Albany Student Press, Volume 83 Issue 37, 1996 April 30

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Tuesday,

April 30, 1996

Fountain week proves to be a great success

Fountain day was a success despite cold weather.

By Mary GAVIN
Staff Writer

The 18th annual Fountain Day took
place on Wednesday, April 24, 1996.
Despite the cold weather, many students
participated in the festivities of the
afternoon.

News Feature

James Doellefeld, Vice President of
Student Affairs hosted the countdown
before the fountains were turned on.
Once the water shot up into the air,
students cheered and some threw
themselves into the fountain. Once male
student was seen running across the
fountain completely naked.

The Class of 1997 was responsible for
the day’s festivities, including the

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Persico, co-author of Colin Powell’s memoirs to speak at
this year’s commencement and receive honorary degree

The University at Albany has announced that
Joseph Persico, the co-author of General Colin
Powell’s memoirs, My American Journey, will be
speaking at this year’s 152 commencement on
Sunday, May 19th. Commencement will be held
at the Knickerbocker Arena and begin at 10 in the
morning.

Persico will be one of two recipients of
honorary Doctor of Letters degrees at this year’s
ceremonies.

Marcia Brown, an award winning children's
book author will also receive an honorary degrees.

Both Brown and Persico have been awarded the
Distinguished Alumni -< stas Persico in 1982 and

Brown in 1969.

banner contest which was won by Phi
Gamma. Free candy, bagels and squirt
guns were available for all students on
behalf of the Junior Class.

Instead of having just one. day of
celebration Brandy Rubenstein, Junior
Class President arranged several fun and
exciting events throughout the week.

On Monday there was a barbecue with
free food. Tuesday evening, over 400
students ate free Caribbean food in the
Campus Center Ballroom. Thursday

and the Mr. Ferguson Band, Shu,
Shovul, and Bloom played live music.
On Friday there was a Podium Step
contest.

Rubenstein and the Junior Class, both
who have worked hard to coordinate the
week “wish everybody has had a good

By NATALIA ARMOZA
Editor in Chief

Dr. Barbara Reenes-Ellington, a writer
and translator and specialist in Bulgarian
Studies, held a lecture on Monday in the
Humanities building entitled,
“Emancipated or manipulated? Bulgarian
Women in the Work Place after 1944.”

Dr. Reenes-Ellington’s lecture was
based on an oral history project she had
undertaken in her two years of residence in
Bulgaria. As part of her project, she
worked with Bulgarian women sixty-five
and older. She said she wanted to “paint a
picture of life for women in
Bulgaria...What are women saying? What
did they do?” she said.

Reenes-Ellington said that Bulgaria is
seemingly “missing” from history books,
and women are even more forgotten. She
said she wanted to provide a women’s
studies perspective to Bulgarian history.
Dr.Reenes-Ellington gave for ideals of
Bulgarian women. She described them as
the “Toiling Peasant,” “Mother Saint,”
“Heroine of Socialist Labor,” and the
“New Progressive Women.”

Reenes-Ellington said, “These four
existed before 1944, they still existed after
1944.”

The Communists party took credit for
liberating women in Bulgaria, but Reenes-
Ellington says this is not true. “They were
manipulated,” she said, “not emancipated.”

Reenes-Ellington said the Communist
claim that they put women to work was
false. Before the Communists, women
made up 52% of the agricultural work

Staff photo by Josh Levin

until 10 pm there were $1 drafts

NUMBER 37

Lecture touches upon Bulgarian women

Staff photo by E. Natalia Armoza
Dr. Reenes-Ellington spoke on Bulgarian women
in the workplace Monday night.
force, and 21% of the industrial force. The
change under the Communists, she said,
was how and when they worked. She said
there were also active women’s equal
rights end education movements in
Bulgaria since the 1850s.

An audience member asked if the
women’s work force was effected by
World War II and the vacancy of jobs by
men who went to fight. Reenes-Ellington
said this did not effect women because
Bulgaria did not enter the war until 1944.
She said that although the king of Bulgaria
was of German descent, the Bulgarians
were liberated from the Ottoman Empire
by the Russians so they would not —
against them.

Persico was the chief speech writer for
Governor Nelson Rockefeller for eight years.
When Rockefeller became Vice-President of the
US, Persico continued to work for him.

Brown has been a three-time winner of he
Caldcott Medal, an award honoring the most
distinguished picture book of the year. She has
written and illustrated more than 30 children’s
books. Brown has also donated her life’s
collection of works to the university.

Her works are.currently held in the M.E.
Grenander Department of Special Collections and
Archives, and date back to 1942.

. Staff photo by Jan Daniels

In support of Earth
Day, Earthbound, one
of the environmental
groups on SUNYA cam-
pus piled one day’s
garbage generated by the
students in front of the

On Sunday, April 21, the Class of ‘99 and the Class of ‘98
organized an AIDS Walk. Private businesses, school clubs,
fraternities, sororities and several service groups from SUNY
participated to raise over $3000.

The Pan—Hellenic Council raised the most money as a group,
and Alan Richards raised the most money as an individual.

Photo courtesy of Jessica Bleichman

small fountain.

This was done to show
students the amount of
garbage that is wasted
instead of .being re-
cycled.

They also sponsored a
game of Plinko to help
raise money for their

group.

Internationally

April 30.

included in

Photographer to present lecture at SUNYA

known
photographer Duane Michals,
will presenting a lecture featuring
his recent photos on Tuesday,

The lecture is scheduled to
begin at 4pm in the Performing
Arts Center (PAC) in the Recital
Hall. Michals’ work has been
collections

throughout the work including
the Museum of Modern Art, the
Australia national Gallery of -Art
and-the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts. He has also produced
several books including
“Sequences”, “Real Dreams”,
and “A Visit with Magriete”

For further information call the
Art Department at 442-4020.


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TUESDAY, APRIl 30, 1996

Tuesday, -4/30

Pi Sigma Alpha will sponsor a
political science student/teacher
conference to address issues in
education. Anyone is welcome to
come and say why or why not
they feel their education has
been productive. The conference
will be held at 4:00 p.m. in CC

373.

Wednesday, 5/1

Central Council will hold their
weekly meeting tonight at 7:30
p.m. in the Assembly Hall. For
more info call SA at 442-5640.

Harvest Campus Ministries will
hold their weekly meeting at 7:30
: m. in ES143. For more info call

Lin at 427-1407.

"Thursday, 5/2

Angelic Voices Y; Praise,
SUNYA's gospel choir, will hold
their weekly rehearsal at 7:00
p.m. in PAC B-78. For more info
call Phieshette at 446-9369.
Brothers and Sisters in Christ
will hold their weekly meeting at
7:00 p.m. in CC 375. For more
info call Chris Jones at 442-
6773. a
Campus Crusade for Christ wil
hold their weekly meeting, “The
Live Alternative”, at 7:30 p.m. in
BA 231. For more info call Tim
Stadelmann at 442--0095.

SUNY Albany Ballroom

weekly meeting from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. in the Physical Education
building, room 350. For more info

Dancing Club will hold their ©

Campus Calendar

call Jessica at 442-1964.
College Republicans will hold
their weekly meeting at 7:30 p.m.
in LC-11. For more info call
Anthony Barba at 463-0476.

The Albany County Rape
Crisis Center will be holding

training classes for volunteers to —

staff their hotline. Classes will be
held Tuesdays and Thursdays.
For more info call 447-1100.

Friday, 5/3

Hillel will sponsor the following
services this evening:
Conservative reform at Chapel
House,

begin at 6:00. For more info call
Russell at 442-0694.

Sunday, 5/5

and Orthodox at
Shabbos House. Both services:

Chapel House will sponsor the
following services today: Catholic
Mass will be held at 6:30 p.m. in
the Campus Center Assembly
Hall. Protestant Student
Association will hold their service
at 6:00 p.m. at Chapel House.

For more info call 489-8573.
Class Council of 1997 will hold

their weekly meeting at 8:15 p.m.
in CC 375. All are welcome to
attend.
Class Council of 1998 will hold

their weekly meeting at 8:30 p.m.

in CC 373. For more info call

Meredith Averbach at 442-2999.

Monday, 5/56

Senior Class Council will hold
their weekly meeting at 7:30 p.m.
in BA216.

“What are women saying? What did they do?”

Barbara Reenes-Ellington

*Piease see story on front page

Blast from the ASD

Bickering, racism charges plague SA

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April 29, 1996

“When Eddie Edwards, who
is the black president of
ASUBA, walks into the SA
office people treat him different-
ly than they do Doug Kahan of
University Concert Board,”

May 1, 1984
By Jon Willmott
All the members of Student

Association’s executive branch

are taking pay cuts next year as
part of the 1984-1985 budget
which SA President Rick
Schaffer signed Monday.

A new, two-tiered stipend sys-
tem has been supplemented with
the president, vice president,
controller, and Central Council
chair, forming the upper tier and
earning $2,000 per year. The
minority affairs coordinator,
media director, and director of
student programming form the
lower tier, earning $1,500, said
Schaffer. 4

This past year, all seven can-
didates were paid $2,250 for the
year.

The basis for the new tier sys-
tem was that with the exception
of the Central Council chair, the
upper tier is legally responsible
and can be named in suits that
involve SA.

“Until this year, we always
picked stipends haphazardly,”

«said Schaffer.

The one year old position of
off-campus coordinator was
eliminated from the upcoming

year’s budget, because council

felt the chair of the off-campus
board of directors could do the

cutbacks

es and va
have also. It is more e important
to have the job anyways.’

A dispute over stipends arose
earlier this year after the director
of student programming was
placed on the same level as the
upper tier members while the
SA media director, minority
affairs coordinator, and off-cam-
pus coordinator, were not.

During a recent meeting,
Central Council granted back
pay equaling that of SA’s top

executives, to the minority
affairs coordinator, the media
director, and the off-campus
coordinator.

This was done, according to
Schaffer, because Director of
Student Programming Richie
Golubow had already received
his full $2,250 stipend, and, “I
was not going to force him to
give back the money.”

Minority Affairs Coordinator
Vivian Vazquez and then-Off-
Campus Coordinator Suzy
Auletta were originally stipend
at $1,375, and the position of
SA media director , which has
been held by Libby Post until
intercession and has been held
by Stacey Young since, was
originally budgeted at $1,675.

Vazquez, at last month’s con-
troversial meeting, said she was

to deal with racism every time

she walks into the SA office.
Schaffer, who is up for re-

election, said Monday that the

charges are basically true.

Schaffer said.

Schaffer also noted that
Central Council has usually
been made up of white males,
and this, he said, has resulted in
fewer opportunities for minori-
ties.

Auletta, who was recently
elected vice president, said

women have the lowest posi-
tions in SA. She also said the
controversy at the council meet-
ing “would not have gone to
such proportions had Golubow
not been on the upper level.”
Stipends were decided last
year, mainly’ by a council
stipend committee of six or
seven people and then council
passed them without much con-
sideration, said Auletta, who

- was a council member when

1983-1984 stipends were decid-
ed.

File photo

Minority Affairs Coordinator Vivian Vazquez


TUESDAY APRIL 30, 1996 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

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File photo

William Kennedy, director of the New York State
Writer’s Institute read from his new book, the Flam-
ing Corsage, at Page Hall last Thursday. This is the
second time he has come to Page Hall to read
excerpts from this book, the first time in November
of 1994, when the book was still in progress.

The novel is a spin off of his book Billy Phelan’s
Greatest Game and tells the story of a playwright
named Edward Doherty, who plays a small part in
the other book. The playwright in Kennedy’s book
is writing a piece called “The Flaming Corsage”
about his life, centering around a time his wife was
badly burned by a corsage that caught fire. The
story, as described by Mr. Kennedy, continues his
telling, through several other books, of the life of
the Irish-Americans living in Albany and life on
Main Street.

Murder 101 tests students’ perception

(CPS) Talk about killer classes.

Two professors. one at the University of
Louisville and the other at the University of
Minnesota, are bringing their experiences in
solving real-life crimes to the classroom.

At the University of Louisville, students in
Ronald Holmes’ justice administration class,
“Profiling Homicide” are asked to solve a gris-
ly crime based on a real case. Holmes, a deputy
coroner, repeats the crime scene in a hotel
room, complete with a department store man-
nequin-victim. ;
¢ The students in his popular class take turns
stopping by the hotel room on the exam day to,
‘look for clues, take photos and get statements
from investigators.

Students are graded, he said “on what they
see and obviously what they miss.”

Holmes, who police have relied on to help
solve serial murder and rape cases, said the
ability to profile criminals and to use reason in
crime-solving is tested better that way than
through a traditional exam.

Susan Hays, a Louisville senior, was one of
about 180 students who took Holmes’ course
last semester. “It’s very different,” she admits.

But for Hays, the class is good training
grounds. The justice administration major
aspires to work for a technician unit that col-
lects evidence from crime scenes.

In Holmes’ class, “you get more . . . I don’t
want to say ‘hands-on experience,”’ Hays says,
“but you get more of a feel of actually what it’s
probably like in the real world.”

Hays swears she escaped experiencing any

chills down her spine when she saw the crime
scene for the final exam.

“T personally don’t feel creepy,” she says. “I
find it fascinating.”

Meanwhile, psychiatrist Carl Malmquist, who
has personally evaluated more than 500 mur-
derers, teaches a course called “Killing” at the
University of Minnesota.

“It’s about people who kill people,” explains
Malmquist.

Malmquist draws the course material from
cases he has worked as a psychiatric consultant
to the Minneapolis District Court. He said fic-
tional murderers never seem as fascinating as
the ones he has met.

“They never seem as intriguing as the actual
cases I’ve personally examined,” says
Malmquist.

The course explores the behavior of killers
and “the perspective of what’s going on inside
of these people,” he says. “We’re trying to
cover the range of homicide. [Instead] of just
focusing on the murders . . . we’re trying to get
in a little deeper.”

Malmquist says he has noticed “an increasing
fascination with murder among the general
public.”

Case in point is “Killing.” Intended as a small
seminar when he and criminologist David Ward
began co teaching it in 1980, the course now
draws nearly 100 students.

“When it was first offered, it wasn’t nearly
this popular,” says Malmquist. “Interest has
taken off, kind of like homicide has. It’s defi-
nitely a sign of the times.”

Staff photo by Josh Levin

On Monday evening
the South Asian Stu-
dent Association
(SASA) sponsored a
“poetry cafe,” in
which students read
from their works.

The event was held in
the Patroon Room, in
the Campus Center
Kenny Garcia read a
poem titled “The First
Day of Spring,” which
he said was about his
grandmother who died
on the first day of
spring.

Student apprehended for changing his grades

(CPS) A student at State Technical Institute at
Memphis apparently changed three fall
semester grades after accessing the school’s
computerized records.

The changes were made to the student’s own
transcript.

The school discovered the problem when a
professor contacted the records office and
reported a puzzling conversation with the stu-
dent about the fall semester’s grades. Adminis-
trators checked and found the grade changes on
the student’s transcript were not authorized.

The student worked in a campus office with
access to a computer that could change the
grade system.

“This was an isolated incident involving one
student worker who took advantage of a win-
dow of opportunity by using an authorized
employee’s computer,” said Stephanie
Richards, State Tech spokesperson. “This inci-
dent did not involve ‘hacking’ into the system.”

The records office runs a periodic “grade ver-
ification roster” of grade changes each
semester, confirming each change to an instruc-
tor’s written authorization. The school has dou-
ble-checked all grade changes from the fall
semester and found the proper forms are on file
for about 20 legitimate changes, Richard said.

It is anticipated that disciplinary action will
be taken against the student, she said.

MIT approaching acceptance of
homosexuals in its ROTC program

(CPS) The Massachusetts Institute
of Technology is one step closer to a
modified Reserve Officers Training
Corp., or ROTC, program that
keeps, and allows in, openly homo-
sexual cadets.

On April 17, Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology faculty: over-
whelmingly approved a task-force
recommendation that requires the
university to guarantee funding to
students who lose their ROTC
scholarships because they are gay.
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology may be the first university in
the nation to adopt such a policy.

“We did a thorough check to see
what other schools were doing. We
never ran into another doing this,”
said Alan Pierson, a MIT senior and
undergraduate representative for the
task force.

The military’s “don’t ask, don’t
tell” policy for homosexuals, by
which the ROTC is subject, conflicts
with the MIT’s non-discrimination
policy.

The modified program is an
attempt to keep the university’s flag-
ship ROTC program on campus,
while at the same time, ensure it is
open to all students, no matter their
sexual preference.

Before full implementation, the
modified program must clear one
last hurdle—the Pentagon.

“There are some things that are a
little troubling to us,” said Dr. Steve
Sellman, director of Accession Poli-
cy a the Department of Defense.
Sellman cited as trouble areas the
participation of non-ROTC students
in the ROTC program, changes in
the ROTC curriculum by MIT, and
the establishing of a “litmus test”
that would measure the sensitivity of
ROTC commanders to MIT’s policy
of inclusion. The DOD’s concerns
were outlined in a letter to Stephen
C. Gravest chair of the task force.

“Tt will be really disappointing if
they are not willing to move at all,”
commented Pierson.

In addition to covering scholar-
ships of ROTC cadets who are dis-
missed because of their sexuality,
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology’s modified program calls fcr
a nationwide campaign to change
current discrimination laws. These
areas of the task-force recommenda-
tion do not require DOD approval.

The controversy over the ROTC
program at MIT began in 1990. The
faculty: adopted a resolution requir-
ing significant changes to the mili-
tary’s policy on homosexuality—or
MIT would quit its ROTC program
by 1998.

A task force convened last
September to evaluate the military’s
progress. In March, the committee
offered an alternative to quitting the
ROTC, a proposal that was designed

to be inclusive to all, no matter their
Sexuality.

“Previously, the Tech endorsed
severing all ties with ROTC because
of the conflict with ‘don’t ask, don’t
tell’ and MIT’s discrimination poli-
cy,” said Anders Hove, executive
editor of the Tech, MIT’s campus
newspaper. “The modified program
is inclusive and interacts with
ROTC in a way that facilitates
change in the military,” Hove
explained.

Some have suggested the change
in strategy was due to a new law
prohibiting the DOD to hold con-
tracts with institutions considered to
have an anti-ROTC policy.

Buried in the 1996 defense bud-
get, the rule empowers the Secretary
of Defense to withhold money from
any institution that forbids the DOD
from maintaining or establishing the
ROTC units. Presently, the Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology
receives $73 million in DOD-backed
research and development funding
and other contracts.

Pierson said he disagrees that the
new law prompted the modified pol-
icy. Many on the task force view the
modified program as a way to bal-
ance two important values: non-dis-
crimination and national service, he
added. “We would have ‘done the
same thing had the rule not come
out,” Pierson stated.

Military officials also say they do
not want to see MIT’s ROTC pro-
gram end.

“We’re very proud of the ROTC
program at MIT. It’s one of the best
in the country,” said the DOD’s Sell-
man.

The first ROTC unit in the U.S.
was established in 1917 at MIT.
Today the Cambridge campus pro-
gram has 221 students from MIT,
Harvard University, Tufts University
and Wellesley College, 84 percent of
whom receive military scholarships.

“We have had a long relationship
with MIT and want to continue that
relationship,” said Pentagon
spokesperson Lt. Col. Deborah
Bosick. —

The task force said it will organize
a national consortium in which the
university and other colleges would
discuss the issue of non-discrimina-
tion and ROTC on campus.

“T would hope that other campuses
would take responsibility for the
conflict ROTC puts their students
in,” Pierson stated.

“Some have gotten rid of ROTC.
Others have changed administrative
boundaries, like Harvard, which is a
sort of sneaky way. One way MIT
does that is covering the scholar-
ships of students who are disen-
rolled. That’s a damn bold move,”
he said.


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Oklahoma students remember blast victims

(CPS)-In the midst of birds chirping and stu-

dents scurrying to class, an overwhelming
gloom settled over the University of Okla-
homa as the campus gathered to remember
victims, volunteers and survivors of the
Oklahoma City bombing.

About 300 students, faculty and staff gath-
ered with ribbons and solemn faces April 19
at the E.T. Dunlap Clock Tower memorial
ceremony. The ceremony marked the year
anniversary of the bombing.

The memorial, hosted by the Campus
Activities Council, began at 8:45 a.m. Rick
Hall, vice president of Student Affairs, spoke
about remembering the victims, the rescuers
and the day itself.

“We gather to remember . . . how the news
spread from something that happened in

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who were missing or we knew their friends

Amy Cobb, University of Oklahoma Stu-
dent Association president, spoke at the
gathering.

She said when she first heard the echo
from the blast, she thought it was thunder.

“T would have traded that thunder and rain
for anything,” she said.

At 9:02 a.m., a minute of silence was
observed by the entire campus and by the
few hundred present at the clock tower. After
the silence, the Oklahoma Memorial Union
bells rang for two minutes.

The bell wires had been cut for the renova-
tion of the building but were rewired special-
ly for the memorial. : :

After the bell toll, those present walked to
the South Oval to watch students tie ribbons
around some of the trees.

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Student dies after participating in a eden research program

(CPS)-A _ University of
Rochester sophomore died of
cardiac arrest after participating
in a federally sponsored research
study for which she was paid
$150.

Hoiyan Wan, 19, volunteered
to undergo a bronchoscopy, a 45-
minute procedure in which cell
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Pet obits. UFO sightings. Tutors’ phone num-
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inventions. A different page for every sport. If the
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Mind you, only one kid said the paper is his
main source of information - the sort of fact that
has editors all over scratching for a formula kids
would love. (There’s no surprise as to where they
do turn - TV first, then radio, magazines and com-
puters.) And no simple step could make devotees
of them, for their interests range as broadly as their
ages (preschool through high school).

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of the majority of them at least once a week. And
they have strong views about what should be in it.
(Sure, these kids’ folks work for The Post, but call
them typical; I’ve got a column to write.)

What do they read in The Post? Sports, comics,
TV listings, movie reviews. But also the front page
and the Metro section. A few stalwarts are reading
national and foreign news and the editorial pages
(blessings on you civics teachers). And a couple
read Financial (“Dad says he’s going to buy me
some stocks.”’) ;

Their views of newspapers - the challenges they
pose but also their importance - are interesting and
sound. For example, I asked: Why might some
people prefer not to be in the paper?

They answered: People like their privacy. Maybe
someone hasn’t told the truth, and then the truth
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ple to know about. Or maybe you won’t like the
way the paper handles a story you’re involved in.

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things in the newspaper anyway?

They answered: So newspapers can make money
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paper? Sections on:

-Computers. Web site addresses, information
about new computers and new software.

-Animals. Stories “about what they’d been doing
lately, like hibernating.” A list of missing animals.
Profiles of pets and, yes, pet obits.

-The environment. Global stories, sure, but an
emphasis on what’s happening locally and what
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of programs in the schools, lists of tutors, informa-
tion about how to apply to college and what schol-
arships are available. Ratings of computer and
board games. Book and movie reviews by kids.

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the bad ones? More stories about what’s going on
inside the local schools. Editorials about different
schools.

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individual players. More on soccer, gymnastics and
figure skating. Much more on youth sports and
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For those students who are reading the paper and won-
dering why there is nary a mention of Party in the Park two
days after it happened, your concern is warranted. Why
would the college paper not cover a major college event? Is
the Albany Student Press just lazy?

Hardly. It would seem that the romper room known as the
95-96 Student Association administration is full of what
most romper rooms are usually full of: children. Selfish,
antagonistic, bitter, and plain old naughty spoiled brats.

What would instigate this knew bout of sullied words
against the Larry Kauffman SA? Well, someone in the SA
apparently approached Mitch ‘Kleinman, who was helping |
organize Party in the Park, and told him not to give the sole
campus newspaper press passes.

That seems rather strange, doesn’t it? The Times Union
was given passes, as were several local radio shows, yet the
one piece of media that is read by mofe students than any
other, the only rag that keeps students in touch with the Stu-
dent Association, was not invited.

Well, this is rather telling. The Student Association is
plagued by personal animosities that this writer seemed to
think were outgrown in fifth grade. Apparently, they are
alive and well; the lame duck administration is immature
and selfish in full force as the door slams on it’s heels.

This is the college newspaper. We are the Albany Student
Press. Although that may seem like not a big deal, we are

the only connection between the students and the Student
Association. To deny our organization the press passes to
the largest, most important campus event is an insult and is
just plain stupid. Yet, this is not a surprise, as stupidity is no
stranger to the Larry Kauffman three ring circus...err,
administration. ;

The only thing that can be said about their leaving office
is good riddance. If ever there were a more infantile, pathet-

~ ic show of leadership in this school, it is a good thing that it

has not been in recent years, or maybe ever. Most of the
management or public relations the outgoing administration

has committed were understandable, if not forgivable. They

just weren’t smart enough to know any better. But to delib-
erately withhold Party in the Park coverage for the students
who were there and those that weren’t is just unfair. It
wasn’t an attack on the newspaper - it was an attack on the

‘ people the newspaper represents: the students.

Finally, though, tomorrow will end this ridiculous reign
by people who seemingly care more about themselves than
about students. Whether it’s to build up their resume or just
get the money and perks associated with it, the Student
Association of this last year was nothing more than self
serving and had little or no regard for the student body.

This Party in the Park episode is only one example of
where the Student Association would have gone if the old
members were re-elected: straight to hell.

As the U.S.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and the
Lebanese Hezbollah takes effect, the earlier humiliation
of U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher in Damas-
cus is swept under the carpet. Last Tuesday, Syrian Pres-

ident Hafez Assad refused to see the American envoy,

claiming he was too busy with previously scheduled
meetings with Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s prime minis-
ter. The snub apparently infuriated President Clinton.
But offending American envoys has become, if not a
habit, at least a useful way for Assad to magnify his
stature as a key player in Middle East diplomacy.

Yossi Melman

The “Assad enigma” - a rigid negotiator, on the one
hand, while a patient, interested listener, on the other -
has time and again misled Israeli, American and Western
decision-makers to believe that the 70-year-old Syrian
leader has changed his spots. His mere readiness to talk
often mistakenly has been interpreted as a sign of flexi-
bility.

Consider:

The Israeli media recently reported that even the cau-

tious former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was
enchanted by the “sphinx of Damascus,” as Assad is
dubbed in the region. Before his assassination last
November, Rabin had conveyed to Syria, via the Clinton
administration, his willingness to make a deal: an Israeli
withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights in return
for a full-fledged peace treaty that would include open
borders, free movement of peoples and goods, diplomat-
ic relations, trade links and the demilitarization of the
Golan Heights. The same proposal was, more or less,
iterated by Shimon Peres, Rabin’s successor as prime
minister. But Assad surprised the Israelis, as well as the
Clinton administration, by not jumping on what most
observers see as sincere and far-reaching Israeli conces-
sions. Instead, he presented a new set of conditions.

In the same rigid manner, Assad refused most of last
week to compromise in the mini-war in Lebanon.
“Assad is not a flexible leader; he never has been one,”
contends a former senior Israeli intelligence official.
“His regime, however, is guided by a strong pragmatism
and a sense of real politics.” According to this intelli-
gence expert, “when Assad believes that Syria’s national
interests demand it, he will create the impression that he

is changing.”’ He has done so since the fall of the Soviet
Union, realizing that his main financial, political and
military benefactor has disappeared. Because of this,
Assad needs to improve his relations with Western
Europe and the United States.

Indeed, since 1970,.when, as defense minister, Assad
led a military coup and seized power, his narrow prag-
matism has been a well-known stabilizing factor in the
Middle East. In October 1973, he joined President
Anwar Sadat of Egypt in surprising Israel in the October
war and reclaimed parts of the Golan Heights. But the
Israeli counterattack blocked Assad from achieving his
real goal - the liberation of all the occupied Arab lands -
and dragged him into indirect negotiations with Israel.
Then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s shuttle diplo-
macy produced a disengagement agreement between
Israel and Syria in 1974 and gained Assad the admira-
tion of Kissinger as a tough negotiator.

Assad’s pragmatism and caution are evident in the
way he has kept, for 20 years, to the letter of his agree-
ment with Israel over the Golan Heights. Despite his
support for the most radical Palestinian and international

See DIPLOMACY on page 7


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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Seeking
Sameness

To the Editor:

Discrimination against gay people is
wrong, we were told three years ago, but
gay people can’t be in the military
because that’s a special environment.
Having openly gay people in those small
barracks and showers would make hetero-
sexual soldiers and sailors uncomfortable,
and such discomfort would hurt the unit’s
morale and cohesion.

Well, now we’re talking marriage - just
two gay people living together alone - and
some heterosexuals are apparently still
uncomfortable. They’re so uncomfortable,
in fact, that they want to deny gay couples
the same right to buy a marriage license
that heterosexual couples have. The con-
tortion of reasoning offered for banning
gay people'this time defies comprehen-
sion, but it’s winning attention in 32 state
legislatures - and votes in many.

Laws banning legal recognition of mar-
riages for gay couples recently have been
enacted in Utah, South Dakota, Kansas,
Idaho and Georgia. Bills in Alaska, Ari-
zona and Illinois passed the legislatures
and are awaiting governors’ signatures.
Bills in three state legislatures have
passed one chamber and are awaiting
action in the other. Action is pending on
bills in seven more state legislatures. And
in 14 states, bills have been killed in com-
mittee or withdrawn.

All this is in reaction to a possibility
that a Hawaii court case might force that
- state to issue marriage licenses to same-
sex couples before the end of the century.

The ironies in this outbreak of concern

. over gay marriages are overwhelmingly
silly. First, those “uncomfortables’’ who
are introducing this legislation inevitably
explain they are doing so to “protect the
family.’’ People have been foreshadowing
the demise of the American family since
industrialization and urbanization near the
turn of the century; the family is not dead
yet, and let’s face it, cities are bigger than
ever. It is also hard to understand how
promoting the formation of families by
another group of people endangers the
well-being of the family. It is an argument
as irrational and hateful as separate water
fountains for blacks and whites. Separate
water fountains had no purpose other than
to give legal sanctity to racial bigotry.
Reserving marriage licenses for hetero-
sexual couples only does the same thing,
only this time it’s bigotry against gay men
and lesbians.

Yet another irony, for gay people espe-
cially, is that the marriage fight, like the
fight over the military, is one many of us
don’t really have our hearts in. In fact,
many of us feel like we’re luckier than
heterosexuals in this one specific arena:
We still have the freedom to form our
intimate personal relationships naturally.
We don’t have the same level of family
and societal pressure to get married by a
certain age, “settle down’’ and have kids.
Our relationships tend to grow - and
sometimes dissolve - based on genuine
affection and companionship. And we’ ve
been doing all of this quite successfully
for centuries without government regula-
tion.

_ Still, some gay couples do want a mar-
riage license - some because they want
some of the economic security it provides,
some because they need to protect their
children. There are a variety of advan-
tages andneeds.

But the marriage fight is important to
all of us for at least one reason: The
attempt to ban gay couples from getting
marriage licenses is an overt expression of
bigotry against all lesbians and gay men.
It continues the trend of codifying a sec-
ond-class citizenship status for gay peo-
ple. That is a painful slap for us as human
beings and an ugly pox on the whole ideal
of American equality.

Our American culture may choose at
this point in history to sully its reputation
again with such ugly expressions of big-
otry. But that won’t stop gay couples from

forming relationships or families. It will
simply set aside yet another special privi-
lege for the heterosexual majority. And
therein lies the sharpest irony of all:
Those who oppose equal rights for gay
citizens on every front are always crying
out that gay people are trying to get “spe-
cial rights.’” The truth is gay people just
want the same rights as heterosexuals.
And until gay people have those same
rights, they are “special.’’
Lisa Keen
Distributed by The Los Angeles Times

Other Victims

To the Editor:

I am a student here at Albany of Polish
and Slovak background, as well as a
Christian. After I read the article in the
April 19th issue of the ASP, I felt com-
pelled to write to you.

A vigil was held this past week in
remembrance of the Holocaust victims. I
was touched as many students were and
thought it was well needed. But, as stated
by Kevin DeValk, the Associate News
Editor, “...participants at the vigil read the
names of the 6,000,000 Jews that died
during the Holocaust...”. Although many
Jews were killed, millions of other Euro-

some bill or even bring it up for debate, it
is more a hope than a promise. His ability
to deliver is contingent not only on the
cooperation of his own party in both the
House and the Senate but also, in large
measure, on the acquiescence of
Democrats in his own chamber who pos-
sess some potent tools to gut Dole’s
promises. When the president threatens a
veto, however, he has the power to make
good on it. He need consult no-one; he
need build no majorities.

Even if GOP control over both houses
were materially stronger and party disci-
pline tighter than it is now, Dole would
still be at a serious disadvantage. Republi-
cans have proved themselves less cohe-
sive as the 104th Congress has pro-
gressed, and the differences between
House and Senate Republicans have never
been more pronounced.

Senate Republicans do not feel morally
obliged to follow the game plan of House
Speaker Newt Gingrich and his “Contract
With America.”’ Institutional conceit runs
strong in the Senate, and not even the

most sympathetic Senate conservative

wants his chamber to bob along like a
cockboat behind Gingrich’s man 0’ war.
This split has bedeviled the GOP from the
very first days of this Congress.

-peans are included in that figure, includ-

ing Poles, French, German, etc. - not just
Jews. I felt even more compelled to write
following and incident in the Campus
Center during the SA elections.

I was approached by a gentleman offer-
ing the yellow remembrance stickers in
preparation for the vigil. I politely
declined and he became offended. He
asked “Why don’t you want one?” and I
replied that it was not just Jews that were
massacred in the Holocaust. He gave me a

“dirty look and left.

I commend the organizations that put
together the vigil, and support their
efforts. But I think that it is also their

~ responsibility, as well as the ASP’s to reit-

erate that those 6,000,000 victims were
not only Jews. If they were, then my Pol-
ish and Christian ancestors would surely
be forgotten.

Stephanie Suflita —

Editor’s Note:

Stephanie Suflita mentions in the above
article that “those six million victims
were not only Jews.” But in fact, there
were six million Jews who were mur-
dered. This is not meant to lessen the
importance of the point of the letter, that
there were other victims as well.

Dole’s Error

To the Editor:

If Bob Dole were not universally
regarded as a legislative genius and par-
liamentary magician, we might better
understand how easily he got ensnared in
a trap that could have been detected by an
astute 20-year-old political science major.
Dole’s decision to fight for the presidency
from the office of Senate majority leader
may well prove to be the biggest tactical
mistake of his political career, for now he
is compelled to do battle on terrain in
which the ground rules work against him.

To comprehend the enormity of Dole’s
error, it is first necessary to understand
what Congress does best and what it does
least well. The framers of the Constitution
feared, above all else, a runaway legisla-
ture that would pass oppressive laws, so
they divided legislative power between
two chambers and made the enactments of
Congress subject to a presidential veto.
What they fashioned was an institution

designed to make things not happen. Effi- .

ciency and the leadership’s ability to
deliver legislation on demand was the far-
thest thing from their minds.

So when Dole vows to get a vote on

“The truth is gay people just want the
same rights as heterosexuals.”

Lisa Keen

GOP senators up for election this year
are not very comfortable being associated
in the public’s mind with Gingrich, whose
unpopularity has plumbed new depths.
And even though the speaker has gra-
ciously deferred to the senator, and,
indeed, has been uncharacteristically
restrained in recent weeks, he is a man
always poised on the brink of blyrting out
something that astonishes. Although Dole
may try to avoid the fallout from Gin-
grich’s pronouncements, as party stan-
dard-bearer, he becomes answerable for
Gingrich’s shockers.

Dole’s decision to remain in the majori-
ty leader’s post while he campaigns for
the presidency is usually defended on the
ground that he alone could engineer the
legislative reversals that would show up
Bill Clinton as ineffectual, but it is Bob
Dole whose deficiencies have been
révealed. Last week, Dole was unable
even to prevail upon his usually deferen-
tial junior colleague from Kansas, Nancy
L. Kassebaum, to accept his medical sav-
ings account amendment on the health
insurance bill she co-authored with Ted
Kennedy.

A candidate for the presidency needs to
be seen as someone who is master in his
own house. Not only has Dole been
unable to demonstrate this mastery, but he

‘increasingly appears to be at the mercy of

the household’s most junior members
while Clinton sits at the head of the table

and leads the family in grace.
Ross K. Baker

Distributed by The Los Angeles Times
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Diplomacy

Continued from page 6
terrorists, he has never allowed them to
use Syrian territory as a launching pad
against Israeli targets across his own bor-
der. Instead, Assad has used Lebanon to
engage Israel in an indirect, small-scale
war of attrition. The irony is that he has
controlled Lebanon and turned it into a
client state only after getting Israel’s tacit
agreement to partition Lebanon into two
spheres of influence, one Israeli, the other
Syrian. Israel had hoped that by allowing
the Syrian occupation, it would gain
peace and tranquillity on its northern bor-
der.

But Syria frustrated Israel’s expecta-
tions. Assad has allowed Hezbollah to
launch rocket attacks against Israeli town

and villages, which led most recently to
the Israeli retaliatory operation code-
named “Grapes of Wrath.”’

In the current crisis, Assad has, once
again, demonstrated his balancing skills
on the Middle East diplomatic tightrope.
He has used the militant fundamentalist
organization as a lever against Israel even
as he promises Christopher that he will
curb their activities. The cease-fire

- reached late last week includes a written

promise from Syria that it will restrain
Hezbollah from attacking Israel and for-
bid the fundamentalists from using popu-
lated areas as rocket-launching pads. For
its part, Israel pledged to stop all attacks
against Lebanese civilians and to negoti-
ate, in the near future, with the Lebanese
government on withdrawing its troops.
The agreement also states that peace talks
between Israel and Syria will soon resume
in Washington.

But because he rejected the Rabin-Peres
formula of “all the land for a full peace,”’
many Israeli observers question whether ~
Assad is really interested in making peace
with Israel. “We are inclined to believe
that he is more interested in the process,”’
contends a close aide to Israeli Foreign
Minister Ehud Barak, “than in the peace.”’

Israeli experts explain that a péace
agreement with Israel, Assad’s sworn
enemy, would irritate Iran, his major ally.
It might also trigger Muslim fundamental-
ist opposition to his regime while opening
up his closely controlled society to West-
ern influence. This, in turn, might endan-
ger his and his family’s grip on Syria.
“Maybe Assad is not ready to pay the
price of peace,’’ muses a senior American
diplomat in Christopher’s efitourage,
“even though he will get back the Golan
Heights; thus, maybe he prefers to stick to
the status quo.”’

Whether there will ever. be an Israeli-
Syrian peace agreement, the new cease-
fire on Israel’s northern border is an
impressive success for the Americans. It
is also a testament to the diplomatic com-
petence of the Syrian president who
helped seal the deal. Clearly, Assad
remains a master of the “diplomacy of
ambiguity.”’

Distributed by The Los Angeles Times

Kids’ Paper

Continued from page 6

competitions as you do sports. Give the
results, the names of the participants,
some play-by-play comment.

There were a few minority views. Give
us a math section, said one kid (to groans
from others). Give us more details on pol-

tics (more groans).

As for subjects already in the paper,
some need different treatment. Tell us
about crime, they said, but more about
how you.can stop it. Give us local news,
but more about kids’ problems and what
they’re feeling and advice on what to do
about it.

_ Their work done, some looked on with
satisfaction. “If we could get all of this in
the newspaper,”’ said one girl, “then I
wouldn’t have to go searching it out
everywhere else.”’

No dreams being clear or simple,
though - even on Take Your Kids to Work
Day - voices of realism closed off the
hour. “The things that people have sug-
gested here, there are magazines for all of
those,’’ said one kid. “The paper has to
appeal to everybody.’’ Right, said anoth-
er: “I think you need to leave the newspa-
per mostly the way it is. People need the
stuff that’s in it.’’

Distributed by The Los Angeles Times

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Great Danes woes go beyond hitting

By THOMAS MCMAHON
Sports Editor

Last Thursday the Great Danes baseball team con- _

tinued a stretch which saw them play eight games in
only six days. In their fourth game ‘in three days,
Albany hosted Hamilton College.

The game was tied at four after three innings,
before Hamilton took a 5—4 advantage in the top
half of the fourth inning. Albany responded right
away with two runs of their own in the bottom of
the fourth to take a 6—5 lead. Each team scored a run
in the sixth inning, and Albany still lead by a run
heading into the eighth inning. A sacrifice fly in the
top of the eighth tied the game for Hamilton, and
this game was headed for extra innings. In the tenth
inning, an Albany error allowed Sean Fay to reach
base. Fay would come around to score the game
winning run on a Shawn Swistak single, as Hamil-
ton defeated the Great Danes 8-7.

Will Rosenzweig was 4—6 at the plate with an
RBI and a run scored for Albany, while Dan Heslin
and Dan Gallagher were each 2-4 with a double and
an RBI. Keith Walsh took the loss in relief and
dropped to 0-4 on the season as the Great Danes fell
to 12-16-1 overall.

Albany has not hit or pitched well of late.

After a day off, the Great Danes remained home
to face fellow New England Collegiate Conference
competitor New Haven in a double header. New
Haven was ranked 12th nationally in the NCAA
Division II poll, and swept the double header from
Albany.

In the first game, New Haven exploded for eight
runs in six innings off of Great Dane starter Bill
Jarvela. UNH didn’t stop there, as they added four
more runs on their way to a 12-1 victory. dn the
nightcap, New Haven (24-2, 17-1 NECC) scored
the first seven runs of the game on their way to a
9-3 win.

The only bright spot all day for Albany was fresh-
man first baseman Pat Pickett who went 4—4 with a
double, an RBI, and a run scored. Dennis Cirilla
added a two run single for the Great Danes in the
second game. Albany dropped to 12—17-1 overall.

_ and 48-1 in the NECC with the losses.

Albany’s second double header in as many days
came on Sunday at Keene State. In the opener, the
Great Danes were clinging to a one run lead heading
into the bottom of the seventh inning when Keene
St. scored four times behind Geoff Sylvester’s

#three-run homer. Keene St. added another four runs

in the eighth inning for insurance and cruised to an
11-4 victory. Rightfielder
Heath Mullen collected three
of Albany’s eight hits in the
game.

In the back end of the
double header, Keene St.
(22-14, 8-8 NECC) scored
three runs in the first, and
seven runs in the first three
innings and handed the
Great Danes their fifth
straight loss. Albany mus-
tered only three runs on six
hits and fell by a score of
10-3:. The Great Danes

overall and 4-10-1 in the
NECC.

Albany has six games
remaining, three double
headers, this season. The
| Great Danes host Massachu-
setts—Lowell today at 1, then
New Paltz on Thursday at 3,
before ending the season on
the road against Rensselaer
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York gets the pitching nod. This is the first year as a Yankee fan

beats good hitting” is really true. In the mid 80’s the Yankees had

record dropped to 12—20-1

he. leads ; a New York ie that has. it s share of he

bats. Mariano Duncan, Ruben Sierra, and Derek Jeter h
looked impressive early on, but power is definitely Jacking. Balti-
more, on the other hand, has had a power surge. Brady Anderson
has already tied the record for the most home runs in April with
eleven, and seems guaranteed to be on his way toa career year.
The Orioles certainly have the more potent offense, but New

that I can remember praying that the old adage, “good pitching

one of the most super—charged offenses in all of baseball. Rickey
Henderson, Don Mattingly, and Dave Winfield were run produc-
ing machines. The modern day Yanks don’t have the pop of their
predecessors but they more than make up for it with a solid pitch-
ing staff. David Cone, Kenny Rogers, and Andy Pettitte are as an
imposing front three as one can hope for in the pitching poor
90's, and comebackers Jimmy Key we Dwight Gooden add and
interesting potential payoff.

I know I’ve gone on ahd on to mn he point that the Orioles
are not as good as everyone thinks (maybe I’m just reassuring
myself), but I think this series should give the Yanks the confi-
dence they’ ve been lacking inthe pastfew games.

What in the world is going on with the Yankee: bullpen? Steve
Howe is either hot or cold each time he goes out there. He used
to be consistent, either he was good all year or he was bad. ‘Is it
me or does Bob Wickman’s fast ball look less lively every time |
you see him. Maybe its time to cut off another finger Bobby.
Credit where credit is due goes to Mariano Rivera, as Tom Kelly
said, “Belongs on another level” which is funny because I didn't
think there was anything higher than the major leagues. _
The New York Knicks should be heading into round two with .
worries other than the beating that awaits them. I haven’t given
up on the Knicks yet, but since 1993 I still wake up with a cold
sweat in the middle of the pent scieanine for Charles Smit
go up strong.

As for the New Yon Mets, when Bobby fone ca
five runs in nine innings and they call it a a Strong outing we
don’ thave 0 tell you —

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Sports Editor

The New York Knicks aren’t wearing
their black sneakers in the playoffs this
season, but they are playing like the
Knicks of old, and perhaps even better.
Not since their championship run in 1994
have the Knicks played this well. Unfor-
tunately for them, the Chicago Bulls and
their 72 wins will be awaiting the
Knicks in the second round.

Michael Jordan re—injured his back in
Sunday’s blowout victory over the Heat.

This is an injury Mike has had before §

and know how to deal with. The Bulls
expect him to be just fine, and why
wouldn’t they?

Can you believe the Seattle SuperSon-
ics? George Karl joked last week that if

his team doesn’t make it to ‘the second ¥

round this year he would be out of a job.

good. Sir Charles will win his gold medal
this summer and then call it quits for bas-
ketball. At least we know the league will
be more quiet and less annoying now.

David Robinson has decided to open
his mouth and insert his foot right into it.

Last week, Robinson claimed he was

No kidding. He should have been fired @& f

after last seasons crumble. This team is

so talented, but they just play poor bas- §
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made Dream Team III, and Mitch Rich- ¥

mond did, that the Sonics stars would
want to prove something, but instead $
they are choosing to cry about the spilt i
milk.

The Los Angeles Laker were able to
save any hope of making it out of the

first round with a win in game two, but @

even more impressive is the fact that
they have now gone two game with
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that he receives more double-teams and
attention than “The Dream” and that is
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Are you kidding me? Was he awake
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April 30,

By THoMAS MCMAHON
Sports Editor

Last Tuesday the Albany
men’s lacrosse team hosted
crosstown rival and fellow Capi-
tal District Lacrosse League
(CDLL) competitor Union Col-
lege. The Great Danes were try-

1996

ing to improve on their 3-5
record heading into the game,
while Union was hoping to stay
alive in the race for the Capital
Cup.

It was obvious that this was
going to be a battle right from
the opening faceoff. Union
outscored the Great Danes 3-2

need eect

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Albany has been able to score a bunch of goals lately.

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to take the lead after one quarter
of play. Albany bounced right
back to score five goals in the
second quarter, and took a 7-6
halftime lead.

This see-saw contest contin-
ued as the Dutchmen outscored
Albany 6—4 in the third quarter
to take a one goal advantage into
the final quarter of play. The
Great Danes refused to lose
though, and with 4:56 to play,
Jason Alberici netted his season
high fourth goal of the game on
an assist from David DeVito and
the score was tied at 15. This

. was the fifth time in the game

that Albany had come from
behind. Sophomore midfielder
Mike McCarthy then netted the
game winner for the Great Danes
with only 1:38 to play.

DeVito a$sisted on the game
winner and tallied a goal and
three assists in the game. Mike
Kittner scored two goals and
added two assists for Albany,
while Mike Angel, Peter Fries
and Thomas Boyd also had mul-

tiple point games for the Great”

Danes. Lorne Brown, Matt
Poletta and David Updike
accounted for the rest of
Albany’s points. Ralphie Mon-
tera made twelve saves for the
Great Danes, as they improved
their record to 4—5 overall and
2-0 in the CDLL. Thé loss elim-

Great Danes will play for CDLL Championship

inated Union from the race for
the Capital Cup. This will only
be the second time in the Cup’s
eleven year history that Union
will not win it.

The Great Danes then traveled
to the New York Military Acade-
my to compete in the Hudson
Valley Jam on Saturday. Albany
jumped all over their first round
opponent, SUNY—Maritime, for
their highest scoring output this
spring in a-23—1 victory. Senior
attack Mike Angel tallied a goal
and an assist®to lead the Great
Danes to a 5—0 lead after the first
quarter.

Angel, the leading scorer for
Albany with 17 goals and 13
assists, scored three goals on the
day and added three assists. Matt
Polletta also had a big day for
the Great Danes, scoring three
goals. Junior Michael Wood and
Mike Kittner added two goals
and two assists each, while
David Updike and Jason Alberici
each scored two goals and
dished out one assist. Also with

multiple points for the Great

Danes were Trevor Lisky, Joshua
Smith, Thomas Boyd, Peter Fries
and Ryniker. Montera made 16
saves in only three quarters of
action between the pipes for
Albany. The win improved the
Great Danes to 5-5 overall, the
first time they were at .500 since

April 6. .

Albany advanced to play Pace
in the Championship game on
Sunday. The Great Danes played
well and took a 9-6 lead late in
the third quarter on
back-to-back goals by Lorne
Brown and Joshua Smith. Pace
then answered with four straight
goals to take a 10-9 lead. David
Updike tied the game at ten mid-
way through the fourth quarter,
but the Setters scored two goals
in the final five minutes to win
the Championship by a 12-10
score. Mike McCarthy had three
goals to lead the Great Danes,
while Mike Angel added two
goals and three assists. Ralphie
Montera made 22 saves in the
Albany cage, but it wasn’t
enough to put the Great Danes
over .500 for the first time this
season.

Albany has two games remain-
ing in the 1996 season. On May
1, the Great Danes host Rensse-
laer in a game that will decide

‘the CDLL Championship. The

game is scheduled to begin at
3:30. Then, Albany closes out

their season at home against

Scranton on May 4 at 2 p.m.

By ErIc DAGNALL
Senior Editor

The University at Albany women’s
softball team started the season positively,
but lately the Lady Danes are in the midst
of a slide that has dropped them well
below .500.

Going into a matchup With Sacred
Heart on April 20, the Lady Danes were
playing above .500 ball (10-8) and hitting
for par in NECC play (3-3). However, the
next two weeks saw Albany go 1-7 to
drop to 11-15 (3-9 NECC).

Sacred Heart was going through a pret-
ty rough season themselves, going 11-14
(3-3 NECC). However, the Lady Pioneers
offense kicked into high gear and their
pitching shut down Albany’s offense to
sweep the doubleheader, 12-2, 11-4.

In the first game, Pioneer Heidi
Dripchak smacked a two run single in the
first inning and Sacred Heart never looked
back. Two more runs crossed the plate in
the first and three more in both the third
and fifth all off pitcher Julie Tighe.

Jen Baker tossed a three hitter for the
Pioneers as Albany could only muster two
runs, one in the first and one in the fifth.

In the nightcap, Jen Stark went 2 for 3
with three RBI’s to pace Sacred Heart.
Also, Sarah Solinsky went 3 for 4 and
scored twice as the Pioneers cruised to a
11-4 victory.

The game was actually close until the
fifth and sixth innings, when the Pioneers

Overtime

exploded for five runs. Sacred Heart
matched that five run total in the seventh
inning. Pitcher Nicole Menard hurled a
complete game for the Pioneers.

Solinsky had a great two games with a
combined four hits and six runs.

On April 25, the Danes won a thrilling
first game and went on to split a double-
header with crosstown rival Union Col-
lege.

In the first game, junior catcher Ellen
Braun’s RBI double in extra innings
sealed the Lady Danes comeback.

Albany was down 9-3 entering the fifth,
but stormed back with seven runs in a
row. In the seventh inning, Janine Menard
came to the plate with two runners on and
two outs. Menard produced a clutch two
run double, scoring both runs, and send-
ing the game into extra innings.

In the ninth inning of play, Braun, who
was 3 for.5, drove a wind blown double
over the rightfielder’s head to score Julie
Tighe.

In the second game, shortstop Taryn
Samol went 3 for 4 (all doubles) with four
runs scored and two RBI’s to lead the
Dutchmen to a 15-6 blowout win. The
Dutchmen scored 10 times in the sixth
inning to seal the victory.

Next up was a very tough New Haven
team (26-9, 15-1 NECC).

New Haven showed why they had lost
only once in conference play, sweeping
the doubleheader 8-1, 8-0.

Senior infielder collected five hits,

More baseball, and the season is only a
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scored three runs and added three RBI’s
to lead New Haven.

Janet Snyder’s two run single helped
the Chargers jump to a four run lead in
the first game. New haven scored four
more times in the fifth inning and pitcher
Wiaderski held the Lady Danes to one run
on five hits.

In the second game, Charger pitcher
‘Tammy Hackley hurled a two hit shutout,
striking out seven. Leading 4-0, New

Haven scored four times in the fourth to

put the game away.

Keene State (20-14, 10-6 NECC)was
the site of Albany’s latest doubleheader
loss. The Owls held off Albany in the first
game winning 6-5. Albany was down 6-0,
but stormed back. The Lady Danes scored
four times in the sixth. However, in the
seventh with one run across, Lindsey
Blood came in and shut the Danes down
for the save.

In the second game, the Danes were
shutout 8-0, when Blood coming off the
first game save, hurled a one hitter.

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The Lady Danes hitting has been shut down twice in the last four games.

Baseball

Great Danes are slumping with six games
remaining — see page 11