Albany Student Press, Volume Issue 12, 2002 February 8

Issue 12

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Friday, February 8, 2002

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Lets talk about SEX!

Promotion at

around again: ITS ALL ABOUT
SEX! The University at Albany
will be presenting its annual
Sexuality Week February 7-15.
Working to promote a safer cam-
pus for everyone, this is a much-
anticipated event each year. It
will be a full week dedicated to
everyone’s favorite subject:
SEX! Put together by Middle
Earth Peer Assistance and the
University Counseling Center,
this year has an exciting line-up

planned.
According to Dr. Delores
Cimini, Sexuality Week

Committee Chair, “During the
nineteen years that Sexuality
Week has been in existence at the
University at Albany, college stu-
dents across the nation have been
faced with critical issues and
choice. Concerns related to gen-
der issues, HIV/AIDS, relation-
ships, identity, and reproductive
health have remained at the fore-
front across time. In recognition
of the importance of the above
issues for students, the content of
programs within Sexuality Week
reflect key themes. In this way,
we hope to meet the needs of our
students as well as to provide a
retrospective and prospective
look at the issues.”

Dr. Cimini, also the Director
of Middle Earth, says that the
goal of Sexuality Week is to pro-
mote sexual education in “an
interesting way so that more stu-
dents who need the information
tend to come.” This year is
expected to be full of fun and
interesting ways to get students
involved, with programs targeted
to appeal to the diverse commu-
nity at the University. With pro-
grams going on throughout the
week in the campus center as
well as on the quads, there
should be something for every-

“one.

Known around campus as
“The Sex Lady,” Carol Stenger,
more formally known as the
Coordinator for Health
the University
Counseling Center, is “‘personal-

By Erica L. SEA ALILY WEEK
- JOHNSON 2002
Co-News
Editor
That time
of year has
finally come ly excited” for this event. She

believes that Sexuality Week is
“something our campus commu-
nity needs and wants,” and is
very grateful for the opportunity
for her student group, Project
SHAPE, to become even more
involved in sex education on
campus.

On Friday, February 8 at —

8:00 p.m., keynote speaker Dr.
Drew Pinsky will be presenting
“Loveline with Dr. Drew” at the
RACC. This event should attract
a great crowd- everyone has
questions about sex, don’t they?
Expect a night full of exotic sex
talk, and join him after his pro-
gram for a reception and book
signing.

On Tuesday, February 12th
at 8:00p.m. in Campus Center
375 join
Simmons as she presents her film
“NO!” This documentary uses
personal testimonies and art to
illustrate the struggle of black
women and the silence forced
upon them in their own commu-
nities. “NO!” examines how sex-
ual, physical, and: verbal assault
stem from a combination of
issues including gender, race,
and sexual orientation.

There will be three perfor-
mances of “The Vagina
Monologues”: February 1|3th-15
p.m. 8PM. Tickets are $8 for all
students and anyone with a
University at Albany ID and $10

‘for all others. It is advised that

you reserve tickets in advance
because availability will not be
guaranteed if you wait until the
night of the performance. To
reserve tickets in advance you
can send an email to vdayal-
bany@hotmail.com or call 495-

_ 7628 and be sure to include the

following information: your
name, the number of tickets you
are reserving, the night you want
to attend, and if you are calling
include your phone number or e-
mail address. You will then
receive a confirmation number,
which you should bring with you
to the performance to receive
your tickets.

Grammy Preview

Get caught up on
the 44th annual
Grammies before

the actual event!
Page 16

Getting Personal with Aaron Carter

A&E Editor Sandy
gets some one-on-
one time with

Aaron Carter.
Page 14

Budget

proposal
hurts students

By JENNIFER MOONEY
Staff Writer

Aishah Shahidah’

Governor George E. Pataki’s
new budget proposal severely
limits the funding available to
State University of New York
(SUNY) students statewide. The
$14.2 billion dollars that Pataki
has allocated for education is
sure to cause some serious con-
troversy.

Although this is a six million
dollar increase from the previous
year, many Democratic lawmak-
ers criticize the budget, describ-
ing this increase as insignificant.

SUNY schools are generally
considered to be very affordable
when compared to various pri-
vate institutions. SUNY prides
itself in being as what SUNY
spokesman Dave Henihan refers
to as, “‘an extraordinary value in
the marketplace.”

SUNY reportedly  hasn’t
increased tuition in more than six
years but the fees for students
have increased by about one hun-
dred dollars annually. New York
Assemblyman Ed Sullivan, who
chairs the House Education
Committee, explained the
extreme controversy that exists
over the issue of funding a
SUNY education, and his ideas
on Pataki’s budget. .

Assemblyman — Sullivan’s

extreme displeasure for the new

budget became apparent, almost
from the start of the interview.
Sullivan referred to the proposal

as “crazy.”

“The budget,” he said,
“attacks the TAP program
severely.” Tuition Assistance

Program (TAP), as many of us
know, is a basic scholarship
available to all students and
many students find it frustrating
that Pataki would want to hinder
this aid.

“In Pataki’s budget, he plans
to borrow one-third of the TAP
allotment for each student until

they graduate.” Sullivan went on
to say that it is a terrible idea to
borrow money from low-income
college students. He fecls that
borrowing is a bad idea to begin
with but if you are going to bor-
row, why not borrow from a
wealthy institution, such as a
bank.

Sullivan himself has a plan
to cut student fees to 15 percent
of the price of tuition over three
years. Under this bill, the state

_ would reimburse the colleges for

a few years, but eventually the
colleges would have to make up
the difference by refining their
own budget in some manner.
According to Sullivan,
SUNY is a vital part of education
in New York State and if some-
thing is not done to cut fees for
students, the state economy will
suffer duc to students not attend-
ing college because they can’t
afford it. Sullivan feels that
because SUNY is such a vital
part of the state’s economic and
educational development, more
money needs to go into the bud-
get to increase the number of full
time teachers at SUNY as well as
provide daycare for the children
of students, in order to increase

the opportunity for anyone who

wishes to enter college and
obtain a degree.

After examining Pataki’s
budget and listening to Sullivan,
it’s easy to agree with many of
Sullivan’s points simply because
public schools are, and should,
be made available to anyone who
is capable of entering college
without worrying about mone-
tary funds. Students shouldn’t be
deterred from entering because
they cannot afford the cover
price. It is important, as well, to
keep SUNY affordable because
SUNY schools are a huge part of
the New York State economy and
we wouldn’t want that to suffer.

Index

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UASSIOOS oe ici ie i 5, 19
Conung Eveats. iis: iiciccccnis.. 10

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juctarorwel eos 17
Letters to the Editor...........8 & 9
Life Is.i...c PER Le Cae aE 7

Podium Perspective................. 12

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# Friday, February 8, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

News

Looking for a job’?

By SREELA Roy
Staff Writer

Every year at UAlbany, a
tension rises in the air as juniors
and seniors struggle with their
last few classes, resumes and let-
ters of recommendation. It is
what one can refer to as the ‘last
minute rush’ to get things done
before graduation. For those stu-
dents who are juniors and
seniors, you are most certainly
familiar. with the above-men-
tioned terms. And, for those of
you who have mounting appre-
hensions, relief came this past
week. Rather than have a panic
on their hands, the University at
Albany’s Career Development
Center (CDC), in conjunction
with the African-American &

Latino Pre-Professional
Association (AALPA), — the
American Marketing
Association, and Pi Sigma

Epsilon arranged for their Annual
Job and Internship Exposition on
Wednesday, February 6, 2002 in
the Campus Center Ballroom
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There
were many companies to choose
- from; such as Clear Channel
Radio, Eli Lilly, Lord & Taylor,
New York State government, and
The Times Union.

According to Elizabeth

Conrad, assistant director of the
CDC, the whole purpose of the
CDC is to provide an “office for
all students of all majors,” and
the purpose of the Job Expo was

According to some
recent Statistics
provided by the

National Association
of Colleges and

Employers (NACE),
employers now

expect to hire 20%

fewer new college

graduates this
year due to the

bad economy.

to help these students get intern-
ship experience” as well as
job/career exposure. The CDC is
one of our many offices here at
the University at Albany but it
seems as if not enough students
realize what an amazing resource
it is. The CDC helps students
with their resumes, job opportu-

nities and internships, as well as

provides guidance for students
who are not 100% sure of their
future career paths. Many of the
companies that attended the job

expo are hiring people from all
majors, so basically everyone had
an opportunity to try and get
either a job or an internship, or
ever both.

According to some recent
statistics provided by the
National Association of Colleges
and Employers (NACE), employ-

_ ers now expect to hire 20% fewer

new college graduates this year
due to the bad economy.

Approximately 785,000 layoffs — :

have occurred in manufacturing
sectors all over the nation and the
south shows a greater hiring
strength than other geographical
areas of the United States.
Additionally, government and
non-profit organizations plan on
hiring 20.5% more new college
graduates this year than last.
Many of the companies that
attended the Job Expo were offer-
ing both internship and job
opportunities while others were
offering one or the other.
“Students have to be smarter
about it,” said Conrad when the
topic of the economy came up.
With the recent statistics, Conrad
believes that it is important to get
exposure to different careers
early on, and not just for the sake
of job opportunities but also
because internships are important
when it comes to career choice. If
people knows what they want to

Courtesy of www.albany.edu

do ahead of time, it just makes it
easier on: them -taiers* on.
According to the statistics pro-
vided by NACE, employers have
said that more than half of their
new hirees come with internship

experience.
University junior, Jonathan
Schwartz attended the Job

Exposition with high hopes.
Schwartz said, “There were many
students dressed their best with
resumes in hand.” With long lines
of anxious students and many
resumes to read through, the
companies represented at the
Expo will have quite a job ahead
of them as they look through the
hopeful candidates to fill their

open positions. All in_ all,
Schwartz was “grateful for the
opportunity to experience” meet-
ing with the professionals at the
Expo.

For those students who were
unable to attend this job expo,
there will be a Public Interest
Career Fair on Wednesday,
March 6 in the Campus Center
Ballroom from | p.m. to 6 p.m.
This career fair will have
recruiters from non-profit organi-
zations, the government, and
other socially responsible busi-
nesses.

For. a complete list and
updates about upcoming events,
go to www.albany.edu/cdc.

Governor delivers
blow to students

By ANDRIA BENTLEY
Contributing Writer

Governor George E. Pataki’s
2002-03 budget proposal delivers
a severe blow to studetns, slash-
ing $155 milliion from the
Tuition Assistance Program
(TAP) and capping awards at
66%. As a result, the State’s
poorest students will have to
shell out at least an additional
$1,000 per year to pay for
theirhigher education.

Under the Governor’s pro-
posal TAP recipients will receive
two-thirds of their awards while
in college and be eligible to‘apply

for federal loans or a new TAP

loan program to fund the remain-
ing one-third of their award.
Upon graduation, the State would
pay back the students for the cost
of the loan, including any inter-
est. Students who don’t complete
their coursework would not be
reimbursed. _
“Tt is a plan that should be

opposed,” said sophomore Amy:

Hebert, Higher Education Project
._Leader for the SUNY-Albany
chapter of the New York Public
Interest Research Group
(NYPIRG). “Students need
money to pay for school while
attending college. the TAP cut is
a tuition hike for the state’s poor-
est students.”

Critics of the Governor’s
budget point out that not only is
his plan unfair to students, it also
ignores the reality. that TAP is
already tied to student perfor-
mance. Under current TAP per-
formance standards, eligible stu-
dents can only receive support
for a fixed number of years.
Undergraduate students enrolled
in four-year programs may
receive up to four years of assis-
tance for full-time study. In addi-
tion, to receive program assis-
tance, students must. maintain at
least, a cumulative “C” average
and as well as full-time status.

“The Governor’s restructur-
ing of TAP makes absolutely no
sense,” said Brian Levine,
Director of Educational Affairs
for the SUNY-Albany Student

- Association. “He 1s unfairly try-

ing to balance the budget on the
backs of SUNY students.”

In addition to the cuts to
TAP, Governor Pataki’s
Executive Budget fails to allot
increased monies to the State
University of New York (SUNY)
and the City University of New
York (CUNY), or restore funding
cut in the last year’s “bare-
bones” budget to opportunity

programs and campus-based
child care. Moreover, the
Governor neither improves

Graduate TAP nor removes the
“upper-cut” reduction to third-

and fourth-year studetns. The
Governor, however, does adjust
the minimum TAP level to $500
from $425 as. scheduled and
keeps the maximum level at
$5,000. According to Hebert, this
is the “real scandal” of the
Governor’s budget.

“The time is now for stu-
dents to take action to protect
SUNY,” said Hebert. “Everyone
should find the time to contact
the Governor’s office to com-
plain about his disregard for the
needs of students.”

NYPIRG is orgainizing on
campus to pressure Governor
Pataki to amend his proposed
budget before the end of his 30-
day amendment period.
NYPIRG’s campaign includes
assembling a large coalition of
student groups and leaders to
speak out against the Governor’s.
proposal. The students’ rights
organization is encouraging as
many students as possible to
wine ‘letters -or . call the
Governors’ office to speak their
minds.

NYPIRG is New York
State’s largest student-directed,
non-partisan environmental pro-
tection and students’ rights orga-
nization. Their office is located in
Campus Center room 306 and
can be reached at 442-5658 or by
e-mail at albany @nypirg.org.

UAlbany awards excellence
in entrepreneurship

PRESS RELEASE

The University at Albany
[recognized] CardioMag
Imaging CEO Carl H. Rosner as
the region’s entrepreneur of the
Lic ee
UAlbany President Karen R.
Hitchcock [presented] the 2002
Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Award at a reception for the

annual Technology Symposium, |

the educational forum co-spon-
sored by the University’s Council
for Economic Outreach and the
Capital Region chapter of the
American Marketing
Association. The reception and
award ceremony [was] held Feb.
6, 6-8 p.m. at the University’s
Center — for

Sciences and _ Technology

Management (CESTM), Fuller
_ Road in Albany.

The award recognizes the
extraordinary accomplishments
of an individual who has con-

Environmental.

tributed to the University, region
and economy by demonstrating
the spirit and personal drive of
the entrepreneur. In addition to
his CardioMag stewardship,
Rosner is chairman of the board
of directors for Intermagnetics
General Corporation (GC), a
high field superconductivity firm
with annual sales approaching
$150 million. Before founding
IGC in 1971, Rosner earned
degrees from the Royal Institute
of Technology in Stockholm and
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
and later managed General
Electric’s Superconductive
Products Operation. Rosner sits

_ on the board of directors of the

University at Albany Foundation,
and serves the University in sev-
eral volunteer roles.

Past recipients of the
Excellence in Entrepreneurship
honor include CommerceHub
CEO Frank Poore and Larry
Davis, founder of Tech Valley
Communications.

Carl H. Rosner

Courtesy of CEO CardioMag Imagine


News

Friday, February 8, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

UAlbany’s sweet ‘n spicy

By SARA CHAPMAN
Managing Editor

What do you call cheese that
isn’t yours? Nacho cheese!! All
right, it’s a bad joke, but “bien-
venido” is what Chartwells
employees were saying on
Wednesday, January 30, when
they welcomed students for the
grand opening of Caliente Cab,
the new “Mexpress” dining

option from Brooklyn in the
Dutch Quad dining hall. This
new bar offers nachos, burritos
and tacos during dinner hours, all
freshly prepared

and made

ered c
accepted ©

according to your specific direc-
tions.

Overall, there was a very
positive response to this new din-
ing pleasure. In fact, students
were lined up for almost a half an
hour on Wednesday. There was a

pinata breaking and prizes given -

away, adding to the fiesta mood.
The bar is designed for there to
be three separate lines but this
will only be recognized once
there is a decreased demand.
However, this doesn’t seem to be
happening any time soon. On
Wednesday evening, the only
complaint seemed to be that there
was no Salsa but by Friday, that
was taken care of. Caliente
seems to have met and surpassed
everyone’s expectations.
UAlbany sophomore, John
Wochawiski, majoring in com-
munications says, “It’s pretty
good. The food here is pretty bad
in general, so I’m glad that

they’re bringing some flavor to

re
Maryan Amid, president of
the class of 2004 and Central
Council representative for Dutch
quad, comments, “I think it’s
interesting. It’s good in that it’s
offering a greater variety to stu-
dents. They [the students] have
been asking for more variety
than what they [Chartwells]
~ have offered to them in the cafe-
teria, so that’s the bonus. It’s get-
ting a lot of good reviews and
good feed back from students.
On the opening night I went
around to different tables during
dinner and asked student what
they thought... they said the food

was good, which is good to hear.”
While Amid credits Chartwells’s
attempts to reach out more to the
students, she cautions that this is,
“a drop in the bucket, and there
are many things that still need to
be improved.”

Paul Krouse, Chartwells
Resident District Manager says,
“T think this is a great program
because it’s a part of the students’
meal plans. It’s all part of adding
value to the meal plans, that’s
what we were trying to do. We
really wanted to put more con-
centration the quads, which we
did. Last semester we focused on
the campus center.” Krouse was
referring to. the addition of
Burger King and the Zepps meal
swipe. Chartwells is hoping that
this will help to ease the pressure
from the meal swipe line at Zepps
on weeknights. Mostly, though,
Krouse is pleased because, “This
is fun!”

Director of Branding and
Sales for Caliente, Tony
Williams, is very enthusiastic
about being a. part of the
UAlbany dining experience.
“Caliente... offers more variety
and it looks at a brand new con-
cept in resident dining which you
don’t see much of. We’re very
honored to be here. Quite frankly,
I was really excited when Paul
and I got together and we’re real-
ly excited about the whole con-
cept. Things are going really
well.” Caliente can be found at
many campuses, mostly through-
out New York City and Long
Island.

Why did the chef disconnect

Caliente Mexpress, Dutch Quad

ae

Photo by Tony Gray

the doorbell and replace. it with
peas outside his door? He wanted
the no-bell peas prize. No more
jokes, that’s a promise. The
Zucchini Brothers helped
Chartwells welcome vegans and

vegetarians to the State Quad din-

ing hall for the grand opening of
Sweet Peas. “It’s a vegetarian
concept geared toward vegetari-
ans and vegans,” said Jim
Chlopecki, a supervisor on State.
“It’s all cooked fresh here.” State
has always provided the vegetar-
ian cuisine, but this is different
because, “‘there’s always actually
a person back here who will be
serving them and making sand-
wiches to order.” So far, there has
been a lot of positive feedback
about Sweet Peas. While the
grand opening did not see as
many people as expected, State
has since seen an increase In peo-
ple coming specifically for the
vegetarian food.

Sara Bolkell, a freshman
business major is not a vegetari-
an, but occasionally takes the
opportunity to enjoy the healthy

dining provided on State where
she lives. “It’s good. It’s better
now that somebody’s back there
because it’s more warm food. I
haven’t really tried everything
there yet but so far it’s been pret-
ty good.”

-Abud Hohatce is the chef for
Swect Peas. “I’ve been doing this
actually for three years. There’s a
lot of Middle East stuff and I try
to bring more to it.” Chlopecki
says that the students have
responded very positively to hav-
ing an actual person serving them
and Hohatee is thrilled to be that
person,

Krouse is excited to be
expanding the variety in the din-
ing halls. “We wanted to make
that a destination. Not just to go
there because you don’t eat meat;
you go there because you can get
a full meal now. I mean you can
get a desert, you can get a sand-
wich, a salad, soup and an
entree.”

So give Peas a chance and
follow Krouse’s example: “T just
came to get.a taco!”

Time travel at UAlbany

By Tom DuRANTE
Contributing Writer

If you take the elevator to the
third floor in the massive monu-
ment of architecture that is. the
Science Library, you can walk
through a gateway to the past.
This is the M.E. Grenander
Department of Special
Collections and Archives.

The mission of archives is to
provide unique, first-hand
accounts to back up historians as
they document historical events.
This department provides prima-
ry source materials for both the

students and faculty to use in
their research and coursework.

Primary sources that are
included in this department docu-
ment the history of the University
at Albany and the history of New
York State public policy in the
20th century. In addition, a col-
lection that documents German
intellectual immigration into the
United States in the 1930’s and
1940’s also exists there.

“Many of the records are
unique to Albany,” said Brian
Keough, head of the department,
“and you won’t find anything in
this storage area in any other
library in the entire world.”

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Another interesting collec-
tion is that of over 10,000 chil-
dren’s books published between

1850 and 1950. The papers of

Marcia Brown, popular chil-
dren’s book illustrator and 1940
UAlbany graduate, are also pre-
sent.

Named for a former faculty
member from the English
Department interested in
archives, the department houses
original documents, manuscripts,
and rare books from exceptional
individuals and organizations.
The University archives were
established in 1971 and serve as a
method of documenting
UAlbany’s history since its 1844

_beginning as a normal school to

train teachers. Archives associat-
ed with the University contain
yearbooks, course descriptions,
university publications, records
from different departments, and
records of prominent faculty
members. “Any information that
you would want to know ‘about
the University can be found by
using these University Archives,”
says Keough.

By law, this information

must be collected, and the mis- |

sion of the University Archives is
to keep certain records to docu-
ment the development and
growth of this University and
those who spent time here as
staff, faculty, or students.

Geoff Williams, the
University Archivist, handles all
the acquisition of records for the

collected

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University. He has successfully
every
UAlbany president since the
University’s 1844 conception. In
addition, the department of
archives and special collections
is in possession of thirty thou-
sand photographs of faculty,
University presidents, and all the
buildings of the University, some
of which are no longer standing. -

All of the information and
records that are kept in this
department are open to any stu-
dent or. faculty member.
However, students cannot just
freely enter and browse these
research materials. They must
sign in, and all research is to be
conducted in the atmosphere of a
secure research room. A curious
student or faculty member must
also have a narrowed-down topic
that he or she is researching.

To ask to see all the
University records is like saying,
“Bring me thousands and thou-
sands of boxes.” The M.E
Grenadier of Special Collections
and Archives is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, with extended hours on
Tuesday and Wednesday until 9

records of

'p.m.. It is also possible to make

an appointment.

Descriptions of any primary
sources in the department, along
with other useful information,
can be found on the web at
http://library.albany.edu/spec-
coll. Be sure to check it out.


4 Friday, February 8, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

News

Grant boosts

UAlbany

East Asian
Studies program

R se A FH ZB

Courtesy of www.albany.edu

PRESS RELEASE

The University at Albany
has received a major humanities
grant to bolster its highly regard-
ed East Asian Studies program.
The four-year, $1.99 million
grant will go toward expanding
-and enhancing the department’s
existing undergraduate program
by creating new courses, accom-
_ modating more students, and pro-
viding opportunities for under-
grads to travel and study in East
Asia.

The grant was awarded by
the Freeman Foundation, a
Vermont group founded by phil-
anthropist Houghton Freeman
dedicated to expanding aware-
ness and understanding of Asian
cultures. :

“One of the primary mis-
sions of the Freeman Foundation

is to enhance Americans’ knowl-
edge and appreciation about
Asia, a part of the world increas-
ingly vital to us and yet still
largely strange to most
Americans,” said Houghton

Freeman. “This program at. the

University at Albany, we think, is
a good one, and does much in its
way to help us achieve our mis-
sion.”

UAlbany’s East Asian stud-
ies program is the only degree-
granting, department level East
Asian program in the 64-campus
SUNY system, and maintains
degree programs in Chinese,
Japanese, and East Asian Studies.
Korean will be added as a major
in 2003. Nearly 1,000 students
per semester enroll in East Asian
Studies courses, while some 20
undergraduates earn degrees each
year.

_narily well

University professor
recognized —

By TimM QUILL
Staff Writer

Every year, many University
at Albany professors are recog-
nized for their outstanding contri-
butions to academics. Professors
are praised for their accomplish-
ments in the arts, humanities, nat-
ural, and social sciences. This
year 1s no exception. One profes-
sor who has been recognized this
year is Dr. Judith Langer.

Distinguished Professor
Judith Langer is the Co-Director,
along with Arthur Applebee, of
the National Research Center on
English Learning and
Achievement (CELA). — As
Director of this organization, she
has, “been at the forefront in dis-
covering what works in schools
whose students perform well in
English,” according to a
University Press Release.

CELA has been studying
many schools to find out why the
students at certain institutions
perform at a higher level in
English. Why do the students at
some schools perform extraordi-
on English and
Language Arts tests, while others
do not? What are some of the
techniques that can be imple-

mented to improve English and
literacy competency? What train-
ing do teachers need to improve
their ability to provide these tech-
niques? The center is concerned
to answer these, and many other
questions, so that it may deter-
mine how to improve the English
skills across the United States.
As Co-Director of the center,
Dr. Langer has. found that
“{C]ertain features of classroom
instruction ‘and professional
development for teachers must be
in place for successful results.”
Among these, she explains, are
using standardized tests, and
helping students to think, rather
than just teaching them the right
answer. “Literature enables stu-

dents to explore possibilities and.

consider options for themselves
and humankind. They come to
find themselves, 1mage others,
value difference and search for
justice.” Dr. Langer calls this
process “envisionment building,”
and it is one of the major focuses
of workshops she is conducting.

For her work at CELA, Dr.
Langer is being recognized in an
eight hour Annenberg
Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (CPB) series. The
series 1s based on, and inspired
by, her research regarding the

strengths of certain English and
Language Arts education tech-
niques. During the series, Dr.
Langer will gather people from
across all areas of academia to
read and discuss literary works.

Participants will draw from
their own perspectives to provide
input on the works. The work-
shops that will be examined dur-
ing the eight part series include
“Responding as_ Readers,”
“Envisioning,” “Objectifying the
Text,” and “Returning to the
Classroom.”

“This process is inspiring a
remarkable change in how educa-
tors across the country shape lit-
erature instruction to foster read-
ing comprehension and in how
students learn to respond to and
understand literature,” said a
University spokesperson.

The series started on January
19, and will continue to air week-
ly on Time Warner’s Channel 16.
The series is entitled

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Friday, February 8, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 5

December Commencement

By Erica L. JOHNSON
Co-News Editor

On December 9, 2001, deco-
rated beautifully in purple and
gold, the Recreation and
Convocation Center was packed
full of friends and family of the
graduating candidates. from the
classes of Summer and Winter
2001. The roughly 500 graduates
were anxiously awaiting their
moment to shine. With the
extravagant decor and the excited
crowd, the candidates were ready
for their transition into the realm
of adulthood.

Students were honored for
earning Undergraduate, Masters,
and Doctoral level degrees.
Those who graduated with hon-
ors wore medallions around their
necks signifying their achieve-
ment. In addition, the University
provided a professional photog-
rapher; taking pictures of the
graduates as they received their
diploma shaking President Karen
Hitchcock’s hand, and in front of
a backdrop after leaving. the
stage. This gave families the
opportunities to have close-up
pictures, even if there were seat-

ed too far to take a
good shot of their own.

Recent graduate,
Gabrielle DiFabbio,
recalls her fellow class-
mates “either on the
verge of tears or just
too nervous to even.
cry”. It was definitely
an emotional moment
in each of their lives.
One thing that
DiFabbio was grateful
for was having the
chance to walk across
the stage and receive
her diploma and shake
President Hitchcock’s
hand. After attending a
larger graduation cere-
mony after her fresh-
man year, held at the
Pepsi Arena, — she
observed that the set-

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ting for her ceremony
was much more personal. At larg-
er ceremonies, it is very difficult
to distinguish one graduate from
another. She was excited that her
family was able to find seating
available practically right next to
her in the nearby stands.

To open the ceremony,
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beautiful rendition of “The Star
Spangled Banner.” Later,
President Karen Hitchcock spoke
about how the recent tragedies in
our country would have an endur-
ing effect on the graduates and
expressed that, “September 11
demands that we all recommit
ourselves to informed civic
responsibility...that we reverse
the dangerous trend toward civic
and political disengagement.
You, our wonderful graduates
whose achievements we honor
and celebrate today, can, indeed
must, be leaders in this effort.”

The commencement speaker
for. the ceremony was
Distinguished Professor and
Psychology Department Chair
Robert Rosellini. Expressing his
hopes for their future success,
Professor Rosellini told them, “In
my view, Robert Lewis
Stevenson best operationalized
this term when he said, ‘A suc-
cessful person is one who has
lived well, laughed often, and
loved much; who has gained the
respect of intelligent people and
the love of children; who has
filled their niche and accom-

plished their task; who leaves the
world better than they found it;
and who looked for the best in

-others and gave the best the

had’... This is the success I wish
for you.”

With such a small number of
students graduating, it was appro-
priate that the ceremony was held
in the comfortable and intimate
setting of the RACC. Ardagna
closed the ceremony singing the
University’s alma matter. It was a
beautiful way to step into what
college students fear: “the real
world.” ;

UA\lbany professor

coordinates symposium |

PRrrESS RELEASE

High school students from
around the area will present the
results of their research at the
first Capital District Junior
Science and Humanities
Symposium (JSHS) on Friday,
Feb. 8, at the Joseph Bulmer
Telecommunications Center of
Hudson Valley Community
College. Daniel Wulff, a profes-
sor of biological sciences at the
University at Albany, has coordi-
nated the Upstate New York
JSHS symposium since 1985.

The symposium is one of
three sub-regional competitions
being held in the state for the first
time. First place finishers and
some runners-up will compete at
the JSHS Regional Upstate New
York competition in Albany in

_ April. The top winner of the

Albany competition will receive
a $4,000 scholarship and will
represent Upstate New York at
the National JSHS competition in
California.

“In recent years, we have
seen a great increase in the num-
ber of young scientists applying
to present their findings at the
Upstate New York competition,”

people will have an §

Wulff. said.
“Scientific knowl- -

edge is not yet knowl-
edge until it reaches
the public. With these
new sub-regional
events, more young

opportunity to make
public the things they
have discovered.”
JSHS  competi-
tions at all levels
encourage the analyti- |
cal and creative
development of stu-
dents in the sciences,
engineering and math-

; : a UAlbany
ematics by providing

for young scientists

Courtesy of www.albany.edu

Daniel Wulff, Professor of biological sciences at

high school students. with oppor-
tunities to challenge themselves
through experimental research.
“The classes mix the cama-
raderie of a ‘program,’ with rigor
usually well beyond the demands
of a normal classroom,” noted
Wulff. “It is harder than most
classes, but it is popular with
both students and teachers
because it is such a radical depar-
ture from much of the ‘cookie-
cutter’ work of high school.
Teachers who are willing to be
facilitators rather than THE
delivers of knowledge, and who

have the humility to see their
STUDENTS become the experts,
are thrilled with the results.”
The University at Albany
supports the sub-regional and
regional JSHS competitions. A
grant in 2000 from the Charitable
Venture Foundation of Clifton
Park, NY, supports administra-
tion of science research classes
around New York State, some
coordination. of the new sub-
regional symposia, and corporate
fund-raising to assure the pro-
grams’ long-term viability.


6 Friday, February 8, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

News

Hitchcock
addresses -

Council

By Tony GRAY
Co-News Editor

President Karen Hitchcock
opened Wednesday’s Central
Council meeting by congratulat-
ing SA members for eliminating
the huge deficit inherited by last
year’s administration.

Prior to opening the floor to
student questions, President
Hitchcock provided updates on
campus construction and tuition
issues.

The Life Sciences Building
is ahead of schedule by months,
said Hitchcock. Completion - is
scheduled for 2005 but the
University expects it to be done
sooner because of the mild win-
ter. She noted that, while the win-
ter may not have been good for
skiers, it allowed construction
crews to get a lot of work done.

By the end of this summer
the Art Sculpture studio should
be open. and the old
Administration building should
be finished with renovations,
before then, she noted.

Empire Commons will open

the first phase of residence halls
in time for occupancy this fall; in
fact, few of the $633/month
rooms remain available.

CESTM, or the Center for
Environmental Sciences, expects
the first phase to be operational
by the end of this year. The clean
room construction just began and
is supposed to be a 30-month
project, said the President.

Hitchcock was excited that
CESTM would help introduce a

brand new. school for the
University, the School of
Nanosciences and

Nanotechnology.

New York’s troubled budget
presents serious problems for the
University, according to the
President, who said that money
to cover negotiated contract
increases for faculty hasn’t been
added to this year’s budget.
“That’s a $4.6 million hole in our
budget,” said Hitchcock. She
believes that, when the final
numbers are in, utility -prices
(which she said are skyrocketing)
will produce another $2 - 4 mil-
lion budget shortfall.

A freeze on salaried posi-
tions has been instituted to help

curb outlays although she noted »

that if positions are essential for
delivering student services, the
position will be filled.

_ “We're looking at every
alternative revenue stream,” said
Hitchcock, pointing out that over
a dozen faculty have been added
with revenue from non-State
sources. As examples, she men-
tioned endowed professors of
East Asian Studies, whose first
three year’s salary is from the
Japan and Korea foundations.

t

One of the first questions
was posed by a member of the
campus Greens, who asked why
the University tore down the last
remaining stretch of pristine pine
barren for dorms. Hitchcock
answered that, after careful
study, the University decided,
although the 25 acre building site
had elements of the Pine Bush, it
wasn’t part of the Pine Bush.

“Right now, we’re virtually
saturated,” noted the President.
“We’re 85-90% built-out on this.
campus now; every other space
that could accommodate a cluster
of that type was looked at.”

Finance Committee Chair
Liam Miller asked how the
expected influx of students was
going to be accommodated, par-
ticularly in regards to parking.
Hitchock said her view is that
UAlbany has to look at garage
structures, with very good shuttle
transportation.

Internal Affairs Chair Dan
Fingerman asked her if any
Tuition hikes or fee increases are
planned for this year. President
Hitchcock replied that no hike in
tuition is likely but there is most
likely going to be at least an
inflationary adjustment to. stu-
dent fees.

Academic Affairs Chair
Amy Hebert responded by say-
ing (to much applause) that she
was against any sort of Tuition
increase; she would prefer a
funding increase. “The State
should be more responsible and
create some rational funding pro-
gram,” declared Hebert.

Many council members
grilled the President about defi-
ciencies in the Information
Science Program (ISP) program.

“You’ve put your finger on
one our biggest problems,”
Hitchock told one student, “that
school grew up as a library
school.” She said the school was
about to embark on a search for a
Dean for ISP, calling it an area of
investment.

Other areas of concern that
drew interest were bus service
and the health center. Vice
President for Business and
Finance Paul Stec was present
and promised to provide a full
accounting of those issues, and
possibly good news regarding
bus service, when he re-appears
before Council, in approximately
three weeks.

President Hitchcock also
agreed to have a discussion about
VAS payment of “Mission of the
University” funds, which CC
Chair Nick LoVuolo described as
circumventing tuition. :

Other noteworthy announce-
ments include the possible end of
SA vans for groups and planned
live broadcasts of CC meetings
which may begin as soon as 45
days from now.

Hearst Foundation awards
$500,000 for UAlbany graduate

students in aging

PRESS RELEASE

In 2000, 35 million
Americans were over the age of
65. By 2020, one in every six
Americans will be over 65, and
by 2030, the number climbs to
one in five. Of 600,000 practic-
ing social workers in the U.S.,
only 5,000 are specially trained

to work with older people.

The University at Albany’s
School of Social Welfare is
poised to meet this challenge
thanks to a $500,000 endowed

fellowship from the William

Randolph Hearst Foundation.
The funds will be used to educate
social workers to effectively
work with older people.
“UAlbany is a comprehen-
sive research university commit-
ted to life-long learning and ser-
vice,” said University President
Karen R. Hitchcock. “Our
engagement in the aging commu-
nity is improving the quality of
life for citizens of all ages by
building: quality learning,
research and service opportuni-

ties. We are most appreciative of

the Hearst Foundation’s
contribution to this tmpor-
tant education and commu-
nity-enrichment initiative.”
“The funding from the
Hearst Foundation |. will
enable graduate students to
improve services for the
aging through research, test-
ing, and fostering innovative
practices. We are grateful to
the Foundation for their sup-
port of this important com-
munity initiative,” said
Katharine Briar-Lawson, §
PhD, dean of the School of
Social Welfare at University

Courtesy of www.albany.edu

Katharine Briar Lawson, PhD, Dean of the
School of Social Welfare

at Albany.

The Hearst Foundation
awarded 10 colleges and univer-
sities grants of $5000 to create
endowed scholarship — funds,
designed to encourage masters
level students to choose aging as
an area of specialization. As a
result of these funds, the 10
schools across the country collec-
tively expect to graduate 40-50

additional professionals trained

to work with older people and
their families.
“We are hopeful that increas-

ing the number of aging-trained
social workers and nurses will
help holder people maximize
their functioning and enhance
their abilities to actively engage
in live,” said Robert M. Frehse,
Jr., executive director of The
Hearst Foundation.

Other schools receiving
endowed scholarship — funds
include University of Houston,
Washington University, Virginia
Commonwealth University and
UCLA.

You are

By MERIDA FRIEDMAN
Contributing Writer

_ Joan Franco, a therapist at
the Albany County Crime
Victims and Sexual Violence
Center, wants students to know,
“You are not alone.” Franco is
also one of the therapists of a
recently expanded service
offered at the County center. It is
group therapy for women who
may be “trauma survivors” from
any type of violence, such as:
rape, incest, stalking, assault, etc.

“These survivors feel much
less alone when they ‘can share
with others who have had a simi-
lar experience.” Franco said,
adding, “different people experi-
ence similar experiences differ-
ent ways.” The group was
designed to provide anything for
their needs, like education about
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) or domestic violence.

This group is very new, and
just started up about three
months ago, but women can join
at any time and there is no time
limit. Philomena Moriarty, also a
co-therapist, said that it is
“important for people to get the
feelings that they feel on the
inside on the outside.” This
process can help them heal, just
by talking to people who have
shared similar experiences. This
group would help survivors real-
ize that they are not the only ones
out there.

Over the past few years,
there has been a decrease in vio-
lence, according to Moriarty.
Although the rape numbers are

about the same, there has been an

increase in people seeking help.

not alone

This is a very good sign. College
age women make up a larger
amount of the group than they
serve.”

Moriarty suggested that if a
violent act had just recently
occurred, the victim should try to
speak personally to an individual
therapist. However, if some time
had elapsed, and if that individual
has either come to terms with the
act individually, talked to a thera-
pist, or just wants to talk, then
sheshould seek help within the
group.

Some symptoms of a person
still suffering from a violent act

are: trouble eating, trouble sleep-.

ing, thinking about the attack a
lot, intimacy problems and a fear
of going out. The group is just for

“women, and meets on Mondays

from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
There is also a volunteer pro-

gram offered in the county center.
One-of the training sessions just
started on the twentieth of
January. However, they do run
training sessions about three
times a year. It is an eleven-week
program, in which the volunteers
must complete several tasks.
Then they must talk to the volun-
teer coordinator. Once the volun-
teers are done with all of their
training, they work on the hotline
and/or go the hospital with rape
victims. The program is always
looking for volunteers and it is a
good way to help people in need.

The emergency hotline num-
ber is 447-7716. If you want to
inquire about the volunteer pro-
gram, or anything else, the num-
ber is 447-5500. Remember, you
are never alone.

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Friday, February 8, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS z

Stopping To Ti rample the Roses:

_ The expense of
knowledge

By RACHEL NAJDZIN
Staff Columnist

Two hundred and eighty-five
dollars, and my entire purchase
isnt even ~..coOmplete. .. yet.
Interesting. I stare down at the
receipt again not quit sure, or
praying to god, that this immense
total is incorrect. Maybe I’m just
dreaming; one of those dreams
where I am the brunt of an extra-
ordinarily cruel joke.
Unfortunately, this is not the
case; the receipt is real, and no, I

haven’t gone on another one of.

my shoe shopping marathons. I
am, in fact standing outside the
school bookstore, a newly pur-
chased box of books lying at my
feet where it landed when I
gasped in horror at the total star-
ing up at me from between my
fingers. Two hundred and eighty-
five dollars, and there are only
four items inside the upturned
box. Is this a joke?

Sadly this is no joke, and it
isn’t just this school’s bookstore
that charges exorbitant rates for
measly paperbacks. (My math
book in fact, a tiny used paper-
back was the most expensive
item on my list. It cost eighty-
five dollars.) It seems the entire
world of books has been jacked
up, turning an innocent trip to the
land of literature into a blood
sucking money trap.

I remember the days, oh so
long ago, when I would eagerly
await a trip to the bookstore or
the elementary. school’s annual
book fair. ?'d always enjoyed
reading and books were one of
those things that no matter how
many I wanted my parents were
always willing to comply in pur-
chasing. And why shouldn’t they

be? The paperbacks I chose were
no more than five dollars a piece,
and denying a child the privilege
of learning at such an .inexpen-
sive cost could well be construed
as child-abuse. :

The only way to
screw the system is
to borrow from
libraries, locate
small independent
used booksellers and
share your

With

your peers.

textbooks...

However, as I grew older, as
with everything else in my life,
the price of books increased. Sure
the novels I was purchasing were
longer, but they were still paper
backs, their pages thin, their ink-
ing cheap. What I had once been
spending five dollars on I was
now shelling out fifteen for, the
paper backs costing at the most
only ten dollars less than the hard
covers I had once considered
well out of my price range. And
forget about the art books I began
to covet; their prices were astro-
nomical, some even breaking the
one hundred dollar marker.

It was the same with many:

educational books; it seemed the
more information contained
between the covers, the higher
the price crept. Trust me on this;
I worked at B. Dalton Bookstore,
a small chain owned by one of
the largest book store companies,
Barnes and Noble, the same com-
pany Albany’s very own book-
store is owned by. (That would
explain the price of my math

textbook then, I suppose.) I saw
the novels placed on the shelves
at their unbelievable full prices

and listened to the quips as par-

ents set a stack of books on the
counter in front of me. “No more
books for awhile Johnny,” a
mother would say glaring at me
as if I had something to do with
the pricing, “we’ll have to use the
library more often I guess.”
Johnny’s mother hit the nail
on the head, for I foresee no price
drop looming deep inside my
crystal ball. Why should there
be? The demand for books is
high; schools will never stop
ordering them, college students
will never stop needing them and
hardcore nerds will never stop
loving them. The necessity is
high but the resources for which
to acquire this particular product
are extremely low. It is quite the
literary conundrum and_ near
unsolvable. We cannot let the
prices stop us from reading, from
gaining a fact or a tidbit of
knowledge we previously never
knew. The only way to screw the
system is to borrow’ from
libraries, locate small indepen-
dent used booksellers and share
your textbooks (especially your
math texts) with your peers.
Whatever we do we cannot let
the prices scare us into illiteracy
for even though a non-reading
populace would toss the book-
stores out of business these cor-
porations will still have won the
battle; we will be devoid of new-

‘found knowledge. This ‘cannot

happen. We should rebel, toss

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The last
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By SHARON DRUCK
Staff Columnist

For me, 2002 has gotten off
to a rollicking start. I started off

as detached and disillusioned.
All I heard about anymore was
how the entire world was going
to hell in a leaky handbasket. A
group of maniac religious fanat-
ics are dead set on destroying the
world, the job market is thinner
than a model with a stomach
virus, and many of the things I
used to adore and depend on
were driving me crazy. Then, I
got to pour heartache into this

crazy mix when my boyfriend of

a year and a half sent me a “Dear
Jane” e-mail. The year is barely
a month old and already I wish it
were over.

I know! It must be senior
year!! Silly, silly me. I should
have known. After all, all of my
senior years have been festivals
of pain. All I have to do is intend
to graduate and suddenly. my
social life goes into a state of
uneasy flux. The curtain is

raised, the house lights come up,

and nothing is as it seemed to be.
Sometimes, there are benefits to
this. During my senior year of
HS I realized that the girl that
used to hang out with an old
enemy of mine was really an
awesome person who ended up
becoming one of my best friends.
This is the glaring exception.
Usually senior year involves
such head and heartaches like the
discovery that one of my sup-
posed best friends was actually a
raving psychotic that I needed to
adios from my life double plus

quick, but I digress.

I don’t know what it is about
a “senior year” that makes my
life so ripe for the raising of
uncomfortable truths, filled with
more awkward dramas -than an
entire season of Dawson’s Creek.
So far ve found out that the boy
I loved and thought to be brave
and truthful was actually a cow-
ardly liar who broke my heart.
That was a crushing blow, to say
the least. Everything had been so
wonderful, and then...it just was-
n't. I don’t get it. T still dom’t get
it, and I never will. The most I
can do is wash my hands and get
on with my life. And friends of
mine are showing stripes that |
didn’t expect. I’m starting to sus-
pect that one of my friends only
likes to hang around with me
when there’s no one else to talk
to. Which is lovely, believe me.

I’ve seen so many people go
on and on about how senior year
is supposed to be the best year
ever, and this is the time where >
you will make memories to last a
lifetime, and all that other drivel
they sell you on tv for $19.95 +
shipping. I don’t think it’s really
truc, honestly. Maybe this last
year is supposed to show you that
even though its been fun for
awhile, it’s really time to start
looking for the next place to
move on to. It sounds a lot casi-
er than it actually is - after all,
after spending 3 years building
some form of a life, the last thing
that you want is for it to come
tumbling down around your fect.
I know that growing up isn’t
easy, but every senior year it
seems that it gets just a little bit.
harder.

Lyon’s Den

By ScoTT LYON

NOW WITH
LESS CANS!
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» MORE FISH!

SUNY
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8 Friday, February 8, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

As college students, it 1s jus-
tifiably assumed that we have
meager financial means. Most
students do not have full time
employment and those that do
work, do so near the minimum
wage. Why is it then that the
prices on campus are generally
higher then those found at com-
peting locations? The answer,
unfortunately, is simple. Price
gouging. The reason why a hot
dog costs four dollars at Yankee
Stadium has little to do with the
player’s salaries. It is because the
fan is a hostage to the environ-

_ ment. The fan cannot go to anoth-
er vendor and get a better deal.
Yankee Stadium is not a free
market economy; it is a totalitar-
ian regime.

The same holds true for the
University. The bookstore has
prices that would make you laugh
if you saw them in Staples. Have
you ever seen a five-dollar note-
book at Office Max or Walmart?
I often buy 4-packs of audiocas-
settes at Walmart for 2.99. At the
University bookstore a 2-pack is
near five dollars. As students, we
expect to pay exorbitant prices
for textbooks that will be bought
back for pennies on the dollar;
but at what point does the school
have an obligation to protect its
students? Where was the school
when Coca-Cola went up in

Pz, Letters to the Editor (Z
Campus: A gouging monopoly

price? Why didn’t the school tell
Coke when it signed its exclusiv-
ity contract that if it wanted to
keep its product at the school that
it would have to charge eighty
cents a bottle? Coke would have
caved because they want the
business. Furthermore, if Coke
did not cave, Pepsi would have
jumped right in because that’s
business. I have been told that the
University Auxiliary runs the
Coke machines and one universi-
ty employee has suggested that it
was they who raised the price.
Regardless of who raised the
prices, the question that I would
like to have answered is why did
the school sign an exclusivity
contract in the first place? By
doing so, it guaranteed that Coke
would have no incentive to keep
the price down. Prices stay low
because of competition, not cor-
porate compassion.

Although the answer to the
Coke question is unclear, it is
obvious why the bookstore is
permitted to charge its high
prices. Barnes and Noble own the
bookstore. The Barnes and Noble
Corporation recently “donated”
the funds necessary to build the
new science library on campus. I
imagine that this “donation” was
much akin to a mafia shakedown.
In other words, if Barnes and
Noble knew what was good for
it, it had better make a “dona-

tion” to the right people. They
did. The University at Albany has
sold out its students for a dona-
tion. With the university in
Barnes and Noble’s pocket, you
can rest assured that the prices
will be exorbitant for years to
come. Finally, as every student
who is not on a meal plan knows,

the prices in the food court are |

also higher than normal. Only at
the University will a sub, a Coke
and a bag of chips cost near eight
dollars. I can buy the same meal
off campus for around four.
Compare the prices of the new
Burger King with those offcam-
pus and you will find those too
are higher. The pattern of border-
line corruption is clear. At some
point the University forgot that
the students do not exist for it,
rather it exists for the students.
We have no viable protection and
are routinely whored out for cor-
porate gains. But then again, why
should University President
Karen R. Hitchcock care any-
way? After all, with her hundred
thousand dollar salary, what is an
extra .10 cents for a bottle of
Coke anyway?

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due credit

To the Editor:

In response to the article
“Replacing Lecture Center
chairs,” that appeared in the
November 30, 2001 edition of
the Albany Student Press, I want-
ed to draw attention to a, perhaps,
misguided focus of the article. As

the Academic Affairs Committee:

Chair, it is my job to facilitate

relationships with the administra- .

tion with which I will be working
to conduct. committee business.
But I wanted to make clear that I
do not do all the work myself,
and many, if not most, of the
ideas. that are exchanged in my
committee come from the resid-
ing members of my committee.
The problem of the Lecture
Centers itself was brought to my
attention by one committee
member, Jamie McNamara, a
Central Council Representative
of Indian Quad. Without his call-
ing my attention to the problem,
and without his continual con-
cerned input about the Lecture
Center situation, we, as
Academic Affairs Committee,
may not have taken it up as an

issue at all.

Academic Affairs
Committee should not solely be
defined by. the actions of the
chair, and this should go for other
committees as well. It is the

_ chair that is responsible for the

organization and implementation
of the ideas and suggestions
offered up by the committee, but
that should in no way imply that
the ideas are the chair’s alone. I
think in many cases, all the work-
ing parts of the committee
become overshadowed by the
figure in the leadership position.
I ask that when Academic Affairs
Committee is recognized for an
accomplishment, that the accom-
plishment is recognized as a
product of the committee, specif-
ically, the chair, the vice chair
and the committee members
working together.

Amy Hebert,

Academic Affairs Committee
Chair of the Student
Association

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Friday, February 8, 2002 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 9

Living through and
with terror

To the Editor

I am writing this letter to you
and maybe to the readers of the
ASP should you choose to pub-
lish it, from the computer in my
dormitory in Jerusalem, Israel. I
don’t think I have ever appreciat-
ed being able to sit in front of a
computer at 1:33 a.m. as much as
I now do. Being a former student
at the University of Albany, I
completely understand having
allegiance to the city of NY and
the country of the US as a whole.
However, what I have been
through in the past week has
made me appreciate Israeli cul-
ture.

Seven days ago at this time I
was fortuanate enough to have
my life spared by G-d. Two sui-
cide bombers decided to blow
themselves up, and take as many
Jews with them as possible. One
of the bombs went off right next
to the restaurant that I- was eating
at. I know that many of you read
the papers about what has been
happening in Israel, and may
have even experienced first hand
what happened at the World
Trade Center. To actually be sit-
ting and waiting for your steak to
arrive, and then having a bomb
go off less then 15 feet from you

is completely different.

When the bomb went off I
thought it was machine guns.
Everyone in the restaurant ran.
That is except for the guy sitting
at the table next to me. He had a
nail in the back of his head and
was bleeding all over the place.
People were lying on the ground
dying and the pavement was
splattered with blood. I have the
picture of that man slumped in
his chair burned in my memory
for the rest of my life.

I dont want to get into the
details of what I saw. That is not
the point of this letter. The point
is that the next day people were
actually eating in the very same
restaurant. Sounds nuts doesn’t.
The danger factor in Israel is so
prevalent that they have learned
how to live with it. It was a
tragedy of course, but life goes
on. You don’t see it on the news
for a month straight. By that time
there are more recent shootings
and bombings that can be talked
about. I walked down to Ben
Yehuda street for the first time
this week and felt the kind of fear
you have when your six and
afraid of the dark. It was beyond
intense. The terrorist act that hit
the US Sept. 11th was certainly

Managing money for people
with other things to think about?

horrific. Do you really think it
will happen again though? Here
bombs are going off all the time
just for the simple reason that
Arabs feel like killing Jews.
When was the last time you heard
of a Jew dressing up like and
Arab and going into their land to
randomly kill teenagers?
Because those are the people who
died in the last bomb. Ten people
all between the ages of 13 and
20. I thank G-d I wasn’t one of
them.

I think if each person who
reads this could do one more
good thing in their life, it could
help to end the hate and bring us
one step closer to redemption.
Maybe go to temple or church
more. Donate some money to an
organization. Realize _ that
Americans aren’t the only ones
suffering. That the people here
are doing everything they can
just to be able to live in a land
that belongs to them. They can’t
just be expected to give it away.
So maybe most people would
come home after going through
what I did. Not me. I’m not going
to let them chase me out of my
land. I’m here to stay.

Kevin S. Shurack

AB. MS. M.D.J.D.M.0.H,

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Dear Editor,

On April 13, 2002, the State
University of New York at Albany is
going to be attempting to break two
Guinness World Records. One, for
the most couples kising at one time,

the record is held by Ohio State at

1587 couples (at 3174 people), we
will be looking to have about 2000
couples that day. The other record,
we hope ito break is for the most
people brushing their teeth at one
time. The record is held at 1387 peo-
ple brushing their teeth. We will be
looking to have about 4000 people
that day.

In the past we have held very
successful Guinness Days. So suc-
cessful that at one time, our

University held the record for most
Guinness World Records broken at
one school. On Wednesday Feb. 13
at 7:00 p.m. in front of the Student
Association office, we will be hold-
ing a Guinness Day interest meeting
all are welcomed.

Guinness Day is a day of the
year that we can ban together to
show our school spirit and dedica-
tion. Please urge your organization
members to become involved in
making this event successful and
breaking two more records at the
University at Albany.

Alfredo Balarin
Multicultrtual Affairs Director

Second chance or second

Dear Editor,

This letter is written in

response to and out of concern for
the attitudes expressed by Peter

Brusoe in his letter to the editor
printed December 7, 2001. While it
is understood by most that those
who commit crimes should
punishment, the issue that is most
troubling about the HEA Drug
Provision is that it imposes a second
penalty for committing a such a
crime. The system of jurisprudence
in this country, flawed as it may be,
supposes that the penalty should
match the crime. Here, we are see-
ing that not only is this criminal
dealt with by the justice system, but
also by the higher education system.

Moreover, the only criminals

face

that the provision applies to are
those who commit drug offenses. A
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financial aid as those of us who have
a clean record.

Perhaps the young lady who

Justified her support of sensible drug

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informed. The issue is not about
allowing those who make “‘mis-
takes” to get away with their crimes,
rather finding fair ways to deal with
criminals of all kinds within the
scope of the justice system.

We are encouraged by the cli-
mate on this campus and the Central
Council’s resolution condemning
the HEA Drug Provision and would
like to continue working toward
sensible drug policies. If you are
interested in joing us please write to
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10 Friday, February 8, 2002

ALBANY .STUDENT PRESS

Coming Events

Friday,
F ebruary 8

Movie: Lantana. Directed by ©

Australian Ray Lawrence.
Starring Anthony Paglia, Barbara
Hershey, and Geoffrey Rush.

Spectrum 7 Theatres. 290
Delaware Ave. 449-8995.
www. spectrum7.com

Movie: No Man’s Land.
Spectrum 7 Theatres. 290
Delaware Ave. 449-8995.

www. spectrum7.com

8 p.m. Keynote Speaker:
Sexuality Week Presentation:
“Loveline with Dr. Drew.”

8 p.m. Concert: Ladies of Song.
In celebration of Black History
Month, the NYSTI presents
Lynnie Godfrey in a one-woman
musical and dramatic tribute to
three awesome talents, Ethel
Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah
Vaughan. Schacht Fine Arts
Center, Russel Sage College,
Troy, New York.

Box. office (518)274-3256
(TDD/Non-voice: 274-3256).
Call for additional performance
times and dates. 37 First Street,
Troy New York, M-F 9am-4pm.
Tickets also available at the
Schacht Fine Arts Center one
hour prior to performance.

7:30 p.m. Film: Boesman and
Lema. Page Hall, 135 Western
Avenue on the University at
Albany’s downtown campus.
Sponsored by the New York State
Writers Institute as part of its
Spring 2002 Classic Film Series,
the screening is free and open to
the public. 442-5620 or online at
www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
8:00 p.m. Sexuality Week
keynote presentation:
“Loveline With Dr.- Drew.”
Presenter Drew Pinsky M.D.,
Lecture, Author and _ Host.
Recreation and Convocation
Center at the University at
Albany. Reception and_ book
~ signing to follow.

_8 p.m. Concert: Curtain Up!
Presents Strike Up The Band, in
concert with a live orchestra, at
Proctor’s Theatre. Tickets are
$39, $32, and $25. Tickets are
available at Proctoris Box Office
(518) 346-6204, on-line at
www.proctors.org and at all
TicketMaster locations.

7:30 p.m. Classic Film Series:
Boesman And Lena. starring
Danny Glover, Angela Bassett,
and Willie Jonah in English and
Afrikaans. |

Happy Valentine's Day,

Page Hall, 135

Western Avenue, University at .

Albany Downtown Campus.
Free and open to the public.

Saturday,
February 9

10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. OR 12:30-2
p.m. Children’s Acting Classes:
Forces Creative presents a series
of introductory acting classes for
children ages 8-11. Classes offer
a comprehensive study of the
basic skills and concepts for act-
ing. Classes are held on Feb. 2,
9, 16 & 23 at the Helen Froehlich
Auditorium. 518-695-6949.

Sunday,
February 10

2-4 p.m. Family Activity:
Broken Hearts, a Valentine’s Day
activity. Create beautiful collage
valentines in the style of
Picasso’s cubist art. Activities
are sponsored in part by the Leo
Cox Beach Philanthropic
Foundation and the Great Escape
& Splashwater Kingdom and
take place at the Louis P. Brown
Art Studio.

7-9 p.m. Open auditions:
Dancing at the Lughansa. Home

Made Theaters spring production

of Brian Friel’s award winning
play. Auditions will be February
10 and 11 from 7-9 p.m. at the
Spa Little Theater located in the
Saratoga Spa State Park. For
information contact the the staff
at Home Made. Theater 587-
4427.

Monday, |
February 11

Various exhibits and presenta-
tions: Held in Campus Center
375, and the Campus Center
Lobby throughout the day for
Sexuality Week at the University
of Albany. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. “Even
Roses Have Thorns:HIV/AIDS
Update;” 1:15-2:30 p.m. “In the

Blink of an Eye: The Erosion of »

Abortion Rights in the U.S;”
2:45 p.m.-4 p.m. “Religion and
Choice: How Religion Has Been
Used In the Last Century to
Restrict and to Promote
Reproductive Freedom;” 8 p.m.-
9:30 p.m. “Date Rape: What You
Need to Know.”

5:30-6:30 p.m. Interview
Workshop: Take the first step to
the top with Keri Kennedy from
Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Sponsored by Liga Filipina and

the Career Development Center.
LO,

Tuesday,
February 12

Various exhibits and presenta-
tions: Held in Campus Center
375, and the Campus Center
Lobby throughout the day for
Sexuality Week at the University
of Albany. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. STD
Prevention Exhibit; 1:15-2:30
p.m. “Sex Talk: Communicating
With Your Sexual Partner About
Sexual Issues;” 2:45 p.m.-4 p.m.
“Speak Outs: Understanding the
Experiences of Gay, Lesbian and
Bisexual People;” 4:15 p.m.-5:30
p.m. “Real Men Don’t Cry, Do
They?...And What Does That
Have. To Do With Men and

Sex?;” 8 p.m. Sexuality Week.

Featured Presentation: NO!.

10 a.m. Body Language:
Moving through the Arts: The
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company
invites students to enter the won-
derfully exhilarating and magical
world of modern dance. Intended
for school groups-recommended
for Kindergarten through Grade
6. It will be held at The Egg,
Empire State Plaza. $5 per per-
son. 473-1061

Wednesday,
February 13.

Various exhibits and presenta-
tions: Held in Campus Center
375, and the Campus Center
Lobby throughout the day for
Sexuality Week at the University
of Albany. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
HIV/AIDS Prevention Exhibit;
1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Sexually
Transmitted Diseases at SUNY:
What You Need to Know if You
Are Having Sex; 2:45 p.m.-4
p.m. “Challenges and Responses
In the Struggle To Save Africa
From AIDS;” 4:15 p.m.-5:30
p-m. “ Finding Your Voice In Sex
and Dating Situations: A
Workshop for Women;” 8 p.m.

- Theater Performance: The Vagina

Monologues, Performing Arts
Center Recital Hall.

8 p.m. Reading: Daryl Cumber
Dance, known as the Dean of
Folkculture, is the editor of sev-
eral celebrated ethnic based
anthologies. The presentation
will include a celebration of
African American folklore with
dramatic readings and music.
Page Hall, 135 Western Ave.
Downtown Campus. This event
is free and open to the public.

7 p.m. Meeting: Members of the
Committee on University and
Community Relations are asked
to attend. They will address the
“Spring 2002 Six-Point Plan”
that includes safety, behavior and
trash challenges of the spring
semester. It will be held at the
Albany Police Department’s
Traffic Safety/Special Operations
Bldg. at 526 Central Avenue.

3-4 p.m. Open’ Forum:
Sponsored by the President’s
Task Force on Women’s Safety.
Open to the University
Community. Bring your safety
issues and ideas. Campus Center
Terrace Lounge. :

Thursday,
February 14

Various exhibits and presenta-
tions: Held in Campus Center
375, and the Campus Center
Lobby throughout the day for
Sexuality Week at the University
of Albany. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Breast
and Testicular Cancer Exhibit;
1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. STDs/HIV
Making The Connection; 2:45
p.m.-4 p.m. “Now That I’m Out,
Now What;” 4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
“Back That A** Up!: How Do
Music Videos Depict Women?;”
8 p.m. Theater Performance: The
Vagina Monologues, Performing
Arts Center Recital Hall.

UAlbany! ©

Play: The Music Man is an all-
American salute to music,
romance, fast-talking flim-flam
that the whole family will love.
The Music Man is coming to
Proctor’s Theatre in Schenectady
direct from Broadway. Tickets
for Feb. 12-14 at 8 p.m. and Feb.
14, at 2 p.m. are $46, $42, & $39.
Tickets for Feb. 15 at 8 p.m., Feb.
16 at 2 & 8 p.m., & Feb. 17 at 2
p-m. are $49, $44, & $42.
Tickets for children 12 and under
are $20. Tickets are available at
Proctor’s Box Office 346-6204,
online www.proctors.org and at
all area TicketMaster locations.

Art Exhibit: Through Friday
February 15. “Les Le Veque: 4
Vertigo.” A nine-minute video
installation based on Alfred
Hitchcocks classic film Vertigo in
which the artist condenses and
reconstructs the original version,
transforming it into a stuttering
kaleidoscope of hypnotic cine-
matic spectacle. The College of
Saint Rose Art Gallery, Picote
Hall 324 State Street. This exhib-
it is free. Gallery hours are
Monday-Thursday !0 a.m.-4:30
p.m. and 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Friday 10

-a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sunday noon-4

p-m., closed Saturdays. Call
Jeanne Flanagan for more infor-
mation about the exhibit, 485-
3902.


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~ 2/1 Alumni Quad - Criminal Mischief - Report of smashed front glass face of candy
machine
2/1 State - Assault - Report of student being assaulted by two non-students

2/3 Indian Quad - Falsely Reporting an Incident - Unknown person(s) activated fire
alarm ;

2/4 State Quad - Petit Larceny - Report of stolen keys»

2/4 State Quad - Aggravated Harassment - Report of male receiving harassing e-mail

message

2/5 Dutch Access East - Criminal Possession Stolen Property - Male arrested for stolen
vehicle

2/5 Hu/Ed Rd - Petit foe Hangtag stolen

2/6 State Quad - Criminal Mischief - Report of a group of people breaking window, will
be referred

INCIDENTS

1/31 Humanities/Social Science - Report of doors found unlocked
1/31 Campus Center - Report of accidental alarm, scene cleared
1/31 Indian Quad Archway - Report of unidentified vehicle which struck a pole « caus-
ing it to break off at ground level
1/31 Lecture Center - Report of possible stolen book bag
1/31 Lecture Centers - Report of party flyers all over the floors
2/1 State Quad - Medical call for male having: seizure, 5-Quad responded & transported
to St. Peter’s ;
2/1 Indian Quad - Medical call for intoxicated female, 5-Quad responded and trans-
ported to Memorial Hospital/To be referred for underage drinking
2/1 Campus Center - Report of suspicious subject trying to return books
2/1 Fine Arts - Report of broken door
2/I Freedom Quad - Report of faulty fire alarm, PP on scene
2/1 Indian Quad - Report of harassing message left on voice mail
2/1 Western Ave - Report of a parked vehicle damaged by a piece of a slate roof
2/2 Indian Tower - Welfare check, person found
2/2 UPD - Report of cab driver returning property to student
2/2 Colonial Quad - Fire alarm activated possibly by chemical extinguisher, PP, AFD &
~ Res Life cleared scene .
2/2 Health Center - Medical call for student complaining of a rash, transported to
Albany Medical Hospital by Empire Ambulance
2/2 Indian Quad - Medical call for intoxicated student, 5-Quad oe eer to Albany
Memorial
2/2 Alumni Quad - Activated fire alarm, PP, AFD responded, scene cleared
2/2 State Quad - Report of two subjects to be in possession of marijuana, alcohol & sul-
fur, to be referred
2/3 Humanities - Doors open -
2/3 UPD - Report of a request for assistance to make a notification of a death

2/3 University Place - Door found unlocked

2/3 Stairwell by small fountain - Report of
female falling on ice and injuring ankle, 5-Quad
transported to St. Peter’s Hospital e:
2/3 Dutch Tower - Medical call for female with 38°~<
chest pain, AFD paramedics responded :

2/3 Freedom Quad - Report of a male plese on
sidewalk in front of entrance

2/3 Alumni Quad - Medical call for student
who had struck his head, AFD responded, trans-
ported to Albany Medical

2/4 Indian Quad - Report of a female with a P ete
head injury, AFD & Mohawk Ambulance {7°
responded, transported to St. Peter’s t. Loe
2/4 Alumni Quad - Attempted suicide, AFD ;
responded, transported to Albany Medical

2/4 State Quad - Report of broken window

2/4 University Admin Bldg - Report of suspicious male wandering around

2/5 Podium - Doors found unsecured

2/5 Indian Loading Dock - Report of intoxicated, fired employee refusing to leave
2/5 Collins Circle - Report of open safe, safe secured

2/5 Lecture Center - Door found unlocked

2/6 Campus Center - Unlocked beer, soda & wine secured

2/6 Alden - Assisted student whose keys had fallen into hole in floor

2/6 Indian Quad - Student referred for drug paraphernalia

2/7 Campus - Possess altered license

2/7 Indian Quad - Odor of marijuana reported

PARKING VIOLATIONS

1/31 Colonial Archway - Report of motorist assist
1/31 University Drive West - Two vehicle accident
2/1 Tricent Drive - Failure to stop at stop sign

2/1 State Lot - Possession of altered license

2/1 State Lot Roadway - Speed not reasonable

2/I University Drive E - Speed, 41/25

2/1 University Drive W - Speed, 42/25

2/2 University Drive W - Failure to obey stop sign
2/2 Western Avenue - Inadequate stop lamps __
2/2 University Drive - Failure to obey stop sign
2/3 University Drive - Failure to obey stop sign
2/3 University Drive - Failure to obey stop sign
2/3 Education Roadway - Report of vehicle towed for
excessive fines

2/4 Access C - Unsafe lane change

2/4 Dutch Lot - Report of a motorist assist

2/4 NW Gold - Report of vehicle towed

2/4 State Gold - Report of vehicle towed

2/4 U Kids Access Rd - Two vehicle accident

2/4 Access C & Washington Ave - Two vehicle accident

2/4 State Parking Lot - Report of parked vehicle hit oon & run)
2/5 University Drive - No seatbelt

2/5 Carillon Drive E - No inspection

2/5 Construction lot near Colonial - Report of repossessed vehicle
2/5 Student Lot - Report of a motorist assist

2/5 NW Gold Lot - Report of vehicle towed for fines

2/5 Dutch Gold Lot - Report of vehicle hit while parked by sities vehicle
2/5 76 Dutch Access Rd - Expired inspection

2/5 Dutch Access Rd - Unlicensed driver

2/5 Dutch Access Rd - Unregistered vehicle

2/6 University Drive - Speed, 40/25

2/6 University Drive E - Speed, 47/25

2/6 University Drive W - Speed, 42/25

2/6 University Drive - Altered license

2/6 University Drive - Altered license

2/6 University Drive E - Minor MVA

2/6 State Lot - Two car accident
2/6 2 Access Rd A - Two car accident

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Arts & Entertainment

Aaron Carter’s
winter party

By SANDY Lo GRASSO
A&E Editor

Tuesday, January 29 I had
the opportunity to check out
Aaron Carter’s concert at the
Pepsi Arena. What’s that? Think
you're too old to enjoy music
froma 14-year-old. pop singer?
Well think again! Music is the
basis of entertainment and that’s
exactly what this tour brings.

Not only did I see the con-
cert with a front row view, but I
got to talk with the stars back-
stage. The tour welcomed me
into their “family” with open
arms. The backstage vibe was
very playful with a basketball
hoop, catering
around during sound check.

As for the show itself, party
is definitely the suitable word.
With girls of all ages and even
parents singing and cheering
along, the energy was _ there.
First to hit the stage was 15-year-
old. singing sensation, Lindsay
Pagano. She came out belting
out her hit song, “Everything U
R,” which Lindsay calls the AOL
anthem since it’s advertised on
the commercial. Besides being
sweet as can be, what else can
you say about Lindsay? Well for
starters, amazingly talented. She
has a soulful voice and knows
how to project it to a crowd.
Lindsay’s set included five songs
off her debut album, Love &
Faith & Inspiration. If you're
looking for pop music with more
spirit to it then definitely pick it
up in your local music store. “I
really just want people to focus
on my talent more than my age.”
Lindsay says. A duet with Paul
McCartney might have done the
trick in helping people look past
her age.

After Lindsay was finished,
I stuck around while fans asked
me tons of questions and wanted

me to get them to meet one of

their idols. I was lucky enough
to get this opportunity but I know
how a “fan” feels because I still
am one. Understanding their
position, I did manage to take a
picture of one of their favorite
Dream Street members who was
next to hit the stage.

Dream Street is a boy group
between thé ages of 14-16 and
has gained quite a following over
the past year. Their latest hit,
“Sugar Rush” has received loads
of airplay on Disney and
Nickelodeon. Their stage show
was filled with funky dance num-
bers and loud costumes. The
crowd ate the fab five up to
pieces. When I talked to member
Chris Trousdale after the show, I
asked him how he feels about
comparisons to groups like ‘N
Syne and Backstreet Boys. “I
love when they compare us to ‘N

and goofing

John Lennon.

Photo by Sandy LoGrasso

What is a malad roit?

By Tim BLUM
Staff Writer

Sync as long as it’s good because

-‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys are

incredible.” Chris says.

After about a twenty-minute
break, the person everyone was
waiting for showed up to his own
party. Aaron Carter appeared
onstage wearing a lavish fur coat,
making him look like the abom-
inable snowman with his slightly
blue streaked hair sticking up in
every which direction. The stage
was set up in a winter wonder-
land with fake icicles, a slide and
a fireman’s pole. Shades of
whites and light blues were the
color scheme for the stage.

Being a veteran Aaron
Carter concert-goer, I have seen
his show grow and one thing
never changes: Aaron’s natural
performing ability. He’s always
comfortable in front of a crowd

and a true professional. Aaron

always makes contact with the
fans by getting as close to them
as possible. He’s interactive with
the audience and asks them to
make as much noise as possible.
Even offstage Aaron always
shows his fans some love. At a
signing earlier that day, a fan
began to walk away after she got
her autograph when Aaron called
out to her, “Don’t I get a hug?”
The girl’s face turned to glee as
she walked back over to Aaron
and wrapped her arms around
him. Aaron is always hamming
it up for people. He’s extremely
mature for his age, but knows
how to be a kid too. His voice is
getting stronger as each day goes
by and his style is becoming
more his own. ' ‘

Aaron’s set list included hits,
‘“Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)”,
“That’s How I Beat Shag,” “Not
Too Young, Not Too Old” and his
latest single, “I’m All About
You,” which was a part of the
show where a lucky girl was
brought onstage to be serenaded
by Aaron. One part of the show
came.as a surprise. A piano was
brought onstage and Aaron sat
behind it, singing and playing
“Imagine” by legendary Beatle,
He didn’t miss a
note and I was as impressed as
many parents were pleased.

Are you still unconvinced
that young pop could never be
inspirational? Well, if I know my
peers well enough, the answer is
yes, but there are millions who
don’t agree with you, so deal
with it!

Quickly putting the finishing
touches on album number four,
the mighty Weezer plan to release
the follow-up to last year’s multi-
platinum, self-titled work, also
known as The Green Album, in
April. The name of the new
album, as suggested by a fan on
the band’s Website, will be
Maladroit, a word synonymous
with awkwzard or inelegant. In
Weezer terms, this title fits cor-
rectly with the band’s mystique -

_geek rock.

Front man Rivers. Cuomo
has been hard at. work writing
new material for the past several

‘months, actually: stating that he

writes a new song every week.
After three tours, four video
shoots, and the replacement of
another bass player in 2001, the
musician’s work ethic can be

attributed, in some degree, to

Weezer’s resurgence in populari-
ty.

“People think I’m some kind
of freak, but it feels like I’m
slacking,” Cuomo told Rolling
Stone. “Why should I wait two
years for a typical album cycle to
end so we can put out another
one?” When asked about
Maladroit as a record, Cuomo
says, “It’s higher voltage.”

This type of attitude has

caught the notice of others as
well. Entertainment Weekly
recently named the upcoming
project, then untitled, as one of
2002’s most anticipated releases,
along with the likes of Dr. Dre
and The Roots. The band has
posted several demos and a track
listing for Maladroit on
www. weezercom to give the fans
a taste of what’s to come.

“Tt’s the instant gratification
thing,’ Cuomo _ stated to
Entertainment. “We want to get

praised immediately. The irony, -

of course, is that we put the
things (mp3 files) up and we’re
immediately criticized. That just
makes us want to work again the
next day and try to get praise
again.” 3
The Maladroit demos aren’t

getting the harsh resistance that.

Cuomo is fearful of. Many radio
stations loyal to the band, or just
plain fanatical about Weezer,

have begun spinning a few of the.

rough
tracks on
the —_air-
ways,
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Ohio to
Seattle. A
few that
ba ite
received
pila ¥
include
the new

songs “Space Rock,” “American
Gigolo” and “Take Control.” .

The band starts a tour in
early February that includes a
stop at the Pepsi Arena on the 17.
After that it’s off to Europe and
Japan, where their popularity is
still evident in overseas sales.

In other music news,
singer/bad actor Mariah Carey,
who has sold more records than
any other female performer ever,
has been paid a reported $28 mil-
lion to not make another record
for Virgin Records, her label
since last April. Her release under
Virgin, the soundtrack to the hor-
rific Glitter, was pushed back to
September 11 following her
breakdown last summer. It did
not fare well.

Finally, in the random part-
nership department, Ja Rule and
Metallica have laid down a track
for producer Swizz Beatz’s new
album entitled, Ghetto Stories.

Sounds interesting and weird.

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The Worst of 2001

By MATTHEW LISSAUER
Staff Columnist

The year has ended and it’s
at this time that critics alike pre-
sent their lists of the best and
worst of 2001. Being a critic, I
feel that I must do my part as
well. So, without further adieu,
here is my list of the Top 5 worst
shows from the year of 2001.

5. “Smallville” (WB)

“Smallville” had potential; it
could have been something. It
could have been a contender. It
could have been a fascinating
look into how Clark Kent comes
to terms with his superpowers;
but alas, it became nothing more
than another “Dawson’s Creek.”
This show was filled with more
drama, and less action. Why?
Because, for some reason, if it’s a
show about teenagers, it must be
a show filled with romantic

drama. Not that that’s a bad thing,

but a show about Superman
shouldn’t be predominantly about
sad drama. It’s a shame because
Tom Welling (Clark Kent) offers
a pretty good performance and
even looks a little like a young
Christopher Reeve.

4. “Gary & Mike” (UPN)/Going
to California” (Showtime) Both
shows premiered at around the
same time-the summer. Both
shows have pretty much the same
exact premise-taking a pointless
trip across the country, and see-
ing the incredibly trite tirades that
each character has, in many of
this country’s cities and towns.t
Both shows are, to put in simple
words: lame. The difference is
that one is animated and the other
features humans. The Claymation
show, “Gary & Mike” premiered
on UPN; “Going to California”
was live action and premiered
about a week later on Showtime.
Both shows seemed like a good
idea, but were too ridiculous. for
TV; and if it were made into a
movie it would have paled in
comparison with “National
Lampoon’s Vacation.” Be that as
it may, the shows main attraction
was its comedy, and how these
bums from the city would react
with the strange inhabitants of
middle America. However, the
comedy was recycled and pre-
dictable. What was even more
predictable was each show’s can-
cellation by the start of the fall.
3. Enterprise (UPN)

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problem with pre-
quels, it’s that they
are never done as
accurately as they
should be. If there
is another problem
with prequels, it’s
that they always
seem to destroy the
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“Enterprise,” a pre-
quel for the sake of continuing a
series that’s past its prime. Much
like “Star Wars: Episode One,”
“Enterprise,” seemed a little too
sophisticated to be placed before
Kirk’s time. On top of that, the
show also was a little too childish
in its themes and science as well
as its plots...well they were recy-
cled from old “Star Trek” shows
(but that can be said about every
“Star Trek” series). This show
was faced with mixed reviews, its
one of those “you either love it,
or hate it” type shows. Not even
the token hot girl can save this
series.
2. “Emeril” (NBC)

OK, this one doesn’t need an
explanation of why it’s number 2.

Whoever thought that the idea of
giving Food Network’s famous
chef Emeril Lagasse a sitcom
should reconsider his/her job.
The show was supposed to be a
look behind the scenes of his
show on the Food Network-kind
of like a “Sports Night” for food.
However, the problem was-
n’t just Emeril’s inability to act;
the jokes were just as stale as the
acting. Perhaps, this was one
show that was best left in the
freezer.
1. Reality sequels (Just about
every network) Why oh why
must we continue to endure the
pain that is reality TV? What’s
worse is when the networks try to
regain the ratings that they once

had by making unnecessary
sequels. Those that came out in
2001 include “Survivor 2 and 3”,

“Temptation Island 2,” “Big
Brother 2,” the list goes on and
on. Eyerything is the same as it
was originally, there was nothing
new to see; and nothing worth to
regain-besides ratings, and even
the ratings weren't as high as
they expected. Looks like signs
that finally reality won’t be
plaguing our sets for years to
come.

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behind Room For
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familiarity, echoing vet-
eran musicians.

When a record com-
pany I work for started
promoting a_ twenty-
three year old acoustic-
guitar playing musician
named John Mayer
about a year ago, I fig-
ured I should download
one of the songs off his
1999 album = Inside
Wants Out and give it a
listen. It was decent, but
nothing too spectacular.
A few months later as
the talk
Mayer increased, I gave
him a second chance,
downloading a few more
songs. They proved to be
far better than that first
tune I had originally
downloaded.

As his music gre-
won me, Mayer was
signed by Columbia
Records and recorded
his 2001 major label
debut Room For Squares
with electric guitar and a
full band. Time passed
and the hype just kept
J growing. After watching

Surrounding -

him perform his single “No Such
Thing” on Conan O’Brian, I
immediately bought “Room For
Squares.” Now, having once been
indifferent to his music, Mayer’s
songs have not come off my
Winamp and Room For Squares
has not left my CD player for
about a month. He is simply that
good!

Be forewarned: John Mayer
thinks he is Dave Matthews. Yet
Mayer, unlike many before him
who have failed trying to pull off
the cool, feel-good Matthews-
style actually pulls it off adding
his own distinguishable ele-
ments. Whereas Matthews does

lurk in the shadows of Room For |

Squares rhythmic guitaring and
in the smoky-style vocals remi-
niscent of Sting and Jakob Dylan
(The Wallflowers), Mayer’s
blues influence and ability to
write germane lyrics will provide
you with a musical experience far
different than Top 20 radio’s cur-
rent single-chord Limp Bizkit
song of the week.

The Atlanta native started
listening to pop radio until he dis-
covered blues music through a
Stevié Ray Vaughan tape at age
13. Although he mastered guitar
playing, he wanted to create a
style all his own. “I wanted to be
listenable and play tunes that
other people could play but not
the way I play them.”

Working with producer John
Alagia (Dave Matthews, Ben
Folds Five) to create Room For

Mayer, unlike
many before him
who have failed

trying to pull off the
cool, feel-good,

Matthews-style

actually pulls it off,
adding his own
distinguishable

elements.

Squares, several Inside Wants
Out songs were rerecorded to
give them the production they
deserved. Recruiting bassist
David LaBruyere and drummer
Nir  Zidkiyahu (Genesis),
Mayer’s revamped songs attained
a profundity and muscle not seen
on Inside Wants Out. Quiet folk
tunes now became a collection of
pop-rock sing-along tunes.

Critics have praised John
Mayer. One critic has called it
“sophisticated, accessible folk
rock sound dominated by striking
acoustic guitar playing.”

Others have hailed his lyrics
as honest, and Rolling Stone
magazine gave it four out of five
stars saying, “these thirteen
songs are a travelogue of discov-
ery - of love, identity and pur-
pose.”

Be sure to check out John
Mayer’s Room For Squares.


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Arts & Entertainment

44th Annual Grammy Awards

By JENNIFER MOONEY
Staff Writer

This year’s 44th Annual
Grammy Awards to’ be telecasted
on February 27 at the Staples
Center in Los Angeles, will be
sure to please a variety of tastes
in music. U2 and Alicia Keys are
set to perform. “These two per-
formers are emblematic of the

diversity and limitless talent of
our nominees and the powerful
music that they create”, said
Recording Academy President,
CEO Michael Greene. More per-
formers will be announced as the
date approaches:

The Grammy Awards will be
hosted by actor/comedian Jon
Stewart for the second year in a
row. You may know Jon Stewart
from his popular television show

Bone

Courtesy of www.grammy.com

on Comedy: Central, “The Daily
Show with Jon Stewart.” Stewart
was asked to host the show once
again because CEO Michael
Greene believed that he has
razor-sharp wit and a unique con-
nection to the Grammy television
viewing audience.

Top Grammy nominees
include U2, India Arie, Alicia
Keys, Pierre Boulez, Alison
Krauss, Brian McKnight and
Outkast. This year’s nominees
represent a diverse group includ-
ing both established legends and
talented newcomers.

U2 leads with nominations
including the highly coveted
Record of the Year, Album of the
Year and Song of the Year cate-
gories. Oddly enough, the group
will be competing against them-
selves for the Best Rock song cat-
egory as they earned two nomina-
tions, for “Elevation” and “Walk
On,” both tracks from their criti-
cally acclaimed album, All That
You Can't Leave Behind.

R&B soul singer-songwrit-

ers India Arie and Alicia Keys.
~ also earned a notable number of

nominations. Arie is up for
seven, including one in the four
top categories of Album of the
Year, Best New Artist, Record of
the Year and Song of the Year for
the track “Video.” Keys scored

six nominations, including Best -

New Artist, Record of the Year
and Song of the Year for
“Fallin’.” Many other popular
artists earned three nominations
including Aerosmith, Bryan

Alicia Keys

Courtesy of www.grammy.com

Adams, Coldplay, Bob Dylan,
Missy Elliot, Janet Jackson, Ja
Rule, Jay-Z, Linkin Park, Tim
McGraw, Jamie O’Neal, ‘N
Sync’s Justin Timberlake and
Trisha Yearwood among others.

Presentérs for the Grammy
Awards include _ four-time
Grammy winner Janet Jackson,
who currently holds a nomination
for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance, Grammy winner
Diana Krall and past nominee
Britney Spears. Additional pre-
senters will be announced at a
later date.

The Grammy Awards fea-
tures 28 musical fields ranging
from pop and reggae to rock and
gospel with this year’s addition
of the Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration category, there are
now 101 categories.

The 2002 Grammy Awards
will be broadcast domestically on
the CBS Television Network
from 8-11 p.m. to a worldwide
audience of over 1.7 billion view-
ers in 175 countries. Be sure to
check the Grammys out, there
will be something for everyone.

- Orange County

By SARA CHAPMAN
Managing Editor — -

Orange County: It’s not just
a movie, it’s a state of mind.
From the commercials, you
already know what the movie
Orange County is about; a high
school senior who didn’t get into
his ideal school, Stanford
University. Those familiar with
the work of Jack Black (and still
also from the commercials) know
that wackiness ensues when the
senior’s older loser brother tries
to get him into that school. Now
here’s the part where I ruin the
ending you see coming from a
mile away: the main character’s
internal and external conflict are
both resolved and everyone lives
happily ever after. Package it up
and there you have a hit MTV
movie.

Perhaps I’m en Tee
this movie a bit. Okay, I’m not,
but it’s not a bad movie. In fact,
it’s a pretty good movie if you
just want to turn off your mind
and laugh for a while. It’s not too

cerebral; almost slapstick at
times and the actors are convinc-
ing.

To be fair, I'll tell you more
about the story. Shaun Brumder
(Colin Hanks - yes, he’s Tom’s
son) was your stereotypical
“doesn’t care about anything but
surfing” Orange County student.

That is until his friend dies in a

freak surfing accident (it was a -

tsunami!) and while contemplat-
ing things, he finds a book buried
on the beach that changes the
course of his life.

From then on, he works hard
and joins student activities in
order to go to Stanford where the
author, Marcus Skinner, teaches.
Shaun is inspired to become a
writer. The same academic
epiphany is not enjoyed by his
peers though, who surf and cheer
lead their way through high
school, resting comfortably on
the knowledge that their parents
will buy their way into a top col-
lege. :

Although Shaun has the >
grades and academic skill to get
into Stanford, his absent-minded
college counselor (insert surprise
Lily Tomlin cameo here) sent
another student’s transcript with
his application. Here is where the
viewer must accept a big lapse in
reality because if the situation
were resolved as easily as it could
have been, there would be no
movie. But never mind that.

Of course, Shaun doesn’t get
in and the student whose tran-
script was sent instead of his (the
worst in the entire school) was
accepted. He sees himself
doomed if he stays in Orange
County and thinks the only way
he can avoid becoming another
tanned beach bum is to go to

Stanford which embodies his
utopia full of thought provoking
professors and intellectuals such
as himself. Shaun rides a plane of
almost self-righteousness,
reminding himself what adversity

he has survived to get as far as

he’s gotten.

This is becaue Shaun’s mom,
(Catherine O’ Hare) who discour-
ages him from leaving home,
remarried a near-dead old man
and never remembers to gie him
his pills. Shaun’s father, (John
Lithgow) also remarried a gold
digger twenty years his junior.
Jack Black is Lance, Shaun’s
older brother, who is “eternally
recovering from the night
before.” Then there’s Shaun’s
girlfriend, Ashley (Schuyler
Fisk), the tree hugging environ-
mentalist girl who risks her life
and a really sweet Pathfinder to
recover a homeless dog. She is
essentially Shaun’s savior, the

friend to Stanford to talk to the
Dean of Admissions and explain
the situation. After accidentally
being served ecstacy, the dean
lets him in but finds his office in
flames when he goes to add
Shaun to the list. Hmm, could
Lance have anything to do with
this? The happy ending comes
when Shaun has an inspiring con-
versation with Skinner (insert
surprise Kevin Kline cameo
here). Of course, Skinner inad-
vertently gives Shaun the best
piece of advise he could ever use
which was that his surroundings
and the eccentric people which
whom he lives (Shaun had previ-
ously sent him the unfinished
book he was working on, based
on his family and life) shape the
person and writer a person is and
could be.

Leaves you with a good feel-
ing right in the bottom of your
heart, doesn’t it? The movie is

directed by Jake Kasdan (“Zero
Effect”) and produced by Scott
Rudin (“Wonder Boys”), Van
Toffler (President of all that is
MTV), David Gale (senior vice
president of MTV) and Scott
Aversano (“South Park: Bigger,
Longer, Uncut’).

The film also boasts an
excellent soundtrack with songs
from Foo Fighters, Cake and the
Offspring. I was a little disap-
pointed that Black’s role was so
heavily advertised considering
that he plays a lesser (and more
moronic) roll than what I expect-
ed, but it’s gut wrenching laughs
whenever he is on screen, so it’s
forgivable. I saw this movie

while at home in the sticks which
means cheap movie theaters so if
$8.75 is a little steep for even a
great movie, buy the soundtrack
and wait until it comes out on
video. But. do see the movie, it’s
entertaining.

eternal opti-
mist who’s
always there .
to comfort
and encour-
age him.

A fter
receiving
the rejection
notice,
Lance offers
to take
Shaun and
his girl-

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Find adventure in The Lord of the Rings

By SREELA ROY
Staff Writer

I have seen many movies in
my time; everything . from
romance to comedy and from
action to drama. I have rarely
ever seen a movie that encom-
passes all of these qualities. I
think I may have found the movie
that does: Lord of the Rings.

Normally, I am not a fan of
fantasy/adventure but I made the
exception for this movie.
Keeping in mind that movies
never live up to the book, I went
in to see this movie with much
hesitation.

But then, (after the half hour
of previews, of course), I was
transported into a world of fanta-
sy and I found myself craving
more.

The movie is three hours
long yet that isn’t the end of it it’s

only the beginning.

The movie is based on J.R.R.
Tolkien’s books and is the first
part of the trilogy “The
Fellowship of the Ring.” The
story is of a hobbit named Frodo
Baggins (Elijah wood) who
comes to possess the most evil of
the original rings once created by
the evil ruler, Lord Sauron, now
it is up to him to keep it safe and
ultimately destroy it once he
reaches the Cracks of Doom.
Gandalf the Grey (lan
McKellan), a wizard who knows
what power the ring has, urges
Frodo to go on the quest, placing
Sam Gamgee (Sean Astin),
another hobbit, in his care. And
so the quest begins, as Frodo and
Sam flee from the dark Lord
Sauron’s messengers, sent out to
find Frodo and the ring. Along
the way, they encounter Aragorn
(Viggo Mortenstein), the true heir
to the throne, Arwen the elf (Liv

Tyler), and Queen Galadriel
(Cate Blanchett) who help Frodo
along the way. In order to protect
Frodo from the perpetual danger
that surrounds him, — the
Fellowship of the Ring is formed,
with Gandalf, Aragorn, Sam,
Legolas the elf, Gimli the dwarf,
Boromir, and Merry and Pippin,
two other hobbit friends.

The best thing about this
movie was not only the breath-
taking special effects but also the
wonderful adaptation of
Tolkien’s novel. The fact that
director Peter Jackson was able
to bring all of Tolkien’s charac-
ters to life is amazing to me. The
make-up and camera work is
excellent, as well as the. perfor-
mances from this star-studded
cast. Casting for this. movie is
perfect - the actors brought every
character to life.

For those of you who love
action, this movie has just

‘have wild imagina-}

enough to quench
your thirst. For
those of you who
love romance, the
movie has _ just
enough to make
you want to see the
rest of the trilogy.
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a little adventure or
just an eye-full,§
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movie. And, for
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this movie will].
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really does leave
you yearning for
more. Personally, I
cannot wait until
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(Lord of the Rings: The Two

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Towers). comes to theaters. Sreela
gives it two-thumbs up.

Just a F orkful:

A waist is a terrible
thing to mind

By JAIME DEGINA
Contributing Writer

If you’re anything like me,
or if you have anything like my
eating habits, you would agree
that bread without a meal would
be nothing more than incom-
plete. The one thing that I seem
to miss most from home when I
am here at this University is the
overabundance of bagel stores,
and little Italian bakery’s where
you can get, of course, the fresh-
est Italian bread and most deli-
cious and traditional pastries. So
my solution? Panera Bread.

Filled with comfortable
booths, tables, tawny colored
walls, and a fire place, Panera’s
atmosphere is nothing short of a
Starbucks in the making, but
thankfully, the difference is in the
selection. Panera Breads offers a
wide variety of breads, bagels,
pastries, and also has a sandwich,
soup, and salad menu. They have
daily soup and bread specials like
Broccoli Cheddar, Baked Potato,
and Low Fat Vegetarian Garden
Vegetable for you soup lovers,
and Focaccia bread, Multigrain,
and Cinnamon Raisin bread for
you carbohydrate indulgers.
(There is no shame in that, by the
_way!) Not only do they have spe-
cialty coffees and espressos, but
free refills on their sodas and
iced teas. You can also take joy in
watching the process of the bak-
ing right in front of your eyes.
The actual bakery of the cafe is
behind glass for your viewing
enjoyment!

I decided to go straight for
the sandwich line. After long
contemplation, I finally decided
on the Portobello and Mozzarella
sandwich that includes garlic
roasted Portobello mushrooms
marinated in balsamic vinaigrette
with fresh mozzarella,
caramelized onions, and fresh
chopped basil on a Rosemary and

Onion Focaccia bread.
Unfortunately, I can’t say much
for the contents of the sandwich;
the onions were not caramelized
and the Portobello tasted like the
mushrooms you get on a pizza.
The Caesar Salad had too much
Caesar dressing that had a robust
anchovy taste which, unless that
is to your liking, stimulates your
gag reflex. The end result—the
sandwich, soup, and salad menu
is on a somewhat fast food level.
I also got a chocolate croissant
that was tasty, but definitely
needed to be eaten warm. Of

course, my love for the bread and -

the bagels at Panera Bread is
more than I can possibly express.
May I suggest the Cinnamon
Crunch bagel toasted with a
smear of cream cheese? Let me
add that when you toast the
Cinnamon Crunchbagel _ the
sugar glaze melts just so to make
your bagel more of a desert than
an actual lunch. Or maybe even a
square of the Rosemary & Onion
Focaccia bread as is. If bread is
what your heart desires, then
Panera is where you should find
your way.

All in all, Panera Bread is
great for your sweet tooth, bagel,
and bread cravings. You could
even study there ifyou chose, but
probably not during heavy traffic
times like breakfast, lunch,and
dinner. Although affordable for
most college students (the price
range onthe menu is $0.65 to
$6.49), I would not recommend
the meal portion of the menu.
And, even better, it is located
right next to Circuit City in the
Crossgate Commons.Hence, the
next time you feel the need to
indulge take a ride, or let the
CDTAdrive you, to Panera. Just
remember to steer clear of the
“Place Order” line.

My rating:
Three —-something—-

Bedroom eye

By DANIEL MONTGOMERY
Contributing Writer:

In Vanilla Sky, Tom Cruise is

accused of murdering the love of ©

his life. What upset me most
about that film was how its end-
ing avoided taking responsibility
for the actions of its main charac-
ter. It doesn’t follow through on
its emotional consequences.
Well, there’s no question about
where reality and responsibility
lie in In the Bedroom, an emo-
tionally raw and unflinching
drama by Todd Field (an actor
previously seen in Eyes Wide
Shut and TV’s Once and Again)
who makes an exceptional fea-
ture directorial debut.

Sissy Spacek and Tom
Wilkinson (The Full Monty) star
as Ruth and Matt Fowler, whose
son Frank (Nick Stahl) has gotten
in the middle of a dangerously
unstable relationship. He’s dating
Natalie Strout (Marisa Tomei),
who’s legally separated from her
husband’ Richard (William
Mapother). Richard is far from
happy about having a college stu-
dent spending time with his wife
and kids, and the situation 1s des-
tined to erupt.

At this point, read on with
caution. Though most critics
have already divulged what hap-
pens next, I don’t want to spoil it
for anyone who wants to walk in
completely fresh. For those who
don’t care, already know, or

’ won’t see the movie no matter

what I. say, continue on to the
next paragraph.

During a particularly violent
confrontation, Richard kills
Frank while Natalie listens from

upstairs. Field depicts the ensu-

ing grief in muted vignettes that
resonate with quiet agony. Most

~Bedroom’s

movies
choose to
show us
grief as a
function: of
who can cry
the loudest,
but /n the
Bedroom
takes on the
challenge
of true
mourning,
with Spacek

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and Wilkinson bringing more

genuine despair to watching TV .

and mowing the lawn than words
or tears could adequately illus-
trate.

Then the film takes a turn
that I mustn’t reveal. Suffice it to
say that whether or not you can
see it coming, the psychological
shift should shake you to the
core. Field (who wrote the script

with Robert Festinger from the |

Andre Dubus — short — story
“Killings”) directs with confi-

dence and an overall sense of

artistic certainty, resulting in a
merciless, unflinching conclu-
sion.

While cathartic in effect,
there’s an intricacy to the execu-
tion that lies underneath the sur-
face. Just think about the atten-
tion to detail that must have gone
into filming one of
finest scenes, in
which Natalie approaches an
unreceptive Ruth with her sym-
pathy. There’s no screaming, no
broad strokes. There’s maybe
half a line of dialogue between
them altogether, but Tomei and
Spacek’s performances commu-
nicate so many conflicting emo-
tions as to make it impossible for
dialogue to capture.

Field and Festinger wrote /n
the Bedroom knowing when to

In the .

speak loudly and when to keep
their mouths shut, both in terms
of its sparing dialogue and subtle
insights. It quietly indicates its
themes to the audience in sym-
bolic trips aboard a lobster fish-
ing boat. (the emotional picture
becomes clear with those scenes
as a compass), leaving the story
unburdened by the judgments
and justifications of its filmmak-
ers.

In the Bedroom is on par
with another small town murder
story which comes to mind,
1999’s shattering Teena Brandon
biopic Boys Don’t Cry, but this
film is even more challenging. In
Boys Don't Cry, the moral lines
are clear and distinct. /n the
Bedroom blurs those lines and
leaves the audience on a stark,
chilling note. It’s daring in the
way it doesn’t just explore the
Fowlers’ grief, but examines the
consequences of their outrage.

In the Bedroom is one of the
very best films of the year and
like the greatest films of any
year, the experience doesn’t end
when the credits roll. It lingers,
and haunts, and grows, and deep-
ens. Its characters, its moral chal-
lénges, its emotional and psycho-
logical themes sink into you.
This is one of the year’s most
unforgettable experiences.

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Hamilton, N.Y. - University
at Albany’s Dustin. Wilson won
the 55-meter high hurdles and
placed fourth in the 200-meter
dash to lead his team to a second-
place finish at Colgate
University’s Class of ‘32
Invitational on Saturday at
Charles H. Sanford Field House.

The Great’ Danes, who
scored 102 points, finished sec-
ond in the men’s standings
behind Buffalo (158) in the 1I1-
team competition. Lehigh was
third with 87.5 points, and was
followed by Binghamton (86.5)
and Colgate (73). :

Wilson, a sophomore. tail-
back on the UAlbany football

team, sprinted 7.75 seconds to
win the 55-hurdles, and was
fourth in the 200-dash in 23.05.
Shaun Empie cleared 14-feet,
6.75-inches to capture the pole
vault event, while Joe Pienta was
first in the 3,000-meter run with
a time of 8:41.74.

Paul Roche placed second in
the high jump with a leap of 6-
feet, 9-inches, and qualified for
the IC4A championships in
March. Rob Harrison was sec-
ond in the triple jump (46-0).

In the women’s. meet,
UAlbany’s Zerlinda Martinez
raced to a second-place finish in
the 1,000-meter run with a time
of 3:09.21. Kristen O’Brien tied
for fifth in the pole vault (9-
4.25), while Nicole Susser was

~ sixth in the 3,000 (11:09.75).

Women lose 63-54
to Binghamton

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Vestal, N.Y. - Sarah Cartmill
had 17 points and seven
rebounds, as Binghamton
extended its home winning
streak to 15 straight with a 63-54
America East Conference victory
over Albany on Wednesday
evening at West Gymnasium.

Binghamton (17-4, AE 8-2)
led 12-10 midway through the

first half, but then scored 10 of

the game’s next 12 markers.
Leala Wegworth, a 6-foot sopho-
more, scored six of her 10 points
in that stretch. She hit back-to-

back baskets and added a pair of

free throws for a 24-14 advan-
tage.

The Bearcats, who defeated
Albany, 60-54, just six days ago
at the Recreation and
Convocation Center,. held an
-eight-point halftime. cushion.
Cartmill, the conference’s sec-
ond-leading scorer, then helped
her team stretch its advantage at
the start of the final period.
Cartmill, a senior center, con-
verted consecutive baskets for a
34-19 lead with 15:45 remaining.

Binghamton, the confer-
ence’s top defensive club, held

the visitors to two field goals in
the opening eight minutes of the
final stanza. The Bearcats built
their margin to as much as 55-29
in the second-half, before Albany
(4-15, AE 0-8) made a late run.
Freshman guard Becky Ayers
had 11 of her 15 points in an out-
burst that closed the Great Danes
within seven in the final minute.
“Their guards crowded the
paint because they knew our
inside play is the key,” said
Ayers, whose team was held to
32-percent shooting in the first
half. “We need to get over any
fears we have. There is nothing
to be afraid of. We just need to
pick it up and get it done.”
“There’s no question our
players need to have more confi-
dence in their abilities,” Albany
coach Mari Warner said. “The
full-court press we used in the
second half helped us make that
run, and that’s a positive.”
Nicole Dypolt was the third
player in double figures with 12
points for the Bearcats, who have
won eight of their last nine to

stay in first place in the America °

East — standings. Albany’s
Danielle Hutcheson, a 6-foot-4
freshman, had 11. points and nine
rebounds.

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Binghamton, NY - Both the

University at Albany and the

University at Binghamton
reversed their respective trends
when the basketball teams met on
Tuesday night at Binghamton’s
West Gymnasium. Unfortunately
for the Great Danes, this was one
of the few trends this season that
did not need reversing. The
Danes came into the contest with
a three-game winning streak,
their best in two years, before
they were defeated by the
Bearcats, 75-56. Binghamton
snapped a _ four-game losing
streak with the victory. Andrew
Hannan and Jeffery St. Fort
scored 19 points apiece to lead
the Binghamton offense.

The Great Danes came out
flat at the beginning of the con-
test, and never really got into an
offensive flow. They were held
scoreless in the first four minutes
of the game, while Binghamton
built an 8-point lead. After strong
shooting efforts in their previous
two games, Albany (6-15, AE 3-
7) could not find the basket in the
first half. They made only 26 per-

Men’s basketball loses to Binghamton

cent of their field goals, en route
to a 23-35 half-time deficit.

In the second half, the Danes
cut Binghamton’s lead to seven.
With 12:24 remaining in the
game, junior guard Rasheed
Peterson hit a 3-pointer from the
top of the key to make the score
48-41. Peterson came off the
bench to lead Albany with 15
points. However, the Bearcats (8-
15, AE 5-7) ran off a 9-0 run to
push their lead to 16 with 9:49
left in the game. The Great Danes
hever threatened again, and
Binghamton went on to the victo-
ry.

“They played extremely
hard and took the game away
from us,” said Albany interim
coach Will Brown after the game.
“They were physical and made us
work for every shot. We just did-
n’t respond and we were unable
to do the things that we’ ve done
the last three games.” |

It was a disappointing loss
for Albany. The Great Danes had
built up momentum through their
winning streak, and were looking
to extend it at Binghamton, who
had lost six of their last seven
games before Tuesday night.
Albany was also looking to even
up the season series with the

Bearcats. Binghamton had taken
the previous meeting, 69-61,
January 7 at the RACC.

Game Notes: On Monday,
Chris Wyatt was named America
East Conference Co-Rookie of
the Week. Wyatt, averaged 13.5
points, 8.5 rebounds, and 2 steals
in two conference victories last
week. The Great Danes are in
Hartford tonight, taking on the
third-place Hawks for the first
time this season. The game can
be heard on Sports Talk 980,
WOFX-AM. Tip-off is at 7 pm.
The Great Danes will then host
first-place Vermont in the 5th
Annual Big Purple Growl at the

-RACC, Sunday, Feb. 10. The

game will be televised on the
America East TV Network. The
contest will air live on Empire
Sports Network (Albany),
Adelphia Channel (statewide in
Vermont) and the ABC affiliate
in Bangor, Maine. It is also part
of the ESPN Full Court package.
The television broadcast will be
the first at UAlbany’s Recreation
and Convocation Center since
the 5,000-seat arena opened on
Dec. 2, 1992. The game can also
be heard on WCDB 90.9 FM and
Sports Talk 980, WOFX-AM.

Basketball recap

By JOHN PREDOVAN

Contributing Writer

One word can best sum up
everything that happened to the
University at Albany men’s bas-
ketball team over the winter
break: loss. Specifically, loss of
a head coach, loss of an assistant
coach, loss of three freshman,
loss of a star player, and, loss
after loss after loss in games.
Though along the way, the Great
Danes gained something as well.
They gained a team chemistry,
which they did not have before
the month long period of uncer-
tainty and turmoil. This chem-
istry is what enabled the. Danes to
go on their recent three-game
winning steak, before Tuesday
nightis game, and vault them out
of the basement of the America
East Conference.

“When the last issue of the
Albany Student Press was print-
ed before winter break, the Danes
had finally posted their first win
of the season, 51-50, at Bucknell.
Then UAlbany dropped two
games, 73-61, December 8 at
Yale, and 68-60 loss against
Army on December 11. The
Danes played well in both of
these games, but could not close
either game out.

This was where things began

to fall apart. On Monday,
December 17, WNYT-TV in
Albany aired a _ report that

UAlbany coach head coach Scott
Beeten would be fired by the end
of the week. Beeten commented
that he was unaware of any plans
to be fired and Albany athletic
director Dr. Lee McElroy
declined to comment. Practices

were cancelled for a few days,
while uncertainty gripped the
entire team.

Finally, on Thursday
December 20, Dr. McElroy held
a press conference, at which time

he announced that Scott Beeten:

had been temporarily reassigned
within the athletic department as
he explored new opportunities.
First year assistant coach Will
Brown was elevated to interim
head coach. Dr. McElroy would
not comment on why Beeten had
been reassigned, however, he
was reportedly disappointed with
the lack of effort Beeten was get-
ting out of his players.

“This is a very shocking
thing for me,” said senior tri-cap-
tain Will Brand. “I am sad to see
Coach Beeten go. He was some-
body who I really respected and
definitely tried to raise the level

of our program. However, Coach

Brown is someone we definitely
know and respect. He under-
stands the game of basketball.”

_ That Sunday, the Will Brown
era at UAlbany got off to a
promising start. The Danes
defeated Robert Morris 61-58.
Junior guard Antoine Johnson
had 23 points for Albany in the
victory. However, things did not
go well for the Great Danes for
very long.

On Saturday, December 29,
coach Will Brown announced
that three players had left the bas-
ketbail team. Two were first-year
players from Europe, 6-8 forward
Janis Pipikis and 6-10 center Jan
van den Berg. The other was
starting sophomore guard E.J.
Gallup. Gallup led the team in
scoring at the time, averaging
18.4 points .per game. Within a

week, both Gallup and van den
Berg had left the school for good.
Van den Berg returned to his
home in the Netherlands. He
cited family reasons for leaving
school. Gallup withdrew from
Albany, seeking to transfer. He
said that he was upset with the
firing of head coach Scott
Beeten. Pipikis later returned to
the team.

Meanwhile, the Great Danes
began America East Conference
play, December 31 at Vermont.
They were handily defeated, 71-
43. UAlbany then dropped their
next three games, all against con-
ference opponents. They defeat-
ed non-conference opponent
Columbia on January 15, before
dropping their next three
matchups.

Finally, on January 26, the
Great Danes won their first-ever
America East conference game.
They gained a 51-50 victory over
Northeastern in dramatic fashion
when Earv Opong hit the go-

ahead lay-up with 4 seconds left

in the game. Four days later they
blew out New Hampshire, 74-57
at the RACC. Albany then fol-
lowed with a 65-54 defeat of
Stony Brook on February 2. They
had their first 3-game winning
streak in two years.

Despite Tuesday night’s
loss, the Danes are currently
playing better than they have
played all year and the swing
couldn’t have come at a better
time. Albany is currently in sev-
enth place in the America East
conference. The Great Danes will
play six more conference games
until the America East tourna-
ment kicks’ off March 2 in
Boston.