Albany Student Press, Volume 79, Number 29, 1992 October 13

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Ducks, Husbands, and Hicks

PUBLISHED AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY BY THE ALBANY STUDENT PRESS CORPORATION

Editorial: Columbus--hero

or villain?

SPORTS

ALBANY
STUDENT
PRESS

NUMBER 29

Danes pull off a huge upset

NYPIRG reports

By Melissa Cooper
EDITORIAL PAGES EDITOR

2672 students have been
registered to vote in next
month’s election, said the project
coordinator of the New York
Public Interest Research Group’s
SUNYA chapter.

“This nearly doubles the
number of people registered in
previous elections,” said Sean
Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald’s announcement
comes days after NYPIRG,
along with representatives of the
Albany chapter of the National
Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
the League of Women Voters and
SUNYA’s Student Association
met for a brief press conference
on the steps of the Albany
County Courthouse last
Wednesday to urge people to
register before last Friday’s
deadline.

County Executive Michael
Hoblock appeared on behalf of

record voter re

NYPIRG Project Coordinator Sean Fitzgerald

Edelman stresses
"Trust" in election

By Jacine Lane

Israel's position in the
Presidential race and the relation
of the Jewish community was
the subject of a speech given by
Martin Edelman last week.

Edelman, chairman of the
Political Science Department,
gave a lecture discussing the
upcoming elections and their
relation to the Jewish
community, in a speech at the
SUNYA chapel house sponsored
by the United Jewish Appeal and
the Jewish student coalition.

Edelman began with a
speculation of why there is no
appeal to Jewish voters in this
campaign. He attributed this
mainly to the fact that Jewish
voters are voting for more
narrow interests this year,
because the economy has
replaced foreign policy as the
key issue in the campaign.
Those with higher incomes
would tend to vote Republican,
for example. Thus, there is no
need for Jewish appeal, he said.

Edelman then went on to
speak about the Gulf War where
a new world order was
discussed. “Israeli-U.S. relations
have now faded into the
background,” Edelman said.

The main component of the

speech was what Edelman
referred to as that “trust factor.”
He believes this will be the key
to the presidential campaigns. If
trust is the issue Bush will say,
Can we trust Clinton?
According to Edelman, Clinton
will then have to respond, "If so,
Israel re-emerges as an issue.”

The Democrats will raise
questions about Iraq and
Hussein’s status. They will also
bring up Iran-Contra. “We know
Bush supported this,” Edelman
said. According to Edelman,
there is a lot of evidence but
“Bush will say he didn’t know
anything.”

Edelman made the assumption
that Clinton will follow the
democratic policy of strong
support for Israel. But in turn
Israel will have to be flexible in
its negotiations with the Arabs.

Clinton is basing his whole
campaign on the economy. “He
sees us Subjective in the
world...not to create a new world
order..but rather the U.S. taking
lead to promote and strengthen
existing democracy in the
world,” Edelman said.

In speaking of Bush, Edelman
pondered over the president
pulling Secretary of State Baker

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gistration at SUNYA

Albany County, but Albany
Mayor Thomas Whalen, also
scheduled to speak, bowed out.

In addition to reminding
potential voters about the
registration deadline, Fitzgerald
was also there to criticize the
deadline itself, which he said has
created a 25 day long blackout
period prior to Election Day.

“Interest in voting doesn’t
peak for many people until
Election Day is upon them until
any of them find themselves out
in the cold because the deadline
has come and gone,” Fitzgerald
said.

Because people cannot register
to vote in November’s elections
if they have missed the Oct 9
deadline, New York has
continued to have a low turnout
at the polls, Fitzgerald said.

“This deadline out and out
prevents people from voting,” he
said.

Due to the Columbus Day
holidays, statewide figures from

Columbus March

the State Board of Elections
were unavailable Monday.

Fitgerald also blasted Albany
County’s removal of a polling
booth for students on Indian
Quad and for part of Dutch
Quad, saying this is just another
obstacle voters may face when
they try to cast their ballots.

League of Women’s Voters’
Joanne Esposito stressed the
importance of women turning
out to vote and being represented
fairly, adding, “voters do make
things happen.”

“If you don’t vote, you’re not
real to (elected officials),”
Esposito said.

Esposito is also the Project
Director of Campaign Watch
‘92, a group which she said
“educates voters about unfair
campaign practices.” SUNYA
President H.P. Swygert is a
member of the group’s citizens-
committee.

Albany residents enjoyed a
beautiful Monday afternoon last
week as marchers from as far
as Canada and Maryland took
part in the annual Columbus
Day parade. Involved were
bands, floats, tanks, boats,
protestors and several thousand
spectators to view the spectacle
as it made it's way down Central
Avenue to the City Hall.

After the parade the group
flocked to an Italian-American

delicacies.

Staff photos by David Kaplan

fair on Eagle Street to enjoy
pastas, cookies and other

2 : ALBANY STUDENT PRESS __ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1992

NEWS BRIEFS
WORLD

Quake kills in Cairo

Cairo, Egypt

(AP) - A strong earthquake shook much
of Egypt on Monday, and the state-owned
Middle East News Agency said more than
200 people were killed.

In Cairo alone, the quake destroyed at
least 20 buildings, and some of those
killed died in stampedes of terrified
people.

Officials said the pyramids, the Sphinx
and other ancient monuments apparently
escaped damage.

The U.S. Geological Survey said early
seismograph readings put the magnitude
of the tremor at 3.9 on the Richter scale.
Don Finley, a USGS spokesman, said it
was centered about 20 miles southwest of
Cairo - several miles from the pyramids -
and was the strongest on record near the
city.

Israel radio said listeners reported
feeling tremors in Jerusalem, more than
250 miles northeast of Cairo.

The quake lasted about 20 seconds in
Cairo and was preceded by a loud roar.

Pub explodes

London, England

(AP) - An explosion shattered a pub
during lunch hour today in the popular
Covent Garden area, minutes after a
warning from the Irish Republican Army,
police said. Five people were hospitalized
with injuries.

The IRA, which is fighting against
British rule in Northern Ireland, has
generally tried to cause maximum
disruption by its attacks in London. and
elsewhere.

The blast in the pub during working
hours marked a return to one of the IRA’s
deadliest tactics of the 1970s. On Nov. 21,
1974, two IRA bombs placed in pubs in
Birmingham killed 21 people and injured
162.

Police said today’s explosion at 1:32
p.m. (8:32 a.m. EDT) came nine minutes
after a warning was telephoned to a radio
Station. 5

Sky Television reported a bomb was
believed hidden in a bag that was left in
the pub about 20 minutes before the
explosion.

Police sealed off the area and evacuated
the National Gallery, a major art museum
a half-mile away.

Elaine Young, deputy general
manager of the University College
Hospital, said five men had been
hospitalized, including one with serious
facial and neck injuries.

-PREVIEW OF EVENTS

NATION &%&

Candidates speak

Philadelphia

(AP) - Bill Clinton said today that “Mr,
Perot and I made a pretty good case for
change” in Sunday’s debate while an
administration official said the president
would change his economic team in a
second term.

“T thought Mr. Perot and I made a pretty
good case for change,” Clinton said in an
early morning radio interview as he and
Bush went hunting for this key state’s 23
electoral votes. He said that Perot, by
delaying his entry into the race, has had
“no scrutiny and a free ride.”

Meanwhile, a senior administration
official traveling here with Bush aboard
Air Force One, said that after the election
“there will be a new economic team.” He
said those ousted would be Treasury
Secretary Nicholas Brady, Budget
Director Richard Darman and top White
House economist Michael Boskin.

“He definitely changed some of the
dynamics,” Fitzwater said. With 22 days
to Election Day, Sunday night’s opening
presidential debate gave no evidence that
Bush achieved a breakthrough he needs to
energize his lagging campaign.

Four independent polls said Perot made
strong gains in popularity among people
who watched the debate, and backers of
Bush and Clinton were quick to claim
today that what was good for the Texas
businessman was even better for them.

Quayle attacked

Washington

(AP) - A congressional report today
says a panel headed by Vice President
Dan Quayle exerts illegal power over
federal rules and that it may harm public
safety by changing how the government
approves new drugs.

The House Government Operations
Committee issued a 27-page attack on
Quayle and his Council on
Competitiveness, which has called for
altering the way the Food and Drug
Administration operates.

Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., chairman
of the Government Operations human
resources subcommittee, said the council
wasn’t authorized by Congress.

“Acting by executive order, not by
statute, the Quayle council's regulatory
review actions are therefore illegal,”
Payne said.

STATE

Abrams shows plan

Buffalo

(AP) - U.S. Senate candidate Robert

Abrams unveiled his economic plan on

Saturday, while accusing incumbent

Alfonse D’Amato of supporting policies

that cost New York 500,000 jobs since
1989.

Meanwhile, the state Democratic leader
reprimanded D’ Amato for using anti-
Ferraro television ads in his campaign
against Abrams.

Attack of the mutant chickens!

plan, Abrams promised to create high-
wage jobs; give a 20 percent tax credit to
businesses for new investment; and
increase the existing temporary tax credit
for research and development from 20
percent to 30 percent, making the credit
permanent.

Abrams also said he would cut the
military budget and endorsed a national
health insurance plan.

Meteor strikes car

Peekskill

(AP) - An expert said Monday it was
indeed a meteorite that crashed into a car
in Peekskill Friday night, and it probably
was the lime-green fireball seen seconds
earlier by thousands along the East Coast.

“Tt most certainly was a meteorite,” said
Dr. William Menke of the Lamont-
Doherty Geological Observatory in
Palisades in Rockland County.

He said the rock measured 11 inches by
5 inches and weighed about 22 pounds.
The crust of the rock was brown, showing
a fusion crust, caused by the fiery entry of
the meteorite into the earth’s atmosphere,
he said.

“It’s reasonably rare” for the meteorite
to make it through the atmosphere in such
a size, said Menke, but he noted that
within the last 15 years, there have been
meteorites which hit two different houses
in southern Connecticut. And on May 17,
1990, a meteorite weighing more than a
ton crash-landed in a farmer’s field in
Sterlitmak, Russia, causing a 5-foot crater,
Menke said.

Those, he said, are what people
commonly call shooting stars.

photo by Jay Pokines

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p.m. in BA 212. All are
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The New York State
Writer's Institute is
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Roundtable Discussion
with a panel of local

journalists at 7:30 p.m.
in Page Hall.

LGBA is sponsoring a
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Lives in the Colonial
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p.m

Wed., October 14

The Order of Omega is

sponsoring an interview
skills workshop at 7:30
in LC 1. All are
welcome.

Sat., October 17

In Living Color's
Tommy Davidson is
appearing in the RACC
at 8 p.m. Tickets are
available in the Campus
Center for $10. Call
x5640 for information.

The Office of Multi-

Cultural Affairs is
sponsoring its first
annual "Just

Community" Dinner in
the Campus . Center
Cafeteria at 5 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for entire
event.

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TUESDAY, BER 13, 1992 ALBANY ENT PRESS 3

Writers showcase work-
confront Columbus Issue

By Ellen Kackmann
NEWS EDITOR

Area writers were given a golden
opportunity to showcase their work at the
Boulevard Bookstore last week during a
presentation sponsored by the New York
State Writers Institute.

The writers were featured at the
Albany bookstore during the Institute’s
second installment this year of its
Community Voice Series.

Last Sunday, performance artist/writer
Tom Nattel and poet Jill Hanifer kicked
things off for the series.

Nattel opened the evening with his
performance piece which dealt with a hot
topic: Christopher Columbus. Nattel
strew facts throughout his performance-
piece, such as making note of the fact
that in 1934, Columbus Day was
declared a national hoilday.

Nattel said he could not understand
how someone can “claim to be a great
discovery” when the land which was
discovered had indigenous people settled
on it. “Clearly they had discovered it
first,” Nattel said.

“Those whose land this once was are
now the poorest of them all,” he said.

Nattel covered contemporary issues
ranging from the recession, sexually
transmitted diseases to McDonald’s by
developing a fictional Christopher
Columbus who reflects upon a modern
world.

Nattel supplemented his story line with

video footage, musical interludes, and
percussion on a home-made instrument
made from tin cans and metal rods.

Nattel distributed numbered index
cards at the beginning of the performance
and called the numbers out during the
performance. One card read, “As
governor in Espanola, Christopher
Columbus ordered that every Taino
Indian over 14 years old must supply a
hawk’s bill full of gold every three
months. Those who did were given a
token to wear around their necks as proof
of their payment. Those who didn’t had
their hands cut off and were left to bleed
to death.”

Hanifer said if the audience really felt
strongly about the barbarianism
associated with Columbus, they would
not be sitting among the “expropriations
of that seizure.”

Unlike Nattel, Hanifer read her poetry
without any video footage. Hanifer’s
poems highlighted loneliness,
relationships, and extra-terrestrials,
within her work.

As Hanifer read from her poem on
space exploration, she said she felt moon
exploration was a modern version of
Columbus’ “Age of Exploration.”

Community Voice sessions will
continue to be held at 3 p.m. in the
Boulevard Bookstore. Next three
sessions will be held October 25, and
November 8 and 22.

lran-Shopping for Nukes ?

(AP) Iran had made a deal with the
former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan to
buy four nuclear warheads. The leading
Iranian opposition group said Monday.

Mohammed Mohaddesin, director of
international relations for the People’s
Mujahedeen, said Mujahedeen agents
inside Iran obtained information about
the deal. The warheads have been paid
for but not delivered, he said.

In Sunday’s U.S. presidential debate,
independent Ross Perot touched on the
widespread fears of nuclear weapons
proliferation from the former Soviet
Union.

“Russia and its republics are out of
control. ... You’ve got weapons, as you
well know. And that will lead to another
five-star migraine headache down the
road.” Perot said.

Answering Perot, President Bush
mentioned his pact with Russian
President Boris Yeltsin to do away with
most intercontinental missiles. “We
made dramatic progress,” he said.

The Mujahedeen report comes a month
after Kazakhstan’s prime minister, Sergei
Tereschenko, pledged on a visit to Israel
that his country would sell none of the
nuclear weapons it inherited with the
breakup of the Soviet Union.

“Nuclear weapons will not be sold, not
to Iran or any other country. Kazakhstan
is peace-loving,” Tereschenko told Israeli
President Chiaim Herzog and repeated
the statement for Israeli Radio on Sept. 7.

Kazakhstan, the largest of the newly
independent Muslim republics of Central
Asia, is one of four former states with
nuclear weapons the Soviet Union left on
its soil.

Mohaddesin said in a statement, “In
attempting to acquire nuclear weapons,
the mullahs pursue no objective but to
export their religious fundamentalism.”

He said the Islamic Republic of Iran’s
defense minister, Akbar Torkan, visited

Kazakhstan in July to finalize the deal.
Robert Novak said the Mujahedeen
Teport “matches U.S. intelligence reports
received several weeks ago.”

The columnists quoted Bush
administration officials as saying the deal
might have been concluded by out-of-
control Russian military elements.

The State Department was closed for
the Columbus Day holiday. But one
official, who requested anonymity, said
from home that a claim similar to the
Mujahedeen’s had been made earlier this
year and U.S. officials had not confirmed
it. The official would not comment on
the current report.

The official said the United States
opposes any nuclear purchase by Iran
because “we just don’t trust their
intentions.” The fundamentalist Muslim
leaders of Iran look bad.

By Ellen Kackmann

NEWS EDITOR

SUNYA’s Graduate Student
Organization discussed new graduate
organizations, local action and programs
available to graduate students at its third
meeting last week.

The Organization approved the
minutes of the two precious elections and
then moved on to guest speakers from
the Capital District Regional Food Bank.
The Food Bank does fund raising in
order to alleviate hunger and prevent
food waste within the Capital region.

Two members of the Regional Food
Bank attended the GSO meeting in order
to explain the activities of their
organization,

According to representatives of The
Food Bank, planning has begun on the
8th Annual Holiday Hunger Appeal at
Colonie Center. The fundraiser, the Food
Bank’s largest, is a five-week fund-
raising marathon from November 23rd

DIGESTS
SUNYA authors to be honored

The second annual Authors and Editors reception will honor faculty and staff that|
have been published in books and edited journals.
It will take place in the University Art Museum on Thursday, with an exhibition o!
the group’s published products appearing at the museum through October 18.
The event will be hosted by President Swygert with Director Tom Smith as the!

speaker.
Forum on political leadership to be held

Leadership in politics will be the topic of a campus forum being held on Thursday,
October 22 at 12:15 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center.

The forum titled, “The Politics of Division, The Race for President”, includes
speakers such as University President H. Patrick Swygert, Sociology professor,
Richard Alba, Political Science Professor, Walter Goldstein, and Director of the
Center for Women in Government, Judith Saidel.

The forum is free and open to the public. It will also be broadcast on WAMC-EM,
radio’s Northeast Network.

Writers Inst. to feature Romanian poet

The New York State Writers Institute is sponsoring a poetry reading by Rumanian
born American poet, Andrei Codrescu on Tuesday, October 27 at 8 p.m. in the
Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. .

Codrescu will read and discuss his work, as well as host an informal discussion
earlier that day at 4 p.m. in Humanities 354.

Both events are free and open to students, writers and the general public.

Breakfast forum to look at Humanities

The annual Rockefeller Institute “Excellence in Education” breakfast seminar will
lwelcome Lynne V. Cheney, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities,
to speak on Wednesday morning at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute o:
Government, 411 State Street.

‘The breakfast will begin at 7:45 a.m. followed by opening remarks, promptly at 8:15)
a.m. The talk will focus on Cheney’s recent annual report to Congress, “Telling the|
‘Truth: A Report on the State of the Humanities in Higher Education.”

SUNYA hosts U.S.-Canadian forum

Reed Scownen, the director of Quebec House, in New York City will be speaking in
the Nelson A. Rockefeller institute of Government on Thursday at 7 p.m.

He will be addressing the current constitutional crisis between itself and the United
States. Scowen’s discussion will be followed by other speakers such as Walter
Goldstein, University at Albany professor of international relations and Louis Dupont,
professor of Canadian studies at St. Lawrence University.

Following the speakers there will be a reception hosted by Quebec House.

Journalists to rate Election coverage

The New York State Writers Institute is hosting a Roundtable Discussion along with|
the Nelson A. Rockefeller Government and the Society of Professional Journalists
tonight. The discussion will involve a panel of journalists from the local areal
expressing their views on the press coverage of the Presidential Election.

The forum will be held in Page Hall on the downtown campus starting at 7:30 p.m.

Sexual violence issues to be discussed

Sexual Violence Awareness Week, October 12-18, is being sponsored this year by|
ithe President’s Task Force on Women’s Safety, the Women’s Issue’s Office of the
Student Association, and the Institute for Research on Women, as well as other]
contributing student and faculty groups.

The two keynote speakers of the week will be Peggy Reeves Sanday, a professor of|
fanthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and Ron Campbell of George Mason|
University in Virginia.

Sunday will be speaking on fraternity gang rape in the United States Wednesday at
12:15 during the Campus Forum in the Performing Arts Center Receital Hall.

Sanday will also appear at 3p.m. on Wednesday at the Institute for Research on|
}Women Colloquium in Humanities 354 to discuss “True Crime and Ethnography.”

GSO discusses food drive, graduate grants

until December 27th. Last year, the Food year,” said.

Bank made $75 thousand through its 520
programs.

The Food Bank also sponsors a
program with the local Shop N’ Saves.
Large bins are sets up where food can be
donated. WROW TV 10, and the Knight
of Columbus are co-sponsoring this
program.

During the Officers Reports, GSO
President Lynn Commerford, announced
a lecture to be held October 14th, at
12:15 p.m., in the PAC recital hall. Peggy
Reeves is speaking on “Working Out a
Yes,” and specifically addressing the
issue of Violence Against Women. A
discussion group will be held at 8:00
p.m., that same evening in the CC
Assembly Hall in order to further discuss
violence against women according to
Commerford.

The GSO Executive Branch received
protocol for Assembly members because
“Some meetings got very heavy last

The planned budget was approved by
the Assembly and then they moved onto
matters or the Multicultural Officer,
which has now been opened up to|
include Affirmative Action issues.
Therefore, the Officer is now called the|
Multicultural/Affirmative Action Officer.

The GSO executive board reminded
Assembly members, making them
eligible for $600, three times a year.
These grants can be used for travel,]
research, or employing aids necessary
research. The deadline for application is
October 15th.

The fianl matter dealt with in the
meeting was the recognition of new
graduate student groups in order to}
obtain funding form the GSO. Some of|
the requirements for funding are that|
each group must have at least 10}
members be non-discriminatory and have|
open access to all graduate students and]

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Aggravated Harrassment. write student's relative phony
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person. imi!
9/1-10/8 Anthony Obscene phone calls 10/7 TenEyck Non-student unregistered guest;
109 Schuyler Annoying phone calls arrested on Colonie P.D. warrant
10/7 Eastman Obscene phone call for criminal sale of controlled substance.
10/6-7 State Street Car tires punctured 10/4-8 State Lot Car stolen. Car recovered in Nassau County.
Assault
10/4 Alumni Male student chased, knocked to ground by two
10/3 Eastman Tower Fire alarm pulled.
unknown males
10/5 Phys. Ed During argument, female pushed another to floor.
10/1 Campus Center Wallet stolen.
10/4-8 State Lot Car stolen. Car recovered i
10/2-5 Business Adm. Cash missing fom desk. 10/6 _ Richardson Purse stolen from pr Perera
10/5 Indian Quad Known male entered female’s bedroom, woke he 10/8 — Dutch Lot Car stolen; recovered later by
and verbally harrased her. Colonie P.D. at Northway mall.
10/9 — Styvesant Tower Unknown male pushed suitcase
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9723 State Quad Phone calls purpoting to be door and left with suitcase.
from public safety Harassment
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apparently by pellet gun shots.
10/2 State Dock Car window smashed out.
10/3 Alden Door in bathroom broken off. 9/25-29 Campus center Art print stolen from Patron
10/2-3 Humanities Window broken, room and attempt to pry
10/3 Library Flower pot damaged. another off the wall.
10/3 RACC lot Attempt to pry open car door. 10/1 Colonial kitchen Leather coat stolen.
10/4 ‘Anthony Football thrown through 10/2-3 State Lot Radar detector stolen
anon 10/2-5 Sayles Couch missing from lounge.
10/5 Indian Quad Bicycle chained to railing stolen.
Criminal Nui 10/8 Freedom Quad Sweatshirt stolen from laundry.
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lroquois celebrate Mohawk history

By Tom Murnane
SENIOR EDITOR

The gathering of Iroquois
leaders at last Monday’s
dedication of the new Mohawk
Troquois exhibit at the New York
State Museum was the largest in
Albany since before the French
and Indian War, museum
officials said.

Nearly 1000 people-including
nearly 150 Iroquois
Tepresentatives from the Council
of Five Nations and from
communities across the country-
turned out to celebrate the
opening of the exibit. Visitors to
the latest addition to the Native
Peoples of New York Hall can
catch a glimpse of what
Mohawk Village life was like
about 400 years ago.

Gov. Mario Cuomo, Education
Commisioner Thomas Sobol and
several members of the Board of
Regents headed up New York’s
delegation to the ceremony.

The room where the ceremony
was held became so crowded-the
museum had expected a
maximum of only 700 guests-
that the people who couldn’t
Squeeze inside had to watch the
ceremony on a huge video
screen in an adjoining room.
Inside, speakers representing the
Iroquois, the state and the
exhibit’s financial backers
praised the hard work which had
created the project.

“This is such an exciting
moment for all of us here at the
museum and for everyone who
helped make this a reality,”
museum spokeswoman Valerie
Chevreite said. “There is such a
feeling of pride on the part of the
entire team that something they
put their hard work into is here.
It’s done for all these people to
see. We’re all very proud of
what’s been accomplished here.”

Museum specialist George
Hamell agreed.

“What strikes me is not just
the historical significance of this
evening’s gathering-which is
quite remarkable-but the diverse

turnout from so many different
communities who have come out
to support this project...people
from all over the country,” he
said.

Hamell said he was relieved a
bitter sales tax dispute between
the Iroquois and the state did not
spill over into the evening.

“T’m pleased they were able to
put their argument aside for at
least one night,” Hamell said.

The Iroquois are angry about
the state’s plan to tax some sales
of gasoline and cigarettes on
Indian land, ,which the Iroquois
claim would violate treaties
dating back to the 1700’s
prohibiting taxes on Indian
lands.

The state claims it has lost out
on millions of dollars in
revenues because purchases
made by non-Indians on Indian
land, which the Iroquois claim
are exempt, should not be tax
free.

After a standoff between state
police and the Iroquois this past
summer, New York’s highest
court, the Court of Appeals,
temporarily halted
implementation of the state’s tax
plan and has agreed to hear the
Iroquois’ arguments against it.

Hamell and other museum
officials had been concerned the
week before the exhibit opened
about a possible renewed
outbreak of protests at the
dedication, especially after the
Bush administration two weeks
ago refused an appeal by the
Seneca and Mohawk nations to
intervene on their behalf.

Despite the spirit of
celebration, the dispute did not
go unmentioned.

A gift-which was a replica of
an Iroquois wampum belt which
symbolized the agreement made

when they first welcomed the’

Europeans to New York State-,
presented by Oneida Nation
leader Ray Halbritter to Cuomo
on behalf of the Iroquois, served
as their way to communicate
their position on the dispute.

The Iroquois and the state
were depicted on the belt as a
bark canoe and a European-style

ship, travelling down the same
river together.

Halbritter repeated his
people’s position that the state’s
sales tax plan violates their
sovereignty as an independent
nation. For the state to arbitrarily
tax the Iroquois, Halbritter said, ,
this implies the Iroquois are
subordinate to the state, a view
they do not agree with.

“We look forward to working
together as two separate,
independent partners,” Halbritter
said. “The way we are depicted
on the belt is exactly the point
we are trying to make that the
state must understand. If the
state wants to talk about sales
tax, fine. But let’s sit down and
negotiate as any two nations
would. If New York or the
federal government has a
problem with Canada or Mexico,
they negotiate a settlement,
right? That’s what the state
needs to do with us,” Halbritter
said.

Halbritter said that the
Iroquois people have been forced
into a corner, doing whatever
they can to survive, because the
state’s economy has left them
with no other choice. This
includes selling tax-free gasoline
and cigarettes, undercutting
other New York merchants,
Halbritter said, and if the state
wishes to resolve the dispute,
negotiations must be linked to
greater economic development
and opportunities for the
Iroquois.

“If the governor is sincere
when he says he wants to
strengtpen the bonds of
cooperation between both our
peoples, and we must trust him
to be sincere, we must have
better opportunities for ourselves
so that some of us are not forced
to do whatever they can to
survive,” Halbritter said.

He suggested the state should
consider setting up free-
enterprise zones on Indian lands,
similar to the ones proposed for
Los Angeles and other
economically depressed urban

Continued.on page 7

A little more about
the longhouse

Each village was usually
made up of several different
clans with the head of the
dominant clan serving as chief
lof the village, said Museum
project specialist George
‘Hammel. Each clan had its own
longhouse, which could be
extended as the clan grew. If a
man and woman married, it
would be the man who would
move into the longhouse of the
woman’s clan, not the other way
around, he said.

“What's interesting is that
though the men were the official
leaders - the ambassadors, the
hunters, the traders and so on, it
lwas the women, no the men,
who decided which young men
‘would become their village’s
leaders,” Hammell _ said.
“Women had a considerable

amount of influence in Iroquois

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Iroquoise life that even the|
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known as the Grand Council of
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symbolic longhouse. The}
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a three-day Cornell University
conference last week on “The
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attended by Indian leaders from
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“One hundred years ago, all of
the discourse was of the West,”
said conference participant
Victor Montejo, a Mayan author
from Guatemala.

“You didn’t see many
indigenous voices opposing it.
Now millions and millions of
native peoples are speaking up.”

Western society finally is
beginning to incorporate native
perspectives, conference
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although painfully slow, will
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thought the natives believed he
was god, Montejo said.

“We must do this if we want to
construct a just world, “ he said.
The way history is taught now,
“you grow up thinking how
great is Western culture, and
how stupid is the other culture; it
doesn’t have any value at all.”

Jose Varreiro, organizer of the
Cornell conference, said there is
a unique Indian point of view_a
powerful sense of place and
association with the land_that
unites different tribes and
cultures.

That emphasis on the land has
helped American Indians win a
wider audience, because it
dovetails with a growing
concem for the environment, he

said,
“America sort of falls in love
with Indians every 20

years,”Barreiro said. “The
difference this time is that it so
clearly complements ecological
and multi-cultural concerns.

“I think we’re going to see a
continuing growth and impact
and understanding of native
philosophies and traditional
viewpoints. A sense of place
a n d
community is
something
people are
hungry ’for.”

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version of history cannot ignore
Christopher Columbus himself,
Montejo said.

“He was part of the history of
this continent_we cannot deny
that,” he said. “But we can

place him in a different context.
Other people already came to
this continent.

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history, that would be a different
story to tell.

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the Constitution. They must also
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they are recognized, these
groups are eligible for up to
$1000 per year.

The Hugh O’Brien
Foundation, which develops
leadership in high school
sophomores and Mentors
Unlimited, a group providing
support, were both recognized
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Mohawk °

Continued from page 5
areas.

“This would be at least a good
place to start, but there’s so
much more to it than sales tax or
free enterprise zones,” Halbritter
said. “It’s about mutual respect.”

Before Halbritter made his
remarks, Cuomo said New York
was willing to work with the
Troquois, but did not specify
what exactly they would do.
Cuomo was unavailable to

respond to Halbritter’s remarks.
Jan Malcom, the director of
the Oneida Museum in
Wisconsin, said the friendly
overtures made between the
Iroquois and Cuomo-though
peppered with comments about
sovereignty, are typical od the
Troquois’ negotiating style.

“Yes we have our share of
arguments, but we believe the
next time we meet after the
dispute, we should try to put our
best selves forward and trust the
other party to do the same,”
Malcolm said. “That’s what you
saw tonight. There were no false
pretenses. Despite everything
that’s happened, what you saw
was real. There was a spirit of
trust.”

Once the ceremony ended, the
guests piled into the exhibit area,
most of them trying to squeeze
inside the centerpiece of the
display-a life-size, 60 ft. long
replica of a Mohawk Iroquois
longhouse.

Once inside, visitors could get
an idea of how the Iroquois
lived. On each side of a center
aisle in the longhouse are two
levels of raised platforms-much
like the modern day bunkbeds,
which doubled as both beds and
living space for the numerous
clan families who lived in each
house.

Going further into the house,
visitors found themselves face-
to-face with a diarama of life-

like scultures of an Iroquois
family. The scene depicts the
family huddled around a
glowing fire, listening intently to
stories,

With the help of a real
Mohawk story teller, guests were
able to hhear actual Iroquois
tales translated into English on
tape as they stood before the
diarama.

Rows of corn, beans and
squash hung overhead from the
ceiling where the foodsores were
kept to help the house’s
occupants survive the harsh
winter.

The Tuscaora Nation’s
representative to the dedication,
Ray Henry, said he was
impressed with ther production
team’s attention to detail.

“We still hang corn from the
ceilings just like its shown in the
exhibit,” Henry said. “The only
difference is, since we don’t use
longhoused anymore, the bam or
the garage has to do.”

Also on display are numerous
Troquois artifacts recovered by
archaeologist and a scale-model
of a Mohawk village c.a.
1600a.d., remains of which were
located near Fondas in Fulton
County.

The museum received advice
for the project from numerous
experts on the Iroquois,
including SUNYA professor
Dave Snow. Snow, the
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out of nothing. With the help of a
former mentor (eerily played by Joss
Ackland), Bombay raises the team’s

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(Emilio Estevez) to one of his players in ‘The
Mighty Ducks’

under the influence, sentenced to
community service and is coaching
the unruly District 5 team.

The team is a rag-tag assortment of
various ethnic backgrounds and
physical shapes. As written, the
viewer is left with, among others, a
wise-ass with glasses, a fat Jewish
goalie, a pair of jive-talking black
brothers, the requisite girl, and a cute,
softspoken boy named Charlie, who
has an available mother to boot.
Fortunately, the young actors in these
roles find fresh ways to escape their

‘Husbands and Wives’,

“We're getting divorced,” states
Jack and Sally in the opening scene of
Woody Allen's newest film Husbands
and Wives. In an age where one in
every two couples are separated,
Allen attacks current social issues
with humor, sensitivity and himself.

Jonathon Ostroff

Jack (Sydney Pollack) and Sally
(Qudy Davis) look like any other
couple you might think are happily
married, but underneath lay feelings
of struggle and anxiety. Allen uses
their break up as an entrance into his
world of infidelity and innocence. In
Allen’s world people are pawns of
their own feelings, slaves to their
emotions.

“We'll discuss it over dinner,” says
Sally casually about the news of her
divorce. Ten years ago the
announcement of ones separation
would be more than just chit chat
before a dinner date. That was ten
years ago.

Today Allen's characters get

divorced as quickly as they get
married. Unhappy in a relationship?
Get divorced. Feeling trapped,
isolated, unloved? Get divorced. What
ever happened to family values? Join
the Republican party.

Allen plays Gabe Roth, a college
professor married to Judy played by
Mia Farrow. Their relationship is a s
shifty as Woody and Mia’s. Plagued
by paranoia and memories of the past,
Gabe and Judy are in a marriage of

collective spirits with sporty new
uniforms, more practice time and a
new name : the Ducks. One funny
addition to the Ducks comes in the
form of Fulton Reed (Elden Ratliff).
This hulking kid has dark, over-long
bangs and can rip a net with one of
his high-powered slapshots. There’s
only one problem; the boy can’t skate.

With Bombay’s help, the welcome
player becomes a team leader and an
uncheckable left wing. Director
Stephen Herek shoots Reed’s whirling
shots with the frequent image of a

spinning black puck in the
foreground, zooming toward the goal
as opposing players jump for cover in
the backdrop. Herek has previously
made stupidly comical Bill and Ted’s
Excellent Adventure and seems at
home here. He supplies the right
manic touch in staging the rink scenes
which might have looked static, given
the script’s simplicity. Offset camera
angles, dolly shots, bouncy editing
and the one-time use of fast-motion
photography help to fill in the gaps.
In the end, the film provides a

' predictable wind-up, and yes, it’s

pitting Gordon and his Ducks against
the cruelly competitive Coach Reilly
and his Hawks. And it is poetic justice
of the conventional sort, as Bombay
feels the need to pay back Reilly
(Bombay's former coach some twenty
or so year’s ago!) for instilling the
winning-is-everything mentality in
him in the first place. As the
adversarial Reilly, Lane Smith mixes

the proper blend of smiling
enthusiasm and believable
overdetermination.

What's left? Not a whole lot. It’s just
frustrating that, given the talent
assembled, more things couldn’t be
done to turn certain conventions on
their head and raise the formula out
of the pit of harmless mediocrity.
Upon closer observation, it appears
that The Mighty Ducks are no more
real than a lifeless flock of hunter’s

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Divorce and Infidelity

expressed by Judy over he friends
divorce becomes comical as Gabe tries
to calm her down after reacting the
same way himself. Hypocrisy is
everywhere. Emotions take control of
actions and the characters become
tangible to the audience.

The camera is used as a fifth person
invisible to the cast. Acting nervous
and excited about the news of Jack
and Sally’s divorce, the camera has all
the characteristics of an observer into

convince, not
love.

college student

of Gabe whohappened to family values?

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relationships|

Today Allen's characters get
vy "fiwedivorced as quickly as they
Lewis get married... What ever

‘Join the Republican Party.

last five years before true love
dissolves. Her youth and seductive
stares brings freshness into Allen's
world of middle aged woes.

Despite the seriousness of divorce,
Allen fills Husbands and Wives with
wit and humor. Even the hysteria

the lives of these troubled people.
Each character represents the
expectations and realities of married
life in the 1990’s. Allen’s amateurish
camera work only drives home the
movies creeping feeling that this isn’t
fiction, and that these people exist.

Clashing young against old, Allen
compares the values of today with the
values of yesterday. Are we a society
that needs change very often or do we
still value stability and security? Does
art imitate life or does life imitate
tabloid headlines?

There are few one-liners in
Husbands and Wives, but comedy
comes from the situations and acting.
Judy Davis brings in the most laughs
with her nervous and neurotic
behavior. Although Davis’ character
Sally resembles Diane Keaton’s best
remembered work, she stands on her
own as one of the films best attributes.

Having no resemblances to Allen’s
last film Shadows and Fog, Husbands
and Wives is a contemporary drama in
a town where gossip becomes fact and

truth lives in the movies.

ASPects is in dire need of production people. This is serious. Seeing the same damn
people every night is getting BORING. New (and preferably improved) scenery most
definitely needed. No experience necessary, positive brain function a plus. Come on up
to CC323 or call 442-5660 and ask for those wacky folks at ASPects.

October 13, 1992

Aspects on Tuesday

Crystal Shines in Mr. Saturday Night’

He’s insisted that it’s not an
autobigraphy. And that’s half true.
But Billy Crystal also admits that only
he could have made this movie. Only
he could have so convincingly
paralleled his own roots in the
industry.

Kevin Sonsky

A production almost ten years in
the making, “Mr. Saturday Night” is
the funny, and at times pathetic, story
of Buddy Young, Jr., Crystal's alter-
ego stand up comic from the era of
one-liner Catskill comedians. Through
a series of flashbacks and poignant
anecdotes, we are shown how the
washed up Buddy started his career

D.G.H

Today the works of D.G. Hicks, a
marginalized painter of the twenties,
gather dust in attics or languish amid
common detritus. The Society for the
Preservation and Revitalization of
D.. Hicks, or Shield, as its members
like to be called, work to save the
painter’s legacy and present it to a
new, sensitive generation.

David Cunningham

Because Hicks painted cats dressed
in frilly garments enjoying tea, bridge
or crocheting, he has been banished
from the Artistic Canon. But, through
the efforts of Shield, Hicks is being
brought out of the closet and back

in his relative’s living room, found
success for a moment on his own
television show, and struggled the
latter half of his life battling his career
breakdown.

Crystal, weighing in as writer,
director, producer and star, portrays a
genuinely funny, caustic entertainer
who’s only intoxication is the rush he
gets from “playing the audience”.
Buddy’s problem is that everything
else comes second. His wife, Elaine
(Julie Warner), remains faithful till the
end regardless of Buddy’s misgivings
and selfish personality quirks. And
his timid brother/manager, Stan
(spectacularly portrayed by David
Paymer) tolerates Buddy’s backstage
tantrums, antics, and personal insults.

There is an absolutely wonderful

character continuity in this film. The
young actors and elderly makeup
made the 50 year old love/hate
relationship between the brothers
smoothly convincing. Buddy is
demanding and self-absorbed, but
desperately needs Stan as a barometer
for his own self-esteem. Stan isn’t a
star and never won Elaine, the
woman he really wanted. And this
superiority over Stan keeps Buddy
going, even after his career collapses.

The movie has its moments when
you can see a typically sentimental
Crystal scene coming from a mile
away, but it works. Before it becomes
sappy, Crystal makes it funny. And it
works.

Buddy is eventually shown that he
is responsible for his own failures in

icks and His §

into the light! Through a clever school
of criticism called Felinocentrism, the
Shield members have been able to
conclusively prove that Hicks’
paintings contain coded messages.
For example, the tea pot in “Mlle.
Kitty’s Tea Party” surely represents
the canine reproductive package in all
its bestial glory. Since the cats are
forced to handle the tea pot (how else
could they pour their jasmine tea?)
they are being defelinized, and hence
degraded. This coded plea for release
from canine oppression frequently
occurs in Hicks’ work. Such socio-
political commentary was heretofore
thought lacking in Hicks’ paintings,
relegating them to an inferior status.
Bravo, Shield!

Another stunning example of
Shield’s work is the restoration of
“Basket of Yarn.” A groundbreaking
piece exhibiting early qualities of
impressionism. The feline maid,
tightly bound in a pastel blue bodice,
looks longingly at the yarn as she
peels potatoes. “O, how she craves a
tussle with the red ball of yarn, sans
bodice,” writes a noted critic and
Shield member, “she aches to sink her
claws into the yarn, to roll in the dirt
on her back in the hot sun.” Alas, her
animal desires are as tightly bound by
society, as her furry bosom by the
bodice.

Charles Southington-Wainwright
PhD, a noted critic and Shield
detractor, said of their work, “What a

life. He dug his own career grave, and
in addition ignored the love of his
family around him. So how does
Crystal keep him so likeable?

Because he’s still funny. Whether
he’s 16 or 65, he still makes people
laugh, and so does Crystal. That’s
what this movie does to you. It does it
so well because that’s what Crystal
does to you. It’s funny moments turn
emotional, and it’s sensitive moments
turn comical...just like that.

Did you see what he did there? Go
see the movie, and you'll know what I

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HIELD

lot of rubbish, they’re cute
anthropomorphic paintings dealing
with an ignoble pet, and nothing
more. I see no reason to read things
into them. Why study them at all
when you have wonderful paintings
like “The Rape of the Canine Women”
to ponder.” Shield labeled
Southington-Wainwright, “a typically
insensitive mouthpiece of the
Caninearchy!”

No matter your aesthetic tastes,
now is the time to scour your attics,
closets and basements, before Hicks
explodes onto the gallery scene.
Renowned analyst Wes Pugsley
predicts Hicks will soon be selling for
well over his current market value
thanks to the efforts of Shield.

Gay Pride in a Time of Ignorance

For general reference, any
conversation containing “And
besides, a naked man in the kitchen, I
mean, my god what am I supposed to
think!” is not going to end peacefully
or quietly. And the response “Uh,
uhm, well I’m gayer than springtime”
is completely inappropriate. The man
in question was my friend Jason. The
person asking was my sister. The
reason he was cooking naked is still
unknown to me. I chalk it up to him
having been dropped on his head
{often by his close friends). Anyways
he was, and after making it clear to
my sister that Jason and I were not
involved ( if you’d been in that
kitchen you'd understand my need'to
make that abundantly clear. If she’s
going to think I’m a deviate, at least I
can be a deviate with standards.) she
asked The Question.

Eric Sims

“Well are you...bi?” It was not a
question she had ever expected to ask,
nor one I had expected to answer. I
had been trying to avoid it, since after
all it was to some extent easier to be
simply coy and dodge the issue
altogether, rather than deciding
whether to outright lie or not. At that
moment I chose not to. Maybe the

directness of the inquiry threw me off
guard. Maybe I was just all psyched
for the New York Pride march I was
headed to the next day. I think I was
just sick of referring to my ex-lover
Peter as “just a friend” when he called
and the pink triangle on my jacket as
a “statement of support” and the State
St. Pub as “this cool place on Lark St.
that doesn’t proof” (although that part
is partially true). Maybe I’m just a
schmuck, -but I said yes, and she
dissolved in tears and I just stood in
her doorway watching her cry feeling
paralyzed. I wanted to say something,
but I could think of nothing more to
add. She asked a question, I answered
it honestly. I asked if she was OK just
to break the silence, and she said yes
just because she didn’t know how else
to answer. I left her room hoping
things were OK.

The Pride march the next day was a
sensational experience. Parading
through New York wedged between
AIDS volunteers and a float of
dancing drag queens, my friends and
I marched as Delmar (our suburban
home-town) Pride-“We're here, we're
queer, we didn’t bring a sign.” It was
incredibly energizing, and so when I
returned home (still in a skirt—nice
touch) I was not in the frame of mind
to deal with my mother’s “We have to

talk as soon as you change” greeting.
As soon as I regained my masculinity
in jeans and a t-shirt, I was cornered
by mother and sister screaming re.
sanitation and AIDS tests and “what if
one of your queer bait friends cut his
hand and bled all over, and that
mixed with my blood” and how the
house was infected. She ran to her
room crying and my mother (who has
known since October) was upset
about my less-than-perfect coming
out timing. My father came upstairs
and joined in the insanity screaming,
“I don’t want to hear about this” and
telling me what a horrible life I’m
condemning myself to. I screamed
back and ended up on my bed crying.
So why the hell did I choose to
share this little bit of family lunacy?
Because after months of working to
earn “loyal son” points (even going to
Temple a few times) and trying to
regain my place in my family and
wondering if it was all worth it, I just
watched the Republican National
Convention where I was branded as a
perverted deviate threatening “our
great country” and families
everywhere, and I realized that I did
do the right thing—admitting who I
am instead of hiding in fear. Showing,
as many as possible that the kind of
hate that Pat Buchanan and the rest of

the red-cowboy hat wearing Christian
Coalition fascists were spreading
effects everyone in America and not
just a small segment. That if they can
shamelessly bash gays and get away
with it, they can just as well go after
Latinos, Jews, African Americans, and
anyone else who doesn’t fit in with
Buchanan’s vision of “American.”
And frankly, one can never be too
loud or too pushy or too flamboyantly
open because the only thing that
“keeping a low profile” gets you is a
quiet ride on a cattle car.

At the Pride march, my friend
Evelyn said gleefully “Eric, my god,

we've been walking for two
hours—and look, queer
people—everywhere!”

And we must continue to march,
and fight, and especially celebrate our
lives, hopefully with our families and
friends behind us, at the very least
because the people who keep quiet
and “play ball” may well be the next
group threatening “family values.”
After all, how big of a jump is it really
from “family values” to “master
race?” From what I saw in Houston, it
is a small leap indeed.

EDITORIAL
The meaning of the
holiday

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Every elementary school child has heard this.
Colombus' place in American history is firmly
entrenched.

How many other countries celebrate as a
national holiday the anniversary of the
beginning of the plunder and systematic
destruction of a continent, and the rape of
entire cultures of people?

Welcome to the new version of the impact of,
Christopher Columbus. What a contrast it
offers...

In his new film 1492, director Ridley Scott
presents a portrait of Columbus as artist in a
way. He is a man with a vision--that the world
is round--and he will stop at nothing to prove
this. Gerard Depardieu gives Columbus a
human aspect which is often ignored. All the
men and women we read about in the history
books were just--men and women.

It is certainly a convincing portrayal, but is it
the truth? Truth is a tricky word, especially
when dealing with history, which is anything
but rigid. One generation's truth is another's
fiction.

On one side are those who claim that
Columbus as hero is a myth invented by
America.

Still, while it is our generation's apparent
charge to showcase another version of history,
we must be very careful here. In our zeal to
tight an injustice, another could be created.
For arguments sake, let's say everything the
revisionists are saying is true. So in the school
text books, a new history will replace the old.
Question: If the old version disappears
completely, isn't that just as bad as squashing
the revisionists’ arguments?

For many, the pendulum has swung clearly
away from simply glorifying the man
Columbus to now condemning him as a
murderer. By getting completely caught up in
the revisionist’movement, in order to give
another version of history a chance to be
heard, one version of history is replacing an
older one. That's the nature of history. If you
think about it, when you're dealing with two
such disparate versions of history, common
sense tells you to look somewhere in the
middle for a clearer picture. The question is,
when will we get to that point?

Perhaps the greatest reason not to celebrate
the holiday is that it is in extremely bad taste.
For the millions of Native Americans, the
celebration of what amounts to the negation of|
their rights is nothing more than another
example of the American goverment lack of
Tespect for indigenous peoples.

Awareness Week

Perhaps more important than-Columbus Day
is Sexual Violence Awareness Week, which
began yesterday and will run until October 18.

Sexual Violence is a problem that has
reached nearly crisis proportions on campuses
across the country, and students must protect
themselves and become informed.

Information on various speakers is available
through the President's Task Force on
Women's Safety and the Women's Issues

Office of the Student Association.

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Faggot. Queer. Homo. Any of these words unfamiliar
to you? Probably not. But if so, all can be found in
Websters Dictionary, however they are not defined there
as they are in society. Surely it's no secret that these are
derogatory terms commonly associated with
homosexuality. Now that's not too shocking, but the real
shock is that euphemisms for theses words which support
hateful prejudices, have and are presently infiltrating our
society. More simply- "Right-thinking" America is
intolerant of homosexuality. After last month's
Republican National convention in Houston and Dan
1Quayle's continued blunder regarding homosexuality how
can anyone not be utterly humiliated by the title "Right-

- Melissa Cooper
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“Wrong-thinking " is sounding better by the minute.

Presently the state of Oregon, whose electoral votes
went to President Bush in 1988, is pushing a measure to
confirm homosexuality as "abnormal" and "perverse". So
far it hasn't passed. I wonder what the case would be if
the state's lawmakers included Dan Quayle, Pat
Buchanan, Pat Robertson and even George- Bush that is.

Why are these people concerned with the issue of
homosexuality? Do they think its the homosexuals that
have corrupted America from "traditional family values"?
Is arise in homosexuality the cause for economic decline,
and increase in crime and drug trade? Or perhaps
homophobia, the fear of homosexuals, is coming to rise
in America. Wouldn't it be a pleasant surprise to find a
hidden skeleton in one of these men’s closets-or rather
file cabinets- condemning them of making this "wrong
choice"- as Mr. Quayle phrases it.

Who are these elite men that have so authoritatively
taken it upon themselves to decide what the ideal
sexuality of America is? Shouldn't sexual preference be
an individual's deci sion?

Most likely those who are homosexuals have taken
enough slack from their parents, friends, peers,
bosses,etc. Certainly they don't need or deserve Dan
Quayle or Pat Buchanan's 2 cents worth.

Disgusting and repulsive as the horrible fascist
remarks made this campaign are, they are not the real
issue. THe major concern is individual right to equality.
This is an ideal in our country, unfortunately not a reality.

Women in today's work force only make seventy cents
toaman's dollar. They have not made any wrong choices
to deserve this injustice. However homosexuals have,
based on the Republican platform. I'm scared to imagine
what sort of job discrimination will pass "through the
loop" if four more years of damage and corruption are
elected.

On one specific occasion, Pat Buchanan, former
Republican primary candidate-present Bush supporter,
lashed out on the Clintons for an “agenda of abortion on
demand, homosexual rights and putting women in
combat." Where does this man get the audacity to
denounce rights for individuals based on sexual
preference? Perhaps he's basing his opinions on the
teachings of the bible. If so, I suggest he take his views
back to the church and far from the White House.

But with the White House in mind, lets talk about
“familly values"- an idiomatic expression which has been
brought up by both parties, yet focused on by the
Republicans.

"Family values” sounds like a novel idea but looking
at it closely- one should realize it is revolting! Whose
family and what values? Should we try to adapt the
values of the Bush's ? That doesn't seem like a good
idea, keeping his son Neil's involvement in the Savimgs
and Loan scandal in mind. Or should the Quayle family
be used as a role model? However not all working
women have the option of forgoing their careers to "stand
by their man” the way Marilyn (Mrs. Quayle) did. And
contrary to Mrs. Quayle’s beliefs, some women do want
to be liberated.

Possibly "traditional" family values are what we
should revert back to. Women home baking chocolate
chip cookies and providing moral support for their better
halves- the husbands, of course! Well is this iks an ideal
to look up to, where does this leave homosexual
families, single parent families, group home families,
etc.? I just don't know if these groups belong in this
“family values" thang. I mean homosexuals have already
made that "wrong choice" condemning them to eternal
damnation, so how could they have any values anyway?!
And single parents have undoubtedly all been wrongly
influenced through an overdose of
Monday night television (Murphy Brown), so there's
probably no hope for them either.

"Grand opening- Family Values. Sign up
today for your membership- and receive a free,
complimentary bashing bat. Special
membership discount for white families with
fathers named George. No single parents,
gays or Murphy Brown look-a-likes admitted.
One small fee and several enormous tax
payments entitles you and your lovely family
to four years at CLUB BUSH. Facilities
include: sauna, olympic size swimming pool,
an indoor and outdoor golf course (no women
or blacks allowed-sorry) and beautiul dining
Services yet broccoli or potatoE's are not
available. No pets allowed- except Millie of
course! Call our toll free number for more
information. 1-800-BYE-BUSH!

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Why not share them with
the rest of SUNY Albany.
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to the ASP on the 3rd

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As you prepare for your futures, many of you are
worried about whether there will be jobs for you when
you graduate--jobs in which you can apply all you've
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I know the feeling. Shortly after I was graduated from
college, Barbara and I moved to Texas with our young
family to begin a life of our own. I started a business,
raised a family, and eventually began my career in
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the largest-ever one-year increase in student Pell Grants,
and a50m percent increase in the amounts of individual
Pell Grant awards. In addition, I want to raise the loan
limit on guaranteed student loans and make the interest
on student loans deductible for federal income tax
purposes.

My agenda calls for continued substantial funding for
responsible environmental protection. The United States
has the toughest environmental laws on earth, and it was
the Bush Administration that proposed and negotiated
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, which I signed
as the most protective and market-oriented clean air
Jaws in the world.

My administration also established a moratorium on
off-shore oil and natural gas drilling; accelerated the
phaseout of ozone harming substances; added more than
1.5 million acres to America's national parks, wildlife
refuges, and other public lands; tripled the rate of toxic
waste site cleanups since 1989; and collected more fines
and penalties and secured more prison sentences for
environmental crimes in the last three years than in the
previous 20 years combined.

I call upon the youth of today to take up the
entreprenurial challenge and join me in making America
the economic, export, education and environmental
leader of the 21st century. Let's win the peace by
looking forward, not inward.

My agenda for American Renewal empowers all
Americans to make their own choices and better their
lives. No one will be left behind for want of opportunity.

Good luck to you, and may you achieve your goals in
life.

George Bush

Career Day is near

To the Editor:

As everyone has heard and read over the last few
years, WE ARE IN A RECESSION! Firms have
reduced their recruiting efforts and are hiring less people
than in the past. There exists a flood of applicants, yet
fewer jobs are available.

Delta Sigma Pi is sponsoring Career Day 1992 in
conjunction with the Career Development Center.
Career Day provides an opportunity to speak with
representatives from 50 diverse companies and
organizations. These people are hiring! On Wednesday,
October 14, you can:

1, Find out about job opportunities!

2. Ask about internships and summer jobs!

3. Get to know the interviewer before the
interview!

4. Ask questions you might otherwise be afraid
to ask!

This is your chance to get ahead of the competition.
Career Day will be held Wednesday, October 14, in the
C.C. Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Take advantage of
it!

Amy Maziarz
Michael Glaser
1992 Career Day Co-Chairs

Jewish people unite

To the Editor:

On Sunday October 3rd, 1992 fifteen members of
RZA/Tagar attended a march in the city of Newburgh to
show solidarity against the KKK. The KKK has been
having many events there designed to increase its
membership and participation in its movement. On
September 12th, they held an event, attracting more than
100 Klan supporters, and Neo-Nazis, at which it was
required of all participants to sign a declaration that they
were “Pure-Aryans, untainted with Jewish blood”.

The march we attended had a coalition of over 1,500
people from all different ethnic groups. There were
chants such as “Never Again”, “KKK go home”, and
“Death to the Klan”.

We, the members of Tagar at SUNY Albany felt that it
was important to attend this rally because we feel that it
is our duty to help local communities in their fight
against anti-semitism and bigotry in general. Tagar was
founded on the ideology that showing Jewish pride is a
sign of strength and we felt that this march was an
excellent opportunity to condemn white supremacy, and
to insure that something as horrible as the Holocaust
never happens again. We must never forget that Hitler’s
reign of terror began with only six members and, because
they went unopposed, the Holocaust was allowed to
happen.

Groups such as the KKK don’t want you to learn about
your Jewish heritage, because they realize the power in

learning the truth about your people.

So, what should you do? Go to services once in a
while. Join groups on campus such as RZA/TAGAR,
JSC, AIPAC, UJA and increase your awareness about
the Jewish people. Take classes in the Judaic studies
department, go to Israel on an overseas program for a
semester, or even for a year. Follow the example of
African-Americans and Latinos in being proud of what
you are.

In conclusion, we at Tagar urge you to recognize the
importance of a bond to Israel as an important way to
learn about your history. Attend meetings of your group
of choice, and be proud that you are a Jew. Am Israel
Chai (the Jewish people live).

Russel Feder

President RZA/TAGAR

Ron Torossian

Executive Board RZA/TAGAR

Defend abortion rights

To the Editor:

The time to defend abortion rights is now! A militant
pro-choice movement must stand up and be heard. Since
Roe v Wade went into effect twenty years ago, the
privileges granted to women have been stolen away.
Anti-choice organizations and a bi-partisan coalition of
elected officials have been able to eradicate medical
funding, institute parental or spousal consent or
notification, institute the gag rule, etc... Why were they
able to do this? Because there has been no militant
movement to protect women’s rights in general and
abortion rights in particular. The only answer is to begin
a new militant fight to defend abortion rights. The kind

- of fight that scared the ruling class of the U.S. into

conceding abortion rights in the first place.

The National Women’s Rights Organizing Coalition
(NWROC) was formed in 1990 in response to Operation
Rescue’s attacks on clinics as well as the inadequacies of
mainstream abortion rights groups such as NOW and
NARAL. In addition, NWROC stands firmly on an anti-
racist, anti-sexist, pro-gay, pro-working class platform
which we feel is necessary in order to maintain and
expand the rights of all oppressed people.

NWROC believes in the militant mass mobilization of
pro-choice defenders because it has proven to be
effective. Within the past six months, clinic defense in
Buffalo, Baton Rouge, New York, Houston and so on
has proven to be an effective endeavor. Not only does
militant action keep the clinics open, but it has sent a
message to the elite of our country that we will not sit
quietly while they continue to attack women.

Although clinic defense has been a worthwhile
endeavor, we cannot continue to be on the defensive. In
order to defeat the anti-choice, anti-woman movement
we must be aggressive. NWROC is putting out a call to
all pro-choice advocates to join NWROC at Cornell
University on October 17th to combat a 15 school Ivy
League Pro-Life Conference. NWROC is working in
coalition with student groups from Cornell and other
schools across the state to organize a state wide presence
in opposition to this conference. The importance of
joining us in Ithaca on October 17th is paramount. This
type of conference is the breeding ground for people like
Randall Terry (from Operation Rescue) and others who
will be the cultural and political “elite” of the U.S. We
need to mobilize and let the anti-choice movement know
that they will not go uncontested. Abortion rights are
being attacked; we need to fight back.

If you would like more information on the Cornell
Conference or would like to sign up to join us in Ithaca,
stop by the NWROC table in the Campus Center lobby,
call Dawn at 433-9452 or come to an NWROC meeting
at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the SA Lounge.

National Women’s Rights Organizing Coalition

Rock the vote

To the Editor:

One of the reasons that the Democratic Party message
has not played well with us young people for the past
three Presidential elections is that the Democrats have
had a certain knack for telling people what they don’t
want to hear, like that this country has destroyed its
economic future.

During the 1980’s, while the YUPpies feasted on Wall
Street, millions of jobs were lost as corporate raiders
drained once-profitable American businesses dry for
personal gain. Savings and loans, (whose crisis soiled

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News People a catastrophic wax
accident has destroyed names and
numbers of some of the staff (Alan,
Karen or Caron, Jane) so stop up!!
(Tom misses you!)

—

Jacquie,

You are a hoser-just so you'd know.
Joe

Marcie and Elisa

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of this paper, just wanted you to
know that you are missed and
remembered fondly in Business
office. Hope to see you this weekend

Jason
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Leanne
Thanks. What a ride.

Joe
Se Se
Cheryl
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misunderstandings which resulted
from the meeting. Hope everything
will be OK

Jason

—
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tonight. Can you believe I'm still here
at 6am writing these dumb
classifieds?

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Yo Arch
What the f-k is this about you jazz?

Coop

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Pam,if you'd like me to go with you
and Kevin on Wed, let me know.-
Chopped liver(Tom).Glenn, you stat
monster you. Joe and Ellen-bang up
job on news dept. Keep it up!
Leanne-it's always nice seeing you
in the newsroom-your first home
Pat-GLO...Rachel-where are you?!
miss you! Evelyn, when are you
taking me for that ride, hon? Adam
ME- NICE JOB TONIGHT. Feel
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Features folks...‘lo, Jon

AZ

You guys are cool,

we wanted you to know.

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HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY
(You old fart — hee hee)

Love,
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Pat - Thanks for the hand
A ska/sports alliance lives!
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PERSONALS

JOE'S QUOTE OF THE DAY

Some say it's better to be a big fish in
a small pond than a small fish in a
big pond, but wouldn't we all rather
be a shark (a really, really big shark).

Alison
Happy Birthday, your picture is on the
piano,

Joe, Tom, Ellen, Pam, Pat(Arch).

Tom,

I will never let you sit down again ,
I'm going to start typing about my
friend Al Abrahams and not finish
until I've mentioned Zephraim-oh well
here you go! Joe

Why's this job taking up my whole

life?
JD

Answer to last week's
trivia.

In 1949 the movie
"On the Lady Bugs
Knee" was both the final
film for Bonzo the
monkey, and Bear the
chimp's first movie.

What's up to 391 Washington: Yes,
this is the amount of personal space
they give me. Termini, hope your
feeling better. Jen, where are you?
Sussin, are you still afraid of the
kitchen? Sam, has you man called
you? Fran, what's with this guy SAL
that your involved with? Kerri, being
your fiance for the weekend was a
blast - thanks for a great time at the
party. Signing off, 6:40 a.m. Tuesday
moming. Time for sleep.
Love, Pat
P.S. What time is dinner?

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association, but eventually had
to move back home to Brooklyn.
He took a job with Pan-Am as a
ticket agent until they went
under, After being laid off, he
was finally rehired by Delta.
His experience has earned him
the salary of, (get this) $7 per
hour.

-L.C. completed a Master’s
Degree. After a brief stint as a
reporter for a local newspaper,
she moved to Pennsylvania,
hoping the job market was a
little brighter. She now works at
an Electronics store, taking
home about $800 per month, and
that includes commission. -She
is considering going to Law
School, but wonders if it will
Pay off about as well as her
Master’s did.

-M.A. did not go to college,
but instead went for certificate
training in electrical work. He
took a position with the Town
Parks Department, which is now
bleeding jobs under the budget
axe. To make matters worse, his
mother, who was actually the
family bread winner, just lost her
Position as an Administrative
Assistant at a customs house.
She had worked there for several
years. My friend will soon
begin moonlighting as a
dishwasher at a local Chinese
Testaurant, because he has,
“family values”,

I know it’s a very insulated
environment on campus, but just
for a minute, take the time to
VOTE on November 3rd. I am
not connected with the Clinton
campaign. To be honest, I voted
against him in the primary. But
we can’t go on thinking this is a
problem that affects “them”,
whoever they may be. As
Clinton said in his acceptance
speech at the Convention,
“We've practically themmed
ourselves to death.” Maybe you
disagree with me and think that
the real cause of our problems is
the Democrats in Congress who
bounce checks and coddle
welfare recipients at the expense
of taxpayers. If that’s your
opinion, by all means go out and
pull the lever for Bush. If you’re
disgusted with the two party
system, leam more about Perot’s
platform, (if he has one) or
check out some of the other
candidates like Lenora Fulani or
Ron Daniels. They won’t win,
but a protest vote serves a
Purpose too.

The people who tell you that
voting won’t make a difference
are either the ones who profit
from the way things are or the
ones whose views are simply too
lunatic fringe to ever be put into
Practice. Remember that when
people feel they have no stake in
the system, they will not bother
to play by its rules. While
watching Los Angeles burn, I
couldn’t help but think of Martin
Luther King’s comment on the
Watts uprising. “Riot,” he
remarked, “is the language of the
unheard.”

If you care, you’ll vote. If you
don’t vote, don’t complain.

David Finz
Class of 1990

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Football.

Continued from back page
a first down.”

“We knew it was coming down
to the wire,” defensive
coordinator Mike Simpson
explained.

For Union, it was time to lick
its wounds and roll its eyes at an
Albany defense that had held it
under 300 yards on and that had
used big plays to stop its drives.

“We lost against a good
Albany football team,” Audino
said. “This is the best Albany
football team that I’ve seen in a
while.”

The Danes gained 289 yards
on the ground, a tribute to the
way the Albany offensive line
controlled the line of scrimmage.
The line opened many holes for
Albany runners and also gave
Laap enough time to drop back
in the pocket and pass.

“The offensive line has been
incredible,” Laap shined. “The
offense was moving the ball at
will.”

“The major factor in this game
was the passing and our
offensive line’s protection,”
Alston explained. “They
[offensive line] took control up
frpnt.”

Alston had two receptions for
44 yards.

The game took on the feeling
of a shootout as both teams
scored early on in the first
quarter.

On the opening kickoff, junior
linebacker Max Ngbokli
recovered Union kick returner
Andy Girardi’s fumble at the
Union 17. After three plays,
Imperato lumbered into the end
zone from 16 yards out. Laap’s
run on the two-point wersion
try failed. The Danes le. 9-0.

Union came back when Harris
connected with Dave Sodergren
ona six-yard pass play with 9:54

in the first quarter. The extra
point was good and the
Dutchmen led, 7-6.

Irving broke tackles on a 19-
yard TD run to make the score
14-6 at 2:58 of the first quarter.

Cortland State comes to
University Field next Saturday to
face the streaking Danes at 1:00
p.m.

Men's Soccer

Continued from back page
This score marked the first goal
given up by Jacobs, a freshman,
and ended Albany’s string of
four straight shutouts.

Albany’s numbers are
impressive, with seven shutouts
in nine games. Their only other
goal allowed this season by way
of a penalty kick.

Forward Joe DiBella explained
his team’s frustration at the near
upset. “I thought we could hold
the lead,” he said. “It’s
disappointing when we pretty
much dominated the first half
and proved we had better skill.”

“I feel we outplayed them and
had the game’s better
opportunities,” he added.

Plattsburgh’s late first half
goal turned the momentum
around going into the second
half. “[After Plattsburgh’s goal]
we slipped into their style of
play,” Albany coach Roy Pfeil
sighed. “The officiating was a bit
irritating because we ended up
with six yellow cards. That was
about as many as we’ve had in
all our games combined.”

Plattsburgh continued their
offensive attack for a good part
of the second half until Albany
could finally regroup. “It leaves
an empty feeling in my stomach
with the chances we had but
could not finish,” Pfeil said.

As regulation ended without
another goal, the teams prepared
for two 15-minute overtimes.

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Neither team could break the 1-1

deadlock.

Pfeil reflected, “It was a great
opportunity to
ourselves against a solid

program.
Albany still

maintains hope

for an
undefeated
season with

seven regular
season games
to go. “We
need to play
hard, practice
hard and really
focus and drive
for the NCAA
bid,” Pfeil
maintains. “I
tell our guys
‘It’s ours if we
come to play.””

Albany may
not have room
for a loss if
their NCAA
dreams are to
come true.

The Danes
travel to face
RPI in a battle
for Capital
District
supremacy on
Wednesday.
Albany has
already posted
wins over
Capital District
rivals Union

important race and we need to
come up big,” Vives said.

Men's CC

Continued from back page Also at stake is Division III’s
establish this meet and are hungry for number one ranking, which a
victory. win at the Albany Invite would

“This is an extremely bring to the team.

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TRIVIA QUESTION: Has any
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Oneonta too tough for Lady Danes

By Eric Dagnall
STAFF WRITER
Coming back from a two-week layoff,
the Lady Dane soccer team (2-6-1) was
hoping to have a strong ending to a
somewhat disappointing season.

They came through with two gritty
performances against North Adams State
(MA) and Oneonta State.

The Lady Danes needed a tough
defensive effort when they played against
Oneonta. The Lady Red Dragons, ranked
ninth in New York State, had the team
speed that gave Albany’s defense little
room for error.

With Oneonta’s Kristi Passionino
breaking into the open field numerous
times, Albany found themselves under
attack immediately.

Oneonta went on top 4:41 into the
game when Courtney Crowley put the
ball away after a scramble in front of the
Albany net.

With the Lady Red Dragons getting
opportunity after opportunity, Lady Dane
goalkeeper Monica Harlow (10 saves)
took her game up a notch and prevented
any further scores in the first half.

“Monica played a great game,” Lady
Dane coach Colleen McTygue affirmed.
“She had number of key saves.”

Harlow, along with the defense, kept
the Lady Red Dragons
frustrated for much of the
second half too.

However, with time
winding down, Oneonta
struck again. A crossing
pass by Passionino found its
way to Megan Hughes, who
put the ball past Harlow for
a 2-0 lead.

Minutes later, the lead
was nearly extended when
Kerry Apeille’s shot
caromed off the right post.

“We had a hard time
keeping marked up toward
the end of the half,” Harlow
explained.

The Lady Red Dragons
outshot Albany 24-7. “I’m

said. “It was difficult keeping up with
their speed.”

On a miserable day last Thursday, a 2-2
tie against the Lady Hawks of North
Adams (2-5-1) was the result of two
evenly-matched opponents, with either
team having a chance to come out on top.

For the first twenty minutes of the first
half, the defenses gave little or no
opportunity for the opposition to score.
The last twenty-five were different.

North Adams had the first genuine
chance when Rosie Moreira got past the
Lady Danes’ Jenn O'Donnell. Her shot,
however, went straight into the arms of
Harlow.

Albany came right back with chances
of their own. Nancy Nicolich provided a
crossing pass which O’Donnell headed
just left. Deb Antonelli weaved her way
around a couple of defenders before her
shot was gathered in by Kate Kelly.

The Lady Danes broke through with ten
minutes left in the half. A direct kick by
Nicolich rocketed into the top of the goal
for a 1-0 Albany lead.

The celebration came to an abrupt end
two minutes later. Inside the Albany box,
Moreira took a shot that ricocheted off a
defender and sailed over the head of a
helpless Harlow.

North Adams nearly went ahead when

Mellanie Brown’s pass was intercepted by
the Lady Hawks’ Maura Sullivan.
Sullivan passed to Kati Ford, who shot
just high of the crossbar.

The half ended at 1-1.

The second half was characterized by
rough fouls, one of which resulted in a
fight between Antonelli and the Lady
Hawks’ Anne-Marie Irwin.

The biggest scoring threat of the second
half for North Adams occurred when Ford
took a wide open shot that Harlow had to
make a spectacular diving save to stop.
However, with neither team providing
much offense, regulation ended in a 1-1
deadlock.

Overtime was highlighted with many
scoring opportunities for both sides.

Albany escaped potential disaster when
Sullivan intercepted a pass from the Lady
Danes’ Amy Cheney. Her shot was easily
handled by Harlow, however.

The tables turned minutes later when
Nicolich provided a perfect pass to
Mosier in the open field. With only the
goalie to beat, the bench and crowd were
on their feet anticipating a goal. But
Mosier’s shot was handled nicely by the
Lady Hawk goalkeeper.

The crowd was silenced minutes later
when Moreira’s shot snuck by a diving
Harlow, putting North Adams ahead, 2-1.

Just when it seemed the
Lady Danes were teetering on
the edge of losing the game, a
clutch goal by Linda Rouse
sent the players into a frenzy.

With thirty seconds left in
the first overtime, Nicolich’s
h cross was put into the left
side of the goal by Rouse.

That was the last score of
the game and overtime ended
ina 2-2 tie.

Overall, Albany outshot
North Adams 20-15. Harlow
ended with seven saves.

“We were lucky to get that
last goal,” McTygue said.
“But we’re happy to end with
atic.”

The Lady Danes host Siena

pleased with the way the
defense played,” McTygue

Great Danes
rout Alfred U.

By Jacob Jonas
STAFF WRITER

The offensive juggernaut that goes by|
ithe name of the Albany State Great,
(Danes continued its mastery of the|
scoreboard in its 49-21 demolition of the:
Alfred Saxons (2-2) back on October 3rd.
That made for ninety points scored
over Albany's last two games, including}
a 41-33 victory at Brockport September]
126.

“T'm elated,” head coach Robert Ford]
remarked.

The performance of senior quarterback}
Jaan Laap would put any coach on cloud]
nine as he put together a solid
performance, completing 12 of 17. passes|
for 172 yards, two touchdowns and no}
interceptions.

Laap also rushed for 56 yards on 12!
carries as he produced over 200 yards|
(228) in total offense for the second week;
in a row.

Albany raced ont to an almost identical}
first half cushion as the Brockport game,
posting 35 big points while limiting the
Saxons to only six. The Danes similarly|
put Brockport in a 35-7 hole.

Offensively, the Danes were lead in the|
rushing department by senior running
back Mike (68 yards on cighi

larries, one TD) and senior RB B

2

Staff Photo by david Kaplan

Albany's defense hung tough but couldn't contro! Oneonta.

Men's tennis

tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.

glances into

the future at Rolex Champs.

By Ron Balle
STAFF WRITER

Albany hosted its fourth tournament in
as many weeks as the Rolex
Intercollegiate Tennis Regional
Championships came to town from
October 2nd through the 4th.

This tournament brought together the
best in regional Division III players in
singles and doubles competition. Winners
would advance to the National
Championships, to be held later this
month in Corpus Christi, TX.

This year’s tournament was a coming
out party of sorts, as Binghamton’s Andy
Magidoff broke through as one of
Division III’s premiere players and
Albany’s freshman phenom Ken Blume
showed that he will be a force to reckon
with in the years to come.

In what Albany head coach Robert
Lewis called “the most outstanding
performance of the tournament,” Blume
took advantage of his first appearance in
the Rolex Tournament, making it through
to the quarterfinals.

Along the way, he scored upset wins
over Josh Nussbaumer of Skidmore, 6-3,
6-1 and #5 seed Dave Saxe of RPL, 6-3,
6-4.

In the quarter finals , Blume ran up
against 1990 champion and #1 seed Kyle

Richter of Skidmore. Blume pushed
Richter to three sets before losing 6-2, 2-
6, 6-3.

After showing good potential in his first
few seasons, Binghamton’s Magidoff
went all the way to score a double win, He
defeated Richter in the singles final, 6-2,
6-2 and then came back later in the day
with his partner Vijay Vadlamudi to win
the doubles final, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 over
Richter and Kyle McGaffey.

Doubles was also a bright spot for the
Danes, as the pairing of Matt Presser and
Steve Cohen made it to the semi-finals
before losing 6-4, 6-3, to the eventual
champions.

Along the way, they defeated the teams
of Paquette and Neu of Vassar, 3-6, 7-5, 6-
0, and Green and Nussbaumer of
Skidmore, 6-1, 6-2.

In other Albany matches, Jon Rudnick
and Paul Garnock defeated Dasch and
Nesbitt from St. Lawrence, 6-2, 6-0,
before dropping a 6-1, 6-4 decision to
Richter and McGaffey.

In singles action, Presser scored a 6-0,
6-4 first round win over Matt Clark of
Nazareth, only to be knocked out in the
next round by Richter, 6-4, 6-4.

Garnock reached the second round with
a walkover of Gaby Shami of Skidmore.

Continued on page 9

Women take
third at Capital
District meet

Saratoga Springs, New York
By Patrick Cullen
SPORTS EDITOR
For just over a decade, Albany’s
women’s cross country team has had aj
virtual strangehold on the Capital District}
(Championships, an annual rite of passage|
for local teams held at Saratoga State}
Park,

This year, however, youth and
inexperience have rendered this year’s
team a bit weaker than past teams.|
Conversely, other Capital District teams!
have crept up, improving their squads to}
make things interesting.

The 1992 edition of the
Championships, run in wet, muddy}
conditions, saw the rise of a powerfull
College of Saint Rose team, whose|
overall team performance vaulted it to}
the Capital District title. Saint Rose!
compiled 36 points, and had runners|
place in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth!
and tenth places.

Siena College was second place with
64 points, beating out Albany, which|
tallied 82 points on the day for third]
place.

Union College, which looked strong)
after two of its runners finished second
jand third, finished a close fourth (87).
Rensselaer was fifth with 106 points
and Russell Sage was sixth with 142!
points. Hudson Valley Community|
College and Fulton-Montgomery’s scores!
were incomplete.

“The Capital District was more|
balanced this year,” Albany coach
Ronald White commented. “We came up|
against a pretty star-studded Saint Rose!

Albany’s top runner, freshman Becky}
Popp, was the team’s top finisher,}
running her best time of the season|
(20:48) to take ninth place in a field of 42
finishers.

A graduate of Saint Joseph by the Sea}
High School in Staten Island, Popp found}
ithe rainy conditions to be in her favor.

“I was trying to make this my best|
race,” Popp explained. “[As it tumed out]
I actually enjoyed this one, it was fun.”

“Becky was in her true form,” White}
said. “She had a super finish.”

Junior Jen Miller was close to Popp in|
12th place, finishing in 21:08, a 14-
second improvement from last year’s|
(Capital Districts.

Freshman Peg Burns was 19th, timed]
fat 21:46. Junior Alexis Torchio|
was directly behind in 21:48, good for|
20th place. Torchio dropped a full 2:20)
from her time at last year’s race.

Sophomore Brandy Bovee rounded out|
|Albany’s top five finishers.

White was pleased with Bovee andj
Torchio’s performances. “Brandy and!
Alexis really came through for us,” he|
beamed. “Alexis is one of our most
improved athletes and Brandy ran her|
lbest race of the season.”

Senior Sue Ebel was 32nd, coming in}
jat 22:34, while sophomore Lara Johnson}
came in at 23:50 and freshman Leila]
|Ortiz came in at 26;09.

“It was a real good, solid
performance,” White said. “It’s a good|
indication of how we can run in the|
second half of the season.”

Albany takes two weeks off to prepare}
to host the Albany Invitational, which]
features 25 to 30 schools, including,
Division I and Division II competition in|
addition to top notch Division II]|
schools.

The Albany Invitational will be held
ion Saturday, October 24th at 11:15 a.m.

Volleyball at Saint Rose - Wed., 7:00

Men's Soccer at R.P.I. - Wed. 4:00

Women's Soccer vs. Siena - Wed., 3:30

Danes' third straight is one to cherish

Stun nationally ranked Union
in a memorable performance

By Patrick Cullen
SPORTS EDITOR

Yes, the Great Danes can win the big
one, and they can do it with great poise
and style, too.

Albany (3-2) produced one of its most
thrilling and memorable wins in recent
years when it demoralized the nationally
ranked Dutchmen of Union College (3-2),
23-17, in front of more than 1,500 people
at University Field Saturday night.

“We did a lot of great things tonight,”
Albany head coach Robert Ford glowed.
“This is a great win for us.”

“We're headed in the right direction,”
senior running back Ben Alston said.
“This is a big win.”

The win marks the first time the Danes
have been over the .500 mark since the
final game of the 1989 season, when they
finished at 5-4.

Union dropped its second straight
game. Last week, the visiting Dutchmen
were crushed by a powerful Dickinson
College attack, 27-3. Before these two
defeats, Union had won 19 straight games
dating back to 1990.

After Union kicker Greg Harrison
booted a 26-yard field goal with under
four minutes left in the third quarter, the
Danes found themselves in a 17-9 hole.

Junior split end Larry Marin returned
the kickoff to the Dane 31-yard line. After
senior quarterback Jaan Laap’s pass fell
incomplete on first down, a 16-yard run
by Alston was brought back 10 yards
because of an Albany clipping penalty.

A Laap keeper on second and 20 netted

only one yard and put the Danes in a third
and 19 situation. But Laap (9 for 16, 105
yards) came through in the clutch and
completed an 18-yard pass to senior split
end Joe Valerio (57 yards on five
Teceptions), who was stopped just short of
the first down.

Faced with a fourth and one from their
own 40-yard line, Ford and offensive
coordinator Ed Zaloom made a gutsy
decision to go for it.

Laap faked a pitch to senior RB Mike
Imperato (127 yards on 24 carries, one
TD) and found an opening provided by a
timely Alston block at the line of
scrimmage. Laap threaded his way down
the sideline past diving Dutchmen
tacklers to score on a 60-yard run, making
the score 17-15.

On the two-point conversion attempt,
Alston (59 yards on eight carries, one TD)
was stuffed in the backfield by Union’s
Jaimy Farnan.

But both sides knew the momentum
had changed.

“That was great call on fourth and one,”
Union head coach Joe Audino said. “We
were feeling comfortable at 17-8; it was a
real swing.”

After forcing Union to punt with 8:27
left in the fourth quarter, the Danes had
good field position at their own 38. Laap
pitched to sophomore RB Chris Rosello
(39 yards on four carries), who performed
two beautiful cutbacks to avoid tackles
before he was barely tripped up after a
24-yard gain.

On second and eight from the Union

Danes settle for tie after
near upset of Plattsburgh

36, Laap rolled left, found his blockers
and weaved his way for a 21-yard gain.

A ten-yard pass to sophomore, RB Andy
Shein gave the Danes a first and goal
from the four-yard line. Two plays later,
Alston broke through for a four-yard TD
run.

Imperato dove into the end zone for the
two-point conversion and the Danes led,
23-17.

Union received the ball back at its 23,
but a great defensive stand by Albany
kept the Dutchmen in check.

Running back Chris Irving (141 yards
on 24 carries, one TD) powered up the
middle for a nine-yard gain. On second
and one, Irving got the call again, but he
was met at the line by a swarming Dane
defense, led by sophomore defensive
lineman Dakri Simpson (six tackles),

senior safety Tim Dieter (10 tackles) and
sophomore Kevin Dougherty (two
tackles).

On third and one, Irving was again
knocked back, this time by sophomore
linemen Chad Hotaling and Jeff Emerson
(four tackles). Union was forced to punt.

Union got the ball back at its own 20
with a minute and half to go. Quarterback
Brian Harris (7 for 18, 93 yards, one TD)
threw a sideline pass to, a well-covered
Eugene Ray, but senior defensive back
Ken Breland (three tackles) came from
behind and took the ball away for
beautiful interception. Union’s fate had
been sealed.

“We did a hell of a lot of things positive
on defense,” Ford said. “The key play was
when we stopped them twice from getting

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Staff Photo by Michael Kersten

The Dutchmen tried but couldn't contain the Danes’ offense at crucial times on Saturday.

Men's cross country ranked second
nationally after Capital District win

By Matt Fineman

STAFF WRITER

Two overtimes were not
enough to decide last week’s
matchup of two unbeaten soccer
teams. Following last Tuesday’s
1-1 tie to the nationally ranked
Cardinals of Plattsburgh,
Albany men’s soccer now holds
1a 7-0-2 record.

Entering the contest,
Plattsburgh boasted a 10-0-1
mark, along with the number
two ranking in the Northeast
region.

Plattsburgh brought with them
their physical style of play
iwhich reflects their team’s
athleticism. Albany was not
intimidated by their opponents,
las the Danes went out to
establish their passing attack.
Albany displayed superior skills
with the soccer ball as they
developed their control style of
play.

A season long weapon for
Albany has been the long throw-
Hins they receive from sweeper

Mike Avallone. These throws|
increase the pressure upon
opposing defenses and provide}
regularly practiced scoring]
opportunities.

Senior forward Joe DiBella}
capitalized with a header goal|
16:35 into the first half. An
Avallone throw was deflected
by Billy Muller towards the far]
post where DiBella converted i
for a 1-0 edge. 5

There were more chances for|
the Danes to score and add to|
their one goal lead. Marty
‘Heamey just missed a goal fired]
a shot off the cross bar.

‘The Cardinals’ Rich Adams|
got the equalizer when hel
scored with three minutes to go}
in the first half. A free kick from
about midfield was barely
headed by Adams over the|
outstretched arms of Albany
goalie John Jacobs. The ball was
just able to elude his grasp as|
Jacobs was charging out to stop]
Adams.

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By Michael Director
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

With a powerful showing at
the Capital District
Championships, Albany’s men’s
cross country team has vaulted
to number two in the national
Division III poll behind top-
ranked North Central Illinois,
which took second at last year’s
National meet. Albany captured
fifth at last year’s Nationals.

On a bleary, rain-soaked 8K
course at Saratoga State Park,
Albany dominated the meet,
compiling 20 points. Their
nearest competitor was College
of Saint Rose with 40 points.
The other finishing teams were:
Siena College (91), Hudson
Valley Community College (99),
and Union College (124).

Before the meet, Albany head
coach Roberto Vives laid out his
strategy.

“We are trying to emphasize
pack running and to work on
different phases of our race,”
Vives said.”

As the race began, Albany
followed Vives’s tactic, forming
a pack composed of five
Tunners, along with Mark Jones
of Saint Rose. For Albany it was
juniors Todd Orvis, Todd Rogers
and Bill Vanos, senior Scott
Carroll and sophomore Jason
DeJoy leading the way.

They passed through the mile
mark with a slow split of 5:05.

They stayed together through
two miles, posting a 10:13 split.
After about two and a half miles,
DeJoy fell slightly off the pace
and lost touch with the pack.

In the end, Jones of Saint Rose
successfully fed off the Albany
pack to take first place in 25:49.
Taking second was Orvis in
26:00. Following him was
Rogers (3rd, 26:08), Vanos (4th,
26:23), Carroll (Sth, 26:26) and
DeJoy (6th, 27:06).

This meet ended the dual meet
season for Albany and put there
final record at 13-1. Their only
loss came against Division I
Army, which defeated Albany

last weekend, compiling 19
points to Albany’s 38.

After the Capital District race,
Vives reflected on the results of
the season so far.

“Everything is still going as
planned,” Vives said. “Now we
will taper off since all that
counts is November 21st (the
National meet).”

Even though Nationals is six
weeks away, the team cannot
stop thinking about it.

“We are getting better and
better each race, but only one
race counts in the end,” Orvis
said.

Albany now takes off until
October 24th, when it will host
the Albany Invitational.

There will be over 30 teams in
the varsity race, including
Division I powerhouses
Dartmouth and Columbia (last
year’s winner). Also competing
will be Division III foes R.LT.
and Binghamton.

The Danes have never won

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