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Friday,
March 3, 1995
NUMBER 6
Thousands rally to fight proposed tuition hikes
Students protest Pataki’s budget desp
By KEVIN DEVALK AND
J. KEITH DOHERTY
Thousands of students from
across New York State partici-
pated in a demonstration Mon-
day to protest the cuts to higher
education in Governor George
Pataki’s budget proposal.
The Movement to Re-invest in
Education ‘95 Rally started on
the steps of the capitol building,
where inside Pataki was speak-
ing with lawmakers.
About 7,000 college students
and others attended the rally,
representing 38 SUNY campuses
from across the state, plus 17
CUNY schools and 12 private
institutions. About 300 SUNYA
students attended.
Although the temperature was
cold, and there was snow and
blowing wind, events progressed
as planned. At about 11 a.m.,
students assembled outside the
Students protesting Pataki’s budget at the Capitol Monday.
IAB cuts sports teams in th
By Eric DAGNALL
Managing Editor
The University at Albany
announced it has decided to cut
four sports: men’s tennis, men
and women’s swimming, and
men’s wrestling, from the athlet-
ic department.
The cut comes on the heel of a
year long battle between admin-
istrators and selected sports fac-
ulty and athletes.
Unlike last year when the Uni-
versity cut, but was forced to
reinstate the four sports, there
was six months warning given to
student athletes both at Albany
and student athletes who may
want to attend Albany.
The six months is a designated
period for current Albany ath-
letes who may want to transfer to
other schools because of the cuts.
“We will try to accommodate the
athletes if they choose to trans-
fer,” Dr. Milton Richards, direc-
tor of Athletics, said. Richards
also said the cut sports will have
an opportunity to compete on the
club level.
According to Joel Blumenthal,
associate vice president for Uni-
versity Relations, the reasons
given by the University for cut-
ting the sports were gender equi-
ty and the recent budget cuts by
‘Governor George Pataki.
“This was the easiest and best
way to reach the desired goal of
men and women athletes in rela-
tion with students,” Blumenthal
said.
Currently Albany has a 52 per-
cent men to 48 percent women
gender ratio, and 65 percent male
athlete to 35 percent female ath-
lete ratio. When the cuts are
assessed the athlete ratio will
become 53 percent male to 47
percent female in SUNYA
sports.
Asked whether there was pres-
sure to the University to cut
men’s programs and whether
complaints were filed against the
University regarding unfair treat-
ment of female athletes, Blumen-
thal said, “There were no com-
plaints filed about gender equi-
ty.”
With Pataki’s budget cuts from
the state. education system, the
university decided it was in their
best interests to cut men’s
wrestling as a sport and to also
scrap plans for women’s crew to
be installed as a varsity sport.
Staff photo by Josh Denonberg
steps of the capitol building to
listen to speakers. At about 1
p.m., students began to march,
shouting protest chants such as, ©
“No more budget cuts!”
Speakers included Student
Association representatives,
leaders of state-wide student
groups and lawmakers. Alex
Blain, Student Association presi-
dent at SUNYA, said, “We as
people stand on common
ground-higher education... They
(legislators) expect us to come
here today and start breaking
windows. I don’t want that to
happen.”
Assemblyman Ed Sullivan
talked about the importance of
voting, and he referred to that
right as a “club.” He said, “You
are not here for yourself, but for
the people of this state. You are
coming here with clubs in your
hands.”
“Other speakers discussed
issues such as the elimination of
the Educational Opportunities
Program, tuition assistance for
students at private and public
schools, and the concerns of
graduate students.
Taur Orange, Director of the
EOP at the Fashion Institute of
Technology said, “The very peo-
ple who have committed them-
selves to not being a statistic
should get more support, not
ite frigid temperatures
Staff photo by Roxanne dePrado
SUNY at Albany students demonstrate in MORE ‘95 Rally Monday.
less.”
Mark Papallo, a student pro-
testor from SUNY Geneseo,
said, “These (legislators) want to
get re-elected and I think that if
they see that most people are
unhappy with the program, they
will back down.”
Protestors began the march
around | p.m. crossing State
Street and circling the Empire
State Plaza courtyard several
times, stopping only to assemble
e spirit of gen
Staff photo by John Meyer
Milton Richards (left) and Joel Blumenthal discusses upcoming cuts.
The Intercollegiate Athletic
Board subcommittee had recom-
mended to President H. Patrick
Swygert that wrestling should be
kept and women’s crew be
added. However, “due to the
budget adding another team was
impossible, our only choice was
to eliminate men’s wrestling,”
Blumenthal said.
According to Blumenthal the
budget was the “final straw.
With the cuts, we will make
$100,000 in savings and in this
economic climate, it will cover a
lot of classes.”
However, according to Bob
Lewis, the men’s tennis coach,
the University could save no
more than $60,000 dollars. He
cited the University budget as
evidence. According to the bud-
on the steps of the New York —
State Museum. They then
marched down State Street,
while police officers shut down
two lanes of traffic, and assem-
bled at the SUNY Administra-
tion building on Broadway
Street.
Around 1:40 p.m., protestors
returned to the capitol, where
they assembled by the side
entrance. Some students stood in
See RALLY on page 17
der equity.
get, men’s tennis’ costs
$3,945.50, wrestling $12,586,
and swimming $14,490, for a
total of $31,021.50. With Lewis
staying on as a coach along with
part-time wrestling coach Joe
DeMeo staying and the firing of -
swimming coach David Turnage,
the total cost will not come close
to the planned $100,000 savings.
According to Richards, swim-
ming was eliminated because of
an inadequate pool. “It will cost
hundreds of thousands of dollars
to bring it up to NCAA caliber,”
Richards said. However, Lewis
said Turnage has documentation
that upgrades will only cost the
school $20,000.
“I believe they want to clear
out the pool and rent it out to the
community as a moneymaking
opportunity,” Lewis said.
“Richards is trying to cloud the
issue and further his agenda.”
The process of deciding which
sports to cut began when the
Intercollegiate Athletic Board
selected a subcommittee to look
into the matters of compliance
with gender equity in November.
The committee, chaired by Den-
nis Stevens, Director of Physical
See CuTs on page 17
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1995
Saturday, 3/4
WCDB is sponsoring the “Biggest
and Defest Comedy Jam” with a
line of comedians as seen on
“HBO’s Def Comedy Jam.” For
more info. call 442-4242.
Sunday, 3/5
The Protestant Student
Association will hold its worship
service at 12 p.m. at Chapel
House. For info. call 489-8573.
The Roman Catholic Liturgy
will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the
Campus Center Assembly Hall.
For more info. call 489-8573.
Monday, 3/6
The Pan—Caribbean Association
will hold its weekly meeting in HU
137 at 7 p.m. For more info. con-
tact CC 349 at 442-3348.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance
will hold its weekly meeting in ED
335 at 7 p.m. For more info. call
LGBA at 442-5672.
The People on Women’s
Enpowerment and Respect
(POWER) will be holding its
weekly meeting in LC 11 at 7:30
p.m. For more info. call Megan
Casey at 432-4008.
The Protestant Student
Campus Calendar
Association is sponsoring a
book discussion of C.S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch, and
theWardrobe in CC 370 from 7 to
8 p.m: For more info. call 489-
8579.
Tuesday 3/7
A Free Write Workshop will be
held in CC 375. The workshop
will be followed by an open read-
ing. For more information, call
Aaron at 442-2956.
The National Woman’s Rights
Organizing Coalition (NWROC)
will be holding its weekly meeting
at 7:15 p.m. in LC 11. For more
info. contact Caroline Wong at
426-8249.
The Pre—Law Association will
hold its weekly meeting in LC 23
at 7:30 p.m. For more info. con-
tact Luana at 436-7614.
Phi Alpha Deta, a national co-ed
fraternity, will be holding its bi-
weekly meeting. The meeting will
be held in the Social Sciences
building, room 131, at 8:00 p.m.
For more info, call Anne at 442-
0454, or Dan LaHage at 442-
6125.
Wednesday, 3/8
The College Republicans will be
holding their weekly meeting in LC 5
“I believe they want to clear out the
pool and rent it out to the community
as a moneymaking opportunity.”
—Robert Lewis, Men’s Tennis Coach
at 7:00 p.m. For more information,
contact Marc Connolly at 465-7882.
Campus Crusade for Christ will
hold its weekly meeting at 8:30 p.m.
in the Fine Arts building, room 126.
For more info. call Tim at 442-1708.
Thursday, 3/9
The Don’t Walk Alone Escort
Service is available Sun. through
Thurs. from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
inthe library lobby.
The ASP will be back
in three weeks. After
spring break, groups
with weekly meet- |
ings advertised here
will be meeting as
usual. It would be a
good idea to confirm
this with your leader.
NEWSWRITERS
MEETING:
p.m.
Where: CC 323
Mandatory meeting for all
who want to write must
come; new writers
welcome.
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March 1, 1995
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SUNYA students protest Vietnam War in Washington
November 21, 1969
By Ira Wolfman
On Saturday, November 15, the massive
mobilization being planned for
Washington occurred. It was a protest of
Nixon’s policies in Vietnam.
Aerial shots revealed |
ple marching in ordert
strolling down Pennsylvania Av
rying signs and chanting anti-~
gans. The cry was heard above th
“What do we want? Peace. When do we
want it? Now.”
Planned originally by the New
Mobilization Committee, a conglomertion
of radicals, pacifists, and old and new left-
ists, the march also had the support of the
“moderate” Moratorium committee, led
by Sam Brown, a former McCarthy aide.
The Weatherman faction of SDS and
other extreme radical groups were waving
NLF Flags and chanting their Ho Chi
Minh cry. Active GI’s and active draft
resisters were at the very front of the
march.
Prior to the march, Senator Eugene
McCarthy addressed the crowd.
The marchers, who represented only a
‘owd, —
small percentage of those present, pro-
ceeded down Pennsylvania Avenue until
12:30, when the march permit expired. At
around 1| p.m., the rally began at the mon-
ument.
reacted to speakers in a pre-
hion. Those speakers who
otonous or who failed to feed
the crowd the rhetoric of ridicule and
emotion they craved were, for the most
part, ignored. Speakers such as George
Wald and both Senators McGovern and
Goodell were among those who failed to
arouse the audience.
Howard Samuels not only failed to
arouse the audience, but even managed to
create some hostility by proudly proclaim-
ing himself a ‘businessman’ and accenting
the positive role he felt procedures should
play in running a government. Whether or
not he was right was inconsequential; the
crowd did not want to hear this.
Arlo Guthrie delighted the crowd, both
by refusing to make a speech, and by
singing instead. His one barbed remark
brought forth spirited applause—“There’s
no more need for any more speeches, for
any more points to be made.”
Dick Gregory established a great rapport
with the crowd through his running mono-
logue on Spiro Agnew—which was the brunt
of many jokes this afternoon.
Sprinkled throughout the program of
speakers were many folk singers, like Peter,
Paul, and Mary, Pete Seeger, Richie Havens,
Tom Paxton, and John Hartford. One of the
more emotional and successful songs was
the simply rendition of ‘Give Peace a
Chance’ by Seeger and the entire crowd.
" Photo by Hochberg
Students protest President Nixons war policies in Washington, D.C.
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FRIDAY. MARCH 3, 1995 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS © 3 -
Sports cuts and NYPIRG rally discussed at Central Council Meeting
By J. Ketra DOHERTY
Associate News Editor
In response to sports cuts reported earli-
er Wednesday at a news conference on
campus, athletes from the affected sports
arrived at this week’s Central Council
meeting to state their case.
The cuts include the men’s tennis team,
men’s and women’s swimming, and
men’s wrestling, these are the same sports
the administration was taken to court for
last summer by ‘affected students for cut-
ting.
The students were victorious in August
when State Supreme Court Justice Lawer-
ence Kahn ruled against the University’s
use of the Title [IX gender equity clause to
justify cuts.
The University has made the same cuts
this time, also for gender equity reasons,
but has sought to validate its actions by
first consulting the Intercollegiate Athletic
Board (IAB). Which has student represen-
tatives on it, and is intended to establish
an Student Association voice within bud-
get negotiations.
Paul Garnock of the men’s tennis team,
quoted a copy of the IAB’s original
by-laws, “the five student members on
the IAB have to be appointed by the pres-
ident and approved by the Central Coun-
cil:
Gamock said, “the five students on the
Jewish militant leader defends do or die message
saying,
By J. Kerra DOHERTY
Associate News Editor
Controversial Jewish speaker Mike
Guzofsky addressed a crowded
Assembly Hall Tuesday, defending his
“do or die” message to Jews today.
Guzofsky is national director of
Kahane Chai, an organization censored
by the Rabin administration in Israel,
and by the Clinton administration in
the U.S. for its tactics, which advocate
the arming of Jews in order to defend
themselves and a “return” to Israel.
“Every Jew should learn how to use
that gun better than somebody that will
be aiming the gun at him,” said Guzof-
sky said in response to a question from
an audience member concerning the
slogan, “Every Jew a .22.”
The phrase was used to advertise the
speaker on RZA flyers.
Guzofsky insisted on the need for a
Jewish Defense League, claiming that
governments around the world are
unable to protect Jews.
Guzofsky used the Holocaust as an
example of a period in which too little
had been done to stop anti-Semites,
citing the example of one Zev
Jebetinsky who, before the Holocaust,
advocated tactics such as the JDL’s to
counter the anti-Semite threat, “They
IAB, none of them are on the sports that
were cut and they weren’t approved by
Central Council.” »
In response, Vice Chair Mike Castrilli said
he had long been concerned with the issue.
Explaining why the IAB members were
not approved by Central Council, he said,
“When I attended the IAB meeting (for-
mer SA President) Cliff Lent did bring
this to the board but Vice President for
Student Affairs Jim Doellefield said wait,
_ there’s a new agreement from 1993 with
Diego Munoz saying...the President of
the University and the SA President can
appoint these people and we don’t get
ask
The agreement, signed April 14, 1993
does exclude Central Council from the
process.
Castrilli said, ““Now that is a clear vio-
lation of our constitution and a clear vio-
lation of their by-laws.”
As a result of questions by Council
Member Tom Keller, it became clear that
Council was unaware of the identities of
the students on the board, or whether or
not their actions were to be monitored by
Council. Castrilli said that despite the late
stage of the developments that he would
like to form a “task force” around the
issue.
Castrilli also said he had spoken with
Athletic Director Milton Richards earlier
that day and Richards told him that along
He cited the stabbing of Yankel
Staff photo by Roxanne dePrado
Paul Garnock of the tennis team fights to keep his sport at Central Council.
with gender equity requirements, the cuts
were made because of budget restrictions.
Castrilli said, “If its gender equity, then
we need to look into it, if its budget, then
we need to look into it, but you can’t just
throw something out at us and say, ‘that’s
the reason we’re cutting sports!’”
Council member Jason Schoen
informed the room that Richards will be
coming to speak to council at next
Wednesday’s meeting.
Also speaking to the council Wednes-
day night was New York Public Interest
Research Group (NYPIRG) representative
Zina Cary, who reported on Monday’s
budget protest.
Cary said, “It was a smashing success,”
and said over 7,000 students present at the
protest, coming from fifty five campuses
state-wide on 196 school buses and char-
ter buses to protest the proposed tuition
hikes and elimination of EOP.
Cary said 300 students from SUNY
Albany were present. She expressed mild
disappointment at this figure, but said,
“there may possibly be a chance for
Albany to redeem itself on March 27,” at
See COUNCIL on page 18
“we have a problem with
Roenbaum in Crown Heights, the riots
surrounding it, and the 1990 shooting
of Rabbi Meir Kahane, a militant
Zionist in a New York hotel as “Jew-
hatred” crimes and as evidence of
lethal anti-Semitism in America.
“It could have been any Jew that’s in
this audience, ” he said.
Guzofsky responded to last week’s
graffiti incident early. on in the speech,
in, which an individual or individuals
spray painted the slogans, “Death to
Farrakhan,” “Kahane Lives On,”
“Never Again,” and “Death to the
PLO” on the uptown campus.
“I know it’s not nice to paint slo-
gans, and to paint grafitti on anybody’s
wall, but what is the commotion
about?” Guzofsky said.
“We Jews witness paint on our syna-
gogues...In the New York area we’ve
witnessed Jews being dug: out of the
grave after they’ ve béen killed.”
In defense of the graffiti, Guzofsky
said, “Maybe there are some normal
Jews who have been frustrated. But
I’m not supporting defacing public
property,” he said. “Defacing some
school property I can’t condone.”
In reference to Minister Louis Far-
rakhan, Guzofsky called him “an
“Confront Hate;”
blacks who should join. with us to fight
racism, who ironically join with white
racists against the Jew.”
Guzofsky even read from some writ-
ings of Malcolm X, saying that there
was much Jews could learn from it.
Guzofsky cited President Swygert’s
letter to the ASP last week called
in which Swygert
condemned the persons responsible for
last week’s graffiti as violent and hate-
ful. Guzofsky said, “Violence is never
a good thing, huh Mr. Swygert?...Why
don’t you tell that to Jason McEnaney,
who you called a hero for standing up
against a man... who endangered the
lives of you students on this campus?”
Asked by an audience member to
name some black leaders who he
thought were racist, Guzofsky named
Farrakhan, Leonard Jeffries, and
Sonny Carson. |”
The same audience member asked
_Guzofsky why he thought that this
feeling exists in the black community,
saying there has been “‘a legacy of cap-
italistic oppression by Jews in black
neighborhoods.”, to which Guzofsky
said, “Its not my job to analyze why
somebody hates me...Do Jews own
some stores in Harlem, do they own all
the stores in Harlem? I don’t know, I
Elections delayed
By MEAGHAN D. CANAVAN
enemy to the Jewish people (who) Student Association elections have been post-
called him a terrorist. So there is noth-
ing new when they call us terrorists.”
don’t really care.”
incites violence against Jews.”Guzof-
sky repeatedly said he was not racist,
Guzofsky contrasted the situation in
poned due to an Emergency Powers Act introduced
by Central Council Chair Chrisitian Klossner. and
Guzofsky said. America with that of Israel, which he SA President Alex Blain.
Bean 3 -_ — said was, “One big melting pot.” say- Elections were scheduled to be held Wednesday
ing of Israel “It doesn’t matter where and Thursday, but have been postponed until March
you’re from when you’re Jewish. ” Sand 9.
_ Asked by ASUBA President — According to one member of the Student Associa-
Miamah Richards exactly what “Tncit- tion the reason for the postponement was lack of
ed the split between blacks and Jews,” staffing. Due to this shortage there were questions
Guzofsky replied, “I don’t know,” but ;a:<eq about how smoothly the voting would go and
related stories of his youth growing up é : a ah
in a black neighborhood in which he inka oe a on a ae
experienced no anti-Semitism. : e ; Be
: : The election positions open are: vice-president of
Of Guzofsky’s condemnation of Far- University Council; a University Senate seat; three
oe ey aes se niga Central Council seats on Alumni Quad; two Central
Sonsistently: supiionted the ee of Council seats on Indian Quad; two Central Council
islam: The Nation of Islam is well apt seats on Dutch Quad; two Central Council seats on
to pr otect shainsélves.” Colonial Quad; four Central Council seats on State _
Quad; 11 Central Council seats for Off-Campus; and —
“Yes, quite a few of us were offend- one seat on the New York Public Interest Research
ed but so what? People say ‘Kill Far- Group Board of Directors. .
rakhan’ all the time. You want to do ; ‘ 3 ‘
that, you’ll take the repercussions,” 7 es 05 pote eg —
Richards said. “We have bigger fish to og ee abs a ge Bape
fry,” she said, referring to budget and from 10 to 6 p.m. Pigture LD. will be required.
EOP cuts. A full list of the candidates is available at the Stu-
dent Association room in the Campus Center. ~
- Staff photo by Randy Pearlman
Ronn Torossian, former president of RZA. :
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Caiueapity in negotiations with CDTA Students to vote groups
By Mary GAvIN
Dr. Carl Carlucci, Vice-President of
Finance and Business, and the
Transportation Advisory Committee
are discussing the possibility of work-
ing with CDTA to improve transporta-
tion service for SUNYA students.
As of Jan.1995, CDTA may
have the number 12 bus stop on
campus, via downtown. Julie
Haywood, assistant to the Vice
President of Business and
Finance said she“expects that it
will stop in both directions by
next fall.”
Efforts to improve the system
are being challenged by the pre-
sent financial status of the bus
service.
Carlucci said, “Approximately
$900,000 is subsidized for the
SUNYA bus system.” Carlucci
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and Haywood say that SUNYA
cannot afford to spend this much
on buses, since evening and
weekend runs are often less than
half full. “We have a system that
does not support itself,” Carlucci
said.
Haywood suggested students
speak to their representatives or
attend the Central Council meet-
ing March 22, where Carlucci
will discuss the situation.
“Student feedback is very impor-
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upcoming budget cuts, “we need
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.A referendum vote for the
New York Public Interest
Research Group and the Student
Association of the State
University will be held on
March 8 and 9. Students will
decide whether or not they want
to renew funding for these
groups to continue their efforts
on campus for the next four
years.
Polling booths will be located
on the four quads and in the
Campus Center for offcampus
and Freedom Quad students.
Every four years a referendum
is held to reaffirm the positions
of NYPIRG and SASU. “It is the
the most democratic way to
receive votes,” Zina Cary
NYPIRG representative said.
NYPIRG and SASU orga-
nized a rally to protest Pataki’s
proposed budget hike and the
elimination of EOP. According
to Kazim Ali, President of
SASU, they are in the process of
planning an even bigger rally for
March 27.
NYPIRG is working with
other environmental groups to
organize an Earth Day celebra-
tion on April 22. “It'll be a big
party on the front lawn of the
capitol building,” Gina Lozito,
the Environmental Awareness
Co-project leader said. An Earth
Day rally is scheduled for the
24th.
NYPIRG is continuing its on-
campus Small Claims Court
Hotline:
NYPIRG also sponsored a
sleepout in Townsend Park to
raise money for the Homeless
Advocacy Committee and held a
voter registration drive which
had a van take 200 students from
Indian Quad to the polls.
“NYPIRG provides an invalu-
able service to the students,”
Cary said. |
SASU is focusing on issues
such as campus safety, the
SUNY budget, curriculum diver-
sification and student political
organization. “Our main focus is
to empower students to organize
so that they can fight the budget
cuts as well as anything else that
comes along” Ali said.
It has distributed sample let-
ters all over campus for students
to copy and mail to Senate
Majority Leader Joseph Bruno
and Assembly Speaker
Sheldon Silver urging them to
“freeze tuition, restore all cuts
to the SUNY budget, includ-
ing the Equal Opportunities
Program, fully fund Financial
Aid Programs at the 1990 lev-
els and restore proposed cuts
to the graduate TAP, Liberty
scholarships, and aid to
part-time study, and to restore
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By NATALIA ARMOZA
Associate Managing Editor
Haitian President Jean—Claude
Aristide’s foremost spokesperson
during his exile, Jean-Claude
Martineau, spoke about his
upbringing and political philoso-
phy, Tuesday
Martineau, a statesman and
poet, discussed his upbringing
and political philosophy. Mar-
tineau was involved in the first
student protest against the dicta-
torship in 1960. He lived virtually
in hiding for the two years fol-
lowing the protest. He decided to
move to the United States “after
more than fifteen of my friends
had been killed and jailed.”
Martineau also discussed his
poetry and poetic experience. Flu-
ent in French, Creole, and
English, he is a writer of poetry,
song lyrics, and short stories in all
three languages.
Martineau said he found Amer-
ican poetry to be esoteric, which
explained why “poetry is not a
very popular genre in the U.S.”
He said he often attended poetry
readings with only a few people
in attendance. “(In Haiti) poetry
reading is something that is done
in front of a crowd of five hun-
dred, seven hundred, one thou-
sand...because eighty to eighty
five percent of the population
cannot read or write, it (poetry)
has to be clear.”
Martineau described the plight
of Haitian refugees in a song.
He said, “This is what I write.
Song writing is not a very easy
thing in the United States. Music
is only for dancing. Lyrics are
only for talking about sex.” Mar-
tineau said social commentary in
music, such as Tracy Chapman’s
work, is “very rare.”
Martineau also commented on
the education in the United
States. He said education in the
United States was purely for
“advancement in the labor mar-
et....(Education) should be about
compassion, understanding. It
should be about walking the mile
in someone else’s shoes.”
Students then were allowed to
ask Martineau questions. One stu-
dent asked if it was in the United
State’s interest to support Aris-
tide. Martineau cited Franklin
Roosevelt’s funding of a
Nicaraguan dictator and said,
“Historically, the United States
(has found it) cheaper to fund a
dictatorship.” Martineau also
said, “(However), it’s in every-
body’s interest that Haiti follow
the popular movement.”
Responding to a query that the
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By KELLY BARCLAY
Senior Editor
Carla Harriman read from her
poetry as part of the New York
State Writer’s Institute at the
Performing Arts Center Thurs-
day.
News Feature
Billed as “experimental,” Har-
riman’s work juxtaposes seem-
ingly unrelated words and phras-
es to create an entirely new
meaning. “The woman is con-
sumed alive as she is torn from
the inside out by the number,”
she read, reciting from the title
poem in her forthcoming book,
There Never Was A Rose Without
a Thorn, Like a computer-dot
picture, the individual compo-
nents of her poems seem incom-
prehensible close up, but from a
distance, they come together
with perfect symmetry and
design.
Staff Photo By Roxanne dePrado
Carla Harriman, poet reads from her work.
Harriman’s poetry contains an
abundance of metaphors and
analogies comparing great ideas
and thoughts with commonplace
events; she mixes the profound
with the ordinary. Her second
selection, entitled “Magic and
Rousseau,” brought the philoso-
phies of Rousseau down to a
game, where every concept was
just a block in a park.
Harriman’s wit and disdain for
institutions bring to mind Joseph
Heller, or even an artsy Douglas
Adams. Yet the interactions of
her words exude haunting beauty
and intense truths: “Sometimes
magic is the obscure master in
play,” she writes in “Magic and
Rousseau.”
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By KIMBERLY STRAUSS
Rita Marley, widow of Bob
Marley, spoke to a crowd of
News Feature
SUNYA students about her life
with her late husband.
Dr. Eleanor West introduced
Rita Marley after a description
of shantytown life in Jamaica.
Rita Marley detailed her first
contact with The Wailers, Bob
Marley’s band, at 17 as they
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Rita Marley speaks to a full house.
were speaking out against the
poor conditions of life.
Her first story articulated how
Bob wanted to leave Trench-
_ town and, “not to forget where
they came from; but to set an
example and be a guiding light”
to all. “You have to understand
the Wailers were our Beatles,”
she said.
Now, years later, the PAC
Recital Hall was filled with peo-
ple of various ethnicities and
religions, most of who were too
young to have seen Marley per-
form.
Rita Marley said, “We come
here because you need to learn
more about yourself. Believe
me.”
She stated the reality of Jesus
Christ and how Rastifarian her
and her late husband’s religion,
is a form of Christianity.
Her first experience that led
her to believe in the truths spo-
ken in the Bible was a day in
April 1966.
Halie Selassie, emperor of
Ethiopia, came to Jamaica. Mar-
ley said she made eye contact
with the when he was driven
around by car, waving to the
streets of Jamaica and saw the
marks on his palms.
Marley said at that moment
she remembered hearing the
words from the Bible that dis-
cusses how you will know Him
by the marks in his hands. She
immediately ran home and
wrote her husband, who had
been living in Wilmington,
Delaware with his Mother since
the day after they were wed, that
she had seen Selassie.
She also discussed miscon-
ceptions people have of Bob
Marley, such as the amount of
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Last minute studying and cramming caused by lack of time management
Do you find that there are not
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concluding with some helpful
hints.
The first belief that may effect
time management negatively is
the belief that your life is con-
trolled only by external events.
This belief can be damaging
because it encourages you not to
take responsibility for your
actions and their consequences.
The fact is, is that you have con-
trol over many aspects of your
life and you don’t have to rely on
external events to motivate you.
The second damaging belief is
that you should have no limits.
Perfectionism can be harmful in
that this leads to an impossible
task—you can never meet your
standards. This denies you the
feeling of accomplishment about .
yourself. Realistic and attainable
goals increase the likelihood-of
success and reward you for
doing your work.
There are three major steps in
organizing your time. The first is
to establish priorities, the second
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third, and most complex, is to
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lishing your priorities involves
making a simple list which is a
result of some hard thinking. Be
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talk it over with friends or, if you
feel strongly that your priorities
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(CPS) After class recently, Dawn Tawwater-
King returned to her new on-campus housing
at Texas Woman’s University. She pulled up a
chair to joining a circle of friends in her new
living room—the free speech lawn outside the
administration and classroom buildings at
TWU. Tawwater-King, a graduate student in
sociology, and about 40 other students sleeping
in 19 tents have made the lawn their new
home, in protest of the TWU Board of
Regents’ Dec. 9 decision to allow men to
enroll in all of the university’s undergraduate
programs. Previously, men had been. allowed
only in graduate programs and the School of
Health Care Services.
At the informal meeting in the heart of “tent
city,” Tawwater-King went over strategy and
upcoming events with a core group of 11 other
members of the newly formed TWU
Preservation Society. She cautioned group
members about security and hostile outsiders,
and suggested that the group recruit a guest
speaker and hold a concert with all-female
bands to raise awareness for’ their cause. She
also encouraged members to attend a work- ©
shop on dealing with the media, who arrive in
increasing numbers every day. “This issue is
not about men and women,” Tawwater-King
said. “It’s about women.” The university’s new
policy was adopted to avoid possible legal
action from men seeking admittance to the uni-
versity’s general undergraduate programs,
Regent Sheryl Watley told The Dallas
Morning News. It was Watley who made the
motion to amend the admissions policy. “A lot
of women profit from being in an environment
that allows them to excel in leadership posi-
tions,” said Bettye Myers, a TWU professor of
kinesiology and chief plaintiff in the suit
against the regents. “Legislatively, we have the
authority to remain exclusatory.”
- “A lot of people think that since this is a
women’s university, we hate men, which is
ridiculous,” Whitzke said. “A major focus of
this university is what women have done and
what they can do. This is about not losing
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“It was a matter of when, rather than if,”
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The regents have been the target of repeated
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the regents that “policies that affect the entire
community should be debated and discussed as
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the Board of Regents,” Fannin said.
The meeting agenda for Dec. 9 stated that the
board would “revise admissions policy,” but
some students felt they had not been informed
adequately of the extent of the revision. —
“If people had been given the opportunity to
speak and interact with the board, there would
probably be no tent city,” Whitzke said,
“Everybody just felt blind-sided.”
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Haitian insurrection was called Socialist,
Martineau said “What they (the peasants)
wanted was a better distribution of
land...The movement in Haiti, like any
movement, would have become one hun-
dred percent communist if they didn’t
have that tremendous resistance from the
United States. There are a lot of measures
we will have to take and, however they
call them,” they will benefit the people.
“If you want to call it a name,” he said,
“call it ‘Hatianism.’”
Martineau said, “I do not think every
party in Haiti wants democracy, but the
majority of people want a different kind of
country and a different type of reality.”
Regarding the refugees, Martineau said,
“What is happening, as President Aristide
put it, is hell. People move out of their
country when they don’t seea future.”
Jelelelpelelelalpelpely elfeljelfely
“Are you interested
Martineau.explained his philosophy of
American policy towards refugees as
more of an economic issue and “political
propaganda” than of race. He said if a
refugee from a communist country tries to |
enter the United States, it is more accept-
able because it appears as if “they have
chosen freedom over slavery.”
Martineau said with Haiti, it is com-
pletely the opposite. He said Americans |
control Haiti economically and when the |
refugees try to leave Haiti, “It symbolizes _
a coup against the United States.”
He said, “When you say Haiti...(Ameri-
cans think of) violence, devil worshippers,
AIDS.” Martineau said he was once told |
by an American that one out of ten people |
in Haiti had AIDS, a total of 700,000 peo-
ple, which he said was impossible.
Martineau was asked if Haiti will ever |
recover from the political turmoil. He |
said, “The country has been practically |
dismantled.”
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their character.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
At the dawn of the twenty first century, one might
think that we would attempt to seek equality and justice
in all areas of our country’s agenda. Yet, the misguided
Affirmative Action policies of our country have worked
to the contrary. After my own analysis of Affirmative
Action procedures, I came to the realization that if we
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discriminate against people of specific racial and genetic
patterns, then we are perpetuating the wrong kind of
prejudice.
. Throughout the country, corporations and companies in
the private and public sectors have been forced to comply
with the Affirmative Action policies regarding quotas.
There has been a debasement and devaluation of
standards at the request of our ‘beneficent’ government.
Has our government, along with the American public,
concluded that the minorities are inferior in cerebral
strengths? By lowering standards have they automatically
decided that the ‘protected’ classes and genders cannot
possibly meet the original white male standards? This is
the definition of RACISM and SEXISM.
A large beneficiary of Affirmative Action policies is
not only the inner city youth, it is also the white female. I
stand to benefit from the policies, yet I do not favor the
current misdirected agenda of our president. I feel that
the policies of today have been exhausted, misused, and
abused. I think that we must reform the system and
redefine our intentions and goals. As a potential
beneficiary of these policies, there must be a reasonable
explanation as to why I would object to current
Affirmative Action policies. The logical conclusion and
answer is simple: I do not want the glass ceiling to hold
me back at the same time it lifts me up. I want to rise on
my own merit. I want equality of opportunity, not
equality of result.
Affirmative Action has been woven into the fabric of
American society in order to rectify de jure
discrimination and to help out the people who might have
been subject to discrimination and prejudice. The
prejudices within our society would have made a victim
in the professional white male world. Affirmative Action
policies of today are construct of the patriarchal, white
male power structure. Their policies have proven to be
anything but heroic. Affirmative Action yields to
Classification and segregation based on minority
background and gender: ne
What we need is color blind and gender blind society.
When we accept the current status of Affirmative Action
policies, we must realize that there are attached punitive
damages. We will always have racists, homophobes, and
bigots in our society; however, the Affirmative Action
policies can not change these perhaps “unnatural”
emotions. In order to create a just community which
preaches tolerance, we must strike at the root of the
problem. We must attack the hearts and minds of those
who have strayed from the path of humanity, acceptance,
and tolerance.
Put Up or Shut Up
Randolph L. Viscio
Did you ever get escorted out of the SUNY Student
Association office by a couple of police officers? The
other day I had that pleasure after I walked into my
Student Association office and asked for a list of campus
organizations and contact names. Not identifying myself
as an ASP columnist, I was treated like any regular
student would be. So, imagine yourself in these shoes:
Entering through the door to the Student Association
office you spot the information desk and ask for a list of
campus organizations and contact names. First you are
told that the only listing of that kind is one that’s taped to
the desk. You look at it. It’s a small list of about 13
groups and it’s got graffiti scribbled all over it.
“Ummm...,” you pause for a second and then continue,
“No, you think I could get a copy of this and some
contact names for these groups?” The person sitting at
the desk hands you a pen and piece of paper and informs
you that there are no contact names for the groups and
that there are no copies of the list taped to the desk.
Finding this a bit hard to believe you ask to speak with
someone else who might be able to locate a list of
campus groups with contact names.
After a few minutes (the person isn’t sure who you
should see about this unusual request), you are ushered
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Don’t Ignore the 18 to 25ers
In Tuesday’s Times Union, a legislative aide was
quoted in making a reference to college students, “Don’t
act like you didn’t know this was coming.” The aide also
speaks about how there is a complete feeling of apathy
on college campuses in regards to voting.
Now we all know about the apathy which supposedly
permeates through this campus; there was even an
editorial written a couple weeks ago on this subject. But
for once, SUNY students bucked the stereotype. The ~
five thousand students who converged on the capital
building Monday were in no way being apathetic. They
were unhappy with the proposed tuition hikes and
instead of doing the usual college thing and sitting on:
their butts, they marched, chanted, and vocally
expressed their opinions.
Will this stop the tuitions hikes? No, of course not.
But it did give the legislatures something to think about.
College students are not as clueless as they appear to be.
Just give us something to really care about, something
that really effects us, and we will speak up. We don’t
like being bulldozed, just like everyone else.
It has been statistically proven that the 18-25 age
is because we just don’t care. That simply isn’t true;
students care, but when was the last time politicians
actually went out of their way to specifically address this
“18 to 25’ age group?
Our current president proved students will vote when
we are included in the issues. However, since that
election, there really hasn’t been a politician,
specifically in New York state, who has addressed
students. Heck, Governor George Pataki managed to get
himself elected without ever spelling out his plans for
education. We are the only group that the politicians are
not afraid to ignore. Can you imagine what would
happen if politicians ignored the voters over 65? This
country would probably grind to a halt because the
elderly are not afraid to speak up.
Students, with this rally, made the first step to having
their voices heard. However, we cannot just retreat back
to our little corners. If students really expect legislatures
to listen, we have to keep at them whether it be with
phone calls, letters, or more marches. We have to make
legislatures realize that we will simply not be ignored,
and that students are not all of the “Generation X” make.
into the office of Julie Stamour. She sits behind her desk
and an elected Student Association member, Alan
Richards, sits to your right. Julie seems confused, even
suspicious, of your request. You imagine her thinking,
“Like, why would anybody want a list of campus groups
and contact names?” She explains to you that there is a
University policy protecting the privacy of contact
people and, thus, she can only give you a list of
recognized student groups with no names. She is vague
about the policy and you are confused. “Ummm...” you
ponder the question, “Why do the groups have a contact
person if they can’t be contacted?”
At this point, good ol’ Al Richards jumps down your
throat. “You dumb shit! Don’t you know the. University
doesn’t give out important names and numbers? It would .
be an invasion of their privacy. We need to insulate our
leaders!” Naw, he doesn’t say that, at least not in those
words. It’s much more subtle; a sort of high browed,
patronizing speech. Anyway, you asked Al and Julie if
you can speak to their boss or whoever else is in charge .
because, for all their defensiveness, they don’t really
seem to know if this is a formal or an informal policy.
After Al sends you in three different directions (none
of which produced the desired list), you do the
unthinkable. You raise your voice and yell. “Is there
some justifiable reason why I can’t get this simple list?”
Like a good politician, Al ignores you until you
demanded that he “act like a man.” You know this will
get his attention (strong appeal to his masculinity).
Now you’ve done it. You have smashed the dignity
and decorum of that sacred office. The foundations of
Democracy are about to crumble. Recognizing this,
Allan orders Julie to “Call the University Police!”
(always a good solution). Julie does so immediately.
Meanwhile, other elected student /eaders have joined in
and are debating proper communication etiquette and
telling you to “respect” them. “Sorry,” you say somewhat
amused, “Respect is something you gotta earn.” One
student leader yells “Peace Brother” to you while another
leader shouts “Cuff-him! Cuff-him!”
By the time the real cavalry show up, you’re glad to
see them and even ready to be cuffed. You fear that you
might get beaten down by the SA if the cops don’t arrive
when they do. But you don’t get cuffed. You are given
some names and numbers and told that Julie and Allan
are going to implement SUNY judicial proceedings
against you.
I don’t hold grudges. I know I can be all those things
mom and President Bush told you not to be- least of all
“polite.” I guess I go for morals rather than manners. So
I'd like to apologize to the SA for my actions. Is it true
that we students shouldn’t turn to our student
government for information unless we’re willing to get
down on our hands and knees and beg for it?
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Well, midterms are on their way again (not that you'll drop
everything to study anyway), and soon it will be time to leave
our delightful home away from home. It’s that time of year to
pay thousands of dollars to venture out to Cancun, Florida,
Tibet (I hear it’s nice this time of year) or whatever destination
you may choose to waste your money on for spring break. Me,
I'm just going to go home to lovely Northport, home of the
satan cults, oh so loveable ex-girlfriends, and great narcotics (I
just thought, this is the perfect opportunity to give a positive
plug for my hometown). I really shouldn’t complain though. I
had the option of coasting down to Florida with some friends,
but to my dismay, the ingenious plan was doomed from the
beginning. That’s alright, because my Grandma who lives in
Florida can wait till next year. In the meantime, she’ll be kept
busy with her bridge club and Bingo (she plays a mean game of
Bingo).
I'll be home soon, sitting on my ass, watching Dazed and
Confused every hour, on the hour, reaffirming my bond with
Milla Jovavich. I can tell by the way she looks at me in the
movie that she wants me with the same intensity Alyssa
Milano had for me in eighth grade (by the way, do you see the
way Traci Lords looks at me on the cover. She wants me to.
Who can blame her). Don’t worry, I’m taking serious drugs for
my superiority complex. My doctor says that I’ll outgrow this
stage with my interaction with real people. Another task in
which I will be often partaking in is dodging my parents’ usual
plea for me to get a job during the break. If I choose to stay
around the house for the duration of the time my parents will
chase me around the house with scissors, threatening to cut me
off (no pun intended). Speaking of scissors, the never-ending
hair war with my parents is as present as ever. I think my
response of “I forgot to get it cut” is getting redundant and
unbelieveable. eee 7
There’s an infinite sum of work I have to do over vacation. I
was thinking of taking the “bring your work home that you
won't do anyway, but’ have in ‘possession for reasons of
__self-assurance”.approach.when.I go. home..As-you: watch your
Dionne Warwick, psycho-friends shit you'll notice the’
untouched stack of books to the left. The only thing I'll be .
working on is my tolerance at the local bars as my memories of"
SUNY fade (Gee, that’s a bad ‘thing). This, I proclaim: I shall
return to school with my liver full and my notebooks empty.
Anyway, on a more serious tip, this week, students who
choose to remain on our shiny, happy campus will embark into
the first step of the painstaking process of housing. The step in
which I speak of is the equally enjoyable to Full House re-runs
student lottery. This year our whole system has sprung into the
age of high-technology. Computers will spit out your housing
fate, as opposed to standing on line for hours waiting for
someone to pick your own personal hell out of a plastic bag
(Now I know why my friends in the EOP program can’t go to
school anymore: we need to use that money for a better
housing system. We Love Pataki!). Another option would be to
get yourself a spacious rat—-hole downtown where bar-hoppers
freely die of alcohol poisoning after pissing on your driveway.
I think I'll opt for being a refugee, live off my friends’ expenses
at their houses, until my prescence causes extreme nausea.
That’s what college is for: Learning to mooch off your friends
as much as possible, so you can graduate SUNY with honors to
become an expert panhandler with a degree in English. With
your superior education, you'll be able to elaborate specifically
how much money to beg for. That degree will give you the
edge over the other burger flipper applicants who can’t use the ,
proper tense when asking what size soda you want.
When you leave Albany behind for your well deserved beck
don’t forget to bring this column home to accompany you on
your quest for knowledge and the meaning of life, or maybe
just a good way to get laid.
March 3, 1995
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March 3, 1995
So
Wit & Tobacco Drive Mrs. Parker
A piece of advice for viewing Mrs.
Parker and the Vicious Circle: buy a pack
of cigarettes beforehand. In her
lifetime she must have single-
handedly kept the Camel cigarette
company in business, and it’s hard not
to have a nicotine fit after spending
two and a half hours with Parker and
her friends.
Sue Craine
The film jumps between Dorothy
Parker’s late life in Hollywood, where
she helped write movie scripts, and
her heyday in the 1920s. It was during
the ’20s when Parker and her friends,
which included such people as H.W.
Ross (co-founder of The New Yorker),
Peter Benchley, and Charlie McCarthy,
ran New York society from their table
at the Algonquin Hotel, where they
met daily for lunch.
Parker was one of the unofficial
leaders of the group, known for both
her wit and biting sarcasm .Although
these attributes were her saving grace,
they were also her greatest enemies. In
the clips showing her later life, Parker
was a lonely, bitter woman, unable to
maintain a relationship with anyone.
Her inability was due to three major
relationships which the film focuses
on: her disastrous marriage to Eddie
Parker, her lover Charlie McCarthy,
who cheats on her with a friend and
seems to be the inspiration for most of
her poetry, and finally, her friend Peter
Benchley. Andrew McCarthy gives a
good performance as Eddie, proving
there is hope after Mannequin, and
Matthew Broderick brings just the
right cad-like quality to McCarthy.
Campbell Scott as Peter Benchley is
Okay, but it’s difficult to believe his
character was able to keep up with
Parker, as the movie portrays.
Benchley was supposed to be her
romance of intellectual equality, and
Scott doesn’t pull it off.
Jennifer Jason Leigh’s excellent
performance as Parker outshines the
rest of the cast. It takes a special kind
of actress to utter the line (after a
quick tryst in the bushes) “don’t
worry Roger, I don’t review
rehearsals,” without batting an
eyelash. Leigh, with seemingly little
effort, is able to convey Parker’s
intelligence, determination, and later,
her bitterness.
The film is interspersed with
selections of Parker’s poetry. Although
the first time this occurs it seems
strange, the poetry gives the audience
an idea of what is going on in Parker’s
mind. To be able to hear the agony
Parker goes through makes her a more
sympathetic character, instead of a
cynic who tries to appear untouched
by anything.
There is one small problem with the
film, and that is the accents which
both Leigh and Scott use. At the
beginning it is terribly difficult to
understand what they are saying, and
it’s frustrating because the film is built
on what the characters say to each
other.
This however, should in no way be a
deterrent from seeing this movie.
Parker and her friends hold a special
place in history, and this movie makes
it easy to understand why. Go out and
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Roommates Is Hollywood Stool
I’m beginning to wonder what
studio heads are using for brains
nowadays. I’m beginning to wonder
how many pieces of shit they can
make in a row, and if they actually’
think we want to see these films.
Scott Watts
I’m beginning to wonder if they
honestly think we’ll shove hand into
Levi pocket and pull out cash for this
dung-on—good-cellulite. It seems like
I saw the last of the “good movies”
last summer, and I can count them on
one hand. I saw more crap last fall
than I would have if I were in a bed
pan scrubbery. The pattern has
started again this year, and it (as well
as the films) monumentally sucks. I
really want to be entertained. I do,
REALLY! I want to laugh, and cry,
and ooh, and aah. But alas,
Hollywood can’t figure out what a
snarling dog foaming at the mouth
wants, so I will mourn another fallen
project.
Roommates starts off in an
interesting way with a lot of potential.
Michael Holeckzek stands at a funeral
mourning the loss of his single
mother. The family, uninterested and
unable to care for him, suggests
sending him to an orphanage.
Michael’s 70 year old grandfather,
Rocky (Peter Falk), won’t allow it.
Rocky is a stubborn old man who has
his mind set on raising his grandson,
whatever it takes. Rocky is
determined to teach Michael the
lessons of life, although the story fails
to accomplish this. The movie spans
thirty years and never really delves
into any of the complexities of life.
The story is shallow, slow, and very
predictable at times.
Later in life, Michael (D.B. Sweeney,
as the adult Michael) becomes a
doctor, falls in love, has kids, and
loses. his wife while Rocky gets sick
and goes to live with Michael. We
know of Rocky’s attempt to show
Michael what life has in store for him,
but we don’t care. At times the story
plays like a corny sitcom, and at other
times, a Soap opera.
The film is not without its genuine
moments. The best parts of the film
are those centering around Rocky, a
great character. At the film’s start he
is 70, Pittsburgh’s oldest baker.
Throughout the film, Rocky is
determined to work. He doesn’t
believe in getting something for
nothing. Rocky has many interesting
philosophies that he tries to pass on
to Michael, but we are unsure if
Michael ever learns them. Peter Falk
brings this character to life. His
performance gives Rocky the perfect
amount of charisma, strength, and
humor, but this is the only
outstanding quality of the film.
Why, why, why didn’t someone
figure out this film had a lot of
potential and attempt to do
something with it? Hollywood seems
to see quality as something extra.
Roommates is another casualty of a
movie trying to make a quick buck!
There is no chance of achieving this
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Traci Lords’ debut, 1000 Fires (Radioactive), is
truly a surprising first outing. Lords isn’t known
for having a real dance pedigree, but she acquits
herself quite effectively. She doesn’t exactly do all
of this single-handedly, however. The lyrics, well,
she can claim them as her own, but musically, her
collaborations include members of Juno Reactor
(A big British techno boffin’ group, look ‘em up),
Jesus Jones, and Babble (featuring former
Thompson Twins members).
Jabberwock
And the music isn’t bad, not bad at all as a mat-
ter of fact. Stylistically, she touches on all the cur-
rent hot dance genres. The album opens with the
song “Control” (Not a Janet Jackson cover). This
would not seem out of place on the new Front
Line album, what with its speedy beats and
industrial feel (well, faux—industrial at any rate.)
“Fallen Angel” also zips along but it has a real
nifty Latin feel to it. This is affected by synth—dri-
ven flamenco guitar and meringue-type. samples
over the main beat. Neat! The press release says
that this song was influenced by Kurt Cobain’s 12
gauge sinus medicine. Kind of tragic, but oh well.
The two most adventurous numbers on here are
the songs “Good ’N’ Evil” and “Father’s Field.”
“G'N’E” is rollicking exercise in polyrhythms
with a really spiffy James Bond/Morricione feel to
it. “Father’s Field” is what I would call an ambient
confessional. It is something Madonna has been
trying to do for years but, well, couldn’t. This one
is produced by Brian Eno-beatless and wispy. Not
bad. Very sparse.
She also tries her hand a trip-hop with “Say
Something” and “Fly.” Definitely not Mo Wax,
but they are both valid attempts. The song “Okey
Dokey” is jokey-techno like the Juiceman’ s
“Marcia’s Theme,” where Lords sings “Okey
dokey doggie daddy,” as in the old Augie Doggie
cartoon (Hanna Barbera). Hmmmm.
The rest, well, is shite. Not worth mentioning.
But now that we have discussed the music how
about Lords herself. Lyrically she isn’t really
breaking any ground. We’re not talking Polly Jean
or Tori here. Voice—wise she is better served stick-
ing with the whispery, sometimes spoken vocals.
She doesn’t have the pipes of a Bjork or a Billie
Ray Martin. Besides, I don’t feel that “House
Diva” would exactly fit Lords particular idiom.
In the grand scheme of things however, I
applaud her. She doesn’t do anything too tremen-
dously new or innovative, but she is willing to
jump into different genres on the album. The only
techno artist that readily pops to mind fitting that
description is Moby. All the other big names just
record an album under a pseudonym so props to
Traci for being a blender.
This is not a bad album at all. I rather like it. It’s.
got a good beat, and of course, I can dance to it. I
give it a solid 7.5.
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beats. Some of the songs are
Pond, Pond: Happy, Happ
The Practice of to Before
Death (Sub Pop) is the second
release from Pond and it
could not have come out
soon enough.
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of distortion and hard hitting
machine. Their vocals fi
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more entertaining. Charlie} |
Campbell and Chris Brady’s
song writing is great because |
they understand a song
sounds much better if the
lyrics flow with the riffs and
about assault on the world
and some start nice and mellow,
then erupt like a child on a sugar
rush-violently. In a lot of the
songs Pond resemble the Nova
Scotia band Sloan and fellow
northwestern band and pioneers,
Screaming Trees. However, they
are more playful in the melodies
on most songs.
The album opens up with
“SideRoad,” hard hitting drums
and a three part riff that changes
as much as the government in
Italy. It makes you want to get up
all over your room. The backing
bass riff completes the party. The
album cuts right into “Mubly’s
Shene” which opens with a funky
beat. The whine of both vocals
and the verse guitar gives it a
good hard edge that makes you
wish you were up on stage play-
, Joy, Joy
ing along.
“Magnifier” is very play-
ful with both Chris and
Charlie singing. It has a sim-
ple reflective whining guitar
riff, without the bass the song
would fall apart. As always
the drums are hard hitting.
The best song on the album is
_|“Ol’ Blue Hair.” The chorus
makes it great and holds it
together. It’s hard to believe a
little thing like a simple cho-
rus can make or break the
song.
The standouts are
“Sundial” which will make
you smile and “Glass
Sparkles in the Hair,” which
switches back and forth from
having guitar and bass as
lead rhythm. It is carefree like
a baby that has no troubles in|
the world. The album falls
about a little at the end witha
couple of slower less distort-
ed songs but they remain worth
listening to.
The Practice of Joy Before Death is
a superb piece of work. Pond def-
initely conquered the sophomore
troubles that so many bands have.
On a cloudy day most of the sun
is covered, but there are a couple
of rays of sun that gets through.
Pond is one of those rays.
Mother May I’s Trite Alterna—Pop
_If.Mother. May.Lhas a devoted
group of followers somewhere
don’t expect this kid to join the
ranks. On their debut album,
Splitsville (Colombia/Chaos), this
trio of alternative rockers sound
like...well, they sound like your
typical WDRE alterna—pop rock
band.
Luke Henry
They ask us in “Teenage Jesus”
to, “step aside for the new
Messiah” but they offer only old
cliches about a world that has
already been examined too many
times by tormented musicians
without insight.
Lead guitarist and vocalist,
Damon Hennessey’s wailing gui-
tar riffs bring the listener in effec-
tively. Sadly, the lyrics keep us
out.
The ballad, “Dick and Jane,”
tells the story of small town, abu-
sive Dick and Jane, his
donut-hole making girlfriend.
Predictably, Jane leaves Dick and
Dick wants her back. So what?
Even Offspring’s cry of “I’ve got
no self esteem” tells us a lot more
about why people are drawn to
the Dick’s of this world than does
Mother May I.
Limited emotional range is the
group’s greatest drawback. In
“Meet You There,” Hennessey
explains “I bite my tongue ‘cause
everything I say sounds dumb.” -
“In Between” contains the refrain
“couldn’t bring myself to say.”
Repeatedly, Mother May I is torn,
rather split, between exposing the
ugliness they see and protecting
the beauty others wish for. Too
bad they feel.so conflicted, for in
the end, Mother May I ends up
saying nothing
When they finally offer us a
tangible emotion, rarely does it
true. “Something Better” says
“you and I always find a way to
avoid each other like lovers
always do.” Sounds to me like
strangers, not lovers.
A couple of the tracks were
catchy but there is little that is
original on the album though,
and soon the shelf life on this sort
of ’90s alterna—pop will have
expired.
The Future’s So Bright For Timbuk 3
Timbuk 3" s new album, A
Hundred Lovers (High Street), is an
upbeat, “sunshiny” album with
catchy lyrics and song titles. The
beat is light with acoustic guitar,
harmonica, and keyboards found
in much of the music today. But
what differentiates Timbuk 3
from the rest is their incorpora-
tion of world events in their
unusual lyrics.
Andrea Leszczynski
“Legalize Our Love,” is about
the discrimination against homo-
sexuals. Pat McDonald and
Barbara K take a stand gay bash-
ers. They want to gather a huge
army of people to help end this
hateful discrimination. “Why
must we hide from our chil-
dren...We’ll stage a demonstra-
tion and call on every dove/ To
pass legislation/ To legalize our
love...” Harmonica takes lead in
the beginning as Wally Ingram’s
smooth drum beat plays in the
background.
In “Prey,” Pat McDonald angri-
ly vocalizes his opinion about
how selfish and narrow-minded
people can be. He says people
“never pray for peace” but “pray
for victory;” they “never pray for
love” but “pray for abstinence.”
It’s a slow and touching melody
made by a crying acoustic guitar.
It makes you just want to go out
and drive out the world’s misery.
“Shotgun Wedding” consists of
strange rhyming lyrics that have
absolutely no relationship to each
other. It has a groovy, lava lamp
kinda beat. “Fight for the right for
party favors/ Hush Jack, don’t
talk back/ Sci-fi alibi....” It
moves smoothly and is a pretty
slick tune with crazy lyrics.
The amusing lute, tombla, and
bongla are heard in “Kitchen
Fire.” This tune has a very dis-
tinct sound; it’s something you
wouldn’t encounter every day lis-
tening to the radio. “Kitchen Fire”
describes the horrid occurrences
in Bombay. It has been discov-
ered that a man murders his wife
by “accidental burning” in order
to get a higher dowry through
another marriage. With that little
bit of information, women should
think twice before exchanging
vows with a man from Bombay.
Timbuk 3 is an intelligent and
fact-knowledgeable group who,
through their cool music and
unusual lyrics, teach us a few
things we may have never
known. You may have to take the
time to dig out the hidden mes-
sage behind those strange words,
but it’s all worth the trouble.
Despite the interesting informa-
tion, A Hundred Lovers is a good,
but not great (like “wow-holy
cow”) album. Hey, maybe next
time.
March 3, 1995
Aspects 6a
T&A Jaught at University Hospital
Paging Nurse Cleavage! Paging Nurse
Virgin! Paging those ugly girls! Strap on
your surgical mask and get set for Aaron
Spelling’s new masterpiece: University
Hospital. University Hospital is a dra-
matic series about four beautiful student
nurse roommates interning at a hospital
in Washington State on at 12:30 am early
Sunday morning.
LESTER
Despite the fact that they live in the
most boring state in the country, the four
beautiful student nurse roommates have
seen the plague ravage their unit, and, of
course, hundreds of heart wrenching cas-
es of death and sorrow that only four
beautiful student nurse roommates can
tell about convincingly.
I have no idea which season their in,
but the four beautiful student nurse
roommates have become fast friends for-
ever. One of the beautiful student nurse
roommates is a big bitch at the beginning
of each episodes but she is always the
one who saves the emotional day at the
end. However, she seems to prove that
there are no dress codes in the hospital
since her bra flashes on screen (not to
mention a wee bit of flesh) more than any
real doctors. Her hair is supposed to be
blond, but please, look at those eyebrows.
My favorite beautiful student nurse
roommate is a curly haired girl who has
the worst dye job in the world. She is
from somewhere in the mid-west and her
climactic moment is when she had sex
with some guy who she felt bad forf{ ,
because he has a terminal disease but he’s
a virgin. But she is the beautiful student
nurse roommate who has big problems.
She posed nude for a painting and a do
tor bought it. How will she ever live it
down? Well, it doesn’t matter, because
now she and the doctor with the nude
painting of my favorite beautiful student
nurse roommate are dating, so I guess he
sees her naked anyway.
The other two beautiful student nurse
roommates are really boring and not as
pretty as the other two so they don’t real-
ly matter. Except one of them (whose
name is Sam or Pat or something like
that) saved the other three beautiful stu-
dent nurse roommates from the plague
and I thought she was going to hook up
Where and when to catch these shows
(in Albany):
University Hospital: Sat. Night/Sun.
morning, 12:30 AM, ch. 23
The Young Ones: Sat., 12:00 PM,
11:00 PM, Sun., 12:00 AM, Mon., 9:00
PM & 3:00 AM, Thurs., 11:00 PM,
ch. 22
Return
Puck, lookout. Saturday, March
11, Comedy Central welcomes
back the British sitcom The Young
Ones, the 1980s fictional predeces-
sor to MTV’s The Real World.
The Youngs Qnes
with this ugly, old doctor but she doesn’t.
This proves that the show is as unpre-
Jason Black
dictable as it is convincing.
Not only have I become completely
hooked on this show, but it makes me
want to be a beautiful student nurse
roommate. I talked to my friend who has
a friend who is studying to be a beautiful
student nurse roommate and she said
that you have to take chemistry and stuff,
so I don’t think I’m going to do that. So I
will continue to watch University Hospi-
tal, as I hope you do. If you truly learn to
love this show as much as I do, I urge
you to write Aaron Spelling a letter to
move the show to a better time. For cry-
ing out loud, Robin’s Hoods is practically
on prime time and that show is unrealis-
tic.
Watch and see your suitemate or
housemate problems pale in com-
parison to the clashing of personal-
ities of Neil, the depressing hippie;
Vyv, the uncontrolable punk; Mike,
the preppie-like “smoothie”; and
Rick, the raging, politically aware
abstractionist.
While some of the humor may
be dated (as is the music, with
appearances by bands like Dexys
Midnight Runners, and Madness
in each episode) and the politics
difficult for us Yanks to under-
stand, there are moments of absur-
dity in each episode severe enough
ae
to pain even the most jaded televi-
sion viewer.
Whether the guys are trying to
deal with an escaped convict hold-
ing them hostage or their parents,
who cause equal amounts of stress,
the program showcases the slap-
stick talents of the actors as well as
surreal writing a la Kids In The
Hall.
_ While fans of Absolutely Fabu-
lous or Are You Being Served? will
find themselves right at home with
The Young Ones comedic style, any-
one who has ever co-habitated
with friends or strangers will be
able to relate. In other words, this
is not a stuffy British import for
your grandmother or that kid in
high school who was a little too
into Monty Python.
Watch and be thankful there is
another comedic alternative to Full
House.
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Aspects 7a
VAMPIRES ARE GOOD...CcL
Around every turn appears her face
Stifling beauty, stealing both breath and
heart |
Turning away to maintain my semblance
Will I ever be able to contain her power?
Kind-hearted and true, I melt at her touch
Exotic and enigmatic, I’m guessing for more
Marveling at this unfettered spirit
Will I ever be able to embrace her soul?
Unworthy of the attention she gives
Yet utterly grateful for that transient
moment
While the hand of Eros crushes my chest
Never caN I limn her true essence.
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|he is pouring himself into her
| With just one look...
Profound Necessity
Thinking about the one
who stares so intently at her
and who has stared |
so intently at her
that she feels as though
thus pulling them together
So that their colors
have no choice but to melt
pure Passion
she wants to tip her head back
close her eyes |
and allow her hair to fall
Fall down the length of her back
Echoed Enigma
My dark, angelic vampire
(for whom I have such little consequence)
Speaks to me through the windows of his soul
But I cannot fully comprehend
As I am driven through the breadth of the storm in his spirit
Revealing every shade of pain and euphoria, :
of yearning and shame,
and passion,
| All of this pouring into me
And a hint of a time past flashes before me
| -I cannot keep my composure....
This time, transcending words, I dare to ask
but I am left unanswered and exhausted,
And my soul is left unresolved,
carrying a bittersweet, incomprehensible i image
that will haunt me. , Again. For another, of several eternities. |
Sombthitic is filling my fs
and my heart remains empty
For what did I know of all this, really?
—Nili Badanowski
Saucy Young
Maidens & Red
Eyed Demons
Long Island Country
Queens Rule
Ghosts whisper outside the window
Beautiful sunset though
Mascara Massacre
Fruity Tooty
Tantalizing Tarts
Lipstick Ladies
Eyeline Shine
Young Maidens — sweet?
Fall has fallen
Wrap up
Rap up
Stone thrown Red Eyed Demons
Is she giving you the eye ?
Wy oe:
She’s looking ion 2
Kind o’ raunchy
Know what I mean?
She’s been seen
Perfect Peaches
Succulent Strawberries
. Eye lids flutter.
Balt thrown back
-Murray Scott
opening her arms
letting him pull her
To Him....
And he continued to stare
but Attraction became passive to them
though she remained unsettled
And she continued to question
and her addiction grew
for him
And no longer under control
Her passion
So finally they met
all questions answered
with no hesitancy
She turned to look and realized
His Kiss
Warm and engulfed
hungry yet sweet
he overpowered her
While he stroked her hair
Done
though not yet
finished death.
—Kellie Hamilton
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be presented by the Albany Civic
Theatre. Tickets are $10. Half price
for students with valid ID. Will
run weekends until 3/19. Shows
start 8 p.m. on Fridays, 4 & 8 p.m.
on Saturdays. 235 Second ‘St.,
Albany. Call the theatre at 462-
1297 for more info.
3/3 - Swing Dance at the First
Lutheran Church, 181 Western
Ave, Albany. Bobby Henrie and
the Goners will perform. Tickets
are $7 per person. Dance begins at
8:30 p.m.
3/3 - Strange Arrangement per-
forming at the Espresso Bar, Bor-
ders Books and Music, 59 Wolf
Road, Albany. 8 p.m.
res give a Latin Jazz concert at the
p-m. Corner of State and Second
Streets in Troy. Tickets are $22.
Call the box office at 273-0038 for
more information. .
3/3 - Lois & the Kryptonites will
perform at Mill Road Acres, 30
Mill Road, Latham. 9 p.m. show.
Call 783-7244 for additional infor-
mation.
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3/3 - Eddie Palmieri and Alex Tor-
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. 8.
3/3 - Jonathan Bright plays at
Mother Earth’s Cafe. Corner of
Quail and Western. 6 p.m.
3/3 - Section 8, Hard Response,
and Blood Runs Black at the QE2.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Ages 16+.
3/4 - Out of Control Rhythm &
Blues Band performs at Sandy’s
Clam Bar. 41 South St. Glens Falls.
11 p.m.-3 a.m.
3/4 - The Vito Mamone Trio will
perform at Mill Road Acres. 30
Mill Road, Latham. 8 p.m. 783-
7244 for additional information.
3/4 - A folk-punk concert will be
given by Dirty Crayon. Mother
Earth’s Cafe, Quail and Western in
Albany. 8 p.m.
3/5 - Terrorcake, Mind Over Mat-
ter, Soulstice, Phallacy, and Cop-
per are performing at the QE2.
Bogies, 297 Ontario St., Albany. 6
m. $6 with a can of vegetarian
Bod or $7 without. Call 442-2041
for more information.
3/5 - The Annual Concerto Con-
cert featuring the University-Com-
munity Orchestra. UAlbany’s Per-
forming Arts Center in the Main
Theatre. 7 p.m. Admission is free.
3/5 - George Wilson gives a con-
cert at the Eighth Step promoting
his new album. $9 admission. 14
Willett St, Albany. For more info,
call 434-1703. .
3/5 - Celtic newgrass concert will
be given by the McKrells. Borders
Books and Music, 59 Wolf Road,
Albany. 3 p.m. show.
3/6 - Richard Caddel, poet and
author will read from his various
works. 8 p.m. Assembly Hall of
the Campus Center, UAlbany.
3/6 - The University Jazz Ensem-
ble and the University-Communi-
ty Symphonic Band give concert
at the Performing Arts Center,
Main Theatre. Show is free. 8 p.m.
3/7 - Neil Buccino & Friends pre-
sent an evening of music and
poetry at mother Earth’s Cafe, 8
PM.
3/8 - Anne Bryan Smollin will be
signing her book, Jiggle Your Heart
and Tickle Your Soul at Borders
Books and Music. 59 Wolf Road, §
Albany. 7:30 p.m. For more info,
3 call 482-5800.
3/9 - Live, Love Spit Love, and
Sponge are performing at UAI-
bany’s RACC. 7:30 p.m. $19 for
the public, $17 for students.
3/9 - Hair of the Dog give an Irish
Folk and Pub Tunes concert. 8
p.m. Mill Road Acres, 30 Mill
Road, Latham.
3/9 - The Other Half will so a
all night at Bogie’st.
3/10 - Doc Scanlon’s Rhythm Boys
performing at Smoothy’s. Kimber-
ly Square Plaza, 471 Albany-Shak-
er Road, Loudon-ville. Concert
begins 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
3/10 - Cellar Stage, singer-song-
writer, Jim Gaudet and poet,
George Drew perform at the
Eighth Step. 14 Willett St., Albany.
Tickets are $7. For more informa-
tion, call 434-1703.
3/10 - Johnny Rabb’s Rockhouse
perform a 50’s R & B, Rock-and
Memphis Horn-based dance con-
cert at Mill Road Acres. 30 Mill
Road in Latham. 9 p.m. 783-1703
for more information.
3/10 - Caribe Mambo perform at
the Espresso Bar. Borders Books
and Music, 59 Wolf Road, Albany.
3/11 - Black 47 is performing at
Charity’s. Routes 9 and 146W in
Clifton Park. The Low Road
opens the show. 9 p.m. Tickets
are $14.50 and $16 at the door.
A Plethora
Over the past few weeks I’ve
attended the performances of talented
SUNYA musicians at Mother Earth’s
Cafe. These performances are main
attractions at the cafe and are marked
by a sense of playfulness, showman-
ship, and skill.
Anna M. Plumey
The Mr. Ferguson Band is a
funk-rock progressive group making
a name for themselves. Infectiously
cheerful, Todd, Jon, Larry, and Glenn
have a real ear for what works for.
them, including a devotional Jimi
Hendrix cover and a rocking version
of “Magic Carpet Ride”. Their origi-
nal collaborations show the positive |
influence of pop icons like Sting and
Pink Floyd. “The Brother Song” is a
refreshing melodic and emotional
piece about relationships. Besides
good lyrics I was most impressed by
the group’s coordination. Every ele-
ment is in sync, from the drums to the
bass. This is a must-see band.
Folk-rock trio Structure are original
and peppy. Prescott, the lead singer
and songwriter speaks of their work
as a collective process. Perhaps their
unity is the reason why they are able
to draw an audience from non- |
responsiveness to complete involve-
ment. Stylistically, they range from
traditional favorites like “Brown Eyed
Girl” and the Muppets cutesy “Can
You Picture That?” to original work.
Their own work is versatile, as shown
in the wispy “Heartbeat In A Night” |
to “Tribal Song,” which features an
impressive solo by drummer John, an
all around instrumentalist.
Jed Davis was a guest artist the
night Structure played, but he usually
performs alone. Mother Earth’s Cafe
owner Richard likes Jed’s wittiness,
which was evident in a queer, hymnal |
sing-along, “My Brother’s On A One
Way Flight to Heaven.” He is an
excellent keyboardist and truly cap-
tures the audience’s attention.
I’ve only been able to listen to Fan-
belt’s demo tape, but it is evident that
their music has an edge unlike any
other SUNYA performers. The five
member band, which has been togeth-
er for three years, has developed a
sound based on Sonic Youth-like
feedback and distortion. The volume
Mr. Ferguson Band
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of their music is fairly loud, but it’s
the quieter interplay between the gui-
tars and drums that work best. Fan-
belt is definitely a group that can find
a devoted following.
Another up and coming trio is The
Chuck Wollery Experience. Viewers
who like eccentric and experimental
music will respond to their solo
acoustics. As leader Seth describes it,
“We’re not rock or blues, but some-
thing completely different.”
Finally, I must speak about Orit
Yaakobi, a gifted sophomore. Orit’s
intensity and passion for her music
come across as she strums her guitar
and sings. Davis Sacrestano of 3rd
Store commented that she “says a lot
using powerful vocals and pertinent
lyrics.” Her wordplay is clever and
provocative such as in “Limito,” in
which she says, “This world was
never meant for us. There are limits
here for us.” Orit’s voice is lush, full,
and trained, reminiscent of Sarah
McLachlan as well as. Melissa
Of SUNY's Finest Bands At Mother Earth's
Etheridge. A highlight of the evening
occurred after Orit broke a string; she
proceeded to sing Ani DeFranco’s
“Every State Line,” a cappella with a
focus that can be matches the very
best. Orit’s total exuberance and dedi-
cation while on stage is commend-
able. She deserves to be discovered
and become our newest star.
Mother Earth’s Cafe is an outlet for
many of the creative people at
Albany. Expert vocalists and instru-
mentalists like the ones I’ve already |
spoken of, and others, such as The
Longfellows, Skyscape, and 5 Guys
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Penny Pinching
Hurts
To the Editor:
Governor Pataki has declared war on
higher education in New York State. He
has proposed a 3.4% cut in the State’s
General Fund Budget, but has proposed a
30% decrease in the State’s appropriation
to its two public university systems- $290
million to SUNY and $158 million to
CUNY. The cut to SUNY is nearly 70%
of last year’s total operating budget of its
14 four year colleges and the cut to
CUNY exceeds the entire operating bud-
get of City College and Hunter College,
the two most costly campuses in the
CUNY system.
Even more reprehensible from a. moral
viewpoint, he has proposed eliminating
the programs that have served the most
economically disadvantaged students in
the State, the Educational Opportunity
Programs (EOP at SUNY, SEEK and Col-
lege Discover at CUNY, and HEOP at the
independent colleges) and Aid to Part
Time Students (APTS). The EOP pro-
grams in the State collectively served
32,000 students (13,500 at SUNY) and
APTS served an additional 30,000 stu-
dents. The cuts in the TAP program have
been the most severe for the poorest stu-
dents. Single, independent students with
taxable incomes under $3000, will have to
absorb the entire $1000 to $1800 project-
ed tuition increase since the maximum
TAP award for these students will be set
at $2450. TAP for graduate students is to
be terminated. This is an unprecedented
and outrageous assault on the SUNY and
CUNY communities.
This letter is a plea to the faculty on all
SUNY campuses. Many of us are reluc-
tant to bring political issues, no matter
how vital to our students’ own interest,
into the classroom. Official faculty bod-
ies, such as our college senates and union
leaderships, are fearful of taking an offi-
cial position on this issue because the
freedom can be easily abused if this poli-
cy is Officially sanctioned. However, it is
clear that a massive response to. the pro-
posed devastation of our two universities
is not possible unless faculty play a more
direct role in educating their students.
Faculty can not possibly win this battle,
but our joint 550,000 students with their
immediate families can. They represent
one in seven citizens in the State and one
in every six voters.
The CUNY Coalition of Concerned
Faculty and Staff voted unanimously last
week to play a more active role in educat-
ing and mobilizing our students. Several
university wide activities have been start-
ed, including massive letter writing cam-
paigns in which faculty have been asked
to participate more directly. Every faculty
member has been asked to read in class
and discuss a short impact statement
describing the effect of the proposed cuts
on their own campus programs. Students
will then be given the addresses of legis-
lators in the vicinity of their campus and
the governor and asked to prepare at
home a personal statement as to the
_ impact that the cuts will have on their
‘own education. These letters are to be sent
to each senator, assemblyperson, and the
governor. Finally, and most important,
faculty have been asked to personally col-
lect the letters and deliver them to a cen-
tral location for processing. If possible,
students should prepare each letter
stamped with a handwritten address.
A University wide Town Meeting has
been scheduled for March 15 and 16 dur-
ing the noon-2 PM club hours on each
campus. Faculty are being asked to orga-
nize forums discussing not only the cuts
and related issues, but also the impact of
higher education on the economic produc-
tivity of the State. A huge CUNY-SUNY
rally is being planned in lower Manhattan
on March 23 and a similar rally is to be
organized in Albany at the end of March.
Several basic messages need to be
delivered to our students:
Tuition is a tax. The proposed reduc-
tion in state income tax in 1995-96 will
be significantly less than the proposed
$1000 to $1800 tuition increase for most
middle class students.
*For all the posturing about the gen-
erosity of State support for higher educa-
tion, the reality is that the overall cost of a
residential college in New York State
($9500 tuition, room, and board) is
already well above the national average of
$7500 (NY Times 2/22/95). Furthermore,
in terms of taxable wealth, New York
State is 47th in the proportion of its tax
revenues that are devoted to higher educa-
tion without the proposed cuts.
*The State is not saving a single penny
_by the elimination of the Educational
Opportunity Programs for our most eco-
nomically disadvantaged students. The
actual budget for all of these programs
(EOP, SEEK, and HEOP) in 1994-95 was
$51 million. The 73,000 graduates of
these programs, most of whom would not
have gone to college at all, already pro-
vide an estimated increase in tax revenues
each year of $150 million beyond what
they would have paid with only a high
school diploma. This additional revenue
will grow to $300 million by 2010 as the
~ pool of graduates increases. The elimina-
tion of these programs is fiscal stupidity
and morally reprehensible.
United we will not be defeated. We
make this plea to all SUNY and CUNY
faculty. Please take an active roll in see-
ing that the academic lives of our students
are protected against this fiscal onslaught.
Sheldon Weinbaum
CUNY Distinguished Professor of
Engineering, The City College
A Positive Light
To the Editor:
Hillel, the Jewish Student Coalition at
SUNY Albany, would like to take this
opportunity to publicly condemn any acts
of violence, racism, and anti-semitism.
We do not condone any acts of violence
allegedly. committed by Jews and espe-
cially against Jews. Graffiti and noise
making are the signs of a group that can-
not express themselves clearly, obviously
not the signs of a true secure Jewish
group. Hillel at Albany is the all-encom-
passing Jewish student group at SUNY
that dedicates itself to teaching all Jewish
students about themselves and others
through cultural, social, educational, and
religious programming. Hillel at Albany’s
broad base of programming allows all
Jews to be involved, regardless of educa-
tional, religious or political background.
Hillel at Albany unquestionably pro-
jects a positive light of Judaism to all who
get involved. Hillel at Albany sponsored
“many great programs this semester, too.
In fact, just last week we organized an
exciting and important weekend to Wash-
ington D. C. to visit the United States
Holocaust Museum. We organize reli-
gious services weekly, visit local Jewish
senior citizen homes monthly, and pro-
vide programming every week, ranging
from speakers, to films, to trips, to festive
parties. Hillel at Albany encourages all
Jews to get involved in the Jewish life
available to them on campus. Hillel at
Albany is your key. The Executive Board
of Hillel at Albany dedicates all their time
and finances to help bring this Jewish pro-
gramming to your campus. Now all you
need to do is come to these events and get
involved. We can’t have a membership
because we consider every Jewish student
at SUNYA a part of our group. So, Jewish
students, join YOUR Jewish student
group, Hillel at Albany, and be a part of
your faith, your belief, your nation.
Hillel at Albany
Executive Board
Leaders’
Responsibilities
To The Editor:
In the spirit of communication and
cooperation, I felt a responsibility to sub-
mit this commentary. The purpose of this
commentary is to communicate and to be
specific about my thoughts, concerns, and
suggestions because I understand that
when communication breaks down,
abnormalities set in. Therefore, I firmly
believe that as President of the Student
Association, I have a solemn responsibili-
ty to all of you to prevent and/or counter
potential abnormalities (i.e. miscommuni-
cation, misdirection, disorganization, dis-
sension) by fostering an environment con-
ducive to a spirit of trust, fairness, open-
ness, communication, and cooperation. It
is in this context that I have written this
commentary.
I would like to believe that we have not
taken on our positions because we are
power hungry students seeking to serve
our own selfish, individualistic needs,
wants, and desires at the expense of oth-
ers. No, we have taken on our respective
positions because we are principle cen-
tered students, dedicated to serving the
needs of all students, governed by the
constitution of the Student Association,
and guided by a spirit of integrity, impar-
tiality, truth, and our good conscious. We
are the keepers of a sacred trust and we
must be faithful to it.
This is not a game! It is not about who
wins! It is about a seeking a process that
will best serve and defend the interests of
all students without compromising our
values, our dignity, our sense of doing
what is fair, and most of all, our sense of
acting upon the principles of truth and
doing what is right. In this endeavor, we
must always remember that truth and facts
are not synonymous. Although the facts
may indicate that Governor Pataki has
proposed a budget that, if approved, will
have a devastating impact on us as stu-
dents, the truth is that we must unite as
students, develop creative strategies, and
vigorously oppose the proposed cuts.
Although the facts may indicate that we
as the Student Association at Albany are
facing several internal challen‘es (i.e.
recent abrupt transitions in Student Asso-
ciation Leadership, credibility among stu-
dent population, etc.), the truth is that we -
have an obligation to confront our insecu-
rities, abandon our interior motives, wants
and desires, and focus and aim our efforts
on improving the quality of life for all stu-
dents.
As student leaders, it is our responsibil-
ity to propel this vision in order to
improve the quality of life for students.
‘As leaders, we must be the creative and
motivating force behind this vision,
understanding that the process is ever
evolving in content and purpose. We must
lead by example!
In order to accomplish this monumental
task, dialogue among us, student leaders
and our constituency, must continue even
in the face of adversity. At times we
might surpass our goal and at times we
might fall short of our goal. Nevertheless,
we must always aim to be unwavering in
our goal to speak the truth and act upon
the principles of truth. I do not stand here
and contend that I have all the answers,
but if we are all in agreement in our quest
to find the truth, we will create a coopera-
tive spirit whereby we will be able to
improve the quality of life for all students.
Yes, we will inevitably make errors, this
is an inherent element of any growing and
developing process. However, we can
minimize these errors by cooperatively
working together in the spirit of cama-
raderie and honesty. I am not about to say
that by any stretch of the imagination I
_ have all the answers, but I will say that in
my quest for truth, I am determined to
face my errors, apologize when necessary,
and never forget to be teachable.
We must not be afraid to fail for I have
come to realize that it is the failures of life
that enables one to fully appreciate the
successes of life. I can’t accept not trying,
not trying to be fair, to communicate, to
listen, and to be just. As the saying goes,
you never fail, until you stop trying.
Our agenda is specific and it is
paramount to represent, advocate, and fur-
ther the interests and welfare of the stu-
dents of the State University of New York
at Albany; not my interest, but our inter-
est.
I sincerely hope that the measuring
stick by which we will base our decisions
will be based on principles of truth, fair-
ness, integrity, and responsibility. Fur-
thermore, I hope that we will be unwaver-
ing in basing our decisions on these prin-
ciples. Personally, I will not exhibit nor
condone an atmosphere where we arbi-
trarily act upon truth, arbitrarily exercise
impartiality, or are fair only when it is
convenient to be fair, and responsible
only when it is comfortable to be respon-
sible. We cannot afford to lack the
courage to stand up for what is right, for
no one respects someone who doesn’t
stand for something. No, this is about
doing what is right under all situations no
matter how difficult the circumstances.
Otherwise, delayed obedience to truth and
integrity will bring delayed results.
~ We must fully understand that with
opportunity comes responsibility; they go
hand in hand. We have been given the
opportunity to be student leaders, howev-
er, this does not automatically imply that
we are fulfilling the responsibility
attached to the opportunity.
Let us put students first, and as we rep-
resent, advocate, and further the interests
and welfare of the students at SUNY
Albany, let our test be a simple one: Is it
good for the student? For we can’t ask
elected officials to be better public ser-
vants, administrators to be better adminis-
trators, faculty to be better faculty, or stu-
dents to be better students, if we are not
better elected servants, administrators, or
students. We have a responsibility to cre-
ate a path for the inexperienced, and
although this responsibility may be over-
whelming at times, we must forever
remember that to whom much is given,
much is expected.
One minister once asked, “What’s your
function?” And, one young lad answered,
“Everyday, in someway, to leave some-
where better than I found it!” This is the
essence of love and sacrificial serving!
And, although the responsibility to suc-
cessively serve and effectively represent,
advocate, and further the interests and
welfare of the students at SUNY Albany
may seem insurmountable at times, we as
student leaders must be unwavering in our
commitment to speak truth and act upon
the principles of truth, and we must be
unwavering in our solemn responsibility
to honorably overcome the challenges
which we will inevitably face as we fulfill
the trusting opportunity that our fellow
students have afforded us.
Alexandra Blain
Student Association President
Speak For
Yourself
To the Editor; —
As a Jew, I take great offense at the
remarks made by the national director of
Kahane Chai. I do not wish to have him
represent me or any other Jew who holds
the same view. It is my belief that Mr.
Guzofsky has more on his agenda than
merely the protection of an ethnicity that
has lasted for almost 6,000 years. To him,
I simply would like to say, speak for your
self and not on my behalf.
Daryl G. Berg
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On behalf of the New York Public
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FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1995. ALBANY STUDENT PRESS, 15
Despite victories, republicans still having problems
(CPS) These should be happy
times at the College Republican
National Committee headquar-
ters. Their party has control of
Congress for the first time in 50
years, and their membership is
up at campuses across the nation.
But despite the resurgence of
the political right, life’s not
exactly a Grand Old Party for the
national leaders of the 103-year-
old political organization.
The College Republican
National Committee has been
kicked out of its offices, cut off
from its funding and has become
the subject of some pointed
backroom talk.
In late January, Haley Barbour,
chairman of the Republican
National Committee, cut off
financial support for the national
office of the student organization
for what he calls “irresponsible
conduct.”
College Republican National
Committee staff members were
told they had two days to vacate
their office on Capitol Hill,
which the RNC had provided for
them free-of-charge.
The Republican committee
also informed the CRs that they
would not be receiving any of
the $120,000 in funding that had —
been allocated for them in 1995.
That money, which made up
more than 60 percent of the
CRNC’s budget, paid six office
staff members and bought neces-
sary supplies.
While the CRNC will still be a
“recognized Republican auxil-
iary,” it will no longer qualify for
funding at the national level.
According to a Republican
source, Barbour and other top
party officials became upset'after
a recent column in “The Broad-
side,” the CRNC’s newsletter,
called for the creation of a third
party.
The article, written by Howard
Phillips, chairman of the lobby-
ing group Conservative Caucus,
criticized Republicans for cut-
ting military spending and rais-
ing taxes.
“There may emerge the oppor-
tunity to rally behind a con-
stitutional, conservative
agenda for action,” Phillips
wrote. “The GOP lacks the
unity to bring our principles
to power, rather it is the pri-
mary obstacle blocking our
success.”
Party officials also were
reportedly upset over an
advertisement comparing the
taxing habits of Ronald Rea-
‘gan and George Bush to
Jimmy Carter and Bill Clin-
ton.
Fred Bartlett Ir., CRNC’s
membership director, said
that the group is not happy
with the decision but will sur-
vive with or without the
RNC’s support.
“We don’t regret anything
that was printed in our
newsletter,” said Bartlett. “If
Chairman Barbour wants to
cut off our funding, that’s his
prerogative, but we’re not
going to back down from
publishing issues that are
being raised within the party
in a completely independent
newsletter.”
Republican donors com-
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reading or hearing about the
article, which ran in a
December issue. “We aren’t
going to take the donations of
our supporters and turn them
over to an organization that
advocates the creation of a
third party:’ said a Republi-
can official, who asked not to
be named.
Bartlett, a student at the
University of Maryland, said
the CRNC has relocated to
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RALLY
Continued from front page .
the middle of State Street, while others
were packed up against the doors.
Although student leaders had not
planned it, about 30 students successfully
entered the building, but they returned
outside promptly with a casket.
Zina Cary, a representative for the New
York Public Interest Research Group
(NYPIRG), one of the sponsor groups,
described those students as “angry, but
peaceful.”
During the speeches, it was said about
750 student leaders were outside the capi-
tol building, speaking to lawmakers.
Administrators from SUNY Albany
were generally pleased with Monday’s
event.
In a statement President H. Patrick
Swygert said, “I congratulate SUNYA
students for the leadership they have
demonstrated at Monday’s rally. I can
say to our students, ‘Your voices are
being heard by the legislators.’”
James Doellefeld, interim vice presi-
dent of Student Affairs, said, “I was very
impressed with all the students who par-
ticipated. Special recognition is due to
NYPIRG, SASU (Student Association
of the State University), Student Associ-
ation, and the other groups that helped
put this on. This is participation democ-
racy at its best.”
According to a Channel 10 report,
Pataki was inside, speaking to lawmak- °
ers. He acknowledged the right of stu-
dents to protest, but he said, “If our bud-
get goes into effect tomorrow, we’ll still
have the finest education system in the
country.”
The event was sponsored by close to
100 student groups from across the state,
among them student associations,
minority rights groups, SASU and
NYPIRG.
Throughout the day, protestors dis-
played banners and held signs saying
things such as, “Educate, don’t separate.”
Although the rally was not over, most
students left to go back to their campuses
by around 2:30 p.m. Dozens of buses,
which extended in line—up over several
blocks, were needed to transport students
for the event.
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into the matter.
The IAB process, according to Lewis,
was just a “veneer trying to make it (the
cuts) legitimate. It was a done deal since
the beginning.”
Lewis urged students to get involved in
the decision making process. “If it hap-
pened this year, it could happen next year
also, and this time it maybe your sport
getting cut,” he said.
Lewis has taken the role of leading the
attack against the University.
There may be
plans to take the
University to
court again this
time.
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the fall. They will compete in the New
England Collegiate. Conference and will
do so with 19 teams. “We want to main-
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level,” Blumenthal said.
The 19 teams is six above the average
of 13 teams Division II schools currently
field. Of schools in the Capital District
area only Union College fields more
teams, 21 total. Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute fields 17 teams, Siena College
15, and the College of Saint Rose has 12.
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LETTERS
Continued from page 12
CUNY. Broken down, that
means over 55 campuses
statewide and 196 buses rolled
into Albany to protest Governor
Pataki’s proposed cuts. As a for-
mer student activist (and now a
NYPIRG staff person), I was
proud to see students flexing
their muscles and making their
voices heard. If one were to
believe the hype of Madison
Avenue’s “Generation X,” Mon-
day would have only been
attended by members of the
media and NYPIRG staff people.
Instead, students showed up en
force, despite the dismal weather
conditions. Congratulations!
Pulling off an event of this
magnitude would not have been
possible without the help of
many and I’d like to use this
space to single out a few who
went that extra mile: Cliff Lent,
Brian Donovan, Elizabeth Ball,
and the Office of Educational
Affairs; Student Association for
providing list upon list to help
with recruitment of marshals; the
ASP; Miamah Richards and
ASUBA; Fuerza Latina; SASA;
AAA; and many members of the
Greek community including
IIK®, ZAM, ZAE, ZA, TKE,
XN, ZAT, and OLX.
Whether or not these budget
cuts touch you personally, the
idea of “shared pain” has found
new meaning. It’s true that all
_areas of the Governor’s budget
reflect the need to “trim the fat,”
however students and the SUNY
system will be especially hard
hit. The effects reach ALL areas
of the campus community. The
rally on February 27 was just the
beginning. Students have until
April 1 (and maybe beyond) to
let legislators know that they do
care, are not going to roll over
and play dead while they hack
away at an institution that has
and can provide a quality educa-—
tion at an affordable price.
Spring break begins next
week. Warm, sunny beach here I
come. However, this year as I
bask in the sun, I'l] do my best to
not forget that there is much
work to be done when I return.
Get involved. Unite! Take
ACTION to save SUNY!
Zina Cary
Project Coordinator
NYPIRG
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Continued from page 3
which time NYPIRG will spon-
sor another protest along with
several other groups.
Programming Board represen-
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cerned students at the meeting
that “Parkfest” (formerly Party in
the Park), “is still
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present with questions for Gould
concerning the annual event.
Upon finding out from Gould
that $10,000 had been allocated
for the event, one representative
said that fifty thousand had been
allocated the year before. Gould
agreed with him that ten thou-
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Concerned with the amount of
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SA -Controller Jennifer
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She said that ASUBA will need
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ing in order to continue to func-
tion. Rob Williams, an individual
seated in the gallery, said that it
seemed that a criminal act had
taken place, whereupon Pad-
ovani said she would urge
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Padovani told the ASP that she
was receiving different stories
from ASUBA and Drome Sound
as to whether or not the equip-
ment has been returned. James
Williams, who spoke on
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meeting, had no comment.
Council member Wong, speak-
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week’s opinion poll results advo-
cating the reinstatement of Cliff
Lent and Brian Donovan as SA
President and Vice, asked the
Council to “act” on the results.
The motion was defeated.
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Marley said Rastafarians believe the
dreadlocks are a covenant between the
individual and God, and to look in
Numbers Chapter 6, in the Bible, where it
Says to keep all your hair as it is a gift
Ton God.
She said Rastifarianism used to be a
religion only for blacks but now it realizes
the unity between‘all colors, races and
tribes. -
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the 6.6% reduction in funding for
Community Colleges.”
SASU has done work related to the Bias
Related Violence and Intimidation Act
which increases penalties for discrimina-_
tory acts of violence, such as violence
against someone because of their race,
religion, gender or sexual orientation.
They are also working on a project called
recruitment and retention of students of
color which is a special program that does
research on the Equal Opportunities
Program. “SASU is students working for
students,” said Ali.
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record. The Rats are 10—1—2 in their last
thirteen games. With 85 points, they have
already equaled their point total from last
season, and the Rats still have 19 games
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and freshman forward Kerry
Ochal, who put in terrific perfor-
mances.
Witham came back fast, but
the Danes came apart against a
tough Cortland State team. The
five point loss broke Albany’s
back, as their matchup did the
year before. From here on in, the
- Danes had to fight back to a
tournament position.
Zeglis’ big game was not
enough in another close loss to a
good team, Elmira College win-
ning 64-61. A blowout at
Hamilton College sent a confi-
dent team to beat Nazareth
College, insuring a spot in the
New York State Women’s
Collegiate Athletic Association
playoffs. The opportunity to
boost NCAA hopes was squan-
dered in a second half collapse
after Feerick was injured. Junior
guard Maura Quinn, another
starter, was also out, but the
game was still only lost at the
very end.
Ginsberg’s season was phe-
nomenal, as she scored at least
10 points 23 times. She aver-
aged 14.8 points per game,
along with 3.4 assists and 3.3
steals. Her shooting touch from
outside improved, as well as her
leadership. Coach Mari Warner
particularly praised her defense,
a problem last year.
“Sam improved tremendously
in all aspects of the game,”
Warner said.
Zeglis shot a blistering 53%,
started to hit her free—throws at
the end of the year and rebound-
ed phenomenally. She used her
size and aggressiveness well to
turn games around.It seems that
she will only get better.
Squires, who came to Albany
as a junior, provided much sup-
port for her teammates. As a
starter for two years, she shot
consistently around 45%, did
well at the line and helped close
the rebound gap the Danes suf-
fered from. Her versatility made
Albany a more complete team.
“Christy was a tremendous
asset to us,” Warner said. Smith,
her co-captain, praised Squires
for her presence.
McCaughin, who started as
very much of a shooter, seems to
be starting to pick up the other
skills, as Ginsberg did last year.
Her three-point shooting was
not always on target, but ended
up a team best 34%.
Witham was a far better play-
er than last year in most
respects, finally shedding the
impression of being incosistent.
Just short of the career block
lead, she came back from injury
to lift the Danes in the final
games. In addition, Witham took
charge on defense in a way she
had not before.
Quinn, always one for the
long shot, became much more of
a factor on offense this year,
scoring ten or more points seven
times, including a nine for ten
performance at Hunter College,
all from outside. She has
become more assertive on her
shots.
Feerick had the undesirable
job of playing nearly forty min-
utes until Smith returned. Her
offensive capabilities were far
more exploited than last year.
She averaged 6.4 points, 4.5
assists and 4.8 rebounds in an
lottery number the last week of February.
all-around great campaign.
Jenkins did the job on the
boards, averaging 7.4 rebounds
per game. Despite trouble scor-
ing, her tenacity and instincts for
rebounds changed the course of
games. An injury late in the sea-
son hampered her from a chance
to do even better.
“There were times of bril-
liance with Kerry [Ochal],”
Warner said. She credited Ochal
with hard work and good mobil-
ity. Ochal earned a chance to
play in pressure situations.
Smith had a very tough season
to face, being injured effectively
all year long. As a senior, it par-
ticularly hurt, although she did
not go out with a whimper.
“The important thing is that I
had fun,” Smith said. When
asked what she wants to remem-
ber and be remembered for, she
replied “being a playmaker,
making the game more exciting,
being a leader.”
“I think Mickey had a very
good career here,” Warner said.
“T will always remember her as a
player that worked to get every-
thing she could out of herself.”
Coming off the bench, for-
ward Joanna Kreps and guard
Jennifer Ciavirella did not get
much time, but looked much
more comfortable than last year.
The Danes improved in about
every conceivable.category from
last year, except free-throw
shooting. This did not explain
the win-loss record satisfactori-
ly to Smith.
“T think we should have done
better than this,” Smith said,
seeing the increased numbers as
no excuse for losses. She did,
however, believe “we grew as a
team.”
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goal in a little over five minutes.
This also began an 8-2 run that
opened the Albany lead to
seven, 81-74.
With 1:25 to go, the Danes
lead stood at six points. Markel
then hit two free throws to up
the lead to eight. Markel would
then make another one of his big
plays, at the end of games, as he
stole the ball and was fouled
again. Markel, once again, hit
both free throws to extend the
Albany lead to ten, 87-77, with
1:08 remaining. After a St. John
Fisher three pointer, Zuklie
missed the front end of a one
and one situation. The Cardinals
quickly capitalized with another
basket to cut the lead to five
with :34 left. Jahnel was then
fouled and hit one of two free
throws. St. John Fisher scored a
layup, and the lead was only
four with :24 to go, but four
Hotaling free throws sealed the
victory for the Danes, as the
went on to win, 92-84.
Albany foul trouble inside,
forced the Danes to rely on their
guard play to pull out the victo-
ry. Hotaling finished the game
with a career high 30 points,
which also moved him to
eleventh on the Dane All-Time
scoring list and was his 27 con-
secutive game in double figures.
Markel added 21 points and
Jahnel 18, as Albany improved
to 18—7 on the season. Although
he was in foul trouble, Zuklie
still managed eight points and a
career high 13 rebounds.
Although coach Sauers was
' quite upset with the refereeing in
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the game and made the press
aware of his feelings after the
game, he did have many good
things to say.
“We played a very good
game,” Sauers said, “Our shoot-
ing was outstanding. It’s a great’
win.”
Albany was happily surprised
to learn that they would be
returning home for their second
round game, because. of
Geneseo’s win.
“We wanted a home game in
the first round, but we had to
come to Rochester and I guess
we had to win to get. it,”
Hotaling added, “That’s even
nicer.”
Hotaling is also ionind that
this win will earn his team the
respect and recognition that they
feel has been absent from them
throughout the season.
The Danes’ tournament
appearance was made possible
with a win at home on senior
against Stony Brook. Before the
game, Ted Hotaling, Jason
Ferrier and Brandon Zuklie were
honored as the teams lone
seniors. After the touching cere-
mony, it was business as usual
for Albany.
Hotaling led four scorers in
double figures with 15 points.
Markel, Ferrier and Dormer also
added double figures in the
62-50 victory. Zuklie grabbed
twelve rebounds and Ferrier
added ten as the Danes out
rebounded Stony Brook 33-11
in the second half, to pull away
after a five point halftime lead.
Albany will host Geneseo in a
second round game of the
NCAA Tournament, tomorrow
at 7:30pm.
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Danes say goodbye to Division III
By AARON GREENBERG
Sports Editor
In the 1994—95 basketball sea-
son, the Lady Danes tried to
make a great exit from Division
III, coming up with a good, but
somewhat disappointing, 16-9
record.
After recruiting a number of
players to complement the
returning cast, Albany appeared
ready to improve on a 15-9 sea-
son. Without a clear go-to per-
son, the Danes expected to fill in
the gaps, notably the loss of their
top scorer and rebounder from
93-94.
Guard Samantha Ginsberg
quickly took control of the lead
scoring role, as well as a greater
all-around game than she had as
a backup last season. She led
Albany in scoring in fifteen of
twenty five games.
The rebounding duties were
shared by junior Nicol Jenkins,
senior Christy Squires (co—cap-
tain), sophomore Katie Zeglis
and junior Erica Witham.
Jenkins, who led the team, came
to Albany as a transfer.
This edition of Albany basket-
ball never won more than three
or lost more than two games in a
row. The season started with the
Capital District Tournament at
home. The Danes beat up two
local rivals to win the champi-
onship, getting revenge against
Skidmore College for last year.
Unfortunately, co-captain senior
guard Mickey Smith was injured
just minutes into the game, forc-
ing junior Margaret Feerick into
play, to which she responded
very well.
The next two games were
against teams bound for the
National Collegiate Athletic
Association playoffs,
Binghamton University and
William Smith College. Albany
lost, but both games were within
reach. The Binghamton game
exposed the Danes’ free-throw
weakness.
Once again, the Danes found a
way to win in a tournament, tak-
ing the Manhattanville Alumnae
Tournament in Purchase, trash-
ing two teams.
Unfortunately, New York
University was next on the
schedule. The Danes could not
get their defense to hold down
the Violets, one of the top teams
in the region. The 14 point loss
was the second largest margin of
defeat for the season.
Five of the next six games
came out as wins, the sole loss
by three at Ithaca College. The
first of these wins was a tremen-
dous victory over Buffalo State,
who beat the Danes last year in a
double-overtime thriller. The
Lady Bengals, who made the
NCAAs, were the highest ranked
victim of Albany’s. Three more
of the wins were blowouts
including a 98-25 win over
Staten Island, the largest margin
in team history.
Zeglis returned from ineligibil-
ity and Smith from injury during
the stretch. Finally, the staff was
all back together, but Smith’s
injury slowed her down for the
rest of the season. Albany was
now in playoff contention.
The St. John Fisher Cardinals
(now 28-0) outplayed Albany at
home for the Lady Dane
Tournament championship,
77-58. Ginsberg set a season
high with 23 points, later
matched by Zeglis.
After solidly beating two more
teams, the Danes went to Stony
Brvok to face the Seawolves in a
televised game. It went down to
the wire as freshman shooting
guard Sheila McCaughin rattled
off 19 points. A career day for
SB’s Richshawna Sims led to a
64-63 loss.
Coming back home, the Danes
beat Skidmore in an ugly game
in which Jenkins was hurt.
Witham missed the game with an
injury, the Albany post player
situation becoming desperate.
Fortunately, the next two oppo-
nents were no match for Zeglis
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two months of overwhelming Squires led the way for the Lady Danes.
Boring NHL hockey
By DAN BETTAN
Staff Writer
Now that they’ve settled their
differences and are halfway
through the season, the National
Hockey League is trying to shape
up to prevent what could potential-
ly be the most boring and disap-
pointing season in recent memory.
As of now, they better try harder.
Most fans. of hockey, like
myself, felt secure with their sport.
Hockey seemed invulnerable to the
flash and greed of the other major
sports. But then the harsh reality of
the 90’s finally hit the NHL.
Unfortunately, it couldn’t have
come at a worse time.
The NHL is coming off of one of
their greatest, most memorable sea-
sons of all time.The Rangers’ vic-
tory (as much as I hate to admit it)
put hockey on the map in the U.S.
With major deals with FOX and
ESPN, the NHL stood to leap—frog
baseball in national popularity.
Many fans still gladly tuned in to
hockey once the lock—out ended;
only to be disappointed.
Although the lock-out was gen-
erally viewed in America by fans
and media alike as anti—-owners,
Canadians were fed a different
slant from the media. There the
view was tremendously anti—play-
ers, as the media hyped up the
players greed and how it has forev-
er damaged hockey. Because of
this, overall attendance in Canada
is at the lowest point it has ever
been in over thirty years. And not
much has been done to sway public
opinion at all.
Adding to this problem is the
rise of the popularity hockey in
America. New fans were expecting
exciting games that equaled all the
hype, patiently awaiting this sea-
son’s conception. Unfortunately,
scoring this season is low, very
low. And the NHL is doing very
little to correct this, very little.
The NHL officials decided this
season to allow the players more
leeway in penalties and formations
due to the players’ lack of prepara-
tion. This was supposed to last
only a few weeks, and yet it still
continues unchecked. What gives
guys? It’s time to batten down the
hatches already, or else all those
new fans will disappear.
One major factor for this year’s
dismal season is the neutral zone
trap. The neutral zone is the region
between the blue lines, generally
around center ice. The neutral zone
trap is when a team sticks four men
in the neutral zone and forces a
dump and chase style of play. It
also prevents point-blank shots
and forces angle shots which are
easier to defend. This is the major
cause of this season’s low scoring.
This allows players to rest while
on the ice. Moreover, this allows
bad teams to keep up with good
teams. This style of play hurts
speed teams like the Rangers,
Kings, and Red Wings the most.
Another way it has effected
hockey is to slow down the game.
This season so far has been very
much like dull razor, very clutchy
and grabby. There are supposed to
be zero-tolerance rules for stick
grabbing but the NHL is letting it
slide. The players are complaining.
Listen to the players.
It isn’t all bad, though. One of
the trends in hockey in the 90’s is
big power forwards. Many teams
have been searching high and low
for a long time, but now they are
actually here. If anyone has any
doubts about this, just take a look
at Eric and Brett Lindros.
See SEASON on page 22
Another thing that has given fans
something to cheer about is the
domination of the goalies this sea-
son. The goalies are so good it’s
ridiculous, which unfortunately
doesn’t help the scoring problem
one bit. But to this I must say so
what. What these guys have done
this year makes it all worth it.
Here’s some names to look out
for by seasons end. Matt Melis, a
left-winger in the St. Louis farm
system is the shining star of this
year’s crop. Although he is 33
years old, he still has never played
a game in the NHL. And boy, is he
ready. So far this season he is aver-
aging over two goals and assists
per game. He’s a mean, big man
who plays an Eastern style game.
Two other rookies who are soon
to make their presence felt in the
NHL are Richard Wyckoff and
Alexi Moskovitz. Both play for the
Dallas Stars farm system. Alexi
Moskovitz, “Texas Jack” as they
call him in Dallas, plays hockey
more like a basketball player. He
can improvise better than Lemieux
and he’s a gambler, always taking
the big risk to score a goal.
Big Rich Wyckoff is just that.
He’s big, very big. If he comes out
this season he’ll be the youngest
player ever to play in a profession-
al hockey game. More of a relaxed,
laid back player, Rich floats and
waits for his openings with tremen-
dous success.
I’ve seen highlights of both these
guys playing, and look out! All I
can say is thank you. You’ve
informed me more about sports and
knowledge of the craft than any
others I’ve ever seen in a long
time. All three of these men are
potential Gretzkys, which is just
what the doctor ordered for the
NHL.
upsets fans Rats come back strong
after loss to Portland
By DONALD MILLER AND JARED TROPP
After losing to Portland in a critical divisional battle on
Friday, the Albany River Rats responded with three strong
efforts to salvage their reputation as the number one team in
the American Hockey League.
The Rochester Americans came to the Knick on Saturday
night, and another strong crowd (7,200) showed up to watch
the Rats play. The game was a battle of wills between Amerks’
goalie Eric Raymond and River Rats goalie Corey Schwab.
After two periods, the score was 1-0, in favor of Rochester.
With two minutes gone in the third, Bill Armstrong was able
to pass the puck in front of the net. Rightwing Rob Conn was
falling down and was almost completely on the ice when he
took the puck and was able to flip it over Raymond’s right
shoulder for his twenty second goal of the year. Rochester later
scored to make it 2-1, but Sergei Brylin scored his 16th goal |
of the year on the power play to enable Albany to get the 2-2
tie. Raymond finished with 28 saves and Corey Schwab saved
21 for the Rats.
On Sunday, the Rats traveled to Binghamton to take on the
Southern Division leading Rangers. The Rats took control with
three goals in the second period as they beat Binghamton 4-1.
They handed Binghamton just their seventh loss at home this
season. Jaroslav Modry scored his first goal in his first game
after being sent down by the New Jersey Devils. Bobby House
also scored his first goal as a River Rat. Curt Regnier tallied
his seventh goal and Scott Pellerin scored his fifteenth, as the
Rats improved their road record to a league best 19-6—4.
Dunham made 21 saves and improved his record to 16—5—7 in
a strong effort.
The Rats came home on Wednesday to play the Springfield
Falcons. The Falcons are fighting for the final playoff spot in
the Northern Division, so it was expected that they would
throw everything they had at the Rats. But it was the Rats who
outplayed and out hustled the Falcons enroute to a 8-3 victory.
Seven different Rats put the puck in the net as they barraged
Falcons goal tender Stephane Beauregard with 37 shots on
goal. Curt Regnier connected at the five minute mark of the
first period to make it 1-0 in favor of the Rats. Springfield got
the equalizer midway through the period. Modry’s slap shot
from the blue line with one minute left in the period allowed
the Rats to take a 2-1 lead into the second period. In the sec-
ond, Regnier scored again and Armstrong followed just 45
seconds later to make it a 4—1 game. The Rats were in control
See RIVER Rats on page 20
Covering University at Albany sports since 1916
March 3, 1995
Great Danes eliminate St. John Fisher, 92-84
Men's basketball moves on in NCAA’s; Hotaling nets career high 30
By THOMAS MCMAHON
Associate Sports Editor
Coming into the season, the men’s bas-
ketball team was labeled as one that was
rebuilding. After all, they are too young
and they don’t have enough experience.
Try and tell that to the players and coach-
es now.
After a win on senior night over Stony
Brook, the Danes ensured a bid to their
second consecutive National Collegiate
Athletic Association Tournament. As the
#5 seed in the East region, Albany trav-
eled to #4 St. John Fisher, last night, and,
in a mild upset, defeated the Cardinals, to
move on to the second round. In the
meantime, #8 Geneseo was upsetting #1
Rochester Institute of Technology in
Rochester. All this means is the Danes
will host Geneseo in the second round.
Albany and St. John Fisher had met just
nine days ago, with the Cardinals win-
ning, 89-82. St. John Fisher opened that
game with a 12-0 run before the Danes
knew what hit them. After pulling within
two, the Cardinals closed out Albany for
the win.
“Last game we clearly outplayed them
for most of the game, except for the first
ten minutes,” Coach “Doc” Sauers recol-
lected. ;
Last night’s game started in a similar
fashion for Albany as St. John Fisher
jumped out to a 5-0 lead, but the Danes fF
recovered quickly and tied the game at
ten.
From this point, the two teams traded
points until Albany took their first lead of
the game on a Darrin Jahnel three pointer
with 14:00 remaining in the first half. The
Cardinals would answer right back with a
three of their own, which started an 11-0
run that gave St. John Fisher a 27-19 lead
with 11:24 to go in the first half. The
Danes cut that lead to six, at 32-26, on a f
Brandon Zuklie put back. The Cardinals 7
again had an answer and opened up their
largest lead of the half at 36-26, with
8:22 left.
After a Dane timeout, Bob Markel
scored Albany’s next five points and Ted
Hotaling hit a jumper to again cut the lead
to six. This seesaw battle continued for
the rest of the half until the Danes went
on an 8-0 spurt to close the gap to one
with 2:15 remaining. Hotaling scored the
final four points of the half to give Albany
only their second lead of the game. The
teams entered the locker rooms with the
Danes leading 53-51.
Hotaling led Albany with 14 points at
the half and was supported by Markel’s
13 and Jahnel’s eleven. Jason Ferrier
added six points and seven rebounds in
the first half. The offensive minded first
half could be easily described by one
Statistic, field goal percentage. The Danes
sent
aff photo by Roxann
St
finished the half at 21-34 (62%), and the
Cardinals at 17-30 (57%), including 5-7
(71%) from downtown.
The second half started with the same
frame of mind, offense. The teams traded
three—pointers before both settled in on
the defensive side of the floor. St. John
Fisher tied the game at 56, just 1:17 into
the second half. The Dane lead would
volley back and forth between one and
two points for the next few minutes.
Albany then went on a 12-1 run to open
up a twelve point lead with 9:31 to go in
the game. The Cardinals responded with
an 11-0 run of their own, led by Mike
Barrouk’s nine points, in that time.
With the Danes lead down to one and
their backs up against the wall, it would
be time for someone to step up their play.
That someone would be Darrin Jahnel.
Jahnel stole the ball and promptly pulled
up and hit the biggest three pointer of the
Danes season.
“Like he had no consciousness,”
Hotaling would later describe the fresh-
man’s shot, who is starting in the absence
of ill Doug Smith. As he started to pull
up, with all the other Albany players out
of position, everyone wondered what he
was doing. After the shot went in, it was
1 clear Jahnel was sending a message to his
: as
e dePrado
Markel gets the open jumper against Stony Brook.
teammates that he wasn’t ready for the
season to end yet.
“When I made the steal I was thinking
about just backing it out, but no one
picked me up, so I just let it fly,” Jahnel
described, “I’m glad it went down.”
“It was a huge play,” Sauers praised,
“He stole the ball and stuck the three. It
was probably the biggest play of the
game.”
The three pointer gave Albany a four
point lead, and was the Danes first field
See TOURNEY on page 22
Women’s track almost state champs
_ By AARON GREENBERG
Sports Editor
The women’s track and field team
set a school record with their perfor-
mance at the New York State Women’s
Collegiate Athletic Association Indoor
Track and Field Championships.
Fredonia State edged out Albany for §
the title, 86.3 to 86. In the process, |
Albany had its first ever state champi-
ons, automatically qualified one ath-
lete, and set school records in two
events.
Senior Kim Toone won the long
jump with 17’7”, finishing second in f
two events. She led the pentathlon by |
as much as 300 points until becoming
exhausted at the end, still good for sec-
ond with 2,676 points. Her 8.49 auto-
matically qualfied her for the Nationals
in the 55 meter hurdles, second place
to Keena Bush of Geneseo, who set a
state record.
Junior Tanya Dunkley became the
state champ at the 55 meter dash,
doing it in 7.4 seconds. Her triple jump a
of 11 meters was second place.
Two school records came from
senior Mary Walminsky in the weight
throw (13.49 meters), third place, and
sophomore Lisa Nesta in the 5,000
meter race. Nesta finished in 18:09.21,
fourth place. She was also second in
the 3,000 meters in 10:43.77.
Freshman Dana Hoffman was fourth
in the 400 meters with a time of 27.79
seconds. Other top five performers
were freshman Denise Dickerson in
Basketball
' downs,
the 400 meters (second), sophomore
Tonya Dodge in the 1,500 meters
(fifth) and the second place 4x400
relay team.
The relay was done in 4:14, while’
4:06.7 qualifies for Nationals. The
Staff photo by Roxanne dePrado
Vince Hodnett defies gravity.
time was actually longer than normal
due to Toone’s overload of events with
less than the scheduled rest time.
There were two ways to approach
the meet. One was the disappointment
of losing by less than half a point. The
other was joy over a school best.
“Tt was a tough loss, we had a lot of
” Coach Roberto Vives said.
“We try to put it in perspective. This
was the most successful season in team
history.”
Four teams vied for the top slot,
making it far more competitive than
usual. After Fredonia and Albany
came Geneseo State (78.3) and
Cortland State (71) out of seventeen
teams total. Cortland was rated the top
team in Division III.
“Only seventeen women for eigh-
B tcen events, I think they did an out-
standing job,” Vives said, as all who
went had to qualify first.
Next up for both the men and
women is the Eastern College Athletic
Conference Championship. This will
be the first time for the men, who are
ranked fourth nationally. Third ranked
Williams College will be there.
Albany’s men aim to take the title. The
women are aiming for more qualifiers
in the last chance to get to Nationals.
The ECACs are at Boston
University on March 4 at 10 a.m.The
women are pysched after moving up
from fifth in the state race last year.
They figure that it is time that they
make a real showing.
In a separate trip, Jeffrey York will
be heading for the IC4As at Princeton
University. This is a competition in
which 101 schools are members, near-
ly all Division I, from the coast along
Maine to North Carolina. York has a
legitamate shot at a title—he still owns
the best time in the 55 meter hurdles
on the east coast, regardless of divi-
sion, at 7.27. The next best is 7.39.
Hockey
jing portion of the championships. Armet finished
Hilton and Armet
compete at states
By THomMAS MCMAHON
Associate Sports Editor
Sophomore Amy Hilton, formerly of
Guilderland High School, competed in four swim-
ming events last weekend at the New York State
championships, held in Clifton, N.Y.
Hilton’s best finish came in the 200 meter
freestyle, where she finished fourth. ;
Sophomore Debbie Armet, competed in the div-
second in both the one and three meter diving
events. She ended up less than one, and just five
points behind the winner, respectively.
Staff photo by Ali Mabry
Armet competed in the state championships last week.
Women’s wrap up for final Division III
season-— page 23
Has the National Hockey League
become boring?—page 23
