Albany Student Press, Volume 83 Issue 02, 1995 September 1

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GSEU members boycott transportation fee

By SUSAN CRAINE|
Editor in chief.

The Graduate Student Employeers
Union, CWA Local 1188 in response to
the recent $70 per sememster transporta-

tion fee imposed by the University at

Albany, has called for a boycott of the
fee by its members.

The GSEU is a labor union which is
part of the Communication Workers of
America. According to Tim Dubnau, the
staff representative of the GSEU in
Albany, there are about 4,000 members
in New York State, and 900 members at
Albany. ,

“One hundred and forty dollars is a lot
of money for members of the GSEU.
Many of our members are married and
have children, and are trying to survive
on $7,500 a year. A $140 fee is some-
thing which many of them cannot afford.
If the university let us hold other jobs we
would not be as upset as we are.” Dab-
nau said.

All members of the GSEU at Albany
are graduate students which are
employed solely by the university, and
according to their contract with the uni-
versity they are not allowed to hold sec-
ond jobs.

Before the implementation of the fee
this semester the GSEU was in the
process of pe eeOUmee paying for park-
ing.

Dubnau said, “We were in the process
of renegotiating because we are the only
union on campus which pays for parking

File photo

Members of the GSEU have stated they plan to boycott the new transportation fee.

at this university. However, the univer-
sity refuses to negotiate with us now
because the $140 is considered a fee, and
under our contract we cannot negotiate
fees.”

The GSEU has filed an improper prac-
tice charge against the University at
Albany because of its refusal to negoti-
ate, and called for a complete boycott of
the fee by its members.

“We polled our members recently and
they overwhelmingly agreed with the
proposal to boycott this fee.” Dubnau
said.

Central Council Chairman Michael J.
Castrilli and Educational Affairs Direc-
tor Allan Richards, both members of the

lar food items.

Staff photo by Jenny Hein

United Auxiliary Services has added two new food establishments for the
enjoyment of the staff and students at SUNYA.
Biff's Burgers serves hamburgers, french fries, as well as a variety of simi-.

Chun Wok is located next to Biff's Burgers in the Campus Center base-
ment and they serve an assortment of Chinese dishes.

In addition to these two eateries, Pizza Hut, Zepps Sandwich Shop, Taco
Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken are open for business.

The addition of these two places give students the opportunity to eat a
nutricious meal no matter what type of food they desire.

Transportation Advisory Committee,
expressed their unhappiness with the
GSEU decision to boycott the fee in a
letter to Dr. Karen Hitchcock, the interm
university president, in a recent letter.

“The Graduate Student Employee’s
Union (GSEU) has decided to call for a
boycott of the transportation fee, which
would put the burden of this fee on the
undergraduate population...we feel that
all students need to take responsibility
for the transportation fee.” Castrilli and
Richards wrote.

Danabu in response to the letter said,
“We are not looking to burden under-
graduates. We feel that no one should
have to pay extra fees for transporation.”

Gebhardt to take on
new position as
safety coordinator

By STEPHANIE BETH FINDLING
News Editor

The SUNYA director of Off-Campus
Housing and assistant director of Resi-
dential Life, Thomas L. Gebhardt, has
added to his responsibilities and taken
over the postiion of Director of Personal
Safety and Off-Campus Affairs.

“The University’s continued commit-
ment to personal safety is manifested by
this restructuring and expanded portfolio
for a professional with many notable
accomplishments,” James Doellefeld,
Interim Vice President for Student
Affairs said.

Gebhardt will take over responsibility
for personal safety programs at the uni-
versity as well as the “Don’t Walk
Alone” safety escort service and student
patrol.

In addition to his new responsibilities,
Gebhardt will continue to hold his posi-
tion as chair of the Committee on Univer-
sity and Community Relations.

Gebhardt said he is hoping to use this
new position to do more coordinating of|
personal safety initiatives both on and off,
campus. In the past, he has been
involved in coordinating safety programs
as the Lite Sense and Whistle Watch pro-
grams, the Albany Disabled Alert Pro-
gram, and the Safe Spring\ Safe Fall cam-

paigns.

Money Magazine ranks SUNYA
10 best buys in higher education

By STEPHANIE BETH FINDLING
News Editor

Money Magazine has ranked SUNYA
as #2 in the Northeast and #10 in the
nation for best buys in higher education
in their sixth annual College Survey.

The recent increase in tuition did not
harm the ranking which rose 10 positions
from last year’s ranking.

SUNYA Interim President Karen
Hitchcock said, “It is a special honor to
be named one of the top 10 colleges and
universities in the nation by Money Mag-
azine’s prestigious survey...”

“New York State can be proud of the
investment it has made in public higher

education.”

_ Larry Kauffman, Student Association
President commented on News Channel
10 on Wednesday about the ranking.

“It’s great that we’re number one, but
it sure as hell ain’t because of the archi-
tecture,” he said.

New student Amanda Barclay said she
couldn’t believe she choose such a great
school.

“Now I feel I’m getting my money’s
worth,” she said. _

Other SUNY schools to rank on the
Top 100 list include: Binghamton, the
University at Buffalo, Geneseo, Oneonta,
Plattsburgh, and Stony Brook.

File photo

SUNYA was ranked number ten in a recent Money Magazine ranking of the best buys in colleges.


2 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1995

Sunday, 9/3

Chapel House will be holding
two services. Catholic mass will
be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Cam-
pus Center Assembly Hall.
Protestant service will be held at
6:00 p.m. at Chapel House. For
info call 489-8573.

Tuesday, 9/5

The Albany Student Press will
be holding a general interest
meeting for all students interest-
ed in writing, photography, ad
production and typing. It will be
held at 8:00 pm in HU 20.

Wednesday, 9/6

The Student Association Cen-
tral Council will hold their first
meeting for the fall semester at
7:30 in the Campus Center
Assembly Hall.

Thursday, 9/7 .

Brothers and Sisters in Christ
will be holding their weekly meet-
ing at 7:00 p.m. in CC 375. For
more info, contact Chris Jones at
442-6773.

Friday, 9/8

Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship
will be holding their weekly meet-
ing at 7:30 p.m. in CC 370. New
members are always welcome to
join us. |

“I don't want to be a part of the executive

branch...”

—Eric Rose, Programing Director
Wednesday, August 30, 1995
eSee story on page I

Campus Calendar

ATTENTION NEWSWRITERS
The ASP wants you!

The first newswriters meeting is
Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. in CC
323. New writers are always
welcome.

For more information, call
Stephanie at 442-5838.

Old Newswriters: Please call us,
we can’t call you.

Blast from the ASP

Chapel House opens for SUNYA students on uptown campus

October 1, 1965

The year old Church of the University
Community has established a new resi-
dence adjacent to the new campus. The
meeting place, called Chapel House, is
located on the Western Avenue side of the
south perimeter road. It is about a five
mile walk from the dorm complex.

It's closeness to the student dorms
makes it easily accessable to students of
all faiths.

It is difficult to leave your home and
the faith you have known for all your life.
Chapel House gives students a place to
practice their religion.

Practicing religion is something that
helps many students adjust to the pres-
sures of college.

Having a rabbi or a priest at your dis-
posal to serve as a friend and a confidant
can make college life much lesss stress-
ful.

Established under the auspices of Cam-
pus Christian Council, by campus minis-
ters Rev. Frank Snow and Rev. William
Small, the C.U.C. provides 9:45 and
11:00 a.m. services. The first is a general
Protestant service, the second a service

according to the Book of Common Prayer
of the Anglican Church. All faculty and
students are welcome and are invited to
take an active part.

Since it is now occupying a location
convenient to most, the Church of the
University Community hopes to reach
more students and faculty, to broaden its
scope, and

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will be members of the Albany faculty
who donate their time to preach at the
services. Presently this group consists of
Mr. David Heal, Dr. Kendall Birr, Dr.
Frances Colby, and Dr. Thomas Little-
field.

Dialogues between either Rev. Small or
Snow and a member of the preaching
staff are planned. The dialogues will open
the way for further discussion from the
audience on the subject of the evening.
The first such meetings are planned for
Oct 6 and 7 in the Dutch Quad flag
room.

Chapel House starts holding services on the new campus.


FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1995 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

NYPIRG addresses SUNYA concerns

BY ZINA CARY
NYPIRG Project Coordinator

The New York Public Interest Research
Group (NYPIRG) is based on 20 college
campuses around New York. As the
state’s largest student directed environ-
mental, social justice, and consumer advo-
cacy organization, Intensive voter regis-
tration drives and Get Out The Vote
efforts; consumer surveys and reports; ral-
lies protesting proposed garbage incinera-
tors; public education on issues that affect
citizens’s daily lives; all of these are a part
of what NYPIRG is about.

Students working with NYPIRG devel-
op citizenship skills such as public speak-
ing, community outreach, and how to
work effectively with radio, television,
and print media. These skills are neces-

sary when advocating for student rights.

During the Spring of 1995, students were
called on to utilize these skills in the fight
to stop proposed budget cuts to SUNY
and CUNY.

As the Project Coordinator for the
SUNY Albany chapter of (NYPIRG), I
had the opportunity to work with students
on the higher education campaign. To say
that the Spring 1995 semester was a hectic
one would be an understatement.

Governor Pataki’s proposed budget
called for drastic cuts to financial aid pro-
grams, total elimination of opportunity
programs such as EOP and SEEK, and a
tuition increase of up to $1,000. The cam-
paign included several phone-in days to
the Governor and legislators, post card
drives, and mock “bake sales” to creative-
ly communicate the extreme loss of fund-
ing.

Governor Pataki’s executive budget
proposal was the focus of intense scrutiny
and debate throughout New York state. In
a time when education is more important
than ever, students were being told to
make due with a lot less. A SUNY or
CUNY education puts many in the catego-
ry of first generation college graduates. In

Staff photo by Jenny Hein

Zina Cary meeting with students.
defense of this opportunity, thousands of
students, administrators, and faculty mem-
bers across the state, began to organize.
On February 27, over 7,000 concerned cit-
izens traveled to the Capital to voice their
opinion. NYPIRG was there to help in
the effort to have those concerns heard.

This year tuition has increased, but not
as drastically as proposed. Students won
victories for EOP, HEOP, and SEEK.
The message here is that students need to
get involved and citizens need to take
action. Be informed. More citizens
should participate in the simplest of activ-
ities registering and voting! It takes less
than five minutes, and the time spent get-
ting active will be well worth it.

ortation fe imposed on University at
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It's okay for freshmen, but it's wrong for
us who have cars.

—Brendan Wiggins

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_ take the bus but can't afford it.

—Meredith Krame

SUNY students commended

The State University and City Uni-
versity of New York systems were col-
lectively named the top activist college
system in the nation, according to a
survey recently published by Mother
Jones magazine.

The campuses are being recognized
for the large-scale protests held earlier
this year in Albany and New York City
concerning funding cuts.

The magazine reported that when
10,000 students held a protest outside

of New York’s City Hall, police arrived’

with tear gas. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
told students to “get a job for a day”.
Unfortunately, students still received a

$750 tuition increase, the largest in
New York State history.
Mother Jones assembles their lists by

interviewing a number of groups, such

as Amnesty International and the Unit-
ed States Student Association.

The college campuses that rounded
out the top ten following the
SUNY/CUNY systems are: University
of Wisconsin, University of California
at Los Angeles, Michigan State Uni-
versity, University of Hawaii, Cornell
University, Rutgers University, Anti-
och College, University of North Car-
olina, and University of Colorado.

UC and Wilson cut affirmative action

(CPS) After nearly nine months of
debate by politicians, administrators
and students, the University of Califor-
nia Board of Regents voted to end the
educational system’s affirmative action
plan at a meeting in late July.

The move, which will prohibit racial
preferences in hiring and contracts
beginning next January and in admis-
sions the following year, may have last-
ing effects on the nine-school UC sys-
tem, but may not have as large of an
impact on schools across the nation as
some had originally predicted.

“Since schools have voluntarily and
deliberately taken affirmative action
efforts in admissions, I don’t think
they’ll want to be reversing them-
selves.” said David Merkowitz, director
of public affairs for the American
Council of Education.

Governor Pete Wilson, who hadn’t
attended a Board of Regents meeting
since 1992 prior to July 20, serves as
president of the 26-member board and
has made affirmative action a center-
piece for his 1996 presidential cam-
paign.

Shortly after the meeting, he called

the ruling “the beginning of the end of
racial preferences.”

Meanwhile, President Clinton reaf-
firmed his support for affirmative
action, acknowledging that the system
has problems but its still necessary
because of unequal opportunities for
women and minorities.

“The job ending discrimination in
this country is not over,” Clinton said.
“We should reaffirm the principle of
affirmative action and fix the practice.
We should have a simple slogan: Men
it, but don’t end it.”

UC’s new policy allows a minimum
of 50 percent of all admissions to be
solely based on academic achievement,
a change from the current policy, which
allows anywhere form 40 to 60 percent
at each school. The remaining 60 to 40
percent are admitted because of race
and special circumstances.

Many students vow to fight the effort
as well. Sabatini said that students are
ready to protest the move. “This is the
kind of thing that students get worked |
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Meeting new friends can be difficult in large universities

It is not unusual for people to
feel anxious or embarrassed
when approaching or getting
acquainted with others they
know little about. There are

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nities for meeting

Earth people in classes,
at parties, in the
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work and even
though these are relatively
informal and relaxed settings, it
can still be awkward when try-
ing to come up with something
to say.

A good way to break the ice is
to direct the conversation
towards a topic you share a
common interest in. If you have
met in a class, you might want
to discuss something mentioned
during the lecture. If you are
talking to someone who lives in
your residence hall; mention a
common friend. Discussing
something you have in common
gives you the leeway to branch
off into other areas of interest
and other topics of conversation
allowing you to learn about the
other person and vice versa.

Casually mentioning the

weather or asking for the time

does not enable you or the per-
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to disclose any personal infor-
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Another example of an close-
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psychology?”. This question
only requires a yes or no answer
for the answer to be complete.
Close-ended questions should
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| the tobacco industry, settling out of court a
defamation suit brought by Philip Morris and joined
later by R.J. Reynolds. This was all with reference to
an ABC News “DayOne”’ segment early last year that
alleged the tobacco industry manipulates the amount
of nicotine in cigarettes to help ensure smokers’
addiction. The apology was for asserting that the
nicotine came from outside sources rather than, as the
manufacturers declared, from processed and
recombined cigarette tobacco. ABC held in its
apology that the thrust of its story was not the source
of the nicotine but the fact that its level is
manipulated in manufacturing.

By the end of the week, Philip Morris had full-page
ads in newspapers across the country declaring
“Apology Accepted” and patting itself on the back
for its commitment to truth.

Of course, the American media do have a lot to
apologize for in their coverage of smoking. In the
early 1950s, in the wake of the first broad national
publicity about the scientific evidence linking
smoking to lung cancer, the tobacco industry
instituted a massive public relations campaign that
has continued to this day.

When groups lobbied Congress for a ban on
tobacco television advertising in 1970, broadcasters
lobbied to prevent the ban - even after the tobacco
companies stepped aside, preferring the ban to
stronger health warnings on the cigarette packs.

After the TV ad ban, tobacco companies shifted

Magazines. avoided publishing articles on the health
dangers of smoking, apparently as the price of
continued tobacco advertising. A 1992 University of
Michigan study of 99 American magazines published
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magazines without cigarette advertisements were 40
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‘health. For women’s magazines, those not dependent
on tobacco advertising were 230 percent more likely
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Newsweek have soft-pedaled tobacco hazards.

In 1985, lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the
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So there is a lot to apologize for. But not to the
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public policy. The “DayOne” report might be taken
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FLASHBACK

Potential Censorship in the English Department

The English Department here at the University of
Albany has recently been reconsidering what books are
being taught in their classes. The heads of the department
are concerned that some students find certain books
offensive because of a writer’s description of an ethnic
race, a gender or a sexual orientation. Apparently, a
possible result of this re-evaluation could be the decision
to not teach a book because of its potential offensiveness.

Ever since there has been printed word, there have been
banned books. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has
often been banned mainly because of its excessive use of,
to be as politically correct as possible, the “n” word as
well as its portrayal of African Americans.

Other banned books include The Catcher in the Rye,

Heather has Two Mommies, Fahrenheit 451, and
American Psycho. It is easy to understand where the

offensiveness comes from, because reading one of the rape

scenes in American Psycho was not exactly my cup of tea.

However, bans have been placed on books such as Where
the Wild Things Are (for those of you who do not

remember, that is the picture book with the big fuzzy

monsters and the little boy who like to dress like them).

It seems a bit strange in America, hailed by both
ourselves and by other countries as being a place of great
freedom, that this type of censorship exists, but it does.

Somewhere down the line, people get more caught up
with their emotional reaction to the literature and forget
what the literature may be saying. Fictional novels often

not only you but those around you as well - especially
your family and friends.

It is so easy to sit back and say, “It will never happen
to me.”

But the truth of the matter is this: By the time
researchers find a cure for AIDS, we will all have been
affected by it in one way or another.

Don’t take chances.

took.

I unknowingly shared: a dirty needle with one of my
cellmates in the Maryland State Penitentiary, and that’s

all it took to bring me to where I’m at today.

I wake up to new physical developments in my body
most every day now. These developments are never

positive to health nor encouraging to life.

Sometimes this experience is so depressing that it even

prompts a strong consideration of suicide.

One in every 250 Americans is infected with HIV. This
figure is growing, and within the next hour could include

you.

That’s when you realize just how this disease affects

There is nothing you can do about getting infected
through a blood transfusion from a contaminated blood
supply. But you can do something about using a dirty
syringe.

¢ Don’t share needles with drug addicts.

* Don’t have unprotected sex.

¢ Avoid prostitutes (male or female).

* Learn how to use a condom properly.

¢ Make an effort to restrict yourself to one faithful sex
partner.

Trust me: There is nothing in this world like losing
your health.

I am only 48 years old, and there are days when I

provide an insight to our culture and other cultures which
one cannot always get from history books.

Novelists are given the gift that they do not need to stick
to straight facts..They can encompass all sorts of ideas,
both ones already present in our society and others which
show the possibilities, both good and bad, of our society.
For example in the book Heather has Two Mommies the
picture book is conveying the idea that in our society
today, there are many different forms of families. More
often than not, there are single parent homes and homes
where both parents are of the same sex. It certainly doesn’t
show what goes on between the parents behind closed
doors, rather it shows that there are all kinds of families,
not just the two parent, 2.3 kids model which defines “the
traditional family.”

Admittedly, the thoughts and ideas conveyed by
novelists are not always easily extracted by one person
reading by themselves. Experts or professors are very
often necessary because they can provide the reader with
direction and insight that is not always possible alone.
Without this direction, ideas can be lost or distorted in
such a way that they can become dangerous.

It always been said that one of the goals of a college
education is to open up new doors of thought for its
students and give students the freedom to learn about
anything they want. We have made so much progress with
this freedom. Lets keep going forwards instead of
backwards.

could not outrun a 100-year-old man.

Those days find me (once a pretty good athlete and
very active person) weak, tired, and simply drained.
There always seems to be something to slow me down,
something to speed deterioration up.

Right now, I spend most of my time itching, bleeding,
and burning from strange lesions that are slowly
covering my entire body.

Sometimes I find myself standing in the middle of the
floor, trying to remember my name.

HIV spreads through the most intimate kinds of
contact.

But there is one method of transmission that is
relentless in its attack upon the human body.

That transmission is a constant hit upon the human
spirit.

The fear of AIDS has become a fixed part of all our
lives for what could become forever.

Let’s hope such is not the case.

Distributed by the Los Angeles Times


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Jason: Hey Ethan, how was your summer?

Ethan: Oh...It was great! (Ooh! what an original
question...He must have stayed up all night like the other 100
schmucks who asked me how my summer was...) How was
your’s? What did you do? Gee, I feel as if I haven’t left this
place. )

Jason: I worked my ass off at an indie record label as a
glorified intern. You know, just a lot of tedious, important stuff.
(If I only worked just one more day cleaning toilets for the Wiz,
I could have stolen that brand new plunger for my house.)
What did you do? (Not that I really give a rat’s ass whether or
not you had a cushie beach job, or served a prison term)

Ethan: Well, I was so busy...(There he goes again with his
inflated head...Should I tell him now or later to bend over so I
can kiss his ass. Wait, I hope he doesn’t know about my jail
time for public lewdness. That’s the last time I go to The
Discovery Zone.) I worked for the local newspaper (I had a
spot reserved for me in the police blotter every week.) You look
great! I see you colored your hair green...(What was he
thinking...Well, at least he matches the leprecaun on the Lucky
Charms box... They’re magically delicious...Ha! Nice hair.)

Jason: The local newspaper, huh? (No, Ethan, it’s not pathetic

‘that you couldn’t get a writing job at any kind of decent

publication. A newspaper whose big story of the week is the
church yard sale? That's real dignified. Maybe some day you
can write for the Des Moines free real estate listings—-you know,
the one you pick up at The Piggly Wiggly.)

Ethan: Yeah. I’ve even lined up an internship at this hot paper
in Des Moines next year. I’m on my way man! (Condescend me
asshole, I’ll kill you.)

Jason: Say, did you see Cliff Lent’s new do (that hippie finally
cut his goldilocks)?

Ethan: Yeah, he looks okay I guess. (Why do I find myself
strangely attracted to him? After that summer in camp I never
thought that would happen again. Oh, no. No more getting
talked into “experimenting” for me.) Yeah, but I saw all these
hot freshman on campus today (good recovery, I hope).

Jason: Yeah, me too. (Young and stupid, just how I like ‘em.)

Ethan: We’re going to meet so many chicks this year (at least I

_ will, considering the fact that I’ve already told the freshman

population about your little incident at the health center last
year. Oh yes! You said it was only a rash.) What classes are
you taking this semester (probably enlightening and
stimulating courses such as Crayola 240: The art of coloring
inside the lines and Piels 235: The art of the kegstand)?

- Jason: I’m taking three English courses and a class in food

digestion, I’m hoping to survive the new Chinese place in the
mall, I mean the campus center. (Yan Can Cook, these guys are
not. Flipping burgers is a job for college students, preparing
ethnic cuisine should be left to the geniuses at Wok This Way.)

Ethan: That place isn’t so bad (after eating there last night I
only spent three hours on the throne with two and half rolls of
toilet paper as opposed to the all—nighter I spent there after my
last excursion to Taco Hell.) We should meet there for lunch
later.

small a piece of paper you'll lose it and I won’t have to
pretend to want to let you suck down all the beer in my house
all year long), call me (do not call me).
Ethan: Yeah, I’ll definately call you (there’s not a snowball’s
chance in Hell that you'll hear from me all year), I will.
Jason: Cool. Where are you living anyway (so I can accelerate
quickly on that street)?
Ethan: On Freedom. You should stop by (if you come near my
room I will kill you and your fat mother). Really.
Jason: OK!! Later on dude (loser).
Ethan: See ya (in hell)! Buh—bye.

(Any Sor
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|Brothers Share Irish Guilt

After a summer filled with ez

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lesser known movies such as F#

Edward Burns’ The Brothers
McMullen in area theaters.

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most Washington, |

Susan Craine

The film focuses on three

brothers (as the ‘name
McMullen implies, the men i
are Irish Catholic) who are forced to live together i in their
childhood home on Long Island after several years apart.
The brothers, Barry, Patrick, and Jack each have their own
romantic entanglement to work through. Jack is tempted
to have an affair with an ex-girlfriend of Barry’s. Barry is
forced to come to grips with his fear of committment, and
Patrick must decide if he will take the plunge and marry
his Jewish girlfriend, Susan.
Burns, working on a shoestring budget, cast himself
| and used friends and relatives in the film. The standout is
|. Mike McGlone as Patrick, the family know-it-all of guilt.
| His lamenting about whether God is gojng to strike him
@.) dead for marrying outside of his religion provides some
of the most humorous moments of the film, especially
while in the bathroom trying to figure out the point
system for sins with Jack.

Another good performance is given by Maxine Bahns as
Audry, Barry’s love interest. Barry is known within the
| family as being the “ladykiller” and Bahns has just the
right spunk to make Audry a believable match.

For financial reasons, some of the film had to be cut,
giving the relationship between Jack and his wife Molly
| an underdeveloped sense, the one fault of the film. The
| resolution met between the two characters seems a little
too neat and is missing some key middle pieces which
would explain things better.
ee Burns has been hailed as the Irish Woody Allen, a
. : comparison which is too early to ascribe, even if he does
have a lock on the effects of guilt. What Burns has created
is a quirky romantic comedy that is a much better value

than most of Hollywood’s “blockbusters.”

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movie's cost), a University of
Detroit Mercy professor
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to find out just what 3180
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No big surprises this year as MTV
nominated its’ most ubiquitous
videos for the 1995 MTV Music
Video Awards. Proving current
music often defies catagorization or
that catagories of the past are
becoming obsolete, many videos
were nominated in multiple
catagories which seemingly contra-
dict each other (i.e. Stone Temple
Pilots as Best Alternative Video and
Best Hard Rock Video).

The nominee also showcase the
limited vision of voters as proven
by the miniscule percentage of
videos nominated compared to the
number shown on the channel in
the last year.

Another trend detected by the
nominees is the link between record
sales and video airplay. Who is to
say which came first, video play
leading to album sales or album
sales allowing for increased MTV
exposure? In any event, it is certain-
ly hard to find a major nominee
who has not released a platinum
(sales of at least one million) album.

Following is a list of the major
catagories and the nominees within
them. To see the envelopes opened,

courtesy of

| Bros. online

And The Nominees Are...

aoe into MTV on slag at 8
PM.

Video Of The Year:
Green Day—“Basket Case”

_ | Michael and Janet Jackson—

“Scream”

_| TLC-“Waterfalls”
‘| Weezer-“Buddy Holly”

Best Male Video:
Chris Issak—“Somebody’s
Crying”
Elton John—“Believe”
Lucas—“Lucas With The Lid Off”
Tom Petty—“You Don’t Know
How It Feels”

Live, courtesy of Spin
online

Best Female Video:
D’esiree—“ You Gotta Be”
PJ Harvey—“Down By The
Water”

Annie Lennox—“No More I
Love Yous”
Madonna—“Take A Bow”

Best Group Video:
Green Day—“Basket Case”
Rolling Stones—“Love Is
Strong”

Stone Temple

TLC, Breet Day, and Weezer Lead In MTV Music Award Nominations

Releases Tentatively Due This Week (9/5):
Regina Belle-Reachin’ Back (Colombia)
Francis Dunnery-Tall Blond Helicopter 1995
(Atlantic) Every
George Huntley-Brainjunk (TVT) Sheer
Orbit-La Mano (Lunch/A&M) Fear 1
Orang
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years
Exist” those |
Stone Temple Pilots—“Interstate 3
Love Song”
White Zombie—“More Human
Than Human” See
label
Best-Alternative Video: (Merc
The Cranberries—“ Zombie” Bostor
Green Day—“Basket Case” up wi
Hole—“Doll Parts” Betzg
Stone Temple Pilots—“Interstate Doher
Love Song” with k
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Best New Artist: Warner Bros eR 8
Jeff Buckley—“Last Goodbye” = os
D’esiree—“ You Gotta Be” : is oe t
Filter—“Hey Man, Nice Shot” Jackson—“Scream” young
Hootie and The Blowfish—-“Hold Jade—“5-4-3-2 (Yo Time Is Up)” promi
My Hand” Montell Jordan—“This Is How cover ¢
Portishead—“Sour Times We Do It” and in

(Nobody Loves Me)”

Best Video From A Film:
Bryan Adams—“Have You Ever
Really Loved A Woman?” (from

| Don Juan De Marco)

Jim Carrey—“Cuban Pete” (from
The Mask)

Seal—“Kiss From A Rose” (from
Batman Forever)

U2-“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss

Green Day,

courtesy of Spin

online

1 Pilots—“Interstate Love
|Song”
TLC_’Waterfalls”

Best Rap Video:
Brandy featuring MC Lyte,
Queen Latifah, and YoYo—“I

Wanna Be Down”

Da Bush
Babies—“Remember We”
Dr.Dre—“Keep Their Heads
Ringin’”

Craig Mack—“Flava In Ya
Ear” |

Public Enemy—"Give It Up”
Rappin’ 4—Tay featuring the
Spinners—“T’ll Be Around”

Best Hard Rock Video:
Green Day—“Basket Case”
Meat Puppets—“We Don’t

Me, Kill Me’ q (from Batman

TLC—“Waterfalls)

Best Direction:
Green Day—“Basket Case,”
directed by Mark Kohr
Michael and Janet
Jackson—“Scream,” directed by
Mark Romanek
TLC-—“Waterfalls,” directed by F.
Gary Gray
Weezer—“Buddy Holly,” directed
by Spike Jonze

Breakthrough
Video:
Green Day—“Basket

Case”

Michael and Janet
» |Jackson—“Scream”
. | TLC—“Waterfalls”
f)| Weezer—“Buddy

) Holly”

Viewer’s Choice
Award:

Giaes Day—Basket Case”
Forever) Hootie and The Blowfish—“Hold
Urge Overkill—“Girl, You’ll Be A My Hand”
Woman Soon” (from Pulp Michael and Janet Now
Fiction) Jackson—“Scream”

Live—“Lightening Crashes” abou

Best R&B Video: REM—“What’s The Frequency,

Boyz II Men—“Water Runs Dry” Kenneth?”
Michael and Janet TLC—“Waterfalls”

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Klover’s Debut Shows Practicalities Of Punk

1995. The year punk really broke.
Everybody wants in on the action.
Sheer Terror signed to a major label.
Fear reformed again as did Agent
Orange, the Dickies, the Circle Jerks,
and many other punk bands that
tuned in, turned on, and burnt out
years ago. Klover is kinda one of
those kinda bands.

Seth Diamond

Klover who just released their major
label debut Feel Lucky Punk
(Mercury) is one half of the old
Boston band Gang Green. The line-
up with Gang Green alumni Brian
Betzger on drums and Chris
Doherty on guitar is rounded off
with Red Rockets and one time Paul
Westerberg bass player Darren Hill
and new kid Mike Stone on vocals
and guitar.

It seems that in marketing the
album the band is banking on Stone
to be their ace in the hole. He is the
youngest member of the band, very
prominently displayed on the back
cover of the album with his mohawk
and innocent good looks. The rest of

the band shows their age, probably [e
not a shade past their early thirties,
but geriatrics in punk-land. From
the inside photo they could be any
indie band, normal guys playing
music from the soul. But that all
important back cover photo, let’s go,
let’s go, oi—-oi-oi!

There is not much to the album,
musically. They are a punk band.
You've heard it before, you'll hear it
again. The songs are simple three
chord punk tunes with lyrics of
alientation and rebellion. The line
that will stick in your head from the
first track “Our Way” which is pro-
claimed as “the band’s swan song of
sorts” is “mom and dad are the
meat, and we’ve got the bone.”
Grrrrrrrr.

No punk band would be complete
without a song called “Here We Go
Again” with those introspective
lyrics like “why is it that I’m con-
stantly screwed by always doing
things I don’t want to do,” or and
obscure cover of some friend’s hard-
core band (who is John Felice, what
band was he in around 1977, and
why does he love “All Kindsa

Girls”?).

The album also sports one of the
biggest oxymorons this side of
jumbo shrimp-the punk ballad.
Green Day showed that lighters
have more uses at a punk show than
lighting blunts. Many of the songs
on the record are slow, simple songs
about lost love. “Every morning tells
a story/lost without a trace.”

If you like punk, can’t get enough
punk, are too lazy to find the real

punk, and want to find the next big
thing early, pick up the Klover CD.
These boys will be huge. The
singer’s cute, the’songs are accessi-
ble, and they have lyrics ready for
the backs of millions of tee-shirts
nationwide. Don’t let them scare
you. Of course, you can just buy a
Clash album on cut-out for half the
price. Either way, Klover will be
coming soon to a stadium and Buzz
Bin near you.

DESPERADO

THE $e UNDTRACK

Know any good mariachi tunes? We want to
hear you sing us one. Come to the ASP office
(Campus Center 323) and perform (or just ask
nicely) and pick up a free cassette sampler fea-
turing songs from the Desperado Soundtrack.
a to you by all your friends at ASPects
and SONY Music.

WRITE FOR ASPECTS!!
We won't be asking forever.

Now is the time to come see us if you want to write
about films, music, campus productions, television,

or anything else.
If you want to have your poetry or creative
writing published on these pages come see us or |
Call 442-5838. We’re in Campus Center, on the
third floor, room 323.

We'll give you stuff, we'll let you do what you want,

just stop by and let’s talk.
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Smart Music By

The convergence of Mike O’Neill
and Dave Ullrich in The Inbreds is a
blue collar musicians dream. From
the first note in “Kambina” to the
last drum beat in “Amelia Earhart”
one can perceive the true genuiness
of the collaboration of these two
individuals.

Andrew Purrott

Even with the absence of musi-
cians such as a guitarist, pianist or
horn player (which is becoming
popular these days thanks to bands
like Blues Traveler and Dave
Matthews), this album seems to flow
very well.

Supported by a barrage of lyrics
like “She sailed away to a place

‘where clouds can’t get her,” the

record beckons the listener to stay
tuned for more. The blue collar
dream begins because these are two

Some Inbreds

guys have set up no rules for them-
selves. Their instruments are a bass
guitar and a drumkit and they
record all this on a standard eight
track recording machine.

With the release of their fifth
album entitled Kambinator (PF/
Tag/ Atlantic), The Inbreds have
refined their style to that of novel
yet tangible playing. What makes
this a treat to listen to is the genuine
rhythms attained with only two
instruments. One may complain-
about the lack of a guitarist-even the
guest musicians won’t substitute for
a little piece of down and dirty gui-
tar.

It is hard to write rhymes if there
is no guitarist to keep things going.
But stranger things have been done
in music and if The Inbreds have
enough things to say and enough
forms to put them in, they could be
around for a while.


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September 1, 1995

Breariness...

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eenina serious acedent She
cen ribs and a broken leg, but

“FIVE FRIEMDS ALL IM ONE ROOM

It’s raining again,

and I’m all alone one more time As the smoke, the exhaled frustration,
in a room of five friends the insecurity that is our own
smoking marijuana like Kings and Queens. soils‘my clothing,
I AM AT EASE WITH BEING CONSCIOUS
I think I saw the devil in I can feel, it feels good to feel
one of the larger clouds exhaled something for a change.
by one of my friends sitting
across from me. Everything is on fire,
yea, it’s getting pretty hot in here,
At least I know now burning my bones, everything.
that there is a hell. |
Hell, I’ll have something to tell Five people are on fire, not screaming
my grandchildren in my elder years for mercy, laughing souls, burning bones,
if I live past twenty eight. aching backs from sitting on thrones.
water boiling, smoke rising, heart pounding,
For the moment everybody laughs at pounding to it’s own drum.
the television because of it’s optimism. .
Nothing else in the world seems very clear, Oh the night is so young,
I guess you can call it a thinking mood BURNING, BURNING
or some anti-social disease. five people burning
no skin, no religion
At this very moment everyone has and all I have left
descended onto their own planet or state is the rain beading up
and I can picture them in astronaut regalia on my window sill.
taking spacey steps declaring the soil ;
that they step on their own. . —David Lipp

If you’re feeling quite depressed, and you need that little ego boost to get the
semester rolling...Write a poem and submit it to ASPects...You can even cut it
out and proudly display your work on your refrigerator...And if you don’t feel bet-

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View Point

Don't ask me who I am - a guide to cheap talk

By NATALIA ARMOZA

There should be a general rule
when it comes to running hall
meetings or the etiquette of the
first day of class. Students don’t
want to talk about themselves.
Further more, they don’t really
want to hear about other people.

We are all familiar with the
scenario. The first hall meeting,
the RA starts talking about how
he played baseball, is a major in
physics, loves Bob Dylan, and
comes from the “Island.” He
loves bird watching and weight
lifting and likes to think of him-
self as a nice guy. You can tell
he’s rehearsed and ready for his
speech. But are you ready for
your speech?

What do you say? Your year?
Your name? Your job? My hall
meeting was filled with several
interesting responses. The most

impressive was Stephen from

down the hall who not only told
his name, age, year, major,
sleeping habits, hobbies,
favorite movies, sleeping posi-
tions, astrological sign, weight,
height, bowel movement sched-
ule, and political persuasion, but
offered us free furniture.

The girl behind me began gig-
gling uncontrollably and mut-
tered something about being a
complete loser because she was
a senior and still lived on cam-
pus (whether that’s the only rea-
son is yet to be seen). Luckily,
there were enough people at the

meeting to forget most every-
one’s comments.

It’s tougher in class, though,
because you have to sound
smart. You know, in English you
have to say you like reading,
and in bio that you like parame-
ciums (or is it paramecii), and
so forth. Well, I am fed up with
these silly questions regarding
my personal life. And I’m sure
you are too. Therefore, I have
compiled a handy-dandy guide
for those times when you are
out of inspiration.

1. The best way to impress
your prof (as well as all the
ladies in the class for you fellas)
is rhyming. Shakespeare ended
his acts this way, Dr. Seuss
charmed the pants off of us all,
and let’s not forget William
Blake. Picture it: first day of
Urban Planning and the guy in
front of you just finished saying
he’s a freshman from the island
and he’s taking this course
because it’s a requirement. So
your response should go some-
thing like this: I like the city, it
is a pity it is so far away. My
name is Bob, I have no job and I
like to eat some hay.

2. Now some may be too shy.

to take this approach so another
idea is to make something up.
You most likely know noone in
your Creative Writing class, and
no one talks to you in your
classes any way, so go wild..Be

a plumber, be a transsexual, be a
published writer. Be a spy, for
crying out loud. If the chick
behind you suddenly said she
used to give Prince Edward’s to
sailors, wouldn’t you have
respect for her, even if she.was a
liar. I would.

3. The strongest and wittiest
approach, for the actor in all of
us, is the monologue. Let loose.
Hub caps, the Mona Lisa’s mys-
terious smile, Elvis’ effect on
the Post War Western World,
similar trends between Mussoli-
ni and Robespierre, the chick
who used to be on Charlie’s
angels but now has a line of
clothing at K Mart, all these are
fantastic topics. You can even
go one step further and memo-
rize a monologue from a show.
What the hell? Sing a song! “On
My Own”, “Phantom of the
Opera”, “ With One Look”,
“Memory”, “Greased Light-
ning’’, “Over the Rainbow”; any
Broadway hit that is a true
reflection of your spirit.

4. Another rather amusing
approach is to try to mimic the
person before you. So he’s Bob
from Merrick. He likes to race

- cars and breeds horses and lives

with his grandparents. So why
can’t you be all that? Be
expressive. “Wow!” you should
say, “I do all that too!” Well, I
guess that sort of ties back to
number 2. But this one is less

creative and more humorous.
Try. to copy his hand gestures
too. It’s always a good ice
breaker to make your classmates
look stupid.

5. This one is for the men.
Girls love it when you act
dumb. When it gets to your turn,
look around and say, “Is it my
turn?” And then laugh at your-
self. Sigh a lot and roll your
eyes and pause all the time.
Think dumb...dumb as bricks.
When you’re done, say, “I guess
that’s all I have to’ say.
So...that’s it I guess. That’s it.”

6. Be the big nerd in the class.
Every class needs at least one,
so beat the kid with the pocket
protector. Discuss your love of
computer programming, inter-
net discussions of which Star
Trek captain is better, and the
real trick is threaten to mind
meld with anyone who comes
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If you forget all these rules, at
least keep in mind that the rest
of the class is busy thinking up
what they’re going to say and
aren’t even listening to you. So
even if you mention that you
smoke in bed and write poems
about spaghetti, no one will ever
notice.

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College costs too much for many students to bear

(CPS)Ana Henderson, a Dart-
mouth College senior, was
recently accepted into Harvard
Law School but doesn’t know if
she’ ll be able to attend.

“I just don’t see how I can
afford it,’ says Henderson, who
has already taken out $23,000 in
loans to finance her undergradu-
ate education. “I'd have to bor-
row so much money and put
myself in debt for the rest of my
life.”

As Congress continues to
debate cuts to the education
budget, many of today’s college
students are finding themselves
in situations similar to Hender-
son’s, searching for options and
answers as their educational
dollars continue to shrink.

In order to achieve their goal
of cutting $10 billion from the
Federal Family Education Loan
Program, Republican lawmakers
have proposed:

-Eliminating the in-school
interest exemption, which is
paid to banks for accrued loan
interest while students are in
school, for graduate and profes-
sional students, saving $3.1 bil-
lion over seven years.

-Cutting out the six-month
grace period after graduation for
all borrowers ($4.1 billion).

-Eliminating the loan interest
rate cut scheduled to take place
July 1998 ($1.5 billion).

-Reducing funding for the
Pell Grant program to $5.6 bil-
lion ($600 million).

-Increasing the loan origina-
tion fee for students ($1 billion).

- Eliminating funding for
Perkins Loan Capital Contribu-
tions ($1.1 billion).

-Cutting out the State Student
Incentive Grant program
(SSIG), which provides. match-
ing funds for state-based finan-
cial aid ($441 million, but the
total loss to student aid could
rise to $882 million if states
decline to offer funds).

-Killing numerous scholar-
ships and fellowships, including
Early Intervention, National
Science and Douglas Teacher
scholarships; Harris, Javits and
Faculty Development fellow-
ships and various other smaller,
specialized programs.

-Eliminating the $10-per loan
payment to each school for pro-
cessing of direct student loans
($960 million).

Although President Clinton
has vowed to veto measures that
would hurt education, many stu-
dents. aren’t encouraged by the
action they see on Capitol Hill.

Already, students are feeling
the pinch of federal and state
grant dollars that have failed to
keep pace with the rising cost of
tuition-which has risen 46 per-
cent in the last five years,
according to the American
Council on Education (ACE).
As a result, students are jug-
gling classes and work, taking
out more loans, and putting off
graduate school in order to pay
the bills.

A recent report by ACE
reveals that 41 percent of stu-
dents at community colleges are
studying part-time, as are 10
percent of the students at four-
year public schools and 9 per-
cent of those at private schools.
Those numbers are up from
1991, when 19 percent of com-
munity college students took
classes part-time , compared
with 5 percent at both public
and private four-year schools,

period as phased out,

To cope with rising educa-
tional costs, the majority of stu-
dents are turning to loans as
their primary source for their
educational funding.

And although the student loan
interest subsidy has been spared
for current undergraduates,
approximately 1.8 million grad-
uate student will find them-
selves paying more for their
education if the subsidy is
scrapped,

“The financial impact of any
cuts to the interest exemption

could be disastrous for graduate

”

students,” says Kevin Boyer,
director of the National Associ-
ation of Graduate and Profes-
sional Students. “If funding for
higher education continues to
decrease, graduate schools will
end up with only the students
who have the most money.”

The impacts are already obvi-
ous. Fewer seniors are opting
for graduate school immediately
after graduation, opting for
work instead, according to the
ACE report. The study states
that 84 percent of all grad stu-
dents are 25 years old or more.
In addition, 65 percent attend
school on a part-time basis.

Despite criticism by some
who claim the student loan
interest exemption gives stu-
dents an unfair advantage over
regular borrowers, Boyer says
that the original intent of the
legislation is to provide student
aid.

“The interest exemption is a
lot like a grant,” he says. “It’s
the way the government has
chosen to support graduate edu-

cation because the country ©

stands to benefit from the gradu-
ates.”

And while the impact of the
six-month grace period form
loan repayment after graduation
may seem minimal, the hiatus
from immediate bill can help
buy new graduates some extra
time while job hunting.

“It wouldn’t have been a dis-
aster but id I had to start repay-
ing my loan right away, it defi-
nitely would have meant that I
wouldn’t have been able to con-
centrate on finding the career I
went to school for,” says Robert
Snarski, who graduated from the

University of Illinois with over:

$10,000 in outstanding loans in
1991. “I would have had to
worry about taking the first
source of income so I could pay
my bills.”

If loan subsidies and the grace
the
Department of Education esti-
mates that students entering col-
lege in the fall of 1996 with
plans to earn a bachelor’s
degree would face a sharp
increase in their educational
debt. Students borrowing the
maximum of $23,000 will pay
roughly 23 percent more than
today’s students, or $339 a
month for 10 years, compared
with the current monthly pay-
ment of $275.

Those continuing on to earn a
master’s degree will be hit even
harder. According to the propos-
al; those who borrow the
$88,000 maximum while in
school will owe $167,723 upon
graduating, based on a standard
10-year repayment plan of
$1,452 per month. In compari-
son, that same $88,000 debt cur-
rently adds up to $128,400, or
$1,070 per month.

Department of Education

officials estimate that the
amount loaned to students is
skyrocketing. In fact, of the
$183 billion borrowed in the
student loan program since its
inception in 1966, more than 22
percent of that debt was bor-
rowed in the last two years
alone.

“Students who fail to graduate
have a much more difficult time
paying off their loans,” says
Jamie Merisotis, who headed a

recent study on the role of uni-
versities in student loan repay-
ment for the Institute of Higher
Education, “Schools need to
make a direct effort to offer stu-
dents more options than just
loans in terms of financial assis-
tance.”

Merisotis suggests increasing
federal. and state grants to

‘lower-income and minority stu-

dents who have shown a vested
interest in education throughout

their schooling.

And opportunities are what
education is all about, says
Dartmouth’s Henderson.

“Being born into a family
with money shouldn’t mean you
get a better chance at an educa-
tion than everyone else,” says

Henderson. “If that becomes the

case, I don’t think this is the
kind of country I want to live
in.”

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September 1, 1995. ALBANY STUDENT PRESS ]]

Men’s soccer ready for Div. II

By BRAD CURABBA

The 1995 Albany Men’s soc-
cer team begins its season this
Saturday, September 2 against
Trenton State in the Binghamton
soccer tournament. After reach-
ing the playoffs last season a
team would usually look to
move foward and the Danes are.
But Albany begins this season at
the National Collegiate Athletic
Associations’s Division II level
for the first time, where they will
face much tougher competition
than in previous years. However,
despite the team’s formidable
task, Head Coach Roy Pfeil is
optimistic about the upcoming

season.

Top returnees and tri-captains
for the team include Jon Jacobs,
a senior goal keeper, Kieran
Griffin, a senior defender, and
Junior forward, Jomo Forrester.
Jacobs is serving as a captain for
the second consecutive season.
A starter in 16 games for the
Danes NCAA Tournament team
last season, Jacobs surrendered
just 1.16 goals per game and
made 104 saves. Griffin started
all 17 games for the Danes last
season. He led a defensive unit
which recorded four shutouts
and allowed just 1.33 goals a
contest. Forrester was Albany’s
second leading scorer in 1994,

File Photo

Jomo Forrester will look to put up big numbers once again this year.

starting all 17 games as a mid-
fielder. Forrester totaled seven
goals and five assists for a total
of 19 points last season.

Also returning for the Great
Danes is top Division III scorer
Chris Mogavero. Mogavero tore
up teams for record like numbers
to lead the Danes to the post-—
season. Along with Forrester
they make up one of the most
potent scoring offenses in all the
area.

A recruiting class which
Coach Pfeil described as
“tremendous” will provide the
team with depth and excitement.
Incoming freshmen Russel
Debeadito, Ryan Kever, Chris
Pitino, and Brian Drew should
make an immediate impact on
the team. along with a host of
other talented players, this sea-
son of transition should be a suc-
cessful one for the Great Danes.

As a new member of the New
England Collegiate Conference,
Albany will play a ten game
conference schedule against such
opponents as Sacred Heart, New
Hampshire College, Keene State,
Franklin Pierce, LeMoyne
College, Bridgeport, New
Haveand Massachusetts—Lowell.

Although no one knows for
sure what will happen, Albany’s
fans and team are cautiously
optimistic to say the least. It will
be interesting to see how a
post-season competitor is able to
make a transition to Division II.
The soccer program should be
strong even with the move and
have a chance to battle the top
teams. Albany soccer has a
bright future and maybe playoff
ambitions for next season.

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By MICHAEL THOMPSON

Last-year-Albany-athletics-chose-to move to Division II. This .
move obviously cost the school money and therefore they had to
find a way to cut back. The athletic department got together and
decided the best way to do this would be to cut men’s tennis,
wrestling and swimming. This was a financial decision that the
school had to but couldn’t make. So, they blamed the cuts on the
Gender Equity law. This law states that within a reasonable per-
centage a similar percentage of men and women must compete in
athletics. This is difficult to do this when your football team has |
ninety something players.

At an open sub-committee meeting that I attended last year four
coaches spoke.

First was head football coach Bob Ford. He mentioned the move
to Division II and how the cost affects the athletic program and
mentioned gender equity. Are you kidding me? Your team has 95
players no wonder our percentage is off a little.

Next, head basketball coach Richard Sauers spoke. He men-
tioned scholarships that would be given out this year at the
Division II level and the cost of this transition.

Third, the women’s head basketball coach Mari Warner spoke.
Coach Warner had the audacity to bring statistics that stated the
number of programs top ranked Division I programs fund, then
stated that Albany has more programs then most and cannot afford
to continue their sponsorship of so many. This may be correct, but
it had nothing to do with the Gender Law. Not once was the topic
at hand mentioned during her statement. Finally, head tennis coach
Bob Lewis spoke. He pleaded for others to understand what the

_ athletic department along with the administration of the school

were doing: cutting sports to save money for a premature move to
Division II. These cuts had little to do with Gender Equity as
Lewis pointed out. Albany only had about an 8-10% difference

_ between men and women participation, and that was with an over-

sized football team. Coach Lewis suggested a limit of players , but
it didn’t matter, that wasn’t the real issue. MONEY WAS!

There was to be a vote this week, but coach Lewis was fed up
with all the under the table transactions that followed this deal that
he resigned in July. Maybe he just knew what was going to happen
next.

This week the IAB decided to allow the school to cut these »
sports based upon Genter Equity, but why?


September 1,

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Covering University at Albany sports since 1916

Danes kickoff against Division I-AA opponent

By THoMAS MCMAHON
Sports Editor

When the Albany football
team takes the field in Dayton
tomorrow, it will be their first
ever contest as a National
Collegiate Athletic Association
Division II program. After a
4—6-0 campaign last season,
some would see the transition to
Division II as one the program
would have trouble handling, but
not 23 year head coach uae
Ford.

“There will be size differences
in the offensive and defensive
lines, but not so much in perime-
ter personnel”, coach Ford said.
“In all honesty, there will not be
a tremendous change in our
opposition, because teams like
Ithaca and Cortland would be
competitive with a Dayton and a
Central Connecticut.”

Coach Ford will look to his #1
ranked offense among Upstate
New York Division III teams
(389.6 yards per game) to lead
the Danes into a season that
opens with two Division I-AA
Opponents. Eastern Collegiate
Athletic Conference Upstate
New York rookie of the year, Joe
Savino leads this high powered
attack that set school records in
total offense (3,896) and passing

By Eric DAGNALL
Senior Editor

As one of the more successful
sports programs at Albany, the
men’s cross country team heads
into the 1995-96 season with the
same expectations as-past years.

As a Division III program,
competing in the National
Collegiate Athletic Association’s
cross country tournament was a
regular thing for the Danes. Now
with the move to Division II, the
Danes hope to continue their

yards (1,862) last season. Savino
was the top ranked quarterback

in the region last season with a—

130.6 efficiency rating. The sig-
nal caller also set four single
season records in total offense
(1,801), passing yardage (1,742),
pass completion’s (114), and
pass attempts (222). The sopho-

more also recorded 12 touch-
downs to only five interceptions.

Albany also has a strong run-.

ning game lead by senior Otis
Bellamy. Last season Bellamy
rushed for 719 yards with an
average of 7 yards per carry on
his way to earning the teams top
offensive back award. At 71.9

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Many Albany hopes lie on the teams offense and the running of Otis Bellamy.

Cross country teams look to storm into Division II

success, especially because
many of the meets the Danes ran
last year will remain on the
schedule. At the heart of the
schedule is the ever important
Albany Invitational which
attracts schools from across all
three levels of competition.
Helpful in this plan is that the
core of last year’s squads are
returning. Last year’s number
one runner, senior Roderick
Rose placed 19th at the Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conference
Championships and 26th at the

Albany will look to lead the pack in Division II this year.

Football

New York Division III
Regionals. .

Four returning sophomores are
also key to the Danes leap into a
new division. Douglas Carl,
John Druzba, Jeffrey Messina
and Ryan Osborne had very suc-
cessful rookie seasons for the
Danes. Druzba had a strong
showing at ECAC’s last year,
coming in at 21. “It was all
Druzba, he went eleven places in
a thousand meters,” head coach
Kevin Williams said at the time.

Coach Williams must also be

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Soccer

yards per game, the tailback

ranked tenth among upstate New
York Division III rushers.
Bellamy also handles kickoff
returns for the Danes. Also giv-
ing support in the Danes back-
field are fullbacks Victor
Freeman, who rushed for 552
yards and seven touchdowns and
Jeremy Kachejian, who gained
642 yards and scored six times.

Albany’s offensive line is led
by co-captain Nick Cremona.
The senior center started all ten
games last season and was
named offensive lineman of the
week against Cortland, when the
Danes rushed for 334 yards. The
guard positions will be filled by
Rich Tallarico, a senior who was
named offensive lineman of the
week three times, and junior
David Baranska, who started five
games last season. The tackles
are seniors Rob Modica and
Matt Bass. Last Season Modica
started five games before a leg
injury and Bass started all ten for
the Danes.

The receiving corps has large
shoes to fill with the departure of
Albany’s all-time leading
receiver, Andy Shein. Stepping
in will be senior split end Ed
Richard, who made 13 recep-
tions for 218 yards last season.
Behind Richard is a group of

impressed with the freshmen

class beginning their Albany

career. This years class is led by
Joseph Carlucci, Brendan

_ Howell, Gabe McGann, Rob

Naughter, John Young and
Howard Goldklang. All will
look to improve the team and
start the future.

This year Williams has loftier
expectations for his seasoned
squad. “I think we can finish in
the top five in the region, both
the men and women. We just
need to stay healthy.”

The women figure to have a
tremendous season after their
breakthrough year in 1995. The
squad returns all of the top fin-
ishers of last year including
juniors Lisa Nesta and Tonya
Dodge, who were the top two
competitors for the Albany team.

Nesta had a strong year, fin-
ishing 14th at the NCAA’s and
becoming the first Albany
woman to earn All-American
status in cross country. She won
the New York States and fin-
ished second at ECAC’s. Dodge,
who set the school outdoor 3,000
meter record during the 1995
Penn Realy’s, hopes to continue
her success from last year also.

Bolistering the roster is transfer
senior Erin Roach, who was the
number two runner for Division
I Davidson a year ago. Also,
junior Tiffany Will returns. from

unproved freshmen and trans-
fers. There is a three way battle
going on at the flanker position
between Dan Gmelin, Heath
Mullen and Brian Cafalone.

Bob Thorne and Seth Thomas
will split time at tight end this
season. Each are excellent
receivers and will be an integral
part of the offense.

The Albany defense left some-
thing to be desired last season
and are looking to improve this
season after allowing 21.9 points
per game last season. The defen-
sive backfield is led by co—cap-
tain Chris Robertson. The free
safety led Albany in intercep-
tions and was named top defen-
sive back last season. Also cov-
ering ground in the defensive
backfield are strong safety Artie
Arroyo, cornerbacks Anthony
Vitti and Ted Bearor and versa-
tile Fred Daughtry, Matt Jamin,
and Travis Sadler.

The linebacking crew is led by
Steve Flood. Also patrolling the
inside at middle linebacker will

be Kevin Dougherty and Matt

Carollo. John Moskov and Tony
Valachovic are expected to start
outside for the Danes. Co—cap-
tain Steve Erle, who was the spe-
cial teams player of the year last

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a stress fracture in her leg that
has cut short her last two cam-
paigns. She joins a staff that also
includes sophomores Liza
Settlicase and April Curry,
seniors Rebecca Popp and Cindy
Many, and junior and Jen
Viscardo.

As the men the women have
compiled a solid freshmen class
to start thinking about the future
while still being competitive in
the present. The women have
four freshmen that are capable of
cracking the top five runners on

‘the team. Samantha Cohen heads

the list that includes Jan Daniels,
Kerry Longobardl, and Jen
Strodl of the freshmen class.

As the Division II era of
Albany sports begins, the cross
country teams both look. ready
and able to handle the task at
hand. This program could very
well be the best at the University
and could make an immediate
impact.

Both -teams head to
Binghamton next weekend for
the start to the season and an era.
The Binghamton Invitational is
always a competitive meet and
will be a good measuring stick
for the teams’ success this com-

ing season. Other invitationals

this season include the Capital
District in Saratoga Springs. The
Binghamton Invitational begins
at 12 p.m.

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