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Man Suffers Heart Attack in RACC
Witnesses Try For Help, Blue Light Phone Fails

By SEAN CARROLL
Greek Corrospondent

Following the publication of the article
last week in the Albany Student Press

(ASP) regarding a heart attack victim in

the RACC, some questions were raised
examining the campus’ response to the
incident. Witnesses who wished to
remain anonymous expressed a concern
about one particular aspect of the
response, the blue light phone in the area.
When Tomas Osbourne went into car-
diac arrest in the afternoon of January 31,
1999, several support staff members
responded. While a friend attempted CPR
on Tomas, one staff person ran to the
building management office, while anoth-
er staff person escorted a student on hand
to the nearest blue light phone. The
phone call made from the office was to
911 and illicited an immediate response
from the University at Albany’s Five

Quad Ambulance Service, that arrived on
the scene approximately 4 minutes later.

Although emergency help was contact-
ed successfully through use of the phone
in the office, when the second staff person
attempted to

level, which procludes anyone unfamiliar
with the layout easy access to the phones.
In addition, the lack of identifying mark-
ers or instructions on the phone had the
potential to be time consuming in a situa-

tion where

access the blue
light phone she
quickly realized
that the phone

When the second staff person
attempted to access the blue
light phone she quickly realized

time was of
the essence.

An added fac-
tor is that a

was defective. majority of
The problem with that the phone was defective _ the blue light
the blue light phones in the
phone is under- RACC are in

stood to have been a damaged reciever.
While the probiem with the phone did not
impact the response time to the scene in
this case, it was only because of the pres-
ence and calm action of staff on the scene.

The individuals in the RACC with Mr.
Osbourne were not from the University
and were unfamilar with the blue light
phone system. There is no blue light
phone on the floor of the RACC arena

women’s bathrooms and locker rooms,
while none are in the men’s bathrooms or
locker rooms. This would be prohibitive
to the all-male contingent of visitors to
the RACC that day from having access to
a phone in their own areas.

To the University’s credit, the receiver
was replaced immediately; however it has
been suggested that this action is like
changing a tire on a car after it has been

driven off a cliff. Brian Jagde, co-chair of
the Students’ Rights Coalition Committee
on Campus Safety, considered the inci-
dent tell-tale of some of the hidden dan-
gers on the campus.

“Albany does a lot more in terms of
campus safety than many schools, howev-
er, having a blue light phone system is
pointless unless it is maintained. One
damaged blue light phone is not the issue,
nor is the issue this specific incident. The
issue is the standards this campus uses
overall to maintain the safety of their stu-
dents.”

One student had alot to say regarding
the situation. “If the University is lax in
maintaining the facilities on which stu-
dent safety depends there will inevitably
come a time where a person in need of
immediate medical attention pulls a blue-
light phone and mistakenly believes there
is help on the way. This is a dangerous
way to express concern about campus
safety.”

Greeks Forced Downtown

Frats Assigned Alumni

STUDENTS VS. CABBIES

By DAvip SCHAOCK

Greek life will not be the same after next.

year. The university has decided to move
Greek special interest housing from the uptown
campus to Alumni Quad, which is situated on
Western Avenue between Ontario and
Partridge. This new plan to move the
Fraternities and Sororities off of the uptown
campus will help accommodate the next fresh-
man class, which is expected to be even larger
than 1998-99’s freshmen class. Next year State
Quad will be primarily for freshmen, along
with Indian Quad.

The application process will be the

In the basement, there is a mid-sized weight
room, which includes free weight benches and
racks, with a large set of dumbbells. New
alterations are also underway such as brand
new furniture, and a movie room holding up to
60 people, which will include a wide-screen
television. :

Students who did not expect to commute
from Alden Hall will have to get used to this
slight inconvenience. “If I were to pledge and
live on Alumni it would be somewhat of a nui-
sance. I already have a problem getting to
classes now. It might be worse for me. Other
than that I think it won’t be that bad living
there,” says one Freshman rush.

In the past, parking has also been a problem

same. Special interest housing stu-
dents will have one week in advance
to register for rooms, before the rest
of the student body. For those who
have never visited Alumni Quad,
there is no tower. It is divided into
five different halls which are Pierce,
Alden, Waterbury, Brubaker, and
Sayles. This new special interest

This new plan to move the
Fraternities and Sororities off of the
uptown campus will accommodate

the next freshman class, which is

expected to be even larger than

1998-99’s freshmen class

housing will be primarily in Alden

Hall. There are no suite rooms, and each room
accommodates up to two people. These rooms
will be divided into sections where the
Fraternities and Sororities can reside. The
bathrooms are not individual. There are several
community bathrooms that each person must
share. It is comparable to the hallway setup on
Indian Quad. In addition, there are small class-
room size areas and lounges which will be
available for the reServation of office space,
meetings and anything else these organizations
may deem neccesary to plan for in the future.
Activities such as rush events or community
services can be scheduled in these spaces.

for many who lived on Alumni. There is
presently a parking lot under construction next
to Sayles Hall, and will be ready by next year.
The University also hopes to relieve this prob-
lem with greater cooperation from CDTA.
There are other advantages to living in
Alumni that they won’t tell you about in the
brochure, such as the close proximity to
Albany’s notorious bar scene, different restau-
rants and shops that are not as accessible
uptown, and many of the houses and apart-
ments that are primarily filled with Greeks.

Continued on page 4

SRC & SA For Students’ Rights

By JUSTIN WALDEN
Associate Managing Editor

George Kotis, a UAlbany junior is spearheading a joint Student
Association/Students’ Rights Coalition venture to ensure that students
returning to Albany from their spring breaks do not have to pay for their
cab rides home from the downtown bus station.

With complaints by students of local cab drivers mounting, Kotis came up
with an idea to charter a bus. The rented bus will ferry returning students
from the bus station to the uptown campus, thus saving students the seven
or eight dollars that would have been normally spent on a cab ride home.
“They [local cab drivers] have a lot of audacity,” fumed Kotis.

The idea is to rent a bus from 12pm to 8pm on Sunday, March 7. Kotis is
expecting anywhere from 250 to 400 students to catch the transit vehicle
when they return from spring break. According to Kotis, while there will
probably be one chartered bus that will constantly be bringing students back
to the uptown campus, there are also plans to provide service for students to
the downtown campus. “We don’t want to ignore anybody,” said Kotis.

The plan has worked before. Over one hundred people, who returned to
Albany from their semester-break by bus on January 24, were the recipients
of a free ride back to campus. Back in January, SA and SRC both supplied
$200 to rent the “student ferry” for the day, running from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30
p.m. Even the poorest math student can figure out that at five dollars per
ride being saved for one hundred students, SA and SRC saved University at
Albany students at least $500. “A lot of students feel like cabs have been
ripping them off,” said SRC president Dave Shor.

_ Working in teams, members from the Student Association were on hand |

_ to greet weary students as they walked off the bus. “It was a good surprise.

I think it’s really cool. The university should do more of that,” said Melanie
Gold, a sophomore who returned on a bus from Binghamton.

Matt Susser, Programming Director for the Student Association, partici-
pated in the initial “student lift.” Susser was quick to warn that local cab
drivers are only allowed to carry four people in a normal sized car, and that
it should be only an extra dollar for every person after the first rider. Also,
UAlbany is one stop, regardless of how many quads a cab has to drop peo-
ple off at. Susser is urging Albany students to contact the Students’ Rights
Coalition if they feel that they have been unfairly charged for a cab ride.
“We'll fight the city,” promised Susser.


9 Friday, February 12, 1999 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

OP/ED

Alhanp Student Press

Avi Saks, Editor in Chief
Greg SanGermano, Managing Editor
Justin Walden, Associate Managing Editor
Ben Boylan, News Editor
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Tim Shabarekh, Copy Editor —
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Jeremy Morrissey, Sports Editor
Shannon Mangan, Photography Editor
John Gilbreth, Computer Consultant
Sean Carroll, Greek Correspondent

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Editorial

It is odd, very odd. I am warning you
all now that this editorial is being heav-
ily influenced by the fact that I’ have
known for quite sometime that journal-
ism is my career. Albany, as I have dis- ©
covered, is quite conducive to news-
making. Being the capital of our state,
this region is always being included in
newscasts. Quick question: How many
of you do NOT have a special Albany
bureau in your local newspaper? This is
the city to bein’ for professional, repor- |
torial experience.

There are several news/PR firms in
the area. Students have the opportunity
to work full time for a paper that cov-
ers state politics with the Legislative
Gazette. (Talk to the Communications
Department) =s

Over on Wolf Road there is the news ~
publication for the 400,000 members of
our state’s largest teacher’s union, New
York Teacher. Yet we are, as students
of the University at Albany, left with-
out the chance to major in journalism.
In fact with all of the internship oppor-
tunities in the Capital-Region a person
could almost make up the balance of
credits for the journaism major just in
pure professional environments. What
better way to teach the finer aspects of
pressure-packed writing than to send a
young student into the real world?

Another side issue to an enhanced
journalism program would be a more

energetic on-campus atmosphere.
Several competing, regular printing
newspapers at UAlbany would involve
more students and would help draw
many of us out of rooms.

The journalism department here has
several brilliant professors, who have a
great deal of professional experience.
Yet we cannot major in a field that is
constantly expanding. Hey, I know we
cannot have all majors, but it just does
not make any sense'to me.

We used to have journalism as a
major, yet I heard it lacks the interest to
come back. This is also strange since a
great deal of people around here are
taking it as a minor. It also seems like
the communications major is attracting

- alot of attention these days.

I cannot understand that in the state’s
political center why we do not offer
full time academic instruction for a
field that is constantly seeking new stu-
dents. I beg the administration of this
university to at least look into the idea
of expanding one of this campus’ more
deserving departments. I would be
interested in hearing from other
UAlbany students who are also frus-
trated by the lack of a given minor or
major here. Write to the ASP. CC329,
UAlbany, Albany, NY 12222

By Justin Walden, Associate Mg. Ed.

Rev. Falwell and Teletubbies

Earlier this week the Reverand Jerry
Falwell accused the PBS television show
Teletubbies of promoting a homosexual
lifestyle through their character Tinky
Winky. Falwell bases his allegation on
- the fact that Tinky Winky is purple which
he calls, “the gay pride color,” and that
Tinky Winky carries a red magic bag,
which Falwell sees as an effeminate
purse. Further evidence for Tinky
Winky’s gay lifestyle (though the charac-
ter is androgynous) is found with the tri-
angle adorning the character’s head.
Though all the teletubbies display simple
geometric shapes the triangle has. been
appropriated by the gay rights movement.
Therefore, since Tinky shares this symbol,

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
UAS Disgusts Students

To the Editors of the

Albany Student Press:

I wish to convey, in this
letter, feelings concerning
an issue that have been
building up inside of me for
so long I feel as if I could
burst. Because I am so emo-
tional in this area it is diffi-
cult for me to be objective
and fair in writing this letter,
but I will attempt to be as
honest as possible.

My topic is UAS, the ser-
vice that serves the students
of UAlbany food in the cafe-
terias on the quads. I am a
sophomore who is currently
living on Colonial Quad. I
eat in the cafeteria perhaps
an average of twice a day,
although my food plan per-
mits me three meals a day. I
would eat elsewhere, for
reasons I will soon explain,
if I had more money, but I
don’t. I also feel obligated to
eat in the cafeteria because
my parents shell out a great
deal of cash to pay for these
“so-called” meals.

To put it bluntly, the food
and the service is the worst I
have ever experienced in my
life. I have worked in the
restaurant business for over
three years and I know how
food should be prepared.
The food in my cafeteria is
ghastly. It carries an equally
repugnant smell and taste. It
is never warm when I get it
to my seat, and most of it is
left relatively unattended in
heating dishes where it

spoils and grows stale. I
have felt nauseous many
times after eating there, and
often arrive to eat and leave
with an empty stomach and
a feeling of contempt and
anger.

The service is equally
horrible. Whenever I ask a
worker a question about the
food they have no idea what
I am talking about. I am not
referring to the contents of
the food but actually what
the food is. I am a vegetari-
an, but have abandoned eat-
ing food from their vegetari-
an bar. Every single day
there is plain beans, baked
potatoes wrapped in foil,
and a vegetable soup in a
yellow broth. I have docu-
mented proof that this has
been the selection every sin-
gle day since students
returned from Christmas
break. :

The worst part is, is that
the attendants at the vegetar-
ian bar have no idea what
they are doing. They never
have known what is in the
soup, and I have asked them
some fifteen times. They
look for it on the paper that
displays the choices of the
day and the soup is always
absent from this list. In fact,
they only know what is writ-
ten on the list.

One time I asked an atten-.

dant what was that “thing”
in the foil as a joke, and they
didn’t even know. They had
to look at the list before they
could reply baked potato.

My-last complaint is that
while I am eating, attendants
will come right next to me
with rotten smelling rags
and wipe the table while I
am trying to eat and digest
the horrid slop they pass off
as food. This type of behav-
ior is incomprehensible to
me. If I did anything similar
to that when I was a waiter I
would have had my pay
docked if I wasn’t immedi-
ately dismissed.

At my angriest points I
have visions of avenging the
wrongs that have been done
to me and my family who
pays for my tuition. I am
being slowly poisoned out
of my right for nutrition. I
really wish I could make the
person or people responsible
for this horror pay severely.
I don’t know if I have ever
been so hurt and disgusted. I
do not know if there is a
heaven or hell, but if there is
a hell I hope the people
responsible for my pain go
there, and are tortured by the
pitchfork wielding devil. I
hope they drown, burn and
are constantly maimed for
eternity. I curse their entire
families.

I do not mean these
thoughts as threats, I am just
trying to express how I feel.
Furthermore, I am not the
only student who feels this
way. I think the majority of
students are equally dissatis-
fied. I wish to stay anony-
mous to avoid future harass-
ment.

To the Editor,

I am writing in response to the editorial
from the February 5, 1999 edition of the
Albany Student Press. This one column
piece, written by the COPY EDITOR of
your newspaper contained more that 20
spelling/grammatical errors. I find this very
unsettling. I believe the ASP has a lot of
potential as an independent student paper.
Yet such obvious carelessness discredits the
paper tremendously. I regret that I don’t
have the time to work with the ASP, but I
am very disappointed that you allow a lack
of editing to deplete the quality of this
paper. Enclosed is a copy of the editorial
with the errors highlighted.

Sincerely,

Maxine H. Oland

I want to thank you for your letter and
input into such a matter. You are right.
Errors have no place in our paper. We have
spent the past semester improving the ASP,
and at the same time gaining greater read-
ership from the UAlbany community.
However, I would like to personally take
blame for these errors commited by Mr.
Shabarekh, a fine Copy Editor. I promise to
you, as well as to all our readers, that even
though nobody is perfect, I will try to come
as close to perfect as I can when it comes to
the integrity of the Albany Student Press.
Once again, thank you Maxine. -Avi Saks,
Editor-in-Chief

blinded by sexual intent since they have -

not, as Adam and Eve did so long ago,

Clean is gay! Yup. Ok, first of all unlike
Tinky Winky, Mr. Clean is actually a man

by Falwell’s perverted logic Tinky is gay.

Mr. Falwell also conveniently over-
looked the fact that Tinky Winky appears
naked on television and apparently lacks a
penis or any other sexual organs. Perhaps
Mr. Falwell should speak out against
Teletubbies for promoting eunuchism!
Hey, maybe if Tinky Winky actually had
a penis then Mr. Falwell and the rest of
the Christian Right could try and “cure”
“him” of his “homosexuality.”
Unfortunately, this tactic of addressing
same-sex relationships has already come
under heavy fire. :

Now here is where I get really racy.
Children are inherently asexual.
Children’s affections for one another are

fallen to the temptations of the flesh. The
relationships that children engage in with
one another are mindful and spiritual,
lacking any of the moral corrosiveness
preached by Falwell and his twisted
“morality.”

But there’s no reason for Jerry to get his
panties all in a bunch now that it has been
established that it is biologically impossi-
ble for his favorite gay boy to actually be
gay. I’m going to give him a tip on anoth-
er popular television character that really
is gay.for the next time he and his pathetic
group need to grab 15 seconds of infamy
before further marginalizing themselves
and their politics. Drumroll, please....Mr.

and therefore biologically enabled to
engage in a homosexual relationship. Mr.
Clean also has an earring and a tight white
t-shirt that show off his butch body. But
of course, as he gives us that knowing
wink, we know he’s really a softie on the
inside. Next time, Jerry, get your facts
straight before unjustly accusing a poor
plush toy who will never know the joys of
orgasm or even having a sexual prefer-
ence.

By Benjamin Polen
Associate News Editor


Feature

Friday, February 12, 1999 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS _3

Irish Culture and Art

Fintan O’Toole presents inaugural address

By SEAN HouRIGAN
Staff Writer

Fintan O’Toole, Ireland’s premier cul-
tural critic, presented the inaugural
address of the Irish Semester here at
UAlbany with his lecture “Irish Culture
and Art,” on Thursday, February 4th.
O’Toole, drama critic for the New York
Daily News and political journalist for the
Irish Times, has published a number of
books on the history of Ireland, the lives
of her people and the evolution of what
can only be described as “Irishness.” His
speech set the tone for the Irish semester
in a way perhaps no other could, outlining
the major historical influences that have
come to shape the Irish literary and artis-
tic mind, both in contemporary times and
in the past.

Ireland can only be described as a post-
modern culture, something O’Toole was
quick to point out, just now emerging
from a troubled colonial past that

were considered above the simple Irish
savage. Even so, it was in this arid soil
where the seeds of the “Celtic” literary

revolution of the early 20th century were

set.

Even amongst a destitute people a vacu-
um of art and expression cannot survive,
and soon the world knew of such men as
William Butler Yeats, John Millington
Synge, Samuel Beckett and James Joyce -
Irishmen trumpeting a yet unheralded lit-
erary voice. These men embodied the
Irish plight and existence through their
art, but life on her shores was so tumul-
tuous that they were often driven abroad
in pursuit of their literary quest and artis-
tic enterprise. The exile theme in
Dubliners was a very real fact of life for
Joyce and his contemporaries. They knew
only of a “backward” Ireland, isolated
from the rest of the world and alien to all
but her own, defined by religious devo-
tion, economic nonsuccess, socio-ethnic
division and a wide spread desire for
“Home Rule,” separation from the United

minds of its people who are witnessing
what essentially is their own coming of
age; the proverbial awakening of the
Celtic Tiger.

Contemporary Ireland has few of the
features it possessed just 30 or 40 years
ago. Membership in the European
Community has set off an economic
boom in the tiny island nation that has
made it the fastest growing economy in
Europe, with an annual GNP increase of
approximately 8%. As is always the
case, all social advances are inter-related
and the Irish example is no exception.
O’Toole goes on to define a new
“Trishness” that has come as a direct result
of the evolution of Irish socio-economic
life.

The Irishness he describes no longer
entails deep religious observance coupled
with stout nationalism and near complete
isolationism rom the world - quite the
opposite in fact. The new Ireland favors
urbania, spurs religion and embraces the
world. It favors its sons and daughters

instead of expelling them to the

saw millions of her sons and
daughters flee from their home
shores over the years never to
return - a past full of violence and
oppression at the hands of foreign
invaders, a sorrowful but never
submissive populace and an undy-
ing national spirit intertwined with
religion. It is this history that

It is this history that defined and
shaped what came to be known as
Irishness; Catholic, rural, agrarian,
and fiercely nationalistic in the
face of the cultural and political

suppresion by the British Crown.

defined and shaped what came to
be known as Irishness; Catholic, rural,
agrarian, and fiercely nationalistic in the
face of the cultural and political suppres-
sion by the British Crown.

In the past, there was little room for the
native Catholic Irish in his own land, for
the Protestant elite had all but shunned
him from all that was considered “cultur-
al;” art, education, literature and the like

Kingdom and the Crown.

This is much like the Ireland we all
imagine when called upon to do so;
quaint, sparsely populated, religious, iso-
lated, populated with a race of proud and
patriotic men - but this is also the Ireland
of the past. According to O’Toole, this
Ireland is gone, but not forgotten in the

Diaspora and, for the first time in
recent history, there are more
migrants coming into the country
than leaving it. A most profound
development in their history indeed.
Today’s Ireland can only be
described as post-modern, free from
the constraints of the past and barrel-
ing into the future at breakneck
speed. But is this new Ireland free
from the influences of the. past?
Absolutely not says O’Toole. Instead the
modern Irish experience can best be
described as a “double world” where past

meets present without reconcile, where a -

sense of place and identity can sometimes
be lost. This phenomenon can best be
seen in the works of contemporary Irish
artists and writers, the default spokesmen

for the new Ireland.

O’Toole describes how a “double
vision” is created where the writer can not
focus on his new reality as is, for the past
is such a dominating part of his culture

The new Ireland favors
urbania, spurs religion and
embraces the world.

that the spoils of modern life seem taint-
ed, tarnished by their very being modern
which for so long was the mark of the out-
siders, the oppressors, the Protestant land
owners. The common people held on to
their old world customs and ways, they
spoke their native tongue and practiced
the religion of their forefathers, resisting
the constant pressure to become angli-
cized and assimilate. Being backward, as
it were, was to be Irish.

The modern Ireland is full of the spoils
of modernity and hence the culture is
evolving correspondingly, in a distinctive
manner unseen before in history. The
past is slowly being overshadowed by
internal and external pressure to change
and a pluralism of identity results. For
hundreds of years the Irish, through emi-
gration came to world. Now, through
economic and social globalization the
world has come to Ireland - for better and
for worse. “The Filthy Modern Tide” has
come to Ireland, as William Butler Yeats
described American society - the accepted
definition of modern life. No longer is
she an isolated isle alongside the. ever
prominent United Kingdom, but a distinc-
tive and separate ‘entity, left to cope with
the growing pains we in this country
know only through the tales and the myths
of our own national infancy.

Ferrets Have Come A Long Way

#3 Pets at the #1 Party School

By Russell Dickson
Staff Writer

Everyone knows that a guy or gal in
their dorm has a snake hidden in their
closet or a fish tank containing lizards.
According to some pet store employees
these old favorites are losing favor among
college students. The new craze seems to

be ferrets. These lovable little pranksters
with the lengthy body and bandits mask
have captured the hearts and imaginations
of many in this country.

Just a decade ago, if you had asked
someone what a ferret was they would
have said, “Huh?” They were unheard of
except by a special few pet lovers that
had a taste for the exotic. Ferrets have
come a long way in the past 10 years or

so, despite the paranoia caused by over-
protective parents and government bans.
These little bundles of joy have man-
aged to steal their way into our hearts and
secure a place in many homes. They are
now the third most popular pet in the

bobbed on it’s perch near the register.

The smell of Cedar chips and dry dog
food permeated the air with that all too
familiar scent one expects when entering
a pet store. Fish swam and lizards
climbed, turtles crawled and snakes slith-

ered. Amidst this pletho-

Just a decade ago, if you had asked
someone what a ferret was they

would have said, “Huh?”

ra of life, the employee
said, “I can barely keep
ferrets in stock. People
just buy them up. I think
they are so popular

country, dogs being number |, and cats
number 2, and it took only 10 years to do
it. Ferrets have been domesticated for
over 2500 years. Historically they have
been mentioned in plays by
Aristophanes, 450-425 BC, and by
Aristotle, around 350 BC. The Greeks
and Romans used ferrets for hunting, as
they were especially good at

because more is known
about them today. They are especially
popular among college students because
they are small and can be easily hidden
inside dorm rooms and such.”

“There have been a lot of myths sur-
rounding them in the past. Two popular
myths had to do with their odor and tem-
perement. I have had a lot of people buy

climbing down burrows and
chasing out rabbits.

An employee of a local pet
store, spoke over the rhyth-

Who knows, maybe the ferret

really will replace reptiles as col-

lege favorites?

mic murmur of customers
glancing through a glass dis-
play window at the front of the store.
Inside, puppies playfully barked and
yipped. The store was a collage of
sounds. Cages were rattling, puppies were
barking, squawks and screeches emanat-
ed from a wall of cages containing dozens
of birds. “Hello,” a parrot proclaimed
with its scratchy voice as it danced and

ferrets on an impulse and try to return
them the same night,” Jones said.

“People hastily return ferrets bought on
an impulse because most people don’t
understand them,” Jones said. When fer-
rets are extremely happy, they do what
veteran ferret owners call: “The dance of

joy”. During this erratic dance, ferrets

hop about, crashing into things, making
audible chuckling sounds. People who
have never owned ferrets before witness
this behavior and think that their new pets
are crazy or are rabid.

“Tt is because of this ignorance that fer-
rets have gotten a bad rap in this country.
People see the long narrow body and ban-
dit’s mask and think that it is a wild ani-
mal,” the employee said. Ferrets have
been domesticated for centuries. Ferrets
available in the pet stores today have
been specially bred with other animals to
make very gentle, good, lovable pets.

Who knows, maybe the ferret really
will replace reptiles as college favorites?
Despite the continued controversy in
some states still refusing to legalize their
ownership, ferrets continue to grow in
popularity. Many states that had previous-
ly outlawed them are now welcoming the
furry little creatures. Ferrets have been
around for centuries, and in all certainty,
are not going anywhere, anytime soon.


4 Friday, February 12, 1999 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

By WAN TING YIN

The Princeton Review’s annual
publication of the “Best of 311
Colleges,” which polls the opinions
of 56,000 students at 311 colleges
covering 61 categories ranging from
professors and partying to dorms and
campus, placed the University at
Albany in the spotlight, as it slaps
the university with the title: “#1
party school of the nation”.

The labeling of

School Administration Addresses:
UAlbany’s Dubious Party Rank

and have people comment about how
my degree was attained at the num-
ber one party school. We are seri-
ous about our academic future.”
School officials definitely weren’t
celebrating the distinction nor would
it be seen in the campus viewbook.
Police Chief Frank Wiley declared,
“T can’t see why the University was
ranked as the nation’s top party
school. The university has excellent
and sound academic programs. I

never accepted the notion that the

University was

our institution as
a party school
dea tte
UAlbany in the
eyes of our
potential
employers, par-
ents and high

The labeling of our.
institution as a party
school devalues
UAlbany in the eyes of
our potential employers

the #1 party
school. It is a
highly respected
institution.”

On the con-
trary, the rank-
ings are based
directly upon

school seniors.
The validity of
the rankings raises many questions
since the surveys were completed by
no more than 200 UAlbany students
among the 16,000 enrolled under-
graduate and graduate students in the
University. The Princeton Review
admits in its web site that its survey
may not “perfectly reflect reality.”
The ratings are not facts, but the title
smudges our many endeavors, such
as being one of the nation’s top 25
“Best Buys” in higher education
according to Money Magazine.
Maria B. Antonio, a sophomore
majoring in business complained, “I
don’t want to go to a job interview

what students on
each campus told
the Princeton Review about their col-
lege. There is no doubt that students
like to enjoy. their first real experi-
ence in adult independence, but the
question comes to: Why do
UAlbany students view their school
as a party school? Cindy Chan, a
Psychology junior, believes, “The
reason that I think SUNY Albany is
the number one party school is
because of the tough academic pro-
gram that we have. A lot of our stu-

‘dents go to parties in order to release

their stress.”
What comes to people’s minds
when they think of a “party school”

is alcohol usage. Albany has a heavy
bar scene nearby the campus area,
and college student drinking can
result in alcoholic related problems
such as drunk driving, missing class-
es, disturbances for the community,
unplanned sexual activity, trouble
with the police and sexual assaults.
A flier posted on campus saying
“Hey #1 party school! Do you
believe...” followed by a few statis-
tics, questions the validity of the zero
liquor law violations

plaints from the statistics that were
conducted from 1991 to 1998.” Mr.
Gephardt and his committee have
taken steps to help tavern owners in
developing an approach to lower the
negative consequences of alcoholic
drinking. Outrageous advertisement
and promotions easily draws students
and that “sends a very strong mes-
sage to the students. So far we have
fourteen taverns that have agreed not
to have outrageous specials and

reported in the years of
1995, 1996, and 1997.
Becca Weiner, the
Director of Women’s
Issue, states “With the
drinking going on on-
campus and the low
sexual assault reports,
there must thousands of

having a good time
and hangovers
aren’t required for

a college degree

advertisements,”

. added Mr.
Getting drunk Gephardt.

shouldn’t be part of The things

that students

choose to do
when it comes
to having a good
time is greatly
shaped by cam-

students that have sur-
vived sexual assaults.”
She also added, “I want to make sex-
ual assault a community problem not
only a woman’s issue.”

With the students living off cam-
pus and the heavy duty bar scenes,
the behavior impacts influences the
way the community thinks about
UAlbany — students. Thomas
Gephardt, the Director of Personal
Safety and Off-Campus Affairs,
whom is in charge of the 24 hour
“Off Campus Hotline,” listens to the
voices of our community regarding
complaints.

Thomas Gephardt states that there
was a “79% reduction in the com-

pus social
norms. The
assumption that the institutions that
didn’t appear on Princeton Review’s
top party ranking list doesn’t mean
they are isolated from the influence
of alcohol on their student body.
The facts of life are: when students
drink heavily, they have problems
keeping up with school work and are
likely to start skipping classes.
Getting drunk shouldn’t be part of
having a good time and hangovers
aren’t required for a college degree.

Talk with repr
schools abot

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Shannon Says It All
The ASP ’s Advice Column

Dear Shannon,

I love MTV and can’t stand missing a minute of it. -
This poses a problem when it comes to going to classes,
sleeping, etc. My grades are dropping and I think that I
am an addicted to No-Doze. My friends call me a loser,
but I just can’t get away from it. HELP!!!

Glued to the Tube

Dear Glued to the Tube,

I know that MTV is a prime source of music, entertain-
ment and news in one tiny electrical box, however there
is so much more to life than Music Television. Kurt
Loder is very informational with his hourly news mes-
sages, but there are more pressing events than if Ol’ Dirty
Bastard is being arrested or if George Michael is having
fun in the bathroom or not. My advice to you is to send
your T.V. home or let a friend borrow it for the rest of the
semester. You will have nothing else to do but go to
class, and read the newspaper (and learn about the impor-
tant current events). As for the No-Doze problem, I am
sure once you stop staying up all night watching MTV
you find that you no longer have a need for it. Sleep
tight.

Dear Shannon,

My roommate brought her cat back from winter break.
It is so cute!! But I know that it is illegal to have pets on
campus. I don’t want to get my roommate in trouble. On
the other hand, I don’t want to get in trouble myself if we

get caught with the cat in the dorms. Do I worry about
my roommate getting in trouble? Or me? Should the cat
bite my tounge?

Dear Kitty-kat,

I am an animal lover, but the way I see it, keeping a cat
in an enclosed room for a long period of time is inhu-
mane. Since animals are not allowed in dorms, I would
have to asssume that the cat is not let out often. Not only
is the cat trapped inside the room, but you are also
trapped inside an incredible roommate problem. I think
you should talk to your roommate, explain that you are
worried about the both of you getting in trouble. Also
explain that keeping an animal trapped in a tiny room
will cause even more problems. I feel it would be best
for the cat to return to your roommates permanent home
or an animal shelter. Either way the cat should not be left
in a tiny dorm room, not only because it is illegal, but
also because being trapped inside a room that is
inescapable is just wrong. How would you like to be left
in aroom with no escape while your owner is at class?

Dear Shannon,

I’ve been dating this guy for a while and lately things
have been moving really fast. He wants to have sex and I
think that I am ready, but he doesn’t want to use a con-
dom beacuse he knows that I am on the pill. What

| should I do?

Someone on Indian

Dear Indecisive on Indian.

Sex is a big decision and I would like to congratulate
you on your choice to wait until you are truly ready. The
biggest thing here is ARE YOU TRULY READY??? By
being able to talk to your boyfriend about contraception
is a good step towards the answer. However, are you
aware of the effects of unprotected sex? By using The
Pill you are about 90% protected from becoming preg-
nant, but the pill does absolutely nothing to prevent sexu-
ally transmitted diseases. Most STD’s are curable, but
who wants them? Among the other STD’s that aren’t
curable is the very scary HIV and AIDS. Most STD’s
don’t even have noticable symptoms. You cannot be
sure of your boyfriend’s past partners. He may not even
know if a past girlfriend of his had any diseases. I rec-
ommend that you insist at ALL costs that your boyfriend
use a condom, even if it is his first time and he is com-
pletely free of disease. I would hate to see you fall into
the 10% of pill users who get pregnant.

Disclaimer: Shannon can be reached at Shannon Says It
All, CC329, Albany Student Press, Albany, NY 12222.
Shannon, though intelligent and friendly is not a profes-
sional psychologist. Her advice is not that of any medical
or scientific opinion. This column specifically disclaims
any liabilities to any incident occurruing from the advice
given. It is meant for entertainment purposes only

STD’s Present Huge Problem On Campus

- By Irene Gilbert

Sexually Transmitted Diseases are a
large problem among college students
today. During the past week many semi-
nars were held to educate college students
on sexual problems.

AIDS and other STDs are definitely not
something most college students think
about often. “Only 10% of students at
SUNY Albany thought about HIV and
STDs,” said Carol Stenger. Stenger led
the seminar, and is a Health and Sexuality
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Stenger teaches a Sexuality course on
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a program called “SHAPE.” SHAPE
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UAS Overhaul — Anybody who has eaten on
this campus before this year could go on, seem-
ingly without end, about how truly awful the
cafeteria food was. Remember the powdered eggs? It
was down right degrading to be forced to buy a meal plan
that made almost everybody sick at least once.. Everyone
has horror stories about the UAS food and their service
that we would all rather forget, but dare we say the food
has gotten better. It is unbelievable, but it seems true.
Still lets keep something in mind, the food isn’t great
or anything, and maybe we shouldn’t expect it to be. The
food may be dramatically better, but that may simply be
due to how, again, truly awful the food was before.
Marriot came in and helped, but it is not like the cafeteria
is serving roast beef that any rational person would
describe as succulent or anything, but there is undeniable
improvement.

The Master Plan—There are two reactions peo-
ple have to The Master Plan: “What!!” and
“What a waste!!”, if you don’t know what it is,
listen up, if you think it’s a waste you’re wrong.

The Master Plan is a massive $140 Million plan to ren-
ovate and re-invent the University at Albany campuses.
The plan calls for the “realignment” of Perimeter Road,
pushing all cars outside the new road, creating a “Band
of Green” between the Acedemic Podium and the quads,
expanding the podium, building a new life sciences
building, building new parking lots, a new administration
building on Collins Circle while turning the old one into
classrooms. Better lighting and a whole host of other
improvments are anticipated. The downtown campus
will recieve what it needs the most, more parking.

Lets face it, the uptown campus is convienent, but
damn ugly. Short of putting actual windows in the build-
ings the plan does everything from create more class-
rooms and parking spaces, to making the campus more
beautiful. The best part is that the money does not come
from the University. The State legislation set aside the
$140 Million, assuring the tuition funds will not be
touched. There will be flys in the ointment surely, soon-
er or later problems will develope, but the Master Plan is

a truly positive step toward University’s future. A
Master Plan CD-Rom detailing what has to be created, is
available in Administration 329.

Expansion of Library and Campus Center Hours
— The University and UAS has finally respond-
ed to student pressure and kept the Library and
Campus Center open longer. The Campus Center is now
open until 2am and the Library until lam. This may be a
sign the University is finally willing to recognize stu-
dents need something - anything - to do at night.

Previously students had two choices for what to do at
night on campus; sit in their room, or sit in someone
else’s room. Neither is much fun for very long. This left
many students with no choice but to go out. And out
isn’t much better. With all due respect to the Lamppost,
there’s simply not a lot of stuff to do in Albany at night.
By leaving the Campus Center and Library open later,
students are given two more choices.

However, its important to remember this is just a first
step. Although the Campus Center building open, noth-
ing inside is open for business. And although 1am is
good, the Library should be open 24 hours. Students
need a place to work and a place to relax. We don’t all
go to sleep at 10pm, and are willing to spend money; the
University should continue to provide students with a
place to study al night, and UAS should provide students
with food after midnight.

- Division One/Football Champions — Albany is
going to Division One in about a year and the
football team is running head long into it with their sec-
ond championship in a row. Albany’s athlete’s are
among the nation’s best, and D1 will give us the chance
to prove it.

By entering D1, Albany will benefit from the attention
that is given to such teams, and schools. The University
will increase revenues from advertisers and ticket sales.
Students from high schools and other colleges will look
at Albany with greater interest as the University is able to
offer top-notch academics as well as first-rate sports
teams.

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It is in these houses where many of the
Greek social events take place. These
houses are also where many Greek
Juniors and Seniors live. This movement
of speciai interest housing may make
some of ‘these students who planned on
living in a house, reconsider their inten-
tions and stick with a dormitory setting.
There are those who first heard of the
idea and thought that this transition
might make Greek visibility on the
uptown campus a problem, but this is
not necessarily true. Students will be

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breaks than if they lived on State Quad,
says the new Greek Advisor Travis
Apgar. Students who were able to go
back to their rooms on State Quad after
classes, no longer have that luxury.
Instead, most of the Greeks who live off
“campus will be more inclined to spend
time on the uptown campus.

One of the primary goals of this transi-
tion, is to build comradery within the
Greek community. A hallway atmos-
phere is more friendly and communal.
says Holly Barker, Resident
Director for Waterbury Hall on Alumni.
This may be true. A tower atmosphere is
arguably more socially stratified, as
opposed to a hallway where each indi-
vidual is spread out on only three levels.
In a hallway, rooms are more likely to
be open, and it may be easier for some-
one to just pop in and say hello.

In a sense this may be the closest the
University will ever get to having Greek
houses. Alden Hall will in theory, act as
a large Greek House for Fraternities and
Sororities of all different
types. “Our goal is to make a community
that is interactive and pro active for the
organizations under each councils,” says
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by other departments of the University and for other pur-
poses ranging from concerts and tournaments, to debates
and public speakers. And dare we say, commencement
could be held on campus.

Albany has a great team and a bright future in
sports...now; if we could only get people to the games.

Switch to Coke — This is one of those things
everybody notices and no one thinks is impor-
tant. We admit its not a constitutional crisis or
anything, but it has improved life a bit here on campus.

For starters, there are far fewer empty machines. In
fact, there are a lot more machines in general all around
the University, including those that sell Powerade, water,
and Fruitopia. Of course it should be noted we had to
give up Mountain Dew (study aid of the gods) in
exchange for Surge (study aid of the gods who have
burned off their taste buds).

Students benefit from the switch thanks to scholarships
from, and internships at Coca-Cola. And the University
gets a percentage of vending machine sales that is expect-
ed to reach $6 million. Plus, we get those super cool
vending machines with the Great Danes logo.

fy Uncontested Fall Elections — Glory, glory, hal-
8 leluhah! Central Council members were elected
last semester, and there was not a single person who con-
tested the election results. There are two possible places
to give credit. The first is Vice President Brigid Bergen
who has been doing the job of elections commissioner
because SA has not seen it fit to appoint anyone. The
second is a very unlikely source; deterrence. Last spring
a candidate was removed from the ballot for violating
election policy. Perhaps the candidates last semester rec-
ognized there were consequences to such violations and
played by the rules. Either way, we won’t complain. It’s
nice to see a relatively smooth transition every now and
again.

Does this mean the Student Association has its act
together? We’re crossing our fingers, but not holding our
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Suzanne Lyall — Without a
doubt, the worst event of 1998
was the disappearance of Albany
sophomore Suzanne Lyall. This is tragic
on two levels: First, her disappearance
has shattered the lives of her family and
friends. The second level is the one the
rest of us are on. Suzanne Lyall’s disap-
pearance put the entire campus alert.
Many people changed their behavior out
of fear, and for many the safety and com-
fort of Albany has been lost forever. This
is not a disappointing rating or a fight
between two SA members, this is a
human life. But it is not just one life; all
of Albany suffered a loss.

However, as is common with all
tragedies, some good did come out of this.
We all became a little more aware of the
dangers around us; safety on campus has
been improved, and will continue to
improve; and Doug Lyall, Suzanne
Lyall’s father, is pushing for legislation to
reduce the amount of time the police must
wait before beginning to search for a col-
lege-age missing person.

At a 10-year reunion, when
Suzanne Lyall walks through the door, we
will all know who she is and be glad to
see her. But even if our paths never cross
we will always remember her.

#1 Party School — Most are sick
of hearing about this whole party
thing, but this really isn’t doing
us any.good. There are some 5,000 insti-
tutions of higher learning in America.
Princeton Review ranked the Best 400.
We’re number one among the top 400, not
among all 5,000. As one recent graduate
said, “I love Albany, but I did not have a
good enough time for this to be the num-

- ber one party school in the country.”

What about those geniuses at those ski
colleges in Colorado or wherever they
are?

We’ ve got the number three
business school in the entire country.

You know what that means? Harvard,
Yale, Stanford. We’re better than at least
one of them! Number 11 Political
Science department, number one
Environmental Sciences, the list goes on
and on. And let’s face it, a sunny sky
can’t be found for eight months a year and
there are about two dozen bars for 12,000
students; it seems a little unlikely we real-
ly party more than the University of
Miami Beach or whatever.

The reality is of this bulls**t
ranking is that everybody in the country
thinks that all we do is party. If some guy
watches Jay Leno making jokes about
Albany as a party:school and you walk
into his office the next day for a job, you
stand as much of a chance of being hired
as a freshman does of finding and navigat-
ing the tunnels. And the worst part is you
would be hard-pressed to come up with
anything the administration has done to
correct public perception and make our
diplomas worth something.

As a side issue, if anyone out
there really believes we are the number
one party school, the ASP would like to
sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.

8% Group Budget Cut — All jok-
ing aside, there were some seri-
ous “worsts” of 1998, and one
such event was the 8% cut from every stu-
dent group’s budget. For many students,
the benefits of the Student Association are
limited to the money allocated to student

Annoucing the

MERLIN W. HATHAWAY MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship honors Professor Emeritus Merlin W. Hathaway, the guiding
force in the creation of the intercollegiate Athletic Program at the University at
Albany from 1944 to 1976. Coach Hathaway received his undergraduate degree
from SUNY College at Cortland and his Master of Science degree from Albany
in 1946. During his tenure at Albany, he served as Professor of Physical
Education, coach of several intercollegiate sports, and as Director of Athletics
and Physical Education. He was also instrumental in the development of the
campus’ recreation program including the purchase of Camp Dippikill in the

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CRITERIA:

The criteria used to select the scholarship recipient are:

1. The candidate must be a sophomore, junior, or senior with a
strong academic record and must have completed at least one
year at Albany prior to receiving the scholarship.

2. The candidate must be a member in good standing of an
intercollegiate athletic team at Albany.

3. The candidate should demonstrate outstanding leadership,
| integrity, team spirit, and a dedicated commitment to and
involvement in the University community.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Application must be completed and submitted by March 26 along with two rec-
ommendations from faculty members at the University who have direct knowl-
edge of the student’s accomplishments, such as a faculty advisor, coach, etc.
Please describe the role which athletics that you feel will qualify you for
the Merlin W. Hathaway Scholar-Athlete Scholarship.

REVIEW PROCESS:

The Scholarship Selection Committee will review applications to determine
which candidate, in its judgement, best meets the criteria. The committee may,
in its discretion, interview candidates a s part of the selection process.

Applications may be obtained from the Office of Planned Giving,
JAD 231, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222

groups.

The “fiscal glitch” that resulted
in the cut was a left over problem from
last spring. In calculating this year’s bud-
get they cleverly failed to check their
math and determined the SA would have
$100,000 more than it actually had.
Oops.

Some of the larger groups, like
ASUBA, and Hillel, lost out on thou-
sands. However, the real burden rests on
smaller groups like the Students Rights
Coalition which have relatively small
budgets and where every dollar needs to
be spent three times.

For anyone who doesn’t think
student elections don’t matter, remember
it’s up to you to choose our student lead-
ers. We respectfully suggest those who
can add.

Concerts—If you haven’t attend-
ed one of the concerts held on the
Albany campus, and based on
attendance, you may not realize people
haven’t exactly been beating down the
doors to get in.

Fallfest, SUNYPalooza, and the

Cultural Carnival were disasters in two
senses. First, they all lost money. Now,
it may be part of the concert agenda to
turn a profit, but there were some big dis-
asters here, that we hope were not
planned. Estimates for attendance at
SUNY Palooza range from two drunk stu-
dents who woke up to find a concert
where they passed out, to six high school
students who wanted to skateboard on the
podium but got lost. In fact, last year
Parkfest, the single best party of the year,
was cancelled.

Fallfest thus year was a great
show, but the RACC was half-empty.
Students at Albany spend millions of
dollars a year on entertainment, except
for the Pepsi Arena, there are no other
concert venues in the Capital District.
Why doesn’t the Student Association
provide students with concerts they actu-
ally want to see?

Fountain/Stairs Closed — This
is a problem on campus that
actually can’t be blamed on any-
body. The delay in the reconstruction of
the stairs was not the fault of the admin-
istration; the construction company dis-
covered faults in the concrete around the
stairs that required attention. It just
sucks. However, it is relatively disturb-
ing that a structure only 30 years old
would have such significant damage.

Anyone who has spent more than
one year at Albany recognized how little
socializing took place around the foun-
tain last semester. Even those who don’t
spend their time sitting around the trees,
noticed the lack of bustle and chatter.
When spring comes, freshmen will be
pleasantly surprised at the number of
people permanently parked around the
fountain. Until then, the small fountain
will have to do.

;_ Ashwani/Fensterstock Fight —
.2 Either you know way too much
about the power struggle
between President Ashwani Prabhakar
and former-Comptroller Joshua
Fensterstock or you’ve never heard of
either of these guys. In a nut shell, their
disagreements developed into a knock-
down, drag-out political fight. By the
end, both were digging up anything that
would make the other look dishonest.
All they succeeded in doing was damag-
ing all of SA.

The issue of who was the greater
of two evils is quite unimportant in light
of the larger problem; the weekly Central
Council meeting was used as a venue for

the two to take pot shots at each other,
and the ensuing battle dragged most of
Council in, on one side or the other.

In the end no one escapes blame,
and no one is solely to responsible. Both
parties believed they were doing their job
and serving the interests of the students.
Both allowed themselves to be blinded to
the effects of the dispute. The sheer dis-
ruption caused by this struggle was
enough to almost paralyze SA (did any-
one notice), and when the dust settled, no
one was left standing. It would be called
“a dark day,” but it lasted weeks. What’s
left to say, it was one of the worst events
of 1998. (note: This event was also cho-
sen by many as one of the “best” of 1998
simply because they found it so entertain-
ing. Titanic was an entertaining movie, _
but it sucked to actually be on the boat.)

Administration Building
Renovation — Recognizing the
limited funds that this and every
university are facing, the administration
decided the best way to spend our money
is to renovate the Administration building
and construct a glass chamber at the
entrance. “The University lacks a front
door,” was the excuse used to justify this
unfortunate expenditure. For the record,
the school also lacks a 24-hour library,
clean desks, and card-swipes on the side
doors to the dorms. But a new entrance to
the Administration building is probably
just as good.

But the high cost of this renova-
tion (reportedly over $3,000,000) could
possibly be justified if not for one slightly
inconvenient fact; as a part of the Master

Plan, the entire Administration building is

to be gutted and converted into some
badly needed classroom space (those who
had Constitutional Law in the PAC know
what we’re talking about).

Parking Meters — To start with,
what the hell!?! As if parking,
moving, and trying not to freeze
to death between the parking lot and the
dorms is not difficult enough, now we

-have the privilege of paying to park on the

campus we already pay to be on. The
eight meters in front of each quad and
those around the podium and Campus
Center may not be so bad if every other
vaguely convenient spot wasn’t promised
to those with doctors in the family...I
mean, those with Special Permit stickers.
If aliens landed in Albany, based on the
number of Special Permit spots, they
would think we were an infirmary not a
school. The number one party school full
of people who can’t walk. Isn’t there a
federal grant or something we can qualify
for?

Want to add some-
thing to either the
“Best” or “Worst”

lists? If so, you

-know what to do:
Write to the ASP,
and drop off your
letter in Campus

Center 329.


8 Friday, February 12, 1999

Editorial

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

THE STATS SAY YES

Kenneth C. Wang
Staff Columnist

Somewhere, a hapless college representa-
tive is facing down a room full of high
school juniors, trying to paint a positive
image of the University at Albany, SUNY.
Inevitably, a concerned would-be student
will ask about the diversity of the school.
Pause here. If this fictional representative
said this was a diverse place, would it be a
bald-faced lie? The racial heterogeneity of
the campus is always the talk of some group
somewhere, believing that our campus can

be a more “varied” place, so to speak.:

Perhaps though, there is no need to make
“diversity” a pressing issue. Maybe, this is
already a diverse place. I know where to
look...

Before the righteous indignation starts,
let’s look at the statistics of this school.
Sauntering over to the University’s web
page I opened up some demographic info.
According to the University, the breakdown
of the population is as follows: American
Indian/Alaskan Native .3%, Asian/Pacific
Islander 8%, African American 8%,
Caucasian 67%, Foreign 1%, and Hispanic
7%, with a male/female
ratio of nearly 1:1. Of

One of those reasons would not be the
lack of cultural offerings relevant to each
demographic group listed above. There are
student groups for just about every possible
permutation of interests, ranging from
ASUBA to the American Asian Alliance to
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Alliance. In celebra-
tion of Black History Month the University
and its various groups have several events to
educate the population about the contribu-
tions and trials of African
Americans. The Performing

Arts Center staged a produc-
tion of “Angels in America”, a
gay-theme play, last year. The

‘University Museum has art
from all over the world. In
short, this campus is not unfriendly to the
people of varied ethnicity, but may very well
be a multicultural Mecca in this dour corner
of Suburbia.

Going down to the cafeteria, or to the
Podium, or to class, it’s easy to see the
multi-ethnic nature of the student body.
How can one say that this campus is too
homogenous? Doing a quick and very infor-
mal survey of people in the cafeteria, most
have agreed that this is a diverse campus. A
few pointed out that certain groups were
under-represented, but we have established

that. Some say that this is

the most diverse place they

course, such information is
useless unless compared to
a yardstick; as such, I shall
move onto the Census
Bureau’s website to find
pertinent information.
From the latest (1990) cen-
sus, we have the following:
Caucasian 71.5%, African

multieth

Going down to the
cafeteria, or to the
Podium, or to class,

it is easy to see the

of the student body

have ever been to. I am
from New York City, and I
can say that this place com-
pares favorably.

Can this place get more
diverse? Why not?
However, one must appre-
ciate what we DO have
here. We have the people,

nic nature

American 12%, American

Indian/Alaskan Native .8%, Asian/Pacific
Islander 2.9%, Hispanic 8.8%, other 3.9%.
What does this mean? That as a whole, the
campus is more diverse than the national
average! Of course, there is still under-rep-
resentation in certain groups like Latinos and
African Americans (and if using the Census
as a guide, then Caucasians as well!), but
there are far more factors involved with
-those particular groups, including such
things that University cannot control, like
poverty rates, graduation rates from high
school, and other problems plaguing this
sector.

we have the programs, we
have the openness (I hope) to welcome it all.
Perhaps instead of fighting to see which eth-
nicity can become a large slice ofthe demo-
graphic pie, instead come to appreciate the
diversity that is already here, in the prover-
bial backyard. It would truly be a shame to
attend Albany for four years, and to never
see that exhibit on West African Sculpture,
or to never hear a lecture on Latin dance,
never take that class on Asian philosophy. It
is an opportunity to be here- Take advantage
of it all. To not do so would make our diver-
sity an interesting but useless appendage, not
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“Provide leadership opportunities

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By Marissa TUCHBAND

This year’s Academy Award
nominations were announced on
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that dominated the list were com-
pletely different in nature, ranging
from “Shakespeare in Love”, a
romantic comedy about the life of
Shakespeare, to “Saving Private
Ryan”, a wrenching war drama
noted for its graphic depictions of
battle. Both were chosen for Best
Picture of the Year, Best Art
Direction, Best Original
Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Film
Editing, and Best Direction, in
addition to being selected as nomi-
nees for Best Picture.

“Saving Private Ryan” was also
nominated for Best Actor in a
Leading Role(Tom Hanks), Best
Cinematography, and Best Original
Dramatic Score, while
“Shakespeare in Love” fell into the
categories of Best Actress in a
Leading Role (Golden Globe
Winner Gwyneth Paltrow), Best
Actor in a Supporting Role
(Geoffrey Rush), Best Actress in a
Supporting Role (Judi Dench), and
Best Costume Design. It seems as
though these two films are vying

_ for the top spot on the list of nomi-

nees because both appear in almost
every category, including the most
nominations, with “Shakespeare in
Love” receiving 13 votes and
“Saving Private Ryan” at a close
second with 11 votes.

Although “Shakespeare in Love”
and “Saving Private Ryan” have
taken over almost every category,
they are not the only important
nominees. “Elizabeth” (the story of
the coming of age of a young

This year the stories
On screen range in
topics from love to

war to coming of age

English Queen), “The Thin Red
Line” (a WWII drama), and “Life
is Beautiful” (another war drama
that uses subtitles) were also put
into the category for Best Picture.
It is interesting to note that “Life is
Beautiful” is only the third foreign
film ever to be selected for Best
Picture. Also, it is necessary to
point out that Roberto Benigni
(“Life is Beautiful”), Ian McKellen
(“Gods and Monsters”), Ed Norton
(“American History X”’), and final-
ly Nick Nolte (“Affliction”) all
received nominations for the Best
Actor category, even though the

films were not widely distributed.

Finally, the leading ladies chosen
were Cate Blanchett (“Elizabeth”),
Emily Watson (“Hilary and
Jackie”), Meryl Streep (“One True
Thing”), and Fernanda Montenegro
(“Central Station”). These fine
actresses will go head to head with
Paltrow on Oscar night.

This year’s films are, as Bob
Ramey, the President of the
Hollywood’s Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences pointed
out, “a tribute to diversity.” Every
film found on the list has qualities
of its own which set
it apart from all the
others and for this
reason even the men-
tion of just a few
gives the audience
this true sense of
diversity. This year
the stories on screen
range in topics from
love to war to coming
of age.

So there you have
it. The nominations
are out and so now

Hannah Frankl

we’ ll just have to wait and see who

the favorites are when this year’s
Academy Awards air on Sunday,
March 21, 1999.

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NBC’s “The 60’s” is just the same old song

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By JEFFREY ATENCIO
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Henry Fool is a film about many things and it touches on
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takes place in Woodside, Queens and introduces us to a
wide variety of characters. Some scenes will make you
laugh out loud, and others will make you think.

Henry Fool is about a sanitation worker named Simon
Grimm who lives a life of boredom and decay. He lives
with his nymphomaniac sister Fay (played by Indie god-
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Their lives are turned upside down with the arrival if Henry
Fool (played by Thomas Jay Ryan) as he invokes his ideol-
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to write poetry, and with Henry’s help both their lives are
changed. A poem Simon writes sparks controversy and
leads to the ultimate conclusion.

The film is by Hal Hartley, one.of the premiere indepen-
dent filmmakers today. He has directed films like “Trust,”
“Flirt,” and “Amateur.” Hartley sets many of his films in
his different hometowns, most of them being shot on Long
Island. His films are big on dialogue, and he won the Best
Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival. Henry Fool is one
of those films that uses words to anchor the movie.

The film is brilliantly done and has a very emotional but
not melodramatic ending. The movie tells how a society
can change when a wrench is thrown into the machine.
Simon’s poem borders on the pornographic, but is hailed as
genius later on. As his life changes, we also see Henry
Fool and his mysterious past.

Henry Fool is about society, the media, family, envy, jeal-
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goes where Hollywood can’t. The story is very untradition-
al and is interesting till the end. If you want to watch some-
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By SHARON DRUCK
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Every few months, the number
of people who watch a certain
channel are measured at one
time. This “ratings sweep” peri-
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scurrying for certain programs

that will give them an edge over
others. This is often the time
where you will see lots of “mini-
series” advertised on TV. The
latest of these is NBC’s “The
60’s.”

“The 60’s” strives to be a
sweeping saga of the struggle
of two families during a
tumultuous time in American
history. Instead, it’s a chop-

py, sappy, semi-accurate
ripoff of “The Wonder
Years.”

Jerry O’Connell, Josh
Hamilton and Julia Stiles star
as the Herlihy siblings who,
along with their parents played
by Annie Corley and Bill
Smitrovich, are a middle-class
Chicago family struggling to
come to terms with the changes
facing them. This is done is the
typical melodramatic fashion.
Oldest brother Brian (O’Connell)
goes off to war. Middle child
Michael becomes a peace
activist. Baby sister Katie gets
pregnant and runs away to San

Francisco. Instead of evoking
sympathy and giving depth to
— these stock characters, the actors

fall short, making them whiny
and self-centered, almost impos-
sible to sympathize with.

The best storyline for this fam-
ily follows activist Michael and
his fight to win back the girl he
loves, but this is probably due to
the fact that it was the story that
was allotted the most screen
time. Other characters, like
O’Connell’s disturbed Vietnam
Veteran and Smitrovich’s father
struggling to deal with the
changing times, were just as
intriguing (if not more so) but
were grossly underdeveloped.

Smitrovich does manage to use
his character’s confusion and
exasperation to make sure that he
isn’t written off as a tyrant or a
bully. .
Among these unfortunately
underdeveloped storylines is the
story of Willie Taylor, a black
southern Baptist minister from
Greenwood, Mississippi, played
by Tony Award nominee
Charles Dutton. While Taylor is
a supporter of non-violent
protest, sit-ins and organizing his
son, Emmet (Leonard Roberts),
becomes disillusioned with paci-

fist tactics and takes a more mili-
tant stance toward racial
inequities. Both actors give emo-
tionally charged performances
that are truly exceptional.
Unfortunately, the writers
unwisely chose to focus most of
their attention elsewhere.

Underneath the film clips, vin-
tage clothing, and excellent
soundtrack, “The 60’s” is really
just the same old story. An all-
American family is torn apart by
hardships and a world gone mad,
but one of the most pointing (and
annoying) factors of this pro-
gram was its flagrant use of
revisionist history, many
times changing things that
happened during that era to
suit the viewers living in
this one.

On the whole, “The 60’s”
would have been more
powerful if it hadn’t tried to
cover so much ground in
such a short span of time.
If more care and attention had
been given on the part of the
writers, director, and actors, this
film would have been everything
that it was hailed as in the com-
mercials.

If you’re interested in an idea
of what the 1960s were like,
either rent “Forrest Gump” or
“Born on the Fourth of July,” or
tune into “The Wonder Years”
on Nick at Nite. Or buy the
soundtrack to any of these. The
greatest legacy of the 1960’s, as
demonstrated in. the films, was
the music.

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Campus Events Calendar
A Look Around UAlbany’s Upcoming Events

February 12, 1999

New York State Writers Institute
Classic Film Series Amarcord
(Italian/French, 1973, color).
Directed by Federico Fellini. Page
Hall . 7:30 p.m. . Free and open to
the public.

February 13, 1999

Workshop Controversial Issues
Process. Campus Center Terrace
Lounge. 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.. Open
to the University community. Please
register to
secure your participation. Sponsored
by the Division of Student Affairs.
For more information, call Nancy
Belowich-Negron at 442-5490.

February 14, 1999

1999 Africana Studies Lecture Series
Poetry Recital by Leonard A. Slade,
Jr.. Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Wolf
Rd., Colonie. 2:00 p.m. . Free and
open to the public. A Celebrate
Black History Month event.
Sponsored by the Department of
Africana Studies.

Special Valentine's Day Program
Lecture: How Women Throughout
History Have Used Textile Art as a
Means of Political Expression. A
video about artist Miriam Shapiro

will be shown before the lecture..

Susan Goodier-Kalaf, graduate stu-

dent, History Department. University

Art Museum. 1:00 p.m. . Free and
open to the public. Heart-shaped
cookies and red punch will be
served!.

February 15, 1999

Call for Nominations- Bread and
Roses Award. . Council of Women's
Groups. For more information, call
Carol Anne Germain at 442-3590.

Spring 1999 Academic Calendar
President's Day - Classes Suspended.

February 16, 1999

Electronic Information Class- Using
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe for
Finding Business Information
Library B15. 6:00 p.m.

Sexuality Week Workshop - AIDS
Doesn't Discriminate: A Cultural
Perspective on HIV _ Disease.
Campus Center 375. 1:15 p.m. - 2:30
p.m.. free.

Sexuality Week Workshop -
Recovering the Past: A Captivating
Slide Show on Gay, Lesbian, and
Bisexual History. Campus Center
Assembly Hall. 8:00 p.m. . free.

Reception- Special Reception
Honoring Ceramic Artist Toshiko
Takaezu. Fine Arts, University Art
Museum. 7:00 p.m. . Free and open
to the public.

Week Educational

Sexuality

Program- Recovering Our Past: A
Captivating Slide Show on Gay,
Lesbian, and Bisexual History.
Warren J. Blumenfeld, author and
founding Director of the Natl. Gay

‘Student Center. Campus Center

Assembly Hall. 8:00 p.m. free.
Middle Earth Peer Assistance

Program. For more information call
442-5800.

February 17, 1999

Electronic Information Class- The

Logic of Computer Searching.
Library B16. 1:30 p.m.
Electronic Information Class-

Netscape Navigator (basic). Library
B15. 10:30 a.m. .

Healthcare Presentation- Meeting the
Challenges of Caring for the
Uninsured and Underinsured. James
J. Barba, Albany Medical Center.
NYS Nurses Association, 11 Cornell
Road (Airport Park), Latham, NY.
7:30 a.m. networking and continental
breakfast; 8-9:00 a.m. presentation &
Q&A . Free, however, you must call
and reserve a space for breakfast. .
Institute for the Advancement of
Health Care Management, School of
Business. 442-3913.

New York State Writers Institute
Classic Film Series

The Learning Tree (American, 1969,
color). Gordon Parks Sr, writer,
director, producer. Page Hall . 7:00
p.m. .

Disability Film Series- Depression
and Manic Depression. Campus
Center Terrace Lounge. 12 noon.

February 18, 1999
Registrations Due for February 23rd
Internet Symposium
Building Brands and Business on the
Web. The Marriott, Wolf Road,
Colonie. Registration fees: AMA
members $95, Non-members $125,
students and faculty $45 (student rate
only available through Ms. Scholtz at
442-4965). Presented by the School
of Business and the NY Capital
Region Chapter,of the American
Marketing Association .

Web site: http://www.internetsympo-
sium.com

Electronic Information Class-
Conducting Internet Research With
Netscape Navigator

(intermediate). Library B15. 9:00
a.m. . Free to faculty, staff and stu-
dents. Register at the Reference Desk
(442-3600). New York State Writers
Institute Classic Film Series
Leadbelly (American, 1976, color).
Page Hall . 7:30 p.m. . Free and open
to the public. For more information,
call 442-5620. Web site:
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst

Department of Biological Sciences
Seminar Species and Speciation in
the Hawaiian Cricket Laupala. Kerry
L.Shaw, Harvard University. Biology
248. 4:10 p.m. . free.

Stargazing

Ice skating

Snow shoeing

Cross country skiing
Camping

)ippiki

Is an 847 acre wooded wilderness retreat factlity in
the Adirondack Mountains owned and operated
by the Student Association of SUNY Albany. —
With 8 cabins (occupancy ranging from 4 to 25)
and a 20 acre Pond you can really get away from
the everyday...

Activities...

For more information or to make reservations
please contact Student Association Office in ihe
Campus Center, Room 116

Monday — Friday: 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
Phone (518) 442-5640

Canoeing —
Hiking
Swimming
Fishing
Volleyball


Friday, February 12, 1999 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 14

Greek Forum

By Sean Carroll
Greek Corrospondent

In order for the Albany
Student Press to provide
accurate information about
Greek life on the University
Campus, we must begin this
column by presenting the
official Greek Life Education
materials presented by
Student Life. This informa-
tion will hopefully allow us
to eliminate our preconcep-
tions about greek life and
may allow us to begin to for-
mulate an understanding of
the organizations based on
their actions, not our precon-
cieved notions.

Greek Life, specifically
both Fraternities and
Sororities have had a perma-
nent place on the campus
since early this century and
currently maintain about ten
percent of the student body
as members. Leadership
opportunities are cited as one
of the biggest benefits of
greek life because according
to Greek members, they are
essentially self-governing,
which requires a sorority or
fraternity to take advantage
of the resources of its mem-
bers for maintanence and
growth.

Greek orginizations also
make clear that regardless of
other activities, Albany is
first and foremost an acade-
‘mic institution, and therefore
consider it the organization’s
responsibility to tutor, hold
study hours and study groups
and support special academic
incentives for their members.
Service is one of the ideals
held in high esteem by the
fraternities, sororities and
Inter-Greek Councils nation-
wide. Besides the groups
designated as “Service
Fraternities/Sororities” the
other greek organizations
each have a service responsi-
bility as well. This service

requirement is the most frequent contact
between Greek organizations and other
activist organizations on campus and are the
most visible Greek sponsored projects on
campus besides “Greek Week.”

The Inter-Fraternity Council, the Latino
Greek Council, the Multicultural Greek
Council, the National Pan-Hellenic Council
and the PanHellenic Association are the
overall governing bodies of Greek Life on
the. University at Albany Campus. They are
responsible for coordinating major service
activities, embracing the traditional cultures
(Latino and African American Fraternities
and Sororities), and coordinating of activi-
ties promoting unity campus wide.

Crime Blotter

2/5 Phys. Ed. Locker pried open, cash and watch stolen.

2/6 State Quad Parking Lot Three males in car smoking marijuana arrested - one stu
dent, two non-students. Charges include Crim.Poss Marijuana, Crim.Poss. Forged
Instrument, Crim.Sale of Marijuana

2/6 Livingston Female refusing to leave ex-boyfriend’s room- left on officers’
arrival.

2/7 Indian Quad
Two students arrested for running from cab w/o paying.

2/8 Brubacher Garbage thrown out window onto pedestrian on side walk.

State Quad ~ Report of ill student who had smoked marijuana - trans
ported by 5-Quad.

2/9 Book Store Student arrested for trying to steal three textbooks.

2/10 Colonial Quad Fog lights stolen off car.
Draper- Intoxicated non-student - TOT Albany Police who put him in cab
to go to Detox. :

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15

Begins in
Pistons undefeated,

while Knicks still look
for first win

By Russ BARRET
Staff Writer

The shortened NBA season is finally
under way, and Michael Jordan's retire-
ment now leaves the Championship with-
out a true favorite. Even this early, some
teams have surprised the league.

The Detroit Pistons have surprised many
with their 3-0 start. Grant Hill is averaging
thirty points per game and recently lit the
Wizards up for 46 points. The Pistons also
stunned the Eastern Conference favorite,
Indiana Pacers by winning 107-98. Hill
had 26 in that game and it was the
Detroit bench led by Jerry Stackhouse's
20 points, which provided the extra
needed spark to send Reggie Miller and
the Pacers away with a loss.

Elsewhere in the league, Shaq and the
Lakers have posted a 2-1 record, the
Knicks are 0-2, and the Jazz are off to a
perfect start at 2-0.

The Lakers are considered a favorite to
win the  champi-
onship with Shaq,
Kobe Bryant, Eddie
Jones, and Robert
Horry on the roster,
but they have not
played up to their
expectations. The
Lakers fell to the

helped get the aging Utah Jazz who

Pistons offto a according to Karl

good start Malone don’t need any

razzle and dazzle plays

that the Lakers boast of, but rather, they
simply play Jazz basketball.

The Knicks with their controversial
acquisition of Latrell Sprewell were also
picked as a favorite to win the champi-
onship. However, many fans felt the

Grant Hill has

Championship Race

the NBA

Knicks dealt away their heart and soul in
Charles Oakley, and Patrick Ewing or
Larry Johnson have not yet picked up any
slack.

Sprewell made his Madison Garden
debut against the rival Miami Heat and
scored just 5 points while committing four
turnovers. The Knicks are boasting a
change of style more concerned with scor-
ing and are not doing any of the “dirty”
work which Oakley so willingly did every
minute he played. The Knicks are strug-
gling already and are trying to stick to
their original game plan and play to their
strengths, which include Allan Houston’s
jump shots, Sprewell’s penetration, and
Ewing’s inside presence.

Players and teams around the league
were licking their chops upon the
announcement of Jordan’s retirement.

The Lakers are considered a

favorite to win the champi-
onship with Shaq, Kobe
Bryant, Eddie Jones, and

Robert Horry on the roster...

Finally, the path to glory would not have
to pass through Michael's territory.

Reggie Miller and the Pacers who
worked together during the lockout and
are favored to win the Eastern
Conference, were just seconds away from
dethroning the Bulls last year before
Jordan brought them back to reality and
sent them back to Indiana not knowing
what went wrong.

With Jordan gone, it seems like the
Pacers may coast their way right to the
top, but Patrick Ewing is still desperately
searching for a ring as is Karl Malone,
Shaq, and Grant Hill. It looks like it will
be a dogfight between these stars and their
respective teams along with a few others
right until the end. One near certainty for
the Championship is that the Bulls will
not be there.

Season

of the

tore xpected

Surprising teams shake up the Eastern
Conference in the NHL

By JEREMY MORRISSEY
Sports Editor

If the NHL season were to end today,
last year's Eastern Conference finalists
would be out of the playoffs. Even scarier
is that Ottawa, Toronto, and Carolina
would all make it in easily.

The Eastern Conference is turned upside
down this year under a new three-division
format. All three of the unexpected teams
mentioned above have thrived under this
new system. Ottawa leads the Northeast
Division with Toronto only a few points
behind.

Ottawa surprised many teams last year
with its upset of the New Jersey Devils in
the first round of the playoffs last year.
This year Alexei Yashin, Shawn
McEachern, and Andreas Johansson have
scored the Senator’s goals, and Damian
Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt have combined
for a strong season between the pipes.
This team has not changed much from last
year, but has so far put up a stronger sea-

Ottawa surprised many
teams last year with its
upset of the New Jersey

Devils in the first round of
the playoffs last year.

son. The Maple Leafs on the other hand,
went into the off-season last year having
to make drastic improvements. They went
out and signed goalie Curtis Joseph to a
large contract and it has so far paid off. He
has put up a solid 2.68 goal against aver-
age and has a 24-14-3 record. However,
the largest improvement for the Leafs has

been in their offense. They have scored
the most goals in the league so far this
year.

In the Southeast division, Carolina has a
comfortable lead over the rest of the divi-
sion. Off-season signees, Ron Francis and
Arturs Irbe have come
up big for the Canes.
Florida, who has been
climbing up the stand-
ings since acquiring
Pavel Bure, also figures

to be competing for

the division.

Things have gone a
bit smoother in the
Western Conference
this year. Pre-season

favorites Dallas, Colorado, and Detroit all
lead their respective divisions. Besides
Phoenix, no one besides these teams is
even above a .500 winning percentage.

The Red Wings have so far started the

season a little slower than some had pre-
dicted. They are only three wins above a
.500 winning percentage and remain only
seven points ahead of the St. Louis Blues.

In the Northwest division, Colorado has
put up the third best season in the west,
drastically affected by a recent ten game
stretch where they won nine games. They
have a very strong fourteen-point lead
over the second place Edmonton Oilers.

The Pacific Division much like the

Atlantic offers a great battle between two
teams. The Dallas Stars lead the Western
Conference but only have a four-point
lead over the Phoenix Coyotes. The sign-
ing of free agent Brett Hull has aided the
Stars but Jeremy Roenick, Nikolai
Khabibulin, and Keith Tkachuk have kept
the Coyotes in the hunt to win the confer-
ence.

Cujo’s signing
“ has been a boost
for the Leafs

Sprewell Experiment Hits Bumpy Road

Knicks’ troubled acquisition expected to miss 3-6 weeks

By ADAM DOLING
Staff Writer

The great "Latrell Sprewell Experiment"
has hit its first pot hole. After playing in

\

only two games for the New York Knicks
this season, Sprewell is out of action. He
will be sidelined for 3-6 weeks after suf-
fering a stress fracture to his right heel.

It is unknown how or when Sprewell
suffered the injury. Both an X-ray and
CAT scan failed to show the injury, but an

UU

he)

MRI exam did disclose a tiny fracture.
Spreweil did not practice with the team on
Tuesday.

Sprewell has struggled to find his niche
in the team's lineup thus far. After scoring
24 points in his first game against Orlando
it looked like the Knicks found that extra

scorer they had been looking for. Though
the Knicks lost the game, Sprewell put up
good numbers for his first game since
being suspended in 1997,

His second game as a Knick was not as
impressive as his first. He had a horren-
dous night in his regular season home
debut on Sunday. Sprewell shot just 2-
for-12 against Miami, and finished with
five points.

The Knicks lost both of those games,
and stand at 0-2 this season. Sprewell's

The team had been
using Sprewell as
their starting small
forward, but his
injury has forced a
shakeup in the line-
up.
The Knicks may
move Larry
Johnson to small

forward and insert ©

Kurt Thomas into
the starting lineup
at power forward.

Kurt Thomas will

replace Sprewell
in the Knicks’
starting roster

Out of favor already with the team is
Marcus Camby who was acquired in the
off-season for Charles Oakley.

Sprewell had been forcing shots in the
team's first two games. Though it is still

injury coupled with
the shortened season
(from 82 games to 50
games) does not hold
well for the team.

A three to six week
injury for one of the
team's most impor-
tant players is crucial

It is unknown how or
when Sprewell suffered the
injury. Both an X-ray and
CAT scan failed to show -
the injury, but an MRI
exam did disclose a tiny
fracture

early in the season, his
terrible play on Sunday
may have left the team
wondering if he can still
recover his game.

After not playing for the

for such a short sea-
son

The Knicks have had a difficult time
incorporating Sprewell into their offense.

past 14 months, Sprewell
has not had a great deal of
time to shake off the rust.
The injury to his heel

adds another obstacle in his quest to once
again become one of the top players in the

league.


Great Danes Continue Dominance

Men have won 10 of 12

By KEVIN GROSSMAN
Staff Writer

The University of Albany Great Danes
have been shutting down opposing teams
with a blistering defense lately. The
Danes have held opponents to 65 points
or less in ten of their past eleven games.
The Great Danes continued their defen-
sive dominance on Monday night as they
defeated St. Josephs of Vermont by the
score of 90-55.

The Great Danes never trailed in the
game as they started things off with an
11-0 run. St. Joseph (6-13) was able to
pull within nine points with about 15:00
to go in the first half, but Albany scored
eighteen unanswered points to break the
game wide open. Freshman Mike Everett
came off tne bench to lead the Great

Danes in scoring with a career-high 19
points, hitting 5 of 6 shots from three
point range. Junior guard Todd Cetnar
scored 13 of his 16 points in the first
half, and extended his double-digit scor-
ing streak to 19 games.

Freshman center Dave Schloss scored
13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as he
had his second straight double-double

_game. Freshman Will Brand scored in

double digits for the eighteenth time this
season as he contributed with 13 points.
Sophomore Kabray Rockwood scored 21
points and grabbed 11 rebounds for
Division Iti St. Joseph in a losing effort.
The Flying Saints of St. Joseph tried
playing tough basketball but were not
able to get many second chance opportu-
nities due to tough rebounding by the
Danes. Albany clearly dominated the
Flying Saints at times with their size

advantage and quickness, and St. Joseph
was: never able to rally back from being
down 43-14 at halftime.

Albany (14-10, 9-6 NECC) has been
dominating the competition as of late,
winning ten of their last 12 games after
starting the season with four consecutive
losses. Albany also made the school
proud as they defeated Sacred Heart
University on Saturday at the RACC as
part of the Big Purple Growl. Will Brand
scored a career-high 26 points and
grabbed ten rebounds as Albany held
SHU to a meager 28-percent shooting.
The crowd of 2,635 was the largest home
crowd to witness an Albany basketball
game since an NCAA Division III tour-
nament game back on March 4, 1996.

Albany also overcame a major obstacle
on Wednesday night when they defeated
the top team in the NECC, New

after slow start

Hampshire College by the score of 80-
65. Will Brand led the scoring with 24
points, and Dave Schloss contributed
with a career high 16 points. The Albany
win was revenge for a heartbreaking four
point loss back at the RACC back in
January. The Great Danes’ home finale
will be on Saturday, February 20 when
they take on Stony Brook.

Polls Shaken In Week of Upsets

16 Top 25 teams fall
in shocking week

By MIKE KIERNAN
Sports Editor

The world of college basketball was
shaken last week when teams started
losing that shouldn’t have. When was
the last time the number 10 team in the
nation lost to a lower ranked team, and
moved up two spots to number 8? Well
that’s what happened to the St. John’s
Red Storm who lost to the Miami
Hurricanes last Wednesday.

Sixteen of the top 25 teams in the
ESPN/USA Poll lost last week. What
ensued was maybe the strangest week of
shuffling in the poll so far this season.
Connecticut lost to Syracuse who in turn
lost to Villanova. Syracuse dropped
from 16 to 17 while the Huskies only
dropped to number two.

Number three Cincinnati lost to
Depaul and is now ranked fifth. Number
four Stanford lost to Connecticut and
dropped to number six. The fifth ranked
Kentucky Wildcats lost twice on the
road, to Florida and Alabama. The
Crimson Tide were without their leading
scorer. They are now known as the ninth

ranked Wildcats. Maryland lost to Wake
Forest to start the week and then got
routed by Duke on Wednesday. They fell
from number six to seven.

Speaking of Duke, they were only one
of three top ten teams to get through the
week unscathed jumping to the number
one spot. The other two teams to go
without losing, Auburn and Michigan
State which both jumped four spots in
the poll to move to numbers three and
four respectively. The only top 10 team
not yet mentioned, North Carolina, fell
to Clemson and dropped from nine to
ten.

Trying to remember the top 10. It’s
tough, but here it is in order. Duke,
Connecticut, Auburn, Michigan St.,
Cincinnati, Stanford, Maryland, St.
John’s, Kentucky, and North Carolina.

As for the rest of the top 25, numbers

1, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, and 25 all
were defeated at least once. Oklahoma
St.(21), Arkansas(23), and Gonzaga(25)
all dropped out of the poll.

Utah made the biggest jump of the
week, from 24th to 16th. Miami,
Florida, and the College of Charleston
all entered the poll.

The whole makeup of the NCAA
Tournament was shifted this week and
may happen again before the tourney
starts next month. It'll be fun to watch.

ALBANY SCHEDULE

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at Stony Brook 4:00
at Binghamton 5:30
at Binghamton 7:30

Rough Week on Road for River Rats

Slide continues for struggling club

Madden got the first star, scoring four

By DAN WILSON
Staff Writer

The Albany River Rats lost three of
four games this week, continuing a slide
that started a couple of weeks ago. The
Rats, after a long stretch of wins in late
December and early January, have
struggled for about a month now.

With a predominantly road schedule
thus far, the Rats are in third place in
the Empire Division. This past week,
they lost on Friday to Rochester 6-3,
defeated Hershey 6-2 on Saturday, lost
to Hershey 4-2 on Sunday, and were
beaten by Lowell 4-2 on Wednesday. In
their lone victory over Hershey, John

points (2G, 2A), Eric Bertrand added
three assists, and Mike Buzak made 27
saves, helping Albany snap a five-game

ong
ee S a YS

winless skid.

In their 4-2 loss on
Sunday, the Rats
allowed a power play %
goal in the second “a= s
period to tie the score Pree,
at two, and then
allowed two more power play goals in
the third period. The Rats had a total of
30 penalty minutes in the game. All six
goals in the game were scored on the
power play. Mike Buzak made 43 saves
in the loss as Albany gave up 47 shots
on goal, their highest total this season.

2/6
2/10

ALBANY 64
ALBANY 58

Men’s Track (6-3)
2/5 Millrose Games (at MSG)

Women’s Track (5-4)
2/5 Millrose Games (at MSG)

ALBANY SCOREBOARD

Men’s Basketball (14-10, 9-6 NECC)

2/6 ALBANY 70 Sacred Heart 55
2/8 ALBANY 90 St. Joseph (Vt.) =
2/10 ALBANY 80 New Hampshire College 65

Women’s Basketball (11-11, 8-7 NECC)

Sacred Heart
New Hampshire College 41

4x800m relay - 4th (8:01.4)
Ben Wright - 7th (College Mile- 4:18.39)

4x400m relay - Ist (4:01.18)

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Teams of the Week

Albany Basketball

The University at Albany Great Danes went undefeated this past week. Both the men
and women had victories over Sacred Heart and New Hampshire College. The men
also defeated St. Joseph’s (Vt.). The Albany Men were 3-0, defeating Sacred Heart
70-55 to jump past them into third place in the New England Collegiate Conference.
On Monday, they beat St. Joseph’s (Vt.) 90-55 and on Wednesday night, they defeat-
ed first-place New Hampshire College 80-55 at their home court. The Danes are 14-

10 overall, and 9-6 in conference play.

The Albany Women were without leading scorer Megan Buchanan due to injury and
were still able to go 2-0, defeating Sacred Heart on a jumper with four seconds left
by Kelly Paolino, 64-62. They then traveled to New Hampshire College to win 58-

41 and even their record at 11-11. It also put them at 8-7 in the conference.