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Friday
October 2, 1987
NUMBER 24
NYNEX making
new SUNYA
phone books
By dill Kinkade
A joint effort between NYNEX and
SUNYA will result in much-improved
SUNYA directories for the ’87-’88 school
year.
Faculty/staff and students inclusive, the
new telephone directories will feature 20
additional pages of useful information, ac-
cording to Katherine Leith of NYNEX’s
publishing department.
Responsible for the entire production of
the directories, NYNEX is reducing
SUNYA’s involvement and cost, requiring
only the raw information to be processed.
Tom McCormick, from NYNEX’s
Albany advertising department said, ‘‘The
advertising from local merchants in the
yellow pages is for defraying the costs.”’ A
coupon section is also being added to the
directories format.
According to Katherine Leith from
NYNEX’s publishing department, the in-
troductory 20-page section will contain in-
formation such as: a SUNYA bus
schedule; a list of campus organizations;
information on the public use of SUNYA
‘computer system; campus maps; a PAC
schedule; facts about S.A. such as their
programming, central council and legal
services; use of the phone system; an arts
exhibition schedule; library information;
men’s and women’s athletic schedules; a
list of emergency numbers; academic
calenders; services, activities and phone
numbers in the campus center; facts about
Middle Earth counseling and a listing of
parking and trafic regulations.
Not only will there be more information
included in the directories, “‘NYNEX will
publish 40 percent more directories than
SUNYA has distributed in the past,’ ac-
cording to Frank Lees, The Associate Vice
President of Information systems and
Technology.
The extra directories will be provided
for off campus students.
The other costs involved in running the
computer programs for the listings of
registered students will also be covered by
NYNEX.
NYNEX has taken.all responsibility and
covered all costs in order to increase the
marketability of their production of cam-
pus phone directories.
The company is currently producing
directories for University of Massachusetts
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highs in the 60s. Expect it to cloud over
tonight, however, with a 60 percent
chance of showers and a low in the 40s.
Saturday should bring scattered showers
and a high near 65. Skies will clear for
Sunday, with highs staying in the 60s
before cooler weather arrives early next
week.
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Rally ‘just said no’ to Judge Bork
Ralliers oppose
Bork’s bid for
Supreme Court
By Colleen Sexton
A coalition of campus-based organiza-
tions sponsored a rally Wednesday pro-
testing the nomination of Judge Robert
Bork to the United States Supreme Court.
“The need for a rally arose because we
felt the Bork nomination goes against what
the students and the University stands
for,”’ said the rally’s coordinator and head
of Students Opposed to Bork(SOB),
Jonathan Waks.
Speakers at the rally, which took place
by the podium’s small fountain,
represented various campus groups in-
cluding Student Association, the Student
Association of the State University,
Albany State University Black Alliance,
Peace Project and Young Socialist
Alliance.
Speakers from the National Abortion
Rights League and Democratic Socialists
of America also addressed the crowd of
more than 150 during the hour-long
protest.
The rallying cry of the protest was “‘Just
say No.’’ That was the crowd’s response
every time rally organizers shouted — ‘‘To
Robert Bork — to censorship — to
segregation — to illegal abortion — to in-
vasion of privacy.”*
Students at the rally were encouraged to
fill out postcards to Sen. Alfonse
D’Amato (R-N.Y.), Sen. Daniel P.
Moynihan (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joseph
Biden (D-Del.). Students were also urged
to call the Senators in show of their
opposition.
Opposition reaction to the Block Bork
rally came from the College Republicans.
It is perfectly within. anyone’s right to
protest the nomination, said Robert
Schmindlin, president of the College
Republicans. But sometimes protests can
TYGAR UPS
Wednesday’s anti-Bork rally drew over 150 protestors.
be taken to the extreme, he added.
Schmindlin believes Bork is highly
qualified for the nomination.
Students for Bork have recently put up
posters in support of President Reagan’s
nomination. Rich Schiotis and John
Mahaney, coordinators of SFB think
much of the information circulated on
Bork is not accurate, and that Bork is un-
fairly attacked. SBF wanted to show the
support of the ‘“‘silent portion’? of the
campus for Bork, which they estimate is
quite large.
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Minorities’ concerns focus of MAP
By Laurie Stillwell
Addressing concerns of minority
students is the purpose of the new minority
assistant program being implemented this
semester by the Office of Residential Life.
INGRID SAUER UPS
Doug Samuels
MAP just completed its first training
program, and participants are working to
establish minority assistants as alternative
campus resources for minority dorm
residents.
Headed by Colonial Quad Coordinator
Doug Samuels and Residence Director
Loretta Redfurn, MAP provides services
such as cultural programs, rap sessions,
and advisement alternatives and options.
MAs work on a volunteer basis. As
dorm residents, they serve as support alter-
natives to both dorm students and
Residential Assistants. Along with im-
promptu and informal meetings with coor-
dinating staff, MAs attend weekly
meetings to discuss current concerns and
future activities.
Last year, David Jenkins, associate
director of the Office of Residential Life
and Housing and Director of Middle
Earth, submitted a proposal for the alloca-
tion of funds to undertake a program such
as MAP.
It was felt that the approximately 800
minority student living in the dorms need-
ed more attention to meet their specific
programming and personal needs.
Through. an affirmative action grant,
MAP received $7,000 last year and $10,000
this academic year.
Twelve percent of SUNYA’s population
consists of minority students including
Asians, Indians, blacks and Hispanics. To
meet the needs of these students, MAs
underwent an intensive training program
at the start of the semester.
The MAs participated in the Residential
Assistants training program wherein they
learned to deal with controversial or con-
frontal issues. The MAs also received addi-
tional training within the group itself.
Minority Assistants are to complement
the services of RAs, who work with a 50:1
student/RA ration. To avoid confusion, a
chain of command has been established,
determining it is the RAs’ responsiblity to
notify the MAs of concerns and issues. Ac-
cording to MAs Rosalind Robinson and
Ava Lester, the program to date has
received positive feedback from students.
Current activities of MAP include
preparing their new Johnson Hall Office
on State Quad as well as recruiting various
speakers such as business professionals
and career counselors. The MAs are also
planning a trip to traditionally black
universities such as Morgan State, Howard
University and Johnson C. Smith
University. EF
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a) “ALBANY STUDENT PRESS (1 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1987
NEWS BRIEFS
U.S. accused of abuse
London
(AP) Amnesty international, issuing its an-
nual report on human rights Thursday ac-
cused the Soviet Union of harsh treatment
of political prisoners and criticized the
United States for permitting the death
penalty.
The London-based group, which op-
poses the death penalty, said 18 people
were executed in U.S. prisons in 1986, br-
inging the number killed since the 1976
reinstatement of the death penalty to 68. A
record 1,838 prisoners were on death row
as of Dec. 20 last year, it said.
The 400-page report cited thousands of
examples of alleged rights abuses, from the
jailing of draft evaders in European coun-
tries to government-sanctioned torture and
killings in Latin America, Africa, Asia and
the Middle East.
Alleged atrocities cited included the
massacre of more than 150 prisioners by
Peruvian security forces, the execution by
stoning of eight people in Iran and the use
of amputations as a judicial punishment in
Saudi Arabia.
Manila deploys troops
Manilla, Philippines
(AP) Hundreds of troops backed by ar-
mored personnel carriers were deployed at
entrances to Manila for several hours
Thursday after reports that rebel soldiers
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might attempt to overthrow President Cor-
azon Aquino.
Troops were recalled to their barracks at
midday when no uprising occurred, said
Col. Emiliano Templo, chief of staff of
the Capital Regional Command.
Templo said the troops detained 37
soldiers at the southeastern edge of the city
| but the men denied plans to join any
| mutiny. Military sources, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said a civilian bus
rammed through a checkpoint north of the
city early Thursday, but the driver claimed
his brakes failed.
The flurry of military activity began
hours after a funeral march Tueaday for
slain leftist leader Lean Alejandro. More
than 60,000 people joined the funeral pro-
cession, which turned into the largest pro-
test rally in the city this year.
The Nation
Acid rain checked
Washington D.C.
(AP) The National Audubon Societies say
it is mobilizing members to monitor the
acidity of rainfall in an attempt to make a
case for new controls on sources of acid
rain.
Volunteers will check’ the acidity of
every rainfall, phone in results to a central
headquarters -and try to publicize par-
ticularly abnormal acidity in their home
town, Peter A.A. Berle, president of the
society, said at a news conference
Tuesday.
more info., call the
465-7423 for more info.
Peace Offerings will be
holding its grand opening to-
The volunteer measurements, made by
matching the change of color of sensitive
paper with a color-keyed chart, should be |
accurate within about a factor of three, the
society said. Ten percent of the samples
will be selected for checking by more sen-
sitive methods at a University of Califor-
nia laboratory at Booega Bay.
The chief usefulness, he said, will be
availability of national and regional acidity
data within about a month, while govern-
ment data lag years behind; 1985 figures
have not yet been published.
Strike talks fail
Jay, Maine
(AP) The latest round of negotiations in
the 4-month-old strike at International
Paper Co. ended abruptly with both
management and the unions accusing each
other of refusing to negotiate.
The company pledged to retain hun-
dreds of replacement workers who have
been hired during the strike, and the union
chastized IP as “‘arrogant and heartless.”’
Two federal mediators took part in
Tuesday’s two-hour meeting at an Auburn
motel, the first talks in six weeks. The
mediators met with management and
union negotiators separately during most
of the session, and a face-to-face meeting
ended 10 minutes after it began, said of-
ficials who were present.
Meserve said the union had a revised
agenda ready to present to IP when the
replacement-worker issue was resolved.
But company spokesman Errol Savoie
blamed the union for intransigence by in-
sisting that the company agree to lay off
the 800 replacement workers.
JONATHAN WAKS UPS
the chapel
in the third concert of the
Series, will perform at 2 p.m. in
of the Darrow
Poll shows criticism
Albany
(AP) More than 60 percent of New York’s
judges think the state’s judicial watchdog
agency should be reorganized, according
to a poll released by a state lawmaker.
“Some of the comments (in the poll)
were favorable, but a substantial number
expressed deep dissatisfaction with the
manner in which the commission’s affairs
are conducted,’’ Assemblyman G. Oliver
Koppell, D-Bronx, said Monday.
Koppell is the chairman of the state
Assembly Judiciary Committee, which has
scheduled hearings on the state Commis-
sion on Judicial Conduct Thursday in New
York City.
Of more than 1,000 judges responding
to the survey, 61 percent opposed the com-
mission’s practice of both prosecuting and
adjudicating cases of judicial misconduct,
25 Percent approved and 16 percent had no
opinion.
Elderly neglect Rx.
Albany
‘(AP) Many of the senior citizens who
stormed the state Capitol for a prescrip-
tion drug bill last year have failed to sign
up for the program they won, state of-
ifidials said.
The $60 million program began Thrus-
day and only about 20,000 people have
signed up, less than a quarter’ of the
100,000 enrollees projected for this year by
state officials.
The state Legislature approved the con-
troversial drug program during a special
session last December after senior citizens
staged vocal demonstrations in Albany
urging lawmakers to support the measure.
At the ceremony recognizing the first
enrollee in July, Gov. Mario Cuomo said
that the program, ‘‘marks the beginning of
a new era for New York’s elderly. No
longer will some seniors have to choose
between eating or heating their homes and
the medications they need to lead produc-
tive, healthy lives.”
Centers talk changes
Rochester
(AP) Psychiatrists, nurses and other
workers from New York’s mental health
facilities say they’ re overworked and put in
dangerous situations because of the State’s
continuing efforts to cut costs in the men-
tal health field.
They talked of the increasing frustration
of psychiatric center workers, of nurses
told they have to work overtime or face
disciplinary charges, of supervisors left all
alone on wards of 20 to 30 patients.
A grand jury in Rochester last year
found abuses, mismanagement and
chronic understaffing at the Rochester
Psychiatric Center, concluding that ‘‘The
moral of diligent workers is damaged
. Supervisors feel almost powerless.”
ASP Editorial Board meeting
in the newsroom at 6 p.m. All
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
“Heartburn”, starring Meryl
Streep dnd Jack Nicholson,
will be shown at the Schacht
Fine Arts Center at the
Russell Sage Troy Campus at
7 p.m. Admission is $1.
The Saratoga Springs Crafts
Fair is coming the the city
center today. The carefully
juried show will host 100 of
America’s finest craftspeople.
The fair will be open from 3
“The p-extensions of Bae
multiplication fields”, a
mathematics colloquium, by
Professor Ina Kersten will be
held today at 4 p.m. in ES 146.
Doc Scanlon’s Rhythm Boys
will be at Pauly’s Hotel. Ad-
mission is $3. For more info.,
call 465-7423.
SATURDAY, OCT. 3
Rory Block, a Delta Blues
Singer, will appear at Pauley’s
Hotel. Admission is $6. Call
day from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at
the Social Justice Center, 33
Central Ave. International
deserts and music, featuring
from around the world.
SUNDAY, OCT. 4
Class Council of 1988 meets
this and every Sunday at 9
p.m. in the SA Lounge.
Class Council of 1990 meets
every Sunday at 8 p.m. in the
SA Lounge.
The Clarion Wind Ensemble,
School in New Lebanon.
Off-Campus Association will
meet today at 2 p.m. at WT’s.
For more info., call Michael
Beloff at 458-9198.
Friendship Across Borders, an
international socializing group
will have a social at 3 p.m. in
the PAC Lounge. Sponsored
by SUNYA Women’s Interna-
tional group and the
American-Soviet Friendship
Society. Refreshments will be
served.
editors and managers must at-
tend and all other ASPies are
encouraged to come and pro-
vide their input.
COMING SOON
Class of 1989 “Fun Run” will
be on Sunday, Oct. 11, 5k and
10k races to benefit Parsons
Child and Family Center. The
races will take place around
Perimeter Road. Free T-shirts
to the first 100 racers who
register. For more inf
436-3689. ie call
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1987 () ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3
Prof. receives award
Adding to his list of awards for
research, Dr. Eric Block, chemistry
department chair, was recently presented
with a $2,000 honorarium from the
Agricultural and Food Chemistry Divi-
sion of the American Chemical Society.
Block received the 1987 Award for Ad-
vancement and Application of
Agricultural and Food Chemistry for his
research with chemical sulfur
compounds.
He has also worked on various other
materials projects, including what agents
in onions cause the eye to tear, and which
substances in garlic cause bad breath.
Though a certain amount of his work
is in collaboration with other scientists
world-wide, Block said he does his
research full-time at the university.
Block’s award follows many others, in-
cluding an American society grant, a
Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Presi-
dent’s (O’Leary) Award for Excellence in
Research.
Yeah, Wright!
Comedian Steven Wright, known for
his monotone dead-pan humor, has been
hired to appear at Parent’s Weekend.
Previously Robert Klein had been
scheduled, however he backed out 6
hours before the deadline of his contract,
Student Association President Matt Dod-
do announced at the Central Council
meeting Wednesday.
Klein had a clause in his contract with
SA that allowed him 30 days to back out
of the contract, said Doddo, adding that
6 hours before midnight on the last day,
Klein cancelled.
Parent’s weekend is held on Oct. 23
and Oct 24. Tickets for Steven Wright
will be on sale beginning today at Copies
Plus in the Campus Center.
Plaque unveiled
A new plaque honoring the recipients
of the Excellence in Teaching and Ex-
cellence in Advising awards was unveiled
at Wednesday’s Central Council meeting.
Central Council member, James Dietz,
who presented the plaque, said that it was
important because, ‘‘we feel proud that
these teachers are outstanding.”
The old plaque had listed the names of
the recipients for the last ten years, said
Steve Harrison, Student Association
vice-president, but had run out of room
and didn’t have the names from the last
three years. The new plaque contains
about 2000 names.
The new plaque will be hung in the SA
Lounge shortly, said Harrison. ‘‘It’s im-
portant for SA to recognize the teachers
that are outstanding or the advisers that
are outstanding.’’ he said.
Just a phone call
Starting with this weekend, knowing
what’s happening with the Student
Association is going to be only a phone
call away.
A new ‘‘hot line”’ is being set up in the
office. Students who call 442-5641 will be
able to listen to a tape listing all the
events going on for that weekend such as
ticket sales, elections, etc., according to
Steve Harrison, SA vice-presdient.
Message boards for the SA office and
an electronic message board for Copies
Plus are other ideas geared to provide
advertising for SA, said Harrison.
The electronic board will contain all in-
formation about Copies Plus such as
meetings being held or concert tickets
that are on sale, said Harrison, adding
that because of its location outside
Copies Plus, many students will see it.
— Compiled by Colleen Deslaurier
Work begins on Chapel House
By Heather Levi
Construction of a new Chapel House
began last week and is scheduled for com-
pletion by this spring.
The new Chapel House will be located
on perimeter road across from the baseball
fields behind Dutch Quad, near the site of
the first Chapel House.
The original Chapel House burned
down shortly before Commencement in
May of 1985. An investigation by the fire
department to determine the cause of the
fire proved inconclusive.
The new building is designed to har-
monize with the architecture on campus
and at the same time creating an at-
mosphere conducive to prayer, medita-
tion, and study.
‘Chapel House will be a community set-
ting. A place for students to relax, con-
template, meditate, and just get away from
campus,’”’ said Carol Needleman, the
Jewish Chaplain of Chapel House.
The building, will cost approximately
$521,000; of which $410,000 has been rais-
ed already, according to Reverend Jack
Molyn, the Roman Catholic Chaplain.
Since spring 1986, the twenty-one
member Board of Chapel House has been
raising money for construction. This
board is comprised of members from
Jewish, Roman Catholic, and Protestant
denominations.
Money has been raised from the Albany
community as well as from private cor-
porations and philanthropic organiza-
tions. SUNYA, however, is not involved
because of the separation of church and
GSLs more
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — As the sum-
mer rolled on, Terilynn Sanford began to
panic. When the University of Texas
junior didn’t receive a letter confirming
her Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL), as
she had the previous two years, she called
the financial aid office. This year, they
told her, she didn’t qualify.
“I can’t go to school without a student
loan,”’ she said.
After some frustrating maneuvering,
Sanford finally was approved for a GSL,
and will continue her education this year.
Sanford is not the only student finding
that getting a loan this year is much harder
than last fall, observers around the coun-
try reported in mid-September.
As many as 20 percent of the students
nationwide who got GSLs in 1986 won’t be
able to get them for this school year, Dr.
By Colleen Deslaurier
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Chapel House’s Lutheran pastor, the
Rev. John Paul Fritz, died Friday after a
five-year battle with leukemia.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at
the Christ Lutheran Church on Western
Avenue.
Fritz held his campus post for the past
year, and was instrumental in the
reconstruction of Chapel House.
Born in Mineola in 1947, Fritz also
served at the Adirondack Campsite in the
Will Rogers Hospital, SUNY College at
Plattsburg and the Christ Lutheran
Church in Massachusetts.
He is survived by his wife, Joanne of
Watervliet, and his parents, Elmer and
Ruth Fritz, and his brother, Dr. Walter
Fritz of Knox, Indiana.
Father Jack Molyn, the Roman
Catholic priest at Chapel House, said
that Fritz was a ‘‘good man and will be
sorely missed.’’
Molyn added that many SUNYA
students attended the funeral services.
Molyn also said that Chapel House is
abl fg ho fos shoo! er, De whores GSLs skye testinal
Chapel House Pastor Fritz
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HOUSE
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Center
Estimated costs for the new building recently rose to $521,000.
state.
In addition to the Chapel House Board,
a student group organized by Gus Riberio,
a graduate student, called Students
Assisting Chapel House,(SACH) is also
conducting fundraising activities.
“The Board did their own fundraising-
students didn’t get involved,” said
Riberio. “‘Since there is still a need for
money, we thought it was important for
students to take part.’’
“There is a strong need for worship
space because more and more people are
participating in religious life on campus.””
GIGI COHEN UPS
Riverio said.
facilities.””
Chapel House will include a large com-
mon room branching off into a Jewish
Chapel and a Christian Chapel. There will
also be offices for each of the chaplains.
Since the fire, religious services have been
scattered in different locations across cam-
pus, which was one motivation to speed
the construction of the new Chapel House.
“It is tough to find
Programing will be in accordance to
religious holidays but the building will ac-
commodate daily activities. o
selective; many shut out
A. Dallas Martin Jr. of the National
Association of Student Financial Aid Ad-
ministrators reported.
The reasons can be found in the new
federal Higher Education Act of 1986,
most of which is just going into effect this
fall.
Those students, said Martin, must take
out more expensive loans, such as parental
loans, personal bank loans, or Supplemen-
tal Student Loans that come with higher
interest rates and begin accruing interest
soon after they’re issued, compounding
the rising cost of college education.
“This is going to be a tough year for a
lot of students,” said University of
Nebraska at Omaha financial aid director
Phil Shreves.
Thirty-five percent of the UNO students
who received GSLs last year, he estimated,
currently working on finding a replace-
ment for Fritz to serve the Lutheran com-
munity on campus.
In lieu of flowers, friends are invited to
contribute to The New Chapel House
Fund, Box 22225, SUNY Albany, 12222.
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Rev. John Fritz in 1986
won’t receive GSLs this year. Of the re-
maining students, Shreves said, ‘‘only a
few will have total eligibility.”’
To determine if a student could get a
GSL in the’ past, financial aid counselors
figured in the student’s and parent’s in-
come, the number of dependents in the
student’s family, and the number of
children in that family that were in college.
Now the new Higher Education Act re-
quires ‘the counselor to include other
money like home values and in-
vestments — in deciding if the student
needs a GSL.
As a result of adding in the ‘‘other
sources of income”’ to a family’s wealth,
many families look like they earn too
much to qualify for the low-cost loans.
“We've had more denials as GSL
eligibility has gotten tighter,”’ said Don
Davis of Texas’ financial aid office.
Ther Higher Education Act of 1986 also
raised the maximum annual GSL from
$2,500 to $4,000.
Particularly hurt by the new re-
quirements, said Dan Davenport of the
University of Idaho finanical aid office,
are graduate students and older students.
Income from teaching or research assis-
tant jobs now is added to a student’s assets
when determining GSL eleigibility, Daven-
port said, reducing or eliminating loans
graduate students received in the past.
Nontraditional”? students also must
declare their spouse’s income, also cutting
or eliminating loans, he said.
Despite the tighter GSL eligibility re-
quirements, Martin said the financial aid
picture “‘looks pretty favorable,” since
students still have access to other, though
more expensive loans.
“We though we’d see a decrease in total
available funds,”’ Davis said. “‘But there’s
just as much money, and there are just as
many students applying for aid. We’ve
processed as many, or more, applications
as we did last year.””
“‘We’re funded at the same levels as last
year,” Davenport said.
“Frankly, this is a more stable year than
last year,”’ said Colorado College financial
aid Director Rodney Oto.
Martin, however, contended that
although the U.S. Department of Educa-
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’°87 SUNYA graduates welcomed
by zealous records administrator
By Lori Hament
It was John’s second month in
the working world after his
graduation from SUNYA. He
returned home from work, open-
ed the mailbox, and finds a letter
from SUNYA welcoming him to
the school.
John was not the only ex-
SUNYA student who received
this letter. Many graduates of the
Class of 1987 did. Some were
puzzled and wondered why. Was
there a mistake or was it done on
purpose?
Marty Fogelman of the Com-
puting Center said that he can not
check whose fault it is until the re-
quest number for the letter is
found.
However, upon further in-
vestigation, the source of the let-
ters’ distribution revealed itself.
“We sent the letter to
freshmen, transfer students,
graduates — degree and non-
degree, and all students registered
at SUNYA during the spring of
1987,’ explained Thomas
O’Brien, the director of records
and registrations.
He said they knew it would be
sent to people who graduated, but
that they wanted to spread the
news of the new Student Informa-
tion Records System (SIRS).
He said it was “‘my special re-
quest for that category of
students.’”
“Not everyone can read about
our new system in the ASP, in
flyers, or on posters, We wanted
to wave a flag, so we sent a
separate letter,”’ he said.
About 17,000 to 18,000 letters
were sent out, althougth the
school only has an enrollment of
Politician distributes AIDS
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE —
Some 3,000 students arriving at
Framingham State College this
fall got an extra gift: a booklet
about how to avoid AIDS.
It was from U.S. Rep. Chester
Atkins, who took the opportunity
to tweak the Reagan administra-
tion and gain some publicity in
handing out the handbooks,
which were sponsored and then
rejected by the White House.
“The Reagan administration,”
said Atkins, a Democrat, in ex-
Plaining why he delivered the
books to students at the student
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The administration had criticiz-
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C. Everett Koop, for not stressing
abstinence as a way to keep from
getting acquired immune deficien-
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Critics also objected to the
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distributing the 3,000 books in the
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“Tn a school this size, it’s hard
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would have missed all those
students who decided to return
for graduate school,’’ O’Brien
concluded.
Greg Harris of the Class of ’87
said that he didn’t remember
receiving the letter. He said he
thought that it was a waste of
money though.
“T guess I was just another
number,”’ remarked Gerry Silver.
Michael Sussman, a_ senior,
when asked what he would do if
the letter was sent to him next
year he replied that he would
“throw it out like all the rest of
the junk mail.’’ 0
info booklet
“As students come back to
school, they need to know the
basic facts about AIDS.’”
Atkins apologized to those who
might find the book’s language
offensive. “However, only
through learning about the
transmission of the disease can
people protect themselves from its
spread.’”
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Five Quad gets new garage for its ambulances
By Alanna Devine
After five years of negotiations
with SUNYA administrators,
Five Quad Ambulance Service has
finally seen results of their work:
there is a new garage for their
ambulances.
The student run volunteer
organization has been working
for getting a garage since it ac-
quired its first ambulance in 1985.
“We have always anticipated
building a garage for our am-
bulances,”’ said Teri Whynman, a
SUNYA senior and President of
Five Quad, ‘‘but, it wasn’t untill
Five Quad moved from Colonial
Quad to the infirmary in 1984
that it became a priority in SUNY
administrators short-term plans.’’
Citing the inclement weather in
Albany as a reason for the need
for the garage, Whynman stresses
the importance of substaining the
ambulances’ maintenance to in-
sure their effeciency in
emergencies.
During winter months ‘“‘we
literally had to brush off (the
snow) and warm up the am-
bulances once an hour,”’ said
Whynman, saying that in the
past, the ambulances have claim-
ed the front spots of the infirmary
parking lot.
Five Quad operates two am-
bulances, one purchased in 1985,
the other in 1986.
Financed largely by private
Corner of Ontario and Second Sts.
calls. ‘‘That’s approximately four
calls a day,” said Whynman. To
answer each call, a Five Quad am-
donations, the Garage fund was
also boosted by a $10,000 con
tribution from President
Established in 1979, Five Quad It also serves off-campus
students within a five mile radius
provides immediate emergency Of the uptown campus.
O’Leary’s Discretionary Fund assistance seven days a week, 24 bulance with a team of crew
and by University Auxiliary hours a day, to all SUNYA Since its establishment, Five Members is sent out to the
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By Allyson C.Morgan
MINORITY AFFAIRS EDITOR
New or returning students at SUNYA
may find many changes and new programs
have been geared towards assisting and
welcoming minorities onto this campus.
One major program introduced to the
university has been the Minority
Assistance Program (MAP) sponsered
through the Department of Residential
Life.
The coordinator of the MAP program,
Douglas N.Samuels, ex-
plained what the pro- Beyond
gram has to offer
minority students on The
campus. Being an RA lari
myself and having gone Majority
through the training program with the
Minotity Assistants (MA’s), I expressed
some concerns as to how authorative the
MA’s would be percieved since they
receive no benefits. Samuels said that the
program is one in which the Minority
Assistants are a resource for both incom-
ing and uperclass minority students. They
have been trained in leadership, com-
munication, and problem solving skills.
Although they are volunteers they are
recognized by the Departement of
Residential Life, and Samuels stressed that
their motivation comes soley from a desire
to help fellow minority students make a
‘smooth transition to campus life.
“Plan instead of react”’ seems to be a
motto Residential Life has adapted in deal-
ing with minorities. The MA program pro-
motes unity among minorities and strongly
encourages positive interaction between
minorities and other students. This may
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result in a signifigant reduction in racial in-
cidents caused by insesitivity or simple ig-
norance. In the past, Residential Life has
dealt with minority issues as they occured.
Now, through this program they have laid
foundations to avoid and deal with the
problems before they arise.
As an upper class minority I am pleased
with the efforts of Residential Life in revis-
ing and editing the system to recognize and
incorporate minority students. For what
used to seem like an environment geared
towards the majority, I commend Residen-
tial Life. I believe that the MA program
will be a success and is indicative of the
future changes which will come to benefit
the minorities on this campus.
As the new minority affairs editor of the
Albany Student Press I'd like to share my
hopes and aspirations for this column.
This column which will appear in Fri-
day’s addition of theASP to me and to all
minorities on campus, should represent
and be utilized as a medium to inform, and
bring minority issues and concerns on this
campus.
In order to do this I must ask for your
help. Since this is your column — written
for minorities and about minorities, I im-
plore you to give your input. It is not only
wanted but more importantly needed. Un-
fortunately, the members of the ASP and
myself can not always be aware of the
pressing issues and concerns which should
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SUNYA will receive more directories
with a greater source of information at no
cost, SUNYA will not receive them any
later than in previous years.
The completion date is contingent on the
MAP directed at supporting minorities in dorms
be made public. We ask that you submit
ideas and participate in writing these
articles.
The ASP is always seeking new staff
members and is especially receptive to
members of the minority community. If
the diverse majority of this school is to be
represented in the writing of accurate and
informative articles, then a culturally
diverse group of reporters is necessary. We
must use all resources available to present
ourselves as a strong unified group of peo-
ple — concentrating on bringing about
needed changes.
Outside of this column I’d like to bring
your attention to some of the minority
groups on campus. Albany State Universi-
ty Black Alliance (ASUAB), Fuerza
Latina, Pan Carribean Association, and
Gay and Lesbian Alliance are a few of the
strong groups which allow minorities to
come together. I strongly urge you to to
seek out these groups to discuss problems,
voice concerns, and help think up
solutions.
As a closing thought I would like to
reiterate my need for help with this col-
umn. I cannot always be aware of the
issues and am entrusting the sucess of this
column with your input. From new ideas
to constructive criticism, any input is
welcome and should be placed in my
mailbox, ASP office CC 329. Oo
time it takes SUNYA to obtain an accurate
list of registered students and for NYNEX
to receive it and publish the book.
The directories, which will be
distributed free to SUNYA students and
personnel are scheduled to be ready in late
October. Qo
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SUNYA, RPI collaborate on physics research
by Jim Chevalier
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and
SUNYA plan to go where no colleges have
gone before in a joint research venture
they hope will lead them to the outer limits
of computer and microelectronic
technology.
Following the old saying ‘‘two heads are
better than one,’’ the project — known as
the Joint Laboratories For Advanced
Materials — enables researchers at the two
institutions to share knowledge and equip-
ment, combine efforts to find both public
and private research funds, and together
seek to leap the bounds of current elec-
tronic technology.
According to a press release by SUNYA,
Joint Laboratories is unique in being the
first known cooperative venture between a
public and a private university.
Joint Laboratories was set up as a center
for materials science research: a branch of
knowledge in which researchers are con-
cerned with how the arrangement of atoms
in a material affects its electrical, optical,
magnetic and other physical properties. In
addition to expanding basic knowledge
about materials scientists also try to create
new substances with potential for new or
improved commercial applications.
Though officially kicked off in August,
discussions about the collaboration agree-
ment had gone on since February.
Under the co-directorship of James Cor-
bett, a Distinguished Service professor in
SUNYA Physics Department, and John
Hudson, a materials engineering professor
at RPI, the project’s main aim has been to
break down the barriers to mutual research
at the two participating campuses.
The actual laboratory facilities for the
project will remain on the campuses; Joint
Laboratories’ intention is to ease the ex-
change of ideas and personnel between the
two sites rather than attempting to
build a separate center, Corbett said.
“It was a question of how do you en-
courage [project participants] to come and
stay a while,”’ said Corbett. “The first
thing [Joint Laboratories] did was to mesh
the two institutions’ procedures . . . they
have certain rules, we have certain rules.’”
“By and large, we’ve overcome that
now by virtue of two presidents (President
Vincent O’Leary of Albany State Universi-
ty and Acting President Stanley Landgraf
of RPI) saying ‘do it’, down to such mun-
dane matters as parking,”’ he added.
Those involved in Joint Laboratories are
allowed to park in ‘‘Faculty-Staff’’ reserv-
ed parking lots on either campus.
Besides procedural problems, com-
munications have been stimulated by using
computers to send messages to other col-
laborators rather than using lengthy phone
calls or time-consuming mailings.
Along with about 20 faculty members,
“perhaps 15 graduate students in related
areas and five undergraduates are working
on this,’’ Corbett said. ‘‘We’re doing
everything we can to facilitate research .. .
we’re working mainly on semi-conductors,
some on superconducting material, alot on
surface properties.’”
Another added benefit of the
cooperative effort is that ‘It makes us
more competitive,’”’ or more likely to be
chosen for grants, Corbett said. ‘One of
the first big things we did was [write a
grant] proposal for a very large center
from the National Science Foundation’’
which if awarded would reap a windfall of
$13.5 million over five years for the pro-
Financial aid
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tion continues to appropriate more money
for student financial aid, students are not
receiving as much assistance as they have
in the past.
Much of the actual dollar increase, he
said, is used to pay off defaulters’ loans.
Changes in aid distribution have created
‘an increasing student indebtedness,”’
Martin said. The Pell Grant program, once
the dominant form of federal student
assistance, has been slashed. Loans are
now the dominant form.
“There’s been no increase in true stu-
ject, he added.
“That’s a reason for getting together,
pooling our resources . . . we’re working
on another grant now,” Corbett said.
The formal establishment of the
research center follows several years of in-
formal collaboration among faculty,
students, and research associates from
SUNYA and RPI, which also led to the
joint sponsoring of about six graduate
students in recent years.
About 10 research projects involving
faculty from both universities are currently
going on, and many of these collabora-
tions have generated joint research
publications. Oo
dent aid,’’ said Martin. ‘‘This has not been
a growth industry. There are actually
fewer dollars to go around.””
“High-ability students from low income
families are not being served,’’ Martin ad-
ded. ‘‘That’s a loss of talent we’re not pro-
viding for. It’s unfortunate.”
Terilynn Sanford almost counted herself
as one of the unfortunate students who
couldn’t afford college this year. ‘I was
afraid I’d get shut out,’’ she said. But,
with. Davis’ help, Sanford reapplied and
will receive a GSL to continue her
schooling. fa
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Remodeled rat viewed with mixed impressions
By Larry Kauffman
Incoming and returning
students are being met with an en-
tirely renovated Rathskellar this
fall. The old wooden furniture
and dark, heavy atmosphere have
been replaced by a more modern
decor emphasizing brightness and
open space.
“Twelve years ago, it was a
popular design to have a campus
pub with wooden walls and ceil-
ing and a rather subdued at-
mosphere,” said E. Norbert
Zahm, general manager of
University Auxiliary Services
(UAS), which governs, among
other things, all campus
cafeterias.
But with the rising drinking age
came the decreasing revenues
from such an establishment.
Zahm said that from a
$250,000 income when legal
drinking age was 18, last year’s
income was about one-fifth of
that. Most of the Rat’s revenues
did come from the sale of
alcoholic beverages, Zahm said.
Zahm also suggested that peo-
ple tired of the decor. Last year’s
seniors, great patrons of the Rat,
did so out of nostalgia, Zahm
said.
But to respond to the needs of
the new student population,
Zahm said, an advisory commit-
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concerns on personal safety.
Everyone welcome.
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ism.
Business has been booming so
‘ar. ‘‘We’ve had from 2 to 3 times
more business compared to last
year,”’ Zahm said, and attributes
the increased patronization to the
high-quality furniture, good taste
and new food items on the menu.
“I think the students ap-
preciate that. We're certainly
pleased with it,’’ Zahm said.
Donna Tessler, a senior on the
UAS board of directors, said, “I
think it will take some time before
students really appreciate it, but I
think that they’ll eventually love
it”
Senior Rick Lunenfeld said, ‘‘1
don’t really like this Rat as much
as the old one. It’s not as nice and
the atmosphere isn’t the same.’”
One junior, who requested
anonymity, said, “I hate it. I
think it really sucks.”’
Michele Bernstein, a senior,
said, ‘‘I think it’s more modern,
with a lot more seating now.
That’s good.”
Adam Tuckman, a sophomore,
said, “I think it’s a different
social atmosphere, but I miss the
big screen TV and there’s no place
to hang out anymore.’”
Thea Stembach, also a
sophomore, said, ‘1 think it
looks like a hospital. It’s no
‘longer the Rat. My friends and I
call it the ‘White Room.’
Senior Delia Vilca, a Campus
Center supervisor, said, ‘‘[I]
think that even though it’s too
bright, at least you can see and
study without being distributed
by the music.”’
Andrea Vaccariello, a senior
and Campus Center supervisor,
said “It has changed from the
campus pub to an atmosphere
more conducive to studying. I
miss the old Rat.’”” Oo
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October 6, 1987
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
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Refreshments provided.
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EDITORIAL
Following is the Fall 1987 version of the ASP
Complaint Directory, designed to help you get your
concerns and problems heard. A few changes have
been made to keep the listing up-to-date. If you have
any suggestions for additional listings in the future,
I please give us a call at 442-5660. It’s here to help you.
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I campus and they don’t attend classes. They see very I
little of what goes on here. I
So the next time you start to tell a friend whar’s 1
wrong with this school, take a few extra steps to the I
nearest phone and tell your gripe (or praise) to I
someone who can do something about it. Listed below I
are some key names and numbers of people you can
call, along with some examples of what you might
speak to them about. This is, of course, only a
sampling of the people you may want to contact. For
additional names and numbers, check your
| student/faculty directory if it’s available, and if not,
I call the Campus Center Information Desk at 442-5571
[and ask for advice. A few calls and you should be
[ talking to the right person.
[| Bus Service — When you get tired of watching full
I buses pass you on many mornings, making you late for
[ your classes, and you’ve stood there so long your legs
[| can’t support you anymore, crawl over to the nearest
| phone and call Physical Plant Director Dennis Stevens
at 442-3400.
i University Auxiliary Services — When you look at this
I week’s menu and marvel at how UAS has once again
managed to serve its three worst entrees on one night
and its three most bearable ones on another, or you’ve
found something large and disgusting in your Alumni
Burger and you'd like it identified, call UAS General
Manager E. Norbert Zahm at 442-5950. He’s told us
many times that he genuinely appreciates student
input. We believe him.
Vatconot — the next time you and your suitemates
I decide to have a party and have to shel! out lots of
ces for cases of beer because the University’s
1 alcohol policy prohibits kegs and beerballs in the
I dorms, call Vice President for Student Affairs Mitchel
Livingston at 442-5500 and tell him what you think of
V the ban on bulk containers. Just remember — he
I wasn’t here when the policy was approved.
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Student Accounts — If a hold has been placed on your
T account, preventing you from registering, and you’ve
paid all your bills and returned all your library books,
I call Student Accounts Director Lia Catalano at
] 442-3200 and remind her that even computers can
} make mistakes.
| Dorm Maintenance and Cleaning — When the carpet
| in your dorm hasn’t been vacuumed in a week and you .
J can’t describe the things growing in your bathroom,
| bring it to the attention of your RA. If you don’t get
| results, go to the Residence Director and then the Area
| Coordinator. If the problem still hasn’t been rectified,
call Karl Scharl, Systems Director of the Physical
Plant for Building and Institutional Services, at
442-3410 and invite him to stop by your dorm.
Student Health Services — If you’re diagnosed as
having mono, take a few days off from school, and
then find out it was just the flu, give Student Health
‘1 Services administrative Director Neil Brown a call at
442-5454.
Parking Rules and Tickets — If you get a ticket that
you think is unjustified, go to the Public Safety office
I and appeal it right away. And if you’re having trouble
finding a parking space during the day, call Traffic
I Control Director James Utermark at 442-3124.
I Getting Results — If you call any of these people and
I you don’t get results, call us, the Albany Student
Press, at 442-5660 and we’ll look into it. After all, no
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Bork: A Qualified Judge
The United States Senate Judiciary Committee has now
heard three weeks of testimony on President Reagan’s
latest nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court: Judge
Robert H. Bork, of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia. The Bork nomination comes at
a pivotal moment in American politics and the hearings
themselves are only part of the larger debate on the role of
the judiciary in American society. The Reagan Ad-
ministration hopes to continue to reshape the High Court
and most of the Senate Democrats and numerous
American lobbying groups on the Left are doing
everything they can to prevent it.
Peter Murphy
Since 1982, Bork has been a judge on one of the most
powerful courts in the country. His previous government
post was that of U.S. Solicitor General; the government’s
top litigator. He faced Senate confirmation hearings for
these two not-so-trivial federal positions and was
unanimously confirmed both times.
No court nominee has ever undergone the scrutiny that
Judge Bork has encountered and his record is impressive,
to say the least. Formerly a professor of law at Yale
University, he has written dozens of magazine and law
review articles, much of which is designed to spark
debate. His critics have used his famous 1971 Indians
Law Review article to blast his First Ammendment views.
However, Bork clearly labled the work ‘‘tentative and ex-
ploratory.’’ He has also been ridiculed for his opposition
to the 1964 Civil Rights Act yet Bork’s criticism was bas-
ed on private economic freedoms and not for some alleg-
ed “‘racism,”” Nevertheless, over the years he has recanted
these positions, what the Left ignores or doesn’t seem to
allow, is for Bork to change and evolve his legal views
over a period of years.
Since the President’s nomination of Judge Bork last
July, the charges leveled by the American Left (i.e. Peo-
ple for the American Way, Public Citizen, Common
Cause and other ‘‘non-partisan Public Interest’? groups)
have been nasty and highly distorting. What’s even worse
is when politicians — who ought to know better — join
the game. some groups have threatened that Judge Bork
will wipe out ‘‘every advance women have made in the
20th century.” Other paranoids are afraid that if the
Judge is confirmed he would ‘‘allow abuses and political
corruption to flourish.’” One witness at the Committee
hearings actually believes that some of Judge Bork’s
views amount to a “‘second coming of George Ill.”
Senator Kennedy probably topped them all when he
charged that Bork’s design for America would force
women into having ‘‘back alley abortions’ and would
allow rogue police to “‘break down citizen’s doors in mid-
night raids.”
Closer to home, the Student Association of the State
University (SASU) also joined the fray. They have issued
their typical ‘‘fact sheet”’ which completely distorts Judge
Bork’s record into an array of half-truths and quotes
taken out of context from the facts and issues of the cases
mentioned. In actuality, SASU is banking on presumed
student apathy by spending students funds on a campaign
of character assasination. They have the audacity to
publicize, on this campus, claims that Judge Bork favors
segregation in public facilites, that he believes women suf-
frage and privacy are not found in the Constitution, and
that the first ammendment covers only political speech. If
SASU bothered to read the record, they would see that
the first two claims are completely erroneous (or flat out
lies, depending on how deliberate they were) and that the
judge, in the last sixteen years, has applied and expanded
the the first ammendment to its proper protection of free
speech. These facts are one reason why Bork was approy-
ed as an appellate court judge without a dissenting vote in
the Senate.
Now the Liberals, understandably, want to maintain a
leftward leaning Supreme Court: witness the demogogery
toward Reagan appointees. What they assume in fact, is
that the American people are ignorant and manipulable
and if their scare tactics used against Judge Bork’s record
were not so serious, they would be laughable.
Many Senate Democrats and liberal groups have also
accused — in a more civilized tone — the Reagan Ad-
ministration and Judge Bork of having an agenda. The
fear is that Reagan and Bork will use the Supreme Court
to further that agenda. The hypocrisy of this charge is
that liberals over the past twenty-five years have used the
court to further an agenda with little regard to the con-
stitution as a whole. Unelected judges have imposed
sweeping constitutional rights for criminals, job quotas,
and abortion on demand-very often by making frivolous
connections to the text itself.
In several well-known Supreme Court decisions such as
Griswold v. Connecticut (striking down the contracep-
tives law), and Shelly v. Kramer (outlawing racially
discriminatory covenants in real estate transactions),
Bork has been critical of the judicial reasoning behind
these majority opinions and not the outcome by itself. It
is hardly unusual to be critical of “generalized”? or
““undefined’’ rights from the Constitution. Many well
respected Justices, such as Hugo Black and John Harlan,
have acknowledged, as has Judge Bork, that these ap-
proaches are fraught with problems. In addition, Bork
has never condoned sexual or racial descrimination nor
has he ever hinted that privacy was not a constitutional
right. It is also inane to suggest that he would ‘turn back
the clock” on civil rights.
Robert Bork has held throughout his career that a
judge’s role is to apply laws passed by legislative bodies
and to interpret the constitutionality of the written law.
To consider the intent of the framers of the constitution
as well as the legislative intent of the law, in to minimize a
judge’s policy-making role thereby enhancing the separa-
tion of powers. To accuse the Judge of being out of the
mainstream is nothing less than irresponsible. According
to political commentator Michael Kramer, the judge ‘thas
been principled rather than result-orientated [in] that he
decides cases according to the specific facts presented by
the litigants.’’ That’s hardly the mark of an “‘ideologue.’”
As Solicitor General and as an Appeals Court Judge,
Bork has consistently ruled in favor of minorities and
women. He has been widely praised for his effort as
Solicitor General in holding together the office of special
prosecutor at the height of the Watergate scandal. After
carrying out President Nixon’s controversial order to
remove the first prosecutor, his efforts ensured continuity
in the investigation. As a judge he expanded the first am-
mendment’s protection of the press against libel suits and
in gender cases alone he supported substantially more in
favor of female claims than he opposed. Furthermore,
not one of the 416 majority opinions he has joined — in-
cluding about 100 he has written — have ever been over-
turned by the Supreme Court. To think he would behave
any differently as a Justice is simply a baseless charge.
It is clear that Judge Bork is one of the most qualified
men to sit on the High Court in decades, He has
demonstrated over the years his integrity, judicial
temperament as well as his knowledge and competance in
the law. His scholarly intellect and moderation has made
him one of the most distinguished jurists of this genera-
tion. He deserves a third unanimous vote by the Senate.)
The writer is a SUNYA graduate student studying public
administration.
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ASPects needs you.
We will be having our first official Writers’
Meeting (at last!) on Monday, October 5, in
the Fireside Lounge on the 2nd floor of the
infamous Campus Center at 4 o'clock
SHARP. (Okay, if you're late, you're late,
but try not to miss too much.)
Be there, or be chi square.
October 2, 1987
Aspects 3a
Love and life: Song an
hey came to New York from dif- f
fe ferent worlds: Emma was a hat
designer from England; Joe was a
country boy from Nebraska. They used
different means of communication ¢ hers
was through song and his through dance ¢
yet both were in search of the same thing:
love and identity in their new home.
Matt Mann
Their tale was told or, rather, artistically
portrayed in Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Song and Dance at Proctor’s Theatre.
One need not speak to communicate; in
Song and Dance the unspoken was clear.
The first act found Melissa Manchester, f
as Emma, on stage alone. Her powerful
voice poured out in song, telling the story }
of her past and suggesting quicker ways to
get her green card. Manchester's Emma
fluidly interspersed twenty-one songs of
love and loss with witty letters to her
mother in England. She always added just
the right pause or facial expression to get a
laugh.
Though she was on stage alone, the
stage was far from empty. Her presence,
as directed by Richard Mattby Jr., was in
Tribute
he story really starts about 25
years ago, when the Carribean
music known as Ska, Bluebeat and
Rocksteady had evolved into a fresh new
sound called Reggae; it was Ska with a
twist, a blend of Black music from the
States known as Rhythm and Blues (R&B).
Among the most famous early reggae
bands were Clue J and the Bluesbusters,
the Heptones, Burning Spear, and Toots
and the Maytalls (who performed at
SUNYA's Mayfest last year). Another
group that emerged at the forefront of this
new music genre was a five-member band
with a core of three performers who
would later become three of the biggest
Ranges in oll -Of regeac music. history
Neville Livingstone, Mackintosh
and Robert Nesta Marley, who performed
together, calling themselves The Wailing
Wailers.
Penn & Black Inc.
After disbanding for ‘a short time, the
group was back together with a much
more polished sound, showing their R&B
influences :in‘their' vocal style, using har-
monies inspired by groups like: The Im
pressions and'The Moonglows, but ‘also
with. stronger sense of purpose in their
songwriting; which‘ now. drew more’on
the plight of Jamaican life -- espcially. that:
of Rastafari. The new.group' was billed) a8
Bob Marley, and the. Wailers, featuring
Peter Mackintash, now’ calling himself:
Peter Tosh, ‘on piano, organ and guitar and
Neville Livingstone, calling himself “Bun-
ny” Livingstone (teday known as Bunny
Wailer, one of: reggae’s ‘most: famous
vocalists). ‘All :three: of \them have’ had
enormous success as solo artists since leav-
ing the bandiin the 1970's.
While’ thé Wailers were together, they
reached legendary .status with a whole
new music form.*Peter Tosh emerged as
an important songwriting force within the
group with tunes like;“Stop that Train’
Peter
every corner — she filled the stage in
much the same way as her voice filled the
theatre.
Dance was the medium of the second
act. Grace and precision were omnipre-
sent, making all of the dance numbers
easily understandable even to a layman
possessing little knowledge of dance
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technique and style.
Victor Barbee, as Joe, combined a coun-
try style of dance with modern and tap.
While Barbee was the lead dancer, com-
pany member Eugene Fleming often stole
the spotlight (especially during the tap
dance scene).
Each of the dancers in the company was
d Dance
excellent. However, Fleming stood in the
| foreground, uttering lines like, “I like this
| one,” referring to a step he repeated in his
| solo. This lengthy solo uplifted his role to
that of co-star in the dance act.
The intricacy of the costumes and the
simplicity of the sets created understan-
| dable scenes and directed attention to the
} performers and their mediums.
What is essentially two independent
productions merged as one for the finale.
Emma danced with Joe, and Joe, in turn,
sang with Emma, revealing Manchester to
be a far better singer than dancer.
Nonetheless, she, Barbee, and Fleming
brought life and energy to their respective
roles.
Song and Dance beautifully brought
together two separate but related arts and,
through them, two separate but related
people. (eit
(Editor's note: Proctor’s Theatre offers
“College Rush” one hour before curtain.
Tickets for performances may be purchas-
ed at half-price, excluding those for Broad-
way productions. Two tickets per college
LD)
to a reggae legend
from the classic Catcha Fire album and
“Maga Dog” from their Birth of a Legend
LP.
More importantly, his songs helped
cause the band to take on a more spiritual
direction appealing to the Rastafarian
struggles and the earthly return of Jah
with songs like “One Foundation” and the
Not since the tragic
murders of John Lennon
and Marvin Gaye have
I felt so much frustration
and loss...
legendary classic’ feggae anthem he ‘co.
wrote with,Bob Marley, “Get Up, Stand
Up”, both from:the album nelly Ne
Burnin‘. ae
After the Natty Dread. albu aa theie
1975 tour of Europe, M:
and Tosh went) ‘thei
Separate Ways
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} the» voice “of “Jah’s i
stronger: Bob Marley continued’ with the
new Wailers, Livingstone went on: recor:
ding as Bunny Wailer,,and. Peter .Tosh
undertook a solo career which produced
eight great albums; working: with talents
from Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare
-| to. Gwen, Guthrie, John “Jelly. Bean”
ey, ‘Livirigstone,
Benitez and even Mick Jagger. Peter Tosh
took a stand on a lot of the important
issues plaguing the peoples of Jamdown,
from the “Back to Africa” movement on
his Mama Africa album to an anti-drug
abuse message on Mystic Man, from the
apocalypse of Jah’s coming holy war on
evil (“Babylon”) to the issue of legalizing
ganja (marijuana), and . from ‘protests
against world oppression and ‘Apartheid
(even before it was “fashionable” to be
anti-apartheid) to even broader-based pro-
tests like the’ nes he made’on his latest
album releaséd just: this yeat, entitled No.
More Nucléar War.
Now alliwe have ‘of his, crusade’ are’ |
memories. and smusics Around 4. ‘a.m.
Saturday, Septéinber*T2th, I was’ half
asleep listening to.the news on the radio
when the: newscaster announced, “Reggae
star Peter Tosh was:murdered in his home
by three gunmen..,” and when I heard that
it happened after refusing to surrender his
money to them, [went into a brief state of
shock. I could not believe that this was the
way that a man like him would die.
Not since the tragic murders of John
Lennon and Marvin Gaye have I felt so
much frustration and loss, mainly because
it was all so stupid! It just doesn’t make
any sense when a person who lives for so
much dies for so little! It’s different when
someone is very ill and passes on from
natural causes the way Elvis Presley, Jackie
Wilson and Bob Marley did; there is a
great sense of loss and sorrow, but when
life is cut off abruptly and senselessly
there is a rage of frustration and a sense of
injustice!
When | try to envision the tragedy that
took place, I
Marley song from his 1979 album called
Survival released after Peter Tosh had
long since gone solo. The song is entitled
“Ambush” and has a sort of sinister,
ominous character about it; the chorus
goes: “Ambush in the night, all guns aim-
ing at me/Ambush in the night, they open-
ed fire on’ me/Ambush in the night, pro-
tected by, His Majesty...”.
I feel chills when I hear that and imagine
the scene inmy. mind; there's a certain
kind of mystery about the irony that Bob
Marley wrote: that song describing ’ Peter
. Tosh’s death nine years ago, and mystery
also in the fact that Marley and Tosh died
exactly six. years and five months, apart, *
both on the 11th day of the month! 4
Spooky. .
When I wonder why Peter Tosh had to
die this way, refusing to. surrender,
although he was out-numbered by three
angry men with guns, | remember that he
remember the words to. a Bob
Iwas the man who co-wrolé. tHe anthem” :*
that so'many hold dear: “Get Up, Stand
Up! Stand up for your rightsl/Get ‘up,
Stand up and don’t give up the fight!” 0
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(Editor's note: Tune in Saturday.night Oc-
tober 3rd, for an hour-long’ musical'tribute -
to Peter Tosh at 8 Bite on 91 FM —
WCDB.) .. 3 4
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October 2, 198;
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Patrick J. Gillease
Seventy-eight years have passed since the original
Star Trek Crew voyaged where no man had gone
before. Following in their footsteps is a fresh, new
cast commanding a luxurious and visually dazzling
new starship.
The premiere, entitled Encounter at Farpoint, in-
troduces the newcomers by placing them ina trial of
sorts. An advanced civilization, led by the wicked
alien Q, captures the Enterprise and forces the crew
to prove that humanity has risen above the horrors
of the past and is worth being saved, or spared,
depending on one’s point of view
A typical intergalactic crisis arises. The catch is
that the crew's resolution will decide their fate,
thereby making the whole episode a live-action trial.
For sheer aesthetics, the show is spectacular.
George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic Company
makes its first foray into weekly television by pro-
ducing the special effects. This is the same group of
people that brought us the Star Trek films as well as
the rebirth of the genre with Star Wars.
Superior glossy exteriors, however, do not
necessarily make a successful sci-fi program, as re-
cent past attempts have proven. A special human
Back Where No Man
New Trek t
element, combined with viable stories, is also essen- For
tial. Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry ex- know
ecuted this perfectly with the original series. and he Trek
reprises this position with the new series. Many of surviv
the original writers are also back. As a result, the tury |
show can evolve as a presence all its own and not man |
simply a rip-off of the original. his cre
Twenty-one years ago, an unknown yet innovative science-
fiction series entitled Star Trek premiered on NBC. During its
original run, it was shuffled from time slot to time slot and was
never very successful in the ratings. After its second season, the net-
work planned to cancel it. But die-hard fans sent an estimated one
million pieces of mai] which carried the show through it's third and
final season. * » - Pee bao os Bett
It was this eae the Fanatic support, that kept Star Trek on the
air then. And, it is this loyalty that made Star Trek grow and thrive
over the past two decades, raising it to the cult status it now oc-
cupies. After four theatrical movies based on the original series,
grossing more than $345,600,000 total, and a fifth film on the way,
Star Trek has spawned an offspring. The next generation of in-
tergalactic adventures is beginning. ty * 5k >
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Patrick Stewart heads the cast as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Unlike
the young, adventuresome character William Shatner portrayed,
Stewart is an older, more authoritative man commanding a crew of
young officers.* * Wty * ee ek
Stewart is an accbmplished British actor and former member of
the Royal Shakespeare Company. Additionally, he is a veteran of
numerous theatrical productions and BBC tetevision presentations.
Most recently, he appeared in the films Excalibur and Dune. x*
Johnathan Frakes stars as the Starship’s executive officer and
second-in-command, William Riker. Initially a source of doubt for
his captain, Riker proves his worth and becomes a close and
valuable asset to Picard. * x * x *y* x * oe
Frakes most recently starred in the television movie-of-the-week
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credits include recurring roles on Falcon Crest, The Doctors, Bare
Essence, and Paper Dolls, where he frequently went against his cur-
rent character type and portrayed evil go-getters. « * 4 * 5, **
LeVar Burton portrays the blind Lieutenant Geordi La Forge,
who ‘sges’ through the use of a prosthetic device worn over his
Cena s eg tke ge A 5h
Burton won critical acclaim for his portrayal ee Kunte Kinte in
the miniseries Roots and has since been featured in the television
movies Battered and The Guyana Tragedy. * * * % * ak
Denise Crosby is Lieutenant Tasha Yar, the Starship’s Jecurily
chief. She is one of several strong-willed women who now occupy
high-ranking positions in as ever-growing world of equality that is
the Federation. *, + y * et ae ea pe
Crosby has appeared | in ae films 48 Hours and Desert Hearts.
Her television credits include L.A. Law and Days of Our Lives.
Michael Dorn plays Worf, the only Klingon aboard the Enter-
prise. He is one of several Klingons to graduate from the Academy
and asigned to Federation Stars! te
Dorn spent three years as a regular on CHiPs before landing
guest starring roles on Hotel, Knots Landing, and Falcon Crest. His
feature film credits include Demon Seed, Rocky, and Jagged Edge.
Gates McFadden is Chief Medical Officer Dr. Beverly Crusher,
one of the most talented and insightful physicians in Star Fleet. She
has a personal connection to Captain Picard due to the death of ag
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recently as the director of ahs! on Jim Henson's feature
film, Labyrinth, * » * * vy ee
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possessing superior strength and pheno
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dary mission and is of an entirely nev
original Cruiser Class that the first three
have also been updated. The U.S.S
redesigned Enterprise to have been use
recieved negative public reception whe
represents the Cruiser Class design. *
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Has Gone Before
k takes off
en- For this reason, the familiar faces that Trekkies
ex- know and love are gone. (Besides, they have Star
he Trek V, VI, VII, and however many more they can
of survive, to get through.) The captain of the 24th cen-
the tury Enterprise is Jean-Luc Picard, a distinguished
not man of seemingly French descent who commands
his crew with a pleasant, fatherly air. His only great
weakness comes in dealing with the social respon-
sibilities of the command, most notably with the ac-
tual children on board. The complexity of his
character is revealed when he confesses this to his
new first officer, from whom he seeks emotional
support.
The rest of the ensemble includes a fascinating
telepathic female character, a blind navigator who
sees incredible distances through the use of his pro-
sthetic device, and a woman doctor along with her
son (who is, incidentally, the show's greatest
weakness. He is an ogling intellectual who turns out
to be more of an embarrassment than an asset. He is,
no doubt, the tie in to the kiddie audience.). There is
also a rather humorous, no-nonsense android who
will likely be compared to Spock. Rounding out the
cast is a female security chief and, yes, a Klingon,
representing Star Fleet’s new era of peace and co-
existence.
Il of the elements for success appear to be pre-
sent in this new generation of Star Trek. Though the
ending does go overboard with emotionality in the
vein of E.T. or Return of the Jedi, the perfect balance
of excellent visuals, well-written stories, and intrigu-
ing characters does exist.
The major hurdle The Next Generation faces is
best represented by the guest appearance of a promi-
nent character from the original series as an aged,
promoted officer. The familiarity is there, from his
appearance to the Trek terminology and even the
music. The only thing required now is an open-
mindedness from the viewing public which will
enable them to accept these new characters for who
they are and not merely as shadowy reflections of
the past. For, if The Next Generation fails simply
due to rejection of the new regulars, then a new
breed — specifically, good science fiction television
—will die. oOo
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th and phenomenal memory. He is also a
the new series and a welcome member of
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n entirely new Galaxy Class design. The
the first three versions of the ship took on
d. The U.S.S. Excelsior, originally the
have been used in Star Trek IV but which
reception when used in Star Trek III, now
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s large enough to cover in excess of four
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square city blocks and is twice the length of the original Starship. It
retains much of the same symmetry, which includes an engineering
module with twin warp nacelles and a large saucer-shaped com-
mand module. *% ¥* 4 * x x ete LK
During battle, the saucer hull separates from the main hull, carry-
ing most of the crew off to safety. Only the senior officers and
necessary crew components remain in the main hull to ward off the
enemy.4* * Ty Ho hig Oe zk Fx *
Unlike its predecessors, the Sfachip| is designed to house 1,012
crew and family. The metallic battleship setting in the original has
been replaced by streamlined interiors with “talking walls”, schools,
gymnasiums, sports centers, and the popular holodecks.# * *%*
The holodecks are areas in the center of the ship that are bal
of duplicating almost any landscape or seaworld on earth. This in-
cludes wind, weather patterns, tides, and the like. The decks are us-
ed for both education and recreation and exist primarily to prevent
the crew and families from feeling they live “ ‘contained sings
lives” SAS ng: eg KER
If all this sounds impressive, it is. The new Starship pets isa
virtual flying city that will continue the close feelings Trekkies
associate with their own ship. * x * PL ~
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As was the case a the original series, Star Trek: The Next
Generation is controlled by Executive Producer Gene Rod-
denberry. Roddenberry used the original series as a vehicle for
statements about the direction society was taking in the 60's. He ex-
pressed his thoughts and concerns through the show and vows to
repeat this practice. * KX ee yy
Paramount is giving its all for this series, spending approximately
1.5 million dollars per episode. It has also given Roddenberry free
reign by offering the program for first-run syndication. Any station
can negotioate to air the new series without concern for network
censors or, more importantly, network cancellation. Only Fara-
mount will decide when the series has run its course. rags oe “*
Roddenberry himself has great faith in the new series. He te
that storylines will offer “positive human messages relevant to to-
day’s issues, but will always be entertaining. Our first job is to
entertain; our second is to sneak in a little nugget of truth that
allows the audience to perceive their livesyand og universe, a little
differently.” ¥ “y 9¥ *y*y7 x x kk
As far as the plausibility of the series is concerned, a factor which
has been the primary weakness of past sci-fi series, Roddenberry
stresses that “believability is everything. It is the most essential ele-
ment of any Star Trek story.” He affirms that if the scripts aren’t
plausible in the 20th century, the atidience won't believe it,could
take place in the 24th¥ x*¥ * » x x *% Pa *
Finally, it is the optimism for the future Roddenberry creates that
has been one of Star Trek’s keys to success. The new series
realistically and believably captures the lifestyles and personalities
of people who could live in the 24th century. Man has overcome
crime, disease, poverty, and war, progressing to an advanced, more
comfortable state of existence. In today’s society, such hope for the
future is not only comforting, it is vital.» 4 tae tae ap eee
One thing is certain. Paramount is Abt certainly optimistic
about the future — of this show. The time and effort that is being
put toward this program, combined with the built-in following the
saga already has, indicates that this new series and any subsequent
extensions may very well carry Star Trek into the next generation.
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john Harland&Co:
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caventhol &Horwath
iwieevesee CAREER DAY
Dear Student:
As we begin the academic year, many of us turn our
thoughts to the future. Some who are about to graduate
begin the apprehensive job search, while others, with a few
more years to go, begin to question the options that are
available to them in their chosen major.
Career Day provides all students with the opportunity to
speak with professionals from diversified firms about possi-
ble career paths upon graduation.
We realize that many people are not aware of the aims and
goals of Career Day, and therefore, we would like to explain
what goes on behind the scenes.
Career Day is planned an entire year in advance. In order
to attract firms which are interested in all Albany students,
we speak to professors in various departments in an effort
to obtain contacts with companies and recruiters who are
interested in students of that particular major. Particular at-
tention is given to fields which are not normally represented
on campus at-interview time.
Once we research a company name, a letter is sent to the
firm, stressing the talents and potential of the Albany stu-
dent body, and inviting them to participate in Career Day.
Over 300 invitations go out to firms encompassing all
disciplines from biochemical labs to computer technology
firms. This page includes all the firms who will be attending
the event this year. As you can see, we try to cover all ma-
jor areas of study.
Unfortunately, we as students have no control over who ac-
cepts our invitations. It is important to realize, however,
that even a firm who specializes needs employees from
diversified backgrounds.
Career Day is a not for profit event designed to provide the
students of this university with information on the many
career paths available upon graduation.
We sincerely hope that you will take advantage of this op-
portunity. A successful Career Day depends not only on
the firms who attend, but on the enthusiasm of the campus
community.
Sincerely,
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October 2, 1987
Aspects 7a
A magnetic Attraction
(‘Fatal Attraction” with Michael Douglas,
Glenn Close, and Anne Archer. Directed by
Adrian Lyne. From Paramount Pictures.
Rated R.)
A line from William Congreve's play
The Mourning Bride, states, “Hell
hath no fury like a woman scorn’d.” In Fatal
Attraction, Glenn Close brings new meaning
to those already powerful words.
April S. Anastasi
Ata business party/reception, publishing
executive Alex Forrest (Close) meets a suc-
cessful New York attorney, Dan Gallagher
(Michael Douglas), who is with the firm
representing her company. They are at-
tracted to each other, but Dan, in atten-
dance with his wife Beth (Anne Archer), is
happily married, and does nothing about it.
While his wife and daughter are out of
town, a subsequent weekend business
meeting leads to an impromptu dinner.
Passion overtakes them and their lengthy
meal leads to dessert in the form of a torrid
affair.
However, to Dan it was just that — a
brief, impetuous fling. When he attempts
to leave, she cannot accept it. The indiges-
popular saying, which paraphrases a
tion takes the form of an insane Jealousy
orithe patior Alex,
Playing on his sympathies and his sanity,
Alex attempts suicide, forcing him to stay
Mii he eros oho: Weenie
Beth and their daughter Ellen (Ellen
similtGn’ Lazer) avetapsste in Bedford,
taking a final look at their new home.
The attempt on her own life is just the
begmnine Gbe Alex. madness, which
reaches out to envelop the entire Gallagher
lernilyiche Becomes more’desperate and
more disturbed with each day, as Dan
becomes more worried about the safety of
his wife and six-year-old.
Dan stops accepting Alex's phone calls at
the office; she calls him at home and hangs
up whenever Beth answers. He has his
number changed and unlisted; she in-
geniously finds out the number, meets
Beth, and learns the location of their new
home in one fell swoop.
Beth is quietly unaware of the affair and
its direct consequences, until the odd coin-
cidences and lack of police cooperation
spawn Dan’s confession. Archer's reaction
to this information is disturbing in that all
of her beliefs in their seemingly perfect
marriage are washed down the drain, and
every emotion imaginable is expressed in
her tears and state of shock.
The film, though it starts at a slow pace,
speeds along, stirring up terror in its wake.
The direction of Adrian Lyne (Flashdance,
9 1/2 Weeks) skillfully drifts through
steamy scenes of passion as easily as it
wraps a cold fog around Close’s sequences
of disturbing psychopathic behavior.
The Smilie Face Story
ollege is not Earth. We at college are
( of a separate, parallel world, tangent
to the real world, but not really part
of it. We shall join it if and when we get out
of college alive. But now we are still here,
residents of a dollhouse city.
Eric Berlin
The very first suite that I was assigned to
was something of a joke in the way per-
sonalities conflicted. They were all athletes.
They were all very big. 1... wasn't.
I'm not even sure what sports they played,
though they all played something, Paul was
tall enough to be a basketball player. I think
Dan played football, and so did Tony. Nor-
thport preferred to play with women, and
had an opinion about each one he met. And
Michael, he played music, and whatever he
wanted to hear he imagined everyone else in
the building wanted to hear. He was a
frustrated D.J. I was a frustrated captive of a
frustrated DJ.
I don’t play anything except a little guitar
here and again. If I stepped on a football
field, it would be the last thing I'd ever do.
At the start of my college career, I weighed
in at a srarcely-even-there 115 pounds.
Truly | .vas mismatched.
The only thing that stopped me from run-
ning out io the night right then and there
was the fact that I temporarily had my own
room. Paul and Tony shared one room, Nor-
thport, Dan, and Michael shared another,
and that left the third all to me. All three
rooms, and the bathroom, bordered on a
suite room the size of a walk-in closet. I
guessed that I would eventually leave this
bizarre joke, but for now I stayed.
Mismatches are funny things.
Dan was the one who was nicest to me.
His sense of charity was warped (upon hear-
ing that I didn’t drink, he vowed to get me
drunk before the year was through), but still
appreciated, And so it was Dan who was
nominated to tell me about The System.
Amazing thing, Dan somehow got
through this without saying sex even once.
The system, as described to me by Dan,
was this:
“Well, I know you don’t have a roommate
anyway, but still, if you want . . . you know,
privacy, what you do is you leave a smile
face on your memo board.”
~] Kudos go to Douglas for a role which is
often merely a typical nice-guy, but which
also streches the limits of the family-man
facade. His Dan is more than someone who
makes a simple mistake. Mistakes are no
longer simple, particularly as his struggle
becomes one to protect his heretofore hap-
py family, and, further, to protect the ideal
of the American family as an impenetrable
unit.
Despite the solid direction and the
sparkling performances of the other actors
} (including Stuart Pankin of Not Necessarily
the News fame as Dan's friend and
business associate), this is Glenn Closes
film. A consistently fine actress, Close taps
depths of talent and power which have not
been previously seen in her vast repertoire.
The three-time Oscar nominee, best
known for her appearances in The Big
Chill and Jagged Edge, will be sorely
cheated if this eerily realistic portrayal of a
woman pushed over the brink does not
merit at least another nomination, if not
‘the golden statuette itself.
Fatal Attraction is a stunning film, which
relevently deals with urgent societal issues
in a manner with a magnatism all its own.
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The drunk said Northport’s last name,
whatever it is, and I said I didn’t know. I
went to Northport’s door, and I heard
something in there, so I knocked. And I
knocked again. The movement got louder
and then stopped. Northport opened the
door about an inch. He looked at me.
“What—" he said, and then he saw his
drunk friend. Then he turned back to me
and, eyes shut, said, “Dan didn't tell you
about the smilie face?”
"Yes he did. There’s nothing on your
door.”
”Turn around,” he said. So I looked on my
door and there was the smilie face. And
because I was tired, I said, “Oh,” and went
back to bed.
The next day I said more than “Oh.”
The yellow memo board was the one on
the door to my room, for any messages. I
was the only one who had one, so
everybody left notes to each other on it.
When | eventually moved out, | left the
thing there.
“So," I said, “if somebody has a smile on
the door, don’t disturb.”
“Right.”
I was playing with him now. “So why not
just say something prolific like, oh, I don’t
know, ‘Do Not Disturb’?”
Dan looked pained. Could it possibly be
that this guy has been left so far behind as to
never had a girl? Good Lord.
But still, Dan didn’t say sex.
“Well, you know, sometimes you want to
be...” he strained for a word. “SUBTLE about
it.”
“Oh,” I said.
“So, okay?”
“Okay.” I smiled at him. Daniel left.
And that was the last time I thought of
smile faces for a couple of weeks.
All the time I lived in this suite, the first
month of my college life, | had not achieved
the official status of college student. | wasn’t
going to bed late enough. I was usually
asleep by midnight, tops. But one Friday, I
was overtired, a theory I didn’t believe in un-
til then. I was so tired that I couldn't sleep.
How ridiculous. I laid awake thinking of the
illogic of it all. I'm tired, so I should sleep,
but I can’t, because I'm tired. If | wake up just
a little, I'll fall right asleep. Dumb.
People were coming and going all night,
and I was kind of keeping mental track. That
voice belonged to either Mike or Tony, who
sound pretty much the same to an exhausted
person, That might have been Daniel.
Somebody else stumbled and fell. There
were giggles. I dozed off.
I woke up I don’t know how much later
becuase somebody was knocking on the
suite room door. | blearily pulled the covers
over my head and ignored it. No way was I
getting up to answer it when I knew damn
well that it wasn’t for me. The people who
call for me simply don’t do so at two in the
morning because they know I'd kill
them. Later on I became a real college stu-
dent and it didn’t matter anymore, but now,
here, if two in the morning rolled around
and you had something to tell me, write it
down and slip it under the door. Unless it
had something to do with fire, I didn’t want
to know.
The knocking kept coming. He wasn’t
knocking in patterns of three and stopping,
like normal people, He was just knocking
and knocking and knocking and knocking
and—
Dammit. I reached for my glasses and suc-
ceeded in doing nothing more than knock-
ing them off the radiator and under the bed.
“Fuckit,” | mumbled, and blindly opened my
door and then the suite door. The fellow on
the other side was drunk, much to my sur-
prise (yeah).
“Is Paul here?”
“Which one?” Northport’s real name is
also Paul, but having two Paul's in the same
story is confusing as hell, I know, because I
lived it. I don’t remember Northport’s last
name, but for some reason I remember his
hometown, Hence, Northport.
Northport came into my room to tell me
something and I said, basically, “Why the
hell did you put the smile on my door if you
wanted privacy?”
“You're the only one with a memo
board.”
“You couldn't scribble on a piece of paper
and tack it to your door?”
“Dan told me to write it on your door.”
“He told me that also. Of course it made
sense to me being that it’s my door and all.
Why would you mark somebody else’s door
to say don’t knock on the door that’s two
doors away from the door that you're star-
ing at? By the time somebody figures that
out, the guy’d probably forget why he came
here in the first place.”
“Yeah, I guess.”
But there were no Communication majors
in this suite. The next week, as I was going
to sleep, | heard somebody come in, and,
upon looking at my door, say “Eric's got a
girl in there?” disbelievingly before walking
into his own room and interrupting his
roommate’s nightlife. Eventually,
everybody figured it out, leave the smilie
face on your own door. Until then, I had a
lot of privacy.
The preceding is a semi-fictionalized true
story. Names have been changed to protect
the innocent, namely, the author. If you
have an anecdote about daily life on cam-
pus, tell it to ASPects. YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE A WRITER! Just call Eric Berlin at the
ASP office (442-5661) or at 442-6016 and
tell him your story. Thanks. oO
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. La Bamba (PG-13) 1:48 :25, 9, Fri, Sat, 11:20
No Way Out (R) 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:25, Fri, Sat, 11:50
The Principal (R) 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:10, Fri, Sat, 11:30
Fatal Attraction (R) 1, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20, Fri, Sat, 11:50
. The Pick Up Artist (PG-13) 2, 4:30, 7:25, 9:45, Fri, Sat, 11:40
. Robo Cop (R) 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40, Fri, Sat, 12 midnight.
Like Father Like Son (PG-13) 2:05 4:45, 7:15, 9:50, Fri, Sat, 12:05
9. The Big Town (R) 1:25, 3:45, 6:35, 9:15, Fri, Sat, 11:35
10. Hell Raiser (R) 2:10, 4:40, 7:40, 10, Fri, Sat, 12:05
Colonie Center (459-2170)
1, Stakeout (R) 7:20, 9:40, Sat, Sun, 2:15, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40
2. Big Shots (PG-13) 7:30, 9:30. Sat, Sun, 3:40, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30
Fri, Sat, midnight showings of:
A. Rocky Horror (R)
B. Pink Floyd’s The Wall (R)
Crossgates 12 (456-5678)
1. Can't Buy Me Love (PG-13) 1:40, 4:45, 7:50, 10:25, Fri, Sat, 12:25
. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (G) 12:20, 2:25, 4:25
. Big Shots (PG-13) 1:45, 4:35, 7:20, 10, Fri, Sat, 12:10
. The Big Easy (R) 1, 3:40, 6:25, 9:05, Fri, Sat, 11:20
. Fatal Attraction (R) 12:45, 4, 7:10, 10:10, Fri, Sat, 12:30
. Stakeout (R) 12:30, 3:35, 6:50, 9:40, Fri, Sat, 12:10
. No Way Out (R) 6:55, 9:55, Fri, Sat, 12:20
8. The Pick Up Artist (PG-13) 12:35, 3:20, 6:35, (except Sat) 9:10, Fri,
Sat, 11:10,
9. Hell Raiser (R) 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:35, Fri, Sat, 11:45
10. Dirty Dancing (PG-13) 1:55, 4:30, 7:40, 10:15, Fri, Sat, 12:25
11. The Principal (R) 1:10, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30, Fri, Sat, 11:50
12. Like Father Like Son (PG-13) 1:20, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25, Fri, Sat, 11:35
13. The Big Town (R) 12:40, 3:25, 6:20, 9,(except Sat) Fri, Sat, 11:25.
Spectrum (449-8995)
1. My Life as a Dog (NR) 7, 9:20. Sat, Sun, 4
2. Wish You Were Here (R) 7:20, 9:30. Sat, Sun, 4:30
3. Matewan (PG) 6:50, 9:15. Sat, Sun, 4
UA Hellman (459-5322)
1. Rolling Vengeance (R) 7:35, 9:20, Sat, Sun, 2, 3:40, 5:40, 7:35
2. Dirty Dancing (PG-13) 7:30, 9:30. Sat, Sun, 12, 2, 3:50, 5:30
Fri, Sat, midnight showings of:
A.Heavy Metal
B. Monty Python’s The Holy Grail
University Cinemas
1. Risky Business (R) Fri, Sat, 7:30, 10 in LC18
2. Citizen Kane Fri. Sat, 7:30, 10, in LC7
SNARE
NOUS WN
Capital Rep
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe—The Play, Oc-
tober 3 thru November 8
ESIPA
Carnival, Oct. 1-6, 8, 9 in the Main Theatre.
Proctor’s Theatre
wie | La Cage Aux Folles, thru October 4. A Viennese Gala; The
—____f) Tonkunstler Orchestra of Vienna, Wednesday, October 7.
f eal J Siena College ‘
Made in the U.S.A., October 9, 10, Foy Campus Center Theatre.
Schenectady Civic Playhouse
Charley's Aunt, thru October 3.
RPI Fieldhouse
The Hooters with The Out of Control Rhythm and Blues Band and
Chris Busone and the Rain, October 10.
Albany Institute of History and Art
Albany’s Families: 350 Years of Growth and Change. An exploration
of the history of ethnic groups in Albany. Albany Institute Galleries;
Furniture and Decorative Arts from the permanent collection,
Americans Abroad, October 8, The New York School Narrated by
Barbara Rose, October 6.
New York State Museum
Diamonds Are Forever, Artists and Writers on Baseball, through
November 15, Dinosaurs Alive! through December 28
University Art Gallery
Twentieth Anniversary, A 35 year retrospective of the work of Ed-
ward Cowley, founder of the Fine Arts Department, Art Gallery Bir-
thday Party, Sun, October 4.
Schenectady Museum and Planetarium
Visitor's Choice-art from the museums collection through October,
The Twenties-fashions from the Foote Costume Collections through
October 21.
The Rice Gallery
Coatlique by Joseph Ramos, through October 24.
QE2
Roger Miller with Age of no, Sunday, October 4, The Fairlanes with
Calm-Plex, Tuesday, October 6, Dash Rip Rock with Tetes Noirs,
Wednesday, October 7, Lambs Bread, Thursday, October 8.
Bogies
The Stomplistics, Friday and Saturday, October 2 and 3, SUNYA Par-
ty Lazy Boy Rockers, Thursday, October 8.
Pauly’s Hotel
Doc Scanlon’s Rhythm Boys Friday, October 2, Rory Block, Saturday,
October 3..
September’s
Air Play thru October 4, Ronnie Leigh, October 5 thru October 11.
Half Moon Cafe
Jazz by Randy and Naomi Peterkin, Fri, October 2, Folksinger Emilio
Dubul, Sat, October 3.
By GARY LARSON
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THE FAR SIDE
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‘Siser Universal Prow Syoaiae
Rusty makes his move.
All day long, a tough gang of astrophysicists
would monopolize the telescope and intimidate
the other researchers,
“Now! ... That should clear up
a few things around here!”
The Other World
To the Edito
This letter is in regard to an earlier letter written by
Corey Levitan. The letter was entitled ‘‘From the Real
World.”’ It appeared in the September 18 issue of the
ASP. The opening paragraph tells us that the letter comes
from the ‘‘real world.’’ I am guessing that this is Corey’s
definition of life after college. It seems that nobody was
there to welcome Corey to the ‘‘real world’’ and he finds
it to be an altogether unfriendly place. This does not
phase the writer, though, because he said that he had ex-
pected as much. However, he says that this same “‘real
world’’ atmosphere should not surround college as it did
while he was at SUNY Albany. Somehow the idea was
planted in this individual’s head that college is not a part
of the ‘‘real world.’’ Mr. Levitan, if you sheltered
yourself from the realities of the world while attending
SUNY Albany, then you were making a grave error.
After starting to write my reply, several times I enter-
tained the thought that Corey’s letter was actually a joke.
However, I am trying to take the letter as seriously as
possible, just in case. About mid-way through the letter,
Corey tells of his proudest moment at SUNY Albany. Ap-
parently, this proud moment came when he punched and
shattered a window in the administration building. This
was in protest of the prohibition of kegs on campus. Cor-
ey adds that he later called President O’Leary to admit his
wrongdoings. Pointless vandalism does little to settle
disputes in the civilized world. There are also obvious
physical reasons why such an act shows little in the sense
of discretion. After telling of his summa cum laude
status, I figured Corey was advertising his intelligence.
Obviously, however, Corey places a higher premium on
vandalism—as his proudest moment resulted in a broken
window.
There is a second aspect of the letter that led me to con-
clude to its jocularity. It seems that around the time of his
graduation, Mr. Levitan received a letter from the ad-
ministration requesting that he not bring alcohol to the
ceremonies. Corey felt that this message was sent under
the guise of a congratulatory greeting and to this he took
offense. How can a person who admittedly smashes a
window to protest the banning of kegs possibly feel of-
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fended when the administration kindly asks him not to
bring alcoholic beverages to his graduation?
Mr. Levitan voices some complaints about his alma
mater. For one thing, he says the administration did little
to help him meet people during his college years or to find
a job after graduation. Corey was also displeased that he
was not supplied with graduation announcements to give
his supporters. I have already mentioned his obvious
complaint about the rule governing kegs on campus.
Another major complaint was that SUNY Albany was far
too impersonal for him. It is not the job of the university
to take each student by the hand and introduce him-her to
new and exciting people for four years and then lead the
way to a good job. Students have to make their own
friends, buy their own graduation announcements, and
after graduation they have to pick up a newspaper or go
to an employment agency, find where the jobs are and
select that which is most suitable. SUNYA supplies a ser-
vice to a large-scale number of people. They offer an
education from a highly competitive school for a very low
price. SUNYA’s student body is gigantic and in many in-
stances this leads to impersonal treatment. However,
there are smaller schools that would probably be more
suitable to some people with the drawback of higher cost.
I would also like to say that attending SUNYA does not
bind anyone to live in their dorms, and thus, be governed
by their rules. Knowing that kegs are illegal on the
premises, Corey, you should not have gone and punchd a
window but you should have simply declined to live on
campus.
Although I am not of what you consider the real world,
Corey, I hope I can still give you some reasonable advice.
The world is overrun with racism, discrimination,
homelessness, pollution, and the list goes on. SUNYA
belongs to this world and is therefore subject to its share
of problems as well. I hope that you will take up a worthy
cause or causes and use propriety in your struggle to over-
come them. You can rest assured that we will be doing the
same from our vantage point. Do not settle to voice your
opinion in the ASP, let your opinion be known on a wider
scale, for instance, in the New York Times. Do however
keep us posted on the progression of your battle as we are
always glad to hear from you.
— Kriston Reinmuth
First Impressions
To the Edito:
lam writing in response to Ed Vaira’s article “Wary
Frosh Relate First Impressions of SUNYA.”’ His other-
wise excellent article was marred by his racial slur against
Colombians. I am refering to his use of ‘‘...Colombian
drug lord.’”? Undoubtedly, he wrote that without bad in-
tentions and in a comic manner, but it remains a racial
slur, Most prejudices are born out of ignorance and often
present themselves in embarrassing situations, such as
public statements. If the main function of a university is
to educate us to be valuable citizens for our post-school
days, then it should be known that a statement such as
Ed’s is never tolerated. If it is, then other synonyms such
as Arab terrorist or Jewish American Princess will be seen
and believed. I will give Ed the benefit of the doubt due to
his age, but it is inexcusable that the editors would let that
slip by. Apologies to the Hispanic students and staff are
due.
— Mary Ann Hall
SASU Anti-Bork
To the Editor:
After reading the article by SASU member Jonathan
Waks, many questions were being raised in my mind. The
article concerned the nomination of Judge Bork for the
Supreme Court. The writing was obviously anti-Bork. I
began wondering, ‘‘does this represent the opinion of
SASU?” The answer to that was that it does. | remember
a SASU table on the podium distributing anti-Bork
materials. I approached them and asked them why. They
gave me many reasons that were stated in the article; all
of which are true. Then I asked why he was anti-student
and they could not give me a satisfying answer. I then
pursued the civil rights issue. 1 was then ignored by a
bearded gentleman, who I believe was a “‘constitutional
major’? and SASU member.
I thought SASU was a student group helping to fight
for the rights of students (I could be wrong); not a group
of students using our money to further their political
yiews. 1 think that it would be a much better idea if they
would distribute anti as well as pro-Bork materials for
those students who do support him. And tell us, ‘“We at
SASU believe he is anti-student and we don’t support
him, but make up your own mind and act accordingly.”
A few things that the column didn’t mention was that,
in 1981, Bork was up for conformation to the U.S. Court
of Appeals of D.C., one of the most important courts of
Appeals in the nation. He was unanimously confirmed by
the Senate, which included Biden and Kennedy, who are
both against him now. There are also men who shouldn’t
talk about other’s pasts, because their own pasts are
morally questionable. One involving plagiarism, the other
involving a car, a lake and the death of a young woman
along with the events following the incident.
The last point that I would like to make is, how is Bork
‘anti-woman?’’ His views are, in the case of the gender-
based classifications, that there is more likely to be a ra-
tional basis for differences. Men and women are equal
but different! So we must be treated differently. Why do
we have separate bathrooms or dormrooms? Why on so
many forms do we have to check a box for sex? There
should be equal rights for women, but there are
distinctions.
I must compliment SASU on their well-organized and
well-informed staff. And maybe they could one day prove
to me, something in which Bork believes. How could
something as unfair and racist as affirmative action be
constitutional?
— John J. D’Angelo
Convention Fever
To the Editor:
Mr. Lindemann’s suggestion (ASP letters, Tuesday,
September 22, 1987) that we “‘stop dillydallying”’ and ap-
prove a constitutional convention to mandate a balanced
federal budget, though laudable in intent, is too flawed to
merit serious consideration. The only other constitutional
convention in our history occurred two centuries ago and
resulted in the elimination of the Articles of Confedera-
tion. Since our current Constitution is silent on how a se-
cond convention would operate, legal scholars believe
that it could not be limited to any one topic. Consequent-
ly, the entire Constitution would be subject to wholesale
rewrite, with potentially disastrous effects for civil liber-
ties, including the freedoms of speech and religion and
the rights of the accused.
It is no surprise that the Far Right has emerged as a
strong pro-ConCon force. Although some of this support
may be a well intentioned move towards fiscal respon-
sibility, there are religious extremists who eagerly await
an opportunity to rewrite the Constitution in their own
image. A spokesman for the Reverend Jerry Falwell said
that his group favors such a convention to ‘tmake several
changes in the Constitution, including some reconstruc-
ting of the Supreme Court.’’ Concerns over this danger
have prompted Texas, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, and
Pennsylvania to consider withdrawl of their ConCon
resolutions. New York is currently considering a pro-
ConCon resolution.
While a balanced federal budget may be a sound
policy, a constitutional convention to mandate it is not
the prudent approach. Federal legislation and amend-
ments to the constitution represent less perilous alter-
natives worthy of consideration.
— David M. Weinraub
Death of a Friend
To the Editor:
As we walk inside, we think ‘‘this place seems so
familiar. I know I’ve been here before. But it looks dif-
ferent than what 1 remembered. It can’t be the same
place.”? But soon you get your bearings and you realize
that you’re in what used to be a second home to many of
us. You’re in—The Rat.
Well, this new cafe can hardly live up to those endear-
ing memories that the old Rat embodied. It’s glossy
chrome and white facelift cannot promise to keep you ex-
cited throughout your day of classes. It tries to provide
food and seats (and lines and lines and lines). But nothing
more can be expected. It’s a case of replacing an old
friend with a more modern one (not always a wise
choice.)
There is a lot of dissent concerning the new
Rathskeller. ‘‘Lightbright’’, as one student identified it,is
an unwelcomed sight on campus. Another student ex-
plained that, ‘“‘we all need a real dark hole that we can
crawl into during the day.””
Aside from the drastic cosmetic difference, the food is
basically the same. There is a salad bar and an ice cream
stand which are new additions. The salad bar looks ap-
pealing but its looks are deceiving. In truth, the Rat’s
food is far better than the usual UAS quad cafeteria food,
but the chance of making your next class or even your
fifth class, is doubtful due to the long lines. So settle into
the idea of waiting a long time for food and then trying to
find a table.
The old Rat meant a lot more to many people than just
a place to eat. It was the only place on campus to cut
loose and hang out. It gave us concerts and
entertainment-not just a full stomach. It was part of our
social life. It was a place to see and be seen.
“‘Lightbright”’ is merely a place to eat. It desn’t offer
comfort and gives us no desire to linger. Perhaps our
G.P.A.’s_ will thank those innovators of the new
Rathskeller cafe. But until then, we stand in solemn
silence regarding the death of our old friend.
— Jaime Hariton
14 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 1] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1987
Bennett raps colleges as being bad dollar value
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — In
the great debate about college
costs, a majority of Americans
agrees with U.S. Education
Secretary William Bennett that
schools don’t deliver good value
for the dollar.
About 60 percent of the
respondents to a Media General
poll released Aug. 31 said private
colleges especially cost much
more than the value of the educa-
tion they deliver.
Students will spend an average
of $10,493 to attend private cam-
puses during the 1987-88 school
year, versus an average of $4,104
for public colleges and univer-
sities, the College Board
estimated in August.
Such numbers represent the
seventh straight year in which col-
leges have raised tuition faster
than the inflation rate, a
phenomenon that prompted Ben-
nett to renew his attack on cam-
pus administrators.
“The American people have
made a tremendous financial
commitment to education,’’ Ben-
nett said. ‘‘It’s time we started
getting a much better return on
that investment.”
The ASP is looking for a
Circulation
Director
In all, students, parents, state
legislatures and the federal
government will spend $124
billion on higher education this
year, Bennett figured in his an-
nual back-to-school report on
Aug. 26.
“‘When the cost of tuition is go-
ing up twice as fast as the rate of
inflation,’’ said Bennett
spokesman Loy Miller, ‘‘that’s
too much.”
The accusation infuriates
educators, who said they must
raise tuituin to help compensate
for cuts in the money they get
from states and the federal
government, to pay for long-
delayed building maintenance and
to raise faculty salaries, which
have been almost stagnant since
1972.
An independent study released
by Research Associates of
Washington the first week of
September, moreover, asserted
that, for the money, colleges are
“one of the best buys in the
country.””
The study, which examined the
economics of college financing,
noted public campuses have kept
their own costs of educating
students to increases of just 4 per-
cent, a performance ‘“‘similar to
that of many industries.”
The report concluded public
colleges ‘‘remain as productive as
other sectors’’ of the economy.
A Research Associates
spokesman, who asked not to be
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE —
Reports of the bulimia epidemic
lamong college-age women are in-
laccurate, according to a new
study.
A 1981 survey at one college
reported bulimia affected as
many as 19 percent of the women
lon campus, and at least one
popular magazine suggested that
half the women on campuses suf-
fer from eating disorders, accor-
ding to a report in the Journal of
the American Medical
Association.
However, recent research con-
ducted at the University of Penn-
sylvania indicates that only about
1.3 percent of female students
land 0.1 percent of male students
actually fit the clinical diagnosis
lof bulimia, or binge-purge
syndrome,
named, attributed most of the in-
creases to the need to pay faculty
members more.
“In times of inflation, salaries
don’t keep up,’’ the spokesman
said. ‘‘During periods of low in-
flation, such as now, schools like
to pay back their faculties.””
Nevertheless, 51 percent of the
“What we found is that a very
significant number of people who
respond to these surveys are those
who are interested in eating
behaviors, and that that group
tends to overemphasize,”’ said
David E. Schotte, an assistant
professor of psychology at the
Chicago Medical School.
“For instance, many report
that they fast frequently. On
followup, we found this to mean
for some that they skip breakfast
occasionally.”
“Others characterized ‘an
eating binge as eating a large bag
of potato chips while studying,
while bulimics tend to consume
thousands and thousands of
calories at one time, often in
secret, followed by self-induced
vomiting,” said Schotte, who co-
authored the Journal report with
respondents to the Media General
poll of 1,348 adults thought even
public college tuition was too
high.
But a bigger majority — 72 per-
cent — thought a college educa-
tion was ‘‘more important’’ today
than it ws in the past as an ingre-
dient in personal success. oO
Study claims Bulimia statistics
may have been overinflated
Dr. Albert Stunkard of the
University of Pennsylvania.
Stunkard said the most impor-
tant factor the researchers used to
differentiate between bulimia and
bulimic behavior was whether the
respondents purged their systems
after eating — especially if a lax-
ative was used.
“That’s where the great drop-
off between our survey and others
came.””
College students, because of
dating and status pressures, may
be more susceptible to eating
disorders, according to the
report.
But, said Schotte, ‘‘an occas-|
sional abnormal eating pattern or
an obsession about such patterns|
is not the same thing as a bulimia
epidemic. o
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Court rules to protect student demonstrators
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — In a
decision that could affect students
who protest at private colleges, a
federal appeals court in mid-
September said Hamilton College
in New york must offer judicial
hearings to 12 of its students
before disciplining them for par-
ticipating in a sit-in.
Hamilton had suspended the 12
students who, in the series of
racial tension outbreaks building
on American campuses last fall,
had sat in at a campus building to
try to get college President J.
Martin Caravano to talk to them
about black students’ complaints.
The appeals court decision,
Carovano said Sept. 11, would
give colleges ‘‘less dicretion’”” in
discipling students.
The court, which voted 2-1
favor of the students, said
Hamilton’s disciplinary policy —
written specifically to comply
with a 1969 New York State law,
violated the students’ constitu-
tional rights to due process.
The court said in Albert v.
Carovano that “‘there is littel
doubt that Hamilton would ever
have adopted the new regulations
and the policy reflected therein
had it not been required to do so
by the state.””
The case, said the students’ at-
torney, Michael Krinsky, could be
used as a precedent in other states
if there’s evidence of “‘state in-
fluence or coercion on how to
handle student protest.”
“We successfully argued that
the Constitution’s due process
clause gives the students the right
to a hearing’? before they are
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punished, Krinsky said.
Because they are state agencies,
public schools have long been re-
quired to grant hearings in
disciplinary matters. The
Hamilton case, Krinsky said,
established that right for private
college students if their schools
have links to the state.
“In a broader sense, colleges
must be truly independent of the
state if they want to avoid exten-
ding constituional privileges,”’
Krinsky said.
The court, according to Krin-
sky, also rules the school violated
federal civil rights laws by singl-
ing out black students — and
white students active in civil rights
issues for ‘‘undue
punishment.”
“T consider the Court of Ap-
peals decision a significant step
forward in having Hamilton Col-
lege deal with student protests in a
fair and responsible fashion and
also in having Hamilton pay at-
tention to the serious racial situa-
tion on campus,”’ Krinsky said.
In the dissenting opinion,
Judge Ralph Winter wrote ‘‘the
sweeping opinion in this case sub-
jects to federal judicial review vir-
tually every decision discipling
students for disruption by a
private college or university in the
State of New York.
“Every independent college in
New York will have to look at its
disciplinary procedures,’’
Carovano said.
Krinsky said the problem arose
during the fall, 1986 term, when a
black student received several
death threats, and other black
students said they were verbally
abused by whites.
In response, Hamilton conven-
ed a campus forum on racism,
which, the protesters charged, in-
effectively addressed the pro-
blem. The forum, they said, was
three days. When threatened with
suspension, most left. The 12 who
remained were suspended for 6
months.
In November, 1986, the 12
students sued, claiming Hamilton
denied them due process by
“Every independent college in New
York will have to look at its
disciplinary procedures.’’
— J. Martin Carovano
typical of the school’s insensitivi-
ty to racial and gender issues.
When Carovano then refused
to meet the students to discuss
racism further, 50 students oc-
cupied a campus building for
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against students who are “‘black,
Latin, or gay’’ or supportive of
“the rights of blacks, Latins and
gays and those without old family
ties to Hamilton.””
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Krinsky said the definition of
the hearings now required by the
court will depend of the severity
of the discipline imposed by an
institution.
If suspensions are longer than
10 or 15 days, he explained,
students must get the chance to
reply to testimony, call their own
witnesses, receive specific, written
charges and have the sentence
reviewed by an impartial fact-
finder.
Carovano announced he will
resign from his post, but, accor-
ding to a Hamilton official, his
decision was not influenced by the
court’s ruling.
The appeals court ordered a
lower federal court to consider
the students’ claims. Hamilton
College, meanwhile, is awaiting
approval of its request for a hear-
ing by all seven 2nd U.S. Circuit
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Animal rights activists win
victory over Stanford Univ.
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — Animal rights
activists won a round this summer when
the Santa Clara (Cal.) County Board of
Supervisors ruled Aug. 25 that Stanford
University has to prepare an Environmen-
tal Impact Statement before it can build a
new animal research lab.
The decision, Stanford officials said, ef-
fectively will stall building the lab at least
until 1988.
The decision, rights activists said, will
give them a new weapon — statements
never have been needed before to build
such facilities — in their effort to stop
scientists nationwide from experimenting
on animals.
Their effort centered in northern
California in July and August, where
various humane groups lobbied against
building new facilities at Stanford, the
University of California at San Francisco
and Cal at Berkeley.
The conflict is representative of the
growing national debate about animal
research that swept through many cam-
puses during the 1986-87 school year.
Demonstrators marched at UCLA and
the universities of Minnesota, Utah and
Arizona, among dozens of others, during
the year.
At California-Davis, a group called the
Animal Liberation Front freed turkey
vultures from their lab cages and set fire to
a veterinary laboratory to protest the
school’s use of animals in research.
The Stanford, Berkeley and Cal-San
Francisco rallies suggest protests and civil
disobedience will continue during the
1987-1988 academic year.
Stanford officials hope to build a $17
million facility to house 51,000 rodents us-
ed by campus researchers in scientific ex-
periments. Cal officials want to build a
$14.3 million facility to house rodents, cats
and primates at the Berkeley facility.
At Berkeley, animals now are housed at
22 different sites around the campus, said
Dr. Roy Hendrickson, the director of the
university’s animal office who is oversee-
ing efforts to centralize its animal
facilities.
Hendrickson says a new lab will improve
the animals’ lives.
Spurred by complaints from animal
rights advocates, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture last year fined Berkeley
$12,000 for placing animals in overcrowd-
ed, unsanitary quarters. The USDA man-
dated that $10,000 of the fine should be us-
ed to improve animal facilities.
Berkeley officials responded by hiring
Hendrickson to oversee the improvements.
Now Hendrickson wonders, ‘‘Why are
they opposed to the building when they
said the facilities are so terrible°””
It’s because much campus animal
research is ‘‘stupid and redundant,’’
countered Dr. Elliot Katz of In Defense of
Animals, which opposes the construction
of the Berkeley facility and ultimately
wants to stop campuses from experimen-
ting on animals.
“We find it inhumane that dogs live
their entire lives with no sunlight, fresh air
or exercise,’’ added Lise Giraud, a Stan-
ford employee who opposes the new
animal facility.
Other scientists remain unbowed.
“Research without animals is idealistic but
a bit naive,’’ asserted Dr. Cynthia Gillett
of the University of Minnesota.
Cal-Berkeley spodesman Wallace Ray-
ven added, ‘University researchers are
eager to find new, less complicated and
less costly ways to do research,”’
“If there was convincing evidence that
other research areas were cheaper, they
would be grabbed up.”
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Alcohol ban applies to Univ. Tenn. skyboxes
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — After
a major controversy, the Univer-
sity of Tennessee has decided to
apply its no-drinking-on-campus
rules to nonstudents, too.
On Sept. 1, the school’s athletic
department reversed an earlier
decision, and banned alcohol
from the expensive new stadium
sky boxes it leases to corporations
and alumni.
Earlier this summer, as the lux-
ury stadium boxes were under
construction, Tennessee officials
said patrons would be allowed to
store and drink alcohol in the 42
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sport which requires strength and
endurance.
The Albany crew team races
four- and eight-person boats. The
Jong and narrow boats are design-
ed to optimize speed. Eight-
person boats are usually more
than 60 feet long and only two
feet wide.
The ‘‘brain’’ of each boat is the
coxswain — a person weighing a
mere 100-120 lbs. This person is
responsible for steering and plan-
sky boxes because they are con-
sidered leased property.
Except for a faculty club, they
would be the only places on cam-
pus where people are allowed to
drink liquor, since the Board of
Trustees barred alcohol from the
campus when the state raised its
minumum legal drinking age to
Dds
“There was quite an uproar,’”
Tennessee Student Government
Association President Rusty Gray
said.
“A lot of people felt very
unhappy about it. This is a dry
ning race strategy. The only per-
son facing forward, the coxwain
provides the eyes and ears of the
boat, which is essential for keep-
ing the rowers working together.
Each rower uses both hands to
handle one oar. Their seats slide
back and forth with each stroke.
This allows the rowers to use both
their arms and their legs.
Davenport is developing a
stronger crew program at Albany
and is receiving a great deal of
support from students and
campus. Alcohol is not allowed
on campus. All of a sudden
there’s a designated area for
alcohol, and students felt like that
was unfair.””
“This showed that they listened
to what we had to say,’’ Gray
said. “It was a good decision.”
“The university felt like it was
in its best interest to have consis-
tent policy on alcohol on cam-
pus,” said Tennessee Associate
Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart.
“While the boxes were being
leased,’’ Tennessee Executive
Vice President Joe Johnson said,
administration.
“I’m overwhelmed with the en-
thusiasm the crew team has
received from the school,’’ he
said. ‘‘More than 100 new
students have come out for the
team and the administration has
shown us a great deal of sup-
port,’’ says Davenport.
The team will be competing in
several races this semester in-
cluding the Head of the Charles
Regatta in Boston, one of the
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boxes provide a controlled en-
vironment, and is separate from
the rest of the stadium, we felt
that what ever a person does, as
long as it’s legal and ethical,
should be a decision made by the
person who leases the box.’’
When students objected and
pressured the trustees to review
the issue, Tennessee’s athletic
department decided to ban liquor
from the boxes.
“The questions
students were legitimate,’’
Johnson sid. ‘‘Since the issues
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hin to do although there weren’t
a lot of tests yet,”? added Ford.
raised by
“I don’t mean to be hedging on
this,’’Ford said, “‘but I’d like to
reserve judgement until we see
him tested a little more. I have
every right in believing he’ll do
well.””
Actually Acker’s first game
wearing purple and gold was his
were being raised, we decided
we'd go back to where we were.””
Despite the ban on alcohol, all
42 of the sky boxes — which rent
for $24,000 a year — have been
leased, Barnhart said. “We
haven’t had any cancellations.”
Exempting people who can’t
afford sky boxes, Arnsbarger ad-
ded, would be impractical
because ‘‘a guy going up and
down selling beer would have to
ask everybody for an ID. It’s ob-
vious that would present a
problem. ” oO
first game as a started since high
school.
“T don’t remember being as
nervous before a game as I was
Saturday (in the opener at
Ithaca), Acker said.
“Last year was a long year for
e,’’ he said, refering to his year
away from football. “I’m happy
everytime I walk out on the field
and practice that I have a second
chance.’’ Oo
Great Dane netmen
hurt by key absences
By Christopher Sciria
The Great Dane men’s tennis
team, hampered by the loss of key
players, still finished a respectable
13th out of 23 teams at the
E.C.A.C. Division II-Il] North
Tennis Tournement. Playing with
most of its members away for the
holiday, Bob Lewis’ team put on
a good showing.
In the first singles flight, Tom
Roe lost his first round match,
7-6, 7-6, to Pedro Jimerez.
Albany fared slightly better in se-
cond singles action with Mare
Singer winning his first round
match, 6-0, 6-2, over Keith
Komar of Vermont.
In the second round, however,
he was defeated by Bob Hession
from Rochester, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
The doubles team met with
somewhat more success. In the
first flight the Danes’ Dennis
Traverand Jeff Brennan won in
straight sets 6-0, 6-0. Then they
Proceeded to lose to a duo from
Vermont in three sets, 4-6, 6-4,
6-3.
The second doubles team of
Gordan and Mahl also won their
first match before losing in the se-
cond round to a team from New
Hampshire.
Coach Lewis commented on
the tournement , “‘many players
were home for the holidays and
that hampered our perfor-
mance.‘‘Our best singles players
and our best doubles team
weren’t there,” Lewis added.
“The way the tournement is
structured, you don’t need depth,
it favors a team with two strong
players.’’
Coach Lewis mentioned, for
example, an R.P.I. player who
carried his team to a fourth place
showing.
“It’s a good tournament, you
get to see alot of nice players,””
said Coach Lewis.
Now back at full strength the
Danes face a challenging Siena
squad. There are sure to be some
good match-ups. Oo
TYGAR UPS
The Great Dane tennis team hosted the ECAC Division II-III North
tennis tournament this weekend, finishing 13th out of 23 teams.
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Great Dane spikers lose two, ranked seventh
By Stef McDonald
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Weighing the pros with the cons, the two
losses the Great Dane volleyball team tar-
nished their record with since this past
weekend were well worth it.
“Tt was a growing experience,’’ said
Coach Pat Dwyer. ‘“‘We were missing a
starter and we tried a new line-up. They
went in and did well.”’
Dwyer was referring to the Danes’ se-
cond place finish at the University of
Rochester Tournament this past Friday
and Saturday.
The Danes’, missing sophomore starter
Laura LaRock, tested their new line-up
and defeated St. Lawrence in three games,
and Brockport in two. Then on Saturday
they met Ithaca, who the Danes defeated
earlier this season in the Great Dane
the morning and the Danes lost it in three
games, winning only the second game,
15-11.
Then after crushing Alfred 15-3 and
15-0, rounding Nazareth in two games, it
was onto the finals for a match-up against
the University of Rochester.
After losing the first game 15-5, the
Danes came back and won the final two
games 15-4 and 15-7 to win their bracket
and capture a spot in the finals, where they
met Washington University.
“Everyone was in, we played all of our
subs,’’ said Dwyer. Nonetheless,
Washington University, ranked thirteenth
in the nation before the tournament, and
fourth since, overtook the Danes in three
games.
Despite the loss, the team is ranked first
in the east and severith in the nation. the
strength of the bench was tested, proving
that the Danes can compensate for any
problems they may encounter.
The team also had the chance to empty
their bench on Wednesday’ when they
defeated Siena College in University Gym.
“We didn’t play as well as we should
have,” said captain Chris Hofer. But they
won the match in four ES, and didn’t
have to.
The Dane’s record now bet at 14-2,
not as clean as last year’s record at this
Invitational.
“*We had some problems there,”
mented Dwyer. It was the first match of
Great Dane women run to fourth place
By Jerry L. Kahn
STAFF WRITER
The SUNY Albany women’s cross
country team participated in another
meet Saturday and fared very well.
The final team scoring was: Spr-
ingfield 24, Williams 71, Smith 83,
Albany State 188, Mt. Holyoke
188(tie), Hamilton 238, Fitchburg
251, Siena 267, Vassar 312,
Ambherest 390, and North Adams St.
410. Castleton, Union, Westfield,
and R.P.I. finished out of the
running.
Coach Ron White was impressed.
“T felt (that) our team did quite
well,”’ he said. ‘‘We were minus Bar-
bara Ascher, who was home for the
Jewish holidays, so our team was
much stronger than the results show,
even though I feel that the results are
pretty respectable against a top
notch field.””
White felt the meet helped his
team immensely confidence-wise.
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Revived crew
team ready
to set sail
By Christina Lewis
and Chris Treanor
It’s 6 a.m. and the sun hasn’t
risen yet. While most people are
sleeping, the Albany State crew
team is already up and rowing on
the Hudson River.
This year the crew team is star-
ting off its season with a new
coach, Mike Davenport. He has
previously rowed and coached
crew for the Florida Institute of
Technology (F.1.T.). Davenport’s
assistant coaches are his wife
Tracy, who also rowed for F.1.T.,
and Tom Hall, a 1986 national
light weight rowing champion.
It is not however, just Albany
crew that people are ignorant of,
but the mechgonics of the sport
itself.
According to Davenport,
“Crew is getting from point A to
point B in the fastest teme. You
do it backwards and you do it ina
boat.”
Precision and smoothness are
keys to success in rowing. When
an eight-person crew is working in
perfect unison, each graceful
stroke looks almost effortless.
Despite this this image, crew is
considered a very demanding
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com-
This was especially true for first
place runner Kerry Charron. White
described Charron’s performance.
“She was 20:38 and that was the first
time that she was a number one run-
ner,”’ he said. ‘‘I think (that) it’s a
breakthrough for Kerrie that she can
run top.
‘Rachel Braslow finished next for
the Danes with a time of 20:44 com-
ing along very nicely,’’said White.
“She'll probably be peaking in Oc-
tober as everyone else will, but she’s
beginning to move up in the team.””
White also commented on
Albany’s third place runner. ‘‘Ro-
seanne Smith (21:02) is runing really
solid(ly). I am really impressed with
her this year and I think that she’s
had her breakthrough season. She’s
a co-captain.’”
Mary Lou Webster was the fourth
runner for Albany; hertime was
21:13. Denise Bueno was Albany’s
fifth runner. She came in at 21:35.
The Dane spikers are ranked seventh in the nation.
Kathy Bellantoni was SUNYA’s
sixth place runner. She finished with
a mark of 22:31. Holly Gubernick
came in seventh by finishing with a
time of 22:38. i
The rest of theGreat Dane
finishers were: Lisa Jackel(22:46),
Katie Ferrie(23:53), Amy Bid-
dle(24:29), Darlene Miloaki(25: 30)
and Lisa Franz(25:53).
Coach White described the field as
being‘* a pretty demanding
course.””
Coach White summed up the meet
by saying, ‘‘I’m happy with our early
progress. It is a team that is really
working hard and is extremely
dedicated. They’re getting right
down to business. They’re having
fun while we’re getting down to
business and I think that the best is
yet to come for this team.”
The next meet will be the Hunter
College Invitational at Van Cortland
Park on Sunday. oO
Women booters bounce
back to beat Plattsburgh
By Denise Pisapia
STAFF WRITER
After suffering two losses, one to
Siena (2-0) and one to Cortland
(5-0), the Albany State women’s soc-
cer team came back to defeat Platt-
sburgh (2-0). ”
“We shouldn’t have lost to
Siena,’’ explained coach Sue
Zaloom. ‘‘We made two key
mistakes in the first half and their of-
fense jumped on the opportunity to
score,”
The Danes were underdogs going
into the Cortland game, but despite
the loss, played well. Cortland was
able to score due to a ‘break in
Albany’s defense.
“Cortland is always a tough
team,”’ said Zaloom. ‘‘When we.
play Cortland they psychologically
intimidate us and that affected our
game.”
“{At the Cortland game] we
couldn’t get our feet on the ball and
we had no real plays,’ commented
sophomore Jennifer Smith. This,
however, did not hold true with the
game against Plattsburgh.
The Plattsburgh game was a
“game of revenge,’ Albany had
been beaten the past four years by
Plattsburgh.
The two goals for the women
booters came within the first half.
The first goal was scored by
sophomore striker Carolyn Kurtz,
assisted by captain Mary Dulkis.
Mid-fielder Tammy Hart scored
the second goal, which was also
assisted by Dulkis.
The team dominated the goal at-
tempts, coming up with nearly twice
as many shots as Plattsburgh.
Goalkeeper Kelly Porter had nine
saves throughout the game. ‘‘It was
really important for us fo win,”
commented Zaloom. ‘‘We were alot
more ready for the game than
Plattsburgh.”
“We got everything together, we
were hustling more and beat them to
the ball,”’ added mid-fielder Smith.
According to Zaloom, not only
did Albany’s defense play an impor-
tant part in defending the goal, but
also helped attack with the offense.
“The team was more confident on
the field, the offense pushed the ball
farther ahead. The team used the
whole field and we were able to use
more players,’’ said Zalom.
Joan McNamara was voted MVP
of the game, and the ‘‘110 percent’’
award went to sophomore Tara
Loftus.
The women booters have a 2-2
record to date and are looking
foward to meeting Army next week
in order to avenge the 1-0 loss of last
season. oO
time, but this year the competition is of
another caliber. The teams faced are
Tyearups Stronger, which can only strengthen the
Danes.
Former Penn State
player Brad Acker
joins Dane football
By Kristine Sauer ;
Contributing Editor |
Ask anyone involved with the Albany, State football
program what they think of new comer Brad Acker and
every reply will be similar.
The standard answer, ‘‘Brad, he’s a great guy. The
nicest guy you’d ever want to meet.” |
But there is something even more special about Acker
that you’d expect them to mention right away-- his
athletic ability, which earned him a scholarship to Divi-
sion I Penn State.
Head Coach Bob Ford says that type of athlete has a
certain look and physique about him . He refers to it as
a different plumbing system.
By joining the Great Danes ranks, Acker, a 6-foot-5,
205 Ib. defensive back, becomes the second Division I
transfer to the Danes in as many years.
Last year Pat Ryder, who was to begin a football
career at Syracuse in the fall of 1985, showed up on Bob
Ford’s doorstep and was eagerly welcomed.
Within his first week at Syracuse, Ryder, a quarter-
back, decided playing for the Orangemen wasn’t for
him and left. A year later he wound up in Albany.
Acker, on the other hand, spent three years at Penn
State. After red shirting in his freshman year, Acker
played for special teams as a sophomore. He was
declared academically ineligible to play last year and lost
his scholarship. He then decided to take his three re-
maining years of eligibility and start fresh somewhere
else.
After taking classes at Albany last spring as a continu-
ing studies student, Acker, was accepted into the univer-
sity and decided to play for the Great Danes.
“T wanted a clean start. I’m from the area.’’ said
Acker, a resident of Clifton Park, ‘‘I heard about this
program, everybody always said it was good. I never
heard anything bad about Albany football.”
Acker was a standout defensive back and running
back for Shenendehowa High School. The team won the
State Championship in both Acker’s junior and senior
years. Acker was named All-State and honorable men-
tion All-American in his senior year.
The former Shenendehowa player was also on the
basketball and baseball teams. Acker said football
wasn’t really his favorite sport, but it was the one he ex-
celled at.
“Football always came easiest to mé,’’Acker said.
“After having sat out last year, I realized how much I
do like it.’”
The blonde hair blue eyed player attributes his poor
grades in part to his enjoying the good life a bit too
much in Pennslyvania.
“J got too caught up in it,’’ Acker said of the partying
he did at Penn State. “I learned a lot from the whole
thing. Everything that happened to me was my own
doing.”
The transition from a Division I school to Division IIT
couldn’t have been the easiest thing for the transfer,
but, Acker appears to have a good attitude about it.
“The players and coaches have really been good to
me as a person and as a player,”? Acker said. “‘I feel
comfortable at this school. The classes are smaller. It
was hard to get that one on one feeling at Penn State.’’
“Brad is doing what we ask
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Friday
Brad Acker is happy to
be in a Dane uniform.
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Brockport steals spotlight in defeat of Danes
By Mike Brewster
SPORTS EDITOR
Nobody said anything about search lights.
They said there would be lights. Fine. A night football’
game at Albany. Yes, quite nice.
The lights recently installed at University Field that
shown on Albany’s 13-7 loss to Brockport on Saturday}
night, howéver, may have shown just a bit too intensely.
These lights seemed to intensify holes in the Dane line,
to leave Albany’s previously unexplained weaknesses out
in the open. These were not regular lights. These were}
searching, probing, we think we lost our number eight
ranking in the glare lights. And in the locker room follow-'
ing the shocking upset, the only lights left for Albany}
Head Coach Bob Ford to ponder were lowlights.
“When you hold a team to a touchdown, you should
be in it,’’ said Ford. “I just don’t know about our of-j
fense. We’ve lacked consistency. Pat’s been throwing the
ball well, but we turned it over a couple of times,”’ said
Ford.
Brockport was battling some uphill odds going into,
the contest. In 13 consecutive tries they had failed to
upend Albany, and to finally beat the Danes after Albany
had climbed to number eight in the nation was almost too
much for Golden Eagle quarterback Scott Bowerman to
take.
“This is almost too good to be true,”’ said the junior.
“To beat these guys after they beat Ithaca and got a rank-
ing, and after we lost our first two, is unbelievable.””
Also unbelievable was the speed of Golden Eagle slot-
back Pete White, who ran back a Great Dane kick-off 90
yards for a touchdown. The return followed the Danes
only touchdown of the game, a two yard run by
sophomore Pete Pedro with 9:31 remaining in the first
half, giving the Danes a very ephemeral, as it turned out,
7-3 lead.
“1 don’t even know if anybody got a hand on him,”
said Brockport coach Ed Matejkovic.
The Golden Eagles certainly got their hands on Dane
quarterback Pat Ryder. The sophomore gained 66 yards
on the ground, but after the Eagle defense keyed on the
fullback Pedro, Ryder had to carry the ball more often in-
to the charged up Golden Eagle defense.
Pat Ryder rushed for 63 yards Saturday night. “’™** “°°
**Once we took the fullback away, then they had to use
the quarterback more,’’ said Matejovic. ‘“‘We didn’t
change anything we’ve done.”
Indeed, as rude as Brockport was, ruining a combined
home opener-new lighting system debut for a team with
it’s highest national ranking in ten years, credit must bé
given to it’s defense. The Danes got all of two first downs
in the second half, and never really got in serious scoring
position.
Indeed, as the Dane defense was also playing superbly,
repeatedly forcing Brockport’s punter onto the field, the
game began to remind one of English football, with the
ball seldom finding its way inside either team’s twenty
yard line.
“I did think our defense played well,” said Ford.
“They were out on the field alot. Every time I looked up
my defense was out there again.””
As well as the Brockport defense played, several of the
Danes’ own mistakes did not help them cause two Danes
fumbles, including one that resulted in a Brockport field
goal, ended two possesions in a half where every posses-
sion was important. Perhaps most importantly, however,
was a roughing the kicker penalty on a fourth quarter
Brockport punt, one on which the Danes would have had
good field position.
“That gave us a few extra minutes to kill,’’ said Bower-
man. “‘As long as the clock kept running, we were
happy.””
The Eagles, leading by six points throughout the fourth
quarter, did not kill the clock in the typical fashion of a
college football team. With just over four minutes left
and facing a third down and yardage long inside the Dane
50, the Eagles, instead of simply running the ball and
punting, did something very gutsy. They passed, and their
reward for using some imagination was a first down.
They passed again to convert another third down a
minute later and then ran out the clock.
“T really thought we were going to get the ball back,”’
said Ford. Then passing on that final drive surprised me a
bit. I don’t know if I’d have done the same thing.”
Ryder, the victim of several dropped passes, was 6 of
15 through the air for 53 yards with an interception.
Pedro gained 13 of Albany’s second half yardage total 47
yards. He gained 90 for the game.
Coach Ford, although wondering if his team may have
been a bit flat, knew that this was not the Brockport-type
team he usually plays.
“Ed (Matejkovic) has really turned those kid’s at-
titudes around,”’ said Ford. ‘‘I'don’t know if this team
had more talent than other Brockport teams we’ve faced.
But they certainly approach the game alot differently.
Another Brockport team might have folded at a few
points.”
Concerning his own team, Ford was hesitant to say
they were victims of complacency.
ses | thoueht we might have been a little flat during
warm-ups,”’ he said. “‘After 26 years of coaching is still
tough to tell what the kids are thinking.”’
The Danes face RPI Saturday at 1:30. The Eigueat
routed Siena last week, although Siena still fields a club-
status team. The Danes, again heavily favored, will at-
tempt to up their mark to 3-1. o
Great Dane men harriers sweep Colgate, 15-50
By Steve Silberglied
STAFF WRITER
First it was Paul,
then Allman, and sure the perfect shutout.
the pack of Paul, Allman, and Hash cross-
The word “‘perfect’’ may not be totally
accurate in describing Albany’s 15-50
whitewashing of Colgate in their 20th an-
nual men’s cross country encounter, yet
that score is mathematically the highest
possible margin one team can defeat
another by. This occured when Albany
placed seven runners in front of Colgate’s
top man.
The result is that the Danes record is
now 4-1 after beating a team that Albany
coach Roberto Vives considered, ‘‘the
team I feared the most on our dual meet
schedule at the beginning of our season.”’
Running into a stiff headwind, the
Danes attacked the first mile in 5:00 with a
few Albany runners running together,
alternating the lead. They were led by
senior co-captains Pat Paul and Trevor
Hash, senior Tom Schoenig and
sophomore David Spencer, who ran
alongside one Colgate runner. They were
followed-by Albany freshman Eric Bush,
sophomore Mark Allman, senior Paul
Dietz and Colgate’s Duncan.
The group passed the two mile mark at
10:15, when it became evident that the
Danes had an insurmountable lead.
By thétime the teams entered the swit-
chback at the four mile mark, the Danes
established command of the first seven
Positions.
At this point Schoenig was in first, Bush
second, and Spencer third. the next pack
of Albany runners had just passed the top
Colgate runner.
finally Hash who took turns in breaking
and then passing the Colgate runner in a
matter of 15 seconds.
After that it was only a formality that
Dietz would pass the Colgate barrier to in-
The Dane’s times were outstanding.
Schoenig, the ‘‘runner of the meet,’’ who
had been in fourth much of the race, won
in a time of 27:02. He was followed by
Bush in 27:09 and Spencer at 27:22. Next,
ed together in 27:29, while Dietz was
clocked at 27:40,
The Dane’s first through seventh man
spread was a remarkable 38 seconds,
which is believed to be their best ever G
Albany booters topple Union, 3-0
By Stef McDonald
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Call it the second big upset of the
season for the Great Danes. Just three
weeks after the Albany State football
team upset Ithaca, the Dane men’s soccer
team surprised nationally-ranked Union
in a 3-0 win.
It was a matter of the Danes holding
off the Union Dutchmen in the first half,
and then exploding on offense in the se-
cond half, sparked by a goal by junior
Eric Cifuentes.
What is surprising is the way the Danes
took the game to the Dutchmen. Sparked
by a solid defense, anchored by senior
goalkeeper Marc Cohen, the Danes
denied the Dutchmen any kind of serious
scoring threat. Cohen had to make just
four saves, none with any difficulty.
Nardiello though his team’s ex-
empelary play was partially due to their
horrible performance against Siena last
weekend. They lost, 5-1.
“We were really dispirited after the
Siena experience,” Nardiello told The
Knickerbocker News. ‘‘I told them they
needed to put it away and forget about it
and look ahead. A win like this can help
turn our season around and we can
march on to a winning record.”
Also keying the defense was Mike
Jasmin. His job was to follow Union’s
Dave Tewksbury’s every move.
The ball has to be put in the net,
however, to win a soccer game. Midway
through the second half, neither team
had managed to do this.
At 22:35 into the second half, Ci-
fuentes booted in his first of two goals
when the Union goalie abandoned his
post. In the next six minutes the Danes
finalized the score, putting in the two re-
maining goals.
The Dane’s Scott Goldstein sandwich-
ed a goal between Cifuentes’ tallies at
25:59 off of a corner kick.
“It was nice to score two goals, but
give the credit_to the team,”’ Cifuentes
told The Knickerbocker News. ‘‘It’s a lot
of satisfaction to beat Union.”
Union’s head coach, Dan Magee, told
The Knickerbocker News, ‘‘We didn’t
come to play. But Albany played well.””
TYGAR UPS,
The Dane booters upset Union.
