DAEMEN COLLEGE Serving the Daemen College Community Since 1950 Volume 42, Number 2_______ Circulation 1,700 October, 1986 Wildlife Mural Goes To The Zoo Little Theatre celebrates grand began I his pasi March, and has continued right tip to lhe sixth of reopening October. The twenty-one foot by five1 and r | ’, he theatre department at one-half foot mural consists of 14 JL Daemen College is pleased to animals. “ It’s a very unconven­ announce the following activities tional design, all the animals art' in already taking place in the newly a running com posit ion heading renovated theatre building. toward the view er.’’ he said. The “ Little Theatre" will be Receiving no pay for his work. celebrating its grand reopening Czajkowski estimates he spent at with the student proseminar pro­ least sixt y hours a week working on duction of “ Vanities," by Jack the mural once the painting began. Hcifner. This project marks the He has been supporting himself by completion of Jonathan Ryan’s drawing portraits at local shopping course of study in theatre at the malls. college. Once work on the mural started. The cast, consisting of Cyrene Larry felt his artistic skills improv­ Esposito, Joanne Rich, and ed greatly. “ In the beginning my Theresa DiMuro, is hard at work drawing skills were pretty good, perfecting this tour-,de-force, a but my painting skills were not.” comedy, that deals with the growth he said. Since the painting of the of three South-western girls from mural began last spring, he their senior year in high school into believes his painting skills have im­ their late twenties. proved dramatically. Also involved in the production Larry is hoping that his countless are Stage Manager Troy Pepper. ^■■'••wo years ago Buffalo Zoo Ortolani then proposed that hours of labor on this project will Assistant to the Director, Lisa JL Director Minot H. Ortolani Larry design a mural to be per­ pay off in the form of recognition. “ I Czajkowski, ‘ and Faculty Advisor visited Daemen College in search of manently installed on the facade of eventually want to get into the field Rosalind Cramer. a student interested in designing a the zoo. Later it was decided that of illustration. But until then. I Show times are scheduled for mural for the side of a Metro bus to the mural would be displayed on a wouldn’t mind painting bill­ December 4 through 6 at 8:00 P.M. advertise the zoo. Designs for a wall in the lobby between the boards.” said Larry. Daemen Drama Club mural were considered from Gorilla Habitat and the Children’s So far his efforts were publicized Daemen College’s new drama certain Daemen art students and Resource Center just inside the in a front page article in the Satur­ club, the Image Makers, has U.B. students. The design chosen zoo’s main gate. Larry took advan­ day. October 4 edition of the Buf­ already had its first meeting to elect was done by a U.B. student. tage of this possible career oppor­ falo News. officers. The posts were filled as However, Ortolani saw much pro­ tunity and worked the project into The Buffalo Zoo had also arrang­ follows: President, Lisa mise in the mural proposal of his senior thesis. He then began ed for some companies who adver­ Czajkowski; Vice President, Chris Daemen student Larry Czajkowski. practicing painting techniques to tise on billboards and need il­ Nigro; Secretary, Troy Pepper; Larry’s design, however, was too be used on the mural on large panel lustrators to attend the unveiling of Treasurer, Jon Ryan. intricate and would take too long to mock-ups of his design. the “ Wildlife Mural" which took The club was formerly the execute for the bus project. Painting on the actual mural place on the evening of October 10. “ Daemen Creative Ensemble” ; the new name reflects the changes that have taken place in the theatre and When A Date Turns Into Rape... the change within the organization DEBATE: very six minutes, someone in rape refers to some form of un­ itself. Anyone with any interest at the U.S. is raped. The majority wanted sexual activity that occurs all in theatre is urged to attend the Eof these rapes go unreported. It ison a date or a party. Usually the meetings; For information on times Are the the fastest rising, violent crime in victim is the female. and dates, contact any of the above listed officers or call the theatre at the FBI’s major crime category. The primary problem that causes contras Rape is a sexually agressive ext. 278. this type of rape is that many males Any inquiries should be directed crime. In legal terms, it is defined believe that women are too shy or as forced sexual intercourse to Rosalind Cramer, Jonathan truly illogical. The male thinks when a Ryan, or Lisa Czajkowski at the without mutual consent. It is not woman says no, she means maybe, necessarily a sexual act, though. It theatre (ext. 278). Come. Join us. freedom and when she says maybe, she WE ARE THEATRE!! is rather an expression of violence, means yes. Thus, the male rejects fighters? anger, or power, according to her message about sex and inter­ Masters and Johnson. Its victims prets it in his own way rather than are male, female, old, young, rich, her literal meaning. See page 3 poor, mentally retarded, disabled, and ablebodied. The offenders or Another problem that may cause Alumni Update rapists fall into the same diverse the unwanted act is that the male may be under the influence of category. obert Macre, class of 1984, alcohol. This may lower his social The most common of all rapes is former English major and inhibition to make his advance. Daemen what is known as forcible rape. For­ R editor of The Ascent, has become a cible rape is intercourse achieved Other situations may occur on a reporter for the Dunkirk Evening Students: by force or threat of force. There are dinner date. Some men think that Observer. He has been assigned different subcategories that fall picking up the tab pays for sex. Get involved the Fredonia area and covers news under forcible rape; solo rape, car­ When a woman refuses, the male from City Hall, Town Hall, Town with your ried out by one individual; gang thinks she is backing down from and School Board meetings, and rape, carried out by several in­ the bargain. the Police and Fire Departments. community, dividuals; date rape, rape that oc­ Some advice to women when go­ Macre was with the Tonawanda join the curs on a date or at a party; and ing on a date is to be prepared to News for one and a half years, mate rape, occurs within the pay your own way and don’t drive covering general assignments marriage. anywhere with a man who has before he accepted his position with Ascent As mentioned previously, date been drinking. the Evening Observer. Macre received the Daemen Col­ staff today! lege Alumni Award at his gradua­ An Irish Adventure. .See page 3. tion from Daemen in 1984. __________ FEATURES /NEWS________ Opposing Views: The Contra / Sandinista Question Michelle Costa, an American who for the past three years has lived and worked in Nicaragua, spoke on Sept. 15 at Daemen College. Costa lived and worked in Esteli, a city in northern Nicaragua near the Honduran border. In her presentation, Costa claimed that the U.S.-backed Contras do not represent the political feelings of the Nicaraguan people. The following two people have been invited to express in this issue their views on the Contra-Sandinista situation. Anyone in the Daemen community is invited to express an opi- * nion in the Ascent on any issue or any topic. America’s War in Nicaragua Fairy Tales from South of the Border by Edward Cuddy President Reagan has wrapped it in bv Sail dee McKinivan patrons. a bundle of falsehoods and half- The Soviets were responsible for o nobody’s surprise. Washing­ truths. ell the farm and pack up (he the "shoot first and ask questions T ton has ilatly denied any c on­ "Freedom-fighters!" That’s what babies. .Utopia has arrived! later” - KAL flight 007 murder of nection with the Americans whose Reagan calls our proxy forces, the S It is a quaint and idyllic land where249 innocent people. Let us not cargo plane was shot down in contras. But, such claims run content peasants live a simple life, forget the brutal 1979 invasion of Nicaragua recently. They were Hy­ counter to a torrent of testimony toiling cheerfully under their belov­ sovereign Afghanistan, which ing military supplies to the from witnesses who have detailed ed leader. Indeed, this poor, but Daniel Ortega publicly applauded American-backed contras fighting the systematic brutality of proud kingdom would be heaven for his communists chiefs. in that country. America’s "freedom-fighters’’. on earth were it not for an evil The Soviets have been widely ac­ “ But God bless them, anyway." Michelle Costa, an American who emperor in a faraway land. This cused of using chemical and said an American official. "They worked for three years in powerful emperor hated the noble biological weapons, as well as the were fighting for freedom." Never Nicaragua, returned with tales of leader so much that he paid reprehensible, "Butterfly Bombs.” . mind that these men were paid butchered friends-of eyes poked criminals in gold to rob and murder These bombs are disguised as toys thousands of dollars for their out, testicles cut off, throats slit throughout the leader’s peaceful to purposely lure children.