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Hoffman Addresses Campus
On Student Activism
By CHARLES M. WILLIAMS
Activist Abbie Hoffman,
carrying a Grand Union bag
bearing the slogan ·Just Say No
to Drugs." arrived at Colgate
Thursday night to speak on
·student activism from the
sixties to the eighties." During
Hoffman's career as a political
activist, he has been arrested
fifty-three times, protesting
against the war in Vietnam and
Untted Stales' policy in Central
America and for civil rights and
eook>gical issues; his most well
phow by Matk Baxtor
known action being his arrest
and subsequent trial for his part
in the disruption of the 1968
Democratic Convention, better
known as the Chicago Seven
trial. He has written nine books.
his most famous to date being
Steal This Book. His latest book
is tttled Steal This Urine Test.
The lecture was the second
event in the Colgate Lecture
Series' sp,ing schedule.
Hoffman's two-hour talk did
not always strictly adhere to the
aforementioned topic. His opening comments included the
remark that to •just say no' to
drug addicts is like saying 'just
cheer up• to crime,· and an offer
to personally dispose of any
drugs thal members of the audi·
once might have. Hoffman also
confessed a fear that he would
someday mix up all his
speeches and end up ·scream·
ing that the CIA is pissing in the
nuclear plants just so they can
radiate the water to poison the
minds of the youth to make them
easy cannon fodder for the
Pentagon's next war in CentraJ
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Class 01 88
G oal F Or G lifil
By USA KARL
Since the late 1970's
seniors have, as a gr.oup
donated money towards a
specific project for the school
through a fund called the Senior
Class Gift. The record donalion
to date has been $6,759 by the
class of 1986, and this yeafs
senior class hopes to double
this figure by the creation of a
library endowment fund in the'
memory of Sam Cooley.
Assista.nt director of Alumni
alfairs Tracy West and Director
of Development Bob Tyburski
are coordinating the effort.
which is headed by the Senior
Class Council and a special
Class Gift Committee. Through
posters. mailings. and face.to..
face solicitation the committee
hopes to raise $13,000 through
a two-year pledging commttment. Each senior will be
asked to pledge al least $19.88
this Spring and an additional
$19.88 payable in May of 1989.
Atthough the gift is voluntary,
West stresses that every
member of tho class of 1988 is
urged to pledge this minimum
and exceed It tt possible. A goal
of sevanty·fiva percent par·
ticipation is set for this year,
which will. tt reached, be
signific.antly greater than tha
record sixty•two percent attain·
ed in t 984. It is intended that
this increase in invotvement and
individual donations will en·
courage future classes to think
more seriously about the im·
portanoe and meaning of the
class gift.
The Gift Committee asked
Wnt and Tyburski for poosible
projec:1 ideas and afler con-
suttation with students, deans,
and President Langdon, it was
decided the the library was a
suttable and needy recipient.
Student interest in increased
library resources has grown in
the last few years, and Judith
Green, University LibrJtrian,
states that this interest is well
founded, ·tn a s\udy of the top
forty-three independent liberal
arts instttutions. the number of
volumes per student ranges
from 534 to 123. Colgate now
has 160 volumes per student,
ranking forty-first out of forty·
three... ~ is universally agreed
that it is impossible to have a
first•rate undergraduate univesity w~hout an equally first-rate
library." The money raised for
the fund will be invested, and
the yearly interest will be used
for new books wtth some being
added to the principle to
facilitate its increase over time.
This year"s gitt is in memory
of Winchester (Sam) Cooley,
class of '88, who died in an
automobile accident this past
fall. Student Associalion Pres·
ident Bruce Aronow sees the gift
as a tribute to the leadership
and enthusiasm of Cooley, "I
hope that the class will exceed
all goals and expectations as a
testimonial to a classmate and
friend whose energy and spirit
remain a part of our senior year.·
The committee is currently
discussing possible incentives
for the two-year pledge commitment, and plans are in the
making for the distribution of
free T··shirts to contributors.
Green hu suggested that a
book listing those who donate
be permanently placed in the
conlinu«J on,,..,_ 5
The main part of Hoffman's
speech did discuss student
activism, comparing 1ha activism of the sixties with that of
today. When polled, mos! people of college age state that the
era in which they would most like
to live is the siX1ies, according
to Hoffman. However, he said,
"we could nOI have had a siX1ies
wtthout a fifties.· He then proceeded to describe "about four
decades in a psychedelic, chromosome-damaged fashion." The
similarities between Hoffman's
view of the world of the fillies in
whk:h ha grew up and h is
description of the early eighties
were thinly disguised. Hoffman
drew parralells between Eisen·
howar and Reagan, as well as
between early United States'
involvement in Southeast Asia
and cunent involvement in Central America.
Hoffman believes that po·
litical attitudes and social movements operate cyclically, and,
according to him, "!he wheel is
turning again." He feels that
American college students are
becoming more politically ac-
tive, citing anti-aparfheid/divastment protests and student
elforts to keep CIA recrutters off
campuses as evidence. "In the
past three years, over 12,000
students have been arrested
p,otesting apartheid. That's not
exactly ,n their seff-,nteresl." he
commented. "Youth makes the
revolution," he continued, "!hat
was true then, [in the sixties] it's
true..now." Young people, he
feels, have the enthusiasm,
continued on page 6
Hunt Stresses
M en•ts Of Dissent
By RAYMONOJ.DEACON .
On Wednesday evening Or.
Mary Hunt presented the
second in a series of three
lectures, all of which are tttled
·Authority and Dissent in the
Catholic Church." Hunt is a
former Colgate vistting Assistant Professor of Religion, and
present co-chairman of WATER·
Women's Atuance lor Theology,
Elhics and Ritual.
Co lgate Professor of
Religion, Marilyn Thi& introduced
Or. Hunt as a ·catholic theol ogian . . . who
is deepl y
commttled" and one who knows
"What tt means to be a Catholic
wtth digntty."
At the outset, Or. Hunt
would make It known that "I love
tt [the Church] ... so much ·that I
want to change it.• She sees a
.problem with many people's
conception of dissent: that
there are people like herMff who
dissent, and those like the Pope
and Cardinal Ratzinger wh o
stand up for the Church, and
that these two g roups are
continually at odds. Such a
conception is ,ar too simp~
listic.•
Or. Hunt sees herseH as
one who stays w~hin the Church
and devotes her energy to
developing "!he new thinking
that it takes to resolve th•
current dilemmas.· In doing this,
she has undertaken to apply the
same type of crnical thinking to
religion which scholars apply to
other disciplines.
Or. Hunt believes that
although the Un~ed Stat&SJis
not atone in facing many fund·
amental problems with Cath·
olicis. it is in the Unrled States
that these problems are
·brought ,into a clear focus;
oontinu9d on page 5
Laura X Speaks On Rape
By ROBIN GARAELD
Bolton House hosted a
presentation by Laura X con·
earning Date and Marital Rape
on Wednesday, March 2. This
event was sponsored by the
department ol Women·s Studies
and the office of Residential L~e
and Housing.
A gradual& of the University
of California at Berkley, _Laura X
has been a women's rights
activist for over twenty years.
During the late siX1ies, she
founded the Women's History
Library which doubled as an
emergency shelter for battered
women and their children. In
t 969, she founded and pub·
lished the only feminist newsletter in the United States and
began work on national re·
cognition of International Women's Day. Then, encouraged
by her recent success, she
dedicated herMff to uncovering
women's history and adopted
the pseudonym "Laura
to
symbolize the •anonymity . of
women• and the popular belief
that ·women are legally owned
by their fathers and husbands."
For Laura. the seventi es
x·
were marked by increased
attention to issues involving
women and the law, particularly
rape. In 1970 she co-founded
the feminist newspaper ·tt· Ain,
Me Babe" which became lam·
ous for the provocative article
"Anatomy of a RaP\I." From
1970•74 she expanded the
growing Women's History \.ib·
rary section on rape and
published a series of films on
the topic u well. Finally, in
1975, Laura X began work on
stopping marital rape and
ultimately succeeded in her
campatgn to make it a crime in
the state of Calijornia.
Since then, Laura X has
served as a c::onsuhant to forty·
five other state campaigns on
date and marital rape. In add·
ition her numerous ar1icles,
radio and television appear·
ances (including lhe "Phil
Donahue: ·sally Jessy Raph·
ael· and · Hour Magazi ne ·
shows). lectures, which she
provides at her own expense.
have been instrumental in
inc:reasing the public's under·
standing of the sa,pe of rape.
Laura X's achievements
have boon nationally recog·
nizad. She has received I un·
animous commendation by the
American Library Association. a
conlinu«J on PafJ8 S
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Editorial
All About
Activism
What we heard last night was a call lo arms.
Clear and loud it rang out, whipping around the
posts and pews, rattling the windows, jangling
the thandaliars so that none could mistake ii.
Standing at the podium in the c hapel. defiant
and disrespectful, Abbie Hoffman made no
bones about his objective in speaking to
students today. He wants a return to the
activist campus of the sixties. Whether his call
sounded more like an echo from the past or a
waka·up summons for the future it was hard to
tall. The activism of the sixties is past, and the
legacy ii has lelt behind is as much a part ol the
institution as that which it once protested.
Perhaps this accounts for ihe general apathy
allows Abbie Hoffman to revile the government.
and anything else he feels like, before the
student body", also gives those students who
might wish lo work for the CIA the righl lo have
that organization visit them.
His oommants on yuppies ware choice, and
to the point. Ha has a distinct distaste for that
disgusting type of individual which oonstitutes
the majority on this Qampus. He is agai nst
personal furthurance. if it be in any legitimate
business field or (shudder) the government. His
attitude ol o ne toot inside the system and one
foot in the street does not allow for those who
would like lo have both feet in the same plaoe.
that has settled on many campuses around the
nation. Perhaps students have come to the
realization that life requires more than a reviling
of the system, of the institutions which tt needs
to function, and of the people who head ii., to be
sustaining and fullfilling. Or perhaps they are
waiting for just such a liberal fire-brand to come
into their midst and shake them from tha trees.
Perhaps. Herein are soma observations
He is genuinely happy w~h lhe concept of
being arrested. Nothing pleases him more than
lo hear that students have been breaking the
law and are in jail for it. He points lo lhe
hypocrisy in government and says ii they can1
follow the law , why should he? The same, of
course, goes for any students who would do
likewise. Anyone?
concerning the speech:
In his can lo arms, ha made it vary clear
that ·students make the revolution.· He did not
seam to consider whathar students really
wanted to be revolutk>nary or not.
He spent many minutes berating the CIA.
This has become a oommon practice among
campus liberals; they seem to feel that even
though it is an official US Government
organization, it is morally bankrupt and should
not be aJlowad naar campus. Thay seem to
have forgotten that the same principle which
But the most important aspect of the
speech was the student response.
The
cheering and clapping and hatt-hearted attempt
at a standing ovation were all most heart·
warming. As everyone returned to their elitest
rooms or houses and discussed their elitest
thoughts, the underlying question was, will we
become a hotbed of reactionism? Well, maybe.
municipally-owned and·oper'aled ·benefactors!). ·
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• unit with. soma of the low.e:st .- : Wa are•.all H··in s,nse .:.
In my view, ·ietters to the overall electric rates in the victims not of ·oVercharge by an
editor" seldom contribute much northeast. It is true that the electric company; as Mr. Fina
to an understanding of issues at heavy power surcharge was puts it, but participants in a
hand. However, an article in the brought on by the necessity of breakdown of vest-pocket
Commentary seciion of the buying power from the Power socialism. The Hamilton Viillage
February 12th Co.9ate News by Authority of the State of New Planning Board approved of the
Thomas Fine does need some Yori<. The base power had been College Street -rtrrients use
amplKication.
provided from hydro-generated of electric water and space
The hot "water rationing• energy that met the municipal heating with only one "NO" wte.
mentioned in "This Ain1 No War sya1em's (and Colgate's) needs A small group decided that the
Zone" needs a great deal of for the years prior to the recent university's request would
background. First ol all, the "big expansion ol Colgate.
produce the best end result for
bad power company• is a
Students have not been everyone •• after providing
"singled out" for Inconvenience. opportunity for discussion at
The manner in which power pubaic hearings.
rationing at the coRege has been
Certainly "rationing" is no
achieved may be less than a fun and this isni a -War Zone."
good one . Many v illage Possi>ly there are some further
residents have seen thei r questions ooncerned people -electric liills doubled with this students and year-round
surcharge (One okfar .. retiree residents alike •• might ask in
stopped me on the street this searching for a solution. For a
week to tell me ii was making ii start - try two. Are the priorilles
To tho E'dllor:
difficult for him and his wife to in the search for and use of
I support the Wome n's meet their mortgage payments. funds at Colgate badly skewed?
Varsity Cross Country Team and When these folks meet higher Student housing seems to be
their desire to remain an entity power bills they have to make pretty well down ·toward the
separate from the men's varsity tough rationing decisions and bottom of the list. More than the
team . However, I feel that ii many of them get along on ·hot water· rationing issue
would be a mistake for them to incomes that would give Colgate raises the ire of many collegedisband at this early stage of students pause to wonder: housed students (and their
their development as a "how?").
parents). Did the college
competitive team.
Mr. Fine makes mention decision· makers, in effect,
Th ey do stand to be that • ...the University ...pays its make tradeoffs that hurt
oorrected on one point: it was full share of taxes and then resident students in the ir
not through the efforts of coach some." Correct me if I am wrong. emphasis in searching out
Jim McCoy that a varsity Cclggta is a property tax exempt donors? A seoond one is more
women's cross 'COuntry team organization. Dormitories are technical: Should Colgat•
program exists at Colgate, not subject to State/Town/ University be providing 'peaking
though he doas deserve much C)unty, Village or School taxes power' to the local system
credit for his efforts during the -· nor are any of the educational through co-generation at the
season. Sandra lonno, '87, and or athletic facilities. The ·out- Colgate steam plant? Many
Margaret Eikerstrom, '87, did right grants· bear a very small public and private enterprises
the research work and made the relationship to the supplemental have found the generation of
formal presentation before the cost of services •• f ire and electricity at the plant a vary
Committee on Athletics. Al the police, et al •• the university cost~effeetive way to cut power
time, one of our ooncerns was brings about. As a matter of bills. It would represent a
that the women runners be interest •• the university makes substantial capital outlay. 8-y
coached seperately from the payment-in-lieu.oOf-taxas for the such an undertaking there might
men. Toth& c,edtt ol the Athletic Colgate Inn at a less« rate than be "hot water" for students and a
Department, the proposal was do some of the homeowners in few more dollars for mortgages
acted upon and in relati vely the village (If we could be payments in the village.
realistic •• the taxpayers of the
good lime.
upper Chenango Valley are, Ftw*- A. Famawarth
Aon Blldanare
collectively, probably one of Emeritus Professor ol
CU Athletic Dept
Colgate's larges! regular Eoonomics
2/ The ColO* ' I - , March 4,1988
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Humorous, too.
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Student Input
onJ-Term
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In the controversy over
whether to keep the January
term.it seems the admiriistration
is overlooking student feeling on
the matter.ff those who will decide the issue are sincerely
interested in studen1 opinion, a
simple method of obtaining it
would be to set up the oomputer
ballots such as they do for
student elections. At the vary
least, a vote collected through
campus mail would provide
those in charge of deciding the
January term's fate with student
opinion on the matter. It seams
only logical that such steps
woukt be taken to ensure stu-
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_News _ pr1ng Party
Weekend ·Plans
· Revised
By SANDY HAROING
Plans for Spring Party
Weekend continue to be re vised, as was evident at the
seccnd programming committee
meeting. held on March 1. As·
sistant Dean al Students Harold
Jarcho, who presides over the
committee, emphasized that the
purpose of the meeting was to
form sub-committees to organize events for Spring Party
Weekend and that future meetings ·are to make sure the
pieces are coming together.'"
The scphomore and junior
classes volunteered to organize
the daytime and evening events
that will take place during Spring
Party Weekend, which will extend from Thursday allornocn,
March 28 to Sunday, Ap,il 1.
·t wanted to be accepled. I was
seventeen and I was coming
here to get my education."
However, as a result of
what she considers stupid ity,
white students Interrogated her,
asking questions about black
culture, which inflicted im·
measurable damage. Webber
d isplayed much anger and re·
sentment while recounting such
ianorance. She warned the au-
Starr Rink , is the responsibility
of the Social Committee. Pre·
viously, the committee had bid
for Stevie Ray Vaughn, but had
been refused. However, ac-
dience. "Dani interrogate. You
doni have a right It's not right.
You have an obligation to learn
and to walch ... because ij you
cording to James Rothstein,
Social Committee President. the
refusal had been due to a mix-up
don't. you're going to mistreat
al dates. "Duo to the great effort
....,,._
·Dol'lt interrogate. You don't haw. !ho ri9ht:1Caren Webb«
exerted by the Social Com·
mftloe,• Rolhslein staled, ,h_ere
1s a good _chance that we might
get Stevie Ray at Colgal!·
However, should thal effort fail,
the Replacements are a strong
alternative." The Alarm and Hall·
n:O~tos, althou.9h prov_10us pass1b1frt,es, h_ave been re1octed by
the committee. Thero will be a
foe to attena the concert, but
[blacks]. You watch us, that's
how we learned:
phoro t,y Mark Baxrer
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Colgate Exp_enence
D l.Sap'P oi·nts webber
.
By CHRISffiE CARRIER!
audience of students, faculty,
and administrators at Ballon
House on Monday, February 29.
Webber, now a civil rig his
graduate that Karen Webber
chose to share with lhe Colgate
community. Webber began her
lecture by stressing that at
was denying her ooloi when she
refused to accept the status
quo. Above all she stood as an
individual. Students and faculty
With ~a.ny of the necessary
sub·1:9mm1ttees formed, Dean
attorney in New York City,
received her B.A. in English
Colgate, being black was an
issue which superseded her
were forced to deal with her
because, as she stated, ·1 d.:lni:
Jarcho ho_pes lo "have plans
~retty solid by spring break
time." Ho~over, he stresses
that there 1~ much w~rk to be
from Colgate in 1980. Upon
graduating she attended t he
University of Texas School o f
being a woman. Having grown 14'.>
in a highly segregated area al
New York City, she had little
go away."
When asked what could be
done to dispel tho ignorance
Law, where she received a Juris
Doctor Degree in May, 1983.
She has since worked for the
experience interacting in a pre·
dominantty white environment.
However, UfX>n entering Colgate
that leads to racism, Webber
suggested offering courses and
holding seminars for freshmen
New York City Commission on
Human Rights as a principal
that deal wilh black awareness.
In closing Webber stres.sed
Housing Division as a human
rights specialist.
Webber's lecture was or-
she quickly learned that ,heir
[the white sludenls') culture was
whal was normal. It didn't take
much adaptation for me to learn
that t didni fft in."
Webber shared tho dis·
students as Resurrection. At
P·":'· in room 211 in the Student ganized in conjunction with the
ippointment and frustration
about $2,000, which includes a
Un10n.
which such a realization cai,ied.
annual fireworks over Taylor
Lake, as well as drive-in movies.
SCOPE volunteered to take
charge of daytime outdoor con-
certs, and has already received
one alter from The Park Avenue
Band, better known to Colgate
assures studen.ts _that I.he Soc,at Committee ,s working very
hard to give Colgate the Spring
Party Weekend rt deserves."
support group." Indeed she
posited. "You slick together
because this is how you're going
to make ii through this instftution." Despite this need for
support, Webber was resented
by those blacks who felt she
air balloon, Tug-of-war, a dunking booth, and a huge twister
game. Certain ·relaxed· sports
events were also suggested,
such as volleyball and (a clear
favorite among committee members) slip and slide. Possible
nighttime activities include the
Karen Webber, Class of
1980, addressed an attentive
due to the need for a •primary
her experience as an under·
Suggestions for daytime activities included a moonwalk, hot
R?thstein feels that the evening
w dl be worth the cost, and he
which Colgate graduates return
10 share lije experiences bolh in
and out of the university. It was
Addressing black separat·
ism on campYs. Webber contended thal oppressed indi•
viduals naturally band together
done and "fnends, relatrves, and
anyon~ wh~ wants to join the
oomm,ttee ,s welcome.'. Stu dents 1~1orosted 1n becoming ,nvolved m the committee should
contact Dean Jarcho and attend
lhe meetings, which are held on
Tuesday afternoons at 3:15
administrator and in the Fair
Women's Lecture Series, in
the pervading reality of racism.
She contended, "Even if you're
born inlo the absclute highest
aristocracy as a black perscn,
racism fs going t~ haunt you.
That's the bottom line,
smaJfer "bluesy kind of band· as
an opening act, this offer is said
to be ·an amazing deal," '1,nd in
all likelihood the band will be on
Whilnalr Field tho Saturday
attornoon of Spring Party Week·
end. WISA alsc expressed interest in sponsoring
a musician,
and hopes to bring Yellow Man,
a reggae singer, to Colgate as
part of the festivities.
·
Obtaining the major band,
that will play on Friday night at
PASS
· Classes _·_
Scheduled
By CURT JENTSCH
The Program for Academic
Success Skills (PASS) begins
spring classes nexl Thursday,
March 10 with a seminar on time
management. On Tuesday,
March 15 study and reading
skills will be covered and class
on Thursday, March 17 will deal
with exam prepara1ion. No sign·
ups required. All classes will be
held on the third floor of Spear
House from 4:00 10 5:30 p.m.
PASS classes will be
offered this Sp,ing by individual
scheduling with administrative
deans, during March before
Spring break and by special
arrangement with residences or
other groups lhat request them.
In addition to- form a I
classes, PASS pYblishes info,.
ma1ion and offers counsel and
referrals. Students who would
like addftional help should check
with t he specific department
about tutoring, clinics, and other
sp<1eial programs.
As usual, students may
receive one-on-one help at any
time at the Writing Canter in
East Hall, the Computer Center
and the library.
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.US .NEWS.NOTES
OfflCIAI.S BllL CIA PROTFSTERS FOR
CLEANING UP THEIR SIT-IN
FLORIDA HOTEL BOLTS DOORS AS SPRING
BREAK APPROACHES
University of California at Santa Barbara officials may
believe in students' rights to protest, but wanl students to pay
Hoping to keep partying students from falling off the
balcony of his Clarendon Plaza Hotel, owner Chuck Penrod
said he'll keep batting shut balcony doers during the spring
break seascn.
. Last week, Chet Cole of the Florida Division al Hotels and
Restaurants warned Penrod he was violating fire codes by
blocking access to the balconies and said he would cite and
fine lhe Clarendon.
"Instead of having one balcony death." Cole explained,
"you'd have maybe twenty (students) trapped inside" a room in
for lhat right, toe. Administrators last week billed an arm al
UCSB's student government for $211 lo pay for cleaning up
atter 150 students who occupied Chancellor Barbara Uehling's
outer olftCO November 5, 1987 to protest the hiring of a Central
Intelligence Agency agent as a visiting professor.
UCSB's Student Lobby did not like the idea. "Why are they
bming (us)?" Student Lobby Annex Director Jaime Acton asked
'the Dail'/ Nexus, 'the campus paper. The reason, explained
~11V'l~IJato.r BcJb. Kuntz, is that the Student· Lobby sponsored
the Novemtier··rally. which·'led 1so students· 10 ·occupy
Uehling'S office and leave it "in dlsartay, with trash on the floor.
new stains on the carpet and soma
amounts of graffitti.·
waits adorned with small
Acton denied lhe Student Lobby was solely responsible
for the damages. ·tt they think that the demonstrat ion
represented the sentiments of one organization, which only
consists of a few people, then lhey missed lhe point
altogether," he said.
· Acton added the UCSB police, who eventually broke up
lhe occupation and arrested thirty-eight demonstrators in the
incident, might have caused some al the damage, toe. ·t doni
believe our officers were writing on the walls,· campus police
chief John MacPherson replied.
case of a fire.
·
In the last lour years, thirty-one people have fallen from
Daytona Beach Balconies. Six of them died Alcohdl was
involved in all but one of tho falls. Most of the falls involved
vacationers trying to get from one room to another by jumping
balconies, attempting to perform stunts, or simply losing their
balance and pitching over lhe raiUngs.
To solve the problem, the city list year gave hotel
managers extraordinary powers to have rowdy partiers
arrested in their rooms. There ware no balcony deaths in the
city during 1he 1987 break seascn. Some 400,000 people are
expected to vacation in Daytona Beach..during the len-week
break seascn this year, officials said.
Penrod said he•u continue to bolt his balcony doors
despite Cole's threat. "I guess 111just have to be eked tt that's
what It takes to save a kid's ltte," he said.
CAL STATE EDITORS AREFREED'IOMAKE
POU11CALENDORSEMENTS
1V SHOWS PASSION, NOT PRF.GNANCY
PREVENTION, REPORT SAYS
Just in time for the California primary in June, student
papers at the nineteen California State University campuses
won the right to make political endorsements on their editorial
Television watchers get an average of twenty-seven
scenes per hour of characters depicting, discussing or
suggesting sexual behavior, the Planned Parenthood
Federation of America found in a new survey.
pages. Cal. State's trustees in ea~y February signed a rules
change specffically permitting the papers to run unsigned
editorials endorsing candidates.
Cal. State-Humboldt and Cal. State-San Diego otticials
suspended editors in 1984 for endorsing Democratic candidate
Waner Mondale in defiance of the ban, and in 1986 editors at
twelve of the nineteen papers in the Cal. State system
published unsigned endorsements as an act of defiance. The
same year the state's General Assembly adopted a b ill
permitting U,e p,actice, but its effect was stalled until March,
1987, when a federal court ruled the trustees lacked the
authority to censor the student newspapers that used mo·ney
the trustees allocated them.
In all, that works out to 65,000 sexual references during
prime time programming during the fall. 1987 the report ••
p,epared by Louis Harris and Asscciates ·· found.
Each hour, viewers see an average ot ten sexual
innuendoes. nine kisses, five embraces or hugs. two
references to intercourse and two references to ·deviant o r
discouraged sexual practices.· ·
"(Television networks) barrage us an wfth sexuany explicft
programming." Planned Parenthood President Faye Wattlelon
complained, "yet they are reluctant to balance that with
constructive information about pregnancy prevention or the
consequences of sexual relationships. This is reprehensible ...
March 4,1988· The Colgate Nen/3
News
Sen te Reconvenes For
pring Semester
By MYRON RABIJ
The Sludenl Senate finally
reconvened t his Tuesday to
approve a new R9CX)rding Secrelary, lour appoin1men1s 10 lhe
Judicial Board and several
contingency budget requests. A
modification of the parking regulations also was announced. A
brief introduction to senate
structure and procedure was
made· for the benefit of this
semester''s newly·appoin1ed
senators.
Junior Lori McKenna officialty assumes the duties of
Recording Sec,etary this Spring
and replaces senior Alison
Eidolhoch who stepped down
from the posijion at the close ol
last semester. McKenna's appointment was affective immediately and she now joins the
roster of Student Association
officers.
The Senate also approved
the four appointments to the
Judicial Boar.d made by lhe
Student Association officers
after their extensive interviews
of ten applicants. Mark Scimeca
and Kim Davitt will serve full two-
semester terms. while James
Grooms and Brian Gordon fill
single-semester positions.
The Campus Planning and
Physical Resources C0mmittee
representative to the Senate
announced that Spanish and
French Houses residents retain
their old parking privileges
effedive immediately. Members
ol these special interest houses
again may park in their respective parfregardless of their class status.
After these orders of business, Treasurer Jeff Durney
presented five contingency
budget requests for approval or
d isapproval before the Senate.
These accumulated as the
Senate has not met since the
middle ol lasl December. Con·
tingencies are requests made
by organizations for more
lunding or reallocation of funds.
In essence, these proposals are
modilicalions of budgets al·
ready approved bY the -Senate
Budget Committee.
Senators approved $100 to
The Colgate Political Re·
view to be used by its representatives to attend a college press convention in New
Yori< City. The Senate also approved an add~ional $282 to the
West Indian Student Association(WISA) as lhe organ·
ization's planned lecture by
Roben Hill incured unanticipated
costs. S imilar problems befell
Unidad's Tropicana Night For·
mal. The Senate approved an
addilional $182 for flamingo
dancers and an additional $300
for a band scheduled to play
after dinner.
The Korean Society requested that the Senate approve a $150 reallocation of as
Spring budget. The organizalion
proposed t hat the said sum
approved for as volleyball lournament be used instead 10 fund a
trip lo Smith College where a
lecture will be delivered on
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Back The Clock
By LENORE HOMIC
Three Minutes to Midnight,
the Colgate nuclear awareness
organization, was renamed Six
M inU1es to Midnight in January
as a result of the U.S.·Soviel
treaty to eliminate inlermediaJ•·
range nuclear forces(INF). The
edaors of the Bullelln Of Atomic
Sciantlsta established the clock
sixteen years ago to indicate
the imminence ol nuctear war.
Last semester, Three
Minutes to Midnight asked SIU·
dents to sign p,e•written letters
to President Reagan and
General Secretary Gorbachev
encouraging both leaders lo
sign the INF treaty without
delay. According to one mom·
ber ol the organization, Mari<
Freedman. the group's action
was_symbolic because, "Th!
signing of the treaty wa~ set.
However, Freedman ma1nta1ns
that, "It was very important that
we. let the c.ampus know lh~t
w! re here. He continued, I
think people know now that
we·re no! just a name. There are
pe~le 1n the group wbo are
worfThe ~rganization plans to
celebrate its name change next
•
week wah enher an all campus
mailing or a Coop table wah
information about Six Minutes to
Midnight. Andy Alexis, one ol
the group leaders hopes S ix
Minutes .will gain more pro. minence on .campus . . ·1 don't
• think lot of people know (al>oot
the group).•
Alexis also hopes to
eliminate negative reactions
toward Six Minutes. He recalls
that one student said, ·These
people are making me sick;
during the INF letter signing
campaign. He added, -We have
to be stronger and not retaliale.
We have a purpose and we
should not lower ourselves to
their levels."
The purpose ol the group,
Alexis states is simply 10
promote awareness of the
danger~ posed ~y nu..ctear
weapons not influence opinions.
·1 think a lot of peopkt turn their
heads and look the other way. I
think they think we·re freaks, so
to speak.· He reminds students
that in a simple action such as
signing a letter, ·They·re not
giving away their first born or
going on the CIA mailing lisl. •
Six Minutes recently colcontinutKi on pags 6
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News
/
Modern Catholicism Analyzed
~ntinu9d from pag9 1 .
of "the great strides that have
~,n~ those who ~ave d1sse~ted been made by lay Calholics ...to
1n lh1~ country have gamed threaten authority in the
a~ent,on throughout th_e world· C hurch.· Hunt views these
w~h the he_lp of t_he media.
developments as symbolic of
She 1s crihca_l o[ those the increasi ng •maturity and
whom s~e calls ·dissenters of theological sophistication· of
the feet, those who, because the laity.
they do not ag!~e with on.a
Or. Hunt also found that
aspect of Cathohc1sm, leave rt. ·women have been set on a
Or. Hu~t follQWs the motto: ·1·d collision course· wilh the
rather fight than swilcl>. • In such Church. Unable to be ordained
a decision to stay within the and thus come into contact with
Church She finds •integrity." She the hierarchy, women are set at
vows to keep up the fight until odds with the Church. Givan the
she gets "kicked ou1 [of the present situation, Hunt finds
Church]," and believe~ that lrttle reason to be optimistic for
many dissenters have likewise change in the near future, since
discovered that theirs is ·a big those who are empowered to
Church, with room for many choose the nex1 Pope [thepeople.· ·
cardinals) have bean carefully
The real i ssue, as Hunt chosen according to the present
sees it. is not ~ho is in or out of . Pope's plan.
the Church," but rather "how will
Hunt feels that ii marked a
people be Church in the twenty- great stride when theologians
first century in a way th't is realized "that the Church was
faithful to the Gospel call to not infallible" concerning issues
'develop discipleship'.. ." There like birth control. Nor did ii
is no reason to talk about "pretend" to be. Humanae Vtta •
·exq>mmunication; but rather which condemns all effective
one should consider the "richer forms of birth contro~ "was not
synthesis" whicl> will inevitably issued as an infallible docbe the resuh of dissention which ument.• Rather, the Pope at the
will take place ·certainly in the time, Paul VI, refused to issue
longrun.•
his statement as infallible,
·or. Hunt foresees ·a realizing that "ha would have
theological prosperity that has lost both on infallbility and birth
with it the serious ne&d to be control." Today one s&es that
aco,untable for what It means to the theologians who pointed out
be Church..." The Church must the dttference between the
share its "gifts and opport- fallible and noninfallible teaching
unities·(money, faith, educa- of the Churcl>'s magisterium, its
tion). While some things are left teaching office, have convinced
bahind, others must become a majority of Catholics that there
important. according to Or. is such a thing as noninfallible
Hunt. Moreover, as the Churcl> teaching, since today over 82%
leaves "the ambivalent depend- of Catholic women use some
encies of adolescence• ii must form of birth control. Wdhin the
91ake serious responsibility."
fast two decades, Hunt has
· , She ~sees a ·n ew s~H· .~een what ·she terms "'lhe quiet
COOS;Ciousn.oss [in the Church)° " (abelridh °(ofCattiolfcs).' " · :
which cannot be·'turne,,- back." ·. ,.. Yet flrtoi'f, ~inco- John·Paul
Twenty years ago Vatican II II has held t he papacy, one
gave people the first signal of sees the Vatican "reasserting a
this. Later synods provide proof kind of authority it seems to
~ Awareness Programs
have lost. in order to maintain a
IIMRCH
structure ot control.• For
Sadunllir, Man:h 12
exampl e, in 1986 arehcon·
2pm-5pm,
servative German Card inal
Aa1zinger exclaimed that homo~Gym
(lent:~ Caun)
sexuality was ·intrinsk:alty and
morally disordered.• In Hunt's
opinion the rash reaction to
such st~tements on the part of
Thunclay, Mardi 17
7:30pm,
the bishops. due to pressure
Hal ol Pr, i'illnla
from the Vatican, leads to a
crossing of t he line between
"agreed upon authority..- and a
"kind of b l atant authoritarianism."
According to Hunt, o ne
"*9'" :Vidlolapeand
should remember the examples
dmu11b:1
of Galileo and Aquinas, both of
whom opposed the institution of
t he Church and were condemned by it. Hunt believes that
it may sometimes be the case
\
that "today's generation's
heresy i s tomorrow's orthodoxy." She warns, "Keep your
eyes on the d issenters!"
Further, she tries to propose
that one should view dissent as
an •equally faithful under·
standing• of the 5al>ture.
continued from page 4
Or. Hunt prescribes a United States foreign policy in continu#Jd from page 1
"mod~ication" in the hierarchical Korea. The Senate pa.ssed the fibnature of the Church, which she motion.
be finalized by Mardi 8 when the
believes is a Medieval carryA motion p<9""nted by the committee will officially comover, rather than something one haUan Club requesting $82 for a
mance their solicitation efforts
gets from the Scripture. One spaghetti..ating contest, how- with a dinner. A brochure will be
needs lo have respecl for the ever, was denied. The contest distJibuted to all seniors the fo~
·dis.senting opink>n; since this was to include one person from k>wing day outlining the im•
is a sign of a "mature insti- each dorm and two students portance of the fund and Its
tution." Dissenters ought to be from the awa,tments. The sen- pand let the chips fall where they club charge an entry fee to and includes a chaNenge to the
may." Hunt concludes: "To be participants rather than set the senior class to meet and surChurch means to be open to poor precedent of direct S.A. pass its goals. In doing so •not
those who wish to voluntarily sponsorship of individual club only will the class be recognized
associate themselves and take events.
for its success, the Colga1e
the aduh responsibility and time
The Sena1e will meet again libraries and the spirit of Sam
that it takes to consider t he this coming Tuesday at 7:15 in Cooley will be recognized in a
issues in a serious way:
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Jail and Bail
Six
.Laura X Lecture
Raises Fund~For Minutes
Cancer Research To
By BElH DOUGHER
You are accosted by two
official-looking individuals in
dark glassed and overcoats.
They snap handcuffs on your
wrists and inform you that you
have been arrested by Phi Delta
Theta and the American Cancer
Society as part of a charity fund
drive. You are then taken to a
mock jail in the Jerome Room of
tho library where you must face
a judge who informs you of t he
charges of which you are
accused and proceeds
to
announce the amount of your
bail. Then, given a black aod
while striped robe and prisoner's
hat, you are led to a jailroom full
at other inmates you may or may
not recognize. Your sentence is
to raise pledge dollars equal to
the amount of your bail by
calling friends and relatives who
are willing to make contributions
toward further cancer research.
Tho success of the Jail and
Bail project was exceptional.
Over the past three days, $9,
500 has ben raised and a lot of
fun has been had.
Craig
Dahmel, the studanl coordinator
of tho project, has bean wor1on Jail and Bail with Gussie
Sorenson, the chairperson of
the Madison County chapter of
the American Cancer Society
since August. The jail bars and
props were provided by the
American Cancer Society, but
tho brothers of Phi Delta Theta
contributed the many phones
used to call for pledges across
the country.
Accord ing to
Dahmel, "Everybody pilched in a
lot and worked really hard on ii.
We were really psyched that it
was so successful.*
The bail amounts ranged
lrom $25 to over $ 2 o o,
depending o~ how serious the
charge was. "Friends" of the
alledgad criminal f iled the
charges in the Dining Hall or the
Coop last week. Although a few
students ware unhappy about
being arrested, Dehmel said that
after they ware in the call
making phone calls. ·we had
trouble making them leave.·
Charges ranged from having a
. birthday and eating strange food
to going to too many parties.
Among the · convicts were
students and Deans Pelton,
Locke-Endy, and Jarcho.
Presid$01 Langdon even
contributed by bailing one of his
students out from behind bars.
Whi le the long distance
Midnight
continued from paga 4
lected signatures for a petition
to be sent to Congress urging
lawmakers, ·10 ratity the INF
treaty expiditiously without crippling amendments· and em·
phasized that the treaty is only
·a good starr because it
·covers only three percent of
the wortd's nuclear arsenals.·
Six Minutes will host author,
investigative reporter, and
speaker. Paul Loeb on April 6 at
8:00 in 209 McGragory. Loeb,
author of Hos» and Hard Times
America's Puce Movomenl and
the Reagan Era (Lexington
Books, 1986) studied the lives
and visions of ordinary Americans who are wor1<1ng to halt
the arm race. His lecture is
titled. "Hope in Hard Timas:
How Individuals Can Maka a
DWferanca in the World". Loeb's
aim in his lectures is to
encourage students to acknowledge their responsibilily to the
world. Many students. ha has
found, feel that a nucJear war is
likely to happen wtthin tho next
ten
years but fa~I they have no
telephone costs incurred by the
ability
to prevent its occur•
projed will be ot a considerable
rence.
sum. tha funds raised exceeded
The next Six Minutes to
the goal by $4,500.
Midnight meeting will be on
Tuesday. March 8 at 8 :00 p.m.
in Bunche House. Alexis will
facilitate this meeting. Six
Minutes has no elected officers.
The job of tacililator is assumed
convergence and new-age re-- by a different member each
ligion. ("not giving a shit about weak. According to Alexis, the
anyone else... it's not very facilitation process takes t he
new.") and on Reagan ("he pressure off a single member of
rigged and stole the election ot the o rganization and allows
1980.") Finally, when. asked more people to get involved.
what his version of a Utopian Alexis also mentioned that room
society would be, Hotlman 209 in Bunche House will be
responded, ·rm sure I would be open soon with information
in jail. .. I was sent here to make
about Six Minutes for any
trouble.·
students who would like to get
actively involved or just join the
Six Minutes mailing list.
Student A ctivism
continu9d from pag9 1
optimism, and energy to bring
about sooial change, but most
importantly, t hey posses "the
one quality necessary for social
change: impatience.·
After his speech, Hoffman
answered questions from the
audience. He spoke ot a n
interviwer who asked him if he
had any regrets about using
drugs during the sixties, to
which he responded, "'the
sixties without sex, drugs, and
rock and roll?' I started to cry!"
He answered questions about
Julius Hoffman. judge at the
Chicago Seven trial, ("I hope
he's got a good lawyer. he's
going to need it") the harmonic
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Mad&mois&II& Woman ot
Achievement Award and a World
Congress ot Victimology Award
for Innovative Programs and
Services. Presently she is the
Executive Director of the Woman's Hlstory Research Center
and the Director of the National
Clearinghouse on Marital and
Date Rape.
Laura x ·s presentation entilled "Whan a Woman Says No,
il's Rape· , began with a twentythree minute vKfeo clip of a 1981
Minutes· program featuring
interviews with survivors ot
marital rape as well as an
impromptu debate between
herself and · Sidney Siller, a
prominent divorce lawyer and
advocate for "Man's Rights."
One survivor, ·carol,·
explained, "Rape is not about
s&x." It is a.n act of "violence·
and • brutality • . A man sees a
beautiful woman and he wants
"'to scar her.· However, he
doasni achieve this physically,
but rather emotionally: through
shame and humiliation. When
asked why marital rape is often
not regarded as a crime, she
said that society sees the man
as the head of the household
with the woman as his servant.
Accordingly, the man has total
authority. The government cannot interfere.
However, "Cathy: a second
victim explained, ·marital rape is
a crime. Just because the man
has the title husband doasni
make it less of (one)." Her
husband was sentenced to eight
months in prison and three
years of probation. Cathy commented, "prosecuting him made
ma feel that I am ok." Sha
explained that person who was
raped was ·another parson·,
iha survivor as the ma who I am
·so
now.·
A heated debate followed.
Sidney Siller agreed •rape is a
vicious and degenerate crime.·
However, he insisted "in
marriage it is an entirety different phenomenon·. Siller feels
that one aspect of marriage is
the husband's abilily to engage
in a sexual relationship with his
wife.
In addition, Siller insisted
that the concept of marttal rape
was promoted by the feminist
movement, and accocdingly,
there are very -few actual·
cases. He believes that many
women use the term to threaten
the husband and to acquire a
large· divorce settlement. Al·
though, Siller does admit, most
of tha women end up going back
to their husbands anyway.
Laura X responded immediately to these claims,
·repeating the basic thoughts
or the victims. ·Rape is a
crime, a violation of (the
victim's) integrity." In addition,
sha insisted that the feminist
movement did not Ulvent it, but
rather has served as a means to
deal with it. Addressing the fact
that most women return to their
homes afterwards, Laura X
explained that four factors guide
the victim's behavior: the woman is controlled by economic
factors, she is trained that the
relationship is her failure and,
accordingly, her job to correct,
she is afraid that her husband
will come after her and. also.
she also understands her role
as victim--why should she
leave? Commenting on the
entire situation, Laura X asked,
"Why is it that rape is the only
crime i n which lhe victim is
accused of bad behavior?·
Following the film. Laura X
addressed questions from the
audience. In reoent years, she
explained the number of cases,
as wall as the number of cases
reported, of marital rape has
increased. Furthermore, when
asked whether iha legislators
are as ridk:ulous as the man in
the tilm·. she responded sadly,
·yes· . laura X explained that
laws against marital rape were
not passed in New York state
umn Dae. 20, 1985. That
according to one legal counsellor for tha senate, "Women say
'yes' when they mean ·no'." That
when a woman gets marTied she
engages in •civil death· upon
which she is no longer
considered a iamale" in the law;
"her identity is merged wtth that
of the husband."
In the final stag.a. the
program moved to a discussion
of data rape. Laura X explained
that this phenomenon is an
extension ot the cor.capt that a
woman is owned by her husband
·- •a man o wns a woman's
services for the length of a
'date'.· She presented soma
trightening statistics: twenty
percent of all women on collage
campuses experience at least
one instance of date rape. In a
survey taken by a psychology
professor a1 the University of
Auburn in Alabama. 61% of all
male students admit to having
parformod data rape. In addilion, a similar survey at UCLA
confirmed that 61% ol all the
males would "do more· it they
could get away wilh ii.
Laura X is convinced that
rape stems from a profound
hatred of women. She explains
that if a man is d runk and
sleeping on the gutter, another
man would not steal his wallet
because it is an offense
directed at a peer and would be
contidered terrible. However, if
a woman is drunk and she is
raped, man believed "she asked
for it." Laura X insisted. if a
...oman is drunk she cannot give
her inlorm11d cons11nt and
therefore any sexual activity
that she &ngages. in constnutes
rape. The man need not be
sober. tf he is invofved in a car
accident alcohol is not an
excuse and it is not an excuse
for violent sexual behavior. One
member of the audience commented, "Alcohol is only an
excuse on college campuses."
Closing, Laura X commented, "the only way to
prevent date and marital rape is
through education.· There is a
strong need tor ii at schools like
Colgate." Furthermore, Laura
would like 10 see instruction
begin at the elementary school
level. She feels that date and
marital rape is primarily a result
of socialization and such
education would prevent negative feelings about women from
becoming predom inant and
motivating beliefs.
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March6
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as they face Vermont!
March 4,1988 • The Colgate News/7
Commentary··State Of The Race
By JEFF SWANSON
As the Presidential race moves into
Super Tuesday, the picture has cleared
significantly. Four candidates have
already been eliminated. On the
Republican side, Pete du Pont drew
praise for his honesty, such a.s his
proposaJ to eliminate all farm subsidies.
But his extreme oonservatism made him
unappealing to moderates, and he is
virtualty unknown outside of Oelawaara.
Former Secretary of Stale Al Haig
conducted a bizarre ea mp a i g n.
Obviously uneloclable. Haig spent most
of his time bashing George Bush ewer tho
Iran-Contra affair. II seems that his
purpose in running was to settle a
personal feud with Bush.
On tho Democratic side, Bruce
Babbitt attracled little support but much
praise for his honesty and well-defined
platform. Ho deserves crodtt for openly
proposing a tax increase to eliminate the
deficit. Babbitt's proposal is mo r •
sensible and straightforward than
Michael Dukakis' proposal lo cul the
deficit by pursuing tax cheats. Unlike
Babbltt, Gary Hart seemed to have no
focus in his desparata campaign. Despite
public disgrace and a huge dofictt from
his 1984 campaign, Hart slogged on
through the cow pastures of Iowa to
gather approximately 438 votes. After
the New Hampshire primary, Hart tried to
be optimistic: ·we recieved 500% more
votes here than in lowal" A CBS
commentator then put t he damper on
things by remarking, "That's not much."
And so, like du Pont, Haig, and Babbitt,
he was forced to withdraw for lack of
support.
•
Bush Takes Control
M~a~whilo George Bush was almost
buried 6y the media after a disastrous
Iowa loss to Bob Dole and Pal Robertson.
However, Bush bouncod back with a
convincing win i'\Now Hampshire and
seems firmly in the lead for Super
Tuesday next week. Desp~e cheap shots
from Bob Dole and Iha media about lranConlra, doubters in his own party. and
voter indifference to a two-time Vice
President, Bush has asserted himself as
the leader.
While Bush is taking control, tho Bob
Oolo campaign is in trouble. Dole has
stressed his leadership experience in the
Senate endlessly, while failing to outline
his platform adequately. Ho is simply not
trusted by many Republicans because ol
his apparent lack of ideological
conviction and a tendency to
compromise on key issues. Dole wants to
please everyone, a useful tratt for a
Senate minority leader but not for a
Presidential hopeful. For example, his
support of huge farm subsidies may have
won him votes in k>wa, but to the rest of
the country it indicates a lac,k of
conservative principle and financial
restraint.
As Dole stresses his "abllity to make
the tough decisions,· Pat Robertson has
shown his own inabiltty to face roaltty.
Two of Robertson's more ludicrous
statements have been that there are
Soviet missiles in Cuba(he has sources
that U.S. milttary intelligence must not
have) and that tho Bush campaign
instigated the Swaggart scandal to
discredit him. Unfortuately, Robertson
has recruited extremist evangelicals and
their ilk and will probably do well in tho
South. As fe< Jack Komp, ho is running a
solid campaign and holding to his
principles. An example is his
denounciation of farm subsidtGs in k>wa,
politically damagingin that stale bu!
honest. In the foreign policy arena, his
support of tho Contras, tho Afghan
rebels, and rejection of the INF treaty
indicates hi s consistent conservatism.
Ho has not gained a largo following yet,
but promises to be a major fade< in 1992,
Al tho other end of !ho polttical
spectrum, liberal Democrat Michael
Oukakis is th• temporary front·runner.
Ouf
1/TheCOlg•• N-. Mlml4,1988
won tho neighboring slate of Now
Hampshire bu! has yet to prove hims•"
outside of tho Northeast Ho claims lo be
the creator of an ·economic miracle· in
Massachussetts, which hias undergone
an KOnomic revitalization. However, this
·mirade· has been mainly attrributable to
huge defense contracts which Oukakis
opposes. Regionally, Now Hampshire is
doing better economically with a
conservative Republican governor and
lower taxes. And so Oukak is' ·miracle·
has actually been making his state
"Taxachussotts· over tho objoclions of
its citizens. In reality, he deserves no
credrt for the New England economic
revival that his state is participating in.
"American troops wll remain In Europe,
under 811)' aninlsbatlon, so long as
Europa1NJ wai1l tham tp stay."
- Plesident Roriald Reagan
'With the selection of lllkhall Gorbachev,
the Politburo signaled 11s l8COgllllion that
the Soviet Union was In deap trouble."
- Robert Gates, CIA Deputy Director
What's Next For
Ronald Reagan?
The winner of the Iowa caucus,
Richard Gephardt, is waiting lo take
control when Dukakis slips. Gephardt is a
more polished !!andidate than Oukakis,
with a brand of "populism· based on
protectionism. His programs of trade
sandions against Asia and Europe would
By PAUL TOWNEND
not solve America's problems in the
.,. be nice to see Reagan as a private
international market. Nevertheless, they
It's interesting that the national citizen visit the Soviet Union. The ex~first
appeal to voters disenchanted to the media, with their nose for stories, have couple would make wonderful sem i·
slide ot American goods relative to the span! so little ink speculating about official ambassadors and might be useful
rest of tho world. In tho South, Gephardt what's going to happen to our most in l'9htening the travel load of any future
will be competitive and assert himseH as recent, if not our youngest, e ld er Vice President. Of course they would be
statesman come January of next year. wonderful hosts for charity events and
the race goes on.
As for Paul Simon(tho candidate), All that nonsense about retiring to the telethons. ff it wasn't against the law it
his attempt 10 be an Illinois populist in tho ranch aside, it seems only natural to might be fun to make them honorary king
mold of Abraham Lincoln is not being well wonder what tho most popular president and queen, Maybe Dan Rather will walk
oft tho sot again and open up a job
received. Although he looks like a ever will do w~h tho years loft to him.
refugee from the set of "Revenge of the
Reagan, properly regarded, is a kind Reagan is uniquely suttod for. tt would
Nerds, Part II,• this can't disguise his of national treasure, perhaps far more probably be safer to have him reading the
dovolion to beg spending. He will probably useful out of office than ho has been in tt. nows rather than taking naps while his
do poorly in Super Tuesday and only a There seems to have arisen over tho aides make tt. Ho used to broadcast ball
strong victory in his home state of Illinois course of the past eight years a sort of games, why not? As l see it lhe
would give him any hope. Jesse Jackson consensus that agrees while his merits opportunities are boundless and the end
will gain signfficanl support in tho South as a decision maker and natoinal leader result is somehow more interesting than
and use tt for barg~iniog Pl>w•r. at the , (night~ qu9l'tiona11f,;Ron~ld Roag"'1 is · watching tho-wild scramble to determine
convention this sum'mer. Tennessee's Al not only ~ g reat communicator bl!' a fine • who rep!aces- him, at least in March'.' ..
Of ·course, there·s plenty of time for
Gore oeeds a strong showing in Super felldw to have around- friendly,
Tuesday, including a victorr. or lwo, to photogenic, believable. At any rate it's things to change. Our economy could
put himself in consideratk>n for a vice- evident he~s called to do something self destruct and reduce Reagan to
presidonlial spot on tho l ickel.
besides what our other ex-presidents do. · Carter-like status. Air Force One could
So right now tt looks like Bush and Nixon out of elected political office is a take a nosedive, and there is always the
Gephardt will go down to the w ire in shell of a man. He shares with Carter the usual quota of crazies gunning for
November. Unfortunately, these problem of being something of a skeleton important people. But barring some
candidates could have been selocled by in America's closet. a figure whose face, unfortunate accident, there will be a very
the national conventions this summer. when it appears on television, reminds us unusual unemployed American at this
The money and time wasted on pcimaries of important things- Watergate, hostage time next year. I can only hope the
and caucuses could have been taking, the decline of America. Ford Search Committee for our new presidenl
redirected to more productive endeavors seems far happier organizing golf has taken note of this fact and made Mr.
than milking cows in Iowa or attending tournaments than he ever did in the Oval Reagan aware of our vacancy. Ronnie
town meetings in New Hampshire. Off,co. What will Ronald Reagjln do?
might be less of an egghead than many of
Without an elimination of the primaries
I suppose ho could roitro 10 I h • his predecossors, but no doubt ho would
and caucuses, the national will have to ranch, but that would be very dull and at waste no time making Langdon's
endure the ordeal of the endless any rate isn't tho stuff of which "Campaign for Colgate· look like a paper
campaigns again in 1992.
commentary columns are made. It would drive.
Commentary
Senior Group Looks Back At Colgate
By l1iROUGH OUR EYES '88
TAYLOR LAKE, Hamilton, NY Sightings of a strange croaluro reported
10 both Colgate Security and tho Hamilton
Police during the past week.and have
stirred the curiosity of many students
and townspeople alike. The accounts
included a description of a aerie slander
projection topped with a dinosaur-like
head rising from the water. Several
oyew~nesses also claims to have heard
a bizarre, guttural cry emanating from the
alleged creature. All sightings Lwere
reported between the hoand 4 :00 a.m. In response. Robert
Holcomb. head of Colgate Socur~y. in
eonjunc1ion with the Hamilton POiice
force, has established a continuous
stakeout of the area in question in hopes
of ... What are you thinking about? ... Do
you rally believe that there mtght be a
monster at the bottom of Taylor lake?
Why are you reading this article? Would
you be reading this article if its title
oonvayed its actual subject: namely, the
apathy that pervades tho Colgate
community?
We realize thal in attempting to
address the issue of apathy cerlain
formidable barriers must be .overcome.
The first and most immediate obstacle to
overcome is to get you to read this far. It
is for this reason that we felt it
nec3essary to use the literary ploy. How
many of you are thinking about turning
the page at this point, now that you know
what we intend to address? We hope 1ha1
at least a few of you will continue on.
Student Input Needed
Tho real problem of apathy is one of
attitudes and values. h is a feeling of
e~her insignificance leading 10 a general
lack of concem or merely one of personal
indifference and uncaring. This mindset
prevails more often than not within the
Colgate communtty. This campus has
become a haven for whiners and petty
critics, lacking focus and constructive
action. Efficient leadership and enthusiastic support does exist, but all too
often, tt is ignored or pushed aside. How
often have you simply complained or
criticized some aspect of Colgate life
wtthout actually thinking or laking about
a constructive solution to the identified
issue? It is easy to be a critic; the world
is full of them. What is needed are
problem-solvers and doers. These
persons and their skills are alWays in
demand, especially now at Colgate in
these t imes of transition (i.e., a new
President, a serious reassessmenl of
issues of both academic and social
concern, etc.) in which the opportuntty
for constructive change is more pronounced.
Being a rather self-contained community, Colgate is uniquely well-suoed for
significant student input and effective
influence in the business of the
university and its community life. There
are numerous forums in which student
opinions and suggestions can be voiced
and are much appreciated. All one must
do is look around: there are neWSpapers,
journals and student representation in
almost every realm of the university
governance slructure. Yet, these
valuable opportunities are' all too often
bypassed in the face of a debil~ating and
demoralizing apathy.
Participation Proves Crucial
Colgate students undoubtedly have
the potential to effect intelligent
changes. But to paraphrase a popular
sports broadcaster, potential means that
you •ain1 done nothing yet." Indeed,
seriously ask yourseH if you have made a
positive contribulion to the Colgate
commun~y. or have you merely passed
through and done nothing to enhance
your own or anolher's experience. If you
do nol care enough for Colgate to do
anything positive, what are you doing
here? The university would be much
better off w ithout you. Is a life of
profound indifference really worth living?
- This is not meant as a call for
dynamic crusaders, but rather a prod to
take stock of yoursoK and your l~e to see
~ tt is really meaningful. To live without
interest in anything means to live for
nothing and this, no doubt, is a heinous
deficiency. Colgate is a part of your lije
for four years, and you inherit the
responsbili1y ol tts problems as well as
~s beneftts. A truly meaningful four years
demands both an enjoyment of tts merits
and an attempt to ameliorate its
deficiencies. Apathy has no place in
etther of these aclivtties.
in this same spirit, the Colgate
experience is about much more than just
attending classes and receiving a
di>loma Although a four year experience
seems quite transitory, the opportunity is
presented to expand one's horizons
through a variety of personal interactions. Hamilton may not be the cultural
mecca of lho world, bul the potential
exists for a variety of meaningful e~periences. Numerous opportunities are all
loo frequently overloclbefore leaving the mailroom. Many other
possibilities remain as yet unborn.
However, these possibilities are destined
to remain unborn without true and
meaningful thought and action.
Wo are hopeful that this column will
we received not only by students but also
by faculty members, administrators.and
alumni. For without the cooperative
efforts of all involved, Colgate will bo
unable lo effOclivoly confront lhe present
and future demands of a changing
community. A monster does exist at
Colgate, bul ~ is not conlinod 10 Taylor
Lake. Indeed, it pervades the entire
community, and ;ts name is apathy. It is
up to each one of us to slay this monster
and offoclively work for a boner
existence here at Colgate. Incessant
whining and criticism will not do the trick;
a more desirable community comas only
from well-thought, offOclive action.
The pr6C8ding column. and those
that will appsar wHk/y hereafter was
writtsn by a group of ws/1-msaning
ssnlors. The group is delibfuately
div11rss, and as such, represents a wk/11
variety of perspectives on tho Colgate
campus and community. We ar11 as on11 in
th• l»lief that Colgate is a fin• institution
that provides both an opportunity for an
outstanding Bducation and the chance to
matur• as_ a J)BfSOn. Y« Co/gat• also has
weaknessss ,pong with its strengths. In
the dynamic life of an institution and
campus commun#y, it is lmpossble for
one to exist without the other. h is
towards the ond of highlighting and
extending the strengths and rtldr1JSsing
the weaknesses that this column is
dedicated. Hopofully, the subsequent
columns will offer construc•tive
alternatives to the topics that will be
addressBd. lnevhably, ..., will not have
definitive solutions to the compl&x issues
that lacs the campus, but what
hope
to accomplish is to alert ths readfN to
wltat Colgate is and what Colgate can bs.
In no way do we prt1sume to
repressnt ths visws of any person or
group othsr than oursslves. Our only
claim to expertiS6 comtJS by virtus of our
11xperiena.s at Colgate for th11 bsttor part
of four years. Each woBk ..., shall ssBk to
bring whatever iJ/uminaUon ws might to
some of the ssrious issues that confront
the Colgate community. At all times we
shall se9k to be constrvctive: Colgate is
a great placB, but its standing is not
static. It is up to each of us to cuftivau,
and maintain this assurance.
w•
Cone Beckham
Carrie Douglas
Jeff Durney
Allan Flowers
Dave Hunsberger
Wendi Mayerson
Christopher Meyer
Stu Nahas
Sue Phillips
Pam Shelton
Dave Stifel
Bridget Welsh
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Registration Frustration
ByGREGNARAG
Although ~ is late February and wo·ro
setlling into the Spring semester,
something from last semester still lingers
in my mind and don, leave me alone. h's
an old p,oblem for which a solution is long
overdue, and seeing as it will be rolling
around to rear its ugly head again this
semester and every semester after this
one until Colgate no longer exists, I think
ii needs soma attention.
This past December, sometime just
at the end of reading period and
dangerously close to the first sol of linal
exams, at the most hectic and pressure~
filled time of the year, when everyone
was either finishing up term papers,
cramming for finals, or engaging in some
other semester's and academic venture •
a plain white envelope was quietty placed
i.n my mailbox.
Perhaps it's a familiar sight for some,
but for me it was a first. tt was a latter
from the Registrar's office. The letter
rather coldly informed me that I would be
receiving only two of the eight possible
courses for the spring that I had signed
up for. It also told me that I had the option
of coming to the Registrar's office at the
appointed time and dale (according to my
class year and by alphabetical priority)
and choosing courses from a list of the
remaining openings· before the February
drop/add period.
Normally, such a letter would bo
rocoived warmly. But I wasni happy ~h
this at all, the latest example of blatant
bureaucratic injustice and indifference,
this time courtesy of the Registrar's
crew. There was a lot of wrong hare.
First of all, I was assigned to come to
the office al 10:20 a .m. on Tuesday,
Docomber 15 to sign up1or any remaining
classes. so when did the fetter arrive?
Tuesday, Docomber 15!!!
I don't know who's responsible tor
this, perhaps the Registrar's people,
maybe the mailroom. But I couldn"I
believe ~- II certainly wasni there the
day before; I had checked my mail that
day. but even the day before is
ridiculously late to inform ma of such a
situation, especially in light of tho fact
that final exams were the focus of
everyone's attention that week.
Tethnically ~ was probably in my box
Tuesday morning when the mailroom first
opens, so i1 actually was there before
10:20 a.m .• the time of the appointment.
But let's be serious - what kind of
advance notice is thal? By the time I had
chocked my mail Tuesday afternoon, tt
was too lalo 10 do anything. This amcunts
to nothing more than being jerked around.
Also, I wondered - what leads one 10
think Iha! because I did not gel most or
any of the courses that I wanted that I
would S<>ttle for something else? Nothing
else on that list of courses even remotety
interested ma. Organic Cham? Art
History? Chinese? NO i!! I am a
Philosophy major, ~·s my junior spring, all
my requirements are a:,mpfete, rva been
up to my ears in electives, and what I
need are Philosophy courses. Nothing
else. No more games - I have neither the
time nor the interest to dabble in such
stupidity when I need to complete my
major NOW, not later.
Among some (or perhaps many)
students at Colgate an obvious complaint
is that we often can"I get the classes we
want; they elude us. Why? In some
departments - Philosophy and Religion,
English, Economics, to name a few - to
get a class is to first step onto a
battlefield with hordes of others who want
that class also. Everyone Iengages in
combat, some win the coveted courses.,
but many lose. Some popular classes are
f illed very quickly, and several people
find themselves shut out, even jf a
professor bands the rules and lets in
more than should be in a class.
Classrooms are way past capacity, and
still people are turned away.
For a freshman or sophomore maybe
this amounts simply to a minor
annoyance; you can always try later. But
thereafter it's serious. W hen you happen
to be an upperclassman who has
committed to a particular concentration
and you're denied those vital courses,
you start to become more than a little
irritated. Some of us declared concentrations lc;,ng ago, and we know exactty
what we have to do with our remaining
lime at Colgate. We're no longer sampling
anything we can get our paws on.
So why can"I someone li<.e ma • who
has declared my major already, who is
past lhe haffway point in my academic
career • get one of the most basic
courses for my concentration? Who is
getting these classes? Am I to understand that in the grand scheme of things,
I have to sit out a class because my last
name begins w~h the wrong tenor?
On speaking to my advi sor, ha
agreed that this is a problem hero. Ho
suggested Iha! ~ I go to tho various
professors, explain my sttuation, and ask
'
permission, then perhaps I would be let in
the classes.
But ·we bolh wondered tho same
thing: why should I have to ask in the firS1
place? I want to take courses in my area
of concentration - i.s this too much to
ask? Why am I reduced to begging for
that which i should be enlttled to as a
student here? ThtS is ridiculous. I doni.
want to hear the same old song and
dance about there being Jl0 other way to
deal with the demand for classes than lhe
current method.
I suspecl that I am by far no lhe only
person with this problem. rm also pretty
sure that this is a legitimate issue at
Colgate. Colgate students gripe about
lots of things, some justified. others
simply absurd. But I ~ould hope that lho
Powers that Be at Colgate take notice of
this particular gripe, because certainly of
all the things we do hare, the matn focus
of our time is (or at feast should be) of an
academic nature. If we are going to be
bound as students by certain rules at one
of the nation's finest schools, than why
cani Colgate retum the favor and give us
the bare minimum. which is the courses
we need? Surefy this quas1ion must
eclipse issues as powerful as the
complaints as pointless as the everpopular but ultimately stupid parking
policy debate. The demand is a simple
one: don, randomly assign course; give
them first to tho people who really need
them, namely those who are working on
completing majors.
March 4,1988 • The Colgate NNS/9
Commentary ·
Reflections On New
Hampshire January
By JBNFER A. PECK
Imagine spending the entire momh of
January in the state of New Hampshire
without ever going skiing. That is just
one of the many strange -but-true
occurrences in my incredibly memorable
month as an intern for Jack Kemp's New
Hampshire Presidential Prim a ry
campaign.
My internship was a lime in my life
which I will certainly never forget. tt
cannot be summed up as an entirely good
or an entirely bad experience. tt had
tremendous up-swings and equivalent
crashes (if you will excuse the pun on my
nearty·tolalled, brand new car).
Tho fact that I was a liberal wor1for a man who wanted to ·continue the
Reagan Revolution; surely added much
to the bizarre aspect of the entire
experience. An experience it certainly
was, though. I managed to land the
position of Press Assistant. This kept
ma from having to do any canvassing or
other things which might have forced me
to reveal my true opinions on various
political issues (or to lie about them,
which I was equally unwilling to do).
What I Learned
I learned an amazing number of
things about how the political process
works. I saw how much of winning or
losing a campaign depends upon the
abildy of lhe candidate to soil himsolt (or
of those people who work for him to sell
him). I realized that there is no glamo~r
for those who work behind the scenes in
polrtics; everyone from the campaign
manager IO the lowliest volunteer is
engag·ed in drudgery in a campaign.
Definaoly the most important things I
learned during my internship, however,
woro about myseH. Wor1dedicated, hard-line Republicans made
me reevaluate my own values and beliefs
(and I'm pleased to say that I was right
about most of them in the first place).
I learned that I can work fourteenhour days. seven days a week living
almost solely on peanutbutter and jelly
sandwiches, bologna, macaroni-andcheese, and coffee and eating only after
11pm (although I donl ever intend to try~
again).
I loamed to appreciate bods (yes,
even with the Colgate University-issued
mattresses); toilets that flush; showers
yielding more than twenty seconds of
warm water per annum (sorry un;versity
Apart-ment dwellers); buildings wdh heat;
tap water which you can drink (ours was
contaminated with gasoline!); and
various other (X)mforts of modern life.
My overall feeling about the
experience was that I am glad I did ~- I
would never do It again, but I wouldnl
have known that ~ I hadnl tried d. I really
did learn a lot. I must end by saying lhat I
urge everyone to try something totally
new next January term. Go ahead and
take an internship--il may very well be
your only chance in life to do some of
those things. Tako advantage of thorn
boforo the faculty and administration
tako away your chahce to do so.
Drug Trade Realities
By JONATH:IIN R KUHLMAN
The following is not a comprehensive
view of the subjed matter, nor does it
present definitive solutions to the issue.
Rather, ds sole purpose is to heighten
awareness of a situation of major
proportions.
Turn your focus away from abstract
questions of morality and healthy minds
and bodies and witness the sobering
realities of the drug trade: intimidation
and dealh. The Reagans' ·Just Say No To
Drugs· campaign is commendable for it
strikes at a vital economic organ:
demand. But attention to demand is not
enough. Tho offocts of drug trafficking
now reach beyond the pollution of young
minds and invotve brutal slayings and
initimidation by the suppliers.
For those who tlilnk tho decision to
use drugs is private, stop and think about
how your access to drugs is being
protected. In the early morning hours on
Monday, throe shotgun blasts through
the window of a patrol car violently
snuffed out tho IHo of a 22 year old Now
Yori< City cop. He was guarding the home
of a wdness 10 a drug exchange. Over in
Newark, NJ, events are much the same,
only that dealers end up battling
themselves. Tho steady bursts of Uzi
submachine gun fire echo through the
hallways of abandoned highrises as
dealers battle over turf and their share of
t he market. Down in Miami, Federal
prosecutors receive around the clock
p~oteettOn aver si nce the news that a
contract was taken out on them and their
families by South American hd squads.
U.S. Mu.st Crackdown
Colombia's Medellin cartel is
responsible for 80% of the cocaine
crossing U.S. borders. Thay have
inundated the nation with the drug,
driving down the price from $30,000 to
$15,000 per Kilo. Wdhout question !hey
have affactivety taken control of their
country. They have killed and lhreatened
judges and police otticials to the point
that lhey foar making arrests. Colombia's
president can no longer be assured of his
10( 111e 0olglle NI.. UI rv 4,1988
protection in public and consequently did
not appear at the funeral of his attorney
gonoral, kmed by tho cartel for taking his
investigations too far. Members of the
cartel are ·extraditable" to the U.S. on
drug related charges, but the prospects
of this ever happening are dim.
Admittedly thoro is little wo can do
about the internal affairs of Colombia.
Likewise, we have our hands full at home.
Dealers are not afraid to fight back,
mosuy wrtn ttrepower vastly supenor to
that of law enforcement officials. But the
opportunity has arisen to demonstrate
our resolve to actively tight the war on
drugs. Panamanian strongman Genera
Noriega was recently indicited by Florida
grand juries on drug trafficking charges.
He effeciively "sold out" his country,
allowing Colombian dealers to use
Panama as a stopover for shipments into
the U.S. In addition to sanctioning tho
drug trade, Noriega is an afficlanado of
violence; he loves a good round of
torture, especially sexual. The man is
filth, puro and simple. But then again, this
is nothing the U.S. governmenl has not
known for several years. It is disturbing
to think we offered to drop charges on
Noriega if he "disappeared· from Panama.
W~h the Panamanian governemnt in
turmoil, now is time for the U.S. to step in
and gain control of tho outcome. Wo havo
declared our support for ousted president
Duvalle, row in hiding. and the majority of
Panamanians daclare their opposition to
Noriega. What they lack, however, is
organization and the unwavering support
of the U.S. to eHociivoly challongo
Noriega and his forces. If Reagan
refuses to impose economic sanctions.
then some plan must be developed for
fostering a cohesive resistance force in
Panama.
Consensus is not part of the politics
of contraband. Those who get in the way
moro than likely will ond up dead. When
actions reach these proportions, the war
on drugs moves beyond the classroom
walls and into the streets of our
neighborhoods. Thon drugs really
translate into the destruction ol human
life, and the title of war is all the more
fitting.
Pales·tinian Crisis
Hurts All Involved
ByADAMSHYAVIZ
Hi Colgate! Having been in Israel
these past seven months I felt compelled
to wr'ite in response to · Dan Levin's
commentary in (ho February 12th issue of
the Colgate N-s. People have probably
pointed out the several inaccuracies in
the article already, but I want to stress
what I think is the major o·ne. Israel has
not, as Mr. Levin claims, annexed the
West Bank or the Gaza Strip. Those
areas are, and have been for tho past
twenty years, occupied territory. Israel's
presence in these areas is a military, not
a civil one.
These fads mean several things for
those intimately involved , and I thought
that I might write a few of them down. I
want to put a human face on the
occupatiol1, for the situation ~in the
territories is exacting a very human toll.
For Johnny, a 19 yoar old Pai..stinian
from the West Bank lrom whom I learned
a lot. the occupation means that a good
friend of his was killed by a snipe(s bullet
at point blank range. Johnny's friend
picked lhe wrong wall to hide behind, and
he surprised a soldier not much older
than Johnny. The soldier fired in a panic,
and Johnny's friend, who had boon
throwing rocks, died instantly.
Humanity Behind The Homr
That was tho first limo Johnny saw
btood ...lots of blood. Johnny threw rocks
that day too, and I am sure that he will
continue to throw rocks until Israel either
withdraws from the territories. or he too is
killed. I met Johnny at a workshop on
conflict resolution between Jews and
Palestinians in the Middle East. He is
articulate, scared, willing to talk to
anyone who will listen, and absolutely
desparate.
For Guy, a 19 yoar old paratrooper,
tho occupation means that he might have
to play policeman when he has been
trained long and hard to play commando.
He is not opposed to the occupation, but
he doesni like it He has had two friends
hurt, though nono killed, and ho fools
trapped by circumstances. He hasnl
been in the territories yet, but he will go if
ordered to. As far as he is concerned,
there is no choice.
For Brian, a recent immigrant to
Israel, tho occupation means that he has
been ordered to play jailer to the 12 to 16
year old Palestinians behind bars in
Israeli military prisons without going
crazy. He hates his job, but .ho has
responsibilities to his family(as he sees
tt), and disobeying orders would just
mean a month in jail on the other side of
tho bars. Besides, he says, at least I
donl beat them.
For Ariah, who might immigrate, the
occupation is one big reason not to. He
thinks that he would refuse 10 serve in
the territories, and that he could
effociively join the Israeli Peace
Movemont:..but, does he really want to
raise a family in a war zone?
For Oazwish, an Israeli Arab living in
Acco and studying law in Jerusalem, tho
occupation is a sickness that will
e,ventually turn Israel into a fascist state
unless she w ithdraws, or at least
progresses from the status quo. He has
lriends who have boon beaten, a friGnd in
the Border Police, and other friends that
just IWe and smoulder with their feelings
ol solidarity w~h the Palestinians.
For za·ov, a hero of the 1973 Yorn
Kippur War, it means taking courses in
riot control at a police academy.
For Sammy, the occupation means
lhat ·every night the army comes into my
village, beats up the same ten guys as
they d id the night belore, and thon
disappears.·
For a 15 year okt boy, whose name I
can't remember, it means that one of his
friends died when a Palestinian guerrilla
killed six soldiers near Kirzat Shmana.
For Uri, it means a tarnished dream
of a just Israel
For Noah, the occupation is a reason
to demonstrate. and a crime to
denounce.
For Roberta the occupation means
fearing to read the newspaper.
For Taavl tt moans th'\) his bus got
stoned.
For Sophie, tt means a rock through
her bus's window.
For Dede Ben Sheetrit and 250
others it means a month in jail for refusing
to serve as occupiers.
For hundreds of thousands of
Palestinians the occupation means
suffering, shame, dehumanization,
injustice, provocation, and desparation,
but most of all d means pain.
For hundreds of thousands of both
Jewish and non-Jewish Israelis the
occupation means brutalization,
corruption,
necessity,
shame,
stubbornness, cruelty and the repression
of others, but most of all tt means soul
searching.
For me, and many others, the
occupation means sadness and disgust
at the injustices and growing sense of
hopelessness. It is also a call to
onorgetically join those that aro working
for a resolution to the conflict and tho
continue survival of both peoples.
For you at Colgate, I hope the
occupation means something more than
headlines. I hope ~ means people.
See you all next fall. Shalom.
Nota:
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Commootary ar9 not nooessarily thosB of
The N•w• Editors or staff. Th• News
r9tains tho right to edit any Commentary
subm;tted, as well as the right to rsfus&
Commentary that is libelous, sfand9rous
or for which there is no stated author.
Submissions should be mad9 to Th•
, _ . by WedMsday.
~ - -----rcl""=o~m~m~e~n~,a~ry~----The Message Behind Abbie Hoffman
ByDANLEVlN
Last night, Abbie Hoffman; socialist,
political activist and author dazzled a
filled Chapel for close to two hcurs. Whal
drew so many students out to listen to
what this man had to say? He does not
rival James Dean in physical beauty. he
did not complete his PhD al Harvard, and
has never bean elec:t8d to pubHc,office.
He has, however. been arrested 53
times, and the government has over
66,000 pages on file about him. From this
description, one may think that Abbie
Hoffman is a common criminal, a
detriment lo society. In actually, he may
be just the opposite.
Mr. Hottman represents a period in
modern history that seems to fascinate
Amaric today.
The Sixties. Time
Magazine recently dedicated an entire
issue to this decade. All sorts of cfiches
are used to describe it: a time of change,
upheaval, moral outrage. The fact is that
nothing like it had ever happened before
it and nothing like it has taken place
since.
people bolow the poverty lino s ince the
instead of sitting around and discussing
Great Depression.
Next, we compare moral attitudes of
the problems of the day, they allowed
We are now approaching an age
their outrage, emotion, and action to
much like 1960. The status quo cries out
lhe two eras. McCarthyism, witch hunts,
and xenophobia set the tone for the
fifties. The nation·s christians were being
rebom, groups were forming against thal
satanic music called rock 'n roll, Catcher
In Ths Rys was being ripped off of tho
change the beat of America's drum.
tor change and we have the power to
nation's shelves. Today, we have not
one, but two ministers not just running for
public office but for the presidency. A
person cannot obtain U.S. citizenship ij
he or she has aver been associated with
the Communist party. Groups still are
being formed to eliminate that satanic
music called rock 'n roll and catcher In
Th& Rys is still under threat of censorship
then again he may be right.
make these changes. Although he
admitted at tho reception following the
leclure that America is not changing fast
enough to keep up with the Soviets or lite
Where Do We Go From Here
I
Abbie Hoffman doesn1 need to be
physically anractive and doesn1 need to
have attained a PhD from Harvard to tell
Chinese, Abbie Hoffman didni tall tha
Colgate audience to go out and change
things. He knew that would do absolutely
no good. In order for change to take
place, we need 10 allow tho injustices of
us that there are oroblems. We admire
him because althcugh h& is a radical and
socialist. he is just another person. He
makes mistakes, listens to music. takes
drugs. and watches television. Ha is a
human being, not an iconoclast. His
radicalness makes us sit up and listen to
what he says. He may be radical, but
the world to personalty affect us. We
need lo be hurt, we need to be outraged,
we need lo ge1 angry. T hen, and only
then will we be able to do somethint
about the problems we face.
across the natK>n.
The hypocrisy we see in the news
today is startling. A preacher who
condemns the immoral sexual acts of
another preacher ts found to have been
participating in pornographic acts
himseK. Tho same president who calls for
a return to traditional values, points out
Hoffman, has been di~rced, never
History seems to travel in cycles, attends church, never visits with his
rather than in a ·straight line. Hoffman daughter and son, and never visits his
dedicated a large portion of his 18clure to
the decade preceding the sixties, the
fi1ties. It is not onty amazing, but scary
when we see just how many similarities
can be drawn from this decade to that of
1hirty years ago.
First, we compare the presidents,
Eisenhower and Reagan. Hoffman
poin1ed out that while Ike's administration
was besieged with scandal, he himself
grandchildren.
Many hwes To Address
Hoffman also discussed many other
issues our society faces today. He
leclured about the highly despicable acts
perpetrated around the globe by our CIA.
was ~teflon· emergi ng clean and
unscathed. His flag-waving and smiling
We see growing problems with race
relations across the country. the AIDS
virus threatens 10 wipe out our civilization
persona made Americans feel good about
faster than will the world's stockpile of
themsetves, while social evils abounded
three blocks from the White House. How
is Reagan different? He has emerged
without scars from the Iran/Contra affair,
possibty the worst scandal in government
since Watergate. He waves the flag
better than any politician in recent
history, looking great before televi sion
audiences nationwide. But for our
country. what has he done? He has
increas.'XI military spending, so that our
military can dominate small islands in the
Carribbean. He has lowered taxes.
resulting in the termination of thousands
of social programs. But he · has also
nuclear weaponry.
The difference between today and
the sixties can be seen in our reactions
to the issues that confront us. ·we k>ok at
Capitol Antics
the problems of the world from our
sheltered environment in Hamilton with
unhappiness and say, "Gee, I wish I
could do something about that.• Those in
the sixties looked at the problems of the
world and went into the streets and did
something about it. They went to
Mississippi 10 fight for civil 'r ights, and
they were arrested for protesting and
practically ruined our economy by making
evading the draft. They looked al the
status quo and decided Iha! the rules of
lh& game of l~e in America needed 10 be
us the largest debtor nation in the world,
changed. So, instead of forming a
and we have tho highest percentage of
committee 10 analyze the situation, and
By SCOTT KERR
leaders to review the validity of their
differences in lieu of the fact that the
American taxpayers are paying tor these
sophomoric melodramas in the Senate
The images and ideas which are daily
floated before 1he eyes of millions in
newspapers and on television sets
convincingly portray each candidate as a
truly hard working American doing his
best to secure his candidacy. How&ver,
a
chambers.
Amidst the presidential babble about
cutting the budget deficit, there should
be more concern over the quality of
we could turn our eyes from the .operations "back al the ranch.• With
mesmerising garble of the candidates we echoes from President Ro8Jjan's Stale of
might witness the outrageous antics of the Union having faded out into the
their counterparts •working• in the Senate chambers we can onfy tum to our
nation's capital.
"future· president for hope of stronger
The "arrest" of Republican Senator leadersh" with respect to the parasitical
Robert Packwood represents one of the
most ridiculous and embarrassing
aspects of the status of our government·
inefficiency.
other Republican senators anempled 10
forestall !he vote on a Democrat-backed
legislation lo reduce the ceiling for
senatorial campaign expenditures. h is
high time for Democratic and Republican
O..Prllz8IG,oupieHave you _ , Belinda lalely?
To Beta Theta •
Alpha Chi Pi Pledges •
Dudel
LashDon1 you worry, wa1 find a wayt
You know whal rm tal10 leave you here this -•nd.
but...aw, heck! h just won1 be the
same!
Aimless
To the blonde at the shcrtline t4rminal:
You owe ma $8.30
N:,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKYIII
Aimless
the Senato Republicans. Althcugh ii may
be extremely naive, maybe Iha Senate
and House could do more than waste OU'
money in a political stalemate- while they
await the determination of our next
president.
TIIIIM b'. .11•1iaC~l lllftllllM
n111ra gaad-c11.
-Alma9
Two BIii
What's up T-IM!d?
Colgate's next Prasidan1:
Mookie Wilson!
and inane. tt anyone deserv&d 10 be
Packwood was hauled from angry it is the American public and not
his office after ha in addition to several
I fw f,r miln, f,r tllne, 1hr fflCtitNI,
Thou n111111t 11111 ,_. mine;
in,_,. la Iha 1-ra dftollonWlh
which I --,,1p thine.
sections of our government.
This political tata·a·tate is inefficient
Jackie,
Thanks for being such a great buddy.
KHP smlingl
-Oan
t;:,',_
jab lhil week. Sony rm so hanl to
- " with.
•
-Oen
Myron.
Shut up!! Shut up!! Shut up!!
Art,
Check's in the mail
-George
Chris ii slid a - l e
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Arts/Entertainment
Ancient Chinese
Cera mics
Exhibited
By CY!fflllA MORRIS
The exhibit oonoehtrates on practical,
everyday household objects such as
Currently exhib~ed in the Longyaar
Museum, located on the second floor of
Alumni Hall, is a colledion of Chinese
household ceramics spanning 1 000
bowls, plates, and vases.
years of Chinese art history. This exhibit
was arranged by acting curator Carol Ann
Lorenz with the assistance ot Leslie
Eliot, Registrar of the Pickar Art Gallery,
whO has a special interest in Asian Art
and just returned from a trip to China.
-
The pottery spans the Sung, Yang,
Ming, and Ch'ing Dynasties from 960 A.O.
to 1900 A.O. Classical and refined in
shape and decoration, the earliest wor1are often characterized by a greenish
glaze known as celadon. The Yang
Dynasty saw the birth of experimental.i on
with ceramics in shape and glaze,
technique and colors.
Mwm< of ancient China in Alumni Hall Exhil>ir
The pieces ware hand picked by
Lorenz and Eliot from Colgate's own
collection as wea as from the Harbert F.
Johnson Museum at Cornell and the
Ever.son Museum in Syracuse. Each
article was chosen for its aesthetic
beauty and anthropological importance.
The Ming Dynasty is particularly
noted for the introduction ol a cobalt blue
glaze which subsequently influenced
many European artists. In the Ch'ing
Dynasty, the production of pottery was
consolidated in a single area of China but
the diversity of ceramics continued to
increa,e. experimental techniques such
as cracking and dripping ware continued
as wall as classical revival of shapes and
forms.
Each piece was chosen so that Iha
display would show the variety· of
shapes, glazes and surface decoration,
colors and application techniques.
The exhibit opened with a lecture
Monday night by Virgina Bowar from
Princeton University who, according to
Professor Lorenz and directors at the
Met., is "the only person doing any
serious work on Chinese ceramics at the
moment.• She has been involved in
organizing tours of Ctilna for the
Smithsonian which focus primarity on
ceramics.
She explained lhe tille of her lecture,
"Earthly Treasures and Elemental
Pleasures~ Chinese Ceramics from the
Sung to Ch'ing Dynasties; by f irst
oommenting that ceramics are made from
the earth. Artifacts such as those on
display are extracted from Iha earth. The
process of making ceramics involve all
the elements: a oombination of earth and
water, · dried air and fired in a kiln. The
results are without a doubt aesthetic-aUy
pleasing.
The museum is small but the
collection successfuHy raprasants a wide
range of Chinese artiste history. A short
trip to Alumni can open up a whole new
world, and it is well worth trip -to
experience these treasures from the
Orient right here in Hamitton, New York.
Book Review : Chernin Feels Thiit Should Not Be In
BY GAYLE J. MCGORRIAN
n.. Ob••••lon-R•ll•cllon• on th•
7)mw,yofBy Kim Chemin
199 pp. New Yolk:
Harper and Row. $6.95 (paperbacl()
available in the Colgate Bookstore
For all the books, magazine articles,
videos and commercials screaming the
message (p,imarily to women) thal unless
a person is thin, she is a failure, Kim
Chernin·s Tho Obsession gives the bast
message of all: h asks "Why?·
Why are women concerned with
·reducing the Uesh· in Chernin's words?
What is it about our society which makes
a woman despise her '"11eshy existence·
enough to develop anorexia nervosa or
bulemia in the quest to be thin? Tht1
Obst1ssion incorpoates philosophy,
sociology, and psychology in its search
for answers. There are no cak>rie
counters here; there are no weight
charts, thigh exercises or vows to fight
appettte al any cost. Instead, Charnin
delivers powerful, poetic language about
the agony many women endure to
obliterate their fleshy existence.
Chemin urges for the acceptance of
a woman's body as a part of a whole,
where mind, body and spirit together
make a complete person. She says that
women separate the three components,
one fiercely ~ed against the other. How
often do we hear girls and women splh the
body into parts, "these thighs; • my
chell," "this stomache"? How rarely do
we hear a woman refer to herseH as a
wnoie, uniquo being whore strength and
pride could ba found? This dasiro to
12/ TM Colgll 1 . , _ - MllrCII 4, 19118
separate mind from body, the ultimate
quest as far back as Socrates. is one
reason for a woman's desire to gain
control over her body, according to
Chemin.
Control of the awattte, control of
sexuality, and control of emotion are all
related, says Chernin.
Instead of
allowing horseff to feel emotion, to feel
anger. frustration, lust, pain, etc., a
woman may l~arally swallow h in an effort
lo quail or satisfy her feelings. Charnin
believes men are given permission to
deal with feelings directly: anger leads to
verbal or physical confrontation and lust
leads to expression of sexua.lity. Women
are taught to control their urges and
cravings. The control reflects bad< onto
the woman harseff, control of the body. ff
existence as a -fecund, fertile, ,nubile.
ripe, pregnant, abundant, ebullient,
teeming, swelling• (p.85) woman is not
permissable, then the cUrves which
characterize a woman as belonging to her
gander must be starved out of existence.
Chemin discusses the progression
of Iha ideal woman body type, from
Renoir's vision to current fashion models.
Why has the ideal changed so
dramatically?
•..~the women in a Renoir canvas are
huge; by our standards they are fat and
continulKI on page 15
Medieval Drama Tackled
By RAYMOND J. DEACON
Colgate facufty, students and staff
came together for three nights(ThursdaySaturday) to perform the medieval "Play
of Daniel" at St. Thomas'. Episcopal
Church. The play consisted of adapted
thirteenth-century Gregorian chants
which had bean given mater and slight
instrumentation.
Thomas Anthony as Danial does a
wonderful job as do Don ' Barry ·as King
Darius, Hugh Haims as King Balchazzar,
Gloria Lenhart as the Queen and Molly
Ramshaw as the Narrator, along with a
host of courtsmen and ot~ers. Special
praise belongs to Candice Hayes, the
dramatic director, who had to struggle
wtth a difficuft Latin piece.
The modern playgoer is unaccustomed to this sort of drama. Neither
setting nor ac:tion are as intricate as the
modem play of O'Neil, for example. Yet,
one marvels at the insight one gains into
the days of the Medieval past, at a time
when it was not as important to dazzle
the audience with intricate dialogue and
so forth, as is the case today, but rather
such plays had merely to spar!< the vivid
imagination of the Medieval mind to
produce the intended effect.
The director went to great lengths to
preserve the authenticity of the play,
using the English narrative that Austen
created for the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in the late fifties. Moreover the
audience was situated right in front of tj1e
action, so that it became in some sense a
participant in the action of the drama.
Nearly every section of the church was
utilized. The sanctuary around the
elevated altar was converted into a workable set, also utlizing the two addttional
levels in order to accommodate Iha "holy'"
and the "royal'" charae1ers, the King in hi.s
throne, for example. One also finds lhal
that the aisles were crucial staging
devices for the procession soenes.
Grandly decoraled tapestries, and
banners along with decorative gobl8ts
representing the holy goblets of
Jerusalem and the accordingly dimmed
lights served to sal the mood appropriately. The music although only slightly
audible for the majortty of the play
contributes heavily at certain critical
moments in particular, thanks to the
competence and dedication ot Joyce
Irwin. One notes especially the procession of Daniel and the princes and the
scene when Daniel faces the "'ferocious"
lion.
From the traditional ragal violet hue
ol tho King and Queen's garments to the
presence of the rebec and the
krummhorn, which are both genuine
medieval instruments, from the grand
performances of the singer/actors to the
melodious musical accompaniment, one
finds the· common trait of professionalism and authentictty to the thirteenth·
century model, In all of thasa lay the
excellence of the "Play of David.•
Arts/Eritertairi"inenf
Profile Of A Poet: Bruce Berlind
ByDAH NAPOUTAHO
K you have been 10 his off,ce before,
it would look empty to you now, like some
narrow, hatt-furnished apartment The low
couch that always occupied the window
wall still does, but the mind recalls other
things that won't be seen here again:
framed photographs of friends and
mentors; on a small table, an antiquarian
typewriter that requires the devil's own
fury to operate and clatters all the while in
a way word processsors have forgotteni
an overstuffed chair, its springs falling
out ;ust enough to provide indesc,ibable
comfort when one sinks into it. Merely
seeing the black wooden door closed
might come as a surprise to his regular
visitors··in the past any haph~ard quest
was likely 10 find Bruce Berlind behind his
desk reading, smoking, or writing. One
thing thal has yet 1o disappear from this
place is a large edition of Webster's,
always open and ready for reference;
anybody who knows the professor will
say that it typi1ies his meticulous efforts
to choose the most precise word
possible.
What's going on here? Attar 3 4
years, Professor Barlind has decided to
retire, and the university loses another of
Its longest-standing faculty members. Of
cou-rse, somebody else w!II come next
year to teach modern poetry and to
pursue tenure, perhaps by publishing
scholarly research, critical writing, even
book reviews. But it is unlikely that
Colgate will gel a poet as well, especially
one like Berlind, whose readings always
include other poets he has translated in
addition to poems of his own
composition. Berlind began writing poetry
as a freshman at Princeton in 1943 under
lhe eye of poet and critic R.P. Blackmur.
John Berryman, who woukf eventually win
bolh the Pulitzer Prize and the National
Book Award for his ·orean Songs·
volumes, arrived at Princeton in
N_.ci,ven,bar of that ~me year and bec~me
not onfy a ' teacher llnd · model · for
imitation, but friend and tennis partner as
well; he jokingly dubbed the young
Berlind "Leopardi Pale.· With the down
grey color his hair has taken since, the
whiteness of Berlind's complexion may
be subtler, but it is slill as characteristic
of him as the long pause before finding
that precise word, or the marvelously
controlled intonation of voice that has
won his poetic readings innumerable
compliments. t,le has a characteristic
way as well of tilting back his head as he
discussed pl~: "My teaching has been
poetry, but now I'll concentrate my
attention on the various kinds of writing I
want to do, which are poetry, including
translating poetry.· Berlind has been
translating contemporary Hungarian
pools, and he has haff completed a book
which will feature lmre Oravecz, a poet of
that country in his forties. Noting the
dilemma of translation, literal versus
artislic faithfulness, Berlind says, "I think
fidelity's a good term, rather than
llterallty-which isn~ 10 say I make a point
of departing from llteralily, I try 10 be as
llteral as I can be--but the differences in
the two languages make it often
necessary... in order to be faithful to the
poem to depart from literallty.·
Speaking of his own poens, Berlind
acknowledges the figures tha1 every poet
of his generation admired, imitated, and
had to come to terms with before
adopting an individual style. He singles
out Yeats as the poet who influenced not
only his own generation, but the one
before it as well. ·Yeats and Berryman
were certainly influences on me bul...l
hope I've learned somthing from
translating Cen1rAI and Eastern European
poetry, for example." He distinguishes
his own mature work from those
essentially imitative phases: · 1 try very
hard to make a poem sound like a voice
so that It comes off the page and doesnl
stay on the page as a thing for the eye
only, I want it lo be heard ..this is nol a
unique disire, a lot of people want that. I
try to listen to what a particular subject
matter of particular image suggests by
way of a credible voice--which doesnl
mean that the voice has to be a
personna. tt can be the poem's voice
trying to deal with a subject. I'm not
programmatic; J have no laid-out agenda
al all.·
Among his own generation, Berlind
Cthe mosf accqmpl1shed an<1 ,mpdrtanUp
be James Wright, Allen Gfnsberg ("for
historical reasons as mch as substantive
reasons, which isnl 10 say he didnl write
good poelry--he wrote very good poetry,
but nost of It is not"), Galway Kinnel,
Donakf Justice, Denise Levertov, James
Dickey, W.D. Snodgrass, Haydn Carruth,
and A.R. Ammons. When asked about
some of today's younger poets, the
emptiness of his office suddenly strikes
him 100, and Berlind admits with a bit of
embarrassment, · 1 wish I had a big
anthology here right in front of me." There
is easy laughter and the conversation
turns to a more general one on
demonstrating how the younger
generation is different from preceding
ones. ·Poets of 1ha1 gen•ration began
very much influenced by ... Yeats, but
also by Wallace Stevens. And thars an
influence in fact which has gone beyond
the poets of my generation so that
younger generations of poets have been
very much influenced--often in different
ways-- by Wallace Stevens ...it's clearer
and clearer tha1 he's probably the number
one poet of that first American
generation. One of the reasons for
saying this is it's so obvious he's
important, and still important, to young
generations of poets that are trying to
learn from him, So that one can find poets
going to school as it ware to Stevens
today, whereas they donl go 10 school to
Eliot."
Offe,ed the topics of poetry and
fiction and poetry within contemporary
culture, Berlind points 10 the fact that
there is nothing new about the limited
audience to which poetry appeals, ·1rs
possible to make a lot of money writing
poetry, atthough there ate some ancillary
sources of income ... But increasingly
from the eighteenth century, it was
fiction writers who made the money, and
that's still true.' h's simply a given of Itta.
The audience of p:,etry in this country
today is not what the audience was a
hundred years ago. There are simply 100
many other sources o1 amusement and
entertainment, even of curture in a broad
sense. People who watch television six
hours a day , I think something like six
hours is the average in this
country ...havenl got time lo read or the
inclination , probably. 10 read poetry. So
the audience of poetry is, of course,
small."
The conversation turns back to
several of Berlind's poems: one, "Old
Man in a Public Lavatory• an early piece,
and a trio of recent p:,ems concerning his
father.
' Old Man in a Public L.avalory
Washes his hands, then smells them, thinks
death--of all the myriad stinks
1ae gives nose 10-wors~ and worth
this hanging on, the smell of soap,
disinfectants, seemed hope.
continued on page 16
•
•
-,O's painfintl of Klt>g Tut
Mardi 'Gate Winner
Discusses Artwork
By OXFORD J, HUTCttNSON
Two weeks ago Mardi 'Gate . 88
sponsored an· arts contest as part of its
fes1ivities. One of the winning entries
was a beauliful portrait of a young
woman, done in charcoal, by Junior
Teresa Skalyo. Terri, who is presently an
arts major with designs on medicine, was
modest yet happy 10 tak about her worl<.
Downplaying her considerable talent, she
commented, ·1 think anyone can do it. I
just have a good ability 10 put It down as I
see It." There's no doubt about her ability
10 •pur It down: as evidenced by her
rendition of King Tut, (pic1ured above).
The painting was done in high school, and
though Terri cannot remember exactly
when she first began to realize her talent,
the near pic:lure-j)erfection of the piece is
a tribute 10 her natural skift. The painting
behind her (pictured left) is of an intricale
moonscape, with a galloping stal
super-imposed over the darl< side.
image is fascinating, and, aga,n, ,ne
detail is exquis~e and 1aelike. Around her
room hang other, equally w,11 done
pieces.
·
She is impressed with the art history
classes here at Colgate; studio classes
gave her a chance to work on various
pieces, but art history has "helped me
view my art in a better way.• While she
does not see a future in art, she admits
that doing her pieces is "lots of fun," and
will certainty continue to paint and draw.
She worlcharcoal. and praters these to other
methods. She is quite satisfied with the
exposure possibilities for artists at
Colgate, in the active arts gallery and
elsewhere, and is hoping tor a showing of
her work som• time next semeS1er.
March 4,1988 • The Colgate News/13
Arts/Entertainment
Take Two
Takes ''Vacation''
By SHAN'ION HAUGLAND
him instead a ·brilliani- tuture in stocks
and bonds.
Katharine Hepburn is in her
·1 find ff repulsive when pBOp/9 h9have in
archetypal role as the tomboy older sister
of Julia. who spends most of her time
an unattractive way.·
either reading or in her
-George Cukor
Oireclor of Holiday
childhood
playroom. She sincerely loves her sister,
You w ill find a demonstration ol
Cukofs statement when you take an
early Holiday with Katharine Hepburn and
Cary Grant next Wednesday at Tako
~,wo.
but believes Johnny is making the right
choice for the future. Sha and Johnny
become friends almost immediatety and
are obviously destined to fall in love.
Hepburn understudied this role on
Broadway in 1928 and had used It for her
screen test for this lilm. Pauline Kaai, film
Grant plays Johnny Case, a bright
hard·working young man, who meets and
critic for The New Yorker Magazine, later
falls in love with the society damsel Julia descri bed Hepburn's character in
Seton (Doris Nolan) on vacation in Lake Holiday: •... her wit and non-conformity
Placid. He does not team of the extent of made ordinary heroines seem mushy,
her weahh until he arrives at the Seton and her angular beauty made the roundtamily mansion and, with a yodel, he ' faced ingenuos look piggy and stupid.
assesses the "bad ecilo" cl the front hall. She was hard when they were soft m
Mr. Seton marks Johnny Case head and body .. :
i mmediately as a fortune hunter,
The supporting cast completes the
especialty after Case estimates his own picture for this delightful romanti.c
net worth to be approximatety 34 dollars. comedy: Lew Ayres as the alcohohc
Case's only plans entail a marriage to brother; and Edward Everett Horton and
Julia tollowod by a one or two year Joan Dixon as Johnny's l~elong trionds.
holiday to tigure out who he is and what
Other tilms playing al _Take Two are
ho wants to do with his l~e. His fianc&e· Wilc:l>es of Eastwidc on Friday and Body
to-be and Mr. Seton disapprove of his Heat on Saturday. Showings are at 7:00
carefree goal of self-realization and offer and 9:30 p.m. irl 308 Olin.
Portraits Of Italy
By VERONICA MONTGOMERY
Even if you have never been to Italy
you are likely to enjoy the latest Active
Arts exhibit. Thirty-two pai.uings and
photographs by senior Nina Moore bring
to Colgate the flavor of old Venice.
Moore, a mombVentee S1udy group, has obviously put a
rot of thought into translating her
experience into artistic terms.
•
On two of the gallery walls are
Moore's color photographs. Tho first of
these photos has the quality of a
MadtSOn Avenue advertisement: Colored
masks are set against a deep green
background. This photo is nearly
symmetrical. Only a slightly revealed
backround, behind the green, tells tho
viewer he is not looking at an air-brush
painting. The camera was a little titted in
this and a few other photos, causi ng
skewed lines.
In some photographs this tilted
perspective works to make a more
dynamic composi1ion. In other photos it
may work against the theme: an
atmospheric black and white photo of
Saint Mark's Square includes a skew that
is somewhat distracting. This photograph
and othGrs are tar trom being simple
snapshots of a trip abroad; they are we11
composed images of Venice.
Watercolor paintings are even ly
distributed on the 101,;r gallery walls. They
take for their subject matter Venetian
architecture. The washed-out, diffused
quality of the paint bwith the hard angles of tho buildings.
Moore's "'Venice· is often
conventional in subject matter (pigeons,
cats, and gondolas figure heavily in the
show). But seen together the works have
a personality all their own; Moore's
exhib~ glues a new perspective to an old
town.
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The members of F-Mobsr ,_.,,,
F-Mob Rocks 'Gate
a ·oead Head" cove< band in high school.
Trooll has also been playing for four
years and was in several rock groups
before F-'Mob. Breckenridge is a sellAhhough Alistair Campbell admits
taught harmonica player who a I so
that he really wouldnl like to toad the last dabbles with bass guitar.
paced l~e of a rock star, ho couldnl be
happier singing load vocals and playing
Campbell has played the trombone
the trombone for Colgate's hottest new tor six years and he begun singing in the
rock band F-Mob. Comprised entirely ot
church choir. His appearance in a high
freshmen, F-Mob makes its deb ut school musical as a senior improved his
performance ton;ght in Oofiovan·s Pub at
range and furthered his interest in
ten o'clock. To accompany Campbperforming. ·1 had to sing like a New
bYorker which gave my voice a crisper
on bass guitar. Greg Russell at the tone and helped wtth my rock style: This
drums. and harmonica player Saylor must have been especially difficult for
Breckenridge.
the North Carolina native. When asked ~
F·Mob had rts orgins, as have many
he would pursue music as a career he
Colgate bands, in the random jam relented that he wouldni mind "'being an
sessions in Kendrick basement. Adams executive who kicks bad< on weekends
and Russell have bsince September and they formed the
These talented musicians have no
band early this tall.
Troell and need for conventional sheet music. They
Breckenridge also original members, make a tape ot solecled songs and play
were joined in January by Campbtheir former lead vocalist left Colgate. with the lyrics and tunes. They often
Russell and Adams knew Campbell improvise sections and ueualty create
through Jau Band and were aware of his their own endings, further proot of the
musical talent of the five band members.
desire to start a band.
Tho band's name, F-Mob, also A unique feature of F·Mob is the
abundance ot instrume·ntal solos which
derived out of a random •jam-session'" as
Funk-Mob, more a joke than anything exhibits individual talents.
. Although there is no actual loader,
else. U was shortened to the catchy F·
Mob, and stuck out of lack ot viable each member adds his own talent and
managing expertise.
According to
ahernatives. The group plays classic
rock tunes by The Who, Jimi Hendrix, 7he Campbell, ·Chris has the SA
Stones, 7he Police and REM, as well as
connections. He got us the gig in the
some blues and funk music (hence the Pub. And Greg does a lot of the footwork
name). Although they donl play original
and keeps us together. As the drummer
he
has a natural feel for the music and
tunes yet, an eventual goal of the group
the way a song should go:
is to write and perform their own music:.
Campbell is particularly earnest
The 6and has babout achieving such a goal. Ho has a weak since January and are very excited
and admittedly a bit nervous about
collection of his own music from his high
school band, the l9dbetters. Campbell tonights performance. They are looking
to the future however, and to future gigs.
describes his music as ·very mellow, to
the point of sadness, but the lyrics still Russell stresses their oommittment to
each other. -We pLan to stay together as
reflecl hope ... that things will get blong as we are at Colgate." They hope to
Things generally do gel bREM is his personal favorite, he has play at fraterni1ies and other parties in
developed his own style which i;s not the future. Campbell summarizes their
goals, saying, • We just want to battributal to any other group.
None of the band members are dance band and to have a good time.·
Through tho talent and stability ot
musical amateurs, as most of them have
bbeen a drummer for over five years. and uniqueness of Breckenridge's harmonica
solos and Campbell's enthusiasm and
has recent studio recording experience.
He also was in a band in h;gh school also.
wit, F-Mob is likely to give an energetic
Adams has been strumming the bass performance tonight in the Pub and retain
guitar for four years and was a member of
withstanding popularity at the 'Gate .
By NANCY WEMMEJIUS
.
Chris &· ~rlends
LIVE IN W .A. GORP
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Arts/Entertainment
Vinyl Suicide
..
01 the bizarre using horrific themes· and
By JOE MENDELSON
taped overdubs. Leading the list is the
relatN'ety clear energy of -You Ate Soul..•
The Pogue• /fl Should F•II From G,..,.
With God (Island). Steve Lillywhite,
producer of highly acclaimed U2 and
Scotland's Big Country. tackles the
traditional Irish folk sounds of the
Pogues and comes up a winner again.
Amidst the strings and accordions that
animate the Pogues· music, Shane
McGowan's rough and tumble lyrics
propel this album through its energetic
ten tracks. My favorites include the
romantic sounding "Thousands Are
Sailing: the politically active · streets of
Sorrow/Birmingham 6, ~ and the duet
"Fairytale of New Yori<.·
»..
The DamnedLight •t tM End of IM
Tunnel ( MCA). This two-record set
provides the listener with a sampling of
the Damned's best, from their early punk
days right through to their gothic pop of
today. Interestingly, this album is not
chronological; instead the listener gets to
enjoy the band's diversity on each side
(for example, side one goes from the raw
"Plan 9 Channel
to the gothic hop of
"Grimly Fiendish"). For the old fans
"Smash It Up· and lhe punk classic!"New
Rose· head up the list of older material.
The best of the new material includes "In
Dulce Decorum" and "Alone Again Or." Amust for all Damned fans. The only regret
I have is the omission of the fantastic
"Wait For the Blackout." Enjoy!
few bands are able to become more than
slaves to their own technology, yet this
Canadian trio has broken away from the
mundane synth-basad music. Certainly
this record will spinning at the trendy
dance clubs, bur the sound is unique.
The synthesizer leads provoke and haunt
the listener and the emotional vocals and
lyrics demand more than the casual
Live Skull- Dusted (Hom e stead).
Admittedly I was qune disappointed by
Live Skull's last release this fall ;
however, my tanh has been restored wnh
this new piece of vinyl. Behind the
throaty raw vocals of Thalia Zedek, Live
Skull assaults the listener wnh a complex
interwoven, guitar-based sound best
described as harmonic interference. At
times it is almost too much to listen to,
but at other times it uniquely shines. Try
"Machete; "Kream," and "Back in the
Earth."
listening. Try "Exorcise This Wasteland,·
'This Septic Vein; and "Halo Halo."
Allen Sex flen6. Here Q.mGonns (PVC).
Lyrically drenched, assauhing, plagu ..
ridden music that taunts, horrifies, and
questions your sensibilities. In between
the slow dirge of the longer tracks
several songs stand out. Based on
fuzzed out gunar and quiriAlien Sex Fiend descend into the depths
· Book Review Cont'
continued from page 12
they become, wrth their voluptuous
abundance, portraits of Hfe, dancing,
bathing, forever
in motion, life
contempJative Along the riverside, and
one is drawn towards them through a
force that is larger than the sexual, drawn
down into this feminine side of existence,
with its rounded forms and dappled
surfaces.. ." (p,84)
In 1911, ii was considered most
beautiful for a woman to have fat around
the neck, over the elaricle and in her
breasts. In 1960, people adored and
admired Marilyn Monroe's ample, ultra·
feminine shape. Twiggy, and the many
models and women who strove to look
like her were barely skin and bones.
Today, Chemin points ou1. the women we
see on the pages of top fashion
magazines are not necessarily even
women, but "preadolescent girts, with
slender arms and
shoulders,
underdeveloped breasts and hips and
thighs, whose bodies have been covered
in sexy clothes, whose face ha.s been
painted with a false allure and whose
eyes imitate a sexuality she has. by her
own confession, never experienced. And
this, says fashion, is what a mature
woman should attempt to lool< like." (p.
93)
Why this shift in ideals from the fullbodied women of Renoir to the
underdeveloped shapes of twelva-yearold mooels like Christine Olman. who
..)hernin uses as an example? As a
woman who gains more rights in terms of
career, legal autonomy, and polrtical
voice, does she give up her right or
desire to be a physical, gender-confident
human being?
It would be impossible to do justice
to all the insightful,. empowering visions
about w~ic.h Kim Chemin writes. It is
almost unbelievable that so few writers
have dared to write about why women are
so caught up in the obsession of
slenderness.
Ninety-five percent of
people with eating disorders are women.
This is not a coincidence. How many men
would say, "If I lost ten more pounds,
then maybe I would be happy (wealthy,
sexy, beautiful, in love, whatever the
association happens to be)"? How often
do we hear (or see) a woman blame her
body for her unhappiness?
The Obsession is required reading it
a woman is ever going to relieve the
attack of mind on bogy. Kim Chernin's
words are at times alarming and at times
soothing. She, herself, suffered from
anorexia nervosa, and she uses her own
experiences and those she encounters
as a consuhant for women with eating
disorders as the basis for her w riting.
Chemin inspires and uplifts.
The
Obsession is not a new book; it was
published in 1981. It is high time for n to
be taken down from the sheH to be read
and remembered.
Starts Tonight ...
RATED P<; - IJ
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Having a
Baby''
Starring
KEVIN BACON &
ELIZABETH
McGOVERN
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Loose Monopolizes
Band Directions
By TAYLOR EASON
Too rare is the entertainer who not
only possesses a desire to please the
crowd, but also enjoys his wor1<. Steve
Loose, however, posseses both these
vital characteristics needed for his job as
Diredors of Jazz, Marching and the everpopular Hockey bands. Steve brings a
dHferent image to the traditional "band
nerd; but he must pour 30 plus hours a
week into it to achieve this goal.
Being a sophomore, it's surprising
that he has so much responsibility, but
Steve mooestly attributes It to being
"involved, loud and really assertive." He
joined all three bands as a freshman with
the musical background of playing
trumpet since he was nine. Then, in the
beginning of this year, the job of
Marching band show director became
available and Steve stepped in. His
diredor posnion of the Jazz band was
unofficial (he managed to "fall into" the
job) until last Wednesday ni~ht when the
members officially elected him.
Hockey band is an entirely different
story. Their support comes through
alumni, rather than the administration,
making it a student run or9aniz.ation. h's
more of a challenge for anyone involved,
and requires little effort for Steve
compared to his time commkment to the
other bands. "It's strictly a good time."
The infamous ·studying sessions· before
games leave the musicians a bit more
·refreshed" and happy, creating that
special ·atmosphere for cheering.
Basically, the Hockey band runs itsell,
but Steve still must find funds and
organize road trips. This doesnl bolher
him, simply because "they're a helluva lot
of fun. You can do whatever you want.•
Jazz band recquires a more serious
musical attitude. h is a big challenge,
because everyone is very talented.
Steve is very proud of the group. The
Jazz band is going to a competitive
festival next month. Steve feels that
they are likely to do vary well, especially
w~h the five new talented members.
Steve's attitude is one of happy
determination, even though all he does is
"study, party and direct." He feels thal
the bands have a positive influence on
the Colgala communny and donl receive
their deemed amount of credit, which
can add that extra amount of frustration.
He loves to direct though; this he has
known this sirioe his senter year in high
school. His only reward? "It's one helluva
an ego trip."
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Colgate University Theater
p resents
''fl· Dnl7 ln ijolll7WOOd/
fl Right ln The Mhrnine"
(fl musical Re'\?ue)_
''She's
7and 9:1Spm
SUNDAY at 1:00
SUNDAY and TIJESDAY
SHOWS: $1.50
--
r
Single Gun Theory- Exorcise This
Wasteland (Nattwark Cenada). In this
age of synthesizers and drum machines,
SHOWINGS:
I
In the footsteps of this energetic cut
follows the chirpy drums and overdubs of
"Here Cum G<>rms." Finally "Above Your
Kitchen Sink· finishes off the best cuts
with ~s 60's-based fuzzed out gu~ar.
-
Directed by
Douglass Wilson '88
Designed by
Todd Rosenthal '89
Thursday, Friday, Saturgay
March 10, 11, 12 at 8:00 pm
Brehmer Theater-Dana Arts Center
Box office hours: 11 am to 5 pm all next week.
824-1000, ext. 641
Tickets: $3.50 Students/$4.50 General Admission
Man:11 4,1988 • The Colgate Newa/15
Arts/Entertainment
Prof/Poet Retires Cont'
continued from page 13
Mirrored p,ecisely in the whfte
flat homogenizing light
of bright flat tile and po,celin,
his image, two dimensional,
greets him, depthless, literal.
And doa!h is there. Vivid as was
;:,y, was hope, as vivid as
(once) love. He stares; but now no more
remembering what it is he grieves,
smells his hands agffl, and leaves.
PETI:R S. BERLIND 1896-1959
1. The News 7l>en
I was in the shower when the call came.
My first thought
it must have happened p,ecisely
al the time I was being bad.
(Those were the words I thought in,
I was lhirty three.)
W""9
my way into what his feelings
about death might have been:
The later poems, Berlind
I've entered it.
the age of your death.
explains, are most easily
differentiated from his earlier
work by their more subtle
During the night
!fell inlo ._
prosody. "The first one ... has
A friend drove ma to the airport.
much more obvious formal
· As the plane sped down the runway
characteristics: it's tightly
rmin l.
and pressured me back, back pressed deep in the seat,
rhymed. it's stanzaic, it is tightly
I woke in i this morning,
I learned what I needed to know to know he was dead
metrical." The more recent
- that I was not.
ones.
in comparison, a re
a hermetic rotunda
unrhymed,
with lines of differing
sixty doors,
His obituary in the N- Yod< T,mss
length and are essentially free
was dwarfed by Minsky's,
verse.
"But I hope, in [their] own
all bind, al
the burlesque king.
way,
as
tight as the f irst ...[ they
bridconcern] the complexity of my
attitude about my father:
I've a yeafs lease
Quoting the last three lines of
on the melaphor.
"The News Then; he explains
H you came back, I'd show you how it is :
Asked about how he views what he feels is important within
new wife, new home, your great grandchildren.
the earlier poem now, Barlind the poem. "This purveyor of
I'd drive you around. You'd ask about the car
admits that he still likes it, burlesque shows and theaters is
--digital readouts, stereo. I'd say
although he wouldni write a more prominent person (than
Japanese. You'd say Wise guy/ Macher/
anything like it at this point in his the father]. Now that's saying
career, ·which isn't to say that something·•ifs speaking to the
Soon you'd beOeve it, you'd have to.
l'Ve in any sense repudiated h, attitude of the speaker. The
There's nothing I could say you wouldn, have to believe.
but I'm not writing that kind of · speaker who, however, Is aliveThings would be different, most things anyway.
the experience of tha1 po<1m in
poem naw:
,
I'd save for last the big surprise, your President.
He explains that the real great measure inherits in that
experiential basis for the poem image of the plane going down
And guess whall l'Ve been doing this
came from a now-deceased the runway, in which the
for nearly thirty years, week in, year out.
acquaintance within the speaker's back is pressed into
The details change. Only the communication,
department whom he observed the seat. He feels the pressure
whatever it is, is constant.
washing his hands. ·1 changed of living. And that's the point at
the venue of course, to a public which he realize.s that the father
lavatory, but I tried to imagine is dead." "The News NoW"
im·agines the father returning
after 90 years and responding to
the life of the son. The father
cannot believe any of the details
his son tells him (everything has
changed so completely), but
"soon you"d believe it--you'd
have to." It's directed at the
father, unlike the first one. The
one thing the father would
recognize is the President,
Ronald Reagan: "and of course
it says, your president,' not
'ours' . •
The last stanza
complicates the son's attitude.
•;;.."lt'.s ~QQ!Mbi~~e. 'I hate yo!;f,
'
you we1e an overbearing S-0-B
[Berlind
retains all the
euphemistic color that we
cannot), I can, forget you ... l
love you'.·
The poet skips
quickly to the last poem in the
series withoul commenting on
the conjunction b&tween the
personal and the poetic ... He
finds it the most intense of the
three, and although he explains
that the dominarft image is a
rotunda with 60 blocked-up
doors (the year he sharesperhaps indefinitely--with the
father), he stumbles a bit and
frankly admits, "Well, I've never
thoughl about it before .. .it's a
kind of dodge to surv ive. It's
the very casualness: the very
flipness of that ending."
A si lenc-e falls for a
momeAt, and Berlind lips his
head back in that familiar way.
He strokes his beard con·
Just because your Mom
templatively with his thumb and
forefinger, probably thinking
is far away, doesn't mean
about
what he's just said, and
you can't be close. You can
perhaps, just realized about the
still share the love and
poem, as well. The subject
laughter on AT&T Long
changes again. Will he teach
Distance Service.
any
courses
emeritus?
Berlind's
reply
is
straight
and
It COSIS less than you
quick, though not unfriendly: ·111
think to hear that she likes
not do that.• He is patient w ith
the peace and quiet, but
the standard questions one
she misses you. So go
usually receives aboul his
ahead, give your Mom a
colleagues, hi s students,
university
governance, and he
call. You can clean your
summarizes by saying, ·the
room later. Reach out and
teaching load is high, not as
touch someone®
high as when I came, it's
dropped...but it's still too much
if one is expected to do
everything well... One always
wishes that one had more of the
very best students ... lhat's
probably something that people
tell, wherever they a re,
wh erever they teach .. . ! wish
there were far less emphasis on
athletics."
Berlind also
comments
that perhaps
fraternities and sororities have
deflected Colgate's course from
what higher education is-meant
to accomplish.
3.
wah
,, Mom says the
house just isn't the
same without me,
even though its
-alot cleaner.,,
.,
•
AT&T
The right choice.
Sports
Final Regular Season Hockey Statistics
19
19
21
21
16
1S
6
16
13
5
10
8
0
ECACI.Aeg,_
GI.S AST
19
16
7
21
7
14
10
16
8
20
11
13
10
10
6
9
6
8
6
7
3
9
1
6
2
3
0
3
2
4
1
4
4
0
1
1
2
2
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
22
22
105
63
llllaS•eon
NAME
G
Boivin, Reje""
Garoner, Joe
Lillie, Shawn
. Drechsel, Greg
Bishop, Mike
Spott, Sieve
Dupere, Mall:
Holmes, Mark
Martel, Brad
Woodcraft, Craig
Poapst, Steve
Woff, Todd
Lawrence, Brett
Woff, Gregg
Clauss, Karl
Rivard, Hugh
Weber, Jeff
Whtte, Jim
Mttchell, Galy
Cowley, W,qne
Gordon, Scon
Webb, Paler
Gagnon, Dave
Mc<:arthy, John
29
29
30
30
29
30
28
30
28
27
30
27
27
30
30
19
21
AST
GI.S
31
12
12
11
8
14
11
11
11
21
32
22
21
23
16
14
13
11
10
13
11
5
7
PTS
52
44
34
32
31
30
25
24
22
17
16
13
11
PPG
12
6
2
0
4
3
5
1
1
2
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SHGGWGGTG
i
5
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
4
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
2·
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
42
10
1
23
18
6
11
12
1
3
2
6
0
2
1
0
3
2
0
2
0
0
0
OPPONENTS
30
30
153
13
OorMt
G
loa,,S.,
Mengee
Cowtey
Gagnon
1
18
12
60:00
1057:08
728:32
CO!.~TE
30
30
1156!07
18111:07
153
60
34
55
34
CO!.GATE
Clf"AW&J JS
9
7
7
7
5
5
5
1
2
3
0
2
2
1
6
5
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
409 _
240
256
147
SCORING BY PERIODS:
COC.GA7E
39
OPPONENTS
22
37
18
10
GLS
2
48
AVG
2.00
2.72
42
3.46
93
3.D1
4.95
PEN.UN
G
6112
22
7122
21
5110
I 21
22
22152
21
20/45
14128
10/20
10128
10/Z!
14128
10/20
22
20
21
21
21
22
36172
5110
27162
15130
11/22
11/22
6112
7/17
4111
6112
6112
~
0.0
2
2871831
2711!182
180
103
SAVES
PCT.
SH0
16
518
349
0.888
0.91S
0.893
0
0
1
883
0.805
0.864
2
0
19-1D-2
10-19-2
1
1
1S3
93
...
w.L-T
1-0-0
11-6-0
8-4-2
Vermont
COLGATE
Clarkson
Prince1on
RPI
Dartmouth
Yale
Army
Brown
18
18
15
14
13
10
11
9
8
6
3
2
1al
4
4
7
11111
0
0
0
flL
36
36
30
7
1
29
8
9
10
13
13
16
17
19
1
3
1
0
1
0
27
23
23
18
17
12
2
8
1
5
ECAC LEAGUE SCORING LEADERS
P1avor1School
John Messuri, Princeton
Pete Lappin, SLU
Rejean BoMn, Colgata
Jamie Baker, SLU
Joe Juneau, RPI
Luciano Borsa10, Clarkson
Chris Grenier, Cornell
Brian McColgan, SLU
Trent Andison, Cornell
Casey Jon&s, Cornell
Mb Bishop, Colgale
Joe Gardner, Cotgaw
.s.e
22
20
22
22
21
21
20
21
21
21
21
21
.11
A
25
8
20
28
7
21
28
18-8-0
23-7-1
18-7-1
20-7-1
18-10-2
14-13-4
12-13-1
!5-15-0
10-15-1
6-20-0
9·19-2
3-22-1
39
36
35
33
31
30
30
30
29
29
ECAC LEAGUE GOALTENDING LEADERS
Pl•mtScbool
.li.P
John Devin, Harvard
16
Mike Millharn, Vermont
13
Mark Salisbury, Princeton 13
Wayna Cowley, ~
14
Corrie D'Al&ssio, Cornell 19
'ii.
12
8
7
8
13
L
4
3
3
6
6
T
0
·1
1
O
O
48
PTS
' 173
74
55
130
72
29
64
36
41
36
59
72
100
3
14
28
12
31
26
42
3
6
9
23
1
5
6
85
S4
17
0
31
5
48
.o
58
3
18,
21
1
0
19
1
5
6
22
23
63
52
24
35
111
124
7
92
5
60
84
8
6
5
4
2
4
3
,
87
52
32
78
s
1
285
1111
ll'QIE (Won 13, l.aol 1, TiodO)
AWAY: (Won 4, l.aol 7, TOid 0)
NEUTRAL: (Won 1, l.aol 2, TOid 1)
Team ll!!fl!llH
I11m OffeaH
°""'110
~
5.6
Illlln
1 St. Lawrence
2 COLGATE
3 RPI
4 Cornell
5 Harvard
6 Clarkson
7 Vermont
8 Princeton
9 Yale
Amry
Dartmouth
12 Brown
e·
24
16
15
22
18
20
20
13
21
AST
Vermont 2, Colgate·1
Harvard 3, Clarkson 2
SLU 4, Dartmouth 2
Princeton 7, Yal• 4
Amry 6, Brown 4
21'27 Harvard 6, SLU 5
Clarkson 8, Dartmouth 2
Colga1e 10, RPI 3
Vermont 5, Cornell 1
Army 8, Yale 3
Princeton 4, Brown 0
4.8
4.5
4.4
4.2
3.9
3.7
3.6
2 .7
2.7
2.7
2.1
1
2
3
4
5
6
Tan
St. Lawrence
COLGATE
Cornell
RPI
Harvard
Clarkson
7 Princeton
Vermont
9 Atmy
1o Dartmou!h
11 Yale
12 Brown
™
391
243
280
440
538
l:iA.
40
32
32
41
54
~
.90?
.884
.897
.915
.909
Illlln
1 Harvard
2 COLGATE
3 Vermont
Cornell ·
5 St. Lawrence
6 Princeton
7 Clarkson
8 Dartmouth
9 RPI
10 Yale
11 Army
12 Brown
~APG
2.4
2.9
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.5
3.7
3.8
4.1
4.4
5.4
S.5
.
Tum PIDIIIX KJl8na
Team Power PIIY
14
12
19
18
9
12
1O
1O
16
8
126
59
60
125
FINAL 1987;88 ECAC TEAM STATISTICS
ANAL ECAC LEAGUE STANDINGS
WIil
35
28
21
26
28
24
20
15
14
13
12
GLS
86
2126 Cornell 3, RPI 2 2 OT
ECAC:
POWER PLAY SCORING: 36 ol 134, ..269
POWER PLAY KILLING:
124of 146, .849
Ian
G
LASIWEfK !I THE ECAC
FOUR-GOAL GAMES: Boivin (1)
HAT-TRICKS: Boivin (3), Lawrence (1), Drechsel (1), Bishop (1), Lillie (1)
rw=OAL GAMES: Holmes (3), Boivin (2), Lillie (1 ). Gardner (1), Drechsel (2), DIJpere (1)
POWERPI.AYSCORING: 4201174, .241
POWER Pl.AY KILLING:
152 ol 190, .837
Harvard
S1. Lawrence
Cornell
carPTS
GO/OPP
36/125
36/134
24/97
29/126
22/104
28/143
23/121
27/142
22/123
21/130
19/118
13/11 7
AY.11
2.50
2.76
2.79
2.81
2.82
Pct
28.8
26.9
24.7
23.0
21.1
19.6
19.0
19.0
17.9
16.2
16.1
11.1
Jan
1 Harvard
2 COLGATE
3 St. Lawrence
4 Dartmouth
5 Vermont
6 Cornell
7 RPI
8 Yale
9 Princeton
10 Clarkson
11 Army
12 Brown
PKIQPE! Pel.
100/110
123/145
101/131
90/111
100/ 124
76/95
104/ 131
115/145
87/11 1
86/ 111
89/122
102/148
90.1
84.8
83.9
81.1
80.6
80.0
79.4
79.3
78.4
77-.5
72.9
68.9
INTRAMURAL SPORTS
Softball Offii;ials
Sign-Up-Mar. 16th
4:30 pm. 112 Huntington
March 4, 1988 • The Colgate NewW17
Sports
Going to the
Playoffs! .
teams will be vital. "In order to
deal with their high positioned,
chance-taking forwards," says
junior blueliner Mike Bishop. the
defensemen's role in the power
play "will be faking a lot of shots
and sliding Iha puck to the open
continu9d from page 20
. .
ca~~ltZe on any of them.
defon ,tely feel that how we
perfo~ on the .pow~r play w! I be
the difference 1n, th,s series.
. The dafans,va players al~o
behave that p lay of spacial
Recrentional Sports
saving that ha chose his field of
work because ha loves ii. The
job Don Palmateer and the
Recreational Sports staff do for
Colgate is immense and goes
way beyond running the
intramural program. Wrthout the
programs oflered, many
students would be lah w~hout
an opportunity to take part in
their favorite ..activities.
Ahhough ii is inconceivable that
Colgate would deny these
activities, someth ing many
stude:its do not realize is that,
based on the number of
students who attend this
university, the Recreational
program is one of the best in Iha
country.
continved from page 19
amount
of
effi ciency,
organization, and quality to the
intramural program. Ideally, not
o nly would these positions
prove financially rewarding, but
students would, in a sense,
control intramurals. Palmateer
foals that if poor officiating
could be wiped out, the change
would be extremely beneficial to
the intramural program since
Colgate is full of capabl e
students who can supply Iha
necessary experience in
oflicialing any activity I ha
department might offer.
Don Palmateer wants no
recognition for what he does
'Jlizza 'Jlub
.
Route 12B, Hamilton
Great Eats!
And a shuttle too!
••
~...,
824-1800
th
man.
Bishop adds
at ~n
regular strength the defense wdl
have to carry the puck to center
ice and dump~ into the Vermont
zone as much as possible.
The Red Raiders appear
undaunted by the prospect of
having to p lay the Catamounts
at Vermont, despite rumors that
the arena is one of the ECAC's
toughest
playing spots. "It's
the loudest building l'Ve ever
played in. We've got to score
first in order to quiet the crowd,"'
observes Spott.
However,
according to Bishop, '"we're not
worTied about playing there. We
played poorly and only got beat
2·1, so I faal ~ we are on we11 do
line.· Boivin even thinks •;i will
be fun 10 play there."
The players naturally are
optimistic about the playoffs.
Says Spott, "Playoffs elevate
our i ntensrty to a great level.
We want Boston Garden very
badly. We will win." The formal
of the competition is a two game
series, with a third •mini-game• if
necessary. (A mini-game is a
twenty minute game that occurs
immediatety after the second
one.)
Spoll's unbridled
ent husiasm continues, ·we·u
dafin~ely not have 10 go lo tha
mini game... Boivin sees the
p layoffs as a chance for
redemption, saying "Playoffs
have produced a vary good
weak of practice. We've got
revenge on our minds and we
look forward to corree1ing our
mistakes.•
Summing up the physical
and'fflental condition of the Rad
Raiders as they head into the
opening waakand of playoffs,
Spot! concludes, '.We are
healthy and raring lo go."
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By JON BAUUOEL
The best o,ganization in Division I NCAA basketball today is
Big Tan. Although the .Purduw in the national championship this month, Michigan. Iowa,
Purdue, llinois, Indiana and Ohio State are aA members of Iha
conference that play some of the fiercest and most .....exciting
It••
colega baskel·bal gamff.
No other CIOfllerence comes close to Iha Big Tan·s success
this year. The Big East, Big Eight and Atlantic Coast are all tough
divisions with amazing teams and players. However, these
groups cannot comF>l're to lhe Big Ten which ov.erall hasa 79-32
record outside conferanca play, and no individual loam has a
losing record when challenging teams from oth&f conferences. In
the College BasketbaR Computer Rating, which ranks teams by
their record and strength ol schedule, five Big Tan teams are in
the top twenty.
Big Tan basketball has always bean characterized as
physical and aggressive; opponents cannot wear their ballet
shoes when playing th. . . guys. The teams are also raknownad
for gifted pfayOfS who have perfected the moves they practiced
ao kids on the playground. Former Big Ten players Earvin
"Magic" Johnson and folah Tbomas .,_ perfect examples of
quaily performers who can tab l to the hole against anyone.
Allhough emphasis remains on tNffl play in Iha conference,
the tradltlon ol Big Ten superstars continues this year. In the
next few -ka. the selection of the an Big Ten T earn win
undoubladly , _ Gery Grant of Michigan and Troy Lewis ol
Punlue at the guard poellion, Todd Milchel of Purdue and GkN1
Rice al Michigan at fofwanl, and o.an Gamin of Indiana at the
l*ition- Rica has been a de.- standout, leading the Big
Ten In acorlng wlh a 23.8 points per game
and is
CUtTel1lly fourth In Nlbounda, pulling down OYOr __,, boards a
game. Other IOp playen Include Jay 8uf9on of Ohio Slate, Roy
Malble al Iowa, and Tom Jackaon al ~ I n . 11- alhletes
could put Ron Sellely, Danny Manning, J.R. Reid and a,ry other
clown to lharna.
ExC8l)lioi'lal team play is what rnalcea Big Ten batket>al the
bat. espacielly appaNIII in the rote model Purdue Bollennakers.
Deepita an ablurd numbar two ranking fn the AP and UPI"°"'Purdye Is p191tit!fy t11f best balltatb8' tHm si the nation
J101111111 a 24-11 MCClnl with only one loea In the toughest
conlereMe In cohge basblbal Mildlell and L...is are the best
1-2 punch ua Jordan and Wol1hy and they will win the Big Jen
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playoff spot. tt they
lose,
Vermont h9s . to · .b aal the
Univarsi!y of New Haf1)psh~e in
,order for Colslala. 10 make the
playoffs for the first time in-three
years.
RAIDER NOTES
The game vs. Siena on
Saturday is at home and has an
unchar..acteristic 5:00 p.m.
starting time ... This game will
mark the finaJ home appearance
for seniors Eric Jent and Tom
Fanning. Thora will be a short
ceremony honoring these two
players prior lo the game ...
Also; Iha second annual Alumni
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·Sports
Don Palmateer: Twenty Years of Recreational Sports
By STEVE CANCE
When Don Palma1oor
became director of Recreational
Sports al Colgate University in
1968, lho Prosidonl of lho
University was Vincent Barnett
and tho head football coach was
Noll Whollwright. Allhough
faculty and administration
members have changed in the
lasl lwo docados, Palmaloer
has run Colgate's ReCleational
Sports program for twenty
years.
lnilially, Palmatoor's job
consisted solely of organizing
the student intramural program.
He remembers, · 1 was the first
full time person hired with the
prime
responsibility
of
overseeing the program. ·
Palmaloer had virlually no
support in running the program
at the time and on m a n y
occasions, Palmateer and his
w ife wort(ed until 2 or 3 in the
morning to coordinate all the
activities for the coming week.
Baiera 1968, intramu rals
were run by off season
coaches.
The program's
diversity was minimal, and the
emphasis lhe school put on
these sports was nowhere near
where ii stands today. Colgate
began 10 take a strong interest
in its intramural program and
hired Palmaleor. Colgalo was
among the first in implementing
a program to service the non·
Varsily member students on a
college campus and lho d irector
of the program feels, "Al lho
time, RecreationaJ sports being
recognized was very important.·
Palmateer has maintained a
consistent ideology concerning
recreational sports: students
constantly change
their
pref erences for sports and
activities. Reacting to this ,
Palmateer finds thal, ·wo have
always tried lo tailor a program
that is going to be responsive to
students. Sludont enthusiasm
changes as years go by."
Coupled with changing
preferences is the constant
problem of student inVPalmaloor anompts to put forth
appealing activilios which will
attract a diversHied body of
students and student support is
the first and foremost factor in
determining a program's
success. He says that in no
way do "We want lo artHicially
manufacture support for a
program. W e will try, to the best
of our abllily, to provide
opportunities in areas students
have interest in:
For approximately 70¾ of
the students on campus,
intramurals are very important,
for, not only do they provide an
oullol and a break lrom lho
monolony ol sludying, but !hoy
are competitive. they create
rivalries, and most importantty,
team unity and individual
accomplishment aro realized.
Despite
intramural
popularity, many student do not
realize what Don Palmateer and
tho Recreational Sports staff
does.
In addition to running
intramurals, the Recreational
Sports office organizes and
oversees various cl ub sports,
the free weight and nautilus
rooms, squash and racketball,
Huntinglon gym and tho small
gym, the Outdoor Equipment
Rental Center, the sludent
woodworking shop, the trap
range, boathouse, and Trainer
Hill. Palmateer refers to each
program as •a company in
~soil."
Club sports consisl ol
entirety different proarams made
available lo studenls. Tho /
purpose of a club sport, as
Palmaloor puts ii, "is to offer the
nexl bosl opportun,ly lo
compote after a varsity level
sport.• Squash, women's ·ice
hockey, cycling and skiing have
been extremely competijive club
alhletics. Club teams often
compete againsl varsily loams
from Division I colleges.
Palmateer realizes that,
"Colgale can only do so much
w~h lho finile resources lhey
have:
Palmateer does not see
competing at the club sport level
as detrimental and fools lhe
program has been a success.
Rather, he sees a club sport as
"designed to fill a niche between
varsity sports and inlramurals."
He offers Ama.n da Cohen as a
i
perfect example of a studenl·
athlete who was able to take
advantage of a club sport.
Cohen was recruited to play
soccor al Colgate, yot last year
she competed in the natOnals
in women's skiing where she
pl aced 2nd, and will be
competing again this year.
Overall, the women's ski team is
a further club sport success
story, competing againsl many
varsity women's programs
lhroughout tfio east wilh many
wins.
The Recreational Sports
Department oversees the
running ol Trainer Hill as well.
Gary Nielson, who is in charge
of lho slope, coordinates the.
ticket sales, the rental shop,
and lho ski palrol and medical
10am. Tho Rocroalional Sports
office recently completed a
project which moved the lighls
on Trainor Hill from tho middle of
lhe course to !ho side. Although
lhe move could have cosl
anywhere from $50,000 to
$100,000, lhrough tho efforts of
tho department basically ading
as the contractors, they were
abfe to do the job for a mere
$8,600.
A llhough
studonl
involvement has not been as
high as in years past, Palmateer
remains confident. He feels that
"Colgale (adm inislralion) has
been very supportive. What
Colgalo is lrying' to do for
inlramurals is laudable. They
have onablod us tho oWOrtunity
to provide a tremendous
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feeling ii can only "benofil lho
qual~y of play forlhe sludents."
Tho plan calls for student
officials to be hoadod by a
student commissioner who
would have an assistant and a
number of head olficials wooong
with him or her. The new setup
is designed to provide a groator
diversity of services." Ho adds,
·h is very important that we are
here to service students and
that we respond to change and
student preference.·
One example ol lho change
Palmateer speaks of is the
revamping of sludont officiating.
The director hopes to create a
program wh·ere officiating is
taken much more seriously,
continued on page 18
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The Colgate News
Sports
Hockey Team Seeks Revenge At Vermont
By MAX BENJAMIN and PETE
SHMABUKURO
The start of a second
season for eight ECAC Division I
hockey qualifiers is beginning
with the upcoming playoffs. In
terms of record, all teams are
equal going into the competition.
The ·new"' season could end this
weekend for some teams or a
month from now for others in the
NCAA National Championships
at Lake Placid.
The Red Raiders find
themselves fifth in this select
group after last weekend's 2-1
loss to Vermont and 10-3 victory
over RP.I. Tho team still had a
chance to clinch home•ice
advantage dospno tho loss to
tho Catamounts on Friday, but
Cornell could not produce the
vctory over Vermont that woukt
guarantee Colgate home•ice by
knocking the Catamounts from
the number four spot in ECAC
standings.
·
tt Colgate wants to extend
the season beyond this coming
weekend n must boat a tough
Vermom team. Although the two
are 1· 1 against each other this
season, the Catamount's have
bean tearing up the leag u e
recently
(includi ng
a n
impressive victory at Cambridge
against Harvard). According to
sophomore forward Steve Spott,
Vermont presents a problem
because of their light checking
style. "They're a tight checking
team and their defense forces
the play at the bluelina", he
says. This styl e of play has
presented a problem all year,
according to Spott who cites
Princeton as an example.
To overcome Vermont's
type o~ game, Coach Slater will
use the old fashioned Canadian
"dump and chase" mothod of
play. Spott supports Slater's
strategy, saying -We w ill be
using 'dump and ch as a'
because we got held up on the
blueline last game. We'll be
using it to try to wear down and
slow up their defense. This will
be the key to the game because
their goaltending is poor and if
we can get up to tho net we'll
have no problem beating them.·
Spott also believes that if
Colgate can score first and build
an early lead, tt will force tho
Catamounts to alter their style,
and "then we'll bury them" by
opening up and taking chances.
An addttional adjustment
will be made on tho power play
because the Catamounts kill
penalties by playing high on and
running at the defense. Some ol
the Raiders feel that power play
sttuations will be the key to the
game.
As Senior Captain
Rejoan Boivin says, "The power
play was where we lost the game
last weekend. We had seve.n or
e ight chances and d idn't
continued on page 18
phoro by Mark Baxter
Swimmers Win State Title
By TIM GORDON
The Colgate men's
swimming and diving teams
capped off successful seasons
last weekend by winning the
state tournament. This victory
marked the 12th time in Colgate
history tha1 a Red Raider squad
has captured the Upper New
Men's Basketball Falls To B.U.
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These factors put Colgate at a
37-16 d isadvantage following a
dunk by Terrier center Ron
Moses at the 2:11 mark.
Shortly thereafter, Colgate
forwa.rd Craig Gorczyca got in a
tussle with Irving as the Terrier
cut through the lane. A lot of
pushi ng and shoving ensued.
but tho altercation was quickly
broken up. Characteristic of the
inferior officiating in the ECAC
NAC, the referees assessed
Colga1e two technical fouls and
ej ected Gorczyca from the
game without penalizing B.U. or
Irving.
Trailing 41 • 18 at the hatt,
Colgate was determined to fight
their way back into the game.
Although they played very
aggressively and improved upon
their first half shooting, the Red
Raiders were still unable to dent
the Terriers' huge lead.
Colgate manged to !)81 back
into their game plan as they
pumped the ball inside to Carver
Glezen, who responded wtth a
phoro by Marl< Elaxl9r
solid effort as ho scored 9
Frederick Irving.
second hatt points to boost his
Although tho Red Raiders game total to 13. David
tried several different defenses,
Crittendon added 8 for Colgate .
they ware unable to consisten!ly and Glozon pulled down 7
stop the bigger, stronger rebounds to load tho team.
Terriers. When the Raiders
For the Terrkns, Frederick
played zone, the Terriers Irving was high man wtth 21
countered with the outs id e points, and Lany Jones chipped
shooting. of Irving, Tony in with 18. Jones also grabbed a
DaCosta and Jeff Timberlake. gam•high 9 robounda.
When Colgate triad to play manDespite the loss, Colgate's
to-man defense, B.U. jammed playoff hopes remain very much
alive. ff the Red Raiders win
tho ball lnoide tor leyui-.
Compounding their d.ten- their laa1 regular Muon game
slv• . the Red Raiders agains1 Siena on Saturday
tuflered 1hrough a cold shoaling evening, they au1omatlcally
finll hall .. they only oonnected aaauro themNIYM of the final
on e ol 25 field goal attampts. contin,_ on~ 18
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By DAVID DEIENIIERO
Tho Colgate men's basketball team's 1 - of cinching a
post-season plaiyoff berth wore
doah a tomporary setback as
they dropp«l a 90-61 decision
to Boston Unlv•rsity o n
Wednesday night. The Terriers
jumped on Colgate right from tho
atart as they quickly strNked to
an 11-4 advant~ at tho 15:54
marl< of tho first hatt. From
there, the Tomen continued to
alrMk behind tho strong inside
play ol Mnior power forward
I.any Jonee, - the long range
shooting
of
pro-prospect
York Slate Swimming and Diving
Championship title. The men
accumulated a total of 1527.0
points to secure the victory.
Colgate's perennial rival, Ithaca
College, came in second with
· 1371.0 points, and Attred took
third wtth 907.0 points.
Colgate head coach Bob
Benson was understandably
very pleased with his team's
impressive performance. and he
commented that ,hings came
·together at the right time.·
A hhough the team didnl swim
well consistently during the
regular season, Coach Benson
noted that "We were still able to
have a successful dual meet
season.
As it turned out,
everyone swam their best during
the championship competition."
Evidence of this elevated level
of performance lies in the fact
that sixteen of the seventeen
Red Raiders who competed last
weekend posted times that were
seasonal, if not career, bests.
Kevin Niemsyk set a new
Colgate freshman record with a
t ime of 4:42.08 in the 500
freestyle. In addttion, the relay
team of Tim Liesching, Chris
ToreN, Mike Gouldin, and Jamie
Taylor set a new championship,
as.sociation, and pool record
with their 1st pf ace time of
1:37.22 in tho 200 medley.
Senior Jerome Oucanois, had
s.veral preliminary heat times
that broke former championship
and poof records, and diver Tim
Burke set another pool record
while succe»fufly defending his
tnle in the 3 meter diving. A total
of 19 championship, league,
pool, and Colgate varsity
records were set or broken over
the three-day championshi ps.
According to coach Benson, ·tt
was a remarkable team effort:
Several members of the
Colgate teams will compete in
the NCAA Eastern competition
at Brown U~iversi ty this
weekend. Jerome Oucanois,
Tim Liosching. a nd Kevin
Niemsyk will swim against the
best in the East in their.
respective events, while divers
Tini Burke and Ty Warren hope
to make an impressive showing
as well.
Ladies
Swimming
The Colgate women's
swimming and diving team is
competing thi s weekend at
Springfield College, MA, in the
hopes of capturing the ECAC
championship title.
After
p laci ng 2nd in last years
tournament, the Lady Raiders
have remained one of tho
stronger teams i n the league.
Hopefully things will come
togothor for the woman as well
as they did for the men's team in
the state tournament. Coach
Benson was quite optimistic
when interviewed earlier this
week, saying "I U,ink we have an
excellent chance of finishing in
the top two or three teams.•
Good luck to tho Lady Raich1rsl
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