Albany Student Press, Volume 78, Number 10, 1991 March 8

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ALBANY
STUDENT

VOLUME LXXVIII

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NUMBER 10

Students warned: "Don't get taken
for a ride by car rental companies"

By Tom Murnane
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

The New York Public Interest
Research Group (NYPIRG)
charged over 100 car rental
companies with age
discrimination and gas price
gouging in a report released at a
press conference in front of
Hertz Rent-A-Car on State Street
yesterday.

NYPIRG’s SUNYA Project
Coordinator Doug Forand
accused rental agencies of
“openly ignoring the law which
prohibits businesses from turning
away potential customers solely
on the basis of age.”

“If you wereto gorightin
there (Hertz) and they refused to
rent a car to you because you
weren’t 21 or 25, you could tell
that business they are breaking
the law,” Forand said.

At issue is a state law which
stipulates that a car leasing firm
cannot discriminate against 18-
year-olds in its rental policies,
unless the rental firm is unable to
obtain insurance.

“That’s why we’re not in

violation of the law,” said Dick
Burno from the Hertz
headquarters in New Jersey. “We
are forced to have certain
restrictions in order to maintain
our insurance.”

Blair Horner, NYPIRG’s
Legislative Director and co-
author of the survey which
included several local car rental
firms, disagreed with Burno’s
logic.

“Any company that is as big as
Hertz who says they can’t get
insured, then how do you explain
a company like Americar and
some others who haven’t had a
problem getting insurance?”
Horner asked:

“So while technically they
might not be in violation of the
law, it is clear they are abusing
the loophole to discriminate
young people,” Horner said.

“Tt would be one thing if Hertz
really could not get insurance,
but if Americar can, the others
can as well.”

“Tf 18-year-olds can fight in
the Persian Gulf, they should be
able to rent a car,” Horner added.

Central Council Chair Jeffery
Luks said he was angered by the
lack of attention displayed by top
State officials. “If this problem
involved people over 50 or 60
being prevented from renting a
car, Governor Cuomo would
have been down here, the
Attorney General would be
here...but are they here for the
students and other young
people?” Luks asked. “No,
they’re not, and that’s wrong, it’s
as simple as that,” Luks said.

“They should have been doing
what we’re doing now, to protect
a segment of the population from
age discrimination,” he said.

NYPIRG has also charged
some firms with “charging
exorbitant gas prices,” the report
said.

“Tt is quite clear to us that
consumers must ‘shop smart’ so
they don’t get taken for a ride by
car rental companies,” Forand
said.

“This undercover investigation
documents that consumer abuse
at car rentals are the rule, not the
exception,” Horner said.

World Week X

dim Lukaszewski, Jr. ASP

Senior Gregory Wynnyczuk samples some sushi from
Japanese IELP student Satsuki at the World Week kick-off.

By Jennifer Grant
STAFF WRITER

Students and faculty gathered in the Campus Center Ballroom|
ion Monday to attend the traditional opening celebration of World|
'Week X’s six day long program which included educational, social]
events centered around the theme of Continued on page 6

Safe return of troops dominates campus concern

By Kerri Lewis
NEWS EDITOR

Now that the war in the Gulf is over the
consensus on campus is: get the troops
home and get ‘em home fast.

Though the Coalition to Support the
Troops’ in the Persian Gulf and the
Coalition to End the War in the Gulf
oppose each other politically, members

from both groups expressed concern over
the safety of our troops.

Judy Wolpoff, one of the founding
members of the Coalition to Support the
Troops, said, “It would be good for us (the
Coalition to Support the Troops and the
Coalition to End the War) to work
together. We’re all going for the same
cause: we want to show the people who

Jim Lukaszewski, Jr. ASP

Cliff Robert is the president of the new Coalition to Support the Troops in the Persian Gulf.

fought for us we care for them.”

Cliff Robert, president of the Coalition
to Support the Troops, said although the
group only formed two weeks ago they
have over 100 members.

“Most of the campus supports us,” he
said.

The formation of the group, specifically
whether or not the Student Association
should fund them, was a c®ntroversial
topic at the February 20 Central Council
meeting.

"It wasn’t a joke”, Robert said. “We're
here to do a job. Our hearts are in the
right place.”

“We were upset that a group like the
Coalition to End the War in the Gulf
would exist and there would be nothing to
counteract them,” he said. “Someone like
Chris Holmes (former S.A. transportation
director now in the Gulf) could pick up
the paper and see protests on our
campus,” Robert said.

The group was denied funding but
Robert said other S.A. groups such as th
College Republicans, the Programming
Office and the Educational Affairs Office
offered to donate some money to their
cause.

Robert said some projects the coalition
is working on to show support for our

troops are letter writing campaigns and
care package sendoffs.

When they come home, he said, we
hope to have a ticker tape parade on
campus and several forums where they'll
speak to students about their experiences
in combat.

“Hopefully they’ll be able to say how
nice it was to have students on the
SUNYA campus supporting them and
sending their prayers to them,” he said.

Founding member J,P. Galaris said,
“One of my best friends, Jack Fellows,
has been there since October in the 101st
Airbome and he’s coming home first.”

“T'll be so relieved to have Jack back,”
he said.

But, Rana Halaby, Treasurer of the
Coalition to End the War in the Gulf said,
“This is only the beginning. The troops
are still there and as long as they’re there
there’ll be a lot more fighting.”

“We're thinking of changing the name”,
she said, “to Coalition for Peace in the
Middle East.”

Halaby said, “We have the same goals
(as the Coalition to Support the Troops)
but they differ in terms of political
reasoning.” _

We disagree bout why the troops are

Continued on page 15

z ALBANY STUDENT PRESS _ TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1991

NEWS BRIEFS
WORLD 69

Palestinians sentenced

Jerusalem, Israel
(AP) An Israeli court Wednesday
sentenced two Palestinian teenagers to 30
years in prison each for stabbing a bus
passenger to death.

In the attack on Dec. 2, three
Palestinians from the West Bank boarded a
bus, stabbed to death a Jewish seminary
student and wounded three other
passengers.

Police fatally shot one of the assailants.
The Tel Aviy District Court convicted the
two others Wednesday after they pleaded
guilty to murder and attempted murder,
Israel’s national news agency Itim said.

The attack in the Tel Aviv suburb of
Bnei Brak came during a spate of knifings
by Arabs in revenge for the Temple Mount
riots in Jerusalem in which 17 Palestinians
were killed when police opened fire on
stone-throwers.

Ten Jews have been killed in violent
knife attacks since the Temple Mount riots
on Oct. 8. Eight Palestinians were killed
either while attacking Israelis or in Jewish
revenge attacks on Arabs.

Unrest in Albania

Vienna, Austria
(AP) Police fired warning shots today at
thousands of Albanians who besieged
Tirana’s Embassy Row, and at least 8,000
others reportedly have fled this turbulent
Balkan nation.

The exodus appears to reflect mistrust
of Albanian President Ramiz Alia’s
promise to improve political and economic
conditions in Europe’s poorest nation.

Thousands have tramped overland to
Greece and Yugoslavia since the
Communist leader reversed 46 years of
one-party rule in December and allowed
opposition parties to form following
student demonstrations for democracy.

The exodus to Italy began en masse last
week. Radio Tirana reported about 8,000
Albanians left Wednesday for Italy after
taking over ships in the Adriatic port of
Durres, an official journalist said.

Italian officials have asked the Red
Cross for help in caring for the refugees,
who are being put up in hotels, schools
and camp grounds.

NATION @

Hairspray is banned

Fort Lauderdale,F lorida
(AP) The never-ending quest for “big
hair” created with the help of spray has

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

raised a cloud of controversy as middle
school students smuggle in the contraband
cosmetic.

About a third of Broward County’s 29
middle schools prohibit hair spray on
campus, but students say hard-core users
are still smuggling it in.

“They’re constantly in the bathroom
with hair spray,” said Christine Selvaggi,
a seventh-grader at Seminole Middle
School in Plantation. “Some kids
complained because it leaves a terrible
smell in there. We're really not supposed
to, but everyone brings it in anyway.”

“T think it’s really unfair because, you
know, the teachers at our school, they’re
not really interested in making themselves
up or whatever,” eighth-grader Shelley
Kuntzman said of the ban, which began at
Seminole this school year.

She uses a non-aerosol spray, because
it’s not harmful to the environment. But it
also doesn’t hold as well, so she needs to
spray more often.

Meteor sighted

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(AP) A brilliant fireball with a greenish-
red tail streaked across the sky
Wednesday morning, setting off a flurry
of phone calls, authorities said.

The fireball flashed over southeastern
Pennsylvania shortly after 3 a.m.,
according to Jim Krimm, an air traffic
controller at Philadelphia International
Airport.

Observers in Atlantic Highlands, N.J.,
and Ithaca, N.Y., also reported seeing the

light moving through the sky. Federal
Aviation Administration representatives
said pilots had reported the fireball to
several airports in northern New Jersey.

“This was big,” said New York state
trooper Richard Haas. “I’ve seen shooting
stars before and this was nothing like
that.”

FAA spokeswoman Diane Spitalieri
said pilots who called airports ... said the
bright light was moving back and forth
over New York City. “The sightings were
all visual, rather than by radar, she said.

STATE &

Space station planned
New York
(AP) NASA's space station, first proposed
by President Reagan seven years ago, will
be smaller and less ambitious than the
orbiting outpost originally envisioned,
The New York Times reported Wednesday.

Until last year, the plan called for a 508-
foot, 300-ton space station housing up to
eight astronauts. It was to be placed in
space $37 billion, not including in the
mid-to-late 1990s and would have cost
$37 billion, not including operating
expenses.

That plan was criticized as costly and
defective. Under the new plan, the NASA
would reduce the station’s size to about
300 feet, lower its cost and cut its
astronaut crew in half, The New York

Times said.

Also eliminated are plans to make the
outpost a staging area for voyages to the
moon and Mars.

Cuomo campaigns

Albany
(AP) The signs are all there, Gov. Mario
Cuomo is back on the campaign trail.

The one thing Cuomo doesn’t have at
the moment is an election. He does have
a budget proposal and what he says is the
worst state fiscal crisis since the Great
Depression.

Cuomo’s $51.9 billion spending plan
was meant to deal with what he said was
a potential $6 billion deficit. He’s called
for $4.5 billion in spending reductions
and more than $1.2 billion in higher
taxes.

But after easy re-election in 1986 and
last year, Cuomo has himself a dogfight
and the opponent is “them.”

“Them” includes school officials,
teachers, mayors, motorists, judges and
advocates for the poor, the elderly and
the disabled. Public employees, more
than 7,000 of whom Cuomo is trying to
fire, have marched on his official
residencé and called for his ouster rather
than theirs.

The governor’s budget plan, subject to
review and revamping by the state
Legislature, calls for a 10 percent
reduction in state aid to local schools and
a 50 percent reduction in state aid to
local governments.

Jim Lukaszewski, Jr. ASP

When the lights went out Monday on State Quad around 8 p.m., sophomores Christa Walters (left), Cori Sockloff (middle), and Michelle

Fortunato (right) studied by candlelight.

FREE LISTINGS

FRIDAYMARCH 8

The Tai Club meets from
6:30-8:30pm at 11 Colvin
Street. For more info call
436-5645.

The University Dance
Council is holding their
elections for 1991-1992
officers from 4:30-6:30 on
March 18. Nominations are
being accepted now through
March18. Submit interests

to Tsehaya Smith Broaddus in
the Dance Office#308.
SATURDAY March 9

“SUNDAYMarch 10
The United Jewish
Appeal(UJA) is having its
telethon this Sunday. SA has
donated the phones for the
event.
The Judo Club meets on the
3rd floor of the gym in the
Wrestling room from 6:30-
8:30 pm. For more info. call
442-6818.

MONDAY March 11

Campus Life is sponsoring
“adopt a Concern,” a
Community Service Fair to
be held from 1:00- 4:00 in the
CC Assembly Hall. Everyone
is welcome to stop by! For
more information call Marissa
Catenacci 442- 5566.

Class Council '92 meets at
7pm in CC room 370.
Seniors Dues Colection
begins March 11-15 at the CC
3d floor ticket window,and
also March 18-21. On

Wednesdays-the hours are 5-
7pm. Cash only. Bring SUNY
ID. Call 432-6349.

TUESDAY MARCH 12

Amnesty International
meets every Tuesday at 7pm
in Hu 114. Call Karen at 455-
6629.

The Spirit, the Jewish
Student Newspaper is having
its general interest meeting
at 7:30pm in the Hillel office
CC320.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
The deadline for
nominations for the
President's Undergraduate
Awards is March 18, so get
them in!

Chi Phi Fraternity will be
helping the Muscular
bystrophy Association
sponsor its annual program
"Shamrocks Against
Muscular Dystrophy.”
Brothers will have a table in
the Campus Center where
people can buy a paper
shamrock for $1.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1991 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

DIGESTS

SUNYA students to serve community

The Office of Campus Life is sponsoring an “ Adopt-a-Concerm “|
(Community Service Fair on Monday, March 11, from 1:00-4:00 pm
in the CC Assembly Hall.

“ The Student Activities Office would like to provide an|
opportunity for local charitable agencies and student organizations to}
meet and continue the tradition of service to the Albany community,”
stated Marissa Catenacci in a letter to all student organizations,

“We are encouraging students to ‘“Adopt-a -Concern,’ “and the
community service fair is the kickoff event for this program,
Catenacci said.

Presidents of all student groups, including sororities and]
fraternities, are invited to attend and discuss possible projects and]
activities with representatives from local agencies.

“ We get a lot of phone calls from local organizations who need]
help ( ie.volunteers, etc.. ) and we are working with many campus
groups who are doing fund raisers for some of these groups. “ Jessica|
Casey said. “ This will be sort of a matching service for them,” she
said.

“While we have invited all R.A. ‘s, group leaders and members to}
this fair , we invite everyone to this events so they can get a better}
idea on how each person can help in their community,” said Helen|
Adams of Campus Life. “ Over 20 organizations will be having}
tables for people to visit, “ Adams said.

For more information, call 442-5566.

Used book fair to be held

The Student Association of the School of Information Science and]
Policy will be holding a Used Book Sale on Saturday, March 16 from
10-4 pm in Richardson Hall, room 002, at the junction o

Washington and Western Avenues.

“ Hardcover, paperback, fiction, non-fiction,journals andi
periodicals will be available at prices everyone can afford,” a release
stated.

For more information, call Jennifer Boettcher at 482-4912.

Recycling encouraged on campus

NYPIRG is working with the administration to implement al
recycling education program on the quads.

The program, which will be run in cooperation with the R.A.
(residents assistant) program, is intended to educate campus residents|
about the on-campus recycling efforts which the administration
began on January 24, 1991.

“On campus recycling is something which NYPIRG has worked]
hard to have the administration implement, “ said Dylan Mytchell,
INYPIRG’S Local Board Chair. “ Now that a Program exists, it’s|

important that the students know that it’s there, and know how to use|
it,” he said.

Nominations being accepted now

Nominations for the President's Undergraduate Leadership Awards
for 1991 are being accepted now through March 18.

The awards have been established to recognize undergrduate|
students wgo have made signifigant contributions to advance the
quality of life at the University.

Recipients will have demonstrated a variety of extracurricular]
accomplishments, including substansive leadership and involvement|
in activities that enrich the academic experiences of the University.
Nominations should be in writing and be addressed to Ms. Helen
Adams, Dapartment of Campus Life, CC130, and should bel
accompanied by a description of the student's and /or organization’s|
involvements. For more information, call Helen Adams at 442-5566.

Weekend skirmish on

World Week turns to education

Psychology professor addresses multi-culltural concerns

Jane Chiang UPS

“Less is more," Yale Psychology and African Studies Professor Edmund Gordon said about learning at a lecture
for education in a multicultural world Tuesday in PAC Recital Hall.

By Theo Turque
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

As part of Tuesday’s World
Week agenda, Professor Edmund
Gordon of the Psychology and
African Studies Departments at
Yale University lectured in the
Performing Arts Center how to
reform the education system to
suit our multi-cultural society.

Gordon’s plan is based on
presenting knowledge to people
who- have different belief
systems because they encounter
different experiences.

For example, a child brought
up in a congested city may see
the world differently than a child
raised on a farm.

“Many of-us struggle with a
concept called schema...[We]
must lay down schema around
which learning is developed,”
Gordon said.

“Schema,” Gordon said, “is

derived from cultural
experience.” This is the way we
process information, he said.

Gordon also spoke about inner
city children. Many of their basic
processes are operative, he said,
but they don’t know it. Gordon
said they regulate executive
strategies in everyday life but not
in school. There are frames that
must be examined, he said, with
which they approach things.
Approaching teaching strategies
by using their (the inner city
children) capabilities will make
learning easier, he said.

Gordon said anthropologists
try to make sure what they
observe has relevance to what is
truly going on. People argue one
must base their observations
from the point of view of those
observed, he said.

“Experiencing a phenomenon
sharpens sensitivities to its

meaning,” he emphasized.

“Tt is important that we have
more than a single competence,”
Gordon said. “What is multi-
cultural education?” Gordon
asked. “Is the question for

education, which culture we'll
teach...?”

“Less is more,” he said,
explaining that by concentrating
on a few things at a time people
might learn more.

He also said bits of knowledge
are important in problem solving.
People must see things through
different lenses, they must look
at all perspectives.

“Too often in life we rush to a
decision...and we wonder why it
didn’t work,” Gordon said. “If I
am planning an education for a
person...I’m likely to be a better
teacher. Knowledge is power and
knowledge is a resource.”

Vigil expressed outrage at graffiti

“Where is the Coalition for a Just Community?
Where is President Swygert?” she asked.

By Tom Murnane
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

By Theo Turque

|EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

A scuffle between a male and
fa female on Dutch Quad March 1
has police wondering what really
happened. Both the male and
lfemale told different stories, said
llohn Henighan, assistant director
of Public Safety.

The female was on a pay
Iphone in the tower of Dutch
Quad when three or four males
walked up the stairs near the
phones in, what she called, a
oud and boisterous manner.
“The (female)...allegedly

Henighan sid,

lasked them to shut up,”

Dutch to be investigated

“She claims they went toward|
her to ask for an apology,”
Henighan said. Thinking they
were going to harm her, she|
picked up a chair to defend|
herself, the woman claimed. It]
was knocked ont of her hands|
and two men jumped her,
Henighan said she told police.

However, according to the|
male students’ report, Henighan|
said, the woman picked up al
chair and approached the males.
A male student demanded an
apology and she swung the chair|
at him, which he blocked, they|
said. :

Continued on page 17

A small group of students gathered in front of the
Campus Center last Wednesday to stage a
candlelight vigil.

The vigil, organized by SUNYA''s Hillel, was held
to call attention to the anti-semitic grafitti which
was scrawled on the Hillel door almost two weeks
ago.

“Everytime something like this happens, we just
can’t let it go,” said Roger Hecker, President of the
American-Israeli Political Action Committee
(AIPAC). “When it happens, we reserve the right to
respond, and that’s what we have chosen to do
tonight, in the form of a candlelight vigil."

Each person holding a candle took turns to share
his or her thoughts on the anti-Jewish attacks, for
which no one has claimed responsibility.

“Thank God it was only the door that was
attacked, and not one of us,” Hecker said.

“What angers me is the fact that more people
who should be here are not,” said Samantha Hodes,
the Assistant Affirmative Action Coordinator.

“It’s obvious that whoever did this has no respect
for others,” said Laura Katz, co-chair of the United
Jewish Appeal’s (UJA) SUNYA group. “The lack
of respect begins with the jokes, specifically with
the JAP jokes that we’re always hearing,” Katz
said, “and we have to stop this -- it’s not funny!”.

“First the jokes, then the swastikas, what's
next?,” another candleholder said.

Dieg6é Mufioz, the Promotions Director of the
Student Association (SA) Programming Office said
he was “with you on how you all are feeling right
now after something like that (the grafitti)
happened,” He added, “I hope you all know that I
sincerely want to help in any way I can.”

“When something like this happens, I feel badly
bec4use I care about what happens around here,”
Muifioz said, “and our job is to promote what is
good on this campus. What you are doing here is
really wonderful, and whatever my office can do tc
help, let me know,” he said.

4 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1991

Experts say conflict

By Dr. Sarah Cobb

According to current
mythology, conflict is bad for
relationships; it reduces levels of
intimacy and increases tension,
anger and depression. However,
current research on
communication in couples
suggest that this is not
necessarily the case; in fact,
conflict can be associated to
increases. in relational
satisfaction and levels of
intimacy. conflict operates in
relationships constructively or
destructively, depending on the
communication practices that
regulate the conflict sequence in
which a conflict unfolds.

Cushman (1989) has noted
that there are two distinct
conflict sequences that often
become communicative patterns
couples use to address and
resolve conflicts. In the first
sequence, (1) a member of a
couple makes a complaint to the
other, about the other, using
negative affect; (2) the mate
reacts by defending and/or
counter-complaining; (3) both

members of the couple use
neutral or negative affect with
eachother (signalling a threat to
the relationship itself); (4)
withdrawal from the
“conversation” or escalation of
the conflict is the final stage.

If the conflict escalates,
invariably relational boundaries
are passes and in the process,
ever larger arenas of the
relationship become
incorporated into the conflict.
Thus, as we all know only too
well, a fight about the dishes in
the kitchen sink can become a
fight about money, sex and other
topics that are intrinsically
connected to the self-concepts of
both members of the couple. If
one or both persons withdraw
from the conflicts, the conflict
topic becomes “off limits” to the
couple; when this strategy is
employed often enough, the
“area” of the relationship shrinks
as the couple becomes
surrounded by topics that, like
quicksand, suck them down into
silence and sadness.

The other conflict sequence

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that sets up a couple’s
communication pattern in
couples may in fact not reduce
the frequency of conflicts but has
been shown to increase
relational satisfaction and
intimacy (Menaghan, 1982;
Rusbult, Johnson, & Morrow,
1986a, 1986b). In this sequence,
one member of the couple (1)
raises a “localized” issue or
concer that does not function as
an attack on the self-concept of
the other; (2) dialogue follows in
which an agreement about the
nature of the issue is reached
(using neutral or positive affect);
(3) the relationship is explicitly

discussed in relation to the issue |

or concern; (3) solutions are
explored and alternatives
created; (4) consensus is reached
and a program of action is

implemented. Rather than
threatening the relationship, this
pattern strengthens the

relationships as couples, increase
the “area” of topics that can be
discussed, increase their trust in
eachother and increase the
expression of positive emotion.

Now obviously, all of us
would rather have the latter
conflict sequence, as opposed to
the former. Sadly enough, most
of us (70%) have the former and
few of us (30%) have the latter;
to make matters more difficult,
communication patterns in
which these conflict sequences
unfold are established very early
in relationships and themselves
escaltate through time—-the
relationship continues to
improve or, all too frequently,
moves inexorably toward
dissolution. How can we
establish constructive conflict
sequences early on in
relationships? How can we alter
destructive conflict sequences
are already in place? How can
we learn to “fight” in ways that
enhance our relationships rather
than harm them?

Here are a few suggestions
that may help to establish or
alter communication patters in
which conflict sequences unfold.

—-Localize your complaint:
Using first person, describe your
concern as specific to a

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particular place and time, in a
particular context or situation.
Complaints, all too often are
generalizations: “You are not
helpful,” or “You always
contradict me—you have to be
right!” Put this way, the
complaint is unmanageable from
communication perspective—
neither the complainer nor the
complainee have a way to
respond to eachother in
constructive ways because the
“offense” lacks a specific
context that can be uses to
“make sense” of one another’s
actions. However, complaints
that are situated in context
enable the couple to discuss the
particular feelings, actions and
reactions of a given interaction:
“Yesterday, at Dora’s house, I
had my feeling hurt when you
ignored my viewpoint” or
“When Tom and Flo came for
dinner, I noticed that you did not
do your share of kitchen
chores.” The specifics of a
complaint help couples address
the problem.

—-Externalize your
complaint: Locate the complaint
in a set of circumstances, rather

than in the other person.
“Blaming” or “accusing”
involves attributing bad

intentions to the other and
invariably leads to confrontation
and defensiveness.
Complaints are perhaps most
destructive to the relationship
when they impugn the character
or intentions of the other: “You
are self-centered!” or “You just
don’t want me to have a life of
my Own—-you want to own
me!” When self-concepts are
attacked, persons usually jump
to their own defense (in anger)
or withdraw (in resentment).
However, if complaints focus on
circumstances, conversation and
dialogue are more likely:
“When we are with other people,
J often feel as if you don’t notice
me” or “When you don’t take
care of the checkbook, I get
scared that you are not serious
about our relationship.”

—-Transform “complaint to
“request”: In conversation,
work towards making a request.
What is it that you could ask for
that would give your mate a
chance to address your needs
and be acknowledged for doing
so?
Persons in love relationships are
usually willing to attend to the
needs of the eachother; asking
for help mobilizes the other to
take care of your needs: “When
we have friends for dinner,
would you stay in the kitchen
with me while I cook?” or
Would you try to say something
nice about the way I look—it is
important to me that you think I
look OK.” Requests like these
allow the speaker to take
responsibility for the problem
without blaming the other. This
helps promote dialogue and
Provides a solution for the
problem

—-Set up a work session:
Choose the time and place that
you both would like to discuss
the issue/complaint; creating an

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‘FRIDAY: MARCH'S, 1991 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS” D

Finally, last of Allied POWs are on their way home

Saddam faces mixed bag of troubles in the aftermath of war

By Laura King

(AP) Thirty-five allied prisoners
of war, including 15 Americans,
arrived in Saudi Arabia from
Iraq, on Wednesday, where
Saddam Hussein’s security
forces struggled to put down
rebellions flaring in the north
and south.

The allies also freed the first
Iraqi POWs Wednesday, about
300 out of more than 63,000 held
by coalition forces. They left
northern Saudi Arabia for
Baghdad aboard two planes, the
U.S. military said.

The turmoil in Iraq was
underscored by word from
Baghdad radio that Saddam had
fired his interior minister and
appointed a cousin to the post.

The new minister, Ali Hassan
al-Majid, crushed a rebellion by
Kurdish separatists in the north
two years ago in which
government forces used
chemical weapons. He also
served as governor of Iraq’s
former “19th province”
Kuwait.

Saddam also sought to make
sure his most loyal troops stay
loyal. Baghdad radio said
soldiers of the Republican Guard
would be given''a’$300-a-month
pay raise. It said that was in
recognition of their “heroic
stands in the mother of all

battles.”

In the confrontation with allied
forces, the Republican Guard
was routed.

The allied POWs arrived at an
air base in the Saudi capital,
Riyadh, aboard a chartered Red
Cross plane, and were greeted by
allied Commander Gen. H.
Worman Schwarzkopf and other

(AP) Iraq, which released 10
other allied POWs on Monday,
said the 35 released Wednesday
were the last prisoners it held. If
this is true, that would leave 28
Americans unaccounted for in
the fighting. The Pentagon now
puts the U.S. casualty toll in the
42-day war at 115 dead and 330
wounded.

Fourteen of the Americans
listed as missing were aboard an
‘Air Force AC-130 gun ship that
disappeared Jan. 31 after
radioing a terse “mayday.”
Wreckage of the plane has been
discovered in the Persian Gulf, a
spokesman at the Hurlburt Field,
\Fla., air base said Wednesday.

No official casualty figures
were released by the Baghdad
government, but tens of
thousands of Iraqis were
‘believed killed in the war.

With the war over, Saddam’s
government was busy coping
with the outbreak of rebellion at
home.

The southern Iraqi city of
Basra, where heavy fighting had
been reported, was said to be
back under the control of pro-
Saddam forces Wednesday. But
continuing unrest was reported
lin other southern cities, and in

with the consequences

northern Iraq, Kurdish guerillas
claimed to have seized at least
five towns.

A U.S. military official in
Saudi Arabia, speaking on
condition of anonymity, said
although “active resistance” had
died down in Basra, the situation
remained “fluid” elsewhere in!
the south,

The official said there were|
indications of unrest in Karbala,
a shrine city, and that a unit of|
the pro-Saddam Republican
Guard was moving in.

Kurdish rebels, who have long}
fought for an autonomous
homeland, claimed to havel
seized the provincial capital of|
Erbil, about 80 independently
verify the claim,

Also. Wednesday, — Iraq’s|
government-controlled al-Baath
newspaper carried an article
Signed by Saddam’s son Udai, in|
which he denied reports that he|
was killed in Basra.

President Bush summarized
the lessons of the Persian Gulf|
War Wednesday night in al

Nationally televised address to a|

Joint session of Congress, his|
aides said. : .

officials.

“Everyone of them’s a hero,”
Schwarzkopf said after greeting
the freed POWs. “It’s almost
over.”

Several of the former POWs
were bandaged and one had a
cast on his leg. Another,
identified as an American F-16
pilot, was carried from the plane

USAF Capt. Bob Swain, first to score an air-to-air kill, poses next to his "Wart Hog” in Eastern Saudi Arabia.

(Iraq and U.S. grapple

on a stretcher. The only woman,
U.S. Army Maj. Rhonda L.
Cornum, had both arms
bandaged and in slings. She
smiled as she left the plane.
Cornum’s arms were believed
to be broken, military spokesman
Brig. Gen. Richard I. Neal said.
He said one POW suffered a
broken leg and two had back

AP Laser Photo

injuries.

Cornum, 36, of East Aurora,
N.Y., had been reported missing
over the weekend while on a
search-and-research mission in a
Chinook helicopter. One other
female POW, Army Spc. Melissa
Rathbun-Nealy of Newaygo,
Mich., was released Monday by
Traq.

The freed Americans were
flown to Bahrain later
Wednesday and were to be taken
to the Navy hospital ship USS
Mercy, Neal said.

The POWs were turned over to
the Red Cross in Baghdad on
Tuesday, but high winds and
poor visibility delayed their
departure from Iraq. Wednesday
under the supervision of Red
Cross representatives, they left
their Baghdad hotel and boarded
a bus for the airport. All wore
yellow jumpsuits emblazoned
with the letters PW, and all
appeared in generally good
condition.

In addition to the 15
Americans, the freed captives
included nine Britons, nine
Saudis, an Italian and a Kuwaiti.
The release of the prisoners was

among peace terms laid down by
the victorious allies.

Troops "feel great to be going home"

By Ken Miller

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia —
More than 900 U.S. Army
infantrymen, fresh from Iraq's
Euphrates River Valley, boarded
a C-141 Starlifter at dawn
Thursday and became the first
U.S. troops to head for home.

“T think we took care of it,”
said Spc. Keith West, 21, of
Omaha, Neb. “We’re real

proud.”

Like the rest of his comrades,
bound for Hunter Army Air
Field at Fort Stewart, Ga., West
said there’s a shower back home
with his name on it.

“Gotta get some of this Iraqi
dirt off me,” he said.

The first planeload of U.S.
soldiers to leave Saudi Arabia
was followed quickly by home-
bound fighter pilots, members of
the Fort Bragg-based 82nd
Airborne Division, and others.

‘I’m glad we’re not going
through an unpopular war,” West
said of the expected greeting in
the United States. His unit was at
the front of the attack on Iraqi
Republican Guard positions
along the Euphrates. “I even
talked to some Iraqis, and they
said they wish President Bush
would stay here.”

“It feels great to be going
home,” said Staff Sgt. Francis
Driscoll, 31, of Colorado
Springs, Colo. ‘It feels great to
do what we were sent here to do.

I really believe the American
people supported this operation,
and that feels great.”

‘There is no unfinished
business,” Driscoll said. “I
believe it was a very decisive,
coordinated effort.”

Driscoll is part of the 24th
Infantry’s “Dust Trail,” so named
“because when we were told to
move, we moved.”

He said he expects to be
hugging his wife by 5 p.m.
Friday.

“It happened so quickly,” he
said of his “redeployment.”
“They said, ‘You’re going home
— you’ll be there tomorrow.’ ”

“I paid my dues,” he said.
“T’ve been here long enough.”

Assistant Divisional
Commander Gen. J.T. Scott said
there 900 or so soldiers represent
all divisional units, and will
“resume command” at Fort
Stewart while preparing it for the
formal arrival of those still in
Traq.

“We've got three soldiers from
each company,” Scott said. “The
divisional commander still sits in
the Euphrates River Valley.”

He said he’s thrilled to be
heading home, but is cautious
about the stability of the Middle
East.

“T personally consider Saddam
Hussein and his government to
be unreliablé and untrustworthy,
and therefore we’ve got to keep

our powder dry and our wits
among us,” he said. “There’s
some element of risk that this
could break down. We’ve got to
be sure we take care of our
soldiers.”

Like the grunts flashing
victory signs while climbing
inside the cavernous transport
plane at the Royal Saudi Air
Force Base here, Scott said he
was surprised at the pace of the
ground war.

“T don’t think even the most
optimistic of us expected it to
take 100 hours,” he said, “I think
it was Napoleon who said,
“Better to be lucky than good.’ I
think we were both.”

“T feel good about what we’ve
done,” said 2nd Lt. Alfred
Sullivan, 25, of Montgomery,
Ala. “We accomplished what we
set out to do.”

Recalling his entry into Iraq,
he said the allied coalition troops
were well-received.

“It was like we were going
through a parade,” Sullivan said.
“People were smiling and
waving. The flags ... it was
amazing. We were rolling into
their country and they welcomed
us like that.”

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Coordinating Committee,
expressed his hopes of extending
an awareness of other cultures
beyond SUNYA and into the
homes in dining room table
discussions.

“America is at peace, (while)
Americans are at war...the
battlefield is no longer the
desert; it is our back streets and
living rooms,” he said.

Vice President of Student
Affairs, Mitchel Livingston took
the podium next and said we
must commit ourselves to
creating a just community by
passionately pursuing racial,
religious, economic and political
justice.

University President H. Patrick
Swygert said SUNYA could not
have found a better time to
celebrate world week than the
present.

The University Chorale,
directed by David Janower, then
sang several songs including
John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
Following the opening

celebration, was the Ethnic
Block Party where students and
faculty could mingle and sample
recipes from around the world
such as hamantaschen, okaki and
fataya.

Clothing, jewelry and
handcrafts were sold by many
cultural groups.

SUNYA’s cultural
organizations were well
represented at the block party.
Members answered questions,
handed out pamphlets, leaflets
and other brochures that
explained the goals of their
groups. They all stressed the

need for a multicultural
perspective.
The Albany Academic

Program Abroad was also
present to inform students that
summer study abroad programs
will be held and such programs

can enhance students’ education
and awareness through their first

hand experience of other

cultures.

Japanese IELP student Yasuko wrote names in Japanese calligraphy at
the World Week kick-off in the Campus Center Ballroom Monday.

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Forum explores
African future

By Karen Chow
STAFF WRITER

On Monday, March 4th, the}
African Students Association
presented “Pan-Africanism
(Today”, as part of World Week.
The forum which was held in
ithe Campus Center Assembly
Hail began at 7 p.m..
Over 100 students andi
members attended the forum to}
hear Assistant Professor of the!
‘Department of Africana Studies,
(Dr, Joseph Sarfoh, speak about
Pan African movements.
Sarfoh introduced the
audience to the various Pan-|
African movements and the|
subsequent struggle for Africans!
land African-Americans involved
in these movements.
“The next new order. for Pan-
Africanism will certainly bel
economic”, Sarfoh predicted.
“Actions are being taken to re-
capture the spirit of Pan
Africanism and to move from an|
impoverished and helpless black|
world to a new form”, he said.
And that new form will be}
economics said Sarfoh.
“We also have a much better|
chance today in promoting unity!
than we did before”. “In order|
to achieve success though, wel
need the involvement of the|
younger generation”.
Fredua Ofori-Atta, president|
of the African Students|
Association, agreed. He said)
people should come and learn!
about what’s going on around!
the world.
Ofori-Atta, an advocate of
Pan-Africanism, said “one of the|
objectives to setting up this|
forum was to let students in on
the rich history of Africa and to}
consider teaching courses in|
school on the subject. Pan-
Africanism is a relatively new}
topic on SUNY Albany”, he|
said.
Later on this semester the|
African Students Association
will be holding another forum|
on multi-partisan in Africa. The
guest speaker will be Professor|
‘Adu Boahen, a renowned
African historian from SUNY
Binghamton.
“The forums allow those
interested to listen and talk to
individual speakers and that’s
one way to get involved”, Ofori-
‘Atta said. “He added, we had a
good showing for this forum on)
\Pan-Africanism and we hope|
lpeople will come to the next|
forum in April”. The African
Student’s Association’s will also}
host African Night on April

13th.

Two
weeks
until
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break

Peace activist addresses economic concerns

By Joan Foderingham

On February 26, the Pan Caribbean
Association and the Albany State University
Black Alliance (ASUBA) hosted Jack
O'Dell, International director of the Rainbow
Coalition and former Director of Operation
Push, who spoke on the future of economics
in the African community.

The former professor of Economic History
at Antioch College, began by examining the
state of the African community in terms of
its economic history and current economic
Teality.

The reality, he said, is we are in danger as
a result of a history of colonialism and neo-
colonialism which has deprived us of real
wealth. In this ‘wealth pyramid’ of the U.S.,
10 percent of the population owns 72 percent
of the wealth, leaving the other 90 percent
(made up of a disproportionate share of
African-Americans) to share only 28 percent
he said. This system of impoverishment, he
explained, is rooted in enslavement,
institutional racism, and exploitation.

O'Dell told the audience it was necessary
to examine the context in which the
problems of our (African-American)

community exist in order to attempt to
initiate any changes.

“(We) have to deal with reality to change
it...we can’t survive capitalism without
capital,” O’ Dell said.

The key to our success, he explained is to
institutionalize our wealth, As a group, $175
billion in wages and salaries flow through
the African community per year - the 10th
largest economy in the world.

O'Dell said the African community can
usé its people as resources. He said there are
14 million African-American registered
voters in this country (with a greater
potential of 20 million), O’ Dell said there are
about 7,000 African-American elected
officials.

As a veteran civil rights and peace activist,
O'Dell said a great opportunity exists for
change. He suggested African people form
alliances with those who are fighting for
similar causes such as peace activists and
environmentalists.

He challenged the audience to become
active in the politics of social change to

effect the economics of the African
community. Economics, he said, is the key to
understanding social change.

O'Dell said African people need to adopt a
holistic view of the situation and realize that
economic conditions affect every strata of
their lives.

Therefore, he said, one cannot be
separated from the other.

He recommended that the African
community utilize their servicing power by
providing practical programs, such as food
services, in neighborhoods where young
people can also come to be educated on their
economic future.

According to literature distributed at the
meeting, this quote by Marcus Garvey,
“Education is the medium by which a people
are prepared for the creation of their own
particular civilization and advancement and
glory of their own race,” best summed up the
theme of the evening.

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BEATING THE ODDS

By Brigitte Foland
STAFF WRITER

This Friday, the day which marks the
start of this year’s exhibition baseball
season, simultaneously brings to mind an
Albany man who conquered Polio to
devote his life to the sport.

In 1953, just a year before the polio
vaccine was introduced, Ron Morrison
was diagnosed with the crippling disease.
Since Polio is an infectious viral disease
of the Central Nervous System, the body’s
immunity system degenerates leaving the
victim susceptible to secondary infections.
Persistent sickness which is an inevitable
tesult of Polio brought Morrison’s teenage
dreams of playing professional ball to a
tragic halt.

“T always wanted to be a winner at
whatever I did,” he said. As a teenager
Morrison was equipped with enough drive
to become a successful ball player.

“At 16, I was 6 ft. 3 inches and 145
Ibs,” Morrison reminisced. He added
enthusiastically,”I saw a future in
baseball.” The four years after
Morrison was diagnosed were spent in
and out of hospitals, since at the time,
treatment of the disease was only
symptomatic.

Morrison said he faced his hardships
with a sunny disposition since doctors
claimed he’d get better. But there was
little improvement.

“TJ got back home and realized I wasn’t
going to get any better,” he said, “I felt
misled by the doctors...I decided to get on
with my life.”

In his mid-twenties Morrison
established himself legal guardian of his
two nephews. .He said he encouraged their

i
'

We had the handicap, we were a neighborhood team playing inner city teams,”
won the County American Legion Championship.

interest in baseball by arranging for them
to be bat boys on his friend Charlie
Crow’s team,

“Charlie was a disabled army veteran
who coached a Voorheesville Legion
team,” he said. “Next to my own father he
was the second greatest influence in my
life. He always encouraged me to get
better when i was sick.”

However, Morrison said, he still didn’t
personally want to become involved in
baseball again because the disease had
crushed his dream once before.

“T didn’t want to get back into baseball
- bad memories,” he recalled sadly.

That all changed when Crow passed
away. “In order to keep the baseball
program going, they needed a coach and i
took over the team,” Morrison said.

Morrison's life is now centered around
baseball--because, he said, of his love for
children and the sport itself.

In a soft raspy voice he reflected, “The
first day 1 went back I decided I should
have never left. I felt great.”

Morrison, a lithe 6’3” frame, was folded
comfortably in his chair as he reflected on
what inspired his life-long passion for
baseball.

“When I was a kid I was very
aggressive and competitive,” he recalled.
“I was playing a neighborhood football
game, we were losing, and the ball
deflated. It was flat as a pancake; (there
was) no air in it. I wouldn’t let anyone
quit. I said we are playing the game with
a broken ball. We played until we ended
up winning.”

Shaking his head he added,”I couldn’t

stand to lose.”

Morrison’s competitive nature is
apparent in his coaching: teams under his
direction have dominated the title. For
example, in the mid to late 80’s the North
Albany team won the county, district and
zone playoffs. They held the State title for
three consecutive years.

"The first
day | went
back |
decided |
should
have never
left."

-Coach Ron
Morrison

“We had the handicap, we were a
neighborhood team playing inner city
teams,” he said, “but we had good players
- we also won two years later.” From the
mid seventies through the mid eighties he
coached teams such as Christian Brothers
Academy and Babe Ruth. Both teams had
winning records: CBA accumulated 7

wins for their 12 playing seasons and
Babe Ruth went 12 for 15.
Morrison’s coaching philosophy?
“Winning is a direct result of practice.
There are no secrets,” he said.

Morrison’s charismatic personality keeps
his phone ringing off the hook with old

coach says his door is always open to
visitors.

The telephone, which had been tucked
neatly under Morrison’s left leg, began to

ring and he smiled as if to emphasize his
point.

‘said Coach Ron Morrison. One of the many teams Morrison has coached, the 1988 North Albany team
“EDITORIAL —
Beer, Sex and
Assumptions

If a friend gave you a Corona at a party, chances are
you would get around to drinking it. But would you
still drink it if you knew it was laced with poison?

Of course not.

Or, would you ride in a car with someone who you
knew to be a wreckless and dangerous driver?

Probably not.

Likewise, would you have sex with someone if you
knew they had syphilis or chlamydia? Gonorrhea or
herpes? Or AIDS?

Of course not. But what if you didn't know?

Just like we would expect our friend at the party to
warn us about the lethal Corona, we expect our sexual
partners to warn us it they have (or suspect they have) a
sexually transmittable disease.

Basically then, we assume that our partner is "safe"
because he or she didn't say anything to the contrary.
He or she assumes that they are safe because none of
their previous partners warned them of any health
risks...

As a result, a lot of people are having sex locked into
the assumption of "safety". So, we are told to ask our
partners; to "find out" their sexual history, But how can
we find out something they don't know themselves?
And, consequently, how can they find out our sexual
history when, in fact, we don't know it ourselves?

The answer is to open the beer bottle ourselves. You
may trust your partner, but do you trust all their
previous partners, people you don't even know? Only
you can unlock the "safety" circle. Find out your own
sexual history. Get tested for sexually transmitted
diseases and the HIV (AIDS) virus. If you enjoy casual
Sex, get tested regularly.

There are a few other important reasons why you
should endure the embarrassment of going to a clinic
for a simple blood test. Telling your partner that you
have been tested and are "safe" is a lot less
embarrassing than being asked if you're safe or have
been tested. Not to mention “telling” avoids the anger
and mistrust caused by “asking” such a sensitive
question.

Besides, enduring the brief twinge of a needle is
infinitely easier than enduring the possible loss or
inflicted pain on the one you love, because you were
too embarrassed or fearful of the results to get tested (if
you're avoiding testing because you are afraid of the
results, you should definitely be tested).

Finally, this is your life. You owe it to yourself to get
tested for STDs and HIV. As a citizen of this campus
community you owe it to your friends to get tested.
AIDS is spreading on college campuses across the
nation. It's easier to transmit AIDS to females than to
males and AIDS is becoming one of the leading killers
of women.

Albany County Health Department's Clinic for
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, across from the New
York State Motor Vehicle Department on South Pearl in
Albany, will test you anonymously for most STDs and
the HIV (AIDS) virus free of charge.’ Results for the
HIV test take about seven days—- a little longer for the
STD tests. The clinic can be reached at (518) 447-
4596.

Enjoy your Corona and enjoy your partner, just
remember that no news is not good news, it's
ignorance. "Safe Sex" does not mean "safe" sex.

INTRODUCTION + IRAQI- SPEAK:

COLUMN

Spelling changes defeat purpose

One of the most controversial issues on campus this
year has been the spelling of the word “women”. Much
time at Central Council has been spent on the matter.
Local media has reported on it. Numerous Letters to the
Editor have been written about it. What is the big deal? I
am a woman. I do not object to the spelling of the word
as it stands now. I don’t know many people who do.

Meghan Howard

As a woman, I am aware that many inequalities still
exist. Women do not, on the average, make the same
amount of money that men do. Women are often the
victims of violent crimes, especially rape, because they
are women. Even in ordinary, every day circumstances,
seemingly petty remarks illustrate that some men still do
not take women seriously as their equals.

These are serious problems in our society today.
Solutions must be found so that our daughters will not
have to deal with the same things we do now. My
question is this: will changing the mere spelling of the
word woman bring about the necessary changes? Will
society suddenly change their views about women,
because the word is different? I think not,

As I see it, the progress toward the ideal has in fact
been hurt by the uproar. People who were once moderate
about the issue, are now militantly against the whole
idea. The ‘commotion about something so trivial as the
spelling of a word, makes a lot of people think that the
entire: women’s issues movement is ridiculous. I must
agree with them. Concentrating so much time and effort
on this is ridiculous. There are so many other, vastly

more important concerns that deserve our attention, than -

how our gender should be spelled. Fighting over it makes
all women look bad.

The main issue here is being overlooked, Words do not
matter. Isn't the kind of people we are much more
important than the nouns and adjectives with which we
are labeled?

Immediately, the first complaint about my previous
statement will be, “Get real. This is reality, Stop being so
idealistic." OK, it is a bit idealistic, I'l admit. Idealism, in
a situation like this, seems to me to be the only way to.
start remedying it.

Equality of the sexes is natural. However, if someone
denies this to me, what should be my response? Change
my name and hope that they'll treat me as an équal under
another name? Again, I think not. My response would be
to prove it to them. Show society that I'm worthy of

equality. Prove that I can be just as good (if not better)
than anyone else.

A complaint with that statement could be something
along the lines of: "If equality is natural, then why do I
have to prove it?” Good point. But unfortunately, our
society puts women in the place where they have to
prove it. One should not take this as an offense, but as a
challenge, to earn your own place, and possibly better
yourself in the process. Showing what you are inside can
be risky, but if you believe that you are truly equal to
men, what is the problem?

"If you allow someone to
belittle you because of the
labels applied to you, then
you are the main party to

your own destruction."

When I was little, my mother always told me that 1
could acheive anything I wanted. My brother was told the
same thing, about himself as well as females. This
attitude was reinforced in us by my mother herself. Her
example of not letting anything, much less a man's
attitude towards her, stop her from acheiving what she
wanted showed me that it is possible. I try to live up to
her example in my own life. I mention her, to illustrate
that it can be done.

Eleanor Roosevelt once said,-'No one can make you

‘feel inferior without your consent." This is absolutely

true. Gender will be only be a handicap if you let it.
People will take every opportunity to step all over you, if
they are allowed to. Standing up for who and what you
are is part of proving yourself. If you allow someone to
belittle you because of the labels applied to you, then you
are the main party to your own destruction.

Not for one minutg do I discount the difficulties that
women face. But a better approach in dealing with them
would be more effective in making the world a better
place for both sexes.

The writer is the Managing Editor of the Albany
Student Press

Tere

cee es —

Banks give them away, UAS has big
ugly stone-age rotary ones, and
they’re the leading band in todays ska
revival. The Toasters have been
playing ska on the lower east side of
Manhattan since 1985, but ska music
goes back much farther than that.

Noah W ildman

Ska, the precursor of reggae, was
the happy accident of Jamaican
musicians in the 50’s and 60’s when
they added their own calypso.edge
and ‘rock-steady’ beat to R’n’B. It was
quick, jumpy and horn-heavy dance
music about having a good time. As
Jamaicans immigrated to England, the
young Jamaican ‘Rudeboys’ found
friends with the working class
Skinheads, because they both shared
the same position in British society (as
well as the fact they would fight if
threatened). Their music of choice
was reggae and soul, as well as ska.
Integrated bands (which is why “2-
tone” was the name of the label these
bands were on) popped up in the late
70’s and brought ska to the top of the
charts in Britain, lead by bands such
as Madness and the Specials. After
‘81, the Skinheads, victims of the
press, went bigger and stupider ways
and the remaining Rudies were swept
up in the expanding Rastafarian
movement. Ska seemed to all but
disappear, but small pockets of this
off-beat rhythm have been popping
up all over the globe since the mid-
80s.

Rob ‘Bucket’ Hingley is the lead
vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, founder
of Moon Records (the NYC ska label),
and basically the axis of all things ska
on the East Coast. He’s a super-nice
guy from England and he fixes his
own tea, as the interviewer soon
found out.

How has the reaction to the new album,
This Gun for Hire, been?

Some people have been surprised,
but generally it has been very
favorable. I don’t think too many
people have been upset by the fact we
served up something that which is not
a traditional Toasters affair.
Essentially, what we tried to do with
this record is to try to stop beating our
heads against the wall as far as majors
are concerned and serve up
something they could identify with a
bit. That’s been successful since we've
been signed to CBS for distribution in
Europe. Hopefully, that will allow us
to go back with the next record and
get back to the basics. The next album
will have a bit more of an attacking
edge to it, more in the vein of the Ska-

How has the reaction been compared to
the last album, Thrill Me Up?

Better, to tell you the truth. Since
Thrill Me Up came out on Celluloid, it
kind of disappeared (Celluloid was a
small NY label that went out of
business soon after releasing that
album). A lot of major newspapers
have given us positive reviews; the

Chicago Tribune gave us three cae:
Theres a lot of people coming on
board the ska-train that were
previously looking down their noses
at it a little, so I think this new record
has done a lot to just make people
realize that there is validity to what's
happening. Its not just a bunch of
kids out playing some faddish music.

What are your influences, ska and reggae
in particular?

General influences are R’n’B,
Motown, all that kind of soul, Stax
stuff from the early sixties. As far as
reggae is concerned, Id definitely say
Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff,
Dave and Ansil Collins, all the Trojan
bands (Trojan was.a big ska, reggae,
bluebeat label in Jamaica). Also
people like Joe Jackson (a buddy of
Bucket who produced Thrill Me Up, as
well as the Toasters first effort), Elvis
Costello, people like that.

What's up with the plans for KRS-1 of
Boogie Down Productions remixing your
next single?

He really liked the ‘Rosanne’ cut we
did). He picked upon that and he’s
negotiating right now for this new
record label he’s trying to set up. As
of now, I don’t know how it’s going to
work — the ocesy. figures he’s
putting on it and we're putting on it
are a bit far apart — we think he
should pay us, he thinks we should
pay him.

Has the latest releases on Moon Records
been released on vinyl?

Yes, but only in Europe, that’s one
of the problems we're dealing with
right now (he interjects at this point
that’s he’s picking up the phone, and
walking into the kitchen to make tea
— its a wee bit after noon). My view
is that there’s still a big market for
vinyl among recidivists and hold-
outs, as well as the fact that it comes

SSS NTENS

down in simple | economic terms —
some of the kids who listen to the
music can’t afford $15 CDs, while
vinyl doesn’t have to be anywhere
near that. I think the music industry
has really engineered it to artificially
force the demise of vinyl simply
because they could make CDs for the
same amount of money and charge
more for them.

Is there a ska scene in NYC now?

It kind of fluctuates, to tell you the
truth. Right now, I think it’s in one of
its down phases. I know there are 2
or 3 new bands that are just popping
up, so that really has the affect of
giving it a bit of a shot ingthe arm. We
just did a show at the Marquee for 400
people and at the Special Beat Show
(the Toasters opened up for the
Special Beat, which was a band
composed of various members of 2-
tone-era ska bands, and other recent
ska musicians) at the Ritz, there were
3000 tickets sold, so I think you have
to point towards the existence of
something.

Do you think theres a scene in Europe
now?

Definitely. Not in England, though,
it’s the weakest out of most of the
European countries.

Yes, theres a lot going on in Wales,
France, Germany...

Germany’s like the fulcrum of the
European scene right now, it’s really

niees A lot of the most important
bands in Europe are from Germany.

Nicky Welsh of Bad Manners called the
Special Beat a “Las Vegas reunion show”
in Watch Your Step(a NYC Ska-zine).
What do you say?

I think Nick Welsh talks out of his
asshole. I think that guy has a rep for
slagging people off. He should look in
the mirror a little bit before he casts
dirt on people. Yes, in a sense it was a
reunion tour, but having gone
through it and playing 26 shows with
them, you just have to point to the
power of the songs themselves rather
than who are in the band. I think Mr.
Welsh is suffering from a bit of a bad
case of sour grapes, certainly in terms
of the fact that the Special Beat were
able to sell tickets that Bad Manners
could only dream about.

Will ska ever rise to the top of the charts?

Well, there’s a possibility of it, but
in order for that to happen,
particularly over here, there’s going to
have to be major label interest. If
major labels get interested, they could
basically turn Mongolian Balalaika
music into a household favorite.
Frankly, I think the industry seems
surprised at just how many tickets the
Special Beat sold. They were selling
out 1000, 1500 seat halls regularly—
5000 seats in San Francisco — so that
points to something. But without
MTY, major label distributing and the
whole works, it’s not going to get
much further than it is now.

You're going to be at Pauly’s Hotel on
March 9th?
That's right.

Is that show going to be 21 and over?

Thear it is right now. I’m going to
try and lean on the guys to do 18 and
over. What I would suggest is
officially or on an unofficial basis a
couple guys from the radio station,
WCDB, should get people to call the
club and get on the ground floor of
consumer advocacy, because I think if
the barman realizes that he’s going to
have a packed house he may be able
to do something.

You heard it here first, so get on up
off of that thang and give Pauly’s a
ring. The Toaster’s new release, This
Gun for Hire, is out now. There's a vast
amount of ska out there for people
who dig stuff like reggae, but can’t
groove to the religious messages or
the slow beats. Put on the old
stompin’ shoes and get down to
Pauly’s this Saturday night — the ska-
train is passing through Albany!

2a Aspects

March 8,1991

The brothers of
ALPHA TAU OMEGA
would like to congratulate
the members of the
Gamma Pledge Class
Spring '91

DAMIAN, BONKOWSKI
LONNIE CUSACK
ANDREW DALTON.
MIKE FERRANTI
PAUL FITZPARTICK
ROB FOLEY
BRIAN, FLYNN
KEVIN, OCONNOR,
ERIC PROSER,
FRANK PUGLIESE
ROB RASKO
JAY ROSENSWEIG
EDWIN, SALEM
DANIEL VARGHESE

CLASS OF
1992

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left to get involved!
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Griselda at 438-2826.

ExASPerated

When | was home over Christmas, there was one particular day
that | was arguing viciously with my brother. My mom came into
the den and asked me to stop cursing so much, because it was
annoying her sensibilities. "Where do you get this language
from? The kids at school?" She shook her head sadly.

| just stared at her incredulously. Where did | learn it from?
Where did | learn it from?!?! | learned it from THEM, that's who.

My parents must have the filthiest mouths in all creation, and
when they get mad, words I've never heard before come out. So
it's only natural I'm going to curse -- in fact, it's more than natural.
It's psychological, or sociological -- learning theory, imitation. |
have science on my side. Not only that, | have heredity.

My father curses at the drop of a hat, or wrench, or glass of milk.
He knocks over the dog's water dish and it's
#E%$(*&(%$@#!@#%"*&" for ten minutes straight. The cable
goes out on the TV, the tap water comes out boiling hot, | buy the
toothpaste in the tube instead of the pump (TRUE story, about ten
years ago -- he cursed for 15 minutes while | huddled miserably
under my bed), the man strings together every foul word some
enterprising young street kid ever devised since the dawn of
Western civilization (and who is it that says which is a curse, or a
bad word, or blasphemous, anyway? Is there like this Profanity
Forum that meets annually or something?). He's like the father in
A Christmas Story. My siblings and | would brag to the
neighborhood kids that our dad.knew "every curse in the book,
nyahh, nyahh," then he'd come out all pissed off at something and
prove that we weren't just idle boasters. Every word | learned --
"shit," "dammit," on and on, | got from him. But / was the one that
had to chew soap for showing off my new vocabulary (just like
Ralphie did in the aforementioned flick).

Actually, there was one word my mom taught me. See, even
though she hasn't lived in Brooklyn in over 30 years she has this
INCREDIBLE accent, like saying “filum” for film and “earl" for oil.
When | was younger, she used to call my father a "bastit" if they
were fighting. So naturally, | assumed that this was another
goodie | could bestow on my playmates. | thought | could sneak it
into our everyday conversation; you know, call whomever | was
fighting with that day a jerk, a mashed-potato head, a bastit. Of
course, no one knew what the hell | was saying, and it wasn't until
eighth grade that | found out that it was really "bastard." But | still
had to eat Dial when Mom heard me drop something on my foot
and yell, "Ow, ya bastit!" Hey -- technically, | was innocent.

And remember when it was cool to curse, when you were 8 or
9? You'd drop one in every sentence, whether it needed it or not:
"Hey, Tracy, look at this damn dog! ‘It's fuckin’ cute!" Or, "Let's
play House, man, shit! Who's backyard do ya wanna fuckin’
use?" It was really obnoxious, but it felt kinda neat, like you were
all grown up like Mom or Dad. You'd curse in the playground at
recess, on the school bus, while you were riding your bike to the
local deli. Younger kids would look up at you in awe, reverence,
or with that "I'm tell-iiinnnng " look. You'd curse and curse like
nobody's business, and then suddenly your next-door neighbor
would lean out of her window and scream, "(Insert full name
here)! I'm going to call your mother and inform her what language
you're using!" Then you'd deny everything and be forced to eat
soap (or was my mother the only one to utilize that primitive form
of punishment?). But you still cursed anyway, because it felt cool.

That's where my gutter-mouth evolved from. | don't think it's
cool anymore (but I'll tell:ya, sometimes it really‘helps to swear
your face off), but now | can't stop. Just like my parents. And
think about it. Unless your parents were the most incredibly
patient people on the planet, they cursed within your earshot. You
learned your first basic cuss words from them, enough to build a
foundation for a nice, solid profane vocabulary. And don't forget
to throw that at them the next time they want to know where you
learned all those horrid words from.

Avéa U piedmor>

Mar. 8, 1991

3a Aspects

l. A. Story: the Good, the Bad, the Ridiculous

The title of Steve Martin’s latest,
L.A. Story , pretty much says it all.
This movie is about Los Angeles: the
good, the bad, and the utterly
ridiculous.

Adam Meyer

Actor/screenwriter Martin plays
Harris Telemacher, a buffoonish
weatherman at the local t.v. station. At
a lunch date with some friends,
Harris is introduced to British
journalist Sara (Victoria Tennant, the
real life Mrs. Martin). Harris’
girlfriend Trudi (Marilu Henner)
thinks Sara is obnoxious and crude
because she doesn’t follow the L.A.
etiquette, but he is entranced by
Sara’s straightforward manner, and
finds himself in love with her.

The complication is that Sara is
currently trying to patch things up
with her ex-husband. Harris,
meanwhile, begins to date the blond,
beautiful, bubbly Sandee (Sarah
Jessica Parker), who's young enough
to be his daughter and speaks a
language only barely resembling
English.

While driving on the freeway one
night, Harris’ car breaks down, and
he has his first of several encounters
with a supernatural traffic sign. This

qn ee ee ee

is where L.A. Story becomes a sort of
urban Field of Dreams ; instead of a
corn field in Iowa, there’s smog and
gridlock.

The L.A. jokes fly fast and furious.
In the midst of an earthquake, no one
even blinks. Martin gets in his car to
drive two houses away. The weather
reports are taped in advance, because
in L.A., the weather never changes.
And so on.

Henner with her daily

They Said A Little Too
Much

It’s getting tougher to do the blithe
little romantic comedies that were so
popular in the 50’s and 60’s.
Nowadays, to get a picture made, it
has to have some sort of gimmick,
even at the expense of the finished
product. This, unfortunately, is the
eventual downfall of He Said, She Said,
which, although a watchable and
often quite enjoyable film,
nevertheless ends up betrayed by its
own concept.

Ed Vaira

That concept is to tell the story of
the romantic travails of two dueling
newspaper columnists, Dan (Kevin
Bacon) and Lorrie (Elizabeth Perkins),
from each other’s perspective. The
story opens as the two, television
personalities on a Baltimore TV news
show, are dueling over a topic when
Lorrie beans Dan on the head with a
coffee cup and storms off the set. We
then see the following three years of
their relationship from his
perspective. Dan, being a somewhat
chauvanistic but basically decent
fellow whose main flaw is fear of
commitment (Boy, where have we
heard this before?!!), of course feels
dumbstruck and wonders what
happens.

After we spend an hour sorting out
his story, we see the the exact same
thing told for another hour from
Lorrie’s perspective. Lorrie,
portrayed as much_ more
understanding and less flighty in her
own than in Dan’s story, feels out-of-
sorts in the relationship and is
bothered by Dan’s cavalier attitude
toward it. Added to that, she keeps

on having fantasies of Dan discussing

his past sex life with his old girlfriend !

Linda (a shamefully under-used
Sharon Stone).

The twin perspective angle
eventually wears the viewer down.
There isn’t much difference the
second time around and the main
benefit of seeing the feminine half is
the increased presence of Lorrie’s
friend Matt, played by a wonderful
comedic actor named Anthony

(Betsy's Wedding) LaPaglia, who is 1

warm and touching in his few scenes.
Otherwise, Brian Hohlfield’s script
basically covers what it needs to in
the first half and the second merely
seems like overkill, although there are
some clever changes in the repeated
scenes. This comes largely to the
credit of twin directors Ken (“He

Said”) Kwapis and Marisa (“She 1

Said”) Silver. Both have a very
relaxed style and handle their
respective parts well.

However, the most credit for what
success this film achieves must go to
Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins.
The litmus test for any romantic
comedy has to be the believability of
the two characters together, and both
Bacon and Perkins pass with flying
colors. Both seem very natural and
comfortable with each other and add
tremendously to the film. It is a
shame that the hard work of so many
people ends up betrayed by a minor

gimmick.

2

Aahh, Rodeo Drive!...Steve Martin helps girlfrie

Steve Martin proves himself the
ablest comic actor around. On the one
hand, he can do physical comedy
with the best of them; skating through
an art museum, he brings to mind his
early performances in movies like The
Jerk. But martin shows he can be
more subtle and sophisticated than
that. His screenplay, containing
repeated allusions to Shakespeare, is
fresh, witty, and literate.

$

JM
nd Marilu
shopping in L.A. Story

The bars are over-crowded, a movie at

Crossgate’s is $6.75, The Madison is

| showing that God-awtul Julia Robert's flick

tor the fifth week in a row and Twin Peaks
has been cancelled. But fear not —

thanks to modern technology, an evening's

1 entertainment can be easily obtained for

only a few dollars. Here's just a

1 smattering of the vast array of cinematic

1 wonder available at your local video store.

1

i]

1 DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER (1990)

' CAST: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia,

! William Atherton

! DIR: Renny Harlin

t It may be just a cleverly disguised

“Airport” movie for the nineties, but this

Sequel to the 1988 smash hit is a white-

1 knuckled, relentless adventure featuring

stunt after fiery stunt. Once again Willis

I plays the unlucky cop caught in the wrong

I place at the wrong time (Christmas); this

I time battling a squad of international

V terrorists who have electronically seized

" control of the Dulles National Airport, in

the middle of a ragging snow storm. The

plot, of course, is about as far fetched as

the possibility of a new Milli Vanilli

y album, but who cares when youyge having

1 fun. Coincidences and similarities to the

1 original serve as comic fodder. RATING:3

1 ASPS

1

' REPOSSESSED (1990)
CAST: Linda Blair, Leslie Nielson, Ned
yey
1 DIR: Bob Logan
1 Amateurish offering spends too much
itime emulating Airplane! to be
| remembered as anything but. Still, there
I are humorous moments in this parody of
I the Exorcist, with Linda Blair reprising her
I role as the vomit-belching demon. When
' Blair (mow a home-maker in a sit-com style
! family) undergoes the evil metamorphosis
a second time, an exploitive televangelist (
Ned Beatty) seeks to air her exorcism to
create revenues for his ministry. Like
1 Airplane! there is a barrage of sight gags,
1 Satires, and complete nonsense. Among
1 the funniest bits are the guest appearances
1 by pro-wrestling announcers Jesse “The

i delicate

Sarah Jessica Parker is the movie’s
most pleasant surprise. It would have
been all too easy for her to be just
another valley girl, but she makes
SanDeE a person in spite of the
cliches. Whenever L.A. Story appears
to be on the verge of falling into over-
sentimentality, she is usually there to
rescue it with her good comic timing
and boundless energy.

There are other good supporting
performances, notably Sam
McMurray as a film critic who rates
everything on a scale of one to ten,
and Rick Moranis as a grave digger.
Chevy Chase is also on hand, but
adds nothing in his role as an
overpaid actor. In the end, it’s up to
Steve Martin to keep the movie on
track, and ninety-percent of the time
he’s an able pilot.

The last few minutes of L.A. Story
move beyond cute fantasy into
saccharine sweetness, ruining the
balance Martin has
maintained all along. He tries to
redeem himself with a few last minute
gags, but they are as flat as
surfboards. Nevertheless, it’s a
gloriously fun ride.

a|2

flarence't Home Video Piek$

Body” Ventura and Mean Gene Okerland,
whom provide mirthful play-by-play
commentary of the final showdown
between Blair and Father Mayii (Nielson).
It’s mindless, but it’s fun. RATING: 2.5
ASPS

THE CHURCH (1990)
CAST: Hugh Quarshire,
Challapan, Asia Argentio
DIR: Michele Soavi

Very confusing tale of a modern-day
cathedral undergoing a restoration of sorts
when an overly curious researcher trips a
booby trap installed by ancient Teutonic
knights. What follows is a release of
unbrideled evil that manifests itself in
many forms, fantasies and facets. Italian
horror auteur, Dario Argentino (writer and
producer of the Church) dangles, and then
mangles so many sub-plots before us that
it’s easy to lose track of who is who (and
where) fasy. Although it’s very
inconsistent at times and haphazardly
paced, there’s still enough creepy denizens
and horrifying sequences to merit a look
for die-hard fans of Argentino. RATING: 2
ASPS

Feodor

THE FIRST POWER (1990)
CAST: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy
Griffiths, Jeff Kober
DIR: Robert Resnikoff
When police detective Robert Logan
sent an occult serial-killer to the gas
chamber, he thought the case was closed.
But when he starts hearing cryptic voices
and seeing vagrants levitating ten stories
high, he believes that the killer’s spirit is
possessing other’s bodies to exact revenge.
Diseased with some of the worst dialogue
and acting in recent memory, The First
Power contains just about every horror-
suspense cliche ever created. Lou
Diamond Phillips is so nauseating as the
hot-tempered, maverick cop, you'll find
yourself rooting for the villain — that is
until you discover’ a better ally: the fast-
foward button on your remote control.
RATING: No ASPS

- Clarenee Eckerson

March 8, 1991

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Crossgates (456-5678)

Spectrum (449-8995)
Awakenings, 6:45& 9:25.
Hamlet, 6:50 & 9:40.

The Grifters, 7:00 & 9:35.
Alice, 7:10 & 9:30.

Madison Theater (489-5431)
Sleeping with the Enemy, 7:00 & 9:00.

University Cinemas
Mo' Better Blues, Thurs. 7:30 & 10:00, Fri. & Sat. at 7:30, 10:00 & 12:00.

NYS Writers Institute Film Series (free, at Page Hall)
Memories of Underdevelopment, Fri. 8 at 7:30.

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African-American Writers Collective, Sun. 10 at 7:00.

QE2 (434-2023) :
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Thomas, A Fire, Thurs. 14; China White, Sun. 17.

Knickerbocker Arena (487-2000)
Saratoga Winners (783-1010)

Palace Theatre (465-3333)
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Sat. 9 at 8:00.

RPI Field House (276-6262)
theater theater theater theater

Capital Repertory Company (462-4534)
Laughing Wild, Feb. 8- March 10; Tues.- Fri. at 8:00, Sat. at 4:30 & 8:30, Sun.
at 2:30,

Empire State Performing Arts Center at the Egg,
Steffan Grossman & Steve Katz in Concert, Sat. 9 at 8:00, 473-1845.
Othello, the Moor of Venice, March 16-27, 8:00, 442-5373.

University Performing Arts Center (442-3995)

University-Community Symphonice Wind Ensemble and University Jazz
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Anton and Olga, March 13-16 at 8:00 in the Arena Theatre.

Twentieth Century Perspectives, Fri. 15 at 8:00 in the Recital Hall.

Albany Civic Theater (462-1297)
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LETTERS

Coverage is insufficient

To the Editor:

It is 1991. The Greek system has existed on the
University at Albany campus since 1985. 25% of the
student body is involved, in some capacity, in a Greek
organization. We have yet to receive the recognition we
deserve by this, our student newspaper. The Greeks have
accomplished a lot on this campus, but regardless of the
size of a Greek hosted event, it seems to get pushed aside
or ignored by the Editors of the ASP.

In the issue of February 26, 1991 two articles appeared
about Greek activities. The first article, entitled “Report
Commends Greek Service,” received an all too well
known “continued on page...” and was exiled to the back
of the issue. This was an important story. A year ago,
during an all-Greek council meeting, Vice President
Mitchel Livingston issued a statement of criteria for the
Greek system to exist on this campus. The report issued
by Jessica Casey showed that the Greeks surpassed the
goals expected of them. This is of great importance. The
Greeks take pride in Albany and have organized many
activities to raise money and support for charities in the
area. These efforts should be commended, not
downplayed.

The second article was about Greeks Take It Off II.
The sad but true facts about our University is that there is
very little spirit here. Although enjoyable and well
meaning, the social programs for the student body are
minimal. This event not only raised a four digit sum for
the American Cancer Society, but was attended by over
1100 people. There are very few events that can claim

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these numbers.

Greek Take It Off II celebrated the strength of the
Greek system, but you never would have known that
from the article. The article that was written
misrepresented the event. Many of the quotes printed
were taken out of context which seemed to belittle the
event and the members of the Greek system. Another
quote made it seem that the event and the host Fraternity
became bigger than the entire Greek system, which was
neither the intent nor the instance.

The Greek system should be commended on its growth
and ingenuity. It is the Greeks that bring spirit to this
campus. It is about time that we received the respect we
deserve.

Howie Wolpoff
Tau Epsilon Phi

Animals should go home

To the Editor:

I would like to applaud the editorial “Let the Bears go
home where they belong” for its recognition of the
cruelty inflicted upon and suffered by the Animals of the
Moscow Circus specifically, and circus animals in
general. I can remember attending the Barnum and
Bailey circus in NYC many years ago, sitting in a
saddened and disgusted state as I watched the humiliating
and senseless acts being performed by the animals. I
vowed never to subject any children I may have to such
pointless and depressing “entertainment.”

I would like to address, however, several issues that
were raised in this editorial. First of all, while there is
little doubt that animals have played an indispensable
role in much significant medical research (stated as such
to leave room for possible disagreement from absolute
animals rights activists), it is certain that there has been
and continues to be abuse of animals in needless, cruel,
and, in many cases, redundant experimentation.

Secondly, while the editorial states that “animals
should not be beaten, tortured and paraded around for
entertainment,” it also supports the use of animals for
food. From this this reader is invited to deduce that
while it is not alright to parade an animal around a room
on a leash, it is permissible to kill it and eat it. To this
reader this represents a blatant inconsistency. If killing
isn’t the absolute abuse of an animal, what is? Personally
I believe the continued mass production of animals for
food in developed countries where the agricultural
technology at our disposal holds the power to render the
“need” for animal protein obsolete a disgrace, or, at the
very least, an example of terrible disregard for the fellow
creatures of the earth.

1 am careful to limit such criticism and expectation to
developed countries. My view has been graciously
tempered by a 2 1/2 year stay in a severely
underdeveloped African nation where people cultivated
responsible relationships with animals. They fed them,
they cared for them and ultimately, they killed them with
their own hands. I wonder how many Americans would
be willing to kill their own animals for food. I also
wonder, if faced with such a situation, how many of us
would suddenly realize the abundance of protein
alternatives available jn our privileged country.

Although I was never “happy” to witness an animal
being killed for food, I could certainly understand the joy
expressed by people who usually must exploit ever bug,
grub and shrub to survive.

There is a place in the world for animals and people to
come together. true, this place is not at the
Knickerbocker Arena’ But, in our privileged society, I
don’t believe that it’s at the dinner table, either.

Wendy Cervi

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"Womyn" is valid
To the Editor:

I was somewhat amused, and decidedly appalled by
last week’s Letter to the Editor from Michael Carr, Scott
Dolan and Kevin McIntyre. It was the letter which
deemed thé spelling of “Men” to be a “pressing issue.”
They went on to sign this letter from the Xmahyl’s Issues
Coordinator. According to Central Council minutes, no
such position was confirmed. This is obviously a
pointless joke.

First of all, “woman” is a word which means literally
“of man”. It should be quite obvious to people why
womyn dislike the conventional spelling of the word.
For those of you who don’t agree, I respect that. I only

wish you would respect us, as well. Additionally, the
time for debate over the validity of the word “womyn”
ended about four months ago (to put this in historical
perspective, it was tow months BEFORE I was
appointed).

Since you xmahyn obviously have this little linguistic
crisis under control, possibly you would consider using
your creativity and wit towards a more constructive end.
Have you, Michael, been listening to me during your
Central Council meetings? To reiterate: womyn are still
making only 68% of the money which men (pardon me,
xmahyn) make for the same, or comparable work.
Additionally, one in four womyn will be raped during
their college career. Maybe you have missed these minor
details. But the rest of us haven’t.

How can you possibly justify your trivialization of
every womyn on this campus? I have one hypothetical
question for you. How do you refer to African-
Americans? Do you use words such you know are sure
to offend an entire group of people? I doubt it, at least
not in public. So why would you demean 50% of the
world in this way?

Although you may find silence better than convictions,
we do not. A a matter of fact, some Executive Board
members and several Central Council members disagree
with you. And we take offense to your comments.

If you have any real solutions to some real issues, pop
by CC 116—I’d be happy to talk to you.

Jessica Xmahyn (Mann)
Womyn’s Issues Coordinator

Viewpoints split

To the Editor:

Jessica Mann, our Womyn’s Issues Coordinator, has
stated in a letter that she has respect for those whose
opinions differ from her own, in regard to the way the
word “women” should be spelled. Because I disagree
with her viewpoint, I could not honestly endorse and sign
her letter the ASP editors. I do, however, feel that the
personal attacks and obnoxious remarks made in a
previous editorial were unjust and uncalled for. Though I
cannot endorse Jessica’s letter, I do condemn the editorial
presented by the self proclaimed Xmales Issues
Coordinators in a previous issue.

JP Galaris
Central Council Member

Deeper meaning wrong

To the Editor:

In reading the letter attempting to make light of the
spelling change of “women” to “womyn” I at first
laughed, but upon realizing the more ominous
implications of its message, I found the letter to be
somewhat lacking in humor. While the general
commotion caused by the word “womyn” may be a
source for comedy, the silencing of women (as suggested
in the letter’s last line) is not.

It seems these boys have taken the easy way out by
targeting a group easy to pick on without serious
repercussion. Why not make fun of blacks calling
themselves African-Americans? perhaps you don’t
understand that the motive behind the creation of the
word “womyn” has similarities to the movement towards
an Afro-centric vision among the African-American
community.

Words don’t always describe an object by its inherent
Properties, but rather by its difference from something
ise. In light if this, know also that our language, and its
Tules of usage (as are other rules), are maintained by the
status quo - the white male. The appellation “black”
defines a people by their difference from what is
considered the majority - white. The word “black” gets
its impact by its difference from its opposite, “white,”
which in turn is what defines it.

African-American is a term chosen by a people seeking
to defines themselves on their own terms. Though I am
not a spokesperson for African-Americans or Womyn’s
Issues, I can say with certainty that “womyn” is a similar
attempt of a particular group with particular needs to
define themselves in terms separate from the power
structure which dominates them.

It seems such a shame that the collaboration of great
minds and tite energy expended in turning the pages of a
thesaurus went to such a useless end. What good did you
ever hope to achieve?

Peter Weigele

SS SR SES ST SES

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EAT wishes a happy birthday to:
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Classifieds

Continued from page 12
“THE -BPOMETS OF EAE WOUId KG TS
thank the Greek Community for their
support on Friday.

To the sisters of DEE:

The Lambda class would like to
say we love you more and more each
day. We hope to make Phi Sig proud
‘cause you're the best sisters around.

Love,
The Lambdas

The Brothers of EAE & A®A would
like to thank James Dollefeld, Jessica
Casey, and Mitchell Livingston for
their support in:the "Just Community"
Event.

AOTI,
We had a HIT! We'll go South of
the Border with you any time.
in

‘T's Theta Taus
We love you and you are making
us proud. Keep up the good work!
Love,
Pledge moms Jenn and Brenda

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us grow!

Love, the Lamdas of OEE

Goober & Mouse,

The "cheez” was great, Thanx.
Happy b-day to me? Proud to be a
AX!

Steve

AZ-
The grafitti was great
but as the hour got late
We danced on the rooftops
until we got busted by the cops.
Thanks for a great mixer!

TE®

AOT,
The theme of our mixer was can't say
no.
Itturned into a great game full of fun,
But what we want to know is who
really won?
Thanks for a great time.

AOI

Everyone,

Please bowl for Kid's Sake for Big
Brothers & Sisters! March 18 & 19 at
9:00 p.m.

AOI

®KE congratulates brother Daniel
Dvorkin on being selected as a
representative of the Off-Campus
Housing Association,

wr.
Red devils and Alabama Slammers -
the perfect combination for a long
lasting mixer. Thanks! Let's party
again soon!

KE

Shari,
Happy Birthday! 22 isn't that old,
Well, | take that back, itis pretty old.
Wayne

AE®,
The wedding bells were ringing.
The jello shots were stinging
And we can't wait for the honeymoon!
Thanks for a great mixer.
ATQ

Kerri,

I've been nice to you for so long -
it's a miracle. "Oh my Lord" and
"Schmuck" will prevail.

Natalie

Andrew,
| was shocked, yet very pieased;
you know why.SSh! Don't tell the ME.
Natalie
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To George:

It was nice to hear from you. Keep
on truckin’, dude, We support you -
no matter what. Hi to Saylor (Ice
Man) and Gillis,

Steph and Nat

Val is lusty and provocative and
seductive, but Noah is better.

ETI,
We headed South of the Border for
our first time Friday night-
Thanks for a time which was out of
sight!

Ah Caramba, AOTT

MEG-EEEEE

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To 850 Madison,
How SNAUSAGES.
Words that start with sn- are go!
Love, your esteemed housemate

ra,
it's been a great 3 months! Thanks
for always giving me something to
smile about. I love you.

twinkie

Are you aware that, time permitting, |
enjoy that comic-strip guy?

Doug R.
You are the hottest, sexiest guy |
know. I'll love you forever!!!

850 Madison is the best kept secret
in Albany.

Dear Camille,

Happy 21st birthday. You are one
person that will really enjoy being 21
Can't wait to go to the clubs with you.

Love, Elisa and Marcy

Kerri is wonderfully funny when she's
stressed.

Crime Man, just say goony f-cking
googoo 5 times. You OK?- Wolf

Nat, remember, before you write
anything nasty, just think about the
heart you are holding in the palm of
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forme. A Natalie
DOUGII!!!! You hot stud of manhood!

You're an AWESOME person and
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@ Natalie

Natalie
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Love, Love, Love, Love
Balmovement

Leanne,

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your supplies. | hope you enjoy
them, especially the stapler. -Doug

Meghan,
Give those supplies to leanne.
SUPPLY THIS -DOUG
Jim,
Think before you decide to
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Kerri,
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Hope

'HOPE you are having fun!!!

joug

Ron
The combined weight must be over

500 Ibs. Good Work!!!
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Guess who

Tana Monty and son!

Noted basketball coach mutilates
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Thinking of you

fo my lil’ sis Kelly,

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Matt- . thanks again...love, meghan

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Peace

Continued from front page
there in the first place, she said.

“Their motive was to stir up
controversy”, she said, “and
that’s wrong.”

But she also said, “If we both
want the troops home as soon as
possible we can work together
even though our motives are
different.”

“If the Coalition to End the
War members came down to one
of our meetings on Thursdays at
9 in the SA lounge to help us
write letters and send packages
we'd be more than happy to see
them,” Galaris said.

Robert said the Coalition to
Support the Troops will not

dissolve until all U.S. and allied
forces are home.

He also said he wants the
troops to know, “We’re thinking
of you, we support you and we
pray that you'll come home
safe.”

Halaby agreed, “I hope they
come home safely because the
sooner they come home the more
lives that will be spared, both
Arab and American.”

Robert said if anyone knows
of any students currently serving
in the Gulf he would appreciate
it if they could bring their names
to him in the SA office.

Middle Earth

Continued from page 4
difficult interactions.
Clearly, some places and times
are better for working out
problems than others.
often, couples try to work out
difficulties late at night when
both are tired and stressed; these
efforts at resolving problems, as
most of us know, are usually
abysmal failures.
one member of the couple raises
an issue and suggests a time for
discussion, the conflict sequence

O8 w28e
22

can lead to dialogue, rather than
escalation or withdrawal.
—-Create a positive
description of your mate’s
interaction with you regarding
the problem!complaintirequest:
How have they contributed to

All too
the relationship? Ask how you i
could help your mate through the country instantly.
next conflict sequence? a Cy
Complement eachother on what n O'S
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Middle Earth

Continued from page 15
or conflict, it is worthwhile to
construct the interaction around
the problem as positive or
constructive in some way;
“When you brought up the
subject of sex, I felt really
threatened—-I didn’t want to
talk; but now that we have
talked, I feel like this was your
way of trying to be closer to me,
and that feels really good.”
Reframing a discussion as
helpful actually creates it as such
and sets a precedent for future
conflict sequences.

Following these suggestions
may be more difficult than it
appears, particularly if you have.
an established communication
pattern that normally ends in
escalation or withdrawal.
Communication is a patterned
activity and as such, is enacted
on the basis of rules that
constrain alternate ways of
interacting; but these rules also
enable couples to make changes
in the way they relate to one
another. The short list of “Do’s”
is precisely a list of
communication rules that if
followed, may enable persons to
alter the conflict sequence which
threatens to reduce the quality of
their relationship and establish a
conflict sequences that enhances
intimacy, builds trust, and
increases the flexibility of the
relationship as a whole.

Violence

Continued from page 3

The males accused the female
of punching one of them in the
face before the scuffle ensued,
Henighan said.

“Both groups claimed the
other was the cause,” he said.

“There were at least two other
people with him (the male
fighter),” a witness said. “They
were gathered around. They
weren’t doing anything.”

Another witness said, “They
were screaming for them to
break it up. She was screaming,
“C’mon! C’mon! I’m not afraid
of you.”

The witness said, “(The male)
grabbed her ina head lock and
they were punching each other
and they fell over and she hit her
head on the divider between the
phones.”

“Investigators will try to talk
to everyone and witnesses,”
Henighan said. “Everyone has
the right to have a court decide
or a judicial hearing to decide
what happened,” he said.

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Peace activists fear harassment

IBy ROCHELLE SHARPE Activists have received death
©Copyright 1991, USA threats, been spat at, even lost
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WASHINGTON — Fifteen
minutes after she delivered a
lbody bag to her member of
Congress, the problems began.

The nurse was summoned
before her bosses and told she
might lose her job for protesting
against the Persian Gulf War.

“They said they were going to
cooperate with the FBI,” said
the Virginia woman, who
refused to let her name be

rinted because she fears
retribution.
| “They said they would not
stand for a traitor working for
the health department.”

For days, the woman watched
colleagues eavesdrop on her
phone calls and insinuate she
was plotting to kill President
‘Bush. She heard them complain
about the anti-war movement,
saying demonstrators should be
jailed — at the very least.

Now, the woman, whose son is
a soldier serving in the Persian
Gulf, sits in her office in silence,
fearing the most innocent
remark could be used against
her. At home, she has
nightmares about being placed
lunder arrest.

Her worries are far from
unique.

All over the nation, anti-war
activists have come under attack
because they protested for peace.

marches.

The incidents intimidated
many protesters but forced few
out of the peace movement.
Instead, they angered most
activists, convincing them to
work harder to make their
opinions heard.

“I feel a real fear for this
country,” said Trudy Monaco,
who attended a Florida peace
rally where a driver screaming
pro-war slogans almost hit her
with his car. “People in this
country don’t even understand
what a democracy is, let alone
how to take part in it.”

Holding a peace sign at a pro-
war march in Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., Tim Day said he was
encircled by 50 people, who
sneered at him and spat chewing
tobacco in his face before he
fled.

“T was shocked there could be
such a large mass of people full
of such hatred,” he said. “It was
a herd mentality. It’s what
enveloped our country
throughout this war. They
stampeded any adverse thought,
any adverse voice.”

It is unclear how widespread
the anti-war harassment was
because no group managed to
keep track of all the incidents.
But what became obvious was
that the harassment touched

nearly every
protesters’ lives.

It affected young activists at
school: One junior high school
student in Northern California]
was suspended for refusing to
participate in a moment of
silence in support of the troops.

It affected activists at home:
Jack Frager, 87, of Sunrise, Fla.,
said he was shunned from his|
condominium club after!
marching in an anti-war
demonstration. Two renters in
Northern California were told to
remove anti-war signs from’
their apartments.

aspect of!

It affected many people’s|
businesses: Linda St. Ambroglio
of Fort Lauderdale said three
students dropped out of her
dance classes, citing her
opposition to the war.

“One woman told me her
husband was very much against
the peace _ protesters,”
Ambroglio said. “She couldn’t
be here because it would be seen
as support.”

Several people found
themselves condemned by their
bosses.

Harold Searcy, a factory
worker in Des Moines, Iowa,
said his supervisor repeatedly
told him to stop talking about
the war. One day, “I heard
through the grapevine that if I
didn’t shut up, they were going
to get me,” he said,

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NCAA COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
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Record Pvs

1. UNLV 27-0 1
2. Ohio St. 25-1 2
3. Arkansas 28-3 3
4. North Carolina 22-5 6
5. Indiana 25-4 4
6. Syracuse 26-4 5
7. Arizona 24-6 9.
8. Duke 25-6 7
9. Utah - 26-2 10
10. Kansas 21-6 8
11. New Mexico St. 23-4 16
12. Oklahoma St. 21-6 16
13. Kentucky 22-6 12
14. Southern Miss. 21-6 "1
15. Nebraska 24-6 14
16. UCLA 21-7 17
17. St. John's 20-7 18
18. LSU 20-8 19
19. E. Tenn St. 27-4 13
20. Seton Hall 19-8 24
21. Princeton 23-2 23

22. Pittsburgh 20-10 22
23. Mississippi St. 20-7 21

24, Alabama 18-9
28. Virginia 20-10 20
Standings through March 4.
BIG EAST
Conference Overall
Woe we
Syracuse 12 4 26 4
St.John's 10 6 20 7
Seton Hall 97 19 8
Connecticut 9 7 18 9
Pittsburgh 97 20 10
Georgetown 8 8 16 11
Providence 7 9 16 11
Villanova 79 14 13
Boston College 1 15 1 18

Final regular season standings.

Big East Tournament at M.S.G.

Friday's Games

Seton Hall vs. Pittsburgh

Syracuse vs. Villanova-BC winner
St. John's vs. Providence
Connecticut vs. Georgetown
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Pensacola 25 25 100 175

Grand Rapids 23 28 106 175

Columbus 23 27 97 166

WESTERN DIVISION
Tulsa 30 19112 202
Wichita Falls 27 23 107.5 188.5
San Jose 18 33 84.5 138.5
Oklahoma City 16 33 84.5 132.5

AMERICAN CONFERENCE
CENTRAL DIVISION
LaCrosse 29 23 104 191
Quad City 27 «24 104 185,
Rockford 23 28 106 175
Cedar Rapids 21 29 93.5 156.5

MIDWEST DIVISION

Omaha 36 16 119.5 227.5
Rapid City 24 26 97.5 169.5
Sioux Falls 22 28 90.5 156.5
Yakima 15 35 85 130

y-clinched division title
Yesterday's games not included.

NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL

SOCCER LEAGUE
AMERICAN DIVISION
WoL Pct GB

x-Canton a ee
x-Atlanta 22:12 647 4
Detroit 17:15 «531 8
Hershey 16 19 457 105
NY Kick 3 30 091 225

NATIONAL DIVISION
Milwaukee 20 13 .606 ——
Chicago 17 15" .531 25
Dayton 1617 485 4
Ilinois 12 20 375 75

x-clinched playoff berth
Yesterday's games not included.

N.B.A.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC DIVISION

WL Pct. GB
Boston 43.16 .729 ——~
Philadelphia 32 26 552 10.5
New York 27 32 «4.458 «16
Washington 22 36 .379 20.5
Miami 19 39 328 235
New Jersey 19 40 322 24

CENTRAL DIVISION
Chicago 4215 737 —-
Detroit 88 22 633 55
Milwaukee 36 24 600 7.5
Atlanta 34 25 576 9

Indiana 28 31 «475 15
Cleveland 21 37 362 21.5
Charlotte 17 42 288 26

WESTERN CONFERENCE

MIDWEST DIVISION
Utah 39 18 684 ——
SanAntonio 37 19 661 15
Houston 34 24 586 5.5
Dallas 22 35 386 17
Minnesota 19 38 .333 20
Orlando 19 39 328 20.5
Denver 16 41 281 23

PACIFIC DIVISION
Portland 45 14 763 ——
LA Lakers AD T2438

Phoenix 39 19 672 55
Golden State 30 28 517 145
Seattle 29 29 500 15.5

\AClippers 20 38 345 24.5
Sacramento 16 41 .281 28

Yesterday's games not included.

Tonight's Games
Atlanta at Miami
Denver at Orlando
Phoenix at Washington
Utah at Chicago
Boston at LA Clippers
Cleveland at Sacramento

AMERICAN HOCKEY

LEAGUE

SOUTHERN DIVISION
WL TPts
Rochester 36 23 9 81
Binghamton 34 26 6 74
Adirondack 30 28 10 70
Baltimore 32 29 5 69
Utica 33 31 2 68
Hershey 29 29 9 67
Newmarket 23 34 9 55
C.D.Islanders 22 37 9 53

NORTHERN DIVISION
Springfield 35 24 7 77
Moncton 32 27 10 74
Cape Breton 31 30-8 70
Maine 31 28 8 70
Fredericton 29 32 8 66
Halifax 28 31 10 66
New Haven 23 39.8 54

Yesterday's games not included.

INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY

LEAGUE

EAST DIVISION
WL OTLPts
Kalamazoo 44 23 0 88
Indianapolis 39 25 3 81
Fort Wayne 37 27 5 79
Muskegon 29 33 4 62
z-Albany 22 30 3 47

WEST DIVISION
x-Peoria 47 14 4 98
Salt Lake City 38 24 5 81
Phoenix 32 28 6 70
San Diego 27 35 7 61
Milwaukee 27 37. 3 57
Kansas City 20 43 3 43

x-clinched playoff berth
z-folded on February 14.
Yesterday's games not included.

TUESDAY'S ANSWER: The Los

Angeles Lakers won 33 games in a
row in the1971 season.

TRIVIA QUESTION: What American
skiier unexpectedly captured the
men's downhill at the 1980 Winter
Olympics at Lake Placid?

N.H.L.

WALES CONFERENCE
PATRICK DIVISION
WL T Pts
Rangers 34 22 12 80
Philadelphia 31°28 «9 71
Pittsburgh 33 30 4 70
New Jersey 28 29 11 67
Washington 29 32 6 64
Islanders 22 37 9 53
ADAMS DIVISION
x-Boston 38 22 8 84
x-Montreal 34 26 8 76
x-Buffalo 25 25 16 66
x-Hartford 28 31 9 65
Quebec 12 43 12 36
CAMPBELL CONFERENCE
NORRIS DIVISION
x-St. Louis 40 18 9 89
x-Chicago 40 21 6 86
Detroit 29 32 8 66
Minnesota 21 33 13 55
Toronto 19 41 8 46

SMYTHE DIVISION

xLos Angeles 39 20 8 86
x-Calgary 38 22 7 83
Edmonton 31 31 5 67
Winnipeg 23 36 11 57
Vancouver 24 39 7 55

x-clinched playoff berth

Yesterday's games not included.

Tonight's Games
Chicago at Buffalo
Washington at Winnipeg
Philadelphia at Edmonton

Saturday's Games
Rangers at Islanders
Toronto at Boston
Detroit at Minnesota
Pittsburgh at Hartford
Los Angeles at Quebec
Vancouver at Montreal
Calgary at St. Louis

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MEETING

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TUESDAY, MARCH 12 th

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UMPIRES WANTED- anyone wishing to umpire should

attend

Any problems or questions call Dave at 426-4743

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FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1991 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 19

INCAA se ections not easy

(AP) Selecting the 64
(Tournament is a daunting task open to second-guessing and
complaints. But somebody fas to do it - and this year one of those
people will be Syracuse: Athletic Director Jake ‘Crouthamel.

The NCAA selection commiltce will decide this weekend which
itcams will receive the 34 at-large berths and seed the 64 teams into
four regional brackets. :

Entire television shows will be produced suroundine the
announcement of the tournament’s field Sunday. But the committee's
work will begin early Friday morning,

“The outcome is exciting; the process isn’t particularly exciting,”
said Crouthamel, a first-time committee member.

Big Ten: Commissioner Jim Delany, who chairs the committee,
said the group is treated much like a jury in the middle of a juicy
trial ae

“It’s all day Friday, all day Saturday and a half-day Sunday,”
Delany said. “If we'te productive, the chair will say let's take a walk!
lor go out to dinner, but it's not unusual for us to be working until
midnight or beyond.’ *

“The committee doesn’t take i incoming calls, and they’ re restricted
to making ‘outgoing calls to their family,” he added. © There's ’s not any!
communication with the outside world.”

But after its work is revealed to the nation, it is the committee that
loften is on trial. Every year a team with 20 victories is left out or a
ives a lower-than-expected seeding.
you can’t please everybody,” said |

they Te very “vocal, And ual the people in (he toumament) are,
disappointed as well.”

One of the committee’s ine stumbling blocks - but one of the

Ipost-season’s most exciting aspects - is the upsets in the conference’

tournaments. It often leaves the committee with a Cinderella for the|

lautomatic bid, but also leaves a deserving conference champion

suddenly seeking an at-large berth.

Rugby for the SUNYA layman

By Ari Kampel
STAFF WRITER

What exactly is rugby? One
answer to this question is that “It
looks like a 30-person version of
tackle-the-pig.” This is not quite
accurate, so a description of the
game is in order.

In rugby, the ball cannot be
passed forward. Rather, the ball
moves laterally from player to
player, and each is eligible to run
or pass with it. There is no
blocking, and play is continuous
- if a player is tackled, he must
let go of the ball and anyone on
either side may get it.

Each team consists of 15
payers: 8 forwards, 6 backs and
a halfback, or “scrumhalf.” The
forwards are generally big guys
whose job is to obtain possession
of the ball. The scrumhalf is the
middle man - he gets the ball

By Mike Lopresti

from the forwards and passes it
to the backs, who are the
runners.

The field is 110 by 75 yards
with 20-yard end zones. The
game consists of two 40-minute
halves, with a five-minute
halftime. There are no timeouts,
except for an injury. An injured
player only has one minute to
either continue to play or get to
the sideline.

For scoring, a “try” is worth
four points. The ball carrier must
get the ball in an opponent’s end
zone and touch the ball to the
ground. A conversion, which is
obtained after a try by either
placekicking or dropkicking the
ball through the uprights, is
worth two points. A drop goal is
similar to a field goal, except it
can be kicked from anywhere at
any time. It is worth three points.

RSS MS AS BE EES
Let the tournament games begin

By Andrew Schotz
SPORTS EDITOR

The more things change, the
more they stay the same. Before
this season began, many
analysts, myself included, have
concluded that the perennial
championship combatants of the
80s, the Boston Celtics and the
Los Angeles Lakers, were
washed up. They were good but

not finals
COLUMN caliber. The
Celtics were far too old and slow
fin the East, and the Lakers just
lhaven’t kept pace with up and
icoming Phoenix and Portland
teams of the West.

Well, one only has to go as far
as “By The Numbers” to see that
this is inaccurate. The Celts and
Lakers have the second- and
third-highest (along with
Chicago) win totals, respectively,
lin the entire league, as of
Wednesday. The margin is only
slight - the once-again human
Trail Blazers are merely two
games ahead of Boston and three
in front of L.A. in the standings,
“Three-peat” was the catch
phrase for the Detroit Pistons as
ithe year began. With 38 wins as
iof two days ago, one cannot
icount them out of the title hunt,
but they’re just hanging by a
thread with Isiah Thomas out.
|Chicago has taken control of the
Central Division by posting the
lbest conference record in the
INBA. Look for Michael Jordan
ito finally be forced to wait until
lafter the finals before breaking
out his golf clubs. The Bulls,
after a struggle, will eliminate
the Bostoners and their walrus
lookalike coach, Chris Ford, in
seven games.

The playoffs in the West are
going to be a battle royale, with
lat least six teams having a better

There will be a brand new
champion in the NBA

than average shot at a trip to the|
final. Houston has played very,
well without supercenter Akeem|
Olajuwon, and his return will
elevate them to postseason thorn,
probably in the side of the
Lakers.

Despite Utah’s acquisition of|
Jeff Malone, San Antonio has}
the most talent in the Midwest,
Now that the Spurs are fading,
the path has been cleared for the}
Lakers to clash with the Blazers|
for western supremacy.|
However, the midseason
Magical-rebirth of L.A, will be
singed in six by a focused and]
determined Blazers squad.

In the champioship round, this
leaves the only two teams that,}
on average, outscore their
opponents by nine or more
points a game. It may go as far]
as six games, and thrilling ones
at that, but the outcome won’t be}
too difficult to predict.

Jordan will hounded by at
least two defenders the moment
he laces his sneakers, but still]
knock in at least 35 superhuman
points a contest. Clyde Drexler
and/or Jerome Kersey will tally,
20-25 a game of their own.
Kevin Duckworth will frolic
through Chicago’s un-centered
defense. Buck Williams will
outrebound muscleman Horace}
Grant. Terry Porter will race past}
B.J. “Babyface” Armstrong off}
the dribble.

One small thing that I believe}
will make a difference is the play}

of Danny Ainge. As much as Ij *

loathe the man, Ainge has the}
ability to reduce the weighty}
responsibilities of Porter when|
Ainge gives him a breather at the]
point.

Portland in six, and Jordan’s|
frustration will continue.

It is a strange NCAA tournament shaping up out there, when St.
Peter’s has been invited and Georgetown may not be. Or when
nobody is talking about a high seed going to Oklahoma, but)
everyone is mentioning Oklahoma State.

The bracket will be filled Sunday. Hostilities — March Madness,
the Road to Indianapolis, all that jazz — begin next Thursday. But
before that, there are some matters to mull over.

— THE SEEDS: The top eight teams seem rather clear. Put UNLV
land Arizona 1-2 in the West, Arkansas-Indiana 1-2 in the Southeast,
Syracuse and either North Carolina or Duke 1-2 in the East, and
Ohio State and either Duke or North Carolina in the Midwest.
Syracuse is ranked only 14th on one computer power rating, but the!
Orangemen are 26-4 and won the Big East. Hard to imagine that not
being good for a No. 1 seed.

The No. 3 and 4 seeds are harder to call. LSU, Kansas, UCLA and
St. John’s are the strongest candidates. So is 26-2 Utah, where the
Utes have five fewer defeats that coach Rick Majerus had coronary
bypasses last year.

Oklahoma State, not in the tournament in eight years, will get a
look. So will Nebraska and New Mexico State. And Princeton may
be up in the top six in its region. The Ivy League champion is
routinely better regarded for its composite SAT score, and seeded
15th or 16th. But the Tigers are 23-2 and have a history of giving the
big boys fits.

— THE LEFTOUTS Of RENOWN: Coastal Carolina is in, but
Louisville isn’t. Rather sums up an odd year. Probation swept aside!
iKentucky, Illinois and Missouri. Bad seasons eliminated Louisville,
Michigan and Notre Dame. Two questions may be gleaned from this.

-- THE BUBBLE: It is a crowded piece of real estate, but the most
intriguing by far is Georgetown, which hasn’t missed an NCAA|
‘Tournament since 1978.

The Hoyas are 12-11 against Division I competition. Some of their
victims include Duke, Houston, Pittsburgh and St. John’s. And it’ll
take a brave man to tell John Thompson no. But if Georgetown loses
to Connecticut in the first round of the Big East tournament, it
doesn’t deserve a spot. Simple as that.

Oklahoma is another fading star. The 16-13 Sooners have lost 10
lof their past 12 going into the Big Eight tournament. That hardly
seems a case to make.

©Copyright 1991, USA TODAY/Apple College Information
Network

A penalty kick is also worth
three points.

After a player is tackled, he
must relinquish possession. The
ball is then fair game for either
team. The players must try to
win possession by pushing the
other team away from the ball.
The mass of bodies that forms
around the ball is known as a
tuck. During a ruck, players
cannot reach down and pick the
ball up. They must use their feet
to move the ball back to their
own scrumhalf.

Since rugby is a club sport at
Albany, an interest meeting is
held each semester. Everyone
who tries out will make the club.
The club is then split into three
levels: “A” which is the
equivalent of varsity; “B” which
is junior varsity; and “C” which
is freshman. Most do not play on
the “A” team until they are
juniors and seniors.

This spring, the club is
following a season which saw
them lose only twice - once
during the regular season and
again in the finals of the
playoffs. Team president P.J.
Haberstock _ called the
performance “our best season
ever.”

The club is currently ranked
second in the state.

Albany is in a league with
Union, R.P.I., and Siena. There
are four leagues in the state. The
top team in each league make the
playoffs, and two wild cards are
awarded. The playoffs will be
held in Buffalo at the end of the
season.

Last year, Siena finished first
and Albany was awarded a
wildcard.

This weekend, the club will
play the N.Y. Men’s Club, a
member of a professional league.
That will be followed by the
Hunter College Tournament, and
then an international tournament
in the Bahamas during spring
break. The Danes will also play
archrival Siena, Oneonta, and
Buffalo.

The players do not have a
coach. Two players from the
Albany Knickerbockers,
“Ziggy” and Johnny Durant help
with the practices, but when
game time arrives, senior team
Captain Billy O’Connel calls all
of the plays and runs the team on
the field.

End of season for men swimmers

By Leon Hirth

The Albany men’s swim team failed to qualify
anyone for the NCAA Championship as they
placed 12th out of 15 teams in the Upper New
York State Championships held at Union College
on February 22 and 23.

“T wasn’t altogether disappointed,” said Albany
coach David Turnage. “We weren’t expected to do
very well.”

“Many of our athletes had personal best times,”
he added. ‘

The meet was dominated by the University of
Buffalo, a Division II powerhouse. “We have 14
people on our team and Buffalo has 31,” Turnage
said. “Next year, they (Buffalo) will be Division

from his foot only days before we left.”

The highlight of the meet for Albany was the
swimming of Larry Hassos, who broke his own
school record in the 500 meter freestyle.
According to Turnage, Hassos initially broke the
record in the morning qualifying race. He then
improved his time in the actual heat.

Despite his record-breaking feat, Hassos only
managed 17th place in the race. “That shows you
how tough the competition was,” said Turnage.

Another personal record was set by the 400
meter freestyle relay which consisted of Hassos
and senior Steve Stern, along with junior Ken
Brandgs and freshman T.J. Davis. After placing
16th in the morning, the group finished ninth

a overall and improved their time by nine seconds.

The Albany squad was further decimated by
injuries. "Almost everyone was battered at times
this year,” Turnage said. “In fact, TJ. Davis had to
go the hospital to have a piece of glass removed

Turnage said.

“Every time they swam it, they got faster,”

The Danes finished'thesevent with 267 points,
over 1,000 points behind Buffalo.

MTrack - NCAA's at Wesleyan - today

Congratulations to men's track team

By The Numbers - see page 18

Men's track is champion of New York

Six first places vault Albany to

By Mike Director
STAFF WRITER

The New York State Track
and Field Championships at
Colgate University weekend
were supposed to be a tough
competition with tight finishes.

Unfortunately, nobody told the
Albany men’s team. They
dominated the competition and
won by 30 points even with
three of their top athletes not
participating. Albany compiled
134 points, with Fredonia (104)
and Colgate (63) finishing in
second and third, respectively.

This meet marked a new first
for the team, as they won their
first indoor state title in their
21st year of competition.

There were four individual
state champions and two state
relay titles.

In the 55 meter hurdles,
Albany duplicated their one-two-
three sweep achieved last year.
First place went to junior
Wilfredo Rodriguez (7.80
seconds), followed by senior
Juan Sanchez (7.95) and
sophomore Courtney Smith
(8.29). Missing from this event

was school- and national-
recordholder Jeff York. He was
on hand, however, and enjoyed
watching his teammates
compete.

“We won the state title, so just
being here was enough because I
need to recuperate for the
Nationals,” York said.
“Watching my teammates makes
my desire to compete intensify.”

In the 800 meters, sophomore
Howie Sellers ran away from the
field. His time of 1:54.61 not
only broke Joe McCullen’s one
week old school record, but also
qualified him for national
competition.

Sophomore Peter Rugel
earned a state championship in
the triple jump, as he took first
place with a jump of 45’9”.

In the pole vault, Albany took
first and second place with
freshman Darrin Webb leading
the way. Webb’s vault of 13’9”
was good for first, while junior
Tom Mead took second by
clearing 13°5”.

In the 4 x 400 meter relay, the
Danes’ accomplished a different
kind of record when they tied for

its first state title in its 21 years of competition

first place with Fredonia. In the
history of this meet, there had
never been a tie for first in this
event. The squad of Rodriguez
(50.0 in the first leg), McCullen
(50.9), Wilfredo Campana
(51.8), and Sellers (48.8)
finished in the same time as
Fredonia (3:21.73). Study of the
photo of the finish could not
determine who won, so each
team received nine points.

In the 4 x 800 meter relay,
there were no such problems, as
Albany won by three seconds.
The team consisted of Cecil
Kelly (2:00.4), Hickey (2:02.9),
White (1:56.7), and Scott
McNamara (1:59.7). White, a
freshman, took three seconds

» (the Danes’ margin of victory)
off his personal record (p.r.).

Besides these performances,
other Danes also performed well,
including a new school record in
the 400 meters.

Sophomore Lance Richardson
is the holder of that new record,
as he blazed to second place in
49.63 seconds. Behind him, in
third, was the old recordholder,
Rodriguez (49.74), Rounding

out the Danes’ finishers was
junior Derek Westbrook in
fourth place (50.66).

In the 55 meters, Albany was
missing their school record
holder, Andre Rush. But senior
Bryant Denson, running in only
his second race, picked up the
slack and took third in 6.69
seconds.

At 200 meters, Albany again
missed one of their top athletes,
Steve Rocamboli. Richardson
ran and took fourth, however,
with a time of 22.98 seconds.

In the 500 meters, Kelly set a
p.r. and took fifth place in
1:074.

Moving to the distance events,
Albany continued their strong
showing. At 1500 meters,
McCullen took second with a
time of 4:00.38. At 3000 meters,
freshman Bill Vanos ran 8:54.1
earning him fourth place.

McNamara earned fourth
place as he ran 2:32.77 for 1000
meters.

Rounding out the distance
scorers wass senior Joe Ahearn.
He took fifth place at 5000
meters, running 15:26.7.

In the high jump, Smith
earned points, as he took sixth
with a jump of 6 feet.

For six years, Albany men’s
coach Roberto Vives has
dreamed of a state title and now
it has come true.

“We did what we set out to do
(win the states) and this was
truly a team performance,” he
said. “Everyone really came
through, focusing on their race
while cheering their fellow
teammates,” Vives said.

The next step for Albany is the
NCAA Division III National
Competition starting today at
Wesleyan College in
Connecticut. The Danes have
qualified more athletes (eight)
for this competition than ever
before.

“We have won the states and
have established a Nationally
recognized program,” Vives said.
“Now we must show why we
deserve our recognition by a
strong showing at Nationals.”

The competition takes place
this weekend. The team will then
rest until their first outdoor meet
on April 2.

Absence of crunch-time scorer hurt men's hoops

By Wayne Stock
SENIOR EDITOR

At this time, one year ago, Albany was
preparing to play in the sectional round of
the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Times have certainly changed for the
men’s varsity basketball team.

With a 14-12 record, the Great Danes
received no bid to the postseason. For
coach Dick Sauers, it was his first snub
since 1976. The last
time the team wasn’t OPINION
offered a postseason invitation was
during Sauers sabbatical year in 1988,
when the Danes were coached by Barry
Cavanaugh.

But make no mistake, this was not a
typical 14-12 team.

If you happened to catch the Potsdam
game or season finale against RPI, a
strong argument could be made that this
squad was a powerhouse.

On the other hand, if you had the
misfortune of watching the Danes blow a
14-point halftime level in Alfred or
barely show up against Hartwick, you’d
probably think differently,

There was just no consistency.

Playing the type of rigorous schedule
this team had, left no room for peaks and
valleys in performance. But unfortunately
for Albany, you never knew who was
going to show up.

A big problem this season was the lack
of a go-to guy down the stretch.

Last season, they had Andy
Goodemote. Two years ago, it was Russ
Teague. In 1990-91, the Danes didn’t
have that clutch shooter.

There were, however, some solid
individual performances this year.

Senior captain Michael Shene, the
team’s high scorers, averaging nearly 14
points a game, ended his stint at Albany
as the 13th all-time leading scorer, with
1,056 points.

Freshman Bob Miller showed signs of
brilliance, scoring at least 20 points in
four different contests. He averaged
nearly 13 a game, and provided a big
boost on the offensive glass.

After starting off the season slow,
junior forward Alex McClearn came on
strong with an aggressive style of play.
McClearn was able to carve out good
position down low and create
opportunities at the high post. He
averaged 11 points a game.

Sophomore guard Ed Feller was
another who came on in the latter part of
the year.

After losing his starting job at the point
to Steve Ries midway through the season,
Feller did an impressive job off the bench,
especially outside the three-point arc. He
buried 37 trifectas, and at one point, was
among the nation’s leaders in three-point
field goal pe ‘centage.

Freshman Gary Murray played well in
spurts and will be counted on next year.

With the lose of Shene and 675” senior
Mark Zuklie to graduation this year, the
Danes will need to find a couple of big
men to fill their shoes. Easier said than
done,

Another problem Albany had this
season was that they has no pure center.

Shene, by his own admission, was more
of a small forward. Zuklie, who averaged
nine points a game, was more effective at
the power forward. McClearn could

certainly battle with the best of them
down low, but at 63” he lacks three or
four inches to be dominant.

An early prediction for 1991-1992
would find 6'5" sophomore Scctt Altrui
being looked upon to fill the void left by
Shene and Zuklie.

In a limited role this season, Altrui
showed signs of aggressive, physical play,
as well as a solid short-range jumper.

Nobody will argue that, on paper, the
Danes were a talented group. But, as
Albany learned this season, talent on
paper isn’t everything.

dim Lukaszewski, Jr. ASP

Albany forward Alex McClearn being defended by RPI's Erik Whalen and Tom Ronan (33).