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Members of the United University Professions
(UUP), exercising what one professor called the
"rights ot labor," demonstrated in front of the
Campus Center Thursday afternoon to protest
stalled contract negotiations with the Governor's
Office of Employee Relations (OER).
The demonstration, which lasted one hour, drew
nearly 100 people, including professors, students,
and university professionals.
The purpose of the picketing, according to
Myron Taylor, secretary of the Albany chapter of
UUP and a SUNYA English professor, was mostly
informational. Taylor stressed the fact that UUP
has worked without a contract since June 30.
Similar demonstrations have occurred on campuses throughout the SUNY system this fall,
although this was the first such protest to take place
at SUNYA.
"This basically shows the state and the administration that the members of UUP are behind
the union 100 percent and that we are willing to
take action within the rights of labor to bring about
a resolution to the contract dispute," said John
Reilly, president of the Albany chapter of UUP.
Reilly placed blame for the impasse on the Office of
Employee Relations, who he accused of
"intransigence."
One area of contention is administrative
flexibility.
"The issue of flexibility might be an underlying
motive," said Reilly. "Giving up some control of
management decisions before they have to might
make them nervous. Our contract proposals require
that fewer and fewer decisions be made by fiat."
The state legislature passed a bill earlier this year
giving SUNY greater control over its own management. Some of UUP's demands include greater protection from administrative retrenchment,
equitable treatment for part-time instructors and
scrapping of OER's proposal for a reviewable
tenure system, which would subject tenured professors to periodic performance review.
Christine Bose, a SUNYA Sociology professor
and a member of UUP's Negotiating Committee,
stressed that the demonstration was a good exercise
in emphasizing the union's solidarity. "We're
behind our union," she said. "We wanted to
educate our own members and we wanted everyone
on campus to know the issues as well."
Bose said that during the course of negotiations,
which began last January, UUP proposals have not
been taken seriously and UUP has had difficulty
taking the state's counterproposals seriously as
well. "We have a strong astute negotiations team,"
Bose said. "The state can't pull the wool over our
eyes."
Ron Tarwater, spokesperson for OER, claimed
that the blame lies with UUP, who declared
negotiations were at an impasse on June 25. "There
has been a clear effort and atmosphere on the part
of the state. We are ready and willing to go back to
the table at any time, and have declared so publicly," Tarwater said, addng that he is legally prohibited from discussing the particular reasons why
negotiations are at a standstill.
Lawrence Wittner, a member of UUP and a
SUNYA History professorsaid he regretted the lack
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Morning fire wrecks Seneca suiteJB's
crowd college
"It seemed to take quite a while for the
the one in Seneca. "We don't know if
fire department to get here," said Seneca there was a connection," she said, adding
A fire on the first floor of Indian Quad's resident Chris Hlavatovic.
that it was probably a coincidence.
Seneca Hall Wednesday morning left
David Nirenberg, another resident said
At the time of the fire, students were
students standing outside for over an hour that "until they got the hose hooked up to also being evacuated from the cafeteria. "I
as firefighters extinguished the blaze.
the water hydrant it took at least another went downstairs o the cafeteria afterwards
to have breakfast and they kicked me out
There were no reported injuries and 10 or 15 minutes."
damages seemed limited to the suite where
However, battalion chief Robert Schaf- of there, too," said Hlavatovic.
the fire erupted, but the causes of the 8 fer said that he had no idea why students
The firefighters made their way into the
a.m. fire were a subject for debate.
were saying it took so long for the depart- room and although students say that one
The fire alarm was pulled at 8:16 a.m. ment to get there. "We got the call at 8:24 of the windows was open, the firefighters
by Seneca resident Louis Hyman, who a.m. and we were here at 8:29 a.m.," he broke the glass on all the windows. Explained Stevens, "Firemen do this to
lives in Suite 102, where the fire started. "I said.
saw smoke down at the side of my bed and
Students from Adirondack and Cayuga relieve some of the smoke condition in the
I got up. I woke up my roommate and my Halls were evacuated as well as students room." Stevens said that the northwest
corner of the room was charred and that
suitemates, pulled the fire alarm and then from Seneca and Tuscarora.
ran outside," he said.
According to Elizabeth Marcolini, Area before the room can be lived in again it
Hyman said that he believed that the fire Coordinator for Indian Quad, the only must be "extensively cleaned." He added
may have started from an electrical outlet reason why students were evacuated from that there was "more smoke and water
somewhere. "I think I lost at least $1,000 Adirondack and Cayuga was because the damage than actual fire damage."
15»of stuff in my room, including a television, fire alarm had gone on at the same time as
a radio and a couple of jackets," he said.
After Hyman pulled the alarm, Seneca
Resident Assistants (RAs) Ingrid Hansen
and Steven Zirkel started knocking on people's doors to get them out. No injuries
were reported.
According to Assistant Vice President
for Facilities Dennis Stevens, the official
report from the fire department said that
the investigation conclusively determined
the fire not to be related to electrical problems, but that it was probably caused by
careless smoking.
Hyman said that "the only fire damage
was contained to the one bedroom,
however there was smoke damage to the
other bedroom," in the suite.
Many students thought the alarm was a
practical joke. "1 didn't believe that the
fire was real," said Andrew Moss, a third
floor Seneca resident.
Nancy Louis, administrative aid for the
Public Safety Department said the first ofHOWARD TVOAH IH'8
ficers arrived at 8:22 a.m. although there Firelighters Inapecl Heme thrown from burning room
was some disagreement as to how long It
"/ saw smoke down at the side of my bed."
look the firefighters to arrive.
By Andrea Corson
STAFF WRITER
concert boards
By Rick Swanson
STAFF WRITER
While an impressive list of big name
bands have played the Capital District
so far this fall, few seem to have been
pulled in by SUNYA's University Concert Board (UCB).
The trend has been noticed by the student concert groups at both the University and Rensselear Polytechnic Institute
(RPI), and has been attributed to the
opening of the rock club J.B.'s Theatre.
"I can definitely say that we have lost
shows to J.B.'s Theatre," said Mark
Seligson, chair of UCB.
"Anything that has commercial success will go to J.B.'s," said Seligson, adding that UCB "is pulling in any shows
they can get."
"It's a stop for any big band," said
Seligson, noting that J.B.'s puts on at
least four shows per week.
General manager of J.B.'s Theatre
Michael Densmore said thai J.B.'s tries
"to present a multi-faceted array of
entertainment," adding that "we run on
a varied booking format," which includes anything from Maynard
Ferguson to X.
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Dutch refuse invite
The Hague
(AP) Premier Ruud Lubbers said today he
had rejected an invitation by Moscow to
discuss the projected deployment of cruise
missiles in the Netherlands.
Lubbers said the Soviet invitation was
made on condition the Dutch government
put off a final decision on deployment.
Thai decision was expected Friday.
Lubbers told Parliament he received a
cable signed by Soviet Prime Minister
Nikolai Ryzhkov, inviting him for talks
"anywhere" on cruise deployment if Lubbers' center-right government postponed a
deployment decision.
"It would not be right to postpone the
decision once more, and so it would not be
right to accept the invitation," Lubbers
said.
Friday's decision, expected to be in
favor of deploying the 48 NATO mediumrange missiles in 1988, would end nearly
years of waffling over the issue.
The toll from the storm's four-day rampage back and forth along the coast
already stood at seven confirmed deaths.
The storm, downgraded from a hurricane
to a tropical storm Tuesday, also left eight
people missing and thousands homeless.
Gov. Edwin W. Edwards of Louisiana
said 50,000 flooded homes, about $110
million in damage to sugar cane and other
unspecified damage added up to about $1
billion in storm damage.
A dollar estimate of offshore damage
was n o t a v a i l a b l e , but s e v e r a l
multimillion-dollar oil rigs were lost or
seriously damaged.
Economy barely rose
Washington
(AP) The government's main gauge of
future economic activity rose a barely
perceptible 0.1 percent in September, the
government reported Thursday.
The weak performance of the Index of
Leading Indicators, along with a big increase in the nation's trade deficit, were
certain to fuel pessimism about the
economic future.
The slight 0.1 percent rise in the leading
index was sharply lower than the revised
0.9 percent August gain and 0.7 percent
July increase.
Bomb explodes in jet
Grapevine, Texas
(AP) An explosive device blew up inside a
baggage compartment of a jet after it landed Thursday at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. There were no injuries, officials said.
The 147 passengers and seven crew
members aboard American Airlines flight
203, flying from Austin to San Francisco,
were quickly removed from the 727 about
8 a.m. after smoke was found inside a baggage compartment, said John Raymond, a
spokesman for the airline.
The device was in a cosmetic case inside
a baggage holder used to transport luggage
to and from the plane, said Joe Dealey, an
airport spokesman.
PLO policy toughened
Rome
(AP) The five parties that form Italy's
government pledged a tougher policy
toward the PLO as part of a deal to rebuild
Socialist Premier Bettino Craxi's coalition
that collapsed because of the Achille
Lauro hijacking.
The policy change helped party leaders
to end Wednesday the government crisis
that occurred when one party, the
Republicans led by Defense Minister
Giovanni Spadolini, walked out to protest
the release of PLO official Mohammed
Abut el Abbas.
American officials accuse Abbas of being the mastermind of the hijacking, in
which 69-year-old Leon Klinghoffer of
New York was killed.
The settlement among the five parties,
based on a compromise policy declaration,
renews the government's pledge to fight international terrorism. It also defined
Italy's foreign policy objectives and stressed the need for closer consultations on major decisions.
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Earthquake reported
Amsterdam, N.Y.
(AP) An earthquake measuring between
2.7 and 3 on the Richter Scale rattled sections of Montgomery and Saratoga Counties Tuesday night, according to the police
and geological officials.
A seismologist at the New York
Geological Survey, Walter Mitronovas,
said today the epicenter of the 10:45 p.m.
tremor appeared to be just north of
Amsterdam, N.Y.
"It's a small event, but enough to rattle
windows and possibly wake people up,"
Mr. Mitronovas said.
Supercomputer built
Ithaca
(AP) It doesn't have a large, red " S " etched into its front and it can't leap tall
buildings in a single bound, but Cornell
University's supercomputer can do just
about everything else.
The supercomputer, which is capable of
performing at least 100 million arithmetic
operations per second, w? to be unveiled
at the Ivy League school ihursday.
Spokeswoman Linda Morris said the
new machine is about 1,000 times more
powerful than present supercomputers.
NY corps, defended
Albany
(AP) Proposals designed to give New York
corporations new defenses against some
types of hostile corporate takeovers have
been unveiled by Gov. Mario Cuomo.
The proposals would:
Encourage investors to get advance
approval from a corporation's board of
directors before buying 20 percent or more
of the company's stock. If someone
bought the stock without advance permission he couldn't merge the company with
other companies for at least five years and
would have a harder time selling off the
assets of the company.
Require greater disclosure of information about attempts to buy more than 5
percent of a New York corporation's
stock, including information about the impact of the purchase on residents of the
state and information about the person
wanting to buy the stock. The state attorney general could conduct investigations to ensure this requirement was
followed and seek court orders to stop purchases violating the provision.
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Juan causes floods
New Orleans
(AP) With damage already estimated at $1
billion, Tropical Storm Juan poured more
rain along the Gulf Coast Thursday as
levees in suburbs of New Orleans and
smaller South Louisiana communities were
strained by floods caused by the lingering
storm.
Correction
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In the October 29, 1985 issue of the
Albany Student Press a student was
quoted out of context. Along with Howie
Lindenbaum's remarks it should have been
stated that he was referring only to his section of the class.
PREVIEW OF EVENTS
free listings
Gary Schocker will play
Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 8:00
p.m. In the Recital Hall In the
Performing Arts Center.
Sunday Tea discussing Problems and Opportunities ol
Hispanic Youth will be held
Nov. 3 In Bio Lounge 248 at
3:00 p.m.
Meet the Candidates Night
will be held Sunday, Nov. 3 at
7:30 p.m. In The Campus
Center Ballroom.
Applications for becoming an
fl.A. or an S.A. are now being
accepted In Quad offices of
the Quad you wish to apply on.
The Al Dl Meola Project will
play Wednesday, Nov. 6 at
8:00 p.m. In the Palace
Theater.
Shabbat Dinner will be held on
Friday, Nov. 1 at 6:00 p.m. In
the Shabbos House.
Voting will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 5 on Dutch Quad or
The Thruway House.
Chinese Student Association
Semi Informal Party Friday,
Nov. 1 from 9:00 p.m. - 2:00
a.m. In the Sayles Ballroom.
An Interview workshop Is be-
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NEWS BRIEFS
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8:00 p.m. In LC 24.
The Annual Surrbops Bash, an
OCA's Big Sweep No. 2 Is be- Intercollegiate mixer, will be
ing held Sunday, Nov. 3. Meet held Saturday, Nov. 2 from
at State and Quail at 2:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. In the
All nlte movies will be held on Dutch Quad Flagroom.
Saturday, Nov. 2 beginning at Woman's Salety Awareness
8:00 p.m. In the Indian Day will be held Thursday,
Penthouse.
Nov. 7.
Nadir, SUNYA's Literary
Magazine, will hold an Interest The American Marketing
meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at Association will hold an
7:00 p.m. In the Commuter organizational meeting on
Lounge.
Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 8:00 p.m. In
A free talk on "Possibilities, BA 229.
Choices and Creating Your Reverend Gary Dorrlen will
Future" will be held on Mon- speak on the political and
day, Nov. 4 In Campus Center social problems In Central
America at 7:00 p.m. on Nov. 7
In LC 2.
Auditions win be held for
"Angels of God" on Friday,
Nov. 1 from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00
p.m. In Campus Center 375.
The Yale Russian Chorus will
sing on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 3:00
p.m. at the Troy Savings Band
Music Hall.
Night of the Stare will be held
Friday, Nov. 1 at 9:00 p.m. In
Brubaoher Ballroom,
Carolyn Forche will speak
Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 8:00
p.m'. In Orientation Theater at
the New York State Museum,
By Angelina Wang
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STAFF WRITER
When Central Council adjourned from its weekly meeting
at 1:45 a.m. this past Thursday
morning, much of the Student
Associaion Elections Policy had
been drastically rewritten.
C a n d i d a t e ' s for Student
Association's top offices can now
receive SA money to help defray
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the costs of campaigning, while
the space allowed for postering
was severely limited by the new
regulations, which were passed
15-6-1.
Specifically, SA presidential or
vice presidential candidates that
receive 15 percent or more of the
regular election vote can be reimbursed a maximum of $150 for
election expenses provided he or
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she can show receipts to prove
these expenses.
Council meeting last Wednesday
Leading the debate against
campaign financing was Student Opening elections to all.
Action Committee Chair Larry campaign financing as "an opHartman, who said, "Campaign portunity" for those people who
financing doesn't belong in elec- ordinarily cannot run for office
tion policy." SA Vice President because of the amount of money
Ross Abelow agreed saying, "it needed.
Steve Russo, Internal Affairs
would be ridiculous for students
to support students who want to Committee Chair said, "We feel
run for office." Abelow said he elections should be accessible to
believed it would be setting a all those who have the ability" to
dangerous precedent, and added, get involved. "This is integral to'
"We're forcing students to sup- everything we are trying to do
with this policy — open (elecport individual campaigns."
Lynn Livanos said she saw tions) up to all of these people,"
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said Russo.
"It will open up SA, and as a
result, a viable candidate will now
have a financial foundation from
which to build," added Nathaniel
Charney, Internal Affairs Vice
Chair.
Hartman replied, "It's not
because I want uninvolved people, but you'll give them the false
hope that they can win (an election) with $150 , then not end up
getting 15 percent of the vote."
Betty Ginsburg, SA student
programming director agreed
with Hartman and said she believed there should either be "equality or subsidize everyone."
When asked when the money
would be given, Russo said, "It
wouldn't be until after the
election."
Commissions Eliminated
Another change in elction
policy is the elimination of the
Elections Commission. In the
past, the commission "usually
has just been workers, but not
(some)one educated enough to
adjucate policy" according to
Russo.
The Election Regulation Act
establishes one Election Commissioner, eight area coordinators,
one for each quad and three for
off campus, and a "special
assistant."
The responsibility of the Election Commissioner is to enforce
elction policy. "A quad coordinator runs the election on that
quad," said Russo. The special
assistant will help deal with complaints or "fill in in case one quad
coordinator gets sick," said
Russo:
"This way we're guaranteed
two people at every polling place an area coordinator and a poll
watcher," said Charney. Russo
agreed saying the act "establishes
control, and a hierarchy of people
where before there was no
continuity."
No Posters in Classrooms
Another disagreement centered
around a new rule forbidding
advertising posters in classrooms
or Lecture Centers. "I think it is a
legitimate way to go out and campaign," said SA President Steve
Gawley.
Phil Botwinick agreed emphatically, "the classrooms offer
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Ballroom to become political arena this Sunday
By Olivia Abel
The Campus Center Ballroom will be
transformed Sunday into a political arena
as candidates campaigning for local elections focus their attentions on SUNYA
students.
Student Association's Student Action
Committee is sponsoring the third annual
"Meet the Candidates Night" Sunday,
November 3, at 7:30 p.m.
According to Student Action chair
Larry Hartman the format will be relatively informal. Each candidate will have a
couple of minutes to discuss what they feel
is pertinent to the students. "This is a unique type of situation. There will be
Democrats and Republicans and students
will be able to talk to them and have them
answer your questions personally," said
Hartman.
Candidates slated to appear Sunday,
night include Albany Mayor Thomas
Whalen who is up for re-election, Joseph
Lynn, Bob Van Anburgh, Nancy Burton,
Tom Burch, Harold Greenstein, Richard
Bennett and Nick Collucio all running for
City Alderman positions, and Helen
DesFosses, running for Albany School
Board.
Referring to issues that the candidates
will be discussing, Hartman said he feels
that "ways to improve student-community
relations will be a focal point." Candidates may also discuss issues like the
"Grouper Law," off campus housing, and
parking issues.
Stephanie Kay, Vice Chair of Student
Action stressed the importance of student
voting. She said that students spend nine
out of twelve months in Albany and that
those students living off campus should be
especially aware of local politics. "We are
a part of the community. Students often
get taken advantage of because they are
passive. But if we prove them wrong then
they'll have to acknowledge us," she said.
"We feel that if students do voice their
opinions then we can have a meaningful
say in the community," she added.
"For an issue that a student feels strongly about they can't expect anybody to
listen if they don't vote," Hartman said.
Kay acknowledged that a lot of students
don't have the time to keep up with local
politics. "Meet the Candidates Night"
could be very informative, she said.
Hartman added that students should try
to attend even if only for the social aspect
of the evening. He said he expects between
200 and 300 people to attend.
250 people attended last year's "Meet
the Candidates Night," which was strictly
a question and answer session, said Hartman, mentioning that this year's format
will be better suited for students. "If
students have something they would like
addressed, it is a perfect time to ask," he
said.
According to Hartman, Student Action
has registered 4,200 students to vote this
year, as opposed to 6,000 students
registered last year. Also, last year, interest
was greater because it was a presidential
ballot, he said.
SA President Steve Gawley summed it
up by saying that one of the major purposes of "Meet the Candidates Night" is
that "we are trying to provoke an educated
vote."
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Bookstore pledges anti-shoplifting crackdown
By Pam Conway
BDITOKIAL ASSISTANT
Prospective shoplifters should think
twice about stealing merchandise from
Barnes and Noble bookstore, now that a
stricter prosecuting policy has been
implemented.
On October 30th, Barnes and Noble
adopted a policy which states that charges
will be filed with university police against
any person caught stealing, no matter what
the amount.
Bookstore manager Patrick Haze said
that although shoplifting Is not a major
concern, "it is a problem everywhere
which all retail outlets must deal with."
Haze estimated that the bookstore loses
about $160,000 a year to what he called
"shrinkage", a large portion of which is
the result of student shoplifting, while the
rest is attributed to employee theft and
paper error.
To control customer theft, Barnes and
Noble uses a security system made by 3M
which involves magnetically "bugging"
Items which are then desensitized at the
time of purchase. Items which have not
been desensitized will trigger an alarm
"The system has been
very effective in cutting
down on shoplifting."
— Patrick Haze
when taken out of the store. Although
"not all items are bugged, the system has
been very effective in cutting down on
shoplifting."
In the past, said Haze, customers caught
shoplifting would be turned over to campus security "depending on whether or not
they were repeat offenders and the amount
they had stolen." He added that, "It is
usually just easier to embarrass the person
and let themn know they won't get away
with It."
This, however, has not been effective
enough, said Haze, "We may stop that
one person from stealing again, but no one
really sees anything. It's just a slap on the
wrist and tends to lead to repeat
offenders."
If a customer is prosecuted, the
bookstore has the option of having the
person arrested on a criminal charge which
would result in a possible court appearance, or having them appear before
the University Judicial Board.
According to Karleen Karlson, Assistant
Director of Residential Life, the University
prosecution procedure Is the same for
shoplifters as It is for other offenses on
campus.
"The student has a choice," said
Karlson, "of three options. Most choose
'mutual consent' in which the student
pleads guilty and does not have to have a
judicial hearing, because they embarassed
at being caught and just want to take the
punishment."
The second option, said Karlson, is for a
student to meet with a hearing officer who
will hear both sides and make a decision as
to whether the person is guilty or innocent.
This option, according to Karlson, "is
usually chosen when the student is guilty
but just wants to explain his side of the
story."
An accused shoplifter can also opt to
present the case in front of a peer board
made up of between five and ten students
who will decide whether or not the student
is guilty, said Karlson.
The typical penalty for shoplifting, said
Karlson, is "a sanction or University
disciplinary warning lasting for one year,
but that can change depending on the attitude of the student and the amount of the
crime."
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In an attempt to reach out to a greater number of
charities, this year the staff of Telethon has decided
to sponsor three community organizations instead
of two, which had been the rule in previous years.
According to Telethon co-chair Suzanne Murphy, the three charities selected to be recipients of
funds donated to Telethon this year are the Child
Care program and the Spinal Bifida program, both
of which are located at Albany Medical Center and
will receive 40 percent each of the funds.
The remaining 20 percent will go to the Parson's
Child and Family Development Center, she said.
Telethon's efforts to reach out to more of the
community comes as the organization celebrates its
20th anniversary. "People felt strongly about certain organizations," said Murphy, and for this
reason Telethon decided to sponsor all three
charities.
Any organization interested in being sponsored is
invited to apply to Telethon, which then reviews the
applicants and decides which charities will be given
the money and which amount they will receive, said
Murphy, adding that 65 responses were received
this year.
However, there are certain requirements that the
organizations must meet in order to be eligible. "It
must be a non-profit organization, child-oriented,
and located in the general Capital District area,"
said Murphy.
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According to Murphy, Telethon's gross last year
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"Our overhead last year was incredible and this
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Since the year has just begun and no major events
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Upcoming Telethon events include Afternoon at
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Anne Rephan, nurse coordinator of the coordinated care program in pediatrics at the Albany
Medical Center said the money the Spinal Bifida
program receives will not be spent on equipment,
but will be used to support the cliical personnel.
She explained that Spinal Bifida is a medical condition in newborn infants in which they are born
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families," she said, adding "This past year we served over 3,400 children and families.
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celebrating Halloween at parties and bars,
a group of about 90 Jewish students spent
the night standing vigil at area synagogues
and Jewish cemetaries.
The students, who were members of the
Revisionist Zionist Alternative (RZA) and
the Alpha Epsllon Pi (AEPi) fraternity
also stood vigil last Saturday night and on
Wednesday, the night before Halloween.
"This is the fourth year we've been doing this," said Robin Berloff, RZA President. "This 1s to act a s a deterrent against
anti-scmitism. As an active Jewish group,
we have responsibilities to the Jewish community," she said.
Berloff explained that in the past,-'
Jewish cemetaries and synagogues have
been targets for vandalism around Hallo- ween. "Last year, the week before Halloween, over 160 tombstones were overturnid at the Jewish cemetary across form
Crossgates."
"Last year at Halloween a synagogue in' the New York area was destroyed by vandals using a bull dozer," said Berloff.
According to Rob Segall, President of
AEPi, his group became involved because
it "has strong Jewish ties and a commitment to emmunity service." He added that
AEPi is a social fraternity.
"We are working in conjunction with
the police," Segall said. "If there are any
distrubances we are going to call the
police;. We don't advocate violence. We're
just there as a deterrent.
"Measures have been taken in case of an
emergency. The benefits of having AEPi
there is having more people there as
backups," Segall said. "The whole fraternity feels strongly about it and we feel it
needs to be done," he said, adding that
volunteers would be there from 8 p.m.
Thursday night util sunrise Friday.
"I'm here because I think that it's a
good idea," said Sharon Kaplan, a junior
at SUNYA. "Last year a lot of graves were
knocked over and I don't want to see it
happen again this year," she said.
Kaplan added that she would have gone
to a party at the Hilton if she had not attended the vigil. Kaplan is not associated
with either RZA or AEPi, she said.
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"a deterrent agaist anti-semitism."
The organizer of the vigil, Evan Chafitz,
said, "RZA has been doing this for four
years." This year saw the biggest turnout
ever, he added.
"Two years ago we removed 25 people
from here [the Jewish cemetary near
Crossgates] the night before Halloween,"
Chafitz said. "Last Saturday night we
patrolled for Wi hours. After we left,
UPD removed three people from the Fuller
Road Jewish cemetary," he added.
"I don't see what people find so intriguing about cemetaries and if they are intrigued, why do they have to desecrate
these places?" Chafitz asked.
"People do desecrate Jewish shrines
because of anti-semitism, which is inherent
in this society," Chafitz said. "Any excuse
people have < to manifest anti-semitism,
they'll use it."
Chafitz said that in addition to the
patrols stationed at the two cemetaries,
vigils were mounted at five Albany
synagogues, the Albany Jewish Community Center on Whitehall Road and at the
Jewish Federation Building on Colvin
Avenue in Albany.
"It's really screwed up that this has to
happen," said Chafitz. "Each of the past
four years we've done this there have been
incidents."
"I made a commitment to be here,"
AEPi member Bryan Gordon said, adding
that he did not have previous plans for'
Halloween. "AEPi supported the idea 100
percent. The idea came about a month
ago."
Gordon estimated that 75 percent of the
68 people in the fraternity were participating in the vigil. "1 think it's good
that the press is covering this to show that
people can deter vandalism," he said, adding, "Hopefully in the future we may not
have to do this,"
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EDITORIAL
ASSISTANT
j,Student Association (SA) and the Officc of Residential Life are working to
come tip with alternative programming
which does "not involve the consumption
of alcohol to deal with students who will
not be able to legally drink' after
December 1.
According to SA Programming Director Betty Gizsburg, an SA task force on
non-alcoholic programming has been set
up to work with Residential Life and
the SA Spirit Committee.
Ginzburg said that she appointed Jacqueline Dusalt to work with the
Residential Life staff on alternative programming. "We made a file of events
that could be used as RA (Resident
Assistant) projects," she explained.
Dusalt said that she has spoken to
RA's on the four uptown quads to help
them with programming ideas. "It is important to start gearing ideas towards
non-alcoholic programming now before
the age goes up," she explained.
Jeannine Dianuzzo, an RA on Indian
Quad, said, "SA has come up with a lot
of ideas." Game tournaments and
dance parties "where people can have a
good time and not necessarily drink"
are examples of possible programming,
she said.
RA's "must find ways to help
everyone together and keep section unity up," said Dianuzzo.
Dusalt added that new programming
"will help get halls together."
John Martone, Director of Residential Life, emphasized that "creative
ways to deal with activities will have to
be found once the (drinking) age
changes." He said that "sometimes we
make a big deal out of having alcohol to
have fun."
Martone listed Halloween parties, Air
Band contests, dances and music as
ways that students could have fun
without consuming alcohol.
Don Smirti, Interquad Council Chair,
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For the second consecutive year, SUNYA students lead
the nation's colleges and universities in voter registration,
accotrding to statistics compiled by the United States Student Associatiqn (USSA).
The statistics reported that 4,200 students registered in
1985, and 6,000 students registered in 1984, at the University. In addition to leading the nation in registration for
two years, SUNYA voter turnout in the 1984 election led
the nation's universities with an 85 percent turnout at the
polls.
For the past two years the main force behind the voter
registration drive has been Student Association's Student
Action Committee which is chaired this year by Larry
Hartman.
According to Hartman, Student Action Committee
always places high priority qn voter registration. He added, however, that registered voters must now exercise
their voting rights on election day. "If we don't turn out
the vote, then what is to stop our elected officials from ignoring us?" asked Hartman.
Stephanie Kay, co-vice chair of the Student Action
Committee and an active participant in the voter registration drive, said that by the power of the ballot students
can exert their views on such important issues as the
Grouper Law, the 21'year old drinking age, tuition hikes,
and South Africa. Kay added that a lot more has to be
done to get the students out to vote. "Most people aren't
even aware that there is a local election this November,"
she said.
A primary reason for placing high priority on voter
registration is to increase voter participation In the elections process, said committee co-vice chair and registration drive organizer Phil Botwinik. "We have a history of
voter apathy In our country as a whole, and as students
one of our first and foremost priorities U to educate
voters on the issues and to insure that they exercise their
right to vote," he said.
Botwinik said he believes that the rising trend of student activism and the enthusiasm of first-time voters have
been important to SUNYA's success in voter registration.
Hartman said he finds it surprising that other universities with significantly larger student populations cannot
register more students. He added, however, that there is
still room improving SUNYA's registration drives.
SUNYA's excellent showing in voter registration has
been no accident, according to Botwinik. He cited the
procedures, dedication, and organizations of the student
action committee as the main reasons for success.
"It is because of the dedication of the Student Action
Committee people who sit at tables on the dinner lines
and in the Campus Center, who register freshmen during
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A state court ruled last week that Sigma Chi officers from the University of Virginia were not acting as University agents when they planned a
fraternity outing in 1982 that killed two students
and permanently disabled another.
The outing ended when a truck filled with
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Telethon is sponsoring a can drive from now unIn August, a Colorado state court held the til Sunday, November 24.
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The drive is set up as a contest between dorms.
in which a student was injured.
The dorm on each quad to collect the most cans will
receive a prize.
According to Diane Conroy, Indian Quad
representative, the drive "is going great." She addIn a recent report, the American Council on ed, "we are basically getting each dorm involved. A
Education has found that in 1982, black students letter has been sent to the RA's to promote dorm
made up 9.9 percent of the enrollment in college spirit."
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According to Arlene Greenburg, over 1,000 cans
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According to the report, American universities cans had been collected on Indian but the drive'
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While attending SUNYA as an
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John Foldy
and as a graduate student received
a master's degree in communica- every department at SUNYA and
tions. Foldy is presently pursuing said "the response has been quite
a PhD. in Communications and positive."
Sociology, i.
' His'theory has also reached the
For the past three years, Foldy hands of Governor Mario
has been researching and for- Cuomo. Foldy said, "I sent
mulating the "Harmonics Governor Cuomo a copy of my
Theory" with Donald Cushman
and Joseph Woelfel, two prominent professors in SUNYA's communications department.
According to Foldy, "This
theory fringes on communications, but it is on the border of
bio-physics and energy systems."
He further explained that the
theory "focuses on the relationship between thoughts and
events. I'm suggesting for my
dissertation that there is a
phenomenon in nature called
rhythm entertainment."
Foldy continued, "I'm trying
to address things from a communications and physics viewpoint in order to develop a
framework that will address the
issues of the nature of consciousness, principles of physical
evolution, responses for actions,
and the existence of para-normal
phenomenons." This theory has
not been proven, however Foldy
is hopeful and determined.
Foldy won a grant to present
this theory in Hawaii. "After
presenting the theory, one of the
scholars at the conference walked
up to one of our faculty members
and asked 'Is this guy serious?'"
Foldy said he doesn't expect
everyone to agree with the theory,
however, he presented it to almost
album "Ronald Reggae," and
told him a little about the harmonics theory. He wrote back
and asked to read it. I immediately sent him a copy."
Cuomo's response to the
theory was "very flattering." The
governor wrote, "I admire the
conclusion of your thesis that
there is an ultimate justice in the
universe, but it may take people
some lime to fully appreciate the
elegance of the harmonic
approach."
Besides researching his theory,
Foldy plays lead guitar and sings
with three different bands. The
Rob and John and Ed band plays
mainly acoustic rock. They can be
seen at the Lark Tavern, and they
have participated in Telethon
twice.
The band also recorded an
album entitled "Ronald Reaggae." This was an extended play
(EP) album with four songs on it.
Foldy cheerfully added that "a ed feasible., to., look at comnational distributor has picked it municatons or interaction the
[the album] up, and the local same way musical notes
critical reviews are very strong. It interact."
was the most exciting thing I've
The academic side of Foldy
ever done." The band is presently ranges from researcher to instrucrecording another album.
tor. He has taught interpersonal
Foldy is also a member of the communication for the past three
Lost Art band, which plays its years,, and is now also teaching
progressive rock music in clubs in group communication. He said he
Rensselear. They have recorded considers teaching "a lot of fun,"
six songs in a recording studio, and enjoys interacting with his
and their first review said the students.
band was a ' 'cross bewteen Frank
It may seem like such a busy
Zappa and Herman's Hermitts. schedule would leave no time for
with a psychodelic edge." Foldy a social life, however, Foldy said,
considered this very encouraging. "I have, a surprising amount of
The third band consists of spare time to myself." He has a
Joseph Woelfel, and his sons. very optimistic outlook on life,
This band is predominantly pro- explainng, "I don't consider
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Campus legend Kennedy tells of
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TREASURER
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Maureen
Dumas
Russo
Mayoral race:
Democratic
Stephen J.
McArdle
Thomas M.
Whalan, 111
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Larry J.
Rosea
Mayoral race:
Conservcilive
Thomas W.
Ketpi
Thomas Whalen
Democrat
Republican
The city of Albany can hardly be
described as inviting to Republicans.
For over sixty years the city has been
controlled by a Democratic machine,
and today the tradition continues.
So much so, in fact, that the
Republican challenger to Mayor
Thomas Whalen says outright that he's
running not to win but to keep the idea
of a two-party system alive.
Louis Russo, who won the chance to
oppose Whalen only over the objections
of the Albany County Republican
leadership, has spent about S3S0 on his
campaign, as opposed to Whalen's
$80,000.
And Russo further jeapordized his
standing when he told a reporter that
Albany's low-income housing projects
ought to be blown up. He later insisted
he'd only meant to say the projects were
the wrong environment to raise a family
in.
But on the issue that probably more
directly concerns students than any
other, Russo is sending a clear message.
"I can't understand this city administration, where are the young people going to go?" he asked, referring to
the Whalen administration's aggressive
pursual of the Grouper Law.
The law forbids more than three
unrelated people to live together in the
same apartment or house.
Russo said the solution to Albany's
housing crunch and downtown overcrowding problems is to get more state
funds to build dormitories at SUNYA.
"The state administration is the problem," he said, adding "The city should
let things rest."
Fewer students is not the answer, said
Russo. "I don't think they should cut
down on enrollment." Instead, he suggested the state could set up emergency
housing facilities on campus, such as
trailers used to house natural disister
victims.
Russo avoided outright criticism of
Whalen's redevelopment push in
downtown Albany, but did say, "A lot
of this was already on the books, and
was already moving under Mayor
Corning."
"The local machine is working on
Pearl Street," said Russo, explaining
that he believed attention should be
focused on the Central Avenue shopping district. Putting money into the
older homes and brownstone districts in
Albany is, said Russo, "like putting
lipstick on an old prostitute."
— J.F.O'S.
By James F. O'Sulllvan
NEWS EDITOR
Uptown campus Board of Alders candidates
Editor's note: For most of the off-campus
and Alumni Quad districts where students
are concentrated there is only one person
running for the Board of Alders, the city's
major legislative body. However, in the
Fifteenth Ward, which includes the uptown campus with the greatest concentration of students, incumbent Nicholas Coluccio is being challenged by Richard Barrett. What follows is a quick summary of
interviews held with each candidate or his
supporters.
Richard Barrett
Barrett, who is running on the
Republican ticket in Democratic Albany,
was not available for comment. However,
according to Students for Barrett Campaign Organizer Kim Mulvihill, Barrett
favors changes in Albany's Grouper Law
and is concerned with conservation efforts
to save Albany's most fragile ecosystem,
the Pincbush.
Mulvihill said Barrett feels the Grouper
Law is unfair to students because of its arbitrariness, and that rather than protecting
students from unsafe housing conditions,
it forces them to break city law.
"He either wants the Grouper Law
repealed or he wants it changed to a law
that helps the students," she said.
"As far as Nick Colluccio," said
Mulvihill, "nothing's being done" to
spare students from the results of the law's
enforcement.
Barrett has been endorsed by the "Save
the Pinebush" Organization in recognition
of his committment to their cause,
Mulvihill said. "We don't want Albany
Wherel
ON CAMPUS:
Students living on the uptown and
downtown campuses are voting in; a
variety of places this year, more than in
the past,
Ateitiai Quad residents are.voting in
th^se ^Derate phic*%;AI#en and. Pierce
Hafe vote' at the First tuthcran Church
at 646 Slate Street, vvhile Brubasher ftt*d
Sayles Hail dwellers vote at Albany
High' School, Finally; Waterbury
residents vote at St. Vincents Communi-.
ty Center on Madison Ave.
CatouiiA Quad dwellers vote at the
Thfu'way••}. House, . which is across
Town of Gullderland races
Students living on Indian Quad and in
Beverwyck and Schuyler Halls on Dutch
vote on a variety of county-wide offices,
but they also vote on Guilderland Town
races, as well:
Town Supervisor:
Kevin Moss (Republican, Conservative)
David A. Palmer, Jr. (Democratic)
Town Council (two seats):
James Cleary (D)
Zita Eastman (D)
Anne Rose (R,C)
Will Welburn (R.C)
Town Clerk:
Angela Mary Batorsky (D)
Jane Springer (R,C)
Town Justice:
Patrick Wamen (D)
Steven J. Simon (R,C)
Receiver of Taxes:
Barbara Coogan (D)
Shirley M. Holmes (R,C)
going industrial without any trees" remaining, explained Mulvihill.
Nicholas Coluccio
Running for his third term to Albany's
Board of Alders, Coluccio thinks he has a
strong record of working with students in
his district, and he's willing to reach across
the years to illustrate his points.
Coluccio pointed to this fall's polling
place issue, in which, he said, he sponsored
a resolution moving the polling place to
the Thruway House after SA officials informed him of the safety issues involved if
the polling place was left several miles up
Washington Avenue at a nursing home.
"I worked very closely with the
students," he said, adding, "they have a
right to vote where they live and this where
they live."
"Anything they (students) come to me
for 1 will be there for them," promised
Coluccio, mentioning the Party in the
Park issue of a few years ago, when he said
he was the only Alder out of 15 to argue an
alcohol permit which had been revoked
should be reissued. The case was settled
after SA went to court and won.
He said he sees part of his role as a conflict mediator between the city administration and students, which he estimated are
2,500 of his 6,000 constituents.
As for Albany's Grouper Law, Coluccio
said, "There's pros and cons to it." While
he said he was concerned that students
were paying high rents and receiving little
for their money, "we want to keep the
landlords in compliance with the city
law."
—J.F.O'S.
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Washington Avenue from State Quad, V
, Dutch Quad voters are split because
part of. Dutch Quad is not actually in
Albany City, JBsverwyck and Schuyler
Halls vote atthe gym, while the rest of
the quad joins Colonial residents at the
Thro/way House;
banan QttsS is completely outside
Albany city limits, and all residents vottj
at the' SlJMYAi gym..
StaJfe Q«ad, by some quirk of fate,
piovtdes its residents with the ultimate
in convenlettce as all its dwellers vote in
the FlagVbom,
— J.lPiO'S.'.'
(WITH WIRE SERVICES REPORT)
When Erastus Corning II died in 1983
after a 41-year tenure as mayor of
Albany, some felt successor Thomas
Whalen would be little more than a
caretaker.
Since then, Whalen has solidified his
hold on city government, kept potential
Democratic rivals at bay and finds
himself waging his first mayoral race
against Louij Russo, the Republican
challenger who states he has no chance
of winning.
Whalen began making his mark in
Coming's last year, which for Corning
was limited mostly to hospital beds. The
mayor-designate began . introducing
modern management techniques to
replace an old-boy network which had
run the city since the forties and earlier.
"To some of the older party functionaries, I appeared like a revolutionary," Whalen said. "I think a lot of
people viewed me as a caretaker mayor
and I chose not to be."
Although Whalen has stated he does
not want to be a long-term mayor, he
does plan on winning this election. So
far, his campaign has spent an estimated
$80,000 on the practically uncontested
race.
And next year the city celebrates its
tricentennial at a time when the city's
once blighted downtown area is making
a comeback.
Whalen, however, has more than
once found himself under fire from student leaders at SUNYA. He and former
Student Association President Rich
Schaffer had a running name-calling
battle in the media in 1983, and Whalen
was an outspoken foe against allowing
students to vote in their college
communities.
Today, Whalen is perhaps best known
among students for his redredging up of
Albany's Grouper Law, and for his
subordinate, Code Enforcement Director Michael Alvaro's vigorous move to
enforce the law which prohibits more
than three unrelated people over the age
of 18 from living in the same, housing
unit.
The sparks, however, have not ignited
as SA leaders have made a conscious attempt to improve community-student
relations, through trash collection drives
and other neighborhood oriented
projects.
In fact, Whalen is expected to be the
big pull at SUNYA's "Meet the Candidates Night" this Sunday evening in
the Campus Center Ballroom.
County-wide races
All students, on and off-campus and in County Clerk:
both Albany and Guilderland, vote In a David Marinucci (R)
variety of county-wide offices. They are: Guy Paquin (D,C)
Coroner:
Supreme Court Justice (two seats):
William Loetterle (D,C)
William F. McDermott (D,R)
Samuel Ouimet (R)
Harold Hughes (D,R)
District Attorney:
Sol Greenberg (D,C)
Sherirr:
George Infante (D,C)
For off-campus voting
info, see pg. 12
ASSISTANT
Three years ago, he taught as a SUNYA
English professor. Now, having won a
Pulitzer Prize and McArthur Foundation
Grant, William Kennedy has become a
campus legend.
Now that things have settled down a bit,
it has become easier to get to know Kennedy, who fielded questions from participants in a writing workshop held in the
Performing Arts Center Recital Hall,
Wednesday.
Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for
literature in 1982 for his novel Ironweed,
which was published after being rejected
13 times by other publishing houses. The
novel was published as a series which also
includes Billy Phelan 's Greatest Game and
Legs, all of which describe historical
ALbany and its people.
,
Gene Garver, chair of SUNYA's English
Department, introduced Kennedy by calling him "the literary laureate of this city
and of this university." Kennedy opened
the discussion by reciting the first two
paragraphs of his latest work Quinn's
Book, which he has been writing on and
off since 1977. Kennedy chided himself by
saying he was "far too ambitious at the
beginning of this project."
"One must not be too timid about
writing a book," he said, "but a writer
must also become aware of his own
limitations."
Wednesday's forum was "a discussion
of craft and creation," said Kennedy, who
spoke about the various aspects of writing
a novel, including problems of style.
"Mental blocks," said Kennedy, "usually
occur when you haven't paid sufficient attention to the material. You can overload
your imagination and inventiveness."
"If you write something and it just lays
there like an egg, you either rewrite it or
you abandon it altogether," he said. "If it
hatches, then you have a chicken, or
possibly a turkey," he added to laughter.
Kennedy, who worked as a journalist
before going into teaching, said "Journalism allowed me to get into any situation
I wanted to get into. For awhile, it was the
only way I could stay alive — I could make
a living without getting bored," he said.
"Journalism also gave me a chance to
work with the language everyday," he
said. "Journalism is very good training
ground for writers," said Kennedy, explaining, "There are editors who can teach
you how to write.
"Fiction," said Kennedy, "is somewhat
of a spontaneous desire to create. Then
you hope for the best, there's also strong
subliminal motivation on the part of the
writers to reconstruct reality into a world
which is more suitable for them."
Most of Kennedy's writings deal with
Albany in the 19th Century. "Albany Was
a great town at the turn of the century,"
said Kennedy. "I'm trying to be as faithful
as I can to an extraordinary city." .
"The past is .what makes my imagination run," he said, adding that "I think it
interests me because I already know how it
came out."
Having taught writing courses for
several years, Kennedy is familiar with the
growth process that is necessary for all
young writers to experience. "Their
goodness comes from their decision to
stick with writing and keep writing until
their talent emerges," he said.
" T h e mythological element was
something put into the books after I relaized that imitation journalism just wasn't
enough," said Kennedy. "There is a need
to break conventional reality," he said,
adding "reality must.be defined by its own
terms. You need a sense of the space you
are writing about. You need to make the
reader believe that they are in a real place
with real people and then it is possible to
convey real emotion."
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Reader objects
I'm for
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Our country was founded on the theory of
government by the people. It operates, in
practice, on government by the voters.
The above sticker illustrates the point
perfectly: it's not just a matter of what your
concern is; what matters is that you back your
view by participating in the policymaking
process, by voting once a year.
The sticker could just as appropriately read
"I'm opposed to the Grouper Law and I vote",
or "I support women's rights and I vote", or
"I'm in favor of Pine Bush conservation and I
vote."
If most of us vote this Tuesday, the city will
be forced to further recognize our power as a
voting constituency.
Voting may be a private, quiet process
between you and the machine, but you can't
find a way to speak more loudly for yourself as
a student and as a citizen.
'Minor' problems
Albany bar owners will find themselves turning
three-quarters of their customers away at the door
next semester, when the 21-year old drinking age
goes into effect.
They don't have to. But with one exception, the
main student bars all say they will anyway; they
believe it's easier to keep minors out than to patrol
them once they're in.
It may very well be easier, but taking into
account the number of students who will still be
able to drink legally, it's highly unlikely that this
small group of students will be able to support all
the bars in Albany, even if this select group does
include some of this campus' heartiest drinkers.
There are alternatives to completely excluding
all minors, such as the one WT's has planned.
Customers aged 21 or older will be given
wristbands at the door. Only those with
wristbands will be served any alcoholic beverages.
The other major bar owners have dismissed this
idea as "totally unenforceable" or unfeasible. As
one bar owner put it, "What is the attraction to
any tavern where you can't drink?"
As a business owner, he should understand that
a tavern is much more than a place to drink
alcohol. It's a gathering area, a place to catch up
with your friends and make some new ones, and to
discuss some news and gossip of the day. When
the Oxford debaters came to Albany, they did a
lot of their preparing through informal talk at
WT's.
For many SUNYA students, although
admittedly not all, it's this social aspect of the bars
that they'll miss the most, not the alcohol. Bar
owners who don't recognize this, could be making
a costly error.
The bar owners who dismissed the wristband
alternative as "totally unenforceable" may also
have made a mistake. It's probably less expensive
to hire an extra bouncer to enforce the wristband
policy on busy nights than it is to risk turning
away 75 percent of their customers before they get
in the door. A few customers will probably be
turned off by the policy, but not nearly as many as
it's likely to attract. It's been proven feasible in
other cities.
In addition to the wristband policy, bar owners
could also expand their menus, add a dance floor,
concoct a few interesting non-alcoholic beverages,
or bring in some local bands.
The new drinking age will put every bar owner's
business skills to a test. Only those who are
flexible enough to make creative adjustments are
likely to get by without losses. So far, WT's is the
only bar to demonstrate this ability, despite their
green walls.
Vote! Vote! Vote!
'Election Day, Election Day wherefore art thou, election
day."
— Bill Shakespeare
Here it is the first of November with another election
day right around the corner. I'm sure most of you know
that it is November 5th, right? Well, anyway, our
glorious country has instituted that elections be held on
the first Tuesday of every November, this way we can all
have another day out of the year with no mail or government services.
Larry Hartman
By Tuesday we should all be starting to come down
from our post-Halloween hangovers, and I'd like to encourage everyone to make that long laborious trip down
to your polling area to cast your sacred vote. There's no
doubt in my mind that all of you have planned to do so
already, so I think I'll let this column take on a bit of a
different flavor.
Through the years many famous (and not so famous)
people have made statements with regards to the whole
electoral process and I'd just like to share them with you:
"A sucker is born every minute"
— Stated by Phineas T. Barnum when a circus clown of
his got elected to the post of governor of New Jersey.
"Don't get the idea that I'm one of these goddamn
radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knockig the American
System. . . My rackets are run strictly on American lines
and they're going to stay that way."
— Al Capone when asked if he were thinking about joining the communist party.
"I have not yet begun to vote."
— This final quote is rumored to be stated by New York
City's old Tammany Hall Political Boss, William Marcy
Tweed, but I could not find any supporting evidence.
Election day comes but once a year and it's everyone's
right and duty as a citizen of the United States to get out
an dvote. I really don't think one half hour of your time is
too much to ask for, for a task of this magnitude.
It is our system of accountability on the part of our
elected official and a way to keep them in line with our
goals, ideals, and values. It's our method of preventing
and guarding against the evils of dictatorship and one by
which all people can be heard. It is a time to get out to the
polls and vote your conscience on the pressing issues of
the day, and it's the fateful day of reckoning that burns
deep within the heart of every politician.
It is the chance for us as students to vote as a united
block and send out a message to our illustrious leaders
that they can no longer "pull the wool over our eyes."
Voting is what gives us legitimate reasons to work on
the issues we care about as students and concerned
citizens, and our representatives must listen. If they
don't, through our power at the polls we'll make sure that
they're not our representatives the next time around.
"A voter without a ballot is like a soldier without a
bullet."
— Dwight Eisenhower
"A state has no worse foe than a tyrant under whom can
be no common laws; but one ruler, keeping the law in his
own hands so equality perishes."
— Euripides
"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rules
of people alone. The people themselves are therefore its
only safe depositories."
— Thomas Jefferson
". . . Heroine in every classroom"
— Fidel Castro in a famous speech after his takeover of
Cuba.
"The voice of dissent must be heard"
— Henry Ford
"Freedom is not worth loving if it does not connote
freedom to err"
— Ghandi after admitting he voted for Ronald Reagan.
"The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of
government."
— George Washington
"1 think the American Public wants a Solemn Ass as
President. And I think I'll go along with them."
— Calvin Coolidge (need 1 say more)
"How can one conceive of a one party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese."
— Charles De Gualle imparting his political wisdom.
"I never met a man I didn't like"
— Will Rogers testifying before a Senate subcommittee as
to why he voied for every single candid.'te.
"Vote early and often"
— Steve Gawley's campaign strategy for the 1985 Student
Association President elections.
Our right to vole is one to be cherished and held In high
esteem. Even as we speak there are many nations still
shrouded in tyranny and dictatorship. We should prize
our freedoms and not ignore them or take them for
granted. For it was in such a context where one of the
most evil abominations of all mankind's history was
allowed to take place.
"Ideas such as Democracy. . . disintegrate our race consciousness, and breed cowardice,"
— Adolf Hitler
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Larry Hartman is the Student Action Committee
chair
To the Editor:
Ironically enough, I am happy to find in the October 22
issue of the ASP Akbar Anwari's response to my October
15 article on homophobia. His letter is an enlightening
example of the topic I was discussing. Unfortunately, It is
distressing to see how explicitly and publicly offensive
people can be. However, it is a dose of reality.
The point of my article was to argue that there are more
similarities than differences between and among groups
of people. I asked that people reconsider those biases
against other people that are based upon generalizations
that might be ill-informed. To Mr. Anwari I have to point
out that I did not "regret" to include anything in my article. I could not write about the causes of homosexuality
since there is no known cause. However, it would be interestint to question why Mr. Anwari considers himself
an authority on homosexuality. After all, he espouses two
"theories" on its orgins, both of which are new to me and
I am a lesbian.
By picking out three groups of people to discriminate
against, Mr. Anwari exemplifies a viewpoint opposite to
my "people are people" sentiment. His letter implies not
only that people who enjoy the punk or hardcore scenes
may not deserve social acceptance because of their lack of
conformity, but that perhaps handicapped people should
be looked upon as defective. His implied characterization
of Greek males is also offensive as a negative and unfair
stereotype. I fail to see any positive value in
discriminating against any group of people in these ways.
Rather I consider these prejudices destructive. This,
thank you Mr. Anwari, is precisely the point of myarticle.
Let me also inform Mr. Anwari that there is no reason
for me to ignore the fact that male homosexuals can use
condoms to help prevent the transmission of diseases,
though it should be clear that they are probably not
generally used for birth control. However, I ask Mr. Anwari not to ignore the fact that condoms perform the
same function in prevention of disease transmission for
heterosexual couples. See, here again we find yet another
commonality between heterosexual and homosexualpeo-
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pie, thanks to Mr. Anwari.
Mr. Anwari states, "If it wasn't for heterosexuals,
homosexuality could not exist." To this I can only ask, if
it is the fault of heterosexual people that gay people exist,
then doesn't this issue boil down to a heterosexual people's problem? Well, as I stated in my article,
homophobia — the entity that Mr. Anwari so clearly exemplifies for us — is everyone's problem, for everyone
gay or not to unite to eliminate.
Again, I thank that writer for displaying prejudice in
all its glory and destructiveness and for offering me the
opportunity to publicly oppose it again.
— Claudia Meyer
GALA Steering Committee
Peace effort
To the Editor:
Continuing the nuclear arms race threatens our national security, our economic well-being, and the success
of the Geneva arms talks. The American people must insist that the President and Congress initiate actions
leading to an immediate, verifiable Soviet-American halt
on the testing and deployment of new nuclear weapons
while negotiations proceed.
The Peace Project and the Upper Hudson Nuclear
Weapons Freeze Campaign are conducting a petition
drive in the Capital District and on campus. It is part of a
national effort to collect one million signatures to send to
President Reagan, General Secretary Gorbachev, and
Congress before the Summit meeting on November 19th
and 20th. The petition asks for a halt to the nuclear arms
race and reductions in nuclear arsenals on both sides.
More than three out of four Americans support a
mutual, verifiable freeze. Last year eighty-five percent of
the students on campus voted in favor of a referendum
that supported a nuclear freeze. We encourage you to raffirm your support by signing the petition.
The Peace Project will be tabling and petitioning in the
Campus Center on Wed. Nov.6th and Thurs. Nov. 7th.
We will be petitioning in the dorms on Mon. Nov.4th,
Tues. Nov. 5th and Sun. Nov. 10th. Anyone who would
like to work on the petition drive can call Bob at 442-6186
or Laura at 399-8996.
Our national security must not be left up to the politicians or the "experts." We must ask President Reagan to
propose an immediate halt directly to the Soviet Union.
We also must ask Congress to pass the comprehensive
freeze legislation which would suspend funding on major
nuclear weapons programs for as long as the Soviets do
the same.
Then we must hold the politicians accountable. If Congress doesn't represent the will of the people this year, in
1986 we must elect Senators and Representatives who
will.
Only by continuing to work together can we help prevent a nuclear holocaust!
— Laura Letendre
Peace Project
Greek gripe
the fireworks ended, at about 12:30 am— the meeting
started at 7pm) planning to use Student Association Tax
fee monies to reimburse Presidential and VicePresidential SA candidates for a portion of their election
expenses. My jaw hit the ground. How in the world can
they justify spending our Activity Fee money like this?
Kind of ridiculous, don't you think?
Well, when I was "on Council" we loved to spend
money (we had a half million dollar surplus). We bought
the Xerox machine that SA now uses, the defunct SA
sound system, an ambulance for Five Quad, (if Woody
Popper is around to read this, we threw in the extra bucks
for that Xerox machine stapler), raised SA-worker
salaries to minimum wage, and even gave Rita Levine, the
office manager, a raise. How in the world can this new
Council even think about giving up to $150.00 to someone who is running for an SA executive office without
asking us, the students who will have to pay for it. Crazy.
Times sure change. "We" used to vote on banning seal
killing, nuclear disarmament, and why or why not campaign buttons were allowed in the SA office. Council of
81-82, where are you when this school needs you?
— Steven Kramer
Reader rebuttal
To the Editor:
The simple minded assumption that cultural sophistication varies as a function of geographical proximity to a
cultural center such as New York City never ceases to
amaze me. According to Michelle Krell ("Agitpop: A
New York Band?"; ASP, October 29), this equation
holds true; the further one lives from N.Y.C., the less
culturally sophisticated one is. A resident of Poughkeepsie, a full one hundred miles or so from N.Y.C., is thus
hopelessly deprived (and quite possibly depraved), according to Michelle. While I do not doubt the cultural
sophistication of Michelle and many other New Yorkers
(assuming that she does live in the greater N.Y.C.
metropolitan area), I do doubt that it is solely a function
of their geographical proximity to N.Y.C. since I have
met many N. Y.C. residents whom I saw as walking exceptions to the equation even as they loudly proclaimed their
superiority to anyone who would listen. I have to object
to the constant presence of this kind of assumption.
Unfortunately, my entire argument collapses when I
admit, as I must, that her condemning description of
Poughkeepsie was accurate.
— John F. Kli'in
Shabbat services
To the Editor:
How many times have you gone to SAabbarservices and
felt left out? How many times did you not know the page
number? How many times did you feel uncomfortable
because you don't understand Hebrew and you were embarrassed to read the English? The truth is that at one
time or another all of us have felt like strangers even in
our own congregation.
To the Editor:
Contributing Editors Dean Betz, David L L Laskln, Wayne Peereboom
Editorial Assistants: Karen E. Beck, Rachel Braalow, Pam Conway, Ken Dornbaum, Bette Dzamba, Bill Jacob, Mike MaoAdam, Bronda Schaelfer Preview
Editor Pam Schuaterman Staff writers: Jim Avery, Dave Blette, Lealle Chalt,
Ethan Chaxln, Ian Clements, Andrea Corson, Mike Dermansky, Scott Elsenthal, Cathy Errlg, Marc Fenton, Llaa Jackal, David Kose, Stacey Kern, Mark
Kobrlnsky, Corey Levi tan, Caryn Mlake, Steve Raspa, Peter Sanda, Marie Santacroce, David Spalding, Keren Schtomy, Rick Swanson, Michael Skolnlck
Angelina Wang, Evan Welssman, Frank Yunker
Margie Rosenthal, Business Manager
Stephanie Sohensul, Associate Bualneaa Manager
Maura Kellett, Jaokl Mldlarsky, Advertising Managers
Dan Flelaher, Sales Manager
UllUng Accountant
AmySilber
Payroll Supervisor..
Felicia Caaaetta
Classified Managers
Laura Balma, Trade Paul
Advertising Sales: Karen Amster, Frank Cole, Cammy Dlvlngllo, Drew Fung,
Rich Lilt, Mlohelle Pllatl, Donna Sohrolber Advertlafng Production: Greg
Behrendt, Eileen Chen, Jill Gentile, James Homer, Keith Kraughto, Aiyaa
Margolin, Annette Muller, Sharon Rend, Erlo Roth Oltlco Staff: l lau Blehler,
Jennifer Chaoaloe, Rob Marlnelll
We let it slide the previous times but SA 's latest outbreak of mockeries and put-downs towards Albany's
fraternites, this time regarding Greek Week, shouldn't go
unchecked. Laughing at fraternities and brotherhood
seems odd coming from Steven Gawley who spoke so
highly of them during election time.How quickly we
forget. Whenever SA needs people at events it is always
the fraternities that are called upon. Don't bite the hand
that feeds you. Together we form a huge student bloc that
doesn't like being stabbed in the back. We are not dependent on you and only cooperate because we choose to.
More and more of your constituents are becoming involved in Greek life. It seems only fair to expect a positive attitude from their president.
— Michael Solomon
— Gregg Rothschild
Through Chavurah, we are offering you a chance to get
rid of this problem. Our Shabbat services are conducted
in both Hebrew and English. We try to maintain a lively
and active atmosphere through the use of both song and
modern English translations. Our goal is to create a
healthy atmosphere where both men and women are
equally counted.
Now that I have told you about Chavurah, let me tell
you what your role is. If you are a writer we need your
work; if you are a musician we need your ideas; and if
you are an artist we need your ability. You and your input will help make our experience more meaningful. Now
is the time to act!
Shabbat service — Friday November 8 at 6 p.m. in CC
361.
— Ron Symons
Jewish Students Coalition
Eye on Council
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To the Editor:
1 did something last Wednesday night that I hadn't
done in over three years— I went to a Central Council
meeting. Most of us at SUNYA don't know what Central
Council is, and frankly don't care. The four years we
spend here go by quickly (In my case, four and a half),
and we leave with the pleasant memories of friends,
Mayfest and Fountain Day. Central Coucil members
leave with ulcers, inflated egos and laryngitis.
Well, it was last Wednesday night (Dynasty was over)
when I was tipped off to the fact that Central Coucil was
bringing up the Election Policy. 1 was a Council member
back in the 1981-1982 term that passed the policy they
were now planning to amend. I figured,"What the hell,
let me go down and see what they are going to do to it."
Let me tell you that Jon Suydan (ex-Council chair
!981-1982)would be spinning around in his law office of
he heard what they were up to. They were (I left before
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Always remember and don't ever
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Block of Beagles,
Good luck this weekend. I love
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8 p.m. Jaws
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Happy Belated Birthday Jack! —
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ISC and Regional Council present
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Off-campus and Alumni Quad residents
should refer to the map to determine what
wards they live in (included are the three
most student-saturated in downtown). The
following is a list of the three wards and
uptown candidates for Board of Alders in
Albany City. Residents of these districts
also vote for city-wide offices, (see box).
By E. Paul Stewart
MINORITY AFFAIRS EDITOR
Before I begin with the theme of this week's column, I would like to introduce myself to you, the
reader. lamE. Paul Stewart, the New Minority Affairs Editor of the Albany Student Press. I have
been involved in a number of activities here on this
campus, among which are the Albany State University Black Alliance and Central
Council. I feel fortunate for this
opportunity
to voice
minority
concerns and encourage minority
awareness on this campus.
Beyond
The
Majority
There axe a great many problems which face Blacks and Hispanics in this country and here on this campus. Among these are difficulty in obtaining an education (which will be
discussed in a future column), poor/bad media
representation, unemployment, and countless other
socio-economic problems. There is one major problem, though, which is not often dealt with. That
problem is sensitivity.
Too often, too many people claim they "understand" the problems that minorities experience,
"know what it must be like," and claim they are
sensitive to the needs of and have the answers for
blacks and Hispanics in America. As a member of
an ethnic minority, I find many of the people disdainful, to say the least.
There are people who do seemingly empathize
with minority concerns and who are sincere in their
desire to help these people and I applaud. But those
others who are merely professors of sensitivity, I
can only express my sincere desire that your words
can someday be made manifest into positive actions, such as listening and active support.
And there are several professors at SUNYA who
are "self-proclaimed liberals." They insist that they
are concerned and show this by "talking down" to
minority students and making many assupmtions
about particular students' backgrounds on the basis
of their race, creed, or color.
These assumptions are often based on stereotypes
depicted in the poor media image that has been
created to portray Blacks and Hispanics. Many professors assume that all minorities come from
broken homes, are on welfare, play basketball and
need remedial work in every subject. A student
friend of mine recently complained to me of a problem that he is currently experiencing with a
professor.
The professor insists that he has an understanding of Blacks and uses this student as an example
(subjecting the student to ridicule and humiliation).
The professor constantly names sports figures and
enterainers such as Michael Jackson to give the impression that he is "in tune" with Black America.
This professor has conveyed messages to my
friend to suggest that as a student who is black, my
friend is automatically inferior. He always refers to
his teaching experience in the slum area of a major
U.S. city and dictates what image blacks must fit to
reach his idea of 'their place in society.' Even if he
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Tenth Ward:
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toward the black community.he loses all credibility
in his approach.
Minority students are aware of the problems in
their communities and their problems of broken
homes, etc., do exist, but we do not all as individuals suffer precisely the same plight. It is our
ethnic heritage that makes us alike, it is the societal
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afflictions. There are solutions but they will come
from within our community, they can't be dictated
from outside. Sincere, earnestly concerned people
are appreciated and welcomed, it is the self proclaimers we are weary of.
Only the minority can know to the fullest extent
the struggle for life at a predominantly white school
in a predominantly white country.
Black Solidarity Day
On Monday, November 4, 1985, Albany State
University Black Alliance (ASUBA) will be once
again hosting its annual Black Solidarity Day.
Black Solidarity is a national event for Black
Americans to come together and demonstrate their
support for their communities. On this day, nonminority owned businesses are boycotted as a
demonstration of the economic power which stems
from the black community.
There ia a list of events planned for the day,
which begins at 11 a.m. in the Campus Center
Ballroom and runs until 9 p.m. For further information call ASUBA at 442-5678.
It is important that Black students participate in
this even in order to learn more about what's happening with Black people in other schools (there
will be visiting students) and throughout the world.
It is also imperative that non-Black students make
an attempt to sensitize themselves to the Black experience in America and more precisely the Black
students here on this campus.
Black Solidarity Day is a learning experience for
all students and an opportunity that should not be
missed. We shall all leave this campus eventually,
let's leave with a better understanding of each
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Over 900 students attend SUNYA Pre-Law Fair
By Evan Weissman
STAFF WRITER
Over 900 students and about 30
law schools participated in Law
Fair Day Wednesday, prompting
Neil Garfinkel, President of
SUNYA's Pre-Law Association
to term the event a "great
success."
The fair, which was held in the
Campus Center Ballroom, drew
its largest turnout ever, Garfinkel
said.
According to Marion Rothbart,
admissions counselor at the
Delaware Law School of Widener
University, law schools participate at fairs like this "to expose ourselves to others outside
of our immediate geographical
area."
As to what they learn about
SUNYA students, Rothbart
replied, "We learn a little bit
about the majors and the
geography of the students."
However, no stereotype is placed
on SUNYA students from their
appearance at the fair, she added.
Law Schools, like New York
University School of Law and St.
John's University School of Law,
agree that undergraduates may
major in any of a variety of areas
if they wish to pursue a career in
law.
"Students should be wellrounded," said Rothbart, but
should not look for the easy A.
"Law School sprefer to see an A
in a tougher and more rigorous
course like Chemistry or another
science over an easy A course."
Law Fair Day gave those school
shlat are not well known an opportunity to expose themselves to
students, said Bill Murphy, Vice
President of the Pre-Law Asocialion. "It is a chance [for students]
to view the various schools," and
to begin looking for the schools
they will want to apply to, Murphy said.
When commenting about the
fair, Danny Hume, a SUNYA
student interested in law, said that
"all information one hears isn't
always accurate. You learn about
the many schools, see what to
shoot for, and [investigate] what
programs to take."
The fair allows students to
discover what schools are looking
for in prospective applicants and
to set their goals accordingly.
The last fair was held in
Syracuse and was not as successful, Garfinkel said. "We had
to kick people out because they
didn't want to leave at the closing
ing this semester. He cited a party
on Indian which attracted 75
students, one on Dutch which was
attended by 15 and a Colonial
Quad party of 23. "There is a
general trend of students moving
away from alcohol and drinking," Smirti said.
Martone cntended that "there
is an overemphasis on alcohol as
the only way to have fun." he'added "I think students are more
creative than that."
Martone also noted that
students are more conscious of
"wellness" now than in the past.
He said that an alcohol awareness
program exists to educate
students about alcohol "not from
a preaching or moralistic viewpoint but from one of health."
He added "we need to make
students more aware of the effects
of alcohol on their minds and.
lives — not just on the immediate
problems of vandalism and
hangovers."
"After we get oyer the initial
hump of it being 21, we'll see that
we can still have a very good time
in the residence halls and not depend on alcohol to do it,"
predicted Martone.
Smirti said, "things may help
students work off tension without
getting blasted — Who knows?"
each year. Young added that this
year NYPIRG has turned its
energy in other directions. She
cited anti-apartheid and financial
aid programming as examples.
Help from any group in voter
registration is a plus, said Botwinik, adding, "The people who
wanted i o vote were reached. The
seriously interested persons had
that opportunity. Our services
w r used.
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also listed several examples of
possible events that would not involve alcohol. "All quads traditionally do a play of some sort,"
Smirti said. "Indian Quad is
planning to perform a second
play, The Odd Couple," he
added.
Smirti mentioned a midnight
bus trip to feast on Chinese Food
in Manhattan, a Chippendale
night in the CC Ballroom and a
night skiing trip to Vermont as
other possible activities.
Smirti said that Indian Quad
has started a cultural awareness
program. There was an International film festival on Wednesday, October 30. "Other events
that are being considered as part
of the cultural awareness program
are a belly dancing demonstration
or lesson and bus trips to ethnic
neighborhoods to sample the
food," Smirti said,
"The change in the drinking
age will change things for some
students who only relax by having
a few drinks. Other people adapt
more easily." The change "may
force us to come up with better
and more creative ideas," said
Smirti.
Smirti noted that parties
haven't been very successful dur-
Law schools were surprised and
enthused about SUNYA's fair,
Garfnkel said.
Voter reg.
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orientation, with the help of the
summer planning conference people, and who go door to door on
election day that SUNYA has
such a high turnout," he said.
During last year's registration,
the New York Public Interest
Research group (NYPIRG), was
responsible for registering over
2,000 students, but this year
NYPIRG considered voter
registration "barely a priority,"
said Hartman.
According to Stacey Young,
Project Coordinator of NYPIRG
at SUNYA, voter registration was
not given top priority by
NYPIRG's State Board of Directors. This group, all students,
determines the issues that the
Organiztion works on, as a whole,
[of the fair]," he added.
SUNYA has an excellent acceptance rate to law schools, Murphy
said. Students usually apply to
eight schools and are accepted to
four of them, he said. "There's
roughly a 99 percent acceptance
rate at SUNYA," he added.
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of fair treatment received by UUP
that made the protest necessary.
"We live in a mass society and
this is a method of getting one's
point across," he said.
"Unfortunately, these people
[the protesters] could be doing
their jobs instead of marching,
but if we, as professionals, are going to be treated as simply labor
costs, then we have to act like
labor," he explained.
Taylor and Bruce Miroff, a
professor of Political Science and
a UUP member, both said that
students have a large stake in the
negotiations, largely in insuring
that the quality of academic instruction continues.
"Students are a very powerful
lobbying group as well," said
Taylor.
"We hope that students would
begin by writing letters to their
legislators and the governor,"
said Miroff. "We need that kind
of pressure."
CICB Presents
fin Evening With
Concerts
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J.B.'s Theatre, formerly 'IWheels
Plus" located behind the Westgate
Shopping Plaza, will sign up bands
ranging from "heavy metal to pop to'
folk," said Densmore.
Bill Caloccia, chair of the RPI concert
board in 1982 and 1984 said J.B.'s has
been attracting big name bands playing
in the area. RPI's concert board has felt
the impact of the new competition,
Caloccia said, "ever since J.B.'s opened
up."
"They're doing a lot of big name people at a good price," said Caloccia.
"They seem to be good shows."
Seligson said "between RPI, J.B.s
and us, the market is saturated.
This fall, Seligson said, UCB has put
on several shows including Dickey Betts,
the Wallers, and Paul Young. Al
DiMeola is scheduled to appear
November 6 at the Palace Theatre.
UCB shows last year, according to
Seligson, included the Blasters, Lou
Reed, Zebra, Santana, Jean Luc Ponte,
General Public, UB40, and Julian
Lennon.
Also, Otis Day and the Nights played
at Mayfest last spring along with the
Tubes and Utopia.
When asked what bands UCB might
get for this spring, Seligson said, "I'm
waiting, things change in the music
business."
' "I.know ABC and Simple Minds will
be touring this spring," said Seligson,
"But I don't know the dates." He added that "if nothing else comes up, we
won't have another show this fall."
"A lot of people ask how we get
bands," Seligson said. "I work through
middle agents and get a list of the bands'
availabilities," he explained. "There are
bands available of every kind."
UCB holds general meetings open to
the public every Monday night at 10
p.m. in CC 375, immediately following
the board meetings which begin at 9
p.m. in CC 375. UCB has approximately 75 members, Seligson said.
Seligson stressed that people should
not complain about the shows UCB puts
on. "If you don't come down to the
meetings, you don't have a voice," he
said. "We pay our workers with complimentary tickets," added Seligson.
"This keeps people involved."
Caloccia, when comparing the concert boards at RPI and SUNYA, said
that "there is a big difference between
them." He added that "we depend on
people from the area to go to the shows.
We leave a lot of good seats at the shows
for non-students."
Caloccia pointed out that UCB when
presenting shows at the Palace Theatre
holds the three center sections on the
floor for SUNYA students, leaving the
remaining two side sections on the floor
open to the public.
UCB also reserves the first of three
balconies at the Palace Theatre for
SUNYA students only, Caloccia said.
"I have seen a reaction from the local
press because of this," said Caloccia.
He suggested that the press "won't
cover a show that's all inside SUNYA."
Caloccia said that at UCB concerts,
non-SUNYA student concert goers
"have less of a chance to get tickets with
their system, and worse, they're paying
through the nose to go.
UCB "gets no local press because no
one will be able to see their shows except
SUNYA students; they won't cover it at
all," said Callocia.
RPI Concer Board lets RPI students
buy show tickets a day ahead of time,
according to Caloccia. "We leave a lot
of good seats for non-RPI students,"
said Caloccia. When RPI Concert
Board puts on a show at the Palace
Theatre, Caloccia said, "We only pull
one section. This gives the public more
incentive to go."
Jeff Dales, chair of RPI's concert
board last year said that any show's tur-
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riout is a matter of advertising. "We get
a lot of good press in Metroland," said
Dales, adding that this "attracts an outside audience."
Dales said, so far this year, RPI has
had Howard Jones, Supertramp, Lonnie Brooks, the Voltage Brothers, and
The Sharks. Bo Didley is scheduled to
play December 7.
The concert board at RPI differed
from UCB, Dales said, because of its
small size. This year, it has only 30
members.
"You know everybody you are dealing with and you get a lot of things done
quickly," said Dales.
Seligson defended UCB saying that
"maybe the public does get better seats
at RPI, but we are a student organization, and that's what we work for.
"We want students to get the better
seats," he added.
"They're geared to gettng the
public," Seligson said of RPI' Concert
Baord, "while we attract students."
"We could do shows at the RPI field
house, but there is a stigma toward
SUNYA using RPI's fieldhouse," said
Seligson.
"Howard Jones was our show
originally," Seligson said, "but the
management anticipated he would be
bigger than he is, they thought he would
fill the 7,000 seats a RPI."
The Howard Jones concert in October
at the RPI filedhouse only sold 3,200
tickets, Seligson noted that if Jones had
played for SUNYA's UCB at the Palace
Theatre, "we would have had a sold out
show."
Seligson said the concert boards at
SUNYA and RPI differ in that "they
[RPIJ have to make money. We don't
make money on any concert.
"We are budgeted to lose money,"
said Seligson. "This enables us to
charge less to the students."
Seligson pointed out that the difference in hall size at RPI and SUNYA,
noting that the fieldhouse holds 7,000
while SUNYA's Gym and the Palace
Theatre only hold 3,000 each. "I think
the Palace Theatre and the gym are big
enough," said Seligson, "A show loses
something in the size."
J.B.'s Theatre, said a J.B.'s
employee, holds 2,400 people. The only
show that has sold out was when
Squeeze played in August, he said.
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According to Nirenberg, students were
standing in front of the room at the same
time that the firefighters knocked the glass
out. "There was no warning to the
students standing outside," he said, adding that "the area was not taped off."
Denise Cutrone, who was standing outside the room, said that before the
firefighters threw the burnt mattress and
other damaged items out the window, the
area had already been taped off.
According to Marcolini, students who
live in Tuscarora were allowed into- the
building at about 10 a.m. Residents of the
second and third floors of Seneca weren't
allowed back into their rooms until about
12:15 p.m.
Students who lived on the first floor
weren't permitted back into their rooms
until 4:30 p.m., Marcolini said, due to the
heat and the time needed to reset the alarm
system.
Zirkel said that the residents of Suite 102
are being temporarily housed at Fulton
Hall on State Quad and that when their
suite is repaired they will be able to move
back in. However, he said, "I have no idea
when they will be able to move back in."D
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U.S. colleges adopt strict anti-drinking tactics
Peoria, Illinois
COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE — Police officers
"have come to ;the door on a noise complaint, and have just walked in, and
started carding people," complained Mike
Forman, Interfraternity Council president
at Bradley University. ''They don't have
the right to do that without a warrant."
They may in fact have the right, and colleges across the country are using it more
to keep a much closer eye on students this
fall as the nationwide crackdown on student drinking begins its second year.
Some critics fret the crackdown,
however, may scuttle campus "responsible
drinking" programs, forcing many
students off campus— and into their
cars— to drink in less-controllable, more
dangerous situations.
And while observers can't agree of
tougher regulations and stricter enforcement actually are changing student drinking habits, campuses'switch to more aggressive anti-drinking tactics this fall is
beyond question:
— At Indiana University, the dean of
students makes suprisc visits to campus
parties to find undcraged drinkers and enforce a new campus keg policy.
— Yale now effectively prohibits
alcohol at many campus events, and issues
students "drinking cards" to help enforce
the new rules.
— Local police broke up traditional
school-opening parties at West Virginia
and Western Michigan, arresting some 42
students the first week of classes at West
Virginia.
— Pittsburgh police have warned student groups they will drop into University
of Pittsburgh parties unannounced to enforce new drinking age laws.
— University of Florida administrators
made a point of holding a public hearing
into alleged violations of their new dry
rush rules the very first week of school.
— Bradley officials had two students arrested for violating drinking rules during
their first week of classes,too.
Boston University, Southern Cal,
Berkeley, Penh State, San Diego State,
Kentucky and Arizona, among scores of
other campuses,- have adopted stricter
rules for student drinking this fall.
At Smith College, for example,
undcraged drinkers no longer can get legal
help from the college. Students can't have
liquor on dorms at South Dakota state
schools anymore, while Penn State
restricts the kinds of parties that can have
kegs.
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Administrators say they're responding
to new minimum drinking ages and to the
difficulty of buying liability insurance
without proving they're trying to enforce
the rules.
No one is sure how much the crackdown
is changing student drinking.
"The keg is still the major focus of a
party, but there is a trend toward more
responsible use of alcohol on our campus," notes Harold Reynolds, director of
student affairs, at Cal-Berkeley.
"There are some disgruntled views
about the ban on alcohol, but we are living
with it," says George Kuntz, president of
the Interfraternity and Sorority Council at
Boston University.
"In the past, ten people would work on
the homecoming committee. We has
thirty-five this year. There is a definite increase in participatipn in school events. It
has worked phenominally well," Kuntz
says of the new alcohol regulations.
"I wouldn't say consumption has gone
down in our house, but there is more
awareness of the potential abuses of
alcohol," said Mike Allen, president of
Delta Tau Delta ai the University of
Missouri-Colunbia.
At Yale, "there will be fewer large parties," predicted Mark Watts, of Yale's
Joint Council of Social Chairmen. ••
"I expect there will be more coat and tie
parties with more* food and also more VCR
rentals,"he added.'
And at Texas's Austin campus, "there's'
not less drinking, but more responsible
drinking, "said Trina Hedemann ' o f the
school's Alcohol Education Task Force. '•'•'
The university is now debating whether
to ban alcohol in Texas's dorms.
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Raisins ,lhe drinking' age will drive
students from bars and dorms, probably
starting "a trend toward private house
parties," Hedemann speculated.'
"If (students) can't drink in bars and
frats," saidRiith Engs, an Indiana University professor who has'studied drinking
habits nationwide,' "they'will find other
places. They will drink under a tree."
In general, "I do not expect to'see any
significant change in the amount students
drink," Ehgs said. . ' _
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Dane hockey club opens year at Binghamton
By Lisa Jackel
Right wing Fallean Mintz is a transfer
"We can't avoid playing a game just
from Oster Bay, who played in the Junior
because of limited practice," commented
B Championship. Another strong right
The Albany men's hockey club will Essner. "Once we start playing and thinkwing is Scott Bonney, who is a transfer
travel to Binghamton tonight not knowing ing nothing but hockey, instinct will take
from Broome Community College, which
what to expect from their opponent. As over and everything will come together."
has a strong hockey team. Other starting
this is the first season that the club will be
In addition to stronger players the team
right wins are Matt Martin and Mark
playing against Division III schools in the has gained two terrific coaches. Bruce
Marclaykind.
ICHL league, they are unfamiliar with Pomakoy took over as head coach last
their competition.
January when Jim Cavanagh left for a job
Starting left wings are Ken Kutner, Cory
Gindy, Jay Weinstein and Bruce
The Danes face more vigorous opposi- office in Rockland County.
Kowalsky. They are quick and very
tion than last year against such schools as
"Pomakoy didn't voice much authority
talented.
Cortland, Siena, and Niagara.
last year as he was just getting to know us
Binghamton's strong defense consists of
"We never played Binghamton before, and wanted to be liked by the team."
Mike Ingram, Mike Hirshberg and Tom
so we don't know what to expect," said stated Diem, "This year, however, he set
the tone from day one."
club president and center Paul Essner, "If
everyone plays up to their potential — as
"Pomakoy and his assistant, Ed Rosen,
expected, we will beat them. We just have are well organized and work us hard," said
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to use our heads and make no mistakes." goalie Jim Leskody. "Knowing they are
According to Essner, the club possesses
fully backed by the players, they voice did get some tough draws."
few weaknesses and has gained a more their authority and push us to our limit."
The Chiodo-Levy duo was seeded third
balanced attack.
Binghamton is in the same position since behind Binghamton and Skidmore.
This year, the club has a lot of speed,
they to don't know what to expect from Vassar's Quinby and Bishop team upset
skill and strength equally distributed
their opponent in this case, Albany. "We them in the first round, winning 6-2, 6-2.
among each line. "Last year, we had a few
have no expectations for Friday's game as
At second doubles, Katz and Natalie
superstars, but this year we have a lot of
we've never played Albany," stated Goldberg lost to RIT's Ma and Cummirbs,
good players and the talent is equally proBinghamton coach John Stella. "We'll 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. "Their concentration was
portional on each line," said left wing
just have to play it by ear."
broken due to the antics of RIT's obnoxMike Mondiello.
"We've prepared as best as possible ious coach," said Myers. "It was a real
with the limited amount of ice," also
There are many strong skaters this
season. "We'll have six solid people on ice stated Stella. Besides tryouts the Binghamton team has only had six practices on ice -4Back Page
at ali times," said center Rick Dien, "We
but which is still more than Albany's has
have twenty-two smart hockey players who
the NCAAs.
had.
all know hockey."
Albany submitted its compliance form
Due to a city ordinance requesting that
Last year was Binghamton's first year in
for NCAA competition late, thus
the rink devote more time to the public,
ICHL and their record was 5-13. They
eliminating all Albany teams from nationthe Danes have only four ice practices
competed against western teams such as
wide polls. Albany's poor performance in
behind them. They had hoped to be on ice Niagaifa college, Niagara University, Bufthe Ithaca tournament may also lessen
by the beginning of October, but didn't get
fallo State, St. Bonaventure and the
their chances.
on until the 18th. This lack of ice time
University of Rochester.
However, the Danes were ranked tenth
might hurt them as they have eight new
Outstanding Binghamton players are
in the pre-season poll. In addition, they
players (six f rosh) and could have used the
Co-Captains and centers Chris Braglia and
have competed in the NCAAs the past
time to get used to the system, working
Mike Odonnelo.
three years. If the Danes play well in the
together and forming the best possible
"Not only are they strong players, but
SUNYACs this Saturday and the state
combinations among players.
they are leaders on ice," said Stella.
championships at Potsdam next weekend,
Binghamton has aquired talented transfers
their chances look good.
The Danes are optimistic though, as
to fill key positions.
they are not going to let this effect them.
"It's only been this last week that we
STAFT WRITER
Craven, a transfer from The University of
Buffalo.
Todd Spellman is Binghamton's main
goal tender. Albany will have to fight hard
to shoot goals past this impenetrable
keeper.
"Our freshmen possess a lot of promise
but need work — we will only have one
dressed to play Friday," said Stella.
"We expect a good season, we've been
working hard," added Stella, "We are
looking forward to the game on Friday
with much excitement and we'll do the best
we can."
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'.FRlbAY, NOVEMBER l\ 1985
Albany netmen finish season with 8-2 record
By Rachel Braslow
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
All good things must come to
an end. Such is the case for the
Albany State men's tennis season.
The Danes season ended October 14 on a sour note. Their
record dropped to 8-2 after losing
to powerhouse University of
Vermont.
"Vermont is a better team, we
d i d n ' t play real well,
psychologically we weren't into
it," Head Tennis Coach Bob
Lewis said. "We were anticlimactic after the SUNYACs."
Vermont finished ahead of the
Danes two previous times this
season.
The only other loss for the team
this season was to Army. Lewis
said, "I think that if we'd played
Army later in the season we
would have beaten them."
The lack of practice time early
in the season hurt Albany in that
match. It was Lewis', "only real
disappointment of the season."
Albany's claim to fame,
without a doubt, was their
seventh straight SUNYAC title.
Freshman Bob Siracuse secured
his spot at sixth singles after winning t h a t flight in t h e
tournament.
"My final match was really
tough. I lost the first one but won
the next two. It was good competition." Siracuse added, "winning the SUNYACs for the
seventh year in a row would be
the highlight of the season. Lots
of the seniors wanted it."
The Danes made strong showings in the ECACs as well as the
Great Dane Classic. They placed
third out of a 27 team field in the
ECAC tournament, finishing in
front of rival Rochester. The
third place finish more than pleased Lewis who didn't, expect the
team to place as high. Two singles
and two doubles victories were
the unexpected factors in. the
third place finish.
At the Great Dane Classic the
Dane's placed fourth in a field of
sixteen teams. They finished
behind Concordia, Rochester and
Vermont in that tournament.
Co-captains Jay Eisenberg and
Tom Schmitz were outstanding
this season. Also playing consistently were David Grossman,
David Zobler, Mike Dermansky
and Siracuse.
It will be a sad September next
year for the netmen without
Seniors Grossman, Schmitz,
Eisenberg, Dermansky and
Gerber. The fearsome five will be
back for their final collegiate
season in the spring.
Zobler was definitely the most
improved this season. Zobler
played sixth and seventh during
the 1984 season. This year,
hungrier than ever, he secured the
fourth singles spot.
Although the netmen won't be
seen competing outdoors for a
while they can frequently be
found working out at Capitolland
Racquet Club. They may also be
spotted working out in the gym
with Coach Lewis.
The indoor athletic facility being built next to the gym will have
room for three tennis courts.
"We hope we'll be able to
schedule time to use it for indoor
workouts, but we don't know
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Ironically the 1984 season was
very similar to this years. The
team supported a 7-2 fall record
and lost to Army and Vermont.
Both seasons the team won the
SUNYACs and placed third at the
ECACs. They bettered their
seventh place finish at the Great
Dane Classic to a fourth place
finish.
"Our goal now is to try to
qualify as a team for the NCAAs.
It is an outside chance but we'll
work for it," said Lewis. He added, "it's improbable but not
impossible."
One of the conditions in qualifying for the NCAA tournament
is allowing no losses. Because
Albany had too many teams on its
spring schedule a match against
Vermont was dropped.
Grossman also qualified to play
in the singles competition.
The netmen will not make a
formal debut until the last week in
March. Using money raised with
eyeguard sales, t-shirts and alumni contributions the Danes will
travel to Atlanta, Georgia. While
Albany has a disadvantage in Atlanta they will compete
compared to big name tennis against four local teams.
schools such as Cornell and Concord in that they and other
If practice this winter and comschools have bubbles with indoor petition next spring go well, the
tennis.
netmen may have a chance at
Last year Albany sent the playing in the NCAAs in Califordoubles team of Grossman and nia and who knpws the SUNYAC
Schmitz to t h e NCAAs. dynasty may turn into NCAA. •
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season," White said. "I don't feel
she's anywhere near her
potential."
Junior Brenda Watson was
named "Outstanding Runner of
the meef'in what Coach White
called, "a super race." She shattered her previous season best by
21:05 at the Hartwick meet by
running 19:54 over the Abany
course
Also coming on strong late in
the season is junior Carol Bart.
Bart destroyed her Capital
District meet time 21:27.87 with a
20:51 finish Saturday. For that
performance she was named
"Honorable Mention Runner of
the Meet."
The women runners now have
time off until their next compitition on November 9 when Smith
we haven't seen most of those
teams yet this season."
Training tactics until the meet
will stress lots of mental
preparation.
As for the question on
everyone's mind, will Albany
qualify a team or individual runCollege will mark the site of the ners for the NCAAS, the answer
ECACs. The ECACs should pre- is a mystery. If Pettichord, Kursent a different challenge to thy and Jacobs run strong they
Albany.
may have individual chances.
"At Smith we'll face a completely different team lineup,"
The matter of which teams
Jacobs said. "It's really hard to qualify will "be a matter of who's
predict how we'll do there since the hungriest,"said White.
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Pettichord paces Albany runners to fifth place
By Rachel Braslow
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Blazing to victory in style, the Albany
State women's cross country team with the
home course advantage on their side, placed fifth in a field of fourteen teams in the
New York State cross country meet last
Saturday.
The women runners appear to be making a gradual procession towards peaking
with each meet. The 1984 team' ran
anywhere from second through fifth in
major cross country meets. By the time the
regional qualifier for the NCAA compitition was held the harriers were ready. They
had reached that desired peak.
Hopefully the 1984 sequence of events
will repeat in 198S. The possibilities are
likely. This season the Danes have placed
respectably in every meet.
Although the team placed fifth Saturday
it was by a narrow margin. Only 13 points
separated the second through fifth place
teams.
Ithaca won the meet with.33 points. In
the last nationwide poll Ithaca was ranked
fifth.
Next was Cortland placing second with
86 points. Geneso, Rochester and Albany
1.
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Kim Pettichord
Karen DoFoo
Lynn Jacobs
Bette Dzamba
Jackie Phlpps
Chrin Varley
Kitty Sullivan
as ever, placing 18th overall for the Danes.
Following Defeo was senior Lynn
Jacobs. Her 19:06 was good enough for a
21st place finish.
Making a tremendous comeback was cocaptain Bette Dzamba. Her 24th place
finish showed what remarkable determination she has after coming off a good part
of an injured season. She received
"Honorable Mention Runner of the meet"
for her performance.
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Sharing the honorable mention title with
Dzamba was freshman Jackie Phipps. Infollowed with scores of 86, 89, 91 and 99 was voted "Outstanding Runner of the ching her way up to the top scoringfiveshe
Meet." Pettichord placed an incredible ran a season best of 19:30.03. The time
respectively.
"I think we did our best for that race," fourth place overall. Her 18:19.18 for the bettered her previous season best by a
said head cross country coach Ron White, 5K course bettered her previous season minute and eighteen seconds and placed
adding, "However, I feel that gap can best on the course (18:50.18) by 31 her 33rd overall.
definitely be filled."
, "I felt it was Jackie's best race of the
seconds.
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Senior Karen Defeo was next, consistent
Sophomore standout Kim Pettichord
Sophomore Kim Pettichord led the pack last weekend.
Albany netwomen take seventh inNYSAIA Ws
"I was pretty happy," said Myers.
"Most coaches wait a few years. This'is my
first season and I was thrilled."
In her first season coaching the Albany
The Danes were ranked eighth going inState women's tennis leap, Linda Myers
has taken last.'year's .lackluster team; • to the' NYSAIAW 'tournament. Their
which placed seventh in the SUNYACs, seventh place finish was ironically right
and turned th«m! info the 5-5 team that" behind SUNYAC rival Cortland, by two
took third place in the SUNYACs this fall points, just as it was in the SUNYACs.
and seventh out of 16 teams in last Skidmore captured first place, followed by
William. Smith College, Binghamton,
weekend's NY.SAJAW in Syracuse. .
Myers' presence as Albany's head coach Yassar and St.' Lawerence in 'the top 'five.
Caryn Leyy.put in {he best performance
hasn't gone unnptiged.. She was. named
this year's SUNY-AC Coach of the Yean- for-the Danes, making it into the semiTo boot, the Dane team was named most finals of second singles play. Levy, who
was unseeded, topped Michelle Delahunty
improved in the SUNYACs.
"She really deserves ft," said co-captain from Wells College 6-1, 6-2 in the first
Nancy Forbes. "She puts in a lot of time round. In the quarter-finals, Levy faced
for us. We ,had a losing record last year. the first seed in the tournament from
This year we broke it and went .500. Vassal, Sharon Broudbent. After losing
the first set 6-4, Levy squeaked by in the
That's an accomplishment."
She added,"The coach also had all the second 7-6 (7-4 tiebreaker) and shut her
responsibility of hosting the SUNYAC out in the third, 6-0, to win the match.
In the semi-finals, Levy was pitted
tournament and in her first year."
By Krlstine Sjauer
SPORTS EDITOR
against Binghamton's Stephanie Benado
(4th seed), a player she had already lost.to
this season. Benado beat Levy in straight
sets 7-5,7-5.
"Benado played a great match," said
'Myers. "Caryn played a very close match.
•All in all, for a freshmen to beat the
number one seed in a tournament, it was
-just great. She played her heart put. She
really, peaked this weekend. This was the
' highlight of her season, just at the end,
which, is what a coach always hopes for."
At first- singles for Albany, Gerri
Chiodo, seeded fourth, beat Gwen
Newberry from Cortland, 6-3, 6-1, to get
into the quarter-finals, where she lost 7-5,.
I 7-5 to a player from Vassar.
Ellen Katz, third single playef for
Danes, lost in the first round to the tournament's third seed Mimi Kahle from St.
Lawrence, 7-5, 6-4.
At fourth singles, Albany's' Liz
Feinberg, who won the SUNYACs, was
seeded second behind Skidmore. Feinberg
paced Valerie Vullo, who she defeated 6-2,
6-7 (7-4), 6-4. In the quarter-finals
Feinberg dropped. 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to RIT's
Stephanie Hudson.
"Liz had an amazing season," said
Myers."she had the best individual record
and won the SUNYACs. The States were
the toughest. It just caught up with her."
At fifth singles, Lisa Valins had to drop
out at the last minute due to tendonitis.
She was replaced by Cheung, who lost to
Cortland's Karen Francoli 6-2, 6-3. This
was Cheung's first singles match this
season.
Nancy. Forbes, sixth singles player for
Albany, topped Chris Herrnicke of Alfred
University 6-2, 6-2. In the quarter-finals
she met up with fourth seeded Betsy Mitchell of St. Lawrence and lost 6-4, 6-1. j
"I was rather dissappointed in our
doubles play," said Myers, "although we
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Dane booters drop last three to finish at 4-8-2
By Cathy Er/ig
STAFF WRITER
Terrible.
That was the adjective head coach Bob
Schieffelin used to describe his team's performance in the first round of the University Center Championships last weekend, a
game in which Binghamton blanked the
Albany State men's soccer team, 6-0.
"We definitely expected that we'd play
better," said Schieffelin. "Going Into the
tournament we felt as though we had a
good chance to win."
The Danes were the fourth-seeded team
of the tournament that included, in addition to themselves and top-seeded
Binghamton, Buffalo, the eventual winner, and Stony Brook, who defeated the
Danes 4-2 in the consolation round to take
third. Binghamton took second.
According to Schieffelin, the game was
over for the Danes only one minute after it
began, as Binghamton scored on a penalty
shot.
"That early goal really go us down, it
had a steamroller effect on us," said
Schieffelin. "In essence, that's what
happened."
"The call for a penalty shot was pretty
much undeserved," said Co-Captain Carl
loos. "What should have been awarded in
that situation was an Indirect free kick."
The Dane freshman factor, which has
been hampering Albany throughout the
season was another contributing reason
for the loss.
"When, you have a team characterized
by inexperience," said Schieffelin, "you
can't really rise to the occasion in big
games. We also need leadership in the middle of the field. We have no experienced
player there, and that's a major reason for
why we haven't won more games."
Things went somewhat better for
Albany against Stony Brook, who
defeated the-Danes in the final minutes of
the second half. Stony Brook scored twice
in the first half, giving the game a 2-0 score
at halftime. In the game's second half,
loos scored on a free kick, and Junior Wes
Merrit shot a bullet to the top left corner
of the net to tie the game at 2-2.
However, with five and a half minutes
left to play, Stony Brook scored when the
Danes moved their defense up to catch
Stony Brook in an offside trap. One player
was left out, however, and Stony Brook
scored. .
"From the field, it reallly looked as
though they were off sides." said loos.
"But people from the stands tell me they
weren't, so I guess I'd go along with that."
Stony Brook scored again one minute
later giving the game its final 4-2 score.
"We had a lack of concentration, a loss
of momentum," said loos of the game.
"We started the game out poorly, without
really thinking. Andwe should never have I
lost to Binghamton by that score. I really
would like to have beaten them because In
my three years of playing them, we've
never won. Their coach was so confident
they would win the tournament that he left
the trophies at Binghamton, and the whole
team has that kind of attitude."
they made calls that were inexcusable,"
said Schieffelin. "I couldn't really say they
were biased, they were sort of 'Equal Opr
portunity Officials'."
The Dane's final game of the fall 1985
The loss gave the Albany men's soccer
season was played Wednesday at Pitt- team a final record of 4-8-2.
sburgh. The game, which resulted in a 4-0
"We had a lot of success in certain
loss for the Danes, was characterized by, things this season," said Schieffelin. "Suet
according to Schieffelin, poor officiating cess is measured very relatively. We've had
and a low confidence level.
a good attitude all season and everyone has
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"The officiating was unbelievably bad, been optimistic."
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Tlhun Presbla trapping the ball.
One word describes the
men booters' recent
performance — terrible.
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Sports Friday
NOVEMBER 1, 198S
Great Danes look for revenge against Hofstra
By Mike MacAdam
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Going into Saturday's game at
University Field, the Albany State
Great Danes and the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen are driven by two
very opposite forces.
While the implications of a
Dane loss will prove fatal for their
playoff hopes, the Dutchmen apparently just want to have fun.
, Having fun might be in order
when your team is 4-3 and going
nowhere fast, like Hofstra, but
the 5-2 Danes have to approach
each of their remaining games as
a do-or-die situtation, and
Hofstra's light-hcartedness
doesn't change the magnitude of
this contest.
"There's no pressure on us this
year, the pressure is all on them,
so we're going to have fun," said
Hofstra Head Coach Mickey
Kwialkowski. "We're a pretty
laid-back bunch, so we're going
to come up, have fun in the hotel
Friday night and then have fun in
the game on Saturday. We're the
type of team that, two hours after
the game is over, we don't care if
we won, lost, or tied."
Saturday's game weighs infinitely heavier for the Danes,
however, as their incentive rests
upon knowing that they'll be
eliminated from post-season play
should they lose any one of their
remaining three games.
"We're obviously motivated,"
said Albany Head Coach Bob
Ford. "We've had a super week
of practice, and we even had a
fight one day, which you don't
like to see, but at least it shows
they're on edge."
Kwiatkowski may be taking the
game lightly, but he certainly isn't
taking the Danes themselves
lightly.
"Frankly, 1 don't know how
we're going to put points on the
board against Albany. I look at
the game more as a great
challenge for u s , " said
Kwiatkowski. "We feel honored
to play Albany because we're taking an average team up there and
playing against a (possible)
playoff team with national
exposure."
If this year's game resembles
last year's match-up — a big-play
s h o w c a s e d e c i d e d by a
touchdown pass in the final two
minutes to give Hofstra a 35-32
victory — at least the spectators
will have lots of fun.
"That was one of the most exciting college games I've been involved with," said Ford. "There
were so many long touchdown
plays, it was actually fun to
watch."
"I would love to sec that kind
of g a m e a g a i n , ' ' s a i d
Kwiatkowski. "It would show
that we can compete with a team
at Albany's level."
With this year's line-ups, a
repeat performance is not out of
the question. Returning for
Hofstra is quarterback Alan
Squeri, who has a battery of
gazelles to pass to, including
speedster James Moore at split
end, Hanker Lou Palmcro, and
tight end Chris Sacas.
"He's a real smart kid, he has
real intellect," said Kwiatkowski
of Squiri. "He can handle any
situation he faces because his
forte is reading defenses, especially when they're mixing coverages
or shifting around a lot."
And Squeri's receiving corps
have the potential to explode for
the big play so frequent in last
year's game.
"James Moore is our big guy,
but you'll notice that all three are
within three or four total catches
HOWARD TYQAR UPS
Dane Quarterback Mike Milano lolls a pass In the 20-0 victory over
the Norwich Cadets.
of each other. They can fly,"
boasted Kwiatkowski.
The Danes counter, as always,
with their wishbone offense keyed
by quarterback Mike Milano, but
also a passing attack that tends to
get overlooked in Albany's runoriented scheme.
Milano and split end John
Donnelly have demolished the
Albany State record book this
season by topping '82 grad Tom
Pratt and '83 grad Bob Brien in
numerous categories. Milano has
completed more passes (131) than
Pratt (103) for more yardage
(1846 yards to 1398) and more
touchdowns, 19 to Pratt's 13.
Donnelly's 1091 career receiving
yards tops Brien's 1061, and he
surpassed Brien's 67 career receptions last week by adding two catches to his own total of 67.
Ford thinks that the style of
Hofstra's defense might also contribute to a high-scoring, big-play
shoot-out.
"They have a very aggressive
defense that moves around a lot,"
said Ford, "the kind of defense
that can. allow the big offensive
.. play, or create the big defensive
play."
The Danes' main motivation is
staying alive in the playoff picture, but a certain revenge factor
also exists because Hofstra
University is on Long Island, and
losing there last year doesn't sit
well with Albany players from the
Island.
"It's definitely a grudge
match," said sophomore fullback
Ken Gatto from Bellmore. "I live
20 minutes from Hofstra, and a
lot of the other guys are from
Long Island. He (Kwiatkowski)
shouldn't take it so lightly."
"We definitely want them
again," said Deer Park High
School graduate Scott Barker, a
senior tight end. "Put it this way,
they didn't deserve that game last
year; we feel we won that game."
Senior defensive end Rick Punzone from Huntington Station
t e n d s not to b e l i e v e
Kwiatkowski's squad is playing
just for laughs, however.
"They'll take it seriously;
anybody would take it seriously,"
said Punzone. "They had a
playoff-contending team last
year, and now we've got one this
year, so they're going to be looking to knock us off."
PAW PRINTS: Donnelly needs
two more touchdown receptions
to tie Brien's career record of
12 . . . Saturday's game is the
Danes' last home game this
season with kickoff set for
1 : 0 0 . . . On Saturday, five
former Albany State athletes will
be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Dane spikers to play in SUNYACsNCAA clears way
By Rachel Braslow
I DllOHIM ASSISTANT
Coming back respectably after a disappointing loss in the Ithaca tournament
Saturday, the women's volleyball team
trounced Siena College Tuesday, 15-9,
15-3, 15-7.
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The Albany spikers compete In the
SUNYACs this weekend.
The Ithaca tournament marked the first
major downfall the women spikers have
encountered this season.
Things did not start out well for the
Danes. Upon arriving in Ithaca, they
learned (hat they had to squeeze into two
hotel rooms after their previously booked
reservations were not honored due to
homecoming at Ithaca and Cornell.
The nervousness began Saturday morning as Albany walked onto the court. For
the third time this year, Albany was to
meet up with the nation's third ranked
team, Cortland.
Albany won the first match 15-13, but
fell in the second and third, 15-5, 15-4.
Immediately following Cortland, the
Danes faced fourteenth ranked Ithaca.
Albany was no challenge to the Ithaca
team. They were defeated 15-4, 15-10.
Meanwhile, the tenseness mounted. St.
Bonavcnturc was Albany's next and only
victory. They lost the first game 15-13, but
came back with a 15-7, 15-13 victory over
the Division 1 team.
After a break, Albany was back on the
court for their final matches. Nazareth
College, which Albany beat last year in the
NCAA's, was their next opponent. Albany
was confident in the first game, winning
15-13. However, the spikers fell 15-0, 15-7
in the other two.
"We didn't play poorly, but we didn't
play well enough to be a threat to the other
teams," said Head volleyball coach Pat
Dwyer. "We didn't play that well as a
team."
"The loss wasn't really anything you
could put your hands on," said
sophomore Chris Hofer.
Possible factors for the loss include the
tight hotel conditions, and the lingering effect of midterms. There was also no break
in between most of the matches for the
players to have a rest.
The spikers must have rested well before
Tuesday's home match against Siena College. They crushed the opposition 15-9,
15-3, 15-7 In the best three out of five
matches.
"Some people had their best matches all
year," said Dwyer, adding,"I expected us
to win, but was surprised we didn't have
more trouble than we did."
All of the team members played at least
half a game in the "pleasing win" for
Dwyer.
The match was "a win we needed to prove that we can come back," according to
captain Terry Neaton.
Because Albany has not been ranked
since the pre-season poll, they muy face
hard times in getting a bid to compete in
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for Albany teams
to be in playoffs
The late compliance form scandal,
which put the Albany State athletic
team's playoff chances in peril, was rectified last week.
Athletic Director Dr. William Moore
received a reassuring phone cull from
NCAA headquarters In Mission, Kansas
confirming that Albany State will not be
put on probation, which would have
prohibited the athletic teams from participating in post-season action.
The athletic department was caught
on a technicality, when a compliance
form was received by the NCAA on
September 17, two days past the
deadline. After reviewing the case last
Friday, the NCAA committee voted to
drop the charges against Albany State.
"We're very relieved," Dr. Moore
said. "We didn't know what was going
to happen because we were never late
before."
The athletic department now knowi
the possible consequences and, "we'rt
never going to be late again." said Or.
Moore.
— Marc Herman
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his week marks the sixth anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis. This inci
dent was highly publicized as an atrocious and inhumane political act. What
the public doesn't realize is that terrorism, in some form, occurs every day.
Furthermore, any person who has ever been a child has, undoubtedly, been a
terrorist.
I was a 9-year-old terrorist. Jodie, my best friend, was my accomplice. Our victim: my younger sister. Our motive: entertainment.
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Just as in adult terrorism, ours was a well-planned, premeditated act. Jodie and I
had watched a magic show on T.V in which a magician is packed into a crate
Houdini-style and lowered into a tank of water. Of course, since he knew magic,
he got out. We thought it would be neat if he didn't. Soon the details of a junior
terrorist scheme were forming.
First we needed a hostage. Luckily, my 7-year-old sister fit the bill. Lee was
always eager to play with us, usually easy to capture, and never suspicious of our
evil intentions. Jodie and I decided that ambush would be the most exciting method
of capture. We put stockings over our heads, crept into the playroom, and threw a
blanket over the unsuspecting hostage-to-be.
The capture wasn't as thrilling as we expected, since our hostage had been napping and remained asleep throughout the ordeal. We shook her awake and told her
that, if she was very good, she could be our assistant in a magic trick. She nodded
and yawned in agreement. We then ordered her lo sit still while we gathered supplies in the garage. Ever the good victim, she sat obediently.
Well, we couldn't find a large crate or i tank of water, but 20 minutes later we
came back laden with bicycle locks, rope, and an old dust rag. Our hostage was
right where we left her — fast asleep. I impatiently nudged hci, insisting, C'mpnl
This is gonna be funl"
Jodie hoisted Lee onto a chair, and we proceeded to fasten her legs with the bicycle locks. We tied her hands behind the chair with about five yards of rope and
sonic very questionable Girl Scout knots. When I was about to stuff the dust rag into her mouth, the hostage got nervous. "Is that part of the magic trick?"
"Yeah," I assured her. "We get you all tied up, we put this rag in your mouth,
dnd then you get out by magic."
"How about WO just have lunch?" she suggested.
Jodie winked at me and, like a true junior terrorist, said, "Good idea."
We gagged our hostage, dragged the chair into a closet, shut the door, and went
downstairs for lunch. As we slopped peanut butter and jelly onto bread, the table,
and the floor, [he thumping on the ceiling and muffled screams got to LIS. I guess
Jodie and I were wimpy terrorists, because we agreed to release the hostage and offer her a sandwich and chocolate milk as compensation.
Fortunately, our hostage was cooperative, and we were softies, so nobody got
hurl. Fortunately, too, we realized that terrorism just isn't as much fun aslunch
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1 ;..Vii...vAt«,
ector Babenco's world revolves a little faster everyday. The 39-year-old
director, whose critically acclaimed
Kiss of the Spider Woman is currently enjoying an extremely lucrative American
release, recently accepted the directorial
reins of Ironweed, a film lo be based on a
William Kennedy screenplay.
H
Ian Spelling
Babenco drew international recognition
with 1981's Pixote, a motion picture
relating the struggle of Brazil's countless
abandoned children. Thai accomplishment
lead lo Kiss of the Spider Woman, which
received numerous standing ovations and
garnered William Hurl the Best Actor
award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
A Brazilian production shot with English
dialogue, Kiss of the Spider Woman
features Hurt and Raul Julia. Hurt portrays
Molina, an effeminate homosexual imprisoned for attempting lo corrupt the
morals of a minor. Julia is Valentin,
Molina's journalist cellmate, arrested for
aiding anti-government forces in a war for
independence.
To pass time, the normally dour Valentin allows himself to be amused by
Molina's telling of a "love story." This,
however, is actually a romanticized version
of a Nazi propaganda film. The men's opposing interpretations of every event
which befalls them make Spider Woman
an intriguing study of the human persona.
Valentin's political philosophies influence
Molina, and, in turn, Molina's sexual
preference causes Valentin to question his
own macho image for the first time.
In William Kennedy's office at the State
University of New York at Albany, Babenco openly discussed the latest details of his
rapidly changing life. Though visibly exhausted by his relentless pace, Babenco
pondered each question before offering an
honest reply. He conversed in a broken
English, one developed primarily through
reading books and dealing with
Americans. Babenco complemented his
straight forward approach with strategically timed use of an unusually emotional
stare and the constant movement of his
large, brown hands.
Babenco spoke seriously of his reasons
for leaving Brazil following the completion
of Spider Womans .Simply stated, Brazil's
fragile state of filmmaking and the country's dismal economic situation, coupled
with Babenco's burgeoning cinematic appetite, led him to the United States. "The
huge poverty in the country was pulling
people out of the theater. We are having,
year by year, fewer tickets sold. This is just
because the poverty has increased on a
large scale in the last five years," Babenco
lamented. "People don't have the money
to go to the theater. This radically affected
the Brazilian movies, because the only
place in which a Brazilian movie producer
can recoup his investment is in the
Brazilian market. The foreign market, for
the most part, represents very little
earnings."
"You have a considerable reduction of
people going to the theater. You have the
prices increasing in a very strong way.
Brazilian producers are facing a lot of problems making their movies," Babenco continued. "Fewer movies are being made
year by year, and the good directors are
facing problems raising the money to produce their own projects. One of the
reasons 1 did Kiss of the Spider Woman not
in Portugese, and, yes, with American actors, was because I was trying to accomplish a second stab after the success of
Pixote In the American market.I was trying
to make an English speaking movie In
which I could show my work in a more international language and then look for better possibilities,"
: ,
The positive critical reactions accorded
Spider Woman clearly pleased Babenco.
"I'm very happy, very surprised, and very
happy about the response," he said through
a huge, pearly white grin. But of more im-
port, Spider Woman contented its proud,
passionate director. "I love to see my work
acclaimed. I'm not denying the mechanics
of pleasure because I think they are meaningful in life. I'm not trying to make
movies to share my feelings, to make other
people agree with my point of view, or doing my movies just to please the audience,"
Babenco explained. "I'm just pleasing
myself. If in pleasing myself I please hundreds of thousands of people, that's a
perfect thing.
my model of working as much as I can,"
Babenco promised. "I would like to defend
with all my energies the control of
Ironweed. We are going to hold the
creative control of the movie, Mr Kennedy
and me. This is our commitment."
Ironweed will likely provide Babenco
another opportunity to equate control with
the honesty he believes inherent in film.
Though the art has often been described as
an artificial means of recreating life, Babenco argued, "the fact that something is ar-
A dialogue at
Page Hall
ast Wednesday night, after two
years of entertaining and educating
the SUNY community with lectures
and readings by authors of fiction, poetry,
and autobiography, the New York State
Writers Institute presented its first evening
of film discussion. The participants were
Institute Director William Kennedy and
Argentinian film director Hector Babenco,
known for the recently successful Kiss of
the Spider Woman. Babenco is currently
residing in Albany and working with Kennedy on a film adaptation of Kennedy's
own Pulitzer Prize winning novel,
Ironweed.
L
Marc Fenton
Rather than give a straightforward
reading or lecture on the chosen topic for
discussion, "Fiction and Film," the two proceeded with what Kennedy called an open
dialogue, a question and answer exchange
". . . I'm like a kid who
needs ice cream, and half an
hour later I need popcorn,
and a half hour later I need
candy. . ."
—Hector Babenco
Babenco apparently exudes confidence.
However, he vehemently disagreed with
this assessment; rather Hector Babenco
believes he simply stands his ground in the
face of new and challenging experiences,
particularly the upcoming Ironweed. "It's
hot confidence," he insisted. "I'm scared as
hell about taking a new step in my life. I
know I'm going to meet a lot of new people and work in a language that is not
mine. I know I will work with production
and technical crews I've never seen before.
I know I'm going to be handling actors in
the kinds of roles I don't know so well. All
these things make me feel I'd like to make
this movie, just the difficulties."
Ironweed poses additional problems for
its director. Babenco responded to each
potential dilemma with his characteristic
candor and the habitual use of manual emphasis. He denied feeling pressure about
the unavoidable comparison between a
film and the book on which it is bascu. "1
don't care," Babenco claimed. "When the
script is written it must speak for itself. It
has its own identity, its own weight, and it
has nothing to do with the previous version, which is the book. They are two different animals."
Babenco must also confront differences
in nationality. The outlaws of Kennedy's
Ironweed are Irish-Americans, while
Babenco Is anything but. "I think I am going to have a lot of trouble (with that)," he
confided,,"but this is why I love to make
movies."
His love of the craft fostered an Independent streak demanding more than a
measure of creative control. This, he
presumes, should diminish any conceivable
production troubles. "I am going to Impose
tificial doesn't mean it. isn't honest. You can
(also) be 100 percent honest and do
something totally artificial. I thmk the concept of honesty is not always attached to
truth, and truth attached to reality, and
reality attached to the commentary. I think
all these links of concept are artificial in a
sophisticated way. You can produce reality
and be more real than reality itself. You are
being honest and working in an artificial
way."
So what does Hector Babenco imagine
he can offer Ironweedt He isn't certain. "I
don't know," he said sincerely, clasping his
hands, "any director can bring something
of his own. 1 think each director has his
own vision about his movie, (pauses) I
think...I think I can bring to Ironweed all
my dedication and energy lo do the best
work possible."
Ironweed will undoubtedly serve as a
proving ground for the young director, but
the experience should also be regarded as a
giant step for this man and a small step for
this man's kind. Babenco fought the odds,
and continues to do so. He has cast his
latest die with Ironweed. Whether or not
the gamble pays off is of little importance,
the fact that he undertook another ureal
challenge is,
"Sometimes I think my next movie is
going to be something written by myself,
not adapted from a novel. I don't know, It's
too far away," Babenco noted while slicing
the circulating air of Kennedy's office one
last time. "I don't even know where I'll be
sleeping tonight. I don't dream so far away.
1 just want to keep my life together with
my dreams and go as far as 1 can every day,
accomplishing the dreams 1 had the night
before."
O
with the audience. The result was an informative, hugely entertaining evening,
highlighted by the presence of Babenco,
whose natural candor and charm kept the
near capacity Page Hall crowd captivated
throughout. After an introduction by Kennedy, Babenco explained, "I didn't prepare
a text. I just know quite well how to write
movies, and I have an open mind to hear
your questions." He kept to his word by
listening carefully and responding intelligently to the various questions.
When asked whether or not he felt the
movie Kiss of the Spider Woman was better than the novel, Babenco replied, "Each
has specific qualities, strong elements." He
feels that they can't really be compared.
'The book is a great book, the movie a
great movie. They are different mediums.
You have to keep alive the qualities of the
literary piece inside the movie, but you
never make connections, because they are
different."
After making three films in his native
tongue, he choose to do Kiss of the Spider
Woman in English. He explained that his
choice was either to make a small, Brazilian
film like his earlier Pixote that was very
specific, appealing to film connoisseurs, or
to do a project such as Kiss of the Spider
Woman, which he felt was universal. The
factors leading to his decision included his
"desire to appeal to a larger audience by
writing in a language everyone could
understand," and the fact that "the financial
demands of the film could not be dealt
with in Brazil." He was also interested in
"working with the people who surrounded
the project" and "the great actors" who
contributed their talent.
Babenco expressed his desire to rewrite
film scripts, stating, "I'm like a kid who
needs ice cream, and a half hour later I
need popcorn, and a half hour later I need
candy." He explained that he would only
need to revise Ironweed one or two limes,
because the book is so good. His goal is
"not to write a script that is better, because
it is a difficult process." He "must try to
find the real element from the book and
put it in the script."
Babenco described his working relationship with Kennedy as a "happy collaboration. He does the driving. I tell him to go
right or go left."
The evening of conversation concluded
with Babenco's reaction to a question on
his decision to adapt lronwee<I and Kiss of
the Spider Woman over other novels, "1 do
not choose the best, the best choose
me. . ." Kennedy has made a highly
estimable choice in the provocative Hector
Babenco.
O
November 1, 19851
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Terrorists 1059, United States 1
T
ry to recall this: You're back in grade school
and the bully is picking on this kid who has
never done anything to provoke the bully.
The scene goes on for a very long time when suddenly, that kid strikes back with an unexpected
blow. A wave of shock goes through the school and
then the students cheer. Everyone, except the bully
and his friends, rejoice at the underdog's retaliation.
Maureen A. Keefe
Each and every one of us in one sense or another
can relate to this scene. Each and every one of us has
felt helpless, like the underdog, until that person or
situation has pushed us just a little too far. We strike
back and we congratulate ourselves, because we
have stood up against what we fear. By the same
token, we can make the analogy that the bully is the
terrorist and the United States is the kid who finally
retaliates.
Time and again, the United States has been the
target of terrorism: the hostage-taking of the U.S.
Embassy in Thcran in 1980, the Shiite terrorist bombing of the U.S.Embassy in 1983, the bombing that
killed over 300 peacekeeping Marines (U.S.
Marines) in 1983, the highjacking of TWA flight
847 in June which resulted in the death of Navy Petty Officer Robert Stethem. As to date no true justice
has yet been accomplished. Now the terrorists have
pushed the United States too far with the seajacking
of the Achille Lauro, in which Leon Klinghoffer was
brutally slaughtered. With the four terrorists in
custody, possibly the United States will see the proverbial justice for all.
On October 8, 1985, about 30 miles off shore
from Port Said, the 23,629 ton ocean liner (Achille
Lauro) was seajacked by four PLO faction (Palestine
Liberation Front) terrorists. For nearly three days,
terror reigned in the hearts of the 511 people (365
crew and 146 passengers) on the ship. On October
10, Egyptian President Mubarak negotiated a deal
with these four terrorists. The deal was for safe
passage to the hierarchy of Lebanon via a commercially owned Egyptian jet. The same day, U.S. President Reagan gave orders for an E2-C (refucler), four
F-14 Tomcats (all from the battle ship Saratoga) to
track the Egyptian plane down and force it to land in
a NATO Air Base in Sigonella, Scicily. When the
plane landed in Scicily, the pilot of the plane, the
four seajackers and two PLO leaders were detained.
One leader was the well-known Mohammed Abbas of the Palestine Liberation Front. Italy charged
the four terrorists, but let the two leaders go, despite
pleas from the United States. During that time,
Egypt portjacked the Achille Lauro to protest the
United States' forced landing of the Egyptian
airliner.
A main point that should be addressed is the
brutal slaying of an American passenger. Leon Klinghoffer, 69, paralyzed both physically and verbally, was shot twice. The two shots were to his head
and back. After killing him, the terrorists threw him
overboard with his wheelchair.
This just reveals the mentality of the terrorists.
They are nothing less than cruel, heartless, cowardly
people. What sane person, even with a just cause,
would shoot a handicapped man and throw him
overboard? Justice for these four? Most Americans
believe that the Italian jury should give these terrorists the same justice and mercy they gave to Leon
Klinghoffer. Justice for such as these should be swift
and sure.
As time passes by us, the United States sees her
friendships fading before her eyes. To start with,
Egypt expects an apology from President Reagan for
the forced landing of the Egyptian airplane. In the
first place, The United States should expect an
apology from Egypt. President Mubarak negotiated
a deal with these terrorists, knowing that there was
the possibility of a murder of an American
passenger. It is incomprehensible why any peaceloving country would do this, knowing full well that
these actions only enhance terorist acts in the future,
If the United States pulled away aid from Egypt at
this very moment. Egyptian Pies. Mubarak's
government would topple. It was not so long ago
when Anwar Sadat was killed by terrorists, putting
Mubarak into the presidency. Why anyone who has
dealt with the tragic effects of terrorists' acts would
succor terrorists is absolutely bereft of reason,
The United Stales owes Egypt no apology for forling their plane down. The plane was in international air space and no law was broken. Even the
USSR agreed with President Reagan's decision and
action. Any country fighting terrorists' action would
not aid the terrorists' movement. It is reasonable to
presume that any country with equal military power
would have done the same if they had been in that
situation.
The only way to stop these violent acts of terrorism is to catch the people committing and masterminding them. The United States did both. Unfortunately, our "ally", Italy, let the leader of the
Palestine Liberation Front, Mohammed Abbas, go.
This was due, possibly, to their fear of repercussions
from the terrorists. Even if Italy had not been an ally
of the United States, it should have detained Abbas.
All the evidence was present to prosecute him, but
still Abbas was released.
How can terrorism ever be fought on a serious
level when countries like Italy carry out this kind of
insane action? It should not be the duty of a single
country to track down, capture, and prosecute these
terrorists, but the obligation of each and every
country.
in Theran was very vivid. From noon October 10,
1985 till 4:37 pm, when the final decision was made,
Reagan weighed all the options. It was indeed a high
stakes poker match, but well worth the risks. It is
about time someone stood up and said we've had
enough. The mission has been dubbed the "Entebbe
2" by Mayor Koch and Israeli Prime Minister Perez,
and rightfully so.
This intercept was definetely a boost for the
United States. It showed terrorists around the world
that the United States would no longer stand for
their cruel, insensitive actions. It gave Americans
pride in their country. The terrorists may have
scored 1059, but at last the United States is on the
board.
In the end, Reagan's decision left many countries
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America taken hostage:
then and now
Terrorism can only be stopped with the cooperation of all the
countries of the world. Havens.. .cannot be allowed.
As the United States looks around, the one friend
in plain view is Israel. Israel is the only country that
has made a statement totally supporting President
Reagan's actions. If all the countries were like Israel,
maybe terrorists wouldn't'have such a strong grip on
their hearts. Some food for thought.
•Pacifists and radicals alike-are. exulting over President Reagan's decision. Finally America can hold its
head high in its on-going battle against terrorism. All
Americans can feel pride in our military strength,
which was put to good use. No one was hurt by our
military superiority, but criminals will now be
brought to justice.
President Reagan made the best decision of his
term when he ordered the landing of the Egyptian
737, which held the seajackers. Every American
agrees with his decision. Congress agrees with his
decision. Finally, the American people are in mutual
agreement about one subject, the forced landing.
Reagan went through considerable pains in making this decision. The memory of the failed mission
winners. Israel did not have to release 50 Palestinian
prisoners, as the seajackers had previously demanded. Israel is now another country that has said no to
terrorist demands. Even Egypt won — the seajackers
were given safe passage out of Egypt. Thus, Egypt
cannot be blamed for their apprehension. While
most Arab nations strongly condemned the seajacking of the Achille Lauro, Egyptian relations with
these countries remained unharmed. All in all, the
only losers were the seajackers and passengers and
crew of the Achille Lauro, including Leon
Klinghoffer.
Terrorism can only be stopped with the cooperation of all the countries of the world. Havens like
Libya and Lebanon cannot be allowed. Terrorists
must be hunted down and punished. Retaliation is
the only thing these terrorists seem to understand.
So, let's show them true retaliation. Now that Italy
has four terrorists in their custody, let justice be
swift and sure. The question remaining is, "Will
there be justice for a l l ? " . . . only time will t e l l . . . •
An ejx-hostage remembers Iran
N
ovember 4 isn't tinie only day the presscontacts
Moorehead Kemjedy.. It just seems that way.
"They also call r when there is an event in
Beirut, a blowing up f an embassy," notes Kennedy, one of the fifty! two Americans who spent
four hundred and fortf four days as the unwilling
captives of Iranian militants
Ian Spelling
"If they can't get an; body better they get me on
the television to comir :nt on hostage taking or terrorism, or some such si iject," he says ironically, lips
clamped tight in a ma < frown.
Moorehead Kenna y physically reacts as he
speaks. His features i re nearly as telling as his.
words. Kennedy's bulj ing stomach suggests an enjoyment of the food A nied him during the hostage
crisis. His face, howev ;r, suggests nothing. Rather,
the pale, clammy skinn and hollow eyes scream out
loud and clear. His is aa| scarred, weathered face, one
which has lost its battlei with time, time spent in Iran
under the imminent tlireat of death. The physical
results of prolonged captivity are that obvious. The
teeth are yellow and apparently rotting. His hair is
pure gray. No facade exists. When Kennedy laughs,
he means it. But as the lips spread thin and his teeth
show, it is obvious the man lives for today, having
learned the hard way to enjoy life's small pleasures.
Kennedy willingly discusses specific events during his captivity. However, he clearly prefers conveying his feelings about the lessons America learned as a result of the hostage crisis.
"I thought, we thought, when we came back that
that would be the end ol it, that we'd never be heard
from again. Two or three months later people said
'Go out and lecture while you can, before no one
wants to hear you again.' " Kennedy pauses,
dramatically bats his eye lids and continues, "What
has indeed happened is that Iran was only the beginning, not just for us, but lor Islamic fundamentalism
coming out as a political force. I think it is here to
stay. I think Americans are properly upset by it.
There are a lot of forces in the world that Americans
no longer classify as good guy, bad guy."
"You're not going to set rid of nuclear weapons.
You can argue that you use nuclear weapons to
deter their use by someone else. You can hear a
speaker such as mysell say You've got to understand these people, why they resort to terrorism.' All
of a sudden (when the American embassy was overtaken) the American people realized this isn't the
way the world Is supposed to be. We had our
causes, and (we had) clear-cut enemies. It was us and
Hitler. There is no question there. O n e is unambiguously good and one is unambiguously bad. That
really doesn't exist today."
Upon their release, the hostages were catapulted
into the roles of heroes. Across America, people
celebrated. Spirits rose. Americans rallied around
their heroes. The former hostages were the toasts of
'". . . Whether because of Mr.
Reagan, or just paralleling Mr.
Reagan, Americans are feeling
better.. . and more optimistic and
prouder..."
—Moorehead Kennedy
their respective hometowns. Then there were the
parades. " 'I feel good about America again' was the
theme of the parades. The hostages symbolized
something for the American people. We knew it.
We sensed it. We played up to it," admits Kennedy,
who covers his mouth, realizing he implied
something he didn't necessarily mean.
"We didn't play up to it in the sense of play acting, but we felt we had to respond to a deeply felt
need on the part of the American people. That suggests to me that they didn't feel good about America
before. There was still a lot of Vietnam. There was
still a lot of humiliation from the hostage takeover.
People wanted reassurance, they wanted authentic
heroes. We were just ordinary guys, but we filled
the role."
The incredible, positive response accorded the
hostages' homecoming lead many to reconsider
America's negative reaction to the return of Vietnam veterans, who were publicly shunned. Kennedy believes the entire country gained respect for
its own citizens, and, as Vietnam .veterans are
Americans, they too recieved a measure of belated
recognition.
"About three days after I got home 1 got a
telephone call from Bobby Miller, the parapalegic
who is the leader of the Vietnam veterans. His first
words were Thank you.' We had been getting a lot
of static from the Vietnam vets about 'nobody gave
us a parade.' What Miller said was 'You have made
sacrifices, and have made the country respectable
again. Now we can assert our Just demands for
recognition, and In the cases where medical and
other treatment is necessary, greater demands.' "
"I think that happened," Kennedy says, smiling
that yellow-toothed smile which so painfully recalls
the high price of progress. "1 think we had a lot to do
with the Vietnam Memorial going up and the rest of
that. We are taking about causation. Did we cause
an event or did we happen about the same time the
American people wanted to come to terms with
their own past, and put Vietnam where it belonged,
and get on with being Americans? The hostage crisis
and the return came at a moment when Americans
wanted to be Americans again."
According to Kennedy, Americans are still on a
natural high. "Whether because of Mr. Reagan or
just paralleling Mr. Reagan, Americans are feeling
better and better and better, and more optimistic
and prouder, "he said.
On this day freedom rang, the New York Times
front page described the former hostages as "Alive,
well, and free." However, 444 days of captivity in a
foreign land under the hostile, watchful eyes of terrorist captors left more than physical reminders on
Moorehead Kennedy. "I haven't left," he says matter
of factly. "I still have a nightmare that the State
Department has put me on a plane and sent me back
to resume my captivity."
Though no longer a foreign service officer, Kennedy would return to Iran if the country stabilized.
"I have no ill feelings about the Iranian people, or indeed my captors. I'd buy them a lunch, some of
them," he says seriously. "I think the hardest thing
for me was coming to terms with the state department, who left us out there, and Mr. Carter. That
took a bit of doing. But even in captivity I made
myself think, 'Look, you can't afford to get mad,
because anger weakens you. And you've got to save
your strength for the last event, the last scene.'
"Beyond that, I came to the point of realizing,
'Look, I'm part of it (the reason for the overtaking). I
didn't send the messages I should have. I could
have...'"
Andy Warhol once prophesized everyone would
be famous for 15 minutes. Kennedy still rates
newsworthy six years after the embassy takeover.
His niche in history will remain as one of "the fiftytwo." History aside, the experience permanently
altered Kennedy's life. And he is currently channelling the anger, the hope, and newly-formed opinions
on politics and fate into a new self. "I would have
been a reasonably successful foreign service officer
had I stayed in. Now, I'm something of a public
figure. I say that not because of an ego thing, but I
am heard," he asserts. "I've got a book out. I'm on
TV a certain amount. I do lectures at universities.
People are willing to listen.
One person In particular who pays close attention
to what Kennedy thinks and says is his wife. During
the hostage crisis, Mrs. Kennedy inadvertantly
became spokesperson for the hostages' wives. Their
marriage changed considerably upon Kennedy's
return, Insomuch as it improved. Each partner
developed emotionally, each personality strengthened, and their love and need for each other swelled.
"One Moorehead Kennedy went abroad to Iran,"
he proudly concludes. "Another one came back:
and she prefers the one who came back."
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Just yesterday?
W
hat most people remember most about the
Iranian hostage crisis is that it seems like it
happened just vesterday. Actually, it was
six years ago this week.
Eddie
Wile
There are certain things that stand out in people's
minds when they think about the incident now —
The yellow ribbons around trees, the "Fuck Iran"
shirts, the great sight of seeing our people get off the
plane. What we seem to forget is that often nationalism and hostility are products of helplessness.
American citizens were being held hostage and
there was not a thing we could do. Yeah, we tried to
rescue them. Remember that? What a job it was. We
were in a position that the US was not used to —
backed against a wall with our hands tied behind our
backs, and our response was "Fuck them - Bomb the
hell out of them."
Show me a desperate person, who has lost pride,
run out of options, and is being made a public
display of, and I'll show you a person who is ready
to strike back in the most forceful, blatant, and aggressive manner possible. We started to hate Iran,
Iranian people, and everything associated with Iran,
kind of like how the Germans felt about the Jews in
W.W.II.
So the hostages came home and the country went
nuts. The hostages were given first class treatment.
They were heroes. We finally won out. Good conquered evil. But did we really win? I don't think so.
A country that likes to believe it is the best, most
powerful, most intelligent nation in the world was
reduced to mass hatred and predjudice, and most
people's solution was to "bomb the hell out of
them."
It's 1985 now. What ever happened to the
hostages? I don't know. Did they all settle back into
normal lives? I really don't know. Does anybody
remember their names?
Forgetting our mistakes can be very dangerous,
and blind nationalism can be even more dangerous.
It can turn a normally rational country into a hateful,
mindless mob. Blind nationalism killed millions of
Jews not too long ago.
We tend to remember major history by major
events, fn recent history we have Viet
Nam . . . Watergate . . . . the hostages — and that's
about it. What happened in between is just a blur. I
think we see our lives that way. We remember
graduations, weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, and things of
this type of importance. I think we can try to make
the time between these events a little more meaningful by just trying to make every day seem important in some way. If we don't, we can end up looking back and saying, "Wow, that happened six
years ago . . . 1 can't believe it. You know, time really does flyl"
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Music Network Tour, a concert series
featuring nine artists and ensembles performing contemporary music from solo piano
compositions to large, formless group improvisations, from free-form jazz to multimedia opera.
During November, the tour will repeat
its series in two other regions of the state,
the lower Hudson Valley and western
New York. This affords all New Yorkers
an exposure to the music of their time,
while giving the artists a chance to reach an
audience outside New York City.
"This tour will conclusively prove that
there is no such thing as a single 'modern'
music or a single trend, but rather a rich
variety of streams of musical thought," said
James Jordan, music director of the New
York State Council on the Arts, which
along with local organizations and Meet
the Composer, is sponsoring the event.
This area's six-concert barrage will begin
tonight at 8 in the Performing Arts Center
Recital Hall, with two highly acclaimed
pianists, Alan Feinberg and Cecil Taylor,
spliting the bill.
Feinberg is a leading interpreter of contemporary piano music. He has premiered
a wide range of works, including all those
on tonight's program, which are considered
extremely challenging, demanding the
highest levels of sensitivity and virtuosity.
Cecil Taylor- is an acknowledged
founder of the jazz avant-garde. After 30
years, he remains a revolutionary figure,
renowned for an intense performance style
and rapport with the audience. The
dissonance and dense textures of his mostly improvised music are balanced with a
vast range of powerful emotional
expression.
Also taking the stage tonight at 8, at
Union College's Memorial Chapel, is opera
revolutionary Robert Ashley. A pioneer of
musical theater and multi-media performance art (many of his works are for
television) since the 60's, Ashley will present a boiled-down version of his opera
"Atalanta (Acts of God)."
There will be two concerts on Saturday.
The first, at the downtown campus Page
Hall at 3 p.m., is a bill split between flutist
Robert Dick and Jane Ira Bloom/3-D Sax.
Dick is known worldwide for his extraordinary command of flute techniques, including multiphonics (playing two or more
notes at the same time), microtones (notes
between the notes), circular breathing and
glissandi. His performance will take on a
vast variety of music, including many of
his own works.
Jane Ira Bloom is a noted jazz soprano
sax player and band leader. Her trio includes bass and synthesizer and other electronic media. Through exceptional performance techniques and high-tech enhancement, the group's improvisations explore
the sonic and musical possibilities of the
saxophone, drawing on jazz, pop, folk and
modern music.
Saturday night at 8, the internationally
renowned vocal sextet Western Wind will
Soimd the Alarm
T
his evening four Welshmen bring
their raunched-up folk rock sound to
J.B.s for a performance that promises
to be . . . ALARMing at the very least.
Steve Raspa
The Alarm's most popular anthemic
songs have been praised by some for their
frankness and conclemmed by others for
what has been termed their "junior Clash
pretentiousness." Regardless of positive or
negative evaluation, the fact that these
songs have managed to carve themselves a
permanent groove within today's pantheon of pop, remains.
The band first forced its way into the
public arena in 1983 with its attentiongrabbing EP, The Alarm. This release's two
most striking songs, "The Stand" and "Marching On" were quickly swallowed up by
radio and managed to almost immediately
secure the band die-hard fans. The Alarm
rewarded its fans for their early support at
first with an equally rousing string of concerts and then with the release of its 1984
album. Declaration, which contained the
hits "68 Guns," "Blaze of Glory," and
"Where Were You Hiding When the
Storm Broke."
The Alarm has this year released
Strength, an album with a hard-driving
sound that should both please present fans
and recruit new ones. Of special merit on
this album are "Knife Edge," "Spirit of 76,"
and "Walk Forever By My Side."
';'. . . The band as a whole is
in fact very tight and best
subjectively experienced
rather than described. . . "
It is primarily the contributions of Mike
Peter's fervent anthemic vocal style and
Eddie McDonald's energetic bass work that
give the band its characteristic musical bite
and emotional appeal. This is not to deny
that this band is a working unit. The band
as a whole is in fact very tight and best subjectively experienced rather than described. See them if you can.
Opening for the Alarm is Beat Rodeo, a
band whose country-western twanged
rock has been getting a great deal of attention these days. The band can be pleasing if
caught on a good night, despite the
vocalist's "God's gift to the world" attitude,
and is worth showing up early for, if for no
other reason than to hear some good guitar
and yodelling.
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take the stage at Page Hall. Ranging from
medieval to simple folk and challenging
New music, their a capella performance
will include a medley of Duke Ellington
songs and a new work by Robert Dennis.
The Capital Disctrict arm of the tour will
wrap up with two shows on Sunday. A
third split bill will feature the zany improvisations of Meltable Snaps It and 20thcentury performances from Continuum.
Meltable Snaps It is a four-member
group that works with dozens of instruments, including reeds, percussion,
electronics and tape effects, voice and
record players. Forsaking the conventions
of melody and rhythm, they create
formless, totally spontaneous sound collages infected with plenty of aural and
visual humour, often labeled as an
underground New York City movement,
"art noise."
.'.,•'
. Continuum was founded in 1967 with
the philosophy that new music and old
form an unbroken tradition. Dedicated to
expanding the audience for 20th-century
music, thay have given hundreds of concerts and workshops. The program will include works by Stravinsky and Robert
Erickson.
Winding up the weekend will be the Art
Ensemble of Chicago, one of the most sensational modern jazz groups in existence, at
8 p.m. at RPI's West Hall. The Ensemble,
which travels with two tons of acoustic instruments from around the world, incorporates theater, dance, face paint, costumes
and sharp humor into exhilarating "projections" that has audiences bopping to jazz,
swinging to Dixieland, grooving to funk
and'reggae, mesmerized by African chants
and percussion, astounded by dazzling improvisations and cracking up at stage
antics.
Tickets will be available at the door for
all events.
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Hamm/Brickman Gallery (463-8322)
Original works in varied media by area artists.
Harmanus Bleeker Center (465-2044)
Sculptures, Paintings, a Faculty Exhibition.
Siena College
Jazz Ensemble, November 6, 7:30 pm.
Proctors (340-6204)
American Ballet Comedy, November 8, 8:30 pm.
Don Giovanni, November 3, 7 pm.
SUNYA Performing Arts Center
Alan Feinherg, November 1, 8 pm.
Page Hall
lane Ira Bloom and Robert Dick, November 2, 3 pm
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Art Ensemble of Chicago. November 3, 7:30 pm.
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Capital Repertory Company
"Playboy of the Western World"
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Yale Russian Chorus, November 3,
Albany Symphony Orchestra, November 8.
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Chris Holden, November 3.
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Judy Collins and Tom Rush, November 1, 8 pm.
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Key Exchange, November 2.
By GARY LARSON
The nightmare makers
II
NUMBER
Quasimodo ends his day.
The Great Nerd Drive of'
36
Whalen wins decisively in Tuesday's election
Students prove to be no-shows at polls
By Ken Dornbaum
Dornbaum
their respective polling places said
Larry Hartman, Chair of Central
Albany Mayor Thomas Whalen Council's Student Action
ran away with the vote on an elec- Committee.
tion day marked with low voter
Hartman added that there was
turnout among SUNYA students. no way of determining voter turOnly 28 people from Dutch nout from Alumni Quad since
Quad, 57 from Indian Quad, 45 residents voted in three different
from Colonial I Quad and 179places, but he estimated the figure
from State Quad showed up at to be about 50.
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Citywide, incumbent tMayor
Whalen beat out Republican
challenger Louis Russo 29,968 to
2,735.
"This is a great victory for this
great city and the Democratic
Party," Whalen said Tuesday
night. He added "I want to continue the good government of the
past two and a half years."
Pauley's Hotel
Doc Scanlon's Rhythm Boys, November 1, 10 pm, Downtime,
November 2.
Duck Soup
Legion, November 1, The Neighborhoods
with Modern Pioneers, November 2, The Promise,
November 7, Ring Theatre, November 7.
Eighth Step Coffee House
Open Stage Night, November 6, Andy Fernaro, November 1.
2. La Chevre 7:10, 9:20, Sunday 4:00
Theatre
Music
Dance
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November 6, 1985
HOWIB TVOAn UPS
Student* wait to vote a» a poll-watcher looks on
Low turnout "won't help students credibility in Albany."
Whalen also said that he will not deterred. We are committed
continue to support and enforce to voter registration and voter
the Grouper Law. "Not only will turnout and next year is a goverthere be no changes, but we will nor's race," said Gawley.
work vigorously thiuu<-h the
Hartman theorized that turcourts" he promised, tt enforce nout was so poor because "local
the law.
elections are thought to be less imIn other local elections, Helen portant anc that no matter how
DesFosses, Chair of the Depart- they voted, Albany Democrats
ment of Public Affairs and would win," he said, referring to
Policy, lost her bid to become a the hold the party has had on the
member of the Albany School city for over 40 years.
Board by just over 500 votes.
"We had over 50 people helpAlso, Democrat Nicholas Col- ing to get the vote out. That's
luccio, member of the board of eght people voting for each peralders from the 15th ward in son helping out," he said.
Albany, which includes the up- "A lot of the questions we got
town campus, easily defeated his were 'Who do I vote for? 'What
opponent, Republican Richard are the issues?'," continued HartBarnett, by a vote of 1,661 to 420. man. "The blame for this lies on
Meanwhile the student turnout the student. There was a lot of indisappointed student leaders. formation. There were the ASP
"Overall, the turnout was poor. articles. And only 70 people
It was an off year, but we ex- showed up at the Meet the Canpected more," said Steve Gawley, didates night," he said, adding
S.A. President who added, "I "A lot of people use it for an exthink the lousy weather may have cuse, but it's their fault."
cut down on some of the voting."
"I want to express that it's
"The key to the whole thing is because of low turnout like this
that the mayor's campaign did that a 21 year old drinking age
not happen on campus — neither law will pass and in the future
did Russo's," explained Gawley. there could be an increase in
"There was no way to beat him SUNY tuition or a decrease in
[Whalenj. The mayor's race was federal financial aid because of
such apathy," Hartman said.
nonexistent," he added.
Government officials may not
Gawley said that SA reached
out to encourage the campus be willing to support student
community to vote by going door issues without support a t the
voting booths, he added.
to door in the dormitories.
"I believe the city of Albany
"This won't help students
9«*
credibility in Albany, but we're
fins drivers to be fined for unauthorized stops
by Stevens because when drivers had
nametags in the past, they reported that
Disciplinary action against University students were calling them at home to
bus drivers will be more strictly enforced harass them, she said.
A memorandum was sent to the drivers
as a result of a meeting between Director
of Physical Plant Dennis Stevens and indicating that disciplinary action will be
members of the Student Association's In- taken if it is discovered that they are making unauthorized stops, Stephens said.
vestigations Sub-Committee.
The meeting, held October 16, was in That action would consist of imposing a
.
response to students' complaints about bus $100 fine in the drivers, he said.
service, said Larry Hartman, chair of SA's
Student Action Committee, who attended
the meeting.
Students have encoutered problems with
bus drivers who have made unauthorized
By Karen E. Beck
stops, said Hartman.
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
There have been Instances in which
Kegs and beerballs could be banned
students reported that bus drivers were
from suites and rooms on campus as a
leaving the bus to purchase food or coffee,
result of a new alcohol use policy pi poshe said. He cited one instance at the begined by SUNYA Vice President for Stuning of the semester where a female student Affairs Frank Pogue.
dent was left alone in a running bus when
Pogue's recommendation follows a
the driver got out to get a cup of coffee.
vote by the "Implementation of 21"
"That bus driver was officially
Committee to allow quarter kegs in
reprimanded" and fined $100, said Hartsuites. However, a vote by the commitman, adding that all futureoffenders will
tee on half-kegs was tied 5-5. The
be reprimanded.
group's report was released October 28.
Other methods will also be employed to
The University must amend its policy
prevent bus drivers from making
to take into account the new 21 year old
unauthorized stops, said Karen
alcohol purchase age, which will become
Seymourian, chair of the Investigations
law in New York State on December 1.
sub-committee. Stevens said he would
"The ban on bulk containers is the
assign a number to each driver which will
only difference between the alcohol
be posted In the front of each bus as a policy proposed by the "Implementameans of driver identification, she said.
tion of 21' Committee and the policy
If any problems should arise, students
proposed by Pogue" said Student
will be able to record the number and
Association Vice President Ross
report the driver to Stevens' office.
Abelow, who served on the task force.
Seymourian said. The original proposal to
"There was a very serious debate
give the drivers nametags was turned down
about the banning of bulk containers at
By Bill Jacob
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Hartman noted that the most popular
place to stop seems to be by Jerry's Sub
and Stewart's on Washington Avenue.
There should be no problems with
unauthorized stops, Seymourian said,
because full-time drivers are given 15
minute breaks before and after their halfhour lunch break. The problem of
unauthorized stops was just discovered
this semester.
nesl Seymourian
cyrnouriun added.
In order to encourage students to
register their complaints, the telephone
number of Stevens' office will be posted at
the bottom of new bus schedules and an
advertisement will be placed in the Albany
Student Press, Seymourian said.
Other problems discussed at the meeting
included the availability of bus tickets to
offcampus students. The sub-committee is
10*
Kegs to be banned under Pogue proposal
"We're simply trying
to remove the
temptation to
overconsume."
— Frank Pogue
the meeting," said Phil Botwinik, Vice
Chair or SA's Student Action Committee. "It was the consensus of all students
and administrators that that type of
bulk container policy would be virtually
unenforceable," he said.
"The nature of the recommendation," said Pogue, "is to place some
limit on the amount of alcohol being
consumed in the rooms. This is being
done," he added, "out of a need to
acknowledge that as much as 82 percent
of the residential population is under the
age of 21."
The proposal will be discussed with a
variety of groups before going to
University President Vincent O'Leary
for final approval. A University Council
vote on the banning of bulk containers