c Volume 8, Number G College At Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York November S-November 18, 1386 Faculty Approves New Core

By Mary Kay Linge with Lisa Volpe separate sections for adult- and traditional-entry drawn up. One problem that was raised at a closed Philosophy." students. faculty meeting on October J4 was the lack of any Also, task force members say that the curricu- The CLC faculty has approved the proposed The curriculum was devised by the Mellon requirement for philosophy or religious studies. lum will be adapted to some demands as it is being core curriculum in a referendum, according to a Committee, later called the Core Curriculum Task "We're supposed to be the Jesuit College of New implemented. "It was presented to us as a work- York, and yet we have a core curriculum for liberal memorandum from CLC Dean William Tanksley. Force, a group made up of faculty representatives ing proposal," said Assistant Professor of Philos- from each division. "We were under great pressure arts that has no philosophy and no religious ophy Dr. Astrid O'Brien. "It's not going to be The vote was 52 in favor, eight opposed, with one to come up with a unified core," said Task Force studies," said Associate Professor of Sociology and carved in stone... I don't know if I'm satisfied with blank ballot. Twenty faculty members did not vote. Chairperson Dr. Leonard Nissim. According to Director of the Business Program Fr. Thomas it, but I'm willing to take a chance on it." McDonald. "Who are we kidding? It looks like The new curriculum, which now -must be Curriculum Committee Chairperson Dr. Stewart Although some faculty members expressed con- we're trying to set up secular humanism as a Jesuit approved by President Rev. Joseph A. O'Hare, Guthrie, who was not a member of the task force, fusion about the curriculum or said that they had tradition rather than liberal arts courses." S.J., and the Board of Trustees, would create a "I think [the faculty] recognized that the Adminis- felt excluded from the deliberations on it, others single entry program for all CLC students. The tration at Rose Hill was virtually demanding a Task force members, however, contend that said that there had been discussions on the core 52-credit core would include two interdisciplinary unified core curriculum.. .We didn't have a great these areas will be covered in the interdisciplinary within each division for months. "Every division courses, math, writing, and science requirements, deal of choice." and capstone seminars. "The capstone seminar had representatives on the committee whose job area requirements, and a final capstone seminar. Even though the curriculum passed by a wide deals in ethics," said task force member Dr. Barry it was to keep their colleagues informed," said Although the Excel Division would no longer margin, faculty members were not without objec- Goldberg, •". . and the Language and Knowing Nissim. "No one was unaware that there was a Task exist, the first 28 credits of the core would have tion to the proposal and to the way in which it was course certainly draws upon people from continued on page 3 Council Prepares "Stage Two" O'Hare Speaks With Students For Strategic Planning

By Lisa Volpe 1985. (For further breakdown, see chart.) Tanksley stressed the need for elections to the At the October 20th College Council meeting, Excel and Bridge Committees "as soon as possi- CLC Dean William Tanksley outlined the future ble if the [Core Curriculum] proposal is approved." of strategic planning at CLC, announcing plans for Tanksley said the elections would take place before increased student input. Final fall enrollment University President Rev. Joseph A. O'Hare and figures and the new.core curriculum administrative the Boara of Trustees formally approve the pro- structures were also discussed. posed curriculum. "We need to put the superstruc- Tanksley referred to the next step of the strategic ture in place," said Tanksley. "If they disapprove planning process as "Stage Two." During "Stage [the proposal], we can take U [the structure] down." Two," task force members will meet with Tanksley According to a memorandum distributed at the to discuss changes which the University can begin meeting, day student representative Sal Conte has to implement. "We're being encouraged to move vacated his seat on the Council. Since there was forward." Tanksley said, "rather than-wait for the no first runner-up from the "85-'87 election in rest of the University to catch up with CLC" •which Conte ran. the Council voted to fill the posi- According to Tanksley, the other colleges at tion with the '86-'88 runner-up, Luis Dizon. Ac- Fordham University do not expect to put together cording to Assistant Dean Ully Hirsch, Dizon will a preliminary draft on strategic planning "until next be completing Conte's term until 1987, when a new spring." representative will be elected. "It would be silly for us to 'sit on our hands' for There were few student representatives present a whole year," Tanksley said. at the meeting, prompting Humanities Division In response to a recent USG petition for in- Chairperson Rev. John J. Adam S.J. to ask, "Were Fr. O'Hare Displays Model Of CLC Dorm creased student input in the planning process, the students notified that there was a meeting to- Tanksley called for the task forces to "develop a day?" Fr. Adam went on to say that, due to the By Ian Baer and Jacqueline Hartman the biggest obstacle facing the construction of a plan to involve students.. .to help implement and absence of an agenda until the start of the meeting, residential hall for CLC is "the West Side com- make decisions" during "Stage Two." "It is in the students should not be penalized for their absence Father Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J. addressed the munity's concern with the density of development interests of the college, the students, and Univer- that day. The majority of the Council agreed, also CLC community in an Open Forum sponsored by in the Lincoln Center area." He noted that plans sity planning to involve the students," Tanksley stating that students would be reminded in advance the United Student Government on October 22. for Donald Trump's Television City project, as well said. "There's everything to be gained by it." about the meetings. When questioned by one student on CLC's as the Lincoln Center North building, have Tanksley also announced the 1986 fall enroll- enrollment decline. O'Hare said that while com- hindered chances for speedy approval of the dorm ment figures from the Registrar's Office. Total The next College Council meeting will be held petitors advertise "more aggressively and more at- proposal. Additionally, he said that as a result of enrollment for CLC as of September 16, 1986 is on Thursday, November 6th in the 12th Floor tractively," the problem of declining enrollment Lincoln Center's extension, the Urban Renewal Act 2,137 students-a drop of 116 students since Fall Faculty Lounge. among high school-entry students is one faced by has been changed, making it impossible for CLCs all New York colleges. He expressed particular dorms to be approved before a six-to-ten-month concern- with the drop in non-traditionally aged waiting period. students, and said that he hoped the new cur- As for an in-dorm infirmary. O'Hare said that riculum plans would attract more adults to CLC. while one would be provided (as required by law), While he said that construction of dormitories the extensiveness of the facility would be con- would greatly enrich the CLC community, he sidered in light of the proximity of St. Lukes- added that. "If we had a dormitory on this cam- Roosevelt Hospital. pus tomorrow., it would not solve the problem of In regard to the possibility of a theater being in- enrollment." corporated into the dorm. O'Hare said there are On the subject of dormitories. O'Hare said that continued on page 11 Curran vs. The Church: Will Fordham Feel The Effects?

By Maria Brading keeping in mind Catholic tradition," claims that he Religious Studies William Cenkner. "You have to arguments should be "proposed as hypothesis" and has the right to disagree with the Church on cer- have a variety of opinion between theologians and not. as he sees Fr. Curran doing, "confidentlv The Roman Catholic Church in the United States tain issues, including abortion, divorce, and the Church" because it contributes to the "growth claiming that what the Catholic Church teaches is has often been criticized by the Vatican for being homosexuality, because these "are matters of or- and development of the Church." Questioning the erroneous." too liberal, but only recently has this criticism led dinary, non-infallible teaching, not matters of Church's teachings "is what university theology is Fr. Curran. a tenured professor, has been effec- to any real action. divine and Catholic faith." He believes that non- all about." he said. tively barred from teaching theology at Catholic infallible teachings must be respected but not Fordham University President Rev. Joseph A. University because the theology department at the This year a Professor of Moral Theology at the necessarily believed by Catholics because they arc O'Hare S.J. said, "in a Catholic University, school is under the direct authority of the Vatican, Catholic University of America. Rev. Charles E. subject to error. (Non-infallible (cachings arc those theologians have to respect the official teaching of which licenses professors of theology to "teach in Curran, was barred from teaching theology at the which arc considered authentic by the Church the name of the Catholic Church." Most American the Church, and in their criticism and interpreta- school for refusing to retract his views on sexual although they arc proven by human reason and not Catholic universities operate independently of the tion of it. they have to operate according to the stan- issues, in which he differs from official Church directly referred to in the scriptures.) He hus also Vatican and are regulated by the state. Over the past dards of good scholarship. The judge of that." he teachings. Fr. Curran was informed that he was stated that his views are representative of what the thirty years, this independence has brought Cath- nddcd. "is generally other theologians." Fr. O'Hare "not longer considered suitable nor eligible" to con- majority of American Catholics believe. olic universities into the mainstream of American believes that "theologians should»challenge one tinue teaching as a theologian in a letter written higher education and has made federal funding of In his letter to Fr. Curran, Cardinal Ratzingcr another a little more vigorously, so there is not this to him by the Prefect of the Siicrcd Congregation urgucd that "the faithful must accept not only the these institutions possible. for the Doctrine of the Faith. Joseph Cardinal sense that higher authority has to come in." infallible" teachings? of the Church but must "give Last your, a draft of a proposal to regulate ull Ratzingcr. the religious submission of intellect and will" and Another Catholic University Professor of Catholic-colleges and universities was circulated Fr. Curran, who has repeatedly stated in the past accept non-infullible teachings as well. Theology Dr. William May believes that "there is continued on pane $ that he has mudc his "arguments very carefully, According to Catholic University's Dean of room for prudent Inquiry in the Church." but thut page 2/CLCabMrMr/M«ramter5,198B ATTENTION LEGAL EAGLES WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 A PRE-LAW PANEL WILL CONVENE FOR STUDENTS CONSIDERING APPLYING TO LAW SCHOOL IN THE 12TH FLOOR FACULTY LOUNGE. BETWEEN 3:00-5:00 P.M.

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By Suzanne Myron the waiting Dr. Joseph Perricone, who began to fessor at CLC. Perricone, who is from the area of York.. .and in continuing to develop the ties that shake an unending row of hands, speaking ex- Lecce and has contact with professors from the city we initiated some time ago with the university," He The Palatial Residences of Lecce: Photographic citedly about the project in his native tongue. A said that the Apulian province had been interested added, "We are interested in an intellectual-cultural Exhibition of Baroque Architecture" had a gala rumor had been circulating that New York City in developing ties with the United States "for some exchange." opening on the Plaza on October 20, attended by Mayor Ed Koch might even show. Reporters waited time." The idea of an exchange with Fordham, "Essentially (the prpjgram) is a business venture," faculty, Italian ncwspeople, and dignitaries from expectantly, but no sign of him was visible in the though, was conceived last year when he invited claimed Perricone. "(New York business people) the province of Apulia, Italy. The exhibit displayed initial hubbub. The attending dignitaries made some of his colleagues from the region to CLC to are interested in getting to know the products of the unique and detailed Baroque architecture of their way through the exhibit, posed for pictures, discuss research, programs, and "whatever would the region." In addition to the exhibit at CLC, for this Italian city and the province in which it is and were interviewed by Italian television, filling be of mutual interest," he said. instance, Puglia has also set up an exhibit of wines located. the Plaza with an aura of excitement and culture. It is the first year that Puglia has done an exhibit, and other products of the region, now on display With flashbulbs popping and fluent Italian ring- The exhibit, which had its New York premiere said Perricone. In previous years the promotion at the Chamber of Commerce. ing through the ears of surprised CLC students, at Fbrdham following a European tour that covered has mainly been a concern of the tourism and The 30 photographs that make up the exhibition, a swarm of Italians, including regional representa- Malta, Ravenna, Milan, Rome, Firenze, and Los import-export office. This year, he said, both taken by Pier Luigi Bolognini, reveal the architec- tives, faculty members, reporters, and even a Angeles, California, was brought to CLC largely bureaus wanted to incorporate the art and culture ture of the most distinctive 16th to. 18th Century television station, descended onto the. Plaza and through the efforts of Perricone, an Italian pro- of Apulia in some way so that people could, as the buildings—eight of them churches, the others exhibit itself said, see the "shining splendor" and private homes. The style, called "Leccese," was "remarkable originality" of the city. Said Victorio cultivated by the elite of the city, who modelled Stamerra, newspaper director of the Quotidiano their residences in the same fashion as the convents Italy (who spoke in Italian and was translated by and churches. Its ornateness, said Perricone, is due an anonymous interpreter), their main purpose is to the limestone, which when first removed from "to let the American people know what's on the the ground is very soft, making it easy for the artist other side and especially what exists in this region." to do elaborate carving. But, "Within hours," he Marccllo Favale, another reporter who also spoke said, "(it) becomes almost as hard as granite. The in Italian and was translated by Perricone, agreed next day you can't touch it." Perricone emphasized that, "we are interested in introducing the culture, that, until recently, this type of architecture was ambiance, and heritage of our cities to New continued on page 4 USG Notes Petition Pushes For 1000 Signatures By Deanna Hayman come of the curriculum," but the USG will now be "setting a precedent" so that students are no longer The United Student Government, in its last excluded from the college's policy-making process. meeting, voted to extend its student petition on the USG members decided to keep soliciting proposed core curriculum until a goal of 1000 signatures is reached. At that point, they agreed, signatures on the Plaza, but also to carry petitions they will decide whether to continue it or not. with them to their classes. They also decided to Traditional Vice-President Lisa Guido said that establish a separate sheet for faculty members, Crowd Gathers At Exhibit Opening "[the petition] will have little beating on the out- some of whom have already signed the petition.

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Force on Core Curriculum." cumbersome, difficult process that inevitably Another issue was that of student input. "With touches on everyone's area of interest," said hindsight, there should have been two or four stu- Goldberg. "To some degree, there's a question of dent members on the committee," Nissim said. "I politics." think it would have been beneficial, but it's too late Most faculty members seemed to approve of the now." College Council's vote to turn the final decision Cmphic by Ihtrria Minima Task force member Dr. Anne Hoffman added on the proposal over to them. The fact that the pro- that a student committee had been established by posal was not first examined by the Council's own Rose Hill Dedicates Stopgap Dorm the College Council last April. "There was a Curriculum Committee, however, was unusual. "I meeting, which was attended by a few students, and was surprised at that... but there was a sense of You can call it "Sesqui." You can call it "Sas- there was some discussion.. .The committee was urgency to get it through," Guthrie said. "I don't quatch." You can even call it the "Fordham Mar- open to hearing student comments on the proposal. think we'd have had any serious objections to it." riott." But only 150 freshmen can call it home. Nobody suggested any changes; I don't know what The most important feature about the proposed It's Sesquicentennial Hall, the latest addition to would have happened if they had." curriculum, according to Nissim, is its coherence. the Rose Hill campus, and it's an attempt to. help Task force members agreed that increased com- "Students will no longer have to choose from a solve a serious problem—the housing squeeze. munication, both with the faculty and with 'Chinese menu'of courses.. .and they can't avoid With more and more students requesting on- students, would have been better. "I think it's un- the courses that are good for them," he said. campus housing, the Office of Residential Life fortunate that there was not more public discus- Although the new curriculum plan would found itself "starting to scurry about for another sion earlier on," said Hoffman. "Some of the strong dissolve Excel as a division, task force members quick fix" last spring, according to Executive Vice feelings now come from the fact that people feel say that the adult program itself will not be President Dr. Joseph Cammarosano. they were left out. But what you have to bear in weakened. A list of ten commitments to adult Last year's "quick fjx" was the Villages, a group mind is that the Mellon Committee was a faculty education, described as "integral to the adoption of four prefabricated structures set up on what once group that was dealing with a difficult task, and of the new core curriculum," was included in the was a commuter parking lot. Sesqui, though it went about its work in the best way it thought final draft of the task force's report. located in the same lot, has none of the trailer-park possible." "The really attractive quality of this school is the atmosphere of the Villages; scrubbed, decorated, "It might have been ideal if the channels of com- diversity of the student body" said Hoffman. "I and ready for its dedication ceremony on October munication between the committee and the rest of would hope that if the University supports those 23, it actually did resemble a hotel. Its wide the faculty had occurred on a more ongoing commitments, we'll have a strong adult program hallways, plush carpets, soft lighting, and coor- basis... but from what I've heard about any school .. .and the University response so far has been dinated color scheme are unexpected luxuries for that's gone through a curriculum change, it is a positive." college dorm life. "It's bright, clean, and homey," said resident Tom McHale (CBA '90) at the ceremony. Although the CsUWCUt continued from page 1

to all Catholic university presidents by the Vatican harangue." About the liberal views that are voiced Congregation for Catholic Education. The Con- in Catholic university classrooms, he said, "You Sesquicentennial Hall gregation drafted the proposal because its mem- can get all the Marxism, relativism and atheism bers feared that Catholic universities have become you want for half the price" at state schools. transition from living at home to living away can too secular and that their character is being threat- Fr. O'Hare explained that even if a document be difficult, "Sesqui has made these changes a little ened. The draft was met with a great deal of criti- regulating American Catholic universities and col- easier," McHale said. "There's a unique sense of cism by university presidents, who believe that leges were ratified, a process that could take up community here." Church regulation would endanger the schools' to three years, Fordham would not be affected. "If "We assured the freshmen and their parents that academic freedom and autonomy and would jeo- that document came out and said, 'This is what a it would be ready on time," said Assistant Dean of pardize their eligibility to receive federal funds. Catholic university is; it has to be under the direc- Students for Residential Life Lisa Peterson. "But "If students lose their federal aid," said CLC tion of the local Archbishop,' Fordham University," it became difficult when they visited. All we had Associate Professor of Sociology Rev. Thomas continued Fr. O'Hare, "would simply have to say, to show them was three stories of concrete block McDonald, "if the schools lose their federal fund- 'We are not a Catholic university in the sense of with nothing much inside." Sesqui was ready for ing and lose their research value, then we drop out this document.' There is no way that the document the freshmen to move in on August 30. "After we of the mainstream of American society. Do we could extend the authority of the bishops over spent a summer crossing fingers and saying want to recreate the 'Catholic ghetto'?" Fr. Fordham because it simply is not possible in terms prayers," Peterson said. McDonald said, "I would like to sec the proposal of American law." Presently, policy decisions at Sesqui is slated to be used as office space once torn up and thrown away." Fqrdham are made by an independent board of the housing demand cools down (next fall's com- CLC Professor of Theology Dr. William Marra trustees, although, according to Father O'Hare, pletion of the 520-bed Alumni Court is expected welcomes the prospect of Catholic universities "Cardinal O'Connor has a lot of personal authority to ease the problem). Until then, Cummarosano being regulated by the Vatican, in spite of thefact and influence over Fordham, he has no direct legal . said, it will be used for freshmen, "Even though that it would mean the loss of Federal funding. "Let authority." the uppcrclassmcn are asking, 'How come you gave them lose it," he said, "it was stupid to sell our CLC Assistant Professor of Religious Studies this nice building to them?'" freedom for one thirty-third of the budget." He Dr. Robert Orsi docs not think the document will The building was blessed, the ribbon was cut, believes that Fordham was a better school thirty get past the proposal stage in the United Slates. s the band played, and Sesquicentennial Hall wasof- years ago, whcfl.il VJHS, regulated by Church uuthor- "There's such a.st/wg commitment to free intellec- £ | ficially opened. * itics. He also characterised what is now being' tual ffursliit in'this country? he* sajd,-"I don't think Students Move Into "Scsqui" In August -Mary Kay Lioge ] taught in Catholic universities us "one, boring thTut will change in Catholic universities," page 4/CtC Obmannr/November 5, 1986 OTHER VIEWS The Russians Are Leaving A "Technical" Error

Bv Gene A. White brought back the Soviet Union to the table for do solely on Mr. Reagan's stubborn nature on limiting some nuclear arsenals in Western and the past two years. SDI has the Russians scared SDI. As we try and analyze the Summit in Iceland of another U.S. breakthrough, such as the and its conclusion, we must understand that The Russians will be back and already they Eastern Europe. An agreement will be signed space shuttle, which the Soviets are scheduled are showing signs of it. There is talk about as long as SDI is still being developed. despite the fact that there was no arms control to unveil in the early to middle 1990s. agreement something dramatic did happen. Secretary Qeneral Gorbachev and President Reagan frankly talked about abqlishing nuclear President Reagan knew what kind of agree- weapons from the face of the earth. Never did ment he was going to sign—a bad agreement. I believe that in my lifetime I would witness a Despite all the political pressure on him and day that both sides would be taking missiles his party. Mr. Reagan refused to show his out of their silos instead of putting them in. cards. The Soviets were surprised by the TEST They were so close to an agreement that both Reagan reaction. They thought that Mr. Reagan sides were preparing agreement speeches. The would never be able to pass up a "great deal," speeches and agreement never transpired but and return home to the American people we must believe the Summit was the start of a YOUR without an agreement. The American public positive dialogue between the two super has shown tremendous support for what the powers. President did in every major poll. Americans SKILL, President Reagan did not want to rush an knew it was the way of the Soviet Union to agreement for the sake of making an historic make the U.S. look like they were the ones accord. The Russians wanted an agreement not who didn't want an accord. It was the Soviet only for peace but wanted one to limit the Union who wanted to show in the world forum U.S.'s technological advantage. The Soviets that SDI is an offensive weapon, not a shield especially wanted to limit Strategic Defense In- against Soviet nuclear weapons, and not a itiative (SDI)-Star Wars-because they are so peaceful solution to a nuclear holocaust. Why fearful of it. Fearful because the Soviets are ten should the Russians speak any differently than years behind the Americans in the technology they have in the past? Allied opinion quickly QUITTING. IT COULD BE race, fearful because the Russians are in worse backed Mr. Reagan's stance on SDI and his THE TEST OF YOUR LIFE shape than we are monetarily. SDI was the move at the Hofdi House Summit. The Allies stumbling block to a Summit which could have are protected by the same weapons that we use signed an agreement that would be the most to protect ourselves. The Soviets also knew that historic agreement in the history 6f the world. if they could win Western Allied opinion. SDI But as Americans we should be proud of our would flow down the drain. But by staying President and his administration for not signing closely aligned to the President the Allies have the agreement. First of all signing an agree- left the Russians no other alternative but to ment when we have a clear advantage would meet again with the U.S. When Secretary give away our hand to the Russians. Secondly, General Gorbachev arrived here he was the using of our technological advantage is the greeted by chief Soviet analyst on U.S. Affairs only incentive for the Russians to come to'the Georgi Arbatrov. Arbatrov apparently told table in the first, place. We must not give it Gorbachev that Western opinion was not saying away. SDI must be given a chance. It has the Soviet claim that the Summit collapse was

Lecce continued from page 3 practically unknown outside'of Europe. "It hasn't President, the head of the Cabinet, and various had a lot of publicity," he said. "Culture is, unfortu- Chamber of Commerce representatives. A scholar nately, something that needs entrepreneurs." on Pirandello, the playwright, was also present, Maps, most of them original 16th to 18th Cen- Perricone said, and will probably return to do tury representations of Lecce and other cities of some lectures at CLC. Apulia, were also featured at the exhibit. Bootes, Perricone added that he was especially pleased authored by Italians from the region (Perricone with the exhibit because it was the first of any kind himself being the author of one on Vittorio Bodini, that had been held on the newly-carpeted section -a poet from Lecce) and published in Apulia, sup- of the Plaza behind the escalators. "We are getting plemented the maps, showing larger collections of some money," he said, "(and) we're on our way to them as well as exploring the architecture through creating a little gallery there. It's large enough to photos and text. All of the books, added Perricone, do something with." It will be beneficial, he said, were gifts from the publishers and will be available not just for the Italian department, but especially soon in, thgvCLC library. Pamphlets, fliers, and for the art department to display its exhibits. WORTH * posters were.also available to the public free of Finally, the exhibit brought up new possibilities •eharge. • '-• which Perricone had not even thought of when The event-Was taped by Channel 31, said Per- organizing it with his Apulian colleagues. Com- • rtcone.and will be broadcast in New York as well puter software, for example, may be exchanged as in Italy;"Itjwas very well publicized," Perricone" between the two cities in the future. In addition; said. It had-fficcived coverage in the New York Perricone said, a number of students who are Junes as weW?.as the Italian newspaper in New studying architecture have expressed an interest, , York, kalian dignitaries, many visiting New Yorfc after seeing the exhibit, in studying at Lecce. ""Jhe GOLD in order to' promote the region, were present for main interest," said Perricone, smiling, "was. the TV taping and interviews. They included the initially that of commerce, but it's now turning into Minister of Tourism in Apulia, an Assistant to the something very different."

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he College at Lincoln Center has finally decided to assert itself, and the Rose Hill administration has finally realized that it should. T By allowing CLC to start its own Student Ambassador Program, Rose Hill is showing signs of cutting the proverbial umbilical cord. The program will involve students in the recruitment effort, representing Fordham at college fairs and high schools. This gives CLC its first chance to promote itself separately from Fordham College and the College of Business Administration. The student response has been tremendous, and this is the most en- couraging aspect of all. This belies CLC's reputation for apathy. Students are, by nature, transient members of the college community. If they are willing to work for the future of the school, they should be allowed and encouraged to do so. Permanent Apathy

peaking of involvement, we find some faculty members' responses to the curriculum referendum to be questionable. S With the future of CLC hinging on their vote, we wonder why twenty-five percent of the eligible faculty chose not to participate. If students, who rarely spend more than five years here, are making a com- mitment to preserve the future of the school, isn't it the responsibility of CLC's permanent community members to do the same? We think so, and find it distressing that so many of them won't. LETTERS

Doing Our Job A Helping Hand

To the Editor: Tb The Editor: Your report "Council Gives Up Responsibility This letter is in response to an article written ini On New Curriculum" in the October 8-21, 1986 the September 24th issue of the Observer, on the issue of the CLC Observer misrepresents my posi- "Homeless in the Fordham Community." As tion on the question of whether the College Coun- pointed out in the article, the situation is desperate cil or the faculty should make the recommenda- and verges on crisis as the winter months ap- tion to the Administration on the proposed new proach. However, it has not gone unnoticed. Sigma core curriculum. My position is that in questions regarding the curriculum there should be no parity Alpha Zcta. a service sorority, of CLC has made between students and faculty, but rather the faculty, a commitment to two programs for the homeless in view of its expertise and experience, should have the decisive voice. I have no objection whatsoever at St. Paul The Apostle Church, right here on 59th to students commenting on curriculum as your Street and Columbus Avenue. Staff: Katie Berry, Maria Brading, Fran Brancatelli, reporter wrongly inferred. As a matter of fact, I CLC OBSERVER Paul Brubaker, Jayne Cohodas, Andrew David Creel, welcome it. But to comment on an issue and to Sharon Dawson. Marie Remmings, Mary Garcia, Anthony Giglio, Lisa Robin Guido, Kimberly Hayes, have a decisive voice on it, are two different things. The first project is a soup kitchen every Tues- EDITORIAL BOARD Furthermore, I would like to protest in the Deanna Hayman, Cynthia Johnson, Vivian Lake, Vic- day from 11:30a.m. to 1:30 p.m. whereby 150 poor tor Paul Marasso, Lynne S. JMathan, Susan Neill, strongest possible terms the misrepresentation of Ian J. Baer Editor-in-Chief Gary Rosen, Peter Vasseur, Claire Vindigni, Tom and needy homeless are given a hot meal. We are a statement attributed to a member of the Tom Wrobleski Managing Editor Waite, Gene A. White. Humanities Division, Dr. Marshall Grossman, presently recruiting our own members and other Mary Kay Linge News Editor "Faculty Vents Frustration At Meeting With Dean," Lisa Volpe Assistant News Staff Photographers: O.T Millsap, Carolyn CLC Observer, October 8-2I. I986. The statement. students to help set up and serve in the soup Editor Monastra. "Why don't you do your job?" (page 15) was taken kitchen. (If you are free at that time and interested Adnana D'Andrea Editorial Page Editor out of context. It was not addressed directly to Regina Mawn Arts Editor in helping, please contact Sigma Alpha Zcta- Dean Tanksley, as your article represents it. This Vincent Rasquariello Assistant Arts Editor Graphics: Greg Ceragioli, Joan DiPierro. mailbox in room 420.) The second project is a misrepresentation is a clear example of irrespon- Mary Beth Features Editor shelter program for women whereby two walk-ins sible journalism and is potentially very dangerous Maslowski and two referrals are accepted four nights a week The CLC OBSERVER in the independent stu- to Dr. Grossman's reputation. A correction two Ramon Garcia Sports Editor dent newspaper of the College at Lincoln and given food and shelter. In addition the sisters weeks later is at best a poor substitute for careful, Sergio Florez Photography Editor Center, Fordham University, New York. The of Sigma Alpha Zeta will hold an End of the and responsible reporting. Greg Lord Assistant opinions expressed in the OBSERVER, in- Semester Charity Fund Raiser on December II Photography Editor cluding those in columns, letters, end (pending SABC allocation), in aid of this cause. graphics are those of the individual writer Suzanne Myron Copy Editor John A. Adam, S.J. or artlat. Those expressed in editorials are At-A-Glance Editor Chairperson Jacqueline Hartman the opinions of the editorial board. No part Humanities Division Theresa Mistretta Business Manager of the 0B8ERVER—including advertise- We recognize the social responsibility of Ford- Elizabeth Stone Faculty Consultant ments, articles, photographs, and graphics ham to the community and we will continue to —may be reproduced in any way, shape, or Editor's Reply: The reporters notes of the reach out to our neighbors. form without the express written permis- September 23 College Council meeting state very Typeset by Kails Typography, Inc. sion of the editorial board. For advertising clearly Fr. Adam's quote, "You don't need students Information or other correspondence, con- to comment on curriculum. "The Observer supports Lisa Robin Guido tact the CLC OBSERVER, Box IB, Lincoln their accuracy. President, Sigma Alpha Zeta Center Campua, Fordham University, New CLC Observer, 198B York, New York 100S3. Room 426 C. Telephone (212) 041-5364.

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Long Live the King!

By Vincent Pasquariello gripped the audience especially hard, because it did not look fake. The same can be said of the time when Gloucester's illegitimate son, So you thought Shakespeare was boring? Not anymore. CLC's Edmund, played by Chris Scotellaro, slashed himself with his knife. Division of the Arts' recent performance of King Lear was well- In short, the goriness was done well. done, enjoyable, and, above all, very entertaining. The stage itself was also a contributing factor to the evening's pro- Admittedly, the idea of three hours plus of Shakespeare did ceedings. It went far back-very far back-giving one a sense of frighten me a little (actually, a lot). However, one measure of this depth. What was perhaps the best scene in the play made full use play's success was its ability to make the time pass without notice. of this perspective of distance. It involved the entrance of the battle- The play did not drag, and that in itself was an accomplishment, clad Edgar to fight his evil half-brother. As Edgar approached from not to mention a blessing. But the play's true excellence was not in the rear, he paused several times, with the spotlight shining upon its ability to make the hours pass quickly; it was in its performers, him. This created a chilling aura of invincibility and goodness ahout its intensity, and its overall presentation. him. First and foremost, Robert Stattel, a professional actor who ap- peared in the title role, proved that he is a master of his craft. A While I thoroughly enjoyed the play, it did have its shortcomings. veteran of the Shakesperian stage. Stand's performance was engross- Dorothy Jill Church in the role of Goneril, one of Lear's daughters, ing, and, suitable to his character, majestic. His ability to infuse appeared to be forcing her emotions and this gave her intensity a his characterization with the many facets of Lear's persona: pride, false quality. At times, her movements seemed uptight and stiff, and anger, humility, despair, and redemption, was testament to his skill. this detracted from her ability to act at the level she is capable of. Although the language of a play such as King Lear may sometimes Chris Scotellaro, who has a definite knack for the devious tended cloud the audience's perception of a particular role, there was no was able to deftly run Gloucester's gamut of emotions - from his to over-enunciate his speeches. He seemed to emphasize every word. doubt about who the real king on the stage was. It was Robert Stattel. joviality at play's open, to his suffering and death in the end. What some of the actors didn't emphasize enough, was their reac- One of the problems that I thought might have occurred with Stat- ' Among the CLC regulars, Dan Brown as the Earl of Kent and tions to the raging storm which occurs during the play. While it was tel's presence, was that with his being so much more experienced Kurt Scheuermann as Edgar, Gloucester's legitimate son, deserve not possible to create an actual storm onstage and the characters than the majority of cast members, they would not be able to attain special praise. Their performances stood out above the rest of the had a difficult task of pretending to be caught in this tempest, they his level of acting. While all the cast members were not necessarily cast members (although TaraJean McDonald as Cordelia was also did not react strongly enough to the imaginary onslaught. Addi- on a par with Mr. Stattel, they managed to carry themselves rather very good). Scheuermann, who starred in last year's production of tionally, several people performed in more than one role. In one well. Tartuffe, is someone worth watching. He has incredible potential instance, when the Duke of Cornwall was killed, he (the actor) later Making his Fordham debut, Barry Craig, as The Fool, added the which he's just starting to develop. emerged as another character-but he bore a telltale facial scar play's necessary light touch to the weighty proceedings. Throughout The actors' skill was augmented by the use of certain effects and which the Duke had. the performance, his comedic presence and witty encounters with staging that bear mentioning. J. Allen Suddeth did a great job as But this is basically nitpicking, and this play was far too good for the other characters made him an audience favorite. Shakespeare Fight Director. There was realism in the physical conflicts and the that. In closing, a special note of praise is due for Director Dave may have written The Fool's lines, but Craig pulled them off with fast-paced action was flawless. Ryan Carey (Oswald) seems to have Davis. His unique approach to the meaning of the play—redemption, a certain personal touch that was both genuine and heartfelt. a particular "gift" for taking abuse. not destruction- is deserving enough of commendation. Yet not only Also, Robert Stone, an eleventh hour replacement in the role of In addition, there was a decent amount of old-fashioned blood- did he simply dare to undertake this incredible work in his own the Earl of Gloucester and no newcomer to the stage, gave, as ex- letting. Of note was the gouging out of Gloucester's eyes by the Duke way - he succeeded. Through his guidance. King Eear reached the pected, a solid performance. An actor of cultivated talent, Stone of Cornwall, who was portrayed by Gavin E. Duffy. The seen proverbial Promised Land. Peggy Sounds of Silence By Katie Berry is instantly taken with the fiery beauty. He first Off tries to ascertain just how much tutoring she would Mark Medoff s stageplay, Children of a Lesser need in order to speak in a functional manner. Sara God, has been successfully brought to the screen agrees to meet with James but walks out on the under the skillful direction of Randa Haines and lesson before it has a chance to begin. the masterful cinematography of John Seale. James finally asks Sara out to dinner. He finds Sue-per! The film is a simple love story. Boy meets girl; her to be intelligent, stimulating, funny, and The boy loses girl; boy gets girl back. The combina- beautiful, yet very frustrating to deal with. By Anthony Giglio tion of Randa Haines' direction, Michael Conver- Prompted by the mystery of Sara's reluctance to tino's filmscore and John Seale's photography speak, Leeds visits Sara's mother (Piper Laurie) Have you ever wished you could go back to the results in a well-crafted and quality film. whom begrudgingly provides the answer. Sara was past and change your own destiny? I'm sure James Leeds (William Hurt) is a teacher of deaf taunted by her sister's friends when she did attempt everyone has. The real question is just how would students. His specialty is teaching speech. Leeds to speak. James confronts Sara with this new found you really change it. Well, Peggy Sue Kelcher has been bounced from one good job to the next Shelf information only to find out from Sara a totally Bodell gets that opportunity in Peggy Sue Got due in part to his rather unorthodox teaching different story. She was not taunted by her sister's By Vivian Lake Married. Kathleen Turner stars as Peggy Sue, and methods. Whether it is doing a handstand to friends but was used, as a sexual object by the boys through Francis Ford Coppola's direction, this illustrate the importance of speech to a deaf per- her sister knew. This was one way she could com- For something you'll be proud to have on your movie opens endless facets of comedic as well as son or teaching his class to sing rock-n-roll tunes. municate as well as hearing girls. bookshelf (real live literature, folks) The Diary of 'serious situations that make this a classic. Leeds seems to have a natural ability to get on the James realizes that he has fallen in love with Sara Not long after partially recovering from her wrong side of the school superintendent, Curtis a Country Priest i§ Georges Beranos tops the I ist. and he tells her in a wonderful pool scene where This gem, obscure or popular depending on who recent separation, Peggy Sue forces herself to Franklin (Philip Bosco). Leeds ends up falling fully-clothed into the pool attend her 25th high school reunion at the school Sara Norman (Marlee Matlin) is the school you talk to, was fyst published in 1936, and fifty in order to break some of the tension between him years later it has lost none of its power. where she and her almost ex-husband Charlie, custodian. She is a former student who has taken and Sara. They end up making love for the first Bernanos has created a simple man with an ex- played by Nicolas Cage, were so popular that they the job at the school so that she does not have to time under-the water in a world of almost total traordinary gift (faith). This shy, sensitive, were crowned the prom king and queen of deal with the outside or hearing world. She lives silence. The romance grows and Sara comes out awkward man becomes an unlikely hero. This Buchanan High's class of I960. At the reunion, in a world of anger and silence cut off from all the of herself to experience the world through James. priest is at odds with his parish-he is struggling Turner's l^ghably intense rendition of Peggy Sue people that can hurt her. He still wants her to learn to speak, but she is stil I to give them help they don't want, but which he suffering an anxiety attack, which was brought on James Leeds sees Sara Norman for the first time obstinant about it. not only by the surprise appearance of her husband in the school cafeteria while she is in the process knows they need. His desire to help is so great, he The major conflict of the story comes to a head often fumbles over the intensity of his feelings, and but by her being re-crowned class queen of the of cursing out one of the help in the kitchen. Leeds when Sara declares her independence from James. reunion, almost leads the audience to believe that scares people in his earnestness. She says that she and James can never truly be one But he doesn't always fail in his attempts, for he she is having a heart attack, when in reality she until she can be herself without having James is just passing out. When she wakes up, she is lay- is an extremely sensitive man with amazing powers always speak for her. James thinks that this is all of insight, and it is this insight that makes the book ing on a table giving blood at her high school in fine and wonderful but is baffled with how she will I960-and she is 17 again! come alive. The perceptive honesty with which he be able to communicate with the surrounding reveals himself and his parishoncrs, makes for pro- When the comedy subsides, the movie's world when she refuses to learn to speak. A rather nostalgic overtone becomes quite moving. This is se that almost breathes in its trucness. caustic altercation ensues when James literally It is a story of struggles - for strength, courage, flashback at its best, with the irony being that forces Sara to speak. She screams out at the top Peggy Sue has the advantage of knowing exactly faith, and hope. His joys and sorrows become so of her lungs declaring the freakish sound of her vivid your heart will ache for his despair, and re- what lies ahead for her. Will she change her voice. destiny? I won't divulge the movie's climax, joice in his happiness. You will feel in the same however, you can just imagine how much fun Sara leaves James to find time for herself. fits and starts he does. Peggy Sue has with her sooth-saying ability. With During this time, she decides to go back to school This book is about life, by turns funny, and to find work to support herself. She also the tables turned, Peggy Sue toys with young philosophical, painful, sad, with occasional bouts realizes that James is truly a part of her life. James Charlie by playing hard to get, which was very of hopelessness and hopefulness. But always, misses Sara; Sara misses James. They meet at the unlike the nubile Peggy Sue of I960. In one comic always moving. Every page elicits a reaction (hat school's end of the year dance, They finally realize scene. Peggy Sue suggests that she and Charlie "go unswers the phone and hears her grandmother's is powerful and definite, sharply authentic. the true ground of their communication is the love all the way," which nearly sends Charlie into voice for the first time in years. Imagine how Nothing is glossed over, nothing is trivialized. This they have for each other. People in love at times cardiac arrest and the audience into stitches. frightening it is to know exactly when everyone humble village priest manages to touch the inner- , must make sacrifices and compromises in order will die in your family, well this movie docs not most feelings of humanity. Peggy Sue uses her omniscient ability to its full to be together. advantage, and I simply loved it. It is amusing to playon that morbid fact, hut by touching on it, the Get it and read it twice. The cast is wonderful and the story is stated with sec how she hundles herself when her father sur- scene shows just how varied the storyline becomes. N.B. There is a fiftieth anniversary special edi- a simple eloquence. William Hurt and Marlee prises the family by bringing home n brand new Thumbs up to Jerry Lcichtling and Arlcne tion of this book which I would recommend only Mutlin will both surely be nominated for Oscars uquu colored Edscl, and comments that it's the car Sorncr for writing a story that touches every type to serious collectors. It is available in less expen- for the amazing work they have done in this film, of Ihc future. In complete contrast, but equally of viewer. I think you will love what critics are sive paperback editions both in English and the ) heartily reco/nmend Children of a Lesser 'Cpd. moving, is»scene when Peggy Sue nonchalantly raving will be the best film of (he year. original French. Novembers, 1986/CLCObBarver/page 7 ITS Frequencies A Talk With Motorhead A DJ Alumna put his stamp on it. The instruments just have a different feel." The album was originally going to be titled after another of the songs, "Riding With The Driver." "That didn't do anything. I didn't like it. Orgasmatron, on the other hand, is political, religious, and military. It's whatever gets these people in command revved up, whatever gets them high. A general going into battle, that's his orgasmatron. Actually, it's not really political at all. It's just us having a bit of fun." As for the band's touring plans, they'll be playing at the Ritz on November 9th. Supporting them will be local hardcore/thrashers Overkill and the Cro-Mags. "New York's my favorite place to play. I wouldn't live there, but I love playing there. For those not familiar with the band, be prepared for a very enjoyable experience in music. It's not thrash. It's not rock and roll. It's Motorhead. Motorhead are the originators of fast play but it's not just fast. We're a dedicated, professional band and what you'll get live are faithful representations of our vinyl material." By Fran Brancatelli By Ramon Garcia "Last time we played there though, it was a disaster. Problems just kept popping up.^The fire marshalls nearly cancelled the show A little over seven years ago, Valerie Smaldone was a disc jockey All right New York, you withstood the madness of-the Mets' because they said the club was over the maximum occupancy. We on Fordham's own radio station, WFU V. Today, Smaldone is an on- championship series, the biggest celebration the city's ever seen and didn't go on until 3:25. We still put on a good show-and nobody air personality at the popular Adult contemporary station, WLTW probably one helluva hangover too, but if you think that you can left." 106.7 (Lite-FM). She can be heard Mondays through Saturdays, 7:00 now take on just about anything, be forewarned — Motorhead is on Another problem at the last Ritz show was that bands like S.O.D. p.m. to 12:00 midnight. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak its way. and the Cro-Mags attracted the slamdancing crowd, a consequence with Smaldone about her experiences at Fordham, WLTW, and her Motorhead, the band that once boasted your lawn would die if Lemmy, the band's frontman, did not fully appreciate. successful career. they moved in next door, is currently blitzing the U.S. in support "We don't mean to be killjoys but most of the audience is not into Smaldone, who graduated from the Rose Hill campus, says that of, perhaps, their strongest album to date, Orgasmatron. getting hit. If anybody wants to, they can do it in the back." Fordham provided her with all the practical experience she need- Last year's compilation album, No Remorse, found a more recep- Motorhead has been through several line-up changes and the latest ed for her current career. While working at WFUV, Smaldone learn- tive audience in America, with the help of the single, "Killed By rumor had guitarist Wurzel doing a solo project. ed many aspects of the radio and broadcasting business. That lit- Death" and the new album seems to have picked up where the last "That is just a rumor. Wurzel has done work on his own in the tle radio station was my education for what I'm doing today," says one left off. Orgasmatron has sold 70,000 copies in only two weeks. past, jazz and rock. If he did want to do something solo, the band Smaldone. "I did everything there was to do—from classical announ- "We've got a great feeling about this album," said the band's would be pleased for him but as of now, he isn't working on anything cing, to rock, to show music, to news, to producing. I learned literal- drummer Peter Gill. "Aside from the fact that it's selling well, it just solo." . ly everything at school." feels good to have a product out. Because of legal complications Depending on the album's success, Motorhead might be back for' The radio station wasn't the only activity that Smaldone was in- with our old label, we had no new product out for over a year. We some more U.S. dates, something Peter is looking forward to. volved in at Fordham. She told me that she tried to get involved in took that time and toured for the last ten months and that's, oddly "In America there's more women in the audience. Me and Wurzel anything she could and she recommends that today's college students enough, how we found our new producer, Bill Laswell." were thinking of joining Duran Duran because in England all we do the same. Smaldone was an editor of The Point magazine, she Laswell did a tremendous job on the new album but, at first, the get are 15 year-old guys in leather jackets asking us for our took part in intramurals, and she was a part of the Lombardi center collaboration would seem a strange one. autographs. But seriously, we do love it in America. There are so while still dedicating most of her free time to WFUV. "I just loved "Well it is. Bill's previous work was more towards jazz. He worked many things to do. You can do anything." college because you had this vista of knowledge out there to grab - on Mick Jagger's solo Ip as well as the last P.I. L. album. He's what If things keep up as they have for Motorhead, they just might all kinds of courses from philosophy, to science, to whatever. Yet, I'd call a futuristic producer. We only decided two days before, to not have that much free time on their hands next time they visit you also had people to meet and religion to take advantage of if you work with Bill. The album is still very Motorhead but he definitely the States. wanted to, plus all of these wonderful clubs. I still miss college. It was a great experience." In her junior year of college, Smaldone landed a part-time, on- air job at WFAS, a small radio station in White Plains. After gradua- tion, she was given a full-time position with the same station do- ing a morning shift. "From there" says Smaldone, "it was just one job after another." Smaldone worked in small market radio for a TV Update while until she was hired at WLTW three years ago. Smaldone was By Gary Rosen happy about coming to WLTW because it was her first job at a ma- Saturday Nights' Livelier: Last season's Saturday Night Live was jor market radio station in New York. a big mistake. This year Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, and Nora Dunn Well, we're into the first week of November and already the Smaldone says she enjoys working at WLTW and feels that the return with a new, more experienced cast. The show is no master- networks are having major problems with their new fall shows. CBS' atmosphere at the station is a good one. "I think this is a unique sta- piece, but it is improved. Some very fanny moments included a great Better Days (a stupid program about a California kid moving to tion. It is a wonderful environment. The people are very profes- lampoon of Donohue. The topic was women who are taken advan- Brooklyn to live with his grandpa) is al ready history. It couldn't come sional and very talented," says Smaldone of the other disc jockeys tage of by men and the dialogue was clever and witty. In The Crosby close to its competition, ABC's Head of the Class. The new Howard that she works with at WLTW. Show, host Malcom Jamal-Warner is one of Bing's sons. The piece Hessman program is doing well in the ratings because it's well When I asked Smaldone how she feels about WLTWs "lite" music, showed the late actor as a child beater. Jon Lovitz played singer written, funny, and has an excellent cast. less talk format, she told me that although the format is an easy one David Crosby (another one of Bing's children). The piece, somewhat to execute, it does require concentration to sound enthusiastic and However. ABC is having its problems, too. So far, seven of its tasteless, was classic Saturday Night. Another segment will probably lively when you are on the air five hours a day, six days a week. new shows are tremendous rating failures. They include Fridays' be a recurring one. It's called Instant Coffee with Bill Smith. The Smaldone also feels that there is more job security in this type of shows and Saturday night's lineup of Life with Lucy. The Ellen setting is a diner, where Bill and his guests drink coffee. That night, format because you aren't under the pressure to perform as many Burstyn Show and Heart of the City. Our World, opposite The Cosby the singing Sweeney sisters (Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks) made a of the disc jockeys at personality stations are. "The music." says Show on Thursday nights, is doing, as expected, dreadfully. That visit. The sisters should make an appearance every week. Buster Smaldone, "is the important part of the station." Smaldone. whose time slot is a no-win situation and since Our World is cheap to Poindexter is the new bandleader and he blends well with the show. own musical tastes range from rock and roll to classical, also produce, it will probably stay on. ABC/Capital Cities said their Give the new Saturday Night a look. responded to the notion that the disc jockeys must hate the format floundering shows are safe until December. I think come Christmas, News Flash: The 5 p.m. news wars have been heating up again. because of its mellow-oriented playlist. "I don't hate this format, most oj«$hern will get pink slips under their trees. Life with Lucy. Lately the race has been between Live at Five and the 5 o'clock and to be honest with you. I do enjoy some of the music." which Hat a 22 show commitment, will get away from the physical Eyewitness News. Channel 2 has recently divided its 5 p.m. broad- comedy and turn to more realistic episodes that have a warm quality. Smaldone's on-air job at WLTW is a full-time position, but she cast into two half hours, wi^h Michele Marsh and Mike Schneider Good prcam/Bad Dream: CBS gambled and it paid off. After has still found the time to expand her career into other areas of the anchoring the 5:30 edition. Thus far. it's been a ratings months of deciding how Bobby Ewing would return to Dallas, the field. She does voice overs, narrations, and commercials for many disappointment. dream sequence worked. Only 150 viewers called CBS in protest. companies. Smaldone can be heard daily on commercials that serve The rest of us just sat back and swallowed that we wasted 30 hours Look for Rolland Smith, formerly of Channel 2, to sign up with as previews for the 5 and 6 O clock news on Channel 2. She can last season watching something that never existed. So far. Dallas a new station soon. Tony Guida. long time reporter/anchor for also be seen on camera, in a commercial for Michelin tires, which is beating Miami Vice soundly, and it's back in the top 10. (The only Channel 2, is now back on Channel 4. He'll do mostly political is currently being run on the cable stations. ESPN, and the Weather nighttime soap, that is.) reporting, and he'll fill in as an anchor when needed. Channel 2's Channel. Smaldone says she one day hopes to expand her career What was the real reason Patrick Duffy came back? In a recent Jane Velez-Mitchell is Guidas' replacement on the weekend even further by possibly doing soap operas or movies. Before com- interview, he said, that Buddha played a major role in his decision. broadcast with Richard Brown. Channel 7's new mother. Kaity Tong. • ing to WLTW. Smaldone also had a part-time acting career in Duffy, a Buddhist for 14 years, said he went home and chanted with returned to Eyewitness News at 11 p.m. with Ernie Anastos. Her Theatre. his wife before their altar for two hours for guidance on what to do. replacement at 6 p.m., John Johnson, will be continuing to anchor I asked Smaldone if she had any advice to give to college students An insider told me he heard the Duffy's chant. "Money, Money. the broadcast with Bill Beutel. Ratings are up since Johnson took looking to break into broadcasting. "Know what you're getting in- Money." Now the big question, is Jock Ewing really back? over. to before you do it. It's a very competitive field." She recommends Life in Syndication: Fame paved the way for shows cancelled by Barbara Stanwyck probably wished last year's Tlie Colbys was that students learn as much as they possibly can while they arc still the networks to come back on independent stations in new first-run a dream. She said no more Aunt Connie for me and left. This season in school and try to do anything they can to obtain the extra episodes. This season's "new" shows are Tlie New Gidget. Satur- the show is doing worse than ever. It doesn't stand a chance against knowledge and experience they need. Smaldone also says that it's days 6 p.m. on Channel 9, It's a Living and Vicki Lawrence in NBC's Cheers and Night Court and it doesn't hold a candle to Knots important not to have "an attitude." "I've run across so many people Mama's Family from 7 p.nir8 p.m. on Channel 9. Tin- New Leave Landing. Charlton Hcston and family arc in big trouble-maybe with this horrible attitude. Once they have done a few things they It To Befiver is on WTBS. Atlanta, Monday nights at 6:05. Make he could reprise his Moses role and perform, some miracles. think. 'I made it. I'm a star.' You're ncver'a" star. You really aren't. room for Danny Thomas: he's back in a new show called One Big Late Night Jabs: Johnny and Joan arc really going at it. On a recent There's so many people out there, there is always someone belter Family on Channel II. Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. LateShmvbit, Rivers asked three potential "Late Show Queens" what r than you." « Look for Norman Fell and Audra Lindlcy to reprise their Roper they would do to stop the late-night wars. Two of them said to Valerie Smaldone is truly one of Fordham University's success roles in a new syndicated show tentatively titled Tliree Apartments. eliminate Johnny Carson, by pushing the button. Rivers responded • stories. She takes pride in the education she received ut Fordham It should make its premiere in April. "good answer." On flte Tonight Show, Carson's guest Michael % and says she would love the opportunity to come back to the col- Coming Soon: In November. CBS offers Fresno, the first comedy Landon, made a one minute film segment. It showed a man in a lege. "I wish they (the Fordham administration) would invite me miniscrics. It's a spoof of the late night soaps about a family in the canoe paddling upstream. It then showed the title. "Johnny Carson to talk. All these years. I kept saying I'd love logo back to Fordham raisin business. Carol Burnett and Dabney Colcman star. in.. Up Rivers." Coincidcntally, this happened on the same night. and talk to one of the classes, but nobody has ever asked me." Burnett will be back in February, in her own ABC special. Carol's Overall, Carson is beating Rivers in the major markets from pinally. Sniajdone had one comment to make to WLTW listeners.' 11:30-12:00, but Joan nppcars to be the favorite in New York. • continued on page 11 It was. simply. "Keep listening." page 8/CUT ObMrvw/Wowmtoerff, 1000 ARTS Beyond Belief

By Regina Mawn like to ski so much that they do it year round, snow or no snow. Filmed at Colorado Springs in 80-degree weather, the skreers What kind of movie features a blind speed skier, Dr. Ruth bounded down the 45-degree incline of loose pebbles and rocks. correlating good sex and good skiing, human hood ornaments, They did flips. They did turns. Surprisingly they didn't get hurt. skreeing, a man on fire ski jumping and visits to some of the most The world's record for blind speed skiing is 54 mph (Bet you didn't exotic ski resorts in the world? A Warren Miller ski film that's what. even know there was one!) and is held by Mike May. May's coach, His thirty-seventh full-length ski feature. Beyond the Edge, encom- Ron Salviolo, skis down ahead of him yelling directions. Once the passes all that and more. wind starts to muffle his voice, at about 45 mph, Salviolo is of little use to May. According to Miller, Beyond the Edge is about the "rewards of Dr. Ruth says, "I do believe that there is a relationship between taking the ultimate risks-pushing the edge out just a little further sex and being a good skier, because it means that you have to con- » - to experience the thrill, the pleasure and the freedom." Tb the viewer, centrate. That you have to know what you are doing and that you Beyond the Edge is unbelievable camera angles capturing the risk are enthusiastic about what you do." takers giving it their all. You can't see Beyond the Edge at your local theatre. If you wanted Miller, a former ski instructor, says he started making these films to see it you had to go to The Meadowlands or Nassau Coluseum. 37 years ago because "I saw a film I didn't like." For his first 15 films, (Now your only chances are by going to a ski resort this winter, or Miller did everything. He created them, wrote the copy, ran the waiting for its release on video next summer.) At the Meadowlands, camera, and produced. His first feature, Deep and Light, had a $500 people screamed and cheered and oohed and aahed as the best in production budget in 1940. In 1986, his How to Ski Better video alone the world did their thing. cost $130,000 to produce.

From December, 1985 to May, 1986, Miller had six different Miller is a "personal best" sports fanatic. He feels these sports camera crews travel 150,000 miles all over the world shooting those are "freedom oriented." In skiing Miller says, "you're either first at who go beyond the edge. This year's film takes the viewer to 22 loca- the bottom or you're not." He's interested in sports where you alone tions from the Rockies to New Zealand to Argentina, to Switzerland. compete against yourself. His other 400 sports films include ones on golf, windsurfing, sailing and horseback riding. His most Miller says that "fortunately" no one has ever been hurt while film- commercially successfully film was on sports bloopers. ing a stunt for one of his films because "the skiers are really that good." He does admit that some of the jump sequences take five or If all goes as planned, MTV and Miller will hold a contest in con- •j» six days to film. junction. Contestants will send in video tapes of 16-20 year old skiers Scot Schmidt, America's premier cliff jumper is seen going who they think are spectacular. Miller and MTV will choose the straight down at Blackcomb, British Columbia. The slopes are so top ten and viewers will select the winner. The winner will get a steep there that the uphill ski is above his head. To get to places like cameo appearance in next year's Miller ski" film. Miller also thinks Blackcomb, Schmidt has to helicopter in. In Zermatt, Switzerland, they might find some promising camera people this way. Schmidt demonstrates his form by outracing an avalanche. v> First and foremost Miller is a skier. "There's a lot of things about Cliff jumper Glen Wurtel jumps while on fire. He wears an army the mountains that'll kill you if you don't read them right," he surplus asbestos firefighting suit doused with hi-octane airplane explains. fuel. After being hit with a torch he takes off 100 feet through the Scot Schmidt For those of you who are ready to hit the slopes, some parting p air. Watching him yo,u think he's got to be crazy.'When he lands words of advice from Miller, "Wear white boots. They help the w and nobody extinguishes the flames immediately, you know he's divers find your body when you drown in the riv^- because you can't crazy. stop at the bottom." You also question the sanity of skreers. These are people who

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The Entrepreneurs'Society at Fordham University 113 West 60th St. NY., N.Y. 10023 (212) 841-5253 November5,1986/CLC Obsanrar/page 9 ARTS Won't Make It New Photos 'Til Wednesday By Paul Brubaker drenched their first effort have been pushed to the atMOMA By Regina Mawn background. Mann's inventive bass riffs that are from the flow of unfamiliar stories." The photo- There is a strange essence that surrounds the graphs on display were taken in Italy, Greece and trademarks of such tunes as "Love in a Vacuum" "We are revising our former pattern of ex- success of a debut album. The first ten tracks from the United States between 1979 and 1986. and "Looking Over My Shoulder," have disap- hibitions for recent work by younger photog- a new band that turns the ears of curious listeners peared leaving Welcome Home's rhythms compla- aphers," says John Szarkowski, director of the Several of his photos come to life through the have a quality that denies speculation. After the cent and lethargic. The most disheartening aspect Department of Photography at the Museum of subtle use of artificial light. "Ruth, 1984" depicts initial success is awarded, the .fate of a band can- of the Lp is that the band's quasi-mystic style has Modern Art. "NEW PHOTOGRAPHY will a woman entering a darkened kitchen. The glar- not be easily predicted. There are groups such as been neutered to simplistic wholesomeness. Much occupy twice the space of our former one-man ing backlight outlines her form and throws light Van Halen who have been able to follow up their of this is due to the bleeding-heart sentimentality series, and will show three or (bur photographers upon the stove next to the door. In "Ryan" an ugly debut by establishing themselves as a major force with which Mann plasters the lyrics. whose work-individually and collectively— girl or a guy in drag is being met in a doorway. A on the rock music scene. By the same token, there With every predictable rhyme it can be seen that seems to represent the most interesting achieve- backlight, resembling a flash going off, hits right are also bands who vanish into oblivion with a Aimee Mann has forfeited any lyrical challenge. ments of new photography." below Ryan's hair, a little over his shoulder. couple of number one singles. Whatever the end The subject matter on most of the disc is that of NEW PHOTOGRAPHY is a three-years series "Mario, 1979" is lit by the light of the refrigerator result may be, the direction that a band is going a dismayed lover who, after winning vengeance, funded by Spring Industries, Inc. The series was Mario is looking into. in cannot be determined until the release of the will cry herself to sleep. It is true that there was introduced in 1985 with an exhibition of works by When you go to the movies, you know that the second Lp. A year and a half after their successful this kind of texture on the last album, however, Zeke Berman, Antonio Mendoza, Judith Ross and action on screen is staged, yet you often forget this. debut, 'til tuesday subject themselves to the second Mann's inventiveness with a particular situation Michael Spano. Many of diCorcia's photos don't let you forget stag- album litmus tes,t with Welcome Home. Unfor- saved them. (i.e. an apprehensive two-timer afraid NEW PHOTOGRAPHY 2 which will run from ing for a second. In "Catherine 1981," a woman is tunately, the results prove that their first album of being overheard in "Voices Carry" or describ- October 9, 1986-January 6, 1987 at the Museum partially hidden by a flower vase, tea pot, candle, firestorm has a feeble follow-up. ing a stiffling relation as "Love in a Vacuum") of Modern Art, presents recent color photographs radio and cup on the table before her. The items Welcome Home does not do well as the jilted lover Welcome Home's, primary flaw is the dominating by Mary Frey, David Tavener Hanson and Philip on the table are in crisp focus and the door behind motif is used beyond redundancy. influence of lead-singer/bassisl Aimee Mann. Lorca diCorcia. Frey and diCorcia's work concen- her also seems in focus yet the woman is blurred. After playing the part of lyricist and contributing After listening to these tracks, it is doubtful if trate on people, while Hanson's work is a selection In "Auden and Tillie, 1984," a woman is greeted by music writer on Voices Carry, Mann has emerged even Howard Stern's Dial-a-Date could improve from his extended series documenting the mines, a dog at steps leading down to a sidewalk. The as the sole composer excluding the rest of the band Aimee Mann's personal life. In any case, 'til tues- power plant and community of Colstrip, Montana. sunlight hitting her joyous face seems natural, yet from the creative process for most of the songs. ! day's progression from point A to point B led them According to Szarkowski who organized the ex- you know she must have been positioned so it hit The result is an uncomfortable change in 'til i ten steps backward. If the band continues on this hibit, "Hanson sees his work as a meditation on her just that way. tuesday's sound. The vocal harmonies that . course, 'til tuesday can enjoy a short-lived career. a ravished landscape and on the meaning of the A graduate of Yale University School of Art and machine in the garden. It describes without irony Architecture, diCorcia works as a professional or exhortation the current condition of a fragment photographer in New York. He has been awarded of^the earth's surface." a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for The photos that were taken at ground level and emerging artists and prizes from Yale University from the air document Colstrip, a strip mine begun and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. in 1923. The majority of the works on display are Frey calls her photographs on display "Real Life aerial shots of the waste ponds and roads around Dramas." She combines ordinary domestic scenes Colstrip. At first glance, these photographs look with accompanying texts with humorous results. more like abstract paintings. The only objects in This makes them the most accessible photographs the photos that give a sense of three dimension are in NEW PHOTOGRAPHY 2. the pine trees that appear in little groups. One photograph of middle-aged, middle-class His photos taken at ground level are slightly women playing bridge was accompanied by, "She smaller. These, for the most part, look like con- knew the choice was at hand. Could she be strong ventional photographs. "Power Plant, Waste Pond in spite of her'weaknesses? Could she sustain the and Bridge" from January 1983, looks like a pastel ridicule and disgrace? Another photograph is of painting. "Drilling and Loading Explosives for an a frumpy middle-aged woman leading in bed. Her Overburden Blast" taken in July, 1982 gives the husband is looking down at her as he removes his impression that it is a drawing due to its flatness shirt. The text reads, "Her routine was predictable. and washed out sketch-like appearance. Somehow he found this reassuring." There is something poetic about "After a Coal Like diCorcia's work, the viewer knows that Blast in Pit," July 1982. The foreground is dark, these are staged photo opportunities. Frey goes into the ground covered with coal. Gray mounds extend people's living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, even into the background. In the background is a puke bathrooms. Her subjects are either totally unaware green truck which stands out through the mist. of her equipment or they're consummate actors. In his photos of power plant and community of The woman who appears in the bedroom, also is Colstrip, Hanson balances the stark industrializa- in one where she is kneeling on a kitchen floor with Dancing in tion of this rural area with skies of bountiful a dustpan in one hand and a scrub brush in the picture-perfect clouds. In "Burlington Northern other. She is looking a little to Frey's right with an Switching Yard and Power Plant," June, 1984 three expression of disbelief. the Bookstores levels of clouds float above the plant in the' Frey has received fellowships from the National By Jayne Cohodas background, bushes about two-thirds back, Col- Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon viewer entrance into the very closed and mystical strip sign and train track in front. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. At sixteen, she was heralded as America's ris- world of dance. Kirkland is very careful to explain Hanson, an instructor in photography at the Through combining humour and scenes and ing "Baby Ballerina." By the time she was thirty, terminology of movement, histories of ballets, and Rhode Island School of Design, received a people that everyone is familiar with, Frey comes Gelsey Kirkland was caught in the web of drug • personalities of the people who created them. She Camargo Foundation Fellowship in Photography out the star of NEW PHOTOGRAPHY 2. While abuse and addiction. Dancing On My Crave, an tries to put perspective into the art of dancing and for the years 1978-79 and a Guggenheim Fellowship diCorcia's work also uses people, some of his autobiography, is Kirkland's very compelling its relationship to the business of production. in 1985, people are just the other side of strange and can story of the untold and often unseen life within the Kirkland portrays herself as a bit of a crazy, "Ehe photos of diCorcia, "invite us to consider be alienating. Hanson's photos of as he says, "a ballet world. many years before she actual ly becomes involved them in theatrical terms," says Szarkowski, "in part clear and persuasive description of a current state Kirkland begins trie book with vivid imagery of with drugs. Perhaps it is her way of explaining why because his pictures remind us of frozen frames of affairs." are exactly (hat. So check NEW her formative years. The entire book reads like a it was so easy to fall into the trap of cocaine abuse. in modern films.. .we sec moments of life lifted PHOTOGRAPHY 2 out. Its worth the trip. transcript of free association belonging to a psycho- She was so obsessed with perfection, fearful that analyst, which sometimes creates a confusion in she would never be able to obtain it, that she began relation to times and events. Gelsey was the creating her own destruction. Kirkland was an daughter of writer Jack Kirkland, an alcoholic. She anorexic and bullemic. rationalizing the situation had an older sister, Joanna, who led the way into that, "if her existence was nothing then she needed New York City Ballet. Most importantly, from her nothing to exist." She spent many years running to first memory, Gelsey was always chasing a demon. different plastic surgeons in order to create out- •Unlike other recent biographies, authorized or wardly what she felt was lacking inwardly. And she not, Kirkland does not seem to be out there to hurt tried to find in men, lovers or otherwise, the love anyone, She chronicles the people she is involved -she wasjarfchig inside for herself. Mary Frey with inside and outside of the dance world, as they The book*has a seemingly happy ending, < were related to the events in her own life. This is though. feSflcfi»d*meets writer, cocaine abuscr not a gossip monger's book. In fact, just as she Greg Lawrpnce dyring one of her drug related Unfilled from begins to get really juicy, the reader gets the sense sprees. They detox together, decide to write this Real Life book, move to Vermont, and get married. The that Kirkland will not intrude on someone elsc\ Dramas personal life. She just wanders on to another topic. reader can't help but wonder if Kirkland has really What the book docs do, is allow the novice ballet won her bout with her death wish. 1984-1986 guests will be Carl Reiner, Robin Williams, and Whoopi Goldbcrg.| CBS has announced that Mary Tyler Moore's new sitcom will I put off at least one more year. CBS execs don't want to make another! mistake like last season's Mary. This time, Moore will play a married| mom. They're trying to get James Garner to play her husband. Movie star Pat (Kanue Kiel) Morila will return to series TV inl TV , an ABC mid-season replacement vailed Oluim. He will play a "solt-| hcurted" police detective. continued from page 9 Hiatus and Holding: Elliot Gould can do no right. His new show| Together We Stand is on a hiatus, as is 77ic 1\viliglu Zone. Look for both to return for one last chance. Mike Hammer is now onl Wednesday nights at 8 on CBS and NBC has renewed Mallock, LA\ Law, Crime Story anfrOur House for the rest of the season. ^ . . . , ' v.V/.' »'. .••»<.•.•'.'. ..•.•• • , ,« .,•.*.•,,•.• • • • ' page 10/CLC Obaerver/Novamber 5,1986 FEATURES The Plaza Cafe. Bringing In The New By Andrew David Creel

Did you happen to notice the huge crowds spilling out of The Plaza Cafe for the playoffs and then the World Series? Is this the stan of a new trend in the social lite at CLC? The management of the Cafe hopes it just a preview of the way they have changed to meet the needs of the students. The addition of a big-screen television this semester is just the first of many new changes and goings on down at the oid pub. A new late-night menu has arrived, bar games have come in and a new variety of non-alcoholic beverages are also mak- ing their debut! Yes. The Pub is seeing a rebirth, in the form of The Plaza Cafe and new Cafe mqnager Eric Sassnett has informed us of exciting things on the horizon. One headliner is Monday Night Football which will be shown in its entirety if there is a demand by students to support it. Wednes- day nights are reserved for live entertainment. The bar games, including backgammon, chess, checkers, yahtzee. Trivial Pursuit, playing cards and a game called Pokoneno. according to manager Eric Sassnett. can be rented out by leaving your student I.D. card with the bartender on duty. There will also be a dart board sei up by the video games that can be played only at certain hours of lighter business and during special tournaments, says Sassnett. In addition, the management says that depending on the success of these various ventures a great deal more could be added, and suggestions are welcome. The late-night menu runs the gamut from cheese nachos to chicken nuggets and non-alcoholic drinks will include cool dac- quiris. pina coladas and frosty margaritas. There will be specials ERIC SA'SSNF.T and BILL LYONS "'""•M Cre*L"nl each night on food in addition to the daily lunchtime specials. Also, 12 and 2 p.m., and during special television events. playing guitar, the rest of the entertainment will include many others according to Sassnett. there will be special specials on food dur- In case you don't know, being under 21 should not deter you from and dances and functions will be announced in advance. All in an ing Monday Night Football and other scheduled nightly events. The enjoying the Cafe. You are welcome but the bartenders and the effort to "bring back the old pub," says Sassnett, and make it more specials will be posted daily on the doors of the Cafe and behind waiters will ask and check for the I.D. of all those who wish to pro- of a social atmosphere, not just a place to dine. the bar. says Sassnett. cure alcoholic beverages, says management. During large dances, • The management of the pub also plays the acquisition of a VCR Never fear daytimers. management tells us that for you die-hard functions, and other events during the semester when the Cafe will in the near future, which will be used for a special movie night at soap opera fens, the Cafe will be showing your favorites each day be off limits to those under the age of 21, and doormen will be check- the pub. This and otfier proposals ought to keep those crowds spilling on the big screen. Jukebox loyalists, rest assured, Sassnett said that ing I.D.s before you enter. out the pub doors. If all goes well, the trend will continue at the the jukebox will be heard each day except during the hours between The live entertainment started with Paul Brubaker on Oct. 28th, Cafe. Hope to see you there soon! Computer Misery Loves Company By Jo-Ann Verrier

The computer department calls it the public user area. For me see the result. Her half glasses perched on the end of her nose force - machine and turns it off- a defeatist move perhaps and totally against it is a place of private agony. Row after row of computers' placed her to raise her chin to see the screen. Thisis definitely a problem the rules for logging out-but perfectly understandable to me. back to back, forcing the users to be face to face; I try to find a com- I can identify with. Should I warn her about computer neck? She opens her textbook, rummages through her notes and wisely puter that's against the wall but they're the most popular so I settle She must have done something right judging by the look of relief finds the card containing her password to avoid the message on the for one in the middle with no one directly opposite. As I begin to that crosses her face. She looks down again and is about to press screen that she has taken too much time. As she reaches to turn the wage war with the flashing dollar sign (the Fordham Vax system's another key when she hesitates; someone is passing behind her. Her computer back on she glances at her watch and is obviously amazed prompt symbol) I try to stay calm by reminding myself that there shoulders rise, her hands remain suspended in air and her eyes flit at how time had flown when she wasn't even having any fun! are plenty of people to ask for help. Actually that thought makes from corner to corner until the person is gone. She lets her breath me even more nervous since I find it very hard to ask a question out slowly and is about to press one of the keys when someone drops As she hurriedly packs her books, I realize it is time for class and when I'm not sure what it is I want to know. As my breath begins a book and she jumps in fright. As she slumps back into her chair I casually reach behind my computer and turn it off. I would like to come in short gasps, like those suggested for the throes of labor, a slight smile curls her lips, which brings an even broader one to to speak to her but she leaves the room before I have a chance. I I lean back in my chair to get control. Diagonally to my right I notice mine-at least she can see the humour in our situation. I glance thought it might be good for her to know that observing her had another woman staring intently at her own computer. around and, seeing no one watching, I continue to stare at her. given me new confidence-surely two ladies in granny glasses could It is easy to observe her undetected so engrossed is she with the She stretches her arms up high and then rubs the back of her neck put to rest that saying about old dogs and new tricks. I wish she were dollar sign she alone can see. Her occasional upward glances are causing a slight grimace of pain. She gives herself a little shake and in the same computer class as I; perhaps together we could come so furtive they immediately convey to me our sistership in fear. I the look of determination that crosses her face as she presses the up with some intelligent sounding questions that wouldn't expose could be looking in a mirror. Could it be that I was not the only next key with considerably more assurance turns to one of dismay our total ignorance. One thing for sure, it really helps to know I'm one harboring the unspoken question-"Could one wrong move as she lifts her chin to look at the screen. She looks around quickly not alone. completely wipe out the University computer system?" and then presses two keys in rapid succession. Although unable to She is about fifty years old with dirty blond hair that is falling see which two they are I am willing to bet I can guess-they are over her eyes as she studies the keyboard. She touches one of the the ones that never produce what they claim - escape and help. She keys tentatively and pushes her hair back as she raises her head to jabs a few more times and getting nowhere reaches behind the 1 1 INTERESTED IN • Compact Discs or Audio? • Marketing? • A Resume Builder ?

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I know everyone's had enough of World Series talk but I just have to say that I feel extra happy for Ray Knight, Lenny Dykstra, Gary Carter and Lee Mazzilli. Knight and Dykstra played such key roles during the season and "the Series" for the Mets, it's hard to imagine they almost didn't make it out of spring training with the Mets. You might not appreciate Carter's exuberance for the game but after being" the best catcher in baseball for seven years, he deserved a ring. Nice to see Maz come back to the Mets and finally get a taste of the champagne.

Doug Flutie finally got signed. It's about time and who knows? The way Jim McMahon keeps getting injured, he might just start before the season's over.

NBC could have done a better job with the World Series. Vin Scully made the telecasts almost unbearable. I could just take so many stupid, unimportant stats thrown my way. Who cares what the price of bread was in 19I8? And why did I have to sit through what seemed like an endless array of instant replays before seeing the one from the proper vantage point? LEE MAZZILLI REIJO Ranger fans take heart: so the Rangers haven't won a Stanley Cup Met games usually require 70 police officers. Game seven re- Smokey Robinson's and Billy Joel's renditions of the national an- in 46 years, Boston hasn't won a World Series in 68. quired 700. They did a great job and the Mets picked up the bill them rank up there with Huey Lewis and The News' in last year's all-star game. While we're on the subject of national anthems, is Espo started out making good moves-what happened? The for the extra manpower. there such a shortage of singers out there, that we need to ftse Rangers have gotten nothing for Brian MacLellan, Reijo Rout: actresses like Glenn Close and Saundra Santiago. salainen, Jim Weimer, Wilf Paiement and Mark Pavelich. Doesn't Bobby Ojeda look good in swimming goggles? Gyms Come Out Of The Dark Ages

fangled machines. Especially, since most of the By Lynne S. Nathan moldy corners, no slime in the showers, no gloomy guys could lift an entire machine as a warm-up. recesses. No electronic simulators, either. Instead, Once upon a time, when there was no such thing They searched vainly for a free weight or two, so the gyms have sparkling floor-to-ceiling mirrors, as Nautilus, the only people who lifted weights they could keep training the way they had for eons. fabulous sound systems, air conditioning, and best were the ones who looked like they didn't have to. Finding no trace, they growled and grumbled and of all, good solid old-fashioned weights. And that's In those days, weight training was the province of crawled off to the outer boroughs. what weight training is all about, anyway: lifting the He-Man Weight Lifter's Club, and the only Meanwhile, the Yuppies whimpered softly on heavy weights. girls allowed were the ones on the locker room the Nautilus benches as their pet trainers whipped They've gained a few clients for their pains, these walls. The gym was a poorly-lit, dingy, rubber- them into shape. They discovered that weight train- musclemen of yore. There are real women sweat- floored room with mildew on the ceiling, a "pit of ing was hard work, that the gimcracks. video direc- ing and straining on the training floor now, and the eternal stench" populated by guys who looked more tions, and computer-guided workouts were just ones hanging on the walls are more apt to have big like Jim Henson's largest and most ferocious mup- temporary distractions from what was really nasty, muscles than big breasts. The hulks are back, heav- pets than human beings. sweaty toil. Then there was another problem - ing bars loaded with plates the size of manhole Nautilus was boring. There was no real sense of But those days are gone; Manhattanites, at least, covers, and hoisting dumbbells the size of Yugos. accomplishment. As they got stronger, all they would be hard pressed to find a gym like that today. The Yuppies are showing up in their power tees, could do was move a little peg down one hole, turn Until very recently, in fact, they'd have been hard too, and they don't look as bored as they used to. a dial to increase resistance, or speed up a tread- pressed to find a gym at all. Maybe they'll all live happily ever after. Ugh. mill. It was hard to see progress. When the great fitness craze swept the country about ten years ago, all the tried-and-true weight "Ugh!" said the musclemen from their caves. lifting equipment was sold for scrap metal as the "We knew that all along. Moving pegs, so what? new gyms, spelled h-e-a-l-t-h c-l-u-b-s, blossomed But piling plates onto a bar, lifting bigger and big- ger dumbbells -that's progress." So a few of these WRITE overnight. Out went the iron dumbbells, Olympic bars and plates, strange benches and racks Neanderthal leftovers wiped the grease off their resembling ancient torture devices (the resem- chins, lumbered back through the tunnels, picked blance was no accident); in came their modern up an interior decorator and a pricey PR person, SPORTS counterparts: computerized bicycles, electronic Gntphu bv Sirtmtie M\nm and set out to show the world they'd been right all stair simulators, and gleaming chrome-plated creatures who broke rocks with their heads and ate along. •4MJ64 Nautilus machines. The hardcore musclemen, dirt for brunch, didn't much care for the new- So the gym is back. But what a difference! No ••••••••••*••«••••*

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