Tori Amos, Jeff
Healey and
VOLUME LXXIX
Quilt symbolizes the
lives of AIDS victims
By GLENN TEICHMAN
ee ES a
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is
being shown from Nov. 20 untill
Dec. 6 in the New York State
Museum in an effort to educate
the public about the deadly
disease. In the two years since
the AIDS Memorial Quilt was
last exhibited in the New York
State Museum, it has grown by
thousands of panels, said
Museum Director Lou Levine.
Approximately 22,000 panels
make up the quilt, with 800 of
these panels covering the fourth
floor of the New York State
Museum. The exhibit also
consists of several programs and
appearances by speakers.
Last Sunday, Miss America
1993, Leanza Comett, spoke at
the exhibit. Cornett said the
exhibit showed “the endless
fight we are all a part of.” She
also said her mission was “to
get to parts of the population
that have not been reached.”
Cornett spoke of creating a
snowball effect in education by
beginning in the high schools
and colleges.
“AIDS education should start
as a community effort, then
become a state effort, and then
reach a national level,” Comett
said. She ended her speech by
challenging all to be educated
and safe.
The appearance of Miss
America caused some
controversy when a few people,
who wished to be identified
only as “People with AIDS”
asked about the $1200 fee that
Miss America was receiving for
her appearance. Valerie
Chevrette, press officer for the
New York State Museum, said
Cornett’s fee was paid for
through private donations,
specifically for bringing Miss
America to the exhibit. Miss
America’s appearance served to
bring national attention to the
exhibit. “Miss America is a
nationally recognized speaker.
She gets people’s attention and
this is the message that
everyone must hear,” Chevrette
said.
Chevrette said Comett will be
donating a portion of the fee to
AIDS work and has made
donations before. Cornett has
also worked with AIDS patients,
she said.
The New York State Museum
Continued on page 5
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SPORTS
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PRESS ~
Lamb returns to
fight athletic fee
teferendum
Tuesday,
November 24, 1992
NUMBER 40
Photo by Michael Director
Albany cross country star Todd Orvis warms up prior to the big race.
The Albany cross country team captured third place
at the NCAA Division III National meet this past
weekend at Saratoga State Park. Juniors Todd Orvis
and Todd Rodgers set the pace for the Danes as they
both turned in All-American performances. It was
Albany's second best finish ever.
Please see story on back page
Stith returns for Black Solidarity Day
‘Staff Photo by Edwil Fontanilla
Quentin Stith returned to SUNYA for ASUBA's Black Solidarity Day.
By LUKE MANGAL
Staff Writer
Quentin Stith, controversial
speaker and educator, returned to
SUNY Albany last week to
speak on the subject of the black
family. Stith clarified his
position on African - Americans,
and addressed charges that
during an Oct. 22 speech at
SUNYA he had made racist
remarks.
Stith spoke about the black
family as part of Black
Solidarity Day, a daylong
program sponsored by the
Albany State University Black
Alliance (ASUBA), Stith
followed Professor Vivion
Gordon of the University at
Virginia and used his speech to
defend himself from charges of
Tacism.
“We (African - Americans)
read these papers and get fooled
and tricked, we get misled by
our best friend - Europeans,”
Stith said. Stith denied the fact
that he is a racist, saying “I am
Not a racist, and it really makes
me laugh that those who have
been regarded as chief racists,
natural racists . . . it really puts a
cloud over me how these masses
of white supremacists (call me a
racist),” Stith said.
Stith said the editorial that
claimed he was intimidating a
photographer was false. “I do
not drive all the way up here to
intimidate some college
photographer. I’m here for the
uplift and empowerment,
education and preparation of my
people . . . just as Mr. Bush and
Mr. Clinton and Mr. Perot speak
out for . . . the development of
their people.” However, Stith
did say “photographers played a
major role in killing Malcolm X
— by putting out a negative
image of him.”
Stith said he was not a racist,
but also said “white people and
those who think like them are
your enemies.”
Stith discussed “unity in the
African family,” calling for the
African - Americans to have a
unified ideology. He also
stressed the need for African -
Americans to read up on Marcus
Garvey and Elijah Muhammed.
Stith spoke of a personal
struggle that he and his wife
went through, demonstrating his
meaning of Unity in the African
- American family. He said he
and his wife overcame financial
difficulties by pulling together to
Taise money for rent and to live
on. He also talked about his
struggle at Syracuse University,
which he attended and,
according to Rosa Clemente,
Kandace of ASUBA, graduated
with a four year degree in
sociology. Stith described his
uphill climb for an African -
American Studies Department at
Syracuse and all of the events
which led to his victory in the
end. The crowd roared, as
enthusiasm filled the room.
Stith continued to inspire the
congregation of the Campus
Center Ballroom, listing his
components for unity, which
included a movement back to
Africa “much like how the Jews
illegally took Palestine. . .This
: Continued on page 5
2 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS _.TUESDAY., NOVEMBER 24, 1992
NEWS BRIEFS
WORLD 69
Bombs kill 25
New Delhi, India
(AP) At least 25 people were killed and
60 injured when two bombs exploded in
northeastern India on Saturday.
Authorities blamed separatist tribal rebels
for both attacks.
One bomb blew apart a parked
passenger bus, killing at least 23 people
and injuring 54 in Gauhati. A bomb
attack at the same time in neighboring
Dispur killed two people and injured six,
news reporters said,
There were no claims of responsibility,
but both blasts in the northeastern state of
Assam were blamed on militant
separatists from the Bodo tribe.
The Bodo are an animistic tribe who
‘want a separate state in the hilly northern
part of the Assam, a state rich in teak
forests, tea estates and oil fields. The
Bodos allege economic and cultural
discrimination by the plains people.
The Bodos began their campaign of
violence with spears, bows and arrows,
but now use guns and bombs.
Peseta devalued
Brussels, Belgium
(AP) European Community finance chiefs
devalued the Spanish and Portuguese
currencies by 6 percent early Sunday in
the latest attempt to calm chaos in
currency markets.
The move, the third realignment of
European currencies in two months, was
announced after an 11-hour meeting of the
EC’s Monetary Committee, a panel of
central bank directors and treasury
officials.
Devaluation makes a country’s exports
cheaper and tends to boost its economy,
but imports become more expensive,
which can fuel inflation.
The turmoil has thrown into doubt the
ability of the EC to achieve its goals of
establishing a common currency and
single central bank by the end of the
decade.
The realignment Sunday comes two
months after the worst upheaval in the 13-
year history of the European Monetary
System, which was established to limit
fluctuations among EC currencies and
pave the way for a single currency in the
12-nation bloc. Speculative runs in mid-
September forced the British pound and
Italian lira out of the exchange rate system
- effectively devaluing those currencies,
which have yet to return to the system.
NATION &&
"X" faces trouble
Albuquerque,New Mexico
(AP)The local NAACP chapter threatened
Saturday to boycott two United Artists
theaters if they don’t remove guards hired
to patrol during the film, “Malcolm X.”
“We're upset that every time something
comes out in the movies or on TV that
shows the true treatment of black people
in America, that white people think they
need to be afraid,” said Alice Hoppes,
local president of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People.
Increased security at theaters
nationwide was ordered by United Artists
headquarters in Denver because of
violence at other black-oriented films
including “Boyz N the Hood,” according
to John Neal, a marketing executive,
Teens face budget
Oklahoma City, Oktahama
(AP)As a tule, the older kids get the
greater their capacity for spending. But
how do you rein in a teen-ager who may
have been indulged as a kid? Give him
the numbers of the tight budget, a
professor says.
“Part of the difficulty is that middle-
class and affluent parents usually establish
a giving pattern when the children are
very young,” says Dr. Wanda Draper, a
University of Oklahoma professor of
psychiatry.
“This sets up a pattern of expectation
which manifests itself particularly
strongly in the teen years, when these
children are very influenced by their peers
and concerned with their appearance."
Rather than go into debt or do without
necessities trying to satisfy their children,
parents should explain the family’s
financial situation, including the budget
and the actual bills, Draper said.
Doesn't anyone here listen to the Pixies?
-PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Staff Photo by Edwil Fontanilla
Many teens will empathize with their
Parents once they are aware of the
situation, while others will be angry or
resentful, said Draper, who works in the
university’s health services center. Both
parents and teens should feel free to share
their feelings.
“The teen-ager should have a voice,
even if he doesn’t have a choice about
new limits,” she said. “This is a time for
Parents to demonstrate strength and show
their children how to cope with a major
problem.”
STATE =
Administrator steals
Oneonta
(AP)An administrator with the State
University College at Oneonta faces petit
larceny and reckless endangerment
charges after he allegedly shoplifted
compact discs, police said.
State police Senior Investigator H. Karl
Chandler said Morris fled when Ames
security officers tried to confront him in
the store. One of the security officers
grabbed Morris' car and was dragged
along the street, Chandler said.
Chandler said Morris returned to the
Store the next day and offered to pay a
security guard $100 for the compact discs,
valued at about $16 each.
Morris was arraigned Friday on charges
of second-degree reckless endangerment,
petit larceny and numerous traffic
violations,
Morris, who is director of special
programs at Oneonta, is on sabbatical
from the college.
NY is soft on guns
Albany
(AP)Although New York has some of the
nation’s stiffest mandatory penalties for
felony weapons convictions, the state’s
judges aren’t using them, according to a
State study.
Almost half of the people convicted for
Possessing a weapon but not using it
recieved’ probation instead of the
mandatory one-year jail sentence, said the
study by the state Division of Criminal
Justice Services.
Judges are using loopholes in the law to
get around the mandatory sentencing, the
Teport said. “A lot of people think that
those convicted of weapons offenses go to
prison, and that’s not true,” said David J.
van Alstyne, who prepared the report.
The study is saying that its not necessary
to increase the penalties. They’re just not
being used.”
FREE LISTINGS _
The Order of Omega is
holding a mandatory meeting
lion Dec. 3 at 7:30 in BA 223.
BE THERE!
Sigma Phi Rho Fraternity
and Tau Epsilon Phi
Fraternity are sponsoring a
3-on-3 basketball competition
lon Dec. 5 and Dec. 6. Cash
prizes! Pick up rosters and
rules in the CC Lobby M-F
10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Inc. is sponsoring a canned
food drive at
Information desk from Nov. 6-
24. Help a needy family eat a
good Thanksgiving meal.
the CC
Happy Thanksgiving!
Only 32 shopping days
till Christmas!
SETA struggles to improve
the conditions of animals
By TasHA EMMONS
Students for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals is a student group that meets every
week to discuss current animal rights issues and
plan activities and events.
According to SETA organizer Jan Rafferty
the major goal of the group is, “to educate about
cruelty free living.”
SETA has sponsored many speakers from
different animal rights arenas, in the past. Last
week Howard Lyman, a former farmer
delivered a speech on factory farming.
In the past SETA has had the director of the
worldwide animal rights network, People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Ingrid
Newkirk speak.
They've also sponsored presentations by Dr.
Neil Bernard, head of the Physicians’
Committee for Responsible Medicine and
author of The Power up Your Plate.
Bernard conducted a study involving diet
modification which concluded that a vegan
(which includes no animal products) diet results
in a lower incidence of recurring heart attacks.
Dr. Holly Cheever, a local veterinarian, has
visited the campus before and will be returning
in the future, said Rafferty.
Sue McDenough, president of the New York
State Human Society, along with Ed Ashton
form Beacen, a New York based animal rights
group, spoke to SETA members about the “fur
coat issue,” and the cruelty involved, at the
meeting.
The group also held a panel to discuss a
proposed Albany Zoo.
SETA has also taken part in demonstration
protesting animal abuse, in rodeos visiting the
area, the Moscow Circus, Barnum & Bailey’s
circus, and other “cruel” animal acts. SETA has
also held a fur demonstration in Saratoga.
The group occasionally helds film screenings
and sets up information tables in different
locations, in a further attempt to increase
student awareness.
The group was founded in the fall of 1989 by
a visiting member of the Stony Brook SETA
group, Sean Timberlake, and two SUNYA
students, Sal Attanasio and Gillian Stauch. The
group has grown to approximately 25 currently
active members, says Rafferty, plus has
developed a wide support base of students and
faculty.
Founder Stauch says,”we don’t make any
blanket statement as a group. We leave it up to
the individual to decide their own positions on
specific animal rights issues.
We welcome anyone with any interest. In
other words, you don’t have to be a vegetarian!”
She says she’s heard of people in the past who
thought they weren’t welcome as a member of
the group because they weren’t vegetarians.
Upcoming projects SETA will be working on
include “National Lab Animal Day” and “The
Great American Meatout” (based on the
successful “Great American Smoke out”) to be
held in the spring.
“Adopt a McDonald’s”, a project aimed at
educating people on environmental hazerds and
encouraging the introduction of meat
alternatives on the menu, will take place in
April and May.
A graduate student in the women’s studies
department, Brenna Harmen, will conduct a
workshop on feminism and animal rights next
semester.
SETA will hold a vegan holiday dinner for
____CRIMEBLOTTER_
|Aggravated Harassment
11/14 Alumni Quad
11/16 = Mohican
Arson
11/15 Schuyler
Burglary
11/15 Eastman
11/16-17 Waterbury
11/14 Mohawk
fi/1113 Colonial Lot
1113 Tappan
1113 PE, Lot
11/15 Eastman
11/14-15 Circle
11/14-15 Melville
uy/1s Cooper
11/17‘ Thurlow lot
11/13
Three students received false
calls purporting to be from Res.
Director about noise
Obscene phone call
Poster on door set afire, damaging
door and carpet
Word processor from unlocked
Suite;later recovered outside
Change machine broken into
CD player stolen form unlocked
suite while occupants were
sleeping.
Car scratched and wiper blade
broken
Smoke detector knocked from
ceiling causing alarm to sound
Mirror broken off car, small
amount of cash missing
Damage to gumball machine in
apparent attempt
Car window and mirror broken
Chemical fire extinguisher
discharged.
Window broken
Car Window broken radar detector
stolen.
By DAN KEEFE
Staff Writer
As most SUNYA students
were preparing for
Thanksgiving vacation with
their families, a group of
advocates for the hungry were
holding a rally on the steps of
the state capitol Sunday, as a
reminder that many people
often go hungry.
The Second Annual Hands
Across Albany was organized
by the Hunger Action Network
of New York State
(HANNYS) a coalition of food
pantries, soup kitchens and
other individuals concerned
about the needy in New York
state. It was designed as a
combination fundraiser, food
drive and political statement.
Mark Dunlea, Executive
Director of HANNYS, said the
event was “designed to give
political context to all hunger
awareness work that goes on at
Thanksgiving time. But we
would like to see an equal
commitment to feed the
hungry 365 days a year.”
One of the first steps toward
feeding the needy is
“recognizing that hunger in the
U.S. is primarily a political
school breakfast program
statewide.
At the Federal level, Dunlea
said he hopes that the
incoming Clinton
administration would help
make the Womens, Infants and
Children (WIC) program an
entitlement program- one that
would automatically give
benefits to those who are
eligible regardless of the
number of people who apply.
This year’s Hands Across
Albany marked the tenth
anniversary of HANNYS.
While the nearly 100 pairs
of hands at Sunday’s event
didn’t quite reach across the
city of Albany, demonstrators
nevertheless made their
presence felt. They carried
banners and sang songs,
including “The Soup Song”,
whose lyrics in part went
“Now public assistance costs
money/which the governor
says we ain’t got/but if we cut
Racers x Deer off-campus State police arrested non-student
The next scheduled event is “Fur Free Paisiys arn ser ates
Friday”, a nationwide demonstration protestin; shes
the we of animal fur in clothing. BS : ee
On the Friday after Thanksgiving, same i
members of SETA, along with a Saratoga based Disorderly Conduct yee ‘
group, Animal Sia issn will a) Cayuga Stent 5 cleaete Te papee Sane
demonstrate in front of M. Solomen’s in pits so pw aan seacn
Colonie Center at 11:30 a.m. other based poeta Se
groups at Columbus Circle, in Manhattan, for intesae Fie ulem patil
New York’s “Fur-Free” protest. p
SETA meets in the Fireside Lounge in the
ate Center every Monday night at 8:30 11/1213 Freedom Apparent attempt to jump start
car, Quad lot which rolled back up
Man hands fi ht hun er over curb and was left there open
y g g 11/14-15 Alden lot Attempt to hot wire car
—— roulom, Dunlea said. corporate welfare/those taxes
Dunlea suggested that the _ sure help a lot.” |Harassment i
New York State Department of Sylvia Barnard, a SUNYA 11/15 Page Male reported another physically
Social Services begin by professor of Latin literature, . accosted him; no injury
handing out more food stamps, said she was on hand for the |11/15 Indian Quad Females report harassment of
especially in emergency rally because “I’m interested items being left on their door _
situations, to those who are _ in feeding both the hungry and 11/11+16 Waterbury Noise complaint and male subject
needy, and by expanding the _ changing the law.” also made verbal threat to female
The event was based on
Hands Across America, in
which four million Americans |11/11-13 Colonial lot ‘Two car tires stolen
joined hands across the 11/14-15 Dutch Quad Convertible top stolen off vehicle
country six years ago to call |11/16 Humanities Bag containing music items
for an end to hungry. stolen when left few minutes
Hands Across Albany, in 11/16 Mohawk Keys left in door missing
cooperation with HANNYS is 11/16 Phys Ed. Coat left in women’s bathroom
organizing a “paper plate 11/16 State lot Car window broken, stereo stolen
campaign” in which supporters 11/14-16 Colonial lot Antenna stolen off car
qvill’end messages of concer |!1/16-1714 Lecuure Center Attempt to break into change
to Governor Mario Cuomo machine-front panel pried
written out on paper plates. |!1/16-17 Alden Attempt to break into change
For further information contact machine-front panel pried
HANNYS at 434-7371. 11/16-17 Waterbury Change machine broken into.
\Part one ina series
‘With a record 1.5 million New
Yorkers already on welfare, local
social-service departments are
‘illegally restricting access to their
iprograms, forcing more people to
food paniries, a state-wide anti-
hunger group recently charged.
Hunger Action Network of
iNew York spokesman Rachael
Leon said local social-service
Aid requests on rise as service dwindles
departments are violating state
law by limiting the time when
they accept welfare applications.
Some counties also are. setting
quotas on the number of cases
they handle every day, she said,
and as a result, demand for
emergency food assistance has
Jumped 25 percent over the year.
A state social services
spokesman _ denied the
allegations.
“The charges they are making,
are irresponsible and simply not}
true,” Terrance McGrath said.
But Leon said a survey of|
social-service caseworkers and]
applicants found that in addition|
to making it more difficult to}
apply for help, workers often are|
‘condescending to applicants.
~ TOM MURNANE
4 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS _ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1992
DIGESTS
St. Peter's teaches family planning
The moder methods of natural family planning is a four session program given
fat St. Peter’s Hospital, by Peggy Furlong, R.N. The program is designed to
explore a “100 percent safe and very effective way to prevent or plan a pregnancy
{that can bring a man and a woman closer together.” The program also covers basic|
anatomy physiology of human reproduction, fertility awareness, basal body
temperature, and the billings observation method. For further information, contact
Peggy Furlong, R.N. at 458-2644 (days) or 489-0468 (evenings).
Prize winning poet to appear at SUNYA
The New York State Writers Institute welcomes prize winning poet John
Ashbery. Ashbery will hold an informal seminar for students, writers and the
general public on Thursday, December 3rd at 4:00 p.m. in Humanities 354. Later
that evening, Ashbery will be reading from his work in the PAC Recital Hall at
8:00 p.m. In addition to publishing several books, Ashbery is currently the
Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College and Chancellor of the
‘Academy of American Poets. His latest book of poetry Hotel Lautreamont, is
scheduled to be released in fall 1992. For additional information, contact the
|Writer’s Institute at 442-5620.
Film Series welcomes African life
The Fall 1992 Classic Film series, sponsored by the New York State Writer’s
Institute, will be showing the Burkina Faso film "YAABA" on Friday, December
‘4th at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, on the SUNYA downtown campus. "YAABA" isa
haunting and refreshingly humanistic tale of rural African life, centering on an
jalert, independent 12 year-old boy and an outcast woman shunned as a witch by
the rest of the community. The screening is free and open to the public. For
jadditional information contact the Writer’s Institute at 442-5620.
‘Temple welcomes Binghamton professors
SUNY Binghamton Professors Norman and Yedida Stillman will be speaking on
various aspects of Judaic interests in Congregation Ohav Shalom, from December
4-6. Friday night, following Shabbat services and dinner, Professor Norman
‘Stillman will speak on “The impact of 1492 on Jewish History and Culture.”
Saturday, December 5th at 11:00 a.m., he will speak about “The Islamic Factor in
the Middle East: What We Have to Know.” Sunday, December 6, at 10:30a.m.,
Professor Yedida Stillman will talk about “The Sephardic Artistic Heritage: Not in
Somber Colors.” These lectures are free and open to the community.
|Congregation Ohav Shalomis located on New Krumkill Road, Albany. Call 489-
14706 (for further information).
Fraternity hosts ethnic essay contest
The Rho Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha is sponsoring an essay writing
contest on “What is the role of the African-American and/or Latino Student in a
Predominantly White University.” The essay must be 2-3 typed pages, and are due}
lby Friday, December 4th. The first prize is a $75.00 Barnes and Noble Gift
Certificate. For more information, contact Anthony Parker at 442-6934 or Steven
Cook at 449-4686.
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Easy tips to improve
studying and scores
The following is an outline of some of
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nitty-gritty hard work of studying, there are
steps you can take to make the process
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objective examinations are
tests of your ability to recall or to recognize
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Tecitation of the material. Essay
examinations require recall of general
information, ideas, trends, etc., so you
should emphasize recitation and
organization of the information in your
review. All reviews should include both
recitation and re-reading, and it is probably
wisest to study for all exams as though you
were preparing for an essay test.
Concerning Preparation:
Be prepared ahead of time. Last minute
Studying is sometimes more harmful in the
Jong run, since it tends to put you in a state
of panic, thus making your task more
difficult.
Nature of the final review. This is not a
first reading; rather, it is an intensive
review of the class notes, main ideas, and
important details underlined in the text, as
well as lists of important works. If there is
such materials, a set of summary notes (a
summary of the summary) might be
helpful.
Scheduling reviews. Definite periods of
review should be planned into the study
schedule. Revise your schedule a week or
so before the exam. Try not to disturb your
regular studying for your other subjects.
Set aside some of the regular hours
assigned to the particular subject and some
optional hours. Research show that you
will retain the material better if you study
in small units at a time, spread out over a
week or more, than if you try to learn it all
in one five-hour stretch the night before the
exam.
How to Review:
Pick the test. As you review, try to spot
likely questions, keeping in mind what was
emphasized in class and in your text. Ask
yourself questions and practice answering
5 one ae Drill yourself on
facts, concepts and pertinent points
constantly. Try to look for the general
Picture before you attempt to memorize
details. You will find that the details are
easily recalled if you have the overview in
your mind, rather than trying to memorize
details first and then forming the general
pattern. Hear yourself say the items; if you
can’t say it, you don’t know it.
Ti memorization.
1. Commit things to memory when you
are rested. Late night sessions will not be
helpful if you are nodding off. On the
other hand, if you are reasonably alert,
memorizing just before sleep can be most
beneficial, because your subconscious can
work on the material without extraneous
input. Review in the morning to
consolidate.
2. Begin with the broadest categories
(central themes) and master them in order
to have a basic starting structure. Then
proceed to the main points. Finally,
memorize details.
3. Repeat the material out loud several
times; writing it down is also useful.
4. Short work periods are much more
useful for memorization than long massed
study periods. Plan ahead to space your
learning task over several days rather than
trying to do it all in one convulsive effort
the night before the exam. Begin each new
period by reviewing the previously learned
material.
5, Break down lists into small,
manageable units and subcategories. Food
is not easily assimilated if gulped down in
huge bites without chewing. Memorization
is much the same.
6. Relate new material to familiar ideas,
previous knowledge, possible future
applications, images, etc., whenever
possible.
7. Use your spare moments — when
taking a shower, waiting in line, walking to
class or driving — to review. Carry your
note cards with you.
8. Use mnemonic devices whenever
appropriate; don’t rely so heavily on
formulas or code works to the extent that
you can’t remember them, however.
Other Ideas:
If you start well in advance of the exam,
it may help to rewrite your notes, if you
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SUNYA students can't find the Hudson
A group of Capital District
eleventh graders beat some
SUNYA students in a recent
Geography test. Within both
groups most of the participants
thought the world’s biggest cities
were Moscow, and Beijing.
Almost as many couldn’t place
the Hudson river’s position in
relation to Albany?
As a warm-up to National
Geography Week, the SUNYA
Geography Club challenged over
300 students to answer questions
with political and demographic
characteristics, said Kelly
Davenport, President and
Founder of the SUNYA
Geography Club. Though many
students who took the test scored
well, Davenport said “people
don’t know nearly enough about
geography.”
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which took place this past week
was an effort to increase
awareness over geography,
which Davenport referred to as a
“misunderstood discipline.”
According to Davenport most
people simply think of
geography as the study of maps
and borders. The subject may
better be described as an
“interdiscipline”, Davenport
said, including demographics,
political situations and other
“practical facets” of the world.
“America is one of the world’s
leading industrial nations”,
Davenport said, “with no
concept of geography.” The
Geography Club and Geography
Awareness Week are an effort,
she said to “open people’s eyes,”
and “make a voice that people
can hear.”
The Geography Awareness
Club quizzed over 300 people
for its survey of geography
awareness, Davenport said. The
results showed that amongst
Capital District eighth graders,
the largest percentage of
students scored six questions out
of ten correct. Amongst
eleventh graders, the largest
percentage of students answered
nine questions out of ten correct.
At SUNYA, geography majors
scored the highest on the quiz.
The results of the Social Science
majors beat out Biology majors,
where the majority of students
surveyed answered nine out of
ten questions correctly. The
lowest scoring SUNYA students
tested were the Math and
Computer Science majors.
Amongst these departments the
majority of students answered
eight out of ten questions
correct.
Although the number of
students surveyed differed
between the eighth and eleventh
graders, the mean score
remained the same, said
Davenport. “In four years
between eighth and eleventh
grade” Davenport said “students
do not learn much about
geography.”
The survey question which
was most often answered
incorrectly Davenport said, was
“The largest cities and those
with the highest populations
are”: The answers included
Third World cities such as
Mexico City, Mexico and
Bombay, India, Communist Bloc
cities like Moscow, Russia and
Beijing, China, Cultural Centers
like Paris, France and Vienna,
Austria, and Government
Centers like Albany and
Washington D.C.
“Most thought Communist
cities were the world’s largest”,
Davenport said. This could be
because China is associated with
“being big”, she said due to its
huge population and one-child
tule. “These cities also get a lot
of exposure,” Davenport
continues, “in particular due to
Tiannanamen Square and the
Russian Revolution.”
However, the cities which are
the largest are Third World cities
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and to go over the material thoroughly.
When you take a final, don’t neglect to go over
your old exams. Some test questions may come
from them, and you can review to get a clear idea
lof the type of material the instructor considers
important. By all means, correct those items you
missed earlier, and learn the answers. Even if they
learn something
Stith fielded some questions from the audience.
“Everyone’s life is of equal worth, but my purpose
is that of being a speaker for my own people,”
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Since 1988, the quilt has grown by
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like Bombay and Mexico City
according to Davenport, “these
cities are growing to
mindboggling
proportions...Mexico City is the
most populous city in the
world.”
Another question which gave
Albany students a lot of trouble
was: This question asked where
the Hudson River was in relation
to Albany, and offered simple,
directional multiple choice
answers. Less then half the
students questioned couldn’t
place the Hudson properly,
Davenport said. A high number
of students who don’t have roots
in the Albany area could claim
the question as being biased,
Davenport said.
Among the notables who were
quizzed on their geography
knowledge was SUNYA
President H. Patrick Swygert,
and he scored a “ten out of ten",
said Davenport.
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EDITORIAL
Things to be thankful for
During the 1960's our nation lost three of |
arguably the most influential people it's ever
seen. Martin Luther King. Malcom X.
Robert Kennedy.
They were taken away from us before they
had a chance to complete their journeys-
journeys which seemed to be well on their
way toward a common finishing point.
If they had lived to complete their
missions, just imagine for a moment where
we might be right now. This world might be a
better place.
Over the last couple of weeks, we have
been objecting to the words of Quenton Stith,
which, while perhaps intended to unify
blacks, do so at the expense of other races.
(Does anyone remember a certain little
German leader who called for the creation of
a “master race” by fomenting a people
against another ethnic group?)
If Rev. King, Malcom and Bobby had
lived, would we be still dealing with the
hatred of the Quenton Stiths?
Had they lived, would blacks and Jews
still be arguing, for example, whether
Zionism is a threat to African-Americans?
answer. But we at least know what the
answer isn't. We can't look to the past for
help. If we're going to stop hating each other,
we have to look to each other to complete the
journeys of peace these three men had
embarked on,
Here's a question ASUBA has to ask itself.
Is Stith asking people to distrust or even hate
another race because of the color of their
skin? If so, is this a philosophy ASUBA
embraces? The answer is an important one. If
it says yes, we are looking at possibly many
more years of racial tensions here at SUNYA.
If ASUBA says no, the first next step
towards the end of the three journeys will
have been taken.
There is some hope looming over the
horizon. Last spring, ASUBA and the Jewish
Student Coalition sponsored a forum to talk
about the problems between their respective
ethnic groups.
We applaud efforts such as this because it is
an effort to bring people from varying
backgrounds together, not apart, as Mr. Stith
apparently would have it. If people continue
to try as they did last semester, to learn how
to reach their hands and hearts out beyond
the confines of the colors of their skin, we
have a hell of a lot to be thankful for this
year.
Have a safe holiday!
People rushing home for a home cooked meal ,
a piece of Gino's pizza, a chance to do those ten
bags of laundry. It's a time to stop and reflect on
what you have. It's a time to catch up on that
month of sleep, hit the folks up for some cash, to
see a special friend or a significant other. It's
different for everyone but the same.
Thanksgiving. Have a good one!
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Athletic fee
On April 27, 1989, as president of the Student
Association, I signed an agreement with then - University
President Vincent O’Leary. The agreement was the
cumulation of many months of negotiation and debate
between the University and Student Assoc. regarding the
issue of the student-funding arrangement for the
intercollegiate athletic program.
In short, Student Association agreed to turnover the
accounting role SA had previously played so that the
University would be “in accordance with University-wide
fiscal and accounting procedures and NCAA guidelines.”
In exchange, SA was guaranteed five of the 11 seats on
! the then newly created Intercollegiate Athletic (Planning)
Board (IAB) and reserved the right to amend and approve
the IAB’s proposal regarding the portion of the athletic
department’s budget derived from student activity fee
money. The gist of the agreement was that the University
would give SA a one-year notice of intention to
implement a mandatory athletic fee if SA ensured
stability in SA funding of the program.
James Lamb
For two years, to my knowledge, SA abided by the
agreement. In fact, in May 1990, SA allocated, in
addition to the annual appropriation, an additional
$20,000 to prevent program eliminations deemed
necessary by the University’s athletic program managers.
Not a surprising move, considering SA bailed out the
athletic department in 1988 when the University failed to
recommend $10,000 to cover costs incurred by the
Athletics Department for insurance coverage.
In April 1991, however, the Division for Student
Affairs, under Vice-President Mitchel Livingston,
breached the contract. Giving the student body only
about a week’s notice, the University announced a plan to
implement an intercollegiate athletic fee. In accordance
with SUNY central policy, the University was required to
include in the consultation process a student referendum
to elicit student opinion. At that time the University
pressured SA to immediately run the referendum without
first educating students on the issue. Central Council
refused. Once the University’s breach of contract was
publicized, the University quietly withdrew its proposal.
Vice-President Livingston claimed he did not know about
the agreement. The University, in accordance with the
contract, then sent a letter to SA informing students of the
University’s intent to launch a campaign for the athletic
fee the following year. SA addressed the issue of
stability of the athletic program once again, by proposing
an activity fee increase to allocate additional funds to the
Athletic Department.
This past spring, the University made good on its
promise to go for the fee. It implemented a through
consultation process and once again asked SA to run the
referendum. SA complied. The student body, by a 2-1
margin, said “no” to the fee.
It’s been three and a half years since my term as SA
President expired. It’s been three and a half years that I
have followed the University’s actions regarding the
proposed mandatory athletic fee. And it’s been three and
a half years that I have campaigned against the
University’s attempt to take over student activity money.
It is true that given the economic climate the last thing
students need is another increase in the cost of attending
college. But students need to recognize that this fee in
Particular, a fee designed to remove more than one-fourth
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is foul play.
of the Student Association’s million dollar budget out of
the student hands, is just plain wrong. The issue is plain
and simple: without student protest, the University
would take away the fundamental right of the students to
control the financial matters of their extracurricular
activities; activities which are not funded by the
University through the State budget; but rather, through
the contributions of 10,000 students; an extra activity fee
which students get to vote on, on a regular basis. It,s a
democratic process whereby all students have a say in
whether to tax themselves.
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Students need to recognize that
this fee in particular, a fee
designed to remove more than
one-fourth of the Student
Association's million dollar
budget out of the student hands
is, just plain wrong."
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The University relies on this extra money. Students
should realize that a mandatory athletic fee would mean a
loss of democratic control to the university’s bureaucratic
system.
The heart of the matter is this. Students would wind up
paying more for the same activities. And the source of
the funding for athletics, whether it’s called an activity
fee or an athletic fee, would not change. Students would
still be paying an extra fee to subsidize the athletic
program. Students would no longer make the decisions
of how much they pay for aetivities and how that money
should be spent. If the University wants to take over
budgetary control of student athletics, then it should
come up with the money without making students pay
extra beyond tuition.
So now, six months after the referendum, there they go
again. It is being proposed that another identical
referendum be run. Students have already said no once.
Is it really necessary to make them go through the
consultation process all over again just because a few
administrators didn’t like the students’ answer?
But students should know that according to SUNY
Central procedure, Iniversity mi vi iden
of campus support before it can implement the fee. That
is why the push is so hard so soon. Students have the
power to block this fee.
.The University claims there was a poor turnout during
the Spring elections, and that is why the referendum
“needs” to be run again this fall. But SA and the
University both know very well that the best turnout
occurs during the regular Spring elections.
A Central Council would have been wise not to submit
to the Administration’s pressure last month.
SA would have been right not to rubber-stamp the
referendum bill. But if SA doesn’t fulfill its advocacy
Tole, then students must take it upon themselves to take a
stand. SA has made the decision to run the referendum.
SA is cooperating with the University in its attempt to
diminish student decision-making power. SA is
practically handing its autonomy over to the University.
Students should send both the University and SA the
clear message which SA should have sent all along:
“enough is enough.” Say no to the mandatory
intercollegiate athletic fee!
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Floradan Estates, Camp Floradan. In one way or another, either as a camper,
counselor, or resident, it seems as though I’ve been affiliated with this place my
entire life. Wait a minute—what’s with this seems shit—| have been affiliated
with this place my entire life.
At age 5, | began my Floradan career as a Boys 1 camper with a hearty
reputation for not being able to walk straight. As my brain-foot coordination
improved, so did my athletic ability. My sport was always hockey. After trying
every position in the game, | found that the one position | truly excelled at was
goaltender. Since there were no pads, playing goal was a very painful job, one
which required you to be completely psychotic to do (That’s probably why | was
so good at it). Though | only accumulated two career shutouts, | was still well
respected by the other kids as a fine puck-stopper, be it with my stick, my legs,
or either head.
A good portion of the credit for my netminding success must go to my best
friend, Marc Kurschner, who was born a goalie. Rumor has it he was born
wearing a hockey mask, but this still remains unsubstantiated since his middle
name has not been changed to Jason—yet.
At age 9, now a full-fledged member of Boys 3, | won my first of two Camper
of the Year trophies. The second one | received the second year. Basically, this
award is given to the kid who is one of the better athletes in the group as well
as one of the biggest suck-ups/smallest pains in the ass for the counselors in
the group. Despite these strict criteria, | still managed to win. Twice.
After four more summers of the camper life, at age 15, it was time to move
up. | was hired on as a staff member, a junior counselor of Boys 3, the group
both my trophies came out of. Though it did not pay much (in fact, I’m still in
debt to the A & P for that pack of gum | bought with my first paycheck), | found it
to be an awful lot of fun to be paid any amount to beat the shit out of 9 and 10
year old brats for seven hours a day, five days a week (A survey | personally
conducted showed this to be a marvelous way to relieve stress as well as vent
aggression). All you had to do was just not kill them and more. often than not a
tip was coming your way. After you got all your tips and received your
paycheck, then it was mass killing spree time. But never before. Then it was
walking papers time.
At 18, | was given the job of Color War Lieutenant, and for the last two years |
have been a Color War General, along with my sister Stacey, who is a Color
War machine (The fact that there is a Color War the last week of camp every
summer is perhaps the only reason she hasn't killed herself yet). Color War
officers are given the heinous duty of writing four ridiculous songs, set to any
music they choose. Two of the songs more or less say that your team is the
best and you're gonna win, rah rah rah, go team go. The third song is a song
from a past year, and the fourth is a slow song which says how much you're
gonna miss camp and how you wanna come back next year, boo hoo hoo,
sniffle sniffle, mass depression.
But being a counselor does have it's advantages as well. Like the commercial
says, membership has its privileges. Not only did | now get to pay in those
famed intercamp counselor games, but | had also earned the privilege of
attending the even more famed counselor parties. It was at these gatherings
that | truly became acquainted with this lovely thing called beer.
Over the years, certain people were always good for having at least one party
per summer. Usually, the last party of the year was held at the director's house,
but this trend ended three summers ago, when the final blowout became a
regular event at my new house, right on the camp grounds. Equipped with a
pool table, tennis table, bar, 27” color TV and Nintendo (all in the basement),
the Tiger home is well prepared for a party. Few have left my house the next
day disappointed. Another famous household known for the finest in staff
bashes is the Weinstein home. Never at a loss for alcohol in their fridge, |
assure yOu.
| have also met many of my closest friends there (Uh, oh, now he’s gonna get
all mushy and sentimental, isn’t he). It is when | think of them that | say to
myself, “Am | really 21? And a college senior to boot?” People like Mr.
Maintenance, Andy Sabol the camp chef, who is now attending Rhode Island;
like Michele Smolar, the staff's resident brainiac, who is currently attending
Syracuse; like Jill Dere (who can now tell all her friends her name was in the
school paper). All these folks | grew up with, and now all they do is remind me
that my first Medicare payment is right around the corner (OK, so they're cool
to talk to, also-but besides that).
And this summer, | will again be part of Floradan, if only as a resident. | don’t
know that I'll ever get outta that fucking place. | guess only time (and the job
market) will tell. Until the next adventure...
November 24, 1992!
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REVIEWS
Wide Awake in the Underbelly
“I can be good,” middle-
man drug dealer John
LeTour (William Dafoe)
promises in his black-and-
white journal. He sits alone
in his banal apartment,
unable to fall asleep, trying
to make sense of his life. His
boss Ann (Susan Sarandon)
is cashing in her cocaine
savings to start up a
legitimate herbal cosmetics
business, and she hasn’t
asked LeTour in, either. Not
that he’s even interested in
her proposed enterprise; he’s
still too busy contemplating
his own uncertain future.
Timothy
Coleman
LeTour is a rootless man
caught adrift in a hangover-
like 1990s, the ambiguous
protagonist of Paul
Schrader’s new film Light
Sleeper. In the excesses of the
1980s, LeTour was
everybody’s best friend: the
guy who would share his
stash and drive across town
to score more. But, in the
present, he’s like a ghost
froma not-so-long-ago time
that some people, including
his ex-lover Marianne (Dana
Delany), are haunted by and
trying to recover from. The
human remains of those
“good times” are seen as
pathetic souls; high-riding-
yuppies-turned-paranoid-
junkies flipping over sofa
pillows for lost cash that is
no longer there.
In this crack-ridden
setting, sanitation workers
are on strike. Moss-colored
bags of garbage line the
sidewalks of the streets,
piling up into pyramids of
refuse as the story unfolds.
Sunlight seldom pierces this
world. Blue neon signs and
traffic signals seem to shine
the only light.
Through this seedy vision
of New York, LeTour delivers
his drugs, though he has
been clean for two years
now. Occasionally, he hangs
around with customers who
want some company to share
their high with. However,
most of the time LeTour
prefers to be in transition, a
middle-man in life as well as
in trade.
Gradually, it seems that his
“luck” is running out. He
goes to a psychic to see if she
can tell him what his future
holds in store. Unfortunately,
she only confirms his
growing concerns about
imminent unemployment.
Though she does sense that
things could change for him,
she is unsure of exactly what.
Schrader is interested in
playing with fate, luck and
other associative ideas. In
two odd _ coincidences,
LeTour runs into Marianne.
Immediately, she is scared
and reluctant to be around
him. For one, he is a dealer,
and she’s struggling with
sobriety, and two, he
represents an emotional tie
she feels is better left cut.
Conversely, LeTour sees
these chance encounters as
invested with some kind of
meaning.
As the identity-free LeTour,
WIlliam Dafoe is well cast.
His pale complexion and
high cheekbones
complement his existential
journey about Manhattan.
The low pitch of ff
his voice gives
his narration a
pervasive
pattern of life.
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when the script
calls for him to
commit violence,
Dafoe’s presence}im
believable.
Dafoe is
given able
support, mainly from his two
female co-stars. As the hard-
driving Ann, Susan
Sarandon wisely provides a
latent soft spots beneath her
uncompromising veneer. She
is a realist first and foremost,
yet cannot help caring for her
distant dealer. But it’s Dana
Delany who turns in the
truly complex
characterization. Her
Marianne is as similar to
LeTour as she is different.
Just as she convinces us that
she has let her ex-lover
remain a memory, it is
equally real when she
succumbs to his sexual
advances. After a brief
intimate encounter with
LeTour, her ambivalence is
apparent: quickly, she
dresses while he lays asleep,
and when he awakens, she
says, “It was great. It was.
And I don’t regret it. But I
expect you to be gone by the
time I get back.”
In a wrongheaded move,
Schrader jettisons his
engagingly gloomy portrait
of New York and the
palpable chemistry between
Dafoe and Delany to steer
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towards a brutal cha
murders—while
chartering a path towards
redemption for LeTour. The
inconspicuous camera work
and soaked-in New York
milieu do create a rambling
effect, but they also instill a
strong sense of foreboding
which demands a powerful
ending. Shamelessly,
Schrader resorts to a bloody
slow-motion finale which
comes off as a silly, Charles
Bronsonish brand of
violence. Even worse, the
scene is painfully
reminiscent of the climactic
shootout in the much better
film Taxi Driver, for which
Schrader served as a writer.
The impact of the film is
indeed marred by the
ending’s lack of rationale
and over-stylized staging.
Nonetheless, Light Sleeper is a
rare, involving and
sometimes memorable
present-day portrait of one
man’s wrestle with his
demons and his destiny.
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Redford's River Runs Deep
Compared to the high-tech wizardry of Francis
Ford Coppola’s Dracula, Robert Redford’s A River
Runs Through It may as well have been made in the
stone age. It begins in the early twentieth century
and continues through the 1920’s, and has a
sensibility of the cinema from that era. No explicit
sex or violence here, no car chases. As a substitute
Redford has an old-fashioned love story, a fistfight,
an off-camera murder, and a lot of fly fishing. These
combine to build a simple but beautiful movie
which plays surprisingly well to the jaded ‘90's.
Adam Meyer
Redford’s direction matches the tone of his tale:
there are no elaborate ten minute long tracking
shots or any other sort of show-off work. It may
cost him an award down the road, which would be
unfortunate, but at least he remains true to the
integrity of the movie.
The visuals are stunning only because the
scenery is gorgeous. But Redford does not linger on
the forest or the river to show us this, he lets us
appreciate it through the wondrous gaze of his
characters.
A River Runs Through It is based on a memoir by
Norman Maclean, played by Craig Sheffer, a young,
actor who seems to have come out of nowhere and
given a performance of tremendous range. The film
starts when he and his brother Paul are children
whose lives consist of attending church with their
preacher father (Tom Skeritt) and fishing. Redford
narrates the film as an older Norman. In the first
sections he says a little too much, but once the boys
reach maturity he steps back and allows the story
to be acted instead of told.
As the wise patriarch who does his best to steer
his sons right, Skeritt is engaging. We’ve seen him
to be the tough guy in Top Gun, and he shows some
of that when he forces young Norman to keep
rewriting and refining an essay before going
outside. The contrast between that and his more
sensitive moments, as when he brings college-
graduate Norman into his office to discuss job
opportunities, show the breadth of his ability.
In the classical tradition, Paul (Brad Pitt) is the
perfect foil of his straightlaced brother. He becomes
a newspaper reporter and an alcoholic, rooted to
the wilds of Montana while Norman is drawn
toward the big city.
Pitt skillfully handles the role of the adventurous
little brother, evoking sympathy for a character
who is not always likeable.
Ata town dance Norman is taken with the lovely
Jessie Burns (Emily Lloyd), whom he pursues
doggedly for most of the film. Their relationship is
charming, capturing the nuances of romance which
have become largely outdated in modern film.
Lloyd and Sheffer possess a subtle chemistry; both
fine actors, each enhances the other’s performance.
The most dramatic moments in the movie are on
the river. When Norman returns from Dartmouth
College, he goes fishing with Paul and is
astonished to discover that his brother has forsaken
the lessons taught by their father, having
developed his own style of working the waters.
Later, as a favor to Jessie, Norman takes her
Hollywood brother on a disastrous fishing
expedition. When Paul promises Norman to go
fishing to make up for that fiasco and forgets, the
hurt Norman feels reverberates through the
audience, because we know it is not just fishing
that Paul has turned his back on—it is the ties to his
family, it is his own well-being he is ignoring.
The symbolism and metaphors Redford evokes
are created in the same way as every other facet of
A River Runs Through It, quietly and without
pretense. And so one of the great movie stars of our
time directs one of the best films of the year, diving
into the river without so much as a splash.
2
Sunday, November 8 was an extraordinary evening
for acoustic music at the Page Hall auditorium. The
Tori Amos show was sold out to a very diverse crowd.
At least three generations of people into rock-n-roll,
pop, alternative, and classical music filled the seats on
November 8th. I haven't seen Page Hall so filled with
excitement since They Might Be Giants played last
ar.
O Willie Nile opened up for Tori Amos with his all-
American style of guitar playing that you won't see on
MTV. His first song was appropriately titled, “Places I
Have Never Been”, since he said he had never been to
Albany. The crowd took an immediate liking to this
fellow. His humorous lyrics and hand clappin’
thythms had the audience hootin’ and laughing for
most of the set. Some of the more popular songs of the
evening were “I Got a Girl’, “Sorry”, and “Everybody
Needs a Hammer”. Lyrics like "Sorry I kicked your
teeth in/ Sorry I broke your chain/ Sorry I flushed
your precious jewelry down the drain" quickly won
the audience over. His songs also had a more serious
side. “Heaven Help the Lonely” was a song about
New York City, and “Hard Times In America”, the
title track to his new album, held some powerful lyrics
that hit home. “They say we're getting better/We're
closing the gap/ But you and I know that’s just a load
of crap”.
After a twenty minute intermission and listening to
A Little Earthquake
at Page Hall
what seemed like 200 cowboy songs, the lights went
out and the star of the evening stepped on stage with
faded blue jeans and a bottle of drinking water. The
hyper and very noisy crowd seemed to fall into a
sepulchral silence with Ms. Amos' modest wave.
That silence lasted through the entire night with only a
few breaths of relief in the form of laughter at the
singer's strange stories.
Tori walked straight over to the grand piano in the
middle of the stage and immediately broke into
“Mary” and then “Crucify”. She seemed to take her
time with the latter, more popular tune and when she
finished the auditorium shook for a good five minutes
with the sound of thunderous applause. At this point,
Ms. Amos pushed herself up to the edge of the piano
seat to ‘talk’ with her fans. She began by telling us
about how she hates her Grandmother and how when
she was little she would “spit in her jello when she
wasn’t looking”. This was only one of the strange
tales Tori Amos shared with us that evening and it
only gave us a small taste of what the real her was like.
“Silent All These Years” was the next song up and
she sang it so sweetly. The'song is about how she had
finally come to find her own voice after imitating oth-
ers for years. During the night, Ms. Amos continued
to play the songs off of her debut solo album, Little
Earthquakes, with brief breaks where she sat and faced
the audience and told us some funny things about her
life. Much to my surprise, behind that sweet, little,
innocent voice is a sexual monster. You can’t rank her
up there with the likes of Madonna or Prince, but she’s
getting there. Being the daughter of a Methodist min-
ister has really gotten to her. Although Tori incorpo-
rates much religious and spiritual imagery into her
music, the image she portrays of herself is quite differ-
ent, She made it quite clear that she enjoys sex , and
she even hinted that she smokes pot (ooh I wonder if
she inhales?) in the story she told about her visit to
Germany.
She ended her set with her rendition of the Led
Zeppelin song, “I Want to Give You My Love”, to
which the audience showed its appreciation by giving
her a standing ovation. She came out and gave us two
encores to show her appreciation. The first started
. with a song which she sang acapella called, “Me and
a Gun and a Man on My Back". This was a song about
female pride which she wrote after seeing Thelma and
Louise. “We've come a long way”, said Amos. Next
she sang “Winter” and her rendition of the Nirvana
song, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. Both songs are off of
her latest EP titled Crucify. For her second encore, she
played “Here in My Head” and the Rolling Stones
song “Angie”.
Attending the concert on Sunday was a very fresh
experience. In the days where slam dancing is at its
peak and thrash metal and heavy guitar playing is the
focal point for a band, it was nice to just sit back and
Ronnie Wood ‘Slides’ |
Ronnie Wood
Slide on This
Continuum Records
The emaciated, black haired, coffin nail-smoking,
Guinness quaffing, slide guitarist has put out another
solo album and this one smokes! This Rolling Stoner
has put another feather in his eclectic chapeau with
this mix of funk, soul, and good ole’ rock and roll,
coming a long way from his playing washboard with
his brothers in a skiffle band at the Marlborough
Cinema near London Airport.
Ronnie Wood’s career has been one full of big band
names and accompaniments with some of the great-
est musicians in the late twentieth century. He started
with the English band, “The Birds” (not Byrds) and
from there played with The Jeff Beck Group, The
Faces, and then the Rolling Stones. He has guested
with such names as Led Zeppelin, David Bowie,
Prince, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Cliff, Toots
Hibbert, Carl Perkins, and many more.
Slide On This, which was written and recorded:in’
the Irish countryside, is Wood’s first solo album in
over 10 years. Featured on this album are appear-
ances by The Edge, Hothouse Flowers, lan
MacLagen, Jimmy White, Doug Wimbish, Fellow
Rolling Stone Charlie Watts, and Grammy Award
winner Michael Kamen to name a few. Wood also has
the help of Bernard Fowler who has assisted Herbie
Hancock, Philip Glass, and Motorhead.
“Bernard brought arrangements and an actual
approach to my stuff, which I never really had,” says
Wood. “We decided to cut the first single, "Show
Me,” live in the studio with Charlie (Watts) and Doug
Wimblish. "Breath On Me" we cut in L.A. with Ian
MacLagen and the Commitments’ sax player, Felim
relax to some “easy listening”- the human voice. I was | :
expecting some stage diving or something but instead
the audience was so intent on listening to the music
that it was quiet enough to hear the singer’s foot tap-
ping on stage.
Tori Amos gave a wonderful performance on ff
Sunday. She was pianist, vocalist, comedienne, and
friend all at the same time. Kudos to Willie Nile too.
Well, so much for Page Hall Unplugged. Until the next
time UCB graces us with a concert that isn’t can-
celled...
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The 45 year old guitarist is planning a tour in which
Charlie Watts will play some dates. Regarding the
Rolling Stones, Wood says they will enter the studio
in 1993 with or without Bill Wyman. “The Stones will
tour again, but Bill seems to think he’s run out of legs.
Not that he used them much...”
The tour kicked off with a performance at Hartford
on October 28 and will run about 20 club and theater
dates. Get tickets and buy the album and go see this
rocker rock. If you enjoy his album half as much as I
did, then I enjoyed this album twice as much as you.
--P.A. Skerry
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The Jeff Healey Band
Feel This
Arista Records
In 1988, a new rock-blues trio broke onto the scene
being led by a 22 year old blind seated guitarist
named Jeff Healey. The album’s name was See The
Light and the lead track, “Confidence Man,” became
an instant success only to be followed up by “Angel
Eyes,” which became a top 5 hit on the radio. The
album also received a Grammy nomination for a ver-
sion of the blues classic, "Hideaway.”
In 1989, the band released a live concert video fol-
lowed by appearances and performances for the
Patrick Swayze movie Roadhouse. They then proceed-
ed to produce a new album entitled, Hell to Pay,
which had such memorable hits as “I Think I Love
You Too Much,” “Full Circle,” “How Long Can A
Man Be Strong,” and the Beatles’ hit “While My
Guitar Gently Weeps.” This brought Jeff a Juno
Award (Canada’s Grammys) for Entertainer Of The
Year and Guitar Players Magazine’s Best Blues
Guitarist/Best New Talent Award.
Immaculate Fools Just
Toying Around
Immaculate Fools
The Toy Shop
Continuum Records
Possibly the worst thing about Immaculate Fools’
album The Toy Shop is the name of their band. The
next worse thing would be the lead singer's voice. He
sounds like he’s in pain through many of the songs.
But besides that, this album is not bad.
The album opens with a slightly hard edged song,
"Stand Down,” where the group shows it potential. It
shows that Immaculate Fools are not a standard pop
band who follow all the typical conventions. Their
music has a slightly exotic sound, especially when
they throw in the pipes, mandolin, dulcimer, etc. as
on the songs "Cotillas" and "Wonder of Things.” And
when the vocals are good, the band has some enjoy-
able songs such as “Through These Eyes." The last
two songs are just terrible. "Bed of Tears" is too fast
paced while "How the West Was Won" was too slow.
The lyric writing also is limited. The band tries to
be political, cynical, and optimistic all at once. Their
condemnation of how the settlers stole from the
Indians in "How the West Was Won" comes a few
songs after the band sings about the wonder of
things. It all makes you wonder how much they care.
Overall, this album is nothing special; you won't
catch yourself singing its lyrics, nor will you hum its
music. It might show you that there are some pretty
nifty sounding instruments out there besides guitars,
keyboards, and drums. But in exchange, you have to
listen to the singer’s voice. Maybe it’s worth it, but
there are other bands that use those instruments and
they use them better.
--Glenn Teichman
Jeff Healey Band Seeing Their
5a Aspects
The Jeff Healey Band’s newest album, Feel This, was
recorded at their Toronto studio with assistance from
a few musicians who are accomplished in their own
right. Paul Schaffer (David Letterman’s right hand
keyboard player) really shines through on “Dreams
Of Love” making the song that much more beautiful.
Also, the vocals by Jr. John on “If You Can’t Feel
Anything Else” make this song the only cohesive
mesh between rap and rock-blues I have even heard
(this song also gives the clue to the title of the album).
While there are some great heavy blues tunes on
this album, like “Evil And Here To Stay,” there are
also some songs which sound as if Jeff Healey was
attempting to try his hand at a different style of
music. Why the band would sway from the ZZ Top
type, southern blues way of playing is puzzling. Hey
guys, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.
Still, this is great music, great playing, and I’ll never
have to worry about Jeff Healey reading this article
unless they start printing the ASP in Braille.
--P. A. Skerry
6a Aspects
pe nr a ITER EN A 24, 1992
Humor
has a
strong
cultural
component.
What makes
audiences
roar in Japan
might not even
cause Germans to
fcrack a_ smile.
-] While Alan
Ayckbourn’s play
Absurd Person Singular
may be hysterically
y funny in his native
England, here in Albany it
is intermittently funny, often
silly, and only hilarious.
This latest production from
Capital Rep is season
appropriate but has little
merit otherwise. The fault is
not theirs except in choosing
the material. David Gallo’s set
fl Triple Dose Of ‘Absurd’ At Cap Rep
design is extraordinary.
Absurd Person Singular takes
place in three acts, each one in
a different kitchen and on
Christmas Eve. (One in the
past, one present, and one
future, evidently a tribute to A
Christmas Carol.) Every
kitchen has its own distinctive
style, revealing in appearance
a good deal about the
characters’ status and
personality.
Adam Meyer
The first hosts, Jane (Donna
Davis) and Sidney (Richard
Maynard) Hopcroft, have a
bright, | modern-looking
kitchen, complete with a
washing machine that folds
the laundry (well, sort of).
Their guests include the
Jacksons, Eva (Leigh Dillon), a
manic depressive, and
Geoffrey (Mark Armold), who
fancies himself to be the
ultimate ladies’ man. Then
there are Marion (Kit
Flanagan) and Ronald (Paul
Hoover) Brewster- Wright, a
couple of highbrow but
dimwitted snobs the
Hopcrofts are trying to
impress.
The whole first act plays
much like a television sitcom,
with Jane and Sidney running
in and out of the kitchen as a
result of various crises, such
as Jane leaving her shoe in the
living room or running out of
tonic water. There are
extremely funny moments,
particularly those involving
Jane's fanaticism about
cleanliness, but there are too
many lulls in between.
The second Christmas Eve
takes place in the Jackson’s
dumpy- looking kitchen, and
all of a sudden there is a shift
from absurd to serious. The
play clunks and grinds as it
changes gears, despite good
performances from Dillon and
Arnold. Geoffrey is going to
walk out on Eva and move in
with a another woman. She,
meanwhile, plans to do
herself in, and that is the crux
of this second segment. Every
time she tries to commit
suicide, one of the guests
mistakes her purpose and
thwarts her, such as when
Jane sees Eva with her head in
the oven and thinks she’s
trying to clean it, volunteering
to do the job for her. By the
end of the act everyone is
doing some sort of home
repair and everything has
gone awry, but Ayckbourn
cannot sustain these moments
of hilarity.
The final Christmas Eve
takes place in the Brewster-
Wrights home and also has an
initial edge of seriousness that
feels awkward. Marion has a
serious drinking problem and
“Where is the
Studio Theater?” we
wondered as we
trekked through the
tunnels of the
Performing Arts
Center on Friday
the thirteenth! It
was almost 8:00
p-m. and
showtime for
the play I'd
Just Die was
only one
minute away.
Suddenly, we
saw a teeny
little sign
indicating
where the
AStudio
Theater
Was.
Happier
lost our
smiles
when we
realized
all the
seats
were full.
So we
kneeled
in the back, and as more
and more people came in,
they stood along the wall.
Then the lights went
down...
Stacy Savran
A woman in a lab coat
wearing glasses stood on
stage and described the
“observations” the
audience was about to
witness. The observations
are events in the life of
Elsie, a pretty young
woman in her prime who
is unhappy with the state
of her social life (and sex
life). Many men come in
and out of Elsie’s life
(and bed), but somehow
they cannot satisfy her
desire for a caring,
committed relationship.
One guy spends a night
of passion with Elsie,
only to wake her up the
next morning and
enlighten her to the fact
that he’s married. Her
next lover, a “suave” and
“debonair” French man
named Pierre, wants a
continuous affair with
Elsie and another woman
named Cuddlecakes. She
finds the next weirdo in
the personals, a man she
affectionately called
SWMBee (a single white
male who wears
Bifocals). Elsie discovers
that his sexual
idiosyncrasies involves
“Baby, a man dressed in
drag. It’s one failed
attempt at a relationship
after another for poor
Elsie. And as she brood
over her problems, her
friends sing and dance in
her honor, gossiping
about her misfortune.
I'd Just Die is a musical
tragedy which is
presented in a comical
way. It’s author, Amy
Locklan, who is currently
a graduate student, is
also the narrator of the
play (the woman in the
lab coat). The story
provides a _ bleak
Perspective on single life,
although there is a tone
of ironic humor. For
instance, the sad outcome
of Elsie’s fruitless efforts
was her suicide. At her
funeral, the narrator
berates the mourners for
contributing to Elsie’s
demise by dwelling on
lust and passion, the evils
of life. However, her
lecture is interrupted
when a sexy guy walks
by, played by Erik
Simulcik. As her
hormones take over, she
throws off her lab coat to
reveal tight black
clothing, and jumps on
him.
There were many
hysterical lines in the
play and the actors did a
wonderful job. Dawn
Demaio played Freddie,
one of Elsie’s friends, as
well as Tootsie, an
assistant to the proprietor
of a brothel. Her singing
and dancing was
incredible, and she was
extremely funny. Fico,
who played Pierre, one of
Elsie’s lovers, as well as a
French waiter, also
received many laughs.
His accent was
exaggerated but
authentic, and he
handled the loss of his
mustache with brilliant
comedy. As he stood in
his skivvies, kissing
Elsie’s arm up and down
and gushing forth his
version of romantic
poetry, the audience just
cracked up. Another
excellent performance
was by Stacey Schmetz,
who portrayed Bernice
and Cuddlecakes. She
stole the show by
repeatedly exclaiming,
“I'd just die!” in utter
mortification when she'd
hear about Elsie’s
unfortunate experiences
with dating.
Elsie was played by
Laurie Larson. Her
funniest moment came
when she cleared out a
Ronald is trying to help her.
The difficulty the audience
has is adjusting to these
problems which seem to come
out of nowhere. The three
parts of the play are only
loosely connected, seeming
like distinct entities than
related sections of a whole.
From the conversations,
everyone has hard economic
times
Hopcrofts, whose absence
thus far is appreciated by
everyone except the viewer.
The third act lumbers along
like Santa Claus
after Christmas, showing
vibrancy as
Maynard’s character Sidney
shows up. All the players are
good but Maynard is great,
performing with energy and
intensity and carrying off the
few successful jokes there are
in the latter part of Absurd
Person Singular.
Director John Pynchon
Holmes shows his talent in
the handling of the more
complex scenes, as in the
chaotic moments of the
second act, but none of the
weakness of the words
themselves. Absurd Person
Singular is a good play for
Christmas time, but a bad
play in general.
except for the
on the day
soon as
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restaurant with her song
of self-pity, which she
sang loud and off key.
Paul Dingman played the
proprietor of the brothel
in Elsie’s dream, and he
also played Carroll. As
the proprietor, he
showed off his talent
when he and Tootsie
sang, “Money makes the
world go around...” Mike
Edwards as Elsie’s first
lover and SWMBee, and
John Anderson as
Ashley/Baby were
hilarious as well. The
dancers and chorus were
well coordinated and in
sync with one another.
They included Erika
Lieberman, Nini Hadjis,
Joy Arzaga, Mike
Fitzgerald, and Sandra.
As an experimental
theater production, I’d
Just Die came off very
well. The pace was quick
and upbeat, which kept
the laughter rolling,
although the ending
conveyed a depressing
message. It seemed to say
that for those who desire
an intimate monogamous
relationship, it is difficult
to find one that will
satisfy you, because most
people are looking for
sex (in bizarre and
various ways)! What
Bernice said held true for
Elsie, she just died.
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Guide to
Dining in
Albany,
1553 Central Avenue, Albany. Great food at a great
price. Casual dining. Large groups accomodated.
Private party facilities available. 869-0634 FREE NON-
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OF CHOICE WITH AD
¢ Bongiorno’s
23 Dove Street, Albany. Italian food at its best! Veal and
seafood specialties. Lunch Mon-Fri. Dinner Mon-Sat.
Telephone: 462-9176
¢ Garcia’s Restaurant
Invites you and your parents to come and have a fiesta
with us! Great Sunday brunch. . .Open at 10:00 AM.
Open Mon-Sat 11:00 AM. Children specials on the
weekend. Reservations gladly accepted call 456-4116.
Come see why your kids LOVE Garcia's!
¢ Peking Restaurant
and Loun
Fine Oriental dining 1100 Madison Avenue, Albany. 489-
0606.
* The Silver Pavilion
260 Wolf Road. Next to Parc V.
* Nicole’s Bistro
On Broadway downtown Albany. French country and
Continental. Popular prix fixe manu nightly for $20.00,
Casual attire welcome. Private rooms. 465-1111.
* Pare V Cafe
At Northway exit 4. A casual American menu featuring
pasta, seafood, steak plus unique salads and
sandwiches at down to earth prices. Large banquet
foom and dancing weekends to top 40 bands and DJ. s
(21 years old please). Reservations accepted, 869-9976;
« L'Ecole Encore
On Fuller Rd., near StuyvesantPlaza. Casual attire,
Atfordably priced. Great place to impress a date. French,
Northern Italian and American cuisine. 437-1234.
8:30 PM
Sunday--2:30 PM
Two For the Road
November 29--11AM-2PM
Jazz Brunch with
Naomi on Piano
8PM
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Gossip reigns in library
To the Editor:
As I sit here, I can’t help but over hear other people's
conversations. I hear bits and pieces of what they say,
such as: “Oh my G-d! Did I tell you what happened to
me this weekend? You will never believe it...,” “Hey,
what are you doing here? Yeah, I also have a big test to
study for but I just can’t seem to study. I’ve been
studying so much that I just need a break. So what are
you reading?...,” “I haven’t seen you in so long! How
are you? What have you been up to? I have so much to
tell you...,” “I cannot believe that his ex-girlfriend is
here. I can’t stand her. You won’t believe what she said
to me..”
T've been sitting here a while, and this is just a sample
of what I heard. I come here often and It’s always the
same thing going on: people standing around
talking,laughing or being loud, walking around, you
know how it is. You might think I was in the Branch,
Peabodys or the Tavern on a Friday night. I very well
could be in the commuter cafeteria, or the Rat, or even
anywhere in the Campus Center during the week. After
all, aren’t these all places everyone goes to hang out and
be social? Well I found out that this is not necessarily
true. There’s another place where more and more
students come to talk-and hang out, and believe it or not,
it’s the library.
Picture this, here I am, in my little cubicle all the way
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test I have tomorrow. I wanted to isolate myself so that I
could get a lot accomplished. I knew I couldn’t get work
done in my suite and it was pointless to try. If I wanted
to socialize I would have gone down to the cafeteria, but
I wanted to study in peace and quiet so I made the big
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trek in the freezing cold with the rain coming down, just
to have my own study space. So, now that I’m finally
ready to work, this group of girls come in and stand
around the cubical behind me and start talking to
someone as if they were in the campus center. I look
back at them and cannot believe this is happening. I
know nothing for my exam tomorrow and NEED to
study and they are talking about their weekend. Do I
care? Did I ask to hear this?
The last thing I want to do at this moment is to move
to another seat, because I have so much information to
memorize and I have no time to waste. So, on go the
headphones and the music is now blasting in my ears.
Well, it’s better than the conversation’ I’ve been hearing,
but it’s not working out well. I’m still not pleased with
the situation so again I tum back to the girls and give an
exasperated sigh. It worked for about a minute, then they
resumed talking as if no one was around. I’m sure this
has happened to most of you, and so you know that by
this time I am so aggravated and annoyed that there is
nothing else I could do to escape this constant talking in
the background but make that dreaded move.
So, now my stuff is all gathered up, and I’m walking
around the library looking for the ideal place to study,
which, I want to add, is nearly impossible to find. I
finally decided to go to the second floor thinking that
maybe I’d have more luck. But of course not, what was I
thinking? I got myself settled again, and put my
headphones back on softly to block out the constant ham
of the lights. Everything was going well, until it started
all over again. Someone came to talk to the person sitting
behind me, and they were being rather loud, talking for a
while. By this time I wondered if I was in the right
building. Maybe this wasn’t the library. How could it be
if there were so many people socializing?
I don’t understand why there is so much talking going
on on the second and third floors. It is really not fair for
the people who honestly came to do work, to deal with
all the commotion in the library. I feel like I could have
accomplished more in my suite. At least the people I live
with are much more considerate and would respect the
fact that I need to study, and would be quiet or talk
elsewhere. It’s that simple. If you’re at the library and
you want to carry on a conversation, have it where there
aren’t people with books open trying to read and learn
material which requires concentration especially with
finals coming up. It’s no fair to have to read the same
sentence over and over because of people talking in an
area that is designated for studying. I feel like my only
other option to study is in the penthouse, but it’s so dark
up there, and there are so many dead flies lying on the
window sill. That would be another article for me to
write about.
Beth Domash
Jews need to unite
To The Editor:
Tam a freshman here a SUNYA. I am also an Israeli
Jew and a proud member of RZA/TAGAR. After being a
student here for only three months, I am outraged by
what I see. My impression of SUNYA, before I arrived
here, was that it was an excellent school with a large
percentage of Jews. I was right about the school, but
where did all the Jews go? Most of the Jews on this
campus are just Jews by name. They do not even want to
consider themselves to be Jews.
Ronn Torossian previously wrote a letter to the editor.
In it, he urged Jews to join Jewish organizations on
campus. He explained why it is a must for Jews to join
these organizations. However, not that many Jews took
him seriously. In fact, he was criticized by some of them.
Another letter to the editor was just recently written by
Francine, a Jew on campus, in response to Ronn’s letter,
Her letter was not one of support. Francine criticized
Ronn regarding every point he had made. I am very
disgusted to see that a Jew has the nerve to put down
another Jew. Francine, in your letter to the editor, you
stated that you had attended a Hebrew high school, that
you were very active in a Jewish youth group, and that
you traveled through Israel. I, too, have attended Hebrew
schools, was active in a Jewish youth group, and lived in
Israel for a long time. Therefore, being that I know
where you come from, I cannot understand how you
could write such a thing about a fellow Jew. You
certainly did not pick that up in a Jewish youth group or
on a trip to Israel. Francine, you also mentioned that not
all Jews are Zionist Jews, and you seemed pretty
offended each time Ronn used the word Zionist. Well, let
me tell you something, if it weren’t for the Zionist Jews,
you, as a Jew, might not be alive today. The Zionist Jews
fought and gave up many of their lives for the state of
Israel, so that Jews like you, around the world, can feel
safer. Without a Jewish state, the Jews in the world
would have to deal with more persecution, and perhaps
another holocaust. Therefore, every Jew in the world
must be grateful to the State of Israel. If Jews are ever
persecuted again, they will have a country to go to. So to
say that not all Jews are Zionist Jews is ridiculous.
Zionist Jews are Jews with love and devotion toward the
State of Israel. And so, every true Jew is a Zionist Jew.
A big problem that I see here on campus is
discrimination toward Jews. It seems that whenever a
Jewish organization holds an event or lecture, or has its
meetings, there are so many other organizations that
oppose it. The opposition exists, not because of what is
said or done during a meeting, but because the
organization is a Jewish one. The other day, I saw a flyer
on the podium. It read: “The Necessity For Africans To
Smash Zionism!” But what it really was saying was “The
Necessity For Africans To Smash Jews!” As Martin
Luther King, Jr. once said in a 1968 Harvard speech,
“When people criticize Zionists, they mean the Jews.
You are talking anti-Semitism.” Why is it that every
week, there is an organization that speaks out against
Zionism and, therefore, against Jews? Most of these anti-
Zionist forums are public forums, meaning that Jews,
like everyone else, are allowed to participate in them. So
why is it that whenever a Jew comes to defend himself
from numerous accusations, he is immediately thrown
out?
Jew, what goes on here on campus and all over the
world is very obvious. You are being discriminated. You
are being laughed at and trampled on. The first step is to
Tealize that this is true. You cannot hide the fact that you
are a Jew. If you think this to be false, you are living ina
fantasy world. Be aware of the dangers and hatred
among you. You can make that change. Become active
in Jewish organizations on your campus. If we all come
together, we can make it better. In order for the rest of
the world to take you as a Jew seriously, you must first
Dan Carny
Zionism is not an evil
To the Editor:
Last night I attended a lecture called "Smash Zionism"
delivered by a representative of the All-African People's
Revolutionary Party. I was distressed over the dynamic
of the event: at the behavior of some of my Jewish sisters
and brothers, at the words and actions of my political
activist peers, and at the absurd material being presented
to us. Everything that is a part of me was at war, as I
quietly, but attentively, observed from the back of the
room.
As a Jewish woman, a feminist, and a socialist, I am
forced to write this letter to political activists and other
non-Jews and Jews who have little understanding or
possibly little care of what the Jewish experience has
been. I also hope this letter will reach Jewish people
who do not yet understand the power and need of
Socialism and Black Nationalism for the African-
American community, and society as a whole. African
peoples within this country and around the world were
ripped out of their homelands, only to be enslaved
(treated like animals, randomly flogged and legally raped
and lynched...), oppressed, and exploited. Their
homeland is Africa and naturally many will always hold
a militant, spiritual, or philosophical connection to it. In
a society and world where the fight against racism seems
to be getting nowhere, Black Nationalism ultimately
hopes to provide a safe place for African peoples where
they can create a non-oppressive government, economic
system, and social climate.
The loaded term "Zionism" is deeply, unavoidably,
most powerfully a fundamental aspect of Judaism. For
those of you who don't know, Jews (at the time called
"Israelites" only to be renamed when in exile) were
kicked out of Israel, hundreds of years ago. Forced all
around the world, to be enslaved, oppressed, murdered,
exploited... always held on to the dream of "Next Year
in Jerusalem" which is recited every year on the Jewish
holiday called Passover. Prayers recited every week in
synagogue call for Israel to hear our prayers, that we
may return, that we love and cherish our homeland we
were banished from so long ago. Germany, 1939, Jews
were assimilated, full members of society, seemingly not
oppressed. The Holocaust came, the most overt, painful,
shocking, modern day reminder that as a Jew, you are
never safe, always vulnerable, always hated by
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somebody. The need for Israel as a safe place
for Jews to be able to run to became evident.
Many countries (including America) closed
their doors to the fleeing Jews, as Israel's doors
flew open. The Jewish state now swelled up
with Socialist, peaceful, idealist Zionists (who
are still fighting for equality and justice for the
Palestinians), emaciated, sickly, holocaust
surviviors (many of whom lost Faith during the
war), and militant, right wing Zionists who
were prepared to defend the Jewish State at all
costs (many who were there before the War).
The issue of the Jewish State is very complex,
the very conflict sitting on the fact that there
are at least two indigoneous peoples to the land
who both want it for themselves to varying
degrees. Zionism means something different
to every Jew. To me, it means that I believe
that Jews need a safe, spiritual place to run to.
It means to me, a Socialist State run together
by Palestinians and Jews. ‘It means Jewish
liberation and security. There is nothing
fundamentally oppressive about Zionism itself,
it is its present manifestation which leaves a lot
to be desired. If you really care about
oppression with in the world and Israel, about
Jews and Arabs, then focus your energies on
compromise, change, building and growing,
rather than hate, enemy pointing and killing. I
wish the problems of the world were that
simple.
The speaker stated that 1)"Arabs are
oppressed in Israel by Zionists.” Yes, they are
by some and it should be stopped. It is
unfortunate that media coverage only reflects
upon conflict and hate, and neglects to report
on Arab/Israeli growing peace movements.
2)He stated that "Israel trades with South
Africa." At a time where economic
interdependence is the only way, and every
other nation in the world is involved, it is
interesting that he points his finger at "The
Zionists." 3) He said that he “had nothing
against Judaica and Jewish people” and then
mentioned that Jews owned slaves, Jews never
protested slavery and other obscure pieces of
trivia in an attempt to bash Jews. It may be a
gross and horrifying reality, but few in history
have not owned slaves. Africans and Jews
have both been enslaved and have both
enslaved. 4) He stated that "you can be a
practicing Jew without being a Zionist" and
then he quoted a Hassidic Jewish statement to
attempt to support his claim--which only a
minority of Hassidim even believe. 5) He told
us "that to be a Jew one only has to believe in
the Jewish G-d" in attempt to prove that Jews
are only a religion and not a people. First of
all, according to traditional Judaism, you are
automatically Jewish and only Jewish if your
mother is Jewish, no matter what you believe
in, unless you endure a (at least) two year
conversion process which is not advocated by
Judaism. Having faith has nothing to do with
identifying yourself as a Jew. Since the
Holocaust, there are many people who identify
themselves as Jews who are simultaneously
athiests. It is more than a religion, it is a
nationality. We are unified for the fact that we
are all descendants, or "children of Israel."
And he laughed at someone for assuming that
Jews and Africans may have both thought of
the all inclusive, universal G-d (rather than a
"Christian G-d" only accepting those who
believe in Jesus). And al! the “oppression
fighters” in the audience applauded him, and
laughed at the Jews. A fine fest it was of
ignorance and potential hate. . .in attempt to
prove that "Zionists are the enemy." Each
minority beomes pitted against another; our
generation's children's children will all live and
die in chains if we do not include each other
and unify in our fight against oppression.
As a woman, a feminist, and a socialist, I
have longed for an activist group where I could
not only participate in its progressive, militant
actions as a woman and a socialist, but one
where I could fully align myself as an
identified Jew. I know many other Jewish
women who feel the same way. In the small,
but cozy, Jewish/feminist/socialist safe space,
we understand that the time is not for us and--
as trends go--one day we will be included
again. Do we need another Holocaust to get
people to understand and care again?
Rebecca Segall
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Lady Danes come up empty at CD Tourney
Saratoga Springs
By Roper W. BUNNELL III
For just the second time in
head coach Mari Warner’s 11-
year career, the Lady Danes
failed to capture the season-
opening Capital District
Basketball Tournament. The
tourney was held this past
weekend at the Skidmore Sports
and Recreation Center.
Last season’s 13-0 vault to
start the campaign will not be
repeated by the 1992-93 squad
as it dropped the tournament’s
championship game to the hosts,
Skidmore College.
A 72-56 dumping of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
moved the Lady Danes into the
championship game. Skidmore
earned a shot at avenging their
Capital District Tournament
championship loss to the Lady
Danes from a year ago by
walking over Union, 74-52, in
Having had five players in
double figures against Union on
Saturday, Skidmore brought a
balanced attack against an
Albany team that lacks bench
experience.
Skidmore was the better team
on this day, defeating the Lady
Danes 67-55 to win the
championship.
The game seemed to be a
teplay of the previous
afternoon’s match-up as Albany
fell behind 22-10 half-way
through the first half. Albany’s
starters shot only 24% in the
first half as the Lady Danes
managed only 20 points by the
break to trail, 34-20.
Their closest come-back
attempt would bring them within
only seven points as Skidmore
sustained their advantage. A
valiant 12-4 spur to begin the
second half would be the Lady
Danes’ greatest attempt, but it
still left them down, 39-32, with
Inside play was a key factor as
Tournament Most Valuable
Player Michelle Milot,
Skidmore’s center, led all
players with 18 points and 11
rebounds, dominating in the
paint. The Lady Danes’ Ikeuchi
Franklin, a senior, countered
with 16 points, but managed
only five boards and found
herself in foul trouble.
Albany’s 6’2” freshman Erica
Witham was forced into the
game to play against Milot
inside. The inexperienced
Witham gathered eight points
and six rebounds in a promising
14 minutes of play.
Senior captain Casey Stanley
led the Lady Danes with 17
points.
Albany’s defense was again
pesky during transitions, forcing
22 turnovers. But Skidmore
dumped in 53% of their field
goals and held the Lady Danes
to 35% on their end of the court.
ue Lady Danes had to come
back from an early deficit to
defeat the Lady Engineers in the
first round, 72-56.
Albany senior Tanya Johnson
opened the scoring immediately
after the opening tip with a
breakaway layup. The Lady
Danes were sedated by the Lady
Engineers, however, as they
were outscored 25-8 over the
next 11 minutes. The Lady
Danes were getting schooled in
all aspects of the game as they
fell behind, 25-10.
But with 8:37 left in the first
half, Jeckyll turned into Hyde
and the Lady Danes showed the
promise of a possible comeback.
Sophomore Mickey Smith
sunk her first of four trifectas to
burst the Lady Danes into
flames and to begin an 18-6
Albany run that left them with a
mere five-point deficit at the
half.
The locker room did not cool
down the Lady Danes.
The fire continued to blaze as
they added a 14-2 flare to begin
the second half, including six
straight by Stanley, who led all
scorers with 22 points.
After trailing 25-10 midway
through the first period, Albany
had mounted its blitzkrieg attack
and gained a 42-35 advantage as
Rensselaer was forced into a
timeout with 15:36 remaining.
The Lady Danes finished the
game by out scoring Rensselaer
30-21 the rest of the way, and
62-31 since the 25-10 deficit to
ease their way to victory.
The Engineers’ offense was
pestering as the Lady Danes’
tenacious defense forced 26
turnovers, and Albany’s inside
players swatted 10 shots back
into their opponents’ faces,
including seven blocked shots
by Franklin, who also finished
the game with 15 boards.
The Lady Danes travel west to
Binghamton to take on the Lady
Colonials today at 5:45p.m.
Murray ray led the Danes with an
their first round duel. 12:50 remaining.
Men's X-C a
Continued from back page
"I think this [result] was great
considering how we were not running up
ito our potential in the second half of the
season,” Rogers said. “Now we came
back and proved our worth.”
“After the way this season has gone I
could not be any happier with mine or the
team’s performance,” Orvis said.
“T think the credit must go to the guys.
All the coach and myself did was lay
off,” Williams said. “I also think the guys
were more upbeat and relaxed coming
“We wanted to establish a National
[quality] program and now we have,”
Vives said.
“Next year a National title is definitely
a possibility, but the real satisfaction
from this job comes from the athletes,”
Vives said.
“To see these young men reach their
potential and achieve their dreams and
then go beyond that and be better people
is just as good as a national title.”
Men's BBall
Continued from back page
a layin off a nice Murray look. ‘After an
Albany steal, Knight ran the fast break
and converted a layup for two points.
Two turnaround jumpers from mid-
range by junior ‘center Paul Fitzpatrick
and two Graber buckets off fast break
opportunities put the Danes up 16-2 at
13:32 of the first half.
Skidmore narrowed the score to 16-13
when they embarked on an 11-0 run. But
the Danes silenced the Thoroughbreds by
scoring the next six points.
They were never severely challenged
after that, dominating the rest of the way
for a 68-52 victory.
outstanding all-around game. He scored]
18 points, grabbed five rebounds, dished|
seven assists and stole two balls on the
day.
Graber had 16 points, eight rebounds,
and three assists and Hotaling had 11
points. Fitzpatrick and Knight added ten|
apiece.
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host the Danes tonight at 8:00p.m.
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Danes earn third in Division III
Saratoga Springs
By MIKE DIRECTOR
Sports Editor
With All-American performances by
Albany juniors Todd Orvis and Todd
Rogers, the men’s cross-country team
captured third place at the NCAA
Division III National meet held this past
weekend at Saratoga State Park.
This marks the second best finish ever
for the Danes at the National meet. They
placed second in 1973 at the first
Division III championship race ever held.
The National title was claimed by
North Central Illinois, which has been
ranked number one all season and was
the pre-race favorite. North Central
compiled 107 points as the University of
Rochester scored 116 to take second,
followed by Albany (180), Wisconsin-
LaCrosse (191), and Augustana College
One big surprise was that no real lead
pack formed. Runners formed small
clusters, possibly due to the slippery
footing.
In the early going, Albany senior Scott
Carroll was the lead Dane runner as he
passed the mile mark in 4:44, about six
seconds behind the leaders. Following
closely behind him was Orvis, who was
three seconds back with Rogers.
Junior Bill Vanos was also running
well as he posted a 4:51 first mile split.
By about the mile and a half mark,
Orvis had caught Carroll and for the first
time since the Cortland Invitational on
September 26th, he was the Danes’ lead
man once again.
This was a key moment for Albany as
Orvis was running comfortably for the
first time in a long while. And this race
was the only one that counted.
“J just put everything together and was
"We wanted to establish a National
[quality] program and now we have."
- Albany head coach Roberto Vives
(198).
It was not a nice day for cross-country
as 30 degree temperatures and slippery
footing made for less than ideal
conditions.
With 184 runners representing the best
of the individual as well as team
compeéetitors in Division III, the race
looked to be a battle from the beginning.
Jose Garcia of Occidental College set
the early pace as he took it out very hard.
able to concentrate on my form,” Orvis
said.
“Todd really showed that he is a
champion,” Albany coach Roberto Vives
beamed. “He came through when we
teally needed him.”
Right before the two-mile mark,
Albany sophomore Jason DeJoy was
passed by teammate junior Keith Reilly.
At that point the runners began to string
out and Albany was looking good.
Staff Photo by Kimm Isgar
Junior Todd Rogers earned All-American honors for his performance at Nationals
“At two miles I knew we were top
five,” assistant coach Kevin Williams
said. “I felt relieved and happy for the
guys.”
As three miles approached, Orvis was
leading the way for the Danes as he
passed through in 14:54, Following was
Rogers, who was three seconds back.
Carroll, after running strong early, was
Albany’s third man with a split of 14:59,
‘Vanos was about two seconds behind.
In the end, the race was won by Gary
‘Wasserman of Nebraska-Wesleyan with a
time of 24:50.
The top twenty five finishers are named
All-Americans and this honor was
bestowed on both Orvis and Rogers.
Orvis was the first Dane to cross the
line as he placed 21st with a time of
25:26.
Rogers came next as he placed 24th
with a time of 25:28.
This was the second year in a row that
Orvis was a cross-country All-American
and the first time two Danes have earned
that honor in the same cross-country
season,
Carroll was the next Dane to cross the
line as he placed 33rd in 25:40, followed
by Vanos who took 34th in 25:41.
Rounding out the top five was Reilly,
who placed 131st with a time of 26:55.
One surprising fact to come from the
final results was that Albany’s fourth
place runner was ahead of every other
team’s fourth runner, Albany could have
been the national champion if they were a
little deeper, but no one is complaining
about third place.
Continued on page 11
Great Danes capture Capital District tournament
Photo by Wendy McQuair
To the winner goes the spolls....
Saratoga Springs
By PATRICK CULLEN
Managing Editor
The Great Danes (2-0)
couldn’t have asked for a better
way to start their 1992-93
season,
Albany kicked off its season
in convincing fashion this
weekend, decisively defeating
local rivals Skidmore College
(1-1) and Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (1-1)
to capture the
championship in 32nd
Annual Capital District
Men’s Basketball
Tournament,
The Danes won the
tournament for the first
time since the 1988-89
season. Ironically, that
season was the last time
Skidmore hosted the
tourney.
The tourney, held
Friday and Saturday at the
Skidmore College Sports
and Recreation Center,
saw the Danes shake the
specter of last year’s
haunting 80-60 championship
loss to R.P.I.
Albany came into this year’s
championship game against
R.P.I. thirsting for revenge. It
got it,
The Danes pulled away in the
second half to breeze their way
to a 84-70 victory to claim the
championship and the Capital
District bragging rights,
“We definitely had a feeling
of revenge going,” junior
forward and Tournament Most
Valuable Player Jason Graber
remembered. “They
embarrassed us last year.”
After taking an early 8-2 lead
thanks to six points from All-
Tournament selection Jamie
Knight, a sophomore guard, the
Danes found themselves down
21-19 midway through the first
half.
Stellar play from Graber,
Knight and All-Tournament
selection, junior guard Garry
Murray, helped erase the lead
and give Albany a 38-30
cushion going into the half.
Knight converted a loose ball
into a layup, Murray hit two free
throws and Graber scored on a
pretty drive and two free throws
to make it a 27-21 Dane lead.
After R.P.I. narrowed it to 27-
25, Knight answered with two
free throws and a beautiful
offensive rebound and reverse
layup.
Murray hit a 12-foot jumper
with an Engineer defender in his
face and Graber converted a
layup on the fast break after he
stole the ball.
Sophomore guard Ted
Hotaling hit two free throws to
make a 38-30 halftime score.
The Engineers looked to
narrow the score as the second
half opened, but sharpshooting
from Hotaling kept R.P.I. at bay.
Hotaling drained a 17-foot
jumper from the right baseline
on the Danes’ opening
possession. He came back the
next time down with an 18-
footer from the top of the key.
His strong drive to the hole
for a layup put Albany up by 10,
44-34, at the 18:24 mark.
A 15-5 Albany surge gave the
Danes their largest lead of the
game, 66-49, with 8:56
remaining in the game. Four
points apiece from Murray and
Graber keyed the run that put the
game out of reach and the
championship in the Danes’
hands.
Graber paced a balanced Dane
scoring attack with 24 points,
five rebounds, three assists, and
three steals.
Knight poured in 19 points
(14 in the first half) and had six
boards (three offensive) and two
assists.
Hotaling had 14 points, four
rebounds, three assists and two
steals while Murray scored 13
points to go with his five boards.
Senior Mike Comerford was
the Engineers’ leader, pumping
in 24 points and pulling down
seven rebounds.
Against Skidmore, the Danes
did a fairly good job of hiding
their first game jitters as they
exploded out to a 16-2 lead in
the first six and a half minutes.
An opportunistic defense and a
confused Thoroughbreds’
offense were the major factors in
the surge.
Sauers had his own
interpretation of the opening
tun, “We were confused with
our defense, so in turn we
confused them,” he said half-
jokingly. “We kept Skidmore
off-balance.”
Graber opened the game with
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