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ALBANY.
STUDENT
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F NEW YORK AT ALBANY BY THE ALBANY STUDENT PRESS CORPORATION
Tuesday
October 6, 1987
NUMBER 25
Sudden snowfall leaves thousands in the dark
Alumni Quad loses lights, heat, hot water
By Colleen Deslaurier
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
An emergency generator in-
stalled early Monday morning
restored power to two Alumni
Quad buildings, but three others
still without heat, electricity and
hot water.
Sharing the same fate as much
of downtown Albany, Alumni
lost power Sunday morning due
to widespread damage to power
lines caused by an unexpected
snowstorm.
Alden and Waterbury halls —
the two halls that had electric ser-
vice restored by Monday — were
set up as a type of sanctuary for
residents of other halls.
The uptown campus was large-
ly unaffected by Sunday’s storm,
said Associate Vice President of
Student Affairs Henry Kirchner.
However, Zenger Hall on Col-
onial Quad lost power briefly, but
had it restored without incident.
Although many Albany road-
ways were obstructed by fallen
trees or branches, classes were not
suspended and the University is
operating on a normal schedule.
The loss of power on Alumni
was called ‘‘an emergency situa-
tion” by Kirchner. “‘It’s not a
trivial matter.””
The students’ safety was the
most of Monday in unheated and
unlit dorm rooms and others were
still without power Monday
night.
In Walden cafeteria joining the
two buildings, University Aux-
iliary Services served light snacks,
and students were encouraged to
spend time in the lit and heated
facility.
Alternate housing in uptown
suites was accessible for students
uncomfortable about remaining
downtown and Student Health
Services was prepared to house
anyone with health or medical
concerns.
Residents were encouraged to
seek housing with friends up-
town, off campus, or in Alden or
Waterbury, Kirchner said.
Doyle said posters were put up
throughout the quad informing
students where they could find
locations with heat and light.
The SUNYA bus service, which
couldn’t run Sunday, was re-
quired to change its route.
Because Western and Washington
avenues are inaccessible, the bus
is using Central Avenue to access
downtown students. Oo
Albany weathers storm but
suffers extensive damages
By Colleen Deslaurier
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
An estimated 89,000 residents
remained without power Monday
evening following Sunday’s sur-
prise storm that dumped over five
inches of snow on an unsuspec-
ting Capital District.
According to Niagara Mohawk
spokesman Nicholas Lyman,
almost 171,000 customers from
Albany, Schenectady and Colum-
bia counties lost service when the
storm hit Sunday morning and
NiMo officials say they cannot
estimate when full service will be
restored.
Insurance can cover damages
See page 7
Lyman said that there are
“thuge damages”’ to the city and
that a monumental effort was be-
ing made to clean up.
George Nelson, deputy com-
missioner of Public Works, ex-
plained that the damage was so
extensive because the very wet,
heavy. snow collected” on’ the
leaves of the trees. Later in the
winter when trees are bare, a
storm of this strength would not
have caused such damage.
Most of the propery damage
and trees being uprooted, which
pulled power lines down and
knocked over poles carrying the
lines.
Downed trees completely bar-
ricaded some streets, while other
roadways were roped off because
power lines were supporting
uprooted trees hanging over
roadways.
Throughout the Capital
District, downed power lines were
draped across roads, buildings
and cars, often forming a lattice
with branches.
“‘Hundreds, probably
thousands, of power lines were
down,”’ Lyman said.
One representative from NiMo
public relations office said that
not since 1984 have so many
residents lost power at once.
“It’s an incredible mess,”
Lyman said.
The amount of damage done to
Albany has not yet been estimated
because crews have just begun to
clean up the city, according to
Nealon.
Nealon said that over 100 peo-
ple have been working with trucks
and crews removing trees and
cleaning roads.
It will be a couple of days
primary concern, Kirchner said.
Public Safety officers were
dispatched to patrol the darkened
halls with flashlights and Residen-
tial Life staff was increased to
meet with emergency situations.
The fire and smoke alarm
system is working, but students
are requested not to use candles,
said Paul Doyle, associate direc-
tor of Residential Life.
While the Physical Plant staff
was “scurrying to get generators”
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when the loss of power was
discovered, Residential Life
began work on alternate housing
accomodations, Kirchner said.
The ‘‘comfort level’? was the
second most important issue of
the ordeal, Kirchner said. Some
residents went all day Sunday and
Today should be breezy and mild with
the sun yielding to clouds tonight and
lows reaching 45-50. There's a 90 per-
cent chance of rain Wednesday with a
high of 60. Expect Wednesday night to be
cool, with lows reaching into the low 40s.
The rest of the week should produce
rather cloudy days with occasional scat-
tered showers and cooler nights.
Aspects
Classified.
Digest.
Op-Ed
Sport:
Upcoming Events.
INSIDE: The University Gym may be con-
verted into a Paladium-style dance club
sometime this semester and highlight
Student Association's fall programming
calendar.
See page 9
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Sunday's freak snowstorm brought down thousands
of trees onto cars and power lines, stranding many
and leaving Alumni Quad and most downtown
residences without electricity for a day or more.
was caused by branches falling
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Aid available for part-time students
By Jill Kincade
Part-time students of New York colleges
are receiving $11 million in aid this year
from the state’s Higher Education Services
Corporation (HESC).
Although 200 to 300 SUNYA students
would be eligible, according to Director of
Financial Aid Donald Whitlock, only
about 15 percent have taken advantage of
the three-year-old program.
In order to be eligible for APTS a stu-
dent must be part-time, earning 6 to 11
credits; enrolled in an undergraduate pro-
gram; a New York resident and U.S.
citizen, permanent resident alien or
refugee; apply for a Pell Grant; have tui-
tion of at least $100; not have exhausted
TAP grants or other state financial aid;
and have no more than $22,000 annual
taxable income if dependent or $15,000 an-
nual taxable income if independent.
Application for a Pell Grant is required
because students may be eligible for other
assistance besides APTS.
TAP grants or other state aid should not
be used up because APTS is for
undergraduates and if other aid has been
expanded, it is an indication that the stu-
dent has already received four years of
assistance.
One of the HESC’s major concerns for
the entire state, as said by Jim McGill,
director of Field Services at HESC, is that
colleges are reimbursed for no more than
10 percent of the aid allocated to students
who did not fulfill grade requirements dur-
ing the semester.
Another issue for colleges is the ceiling
annual income.
According to Rick Tastor, the assistant
director of Financial Aid at SUNYA,
“The APTS program should try to in-
crease the income thresholds.”
SUNYA’s concern is that it has not fully
utilized its annually allocated money in
each of the past three years. -
Developed to help part-time student
receive financial aid for tuition, the APTS
program was initiated three years ago by
Sen. Kenneth P. LaValle (R-Suffolk) from
the Senate Education Committee.
The money is allocated from the state to
the colleges where recipients of the aid are
chosen. This ‘‘campus based’? program
differs from Tuition Assistance Program
grants, allocated from the state directly to
the student.
According to McGill, more private col-
leges utilize APTS than SUNY, but within
the SUNY system, the community colleges
and Agricultural colleges are the primary
users of APTS.
2 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS (1 TUESDAY; OCTOBER 6, 1987
NEWS BRIEFS
The Wodd ‘3
el
Arms ban in question
Moscow
(AP) Soviet officials said Monday that
U.S. plans to produce a new type of
chemical weapon could torpedo talks on a
chemical arms ban. They silenced a U.S.
envoy who sought to defend his govern-
ment’s policy.
Over the weekend, diplomats par-
ticipating in the Geneva talks on a
chemical weapons ban were flown to the
Shikhany military base in central Russia,
where they were shown an array of Soviet
chemical munitions.
It was the first time the Soviet Union put
on display weapons from its chemical
arsenal. Until this year, the Kremlin had
declined to confirm it had chemical
weapons, but Western defense experts
estimate the Soviets have more re chemical
munitions than any other power.
But Pikalov said the Soviets would not
disclose where all its chemical weapons are
stored until after the signing of an interna-
tional convention leading to the destruc-
tion of such weapons throughout the
world.
Monks appeal to U.N.
Lhasaitibet
(AP) Buddhist monks at Tibet’s three
leading monasteries issued a statement
Monday asking the United Nations to sup-
port their call for independence, and the
death toll from a _pro-independence
demonstration rose to 12.
“We Tibetans have asked the Chinese
who have occupied our country to leave,”’
said the statement issued by religious
leaders at the Sera, Ganden and Drepung
monasteries.
Madlen Huber, a Swiss tourist who ar-
tived Monday in Chengdu, Sichuan pro-
vince, which borders Tivet, said she saw
two jets arrive at the Lhasa airport Sunday
night and a third Monday morning. Each
carried at least 100 Chinese security
troops, she said.
The Nation
Court begins term
Washington, D.C.
(AP) Still one justice short, the Supreme
Court began its 1987-88 term by acting in
some 1,000 cases Monday, agreeing in ont
to decide the right of private clubs to keep
out women and racial minorities.
The court said it will review a New York
City law, similar to those in numerous
other cities, barring private clubs with
more than 400 members from adopting ex-
clusive membership policies.
But the justices refused to free the
PREVIEW OF EVENTS
prestigious Bohemian Club from a
California court order that it stop refusing
to hire women as employees.
The club’s 2,000 members, all of whom
are men, include President Reagan, former
Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald
R. Ford, Vice President George Bush and
several Cabinet members.
Therapy urged
(AP) Millions of Americans with high
cholesterol levels that previously went un-
treated should get intensive therapy, an ex-
pert panel said Monday in making sweep-
ing recommendations to doctors on
decreasing this major cause of heart
disease.
The recommendations, immediately en-
dorsed by the National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute, the American Heart
Association and other health groups, call
for doctors to aggressively prescribe diets
as the first therapy for high cholesterol
levels.
ot regimented diets that reduce fat and
cholesterol intake fail to decrease blood fat
levels, the panel said, then cholesterol-
lowering drugs should be used.
Dr. DeWitt S. Goodman of the Colum-
bia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons in New York City, the panel
chairman, told a news breifing that the
new recommendations differ from similar
guidelines form other groups in that they
give doctors a step-by-step program for
treating each type of patient.
The State
Teen-ager sentenced
Riverhead
(AP) A teen-ager who admitted hiring a
classmate to kill her father to end years of
sexual and physical abuse was sentenced to
six months in jail for manslaughter
Monday.
Cheryl Pierson, 18, whose case had
focused national attention on incest and
domestic violence, fainted in her cour-
u
teinccaenaa.
A stairway to heaven? Or just to the podium?
TYGAR UPS
troom chair when Suffolk County
Supreme Court Justice Harvey Sherman
announced the sentence.
Mistrial for Gates?
Hudson
(AP) The lawyer for quadruple-murder
suspect Wyley Gates says he’d have to
“think seriously” about asking for a
mistrial as a Columbia County Court jury
deliberated for a fifth day without a
verdict.
Gates, a former high school honors stu-
dent, is charged with killing his fathers
Robert Gates Sr., 39; his brother, Robert
Gates Jr., 19; his cousin, Jason Gates, 3;
and father’s girlfriend, Cheryl Brahm, 36;
in East Chatham on Dec. 13, 1986. Gates
was 17 at che time.
The six-man, six-woman jury returned
to deliberate at 10:30 a.m., but was se-
questered for the night about 6:30 p.m. It
has so far deliberated for 42 hours.
The jury spent 1% hours Monday after-
noon re-hearing the testimony of Colum-
bia County Undersheriff James Bertram
and State Police Investigator Thomas
Salmon. Bertram was the first person at
the scene the night of the killings and
Salmon had interviewed Gates prior to his
arrest.
City drive praised
New York
(AP) After the city undertakes a massive
voter registration drive targeted at 5
million elegible voters, at least one promi-
nent New York official would like to see
the attempt expanded to the rest of the
state.
The state’s highest ranking Republican,
Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, said the voter
registration drive is such a good idea it
should be expanded outside New York
City.
The drive announced Sunday by Mayor
Edward I. Koch can be expected to bring
in far more Democratic voters than
Republicans, while a registration drive else
where in the state might have the opposite
effect.
There was no partisan talk, however,
during the announcement at Gracie Man-
sion. Koch was flanked by D’Amato,
Democratic Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
and several members of the state’s House
delegation.
— Correction ——
In the Oct. 2 issue of the Albany Student
Press, speakers at Wednesday’s anti-Bork
rally were reported to have represented
various student groups. In fact, the only
group sponsoring and having speakers at
the rally was Students Opposed to Bork.
We regret the error.
Free listings
TUESDAY, OCT. 6
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance
meets every Tuesday at 8:30
p.m. in CC 373. All are
welcome.
The Closing of the American
Mind by Allen Bloom will be
reviewed by Helen Desfosses
at 12:15 p.m. in the Albany
Public Library.
Open Forum on Personal Safe-
ty sponsored by the Presi-
dent’s Task Force on
Women’s Safety, will be held
at 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in CC
Assembly Hall. Refreshments
will be served.
The American Marketing
Association will hold a
meeting for all new and return-
ing members at 7:15 p.m.inSS
256.
International Film Series
featuring some of the finest
classics will start tonight in
the College Center
Auditorium, Union College at
7:30 p.m. All films are free. For
more info., call 370-6172.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7
The Office of Internatioal Pro-
grams will hold a general in-
terest meeting for students
wanting to study abroad at 7
p.m. in HU 354.
Roman Catholic Community
Council will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in CC 373. All are welcome.
Central Council meets every
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in CC
375.
Outing Club meets every
Wednesday at 8 p.m. in LC 22.
All students interested in
climbing, hiking, biking, or
having fun in the outdoors, are
invited.
University Action for the
Disabled will meet at 7 p.m. in
the Center for Computing and
Disability in LCB 27.
Career Day will be held from 9
am. to 4 p.m. in the CC
Ballroom. Sponsored by Delta
Sigma Pi and UAS.
Dr. Marcia Heiman will
discuss “Learning to Learn:
Improving Academic Perfor-
mance Across the Cur-
riculum” at 12:40 p.m. in the
Bush Memorial Center at the
Russel Sage Troy Campus.
Admission is free.
Interviewing Skills Workshop,
sponsored by the American
Marketing Association and
presented by Brett Morgan,
Director of Executive
Recruiting for May Dept.
Stores, will be held at 7 p.m. in
CC Assembly Hall.
THURSDAY, OCT. 8
Internal Affairs Committee of
Central Council will meet in
the SA office at 7 p.m.
Undergraduate minority
students are invited to a gala
reception in the Patroon
Lounge from 3 p.m to 5 p.m.
Sponsored by Minority Stu-
dent Services. Refreshments
will be served.
FRIDAY, OCT. 9
Pre-Law Association is spon-
soring the 9th Annual Law
School Fair from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in
the CC Ballroom.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1987 () ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3
Elections to be held
Student Association elections will be
held today and Wednesday for Central
Council representatives and freshman
class officers.
One representative from State and
Dutch Quads will be elected, along with
three from Colonial and two
Indian.
Voting will take place between 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m. in the
Flag Room on the Uptown Quads and in
the Walden Cafeteria for Alumni
residents from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and
from 5 to 7 p.m. Off campus students
may vote in the Campus Center between
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A tax sticker, which may be obtained
in Copies Plus or at the polling area, is
required to vote. To obtain a tax sticker,
students must show proof of payment of
the student activity fee.
Officer’s file sealed
Former University Public Safety Of-
ficer Vincent Leddy appeared in court
Thursday after being charged with first-
degree reckless endangerment. However,
his file has been ordered ‘‘sealed’’ by
Judge John Keegan, according to the
Albany Police Court Clerk.
Student Association attorney Joe
Zumbo said that when a file is ‘‘sealed,””
it is no longer a public record, and is
therefore not accessible to the public.
Reasons for sealing a file include pending
dismissal of charges or plea bargaining to
a lesser charge.
Leddy resigned from Public Safety 17
days after being suspended without pay
after he allegedly threatened a teenager
with his gun. He was charged Aug. 24
and released on $10,000 bail.
Leddy first appeared in Albany Police
Court Sept. 17 , at which point his case
was adjourned to Oct. 1.
TAs denied union
Graduate and teaching assistants
throughout the State University of New
York system were recently denied the
right to form collective bargaining units
by the Public Employement Relations
Board.
Approximately 3,700 students
statewide would have been eligible for the
same rights and benefits as university
faculty and staff had the proposal which
included items such as health insurance,
higher wages, and clearer job descrip-
tions, been passed.
University officials as well, as a
representative of the Public Employe-
ment Relations Board argue that the
assistants are primarily students and their
employment status is secondary.
The Graduate Student Employees
Union plans to appeal the ruling before
the Employment Relations Board.
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Its name is Luka
When Suzanne Vega sings about Luka,
it is highly unlikely that she was singing
about the abuse of the Student Associa-
tion van. But when a few Central Council
members thought about naming the new
van, the song came to mind. Hence, if|
the van could speak, it might just say to)
an unsuspecting SA group, ‘‘Hello, my|
name is Luka,””
The name was chosen because the SA
van usually gets abused, and the Lukain
the song gets abused, according to Cen-
tral Council chair Sara Meyer.
The old van, Ellie, was traded in
because it was hard to-handle and park,
said Meyer. ‘*The new van holds about
seven to eight people, is better to handle,
and gets into less accidents,”’ she said.
— compiled by Colleen Deslaurier and
Laurie Stillwell
Condom accessibility increasing
DAVID MORRELL UPS
Condom machines are making their appearance on campus.
Vending becoming more common
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — This fall, a
seemingly endless string of campuses has ad-
ded condoms to the candy bars, sodas,
cigarettes and other items students can buy in
local vending machines.
Once confined to rural gas stations and
sleazy bars, condom vending machines now
can be found at the universities of Min-
nesota, California at Santa Cruz, Bellevue
Community College in Washington, Cincin-
nati, Nebraska and Florida, among scores of
other campuses.
Dozens of others are busily debating the
propriety of making the devices available.
The reason, the condom sponsors said, is
to help control the spread of AIDS (acquired
immune deficiency syndrome), the deadly
disease transmitted through sexual inter-
course or intravenous drug use.
The sponsors add the vending machines
give students anonymous, convenient
24-hour access to condoms, an important
value because sexual encounters are often
unplanned and spontaneous.
‘‘We’re an educational institution,” said
Jane Harris of Bellevue Community College.
“We educate people about a lot of things,
and one of those things is sexually transmit-
ted diseases.”” Condom vending machines
were installed in men and women’s restrooms
in Bellevue’s student center in May.
‘People often aren’t thinking during the
day about what they’ll be doing at night,”’
said Dr. Linda Pneuman, a physician at the
University of Colorado’s student health
center, where the Colordo AIDS task force
has recommended installing vending
machines.
University of New Mexico health center
Director Dr. Olga Eaton believes ‘“‘condoms
are a very good way of preventing the spread
of sexually transmitted diseases.””
UNM is toying with the idea of installing
the machines.
“Dispensers encourage people to use con-
doms,”’ said Dr. Mark Mitzberg of the
University of California-Santa Cruz student
health center, where condom machines were
installed earlier this year. ‘“The machines
serve as a reminder of safe sex.””
“Some people feel very self-conscious
about buying this kind of product,” said
Tom Roberts of the University of California-
Santa Barbara AIDS task force.
Given the choice of asking a clerk at the
university’s pharmacy for a condom or
avoiding embarassment, many students
opted not to buy condms at all, he said.
“I think it’s a good idea,’’ said University
of New Mexico junior Steve Gray. ‘‘The
more they’re available, the more careful peo-
ple will be. If there’s anonymity, people are
more apt to buy them.””
Still, “condom vending machines are not
the only answer,’’ said Betty Newcomb of
the University of California-Irvine AIDS
education committee.
Some critics, in fact, say the condoms are
not even a good answer.
Last week, researchers at the University of
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By Alanna Devine
The proposal for the creation of a
master’s degree program in Latin
American and Caribbean Studies was ap-
proved by University Senate Monday.
The Department has been working on
the proposal for the last five years, accor-
ding to Dr. James Wessman, an associate
professor in Latin American and Carib-
bean Studies.
The issue was also presented at the last
Senate meeting in the spring.
The proposal will be sent to the State
Education Department for approval.
“There are no other programs like this
within the state,’” Wessman said. He said
that currently New York University, Col-
umbia University and SUNY Buffalo all
offer master’s degree programs in this
area but they are “‘basically more focused
on literature and language,’ said
Wessman.
““We’ve made a very strong area pro-
gram, emphasizing on the history and
contemporary social conditions of Latin
America,”” Wessman said.
5 i SE
Latin/Caribbean master’s
program approved by Univ.
Dispensers at
Health Services
By Jeanette Rodriguez
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Condoms are now available from ven-
ding machines on campus for a trial
period.
The decision to install condom
dispensers was made last June following a
University Council resolution. Machines
were set up in the Student Health Services
restrooms in late September.
Educational materials will be provided
in conjunction with the condoms, since
policy prohibits sale of condoms without
providing information pamphlets.
According to Norman Dennis, a
Medical doctor at Student Health Services,
the sale of condoms was delayed because
the Educational pamphlets had not arrived
on time.
The vending machines are and will re-
main on trial until any council member or
the vice president of Student Affairs brings
up the issue at the next University Council.
Then Council will decide whether or not to
implement the vending machines
throughout the campus.
The location of the vending machines
around campus is still in question, but sug-
gestions for possible locations include
bathrooms and laundry rooms.
Open vending areas, such as in the LCs
or Campus Center, were ruled out in con-
sideration of the schol’s inage.
“Parent’s Weekend, for example, is an
occasion where the location of these ven-
ding machines would come into question,””
Kirchner said.
Location will also depend on the
availability and supply of machines from
the vending company.
This initiative comes as a result of the
University’s desire to take preventative
measures concerning AIDS.
Other Universities have also tried the
Condom-vending machines.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
reported Sept.16 that in Queensland,
Australia the plainclothes detectives, ac-
ting on orders from the State Government
used crow bars to take the machines off
walls at Griffith and Queensland
Universities.
A representative of the State Student
Association in Queensland said condoms
would be distributed free on the campuses
until the machines were returned.
It is the only state, out of six, in
Australia where condom-vending
machines are illegal. oO
The degree program is expected to be
added to SUNYA’s graduate program by
next fall.
Wessman anticipates an enrollment of
about five to six students to this graduate
program per year.
The reason for the formation of the
master of arts in Latin American and
Caribbean Studies can be attributed
largely to SUNYA’s faculty, consisting
of twenty-two members who specialize in
Latin American Studies.
University administrators do not an-
ticipate needing to hire any additional
faculty. Instead, SUNYA will take ad-
vantage of the existing faculty’s
expertise.
The degree requirements will consiste
of core courses in regional and cultural
studies in Latin America and the
Caribbean:
Courses in public policy, international
relations and language will also be re-
quired, as well as the completion of a
proficiency language exam in a relevant
foreign language. jie
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COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE —
Students are applying to more
campuses and becoming ‘‘more
sophisticated’’ in choosing which
one to attend, two recent surveys
indicate.
. The phenomenon may help ex-
plain the mystery of why, when
there are fewer 18-year-olds in the
populations, colleges are receiv-
ing record numbers of
applications.
‘*Students,’’ said Kristin
Persson of College Connections,
a New York-based marketing
firm that works with colleges,
“have become smarter
consumers.””
In 1986, about 60 percent of the
freshmen at private colleges ap-
plied to four or more schools, a
survey released earlier this year by
the American Council on Educa-
the University of
= California at Los Angeles said.
Nearly 30 percent of the
students applied to at least six
colleges.
1 At public colleges, one third of
the freshmen surveyed said they
applied to at least four schools.
UCLA’s Marilyn Schalit said
that statistics compiled during the
last 20 years indicate more
students now apply to more than
Name was
= |Studies say students are becoming
sophisticated in choosing acollege
“Students have become
smarter consumers.’’
— Kristin Persson
tion’s college freshmen applied to
just one school, Schalit said. But
in 1986, only 35.3 percent applied
to just one school.
“Tt was predicted that fewer
18-year-olds would mean colleges
and universities would receive
fewer applications,’’ said
Persson. “‘But that just hasn’t
happened. A higher proportion
of 18-year-olds are enrolling in
colleges.”
“Students are realizing how
competitive it is, and they’re
preparing better by taking courses
to prepare for the SATs and
ACTs,’’ Persson explained.
“They’re also taking a better look
at more colleges.”’
“A few years ago, a college’s
themost important
thing. That’s not true any more,”
added John Klockentager, vice
president of Buena Vista College
in Iowa.
.Schools, such as the University of
Towa, are now more closely ex-
amining their own needs and
goals and choosing schools more
carefully, he said.
Students also are shopping
around to see which schools offer
the best financial aid programs,
said Dr. Kenneth C. Green of
UCLA.
Students’ increasing sophistica-
tion — and the dwindling number
of 18-year-olds — has forced col-
leges and universities to adopt
more aggressive marketing techni-
ques, Green said. Schools have
successfully maintained enroll-
ment levels by appealing to older
students and emphasizing
graduate programs.
But the number of 18-year-olds
will decline by 60 percent between
1988 and 1995, he added, forcing
campuses to recruit more
creatively.
one ‘college. Students who in past years “The worst is yet to come,”
In 1967, more than half the na- would apply to the state’s larger said Green.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1987 (1) ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 5
SA officials exploring Mayfest ’88 alternatives
By Peter Jones
Moving Mayfest off campus is one alter-
native being discussed among Student
Association officials as a solution to its
previous financial problems.
SA Programming Director Rob Berke
said that hosting a big-name band off cam-
pus and booking a local band for a campus
concert are the two possiblities currently
under consideration.
Last year’s loss of more than $30,000
the second time in a row has led to the
discussion about SUNYA’s Mayfest
tradition.
Featured last year were Joan Jett and
the Blackhearts, Toots and the Maytals,
and the Ramones.
Formerly an outdoor spring concert ser-
ving alcohol and food, Mayfest’s decline is
being attributed to a number of factors.
Many say that raising the drinking age
to 21 has affected audience turnout; others
claim the University’s restriction on au-
dience size has hampered the profitablilty.
A ceiling on ticket sales of 11,000 was
instituted for safety reasons by University
President Vincent O’Leary and SA of-
ficials claim this had made hiring a big-
name band unfeasible.
The concern was that a big-name band
would attract a large number of non-
paying members of the public, whose
presence could prove detrimental to the
University community.
Berke, who is ultimately responsible for
the festival’s planning, agrees with the ad-
ministration’s audience regulation policy.
He is not working with the University
Concert Board (UCB) to develop ideas to
provide a successful event which conforms
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to safety and budget guidelines.
With Mayfest ’88 roughly eight months
away, planning is still in beginning stages.
The proposal to move the concert to a
spacious off-campus location to ac-
comodate a large audience would produce
higher revenues because of increased ticket
volume, Berke explained.
It would be possible and desirable to
contract a top-flight musical act to attract
both students and the general public.
If this proposal were adopted, Mayfest
may be more likely to break even financial-
ly, and the campus would be spared the
threat of unruly crowds.
The second proposal under review main-
tains the on-campus location, but
Cheating remains common on campuses
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — Sen. Joseph
Biden (D-Del.) may have been embar-
rassed by revelations that, as a student in
1965, he cheated on a law school paper,
but cheating remains widespread on
American campuses today, various
sources say.
Thirty to 50 percent of all college
students say they’ve cheated during their
academic careers, reseacher William Raf-
fetto found in a Carnegie commission
report in 1985,
Duke, Indiana, Pennsylvania and
Georgia universities, among others,
reported increases in the number of ac-
cusations—though not necessarily of-
fenses—from the 1985-86 to the 1986-87
school years.
substitutes local bands for the single, big-
name bands.
This plan would require a reduced ex-
penditure so that ticket revenue generated
by a smaller University-only audience
would be sufficient for the venture to
break even.
Planners particularly wish to avoid a
situation comparible to the one at Mayfest
’87 — a medium-popularity band for an
on-campus concert, charging a concert fee
too great to recoup from a limited
audience.
It is still too early to predict band selec-
tions, according to UCB President Allen
Weinberg. Choices are initially governed
by. band availability.
At Duke, accusations of cheating in-
crease when individual professors take
steps to curb academic dishonesty, said
Dean of Student Life Sue Wasiolek.
Twenty-three students were charged with
cheating during the 1986-87 academic
year, she said; 14 were charged the
previous year and 12 were accused of
cheating during 1984-85.
The increase is not due to a cam-
puswide, organized crackdown,
Wasiolek said, but because individual
faculty members have become more
aware of the problem.
On Sept. 17, Biden—a candidate for
the Democratic presidential nomina-
tion—admitted that he’d turned in a
The security issue is a large considera-
tion. Public Safety Director Jim Williams
said that up to 20 overtime officers are
dispatched to the concert in case of
emergencies or incidents.
Although there were no major problems
at last year’s Mayfest, Williams said, SA
officials were reportedly dissatified with
the security guards hired to supplement th
Public Safety force.
Apparently there was no intervention
when some of the Mayfest crowd toppled
at least one occupied Porta-John.
Allegedly, SA is now considering
augmenting police forces from the nearby
New York State Police Academy. oO
paper as a first-year law student at
Syracuse University in 1965 that included
5 pages lifted directly from a published
law review article.
Schools, in fact, are more vigilant in
watching students these days.
Indeed, an Aug. 31 the University of
Texas’s Measurement and Evaluation
Center boasted. that its new practice of
photographing students had helped
decreased cheating on placement exams.
Texas also okayed, without endorsing,
a teaching assistant’s practice of sear-
ching student’s backpacks as they enter
his class to take tests.
Yale suspended 8 students Sept. 4 for
the fall semester for allegedly cheating on
a take-home physics exam last spring. (1
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cover property damage caused by
the freak snowstorm that struck
eastern New York Sunday, in-
surance experts said.
Insurance companies consider
the storm an ‘‘act of God,”’ and
will accept damage claims from
their policy holders, state In-
surance Superintendent James
Corcoran said Monday.
People should find a copy of
their policy and claim filing pro-
cedures, Corcoran said.
There are often restrictions on
policies covering damage to
homes and vehicles, he said.
Generally, policies pay for
damage caused by the falling trees
property, but not for removal of
fallen limbs that caused no pro-
perty damage or for damage to
trees or shrubs themselves.
Food spoilage because of
power loss is usually not covered,
but damage to electrical ap-
pliances because of power surges
may be covered by some policies.
Injuries or death of pets
because of loss of heat is not
usually covered.
All claims are subject to deduc-
tibles built into most policies.
The storm Sunday was the
worst recorded snowfall in Oc-
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Weather Service in Albany. As
much as 20 inches fell in some
and limbs, even the damage caus-
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parts of the Catskills.
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homes and cars. At the peak,
more than 175,000 utility
customers were without power in
Albany, Columbia, Montgomery,
Greene, Dutchess and Rensselear
counties.
Gov. Mario Cuomo declared
those counties disaster areas.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1987 () ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 9
Univ. Gym may become-temporary dance club
All proceeds from Club Coca-Cola event to benefit Special Olympics
By Lisa M.N. Isaacs
A Paladium-style dance club at
the gym may be an alternative toa
dreary Saturday night at the
movies or LP’s next month.
Club Coca-Cola is working
through Brian Winthrop Interna-
tional Entertainment Agency with
Student Association on a cam-
paign to benefit the Special Olym-
pics. Pending final University
authorization, the event will be
held Nov. 21.
The gym will be transformed
into a two-tier dance floor on
20-foot scaffolding around the
perimeter of the gym.
BWI Director of Special Events
Matt Winthrop said the conver-
sion involves people working for
five to six hours with equipment
from two 18-wheelers ‘‘coming in
and transforming a gymnasium
into Club Coca-Cola.”
Winthrop described Club
Coca-Cola as an “awesome dance
club modeled after the Paladium
and Studio 54.’”
Also part of the show is a fog
machine, a 2500-watt stereo
system, six 15-foot video screens
and Max Headroom,
One distinct feature of the Club
Coca-Cola event is its lack of
alcohol. Coca-Cola beverages will
be served free throughout the
JONATHAN WAKS UPS
SUNYA’s gym will be
modeled after the
Paladium, ‘‘the
hottest place in [New
York] city.’’
— Rob Berke
evening. SA Programming Direc-
tor Rob Berke said he does have
high hopes for the evening.
Winthrop added that ‘‘dances
are usually boring without
alcohol,’’ but since Club Coca-
Cola is so ‘‘awesome,’’ people
will attend more readily, even
One other concern was for the
gym floor, that the structures and
dancing would ruin the surface.
To alleviate the problem there
will be a one-half inch protective
mat that ‘everyone could walk
with razor blades on,” Berke
BWI organized and promoted
the event, promising Special
Olympics 50 shows on campuses
throughout the Northeast at
$10,000 donations each. Win-
throp said Coca-Cola chose to
participate because BWI ‘‘creates
a good image’’ for Coke.
guaranteed $10,000 a show, each
college was offered an option,
Winthrop said.
One option is for the school to
pay $10,000 up front, as a ‘‘direct
donation’? to Special Olympics,
but then to pocket any additional
profit from ticket sales.
The other option, Winthrop of-
fered is if Coke provides the show
for free, the admission is set at $5.
Winthrop said, ‘‘Whatever we
collect goes to Special Olympics.’’
Berke feels that one reason
SUNYA was approached with the
offer was because the campus is
primarily a Pepsi campus, and
Coca-Cola ‘‘wants to make their
presence known.”
Winthrop said SUNYA was
picked because ‘‘graphicially
[SUNYA is] in a good area’’ and
with a large student population.
Both Berke and Winthrop
thought the program was good
because it gave students an ‘‘alter-
native thing to do on a Saturday
night.”’
Berke said the program should
go over well since it’s modeled
after the Paladium, the ‘hottest
place in the city.””
Student Association President
despite there being no alcohol. said.
Since the Special Olympics was
Matt Doddo said, “It’s going to
be great!’” oO
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October 6, 1987
Best Seller at the
top of the list
(Best Seller” with James Woods and
Brian Dennehy. Directed by John Flynn.
From Orion Pictures. Rated R.)
t is very rare with today’s movies
that one actually wishes a movie
were longer than it was. It is also
very rare that a movie which combines an
original plot, great direction, and compell-
ing acting is released at such an odd time|
of the year. Yet, tor the money, Orion
Pictures’ Best Seller is # well thought-out,
mysterious detective yarn that will have}
viewers mesmerized and afficionados of |
the same genre beating down the theatre
doors to get in.
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The film starts with a flashback. A Nix-|
on campaign truck pulls up in front of aj
police depository and three armed men]
enter the complex. Through the aid of an|
inside informant, they make off with 2.4
million dollars. In the process, the infor-
mant and three other cops are killed. |
However, one cop does survive. This
cop, Dennis Meechum (Brian Dennehy)
goes on to write a gritty best seller about|
the robbery. Fifteen years later, Meechum|
is still on the force and still writing.
During a routine bust, Meechum is in-
jured while chasing a criminal in a
warehouse. When he is trapped, who
should be there to rescue him but a
mysterious hit man, James Cleaver (James
Woods). os
Cleaver later contacts Meechum to ask
him to write a novelization of his activities
of the last 15 years. It seems that he has
been working for the mastermind of the!
1972 robbery, David Madlock (Paul
Shenar), who is the head of the con-
glomerate started with the stolen money.
Cleaver’s sole purpose was to dispose of
the company’s enemies in the way he
knew best. And, after a falling-out, he
wants revenge.
Cleaver leads a skeptical Meechum
through several murder sites until he con-
vinces him of the truth, and soon they
both pursue Madlock with full force
this
Veteran comedy writer Larry Cohen (It's
Everything works in picture.
Alive) weaves a dandy thriller with his
first dramatic sc
ript, full of tough dialogue
and ironic twists, And relative newcomer
John Flynn's directing charges the action
with just the right texture. He very effec-
tively captures the smoky, sweaty feel of
classic film-noir and blends it with the nail-
biting action of such classic cop films as
Serpico and The French Connection.
What really this film to
greatness is the fine acting of Dennehy
and Woods. Woods plays the psychopath
elevates
with such steadiness that the viewer can
almost sympathize with him, He makes a
very unlikely hero, yet there is still the in-
herent danger in his character. Woods
gives this character an icy. quirky feel that
makes Cleaver almost human. Dennehy
eludes a gentle exterior which is teddy-
bearish at times, but gives Meechum the
hard, cold interior of a burned-out cop.
All this adds up to a gripping, roller-'
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breathe new life into the dying art of
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Leppard’s roar
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Thursday night, October 1, for the
opening date of their Hysteria
Tour. It was the band’s first concert in the
US. in three years, and it marked a return
to this area after an absence of six years
T.R. McNeil
In this case, however, time had not
taken its toll, for Def Leppard was back
and as strong as ever.
There was some doubt as to the ability
of the group to bounce back after such a
long absence. Def Leppard had been
plagued with several production problems
on their
new album,
including an
automobile accident that claimed the left
arm of drummer Richard Allen. Many
people had counted Allen out of the pic-
ture after the accident, but he has made a
strong comeback and his performance put
all doubts to rest.
Allen played on a unique electronic
Simmons drum kit. The drums had been
set up with an array of foot pedals that
allowed him to access any piece in his kit,
So, while pounding away with his right
arm, he hits the bass drum with his right
foot and the other pedals with his left. His
performance was flawless and left one
wondering why every drummer hasn’t
switched to his system and thus expanded
their own capabilities.
In addition to being the only band
around with a one-armed drummer, Def
Leppard brought with them an unusual
stage production. Instead of placing the
stage at one end of the oval arena, as is the
norm, it was situated in the center of it.
This created two separate front rows,
while doubling front row exposure. It also
brought the show closer to everyone in
the building and set an entirely different
atmosphere for a rock concert.
The group spent the entire show roam-
ing from one side of the stage to the other
The drum riser was at center stage and oc-
casionally revolved to different positions
revealing Allen’s elaborate setup. Show
time was distributed as equally as possible
to both sides by each band member. All
this combined to make Def Leppard’s “in
the round” experience highly successful
The band excelled both as a group and
as individuals. The two-guitar attack of
Steve Clark and Phil Collen emerged as a
homogenized, well-coordinated effort that
featured both guitarists, instead of a
rhythmilead guitar format, Each man
displayed ample creativity and talent for
their solos. Their playing was right on,
note for note, with both old and new
material.
As far as techinque was concerned,
’ was the word of the night. The
entire band sported wireless hook-ups to
the amps. Bassist Rick Savage even had a
headset microphone that was cordless.
This proved to be an absolute necessity as
the night went on.
“wireles
Lead singer Joe Elliot hasn’t changed
much stylistically since the group's first
album, On Through the Night. He and the
others were only sixteen or seventeen at
the time of its release. Time has, however,
given him more vocal strength and power.
Elliot screamed notes at will and showed
no strain whatsoever. The stage allowed
him to wander around and effectively in-
teract with everyone. He flashed the occa-
sional heavy rock power stance and seem-
ed right at home performing in the round.
Def Leppard’s set started and ended ear-
ly, lasting about an hour and a half. They
played a good mix of old and new songs,
but neglected songs from their tirst album.
That was a mistake that many commented
on after the show.
Songs like “Hit ‘n’ Run” and “Let It Go”
solidly represented the High ‘n’ Dry
album. Many of their new songs, though,
seemed to drift into the “formula rock”
area. (That's when a band takes a riff and
combines it with a strong chorus that is
repeated over and over with a little or
nothing for words between each chorus,
similar to “Bad,” the newest chart single
for Michael Jackson, who was Def's big-
gest rival in 1984.) “Armageddon It” was
the only song from Hysteria that was an
exception to this.
Pyromania, the band’s biggest album,
was also well represented. When it came
time for “Rock of Ages,” Elliot turned it
into a medley of “Come Together” and
“Whole Lotta Love” as well
Tesla was the opening act of the con-
cert. They are a heavy rock band that falls
into the “rising star” category, It was a nice
change to see a warm up band that was
not confined to a 10’ x 30’ area, and they
benefited greatly from this freedom.
Tesla has a strong local following, and
the audience was enthusiastic during their
show. The set closed with their current
release, “Cowboy In A Modern Time,”
and really set the mood for Def Leppard’s
appearance. Overall, Tesla more than held
their own and showed that they know
how to play for a big audience. Be looking
for more from these boys from the left
coast. i
October 6, 198
|Aspects on Tuesday 11
Carnival atmosphere at ESIPA
pening ESIPA’s tenth anniversary
season was Carnival, a musical
which shares events in the life of a
particular orphaned Lili, who joined the
circus. Lili is a picture of innocence and
small townness. She's thrilled by the sim-
ple tricks of the Don Juan magician, Mar-
co the Magnificent, and immediately falls
in love with him. The struggle is bitter for
Lili between her love for Marco and the
constant reproval of Paul the puppeteer,
for whose character Lili develops an
affection.
Lynn Matyjewicz
The play begins with a sad, lonely har-
monica playing “Love Makes The World
Go Round” as the circus awakens. The cast
makes a good portrayal of boredom and
despondence showing right away the poor
condition of “B.F. Schlegal and Com-
pany.’ Mi Sdhlegal. the old Austtiamdl
cus owner, tries to enthuse them and
make everything right in his sad, grand-
fatherly way. The mood is set.
At ESIPA, there is no curtain. The
scenery changes
smooth, making it seem as if the circus was
merely closing for the night and the crew
was putting away the props. A “tent” was
raised and lowered when it showtime or
practice or sleeptime. The sets were simple
and just right for the has-been circus.
Buildings stacked upon one another gave
it a European feeling, as it was set in
France.
were fast and
Carnival is a fun play, with its jugglers
and acrobats. Yet it has a story of some
sophistication that adults, students, and
children alike can enjoy. Even the han-
dicapped enioyed the play: there. were
two women translating it in sign language
with all the emotion of the actors.
The performers had special talents
besides their proficiency in acting and
singing. Marco the Magician had a few
tricks under his belt, plus one or two that
he hadn't mastered so well. He was also a
fencer and bullfighter at times. Paul the
puppeteer manipulated his “friends” well
and had voices for Carrot Top the Walrus
(‘I'm just flesh and blubber”), Marguerite,
and Horrible Henry, the Pilfering Fox
Also, there was talent from SUNY
Albany in the show.: Jugglers: Andrew
Buermeyer and Michael Clancy had roles.
They heard of the play through area magi-
cian, Jim Smack, tutor for Marco, and
decided to audition. They added to the
“carnival”-type atmosphere of the show
Although entertaining, the play was a
bit lengthy and slow.All the songs were
good, but some should have been
eliminated. By the second act, it was dif-
ficult to continue listening to Paul's melan-
choly solos. For the most part, the show's
songs, conducted by Uel Wade, were
energetic and foot-tapping. When it came
to singing a slow song, though, the au-
dience wasn’t ready for it.
At the start, star Lili, played by Ann
Brown, was “innocent” and “honest” but,
after two and a half hours, she was
“stupid” and “annoying.” There were
three hours of Paul bitterly chastising Lili
and two minutes of them being in love.
This could have been divided far more
evenly. Paul's insults were extremely
harsh and his criticisms of Lili very str-
ingent. By the fourth or fifth time he in-
sulted her, it was more than enough.
However, the characters
believable. The goodness Paul displayed
was so-channeled through his puppets,
that one didn’t look forward to Paul com-
ing out from behind his puppets’ stage. It
disappeared once he dropped the pup-
petry facade, so that the audience so
preferred his creations — the warm, fun-
ny, sad puppets — to the actual man. Mar-
co was the perfect stereotypical Spanish
stud, with his egotistical attitude toward
women.
Seventeen-year-old Lili looked about
30, but acted naive, like a seventeen year
old. Her naivete made one want to shake
her and shout, “Wake up Lilill” It was a
happy thing when she presumably moved
on to other things at the end of the show,
unlike middle-aged Marco the Magnifi-
cent and his assistant and mistress, the In-
comparable Rosalie. Their existance is on a
continuum: he will always cheat on her,
and she will always tolerate it. They will
continue to do show after show after
show . . . Lili’s character development was
laudable and timely.
Carnival, written by Michael Stewart
with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill, is
another successful ESIPA production in
spite of its occasional weaknesses. We can
look forward to more quality productions
were
such as this as their tenth anniversary
season progresses. ia]
The truth about locker room talk
ob was cornered in the kitchen by
three curious women. They forced
him into the crevice between the
retrige.ator and tie butcher viock cable.
The truth was demanded from him:;
‘What do you mean, ‘Do guys really talk
about it.” he tried to avoid the question. “I!
don’t have to answer that. Ask someone
else.”
Evelyn Snitofsky
But the search for the truth about
“locker room talk” would not be deserted.
The fervor with which Rob struggled that
day in the kitchen merely proved, at least
for the moment, that men were indeed
guilty of sexual braggarty. When he final-
ly broke down under pressure, Rob had
nearly spilled the beans on the entire male
population.
“Yeah, we talk about it. But what's the
big deal? It's not malicious talk, just con-
versation. You women make too much of
a big deal out of these things. Jeez.’
“Exactly how much do you talk?” I pro-
bed. But it was too late, for Rob had
squirmed out of the kitchen corner and
escaped.
“Locker room talk” is not just a myth, or
something confined to Porky's movies.
When my father, a varsity football coach,
dragged me, then a ten-year-old tomboy,
through the men’s locker room to his of-
fice, I heard things that would have made
a girl scout’s head spin. The players spoke
lovingly of their past, present, and future
sexual endeavors as their shoulder pads
went on. They had fascinating nicknames
for the various parts of the anatomy. They
drew diagrams. And while they laughed
and bragged and admired one another, I
CHOWERD
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I eal
il Poop wey
Says Steve, “If you have a deep emo-
tional attachment, you're not going to talk
at all. But if you don’t have a particular
fondness for this girl, at least not yet, it's
| more likely you'll talk. But even then, on-
ly with your closest friends.
“Of course, if it’s going to make a guy
look good,” reasons Steve, “like if he picks
up a hot girl at a party and takes her
home, he'll be sure to talk. And if he
doesn t initiate the details, his iriends will
provoke kim to. But if she’s his girlfriend
or she is a possibility for a long-term rela-
tionship, that’s a different story. Men
won't give explicit details about the
women they love.”
This seems to be the general consensus
of most men. In summation, the whole
logic behind ‘locker room talk’ can be
compared, appropriately, to conversation
about football. Talk of the Superbowl in-
stood with my ear to the door of Dad's of-
fice and took notes to entertain my friends
when | got home.
Rob later confessed that he and his
friends do talk about their dates, and in
quite a bit of detail about their dates’ sex-
ual performance. But not in a malicious
way, of course.
“Men talk, but they don't label girls as
‘easy’ or ‘slutty.’ My friends don't judge
gitls the way girls judge each other. If she
does it, then she’s into it, and that’s cool.
And if she doesn’t, well, then there's
nothing to talk about anyway.”
Still, despite the lack of malicious in-
tent, most women consider it a nightmare
to be the subject of such talk. If I stood at
that locker room door now and heard my
name mentioned, in the context of truth
or fiction, | would die inwardly and pro-
bably flee to a convent.
“Matthew told his friends about things
we never even did,” whimpered my
roommate Helena, the day after what she
considered a very romantic evening. “I
will never go out with him again,’she in-
sisted. Helena is a restrained individual; |
would have sought revenge.
But ‘not all men brag, or even discuss
their love/sex lives, even with their
friends. Who are these mature, secure,
respectful men, and where are they? “If I
really care about a woman,” says Phil, “I
won't tell anyone anything. It’s a personal
thing. How much respect can you -have
for a woman if you sit around and gossip
about what you did and how many times
and how good it was?” (One has to
wonder why Phil is still very available.)
volves discussion of strategy, mistakes,
successes, insurmountable and surmoun-
table problems, and long-term goals for
the next season. Talk of just any old game
concerns one thing — the score.
“Gimme a break. Like women don't talk
about it?” Rob asked rhetorically. “You
talk about sex just like we do.”
“Not in the same terms,” I defended my
gender. “We talk about romance and con-
versation, and good night kisses. Not
graphic quantitative details, Rob.”
“Conversation? You tell you're friends
every intimate, romantic utterance? No
wonder men are so afraid to reveal their
sensitivity. You women make it public
knowledge.”
“Oh so what, What's the big deal? You
men make too much of an issue about
revealing your feelings.’ Besides it’s not
malicious talk, just conversation.” Jeez. [1
IL a—
Maybefest
It’s no wonder Mayfest lost over $30,00 this past
year. And the year before.
This year’s bands Joan Jett and the
Blackhearts, the Ramones, and Toots and the
Maytals — were mediocre at best.
The ticket prices averaged $11 — $7 for a non-
drinking student to $15 for a day-of-concert ticket.
The outdoor arena is actually a dusty softball
field between Indian and Dutch quads.
The food — supplied by University Auxiliary
Services — is what most students try to get away
from for a change.
And the beer — a major draw for many students
— is available only to those over the age of 21.
So why have recent Mayfests been such financial
disasters? And to what degree should Student
Association try to keep the tradition alive? These
are just two questions that have to be answered, and
the time to do so is now, not after this semester
when bands have to be booked and operating
budgets are already half spent.
In the past, SA has absorbed the cost of Mayfest
through its general spending funds, but last spring,
Central Council opted to create a $8,000 spending
line for the event. University Concert Board, which
has booked the bands and coordinated the event in
the past, did not actually pay for Mayfest’s losses.
So when Mayfest ran a deficit, SA as a whole ran a
deficit. And common sense tells you that that’s not
how an organization should be budgeting its monies
— especially when it knows it will lose money.
Central Council’s $8,000 appropriation: begins to
address this.
SA’s current executive branch officers agree,
however, that $30,000 per year is too much of an
expenditure for one programming event. That
translates into $4 per activity-fee-paying student —
in addition to the cost of the show. The question is
How can Mayfest lose less money. And this year’s
SA administration seems to realize that Mayfest
must lose less money in order for it to continue to
exist.
But how should it be changed?
There’s basically two choices. One is to get bigger
bands to attract more students, and the other is to
get smaller bands and have smaller expenditures.
Since the University administration has made it
known that it won’t approve of more popular bands
on campus because of security reasons, the only
feasible way to have a Mayfest-type event on
campus would be to book smaller bands and hope
that students will turn out and focus on the
socializing aspect of an outdoor concert. Mayfest
would be similar to Party in the Park, except we’d
have ‘‘Party on the Campus”’ instead. (The City of
Albany has recently expressed displeasure with
drinking, noise, etc. at Party in the Park, and it’s
questionable as to whether or not that outdoor
concert event will be held again.)
SA’s other option would be to go for bands with
a bigger name, hold the event off campus, and hope
students show up. This is risky at best. Alcohol
regulations off campus are the same as on campus.
The event has to be planned out from ground zero.
Transporation has to be provided if alcohol is
served. Ticket prices would still be quite high. And
students would still have to show up in droves. It’s a
chance SA cannot afford to take.
Going for the big bands would only subject SA to
possibly larger losses and risk. That’s the last thing
SA needs right now.
SA President Matt Doddo says he will soon
appoint a committee to look into the Mayfest
situation and consider all possibilities for holding.a
major event at the end of the spring semester. But
chances are that Mayfest as most students know it
will not take place. There are more reasons than
ever to start something new this academic year.
Mayfest’s financial losses have been staggering the
past couple of years. Many SA funded groups have
recently uridergone severe budget cuts. Most
students currently on campus weren’t here when
Mayfest was in its heyday with bands such as U2
and Squeeze. They’ve heard lots of hype and
received relatively poor performances. And, to top
it all off, Mayfest cannot be held in May this year
because finals are the first weekend of that month.
It’s good to see that SA is committed to
restructuring Mayfest. Let’s just hope they follow
through with their proposals and not wait until it’s
too late to do anything.
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SISTER'S 5
we THE FIRST StePPNG
Literacy Corps for 1990’s
An idea has been presented to Congress that is worth
trying in the battle against illiteracy: to create a Literacy
Corps that will enable college students to volunteer for a
few hours a week as assistant teachers for students in
nearby public schools or other institutions in return for
college credit.
Warren Burger
Edward Kennedy
We pride ourselves on being an “‘advanced nation,”
but illiteracy in America is at a level no nation should
tolerate. Vast numbers of Americans lack the basic
reading skills to function in society. According to an
estimate, twenty-three million citizens over the age of 18
cannot read the poison warning on a can of pesticide or a
package of cigarettes, the headline of a daily newspaper,
or a letter from their child’s teacher. An additional thirty-
five million are semi-literate, reading so poorly that they
barely function at a survival level. That makes 58 million
adults, roughly a third of the nation’s population over 18,
whom our systems of education failed in their adolescent
years and who are functionally illiterate today. The result
is a massive problem of illiteracy that costs the’ < nation
heavily in welfare and unemplyment, industrial accidents
and lost productivity, and dead-end lives of crime and
drugs. Illiteracy is also a threat to our constitutional
system: how can a functional illiterate really understand
that system or defend it effectively? Even if some of these
figures are overstated, at best the picture is bleak.
A recent study complained that America has slipped
behind Japan in the quality of education, but the truth is,
we have slipped behind 47 other countries, too. America
ranks 49th in literacy among the 159 countries of the
world!
So far, we have not addressed this problem very effec-
tively. The Federal Government spends billions of dollars
every year on education, but only a pittance is targeted on
illiteracy. In fact, total spending on illiteracy in the
United States reaches only about four percent of those
who need help. The National Advisory Council on Adult
Education estimates that we would need to spend five
billion dollars — fifty times more than is allocated today
— to have a significant impact on the problem through
costly traditional programs.
Participating college students would sign up for elec-
tives offered by their colleges and taught by their pro-
fessors in semester-long courses comparable to those in
“clinical legal education’’ at many law schools, although
the focus of the Literacy Corps would be very different.
As part of the course, college students would be given in-
struction on how to tutor in reading. In addition to
teaching in local elementary and high schools, Literacy
Corps participants could also tutor in Head Start centers,
institutions for the disabled, adult continuing education
Programs, jails, or other facilities where supervised
classroom-type settings are available.
In a typical ten-week semester, each college student in
the program would provide 60 hours of tutoring. If a
thousand colleges participated, 100,000 or more students
might join the Literacy Corps, and a very large amount of
tutoring could be generated over the next two years.
In addition to tackling the problem of illiteracy, a
Literacy Corps has another benefit — harnessing the
idealism, and volunteerism, and the commitment of
young Americans. So far, initiatives in this area have
been stymied by the high price of conventional proposals
such as a National Service Corps or R.O.T.C. type
scholarships or loan—forgiveness programs for students
willing to commit themselves to a period of post —
graduate public service.
We believe a Literacy Corps has all the potential for to-
day that President Kennedy’s Peace Corps had in the
1960s. Young Americans in this generation are as ready,
willing and eager to respond to the challenge of public:
service as their parents a generatin ago, when President
Kennedy urged them to “Ask not what your country can
do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
If colleges and universities across the country respond
by accepting the Literacy Corps as part of their educa-
tional process, students will have the opportunity to p-
articipate by many thousands and America may at last
begin to deal in more effective and affordable ways with
the shameful and festering problem of illiteracy in our
midst.
One final point — the Literacy Corps is not a new idea.
It is based on a model conceived in 1969 by an unusually
creative private citizen, Norman Manasa of Washington,
D.C., who has been knocking on many doors for the bet-
ter part of a decade seeking support for the concept.
Manasa now heads the Washington Education Project,
which is seeking broader corporate financing for the idea
if Congressional action is too slow. In 1984, Manasa
wrote a very readable paperback elaborating on the pro-
gram called ‘‘The Washington Education Project, Inc. —
or How You Can Get a Tutor For Your Kid, Just Like
Rich People.’’ It may not be on the best-seller lists today,
but it deserves to be on the shelves of every college
bookstore in the country — and perhaps it will be. The
Literacy Corps is an idea whose time is overdue. oO
Warren E. Burger was Chief Justice of the United States
from 1969 to 1986; he is presently Chairman of the Com-
mission on the United States Constitution. Edward M.
Kennedy jis the senior Democratic Senator from
Massachusetts.
Golden Satellite
To the Editor:
I would like to make two of my opinions perfectly clear
from the start. First, I believe that South Africa’s system
of Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Secondly, I
believe that the ANC (the African National Congress) has
strong communist ties.
I don’t think I will have to defend my first statement to
many people (at least I hope not), but the second state-
ment may upset some of my fellow students, as has been
observed during the last week in response to a film show-
ed by YAF (Young Americans for Freedom). I regretfully
admit that I did not see the film, because knowing YAF’s
track record, it was probably an ultra-rightist depiction of
the situation, and I get a kick out of that type of
propoganda.
The fact remains that the ANC is strongly influenced
by the communists. The only white member of the ANC’s
ruling committee is a representative of the Soviet Union. I
highly doubt he is just an ‘“‘advisor.’’ Add to this the
ANC’s increasing involvment in violent attacks on the
government and civilians, you have what appears to be a
communist insurgency. I wonder how many people at the
ANC’s support rally actually support a communist
revolution in South Africa? When I say the ANC here, I
mean the one that is active today, with Oliver Tambo as
it’s leader. It is important to note that it is quite different
from the non-violent, non-communist organization run
by Nelson Mandela before he was imprisoned 25 years
ago.
Does this mean that I am opposed to the total elimina-
tion of the Apartheid system? NO! The ANC is as far left
as the Botha administration is to the right. Can’t we be
pragmatic? An ANC revolution is not the only answer.
There are many other groups opposed to Apartheid.
There are moderates in South Africa who would prefer to
see South Africa made free for all people, black, white,
Indian, etc. 1 am willing to bet a majority of black South
Africans would prefer western civilization to
communism.
So, why haven’t these groups been more successful?
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Because moderates don’t cause revolutions — radicals
do. Unfortunately, I believe that the Botha administra-
tion and the western powers (especially in the United
States) are putting black South Africans in a position
where a communist revolution is the only solution to their
plight.
If this happens, Americans will have good reason to be
scared. The revolution has not taken place yet because
South Africa is one of the most powerful nations on
earth, and despite ‘‘sanctions”’ against it, America has
many interests there. South Africa has vast natural
resources including 30 to 40 percent of the world’s gold
and large Uranium deposits. The DeBers Co. effectively
controls 100 percent of the world diamond market; that’s
right — 100 percent. And another thing, South Africa has
the Bomb. It’s an unofficial Bomb, but an unofficial
nuclear weapon probably kills as many people as an unof-
ficial one.
So why hasn’t America done more to facilitate change?
Well if you listen to the Reagan administration, we have;
but so far Botha’s changes have appeared to be some kind
of grotesque practical joke instead of reforms. The
Reagan administration seems to have a policy where, as
Mark Green put it, ‘‘If a nation declares itself anti-Soviet,
it is, defacto, a ‘“democracy’’; on the other hand an insuf-
ficiently anti-Soviet foreign government is, ipso facto,
“totalitarian’”’ . . . There can be no end of praise for dic-
tators in Argentina, Korea, for Marcos in the Phillipines
and Pinochet in Chile. They are good men, fighting the
good fight. Human rights just complicate the issue.”
Since that was written, the administration supported an
overthrow of the government in the Phillipines, but I
have a feeling Ronnie was dragged kicking and screaming
into that one, and then only because Cory had declared
herself anti-Communist and pro-American.
I only hope that this time the administration is smart
enough to do something before a revolution, because then
it will probably be too late and the Soviets will have the
golden satellite in their orbit.
— Geoffrey B. Walton
Liberal Tactics
To the Editor:
It must sicken many Americans to watch people like
“Chappaquiddick Ted’ and ‘‘Baloney Joe”’ on national
TV doing their liberal best to keep the highly qualified
Judge Bork off the Supreme Court.
It’s a frightening commentary on the state of affairs
when bureaucrats like these two have any influence on
anything at all. It would seem that if anyone should be
denied a spot on the public payroll, it should be Biden
and Kennedy. The scandalous records of both of them
make their views next to worthless.
Closer to campus, one can’t help but be amused by the
circus antics of a bumbling band of witch hunters.
All students should resist the deceitful tactics and
claims of the SUNYA Anit-Bork farce. Inform Senators
D’Amato and Moynihan of.your support for the Judge.
— Don Hunt
Scott P. Trent
A Separate Peace
To the editor:
I sit here looking out on the grey kingdom of the
Podium, wondering what its subjects happen to be think-
ing about at this particular point in time, wondering what
their emotions are right now.
They are such a varied lot, all colors, shapes and sizes.
Every kind of ideal and mentality that can possibly be im-
agined. I often wonder how many of those subjects, star-
ing up as they do, inwardly want to join us, want to bea
part of those of us who are out, who are free . . . They sit,
they stare up, I can see the pain in their eyes, I can feel the
deep sorrow that they are experiencing from hiding their
feelings, their emotions, keeping their inner self in a box,
in a closet...
How very much I would like to be able to reach out to
them, let them know it’s okay to come out, okay to be
free, okay to show their feeling, whatever they may be. If
only somehow I could reach them, let them know we are
here to talk to, that we will not bite, and certainly not
reveal them to the world. This is a place where they can be
free, a place for self-expression, where they can gain ex-
posure to others like themselves, where they don’t have to
hide their feelings, their emotions, they can let their
minds rest at ease, or just sit back and observe, take in
their surroundings, and see how other people in their
situation express themselves.
The place that I speak of is the Gay and Lesbian
Alliance. It is open to all, you don’t have to be anything
but alive to participate, and of course, open minded.
— Dave Vesely
Minority Relations
To the Editor:
Last Friday I had the honor of being invited to attend a
luncheon with President O’Leary. We discussed what the
University has been doing and what it plans to do in the
future to improve minority relations in the University.
My first impression was that we would eat lunch and
receive a list of statistics along with a long speech. In-
stead, I found a lot of people who spent a significant
amount of time preparing and improving programs such
as the innovative Minority Assistant Program, the
Frederick Douglas Fellowship, the Affirmative Action
Grant, and the Presidential Committee on Minoirity
Concerns.
These are just some of the programs that the ad-
ministration has been working on. I was impressed by
President O’Leary and acting Vice President Kirshner’s
efforts on improving minority relations. I hope their en-
thusiasm continues and minority relations in the Universi-
ty continue to improve throughout the 1987-88 school
year.
— Omar Ortega
University Senator
YAF Hypocrisy
To the E
Or:
As Americans, we are quite distressed about the show-
ing of the blatantly pro-apartheid film shown on campus,
sponsored by the local chapter of the inapropriately nam-
ed, ‘Young Americans for Freedom.’’ Even more
distressing was their twisted rationale for the showing of
such a reactionary and inacurrate documentary.
The YAF, who portray themselves as champions of
worldwide freedom and justice, show their true colors
when they seemingly condemn the liberation struggle of
an opressed people. The YAF criticizes the African Na-
tional Congress on the grounds that they promote violent
revolution. This stance is coming from a group that open-
ly supports and promotes the overthrow (by ‘‘violent
revolution’’, no less) of the established government of
Nicaragua.
America, as we all know, was founded by the violent
overthrow of an opressive government. The revolution
was funded by France, an absolute monarchy. It seems
rather hypocritical that the YAF should criticize the alleg-
ed communist ties of the ANC. If the YAF as well as this
country’s conservative faction, truly valued freedom, it
would be the U.S., rather than the Soviets, who would be
leading support to the ANC.
The YAF, as the Americans they claim to be, have a
rather selective definition of political terrorism. A U.S.
financed terrorist campaign is a “‘freedom campaign.”’
Any popular revolution not financed and controlled by
the U.S. is terrorism. The YAF stance on Nicaragua pro-
ves that the YAF does not, in fact, shun terrorism. The
YAF stance on South Africa proves that they do,
however, shun freedom.
— Alexander Simon
— Jeffrey Leon
All Talk
To the Editor:
Due to lack of interest or concern frem various SA
groups, a Rock Against Racism Benefit Concert may not
be held this year. Obviously, some people on this campus
love to criticize, but lack the nerve to take any action
when it comes time to change things. This is exactly why I
didn’t bother to try to affiliate myself with many other
SA groups last year.
— Mike Angvera
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Ministers oppose teaching
yoga on college campuses
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — Yoga is a
religion, and doesn’t belong on college
campuses, a group of ministers says.
The group of 6 ministers asked Morton
College Sept. 11 to stop offering noncredit
courses in Yoga, calling it a form of
religious worship that the schools, by of-
fering them, endorse.
“It’s an offense against Christianity,”
said lay minister John Borgeaud, who add-
ed his group also wants the schools to drop
courses on parapsychology, astrology and
anything having to do with Eastern
mysticism,
Rev. Bill Arruda of Hillsdale (Ill.) Bap-
tist Church, another member of the group,
explained, “‘yoga is to Hinduism what
prayer is to Christian and Jewish
religions.””
“We are very concerned about the
teaching of the occult,” added Rev.
Richard Wager of the Emmanuel Bible
Church in Berwyn, Ill., Wager’s con-
gregants are sending protest letters to the
two colleges.
Morton spokesman Michael Truppa
termed the class in question, Exploration
in Parapsychology, a “‘hobby or leisure
time course.””
While Morton will keep the course on its
schedule for now, Truppa said the school’s
lawyers advised him not to comment fur-
ther because of the “‘potential for
litigation.’”’
Triton Vice President Janet Kooi tried
to diffuse the controversy by meeting with
the ministers’ group, and showing it an
outline of the course.
“These courses are not involved in ad-
vocating theological positions,” asserted
Triton spokesman Richard Fonte. Trinton
will keep them on its schedule.
Charles Milligan, a religion professor at
the Iliff School of Technology in Devner,
thought the ministers’ objections ‘‘narrow
minded.””
‘“‘Remember,’’ he counseled, ‘‘that
many silly and stupid things are taught
under the rubric of Christianity and other
religions. Religions are not immune to
idiocy.””
Milligan said, ‘‘Christianity might have
something to learn from other religions.
People must use their minds, and think
critically.”
Mixing religion and education, of
course, has been a hot issue in recent years.
U.S. Secretary of Education William
Bennett last year raised scholarly hackles
by giving New York University Prof. Paul
Vitz a second grant to see if ‘“‘the role of
religion’? has been excluded from
American history texts.
In early September, moreover, federal
appeals courts overturned two controver-
sial 1986 rulings that allowed Christian
fundamentalist parents to teach their
children at home from ‘‘Christian’’ books
of their own choosing, and that barred
Alabama schools 42 texts some Christian
groups considered as tracts promoting a
religion called “‘secular humanism.”’
Finally, Texas Attorney General Jim
Mattox stopped the University of Texas at
Arlington from combining its religion and
philosophy departments because the
teachers were paid by local churches, not
the state.
Mattox said the arrangement amounted
to letting religious groups use state
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people, who because were not subject to
the same campus regulations as other pro-
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Dear Student:
As we begin the academic year, many of us turn our
thoughts to the future. Some who are about to graduate
begin the apprehensive job search, while others, with a few
more years to go, begin to question the options that are
available to them in their chosen major.
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what goes on behind the scenes.
Career Day is planned an entire year in advance. In order
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to obtain contacts with companies and recruiters who are
interested in students of that particular major. Particular at-
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on campus at-interview time.
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Career Day is a not for profit event designed to provide the
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Pressure to divest campuses on the increase
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE - As a nation-
wide series of planned anti-apartheid pro-
tests approaches in October, activists ex-
pect the pressure on campuses to sell their
shares in firms that do business in segrega-
tionist South Africa will be more intense
than ever.
This, the activists note, is the first pro-
test season since the Rev. Leon H. Sullivan
called for U.S. businesses to withdraw
from South Africa.
In 1977, Sullivan authored the Sullivan
Principals, a list of civil rights that com-
panies agreed to respect among their South
African employees, regardless of color.
Scores of colleges, unwilling to take the
financial losses of selling their shares in the
firms, adopted policies requiring the com-
panies to comply with the principles.
Yet in June the Philadelphia minister
and civil rights leader, frustrated by the
South African government’s unwillingness
to dismantle apartheid and its mounting
violence, called on firms to stop trying to
make the best of a bad situation, and to
pull out of the country altogether.
The announcement effectively left cam-
puses that endorsed the principals without
an investment policy.
Fifty-nine of the nations’s biggest cam-
puses had adopted the Sullivan Principles,
the Investor Responsiblity Research
Center in Washington, D.C., says.
“It’s hard to tell what will happen,”
said Dartmouth College spokesman Alex
Huppe, adding Sullivan’s call ‘‘has
escalated the [Dartmouth Borad of]
trustees’ concern, in terms of direction. It
does add fuel to the discussion.”’
“Sullivan’s comments definitely will put
pressure on schools to divest,’’ said Josh
Nessen, the student coordinator of the
American Committee on Africa.
Anti-apartheid efforts on American
campuses began in 1963, but were never
much of a force until this decade.
As recently as 1984, Nessen’s group
would piggyback anti-apartheid rallies
with more popular causes like disarma-
ment in order to draw crowds.
But in January, 1985, without much
prodding from Nessen’s group, anti-
apartheid sit-ins and demonstrations sud-
denly exploded on dozens of campuses,
and the momentum built to involve as
many as 100,000 students in April
demonstrations.
Since then, however, the crowds and in-
tensity of the campus movement gradually
have dwindled as trustees began to sell
their schools’ shares and confrontations
with conservative student groups, who
regularly began to vandalize protest shan-
ties at Utah, Texas, Dartmouth, Johns
Hopkins, North Carolina and other cam-
puses, sapped activists’ energies.
Nessen, though, hopes Sullivan’s call
will start an anti-apartheid revival during
the weeklong teach-ins and rallies his
group has planned on during October.
Nessen’s group was finishing plans for
the October rallies, and was unable to say
how many campuses will be involved. Last
October, activists on about 60 campuses
joined the protest.
Sullivan’s call for divestment, he said,
“removes another pillar from the argu-
ment of investment. I think a lot more
schools will feel more pressure. There’s
less justification not to divest.”’
I’m sure the Board of Trustees will con-
sider Rev. Sullivan’s statements,’ said
Ron Sauder, a spokesman for Johns
Hopkins University, which uses the prin-
ciples to guide its South African
investments.
The University of Pennsylvania, accor-
ding to spokesman Fred Richards, already
has moved in the same direction as
Sullivan. Penn’s trustees, he said, plan to
peers eereceterscesseeceesecee ee ty
sell their stocks in companies that do
business with South Africa if those firms
don’t pull out by June, 1988.
Dartmouth’s trustees, however, prefer
to remain as stockholders in companies
that operate in South Africa, hoping the
school can influence corporate decision-
making, Huppe said.
“The only way we feel we can make a
difference is as a shareholder.” The
number of companies in Dartmouth’s
stock portfolio that operate in South
Africa, he said, has dropped ‘‘30 or 40 per-
cent’’ in recent years.
Student anti-apartheid activists welcome
Sullivan’s change of heart, although they
say his call for divestment has come too
late.
“His comments are important, critical,
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and it took a lot of pressure on Sullivan for
him to come out so strongly,’’ said
Charlotte Hitchcock, a Yale graduate stu-
dent who is active in that school’s anti-
apartheid movement. é
Still, Hitchcock added, ‘Sullivan gave
us more ammunition that might_ instill
some fire in the movement. Since he’s a
black minister, his remarks could help get
minority students involved in what has
been a white, middle-class movement.”’
Sullivan, vacationing out of the country,
could not be reached for comment.
“Students are more inspired by the peo-
ple of South Africa and their suffering,’
Nessen explained. ‘‘But Sullivan’s com-
ments are encouraging to the student
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New England Law School
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Charging the school with ‘‘McCar-
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In a similar case, the University of Col-
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pointment of the head of the political
science department to weigh charges that,
as a Marxist, he discriminates against
conservatives.
“All of them have
been driven out of
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Greenberg to head the department since a
university investigation found no
substance to the allegations.
David Abromowitz, Margaret Houy,
Steve Parnes and Christine Williams had
been teaching for several years at the New
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contracts of all four. But the school’s
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The four professors contend they were
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The political science department con-
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to cut public funds to the university’s
Cultural Events Board because it allegedly
brings an inordinately large number of
liberal speakers to campus. QO
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By Stef McDonald
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The best way to recover from an 8-1
loss, the Great Dane Women’s tennis team
has discovered, is to bounce back with an
8-1 victory.
After succumbing to powerhouse Vassar
College indoors last Wednesday, the net-
women toppled Union College yesterday,
upping their record to 4-2.
“Once you win the first set, you have to
keep going,’’ said Coach Linda Myers.
“After winning the first set we need to
hold on.””
Holding on is what lost it for the Danes
against Vassar, a team that placed fourth
in the State Championships last year.
“Tt was a really close match even though
the score doesn’t seem so,”’ said Meyers.
‘*They didn’t blow us off the court.’
Out of nine matches, four went to three
sets. Senior co-captain Ellen Katz, at
fourth singles won her first set, 6-2, then
had her serve broken in the second and lost
both sets. At fifth singles, sophomore Lisa
Granirer also battled through three sets.
After losing the first set 2-6 she picked up
momentum and won the second 6-1. She
then, however, lost the last set 4-6 and thus
the match.
“Vassar is traditionally strong,’’ con-
ceded Myers. ‘‘We played them well but
just didn’t finish.””
The doubles teams of Katz and Lisa
Glendening and Lauren Herman and
Kerry Symanski also played three set mat-
ches, but eventually fell.
“Last year we got killed by them,”’ said
second singles player Laurie Wilk. ‘‘I
think we scared them a little and gave them
a tough time.”
Yesterday’s match at Union College was
not, however, quite as tough.
“They gave us a tough match,” said
Wilk, “but we had no problems.”’
Besides the one loss, only two matches
went to three sets. Lisa Granirer at fifth
Dane harriers take third at NYC meet
By Jerry Kahn
STAFF WRITER
The Women’s Cross Country Team was
reaching new heights in running Sunday by
scoring remarkably well in the Hunter Col-
lege Invitational at Van Cortland Park in
New York City. When all of the dust had
cleared, the scores were: Lehigh University
(Division I) 38, University of Delaware
(Division I) 39, SUNYA 94, Oneonta State
184, Queens College 184 (tie), C.C.N.Y.
By Arie Wollenberg
The Albany J.V. football team upped
their record to 2-0-1 with a 28-20 victory
over the Dartmouth ‘“‘Big Green’’ Friday
at Dartmouth.
In a game dictated by the wind, Albany
fell behind early.
“The wind played a great factor,”’ said
coach Mike Simpson. Most of the scoring
was done when the offensive team had the
wind at their backs. This was evident when
Dartmouth scored on their two possesions
to take a 14-0 first quarter lead.
Albany did, however, come back strong.
The defense settled down after a rough
start to cause a safety by tackleing a Dart-
mouth running back in his own end zone.
The offense then followed with two se-
cond quarter touchdowns. The Danes
missed an extra point but still had a 15-14
Dartmouth falls to Dane
JV football squad, 28-20
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1987 (1) ALBANY STUDENT PRESS S orts 23
Dane tennis team splits matches
Laurie Wilk was extended to three sets against Union.
singles and Laurie Wilk at second singles
both’ won their matches, dominating their
respective third sets.
“It was a slower paced game, with less
action and redundant style of baseline lob-
212, and N.Y.U. 256, Hunter College,
L.I.U., Concordia, St. Francis, William
Patterson, and Farmingdale State finished
out of the running.
Coach Ron White was very impressed.
He said “We did quite well,” and that
“It’s an honor to be this close to Division I
schools.”’ He added that it was a very
challenging five kilometer course that
almost all of the best runners in America
have run on.
halftime lead.
The Great Dane defense let up only six
second half points. Behind the strong
game of quarterback Andy Cantos, the
three Albany fullbacks, Todd Barone,
Tom Cumning and James Franks, and
great run blocking from the offenseve line,
the team scored 13 fourth quarter points to
bring them to the final margin of victory.
Cantos had two touchdowns, one on a
32 yard run. The other touchdowns came
by Franks on a three yard plunge and
Winston on a 12 yard sprint.
Coach Simpson also noted that “there
were many key substitutions, and the team
didn’t lose anything during these substitu-
tions; they just all play so well together.’’
Th J.V.’s next game is Friday at 3:30
against Army. Q
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bying,”’ said Myers.
generate the pace.””
Again the 8-1 score is decieving. The
matches, for the most part, were close
enough to keep the Danes interested, and
to thus hold on to the momentum. QO
“They made us
Ascher attributed her sharpness to some
hard work and some rest.
“T didn’t run last week so I got to rest
some. I think that helped a lot.’’
Ascher thinks she, and her teammates,
have had improved times due to individual
running done in the summer.
Mary Lou Webster was number fifteen
overall and second for Albany State. Her
time was 21:05.
Albany’s next runner was Rachel
Braslow, who finished twenty-second at
21:27, despite of the fact that she ran with
a lower spine injury.
Roseanne Smith finished next in the run-
ning with a mark of 21:32.
The coach remarked that “‘she’s running
very consistently and she’s been in our top
five in every race this season.’’
Kathy Bellantoni finished next for
Albany. Her time was 21:46 and she finish-
ed 26 overall.
Holly Gubernick was SUNYA’s next
runner in, by finishing thirty first overall
and having a time of 22:02.
Albany State’s next runner was the 30
second runner overall, Denise Buneo. Her
time was 22:17.
The rest of Albany’s finishers were:
Kate Ferrie, 43rd overall, 22:51; Diana
Peralta, 45th, 23:02; Lisa Franz, 50th,
23:58; and Darlene Milowski, 54th, 25:07.
Ascher though that although the course
was demanding, it brought out the best in
the Danes.
“Tt was very challenging because there
were so many hills and you had to keep
working over them,’’ she said. g
Football fans
lose from NFL
players strike
By Christopher Sciria
STAFF WRITER
Last Sunday was the first weekend of|
the ‘‘scab’’ games in the NFL. Both the]
owners and the players claimed victories|
for their respective sides. Owners pointed]
to the fact that there were some com-
petitive games and that television ratings}
were only down a couple rating points.
Players highlighted the fact that atten-
dance was terrible and that the quality of}
play wasn’t NFL caliber.
How long will these scab players be
around? Is there any hope for salvaging
the season? Why can’t the owners and
players get together and settle the issue of |
free agency?
First off, the main reason for the strike
is the players’ demand for free agency.
This means that after a player fulfills his
contract with a certain team, he is free to
join any team that expresses interest in
him. This does sound fair, but yet, it
would not work.
Players state that any other person can
quit his job and move to any other one he
wants. This is a fair demand but football
players are not like any other employees.
The economy of entire cities can depend
upon one player.
An example would be quarterback Jim
Kelly of the Buffalo Bills. Kelly was
drafted by the Bills in 1983. He had no
desire to play there, so he signed with the
Houston Gamblers of the USFL. After
the USFL folded, he asked the Bills to
trade his rights so he could play for
another team.
The Bills, however, refused, knowing
that Kelly was too good a talent to trade.
Buffalo finally made Kelly an offer he
couldn’t refuse and he signed with them.
The impact of that signing was
monumental. Tens of thousands of more
tickets were sold and the entire city of
Buffalo had claimed a new hero.
Kellymania had swept up Buffalo and the
city hasn’t come down since.
Now let’s look into the future. Kelly
leads the Bills to a Super Bowl Cham-
pionship. He is the biggest quarterback in
the game. But Kelly is tired of Buffalo
weather. So when his is up he wants a
change in scenery. He signs with the Los
Angeles Raiders. Soon after, the Bills
start losing again and tickets sales go
down. The loss of one player can mean
that much to a team.
Players have to realize they are not
everyday blue collar nine to five workers.
NEL has a competitive balance. It should
not be upset. A player who wants to leave
a team that bad could hold out and de-
mand a trade.
Now as for the scab players, once the
strike is eventually ended, they will return
to their bartending and opera singing
jobs. They can not be faulted for the
situation they have been thrown into.
The way that these players have been
treated by the regular striking players is
horrendous. Taunting is one thing, but
physically threatening a person is
another. The behavior of the players and
their other union supporters at the games
was inexcusable. Fans were physically
threatened as they entered the stadium.
One case in Philadelphia showed a fan
getting punched by a union member.
This is barbaric. The players have a right
to picket but a fan has every right to at-
tend a game with non-union players.
The fans are the real losers in this
strike. They have to suffer one week
without football. Then they have to
watch an inferior product while owners
make millions of dollars. True, football
is a business, but if it weren’t for the
fans, it would be ‘‘out of business.””
So let’s see Gene Upshaw and Jack
Donlan sit down and hammer out an
agreement. Bring in a mediator if one is
needed. The sooner that this is resolved,
the better it is for the fans. The fans are
the game, we made it what it is today. O
Why are the fans
losers in the NFL
strike?
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Great Danes engineer a 30-17 victory over RPI
By Mike Brewster
SPORTS EDITOR
It almost makes one refuse to
ever again schedule a school with
it’s own nuclear generator model.
Because even as the Great
Danes were outscoring RPI 16-3
in the second half en route to a
30-17 victory Saturday afternoon
in Troy, there was a lingering feel-
ing that suggested a school featur-
ing an ‘‘Introduction to Physics”
text on it’s program cover just
couldn’t care less if it won or lost
(upper level physics texts will be
featured on RPI hockey
program).
Those who witnessed the con-
test might say the Danes looked
sluggish, trailing RPI 17-14 into
the fourth quarter before break-
A great week of practice, yes. A
great first half, no. Another
Brockportian loss, almost.
The Danes, showing no sign of
the careless play that would
plague them later, took only three
plays to score. Pedro shot up the
middle for eleven yards, and then
it was all Pat Ryder.
The sophomore ran left for a
three yard gain. Trying his luck
again, he ran to the same side and
this time went untouched for a 31
yard touchdown. 7-0 and only
three minutes gone. Finally, after
three nail-biting games, it finally
looked like RPI was the team the
Danes needed to play to get a
good rout under their belt.
The Engineers, however, were
coming off a 65-7 rout of Siena.
And even though Siena is still on
the club level, scoring 65 points
against the Young Republicans
can make a squad feel like
Oklahoma. They were not about
to quit.
Quarterback Kirk Schell and
company wisely abandoned the
tun. He first hit Marc Dickie for a
ten yard gain to the 11 yard line.
One play later Schell found Neil
Kiernan in the back of the end
zone to tie the score at 7-7. The
RPI players reacted as if they had
each just received a perfect score
on the math section of the SAT’s,
and Ford had just what he had
feared: a pumped up RPI team
who now believed that they could
beat Albany.
After a Dane penalty, Ryder and
the offense had to work from the
four yard line. After two ‘‘run up
the middle and a cloud of mud”
plays, sophomore Kevin Adams
fumbled while trying to avoid a
loss in the backfield. First down,
RPI, at the Albany nine.
Touchdown, RPI at the Albany
goal line. Yup, on the next play,
Engineer back Scott Mire broke
through left tackle and scampered
into the endzone. It was 14-7 with
3:54 remaining in the first
quarter.
Now it was Ryder’s turn again.
He ran for five yards on first
down and on the next play scored
his second touchdown of the
game. Ryder’s running skills had
saved the half for the Danes, and
after the half they had played, a
14-14 game was certainly
acceptable.
At the beginning of the quarter
the Danes, after a drive that took
up the last part of the third
quarter, ahd a fourth and six at
the RPI seven yard line. In trotted
Tony Chechile, and his field goal
knotted the score at 17 with 14:16
remaining in the contest.
Midway in the fourth quarter,
the Albany offense finally began
to catch up to the Dane defense.
After William Gusmano_ in-
tercepted a Schell pass, the Danes
took over on their own forty yard
line.
It was not Ryder who took the
spotlight here, however. It was
Pedro, usually steady but not
ing the game open. But was there
really one percentage point of
probability (RPI-speak) that the
Danes could look sharp against a
team whose punter uses football
as a medium to test his own
theory of the deceleration of a
propelled object?
Seriously, now. Is it fair to ask
Joe Pirecca to sack a quarterback
who calls audibles in quantitative
analysis?
Amidst these conditions, then,
coupled with last week’s debacle
against Brockport, it may have
been inevitable that when the
Danes entered Saturday’s contest.
they entered it just a little bit
afraid to lose.
“We did take a while to come
around,’”’ said sophomore Pete
Pedro, ‘‘But everyone had the
feeling we would. We had a great
week of practice.””
The Danes’ Brad Acker returning a punt Saturday against RPI.
spectacular, who tried to find
space in the middle of the RPI
line, was stopped, but then took
off toward the outside and found
wide open territory. He ran un-
touched 44 yards for a touchdown
and gave the Danes the lead for
good with 7:04 left in the contest.
The Danes finished with 441
yards of total offense, 360 on the
ground and 81 through the air.
the Danes had five fumbles and
lost three. Ryder gained 161 yards
to go with his three touchdowns,
and Pedro 141 to go with his one.
The Danes, now 3-1, take a na-
tionally ranked Fordham on
Saturday at 7:30 under the
University Field lights. A full
preview can be found in Friday’s
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Albany bootmen rally to overcome Potsdam,3-2
By Frank Calderon
STAFF WRITER
A humid and mucky Saturday afternoon
set the stage for a well-played soccer game
between the Great Danes of Albany and
Potsdam State.
The first half saw both teams struggling
to try and put together an offensive,
However, it was the Danes who tallied the
first goal on a deflection only 4:16 into the
contest. The goal was scored by Austin
Magaut and was assisted on by freshman
Lee Tshanthrit. The Danes led 1-0 and the
tone had been set. The game would be of-
fensive minded with plenty of chances to
score.
Potsdam, however, was not to outdone.
The Bears intercepted a goal kick and
found a striker who was wide open. He
was from the outside of the box and found
the upper left hand corner of the net. Div-
ing rookie goalie Kurt Mondolf had vir-
tually no chance and the score was knotted
at one.
Potsdam, with the momentum now
theirs, continued to take advantage of
Dane mistakes. Mondoif and an Albany
defender collided on a mis-communication
error that set the ball loose. A potsdam
striker was there to punch it in from just
inside the penalty box and the Bears were
now in command, 2-1. About the play,
Dane forward Marc Newfile said, “there
was a little confusion on that goal.’’
Albany, at home and determined to
come back, scored just minutes later on a
sailing corner kick headed in nicely by Eric
Ciefuentes, the hero of last week’s upset of
Union. The goal came at 25:25 and it was
Danny Cologne who took the corner kick.
“Tt was beautiful cross by Cologne,’
said Albany coach Aldo. Nardiello.
That goal made the score 2-2 and was
the last tally of the half.
The second half saw the Danes come
alive and dominate. The Albany offense
finally began to clique and play well
together.
“It always takes us a long time to get
started,”’ said Newfile. The offense played
well and made opportunities.””
At 38:39 in the second half Tshanthrit
received long lead pass from midfield and
then made his attack on the goal. His shot
eluded the Potsdam keeper and gave
Albany a 3-2 lead, one which they would
never relinquish.
“Tt was a beautiful lead by Scott Golds-
tein,”’ said Nardiello.
“Tshanthrit has the potential to be an
excellent player,’’ the coach added.
Nardiello was pleased with the perfor-
mance of the entire squad.
“The whole team has played well,” he
said.
There was more to come. The Dane
defense had played a key role in the second
half. Albany continued to thwart Potsdam
attacks and only allowed the Bears to even
enter Dane territory a shocking four or
five times.
“We were really hungry,”’ said Nar-
diello. ‘‘Our midfielders put high pressure
on and made Potsdam cough up the ball.
Our keeper was a bit shaky but made some
nice saves in the second half.”’
The “‘D’’ also assisted on Tshanthrit’s
second goal of the game. They doubled up
on a Potsdam defender, stole the ball and
fed Tshanthrit. He scored on a one-on-one
encounter with the Potsdam goaltender.
This insurance goal came at 39:53 and seal-
ed the Bears’ fate.
Saturday’s win gave the Danes booters
on overall record of 5-4. If the Danes con-
tinue to play as they did in the second half,
they should have no problem with New
Paltz on Wednesday. Oo
The Dane booters, following their 4-2 win over Potsdam State, are now over .500 on
the season.
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