FORDHAM's DYING NEIGHBOR by Julie Toth
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THE-'QUEEN OF PAIN EXCLUSIVE! Girl Attacked By Teeth Former Ram Makes, USFL Generals Volume 4, Number 2 College At Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York February 8-21, 1984 Power Memorial Closing: Will We Move In On High School's Space? FORDHAM'S DYING NEIGHBOR By Julie Toth '1 am hurtf angered and The death of a tiny high school in the shadow of the Lowenstein Building may aid Fordham's frustrated, I have multi-million dollar plans for a dormitory at Lin- coln Center. dedicated my life to The school, Power Memorial Academy at 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, is slated to close Power*.I in June. The (ate of Power Memorial's property has -JOHNRAYES not been decided. Teacher at Power Memorial "We cpuld be interested in it [the property on which the school stands]," said Fordham Executive Vice President Paul J. Reiss. "We could buy the property if the overall plan looked good." *This would pmvide Although the property has not been offered up ample space for a for sale and there have been no discussions with the Congregation of Christian Brothers-the dormitory, as weUas religious order which runs the Roman Catholic boys' school-the property on which Power rests for other facUMes' interests Fordham officials. -DEAN SHEA Since they have begun to look into all options Continued On Page 12 171 U\ m I I npluns Gannon Alvarado Speaks First On e On The State Of West Coast By Marie Reres and Doris Suen City Schools The Gannon Debate Council, in conjunction By Marie Reres with Rose Hill's Speech Team, has garnered top honors as a squad and as individual speakers in "Somehow we are under the misconception that competitions held at USC and UCLA last month. we are going to do great things in education na- The winnings continued as the team went on to tionwide," said the Chancellor of the New York compete at the University of Mexico and El Paso, CifJ^Public School System, Anthony J. Alvarado, Texas. as he addressed a group in the CLC Faculty "Fordham has now established itself as a school Lounge last Monday night. very much to be contended with at the National Alvarado, who received his B.A. and M.A. at Tournament given the fact that we were so over- Fordham, spoke about the Governor's budget for whelming," said President of Gannon Debate, Al New York City, which was still being decided Ri?zo. upon, and predicted that the figure will be According to Rizzo, the benefits of traveling to Love, Love, Love. "somewhere in the neighborhood of $118-$160 the West Coast as well as to other regions include million." the viewing of other competitions and different Getting.Mushy On The lecture was sponsored by the Fordham judging criteria. "The judging differentiates in Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, a professional frater- other regions of the country," Rizzo said. "By com- nity for men and women in education. peting in other regions, we hit different judging Valentine's Day. According to Alvarado, the first $125-150 million criteria which assists us to prepare accordingly." from the state is required for special education pro- Traveling is important because of the exposure, Page 13 grams, all day kindergarten and national growth according to Rizzo. "Schools and judges in other lhuu> ti\ Juiui l\>fi regions become more familiarized with us which Chancellor Anthony Alvarado helps pave the road for a good showing at the Na- tionals," he said. Editorial Page 7 Alvarado compared class size in New York State schools with class size in New York City schools. For the spring, Rizzo hopes the squad can at- for the new contractual year. tend contests held in the.southcrn regions. "We've In elementary and junior high schools in New York "The question is, is the talk about education, as done well every time and we hope to do the same City, the average class size is about 31. For the rest we are seeing the political response-at least in in the South," he said. of the state, class size is 23. New York State - is it one that is reflective of what This year, there will be two national tourna- High school class size is significantly worse, ac- we think and hope it is?" Alvarado asked. "Today, cording to Alvarado. "We (NYC) have at the high ments, one in Kansas and one in Georgia. "The the answer is, that while the juryis still out, I am teams that won first and second in the Nationals schools over about 12,000 classes that are not sanguine that it is not going to be certainly what significantly beyond contractual size limits, rang- had big squads, so winning first place could be dif- we need and what we require," he said. ficult, but the chance is always there," Rizzo said. ing anywhere from 34-50," said Alvarado. "It There is a sense that the New York City Public would cost about $8.5 million just to get it to con- At the West Coast tournaments, the top awards, Schools get a lot of money. However, when we look which include the categories of persuasive and im- tractual limits," he said. at services delivered to students, a comparison Alvarado also spoke about statistics on guidance promptu speaking, prose and poetry interpretation should be made between New York City and the and dramatic interpretation, were won by the Prcsi- counselors in New York City schools and New rest of New York State, to get a sense of where we York State schools, for the purposes of corn- denfof the Speech Team, Mike Cunningham and stand in that area, Alvarado said. Gannon Debate member Mark Folcy. Continued On Page 4 At a recent tournament held at Philadelphia, the Gannon Debate Council placed fifth in the Sweepstakes, with Ray Enright winning first in DANCING WITH YOURSELF A Wrap- In The prose interpretation and after-dinner speaking. Enright also placed sixth in the Pentathlon with Centerfold Rizzo winning fourth in poetry interpretation. Up Of The Year In Rock 'rf Roll / page 21 The Observer/February 8, 1984 A TRIBUTE TO BLACK AMERICA/AFRICA at Fordham University, Lincoln Center Sponsored by MOLIMO (Black Student Organization) SERIES OF MAJOR EVENTS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH - Jan 31 DORIS PRICE-AFRICAN ROCK WALL PAINTINGS and POCHOIR ORIGINALS at thru the LOWENSTEIN LIBRARY GALLERY, Invited by Dr. Vlvlenne Thaul Wechter, Artist Feb 29 In Residence Chairperson, Exhibits and Acquisitions, In an effort to recognize Black PHYLLIS HAYNES History Month. All are welcome! Feb. 16 MARY LOU'S MASS-A Jazz Mass With Music Competed by Mary Lou Thurs. Williams 12:30 Rev. Ben Taylor, O.F.M.- Celebrant, music sung by Miss Carmen Lundy and a Rope Aud. children's choir from Our Lady of Lourdes Grammar School with Hilton Ruiz on piano and Curtis Lundy on bass. Co-sponsored by Fr. O'Brien and Campus Ministries. All are welcome! Feb. 21 GUEST SPEAKER-BILL McCREARY lues. Co-anchor of the "10 O'clock News" 12:00 Anchorman, Executive Producer, and Managing Editor of WNEWTV's Emmy Award- Hughes winner "BLACK NEWS". Conference All Are Welcome! Room Feb 21 BLACKS IN MEDIA/COMMUNICATipN 7:30 Fope Aud PANEL DISCUSSION WITH PHYLLIS HAYNES Co-host of WOFWVS award-winning "STRAIGHT TALK" Recipient of the National Leadership Award. CHEE CHEE WILLIAMS General assignment correspondent of WABC-TV's "EYEWITNESS NEWS" Honored by the New York Department of Corrections for her series "Women in Prison: Their Other Victims" (1980) Urban Bankers Coalition "Newswoman of the Year" (1980) Honored by International Film and Television Festival of NY for her series "CRIME WITHOUT PUNISHMENT" CURT CLEMONS Field Reporter of the National Black Network, with WBLS Radio Anchorman of public affairs program "Curt demons' Saturday New York" on WLIB Radio, and Westinghouse Channel J Recipient of Excellence in Journalism Award DAVID HARDY Investigative/political reporter with New York Daily News Honored by the State on New Jersey's Department of Community Affairs and the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. ED TOWNS DON HOGAN CHARLES Photographer with the New York Times newspaper. THERE WILL BE A LIVELY INTERACTION OF PANEL DISCUSSION AND AUDIENCE PARTICPATION. FrtT22 RICHARD BERKLEY Wed. Fordham University student majoring in History, will give a slide presentation depic- 5:15 ting a trip to Africa's major cities such as Egypt, Sudan, Morocco, and Tunisia by Plaza Fordham students In 1983. Dr. Constance Berkley was responsible for making this visit back'to the "Mother Land" a success. Feb 22 MAIN SPEAKER, COMMISSIONER H. CARL McCALL Wed. Service as New York State Senator (1975-1980) 7:30 Alternate United States Representative to the United Nations for Political Affairs In Faculty 1979 and 1980 Lounge Ambassador to the United Nations Senior Vice President and Director of the Metropolitan Divisfon of WNET/THIRTEEN, New York Chairman of the Editorial Board of the" New York Amsterdam News All are welcome! Feb. 23 FORDHAM'S BLACK FACULTY PANEL DISCUSSION Thurs. Fordham University's Black Faculty will be discussing their field of expertise. TBA All are Welcome! Hughes Conference Room Feb 24 BLACK LEADERS IN POLITICS, with reception to follow Friday CONGRESSMAN ED TOWNS 6:00 First Black Deputy Borough President of Brooklyn, New York Faculty Democratic State Committeeman from Brooklyn's 40th Assembly District Lounge Recipient of Man of the Year Award (1973,1978,1982) Honored by the Academy of Distinguished Medallions, Adelphla University CITY CLERK DAVID DINKINS A former Assemblyman, Dave has been city Clark ol I he Clly of New Yoik since September 1975, a position lo which he Is elected by Ihe Clly Council In May ol 1962, he was unanimously elected lo a further term of sl« years.