PUBLISHED AT THE STATE
VOLUME LXXVII
OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY BY THE ALBANY STUDENT PRESS CORPORATION
ALBANY.
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UDENT February 2, 1990
Friday
NUMBER 4
Students critical of 1989 Torch
Many claim book not representative of SUNYA
By P.J. Marcus
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The 1989 edition of the
SUNYA yearbook, the Torch,
was distributed last month,
nearly seven months after the
class of 89’s graduation. The
yearbook upon its debut has met
with less than favorable reviews.
The Student Association,
which funds the Torch; the Office
of Campus Life, and the Office
of University President Vincent
O’Leary have all been receiving
complaints from irate students
and their parents.
The complaints stemmed from
the content of the yearbook. The
complaint that people registered
most often is that the yearbook
does not reflect the college
experiences of the typical
SUNYA student.
Paul Faulhaber, the vice-
president of SA, is the SA
Tepresentative with regards to
the Torch. Faulhaber said that he
does not want to attack the
yearbook, or Michael Ackerman,
the Editor-in-Chief of the 1989
edition. Faulhaber said he is
concerned with ensuring that
future issues do not have the
same problems. Faulhaber said,
“I want to set up certain
Criteria...It’s just a bare skeleton.”
Faulhaber wants to make it
clear that he is, “fully against any
sort of censorship.”
Faulhaber said he suggested tht
the Torch have the president of
the Senior Class Council and the
SA Programming director(s) sit
in on the production of The
Torch. Faulhaber also said he
suggested that approximately 20
percent of the yearbook focus on
the clubs, activities,
organizations, sports and events
that make up a significant portion
of SUNYA life, with the rest of
the yearbook left up to the
editor’s creative control. “It’s
everybody’s yearbook,”
Faulhaber said.
“Torch in my eyes is not like
|] any other group. Torch is ina
|. way providing a service,”
he
said. He also compared
everybody’s college experience
| to a pie graph, and suggested that
| the yearbook should reflect the
| average of the graphs of all the
7 students on this campus.
Ackerman defended his
yearbook staunchly. He said he
admitted that it had.some-serious
deficiencies, but felt that it was
done well nonetheless.
With regard to the lack of
coverage of the school’s
athletics, Ackerman admitted that
there was not enough. He said he
is not a very good sports
photographer, and the people he
counted on to help him in that
Raquel Moller UPS department did not come
‘Students voice complaints over 1989 yearbook edition.
Continued on page 12
ASUBA withdraws its
backing of Kwame Toure
By P.J. Marcus
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Albany State University Black Alliance (ASUBA) has
withdrawn their support of controversial Civil Rights activist
Kwame Toure’s scheduled appearance at Page Hall on Monday
night.
Jake Walthour, president of ASUBA, announced early this
morning that his organization had indeed pulled their support of
Toure’s appearance. The decision was apparently reached at an
emergency meeting of ASUBA’s steering committee last night.
Walthour cited multiple reasons for the move, but said that bringing
Toure, “would offend 40 percent of this campus, and we didn’t
want to do that.”
It is unknown whether or not Toure will still appear. Reports
have Toure’s fee for the appearance at $4,000, $500 of which was
to be covered by ASUBA. According to Student Association
President Fermin Espinosa, several Pan-Hellenic organizations are
among Toure’s other sponsors.
Toure, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael, was a leader in
the civil rights movement in the sixties. He was a leader of the
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee(SNCC).
SNCC played a large role in educating Southern blacks in how to
register to vote in the sixties, This movement included many
students who left college for a year and went underground to help
further thes cause.
In recent years however, Toure has made no secret of his racist
and anti-Judaic views. Now, on frequent trips from his home in
Guinea, West Africa, Toure tours American college campuses
preaching anti-Semitism.
In.a.speech.at Columbia University in March of 1985, Toure said,
“The best Zionist is a dead Zionist. There is no such thing as the
Jewish people. Zionism must be struggled against without mercy
and without pity...Zionists ain’t gonna get Israel. Palestinians are
gonna get Israel.”
He once said that “it was Jewish capital which financed slavery
and the slave trade. It was Jewish capital which financed the
invasion and colonization of Africa, the Middle East, and the
western hemisphere. Jewish capitalists were among the first
European settlers in the U.S. They aided the European murder and
Continued on page 7
Administrators speak of goals at Just Community forum
first on ethnic and racial issues.
By Stephanie Orenge
STAFF WRITER
President O’Leary and faculty members
of the Albany Coalition for a Just
Community held a panel forum on
Wednesday in the Recital Hall to discuss
the ideas behind the Coalition and its
prospects for the University environment.
Speakers included Mark Berger,
Chairperson of Educational Admin-
istration and a Professor of Policy Studies,
Geneva Walker-Johnson, Associate
Director of Residential Life and Housing,
Weather
Winter returns after our two
day siesta as freezing rain and
snow descend upon the forecast.
Legislation may force the
report of campus crimes
See page 6
with Mitchel D. Livingston, Vice
President of Student Affairs, as discussion
moderator.
The purpose of this session of the
Campus Forum series was to exchange
ideas on what it means to have a Just
Community at SUNYA and how to move
toward achieving one. The speakers
opened debate, but did not promise
practical solutions for all the problems
this goal involves.
O’Leary described the. unease he feels
when dealing with controversies
concerning human diversity and
conflicting views, beliefs and actions
among the campus population, without
having a definitive ideology to use as a
framework that the University can refer to
and uphold when resolving conflicts.
He said that the job of the Coalition and
the University at large is not to create a
set of rules to improve the quality of
campus life, but to form a voluntary
agreement by which we can live with a
sense of justice in our diverse community.
He said that we need dynamic shared
beliefs that are mutually defining, not
more laws prescribing behavior. He added
that as a former professor of criminal
justice, he knows that legal systems are
limited in what they can do, and that it is
not enough to spell out laws in order to
encourage attitudes. We must decide upon
what we have in common and what we
stand for as a community where
intellectual life is the central concern and
where we can best act as educators and
students by maintaining certain
characteristics, O’Leary said.
The first of these is the condition of
justice, under which equal opportunity for
all exists, individual worth is valued, and
freedom of expression is an unconditional
policy, O’Leary said. The University
should be a place where individuals
accept their responsibilities to the society
we form and do not interfere with others’
personal growth and fulfillment of
obligations, O’Leary said. We need a
well-organized system of campus
government, encompassing a wide variety
of views and interests, that enforces
decisions unless and until they change
them, O’Leary said.
The most difficult condition to produce
is that of a caring environment, where
there is appropriate support and
consideration for everyone, O'Leary said.
O'Leary suggested that while our Just
Community philosophy addresses
concerns over gender, sexual orientation,
physical capability, age, religion, and
others voiced by community members, we
on this campus should focus our efforts
“T hope that the day will come when the
issues of race and ethnicity will
(disappear) and new ones will appear, but
at this place and time I don’t have to
recite what’s happening in this country
and the great opportunity we have in
terms of this campus, making it a more
diverse place...the issue of a Just
Community undergirds how much more,”
O'Leary said.
Livingston followed O’Leary by citing
a Carnegie Foundation report that
identifies “the issues of community and
the principles around which you attempt
to define that community” as leading
questions among college presidents
nationwide.
Professor Berger, chairperson of the
Coalition’s committee on principles,
spoke on tolerance and the establishment
of justice at the University. A university
ought to tolerate, but not condone, those
who are intolerant, he said.
He presented what he calls “Berger’s
Law” as a possible truth about the growth
of a Just Community. It states that the
larger the size of minority groups
accepted into mainstream campus life, the
lower is the degree of tolerance toward
toward them, Berger explained that as an
Continued on page 12
4 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS _ FRIDAY , JANUARY 26, 1990
NEWS BRIEFS
a3
—
The World
McDonald's opens
Moscow
(AP) American fast food got off to a fast
start here Wednesday, with thousands of
people lining up beneath the golden
arches and hammer and sickle for their
first taste of a McDonald’s “hamburger.”
They also eagerly tried “chizburgers”
and Filav-o-feesh” sandwiches. The
queue-hardened consumers seemed
unfazed by the long line that snaked out
the door. They moved briskly, thanks to
the 27 cash registers at the world’s largest
McDonald’s, the first of 20 planned in the
Soviet Union.
“T only waited an hour and I think they
served thousands before me,” said a
happy middle-aged woman from the
aluminum plant on Dmitrovskove
Highway.
“And it was only 10 rubles for all this,”
she said, pointing to a bag packed with
unfamiliar treats like cheeseburgers and
fish sandwiches. “I’m taking it back for
the girls at the factory to try.”
Mandela talks
Cape Town, South Africa
(AP) F. W. de Klerk, facing the most
crucial period of his presidency, invited
Nelson Mandela for talks today on how to
clear the way for the black leader’s
telease from prison.
The meeting the second between South
Africa’s two most influential political
leaders come a day before de Klerk
addresses the opening session of
Parliament.
The president is expected to make
major announcements, possibly dealing
with Mandela’s release, the legalization of
banned opposition groups and at least a
partial lifting of the state of emergency.
On Wednesday, in a major policy reversal
deKlerk ordered a judicial inquiry into
allegations that polige hit squads have
killed anti-apartheid activists on the
orders of high-ranking officers.
The Nation Gag
——
Bush reduces troops
Washington
(AP) President Bush, winning bipartisan
acclaim in Congress, is proposing further
deep cuts in U.S. and Soviet troop
strength in Europe and declaring “that
time has come” to swiftly conclude
agreements limiting conventional,
strategic and chemical weapons.
-PREVIEW OF EVENTS
“Today, with communism crumbling,
our aim must be to ensure democracy’s
advance,” the president said Wednesday
night in a State of the Union speech that
blended his new troop withdrawal
proposal with a pledge to withdraw the
remainder of the U.S. invasion force from
Panama by the end of the month.
In a surprise overture, Bush proposed
cutting military manpower in Europe to
195,000 troops on each side, down from
the 275,000 figure that was the U.S.
bargaining position at conventional force
negotiations in Vienna.
The president said he called Soviet
President Mikhail Gorbachev earlier in the
day to inform him of the offer, which
already had been endorsed by NATO
allies. The move, Bush said, was a
Enough angles to keep Euclid busy
response to “the revolution of ‘89” in
whih he said the United States “stands at
the center of a widening circle of
freedom.”
Bush said Gorbachev seemed
“receptive” to the idea and was studying
It,
Charges of cover up
Los Angeles
(AP) The indictment in the 1985 torture-
slaying of a U.S. drug agent expanded to
include two of the highest police officers
in the previous Mexican administration
and two powerful drug dealers.
They were among six new names in a
19-person indictment Wednesday that
updates charges related to the slaying of
Enrique Camarena Slazar and. his
Mexican pilot, and the killings of two
USS. citizens in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Manuel Ibarra Herrera, former head of
Mexico’s Federal Judicial Police, roughly
equivalent to the FBI: and Miguel Aldana
Ibarra, who headed the Mexican branch of
Interpol, the international police agency,
were charged with participating in a
cover-up to protect drug smugglers in
Mexico.
Both were officials in the
administration of President Miguel de la
Madrid, who completed his term in office
in 1988. They were among 15 people
named in the indictment who are not in
US. custody.
(The State all
Michael Lettera UPS
Bigamist charged
Syracuse, NY
(AP) A woman charged with bigamy for
marrying two men in eight months
pleaded to the lesser charge of unlawful
imprisonment and was put on six months’
probation.
When asked how he selected the lesser
charge, Assistant District Attorney
Thomas Lenkiewicz replied, “Obviously
you’ve never been married,” drawing a
chuckle from spectators in the courtroom
Wednesday.
“Tf bigamy is unlawful imprisonment, is
a legal marriage lawful imprisonment?”
mused James Resti, who represented
Debra Sprague, 23, of Syracuse.
City Judge Jeffrey Merrill said if Ms.
Sprague remains on good behavior for six
months, his will dismiss the charge. Ms.
Sprague declined to comment, other than
to say that she is estranged from both
husbands. She left the court with a
boyfriend.
Cancer link found
New York
(AP) A study has found a possible link
between fluoride and cancer in rats, but
dental experts said previous research
gives strong evidence that fluoridated
water is safe.
“You have to sort of consider that one
study in relation to many others that have
been carried out,” said Colin Dawes,
editor of the Journal of Dental Research.
“There’s no material that’s been added
to the diet or water that’s been more
thoroughly tested that fluoride, in terms of
its potential toxicological effects,” he
said.
The evidence against its causing cancer
is overwhelming, said Dawes, professor
of oral biology at the University of
Manitoba. His journal is an official
publication of the International
Association for Dental Research.
Free listings
FRIDAY, February 2
Classic Film Serles presents
"It Happened One Night”
starring Clark Gable and
Claudette Colbert at 7:30 pm at
Page Hall. Admission is free
land open to the public. For info
call 442-5620.
SUNDAY, February 3
Judo Club will no longer meet
on Sundays. For info. call 489-
4353.
KSA. bowls every Sunday at
7p.m. at campus lanes. For
more info call 442-6738.
MONDAY, February 4
University Concert Board
meets at 8pm in CC 375. For
more info call 442-6269.
Off Campus Association will
meet at 4pm to discuss ideas
for "Party in the Park". Open
to all off-campus students. For
location call 465-4190 or 436-
8254.
Don't Walk Alone safety
escort serv ice begins again at
Rockefeller Graduate campus.
Mon-Thurs, 8:30-10:00 pm in
Draper lobby .
Narcotics Anonymous meets
oncampus Mondays at 6 p.m.
Call 426-8832 for info.
Young Democrats meets
every Monday at 8:30 pm in
CC 357. For info call 432-
7205.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
On Campus meeting of
Alcoholics Anonymous are
presently taking place, and will
continue throughout the|
semester. Call 438-2551 for
more information.
The Albany Rape Crisis’
Center will offer two therapy
groups for women who are|
adult survivors of incest or|
sexual abuse by non-|
relatives. For info call 447-
7100.
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FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 2, 1990 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3
Faculty-in-residence having positive effect
By John Chartier
STAFF WRITER
“There should be a big highway
between the academic podium and the
residence halls.”
This quote from Sung Bok Kim, the
Dean for Undergraduate Education, was
used to describe his motivation for taking
part in a new venture in which faculty are
assigned to live on the various
quadrangles with the student body.
“What's happening in the Residence Halls
are two opposing forces. What happened
in the past was there was no link between
the podium and the residence halls,” Dean
Kim said.
Under the new Faculty-in-Residence
program, designed by Warren Ilchman,
Executive Vice-President for Academic
Affairs, Mitchel Livingston, Vice
President for Student Affairs, and Kim,
one faculty member is assigned to each of
the quads with the exception of State
Quad. This is because it houses the
Central Office of the Department of
Residential Life. The professors are taken
from departments in which there is
special interest housing on the quads. For
instance, a professor from the business
school might be assigned to a special
interest hall in which only business
majors live.
Dean Kim said he feels a strong need to
bring the two worlds of the academic
podium and the residence halls together.
He described what he considers two
forces, the academic/faculty culture and
student culture. Academic/faculty culture
is described as that in which faculty
“enjoy learning for learning’s sake to
expand their mind,” Kim said. Dean Kim
said that in a student environment they
are not as serious minded about their
academics. “Students come here with all
kinds of mental and emotional attributes
that are anti-intellectual and without a
great deal of commitment to learning as a
way of life,” Dean Kim said. “They come
with an inadequate understanding of what
University education is all about,” he
continued. In order to bring the two
opposing forces more in tune with each
other this program was initiated.
In addition to faculty members actually
living on the quads, there are
approximately 12 faculty associates
assigned to work with the quads in
various programming capacities. The
Resident Assistants are encouraged to
work with the faculty associates in
planning their programs.
Ann Farmer, Chair of the Department
of Linguistics, is a faculty-in-residence on
Dutch Quadrangle. She said she feels that
faculty and students need to understand
each other better and need to work more
closely together.
“There is definitely a big gulf between
faculty and students. It (the program)
gives a chance for faculty and students to
interact, to try to offset to some extent the
alienation students fell academically,”
Farmer said.
Farmer said that students many times
will misunderstand professors in the
classroom.
“Often times you feel misunderstood by
students, by the way you answer a
question,” Farmer said.
Administrators and professional
staff personnel feel that it is just a matter
of time before the program really takes
hold. “So far as a new program I’m happy.
Continued on page 13
Jailed Pro-Life
priest speaks out
By P.J. Marcus
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Six people who are affiliated with a pro-life group
called “Operation Rescue” were recently released from
prison after serving 10 days of a 15 day term for
trespassing. The charges against these six stemmed
from an incident on March 21, 1989 when
approximately 150 people were arrested for blocking
the entrance to the Lark Street Planned Parenthood
office.
Of the 150 arrested, only nine people took their
cases to trial. Of these nine cases, only the six recently
released were found guilty.
One of the six, Bishop Austin Vaughn had some
harsh comments for Gov. Mario Cuomo upon his
release. He told reporters that he would be happy to
see Cuomo excommunicated from the Catholic
Church, and that if Coumo were to die without
Tepenting for his pro-choice stance, he was in danger
of going to hell.
Vaughn's cellmate was Father Francis McCloskey.
McCloskey, who is also a Roman Catholic priest,
recently spoke about Operation Rescue, Vaughn’s
comments, the events leading up to his arrest, and his
position on the abortion issue.
According to McCloskey, there is no set
membership for Operation Rescue. He said Operation
Rescue is an umbrella under which many pro-life
organizations work. McCloskey said the organization
does not formally organize events, but rather lends its
name to some groups that do.
McCloskey stressed that the purpose of Operation
Rescue is to save the lives of as many unborn children
as possible. When asked about the organization’s
stance on those groups that resort to violent measures
to close down clinics, McCloskey said all those who
use the name of Operation Rescue are asked to sign a
document stating they will will use only peaceful
demonstration, not violence. McCloskey said that the
Purpose is to save lives, and the use of violence can
often result in the loss of lives. “The ends do not
justify the means,” McCloskey said of the use of
violence. He also said, “As a matter of strategy, it’s
poor.” McCloskey, who also works for reconciliation
in Northern Ireland, believes that violent actions take
away from the purpose of the mission. He said that
when people resort to violence, it is not the reason that
people remember, but the method. He said he feels that
those groups who resort to violence give the pro-life
advocates a bad rap, because the only images that stay
in people’s minds is that of destruction, not rescue.
“As a moral issue, very few people, when an innocent
life is at stake, would have no problems with the use of
violence,” he said.
When asked if he agreed with Vaughn’s comments,
McCloskey said they share some viewpoints,
especially about intramural issues within the Church.
He referred to Vaughn as humble and unassuming.
McCloskey said it was the duty of the Church to warn
Cuomo that he was on thin ice. “If you are the
watchman, and you see danger about to befall
someone, and you don’t warn them, then you share in
Continued on page 13
SUNYA professor dies at 65
By Jude Usera
Donald J. Newman, a professor of Criminal Justice at
SUNYA, died Friday at Albany Medical Center of
multiple stokes at the age of 65.
Throughout his career, Professor Newman had been
awarded research grants by prominent research
organizations, and had been a pioneer in the study of plea
bargaining. Newman, who served as Dean of SUNYA’s
school of Criminal Justice from 1977-1984, taught
sociology, law, and social work before coming to Albany
in 1968. He and three other colleagues founded what is
called the “Albany model”, which influenced how
information is gathered and how people perceive the
criminal justice system.
In addition to planning and implementing many
criminal justice programs of higher education, he was
largely responsible for developing the concept of
“criminal justice” as an academic discipline. He also
appeared as an expert on criminal justice on 60 Minutes
and Today. a 1
University President Vincent O’Leary, who worked
closely with Newman and others to create this school’s
criminal justice program, called Newman’s death “a deep
loss, personally, to the university and to thé system.”
David Duffee, Dean of the School of Criminal Justice
and friend of Dr. Newman for 20 years, praised Newman
for his academic expertise and personal integrity, noting
that “we’ll always remember his sense of humor.”
Junior Sabrina Smythe, who was in Newman’s “Intro to
Criminal Justice” class last semester agreed. She said,
“His classes were always lively and informative. 10 years
from now, I’m sure that his class will be one of the few
Courtesy Publications Office,
Criminal Justice Professor Donald J. Newman
that I'll remember as being really special.”
Duffee said that Newman will be “extremely difficult
to replace”, but when the time is “appropriate” there will
be a consideration of the leading criminal justice
professors in the field.
Sexuality week programs planned
By Kerri Lewis
STAFF WRITER
Middle Earth is organizing its
seventh annual Sexuality Week
February 4 through February 8.
Laura Letendre, Outreach
Coordinator for Middle Earth
expects a good turnout at the
workshops because the topic of
human sexuality and relationships is
of a great deal of interest to students.
Letendre added, “The workshops
will be fun and educational.”
Many of the programs “are
designed to increase students’
awareness and understanding of
those they perceive to be different
than themselves and to foster
communication between diverse
groups of people,” Letendre said. An
example of this type of workshop is
“Sexuality as a Spectrum” on
Sunday, Feb, 4th.
“Can We Talk,” a discussion on
relationships, will help students to
develop positive communication
skills, assertiveness and to manage
their anger.
A film festival on Thursday,
February 8th is designed to “address
talk about,
Seventh Annual
multicultural issues” said Letendre.
According to Letendre, an in-depth
discussion on abortion has been set
up to investigate society’s response
to problems women face.
Trish Knightly,
Education in Planned Parenthood,
will speak on sexuality in the
nineties. Letendre said Knightly will
“the
technological advancement, socio-
political changes and public health
issues on intimate relationships and
family configurations.”
There will also be a “Safe Sex
Seminar” in which role plays will be
employed to “help people feel
comfortable in asserting themselves
with a sexual partner about the
danger of AIDS,” Letendre said.
The issue of AIDS will also be
addressed in a panel discussion on
people living with AIDS.
“Intimacy or Isolation” will take a
look at male sexuality. Letendre
explained that questions like, “What
men really want in a relationship and
how socially defined gender roles
restrict men’s patterns of intimacy,”
will be answered.
The week will conclude with
“Songs for, Changing Times: A
Coffeehouse featuring John Simon
and Daryl Loiacano.” The singers
will play acoustic music and sing
about love, peace, relationships and
the plight of those living with AIDS.
Letendre is expecting a successful
week in which students will be given
the opportunity to explore their own
sexuality.
There are several other programs
which have not been mentioned in
this article. For more information,
look for signs around campus.
director of
impact of
4 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS _ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1990
Beyond the Majority
What does the term "Pan-Africanism" imply
By Sekou Nkrumah
Here at SUNYA, there has been a lot of
discussion about Pan-Africanism by
students and professors. Therefore, it
seems that it is necessary to clear up some
of the confusion that has precipitated from
this dialogue. Kwame Nkrumah, the late
President of Ghana said that, “All people
of African descent, whether they live in
North, or South America, the Caribbean,
or and part of the world are Africans and
belong to the
African nation.” OPINION
Hence, it doesn’t
matter if you were born in Antigua, or
speak Spanish, French, or English if you
are of African descent you’re an African.
On the other hand, every African is not
aPan-Africanist nor do they subscribe to
the objective of Pan-Africanism. Pan-
Africanism is correctly defined as total
liberation and unification of Africa under
scientific socialism. Accordingly, just
being an African, or calling one’s self an
African does not make you a Pan-
Africanist.
Malcolm X said, “Out of all studies,
history is the best method to reward all
research.” In order for us to understand
Pan-Africanism one must take a look at
history.
Pan-Africanism as an idea has existed
since the time Africans were taken from
Africa during the slave trade (1400’s-
1800s)
This idea of a powerful and united
Africa started primarily among Africans
born outside of Africa for two reasons.
Africans bom outside of Africa, who were
enslaved, were deliberately kept from
knowing the exact area from whence they
came. They were stripped of their
language and forbidden to practice any
semblance of African culture.
Consequently, rather than relating to one
single geographical location in Africa,
Africans born on the diaspora felt a
Thomas, Virgin Island, and lived for a few
years in the U.S., eventually, in the 1890’s
moved to Liberia and became an
ambassador to England for the Liberian
government. He pushed for repatriation of
Africans in the west to come home to
Africa.
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whole of
Africa. The
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only way justice can be realized is when
we have a home of our own i.e. a strong
unified Africa.
During the late 1700’s and 1800’s in
America there were institutions formed
expressing this sentiment of a free Africa.
The African Methodist Episcopal Church,
Free African Society and the African
Institute of Boston are a few organizations
that were formed during this era that
supported this concept. There were also
several individuals who tried to make this
idea become a reality. Paul Cuffe, who
owned his own ships in 1812, took
Africans to resettle in Sierra Leone in
Africa. Martin Delaney, a Harvard
graduate and Medical Doctor in 1850
advocated, “Africa for the Africans.” He
also made agreements to settle Africans
within the Yoruba kingdom. Edward
Wilmot Blyden who was born in St.
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exploit our peoples’ labor and resources.
Nonetheless, there was resistance
throughout the length and breath of Africa
to stop colonization of the continent. This
resistance movement helped to unify
various ethnic groups in Africa and
furthered the idea of Pan-Africanism.
In 1900, Pan-Africanism took on a
more organized form. Henry Sylvester
Williams, an African born in Trinidad,
organized the first Pan-African
Conference. With W.E.B. DuBois in
attendance at this conference put the
word Pan-Africanism in the dictionary.
Marcus Garvey, who came to America
from Jamaica, organized over 6 million
members and supporters into the
Universal Negro Improvement
Association (1916-1930). This was the
largest organization that has ever been
created among African people worldwide.
It’s ultimate objective was to build Africa
up as an industrial power, so Africans the
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world over would have a home.
Consequently, the phrase “Africa for the
Africans, those at home and those abroad”
became the rallying cry for Africans all
around the world.
From the period of 1917 to 1945,
W.E.B. DuBois helped to organize five
Pan-African Congresses in Europe with
the third one being held in America. It
was through the work of DuBois, after
Garvey’s movement for a free Africa, the
kept Pan-Africanism alive, As a result of
DuBois’s diligent work, he is
acknowledged as the father of Pan-
Africanism.
Once Ghana was proclaimed
independent, it became the fountain head
of Pan-Africanism, and Nkrumah said,
“The independence of Ghana is
meaningless unless it is linked with the
total liberation and unification of Africa.”
Pan-Africanism had finally come home.
The sector of African people who must
play a crucial role in sparking the final
triumph of Pan-Africanism is the African
college student and those of African
descent. Students must critically analyze
the problem we face as a people, and
apply the skill they acquire in college in
helping to provide a solution for the
African masses. This solution can only be
facilitated through proper eduction and
organization. Therefore, it is incumbent
upon every African student to join an
organization working for our people. The
only obstacle in our way is
disorganization. The only force that is
keeping us from learning and
understanding Pan-Africanism is
miseducation.
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Taking a brief retrospective of trends in the
previous three decades, this workshop will
focus on the way in which technological
advances, sociopolitical changes and public
health issues in the United States have
impacted sex roles, intimate relationships,
and family configurations. Drawing from
this, the presenter will offer possible
“scenarios” of life in the upcoming decade.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1990 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 5
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Psychology Assoc. formed
The newly created SUNYA Psychology Association will be
holding its first general interest meeting on Thursday, February 8.
The purpose of the club will be to provide solidarity and guidance
for psychology undergraduates.
This semester’s program includes guest speakers on psychology
graduate programs and professional fields. Controversial issues in
psychology will be addressed and career opportunities will be
examined. The association will offer peer advisement for
Tegistration and plans volunteer projects to serve the local
community.
Vice President Eve Eskin said the psychology association was
created because the Pre-Health Association didn’t cover the needs
of psychology majors adequately.
“The psychology major is one the largest majors in the whole
school but they didn’t have a place of their own,” said Eskin.
“There was no club a psychology major could join to find
professional information or advisement. It’s time we has our own
club.”
Professor to give speech
As one of the Wednesday Wandering series sponsored by the
Friends of the Libraries, University at Albany, Dr. Ronald Ley will
speak and give a slide presentation on a “A Whisper of Espionage:
Wolfgang Kohler and the Apes of Tenerife” on February 21. The
presentation will begin at 12 noon and run until 2pm, in the
Library, Room B14. Coffee and tea will be served and all are
welcome to bring lunch.
Dr. Ronald Ley is an Associate Professor of Educational
Psychology and Statistics at SUNYA. He teaches courses on
learning, motivation and statistics. He has written on such subjects
as hyperventilation and panic.
Dr. Ley is also co-editor of a recent book, Behavioral
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Dr. Ley completed his undergraduate studies at SUNYA Buffalo
and he received his doctorate from Syracuse University. He is also
a consultant to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health.
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Two frats receive IFC probationary status
By Patti Martino
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Two fraternities, Alpha Tau
Omega and Delta Chi have
recently been admitted as
probationary members of the
Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC),
IFC President Adam Tuckman
said,
Probationary _fraterntites
participate in all IFC events, but
have no voting privileges,
Tuckman said.
According to Tuckman,
probationary status lasts for
approximately one semester, after
which the fraternity is usually
granted full member status. The
probationary period allows the
IFC to keep a close watch on the
fraternity before it becomes a full
member.
Any fraternity that forms on
campus that has a national
backing will receive IFC backing
as an applicant to the IFC.
Application is the first step to
becoming a full member of the
council, Tuckman said.
Tuckman said the IFC
regulations regarding applicants
and probationary members are
"to ensure these groups coming in
are going to last, we're talking
solid groups, not just anyone.”
Currently there are 16 full
members, two probationary
members and two applicant
members of IFC, Tuckman said.
According to Tuckman, the two
applicant members, Chi Phi and
Sigma Pi , did not qualify for
probationary status.
Chi Phi did not have the
minimum amount of members to
be considered for probationary
status, Tuckman said. Sigma Pi,
while meeting the requirements
necessary to become
probationary status, failed to
gain approval of the IFC
expansion committee.
In order to be accepted as a
probationary member, each
fraternity must receive a two-
thirds vote of the committee.
Each fraternity of full member
status in IFC receives one vote
on the committee, Tuckman
explained.
The IFC expansion committee
meeting, which was held on
January 18, was closed, and
Tuckman stated that he could not
give reasons as to why Sigma Pi
was denied probationary status.
Joseph Babich, treasurer of
Sigma Pi, said his fraternity was
not told why IFC denied them
probationary status. "It was very
hard for us to find a reason,"
Babich said. "We had done
everything right.”
Babich said he thought the
unofficial reason his fraternity
was denied probationary status
was that Sigma Pi may have
“unintentionally angered
members of the individual IFC
fraternities.”
He said that some fraternities
may have been angered through
a misunderstanding. Some had
thought that Sigma Pi had taken
priviledges beyond those
allocated by their applicant
status, he said.
Babich said that members of
other fraternities “felt
violated...that we did what we
wanted while they were
following the rules." Babich said
some of the other fraternity
members did not realize that
Sigma Pi had gone to the
execuative board of IFC to
obtain clearance for certain
activities not granted by their
applicant status.
Babich said he had no
complaints about the IFC
process. “Our review was very
fair. It was fairly acted and the
expansion committee was very
well organized and on top of
everything.”
Babich said he is hopeful that
Sigma Pi will obtain
probationary status next
semester. "We hope that if we
continue to follow all the rules
and regulations that everything
will work out for the best,"
Babich said.
Tom McDonald, Delta Chi
rush chairman, said his fraternity
was "very appreciative of the
chance we've been given by IFC.
I think we'll prove ourselves to
them within a year or so."
McDonald said Delta Chi
wants to be a part to the
recognized Greek system. "We
found it very important to be
Tecognized because we wanted to
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Legislation could make colleges reveal crimes
(CPS) — Congress this month
will start seriously considering a
bill that would force colleges to
tell student, employees,
applicants and their parents how
many crimes occurred on their
campuses.
While many public relations-
minded administrators oppose
the bill because it could make
their schools look bad, a group
of college security experts
tesolved Jan. 12 to oppose it
because it would be
unenforceable.
“We're not in favor of the law
because it’s not policeable,” said
Jan Sherrill of the Center for the
Study and Prevention of Campus
Violence (CSPCV), which
concluded its annual conference
Jan. 11.
Major support for the bill
comes from students, parents and
faculty members who say they
need to know about local crimes
in order to protect themselves
from them.
Currently, only 352 of the
3,200-some two- and four-year
colleges in the country bother to
report crimes to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, which
tracks criminal activities.
The quality of the statistics,
moreover, is uneven. While one
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committed on what is legally a
city-owned curb, another school
may decide not to report it as a
“campus” crime. Consequently
the former college, appearing to
be a dangerous sinkhole, may
have a harder time recruiting
students and faculty members
than the latter one, which comes
off looking like a relatively
pacific oasis of learning.
The result, students and
experts seem to agree, is a highly
unrealistic image of leafy, safe
campuses in which residents feel
so secure that they don’t take
basic security precautions.
“Tt’s easy to get a false sense.
of security on campus,” said
University of Wyoming student
Amy Bell. “Students, especially
freshmen, think nothing bad will
happen to them.”
“Students often have a false
sense of security on college and
university campuses,” said Rep.
Bill Goodling (R-Pa.), who in
September introduced the federal
bill that would require schools to
tell the public about the crimes
committed in their communities.
“It’s interesting that students
do things on campus that they
would never do at home,” said
Sherrill of the CSPCV, which is
based at Towson State University
in Maryland.
“You would never prop your
front door open for the pizza
man of leave the window open
for your boyfriend to crawl
through at home, yet it happens
routinely in the dorms,” Sherrill
said.
Just such an incident sparked
the current move to force
colleges to confess that crimes
happen on campuses.
In 1985 Lehigh University
freshman Jeanne Clery was
brutally beaten, raped and
murdered in her Pennsylvania
dorm room. Her attacker got into
the dorm because a pizza box
was propping the main door
open, and Clery’s room remained
unlocked while she slept.
Jeanne’s parents, Howard and
Connie Clery, sued Lehigh for
negligence, claiming that, given
the dearth of crime statistics, no
one knew such an assault was
likely or even possible at the the
school. They were awarded $2
million in an out-of-court
settlement.
The couple used the money to
start a non-profit organization,
Security on Campus, dedicated
to help other universities
improve campus _ safety
measures,
Thanks to Clery’s lobbying,
Pennsylvania was the first state
to require schools to report crime
statistics. The bill became law in
May, 1988.
Since then, Florida, Louisiana
and Tennessee have passed crime
stat laws. New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Missouri,
California and Delaware are
considering similar laws. The
penalty for non-compliance
would be $10,000, except for
Tennessee and New York, where
the fine would be $1,000.
Goodling’s bill, the Crime
Awareness and Campus Security
Act of 1989, would make all
campuses provide “timely
notification” of crimes and
publicize their security policies.
“If details of crimes are not
publicized, a student may
unknowingly walk alone into a
parking lot where several rapes
occurred, or may prop a dorm
door open unaware that burglars
robbed students in other dorms
where doors were left open. If
these students were properly
informed, they might have made
different choices,” Goodling
said.
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Wyoming's Bell believes that
Goodling’s bill would make a
difference.
“Crime (on campus) happens
more often than students know.
If they knew more, they would
be alot more careful,” she said.
“Tt’s our responsibility to get
crime statistics out to students so
that they can be aware,” added
Traci Bauer, editor of the
Southwest Stateman at
Southwest Missouri State
University (SMSU) in
Springfield.
“People are so sure this
campus is safe because they
don’t hear about crime,” Bauer
added.
Bauer’s paper, in fact is trying
to pry crime stats from unwilling
SMSU administrators.
SMSU’s police force says it
will release information only
through university relations
director Paul Kincaid who, in
turn, won’t give crime data to the
Statesman on the grounds it
would violate the Privacy Act of
1974. The Privacy Act keeps
students’ private records from
becoming public information.
Kincaid added he has asked
Missouri’s attorney general’s,
office to issue an opinion
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SEXUALITY WEEK:
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FEBRUARY 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
WEDINESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1990
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Singlehood: Alone In A
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12:30-2:00 pm Campus Center 375
Intimacy Or Isolation?
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2:15-3:45 pm Campus Center, Assembley Hall
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Future of Toure appearance still in question
Continued from Front Page
brutal exploitation of the Native American
people...”
In a speech at the Black Student Union
at the University of Maryland, Toure
said,”If your people are exploited and you
don’t help, we have every right to kill
you.”
Toure also has been quoted as saying,
“Zionism is the enemy of Africa and the
whole world of humanity.”
Many of his recent appearances have
caused tension between black and Jewish
students. There have also been incidents
of vandalism, and threats made against
Jewish students.
While speaking at SUNYA last year,
Toure confirmed his anti-Judaic stance.
Dutch Quad Board President Bill Weitz,
who attended Toure’s appearance last year
said, “One student asked Toure if he was
an anti-Semite. Toure said “No, I am not
an anti-Semite. I love (Yasser) Arafat, and
he is a Semite. I’m just anti-Judaic.’.”
As far back as 1966, while still head of
the SNCC, Toure called for “racist guerilla
warfare by blacks in the United States.
“In order to achieve equality for the
masses, blood must be shed.”
Toure has also spoken out against the
United States. At SUNY Binghamton in
1985, Toure said, “...this vicious capitalist
system must be struggled against without
pity or mercy...we’re not seeking to
integrate into the system, we’re out to
destroy it.”
His current organization, the All-
African People’s Revolutionary Party
(AAPRP) is “the most outspokenly anti-
Semitic radical group on the left now
functioning in the United States,”
according to an Anti Defamation League
bulletin from June of 1986.
In 1976, Toure praised Ugandan leader
Idi Amin for forcing four white men to
carry the general about on their shoulders
before forcing them to grovel on their
knees. According to Toure, Amin was
demonstrating that white men should be
objectively forced to occupy the same
positions which black men used to
occupy.
Ron Halber, the president of the Israel
Public Affairs Committee (IPAC) of
Hillel, said upon hearing of Toure’s
scheduled appearance, “We abhor all
forms of racism and anti-Semitism, and
we feel that Kwame Toure fits into these
categories.”
Halber went on to say that the “Jewish
community was angered the first time. By
bringing him back again, the groups
sponsoring his appearance are insulting
the Jewish Community.”
Halber said, “We had a meeting with
ASUBA and with Fermin Espinosa.
Apparently ASUBA internalized the
position of the IPAC and Hillel.”
“I’m very, very happy,” Halber
continued, “that they’ve decided to
withdraw their support.”
“TI am upset that he might still come,”
Halber said. “If he still comes, then we
will protest against him. We’re very
happy that ASUBA was responsive to our
needs. IPAC is looking forward to
programming with them in the future.
Their decision is very responsible,
honorable, and courageous. We only hope.
that the other sponsors follow suit.”
“What they (ASUBA) did on campus,”
Halber said, “was very conducive to
improving ethnic relations on this
campus.”
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Integral diversity
The 1989 Torch is here and feedback is
falling in. "Where are the Sports ?"
"Where is the Greek coverage ?" are
some of the more frequent words
spoken.
There were also people who praised
the effort, finding it a job well done.
This spectrum of responses may be an
insight as to the inner workings of our
campus. It is indicative of the rich
diversity of our campus. This diversity
brings with it many challenges. The
yearbook being one of them.
Attempting to capture the experience of
college in a single bound volume and
having that volume reflect the varied
peoples that compose this University is
interesting task to say the least. People
study, teach, research, visit, work and
play on this campus every day.
Perpetually, someone is awake
somewhere, 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year. To give this serious contemplation
will hopefully offer understanding as to
what capturing a college in yearbook may
entail. All points considered, the
feedback taken constructively can aid in
the evolution of a better yearbook next
year. Each year could be looked upon as
ayearto improve upon the year before.
Another challenge brought on with
diversity can be seen in the example of
the planned lecture by Kwame Toure.
People from different backgrounds share
this University, and bring to it often
contrasting ideologies.
While diversity may bring with it many
challenges, diversity also holds valuable
assets. It is partly diversity that makes
this University ALIVE. Without diversity
our minds would lend to stagnation, thus
crippling our progress towards
understanding , and the _ pursuit
knowledge.
A University that does not offer an
environment in which knowledge is
pursued is no longer an institution of
learning and should lose all recognition
as such.
In Memory
This week, the University community
mourns the loss of Donald J.
Newman. The ASP commemorates
Dr. Newman as a pioneer that not
only pursued knowledge and grew
himself, but also influenced the field of
Criminal Justice so that many others
will benefit nationwide.
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Barry's real friends blind to problems
I haven’t seen him in a year or more. He’s one of the
most ethical and caring politicians I know, and he loves
me.
We've known each other more than a decade now, and
while he occasionally hints at wanting more than
friendship, I make it clear that that will never be. The
thing is, he’s married, and even if he weren’t, I wouldn’t
be interested in him romantically. But I love him as a
friend, and you don’t walk away from friends.
So we chat on the phone, usually when he’s facing a
tough political decision, and promise to make a date for
lunch, which we never do.
Politicians are smooth talkers, and whether they’re in
Congress, on your local school board, or in your office,
it’s hard to know who they really are because they put on
different faces for different constituents. Sometimes it’s
hard for them to remember who they really are.
That's why they need friends — people who have no
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agenda except friendship. People who can say, without
fear, “Why would you do a stupid thing like that?”
It’s a shame District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry
didn’t have more friends.
On Jan. 18, the mayor of the nation’s capital was
arrested in a hotel room by FBI agents who videotaped
him allegedly smoking crack cocaine in the company of a
female friend, Hazel Diane “Rasheeda” Moore.
Barry, who has been linked with a convicted drug
dealer, lashed out at the media before his arrest, saying
reports of various questionable incidents were racially
motivated by those who wanted to see a black mayor fail.
He vehemently denied that he used drugs, and people
believed him. His political friends rallied around him,
preparing to announce his candidacy for a fourth term.
Then Rasheeda Moore called.
Barry went to the Vista International Hotel in
Washington to see Moore, a woman who had allegedly
been his lover on several occasions, and pressed her for
sex, The meeting was videotaped and ended quickly after
Barry allegedly began smoking some crack cocaine.
‘When agents burst into the room to arrest the mayor, he
reportedly called his friend “that (expletive) bitch” for
setting him up.
Why did Moore aid officials in the sting operation? So
far, she isn’t saying. But “friends” of the mayor have
‘been vocal in condemning her actions.
Other women who say they had dalliances with the
mayor have insinuated that Moore craved the limelight of
power, or felt spurned by Barry in recent years.
One said Moore’s role was certainly not that of a friend
who had the mayor’s interests at heart.
From the outside, it doesn’t look like Barry had anyone
around him with his interests at heart. Whether he is
black, white or purple has nothing to do with exercising
good judgment and proving one’s ability to govern well.
Yes, we can be attracted to more than one person at a
time. Whether we act on that attraction is up to us. Yes,
we may become chemically dependent on drugs,
cigarettes, alcohol, chocolate, whatever. But how we deal
with that dependency is also up to us. No one else.
If we're lucky, we have people around us who care,
who see us as we are and accept us, warts and all. But
such true friends also push us to face our problems, deal
with our conflicts, and support us with love as we try.
Barry seems to have been surrounded by a “family of
friends” who are typical of those found in alcoholic or
substance abuse cases. Usually, the alcoholic is supported
in his or her addiction by family and friends who deny
that the person is alcoholic. Instead of helping the person
admit an addiction, the friends ignore the problem,
becoming co-dependents themselves.
In the case of Marion Barry, the circle of co-dependents
goes beyond the mayor’s family and personal friends. We
in the city of Washington saw the struggles of a man
linked with drugs, and did nothing to help him.
‘We allowed his problem to be masked by his charges
that a racist press corps was persecuting him. We allowed
him to go into the schools and tell our youngsters that
they should not take drugs, without forcing him to
explain why he kept company with convicted drug
dealers.
And we encouraged him to run for office again, by not
holding his feet to the fire for a rising tide of murders and
Street crime related to drug abuse in the District.
It’s not too late to bridge those mistakes. We can learn
from the Barry fiasco, and encourage our leaders to deal
with personal problems before they become political
ones. $
In all areas of our lives, we can move more quickly to
help people when trouble is apparent, and not close our
eyes to it.
It’s the only way we’ll become better friends.
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February 2, 1990
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweethearts
Camper Van Beethoven’s
David Lowery thinks it’s funny that
he has to defend against accusations
that his band’s new record, Key Lime
Pie, is a compromise to major label
pressure, or that the band has lost
some of it’s inspired creative lunacy
with the departure of longtime
violinist Jonathan Segal.
Richard Crist
“This record is a lot weirder
than the last record,” Lowery said last
week from California where the band
is rehearsing for a mini-tour of the
East Coast before journey overseas for
—la European tour. “It’s so funny that
people think we’ve sold out on this
one, because if our first record had
come out on a major label, it probably
would have been a hit because it was
more commercially-oriented.”
The Santa Cruz, Cali. - based
band earned the well-deserved
reputation as weird with the quirky
underground novelty hit “Take the
Skinheads Bowling,” and the albums
Telephone Free Landslide Victory, and
Camper Van Beethoven II & III. Equal
parts eccentric experimentalism, folk-
based pop-rock, and odd ethnic
strains, early efforts by the band were
confounding to some, and delights to
others. The reputation as musical
soddballs can sometimes be
troublesome, Lowery said, as that
label doesn’t accurately reflect the
group‘s output.
If anything, Camper Van
Beethoven have managed to produce
more focused material, mature as a
band, and keep their spirit somewhat
intact, without bending over to please
record labels or fans. “We’re not
interested in being an alternative band
or a commercial band,” Lowery said.
“We just want to make music...we’re
less influenced by ideas of who we
should be, or who our audience
should be...in the long run...we’re
going to aim at doing what feels right
for us. We don’t want to be
constrained in the long run.”
What “feels right” for Camper
is an odd mix of folk and ethnic
stylings, counter rhythms and
psychedelia, along with offbeat and
sometimes insightful lyrics based on
historical themes. Jack Ruby, Patty
Hearst, Ronald Reagan, cowboys on
acid, drug agents and patriotic
neighbors populate the last two
Camper records, 1988’s Our Beloved
Revolutionary Sweetheart, and Key Lime
Pie.
Lowery said that much of his
lyrics stem from his love of folk
storytelling traditions, but isn’t too
anxious to claim that his lyrics have
any defined perspective or objective.
“Ym sort of fascinated by the older
American anti-heroes,” he said.
Songs like “Jack Ruby,”
“Sweethearts” and “(I Was Born in a)
Laundromat” focus on somewhat
disquieting aspects of American
culture - the fallibility of heroes, the
questionable moral rightness of some
US. foreign policy actions, and white
trash life. “All the heroes are
bastards...all the heroes are thieves”
Lowery declares in “Jack Ruby.”
Darkness hangs heavy over some of
the territory covered in Key Lime Pie.
“That really wasn’t anything I
on Key Lime Pie, Lowery said that the
current edition of Camper is the most
fun he’s had with the band. “I
personally like the band a lot better,”
he said, “and we get along so much
better.”
Many longtime fans were
upset over the departure of Segal, who
had contributed to the band’s odd
flavors with his sometimes eccentric
violin playing, and his knowledge of
mandolin and keyboard. Lowery said
that both he and Segal weren't seeing
eye to eye on the direction that the
band was taking, and mutually
decided to part ways. Segal, Lowery
said, was in favor of aiming at a more
Camper Van Beethoven play RPI's West Hall tommorrow night
planned,” Lowery said of the
somewhat black moods on the band’s
latest. “There is a mood that is darker.
We could have made this more light
like “Revolutionary Sweetheart,” but
it didn’t come out that way.”
Perhaps most biting is “When
I Win the Lottery,” which describes a
tow-truck operator’s plans when he
finally hits the jackpot - painting his
local American Legion hall red with
gold stars, donating a portion of his
winnings to the city he lives in so a
street will be named after him, and
arming the girls on his block with
pistols and liquor. But as offbeat as the
tow-truck operator is, and as easy as it
is for him to find a fight in his local
bar, he “never killed anyone because
they were a known communist...never
killed anyone because someone told
me to.”
Even with the disasters, or
portends of destruction and despair
progressive rock style, and was also
dissatisfied by his role in the band.
“Things really became
uncomfortable,” Lowery said of the
situation, “and it was really a drag to
be around someone who isn’t happy.”
s Segal just released his first
solo record, which features
contributions from all members of
Camper- bassist Victor
-Krummenacher, drummer Chris
Pedersen, and guitarist Greg Lisher,
with the exception of Lowery and
new-violinist Morgan Fitcher.
Fitcher, formerly of the Ohio-
based band Harm Farm, was
contacted by Lowery himself and
asked if she would be interested in
trying out for the band. “When we
played, we just went through all of
Revolutionary Sweetheart,” Lowery
said, “and she knew everything off it.
There was a general feeling of ‘yeah,
this is the one.’ “
Even with some murmurs of
dissension from those in the
underground and _ alternative
community, Lowery says that the
band’s audience is expanding to
include a younger audience. “Some
23-.or 24-year-old hipster isn’t really
going to be open to us as much as the
younger kids, and be influenced by
us, and us taking part in this cultural
dialogue.”
That “cultural dialogue”
Lowery goes on to explain, involves
the passing of influences, and
interpretation of influences from one
band, and audience to the next.
Younger kids might find some
musical lessons from Camper’s music
and their influences, and translate that
into their own style.
Lowery’s own participation in
that dialogue while growing up‘in
Redlands, a suburb of Los Angeles,
included, he said, a stint in a dance
band that reworked Led Zeppelin and
Bad Company material, then “a big
punk-rock phase” before he “dropped
underground.” Lowery said that he
went back and listened to some of his
earlier influences, and found that he
could still learn from them.
Camper’s ethnic feel, Lowery
said, “is pure mimicry.” The band “set
out to play this fake ethnic music from
countries that don’t exist - but if they
did, they'd be located somewhere in
the Baltics. We wouldn't have been
too successful if we tried to copy
genuine ethnic music, because none of
us really knew much about it, so we
invented our own.”
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various schools - grade school, junior high, etc. - the
dreaded day finally came. Oh, day of all dreadful days.
| dropped my tray. After thousands of days of
cafeteria eating, | thought | had mastered the
experience — careful balancing of glasses, plates,
saucers; steady stride; stronghold on tray’s edges,
grasping firmly and half palming the bottom. Where
did | go wrong? Maybe | hit an unsuspected slippery
spot, maybe | just wasn't concentrating...
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shout, and point when a-colleage drops a tray at the
headquarter’s cafe? Does my own Dad do this?
Somehow | doubt it. But just when does the process
end, then?
And these aren't the only troubling situations
facing students. How about blowing your nose in
class, or even in any public place? Imagine if | was
still so self-conscious that | was embarassed to blow
my nose in class. | would not have been able to attend
any of my classes this week, as | have one of the
worst colds I’ve had all year. Sitting in my Art and
Anthropology class last week | had the need to take
out a tissue and blow during the quiet slide show. My
friend next to me leaned over and scrawled the letters
EW on my note pad. EW. | tactfully blew my nose once
more and once again came the letters EW. Maybe the
site of drooling snot would have provoked a pleasantry
out of her pen. Perhaps | could have used my shirt
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February 2, 1990
Budweiser Shuts Out The Competition
“It began as a game...It turned into a
battle...Now, it’s out of control...”
Adam Rowe
It most certainly is. Almost as
popular as the game in which it has
chosen to sponsor, the “Bud Bowl”
returned for another bout against the
nation’s top brews. Pouncing on a
concept created by the advertising
giant, “Darcy, Massius, Benton, and
Bowles,” Anheiser-Busch dipped into
its well for a second time by agreeing
to slate its traditional Budweiser beer
against the much younger Bud Light.
In reality, Budweiser formulated a
confrontation not scheduled to
commence on a football field, but in
the marketplace itself.
Whether it was deemed a game, a
battle, or a war, it will definitely be
costly. CBS has outdistanced previous
network airings of the Super Bowl by
charging the exorbitant sum of
$710,000 for a mere 30 seconds. After
the final bottle has been tackled, the
total cost to Anheiser-Busch could
range anywhere between 1.5 and 2.5
million (at this rate, a Bud Bowl
overtime could force Anheiser-Busch
to go Chapter 11). In the game of
obtaining the greatest market share,
Budweiser must want it badly. Two of
its leading competitors, Coors and
Miller, bowed out of making
appearances due to the costs of
opportunistic CBS.
Despite the financial ramifications,
Budweiser has taken advantage of a
very unique concept. Unlike the
childish confrontations which ensue
throughout the Cola Wars (Coke vs.
Pepsi, Diet Coke vs. Diet Pepsi,
Caffeine Free Coke vs. Pepsi, Classic
Coke vs. Pepsi, etc), Anheiser-Busch
makes a direct comparison between
two products in which they own.
You'll never see Bud against Miller, or
Bud Light vs. Coors. The logic is
simple. Why mention the competitors
at all? In the eyesof Anheiser-Busch,
only two beers truly exist, and the time
has come to settle the controversy once
and for all - on the football field.
Using sports in advertising has
progressively moved from an option to
a necessity. “Mean” Joe Greene helped
Coke throw a towel over Pepsi, and Bo
Jackson and company have proven
that a mysterious energy lurks behind
the “swoosh” label of a Nike sneaker.
Budweiser smelled a trend and went
with it.
Bud has become the workingman’s
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beer; the brew of the blue collar
employee who sweats 9-5 in
anticipation of arriving home to a
warm hug and a cold drink. Ironically
enough, this person is also the average
football fan - the couch potato who has
a date with his television every
Sunday, near a refrigerator fully-
stocked with his favorite brew.
Football and Beer - an attraction
almost as natural as man and woman.
No one dares question the absurdity
of grown men watching beer bottles
play football. For some, it may even be
a fantasy. After all, during Sunday
football, a man’s beer is his favorite
player. But even with the knowledge
of the popular tandem of football and
beer, Budweiser’s competitiors have all
used alternate routes in promoting
their products.
Coors uses subtle comic episodes in
releasing the Silver Bullet, and Miller
has survived for years on celebrity
cameos. Unfortunately, more have
effectively taken advantage of
football’s marketability. Presently, the
closest attempt has been the Miller Lite
with the anticipation of George
Wendt’s omnipresent “secret weapon.”
At this juncture, it may be safe to say
that this campaign was as successful as
the infamous Burger King - “Spot
Herb” promotion.
So maybe Old Milwaukee was
actually referring to Budweiser’s
advertising when they boldly quoted,
“It doesn’t get any better than this.”
The alcohol market subtly began as a
game, mushroomed into a battle, and
is now completely out of control. It
must be for Budweiser to dispense
$710,000 for 30 seconds of air time. To
all those behind the mindset of the
Bud Bowl, this Bud’s for you!
'60's meets '90's in 48 Hours Double
In the tradition of 48 Hours comes
Flashback, a routine plot retread of a fed
and his prisoner who don’t get along
until circumstances force them to work
together and they realize they have
more in common than they first
thought. But, unlike its predecessor,
Flashback handles the classic cliche
with more class and sincerity in
making its characters more believable
and likeable.
Clarence Eckerson
Dennis Hopper (Blue Velvet) plays
Huey Walker, a rebel throwback to the
60s in FBI custody after being a
fugitive from the law for over twenty
years. He has no worries about being
incarcerated; hé’s more concerned
about getting his autobiography
printed, even though one publisher
tells him, “The only way it will sell is if
you're dead.”
Kiefer Sutherland (The Lost Boys,
Young Guns) is John Buckner, a young,
no-nonsense agent assigned to
transport the crazed hippie via train to
a federal prison. Huey stands for
everything John despises and while his
prisoner rambles on about alcohol,
drugs, women, and protest marches,
Buckner spends his time programming,
his wristwatch to remind him when to
take his daily vitamins.
After a series of mishaps, Huey
dupes his keeper into getting drunk.
With Buckner intoxicated, Huey
shaves and cuts his hair so he can
switch identities with the’fed making
Buckner an unwilling captive. Almost
needless to say the fun begins.
For the first half hour, Hopper is
hilarious playing Huey with a strange
creative mix closely resembling the
combined personalities of Jack
Nicholson, Willie Nelson, and
Christopher Lloyd. Meanwhile, due to
the influence of this stranger, Buckner
sees his once perfect life crumbling
around him. The problem he has is in
not that it’s happening, but that he is
becoming increasingly comfortable
with the change.
Director Franco Amurri seems
obsessed with using music to bridge
the gaps between transition scenes.
The soundtrack boasts over a dozen
songs (yes...you will hear them all)
which range from Dylan and the
Stones to the more contemporary Big
Audio Dynamite and R.E.M.. While
the selections may be an attempt to sell
records and broaden audience appeal,
most of the songs are surprisingly
used effectively and fit well within the
framework of the film.
The script, written by David
Loughery, pulls no surprises and sticks
to its familiar Hollywood formula all
the way to the end. It’s the actors who
breathe life into this predictable buddy
film. Especially Sutherland who looks
well on his way to being one of the
brightest stars of the nineties. As
Buckner, he undergoes a vast
transition where he must cover quite a
range of emotions and (as usual)
Sutherland is more than up to the
challenge. It seems Daddy taught him
well.
One of Flashback’s perhaps under-
appreciated messages is the corruption
going on within politics. Well, isn’t it
interesting to note that the same group
that was protesting during the 60s is
the one that now is in office. Perhaps
there is some truth in some of the
words Huey speaks, “The power to
rebel lies with the young.”
One note of fair warning: although
Flashback- may be described as a
comedy, the ads make it seems funnier
than it is. Don’t be surprised to find it
more touching than humorous.
Dy | |
_ Tune to Music Box is Bland
Director Costa-Gavras has followed
up Betrayed, his bland look at the
KKK, with The Music Box, an equally
bland film about a Hungarian
immigrant accused of Nazi war
crimes.
Russell Wolin
At first glance, Mike Laszlo (Armin
Mueller-Stahl) seems to be the perfect”
naturalized immigrant: a retired blue-
collar worker, he has raised a boy and
a girl on his own, and has been an
outspoken opponent of Communism-
particularly Hungarian Communism-
even going so far as to attend a dance
exposition by the Hungarian
government to throw rotten vegetables
at the dancers.
This, he claims, is why the
Hungarian government has released a
Nazi ID card with Laszlo’s picture on
it to the U.S. Department of Justice,
demanding his extradition, to face
justice in Hungary. His daughter, Ann
(Qessica Lange), a successful lawyer,
agrees to defend Laszlo against the
attempt to extradite him, but as she
begins to make inquiries that should
prove her father’s innocence, she finds
that they lead to his guilt.
Gavras has tried to recreate the feel
of the old courtroom melodramas,
even going so far as to derive the title
from the most significant plot device, a
la The Rope. While the basic structure
is followed religiously, the feeling is
not there. Gavras has forgotten how to
express the starkness of his messages
within the formulas of his scripts. He
has been making the easy choices,
taking the the guaranteed shudders,
over the possible screams.
Ican see how this project might have
looked good on paper, hence Jessica
Lange’s presence. It’s interesting to
watch a person gesticulate across a
crowded room. She attracts the eye,
but the script keeps her character at
such a distance that she is never really
able to move us. This is typical of The
Music Box, as a whole. It is too distant
to generate any real intensity.
February 2, 1990
newsbeat
by Stef McDonald
i It's up to you, Albany, New York
i The Knickerbocker Arena opened on Tuesday night with a
: } performance by legendary blue-eyed crooner Frank Sinatra--and
? $65 million dollar project. The arena, called a "flimsy piece of
? junk" by state Assembly Speaker Mel Miller, was filled for the
: Sinatra concert. Outside the arena some 50 demonstrators rallied
} for the homeless and AIDS patients, who they say the city should
ibe spending money on.
: Roseanne Blah
? Comic actress Roseanne Barr is in the news again, this time fo
? topping the International Dull Folks Unlimited annual list of the
? 10 Dullest Americans. Barr, star of the television series
} "Roseanne," was cited by the group as "a complete blah."
? Runners-up to Barr are actor Danny DeVito and talk show host
} Arsenio Hall. Others "honored" by the group for their dullness
include Vice President Dan muayic (who "always has a chip on
; his shoulder," explained as "a splinter from the wood above it"
} according to representatives of the group), and Nancy Reagan
3 (whose book My Turn was described by the group's "Chairman o!
} the Bored” J.D. Stewart, as a "complete bore"). In other awards
: news, Kevin Costner and actress Glenn Close were chosen as mai
; and woman of the year by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals of
} Harvard. Both will be honored in February.
: What's Up, Doc?
Doctors at the Medical Center Hospital in Vermont, following
; the lead of Dr. J. Christian Abajian, began donning scrubs
i decorated with Bugs Bunny, Tweety, or baby dinosaurs. And
} before too long, doctors all around the country may be doing the
isame. Abajian with his wife Margaret, who began sewing the
} patterns onto the scrubs, directs Huggable Scrubs Inc., a compan’
i that now handles over 30 orders per week, servicing some 300
i hospitals i in the U.S. along with ones in Australia, Canada and
? France.
Abajian, the director of pediatric anesthesiology at the Medical
? Center Hospital, said that his idea for the scrubs came when he
: thought that they might relax his young patients. Apparently, his
} idea has done just that. "The children love them," said Dr.
i Richard Hubbel, a colleague of Abajian's.
Information courtesy of AP.
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I am an occassional (sic) ASP reader, who enjoys
reading it as a light alternative to the real, and often grim
news that professional papers report. For those papers,
the handling of news has to be professional (except for
the Post), in order for their buyers to take them seriously.
The ASP has no purchase price, and its writers and
editors are students with busy schedules. To expect
equally high standards would be asking a bit much,
However, the ASP - if it continues to handles major news
stories, and put forth detailed opinions - must keep some
level of journalistic integrity if it wants to be taken
seriously.
The lack of proof-reading exhibited in recent issues is
what I am referring to. In the Thursday, January 25,
edition, there was an example of poor editing. In a
supposed interview with Billy Joel, the writer, in his
parady (sic), mixed up the word “martial” with its
homophone “marshal.” Such a mistake may sound petty
to bring up, but when one considers that a quick review
of the lyrics on the album sleeve (or even a quicker look
in that big book by Webster’s, you know, the one with all
them words in alphabetical order), would have prevented
such an error. What reallywarrants (sic) this letter
however, is the atrocious display of writing tumed in by
your Minority Affairs Editor, Cassaundra Worrell, in her
column on the need to change the educational system
(Beyond the Majority, ASP, 1/30/90, p.6). Her work was
overflowing with typos, spelling errors, instances of
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absence of proper punctuation. I am not an English
major, but I was so disgusted and confused by her
writing, I had little sympathy for her case.
First of all, I must wonder why an opinion piece is
placed on page six, and not in with the rest of the
editorials. However, of more significance was that one of
your own editors tumed in a column that no third grade
teacher would accept. Her mistakes were to (sic)
volumnous(sic) to site (sic), so I returned the story to
you, with corrections. The mere fact that the word “paid”
was spelled “payed,” makes me wonder if anyone at all
is paying attention to what is being printed.
My corrections are done in red ink, just like an
elementary school teacher would use. Some of my
corrections may themselves be wrong. But I am not an
editor, and my name is not on the line with every issue.
To restate, I am not writing this because I disagree with
Miss Worrell’s view. In a discussion, she might easily
win me over to her side. However, whatever impact her
case might have had, and whatever point she could have
made, was lost in a sea of grammatical errors. In a way, I
guess she did show me that we need to change our
educational system. Thank you for your time.
Douglas McNamara
Editor's note: The above story was typed in as received,
with (sic) noting the writer's own spelling errors
Jewish groups outraged
To The Editor:
Upon hearing that Kwame Toure was going to
speak on Monday, the Jewish community was greatly
insulted. Toure has been quoted as saying “the best
Zionist is a dead Zionist. There is no such thing as the
Jewish people." Considering the widespread anguish of
the jewish community towards this man, it is unfortunate
that he is returning.
As of this writing, ASUBA has withdrawn its
support for Toure's appearance. Since other groups are
also sponsoring him , we are not sure that he will
speaking. If he is , there will be a protest against him. We
would like to thank ASUBA for their decision. It was a
courageous and honorable one. We look forward to
working with you in the future.
Should Toure arrive, we urge all students to join
in our protest against racism, anti-semitism, and hate.
Ron Halber
Guy Reggev
SUNY Albany - Israel Public Affairs Committee of Hillel
Marine actions justified
To The Editor:
Once again he was back. Unheeded went the calls for
justice and sensitivity toward our United States Marine
Corps. We sat back quietly reading amusing attempts of
a couple mis-informed articles written by SUNY
students. This was highlighted immensely by Miguel C.
Alonso in his articles, “Yankee Go Home” and “Campus
Invaded Again.”
In his last article, Mr. Alonso stated how his Latino
brothers and sisters in Panama were murdered by United
States troops. We understand the sorrow he feels for the
deaths of his brothers and sisters in Panama. However,
we only went in to preserve democracy for the
Panamanians and remove Noriega from leadership. It is
not wrong to express opinions and facts as long as the
facts are correct.
His facts on the Stealth Bomber are ludicrous. The
Stealth Bomber was not used in Panama. Even if it was,
it was highly classified information and no one including
the United States Marine Corps, Miguel Alonso, or us
would know.
The accusation of digging mass graves and burning
bodies to prevent an accurate fatality count is false. I feel
people should not use sources such as the National
Inquirer or Star Magazine for a source of major
information. This information could only come from one
of these magazines.
The assumption that the Marine Corps tries to enlist
more Latinos than others is false. There is no draft.
Evéryone who is joining the Marines knows exactly what
they are getting into. This is not a Private Benjamin
operation. The military is a volunteer organization where
everyone has a choice of duty. Also the Marine Corps
(enlisted) does not have a quota to fill (nationality does
not need to be proportioned).
The troops that went to Panama were picked by
sectors, which means whoever was closest would go.
‘The accusation about harrassing students to join the
Marine Corps is wrong. The Marines, just like any other
branch of the Armed Forces do not approach students.
The recruiters just stand back and provide information
when asked a question. Unless you were there with
General Noreiga and taking notes for him while he was
learning how to traffic drugs, you obviously can’t any
idea on how he learned it or whom he learned it from.
‘We ure not mis-informed military personnel, our facts
and figures are correct.
The military is in existence to protect the American
citizens (may they be Latino-Americans, African-
Americans, Italian-Americans, and etc.). They help
preserve the rights of the people of the United States.
With no recruitment for the military, America would be
nothing but a stepping stone for Communism to walk
over. No one wants to go to war, but in order to preserve
democracy our country must sometimes exercise strength
to keep our freedom.
If you live in this country and benefit of it (ie,
education, jobs, financial aid, grants, social security, etc.)
how could a person insult an organization which protects
his/her freedom.
In conclusion, we leave Mr. Alonso with these
questions. How can a person insult the Marine corps
when his name was found on several applications for the
Marine Corps including an officers’ selection application
in October 1988? Was it done on purpose? Do we even
have to ask?
Carlos Burbano and Colleen Judd
State Senator not racist
To The Editor:
Jam writing in response to the article and editorial in
the January 23rd issue of ASP referring to Senator
Montgomery’s contact with Colombian intem, Giovanni
Serna. Lest the senator be unjustly cast in a prejudicial
light, I would like to briefly offer as a contrasting
perspective my own experience as an inter in her office.
I am also of Colombian heritage, and served as a
fellow through the Center for Women in Government
program in her office from January to July 1988.
Senator Montgomery treated me warmly, fairly and
openly as she did. the. other interns in her office at that
time; a white woman and a black woman from Panama.
Never was there any indication of preferential or
prejudicial treatment to any of us and I always felt
welcome and comfortable in her office and in my
continuing relationship with her.
Iwas always given acknowledgement of my ethnicity
and the encouragement to attend conferences and
seminars of interest and concern to Latinos.
I look back happily and enthusiastically toward my
favorable experience in Senator Montgomery’s office
and with fond regard for both the Senator and the diverse
office environment she maintained and supported.
Pamela M. Vargas
Telethon is many things
To The Editor:
When a SUNY Albany student hears the name
“Telethon,” their initial response is, “Well, when is it?”
What students fail to realize is the fact that Telethon is
not just a single event.
It’s a culmination of various fund raising activities
throughout the course of the academic year. Its purpose
is to raise money for local children’s charities. This
student-run organization, which is in its 27th year, has
raised over $550,000 thus far. Some of the activities
which have made Telethon what it is include Santa at
SUNY, Afternoon at the Bars, Telethons, Talent
Competitions, Socials in the Rat, Valentine’s Day
Balloon sales, bagel sales and much more.
SUNY Albany students have already made such a
difference in the lives of so many children, However,
because students tend to misinterpret the full meaning of
Telethon, the group lacks the support that could each
year lead to larger donations. The staff of Telethon “90
encourages everyone to look for information about
getting involved and receive satisfaction by helping
those that thrive so much on our dedication.
Sharon Heftler and Randee Geller
Co-Chairs, Telethon ‘90
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1990 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 1 1
Bush's speech ‘big on promise,short on promises’
By Richard Benedetto
Washington
President Bush’s maiden State
of the Union address Wednesday
night was big on promise, but
short on promises.
The president boldly painted a
picture of a world moving
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democracy, a world becoming
safer from the threat of
nuclear war. But for all the
positive signs, he said ours is
still a nation with many
problems. And he offered few
solid proposals for their solution.
“Our challenge today is to take
this democratic system of ours, a
system second to none, and make
it better,” he said.
Yet it was an upbeat speech,
more about the future than the
here-and-now; more about hope
than despair, more about the hard
work ahead than the good work
already done. And he urged
everyone — young and old — to
get involved in the fight to make
the nation better.
“The state of the union
depends on whether we help our
neighbor,” he said. “We’ve got to
step forward when there’s
trouble — lend a hand, be what I
call a point of light to a stranger
in need.”
More than a speech, it was a
warm talk by a popular president
chatting directly with the
American people. With a wave of
the flag and a tug at the heart,
Bush touched on the need to
deeply cut troops in Europe while
keeping defenses strong, better
educate our children without
breaking the bank, more money,
more vigilantly protect our
environment by passing tougher
laws and planting trees, stamp
out the scourge of drugs, destroy
the evils of racism, eliminate the
federal deficit and control the
staggering costs of health care.
Overall, the mood in the
crowded House chamber was
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by applause 35 times during the
36-minute speech. Many
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throughout, Democrats were
more muted in their applause than
the Republicans.
If there was news in the speech,
it was the surprise proposal by
Bush to seek deeper cuts in U.S.
and Soviet troops in Europe, —
down to 195,000 on each side —
a response to easing tensions
between the superpowers and the
sweep of democracy through
Eastern Europe.
“A swift conclusion to our arms
control talks ... must now be our
goal. The time has come,” he
said, prodding the Soviets to
move faster.
But he cautioned that a U.S
military presence in Europe is
still necessary, and that the
country must move ahead with its
Strategic Defense Initiative.
Missing from the speech was
talk of “a peace dividend” —
savings in military spending
expected to result from defense
cutbacks.
On the home front, Bush threw
down the gauntlet on Democratic
proposals to cut the Social
Security tax, focus of a major
political battle shaping up in
Congress in this highly volatile
election year.
“The last thing we need to do is
mess around with Social
Security,” Bush said as the
chamber burst into applause.
Democrats found little to argue
about in the goals Bush outlined
in his speech, but many
complained that it promises little
in the way of money to help
teach them.
House Speaker Thomas Foley,
D-Wash., delivered the
Democratic response to Bush,
saying the central challenge
facing the nation well into the
next century will be economic,
not military.
“The greatest test of our
strength in our own classrooms
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not our missile silos,” he said.
Outlining the Democrats’
priorities, Foley warned the
country is “falling dramatically
behind” in new technologies.
“On this issue, the president’s
words seem to agree with us, but
his actions say something else.
You can’t become the education
president,” he said, “by
proposing a meager 2 percent
increase in the education
budget.”
But Bush reiterated in the
speech his opposition to new
taxes, and the need to reduce the
federal deficit, factors he says
preclude him from spending
more money on pet projects.
The partisan disagreement on
taxes was driven home when
Bush said his budget
contains “no new taxes.”
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through. He said this is “one of
my few regrets about it.”
Ackerman said despite the
complaints of some students,
coverage of the Greek
organizations of this campus are
in the yearbook. He said he
agreed that it is limited coverage.
He also said some of the
coverage might not be easily
recognizable to the students
because the photographs are not
defined as being of the Greeks,
He said while it makes sense
to label those shots, he sought to
make the students think for
themselves. He said he did not
want to label all of the shots,
because it would take away the
from students’ use of their
imagination. “It’s a fight
between making them think, and
slapping on labels.” He said he
wanted the students to be able to
define a lot of the shots for
themselves.
Responding to charges that the
yearbook was his personal
project, with no one else’s input,
Ackerman said the yearbook
staff consists of 15 to 20
photographers whose input was
requested, but that no one made
any suggestions. Ackerman said
he would have been very open to
suggestions, and that it is
difficult for one person to
produce the yearbook alone.
This was also Ackerman’s
explanation of why the yearbook
was so late in getting distributed,
Ackerman said the reason for
the yearbook’s unorthodox
approach to the college
experience was an attempt to
reflect the diversity on this
campus. According to
Ackerman, he was attempting to
Tepresent everyone in the
University community, but he
said he knows he failed.
Ackerman said this is “the
most diverse yearbook ever here,
and more diverse than any I’ve
ever seen.” While he said he
admitted it is not a typical
college yearbook, Ackerman
said, “there’s lots of mainstream
and normality in this book, but
there’s also other stuff which has
caught people by surprise.”
Ackerman also said, “A great
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campus. I tried being diverse and
was met with anger,” he said.
Ackerman is not part of this
year’s Torch staff.
The Editor-in-Chief of the
1990 Torch is Gigi Cohen, who
said there definitely are problems
with the 1989 issue. “Overall I
think it’s alright, but there are a
lot of problems with it,” she said.
Cohen also said while people
from SA keep complaining about
the yearbook, “regular people”
have been coming up to her and
praising it. Cohen also said all
the pressure that she has been
under due to the complaints she
received “set her back” in the
production of this year’s issue.
Cohen said she thinks that
Faulhaber’s suggestions are good.
She said with regards to having
the Class Council president and
the SA Programming chairs take
part in the yearbook, “I think
that’s great. I really want
people’s help. I can’t do it all on
my own.”
Cohen sent letters to every
group and organization on
campus asking for suggestions
and contributions for this years
Torch. She said she is glad that
people have recognized that she
is making an effort to produce a
generally representative
yearbook.
She said she feels that major
campus events are “very, very
importAnt,” and deserve major
coverage. Cohen said that people
who complained about the lack of
coverage at these events were
“absolutely right.”
Cohen said, “There’s no way I
could do it like Michael’s
yearbook because I’m not
Michael. I can’t do it all
mainstream because some
students won’t be represented.
I'd like it to be in between
Michael’s and the mainstream. I
just can’t think straight anymore
due to pressure.”
In addition to more in-depth
coverage of student groups and
events, Cohen said she planned to
cover the school’s athletic
program’s better than they have
been done in the past. She said
she plans to implement some new
ideas such as behind the scenes,
and locker room shots.
Faulhaber and Cohen both
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have a positive outlook towards
this year’s Torch. SA and the
Torch both expressed enthusiasm
towards working together to
provide the University
community with a good,
representative yearbook.
Community
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under-represented group
becomes more prominent, it is
seen as a threat to those in
power. A wise community
anticipates internal political
changes and responds with
principles and rules in
consideration of them, he said.
Walker-Johnson, chairperson
of the Coalition’s multi-cultural
concems committee, said, “The
Just Community is an idealized
concept of how we, as members
of the University, wish to live
and leam, interact, and treat and
be treated by other members of
our community.”
Walker-Johnson compared our
university society to a jigsaw
puzzle, with people as the pieces.
She urged each of us, as we
associate in groups that form
sections of the puzzle, to strike a
balance between the importance
of our portion and that of the big
picture. The smaller picture that
one section makes must become
secondary to the larger picture in
its claim for attention, Walker-
Johnson said.
“The needs of many, before
the needs of the few, before the
needs of the one,” she quoted
Spock of “Star Trek” as saying.
Livingston asked for thoughts
and suggestions for working
toward a Just Community from
all University members. He
invited those interested in
joining a Coalition committee to
a meeting Thursday at 11:30 in
the Patroon Dining Room.
The Coalition currently
consists of forty members, half
faculty and staff and half
students leaders. They are
grouped into committees on
principles, multi-cultural
concerns, educational and
information, and programming.
The programming committee
got activities under way last
weekend with “Under the Skin,”
a theater production
investigating the origins of
prejudice and discrimination.
The committee has many more
events planned for the future.
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Pro-Life
Continued from page 3
their tragedy when they fall. If
you warn them and they don’t
heed the warning, then you are
clear of guilt.”
McCloskey said he believed
the Church had been idle on this
issue for too long, and that now
there were some in the Church
who were starting to speak out in
an attempt to “save the babies.”
He said, “We in the Church have
been deficient to the Gov. by not
advising him that he is in great
spiritual danger.”
McCloskey said last March’s
protest was very effective. He
said the purpose of these protests
was to keep the clinics closed in
an attempt to save even a few
babies’ lives. He said the Lark
St. clinic, which does perform
abortions, was kept closed until
12:15 p.m. on that day. The
clinic usually is open from 8
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The
protesters considered this to be a
victory, and worthy of
imprisonment and fines. “We are
willing to commit smaller
violations of the law (such as
trespass) in order to prevent
murder from taking place.”
McCloskey said his position
on the abortion issue stems from
his personal belief that life starts
at the moment of conception.
He also said if there was any
way to determine what the actual
starting point of a human life
was, there would be no debate.
“Even pro-choicers, if they
believed that there was a life
involved, would change their
stance,” he said.
McCloskey said although
there is no sure way to know
which side is correct, it is better
to err on the side of caution. He
said the idea of leaving that
decision up to each individual
was anarchistic. He said he feels
that the law should protect the
tights of the children. He said
he does not want to impose his
morality upon others, but that
there should be a distinction
drawn between what is legal and
what is moral.
Faculty
Continued from page 3
We made an important step in
the right direction,” Kim said.
“Tt always takes time to start
anything new. You have to look
at this long term. We hope
that this will have a good effect
on students intellectually,” Kim
said.
According to Melanie
McCulley, Coordinator of
Quadrangle and Educational
Development for dutch
Quadrangle, the program has
“had a positive impact. We’re
coming to a better understanding
of each other’s roles. I think that
with any new program, it’s going
to take time for students to
become familiar with it. It’s
going to take time for it to
develop and for students to get
used to the change,” McCulley
said.
Farmer said that overall the
program is having a positive
effect in a reciprocal way, and
attributes the possible slack in
getting the program off the
ground to students and faculty
being shy. “Everybody’s pretty
shy,” Farmer said. “Nobody
wants to feel like they’re
imposing on others.”
Another factor that has had an
effect on the program, according
to Farmer, is that there is, “a
tremendous workload that
people are under. They are not
apathetic,” she said.
In spite of this, Farmer said
that she has gained some new
insight since participating in the
program. “I learned from this
experience. There are
generational differences. Tastes
are different in music. There are
lots of parallels between what it
is to be a faculty member and a
student,” Farmer said.
Overall, Farmer said she
believes this is an excellent
opportunity for students and
faculty to come together in a new
light of mutual respect and
understanding. “Students are
faced with the task of getting an
education in a large university.
Where do you go for
advisement? For help with
problems?” Farmer asked. “It’s
sensitized me toward the
complexity of the relationship
between faculty and students. It
has caused me to pause and
question my own opinions,”
Farmer said.
Fraternities
Continued from page 5
be equal with the rest of the
fraternities," McDonald said.
"We finally succeeded with what
we started."
Brian McNamara, president of
Alpha Tau Omega, said he was
elated by the IFC vote to give his
fraternity probationary status.
"It's been a year an a half of
really hard work,” he said.
McNamara said IFC
recognition will bring more
publicity for his fraternity." I
want to. try. to get my
organization to become more a
part of the Greek system,” he
said.
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Hartwick hands Dane hoopsters 64-51 loss
By Howard Koppel
STAFF WRITER
The Albany Women’s basketball team
(11-9) were defeated by Hartwick in
University Gym last night, 64-51.
“We should have been up 20-2 at the
start. Then we started to lose ourselves.
We comitted too many turnovers and
could not put the ballin the hole,” Albany
coach Mari Warner said, “Nobody
showed up and came to play mentally or
physically... our man to man was non-
existant. Tanya Johnson tried to pick up
the tempo best she could and create
things.”
The first half was marked by very
physical play. Hartwick pressed Albany in
the back court often.
Both teams gave away the ball in the
first half many times. There was a total of
27 turnovers in the half, 14 by Albany.
The Danes would take an early lead, 5-
2, on Laurie Annunziato’s three-pointer at
18:10.
Albany held the lead until Kelly James
hit a lay-up at 8:31 to makeit16-15,
Hartwick.
Albany retook the lead 23-22 at 5:09 on
Pam Wilson’s lay-up. This was the last
time Albany would hold the lead.
Hartwick ended the half by scoring
eight unanswered points to take a 30-23
lead into the locker room.
Albany shot poorly from the floor
going 9 of 29 in the first half.
Wilson hit a lay up at 18:46 to cut the
lead to five, but Albany would get no
closer.
Hartwick ran the score to 53-35 after an
11-2 run which ended when Stacey
Szeflinski hit a lay up at 8:49.
Albany responded by going on a 12-3
tun wrapped up by Sue Stempsey’s
jumper at 3:08 to cut the Hartwick lead
to nine.
Hartwick then ran the the clock and
slowed down the pace to stop Albany’s
momentum.
On Tuesday, the Danes defeated
Manhattanville on the road,
The Danes had the game in hand by
the half with a 47-20 lead.
Good shooting was the key for
Albany. The team field goal percentage
in the first half was almost 15% better
than their season average of 41.6%. The
Danes shot 50.6% from the floor for the
game.
The Albany scoring attack was well
balanced with all active players scoring
at least four points.
Tanya Johnson lead the Danes in
scoring with 12, Annunziato followed
with 10. Annunziato also had three
steals, a pair of assists and a rebound.
Teresa Skarulis put up the most
impressive numbers for Manhattanville.
Skarulis scored 20 points and pulled
down 11 rebounds to lead both teams in
each category.
"Everybody
everybody got time and scored. Our man
to man also went really well. I hope this
will be a confidence builder for us."
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Wednesday on the road against Old
Westbury. Albany will remain away
from home to face Utica on February
12th and return home to play Stony
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Walker's 21 leads Great Danes over Ithaca
By Wayne Stock
SPORTS EDITOR
Albany’s Dennis Walker has the golden
touch these days. Walker had a game high
21 points, including five three pointers, to
lead the Danes (13-6) to a 79-65 victory
over Ithaca College (9-7) in Ben Light
Gym, Tuesday night.
Walker, a 6-1 senior from Newfield,
started at small forward in place of Jeff
Farnsworth after an impressive
performance against Potsdam.
“He’s (Walker) going to start now,”
Albany coach Dick Sauers said, “there’s
nothing wrong with Jeff...Dennis has
earned the time.”
Ithaca built a 20-15 first half lead
following a 12 ft. jumper by Mike Hess at
11:42. Hess had a team high 18 points,
going eight for 10 from the field.
“Most of our problems (the first half)
were defensive,” Sauers said, “we gave
them too many easy shots.”
Albany regained the lead (27-26)
following a lay-up by Walker at 5:18.
Alex McClearn extended the lead to four,
with an eight foot jumper. Michael Shene
brought it to 31-26 with a jump shot at
3:05.
Shene had an impressive offensive
game, going seven for 12 from the floor
with 16 points. Sauers, however, has not
been pleased with the 6-6 centers
defensive play.
“T’m never happy with his performance.
when he doesn’t get rebounds,” Sauers
said, “He’s capable of more.”
Shene, who came into Tuesday’s action
averaging seven and a half rebounds a
By Michael Director
STAFF WRITER
The Albany men’s track team qualified
a hurdler and a relay team for Nationals
last weekend, during two invitationals. In
both meets the stress was on individual
performance, since neither meet had a
team score.
The first meet was the Boston
University Terrier Classic. The event
brought close to 40 teams from the entire
Northeast including: Villanova, Duke,
Yale, Colgate and M.LT. The competition
was fierce with many Division I athletes
competing.
In the 55 meter hurdles, freshman Jeff
York broke Juan Sanchez’s school record
of 7.79 seconds, going 7.77 FAT (fully
automatic timing). He missed qualifying
for Nationals by three hundredths of a
second, but still has the fastest time in the
state. Against 60 hurdlers, he placed
fourth among collegians.
Freshman Cecil Kelly placed third in
his heat with a p.r. (personal record)
1:59.9. This was only Kelly’s third race at
this distance.
Another p.r. was set by junior Joe
Ahearn. He placed fifth in his section of
the mile in 4.27.8.
In the 1000 meters, sophomore
Gregorio Luciano ran the fastest time in
the state to date in 2:32.1. His time placed
him fifth in the top-seeded section of the
game, pulled down only three boards.
Ithaca tied the game at 35 after a Jeff
Reynolds free throw at 17:52 of the
second half.
The Danes responded with a 9-0 run,
capped off by two Shene lay-ups, the
latter coming at 16:29.
Ithaca got some momentum and pulled
within four, after a Reynolds lay up at
8:09 (53-49). But then it was time for
Walker. to take over.
Walker canned a three pointer at 7:41
to extend the lead to seven. “Skin,”
(Walker’s new nickname as dubbed by
teammates) then stole the ball and nailed
another trifecta. Walker sealed the game
with his third consecutive three pointer
at 6:36 and a 62-49 advantage.
Albany completed their run with a 12
foot jumper by tri-captain Dennis Cutts
and two Goodemote frees at 5:18.
For Ithaca, Archie McEachern had 10
points and Chip Good added 6. Stephen
Mulderry put in 10 for Albany and
Goodemote had 7.
The Danes stay on the road to face
Stony Brook (15-2) Saturday.
“They’re very aggressive,” Sauers
iid, “they use a lot of 1-3-1 traps and
half court (traps).”
Stony Brook enters the upcoming
game with their eyes on an NCAA
tournament bid despite a soft schedule.
For Albany to get a bid to the
tournament, they need to win their
remaining seven games, according to
Sauers.
“We need to beat them and they need
to beat us,” Sauers said.
race.
In-the triple jump, freshman Lance
Richardson set yet another Dane p.r.
jumping 44 .75” and placed fifth overall
in the contest.
In the 4X400 meter relay, the squad of
sophomore Derek Westbrook,
Richardson, junior Jose Maymi and
freshman Howie Sellers ran away from
the competition. They were the fastest
team in the section,
Westbrook ran a 51 flat split, followed
by a 48.6 by Richardson. Maymi
followed with a 52.4 and Sellers
anchored in 50.5. Their time of 3:23.53
beat the nearest competitor by 3 seconds.
After the Terrier Classic, the Danes
traveled to the Greater Boston Track Club
Invitational at Harvard.
In the 55 meter hurdles, it was again
Jeff York breaking his one day old school
record. He ran 7.52 FAT, establishing a
new record as well as qualifying him for
Nationals. :
In the hurdles, defending state
champion Juan Sanchez placed third in
his heat in 7.84.
In the 400 meters, Maymi placed third
in his heat in 51.0. He ran well coming
back from an illness.
In the 500 meters, senior Mike King set
a pr. of 1:07.8. Another p.r. was set in
the 1000 meters by junior Scott
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Men's track qualifies five for Nationals
McNamara. He ran 2:35.3, not only a p.r.,
by also a state qualifier,
In the pole vault, sophomore Tom Mead
was again frustrated in his attempt to
qualify for Nationals. He had some close
attempts at 15 feet (qualifying height) but
ended up taking second at 14’6”.
In the 3000 meters, the Danes had four
runners break nine minutes. This is the
first time in Albany history four runners
have accomplished this in one day. The
first Dane was junior transfer Chuck
Tanner running 8.53.1 and placing third.
Following him were: Luciano (8:55.1, 6),
senior Dave Spencer (8:57.1, 7) and
junior Joe Ahearn (8:59:1, 9).
In the mile relay, Maymi was rested and
Kelly took his place. The team shattered
the school record. The squad of
‘Westbrook, Richardson, Kelly and Sellers
tan 3:21.7 breaking the old record of
3:23.26 set at this meet last year.
Westbrook ran 51.3, Richardson (48.8),
Kelly (51.2) and Sellers anchored in 49.1.
In addition to setting a new school record,
the teafh also qualified for NCAA
Nationals.
“So many individuals set p.r.’s that it
was a team performance even without
team scores being kept,” McNamara said.
The team’s next competition is the
Millrose games. The Dane’s are sending
one relay squad and are the only Division
III school which was invited to compete.
Albany Ski team
begins season
After six weeks of dry-land
practices in the fall, the Albany State
Ski Team held its training camp
January 8th-11th at Willard mountain.
The 45 member team is the largest in
its seven year history.
The ‘first race took place at
Toggenberg and was hosted by
Syracuse. In men’s’ slalom, John
Bricker led the team placing 31st,
followed by Cori Smith (34th) and
Rafa Rodriguez (47th). In women’s
slalom, Andrea Tucek placed 31st.
Pam Stow finished 37th and Pam
Davis, 40th. i
The gaint slalom on Sunday proved
more promising for the Danes. The
men’s team placed eighth and the
women took 9th,
The season also includes B-team
races. For the first time, Albany is
sending a women’s B-team along with
the men.
“We have young and inexperienced
racers this year but each week we are
improving individually and should
have better team standings in the
upcoming races,” captain John
Bricker said.
The team travels to Hunter
Mountain this weekend for its second
meet.
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