Albany Student Press, Volume Issue 11, 2001 December 7

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issue 11

Albany Student Press
Friday, December 7, 2001

retires

By GINGER HANSON
Staff Writer

On November 29, Asso-
ciate Vice President of Stu-
dent Affairs, Hank Kirchner,
was honored at his retire-
ment party, for 31 years of
dedication to the student
body of UAlbany.

Kirchner first came to
Albany as a graduate student
in 1965, receiving an MLS.

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degree from the Education
Department in September
1966. During the Vietnam con-
flict, he was stationed in Saigon,
from August, 1968 to July, 1969.
Shortly after leaving the service,
Kirchner returned to Albany,
where he started his career as
Assistant Dean of Students in
1970. He has served as Associate
Vice President of Student Affairs
since 1987.

A proclamation from
Albany’s Mayor — Jennings
declared November 29, 2001 as
Hank Kirchner Day, in the City
of Albany. A special ceremony
was held in the atrium of the
New Library that featured pre-
sentations from students, admin-
istrators, and some of the many
organizations Kirchner helped
over the years.

Representatives from  5-
Quad, LIPS, ROTC, Inter-frater-
nity Council, the bookstore, and
others honored Kirchner with
words and symbols of apprecia-
tion at the hour-long gathering.
The ceremony was paid for by
Student Association and coordi-
nated by Vice President, Jessica
Juste, Central Chair, Nick
LoVuolo, and Ben Kallos.

Kirchner, who received a
Chancellor’s Award for Excel-
lence in 1997, dedicated his
career at UAlbany to improving
the quality of life for students.
“He treated students the way he
would want his kids to be treat-
ed,” said LoVuolo. “There’s a
difference between working with
the students and fighting for
them and Hank Kirchner always
fought for students. He sets him-

self apart from most administra-
tors.”

Indeed, Hank Kirchner
altruistically devoted his time to
helping significant UAlbany

organizations and student ser-
vices. He received an Acclama-
tion from Central Council last
week for his dynamic role in
developing Five-Quad Ambu-
lances, Don’t Walk Alone, the
Student Services Center, Inter-
Fraternity Council, Student Safe-
ty Patrol, ROTC, and the Special
Olympics at the Empire Games.

Also, Kirchner had a central
role in coordinating The Earth
Tones, The Rocky Horror Picture
Show club (LIPS) and the New
York Giants summer training
camp. Keeping students safe and
happy while improving their aca-
demic and social success was a
main priority for Kirchner.
“Hank is somebody who helps
people make their dreams come
true,” commented Kallos.

At Wednesday’s University
Council meeting, Vice President
James Doellefeld noted that after
31-plus years of serving the uni-
versity, Kirchner obviously had
enough cold weather to suit him.
After retiring last week, he wast-
ed no time in moving down to
North Carolina.

Although the UAlbany com-
munity is sad to see Hank Kirch-
ner retire, his dedication, leader-
ship, and advocacy of student
rights will leave its mark forever
and further shape the success of
students as they pave their own
way in the world.

By Tony GRAY
Co-News Editor

Legal action is continuing in
the investigation of alleged
wrongdoing by the previous Stu-
dent Association administration
of Chuck Snell. Last year, Uni-
versity Police was asked to inves-
tigate financial irregularities by
then-President Erin McCamp-
bell, whose administration inher-
ited nearly half a million dollar
deficit. The deficit resulted in a
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2000 semester.

University Police Depart-
ment Chief Frank Wiley said ear-
lier this month, that the results of
their investigation had _ been
turned over to the Albany County
District Atttorney’s office. Wiley
said the University remains in
close contact with the DA’s office
about the investigation and
expects to be contacted as soon
as a decision is made regarding
indictments,

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holida

By DAN FINGERMAN |
Contributing Writer

A wide variety of religious
leaders and followers joined
together Tuesday night to cele-
brate and educate each other on
their respective holidays this hol-
iday season.

Representatives from the
Muslim Student Association, Hil-
lel, Newman Association, and
CHARGE, spoke about
Ramadan, Hanukah, Advent and
Christmas, and Kwanzaa in the
Campus Center Ballroom before
an audience of over fifty people.

Rebecca Charhon, the Direc-
tor of Jewish Campus Life,
opened the program. The Mus-
lim Association President
Soumaya Sebkhaoui spoke of
Ramadan, the ninth month of the
Islamic calendar. During this
month Muslims abstain from
food, drink and sexual relations
from sunrise to _ sunset.
Ramadan ends with the celebra-
tion of Eid, where Muslims dress
in their finest clothes and give
gifts to one another. Muslim
Student Association member
Talib Talib, demonstrated the
Call to Prayer, a part of the holy
month of Ramadan.

A representative from Hillel,
then told the story of Hanukah.

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Hanukah, the Festival of Lights,
is a celebration of the victory of
the Maccabees and the rededica-
tion of the Jerusalem Temple. It
also commemorates the miracle
of the oil that burned for 8 days.
During Hanukah Jewish people
light an eight branch candelabra
called a Menorah, with each
night representing a different
candle.

Mark Gill, the President of
the Newman Association along
with other members than talked
about Christmas, and the Advent.
Christmas is the celebration of
the physical birth of Jesus. They
then read different gospels, and
explained the meaning of the
Advent.

The final presentation was
from CHARGE, and explained
the meaning of the African Amer-
ican holiday of Kwanzaa. Nekia
Johnson and Tiffany Perry talked
about how Kwanzaa was created
by Dr. Maulana Karenga, as a
holiday to celebrate the African
American community. They
explained that it has further been
broadened to be a holiday cele-
brated by all communities that
believe in the principles — of
Kwanzaa. They then read each
of the seven principles of Kwan-
zaa, as the Kinara, a seven branch
candelabra was lit. Serendipity
then performed.

The event served as a good
way to clear confusion that sur-
rounds holidays. In talking with
Nekia Perry of CHARGE, she
cleared my confusement, by
informing me “that Kwanzaa is
not a religious holiday, it’s about
community, it’s not for select
people but for the community.”
The President of Hillel also
informed people during his
speech that “although Hanukah is
not as important, as say Christ-
mas, it’s an important story.”

After the presentations the
participated tables set up tables
and people who participated
walked around to talk and ask
any questions they may have on
each of the holidays. The New-
man Association gave out Christ-
mas decorations, CHARGE
handed out Kwanzaa cookies,
Hillel offered potato latkes, a tra-
ditional Hanukah snack. The
Muslim Student Association
gave out baklava.

.Members of the Newman
Association later sang “The
Twelve Days of Christmas” and
asked the former President of
Hillel, Arie Lipnick to sing with
them. As the Hillel delegation
lit a menorah, they saved the last
for Peter Brusoe, a leader within
the Newman Association.


Friday, December 7, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

News

Psychology 101 supplement

By Tom DURANTE
Contributing Writer

If you have found yourself in
the basement of the campus cen-
ter library within the past few
weeks, you may have observed a
variety of UAlbany students
stressing out over a familiar
green, white, and yellow spiral
workbook: the Psychology 101
supplement. This book is to be
handed into the clutches of a cer-
tain successful Psychology 101
professor on December 10.

For those of you who are not
Psychology 101 students, the
supplement is a rather complicat-
ed 104-page workbook divided
into three sections: Workshops,
Controversial Issues, and Jour-
nals. Workshops concern mostly
notes and lecture material given
in class. Controversial Issues
concerns debates of psycholo-
gists and commentators outlined
in a textbook by Brent Slife, a
regarded Psychology professor
from Brigham Young University.
And finally, the most notorious
Journals require hours of intense,
hair-pulling research in each of
our two massive libraries. This

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ciate Vice ou |

bothers many students like fresh-
man, Ken Karchinski, who said,
“Tt adds to the stressful life of a
student by forcing them to scurry
through the library, rushing to
finish before the deadline.”

The library can be a horrify-
ing place to sit at this time of the
year. You can see students sitting
quietly, reading for pleasure. But
you can also see other students,
mostly freshmen, writing fever-
ishly at their respective tables,
surrounded by stacks of periodi-
cals. Students stress out, wishing
that the supplement was more
concise and less complicated.

The students who work at
the library should definitely be
commended for the work they do
concerning the supplement. Most
of them have already taken Psy-
chology 101, so they are quite
helpful. All you have to do 1s
show the book at the reference
desk, and they can point you in
the direction of where it is you
need to go to get a particular part
of the supplement done. These
students have been heard

expressing compassion for the
situation of Psychology 101 stu-
dents with phrases like, “I feel
your pain,” or

“Why does he

make them do all this?” It can be
reassuring to interact with people
that have gone before you and
have triumphed over the supple-
ment.

Psychology 101 students
each express their own irritability
when asked about the supple-
ment. Numerous times, you come
across a library book inscribed
with derogatory comments. Stu-
dents say that completing the
workbook is a monotonous task
that causes a significant plummet
in interest when it comes to class
lecture. Freshman Sean De Sa’
disagrees, “The supplement
involves a tedious amount of
research and work for just one
class. But despite that, it can be
interesting and provide a better
understanding and interest in the
science of psychology.”

As the due date approaches,
Psychology students will be
spending more and more time in
the library. If you have already
completed the supplement, con-
gratulations! You are an extreme-
ly motivated college student. If
not, I feel your pain. And, of
course, my heart and my compas-
sion go out to all of you who have
not started it yet.

“The ASP would like to thank
and congratulate transferring

and graduating staff members:

Emily Katt, Editor in Chief
Gabby DiFabbio, AXE Editor
Anna Baboval, Production Staff

We will miss you!!

Technology update

By KRISTEN DONLON
Staff Writer

Christine Haile was appoint-
ed Chief Information Officer
(CIO) for UAlbany, on Septem-
ber 4. The CIO is in charge of the
units that plan for and operate
technological services and pro-
grams, which is becoming more
important at major universities.
This centralization of services
should prove to be crucial as
more and more university depart-
ments are becoming dependent
on new technology. Some of the
departments familiar to many
students that Haile is in charge of
include Academic Computing,
Telecommunications, and
RESNET.

Wireless Pilot

As of October 22, students
with a laptop computer have been
able to borrow a wireless Ether-
net card from the Science
Library. Just show your SUNY
Card at the main circulation desk
and you will be given one of the
Aironet cards for a period of 4
hours (if this is not long enough
for your networking needs, sim-
ply return with both the NIC and
SUNY Card at the end of the time
period for renewal). You can then
install the card and driver soft-
ware on your IBM compatible
laptop (sorry, but at this point
Macs and Linux machines are not
supported) and have access to
wireless network services in the
Barnes & Noble Reading room
on the garden level of the Science
Library. Users should assume
that they are working with an
unsecured medium.

Currently there are two
access points, one in the B&N
Reading room, as mentioned
above, and the other is in the
Help Desk area of the Lecture
Center where you can bring your
laptop if you are having trouble
getting started. This limited
access is going to be used as a
means of testing and evaluating
the service, to see if the general
interest in wireless networking
will command a wider offering.

Students and faculty owning
laptops are encouraged to go and
take advantage of this new ser-
vice as the success of the pilot
depends on user feedback. If, in
fact, demand appears high, then
future expansion of the program
will be planned. This includes
supporting all wireless NIC’s
(right now you can only gain
access with one of the Aironet
cards) and installing additional
access points on the podium.
This program is supported jointly
by Academic Computing, Tele-
com, and the University

Libraries.

OC3 Upgrade

At the beginning of this
semester, the university upgraded
the outbound Internet connection
to an OC3, just about tripling the
school’s capacity to send data out
to the rest of the world. Last
year’s cost for the T3 connection,
that had been in place since 1996,
was $107,000 and this year the
price would have gone up to
$178,000. Seeing the need to
alleviate some of the congestion
that RESNET users were experi-
encing last year, UAlbany shelled
out $285,000 for the OC3. Seems
like a pretty good investment for
such an increase in capacity.

Upgrading the connection
seemed like the answer to every-
body’s networking troubles.
Tripling the bandwidth, a mea-
surement, usually in bits-per-sec-
ond, of the volume of informa-
tion that can be transmitted over
a network at a given time, would
compensate for the increase in
the size of files being sent across
the network in recent years. The
T3 was being utilized right about
the time when MP3 file sharing
was gaining popularity. Now that
we have the OC3, file sharing
applications like KaZaa allow
people to share not only audio,
but video files too.

“We have spent the last few
weeks analyzing the traffic load,
especially on the outbound link
where the congestion is greatest,”
says Haile. “Our primary intent is
to manage traffic in a way that
gives priority to instruction,
library and research uses. We
have had great cooperation from
some students and researchers in
doing the tests, which have
already showed marked improve-
ment in response time. Certain
file-sharing programs, _ like
KaZaa, have been assigned a
lower. priority on the network,
but they will not be completely
blocked.”

A recent categorical look at
the network traffic on November
29 shows that KaZaa was respon-
sible for 92 percent of the utiliza-
tion of the outbound link. The
OC3 allows data to pass at a rate
of 155Mbps and on that particu-
lar day, KaZaa passed an average
rate of about 90Mbps. This
seems like such a high number
for an academic institution.

Ms. Hail reminds us that,
“Bandwidth is still expensive, so
it is important that we manage
the OC3 connection to get sever-
al years of use out of it.” One
way for students to help make
this resource last is to turn off the
server component of any file
sharing applications they may be
using.


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jury has issued subpoenas to hear
testimony from people believed

Albany County Assistant have knowledge of the alleged-
District Attorney, Shannon Kear- _ ly illegal activities and is expect-
ney, said she is prohibited by law 4 to hear all witnesses by the
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grand jury decides to issue indict- the record.
ments. Kearney declined to dis- As reported in a previous
cuss the matter with us, saying issue, controversy still swirls
she would contact us if she had around the veto by President Erin
anything to report, on the matter. McCampbell, last year, of a bill
The Albany Student Press © revise the Constitution. As
has learned that a grand jury was reported earlier, McCampbell
d_ was able to veto bill 0001-132

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'Supreme Court has upheld
McCambell’s veto twice — once
| last year and again this year.

The root of the controversy
seems to be the judicial review
| process. Last year’s Chief Justice
Estreich heard the case but
abstained from voting. He report-
edly did so because of the neces-
sity of deciding the fate of votes
cast and waiting to be counted.

Estreich acknowledged that
any vote he cast would present
the possibility of at least the
appearance of a conflict of inter-
est, which is why he vowed to
abstain. According to Joey Fava-
ta, 500 policy only requires four
Justices to hear a case, not rule on
it. So, Favata said, Estreich felt
he could satisfy the legal require-
ment for a quorum of justices to
hear the case without raising
issues of impropriety by voting
for, or against, the matter.

Educational Affairs Director
Brian Levine renewed the matter
this year, seeking to overturn the
veto no the ground the veto was
unconstitutional, saying the Pres-
ident lacks the power to veto a
bill granting consent for a consti-
tutional referendum.

At Wednesday’s Central
Council meeting, Chris Ruppert
made a motion to override
McCampbell’s veto. After some
contentious debate, the matter
was postponed until the next reg-
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incredible amount of false alarms
this year. This behavior bothers
them because of the safety issues
involved. Not only is it a waste of
time for rescue workers to
respond to all the alarms, it cre-
ates a potentially dangerous situ-
ation. It’s always possible that
firefighters might be unable to
respond to a real emergency
quickly enough if they’re con-
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Students are complaining loudly
about the loss of sleep, also.
Central Council Vice-Chair
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for an early end to classes for
Fountain Day. Many students
complain every year about sched-
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possible to work with the Univer-
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possibly around 11:30.
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Student Affairs, has expressed
flexibility about re-scheduling
Fountain Day, if she can come to
an agreement with the University,
regarding class cancellation.

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Friday, December 7, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 5

Sneak peak:
BATTLE OF THE BANDS!

By JOSHUA ARCUS
Staff Writer

Want to go see some good live music
before you start killing yourself over finals
stress? This Saturday is the Battle of the
Bands, a competition where seven very
talented bands will be performing their
songs for eager music lovers. So, who’s
who and what do they sound like? Take a
sneak peak at each of the bands perform-
ing andread my thoughts based upon their
audition tapes.

GOING BLIND

Going Blind was one of my favorites
of these seven bands and will be kicking
off the show Saturday night. They suc-
cessfully walk the high wire of fusing
good classic rock like Lynard Skynard
with the modern styles of Nickelback, The
Offspring, Guns n’ Roses, and The
Jayhawks. I would venture to say that
thiswas the only band that really knows
how to differentiate between a verse and a
chorus, With well-written songs, great
guitar solos, fun lyrics, and a rocking
demo, hopefully Going Blind can play live
just as well as they sound on disc. If so, I

think they are guaranteed to give all the
other bands some very tough competition!

BLUE PHOENIX BAND

Blue Phoenix Band has acquired a
bassist, a drummer, a third guitarist, and a
saxophonist since the original acoustic
duet was recorded! I have not heard the
full band, but I had not heard such good
acoustic guitar dynamics on a demo in a
long time. With a very blues/folk sound,

my immediate first impressions were

Vertical Horizon’s debut album There and
Back Again, Dave Matthews, John
Mayer’s Room For Squares and Incubus.
The vocal arrangements and lyrics are a bit
redundant after a while, but you have to be
amazed by “Fat Boy” and “Bong Hits”
(the song, watch that there, jerky!). If the
full band has captured the original songs’
full potential, they will certainly be con-
tenders!

THE HENRY BRIDGE BAND

Writing about The Henry Bridge Band
is difficult because since they recorded
their demo tape the band makeup has
changed. Now composed of a drummer,
lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and a
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They’re folk-style acoustic demo remind-
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and the Indigo Girls with a campfire feel-
ing to it, but being that they hardly play
songs off their demo anymore and that
they now have a full band, who knows if
they still sound the same. We will have to
be surprised on Saturday.

LIFTED
Lifted has a bit of an advantage going
into this year’s Battle of the Bands.
Having placed in the top three at last
year’s Battle, the four-man rock band
sounded “tight” (band jargon meaning
being right on with one another’s musical
parts) when I heard them play last Friday
night at an AIDS benefit. With strong
Radiohead influences and a U2 and Travis
flavor, Lifted plays and sounds like a true
“college-rock” band. “Playing With
Shakespeare’s Intentions,” “Anywhere
But Here” and “Clandestine” all had me

rocking out. Solid tunes!

STAND OUT

Stand Out plays poppy punk music.
With a bit of a Green Day, post-NoFX
punk sound mixed in with emo-style
lyrics, I actually found Stand Out’s music
to be clever. Even though I often times
find punk rock music to be very repetitive,
I thought these guys had creative songs
including a clever thirty-second song.
The interplay of two female backup
singers should also be appealing. It will
be fun watching the punk, pop, ska, and
rock influences blend together on stage.
Punk is mostly about energy and it is that
which Stand Out must demonstrate on

Saturday night.

IN THE CLEAR

For all you fans of jam bands like
Phish and Moe, this band seems as though
it would be for you. There are few “jam
bands” I can actually stomach, so I was
surprised when I enjoyed In the Clear’s
demo tape. Although I was not too
crazyabout some of the vocals, the most
important thing was that the jams did not
drag. I usually distinguish a good jam
band and a bad jam band by their abilities
to notice when it is time to move into the
next part of the song. Let’s see if In the
Clear understands the sophisticated nature
of their music well enough to not bore
their audience.

ROPER

I had to listen to Roper a few times
before I understood it and had a clue about
what to write. Now that I get it, I have to
say that I like it! Roper’s music reminds
me of The Doors, Virginia Coalition, the
solo work of Trey Anastasio of Phish, and
Agents of Good Roots meets Coby Brown
Group. The singing seems overly forced
at times, but it does not distract from the
well written, playful vocal parts bouncing
off the equally playful jazzy music style.
Hopefully the crowd will be receptive to
the jazz-influenced sound of Roper, other-
wise the band might have a hard time win-
ning over fans.

Saturday, December 8 at 6 p.m.
Campus Center Ballroom
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Friday, December 7, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Arts and Entertainment

Andrew Fromm:
Man behind the songs

By SANDY Lo GRASSO
Staff Writer

Let’s face it, most pop artists
don’t write their own music.
Masterminds sit in their recording
studio trying to come up with a
catchy tune with lyrics everyday
people can relate to while the
singers are the ones who try to get
their voices just right to fit each
song. Usually music artists
crossover from singer/dancer to
writer/producer when they decide

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they want their music to become
more homegrown. But it’s pretty
rare to find a songwriter try to
start their own singing career.

Andrew Fromm has _ been
writing songs and playing piano
since he was eight years old.
Fromm is a New Jersey native
who’s been working with many
different artists, most notably the
Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears,
Montell Jordan and _ Joey
McIntyre. Andrew is signed to
Zomba Music Publishing as a
songwriter.

He’s had quite a lot of suc-
cess, but what does Mr. Fromm
really want? Andrew has a musi-
cal gift and he wants to share it
with the world. Singing is a big
part of Andrew’s talent as well as
his piano skills. As an artist
Andrew would be able to express
himself beyond his heartfelt
lyrics.

So what’s the hold up on
Andrew’s singing career? Sure,
Andrew’s been offered record
deals. He obviously has what it
takes. Why hasn’t he taken any
of these offers? Well, Andrew’s
been in the business long enough
to know what he wants. He
knows which companies can give
him the right opportunities and
take care of him as both an artist
and a person.

I was lucky enough to inter-
view Andrew and ask him more
about himself and his career.

Sandy: Out of everyone in the
music business that you’ve
worked with, who is your favorite
and why?

Andrew Fromm: | cant really
say who is my favorite that I’ve
worked with because that would

be politically incorrect!

Sandy: What can we expect from
you in the future? More song-
writing? An album of your own?
Any other projects in the works?

Andrew Fromm: I have some
really amazing things developing
on the writing side of things.
When these things become more
final and definite, I will post them
on my website at
www.andrewfromm.com. As_ far
as my ultimate goal in becoming
an artist myself, that is also a pos-
sibility hopefully in the near
future. Things in this industry
usually happen like the domino
effect. When one thing happens,
other things start to happen.

Sandy: What do you think you
can contribute musically to this
world?

Andrew Fromm: My goal is to
make more and more people real-
ize what love really is through my
music. I think the divorce rate
these days in the world is so high
because we all focus on the
wrong things like materialism
and money. Don’t get me wrong,
we all have our desires, but that
shouldn’t be what love and
marriage is based on.

Sandy: Was your first ambition
singing?

Andrew Fromm: My first ambi-

tion was singing. When I was:

much younger, my family used to
take trips into NYC on the week-
ends. I used to drive everyone
crazy cause I kept singing the
majority of the car ride in!

I also had the opportunity to
hear some of Andrew’s music.
The style is mostly love ballads in
the form of pop. Don’t get the
wrong impression when you hear
“pop.” You’re probably saying
to yourself, “Oh not more simple
love songs that you could write
while waiting in line for fast

- food.” Andrew’s lyrics are deep-

er than most. “Love, they say it
can change so many things, from
all the joy in which it brings, it’s
something that words just cannot
say how much you’ ve shown me
a brighter day,” is just a small
sample from one of Andrew’s
numerous power ballads.
Andrew is working with more
mature artists lately such as
Michael Bolton, Marc Anthony
and Celine Dion. He’s even
helped an artist by the name of
Lea get a record deal, now all he
needs to do is get offered the right
opportunity and Andrew will be
on his way to superstardom!
Even though Andrew is
quite heavily involved in the
music industry, he doesn’t con-
sider himself a star. “In no way
would I consider myself famous.
I can still walk around town and
not get noticed.” Andrew says.
I’m sure one day he’ll look back
on this quote and can_ hardly
remember what that feels like.

Behind Your Television:

Before Metropolis

By MATTHEW LISSAUER
Staff Columnist

Prequels, prequels, prequels.
It seems that nowadays our cul-
ture is ravaged with this new
form of storytelling; the “before-
the-story,” if you will. Made
famous by George Lucas, with
Star Wars: Episode 1, prequels
essentially tell of the events lead-
ing up to the main story. Most
movies of this genre find them-
selves to be “straight-to-video”’.
But, some have snuck their way
onto the TV screen.

In many  sweeps-week
episodes, certain TV shows (i.e.
“Friends”’), offer a look at how
the characters met. This concept
can be very tricky, due to the
many continuity errors that can,
and will arise. UPN’s new show,
“Enterprise” tells the story of
“Star Trek,” before Kirk was
even a gleam in his parents’ eye.
This show however, becomes far
too childish and preachy, and in
some respects, more advanced
than the original series. This
show is not worth the time of
true-to-heart “Star Trek” fans.
The same can be said about the
WB’s new prequel, “Smallville,”
which offers a look into the life of
Clark Kent as a teenager (if he
was growing up in_ today’s
world), trying to come to terms
with life, girls, and his superpow-
ers.

“Smallville,” from the
commercials, tries to offer us a
new way of looking at Superman,
but when one sits down to watch

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it, “Smallville” doesn’t offer us
anything new at all. It instead
turns into a “Dawson’s Creek”
meets “Roswell” with some
traces of “Buffy the Vampire
Slayer.” Tom Welling stars as the
young Clark Kent. Welling,
while looking a little like a young
Christopher Reeve, offers a
decent performance. His. love
interest, Lana Lang (played by
Kristen Kreuk), is just a standard
supporting role; and the same can
be said about his two friends Pete
Ross (Sam Jones III) and Chloe
Sullivan (Allison Mack). As for
Clark’s parents, they too are stan-
dard-think “Beverly — Hills
90210”. And then there is the
role of Superman’s age old infa-
mous archenemies Lex Luthor,
played by ex ”’Zoé, Duncan, Jack,
and Jane” star Michael
Rosenbaum. Rosenbaum’s per-
formance is perhaps the best in
the show. He doesn’t try to allude
to Gene Hackman’s famous role
in the Superman movies, but
offers his own take, as a teenage
Luthor-who isn’t quite evil yet.
Perhaps the two best charac-
ters on the show are Luthor and
Kent. This is unlike other
Superman stories, where charac-
ters like Lois Lane, add a more
human side to the plot. All the
other characters are there to offer,
if anything, trite subplots. There
are some good things that
“Smallville” has to offer. For
one, the show goes where no
other Superman shows and
movies have a look into how both
Superman and Luthor became
who they are today-in the comics,

that is. We see a young Luthor
trying to figure out why he sud-
denly lost his hair. We see a
young Kent trying to figure out
who he is, and how to deal with
his superhuman powers. The
issue of how Kent came to terms
with his powers has never really
been delved into. However, the
way the show goes about it is all
wrong.

“Smallville” caters to the
wrong audience. This was much
like the case with “Roswell.”
Instead of focusing on the charac-
ter of Superman, the writers tend
to focus more on Kent’s love
interest with Lana, and how he
tries to take win her over from her
jock of a boyfriend. The cheesy
pop-music played in the back-
ground only reinforces a show
that tries to become more like a
supernatural “Dawson’s Creek.”
Such was the fate of “Roswell,”
which tried to pass itself off as a
new-age sci-fi story, but ended up
offering nothing more than trite
romantic love interests time and
again. This is not a show for the
die-hard Superman fan. Some
fans will note that the Pete Ross
character is now black, and the
change in Lana’s hair color, and
the like. Once again, a prequel
that takes liberties on the mother
story. Be that as it may,
“Smallville” does depict Clark’s
struggle rather well. The show is
not that bad to say the least, but if
you are expecting a real
Superman plot, then change the
channel.

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Arts and Entertainment

Friday, December 7, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS ef

Muggles like me

The long-awaited Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone makes its
way into theaters and breaks box office records. |

By DANIEL MONTGOMERY
Staff Writer

Star Wars-level buzz and
Star Wars-level box office (I'll
list all the broken records later in
this review) don’t yield Star
Wars-level quality, but Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is
smart and exciting enough to sat-
isfy any movie lover. Based on
the famed best-selling novel
series by J.K. Rowling (none of
which I’ve read) Harry Potter fol-
lows its title wizard as he’s pulled
from an abusive home and taken
to the friendlier world of
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry.

After boarding the Hogwarts
Express from platform 9-and-
three-quarters (which kind of
reminded me of the 7-and-a-half
floor in Being John Malkovich),
he makes friends quickly with
two other precocious magicians,
Ron Weasly (Rupert Grint) and
Hermione Granger (Emma
Watson), the latter of whose
name I couldn’t pronounce to
save my life before I actually saw
the film (the accent is on the “T”
which is pronounced like the let-
ter).

Hogwarts, itself, is filled to
the brim with the dean’s list of
British actors. Two-time Oscar
nominee Richard Harris (most

recently seen as Marcus Aurelius
in Gladiator) plays Headmaster
Dumbledor, a gentle old man
who resembles a cartoon-like
Merlin. Two-time Oscar winner
Maggie Smith plays Professor
McGonagall, a witch who can
morph into a cat. Character-actor
Robbie Coltrane (From Hell)
plays the doting, slightly dim
giant Hagrid. And Alan Rickman
(Galaxy Quest) plays the sinister
Snape, who seems to have it in
for the titular boy wonder.

Even before he gets the call
to attend prestigious Hogwarts,
Harry Potter is renowned within
the magician community. When
he was born, he mysteriously sur-
vived an attack from a powerful
evil wizard named Voldermort
(“Not all wizards are good wiz-
ards,” warns Hagrid), who killed
his parents in the process. Now,
the faculty of Hogwarts is closely
guarding the Sorcerer’s Stone,
which can restore a weakened
Voldermort to full health.

Before I go on, I have to
clarify that I am, in fact, a Harry
Potter virgin. Since I’ve never
read the books (as I stipulated
earlier), I’ve never understood
the hype. So, I can can only
report on the 150+ minutes that I
saw on the screen. Directed by
Chris Columbus (Mrs. Doubtfire,
Stepmom), Harry Potter, the
movie, benefits from a host of

visual effects thanks to the $125
million budget from Warner
Brothers, which, in addition, sup-
plies brilliant sets (the giant chess
board near the climax speaks for
itself) and costumes, all likely to
receive Oscar nominations.

But that’s enough of that. We
cultured movie critics must move
beyond the visual splendor and
crap about the crap no one else
really cares about, which brings
us to director Columbus, whose
resumé never would have led me
to believe that he would be hand-
ed the reigns of something this
sought after, but he does a gener-
ally good job of blending the
film’s sentimentality with its wit,
as he did in Mrs. Doubtfire and
Stepmom, even though he leans a
little heavily on the sentimentali-
ty, as he did in Mrs. Doubtfire
and Stepmom.

With the help of a script by
Steven Kloves, the Oscar-nomi-
nated writer of last year’s Wonder
Boys (a masterpiece that should
be seen by anyone that appreci-
ates good writing, acting, and
directing), Columbus tweaks his
characters just past reality. For
instance, Potter’s aunt and uncle
are garishly heinous, contorting
their faces into the most evil con-
figurations, and Dumbledore is
almost aggressively ‘altruistic.
Sometimes it works, as it does
with Snape, who seems to have

ly find a comfortable rhythm

been born with a chip on his
shoulder, and sometimes it
doesn’t, as with Potter’s wiz-
ardly rival Draco Malfoy,
who’s supposed to be obnox-
ious, but ends up resembling
a young version of Kenneth
Branagh’s Nazi character
from HBO’s Conspiracy.
Overall, the acting falls
into the exact same position,
with the veterans teaching
the young-uns a thing or two.
The principal prepubecents
Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson §
begin rather awkwardly,
unnaturally forcing most of
their lines, but they eventual-

and rapport. However, it’s

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the more seasoned perform-
ers who shine most consistently,
led by Harris, whose Dumbledore
is so effortlessly gentle and saga-
cious that it hardly seems like
acting at all.

In the time it has taken me to
write this review, Harry Potter
has grossed close to $200 mil-
lion, which, in only 10 days,
would make it the second high-
est-grossing film of the year to
date (behind Shrek, which it will
quickly surpass in the coming
weeks). It broke records for
opening day box office, opening
weekend box office, and Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday box office.
It broke the Thanksgiving holi-

day- weekend record and it tied
Star Wars: Episode 1] as the
fastest film to reach $100 million
(five days). Those numbers
should astound anyone who
knows anything about box office.
All in all, these numbers are even
more impressive than the film
itself (read: if the line is too long
or the movie is sold out, another
movie might be your best
option), but if you can get in, and
the kids aren’t too restless, then
you might as well. At the very
least, you'll be able to understand
what everyone’s talking about on
Monday morning.

Shades

By DANIEL MONTGOMERY
Staff Writer

Billy Bob Thornton plays a
barber with no recourse in the
Coen brothers’ enthralling black
and white film noir The Man Who
Wasn't There. |

It’s a little annoying and a
little gratifying how movie com-
panies hold onto some of their
best films until the final quarter
of the year, so they can make a
better final impression on Oscar
voters. To look at it cynically, it
means that companies bombard
us with crap until fall and then
only release their good stuff to
win awards. The audience is
irrelevant in that case. But on the
bright side, audiences are gener--
ally treated to better movies (save
for a few Oscar wannabes). Fall
of 1999 was particularly sublime,

of gray

offering American Beauty, Being
John Malkovich, Magnolia, The
Talented Mr. Ripley, and others,
all within a few months during
the tail end of the year.

Fall 2001 has been shown a
similar upswing. A_ generally
weak year has given way to the
dawn of better filmmaking. In
just the past few months, Hearts
in Atlantis, Mulholland Drive,
and From Heli have reminded me
why I love movies in the first
place. For a while there, I thought
my standards were just getting
lower, but then I think back to
Tomb Raider and realize that it’s
not just me.

Add to that list The Man

Who Wasn't There, the latest from
the Coen brothers (Fargo; O
Brother, Where Art Thou; The Big
Lebowski; etc.), and what with
the recent films that I noted, I’m
running out of different ways to

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say “brilliant.” It stars Billy Bob
Thornton (who previously did
what he could with the weak
material in Bandits) as Ed Crane,
a barber so marginal that no one
can ever seem to remember him
(“And you are... .?” is a familiar
sentence to him). They barely
even notice he’s there.

That includes his wife Doris
(Fargo alum, _ Frances
McDormand), whose family
owns the barbershop Ed works
in. Once run by her father, the
business now belongs to Doris’
brother Frank (O Brother alum,
Michael Badalucco), whose con-
stant genial yapping more than
compensates for Ed’s stoicism.

Ed has spent his entire life
making safe choices, and as a
result, his life is nothing but dead
ends. He finds his opportunity
to change things with a visit from
a swindler (Jon Polito) who
wants a $10,000 invest-
ment to open a dry
cleaning business, a rev-
olutionary concept in
the late 1940’s, when
the film takes place.

Meanwhile, _— Big
Dave (James
Gandolfini), an alpha
male-type married to an
eccentric department
store heiress, has been
having an affair with
Doris, and Ed knows it.
He blackmails Dave for

the money he needs, setting into
motion a series of misfortunes for
Ed that accelerate with the inertia
of a snowball rolling down a hill.

Filmed in elegant black and
white to evoke the feeling of clas-
sic Hollywood film noir, The
Man Who Wasn't There is power-
ful in the way it constructs the
inevitability of events, where
Ed’s every misstep gives way to
its natural conclusion. The result
is a gradual, gracefully written
downward spiral that Ed can’t
escape. He understands that he’s
made an irrevocable mess out of
things, and it’s poignant to watch
him relinquish himself to his
defeat; he doesn’t just roll with
the punches, he goes limp with
them.

Thornton’s — performance
gives Ed the appearance of being
mostly half-asleep, but he also
communicates a sadness and
longing that are wide awake. Ed
walks through life so withdrawn
that he feels like he’s forced his
way out of the human plain of
existence to some place of under-
standing, but most of the time,
he’s just fumbling for some
greater meaning within the
tumult that has taken over his
life.

The Coen brothers, true to
form, frame their story with
eccentrics. Tony Shalhoub plays
a blustery, big-city lawyer whose
method of formulating a defense

is fascinating and occasionally
haunting (“Sometimes, the more
you look, the less you really
know,” he says at one point). Big
Dave’s wife, usually as subdued
as Ed is, has one scene in which
she regales Ed with her story of
alien abduction (shortly before he
reads about the controversy at
Roswell). | She’s_ played by
Katherine Borowitz, who plays
the scene with an _ incredible
amount of conviction and subtle-
ty.

The Man Who Wasn't There
is further benefitted in the way
the Coens and their collaborators
craft the film’s atmosphere. The
gentle piano score creates a feel-
ing of melancholy, and_ the deci-
sion to shoot in black and white
lends cinematographer Roger
Deakins (another long-time Coen
collaborator) a luxurious pallette
of grays, lights, and shadows,
creating a landscape of other-
worldly beauty.

The Man Who Wasn't There
is a masterwork because of the .
multiple levels it works on. It has
the visual splendor and mystique
of great fantasy, and, with
Thornton’s profoundly aching
performance and the Coens at the
helm (Joel directs, from a script
he wrote with brother and pro-
ducer Ethan), it has the humanity
of great drama.


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Coming Events

Friday,
December 7

6 p.m. Kwanzaa Dinner. Cam-
pus Activities Center, The Col-
lege of Saint Rose. Hosted by
SPECTRUM: The Black and
Latino Student Union of The Col-
lege of Saint Rose. Open to the
public.

7 p.m. Gospel Choir Concert.
Hubbard Interfaith Sanctuary,
The College of Saint Rose, 959
Maidson Ave. Free. 454-2050.

7:30 p.m. Movie: McCabe and
‘Mrs. Miller. Directed by Robert
Altman, starring Warren Beatty,
Julie Christie and Shelley Duvall.
Page Hall. 135 Western Ave. Part
of the Fall 2001 Classic Film
Series; sponsored by the New
York State Writers Institute. 442-
5624 or www.albany.edu/writers-
inst./

8 p.m. Play: See How They Run. |

Philip King's popular and endur-
ing comedy classic conforms to
the classic definition of farce.
While functioning on the level of
broad comedy, based on ludi-
crously improbable events, it
. offers a portrait of reason and
order displaced by absurdity and
abandon. with prevailing of bois-
terously high spirits. Broad slap-
stick humor, multiple instances of
mistaken identity and off-color
wit at the expense of stuffy
provincials and befuddled clerics,
all contribute to the spirit of mer-
riment and mayhem. Performing
Arts Center Main Theater. $12
general/$8 students, seniors and
staff.

Saturday,
December 8

10 a.m. Undergraduate Admis-
sions and Financial Aid Informa-
tion Session. Auditorium, St.
Joseph Hall, The College of Saint
Rose, 985 Madison Ave. During
this information session, students
and their families can learn about
the College’s undergraduate pro-
grams and _ the application
process. In addition, staff mem-
bers from the Office of Financial
Aid will discuss the financial aid
process and the many assistance
opportunities available to those
interested in pursuing undergrad-
uate study at The College of Saint
Rose. Free. 454-5150 or (800)
634-8556.

8 p.m. Concert: Wind Ensemble.
Auditorium, St. Joseph Hall, The
College of Saint Rose, 985 Madi-
son Ave. The Saint Rose Wind
Ensemble features 45 of the Col-
lege’s finest wind and percussion
students. In this concert, the
group will perform a selection of
highly sophisticated pieces writ-
ten for wind band, as well as
lighter works appropriate to the

season. Free. 454-2022.

8 p.m. Play: See How They Run.
Philip King's popular and endur-
ing comedy classic conforms to
the classic definition of farce.
While functioning on the level of
broad comedy, based on _ ludi-
crously improbable events, it
offers a portrait of reason and
order displaced by absurdity and
abandon. with prevailing of bois-
terously high spirits. Broad slap-
stick humor, multiple instances of
mistaken identity and off-color
wit at the expense of stuffy
provincials and befuddled clerics,
all contribute to the spirit of mer-
riment and mayhem. Performing
Arts Center Main Theater. $12
general/$8 students, seniors and
staff.

Sunday,
December 9

1 p.m. Commencement Cere-
mony. RACC. Formally known
as the December Graduates
Assembly, this event is now an
official degree conferral ceremo-
ny where August and December
graduates are eligible to receive
their degrees. It is open to gradu-
ates receiving undergraduate,
masters and doctoral degrees.

6 p.m. Candlelight Procession
Liturgy. Begins on steps of St.
Mary of the Angels Chapel
(Siena College) with a tour of the
Siena campus to the Maloney
Great Room in the Sarazen Stu-
dent Union where the liturgy will
be celebrated. The third annual
Advent Fireworks Display con-
cludes the celebration. The pub-
lic is invited. 783-2332.

7:30 p.m. Concert: Second
annual Festive Holiday Concert.
Performing Arts Center Main
Theater. Featuring UAlbany
Symphony Orchestra, UAlbany
Concert Band, UAlbany Chorale,
UAlbany Chamber Singers,
Angelic Voices of Praise, The
Earth Tones, Serendipity. Spon-
sored by the Department of
Music. $5 general, $2 students.
442-3997 or
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dayconcert.html

7:30 p.m. Concert: 31st Annual
Masterworks Chorale Christmas
Concert. Troy Savings Bank
Music Hall, 7 State St., Troy.
This annual holiday favorite fea-
tures a performance by The Col-
lege of Saint Rose renowned
Masterworks Chorale, under the
direction of Professor of Music J.
Robert Sheehan. Proceeds from
this benefit concert will be used
as scholarships for current music
students who are experiencing
financial hardship. This perfor-
mance, in a new venue, will be
Sheehan’s last Masterworks
Christmas concert. Adults $10,
students and Seniors $8, children

under 12 $6, free with St. Rose
ID. 454-5178.

Monday,
December 10

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Raffle: The
Sophomore Class Council is raf-
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an indoor rock-climbing arena in
Albany and a .LOTDW Bezzled
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are $1 and can be bought in the
Campus Center Lobby.

12:15 p.m. Lecture: Memory,
Mimesis, Tragedy by Paul
Kottman, Department of English.
Humanities 354. Part of the Eng-
lish Department NAKED
LUNCH Lecture Series. 442-
4093.

7 p.m. Concert: Flute Choir
Concert. Room 158, Nusic Cen-
ter, The College of Saint Rose.
The Saint Rose Flute Choir,
under the direction of Yvonne C.
Hansbrough, will perform this
holiday concert with special
guests the Empire State Youth
Flute Choir and the Capital Area
Flute Club Choir. Each group
will perform selections individu-
ally including works by Bizet,
Ravel and Bach. Together, the
three ensembles will perform a
selection of holiday arrange-
ments. Free. 454-5178.

8 p.m. Concert: Chamber Winds
Concert. Campus Theatre, The
College of Saint Rose. The Saint

Rose Chamber Winds, under the
direction of Assistant Professor
Robert Hansbrough, will perform
original chamber works from the
classical, romantic and 20th cen-
tury periods. Selections include
works for woodwind, brass, and
string instrumental ensembles by
Dvorak, Dubois and Mozart.
Free. 454-5178.

8 p.m. Concert: Some Serious
Drummin' featuring percussion
ensembles of RPI and UAlbany.
Perfroming Arts Center Main
Theatre. $5 general. $2 students.
442-3997 or
www. albany. edu/pac/music/seri-
ousdrummin. html.

7 p.m. Genetically Modified
Foods Forum. Find out about

what’s on your dinner plate!
Earth Science 241.

Tuesday,
December 11

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Raffle: The
Sophomore Class Council is raf-
fling off a four-pass package to
an indoor rock-climbing arena in
Albany and a .1LOTDW Bezzled
Diamond Pendant in a 14K yel-
low gold setting. Raffle tickets
are $1 and can be bought in the
Campus Center Lobby.

4:30 p.m. Seminar: Towards
Continuous Analytical Measure-
ments in Vivo: Technical Chal-
lenges and Clinical Opportunities
by Professor Julie Stenken of
RPI. Chemistry 151. Part of the

Department of Chemistry's Fall
2001 Seminar Series. 442-4400.

6 p.m. East Campus Annual
Lighting Survey. Walk with the
President's Task Force’ on
Women's Safety during the annu-
al lighting survey. Lobby, School
of Public Health, East Campus.
Sponsored by the President's
Task Force. 442-3499.

Wednesday,
December 12

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Raffle: The
Sophomore Class Council is raf-
fling off a four-pass package to
an indoor rock-climbing arena in
Albany and a .1OTDW Bezzled
Diamond Pendant in a 14K yel-
low gold setting. Raffle tickets
are $1 and can be bought in the
Campus Center Lobby.

11 a.m.-5 p.m. Taransfer Open
House. Scanlan Hall, The Col-
lege of Saint Rose, 1001 Madison
Ave. During this open house,
potential transfer students and
their families can learn about the
admissions process and the many
academic opportunities available
to those interested in transferring
to The College of Saint Rose.
Free. 454-5150 or (800) 637-
8556.

7 p.m. Concert: The Siena Col-
lege/Community Chorale Winter
Solstice. Sarazen Student Union,
Siena College. 783-2511.

Lyon's Den

By Scott Lyon
Op/Ed Manager


Crime Blotter

CRIME BLOTTER

Friday, December 7, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 9

Crimes

11/30 Alden - False Reporting - Unknown person activated fire alarm, PP & AFD cleared
scene

11/30 Colonial Lot - Trespass - Non-student arrested for Trespass

12/1 University Drive E - Unlawful Imprisonment - Report of two females locked in bb
by driver

12/1 Indian Lot - Criminal Mischief - Report of emblems stolen from parked vehicle

12/1 Brubacher - Grand Larceny - Purse containing credit card & checkbook stolen

12/1 Indian Quad - Falsely Reporting - Unknown person activated fire alarm, AFD &
PP cleared scene

12/2 Anthony Hall - Aggravated Harassment - Female student reported harassing voice-
mail

12/2 Herkimer - Criminal Mischief - Unknown person(s) broke window

12/2 Freedom - Criminal Sale Marijuana - Female student arrested for selling marijua-
na

12/2 Indian Quad - Criminal Nuisance - Unknown person set BESeCep on fire, activat-
ing fire alarm, PP & AFD cleared scene

12/2 Indian Quad - False Reporting - Unknown person activated fire alarm, PP & AFD
cleared scene

12/4 Alumni - Criminal Mischief - Report of damage to parked car mirror

12/4 Biology - Public Lewdness - Student arrested for public lewdness & UPM

12/4 Freedom - Petit Larceny - Report of missing items ;

12/5 Criminal Mischief - Colonial Quad - Report of Criminal mischief to elevator

12/5 Alden Hall - Making Graffiti - Report of graffiti

12/5 Richardson - Petit Larceny - Black bag reported stolen

12/5 Indian Quad - Aggravated Harassment - Report of harassing phone calls

12/5 Richardson - Trespass - Report of suspicious non-student, ID’d and advised to
leave

Incidents

11/30 Albany - Female student punched in face by intoxicated female, transported to St.
Peter’s by 5-Quad for possible broken nose

11/30 Waterbury - Report of harassment from ex-boyfriend

11/30 Colonial Quad - Report of suspicious male loitering near quad

11/30 Chemistry - Unknown person deleted male student’s thesis file

12/1 Dutch Lot - Student reported another vehicle forced his vehicle onto curb, punc-
turing two tires :

12/1 State Quad - Activated fire alarm, PP & AFD cleared scene

12/1 Dutch Quad - Report of emotional female student

12/1 Alden Hall - Unknown males involved in altercation

12/2 Englewood Place - Report of suspicious person on grounds

12/2 Campus Center - Report of student making food purchase with insufficient funds
in SUNYCard

12/2 Western/Ontario - Two males involved in altercation

12/2 Dutch Quad - Two students arrested for Criminal possession of controlled sub-
stance

12/3 Melville Hall - Res Life to judicially refer two students for marijuana

12/3 Alden - Medical call for male student with asthma attack, transported to AMC by
5-Quad

12/3 UPD - Student referred to State Police regarding her concerns in another jurisdic-
tion

12/3 Freedom - Responded to Lifeline call

12/3 UAB - Medical call for fallen female employee, 5-Quad responded & treated at

scene
12/3 State Quad - Three stools reported missing

12/4 Biology - Door found unlocked

12/4 Campus Center - Altercation between two students regarding posting flyers
12/4 Biology - Door found unlocked

12/4 Off Campus - Report of office keys left in vehicle which was stolen

12/4 Alden Hall - Report of relocated student late in returning keys

12/4 Indian Quad - Report of harassing phone call

12/4 Campus Center - Altercation between two students regarding posting flyers
12/5 Colonial Quad - Report of marijuana odor

12/5 State Quad Hypodermic needle found and disposed of pagers

12/5 Chemistry - Door found unsecured

12/5 Alden - Report of banned student in room
12/5 Bus Admin - Door found unsecured

12/5 Humanities - Broken window found.
12/5 Indian Quad - Fire extinguishers reported missing

12/6 Colonial Quad - Report of brick glued to floor

12/6 State Quad - Report of blood found on floor of elevator

12/6 Indian Quad - Male student issued warning regarding removing fire extinguisher
12/6 State Quad - Res Life to judicially refer students for disorderly conduct

12/6 Dutch Quad - Report of door unlocked

12/6 Dutch Quad - Door found unsecured

¢

Traffic and Parking Violations

11/30 University Drive - DWAI

12/1 Parking Tickets - 8 Various Eight parking tickets issued
12/2 University Drive - Stop sign

12/2 University Drive - AUO arrest

12/2 University Drive - Speed, 45/25

12/2 University Drive - Speed, 46/25

12/2 University Drive W - Speed, 43/25

12/2 University Drive W - Speed, 44/25

12/2 University Drive E - Speed, 40/25

12/2 University Drive - Stop sign

12/3 Colonial Roadway - Report of dara to parked car

12/3 Colonial Roadway - Car towed from accident scene

12/3 Colonial Roadway- Leaving scene of PDAA

12/4 Parking Tickets - 5 Various Five parking tickets issued

12/4 Physics/Indian Crossroad - Car towed for blocking construction entrance
12/4 Physics/Indian Crossroad - Car towed for blocking construction entrance
12/4 Center Drive W - Two vehicle accident

12/5 Parking Mgt Lot - Report of parked car with switched plates

12/5 Parking Mgt Lot - Parked car towed for switched plates |

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] O Friday, December 7, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Editorials

Life Is...

Knowing when to

get out

By SHARON DRUCK
Staff Columnist

For almost a month now,
every student on campus has
been united in song at the start of
every day: every student leaves
his or her room, bleary-eyed, and
gathers together in the center of
campus to begin each day with
the same song. The song has
become so popular that even the
professors know it now, and its
popularity shows no sign of
slowing down anytime soon.
It’s starting to become a greeting
and a farewell statement also,
making UAlbany even more like
its Own country, with its own
customs for certain cultural
events. (I know the anthropolo-
gy majors are going to have fun
with that now). You may even be
saying this without realizing
what a phenomenon it is. Any-
way, here it is, the song that’s
been sweeping our mini-nation:

It’s a question I’ ve been ask-
ing since midterms, and I’m not
alone. Almost everyone I’ve
spoken to is fed up, and they
want out. It’s not all for the
same reason. Sometimes it’s
their job or a professor or prob-
lems with house mates or their
cars or parking or how long the
lines are in the campus center -
almost anything is a reminder of
how they just don’t want to be
where they are at a given
moment.

It’s easy to blame what’s

been permeating the attitudes of .

students on campus on national
events, but I honestly don’t
believe that’s the only thing

going on here. This has been a
rough semester for everyone I’ve
spoken to. Most of the people
I’ve encountered were fed up by
the end of September and haven’t
really wanted to give a damn
since. It’s not that they haven’t
tried to care I’ve seen many peo-
ple making some sort of effort to
be involved, to do well in school,
to do anything at all, but maybe
many of them have been getting
frustrated by the very minimal
satisfaction that this gives them.

_ With every task I complete,

there’s another one just like it
waiting to be completed. The
redundancy is wearing me down,
especially with the end of the
semester in sight.

The redundancy ends up
being the most frustrating thing
of all. After things went crazy, it
was comforting to feel like I was
back in a routine. Now it’s get-
ting stale and uncomfortable. I
want to feel like something is
going to spark my interest, but
nearly everything has failed to.
I know that something is out
there, but I have no idea where it
might be. Until it comes back,
all I want to do is rest for awhile.
After this year, ’'m not going to
have an entire month off in Janu-
ary to figure myself out, but I’m
also not expecting my future job
to stimulate my intellect so much
as I’m expecting it to stimulate
my bank account. I have differ-

ent expectations for my universi- °

ty, and they just haven’t been
filled this semester. So I just
kind of want things to end so I
can get out of here, rest for a
while and gear up for my last few
months as a college student.

Can I go home now?

Stopping to Trample the Roses
It’s about family, not happiness

By RACHEL NAJDZIN
Staff Columnist

It’s late, I’m tired and today
has been a most trying day. I had
no papers to write, no classes to
attend, and yet I feel like I usual-
ly do during finals week; utterly
drained. The hard part is I know
this feeling has really only just
begun, as it is the holiday season
and the source of my exhaustion
flaunts itself brazenly during the
joyous holidays (don’t you love
the sarcasm?). It all began with
Thanksgiving, and this utterly
torturous spectacle will not end
until New Years Day; and even
then it will not really end, how-
ever, Iam much less obliged after
that time.

But I digress. Today I went
to a family event, a party of some
sort or other, and one that has
been spoken off with anxiety
within my family for the past few
weeks. Surprisingly, the event
went off without a hitch, but the
preparation, mental and physical
wore me out, and saddened me
deeply. My immediate family
and I, my mom, dad and sister
have lived hours away from our
relatives for quite some time
now, and this year, this holiday
season is our first back home, or
I should say back within reach of
our relatives. We should be over
joyed, we should be brimming
with yuletide cheer, and yet my
family moans and groans and
dreads each moment of family
togetherness as if it were a life
sentence rather than a celebration
with the people who we should

love and care for the most.

My family is not alone in
harboring these feelings; in fact
just the other day I heard a per-
fect summation of family holiday
angst expressed on a TV sitcom.
I don’t remember which show, or
which character male or female
recited this line, but it was some-
thing to the effect of “Thanksgiv-
ing isn’t about being happy. It’s
about being with family.” Initial-
ly I thought the remark to be
quite humorous, or at least, more
than your usual generic sitcom
banter, but now that line resounds
in my ears dismally. I suppose if
it were just my family, or hell
even just my parents who felt this
way then it could be curable, or
at least tolerable. However, this
attitude, this dislike of one’s fam-
ily is a far-reaching problem par-
ticularly at this time in the year.
Daughters despise their stereo-
typically wicked stepmothers,
brothers do not speak as a result
of jealousy or embarrassment,
and cousins are so far removed
that they would not even recog-
nize each other on the street. So,
equipped with these detachments
and resentments towards those of
our blood, we gather together on
holidays to fight, to ignore and to
boast of our superior achieve-
ments, until we are empty,
drained and further removed than
when we arrived; Merry Bloody
Christmas.

Is this what Christmas
should be like? Should I accept
Uncle Joe Shmoe’s hatred

towards Aunt Plain Jane? Should
I ignore my youngest cousin
because my parents despise her

parents (why has never been
explained, but I can not question,
can not wonder?). No I shouldn’t,
and I won’t, and though this will
come off as completely cheese
ball and overly sentimental, I
won’t because I value my family
in such a way that I could not
imagine a holiday where they
were not present. My family,
whether it is a distant cousin or a
great grandmother, is unlike any
social group I will ever come to
know. We are bound by blood,
and thus we share something, an
annoying trait, and a similar nose
structure. We were there are each
other’s weddings, births and
graduations. My grandmother
saw my first step. My uncle
saved my father’s life. I regard
highly the belief that when all
else fails, and all else will trust
me, our families will be there for
us in the end.

I trust my relatives to sup-
port me, and I-can sleep well at
night knowing there will be
someone to solidify the ground
when my world shakes. And
shake it will, especially when my
entire family comes together to
share in holiday cheer; but I
won’t mind. As long as we are
together, as long as we come to
realize that everything else is
trivial we will unearth a group of
people who love, respect and
enjoy each other’s company. If
nothing else, we will do our best
to get along long enough to
receive our gifts and head on
home to prepare for-next year.

Lazy professors: save a tree

By RICHARD STRAIN, JR.
Contributing Writer

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When the personalized com-
puter was beginning to hit the
market in the early 1980s, many
were clamoring the fact that the
computer would eliminate exces-
sive use of paper. Environmental-
ists were ecstatic that the com-
puter would make it possible to
not use paper. Instead, it would
electronically do everything that
was once written down, thus sav-
ing millions of acres of forest.
But this miracle of saving a nat-
ural resource, which was threat-
ened by suburban growth in
developed countries and used as
a cash cow by developing coun-
tries, never seemed to occur.

Statistics tell the sad tale that
since the introduction of the com-
puter, paper consumption has
increased 46 percent. A person,
on whole, uses approximately
two pounds of paper daily. Mean-
while, recycling has yet to catch
up, only increasing by 20 percent
since 1985. If we can recycle one
ton of paper, we’d save 17 trees,
6953 gallons of water, 463 gal-
lons of oil, 587 Ibs. of air pollu-
tion, 3.06 cubic yards of landfill
space, and 4077 kilowatt hours of
energy.

There are thousands of rea-
son for why this is occurring, but
let me tell you how SUNY
Albany has perpetuated the prob-
lem (Though I'll be quick to

point out that not everyone at
SUNY is to blame, it’s just easier
to label the whole school, and it
would be undesirable to point
anyone out—they can use this
article as a means to change their
paper happy ways).

My biggest concern is this
notion that essays, especially
long ones—but you may say they
are all too long, of course—must
be printed single paged. Why
must this be so? I’ ve wrote sever-
al essays as a freshman already,
double sided, and am repeatedly
told to make them single sided.
As a big environmentalist, but
not perfect by any means, I try to
do anything possible to protect
the planet Earth. And if reducing
the amount of pages I print in
half by printing double sided will
accomplish this, why not? And
“just because” isn’t good enough.

I can not come up with a rea-
sonable excuse why professors
would insist on single sided
essays. Wait, second thought, I
do have an idea. Maybe it has
something to do with laziness.
Yes, that’s it, laziness. With sin-
gle sided printing, all a professor
has to do to read the next page is
flip over the page they just read.
But with double sided printing, it
be too much of a burden to flip
the page over, then tuck it under
the whole essay, and yes, I know
this next step is a struggle, but

. flip the whole essay over to read

the back of the page you’ve just
flipped.

Is laziness something we
want to teach our students, pro-
fessors? SUNY should pass some
decree that would forbid single
sided printing, since I doubt pro-
fessors would ever want to tell
their students that they should
print double sided. Better yet,
with the millions invested in
computer labs and miles of wires
snaking throughout the campus,
while many students have their
own PC’s, it would be more envi-
ronmentally friendly to email

. that 30 page essay to youi profes-

sor rather than hand it in. Plus,
this can further foster all our lazy
tendencies, because we wouldn’t
have to bother printing the essay,
then handing it in, then getting it
back. Computers were made to
conduct all of our business elec-
tronically, this should be encour-
aged at our campus, since techni-
cal skills are in high demand
these days.

However, a professor may
argue that this is not laziness, but
simply a efficient, time saving
way of grading essays. I’ll agree
with this, but it’s at the expense
of a tree. I'll concede that double
spacing lines helps a professor
read, I don’t mind sparing a few
trees to protect ones vision, but
single side printing has to go. So
let me counter that argument of
efficiency with this: “You get
paid to read them, I pay to write
them.”


Editorials/Letters to the Editor

Friday, December 7, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

11

Central Council, on drugs

Dear Editor:

Please understand that in no
way does this represent anyone’s
opinion but my own and should
have no reflection on any organi-
zation that I may hold member-
ship, or view of any committee |
sit on.

It is with shock and dismay
that I read in the Albany Student
Press that the Central Council
had passed a resolution to con-
demn legislation that would pro-
hibit drug offenders from getting
Federal Funding for School.
Bewildered about this I asked the
young lady that was supposedly
representing my interests why
she went along with it. The
answer I was given was the ques-
tion “haven’t you ever made a
mistake?”

My answer was of course we
all make mistakes. Sometimes
our mistakes are simple ones like
eating on Dutch Quad, or some-
times they greater and involve us
bouncing a check, or not study-

ing for an exam. No matter what
happens though a mistake was
made, and we must live with the
consequences of those mistakes.
I really wish I could talk to my
professor’s and say “I am sorry, I
should have studied harder” or
say to the Dinning hall staff on
Dutch, “I am sorry, can’t I get my
meal swipe better?” or my bank
“Can I not be charged this fee?”
This is life and our life has con-
sequences. How can we call our-
selves adults if we are not willing
to accept the consequences of our
decisions?

Additionally the Police
Report’s in the ASP are filled
with Marijuana offenses, should-
n’t we want to make the place
that so many of us live and work
in a safer environment? Why
should my environment and my
school that I am paying for be
harmed or put in risk because
people break laws and get away
with it?

Beyond this making a mis-
take it is still a violation of law.
Just because I was speeding on I-

787 at 2 AM in the morning does-
n’t mean I won’t get a ticket. If
college students know that their
financing is in trouble maybe that
will make them think twice about
engaging in actions that violate
laws and campus rules. More
importantly, if people can afford
to purchase drugs then they
should have no problem paying
for higher education.

In fact, if the drug users
aren’t being given that money
one or two things can happen 1)
bigger amounts of money to the
rest of us 2) a tax cut for us and
our parents. (Which could buy a
lot of books). I would urge all
members of the University Com-
munity to really consider how
responsible our _ legislative
branch is being in enacting a res-
olution to give money to drug
dealers and users.

Sincerely Yours,
Peter W. Brusoe,
Student and Citizen
University At Albany

Separation of
synagogue an

By JOSHUA ARCUS
Staff Writer

On September 11, 2001, I
was lucky. My deepest thoughts
go out to the countless people
who lost their lives or lost loved
ones that day because, miracu-
lously, my father was dilly-dally-
ing on his way to work on the
34th floor of his World Trade
Center office. I have strongly
supported all that our nation has
been doing to fight terrorism
since September | 1th and believe
our Cause is righteous.

Up until Sam Monday morn-
ing reading, I did not want to be
woken up at 11:30am by my
roommate, but he knew my inter-
est in this war on terrorism and
my anger for Saturday’s double-
suicide bombing against Israel.
Normally I might have said
something crude to him for wak-
ing me, but his words echoed in
my semi-conscious brain: “Israel
bombed Palestine.”

Shortly after September
llth, Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon implored that the United
States increase pressure on
Israel’s Arab enemies. Being
America’s ally and having bat-
tled regular terrorist acts for sev-
eral years, Israel wanted our help
to crush terrorism in their own
country. At that time, we basical-
ly told them that this was not
America’s time to be a police
nation, rather it was a time for

combating America’s Al Queda
enemies who cowardly attacked
American civilization and inno-
cent civilians.

I have great confidence in
Bush’s anti-terror campaign
because it secures my safety as
an American. If you mess with
America, America will bring you
to justice. Great! I am complete-
ly in favor of demonstrating to
terrorists that we are not a nation
to pull pathetic, cowardly war-
fare tactics on.

Since Sharon first urged the
United States to support Israel
combat terrorism, we have nearly
crushed the entire Taliban regime
in Afghanistan. Usually at around
this point of the game is when
America gets cocky. History
repeats itself yet again.

In a statement made by Pres-
ident Bush following the attack
on Saturday, he said, “Arafat and
the Palestinian Authority must
immediately find and arrest those
responsible for these hideous
murders. They must also act
swiftly and decisively against the
organizations that support them;
Now more than ever, Chairman
Arafat and the Palestinian
Authority must demonstrate
through their actions and not
merely their words their commit-
ment to fight terror.” Following
Israel’s retaliation strikes on
Monday, Prime Minister Sharon
addressed his nation saying
“(President Bush] said the U.S. is
a true friend and partner of Israel

State

in peace and in the war against
terrorism; the U.S. and Israel
stand together.”

Now raise your hand if you
are concerned. Why is America
regressing back to policing the
world? I am an American patriot
and, even though I am Jewish, I
am not a citizen of the state of
Israel. And do not give me that
bologna that as a Jew, I am a cit-
izen of Israel at heart. HOG-
WASH! I am an American citi-
zen, plain and simple. Yes, Israel
is my spiritual homeland, but we
live in a secular society where
government is detached from
religion, and I do not believe the
NATION of Israel’s problems are
America’s concern.

I am personally very fre-
quently disgusted with political
actions of the Israeli government,
and using the events of Septem-
ber 11th, America’s new war on
terrorism, and recent events in
Israel to drag America into a war
that is essentially an Israeli-
Palestinian war is despicable.

America, this is their war!
Please do not further incite our
Arab enemies by policing this
conflict. Israel had no right to do
what they did ON BEHALF of
our current effort to fight terror-
ism and must not drag us into
their own conflict. While theirs is
a righteous fight that I damn well
support, nevertheless, it is still
Israel’s fight and not ours. Leave
this one alone! ...Please.

Letters to the Editor

Confusion

Dear ASP Editor,

On Thursday, November 29,
2001 I got the following e-mail:
“Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta
blew up a bus in Israel in 1986.
The Israelis captured, tried and
imprisoned him. As part of the
Oslo agreement, Israel had to
agree to release so called “politi-
cal prisoners”. However, they
would- not release any with
“blood on their hands”. A well-
meaning American President,
Ronald Reagan and his Secretary
of State George Shultz “insisted”
that all be released. Thus Mr.
Atta was freed and eventually
“thanked the US” by flying an
airplane into tower one of the
World Trade Center. This was
reported by many of the net-
works at the time that the terror-
ists were first identified. It was
censored in the USA from all
later reports.

The e-mail more than con-
firmed my suspicions of how
bigheaded, and stubborn a great
power can be when not used
properly (and also how those
very same actions turn around
and bite you in the ass). Though
this. e-mail is as reliable as my
(immensely politically involved)
great aunt Judy goes, I would not
doubt her on issues of this kind.
Being an Israeli citizen during
the September I 1th ordeal, I had
mixed feelings toward the retali-
ation, and general ractions, that
the United States would take fol-
lowing the attacks.

Due to the fact that I grew up
in Israel, I thusly know of terror
attacks, their outcomes, their
magnitude, and most of all, of
their impact, and therefore have
the following for you to ponder
about. The US, it seems to me, is
very fickle in its ways to treat sit-

s

uations that are exactly the same,
other than when they happen
within or outside its borders. If
Israel pinpoints and executes ter-
rorist leaders who have aided in
planning attacks on innocent
civilians, that is bad. If the Unit-
ed States declares war on terror-
ist leaders who aided in planning
attacks in New York and Wash-
ington, that is good.

If Israel has to compromise
some civilian rights of Arabs in
order to protect its citizens from
murderous assault that is bad. If
the United States must take cau-
tionary steps that limit immigra-
tion and other freedoms in order
to protect its citizens from mur-
derous assault, that is good. If
Israel will not negotiate with ter-
rorists or their governmental sup-
porters until all acts of terrorism
stop, that is bad. If the United
States will not consider any deals
that do not include the surrender
of Bin Laden and his thugs, that
is good.

If Israel, with its internation-
al isolation, must work with less
than pure regimes, then that is
bad. If the United States works
with terrorist sponsors as Iran,
Pakistan and Syria to win its own
security, then that is good. If

_ Israel tries to become part of the

coalition against terrorism, it is
bad. (Could offend some
Moslem States). If the United
States counts on Israel, in spite of
the rejection, to provide it with
major information about terror-
ists, then that is good.

You must admit; it is confus-
ing.

Alex Aizenberg,

UA Sophomore, and a Proud
Israeli Citizen

I thank Rabbi Gerald I. Wolpe
(Har Zion Temple) for their
assistance with this letter.

The Albany
Student Press
would like

to wish

everyone

very Happy
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Letters to the Editor

Two “modern students” respond

To the Editor:

Intelligent students should
ignore Joel Levey’s discourse
“The Modern Student” in Nov.
30’s ASP. To write a lengthy dia-
tribe against it, as he challenges
us to do, would be a waste of
time. But because I am an angry
student (and comically, the exact
student he is writing about), I
will voice a humble retort.

The editorial section of the
newspaper is a place where
experienced writers should voice
constructive, fact-based opinions
on relevant topics in which they
have personal or professional
experience. It is not a place for
self-proclaimed experts to mount
themselves on pedestals and
overindulge in self-righteous
rhetoric because they think they
are witty, and like to see their
names in print. Such bathos
degrades the professionalism of
the ASP, and should not be print-
ed.

Although the power of the
“Editorial Section” gives Mr.
Levey some license to express
his viewpoints without present-
ing empirical data, the editors of
the ASP, and students of U-
Albany, should demand more
than a handful of subjective
observations to justify his will-
ingness to stereotype everyone
under 23 as barbaric. He does
not make any statistical compar-
_ison to show that there is any
behavioral differences between
modern students and students of
“this generation” nor does he
interview teachers who have
observed this mysterious col-
lapse into inelegance, unless you
count his high school English
teacher. Nor does he seem inter-
ested in the causes of our
“degeneration.” Perhaps the
recent surge in student popula-
tion has made it difficult to be
completely cognizant of every-
one else’s personal space 100%
of the time. Or more likely, per-
haps Mr. Levey’s generation
uses just as much profanity as
the younger generation, but he
chooses to ignore it.

While the scenarios he
points out may be familiar and
forgettable, they are clearly not
representative of the entire stu-
dent population. Chivalry does
still exist on this campus, though
Joel Levey ignores this, too. To
paraphrase Mr. Levey, “If only
he knew how foolish and imma-
ture he looks to his, the younger,
and every generation.” Then
again, he is so self-righteous that
he probably wouldn’t, care. Nor,
Mr. Levey, would we.

Sincerely,
Daniel Sperling

E-mail
_ Letters to the
Editor to

asp_online@
hotmail.com

To The Editor:

This is in response to the
article written by Joel Levy in the
Friday November 30, 2001 edi-
tion of the ASP. Although you
may find it comical that I respond
to your article “The Modern Stu-
dent,” I feel I have to defend my
fellow classmates against your
attack on our morals and behay-
ior. After talking with a close per-
sonal friend who was also a
senior in high school in 1995 we
discussed how expectations

between our two classes differed.

When I was a senior in 2000 it
did not matter if I held open a
door or did not see someone
while walking through the halls.
What was stressed by advisors
and teachers were SAT’s, GPA
and class rank. Let us not forget
all of the “required” extra curric-
ular activities that we needed to
fill our applications

When I applied to college
my senior year of high school, a
school other than Albany was my
first choice. Needless to say I was
not accepted, so I called the
office of admissions to find out
why. After getting put on hold

to @

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numerous times they finally
found someone who would talk
to me. They told me that the
remarks on my application were
that my class rank was too low. I
was ranked 75 out of a class of
405, with a 93 unweighted GPA
and where ten students went to
Ivy League schools. That put me
in the top 18%, but I was told I
needed to be in the top 15% for
admission. So in a time where fif-
teen rank positions can mean the
difference as to what college I
attend, I have to apologize. Sorry
if any of my classmates or I were
too busy to open a door or see

you walking in the hallway.

So if in one of your classes a
student asks for a higher curve, it
is only because he/she knows that
those few points can mean the
difference between an A and a B.
But just for you I will make a
conscious effort to hold a door or
watch out for you in the hall-
ways, regardless of the fact that a
B in just one of my classes
instead of an A means that I am
not getting a summer internship
this year.

Sincerely,
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Sports

15

Friday, December 7, 2001 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Amy DiMicco: A name that has appeared more times in

this newspaper than most of our writers

By JESSICA K. WHITCOMB
Contributing Writer

Co-Captain for two consecu-
tive years, NFHCA National All-
Academic team in both 1999 and
2000, team MVP; there are not
many people out there that have a
list of honors as long as Amy
DiMicco’s, the standout mid-
fielder on the Great Danes field
hockey team. DiMicco is a senior
at Albany and has been making
headlines on and off the field
since her freshmen year on the
team.

DiMicco just completed her
senior season with the team tied
for second on the all time scoring
list with 41 goals and 17 assists.
Despite the constant light of
recognition that only a select few
athletes are able to bask in, DiM-
icco 1s someone who has not let it
change her. “I don’t feel that my
honors have changed me as a per-
son,” she says. “I am proud of
what I have accomplished, how-
ever I am committed to my core
values and I know that no matter
what successes I have, the impor-
tant parts of me will always stay
the same.”

DiMicco’s teammates seem
to feel the same way. Freshmen,
Danielle Costello agreed that,
“Amy was a terrific captain and I
was able to see so many of her
great characteristics both on and

and air.

Christian faith.

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off the field. She deserved all the
recognition that she received and
even with all the honors she got,
there are still great things about
Amy that go unnoticed:”

In a program that has
changed drastically over the past
four years, DiMicco has seen it
all, from. the switch from Divi-
sion II to D-I, to the transition
into a conference. “[This change
has] been huge for the athletic
community as well as the Univer-
sity as a whole and has had a pos-
itive impact on the entire pro-
gram” said DiMicco.

DiMicco has only positive
things to say about playing a col-
legiate sport and a passion to
share her experiences’ with
incoming athletes at the division
one collegiate level. This ability
and desire to relate to others is
merely one great talent that will
serve DiMicco well in her chosen
career. “Ideally, I would love to
work in a media relations depart-
ment in a university setting,” says
DiMicco. “Having played a col-
lege sport will help: me with
aspects of the job, such as work-
ing with a team and communicat-
ing with peers and administra-
tors.”

Hearing Amy speak about
what she’s learned from being a
member of a collegiate team is an
inspiring speech to any incoming
players. “I would recommend
playing a sport in college because

you meet so many people, make
great friends, meet other athletes,
coaches and administrators as
well as learn so much about your-
self)’

The great memories have
finally culminated in the final
honor that DiMicco received this
season: a spot on the Division I
North-South Senior All-Star
Game at Kent State University in
Ohio. “Playing in the senior all
star game at Kent State was an
amazing experience. Being able
to play at that competitive level
with so many talented athletes is
something I will always remem-
ber. It was unbelievable and awe-
some to get an assist in that
game. I carried the ball into the
circle, drew the keeper to me, and
then dished the ball off to my
center forward who scored.”

When you see the #2 jersey
fly by you on the field, you know
that things are going to start to
happen; she’s a woman who you
see by the fountain, always smil-
ing, or in the library working, or
in the athletic buildings doing
any number of things for any
number of people. Her dedication
to her sport, her school and her
teammates is both intense and
gracious. She is the type of ath-
lete that we all desire to become-
academically, athletically, and
socially a standout in all that she
does. Albany has no doubt,
become a better place because of

Amy DiMicco

Courtesy of Sports Information

the differences that Amy has
helped to create and wherever she

goes after graduation will be sure
to benefit as well.

Protestant Campus Ministry

University at Albany
New York 12222
(518) 489-8573 x26
dmoore@albany.edu

Albany,

Chapel House

An Open Letter to the University at Albany

In Solidarity,

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Rev. David P. Moore

EN sais three months have passed since members of the University community were horrified and stunned with the loss of inno-
cent life and the destructive strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. On September 11, 2001, collectively, we seemed to
have taken a deep breath submerging to the bottom of the ocean in order to feel safe and protected. We will need to come up for light

The end of the semester will be an occasion to catch our breaths. Most of us will connect, once again, with family and friends.
For many, the mood will be somber and grief filled. Others may find strength and renewal and a sense of place. Our prayer is that you
know, however brief, a moment of peace, a sense of being loved, and the blessing of hope.

The semester break is also the occasion to hear anew the story of Christmas, a day and an event significant for those of
In the birth of Jesus of Nazareth Christians affirm that God is with us. Briefly stated, Christians affirm that we human
beings actively oppose God’s intention to live peacefully together as a global community. While this opposition receives God’s judge-
ment, God, in everlasting love, instead becomes one of us in order that we be made friends and no longer enemies.

The story of Christmas has personal, political and counter-cultural implications for our particular historical moment. Christians
and non Christians alike must discern all claims, by individuals, faith communities and nations which identifies any one way of life with
the cause of God. This becomes particularly confusing when those who define themselves as Christian then use state power to enforce
their way of life on individuals, the nation and the world. Troublesome, too, is when religious and national symbols get all mixed togeth-
er. We experience this confusion of identity both in the United States and in other nations.

In 2002 you will have the opportunity to explore these issues of faith, life, and action, through projects sponsored by the
Protestant Campus Ministry: ;

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Alternative Spring Break and Community Action Projects.
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Sports

Issue 11

Danes on ice: Hockey team
clobbers rival Montclair

By JEFF FEINMAN
Contributing Writer

Most people are unaware
that SUNY Albany sports a hard-
hitting, fast skating ice hockey
team that competes against other
schools. This is mainly because
the team plays at the BIG Arena,
which is located in Delmar, a fif-
teen-minute drive from campus.
However, this team works as hard
as any other athletic squad the
school boasts.

“These guys come to play
hard every night, and they
showed it tonight,” said Coach
Scott Solomon, who was very
pleased with his team’s 5-4
comeback victory over
Montclair.

Albany came out ready as
they jumped out to a 2-0 lead on
swift goals by Josh Chasland and
Andy Dwyer. Chasland scored
forty five seconds into the con-
test, but Montclair crept back as
captain Anthony Rossillo took
charge and put his team on the
board.

The Danes held on to the
lead going into the second period,
as both teams successfully killed
penalties at the start of the middle
period. Albany goalie, Dan
Baker, faced a load of shots,
including a point blank save on
Rossillo. Montclair managed to
tie the score when the puck was
pushed in after a large pile up in
the goal crease. The score after

two periods was tied at two.
Rugged defenseman Adam
Gibson added some grit to the
game for Albany when he ham-
mered two Montclair forwards on
the same play sending them to the
ice.

Baker continued his solid
goaltending at the start of the
third period when he denied some
serious Montclair chances.

“T got lucky. I got a piece of
the first shot and it caught the
post, then bounced right back out
to me,” said Baker, referring to a
play where he stopped a break-
away and dived out to cover the
ensuing rebound.

Albany forward, George
Carney, put his team back on top
when he faked the Montclair
goalie out with a pretty deke and
buried the biscuit in the basket.

Albany made a large mistake
when it gave up the puck and
allowed Montclair to come in on
an odd man advantage, but once
again, Baker would not let any-
thing get by him. Using his
quick glove hand, he rebuffed the
Montclair assault and later added
“He put it into my glove hand.
Nothing spectacular.”

With eleven minutes left in
the game, Montclair took thirty
seconds to tie the game and then
take the lead with their deadly
speed. The visiting team seemed
as if they were ready to blow the
game open and headed onto a
power play soon after they took
the lead. However, smooth skat-

ing Albany defenseman Brad
Shelton would not let that happen
as he stripped a Montclair for-
ward of the puck and raced in to
scored a short-handed goal.

“He totally telegraphed the
play. My eyes lit up and I turned
up the speed and I just buried it,”
said Shelton.

With Albany on the power
play, Brian Flanagan knocked in
the rebound of a Shelton slap shot
to put his team back on top.
Flanagan’s goal proved to be the
winner as Albany defeated
Montclair by the count of 5-4.

“This was definitely a big
win for us. Montclair is seeded
fourth in our division. We don’t
get a lot of respect in this league
so it’s good to beat a high ranked
team,” added Shelton, whose
tying goal was key to the come-
back.

Baker denied a breakaway
with thirty seconds left in the
game. The goalie was happy that
the team won, saying, “Its typi-
cal. The last ten games or so we
have gotten behind and come
back to win. But the victory is
still nice.”

Coach Solomon was happy
to see his team win an important
game. “This was a big victory in
terms of the standings. We
picked up some ground.”

The team takes on Wagner in
its next home game at the BIG
Arena.

Danes see first win

By JOHN PREDOVAN
Staff Writer

It was not pretty, but finally
after six games the UAlbany
men’s basketball team earned
their first victory of the season on
Wednesday night. They rallied
in the second half to squeeze out
a 51-50 decision over Patriot
League opponent Bucknell in
Lewisburg, PA. The win broke a
seven-game road losing streak for
Albany. Junior forward Rasheed
Peterson came off the bench to
lead the Great Danes with a
career-high 15 points.

Albany (1-5), who trailed at
halftime 24-18, struggled again
from the field for the entire game.
The Great Danes have shot less
than 40 percent from the field in
each of their last four games.
They made only 19 of their 55
shots for 34.5 percent Wednesday
night. However, their defense
limited Bucknell (1-6) to only 39
percent shooting, themselves.
The Bison were lead by forward
Boakai Lalugba, who recorded a
double-double with 18 points and
11 rebounds. .

“T thought we won the game
on defense,” said Albany head
coach Scott Beeten. “I thought

we just played the hell out of our
3-2 zone.”

In the second half, UAlbany
capitalized on a 10-minute, 36-
second scoreless drought by
Bucknell. They tied the score at
31 midway through the period on
a bank shot by Earv Opong, who
dished out five assists. Peterson
kept the Great Danes in the game
down the stretch, as he nailed two
3-pointers in a row. Another 3-
pointer by sophomore guard E.J.
Gallup, who struggled from the
field for the second game in a
row, gave Albany a 48-46 lead
with 1:50 left. Gallup tied a
career-high with eight rebounds
to go along with I! points in the
game.

Clutch free throw shooting
by senior forward Will Brand,
who had 12 points, and then
senior forward Joe Vukovic, who
had 5, put the Great Danes up 51-
49 with 8 seconds to go.
However, on the other end of the
court, Vukovic fouled guard
Chris Rodgers as he drove to the
hoop. Rodgers made his first,
but missed the second, and time

expired.
“We’ve been working on it,
especially this week,’ said

Vukovic after the game.
“Making sure that I follow

of season

through and I’m leaning toward
the basket instead of fading away.
You’ ve just got to step up and fin-
ish it off. That’s what I did on my
last one and it definitely paid
off.”

Albany has made strong
improvements in its team free
throw shooting percentage over
the last two games. They have
made 22 of 29 shots over the last
two games for 76 percent. They
hit on only 34 of 52 attempts in

the previous four games for 65:

percent.

Game Notes: The Great
Danes travel to New Haven, CT
to take on Yale on Saturday, Dec.
8 at 3 pm. The last time these
two teams met, on Jan. 31, 2000
at the RACC, Albany defeated
Yale 77-69 in overtime. The
Danes’ last home game before the
winter break is Tuesday, Dec. 11
at 7 p.m. at the RACC against
Army. Last year, Albany split its
2-game series with Army, losing
at West Point 70-66 on Dec. 14,
and winning at home 88-86 in
two overtimes on Feb. 3. Tickets
are free for all students for all
games at the RACC. All of the
Great Danes’ games can be heard
on Sports Talk 980, WOFX-AM.

Danes fall to
Orangemen

By JOHN PREDOVAN
Staff Writer

On Sunday, Preston
Shumpert reminded the UAlbany
Great Danes why he is a pre-sea-
son Wooden Award nominee for
college basketball player of the
year. The senior forward scored a
career-high 37 points and
grabbed eight rebounds in lead-
ing the undefeated Syracuse
Orangemen to a 91-65 win over
winless Albany in front of 8,200
fans at Pepsi Arena. .

At the beginning of the
game, it looked like the Great
Danes would give _ the
Orangemen a fair match. They
scored the first two points of the
game and were still in it when
freshman forward Chris Wyatt hit
a short jump shot with 16:29 to
go in the first half to make the
score 6-4, Syracuse. However,
Albany (0-5) did not score for the
next seven minutes, allowing
Syracuse (8-0) to score 18
straight points. Shumpert made
his first three 3-pointers during
that stretch. His totals for the
game were 12 for-24 from the
field, including 8-of-15 3-point
goals, and 5-for-6 from the line in
just 27 minutes of action.

“Today I looked for my shot
more and pressed the issue a little
more,” Shumpert said. “These
rims were real easy shooters rims,
too. I don’t know what it was, but
these were good rims.”

The Great Danes would
probably not agree. They made a
collective 9-of-39 field goals in
the first half for 23.1 percent.
They trailed Syracuse 45-23 at
the half. The stagnant Albany
offense was in large part due to
the. excellent ....defense. of
Orangemen’s junior guard,
Kieth Duany, who guarded
Albany sophomore guard E.J.
Gallup. Gallup came into the
game as the nations second lead-
ing scorer, at 25.2 points per
game. However, because of
Duany’s swarming defense, he
did not score at all for the first 19
minutes of the game. Gallup fin-
ished with a season low 14 points
on 5 of 25 field goal shooting,
including 2 for 15 from 3-point
range.

“He’s (as) quick as anyone
I’ve played against and he’s
long,” Gallup said. “Duany

played a great game defensively.”

If there was a strong perfor-
mance by any of the Great Danes,
it came from junior point guard
Earv Opong, who led Albany
with a career-high 19 points to go ©
along with 3 assists. Opong has
run the point for the Great Danes
very well all season, although his
solid play had not translated to
the stat sheet until this game. One
of the few highlights in the game
for Albany came with 9:31 left in
the first half. With the ball in
Opong’s hands on a 2-on-1 fast
break, Gallup spotted up at the 3-
point line as Opong drove the
lane with Syracuse forward
Hakim Warrick on him. Opong
looked at and faked the pass to
Gallup, which froze the defender.
The crowd was dazzled as Opong
then pulled it back and scored a
layup over Warrick.

“Of course, you want to
prove you’re no slouch against
the better teams,’ Opong said.
“You have to play hard.”

The Great Danes improved
their play somewhat in the sec-
ond half, but could never get back
into the game. Syracuse was
ahead by more than 20 points for
the entire period. Their biggest
lead was by 34, when freshman
guard Josh Pace made his first
free throw at 7:46 to make the
score 80-46.

“T’ve been at this level for a
while. That is avery, very, very
good team,” said UAlbany head
coach Scott Beeten after the
game. “They are extremely well-
coached. They have a little bit of
everything. They have a legiti-
mate chance to get to the Final
Four.” |

Game Notes: Syracuse now
leads the all-time series with
Albany 5-0. UAlbany has two
games left on its contract with
Syracuse. Both games will be at
Syracuse. Senior forward Will
Brand scored 14 points in 32
minutes for the Great Danes and
led the team with 8 rebounds.
UAlbany freshman __ guard,
Sequon Young, saw his first
action of the season against
Syracuse. In 14 minutes of play,
he scored four points, dished out
3 assists, and had a team-high 3
steals. One area that the Great
Danes were impressive in Sunday
was free throw shooting. They
were 15 for 19 from the charity
stripe for a season-best 78.9

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