ALBANY.
PUBLISHED AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY BY THE ALBANY STUDENT PRESS CORPORATION
Tuesday
November 25, 1986
NUMBER 40
Students wine and dine at Int’l dinner
INGRID SAUER UPS
Over 120 people took part in an International Dinner
held in the cafeteria of Alumni Quad’s Brubacher Hall
Saturday evening. ‘
Many campus cultural groups prepared dishes and
performed during the annual dinner. which was spon-
sored by the International Students Association (ISA).
The Chinese Student Association, Fuerza Latina,
Greek-Cypriot Student Association, Pan-Caribbean
Association, and some Japanese and Spanish students
were among those who participated.
The purpose of the International Dinner is to expose
American students to the diverse culture of international
students on campus, said Guy Rouchon, president of
ISA WR
“It was really successful,” said Nadeem Shaikh,
treasurer of ISA. ‘‘We had a really good turnout.’’
University Auxiliary Services provided all their
facilities for ISA’s use, added Shaikh.
— Angelina Wang
New ambulance catches fire
By Bill Jacob
NEWS EDITOR
A minor engine fire Sunday night
damaged one of Five Quad’s two
ambulances while it was on a call,
removing it from service until repairs
can be made.
The ambulance was parked idling
in front of Dutch Quad at 11:05
p.m. Sunday when a fire broke out
in the engine compartment, said Five
Quad’s Director of Operations Steve
Broomer.
Wea’
Relief from the winter weather
blues are here, as the
temperature today should hit.50,
lows around 30. It should stay
mild and mostly clear the next few
days, highs expected to be in the
40s and lows in the 20s. There's a
slight chance of rain Wednesday,
but Thanksgiving Day in Albany
should be a pleasant one, high in
the mid 40s.
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A definite cause of the fire cannot
be determined at this time, Broomer
said,
He added that he had no indica-
tion that the incident was caused by
a manufacturing defect or by a stu-
dent tampering with the ambulance
while it was idling.
Public Safety Director James
Williams said the fire appeared to be
accidental and that it ‘‘can happen if
you have a brand new Porsche.
Things like that happen.” *
Public Safety officials and the
Albany Fire Department arrived on
the scene moments after the fire
broke out, Broomer said, and did an
“excellent job” to minimize smoke
and water damage.
According to Dutch Quad Resi-
dent Assistant Robert Sansom, who
was on duty locking the quad at the
time of the incident, both Ten Eyck
and Ten Broeck halls were evacuated
in fear of a possible explosion.
Medical personnel were on call
when the fire took place, Broomer
said.
He added about $250 worth of
medical supplies in the ambulance
were damaged by smoke and had to
be disposed of because they were no
longer sterile.
The temporary loss ‘of the am-
bulance should not affect Five
Quad’s service to students, Broomer
said. s
The $41,000 ambulance, put into
service in September, is still under
warranty by its manufacturer, Ford
Motors Company, which will receive
the damaged vehicle Tuesday to
make repairs and determine the pro-
bable cause of the fire, Broomer
said.
He added that no figure for the
cost of damage will be available until
after Ford inspects the ambulance.
The loss would be covered by in-
surance and manufacturer warran-
ties, Broomer said.
According to Broomer, Five
Quad’s response time on emergency
calls that are made before the
damaged ambulance is put back in
service ‘“‘shouldn’t be affected at
all.”
He added that Five Quad receives
two simultaneous calls about three
to five times a month, Since only one
ambulance is now in service, an addi-
tional ambulance may be summoned
from the outside community, if
necessary, he said.
The crew for Five Quad’s primary
ambulance is on duty in-house 24
hours a day and the secondary crew
is “always available by pager,
Broomer said.
The secondary crew may now have
to use personal transportation to ar-
tive at a scene before an off-campus
ambulance would arrive, Broomer
said.
“Hopefully by the time we get
back [from Thanksgiving break]
we'll have the ambulance back,”’
said Broomer. Q
Judge says city’s
grouper law may
be constitutional
By Pam Conway
NEWS EDITOR
Student Association’s case against Albany's grouper
law suffered a setback last week when a judge struck
down two of SA’s pre-trial motions and said the law ap-
Pears to be constitutional.
State Supreme Court Justice Lawrence E. Kahn ruled
Thursday against SA’s pre-trial motion to make the case a
class-action suit.
Such a move would have extended the injunction,
which currently bars prosecution of plaintiffs for. viola-
tion of the grouper law, to all tenants while the case is in
progress.
In SA’s second pre-trial motion, Kahn approved the
addition of three more groups of students to the list of
plaintiffs, but ruled against allowing them to be covered
by the injunction which protects the other plaintiffs.
However, Kahn did approve a motion to substitute SA
President Paco Duarte for former SA President Steve
Gawley as a plaintiff.
SA brought suit against the city in 1985 in an attempt to
have the grouper law declared unconstitutional. The case
is currently in the State Supreme Court in a pre-trial
stage.
In handling down his decisions, Kahn also expressed a
preliminary opinion that Albany’s grouper law seems
valid and does permit more than three unrelated people to
share a home if they are the ‘functional equivalent of a
traditional family.””
Although Kahn’s. preliminary statement was seen as’a
victory by the city, SA attorney Mark Mishler said it was
a “non-binding”’ statement.
“It doesn’t mean we won’t win,” he said, adding that
he was still optimistic of SA’s chances for a favorable
decision.
Meanwhile, both sides of the case seem unclear whether
Albany has already officially adopted the “functional
equivalent of a traditional family’’ clause.
According to Common Council member Nancy Bur-
ton, an ordinance was passed May 19 which extended the
grouper law’s definition of a ‘“‘family’’ to include tenants
living together as a “functional equivalent” of a tradi-
tional family. >
Burton said her copy of council records indicate that
the ordinance was passed by a unanimous vote of 15-0.
However, Councilman Nick Coluccio said Monday he
“couldn’t remember”’ if the ordinance was passed, but
said, ‘‘as far as I know, it was tabled and never
discussed.”
Council President Steve McArdle also said Monday he
was unaware of the ordinance being passed,
Mishler said he was not informed of the council’s deci-
sion until Monday. Ds
SA President Paco Duarte
2 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS (1 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1986
NEWS BRIEFS————H__
The World
Barclays divests
Johannesburg, South Africa
{AP) Barclays Bank, in the largest divest-
ment yet by a foreign company, is selling
its last shares in its South African sub-
sidiary due to financial pressure and anti-
apartheid protests, the bank said Monday.
Local bank executives told a news con-
ference the British parent company will sell
its 40.4 percent stake in Barclay’s National
Bank of South Africa — the country’s big-
gest commerical bank — to a consortium
of South African companies for $236
million.
Barclays has said it will take the revenue
from the sale out of South Africa.
However, because the government has im-
posed a much less favorable exchange rate
for financial withdrawals, the move will
not cause a significant loss of capital or
foreign exchange for South Africa.
Coup plot foiled
Manila, Philippines
(AP) President Corazon Aquino’s
spokesman said Monday that nearly 200
people plotted to topple her government
and that the coup plans were one of several
factors in her decision to restructure the
Cabinet.
The spokesman, Teodoro Benigno, said
a new Cabinet will be announced in a day
or two, and that two to four members, in-
cluding Defense Minister Juan Ponce
Enrile as earlier announced, were out. She
had asked all members to resign on
Sunday.
Beningo said about 180 plotters,
described as diehard loyalists to ex-
President Ferdinand E. Marcos and
military rebels backing Enrile, met Satur-
day at the home of Antonio Carag, a pro-
minent Marcos supporter with links to
Enrile. He said they planned to take over
the National Assembly and void the Feb. 7
elections won by Mrs. Aquino.
The Nation gy
Revion drops takeover
Boston
(AP) Cosmetic giant Revion Corp. has
scrapped its attempt to seize control of the
Gillette Co., which will pay $547 million to
buy back all the Gillette stock that Revlon
accumulated, the razor maker announced
Monday.
A brief statement issued by Boston-
based Gillette said it has repurchased 9.2
million of its shares from Revlon for
$59.50 and had agreed to reimburse
Revlon $9 million for its expenses in trying
to assume control of Gillette.
Under the agreement, Revlon also has
agreed that it will not purchase Gillette
stock for 10 years and Drexel Burnham
Lambert Inc., Revlon’s investment
bankers, in the takeover attempt, also
agreed not to finance the acquisition of
Gillette stock for three years.
The agreement also calls for the com-
panies to dismiss all lawsuits pending bet-
ween them stemming from the takeover
attempt.
Reagan defends staff
Washington, D.C.
(AP) President Reagan, amid unrelenting
criticism of his secret dealings with Iran,
asserted Monday, ‘I didn’t make a
mistake’’ and declared, ‘I’m not firing
anybody.””
Reagan, during an Oval. Office
ceremony, was asked whether he was hap-
py with his staff. He replied, tight-lipped,
“Um Hmm.” Whén a reporter persisted
on the question of whether there would be
a staff shakeup, Reagan said, “I’m not
commenting either way.’’
Reagan indicated he was unhappy with
widespread press accounts of criticism,
backstabbing among his staff and recom-
mendations that he fire someone.
mounted, Ronald Reagan summoned top
Cabinet officers and foreign policy aides
to the White House Monday to plan future
steps the United States should take in the
Middle East.
The State
As criticism of the Iran connection
PREVIEW OF EVENTS
| Speaker race heats up
Albany
(AP) State Assembly Deputy Majority
Leader Alan Hevesi today dropped out of
the race for Assembly speaker, and endor-
sed Assembly man Arthur Kremer for elec-
tion to the powerful post.
Hevesi, D-Queens, was considered one
of the four top contenders for the speaker-
ship to replace Speaker Stanley Fink, D-
Brooklyn, who did not seek re-election to
the Legislature this month.
Kremer acknowledged that Miller still
has the most support among the 94
Assembly Democrats who will pick a can-
didate for speaker in a closed-door party
conference expected in December.
However, Kremer, who chairs the
Assembly Ways and Means Committee,
called Hevesi’s backing ‘a big boost for
my candidacy.”
School gets OK
Albany
(AP) The state Board of Regents has
granted a provisional charter to a Dutchess
County seminary run by the Rev. Sun
Myung Moon’s Unification Church,
allowing the institution to grant diplomas,
officials said.
The board voted 12-2 Friday with one
abstention to approve the request of the
Barrytown, N.Y. seminary to grant
master’s degrees in divinity and religious
education, said Arnold Bloom, a
spokesman for the Regents’.
A charter was denied the seminary in
1978, on the grounds that it did not meet
academic and financial requirements. The
church then took the matter to court,
claiming the Regents discriminated against
it and conducted an unfair investigation
using vague standards.
——Correction——
Due to an error in a wire service’s
report, the grouper law article in the Fri-
day, Nov. 21 issue of the Albany Student
Press was misleading. An updated and cor-
rected version of the current status of the
lawsuit appears on page 1 of today’s issue.
In addition, the last paragraph of the
story should have said the Oyster Bay
grouper law made no exception for
unrelated people who function as a family.
We regret the errors.
Free listings
TUESDAY, NOV. 25
Safe Place, a support group
for families and friends of
suicide victims, will meet from
7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at St.
John’s Lutheran Church, 160
Central Avenue.
The Time Machine will be
shown at 7:30 p.m. in the Main
Library, 161 Washington
Avenue. Admission is free.
The Political Science Associa-
tion will hold its meeting at 8
p.m. in CC 361. Administration
involvement with Iran will be
discussed. New members are
welcome.
Movie Night presented by Col-
onial Quad Board is held every
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in
Delancey pit.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance
meets every Tuesday night at
8:30 p.m. in CC 375. All are
welcome.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26
The Meditation Group meets
every Wednesday night. For
more information contact Bert
at 465-3096 or Bill at 455-6602.
The Revisionist Zionist Alter-
native meets every Wednes-
day at 7:30 p.m. in CC 370.
MONDAY, DEC. 1
A Black and White
Photography Exhibit will be
presented by area artists in
the Schacht Fine Arts Center
Gallery, Russel Sage Troy
Campus. The exhibit will run
from Dec. 1 to Jan. 11. It is free
and open to the public.
University Concert Board
meets every Monday night at 8
p.m. in CC 375.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3
The Senior Class presents
Mug Night at the Lamp Post
every Wednesday night.
Specials from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.
and 50 cent draft refills with
the purchase of a mug.
Kazem Madhavi of Potsdam
College will speak on “Per-
mutable and Subnormal
Subgroups of a Group” at 4
p.m. in ES 140.
Alpha Epsilon Phi is sponsor-
ing a Blood Drive from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. in the Campus
Center Ballroom. Please help
others.
THURSDAY, DEC. 4
Las Vegas Night, the biggest
Fall ’86 event, featuring a
gambling fling, a night at the
races, a comedy show, and a
party in the rat will be held
from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the
Campus Center. Only $5.00 for
everything.
Class Wars sponsored by the
Classes of ’87,'88,’89, and ’90
will start at 9 p.m in the Rat.
Come dressed in your class
colors and find out which
class is best.
The Insect Comedy will be
performed Thursday, Dec. 4
and Saturday Dec. 6 at 8 p.m.
in the Skidmore Theater at
Skidmore College. Tickets are
$5.00 and 3.00 for students
and Senior Citizens.
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Send your viewer mail
Members of the Guinness Day ’87
Publicity Committee have organized a
letter-writing campaign to encourage
late-night television comedian David Let-
terman, to attend SUNYA’s Guinness
‘Day ’87.
The purpose of the campaign is to
recruit student support and “‘to spark up
some national publicity by getting a
celebrity involved,” said Hillary Rosens-
tein, Publicity Committee co-chair.
Letterman is watched by most college
students and he caters to that type of au-
dience, according to Rosenstein.
“Tf enough letters get written, NBC
may think it profitable to send him,’’
said Rosenstein, adding that “‘If I didn’t
think the campaign would work I would
not waste my time.
Closed for the holiday;
SUNYA will not appear very festive
this Thanksgiving, as most on-campus
buildings will be closed for the holiday.
All dormitories will close at 5 p.m. on
Nov. 26 and will reopen at noon on Nov.
30.
The Campus Center will also close at 5
p.m. on Nov. 26, but will reopen at 4
p.m. on Nov. 30.
The Gym will close at 3 p.m. on Nov.
26, will open at 8 a.m. on Dec. 1, but will
be open during the vacation only for,
teams who have received special
permission.
Bus service will be discontinued for
Nov. 25 and an intersession bus schedule
will be followed for Nov. 26 when accor-
ding to Transportation Supervisor Art
Burt, buses will run approximately every
40 minutes and only go as far as Draper
Hall.
Regular bus service will resume Nov.
PLA
Academic buildings will close at 5 p.m.
on Nov. 26 and will reopen for classes at
8 a.m. on Dec. 1.
Jail-n-Bail nets $21K
A total of $21,000 was raised for the
American Cancer Society from the
American Marketing Association’s
(AMA) ‘“‘Jail-n-Bail,’’ according to
AMA president Catherine Schiavo.
Jail-n-Bail raised funds by staging
‘mock ‘‘arrests’’ by off-duty police of-
ficers and requiring those arrested to post
**bail’’-money which is given to the
Cancer Society-by calling friends for
donations.
Approximately 300 students, faculty
and community members were arrested,
raising an average bail of $100 each.
Schiavo, who said the event was held in
order to get students and the community
involved also said, ‘“‘A lot of people
stayed to make more money than their
bail.””
The AMA plans to hold another ‘‘Jail-
n-Bail”’ next year, said Schiavo. ‘The
police who. volunteered their off-duty
time were enthusiastic about par-
ticipating in it again,” she said.
Mendez speaks out
State Senator Olga A. Mendez spoke
to a group of approximately 50 people
Wednesday in a guest lecture sponsored
by Fuerza Latina.
Mendez’s topic was entitled ‘‘English
as the National Language and Hispanics|
in the Political Arena.”
During the course of her speech,
Mendez talked about the history of Puer-
to Rico, migrators to New York, and the}
laws that have been passed “that kept}
us behind,” according to Fuerza Latina|
President Luis Rivera.
*«(Mendez said) we should work to bet-|
ter ourselves, ’’ Rivera said.
— Compiled by Laura Liebesman
‘State-of-SA’ report ignored by SA
By Jennifer McCormick
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
A report suggesting that Central Coun-
cil’s Internal Affairs committee should
consider ‘creating a new [Student
Association] government and constitu-
tion’’ is being dismissed by SA officials as
“ta waste of time.’”
Entitled ‘‘The State of Student Associa-
tion — Report Number 1,”’ the report was
submitted to Central Council last week by
Internal Affairs Committee Co-Chair
Brian Feinblum.
In the report, Feinblum states that Cen-
tral Council has a ‘‘lack of leadership’’
and that its members ‘‘are concerned with
their resume and not the students [they
represent].’”
The report continues, ‘‘Rarely is SA on
the offensive, initiating and producing new
projects. We are a defensive body, always
reacting to what is brought up to
is. . .Central Council meetings are not
conducive to brainstorming ideas, to open
debate, or to make new ideas
work. . .Everyone wants the meetings to
be quick and painless,”’
Although the report was presented to
Council as the initial activity in reviving
the Investigate, Oversight, and Analysis
sub-committee of Internal Affairs,
members of the sub-committee, which is
chaired by Feinblum, say they were not in-
volved in drafting the report and were
given copies just before Wednesday’s Cen-
tral Council meeting.
SA President Paco Duarte said he
thought both the report and the manner in
which it was presented were
““inappropriate.””
JUWON PARK UPS
Internal Affairs Committee Co-chair,
Brian Feinblum
Duarte would not comment further, say-
ing, ‘‘It’s not worth my time.’’
SA Vice President Doug Tuttle said,
“absolutely nothing worthwhile was in it
[the report],”” adding, ‘1 thought it was
funny.””
Feinblum said he submitted the report
for review with the goals of “‘trying to get
people to start talking’ and “‘[seecing] a
productive exchange of ideas in the
future.”
Feinblum said the report may have
received criticism because ‘“‘some viewed it
as a personal attack on themselves,’ refer-
ring to one passage of the report that
faulted various Council members with
“passing notes, talking, and joke telling or
homework doing.””
Maintaining that the report was meant
with ‘‘the intent of constructively improv-
ing SA’s productivity,’’ Feinblum sug-
gested many reforms, including improved
record keeping and the creation of a SA
alumni list so that former officers could
share their experience.
Central Council member Mitchell
Posner said, ‘I don’t think it was right.
He put the entire committee on the cover
[of the report] when no such work came
out of the committee.”’
A sub-committee member, who wished
to remain anonymous, agreed with
Posner, saying, “‘It came from only Brian
Feinblum.””
The content of the report was also crit-
cized. Posner said, ‘‘More than half of it
was his opinion” and “it shouldn’t
therefore be presented as a factual
analysis.””
Another Council member who wished to
remain anonymous called the entire paper
*‘an opinion call.’’
Feinblum said, however, that the
report’s content is true. As manisfestations
of SA’s shortcomings, he cited the absense
of an educational affairs director for the
past month and the lack of a Board of
Directors meeting for University Auxiliary
Services (UAS) until November of this
year.
Feinblum said his sub-committee’s goals
and purposes are “‘laying groundwork for
a redefined Student Association [and] con-
centrating on a constant review of SA writ-
ten policy, SA practiced policy, and of SA
ethics.””
Committee member Matt Doddo said
the purpose of the committee is “‘to do
research on what’s going on with SA and
to give the student body a chance to find
out what SA’s all about.’”” hs:
Rabbi speaks on fate of Soviet Jews
TRACY RATTNER UPS
Rabbi Bernard Bloom
By Nicole Nogid
STAFF WRITER
Keeping in touch with Jews in the Soviet
Union is necessary to remind them of the
support they have in this country, said
speaker Rabbi Bernard Bloom Monday
night.
Speaking before a group of about 12
students in LC 11, Bloom told of his ex-
periences with Soviet Jewry when he
visited Russia four years ago.
Bloom is a rabbi from Temple Gates of
Heaven in Schenectady and his speech was
sponsored by Sees 's Jewish Students
Coalition.
Bloom said he went to the Soviet Union
to bring things ‘‘from children’s vitamins
to expensive camera equipment,” and to
give Jews there “‘moral support.”
According to Bloom, the only way Jews
are allowed to leave the country is if they
receive a letter from relatives inviting them
to Israel.
“Refusniks”’ is the term used to describe
Jews who have been denied permission to
leave the Soviet Union.
Bloom told of his experience with
Masha Slepack, a refusnik living in Russia
with her husband. ‘‘When she heard I was
a rabbi she began to open up to me and it
turned into a counseling session,”’ he said.
Slepack felt that she ‘‘must have been a
terrible sinner, otherwise why would God
have punished her so,”’said Bloom. .
Bloom said he had to help Slepack see
that the fault was not theirs, but rather
those who were victimizing them.
“She seemed to be more tranquil after a
half an hour,” said Bloom. “‘If I was able
to bring her some consolence, it would
justify my existence as a rabbi.””
Michael Lerner, World Jewry Chair of
JSC, said that JSC sponsored Bloom in
hopes of “‘increasing student awareness on
campus of the plight of Jews.””
Bloom said that he was ‘‘not sure what I
expected when I came to the Soviet Union.
I thought I’d find people bitter from their
experiences. But they were people with
tranquility in their faces.”
Although Soviet Jews are not free,
Bloom said he believes they feel their
freedom by publicly declaring their deci-
sion to leave by requesting permission to
leave.
However, ‘‘Zero percent of those who
apply to get out actually do get out,”’ said
Bloom.
Bloom said that to help Soviet Jews,
people can continue to provide material
and emotional support by contributing
food and other materials and to corres-
pond with them to ‘‘let them know there
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Dec. 3 housing waiver deadline set
By Bill Jacob
NEWS EDITOR
About 75 to 100 students may be
granted waivers to Residential Life’s hous-
ing contract policy, Student Association
Vice President Doug Tuttle said Monday.
The policy requires students to pay a
$416.50 fee to break the one-year contract.
Students hoping to move off campus for
the spring semester without paying the fee
must submit an application to Residential
Life by Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Tuttle said SA President Paco Duarte _
met with Vice President for Residential
Life John Martone Monday to discuss the
housing contract policy.
Students will be released from their
housing contracts if they ‘“‘have what Mar-
tone terms a valid reason,” Tuttle said, ad-
ding that Martone will decide on a case-by-
case basis.
Martone has previously said valid
reasons include withdrawal from the
University or December graduation, but
Tuttle said he believes other reasons may
be accepted.
Although forms may be picked up at
Residential Life, Tuttle suggested that
students bring their applications to SA for
assistance in filling them out.
Students whose bids are denied will have
a five day period in which to file an appeal,
Tuttle said.
Martone previously said assessing a fee
for breaking a housing contract had been a
Residential Life policy that was not being
enforced.
However, because SUNY dorms are
now self-supporting following the removal
of state subsidies this year, Martone said,
“We want to maintain our occupancy in
order to keep student rents constant.”
Twenty students were to join SA of-
ficials in a meeting Monday with Acting
Vice President for Student Affairs Henry
Kirchner. The meeting, which was to focus
on obtaining releases, was cancelled, Tut-
tle said. o
4 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS (] TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1986
Indian Quad site chosen for new pay parking lot
By Ilene Fluss
After reviewing three proposed
locations, University officials
have chosen a field near Indian
Quad for the site of a new
SUNYA pay parking lot.
Construction will begin soon
on the $80,000 lot, according to
John Hartigan, Vice President of
Finance and Business.
Hartigan would not say how
long the construction would last
because of the difficulty of work-
ing during the winter months.
The new 140-space lot should
solve many of our parking pro-
blems, Hartigan said.
“There is no doubt that
SUNYA needs a new parking
lot,’? said Hartigan. ‘‘In the last
two years, there have been 600
more cars registered causing ma-
jor problems for commuter
students.””
A proposal to build two
separate lots, one by State Quad
and another by Indian Quad, was
ruled out because of a lack of
funds.
“Due to economic problems,
we did not have the $80,000 need-
ed per lot,”’ said Hartigan.
Hartigan said the new lot will
Indian presently
has only 380
parking spaces
compared to
State Quad’s
1,200.
be placed near Indian Quad
because of that quad’s smaller
parking lot.
Indian presently has only 380
parking spaces compared to State
Quad’s 1,200.
University Physical Plant of-
ficials found the proposed lots
immediately adjacent to State and
Indian quads infeasible because
of water and electrical systems
underneath, Hartigan said. “This
area was not built for such
weight, had too many technical
problems and was too small,” he
said.
The new lot will now be built
closer to the podium.
“This will take our softball
field away,’’ said Frank
Boncemino, President of Indian
Quad Board. ‘‘But if it will help
weekend parking, I guess they
made the right decision.’’
“*Advertising for spaces in the
lot will be publicly announced
once plans get underway,’’ said
Hartigan, adding that applica-
tions will be acepted until the
posted deadline.
A lottery will be run in the case
that too many people apply.
Parking permits will cost $4 per
month, the same as other
SUNYA parking lots.
A suggestion to construct the
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Area student leaders try to get CDSA reactivated
By Colleen Desiaurier
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Although the Capital District
Student Association (CDSA) was
formed last year to be an ‘‘infor-
mation network’’ between stu-
dent leaders in the Albany area,
the group had not gotten very far
off the ground.
However, plans are currently
underway for a December
meeting.
Former Student Association
President Steve Gawley created
CDSA to allow SA presidents
from SUNYA and other local col-
leges to address issues concerning
college students, said SA Presi-
dent Paco Duarte.
Duarte said he plans to reac-
tivate the group. ‘‘I’m very com-
mitted to CDSA. I’d like to make
it more than an information
network.”
Grouper law
<Front Page
According to Burton, the or-
dinance was recommended by the
city’s Corporation Counsel, who
wanted to make their case in
favor of the grouper law ‘‘more
defendable.’’
A prominent factor in the
Supreme Court case is a 1985 rul-
ing by the state Court of Appeals
— the state’s highest court —
which struck down a zoning or-
dinance in Oyster Bay, Long
island which was similar to
Albany’s grouper law.
The Oyster Bay “‘grouper law’”
did not contain a provision to
allow more than three unrelated
persons to share the same unit of
housing if they lived as a function
equivalent of a traditional family.
The addition of such a provi-
sion to Albany’s grouper law
would seem to weaken SA’s case
because the'Oyster Bay case could
less likely be used as a legal prece-
dent by SA.
“The ordinance was ‘clearly
done in reaction to the Oyster Bay
case,’’ Burton said.
According to Mishler, the city
had argued for the extension of
the definition of a family to in-
clude ‘‘functional equivalent”
because it would have a “‘better
chance of having the [grouper]
law upheld.”
However, Mishler said ‘‘it’s
mind-boggling” that the city
would argue for that provision if
it knew that Common Council
had already passed a_ similar
ordinance,
Both sides of the case, and
Kahn, have all been proceeding
with the case without knowledge
of Council’s rewording of the
grouper law, Mishler said.
James Linnan, attorney for the
city, said Monday he was
unaware of Common Council’s
decision.
“That’s news to me,” he said.
“As far as I know it was never
enacted. It was discussed and
tabled.’””
Burton said that because Lin-
nan is an assistant to Corporation
Counsel, it ‘‘seems strange’’ that
he would not have known of
Common Council’s decision.
Mishler said he had been
operating under the assumption
that the ordinance was not passed
because he received ‘incorrect in-
formation from the City Clerk,’’
who told him recently that there
“thad been no change’’ made to
the grouper law. oO
The first priority of CDSA will
be the alcohol issue, said Duarte.
Although the idea is ‘‘still very
tentative,’’? Duarte said CDSA
hopes to “‘answer back to the
state after a year of the increased
drinking age to show its effect on
the college campuses.””
In addition to SUNYA, seven
other local colleges are members
of CDSA, said Duarte. Hudson
Valley Community College, Col-
lege of St. Rose, Russell Sage Col-
lege, Siena College, Skidmore
College and Union College are all
members.
However, Duarte said that he
has had difficulty getting in touch
with all the presidents of the dif-
ferent schools.
“There are seven different
presidents from different schools
with totally different schedules —
it’s really difficult to get in touch
with everyone,” said Duarte.
‘We should be getting together
soon,”’ said Mike Miller, presi-
dent of the College of St. Rose’s
Student Association. -‘‘I
guarantee by the beginning of
next semester we'll be getting
together.’”
Grand Marshall at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute Kerry
Eckstrand said that she would like
to get involved in the organiza-
tion, but that she hasn’t heard
from Duarte about meetings.
Union College president Steve
Moss agreed, saying that it would
“really be to our advantage to get
organized.””
Although CDSA has been inac-
tive so far, Gawley said that over
the summer a constitution was
written and committees were
formed.
“The group is an excellent op-
portunity for all the student
governments to get their heads
together on different issues,”’ said
Gawley. ‘‘It’s good to be able to
talk to other student body
presidents — it gives ideas and
some directions on things you
want to try.”
At the last meeting in
September, Duarte said issues
such as voters’ rights and major
programming events were main
concerns of the CDSA members,
said Duarte.
According to Duarte, the group
will be a ‘‘positive force in the
community. We can share the
concerns and problems of the
schools.”’
Eckstrand also said, “‘I think
it’s a great idea. We all probably
do the same things, we could see
how other schools went about
changing things like voter
registration.’”
Working out problems with
such issues as ‘‘dry’’ campuses
and improving food services are
some of the priorities Miller said
he hopes to bring up at the
December meeting. 4
6 Aspects on Tuesday
November 25, 1986
A step in the classical direction
he ticket read “Dance Trends in
m8 America Today — Edward
Villella’. In view of the fact it was
the reknowned Villella, one should have
assumed “dance” synonomous to “ballet.”
More accurately, the ticket should have
read “George Ballanchine — an historical
perspective of his ballet — presented by
Edward Villella.”
Danielle Gagnon
What was actually presented was a
pseudo-lecture, video screening discussing
pre-1950 dance trends, revolving primarily
around George Ballanchine (doubtlessly
Villella’s idol), and in the final analysis, no
modern dance trends were even discussed.
The Villella presentation took place last
Tuesday, sponsored by the Empire State In-
stitute for the Performing Arts, at the Egg.
Villella returned to Albany after his last
presentation two years ago. He says that
Albany compares favcrably to other cities
culturally, but that dance needs to be
developed more, citing that S.P.A.C. prov-
ed there is a market in the area for dance.
After being introduced, Villella began
by stating, “In my opinion, which is biased,
there are three major artists that per-
manently changed the faces of their art: in
painting , Picasso; in music, Stravinsky;
and, in dance, George Ballanchine.”
Ballachine, a European who claims he
immigrated to the U.S. because he wanted
“to be in a country that produced women
like Ginger Rogers,” established his own
school of dance here in 1934. Although he
preserved the sanctity of traditional dance,
he wished to evolve the slower, romantic
approach of the 19th century to a sharper
and quicker style. “He knew he didn’t have
dancers trained the way he wanted them to
move, so he opened the school,” said
Villella. “Ballanchine had respect — he
didn’t distort classical repertoire, but ex-
tended it and freed our world.”
The first production Ballanchine
choreographed, “Serenade,” was shown on
a relatively small television VCR system.
The audience seemed far away from
Villella, who was entranced as he viewed
the dance, pausing only occasionally to
narrate. “He has moved them in neo-
classical way, all because he juxtaposed
various traditional patterns and steps,”
Villella said glowingly.
Next the audience was. shown part of
Allegre Brilliante, a more contemporary
production that Ballanchine assembled and
choreographed in only four days, involv-
ing no plot but a thematic linking. Five
couples (which Villella described as “yup-
pies’) danced against a warped twilight
skyline of lavenck hips to Tchaikovsky's
Third Piano Concerto. Rather than the
traditional tutu, the females donned chif-
fon skirts, illustrating Ballanchine’s
progressiveness.
“Not saccharine, but a very simple
elegance. All of these steps are traditional,
and yet, there's a freshness about it all,”
Villella exuded.”You can’t get your eyes
off it.”
Villella, 50, has an impressive list of
credentials. As a child in Basick, N.Y., he
was injured while playing baseball and sent
by his coneeTEs en to ballet class as a
means of exercising his athletic tendencies.
He entered the American Ballet at age ten,
but suspended his training to complete
academics at the Rhodes School. He then
earned a bachelor’s degree at the New
York Maritime Academy, where he
graduated as middleweight boxing cham-
pion and earned a varsity baseball letter.
Villella joined the New York City Ballet,
where he was immediately cast into the
lead role of Jerome Robbin’s Afternoon of
Faun, a ballet which he had inspired. He
went on to star in FanFare, Allegro
Brillante, Swan Lake and Apollo, among
others.
He danced Stars and Stripes at President
Kennedys inaugural ball, and has given
command pertormances for Presidents
Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. Villella has
Giving life to the Living
mother wrote them (the ~ poems)
down before 1 could write.” said
Judith Malina as she opened her presenta-
tion for the Writers Institute on Wednes-
day, November 19 in the Recital Hall of
the Performing Arts Center.
Matthew Mann
Malina is not only an acclaimed author
and writer-in-residence at SUNYA, but an
actress, director, and producer as well.
With her late husband Julian Beck, she
founded The Living Theatre, which has at-
tempted to fuse life, theatre and politics in
this country and abroad.
She published The Diaries of Judith
Malina 1947-1957 in 1984. Malina explain-
ed that she began writing the diaries for a
friend and then she never stopped. “I write
everyday. | don't feel finished if I haven't
written” she said”
She then prepared to read.
Malina first set the historical background
for the excerpt she was about to read: a
day in the midst of the Cold War, during
which there was going to be an atomic
bomb dropped on New York City.” She
was, in fact, telling the tale of June
20,1955, the practice drill for an emergen-
cy evacuation in the event of a nuclear
| suppose I've always been a poet; my
war. t
‘A pacifist friend had asked Malina to
join in a demonstration to protest the drill.
This was to be the beginning of her days of
political activism.
Malina and friend went to the park. The
siren went off as they, with 27 others, sat
on a bench instead of going to a bomb
shelter. When approached by a police of:
ficer, a leader of the group asked if they
were under arrest. He then proudly an-
nounced “We are under arrest.”
The 29 climbed into the police wagon
and went to the Sth precinct station house.
She was confident that her husband, Julian
“How long have you lived there?’ (After
futile calculation, she turned to her hus-
band who cued her- Six years)
“T turned to the judge , six years.”
“I asked you,not him!”, he screamed.
“I asked him not to shout at me,” said
Malina. “Then he said menacingly, ‘Have
you ever been committed to a mental in-
stitution?’ I answered, ‘frankly no, have
you?”
ee enough”, he shouted. “You're
ereby committed to for
psychiatric observation.” ee
With her late husband Julian Beck, Malina founded
_ The Living Theatre, which has ee to fuse life,
theatre and politics. .
Beck would get her out before evening's
performance. They were never finger-
printed and the only pictures taken were
for CBS. They were imprisoned before ar-
raignment. In the courtroom, Malina was
singled out by the judge and ordered her to
appear before the bench.
“You, what's your name?”
“Judith Malina”
“Where do you live?”
“78-9 West End Ave.”
“For a moment I didn’t breathe — then
fear, rage, and panic built up all at once.’ In
my panic I blurted to the judge, ‘You are a
tude young man.’ The judge pronounced
us all murderers and responsible for the
hypothetical deaths caused by the H-
bomb. The protesters were held responsi-
ble ‘for the utter destruction of the three
million theoretically killed . . .”” The others
were fined $1,500; and she was brought to
Bellevue
made frequent television appearances, and
won an Emmy award in 1975 for his CBS.
Children’s ballet, Harlequin.
He and his wife Linda, a former Olym-
pic’ figureskater, reside with their three
children in a New York brownstone near
Lincoln Center.
In recent years, Villella has been one of
America’s leading spokesmen for the Arts,
and is in great demand as a lecturer and
master teacher, having been awarded
honorary degrees from the likes of Skid-
more, Fordham, Sienna and Nazareth
colleges.
Following the sparsely narrated video
screenings, Villella concluded by
stating,This is where we've been. The
new trend in classicism is to get tothe
essence, Everyone thinks what we do is so
complicated.” Villella then opened the
forum to questions from the audience.
Many of the questions addressed were
from older people, a large contigent of
the audience, and concerned the training of
children in classical ballet.
The most interesting question concerned
the role of tension in dance, which Villella
addressed by stating, “We don’t view it as
tension. We converse with each other to
finally communicate with you people.
Literally, we are about the elimination of
tension.”
He went on to explain that dance takes
‘on unnatural position and, by practicing,
makes it natural, taking the strength and
energy and releasing it. “People say we're
holding a position. I take exception to
that,” Villella commented. “We don’t hold
anything.”
While in the area Villella visited area
high schools, attempting to explain to
athletes how ballet can benefit them, as
well as holding choreography workshops
and master dance class.
In the future, Villella will be kept busy
managing his new dance company in
Miami, which opened in October. “There
is indeed a market for dance in South
Florida. Prior to opening, we sold 4,500
subscriptions — all on faith,” Villella said.
The company has been invited to dance in
Israel next year.
Villella speaks enthusiastically about his
promising new company, and about his
lifelong affair with dance. “That's what's so
marvelous about art — it just goes and
goes, like the Universe. We just need a few
poets to show us the way.” oO
Theatre
Malina convinced the psychiatrist of her
sanity by explaining scenes from a Living
Theatre production that puzzled Hits, She
was released the next morning.
After the reading discussion turned to
The Living Theatre which Malina and Beck
had founded to “create a stage for which
poets could write to convey their
thoughts.” They wanted to be a part of
history. “It never ceased to be political,
which I hope doesn’t mean it has to be less
poetical.”
The Living Theatre became pacifistic,
anarchistic, and communal. To be a part
one must prove that he is a valuable asset
to The Living Theatre.
Material for the productions came from
many sources: “commissioned poetical
plays, rewritten classical pieces and com-
munally written creative compositions.
, Styles of the production change from day
to day , from year to year, from decade to
decade.” Discarding the raised stage, The
Living Theatre tries to involve the au-
dience in the performance.
Malina expressed concern that currently
society lacks a cultural movement whereas
in the 60's the cultural movement was om-
nipresent. Discussion then moved to
politics — nuclear disarmament and
pacifism.
Malina ended with a poem that she
wrote on her last tour of Europe. It was
about unattainable dreams.
sara:
sabe
November 25, 1986
Where no Trek film
has gone before
arth in the 23rd century faces
destruction. An alien probe has
neutralized several Klingon ships
and is heading toward Earth. Further out in
space, Admiral James Kirk and his
renegade crew from the late Starship Enter-
prise pick up Starfleets’ distress signal.
lan Spelling
It’s Star Trek IV- The Voyage Home. And,
as usual, Kirk and crew must, and ultimate-
ly will, save the world from an alien force
and itself. Along the way, director Leonard
Nimoy combines all the classic Star Trek
elements for the first time in any film in-
stallment. The Voyage Home features a
realistic science fiction premise, moments
of dramatic suspense and out-and-out com-
edy, and the key ingredient which has
allowed Star Trek to remain popular for 20
years: humanity.
The crew, still in the stolen Klingon bird
of prey, slingshots through time to 1986.
This presents all sorts of comic oppor-
tunities as Spock wanders about modern-
day San Francisco in a white robe, and the
rest appear equally like fish out of water.
And fish out of water is what The Voyage
~ Home is all about, literally. The hump-
back whale is extinct in the 23rd century.
The probe unwittingly destroys everything
in its path as it searches for the whales with
which it must communicate. Before it can
annhilate Earth, Kirk, et. al., must find
whales, build a tank aboard the Klingon
ship, find the nuclear power to return to
the 23rd century, and then save the world.
Nimoy makes terrific use of the suppor-
ting cast in this outing. Each does more
than say “Aye Captain,” and press a few
buttons. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) and
Chekhov (Walter Koenig) are assigned to |
find the USS Enterprise, a nuclear aircraft
carrier. He asks for directions in his thick
Russian accent, telling passersby he’s look-
ing for “a nuclear wessel.” In another scene,
Scotty (ames Doohan) and McCoy
(Deforest Kelley) seek the plexiglass
necessary to construct the whale tank.
Doohan sinks his teeth into’the part of a
Scottish professor. Shatner and Nimoy
play off each other well, particularly when
they talk with a marine biologist
(Catherine Hicks) who will be an integral
part of their mission. She asks if they enjoy
Italian food. The Laurel and Hardy-like
“yes-no, no-yes, yes-no” dialogue follows,
and is simply hysterical. At one point, Mc-
Coy’ glances at Spock and intones, “You
really have gone where no man has gone
before.”
That line epitomizes The Voyage Home.
This is a cross-over film, non-Trekkies can
understand the line, while long-time fans
will appreciate it even more so. Nimoy
simultaneously ties up Star Trek II's loose
ends and presents a film which stands in-
dependent of the others.
The Spock trilogy is laid to rest, permit-
ting Star Trek V (to be directed by Shatner)
to pursue any direction.
The special effects are top-notch, though
some of the backgrounds’ matte-paintings
appear quite cheesey. Star Trek purists
may encounter problems with the film’s
resolution, but Nimoy handles this deftly.
There's no sense analyzing the perfor-
mances of the cast in detail. They've all
been playing their parts for 20 years, and
must be doing something right. Newcomer
Hicks is fine, though her character's in-
dependence and complete devotion to
whales, intended to make the conclusion
viable, comes off as an obvious plot device.
Nimoy truly comes into his own here.
The Voyage Home is “a Leonard Nimoy
Film.” He has a genuine sense of taste and
comic timing, and displays it often. As
much as The Voyage Home is an‘80’s film,
Nimoy wisely chose to recapture the series’
feel, its spirit, Mark Lenard again plays
Spock's father, Sarek. Jane’ Wyatt makes a
brief appearance, reprising her role as
Spock's human mother, Amanda. Also pre-
sent if one doesn’t blink, are Majel Barret
(Nurse Chapel) and Grace Lee Whitney
(Yoeman Rand). The films messages are
relayed without heavy-handedness. The
probe doesn’t want-to communicate with
humans. Humans aren't all there is on the
planet, Though ‘never stated specifically,
the message is clear.
Star Trek IV- The Voyage Home is a
whiz-bang, fun film. One may ask “how
can Star Trek IV be such fun when the fate
of the earth is in question?” That's the beau-
ty of Star Trek. It says,"Weill still be
around in the 23rd century, let’s enjoy the
ride.” And-what's wrong with that ? Oo
ASP rating: a 2 id.
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in their classic roles in n Star Trek IV.
Timmy Boyle as Adrian Pasdar in Streets of Gold.
Streets goes dawa
for the count
he Great American Dream is a
$i theme in so many movies today,
and Stree(s of Gold is no exception.
It is a modest little film witha plot we have
all seen before. That, perhaps, is its biggest
problem. This movie doesn't seem to know
exactly what it wants to say. It blends story
elements and themes from numerous past
successes and ends up looking like a
theatrical collage of Rocky, Breaking
Away, Fiddler on the Roof and White
Nights.
Patrick Gillease
Klaus Maria Brandauer stars as Alek
Newman, a Russian Jew and former Soviet
boxing champ, who left the USSR after be-
ing denied the right to fight in the Olym-
pics because of his religion. He arrives in
America as a bitter, disillusioned man,
reduced to living-in a‘run-down boarding
house in the Russian community of
Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, New York.
Although he would rather just vegetate,
he takes a job in the kitchen of a local Rus-
sian restaurant and spends his off-hours
drinking and roaming the streets with his
housemates. It is during one of these excur-
sions that he encounters two promising,
young fighters from the neighborhood
boxing circuit, who eventually persuade
Alek to be their coach. -
Brandauer, most known for his por-
trayals of arch enemy Largo in Never Say
Never Again and the rakish husband of
Meryl Streep in Out of Africa, seems out
of place in his role. He certainly doesn’t
look like a boxing champ, nor does he act
like one. His appearance as an apathetic
bum throughout much of the picture
thwarts the character he is trying to pre-
sent, even when he has supposedly regain-
ed his self confidence and respect.
Wesley Snipes as Roland Jenkins, a
streetwise black boxer, and Adrian Pasdar
as Timmy Boule, a cocky Irish fighter, are |
glory, join us on Tuesday,
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much more suited to their roles. Snipes ex-
cels as the street hood fighting the conven-
tions and stereotypes of his surroundings.
He portrays a likable lad who beats the
odds. Pasdar is exceptional as the guido
youth trying to make a name for himself in
the ring, despite the fact that he feels in-
secure about his abilities: The two men
play off each other very well.
The training scenes in the film were the —
best things going for it. They were ex-
ecuted impeccably, and any boxing fan
will love the film for this reason alone.
Technical advisor Emile Griffith, a five
time world champion, stated that the ac-
tors, especially Snipes, could have had
quite a career in the ring, had they not
opted for acting.
The promotional poster for this film
says, “three men, one vision,” or something
to that effect, and this message is the foun-
dation of picture. The only problem is that
it got got lost amongst the other points the
producers were trying to make. They
begin to stress the political entanglements,
religious undertones, and cultural heritage
a little too much, and it is here that the
viewer wonders about the true theme be-
ing conveyed. The actual interest in the
film is the differing attitudes toward suc-
cess that the partners have, and how they
learn to understand one another to
cooperate as a team. This should have been
the primary focus of the film.
The film is further tarnished by a few
other technical problems, such as the
fragmented editing by academy. award
winner Richard Chew, which makes some
of the relationships, especially Timmy and
Roland's friendship, seem to rise out of
nowhere.
Perhaps a better title would have been
the Streets of Bronze. o
AG
ASP rating:
December 2 at 4 p.m. in
Our apologies
Accuracy is a fundamental part of journalism. But
sometimes we make mistakes due to a reporter’s error,
a typographical error, or perhaps a source’s factual
error.
When an error is brought to our attention, we make
every effort to print a correction, which can always be
found on page 2.
There are times however, when a three-paragraph
correction fails to explain the error, and how and why
it happened. Such is the case with an article on the
grouper law case in the November 21 issue of the ASP.
A story came over the Associated Press wire at
about 4 o’clock Friday morning reporting that
Albany’s anti-grouper law was ruled constitutional
Thursday by a state Supreme Court judge.
The AP story led us to believe that Student
Association had lost its case against the city. And we
weren’t alone, as at least two different radio stations
broadcasted the same story, and a prominent local
afternoon newspaper also reported that the law was
upheld.
What actually happened is another story. SA did not
lose the grouper law case, as the AP story strongly
suggests. But SA did suffer a major setback Thursday,
as the judge rejected SA’s motion to expand its lawsuit
to a class-action suit, which would have prevented the
city from enforcing the law against anyone, and not
just the students listed on the suit.
Our placement of the article, as well as the headline
given to it, reflected our interpretation of the AP
story. We treated the story as important late-breaking
news, as we bumped a different story from the lead
position to accomodate it. ;
The ASP has already lodged a complaint with the
Associated Press for omitting some vital information
from its article, thereby making its article extremely
misleading.
But that doesn’t change what appeared on Friday’s
front page. We offer a sincere apology to SA, defense
attorney Lewis Oliver, and SA attorney Mark Mishler
for printing an incorrect story. We’d also like to
apologize to our readers for misleading them on a very
important story.
We'll do our best to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Tofu turkey
Holidays are always something to be thankful for.
It usually means a day off from work, or in most of
our cases, a day off from school. But Thanksgiving
Day has always meant a little more than the average
holiday.
The purists contend that Thanksgiving is a time to
thank God for all that the earth has provided, going
back to the Puritans’ first Thanksgiving dinner which
was shared with native Americans.
The realists believe Thanksgiving is a time to watch
two football games, and then gorge yourself on turkey
with all the trimmings.
Neither theory is without its imperfections. The first
theory doesn’t allow for athiests, while the second isn’t
great for football haters, turkeys or vegetarians.
What we need is a unifying theme for Thanksgiving,
one that allows for athiests and vegetarians alike.
Literally speaking, the holiday is meant to be the day
to give thanks. It doesn’t have to be to God, it can be
to anything.
You can thank the New York Mets, who breathed
more life into this campus than any spirit committee or
pep squad ever will. While you’re at it, you can also
thank Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner for
graciously forgetting what a baseball glove was for.
You can thank the University for enforcing its
$416.50 penalty fee for students who wish to break
their one-year housing contract. 5
You can thank Student Association’s Programming
Office for waiting until December to schedule its first
event, so as not to interfere with midterms.
You can thank the idiot who set the two fires in the
Fine Arts building earlier this month, and the moron
who wrote racial slurs on the door of an Alumni Quad
resident, for reminding us that the world is still an
imperfect one.
You can thank Ronald Reagan for making our
world a safer place to be by botching up the Iceland
summit and impeding further arms negotiation talks in
Geneva.
You get the idea, There must be something or
someone to thank as you stick the carving knife into
the turkey, or the tofu turkey, as the case may be.
Have a happy Thanksgiving!
Cin, lke
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE
It’s a gamble for me to keep the Communication
department in the limelight by writing this column, in-
stead of just letting the attention we’ve been getting fade
into the oblivion of yesterday’s news. But the air needs to
be cleared.
Robert E. Sanders
For those who don’t follow the ASP and don’t talk to
other people.on campus much, I’m writing about
undergraduate demand for Communication courses. It
exceeds capacity. (This is also happening in Communica-
tion departments across the country, not just on our cam-
pus.) In recent years, most upper-level classes have been
closed out by majors before they became available to
minors and non-majors; more recently, even sophomore
and junior majors have had trouble getting the classes
they want. On top of that, the special registration we in-
stituted to ensure the availability of courses for majors
has spawned long lines, with all of the rudeness and hard
feelings you’d expect when everyone is afraid there won’t
be enough to go around.
The frustration students feel about the limited access to
courses in Communication seems to be intensified by the
mistaken impression that it would be easy to remedy, but
nobody is doing anything about it. This comes through
more clearly in the ASP editorial of November 11 than
anywhere else.
But before I try to correct that mistaken impression, I
want to stress that I expect the access problem to ease up a
little over the next few semesters — for majors in par-
ticular, but also for non-majors. We’ve begun managing
enrollments more actively. And at the same time we’ve
gone from 8.5 to 9.5 faculty this year, and I understand
that a new faculty position for us was written into next
year’s budget.
The ASP editorialists clearly think that increasing class
size is the answer. It’s true that that would solve the ac-
cess problem pretty effectively. But it wouldn’t solve the
educational problem, it would make it worse. I’m not just
offering platitudes about the importance of maintaining
personal contact in a university class (a nicety most peo-
ple seem to have lost interest in), I’m talking logistics. In
many of our courses, opening up enrollments would force
such major changes in instructional methods that precise-
ly the things that make the course valuable to students
would be lost. The metaphor for the dilemma is of
castaways at sea all crowding into the only lifeboat, and it
sinks.
Naturally, the optimal capacity of a course varies,
depending on content and instructional methods. Some
of our courses could be taught to large numbers of
students (putting aside the value of personal contact) —
and are. In other courses, where optimal size is less clear,
our faculty often enlarge their enrollments voluntarily
(and their workload) to help students get the coursework
they want or need.
Failing that remedy, the ASP editorialists advocate
putting limits on the number of students admitted to the
major. That’s precisely the solution we adopted over a
year ago. But it takes two or three years for an admissions
requirement to have a visible effect on overcrowding.
On good Communication
We're now monitoring the effect of the present require-
ment, and we have a more stringent one in the works if
that seems necessary.
Related to this, we’ve started closely monitoring our
majors’ course selections during advisement, to be sure
that students get the courses they need to make progress
towards the degree, without’ interfering with other
students by taking more than they need. As a result, this
fall, for the first time in several semesters, all but a hand--
ful of majors got the courses they need to make progress
on requirements — and we were able to leave space in
many of our courses for non-majors to elect at early
registration. On the other hand, clamping down in this
way has serious drawbacks too. If we just put up barriers
and let it go at that, we’re going to continue preventing
students from getting what they want from us.
Some students want things from us that we don’t pro-
vide, like ‘‘applied’’ training in broadcasting, or advertis-
ing. (We stress theory and research, not skills, because we
view our mission as the education of decision-makers, not
the training of technicians.) As a result, some portion of
the demand we’re faced with is misdirected. Accordingly,
solving the overcrowding problem requires that we devote
as much energy to helping students not end up in the
wrong place for the wrong reasons, as we devote to mak-
ing our courses more accessible to students whose interest
in them is well-advised.
When I advise students, it often turns out that what
they want to do — to enroll in certain courses, or certain
second fields or second majors, or study abroad — is a
bad idea. It won’t pay off as they intend, or the goal they
have can’t be achieved that way. This isn’t surprising.
There are a lot of myths on campus about careers and
education that sneak their way into these kinds of
choices.
I’m not sure how many of our students came to study
with us because they realized that my colleagues and I are
on to a good thing intellectually. But I know that some
students don’t see that. Before we had an admisions re-
quirement, some students were declaring the major
without having taken any of our courses. I know also that
some of our majors don’t care much for what we read
and talk about in the department, but they hang on dog-
gedly because they heard that Communication is a good
major for getting a job (which is fine, except that the
most important thing for success in white-collar life is a
good education; and a “‘good major’’ doesn’t yield much
of an education if you’re not interested in it).
We're also trying to mount an information campaign .
through advisors in CUE and EOP to let students know
what we deal with and what we don’t, to encourage
students to make an informed choice and to discourage
them from coming to us for the wrong reasons. It’s
healthy when students question us about our methods or
goals, and pressure us to improve the quality of our
courses and programs. That’s what some of the frustra-
tion students are experiencing in Communication is
about. We agree it’s not a good situation, and we’re
working to improve things. oO
The writer is Chair of the Communications Department
Correct doctrine
To the Editor:
The ‘‘religion/cult’’ controversy is an interesting one,
but neither Leon nor any of his detractors seem to have
quite hit the nail on the head.
In essence, religions and cults are the same thing. They
both require a member to believe in things for which there
is no empirical evidence and to rely on these objectively
non-existent phenomena for some form of aid, either in
this world or in a promised (though undemonstrated)
afterlife. The major apparent differences between
religions and cults, namely the attitudes of the leaders and
their treatment of followers, are more a matter of degree
than kind.
These differences are essentially due to two factors: the
size of the groups involved and the age of the
religion/cult: I have little doubt that, were one to take the
original Christians, modernize them, and transport them
to this century, they would be immediately labeled a cult.
The outrages and extremist attitudes of most cults tend to
moderate as the group gets larger (thus being forced to
widen its views), and as the original leaders are displaced.
Since most cults and religions begin with the teachings
of single men or small groups, their beginnings are sus-
tained as much by the personal magnetism of the leader as
by any of its doctrines. With the loss of the original
leader, who was the prime arbiter of “‘correct doctrine,”
the cult is left with several lieutenants whose views, while
yery similar, will differ in some small degree. It is not un-
common for a cult to fragment into nothing upon the
death of its founder; the ‘‘Moonies’”” undoubtedly would
lose much unity at the death of Rev. Moon.
If the cult survives this initial blow, it will quickly
change to the views of its new leaders. These views will be
somewhat broader, more nebulous, and more open to
subsequent interpretation. This process repeats until the
extremes of the original are moderated by the sheer
number of slightly differing interpretations that creep in
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at every changing of the guard. Christianity is an excellent
example of this, and also illustrates how one cult/religion
gives birth to others.
The dangers of cults are fairly obvious. What is not so
obvious to many people is that religions which are well-
established, though harder to influence, can still be re-
converted to the old fanatic type by a single strong leader,
and then, because of the massive number of “‘believers’”
available, become far more dangerous than any hole-in-
the-wall cult of fewer members. Khadafy and the
Ayatollah show how an established religion can drop its
civilized garb in a few years to show the fanatic cult
beneath. Falwell and the Moral Majority are a closer to
home example.
Two thousand years ago, a tiny cult named Christianity
was born. A cosmic eyeblink later, it is one of the most
dominant religions on this planet. In two millennia it has
committed more atrocities, slain more people, and caused
more pain than two World Wars. In the same time it aid-
ed more people, healed more wounds, and brought more
to civilization than a hundred thousand factories. This
night-and-day difference is no more or less than the rise
and fall of fanaticism. Christianity is no more immune
from another round of witch hunts and Inquisitions to-
day than it was 500 years ago. Always remember that
belief in a religion is belief in a cult; the one is merely the
lighter side of the other.
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We were there too
To the Editor:
I would like to respond to the letter ‘‘Stop the bus”’ in
the Tuesday November 18 edition of the ASP and to San-
dy Thevenot, who wrote the letter. I just want to let it be
known to all of SUNY Albany who read the letter that she
obviously didn’t hear the whole conversation between
that black man and the bus driver. I was on that bus and I
am not a spineless hypocrite. As a matter of fact the
reason I did not say anything was because it was none of
my business at the time. Well, obviously, Sandy, you are
now making it my business.
The bus was very full on that ride uptown. Usually
when there is a full bus and people are standing, the bus
drivers go past regulation stops. Every once in a while if
there is only one person at the bus stop, the driver will
pick up that one person. That is what happened in this
case with that black man.
The driver asked him to step behind the white line for
safety reasons. The black- person proceeded to. ‘‘go off”
on the bus driver, saying that the bus driver had no con-
cern for the safety of his passengers because he let so
many people on the bus. Little did he know that the driver
did him a favor by letting him on the bus. Maybe if the
black didn’t have such an attitude problem, words would
not have been thrown back and forth for anyone to
regret.
Don’t lay a guilt trip on the whites. This same problem
could have occurred if the kid was white. Then the bus
driver may have called him something else like a ‘‘Long
Island JAP.”” You may be fuming because of that inci-
dent. But I am fuming because of your racial attack and
ignorance. Or was it that you didn’t want everyone to
know the whole story?
— Paula Dougherty
Doctor may I?
To the Editor:
I suffer from exertional asthma which is often accom-
panied by bronchitis. My condition is often triggered by
or worsened from excessive exercise and poor climate. My
consultation with a Student Health Service physician was
more like’a session of 21 questions, as the doctor tried to
convince me that my condition is not serious enough to
receive the special permit.
The doctor asked me why I had never come to be ex-
amined or treated for any ailments during my freshman
and sophomore years at SUNYA. I explained that after
having this condition for as long as I do, I am fairly well
educated enough to know when and which medication to
take. I added that during my first two years at SUNYA, I
lived on the uptown campus and that the walk from the
quad to the podium was usually not a problem. I now,
however, must commute, and am in an entirely different
situation.
The doctor glanced over my records again and offered
his expert advice that I should allow myself an extra five
minutes to walk from the regular students parking lots to
the podium. When I once again argued and said that
walking slower doesn’t change the wind chill factor, he
smiled and said, ‘Sweetheart, if everyone who requested
a special permit received one, we’d have no room to walk!
There would be cars all over!’? He paused and said,
“Well, there are the buses. . .take the buses.””
Frustrated and angry, I sarcastically thanked the doc-
tor for his time, while all the while I thought how much
“fun”? taking the buses could be. I mean, I could stand on
a street corner, in a blizzard and freezing temperatures,
and wheeze until a “green machine’ arrived.
— Sharon B. Coleman
Alarming problem
To the Editor:
We are residents of Livingston tower, Colonial quad.
There is a recurring problem here, which everyone on the
quad is aware of. The problem is with the fire alarm
system in the tower. Just recently, there was a fire drill at
4:30 a.m. or so we’ve been told. Unfortunately, we slept
through it — as did many others. Suppose there had been
a real fire that morning?
The fire alarms are not just inaudible during sleep. In
September, we were listening to the stereo when the fire
alarm went off. Jeanne thought it was the elevator-stuck
again! Rena thought it was someone taking a shower.
Nadine thought that the stereo was making a funny noise-
maybe it was broken. It wasn’t until we looked out the
window at the crowd that we realized there was a fire
alarm. From then on, unless an R.A. knocked on the
door, most people would disregard the alarm as many dif-
ferent things.
Something must be done about this ‘‘alarming”’ pro-
blem before someone gets hurt. A particular incident was
brought to our attention recently. A few weeks ago, in a
State quad low-rise, some clothes caught on fire because
they were too close to a lamp which had been left on for
quite some time. The entire suite room, as well as one of
the bedrooms, was encased in smoke. Surprisingly, not
one of the three smoke detectors in the suite worked, and
yet they were all plugged in.
Must we wait for someone to get hurt before we get
results? Something must be done.
— Jeanne L, Puttre
— Rena J. Russo
At what price?
To the Editor:
In response to the letter in the November 18 issue of the
ASP ‘‘We want to get off,”’ I found the use of the words
“tyrannical dictatorship” in referring to Residential Life
too strong. If someone wanted to move off campus this
year then they should have planned ahead. In the spring
of ’86, all students returning to live on campus signed a
contract with Res. Life for a full year term. This contract
would be very similar to a lease if the students were living
off campus. In the outside world, if a contract or lease is
broken then there is a penalty. So it is the same in the
University.
Perhaps Res. Life has been lenient in the past to in-
dividuals wishing to break their contract, but, as the letter
stated, “‘the school started becoming self-sufficient” this
year. Res. Life now needs to make sure that it can support
itself, and that means full occupancy.
The letter made it seem that more students will be add-
ed to already crowded dorms while no students will be
leaving. This is untrue. There are releases from contract
for students who are studying abroad, graduating, or
otherwise leaving the University, as well as for
documented medical and financial reasons. These are the
spaces that will be filled by newly admitted students in the
spring. It would be unfair of Res. Life to let some
residents break their contracts while not letting others
solely due to the available filing of spaces that will occur
by new residents.
Preplanning and understanding what they were signing
before they signed Residence Licenses would’ve helped
those students that now find themselves in the dilemma of
wishing to break their contract. Res. Life has been as fair
as possible on this issue and has, perhaps, helped your
“‘growth”’ by making you aware of how things are in the
outside world.
— Glenn Merry
Lend me your ears
To the Editor:
The Nov. 14 ASP editorial criticized SA for a huge
budget deficit that may be incurred again this year, par-
ticularly blaming the Programming Office and the Media
Office. It never offered reasons why they haven’t been ef-
fective ofices or how they can become more effective.
Yes, students have the right to know what Student
Association is doing and yes, the administration is not
happy when SA goes into a large deficit. But they need
solutions and resources to solve the problem, not so-
meone to yell fire.
The ASP should have offered solutions, not com-
plaints. We all have to pull together as part of the student
community. Perhaps if the ASP gave more extensive
coverage and previews of SA events they would be more
successful.
I appeal to all students, especially business and
marketing majors, to come lend your suggestions as to
how SA can, at the very least, avoid a deficit. I invite the
ASP to help. There is no harm in a suggestion, but there
is no value in pointing fingers. Without criticizing con-
structively and not offering SA an input to rectify the
problems in the budget, I fail to see the value of the
editorial.
— Brian Feinblum
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS (1 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1986 1 1
Bulimia goes well beyond desire for weight loss
By Michael Schwalberg
Last Monday NBC aired
“Kate’s Secret,’’ a movie depic-
ting a woman suffering from the
eating disorder labelled bulimia.
Bulimia is a name that describes a
combination of behavior,
thoughts, and attitudes that in-
clude: eating .
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binge; repeated attempts to lose
weight through such behaviors;
tremendous pressure to be thin.
Research has linked bulimic
behavior to severe and prolonged
dieting. It is no coincidence, then,
that the vast majority of bulimics
are women.
It may also come as no sur-
prise, while extremely frighten-
ing, that research suggests that as
many as one in 20 women on col-
lege campuses suffer from
bulimia.
Many are not as severe as Kate,
who is portrayed by Meredith
Baxter-Birney. Others cannot be
labelled ‘‘bulimic,” but engage in
bulimic behavior, such as laxative
abuse or vomiting when ‘feeling
full. Indeed, among many high
It may also come as no
surprise. . .that research suggests
that as many as one in 20 women
on college campuses suffers from
bulimia.
feeling depressed or anxious
about eating habits; and over-
concern with body. shape and
weight.
The melodrama attempted to
touch upon many of the key
dynamics and issues involved in
the disorder. However, bulimia is
a complex and multifaceted pro-
blem, and it is difficult to portray
the ‘‘typical bulimic.”
The movie alluded to the
cultural context of the disorder.
That is, we live in a culture
obsessed with weight.
Women especially are under
school and college women, such
behaviors are acceptable dieting
techniques.
“Kate’s Secret’? attempted to
convey the dangers of vomiting
and laxative abuse, which may in-
clude such problems as dental
deterioration, electrolyte distur-
bance, and cardiac irregularities.
What it failed to stress is that,
ironically, these behaviors are in-
effective means of controlling .
weight.
A significant percentage of
calories are absorbed despite
purging behavior. Many bulimics
believe that purging is the only
thing standing between them and
“‘disaster.”” Researchers have
found, however, that women who
have gone through treatment and
no longer engage in bulimic
behavior do not gain weight.
Bulimia, however, is not just
about weight control. It is also
about depression, anxiety, feel-
ings of emptiness, perfectionism,
loneliness, control, anger, and
self-worth. “‘Kate’s Secret‘ at-
tempted to portray such issues. It
also conveyed a sense of hope.
Over the past few years, the
field of mental health has explod-
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While much work remains to be
done, effective treatment is in-
creasingly becoming available.
Unlike Kate, most bulimics can be
treated on an outpatient basis,
rather than being hospitalized.
If you feel you have a problem
with bulimic behavior, and would
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Group accused as being campus front for church
Petition seen as phony recruitment effort
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — A
group called CAUSA USA has
begun circulating petitions on
campuses across the nation in re-
cent weeks, but some critics think
it’s a recruiting front for the
Unification Church and the Rev.
Sun Myung Moon.
CAUSA — The Confederation
of the Associations for the Unity of
the Societies of the Americas —
usually circulates petitions asking
signers to ‘‘agree’’ there should bea
God-centered morality in the U.S.,
that all people should be free, and
that communism is dangerous.
On some campuses, however,
Students are asked to sign to
“‘promote”’ the bicentennial of the
U.S. Constitution.
Since September, CAUSA peti-
tions have shown up at Utah, Ohio
State, Monmouth in New Jersey,
Alabama, Nebraska, Minnesota,
Winona State, Brookdale Com-
munity College and Queens Col-
lege, among dozens of others.
Students at the above schools
have complained CAUSA members
others charge the group is just
gathering names of students to
recruit for the Unification Church.
CAUSA officials emphatically
deny it.
“This is not some sort of tricky
-Tecruiting drive,”” said CAUSA
USA President Joseph Sanchez.
But Ronald Hilton, professor
emeritus at Stanford and editor of
“World Affairs Report,” said
CAUSA is a Moon organization.
“Moon has a very complex net-
work of organizations,’ Hilton
said. “‘Within the network of Moon
organizations, there is one called
Moon’s ties to American campuses
“are far more numerous than the
academic world
suspects. . .[reaching] a degree of
intellectual respectability which is
quite surprising.”’
— Ronald Hilton
“‘We’re not asking for donations.’’
When asked about CAUSA’s ties
to the Unification Church, CAUSA
publicist, Joy Garrott, said,
“Frankly, you don’t have any pro-
of [they exist].””
Sanchez said, ‘CAUSA is not af-
CAUSA International, which pro-
motes the anti-communist cause.’
At the University of Utah, stu-
dent activities coordinator Virginia
Peterson, who said she believes
CAUSA is in the network, said
Moon-affiliated groups have ‘‘been
times that I can recall.””
Hilton said Moon’s ties to
American campuses “‘are far more
numerous than the academic world
suspects,’’ adding they have
“teached a degree of intellectual
respectability which is quite
surprising.”?
Sanchez said his group only has
gotten campus “help” from CARP
— the Collegiate Association for
the Research of Principles — which
makes no secret of its ties to the
Unification Church.
“Some of our volunteers are
CARP Moonies,”” Sanchez said,
“and they identify themselves as
being with CARP. I am really
grateful for the help.’
But CAUSA, he said, just wants
to get people to say they don’t like
communism.
“Who could argue with that?
Virtually everyone who was asked
did they agree said ‘Yes,’”’ Sanchez
said. “Over seven million people
have signed.”
Hilton agreed, “Who indeed
could argue [with such sentiments]?
In theory, that’s all very noble and
profound.””
But he said he suspects the group
belatedly inform them they’re filiated with the Rev. Moon. I’ma here under several different names. Ultimately will use the names and
followers of Rev. Moon, while Roman Catholic.”’ They’ve been here at least three dresses it’s gathered to recruit.
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“I’m wondering if they’re trying to
get one to join the organization.’’
Garratt said signees will get more
information about the organiza-
tion, including a “sample copy” of
CAUSA’s newsletter. Later, those
people will be asked to subcribe to
the $18 a year letter.
Sanchez said he has yet to decide
what to do with the seven million
signatures he’s collected. CAUSA,
he said may let the ‘leaders and
politicians — people who com-
municate — know that seven
million people believe this [or that]
way.’”
Despite complaints of
misrepresentation, most schools say
they will keep their campuses open
to the group.
“I suppose any group should be
treated with courtesy and respect,””
Hilton said.
“I remember when the group
first came, some questions were
raised about what rights they had,”’
said University of Alabama Presi-
dent Joab Thomas.
“But I don’t see any clear and
present danger [from CAUSA’s
Presence on campus]. I don’t think
our students will be swayed or fool-
ed by this.””
“We area very open college and
strongly committed to the right of
free speech,” he said. 0
More spending
on U.S. colleges
urged in report
Washington, D.C.
(AP) A_ national commission
headed by former Secretary of
Education Terrel H. Bell says the
United States is risking ‘‘national
suicide”? unless it sharply in-
creases spending on its schools
and colleges.
The academic and civic leaders,
in a report commissioned by a
state college group, rebuked
President Reagan and others who
have sought to cut aid for college
students.
The report, released recently,
called for a domestic Marshall
Plan to nearly double the number
of college-educated adults by the
turn of the century.
“Public. officials who propose
budget reductions in education at
a time when the republic is han-
dicapped by the burden of an
undereducated populace are un-
thinkingly abetting an act of na-
tional suicide,” the Bell commis-
sion said. ‘‘Their priorities are
wrong.’”
The 56-page report, ‘‘To
Secure the Blessings of Liberty,’’
was prepared for the American
Association of State Colleges and
Universities, which is holding its
annual meeting in Phoenix. Bell
addressed the group on the
recommendations.
The 22-member panel included
Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and
former Mississippi Gov. William
Winter, as well as a half-dozen
college presidents, the heads of
both national teacher unions and
the chancellor of New York City’s
schools.
The association represents 372
four-year campuses that enroll
2.5 million students and award a
third of all bachelor degrees.
It urged states to keep college
tuitions as low as possible, in part
to help recruit more minority
students and stop the growth of
“an American underclass.’ It
also urged the state colleges to
take the lead in producing the 1
million new teachers needed by
public schools in the next decade.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1986 (] ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 1 3
Quad reps. appointed by Tenants Association
By Colleen Deslaurier
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Students from all five quads
were appointed as temporary
representatives of Student
Association’s Albany Dorm
Tenants Association at a ‘‘general
information meeting’’ Thursday.
“*They’re temporary
spokespeople,’’ said Mitch
Posner, State Quad liason to SA’s
Student Action Committee
(SAC), a group which helped
organize the tenants association.
The students were appointed to
“help by organizing the group
centrally,”” Posner said.
A total of 10 representatives,
two from each quad, were chosen
to head the locals on each quad
Soviet Jews
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Soviet Jews are “aware that
American Jews support the roles
of keeping the faith alive,’’ he
said.
Anthony Schwartz, a SUNYA
sophomore who attended the lec-
ture, said “‘I thought it was very
informative and I hope to see
more of these types of meetings
on campus.””
“The most important thing he
Students raised
the issue of
alleged racism.
and to help recruit students to the
tenants association, said SA
President Paco Duarte.
“‘Once we have organized, elec-
tions — according to those outlin-
ed in the constitutions — will take
place,’’ said Duarte.
The purpose of Thursday’s
meeting was ‘“‘to let people know
what’s going on,’’ said Posner.
Copies of the tenants associa-
(Bloom) mentioned was keeping
in contact with Soviet Jews. This
is a tangible thing we can all do,”
Schwartz said.
Bloom said that people should
‘‘write regularly to Soviet
authorities about particular
refusniks who are in trouble.””
He also stressed the importance
of “‘keeping up the pressure and
linkages with Soviet Jews so that
they know they are not
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distributed at the meeting.
“There were a lot of new
faces,”’ said SAC chair Phil Bot-
winik, adding that 20 students at-
tended the meeting.
According to Botwinik, the
main concern voiced by students
at the meeting was Residential
Life’s enforcement of the year-
long housing contract. SUNYA’s
dorm contract requires students
who wish to move off campus
mid-year to pay Residential Life a
$416.50 fee to be released from
the terms of the contract.
In addition, Posner said
students raised the issue of alleged
racism by Residential Life staff
and Public Safety officers.
A Dec. 4 meeting has been
to the Soviet Union, laws have
changed so that it is now illegal to
bring gifts to the Soviet Union.
A second speaker sponsored by
JSC’s traditional sect, The Flame,
was also secheduled to speak
Monday.
Rabbi Ben Berlinger was to
speak on ‘‘Why Jews Are Not
Christians,”” but had to cancel,
said Flame co-chair Ben Berl-
inger. The presentation is
scheduled to be held Monday,
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scheduled to discuss ‘‘tactics and
strategies to further develop these
problems,’’ said Botwinik.
“We're going to talk about what
actions can be taken to make a
positive change,’’ he said.
According to Duarte, 210
students have signed up to join
the tenants association. ‘‘We’re
very happy about the number. It
shows that students do find that
there are problems in the dorms
and want to do something about
it,”’ Duarte said. Qo
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COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — Spelman Col-
lege has ‘‘won”’ the chance to host an on-
location taping of an episode of The Cosby
Show.
NBC, which airs the top-rated TV show,
and Camille Cosby — the wife of star Bill
Cosby — toured a number of southern
DISNEY historically black colleges to find the right
EPCOT campus to become ‘‘Hillman College.”
SEA WORLD Hillman is the fictitious black college
Denise, one of the show’s characters, at-
tends. In the show, Denise’s father and
grandfather are Hillman graduates.
JoAnne Alfano, a NBC spokeswomen
in New York, said Spelman, an
800-student private women’s college,
“best exemplifies the small college with
traditional values that we want Hillman to
be.””
“Two or three”’ colleges competed for
the chance to serve as a set for the episode,
Alfano said.
Camille Cosby toured the school while
researching her master’s thesis on black
students in higher education, said Dr.
Oscar Porter, spokesman for Tougaloo
College in Mississippi, one of the schools
considered for the show.
Spelman is 105 year old — the oldest
black women’s college in the world, said
college spokeswoman Jo Moore Stewart.
She said the school will not be paid for the
use of their campus.
“We will be recompensed with national
recognition,’ Stewart said. ‘‘Mr. Cosby
has donated to the college generously over
the last several years. The figures I am not
at liberty to give out.” =
Moreover, Cosby has a special connec-
tion to Spelman.
“His second daughter attends school
here,”’ Stewart said,.‘‘and his son will at-
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lege nearby) next fall.””
“He sat on the podium during our last
commencement, and kissed all of the
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character, played by Lisa Bonet, at the col-
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long barred from buying ads on noncom-
mercial college radio stations, now have a
way to get around the law, a company
boasts.
In fact, Campus Voice magazine pro-
motes its new audio syndication to campus
stations as a way for advertisers “‘to, in ef-
fect, circumvent the law.””
The campus stations, however, get no
revenues from the service.
“The idea behind the Campus Voice En-
counter is that the five-minute programs
open and close with billboards [commer-
cials] on the shows,” said Jim Omastiak,
vice president and publisher of Campus
Voice. ‘We call them ‘informals’.”*
The Federal Communications Commis-
sion, which regulates the nation’s radio
and TV stations, doesn’t allow “‘noncom-
mercial” stations to take ads, said FCC
lawyer Barbara Kriesman.
But “infomercials,” she said, are not
considered ads.
“Say, for example, General Motors
sponsored a program. They could say ‘GM
builds cars,’ and they could even identify
the cars, but there could be no call to ac-
tion,”’ she said. Oo
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1986 (1) ALBANY STUDENT PRESS Sports 15
Courageous Hoff finishes race despite injury
By Steven Silberglied
STAFF WRITER
For Albany senior Tim Hoff, a trip to
the Division III Nationals was a frustrating
ending to a highly successful season.
At SUNY Fredonia, Hoff placed 163
with a time of 30:57. He lost his shoe one
mile into the race when he was spiked, and
was forced to run the next four miles with
a different stride and in total pain. One
week ago Hoff ran nearly 2:30 minutes
better on the same course.
Wisconson’s Arnie Schrader toured the
5 mile course in 26:47 to win the race. The
team competition was won by favored St.
Thomas (Min.) College. St. Lawrence
(4th), RIT (5th), and Cortland (17th)
represented the eastern region.
Before the race there appeared to be a
good chance for Hoff to place in the top
25, the All-American requirement.
The race started off well, too. A mile in-
to the race he was comfortably in the top
15, and in excellent position.
“He looked very smooth and relaxed’’
said Albany Head Coach Roberto Vives.
Suddenly everything went wrong for the
Yonkers native. He was spiked from
behind, his shoe falling off in the process.
This broke blood vessels and had Hoff
limping the rest of the race. Only a
courageous effort enabled him to finish
the race; by then he was moving at a slow
jog with spectators urging him to finish as
he crossed the line.
A disappointed Hoff later said, ‘‘It was
a tough way to end the season, but what
can you do? My goal at the beginning of
the season was to qualify for the nationals,
which I did, so anything I accomplished
here would have been icing on the cake.”
Coach Vives felt, ‘‘This can’t take
anything away from the great season Tim
had. He was our dominant runner from
the first meet, and I am sure that if this
(the spiking incident) had not occurred he
would have been an All-American.”
The coach’s words are backed up by the
fact that two runners Hoff beat last week
finished in the top 25. Hoff would have
Great Dane
By Steve Wortman
STAFF WRITER
The Albany State Ice Hockey team lost
in a 6-5 heartbreaker Saturday afternoon
to the Community College at Morris, New
Jersey. The Danes had a chance to tie the
game with six seconds left in the third
period when their leading scorer, Dave
Dalbec, was awarded a penalty shot. Un-
fortunately for Dalbec and Albany, Mor-
ris’ goalie, Colin Quintal made a big pad
save to preserve the victory for the Titans.
Captain Robbie Kelly led Morris with
three goals in the game, while Dalbec,
defenseman Scott Goldstein, and Frank
Priore contributed for the Danes, each get-
ting a goal and an assist. Albany’s record
now stands at 2-4 following this tough
defeat.
Kelly opened the scoring, with Morris
shorthanded, at the 4:25 mark of the first
period when he fired a slapshot from the
right face off circle that beat Danes’
goalie, Paul Cagnard, to the far side.
Dalbec answered for Albany seven minutes
later when he took a pass from right
winger Scott Ely and drilled a slapshot past
Quintal to make it 1-1.
With Morris on the power play, Kelly
got his second when he was all alone in
front of the net to lift a backhander over
Cagnard. It looked as if Albany would go
into the locker room down 2-1 after the
first period, but newcomer Scott Goldstein
tipped in a pass from the right side with
‘one second left to knot it up at 2-2. Dalbec
and Priore assisted on the goal, which
turned the momentum in the Danes’ favor.
After Morris took a 3-2 lead early in the
second period, Dane freshman Ed Grano
scored an unassisted goal on a slapshot
from the slot at 5:25. Two minutes later
Priore made it 4-3 when he took a pass
had to run only 15 seconds better than the
previous week to place in the top 25.
Hoff, who took the race in good stride
said, “It was a successful season overall
and now I could just look ahead to im-
proving my track times.’’
Senior Jack Glaser, who, along with
Hoff, are the team’s co-captains, said
“Tim had an outstanding season and
nobody deserved it more than him.He
trained hard through the summer and
made a lot of personal sacrifices to
dedicate himself towards running.’”
There was a cause of concern early in the
season when an injury forced Hoff to miss
the first scrimmage. He erased any doubts
coming off the injury his first meet when
he placed third at the Williams Invitational
at 26:33.
It was the beginning of an awesome
year. Within one four week period he plac-
ed in the top ten in each of Albany’s four
big meets. This began at the SUNYAC’s
when he ran a personal best time of 26:06
to place fourth. This enabled him to be
elected to the SUNYAC Hall of Fame.
The next week he lowered his time to
26:03 at the Albany Invitational where he
placed seventh. On Hoff’s last time run-
ning on his home course, he recorded
the ninth fastest time ever recorded
by an Albany runner,
At the New York State meet Hoff placed
fifth. This marked the best performance
there by a Dane runner in recent years.
The same could be said about his perfor-
mance at the Eastern Regionals two weeks
later. He placed fifth there as well as earn-
ing the second of only four individual ber-
ths to the nationals.
Success came gradually for Hoff over
his career. His freshman year-he was in-
jured and missed the entire cross country
season. During track he basically ran the
middle distance races. He later admitted,
“I really wasn’t dedicated to track.”’
That changed in his sophmore year.,
Albany was to experience the best cross
country season in a decade, of which Hoff
was an integral member. He was the
from Goldstein and scored on a slapshot
from just inside the blue line.
One of the things a captain of a hockey
team has to do is to lead by example. That
is exactly what Kelly did scoring his third
goal of the afternoon at 15:56 to tie the
game at 4-4. The Danes held a 23-21 shots-
on-goal advantage after the second period
in which both teams had some very good
scoring opportunities. A minute before
Kelly’s goal, Cagnard stopped a Morris
forward on a clear cut breakaway to keep
the Danes in the lead.
Cagnard continued his impressive
goaltending in the third period when he
kept Albany in the game as they were shor-
thanded three times in the first ten
minutes. Defenseman Eric Hernady said,
‘Paul [Cagnard] had such a great game.
He was really hot, and he made some in-
credible saves that really gave us a lift.””
With the Danes enjoying a power play
of their own, Hernady made it 5-4 at 10:17
of the third when he scored off a faceoff
deep in the Morris zone. He let go a-wrist
shot that beat a screened Quintal. A
minute later, Morris tied it up once again
to make it 5-5.
It looked as if both teams would have to
settle for a tie, but Morris took the lead
when a shot slid through the legs of
Cagnard with 1:40 left to play. The Danes
pulled Cagnard with a minute left in favor
of a sixth attacker.
They couldn’t muster much of a threat
until there was a scramble in front of the
Morris net with just a few seconds left.
Albany was awarded a penalty shot on the
play because Quintal lifted the net off its
moorings.
Any time you have a penalty shot, ex-
citement is instantly created. But when it
happens with six seconds left and the game
CIE STROUD UPS.
Senior Tim Hoff had a disappointing
finish in the nationals.
number six runner, and showed promise
for an outstanding future.
That year Albany became SUNYAC
champs ending Fredonia’s six year string
of victories. Hoff placed 20th in that race
and was a key figure to the victory. One
week later Hoff placed 15th in the Albany
Invitational running a time of 26:37 as the
team narrowly missed defeating a strong
Division I Siena team. Later in that season
the Danes placed second in the regionals
giving Hoff his first shot at the nationals
where he placed 133rd.
He improved his junior year as well. At
times he was inconsistent, but was basical-
ly the team’s number two runner. The
highlight of that season was the New York
State meet where he placed 22nd, tops on
the team.
His track seasons were equally fruitful
as he was. a SUNYAC champion in both
the indoor and outdoor meets. In the
winter he ran anchor leg of the victorious
distance medly when he ran a 4:26 mile.
is on the line, there is added pressure on
both the goalie and the player taking the
shot. Dalbec, a very composed
sophomore, would take the shot for the
Danes.
Dalbec took the puck at the red line and
started to skate in for what he hoped
would be a game tying goal. Colin Quintal
had a different idea though as he stood up.
well to Dalbec and did not commit himself
too early. When Dalbec was five feet from
the net, he shifted to his left and tried to
Albany cagers
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formed well in the final, with Teague hit-
ting for 12 points and Carmello getting 11
with two assists.
“I wasn’t happy with my performance,
but I just try to play an all around game,”
said Carmello. “I didn’t do anything
spectacular.’”
Sophmore Andy Goodemote also show-
ed he isn’t afraid to fire it up when he’s
beyond the 19’9”’ line. He was two for two
in three-pointers in the Nazareth game.
“‘Andy Goodenote and Andy O‘Connell
have the green light at all times for the
three-pointer,”’ said Carmello.
The Salem game was an offensive
showcase as the Danes scored 90 points
against a team that went to the NCAA’s
last year. Cinque and Ursprung each
scored 20 apiece. It was the Dane’s bench,
however, that was the difference. They
scored 32 points with O'Connell register-
ing 14, nine of which came in the form of
three-pointers. :
“It was our depth that won the game for
us,’’ said Axelrod, who had 10 points and
nine boards in the game.
“1 think Nazareth was getting tired
In the spring he was the 1500 meter
champion. This occurred when he ran a
4:06 in the second heat to earn the victory
despite Buffalo’s sub-freezing
temperatures.
Clearly, Hoff was a runner on the move.
At the end of the season he was awarded
“most improved athlete’? by Coach Vives.
This year he had the additional respon-
sibility of being a captain. This can be a
tough task for a person with a flamboyant
and comical personality as Hoff.
However, he handled the job exceptional-
ly. In what had to be considered a year of
transition in Albany cross country (five of
the ten runners selected to the SUNYAC
team were freshmen), he, along with
Glaser, helped the younger runners a great
deal.
Pat Kavanaugh, who ran the best time
of any Dane freshman in four years, had
high praise for his captain. ‘‘Tim was a
natural for captain because he has such a
magnetic personality,” said Kavanaugh.
“He sacrifices himself for the sake of the
team in both workouts and meets. During
one meet he turned around and yelled at us
‘Come on guys!’ He definitely helped me
and the team.”” 3
Added David Spencer, the only Dane
freshman to run at the SUNY’s states, and
regionals, ‘‘He is so dedicated to running
that it rubs off on you. As a captain Tim
went out of the way to encourage
everyone, especially freshmen. I look up to
him as both a great runner and q leader.””
Hoff’s race marked the end of another
winning season for Albany. They were a
perfect 7-0 during the dual meet season,
despite resting many of their top runners.
They placed second at the Williams and
Albany Invitationals, respectfully. Their
past season record included a third place
showing at the SUNYAC’s, seventh at the
state’s, and sixth at the regionals.
The Danes could now look forward to a
challenging and promising track season.
Amongst their goals is to unseat Fredonia
as SUNYAC champions. Oo
skaters lose game on late goal, 6-5
lift the puck over the outstretched pad of
Quintal. Unfortunately for Albany, Quin-
tal made the save and gave Morris a hard
fought 6-5 victory.
While Albany has a losing record right
now, it is very temporary. There is too
much talent and desire on this team to let a
tough loss like this have any significant im-
pact on their season .They will have a cou-
ple of weeks to regroup before they play
Syracuse University in Watervliet on
December Sth. o
towards the end,”’ said Carmello. ‘‘They
came back, but J think the fact that we
could use so many players really helped
is?
This puts the Danes at 1-1 going into this
weekend’s Capital District Invitational,
with Union, Skidmore, and RPI making
up the field to be hosted at University
Gym.
Carmelo is sure the Danes will not suf-
fer from a letdown after playing against
top-notch competition.
‘‘We’re more mad than disappointed
now,”’ said the Albany native. ‘“‘And we’re
ready to take it out on someone now.””
The tournament will start this coming
Sunday and will conclude on Monday to
make it convenient for students to attend.
In the opening round of the tournament,
RPI will meet Union at 6:30 and Albany
will get underway with Skidmore. On
Monday at 6:30 consolation game will be
followed by the finals at 8:30.
There will be a two dollar charge at the
door for students. However, all other
home games this season are free to
students with their SUNYA ID. a
Sports Tuesday
Missed penalty shot
proves costly for skating}
Danes.
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NOVEMBER 25, 1986
Senior Adam Ursprung was named to the Eastern Connecticut All-Tournament
team.
Nazareth rally, 84-79
By Mike Brewster
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Albany State men’s basketball team
fell victim to a late second half surge by
Nazareth College Sunday night as they lost
the championship game of the Eastern
Connecticut Basketball Tournament
84-79. The Danes beat Salem State in their
opener on Saturday, 90-80.
Up 73-65 with six minutes to go, it look-
ed like the Danes might be able to win the
highly regarded tournament. However,
Nazareth guard Richard Sparks, who had
hurt his shoulder the night before and had
played sparingly in the contest, ignited the
team from Rochester with two consecutive
three-pointers. Nazareth tied the score on
their next posesson and had a three point
lead with 26 seconds left when Andy
Goodemote’s three-pointer to tie the game
went awry.
Although Albany proved that they again
can play with the best teams in the east in
Division II, many of the players were
disappointed that such golden opportunity
to win a tough tournament slipped through
their fingers.
“Tt was disappointing losing to
Nazareth” said Senior co-captain Mike
Cinque. ‘‘We expected to beat them. I
think we sort of lost patience towards the
end.””
“*We stand a good chance to take it,’’
added guard John Carmello. ‘“‘We were
up by eight, I think, too. But they hit some
real tough shots down the stretch.”
Sunday’s game against Nazareth was, in
every sense, a team effort. Seven players
scored eight points or more and eight
players entered the scoring column. Junior
Brett Axelrod (5 points, 5 rebounds) thinks
that’s exactly how it should be.
“Yea, we had balanced scoring, but it
seemed the first game (against Salem), half
the guys played well and the next night the
other half was playing well,’’ said
Axelrod.
Although the name of Cinque and
Adam Ursprung are always brought up
when speaking of Great Dane hoops, jit
was the less familiar names of Tony
Dickens, Axelrod, and Andy O’Connell
who took control when the production of
the two co-captains dropped from the
Salem game.
Although Ursprung had 8 assists against
Nazareth, it was his 4 for 13 shooting and
Cinque’s 4 for 16 shooting that prompted
the Dane’s Dickens to take control. The 26
year old Senior from Middletown shot 5
for 6 from the field, had 12 points and six
rebounds, and was most effective during
the run which gave the Danes their seem-
ingly safe eight point lead.
O’Connell was: doing what he does best,
fixing up three-pointers. He shot four for
seven from three-point land for the tour-
nament and had 9 points against Nazareth
Russ Teague and Carmello also. per-
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Albany grapplers win two versus Div. | opponents
By Al Baker
STAFF WRITER
In the New York State Collegiate Wrestling preseason
poll, the Albany State Great Danes team was ranked fifth
behind the likes of Army and Columbia.
And travelling out of state this past weekend, the
Danes carried their power over the border to Boston Col-
lege where their only loss came against the Division I
strength of Brown, by a 37-12 mark while defeating
Maine and Boston College, other Division I schools.
In the first match, Albany faced Maine with Shawn
Sheldon winning by forfeit in the 118-pound weight class.
Freshman Pat DiCaprie was injured in his meet with Scott
Taylor. After an injury he continued and won 6-3, but
then withdrew from all following competition.
Ranked eighth in New York State, Andy Gordon
defeated Roger Bolducci 17-3 at 134, while John Balog
ranked third in the Empire State won over Maine’s Jeff
Putnam at 142 pounds.
Pat Kelly picked out Ben Lerner’s previous injury and
took advantage of it. Albany Coach Joe DeMeo took
Lerner out and his match was lost by default. Albany’s
Jerry Clark won by default over Bill Schann.
Chris Ramsdill defeated Charlie Lower by a 12-2 mark at
167, and in the 177-pound match Dave Feltman lost to
Paul Cullenberg. In the last two weight classes, Albany
clinched with a forfeit won by Matt Ryan at 190 and a pin
of Maine’s Rich Redvine at 1:15 in the heavyweight
match for Chris Tironi.
The loss to Brown was highlighted by a few Albany vic-
tories. Sheldon defeated Roger Bernstein 11-2 and Balog
tied Kirk Salvo 7-7. Again Tironi, ranked first in N.Y.
State in the heavyweight division, proved strong with a
pin over Rob Murphy 3:33 into the match.
At 177, Ryan lost by default after his injured knee was
aggravated by Brown’s Lance Minor.
“We were not particularly into it for that particular
match as opposed, they (Brown) were prepared for it,””
said Balog.
“Tt was pretty bad, we didn’t win when we should
have; if,however, you are asking will it hurt the rest of
the season, I’d say no.”
Sheldon won by forfeit in the 118-pound competition
in the last match against Boston College. And at the bot-
tom of the roster, Tironi put his third straight Division I
opponent on his back for the pin; this time coming at an
early 1:20 into the match over BC’s Tom Giachetto.
Albany pinned B.C. three more times in the match. In
the 126-pound class, Albany’s Jae Chung pinned John
Zogby at 3:20. At the 142 and 150 pound classes, Balog
and Paul Prosser pinned Dan Foley in 3:33 and Steve Mc-
Carthy in a quick :56 seconds, respectively.
Clark, ranked eighth in New York State, and Ramsdill
both won by default in the 158 and 167 classes.
A 10-2 loss by Albany’s Feltman in the 190-pound
match and a 7-4 loss by Gordon, combined with a forfeit
on the 177-pound class due to Ryan’s injury were the
Danes only losses to Boston.
The Danes would do well with the help of Marty Pidel
in the upperweight classes in light of injuries they are car-
rying and the spring semester should benefit by his return.
“We have to get healthy,” said Balog. ‘‘Our team has a
great deal of injuries at present. Then we have to get
everyone at the right weight class. Providing that hap-
pens, I feel very confident we'll have a successful
season.””
Looking to avenge their tie with Boston University in
the Great Dane classic, Albany gets that chance Dec. 2.
“Like Brown, B.U. wants very much to beat us. Again
like Brown, they have the ability to beat us. This time,
though, we will be going for them too. I feel confident we
will be aggressive against B.U., not like the days of old,”
concluded Balog.
ups.
The Albany wrestlers defeated University of Maine and Boston College before falling to Brown this weekend.
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