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SA allocates funds to Asian Group

By JAN DANIELS
Staff Writer

In response to the recent proposed cab
fare hikes in Albany, Zina Cary
addressed Central Council members
about students being overcharged by
taxi drivers.

Cary spread the news about a public
hearing being held Monday November
13 at 6:30pm. Vans will leave the
SUNY circle at 5:45 to bring students
interested in stopping the fare hike, to
the Albany Common Council meeting.

A bill addressing these cab fare fac-
tors was passed unanimously by Central
Council.

Another bill passed by unanimous
consent was the appointing of Kahlil
Virina as Vice Chair of the Academic
Affairs Committee for the 1995-1996
year.

_$314.00-in supplemental funds for the

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However, much debate occurred over
the proposal for allocating the Asian
American Alliance an additional

annual Asian Occasion festivities this
weekend.

Chairman, Mike Castrilli, said of the
proposal, “I support this bill 150%. It is
a phenomenal event.”

Chair of the Finance Committee, Ann
George, said, “There is a good chance
that Asian Occasion would be a flop
without this allocation.” Members of the
Asian American Alliance walked into
the meeting during this debate, to show
their commitment and support for the
group.

According to the Finance Committee
Report, “at present, $7,604.26 remains
in supplemental allocations.” $314.00
was allocated to the Asian American
Alliance by the passing of this bill.

Nathan's, the famous hot dog vendor, has moved to the Campus Cen-
ter. Nathan's is located next to Biff's in the campus center, and it offers students

hot dogs, with a variety of condiments.

Although many students are excited about the new selection of food in
the Campus Center, many have said that they are dissapointed that Nathan's at
SUNYA will not be offering french fries. Nathan's also offers canned soda and

potato chips.

Nathan's accepts quads plus and podium card, and is currently open

-for students and faculty.

Staff photo by Jenny Hein

By KEVIN DEVALK
Associate News Editor

SUNYA to sponsor homeless awareness

in the upcoming fiscal year.

On Wednesday, Ronald Cassanova, the

vice-president of the union of the homeless
will give a presentation about hometess in
America today. Cassanova is a nationally
known advocate for the homeless, and is
homeless himself.

The week will culminate with the -
Miss—A—Meal—A-Thon. Students who par-
ticipate will be skipping lunch on Thurs-
day, and giving their money to the Union of
the Homeless, and to local shelters.

The New York Public Interest Research
Group (NYPIRG) will be holding a Home-
lessness Awareness Week from November
7 13-17.
The week will include a letter writing
campaign in support for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC), a federal program
which provides food for mothers unable to
Staff photo by Lauren Murphy feed their children themselves. The pro-
gram is scheduled to undergo massive cuts

‘ Zina Cary addresses Central Council about proposed fare hikes.

Campus Center offices redistributed among SA groups

funding (a SAVE SUNY program),

less.” He said that there are only five and have a defined area for planning

By OWEN DAVIES

Due to a backlog of requests regarding
office space in the new extension of the
Campus Center throughout the last two
years, several student organizations have
been forced to relocate their headquarters
within the building.

The group hardest hit by the recent
restructuring is NYPIRG (New York
Public Interest Research Group), which
lost a sizable amount of office space to a

News Feature

coalition of five Asian groups including
Liga Filipina, Asian American Alliance,
Chinese Student Association, and possi-
bly at a later date, the Vietnamese Stu-
dent Association. Other groups that were
reshuffled include AALPA and the Mul-
ticultural Pre-Law Association, who are
now located in CC348, PanCaribbean
Association and RZA who have now
gained their own office space in CC347
and CC 344 respectively and Fuerza Lati-
na in CC 345. ©

NYPIRG, an advocacy group focusing
on programs including higher education

homelessness outreach, a small claims
court hot line, environmental protection
and consumer action, lost a third of its
office space to the five Asian groups in
it’s move from CC 382 to CC 349.

Associate Director of Campus Life,
Scott Berg, said, “Last January (his office
and the Student Association), took a look
at what space was being under utilized in
the Campus Center. We tried to maxi-
mize the use of space and move groups
that were no longer viable.”

These unviable groups included the
Speakers Forum and the Concert Board
which were located in CC 364 but have
since been absorbed by the Student Asso-
ciation due to budget problems. He also
stated that NYPIRG, who had been locat-
ed in CC 382 for the past 15 years, was
not moved due to any fault of their own,
but due to a request by the Asian groups
so they may work closer together in order
to create a Multicultural area in the for-
mally disorganized East Wing of the
-Campus Center.

Berg said of the eleven groups receiv-
ing new office space, only the CSA, KSA
and PCA received néw space, so

offices in the Campus Center larger than
NYPIRG’s: the SA offices, the ASP,

-WCDB, Hillel, and the Albany State Uni-

versity Black Students Association.
NYPIRG Project co-ordinator Zina Cary
disagreed with Berg’s remarks stating
that, “space is a factor”, but that
NYPIRG will indeed be able to work
through it.

In the empty office, CC 346, Berg
placed five groups that did not formally

hold office space. These included the

Charles Drew Science Club, Delta Sigma
Pi, the Junior and Senior Class Councils
and University Cinemas. He said that
these groups were both active and viable
organizations and merited office space
within the Campus Center. “There are
still groups requesting space that haven’t
gotten space yet,” Berg said.

These included the Pan Hellenic Coun-
cil and the Latin Greek Council. With the
exception of NYPIRG, all groups seemed
please with the new realignment. SA
Media Director and RZA member, Harry
Rubenstein stated, “It’s nice to see these
room changes taking place after so many
years. It gives a great opportunity to both

_ the Asian groups were available for com-

events.”

SA Director of Multicultural Affairs,
Hyacinth Chu, echoed Rubenstein’s sen-
timents, agreeing that the new space, par-
ticularly for the Asian groups was a much
needed step in the right direction, espe-
cially considering the fact that only two
of the groups even held office space prior
to the move. At the time of press none of

ment.

Berg also commented on future reno-
vations to the Campus Center, including
a new home for the Financial Aid office
in the location which formally was occu-
pied by the bookstore. He said that the
new location should open on November
27 of this year.

Berg also said that he was working
closely with SA Vice President Nir Men-
achemi and the Plant Department in mov-
ing Copies Plus from it’s current position
to the old check cashing lobby in order to
make Copies Plus‘more modern facility.
He said President Hitchcock is “maxi-
mizing and modernizing, trying to update
whatever possible to give SUNYA clients
the best they can.”

NYPIRG “will just have to do more with

new and old student groups to hold space


2 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1995

Campus Calendar

‘Saturday, 11/11

Warriors on Wheels, the weight
training program for persons with
disabilities, will run Saturday
through Wednesday this week from
10:00 a.m. until noon at the RACC
Fitness Center.

The Albany State Kickline-
Danceathon will be holding try-
outs beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the
third floor dance studio of the P.E.
building. For more info call Sue
Zaffers at 442-8145.

Angelic Voices of Praise will per-
form at 6:30 p.m. in the PAC
Recital Hall. For more info call
Ortavia Jackson at 442-9342.

Sunday, 11/12

The Hillel Players will present The
Trial of God, the play by Elie
Wiesel, at the Studio Theatre in the
Performing Arts Center. The play
will begin at 3:00 p.m. The play will

also be presented this week -

Thursday at 8:00 p.m. °

The SUNY World Federalist
Association will have their weekly
meeting at 5:00 p.m. in CC 357.
For more info call Tom at 427-
0643.

Chapel House will be holding two
services this evening. Protestant
service will be held at 6:00 p.m. at
Chapel House. Catholic service will
be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Campus

Center Assembly Hall. Chapel
House can be reached at 489-
8573.

Monday, 11/13

Don’t Walk Alone safety escort
service runs Monday-Thursday this
week out of the lobby of University
Library from 7:00 until 11:00 p.m.
For service call 442-5511.

Senior Class Council will hold
their weekly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in
BA 215.

Aikido Club will hold their weekly
self-defense classes tonight and
Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the
wrestling room in the PE building.
Classes are also held on Saturday
afternoons. For mare info call Rick
at 456-7727.

Tuesday, 11/14

The President’s Task Force on
Women’s Safety will hold a meet-
ing at 2:30 p.m. in CC 375. For
more info call Gloria DeSole at
442-5415.

NYPIRG will hold their weekly
Activists Workshop at 4:00 p.m. in
CC 382. For more info call Zina
Cary at 442-5658.

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Alliance will hold their weekly
meeting at 7:30 p.m. in HU B32.
For more info call Dawn Schirmer
at 442-5672.

Pre-Law Association will hold
their weekly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in
BA 223. For more info call Gerald
at 442-9794.

Thursday, 11/16

Brothers and Sisters in Christ
will hold their weekly meeting at
7:00 p.m. in CC 375. For more info
call Chris Jones at 442-6773.

College Republicans will hold
their weekly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in
LC-12. For more info call Anthony
Barba at 433-8589.

University Cinemas will present
the film Apollo 13 this weekend.
Showtimes are 9:00 p.m. tonight, 8
& 10:30 Friday and Saturday, and
3:00 p.m. Sunday. Films are shown
in LC-18 and cost $2.00 for stu-
dents with ID, $3.00 w/out.

Friday, 11/17

Muslim Student Association will
be holding their weekly Jumah
Prayer meeting at 1:00 p.m. in CC
361.

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meeting Sunday 7:30
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Please come or call:
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Blast from

-Anton Segore
November 8, 1995

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The elections were conducted
a little more lax than are national
elections, as campaign literature

for all the candidates was avail-
able on the desk next to the
polling place.

College radio to cover national election —_ [gms

November 3, 1964

WSUA, the campus radio sta-
tion, has made special arrange-
ments to provide complete and
comprehensive coverage of the
national and state election
returns. A team of sixteen expe-
rienced newsmen, headed by
Director Ron Campisi, will
begin broadcasting the returns at
7:00 p.m. tonight.

Aiming toward the best cover-
age in the Capital District,
WSUA has participated in the
initiation of a Tri-Cities
University Network.

Through this network WSUA
will exchange news with WRPI-
FM, the radio station of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in Troy, and WRUC, broadcast-
ing from Union College in
Schenectady.

In addition, WSUA will have
two of its newsmen stationed in

each of the Republican and if any of the elections are still
Democratic headquarters in the close at that point, the newsmen
Tri Cities area. An indirect hook- are prepared to continue cover-
up with NBC News, and access _age until 4:00 a.m.

to the facilities of United Press WSUA broadcasts ona fre-
International will enable the sta-
tion to provide up—to—the minute
coverage.

Handling WSUA’s anchor
desk will be Gary Luczak, aided
by News Director Frank —
Crowley. State election results
will be reported by Bob Fullem,
Dave Hughes, Art Loder, and Ed _ Peristyles from Tuesday October
Schwartz. 27 through Thursday October

All technical supervision will 29.
be under the supervision of the “Victor” in the New York
station’s chief engineer, R. State Senate race was Kenneth
Theodore Parkes with B. Keating.

Technicians Roger French and 465 cast votes in the poll, a
Steve Ostrove. turn-out of just over 15% of the

Crowley indicated that he student body. 439 votes were
believed the station could wrap given to Johnson, a margin
up coverage by 2:00 a.n. seven to two over Barry [. ;
Wednesday morning. However, Goldwater, who drew 126 votes.

ed” Lyndon B. Johnson
President of the United States in
a special pre-election vote con-
ducted by Forum of Politics.
Balloting took place in the

File photo

WSUA staff members prepare for election coverage.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1995 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

Holocaust survivor shares horrific memories of war

By SUSAN CRAINE
Editor in Chief

Anton Segore, a Holocaust
survivor, gave a presentation on
Wednesday on his experiences in
the concentration camp Buken-
wald.

The presentation was spon-

sored by Hillel, and commemo-’

rated Kristallnact, a German
government sponsored attack on
the Jewish community. During
that evening officers of the SS
raided the stores which were
owned by Jews, and destroyed
them.

Segore opened his speech with
a summation of Hitler’s “final
solution,” and the Nazi’s plan to
eliminate the members of the
Jewish religion, Gypsies, Slavs,
Homosexuals, and people who
were handicapped. He then
showed the audience a picture of
his immediate family, which
consisted of 12 people, and of
which only 3 survived.

He said, “I lost 90% of my
family. All of my uncles, aunts,
and cousins are gone, but I sur-
vived.”

Segore said that it was his atti-

tude that kept him alive while.

living in the ghetto in Hungary,

Anton Segore shares with the audience his memories of the Holocaust.

and working in the concentration
camp.

“My attitude is what kept me
alive. I constantly told myself
that I must survive. There must
be future generations,” he said.

Segore, who has speaking
about the Holocaust for 20 years
said he feels the motto of “never
again” has become obsolete.

The University held a cham-
pagne dinner Tuesday night to
help raise money for the
fundraising program Initiatives
for Women. ©

The guest speaker was Dr.
Barbara A. DeBuono, New York
State Commissioner of Health,
and the topic was “Women and
health: preparing for the 21st
century.” DeBuono is the first
woman to occupy the position.

_Initiatives for Women is a

Fundraiser held for women

fundraising program sponsored
by SUNYA that enhances educa-
tional and career opportunities
for women. The program is part
of the $55 million Campaign for
Albany, and supports scholar-
ships, fellowships, related excel-
lence awards, internship training
programs, career planning, and
advisement for women of color,
and provides for the needs of
women who are physically chal-
lenged. .

He said, “The motto is obso-
lete. Just look at what is happen-

_ing in Bosnia. This is still an on

going phenomena...but I will
keep talking about the Holocaust
as long as there is breath in me.”

Segore said that students con-
stantly come up and ask him
how they can stop the hate of
people who are different than

Staff photo by Lauren Murphy

they are.

He said, “Although we will
never be able to end all of the
hate, we can always try. The way
to do this is to create a dialogue,
and ask the question ‘why do
you hate me?'Is it because my
skin is of a different color?’
Only by talking to each other can
we begin to educate.”

SAO offers
internships

The Smithsonian Astrophysi-
cal Observatory (SAO) Summer
Internship Program is accepting
applications from undergradu-
ates interested in physical sci-
ences. SAO is filling positions
for the Summer of 1996.

Participants in the SAO pro-
gram will actively participate in
individual research projects
supervised by staff scientists.
Other activities will include
trips to nearby observatories,
informal lunch talks, a computer
workshop, and a final gathering
where students discuss the
results of their experiences.

Potential applicants must be
U.S. citizens enrolled in an
undergraduate program leading
to a bachelor’s degree. Graduate
students will not be accepted.

The 1996 program begins
June 10 and runs through
August 16. The application
deadline is March 1, 1996, and
decisions will be made in April.

For more information contact
Kimberly Dow at (617) 496-
7248. Information can also be
obtained from the World Wide
Web at http://hea-www.har-
vard.edu/reu/reu.html.

Album criticized for promoting drug use

(NSNS)-A compact disk
released Sept. 26 to benefit the
National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws
(NORMAL) has come under
attack from U.S. Drug Czar Dr.
Lee Brown and several parents
groups.

Last week Brown criticized
the album for publicly promot-
ing illegal drug use, but Capri-
corn Records officially disagreed
with that assessment.

“Capricorn Records does not
advocate the use or legalization
of marijuana,” said Phil Walden,
president of Capricorn Records.
“Our involvement with this pro-
ject is to establish a forum for
these 17 artists to air their per-
sonal views on an issue of great
social relevance in an entertain-
ing manner.”

The CD, titled “Hempilation”
and featuring songs by Ziggy
Marley, the Black Crowes and

Cypress Hill, has been protested
by such organizations as the Par-
ents Resource and Information
on Drug Education (PRIDE) and
the Family Resource Council.

“Why anyone would want to
take something that’s dangerous

-and damaging and encourage

children to use it is beyond me,”
said Joseph Califano, chair of
the Center on Addiction and
Substance Abuse.

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General Colin L. Powell announced yesterday in Alexandria,}
Virgina that he would not be seeking the Republican nomination
in the 1996 presidential election.

Powell said his decision not to run was based on his lack of|
passion in seeking the nomination.

He said, “(I lack) a passion and commitment that despite my
every effort, I do not have for political life.”

Powell at the conference also stated that he would not run as a
Vice—Presidential candidate, but promised that he would contin-
ue to be a strong voice within the Republican party.


4 _ ALBANY STUDENT PRESS — FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1995

Regular breast examinations are important for female students

Recently, it was breast cancer
awareness month.

Middle This is a good time

to talk about this
Earth issue with college
Roots

women. Why is it
important for
women, even women of college

age, to get in the habit of exam-
ining their breasts regularly? One
good reason is because women
have a one in nine chance of get-
ting breast cancer in their life-
time! Factors that increase the
risk of breast cancer include a
family of breast cancer, delayed

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child-bearing, or not bearing
children, high fat diets, early
menstruation, alcohol intake, and
obesity. Many of these risk fac-
tors are within an individual’s
control, so there are steps we can
take to reduce our risk for this
disease and improve our overall
health at the same time.

The best time to do a self-
exam is the week after your men-
strual period. There are five sim-
ple steps to monthly breast self-
examination:

Check the breasts while
bathing because lumps may be
easier to feel when the skin is
wet.Place your right hand behind
your head and use the sensitive
finger pads of the left hand to
feel the right breast as you check

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for thickening, lumps, or other
changes. Then use your right
hand to examine your left breast.

Next, with your hands at your
sides, examine your breasts in, a
mirror, looking for any change in
size or contour, or any dimpling
of the skin. Then, raise your
hands over your head and look
for any changes. The next step is
to gently squeeze each nipple,
checking for any discharge.
Finally, lie down flat and place a
pillow under your right shoulder.
Place your right hand under your
head and use your left hand to
feel the right breast and armpit
for lumps. Then repeat this on
the other side.

What are you looking for?
Most women think that they are

looking simply for lumps. This
isn’t the only important consider-
ation though. When you examine
your breasts, you become very
familiar with the uniqueness. For
this reason, you may be more
likely to notice changes than
your physician doing a yearly
breast exam. Check for unusual
symmetry, thickening or pucker-
ing of the skin, and areas that are
harder than usual and don’t
change with your menstrual
cycle. Getting into this habit now
can help protect your health in
the future. For more information,
or for waterproof card with the
self exam steps, contact Carol
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1995 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Affirmative Action Programs Challenged in U of California

(NSNS)- Racial issues have
taken the national center stage
this month. The O.J. Simpson
verdict and Louis Farrakhan’s
Million Man March have
sparked discussions from the
halls of Congress to the coun-
try’s barber shops and back
porches.

Nowhere, though, has the
debate about race relations been
more heated than on college
campuses. In the wake of the
University of California
Regents’ July decision to abolish
affirmative action policies, stu-
dents who believe in affirmative
action predict a hard struggle
ahead.

“We have a lot to do,” said
Hatem Bazian, a graduate stu-
dent and member of the execu-
tive committee of Diversity in
Action at the University of Cali-
fornia—Berkeley. “We have not
conceded by a long shot.”

Leonard Valdez, director of the
Multicultural Center at Califor-
nia State University-Sacramen-
to, said he is continually
impressed with student efforts in
the affirmative action controver-
Sy.

“T see less and less confronta-

tional politics,” he said. “Stu-
dents are taking a more serious
role, through lobbying efforts
and through educating younger
high school students. Students
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the vote.”

On Oct. 12, an estimated
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Once upon a time, many a young American
would yearn to grow up and work in government -
and maybe even become president and worry over
this great nation’s foreign or domestic policy
options. Now, however, young Americans dream
of growing up to work in a law firm or a corpora-
tion - maybe becoming the president of General
Motors to worry over their stock options. But if

what’s good for General Motors isn’t necessarily
Tom Plate

good for America, then the fact that a lot of our
young people are mainly dedicated to their stock
portfolio isn’t good for America either.

Many of us, though, have stopped asking what
we can do for our country and are more interested
in what our country can do for us. Long before I
entered one of the nation’s least-admired profes-
sions, journalism, I considered public service.
Years ago at Princeton’s public-policy school, two
of my most inspiring classmates were Bo Cutter
and Tony Lake. They’re key advisers to President
Clinton now, and he’s lucky to have them. But that
was then and this is now. Then, government ser-
vice was still a premier field in America. You
could tell friends that was what you wanted to do
without the slightest risk that they would wonder
why you couldn’t get a good job. No longer. I
know, I’m supposed to scoff at bureaucrats.
Indeed, as a journalist, it’s practically my profes-
sional obligation to sneer at them when not expos-
ing them as bumbling incompetents or outright
crooks. But somehow I feel we’re indicting the
wrong people and demoralizing a vital sector of
society. Worse yet, we adults are probably turning
a whole generation of young people away from
careers that are vital to America’s future.

Last week, the annual convention of public-poli-
cy was was conventioning in Washington. But the
otherwise prestigious Association for Public Policy
Analysis and Management meeting was about as
much fun as, say, a reunion of Pete Wilson for
President contributors. Explains Larry Gamm,
director of Penn State’s Center for Health Policy
Research: “It’s an absolute disaster. Suddenly, pub-
lic policy is discredited. What really bright student
is dying to go into public service now?” Chafes
Michael Rothschild, who recently left the Univer-
sity of California, San Diego, to head Princeton’s
Woodrow Wilson School: “If I accomplish only
one thing as the new dean, it’s to figure out some
way to help re-instill in our young people a passion
for public service. Without it, not only will the
Woodrow Wilson School be in trouble, but some-
thing much greater and more important in America
will be at risk: the public spirit and the public
interest.”

It’s fashionable nowadays to claim that govern-
ment is part of the problem, not the solution. But
America will always need government; the only
question is not whether we need it at all, but how
good we want to make it. “When I leave govern-
ment next month, I’ll never use the word bureau-
crat the way I used it before I came in,”’ says Mark
Steinberg, a U.S. associate deputy attorney general
who’s returning to private law practice in Los
Angeles soon. “Just come by this Justice Depart-
ment building any night around 8 o’clock. See all
those lights burning? That’s those so-called lazy
bureaucrats working long hours - and for no addi-
tional compensation, for no public approbation, for

See COLUMN on page 7

EDITORIAL

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The History of Dead White Men

The first thing freshman learn upon setting foot at SUNY
Albany is the principles of a just community. Along with
the usual college restrictions, the administration, led by the
former president, H. Patrick Swygert, have done their
utmost to convince students. that this school is a pillar of
diversity and that it does not discriminate. Unfortunately,
the school’s pledge of diversity is being undermined by the
history department.

This semester students who have even glanced at the new

-schedule for next semester know that the school has cut

many of it’s classes. As if registering were not difficult
enough, history majors who want to take any Ibero-Ameri-
can (Latin-American) history courses will not have that
option. The history department will not be offering any
courses from this concentration, with the one exception of
Women in Latin America, as well as only one course from
the concentration in Asian history.

Many would argue that this is in response to the budget
cuts, but this is not true. The history department is offering
at least sixteen courses above the three hundred level in

American and European history. This blatant disregard for

the history of anything other than “dead white men” has
put many history majors in a difficult position. If they wish
to study anything outside of Western Civilization, they
would have to take a course in the Latin American and
Caribbean Studies program or Africana Studies program.

Without the history credit, students lose valuable time and
money, taking courses that, although suit their interest,
delay the time to the completion of a major. In essence, the
history department is forcing students to study a one sided,
biased history of white America and white Civilization.

The school has seemingly forgotten the ideas behind
defending and preserving cultures and giving students
access to them. In a perfect academic environment, stu-
dents would take the time to learn about other cultures even
if they had other priorities. But this is a school that suffers
from a shortage of financial aid, and an overflow of stu-
dents in academic strife. The history department has blotted
out any chance for an Ibero-American concentration histo-
ry major to work their way to completing their major.
Nudging students into other ethnic majors will not solve
the problem of racism in the selection of the courses, and
offering one course on the history of the Middle East or
Latin Women won’t either. The administration should take
action and force the department to offer more varied cours-
es, to recognize that there is more-to world history than the
achievements of white men, and to be more sensitive to the
diverse student body.

This school does not and should not stand for a “whites
only” platform in the hiring of faculty or the accepting of
students, so they should not do the same in the courses it
offers.

It was one of those ideas that made perfect sense and
had irresistible appeal, except that it was insane.

It was the notion that Colin Powell could be the
Republican nominee, even that he would run. It tells
something about the state of political punditry that for so
long, so many people were able to make themselves
believe it would happen. What perfect fools they must
feel like over at the Bob Dole campaign and in the
White House, that they worked themselves into such a

~ Robert Reno

state of terror at the possibility of a candidacy so prepos-
terous. ~

To begin with, Powell is no von Clausewitz. His affec-
tion for the doctrine of overwhelming force is well-
known. You get the notion that his idea of a textbook
battle is not Austerlitz or Chancellorsville, where in each
case the victors were outnumbered, but something more
on the order of Germany’s conquest of Denmark in
1940. The certitude of a squalid and brutalizing cam-
paign in which the Republican right would have opened
all the spigots of spleen must have been repugnant to a

commander who in the Persian Gulf war would not do
land battle until the odds were so uneven that in the end
his forces were using unarmed bulldozers to bury those
Iraqi conscripts who still resisted.

Furthermore, Powell has correctly read the intensity of
purpose of the party’s ascendant conservative zealots,
who are now driving its moderates into a stampede to
the right. Dole has deserted his better self to be ingratiat-
ing to these people. Did anybody really believe that
somebody describing himself as a Rockefeller Republi-
can, as Powell has, could swoop down and snatch the
nomination from a field of candidates who better know
the temper of the party? Interestingly, Powell did not
choose to describe himself as an Eisenhower Republi-
can, a term that might have been slightly more palatable
to conservatives if for no other reason than Eisenhower
won the presidency and Nelson Rockefeller spent a for-
tune never attaining even a nomination.

Indeed, memories of the successes of the Eisenhower

. years - the last time the GOP (very briefly) controlled

both houses of Congress - drove a few conservative
Republicans to dream they could stomach a Powell can-
didacy. And there were strong resemblances to Eisen-

hower in 1952, chief of which was the total mystery that
still shrouded the views and convictions of both generals
even as support for them reached a shrieking crescendo.
But it was a bit of a stretch to suppose that the durable
fame that went with Eisenhower’s reconquest of a suf-
fering continent could be replicated in the candidacy of a
general whose wartime glory derived from television
briefings about the “liberation” of a despotic desert
monarchy smaller than New Jersey.

As for Colin Powell’s resemblance to Nelson Rocke-
feller, well, I suppose you could make a case for it.
Except that it would be like suggesting a soda jerk has a
resemblance to Ross Perot because they’re both jerks. It
was Rockefeller’s fortune and his willingness to spend it
that made him a seemingly viable candidate long after it
should have been clear that the national party’s hard core
would not have him. A general’s retirement pay, even
supplemented by a book advance, does not put Powell in
this league. Anyway, who’s to say the Powell flirtation
with the presidency was a waste of time? It sold books,
didn’t it?

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November 10, 1995

ASPing For Trouble

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head. Events included registering for Spring classes (in my case,
as well as for many other students, praying for courses to
appear out of thin air after being sent away, I mean, taken in,

4 and cared for by our nurturing advisers), anxieties of midterms,

the pressures involved in interpersonal relationships, and the
suspense building up to Dylan’s departure (Poor Luke Perry,
what will life be like after 90210? Well, there’s always re-runs
and Mentos commercials), thus creating a new motto to exhibit
my new “Bad Boy” attitude.
_ This brilliant motto has the capability to halt an army of
stampeding elephants as well as a relentless pack of Albany
High students and their parental chaperone to Friday’s Green
Day concert. By simply stating four magical words: “I rock, you
suck,” life is suddenly meaningful, opening so many new paths
as opposed to the straight-forward, mundane events occurring
in the quest to survive in Albany.

Back in the days of my naive youth, when I arrived as a

‘freshman in SUNY Albany, registering for classes was supposed

to incite excitement for the coming semester. Instead, as the
semesters roll on by, dialing 442-9000 invokes fear into the
hearts of students (look what happened to Landslide at the
Tailgate party. So, what’s your excuse going to be for warm
weather, Larry?).

While I’m on the subject of small-discrepancies within the
SUNYA system, I would like to take this opportunity to
congratulate the Office of Student Accounts on their heroic
efforts in the crackdown on billing efficiency (now I have zero
credits to compliment my bad credit). Thank you for a job well
done. Next time, maybe I can be notified a week in advance,
instead of being called an asshole over the phone by a recording
for not paying bills on the day of registration. To add a course
press one. To drop a course press two. For no class, simply hang
up or drop out.

In Webster’s Dictionary, the word relationship means
“Connection of people by blood or marriage or a particular state
of affairs among people related to or dealing with one another,”
and the word love is defined as “a strong affection for or
attachment to another person based on regard or shared
experiences or interests.” It’s all crap! I guess my major hang up
is that I haven’t quite adapted to the characteristic SUNY date.

The ultimate SUNY date consists of the following: 1) Taking
someone out for a delectable meal at Crossgates food court. 2)
Meeting a girl out for a nice, quiet Saturday night and having a
cocktail (or ten) at the Post before going back to either of your
places for a few games of naked twister and projectile vomiting.
Everyone says that there is someone special waiting for you out
there. Someone who will appreciate you for who you are, and
not for your immense personality (not that it is such a bad thing
to have a huge personality). |

But all is well. With-the weekend coming up, it will give me the
proper time needed to bounce back and straighten things out.
At-the Green Day concert, at least I’m guaranteed to find a
solution to the two monumental dilemmas of finding the perfect
someone and a job (after I meet the girl of my dreams, I'll ask
her parents whether or not I can set up a baby sitting schedule
for the weeks to follow). But, there’s always a slim possibility
that something so miniscule will piss me off, and if that is the
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Somber Mood Dampens Holiday

Take Holly Hunter, Charles
Durning, and Anne Bancroft, put
them together in a movie
produced and directed by Jodie
Foster, and what do you get?
Very high expectations, and the
visualization of a cleverly
conceived and played out script.
But think again. As far as
disappointments go, this one
ranks right with the best of
them. Great premise: extended
family brought together for the
holiday, coupled with a solid
cast. Foster did the hard part, she
made the sow’s ear out of a silk
purse.

Ann Shaughnessy

Home for the Holidays is the
story of Claudia, a recently fired
museum employee (Holly
Hunter) who returns to the home
of her parents, Henry and Adele
Larson (Charles Durning and
Anne Bancroft), for
Thanksgiving.

The holiday brings together a
bevy of characters, all with their
own little eccentricities. The
brother, Tommy, (Robert
Downey Jr.) is a homosexual
with a secret and the all too

perfect sister, Joanne (Cynthia
Stevenson) exhibits signs of
pent-up anger due to the burden
her parents place on her.
Tommy’s vapid friend and
colleague, Leo (Dylan
McDermott) fancies Claudia,
and Aunt Glady (Geraldine
Chaplin) is Adele’s peculiar
lamp collecting sister who was,
and still is, infatuated with
Henry. Central to the plot is the

Thanksgiving dinner itself, and

the revelations that come about
during it.

Even the biggest Holly Hunter
fan will recognize she can do
better, script fault or otherwise.
Take, for example, The Positively
True Adventures of the Alleged
Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom,
where Hunter gave the wild
performance she is capable of, or
her hysterical turn in Raising
Arizona. Enough said, Holly
Hunter gets the benefit of the
doubt. So, at the risk of sounding
politically incorrect, Holly-

‘wood’s favorite daughter, Jodie
Foster, and screenwriter W.D.
Richter do not develop a movie
worthwhile of all the hubbub
preceding it.

Notwithstanding that, in some

successful holiday of
serious undercurrents make
scripts more effective (remember

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Jodie Foster goes over the edge.
For a movie billed as the comedy
hit of the season, Home for the
Holidays is replete with problems
of sibling rivalry, homosexual
intolerance, and serious familial
strife, which, although evident to
a degree in the best of comedies,
darkens the mood in this one.

This is not to say that parts of
the movie were not funny.
Several scenes, for the most part
dominated by Anne Bancroft
and Charles Durning, beg
reminiscence of past holiday
adventures known to all. But,
unfortunately, much of the droll
humor evident in the
performances of Bancroft and
Durning is drowned out by the
sober realities of the movie and
an increasingly irritating and
intemperate performance by
Robert Downey Jr. When all the
ships are counted, the Larson
family makes us want. to
remember our own particular
holiday happenings and forget
theirs.

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Underneath

A cool-blue revamp of the Burt
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(Peter Gallagher) who returns home
to find his ex-flame (Alison Elliott)
engaged to the local kingpin (William
Fichtner), while his job as an
armored-car guard offers easy
temptation. Ex—prodigy director
Steven Soderbergh (sex, lies, and
videotape) is clearly going the Blood
Simple route here, but he lacks both
the wit and the nose for sleaze of the
Coen brothers. The result is that
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The Riverdales Play Punk For Punk’s Sake

Dan Sullivan remembers the
first time he heard punk. He
was watching MTV, “It was all
these slick videos and all of a
sudden this grainy black and
white one came on and I really
liked the energy and I’m like
“Wow! What the hell is this?’ It
was really inspiring.”

Jason Black

The video was by punk god-

fathers The Minutemen and a

dozen years later Sullivan and’

his band The Riverdales are
still taking inspiration from
bands like The Minutemen,
The Ramones, and The
Descendants and incorporat-
ing a similar “beat your instru-
ment—but grab ‘em with a
hook” punkrock style on their
debut album, The Riverdales
(Lookout!).

Having formed after the
recent breakup of California
punk favorites Screeching
Weasel (of which’ the
Riverdales comprised three
fourths of), The Riverdales
recorded their debut record
only months ago, and fortu-
nately another artist on
Lookout! named Billie Joe
Armstrong was interested in
mixing it. Since Armstrong has
his own little band (does the

name Green Day meanf
anything?) who were due
to tour this fall, he decided
to take The Riverdales out
with them and they’ll bep?
hitting the RACC tonight.

Sullivan says’ the
multi-(multi, multi...)
platinum Green Day guys ie
have been “total sweet-
hearts” which has eased
the tension of playing#
large venues where, asi
Sullivan admits, “It’s basi- i
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ence. I’d say 95-98% of the
people have never heard
of us before.” Even though
the ambiguity of whether
or not crowds genuinely
like the band bothers him,

he guarantees with convic- i

tion their 25 minute set
gives people their money’s &
worth. For people who
think that’s too short, he
responds “People are likey
‘punk this, punk that.’ I’m
like ‘Well, here you go
buddy, punk right there.
30 min. Bam!’ You play
more than 30 min. and people
are just exhausted. Their bod-

: (l-r)

ies keep jumping up and down’

but their eyes just say ‘Ugh.
Enough.”

As for the critics who whine
about the superfluousness of
similar “three chord” bands,

Dan Schafer, Dan Sullivan, Ben Fost

Sullivan sees no need to
defend his lack of instrumental
wizardry, “For the type of
music we do it’s not needed at
all. You gotta have an ear and
a mind for the simple. It’s
more of a conviction thing
than ‘Am I hitting the strings

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properly?’””

And upon listening to “Fun
Tonight” or “Outta Sight”
which not only rip through
you like a paper shredder, but
at times recall pop forms dat-
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alleged simplicity of The

' jer” 3

Riverdales’ “straight beats
and all downstrokes on the
guitar” work at least as well
as production-infused
records by bands like The
Offspring who claim punk
9 roots.

Besides, The Riverdales
aren’t looking for the
almighty major label deal.

|| Although fans have already

f}begun to assume that
because they are touring
with Green Day they have
signed. over, Sullivan
doesn’t see the band as
being accessible enough to
y sell “truckloads of records. I
mean, we’re comfortable
with Lookout! I’m not
gonna say ‘Fuck you
s Warner Bros! Hah, hah,
hah!’ That’s the typical punk
thing to do and then you
find out they’ve signed over
six months later.” He still
just wants to play “whether
it’s to nobody or to a hand-
ful of people.” But perhaps
with the exposure Green
Day is offering by putting
them on this tour and on the
Angus soundtrack, they’ll soon

- be in a position to meet their

critics with the same indiffer-
ence Green Day shows. Says
Sullivan, “They’re like “Oh,
you don’t like what we do?

“The Latest Hits From Sub Pop Records

Supersuckers

Sub Pop is the record label
home to such wondrous tal-
ents as Velocity Girl and
Sebadoh. Based in the quaint,
out of the way town of
Seattle, WA, it has a knack of
finding rather interesting acts
and making them shine as is
the case with their latest
finds, Supersuckers and Six
Finger Satellite.

Rachel Crognale

The =names. - of. the
Supersuckers alone should
give an indication of the
band’s personality: Mr. Rick
Sims, Dancing Eagle, Dan
“Thunder” Bolton, and Eddie
Spaghetti. Their latest album,
Sacrilicious, still has the mus-
cle car punk feel, but the
vocals almost bring it to
endearing ballads. Their
sound is a country/ metal
blend that surprisingly, really
rocks.

All of the tracks have fast

paced guitar lines and slam-
ming drums with the excep-
tion of “Don’t Go Blue,”

offering a change of pace.

Guest pianist Miss Bobbie
Nelson, Willie’s sister, gives it
a truck stop country, twangy
sound. The rest are guaran-
teed not to make you drowsy,
not by far. The record totals
only 40 minutes with 14
tracks, so they are short and
to the point.

The song titles can also be a
clue as to their persona; “Bad
Bad Bad” is pretty self
explanatory, as is “Bad Dog.”
They are mostly about being
well, being bad. My vote for
best lyric of the year goes to
“Born With A Tale” when
Eddie sings, “Use my dick for
a walking stick,” makes me
jealous I can't. “Doublewide”
even explains his lineage,
“I’m a son of a bastard and a
son of a bitch,” but he seems
comfortable with it.

This album is the obvious
next step for the band, as they

increase the energy level with
each album and their quirky
lyrics are always in fine con-
trast to the music. If you have
never heard the Supersuckers
(duh!) this is the album to get.
Now.

Also in this happy family of
Sub pop artists is Six Finger
Satellite. Their latest, Severe
Exposure, only their second
full release, employs an arse-
nal of oddly named electronic
equipment, i.e. EXR Rhythm
Matrix, EMU Drumulator,
etc. In other words, they got
lots o’ stuff to work with, and
they do. Now I don’t know
my rear from my elbow when
it comes to musical equip-
ment, and who uses what,
but they incorporate some
snazzy sounds together.
From (what sounds like)
drum machines to electronic
guitars and synthesizers, they
take instruments to a new
level.

All vocals are distorted
which gives it a spacey feel.
The singer (screamer) sounds
a bit Ministry—like, but the
music isn’t hard enough to
completely match. It’s dif-
ficult to categorize SFS,
they are _ borderline
hard-edge industrial, but
not quite. They are dance-
able, but not quite techno.
They are certainly not
R&B or jazz. Whatever
you call them, they’ve got
their shtuff together.

“Pulling a Train” has a
super fast drum beat
weaving through it with
an excellent mini drum

. but electric vibration slow.

solo mixed in. But “Cock
Fight” is my favorite (song).
It starts off slow, picks up
some momentum, and keeps
a funky beat. That’s not
Mariah Carey, piano slow,

This is the type of album you
would hear in the back-
ground of some obscure but
very hip movie, in some zany
scene in a club or bar. The
type where you painfully sit
and wait through the credits
to see who the artist was.

Deciphering the lyrics is all
but impossible, only words
like “monkey,” “cock,” and
“you,” not necessarily in the
same sentence, are intelligi-
ble. Because of this, the song
titles like “Babies (Baby’s Got
The),” “Simian Fever,” and
“White Queen to. Black
Knight” add intrigue.

The album does sound like
they were taking a big piece
of sheet metal and folding it
and flapping it so it made
that weird sound. They might
be an acquired taste, but then
again, so is beer and, well,

need I say more?

Fuck you.”

mphonic Floyd

Joining the ranks of sich artists as
Yes and The Rolling Stones, Pink
Floyd has been honored by The
London Philharmonic Orchestra
with Us And Them: Symphonic Pink
Floyd (Polygram), a collection of lat-
ter-day impressions of nine classic
Pink Floyd tracks.

Jeff Schulberg

The extraordinary, energetic rendi-
tion of “Time,” both merciful and
compassionate, sets the tone for the
rest of the disc.

The most conservative interpreta-
tion comes from “Comfortably
Numb” as the orchestra creates clas-
sical guitar chills similar to the origi-
nal. The approach works perfectly as
the climax of the chorus creates an
eruption of sound unique to the abil-
ities of a mass of stringed instru-
ments.

Although “Another Brick In The
Wall (Part II) doesn’t get fair treat-
ment, overall, classical music and
Pink Floyd fans alike will enjoy the
record. In fact, any fan of experimen-
tal rock will be entranced by the
familiar rhythms and sounds of
these renditions, done mostly with
commendably delicate justice.

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Candlebox Is Simply A Rock Band, Thank You |

Candlebox can sell four mil-
lion records but can they get
critical respect? And do they
care? Prior to their Nov. 18
show at the RACC (with Our
Lady Peace and Sponge), I
spoke with Scott Mercado, the
drummer for the band who
simultaneously exploded ‘onto
rock, alternative, and top 40
radio two years ago.

Jason Black

He addressed issues of artis-
tic credibility as well as their
record label Maverick’s owner
Madonna (“She really doesn’t
have that much to do with the
day to day business stuff”),
labelmate Alanis Morissette
(“It’s an amazing album. I got a
prerelease and I felt that it
would be very successful”),
and their new album, Lucy
(“We thought ‘Hey, let’s call it
Lucy and see if (fans and crit-
ics) say they love Lucy or they
hate it’”), an album which will
satisfy their power-rock hun-
gry fans, and may also impress
skeptics with its less produced
sound. 3

Mercado also discussed the
results of having their sound
constantly discussed in terms
of its grunge quotient, thanks
in part to their geographical
ties to Seattle, as well as lead
singer Kevin Martin’s Eddie
Vedder /Scott Weiland—esque
voice.

How did you approach record-
ing the new album?

We did the whole thing in the
studio this time out, pretty
much as far as the writing is
concerned. We just kinda did
spontaneous jams and took bits
and pieces from each one and
put ’em together into songs. A
lot of things that you hear on
the album are like first and sec-
ond takes as opposed to like
20th. It’s more fresh, it’s more
energetic, of course that’s all
up to the listener, really.

What kind of pressure did
you impose on yourselves or
did you get from the record
co. to follow up such a big
selling album?

We feel more pressure from
ourselves probably than from
the record company. I mean,
yeah, there’s a hell of a lot of
pressure to do the second
album as good as the first one.
But most of it is what we bring
on ourselves. Personally, shoot,
if we sell a million records,
number one that’s still a lot of
records, I can live with that,
and number two, at least we
know that we did our best.
What you have on the second
album is our best up to date,
you know? We believe in it, we
wouldn’t have released it if we
didn’t. You got keep your wits
about you ‘cause the number
and the dollar bill is the bottom
line for so many people in the

_ business ,

Do you think the critics who
gave negative reviews just
didn’t get it or was there- any
criticism you read that you

(1-1) Scott Mercado, Bardi Martin, = Klett,
: Kevin Martin

thought was valid that you

tried to improve on?

(Lately) we’re getting more
critical acclaim with the excep-
tions of a few things, this
album has definitely been
warmer to critics than the last
one. I tend not to get too wired

up about it either way because ~

I’ve seen critics just rave and
man over bands that I absolute-

ly think suck or hate. It’s like I
read these some of these critics
and I cannot believe they hear
that, you know? They’re obvi-
ously not musicians.
Ultimately, it’s an individual
thing, that’s just one person
giving his opinion about some-
thing, the only difference is
he’s got like a reader base of
however many thousands or

millions of people.

Because you guys are from
Seattle your music is so often
referred to within the context
of grunge, so if grunge was a
hamburger, what kind of food
would Candlebox be?
Um...we’d probably we a veg-
etarian fajita.

How much do those constant
comparisons bother you?

It doesn’t bother me that much,
personally. I’m different from
the other guys in the band, I
have no problem with labels. I
know in my heart we’re not a
grunge band, we’re not a metal
band, we’re a rock band, and
we’re not a punk band. I feel
that in my heart and if some-
body wants to categorize us as
a grunge/alternative band and
that’s the way they perceive us,
what ca I do about it? Go over
there and spit on them or
something? I tend not to get
affected too much by it.

Do long tours like the one:
you’re on now (16 months)
create tensions within the
band?

You get kinda burnt out if
you’re with the same people
everyday, you get kinda tired
of them, especially when some-
body has b.o. or is smoking a
cigarette and you don’t, it
kinda takes its toll. You gotta
give each other space at times.
At the same time there isn’t
anything I wouldn’t do for the
guys. This is what I chose to
do, this is what I love to do, so
I won’t ever take it for granted.

Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments

Listening to the debut album by
the Thomas Jefferson Slave
Apartments, it’s finally clear what
has been missing for me in the new
school of punk rock. No band
makes you want to say “Fuck
you!” to everyone who crosses
your path anymore. Modern punk
rock is too poppy and happy, and
everyone pogos around, smiling.
The Voidoids have become irrele-
vant, as have most in-your-face
NYC underground bands. The
TJSA’s album Bait and Switch
(Onion/American) is a dirty,
smelly, angry record that lets you
relish in all there is to hate about
this world.

Seth Diamond

The Cleveland-based band fea-
tures Ron House on vocals, Craig
Dunson on bass, the drumming of
Ted Hattemer, and guitarist Bob
Petric. The album begins with the
intense song “My Mysterious
Death (Turn it up).” The song rep-
resents much of what will follow
in the album including whiny,
off-key vocals, dissonant guitar
melodies, and shitty production.
Within their-music, it is evident

that bands like Richard Hell and
the Voidoids, early Damned, and
the Sex Pistols have played an
enormous influence on TJSA.

Garage music has never been this}.

evil.

The best track on the album is
the song “Quarrel With The
World” which makes you want to
check your CD player for grime.
The wonderfully horrible produc-
tion by Guided By Voices produc-
er Mike Hummel accentuates the
slow, evil groove. Although not,as
hook conscious as GBV, the whiny
melodies stick in your head. The
throw away lyrics are pushed back
in the mix to be treated as an extra
instrument.

Another high point on the album
is the song “Cheater’s Heaven,”

which could be considered the

album’s power ballad. Featuring
what was considered in the 50’s to
be the “magic chords” C, A minor,
F, G, the song sounds like a sock
hop gone terribly wrong.

For those who really want to
know the definition of the catch
phrase “punk as fuck,” the
Thomas Jefferson Slave
Apartments are writing angry,
evil, garage music that you can’t
find anywhere else.

‘intricate music, cre-|

Since their 1987
debut album ap- <
peared in record
stores, the acoustic
duo of Amy Ray and
Emily Saliers, better
known as the Indigo
Girls, have been pro-
ducing albums that
have received both
critical acclamation Fam
and adoration from
their fans.

Susan Craine

Their passionate fg
lyrics, backed by

ate songs which™

always keep the lis-
tener interested.
Now the duo have
released 1200
Curfews (Epic), a beesmieres
double live album |jggmmemeat
which serves as a
special treat for fans,

both the old ones

ts| For The Record, Indigo — s Live

who would roll on the floor upon hearing
Amy and Emily play, and the new ones who
are just discovering them.

Versions of Indigo Girls standards, such as
“Closer to Fine,” one of the best songs on the
album, are contrasted with covers such as
Bob Dylan's “Tangled Up in Blue,” and Joni
Mitchell’s “River.” A contrast is also main-
tained between their upbeat songs and their
ballads, as well as their better known and
lesser known songs. The album contains one
new song, “Bury My Heart At Wounded
Knee,” which addresses the problems
Native Americans face while trying to retain
their culture and fit into American society.

Showing the musical transition of the duo,
“Touch Me Fall,” has them leaving the bit-
tersweet ballads behind, and finding the
benefits of drums. Many of the songs have
added instruments, all of which assist the

song, making each one a little more unique.
Out of all of these, the saxophone on “Love’s
Recovery” provides the greatest supple-
ment. The one instrument creates just the
right wistful, bittersweet mood, which one
often feels when remembering a lost love.

The audience also plays a very heavy part
on the album. The enthusiasm of the crowd
on “Least Complicated” demonstrates how
much Amy and Emily feed off this enthusi-
asm and relay it back in their playing.

1200 Curfews is a must for any Indigo Girls
fan, especially for those who have not been
able to see them live. The duo have created
an album which highlights all of their great-
est work and shows what a great range they
have. It is also a good album for someone
just discovering them because the 24 tracks
show the listener just how diverse and com-
plicated these two are.

MIDNIGHT DREARY

You’re a Business Major cramming for an

English Lit exam. It’s late and you’re cranky.

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‘Raven’ gonna help me land a job on Wall
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7a Aspects

G—Spot Trauma

You can smell the distinct odor
of sexual healing as your
looking, searching; fondling

for the only pleasure spot

trying to strike the right nerve

to trigger a civilized woman into
a self satisfying beast

that won't distinguish good
from bad but makes you feel bad
and gets satisfied from it.

Hit it and you will be

engulfed whole, a big strong man
before, but after

she'll leave you

wanting more

like a little child.

She doesn’t care-when

the beast takes over,

but when it does she’s

an unfeeling, uncaring

little bitch who has to

get her way. She’s a

predator looking for a penis,

a quick fix for the moment.
Reminding me of a roller coaster
that’s an intense bumpy ride
and takes your breath away.
she makes you scream as if
your life’s on the line

and sometimes it almost is.

She performs a sexual exorcism
on you that free’s the soul

of all purity and I believe

that’s her sapphic satisfaction.

—David Lipp

Man Aater

Small time
big lying
chainsmoking
bitch

Evil eyed woman
with a tight gripped lynch.

man hating

woman loving

big time bitch

steel toe boot wearing
giving dirty licks

vengeful
heartbreaking
_|clean and sober lies
check cashing
remorseless

double talking jive

top dog

high living

sleazy little chick
god fearing
socializing

bone picking clique

star studded

big top

alimony lies

two faced angel
with man hating ties.

_-David Lipp

And feel the concrete beneath me

And drops of rain on the middle of my head
On my arm and leg

I look up and the lights are blurry

I ache to feel numb

-Nili Badanowski

the waves were cold

the waves were cold but then the waves got warm_ she

had a wave of hair about 3 feet long we

left her boyfriend back on the beach she
wiped the sand from my mouth and I towel dried her feet be-
cuz the waves were cold but they got sweet

we walked down to her daddy’s front lawn she
had a wave of hair about 3 feet long I

| kisst her once but then she felt Gill-tee
I w’s afraid that her daddy w’d come out +try to Kill me

I was all sweaty so the sand stuck to my mouth she
had a taste like raisins or sweet sauerkraut her

boyfriend saw us lookin and next minute we were gawn
I shivered in the wave of her hair cuz it was 3
PSs ice feet
long

-Vince Pataki

Holstice dusk

Critical
Desensitization Overcast
} The night is my care taker
This pain in my head. . And as I ride the wind,
I can hardly see blowing through gold tresses,
AndI drop to the ground My hands become vessels

Wind pressing softly against my fingertips
Everything around me becomes so vivid and heightened
Although perhaps all images inside my head.

f

Colors so beautiful in my mind’s eye
Dryads by side and oreads in my hands

As I exist within the realm of the sky.

And I stumble back The sky exists within my senses,
Gasp and clench the fence

And whisper to myself, And I sail in the air,
nothingness. into the gloaming sea overhead.

~Nili Badanowski

Untitled

Day in, Day out
I hunger
I struggle
I yearn for respect,
for pride in my work

Yet time and time over
I am blocked from
reaching them
by others climbing
the same treacherous ladder

They too struggle
and hunger
to reach
satisfaction within
oneself

_ They look to surpass
others and
triumph over
the obstacles
that stand firm
in their path

I climb over them
they climb overme
and for that golden ring
at the top of the ladder
Day in, Day out
I hunger
I struggle

—Stephanie Findling

Untitled

Sitting and waiting for
anything.
What will happen when
we stop waiting... =
and start talking?

We sit
staring at blank walls
filled with space
and I think
Why?

How can two people
who care for each other so much
let that love
die? Like a
tulip
ripped
from the ground
from it’s home.
How? |
How could they let it end?

-Stephanie Findling


8a Aspects

November 10, 1995

11/10 - The punks of Green Day
will take SUNYA’s RACC by storm
when they perform with The
Riverdales. Tickets are $13.50 and
are available in the Phys Ed build-
ing. Show begins at 8 p.m. For
information, call 442-3263.

11/10 - Jefferson Thomas will be
performing in Border’s Espresso
Bar. 59 Wolf Road, Albany. Perfor-
mance begins at 8 p.m.

11/10 - The 1928 classic silent film,
The Last Command, will be shown
in UAlbany’s Page Hall, down-
town. This movie is about a
refugee Russian general who is
reduced to working as a Holly-
wood extra in a film depicting the
Russian Revolution. Emil Jan-
nings, Evelyn Brent, and William
Powell starring. Showing will
begin at 7:30 p.m. Free admission.
11/10 - Wheelhouse Blues lead by
Andrew Wheeler and 8 musical
characters. 8 p.m. at Mother
Earth’s Cafe. Corner of Western
and Quail. :

11/10 - Walter Salas-Humara is
returning for another performance
at Bogie’s. Pure Dirt and Rees

Cherpthing Bou Need Co Know All Meek... Everything

Shad are scheduled to perform as
well. Call Bogie’s for time and
cover charge. 297 Ontario Street,
Albany.

11/10 - The Chanting House will
be performing at the Parting Glass
in Saratoga. 40-42 Lake Avenue.
Call 583-1916 for additional infor-
mation.

11/10 - Magpie, Kim and Reggie
Harris give a concert at the Eighth
Step. 14 Willett Avenue, Albany.
Cover charge is $12. Showtime is
at 8 p.m.

11/10 - Lucy Kaplansky performs
at Caffe Lena for a layed back
evening. 47 Phila Street, Saratoga.
Show begins at 8 p.m.

11/11 - For a night of bluegrass
music, check out Dyer Switch at
Mother Earth’s Cafe. Show begins
at 8 p.m.

11/11 - Camille West takes the
stage at Border’s Books and Music.
Concert begins at 8 p.m.

11/11 - The Landa Hughes Band
play jazz and blues at the Metro.
Showtime is 10 p.m.

11/11 - For a night of fantastic
roots/country rock, take in the
music of The Bottle Rockets, when
they play Bogie’s. Also scheduled
to perform, The Picketts Beef.
11/11 - John Valby will be per-
forming at Saratoga Winners. Route
9 in Latham. Call them for time

and ticket cost.

11/11 - Michael Jerling will play at
Caffe Lena at 8 p.m.

11/12 - Cleo Laine & John
Dankworth perform various jazz
pieces at the Empire Center at the
Egg. Tickets are $25 for adults, $22
for seniors, and $20 for kids 12 and
under. Contact the Box Office at

473-1848 for further information.

11/12 - The University-Communi-
ty Chorale and The Hamilton Col-
lege Choir will perform in the
Main Theatre of the Performing
Arts Center. Tickets are $1 for stu-
dents and $3 for general public.
For additional information, call
442-3997.

11/12 - Take in brunch at Mother
Earth’s Cafe while listening to the
serene folk sounds of Lora Lee

“Amram from 12-3 p.m. Later in the

evening, UAlbany’s Jordan Katz
will be performing at 8 p.m.

11/12 - Metroland presents, Death-
metal Fest, featuring Internal Bleed-
ing, Infliction, Skinless, Everdark,

Malamor, Candiria, and Burning

Human. Bogie’s. Doors open at 5
p-m. Concert for all ages. Admis-
sion is $10.

11/13 - Newcomer band gaining
much notoriety, CIV, will be play-
ing at Bogie’s. Smile will also be
performing. Show begins at 8 p.m.
11/14 - The University Communi-

ty Orchestra will be honoring Con-
ductor Nathan Gottschalk with a
classical concert featuring pieces by
Nicolai, Bach, and Kabalevsky.
Showtime is 8 p.m. and admission
is free. Main Theatre of the PAC.
11/14 - Boston band, Zen Lunatic
is back once again to perform at
Mother Earth’s Cafe.

11/14-11/15 - Proctor’s Theatre
presents, The Who’s Tommy. Both
nights, the show will begin at 8
p.m. Call the Box Office for ticket
information. 426 State Street, Sch-
enectady.

11/15 - Mr. Ferguson Band per-
forms with The Orit Yaakabi Band
at Bogie’s. An 18 and over show.

**Venue Phone Numbers for
Your Information**

Bogie’s: 482-4368
Valentine’s: 432-6572
Mill Road Acres: 783-7244
QE2: 434-2023

Saratoga Winners: 783-1010
Charity’s: 371-8030
Knick Arena: 487-2000
Caffe Dolce: 347-2334
Proctor’s:. 346-6204

Caffe Lena: 583-0022

The Metro: 584-9581
Border’s: 482-5800

The Eighth Step: 434-1703
Lark Tavern: 463-9779

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LETTERS TO THE BDITOR

Internal Affairs’
Dedication

To the Editor:

Let’s see, where to start. I guess the
beginning would be the most logical
place. You see, I picked up the Friday,
November 3 edition of the ASP only to
find my picture, amongst others, on the
front page. I read the article concerning
the actions of my committee, Internal
Affairs, and that of the Student Associa-
tion Vice-President, Nir Menechemi.
Only when I reached the fourth column,
first paragraph, did I commence hysterical
laughter and dismay. This is where the
President of SA has the remarkable
audacity to put forth that I, Internal
Affairs Chair, am “completely uncoopera-
tive and antagonistic when it comes to his
appointments.”

At first I thought this was a joke, yet it
turns out that it was abundantly there, in
black and white.

So, now we have it. Uncooperative.
Well, I find that very interesting consider-
ing Monday, October 30, I was notified
by President Larry Kauffman that he had
appointments for the Supreme Court,
upon which he needed my committee to
perform interviews. Considering I had
stated 24 hours notice is acceptable - the
interviews went on the next day. May I
add: there were three interviews, each an
hour long, back to back, from 4-7.

Later that evening at 8:00, I was also
forwarded another two appointments for
Wednesday. Mind you this is well below
the 24 hour request mark. But as my com-
mittee sees it, the Supreme Court is a cru-
cial part of Student Association, so I went
ahead and on behalf of IA, agreed to the
interviews.

Let me add, that I walked in the door to
my house at 8:30 PM and was on the
phone until approximately 11:00PM,
leaving messages on my IA members
machines (it was Halloween evening and
everyone had parties they were attending)
along with confirming the times with the
appointments. I could only pray that my
team got their messages. And low and
behold when it came time for the inter-
views, IA was there. Ready to interview,

with no complaints. Only eagerness to

meet the new appointees.

Referring back to the ASP, President
Kauffman goes on to state that I
(assumedly with the inclusion of my com-
mittee due to the fact that we all vote)
unfairly shot down his candidates. First of
all, no one was simply denied passage to
Central Council. Internal Affairs is simply
not going to pass anyone for any position
simply because the President has a dead-
line to meet. A deadline that had a starting
date of last May. Remember last May,
when our president was sworn in. The
individuals presented to us must be quali-
fied to the point of understanding the
implications of the position and must be
able to fulfill them to the best of their
ability.

I personally felt sorry for the appoint- —

ments presented to us due to the fact that
one individual in particular was told he
had an IA interview by his roommate only
a few hours before the prescribed time. In
addition, the others. were told at most a
week in advance that their application for
the Supreme Court has been considered
and the next step would be IA.

The members of Internal Affairs felt it
was a grave injustice to interview many of
these individuals on account of the fact

we felt they were not given a solid foun-.

dation (preparation purposes and all) to
stand on when going into the interview.

I can honestly say that Internal Affairs
is a very honorable and proud committee
that stands by their decrees of excellence,
perseverance, and utmost dedication.

The writing is on the wall - Read it or
be blind!!!

| Samantha Hiotakis
Chair of Internal Affairs Committee

Self Defense
For Everyone

To the Editor:

I would like to bring to the attention of
the university community a small problem
that has arisen in the athletic department.
In the spring semester, there are six choic-
es for Self-Defense For Women. There
are no self-defense or martial arts courses
available for men. Why not? Are there no
instructors available? (Actually, I know
for a fact that there are.) Is the cost a
problem? Is the university more willing to
spend money on the safety of women? If
that is the case, then women would bene-
fit more from a traditional and informed
self-defense system.

The mental and behavioral training con-

politicians have called for more sentenc-
ing discretion and an end to the
crack/powder disparity. But Congress has
disagreed, killing a proposal that would
have ended the disparity by raising the
gram threshold for crack cocaine to the
level of powder. Last week, President
Clinton supported that decision.

Now the Senate has before it a bill to
end the disparity by lowering the thresh-
old for powder cocaine to that for crack.
Five grams of either could send someone
to federal prison. This measure would
eliminate the disparity while insulating
lawmakers from soft-on-crime charges.
But at what cost? More crowded prisons
and more lives spent behind bars.
Congress should be reasonable and fair.
Equalize the levels at some point that pro-
vides a deterrent yet avoids Draconian
punishment.

Distributed by the Los Angeles Times

cation.”

tained in the Self-Defense For Women
course has merit, but the physical training
is not realistic. The training is not practi-
cal for the simple fact that there are no
men present. Who are the students learn-
ing to defend themselves against, other

women?
You could easily keep the techniques

taught in the class, but it would be better
for the students if it was open to both
sexes. By including men in the class,
women will discover what techniques
work for them and which techniques are
simply unrealistic. Just changing the name
of the course to Self-Defense For Students
or Beginning Self-Defense will encourage
men to take part.

Stuart Brown

The War
on Drugs

To the Editor:

Congress will compound its recent fail-
ure of nerve on drug sentencing if it
equalizes the penalties for crack and pow-

der cocaine possession at the small .

amount now mandated for crack.

Exploding drug use has unquestionably
produced a dismal array of problems,
including crime, broken families and
drug-addicted babies - and an array of
would-be solutions. The tough mandatory
minimum prison terms that Congress .and
the U.S. Sentencing Commission set for
drug crimes signal the federal govern-
ment’s strong opposition to even casual
use or sale. States too have a wide body of
anti-drug laws. Less influential in today’s
political climate are the experts who see
treatment and prevention as more effec-
tive than harsh punishment in reducing
drug abuse.

Congress has aggressively pressed the
war on drugs by writing certain presump-
tions into law. Mandatory minimum
prison terms - with no parole - would,
supporters believe, deter use and preclude

‘inconsistent sentences. Federal law also

regards crack cocaine as a far more seri-
ous problem than powder cocaine. Con-
viction for possession or sale of five or
more grams of crack, for example, auto-
matically carries a prison sentence of five
years, while it takes 500 grams of powder
cocaine to trigger the same sentence. The
disparity is based on the addictive nature
of crack and the presumption that this
form of the drug is entwined with vio-
lence.

The consequences of these presump-
tions now populate our courts and prisons.
One in five federal inmates is a low-level

drug criminal with no record of violence.

Nearly 90 percent of federal-crack defen-
dants are black. A chorus of judges and

“I can honestly say that Internal Affairs is a very
honorable and proud committee that stands by their
decrees of excellence, perseverance, and utmost dedi-

Samantha Hiotakis

Transportation
Systems

To the Editor:

There are lots of canards about rail-
roads: that they are about nostalgia, that
the United States is not densely populated

enough to make them work. The worst is

that they are disproportionately subsidized
by the government and in these lean-and-
mean times should be cut off from federal
support and made to sink or swim on their
own. In fact, rail costs are a pittance com-
pared with auto subsidies.

Drivers actually pay less than two-
thirds of the cost of building and main-
taining roads through the gas tax and
other user fees. The remaining $30 billion
comes from general funds and property
taxes. There are an additional $300 billion
to $600 billion each year in unpaid costs
for air and water pollution, accidents (and
higher health insurance), noise and con-
gestion.

State and local governments have
learned the lesson. Economic develop-
ment demands mobility; an unbalanced
road-air system alone cannot provide it.
There simply isn’t enough land to keep
traffic moving around large urban areas
on roads, while a two-track rail line can
carry as much traffic as 16 lanes of high-
way. Nor is it possible to unclog airports
without subtracting the huge number of
short-hop passengers who could be more
quickly carried downtown to downtown
by high-speed rail.

A balanced system means spending
according to local and regional need.
State and local spending decisions are
more a gaming exercise of trying to match
the most possible federal dollars than a
process of rational choice. The size of the
various pots of federal money is the result
of decisions made years ago to establish
self-feeding highway and airport trust
funds, leaving the other modes to fight for
the table scraps. ;

For years, rail has gotten the worst pos-
sible treatment from Washington: bold
mandates to provide service all over the
country paired with too little funding to
succeed. The combination has meant that
the investment needed for economic take-
off - new rolling stock and upgraded
rights of way - could never be made.
Nonetheless, Amtrak now manages to
cover 80 percent of its operating costs and
believes it can cover all of them in a few
years if it has a source of funds for capital
improvements. It has asked for a half-
penny of the 18-cent-a-gallon gas tax.”

That has touched off another pointless
battle over who is subsidizing whom and
whether that half-cent “belongs’’ to high-
ways or transit. The bottom line is that so

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long as the federal government spends
anything on transportation - which is
obviously a necessary part of the national
economic infrastructure - it should be
spending enough to maintain and upgrade
the rail system we’ve got. If the national
mood favored long-term investment a. bit
more than it does today, we’d be moving
toward true high-speed rail, as have
Europe, Japan and South Korea.

Meanwhile, it’s essential to hold on to
the remnant of what was once the world’s
largest rail network. About half - 160,000
miles of corridor - is gone. Where rail
corridors exist they can be upgraded at
reasonable cost. Where they’ ve been lost,
the cost of assembling the land is usually
prohibitive.

Under a 1983 law, rail corridor that is
about to be abandoned can be preserved
by temporarily converting it to trail use.
Seventy-five hundred miles of corridor
have been converted to trails, with anoth-
er 8,000 miles under consideration. The
rail-trail metamorphosis turns eyesores
into recreational assets and hubs of eco-
nomic development. Local sponsors are
so eager for these projects that they are
paying far more than the required federal

match. ee
Now, however, the combative property

rights movement and its friends in
Congress want to claim that rail banking
is a taking that requires federal compensa-
tion. Last month, a federal appeals since
the Interstate Commerce Commission
took over rail abandonment in 1920.
Requiring federal compensation for rail
banking would not only create a new set
of property rights where none now exists
but would kill a sensible, popular and
badly needed program. If there was ever a
clear step backward, that would be it.
Jessica Mathews
Distributed by the Los Angeles Times

Column

Continued from page 6
no other reason than to try their
damnedest to get the public’s interest
done right.’’ Concurs John Emerson, a top
White House official who was once Los
Angeles deputy city attorney, “The sort of
government person I work with here is
extraordinarily committed. They come
here to make a difference. It’s a damn
shame that currently, government service
is not psychologically rewarding at all for
these people who work so hard.”’

Explains one well-placed Washington
official: “Franklin Roosevelt and
Kennedy brought young students into
government. And these young people
stayed. They had been made to feel the
possibilities of government. Not now.
Except for the odd internship here and
there, we’re hardly hiring any young peo-
ple; there are no slots. The ripple effect on
college campuses everywhere is, if you

_are a student, you don’t much think about

public service.”’

Worries Cutter: “We still have an end-
less stream of young people who want to
work here in the White House. But as a
country, we go out of our way to screw
this kind of spirit up. We don’t pay our
government workers enough and, worse
yet, we dump on government all the time. -
And you know what’s funny? America
has had the best civil service in the world.

But for how long?”’
One night last week, three young peo-

ple were telling their elders over dinner
what a thrill it is to work in the White
House. None of them is a day over 25 and
each was the kind of college graduate any
adult would die to have parented. Not one
is planning to stay beyond her internship.
All will be leaving for law or business.
And this is the direction American society
is heading: away from government. The
trend not only makes me sad, it fills me
with dread. These are the best and bright-
est and yet staying in government is not
even a serious option. Who can blame
them? Why swim against the tide?
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19935-1996 Midwest Division preview

By THOMAS MCMAHON
Sports Editor

Here’s how I see this years
Midwest Division shaping up.

1. Rockets: The two time
defending champs are out to get
number three. Drexler and Olaju-
won are one of the best
guard—center combos in the
league. The dropping of unneces-
sary baggage, such as: “Mad
Max”, makes this team better
than a year ago.

2. Spurs: The loss of Dennis

Rodman really hurts this team.
Fortunately for them, I think Sean
Elliot will have the best year of
his career, which will include an
All-Star appearance. San Antonio
is still a top team with Robinson
in the middle, but no off—season
acquisitions moves them back-
wards.

3. Jazz: This is the last chance
for Stockton and Malone to make
a run at a championship.
Although they will play like
champions, the same thing each
year stops this team from being

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Drexler will try to lead the Rockets back to the NBA finals.

serious contenders. They have no
center, and they never did. If they
expect Greg Ostertag to be one,
they never will.

4. Mavericks: Three names;
Jason Kidd, Jamal Mashburn, and
Jimmy Jackson. These three are
bright young stars, and they can
light it up. The only problem is
that the next most recognized
player on this team is a drug
addict, who spends most of the
season suspended or injured. No
inside game stops Dallas in the
playoff.

5. Nuggets: Denver is a solid
team with Mutumbo inside and
Abdul—Rauf outside. They have
many solid role players, but the
lack of a true superstar keeps this
team from making a run at the
finals. They will find themselves
in some fight for a playoff spot
come April and May.

6. T’ Wolves: Minnesota has
done nothing since. entering the
league. J.R. Rider and Christian
Laettner are full of bad attitudes
and no game. I can only hope that
by drafting Kevin Garnett, they
are trying to start all over. Kevin
McHale better keep Rider and
Laettner away from Garnett, or
even that plan will fail.

7. Grizzlies: “Big Country”
was a solid start, but it’s going to
take a few years. They need more
players, more picks, and more tal-
ent. Basketball is a crazy game,
but not crazy enough to get an
expansion team out of the base-
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Albany hockey back
on ice for new season

By CHAI KARNSOMTOB

The snow’s here and that can
only mean one thing, ice hock-
ey’s back! Albany Ice Hockey
looks for a strong season with
many returning stars and many
new promising faces in uniform
this year. Albany Ice Hockey
begins the season with the drive
to reach the playoffs for the
second straight year under
coach Bruce Pomakoy.

Albany has great depth
returning from last year’s sea-
son. The solid defensive lines
are led by Captain Christian
Cortelli, senior Bob Galella and
sophomore Jason Mariani add
to the hard hitting Danes
defense. The newcomers for the
defense are freshmen Mike
Hoehl, Manuel Martins and
transfer junior Jeff Hill from

rival Hudson Valley Communi-

ty College. Hill was an assistant
captain on HVCC’s team last
season. =

The offense also comes back
with many key players led by
last year’s leading scorer and
team MVP, junior Ian Wisot-
sky. Supporting him are high
scoring seniors and assistant
captains Vinny Esposito and
Mike Raffaele. Three new play-
ers who should help in racking
up points are transfer Dan Rear-
don and freshmen Scott
Solomon and Paul Rosoff.
Steadily improving forward
Scott Force and power-play
specialist Adam Luscier should

also contribute to Albany’s
high-powered offense.

With senior leadership from
Dave Oromaner, Steve Kanter,
and co-president Jason Kule
the team should stay focused.
Mike Campbell and Justin
Mason show a bright future for
Albany State hockey. With
co-president Adam
Warshowsky and _ transfer
Kevin Scarton in goal, getting
back to the playoff’s shouldn’t
be a problem. Rookies Peter
Lisanti and Frank Svana Jr.
both add depth to the goalie
position.

These Players, along with
head coach Bruce Pomakoy and
first year assistant coach
Andrew Hoyen, are looking for
a very successful season.

Albany has played three
tough games so far against
Marist, Fordham, and Bing-
hamtom. Tonight they travel to
face cross town rival HVCC at
7:30 p.m.

The first home game is this
Sunday, November 12 at the
Dawg Pound on Hackett Road,
some call it Albany Academy.
The game begins at 3:30
against Binghamton.

After this, Albany will go
back on the road for two more
games before Thanksgiving
break. On Novenber 17, Albany
will travel to C.W. Post for a
game at 9:20 p.m., and a day
later to Seton Hall for a game
set to begin at 8 p.m.


November 10,

19.9.5

Covering University at Albany sports since 1916

Women’s soccer ends first Division II season

By THomMAS MCMAHON
Sports Editor

The Lady Danes soccer team
started their season 3-3, not bad
for their first Division II season.
Then, Albany dropped three
straight and fell to 3-6 overall
and 0-4 in the New England
Collegiate Conference. Though
the Lady Danes were struggling
they were able to battle and fin-
ish 2—2-1 in their final five
games, including their first ever
NECC victory.

On October 14, Albany trav-
eled to Connecticut to face
NECC opponent Bridgeport. The
Lady Danes scored the only goal
of the game when Irene Eliea fed
the ball into the 16-yard box,
where freshman Gina Zellmer
fired a shot into the net.
Zellmer’s first collegiate goal, at
42:50 of the first half, led
Albany to-their first ever NECC
win. Kristen Galu (four saves)
and Mauria Miller (three saves)
combined on the shutout for
Albany, as they improved to
5-8-0 overall and 1-5—O in the
NECC.

On October 19, the Lady
Danes took their one game win-
ning streak to Russell Sage Col-

impressive 5-1 score. Amy
Preece led the Lady Dane attack
with two goals and two assists,
including the game winner at
18:06 when she booted Marissa
Lapadura’s pass into the back of
the net for a 2-0 Albany lead.
Melanie Brown, Jen Barry, and
Eliea also added goals for the

Lady Danes. Galu (two saves) «

and Miller (four saves) split
time in the Albany net as they
equaled last years win total of
six with three games to play.

On October 21, Albany hosted
New Haven, the 19th ranked
Division II team in the nation.
New Haven showed why they
are ranked such and handed
Albany a 5—2 loss. The Lady
Danes were able to cut New
Haven’s lead to 2-1 in the sec-
ond half on a Jessica Williams
goal from Debra Keiser, but
UNH scored three straight goals
to pad their lead. Albany got
their final goal from Chris
Tokarz at 88:24. Galu went all
the way for the Lady Danes in
net making ten saves, but it
wasn’t enough as Albany
dropped to 1-6 in the NECC.

Back on October 26, Albany
hosted Rensselaer in a non—con-
ference game. The Engineers’
Jen Swiderek recorded a hat trick

3-2. Zellmer tied the game for
the Lady Danes at one with 2:29
remaining in the first half.
Barry’s direct kick put Albany
up a goal at 72:10, but it was a
lead they couldn’t hold. Galu
made seven saves for the Lady
Danes, as they fell to 6—10 over-
all.

The final game of the season
for Albany was an NECC game
against Massachusetts—Lowell.
The Lady Danes last attempt at

surpassing last season win total
ended in a 4—4 tie. Preece, a
senior playing in her final colle-
giate game led Albany with two
goals and two assists. Karen Gal-
lagher’s first career goal put the
Lady Danes ahead 4-3 in the
overtime session, but at 97:33
Massachusetts—Lowell was able
to earn the tie. Zellmer also
added a goal for Albany and
Galu made eight saves in net for
Lady Danes.

Although Albany was unable
to pass last seasons win total,
just to tie it was an accomplish-
ment. Playing tougher competi-
tion on the Division II level
showed the Lady Danes
improvement from a year ago as
they finished 6—10-1 overall and
1-6-1 in the NECC. Albany will
look to take this years experience
into next season as they compete
at the Division II level for the
second season.

Photo courtesy of SID

lege. Again, Albany came away
victorious, this time by an

and Rensselaer downed Albany Amy Preece led the Lady Danes offensive attck this season.

Cross Country teams finish season at NCAA qualifier
Osborne and Carl lead Danes to eighth place finish

By Eric DAGNALL
Senior Editor

This year’s National Collegiate
Athletic Association Division II
Cross Country Regional Qualifiers
were staged close to home on
November 4. Saratoga hosted the
East Regional that saw over 50
schools from across the northeast

Photo courtesy of Sports Information
Ryan Osbourne was in a class by himself this season..

Basketball

compete.

The University at Albany men’s
cross country team was one such par-
ticipant. Two years previous, the
Danes had a stronghold on the Divi-
sion III regionals. Though only a
young team, Albany was hoping to
challenge for the Division IT crown.
Albany had a strong showing, plac-
ing three runners in the top 50. How-
wa ever, the strength of the
| field was too much for the
Danes to overcome. Over-
all the Danes totaled 267
points in placing eighth.
Edinboro (51 points) and
Keene State (99) were the
top two teams, qualifying
for the championships to
] be held at the University
of South Carolina-Spar-
tanburg, November 18.

Sophomore’ Ryan
| Osborne had a strong race
| for the Danes. His time of
33:25.55 was good for
28th place, tops among
Albany runners. Another
sophomore, Douglass Carl
continued his strong sea-
1 son, finishing 18 seconds
| behind Osborne finishing
4 38th. Local product Den-
nis King (Notre Dame

] Bishop Gibbons H.S.)
crossed the finish line in

33:51.42, good for 46th.

Sophomore John Druzba placed 68th
in the field (34:18.48). Rounding out
the scorers for the Danes was junior
Kevin Rahner. His time of 34:37.22
placed him 91st.

For the race, C.W. Post’s Martin
Ryan ran an outstanding race. His
pace of 31:35.30 was well ahead of
the field. In fact, the second place
runner, Carl Leonard of Edinboro,
was 18 seconds behind Ryan.

Rounding out the top five in the
team competition were East Strouds-
burg (112 points, 3rd)), Shippensburg
(151, 4), and Indiana of Pennsylvania
(223, 5).

The previous week was an out-
standing one for the Danes. At the
Collegiate Track Conference Cham-
pionships, the Danes were able to fin-
ish in second with 73 points. In a
much smaller field, Albany was able
to place all their scorers in the top 25.
Carl ran a superb 8,000 meters,
crossing the line in eighth. Osborne
and King were right on Carl’s heels,
finishing 11th (28:00.0) and 12th
(28:12.8), respectively. Rounding out
the Albany scorers were Rahner
(28:45.1, 20th) and Brendan Howell
(28:51.4, 22).

Ryan of C.W. Post was once again
the top finisher. His time of 26:02.3)
was just in another class by itself. In
the team competition, Rochester
Institute of Technology captured the
title, finishing the meet with 22
points, 7 shy of the perfect 15.

Hockey

Women face tough competition
in 13th place finish

By Eric DAGNALL
. Senior Editor

The University at Albany women’s Cross Country
team headed to Saratoga Springs to compete in their
first NCAA Division II Regional Qualifier. The Lady
Danes went up against stiff competition from across the
northeast, placing 13th with 315 points.

Erin Roach led all Albany runners with a time of
19:01.13 in the 5,000 meter event. The time was good
for 20th place. Tonya Dodge was close behind, finishing
11 seconds later for 25th. The next Albany runner didn’t
cross the line for another minute. Jan Daniels raced to
the finish in 77th with a time of 20:13.59. Six seconds
later Cindy Many crossed the line in 89th. Tiffany Will
was the last Albany scorer, placing 104th in 20:45.16.

For its first place finish, Slippery Rock (67 points)
was the only team to qualify for the National Champi-
onships to be held November 18 at the University of
South Carolina-Spartanburg. Rounding out the top ten
were Edinboro (99 points), East Stroudsburg (127),
Indiana of Pennsylvania (135), and Millersville (142)

The previous week Albany had a strong showing at
the Collegiate Track Conference Championships.

It was a battle to the finish between Albany and the
College of St. Rose. With St. Rose’s (50 points) three
top ten finishes however, they were able to edge out the
Lady Danes (68).

Dodge had an outstanding race, finishing second in a
strong time of 20:29.9. Roach was very close behind
Dodge. Her time of 20:33.5 was good for fourth place.
Many crossed the finish line in 22:01.5. Daniels
(22:15.3) and Will (22:39.8) rounded out the Albany
scorers.

Rounding out the top four were Southern Connecticut
State (70 points), Allentown College (84).

The Midwest Division preview, Can Hous-

ton do it again? — see vage 11

Albany hockey is back and ready for the
1995-1996 season - see page 11