Albany Student Press, Volume 83 Issue 12, 1995 May 5

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Disqualification gives vice—

presidency to Menachemi

By KELLY BARCLAY
Senior Editor

Nir Menachemi was named
Student Association Vice Presi-
dent elect Wednesday, as Brian
Michels’ appeal to overturn
Michels’ invalidation as a
runoff candidate was denied by
Central Council.

Michels’ candidacy was
invalidated April 30 in a memo-
randum from SA Elections
commissioner Manish Sehgal
for “repeated violation of the
Election Regulation Act.”
According to the memo,
Michels violated campaign pol-
icy, which states campaign
posters will be hung only in
accordance with University and
Residence Hall posting policy.

Sehgal alleged Michels used
chalk to write his name on the
podium as well as on the Quad-
rangles. According to the
memo, upon checking with
Residential Life, Sehgal learned
graffitti of any kind, including
chalk writing, is illegal. He
therefore gave Michels one vio-
lation.

Mitch Kleinman, SA
Vice—President who appointed
Sehgal to Elections Commis-
sioner prior to his approval by
Central Council said, “Brian

Michels was told to clean up
the chalk, and the deadline was
extended twice. Finally, he was
told to have the chalk removed
by Friday.”

“T told him [Michels] not to
make me make a decision I
didn’t want to make,” Sehgal
said.

On Friday, the memo states,
Sehgal, and two members of his
staff, Steadman Sampson and
Garrett Zito, walked the podium
and Quads looking for election
violations by any candidate,
discovering some of Michels’
still remained.

Kleinman said the three
found even further violations by
Michels. “There were multiple
Krafchek/Michels posters on
each pillar, which is a violation
of policy. Also, on the Indian
quad, there were posters on
floors above the first floor,
which breaks Indian quad pos-
tering policy.” Kleinman said
they found posters on the fire
door and stairwell. “That breaks
New York state law,” he said.

Further violations by Michels
included multiple posting on
bulletin boards, when only one
per board is allowed, Kleinman
said.

Kleinman also said the same

See MICHELS on page 21

NUMBER 12

Kauffman wins run-off elections

By Mary GAVIN
Staff Writer

“Landslide” Larry Kauffman
won the run-off election for SA
president last Friday. Kauffman
beat runner-up Chris Krafchek
485-467.

Nir Menachemi won the vice
presidential elections after lead-
ing candidate Brian Michels
was invalidated April 30 for
breaking SUNY policy concern-
ing flier posting, among other
charges.

Steve Kim, an active member
of the Student Association said,
“The voter turn out on the quads
is remarkably high.”

Michael Castrilli, former Vice
Chair of Central Council said,
“I am happy so many students
from the quads voted.”

Several Greek fraternity
members were actively involved
in this election. As a result, “at
least 50% of the Greek candi-
dates were elected. They repre-
sent 25-30% of the Council,”
Kim said.

The majority of the winners
received between 155 and 170
votes. However, Michael Cas-
trilli who won the election for
Colonial Quad, received 245
votes.

The newly elected representa-
tives met at their first meeting
Wednesday. In less than an hour
they elected Michael Castrilli as

desses to scavenger hunts.

In order to further promote Greek unity. on the SUNY Albany campus, fraternities
and sororities across campus joined together for the 1995 Greek Week.

Fraternities and sororities were placed on four different teams. The teams competed
against each other in different activities which ranged from skits about Greek gods and god-

All who were involved described the week as fun and exciting.

_ Staff photo by Joshua Levin

Staff photo by Jenny Hein

Larry Kauffman won the SA presidential run off.

the 1995-1996 Chair.

Castrilli is the first freshman
in many years to be elected
Chair. Forty-five minutes later,
Castrilli and other members of
council chose Eric Brielmann,
also a freshman, to be Vice
Chair.

Castrilli said, “The council
representatives are enthusiastic.
I hope to have a positive and
productive year.”

Castrilli and Brielmann will

Presidential.
Kauffman - 485 ©
afchek - 467 _

be working over the summer to
organize the office and set up
committee agendas. “This way I
will be able to address commit-
tees with a schedule and set of
goals,” Castrilli said.

Castrilli plans to improve
communication with students
outside of Council. He said,
“Next year we will do a quad
tour, meaning every week Cen-
tral Council will hold a meeting

See PRESIDENT on page 21

Vice-chair hopeful allegedly
pressured by president-elect

By STE BETH FINDLING
News Editor

Dina Delicce and Ann
George, two candidates in last
Wednesday’s Central Council
Vice Chair elections allege that
attempts to influence their coun-
cil votes swayed elections.

Delicce said due to “events
that had taken place earlier that
evening,” she removed herself
from the candidacy during
Wednesday’s Central Council
meeting.

Delicce said Kauffman put
pressure on her to vote against
Brian Michels’ election appeal,
and this compromise her
integrity.

Michels asked Council that
evening to overturn a decision
to disqualify him from the elec-
tion for campaigning violations.

Had Michels won the appeal,
Kauffman’s running mate Nir
Menachemi could have lost the
SA Vice-presidential candidacy.

Kauffman said he _ had
pledged his support to Delicce
at the recent “Parkfest” event at

Delicce’s request, but had ques-
tioned his support when he
heard that-Delicce was working
on Michels’ campaign, thus
aligning herself against Mena-
chemi.

Delicce denied she was pert
of Michels’ campaign.

“When the losers attempted to
overthrow the legitimate results
and cast aspersions upon the
democratically chosen leaders
an electoral crisis developed,”
Kauffman said of Michels’
appeal. “We wanted to see how
she (Delicce) was going to deal
with that crisis.” After Mena-
chemi and Kauffman’s meeting
with Delicce, they spoke with ©
George who was also running
for Vice Chair.

George alleges Kauffman
also attempted to sway her vote
in the Michels situation, saying,
“You do understand you are not
going to win if you don’t sup-
port us.”

George and Kauffman
clashed in earlier elections as
well.

See DELICCE on page 11


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FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1995

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Campus Calendar

Sunday, 5/7

The Protestant Student Asso-
ciation will hold its worship ser-
vice at 12 p.m. at Chapel House.
For info. call 489-8573.

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

Monday, 5/8

The Pan—Caribbean Associa-
tion will be having their weekly
meeting at 7:15 p.m. in HU 137.
For more info call CC 349 at
442-3348.

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

The Albany State Juggling
Club will be holding its twice-
weekly meeting tonight and
Thursday. Practice will be held
downstairs in the Egg at the
Empire State Plaza. For more
info. call Alex at 446-1184.

Tuesday, 5/9

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual

Alliance will hold its weekly
meeting in CC 375 at 6 p.m. For
more info. call

LGBA at

442-5672.

The National Woman’s Rights
Organizing Coalition (NWROC)
will be holding its weekly meeting
at 7:15 p.m. in LC 11. For more
info. contact Caroline Wong at
426-8249.

The Pre-Law Association will
hold its weekly meeting in LC 23
at 7:30 p:m. For more info. con-
tact Luana at 436-7614.

Wednesday, 5/10

College Republicans will be
holding their weekly meeting at
7:00 p.m. in LC-5. For more info
call Marc at 465-7882.

Thursday, 5/11

The Albany State Juggling
Club will be having a meeting
tonight downstairs in the Egg at
the Empire State Plaza. For
more info. call Alex at 446-1184.

A general interest meeting will be
held at 7:00 p.m. for students
interested in writing for and
developing an independent
news magazine. A handful of
students will be developing the
magazine over the summer. All
interested writers, artists, com-
puter graphic designers, busi-
ness advertisers, etc. are
encouraged to attend. No experi-
ence is necessary. The meeting
will take place in LC-5. For more

“But I also didn’t say you couldn’t
stab your opponent.”

info call Stacy at 237-4214.

Don't Walk Alone will be offer-
ing an escort service in the lobby
of the library on weeknights.
Hours will be from 7:00 p.m. until
11:00 p.m.

This 1s the final

issue of the ASP

for the semester.
(Sob!!!)

So, next Sunday
night, all
newswriters must
be studying for

finals.
From every-
body here at
‘the ASP, have
a great sum-
mer, and get

set for the
fall!!!

—Mitch Kleinman
Wednesday, May 3, 1995

¢See story on front page

War protesters shut down federal building

May 13, 1970
By Barry Kirschner

Approximately 3,000 supporters of the
student strike effectively closed the Feder-
al Building and the adjacent Post Office
Tuesday for six hours in a massive action
of non-violent civil disobedience. The
demonstrators, almost entirely students,
linked arms in front of doorways and
refused to let employees enter the build-
ing. Those inside the building, however,
were permitted to leave.

This action was taken by the Strike
Committee at SUNYA and was supported
by representatives of various schools,
some faculty, and other concerned citi-
zens. The purpose of the action was to
stop the federal government from opera-
tion “business as usual,” and to support
the demands of the nationwide protest.

The demonstrators were well-behaved
and initiated no violence, as they had
promised. Although one brief scuffle did
develop while workers in the area were on
their lunch break, this involved only a
handful of people and no one was hurt.

Faculty suspended all mandatory classes so students could protest the Vietnam War downtown. A simi-

lar demonstration occured at the Capitol last week.

The demonstrators policed themselves
effectively with chats of “stay on the side-
walk,” and marshalls did an excellent job

in maintaining order. Albany police also

helped prevent incidents during the tense
noon hour.

The protest began before 7:30 a.m.,
early enough to prevent the normal induc-

tion of procedures of the Selective Ser-

vices Department, housed in the federal
building. Through the morning demon-
strators refused to allow people to enter
the building, linking arms in order to carry
out their mission non-violently. In addi-
tion to the blockage of doorways, drive-
ways were also blocked, preventing trucks

to follow through “business as usual” with
the federal government. —

The mood of the crowd was serious
through the day. Chants of “Free Bobby
Seale,” and “Peace Now” greeted passers-
by in the area. For the most part the
demonstrators were friendly, talking with
spectators across the street and with work-
ers of the General Services Administration
in the loading dock behind the building.

Those blocked from entering the build-
ing had various responses. When told that
“business as usual will not go on today,”
one replied, “Where’s your generosity?
I’m losing a day’s pay.” Another said,
“Well, I guess I'll go play golf today.”

Throughout the day large numbers of
people watched the demonstration from
the opposite side of the street. While some
dialogue was initiated between student
strollers and spectators, many conversa-
tions were reduced to denunciations of
“those communists.” The following is an
example of one such discussion:

Student: We think the war is senseless.

Spectator: How old are you?

Student: 18.
Spectator: It’s about time you started
learning about war first-hand!


_ FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1995 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

SA budget discussed

By KEVIN DEVALK
Associate News Editor

Central Council met in special session Tuesday to approve the
Student Association budget for the 1995-1996 academic year.
During the 13-hour meeting, members debated revisions to the
budget for the ‘95 SA recognized and funded groups. Representa-
tives from some groups also appeared to appeal budget requests.

Although final totals were not available as of press time, this
year’s budget will total over $1.1 million.

The Revisionist Zionist Alternative requested more money to
fund and event called Yom Ha’atzmaut. The group originally
requested $5,600 for the event so they could afford the costs of
entertainment, however SA informed them they would only be
given $2,000.

“That’s too much money for one event”, Michael Castrilli,
Central Council Vice Chairman, said.

“Central Council should remember they aren’t voting for them-
selves, but the whole student body... We program events that
bring out hundreds of students, more than any other student
group,” said RZA representative Ronn Torossian.

Council member Steve Kim proposed RZA be given $3,000 for
the event. Central Council approved the motion.

One concern raised by Central Council members was that
groups raise their own funds for about 25% of their budgets
through fundraising. That caused debate at various points during
the evening, because different groups were being asked to raise
different percentages. Torossian said in the past, few groups ever
raise the amount of money they are supposedto.

“T think this should be used as a standard for all groups,” said
SA Vice President Mitch Kleinman.

“To expect a group to give back more than they take more is
not too much to ask,” said council member Karen Stein.

Another group causing extensive debate was the Albany State
University Black Alliance. The group was requesting $1,000
extra funding to run a publication, The Unity Press.

A motion to approve ASUBA’s request was approved after
over 40 minutes of debate.

The Pan Caribbean Association won an appeal for increased
funding for next year’s Reggaefest, after they promised they
would be able to raise substantial revenue from the event. Presi-
dent-elect Lincoln Waters said, “Reggaefest would bring in
$3,700. It will also be our 20th anniversary, and a lot of alumni
will be coming in.” The budget process began weeks ago when
SA asked funded groups to submit a proposal of how much fund-
ing they were requesting. SA then reviewed the proposals, and in
some cases slashed budgets by thousands of dollars.

Groups who wanted to appeal their budgets before Central
Council needed to submit a written request by the beginning of
May. Central Council policy says those who miss deadline may
not be able to make their appeals, and this rule was reinforced.

Theater Council and the Albany-Israeli Student Activist Com-
mittee, among other groups, requested funding, even though they
did not receive any this year,

Tuesday’s meeting was one of the longest non-stop Central
Council meetings in the organization’s thirty year history. It
began 7:00 p.m. Tuesday and the final budget was approved at
8:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Professor’s salaries questioned by legislators

By J. Kerra DOHERTY
News Editor

In response to the governor’s proposed cuts to
the SUNY system, Republican state legislators
and others are questioning the practicality of
“star” academics receiving large salaries for
working at SUNY schools.

“We forget we are a public institution and not a
private institution,” said State Sen. Thomas
Libous of Binghamton. “Too many SUNYs want
to be private schools,”he said suggesting state-
funded universities cannot afford expensive teach-
ers.

He refers to a “star system” at SUNY schools,
which, like most private and public universities,
spend large amounts in order to have well-known
and prestigious figures associated with their uni-
versity.

With a Republican agenda emphasizing teach-
ing over reasearch, professors like Vladimir Felts-
man at New Paltz, who makes $101,854 a year
and teaches only 13 class sessions per semester,
and Binghamton’s Ali Mazrui, an African politics
specialist, who makes $115,518 yearly despite
teaching only three courses to a total of 18 stu-
dents, are coming under the gun.

At Albany, the best known such figure is author
William Kennedy, the individual in charge of the
Albany-based New York State Writer’s Institute,

who teaches no classes and receives $75,568 year-
ly. !

The question, from Libous’ and Pataki’s per-
spective, is whether a state-funded institution like
SUNY should be spending the money on such
individuals at the expense of larger numbers of
classes. ‘

SUNYA spokesperson Joel Blumenthal, speak-
ing on “star system” professors, said “This repre-
sents only a handful of...thousands of faculty
members throughout the state.” He said, “a good
percentage” of high cost SUNY teachers are in
medical schools because, “If they weren’t teach-
ing, they’d be making a lot more.”

“You have to pay what the market demands if
you want to remain competitive,” said Blumen-
thal. “All students should have the opportunity to
learn from the best,” he said.

_Joseph Burke, Provost at SUNY Central
Administration said “Surely public universities
should aspire to attract the best.” He said the pres-
ence of individuals such as Kennedy, who is a
MacArthur fellow, have a “tremendous positive
impact” on the other professors and the University
as a whole.

Both Burke and Blumenthal, as well as others
in the University community, suggested that the
Republican legislators misunderstand the nature
of a professor’s work. Blumenthal said, “People -

See BUDGET on page 21

their poetry contest.

Staff photo by Joshua Levin

The Class of 1995 held a reception in the Campus Center Extension yesterday afternoon
to present the senior gift of the class of 1995 to the university and announce the winners of

A large mural created by artist Juan Sanchez of Brooklyn, New York was unveiled by the
president and vice president of last year’s graduating class. Sanchez, a professor at Hunter
College, in New York City, hoped that the mural will “address, assess, invite, and inspire
the very community that this university is made of.” The artist’s previous works have been
| featured in the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney

Museum. .

SUNY athletes return to court over sport cuts

By KAREN L. STEIN

Seven student athletes, along
with Central Council, have filed
a lawsuit with the State
Supreme Court against the Uni-
versity at Albany Thursday,
claiming “ongoing deceptive
and illegal practices.”

In the name of Gender Equity,
four varsity sports teams have
been cut for the 1995-1996
school year. The elimination of
men’s and women’s swimming
and diving, men’s tennis and
men’s wrestling is the widely
criticized attempt by the IAB to
equalize the ill proportioned
number of women athletes in
Albany sports as dictated by
Title IX, the 1982 federally
mandated gender equity guide-
lines.

The petition has been filed
with the State Supreme Court
and an order has been signed to
commence legal proceedings,
according to Albany Attorney
Paul Wein. Wein graduated from
SUNYA in 1972 and will be
representing the student athletes
and Council in the case. The

petitioners have until May 15 to
serve SUNYA with the suit and
both parties are due back in
court on June 6 for the hearing
to commence.

The petitioners are suing the
University, H. Patrick Swygert,
University president, Milton
Richards, director of athletics,
Richard Hall, chair of the Inter-
collegiate Athletics Board, and
the three members of the IAB
gender equity sub-committee on
the basis of the misuse of the
gender equity laws, the viola-
tion of the IAB by-laws and
attempting to circumvent a court
order issued in August.

State Supreme Court Justice
Lawrence Kahn issued a tempo-
rary restraining order last
August which restored the four
varsity sports dumped without
warning in June. The court
order spelled out the reinstate-
ments as well as explicit proce-
dures the University must fol-
low for future sport program
terninations or reductions.

“They [the University] agreed
to treat these sports fairly and
would comply with the IAB by-

laws,” Wein said, but said they
stacked the IAB, did not follow
established University policies
and attempted to circumvent the
court decision because they
weren’t happy with the out-
come.

“Neither the University or the
State Attorney General’s office

as of this time has received any
litigation or lawsuits concerning

sports sponsorship,” said Uni-

versity Relations sports
spokesman Brian DePasquale.
Swygert and Richards were
unavailable for comment.
Freshman wrestler Eric Rose
is one of the petitioners in the

suit. Rose said he turned down
other schools for Albany
because of its coaching.

“I turned down a full scholar- .
ship to Syracuse University,”
Rose said. “I was promised just
as good of an education here,
but with better coaching.”

Coach Joe DeMeo has suc-
cessfully coached SUNYA’s
wrestling team for the past 35
years and has produced more
All-American athletes than all
of the other sports teams com-
bined.

However, after accepting the ©
university’s invitation, Rose
received no call, letter or notice
that the program had been cut.

“I found out from the news
about the cut,” Rose said. “I was
stuck because they didn’t tell
me in time [to transfer to anoth-
er school with a team].”

“Tt just proves they are cutting
for money reasons and not for
gender equity,” Rose said.

DePasquale said the sports
were reinstated after the Univer-
sity and the state court signed a
stipulation for one year because

_ See IAB on page 19


4 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1995

Governor Pataki announces nominees for board of trustees

By MATTHEW COPPA
Staff Writer

Governor George Pataki announced the
appointment of five new members to the
SUNY Board of Trustees. The nominees,
however, must still be approved by the
state legislature. These nominees include
Thomas F. Egan who is also nominated
for vice chair, Edward F. Cox, Candace
DeRussey, Pamela R. Jacobs and Edward
S. Nelson. While the governor can also
appoint for vice chair, he has not
announced that he will replace current

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The president of the SUNY Student

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the governor. The new student represen-
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The Board of Trustees is responsible for
allocating the funds given to them by the
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Pataki’s appointees are confirmed he will
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20,000 students.

Weitz called the effects of the proposed
cuts “devastating. It will be the largest cut
to higher education ever.”

When asked what his opinion was of
the nominees, Weitz replied, “I really
don’t know much more than what has
been in the news, but I hope they realize
the importance that the University had,
and put politics aside to do what is best
for New York.”

Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity, and Five Quad Ambulance Service held a telethon yes-
terday in the Campus Center Ballroom, which was also televised on University Channel 5. The
telethon was held in an attempt to raise funds for a new ambulance. Accordihg to Deborah A.
Snyden, VPS of Alpha Phi Omega, a new ambulance is much needed by the campus-run volun-
teer service.

The twelve-hour broadcast featured student performances hosted by SUNYA comedian
Jeremy Newberger. The lineup was initiated at noon, by keyboardist/vocalist Jed Davis, who
performs monthly at Mother Earth’s Cafe. The mood of fun-for-a-cause was set when Davis per-
formed a duet with SA President-elect Larry Kauffman.

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5

Graduation brings change for most students

Those of you who are plan-
ning to graduate this month
probably cover a wide range of
differences with regard to your
future plans. Some of you may.
be heading to further your edu-
cation through studying law,
business, medicine, psychology,
etc. Others may already have a

A job lined up. There
Middle are those of you

who plan on con-
Earth tinuing their educa-
Roots | tion after gaining

some work experi-
ence. And a large amount of you
are currently looking for a job or
will be, perhaps, after moving
back home. In spite of all of the
range of possibilities, you all
have one thing in common—
change. This article talks about
possible life changes that you
might be experiencing in the
next few months, the effects
change can have on a person,
and ways to deal with the stress
caused by change.

The possible changes that you
may experience in the near
future can be grouped into two
dimensions— intensity
valence (positive or negative).
Intense change effects one’s life
in more drastic ways and across
more situations whereas less
intense change may have brief
consequences and perhaps only
effect one area of a person’s life.
Change that is closer to the posi-
tive end of the valence dimen-
sion elicit more positive
thoughts, emotions, and behav-
iors than those that are on the
negative end. For example, start-
ing a
new job that you want and are
happy with can be an intense,
positive change. However, being
unemployed for a long time peri-
od after graduation can be an
intense, negative change. A less
intense, negative experience
could be a move in the time slot
of your favorite TV show to a
time when you’re busy. A posi-
tive change that is less intense
could be a new hair style. The
former two types of change, pos-
itive and negative intense experi-
ences, are most relevant to the
topic of this article—these types
of changes are very likely to

and -

happen within the next few
months.

Change in financial state,
change to a different line of
work, change in work hours or
conditions, change in school,
change in living conditions,
change in social activities, and
change in number of family get-
togethers are some of the life
changes that lead to stress (Weit-
en & Lloyd, 1994). Any of these
seem familiar? Probably more
than-one of them will be occur-
ring soon. It is important that
you are aware that these changes
may lead to stress even though
they are very positive in nature.
It is the intensity of the change
that has a major effect on your
stress level. So how does one
cope with positive or negative
intense change?

Positive change. The moat
important factor in coping with
this type of life change has
already begun by reading this
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Israel in 1963, said the relationship
between religion and government is
a very complicated in his country.

He explained that Israel is not a
theocracy. In Israel, everyone has
equal rights underneath the law,
regardless of religion or ethnicity.
Moslem and Christian citizens of the
Jewish state can vote, be represented
in the Israeli parliament, and serve in
its armed forces. A non-Jew in
Israel can even ascend to the office
of prime minister or president.

According to Kirschenbaum, there
are areas in Israeli society where the
government religion relationship is
cloudy. In marriage and divorce,
religious courts have full jurisdic-
tion. If a Jew wants to get divorced,
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Observing Human Rights
Awareness Day, the Anthro—
pology Graduate Students
Association, and the Latin
American and Caribbean
Studies Graduate Students
Association sponsored
“Human Rights Awareness
Day: The Guatemalan Case”
April 24. The event focused
on the history of human
rights abuses in the Central
American country.

Two Mayan political
Dr Aaron Kirshenbaum refugees, from Guatemala,
grant a divorce. described the situation in

The same is true of a Moslem. If their native land. The two
he or she wants a divorce or mar- speakers, husband and wife
riage, they must go through an Felipe and Elena Ixcot, have
Islamic court. Rabbis, in Israel, are been living in this country
federal employees and as such, they for 11 years. During the lec-
are paid by the government. ture, which was given in
Spanish, the two Mayans,
told in shaky voices
why they fled their
homeland.

Elena Ixcot said her
brother was viciously
murdered by right-wing
military death squads
and she said the army
terrorized her Mayan
village. Guatemala, the
Ixcots said, was a coun-
try that treats its Mayan
citizens, a majority of
the population, like
second class citizens.

They are denied
jobs in the cities, not
waited. out in restau-
rants in the capital, and
not given beds in hos-
pitals. They are also
denied entry to univer-
sities and education.
After the death of
Elena Ixcot’s brother,

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Chiapas and lived there for a
year, by working all day in
the corn fields. Today, the
residents of Chiapas are
waging a guerilla war
against the Mexican govern-
ment in the name of rights
for the citizens. In 1983, the
Ixcots moved to Vermont,
where they now reside.

Raul Molina, a former
director of San Carlos
University in Guatemala
City, discussed the violent
history of Gutaemala’s gov-
ernment. The civilian gov-
ernment, which is a puppet
of the military, he said, does
not represent the views of
the majority of
Guatemalans.

He said it exists for only
the wealthy citizens of his
country. Last year, in
Guatemala, only 14% of the
electorate voted and all the
rest “abstained”. After the
lecture ended, Molina said
the conditions in his country
are slowly improving now
that the United Nations is
intervening in talks between
the government and the
Mayans.

Molina said more 60,000
civilians have been killed by
government-backed death
squads in the past 45 years.
Molina has asylum in
Canada as a coordinator of a
Guatemalan human rights
organization.

Ixcot said that “The
Mayans are a nation without
a state.” Many people might
disagree with that. His wife
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Introduced by Christian J. Klossner, on behalf of the Student Association

past, present, and future.
February 26, 1995 Bill 9495-72R

Vote: Acclamation

Whereas: Rita Levine has served and peed the Student Association for
the past eighteen years; and

Whereas: Rita has served the Student Association with great dedication
and unquestionable commitment far above and beyond the
call of duty; and |

Whereas: Student leaders past and present have benefited beyond words
from Rita's wisdom, grace, fairness and wit in times of trial
and triumph; and

Whereas: The Student Association will forever be indebted to Rita, her
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run by students serving students; and

Whereas: Rita's influence will be felt in the Student Association for years
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That the Student Association wishes Rita the best in all her
endeavors, happiness and health; and

Be it further resolved:

That the Student Association expresses profound gratitude
for Rita's years of service; and

Be it further resolved:

That hence each March 3 be proclaimed "Rita Levine Day";
a amd
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That a copy of this resolution be printed in the ASP; and

Be it finally resolved:
That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Rita Levine.

Rita,

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year that has witnessed many endings. Your contributions can never be measured, and your importance
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or at least the paper on which was
recorded—crumbles to dust, two
universities are storing historical
documents in a safe place:
cyberspace.

In the first phase “Making of
America Project,” Cornell Univer-
sity and the University of Michi-
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of 19th century pamphlets, period-
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oirs into digital files. Other
research institutions later will join
the project and help scan the other
95,000 volumes to be included in
the computerized library.

By putting the collection—both
in progress and in its entirity—on
the Internet’s World Wide Web,
librarians and faculty at the
schools want not only to perserve
the documents but to make them
available to more students and
scholars.

Researchers will be able to con-
vert the images to computer text,
search for the documents they
want, and then look at or print
them out in their original forms.

Librarians will compare the
costs of scanning the documents
and putting them on the Web to
the current mehtod of microfilm-
ing and photocopying them. They
will also study how the digital
form affects research, communica-
tion, teaching and publication, as
well as how to make it easy to use.

“We want to see if we can make
a sufficient case for scholars to
change the way they do things,”
said Anne Kenney, a Cornell pro-
ject leader and associate director
of the University library’s preser-
vation department.

The first volumes*entered will
reflect the voice and popular opin-
ion of the mid- to late- 1800s,
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“Most people come in with
symptoms of a runny nose with
clear discharge, runny, watery
eyes that itch, and a nose that
itches,” said Harriet Kolmer,
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are typically symptoms of hay
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For some people, however,
allergy symptoms far exceed
hay fever’s common discom-
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“If someone has asthma, they
may have chest tightness and
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Various pollens cause most of
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“The main allergens are grass
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Unfortunately, allergy suffer-
ers have few options short of
living in a plastic bag.

“There’s little you can do
short of avoidance and staying
indoors, which we don’t recom-
mend,” Kolmer said. “Mainly
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But students expressed wari-
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“T used to have a prescription,
but I became immune to it,”
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they made me really tired. So
now I just bring a lot of tissues
with me to class.”

“There are some prescription
antihistamines that don’t cause
sedation,” Kolmer said. “Sel-
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But other options exist for
those suffering from persistent
symptoms and nasal cavity
inflammation.

“There are anti-inflammation
nasal sprays,” Kolmer said.
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Another is Cromolyn, which
also reduces inflammation.
They both allow someone to
breathe a little easier through
the nose.”

An otolaryngologist, or ear,
nose, and throat doctor, also
helps allergy sufferers.

“We see allergy patients pri-
marily because people are tired
of having congestion in the
spring and fall,” said Michael
Ward, an Otolaryngology resi-
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congestion and clear drainage is
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“With hay fever allergies,
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“Do what you have to do, but
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Lafever’s comments repre-
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da, symbolized in the debate
over “star” professors, which
requests that professors in gen-
eral increase. teaching responsi-
bilities.

“The basic concern here is
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lion dollar deficit,” said
Lafever. He said high salary
SUNY professor’s salaries
should be “trimmed”, and work-
loads increased for all profes-
sors.

Lafever said, “These cuts can
probably be madehout a tuition
raise” and “classes don’t have
to go”, if teachers agreed to take
on more teaching. “The SUNY

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Both George and Kauffman:
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She said he threatened to
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George proceeded to run for
both Central Council and Uni-
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George ran for Vice-Chair,
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week.” salary with that of SUNYA

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said Meter. “I didn’t want to be
lined up against professors... I
learned what it means to do a
good job from my professors.”
Blumenthal said the adminis-

about Lafever’s statement that
“everybody needs to take on a
little more” in order to balance
the budget, Meter said, “That is
so false. They’re not asking
IBM and GE to tighten their
belts, they’re giving them (tax)
breaks.”

Graduate Student Employees
Union representative Tim
Dubnau, whose organization
represents many of the graduate
teaching assistants on campus,
said, “I don’t think its healthy to
be talking about professor’s
salaries.”

tration is not responsible for set-
ting graduate assistant pay, say-
ing that salaries are negotiated
with the governor’s Office of
Employee Relations. “You’re
not comparing the same things,”
he said.

Responding to questions

Linking the seemingly sepa-
rate phenomena of the salary
discussion and meager graduate
assistant wages, Dubnau
attributed both to Pataki and
conservative state government.

“This criticism, (of high
salaries), comes from people
who are anti-SUNY,” he said of
Libous and Pataki. “Pataki is
nitpicking.”

“The state of New York has
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a machine to write books about
that oh-so-human behavior.
Programmers at RPI are
recording scores of betrayal
scenarios, including people’s
motivations and reactions.
Then they translate them into
computer language and store
them in the machine’s memory.

“The computer doesn’t know
about love, passion, betrayal ‘
said Selmer Bringsjord, the
project’s team leader. “Our
story generator understands
story structures and plots, but
it’s very unsophisticated when
it comes to basic concepts that
describe human behavior.”

So far, the computer has writ-
ten a few primitive stories. It
uses a predetermined set of
characters and events chosen
from the lives of the project’s
graduate students. Bringsjord
and one of his graduate stu-
dents, David Ferrucci, present-
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research at two university con-
ferences this spring.

Although some computer sci-
entists think that machines can
recognize patterns and learn
concepts from them,
Bringsjord and his team are
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"For there is nothing so irrelevant in telling the truth
as the color of a man's skin.”
John Hope Franklin
Can Whites teach Black studies? I would have to
disagree with Molifi Kite Assent’s (Temple
University) classification of the question as
“provincial.” Rather, the question is an important one,
because how the question is answered will have
important implications. I have yet to hear a good
argument as to why they cannot. Much of the
opposition by Blacks and Latinos against White
professors teaching Black studies is driven by
emotion rather than reason. In our age of

Robert Ortiz Jr.

multiculturalism, administrators have treated black
studies as a service to appease African American
students. Some African Americans have come to
regard African American studies courses as a “safe-
place” - a place to escape the alienation and
frustration of operating in a predominantly white
institution. African American studies is neither a
service nor a “safe space.” It is a serious academic
discipline and a valid subject of intellectual inquiry,
and should be treated as such. A fundamental tenet of
the academic institution is that all things are
knowable. And this applies to all students - including
whites.

A typical argument against white professors
teaching black studies is (roughly): “whites have not
the experience of being black. They wouldn’t
understand. Black studies should be taught from the
black perspective.” The only problem with this
argument is that it is false. The argument assumes a
uniformity of black experience, which is simply not
the case. In other words, all African Americans do not
have the same experience. Do middle and upper class
blacks have the same experience as lower and
working class blacks? Taken further, do all African
Americans within any gender have the same
experience? Obviously not. If we take experience
thesis as its logical conclusion, then blacks cannot
understand whites, Latinos cannot understand Asians,
men cannot understand women and so on. Given the
variability of experience and sensitivity among
individuals, the assumption of a distinctive insight
granted by merely being a member of a group is
fragile at best. As the sociologist Robert Merton has
pointed out in an essay written 20 years ago, Insiders
and Outsiders: A Chapter in the Sociology of
Knowledge, “when advocates of the black insider
doctrine engage in analysis of ‘white society,” trying
to assay it’s power structure or to detect it’s
vulnerabilities, they seem to deny in practice what
they affirm in doctrine.”

Another problem with the arguments against whites
teaching black studies is the false assumption that
there exists such a thing as the “black perspective” or
the “white perspective.” The phrases are nonsensical.
There is no such thing as the “black perspective,”
“Latino perspective,” “women’s perspective” or any
other such uniform perspective. The thinking that
underlies the position is that by virtue of race or
ethnicity ( two terms which when taken alone are
problematic because cultural variation within race or
ethnicity is ignored), one is endowed with a certain
perspective or thought process. I have yet to realize
anything distinctively Latino about my thoughts.
When I speak, I do not speak from the “Latino

See Gurst on page 22

Put Up or Shut Up

Randolph L. Viscio

Brace yourself for my end of the term commentary
where I will single highhandedly say some nice, and not
so nice, things about as many people and institutions that
I can think of. Let’s start at home:

Albany Student Press

Obviously I enjoy the publication or I wouldn’t want to
write for it. I like the fact that this newspaper doesn’t
take any money (that I know of) from the Student
Association. I also like the fact that it seems to me to be
a relatively progressive publication. But I will be the first
to say, and act on, the fact that SUNYA needs an
independent progressive news publication that can report
on campus/community issues more in depth and can
publish ideas and people that the ASP probably
couldn’t—or wouldn’t publish. Over the summer, I and
several other students will be creating such a publication
to come out monthly beginning in the Fall term. So
watch out! Finally, as far as the ASP goes, although I
like every single person that I met who works on the
newspaper, there seems to be no diversity. I mean for a

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This past week, two major things happened: the student
body decided who was going to be president and
vice—president of the Student Association and the charges
of David Gillis were “adjourned.”

Regardless of who is in and who is out,,t there was a
very interesting occurrence which happened in the middle
of all these politics. Out of 17,000 students, about 1,500
people actually voted in both the regular elections and the
run-off elections.

While this actually is a drastic improvement in the
number of students voting in SA elections, it is still a
rather low turnout. The reason this issue is being addressed
is the simple fact that not only did people vote on who will
be SA president and vice—president in the fall; the voters
were also asked about a mandatory activity fee which is
included in our bills every semester. This fee was
approved, and while this writer is in agreement with this
fee, there is another question, Can the SA assume that all
students are in agreement with this when less than one
quarter of the student population voted on the issue itself?

This Thursday, the charges against David Gillis, the
father of former student Kendra Gillis, were adjourned
mainly because Kendra refused to testify against her own
father. When Kendra’s story first came out, this campus
was thrown into an uproar because Kendra created a
fictitious black man as being her attacker.

University that has a pretty good sized community of all
different types I don’t think the paper covers very diverse
issues and that is probably because its staff is not very
diverse. Its something to work on.
Christians

Well, I look through the ASP often and I see letters and
articles from “good” Christians. I don’t know what that
means. And, frankly, I don’t read these letters or articles.
I just skim them. But let me say that I do believe in Jesus
Christ. However, I also believe that he was a regular
person and he was probably black, smelled terribly from
walking around in the desert, and never took a bath,
probably had lice in his very long hair, and I think he
sinned as much as anybody. However, if he did get nailed
up on a cross, he didn’t do it so “good” Christians would
sit around making themselves feel good about being
good Christians. I think he wants “good” Christians to
get off their asses and start kicking some butt to change
this world. I don’t mean you gotta go bomb anyone, just
get out there and give people a hand—especially the
poor. Period.
Jews

I am not Jewish but I am Italian which brings me very

David Gillis, for those. who have never seen him, stands
over six feet tall, with a large and powerful build. Kendra,
on the other hand, was a tiny girl barely over five feet tall.
It's safe to assume that most people would be weary to
testify against him.

Now that Gillis has been let go, it is even easier to
understand why Kendra didn't want to testify against him.
Gillis was only charged with a third degree misdemeanor
so that even if he was convicted, with or without Kendra’s
testimony he probably would have not gotten an extensive
jail sentence. Sure the conviction may have been on his
record, but what good would that have done with him
walking around on the street? .

There have always been complaints that one of the
reasons SO many women are battered is because they are
unwilling to come forward against their attackers. These
people seem to forget that many times the women who do
come forward are further victimized by our legal system
with its many technicalities and short sentences for those
who are convicted.

We need a change in our society. Too many people take
passive roles and let others speak for them. If more people
don't stand up for what they believe by voting, how can we
expect scared, abused people to stand up and testify
against their attackers in court? It's time for us to stand up
for what we believe, both on campus and in the world.

close. In fact, when I was growing up, my father always
told me to tell people I was Jewish (my father was a
strange bird). Finally I asked him why I should say this

. and he replied, “Because the Jews are a chosen

people...and deep down everyone knows it.” OK dad.
Whatever. So I grew up with this identity crisis and I was
never able to figure out why I wasn’t chosen, or even
what it meant to be “chosen.” “Chosen for what?” I
asked myself.

So I must say that I am displeased with Israel in
general because they never let Abbie Hoffman enter the
country, but what I really can’t stand is this group RZA.
Now, I have no clue what that stands for and I would like
to see it spelled out. But it seems silly to me that just
about every week this group says “you suck” to
somebody. And then somebody says back “No. You
suck.” And they go back and forth like this all semester
long in the ASP. Geez guys, give someone else a chance.
Campus Security.

I really like campus security even though they
constantly ticket me. I have had very bad interactions
with campus security on many campuses. I even had

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It would be really easy to end the year by reviewing the
highlights of SUNY drama which unfolded in the previous two
semesters: “Landslide” Larry, Kendra Gillis, Cliff Lent and the
case of the missing finals, Walton Gould and the missing concert
goers, shootings and hostage “situations” (as in situation
comedy?), Pizza Hut comes to SUNY, Swygert leaves, or Clinton
visits. But seeing as I’m never one to go for the cheap shot, I'd
rather keep my mind on the approaching summer.

What does summer mean? To some it means summer school, a
condensed version of the regular school year except for the fact
that classes generally are held 8 days a week, 30 hours a day, with
classmates who often don't speak English, read and write, or use
deodorant during those 90 degree days, but choose to sit next to
you anyway. It also provides insight into the extensive bullshit the
human mind can think up. No one is there because they’ve
screwed up their GPA in the spring. All summer school students
are there, they will tell you, because their thirst for knowledge is
so great they cannot bear to remain intellectually unchallenged
from mid—May through mid—August. They are there out of choice,
not necessity. They don’t want to be at the beach, they don’t want
to be making money or working at an establishment that will
appear prestigious on a resume. They need to be learning. The fact
that these people haven’t read a book since Judy Blume’s
Frecklejuice was bigger than anything John Grisham has ever laid
his mediocre paws on is completely irrelevant.

Then there is the summer job. For all past and present camp
counselors, sporters of Barney costumes, burger flippers (get used
to that, prospective SUNY graduates), mall creatures, and
nepotistic employees, summer is no joy other than to get wasted
at the beach each evening after a hard day at the “office” (yes,
especially you Long Islanders). The summer job is evil. It is
basically the real world’s way of telling you “It doesn’t matter
how smart you are, how many people tell you you're gifted, or
how much you know about any given subject. You’re young and
you are good at nothing. Shut off your brain and suck it up.”
While business majors, English majors, and music majors
foolishly assume they may be able to get a challenging internship
, learning the ins and outs of their respective fields, they are wrong.

| We are seen as coffee makers, copy makers, and general peons.

| Expect more and you will be disappointed.
Summer also may mean play, action - booty if you will. How

| can hormone crazed teens and twentysomethings be expected to

| react with any dignity after a year of fully clothed coeds, decked
out in triple fat goose? As the spring has rolled around, one can
| tell from the looks of podiators that we as Albany convicts are
| beginning to remember what college is about. It’s not this political
| scheming, worrying about who’s posting flyers where, if NWROC
members are going over their bounds to get their message across,
| if frat boys and sorority girls are too exclusive. Who gives a shit?
| Get laid kids. Enjoy college. When we are 60-year-old
| Republicans we can sit, bitching and moaning about the state of a
world we no longer understand. For now, drink too much beer,

i have your casual sex, cut class to podiate, eat garbage food, and
#) smoke too much dope. It’s called enjoying life. Allow me to
- | suggest however, that these activities can be done without

plication - Call today, pos zs :

| treating people like shit. One can be in a frat and still
acknowledge those who aren’t. One can be in a group which
reflects their race and still respect and socialize with others. It’s
okay to tip cab drivers and food deliverers. It’s okay to get drunk
without throwing up on someone’s driveway or on the stairs of
your dorm. Be a collegiate idiot, but don’t be a prick.

"Get off your soapbox," I hear the world saying. Okay. Let me
simply conclude by saying over the summer listen to Jeff Buckley
and Debt Cancer (they rock hard, but not too hard). See a film that
doesn’t star Jim Carrey and watch The Real World, | know, but it’s

1 a fairly safe guilty pleasure, and in case one of the members dies,

you'll know who people are talking about.

Finally, if you’ve heeded no other advice of mine this year,
remember bitching and moaning is good, probably better than
any other activity one can partake in at this school. Do it often, do
it well. It seems to work for me.

Hope you've given a shit...

May 5, 1995

May 5, 1995

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Village Of The Damned Scarier Than It Looks

John ae s new film, Village of the
Damned, apparently gets its name from a
book called The Book of the Damned, which,
according to Christopher Reeve’s character,
lists events (such as toads falling from the
sky) that have never been explained (go Fox
Mulder!). He believes something equally
unexplainable has happened in the town of
Midwich (on rye with mustard), when the
entire population falls asleep and then later
wakes up at the same moment.

Kelly Barclay

I agree a few unexplainable phenomena
occurred, but the truly inexplicable is why
anyone would bother showing such a film
when it was clearly
written for an episode
of Mystery Science
| Theatre 3000. Equally
mazing is how a
movie with so many
oles in the plot
could be so audacious
jas to blatantly end
| eee with the promise of a

Nie sequel.

i After the town

M@wakes up _ they
discover ten women have became pregnant.
Realizing something weird is going on, a
government agent, played by Kirstie Alley,
bribes the women to keep their babies.

Nine months later, at the exact same time,
all ten women go into labor. Nine babies pop
out with the same exact blond hair but one is
stillborn. This one is carried away by Alley
for research, or to add to the beer or
something (hmmm... that’s why Cheers is so
popular). These innocent little rascals grow
up to have some sort of power over
everyone else, power to force others to hurt

or kill themselves.

The babies grow into children, ee a
body count of their elders, and life goes on.
The whole town ‘initially regards them with

eafear, but with
_ kindness and
‘j;understanding,
| learns to accept their
| differences as
|jsomething _ that

| makes them special,
») not abhorrent.

No, I’m lying.
There’s «a scene
straight out of
Frankenstein with
“| torches and a mob,
_ j and people lighting
themselves on fire, blah, blah, blah. Original.

Of course, maybe I’m missing the
sociopolitical implications of the movie.
Perhaps the children represent the European
influences over the colonized world, having
the ability to rule the lives of the native
peoples whom they rape of their ethnicity
and national vigor, leaving them weak and
impotent. Only when the people mask their
thoughts against the interlopers and stress
the benefits of their own culture are they free
from the destructive power the colonizers
personify.

Or maybe the movie represents the death
of the icons of the past generation, replaced
by the young of today. I mean, come on.
Darth Vader couldn’t kill Luke Skywalker,
but in Village of the Damned, seven year old
aliens force him to eat the end of his
shotgun? Use the force, Luke! And
Superman should have been able to squash
the little suckers in a single bound.

To summarize, don’t see this movie unless

_Chuistopher -
Reeve / .

you are stoned or tripping, and the few cool

scenes will overpower the extreme stupidity
of the rest of the film.

French Kiss Doesn't Satisty

Ah, Paris, the city of love and
romance. However, in the new
movie French Kiss with Meg
Ryan and Kevin Kline, Paris is
also the city filled with
pathetic, lovelorn women.

Sue Craine

Meg Ryan plays Kate, a.

woman who is in the process of
gaining Canadian citizenship
so she can marry her fiancée (I
know, this made no sense to
me either). The fiancée, an
annoying boob, is played by
Timothy Hutton. No
self-respecting woman would
run off to Paris after being
dumped by him, but this is
exactly what Kate does.

On route to Paris she meets
Luc, a very greasy and
unshaven Kevin Kline. Luc is
the epitome of everything Kate
hates: he smokes, eats bad
food, and is very loud and
obnoxious. Luc also happens to
be a jewel thief who hides a
stolen necklace in Kate’s bag,
and in a series of mishaps the
two are forced to stay together
in Paris.

Kline as usual is hysterical as
Luc. He manages to make a
man who is basically a criminal
into one who is simply
misunderstood with noble
intentions, and a vineyard to
boot.

Ryan is, as usual, cute.
However, this time she is also
annoying for a good quarter of

the film. It’s hard to have
sympathy for Ryan when she
starts crying after seeing

Hutton and his “slut”
girlfriend together. All that
went through my mind was
“What a pathetic woman, get a
grip, hon.”

This may be due more to
writer Adam Brooks rather
than Ryan’s acting. Kate
waives between a
smart—mouthed woman, who
is at times more obnoxious
than Luc, and a frightened little
girl who is only looking for
someone to take care of her.
This unevenness in Kate also
shows up throughout the film.
Many of the supporting
characters are undeveloped,
and some of the scenes of Paris
are slow-moving.

However, seeing the clear
skies, green pastures, and
crystal clear water of Paris
definitely made it harder to go
back to the grayness of Albany.

French Kiss is, in a word-cute,
a perfect summer/date film. It
won’t win any awards, but
then again who cares about
acting on a date, and while
there is some unevenness,
Kline does manage to shine as
the mysterious Frenchman.

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Bad Brains—God Of Love (Maverick)

Elvis Costello—Kojak Variety (Warner Bros.)
Robert Cray-Some Rainy Morning (Mercury)
Van Morrison—Days Like This (new date) (Polydor)
Primus-Tails From The Punch Bow! (interscope)

Honesty Remains Toad The Wet Sprocket’s Most Successful Policy

Lead Singer Glen Phillips Tells ASPects How The Band Has Grown And Why They Feel The Need To Speak Out On Various Issues

Toad the Wet Sprocket is a
band you might not know all
that well; their exposure in the
limelight has been minimal at
best. Toad keeps a low key
image which coincides with
the humbleness of their music.
Until now, Toad has enjoyed
commercial success with sup-
port from the singles “All I
Want” and “Walk On The
Ocean” from their album Fear.

Ryan Ingrasin

Recently, Toad has been
touring the country in support
of their latest album, Dulcinea
(Colombia), their fourth album
which takes Toad’s pop sound
a step further, incorporating a
variety of social issues. It is an
honest aspect that comes out
strong. They sing about rape,
abuse, and neglect among
other things, keeping their
sound accessible, yet consis-
tently challenging.

Last Saturday I caught up
with Glen Phillips, the lead
singer, before a show at Sienna
College. Phillips entered the
dressing room in a somewhat
dazed state. His shy, boy-ish
image began to take over and
we had a relaxed and comfort-
able conversation.

While the band has been
together for nine years,
Phillips says they didn’t neces-
sarily want to be big rock stars
from the outset.
don’t. I think for the most part
we were going to be pretty
sensible, keep up with school
and get regular jobs. When
we were on tour our par-
ents would ask us when
we would go back to
school and get our
degrees, but they were
pretty supportive.”

Shortly after start-
ing = ut" foat
released their first
couple of albums
with limited success.
However, with a
strong base they
released Fear, their
first studio, major label \
album. Thanks to the
significant airplay that \
record received, Toad was
dragged into the main
stream.

Ryan Ingrasin: How did the |
popularity of Fear affect you ~

after having two less success-

- ful albums?

Glen Phillips: It’s good. It’s a
mixed blessing. It’s hard these
days to be a musician and not
have any of the extras that

“We still

come along with it. At the
same time we don’t have that
much infringing on the priva-
cy. I think the level we’ve been
at isa

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pretty
good level to be at. A lot of
people have heard our music,
know our songs but don’t
know our faces. There’s some
level of respect and also a

good degree of privacy.

RI: Critics have said that Fear
pretty much defined the “Toad
sound.” Do you agree with
that?

GP: It’s different. I don’t know
if it defined it. It was what it
was. It’s really different than
the first two albums. The
first two albums took
like 48 hours to record.
Fear took like over
100? Fear was like
our playing with
knobs experience. |
don’t think it
| defined it. It was
definitely a differ-
ent sound but I
| don’t think we’ve
settled into one
sound.

RI: A great deal of
your music tackles
various social prob-
lems. Do these come
from personal experi-
ences?

GP: Yes. They are either

# things that have happened to

me or stuff that my friends
have gone through.

RI: Do you feel you have an
obligation as a band to pro-
mote these issues?

GP: I don’t think there is any
obligation. We try to support

the issues we feel strongly
about. It’s not out of some
sense of civic duty or responsi-
bility. It’s just what people do.
RI: Are there any issues you
feel are more pressing than
others?

GP: Sexual assault. Just ‘cause

it’s affected everybody I know.
If it hasn’t happened to them,
it’s happened to somebody

If y

Relishing The Blues With Joan Osborne

Joan Osborne was only drinking :

a few beers at a bar one night when
she was convinced to take the stage
(it was an open mic night) and sing
a Billie Holiday song. Over three
years later, the Kentucky native
has carved a place of her own in
the big music world with her
newest release, Relish (Mercury).

Andrea Leszczynski

Osborne sings with full force,
holding nothing back, addressing
sexuality and spirituality. She dab-
bles in all sorts of musical genres,
ranging from gospel, blues, soul,
and good ol’ rock ’n’ roll, to pro-
duce this wonderfully real album.
The sound is raw, like the kind of
style you hear in a lot of roadhouse
bars.

Relish begins with the cool, raspy
“St. Teresa.” The sound of a man-
dolin starts off this dark and fore-
boding bluesy tune mixed with a
twist of rock and a sprinkle of
funky soul. The beat is very sooth-
ing and mystical, while Osborne’s
voice remains natural and haunt-
ingly beautiful.

In “Man In a Long Black Coat,”
Osborne throws in some country
and a tiny bit of gospel to form this

little ditty about a gal giving her
love to a man wearing a long black
coat. There is a twangy yet ethereal
guitar interlude (something similar
to Alice in Chains’ instrumental,
“Whale and Wasp”). Its slow and
pulsating beat create a sad and
depressing mood.

Moving into a more lively mode,
“Right Hand Man” kicks the door
down with its body-swinging
beat-an explosive container of
energy. The song ends, “If he can’t
fix it then I’ll find a boy who
can...” as the tambourine ends its
violent mission.

“Dracula Moon” continues the
raw sound by emphasizing electric
chords over a Pretenders—esque
style. Osborne sounds sly and
seductive with background music
that completely enhances her
provocative voice.

Osborne has taken a few bits of
different musical styles to concoct
an enjoyable album, especially for
those who love the blues. Her
music will make you move and
make you view the classic blues
sound in an entirely different way.
Relish is a funky new album full of
life and energy sought to provoke
many sensual desires.

Goo Goo Dolls Do The Green Day

A Boy Named Goo (Warner
Bros.), The Goo Goo Dolls’
fourth album, is a piece of
high energy fun. Although
the first few songs deal with
problems, the music is still
upbeat. In “Long Way
Down,” a song that deals
with relationships, The Dolls
sing: “I don’t think I'll make it

4 ‘on my own.” They use hard

paced drums and guitars to
describe feelings of depen-
dence.

Jenny Alia Hein

“They don’t need me, don’t
want me, don’t hear a word I
say,” they sing on “Naked.”
The song is about someone
who can no longer be hurt by
anyone. Vulnerability is
expressed
through the ,
symbol off
nakedness}
which is}
seen as the
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naked inside.
your fear”
are sung.

A Boy
Named Goo is
a worthy
album butt.
there is no
much varia
tion between
songs. They
music blends
so easily that it almost seems
as though the album is a
forty-two minute continuous
song. The one exception is
“Name,” the only laid back

track on the album which
projects a different sound. It
is more melodic and sounds
similar to Toad the Wet
Sprocket. However, “Only
One” switches gears again
with a pure rock style, resem-
bling the tones of the first
songs.

“So Long” sounds like it
would fit in well on Green
Day’s Dookie. “Oh I didn’t tell
you, oh so long” is repeated
many times and although it
may sound good, it doesn’t
do anything different or origi-
nal lyrically than any of their
songs.

It almost seems as though
after the sixth song, The Dolls
ran out of things to say.
Varied is not an appropriate
term to describe this album.

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Don’t Have You,” Sobule Wails
the woes of loves gone wrong to
a backdrop of screechy guitars:
“You were great in the sack, even
if you have hair on your back.”
This is the work of an obviously
intelligent lyricist. It doesn't get
much better than this.

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telling us a really cool story that
somehow would not be complete
without that scratchy guitar in
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piano” sound to the songs,
very simple and enjoyable.
Keep in mind, the album is
not a compilation of different
artists’ songs. They are all
Merritt’s songs performed by

The Orb Pumps Out More Classic Techno

Sound Of London in its sound, quite the
opposite of the new rage of minimalism.

With a pretty decent showing from the
U.S. this year (Plastikman, Traci Lords
(?!)), the Brits have decided to role out
their big guns onto the dance music scene
with a new album from The Orb.

things to come. The Orb have decided to

The album starts with “Valley,” a sign of

forego, for the most part, a true beat, but
that is not to say there isn’t any rhythm. In

around good guy, Stephen Merritt,

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cri- wiggle your butt a bit and then it

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just before you let it all go.
nd Sometimes the music blends so
est much that you can’t depict one

sound from another, forming a blur
of music. There is a “Fisher Price toy

returns to the Merritt style.

Other artists on the album are
Mary Timony of Helium, Ayako
Akashiba of the Japanese band
Sunshower, Mark Robinson of
Unrest, and Dean Wareham of
Luna. Wareham sings the lyrics
“you just bore me more, and more
I’m falling out of love with you,” so
happily, you’d think the words
were incorrect.

What makes the album work is
the careful blend of singer and song
and the good choices Merritt made.
And the coolest thing is that, curi-
ously enough, Merritt still cites
ABBA as his favorite band. Now

how many people actually admit
that?

other people. It’s a great fact, every song has it. Some such as
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oa EES CORT SAEED Dee that they both like ‘to do seal Teomom a regular rhythm.
axe: album. songs Get unlike movements = as To move between songs, The Orb use
an Barbara Manning starts off oe ) and have a predilec- y their tried and true method of
with “San Diego Zoo” on an Pie rs eS i strange voice samples
use upbeat note with her pleas- |. b and random
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| to Superchunk, if you like Yo La which has an eerie, “old music box
5 Tengo, and if you particularly like out of tune” sound. You Can't
Be Stephen Merritt, then beg, borrow, Break A Broken Heart” probably
= or steal Wasps’ Nests (London) by has the most unique sound on the
= the 6ths. It’s a culmination of songs @/bum with Jeffrey Underhill of The
S created by songwriter and ail Velvet Crush performing. It starts
ust off with a techno-like beat and then

so than
the Dead as
the Grateful ‘
ones must worry about
messing up their pacemakers.

Anyhow, this is prototypical Orb, but
with a bit of a twist. This shows ‘the pro-
gression they have been undergoing since
Pomme Fritz-it’s a change to a more exper-
imental stance. For the most part, you can
still “dance” to it, but not as easily as the
earlier “Chocolate Hills” or “O.O.B.E.”
While these songs merge together, they
are still distinct enough to be able to tell
them apart. This is similar to Future

works.
The songs
slowly end
. and make a transi-

tion into the noise, then the
disembodied kooky vocals appear over it,
fade out eventually, and the noise comes
back-up. Then the noise becomes the next
song. This is very effective.

This is a good album. I like it lots. But be
forewarned, it is not for the attention span
deficient as the shortest song tops out at
over seven—and—a-half minutes. And they
get progressively longer. All the same, I
highly recommend it.

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ally is.

Sobule shows an obvious fond-
ness for plain old fun on songs
like “Margaret.” (Remember that
goof Catholic girl who makes
X-rated videos?) The words are
nutty, and the music catchy,
complete with all the “doo doo
doos” you can sing, a fake flute,

s \Janovitz, Paul Haring, and Ted Silva flows together,

By The Book

While Cold Water Flat, the latest band out of North
Carolina, keeps the fun and entertaining tradition of
Superchunk and Archers of Loaf, their self-titled debut
(MCA) is far from being original. However, it is far
from being boring. The three piece band of Paul

offering powerful, melodic songs with lots of distor-
tion.

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Janovitz screams more than Jeff Buckley, not that he
| |can’t carry a tune. It fits right in with his guitar, which
is turned up to the same volume as the vocals.
Harding’s drumming is nice and hard, just the way it
should be. Silva’s bass carries the tune along with sim-
ple riffs. The album as a whole is simple but good.
There are even a couple of songs which are slow and
balledish that show they can play their instruments.

“Virus Road” begins with a measure or two of bass
and then kicks into a strong, simple sounding guitar
riff that keeps the song going. The video for this one
can be seen every leap year or two.

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and snapping fingers provided

by Sobule’s mom. They say tal-
ent is inherited, right?

Versatility is Jill Sobule’s
strength. When the lyrics suck
there’s a cool guitar, drum beat,
or mom finger-snapping. And
when the music blows, there’s
really funky lyrics to think about.
Plus, on a few blessed occasions,
Sobule gets the words and the
music right. Sobule’s certainly
not the first to try this alternative
sound, but on this unique debut,
she has certainly created a niche
for herself.

During “Magnetic North Pole” the guitar is almost
totally cut off during the verses and slowly comes on
with shots of distortion and then explodes back during
the chorus. It has a poppy undertone but with the dis-
tortion, it’s more than any stupid top forty song.
“Mistaken” is one of the handful of songs that proves
they can play without distortion and even electricity.
Hey, maybe they'll get a spot on Unplugged.

Cold Water Flat is a suburbly entertaining debut. It
has a clean and pure sound allowing you to hear all the
vocals, yet the instruments are loud and in your face.
Even though there is no originality here, it mixes slow,
melodic songs with heavy distortions and hard riffs to

create a highly enjoyable record.

With the tidal wave of
new tribute albums just jf
released comes ENCOMI- @
UM: A Tribute to Led
Zeppelin (Atlantic). @
Producers Jolene Cherry,
Bill Curbishley, and Kevin
Wiliamson have assem-
bled an eclectic group of
performers to span the

Zeppelin collection from such
classics as “D’yer Mak’er” and
“Misty Mountain Hop” to the
lesser played “Out On the Tiles”
and “Down By The Seaside.”

Matthew Kenigstein

Although the album has some
quality covers, it lacks any of the
feeling and smooth flow of the
originals. This can be exempli-
fied not only in the music, but
also in the CD jacket’s cocka-
mamie Q & A featuring all of the
artists. Zeppelin fans might
wonder how can it be that this
album is devoid of “Stairway”
and “Kashmir,” the bread and
butter of Zeppelin.

Stone Temple Pilots lend a
dose of credibiltiy to newer Zep
renderings with a novel twist on
“Dancing Days.” It has a soulful
blues ambiance to it accented by
Scott Weiland’s vocals. Another
surprise is “Hey Hey What Can I
Do,” performed by Hootie & The
Blowfish, complete with a south-
ern rock atmosphere. Some
tracks like Helmet with David
Tow and Rollins Band doing
“Custard Pie” and “Four Sticks”
respectively, put forth some fine
instrumentals, but lack any

respect for the original vocals,

ultimately butchering some cool
tunes. :

Then there are the “wrong
place, wrong time” tracks that
do more damage than tribute to
Led Zeppelin’s image. Sheryl
Crow’s cover of “D’yer Mak’er”
has a bar mitzvah—band sound
to it that can only make one
shiver at the resonance of her
sloppy vocals and chintzy
instrumental outpour.

The biggest laugh is indeed
last on the album. The legendary
and slowly decaying Robert
Plant (14 years of soloing hasn’t
done any justice to Plant’s
physique or his vocals) teams up
with Tori Amos to perform
“Down By The Seaside.” The
surprising lack of harmonizing
on the part of both celebrated
singers create chaotic vocals.

That’s just the problem with
ENCOMIUM. Die hard fans of
the band may agree many of
these artists don’t seem to fit the
bill as Zeppelin homage. payers.
Many of the other tracks are not
even worth missing an episode
of Who’s the Boss for and could
be categorized as “skip it” ones.
The rampant tribute trend seems
like a get rich quick scheme
rather than an honest attempt to
pay adoration to some of the
greatest bands of all time. And
what better time to do a tribute
album than the return of
Page/Plant after all these years?

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8a Aspects

5/5 - Crying Wolf to perform at
Mother Earth’s Cafe. 8 p.m.
Corner of Quail and Western in
Albany. : |
5/5 - Lois & the Kryptonites
give a contemporary pop and
rock concert at Mill Road Acres,
30 Mill Road, Latham. Show
starts at 9 p.m. Call 783-7244 for
cover charge information.

5/5 - Jamie Notarthomas plays
acoustic rock and R & B at the
Metro. 17 Maple Avenue,
Saratoga. 10 p.m.

5/6 - David Allen Miller and
the Albany Symphony Orches-
tra perform a few selections at
Borders Books and Music. 59

Wolf Road, Albany. 2:30 p.m.

No cover.

5/6 - Bob Franke performs at
the Eighth Step. Show starts at
8 p.m. Cover charge is $10. 14
Willet Street, Albany. Call 434-
1703 for more information.

5/6 - Rainbow Room Trio give

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5/6 - Matt Smith Band plays
rock and blues at the Metro,
upstairs. 17 Maple Avenue,
Saratoga. Show begins at 10
p-m.

5/7 - Shakespeare Old & New
presented by Theatre in the
Ground. 1 p.m. Tickets are $7.
The Eighth Step, 14 Willet
Avenue, Albany. 434-1703 for
additional information.

5/7 - The Chuck Woolery
Experience will be performing
at Mother Earth’s Cafe from 12
p-m. to 3 p.m. Quail and West-
ern Avenue in Albany.

5/7 - Alex Torres and the Latin
Kings Orchestra perform dif-
ferent Afro-Caribbean rhythms.
Terrace Gallery, The NYS Muse-
um, Empire State Plaza on
Madison Avenue, Albany.
Admission is free. 2-3 p.m.

5/8 - University-Community
Symphonic Band and Univer-
sity Percussion Ensemble give
a free concert in the Main The-
atre of the Performing Arts
Center. 8 p.m. For more infor-

mation, call Alton McCloud at
442-3995.

5/9 - The Sun Mountain Band
perform old time fiddle music
at the Troy Savings Bank Music
Hall. Concert is free. 12 p.m.
For additional information, call
the Box Office at 273-0038.

5/9 - Imaginary People will
play at Mother Earth’s Cafe at 8
p.m.

5/10 - Richard Albagli and
Matthew Ward perform a con-
cert with marimbas. Free
admission. Troy Savings Bank
Music Hall. Call 273-0038 for
more information.

5/10 - Seven Rabbit Stew give
a jazz concert at Mother Earth’s
Cafe. 8 p.m.

5/11 - Hair of the Dog play
Irish folk and pub tunes at Mill
Road Acres. 30 Mill Road,
Latham. 8 p.m.

5/11 - 500 Hats will perform at
Mother Earth’s Cafe at 8 p.m.
5/12 - Alan Jackson with Faith
Hill give a country concert at
the Knick Arena. Wesley Den-
nis also scheduled to appear.
Tickets can be purchased at the
Knick Box Office. 487-2000.

7:30 p.m. :

5/12 - Perfect Thyroid perform
at the Metro. 17 Maple Avenue
in Saratoga. 10 p.m. show.
5/12 - Nancy Tucker, comic
folk artist, will be performing at
The Eighth Step Upstairs, 14
Willett Street, Albany. $12
reserved tickets. Call 434-1703
for information.

5/13 - Big Jack Johnson sched-
uled to perform at the Metro. 17
Maple Avenue, Saratoga. 10
p.m.

5/13 - Ellipsis will perform at
Mother Earth’s Cafe. 8 p.m.
5/14 - Albany Pro Musica,
Music for Chorus Brass and
Winds. Show begins at 8 p.m.
at the Troy Savings Bank Music
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5/15 - Pulitzer Prize author,
Norman Mailer will read from
his works in Page Hall, UAI-
bany’s downtown campus. 135
Western Avenue. 8 p.m. Free.
5/18 - The Boneheads perform
a rootsy acoustic folk-rock-
blues concert. Mill Road Acres,
30 Mill Road, Latham. Call
783-7244 for time and cover
charge.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Calm Down

To The Editor:

I am writing in response to Randolph
Viscio’s column “Put Up or Shut Up” of
last week. Well, I’m here to “put up”
because never before in my life have I
ever seen such a rude display of blatant
ignorance. The first bone that I want to
pick is how he opens the article. He states
_ that he feels more pity for those that com-
mitted the heinous act in Oklahoma two
weeks ago, than for those viciously mur-
dered by it. Perhaps, what Mr. Viscio
needs is to either have his own legs blown
off in a blast or one of his children burned
beyond recognition. Single-handedly, he
is the most insensitive human being (I use
the term loosely) that I have ever encoun-
tered.

Another thing that I think Mr. Viscio
needs to know is that no matter how hard
he tries, no matter how much vicious,
race-baiting rhetoric he spews, he cannot
turn this into an issue about race. This
tragedy was not about race. Black chil-
dren, Asian children, White children were
brutally murdered. The fact of the matter
is that innocent, young lives were lost for
reasons having nothing to do with the
color of their skin. Mr. Viscio then goes
on to dispute the image depicted of the
fireman carrying a little white boy to safe-
ty. I, myself did not notice the color of the
child nor would I have noticed if he were
Black or Asian, I paid attention to the fact
that it was a child, for God’s Sake!

Mr. Viscio’s ramblings do not cease
there. He chastises us for suspecting
Arabs. Perhaps, most people jumped to
the wrong conclusion, but I don’t feel that
it was such an unfair assumption given
their past record with bombing. It is cer-
tainly not worthy of creating more unnec-
essary tension where none is needed.

My point is, that as much as Randolph
Viscio would like to stir up controversy
where there is none, he will not succeed
for people who know a fraud when they
see one. As far as his pseudo-intellectual
parallels with Steinbeck’s novel, it simply
just does not apply here. I think that Mr.
Viscio just likes to orally masturbate (i.e.
loves to hear himself talk), however, with-
out granting him too much undeserved
credit, he should be aware that engaging
in such insensitive behavior carries some
potentially harmful consequences. My
advice to you, Mr. Viscio, is to calm
down, don’t fulfill your need for attention
by cashing in on another’s tragedy.
Jennifer Arlen

The Truth
Comes Out

To The Editor:
After reading the garbage in the last
issue of the ASP, I knew that it was time
to write a response to the article.
Mismanagement of funds or publicity
wasn’t done by the Programming office.
If one took a survey an ask students how
many people knew about the One Love,
One People Weekend. No doubt, most
students knew or at least heard about the
Weekend. Publicity is no excuse why the
Colours concert was a complete failure,
the reason is the bands who were picked
to perform nobody knew of. Some people
are trying to find a blame, which is okay,
but when you do that know the facts or at
least come to the individual whom your
blaming. ‘When I stated in last week issue
of the ASP that the cause could have been
advertised more, I (Walton Gould) meant
Michael Connors had come to myself and
the President of SA stating he has all this
free publicity line up with Radio and
Television stations, which would promote
the event, because they had owed Con-
nors some favors. Come to find out no

T.V. interviews and the original radio co-
sponsor backed out. So Connors brought
in Z-Rock in as the co-sponsor.
15,000 dollars loss didn’t occur. For
the cancellation of the Colours concert,
SA took a loss of $7000 for the RACC,
laser lights, security, stage/crew, and

catering. Out of this the Programming
office wasn’t a decision maker in what
bands would play, and wasn’t responsible
for ticket sales, all of the decisions was
upto Connors. Let this known, the Pro-
gramming office didn’t start planning this
event, it was pre-planned with 90 percent

of the work done when Connors brought.

the event to SA. The Programming office
went beyond our line of duty trying to
make. the Colours Concert a Success like
Springfest.

With all this negative publicity on one
event, I don’t want it to overshadow all
the other great events put on by the Pro-
gramming office. Fun Flicks, Suny night
at Boogies, March Madness (Basketball
Tournament), Quest for $1000 dollars,
Battle of the Bands and Springfest fashion
show/concert. Which all was successful
events. All those who played a major role
in the office needs to be recognized. Pro-
gram Relation Coordinators for a job well
done. From the start to the end of my
tenure everything that was done in the
Programming office I have no regrets,
because we the Programming staff and
board gave the student community what
they wanted.

The reason for the title let the Truth Be
Known, has to-do with individual within
SA who jobs are to stir up trouble. Eliza-
beth Ann Ball, Media Director, who was
the individual responsible for the flyer last

and living with others who are different
from ourselves that students learn to rec-
Ognize and appreciate the value and
importance of community responsibility
and of living successfully in a multi-cul-
tural society.” Sadly, as residence hall
director, you have failed in your obliga-
tion to observe this University credo. I
had no idea that the mission statement

‘was a mere platitude, without substance,

and subject to the whims of University
officials.

Fundamentally, you failed to conduct a
proper investigation of an alleged incident
outside the mailroom of Waterbury Hall. I
offer the following passage to substantiate
my claim: “However, Mr. Fisher’s
remarks were, nonetheless, inexcusable.”
As residence director, your assumptions
were based wholly on the word of a Uni-
versity employee. You have acted the part
of judge, jury, and executioner without
proper legal authority to do so. I was
never afforded an opportunity to speak
with you, confront the SA Joquanna H., or

provide witnesses on my behalf. In addi-

tion, you made subjective statements con-
cerning my political affiliation, and my
stance on the Lesbian-Gay Community,
which I find equally offensive.
Irrespective of administrative policy, I
find your statements to John Murphy
regarding the “alleged incident” most
offensive, and in light of my Constitution-

semester made “Finals Are Cancelled”
this causing a major uproar on campus!
Students not knowing if this flyer was
legit. This could have cause students the
referendum and the failure of classes.
Ball who was not registered student last
semester, but still decided to undermine
all students and receive a paycheck from
Student Association. After this informa-
tion was verified with Jessica Casey,Cam-
pus Life that true indeed Ball wasn’t a
registered student. SA President Blain
removed Ball from her position. Also
Ball along with another Executive Branch
member (mismanaged) $5000 out of her
office line into another line, unauthorized
by not following proper procedure of poli-
cy. Elizabeth Ann Ball never knew or
understood the true meaning of a true
leader, more so an INDIVIDUALIST.

Allan Richards SA Educational Affairs
Director. The Next time you see Richards
in stopping ask him what events has his
office sponsored besides Joe Clark. Yes,
your definitely right a lost of words and
wisdom. For one who tries to stir up trou-
ble, it goes without reason why Residen-
tial Life sudden (Fire) removal of his RA
assistant position. The reason was he
wasn’t in good academic standing. The
job of the Educational Affairs office is to
educate students about Academia, you
can’t blame Richards for doing such a ter-
rible job because who would come to him
asking for advice or information when he
can’t function at this University with good
academic standing.

Let it be stated my position as Pro-
gramming Director was “interim” upto
the major event Springfest, my position
was at the end. Thanks to all the support
of students, staff, and administrators who
have made my four years of leadership
great and interesting. All of you are invit-
ed to the President Undergraduate Leader-
ship Awards were I’m (Walton Gould) a
recipient and the true leaders Ball and
Richards are not. In two week I will grad-
uate an move on to my next Episode, until
next time PEACE!!

Walton Gould

Most Offensive

To The Editor:
According to the Residence Life Mis-
sion Statement, “It is through interacting

“IT think that Mr. Viscio just likes
to orally masturbate...”
Jennifer Arlen

al rights to due process, a violation of law.
Therefore, it is my intention to pursue
every legal means at my disposal to
obtain justice, and to prevent you from
violating the rights of other individuals at
this university. I hold you personally
responsible for violating my rights to due
process, and for your blatant attempt to
malign my good name.

Richard T. Fisher

Take A Look

To The Editor:

I would like to take the opportunity to
respond to the criticism that I received in
last week’s issue concerning a column
that I wrote in the April 22 edition of the
ASP. 1 wrote a piece partially of what I
observed of the College Republicans
“forum” on affirmative action and partial-

ly about the hidden agenda of the national |

Republican leadership. In the April 28
issue of the ASP, College Republican
member, Robert Burke seemed to imply
that I was giving credit to a group of cam-
pus right-wingers being able to split the
Democratic Party in 1996. Let me make it
perfectly clear that I don’t give them any
credit for that. The only credit that I give
them is in helping to elect our quasi-gov-
ernor who plans to raise SUNY tuition
through the roof. I’m sure that the College
Republicans have a really good excuse for
that part of the proposed budget and
would defend it.

Let me also be clear about what I meant
by subsidizing every rich person’s child.
The Republican Party’s so called “Con-
tract With America,” had a provision in it
and put it in their budget to give a $500
tax credit to each child in a family, whose
income is up to $200,000. Newt Gingrich
and company say that people who have
earnings in the hundreds of thousands are
really suffering from a repressive tax sys-
tem. When was the last time time you
Republicans saw a rich person economi-
cally suffering?

And now on to the school lunch pro-
gram that the Republicans in Congress are
trying to ax. They want to turn this
Federal program over the States, where
they think it will be handled more effi-
ciently. These are the same group of
Republicans that 10 years ago wanted
ketchup to be counted as a vegetable
when the lunch program merits were

being debated in a Reagan budget deal.
This program is working now and bring-
ing food to children of low income fami-
lies. Would the Republicans on Capital
Hill really want to do this? They don’t
really care because low-income Ameri-
cans don’t usually vote for Republicans
anyway (Big surprise there!).

As for my thoughtful commentary

being deemed ignorant by the reader, why
don t you look at your own national party
leadership like House Majority Leader
Dick Armey, who referred to Congress-
man Barney Frank (D-MA.) as “Barney
Fag,” because he is a homosexual. Armey
later pathetically apologized calling it
only a mere “slip of the tongue.” Then
there is presidential hopeful Rep. Bob
Dornan (R-CA), who said two months
ago that President Clinton “gave comfort
to the enemy” during the Vietnam War
because of his protests and strong beliefs
that the war was a mistake. He also called
him a traitor. By the way, for all you
Republican primary voters, Dornan could
be your man if you think that Pat
Buchanan is too liberal for you!
Then there are such tolerant and enlight-
ened Republicans in Congress like Sen.
Helms and Sen. Thurmond, who opposed
desegregation during the civil rights
movements. That, my friends is what has
become of the party of Abraham Lincoln.
It is no wonder why 85% of blacks, 75%
of Latinos and 80% of Jews vote Demo-
cratic!

As for me thinking that the American

public are fools, that’s bologna! The

American people are bright and very
intelligent people, but when they are told
the same half-truths and misinterpreta-
tions long enough, then pretty soon peo-
ple will begin to believe them. That seems
to be the Republican Party’s strategy at
this juncture in time!

Robert Michaels

e

Warped View
To the Editor:

This is in response to the “Put Up or
Shut Up” column written last week by
Randolph Viscio. In this column letter,
Mr. Viscio wrote that he feels “more a
sense of emotion and sadness for the guys
who committed the crime (Oklahoma
Bombing) then those murdered by it.”
This isthe same warped view of morality
that led Israeli Prime Minister Rabin to
shake the hands of Arafat, a mass murder-
er. It is written in the Jewish Talmud that
“he who has mercy on the cruel is ulti-
mately cruel to the merciful.” It is outra-
geous for Mr. Viscio to preach such non-
sense and express sympathy for these evil
killers.

Mr. Viscio also wrote that it was illogi-
cal for the media to presume that there
was an Arab terrorist connection to the
bombing. According to the April 21 Wall
Street Journal, 9 out of the 11 major car
bombings occurring in the world since
February of 1993, were committed by
Arab terrorists. It is common knowledge
that Lebanon is a country in which many
and diverse terrorist group train and oper-
ate from. Terrorists, whether they are
Japanese, German, Iranian, or Arab have
operated in Lebanon. It would not be sur-
prising if it came out that the Oklahoma
bombers have trained in or have been
financed by terrorists in Lebanon.

The lesson to be learned from Okla-
homa is that terrorists must be brought to
justice to swiftly deter other terrorists

from attempting to do the same.
Neil Freilich

Thanks to all of you
who submitted letters
and columns this
semester. We apologize
for any which were not
published and look for-
ward to hearing from
you next September.


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FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1995 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 7

Students across country protest with hunger strikes

(CPS)For nine days, student
and faculty activists at Universi-.
ty of California-Los Angeles
existed on nothing more than
bottled water. Jorge Mancillas, a
UCLA medical school professor,
recalls after days without food,
he could barely walk and found
himself in need of wheelchair.

“Our bodies were fading, but
Our spirits were keeping us
strong,” says Mancillas of the
spring 1993 hunger strike.

In the old days, campus
protesters may have staged a sit-
in or taken over a building. Now
student activists are often tuming
to hunger strikes, promising to
go without food until demands
are met.

So far this year, students have
used the dramatic tactic at Cor-
nell University, the City Univer-
sity of New York, the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and
Northwestern University.
Protests have been sparked by
everything from tuition increases
to a demand for more courses on
ethnicity and race. In each case,
students have suffered no more
than a headache and fatigue
from their efforts.

But a debate ensues on
whether hunger strikes are an
effective, attention-grabbing
ploy to get administrators to sit
up and pay attention or if the
students are only hurting them-
selves by refusing to eat.

Are the Protests Going Too
Far? ©

Some students, however, say
such famine protests are mis-
guided.

While a junior at the Universi-
ty of Colorado, Jennette Galanis

was one of 35. students who par- .

ticipated in a hunger strike to
protest a decision by the faculty
senate not to recommend tenure
status for professors teaching
ethnic studies courses. The fast-
ing students, who existed on
only water for nearly six days,
also wanted the university to
increase the number of required
courses on gender and race
issues.

Although the university gave
in to the group’s demands, Gala-
nis says that she’s not so sure the
students did the right thing.
“You’re not exactly showing
your power,” she says. “Students
need to decide what is best for
the campus climate. The idea of
a hunger strike and self-emula-

tion doesn’t exactly show a °

group’s strength.”

Galanis recommends using
tactics that show the protesting
group’s power, such as a letter-
writing campaign, petitions,
phone calls and demonstrations.
If demands still aren’t recog-
nized, Galanis suggests moving
on to stronger displays of force,
such as the takeover of a campus
building.

“You want to make sure you
remain in a position of power
and that the administration
knows that you’re willing to use
peaceful force to demonstrate
that power,” Galanis says.

Kevin Frost, a member of

Northwestern University’s Con- |

servative Council, says he
believes hunger strikers on his
campus are overreacting. “It’s
almost an insult to those who
went on hunger strikes for legiti-
mate causes,” says Frost, a
member of the NU t~onservative
Council. “We’re talking about
students who didn’t get their
way and now they want to pout.”

Last week, Frost and others
handed out pizza to students
passing in front of the Asian-
American protesters. “We just
wanted to give them the oppor-
tunity to eat if they were hun-
gry,” Frost says. “We wanted to
make sure they didn’t starve.”

Students on hunger strikes do
pose difficult problems for uni-
versities. In addition to the
potentially bad publicity, school
administrations often set up
security and health facilities for
the fasting students.

Kenneth Wildes, NU’s vice
president for public relations,
says that the school has taken
extra safety precautions to
ensure that the protesting stu-
dents remain safe. “We have
nurses on-hand just in case a stu-
dent gets too weak,” he says.
“We understand their right to
protest, but the last thing the uni-
versity wants is for someone to

get hurt.”

Doctors and nurses on cam-
puses where hunger strikes have
occurred have offered advice to
students on minimizing the risks.
For example, when Stanford
University students went on a
hunger strike last April to urge
the administration to establish
programs for Hispanic students,
the health staff there persuaded
strikers to drink a water-based
solution that provided such nec-
essary electrolytes as salt and
potassium.

And when several students at
the University of California-
Santa Barbara went on a nine-
day hunger strike last spring to
protest their own Chicano stud-

ies department, Dr. Cynthia M.
Bowers, director for the student
he~lth service at Santa Barbara,
closely monitored the strikers.

“We started out be telling
them what they were about to do
was not medically advisable,”
says Bowers, adding that they
urged the students to drink fruit
juices and take vitamins, but stu-
dents chose to drink only water.

Drinking too little water can
lead to dehydration. Drinking
too much water can flush out
electrolytes.

But Bowers says even though
the strikers are making the deci-
sion to put their health in risk,
university medical professionals
are ethically obligated to do
what they can to take care of stu-
dents.

“Number one, it is not our
place as health professionals to
be political on campus, and by
providing medical advice to the
hunger strikers, we were by no
means supporting their political
cause,” says Bower. “Number

two, our role on campus is to

keep our student population
healthy. That means, even if
their actions are medically
unwise, we have to try the best
we can in the given situation.”
As strikers entered the second
week of their hunger fast, Bow-
ers says she and her staff were

’ prepared to ask strikers to sign

consent forms, allowing them-
selves to be treated if they
became unconscious.

“It was at the point I was con-
cerned we could see some seri-
ous health problems ‘ she says.
“IT was prepared to ask students

if they were serious enough to
die over their cause. In the event
that something happened, we
were asking for their informed
consent to be provided emergen-
cy medical treatment.”

Luckily, adds Bowers, it didn’t
get that far. On the very morning
‘she was to approach students, an
agreement was reached, and the
strike ended.

“Civil disobedience gets hard,”
explains Bowers. “We were talk-
ing to lawyers about the legal
issues of what to do if somebody
gets sick and refuses treatment.
The risks are astronomical.”

At many campuses, however,
the strikes do ignite attention,
both from the student body and
the The attempt by NU’s
Asian-American students to win
academic recognition through a
hunger strike is loosely patterned
after a similar protest at the Uni-
versity of California-Los Ange-
les.

In the spring of 1993, students
at UCLA held a hunger strike to
protest Chancellor Charles
Young’s refusal to create an
independent department for the
school’s Chicano studies pro-
gram. Young said the courses
would more effective when
taught by faculty members from
various departments; but stu-
dents disagreed, arguing that the
move left the program severely
underfunded. ;

“It was a way for the students
to show their deep commitment
to the program,” says Mancillas.
“There was not a person among
us who lacked the conviction to
see this all through.”

While negotiations continued,
the nine UCLA protesters drank
only water. After nine days of
pressure from the Hispanic com-
munity, Young announced sever-
al cutbacks within the university
to help fund a Chicano studies
department. The protest also
received national press coverage.

“There were so many people
who came to support us. That
presence made the urgency of
the strike even more important,”
says Mancillas.

But despite pledges of com-
mitment, many fasting students
soon discover how di~lcult a
hunger strike can

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Northwestern University, joined
the hunger strike sponsored by
an Asian American student
group because he felt a com-
monality with the cause.

“As a Latino, I finally feel a
real bond with other minority
students on campus,” he said
Monday, April 17, the first day
of his fast. “I’m willing to take
this all the way.”

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though, Becerra was finished. “TI
had to break because I have
midterms coming up,” he said.
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of me, and I had to be ready for
them.”

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IAB

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of the concerns from the student
athletes.

Petitioners also charge that the
administration placed students
on the IAB— the board respon-
sible for making recommenda-
tions to the president on fund-
ing— without consulting Central
Council.

The University IAB by-laws
state it is to be responsible for
the management and oversight
of the intercollegiate athletic
program and for formulating the
annual University intercollegiate
athletics budget and recom-
mending it to the University
President for approval.

Article III of the by-laws state
the voting membership of the
IAB would consist of four mem-
bers of the teaching faculty, two
members of the administrative
staff and five students recom-
mended for appointment by the
Student Association President to
the University President. The
five student appointments will
be appointed by the University
President, after receiving nomi-
nation from the SA President
ihaving the concurrence of the
Central Council.

The petitioners in the suit
have claimed Vice President of
Student Affairs James Doelle-
feld, Swygert and Richards have
“deliberately misinterpreted? an
agreement signed in April, 1993
between the former SA Presi-
dent Diego Munoz and Swygert
as constituting an amendment of
the by-laws which would elimi-
nate Central Council in the pro-
cess simply due to the absence

of any reference to the Council
in the agreement.”

“Now that is a clear violation
of our constitution and a clear
violation of their by-laws,” stat-
ed Michael Castrilli, Council
vice chair, at the March 1 Coun-
cil meeting.

Munoz, who has joined in the
suit as a petitioner, stated in a
signed affidavit, the agreement
was intended only to address
matters concerning the imple-
mentation of Mandatory Athletic
Fees and that no part of the
Munoz Agreement was “intend-
ed to supersede, amend or cir-
cumvent Central Council con-
currence in student nominations
as required by the by-laws of the
Intercollegiate Athletics Board.”

The role of council, the peti-
tioners state, was required by the
IAB by-laws to “reduce the
chances of corrupt, inept or
unsuitable student appointments
being made, given the review of
nominations by the Central
Council at large.”

The by-laws of the IAB state
that they also must review exist-
ing programs and respond to
proposals for adding or deleting
specific sports programs, includ-
ing the monitoring of Title IX
review and compliance.

The IAB was to meet in the
fall and have a recommendation
to President Swygert and the
Executive Cabinet by December
31, 1994 to deal with “determin-
ing how best to become gender
equitable within its current fiscal
environment,” stated the Univer-
sity after the reinstatement of the
four sports in August and the
announcement of the addition of
womenis field hockey and golf.

In November, then SA Presi-

dent Cliff Lent nominated four
student athletes and one non ath-
lete (as dictated in the by-laws)
to serve on the IAB. The bill
was referred to Central Coun-
cil’s Intercollegiate Athletic
Committee when it was realized
that none of the teams in ques-
tion were represented and con-
cern over the compliance with
the IAB by-laws were raised,
ICAC Chair Michael Castrilli
stated in a memo to council.

Central Council passed a reso-
lution April 26 stating “Prior to
the appointment of the five stu-
dents on or about Nov. 17, 1994,
there was no receipt of, review
of, or concurrence in the nomi-
nations made by the then SA
President Cliff Lent by the Cen-
tral Council.”

The resolution stated this was
a violation of the IAB by-law
which includes the five students
on the board and resolved to
“join and participate in the com-
mencement and continuation of
any action, proceeding, or law-
suits against the University at
Albany and any other adminis-
trator or faculty members taking
part in said violations.”

The petitioners in the law suit
are now claiming the appointees
were subject to bias and influ-
ence stating “That each student
illegally appointed to the IAB,
except one, (who, in accordance
with the IAB by-laws, does not
participate in Intercollegiate
sports), is connected to or direct-
ly coached by one of the mem-
bers of [the IAB Gender Equity
Review Sub-Committee,] or
would be directly benefited by
the scheme of Respondent
Richards to advance the Inter-
collegiate Football and Basket-

ball Division II programs by
making more funds available for
same.”

Men’s Tennis Coach Bob
Lewis said the University violat-
ed the court order in procedural
matters. “The IAB was not
legally appointed,” he said.
“This shows the arbitrary nature
for what they, are trying to do.”

According to a recent publica-
tion of the NCAA entitled
“Achieving Gender Equity”
schools must comply with the
Title IX laws, the 1982 federally
mandated gender equity guide-
lines, in one of three ways.

Lewis said SUNYA does com-
ply already with one- SUNYA
has demonstrated a history and
continuing practice of program
expansion for the under repre-
sented sex. Lewis cited the addi-
tion of the women’s lacrosse
team three years ago.

But, said University Relations

Sports Spokesman _ Brian
DePasquale, the courts have
been most concerned with pro-
portionality.

Currently Albany has a 52
percent men to 48 percent
women gender ratio, and 65 per-
cent male athlete to 35 percent
female athlete ratio. These
changes would bring the athlete
ratio to 53 percent male and 47
percent female.

Lewis said dropping JV foot-
ball and basketball, capping
football to 85, filling women’s
rosters to expected size, adding
field hockey and capping other
menis sports would bring the
proportions closer together.

“That’s all you need to do,”
Lewis said. “There’s no justifi-
able reason for cutting any varsi-
ty programs at the University at

Albany.”

Albany has also announced it
will add women’s golf this com-
ing fall. Once added, Albany
will be the only school in New
York with a womenis golf team,
Lewis said.

“The nearest team is two and a
half hours away at the Universi-
ty of Hartford,” Lewis said.
“There are only seven or eight
teams in the Northeast and all
but one are Division I.”

The womenis golf team will
only have eight people on the
team which will not make a sig-
nificant difference in gender
equity, according to Swimming
Coach Dave Turnage.

“IT can’t understand how they
would drop women’s swimming
which has 20-25 women on it
and replace it with golf with
only eight,” Turnage said.

This also seems to be a contra-
diction to Swygert’s charge to
the IAB that “only programs that
the University can reasonably
expect to be successful be pur-
sued.”

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MICHELS

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posting violations were discov-
ered on State and Colonial
quads. Sehgal said they tore
down most of the violating
posters, and he presented a
bunch of them to council.
“These are only part of them,”
he said, “there were too many to
bring them all.”

Michels defended himself to
Council by saying such viola-
tions had never been cited in the
past. “Chalking is a common
thing on this campus. No one
mentioned it at the candidates
meeting— it was only mentioned
after the fact.”

Kleinman, who had run the
candidates meeting before Seh-
gal was appointed, agreed he
didn’t mention anything about
chalk. “But I also didn’t say you
couldn’t stab your opponent,” he
added.

Michels alleged other candi-
dates were not cited for viola-
tions they made. Sehgal said
Michels claimed Friday Nema-
chemi also had illegal posters.
When he and Michels went to
see them, however, Sehgal said,
“T only saw more of Brian’s vio-
lations.”

“If Brian Michels can’t show
respect to the elections violation
act, he shouldn’t be the Vice-
President,” Sehgal said.

Kleinman said he supports
Sehgal 100 percent. “We want to
make sure all candidates are on a
level playing field. As long as
‘there are the same rules for
everybody, no one has an advan-
tage,” he said.

Kleinman added if no one had
the chance to see the violations,

that is, if they were discovered
in the middle of the night and
taken down before morning, it
wouldn’t have mattered as
much. “The action of postering
is not the issue, the effect of the
posters is,” he said.

Nemachemi didn’t have a fair
shot because of Michel’s activi-
ties, Kleinman said. “I think the
chalk got him [Michels] 150
more votes. If it weren’t for the
chalk, he wouldn’t have been in
the runoffs,” he said.

Sehgal said he went easy on
Michels, citing him for entire
violations instead of individual
posters or chalk mark. “I was
lenient to him until the end, until
he deserved it, until I could take
it no more,” he said.

Allegations were made against
Sehgal by representatives of
ASUBA, Fuerza Latina, Asian
American Alliance, Korean Stu-
dent Association, as well as
Doreen’ Tinajero, James
Williams, Parag Khandhar, and
Anne Thomas, charging he also

violated parts of the Elections

Regulation Act.

They claim Seghal’s infrac-
tions include not opening all
polls at 4 PM; assigning Quad
Area Coordinators, who run the
polls at each quad, to quads
where he or resides; assigning a
non-—student.to work as an Area
Coordinator on Dutch Quad; and
not distributing quad posting
information to candidates.

Sehgal said he was upset a lot

of groups were trying to invali-

date the election. “That doesn’t
accomplish anything,” he said.
He added the charges were
impractical. “If I’m the only one
with the key, how can I open all
the polls at the same time?” he

said.

He also said there weren’t
enough people to run the elec-
tions, and he had to use
whomever was willing. “The
person who was supposed to run
the Dutch Quad polls never
showed up. The only replace-
ment was a former student
whom everyone knew and trust-
ed. If he hadn’t done it, no one
would have, and the election
would have been invalidated
anyway,” Sehgal said.

Kleinman said he didn’t dis-
tribute the quad policy at the
candidates meeting. “But no one
asked for it either,” he said. He
added any of the candidates
could have stopped in the quad
office while postering and gotten
a copy of the policy.

However, Williams said the
policy infractions. needed to be
looked into. He said, “I under-
stand there were time contraints,
but this was done half-assed.”

Thomas agreed. “I don’t think
policy is to be interpreted by
certain people,” she said.

She added, “The only thing
we’re asking is for an investiga-
tion into the commissioner’s
actions.” She said she wanted to
set a precedent in case such
events happen again.”

In policy, the Supreme Court
would have jurisdiction over
Sehgal’s decision, but since SA
has no Supreme Court right now,
the dispute was brought to coun-
cil.

Thomas, claimed Kleinman
threatened to freeze SASA’s
travel budget if the election was
invalidated. “It was definitely a
threat,” she said.

Kleinman, however denies
making a threat. “I told her cit-

ing Sehgal for these violations
was like SASA making a mis-
take in logging travel miles, and
SA feezing their travel budget
for it.” He said he used this
example with numerous people,
and never meant it as a threat.

Sehgal said the allegations
against him were made to get
former Vice-Presidential candi-
date Monica Miranda back on
the ballot. He said, “The primary
election cannot be invalidated
because a formal protest was not
lodged within 72 hours of the
election,” he said. Therefore,
Miranda would not be allowed
in the runoff, anyway.

Thomas denies this assertion.
“Monica came up,” she said,
“but that was not our main driv-
ing force.”

Keinman said the Elections
Commissioner has 100 percent
power unless the Vice President
is convinced he is acting unethi-
cally. “This election was not run
unethically. Manish has done an
amazing job,” he said.

Sehgal said, “This was the
smoothest election ever— 2000
people voted. If people want to
go above my head, fine. But I’m
damn proud of the job I’ve
done.”

He added Chris Krafchek,
Michels’ running mate ran a Vir-
tually clean campaign. “Every-
one did, except Michels,” he
said.

“Professionally, Brian should
have been smarter,” Sehgal said.
“You can only say you’re sorry

SO many times.”

Sehgal said he has no malice
toward Michels. But, he said,
“Everyone was scummy toward
each other. I recommend no one
ever take my job.”

PRESIDENT

Continued from the front page

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perspective”. I speak for myself,
and I happen to be Latino- if that
matters at all. Jonathan Rauch, in
his book Kindly Inquisitors: New
Attacks on free Thought ,; makes
an obvious and often overlooked
point: “Within any racial or eth-
nic group you care to define, per-
spectives are much more differ-
ent than alike. Knowing a man’s
color or descent tells you nothing
whatever about his ‘perspective‘

~ nor does it make him a bit more >

or less credible as a player in the
game of science.” So much for
any distinctive perspective,
Recently I have expressed to
one of my Latino friends, my

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Nations, by Andrew Hacker. The
book deals with race relations,
and has received good reviews.
So it seemed like it would pro-
vide for interesting and provoca-
tive that he’s (the author) is
white”. This seemed odd. The
thought had never occurred to
me. On another occasion, I was
having a conversation with an
African American friend of
mine. I have expressed my admi-
ration of the African American
scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.
My friend responded “he’s
(Gates) a sellout. I don’t care to

read anything he has to pay. The

man had absolutely no credibility
in my eyes” (I’m paraphrasing)
Notice a trend? A commonly
held, and false belief, is that an
argument or criticism can be val-
idated is invalidated by one’s
race, gender, or even ideological
position. As if Andrew Hacker,
by virtue of being white cannot
offer any penetrating analysis
and insight into race relations.
Granted that ones race or ideo-
logical position may increase or
decrease the receptivity of one’s
ideas. But the validity of the
argument does not rest on its
receptivity. An argument can
only be defeated by attacking it’s
logic and its premises- not by
attacking the person or the moti-
vation for making the argument.
In short, the validity of an argu-
ment does not rest on an individ-
uals race or ideological position.
Rather, the validity of an argu-
ment lies on its premises and
internal logic. Nothing more.

Some black scholars and stu-
dents have a mistaken under-
standing of what Black studies is
supposed to be. “The goal of
Africana Studies”, an African

American student once told me,
“is to raise the self-conscious-
ness as well as establish a strong
cultural identity for African
American students” (I’m para-
phrasing). He is wrong. His error
lies in his (mis) understanding of
Africana Studies. He has
obscured academic discipline
and scholarship with political
activism and advocacy. The pur-
pose of any academic discipline,
including Africana Studies is
ultimately the search for knowl-
edge. The methods to achieve
any knowledge are accuracy, dis-
passionate analysis, and objectiv-
ity. The unattainable goal of
objectivity remains a must. A
politically liberating agenda,
which violates these fundamental
principles has no place in the
university classroom. This is not
to suggest that Afro centric
based scholarship should not be
used to influence social change-
it certainly should. But political
activism and advocacy should
not define African American
studies departments. An individ-
ual can be both a scholar and an
advocate. But the two roles
should not be confused, nor
should one cross over the other.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. makes the
point ; “Too many people still
regard African American studies,
primarily as a way to rediscover
a last cultural identity”; he adds,
“we must remember that we are
scholars and not polemicists.”
The historian John Hope
Franklin makes the point: “while
a black scholar has a clear
responsibility in improving the
society in which he lives, he
must understand the difference
between hard hitting advocacy
on the one hand and the highest

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other.”

The legitimate aims.of the
Afro centric movement are
intended to raise the pride and
self-esteem of blacks by
acquainting them with a long-
ignored African heritage. (A
somewhat questionable and
ambiguous aim of Afrocentrism,
as put forth by Molefic Kete
Asante, is what he calls “the
struggle against disorientation
where many of us (blacks)
believe we share the same histo-
ry which we all share. The grip
of the dialogue about Black
History, Latino History,
Women’s History, or any other
ethnic history tends to foreclose
any discussion of American his-
tory. The reason ethnic history is
so important is because it leads
us to a better understanding of
American history. That is, we
can understand how minorities
impacted on America, as well as
the impact America has had on
American minorities. Some
blacks would like to suggest that
black history, in America is
wholly autonomous; ignoring the
American context in which it
takes place. In short, black histo-
ry, in America is inseparable
from American history. We can-
not learn American History with-
out learning black history. Those
who will try to separate the two
ignore, or perhaps are unaware,
of the extent to which black his-
tory and American history are
inextricably woven.

Many people will disagree
with me about whether white
professors can teach black stud-
ies. But their reasons are often
driven by emotion, or stem from
their misunderstanding of

African American studies. Many

- people, including administrators,

scholars and students, have mis-
taken understanding of what
African American studies is sup-
posed to be. It is not a service, a
“safe space”, or a gathering for
political activism and advocacy.
It is an intellectually demanding
academic discipline open to all
students- to learn and to teach.
As long as these misunderstand-
ings persist, and we face to treat
Black Studies is an appropriate
manner, it will continue to strug-
gle for the recognition as a legiti-
mate academic field, that it right-
ly deserves.

COLUMN

Continued from Op/Ed page

a bad experience with them here
at SUNYA. But believe me,
these guys and gals ain’t too bad

- compared to other campuses.

NWROC; College Republicans

I really want to see the mem-
bers of these two groups either
have a debate, or get married. I
get the distinct impression that
NWROC is a mostly female
group and that the College
Republicans are mostly a male
group. So why not get them
together? I’m sorry people, just
kidding. But one thinks its radi-
cally conservative and the other
thinks its radically progressive. I
think the folks in both these
groups need to see each other
naked.

President Swygert (et al).

I hope we are not witnessing a
case of the rats abandoning ship.

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Women’s tennis ends
its improved season

By MICHELLE DiBAacco
Staff Writer

On Saturday April 29, Albany women’s tennis
wrapped up its season with a 9-0 loss to Bingham-
ton. Albany ends the season with a 5-12 record
overall.

Coach Darcie Trapasso said, “we didn’t play as
well as we normally do; we came out flat and
weren’t mentally prepared.”

For the first time ever, the women’s tennis team-

gave out awards, at Tuesday’s banquet.The most
valuable player award went to Senior Jessica
Walsh, and the Coach’s award went to Sophomore
Annelise Casano.
_ Trapasso awarded Walsh for her hard work and
consistency. Trapasso added, “Jessica didn’t win
a lot of matches, but stuck with it and did her best.
Walsh, who was playing out of position; improved
her confidence and speed on the court, and her
play pushed everyone else to want to win.

Casano “gives 100% of herself on and off the
court.” She’s a positive role model for the team
and is concerned about the others,” Trapasso said.

“Overall, everyone worked hard, had fun and
increased their level of play; movement and confi-
dence levels were much crispier on the court.”

Trapasso said, “we had a 250% increase from
last season.” Last season the Danes won only 2
games, this season they won 5. Trapasso is look-
ing forward to improving again next season!

Trapasso is confident going into next year’s
move to Division 2, the New England Conference.
Albany will play host to the year ending N.E.C.
Championship Tournament to be held Oct. 14 and
15.(°95),

“It’s a competitive conference for us, but I am
confident we’ll do well”, Trapasso said. “The
women’s tennis program is much more stable and
is MOving in a positive direction. We are looking
forward to next year and a new conference playing
Division II, ” Trapasso stated. “We’ll have a win-
ning season” she said.

Rugby clubs win upstate championships

By ALEXANDRIA MABRY

Albany rugby knocked off the competition at the
Upstate New York State Championships this weekend.

Both of the University at Albany clubs finished first at
the upstate championships in Clifton Park.

The men had waited twenty-one years for the champi-
onship. With a lot of hard work, they brought home the
State Cup.

In the first round of competition, Albany blew over
Brockport, 24-0. The strong defense and quick paced
offense was able to bring the men the win. Doug Henry
scored two tries, and Jason Santoriello and forward Mike
Sullivan also scored.

The second game was against Canisius, the defending
state champs. Albany won 15-0, as Henry, Jason

“The whole team came out fired up and pushed them

back,” captain Bob Maguire said.

They edged out the University of Buffalo, 13-12, led by
Jason Santoriello’s two tries.

The women’s team won their tournament by going
through Binghamton University 27-0, UBuffalo 37-5 and
finally by blasting Cortland State 14-0 for the title.

“Our competition was no match for us,” co—captain
Megan Croake said.

Diana Martin had four tries in the first game and Cory
Myers was the tournament’s most valuable player.

Unfortunately, Jen Manteri was injured in the final
game, but on the whole, it worked out well.

“Everyone played the best rugby that they ever had,”
Croake said.

Her fellow captain, Robyn Brenner, noted that “eight of

Kavoontizis and Chris D’ Angelo scored.

After 160 minutes of play, they were still pysched up

with the championship at stake.

our ruggers are graduating. It’s really great way to go out.”
Last semester, the women dominated all their New York
matches.

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Photo courtesy of the Rugby Club.

The men’s rugby club, which recently reached the pinnacle of their twenty-one years.

Tennis falls to Skidmore

By Eric DAGNALL
Senior Editor

The Albany men’s tennis team dropped its record to 4-8 with a
loss against Skidmore (7—7) on April 29.

The Danes only wins of the meet came at the hands of senior
Paul Garnock. Garnock, Albany’s number one player, won both his
singles and doubles matches. He faced off against Mark Green in
the singles match and emerged victorious in a tough fought battle.
It took a tie-breaker for Garnock to win the first game, 7-6 (9-7).
Garnock stumbled in the second set (2-6) but in the deciding set he
cruised 6—1. In the doubles matches Garnock teamed with Brian
Pfeiffer to get past Green and Doug Fluke, 8—1. The two wins gave
Garnock a 9-6 season total in singles and an 9-2 record in doubles.

“Garnock had a good win and he and Pfeiffer did great on the
doubles,” coach Robert Lewis said.

Pfeiffer wasn’t so lucky in singles losing to Skidmore’s Brandon
Feldman 6—0, 6-3. The loss dropped Pfeiffer under .500 for the
season, his record now stands at 5-6.

Mike Wexler, who has performed amazingly all season, started
off strong against Skidmore’s Sean McAndrew, winning the first
set 6-3. However, he faltered in the second and third sets losing the
match, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

“I feel that he kind of lost his focus out there,” Lewis said.

The remaining three singles matches were all won by Skidmore.
Each Skidmore player won their match in straight sets.

“Overall, I think our team performed okay, but Skidmore was
too much for us,” Lewis said. “I knew that they would be a good
team and they performed pretty much as I expected.”

Garnock and Pfeiffer overwhelmed Green and Fluke, 8-1.
Wexler and Noonan lost 8-4, as did Liff and Wagner.

The Garnock/Pfeiffer duo (9-2) may be able to go to the Nation-
al Collegiate Athletic Association playoffs. Garnock started out

"just as hot on the singles side, but has recently had a few setbacks.

Most of his losses have been against top players, as he has the
number one spot in every match. Lewis also praised the combina-
tion of Liff and Wagner, citing their teamwork.

Albany will play Williams College tomorrow at 1 p.m. at home
in what could be its final year on the varsity level. Williams is
ranked top in the east and fifth in the nation.

- “It’s a great opportunity for our players to go against that caliber
tennis,“ Lewis said.

Tennis was one of the four teams cut this past Spring for the
transition to Division II. In all likelihood, the team will compete on
the club level in the fall. Still, Lewis is hoping that the university
will be forced to bring back the sports, although the teams would
be at a serious disadvantage.

“We are confident that this will not be our last match,” Lewis

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Losses taking toll on baseball

By LInpsay ZINK
Staff Writer

The Danes had a doubleheader
on Sunday, April 29, versus a
very solid team in Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute. On that
day, an incredible forty-eight
runs were scored by the two
teams, with Albany losing both
games by the scores of 15-7 and
18-8.

RPI’s_ rightfielder, Jim
Willard, was the star of the day.
He had four hits, including two
home runs and seven runs batted

doubles and a solo home run,
driving in three runs.

Utica shortstop Tim
Mandronico added four RBIs to
the Utica attack. For Albany,
sophomore third baseman Josh
Grauer hit a three run shot in the
seventh inning. The second
inning was Albany’s downfall.
Utica scored seven times. The
game was not played well defen-
sively, with the two teams com-
bining to commit eight errors.

The Danes’ leading hitter this
year, Hernan Prohaszka, is hit-
ting .341 with seven stolen

bases. Greg Marro, the catcher,
is close behind with .340 and is
tied for the team lead in RBI
with Wagner. Dan Heslin is also
hitting over .300.

The pitching staff, however,
has only one player with an
earned run average under 5.00.

The Danes try to improve this
week on their 8-18 with only

four games remaining. Albany

travels to Hartwick for a double-

header on Saturday then closes
the season with a doubleheader
at North Adams State on

Tuesday.

in. Albany had the lead, 5-3
until the fourth inning, when RPI
rallied for four runs. They later
scored six in the sixth inning.

In the nightcap, RPI took a
12-0 lead into the bottom of the
third, however the resilient
Albany team rallied for six runs
in that inning. Junior outfielder
Todd Wagner belted a three-run
home run. On the day, he shined
for Albany, going 4—for—8, scor-
ing three runs, and driving in
four more.

The next game for the Danes
was the following day, on
Sunday, April 30 versus Utica.
They were defeated by the score
of 12-3.

The main star was Utica’s
starting pitcher, Jim Murane. He
tossed a three hitter, struck out
eight, walked three, and shined
offensively as well. He hit two

File photo by Randy Pearlman

Josh Grauer, who made a bid for the job at third with a home run.

Rats sweeping past Bruins

By DONALD MILLER
AND JARED TROPP

The River Rats started the second round of the
American Hockey League playoffs this past week.
They took on the Providence Bruins in a best of
seven series. After sweeping Adirondack in the
first round, the Rats had a nine day layoff while
awaiting the Providence—Portland series which
extended to seven games.

Game one was played at the Knickerbocker
Arena on Friday, April 28. The Rats surprisingly
struck first, when at 1:01 of the opening period,
Vadim Sharifijanov centered the puck in front to
Pascal Rheaume, who scored while fighting off a
defender. The Rats had taken a 1-0 lead, and the

_ long break between games apparently had no

effect on the team.

Providence struck back four minutes later.
Clayton Beddoes scored over the glove of Mike
Dunham to tie the score at one. Sergei Zholtok
netted his fifth of the playoffs at 12:27 as
Providence took a 2-1 lead. The Bruins carried the
one goal lead into the locker room.

In the second period, Jeff Serowik scored on the
power play at 8:01 to make the score 3-1 in favor of
Providence. For the rest of the period, the Rats put
up a furious rally against Providence, as they took
the most shots in one period in the history of the
franchise. Finally, on the Rats 25th shot of the
period, Bill Armstrong slipped the puck past John
Blue, and the Rats trailed by only one goal.

In the third period, Albany took over, as they
wore down the tired Bruins team. Reid Simpson
scored at 3:46 after Matt Ruchty stole the puck
from the Bruins defense and found him wide open
in front of the net. Geordie Kinnear scored off
Blue’s skate at 4:25 to make the score 4-3 Rats.
The Bruins answered back at 6:25 to tie the score
at four. The play was even for most of the next
twelve minutes. But, with one minute remaining in
the game rookie Steve Brule’s wraparound proved
to be the game winner. Jaroslav Modry added an
empty net goal with eighteen seconds left to give
the Rats a 6-4 game one victory.

In game two of the series, also at the Knick,
both teams played a conservative first period.
Modry gave the Rats a 1-0 lead at 18:05 when he
received a cross-ice pass from Jason Smith and
blasted a slapshot off the post and into the net.

In the. second period, Providence tied the score
at one when Peter Laviolette found himself alone
in front and scored at 2:12. Tim Sweeney put the

Bruins ahead at 6:23 with his seventh goal of the
playoffs. At 9:54, Bill Armstrong scored_a_short-
handed goal to even the score at two. Providence
regained the lead a 13:33 as Zholtok tallied his
sixth goal of the playoffs. Jason Smith scored on
the Rats’ power play thirty-two seconds later to tie
the score at three. The two teams entered the third
period tied.

In the third, the Rats scored at 4:41 when
Sharlfijanov scored on a rebound. The Rats had a
4-3 lead until Sweeney’s backhand shot went past
Schwab to tie the score. The Rats and the Bruins
traded shots until the end of the period, but neither
team could score as the game went into overtime.

In overtime, a disputed goal occurred at 5:29
when Albany’s Cale Hulse shot the puck towards
the net. Bailey saved it off his blocker. The hard
rebound hit Ruchty and deflected into the net. The
Rats won the game S-4 and led the series two
games to none. Game three was played in
Providence. The Rats scored first again when Scott
Pellerin netted his third of the playoffs at 7:32 of
the first period. It was the only goal of the period.

In the second period, Providence was awarded
seven consecutive minutes of power play time,
including a five on three situation for 1 minute and
18 seconds. They capitalized on the long advan-
tage as they scored three times. Providence had the
3-1 lead until 13:58. Ruchty cut the lead to 3-2 at
13:03. Fifty-five seconds later, the River Rats
were awarded their own power play. Rheaume tied
the score with his third of the playoffs as the Rats
had come back from a deficit for the third time in
three games. As in game two, the game was tied at
three after two periods.

The third period became a fast-paced shootout
as the two teams combined for a total of seven
goals, For the first 10 minutes, both teams
exchanged goals twice. The game was tied at five
when Pellerin scored his second goal of the game
at 12:40 to give the Rats a 6-5 lead. Rob Conn
iced the game at 18:44, when he also scored his
second goal of the game on a breakaway opportu-
nity. The Bruins gave the Rats a scare when they
scored with fourteen seconds left, but it was not
enough as the Rats took a commanding three
games to none lead in the series with the 7-6 victo-

ry.

Game four will be played Tuesday, May 8 at -

Providence. Game five, if necessary, will be

_ Wednesday, May 10, at the Knick. The Rats will ,

advance to the Calder Cup finals with one more
win over Providence.

By ARUN BHATTI

Indiana 3, Atlanta 0

The first couple of games
Indiana had to struggle with
Atlanta, but they won the third
by sixteen. Atlanta didn’t have
an inside force, though. At least
Atlanta has one thing over
Indiana, Lenny Wilkens will
coach in the Olympics and Larry
Brown won’t. Indiana is more
developed than last year.
San Antonio 3, Denver 0

I did say David Robinson
would be a much bigger problem
than Sam Perkins was and
Dennis Rodman didn’t have any-
thing in the locker room or on the
court to distract him. The
Nuggets didn’t even have the
personnel to pull off the upset
because of injuries.
Phoenix 3, Portland 0

Portland obviously misses
Clyde Drexler who they could
have used late in the game, but
then again, the games weren’t
close anyway. Aging Portland
just could not run with Phoenix.
Barkley will be able to rest his
back for the second round. Even
without Danny Manning, the
Suns did not seem to miss a beat.
Knicks 3, Caveliers 1

Thanks to Danny Ferry, we
don’t have to worry about seeing
game five on Sunday. I was very
surprised to see the Knicks take
the early lead in game four, and

_they were up eleven at the half. I

did think the Cavs’ injury prob-
lems would catch up with them,

NBA Playoffs slim awn as |
weak teams get knocked off

but I didn’t think it would be so
quick.
Orlando 2, Boston 1

I knew Orlando wasn’t going
to sweep, but they were so close
to being down 2-1. Shaquille
O’Neal was making a comment
about the leprechauns,“I don’t
eat Lucky Charms.” Orlando’s
going to come out strong tonight
and will scare Boston. Both are
young clubs, but Orlando has
Horace Grant to help them keep
their focus.
Utah 2, Houston 1

Utah’s road record is better
than Houston’s home record.
Vernon Maxwell is going to be
out for the rest of the year.
They’re definitely not short on
guards, and he wasn’t playing
anyway. Being defending cham-
pions, they will not go down eas-
ily. They have no power forward
to go against Karl Malone. Otis
Thorpe could have halted him,
but he’s now going to golf with
Portland.
Chicago 3, Charlotte 1

It was close in the first and
third games, but thanks to the
presence of Michael Jordan, the
Bulls’ won. Without him,
Charlotte could have won in
four. In the second game, going
with three big men worked
against the big man poor Bulls,
but Chicago adjusted. Pippen
rebounded from a_ poor second
game his final two.

This article was reported while
Seattle and Los Angeles contin-
ued to play. L.A. won the series.


May 5, 1995

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Albany track makes great strides at Penn Relays

By AARON GREENBERG
Sports Editor

The Albany track and field team was on
hand at the one hundredth Penn Relays,
and took advantage of the opportunity.

_ “Tt was definitely our most successful
Penn Relays ever, both men and women,”
Coach Roberto Vives said.

Four of the women’s school records
fell, and the meet was highlighted by the
performance of the men’s 4x400 relay.

Kim Toone, a senior co-captain, provi-
sionally qualified for the National
Collegiate Athletic Association champi-
onships in the 400 meter hurdles in 64.89
seconds. She also long jumped 18 feet,
short of her Division III season best jump.

Mary Walminski broke her own school
record in the hammer throw with a dis-
tance of 135’9”. She was one of only
three Division III competitors.

Tonya Dodge provisionally qualified
and broke her own school record in the
3000 meters, finishing in 10:14.84.

In the sprint medley, Toone, Robin
Glassberg, Denise Dickerson and April
Curry each had their season’s best time,
combining for a school record of 4:16.6.

best of 50.67 seconds.

Vince Hodnett and Geoff York each had
a big meet, as at the Albany Invitational,
while Oscar Almendarez and the 4x400
team provided additional highlights.

York ran this year’s best Division III
time for the 110 meter high hurdles in the
qualifying race, 13.94 seconds. In the
championship race, he ran 14.03, just
barely fifth against all Division I runners.

Hodnett ran 52.05 in the 400 meter hur-

dles, a time which automatically qualifies
him for the championships, and ran 47.7
seconds in his portion of the 4x400 relay
to bring the Danes from twenty meters
behind to take the lead. The other mem-
bers of the relay were Armando Pabon,
Courtney Currie and Zamafa Chikwendu.

Hodnett also impressed in his anchor
leg of the 4x200 relay. He ran it in 20.9
seconds, the fastest ever by an Albany
athlete. The team, which also included

Jomo Forrester, Currie, and Chikwendu,
qualified for the IC4A championship by
finishing in seventh.

Almendarez was twentieth in the
College Eastern Triple Jump, going
45’1”, and will go to the IC4A’s.

Anthony Davenport was third in the
east in the long jump, where he went
23’5”. He is ranked fourth in the country.

The shuttle hurdle relay team of
Hodnett, Almendarez, James Nixon and
York, ran their race in 58.62 seconds. The
sprint medley team had personal bests
from Stephen Bartlett and Dennis King.

Albany lost one of its best sprinters,
Travis Miller, who signed a contract with
the arena football Connecticut Coyotes.

Up next are the Collegiate Track
Conference Championships, to be held
this weekend at Albany. The events will
be held at the track, in front of the gym
building, starting on Friday at 2 p.m. On
Saturday, the meet reconvenes at 11 a.m.

The men are the defending champions,
having won five consecutive titles. Their
toughest competitors may be C.W.Post
and Rochester Institute of Technology.
The women, who were fourth last year,
will try to take the title from Southern

Toone and Glassberg ran the 200 meter
segments while Dickerson took the 400
meters and Curry went 800 meters. They
also ran the 4x400, where they had a time
of 4:05.

The 4x100 team of Tanya Dunkley,
Randie Mason, Dickerson and Toone, was
second in their heat and had a seasonal

Men’s lacrosse ends with big win

By THOMAS MCMAHON
Associate Sports Editor

The Albany men’s lacrosse team took their
first year head coach Mark Wimmer and the
fans on a roller coaster ride that saw them start
2-2, win three straight to improve to 5-2, then
lose three straight and fall to S—5 before defeat-
ing Hamilton to end the season.

The Danes third straight loss came last
Saturday at Clarkson. Clarkson entered the
game 1-10 and left with a 14—9 victory and
only their second win of the season.

Albany trailed 3-1 after one and 6-3 at the
half. The Danes inability to stop Clarkson’s
offense was even more exploited when
Clarkson scored five goals in the third period to
take an 11-6 lead into the final stanza. Albany
was only able to play an even fourth period and
dropped their third straight on the road.

The Danes were led by Mike Angel and Peter
White, who each scored three goals. Scott
Blake, David DeVito and Jason Alberici added
the other goals for Albany. Angel, Nils Haugen
and Shawn DeCenzo each had two assists.
Dave Crone stopped 14 shots for Albany.

The Danes looked for a win and finished the
season above .500 for a school record fifth
straight time against Hamilton on Wednesday.

After a slow start that saw Hamilton jump
out to a 4~3 lead after one period, Albany woke
up and scored four unanswered goals in the sec-
ond to head into halftime with a 7-4 advantage.
Overall the Danes had scored seven straight
goals to move past Hamilton. A 6-2 fourth
period closed the door and Albany cruised to
the 16-8 win and a 6-5 record.

Larry Kauftheil led the Danes with four goals
and Angel and Mike Kittner each had two. Also

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April Curry, who ran the anchor on the sprint medley.

adding goals for Albany were Kuczma, Scott
Blake, Michael Morrisroe, Alberici, Haugen,
White, Ben Weinberg and Adam Tracy.

Crone made twelve saves before bowing and
letting Matt Funk finish the game.

The Danes offense this year was led by Mike
Angel who finished with 31 points (16 goals,
15 assists) for the season and Peter White who
finished with 26 points.

Dave Crone finished with a 9.11 goals

File photo by Roxanne de Prado
Senior midfielder Mike Giambertone.
against average and a .669 save percentage for
the season.
The season was Albany’s eleventh winning
season in the team’s 25 year history and
improved their record in the 1990’s to 42-29

(.592).

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Connecticut.

“Right now, we’re looking forward to
the CTCs,” Vives said. “I think both the
men and women can win their champi-
onships.”

The Albany Invitational scoring was
recently updated, and Albany’s women’s
team was really second, not third.

Softball propelled by no-hitter

By AARON GREENBERG
Sports Editor

At 19-6, Albany softball is having
one of its best seasons ever. Coach
Chris Cannata led her team to a six
game road sweep, then three out of
four in the final regular season home
games.

Coming off of a two game demo-
lition of Westfield State, the Danes
went to Union College on Thursday,
April 27. The first game went down
to the wire, as Albany led only 2-0
when Union rallied in the last
inning. Union proved tougher than
their mediocre record.

Pitcher Melinda Cook—Carpenter,
who is the Danes’ leading hitter, was
intentionally walked each time up.
Trying to win the game with her
held in check, Albany managed to
score twice, thanks to Karen
Gaudiello. The junior second base-
man, who is also one of the captains,
drove in both runs in the sixth
inning.

In the bottom of the seventh, the
Dutchwomen scored once and had
the tying run on second. With two
out, a single was hit to rightfield.
Michelle Pottenburgh threw the run-
ner out at home to end the game.

The second game appeared to be a
blowout when Union came back.
Albany led by as much as seven
runs, but pitcher Amy McGroty sur-
rendered three runs. Up 8-4, she
allowed two more runs in the sev-
enth. Cook—Carpenter came in relief

to strike out the last two batters.

All six runs off of McGroty were
unearned, as each team made six
errors. Cook—Carpenter received

three more free passes, twice scor-

ing, which made the difference in
the game. Gaudiello drove in two
runs and designated hitter Irene
Delgado slapped three hits in four at
bats.

“Tt was a really good game, both
teams played very well,” Cannata
said. “Both games came down to the
wie

The next two games were played
at Stony Brook (9-12). The Danes
leaped out to a 3-0 lead, but the
Seawolves came back. Up by one,
shortstop Janine Menard drove in a
run in the seventh to finish off the
scoring at 5-3.

McGroty held down Stony Brook
in the second game, only giving up
an unearned run in the sixth. By this
point, the Danes were already up
9-0 and it did not matter. The final
score was 10-1, and McGroty struck
out nine. McGroty, Cook—Carpenter
and Delgado each had two hits.

Next came what Cannata called “a
day to be forgotten.” Rensselaer
scored three runs in the first inning
of the doubleheader, which took all
game to come back from.
Eventually, the Danes overcame the
Engineers, 4-3 on two run scoring

hits by Delgado.
The second « 7 was far worse.
A botched ¢ .ieal in the first

See SOFTBALL on page 25