page |) went
well. He also said that the
University Auxiliary Services
(UAS) Board of Directors met
and will be allocating 10,000 dol-
lars for programming. Douglass
is trying to get the pep squad
more access during football
games because they demonstrate
more school spirit than even the
cheerleading squad and because,
“they’re really good!” Vice
President Alfredo Balarin report-
ed that the interviews for the
assistant positions are done and
should be in front of the body
soon. He reported that Tony Gray
is the new editor in chief of The
Voice, the SA newspaper, and it
should be up and running soon.
Women’s Issues. __— Director
Stephanie Frisz was happy to
announce that her ‘Zine should be
published early next semester.
Media Director Oliver Labastida
is nearly done with the new SA
web site, complete with a flash
introduction: Multicultural
Affairs Director Dennis Martinez
is already looking into spring
semester programming, specifi-
cally for a Martin Luther King
luncheon. Comptroller Alethea
Tomapat squeaked in at the last
minute, reporting that the audit of
last year’s finances is nearly
complete and to the delight of
many, she announced that she
may bake for CC next week when
they hear the appointment of
another assistant for her.
The only piece of legislation
for the evening was a resolution
thanking the University
Switchboard for their prompt and
courteous service. The sponsors
of the resolution, McNamara and
Vice Chair Joey Favata, argued
that it is, “arguably the most effi-
cient operation of the University
at Albany.” They plan to frame
the resolution and print it on nice
letterhead and present it to the
office.
During announcements,
Amid revisited her committee
report to announce that beginning
November 4, the I! bus will
begin going to Stuyvesant Plaza,
as per its contractual agreement.
Elections Commissioner Jess
LaFex interrupted the meeting
with the results of the State Quad
elections. New Council members
include Eric Amidon and
Mahaliel Bathea. Chief Justice
Luke Nikas swore the newly
elected members in, as well as
another: member who was unable
to attend the last meeting.
Central Council meets every
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Assembly Hall, on the second
floor of the Campus Center.
Students are always welcome to
attend the meetings.
I want my hour and a
By SARA CHAPMAN
Managing Editor
“This is ridiculous!” is just
one of the many phrases that was
heard coming’ from _ the
Community Room on Empire
Commons on _ Wednesday,
October 30. In a special session
of Central Council (CC), chaos
reigned as the body discussed the
impeachments of Student
Association (SA) Supreme Court
Justices Adrien Albus, Jon
Hojnacki and Peter Brusoe.
SA Vice President Alfredo
Balarin headed the meeting as
three articles of impeachment
were presented, since the articles
were written separately. Though
shaky at first, Balarin quickly
took a choke hold on the group to
maintain order and decorum. Off
campus representative Vikeram
Purewal filed all the articles, but
yielded to SC Justice Jacob
Levinovsky, arguing that he filed
the petition on_ behalf of
Levinovsky, his constituent. This
sparked the first round of contro-
versy. It was finally decided that
Levinovsky would speak as evi-
dence himself. There was further
objection when Levinovsky him-
self presented evidence, some of
which was hearsay.
The basis of the entire issue
laid with a case that SA President
Kirk Douglass filed. The case,
Douglass y. CC argued that the
re-appointment of Levinovsky
was unconstitutional since at the
time (the end of spring semester)
there was not arguably a seat
open. The court dismissed the
case because it was improperly
filed. Douglass re-filed the suit,
this time suing the office of the
president (which he currently
occupies), just days after the
statute of limitations elapsed. The
three justices faced impeachment
because they ruled that it was
essentially the same case and it
should be heard. This was seen as
a breach of duty.
While presenting the first
case, of Brusoe, Levinovsky
shocked the crowd by announc-
ing his resignation. He further
presented evidence to support the
claim that, “on more than on
occasion, Brusoe . . . violated the
SA Constitution by disregarding
and discrediting important sec-
tions of the SA policy and
Constitution,” and that he “disre-
garded the Code of Ethics and. .
. [did] not recuse himself despite
knowing that there was a conflict
of interest.” Levinovsky argued
that Brusoe should have recused
himself from making the judge-
ment since Levinovsky had rea-
son to believe that Brusoe or
someone else may or may not
have distributed a copy of
Levinovsky ’s publicly accessible
online journal at his re-appoint-
ment meeting. Levinovsky
claimed that this entry, “bashed
the SA.” Because of the obvious
personal bias this demonstrated,
Levinovsky felt that three jus-
tices should have recused them-
selves,
Brusoe was then given the
opportunity to defend himself.
He apologized to those Council
members who felt that he made
an improper decision, but
explained that such was his inter-
pretation of the SA Constitution
and policy. In serving for the past
year as both a justice and a mem-
ber of the judicial board, Brusoe
felt that he was qualified and jus-
tified in making his decision.
Before debate could begin, how-
ever, he had to excuse himself for
a judicial board hearing. During
this time, the debate raged back
and forth. Some people felt that
the issue could be better decided
after both sides were given time
to gather more evidence, but that
the group present was not qualli-
fied enough to say absolutely that
there should be no trial. Others
said that this issue should be
taken to trial simply because the
statute of limitations was clearly
exhausted, and that was the only
issue to which they should be
focusing their attention. Brusoc
himself mentioned that a group
that’s so concerned about the
technicalities of everything
should pay attention to the gram-
matical errors contained in the
petition. This was in addition to
the fact that Brusoe was charged
with at least. two accounts of
being uncthical, yet Levinovsky
could only provide evidence for
the initial charge. Still others
argued that neither Levinovsky
nor Purewal had provided any
evidence beyond speculation and
hearsay doesn’t warrant a trial.
The article of impeachment
needed a two thirds majority in
order to pass, which would sent
the case in front a trial commis-
sion, consisting of the Internal
Affairs Committee of CC, CC
Chair Jamie McNamara and
Douglass. The necessary yay
count was not achieved though.
However, there was then a
motion made to divide the house,
which would require all members
to vote affirmatively or negative-
ly, without the option to abstain.
When the vote to pass or fail this
motion was tallied, though, there
was one less person than the orig-
half back!
inal vote on the article of
impeachment. In order to get the
full house back, a two minute
recess was called.
From the gallery, Omar
Estradad Torres, poured over the
facts of the case, and a calendar.
He did the math and confirmed
with Douglass that when the
deadline for the statute of limita-
tions was determined, the Jewish
holidays were not taken into con-
sideration. Douglass did, in fact,
file the second case within the
time limit. Therefore, after an
hour and a half of debate, mud
slinging and quitting, the body
dismissed permanently all three
articles of impeachment.
Hojnacki was pleased with
the outcome. He feels that, “over-
all . . justice was done. However,
I’m disappointed with the total
slandcring of the justices.”
Balarin, who, until this meet-
ing, was curious as to what it
would be like to chair a meeting
of Council, was happy that duc
process was served, but less than
ecstatic about the fact that it came
down to a technicality. “I wish
they would have looked at the
days more carefully before bring-
ing the case to this hearing.” As
far as chairing, he jokingly
added, “I never want to do this
again!”
Zoe Caldwell visits
By Matt HALLER
Staff Writer
Zoe Caldwell came to visit
UAlbany last Tuesday night as
part of the New York State
Writers Institute program.
Caldwell, born in Austrailia in
1933, has won four Tony awards
in her lifetime. She began acting
at a young age and has performed
in countries all over the world.
On Tuesday, she read some
passages from her recently pub-
lished memoirs, titled I Will Be
This book contains reflections
and anecdotes about her growth
and development as a woman and
an actress. The title of this book
refers to her experience playing
Cleopatra’ in Shakespeare’s
tragedy, Antony and Cleopatra.
She considers participating in
that play to have been one of the
most important events. contribut-
ing to her development as an
actress. “Cleopatra became, to
me, the cornerstone of my
career,” she says.
Even though I Will Be
Cleopatra’ was — successful,
Cleopatra: An Actress’ Journey.
Caldwell does not consider her-
UAlbany
self a writer. “I still am not a
writer, and I will never be a
writer,” she claims. She joked
about how the New York State
Writer’s Institute selected her to
speak at UAlbany. “Isn’t this a
writers’ program?” she asked,
laughing. Still, she enjoys writing
as a personal experience.
Caldwell has performed in a wide
variety of plays, from Broadway
shows to Shakespeare. She has
taught college courses in study-
ing Shakespeare, and says she
understands and acts it fluently.
She says that the main reason
people have such difficulty read-
ing Shakespeare is that
they have trouble
expressing voice when
reading his prose. She
suggests that students
and actors should try to
perform Shakespeare
using their own voice.
Caldwell says that
acting and performing
has helped her grow as
a person. The variety of
cultures and ideas she
has experienced in the-
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Zoe Caldwell
ater has taught her much
about life. “I find acting my way
of learning about people, civila-
tions, and humanity,” she says.
6 Monday, November 4, 2002
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Multicultural
ulticucturac
Black man walking
By JEROME L. GARRETT JR.
Contributing Writer
On October 29 the NAACP
held a_ discussion — entitled
“Understanding the Black Man.”
Now interestingly enough, I gota
lot of criticism for this topic
because some felt that it should
focus on all men and some felt
that it should focus on women
instead of men, but we stuck to
our guns and decided to do the
program. This program is actual-
ly the brainchild of our
Chairperson of African American
Affairs, Cassandra Labbess, who
was tired of listening to the neg-
ative comments of both men and
women here on campus, and in
the media about black men. So it
became her dream to have a
forum to openly discuss and truly
understand the black man.
We must first understand
that when we say Black, we
mean it in the pure Pan African
sense of the word. That means
Black is not only African
American but also Caribbean,
Latino, and African, to name a
few. It is important to realize that
what most people see of the
Black man in the media is not a
true portrayal of the real Black
man. We are all not sex crazed,
mad dogs wearing silver jewelry.
Black men are social beings who
love life, love their culture, but
most importantly love their
women, who are our essential
backbone. You can not talk about
the Black man without talking
about the Black woman, who for
countless centuries has held both
our families and our communi-
ties together, and are the source
of our strength.
The one thing I would
implore all Black men reading
this to do Is to step up to the next
level. Let’s dig even deeper into
the richness. of our history.
Know thy self, so you can love
thy self. Don’t wait for opportu-
nity to happen, but make oppor-
tunity happen. You have to
understand that here in college
we have the chance to excel. We
should mentor our younger men
and teach them; do it through the
sensitivity of example and avoid
the roughness of words. Lastly,
as leaders we must take our right-
ful place as examples for our
people—speak for the unheard,
care for the feeble at heart, and
find the ones that are lost.
We. must remember that a
Black man has many layers and
sub-layers, and is not simply a
one-dimensional brute. We all
share that common bond of
African blood running through
our veins, so | implore you to get
up and stand up for your rights.
Get to into a relationship with
Jesus Christ and know hin for
yourself, and be that man, that
Black man, that God and the
world wants you to be.
VOTE!
TUESDAY,
10/5
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Would you like to Garba?
By LEONARDO RUIZ
Multicultural Editor
Amidst green, white and
orange streamers and the festive-
ly wrapped pillars of Campus
Center 375, the Albany State
Indian Alliance celebrated
Navatri Night on Wednesday,
October 22. It was a brisk fall
evening, but the room began to
fill early. Chairs ringed the
room so that there was space
enough in the center for people to
meet, mingle and, eventually, to
dance.
A nine day festival of lights,
Navatri is a celebration of three
Hindu Goddesses: | Durga
(Goddess of. Valor), Lakshmi
(Goddess of Wealth) and
Saraswati (Goddess of
Knowledge). Sukrit Goswami,
president of the Hindu Student
Association, and Shahmeen
Khan, president of ASIA, agree
that Navatri Night is an event that
tries to unite Indians and Hindus
from the campus and the Albany
community. To their credit, the
room was a fresh array of multi-
cultural faces, a mix of students,
faculty and even a pair of jittery
children. Some women glided
across the room draped in beauti-
ful Lehnga Choli, traditional
Indian formal
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embroidered
about the
edges in
elaborate
gold patterns
and woven
out of soft
lavender and
pink fabrics.
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highlight of Courtesy of ASIA
the evening ASIA E-board
(although the food is always a
highlight) is the Garba dance.
Traditionally performed only by
women, the dance has been
adapted to include men also, and
is popular with many Indian and
Hindu community organizations.
Essentially a circular dance form,
the Garba was wonderfully suit-
ed for ASIA’s Navatri Night.
ASIA members __— scrambled
around the room grabbing any-
one in sight to join in the danc-
ing. Dhandia sticks, used during
the dance to keep time to the
elaborate steps and also to create
a rhythmic clicking sound, were
handed out in pairs. Two lines
were formed, with each dancer
facing another dancer. After a
short demonstration everyone
was sent twisting and swinging to
the left, rotating from one person
to another, stepping forward,
then backwards, tapping their
sticks, all while the rapid Hindi
music blared in the background.
There were small pockets of
more skilled dancers to the side,
using their hands sometimes,
instead of their sticks, and mov-
ing fluidly and quickly in a tight
circle.
Once the food arrived, the
dancing died down. Samosa, a
potato patty, Pakora, a ball of
potato and onion, and Chutny, a
green spicy sauce, were among
the variety of foods served.
From the clutter of bodies click-
ing, then clacking, then twist-
ing—with a few bruised fingers
and sore craniums, no less—the
energy was constant, and the
night, a success.
Proust Questionnaire: Professor Lisa B. Thompson
INTERVIEW BY LEONARDO RUIZ
Multicultural Editor
Born and raised in San
Francisco, Professor Lisa B.
Thompson earned her bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in African
American Studies at UCLA, and
earned her doctorate at Stanford
by writing a dissertation on
“Black Middle-Class Women’s
Sexuality in Contemporary
Literature and Performance
Texts.” This is her first year
teaching in the ~~ English
Department at the University at
Albany; in the spring semester
she is teaching courses on Toni
Morrison and the Harlem
Renaissance. Having spent so
much of her life on the West
Coast, Professor Thompson
warns that California is not as
warm as everyone imagines.
She vividly remembers spending
a frigid Fourth of July waving a
sparkler, wearing a winter coat
and shivering to no avail. That
living here is so affordable for a
junior faculty member is among
the many reasons why she loves
Albany.
What is your idea of happiness?
Health, warmth and love.
What historical figure do you
most admire?
Harriet Tubman—As a teacher, I
feel like I lead students to intel-
lectual freedom.
What is your greatest extrava-
gance?
Full digital cable—Which I’m
going to have to get rid of any-
way.
What is your favorite journey?
Going home.
On which occasions do you lie?
To avoid hurting the feelings of
friends.
What do you most dislike about
your appearance?
My cuticles.
If you could change one thing
about yourself, what would you
change?
I’d like to be more patient.
If you could change one thing
about your family?
That my father would not have
died.
If you were to die and come-
back, what would you be?
A Pottery Barn lamp. I could
light up someone’s home and
also be nosey.
If you could choose to die and
comeback, what would you be?
I'd comeback as a_ poodle
because they’re smart, curly-
headed and affectionate
What is your favorite occupa-
tion?
Writing plays.
What do you most value in
friends?
That they indulge me as I worry
endlessly about every little thing
over and over.
Who are your favorite writers?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni
Morrison, Anne Lamott and
David Sedaris.
Who are your heroes in real
life?
My mother. She was so scared
to do much, but she raised a
daughter who’s fearless. Nelson
Mandela, because he survived.
What is your current state of
mind?
Anxious.
What is it that you most dislike?
Fear. Everything else stems
from that.
How would you like to die?
In my sleep, having a good
dream.
What is your motto?
Everything will be fine after you
have a warm plate of oatmeal
cookies.
Arts & Entertainment
Monday, November 4, 2002 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS Vi
Arts & Entertainment
Right to complain
By Curis RIALE
Staff Writer
There is a paradox of sorts
that is occurring with the release
of Nirvana’s rare track “You
Know You’re Right.” It is
poignant and utterly unfortunate
that Nirvana’s last hurrah had to
be composed in such a trite and
meaningless manner. This song is
stupidly ridiculous, not so much
for its boredom, but for the inten-
tions of its releasers. A moron
would think money was not on
the minds of these higher-ups.
This song sounds very much
like other music being released
by faceless, uninteresting new
rock bands today. The raspy,
incomprehensible lyrics and
eerie guitar and bass riffs which
was Nirvana’s style and forte is
ripped off by cheese puff rock
bands making it today. Therein
lies the only reason why this song
was released. This type of music
meant something and was gen-
uine when Nirvana was playing it
in the early 1990’s. It has no
place today other than for mar-
keting reasons. This is evident to
devoted Nirvana listeners who
remember what the music used to
mean. The confidence of listen-
ers was corroborated when Kurt
Cobain was alive to help guide
his music in a better direction
than it has gone today rather than
it completely being in the hands
of misguided record executives
running with scissors in their
hands and lollipops in_ their
mouths.
I was very anxious to hear
the long-anticipated song. When
I finally heard it, I was somewhat
disappointed and stunned by its
banality and the undying menial
Verse - Chorus - Verse style, per-
formed by so many other bands
today. This fact being exactly
what Kurt Cobain was against
and even wrote a song about,
appropriately called “Verse
Chorus Verse.” If Cobain were
alive, he would not condone the
release of this song. I am glad,
however, for the grave robbing,
that is Nirvana’s musical resur-
rection, because of what his
music meant during those forma-
tive middle school years. The
song “You Know You’re Right”
is catchy and reflective of
Cobain’s writing style, musical
tastes and melodies but is ener-
vated by the reasons for its
release. Profit is the pure motiva-
tion and severely takes away any
veneration I have for it which is
completely unfair and criminal.
The delicate foundation Cobain
laid down for his music has been
torn away and cheapened by
ignorant rich men in suits.
“An unsuccessful exorcism
for Kurt. Frankly, it’s pathetic
that the work of a global sensa-
tion that did everything it could
to keep greed and materialism at
bay should be so commodified. It
is everything Nirvana once
rejected,” stated by Ben Wener,
of the Orange County Register.
Wener hits the nail on the head
with regards to this newly
released song and the intentions
of its releasers.
Just like a set of falling
dominos are the tendencies of
Nirvana’s recent publicities. With
each release brings another.
Cobain’s diary is published and
for sale at bookstores. I am sure deg! oo, UO —
this will make for very interest- but . don t COME home late :
ing reading. I will buy it and try cause u got out the projects
to figure out what Kurt was no need to not wanna come home
“the same guys selling
the same mom bitching —
cause home really is
home sweet home
thinking when he took his own
life. Make no mistake, he is turn-
ing in his grave as we speak.
8 Monday, October 21, 2002
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Multicultural
An interview with Clockwise
By REVITAL ARANBAEV
Contributing Writer
After waiting on a line that
went around the block, I finally
got my front row seat to view the
band Clockwise create an ener-
gizing crowd by their lively per-
formance. It was on October 19
at Northern Lights where
Clockwise was touring with the
metal band, Kitty. Dedicated
fans stood on line two hours prior
to the show, excited about the
line-up that night. Preceding the
performance was an interview
between the band and myself.
Austin LeDuc is the lead singer,
Alfonso Bernal plays the bass,
Dave Mcmahan plays the drums,
and Scott Beare plays the guitar.
From an impersonal meeting, this
interview turned into an intimate
chat about the gripping lives of
the band. They promised noth-
ing but honesty for this interview
and they kept their word.
Las Vegas, the origin of all
of the members in the band, is the
area they were discovered.
Clockwise drew huge numbers in
their hometown, and were
offered a contract by the well
know record company RCA.
When asked how they chose the
name Clockwise for their band
LeDuc said, “It was the only one
we didn’t argue over, it’s a gener-
ic, non expressive name that’s not
cool at all.” He stated that he lit-
erally looked around the room at
items and pointed out names like
chair, table, etc., and they all con-
sented to the name Clockwise.
Other names that were taken into
consideration were Owning
Ambers, Surreal, and Fatter Than
Albert.
When asked to describe the
‘band they called themselves a
“unity band.” An example of a
unity band would be Sublime.
Many of their lyrics focused on
peace and harmony. These
bands believe in the unity of peo-
ple as a whole instead of the real-
life discrimination that occurs on
a daily basis due to any factor.
By performing on stage the band
does not expect a moshpit to
arise, or violence to break out.
While they are touring with
heavy metal bands, they consider
themselves to have a rock and
roll sound.
They describe their feelings
by stating, “We’re touring with
metal bands, but kids who go out
for metal shows are expecting
screaming, and more violent
tunes. We’re not sad or angry,
were not here to talk about our
mom abusing us, or how pissed
off we are about the world, we’re
here to have fun, to get people
drinking, and try to get the crowd
to lighten up. We’re not into the
mosh pits, we could care less if
there is a mosh pit, we just aim
for the listeners to be entertained
and enjoy our music on any level.
I feel like we are ill targeted, the
crowd hasn’t been reacting the
way we thought they would; they
don’t embrace us. The last two
shows have been discouraging.
We’ re just throwing ourselves out
there and not being accepted in
good spirit.”
Excited about their first
album coming out shortly, the
group keeps the same influences
they always had. Many of their
inspirations stem from earlier
names such as Jane’s Addiction,
and Alice In Chains to recent
names including Rage Against
the Machine and Soundgarden.
Their first album can be com-
pared to other groups in their
youth such as Incubus, which
have more of a rock and roll
sound rather than thrash. When
asked about their favorite song on
the album LeDuc said, “It would
have to be the song ‘Beneath.’
This song bluntly is about full-on
sex, to the girls advantage; it’s
very real.” The main theme in
primarily all of the songs is some
sort of complaint or problem,
which begins with a negative
connotation, but towards the end
has a positive solution.
Currently Clockwise is pro-
moting their first album on tour
with Kitty, and are mostly in the
East Coast, and Midwest; but
have not hit the West Coast at all
yet, which is peculiar since that’s
where they are all from. They
intend to perform in the West
Coast next time they tour, prefer-
ably in California because they
consider their music to coincide
with the overall vibe of the West
Coast.
The most intriguing part of
the interview was hearing the
group’s view of their career.
When asked if being in a band
was a life-long dream one
claimed that, “I feel like I’m in a
time warp, this career has helped
me not grow up, all I do is go to
work and go to band practice, I
don’t have credit cards, I don’t
have bills, I knew I never wanted
a nine to five job. That’s not me.
This job helped me keep my
youth, and in a way I’m happy
because I never have to grow
up.” Planning to finish this tour
and promote their first album,
they are slowly moving forward
and upward, and they see many
more accomplishments for the
band in the near future.
Following the lengthy inter-
view, cheers from the audience
were heard as the concert finally
began. Reactions of the listeners
were of a surprise to me.
Expectations of the show
stemmed from the interview, that
the crowd would not be receptive
to the innovative sounds of the
band. But what happened was
the complete opposite. Granted
in the beginning the spectators
were not as excited as they usual-
ly have been. Towards the core
of the show the gravitational
energy of LeDuc drew every-
one’s attention. His positive atti-
tude and involvement with the
audience was entertaining to
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Clockwise
watch and be a part of. He
removed an article of clothing
during the performance, which
accentuated his ‘unity’ tattoo,
which symbolizes the spirit of the
band. Even though the crowd
did not seem interested in jump-
ing around in a mosh pit during
the concert, they did all collabo-
rate and were actually entertained
by the songs and the perform-
ance. The skepticism of the
group about “not being accepted
in good spirit” because of past
concerts was not illustrated in
this event. The concert allowed
the viewers to see what the band
truly portrayed which was unity.
I wish nothing but the best in the
future for Clockwise, and I
wouldn’t be surprised if you
would hear their new single on
the radio in the near future. The
album will be released in stores
on November 5.
Anime dubbing: Truly a tool of Satan?
By KAREN GELLENDER
Staff Writer
There are three distinct phas-
es in the life of any American
anime fan: the first phase
involves catching a few episodes
of an interesting Japanese cartoon
on television, naturally dubbed
into English. The second phase
involves the bruising of your
pride when other fans won’t con-
sider you a ‘true’? Otaku because
you've only seen bastardized ver-
sions of anime that have been
‘Americanized’ in the dubbing
process. Initially obstinate at the
idea of reading subtitles (while
watching a CARTOON no less}),
you start purchasing some anime
in its original language of
Japanese to see what all those
snotty purists are blabbing about.
By the time of the third phase,
though you still cannot speak or
comprehend the Japanese lan-
guage, the very mention of the
word ‘dub’ sends you running out
of the room to find your melee
weapons (or your rocket launch-
er, since continued exposure to
anime often warps your interpre-
tation of reality to the point
where you believe that you either
possess magical powers, your
own giant robot army, or
extremely powerful armaments
that would be grounds for depor-
tation in most countries). You get
so attached to the idea of animat-
ed characters speaking Japanese,
and exclusively Japanese, that
you begin to develop a nervous
twitch whenever Lisa Simpson
opens her mouth.
Though it’s an undisputed
fact that most anime fans on this
side of the globe are first intro-
duced to anime in its English-
dubbed form, the grand majority
of these new fans go through the
“Three Phases of Fandom” and
eventually learn to hate all dubs.
Is it nature or nurture: do dubs
naturally repulse us, or are we
TAUGHT to hate the sound of
spoken English? Is there a secret
organization of hard-core Otaku
who kidnap newbie anime fans
and make them watch re-runs of
American sitcoms that were
rejected from “Must-See TV”
until the sound of the English lan-
guage begins approximate the
annoyance factor of fingernails
scraping across a chalkboard?
And if that’s the case, do you get
any benefits (like a cool jacket or
ID card) for joining said organi-
zation?
More likely, anime dubs
have gotten a bad reputation
because of the association with
the editing of anime for televi-
sion. Back in the 1980's, when
anime was first being licensed
and aired outside of Japan, every
anime that was shown on
American television received
content edits in order to compen-
sate for the cultural differences
between the two countries: basi-
cally, any adult content was
excised or significantly toned
down to avoid shocking Western
audiences. The most notorious
example of this was “Robotech,”
an adaptation of the originally
titled “Macross” drama that not
only completely re-wrote the
script of the show, but amalga-
mated what were three complete-
ly separate series into one contin-
uing storyline. Interestingly,
there is a faction that to this day
will argue that the “Robotech”
edit actually had a charm and
character that made it superior to
the series on which it was based,
but that goes beyond the scope of
this column. Suffice to say, other
shows dubbed for television in
the 80’s and early 90’s (like the
popular “Dragon Ball Z” and
“Sailor Moon”) received similar
editing and rewrites.
Contemporary to the emer-
gence of anime on television was
the beginning of Anime clubs in
the US, where all the programs
were viewed in their original lan-
guage, often in un-subtitled
Japanese (while the audience fol-
lowed along with print transla-
tions). Since these clubs were
specialized and frequented main-
ly by adults, there was no need to
‘edit’ the content for violence or
sexuality. Because of this, there
came to be an institution in fan-
dom: Anime was either ‘dubbed
and edited’ as available on televi-
sion, or Japanese-language, as the
director intended as shown in
clubs.
If given a choice between
these two options, it’s easy to see
why most fans would prefer the
Japanese-language version. Who
wants their entertainment cen-
sured and sanitized of it’s cultur-
al references? However, with the
explosion of anime home video
and DVD sales that followed the
“Pokemon” boom of the late
90’s, a third option has emerged:
dubbed anime that is completely
faithful to the original script. The
grand majority of the anime
licensed and brought over to the
U.S. in the past decade has not
been edited since only a handful
of the anime available are ever
screened on television; yet all
these shows come with an
English language track. Are there
still reasons to choose a subtitled
incarnation over a dubbed if both
are unedited, particularly if the
viewer does not speak Japanese?
Even completely unedited,
there are still reasons why many
fans dislike dubs. Some say that
even the most talented translator
can’t find appropriate idioms to
capture the mood of the original
Japanese; direct-translated jokes
often sound like gibberish, and
finding equivalent American
puns is dangerously close to
“Americanization,” or sanitizing
the show of its original cultural
context. Others sneer at the
lower quality of the performances
by the actors in English versions:
while the actors on the Japanese
track are usually professionals
who work exclusively as anime
actors, the English actors may be
either novices, or have turned to
anime because they’ve had diffi-
culty finding work in live-action
productions. Finally, many
believe that some Japanese voice
actors have voices so distinct that
no English actor will ever bring
to the character what the ‘origi-
nal’ voice was capable of.
If the above criticisms were
an accurate representation of all
dubs, it would again be obvious
why most fans avoid them; how-
ever, as more and more money
gets pumped into the American
anime industry, these criticisms
no longer hold water. More
money usually translates into
more painstaking translations and
better talent, and we’re finally
starting to see the emergence of
dubs that just may do a better job
of doing justice to their particular
show than the original language
track (which shows serve as
examples of this differs depend-
ing on who you ask, but
“Cowboy Bebop” is usually the
show dub fans rally around; the
Japanese cast sounds like they
were phoning in their lines com-
pared to silky-smooth and spirit-
ed performances by dub actors
David Lucas, Wendy Lee, and
Beau Billingsly).
Even if you want to be a
‘true’ fan, no one can tell you
what to like. One of the joys of
anime can be to hear two com-
pletely different, yet equally tal- .
ented casts approach the same
material; don’t miss out because
your pretentious Otaku friends
are still recoiling in horror over
the dub of “Speed Racer” 20
years ago; there’s some good
stuff happening on the English
side of the disc these days.
Arts & Entertainment
Monday, November 4, 2002
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 9
Two views: Punch-Drunk Love
By JOSEPH PEZZULA AND
DANIEL MONTGOMERY
Staff Writers
Prepare yourself for an
eclectic blend of talent, the likes
of which may leave you a little
bit—well, let’s just say you’ve
got to be an extremely open-
minded person to like Paul
Thomas Anderson’s Punch
Drunk Love.
The film stars Adam Sandler
in a not-so-comedic role as Barry
Egan, a strangely inept salesman,
who has been badgered and ver-
bally abused by his seven sisters
all of his life. His family back-
ground has made him so unstable
that he randomly bursts into fits
of rage, breaking windows and
smashing up everything in sight.
He also finds himself nervous
around women, as in the case of
Lena Leonard (Emily Watson), a
woman who fixates on Barry
after seeing a family photo of
him.
Also placed into Barry’s
awkward existence is a phone-
sex operator who takes advantage
of him, throwing: his life into a
violent and tormented state when
she tries to take as much money
as possible from his credit card.
Barry, through some personal
investigation, has found a loop-
hole in a Healthy Choice frequent
flyer mile giveaway: if he buys
about 3000 dollars worth of
healthy -Choice. pudding,. he. can
rack up about one million flyer
miles. (This part is based on fact:
aman named David Philips actu-
ally did this, as featured in an
article by 7ime magazine.)
The film is odd at first, start-
ing slow with a pace to match.
Intermingled throughout are
color schemes presenting the
viewer with a dreamlike state that
is trademark of writer/director
Paul Thomas Anderson. His. last
film was the epic Magnolia,
which featured several elements
that could be seen as nightmare-
fantasy. This time around, he
drops a harmonium (little piano-
like instrument) at the feet of
Egan, while setting a car to flip
and crash at the same time. Barry
chooses the harmonium over the
chaotic crash, a poignant, if
somewhat confused choice for
such an unbalanced individual.
Sandler is outstanding, to
say the least. His fans will notice
the same nervous, jittery charac-
ter actions that are his trademark,
but take note: the world in which
his character inhabits is one that
requires these subtle contain-
ments of emotion with periodic
outbursts of rage, love, and sad-
ness. He fits the bill, to a T.
_ Emily Watson is likewise enter-
taining and odd in her own way,
and though we may wonder what
her character sees in Barry at
first, we soon learn that she’s
just as quirky as Barry.
Philip Seymour Hoffman is
at his regular best as head of the
phone sex operation that hassles
Barry, but he lacks in screen time.
The film runs about an hour in a
half, far short of Anderson’s
Boogie Nights and the aforemen-
tioned Magnolia. But it all fits
together. Anderson is clearly
ahead of the rest in his field, tak-
ing control from the get-go with
the script and the picture. Jon
Brion’s score is very hypnotic,
adding to this world of strange-
ness and curiosity. This is a film
that will have to stand the attacks
of those who prefer “normal”
film, as it takes.us to the next
level, and beyond. Don’t expect
to come out loving it, at least not
right away. But try to flow with
the rhythm right from the start,
and you will find yourself feeling
the flow that is Punch-Drunk
Love. —Joseph Pezzula
KK KE
I’ve never been a. fan. of
Adam Sandler or his movies. I’ve
always found his loveable-idiot-
with-road-rage routine repetetive
and annoying. However, I am a
fan of Paul Thomas Anderson
movies. The writer and director
of the exceptional films Boogie
Nights and Magnolia, Anderson
has made great melodrama out of
the unlikely subjects’ of, respec-
tively, the late 1970s porn indus-
try, and a group of San Fernando
Valley residents. connected: bya
game show, a dying old man, and
frogs. Who better, then, to make
an actor out of Sandler than the
guy who directed Tom Cruise to
an Oscar nomination for playing
a misogynist sex therapist.
Happy
Birthday,
Mo jo!
Love, Sarsa|
Emily. Watson and Adam Sandler
Courtesy of www.imdb.com
With Punch-Drunk Love,
both Sandler and Anderson
explore new territory. Sandler
inhabits a character with more
dimension than adopting weird
accents and urinating against
public walls. And writer/director
Anderson brings his extremely
offbeat brand of storytelling from
ensemble drama to romantic
comedy.
The result is a heart-vaulting
film, one of the very best this
year so far,
Sandler plays Barry Egan,
owner of a small business in Los
Angeles, collector of Healthy
Choice pudding (for a promotion
that offers an obscene number of
frequent flyer miles), and brother
to seven emotionally abusive sis-
ters; an early scene shows Barry
attempting to serve a customer
while being viciously berated by
one sister after another to attend a
birthday party that night. Barry
has never had.a brother to fight
back against, and therefore has
had no outlet for his rage, which
lets itself out. in sporadic and
uncontrolled outbursts. — For
instance he, smashes three glass
doors at.the . aforementioned
birthday party.
Barry’s life is more or less
spent finding new brick walls at
which to hurl himself. The pat-
tern changes when he meets, Lena
Leonard. (Emily Watson, who
radiates with neurotic warmth
and compassion), who drives up
to his office to leave him the keys
to her car because the mechanic
hasn’t yet opened. She steps out
of her car wearing pink, and
Anderson envelops her in a glow-
ing halo of sunlight. She may as
well have fallen directly from the
sky.
Their relationship would be
a great enough challenge on its
own, but Barry finds himself in
another inescapable quagmire.
He calls a phone sex operator, to
whom he gives way too much
personal information, including
his credit card and social security
numbers. Soon, he’s buried up to
his neck in an extortion scheme.
In a performance of surpris-
ing complexity, Sandler turns his
familiar persona inside out. Barry
is meck and loncly, finding it dif-
ficult even to carry on a conver-
sation with the phone sex opera-
tor, as opposed to Sandler’s pre-
vious characters, who might have
invited the operator to an orgy.
He adopts reluctant mannerisms,
speaking barely above a whisper
when he’s not screaming, and
wearing a placating smile that
masks his contempt. His Barry is
like a child who is still learning
how to interact with the world,
Anderson, whose. directing
won.an award at the Cannes Film
Festival carlicr this year, does
dynamic. work with his camera,
darting it back and forth with fre-
netic urgency when Barry. is
overwhelmed, in particular dur-
ing a scene in which he juggles
his sister. Elizabeth (Mary Lynn
Rajskub), Lena,.an accident on
the job, and threats over the
phone. Anderson also offsets his
romance with irony, pairing anxi-
ety and passion with airy music
selections (such as “He Needs
Me,” sung by Shelley Duvall),
and juxtaposing the living hell of
Barry’s present with the potential
paradise of his future; after a pay-
phone shouting match with
Elizabeth, he calls Lena and the
phone booth literally lights up.
The
Lena and Barry 1s unabashedly
good-natured, in opposition with
relationship between
the darkness and cynicism of
Anderson’s previous work. What
makes this film so surprising is
that while Boogie, Nights and
Magnolia deconstructed lives at
their most despairing, Punch-
Drunk Love comes in during a
time of triumph. Underneath its
sadness, ironic humor, and seedy
entanglements, lics a guileless-
ness, an innocence. But if. you
take this to mean a sappy, drippy
love story, then I direct you to the
scene in which Lena and Barry
compliment cach other’s beauty
by expressing how, in graphic
detail, they would like to respec-
tively eat and bash cach other’s
faces:
The film’s greatest scene 1s
also its simplest.. From. behind,
we watch Barry .and Lena walk
through a hotel’s corridors, and
then Barry apprehensively takes
her hand; it’s one of the most
moving shots from any film this
year. Punch-Drunk Love is both
subversive and sincere, sly and
sweet. It clicits a feeling joy
that’s rare in a time with the most
substancial - difference _ distin-
guishing: many romantic come-
dics is who will star: Julia
Roberts, Sandra Bullock, or
Reese Witherspoon. —Daniel
Montgomery
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Resistance and Rescue:
Denmark’s Response to the
Holocaust. Sponsored by the
Department of Languages,
Literatures and Cultures.
Campus Center, Terrace Lounge.
12 - 3 p.m. Black Solidarity
Day. This day is meant to bring
Black people together to discuss
political statuses and evaluation
of educational goals. It is a day to
reflect and remember the strug-
gles that Black Americans went
through. Sponsored by ASUBA.
Campus Center Ballroom. For
more information, call 442-5678.
8 p.m. Diane Walsh. This
piano concert is part of the
deBlasiis Chamber Music Series.
The Hyde Collection Art
Museum, Helen Froehlich
Auditorium. For more informa-
tion, call 798.4046.
8 - 9:30 p.m. “Division.” This
will be an open forum discussion
on issues within the UAlbany
community. Sponsored — by
NAACP. Campus — Center
Assembly Hall. For more infor-
mation, call 442-8407.
November 5
6-7 p.m. Interviewing Skills
Workshop. Miss Letterman,
foundress and head of Pat
Letterman Associates, will be the
featured speaker. Sponsored by
Delta Sigma Pi. Lecture Center
22. For more information, call
442-9879.
7 - 8:45 p.m. Albany Troy
Home Buyers Workshop.
Home buying strategies for the
Albany and Troy areas will be
discussed, including grant pro-
grams, legal matters, mortgages,
banking issues and more.
Albany Public Library. Free.
For more information, call 462-
6138.
7-11p.m. Diwali Dinner. Join
the members of Albany State
Indian Alliance (ASIA) to cele-
brate the Indian New Year with
this annual Festival of Lights.
Sponsored by ASIA. Campus
Center 375. For more informa-
tion, call 442-0153.
8 - 10 p.m. “Latinos vs.
Latinos.” This will be a discus-
sion on Latinos. Sponsored by
Sigma lota Alpha. Social Science
131. For more information, call
331-4964.
November 6
6:30 - 10 pm. “AIDS in
Africa.” Sponsored by Omega
Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Social
Science 131. For more informa-
tion, call 442-9778.
6:45 - 9:15 p.m. Lecture. Join
Chapel House as they present a
lecture given by Scott Fried.
Lecture Center 7. For more
information, call 489-8573.
-Woodstock Town Hall.
November 7
8 p.m. James Lasdun. This
British fiction writer, poet and
screenwriter will from and dis-
cuss his work. Performing Arts
Center, Recital Hall.. Free. For
more information, call 442-5620.
9:30 p.m. The Mystechs.
Chicago’s favorite electro-rock
band brings their techno-pop-
cabaret act to Albany.
Valentine’s, 18 and over. For
more information, call 432-6572.
November 8
6 - 11 p.m. Live Action Role
Play (LARP). Re-live your
favorite moments as The Guild
re-enacts different movies and
plays. Sponsored by The Guild.
Campus Center Assembly Hall.
For more information, call 442-
6093.
7 p.m. Besieged. After her
husband is jailed, a woman
makes a deal with her employer
to get him out. Presented by the
New York State Writers Institute.
Page Hall. Free. For more
information, call 442.5620.
November 9
2 p.m. “3 Guys From Albany.”
This poetry performance group,
whose goal is to read their poetry
in each of the Albanys in the
United States, will be perform-
ing from their popular: “trans-
Albanian post-wave — spoken
word” poetry program.
Woodstock Poetry Society,
Free:
For more information, call 482-
0262.
6 p.m. - 2 am. 8th Annual
AIDS Benefit Banquet. Come
help raise money to combat
AIDS. Sponsored:by Omega Phi
Beta. Campus Center Ballroom.
For more information, call 804-
0305.
8 p.m. ‘3 Guys From Albany.”
This poetry performance group,
whose goal is to read their poetry
in each of the Albanys in the
United States, will be perform-
ing from their popular “trans-
Albanian post-wave spoken
word” poetry program.
Changing Spaces Gallery. $5.
For more information, call 482-
0262.
November 10
7 een SS oes oF Joy
Featuring the University
Chamber Singers and _ the
University Chorale. Performing
Arts Center, Main Theatre. $5
general, $2 students... For more
information, visit
www. albany. edu/~singers.
Ongoing
‘Monologue and Improvisation
for the Adult Actor.” This
workshop is designed to take the
actor through theater games,
monologue work and improvisa-
tion. Home Made Theater.
Tuesday evenings beginning
November 5: 7 - 9:30 p.m. $95.
For more information, call 587-
4427.
“State Street Stories: 350
Years of Albany’s Heritage.”
This exhibition brings to life
many of the compelling narra-
tives that make State Street one
of history’s most significant and
fascinating thoroughfares.
University Art Museum.
Through November 10. Free.
For more information, vis-
itwww.albany.edu/museums.
“Susanna Coffey: Self-
Portraits.” This exhibition of
paintings and drawings focuses
on self-portraiture, made from
direct observation. The portraits
reinvent her image to reflect
aspects of age, beauty, gender
and identity often concealed by
stereotype. Saint Rose, Picotte
Hall. Through December 8:
Mondays through Thursdays
from 10 a.m- 4:30 p.m. and 6 -
8p.m.; Fridays from 10 a.m. -
4:30 p.m.; Sundays from 12 - 4
p.m.; closed on Saturdays. Free.
For more information, call 485-
S992.
“Modern Masters: From
Carot to Kandinsky.” This
exhibition features more than
fifty rarely seen works by
European masters. The Hyde
Collection Art Museum, Charles
R. Wood Gallery. Through
December 8. For more informa-
tion, “call: 792- L762, ext 15.
November 10
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Podium Perspective/Crime Blotter
Monday, November 4, 2002
13
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
4;
f) CRIME BLOTTER
CRIMES
10/26 Dutch/Beverwyck - Criminal
Mischief - Major damage to ceiling
reported =
10/27 Indian - Petit Larceny - CD player
and CD’s stolen from unlocked parked
car
10/28 Campus Center - Petit Larceny -
Missing banner
10/28 Dewey Library - Aggravated
Harassment - Report of harassing phone
calls
10/28 PAC Entrance - Petit Larceny -
Report of stolen bike
10/30 Social Science - Petit Larceny -
Report of stolen bike
10/30 Thurlow Lot - Criminal Mischiet -
Report of damage to vehicle .
10/30 Indian/Seneca - Harassment -
Report of harassment
10/30 State Lot - Petit Larceny - Report
of stolen parking decal
10/30 Podium - Grand Larceny - Report
of stolen wallet
10/30 Eastman Tower - Grand Larceny -
Report of stolen laptop
10/30 Brubacher - Criminal Mischiet -
Report of light pole that was knocked
over
10/30 Delancey - Criminal Mischief -
Report of obscenities being written on the
wall .
INCIDENTS
10/26 State/Fulton - Res Life to judicial-
ly refer students for marijuana
10/26 Dutch/Beverwyck - Student arrest-
ed for criminal possession forged instru-
ment and marijuana
10/26 Indian/Oneida - One student
arrested for criminal possession of forged
instrument, non-student arrested for crim-
inal possession of forged instrument,
criminal possession controlled substance
and unlawful possession marijuana
10/26 Husted - Accidental fire alarm acti-
vation
10/26 Podium - Doors found unsecured
10/26 Alden - Student to be judicially
referred for disruptive behavior
10/26 Alden - Odor of marijuana reported
10/26 Empire Commons - Responded to
noise complaint, Res Life to judicially
refer student
10/26 State Tower - Medical call for
male, transported to AMC
10/26 Indian/Mohawk - Intrusion alarm
activated
10/27 Dutch/Stuyvesant - Student arrest-
ed for criminal possession forged instru-
ment
10/27 Empire Commons - Doors found
unable to secure
10/27 Empire Commons - Fire alarm
accidentally activated
10/27 Empire Commons - Construction
worker ID’d
10/27 Football Field - Medical call for
male, 5-Quad transported to AMC
10/27 Empire Commons - Fraudulent
access of computer reported
10/28 UPD - Report of BOLO for miss-
ing non-student from Nassau County
10/28 Colonial/Zenger - Res Life to judi-
cially refer students for marijuana
10/28 Indian/Mohawk - Welfare check
10/28 Empire Commons - Medical call
for female, 5 Quad transported to St.
Peter’s
10/29 Lecture Centers - Report of broken
window
10/29 Podium - Doors found unlocked
10/29 PAC - Doors found unsecured
10/29 Richardson - Subject escorted off
University grounds
10/29 Lecture Center - Report of office
chair missing
10/30 UPD - Report of possible domestic
dispute
10/30 PAC - Doors found to be unse-
cured
10/30 Podium - Doors found to be unse-
cured
10/30 Campus Center - Door found to be
unsecured
10/30 State/Whitman - Res Life to judi-
cially refer students for marijuana
10/30 Brabacher - Fire alarm activation,
AFD and PP on scene
10/30 Lecture Center - Medical call for
male student, 5 Quad transported to St.
Peter’s
10/30 Milne - Report of suspicious per-
son
10/30 Indian/Mohawk - Mcdical call for
male student, 5 Quad transported to
Memorial
10/30 Colonial - Res Life to judicially
refer students for marijuana
010/30 Delancey - Report of flyers being
handed out
10/31 Pierce - Fire alarm activation, AFD
and PP on scene
TRAFFIC
10/27 University Drive - Stop sign
10/27 Western Ave Access - During car
chase by Guilderland PD, vehicle lost
control and damaged landscape, front
lawn & building
10/27 Parking Tickets - 19 Various park-
ing tickets issued
10/29 Parking Tickets - 22 Various park-
ing tickets issued
10/29 University Dr/Wash. Ave - Report
of a motor vehicle accident
10/29 State Lot - Report of a vehicle that
rolled out of parking space
10/29 Parking Tickets - \Q Various park-
ing tickets issued
10/30 Parking Tickets - 6 Various park-
ing tickets issued
10/30 MSC Parking Lot - Report of
minor damage motor vehicle accident
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Editorials
Monday, November 4, 2002
ALBAN Y STUDENT PRESS
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Gray Matter:
Open
By Tony GRAY
Staff Columnist
What’s the deal with doors
on this campus? I mean, these
things weigh a ton and most of
the signs that tell you which side
to push, or pull, have been paint-
ed over so many times they’re all
but invisible.
Am I the only one who feels
challenged for always trying to
open those doors on the side
where the hinges are? How nice
would it be if the Physical Plant
would take some steel wool or
wire brushes to them and expose
the signs? That way you could
tell which side to pull or push a
door before you get to it. It’s
such a little thing to ask but it
would remove a constant irritant
from a lot of people’s daily life.
It’s one of those quality of life
issues that appear insignificant
but are indicative of a broader
mindset of benign neglect on the
University’s part.
What’s even more annoying
though is the door that doesn’t
open no matter which side you
pull, or how hard you push —
because it’s locked! I notice it in
the Campus Center occasionally,
along with a few other buildings,
and it’s bizarre. For example, the
Physics building seems to have
two doors that for some inexplic-
able reason are always locked.
The first few times I found the far
right door locked, I wondered if
the building was closed, but fig-
ured that couldn’t be since I have
a 5:45 class in there. (I figure
scheduling a class in a locked
doors
building was too much even for
UAlbany). So I tried the next
door. Hmmm...that was locked,
too. Persistence paid off when
the third door I tried actually
opened.
My next thought was that the
braniacs in the Physics depart-
ment were using the “door test”
as a subtle means of suggesting
perhaps Physics might not be a
person’s best choice for a major.
But I’ve been told that it’s just
not so and since I’ve seen a pro-
fessor with a Ph.D. in physics
having the same lack of success
with those doors, I’m inclined to
believe that. I don’t know who’s
in charge of unlocking the doors
and I don’t care, really. But, it
would sure be nice if they could
open ALL the doors in the morn-
ing. I mean, really, is that too
much to ask?
Speaking of open doors,
why are some inside doors
propped open and not others? For
instance, the Humanities building
uses a fire extinguisher to prop
open an interior fire door. I’m not
going to comment on the legality
or advisability of using safety
devices as door props, because
the University apparently doesn’t
let little things like the law or stu-
dent safety deter them from
doing whatever they feel like
doing. But, I do wonder why only
the one door is propped open?
You know what happens nine
times out of ten, right? All the
traffic converges at the one door,
creating a huge bottleneck until
someone opens the other door
and relieves the congestion.
The Campus Center is even
worse. When you head towards
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the stairs down to the cafeteria,
why are only two of the four
doors propped open? After all,
the same technology that holds
the two open suggests the possi-
bility of having all four open at
the same time. So, why not keep
all four open? I mean, you want
to talk about bottlenecks, watch
how clusters of people form on
both sides of the doors as people
wait to go through the open
doors. Sure, it’s not that hard to
open the other doors and go
through them, but we’ve been
conditioned by our traumas with
the outside doors, so we’re not
going to waste our time trying to
open a door that experience has
convinced us is probably locked
anyway.
Maybe the Psychology
department is conducting some
field test of our reasoning ability
and the level of inconvenience
we’re willing to accept before
solutions. I
about asking them but I have to
believe they wouldn’t tell me if
they were, since our knowing
that would mess up their find-
ings. Maybe the person or peo-
ple who are supposed to unlock
the doors hate their job and
neglect to unlock a few, here and
there, to vent their frustration.
Maybe after reading this they’ll
be motivated to do a better job.
Maybe the administration will
learn of this issue and take proac-
tive measures to address them in
a timely manner to improve the
quality of life for the campus
community.
Maybe there’s a Santa Claus.
seeking thought
In My Most Humble Opinion:
100 years of service
By PETER BRUSOE
Staff Columnist
Imagine: You have spent
several years preparing to enter
into the legal profession. You
have studied, you have dedicated
your academic career to law, then
a new requirement comes down
restricting your ability to live
your dream and do the work you
enjoy by barring you from the
bar. This is what happened to
several Illinois law students in
1897.
This crisis caused several
law students to band together to
sue over the new regulations and
were surprisingly victorious.
Five years later, on November 8,
1902, in Chicago, Illinois, Phi
Alpha Delta (PAD) Law
Fraternity International was
formed, and quickly expanded.
From that point Phi Alpha Delta
has sought to improve the law
profession throughout the United
States, by improving the atmos-
phere of the academic pursuits of
law students. Decreased costs of
text books, professional develop-
ment programs, law guides, a
chance for lawyers to socialize
outside of the court room and the
office were some of the things
they implemented.
While the first, and certainly
not the last law group, PAD is the
largest law fraternity in the
world. It is also a fraternity of
firsts. It sponsors legal education
for society with its Public
Service Center, which allows for
programs to be used to educate
the public. PAD was also the first
law fraternity in the world to
admit ladies. When Phi Delta
Delta, the organization for ladies,
came on economic hard times the
members of PAD opened their
doors to ensure that everyone’s
interests were taken care of.
eS: 6S ee that’s interesting,
so, our University doesn’t have a
law program outside of the great
3+3 program, why does this mat-
ter?.
Phi Alpha Delta realized that
the law cannot extend to only the
law students, and to those in the
profession. It must also extend to
those who desire to enter into the
legal profession, or who enjoy
the study of law. That would
include undergraduate students,
and in the 1980’s pre-law chap-
ters were established. Today
there are 197 such chapters and
one of them is located on our
very own University.
Your local chapter of PAD is
committed to bettering our stu-
dent body. Its brothers give over -
200 hours of community service
cach semester, they hold law
school programs, professional
development programs, and an
annual mock trial every semester
for its pledges and brothers to
participate in.
In addition to internal pro-
grams the fraternity serves the
greater student committee by
serving in student government,
Residential Life, and being there
to make this community a better
place.
So on November 8, 2002,
find your local PAD brother, or
pledge (they have gold gavels)
and say, “happy birthday.”
The NYPIRG Niche:
Hault tuition hikes
By AMY HEBERT
NYPIRG Board Representative
In 1995, the Governor of
New York State proposed a
tuition increase of 1,500 dollars.
After a battle with the legislature
and after thousands of students
protested, our elected officials
agreed to pass a tuition increase
of 750 dollars instead. This
increase, though smaller than
what was originally proposed,
was severely detrimental to many
families in New York; over the
next two years, enrollment in
SUNY dropped by 29,000 stu-
dents. And now, as New York’s
economy steadily recedes and the
budget becomes all the more dif-
ficult to balance, we as students
are faced with the same reality
that SUNY students were faced
with in 1994: the frightening pos-
sibility of a tuition increase. We
don’t know how many students
this will affect; we can only
imagine and hope that is will not
once again rob tens of thousands
of students of the opportunity to
acquire the education necessary
to realistically compete in
today’s economic society.
No longer is an 8th grade
education good enough. No
longer is a high school education
good enough. A four year degree
is quickly becoming obsolete as a
Masters and PhDs are phasing in
as the current educational stan-
dards. So why is it that the state
only funds a free elementary and
secondary education when that is
no longer good enough? Why is
it that the state backs down from
funding higher education as it
becomes more and more evident
that a higher education is present-
ly as necessary to succeed as a
high school education was 50
years ago?
Now is the time for students
to band together to make it
known that we will not endure
another slap in the face by our
state officials.
We, as students, cannot wait
for crowded classrooms and
overilowing 500 seat lecture cen-
ters to realize the importance of
having enough faculty.
We, as students, cannot wait
to be closed out of classes and to
stand in line for section key num-
bers to realize the significance of
funding for these faculty lines.
We, as students, cannot wait
for decreases in state aid pro-
grams like the Tuition Assistance
Program (TAP) and the Equal
Opportunities Program (EOP) to
realize the importance of these
programs in enabling those from
low-income families to obtain a
quality education.
We, as students, cannot wait
for a tuition increase to realize
the value of an affordable educa-
tion!
And lastly, we as students
cannot wait for politicians to be
elected who will NOT represent
our interests, who will increase
tuition and decrease state aid,
who will deprive us. of the quali-
ty affordable education that we
need! Do not hesitate! Urge the
Governor and your legislators to
invest in SUNY and STOP bal-
ancing the budget of the backs of
students!
On November 5, _ next
Tuesday—VOTE! Come out to
the polls in masses and let our
message be heard: STUDENTS
WILL NOT STAND FOR LESS
THAN WE DESERVE! WE
WILL NOT STAND FOR A
TUITION INCREASE!
To the Editor:
I wish to applaud the ASP in
raising the level of discourse in
regard to the recent controversies
on campus, specifically related to
the vandalism of the Podium and
student offices. The Letters to
the Editor section, specifically,
has given students a forum to
address their views and concerns,
and I truly believe it an asset to
the UAlbany student body.
Jerome Garrett’s invitation to
joint programming, for instance,
gives hope to those who see no
end to our petty quarrels on cam-
pus. And while I disagree with
many of Nicole Brown’s conclu-
sions, the opportunity that the
ASP. affords her to share her
views is, in my eyes, commend-
able. This, quite frankly, is the
reason Iam so concerned about
the ASP printing a defamatory
letter attacking me, compelling
me to defend myself and my rep-
utation.
In last: week’s Letters to the
Editor section, I and the Student
Association were accused of
hypocrisy and “Islamic
McCarthyism” — and while [I do
not speak for SA, J will certainly
reply: to. Yunus: Fiske’s. allega-
lions. . At; no time have [| ever
displayed a double standard in
my views on vandalism.
Chalking the Podium is_ thor-
oughly regulated, and only a
handful of organizations have
permits to do so — most notably
LGBTC and the Pride Alliance
on National Coming-Out Day.
All other chalking is illegal, but
political vandalism is cspecially
reprehensible, and that is what I
condemn.
Whereas I use the phrase
condemn, you choose to employ
the phrase “not condone.” The
distinction between the two is
yours implies. acceptance of an
act that is; clearly. unacceptable.
Coupled, with your everyone else
is doing it, so why can’t I logic, I
take your letter for what it is — a
half-measure, Your condemna-
tion of terrorism is another half-
measure; you call it morally
repugnant and yet as you justify
it by “not dictating forms. of
resistance to Palestinians.”
Yunus, leaders must not abdicate
their obligation to lead. — If you
wish to promote peaceful rela-
tions in Albany and a resolution
to conflict in the Middle East, be
a leader — stop taking half-
measures and promote an agenda
that, although difficult, is noble.
Unfortunately, your actions
of the past few weeks have not
been noble. Last week, you
published an article calling me a
hypocrite for not condemning
graffiti this past spring, although
you knew perfectly well that I
was in Washington for that entire
semester. That was immoral —
if I knew nothing else of you or
your group, I believe that would
be reason enough to campaign
against you. But I do know
more: I know that you are a
peaceful man, in that while you
raise your hand in peace you also
stand idly by and allow others to
act reprehensibly. Twice you
have disrupted events by heck-
ling and screaming at a speaker
of whom you disapproved. And
while I appreciate your empathy
when it comes to the vandalism
of my office, your motive — it
was “hurting [your] group and
the Palestinian cause” — is as far
from noble as I can imagine.
To respond then to your
offer of a joint event in “support
of peace justice and self-determi-
nation for: both Palestinian and
Israeli people and a condemna-
tion of violence on both sides” I
say this — end the half-meas-
ures. Instead of condemning, let
us unite and pray for peace in an
apolitical rally. Leave your
political agenda at the door. But
before any joint event can hap-
pen, I’m afraid that you need to
mature as a leader. Create a
platform that affirms a belief, not
one that condemns another.
Hillel’s position on Israel is
“Wherever we stand, we stand
with Israel” — not Stop US tax
aid to Arafat Now! We do. not
publish | articles that — call
Palestinians terrorists or Arafat;a
butcher, much as you vilify Israel
and her Prime Minister weekly. in
the ASP,
Hillel is an exemplary
organization on this campus, and
you should strive to imitate it.
We need not feel compelled to
prove ourselves and our inten-
tions to you or anyone else. We
are the model for intercultural
and interfaith programming on
this campus, as in the past year
we. have worked with the
NAACP, Newman Association :
and yes, the Muslim Student
Association. We have upcoming
events with Fuerza Latina and
the. Pride Alliance, so I believe —
our record speaks. for itself.
Now is the opportunity for you to
prove yourself as a leader, and —
SUSTAIN to prove itself as an
organization. Is it an organiza-
tion that we will be proud to,have
on our campus? Are you a stu-
dent leader that will commit him-
self to leading nobly — not just
in words, but in actions? For the
sake of the student body, I hope
the answer to these questions is
6 ’
yes. ;
I urge you to begin your
journey by ending your weekly
tirade in the ASP against me, the
Student Association, and the
State of Israel. Demonstrate that
you can act decisively when the
press is not around — _ the
Letters to the Editor section is
not the proper forum to air your
political grievances. I look for-
ward to not finding my name in
your future columns.
Arie Lipnick
President
Jewish Student Coalition/
HILLEL
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alf measures Mutual understanding,
deference and respect
Dear Editor:
Over the past few weeks it
appears that tensions have been
building between pro-Israeli and
pro-Palestinian students, widen-
ing a rift that is certainly wide
enough. As we all know it is in
the best interest of students and
this University for the two sides
to initiate constructive dialogue,
however there are many factors
that hinder such idealism.
Unfortunately, there remains
a perpetual argument between the
sides that swings like a heavy
pendulum, which only results in
mutual frustration. We think we
are right...they think they are
right... and so on. However,
there are acts committed far from
the streets of Ramallah or
Jerusalem, but on this University
campus, which remain a road-
block to a mutual understanding
on the UAlbany campus.
Last Monday this campus
had the honor to host Ra’anan
Gissin, Senior Advisor to Israel’s
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in
the campus center ballroom, ‘as
part of a program: Caravan for -—
Caravan for} ~
Democracy 1s the American vehi- |
Democracy.
cle that drives constructive dia-
logue on college éampuses
throughout the United States. by
featuring different speakers from
Israel to discuss the challenges
Israel faces as the only democra-
cy in the Middle East. Although
Dr. Gissin’s keynote address was
an unprecedented success, the
blatantly discourteous and unciv-
il manner in which several stu-
dents conducted themselves. dur-
ing the event, raises a plausible
question as to how students from
campus peace. Why is. it that
forced to remove an individual
who opposed Israeli Policy from
eg event? Why
students were welcomed to
attend the speech, while they
were expected to behave with the
courtesy and respect each guest
of the University deserves.
As they were exercising
their freedoms outside protesting
the event, Dr. Gissin was dis-
cussing the magnificence of such
rights and why Israel is of such
importance to the Middle East as
the only true democracy in the
region. Only in Israel can pro-
testors voice their opinions freely
without being arrested. Only in
Israel can individuals petition
and gather against the govern-
ment, without being sentenced to
death for sedition. Good luck
organizing a protest against
Yassir Arafat or the Palestinian
Authority in’ Ramallah or Gaza
City.
This is the very essence of
the Caravan for Democracy and
why Dr. Gissin traveled five
thousand miles to address a stu-
dent body that is fortunate
enough to possess such rights.
As Yunus Fiske, President of
SUSTAIN stated in his letter to
the editor on October 28, “I now
extend my invitation openly and
await your response,” I respond
to that: Until members of your
organization can learn to respect
our guests, dialogue and discus-
sion between Tagar and SUS-
TAIN will be indefinitely
shelved.
The fifty four year old per-
petual debate over who is right
and who is wrong will achieve no
harmony on the UAlbany cam-
pus. However, what we need to
establish is mutual understand-
ing, deference, and respect as stu-
dents. Actions like those of last
Monday only seek to derail and
undermine any course of action
toward our goal. It is my hope
and expectation that in this
school year we will have the
opportunity to initiate such dia-
logue with those whom we dis-
agree most and prove to this
University that such goals are
achievable in peace.
Yishai Cohen
President of Tagar
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Palestinian. sympathizers: stand }
with flags and insightful signs,in}
hope of disrupting the event? Is}.
it appropriate for anti-Israeli stu- |
dents. to disrespect an. interna-
tional guest by shouting antago-
nizing and immature comments
during a SA group’s event?
Such actions should not be toler-
ated by the University, and
actions like this are instrumental
in the lack of dialogue between
sides.
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quite critical of the opposing | y
side, I certainly believe every | %
American has the right to exer-
cise their First Amendment right
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Letters to the Editor ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
Please,
Monday, November 4, 2002 1 Fd
not Gollisano Up to the Plaza
Dear Editor:
A few weeks ago I saw an
advertisement for Tom Golisano.
He promised that he had this
great tax plan, which would
enable all New Yorkers to save
money. I am a college student,
saving money is right up my
alley, trust me if I could write my
American Express bill off on my
tax return I'll do it. He even had
a toll-free number to call to get
this packet of information. I am
like great! What can it hurt me? I
read it, if I don’t like it I can give
it to my political science profes-
sor.
So I picked up my phone,
made the call. I waited, and read
some books. I waited, and saw
my family, I waited, I took mid
terms. I waited. I read books. I
want and saw him at the Campus
Center in the worst staged politi-
cal advertisement billed as a
question and answer period that I
have ever seen. (It should be
noted that it was the campaign’s
fault and not the SA, Amy Hebert
should be congratulated on doing
a great job with what resources
she has) I waited some more to
hear from Tom Golisano. At this
point I felt like I had a relation-
ship with Golisano like Michael
Moore had with Roger Smith.
(Minus that whole bunny thing)
I chalked up Golisano as not
being interested in my vote. I was
leaning towards Pataki, and only
H. Carl McCall expressed inter-
est in trying to change my vote.
McCall took my questions, he
spoke to students and tried to for-
mulate something that made
some sense, gave answers that
will not prosper our state, but at
least took our questions, Tom
Golisano tried to bribe the
whole student body with free
tuition, but it takes more than
money to get my vote.
Sort of lamenting _ that
Golisano had only form and no
substance; I concentrated on my
exams, papers, and the like. It
was until Tuesday the 29th I am
gleefully bounding down the
stairs in Livingston Tower, after
my delicious lunch to grab my
mail. My roommate got a nice
card and a magazine, and I got
mail from Tom Golisano I was
like YES! Golisano does care
about students and he does care
about my vote, I am going to
open this packet up and it will be
THE solution to New York’s
problems.
The only thing I can com-
pare it to is Ralph in A Christmas
Story when he gets that Orphan
Annie secret decoder.
There was an unsigned letter
inviting me to a conversation
with Golisano and the respected
commentator Allen Chartock on
WAMC that night. There were
printouts from his website, and
this neat color copied pamphlet
saying how bad New York’s situ-
ation is. I could not believe it.
This guy wants me to vote for
him, and he can only come up
with this? Come on, that’s crazy.
It’s easy to criticize like Golisano
did, but he doesn’t have any solu-
tions. His platform says he will
create jobs upstate, will limit
taxes, and will hold state spend-
ing. How much of a valance issue
can you have? He also supports
the legalization of marijuana,
which okay, sounds great, but
after this poor treatment from a
guy who wants my vote? I would
have to be smoking something to
even consider voting for him.
Golisano provides no solu-
tions to New Yorkers, he merely
points out the failings of our cur-
rent leadership. He has no previ-
ous state government position,
but he has this wild ideas that he
can reign in the democrats who
control the assembly and pass
real tax cuts. He is just a bad
choice in leadership. He’s wrong
for New York, frankly, I don’t
care if you receive special inter-
est, as long as you are interested
in bettering our state, then you
are a viable candidate in my
book. Unfortunately, Golisano
does have interests that can be
labeled special, his
instead of voting for a main-
stream candidate like George
Pataki, you’re thinking of voting
for Tom Golisano, consider vot-
ing for a more viable candidate,
like Scott Jeffrey, or Thomas
Leighton, or even Stanley
Aronowitz. Just not Tom
Golisano. Anarchy and bad gov-
ernment is not where I want to
see my home state.
Israel belongs to the Jews
To the Editor: |
I am writing this letter not as
a Zionist, but as a _ proud
American who supports democ-
racy. I cannot fathom how any
American can support America
and not Israel. They are both
fighting the same war; a war on
terrorism. I was privelaged to
meet with Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon’s senior advisor, Dr.
Ra’anan Gissin this past Monday,
and he summed up everything in
one sentence. I forgot the exact
wording, so I’m not going to
quote it, but here’s what he basi-
cally said: We (America and
Israel) are fighting a war against
terrorism in order to enable peo-
ple to be opposed to everything
we do. In other words, by fight-
ing the war on terror, we are sav-
ing democracy, because their
goal is to destroy democracy.
Democracy enables people to
voice their opinions, no matter
how outrageous they may be. I
want to emphasize that although I
believe the state of Israel belongs
to the Jews, as you can see above,
I tremendously respect the
Muslims or non-Muslim students
who believe Israel should belong
to the Palestinians, because that’s
a political belief, and it’s always
good to have political beliefs. I
once asked a friend of mine who
he sympathised with more, and
his response was, “Since I’m a
Jew, the Israelis.” That is the
worst answer one can give. As I
said above, I have a great deal of
respect for people who believe
Israel should be controlled by the
Palestinians, even though I dis-
agree, as long as they actually
follow what’s going on and don’t
take sides just because you hap-
pen to be Jewish or Arabic.
One must understand, there
is no moral equivalence between
the Palestinians blowing up
busses and cafes, aiming at
women and children and Israel
retaliating by blowing up terror-
ists homes. I cannot respect
anyone who doesn’t understand
that. Even though I think Israel
is justified for demolishing the
terrrorost’s homes, I can under-
stand the opposing view and
debate it respectfully. But one
must understand that even if you
feel Israel is wrong, they are just
trying to protect their civilians
and not aiming at women and
children like Hamas, Hezbolla,
and Islamic Jihad and are all
doing. As Dr. Gissin said, the
first thing Israeli children are
taught is Shalom, or peace. The
first thing Palestinian children
are taught is Jihad, or holy war.
That is not an opinion, but a fact.
The Israelis offered painful con-
cessions, such as 98 percent of
the West Bank, and Yasser
Arafats response was terror. The
PLO has got to go. Yasser Araat
controls the Palestinian media,
which constantly shows hatred
towards the Jews and incites vio-
lence. No other country in the
world goes through what Israel
has to go _ through daily.
September I] and the recent
sniper shootings, are everyday
life in Israel. A young couple
spoke in my high school last
year, who lost their eight month-
old baby son due to Palestinain
terrorists shooting and throwing
rocks at their car. If there ts
peace, there has to be a new
Palestinain leadership. Also, it is
important to realize that there is
no Israeli occupation. The
Palestinians now claim that all
they want is East Jerusamlem,
yet before 1967, they had East
Jerusalem. They proceeded to
attack Israel form all sides, and
as a result of defending herself,
Israel gained control of East
Jerusalem. (Thats also a fact,
not an opinion.) Thats not occu-
pying. Look up in the dictionary
what occupation means, and see
if the definition fits the history of
how Israel got East Jerusalem.
It doesn’t.
In conclusion, as I wrote
above, I strongly believe in Israel
as a Jewish state, yet I have
respect for those with an oppos-
ing view , as long as they under-
stand that there is no moral
equivelance. No one has to sup-
port Israel completely, yet one
must support the difference
between the Palestinians and
Israelis actions. That, along
with Chairman Yasser Arafat
leaving, will cause peace in
Israel.
Max Wien
Freshman
own. If
To the Editor:
I wanted to inform the stu-
dent body of some good news
with regards to CDTA bus ser-
vice to the University. First, I
have been officially informed by
the University that CDTA Route
11 (UAlbany Shuttle) will begin
running to Stuyvesant Plaza, in
addition to its existing stops, on
Sunday November 3, 2002. The
bus will continue to run at fre-
quency of one run every 20 min-
utes. Additionally the last
CDTA Route I! bus will now
leave the university at approxi-
mately I:15a.m. Sunday though
Thursday. These additional
hours are being added to accom-
modate students using the main
library late at night. The main
library closes at la.m. Sunday
through Thursday. This change
will also begin on Sunday,
November 3.
Both are positive develop-
ments. CDTA had been contrac-
tually obligated to provide ser-
vice to Stuyvesant Plaza, but
until now has failed to do so.
University students previously
could take CDTA Route 10
(Western Ave) from campus to
Stuyvesant Plaza, but CDTA
Route stopped coming to campus
in August. Restoring access to
Stuyvesant Plaza will be a great
benefit for Albany students who
work, shop, and cat at many of
Stuyvesant Plaza’s merchants
and eateries. It also restores stu-
dent access to the local branch of
the US Postal Service. Students
will be able to between campus
and Stuyvesant Plaza very casy
as the bus will run every 20 min-
utes, seven days a week.
CDTA’s gracious extension
of hours of service on CDTA
Route 11 will also be a great ben-
efit to students on campus. This
allows students to take full
advantage of the University
Library and not have to worry
about how they will get home in
the evening. I thank CDTA pro-
viding this additional service to
the University.
Since my last letter to the
editor I have learned from sever-
al students that CDTA has been
charging them to use the CDTA
Shuttlebug which provides bus
service form Crossgates Mall to
Crossgates Commons/Walmart.
CDTA is supposed to be provid-
ing this service to University stu-
dents’ without charge upon dis-
play of their SUNYCard ID. |
have brought this issue to the
attention of the University and as
of the writing of this letter was
informed that CDTA will no
longer charge students to use the
Shuttlebug. If for some reason
you do get charged please con-
tact me.
I would like to thank Charles
Rogers, the Assistant Director of
Physical Plant for Business for
all his help in addressing various
student transportation concerns.
I also would also like to thank
CDTA for making positive steps
in addressing student transporta-
tion concerns. More changes are
sull needed but | am hoping we
are now heading on the right
track.
Yours truly,
Brian Levine
Election day
£0 row-G
To the Editor:
Stanley Aronowitz, long-
time college professor, author
and organizer will challenge the
increasing domination that cor-
porations have on our political
and economic system. Aronowitz
will stop the sale of our environ-
ment to corporate polluters and
apply law and order to Wall
Street criminals. He will promote
renewable energy like solar, ther-
mal and wind rather than more
nuclear plants, fossil fuels and
gas guzzlers.
He opposes fighting more
wars for oil. He supports a single
payer health care system for all,
not incremental expansion of
HMOs that ration care while
expanding corporate profits.
Throughout his career he has
fought to increase democratic
control by workers and commu-
nity groups.
A vote for — Stancly
Aronowitz is also a vote to keep
the Green Party alive as a pro-
gressive alternative to the two
corporate partics. The two corpo-
rate partics unfortunatcly have
since the 2000 clection become
even more alike on many issucs,
to increase the conceniration of
corporate power, to resist democ-
ratic reforms like public financ-
ing of campaigns, to spend more
of our tax dollars on corporate
welfare and the military waste
machine, to curtail civil liberties,
all while ignoring the needs of
average Americans. We need to
send a message to politicians that
we support waging peace, strong
environmental protection, the
rule of international law, and sus-
tainable living wage jobs. Vote
Row G for Grcen.
Matt Willemain
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Middle Earth Roots
Monday, November 4, 2002
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
19
Middle Earth Roots:
Interracial relationships:
More than just black and white
By LAUREN POSNER
Middle Earth President
For many of us, college is
the first time we have had to
associate with, befriend, or even
live with someone who is differ-
ent from us. The random assign-
ment of frosh roommates almost
guarantees that someone in your
suite, in your lounge group, or on
your floor will be different from
you in some important way. The
selection of group project mem-
bers and class seating arrange-
ments makes it even more likely
that you will interact with some-
one who is different from you.
How you handle this can deter-
mine how productive and enjoy-
able your college years will be.
“Race” and “culture” are two
terms that have so many defini-
tions that it is often difficult for
people to agree on what they are
talking about. For the purposes
of this article, “race” will refer to
the physical distinctions people
make between each other based
purely on color; and “culture”
will refer to the commonalities
around which people have devel-
oped values, norms, family life-
styles, social roles, and behaviors
in response to historical, politi-
cal, economic, and social reali-
ties. Culture is clearly the broad-
er of the two definitions. In
many instances, race can be seen
as subset of culture, as such the
remainder of the article will dis-
cuss culture as inclusive of race.
Let’s be honest: many of us,
either by circumstance or by
choice, have not associated wide-
ly with people of other cultures.
Suddenly living with someone
who looks, thinks, feels, and
believes in ways that we don’t
understand is difficult. .What’s
important is that we remember
that the key word is different, not
better, not worse, just different.
By avoiding placing value judg-
ments on each other we can go a
long way towards listening to,
and hopefully understanding
each other. No one is asking you
to agree with everything. your
new room mate believes, but
respect is important. Likewise it
is not fair to attempt to force the
other person to adopt your belief
system. Things which on the sur-
face seem fair (i.e. taking a vote)
are not when the issue is culture,
and there is a five to one suite
majority.
This respect must go in both
directions. The person who is
identified as coming from anoth-
er race or culture should also not
force others to agree his or her
belief system. “Holier than thou”
attitudes and frequent accusa-
tions of bigotry are not conducive
to constructive communication.
Racism can be conceptualized as
a disease, and like any other dis-
ease, those that suffer from it are
not to blame for their illness.
However, this disease damages
all those who interact with the
victim and as such they are
responsible for treating it. The
symptoms of this disease are: (a)
the belief that one’s own racial or
cultural heritage is innately supe-
rior to those of others and,(b) the
use of power-either overt’ or
covert, either intentionally or
unintentionally to enforce these
prejudices and preferences. ‘This
medical model approach can be
extended to the variety of cultur-
al “isms” that exist on campus
(i.e. ageism, sexism, classism,
heterosexism) and provides a
useful start point for understand-
ing each other.
Cultural issues do not exist
only in the residence halls. Many
of the same challenges we face
when cultures meet are replayed
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at a campus-wide _ level.
Individuals are replaced by
groups (athletic, social, study,
Greek, etc.) and the same dynam-
ics repeat themselves. Are your
groups balanced by culture?
Why not? What prejudices and
preferences are at work to create
these situations. Understanding
more about us is the first step
toward understanding others.
Sometimes cultural myths
prevent us from understanding
ourselves and others. Some of
the more common cultural myths
include:
* T can’t be a racist I’m from
an oppressed group and don’t
have the power to oppress others.
* T don’t have a culture, I’m
white.
* We are all human under-
neath, so it’s OK to treat every-
one the same.
* T never owned any slaves
or discriminated against anyone,
so iUs not my problem.
These myths may be out
there, but they are untrue. The.
truth is that, regardless of your
position in society, you have the
ability and choice to oppress and
exclude others within your per-
sonal relationships. This power
can be magnified on a college
campus.- 7
Understanding cultural iden-
tity development may help dispel
the above myths. Various models
of cultural identity development
have been proposed. These mod-
els seek to help explain the
process through which an tndi-
vidual integrates his/her culture
as a central aspect of his/her
identity. Some of the common
themes expressed are: (1) with
what group does the person iden-
tify, (2) how does the individual
feel about this group, (3) what are
the advantages and disadvantages
of belonging to this group, and
(4) how does the person feel
about members of other groups?
Taking a moment to answer these
questions about ourselves, and
understanding that others are ask-
ing similar questions about them-
selves, is the first step towards
interagting effectively on our
multicultural campus.
We are all part of the prob-
lem, regardless of our heritage,
and we should all become part of
the solution. The disease model
tells us that 10s not our fault if we
are “sick,” but it is our responsi-
bility. to become _ healthy.
Likewise, before we can attempt
to understand each other, we need
to first find the time to learn to
understand ourselves.
If you have a question or
concern that you would like -
answered in the Middle Earth
Roots column, please write to
Middle Earth Roots, University
Counseling Center, Health and
Counseling Building, Second
Floor, University at Albany,
Albany, NY 12222 or drop it off
at room 20B. While we won’t be
able to answer all questions sub-
mitted to the roots column, you
can always call our hotline at
442-5777 or make an appoint-
ment with a psychologist at the
University Counscling Center by
calling 442-5800.
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Smith becomes NFL all-time leading rusher
By NICHOLAS DERASMO
Contributing Writer
Emmitt Smith saw a_ hole
and sprinted ahead. When an
arm tripped him up a little he
stumbled and put down his right
hand to keep his balance and
bursted for an Il-yard gain.
With that rush, he also got the
NFL career rushing record.
With the fourth quarter rush
Emmitt Smith, the running back
for the Dallas Cowboys, reached
16,728 yards. With this he
passed Walter Payton for first
place. This was a goal Smith set
before his rookie season. Smith
said, “Once I broke the line of
scrimmage, |
knew that had
to be the one.”
The Dallas
Cowboys lost a
heart breaker,
I7-14,. tothe
6. Gols
Seahawks.
This put) a
damper on the
day, but for
Smith this was
overcome by
what he had
done. He also
extended his
NFL record for
rushing touch-
downs to 150.
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year old Smith
said during a
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emony, “Today
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Because without Payton doing
what he did in the National
Football League and representing
all he represented, he wouldn’t
have given a young man like
myself a dream, something to
shoot after and a person to look
up to and try to emulate in every
way possible.”
Payton, who played his
whole career as a Chicago Bear,
earned the nickname
“Sweetness,” for his beautiful
playing style. He died tragically
in November of 1999 at the age
of 45, from cancer.
Payton once said, “To set the
record so high that the next per-
son who tries for it, it’s going to
bust their heart.”
The relationship between
Payton and Smith blossomed in
the early 90’s and Smith has
become very close to the Payton
family.
Smith was quoted as saying,
‘T hope everyone has a chance to
enjoy this moment like me.” He
led Dallas to three Super Bowl
championship teams and won
four rushing titles.
Former NFL coach and cur-
rent commentator John Madden
is one of the most well respected
analysts in the league. He said,
“Emmitt Smith has always been
one of my favorite players for a
number of reasons. I like guys
who play well, play hard, play
with a lot of passion and intensi-
ty, play tough and then, play for a
long time. That’s Emmitt Smith
right there.”
Smith, although criticized
much of his career for his size,
proved to the world that it’s not
the size of a man but rather the
size of his heart. Smith is a role
model to many people outside of
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a lesson on Sunday when he
broke the record: through adver-
sity, believe in yourself and strive
to obtain your goals. I'll leave
you with this last remark by
Smith, “I was counted out many
times in my 13 years here, and
I’m probably still counted out,”
he said. “But I believe truly in
my own ability. I believe my tal-
ent stacks up with the next man.”
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Sports
Monday, November 4, 2002
Men’s ice hockey
demolishes Fordham
By JEFF FEINMAN
Staff Writer
The UAlbany men’s ice
hockey club team got a giant lift
of confidence on Monday,
October 28, after taking it hard to
Fordham by the score of 10-0.
That’s right, this is not the score
of a baseball or a football game,
this is an ice hockey game.
Albany dominated from the drop
of the puck and forced the ten
goal mercy rule to take effect
with ten minutes left in the third
period. If the game was not cut
short, the score could have been
even higher.
John O’Hara ignited the
UAlbany shooting gallery, notch-
ing the first goal of the contest in
a shorthanded situation for the
Great Danes. Ryan Mcmahon
scored later and Gabriel Sganga
converted a 5-on-3 opportunity
to build the Danes a 3-0 lead.
This was how the first period
ended. Fordham forward Pete
Ramondi had the best chances to
score for his team on consecutive
shorthanded breakaways, but
UAlbany goalie Scott Bartone
denied both chances.
First line center Josh
Charland put on a show to start
the second _ period. With
UAlbany starting the period on a
power play, Charland scored
forty two seconds in. A little
after Mcmahon barreled to the
net to score his second of the
game, Charland scored a gor-
geous one. Standing in front of
the net, the fearless center
grabbed a puck out of the air and
dropped to the ice. On his
knees, Charland roofed a back-
hand into’ the top _ shelf.
However, Charland’s goal explo-
sion was not done yet. The
speed-demon continued to make
Swiss cheese out of Fordham’s
goalie as he buried a 3-on-2
break-in to complete a hat trick.
Charland’s third goal made the
game 7-0.
The rest of the second period
saw the physical play pick up as
Fordham forward Dom Pierno
instigated a slew of after-the-
whistle scrums. Andrew Dwyer
had the nicest hit of the game as
he laid out Fordham captain Dan
Malone on the open ice. The
second period ended with the
score remaining 7-0.
The scoring snowball effect
continued into the third as Steve
Zecca converted a pass out of the
corner from Scott Sukup.
Defenseman Adam Gibson got a
shorthanded goal after he denied
the Fordham power play access
to the Albany zone. And for the
tenth and final goal, forward
Brian LaBarbera carried the puck
end to end before feeding Dwyer
the dish. The game was ended
with 10:11 left due to the 10-0
mercy rule.
Standouts for the Great
Danes were forwards Charland
and Mcmahon, who combined
for half the team’s scoring pro-
duction. Goalie Bartone was
solid in conserving the shutout
with roughly fifteen saves.
Albany has three more home
games at the BIG Arena before
going to Nassau Coliseum to
play Hofstra. For information
on the ice hockey team, go to
www.asuhockey.com.
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Art is a bad choice - Howe do you figure?
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Fred Wilpon was never sup-
posed to get Lou Pinella to man-
age the New York Mets this sea-
son, not while the Seattle
Mariners were calling the shots.
And if they did, Seattle would
have made the Mets pay through
the nose. Instead, Pinella has
been shipped off to the Tampa
Bay Devil Rays, the Cincinnati
Bengals of the Major Leagues,
because the M’s got what they
needed in all-star outfielder
Randy Winn. (Ironically, last
season, Pinella pleaded with
management to trade for Winn
before the deadline.) It has been
reported that Seattle was secking
Roberto Alomar and either super-
prospects Jose Reyes or Aaron
Heilman as compensation from
the Mets. In addition to this
already disproportionate demand,
Seattle wanted the Mets to take
one of their veteran infielders,
Bret Boone or Jeff Cirillo off
their hands, which would have
cost the Mets upwards of 20 mil-
lion dollars.
So the Mets went and got Art
Howe, who finished in first place
in the American League West
with the Oakland Athletics this
season (ahead of Pinella and
Seattle), who has made three
consecutive trips to the playoffs,
who has won over two hundred
games in the last two seasons,
who may win manager of the
year this season if Mike Sciosia
of the Anaheim Angels doesn’t
edge him out, and who may put
the Mets back in the playoffs
after a disastrous last place fin-
ish,
Despite his outstanding
recent track record, both the
press and the Metropolitan fan
base have already written Howe
off as a failure-in-waiting.
Understand that this is all
because of perception. Criticism
about Howe’s low key presence,
mediocre success with the
Houston Astros and the quick-
ness with which Oakland’s
General Manager Billy Beane
unloaded him have been blown
way out of proportion all because
the Mets publicly went after
Pinella and didn’t get him. All
of a sudden, Oakland could have
easily succeeded the last few sea-
sons without Howe at the helm.
All of a sudden, the Met veterans,
in dire need of a change, will
walk all over a fresh face in the
clubhouse who commands
respect from most of the Major
Leagues. All of a sudden, the
angry callers on WFAN (the
famous NY area sports talk radio
station) are once again rallying
together and calling for General
Manager Steve Phillips’ head.
Howe was the Mets’ second
choice, and therefore, a bad one.
This seems like deja vu to
me. ‘Two summers ago, Alex
Rodriguez, the best player in the
American League, filed for free
agency and expressed a strong
desire to go to the Mets.
Although his asking price was
expected to be high, the Mets
turned down an overblown pro-
posal, one in which Rodriguez’
agent, Scott Boras, asked for a
contract over 20 million and a
load of unprecedented incentives
such as office space and a private
merchandise stand. Rodriguez
took his business to Texas, where
owner Tom Hicks was apparently
willing to bid against himself and
offer Rodriguez a quarter of a bil-
lion dollars for ten years. Now
A-Rod is hitting bombs out of
Texas and the Rangers are going
broke. The fans wanted the Mets
to overpay to get him. He
slipped through their hands. It’s
the same case with Pinella. The
thing is that the Mets were deal-
ing with an unreasonable negoti-
ation then and they are dealing
with an unreasonable negotiation
now. Scattle didn’t want the
Mets to have Pinella and there-
fore, asked for more than what
was expected. They dumped
Pinella in Tampa, where he has
little chance to succeed, and in
return, got their best player.
ALBANY STUDENT Préss - 2.1.
This was not a deal meant for
New York. There was little they
could do.
“Td like to thank you all out
there for all the nice articles
you've written about me since I
got the job,” said Howe sarcasti-
cally at his first press conference
with the Mets last week. “I guess
this means [Ill never get a roast
because I already had one.” At
least he showed that he can han-
dle both the press and the pres-
sure of playing under such scruti-
ny with humor. These are two
qualitics a manager needs to
coach in New York. The most
important one, however, is evi-
dent in the win column of the
standings. He’ll get a chance to
prove that next season, but first,
Howe has to defend himself from
the general scorn with which he
has been met. “Pve been second
choice everywhere Pve gone.
Buck Showalter was the first
choice in Oakland but he went to
Arizona and I got that job. Joe
Morgan turned down the oppor-
tunity in Houston before I got
that job.” Remember how the
New York media blitzed Joe
Torre when he came here? Do
you think the media remembers?
Believe me they do. They just
hope that you forgot.
No one’s saying that Art
Howe is going to be the next Joe
Torre. He hasn’t even beaten
Torre yet in the playoffs. But
he’s worth more than he’s been
getting so far. He comes into
New York the third winningest
coach in A’s history, considered a
brilliant baseball mind and was
essential in developing the young
talent he’s worked with over the
years. He’s inherited losing ball
clubs before and managed to turn
them in the right direction, even
if he still hasn’t made it to the
promised land yet. Howe makes
a pretty damn good second
choice if you ask me. But that’s
the problem - Howe has forever
been stigmatized the Mets sec-
ond choice.
22. Monday, November 4, 2002
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
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Men’s Basketball
University at Albany head
basketball coach Will Brown
announced on Tuesday, October
29 that Antione Johnson, Earv
Opong and Brian Barnes will
serve as tri-captains for the 2002-
03 season.
Johnson, a senior guard from
Lathrup Village, MI., led the
Great Danes in scoring and was
13th among the America East
Conference leaders at 11.3 points
per game last year. He also shot
84.5 percent from the free throw
line and averaged 3.2 rebounds.
Opong, a 5-foot-5 senior from the
Bronx, NY, was second tn steals
(1.82 per game) and sixth in
assists (3.43 per game) among
the conference leaders. He started
all 28 games at point guard.
Barnes, a senior guard from Troy,
NY, made 13 appearances off the
bench last season. He earned his
spot on the roster as a walk-on in
1999.
University at Albany’s
Rasheed Bonner, who suffered a
knee injury in a preseason men’s
basketball practice session on
October 15, is expected to return
to the floor in the near future after
receiving the results from a MRI
procedure, as head coach Will
Brown announced on
Wednesday. Bonner, a 6-foot-8,
235-pound forward/center, has a
strained patella tendon in his left
efs
knee as determined by Dr. Max
Alley, of Capital Region
Orthopaedic Associates. The
tendon connects the kneecap to
the tibia bone. Bonner, a jun-
ior from University Heights,
Ohio, is attempting a comeback
this season after missing two full
years and most of another with
injuries. He did not play as a
freshman in 1999-2000 after hav-
ing successful surgery to repair a
stress fracture in his lower left
leg. Bonner missed the entire
2001-02 campaign with a patella
tendon injury.
Albany opens its schedule
against Siena at Pepsi Arena on
Friday, November 22. The Great
Danes hosts the Upstate New
York All-Stars in an exhibition at
the Recreation and Convocation
Center on Tuesday, November
it.
Women’s Basketball
University at Albany head
basketball coach Trina Patterson
announced on Tuesday, October
29 that Jess McGinlay and Sarah
Sweetland will captain — the
women’s ‘basketball team in
2002-03. McGinlay, a senior
guard from Burke, VA, ranked
14th the America East
Conference scoring leaders at
11.4 points per game one year
ago. She also contributed 3.9
rebounds and 2.0 assists, plus
shot 38 percent from the field and
TE percent> trom: the: ,- ini:
Swecetland, a junior guard from
Burlington, MA, averaged 3.4
among
A near perfect season ends
By NICOLE Russo
Staff Writer
It is rare when a team has
anyone else to blame or thank for
their performance on the field.
But in western New York last
Sunday, the men of UAlbany’s
rugby club team could share the
blame with the referee for their
loss to SUN Y-Genesco.
The Great Danes journeyed
to Batavia for the New York
State Rugby Conference 2002
Collegiate Championship — at
Genesce Community College
last weck. Many of their starting
players weren’t able to play duc
to injuries. On top of that, with a
five-hour ride behind them,
Albany was already at a disad-
vantage ‘since the ruggers frony
Geneseo had only a fifteen-
minute ride to make.
It was cold and windy when
the Great Danes took the field to
begin their -tun— at this
Championship Tournament.
The crowd that the Albany
Ruggers had at all their home
games was absent today, so far
from home. But some fans did
follow the convoy west and
braved wind and cold to cheer on
their team.
The whistle blew to start the
game, sounding far away in the
howling winds. Minutes into
the half, Geneseo found the try
zone and followed up with a
good kick making the score 7-0.
Albany responded to the score by
kicking their game - literally -
into gear. Tearing back and forth
down the field, both teams sent
the ball airborne, but the action
did not last long. The referee
was the most involved official
Albany has encountered this sea-
son. For the first time in this
wriler’s game experience, play-
ing or reporting, the referee held
conferences with the line judges
and slowed the game down more
than considerably. By halftime,
over thirty penalty calls had been
made, both for and against
Albany. But in the end, the stop
and go hurt Albany’s game. The
Great Danes are a momentum
team, whether the game its in
their favor or not, once they gain
a single advantage, they hold on
to it and their 6-0 league play
record proves it.
sne-.scorc~ of ihe
remained unchanged until the
final whistle blew. The game as
a whole was slow thanks to the
referee, and that same dull slow-
ness cost Albany the game.
Many setbacks weighed down
this winning team, and even the
greatest teams are not invincible.
The final nail in the coffin for
Albany’s season took the form of
an official. For the second week
in a row a legal play that could
have meant seven points for
Albany was called back. Once a
call is made, it must stand and
both times by the time the offi-
cial realized their error, it was too
late and could not be reversed.
UAlbany’s men’s rugby football
club saw their season end with a
6-2 record.
game
points, 1.9 assists and 1.6
rebounds in 27 games.
Sophomore guard Becky
Ayers, the leading scorer on last
year’s UAlbany women’s basket-
ball team, will be sidelined for
the next four weeks with a foot
injury. Ayers, who will be fitted
with a cast to help correct planter
fasciitis, has an inflamed tendon
at the attachment that supports
the arch or bottom of the foot.
Her condition will be re-evaluat-
ed in late November.
Ayers was tenth among the
America East Conference scoring
leaders at 12.2 points per game in
2001-02. She established the
school’s freshman single-season
scoring record with 316 points.
Ayers, a native of Canandaigua,
NY, also led the conference in
three-point field goal percentage
(.469) and made 46-of-98 from
beyond the arc.
Sophomore center Danielle
Hutcheson, the team’s leading
rebounder from a year ago, will
miss the next two weeks of prac-
tice and the exhibition game
against McGill University on
November 10 with the foot injury
as Ayers. Hutcheson was fitted
with a cast to help correct plantar
fasciitis. Her left foot will be re-
evaluated, by Dr. Shankar Das,
once the cast is removed.
Hutcheson was third on the team
and !7th in the America East
Conference with 11.1 points per
game. She established the
school’s freshman single-season
rebounding record with 216. A
native of Phoenix, Ariz.,
Hutcheson was third in the con-
ference in rebounding at 8.0 per
game, fifth in shooting percent-
age at 48.6 percent and sixth in
blocked shots (1.0 pg).
Albany plays two exhibition
games in preparation for the sea-
son opener against Siena on
November 22 at Pepsi Arena. The
Great Danes take on McGill
University on Sunday, November
10 at 1:00 p.m. and Syracuse
AAU on Friday, November 15 at
7:30 p.m. Both exhibitions will
be held at the Recreation and
Convocation Center on campus.
Cross Country
Junior Joe Pienta (25:00) and
sophomore Andy Allstadt placed
sixth and eighth, respectively, on
the 8K course at Franklin Park as
Albany placed fourth at the 2002
America East Cross Country
Championships on Saturday
afternoon. New Hampshire cap-
tured the title with 25 team points
by having four Wildcat runners
finish among the top five. Boston
U.’s Jochen Dieckfoss won the
individual title in a time of 23:45.
On the women’s side, the
Boston U. Terriers took home the
team title, placing all seven of
their runners in the top 25 for a
total of 36 points. Jenny Payne of
Stony Brook took home the indi-
vidual title covering the 5K trek
in 17:32. Albany’s women placed
fifth overall as senior Meghan
Howell (18:53) and sophomore
Nicole Susser (18:55) were the
Great Danes’ top finishers in 16th
and 17th place.
Albany now has two weeks
off to prepare for the NCAA
Northeast Regional on Nov. 16 at
Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx,
NY.
Field Hockey
Beth Gulotta and Megan
Monahan each scored three goals
as the 19th-ranked Lafayette
Leopards defeated Albany 10-2
on Thursday evening at Metzgar
Field. After dropping the first two
contests of the year, Lafayette
closed out its regular season with
16 straight victories.
Meredith Hahn put the
Leopards on the board at 10:09
into the first half with an unas-
sisted goal, her ninth of the sea-
son. After Monahan’s first goal,
Hahn scored her second of the
game to give Lafayette a 3-0
lead. Gulotta then tallied a pair of
goals and Jennifer Stone added
the first of her two at 29:49.
Albany’s Amber Morris
ended the shutout 22 seconds
later as she scored her fourth goal
of the season off a pass from sen-
ior Lisa Burline. Morris would
add another at 50:54 to make the
score 9-2. Sophomore Megan
Akstin made 22 saves while fac-
ing 38 shots.
The Great Danes finished the
2002 season with a 5-12 mark but
lost all five of their conference
games.
Sports
~ Monday, November 4, 2002
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
23
Men’s soccer inches
closer to postseason
By ERIN CUNNINGHAM
Staff Writer
The UAlbany men’s soccer
team is one step away from
clinching their first-ever America
East postseason tournament
berth. The Great Danes moved
into their great position with a 3-
2 victory over Northeastern on
Wednesday at Varsity Field.
Steven Procknal got things
started for Albany in this one, as
he headed in the first score at
22:51 off a cross from Savvas
Theofilou. Retaliation was swift
by the Huskies, however as Tom
Heimreid headed in a shot with
an assist by Athanasios
Kirkopoul. There was no more
scoring in the first period and the
game was deadlocked at one
heading into the second half.
The tie was broken by
Kirkopoul when he scored unas-
sisted on a direct kick at 77:18 to
put Northeastern (8-7-2, AE 5-2-
0) up by one. For a while it
looked like this game would be a
loss, but then Procknal tied the
game with a goal at 81:15 offa
long pass from Tim Roty. The
game winner was put in Nick
Leddy with a cross into the open
net, assisted by Procknal, at
82:48. This game was a mass of
fouls with 7 yellow cards given
out and 2 red cards. This game
was very high power and there
Soccer team
By ERIN CUNNINGHAM
Staff Writer
It’s not easy to come to a
new country, learn a new lan-
guage and adapt to a different cli-
mate and culture. Four of the
players on the men’s soccer team
have and are dealing with all of
that. Sophomore Lucas
Machado and freshman Caio
Silva are from Brazil.
Sophomore Rodrigo Marion is
from Bolivia. Sophomore
Savvas Theofilou is from Cyprus.
Their common reason for coming
to the United States is education.
The opportunity was not one to
be passed up. Machado is
majoring in business administra-
tion as is Silva. Marion and
Theofilou are majoring in eco-
nomics.
Though most Americans
might not realize, soccer is the
most popular sport in the world.
Children are encouraged to play
more than anything else in many
parts of the world; Machado
commented that often a first
birthday present will be a soccer
ball. All four of the soccer
teams’ foreign imports have been
playing since somewhere
between 4 and 8 years of age.
Whereas here children will get
was a lot of adrenaline running
through these players, which may
account for a few of the tempers
lost.
This was the final home
game of regular season for the
Great Danes (9-5-2, 4-1-2) and
was also the final home game for
the five seniors on the team:
Trevor Serraro, Greg Chevalier,
Ashtian Holmes, Tim Roty and
Steven Procknal. All five start-
ed. It was very obvious that they
wanted this game badly. The tal-
ent of the Danes was obvious;
they outplayed Northeastern
most of the game. There was the
ten minutes in which it looked
like the game might go down in
flames, but the team pulled
together even more and did what
needed to be done. “We used
our hearts and our heads,” stated
Roty after the game. Everyone’s
heart was in this game. The
excitement was palpable, after
the tying goal both Procknal and
Leddy were running around with
their jerseys off. Each goal was
celebrated like it was the winning
goal.
Like every other game
everyone contributed all they
had. Procknal made the minor
adjustments necessary to have
his stellar performance. Chevy,
at sweeper, was key as_ usual.
Rodrigo Marion, Ryan Bombard,
and Vadim Ivanyushchenko were
all necessary support. “We are at
together to play football or base-
ball, in many other parts of the
world, street soccer is the game
of choice. The difference in atti-
tude towards the game must have
been a little startling.
Marion started in a local
team, went on to the state team
where he played and was the cap-
tain for four years. While he
was there, the team was champi-
ons twice. Also while there he
was chosen for the National
Under-17 team, then the Under-
19. He played on an amateur
team for two years at the same
time as the Under-19. From
there he played on the National
Under-23 team and then trans-
ferred to UAlbany from the
Catholic University of Bolivia.
His favorite soccer team is
Barcelona from Spain.
Silva started on local teams
as well. He played at the
Revelinos School of Soccer for
four years. He played for
Finland for a time and went to a
tournament where the coach of
San Paolo noticed him and want-
ed him to-go play for his team.
He played on the San Paolo
Juvenile Team for two years. The
second year they were national
champions. From there he
played for Palmeras. His first
year there the team went to a
peak season. The team_ has
improved a lot,” commented
Coach Aarnio on his team.
And the fans were in the
game too. On the hill was the
group who comes to every game
in order to trash talk the visiting
teams, and they outdid them-
selves. In the stands were fami-
lies of the seniors, and other
players. The turnout for this
game was higher than most of the
other games, save Siena. It is a
shame that soccer is not better
publicized; the team has had a
fantastic season and deserves
packed games. But that faded
from importance as after the
game the celebration continued
with pictures and smiles a mile
wide. Those who were there got
to see one of the most exciting
and gripping games played all
season.
With this win, the Great
Danes have reached the nine-win
point for the first time since
becoming a Division I team.
Coach Aarnio stated “This team
showed its personality by coming
from behind.” This game was
very important, huge in fact, and
the win was needed. Not just to
keep their rank in the standing,
but as a fitting sendoff to the
seniors.
As Serraro put it, “This
shows what we can do.”
has international flavor
tournament in Japan where he
scored 17 goals and was named
MVP. After one more year he
transferred here to UAlbany.
His favorite team is Sao Paulo F.
a
Theofilou started on a local
team at age 12. He played with
the Cyprus under- 16 team and the
national under-18 team. At 19
he started training in earnest
again, playing on a few teams.
He was playing friendly games
with the national teams during
this time also. He went to col-
lege at the University of
Kentucky, but did not like the
style of play and direction of the
coach there. Wanting to play
more consistently he decided to
transfer to UAlbany. His
favorite team is Roma Italy.
Machado has played since he
was seven years old. School was
in the morning while afternoons
were reserved for soccer school.
He played for his high school in
Brazil. In 1998 his team won the
state championship and he was
the championship MVP. He left
high school junior year to play
for Gremio, which is a youth pro-
fessional team. it: ASO9
Machado did his senior year of
high school in Ohio. That year
his soccer team was chosen num-
-ber one by the Beacon Journal
Women’s
soccer loses
By ROBERT MAGEE
Staff Writer
The UAlbany women’s soc-
cer team fell this past Friday to
the fourth-place Northeastern
Huskies in a 3-0 America East
Conference loss. With but a sin-
gle game left before the America
East postseason tournament, the
loss established what will likely
prove to be a disappointing
denouement.
The Huskies (7-7-4, AE 3-2-
2) began strong and stayed that
way as Liz Dyjak pounded in her
team’s first goal twenty minutes
into the game. Northeastern kept
up the heat and didn’t waste
much time asserting their domi-
nance. Ten minutes later the
Huskies’ Jill Link snuck one past
Albany goalkeeper Beth Spinelli
on the right side.
The second half didn’t prove
any better for the Great Danes (4-
13-1, 1-6-0). At the 76th minute
Spinelli was drawn out of the net
by a long pass from the
Northestern’s Fillipa Petruccelli.
Unfortunately for the Danes the
Huskies’ Jill North beat Spinelli
to the ball, dribbled around her
and launched a third goal into an
empty net.
Overall the Huskies played
an aggressive game, easily dou-
bling the Danes in foul calls (five
to twelve) and drawing seven
off-sides calls to the Dane’s one.
In the end Spinelli tacked on six
more saves to her current season
total of 104. It didn’t matter in
the end as the young team faced
yet another frustrating defeat and
reconciled themselves to a lack-
With only one
game to go (against Boston
University) the Great Danes will
not make the conference tourna-
ment, which begins on
November 8.
luster season.
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and the Plain Dealer. The team
was In first place tri-county, first
in the touchdown club and _ the
third team state-wide. His
favorite team is Real Madrid.
Soccer play is different in
the U.S. than in the respective
countries of these players as well.
The consensus Is that soccer here
focuses more on power while
elsewhere it is speed and skill
that count more. Silva com-
mented that the players in Brazil
have more skills than the players
here. That may or may not be
bias. The placement of players is
also different. Here it is com-
mon for a player to play several
different positions, sometimes
changing from game to game.
This is the case on the UAlbany
team. Elsewhere the player has
one position and stays there,
becoming very good at that one
position, rarely if ever changing.
It can throw a player off a little to
play different positions all the
time because each demands dif-
ferent things. But as with other
things these players have adapted
to that and are flourishing.
Each brings his skills to the
position at hand. Marion plays
primarily on defense now and is
important there. Silva and
Theofilou are both very skilled
midfielders. Machado, though
the smallest player on the team, is
also one of the most talented,
both at being a striker and at
drawing fouls.
Something clse that can
throw players off , besides the
different style of play, is immer-
sion in a very different culture
than they are used to. Learning
English could have been simple,
and comprchension can. still
sometimes be a little difficult for
the foursome. The food here is
different, and the climate.
Coming from much warmer
places, our UAlbany autumns
and winters are not easy at all.
The cold, that is not abnormal for
most of us, is a major change for
them. The other big problem
facing these players is homesick-
ness. Leaving behind friends
and family is hard to do, espe-
cially when they are so far away.
But all have made new friends
here who help with that.
This team is one of the most
diverse teams in terms of players
from different backrounds.
These four may have one of the
best in terms of the emphasis on
their chosen sport, and they fit in
well here at UAlbany and we are
lucky to have them. Each brings
talent to the soccer field, but also
they are nice people and good
friends.
iar! cliches
share of NEC title
By IBRAHIM KHAN
Staff Writer
On Saturday, coach Ford and
the UAlbany Great Danes took
their high flying act to Robert
Morris and put forth yet another
spectacular performace. When
asked last week whether it can
finally be said that the team is fir-
ing on all cylenders, Ford said,
“Not quite,” pointing to the
Danes’ first quarter miscues.
After blowing out one more
opponent mercilessly from start
to finish, this time by a score of
32-7, it can be said: the Danes are
indeed firing on all cylinders!
Gary Jones and Jon George
teamed up with a _ ferocious
Albany defense to ensure the
Danes will get at least a share of
the Northeast Conference title.
Jones, the Northeast Conference
Player of the Week, carried the
ball 17 times for a gain of 108
yards and two touchdowns. The
junior tailback continues to mow
down record after record. In
addition to setting the single sea-
son rushing record with 1,088
yards, Jones became the first
Albany rusher to carn 100 or
more yards at least six times Ina
season. George, the team’s full-
back, rushed for a career best 111
yards and two touchdowns him-
self, making it the first time in
UAlbany’s history as a Division
I-AA school that two rushers
have earned 100 yards or more in
the same game.
The defensive effort was
highlighted during the third quar-
ter when defensive tackle Matt
Kryzak sacked Robert Morris’
second string quarterback Rich
Demaio. Demaio fumbled during
the blow administered by Kryzak
and the defensive end wasted no
time in picking up the ball and
sprinting 27 yards for a touch-
down.
This wrapped up the game
for all intents and purposes as
Albany saw its lead extend to 32-
0 druing the period, courtesy of
one touchdown each from the
Danes star rushers Jones and
George. George, who had the
ability to make the defensive line
look like a bunch of kids trying
out for their high school’s junior
varsity team, rumbled into the
endzone on a short run. On
Albany’s following possession,
Jones took the ball and dashed 25
yards into the endzone with less
than two minutes left in the third
quarter.
Jones had earlier broken the
defense for 70 yards when he
dodged through the middle and
sped away along the left sideline
to score Albany’s second touch-
down fairly early in the second
quarter. While the Jones and
George duo would be more than
enough to handle the lowly
Robert Morris squad, the defense
Courtesy of Sports Information
Tailback Gary Jones set UAlbany’s
single-season rushing record this
Saturday, as he reached 1,088
yards.
on the attack
By Tim WILKINSON
Contributing Writer
’ made sure their opponent would-
n't have a chance. They held
Rober Morris to a net gain of
merely three yards. “You can’t
ask for anything better than this,”
said senior defensive end Josh
MacAnn.
Recording six sacks on the
day, the Danes completely shut
down their hosts. Robert Morris’
only scoring play came in the
fourth quarter when freshman
quarterback Andrew Geyer
hooked up with wide reciever
Ricky Daldo, who beat the
Albany secondary along the right
sideline to finally put his school
on the board.
It was too little too late how-
ever as Robert Morris added
itself to a list of teams Albany’s
surging offense and hard-nosed
defense has victimized over the
past few weeks. The 32-7 tri-
umph was especially sweet for a
couple of reasons. The Great
Danes had not beaten Robert
Morris in their last 3 meetings.
More importantly, the win gave
UAlbany a 5-1 conference record
and promised them a share of the
conference championsip. “I am
so happy,” Jon George saidafter
the game. “I was playing for the
seniors because I know they have
had this date circled on their cal-
endar. We ran the ball well, and
played hard-nosed football.”
George is part of a squad
that has gone from being a team
with a load of potential to one
that has learned to turn that
potential into wins. His team can
win sole posession of the confer-
ence title as well as a guranteed
appearance in the ECAC
Football Classic in two weeks
when they host Northeastern
Confernce opponent Monmouth
at University Field. The Great
Danes travel to Miami next
Saturday to take on Florida
International. Kickoff is at 3:30
p.m. All UAlbany football
games can be heard on WFX 980
AM or on the internet at
www.albany.edu/sports.
See box score page 21
The Albany Attack (the
Capital Region’s pro lacrosse
team) might have to relinquish
their name to the UAlbany
women’s volleyball team after
the outstanding offensive perfor-
mance that the girls displayed
AE 2-6). This win was especial-
ly gratifying for head coach
Kelly Sheffield and his girls, who
were beaten by the Bearcats back
on October 8, after Albany won
the first two games of that best of
5 match.
The Great Danes carried
their winning ways into Saturday
night’s match up against the
Black Bears from Maine. Kristin
The Great Danes take the court on Tuesday against Binghamton.
Albany would score and have
match point, the Black Bears,
down 2-0 in the match, would not
give up. They matched 15
straight points against Albany to
bring the score to 33 apiece in
this third game. The crowed
stood up and cheered the Great
Danes on 5 separate match points
with everyone’s neck sore by the
end of the match. After endless
Photo by William: Rhodes
this past week. The Great
Danes, led by captain Alissa
Gibbs and the phenom freshman
Eileen Nicole Rodriguez, have
swept their last two matches
against the Binghamton Bearcats
and the Black Bears of Maine.
The women manhandled both
opponents, giving neither team a
chance to put up even one victo-
ry during either match.
Tuesday night’s match up
against Binghamton was one
worth watching as senior Gibbs
putting up 14 kills and freshman
Alexis Bowens chipped in with
11. The Great Danes took the
first game by the score of 30-20.
and made an outstanding come-
back in game two. With Albany
down [5-23 in the second game
the girls regrouped and rallied
behind freshman Alexis Bowens.
With the score 27-25 in favor of
the Danes, Bowens produced two
impressive kills in a row to put
the Danes up 29-25. They would
eventually take the game by the
score of 30-26.
Game three played out a lit-
tle different then game two, but
with the same result. Albany
took a commanding lead, with
the score 18-4. The Danes had
all the wheels rolling Tuesday
night and it was just too much for
the Bearcats to claw back from.
With the score 29-11 freshman
Kristin Norton sealed the victory
with a kill to win the game 30-11
and sweep Binghamton (7-17,
Norton led Albany with 17 kills
on the night, and Gibbs put up an
impressive 14 kills for the second
match in a row. However the
story of the night belonged to
Rodriguez. The 5-foot-11-inch
freshman from Puerto Rico is on
pace to break the NCAA record
for service aces in a single sea-
son. Rodriguez racked up 7 aces
on the night to put her single sea-
son total at 170. This hard hitting
freshman is chasing a 199]
record of 171 aces put up by Kim
Spottswood of Morgan St.
The first game against
Maine (8-17, AE 2-6) was a sea-
saw battle with the lead changing
hands throughout the first half of
the game. With the score tied at
18, Albany stepped up and broke
away, taking the lead 28-19 along
with the victory, 30-21. Game 2
was a replay of the first. With a
tug of war between the Danes
and the Black Bears, the score
was 16 all by the middle of the
match. However, the Danes
broke free again, pulling away
26-21 and finally taking the sec-
ond game by the score of 30-22.
These two teams saved the
best for last, with game 3 going
neck-and-neck throughout the
whole game. With Albany up
16-10, the Black Bears came
back to bring the score to 20-18
and then 25-24. The lead did not
extend past one point for the
remainder of the match, until the
end of the game. Every time
match points for the Danes, the
girls went up 34-33 and finally
sealed the game and the match in
an exciting, out of your seat, vic-
tory.
The 13-11 Great Danes
looked relentless all week, not
losing a single game. Coach
Sheffield said his team has a
good chance of making the play-
offs, which are only a couple of
weeks away. At 3-4 in the
America East Conference,
UAlbany is currently in third
place. They host the
Northeastern Huskies, the sec-
ond-place team in the confer-
ence, on Friday at 7 p.m. When
asked if his young team, half of
which are freshman, would be
affected in the playoffs due to
their inexperience, he said, “I feel
the young team has improved
tremendously and their inexperi-
ence won’t affect their playoff
performance.”
Coach Sheffield is not the
only one who feels that way.
Freshman Eileen Nicole
Rodriguez said, “I think we are
playing very aggressive and it is
important to stay that way if we
want to make the NCAA play-
offs, and we have learned to play
better together and time has
helped us a lot to play better as a
team.” When asked if she would
break the record for aces in a sin-
gle season this coming Friday
night, Rodriguez laughingly
replied, “Definitely, definitely!”
