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MAY 7, 1982
Albany Great Danes -A Reason for Optimism
ALBANY
STUDENT
PRESS
State University of New York at Albany
JUNE 1982 Volume LXIX Summer Number 1
copyright © 1982
Summ*
the A.
MY STUDENT PRESS CORPORATION
New Bill May
Halt Federal
Aid to
Non-Registrants
Nickel Deposit
For Every Can
and Bottle Sold
in New York
By Wayne Peercboom
By Belh Brinser
.VEH'.V HDITOH
RDITOR IN CHIEF
livery season, in every sport when you
ask the team's coach what he or she thinks
about the upcoming season with few exceptions they use the word "optimistic" to
describe the team's chances of doing well.
Fortunately for some of these coaches people forget very easily. For the coaches of
Albany's 21 varsity sports, for the most
part, it didn't make a difference if the
public remembered or forgot, because it
was a "super year" for the Great Danes according to Athletic Director Bob Ford.
The two perennial powers of Albany,
basketball and football, again
sported
good records and exciting action, but
neither team was able to shine in the national spotlight. If you would like to look at
a learn that has achieved national prominence then quickly turn to Joe DcMco's
wrestling team.
Ihe grapnlcrs accumulated a 17-3-1
record while winning the Great Dane
Classic and, more importantly, crowning
three All-Aniericans: Andy Seras, Spero
Thcofllalas and Dave Averill. DeMco
evaluated the season by stating: 'History
will tell that ibis is one of the greatest teams
in Albany State history."'
On the women's side Ihe women's
volleyball team accumulated the highest win
total for any sport in any year. Thirty-seven
victories qualified them for the Slate Championships ranked number two and the
Eastern Tournament, The women eventually came in fourth in the stales while Liz
Rosenthal was selected to ihe NYSA1AVV
all-slar team. Coach Pal Dwyer also
acknowledged Reba Miller, Rosa Prieta,
and Donna Chaiel in helping to accumulate
their fine record.
Back lo the biggies...
Coach Bob Ford's corps started the
season off with a bang. The Great Danes
upset Division III power Ithaca, 17-7, in
Ithaca. When the Danes travelled to
Southern Connecticut the fireworks con-
tinued and Albany recorded yet another
upset.
All was looking up for Albany football as
they achieved a ranking of three in Ihe
NCAA Division III rankings. But, then the
Danes travelled to Union for a game which
many observers concluded that Albany
would win with the only question remaining: "by how much?" Union answered the
question that Saturday afternoon and also
made a statement of their own. The answer
was three and ihe statement was articulated
rather clearly: "Albany, you lose."
The Danes would accumulate a respectable 7-3 record and find a new quarterback, Tom Pratt, to man the wishbone attack. Dave Hardy recorded a new school
record for interceptions with eight while
Bob Bricn established a new reception
record. The defense allowed only 85 points
and Ford concluded: "The season ended
with a good laste in my mouth."
It was not a down year for Great Dane
football.
For Dick Saucrs this was supposed to be
the proverbial rebuilding year. What
followed, until a visit to Buffalo, did not
resemble a rebuilding learn in shape nor
form. Quite frankly. Coach Saucrs "did a
good j o b . " He enlisted a freshman
backcourl, Dan Crouticr and Jan
/.adoorian, and injected sonic experience
Willi Mike Ciallo, John Dicckehnan and Joe
Jednak with ihe nel result being an IS-10
record.
College students who don't register for
the draft may lose federal aid if legislation
currently in the House of Representatives
becomes law.
California Senator S.I. Huyakawa introduced the proposal as an amendment to
the Department of Defence Authorization
Bill which was passed by the Senate on May
12 by a margin of 84 to 8. Hayakawa aide
J.D. Palmer explained that the department
of Defence Authorization Bill covers all
military spending.
Palmer said Hayakawa's amendment
received unanimous Scnu(e,approval.
Palmer explained that if the bill is passed
by the Senate and signed into law by
Reagan, "anyone applying for federal aid
will be required to prove that he indeed has
registered. If the applicant has not
registered, he will be given 30 days lo prove
registration or lo register. If at the end of 30
day, there is no registration, he will be
declared ineligible for federal aid."
Among the types of federal aid that
would be losl are Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG), Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG)
and Guaranteed Student Loans, Palmer
said.
The bill would take effect on October 7
but would not be retroactive, Palmer said.
Meanwhile, N.Y. Representative Jerry
Soloman of Glens Falls is planning to introduce an identical amendment in the
House. Soloman Spokesperson Gary
Holmes said the amendment will have the
same wording as Hawakawa's proposal.
Holmes said Soloman has similar amendments planned that would deny federal jobs
and welfare to non-registrants.
Estimates of the number of nonregistrants range from 527,000 (Hayakawa)
to close to a million (Committee Against
Registration for the Draft — CARD).
Holmes said Soloman sees the amendment as a means to cut down the number of
non-registrants.
Hayakawa, on the other hand, sees it
somewhat differently. "It is a real travesty
when those who don't register can turn
around and apply for grants, loans and all
types of cducalional benefits," Hayakawa
told the Senate when he introduced the
amendment.
Anti-registration groups arc up in arms
over the proposal. Gerry Condon, a
spokesperson for CARD in Washington
D.C. called the Hayawaka amendment " a
back door number without any public
debate." Condon contends the amendment
was tacked on to the Department of
Defense Authorization bill at the latest
possible moment. Condon also felt the fact
that the bill was passed late in the school
year prevented students from mobilizing
against it.
Condon also said there could be problems in proving whether a student has
registered. A Hayawaka spokesperson said
the process would probably involve the
Secretary of Education verifying each applicant's registration with the Selective Service
but there was no specific verification process outlined in the bill.
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There were many highlights in the Dane
season. After stumbling through the first
one-quarter of the season Albany became
hot over the intersession. They won the
Greai Dane Classic, heal llartwick for the
first time in nine years and defeated Oneonta in Oneonta for the second time in II
years.
The Danes then resumed their intense
rivalry wilh the Potsdam Bears. In their
first meeting at University Gym "the beast"
came out in the partisan crowd and Albany
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Uncle Sum — and 1000 children — lend Ihree-quarters (if a million down 42nd Street
The largest rally in Ihe stale's history culminated in speeches anil music in Central Park
On June 15, 1982, Governor Hugh L
Carey signed ihe bottle bill which will take
effect beginning July I, 1983. The law will
require a nickel deposit on every beverage
can or bottle sold in New York State.
Carey's signature is the culmination of
Ihe support efforls of New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), the
Sierra Club, the Farm Bureau and the
League of Women Voters. Their intensive
lobbying in Ihe New York Sialc Senate and
Assembly has been going strong since
January.
The bill had met with strong opposition
from I he bottling industry and supermarket
chains. In fact, legislative opponents of the
ooltlc bill introduced into the Senate a bill
called "Total Litter Control" (TLC) which
they claimed would effectively reduce all litter in the state not just effect bottles and
cans.
Senator William Smith (Republican), a
-sponsor of TLC called "the signature of the
governor of lhat bill a slap in the face lo
business and labor. When the breweries
started building here in New York, Ihe
governor promised never to sign a bottle
bill."
However, the governor's Deputy Press
Secretary Ronald Tarwaler claimed there is
"Nothing in writing (hat Carey would or
would not (sign a bottle bill)."
Smith said the new law pleased only
Ralph Nader and the Woman's League. He
believes it will have a very severe impact on
the New York State economy. But he did
not cite any specific examples. "We spend
millions to get industry into the slate," he
said,"and this bill is bound to lose millions
tin industry dollars). It's the wrong thing at
•he wrong time, it can only have a negative
impact."
Demonstrators Call for a Halt
of Nuclear Weapons Build-up
By Dean Bel/
MANAGING
tPllOH
NEW YORK — A march stretching from
the United Nations building to Central
Park June 12 capped a day of speeches,
music and rallies calling for reductions in
nuclear weapons. The march was followed
by a rally in Central Park with music from
rock and folk performers and speeches
from religious, peace, and labor leaders.
Police said that the rally of 750,000 was
ihe largest in New York's history.
The march, led by 1,000 children and a
.Tian on tall stilts dressed as Uncle Sam, ran
three and one-half miles to its end at the rally. Marchers chanted slogans such as
"Human race, not arms race" and " 1 , 2, 3,
4, We don't want another war, 5, 6, 7, 8,
We don't wanna radiate" and formed the
jeace sign with their fingers and sang "Give
peace a chance."
The main march was met along its routeby several smaller feeder marches representing neighborhoods and special interests
such as feminists, writers, pacifists, and
ocial workers. The main march was divid:d into 26 constituent groups including
such groups as religious people, computer
technicians, third world people and peace
organisations.
A group of 50 counter-demonstrators
met thi ' .an.iament march al the UN. The
group, led by fundamentalist Rev. Carl
Mclntirc of the International Council of
Chrisitan Churches bore signs reading
"Peace is a Soviet weapon of conquest"
and "Disarmament equals surrender!" No
incidents between the two groups were
reported.
Central Park filled quickly as the marchers poured in. Actor Orson Wells advised
"We have two choices — life or death. Do
you hear that, Mr. Reagan?"
The biggest problem presented by the
•luge crowd was that not enough portable
toilets were available. People of both sexes
attending the rally quickly found alternative
facilities in a circle of bushes not far from
the stage.
Speakers at the day-long event
represented the diverse interests that sponsored Ihe rally. They included Coretta Scott
King, William Sloan Coffin, and Bella Ab/.ug. Coffin's address included a release of
3,000 balloons.
Musicians performing at the rally included Jackson Browne, Gary U.S. Bonds, Holly Near, Linda Ronstadt, and James
Taylor. Bruce Springsteen and Joan Bacz
also madt unpublicized performances at the
rally.
Two days after the rally, June 14, 1600
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See the rally In pictures on page 6
NYPIRG's Project Coordinator Jane
Grccnberg was ecstatic when she heard the
bill had been signed by the governor. The
bottle bill had received extensive lobbying
efforts from NYPIRG.
Grccnberg believes Carey signed the bill
because the people in New York State
wanted it. "He responded to public opinion." The governor's office revealed
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NYPIRG's Jane Greenberg
worked for bottle bill
ALBANY STUDENT PRESS SUMMER EDITION, JUNE 1982
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS SUMMER EDITION, JUNE 1982'
Looking Back On Last Year's News Events
Springboks Visit Albany
The South African rugby team's tour of America su •>ped through Albany to play the Eastern Rugby Union
(ERU). Bringing worldwide attention to the city. It also
brought outraged citizens forward who opposed the steadfast Albany Mayor Erastus Corning in the propriety of
hosting representatives of a counry which practices apartheid.
S I
Tremendous pressure was placed on Mayor Corning to
cancel the games by such organizations as the Stop Apartheid Rugby Tour (SART), the Albany Coaliton Against
Apartheid (CAA), and the Albany State University Black
Alliance (ASUBA). But Mayor Corning would not give in
to the protestors, claiming "The constitution protects the
rights of individuals in a peaceful assembly."
As the tension increased. Governor Carey sought to end
the heated issue by cancelling the game, citing a danger of
rioting. The ERU brought the case to court and Carey's
order was found to "seek to destroy every constitutional
protection that has enabled a century long struggle to bring
about racial equality." The game would be played.
It rained the night of the game soaking the 2,000 protestors and the plethora of cops assigned to keep them
orderly. There was fortunately no conflict.
The South Africans won the match 4I-0.
Rugby Protestor Is Detained
In a related incident, on the morning of me rugby game,
member of the Coalition Against Apartheid Vera
Michclson was arrested and charged with possession of
marijuana and firecrackers. Questions over police procedure quickly arose when information in the search warrant was found to be false. Also, she was refused bail and
some items seized in Michclson's apartment were improperly documented. A legal defense fund was quickly set
up by the CAA. As a result of the detainment, Michclson
was unable to join protestors at the rugby game.
"It just makes you stronger and clarifies things for you
politically," Michclson had said.
Later the case was dismissed "in the interest of avoiding
duplicity of hearing and in interest of saving time and
money," according to District Attorney Sol Grccnberg.
S.A. Picks New Attorney
Mark Mishlcr was hired to replace Jack Lester as the SA
full lime attorney. Al the lime of hirng, however, a
drawback was that he could not legally practice law in
N.Y. Stale until he passed his New York bar exam. In
December, Mishlcr received notice of passing the exam;
until then he served as a legal consultant.
Mishlcr was chosen over 27 other applicants because of
his experience in housing, consumer remedies, and draft
counseling. Another factor was Mishler's keen interest in
working with students.
Mishler's goals were set as developing the legal services
program, and conducting "preventive legal education" by
"demystifying" the law for students through articles and
informal forums.
Corning is Reelected Mayor
Albany Mayor Erastus Corning was elected lo his
eleventh term this past November defeating independent
democrat candidate Charles Touhey and the Citizen's Party candidate Fred Duscnbury.
The election furthered the tight control of the
Democratic party of Albany.
Both Duscnbury and Touhey addressed student concerns
such as the anti-grouper law whereas Cornng was said not
to have directly addressed any.
The election was the first in which SUNYA students
were able to vote in Albany and thus increase their
political leverage. However, they failed lo successfully do
SA Staff Walks Out
In the fall term, SA Vice President Woody Popper
decided to raise the salaries of SA secretaries and staff .35
cents from $3.00 bringing their salary up to minimum
wage. Central Council passed a bill to keep salaries at
$3.00 an hour thereby preventing the pay increase. SA
President Dave Pologe vetoed the bill which was quickly
met by Central Council with a veto.
Inevitably confusion set in and one non-logician in the
Central Council failed to keep track of when a 'yes' meant
a 'no' and a 'no' meant a 'yes.' So he voted 'yes' when he
should of voted 'no' and consequently his 'yes' counted as
a 'no,' he thinks. His 'yes* meant that SA staff would not
get their pay raise as the vote was 16-15.
The SA staff then walked out for an afternoon, in an
effort to bring attention to their cause. SA officials refused
to cross picket lines as did SA Attorney Mark Mishler and
OCA Director Mark Dunlea. The SA staff returned to
work the next day, though, still frustrated with their wage.
Dunlea Makes Bid for Congressional Position
...But Can He Win?
Third Party Hopeful...
By David Priebe
By David Michaelson
STAft WBITEH
STAFF HHirtR
SA Elections Held
The Student Association executive elections brought out
six hopefuls. Winning the presidential spot for the 1982-83
school year was Mike Corso who defeated Mark Oreib,
Andy Weinslock and Mark Wcprin. Ann Marie LaPorta
defeated Lori Pcppc In a bid for the vice-presidency.
Jim Tierney and Scott Wexlcr won positions as Student
Association of Stale Universities (SASU) delegates in the
same election.
ASP Offices Taken Over
Three weeks after the fact, over 100 pcaplc calling
themselves the First World Coalition (FWC) staged a sii-in
al Albany Student Press offices in protest of an April
Foolsday edition of the ASP which they interpreted as
racially slurring.
Tile FWC demanded a front page apology from ll)e
ASP and held up production until [he editorial board conceded lo their demands In addition, they demanded a
statement 'from President Vincent O'Lcary concerning
racism lo be published.
According [o Edilor-in-Chicf.Dcan Bclz, the parody
issue was meant to expose racism instead of promote
racism. However, members of FWC did feel pans of the
spoof of the New York Post were racist and reacted thus
three weeks after its publication.
Buses Pose Problems
A proposal by Plant Director Dennis Stevens to charge
SUNYA students a fee lo ride the buses was shot down
when students were able to stop its implementation with
petitions of protest.
Stevens said SUNYA's buses were unique in the SUNY
system because they were provided free of charge. He citer
budget cuts as a reason to charge the fee.
Due to organized student protest the proposed fee was
called a "non-issue" by Vice-President of Finance and
Business John Hartigan. Stevens and Harligan said there
would be no bus fee charged in the 1982-83 school year.
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In a related story, Stevens began to enforce the polcitj
of showing Ur.vicrsity ID upon boarding the buses at the
end of the spring semester.
However, SASU representative Scott Wcxler called the
action a step toward bus fees. Stevens said the policy was
to be enforced, simply in order to prevent non-Universitj
personnel from riding SUNYA buses.
RCO Faces Substantial Cuts
Due to the Governor's budget cut, the Rhetoric and
Communiction (RCO) department stands to lose one half
of its faculty which would create a student/faculty rate of
sixty to one. There would only be six full time professors.
Humanities Dean John Shumakcr contends that a small
faculty could still carry out excellent programs in this
popular department. However, questions have been raised
as to whether or not it will remain a quality program.
The Chair of the RCO Department believes since RCO
majors have doubled in the last four years, the department
should be expanded not decreased.
Alternatives such as RCO as an interdisciplinary major
or absorption by another department are being considered.
the year in review was compiled by Staff
Writer Dave Michaelson.
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ROTC Causes Controversy
A ROTC extension center in the SUNYA campus has
created a rift between the Gay and Lesbian Alliance
(GALA) and the administration. GALA saw ROTC on
campus as conflicting with the university's antidiscrimination policy because the ROTC commissioning
and scholarship process excludes lesbians and gays. The
administration contended that ROTC is not discriminatory
because it allows homosexuals to take ROTC classes, adding if homosexuals were excluded from classes, they
would correct the problem.
A formal resolution was drawn up calling the ROTC on
campus a violation of university anti-discrminatory policy
and was submitted to Central Council and University
Senate. It failed to pass in both places, However, resolutions were passed in Central Council which stated that
scholarships offered by the army to discriminate on the
basis of sexual or affectional preferences and "such
discrimination is a violation of basic civil rights." The
resolution urged that "the United Stated Government take
approprate action to eliminate it."
The ASP joined in the controversy by refusing lo run
ads from military or intelligence agencies unless they made
clear in their ads that the military/Intelligence agencies
discriminate on the basis of sexual or affectional .
preferences.
Budget Cuts Bring Protest
Governor Carey's '82-'83 budget proposals proved unpopular with SUNY students. Students from nine different
SUNY campuses came to Albany to rally in front of
SUNY Central; the effort was coordinated by the Student
Association of the State University (SASU).
Claming the state was bailing out of its higher education
commitment, the 250 protesters rallied againsl the $150 increase in dorm rates, financial aid cuts, and faculty and
staff cuts.
SUNYA was scheduled for a $162,000 cut lo the
physical plant and the loss of 33 faculty members; this
would be added lo the 71 faculty positions already vacant
bringing the total to 104.
The legislature later restored 13.5 million lo the SUNY
budget which met a Carey veto, leaving SUNYA with the
original Carey budget called "ridiculous" by SASU
delegate Jim Tierney.
Controversy Over Contract
When Director of the Chinese Studies Department YuShih Chen's contract was not renewed, allegations surfaced
that a personal relationship between another Chinese
Studies professor, Li-Hua Ya and President Vincent
O'Lcary affected Ihe decision.
Chen, a popular professor and "academic leader," applied for tenure with enthusiastic support of the dean who
makes these decisions, John Schumaker of the College of
Humanities and Fine Arts.
Later, Chen received nciificalion from Dean Schumaker
that her contract would not be renewed.
Students charged that O'Lcary's relationship with LiHua Ya whose job was open to competition by Chen,
caused O'Lcary to influence Dean Sehumaker's decision.
Schumaker denied this.
O'Leary said he had become friends with Ya in China
and that they "have seen each other socially on a number
of occasions,"
O'Leary requested a review of the whole situation and
suggested " a history of interpersonal and administrative
difficulties" with Chen affected the decision.
The Council on Academic Freedom and Ethics (CAFE)
and United University Professions (UUP) have grievances
Believing that the Citizens Party is a
needed alternative to Ihe two "corporatedominated" major political parties, Mark
Dunlea, the former Off-Campus Association director, is running for the congressional seat currently held by Democrat
Samuel Stratlon. He hopes both lo win the
election, and to pave the way for strong
local support lo secure a
permanent position of inNBWS
fluence for the Citizens
Party
in A m e r i c a n
FGStUTS
politics.
Dunlea is running againsl Democrats
Stratlon and John Dow; Pal Mayberry, the
Socialist Workers Party candldatejand
Frank Wicks, who will most likely be the
Republican candidate.
Although Stratlon most probably offers
Ihe toughest political challenge, Dunlea expects thai his major opponent on the issues
will be Dow. He said that they were the only
two credible progressive candidates. While
bolh are opposed to Rcaganomics, Dunlea
said they differ on major issues such as
arms control: "the solution by liberal
Democrats supports freeze bul not
unilateral reduction." Dunlea said he was
in favor of reduction.
Dunlea said Dow's campaign purpose is
to rally around the nuclear arms issue - Dow
is not in the race to win. Bul Dunlea said,
"Dow is wrong on the nuclear issue". The
peace issue only intensified Dunlea's disenchantment with the Democratic Party.
Dunlea explained that the Citizens Party
was created due to "Democratic failures".
If the Democratic Party had enacted its
platform of 1972, there would be no need
for the Citizens Party," he said. The
Democrats have failed to limit the arms
race, Dunlea believes, and have perpetuated
a level of military spending far out of proportion to the rest of the budget. Channeling this money into social programs would
"improve the living conditions of the
average American," and at the same time
create more jobs per dollar than military
spending, claims Dunlea.
Additionally, he feels the Democrats
have abandoned their traditional constituency of blacks, women, and labor, feeling
that there is no chance that Ihey would lose
them lo the Republicans anyway. This
"frees" them to cater to the interests of
their corporate supporters, Dunlea said.
Dunlea said he supported the idea of
Economic Democracy, a theory that (he
quickly added) has been supported by Pope
John Paul II. This involves more labor
ADVERTISERS!
Although Mark Dunlea radiated optimism, he is very much aware of the formidable obstacles to both his own personal
goals and those of the Citizens Party.
However, his response indicates a recognition of these challenges, and perhaps a
strategy for overcoming ihem.
Dunlea must campaign against the
veteran- C o n g r e s s m a n
S t r a u o n , whose large
margins of victory in past
races suggest a significant
barrier. However, even Ihe
safest seal can be lost, especially as Ihe
J ilricl lines arc being redrawn, Statistics
show that al one lime or another all Congressmen face a lough election. Dunlea correclly calculates that his chances depend on
his ability lo align the growing anti-nuclear
and anii-Rcatan sentiments againsl Stratlon, a prime supporter of nuclear weapons
and a voter for the Reagan budget proposals.
News
Analysis
Wll I Yl'KMAN I'nlteHIJ Th
Sfnlcr
Kx-Off Campus Association Director Mark Dunlea
Now he's a congressional candidate for the Citizens Parly
representation on corporate boards, which
could be achieved if unions were allowed to
control their pensions currently managed
by the banks. In this manner, social and
economic decisions made by powerful corporations would not be made solely on ihe
basis of profit, he feels.
He also favors public control of Niagara
Mohawk. He slates that Iheir creation of
artificial shortages and price gauging proves
ihey are not acting in the public iniercst.
Dunlea also favors public banks, blaming
uncontrollable private hanks for the recession we Find ourselves in. He also supports
public education and "lots of money in
public housing". Also, Dunlea said, he was
pro-choice on abortion, and strongly supportive of equal rights for women and
homosexuals.
Dunlea graduated from RPI and Albany
Law School. While a student, he cofounded
NYPIRG, where " a lot of (his) theories
were developed". One such theory is that
good research and lobbying may be helpful,
but they will not produce profound social
change by themselves. "Consumers count
for very little," said Dunlea, "meaningful
social change takes masses of organized
people."
Dunlea feels he has the ability to organize
this mass support for the Citizens Party,
especially among the nearly fifty percent of
Ihe electorate who did not vote in the last
Presidential election. He said, "social
change will not come from litigation among
Ihe corporate class." He feels people can
learn that there are true alternatives 10 the
present political parlies, and thai low and
moderate income people can gain power
and influence by voting for the "nonmoney" Citizens Parly.
When asked about the controversy sur-,
rounding his position as the Off-Campus
Association Director at SUNYA, (S.A.
President Dave Pologe claimed Dunlea's
Co-Chairmanship of the Citizens Parly
conflicted with OCA interests), Dunlea said
that his position in the Citizens Parly added
influence lo his role as the OCA advocator
in the community. Adding that "Pologe's
political skills were weak," he said that
Pologe had no control over his position in
any case.
Dunlea must secure his place as the
legitimate opponent lo Stratlon. To win, he
must articulate a platform that will
challenge Siralion's stands, as well as convince ihe voters thai he is a viable candidate. One the favorable side, he cites
statistics to claim thai he is in touch with
the majority of voters on such issues as
abortion and defense spending: if his
calculations arc correct, his task should be
made easier. Working against him arc the
unknown nature of his party, and his lack
of campaign funds.
Dunlea's campaign will thus be a test of
the viability of the local Citizens Party. If
he is correct in stating it has a core of hard
workers and potential supporters, he will be
able to raise funds, reach out to new voters,
and overcome the unfamiliarity of his parDunlea sees his future as bright, along ty. If he has overstated his strength, then
with the future of Ihe Citizens Party. Cam- this is likely to be a long and frustrating
paigning in the Albany area an average of paign.
As important as the local race may be to
thirteen hours a day, Dunlea said people arc
receptive and supportive of his ideas: "be- Dunlea, the far more important task is to
ing a Democrat is a curable disease: people secure a permanent place for the Citizens
listen . , . wc are publicly supported and Party. Dunlea points lo John Anderson's
can beat the Democrats by mobilizing peo- meteoric rise in 1980 as evidence of Ihe success of Ihird parlies, yet Anderson's equally
ple who are not voting."
Dunlea believes that the Citizens Party meteoric fall shows how the winner-takc-all
can eventually take Ihe County Legislature electoral districts of this country (as compared to proportional systems, where a parand the Cily Council. He is also confident
ty gains representation equal to its proporthai Ihe Citizens Parly will gain a permation of the total vote) and the institunent place on Ihe electoral ballot.
tionalized two-party system work lo the
Should Dunlea fail lo win the Congrcs-" disadvantages of new political parties.
sioual election, he promises he'll be back:
History shows thai major shifts in the
"I'll run again in 1984 and be the next Con>-Page 6
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Great Britain, France and China
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Resisters League which sponsored
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"It will be a whole new level of
red tape and b u r e a u c r a c y , "
predicted Condon.
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amendment had "a high chance of
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S U N Y A P r e s i d e n t Vicnct
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years ago to 800 this year."
O'Leary has also said that services
will have to be cut, specifically in
terms of reduced operating for the
library and physical education
I'aculilics.
Gilchrist contends with six percent of the SUNYA work force vacant, Ihe campus is ovcrcnrollcd,
and 65 positionsneed to be filled to
support the student enrollment.
While the exact amount by which
SUNYA's allotlment of funds for
salaries and wages has been reduced
in in dispute, Gilchrist claims after
negotiated raises and technical adjustments arc taken into account,
SUNYA's funds for such salaries
and wages have been reduced by $1
million.
/ Carey has claimed only increased
revenue through tax hikes could
support reinstatement of the SI2.6
million he vetoed for SUNY.
SUNYA has been budgeted $63.7
million, $3 million less than requested of Carey.
Gilchrist feels "the game isn't
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CanDunlea Win?
•*Page 3
party system mosi often occur as responses lo political
crisis: for example, the Civil War produced a Republican
domination for over twenty years. Dunlca's hope lo
mobilize new voters does have a historical precedenl in Ihe
New Deal: Ihe Democrats brought a new group of young
voters to the polls in Ihe 1930s and reversed Ihe preeding
thirty years of Republican successes.
If there is lo be a shifl in reponse lo the economic problems faced today, much will depend on the responses of
the party leaders. Franklin Roosevelt was able lo forge a
new coalition behind a clever pollical platform lo achieve
his successes, while some have slated that Ronald Reagan
has achieved a similar leal. There is'no doube that the
November elections will be a lest of Reaann'v „„II .: ,
i";ljc long run al, the poliiical p a r l o r
^ i , : ; :
solutions 10 ihese economic concerns Thai Th, r ,
ffi£ astsss - - * - " &
aligned against the two-party monopoly, and Du |" ,".
slated the Libertarians are wel, on their wa
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perm: e t h i r d parly. However, this means Ihe c " en
I'ariv il l%« ,0 .sirain ,he electoral system in order o j
mil a " ^ Jiew pany i„,o p 0 | i l i c s , p c r h a ps even ^6nt
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road in an effort 10 attract Ihe greaiesl number of voters;
till
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alway this danger. Overcoming ibis lendency will in a large
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Great Expectations
Inside...
Editor's Aspect
I was anticipating my entrance Into college with mixed emotions. On
the one hand, I felt excited by the prospect of starting again, in a new,
more "sophlstlcated"environment, on the other, I was terrified by the
Idea that I might not be accepted as easily as I was in high school. After
all, I was going to a place where relatively no one knew me, and what
was even more frightening, no one would even care that I was me. No
one would give a shit that I painted or loved to write, or anything. Suddenly I would have to prove I was creative, that I was an interesting person, and I would have to confront the fact that I might not be successful
at either.
The day I got here my father and brother came up with me to help me
move in to my dorm, and In order to not appear really stupid, I casually
directed my dad to what I thought was Dutch Quad. Instead, it was Colonial, and we proceeded to drive up to each and every quad before we
ended up on Dutch. Needless to say, my demeanor was destroyed, and
I was extremely embarrassed.
The weeks that followed were very difficult; I felt alone, out of place,
ugly, frustrated, and scared. What if I never felt comfortable in this cold
and ominous place? Middle Earth provided some temporary comfort,
but I was still alone. My roomate, who was sincerely wonderful provided some great distractions, but I was still alone. One brisk October morning at 2 a.m., In a furious attempt to find love and warmth, I decided to
pack a bag and go home. I called a cab, which ended up arriving late.
This forced me to sit in the Greyhound Bus Terminal for three hours, as
I waited for the next bus into the city. Nothing would have convinced
me to go back to campus and go to sleep. I finally did get into the city,
and caught a glimpse of my father's face before he saw me. It was etched In worry. I felt a little sheepish then, but it was still mixed with a feeling of relief at being as far away from campus as I could be.
Somehow, something happened to me that weekend; although I can't
tell you just what. I think it was somewheres between feeling I was
seriously copping out of this new life I had chosen for myself, and a
perplexed bewilderment about what I had been through the previous
month. What was so terrible about it? And who was to blame // there
was anything actually traumatic about It? I was resolved to try again.
So back up to campus I went filled with dreams of recognition and
acceptence. After a couple of months, I did meet some people that turned out to be real friends- they were supportive, understanding, and
honest. The following year passed quickly, mostly consisting of sharing time with them; testing out who we all were, examining reality, and,
of course, realizing what it meant to be a friend or a lover. There were
many difficult times, as there were many intensely.beautiful times, and
I can say in all honesty that I would not be the person I am now if it
wasn't for the times I spent with them.
I finally felt enough confidence to try my hand at group organizations, first Tangent, then Aspects. And here I am now. I guess what this
whole story is supposed to emphasize, though I am sure it isn't evident,
(I really didn't want to make this "The Life and Aspirations of...") is the
'mportance o< confidence, perseverence, and good friends. If you can
make-develop iny of these things while you're here, it will all be worth
it. If y.ou have to go out on a limb and take some risks once in a while,
do it. It might be the most frightening experience you ever have, but
when you succeed, you will realize that every moment of it was worth it.
3a
Musical Fission: "Big Science"
Sound and Vision:
Laurie Anderson's latest album
explodes, Taylor examines Spielberg's E.T.
Sally Simpson's mentor comes out of
spiritual misfortune
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F C l ™ v J i * Expectations: accepted, anticipated,
what they are and what they are
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Agent X- will the discovery destroy us?
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O ~ Endgame:
" * * Words, words, words, and,
of courseSpectrum...
WHO listen to Olivia Newton-,lohn or Van
Halen are going lo buy her album, however
there is a rather large segment of the population who is tired of the same old formula
rock and who does not listen to that lype of
music anyway. Laurie Anderson litis been
marketed as a pop star although her audience is more likely to go out and buy a new
Art Ensemble of Chicago album than a new
Abba LP.
I suppose "the Brothers" were trying to attract ti few listeners from the pop scene, {the
"crossover" phenomenon i believe It is called), after all Laurie Anderson's music. If
bizarre, is certainly recognizable by the
average listener as music, i e it has lyrics
(even if obscure) and recognizable, even catchy melodies Thus although I do not think
that the audience who has been following
her .ill along is likely to start buying more pop
as a result they do not seem to mind Laurie's
Image ,is a pop star which, after all. might
just atiiacl a few more lisleneis who would
otherwise ignore her.
Mn Science is an album about Ameilcn
An album about "Golden cities" and
Oz Revisited
Word On A Wing
The best authorities are
unanimous in saying that a war
with hydrogen bombs is quite
likely to put an end to the human
race. ...there will be universal
death- sudden only for a fortunate
minority, but for the majority
a slow torture of disease and
disintegration...
-Bertrand Russell
une, 1982
mes At first glance this brief story might
sound cliche, oi iust like tiny other success
story In the Music business, li is neither.
What is rem.likable ami uncommon about
composer Laurie Anderson making it In the
European top forty is exactly that she is a
composer By composer I mean someone
who creates new ways of arranging sounds,
something une rarely finds in the top forty
On the olhei hand, it is also true that the instruments and technique's she uses are hot
completely novel: electronic devices and
synthesizer have been used for the last two
decides and tape loops and other tape
manipulation techniques w/exe one of the fust
to be used in electronic music: the way in
which she uses them is indeed new - even for
SoHo. However, another feature that sets
her apart from the usual top forty artist is thai
she is trained in the "classical" tradition,
plays the violin - and I do not mean the way
Charlie Daniels plays the fiddle, even if she
i n s been the "Charlie Daniels of the Mensa
crowd" - and a composer who until fecently
was only known to a small, but fervent group
ol followers of the Downtown • hip • avantgarde - music scene. That someone with her
background and style can make it In popular
music, even in Europe, is astounding, and a
hopeful sign lh.it one can still make music
and live off it.
The story does not end here forSupertnan
did eventually make it back to America: this
time thanks to the Warner Brothers who
recently released ISUj Science an LP which
contains her hit single O .Superman. Not
suprisingly Big Science is making it big here
too. Well, there must be some reason why
such seemingly eclectic music lias managed
to break through to the realms of Pop
Schlock. It is foolish to think that the people
DSM.
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again, one of those riffs you would find in
page one of "Saxophone the Easy Way".
Overall, the iliing that impressed me the
most about the album is the percussion, for
which David Van Tie'ihen is responsible
life rhythms tire always changing in absolutely unforeseen but extremely gratifying
ways and the instruments are just as suprising bnllons. kitchen pots. etc. The diummIng is surely the best I've heard since Public
Image released The h'hwers of Romance.
and although much more sophisticated it still
retains the intoxicating power of PIL's
rhythm section
^—
t all started a few months agt
I when tin unknown composer frolv
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New York City released O .Super
mart mi an unknown label. "Out* Tut'
Records" Although the single went largely
unnoticed here hi the U S A , it become a
bin hit in Enntand ,nul olhei I'.monean m i
f
f t
T,or ExtraTerrestrlal is every adult's
S ^ " chance to return and experience
C**** die 'pure of heart' sentiment we
knew as children watching the Wizard of Oz.
In thinking aboul ET, I found myself recalling
a line from thai old classic. When Dorothy is
leaving O / . the Tin Man says to her. 'IK^.VJ
Megan Taylor
know I have a heart because it's breaking'.
The analogy is not original because clearly
Steven Spielberg, the directorial genius
behind ET draws heavily on the image.
Spielberg is also the master mind behind the
phenomenal sucesses of the past few summers including Jaws. Close F.ncounters of
the Third Kind and Renders of the Lost Ark.
In ET he has created an endearing ExtraTerrestrlal, who shows all, once again, that we
too have a heart to be broken.
As In his earlier films. Spielberg has
gathered to him some ol the greatest
technical minds in Hollywood. The creature
you will come to love is (unfortunately} not
real, but a robot run by external controls.
Unlike the special effects of Close Encounters or Raiders the emphasis here is not
on the amazing but rather the simple
wonders we ignore. Yet the complexity
behind the simple facial expressions of the
ET make the earlier wonder of the
mechanical shark from Jaws look like a
[tinker toy.
Spielberg, unlike most other directors, is
able to use cliche symbols and still move his
audience to tears. Yes.the children flying on
their bicycles past the full moon on Halloween is silly, but in the movie it woiks But
the real beauty of tins movie docs not stop
there For those who demand a message in a
Inmvie IbfiM ^ certainly one here. It is the
children who recognize the adults will react
with fear and want to destroy the ET, while
the implications of the governments ability to
spy on our lives and control them with or
without our consent is also clear.
ETs stars are not big name actors, rather
ttiey are tin endearing group of children
whose natural talent is truly impressive. The
two brightest of these new stars are Henry
Thomas, who plays Elliot the child who
becomes emotionally and intellectually lied
to ET and Drew Barvymore. who plays his
younger sister with tongue in cheek one
liners that George Burns would envy These
young actors have a natural grace and
wonder that transcends the screen. When
Dee Wallace who plays the mother of these
imps, is r jdtng Peter Pan to Gertie (Drew
Barrymore) we. like the ET who is watching,
cheer for Tinker Bell to survive.
The'cinematography of this film, although
not quite as polished as Raiders of the Lost
Ark is very good and like all Spielberg films
the editing is superb. Spielberg was not
alone In this venture, but was joined by the
Yes. the album does have alot of Philip
Glass. I would like to know a young com|, M who h.is not been touched by the
Minimalist Movement • but unlike G!as"'s
music- she does not gradually change the
cycles, she deletes and adds new ones,
slops one here while a saxophone part starts
up somewhere else. Her lyrics are executed
in a uiaunei very reminiscent of Robert
Nshley's although her voice changes, Is elecHonicaly modified, Is beautiful, cold, charm"Golden towns". About supermarkets, ing and hoiing .ill at once: whereas Ashley's
banks ami shopping malls, freeways, and is .i continuous mumbled monologue.
yes, .if course, supermen. It is. at least on
In peifoimance the features of her music,
the MM face. cold, detached, rational, in us coldness, exquisite charm, and its subtle
lellectual almost mechanical - and for a intelligence, ate .ill magnified by her
reason Ibis is Big Business. Big Technology presence hei fluorescent violin, the power
America Any spur of passion is also "Scien
and diyness of the rhythms. I should add
llflc", calculated with engineering accuiacy thai lie) peifoini.nice at The Palladium in
specifically in the song Sweaters which is the New York C"\ -'.as introduced by a piece by
most painful and most musically during song mother yoi.ii | and vety talented compose!
in the album
bagpipes, played by the >. In - specialises in percussion I )a\ it I Van
phenomenal Rufus Hurley, and violin with T l e g i t ' u , iI'll.' same pl.iyet on AutVisoit's
defmile lush overtimes and .ai incredibly album}.He played everything from space toy
uncertain and unpredictable rhythm If you atns to do
inil nil with ItemeniloUs
do not believe the song is painful try telling
i i isi. HI -it i tini'e.
someone you love; *I no longer love youi
No .vital I I. mle Anderson is a pop star,'
mouth 1 no longer love your eyes the colaftei ,ill the t • tegovles we tend to impose on
or of yoin sweaters the way you hold your
music seem |o me to be largely avltflenl; a
pens ami pencils..." But the most serious
convience peihans. but certainly not veal.
austere lyilcs are always contrasted by exMusic is uuisti ,md Laurie Anderson's is
tremely >illy >\nd catchy melodies or totally
absurd tepltes Examples of (his tire in the iitpei mustc'
I'.S the song on side two of the single
song Ixmnple 22 which starts off with someone reciting a very serious (ieiinun text Walk the PIMJ does not appeal 111 Hy
juxtaposed with some moaning m English, Science. Thai is too bad since her imperwhile a saxnphone trio plays, over and over sonation of Dolly Part on is absolutely
'leinendous
Lucas inspiration that gave us Star Wars.
The sound track, done by .lohn Williams
(also of the Star Wnrs team) will ring familiar
bells for his fans, but will remain rather
unmemoiable for the rest of us.
Some will accuse Spielberg of manipulation, of trying only to evoke an emotional
response in the audience, but they are the
cold of heart. Just as he brings out the best in
the humans he touches in the movie. ET br-
ings out the best in the humans he touches in
the audience. On a Saturday night, with a
theatre full of adults, there were few dry eyes
in the house. And just as we viewed
Dorothy's going home as both happy and
sad. so too. I viewed the end of the movie
fan end I won't be Scrooge enough to give
away). ET is one of the greatest summer
escapes. See it. feel it, enjoy it. be a child
again, even if just for two hours
An Open Letter To The
Rolling Stone and Pete Townshend
/J Her reading Rolling Stone's (.June 24 issue) interview with Pete Townshend by
^0* 1 1 Kurt Loder. 1 picked up my pen to write - to write what? I guess 1 felt an urge to
*—^ '
communicate with this man who has had a true influence on my life since my first
days of college, my first L.S.D. trips, my first realizations from my days before the mirror
was smashed: Deaf, Dumb. Blind. My heart grieved while reading of his spiritual misfortune: the alcoholism-cocaine abuse that was caught up in all the glitter. This interview confused me - my romantic image of Townshend. mentor, transformed.reinforced his sincere
approach to the struggle - "la lutte" of life - any life - be it one of a "Rock Star" or of a student. Townshend tells the truth, or it has always seemed to me to be the truth.
His disclosures have in the past, and continue to evoke in me some undefined sensation sometimes mystical: his days of Meher Baba - Who came first?, the too real to be true
Quadrophenfa, sometimes hitting the nail on the head Empty Glass; always thought provoking, inspiring past Rolling Stone interviews, past Who albums. As I reread these last few
lines it seems as If I "sing the praises"of a rock singer. Another groupie? NO! Connections
occur - 21 years of age - still into the Who - Townshend's "verite", philosophically and
poetically. Eno - Bowie - Byrne - Patti Smith - Frlpp - Townshend - different - yet collectively bonded.
I saw The Who and The Dead In Essen Germany last March ' 8 1 . The Who seemed tired Pete's eyes sunken In - pale countenance - now I know why. I hope he makes it. What he
says is Positive - an "uprising" out of the "bottomless pit". It is so unique that someone with
Townshend's Image lays his life out like a painting for all to see. His evolution-development
from My Generation to the present Is more interesting than any fictional representation more enlightening. It's beautiful, childlike, his sincerity lightens the entire matrix of Rock
and Roll Pass the feeling on to Pete there are those who listened and heard and who still
... ,
—Sally Simpson and Linda Quinn
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expectation, ek spekta shan, n.
^•p xpeclatlon. It's a word we all come
5""" to view with hope and fear.
Cm-' Perhaps your first encounter with
the Idea was Charles Dlcken's Great Expectations which you strimnM through as a
freshman In high schr
I now you're at
college and expectation
nged with parental hopes of good grades and. personal
dreams of glory. You are Pip In London and
you alone are responsible for your own
fulfillment. But unlike Pip's fictional universe
we are forced to exist In what Is known as the
"real world".
Megan Taylor &
Debbie Millman
Reality, obscure In its own rlghl. can be
truly traumatic when It emails coming to n
(utureworld campus with the assumption
thai you will suddenly be able to make lile
decisions on your own. Underneath the glitter of this new life Is the trial of education
We have all heard the mythology surrounding this trial by lire, I.e. a good education
means a secure future filled with new Intellectual challenge and creative fulfillment,
but this is talk lor the future, nol the present.
Coming to grips wllh who you are can be a
deceiving endeavor, a continual merry-goround forever reaching lor the brass ring.
Though capturing the brass ring might appear to be an exceedingly difficult task, II
does not have to remain beyond our grasp.
While some of us might be able to spontaneously reach out and grab that ring successfully, for most of us, this challenge requires careful planning, and the ability to
really look Inside our hearts and read what
Is actually there. Of course this Is much
easier to say than do-but If you stay up all
night painting a canvas for a friend, and plan
on majoring in accounting to please your
parents, the brass ring mighl be forever out
of touch. .
So already the choices Implicit in all expectation rear their ugly heads. Yes, you
have to choose a major, but to find a sense
o l inner fulfillment, Ihe only absolute reality
we have, you have to listen to that Inner
...and you run and run to catch up with the
sun but it's sinking, and racing around to run
up behind you again. The sun is the same in
a relative way, but you're older, and shorter
of breath, and one day closer to death...
Pink Floyd
Waiting For The Sun
Linda Quinn
S
he yawns, stretches, scoops muck from the corners of her eyes and exclaims with
strange amazement - " I expected the sun to rise this morning and It didn't - Hemingway you flbberl" One foot to the floor - the hard wood still cool to touch - the
warmth of the sun's rays had not penetrated her apartment - chill from toes to nose - the
other foot down. They adapt quickly • " O h , where could the sun be? Perhaps one loo
many hits of 'ganja' or shots of 'moonshine'," she playfully suggests to herself for she Is
alone In this unusual darkness, at 8:45 am. A strong gush of wind blows the curtains to
either side, angular white pieces of fabric - another shiver - little bumps of cold beneath the
light brown hair along her arms, and the back of her neck - her nipples protrude. She approaches the window to close It, she kneels before it, she rests her right elbow on the sill, her
head on her (1st. She proclaims to the blackness her disdain of this tasteless trick.
Theft of the secure surety of her existence. "Filthy, bloody, fucking robber! How could
y o u ? " She lifts her head abruptly from her (1st and with fingers still clenched, shakes It, as If
to provoke the obscure murk Into a fisticuffs. The air continues to surge through the opening, the curtains continue their dance, she completes her subtle threat to the mystery. As
she closes the window with a slam and turns quickly toward her clock to read the numbers,
" A h ha. I'm not totally forsaken". She peers Into Its face and with perplexed countenance
her heart skips a beat, she sighs air from her stomach and utters, "It's not ticking or tocklng".
Anxiously she circles her room wondering, yet her thoughts are undefined - perhaps they
are not even thoughts - Just waves of emotion or sensation - unclear - uncertain barefeet stll
on the hard wood floor. Gravity still as It always has been. But for how long?
She ceases pacing and slowly seats herself at the edge of her bed - her eyes empty - her
body entirely still. A warm salty teardrop slowly sails from her left eye over her cheek, into
the crook of her mouth. She tastes the salt and a feeling of reassurance embraces her soul.
" E n d u r e " she whispers. She rises from the bed and once again approaches the window;
she opens It, the curtains caper. Upright-vertical she stands before the window, the gushes
of wind now zephyr. Her cheeks gracefuly accept thq soft, gentle air cunents without
restraint. She bows her head with respect.
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voice and be able wllh some sense of d a * "
to define your own expeditions and not
Ihose Imposed by society, peers and parents
Many people spend their college ycats '
Ihose years with the mosl potential for se|[]
definition, running from their own truth
because they view their artistic or nonmonetary goals as somehow less than accen
table.
'
What Is acceptable brings Ihe entire pU[.
pose of education Into question. What arc
the acceptable and non-acceptable value
systems society has created (or us? Why are
the professors and bankers ol this world
more highly regarded lhan the sanitation
workers? Perhaps one's educational careet
should include anwering these questions
Professional esteem is a very heavy subject
let alone coming to lerms with one's own
personal desires for success and achieve.
men!. Understanding yom own motivation
is. perhaps. Ihe besl w.iy lo come lo grips
with your expectations ol who you are now
and what you wish lo become Nevertheless
there are no hierarchies here If you feel 1
financial success will bring you in re
plness than struggling as a yet-lobe
discovered poet, than do n And il working
with facls and figures Is your mode .1
creative expression and emotional sallslai
lion.lhan do il But whatevei u is you seek
give II all you gol.
• |-"ew people are fulfilled by Intellectual
stimulus alone and you wouldn't hi'human.I
emotional concerns (hopes and fears) were
nol part of the college experience Relation
strips, Ihe stumbling blocks <>f mice and men
awail you loo. in noothei area Is Ihe temptation of expectations more fraught Willi
danger. A universlly setting Is ,i microcosm
of society and Ihe Intricacies ol Inlet personal
and professional relationships are al its cine
The people you choose .is yom traveling
companions can be a SOUK.' ol strengthoi
Ihe root of obstacles on your path Falling in
love can be a wonderfully breathtaking
endeavor and can transform this plan' Irom
being a frightening pandc
ilum lo a
beautiful paradise. Suddenly Ihe pillars
aren't Just boring, gray concrete now they
take on a deeper meaning "here's were we
m e l " or "this Is where we (Irsl realized Ihe
al Albany sunset". Then you discover
i Lake or even Thatcher Park or
,le Ice-cream. Nevertheless, its real imit to construct a world for yourself that
its of moments of Intense happiness
| giving yourself the opportunity of exicing being alone without being lonely,
expectations and desires ol others can
„ _ j k e the place of your own dreams, or
cur
'ift
" y t n a l comes from the ability lo
illsfaction In your own company,
'ay in which one might put feelings of
iness into a belter perspective is lo ask
ill the following questions and try. as
tly as possible, to answer them for
ilf, without the pressure of appearing
or strange or silly to anyone else, is
a|fj|hess a stigma because we need confir"taffon or affirmation ol ourselves from
notflei person? Is il because human beings
rstirictively need a mate? Is it because we
tefjBnsecure without <ipprov.il from our
leeff or lover? Is it a pure and healthy need?
>ur suspicions about ihe unswets lo these
uesiions • nil of the above, in some way or
nothei Nevertheless, being .done should
ot'-JJiavo lo carry ,i stigma Society has
reared moral conditioning through advertisig and the media. Unfortunately lliese proosed v.due systems are nol always realistic,
.earning discrimination In its most positive
jrm can prove a valuable.step towards peronal contentment.
And if you feel like you're constantly
ghtlng a continuous battle lo remain sane.
i\ alone feel content about who you are. be
ware lhat we are all in that bailie together,
ust.try lo channel those destructive energies
ito positive ones.
When you have found the peace that
omes from the self-satisfaction and growth
f listening lo that inner voice, you are ready
J share, on an equal basis, that part of
ourself with a friend. These bonds of frlendhlp forged at a time you are both growing
n d ; developing, sharing good limes and
ad,: are bonds that can last a lifetime. It Is
nportanl to remember that people come to
slatlonsliips, love, and friendship, wilh their
•wn expeclations and desires and these can
' e used as the most positive or destructive
j wees. Obviously. Ihe choice Is ours. There
are no scripts In this drama we are living in.
however bad or good that may seem to be.
This grand old world might be a stage, and
all of us merely players, but there is more to
this metaphor: we are also our own directors. Whether in the style of Polanski or
l : ellini or Spielberg, we can become
whatever we wish to be.
To change one man's mind is to change
the complexion of the world and a university
is the place where minds are not just changed but formed. You have the choice to examine in any degree of detail everything
from the formation of the earth's crust to the
psychological formation of a child's development to the musical composition of
Beethoven's 5th symphony. But the fruit of
this search, the expectation this knowledge
must fulfill is uniquely yours..only you can
dL'termine its value in your life.
So you have come through the trial and
the greatest expeclations of education, love
and friendship have seen the sun and shine
in memory Wluil then is left you ask? - Expectation. Il may still hold fear and hope but
the depth which surrounds these words has
meaning th.it you have culled f i o m
philosophy and accounting alike. You will
lake polished Ideals and test them In the
. reality of daily living and you will either find
them to be strong and functional or weak
and false The ground you have spent (our
years laying will either hold you In good
stead or crumple below you. This Is not a
depressing statement, rather a forward look
at a goal, that as you begin your education,
can seem too far off to consider as part of
your everyday reality. But the importance of
being able to look ahead, to keep perspective especially when the going gets rough can
be the greatest expectation for the future.
Well now, you may have arrived here feeling like Easy Rider, and you may feel on
leaving more like Henry Kissinger (or vice
versa). In the times to come remember this
fleeting thought, "Lonliness and the genius
of struggle has always dwelt in the hearts of
pioneers." It may take some time to gel used
to things here (as anywhere new) and adapt,
but greet this new experience with the Immortal words of the great writer James
Joyce, "Yes I said yes 1 will Yes."
Miles Kurland
guide to what will occur in the future, Scientists state with confidence that, tomorrow,
falling objects will still accelerate at a velocity
of 32 feet per second per second, because
objects always have done so when tested in
the past. We all know this; after all, we've
gotten into college and our powers of
reasoning are supposed to have been
heightened.
The problem Is that a good deal ol our expectations are not always based upon strictly
rational or predictable situations. We expect
certain specific things of ourselves and each
olher which may or may not be reasonable.
Our expectations are rooted In our strongest
hopes and fears, and they can distort our
perception of the world. This is unfortunate
because future assumptions will arise from
the tainted perceptions arising from past expectations In a horrific regress, which is in effect similar to a hall of twisted and warped
mirrors. Here Is an example - Phil asks Ills
long standing friend Peter for a loan of $25.
Peter refuses. Phil feels hurt or angry
because he expected his good old buddy lo
come through for him (and he really needed
the money quite badly, too.). Phil shuns
'.Peter, leading to greater misunderstandings
and alienation. There are .ill kinds ol
unknown variables thai feed Into this aitua
tlon, such as Peter's finances. Phil's reason
for borrowing Ihe money, etc . but in the
final analysis. Phil's expectation of Peter,
which may or may no: have been Justifiable,
caused critical strain between two (riends.
There will always be a difference in the way
Phil sees Peler now. But Phil has good
reason to be angry at Peler. doesn't he?
Alter all, what are good friends (or? Phil's expectations of what behavior Is appropriate
among friends may be radically different
from Peter's. He may deeply adhere lo the
tenet "Neither a borrower or a lender be". In
his syslem of ethics he Is every bil as much
correct to refuse Phil as Phil may be correct
to be angry according to his own ethical
syslem.
To a certain extent, we feel justified in our
anger when the world doesn't conform In
our preconceptions. Our ego is being
threatened on the most fundamental level.
We walk around, day after day. feeling we
have some sort of handle on what's going on
In Ihe world, and when we are wrong, our
whole model of reality Is challenged. Oflen
we Ignore the nagging implicallon that
perhaps Phil and Peler can bolh be rlghl In
some sense, or that perhaps we don't always
know enough to form realistic expectations.
Not that there is anything wrong wllh
'unrealistic' expectations. Prophecies lend lo
become self-fulfilling, and if we expect more
from ourselves, we might Just deliver more
Despite the fact that others may tell us we are
foolish to expect so much. Perhaps our most
damaging expectations are our low ones,
and It may be far batter to tilt at a wlndr '"
low and Ihen. than to nullify our potential
:iy underrating it.
One problem is that our expeclations are
so.,strongly linked lo our hopes and desires
lhat ihey can cause profound misery when
fulfilled. So college wasn't what you expected it to be? What is it then? We might try
lo.put some distance between our emotions
arid our expectations. Spend less lime exIMJjcting and more time experiencing. For
affe thing, while we are smugly assuming
ojje thing, we might overlook some little
Wall that might clue us In that we should ani m a t e something altogether different.
Prophecies tend to
become self-fulfilling,
|md if we expect
tnore from ourselves,
fve might deliver more
Our expectatlon^Ieriven-om our emotonal and rational faculties, both of which
qre glorified In song and saga, but always fall
i s in the clinch. Paradox and Irony frustrate
Rational expectations, and our emotional expectations, when gratified, can produce consequences such as depression. It Is our
senses that deliver us from the morass of our
confused expectatins. The senses tend to be
sneered at when compared with our 'nobler
(acuities', but it Is through those much
slandered portals that we truly experience
Ihe world. Our emotions and thought color
A Perpetual Student
"Well, what did you expect?"
His voice had a bitter tone and his face was half hida. ,i in his morning cup of coffee.
"/ expected hue. I guess I'm just...surprised...and... a little disappointed."
Her reply dwindled into neor silence and merged u'ith the chorus o/ bird songs.
Do the birds greet dawn anew? Are they surprised and delighted? Did they expect night
would never end? Had they forgotten yesterday? Is each claiming the day for oneself?
"Keep the target image!"
Fop Sergeant shouting
black ball wobbling on shaking black post
"Squeeze!
Slow w-w-ly!
Don't anticipate!"
HANG
"You missed again/ Von flinched! You stupid sonofabttcl\! What kint.i of soldier are you
going to make?"
fhe enlistee hud two years of college, a brilliant mind and deserved better treatment than
this, getting mud when disappointed--or going mad.
HANG
What Do We Expect?
/^\
A / e a " n a v e expectations of the
\ if if world. This seems only natural.
* *
since expeiience has taught us that
the world is a fairly predictable place with
certain natural laws and recurring rhythms.
There are all sorts of things which we take for
granted because we feel secure in the
knowledge that the past Is a fairly certain
A Brief Tour
our senses, and If we pay attention to our
sensory world, we become aware of greater
degrees of subtlety, fine tuning our emotional and rational faculties and confirming
our expectations with reality. Our senses are
subject to error, such as when we see a stage
magician cut an assistant in half, but that is
the result of a diversion of our senses. It
depends upon our expectations of what we
preconceive him doing.
The great writer James Joyce claimed that
he never met a bore. What an astounding
assertion! Either you dismiss this statement
with some wisecrack (i.e. "Well, he never
took Art History") or you can reflect upon
, the fact that Joyce's methodology was to pay
immense at sntion to details, and doing so.
he found not every individual has quirks
which make him unique and therefore
fascinating, No one is a bore because
everyone is different, although you may
have to look closely lo see it. Our problem is
that our expectations lead us to class certain
types together, and we do this before really
examining the individual. Doing this, we
never truly experience them fully (and miss
alot).
Approaching life with less expectations Is a
continual yoga or Zen or therapy, or whathave-you, which when applied, can lead to
a fundamentally richer experience of life. It
helps one to become skeptical of one's own
forms of self-delusion, and this will hold one
in good stead. Perhaps expectations are not
(or shouldn't be) great after all. and are
among the things that stand between us and
happiness (or at least less misery). And one
good consequence of less expectation Is this:
more suprlsesl
When platUing seeds, do not consider the fruit. Pay attention to the needs of the seeds;
proper handling and soil preparation.
without worry, without
Have no fear of failure. The corn grows by itself
expectation.
There is no need to fear failure. Such fear is based upon past experience, (for we have all
failed to fulfill expectations, from time to time) upon realization of the demands of the Immediate situation and upon knowing the limitations of one's own personality.
The philosopher has said, it is a serious waste of time to ponder failure, There is no such
thing as failure; there can only be a loss of time. We learn by failure. Do riot take yourself so
seriously and you will find that you will release yourself for freer and more potent work,
All well and good, you say. Don't anticipate; don't expect too much. But how much is
too much?
Well, that depends upon you. and the times and the place and upon other, unknown
(and perhaps unknowable) factors. Perhaps if we outline some goals, toward which we may
orient ourselves, we may encounter fewer or lesser disappointments from unfulfilled expecta,
JIIS.
1. Achieve a clear understanding of your own personal problems and the objectives of
your work or task at hand.
'.' Do your work; perform your task selflessly; working less for the love of power and
developing more of a sensitivity to the impulses and vibrations which exist in the world, i.e.
let yourself open up to new Ideas and less restrictions
3, Pay no attention to "public opinion" or to failure, (this is done by paying close attention to your inner voice).
It is not easy to overcome the negative conditioning to which we all have been exposed.
The rewards are great, if you realistically and unconditionally love yourself and love one
an'ilher; there one finds no failure, no disappointment. Expectations become weightless.
\. Pay no attention to "public opinion" or to failure, (this Is done by paying close attention lo your Innar voice).
It is not easy to overcome the negative conditioning to which we all have been exposed.
The rewards are great, if you realistically and unconditionally love yourself and love one
another; there one finds no failure, no disappointment. Expectations become weightless.
Nevertheless, to seriously approach these goals with the expectation of full success at first
try Is to court disappointment, to indulge In a glamour, to expect too much. As Illustrated In
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the torture of Antlcip.. .ation can distort the perceptions of
the mind. Learn to be at peace within yourself.
But how Is It done, you ask?
Sane Notes From An Insane Day
The Human Bomb
/ still /icing
Neither
Hear
lost or
Music
In the
talking about change. Unconlrollable h u m a n
lound
the lonely
t u t h o r ' a N o t e — As most of y o u n o w k n o w Ihe
>lggest roily in the history of this gre.it state l o o k
ilace In the city o n J u n e 12. This rally was
jiecessltated by Ihe fact that m a n y of the w o r l d
•aders seem to be obsessed with the idea of blowng up Ihe whole fucking w o r l d — just w h e n y o u
nought all the nuts were locked u p in cages In
u m e sanitarium. A n y w a y , the following Is one
irson'sf?) account of those 24 insane hours In
lew Y o r k .
" W i t h all d u e r e s p e c t sir. h e s e e m s t o be
around
a n d social c h a n g e ; s o m e t h i n y all o r g a n i z e d
sound
societies h a v e f o u g h t against a l l t h r o u g h o u t
night
history."
Joe San\ple
& Will
" I ' m r e a l l y lost A g e n t X , W o u l d y o u p l e a s e
Jennings
r u n t h r o u g h It o n c e m o r e . "
f j
f
it s p i l e o f all the i t i i n u s i l m t u r y i i n i z :
I
" S i r , It is l i k e t h i s ; w h a t d o p e o p l e
eel s o c i e t y a m offer t h e i n d i v i d u a l .
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governments
t h e r e still r e m a i n n e e d s that s e c u r i -
fear
the most? W h a t
and
causes
p u r e a n d s i m p l e . T h e y fear that d o i n g t h i n g s ,
Y e t . n o o n e has t o b e a p r i s o n e r o f c o n f o r m ! ;
even
y . Intrinsic h u m a n w e a k n e s s h o w e v e r , p r o -
day-to-day
things
differently,
will
d e s t r o y t h e m . I r o n i c , isn't It sir? I m e a n t h a t
v i d e s us w i t h s o m e p r e t t y m e s s y i l l u s i o n s .
p e o p l e s h o u l d fear c h a n g e . "
L i f e d o e s n ' t w a n t t o be better t h a n t h e n e x t
" W e l l all t h a t is v e r y f i n e . A g e n t X .
w h a t a b o u t t h e h u m a n b o m b , w h o is it? H o w
b u i l d s h i m s e l f u p at t h e e x p e n s e of all a r o u n d
c a n f i n d i n g it h e l p o r h u r t u s ? "
him
The w o m a n that c a n ' t d e a l w i t h t h e f a d
Ibany, N.Y., J u n e 1 2 , 3 : 4 2 a . m . -
" S i r . if y o u w i l l r e c a l l t h e p e r s o n o n
the
d i a l n a t u r e d i d n ' t give her the same p h y s i c a l
t a p e m a d e m e n t i o n of t h e fact t h a t t h i s w a s
b e n e f i t s as t h e b e a u t y q u e e n
t o be a test. A test o f w i t s a n d skill. I t h i n k
.rlmlnals
in
life,
(or
they
These a r e t h e
rob
us of
any
that
the h u m a n
b o m b is t h e p e r s o n
who
c h a n c e t o e n j o y life f o i w h a t it is I n s t e a d w e
m a d e t h e t a p e . H e said a b o m b w o u l d e x -
m u s t live o u i lives t h e s a m e w a y w e
p l o d e , a h u m a n b o m b . It s e e m s t o m e that
drive
j u r c a r s . always o n the defensive
Hubert-Kenneth Dickey
11, ef's f e e l i n g s for m e . H e has t o d e l i v e r m e
r e a l ties or c o m m i t m e n t s
b a c k t o I I Q m . . t i e p i e c e o r h e is in b l y t i m e
o t h e r g u y s . I'm single a n d 1 p l a n t o k e e p It
hot water.
t h a t w a y . M a r r a i g e i n m y b o o k Is o n l y f o r
" H e l l o . M a r i e , this is . f o e , H o w a r e y o u
Y e s . V i r g i n i a , t h e n * is e v i l In t h e w o r l d
It
doing?"
i.' k e s t h e f o r m of " d e c e n t " p e o p l e l i v l n y s u p posedly
decani
lives.
KespecUibl
housewives pushiny weak m e n o n t o yre.iler
O h ! -Joe. h o w i h e hell a r e y o u ? " she s a i d ,
W h e n c a n I see y o u ? I've r e a l l y
the
w h a t h e is g e t t i n g a t . is t h a t he w i l l call us t o
f i n d o u t If w e k n o w t h e a n s w e r . "
" T h e r e ' s just o n e
t h i n g that d o e s n ' t
fit.
t h o s e that w a n t it a n d e v e n t h e n . It ( m a r -
A g e n t X . w h a t ' s all this t a l k of a n e x p l o s i o n
riage) d o e s n ' t a l w a y s w o r k t h e w a y t h a t p e o -
a b o u t ? Y o u still h a v e n ' t c l e a r e d t h a t u p f o r
p l e w a n t it t o ,
me yet."
M o s t g u y s m y a y e are l o o k i n g a m o r t g a g e ,
as if she r e a l l y m e a n t it. " I ' v e b e e n m e a n i n g
to t a l l y o u
like m o s t o f
a w i f e a n d k i d s In t h e face e a c h d a y
and
" C h a n g e sir, it's all a b o u t c h a n g e .
k n o w of c o u r s e that w h e n a h u m a n
You
being
evels o f w e a l t h , so she c m l o o k b e l t e r t h a n
missed seeing y o u a n d y o u r f u n n y w a l k . " I
h a t i n g it. A t least that's t h e r a p y o u ' l l get o u t
c h a n g e s it u n l e a s h e s o n e of the m o s t p o t e n t
June at t h e n e x t P . T . A , m e e t i n y
l i k e M a r i e a n d all t h a t , but t h e r e is s o m e t h i n g
o f t h e m at t h r e e In t h e m o r n i n g w h e n
forces k n o w n to m a n k i n d . W h e t h e r w e c a n
F r i e n d s for
!ife s t a b b i n g e a c h o t h e r i n t h e back o v e r t i n t
about* being
p r o m o t i o n , t h n l j o b o r l h . i l n e w cur.
m a i l e r h o w hard you try. there always seems
I'hat's t h e r e a s o n t h a i T . i s k f o r c e O n e w a s
f o r m e d . lis m i s s i o n is q u i t e s i m p l y l o
con-
experience.
It
(Tnskfotee)
doesn't
see itself as s o m e f o r c e t o tackle the b i y b o y s :
with
a woman.
No
b o o z e a n d t h e i r p e n i s b e g i n to y e t t h e better
s o l v e this r i d d l e o r n o t t h e r e w i l l be a n e x p l o -
o f their m o r a l i t y
s i o n . T h e e x p l o s i o n will occur because the
If t h e r e is l o v e i n this w o r l d ,
t o b e a r u n n i n g battle a b o u t y o u r t i m e a n d
it c e r t a i n l y is n o t t h a t s t r a n g e a n i m a l that p o p
space.
c u l t u r e s e e m s t o p u s h d o w n o u r t h r o a t s all
f r o n t e v i l w h e r e v e r it m a y be f o u n d i n t h e
human
involved
the
" M a r i e . I just c a l l e d t o let y o u k n o w t h a i I
w i l l b e u n a b l e l o see y o u f o r a n o l h e r c o u p l e
ihe lime
" c a l l e r " w i l l c h a n g e his m i n d . "
" A g e n t X . I d o n ' t k n o w h o w y o u d o it. but
y o u d i d it. T h i s w h o l e affair really h a d
"Agent
X r e p o r t i n g as p e r
me
instructions."
g o i n g a r o u n d in c i r c l e s . T h i s isn't a n o r d e r ,
T h e w o r d s are n o t o u t o f m y m o u t h b e f o r e I
b u t c o u l d y o u let m e in o n h o w y o u d i d s o l v e
people
" Y o u c a n ' t f o o l m e w i t h t h a t sweet talk o f
h e a r , " c o m e o n i n A g e n t X . I've b e e n e x p e c -
this r i d d l e . A g e n t X ? "
w i t h their f a i l u r e t o l i v e o u t s i d e the s p e c t r e of
y o u r s . 1 k n o w f o r a fact t h a t y o u h a v e b e e n
ting y o u . " A l w a y s nice to k n o w that y o u ' v e
evil
s p e n d i n g m o s t of y o u i free t i m e lately w i t h
b e e n e x p e c t e d . N o w , if s o m e o n e w o u l d tell
r a t h e r it seeks t o c o n f r o n t e v e r y d a y
of d a y s . S o m e t h i n y has c o m e u p "
It is - l u n e n o w . t h e c o l l e y e k i d s h a v e left
t h a t t r a m p . I s i m p l y w i l l n o t s t a n d f o r it .Joe.
m e w h a t t h e d e a l w a s m a y b e I c o u l d get a
l o i v n /or s u m m e r vacation. W e find o u r h e r o
Y o u .ire g o i n g t o h o v e t o c h o o s e , it's either
better g r i p o n w h a t ' s g o i n g o n
her o r m e , I refuse to play s e c o n d fiddle to
biy c h e e s e w a n t s l o see m e s o h e r e I a m .
s i l t i n g b e s i d e the
p o o l of a d o s e f r i e n d . "/
N o n latter t h e
w i s h it w e r e t r u e . " a v o i c e says f r o m b e h i n d
s o m e refugee f r o m a rat h u u s e . '
A y e n t X . "JJuf t h a t ' s n o t t h e case this l i m e
a l w a y s tell w h e n a w o m a n car.^sr a b o u t y o u .
feel
i r o u n d . " A y e n t X a n d friend turn a r o u n d to
T h e m o r e she t h r e a t e n s y o j . t h e m o r e she
First, all t h a t w e k n o w is w h a t I'm a b o u t t o
f i n d o u t e x a c t l y w h o this v o i c e b e l o n y s t o
ll
vacation
is a b o u t
lo
end
can
cares.
d o e s n ' t t a k e l o n g f o r A y e n t X to realize t h a i
his
You
"Sit d o w n A g e n t X . I h a v e a p r o b l e m that I
y o u r talents are u n i q u e l y suited
reveal to y o u n o w .
" M a r i e , l o o k I'm l e a l l y n o t free t o g o i n t o
for.
Y e s t e r d a y , at 2 2 3 0
a
s p e c i a l m e s s e n g e r d r o p p e d o f f this e n v e l o p e
The
voice
nave
o n o u r f r o n t s t e p s . W e o p e n e d it a n d f o u n d
b r o u g h t t o i h e s u i f a c c . if u o u are w i l l i n g l o
a t a p e r e c o r d i n g a n d n o t h i n g else. M o s t o d d
out
here?
wait a f e w m o r e d..ys, I'll be willing o s p e n d
indeed
office?"
t h e t i m e n e c e s s i t y t o discuss ( l i s m a t t e r in
y o u is that t a p e . Please listen c a r e f u l l y A g e n l
A y e n t X tries t o s m i l e a n d t a k e it .til in s t r i d e .
f u l l " T h e chief wa.i b e g i n n i n g t o get I m p a -
X a n d see if y o u c a n c o m e
b e l o n y s l o his b u r e a u chief
Hi
chief,
Something
what
brings
cooking
" W h o ' s your
back
you
at
friend. Ayenl
ihe
very
important
topic,
tnat
you
T h i s t a p e that I'm a b o u t t o p l a y for
up with
any
says
t i e n t a n d he w a s n ' t e v e n t a l k i n g t o M a r i e .
c l u e s . S o far all w e ' v e b e e n a b l e t o f i n d are
.vith a l o o k t h a t w o u l d c h i l l I h e h a r d e s t of
* M a r i e . I've got t o g o n o w . I'll call y o u as
dead ends:
characters, " S o sorry to break in o n y o u like
s o o n as I c a n . " ! h a n y u p b e f o r e M a r i e c a n
TJ lis. b u t t h e b i y c h e e s e w a n t s y o u b a c k tit
say a n y t h i n g else. I k n o w t h a i she d o e s n ' t
1 IQ o n ihe double "
b u y m y r a p . but lor n o w
" T h i s A n g e l . , . , excuse m e ,
X ? " he
this
" R e a d y w h e n y o u are c h i e f " . I y e l l o v e r
this is A n g e l .
h l e f . " It w o u l d n ' t d o a n y y o o d t o a r g u e w i t h
m y r i g h t s h o u l d e r t o Ihe c h i e f .
le c h i e f , so ! g i v e A n g e l a kiss o n t h e c h e e k
n d y e t t h e h e l l o u t of t h e r e
n my
The chief is h o t
tail l o o . " L o o k b u d d y w h a t ' s
your
t w i l l h a v e t o stick.
you
physically,
from
the
if n e c e s s a r y .
act n a t u r e o f m y business b u t I'm s u r e t h a t
will
not
impede
dedicated
men.
such
On
a
telephone
Come
booth
on
X,
we
fine
Monday
224f> a b o m b will e x p l o d e ,
" I t ' s a y o o d i h i n y l o o . I w a s just u b o u l t o
remove
" I ' m n o t at l i b e r t y l o d i s c l o s e the f u l l a n d e x group
the
of
14th
at
This b o m b w i l l
"Most guys my
age are looking
a mortgage,
a wife, and kids
in the face
each day
and hating it/'
" S i r , t h e caller said t h a t all w i l h ties t o t h e
n o t b e like o t h e r b o m b s for it w i l l n o t be ..
p r e s e n t g u a r d w o u l d be lost. T h i s c a n o c c u r
let's just say that it's a h u m a n b o m b .
only
You
k n o w t h e k i n d of t h i n g I'm s p e a k i n y o f . L i v e s
if
the
relationship
between
people
p l a c e s a n d t h i n g s c h a n g e i n a w a y as t o be
i r o b l e m ? " h e b a r k s . " L o o k X . if y o u d o n ' t
d o n ' t h a v e t i m e t o sit a t o u n d h e r e a n d c h i t -
w i l l be c h a n y e d a n d t h e e a r t h
wirT'shake.
not u n d e r s t o o d . N o o n e can read the m i n d
o o l it y o u ' r e g o i n g l o f i n d y o u r s e l f l o o k i n g at
chat
ol
T i m e h o n o r e d w a y s of d o i n g t h i n y s w i l l be
of a n y o n e else. If y o u c h a n g e o n e m i n d y o u
•omethiny
yet
c o u r s e , l h a l w e are e x p e c t e d b a c k at H Q . "
left b y t h e w a y s i d e . A n y a n d e v e r y b o d y w i t h
will have c h a n g e d Ihe w o r l d . "
a r o u n d . N o w slow d o w n , what's your hurry?
T h e c h i e f c m a l w a y s b e c o u n t e d o n t o set
ties t o t h e p r e s e n t g u a r d w i l l be lost t o this
y o u straight.
f o r c e t h a t w i l l be u n l e a s h e d u p o n the w o r l d
that
you
won't
be able t o
" h e r e is n o fire w h e r e y o u ' r e y u i n y . o r
do
y i u k n o w s o m e t h i n y that I d o n ' t ? W h a t ' s t h e
matter.
X?
You
sure
are
mighty
quiet."
the
day
away.
You
remember
A f e w m i n u t e s later t h e c h i e f a n d I e n d u p
b a c k at \\Q.
F r o m the l o o k s u p o n t h e laces
B y n o w , I'm s u r e y o u a r e q u i t e p e r p l e x e d as
"1 c e r t a i n l y
can't
argue
with
that
logic!
Y o u ' v e d o n e an excellent j o b o n c e
again
A y e n t X . I also w o u l d like t o t a k e t h i s o p p o r
t o t h e r e a s o n s s u r r o u n d i n g this affair. I a m
others are
t u n i t y t o offer y o u a p r o m o t i o n . W e
that greet us t h e b i g c h e e s e m u s t be v e r y hot
f r e e t o tell y o u
just l o o k i n g t o b e n d o v e r a n y t i m e t h e y c a n . I
b r i g h t m e n like y o u at t h e t o p . " T h e
t o see m e . The chfuf J r o p j m e o f f at t h e f r o n l
c a p e r . I w i l l c o n t a c t y o u in t h e f u t u r e w i t h a
w o n d e r w h a t t y p e of y u y the c h i e f is?
thing I didn't w a n t : responsibility. O h w e l l . I
d o o r . " I h< p e y o u c a n f i n d t h e office w i t h o u t
case or t w o that n e e d s a t t e n t i o n . T h i s is a test
a n y further ass.slan-1 because y o u certainly
g u e s s it all c o m e s w i t h I h e t u r f .
" T h e r e m u s t be s o m e t h i n g y o i n y o n t h a t ' s
g e n t l e m e n , t o see if y o u a r e as g o o d as I
liable to yet m y h e a d t a k e n off. S o m e t i m e s it
S o m e g u y s are s w e e t h e a r t s Mtd
that if y o u c a n s o l v e
this
With
a
nod
of
his
head
/ayne Peereboom
but
• j u y . It's t h e w e a k a n d i n s e c u r e p e r s o n t h a t
the
need
one
cheese
•
"I
ik y o u have m y glasses." she said. I looked u p
was about to tell her that her glasses were o n
face w h e m I felt a jolt w h i c h seemed like
!()0 volts of A C being shot t h r o u g h m y system, I
ned m y eyes, looked over at the clock,
iped out of bed and threw o n the first clothes I
lid get m y hands o n . I had wanted to wake u p
» 3 Q or 3 at the latest in order to catch Ihe 6 : 6 1
f o f Dobbs Ferry and meet people in the Village
ll didn't seem like an easy task since they're
icllng close to a million people,
^ t u m b l e d downstairs and f o u n d J o h n up and
m o v i n g around which was g o o d news cause I real^ W a s n ' t In the m o o d to Iry and drag anyone o u l
of bed. T w o cups of coffee and a hit of speed later
ftw^were ready for the r o a d . As we walked to m y
bat|ered Subaru. 1 t h n u y h l of people across ihe
State and perhaps the country (hell maybe the
whole fucking world) getting up and mobilizing lor
the rally. It looked like an Interesting day.
>The first slop was al U p t o w n News for ihe
essentials of any contemporary road Irip W e
grabbed a couple eight packs and headed for Ihe
T h r u w a y . A l o n g the streets, drunks were sllll
airyggliny home h o r n anolher Friday night on the
town.
is Jusl following the flow).
[is led by a contraption
Am;
. (hi
ugen
Jace in reality I believe
WllK
de repni bus with a mechanized
th.ii
5 head < he h o o d The rest was covered
dra.
red
material.
O n lop stood five or six peoWilli
ssed in costumes which gave them a "devil*
Ple,
ppearance. These people were banging
ticks or anything else that they could get
[heir hands o n . Following this monstrosity was a
fl()-foot high Uncle Sam o n stilts
h a v e h e a r d y o u a r e . D o a g o o d j o b a n d I'll
if y o u m e s s c p ibis a s s i g n m e n t . I'll h a v e y o u r
t h r o w y o u s o m e m o r e business. T h a n k y o u
I can't
for y o u r t i m e a n d a t t e n t i o n , O n e last t h i n g ,
this c a p e r , c h i e f ? "
e a s y f o i m e t o see that t h e c h i e f w a s c o n -
M a r i e . C a l l it m y s i x t h sense if y o u w a n t . T h i s
d o n ' t call m e .
and
just d o e s n ' t sit r i g h t w i t h m e . F o r s o m e b o d y
" W e l l Agent X . have y o u got any ideas'on
alot. T h e y k n e w e n o u g h to s t u m p the entire
ieop1e. If I had been
It off lo some manic
i l l y drugs affecting
ieer. Not the stuff
w h a t this t a p e is all a b o u t ? S o far. as I've I n -
c o r p s . T h e best p l a c e t o start is at
'made. Sometimes reality can be Ihe hardest drug
dicated
o n e . That m e a n s M a r i e .
X , y o u talk t o o d a m n m u c h . If y o u d o n ' t
c e r n e d t h a t I w o u l d d o a g o o d j o b . It s u r e
l i k e t h e w o r k , y e t o u t of the y a m e . N o b o d y is
m a k e s it easier o n a g u y w h e h h e k n o w s that
l a n d i n g at y o u r f r o n t d o o r a s k i n g f o r a t a x
deductable
some
contribution.
nameless
but
by
In
now
the
words
famous
of
red-
n e c k , ' l o v e it o r l e a v e i t ' . " N o t h i n g like a p e p
talk f r o m t h e c h i e f t o g i v e a m a n a sense t h a t
his w o r k is l o o k e d u p o n in f a v o r a b l e
man-
n e r . I'm u s e d t o a lot of t h i n g s but I'll n e v e r
his
immediate
superior
has
the
deepest
v e n e r a t i o n f o r h i m a n d his w o r k .
" I ' l l d o m y best t o m a k e sure that I d o a
I'll call y o u . G o o d b y e
good luck."
earlier,
we
haven't
been
able
to
m a k e h e a d or tails of this w h o l e t h i n g . If it j
It's t h r e e d a y s later a n d I'm not a n y c l o s e r
g o o d j o b c h i e f . I sure d o w a n t to m a k e y o u
r e a l l y a b o m b , w h y c o m e l o us w i l h it? W e
t o t h e s o l u t i o n o f this c a p e r S o m e t i m e s , I get
p r o u d of m e . c h i e f . A l w a y s t h e best f o r the
d o n ' t deal w i t h those types of matters!" T h e
Ihe f e e l i n g that m y b e i n g h e r e w i t h M a r i e is
c o r p s . " I r e p e a t these w o r d s as if t h e y are
heat
e x a c t l y w h a t this w h o l e business is ail a b o u t
s o m e secret o a t h . I k n o w that this w i l l e n d e a r
h i c k o r y n u t s o u t of t h e f i r e . R e a l s w e e t d e a l ,
A t e l e p h o n e call w o u l d h a v e b e e n easier, but
t h e n a g a i n , w h e n h a v e y o u ever k n o w n a
is o n a n d
I'm s u p p o s e d t o get
their
m e t o t h e c h i e f . In a w o r l d w h e r e t h e m o t t o
if y o u ask m e . T h e c h e e s e sits t h e r e a s k i n g all
scorns to be " g o a l o n y to yet a l o n g " , w h e n
t h e s e q u e s t i o n s . I w o n d e r , is this g o i n g t o d o
d o y o u ever f i n d t h e l i m e l o l o o k a| y o u r s e l f ?
me any good?
A
passing
phone booth
I'm n o t all that sold o n t h e Ideas t h a i m o s t
glance
to
the
left
reveals
a
f t e l l t h e c h i e f t h a t 1 h a v e t o call
i i t k a u n t . I le's n o t t o o I m p r e s s e d w i t h m y
i n c , but t h e n a g a i n I'm n o t I n t e r e s t e d in t h e
,^W?lun-r-'l„V)"
square
s
q u i t e u n d e r s t a n d these p i n - h e a d e d bosses.
he job.
was
t h a t ' s n o t o n e of u s . t h a t caller sure d i d k n o w
T h e n a g a i n s o m e b o d y ' s got t o r u n t h e s h o w
id l o r d k n o w s I'm i n n o m o o d t o t a k e o n
the caller
people
s e e m m o r e t h a n w i l l i n g to
swallow
just t o m a k e a l i v i n g ( d e c e n t or o t h e r w i s e ) .
T h e n a g a i n , that's probably ihe reason the
c o r p s w a n t e d m e for this j o b
I don't
have
w o m a n t o t a k e t h e easy p a t h w h e n it c o m e s
t o a m a n that she is i n l e r e s t e d in? If I w o u l d
" W e l l sir.I r e a l l y c a n ' t u n d e r s t a n d w h a t all
a l l o w h e r l o . M a r i e w i l l try e v e r y t h i n g i n her
t h e e x c i t e m e n t is a b o u t . It s e e m s p r e t t y clear
p o w e r to stop m e f r o m visiting A n y e l a n d her
t o m e w h a t this y u y is s h o o t i n g a t . "
pool
" W o u l d y o u care to s h a r e w i t h us w h a t it is
you've come up with, Agenl X?"
L u c k i l y , I'm n o t like s o m e y u y s I k n o w
w h o let the w o m e n that I h e y are i n v o l v e d !
w i l h c h o o s e their M e n d s for t h e m ,
Somewhere in the world
a nuke's aimed at you
"Sign tacked o n a backpack reads 'Old A n llochlans against frying' What does that mean???"
1 : 3 0 p . m . . C e n t r a l P a r k - What a long
strange walk it's been. The past 4 5 minutes have
been spent weaving through the park roads waving peace signs and singing " G i v e Peace a
Chance."
O n both sides of (he road are people giving out
literature advocating one thing or the other. There
is everything from a protest of Reagan's J u n e 17
N e w Y o r k appearence to the latest from L. Ron
Hubbard — "Dlanetlcs: The M o d e r n Science of
Mental Health " O n e neat little pamphlel read:
"In the case of nuclear attack...
1. Don't look al the blast
2. Don't panic
.3. H e a d for shelter
4 . Prepare to meet thy maker"
I have 16 agree
Into (Be c r o w d . Our tiny coalition of five was just
one a m o n g the tens of thousands of minute coalitions.
The area of the main rally was set-up similar to
an ordinary outdoor rock concert, There were
fences, cops, frlsbees and balloons The stage for
the speakers and performers was built out of scaffolding wilh rows of speakers o n each e n d .
H o w e v e r , there were a number of crucial differences between this and an appearance of the
Rolling Stones.
O n e was ihe age g r o u p of the people M a n y
were middle to older aged Particularly, there
seemed to be a lot of gray haired w o m e n
They
seemed to have the mosl spirit of everyone They
cheered, chanted, talked, danced to the music
and didn't seem to mind if the kid next lo them got
blownaway on reefer
The second difference was what I can only
There was no shortage of strange people under
the street lights o n lhat cool evening. Sandy once
stuck a cat In a broiler, by accident she claimed
One of her best friends used to rip people off by
melting candle wax onto pieces of newsprint, sell
lug ll as blotter acid. Everything was going fine u n
til one of ihe suckers he ripped ojf caughl up with
him .n»«l silt Ihe guy's throat.
The older guy wilh the mohican sitting next to
us was carrying o n quite a conversation w i l h
himself until some kids finally gol him high so he
would shut up.
Then there was ihe Rasta man Coked oul of
his g o u r d , the Rasta came up to us wilh a chunk of
opl.ued hash and offered l o smoke some with us if
we could find him a pipe. While rolling the moist
hash around on his fingertips, he dropped It o n
the g r o u n d . Unconcerned about the loss of g o o d
drugs he fell on ihe g i o u n d In (Its of laughter
Too bad The firsl time I ever smoked the shll
was In a camp in upstate New York We had just
come in from an evening in ihe local taverns w h e n
an old friend dropped by I le passed me Ihe pipe
Tasling something a little unusual. I asked h i m
wli.it it was " O p i u m " lie replyed as my he,id sailer! oui through ihe slratospiiure 20 minutes
later.in ihe middle of a driving rainstorm. 1 ended
up jumping in the lake
:odys (there weie f< ' dress ui 1
h e a d . D o I m a k e m y s e l f c l e a r . X ? " It w a s
that
Roses are red, violets are blue
jKiVe met our friends under the giant archway
and decided to hop a subway lo the U N and find
the action
ft50 a . m . , U n i t e d N a t i o n s — Tins was more
Hfe it Thousands u p o n thousands of people slulf33 in the streets in every direction We ran Into a
R i c h which I believe was the Bread and Puppet
Tjieaiu* (I was unable to confirm this because
^ l i o d y really knew where we were Everyone
h a v e a n y ideas o n t h e w h e r e ' s a n d w h a t ' s o f
think
•
through this subway ride This sucker keeps
breaking d o w n In the middle of the tracks. T h e
lights flicker and then with the screachlng of metal
the bastard comes to a halt, throwing bunches o f
ralllers hurling over each other.
" I ' m Just waiting for an express to come flying u p
In back of us al 75 mltes-per-hour and consume
our lives in a mass of twisted metal. The e n d result
wouldn't be unlike that of a big, fat nuke.
" O n the loudspeaker someone keeps babbling
something about changing cars but I can't m a k e
out Ihe words due to the crackling of the decrepid
sound system.
"Time for another hit of s p e e d . "
1 0 p . n . , W a s h i n g t o n S q u a r e — J o h n and I
split a bottle of wine while watching t w o guys play
guitar surrounded by a circle of people of various
shapes, sizes and states of insanity.
3:50 a.m., J u n e 13, L o n e Star Cafe —
Afier .i few more runs to ihe liquor store from the
Square. John and I wandered over lo a bar called
Grassroots I'heie we found plenty of beei and a
Intense political dlai ussion with some people f r o m
Mi.lii.iaii
We had ended up al the l.one Sl.ii because t
ineone had told us ihey had the lalesl List call
the area
Indeed we arrived rust in time for List i ill and
the lasl few notes from the southern rock band
I h e owners wanted us oul of Ihe place but w
refused lo leave until iomeone gave the name of
j o o d all night club In ihe meantime weuccuplei
lurselve-i p o l l i n g how we could smash l b
: i) [ool high min
i back of the stag*
I malty, fearing chaos, the barmaid ushered u
oul Ihe d o , ( I wilh the name of an ,.11 night clul
known as the Zodiac Bui alas Ihe Zodlai '
quite a tup and I wasn't aboul t. :••••• M I il llv
aren't about to gel any m o r e . R e m e m b e r X ,
help but
•
diamonds. Baggy white clothing, shaved heads,
tamborines and chanting.
I stood and gaped for a few minutes, almost losing Ihe people I was with. If y o u ever lost someone in that c r o w d , forget it. Y o u have to keep
track of the olhers at all times or be. swallowed up
T h e drive d o w n o n the T h r u w a y was a classical
approach-avoidance situation — o n one hand I
wanted to go Ilia1 hell in order to make the train.
O n the other h a n d , I knew 1 hod enough speed in
m y pocket to keep every trooper in the state o n
24-hour shifts for a m o n t h straight I came l o a
: p m p i o i n i s e somewhere a r o u n d 70 miles per
hour.
& . 9 : 3 0 a . m . , W a s h i n g t o n S q u a r e — The
p&pers said this is to be the site of one the 15 or so
f e e d e r marches whichioin the main march to the
U N a n d then o n w a r d to greener pastures al C e n ttf^Park
The idea of marching from Washington
SHBare had sounded great
probably mix with
_ the (reaks and other Oil's types While the peop f i t t h a l I f o u n d there were not exactly what I'd
:
e|er to as middle America, there jusl wasn't that
n w i y people. I began lo wonder it this thing was
jrafpg to flop. N o , it couldn't. I'd seen that happen
flfifniany
limes with ihe yearly S U N Y inarches o n
the capital
d o e s n ' t p a y t o be y o o d at w h a t y o u d o . Y o u
dismisses m e . I'm b a c k o n v a c a t i o n n o w a n d
-
B y the way. some of the names In this story
w e been changed to prevent a law suit which
mid bury this publication so deep that Ihey
iuld pick it up a l the University of Peking — if
lere is such a place.
t h e m t h e m o s t a n x i e t y ? W h y . it's c h a n g e sir,
ty a n d all t h a t g o e s w i t h It, c a n n o t p r o v i d e
"People sipping cocktails in a posh restaurant
overlooking Ihe street. ' C o m e d o w n here a n d
m a r c h , y o u bastards! Y o u r glass protection won't
d o y o u m u c h g o o d w h e n a big nuke reduces it l o
vapor.' T h r o w eggs. G o ape o n them, N o . this is
a peaceful rally.
O . K . A devil truck, huge Uncle S a m . hordes of
[ripping. I could have written
hallucination H o w e v e r , the
me were coffee, speed and
of which hallucinations are
lo handle,
1:30 a.m.. Fifth Ave. a n d Forty-second
• Perhaps my notes will most adequately
describe the experience:
"Endless, marching. W e have total control of the
streets. People watch. W e w a v e . I've never seen
so many people together and concerned about
one thing. Then again, it is a good cause — it
could be our existence.
"Another hit of speed. Chains of cigarettes.
"I have lost all track of where we've gone or
where we're going. Endless faces. This is amazing.
This Is history. W h a t if somebody went totally
BONZO In the middle of all this??? Shut u p , it probably wouldn't make any difference anyway.
i'.eu uld havi
king the I
[ shil uul of n ma box Thi
i , | |.
•
ui get to bi lalhei nan
ye had
under what I'd do In the case of a nude..! ,itlack The oilier night on T V some grade school
kids were giving then ihoughts aboul what they'd
d o if Ihe big one was o n Ihe way and there a.is
only 20 minutes of existence left o n thise.mli The
most frequent response was "I'd like to be with my
family,"
Myself I think I'd grab a notebook, go sit in a
cornei a n d write poetry to c o m m e m o r a t e ihe
A l t e r a t i o n of the earth. It'd probably be stuff like:
Roses are red
\Jiolets are blue
Somewhere in the world
a nuke's aimed at you.
or maybe
When y o u wish u p o n a bomb,
forget about the worldyou're
on
A n y w a y , the first thing that took my eye In the
park was a b u n c h of Hare Krlshnas dancing up a
storm of dust somewhere between third base a n d
h o m e plate o n one of the park's baseball
•scribe as an aura of good feulinys At a m rmal
r o . k concert, there are usually craves running
around
screwing
and pouring bee,
on
themselves
Then there are the "super crazos"
w h o could give a shil aboul anybody else and only
want to staii a flghl w h i c h , according to Freud, is
an outlet (or sexual frustrations
But at tile rally pi 'pie seemed to go oul of their
way to cooperate with each other. I didn't see
anyone step oul of line (with the possible exception of Ihe yay prostitute w h o Iried to pick me up.)
,
ied t w o old m e n sleeping unde
I when I heard a loud bang and
woman cieaming I wondered il I should hit Ihe
vement Maybe some psyco had gotten loose
! ,i •• tiiu • lack Daniels and a M l "
Oul of g
al craziness we derided ti walk u p
!
, . | in
is going on I here wi n no .run:
nuts Whai had happened was some poo
-laid was getting oul D! n I* I J rd '.'.hen anothe:
, .inn* along and sheared his door off. getting
11 too
The slreet was filling with cops a n d ambulances
It was yelling light and the rain was coming d o w n
pielly hard. We m i n e d around and tieaded back
to Ihe Village In search of some sanity.
A u t h o r ' s n o t e ( p a r t I I ) — T h t bizarre events
of Ihe day came to a close, but not until we almost
got mugged by three raving lunatics (John saved
our lives and our wallets by starting a conversation
This attitude w o u l d later show In the police
with them). Then there was our h o m e c o m i n g
statistics. The 5 . 0 0 0 cops assigned to cover the
reception back In Albany lhat turned Into a wild
7 5 0 , 0 0 0 people didn't arrest one single fucking
! drinking spree, but that's not important for pre
person attending the rally, according lo m y
sent purposes,
sources however accurate they might be.
What is Important Is that we traveled to N e w
6 p.m., A heavily apray-palntcd subway
c a r s o m e w h e r e b e t w e e n C e n t r a l P a r k Y o r k t o d o our part In an attempt t o show the
a n d 1 4 t h S t r e e t — Once again I feel it's ap- maniacs (sometimes refered lo as " w o r l d leaders")
propriate to let m y notes tell the story:
* that we really don't care to be a part of their
multlmllllon dollar plot to blow up the w o r l d .
"Everyone has gone in one direction except for
W e met a lot of lunatics o n the streets but the
J o h n and myself. We've just made it t h r o u g h the
biggest fucking rally this country has seen in ten name of the game for them was self destruction
not
the obliteration of 20th century civilization.
years but I seriously doubt if we're going to make it
'June i, t982/pa$e 7a
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ALBANY STUDENT PRESS SUMMER EDITION, JUNE 1982
TWTRiver Heart
E D I T
Rain on her wide shoulders
rain on the river's broad back
rain on the cliffs,
on the rocks, on the bridge pilings.
6/82
Thick drops in the hands of flowers
nudge their hearts.
<
It occurred to me in the pizza place
(In an oversized orange work shirt, 1)
staring at the rain
working with old Italian men (one of whom
felt my bottom was a good place
for his hands until I threatened
him with violence - he reacted
with disgust. Tonight I pulled a
splinter out from under his fingernail
(out of his paw) we speak againan aesop's fable!)
with a pay phone in the corner
and Mario, who cannot leave any
woman alone (he may show me some
karate moves)
with macho Sam who shines when
he boasted about his baby.
There Is much discussion of the benefits
of alcohol.
Some of the men who come in look like
a regression In species.
Some of the women who come in look
badly beaten.
A lover's low sigh In space
surrounds you like space surrounds
a body by a river In constant rain.
My forearms wrap her shoulders tight,
bacfcn and two skins seem to melt
til they are felt melting.
How different the river upstream
with no bridge in sight.
The stream is so cold now
this early June to suck heat from
deep inside your muscles.
in September Its warmth is your warmth
and you spill gently
on a distant shore.
- M a r k Dalldn
Till Victory
As she sat contemplating under the green
willow beside the river birds sang. She Imagined herself in front of the piano; sitting
still, silent. To continue the spell, she slowly
raised her arms above the piano and gently
laid them against the keys. She closed her
eyes and the birds sang. And sang. But gently. Gently, like him: hands made of silk, lips
lucious, moist.
Her fingers played against the black and
white rectangles as his played against her
body in the misty red twilight of the evening
before; quiet and ghostlike. Now in the
breathless white morning she sat with her
piano, supple, but alone.
The softness between her legs appeared
once again - yes moist. She rubbed them
together • the warm sensation which started
low spread throughout her entire body. She
sighed heavily, let her head drop forward
and once again laid her arms against the
beys, this time with passionate rage:
dissonance.
—Jeannie Glacomettl and Sarah Bordeaux
There is no outcry, just a general
undercurrent of pain.
There is also, in the pizza place, a
W
real sense of time - we stare at the clock
as if In fear it would stop and we'd be
frozen in this place.
But It moves, perhaps the most painful
thing of all, and a fine dust settles
on everything - white like the flour I
use on the pizza dough.
And tonight, as I sponged the meat cutter,
I saw the thin dust that we are all
covered with, though you couldn't see it
it adds weight to our tired bodies,
it dims our eyes, it fills our lungs.
And it occurred to me, that It was sad
and beautiful (and In 'some obscure way,
funny)
that no one seemed to notice.
—Melissa Edmunds
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Summer Spectrum
Credits:
Cover- David Seymour
2a- Woodcut Gerhard Marcks
SPAC. only thirty minutes north in Saratoga Springs, makes the
Albany area one of the most popular for summer entertainment. Right
in town there's SUNYA's own PAC. which has relatively few things going on this summer, and J.B. Scott's downtown, which consistently brings top rock acts to the city all year 'round. Back on the Island, there's
the Adelphi Festival Theater, noteworthy for SUNYA because of Peter
Bennett. SUNYA grad and director of "Ghosts" with Kim Hunter. Currently represented In New York City in "With Love and Laughter" (with
Celeste Holm). Bennett also directed "The Passion of Dracula" which
ran for two years at the Cherry Lane Theater and earned him a Drama
Desk nomination for Best Director. Bennett returns to SUNYA every
spring as an artisl-in-residence, this year directing "The Boys in the
Band."
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Photograph: Roman Vishniac
4a- Photograph: Ronny Jaques
5a- Photograph: Otto Hagel
A New Day For SA
Education or Registration
In mid-May a long time advocate of draft registration, California's Senator S.I. Hayakawa, introduced an amendment which
One of the Student Association's (SA) main objectives this year would deny federal aid to young male college students who failed
is to increase communication. It is imperative to establish cohesion to register for the draft.
It seems that Hayakawa's intentions were not to cut down on the
not only within the Student Association but also with the external
or student body. 1 f lines of communication are open then the foun- number of registration resisters but rather to provide retribution to
dations needed to perform and be effective have been established. those resisters. For example, when introducing his admendment,
We in SA are very interested in having excellent programming Hayakawa told the Senate; "Shall we allow non-registrants to proby expanding HAP Day, Homecoming, Student Activities Day vide for their educational needs, when they have no intention of
and others. Moreover, we want to go out and grab the bull by its fulfilling their national obligation. The answer is clearly no."
horns — finding out what the students really want. After all, stuThere are, of course, a number of important differences betdent money is going into SA. It is essential that student represen- ween registration resisters in the 80's and draft resisters in the Viettatives in SA speak with their constituents. After all that is the only nam era. Most obviously, there is neither a draft or a war in 1982.
way to receive input.
Whereas a draft resister in 1968 may have been motivated (in some
We are also interested in a great deal of campus issues such as cases) by the fear of getting his head blown off, the registration
safety, busing, UAS, and the like. Again it is important that resister in 1982 (in many cases) is making an ideological stand. By
standing up for his beliefs, the registration resister is risking a max. students have input concerning these matters.
Another objective of SA is to advocate student rights by being imum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. (A
| proactive rather than reactive. Not only with regard to on campus spokesman for the national Committee Against Registration for
J issues but also issues within the city of Albany, the State of New the Draft (CARD) predicts prosecutions will begin in late June or
I York, the United Stales and the World. We are people first and early July.)
I students second and that fact must not be forgotten.
Idealistically, at least, college is meant to be a place ideology is
We will guide SA in the direction chosen by the students. Feel nurtured and developed. It seems ironic that the people who value
I free to express your ideas and opinions because that is how we in their ideals so greatly that they are willing to risk five years in
.SA become educated.
prison may be denied a college education. This seems like
hypocrisy on the part of Hayakawa in light of the fact that he is a
\The author is the newly elected president of the Student Associa- known educator and former president of San Fransico State
tion.
University
Further, the people who will be denied a college education as a
result of Hayakawa's amendment will be those who were most
dependent on federal aid — the lower socio-economic classes. Affirmative action policies and federal aid programs were introduced
in an attempt to give people from lower socio-economic groups a
chance to improve their position in this country's society if that is
what they desire.The Hayakawa amendment seems to be a direct
contradiction to over 10 years of these programs as well as a step
back in time.
Further, the amendment was tacked on to the end of a huge
defense spending bill, the Department of Defense Authorization
Bill, at the last last possible moment. Also, since the amendment
was introduced in mid-May, college students did not have a chance
to mobilize against it. All of this led to the elimination of public input.
However, aids to New York Representative Jerry Soloman have
made it very clear that he plans to introduce a nearly identical
amendment in the House of Representatives. (Soloman, from
nearby Glens Falls, has similar amendments planned which would
deny welfare and federal jobs to registration resisters.) So there
still is a chance to write letters and make phone calls before the
amendment is put before the House and eventually signed into law
by Reagan. Otherwise many people may go through life without a
college education.
Mike Corso
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Frankkt Vail) and Ihe Four Seatooi. 9 / 9 . Athford and Slmpum.
9 / 1 2 . All i h o w i uatl al K.oo pm. A J.B. Scott'i Produclton.
A D E U P M F E S T I V A L T H M T M - O l m i l e a d Theater. Adelphi
University. Garden Ctly. N Y . (516) 7 4 I - Z U 3 "Gliosis" by Henrlk
Ibsen, itanlng Hun Hunler. directed by I ' s . i B f h W H . Thru 6 / 2 7 .
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"Whal Ihe Buller Saw" by J<»e Orion. lUrrlnu, Wayne Roger! H/5 22.
—Andrew Carroll
8a- Photograph: Will Yurman
Woodcut Franz Marc
3&we <J4 JViee, Qfiay/
Concept: Bill Broad
Aspects would like to extend thanks to
Libby, Drea (for her beautiful stats),
Dean, Wayne, Megan, and of course,
Andy.
This is the only edition of the ASP
this summer. We will resume regular
publication in the fall, beginning on
September 14.
Until then, have a good one.
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1981-82, One Very Optimistic Great Dane Year
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Typical Albany Year Sees Many
Albany Great Danes — A Reason for Optimism
By Michael Carmen
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Every season, in every sporl when
you ask the leam's coach what he or
she ihinks about the upcoming
season with few exceptions they use
Jhc word "optimistic" to describe
the team's chances of doing well.
Fortunately for some of these
eo.chcs people forget very easily.
For Ihe coaches of Albany's 21 varsit>'*sports, for Ihc most pari, it
didn't make a difference if the
public remembered or forgot,
because ii was a "super year" for
Ihe Great Danes according to
Athletic Director Bob Ford.
On the women's side the
women's volleyball team accumulated the highest win total for
any sport in any, year. Thirty-seven
victories qualified them for the
Slate ' C h a m p i o n s h i p s ranked
number two and the Eastern Tournament. The women eventually
came in fourth in the stales while
Li/ Rosenthal was selected lo the
NYSAIAW all-star team. Coach
Fat Dwyer also acknowledged Rcbs
Miller, Rosa Prieta, and Donna
Chalet in helping to accumulate
their fine record.
Hack to the biggies...
Coach Bob Ford's corps started
the season off with a bang. The
Great Danes upset Division III
power Ithaca, 17-7, in Ithaca.
When Ihe Danes travelled to
Southern Connecticut the fireworks
continued and Albany recorded ycl
another upset.
All was looking up for Albany
football its they achieved a ranking
of three in the NCAA Division III
rankings. But, then the Danes
travelled to Union for a game which
many observers concluded thai
The two perennial powers of
Albany, basketball and football,
again bad sported good records anil
exciting action, but neither team
was able to shine in the national
spotlight. If you would like to look
at a team that hus achieved natiopal
prominence then quickly turn to
Joe DeMeo's wrestling team.
The grupplers accumulated a
17-3-1 record while winning the
Great Dane Classic and, more importantly, crowning three AllAmeiicans: Andy Seras, Spero
Thi Ulalas and 'Dave Avcrill.
I V o evaluated the season by
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". 'History will tell that this is
one , the greatest teams in Albany
S tie history."
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John Dieckelman (left) and Jay Ennls (right) were key men on their respective teams. The basketball and football teams had winning records In the 1981-82 season, but failed to win national recognition.
Albany would win with Ihe only
question remaining: "by how
much?" Union answered ihe question that Saturday afternoon and
also made a statement of their own.
Ihe answer was three and the statement was articulated rather clearly:
"Albany, you lose."
The Danes would accumulate a
respectable 7-3 record and find a
new quarterback, Tom Pratt, to
man the wishbone attack. Also
Dane wide receiver Bob Brien
established a new reception record.
The defense allowed only 85 points
and Ford concluded: "The season
ended wilh a good laste in my
mouth."
It was nol a down year for Great
Dane football.
For Dick Sauers litis was supposed to be the proverbial rebuilding
year. What followed, until a visit lo
Buffalo, did not resemble a
rebuilding team in shape nor form.
Quite frankly, Coach Saucrs "did a
good j o b . " He enlisted a freshman
baekcourt, Dan Croutier and Jan
Zadoorian, and injected some experience with Mike Gatto, John
Dieckelman and Joe Jednak wilh
the net result being an 18-10 record.
There were many highlights in the
Dane season. After stumbling
through the first one-quarter of the
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Summer: The Time For Football Preparation
By Marc llaspel
spor.rs tunos
The eleventh of September may
seem a long way away from now,
but for Albany State head football
coach Bob Ford and his assistants
that date is right around the corner.
On that second Saturday in
September, the Albany State Great
Dane football team will open its
1982 season with a home game
against traditional rival, the Ithaca
College Bombers. Last year, these
two adversaries met in the Danes'
season opener, and Albany stunned Ithaca, the Division III national
runner-up of the year before, with
a 17-7 victory.
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Whatever time has in store for
September's renewal of this Fierce
rivalry, and for the entire season
for that matter, remains to be seen.
But with that date looming in the
Rot-so-distant future, there are
many preparations that need to be
done and are, in fact, currently being taken care of. As Ford described, "We're doing a combination of
things."
Perhaps the most important
"thing" occupying the coach's
focus at the moment is what Ford
called wrapping up "the loose ends
of recruiting." For example, Ford
explained that there are recruits
who have yet to formerly choose
Albany as their college, transfers
who are still in the same process of
consideration and EOP students
whose status of admission has not
yet been determined.
Contrasted with that of large
Division I schools around the nation, the recruiting process ati
Albany is nol so glamorous, i
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Because Albany State runs solely
Division III programs, ones that
do not offer scholarships, coaches
are not able to lure athletes with
extravagant packages. Rather the
recruiting process here at Albany
involves a great deal of man-hout
time as Ford, for instance, sends
his coaching troops to all of New
York State's high school athletic
sections in pursuit of talented
recruits.
The entire procedure begins long
before then, however. Twice each
year (once in the spring and once in
the fall), Ford writes each high
school'coach across the state, requesting that they forward any information about possible candidates for the football program.
The next step in the process is the
actual contact with the athlete via
the mail. Finally, Ford's assistants
arc dispersed around the state to
meet and encourage these athletes
to get interested in Albany State,
apply, and then visit the campus
itself.
Overall, Ford emphasized two
main aspects of the process that he
and his staff keep in mind when
trying to identify "the suitable
athlete." The First is to make sure
that the student has a strong
chance of gaining admission to the
university.
Albany State is a
school of high academic standards
and, inevitably, some desirable
athletes can't gain admission. The
second of Ford's rules of thumb is
to identify an athlete that can play
the game of football. Sometimes e
player's ability is too easily assumed, while his actual talent may be
lacking.
All in all, the recruiting process
is an integral part of a team's success. "If you can recruit well, you
have a fighting chance," Ford
said.
As for the coming season, Ford
feels that this recruiting year has so
far been a success, though he is
reluctant to release names of top
recruits until they have proven
themselves on the field. Looking
back, however, to the middle of
the winter, Ford commented,
"When we were back in February.
I thought it (the current recruiting
season) would be a disaster, but it
has been successful in terms of
quality and quantity."
While recruiting is a major concern in preparation for the 1982
season, other projects are under-
way. One of these involves the
writing of a series of let'ers to be
sent to prospective team members
giving a run-down of suggested
pre-season activities. These activities include obtaining physicals
from their local physicians confirming their eligibility to participate
and weight-training and flexibility
programs to help insure that the
athletes arc in good shape when
they arrive for training camp later
on in the summer.
Another item being taken care
of, as the off-season endures, is the
forwarding of play manuals to
learn members. There are specific
manuals for the offensive, defensive and special teams. Ford noted
that these manuals do not vary
greatly in content from year to
year, but they arc often produced
in accordance with changes in
player personnel from season to
season. Ford acknowledged that
this year's biggest changes will
come in the offensive manual,
while the others will remain
relatively the same.
The season gets into gear as the
coaching staff returns August 12
for two weeks of meetings that last
daily from nine in the morning lo
approximately nine at night. On
August 23, the veterans and new
players are scheduled to report for
an intense three week training
camp as they prepare for the opening contest.
So, although it Is the off-season,
a lot is going on behind the scenes'
in preparation for the upcoming
football campaign. While many
are bathing in the summer sun, the
Great Danes are I' sy getting ready
for the fall.
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Achievements in Every Program
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season Albany became hoi over the
intcrsession. They won Ihe Greal
Dane Classic, beat Harlwick for the
first time in nine years and defeated
Oneonla in Onconta for the second
lime in 11 years.
The Danes then resumed their In• tense rivalry with the Potsdam
Bears. !rt their first meeting at
University Gym "the beast" came
out in the partisan crowd and
Albany rocked the house wilh a victory. The rematch was won by
Potsdam, but it proved lo be a
meaningless game as Albany was
ranked first at the SUNYAC Championships by a cointoss. When the
Danes travelled to Buffalo to compete in the SUNYAC's it beame
clear to all involved thai this was a
rebuilding year. First they look on
Buffalo and the rcsull was not
good, a Buffalo victory. Then, in
ihe consolation game, it was the
Danes who had to be consoled, falling to Buffalo Stale and blowing
any chance of an at-large bid lo the
NCAA Tournament.
respectable performance. Cathy
Russo was selected lo Ihe Allchampionship leant and Kidder will
approach nexl year in optimistic
fashion: "Next season can only be
belter."
There will be no nexl season for
women's tennis coach Peggy Mann.
Mann, after 19 years al ihc helm, in
which she incidenlly had no losing
seasons, is retiring lo a more sedate
life. Albany's veteran women's
coach had her entire team reluming
and was optimistic,
Whal Ihe ncltcrs did do was place
ninth in Ihe Division II Slate Championships and total a 4-4 record in
Ihe fall. The spring would see
Mann's women record another .500
and many good-byes in what was
truly an Illustrious career for ihe
women's tennis conch, Peggy
Mann.
The men's tennis team continued
their dominance of the SUNYAC.
For Ihe third siraighl time and fifth
lime in eight tries, ihc men's team
was crowned SUNYAC champs.
Barry Lcvine, Dave Ulrich, Fred
Gabcr, Rob Karen, Dave Lerner,
and Russ Kasow all returned home
with individual championships.
Coach Bob Lewis was apprehensive at first, but his netmen removed all of those Ihoughts with the
SUNYAC title and a 5-1 fall record.
Lewis did not gothe season wlihout
his own accolades as he was named
SUNYAC Coach-of-thc-Year. The
spring season has seen much of the
same wilh the men recording a 7-3
season.
"Women's track and field has
made a tremendous transition and
is headed in the right direction,"
said Ford. The women were supplied with a new head coach, Ron
White, who sought first to build a
good cross country program. The
squad has made continual improvement.
When they went indoors White's
runners made enough strides to
place seventh in Ihe Slates and
qualify five athletes for the
Easterns: Julie Smythe, Sur Stern,
Kim Bloomer, Barb Hill, and Ronnie Dann. White feels that "Ihc
program is really starling lo roll."
The men's truck leant, coached
by Bob Munsey, has been n>"""•
for years. Munsey especial
provement, hut due lo injuries. J
olher factors only Bruce Shapiro
qualified for ihc cross country
NCAA Championships, Ihc winter
indoor season, which Munsey considered one of ihe team's flnesl, saw
many records fall and the
emergence of Howie Williams as a
truly superior sprinter. Williams for
his yearly effort was named Male
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tin
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themselves with a 3cc'otd,
Jednak who tallied 532 points
Coach Bob SchielTlin k
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and 400 rebounds in his career and
leant, led by All-Am
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super-sub Ron Simmons, 297 points
Nc/.uj, couldn't quail
for ihe Directed by new head coach Ron White, Ihe Albany State cross country
and 185 rebounds, will be leaving
Slate Championships, hut he did
team saw continual Improvement.
Ihe Dane organization. The rehave one goal he would have liked
mainder of Ihe team will still be perThe women's soflbut/ loam, on has been going through a continual
lo achieve: a ,500 record. An even
forming — just imagine what
season would require four season the oilier hand, has much lo cheer transition. In Ihc fall Coach Rick
Saucrs will do in a year nol set aside
ending victories, bill when Ne/aj about. Lee Rhenish's players were Skcel was replaced by Vince
for rebuilding!
kicked in a lone goal in the season's optimistic even before the season Carnevalc and in the spring
This year saw Ihe beginning of a
finale, Schicfllin had his goal al began and Rhenish fell that her Carncvale was replaced by Mark
new varsity team, women's soccer.
squad would be "going Id ihe lop." Collins. The revolving door in the
7-7-1.
Amy Kidder brought what was a
Pat Duvnl-Splllanc had a talented They did lop the achievements of coaching office has mosl likely
club to varsity stains and the varsity
troupe of gymnasts and she did a any oilier learn by qualifying for ihe caused ihe demise in the Dane's
team fared pretty well. They stayed
"superb job" wilh Ihem. The leant women's first playoff in Ihc record. They did compile a 7-7-1
undefeated for awhile while
remained ranked throughout the LAIAW regional. They losl Ihe fall record and finished below .500
finishing with an 11-6 record. This
season and culminated their efforts playoff lo Glassboro, bin Rhenish in the spring. The batmen are led
was enough lo qualify Ihem for Ihc
with a seventh place finish in the was not disappointed. Their record offensively by Jerry Rosen (.444
balling average in the fall), Bruce
Slates where Ihc women gave a
Slates. Balance beam performers, was 16-3, and they successfully caplured the NYSAIAW softball tour- Rowlands and Tony Moschella
J e n n i f e r Clcary and Ann
(.488 average).
nament.
Thom.lscll, became Albany's first
The
catch
word
for
the
men's
So there il is in one "small," ncal
gymnasts lo break into the lop len
individually, finlshins ninth and varsity lacrosse team is Inconsisten- package: Ihe Albany Sports Scene.
cy. In compiling an unimpressive A lot was accomplished and if
tenth, respectively.
The men's and women's swimm- 3-6 record, Coach Mike Motla's you'd like an indication of how this
stickmen had been sticking with season compared to those in the
ing teams both saw coaching
changes and both saw the same l heir opponents for three periods past we return lo Athletic Director
Ford for a comment. "It was a
coach yelling instructions when Ihe and then getting blown out late.
The men's varsity baseball team typical Albany year."
season opened. Dulce Fernandez
became the new swimming coach
and inherited some fine talent.
On Ihc women's squad Ihc code
word became "break," like in
breaking records. They showed that
record breaking performances can
be habit forming as they broke and
destroyed dozens of Albany records
while the season progressed. The
swimmers finished eleventh in the
Slale Championships which Coach
Fernandez considered honorable.
Sue Keiliy claimed Albany's best
finish in that event, placing fourth
in Ihe 50- yard backstroke.
The men swam to a seventh place
finish in the SUNYAC's. Their
main problem was lack of depth.
Ncal Ulliuan, co-captain of the
swimmers, broke the Albany record
for the 100-yard backstroke in the
SUNYAC's.
Amy Kidder's women's basketball team didn't fare as well as her
soccer squad, but they did better
; their previous season's mark. Their
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Inconsistency was the catch work for the 1982 vanity lacrou team, which 18-13 record is not overwhelming but | „ their first year on a varsity level, Gina Soldo and the Dane women
' Kidder felt the season ended on a
sported a losing record.
hooters had a fine 11-6 season. . ,
good note'. '