Albany Student Press, Volume 79, Number 10, 1993 March 5

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SUNY students find “Dick” offensive

Fraternity comes under fire for rush poster [:

By ALLISON KRAMPF
News Editor

The meaning of the phrase “Girls like
Dick” is the subject of a campus wide
dispute caused by a fraternity’s poster
publicizing their informal rush.

The poster in question, a take off on an
advertisement against drinking and
driving, was put up Monday .

Interfraternity Rush Chair Dave Fischer
approved the poster through “negligence
on my part. The poster shouldn’t have
been approved. I apologize to all groups
and individuals offended by the poster,”
Fischer said.

John King, a member of Delta Chi, the
fraternity responsible for the poster, said,
“We apologize to no one.”

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the posters were ripped down by girls
with multi-colored hair, I was told,” said
Delta Chi member Michael Bandett.

“I don’t agree with every poster on the
podium, but I don’t rip them down,” K
said,

“People should be above ripping
posters down,” said Delta Chi member
Dave DeRossi.

Assistant Vice President of Campus
Life James Doellefeld, [the office that
registers posters for podium posting], said
he received three complaints Tuesday,
and gave the objectees the name of the
President of the fraternity [at their
request].

“This is a matter of public record,”
Doellefeld said.

Doellefeld said people who object can
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Protestors against Delta Chi find the poster offensive.

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nity members said they
received obscene phone calls, and
the Interfraternity Council
received “over 150 letters
complaining the posters promote
rape,” King said.

“This wasn’t our intention,”
King said.

“Nothing was done maliciously.
It's adult humor. We thought the
campus was adult enough to
handle it,” Delta Chi member
Steve Kane said.

Doellefeld told the fraternity
the poster is “trashy, sophomoric
humor” and “I suggest you
change the poster because it won’t
play well and the response you're
likely to get might not be worth
it”

“They told us to remove the
posters because they shouldn’t
have been approved in the first
place,” Bandett said, “We spent
$100 on the posters. Who’s gonna
pay for that now?”

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pressure. They aren’t willing to

take the heat for anything,” King said,
adding “I understand they have to protect
the greek system, but what about our first
amendment rights?”

SUNYA sophomore Tania Lestingi said
“I think the poster is a little sexual, but
T’'m not offended by it.”

“I think a lot of people are
overreacting. It was meant as a joke.
People should take it as a joke.
Personally, I’m not offended,” said
Heather Mazur, a junior.

Several individuals who withheld their
names protested the poster by putting up a
sign in the Campus Center lobby
Thursday using profanity to describe
Delta Chi members as rapists.

The individuals involved, who aren’t
affiliated with any group, took offense at
the use of the word “girls” because the
“women who go here are women [and]
the poster perpetrates rape. [It is]
heterosexist [because] not all girls like
Dick. It’s offensive to assume this.”

Continued on page 13

False alarms on State are a true problem

fires face a two tier system of
punishment, one administered by the
University and the’ other by the local

High rates on SUNYA uptown

campus are attributed to alcohol

By Hers TERNS
Staff Writer

Accounting for half of all false fire
alarms on the SUNYA uptown campus
is just one of the problems State Quad
has encountered, said Dennis Stevens,
assistant vice president for facilities.

Stevens said, “Eastman Tower is the
tower with the most incidents of false

Statistics show Eastman has the
same amount of false alarms as the three
other towers combined. Stevens said
these are not system failures, but usually
the result of either tampering with the
heat or smoke detectors, or by pulling
the alarm switches.

Vincent T. Franconere said he wanted
students to know the dangers involved
in falsely reporting fires. He referred to
a 1988 incident in which an Albany Fire
Department fire truck rolled over on
Washington Avenue when responding to
a false alarm on Indian Quad.

According to Franconere, the vehicle
sustained $150,000 worth of damage
and several fireman were injured, one so
extensively that he may never work
again.

In addition to the obvious danger
false alarms present to the fire
department, they also put the lives of
students in danger, Stevens said.

John Murphy, director of Judicial
Affairs, said students who falsely report

police authorities,

Murphy said students found falsely
reporting faces a one to four: term
Suspension from the University,
depending on the circumstances of the
case. The circumstances included: the
use of alcohol, drugs, and resisting
arrest, Murphy said, adding “There is
often a correlation between alcohol and
false alarms.”

Officer Michael Lascoe of the
University Police Department said
students who falsely report alarms are
charged with “ falsely reporting an
incident,” a class A misdemeanor.

Lascoe said they face up to a year in
jail and up to a $2,500 fine.

Earlier this semester, several residents
of Eastman Tower reported to the

‘Staff Photo’ by Edwil Fontanilla

Continued on page 13 _ Eastman Tower is #1 in false alarms.

“2 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS _ FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993

‘NEWS BRIEFS

“WORLD @

Yeltsin warns Russia
% Moscow
(AP) President Boris Yeltsin warned
today that the power struggle with the.
legislative branch threatens to tear Russia
into scores of feudal states, and lead to.a
“1 000- -year war.”

Yeltsin also sought to soften this

‘statement Tuesday that he was willing to”

take “extreme steps to saye his reforms; CAS RE SLAs gencher was Lllled

saying he wanted to avoid such measures.
Speaking ata reception in the Grand
Kremlin Palace ji in honor, of International

Women’s Day next Monday, Yeltsin said’
“ agreement must be reached with the hard-.

line Congress of People’s Deputies,
Russia’s highest legislative body.
” “If we don’t agree, Russia will be torn
into 50 or 60 ‘feudal states,” Yeltsin said.
“Tt will mean a 1,000-year war.”
' “T don’t think that legislators at the
“Congress’ will go as far as to blow up
“Russia,” Yeltsin said. “I am conducting
consultations.”

In a speech Tuesday to reformist
legislators, Yeltsin said hard-line forces

would try to assert their power at the

Congress, which may meet in a special
session next week to try to resolve the
crisis over the Separation of powers. If
these forces appear, “extreme steps will
have to be taken to save the country,

reforms‘and democracy,” he said.

Former Yeltsin advisor, Galina
Starovoitova said later that Yeltsin was
referring to the introduction of direct
presidential rule, which would permit him
to bypass the Congress and rule by
decree.

But today, Yeltsin said: “We must come
to reconciliation. We should’ avoid
extreme steps.”

Yeltsin and legislative speaker Ruslan
Khasbulatov have been feuding over: who
Should hold supreme power in Russia:
The president or the parliament.

U:S. soldiers killed

Mogadishu, Somalia

today by a land mine and another U.S.
soldier died when his died truck crashed,
-a military spokésman said.

That brought to six the number of
Americans’killed in-Operation Restore
Hope, two of them in traffic accidents.

The spokesman also announced that
two Marines faced hearings over whether
‘they used excessive force in shootings
that killed one young Somali and
wounded another. The hearings, the first
since the U.S. led military coalition
arrived in December, could lead to court-
martials and possible prison sentences.

Marine Col. Fred Peck said at least two
other shootings were being investigated
for excessive force. :

The latest American killed was a
member of the U.S. Army’s Special
Forces, who died today after the Humvee
he was riding in struck a land mine while
travelling to a meeting of Somali elders in

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a town 90 miles northeast of Belet Huen,
Peck said.

The soldier was taken to a Canadian
field hospital at Belet Huen, 200 miles
north of Mogadishu, where he died, Peck
said. The soldier’s name was being
withheld until his family could be
notified.

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‘Butt tax increase?

Washington
(AP) Three members of Congress said
today they are introducing a bill to raise
the 24-cent fedéral tax on cigarettes to $1
a pack and use the money for health care.

“The purpose of this is to turn the grim
reaper-into’ the health keeper,” Sen. Bill
Bradley, D-N.J., told a news conference.
He cited findings that 435,000 Americans
die each year and the nation’s health-care
bill is increased $24 billion because of
smoking.

“Yes, it’s regressive;” added another
sponsor, Rep. Mike Andrew, D-Texas,
acknowledging that the greatest impact of
the tax would be on lower-income people.

Bradley and Andrew said that if the
Clinton administration proposes an even
higher tax.- a levy of up to $2 a pack is
being discussed - they will be happy to
support that.

Under their proposal, the tax would rise
to $1 a pack next Jan. 1; the levies on
snuff and chewing tobacco would be
taised to level equivalent to the cigarette
tax.

Eighty percent of the estimated $10
billion a year in‘additional revenue would
be earmarked for providing health care’for

the.poor: Another’10 percent would go io *

the states, cities and counties to offset
revenue losses due to federal tax increase,
The remainder would finance general
health-prevention programs, counter
tobacco advertising and help tobacco
growers find substitute crops.

‘Fast food = energy?

Washington
(AP) A physicians’ group has asked the

government to investigate a McDonald’s

' promotion that tells children meat “can

make it easier to do things like climb

- higher and ride your bike farther.”

The statement “is a false claim and

-should be withdrawn,” said Dr. Neal D.

Barnard, president of the Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine.

The Organization, which says meat
should be only used as a garnish or
flavoring, asked the Federal Trade
Commission in a letter Tuesday “to
investigate false nutritional advertising”
by McDonald’s.

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Curfew approved

Buffalo
(AP) The Buffalo city council has
approved a curfew to keep young people
off the streets at night, a move intended
to control gangs and reduce street
violence.

The council voted 9-4 Tuesday for the
curfew, which would prohibit those 17
and younger from being on the streets
without supervision from 11 p.m. to 6
a.m. weeknights and midnight to 6 a.m.
on the weekends.

“Sixteen year old kids should not be
Tunning the city of Buffalo after 11
o’clock,” Council Majority Leader
Eugene Fahey said.

Council member Archie Amos said a
similar law in Atlanta reduced assaults by
21 percent.

Police are overburdened with street
crime and would not have time to enforce
the curfew, opponents said.

“When you dial 911 right now, you
can’t get a cop,” council member David
Collins said. “How are you going to
enforce this?”

New York wants a cut

Albany

(AP) Out of state New York Lotto

winners who go home to live in the lap of

luxury would be forced to give New York

its share, under a measure proposed by a
state senator.

Sen. Leonard Stavisky said Tuesday

vthat New York should amend its. tax law

to close a loophole. that enables out-of-
state lottery winners to “take their money
and run” before New York gets its share
of taxes. That loophole costs New York
at least $4.9 million between 1986 and
1992, Stavinsky said.

“The revenue lost to New York state
could have helped to pay for education,

. public safety or aid to senior citizens and

the ‘disabled ‘among other things,” said the
Queens Democrat.

State taxes are automatically withheld
from Lotto prizes won by New Yorkers,
even if they move out of the state with
their winnings, according to state tax
Officials. However, New York can not tax
the winnings of out of state residents, said
State Tax Department spokesman Paul
Rickard.

Stavinsky said 93 Lotto winners who
were non-residents when they won have
paid only $200,000 in taxes on $62.3
million in prize money since 1986.

If their winnings were counted as
taxable income in New York, they would
have paid at least $4.9 million in taxes, he
said.

FREE LISTINGS
Fri., March 5

Fuerza Latina will be hosting
the Northeastern Latino
Collegiate Conference, today,
tomorrow and Sunday.
Registration will take place
today, at the Washington Inn
Lobby at 10pm. Call 442-
5679 for more information.

“An evening of Ethnic Dinner,
Dance and Dress," on Alumni
Quad (Brubacher Hall) from

6-9 p.m. to celebrate
WorldWeek. The cost of the
dinner is $5 for all you can
eat. For more information
and reservations, call the
Office of Res. Life at 442-
5875.

Sat., March 6

The Jewish Student
Coalition will be holding the
reading of the Megillah at
6:30pm in the CC Assembly
Hall. There will be a
celebration following the

reading at the Shabbos
House. All are invited.

The Department of Theatre,
Office of Affirmative Action
and the New York State
Writers Institute present an
Africana Women in Film
Festival at 3 p.m. with films in
the P.A.C. Recital Hall.

Livingston Tower will be
holding a Casino Night to
benefit the AIDS council. The
casino will open at 7pm.

Tues., March 9

Habitat for Humanity will be
holding an interest Meeting in
the Patroon Lounge at
8:30pm.

Wed., March 10

There will be a Yom Hashoa
(Holocaust Memorial Day)
interest meeting at 7pm in
C320. Anyone interested in
getting involved with
programming should attend.

FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS _&

By TasHa EMMONS
Staff Writer

Vice President for Student
Affairs, Mitchell Livingston,
said Tuesday the decision had
been made to keep Alden and
Waterbury Halls on Alumni
Quad open for the 1993-94
school year.

Livingston would not
comment on who attended the
decision-making meeting, or
why it was decided that the halls
would remain open. He said the
closing of the two halls next
year was never a “fait
accompli,” just an option that
was looked at to help “out costs
for students,” and they chose
“not to exercise that option.”

Residents and the cleaning
staff, however, were under the
impression that the plan was
already a reality.

A member of the cleaning
staff said Tuesday morning that
there was a meeting held almost
two weeks earlier at which the
closing of Alden and Waterbury
Halls was announced.

This person said employees
were given the option of retiring
early, resigning, or moving to
the uptown quads and there
were sign-up sheets in the break
rooms for these options.

Livingston said this was
standard policy.

Geneva Walker-Johnson,
assistant vice president of
residential life and housing, had
no comment on the situation.

The prevailing sentiment of
the over 150 concerned Alumni
Quad residents who crowded
into a meeting held Sunday
night about the announcement
that the two halls on Alumni
Quad will be closed next year,

was that the residents do not
want to leave and they were
planning to do everything in
their power to stop the closing
of the downtown halls.
Economical and financial
reasons were said to be behind
Res. Life's decision to close
Alden and Waterbury Halls on
Alumni Quad next year, said
Alumni Quad Board President
Marcelle Aparo at the meeting
called by the board to discuss

Benedetto also said the
Department of Residential Life
and Housing has reserved the
right to interview applicants for
Alumni Quad and refuse them.

Aparo said she was told this
closing would be temporary and
the halls would reopen a year
later.

There was a rumor at the
meeting that the buildings might
be leased to The College of St.
Rose, but the Vice President for

They also wrote a
Standardized letter that residents
could sign.

The Alumni Quad Board will
be purchasing a table in the
Campus Center to try and create
interest and awareness of
Alumni Quad, Aparo said.

Aparo said the Quad Board
did not want to make any
radical moves at first. She said
they were trying to use the
system and be diplomatic, but

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“I don't see apathy down here. Their [Department

of Residential Life] stance is this is business, our
stance is this is our home.”

— James Corbett

Alumni Quad Board Vice President

ways to prevent the closing.
Aparo said she was told low
enrollment was a factor in the
decision, and housing officials
equated the number of empty
spaces they are expecting, to the

number of spaces in Waterbury ‘

and Alden Halls and chose to
close them.

The three halls that would
have remained open on Alumni,
Sayles, Pierce, and Brubacher,
would only be for special
interest housing, said Alumni
Quad Board Treasurer Pete
Benedetto.

Right now, Sayles is the
international hall and Pierce has
24-hour quiet hours and both
will remain so next year, but
Brubacher will be changed from
general housing to “substance-
free” housing, meaning no
smoking or use of alcoholic
beverage will be allowed on the
premises (even if a person is of
legal drinking age), Benedetto
said.

Finance at St. Rose, Len Sippel,
said he hadn’t heard anything
about it.

“We're not thinking about,
anticipating, or negotiating
anything like that,” he said.

The Assistant Dean for
Residence Life at St. Rose,
Wendy Wheeler, said they had
just purchased another building
close to their campus, and they
already have adequate housing
for their students.

She said they have even been
providing housing for other
schools in the area.

Aparo said people feel
Alumni Quad is not as popular
as uptown quads, but among
those who are put involuntarily,
there is a high retention rate,

and when people leave) they *

move off campus, not uptown.

The Quad Board was working
on petitions and they had sign-
up sheets for people who
wanted to volunteer to help with
petitions, Aparo said.

the situation was urgent because
there were only three weeks left
to change the plans before
housing placement for next year
starts and it would be too late.

Aparo said a few years ago,
wings were closed in Brubacher
hall and people were being
tripled in double occupancy
rooms.

Benedetto said they first
found out about the closing plan
through rumors, then it was
exposed,

Some students expressed
distress at a slower approach.
“Why are we wasting a week on
this passive shit? They weren’t
diplomatic with us,” one
resident said.

“This is our home. This is
where we warit to be, We want
to stay. I’m leaving if I can’t
live down here,” said freshman
Jamie Callanan, an Alden hall
resident.

“Alumni Quad Board is a
student organization. We want

Alumni Quad is center of controversy

to get accurate information out
to students so that you can be
pro-active,” Aparo said.

“This is a business decision,
and everyone in this room pays
into this business and therefore
we all. havea say in this
business,” Aparo said.
“Everyone in this room has just
as much of a voice as we do.
Students are what makes the
difference.”

Aparo said the board’s answer
to the situation is cable
television. She said she has
been told it may be possible to
implement cable television in
Alumni Quad by the fall.

They may also look into
changing the food service, but
that is not likely to happen
within ‘the next couple of
months, Aparo said.

Alumni Quad Board Vice
President, James Corbett, said,
“I don’t see apathy down here.
Their ' [Department of
Residential Life] stance is this is
a business, our stance is this is
our home.”

“I would rather live in the
quiet hall, the international hall,
or break the rules in the
substance-free hall than live
uptown. I would even rather
live off-campus or not go to
school here ‘than live uptown,”
said sophomore Rafeal Morell,
an Alden resident.

Morell said people downtown
will move off-campus.

“The school is shooting itself
in the foot because they think
people, will move uptown,”
Morell said:

Morell said they should close
a low-rise uptown if they want
to save money, because those
students will move to other
uptown buildings, not off-

Continued on page 13

Countdown to g)

‘Senior Week begins on May
_ graduation weekend ‘and concludes on Torch Night :
May 15.

College Bowl team goes to L.A.

By BETHANY BROOKS AND
Tom MURNANE

In only its third year of regional
competition, SUNYA’s College Bowl
team is going to the national tournament
in California in April after trouncing
heavily-favored Cornell University
Saturday.

College Bowl is a fast-paced national
college tournament combining elements
of Trivial Pursuit and Jeopardy, said
InterQuad President Diane Hodurski:
InterQuad is the team’s sponsor.

12 teams of four, including one from
Canada, converged on host Albany for
the two-day Region II finals: to
determine who would be going to Los
Angeles from April 23-25.

16 teams from across the country will
meet there for a round robin tournament.
Each team will compete in a minimum
of 15 matches.

SUNYA came back from two early
loses to outscote Cornell 215-150 in a
half-hour duel of the minds and reflexes,
coach Jon Scott said,

There were early signs SUNYA has
a darkhorse threat even in its early loss
to Alfred University, Hodurski said. As
she walked out into the hallway after the
Alfred match, Hodurski said she
overheard eone from Alfred’s team
say “he could have lost that oné... that

(captain Dan) Feldman guy was tricky.”

Albany quickly got back into
contention despite Cornell’s being
favored going into the finals to Tepeat as
champion.

“Everyone had been a little afraid of
Cornell because they were known for
their quick buzzers,” Hodurski said. So
to beat. the best they had to be even
quicker by training hard and anticipating
the questions, she said,

“The key to our winning ~ and you'll
find the-teams that win do this ~ is to
take chances. I’m a gambler: (We) did
and most of the time it payed off,”
Feldman said.

“That’s been our strategy and we'll be
training the same way for the nationals,”
he said, adding he planned’ to increase
the average four hours of training per
week up to eight in order to. prepare for
California.

Scott said another key. to Albany’s
surprise victory was the team’s balance.

“There was a heavy amount of history
and current events questions, along with
pop culture questions:and so on,”. Scott
said. Each member: had a.specialty,
though Feldman was generally strong in
all areas.

The members are:
iman (ceptain):, Senior; thir
in regionals; English honors st

*Mike Breslow: Grad student -

Continued on page 13

4  Avpany STUDENT PRESS _ FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993

Students aid policy makers

The Center for Women in Government has placed
eight students in policy making offices of the NYS
legislature, state agencies, and non-profit
organizations.

The program combines a 30-hour per week
placement with graduate-level studies on women and
public policy at the SUNYA Graduate School of
Public Affairs.

The center is now recruiting for the 1994
Fellowship applicants. The fellowship is open to
graduate students who have completed 12 hours of
work by May 1993, with degree completion scheduled
for May 1994 or after.

The application deadline is May 31, 1993. For more
information, contact Joeanna Hurston Brown, director
of Fellowship Programs at (518) 442-3900.

Clothesline depicts story

“The Clothesline Project” will be displayed
between March 12-28 at the Terrace Gallery of the
New York Museum.

Similar to the AIDS “Name Quilt,” this project uses
folk art to focus on the violence against the women in
New York. It began two years ago and consists of a

DIGESTS

display of shirts created to bear personal testimony to
individual acts of violence against women and
children.

This is the first statewide display of the Clothesline
Project in New York. The display is co-sponsored by
the N.Y.S. Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Korean students to meet

The Korean American Students Conference VII will
be held March 25-28, 1993 at the University of
California - Berkeley.

The conference provides a way for college students,
graduates and young professionals to voice and
address current socio-economic, political and cultural
issues.

For further information about KASCON, call Marc
Suchard, the Associate Chair of the Public Relations
Committee, at home (510) 649-8476 or through
KASCON at (510) 486-8060.

Irish official speaks

Una Gillespie, a Belfast resident and high-ranking
official of Sinn Fein, which is Ireland’s oldest political
party, will be in Albany on March 9.

Gillespie will discuss the role of the parties

involved in the Northern Ireland conflict. She will
highlight the role of women in the struggle.

Gillespie’s visit is sponsored by the Irish Women’s
Study Group.

The discussion and reception following will be held
at 7pm at Eamonn’s Restaurant, 151 Menands Rd.,
Loudonville. The public is invited and there is no
admission.

For more information contact Tom For at 482-3100.

Latinos discuss workforce

Fuerza Latina will be sponsoring the third annual
Northeastern Latino Collegiate Conference from
March 5 until March 7 at SUNY Albany.

The events for the conference include a Job Fair,
featuring Fortune 500 companies.

Guest speakers include the Hispanic Association of
Colleges and Universities, National Puerto Rican
Forum, the U.S. Surgeon General, AFL/CIO, U.S.
Department of Education, U.S Department of Labor
and the N.Y.S. Legislature.

Registration is Friday March 5 from 7 p.m. to 10
p.m. in the Washington Inn Lobby and Saturday
March 6 from 9a.m. to 11 a.m. at the RACC.
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the aspects of our behavior

process of behavioral self-
assessment; (3) in the rush to
quantify (“Did I get a 31 or 32
on social extroversion?”), the
variety, variability, and situation
differences of real life may not
be taken into full consideration.
Although the contributions of
the natural and social sciences
should not be discounted so far,
for most of us, human
relationships are more of an art
thari'a science. ** 3

Perhaps personality
“typing”can best serve you when
you see it as a stimulus to
further reflection—a new set of
maybe more accurate or directed
questions, rather than definitive
answers. The tests’ scales should
not tell you “who you are” or
“what you should do for a
career,” rather they should give
you new vocabulary and new
concepts to reflect on. You are
better able to look at your real
life with, perhaps, a richer brew
of ways to answer those
questions yourself.

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inspire is most meaningful in the
area of interpersonal
relationships. For many the
notion that “no man is an island”

is axiomatic. Often, however,
given the press of personal
survival, we forget that we do.
not live in a social vacuum.
What we do affects others, what
others do affects us.

Typing can help us better
understand some of our
relationships. With the obvious
caveats listed above extended to
our treatments of others’ types,
pérhaps we-can-more,fully
understand how we're perceived
by others and why we perceive
them in certain ways. The black
and white judgments of right
and wrong, good and bad, may
be how we often instinctively
react in stressful situation, how
we psyche ourselves up for
wars, how we heal over the hurt
of rejection, but little true
understanding emerges from
such views.

Our most successful learning
experiences (courses, classes,
teachers) usually occur when
there is enough similarity of
styles to attract us and enough
differences to challenge us.
Rather than like or dislike a
course professor, challenge
yourself to look at what you
share in common with the style

of the professor, what is
different from your style. Do
you accent facts or intuition, are
you more. deductive or inductive.
in how you approach your
learning, do you revel in
flexibility and ambiguity, or
prefer things, put simply,
concretely? Does it have to be
practical, applied or can you
learn it for its own sake? Your
ease or resistance in learning
may be a function. of the “fit”
you have.

Similarly, at work, in social or
family settings, we need to know
the blend of personality types
that surround us to understand
why someone responded to us in
a certain way. Needs for
acceptance, affection, power;
feelings of loneliness, fear,
frustration; being more
comfortable with the inner world
of ideas, with feelings and
people; being more optimistic
than pessimistic; being more
comfortable in an orderly,
organized world than a chaotic,
spontaneous one all may help
explain that “look,” that “cool”
reception to your views, that
seeming sabotage of your

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The Battle ...

By Amy E. Pryhocki
123 Justice Street

Albany, NY 12345
July 4, 1992

National News Network
321 Freedom Ave.
Washington D.C. 54321

Dear Sir or Madame:

The following letter has been composed many times and addressed to
many different people and agencies, but has never been sent. What I
am sending you is actually a compilation of those many unfinished let-
ters. It seemed impractical and ineffective to send my letters directly to
whom they are addressed. I am hoping that your network will find the
contents of the letter newsworthy and will broadcast and/or print it
nationally.

Attention: Clarence Thomas, William Kennedy-Smith, Ted Kennedy,
Rush Limbaugh, the entire Hill/Thomas Senate Hearing Committee,
and all people like you:

In reading Shakespeare I have learned that’ invective speeches serve
little real purpose. They exist to illustrate the outrage of a character:
What I write to you is an invective letter with a purpose: I want you to
know that I am outraged; I want the whole world to be outraged.

You drunken, lecherous, obscene, obnoxious, arrogant, ignorant,
sexist, egotistical, domineering, self-righteous, dirty, vulgar, power
hungry fools.* You abuse the power you have and make it so that
being a woman is a handicap. You perpetuate ignorance. You have cre-
ated a reality that, even for an optimist such as myself, seems
unchangeable.

Mr. Thomas, I would like to commend you on your appointment to
the Supreme Court. I anxiously await the outcome of the first sexual
harassment case you preside over. You have absolutely no concept of
the meaning of sexual harassment. I guess you took a cola ad cam-
paign too seriously. I don't think “Have a Coke and a Smile” meant
quite what you togk it to mean! You are disgusting. You have abused
your power as a public official and you have disgraced the position you
hold. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Mr. Thomas, I will be graduating from college in six months and I am
petrified to enter the work force. I shouldn't have to worry about what I
wear to interviews, but I will. I don’t want to wonder if I was hired
because I had the shortest skirt or the largest breasts, but I will. You
might suggest that I wear a long skirt, slacks or a loose fitting shirt so
that I can insure that the only thing my interviewer is looking at is my
resume. I shouldn't have to! Besides, if I were to do that, I might not be
hired because I look frumpy. The interviewer might think that my lack
of concern about my appearance could reflect a general lack of concern
in all I do. Here I have only told about my fear of interviews. That is
only the beginning. I have yet to mention my fear of being employed. It
used to be that I wondered what would happen if I were sexually
harassed at work. Now I know: my violator will be appointed to the
Supreme Court. %

You didn’t act alone Justice Thomas. The Senate committee in
charge of your hearing is as guilty as you are: I am very interested how
it happened that not one single woman was a member of that commit-
tee. Committee members, allow me to tell you about the contribution
you've made to society (for you have made a great one). You, on nation-
al television, have told the public that sexual harassment is something
that women will just have to live with. It is just plain wrong that a
woman must leave her place of employment because her colleague is a
pig. What if your wife or daughter came home from work and told you
that her employer had described, in detail, the size of his penis, and
what he could do with it given the opportunity? Your decision to install
Thomas to the Supreme Court has made that scenario acceptable. It
has also made it abundantly clear that women must either put up with
that nonsense or quit their jobs. It upsets me greatly that someday J
may have to leave the best job I can get because I won't have sex with
the boss. You are elected officials and, thank goodness, no job’s per-

I'm finished addressing the Hill/Thomas Senate Committee as a
whole, but I'd now like to single out one particular member: Mr. Ted
Kennedy. When I saw that you were on the panel I found myself look-
ing for Rod Serling; I was sure that I was in the Twilight Zone. It just
seemed impossible that anyone could allow the likes of you be part of a
panel appointed to hear, and make judgment upon, testimony regard-
ing sexual harassment. After all, you can hardly call that little incident
at Chappaquiddick an encomium to the treatment of women. I won't
waste any more time on you sir, but I will say this, I'm glad that I know
how to swim. I urge any woman dating a high profile, wealthy public
official to learn how to swim because, as usual, our criminal justice
system will protect him long before it will protect you. If he has enough
money, he can get away with murder.

While I'm on the subject of the criminal justice system, and how
money figures into it, let me address you Mr. Kennedy-Smith. As a
result of your little indiscretion, the entire country knows that the out-
come of a trial is determined by who has the better lawyer. I watched
your trial and I must say your attorneys did establish doubt. However,
I know that a grand jury found enough evidence to go to trial. I also
know that many of the jurors said, after ‘the trial, that they believed
that you raped that woman but could not convict you because your
lawyers did a bang-up job manufacturing doubt. Since the prosecut-
ing attorney did little to counter that doubt, under the law, they could
not send you where you belong: jail.

Rape is the most under-reported crime in the United States. Do you
know why that is? As you could have guessed, I'll tell you. When a
woman reports a rape she can expect to be raped repeatedly by the
system. The line of police questioning is one rape. The questions are
asked in such a way that the victim is lead to believe that she deserved
to be raped. Actually, dealing with the police is not one; but several
Tapes. The same questions are asked over and over again to ensure
that the victim has her story straight. After the police, come the
lawyers. The prosecutors want to make sure they have a case and so
the depositions begin; more rapes for the victim. Then come the hear-
ings and the trial, not to mention the media. Tell me Mr. Kennedy-
Smith, how many times does a woman deserve to be raped? Strangely,
most women would subject themselves to all of that systematic abuse
if their attacker would be imprisoned. Your case has assured women
not to waste their time or what's left of their dignity.

No Mr. Kennedy-Smith, I'm not done with you yet. During the time of
your indictment and subsequent trial, newspapers, news broadcasts,
talk shows and other mass media addressed the topic of “Date Rape.”
That phrase makes me sick. By attaching the word date in front of the
word rape the severity of the act is lessened. Rape is the only word
necessary to describe unconsensual sex. You were not entitled to have
sexual intercourse with that woman simply because you were out with
her. The verdict at your trial suggests otherwise.

I know that what has made the Kennedys so very successful/wealthy
is that you won't take “no” for an answer. Your victim meant “no” Mr.
Kennedy-Smith, but you and your attorneys proved that “no” can
mean “yes.” I also know that you would not be involved in something
unless you could get something out of it. Your victim is not something;
she is not an it, yet you felt entitled to take from her what she was not
willing to give. In doing so you and the jury at your trial have set a
precedent that clearly shows Tape is not rape if it occurs while on a
date. So thank you for making me suspicious of every man that I date;
for all I know he saw your trial too.

In addressing politicians, the political “critic? Rush Limbaugh comes
to mind. Mr. Limbaugh, thank you for introducing the term “femenazi”
into daily vernacular. I hate to admit this but I have caught myself
using that word. I'm not exactly sure why. Perhaps | have heard it so
many times that I am desensitized to its vulgarity. That’s what you've
accomplished, Limbaugh. You've made it so that women assault other
women semi-consciously. By semi-conscious | mean that women are
using a word to which they do not know the real “Limbaugh” definition.
They hear the word out of context, assign their own meaning to it and
recycle it. Attention women: “femenazi” is a filthy word. Dissect the

word if you are unsure of its meaning. Feme: a prefix meaning woman.

Nazi: a political party responsible for killing more than six million peo-
ple. I vow that I will never use that word again.

I have listened to you more clearly, Limbaugh. By femenazi you mean
any woman interested in being successful. When a woman shows ini-
tiative and dedication in any fashion, especially vocal, she is called a
dyke. Now, thanks to you we have a new word to describe her: feme-
nazi. What's the matter Limbaugh, does it upset you that there are
women who are willing to be as aggressive as men are in their minds?

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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS’ 7

.-Of the Sexes

By Kevin Roberts

When the subject of the “Men's
Movement” comes up, most peo-
ple express a mixture of igno-
rance and mockery, as if men
(that much denigrated half of
humanity with a penis) are nei-
ther deserving nor in need of any
sort of “liberation.” The penchant
these days is to see men as per-
petrators, not as victims, of a sys-
tem which oppresses women and
serves only selfish male interests.

The hyperbole which many fem-
inists resort to when describing
the suffering and injustice of
women leads one to believe that
for thousands of years women
have been little more than slaves
whose reproductive gifts were
used to control them and whose
rights as human beings went
unrecognized. Men, on the other
hand, it would seem, have always
had considerably more freedom to
act and because they had access
to education, they consequently
had more freedom to think.
Feminist perspectives have
brought these inequalities to
light, and, in the process, have
rewritten history so much that to
admire a man of genius whose
attitudes were sexist has become
equivalent to endorsing them. In
many ways men have been forced
to realize the consequences of
their ,actions ,and -attitudes:

towards women and to,try-and «

work beyond them.

The origin of the men’s move-
ment is generally linked to the
opening of the first men's center
in Berkeley, California in 1970
and the publication at the same
time of an article entitled “On
Male Liberation,” by Jack Sawyer.
This article, like most during the
movement's early stages, was
pro-feminist and dealt primarily
with eliminating male stereotypes
that promoted gender bias. Many
men of that time were heavily
influenced by the civil rights revo-
lution and the anti-war move-
ment, and to them it was emi-
nently clear that as a class of
people, men were chiefly respon-
sible for the world’s evils.

The mind-set which evolved
from this self-criticism, with its
emphasis on male guilt and
denial of anger, was unsatisfacto-
ry to many men. So in the mid-
seventies another branch of the
men’s movement sprang up, this
one espousing a “no-guilt”
approach and an acceptance of
anger. The target of most of this”
anger was women, however, and
feminists in particular, because
in the words of Herb Goldberg,
the author of The Hazards of
Being Male: Surviving the Myths
of Masculine Privilege, “while
women’s liberation has been
depicted as a joyful, energetic
freeing up and casting off of sexu-
al stereotypes and the onerous
responsibilities that accompany
them, ‘men’s lib’ has been depict-
ed as the addition of responsibili-
ties and onerous tasks to an
already laden and pressured life.
No wonder the average man has
resisted and reacted defensively.”

To many men it seemed ridicu-
lous to assume their sex was pro-
viding any kind of advantages for
them. But what was worse, was
that very assumption was being
used to both criticize their tradi-
tional male roles and at the same
time make these roles more avail-
able to women. The powerless-
ness that most men felt toward
these changes only served to
increase their anger towards
women.

At about the same time, men
who felt they had been wronged
by their divorce settlements
began gathering to develop legal
strategies and to express outrage
at what they believed to be a
clearly unjust system. Groups
such as Coalition Organized for
Parental Reform (COPE) and
Divorced American Men Unite
(DAM-U) sought to both improve
the fathering skills of divorced
men and to reform custody laws.
Here, men from all walks of life
found themselves sharing a com-
mon grievance and as a result,
forming a brotherhood.

The concept of a brotherhood
stretches across all branches of
the men’s movement as certain
elements have come forth as uni-
fying and encompassing. As with
all liberation struggles, bonds are
formed along paths of oppression
which the group as a whole iden-

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charge:

stantial’ emotional
Virtually all men involved in the
movement feel a certain sense of
being failures, either as parents
and husbands or as friends and
adults. Their very real powerless-
ness is denied by the myths of
the powerful and privileged male
whose strength is exemplified’ by
a cold inexpressiveness and slav-
ish devotion to work. Finding
through “consciousness raising”
meetings the falsehood of most
male myths has been the first
step towards emancipation for
many men as well as an opportu-
nity to “get things off their chest.”

As a result of the men’s move-
ment a great deal of literature
about the origins of the male
mystique has been published and
a strong cry has come from many
saying what is needed is a whole-
sale reinvestment in the cultural

archetypes of masculinity. Men.

are encouraged to be more
expressive and supportive with
the intention of getting at the root
of what it means to be a man.
Masculinity is being deconstruct-
ed much the way that women dis-
mantled “femininity” with special
attention being paid to ancient
myths of sexual potency and time
honored systems of power rela-
tions.

One attempt to cash in on the
recent crush of interest are the
magazines which deal with
‘men’s issues” such as health, fit-
ness and dating. For most men
this represents the extent to
which they are aware of a “move-
ment” and the point at which it is
comfortable for them to become
involved in it. It is culturally OK
for a man to care about his eating
habits and his wardrobe today,

but it still remains strongly taboo:
to express one’s feelings other
than anger or to feel strong affec-
tion towards one's male friends.
Indeed, homophobia remains the
sore spot of the American male,
as countless men‘deny any emo-
tional behavior for fear that they
will not only be labeled as femi-
nine, but will therefore automati-
cally become gay.

Like it or not, the emancipation
of women in American society has
created a vacuum in the world of
men which must be answered by
more than angry words. As more
and more men find themselves
sharing or even switching com-
pletely their traditional roles with
women, the need for men to rede-
fine themselves in healthy, social-
ly acceptable ways becomes more
and more pressing. Clearly, much
of the violence and, emotional
weakness feminists have pointed
out as negative male behavior
continues to cause grievous harm
to millions of women worldwide.
Yet, it is not guilt and self-hate
that men need in order to find lib-
eration. That will only produce
more. debilitating anger-and
besides; most.men-jare net any,
less victimized by the status-quo
then are women. The most
promising direction is self-affir-
mative: men must recognize that
they have legitimate strengths,
such as courage and indepen-
dence, which can be brought to
bear upon their fears - fears
which may haye served them well
centuries ago, but today only fur-
ther confusion and heighten their
chances for unhappiness.

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I'm not asking you to stop calling
women “femenazis” because I
strongly advocate free speech. 1
just want you to realize that it is
freedom of speech that allows you
to say the things you do, and that
maybe-you should be a little less
intolerant when a woman exéreis-
es that same right. I had not orig-
inally. intended to include you in
this letter because, comparative-
ly, you aren’t as important as the
others mentioned “thus far. I
decided to include you when I
realized that you were attempting
to add ‘*femenazi” to the already
racist, sexist, culturally “biased
English language.

I would like to address’this last
portion of my letter to a group of
less known men ~ my. friends.
You are not in the real world yet.
Actually you are, but there may
be some time to save you. Guys,
I've known most of you for quite
some time now and I love many of
you, but your behavior can be
disgusting at times. Just because
we're friends doesn't mean you
can make suggestive and lewd
comments to me when your
drunk. I'm flattered that some of
you find me attractive but I don’t
want to hear, “Hey Aim, let’s see
the tight shirt without the blaz-
er.” You are not allowed to feel
my rear end or my breasts EVER
with out my permission. Believe
me, you'll never get permission to
touch me intimately at two
.0 ‘clock in the morning, in public,
}at, a bar. In fact you may, J néver.},
get permission under any circum-|
stance, but that's not the point.
Don’t do those things to your
women friends. You have no right
to do so. You put her in the most
uncomfortable ‘position that \ way.
You see, she cares about you and
she probably does not. want to
fight with you, You force her to
make what could be considered a
‘scene in front of a lot of people,

in order not to make a scene. You |
do not deserve to be let off that |
easily. Remember. that many of]
you have sisters and a, mother e
and may ‘someday have a wife
and daughters. By. committing
these crimes, yes crimes, yo are |,

Many times she will not confront |’
Dims

EDITORIAL

A Momentary Lapse
of Free Speech

This week, allegations of sé¢xism and
promotion of rape flew across SUNYA as
students reacted to a poster put up by a
Caimipus organization.

Delta Chi posted a rush flyer which included
a double entendre about women and sex. This
same entendre, or a variation of it, is
commonly found on t-shirts all across
America. Many find it humorous.

One campus official, James Dollefield,
Assistant V.P. for campus life, told Delta Chi
the poster was “trashy and sophomoric,” but
approved the poster for posting because it
complied with the University’s Exterior
Posting Policy.

The poster complied for several reasons.
The flyer fit into the University’s size
regulation, group sponsorship was explicit and
the poster announced an event sponsored by a
recognized campus organization.

The most important aspect of the University
Poster Policy is Article Two, which specifies
that “the University's ‘freedom of expression’
Policy applies to the content of podium
posters.” This is where there appears to be a
problem for SUNYA and Delta Chi.

Some members of the University
community reacted to the poster in a rather
irate manner, pulling the flyers down. Others
simply charged that Delta Chi must be
composed of rapists.. Members of Delta Chi
} received dozens of obscene phone calls:More
sensible objectors complained to Dollefield
about the poster.

It seems though, that the rights of Delta Chi
have been violated. What the poster said
aside, Delta Chi had a right to say it. Those
who objected to it have a right to object, but
not a right to destroy flyers or make obscene
phone calls to those who posted it. Curiously,
many who find this poster offensive would
abhor the burning of books in some of
America’s less traditional enclaves.

Members of the Inter-fraternity Council,
upon hearing that some had’ found the poster
| objectionable, happily apologized for
; approving i it,as a Rush poster.

Amember of Delta Chi who, heard, what IFC

had-done complained they had “‘caved:in-” ,
eolt appears-that‘a partof'SUNYA has “caved «
fead sométhing they*

reacted gut of petty

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rights of the, Lesbian, Gay, and 5
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‘Organizing; Coaltion: or: any:-‘ethnic..

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COLUMN

Distributed by Troune Mecia Serwces

The Great Competent White —

Perhaps the greatest insult thrown at the Latino
community in the early days of the Clinton
Administration is the criticism that both Henry Cisneros
and Federico Pefia were unqualified for their positions at
the Department of Housing and Urban Development and
the Department of Transportation.

Columnists, political observers and the racist white
media had a field day attacking Clinton’s choices as
“Affirmative Action give-aways.” They focused on the
ethnicity of those two men and derived through their
ignorant and self-justified logic that they must not be
competent. Not only did these columnists, political
observers and racist journalists neglect to tell the truth

Guillermo Martinez

have. forced many

'deaths because of.a

| natioi al health care,

about the tremendous competence, record of
achievements and vision Cisneros and Pefia have, they
forgot to mention that to have appointed white men to
these positions, Clinton would have been tiidosSing the
biggest of American lies - that the only competent people
available to run this nation are white men.

All the average person, who wants to think for
himself/herself, has to do is examine the record amassed
by the “great white competent men” who have held the
reign of power for the last three decades.

They have lead thousand of Americans to their deaths
in wars - both declared and undeclared. They have stolen
the future from our children and nation by amassing a
four trillion dollar debt. They have invested in cheap and
risky foreign ventures while thousands of Americans
sleep on the streets. They have paid hundreds of dollars
for'a single toilet seat while diseases once wiped out are
now threatening the lives of thousands of children.They
helped reenact the biggest “Sting” in the history of the
movies and government when the. life savings of tens of
thousands
Americans was
stolen through the
S&L: fiasco. They racist

y 2

others to their, early
failure ‘to enact, a

pia They have

File Photo
Latinos unite in conference this weekend.

personal political agendas will be revealed and proved
wrong by the competence of two great Americans- Henry
Cisneros and Federico Pefia, two former mayors of cities
which today are living their legacy of opportunity
‘competence, economic growth and fairness for all its
citizens,

The deception being perpetrated on the American
people is one that has created an atmosphere which has
denied us the opportunity to contribute, has tried to
destroy our ethnic identity, and which prevents us from
participating in the leadership structure of this nation. We
are at a point, in our 500 year old history, where no longer

Of A — CA! we allow Latinos or any
“The inanition of this

sexist,
patriarchal society will be
‘dismantled as Latinos
. empower themselves....”

other group from being cast
from the policy table. We
need all the innovation and
tesources that the diversity
of our people have. No
longer should innovation,
dedication and determination
be bleached to exclude those
so willing and-capable of
helping’to-rebuild America.

and

ning the, ‘public. education system: that ‘created | the
‘once Great, America” and. these “Great White Competent

‘ Men” have nearly, destroyed all of Americans industrial

capacity by refusing to protect our industrial, base and
develop a ‘ational strategy, m Tesearch and | development

observers ior the racist ae
i Pe to the American people

day, creating ignorance and complacency while, justifying
their, ‘rationale behind words. such as “set. asides,
affirmative, action and ‘unqualified minorities.” The
rfPollliss of acism that these bigots /Spew in their
and newspapers is told as if it was news
wever, their biased. lies, deception and

The inanition of this racist,
sexist, and | patriarchal ‘society will be dismantled as
Latinos empower themselves and prove their critics
wrong ~ and this is just the beginning.

To devalue the contributions, qualifications, and

“accomplishments of these two men because they are not

white, while trying.to brain-wash the American people on

_the truth of the matter, is nothing short of perjury and a

conspiracy:to incite violence against all Latinos. So to all
the commentators, political observers and the rest.of the
white racist media - Pravda and the Enquirer want you
back. Que viva la raza!

The writer is a former President of Fuerza Latina and
former Media Director of the Student Association.
LETTERS
S.A.’s Priorities “Suck”

To the Editor:

To say the least, I was angered by the cover article in
the ASP on Tuesday, February 9, 1993. It wasn’t so
much the article itself, but the quotes by so-called
student leaders on this campus. What especially bothered
me was the comment by our very own SA-President, “I
see SA’s role as more administrative, letting the groups
choose the issues they want to focus on rather that SA
pick them.” This is the whole reason why the SA on this
campus sucks!!! The apathy of the SA. Apparently it has
no interest in putting its hand out to the student body
directly. Instead, the SA would rather further distance
itself from the student body and become an
“administrative” billiard ball of the various interests
around the Albany community.

In fact, the main goal of the SA should be to create
discussion among all the interests of the student body. I
would suggest that the SA should fulfill its name;
become an association of all the students. The SA should
offer its own programming, instead of complaining that
the student body does not care. There is nothing to care
about. If the SA became the advocate of the student body
it should be, the student body will respond by
participating. It’s a very simple solution, that proves the
SA has no real interest in the student body at all.

Adam Gelles

‘einowitz, toga!
Editorial Assistant
Louisa Petsitis,

“To The Editor: ©

LINK Wants You

To the Editor:

We are now seeking volunteers for the LINK Program
to help new students during their first few weeks of
school adjust to the University and campus environment.

Volunteers are expected to attend at least one of two
mandatory preparation sessions. At these sessions we
will be explaining some changes in the program, and
volunteers will be writing letters which will be sent to
the new students over the summer. You will also be
required to attend a mandatory LINK Social in the fall
semester. The Social will give new students an
opportunity to meet the volunteers and get any questions
that they have answered.

Your best preparation for becoming a LINK volunteer
is your own experience. You need not be trained in
counseling and you will not be quizzed on campus phone
numbers, library hours, or the campus map. However,
you will be given some helpful tips and information at
the preparation sessions. It is not necessary to know
about all of the different majors and minors offered on
campus. Instead, if you can help refer them to the proper
office, it would be just as helpful.

Becoming a LINK volunteer will allow you to have a
profound effect on the atmosphere at this University. A
strong personalized beginning in the first few weeks of
school can foster school spirit which will carry over into
the rest of your time spent here. Also, meeting new
students of different ethnic, religious, and geographical
backgrounds may assist in breaking artificial barriers that
sometimes exist. With these objectives in mind, we
encourage you to complete an application and return it to
the Orientation Office (Campus Center 110) by April 2,
1993. If you have. any questions, please feel free to stop
by the office Thank you.

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Student Co-Chairs LINK

IFC Apologizes

To the Editor: ..: «

Tam writing this letter on behalf of the Inter- -Frateinity.
Council (IFC). The IFC would like to formally apologize
to all of the individuals and groups that took offense to
the Delta Chi Fraternity’s rush poster that was posted on
Monday, March Ist.

Due to negligence on our part the poster was IFC
APPROVED and was therefore permitted to be posted.
The IFC would also like to apologize to the Delta Chi
Fraternity for this misunderstanding.

The IFC does not advocate sexism and the approval of
the poster was purely a mistake on our behalf.

David Fischer
IFC RUSH CHAIR

Force A Choice

I am a student returning to college after an absence of
about ones ‘T ant*happy to’ be here at SUNYA, but:T
alled.at-the lack of onsi He
nit
lost recent expetience occurred at th impli
ar neXt this experiendi

EOL se rns
z Wvored“coffe Where'T

filth. Luckily, they ioresil to take another look’ + the
situation and the tables: were-ultimately cleaned: ~ as

* don’t “relish the doctor’ s

FE on daty? Wait ‘intil three in'the’ thorning, when you have

rite ot

jabfedin the first-place;

‘describe, your excruciating pain ands! humiliating

This lack of-caring by the people hired to maintain the
facility and feed students is only one reason why I am
witness to apathy, a lack of caring for this campus and a
general sense, of detachment that is felt throughout the
University. I say to my fellow students, “SPEAK OUT!”
There is nothing at this University that will change
unless you’ state what it is that you want changed.
Students have the power to change things at this
University if they choose to do so. DO NOT BE
INTIMIDATED BY THE AURA‘OF AUTHORITY.
THE PEOPLE WITH POWER WILL WORK.TO BE
SURE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SEE THEM AS
POWERFUL. When will the administration of this
institution begin to truly involve the student body in the
decisions that effect their college experience? It is being
done successfully at Hunter College in New York City
and various other educational institutions in the country.
SUNYA will never be the great University that it would
like to be unless there is.a better display of true caring
for the student body. This includes more freedom of
speech, less control, and more involvement of students in
the REAL decisions.

So I ask, does the administration care about student
needs by continuing to contract with an organization that
charges too much for poor'food and lousy maintenance?
It certainly doesn’t seem that way to me. Maybe there
are others reading this paper who will take it upon
themselves to start complaining about the things they do
not like. I challenge my fellow students to start asking

themselves, “Do I really want to pay for this shit?” You
can force a choice.

Cynthia Buchardt

Whining From Under
the Knife

To the Editor:

This is in response to Gary Neighborn’s article in
the Tuesday, February 9 ASP. Yes Mr. Neighborn, you
may visit your friend at Oneonta and Cobleskill. Stay in
your dorm room and learn the intricacies of Sega

Genesis. Andi when: sick; flex:your foolishobravado by

“toughing it out.” Or, take a couple of swigs from a
bottle of Robitussin while “surviving” on a combination
of Comptrex, and Tylenol. When the pain becomes
unbearable, do take the next available bus, train or plane
to Manhattan or Long Island and visit real doctors who
don’t “substitute whiskey ‘for anesthetic.”'But please,
Mr. Neighborn, do not bore us with + your loathsome
whining ,or the miseries of . your.self-righteous
indignation.

Tf, after you initially called the University Health
Center they told you to come in the next morning, why
didn’t you go? Why ignore their advice only to have
your condition worsen?. Why were you so réluctant to
inform the doctors that,‘all, along” one of your
suitemates had Pneumonia? To hell with, Preventive
medicine, after all if you don’t know. the de ctor and you

fice,” why ‘go to the Health
Center during the day When You’ know’ th a doctor

to:drive yourself ito Albany’ Med: But why-go%d Albany

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Letters

Continued from page 9
a word of your tedious prose. What
erudition was unleashed on the pages of
the ASP as you regurgitated the events of
those dreadful October days. You're a
brave man Gary Neighborn! Now you
may rest at ease and breath a sigh of
relief—use your inhaler if your sighs
seem a bit reluctant. Since you were so
kind to offer your wisdom, let me be so
bold and offer you mine. Slither on over
to the Administration Building, and
withdraw from this wretched University.
You deserve better, SUNYA is not
privileged to have such a student in its

the self-confidence and discipline ‘

halls. I’m sure you can find a nice quiet
college in Manhattan or Long Island
(places where real doctors don’t prescribe
pills for urinary tract infections.) Oh no,

Mr. Neighborn, you do not have a
urinary tract infection. On pages ten and
fourteen you proved to everyone that your
bladder works just fine. Please Mr.
Neighborn seek out that college or
university which provides doctors on staff
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a
week, and provides a food service which
is not written about in the pages of U.S.A.
Today. You should, after all, gain back
those fifteen pounds. Perhaps your friend
and his band could arrange to play at the
clubs in Greenwich Village? You will do
the right thing. We will get by without
your confessions, struggle though we
may, but please Mr. Neighborn, do not
stay here at SUNYA. Be healthy Mr.
Neighborn, and live well. We can do
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Alumni Quad

Continued from page 3
campus.

Student’s suggestions included
petitions, letter writing and sit-
ins.

Residents pointed out that the
computer room and weight room
are in Alden. They also said
Brubacher dining room, which
will be the only dining hall left,
is not large enough to
accommodate the residents of
the three remaining halls.

Corbett said, “I’m sure they’ve
considered it. Whether they give
a damn or not, I don’t know.”

Corbett said he doesn’t think
they have the mind set to realize
that they need these rooms.

One resident suggested closing
the low rise on Indian Quad.

“Alumni is a totally unique
quad,” the resident said.

Livingston said they were not
implementing any alternate plan
at this time.

College Bowl

Continued from page 3
Teaching as a Second Language;
Specialty: Sports

*Mike Cempa: Senior;
Atmospheric Science major;
Specialties: Science, culture, pop
music

*George Manahan: Senior;
Biology major; Specialty:
science

*Mark Creiner (Alternate):
Senior; History major; Specialty:
current events, military

According to Student
Activities Director Jessica
Casey, this is the first time in
over five years Cornell has lost
the regional title:

Unfortunately, Hodurski-said,
unless Albany can raise the
$4,000 - $5,000 it needs to cover
the travel expenses, Cornell, the

ever won a bid to the national
College Bowl tournament, since
SUNY Oneonta won nine years
ago.

University Auxiliary Services
gave InterQuad a $1600 grant,
which has already been spent on
regional dues and other team
expenses, Hodurski said.

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University a rodent problem that
existed in the tower, Stevens
said.

University officials used the
help of pest control specialists to
investigate the cause of the
problem, Stevens said.

A report by Harry W.
Linindoll Pest Control states
“Sanitation is half the battle of
rodent control . Rodents will
congregate around areas where
food is made available.”

Students were made aware of
the problem in a Feb. 5
memorandum to Eastman Tower
residents from Geneva M.
Walker-Johnson, assistant vice
president for Residential Life
and Housing, which stated “an
increase in the number of mice
in numerous areas of the Tower
is due to excessive trash and
debris.”

Vincent Franconere, director
of environment and health and
safety, said students were made
aware of what they needed to do
to alleviate the problem and
were supplied with rodent
removal devices.

Frat Poster

Continued from front page

One of the individuals said,
“The main point is thinking
‘Girls like Dick’ will cause men
to give it to them.”

“Anyone in the fraternity who
thinks everyone in the fraternity
is innocent of rape is wrong.”

“If fraternities are really trying
to prevent rape,why do they put
up posters [such as this one]? To
make themselves look good,
that’s why.”

“Females here are individuals.
They aren’t looking for fraternity
dicks to f....”

SUNYA sophomore Aimee
Wood said, “I’m not offended by
the rush poster at all, but the
second poster is pathetic,
implying that the Delta Chi guys
are rapists. Lighten up!”

This poster also had to be
approved by the Office of
Campus Life.

Doellefeld said he allowed the
individuals to put up the poster
in the lobby because “freedom of
expression is important to the
University. Sometimes it [a
poster] is disagreeable or

offensive, but that isn’t a reason
not to put it up.”

The University “Freedom of
Expression” policy applies to the
content of podium posters,
according to the exterior poster
policy issued by the Office of
Campus Life.

Lou Gehrig

Continued from page 5
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researchers said,

The gene finding may also
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effects of aging are caused by
accumulated damage from free
radicals, said Dr. Gene Cohen,
acting director of the National
Institute on Aging.

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State University of New York - University at Albany

Sensitivity and Beyond:
Diversity in the Helping and

Human Service Professions

Second Annual Conference: March 8-11, 1993

8

10:00 am:’Keynote Address: Toward a Strategy of Inclusion in Multiculturalism- Robert T. Carter, Ph.D.

Robert T. Carter is a trainer, research consultant and private practitioner in New York City, and Associate Professor of Psychology and
Education in the Counseling Psychology Program, Teacher's College, Columbia University.

11:00 am: Reception in the Performing Arts Center Lounge
12:00 pm: Lunch/Research Discussion in the Patroon Room
1:00 pm: Discussion on Keynote Address

Forming Alliances oes 9:00 - 10:30 Education

Counseling Women: Empowerment in the Therapeutic Relationship 11:00 - 12:30 Education 127
Counseling, Culture and Values 11:00 - 1:00 Education 335
Heterosexist Bias in Psychotherapy: Two Roleplays 1:00 - 3:00 Education 127

Heroes, Headlines and Helping 9:00 - 11:00 Education 127
Multicultural/Diversity Leadership 11:00 - 12:30 Education 346
Unlearning Homophobia 1:00 - 3:00 Education 335
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Counseling Latina Women: An Integrative Approach
Developing Inclusive Training Programs Education 127
Panel Discussion: Helping Diverse People : Education 335
Panelists: David L. Blustein, Ph.D., M. Dolores Cimini, Ph.D., Susan D. Phillips, Ph.D., Estela M. Rivero, Ph.D., Keith St. John

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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1993 - ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 15

Albany Hockey shows New Paltz no mercy

¢ Hat Moss
Staff Writer

Since the semester break, the Albany

backhand off right-winger Fox’s back and
into the net. Fox and Tuckman were
credited with the ass After the game
Merges and Fox claimed, “it was a

goal and four assists in the
game.

There were many other
highlights in this rout.

: designed play.” Anderson scored i
men’s hockey club has been playing mor 2 4 on a wrist —
porelieepeThe ee ome ae After leading 3-0 after the opening shot from a tough angle on the
because of its improved power play and period, Albany continued to mount right side for his first goal of the
taking of fewer penalties, pressure on New Paltz. The Danes ended night. Tuckman’s seventh goal
On Saturday, February 21st, Albany up blasting 51 shots on New Paltz goalie came on a blast from the top of
sent New Paltz home early after Scoahe Ed Whritmer. Freshman goalie Adam _ the arc which went into the top
fifteen goals and amassing a ten goal Warshowsky made 28 saves for Albany. right corner;
lead, The “mercy rule” automatically Before the game Tuckman said, “I want Merges’ goal with 3:21 left in
ends the game when a ten goal margin to get two goals and six assists tonight.” the third period gave Albany a
pat He ended up with eight goals and two 15-5 victory. After receiving the
Junior center Dave Tuckman, assisted See _.,,. Puck from Fox behind the net,
by Tim Fox and captain Phil Merges, Freshman Jason Kule, playing in his Merges skated in front and
scone dahel ire voacr the night just Ol first game on Saturday, scored on a one- scored with a wrist shot through
seconds into the game. Tuckman scored timer, set-up by Ben Domingo and Bill the goalie’s legs, ending the
i ‘ Geary. game.
his second goal moments later, assisted R ‘ :
by Fox and Ryan McDonald, yan McDonald scored with a blast On Sunday night, Albany will -
‘Albany’ scored its third goal late in the ube with 14:54 remaining in travel to Coney Island to play
‘ é z the third period. Domingo and Alex N.Y.U. Game time is 7:45p.m.
first period when Merges ricocheted a Anderson assisted. McDonald had one Albany shows New Paltz how inate eee ee
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Continued from : ving,” White beamed. “I This meet will be ‘OF
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Championships held at Southern Sold aes last chance to qualify for the
Connecticut State. = ee . Ithink she's The official order of finish National "Championships.
‘Albany placed Geih out OF Sone a — at this point in the was one Connecticut (160 Boyette has a chance to qualify
fourteen schools, finishing with eg. ae Pe ese : __ Points), Trenton State (125), _ for the triple jump, and Somes is
ee ie and 1:26.9, respectively. _Baptiste came back to place Stony Brook (82), Montclair St. a provisional qualifier in the 55-
Boyette continued ie ae season | best ifth in the 55-meter hurdles (62), Albany (40), N.Y.U. (32), meter hurdles. sah |
impiesive eon he wanes peroriente wes turned in by : __U.S. Merchant Marine (20), if 4 a Seams
fe ee ae ae nf ae Henning, who ran the 400-_ Queens College (18), St. Peter’s nterested in : ee
ae e epee FAR meters in a time of 1:03.95 to. 13:47 was the distance relay (11), and Pace University (4). orts writi 2
iene jan Oe edantonbest place sixth. She also ran a team of Beradette Caban, Three schools did not score. Sp ing:
jane a i 10 inves alo 1:05.7 split to anchor the 4x400 Kennedy, Cruz and Popp. This upcoming weekend, — Come up to
competed GE these sha meter relay team to a fourth Caban attained ‘individual White will take his qualifying i x
ate er area a place finish. Other members of honors by running the 1000- athletes to the Eastern CC323 and ask
cae ae ee 2 the team were Liszkiewicz meters in 3:34.8 and placing Collegiate Athletic Association f * 5 .
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This scholarship honors Professor Emeritus Merlin W. Hathaway who.
died in 1990, Coach Hathaway received his undergraduate degree from
the SUNY College at Cortland and his Master of Science degree from
Albany in 1946. From 1944 to 1976 he served as a professor of physical
education, coach of several intercollegiate sports, and as director of
athletics and physical education. He guided the University's athletic
program during his tenure and was instrumental in the development of
the campus’ recreation program, including the purchase of Camp
Dippikill in the Adirondacks.
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1. The candidate must be a sophomore, junior or senior in good
academic standing and must have at least one year of attendance at
Albany prior to-receiving the scholarship;
2. The candidate must show evidence of good sportsmanship, team
Spirit, a positive attitude and fair play such as may be gained through
Participation in athletics;
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coach, etc. The candidate may submit additional material deemed
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Friday

Men's Track at States - Today and Sat.

Women's Track at ECAC's - Sat & Sun

Albany Hockey at N.Y.U. - Sun., 7:45

Albany grapplers ready for Nationals

The Danes' “Fab Five” survives weigh-ins Thursday

Staff Photo by Tom Murnane
Co-Capt. Rob Appel is ready to rumble at the NCAA's.

By Tom MURNANE
ior Editor

Two Albany wrestlers were seeded
going into the first round of the
NCAA. Division. II Wrestling
Championships, which began earlier
today at the United States Coast
Guard Academy.in New London,
Conn,

The seeding committee Wednesday
gave New York's national qualifiers
167 1b. champion John Pavlin the
seventh seed slot, while returning All-
American Van Fronhofer was seeded
eighth at 1501bs.

Contacted at his New London hotel
Thursday night, assistant Coach Andy
Seras said Fronhofer, who sprained an
ankle two weeks ago at the national
qualifiers, was ready to go.

“He's doing OK at this point,” Seras
said. “I'd say he's about 90 percent-to-
95 percent. He's alot further along
than we thought he'd be...he's been
working hard and because he's so
mentally tough, I don't think his ankle

to Conn. are Steve Mitola (118), Rob
Appel (134) and Al Gordon (Hwt).

Appel had to settle for second place
at the national qualifiers, where he
lost to Saint. Lawrence's Chris
Bannister, 4-3.

Mitola id Gordon both placed
third in their weight classes.

Head. coach Joe DeMeo Thursday
night said he had talked with his team
about the road they had taken to get to
the championship tournament.

“Physically and mentally we're
fine,” DeMeo said. “You spend your
entire life preparing for this chance’ to
go to the nationals...some of the finest
wrestlers around never get the
chance.”

“The mental part is the last thing
going in...it's easy to have confidence
in your abilities, but when it comes to
crunch time, you have to taste
yourself winning it all...it's a total
consummation, fighting and clawing
your way to the top,” DeMeo said.

DeMeo said he didn't think his team

will be a factor.”

Rounding out Albany's delegation

would be affected by the scope of
tournament.
“We've got a very mature team here,

The NCAA Division lil Poll
Here's how the NCAA Division II
poll ranked the top wrestling
teams in the country going into
this weekend's tournament.

1. Augsburg College

2. Wartburg College

3. Wisconsin-LaCrosse

4. SUNY Cortland

5. SUNY Albany

6. Ithaca College

7. Wisconsin-Stevens Pt.
8. Trenton St. College

9. Saint Lawrence Univ.
10. Thiel Coliege

ASP Graphic by Tom Mumane

with everyone of them having some
experience at the Nationals,” he said.
“These are the best 200 wrestlers in
the country, the elite...I'm psyched for
tomorrow, because we're ready.”

Albany indoor track teams running into high gear
Men's team is poised for States

By Epwit FONTANILLA
Staff Writer

This weekend, the Albany men’s
indoor track team challenges the best of
the best in the state and the eastern region
as they compete in the New York State
Indoor Track Championships and the
IC4A’s.

In the IC4A’s, Albany will compete
against a field of 95 colleges, 72 of which
are Division I schools. The meet will
include some of the best athletes from
schools such as Georgetown and
Villanova. As in the NCAA Division III
National Championships, standards have
to be met to compete, but they are
tougher in the IC4A’s than in the
Nationals.

Two Albany athletes, junior Howie
Sellers and sophomore Oscar Almendarez
have met the standards necessary to
compete. Sellers will be competing in the
500-meters.

“Sellers has a good chance to be the
first Division III athlete to win,” Albany’s
coach Roberto Vives said.

Almendarez will be trying to jump into
first in the triple jump. According to
Vives, “He'll be going against a higher
level of competition than in the
Nationals.” However, Vives believes
Almendarez will rise to the occasion.

In addition, Albany will be competing
in the New York State meet (minus
Sellers and Almendarez, of course).

“Fredonia is the favorite for the States,”
Vives said.

Albany will be placing a weaker

emphasis on the team title, trying not to
tire the athletes out before the National
meet next week.

Chances are good that Albany could
walk away with five individual State
Championship titles.

Junior Keith Liburd is currently ranked
first in the state in the 55 meter dash.
Junior David White is a favorite in the
500 meters. Either junior Bill Vanos or
juinior Todd Rogers could walk away
with the championship in the 500 meters.
Jay Nixon, a junior, is a favorite in the
pole vault.

The 4x400 meter relay team is looking
to win its event. That team will consist of
White, freshman Zamafa Chickwendu,
sophomore Melvin Keyes, and freshman
David Abraham. 3

Albany has done well at the States and
in the IC4A’s in the past. The Danes
placed second last year in States. At the
IC4A’s, Albany ran strong last year.

There are nine team members who will
possibly go to the Nationals. If all nine
members do qualify, then that will be the
most Albany has ever sent to the
Nationals.

Only 158 athletes out of the 204
Division III institutions qualify for
nationals.

Nixon and Sellers have definitely
qualified while Alemendarez, Liburd,
Vanos, sophomore Sean Condell, and the
4x400 relay team made up of White,
Chickwendu, Keyes, and Sellers have met
the provisional standards.

The Nationals will be held next week at
Bowdoin College in Maine. c

Women take fifth at CTC's

By Ron BALLE
Staff Writer

Near misses and unfortunate stumbles
set the tone for the women’s indoor track
team during the NYS Women’s
Collegiate Athletic Association
Championships, held this past weekend at
Plattsburgh State.

Luckily, egos were the only thing that
ended up being bruised as Albany
finished a respectable ninth out of
eighteen schools.

Coach Ron White picked Laura Somes’
second place finish in the 55-meter
hurdles in a time of 8.89 seconds as his
highlight of the meet. He did this not only
because it was an impressive showing,
but also because Somes ran the meet in
spite of a muscle irritation that has been
plaguing her for the past few weeks.

“She weathered a lot of hardship in this
meet,” White commented. “She really
came back aggressive in the finals.”

Natalie Baptiste and Niki McLeod also
participated in this event for the Lady
Danes, with Baptiste finishing in 9.36,
good enough to earn fifth place.

Two school records fell at the meet,
both for the third time this season, and
both by the same woman who had broken
them previously.

Bonnie Boyette set a new record in the
triple jump with her third-place effort of
35/4 P12". |

In the twenty-pound weight throw,
Mary Walminski bettered her school
record by 3’, 1”. She placed fifth with a
throw of 38’, 10 1/4”. Lynn Battaglini

had a season-best throw of 27’, 5 1/2”.

White received a scare twice during the
day when a couple of his athletes fell
during their heats.

Ewa Liszkiewicz was having an
outstanding run in the 200-meters when
she fell twenty meters before the finish
line. In the 4 x 400M relay, McLeod went
down with one lap to go before passing
the baton. While both runners looked like
they could have seriously injured
themselves, they both walked away under
their own power, much to White’s relief.

While fate might not have been on
Albany’s side, the clock definitely wasn’t.

In the 400-meters, Liz Henning ran
1:04.45, only to miss the finals by .02.
Rebecca Popp ran a personal-best 3:22.38
in the semi-finals at the 1000-meters, but
she too missed out on the finals by .02.

Even with the minor setbacks, White
was pleased with the outcome of the
meet,

“We had a pretty respectable
weekend,” he said. “Aside from the
disappointment, we had a good showing.”

Geneseo won the event with 82 points,
followed by Plattsburgh (66), Ithaca (65),
Stony Brook (57), Binghamton and
Fredonia (tied with 46), Buffalo St. (42),
R.LT, (31), R.P.I. (29), Albany (18),
Brockport (16), Hartwick (14), N.Y.U.
(10), Rochester (5), St. Lawrence and
Hamilton (tied with 4), Siena (2), and
Union (0).

The preceding weekend, the team had
returned to action after a two-week hiatus
with an impressive showing at the

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