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Friday, December 6, 1996

Campus Calendar

Friday, 12/6

New York State Writers 3
Institute will the classic film, “To
Have and Have Not” at 7:30 in
Page Hall. For more information

call 442-5620.

Saturday, 12/7

Music For All Ages Program
will hold a recital in the Patricia
Brady-Danzig recital Hall at the
College of Saint Rose at 2 p.m.
For more information contact
Mark Evans at 454-5193.

Monday, 12/9

Theatre Council will hold its
weekly meeting from noon until
12:30 p.m. in the red lounge of
the Performing Arts Center.
Alcoholics. Anonymous will
hold their one of their weekly
meetings from 4-5 p.m. in
Campus Center 357. For more
info, contact M.. Dolores Cimini at
442-5800

Tuesday, 12/10

Class Council of 1998 will hold
its weekly meeting at 7:00 p.m. in
HU 112. New members welcome.
For more info, call Merry or
Stacey at 465-4291.

Welfare Reform. Lecture will be
presented by former Assistant
Secretary in the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services,
Mary Jo Bane. The lecture will
be at 7:30 in the Recital Hall of

the Performing Arts Center.

Wednesday,
12/11

Alcoholics Anonymous will
hold one of their weekly meet-
ings from 1-2 p.m. in CC 361. For

more information call M. Dolores .

Cimini at 442-5800.

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

Harvest Christian Fellowship
will hold their weekly meeting at
7:30 p.m. in ss 255. For more
info, call Melissa at 442-9729.

Thursday, 12/12

Brothers and Sisters in Christ
will hold their weekly meeting at

CORRECTION: In the Club
Scene of our last issue, we
incorrectly stated that this
year’s Asian Pacific
American Conference will
be called the East Coast
Asian Student Union. When
in fact, this year’s Asian
Pacific American
Conference is being held in
association with the East
Coast Asian Student
Union.We apologize for this
error.

7:00 p.m. in CC 375. For more
info, call Chris Jones at 442-
0559.

Ballroom and Latin Dance Club
will hold their weekly meeting at
7:30 p.m. in the gym, PE 350.
For more info, call John at 453-
4559.

Friday, 12/13

Muslim Student Association
holds its weekly meeting at 1:20
p.m. in CC375. For more infor-
mation 435-0043.

Sunday, 12/15

Discover the Mahanta, A
Spiritual Guide for Our Times. A
free workshop to help you dis-
cover how the Mahanta, the
Keeper of the Secret Wisdom,
can help you find truth within
yourself. From 3-5 p.m. at the

- Ramada Inn, 1228 Western
Avenue. For more information,
call 1-800-749-7791.

“| have taught in LC18 since 1969 with four to five hun-
dred students each year, that equals 27,000 students
which is a lot of eyeballs.”

Al Higgins

ePlease see story on page 5

Cover photo by Margaret Kelley
Cover Photo: Last Wednesday’s snow storm which covered Albany County
with about five inches of snow.

Friday Dec 9, 1988
by Tim Devane

pering with fire alarms.”
No student has been arrested

Hlast from the dS4qp

Quads feel the heat of alarms

this year for causing a fire alarm

Despite student and residential
life staff complaints, false fire
alarms have not decreased.
There have been 170 false
alarms sounded since classes
began, on all five quads.

At its.current pace, this alarm-
ingly high number of alarms
could surpass the record number
of 265 set off last year.

Indian Quad has had the most
false alarms: 58 as of
Wednesday, according to
Vincent Franconere director of
the Department of
Environmental Health and
Safety at Albany.

Franconere expressed deep
concern regarding the dramatic
rise this year in the number of
false alarms. “We are going to
take very serious actions, includ-
ing arrests, for those caught tam-

This is because _
of the almost
impossible task
of catching
someone “in the
act” of setting

one off.
“T think the alarms should be

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more properly secured. I feel this
because in one instance an alarm
was set off in my hall because
the screw that held the alarm

together was loose. I’ve asked
maintenance to fix it, and they
did nothing except put tape on it,
said state quad resident Bernard

“T think they should put some
dye that shots out if someone
pulls an alarm, so they can catch
them red-handed,”
Quad resident Marc Gerena. -

Franconere said he felt that
one problem with inserting dye
into the pull box is only if the
student pulls the lever to set off
the alarm.

Most alarms get set off by stu-
dents applying a heat source,
such as a lighter, to the pull box
or spraying it with a fire extin-

possible side defects which may
be causing false alarms,
Franconere said, “There were no
alarms over Thanksgiving break.
I’m certain that the blame lies
with the students.”

Franconere also cited alcohol
as a great influence in the prob-
lem.

The rash of false alarms has
angered the Albany fore depart-
ment, which is obligated to
arrive at the scene if called,
according to Franconere.

“They have notified us that if
they are in an accident. while

~ coming for a false alarm, serious
action will be taken,” Fanconere
said.

Some have shown concerns
whether so many false alarms
effect the response of firefighters
in the event of a fire. Both the
students and the firefighters are
less inlclined to respond to an
alarm with each silly prank,
which could have disastrous
effects should a fire actually
occur on one of the quads,
Franconere said.

said Indian

When questioned about any

Friday, December 6, 1996 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Chairman of FICOM resigns

By AMANDA LEVIN
Associate Managing Editor

Following a heated debate, Student
Association Supreme Court Justice
Garret Zito was not appointed to the
position of Chief Justice at
Wednesday’s Central Council meet-
ing.

According to a letter written by
Justice Justin Kletter, read by Council
member Larry Kauffman, “The
Supreme Court has handled two cases
in the past year and Justice Zito did
not have the time to attend one...The
person being appointed is not the
proper candidate due to his lack of
involvement. Second, this is all a ploy
to distract your [Council] attention
from...the lack of appointments by
Student Association President Mike
Castrilli.”

Without consulting Justice Zito,
Justices Kletter and Saber decided on
a day for the court to meet and discuss
a case pending before the court.
According to Justice Zito, he had a
prior commitment and no changes
were made to accommodate him.

A Council member who spoke on
the condition that he remain anony-
mous suggested that Kletter held
resentment for not receiving the Chief
Justice appointment and that the main
purpose’ of the letter was to prevent
Zito from obtaining the position.

“I’m annoyed at the letter he
(Kletter) wrote. He didn’t. have
enough guts to come here and read it
himself,” Zito said.

“I have reservations about appoint-
ing Zito because it will cause a lot of
friction in the court and I have a prob-
lem with why he missed the trial,”
Council member Matthew Shapiro
said.

“T am disappointed that Justice Zito
did not get appointed. He is objec-
tive, he has integrity, and I think he
would do wonderful things for the
Supreme Court. I do not think he was
treated in a fair manner... I have made
this appointment and along with the
council I want to see what other stu-
dents think about Garrett Zito...”
President Michael Castrilli said.

“T still have concerns that there are
only two trials and he missed half,
that’s a lot...” Council member Jen
Hird said.

The day after Central Council , the
executive branch of the Student
Association met with the Supreme
Court Justices to begin the process of
resolving their dispute.

In other business, Council member

dium Perspecti

What are your views

on differential tuition

and its effects on

SUNYA?

Greg Wahl addressed the possible
four credit standard. If this were
enacted, students would take four
classes a semester and each class
would be worth four credits.

The Task Force on the 4-Credit
Standard recommends that the
SUNYA move to a universal 4-credit
standard across its undergraduate pro-
grams. They advocate that partial and
progressive implementation begin this
academic year and extend over the
next three to four years no later than
the beginning of academic year 2000.

“It seemed as though every student
takes a B.S. course in which they

won’t have to do much work for. If

you just have four classes this would
free up time to excel in those four
classes,” Ashwani Prabhakar, Central
Council member said.

Wahl explained that some of the
disadvantages include less opportuni-
ties for students to take electives
because of the decrease in courses.
Also, there would be a reduction in
multicultural and diversity courses
which now are requirements for grad-
uation. “I’m going to...tell them [the
Task Force] that as far as my commit-
tee is concerned we are not in support
of this,” said Wahl.

During opening remarks, Karen
Hitchcock informed the council that
on December10th at noon there will
be an open hearing that will address
a variety of issues such as the 4-cred-
it standard, differential tuition, the re-
examination of the Dean’s List, and
the new library.

Finance Committee, Chairman
Craig Fetterman, announced that he is
stepping down from Council due to
his heart problem. “Remember that
the purpose of Central Council is to
represent the student body.” Council
member Johanna Rosenberg will be
the acting chair and Council member
Stephanie Reich, the acting vice chair.
agar ae

File Photo
Supreme court justices during the impeach-
ment hearing of Larry Kauffman.

Tuition increases impending for SUNY

By DAN RuiIsI
Staff Writer

The Temporary Task Force on
Variable Tuition convened in New
York City on November 26. Variable
tuition is the plan to let different
SUNY schools charge different
tuitions, according their goals. The
uniform tuition charged now would
no longer be in

able tuition was first supported by
Governor Pataki in last year’s bud-
get, but ultimately failed due to the
efforts of students in lobbying their
legislators.

Students questioned on the
Podium had a diversity of opinions

about variable, or differential,
tuition. “It’s all a matter of econom-
ics,” one student said, “if people

out by coming here.” Erika Sininsky
said “It wouldn’t make a difference,”
if SUNYA’s tuition was the same as
private universities. “I know of peo-
ple who can’t even afford to go here
now,” said Allison Hecht, if they
were to raise tuition here, it- would
force them to go to smaller colleges
which don’t have the resources to
allow them to do their research to do
theif

effect. The Task “All public, state SUN Y-wide education must be affordable, work.”

Force was put When
together by accessible quality Higher Education, and available” students
Governor were oe

Pataki, Speaker
Sheldon Silver

—-Mike Castrilli SA President ; ,

Suey

of the Assembly, and Speaker Joe
Bruno of the Senate. The Task Force
was supposed give a recommenda-
tion to Governor Pataki regarding the
benefits or drawbacks of variable
tuition on December 1. The Task
Force extended that date until
December 31, after the meeting in
New York City occurred.

Student Association President
Mike Castrilli responded by saying
the Student Association believes that
“All public, state SUN Y-wide educa-
tion must be affordable, accessible,
quality Higher Education, and avail-
able.” Castrilli also noted that vari-

* mixed.

don’t like the price of one school,
they'll go to a cheaper one. H. Sarah
Ohring said, “Maybe those schools
which charge more will become bet-
ter institutions...maybe if SUNY
Albany’s tuition. were higher, we
would have more teachers. It might
be a better move for education to
charge more.”

When asked whether they would
attend SUNYA if it cost the same as
a private university, responses were
One student said “It would
depend on which educational system
was better, if the schooling system
was better over there. I’d be losing

Karen Hitchcock’s support of differ-
ential tuition before being asked to
comment, their comments were still
quite diverse. “] think we should
charge the same amount at every
school, because we’re basically
teaching the same thing at every
school,” one junior said, “but if one
school is a lot better than the other
ones, I can see them charging more.”
“Granted with Pataki’s cuts we have
to make up for the money”, another
student said, “but I think it’s unfair
for someone who may not be able to
afford it.”

Harassment
11/19 LC 4 - Harassing e-mail
message.

11/23 Lecture Center - Harassing
e-mail message.

Physical Harassment

11/24 Campus Center - Female’s
arm grabbed by unknown male.
11/25 Podium - An unknown male
walked up behind a female and put
his hands to her sides. She ran into
the library. The subject was not
located.

Disorderly Conduct

11/5-11/22 Dutch Quad - Clothes
missing.

11/21 Lecture Center - Pay phone
vandalized.

1/21 Campus Center - Cash miss-
ing from cash register.

11/23-11/24 Freedom - Lock on
closet glued.

11/24 Eastman - Window baker

CRIME BLOTTER

11/24 Anthony - Phone vandalized.
11/24 Alumni Quad - Four males"
took down parking signs. The signs _

were recovered. Twovof the subjects
received judicial referral.

11/24 Dutch Quad - Papers on out-
side bulletin board set on fire.

11/25 Seneca - Window broken.
11/25 State Quad - Ring missing
from suite.

11/27 Administration - Banned stu-
dent seen-in building. Student gone
upon officer’s arrival.

Theft :
10/31-11/20 State Quad - Wallet

and cash stolen on separate occa-
sions.
1/5 Campus Center - Wallet stolen

from backpack that was left unat-_
(11/25 Livingston - Judicial referrals

tended.

11/16 Indian Caleieria: Book bag
left unattended, stolen.
1/18 Physical Education - Gym
bag stolen.

1/18 State Ouad ATM. card
__ stolen and used to make ‘unautho:
rized withdrawals. — :

11/18-11/20 Campus Center -

Bicycle davoned 2 and tire stolen.

for breaking a bulletin board.

11/24 Irving - Fireworks set off,
causing smoke alarm to activate.

11/18-11/21 Earth Science - Wires

to refrigerators cut. Scrap part
stolen.
11/20-11/22 Social Science-

Computer stolen.
11/22. Mohawk - Art prints ean
Subjects were selling items door to
door, some were left in the haliway
and were molse

11/23 Tappan - Three male students
were arrested for entering female’s
unlocked suite. The subjects stole

several items, damaged. several
items and made a mess in the suite.

for possession of marijuana.
11/26 Eastman - Students arrested

Fire Alarm
11/20 Melville - - Fire alarm suilled.

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS Friday, December 6, 1996

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advertisements for all the presen-
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all the information. Well,
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By JAN DANIELS
Staff Writer

Many SUNY Albany students complain

size.

Former vice president, Warren II]chman, is
credited with the idea of “bringing the podium
to the quads.” The purpose is to let students get
to know the faculty better.

Or, as Colonial Quad Faculty in Residence,
Al Higgins, put it, “to undraw the line between
faculty and friend.”

about the depersonalization on a campus this

A look at a special breed of faculty

“T do a variety of things, from informal con-
versation through formal advice and counsel-
ing,” said Higgins.

Higgins has been a Faculty in Residence for
the past five of the six years since the program
was created.

He has also taught sociology since 1969. “I
have taught in LC 18 since 1969 with 450-500
students each year, that equals 27,000 students,
which is a lot of eyeballs,” said Higgins.

_ Living in an apartment in room 104 of John-
son Hall, Higgins lives here all year round

See FACULTY on page 10

Staff photo by Jan Daniels

By JAN DANIELS

Actors took to the stage November 14, 16, 17, in the Performing
Arts Center with three performances of Isn’t it Romantic?.

The play, written by Wendy Wasserstein, was sponsored by the Jew-
ish Student Coalition/Hillel and the HIllel Players.

The Thursday, Saturday and Sunday shows involved much prepara-
tion and dedication.

“Rehearsal was strenuous but it all payed off in the end,” said Daniel
Guyton, as AMrtin Sterling. ~~

Even though it was her first time in a stage production, Rachel Com-
mer played the lead role of JAnie Blumberg.

“T took parts of my life and fit them into the scenes,” said Commer.

Shari Sklar, as Tasha Blumberg, Janie’s mom, said, “Tasha is just
like my mother, she loves her daughter so much and wants the best for
her.

However, AManda Stankavich wants to be nothing like her charac-
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“It’s my greatest fear to be like her. She’s not truly happy, it’s a front.
I'd be very lonely if I were like her,” Stankavich said.

The director, TUesday Rodriquez, is a senior at SUNY Albany. “I
would like to compliment the writer on such a well written piece of
work. It’s a realistic story because not everyone’s happy in the end,”
Rodriquez said.

Most of the performances Foresee acting as a happy ending in their
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The first three Articles of the
U.S. Constitution clearly delin-
eate the concept of powers.
Known simply as the separation
of checks and balances. While
creating the Student Association
Constitution the writers clearly
wished to replicate this principle.
The rationale behind both the
National policy and our own is
simply... to defend against tyran-
ny. As early as seventh grade
pupils are taught about both this
concept and its justification, iron-
ically however it would appear
that our President, Mike Castrilli,
was absent from middle school
that day. It is almost half way
through the school year and Mr.
Castrilli has failed to appoint a
Chief Justice or a sufficient num-
ber of justices to constitute a
forum. In effect the President’s
lack of action and omittance has
rendered a full branch of the S.A.
powerless. Indeed, such viola-

tions are similar to the ones that
Mr. Castrilli thought were proper

grounds to impeach Larry Kauf-

man for. The President, as a
result of his violations, has put
himself in a position in which he
reigns unchecked and thusly is
free to do as he wishes. As a

result he has single handily elimi-
nated the principles set forth by
both the framers of the U.S. Con-

stitution and Student Association

they received any compensation
for their losses.

My friend said the Palestini-
ans were the indirect victims of
Hitler—Hitler displaced Euro-
pean Jews into Palestine who
then displaced the Palestinians.
The reason I bring these issues
up is because next November
—when Zionist armies and ter-
ror groups forcibly evicted
700,000 of the 900,000 Pales-
tinians who had lived in what
became the 1948-1967 borders
of Israel. Palestinan society was
shattered by this experience.

German and Austrian Jews
suffered the Night of Broken
Glass on November 9-10, 1938;
Palestinians suffered a similar
horror a decade later.

At present, the World Jewish
Congress (WJC) and other Jew-
ish organizations are demanding
the nations of Europe return the
confiscated properties of Jews
killed in the Holocaust. Why
does the WJC not advocated for
justice for the Palestinians vic-
timized by Zionists.

Why do Holocaust commem-
oration groups devote so much
energy to refuting the handful of
fools who deny the Holocaust. I
have met many people, especial-
ly children, who have never
learned about the Holocaust, but
never anyone who denies it.
However, I have met many Jews
who deny the Palestinian Catas-

the use of small discussion
groups within the classroom and
opening new avenues for discus-
sion through public forums held
at the end of each term, because
as everyone knows-people learn
by doing. She engages students
in both new post modern theo-
ries and oppositional knowl-
edge, like Marxism. She then
helps students use the different
theories to understand an think
critically about culture, literature
and the world in which we are
living. With regard to her posi-
tion on graduate student fund-
ing, she has participated on the
Graduate Advisory Committee
and has been committed to pro-
viding funding for all graduate
students (especially doctoral stu-
dent) and to extending the peri-
od of funding to support more
rigorous research.

While the changes made to
my article were meant to
improve its readability it has
cause an unfair character slam to
a very fine instructor. Ironically,
those misplaced attribution
remarks and extra words are
now giving me the chance to tell
“about the wonderfully innova-
tive stuff coming from the third
floor of the Humanities building.

This week marks the seventh
end of the term English Depart-
ment Theory Conference devel-
oped by Professor Ebert and
Professor Rosemary Hennessey.
The conferences are innovative

to Professor Ebert’s Office, “It is
still being investigated.”

The ASP
will be on
vacation, as
will the rest
of you until
anuary 31,

oT.

and accordingly has done what trophe.

was hoped to be prevented... he

has create a tyranny.
Justice Justin Kletter
Justice Greg R. Saber

What about the

other Holocaust

I read the November 3, Sch-
enectady Daily Gazette article
about the Holocaust Survivor &
Friends Education Center in
Latham, written by Sylvia
Wood. Wood quoted Shelly Z.
Shapiro, the Center’s director
saying “the best way to combat
hatred is by teaching people,
especially children, how to rec-
ognize it.” I agree.

I have a Palestinian friend
who lived in Delmar. Often she
would comment on the large
number of Holocaust commem-
oration events held in the capital
district and the considerable
news media coverage they
received. |
What disturbed her was not that
the 1938-1945 Holocaust
received(s) the considerable
attention that it deserves, but
that the 1947-1949 Palestinian
Catastrophe receives virtually no
attention.

My friend was a young
woman in April 1948, living in
Palestine with her husband and
their baby. In early April 1948,
Menachim Begin’s militia
invaded the Palestinian village
of Deir Yassin and massacred
250 men, women, and children.
Following this and other mas-
sacres, an enormous wave of ter-
ror swept through Palestine.
Fearing for their lives, she and
her family had to flee at a
moment’s notice to Lebanon.

They lost everything they
owned—their land, home , busi-
nesses, auto, pets, farm animals,
clothes, jewelry, family photos,
etc. She lived in Lebanon for
ten years, Syria for ten more,
and Delmar, NY for about twen-
ty years. She now lives in Flori-
da. She and her family have
never been allowed to return to
their beloved Palestine, nor have

Shelly Z. Shapiro was quoted
saying (in reference to the Holo-
caust) that she “wanted people
to look at the choices people
made. And what kind of choices
we can make in out own lives.”
One choice we can make is to
insist that the victims of Zionism
receive the same consideration
as the victims of Hitler.

Thomas Ellis
Dear Editor:

A misconception

I am writing to correct a mis-
conception that was applied to
an article that I wrote for ASP
which appeared in the Novem-
ber 15th issue.

The article “Professor
harassed by graffiti “stated that
SUNY-A Associate Professor
Teresa Ebert was “critical” of
new theories of knowledge
being introduced into the
English department and that she
was “critical” as well of the
English department’s distribu-
tion of graduate student funds.
Just the opposite is the case:
Professor Ebert had been a
strong advocate of both knew
knowledge and of more equi-
table and comprehensive fund-
ing of graduate students.

Initially, my: interest in writing —

the story about the graffiti found
by Professor Ebert on the out-
side wall next to her door was
that of curious student on looker.
She’d come to class late with a
most unusual story to tell.
Apparently someone had written
this politically biased epigram
on the wall outside of her office.
I began to suspect that this was
more than just a disgruntled stu-
dent when her descriptions of
the incident ended with, “It’s not
the first time something like this
has happened...it’s understand-
able when taken into historical
context.” Then Erica, a class-
mate, said that she was surprised
that Professor Ebert was so open
about it, next thing I knew I was
writing an article.

Professor Ebert has actively
employed new methods of
teaching having taken pedagogy
from theory to practice through

because they bring into open
forum the collective ideas of the
many small theory groups from
Professor Ebert’s English 210
and 240 classes and Professor
Hennessey’s English 775, and
the offer an uncensored way for
students and faculty to engage in
public dialogue about the course
material, and current
historical/social trends affecting
literary theory. After Tuesday’s
morning session on The Politics
f Difference: Hybridity, Race,
and Class I-(there were two),
Charisse Gabriel, a senior and
English major, told me that this
was her first time attending one,
that she’s gained a lot of insight,
and that it has helped her to
develop a paper she’s working
on. The student papers present-
ed dealt with such topics as;
Cyber-Sexualties, Labor and
Emancipation, Sites for Public
Teaching: Literacy, Student
Activism, HIV/AIDS Educa-
tion... and Inside/Outside the
Classroom: Budget Cuts, Recov-
ery Work, Sexuality. They were
the culmination of a semesters
worth of research and many
hours spent in conference with
Professors Ebert and Hen-
nessey. I think that the confer-
ence was well worth the time
spent attending, because as I
told Professor Ebert that even
though I didn’t understand all of
the theories talked about I knew
that here was where knowledge
was being formed.

Professor Ebert and Hen-
nessey, as Marxists, see the
world through a different set of
lenses, and as one of Professor
Ebert’s students, I was constant-
ly challenged to look at what I
believe, as well as, why and how
I’ve come to this belief system.
While their’s is an ideology of
historical materialism and my
belief system is as a Christian
studying for ordained ministry.
what I’ve come to appreciate is
that both of our views have
validity and can both operate for
the good of society.

I just spoke with Investigator
James Root of the SUNYA
Office of Public Safety and he
said that concerning the graffiti

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Well, it’s that time of the year again, and
for those of you who are shopping
impaired, | have decided to make your
season of seasonal shopping that much
easier with my always worthy advice.
Shopping for friends and loved ones can
be an often perilous journey to undertake,
but with this handy little guide in your
pocket on the way to the mall, you will be
just fine.

Natalia Armoza

The first rule j in shopping i is that you
are no longer in kindergarden. This
seemingly obvious statement simply

fact, it has a very high possibility of
sucking. Sure, said Dad he loved that ash
tray/ candy dish when you were six, but
don’t attempt to sew/paste/tape/glue your
own gift at your ripe own age because, if
you have the same amount of skill in the
arts and crafts department as | do, you'll
look like an asshole.

The second rule in shopping, which
is nearly as important as the first, is that it
is never wise to give soap for any
occasion. Yes, sometimes it comes in neat
shapes. Yes, the Museum Company sells
some nice, if not pretentious, impressionist
painters inspired soap. Yes, it’s cheap and
personal. But, alas, it is a lousy gift. What
are you saying when you give someone
_|soap? You stink. That’s it. Anyway you look
at it, you’re simply saying: please bathe.
Sure, you think Mom would like some
Monet soap for the bathroom, or a Vanilla
pack from Bath and Body Works, but it
doesn’t just say “Please Keep Your
Underarms Far Away,” it also means you
have no creativity. If you could have a
penny for every time a mother gets soap
on Mother’s Day, you would have an
incredible soap buying potential. So, no
soap, please. Spare your Mom, and
please,please, please, Gentleman, do not

means it's not cute when you make stuff. In ©

but soap for your ladies. No matter what
you may think, soap -on-a-rope does not

smell romance.

Another big Don’t of shopping is oe
not buy anything that reeks of Christmas or
Hannukah. It’s a given that WalMart
Christmas cardigans with a 3-D Santa and
Sleigh is a no-no, but unless it’s food,
seasonal gifts are very ephemeral and
probably will find their way into an attic, or
to an unfortunate victim of hand-me-

downs.

so let's take a look at something of the

for it,

_ Okay, so we a most of the Don’t s

things that are a welcome sight under the

Christmas tree or a good gift on Hannukah.
For the sake of organization, I'll talk about
girl friends or wives first, followed by
boyfriends or husbands, and then friends
and family.

So you have to buy something for
your lady friend and don’t know what.
Although diamonds are a girl’s best friend,
most people are on a budget so that
probably won't wash. But don’t be
dismayed. If jewelry is what you have ir.

mind, now is the time to buy it. Department

stores especially often have fatty sales on
jewelry during the holidays so a large
selection of earrings and rings can be
found for very reasonable prices. The trick
to buying jewelry is not to go overboard.

Don’t make you lady feel her gift is

inadequate and don’t buy anything that is
too pricey because you will regret it in the

end.

Now there’s a big question

regarding the buying and giving of lingerie.

If you think your lady would like this, stay
away from bras and underwear. This-is
pretty basic stuff that ladies like to buy for
themselves. On top of that, you may mess
up on the size, which could cause an
embarrassing situation (you think | wear an
“A” cup?). The next thing to stay away from
is Frederick’s of Hollywood. Enough said.
So you're in Victoria’s Secret.

Unless your lady wears it or explicitly asks

don’t buy the sort-of kinky stuff (fur

collars, teddies with thong back, saloon- .

girl-esque stuff, etc.). Stick to basics. And

this is the one kind of gift you can be kind
of seasonal with (red for Christmas or

Valentine’s Day). They have some nice

paisley nighties that I’ve been eyeing, and

they are a pretty discreet gift, and
discretion is pretty hard to achieve when
dealing with lingerie. Don’t buy lingerie,
though, if your lady doesn’t wear it usually.

She may not like it or be self- conscious,

For the ladies, leave the underwear

shopping to their mommies.

_ Okay, girls, you want to buy
something for your man. This can be very
tricky. Oprah says that men like practical
gifts and women like sentimental gifts, so
think practical. Think Brookstones or EMS
or something that suits your man’s
personality. Massage thing-a-majigs are
pretty neat gifts, and so are those key
chains that when you whistle they make -
noise so you can find them. | think that
jewelry on men is pretty unattractive but if
your man likes it, go crazy.

Think winter time. My first
Hannukah gift to my beaux was a fleece
lined nylon anorak and he loved it. | picked
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of funky toys from World of Science; just

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On their fourth album “Dust” ( Epic ) the
Screaming Trees display a wide range of influ-
ences. This is evident on the opening track
“Halo of Ashes” which has a sitar thrown into
the mix. Screaming Trees instrumental style
seems to be part classic rock, part country with
a little grunge thrown in for good measure.

John Scanlon

If the Beatles had been a 90’s alterna-
tive band they might have written “All | Know”
with it's opening Hammond organ part and
middle eastern guitar riffs. Although the Trees
were lumped in with all the other Seattle bands
and the dreaded g word, you won't find any
sloppy playing on this album. The parts are
well arranged and the songwriting is well

ing the Trees were on SST records before
which was once home to bands like
Soundgarden. |

This album came so long after Sweet
Oblivion due to the fact that the band wanted
to make something that would last. They actu-
ally recorded an entire album in the spring of
94’ at Bad Animals in Seattle but saved only
one song - ‘Dying Days’. “Those sessions
didn’t work for several reasons, and | put the
blame on the band-more than on Don and
John (producer and engineer). “ says Mark
Lanegan, “I just think we weren't ready to
make the record — our hearts weren't in it.”
The Trees’ perfectionism paid offthough with
“Dust” as evidence.

Contributing to the album were guest musi-
cians such as Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and

McCreedy (Pearl Jam) who plays a cool guitar
solo on ‘Dying Days’. Benmont Tench gives
‘All | Know’ and ‘Dying Days’ that Beatlesque
quality that makes them standout. With most
bands you hardly even realize there is a
bassist but Van Conner-(who was also in Mad
Season) has excellent chops and works well
with his brother Gary Lee (guitarist).

‘Traveler’ stands out as one of the best
songs on the album with a psychedelic feel
and an instrumental that sounds like it’s from
another planet. Songs like this and ‘Gospel
Plow’ with it’s distinctive southern flavor defi-
nitely make the four years between this and
their last album worth the wait.

Taken as a whole “Dust” is the best
album the Screaming Trees have put out in
their ten years together as a band and is Sure

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I once worked as a tour bus driver feeding,
the Atlantic City Casinos with 40 old people
twice a week, three days a trip, two days home
in Pittsburgh in between. I use the word ‘old’
as Dr. Spock prescribed it; it is neutral, and
confers neither wisdom nor dignity to those of
an age often” thought to possess heaps of
both. Certainly the old folks who would travel
400 miles to willingly give Donald Trump their
money had neither virtue in measurable
amounts.

Jim Wojtkowski

Norman, the millionaire who owned the old
hotel where I stayed each trip, acted as host of
the fading wooden structure which abutted the
garish giant, Resorts International. He would
greet all of my old people in the lobby, stand-
ing with his hands locked behind his back
regally, as if one owed him obeisance. He
remembered when both he and Atlantic City
were youthful and unless furred, gowned or

tuxed, one did not properly walk the board-
walk evening or day. When WW2 turned the
city into a giant boot camp, his and the other
hotels became barracks for the tens of thou-
sands of soldiers who had nowhere else to
train, so sudden had been the call up. The
arrival of Resorts in 1976 brought legalized
gambling and one more kick to the city
already lying beaten on the sands of the
Atlantic.

Norman, like a lot of old folks, had a fascina-
tion with busses and travel. I let him drive the
bus around the parking lot, and though he
could only shift up one gear, that was enough;
the smell of the diesel, the vibration of the
huge steering wheel, and above all the
“Pssssst” of the air tank excited him tremen-
dously. I let him drive once a week.

He reciprocated, at least in his mind, by let-
ting me drive his new Mercedes around
Atlantic City, while he sat in the passenger
seat taking notes. We tooled through the most
bombed out and decrepit parts of the city,
where the hanging gutters and falling down-
spouts of the Gilded age buildings were the

color of statues, greened by age and the salt
air. Norman would write down the location of
the copper gutters and downspouts and would
return at night with a helper to pull them down
and trade them for cash at the Salvage Yard.

Norman sold his hotel to Resorts for 6 mil-
lion dollars and when I left for Pittsburgh with
my old people, he and his staff were busy act-
ing, removing and packing the accumulation of
80 years of hotelery. He gave me a color tele-
vision set and a potted poinsettia plant which I
had watched grow in the Jobby. | strapped the
television in one of the vacant seats, and
placed the poinsettia in the luggage compart-
ment under the floor of the bus. Both lived
long lives but the poinsettia gave me more
pleasure,

I quit my morally indefensible job but on my -
final trip to Atlantic City, I returned to the
hotel, foolishly, for I] had forgotten that it had
been sold. A man ina fluorescent vest and
cash apron cursed and impatiently waved me
into the new parking lot next to the Resorts
International.

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Not that long ago, grunge
music was an underground thing. That
was before it landed mainstream
playtime, fueled a fashion trend and
helped make Seattle a hip place to
live.

Now grunge is passe, says
filmmaker Doug Pray, who directed a
film about the grunge music phenom-
ena called “Hype!”

“The timing couldn't be
worse, coming out in 1996 with a film
about something that was hugely
popular four years ago. Therein lies
the irony of the film,” says Pray. The
acclaimed “Hype!” tracks the evolu-
tion of grunge rock phenomenon that,
along with coffee, put Seattle on the
map. “Therein also lies why | would
|| strongly urge people who think the
timing is terrible to go see the film. It’s
really about the birth, explosion and
mass consumption of an underground
culture. We could not have come out
with ‘Hype!’ in 1992. It took four
years to tell the story because the
story is really about a four-year peri-
od.”

Over lunch at an Italian
restaurant in midtown Manhattan,
Pray and his “Hype!” partner, pro-
ducer Steven Helvey, do their bit to
promote'“Hype!” Both Pray and
Helvey come across as decent guys
thrilled that their film is seeing the light
of day. ‘~1 want to clarify one thing
Doug just said,” Helvey says. “What
would be absurd is if we came out
now with a movie that said how cool
grunge is, because it is now so passe.
People in Seattle in 1992 were telling
us it was over, though it really wasn’t.
If you look at ‘Hype!’ 10 years from

the scene. The film looks back and
captures a pop culture cycle in which
Seattle was the focus of all the ener-
gy. But no one should look at the film
as a puff piece about grunge or Seat
tle.”

Indeed, “Hype” is clearly a
labor of love that evolved over a long
period of time. Like most first-time film-
makers, Pray and Helvey struggled to
raise fund~ lived off credit cards and
struggled to get some of the bigger
names in grunge to participate in the
project. “Early on, we didn’t have Nir-
vana, Soundgarden or Pearl Jam in
it,” says Helvey. “We had Mudhoney,
The Fresh Young Fellows, Screaming
Trees and other groups like that, who
were instrumental in creating what
became known as grunge. We didn’t
have stars, so we got a lot of potential
investors saying, ‘Nice to meet you’
and ’Good luck. I’m pulling for you.”

Eventually, financial backers
came through with money. Soundgar-
den agreed to appear in the film, and
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder sat for an
interview. Pray and Helvey also land-
ed footage of what's purported to be
Nirvana's first live of the grunge
anthem, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” The
filmmakers eventually had countless
feet of material which took a year to
edit into a final form. “You never
knew exactly what you got until you
looked at it,”Pray says of the editing
process. “You'd conduct an interview
that seemed totally bad. You'd sit and
think, ‘I'm wasting film right now,
which is too bad, because this guy
SHOULD be interesting.’

_ “Then, later in the depths of
editing hell, you'll go back to that

interview you thoug twas a waste
and find what you need. It suddenly
comes to life and is right in context.
That happened again and again.
Other interviews you think you’re nail-
ing while you're doing them, but
they're not usable. They may be
impossible to edit.”

Helvey interrupts, saying,
“What was interesting about doing
the interviews was that these guys
and women weren't stuffy. Most of
them were very funny and didn’t take
themselves or even the music too seri-
ously.The fact that the whole world
took the music so seriously was so
absurd. Journalists came in and tried
to define the grunge sound, the scene,
the fashions. It was a big joke. That's
what the movie's all about.

Pray and Helvey know
“Hype!” could be their foot in the
door for careers in Hollywood. The
two are looking for projects to do
together and apart, documentaries
and features alike. All that, however,
is a bit down the road. First, Pray and
Helvey must criss-cross the nation in
their effort to hype 'Hype!”.

“We're learning, right now,
firsthand, a lot about what the bands
in the movie are talking about,”
Helvey says. “We made a film, some-
how got it made. We got it seen, very
fortunately, at the Sundance Film Festi-
val. Suddenly, we're meeting all these
industry people and all these media
people. Now, the film’s getting
released, cnd we're doing more inter-
views. It’s so ironic. Doug and | are
not Pearl Jam, but we've gotten a
sense of what people went through in
Seattle. It's exciting and scary, and
we'll see what it leads to.”

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By Hiia URIEL
Staff Writer

Over the years, the ASP has
gone through many major
changes, some more noticeable
than others. On this the ASP’s
80th anniversary, we look into
the past and analyze those
changes. The ASP you hold in
your hands today is substantially
different than the ASP of
yesteryear, as the ASP of the
year 2000, 2050, 3000 and
beyond will no doubt be.

Concerning the coverage of
major events, the ASP has
always kept up with the news.
An example of this is the April
*85 issue which dealt with the
abduction of SUNYA student
Karen Wilson. The article
included a chronology of events
which documented every known
detail before and after Karen’s
disappearance. It also included
interviews with the University
Police, and special numbers to
call if any information is made
available (from the New York
State Troopers and the Public

Vietnam protestors from 1969.

Chemistry department receiv-
ing funds by hosting seminars!

Safety Department).

The October issue of 1992
included an editorial about the
presidential election, not to men-
tion news reports. It also edu-
cated SUNYA’s students about
our political system by listing
how many electoral votes each
state had.

An issue, which went back as
far 1917 actually had news con-
cerning World War I.

The ASP has also reflected
many of America’s cultural
changes. A 1965 issue included
a cartoon ridiculing referendums
with the statement; “They want
us to vote in a new kind of gov-
ernment, but they tell us what
kind of government, or why we
should vote for it.” Another arti-
cle from 1965 reflected the ris-
ing social and political aware-
ness of SUNYA student of the
time; “SCOPE speaker empha-
sized the need to awaken negros
to their rights.” The speaker
apparently discussed issues such
as the situation in the South, and
the status of African-Americans
regarding housing, education,

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By DAN RUISI
Staff Writer

The Department of Chemistry hosts
weekly seminars featuring chemists
from some of the most prestigious
universities in the world, often whom
are associated with SUNYA chemists
through their work. The Department
of Chemistry also hosts seminars of
the scientific society, Sigma Chi,
drawing scientists from RPI, Union,
and other area schools. This proactive
role played by the department has
helped professors like Erik Block
receive funds from groups like the
National Science Foundation to go

towards their research.

The past two weeks of seminars
ranged from bio-inorganic chemistry
to oxidative free-radical cyclization.
Mike Maroney from the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst spoke
about the role of enzymes with active
sites containing metallic clusters. He
mentioned the enzyme urease,

teaching assistants.

involved with urine formation, has
Nickel on its active site. This was the
first insight to bio-inorganic chemists,
a small field, of how important metal-
lic enzymes are in biochemistry. Pro-
fessor Barry Snider, of Brandeis Uni-
versity, spoke about complex process-
es involved in synthesis involving
free radicals. Both seminars had audi-
ences made mostly of professors and

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Albany Stundent Press reflects on bringing news to students

segregation, and all issues
important to the era, with regard
to civil rights.

In later issues, other cultural

aspects such as those pertaining
to entertainment, were reflected.
A 1977 issue advertised a live
performance by the Shirelles in
Schenectady, not to mention an
ad for the now legendary “Taxi
Driver.” A 1977 Issue also
included an ad for cigarettes,
something which would never be
seen in the ASP today.

The ASP also went through
many changes in layout and
appearance. The older papers
reflected the appearance of more
traditional newspapers, with
headlines and very generic let-
tering, smaller and less notice-
able than today’s. In short, cre-
ativity and diversity was much
less of a priority, with no high-
lighted quotes from students,
such as today’s section, the
“Podium Perspectives.” As the
ASP aged, this conservatism
became less prominent, but very
slowly.

The 1917 issues had very
small columns, and very few
pictures, and so did papers in
later years. Nowadays, pictures
and photos are much more eco-
nomical, and take up more
space, as do ads, for that matter.

The “Club Scene” box. which
appeared in the 1985 issues was
smaller than that of today’s, and
it had not even been in older
issues. Our “Campus Calendar”
takes up much more space than
it used to, probably because of
an increasing awareness that stu-
dents need to get more involved
in activities. In a much older
issue, this section took up only
two small boxes with tiny print,
termed “Official Notices” and
“Items of Interest.”

There are also other ways in
which the ASP changed over the
years. For one thing, it wasn’t
even called the Albany Student
Press originally. Early in the
century, it was known as “New
York State College for Teach-
ers,” and later “The State Uni-
versity News.” Now, in an era
where individualism is stressed
much more, we proudly coin our
paper “The Albany Student
Press.”

Also the ASP actually cost
$1.50, for a years worth of issues
in 1917, and now of course it
costs nothing.

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For a period of time, the ASP
was released on Tuesday and
Friday, but in the early part of
the century, as well as presently,
it was released one a week.

New sections such as “Spec-
trum”, a guide to events in
Albany, and the “Crime Blotter”
have been added, the latter of
which reflects the growing con-
cern over crime on campus.

In general, the entire appear-
ance of the ASP is less like a
newspaper now, and more like a
magazine, with many items of
interest for its students.

What does the future hold for
the ASP? Will it still be called
the ASP? What events on and
off campus will help shape it?
To term the much used cliche’,
“Only time will tell.”

By MICHAEL PoPEK
Staff Writer

The Captial District woke up
to find a blanket of snow Mon-
day morning which caused a
number of delays and problems
throughout the week.

Albany recieved approxi-
mately 5 inches and as much as
8 inches fell in the outlying
areas of Albany County, accord-
ing to the Albany Weather Ser-
vice. The storm plagued much
of the northeast, Boston and
Hartford was hit with 10 inches.

“It was a real problem, I
couldn’t get my car out of the
parking lot, and I missed a den-

Snow storm hits capital dis-
trict and causes problems

tist appointment,” said sopho-
more Marc Montetusio. The
snow caused only minor delays
at Albany County Airport .

The holiday break was com-
plicated the following Tuesday
when freezing rain and sleet
storms caused problems for
Thanksgiving travelers.

The icy conditions caused a
number of accidents on Inter-
states 87 and 90 resuting in
one-lane traffic on the North-
way for 5 hours.

“TI couldn’t go home on Tues-
day,” said junior Max Mulelen.
“T had to wait for the raods to
clear up so I went home
Wednesday.”

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Each year a large group of
SUNYA students are drawn
together by a common interest.
That common interest is their
love of dance.

This group is know to SUNYA
as Dance Council. Each year
this organization brings together
more than 100 student members.
Their ultimate goal is a dance
production called Footworks.

Footworks, is usually per-
formed each spring in the Recital
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her freshman year. Although she
has been dancing since the age

By Tara Anne Scully

of four, she said, “Everyone is
welcome to join, you don’t need
experience, we’ll teach you.”
Marcy Auerbach is the Vice
President of Dance Council.
Paulo mentioned that the group
would like to help eventually

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In the past Footworks has con-
sisted of styles ranging from
African dances and salsa to bal-
let.

During the Fall semester stu-
dents involved with Dance
Council get together and form
subgroups according to styles of
dance. Each of these subgroups
is consisted of a group of
dancers lead by a student chore-
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major. “If we can’t do that,”
said Paulo, “we can at least show
support of performing arts.”

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In addition, Paulo said that the
group hopes to get a professional
choreographer to hold a master
class for group members.

This semester Dance Council
held a dance showcase, in which
they presented some of their
works in progress as well as
some of their past works. It was
an informal production, which
took place in the Campus Center
Ballroom.

Dance Council’s productions
are completely student run,
choreographed, and costumed.
The group consists of dancers of
all ability levels. New members
are always welcome, and can
reach Dance Council by leaving
a message with the Student
Association.

“We are a very good group,
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ACC implements new changes affecting
hundreds of SUNY students on campus

By ANTHONY FRANZESE
Staff Writer

ACC has implemented many
new changes this year. The com-
pany that provides the cable and
the phone services at SUNYA,
has new offices located in the
basement of the Campus Center
across from the Financial Aid
Offices.

ACC received hundreds of
complaints last year from stu-
dents who were dissatisfied with
their service. Their previous
location in the State Quad U
lounge was small and they could
not take student payments
directly (approximately 70% of
students pay their own phone
bills).

ACC also received complaints
for their long distance rates,
which many felt were too high.
At various occasions earlier this
year ACC customers experi-
enced periodic problems with
their phone service when the

system was down and calls

weren’t going through.

ACC is doing several things to
fix these problems. Customers
can now make cash or check
payments at their on-campus
location, it will no longer be
necessary to mail them.

Also, ACC now has remote
access to voice mail where prob-
lems can be fixed more efficient-
ly.

They also will be offering dis-
count promotions and lower
rates for customers. They will
now be discounting 5% from all
customers whose telephone bills
are $30-$50 and 10% discount
(maximum) if their bill is $50 or
greater.

“ACC is 100% better this
year,” said Michele Stamas,the
University Account Manager. It
is hoped that these new changes
will better suit ACC customers.

AIDS
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15. AIDS is the leading cause of
death in all Americans between the
ages of 25 and 44. (T or F)

16. There is a new HIV infection in
the United States every minutes.

17. What is the name of the ingre-
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AIDS?

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1. blood, semen, vaginal fluid and
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5. True 6. True 7. False 8. False 9.
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13. True 14. False 15. True 16. 13
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the, Campus Center lobby on Mon-
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Stenger, the Health Educator; pay
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son Hall, Higgins lives here all
year round even during winter
and summer breaks.

Higgins and the three other
Faculty in Residence partici-
pants, one on each of the four
quads, are given free room and
board in exchange for their con-
tribution to student lives in
campus.

Earning his bachelors and
masters at Fordham University,
he later received a PhD at the
University of North Carolina at

- Chapel HIil, all in sociology.

Most faculty members want
to help students get the most
that they can out of college,
according to Higgins.

“TStudents] have to make the
effort. I can only help those
who show an interest, Higgins
said.

Between photography, com-
puters and research, Higgins
keeps busy.

He is the webmaster of the
sociology department and for
the Faculty in Residence pro-
gram. He creates home pages,

' of which he himself has several.

He also runs a network called
sci-Fraud on the internet.

“T have acquired quite a repu-
tation on this campus over the
years, it’s a good reputation,”
Higgins said.

Faculty members, Like Hig-
gins, are some of the few peo-
ple that it’s alright to take
advantage of.

“T am here waiting to be
asked, and delighted when
someone knocks on my door,”
Higgins said.

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A day in the Giants press box |

By THoMAS MCMAHON
Sports Editor

Two weeks ago I was involved in an event I will
never forget. Over the summer and now into the
football season I work for “Inside Football” cover-
ing the New York Giants.

When the Giants hosted the Dallas Cowboys back
in week 13 of the NFL season my boss was able to
get me a press pass for the game.

I left my house at | p.m. for a 4 p.m. start. There
was a luncheon with the 1986 Superbowl! Champion
New York Giants. I got to meet such players as
Mark Bavaro, Carl Banks, George Martin, Karl
Nelson, Harry Carson, and the list goes on and on.
After meeting these players and a few writers I had
become friends with over the summer I went back
to the press box for lunch.

The Giants put out quite a spread and I ate with
former player, now announcer Billy Taylor. We dis-
cussed various topics before I decided to walk and
look around for a while. I went down to the locker
room area, then went on the field at the Meadow-
lands. As I was walking through the same tunnel
the players use the Dallas Cowboys themselves
came running by to warm up for the game. Soon
after, Barry Switzer and Jerry Jones walked past me
and made there way onto the field. I stood in the
back of the endzone not believing where I was.
After about a half hour the players had finished
their warm ups and made there way back to the
locker rooms and it was time for me to return to the
press box.

I went back to the press box and had a small bite
to eat before the game began. There are four rows
of seats in the Giant Stadium press box and I was in
the second row. It’s pretty amazing. If you’ve ever
been to a football game or any other type of sport-
ing event you quickly realize one thing. There is no
instant replay, and if you miss it you’re not going to
see it. That’s just the first advantage to being in the
press box. As you watch the game they have the
television feed from Fox so you can see what the
people at home are watching.

The second problem with going to see a football
game is the weather. There are only a few weeks
during the season that you don’t need seven layers
of clothing. The press box is warm and comfort-
able. Trust me, it makes a difference.

The Giants public relations staff provides imme-
diate stats for quarters, halves and the game. How-
ever, the real fun begins once the game is over.
Don’t get me wrong, I was the happiest person on
the face of the earth when the Giants beat the Cow-
boys, but it doesn’t compare to what comes next.

After the game I made my way down to the lock-
er rooms for post-game interviews. Since I had met

all the Giants during the summer I decided to see
what the Cowboys had to say. Besides, there’s
nothing I like better than to see Barry Switzer’s
eyes pop out and Michael Irvin say the. word “peri-
od” a hundred times. This is Dallas’ usual routine
after a loss.

I was able to talk to Dave Campo, Cowboys’
defensive coordinator, alone and ask him a few
questions, but I would have to wait for the big
“boys”. They only give interviews to everyone at a
press conference. I was right up front for the
Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and Troy Aikmen
press conference. After those interesting and intelli-
gent speakers I was able to make my way over to
hear Hershel Walker speak for a few minutes. Then
I got the grand pubba himself, Jerry Jones. Let me
tell you, his Superbow!] ring takes up about three
fingers. It’s the largest thing I’ve ever seen. He was
actually quite nice and gave the Giants a lot of cred-
it, something my previous interviews did not reveal.

Then it was time to write my piece. It was a great
day for the Giants and a great day for me. The
Giants are not having a very successful season and
probably played their worst game of the season last
week against Philadelphia, but I can say that I saw
the Giants at what was perhaps their best all season
long. This win made the Giants season for me.

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impressive offensive fine | in he Sito Football League.

This is one-of the weakest years for NFC teams that I can
remember, and no team looks like they’re going to run away with
it. Free agency has destroyed the once mighty Cowboys, while
their still better than most, they have been reduced to just a shad-
ow of their former greatness. Green Bay and San Francisco are
Super Bowl contenders as well, but both teams could hardly be
called powerhouses. To sum all this up, John Elway has the best
and probably last shot at at a Super Bowl ring. Denver is the team
to beat in the AFC, and the Broncos have the talent to hand the
NFC their first loss in almost fifteen years. _

I don’t know what to say about the New York Knicks. Last
week I was far from ‘panicking, but now I have to say, “what the
hell is going on?” This team was set to be in the elite four of the
NBA along with Chicago, Houston, and Seattle (and ahead of the
Sonics I might add), but right now they’re looking weaker than
last year. While I still think that they'll end up atop the Atlantic
Division I can only wonder how good Miami would have been if
the NBA had not nullified the Jawan Howard signing? Without
him they still make the Knicks look over—matched in their last two
encounters. Larry Johnson and Allen Houston have seen their pro-
duction cut almost in half, are the Knicks concerned? You bet they
are. Is Van Gundy’s job in danger? Enough said.

The New York Yankees have re-signed Joe Girardi for 2.75).

million dollars a year, making him the highest paid catcher in fran-
chise history. The best bullpen in baseball made itself even more
formidable by signing elite set-up man Mark Jackson. Jackson is
_considered to be a sign that the Yankees are willing to let World
Series MVP John Wetteland go. Wetteland is looking for a three
year deal to the tune of 18 million dollars. Texas, Boston, and the
Chicago Cubs all look ready to scoop up the Yankees closer. New
York, by signing Jackson (and possibly Mike Stanton sometime
soon) look ready to hand the closer job to Mariano Rivera.

The Yankees have have put Charlie Hayes and Cecil Fielder on
the market. Florida has expressed interest in getting their hands on
“Big Daddy”. That would put him in the same offense as Gary
Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, and Jeff Conine. Look for the Marlins to
make a solid run at the pennant this year.

The Braves seem content enough with John Smoltz, Greg Mad-
dux, Tom Glavine and Denny Neagle that they will probably let
Steve Avery play his trade elsewhere. The Mets and Tigers have
already expressed interest.

This will be the last “Overtime” until late January, so I leave
you with my Super Bowl prediction: Green Bay versus Denver.
This Sunday will just be a preview of things to come.

As for your sports editor, I like to think that on January 26 we
are going to see the New England Patriots against the Washington
Redskins. Needless to say that the NFC and Washington will win
again and the AFC will be left wondering how ney let another one
slip away.

Great Danes news, notes
and quotes about athletics

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Albany’s Women’s Basket-
ball team received an early
Christmas present when they got
a commitment from, first-team
all-state selection guard/foward,
Liz Tucker. As a junior at Lon-
donderry High School, Tucker
averaged 10.0 points, 5.1
rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 3.0
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NewsRadio 590 WROW has
announced that it will provide
live radio coverage of Great
Danes Basketball. On Saturday,
they will call the Danes game
against Bridgeport at 4:00.

—~

By THoMAS MCMAHON
Sports Editor

In their first ever Division II
season, and playing in the New
England Collegiate Conference,
the Albany women’s basketball
team impressed many people by

’ putting together a solid regular

season. The Lady Danes then

‘shocked many people by advanc-

ing to the semifinals in the
NECC Tournament. Last season
the coaches preseason poll
selected Albany to finish eighth
out of eleven teams. This season
the coaches wouldn’t make the
same mistake. Albany has been
picked to finish fourth, despite
not having one player named to
the preseason All-NECC first or
second teams.

The Lady Danes lost two key
players from last season, starting
point guard Margaret Feerick
and starting center Erica With-
am. Kelly Paolino and Kerry
Ochal will be expected to step
into those two important roles.

Albany opened their season
back on November 18. The Lady
Danes were run right out of the
gym by Merrimack College.
Albany trailed by 15 points at
the half and lost by 26. Coach
Mari Warner’s team was out

December 6,

1996

rebounded by a count of 44—33
and only power forward Katie
Zeglis could muster double-digit
scoring with twelve points.
Albany shot only 32.8% from
the field while Merrimack was
able to connect on 54.5% of their
shots.

The Lady Danes opened the
season 0-2 with a loss to
LIU-Southampton on November
23. Albany held a five point
halftime lead, but lost a close
decision by the score of 72-71.
Both teams shot the ball well,
but the Lady Danes were 0-6
from three point land in the sec-
ond half, and shot just 16-34
from the free throw line, includ-
ing key misses down the stretch.
Shooting guard Samantha Gins-
berg led Albany with 14 points.
Freshman Megan Buchanan and
small forward Michele Davis
also scored on double figures for
Albany.

On November 26 Albany
earned their first win of the sea-
son with a 71-68 victory over
Dominican. Alison Bowe hit the
go-ahead basket with 1:31 to
play to give the Lady Danes the
win. Albany trailed 56-50 before
an 8-0 run put them back on top.
Davis iced the game after
Bowe’s layup with two free

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throws ‘with 23 seconds 'remain-
ing. Zeglis led all scorers. with
16 points and ten rebounds.
Ginsberg poured in 14, moving

her into fourth place on the

school’s all-time scoring list with

942 points.

This past Sunday Albany
evened their record at 2—2 with a
91-37 win over New Paltz State.
Ginsberg scored 15 points to
pace four players in double fig-

ures for the Lady Danes. Albany .

used a 28-2 run midway through
the first half to blow the game
wide open. Ginsberg had eleven
straight points during this deci-
sive spurt. Davis, Ochal and
Mary Harrison were the other
three Lady Danes which reached
double figures.

On Wednesday Albany hosted
Massachusetts—Lowell, the pre-
season #1 in the NECC coaches
poll. This was an important
game for the Lady Danes, as you
would always like an early win
against a good team in your con-
ference, especially wjen it is at
home. Albany had a 42-39 lead
with 14:08 left to play before the
River Hawks tallied seven unan-
swered points to seize control.

-Albany did pull to within one
late, but when a three pointer at |

the buzzer misfired Albany had

Lady Danes drop NECC opener to UMass-Lowell

lost their NECC opener. Davis
scored a season high 19 points,
and was the only Lady Danes to
reach double digits.

Albany travels to face Bridge-

port in an-NECC battle this Sat-
urday. The Lady Danes then
return home to play Keene State
on December 14 in another
NECC matchup.

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Samantha Ginsberg is back to lead the Lady Danes into action.

Albany River Rats woes cause reason for concern

By JARED TROPP
Staff Writer

In their previous three seasons,

the Albany River Rats were one.

of the most successful teams in
the American Hockey League
while playing games on the road.
When skating on enemy ice, the
Rats had a stellar record of 67-
40-13. By today’s standards,
that is outstanding, considering
some of the road trips that teams
in the American Hockey League

must embark on. However, the
River Rats are suddenly finding
themselves facing teams that
can match them in skill and
effort. The unexpected trouble of
just competing in arenas where
they previously dominated the
competition is causing them to
become unsteady. The poise and
composure that the Rats are
known for has been left behind
as they struggle for answers to
explain their sudden lack of suc-
cess.

After defeating the Syracuse
Crunch, 8-1, on November 16,
Albany’s road record for the sea-
son was 5-3. Since then, howev-
er, the Rate have dropped four
straight games away from home.
The River Rats offense grinded

to a halt, as they were defeated: _

by a score of 3-2 to both Bing-
hamton and Rochester. The Rats:
had the shame of being shut out
in Adirondack (2-0), on Novem-
ber 23, as the Red Wings held
the Rats to just 22 shots on goal,

The River Rats are struggling at opponents arenas.

Football

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Overtime

the lowest total of the season for
them.

The first-ever meeting for the
River Rats and the Kentucky
Thoroughblades took place on
December 4th at Rupp Arena in
Lexington, Kentucky. The Rats
were down only 1-0 after one
period and seemed like they
would play competitively. But,
Kentucky’s relentless attack took
over as they scored four more
times on Peter Sidorkiewicz. The
beleaguered Rats starter was
pulled from.the game after the
fifth goal. The Thoroughblades
beat backup goalie Richard Shul-
mistra once to add insult to
injury as they went on to win by
a final score of 6—O. The River
Rats were shut out for the second
time this season, and it looked as
if the Rats had hit rock bottom.

Albany’s strong play at the
Knickerbocker Arena is the only
factor keeping them in the
extremely tough Empire State
Division race. The Rats are 6-1-2
on home ice, scoring 45 goals in
just 9 games. The River Rats
recently defeated Rochester (6-
3), Binghamton (7-1), andsSt.
John’s (4-2). They also tied
Adirondack (3-3) to improve

their home record for the month

of November to 4-0-2. The River
Rats trail first-place Rochester
by eight points. The Amerks are
15-7-2, giving them 32 points.
New Jersey update: The River

Rats lost popular defenseman
Ricard Persson as the Devils
traded him along with enforcer
Mike Peluso to the St. Louis.
Blues for defenseman Ken Sut-
ton. A veteran of 280 NHL
games, Sutton has been _ play-
ing solid defense for the Rats
since he joined them on Novem-
ber 29th...Patrik Elias was called
up to New Jersey for the first
time this season on December
3...Denis Pederson and Jay Pan-
dolfo remain with the Devils and
have been getting good ice
time...Mike Dunham continues
to play exceptional, as he is now
3-2 with a goals-against-average
of 1.94, and a save percentage of
.930.:.

Notes and Quotes: The River
Rats are currently 11-8-2 (6-1-2
home, 5-7 away)...Rochester
goalie Steve Shields was pulled
for the first time this year in the
Rats 6-3 win at the Knick on
November 30th. Shields leads
the league with 14 wins this sea-
son...Sidorkiewicz’s record now
stands at 10-5-2...Steve Brule
leads the team with 27 points.
He has10 goals, tied for the team
lead with Elias and Vadim Shari-
fijanov...

Upcoming games: December
7th, at Hershey; December 11th,
at Rochester. The Rats return
home on Saturday, December
14th to play Rochester.

See what it’s like behind the scenes at a
Giants game — see page 11

Jets’ fans finally get payback against
worst team in football - see page 11

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Student Newspapers Collection, 1916-2018

Collection ID	ua809
Total components	3361
Items available online	3106
Last indexed	2026-04-01

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Albany Student Press, Volume 83, 1996 December 6

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