Albany Student Press, Volume Issue 16, 2002 March 22

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BY THE ALBANY STUDENT PRESS CORPORATION

Students
victorious!

By ToM DURANTE
Staff Writer

Congratulations to
all the students who
protested the new UAS
(University Auxiliary
Services) dining pro-
posal for next year. On
Friday, March 15, the
UAS board voted to
keep the four uptown
dining halls open for
dinner hours on Friday

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and Saturday nights. In py, Julia Filippone

addition, . Campbell’s
soup will be open for meal swipe
during extended dinner hours
from 8 to IOPM, along with
Zepp ’s.

The student protest outside
the UAS board meeting on
February 22, combined with the
open forum on March 12, gave
students the chance to express
their dissatisfaction with the pro-
posed meal plan change. The stu-
dents were heard and something
has finally been done. “This is a
huge victory for the students,”
said Dan Fingerman, who, with
Maryam Amid, coordinated the
protest and open forum.
Fingerman continued, “I hope
the UAS board will work with us
in the future, because the only
way we can accomplish anything
is if we work together.”

Julia Filippone, the execu-
tive director of UAS, is also
pleased by the new dining plan,
stating “As executive director of
UAS, I am very satisfied with the
meal plan program changes by
UAS board members. Any of the
proposals considered were
viable, in the sense that they
incorporated student input, were
able to be implemented, and
were financially sound. The pro-
posals that the board _ finally
adopted were the result of a high-
ly consultative process with stu-
dents, and I believe will work to
the benefit of many students next
year. Those students who wanted
to incorporate off- campus food
service in their meal plans might
be disappointed with the results.
I am hopeful that if there is a
contingent of students who con-
tinue to support the inclusion of

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off campus vendors, they will
inform student leaders so. that
their opinion might be voiced at
the Board table in the future.”

Although the uptown dining
halls will stay open for dinner on
Friday and Saturday nights, stu-
dents will still face the 6.8%
increase in dining costs. “That is
the next item which will be fur-
ther questioned by us,” said
Amid. Fingerman and Amid also
plan to combat food quality,
which Chartwells claims to be
serious about improving.

Many students also appreci-
ate the decisions of the board. “I
think it is great,” said freshman,
Sander Gossard, “I would have
been mad if I had to walk all the
way to the campus center on
Friday and Saturday nights.”
Another freshman, J.P. Freyre
added, “It was a very exceptional
decision by the board, and I think
something should also be done
about food quality in the dining
halls.”

So again, congratulations to
all the students who came out
and voiced their opinions regard-
ing the dining proposal. You have
been heard, and your efforts have
made an extremely significant
difference. A situation like this
proves to students that UAlbany
has a board of directors that is
open to student suggestion and
opinion which will influence
their deliberations on different
issues.

Take a look at one
student’s predictions for
this year’s Oscars.

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Lady Dane Sarah Maida
pitches way to 10-4
overall record.

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Students rally
to save EOP
and TAF

By DAN
FINGERMAN
Staff Writer

“I graduated
SOE ee
Stonybrook in
1990 and Tam stl
paying the loans,”
said Assemblyman
Carl Heastie at a
forum thrown by
the National
Association for
the Advancement
of Colored People
(NAACP) chapter
of the University
to inform and edu-
cate students of
the threats against

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Dr. Carson Carr Jr, Assistant Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Associate Dean of

importance of the _ fight.

erg See

Opportunities

Program (EOP) Undergraduate Studies .
and Tuition

Assistance Program (TAP),

Monday night.

Almost forty people gath-
ered in the Social Science build-
ing to find out what was being
proposed and what could be done
to halt it. Tamika Bent, one of
the organizers of the forum intro-
duced the event. She spoke of
the “urgency and importance of
the meeting” and said it was a
problem when anyone tries “to
further disadvantage the already
disadvantaged.” Ms. Bent urged
all students “to use that voice to
let our government know that
education is a high priority.”

In Governor George Pataki’s
2002-03 budget plan, students
who need state aid will not be
paid their full award until they
graduate. He calls holding back
one-third of the TAP grant a
“performance incentive,” but it
will force students to take out
thousands of dollars in extra
loans.

Dr. =-Catson  Carr,-* the
Associate Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Associate
Dean of Undergraduate Studies
also spoke about the historical

Speaking of the civil rights
movement, he said, “The only
way to turn this around is to get
the help of college students.”
He also spoke of the importance
of educating and informing stu-
dents so they can know what
they’re fighting for. “If we’re
going a make a difference. we
have to be knowledgeable and
intelligent about the issues.” He
criticized Governor  Pataki’s
recent proposal to withhold one-
third of students TAP or EOP
money until after they graduate.
“You need that money to gradu-
ate and you need that money
now.” Carr also saluted the
University’s commitment to the
EOP program, which donates a
half-million dollars to the pro-
gram. Carr stated “it was the
largest institutional contribution
to an EOP program from in a pri-"
vate of public school.”

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Friday, March 22, 2002

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News

Guinness Day ©

By SARA CHAPMAN
Managing Editor

No, it’s not about the beer.
You’ve all seen the ambiguous
signs saying, “Guinness Day is
coming...” and most of you, in
the grand tradition of UAlbany,
immediately thought about the
beer (see, you’re smiling). Once
the truth broke, people laughed,
but were not at all disappointed.
The truth of the matter (sorry to
rain on your parades) is that
UAlbany really is trying to get
back into tradition by breaking
some Guinness world records.

In the past, Guinness Day
was a big event at UAlbany,

involving Res Life, Greek Life:
the Student Association (SA) and
various other student groups. One
interest started to dwindle or
were diverted, Guinness Day
died. Before that, though, we
held the records for most people
playing Twister, Simon says,
musical chairs, holding hands,
and hula hoops. The ones that
made it into the book were
Twister, musical chairs and
Simon says because UAlbany
essentially made the other ones
up.

This year, Albany is going
after the records for most people

‘kissing at the same time and most

people brushing their teeth at the
same time. The goals for these

two records are 4,000 people
kissing and 2000 people brushing
their teeth. The current kissing
record is 200 people and 1384
brushing their teeth. Guinness
Day is scheduled for April 20 at 2
p.m., at Collins Circle, with reg-
istration beginning at noon.
However, students are overly
encouraged to register before
April 7. You can do this at Copies
Plus, in the Student Association,
and by e-mailing
GuinnessDay2002 @aol.com.
This will save a considerable
amount of time that day and also
assure that the goal is realized.
The good news is that these two
records already exist, so should
we break them, it will be printed.

Thankfully, the brushing
teeth attempt will come before
the kissing event. And for those
who are not comfortable display-
ing their personal hygiene prac-
tices to the world or participating
in a soft core orgy, they should
still come just for the good time
(but c’mon, be a team player!).
SA is organizing various activi-
ties to add to the already fun
filled day. These include games,
prizes and carnival-like vendors.
Kissing can be on the lips, fore-
head, cheek, or anywhere on the
facial region.

The resurrection of Guinness
Day was orchestrated by SA
Multi-Cultural Affairs Director,
Alfredo Balarin. “The event is

basically to bring — students
together... with one common
goal...and just have a fun day.”

Cailin Ni Mhanoaigh, a
sophomore and math major,
thinks, “It’s fun. It’s a great way
to bring students together and it’s
about time we were known for
something other than being a
party: school.”

So get rid of the morning
breath and pucker up, UAlbany.
You have less than a month to
find a smooching buddy, and
about two and a half weeks to

sign up.

Terrorism forum

By ROBERT SHAND
Contributing Writer

International Youth for Peace
sponsored a Terrorism Forum at
7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19,
in the Terrace Lounge of the
Campus Center. The forum fea-
tured three professors from the
Political Science Department.
Professor Thomas  Birkland
spoke about the media coverage
of terrorism, particularly the
September I! attack on_ the
World Trade Center and the
Pentagon. Professor Judith
Gillespie spoke about the psy-
chological profile of a terrorist
and the sociological aspects of
terrorist groups, and Professor
Benjamin Fordham spoke about
the public policy reaction to the
September |] attack and the pol-
itics surrounding that reaction.
Professor Birkland sug-

gested that the media coverage of

terrorism is fairly shallow and
uninformative to citizens. He ts

currently studying thousands of

articles from the New York
Times dated from 1990 to
December 31, 2001, searching

for trends and patterns in the cov-
erage. He hypothesizes that
while the amount of media cover-
age has _ increased _ since
September 11, 2001, the range of
topics discussed and voices heard
on the topics has not, thereby
concluding that the quantity of
media coverage has increased,
while the quantity of useful infor-
mation remains the same.
Professor Gillespie
cited four studies regarding psy-
chological profiles of known ter-
rorists and trends in the behavior

Left to right: Dr. Thomas Birkland, Professor of Politial Science; Dr. Judih Gillespie,
Professor of Political Science; Dr. Benjamin Fordham, Professor of Political Science

profile, except that they tend to
be action-oriented, aggressive
people. She also noted that ter-
rorist groups do not tend to be
able to achieve their goals
through traditional — means,
including political participation,
winning political elections, or
military invasions. Instead, they
aim for large, symbolic acts to
create fear and draw attention to
their causes. Additionally, she
noted that terrorists tend to live
according to societal norms for
long periods of time, before
engaging in terrorist activities.
Finally, she cited a popular psy-
chological study by Milner,
which concluded _ that
placed. under pressure from
authority figures, most people
would be willing to inflict physi-
cal harm or cause death to others.
She concluded that - terrorists
often are ordinary people, who
exhibit ordinary psychological
characteristics, and simply
become involved with groups
that pursue goals not attainable
by means besides violence.
Professor Fordham dis-

cussed the policy options avail- .

able to the Bush administration
and the reasons the administra-
tion chose the route of extensive
military action. He began by dis-
cussing the political climate
within the Bush administration
prior to September 11, noting that
two major contituencies of the
Republican Party, those who
desired greater defense spending
and those who desired tax cuts
and balanced budgets, were polit-
ically battling. Additionally,
Bush faced pressure’ from

democrats for the dwindling
economy and shrinking budget .

when —

September |! were an interna-
tional intelligence and police
action and a military response.
Professor- Fordham argued that
the Bush administration chose
the military response partially to
help ameliorate conflicts within
the administration over bud-
getary issues and defense spend-
ing, as it mobilized massive sup-
port for a large increase in
defense spending. He also noted
that all public policy decisions,
while frequently motivated by
the desire to provide for the
greatest common good, are also
motivated by political factors and
political climate.

Approximately 35  stu-
dents attended the event. Many
were from Professor Birkland’s
course entitled “The September
11 Project,” which aims to study
and analyze data from the media
response to terrorism and specif-
ically the September 11 attack.
Others included students interest-
ed in politics and foreign policy,
and members of the International
Youth for Peace.

Several students asked
interesting questions of the pro-
fessors during an interactive peri-
od which provoked discussion on
such ancillary topics as the role
of charismatic leaders such as
Osama bin Laden in mobilizing
terrorist groups, the likelihood of
additional military action by the
United States in other nations
such as Iraq or Somalia, and the
impact of recent violence and
political turmoil in Israel on
American foreign policy.

International Youth for
Peace, the organization which
hosted the event, hopes to pro-
mote peace by doing community
service, learning about
international politics,
holding forums such as
this on topics of inter-
est to UAlbany stu-
dents, and visiting the
United Nations and
participating in youth
events. More informa-
tion about the group
can be obtained by

of terrorist groups. She conclud-
ed from the studies that terrorists
do not fit a specific psychological

surplus. The feasible options
available to the Bush administra-
tion to respond to the attack on

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Not so Kosher...

By GINGER HANSON
Staff Writer -

At approximately | p.m. on
March 12, an employee of
Dreidel’s Kosher Cafe removed
her own ham and cheese sand-
wich from the store’s refrigerator,
used a kosher knife and cutting
board to carve the sandwich and
violated virtually every kosher

regulation and guideline set forth

by Jewish law. Luckily, two
kosher students witnessed the
event and notified the proper
authorities. By 1:15 p.m.,~ the
kitchen was closed and Rabbi
Kellman, Kashruth administrator
and Vaad hakashruth of Kosher
dining operations in the Capital
District, were on the scene to
assess the situation and take nec-
essary action. By 2:15 p.m.,
Dreidel’s Kosher Cafe was legit-
imately kosher and ready to
reopen for business.

The long-term employee of
Chartwells had been properly
trained in appropriate kosher
guidelines, but disrespected the
sanctity of Jewish law when she
acted on her own will and was
immediately suspended from her
job. The resulting legal process
and pending termination of the
employee prevents her name
from being released, but dis-
missal is inevitable. “Neither

Chartwells -nor the UAS
[University Auxiliary Services]
is taking this situation lightly,”
says Director of Food and Dining

Services for UAS,; — Debra
DeSimony.
Rabbi Kellman and

Chartwells took every necessary
precaution and additional mea-
sures as well to make sure that
Dreidel’s was once again a strict-
ly kosher dining establishment.
The cutting board, knife, and
foods in the area of the ham and
cheese sandwich were immedi-
ately destroyed. Rabbi Kellman
confirmed that the actions taken
after the incident were immediate
and appropriate. He gave verbal
approval to reopen after the site
was cleansed.

DeSimony commented that
this is “ a very embarrassing situ-
ation for UAS and Chartwells,
and disappointing for students
who depend on us; unfortunately
this employee acted on her own
and the position that we are faced
with is primarily reactive. We
will continue to do our best to
make sure this doesn’t happen
again.”

Rabbi Kellman held a focus
group on Dutch Quad the day
after the incident with several
kosher students and assured them
that the facilities were operating
under the strictest of kosher
guidelines once again.

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Friday, March: 22, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS 3

“Take Back ~
the Night”

By MERIDA
FRIEDMAN
Staff Writer

Take Back the
Night, is a march/
rally with the goal of
making UAlbany into
a safer environment
for all its residents,
not just women. This
march, is supposed to
take place Thursday,
April ety at
Washington Park, and
was organized by
Karen Eckensterner,

the Women’s Issues
Director of the

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Karen Ekenstiema, SA Women’s Director.

SA controversy continues

Student Association
(SA)

The march used to be cen-
tered around women, but they are
trying to make it comfortable for
everyone to come, men especial-
ly, who may feel out of place.
“Even though you may be a man,
it’s important to remember that
you have a mother, a sister... that
could be hurt.” . Eckernsterner
said,

One out of every four
women will be raped in her life
time, and one out of six of every
man will be raped in his life time.
There will be buses running from
Collins Circle starting at 5 p.m.,
until the event is over. The night
will kick off at 6 p.m., with vari-
ous speakers and performances.
At 6:30 to 7 p.m., the band,

Antigone Rising, will be playing
and then from 7 to 8 p.m., sur-
vivors will tell their stories. The
march will take place from 8 to 9
p-m. Students will display
signs, boards, and shout chants to
promote safety in the Albany
area.

After the march, there will
be a candle lighting vigil starting
at 9 p.m., and the band will play
again. Volunteers are need and
encouraged to come and partici-
pate. You can get involved by
either going to the SA front desk,
which is located in the Campus
Center next to Copies Plus, or
writing to ekie222@cs.com.
The main thing to remember is
that this is not just a_ women’s
issue, but a community one.

Listen to the ASP’s
Managing Editor, Sara
Chapman, and Podium-

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By SARA CHAPMAN
Managing Editor

At 7:45 p.m. Wednesday
night, the Central Council (CC)
was called to order. Maybe. To
clarify, the first two hours of the
meeting were spent debating
whether or not Chair, Nick Lo
Vuolo was really chair. Last
Wednesday night, he informed
CC that he was not a student
because he had trouble with
financial aid, but asked for until
the next Monday to get his affairs
in order. He was not officially a
student again at UAlbany until
3:14 Wednesday afternoon, two
days after the deadline CC gave
him. For this reason, the first
motion of the evening to was
remove Lo Vuolo as chair. This
came after the Internal Affairs
(IA) Committee sent him a letter
stating that they did not formally
recognize him as chair or a mem-
ber of Student Association (SA)
anymore. It was decided that
Vice-Chair, Leslie Evans, would
necessarily have a bias on the
matter, and therefore could not
chair the meeting; so the respon-
sibility went to the IA Chair, Dan
Fingerman, but Fingerman made
the motion, so he could not chair
the meeting; finally this huge
task fell on first time chair, Liam
Miller, the Financial Committee
Chair.

Many points were brought
up, from the nitty gritty meticu-
lous points of policy to ‘the
umbrella personality arguments.
Many said that CC has enjoyed
more decorum than ever since Lo

Vuolo became chair and with the

budget meetings coming up, his
expertise would be integral to
future successful meetings.
However, when running for SA,
he, like all other candidates,
signed a contract saying that he
must remain a activity fee paying
student in order to be on the SA
and if any time he ceases to do
so, he will resign as he will be in
breach of duty. Fingerman said,
“This is the Student Association,
not the ‘I-Used-To-Be-A-Student
Assocation’.” Everything down
to the definition of the word “stu-
dent” was hotly debated. Lo
Vuolo was not at the IA meeting
that, something that did not play
in his favor.

In his defense, Lo Vuolo
walked the body through the var-
ious processes and conversations
he had in order to get student sta-
tus. He explained that he had to
redo his financial aid papers
numerous times, something that
the rest of the Council argued
represented the situation of many
students on campus. He came
under attack for a letter he wrote
to IA stating that he was a student
when in fact he was not, because
he thought that he had completed
the process when he was only a
few steps short. He also had to
get documentation from his pro-
fessors stating that he was attend-
ing class and that they anticipated

_ giving him credit.

Still, from the beginning of
the semester until Wednesday, Lo
Vuolo was technically not a stu-
dent and Council argued that

according to the strictest |
interpretation of policy, he |
was in violation thereof and |
should be removed. “There
should be no case here... This |
has been a Council that I |
have witnessed go tooth and }
nail through policy for the |
most inane things; stupid
points! And the time you |
should be worrying about |
policy, none of you’seem to
care if exists,” said Budget
Chair, Seth Melin.

This prompted him to
draft in injunction which was
signed by three Supreme
Court justices. What Melin F
left out of the injunction that §
the justices added made it
unconstitutional. The docu-
ment prohibits LoVuolo
from entering the Student
Association offices. Since he f
was a student at the time of
signing and since all students
are allowed into the office,
the injunction was unconsti-
tutional; nonetheless,

Top: Photo by Sara Chapman; Bottom: Courtesy

of albany.edu

Nick LuVuluo, Central Council Chair;
Lo. Leslie Evans, Central Council Vice Chair.

Vuolo stepped aside after the
motion to remove him failed
in order so that nothing that hap-
pened that night could be over-
ruled on a technicality.

“T basically understand what
peoples’ contentions were and I
also understand why people were
supporting me. I did what I
thought I was supposed to be
doing.” Lo Vuolo conceded that
while he did not often volunteer
his financial information, he
denies that he covered anything
up. “I hope I don’t go down as a
liar. | hope ’?'m known as some-
body who did what’s right for the
students.”

When that controversy died
down, it was time for directors’
reports. Academic Affairs hosted
a very successful Academic Fair,
offering information on majors,
minors, scholarships, study
abroad programs, honors pro-
grams and more. IA explained its
rationale behind the letter sent to
Nick. The Student Action

Committee meeting consisted of

one person: the chair, so during
his report, he reprimanded the
members and requested that they
stay to talk to him after the meet-
ing. The Educational Affairs
Committee also praised the suc-
cess of the Academic Fair and
announced a benefit for the
Assemblyman, Ed Sullivan, an
advocate for higher education
who will be retiring. That will be
April 9, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Issues Director, Karen
Ekenstierna, stressed the impor-
tance of getting volunteers for
Take Back the Night. Sign up
sheets are located in the SA
office, and interested students are
encouraged to e-mail her at
ekie222 @cs.com.

SA President, Dave Bishop,
announced that he is working on
bringing free or low cost HIV
testing to campus. He also
encouraged members to bring
issues to him to be presented to
University Council. Tony Grey
suggested that Bishop argue in
favor of diverting funds from the
Center for Excellence — in
Teaching & Learning (CETL),
saving that their one hundred

thousand dollar plus budget pays
for teaching conferences while
students must wait sometimes
over a half an hour for a CDTA
bus, only to have the schedules
switched, or be rejected because
the bus is already too full. This
idea was met with applause and
overwhelming support from
Bishop. Both Bishop and SA
Vice President, Jesse Juste, spoke
of the progress of Parkfest,
including the booking of the sec-
onds stage and the moving ahead
with the liquor license and secu-
rity issues. Juste reported that the
pool for vice president and presi-
dential candidates will close
April 5, and self-nomination
form are available in the SA
office. Supreme Court Justice,
Jacob. Levinovsky announced
that the Court heard the case of
Levine vy. Student Association
but has yet to reach an agrec-
ment. .

The first bill of the night
coincided with the executive
report of then-interin comptrol-
ler, Alethea Tomapat. She said
that she was working on liquidat-
ing the debt accumulated by SA

_ vans while at the same time pass-

ing out cup cakes and fielding
questions about the decision to
make her the official comptroller
for the rest of the year. That
passed unanimously. Another
unanimous appointment was
Michael Uzenski as the Elections
Commissioner for the upcoming
vice-president and _ presidential
elections. The Great Danes
Wrestling Club was unanimously
allocated a $110 budget, and the
final bill of the evening granted
Albany Absurdity, a new publica-
tion, a budget number, but the
group did not ask for money, so
no vote was needed and this
essentially means that the group
is formally recognized.

In all, when cell phones
weren't ringing from various
parts of the gallery, the Central
Council was pretty productive.


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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

News

Carr drives home point

Contintued from page I

EOP was founded more than
thirty years ago and seeks to pro-
vide admission opportunities for
economically and educationally
disadvantaged students of all
races who are residents of New
York State and wish to enroll in
one of the many undergraduate
departments at the University at
Albany. The program also pro-
vides supportive services
designed to help students who
need assistance in academic,
financial, social and personal
matters. New York State, the
Office of Special Programs, and
the University at Albany jointly
sponsor the program. More than
3,000 bachelors degrees have
been awarded by the University

at Albany to students admitted -

through the EOP. Over IS per-
cent of these degree recipients
graduated with honors. TAP also
provides financial aid to many
students throughout the state. _
Dr. Carr joined Ms. Bent in
urging all students to “share
information, know information
and to write your Assembly
member and State Senators.
Write to them and let them know
your concerned. Ill give you a
stamp” he said. Dr. Carr intro-
duced State Assemblyman Carl
Heastie. |
Assemblyman Heastie, start-
ed off admitting, “He was sad not
to see the room packed, as it is an
important issue.” He spoke of
how the 18-34 age group is often
not heard because they don’t

vote. Heastie related it to a
failed mo‘ ement to restrict dri-
ving rights of seniors, saying,
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be denied the right to drive.” He
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already there, we can’t find this
fight by ourselves?’ He urged
students to not only write to
Assemblymembers and_ State
Senators, but also write the
Governor, “Tie up his phone and
e-mails.” He also praised the
EOP program saying _ that
although he “was not an EOP
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and human services, job readi-
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Heastie described Pataki’s —

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By SREELA Roy
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We have all been to fairs,
whether they have been at huge
theme parks or in our home-
towns, but there is no comparison
to the University at Albany
Academic — Fair.
Wednesday, March 20, this fair
was a collective effort made by
the Advisement Services Center,
Career Development Center,
Fiitce: <: Of: he
Undergraduate Studies, Project
Renaissance, Presidential
Scholars, Student Association,
and the Department of
Residential Life to help first-year
and undeclared students become
more informed and to help stu-
dents realize the myriad majors,
minors and other resources avail-
able here at the university.

For every student here at
UAlbany, seeing the lecture cen-
ter filled with people at various
times of the day is not an unusu-
al sight, but the atmosphere this
past Wednesday was different.
With tables against every win-
dow pane and balloons at almost
every entrance, the lecture center
was most certainly impressive.
Many students walking into the
lecture center may not have even
realized that an academic fair

Held — on-

Dean of

was going on, but for those who
had no clue, they were most
pleasantly surprised. A table for
every major seemed to be there.
From English to Economics to
Classics to Anthropology to
Biology to Education, every
department seemed present, even
some other campus resources,
such as the Writing Center,
University Internships, Study
Abroad, Academic Support
Services, the Career
Development Center . and
Advisement Services. -

This fair was designed to
help all students, not just fresh-
man. For students who are still
undeclared or are still searching
for the right minor or second
major, this fair is very helpful.
Not only were faculty and staff
there but also other students. “I
thought it was a really good
idea... being a freshman, picking
a major can get overwhelming so
I think it was a good way to let
people, get information from all
the different departments in one
place, it was convenient,” said
freshman Teresa Setzer, an aspir-
ing Sociology major. Even upper
classmen found the Academic
Fair to be encouraging, “It
seemed like there was a lot of
information and a lot of resources
there,” stated junior Jennifer
Rasco, a Psychology major who

just happened to be passing by.
Majors and minors were not
the only point of interest at the
fair, “I found the study abroad
table to be very informative,”
stated intended Business major,
Sara Volkell. It seemed as if
many of the students were
impressed with the resource
tables present. However, as in all
fairs, there will always be a ride
or game that people enjoy more
than others. Some tables could be
seen with many students swarm-
ing around while other tables had

barely anyone asking for infor- .

mation. Most students found the
tables to be informative and help-
ful, but on the other hand, not all
the tables were as useful as oth-
ers. “I like stuff like that but the
education department was not
useful whatsoever,’ commented
Franco Dispenza, an intended
English major. “They were not
on track at all with their stuff.”

While the general atmos-
phere of the fair was useful and
thought provoking, many stu-
dents felt good after they left, yet
others left feeling even more con-
fused than before. Either way, the
general purpose of the fair was to
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The death of pop?

By SANDY Lo GRASSO
A&E Editor

Has the day finally come?
The day rockers and hip-hoppers
alike will rejoice? The day pop
music died. I wouldn’t go and
pick out a tombstone just yet.
Yes, I'll admit that this year pop
has spent more time in the back-
ground than on the foreground,
but it’s not over until the fat lady
bt op ee en SF

The. future of pop music
hangs in the balance of whether
or not solo artists can deliver
their new albums with a bang and
whether or not pop groups can
stay together without their heart-
throb feeling the need to go solo.

‘N Syne has had an unbe-
lievable year in 2001. They gave
a killer performance at Super
Bowl XXV, dropped their hit
album Celebrity, had a sold-out
tour, won several VMAs and per-
formed with the King of Pop
himself, Michael Jackson. So
why is their staying power in

question? Hmm...where shall I
start? Well, how about member
Lance Bass deciding to go into
outer space? Yes, you heard
right. What sounds like a far-
fetched rumor only a five year
old would come up with is in fact
the truth. Lance decided that
being in a successful music group
wasn’t enough. He wanted to
make his dream of becoming an
astronaut a reality. Where does
that leave ‘N Sync? At least six
months out of the job. I’m sure
we'll see them around, but with
Justin’s solo project in the works,
it’s more likely that we’ll see his
face, that’s already plastered on
every magazine and no one else.

Moving on now to Christina
Aguilera. Remember her? The
Mariah Carey clone who has had
public fall-outs with rapper,
Eminem and Limp Bizkit’s front
man, Fred Durst. Christina has
been gone for almost two years,
despite her collaborations on
“Lady Marmalade” and her duet
with Ricky Martin on “Nobody
Wants To Be Lonely” (speaking

of disappearing pop singers).
Finally Christina is ready to
release her next album, but
whether or not there is still an
audience for her is in serious
question. I guess we’ll just have
to wait until the album comes
out. My prediction is that there
might be one hit single, but no
real chart-toppers.

So who else is there? 98
Degrees is claiming to just “tak-
ing a break,” but we’ve seen that
pattern before. Jessica Simpson
was a hit last year with
Irresistible, but now she seems
invisible. The younger genera-
tion of pop such-as Aaron Carter,
Li’] Bow Wow and Little Romeo
are still in the spotlight and going
strong, but mainstream radio and
MTV haven’t really embraced
their music as much as other
artists. Mandy Moore is still
around, but with her starring role
in “A Walk To Remember” this
could lead Ms. Moore into a
whole new direction. She is
already working with Elton John,
but not on a duet. She’s acting in

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his new video, so Mandy will be
around just not on your radio.

Okay, so maybe I exaggerat-
ed the death of pop a little bit.
We still have Britney Spears pop-
ping out the hits and don’t forget
the Backstreet Boys will be
releasing a new album later this
year. So the kings and queen of

the pop phenomenon will reign
again. Maybe we have finally
reached pop music’s down cycle,
however there will always be
pop, no matter what you do. So
rockers and hip-hoppers, wel-
come to hell. Hey, it’s not that
bad, who else would you make
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Arts & Entertainment

Friday, March 22, 2002

Is there too much
slang in our
vocabulary?

By ARLENY ALVAREZ
Contributing Writer

How many times have you
been in a conversation and not
known what was going on? I bet
you have been there once. It’s
not a hard thing to understand
and with a few tips you can be
able to understand someone from
the city.. People from the city as
well as myself have many ways
of speaking. We take on differ-
ent vocabulary with each person
we speak to especially to our
friends. Here are some ways to
help the average person like
someone from upstate under-
stand the different ways city peo-
ple talk.

All right first lesson: This 1s
a guide to a few things that peo-
ple might say.When you are say-
ing something to someone add B
towards the end of your sentence
if you feel that they are not lis-
tening to you or to make it per-
sonal, you usually say it more to
your friends. For
“what’s up B?” When you have
to go to class from 7-10pm that’s
“danger,” grown ass women
don’t take classes like that, we
take early classes so we have
time to chill during the day.

When you enter a room and
you know you’re the bomb you
say “boom guess who stepped in
the room”. When someone asks
you something and you want to
say yes you say “it sure is” or if
it does, you say “it sure does”.

When you are explaining
stuff and you finish stating what
you had to say you say “batta
bing batta boom”. After you
make a joke you say, “baddom
ching” meaning a drum roll. And
of course you know you’re the
bomb so you leave a message on
AOL like “I wish I could be you
so I can be friends with me.”

When your friend tells you
something and you are agreeing
to it you say “basically” or you
can also say, “I hear that hot
crap” but never at the same time.

example,

And always always say in
the beginning of a conversation
to greet someone you say
“What’s up my nizzel?” and fol-
lowing that sentence you can say
“What’s poppin’?” or ‘“What’s
good?” do not, I say do not say
both at the same time or you will
look like or sound like a fool.
You will “basically” be a “damn”
“fool.” This 1s a perfect sentence
on how you can respond to some-
one when they are acting stupid.
And end the convo with “peace
out” inspired again by room 206
in. Colonial or one of my
favorites “lata, B.” Words may
change due to how I feel because
I said so. “Cause I said so” is
another way of knowing you are
the bomb cause you know so, it’s
just the “damn” truth. Don’t for-
get when you haven’t seen your
friend for a long time, tell them,
“T haven’t seen you in like a hot
min.” You also have the one
“damn” when you say “damn I
mean damn” this is referring to
the word “danger” so you either
use one or the other not both.

These are only a few ways to
start you off in the wonderful
world of slang. Go out and use it
wisely. And.don’t forget you
change the way you speak with
the different people you
encounter. Most important of all

just because you hear someone

use a lot of slang doesn’t mean
they are not intelligent. We use
slang because people influence
us to. The people you hang
around with are your main influ-
ence. Just think if Dawson’s
Creek didn’t start speaking high-
ly intelligent, would you have
used a very sophisticated word in
high school? Think about it. Just
have fun with it. Slang is a
Universal thing everyone can
speak. No matter where you

come from you may say some-
thing I don’t say. Note: Don’t be
ignorant and tell someone ‘““Why
you have to be ghetto?” because
that just makes no sense. If you
really think about it what is ghet-
to? Ghetto is a slang term.

2002 tour preview

By SANDY Lo GRASSO
A&E Editor .

As spring approaches new
tours start to blossom into action,
since summer is about the best
time for people to have time to
catch a great concert. So who
can you look forward to seeing
this year?

First up, No Doubt began
their tour this week, on the 18th.
The band’s first single off their
latest album, Rock Steady is
“Hey Baby” which is a fun kind
of addicting song and somewhat
different from No Doubt’s previ-
ous albums, Return To Saturn
and Tragic Kingdom. The single
has been getting as much airplay
on radio as Britney Spears,
whether that’s a good thing or a
bad thing is entirely your opin-
ion. Lead singing lady, Gwen
Stefani said she loves performing
the songs off the new album.
“These are songs you can really
dance to — we were out dancing
a lot when we made the record.
The mood is just so up, energetic,
and that dance-hall beat is the
sexiest beat. I think this is proba-
bly our sexiest music.”

The tour kicked off in §
Sacramento and finishes |
Cut On, May ~ 424m
Bernalillio, New Mexico.
Bassist, Tony Kanal could-
n't wait: to go out on the
road and win over more
audiences. “This is our
chance to bring the people
who listen [to pop radio]
over to the rock side,” he
says. “Show ‘em there’s so
much more out there.”

Also. in’ rock, ~the

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Warped Tour is about to hit
45 cities beginning on June
21st in Napa, Idaho. This year’s
“Warped” line-up include: Bad

Religion, Mighty Mighty
Bosstones, Good Charlotte,

Riddlin’ Kids, New Found Glory,
Flogging Molly, Alkaline Trio
and Fakebook. This year’s tour
will have many attractions
including a speed-drumming
contest that the fans can partici-
pate in against their favorite
drummers on the tour.
Pink also knows how to “Get
the Party Started” by going on
her first ever headlining tour
starting on May 2 in Phoenix.
There’s twenty-seven tour dates
and Pink will not be in arenas,

but theaters across the US. The
tour is to support Pink’s sopho-
more album, Missundaztood,
which has been in the top ten for
sixteen weeks now and is on its
way to going 2x platinum. Pink
has reinvented her sound from
her last album, Can't Tame Me
Home which we saw more anger,
but now Pink says she’s being
true to herself and with a
Grammy under her belt for taking
part in the Moulin Rouge’s “Lady
Marmalade,” I guess being her-
self is good enough! For a com-
plete list of Pink’s tour dates and
any other artist mentioned, check
out www. rollingstone.com.

College Rock:

“Everything You Want”

By JosHuA ARCUS
Staff Columnist

These days, Vertical Horizon
is not on the radio every two sec-
onds, but their unmistakable
mark on the music industry has
already been made. Billboard
Video Awards and the Radio
Music Awards voted “Everything
You Want,” the title track off
their platinum-selling major label
debut, the Most Played Song of
2000. Now, as the band prepares
to enter the studio to record their
fourth studio album, rest assured,
they have never been ones to dis-
appoint. .

It started. in= 1991. ata
Georgetown undergraduate party.
Keith Kane, who at the time had
been performing solo at a local
club, agreed to play at the party.
Matt Scannell, just another guy at
the party who Kane happened to

_ recognize as a member of an

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electric band, joined Kane for a
rendition of “All Along The
Watchtower.” They are said to
have awed everyone at the party.
Thereafter, Scannell accompa-
nied Kane at his weekly gig.
Vertical Horizon was formed, an
acoustic duo with a sound rooted
in folk music and vocal har-
monies. c

After graduating in 1992, the

two committed fulltime to
Vertical Horizon recording their
acoustic debut album “There and
Back Again” in the summer of
1992. <A very raw sounding
album, the music really empha-
sized the companionship and the
vision of music that existed
between Matt and Keith. Later in
1995, their follow-up “Running
On Ice” was Scannell and Kane’s
first time recording with a band
and professional — producers.
Recruited for the percussions
was Dave Matthews Band drum-
mer Carter Beauford and produc-
er John Alagia (Dave Matthews
Band). After the recording of
“Running on Ice,” Scannell and
Kane realized that it would be
necessary to employ a full band
in order to make Vertical Horizon
achieve the best and most profes-
sional sound that it could as it
had on “Running On Ice.” The
two would employ — several
bassists and drummers until they
eventually found the right musi-
cians - drummer Ed Toth and
bassist Sean Hurley.

In 1999, Vertical Horizon
released “Everything You Want,”
enhancing the band’s progression.
towards an edgier, electric, full-
band sound. “The greatest part
about recording EYW was that it
was the first time that we record-
ed in the studio with the opinions
of five different people (the band
members and producer) influenc-

ing the final result. In the past it
was Matt and I making the cre-
ative decisions, but with this
record the additional input really
helped in making the music fresh
and exciting,” said Kane.

Since the 1999 release of
“Everything You Want,” Vertical
Horizon has toured almost non-
stop, coast-to-coast sharing the
stage with the Dave Matthews
Band, the Barenaked Ladies,
Third Eye Blind, the Allman
Brothers Band and Train. Now,
after a couple of months hiatus,
the band has now discussed and
begun piecing together new
material for their next album.
“We decided that we wanted to
do what we’ ve done all along and
continue the forward progress of
the band,” said Toth.

Fans are very curious what
to expect from Vertical Horizon’s
next album. Many fans were
somewhat let down by
“Everything You Want,” feeling
the band’s sound had become
very poppy and commercialized,
drifting away from the acoustic-
rock style of the previous two
albums. Additionally, many fans
were let down by Kane’s small
appearance on the album, with
his only song recorded on the
album being the final track
“Shackled.” While the informa-
tion on the next album is very
scant at this point in time, rumor
has it that Kane will feature a few
more songs on this album. With
Scannell’s pop-rock sound and
Kane’s mastery of writing an
upbeat, electric-folk song, the
album will be very unlikely to
disappoint their fans and will
most likely succeed at winning
over even more fans over than
they had with “Everything You
Want.”


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Friday, March 22, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Arts & Entertainment

Oscar’s Oscar

By MIKE OXBIG
Contributing Writer

So its that time of year again.
Time for Whoopi Goldberg, Joan
and Melissa, and Hollywood’s
finest to jump in front of the cam-
eras and salute each other in the
glitziest, cheesiest, and most
over-hyped event of the year. Of
course we’re talking about the
Oscars. This year the ASP, dis-
cusses and predicts who will go
home with a little man, and we’re
not talking about who is going
home with the dude from
Passions.

ACTOR INA

SUPPORTING. ROLE
*Jim Broadbent in /ris.
Who? What movie? Anyone see
~ it, probably not, but in Oscar land
that might
mean a victory.
*Ethan Hawke in Training Day.
An actual movie someone might
have seen, but will the Academy
really salute someone who
directed a Lisa Loeb video?
*Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast.
Can Gandhi really win an award
as a “Sexy Beast?”
*lan McKellen in Lord Of The
Rings.
Wait -- that old guy in that movie
wasn’t Patrick Stewart?

picks

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Justa F orkful:

Not just for 21-year olds...

By JAIME DEGINA
Contributing Columnist

I'd like to be in her bedroom.
*Kate Winslet in /ris.
Where’s Leo?

ACTRESS IN A
LEADING ROLE
*Halle Berry in Monsters Ball.
While we love Halle, who actual-

ly saw this film?

*Judi Dench tn /ris.

How many Oscars does she
need!?
*Nicole
Rouge.
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce
soir?

*Sissy Spacek in _In
Bedroom.

Will she wear pigs blood?
*Renee Zellweger in Bridget
Jones's Diary.

The Oscar goes to the one who is
funny.

Kidman in Moulin

The

ACTOR IN
A
LEADING
ROLE
eR Yess eis
Crowe in A
Beautiful

Mind.

He’s sooooo
last year. .
*Sean Penn

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*Jon Voight in Ali.
I thought he was better in Varsity
Blues.

ACTRESS INA
SUPPORTING ROLE
*Maggie Smith in Gosford Park.
She was superior as Mother
Superior in Sister Act. Maybe
Whoopi will have some pull for
her sister...

Courtesy of hollywood.com

is / Am Sam.
Even though he was in Fast
Times In Ridgemont High, he was
awesome in this film.
*Will Smith in Ali.
Only if Jada comes.
*Denzel Washington in Training

Day.

Should’ve won for The
Hurricane.

*Tom Wilkinson in In The

Bedroom.

Am I the only
person told not to
see this film.

BEST PIC-
TURE

*A Beautiful
Mind.
We only hope
that Captain Von
‘Trapp will make
sure that no one
7 from this movie
“sees” someone
give them = an

Oscar.

*Jennifer Connelly in A Beautiful
Mind.

A beautiful mind, a beautiful win.
*Helen Mirren in Gosford Park.
God save the queen. An English
Oscar winner, of course.
*Marisa Tomei in In
Bedroom.

the

*Gosford Park.
What was the deal with the
accents? We all know Ryan
Phillipe is not from England.

*In The Bedroom.

I totally thought this was a dirty
movie. Sadly disappointed.
*The Lord Of The Rings. Umm
no.

*Moulin Rouge.

Yeah, Nicole. Independent
woman. Yeah, Ewan. Sing a
mix of Madonna and Nirvana
while you fight that weird dude

Ea

%

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who’s a Count before the prosti-
tute dies of tuberculosis.

So who will win Costume
Design?

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At Rick's Cafe"

eally Da Work

There have been so many
times throughout the past three
years that I have driven by
Sutter’s Mill on Western Avenue
and thought to myself that I
should consider eating there. Not
being 21 yet, I always pushed it
to the back of my mind. Surely
they would ask me to leave the
second I entered the door. If you
aren’t aware, it is a full bar with
a separate room for dinning. I
would never endure embarrass-
ment from Sutter’s Mill for not
being 21 to eat a burger. It seems,
from the outside, a place where
only adults are welcome. It was
much to my surprise when. last
week a friend of mine told me he
had eaten there with his whole
family not long ago. It suddenly
hit me how foolish I was acting
about the whole looking under-
age dilemma and figured, “What
do I have to lose?” The chances
of my recognizing anyone in
there on a Tuesday at 4:30 were
slim to none.

So I walked in, and as I
expected, my friend and I were
the only ones there to engage in
the behavior called eating. The
bar tender was very nice, but of
course, approached us right
away. Since we seemed to be the
youngest people in there by 15
years, this did not shock me at
all. We asked him if it was too
early to grab a bite to eat and he
explained how the whole proce-
dure worked. Get this; if you eat
at the main bar, it is “help your-
self’ area. You place your order
at the counter and you get it
yourself when it is ready. How
cool is that! There is nothing bet-
ter than extreme casual dining.
Or you can eat in the dining room
where there is a_ waitress.
Although, I truly wanted to eat
up front and play quick draw dur-
ing the wait, my friend wanted to
eat in the back.

We were the only ones back
there so it was a little weird. As
we waited for our burgers and

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fries, we began talking to our
waitress who had just moved to
the Albany area from Oregon. I
asked her if she liked it here and
she said that she felt uncomfort-
able because people were cold to
her and she had_never been to a
large city. Immediately I asked
her 1f she had been to NYC and
she said she refuses to go out of
fear of the size. I begged her to
go and try. I promised she would
love it and guaranteed she would
run into nice people all over the
place. She still refused.

Back to the food, I had
ordered a cheeseburger and fries.
When I got it, it was to perfect
degree-medium well. The roll
wasn’t a typical burger roll. I was
like a shinny top Italian roll, so it
was more like a dinner or sand-
wich roll. . The fries, which were
awesome, were like a fast food
fry: short, thin, and salty. This
place also served real Heinz
Ketchup. I know this because
when I went to put some on my
plate, I had to break the seal on
the squeeze bottle. I enjoyed it
immensely and was sad when it
was almost all gone!

They have your typical bar
and grill menu at Sutter’s Mill.
Things like wings, burgers, moz-
zarella sticks, grilled cheeses,
and chicken sandwiches, which
were all moderately priced. The
only bummer is you pay for
extras. My burger was about
$2.50 more because I wanted
cheese, lettuce, and tomato. I
think the actual burger even felt
bad for me that I had to pay extra.

Although I haven’t been
there at dinnertime or on a big
game night, our quick and to the
point dining experience is one
that I am glad I chose to make.
Would I return? Absolutely.
Should you try it? Of course you
should. But do me a favor while
you are there. Make sure you are
nice to the waitress from Oregon.
Beg her to trust New Yorkers and
take a trip into our beautiful city.
I surely don’t want a bad reputa-
tion for causing unhappiness in
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Friday,
March 22

3:30 p.m. Lecture. Professor
Robert Van Gulick, Syracuse
University philosophy depart-
ment, will speak on “Maps, Gaps,
and Traps: Metaphors _ for
Understanding Consciousness.”
Sponsored by the Philosophy
Department. Humanities 290. For
more information, call 442-4261.

5.- 7 p.m. Poetry Reading.
“Brave New Words.” Poetry will
be read by student and faculty
writers. University at Albany’s
Cafe Ritazza, located in the base-
ment of the Campus Center. The
event is free and open to
the public.
6 - 9 p.m. Jazz music. Jody
Shayne (Vocals), Peg Delaney
_ (Piano).The Shipyard Restaurant,
95 Everett Road. 438-4428. No
cover.

7 p.m. Performance. The
Netherlands’ Theatre Circus. The
Egg. Box office (518)473-1845.
www.theegg.org

7 - 10 p.m. Musical perfor-

mance. Albany Symphony
Orchestra’s Ensemble “Dogs of
Desire.” Joseph L. Bruno
Theater, Arts Center of the

Capital Region, 265 River Street,
Troy. Tickets $5.00. Call Albany
Symphony Orchestra: (518) 465-
4755.

7:30 p.m. Film. The Grapes Of

Wrath. Henry Fonda, Jane
Darwell, © John Carradine.
Presented by the New York

Writers Institute. University at
Albany Downtown Campus,
Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue.
Free and open to the public.

8 p.m. Jazz concert. Featuring .

the Jazz Ensemble II, directed by
Matthew Crimiso, and the Saint
Rose Jazz Singers. Directed by
Theresa Broadwell. The College
of Saint Rose Auditorium, St.
Joseph Hall, 985 Madison Ave.
Free admission. For more info.,
call (518) 454- 5178.

Saturday,
March 23

2 p.m. Voice recital. Juniors
Amy Danka and Nicole Cirone
will demonstrate their talent in
this voice recital. Patricia Brady
Danzig Performance Hall, Saint
Rose Music Center, Located
BEHIND 1000 Madison Ave.
Free and open to the public.

5 p.m. Music Recital. St. Rose
senior, Corey Shimer, will
demonstrate her vocal talent.
Patricia Brady Danzig Recital
Hall, Saint Rose Music Center,
located BEHIND 1000 Madison
Ave. Free.

Sunday,
March 24

7 p.m. Musical performance.
Albany Orchestra, Dynamic
Duos, Pruyn House, Loudenville.
Anyone interested in the world of
composing should attend. For
tickets, call the Albany
Symphony Orchestra at
(518)465-4755. Tickets are $5.

Tuesday,
March 26

7 p.m. Clarinet Summit. The
Albany Symphony Orchestra
brings together the Clarinet sec-
tions of 5 area high schools.
Guilderland High School
Auditorium. Free.

3 p.m. Public Hearing. The pur-
pose of the State University of
New York Board of Trustees’
Public Hearing is to receive testi-
mony and statements from con-
cerned individuals about univer-
sity-wide issues only. State
University of New York System
Administration, State University
Plaza Large Courtroom, Third
Floor, Federal Building, Albany.

Wednesday,
April 3

11:15 a.m. Musical perfor-
mance. “Victor's Quartet” from
the Yasnaya Polyana_ Folk
Instrument Orchestra of Tula,
Russia. Featuring Vasily
Ovsyannikov, baritone, and
Findlay Cockrell, piano. The pro-
gram will include Russian songs,
dance tunes and instrumental
pieces with performers in tradi-
tional costume. Performing Arts

Center, Recital Hall. Free and
open to the public.

7 p.m. Lecture. “Student to-

Professional.” This program 1s
designed to prepare students to
make the transition from the col-
lege setting to the workplace. It
will include makeup tips as well
as fashion sense for the business
professional. Presented by
Maureen Pagano, Secretary,
Residence Life at Siena and
MaryKay Independent Beauty
Consultant. Sarazen Conference
Room 315, Siena College.

7:30 p.m. Discussion. Leading
environmental policy advisor and
Presidential appointee to NAFTA
will discuss “Trade and_ the
Environment” at Bard College.
The discussion is free and open
to the public. Room 102 of the
F.W. Olin Humanities Building
on the Bard Campus.

Wednesday,
March 27

4 p.m. Lecture. UA-RPI Earth

Sciences Joint Colloquium
Series. Simon Winchester,
Author -of “The Map _ that

Changed the World,” will speak
on “Is Geology Cool? How
William Smith became a best-
seller.” RPI Science Center (first
floor) Room SC 1C13. For more
information, call 442-4466, or
visit: “our.” web Sie at
www.albany.edu/geosciences/se
mreurr. html.

Thursday,
April 4

7:30 p.m. Film. “Oscar and
Lucinda.” Directed by Géillian
Armstrong. Starring Ralph
Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran
‘Hinds. The film is a part of the
University at Albany Classic
Film Series. Film will be shown
at Page hall, 135 Western Ave.

University at Albany downtown

campus. The films are free and
open to the public.

Ongoing

Flyin' West by Pearl Cleage.

March 22 and 23 at 8 p.m.

Performing Arts Center, Studio
Theatre. Admission $12 general /
$8 students.

Fifteenth Annual Capital
District Garden & Flower
Show. See spectacular oasis gar-
den and landscape displays pre-

Coming Events

senting gardening as art. 10 a.m.-
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10
a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday. Hudson
Valley Community College,
Vanderburgh Ave. (Rte. 4), Troy.
Adults $7, Children under 10
FREE.

Anne Frank Exhibit. Runs
through March 24 in. Sarazen
Student Union. The exhibit is
available to the general public
Mon. - Wed. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.,
Thurs 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Fri 10
a.m. - 4p.m., and Sat and Sun 12
p-m. - 5 p.m. Holocaust sur-
vivors will be on site to talk with
reserved tour groups from 10
a.m. - 3 p.m. on weekdays. For
more info., call 518-785-0035.

Art Exhibit. Albany Center
Galleries is excited to announce
its next exhibit “Raul Serrano:
Paintings” on display Friday,
through Friday, April 5. 161
Washington Ave., Albany. 462-
4775. Free and open to the pub-
lic.

The ASP would like to thank
Smimott and Vudwelser for their

nr
participation in this week s issue.


Crime Blotter

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Friday, March 22, 2002 ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

CRIME BLOTTER

CRIMES

3/16 State Quad - Criminal Mischief - Vending machine broken into and product
taken .

3/16 Indian Quad - Criminal Mischief - Vending machine broken into and product
taken

3/16 Humanities - Petit Larceny - Report of unattended jacket, gloves and fleece
stolen :

3/17 State Quad - Falsely Reporting - Unknown person(s) activated fire alarm, PP&
AFD on scene

3/17 Indian Quad - Criminal Mischief - Vending machine broken into, product stolen
3/17 Oneida/Indian - Petit Larceny - Unattended cell phone stolen

3/18 Alumni Quad - Disorderly Conduct - Male student arrested for disturbance con-
duct

‘-3/18 Alumni Quad - Aggravated Harassment - Report of harassing phone calls/mes-
sages ;

3/18 Campus Center - Petit Larceny - Unattended purse stolen containing cash and
cell phone.

3/18 State Quad - Criminal Mischief - Unknown person broke window

3/18 RACC - Petit Larceny - Unattended items stolen including belt, pants, house &
car keys

3/18 Indian/Seneca - Criminal Mischief - Vending machine broken into and product
taken |

3/18 Draper Lot - Criminal Mischief - Report of side mirror broken on parked car
3/19 Dutch Quad - Harassment - Report of harassment

3/19 Lecture Center - Harassment - Report of harassment

3/19 Phys Ed - Harassment - Report of harassment from non-student

3/19 Indian/Oneida - Graffiti - Graffiti reported

3/20 Adirondack/Indian - Criminal Mischief - Vending machine broken into

3/20 Campus Center - Forgery - Report of counterfeit bills

INCIDENTS

3/16 Indian Quad - Report of phone prank

3/16 Colonial Quad - Report of disturbance by non-students

3/16 Podium - Doors reported unlocked

3/16 UPD - Welfare check

3/16 UPD - Welfare check

3/16 Alumni Quad - Loud and disturbance behavior reported

3/16 Indian Quad - Report of suspicious beeping

3/16 Alumni Quad - Report of parked vehicle egged | .
3/16 Indian Quad - Report of disturbance non-students refusing to leave party in
suite, students to be judicial referred for alcohol by Res Life

3/16 Draper - Report of two people trapped in elevator

3/17 Indian Quad - Report of annoying calls

3/17 Colonial Lot - Report of 911 hang-up

3/17 Campus Center - Silent alarm activated

3/17 Indian Quad - Fire alarm activated, PP& AFD on scene

3/17 Indian Quad - Medical call for male student, 5 Quad responded, refused trans-
port

3/17 Alumni - Report of two suspicious unknown males

3/17 State Quad - Report of propped door

3/17 Indian Quad - Students to be judicially referred for marijuana

3/17 Draper - Doors found unlocked

3/17 Western Ave - Assisted GPD with DWI

3/18 State Quad - Fire alarm activated, PP & AFD on scene

3/18 Alumni Quad - Welfare check

3/18 Indian Quad - Male student arrested for possession of stolen property

3/18 Indian Quad - Possession of a forged license

3/18 Dutch Quad - Intruder alarm accidentally activated

3/18 Indian Quad - Fire alarm reported to UPD

3/18 Humanities - Medical call for male with seizure, AFD responded, treatment
refused

3/18 Washington/Access Rd - Two vehicle accident

3/18 Campus Center - Padlock cut off supply closet

3/19 Podium - Doors found unlocked

3/19 Indian/Onondaga - Fire alarm activated, reason unknown, PP on scene
3/19 Indian/Onondaga - Fire alarm activated, reason unknown, PP on scene
3/19 Student Health Center - Accidental activated intrusion alarm reported

3/19 Colonial/Paine - Report of harassing phone calls !

3/19 Freedom - Medical call for female with difficulty breathing, 5-Quad responded
but treatment refused. Transported to AMC by a friend.

3/19 Milne/Draper - Report of suspicious female asking for money

3/20 Fine Arts - Report of harassing emails

3/20 UPD - Two students arrested for possession of stolen property

3/20 Eastman/State - Criminal Awareness Program to be rescheduled

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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

13

Stopping to Trample the Roses:

Doughnuts and change

By RACHEL NADJZIN
Staff Columnist

Sometimes I think I’m crazy.
Case in point, when I have
dreams of standing in line at
Dunkin Donuts paralyzed by pas-
try indecision, or when I receive
an e-mail from an old friend that
launches me into an unfounded,
torrid rant. However, I’d much

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choice of deep fried dough.

The e-mail in question, the
one that caused an avalanche of
thoughts to fill my head also had
to do with choices, specifically
those of my old high school
friend’s boyfriend. In a nutshell,
the e-mail stated that he had bro-
ken up with my friend because he
was unsatisfied with their long
distance relationship, and to add
to the teenage dramatics, he was
beginning to think he might have
feelings for another, more local
broad. Shame on him for leaving
my friend in the dust, and curses
on his male libido for finding
some other woman more attrac-
tive. However, these were not the
details of the e-mail that both-
ered me, for let’s be honest, who
was I to stop him from falling for
some other girl? I may be loyal,
but I’m not unrealistic. No, what
bothered me was something
deeper, something concerning
satisfaction and relationships in
general. Mainly I was alarmed by

the -rapidity with which my
friend’s boyfriend changed his
feelings, and simultaneously his
personal relationships. One
moment she was all he needed
and the next moment he discov-
ered a hole deep inside him and,
leaving her behind sought to find
the cork to close this gaping fis-
sure.

What happened isn’t particu-
larly exciting, nor is it strangely
revolutionary. Relationships, be
they boyfriend/girlfriend rela-
tionships or friend/friend rela-
tionships bend and sway with the
coming seasons. At four years old
the only thing I need to be happy
is my sandbox camaraderie with
little Sue; at fourteen I don’t even
remember what Sue looked like.
It’s no surprise that relationships
change the way the do, in fact we
know from the time we can form
these bonds that they might not
last forever, and yet the feelings
of shock and dismay never lesson
as the years go by.

So, what riled me up con-
cerning this particular e-mail was

the prospect presented to me, the
vision that as the years go by I'll
make and lose more and more
relationships in my life. Suddenly

my ground feels shaky; what if

tomorrow my boyfriend is no
longer the person who makes me
feel complete, or forget relation-
ships, what if next year my major
is no longer the thing I want to
aspire towards. It’s as if a flood-
gate has been opened, and I sud-
denly begin to question every-
thing that has once made me
happy in my short time on earth.
It’s frustrating to me to spend so
much time creating myself, find-
ing a group of friends, forming a
particular style of dress, or even

finding solace in a certain type of

food, only to turn around the next
day and find none of these things
invoke in me the same feelings of
satisfaction. If everything always
changes, if the girl I am today is
not the girl I will be tomorrow
then how will I ever know what I
truly want? How will I find

career, a husband, and a house if
what once made me happy now

turns my stomach like sour milk?
I am in no way advocating a
resistance to change, for I do
believe we should wax and wane
as the moon sees fit, but I have to
stop and wonder when, if ever we
will stop our constant metamor-
phosis.

_ T’ve come a long way from
the tale of my friend and her long
distance love, and in truth I
haven’t made any firm remarks
or given any sound advice, most-
ly because I don’t believe there
are any to give. What I hope is to
find one thing, whether it be
microscopic or complicated and
diverse, that is unchanging and
satisfying in my life for then
maybe I can discover who I truly
am and what I truly want.
Turning back to my_ pastry
infused Dunkin Donuts dream,
maybe some answers lic there. It
is all too possible that the only
thing that will ever remain the
same in my life is my love for
muffins and doughnuts.

By SIMONE OF BABYLON
Contributing “Psychic”

Capricorn |
(Dec. 22- Jan. 19)

A change in your life has you in
quite a huff..No reason to fret. A
little adjusting is necessary and if
you can change a few lifestyle
settings things will work out fine.

Aquarius
(Jan. 20- Feb. 17)

Problems at work gotcha down?
Try a little self motivation. Jobs
are fun but a little effort in the
work place goes all the way back
to your pocket. Work a little
harder to reap a few rewards.

Pisces
(Feb. 18- March 19)

Run to the nearest forest and
KNOCK ON WOOD. Your luck
is running thin and you better
hope with all of your being that
things will turn themselves right.

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Aries

(March 20-April 19)

Justice is not your middle name.
The people that you seem to hold
nearest to you are feeling that
you do not hand out your best
qualities equally. Give them
some attention to right the situa-
tion.

Taurus
(April 20- May 20)

If you have been feeling a little
bummy maybe its about time for
you to clean up. That is meant in
every sense of the word. Your
house is a pigsty, your head is
foggy, and your heart needs a
good scrubbing.

Gemini
(May 21- June 20)
Remeber that offer that you were
told to take? You’ve taken it and
like a pack of wild dogs your off.
People are betting on you. Do not
let them down.

Cancer
(June 21- July 22)
Grey skies are going to clear up
so please turn that frown upside
down. If your practice smiling
things will begin to look brighter.
Stop focusing on the clouds and
try to see the silver lining.

Leo |
(July 23- Aug. 22)
You are an absurd mooncalf.
Your tendency to publicly
denounce other people’s follies is
not an attractive quality. Stop
thinking you are the circus ring
leader or you may end up clean-
ing elephant droppings.

| Virgo
(Aug. 22- Sep.22)

Your current lifestyle is not fit-
ting you very well. You have
grown. a lot as a person recently
and your life has yet to expand.
You must find some way to
stretch your enviorment so that
you feel comfortable.

Libra
(Sep. 23- Oct 22)

Get ready to do a little dance and
make a litthe L-O-V-E. You got
the right idea buddy!! Take those
roving eyes out onto the dance
floor and find yourself a partner.
The time is right and the pickings
are fruitful.

Scorpio
(Oct. 23- Nov. 21)

Being revengeful may be your

first inkling but rethink that
before you act. People are just
human and so are you. Don’t let
your overpowering anger and
frustration lead down a path of
destructive activites.

Sagittarius

(Nov. 22- Dec. 21)
Youth is something that is age-
less. Although people think that
you are wise beyond your years
you may be aging too quickly.
Take a few hours and play a game
of frisbee or play in a puddle.

14 Friday, March 22, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

Letters to the Editor

How UAS works

To the Editor:

Last week, the UAS Board
of Directors adopted meal plan
revisions, meal plan program-
ming, and established Board rates
for next academic year. The
process by which this occurred
was questioned by some students
this year, as they did not believe
their representation on the UAS
Board of Directors was adequate.
Now that the process is behind
us, I'd like to take this opportuni-
ty to inform the community on
the composition of the UAS
Board-of Directors, to advise you
on the process as it has occurred
through this year, and to make
suggestions for improving the
process for the future.

The UAS Board of Directors
is comprised of twenty members
of our community:

Eight students, including by
position the President of the
Student Association (David
Bishop), the Chair of Central
Council (Nick LoVuolo), and six
appointees of the SA President,
who are confirmed by Central
Council. This year, those
appointees are Lari Bazargan,
Karen Ekenstierna, Joseph
Favata, Matthew © Freeman,
Benjamin Kallos, and Brian
Levine.

Six staff, including by posi-
tion the Associate Vice President
for Finance and
Business/Controller, Leo Neveu,
and the Director of Residence
Life, Laurie Garafola, a represen-
tative of the Office of Financial

Letters to the Editor

Management (Sophia Hammett-

Turner), a representative of the

Office of Student Accounts

(Barbara Bodner), and two

appointees made by President

Hitchcock, Michelle DiDonna

(Telecommunications), and

James Mancuso (Office of

Human Resource Management).
Five faculty, four of whom

are elected by the Faculty Senate

and include Professor Sung Bok

Kim, Professor Glenna Spitze,

John Murphy and James Pasquill.

As Chair of the University Life

Council, Dr. Carson. Carr also

serves as faculty on the UAS

Board of Directors. One alumni

member, William McCann.

In January of each year
Chartwells and UAS staff work
together to develop proposals for
new meal plans and meal plan
programming based on informa-
tion we’ve received from our
customers thoughout the year.
Our sources of information
include:

*Anecdotal feedback from stu-
dent customers, including
informal communication
with Chartwells and UAS
staff, Comment Cards, e-
mail, letters and phone calls.

-*More formal feedback, in the

form of focus groups and

~ surveys.
*Aggregate sales information
Information from other col-
universities,

other SUNY

leges — and
including

schools.
All of

this information is

compiled to present an array of

Where’s the
recycling?

To the Editor: :

This may seem out of place
coming from a student living off
campus, but since I lived on cam-
pus for three years there are
many things I can say with cer-
tainty. One of the most impor-

tant in my mind though is that .

recycling on this campus needs
to be addressed.

There are a number of rea-
sons, and naturally some of them
are systemic. The trash rooms
provide a. decent example.
Oftentimes the large bins for
recyclables (theoretically one
each for plastic, metal, and glass)
often tended to be used as trash
receptacles, both due to a general
lack of marking on these bins or
when they were marked with
some sort of sign, due to the lazi-
ness of their users. And as for
the suiteroom recycling bins, the
suite I was in last year didn’t
even have a bin, DESPITE two

requests to the quad office that
one be provided.

This is not to say the admin-
istration has been unreceptive.
Indeed, many of these problems
are likely caused by a lack of
interest on the part of the student
body, and hence administration is
less likely to see it as a critical
issue. That is changing though.

A joint student/administration |

committee is being formed to
address the problems with recy-
cling facilities on campus. Get
involved and make your voice
heard on the issue!
go at least in part to the upkeep
of this campus, why not have
some say in how it’s being run?
To join or contribute to this
effort, call the NYPIRG office on
campus at 442-5658 or email me
at crusader380 @ hotmail.com.

Glenn Liebert,
Vice-Chair, NYPIRG
Statewide Board of Directors

Your dollars °

' proposals to the UAS Board of

Directors for consideration. The
proposals are first presented to all
UAS committees, which include
the Dining and Services commit-
tee, the Finance and Audit com-
mittee, the Long-Range Planning
committee, and the Bookstore
committee. UAS Board mem-
bers ask questions about the pro-
posals, and seek additional infor-
mation. Throughout several
weeks in January and February,
proposals are considered, amend-
ed and/or discarded. Those that
stand up throughout this process
are finally presented to the full
Board for consideration in mid-
February.

That process was followed
this year, as in past years.
However, the process was influ-
enced this year by students not on
the UAS Board of Directors, who
were concerned that the process
was not consultative enough in
that it did not inform the general
student body. Approximately
fifteen students demonstrated at
the UAS Board of Directors
meeting held on February 22. At
that time, the Board of Directors
adjourned their meeting, invited
the students in to hear a presenta-
tion on meal plan proposals, and
extended an opportunity for
questions and comments. After
hearing from the students and

reconvening the Board meeting,”

the Board moved to delay the
vote on meal plans, so that they
could hear from more students.
The following week, representa-
tives of UAS met with four out of

five quad Boards, as well as with
an an open forum, held on March
12. Throughout those meetings,
all of the proposals from which
the Board had to choose were
presented. At all of the meetings,
students focused on a new pro-
posal - the upscale retail propos-
al, which involved incorporating
off-campus vendors in_ the
Campus Center for one or two
evenings on the weekend, and
closing the four uptown resi-
dence dining halls for dinner on
corresponding evenings.
Students had many questions and
expressed varying opinions: to
representatives of UAS and the
UAS Board of Directors.
Ultimately,-the Board voted to
adopt the following meal plan
programming policy for next aca-
demic year:

Meal plan programming will
remain the same as this year (ser-
vice in all five quads, seven days
a week), with the following addi-
tions:

Campbell’s Soup/Wild
Greens will be added to the meal
plan equivalency program in the
Campus Center, Monday through
Thursday evenings, from 8:00 -
10:00 p.m. Both Zepps and
Campbell’s Soup/Wild Greens
will be open for meal plan swipes
during those days and hours.

A “Zepps IT” will be added
to Indian Quad and will be open
for an all-you-care to eat dinner.

The UAS Board recognizes
that adoption of this plan meets
the needs of many students, and
as well, does not meet the needs

of those who wanted to incorpo-
rate off-campus vendors. We
hope that students who attended
the various meetings know that
UAS representatives made the
effort to inform the community of
all proposals, listened to students
opinions, and acted on what they
heard.

Can we improve on. this
process? Certainly. Already,
members of the UAS Board of
Directors are beginning to con-
sider options for wider consulta-
tion, and a more timely consulta-
tion schedule. These options
include meetings scheduled with
dining hall residents by quad, as
well as meetings with quad
boards, class presidents, and
Central Council soon after the
spring semester begins, so that a
large number of students have the
opportunity to hear about meal
plan proposals, to ask questions,
to consider the proposals, and to
express opinions o.. the propos-
als. Proposals can be posted on
UAS’ web site. If the ASP and
Student Voice will accommodate
us, we might publish proposals in
both publications.

Students benefit when UAS
meets their needs. UAS benefits
by meeting its customers’ needs.
Our interests are mutual. Let’s
work together to develop meal
plan programming and services
which fit students’ lifestyles, and
which offer quality, variety, and
value.

Very truly yours,
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Letters/Comic

Friday, March 22, 2002

ALBANY STUDENT PRESS

15

Protest pride

To The Editor:

A great deal of speculation
and interest has recently come
about, regarding the Univeristy
Auxiliary Services (UAS) pro-
posals and the protest that result-
ed from it. As one of the Orga-
nizers of the protest I feel it is my
duty to voice my side of the story.

I first learned about the UAS
board proposals to cut dining on
the quads on Wednesday,
February 20, 2002 at a Central
Council meeting. At that time
the proposals that had been given
to the student representatives
were shown to members of
Council. It was not a formal
presentation, but rather a peek
into what they would be voting
on in less than forty-eight hours.

Shortly thereafter the Albany
Student Press learned about it
and printed what they knew
about it. Like many other stu-
dents, I was outraged, not solely
by the plan but the manner in
how it was disclosed. Students
had no input regarding the pro-
posal, other than a generic ques-
tionnaire that asked nothing

about the specific proposal.
It was at that time that I felt

UAS had acted wrongly. This
was not shown to students, and if
it were not for the braveness of a
UAS Board Member, no one
would have ever known about
UAS’s backroom proposal.

It didn’t matter if the propos-
al was good -or bad; it mattered
that students had no opportunity
to voice their opinions. We, the
students had every right to hear
about the proposal, as we would
deal with its ramification every
night.

Knowing that UAS_ had
closed door meetings, I felt it
necessary to stand up and tell
UAS that students did not
deserve to be closed out of their
decisions. True, the UAS board
has students on it, including
some of the finest student advo-
cates on campus. But it is also
true that many did not find out
about the proposals until a few
nights before.

Maryam Amid and I worked
together on planning a very suc-
cessful protest, even though the
meeting was held at 8a.m., the
Friday before spring break,
almost two dozen students came
out and protested. In fact some
students who now support the

plan, joined in the protest. In
hindsight, the protest has been
simplified to a protest of the plan,
but in fact it was more than that.
While, some people were angry
at the plan, some were also angry
with the closed-door meetings,
and some were upset over UAS’s
holding a business meeting at
Chapel House, a religious retreat.

I am proud of the. protest and
I am proud of the fact that stu-
dents came together to voice their
opinions. We have proved that if
we work together we can make
our voices heard. Regardless of
the plan ‘itself the bigger picture
is that students must be involved
in the planning. I applaud the
UAS Board for postponing the
vote to get student feedback and I
applaud Julia Fillipone and Paul
Krouse for coming out and talk-
ing to students after the delay.

Hopefully this entire situa-
tion can be viewed as a starting
off point in forging a relationship
between the students and those at
UAS.

Thank you,
Dan Fingerman

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UAS proposal: Is it really what you think?

To the Editor:

Most people around campus
have heard one thing or another
about this UAS proposal but how
many people can honestly say
they have heard and truly lis-
tened to the entire thing? I really
do not feel that this proposal is a
bad thing. In contrast, I think
that it is extremely efficient, well

thought out, and in the interest of

the students. In addition, I do not
think it is fair of us to look upon
UAS as a group of adults who are
trying to “cheat us out” of money
and services any possible way
they can.
First of itis

all, I think

important that everyone under- -

stands what this proposal really
wants to install. Yes, on Friday
and Saturday nights the quad
cafeterias will be closed. On the
other hand, UAS is NOT TAK-
ING AWAY DINNER! Instead,
dinner will be provided in the
campus center under this new
program. The program will
allow you to use a meal swipe for
food at Burger King, Zepp’s,
Campbell’s soup, and Pizza Hut.
PLUS, UAS is going to create a
new all you can eat buffet, which
you can sit down and eat at,
which will have better quality
food then the quads usually have,
because they are producing the
food more efficiently. ALSO, a
new idea is going to take place.
This idea is called the “off-cam-
pus partners” program. This pro-
gram sets up a place in the cam-
pus center, where outside ven-
dors (Wings Over Albany,
Chang’s Garden, etc.) would
come in and serve food in an “all
you van eati style, or a “take out”
style, whichever you prefer. This
way, it would end the monotony
of the school food that you
receive with your meal plan.
That means BETTER FOOD
WILL BE SERVED! Isnit that
what you want? It is nearly
impossible to increase the quality
of the food in the dinning halls,
do to the fact that they have to
mass produce the food for so
many people. The best way to
improve the quality is making
food production more efficient,
like this. Going along with that,
the campus center would be open
more hours, and later than the
normal cafeteria would be.

One thing that needs to be
straightened out is the (approxi-
mately) 6.9% increase. An
increase has existed every single
year. The increase is less of an
increase this year than in the past
years. This increase is caused by
the University charging more
rent fees to the cafeteria, heating

increases, electric increases,
inflation, union. staff salary

increase etc. It is not within
UAS’ ability to eliminate the
increase. Instead they can
decrease the increase. They are
trying to do that by PASSING
THIS PROPOSAL! This pro-
posal takes the 6.9% increase
down to a 5.4% increase, isn't
that a good thing?

There are three main argu-
ments against this proposal. The
first argument would be, “how
are we going to hold the 1300
Students that eat dinner on the
weekends, in the campus cen-

ter?” Well my answer to that is
that, 2500 people eat in the cam-
pus center during primetime
lunch hours. Therefore the
Campus Center can hold that
many people, and new seating
arrangements will take place if
this is actually found to be a
problem. UAS isn’t going to
pass this plan, find that it’s not
working, and say, “Ahh who
cares, everyone’s stuck with a
plan that doesn’t work until we
change it next year.” In addition,
not all the people will be eating
at the same time. The dining
hours for a meal swipe are not
only going to be later, but also
longer. Imagine being able to eat
dinner until 9 on Friday and
Saturday! Wouldnit that be
great? Congestion will not be an
issue under this new plan.

The other main argument is,
“Look at the line at Zepp’s, mul-
tiply that by five, and that’s what
weill have to wait in on_ the
weekends.” That is the farthest
thing from the truth! Zepp’s is a
vendor that specializes every-
one’s order. You have to wait for
the employees to individually
make subs for all the customers.
Under this new plan, people will
be flowing through the lines in a
buffet style, so it will move just
as fast as waiting for the salad
bar on the quads. Comparing the
line at Zepp’s to this new plan ts
like apples and
oranges.

The last argument-is, “No

comparing

one wants to walk all the way to
the Campus Center to eat din-
ner.” Well my response to this is
that, does this necessarily always
have to be a bad thing? First of
all most people walk to the
Campus Center anyways on their
weckends, for some reason or
another. Second of all, this
would be a perfect time for stu-
dent groups to start providing
entertainment in the Campus
Center, which will make their
dinning experience not only bet-
ter, but FUN! Having a band
play why you eat dinner and chat
with friends on a Friday would
sound a lot more interesting to
me, then eating the same old
thing on the quads. Plus it will
be a prime area to advertise new
events happening around campus
which could increase our partici-
pation in some of the activities
that are cool, but no one knows
about.

I honestly feel that this is the
best proposal out there. I do not
feel that the protests against UAS
were respectful or representative
of the majority of the Student
Body, because they certainly did-
n’t represent me. Also, the
majority of the people I have
talked to liked this idea. Many
people are fighting for UAS to
hold open meetings, but when
they do, all the information they
give is misrepresented when
given to the rest of the students.
In addition, UAS is attacked, and
it gives them all the more reason
not to be open with us. Iam hop-
ing, just maybe, we can get UAS
to reconsider this idea for next
vear,

Respeettully,
Dave Brooks,
Class of 2005 and State Quad


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How can I help a friend who drinks too much?

By LAUREN SCHULMAN
Middle Earth President

With the widespread use of

alcohol in the United States, it is
almost inevitable that someone
you know and care about will
have a drinking problem. The
first thing you can do is simply to
decide to do something to help.

You have realized that your
friend’s drinking habits are
affecting his or her life in a nega-
tive way. You should feel confi-
dent that getting involved is the
right thing to do, not only for
your friend, but also for yourself.

Next, you need to formulate
a method for confronting the per-
son about his or her problem.
Make your friend aware of how
drinking is affecting his or her
life as well as personal relation-
ships.

As a friend, you have the
right to know how your friend
feels, and you have the right to
express how you feel. ‘Try to
address the issue in a non-threat-
ening, sensitive manner. Avoid
labeling him or her as an alco-
holic, a bad person, or a burden
in your life - doing so would
probably drive a wedge through
your relationship and lead to fur-
ther drinking.

Make sure that your friend

sees things as you see them.
Chances are pretty good that
he/she is not aware of, or has
been denying the effects that
drinking has had. Try to be as
specific and objective as possible
when citing the effects that the
person’s drinking has had on his
or her life, and your relationship.
For example, the person may
now exhibit violent behavior
much more frequently than in the
past, may not be concerned about
his or her appearance, or may not
be performing as well academi-
cally as in previous semesters.
Helping the person confront and
accept the results of his or her
current drinking behavior is a
vital step in changing that behav-
10r.

Expect the unexpected.
There is no typical reaction or
universal response that you can
anticipate from your friend. He
or she may think that you are
over-reacting, or that it is none of
your business. Your friend may
become defensive and upset or
seem completely indifferent to
anything that you have said about
his or her behavior. Don’t take
any negative comments personal-
ly. Try to remain calm and real-
ize that the person is simply
reacting to something painful,
Be prepared to make a com-
mitment. If the person realizes

he or she is in need of help, don’t
let your friend doit alone. Try to
be supportive and reinforcing of
this positive behavior. If your
friend responds negatively, make
a commitment to confront him or
her with the problem again at
another time, and again and
again, if necessary. Sometimes
positive responses only come
after repeatedly voicing your
concerns.

If your friend agrees. with
you, start working out a plan to
obtain help and support, and find
alternatives to drinking. If he or
she is willing to try, you should
be willing too. Don’t become
the person’s caretaker or babysit-
ter, but remain a supportive
friend.

As a result of the changes
your friend makes, you may need
to change some of your behaviors
too. Try to avoid situations that
would make your friend uncom-
fortable about~ drinking. For
example, if every Friday night
you go out to a club or a bar, you
may want to avoid that for a few
weeks until he or she feels com-
fortable about going into that
environment again.

Set limits for yourself. If
your friend responds negatively
and is unwilling to listen to you
and change, you may need to dis-
tance yourself from the pain.

Tell your friend that you dislike
his or her drinking, and not him
or her as a person. Explain that
while the friendship is important
to you, you care enough about it
to try to make it a healthy one for
both of you. Some examples of
limits you should set for yourself
are:

*Do not talk to your friend unless
he or she is sober.

*Do not give your friend money
to go out, do his or her work,
or make excuses for him or
her.

*Do not spend time with him or
her when he or she is drunk.

* — Know when to quit.
Unfortunately, if all attempts

to help the person have failed,
you may need to end the relation-
ship - but keep in mind that it was
the person’s drinking that ended
the relationship, not you.

If you have any questions or
concerns about this or any other
issue, remember that the Middle
Earth Hotline is available at 442-
5777. The hotline is open from
noon to midnight Monday
through Thursday and twenty-
four hours on the weekends until
Sunday at midnight. The
University Counseling Center 1s
also available at 442-5800.
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Baseball drops three at

New York Tech

By JOHN PREDOVAN
Staff Writer

It was a disappointing week-
end for the UAlbany baseball
team as the Great Danes dropped
all three games in their non-con-

_ference series with the New York
Tech Bears in Old Westbury, NY.
They lost 4-3 on Saturday, March
16 and then 5-0 and 13-6 in a
Sunday doubleheader. Albany
has lost five of its last six games.

New York Tech (7-5), win-
ners of seven straight, set the
tone for the series right away as
third baseman Tom Merkle blast-
ed a two-run home run in the first
inning of Saturday’s game and
left fielder Brian Goldberg’s RBI
double in the third made the
score 3-0.

Albany (3-10) scored its first
run in the fourth when senior left
fielder Jake Toms scored on a
wild pitch. Sophomore first base-
man Dan Schoonmaker made the
score 3-2 with a solo home run in
the sixth. However, in the bottom
half of that inning, Tech’s Mike
Gaffney doubled and later scored
to make it 4-2.

The Great Danes responded
in the eighth, as senior center
fielder Eddie Scott drove in a run
with a sacrifice fly. Then in the
ninth, Toms was hit by a pitch to
load the bases with two out.
Bears reliever Dan Britton ended
the threat when he_ induced
Schoonmaker to foul out to earn
his first save of the season.

In Sunday’s first game, the
Great Danes could not get any-
thing going offensively as they

managed only four hits over the
seven-inning game. New York
Tech got two runs in the third and
three in the fourth as Gaffney
contributed three RBI. Senior
right-hander Brian Kurz earned
his second win of the year with
the complete game _ shutout.
Albany sophomore Adam Kroft
saw his record drop to 2-2 after
earning victories in his first two
starts of the season.

In Sunday’s nightcap, New
York Tech unleashed an offen-
sive explosion on the Danes who

allowed a season-high 13 runs.:

With the Bears up 8-1 after the
second inning, the Danes
attempted a comeback. Toms,
Schoonmaker and Scott all had
RBI in the third to make it 8-4. In
the sixth, Albany scored two
more runs on two Tech errors and
a single by freshman shortstop
Joe Lamb, but the Bears respond-
ed in the bottom half of the sixth
with five runs, including a three-
run home run by Kevin Perrucci.
Nick Borgia took the loss for the
Great Danes, who utilized seven
pitchers in only six innings.

Albany looks to rebound
from its slide with a three-game
non-conference series at
Delaware this weekend. They
will play a doubleheader on
Saturday and one game on
Sunday. The Blue Hens are cur-
rently 8-9, but have won six of
their last seven. After the Easter
break, the Great Danes play their
home opener here on campus
with a non-conference double-
header against Canisius Tuesday,
April 2 at | p.m.

11th-ranked
UMass downs

Danes

COURTESY OF SPORTS
INFORMATION

Troy, N.Y. - Senior attack-
man Marc Morley had four goals
and one assist to lead 1!1th-
ranked Massachusetts to a 16-6
victory over Albany on Tuesday,
March 19 at Rensselaer’s
Harkness Field. The Minutemen
posted their fifth straight win fol-
lowing a season-opening over-
time loss to Hofstra.

Massachusetts (5-1) raced to
a 5-0 lead midway through the
first quarter. Dan Paccione, who
totaled one goal and three assists,
had a hand in each of his team’s
opening three goals. Chris Fiore
drove from the right side, and
bounced a shot past Albany goal-
keeper Kevin Rae to complete
the outburst with 6:27 to play.

Albany (2-3) closed within
5-2 when Bobby Gabriel con-

verted off a rebound, and Jon
Smith fired a shot inside the far

post. However, Morley would —

score. twice in the closing
moments of the opening period.
He found the net from Paccione
following a face-off with three
seconds left to regain UMass’
five-goal margin.

The Minutemen, who have
made nine NCAA tournament
appearances since 1986, would
lead 12-4 at halftime. Morley, a
preseason AIIl-ECAC selection,
added one goal and one assist in
his team’s five-goal second quar-
wr

UMass’s Kevin Glenz, Neil
Lundberg and Fiore each had two
goals apiece, while starting goal-
keeper Bill Schell made 10
saves. Freshman Luke Daquino
scored twice for the Great Danes,
who host Drexel at Harkness
Field on Saturday, March 23 at
4:00 p.m.

Maida’s shutout ©

sparks 10th win

COURTESY OF SPORTS
INFORMATION

Fort Myers, Fla. — Senior
right-hander Sarah Maida scat-
tered five hits in recording her
second shutout of the season, as
Albany posted a 3-0 extra-inning
victory over St. Francis, NY on
Sunday, March !7 at Lee County

Sports Complex. The Great
Danes, who wrapped up their
eight-game Florida trip,

improved to 10-4 overall.

Maida, who has thrown 15
consecutive scoreless innings,
registered seven strikeouts and
no walks en route to her ninth
career shutout. She worked out of
a jam with a two outs and a run-
ner on third base in the fourth,
when infielder Jess Kostenblatt
made a diving stop to end the
inning. Maida, who has 31 career
victories as a collegian, upped
her record to 6-1 on the season.

Albany (10-4) broke up a
scoreless deadlock in the eighth.
Third baseman Nicole Adisano’s

“throwing error led to two runs,

before Jenni Barros delivered a
RBI single. Shortstop Valerie
Terry singled and doubled for the
Great Danes.

On Saturday, March 16,
sophomore’ Kristin Couris
recorded her first victory of the
season with a three-hit shutout to
lead Albany to a 1-0 victory over
St. Francis, N.Y. at Cape Coral
Sports Complex.

Couris, who registered seven
strikeouts and no walks in post-
ing the second shutout of her
career, worked out of trouble in
the fourth. She gave up a one-out
triple to opposing pitcher Alex
Richardson, but then struck out
Samantha Griffin and Samantha
Barchitta to wipe out the threat:

Albany tallied the game’s
lone run in the bottom of the
inning. Sophomore infielder Jess

Courtesy of Sports Information

Sarah Maida

Kostenblatt led off with a single,
and then moved to second on a
sacrifice bunt. Liz Wieboldt fol-
lowed with a RBI single to right
field. The Great Danes complete
their eight-game Florida swing
on Sunday against St. Francis.

Too much Hart
for Albany

COURTESY OF SPORTS
INFORMATION

Baltimore, Md. - Junior mid-
fielder Lindsey Hart scored a sea-
son-high eight goals to lead Ohio
University to an 18-12 non-con-
ference victory over Albany on
Tuesday, March 19 at Johns
Hopkins University’s
Homewood Field.

Ohio U. (4-2) scored seven
unanswered goals to break an 1 1-
11 tie. Hart tallied back-to-back
goals to give her team the lead
for good. She found thesnet off a
feed ‘from Emily Hemmelgarn
with 23:17 remaining, and then
converted again four minutes
later.

Albany (0-3) trailed 8-4 late.
in the opening half, but drew
even with four straight goals.
Erin Pemrick, who scored twice
and added one assist, tied the
contest off a crossing pass from

Mo a= tea
Ferrucci with
1:53 left in the
period.

The Great
Danes again
fell behind,
10-8, in the —
final half, but
sophomore
Jenn Rajczak
tallied consec-

utive goals.
Hart would
put the

Bobcats back
on top, 11-10,
before Ashley.
Heilmann
answered with
a free-position
goal.

Ohio U.’s

Maria Ferrucci

Etiee mia

Courtesy of Sports Information

Ket=iess en

Gombeski had three goals and Ferrucci, a junior midfielder, led

two assists, while Lynz Keys
added three goals and one assist.

the Great Danes with two goals
and three assists.

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