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un I I , I · · , mmum Aids quilt Remembering those who died HIV positive children who had died of AIDS. approximately 10% of the total quilt which White,Douglas Lowery, Simon Guzman, reenwood, by Dean D. Markadakis Boxes of Kleenex were at every comrner. represents only 12% of all U.S. deaths and Bob Gary Barnhill, Marvin As I reached down for one I was almost 3% of all AIDS deaths worldwide. There Feldman, etc.., etc... The phrase "3-year old died of AIDS knocked over by two young boys, about 3 are over 1.5 million people currently The opening ceremony was at 10:30 a.m. from a blood transfusion" has been or 4, chasing each other, tranmpling he infected with lHIV (the virus that causes Tuesday. Some volunteers read the names )se badgering me since I read it almost three panel of the 3-year of tho represented by the panels while days ago on a panel of the Names Project old. "You're it," said others unfolded the various sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt which was on the taller one as he quilt. The 64 panels of the Long Island display last week in the Sports Complex. It grabbed the other by quilt were presented first and the rest never dawned on me that there would be the hair and pulled out follow red, each nanm bringing another tear any need to justify the cause of infection to about a handful. "Mo- to ano)ther persons eyes. After the reading, the Long Islanders who came to see the o-o-o-mmy -y-y," the Ipublic was admitted onto the quilt, most not knowing what to expect. wailed the short one, gymniasium floor to get a closer look at the The panel was clearly saying, "look, I died and that was it. One of panel s.Names were read throughout the not because I was a promiscuous gay man the volunteers, dressed three lays by whoever wanted to read them between 24 and 45 years of age, not in white, came over -chi ildren, parents, grandparents. At the because I was an over ecstatic junkie, not and scolded the two closirig ceremony, the names from the because I didn't practice safe sex, not boys. The Long Island panels were read again, this because I "deserved it," not because I "was mother/volunteer time with each friend or family member asking for it," but rather, because of a grabbed them by the lightirig a candle in remembrance of their mistake on someone else's part - a very arms and dragged loved one. big mistake at that A sigh of relief by two them away leaving In the lobby of the gymnasium, there onlookers came next. "So innocent," I only a footprinted, were various counselors, representatives heard the older woman say. "Yeah, I wrinkled quilt panel of from community groups, parishioners, and know," replied the one with the bad dye job a child that was once, volunt:eers merchandising, raising money to and wrong lipstick for her complexion. most likely, as alive give 1to various organizations on Long What did it mepan9 Wer the ones. whn and full of energv as IslandL There were even representatives contracted it by risky behavior "guilty?" the two that had just pranced over him. I AIDS) and Long Island has more people from Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Right next to this panel was one of a 70 knelt down, straightened the cloth, then with HIV than any other suburban area in Rock ville Center, which was refreshing year old man. This time, we don't know headed to the next section of panels. America. The Quilt has raised $1 million consi dering I went to a Catholic high what caused it. We aren't told what The Quilt is many different things to for services for P.W.A.'s (People With schoolI where the mere mention of the term happened; we don't know the whole story.. many different people. The San Francisco AIDS) since its inception in 1987. AIDS was adequate grounds for There's no inscription to enlighten us. based Names Project Foundation displays Considering the government spent 1,000 "detention." We were not allowed to People are getting nervous. They feel the quilt to encourage people to learn about times that in one day in the Persian Gulf, discus s the topic, not even in "health" class. uneasy. They want to know. Images of and actively respond to the AIDS epidemic. it's unfortunately an insignificant amount Unfoirtunately, this is the attitude most grandfathers, Santa Claus, and Wilford The quilt also provides a positive means of compared to how much money we spend Amer icans have when it comes to sensitive Brimley run rampant through my poor expression for those grieving the death of a killing people in foreign countries. issues such as the A RIDSPridemic. We've excuse for a brain. What can possibly give loved one. The quilt consists of 15,000 Some people feel that the quilt is just been conditioned by people like Pat AIDS to a 70 year old man? After finally panels, each of which memorializes the life propaganda which masks the real issues BuchzInnan and Jesse Helms to close our giving up on the question, I stopped and of someone who has died of AIDS, which and blinds people to the million-and-a-half eyes to AIDS education and sex education looked around me. Quilt panels were represent all 50 U.S. states as well as 26 people who are living with AIDS. I think while it's clear their mentality has led, and everywhere - on the walls, hanging from other countries. The display in the Sports the Quilt is just the opposite - it gives will continue to lead, to the deaths of the ceiling, covering the floor, in boxes. Complex March 31st to April 2nd boasted names to the epidemic. It puts a value on hundreds of thousands of mothers, fathers, These two people from very different 1,364 of these 3-foot by 6-foot panels (the each and every life that has been lost. It sons, daughters, lovers, etc. generations were not alone. There were a size of a grave cover). The panels are the personifies the disease and makes people lot more 70 year old men and 3 year old work of friends, family, and loved ones. realize that AIDS is not simply Acquired Sadly, this display represented only Immunodeficiency Syndrome, but Ryan ABORTION MARCH-FIRST STEP INCHANGING THE SYSTE JI by Danielle Glasner growing fear among women that their rights are in Approximately 750 thousand protesters marched Sunday, jeopardy. This fear is due to April 5th to defend the right to have an abortion, and a number of media reproductive freedom. predictions that the Women of diverse backrounds were here to rally against constitutional right of women the present political structure, and to forge a new political to have an abortion may not order. Young women and old women, women of racial have a great future. Facts and ethnic diversity, middle class women and welfare seem to uphold these w zLU recipients, women who work at home and those who work estimations. 44 million w in the office, on the assembly line and the checkout line, women have already lost the women struggling to pay the rent and the mortgage and right to have an abortion on ra3 women who have no homes at all, and even some men, the same basis as any other were all in attendance to mark the beginning of a much procedure. These women toU higher visibility for abortion rights in the 1992 elections, include those dependent on P and to send a message to the people in power. -nt Ue LejnU haw-U thimLra.VfiAApvad lgUV'U• nw-m .LUfr JIlUUI reL LtuLiLUna surance, overturned. Although the the Reagan-Bush Supreme Court The message was that these women were tired of being women in the U.S. military (which does not pay for may be too political to explicitly overturn Roe vs. Wad in at the system's mercy, and having to beg men for basic abortions), the Native American women dependent on the the Pennsylvania case, the Louisiana, Utah and Guam rights. The National Organization for Women (NOW) Indian Health service, poor women on Medicaid, women cases will give them the opportunity to do so after the would like to bee women elected to office, people who in federal prison and many state prisons, and the women Presidential election. The people who attended this rally will protect the right of all women to freedom and self- working for the federal government, or whose spouses and are hoping that they are the first among millions who will determination. There has been an obvious trend of voter's fathers work for Uncle Sam. help to build a movement that will be the end of politics as disgust with powers that be, and NOW would like to take Before July, the Supreme Court will decide whether we know it, and the beginning of an era of equality and advantage of that and change the balance of power in women will be denied their rights by Pennsylvania's strict justice and decency toward all human beings. O Congress and state legislatures across the country. anti-abortion law. This spring, the right for all women to The strong turnout may have been a result of the have an abortion free of arbitrary state interference may be The Stony Brook Press page 2 I - I I LI I I I _ I MMIMIMIW
t rc~gl~g;:::-~9 -s-i iEAR,*PR-ESIDENTIA ITH-O.PEFUL R S.PEAK- he was nature of the presidential campaign worst workers safety record, and is at the against process, a big bucks system of personal bottom in the area of education. Brown tuition patronage: "...the essence of this campaign talked about the relationship between the increases: "I is an artificial process that's more like a Tyson Poultry company and the Clinton know that to gong show than a democratic administration, and "270 miles of river that get the best participation." He explained how the is polluted with chicken fecal matter,it return on process works. The insiders start massing stinks for fish and it stinks for people" y o u r 1000 dollar checks and are followed by "This campigin is a campaign agianst investments, rising polls and media coverage that 1000 dollar contributions, the you have to generates more 1000 dollar donations, that complacency, the arogance of power, the invest wisely, gets you elected to do nothing. Thats what insensitive elite leadership, my opponent is what is a has been going on for the past ten years. the personifiation of that failed system." be t t e r Brown then asked "who here has ever Jerry Brown said that you have to set investment given 1000 dollars to a politician? When goals, "we can get a train that can go from than the no one raised their hands Brown said: here to Manhatan in 20 minutes if we human mind? "then you don't count" He then said that wanted to do it. We could also end world Let's stop his campaign dosen't accept contributions hunger, and to stop the world from 100nn d1 __ putting all of ovr1 AiUUolnal b· Li~M our students and has set up a stinking junk heep. in debt." donations number This is your These are the 1-800-426-1112, country and your fundamental The Brown planet- take it principles, the campaign has been back" Brown building of sucessful in raising proclaimed. education and lots of small Brown's words t h e donations. were not falling on developement Brown tied the deaf ears. Although of the human issues of the I a good time was mind, that environment and jobs together. He said the had by all, people there came down SW JD UWV H waste in this country represents lost wealth. because they are concerned with the people maintains will bring us out of the mess that He talked about the paper that is wasted in who rule this country, and are seeking by Josh Gazes, Robert V. Gilheany, & we as a nation are presently in. Brown packaging and how it is filling up landfills alternatives. People are aware of problems Joe Distefano reminded the crowd that when he went to and adding to the toxics problem. Brown in the nation that are beginning to hit UCLA, tuition was only $125 a semester. said that he is going to create jobs by home. Before Brown showed up, members Twenty five hundred people jammed into He criticized the use of federal funding for saving energy, by retrofitting buildings, of the Philosophy department were on the Fine Arts Plaza to hear presidential the S&L bailout saying that the money double paned windows, making more fuel stage talking about the defunding of the hopeful Jerry Brown speak on Thursday could have been used for education. "The efficient motors to cut down the waste in Humanities on this campus, and the April 3rd. The event was sponsored by the few are ripping off the many," Brown said, energy. Brown said afterl5 years the restructuring plans that this University has. Graduate Student Employees Union and among those few he included Bill program would save $350 Billion yearly. Things are scary, people want change, and (GSEU), who are in the midst of a 13 year Clinton, stating that Arkansas has a terrible Brown said when he stopped Nuclear on Thursday April 3rd, they let others battle to get there union recognized. GSEU record in regard to civil rights. "Yeah, he's power in California, they said it would know by showing up to support a dark leader Dominic Chen told Brown that the been there eleven years, so what?" said cause "Brown-Out." That didn't happen. horse candidate who has drummed up union is up against a powerful elite that has Brown, who referred to Clinton as a California went on to become the leader in support from this growing dissatisfaction. been denying its members the right to vote, member of "...an elite out of touch with the alternative energy. Now solar, wind power, the same kind of power structures Brown kind of humanity this country represents." and geo-thermal energy provide power for has been pointing out and criticizing in his At one point a person from ACT-UP 4 million people, ... that is a multi billion ,, campaign. (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) who dollar industry." r The rally which proceeded Brown's situated themselves above the stage on the Jerry Brown trashed Clinton's record as // speech, featured graduate student speakers balcony of the Fine Arts plaza, yelled out: governer of Arkansas. He pointed out that I and economics professor Michael Zweig. "what rl about AIDS?" Brown glanced up Arkansas is one of only two states that .. Zweig talked about the budget crisis and its and said: "I'll get to that, my talk is dosen't have any civil rights laws, a right adverse effect on the students. He said: moderately-organized," and he did. Brown to work state (a state that outlaws closed "The state is kicking the students because said that the fight against AIDS is a union shops) the low wages, It has the the budgets have been cut by the federal priority that incluc government, which has been mismanaged safe sex educati( by "robber barrons for the last twelve "It's about condo years." "The poor are getting poorer and and clean needl the rich are getting way richer", Zweig this plague added, and then a black cloud that has been happening and 1 looming over the United States of America President kept qu eclipsed the fair weather that the crowd had about it year after y been enjoying. The heavens opened up and in the 1980's, and a the crowd was met with cold wind and of people died beca light flurries, and then... of it." Brown said, Jerry Brown showed up, and took the time we had stage before an enthusiastic crowd that was president who w chanting "Jer-ee, Jer-ee." The snow bring about a natio stopped and the crowd silenced awaiting health care syst Brown's first words. "What winter soldiers based on the Canad we have out here," a reference to the system "health care revolutionary soldiers who were fighting not a comodity to alongside George Washington during the played with for prc bleak period before the Battle of Trenton (a it's the right of turning point in that war), and a term of Americans just endearment he uses to describe the being born." volunteers working on his campaign. Brown also spi "I hope they hear you up in Albany," nut aoainct the w Brown said, and then he made it clear that %RLt "56LI&3-L. rLA%. . April 9, 1992 page 3 Commentary I
Cocaine:_ Ball--- and Chain self-doubt gets what feels like a miracle chewing, nail-biting itch of Paranoiac coke, then wear a nose ring. If you stay cure. The only down side is that it just Cocaine has this annoying habit of Frenzy. This usually sets on after you have alive to the stage of toxic psychosis, you seems that way, until it burns its way out becoming more than just a pleasant no assets left, and you finally realize that will even get a plethora of hallucinations, of your system. Then the problems you recreational drug. In fact, whether you live your dealer is not your best buddy, but the for all of your senses' amusement. If you in the Andes and chew coca leaves until person who now owns your car and your flip your wig, Chlorpromazine or avoided for awhile return, annoying in their insistence, and you either straighten up you feel no pain and work yourself into house, and is thinking about turning your propranolol (Inderal) will even you out, your act and drag your ass down to spinal curvature, or snort blow up your girl on the streets for the balance you and oxygen will keep you from strangling. nose in quantities that threaten your life, owe... Cocaine...yeah, she's a cruel If it's a chronic thang, diazepam or chloral Narcotics Anonymous, treat your Jones, coke is a burden. It makes you feel great mistress. Unforgiving as hell, built like a hydrate will chill you out, but the and admit to the problems' existence and for a short time, and costs a lot, in money brick shithouse with all the right curves, concurrent depression, anxiety and loss of attempt to deal with them, or you can shoot and in friends, loved ones, family, and in and hotter n' hell for the sack. Yeah, feelings of worth are treatable with the help the moon, snowball yourself into the living respect. everyone's done the dirty with Miss of a good psychotherapist and anxiolytics. hell of physical and monetary side-effects It snowballs, no pun intended. A casual Snowdrop, played SuperStud, and believed You can die from respiratory arrest, pupils of Lady Cocaine. And, yes, for all you snort becomes a gibbering monkey, a in immortality. And sure, everyone's felt dilated, blood pressure s hooting the moon, aficionados of esoterica out there, Coca- frenzy for more, and all your life revolves like the sky is ripping open, men with temperature through the roof. A splitting Cola did in fact have cocaine in it until the around how to score the next line, who is white-hot pokers are excavating brain- headache, vomiting, delirium nid early years of this century, and Sherlock holding, and what effort of manipulation is Holms did inject it into his veins when sufficient to toot up that next bit of bored. Eeeeech! So the call is a personal physical euphoria, that next freeze. People, one, one of quality of life, of facing and very honest and bright people, caring and living without a temporary stimulant and sensitive, intelligent and perceptive people the sympathomimetic effects akin to become liabilities, users, liars, thieves, and amphetamines. Of bank accounts and of worse: dealers. All to feed the NOSE. And, futures, of quality interactive sex instead of you know, your nose, for all that rock and artificially enhanced and extended friction. flake, pays you back by bleeding, by Did you know that monkeys, given reeking of raw meat (its own), by spewing unlimited access to cocaine, have killed out bits of cartilage with flayed mucous themselves by voluntary injections? "So membrane. Poor thing, it really just wants What?" you say, you have a "handle" on to filter your air, smell for you, tell you tissue, smashing into the pain centers and convulsions occur terminally. Day to day, your usage. Sell that to someone else; too about the exquisite beauty of fresh-cut dredging your soul for dear life with irritability and lassitude are your due after many good people have screwed up their grass, of strawberries, of peanut butter, of barbed hooks. the hour of coke passes, and you're into lives on coke for me to listen to that noise. hot tarmac, of a spring under a lazy Erythroxylon coca, your exhilaration, another "feeding frenzy," gaining you a And, yeah, we all have problems, by our summer sun. And it bleeds. Trying to tell your euphoria, your rush of a sense of well- reputation for aggressive behavior, and very definition. Human means exactly that: you that it can't take it You alienate your being and confidence is so close to really eating into your money. fallible. So don't try it alone, don't bear friends and family, use your lover, make perfection that you are the perfect crutch OK, enough of the gruesome stuff, you your burden in silence. Get help. Before the Universe revolve around your hungry and replacement for a person in need. deserve a rest. The thing I'm trying to it's too late. nose. God forbid you come down without Psychological dependence? Sure. And it communicate is that although Cocaine is some Valium handy- PARANOIA eats into keeps your weight down, drastically. If you not physically addictive, psychologically it DIGIT your soul, blasts you into a wracking panic, want, you can perforate your nasal septum, is really uncontrollable. Anyone with a an eye-twitching, chain-smoking, cheek- bore a hole straight through with a lot of personality suffering in the slightest from
The Prince or the Paupei P Bronx Cheer of endearment at our gullibility, Hussein to invade Kuwait, then (what a TVs, reading my lips, connecting the dots on By Dave Turner our naivete, our entrenched, conditioned coincidence, Oh, my!) "we" land 50,000 the thousand points of light from Glittering silence. troops on Saudi soil (a "Kingdom," like Pebbles, slavering over the paternalistic ring After gloomily meditating on this Kuwait, if you've all forgotten), of a New World Order: they believe me! With more than a little trepidation we progression of events, I stepped back from censor/screen the technological use of They're followers, they're apathetic, and my catapult ourselves into the future of education myself, and asked a root question. Why DO "hardware" that the D.O.D. had ordered from PR men can package them into another four in Stony Brook with, hopefully, the effects of we pay income tax? Wasn't it declared Un- its clients, then leave Hussein in power so years for Barb and the family. Whatever I do, mellowing, resonating, and burnishing our Constitutional by the Supreme Court in 1894? that Iraq can be conveniently used another whomever I run with, no matter how I screw characters. S.U.N.Y. @ Stony Brook has Wasn't the 13th Amendment created in 1913 day as an excuse for a Bush Campaign Push. 'em, my telegenic image, my scripted hand aspirations to become a Division I Sports to redistribute wealth (1%-7% for those Bleeding for the Divine Right of signals will make up for my John Bircher University. Oh, my! making over $3000 a year) for so ci al Kingpins...Interestingly enough, our guys VP, and my sins. Hey- I got an idea! Let's cut So, the State mandates budget cuts "across reforms in an equitable fashion? Doesn't and gals are STILL in Saudi Arabia. And the taxes on my super-rich neighbors, neglect the board," and spews out the over-used a "Capital Gains Incentive" do exactly the Saudi Arabia is buying military hardware like the inner-cities, and ream the middle class out "we'll all have to tighten our belts" tripe that opposite? Doesn't Federal withdraw of State mad! Gee, isn't it just great to be an of existence! Let's call it "Trickle-down" translates roughly into "We're going to subsidies negate the very purpose of Income American! Pimping for the arms economics! And let's pack the Supreme decimate the Faculties that have merit Tax? And why wasn't it repealed during the manufacturers, turning tricks for the oil- Court with reactionary conservatives, impose unconnected to Corporate America (read: post-WWII years of prosperity? Did it lobby's interests of pipeline control, and in Thomas's "Natural Law" into the next Social and Behavioral Sciences, especially become an easy source of income for the short, putting the income tax to the best of all century- no-one will notice. Philosophy and English), and we're going to Department of Defense? A meal-ticket for all possible uses. Oh, my! So, boys and girls, can you say,"Pied innundate this State University with Sports!" the vested-interest groups in D.C. with their If we can simultaneously keep interest in Piper?" Good, now let's go into the locker Who needs Leibnitz when a good ole' mega-bucks stuffed in campaign-coffers? Iraq going, and maybe even Libya (flight rooms and gear up for our education. American institution like football can pacify [Money for Nothing? Checks for Free?] 103, kept alive on the back burner for another Literacy? Philosophic Enquiry? Sorry, folks, the masses? Why ponder the meaning of It is taken for granted that we pay Income causus bellum), then maybe, just maybe the that stuff just don't -ell. What you need is existence when one can slurp suds, scarf Tax nowadays, but WHY? We have to ask American public won't notice that the what the corporate market demands, kids, so 'dogs, and let fly a banshee wail for the Alma ourselves if our money is paying for our U.S.S.R. is defunct. That George Bush's forget about the big questions, leave that to Mater? Interesting, isn't it, that there is all interests, or for someone else's. We have to son's S&L got $1.6 billion of the taxpayers' George and the DC posse. Dig deep into your that money out there to transform Stony question whether we are getting our money's money. That all our "enemies" have gone pockets, 'cause you're going to finance Big Brook into a #1 Jock Strap Factory...yet a worth- where is our money going? If the home to the abject poverty of their hovels. Business' wars, and your tuition increases 20% TA line cut has been mandated to the Government, in slicing Federal subsidies of "Cut the Defense Budget," you say? Hell, no! will pay for the Cruex and BenGay of English Department, and the misery is being State programs (including Education) during We have to keep a militaristic stance in case University Education! You came here for an spread to all who are not funded by Business. the Reagan/Bush Dynasty has altered our the starving ex-Soviets nuke us in EDUCATION? What? Get serious! Live Finally, the State has come clean, and bared way of life, do we have to apathetically desperation...or something akin to the large, chew your bread and cheer the its true intentions: marketability of industrial accept it? Change our educational priorities? Armageddon-scenarios played out every day circuses, 'cause that's all you'll have left. skills geared to the Technological Industry Our sense of worth? Our literacy? Our in the Pentagon. "Redistribute the Peace And if one day you feel something viscous will the Education of the '90s, and to hell Identity? DID we agree? WERE we asked? Dividend into Education and Social trickling down YOUR leg, check it out- it with an education in the finer, less ...[The Mandarins are getting pretty cocky in Programs," you scream. What for? Give the may be contagious. capitalistic human skills. Hey, read the D.C. with public money, it seems.] American Public sports and they won't notice Education President's lips as he lets loose a "We" (a "Democracy") invite the difference. Hell, they're all glued to their The Stony Brook Press page 4 U, I-CON'T BELIEVE I by John Shackleford Financially, ICON-XI was a success. For the first time since my sources can remember, I-CON actually made a significant profit. However, was this I-CON a success? That is highly dependent on who you ask. If you ask Roger Zalazny, I-CON's guest Mamaths, the Japanimation movies were of honor, he believes so. He thought the shown in large rooms on VHS tapes that convention was run quite well and were second or third generation, with everything to him appeared to have gone quality so poor, it was difficult to discern smoothly. If you ask John Drury, game what was happening in the movie. consultant, comic book artist and another According to Ivy Assegg, of Brooklyn, guest of I-CON, he would say that he had a New York, this year's I-CON was dismal. great time, and believes he can speak for She stated that she has been coming to I- the other comics and gaming guests CON since 1987, and that last year's was similarly. the best she's ever been to, and this year's However, if you were to speak to the was certainly the worst She continued to people, the "science fiction junkies," as say that it cost her a fair amount of money well as the miscellaneous others that attend to come to this I-CON, that she had rented I-CON on an annual basis, I don't think a room in the Ramada Inn, had to deal with you would get quite the same reaction. expensive food, taking a shuttle back and Virtually fifty percent of the people with forth to the convention, and what appeared whom I talked to stated that they were very to be complete disorganization of the disappointed with this year's I-CON; they structure of the convention. She said that even went so far as to say they would not she doubted she would come to next year's be returning next year. convention. As Nick Mamaths stated, "this year's I- Her sentiment was stronger than most, CON was just cheesy." He went on to say but not far from typical. Of course, there truly found at I-CON. discovered that the fault might lie with I- that the biggest disappointment about this were those attendants who enjoyed the I talked to several of the organizers of the CON's chairman, Lou Scarpatti. According year's I-CON was the Japanimation, which convention; however, none of them cared convention. Lisa Perrulli, the comic book to Sean McCauliff, "Lou is a power simply refers to "Japanese cartoons," to give me their names. I myself did not guest coordinator, would not furnish me monger; he is abrasive." typically subtitled and shown at I-CON. enjoy the convention but do believe that if with an interview. I did get the distinct Last year, according to the I-CON From what I understand, Japanimation has I had to pay the price of admission, I don't impression from her that she was at the regular attendees, was the best I-CON they quite a large following. According to Mr. know how much enjoyment I would have very least disappointed with the way her had seen yet. Incidentally, I-CON lost over
r r · , t · s r r oI · ; r r + - r r ,, C· II 1· a a · EDITORIAL L · II LI C I I L I · I _i The Stony Brook Press An Education at Staller Centerfrom Jerry Brown Executive Editor Greg Forte An Education at Staller Center from Jerry Brown Managing Editor Shari Nezami For those of you who didn't hear or with Linda Rondstat. What many something should tell you that it is Associate Editor didn't think it was true, Jerry Brown, a don't realize is that Jerry Brown does time for a change. Running to be Monique Bona potential candidate for the office of not have a lot of money. president is like trying to get awarded Business Manager President for the United States spoke During his speech, he asked the the MVP of politics. But their comes a Dennis Palmore at Stony Brook campus last Thursday crowd "How many of you ever made a point where, just like on any good News Editor evening...and what an evening it was. contribution of $1000?" Nobody raised sports team, you have to clean house, Josh Gazes Sponsored by the Graduate Student their hand.Why, because Jerry Brown and start from scratch. Arts Editor Employees Union, Jerry Brown spoke believes that it's the top 1% of this Jerry Brown may not immediately MJXII to a packed Fine Arts Plaza. If you country's leading corporations that get rid of the bad morale Americans Copy Editor didn't get a chance to see him...shame gives these contributions. It's this same seem to be experiencing. It seems like Joe DiStefano on you. And those "die hards" that 1% of the population that President half the world has Chronic Fatigue Photo Editor stuck around, snow and all.., good job. Bush vetoed to raise taxes on. Any Syndrome, a type of disease that until Walter Chavez The reason why you may not know connection? Jerry Brown's campaign now was only common among the Distribution Manager about Jerry Brown is because many of accepts no money or contributions residents of Stony Brook. It has spread Robert V. Gilheany the prime sources of media today fail over $100. to the rest of the U.S. It is that people to seriously recognize his potential.A We also don't like Jerry because don't care, or that they're just sick of STAFF ScottMintzer, Fred Mayer, Wayne Myer, chance to see the candidate first hand what he is saying is so different from eating the same crap served a different FionaMacleod, StevenForster.Aluc is the best way without all the media what were so use to hearing. What is way. Ard,EricPenzer,BobBeakmanArgyle Thom pson Did em A fonse hand me down crap. this 13% tax plan and national health Jerry Brown did some bashing. Bell issimo,W.W. Pecker,Thoi Two months ago, you may have care? Is he saying that your have the Clinton does the same thing. During Ngyen,Trepp,Dean Markadakis,Christine DefazioAndrew Haggerty,David Terner, Gary, never heard of the man. Why? Two right to be healthy? He believes that the speech, Brown supporters Rachel Wexelbaum,Tom Giatras. months ago the media did not take his nuclear power is a poor source of distributed leaflets of his own candidacy seriously. Now, for the energy, and favors alternative non- accomplishments, and on the back did The Stony Brook Prem is pbished i-weekl during the Academic year and intermittentlyduring the summer Democratic nomination, we stand with polluting natural sources. He really is some Clinton bashing of their own. Or sessionby The Stony Brook Pre Inc., is a sudent uun only two die and student fundednot-or-pro•t corporation. Adverising hards left. Well, that different. He is right too. This planet was it Clinton on the front, and Jerry pocy does not necessarilyreflec edtorial pocy. For mcre easily could change. These days, is turning into a trash can. Brown on the back? information onadvertsing andsdeadine, call 632-6451 anyone could get on the ticket. All you There is a reason why our tuition is Staf meelingsare held weeldy in the Press oices Sooner or later, you're going to have eachMonday at 8PM need is a million dollars, a pretty face, going up. There is a reason why the to choose someone. It's like going to and The opinionsexpressed in les and viewponts do no record of your early childhood. numbers of faculty at this university your doctor, you don't want to go, but notnecessary reflect thoseof our staff Maybe so, but that's not what Jerry are diminishing around us. It is called you can't refuse it. This election, (516) 6324451 Brown is about. Suite 206, Central Hall a lack of money. Nobody has any educate yourself and take some time SUNY at Stony Brook So why does the media not like Jerry money. Not the students, graduate to listen to the candidates. Stony Brook, NY 11794-2790 Brown? They don't like him because students, or faculty. Why? Somebody I 1 _ _ I I he's different. Americans today are is spending it all, and that someone is afraid to take responsibility for the U.S. Government. It's not just themselves for fear of what others George Bush, he is only one person. might think. No, he is not married. He However, he does contribute to it a has an 800 number, and he went out hell of a lot. No matter who you like,
LETTERS I I I· ___ To the editor, be caged, eaten or otherwise harassed by (there's that word again) if all politicians home. Furthermore, unlike South Africa, Until reading Fiona MacLead's review irresponsible people like herself. were as sweet as apple pie, but it seems a there is no system of Apartheid. The Arabs The reason of "Rooster's" I thought that responsible why SACA did not mention bit more important that they be intelligent, who are citizens of Israel can study in any this in their flyers was journalism meant getting reliable sources becauise they felt capable, have integrity, etc.., no? But that of Israel's universities, vote in Israel's that rather then pat themselves for an article that will represent the truth. If on the back is a minor point. It is clear that Ms. Nezami elections and enjoy other rights as Israeli we should inform people of Fiona wanted to follow her interest in the main issue came to hear Mr. Savir with her mind citizens. Most Palestinians, however, which is the continued responsible journalism mabe she should exploit ation of non- already made about him and about the kind choose to keep their Jordanian passports. humyn have based her article on stronger grounds animals. Although through SACA's of witty, fashionable article she would What has King Hussein done for them? intervention these that an interview with a rooster before two rooster's were write for the Press. Unfortunately, the Finally, regarding Israel and southern "saved", attacking the actions of a group. their presence in tthe playstill article is composed more of her point of Lebanon, Nezami states that "While it is serves to enforce In her review, Fiona said that the two the false belief that non- view than of quality journalistic reporting. true that Hezbollah is a terrorist human animals are ours roosters used in this play were saved from to dca with as we Ms. Nezami, do you honestly believe organization, most of my Lebanese friends please. If Fiona a slaughterhouse and that after the play had the unde-rstanding of that "the usual" stories about Jewish even hate them, this does not give Israel "chicken" that they would be set free. She stated that she claims, I think she persecution that you've heard are, as you the right to attack and kill people in would find little concern spending two weeks in a milkcrate was fromi the roosters say, "misconceptions"? Does your Lebanon, this is clearly a violation of for a play that they worth their freedom. She also pointed out were force d to perform conscience not bother you that you could international law." First, how virtuous and in. that "those animal rights types" didn't belittle what the Jews have suffered progressive are your Lebanese friends? But mention this in the flyers they handed out throughout their history at the hands of, to secondly and more important, true, no implying that they were not saved from a name just a few, the Germans, the country has the right to "attack and kill slaughterhouse, they were purchased from Kurt Brondo Russians, and- what, could it be true- people", unless its security is threatened. I a farm supply store. The farm where they even the Arabs??? believe that terrorist attacks on a country's were supposed to be "set to pasture" is a To the editor, As far as comparing Israel to South border and Katyusha rocket attacks on its poultry farm. A poultry farm is not this I would like to commernt on Shari Africa, this is a comparison which many northern towns constitutes a sufficient mythical place where chickens run around Nezami's article "Peace in the Middle people realize is completely invalid. The threat to the security of a country and its free to live the happy life of a chicken that East" in your March 11th issue, in which whites of South Africa originate from people. Americans have little concept of Fiona seems to believe. Poultry farms are she reports on a lecture by Uriel Savir, the countries like Holland and England. They this, sharing a border with Canada and places where chickens are contained and council general of Israel. About Mr. Savir came to the tip of Africa and have Mexico. then killed. It was those "animal rights Ms. Nezami writes that "If you've ever exercised Apartheid to subjugate the black When Israel is accepted by the Arab types" handing out flyers at the door who seen him speak on any of t le numerous majority to their laws, customs and world and terrorists stop their attacks on its were responsible for those roosters not news programs on which hie has made government, and separate them from the borders and citizens, that is when the going to this poultry farm. The roosters guest appearances, you will lanow thatthis whiteminority. Israel on the other hand is prospects for peace in the Middle East will were taken by members of SACA (Student man is anything but nice." Siince when is the Jew's historic homeland. It is where all really have a chance to become a reality. Action Coalition for Animals) to Farm being "nice" a criterion fo r holding a Jews all over the world originate from and Sanctuary near Ithaca where they will not government position? Yes, it v•ouldv'ould be nice it is their right to have their country as their S. Grossman The Stony Brook Press page 6 I -"L~ II L- - -I II Y-rr I ~. - ~t r~-b ~ _ Jt- -·I Viewpoint NG.I IE I
would not be enough." Tyson's conviction was " a are routinely described as "bitches" and "ho's". On by Dr. Manning Marable grave injustice to the whole Black community," NWA albums, there are titles such as "Findum, F-urn, because the "loss of another Black role model means and Flee". Given this social conditioning and sexism, One of the central tenets of the struggle for freedom the imprisonment and death of many of are Black its surprising that too many young males make the in African- American history was the idea that what youth." connection between violence and sexuality? was politically necessary also had to be morally At some Black radio stations, telephone calls ran at We must challenge the glamorization of male uplifting. From Frederick Douglass to Malcolm X, the least five to one in favor of Tyson and against the brutality, the concept that males with status, money and ends never justified the means. Ethical behavior toward woman that he had raped. Many of the callers power of whatever race can act in ways which are each other was an important feature of the African- supporting Tyson were Black women. Some argued destructive to women. By placing Tyson on a pedestal, American community. The violence of Black vs. Black that the women's decision to enter a man's bedroom by ignoring the evidence and accepting his brutality crime and the peddling of drugs to innocent children voided any right she had to claim that she had been against one of our sisters, we are embracing that same were denounced as socially destructive behaviors sexually violated. The same attitude can be observed on violence against our daughters, mothers and ourselves. which have to be expelled from the Black Community, the streets. In Los Angeles several days ago, I Instead of projecting a vision of humanity which if it is to survive. witnessed several Black young adults, male and female enriches the spirit, we devalue and degrade ourselves. However, during the recent rape trial of former alike, wearing sweatshirts which protested the Tyson No doubt, Black men suffer disproportionately from heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, disturbing trends rape and conviction in bold letters. In vulgar, sexist the violence and discrimination of the political and developed within the national African-American language, the shirts proclaimed: "The b- set me up!" criminal justice system. Racism is alive and well, community. Some compared Tyson's prosecution Enough is enough. On this issue, we must draw a limiting Black male's economic opportunities. But the unfavorably to the acquittal of William Kennedy Smith line. To stand with Mike Tyson, is to stand for pain of oppression doesn't justify violence againsi in last years controversial rape trial. Others complained everything the Black struggle has been against. another person. Tyson is guilty, and for the sake of our that the behavior and motives of Tyson's victim were No man has the right to rape any woman, no matter own humanity, we must draw the line. "highly questionable". Why would Desiree what the situation or context When people argue that Dr Manning Marable is Professorof Political Washington, an intelligent woman who had been the woman shouldn't have gone to his hotel room, our Science and History, University, University oj L diCl( . crudely propositioned by Tyson earlier in the day, response must be "So what?" People who use poor LUooraI willingly go back to his hotel in middle of the night? judgment deserve to be raped? There are no excuses for Black Baptist ministers clustered and prayed for the criminal behavior and the evidence indicates that Tyson Black pugilist in his hour of need. was indeed guilty of rape. With Tyson's conviction, some of these sentiments Within the African-American community, we need assumed ugly dimensions. A Black newspaper in New to discuss the social destructiveness against the Black York City declared that the young woman raped by male within society. Our young men are bombarded by Tyson "willingly went to his hotel room to win his values and images of violence, vulgarity and self-hatred fame and fortune, but realized that a one-night stand within the popular culture. In rap music, BlackL women Viewpoint When the Budget Ax Swings Who decides what gets hacked The Provost has already mandated a division alone. We can be sure ITEM: hear and read many more of by Jeff Lacher one year moratorium on state-funded to THE WASHINGTON POST (4 APRIL teaching assistant and graduate assistant these ideas from all levels- is, all of the administrative 1992) REPORTS OF THE The budget cuts that New York State budget lines going to incoming graduate that that some CONSTIPATION" will impose on SUNY has university students in several departments. This can levels. It appears "OPERATIONAL administrators frantically issuing radical not only lead to a lower quality incoming Department Chairs actually OF WHITE HOUSE STAFF UNABLE quality and integrity proposals of where cuts will be made. class, but will lead to the inclusion of have the TO CARRY OUT PRESIDENTIAL of their departments in mind, Department Chairs, eager to keep their fewer international students, and lower and are willing to unite with POLICIES... departments untouched, individually income students - who would not be their faculty and students in lobby their Deans. The deans eager to able to afford to enter these programs. In opposing the way the decisions prevent blame for the cuts falling on addition to the direct impact on these are being made. them, request University wide cuts from graduate students, is the harsh indirect The un-unionized workers on the Provost and President. The President impact on undergraduates. (TA's, GA's, RA's) looks to SUNY Central administration to Undergraduates would be forced into campus are the easiest to hit, and their place the bulk of the cuts on the four even larger classes , due to a decrease in decreasing number is likely to year colleges, by eliminating programs TA's in their departments. Larger class cause the largest long term or, possibly, by eliminating one of the size also means a heavier burden on negative impact on the four year schools altogether. faculty who will be forced to lecture to University's reputation and the The whole situation would be make a more people, and now may be value of the degrees it confers. great setting for a cheap daytime drama responsible for grading all their classes lines It is not too late for the faculty - but it reads more like a Greek papers and tests. A decrease in GA on and staff and staff unions tragedy. With each Department Chair, means an increased burden Is there any United University Professors, Dean, Provost, and college and departments' clerical staff. Provost's Civil Service Employees university President pleading to keep the reason to believe that the be lifted in one Association, and DEF, piece of the pie for which they are moratorium will actually Graduate Student Employees responsible, there is no one complaining year? have jumped on Union, and the GSO and that it's the whole pie that's not big Other administrators to prove that they Student Polity to unite and enough! The situation has made us argue the bandwagon trying our administration. In will absorb are capable of making "the tough confront amongst ourselves over who fLar. Wimh-QVA LU.
say, to. administrators ave (the way we the cuts, instead of uniting us in a fight decisions" act, Dean of the Humanities against cuts in general. It seems we've "I'm cool"). The over the place with been content to accept the cuts as a fact. division has been all From merging a It is precisely this kind of thinking that ridiculous proposals. together to will lead to the worst possible half dozen departments of TA/GA line in his combination of outcomes. eliminating dozens April 9, 1992 page 7 0 -I 0
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It won't be too hard to Nehring has made a lot of noise recently Republican persuasion. And according to of. Raoul told me what manage." I asked Raoul who these people about how he wants Polity to "clean up its a quickly disposed certain disaffected College Republican - to Joanne Moriboto: "We called were. He laughed. "I can't tell you that, not act" in regards to election procedures. happened the only one of whom I can respect - who if you're going to print this. But we have it Nehring - who also heads the College her 007, because we knew she was a spy has had occasion to observe the workings Slepian...(The all set up." Republicans - seems to still be upset that for (Polity president Dan) to point out that nobody his little Common Sense party got its head of the Commuter College first-hand, the CRs have an exaggerated sense of the Raoul was quick powers that be in the Commuter College interest which others take in their actions.) was doing anything actually illegal, which handed to it last year, and for some reason aren't all that Keith Hering, former is kind of true; Polity has no rule about he blames that minor fiasco on a supposed interested in tipping off the So we shut her out." other 4,938 commuters that they do indeed Common Sense Presidential candidate and how many friends you can persuade to vote bias in the Polity hierarchy rather than on have the authority to fairly determine the eventual winner of the Commuter Commuter College the fact that most of the Common Sense for you. But the whom they would like to represent their College election in question, wasn't even loosely constructed and easily candidates were about as charismatic and bylaws are interests in the Polity Since it lead to abuse of power. If Commuter electable as a decomposed fish. Senate - the most on the ballot; he was a write-in. powerful organization within the Polity looked like Ms. Moriboto had half a College elections aren't illegal, they at But if Mr. Nebring is really serious about structure. The CRs can therefore pursue chance at coming out on top, "we did least qualify as thoroughly unethical- ferreting out electoral sliminess, he should their private agendas despite the fact that something about it." The Commuter which makes Ron "Polity elections are start looking a bit closer to home: Within they almost completely the Commuter College itself. Forty-Seven lack a College printed "a few hundred" flyers, unfair" Nehring a hypocrite of the highest constituency. Their interminable arguing which were supposed to advertise the order. He would percent of the Stony Brook undergraduate like to portray the during Senate meetings benefits election, and handed them student body commutes, which comes out nobody out in the Common Sense party as the underdog but themselves. Union. Mr. Hering's name appeared on the "the system," but he has a neat to a little over 5,000 students. Guess how victim of "The Commuter College flyers even though he wasn't even a system which many of them voted in last year's is run by a little system of his own; clique," claims my source, who chooses to officially running. Ms. Moriboto's did not. what credibility he has and commuter election. Sixty-Two. How well offers him remain anonymous and from were these elections publicized? whom I will Anyone seeing the flyers would have had affords him a nice little platform hereafter refer to as "Raoul." Any no idea that she even which to mouth off. The same holds true "Elections? What elections?" said existed, unless they individual who holds an elected position in knew her personally, and that doesn't for every other Commuter Senator. The Maureen Langan, a Setauket commuter. "I the Commuter College belongs to this amount to much as a didn't hear about any elections." power bloc. It Commuter College is a disgrace; if they clique. Raoul says: "Commuter elections certainly didn't Ms. Langan isn't alone. I've been asking amount to much in the cannot persuade at least one fifth of their are decided long before they happen. Last election. "We swamped her," said Raoul. commuters this question all week; not a electorate to vote in the next election, they year, we decided that Richard Cole and "We had a lot of people there single one of them heard a mumbling word who weren't ought to quit pretending to represent Vinny Bruzzese would be elected Senators. about to vote for her." How many about an election. Granted, Stony Brook people anyone other than themselves. And that's what happened." The number of voted? "About fifty-odd. I dunno." students are not particularly noted for their Was (Thank you, Raoul.) -- __ Viewpoint Church From Hell I By Steven J. Forster clinics to stop it from happening. I do Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the influences by the church, the supreme firmly believe that a woman has the right kids aren't getting any yet. So, I'm sure it court has overturned Roe v. Wade and to choose whether or not she wants to have is safe to say that they only have one restricted abortion in certain ways When I was growing up, as a member of a baby, or abort it; simple as that. opinion on this issue, the one opinion they available to the people. the Catholic religion, I learned that people I had the pleasure of being held up in were taught. The senior citizens on the Do we now go back to the stone age had the freedom of choice. We have the traffic one Saturday afternoon, because of other hand were probably uptight assholes years when abortions took place in a dirty God given right to choose whether we an anti-abortion rally on Nesconset who weren't getting any sex either, and back street office? When abortions want to sin or not. Nowadays this God weren't performed by doctors, but by given right has been abolished, and some butchers looking to make even more of the Christian religions feel it is their money. How about the ever popular moral duty to stop sin in it's tracks. woman in her room dead, because she First let us view the sex issue: the tried to use a coat hanger to perform an Catholic church says that sex is a bad abortion on herself. Those were the good thing, and it will not condone the use of ol' days. condoms. Does that mean I, as a married I don't subscribe to that point of view, man, can't use condoms either? Well, the and I don't expect someone to subscribe to church has no idea how to council me on mine. What I do expect is courtesy for the my sex life, when they don't even know a person's right to choose whether or not what it is like to raise two kids, and they to sin as well as a person's right to have never had sex to begin with. Yes, I privacy. So what is to be done about the believe that the safest sex is abstinence, churches problem of not keeping their but I feel there is no way that anyone is noses out of people's crotches and going to abstain from something as bedrooms? Write to your political leaders enjoyable as sex. voicing your opinions. Let's make sex So you condemn those who have safe. Wear a condom, and fuck the premarital sex? Big deal, like that is going church. to stop it. This is not the dark ages when the church tried to control the lives of the serfs, while some leaders of the church would go out and have sex themselves. Does the church also condemn people to Highway. The funny thing about this rally they feel it is their moral obligation to stop hell when they do have sex, get the AIDS was that the majority of the people who everybody from getting any sex. virus and are on their death beds? attended this rally were kids twelve and When this great country of ours was Let us look into another important under, who were probably dragged there formed, it was finally agreed upon a issue:abortion. I don't necessarily agree by their church or parents, and senior separation of church and state, however with abortion, but I don't blow-up abortion citizens. that seems to not be the case. With such SThe Stony Brook Press page 10 r, INTERVIEW Tea WSith Roger Zalarncy Science Fictioni Authwor and this years guest of honor at I-Comn XII by John Shackelford relatively easy for people to steal from you and not get historical fiction novel, still being written, set in the caught. His first year of writing, twenty years ago, he nineteenth century American west (a Lewis and Clark type This year's I-CON guest of honor was the science turned out twenty short stories alone. situation). fiction author Roger Zalazny. He has won several Hugo I asked Mr. Zalazny what got him into writing science He is currently in the rewrite stage of book thirteen in the and Nebula awards for his writing. Mr. Zalazny has been fiction. He simply said it was the money. He had decided Wild Card series (in this book, Freud will be the writing science fiction for about thirty years, and has been early on he wanted a career as a writer and that writing protagonist). He expects to write one or more two Amber working science fiction conventions for roughly the same science fiction came easy to him. Believing it was the novels which should be released in five or six years, and is amount of time. He believed this year's I-CON was a easiest way to gain employment, he started writing science currently discussing with an unnamed source, film options smash, and for him, a very good time. fiction. for the Amber novel series. Roger Zalazny has written best selling novels, short Mr. Zalazny, when asked who his favorite contemporary I took this opportunity to discuss the Amber role-playing stories, for television (Amazing Stories and Twighlight writers are, stated that they change from week to week. He game. Zalazny says he likes the Amber role-playing Zone) and has written screenplay outlines for movies. He said that the writers that most motivated him into system and although he didn't actually write it himself, he describes his career as a mixture of aromas, the first being becoming a writer were Henry Cutter, Stanley Winnbulm, says he was consulted constantly while it was written. His roses, which a fan sent to him long ago. He claims this and of course, Robert Heinlein. He was quick to say that favorite works that he has written are "Lord of Light", aroma has stayed with him throughout his career. He also the book he feels is the greatest work he has ever read was "Eye of Cat", "Doorway in the Sand", and his very says that at times, the sweet aroma of those roses fades, Will Durant's "History of Civilization" - all eleven favorite, "This Immortal." and is replaced by something that smells not quite as volumes. He also mentioned that he's been approached several sweet, that he once stepped in while following a lady as Asking what he currently has coming out, Mr. Zalazny times about doing another "Jack of Shadows" novel, but she walked her way dog through New York City. He replied, "Come Back to the Killing Grounds" for Amazing simply won't do it. Not that he dislikes the character or the describes his career as a sort of Ying-Yang balance Stories Magazine, a hard-core science fiction novel which book; he likes how the story ends, and would like to leave between these two aromas. should come out in September, and that the Amber audio it at that. Zalazny said that he enjoys collaborating with During my interview with Mr. Zalazny, he spoke tapes and Amber graphic novels should be ready in time other writers, that the exchange of ideas is often rewarding. primarily of infringements on copyright, although he for WorldCon or by this time next year the latest. He also Zalazny does say, however, that after he finishes all certainly didn't seem to be a miser. I did get the has a book called "If at Foust You Don't Succeed" which projects that are currently on the table, he wants to "take impression that this infringement was a major concern of should come out in December, along with some children's his mind and dump it" to get new ideas and write fresh his. He also stated that when one has written as many books coming out this summer. He has a hobby book stories and put new aromas in his life. science fiction short stories, novels, plays, and the like, it's called "Cultered Glass", soon to be released, and a Hey SUNY Stony Brook, Pudgie's Famous Chicken ot Stony Brook is now offering you r-- - --I- - 4 Pieces FREE REECan o FREE Chcken with purchase of Soda with every 4 Club with a 12 pc Bucket I Pc.Chicken Dinner purchase of 2 a $11.95 $495 Chicken Clubs SExpires 4/2192 Expires4/21/92 pires4/21/92 S>MMutldpn .cau». ot.i9aid d v | , . ...-..r oy V*wNio, .. FI V aU ,V"tap^NIaba fmu~lje STONY BROOK" ,S689-1763 1460 Nesconset Hwy. 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GRAND REOPENING CELEBRATION "I1 APRIL 6 THRU 12,1992 E C C It l & o1.: 7 P M 1AM Harpo's t ice Creamn?arlor The Stony Brook Press page 12 _ '" I I I THEATER A ZE!DJEt)AI eTJ2WCEYOR AL by Andrew Haggerty drinking apparently occurred, and in some This is not to say that if you decide to cases audiences were forbidden to bring attend the performance on Thursday you ot a lot of people can say this, but I once had the extreme any sort of a weapon to the show because ought to come armed or expect violence. honor of crucifying Christ. Last year I was "Torturer#1" You can, however, expect a good time in "The Crucifixion", introducing yourself to the intricacies of a medieval English mystery play- the medieval moral universe, and you can and yeah, I got to nail Our Savior onto a two-by-four, expect to do so with a certain amount of which can be a lot more fun than it sounds. humor and a certain amount of intelligence. All this was part Medieval plays pretty much fall into You can expect to hear some authentic or one of the few three categories: Mystery plays, which are medieval music and eat some authentic traditions Stony dramatizations of Biblical or Apocryphal medieval cuisine. A good time has been Brook can call its own. Professor Stephen episodes; Miracle plays, or dramatizations had by all at Stony Brook since 1975, and, Spector of the English Department has had of the lives of the saints; and Morality in a wider sense, a good time has been had his Medieval Lit students put on medieval plays, which are sort of like the medieval by all since the Middle Ages. plays since 1975. "It's a terrific success equivalent of "Thinner Thighs in Thirty every year," he says. "What happens is that Minutes," except they'd be more like "Ten of an alarming tendency for playgoers to the students learn more from the play than Easy Steps to Certain Salvation." Morality engage in the occasional knife-fight. I could teach them. They learn an awful FnlavsLj--ý wereT%1% meant AW%-& to% lot." This year the students, mostly upper- teach their audiences division English majors, will be presenting how to lead upright lives. Gluttony, Envy, Greed, etc. were out; Piety and Faith were medievally hip. "The Slaughter of the Innocents" is a mystery play; "Everyman" is a morality play about one man's adventures with a walking, talking assortment of Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues. "Everyman" and "The Slaughter of The But, like I said, the Innocents" at Christ Church Episcopal on plays are more fun Barnum Avenue in Port Jefferson on than they sound in Thursday, April 9 at 7:00 P.M. these decadent times. Students are responsible for every aspect Spector makes sure to of the production, from the costumes to the emphasize the sets to the refreshments, which medieval spirit of are taken from actual amateurism. medieval recipes Although the and use actual plays were medieval written by the ingredients. clergy, they "Last year w e r e they did a presented by fantastic job "Guilds"- a with the food, sort of a - . with me set-up ana c U mlUo 1 ina iton everything," Spector between a trade union says. I can personally attest to this, since I and a social club. ate too much of it. And everything is They were, then, guaranteed to be as authentic as possible; blue-collar affairs and unavoidable anachronisms are strictly extremely popular for forbidden, except in cases of artistic their entertainment licence. value; a great deal of Don't Miss the Production of Everyman and The Slaughter of the Innocents The Show Starts at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, April 9 Admission: Students and Senior Citizens $1.00, everyone else $2.00 April 9,1992 page 13 StallerItn:s Center the 7npp Cirrus David LG.Terner Notwithstanding the attempts of the Animal Rights Activists to turn kids away from the circus by passing out candy with leaflets purporting to prove that animal training is cruel and inhumane, the Staller Center hosted the Zoppe Circus this past Saturday for two showings. I attended the second, and must admit that I was overwhelmed by Kathy Day's pleasant demeanor, her positive attitude towards the whole show, her sensitivity towards the subject of Animal Rights Activists, and her steadfast support for an age-old form of entertainment that has brought magic and the unusual to children across the globe. Although we presume that negative reinforcement techniques are used in the training of circus animals, and videotapes have caught sadistic acts perpetrated against caged and helpless animals, we should be wary of blanket condemnation, and keeps our minds open to each case at hand. The Zoppe Circus had a baby elephant, a lonely tiger, a snake and a horse. To my mind, the Ringling Bros., and Barnum & Bailey Circus, or the Moscow Circus with their bevy of bears would seem to be more fitting recipients of this type of criticism, at least In short, to quote a knowledgeable source, the Zoppe numerically. And now for the critique: Zoppe? Well, I suppose that only by comparison can only Extravaganza was fittingly "provincial." I suppose, truly feel the BigTop, Giovanni Zoppe, billed as "the youngest superstar in the the carny geeks and Bearded though, for children who have never seen a three-ring- Women, the sawdust and the greasepaint, the odors and circus world today," suffered from a repeated inability to circus, this was a great treat The magic and juggling acts tastes, the tension of fifteen members of the jump from his stance on the sole horse, and land upon it Wallendas were performed with aplomb, and although a n umber of (prior to the demise of a number forthwith. Seemingly, "practice makes perfect," and of their kind, years ago) knives missed their marks, they failed to puncture the simultaneously on the "wire," with handstands Giovanni certainly can use some. The "Flying Wallendas," on mouth- delectable and scantily-clad girl of luscious proportions grips of riders of unicycles, conspicuously absent, left their genes in the Zoppe clan, et al. Hey, for Suffolk County, affixed to the spinning target..Oh, well, you can't always this was a first! To complain that I've the result being two rather portly (zaftig) maidens. This seen better is to get what you want..I should note, however, that Nioka, a needlessly denigrate what has been a stimulated the rather singular entertainment of waiting possibly enchanting Danish gymnast, impressed me with both her physique time for kids. So why do it? Just don't with baited breath not for astounding feats of the high- forget that and her carriage. The Roumanian Troupe of acrobats were CLOWNS are coming to Staller wire, but for the amazingly agile feats of concentration July 22-26, at 8:00pm. beginners, but everyone has to start sometime...There was That should be something- that brought beads of perspiration to their hirsute upper they're Russian, and probably a dearth of clowns, with Nino the sole practitioner of this Gypsy into the bargain...and they're coming! lips. venerable profession. Ach, why am I criticizing the --- mosommummomm"m cont. from back page series of tiny smiles don't cross your lips. thanks to John and Chris at Music Den and the relationship is not all sex, it's a relationship where the Michele at Reprisefor their help with this article and also needs of both are fulfilled, both are nurtured and listened Emma for putting up with anotherprodding Arts Editor... to, something all of us need in whatever relationship we you know who you are-I want my Gala tape back!!! are in. This song made me smile like I might after a long passionate kiss, or maybe after a hug from a friend. In "covert" we see the most influence from Robyn Guthrie --- -- mj l2 who produced the album and who is also the main musical force behind the Cocteau Twins, the knolls of guitar chords ring out over a mesmerizing pasture of breath and vocal. "ocean" and "for love" mimic the throes of love as 5Rourvtri'~ the music and lyrics flow over us as waves like orgasms. The artwork on the cover highlights this undersea of EvrGetlSombody feeling as emotion is represented as anemonae-like LONDON~ elements swimming in bubbles and saltwater, the brine of creation, the original openings of humanity . "forlove" is a Euaf-&Bitailmse Tn&I Al l little more storm as "pouring from her lips," Miki sighs a Neelldd fl A~n contimplatively about the control and manipulation and even deceit of lovers. In concert at ( the Ritz Lush managed to reproduce the tides in a bath of light and music especially during From New York round trips starting at "superblast" and one of the crowds favorites "sweetness PARIS $398 and light" off of Gala , the light show was practically TEL AVIV 555 drowning the slamdancing crowd in wave after wave of MOSCOW 509 pink, blue and green, an ecstasy -trip into love and TOKYO 699 sensuality . Lush faithfully reproduced most of the new Round trip fares from New York. album and included a lot of their earlier work, but I wished Add $6 US Departure Tax, $12 Arrivel tax. Some of the above fares FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS they were on for longer, I loved them so much and so did a require International Student/Youth/ vast majority of the audience present, but we had to endure Teacher ID,also available at Council DRIVE DRUNK. two pretty mediocre opening bands and two long Travel! intermissions one of which included bad WDRE music i US DepartmentofTranspoaon and a bad WDRE personality . I was so disappointed when the show ended. But any Lush is still pretty much more DRUNK DRIVING PREVENTION CAMPAIGN than anyone can hope for or even deserves and the band New York NEWSPAPER AD NO. DD-90-1719-1 COL. x 5" did a great job of pleasing all who were there. 205 East 42nd Street 661- 1450 Volunteer Agency: Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc. If you missed Lhe show pick up the new Warner 356 West 34th Street 643-1365 Bros./Reprise release and see if as you're listening to it a 35 West 8th Street 254-2525 The Stony Brook Press page 14 S Call Now 111 POETRY The Ninja Tattoo Senseless Constellations and 40 A Poetic Moment I began as a Duck, black glossy feathers, haze In a Restless and Brooding Sky smoking a cigar in Chicago, Sweet Home Chicago. Her asshole flew out of I take my Working Papers down to Libra at the Label Shop; tasted her ass; she shows me where I've marked the Papers wrong: In the aging whispers of secrets a crow? my Age must exceed Sixteen, or I must Go o School. both bitter In Libra's hair, the sun rides Spears of Dust through the Window. overtold. and sweet; we a nightingale? In the desperate embrace of a thousand He Walked the curve around the sunlit lake, where the rocks lay strewn about the shore by the pier. grieving widows. fucked It was so dark. He Merged with a Ritual Mourning Procession, and in the stale breath of hope, till the Romance I just couldn't Proceeded to Fit Right In with his Beard. He Followed the Slow Stream away from the lake, and lost. wore off; a bird see. Continuing on through the attic, Inthe pink eye of the gluehorse. he Stopped by a Mixing Board under the rafters, on a small hill covered with moss and static; Inthe sour echo of dustdrawers or Robert T. Elkin he Found two Foam-Organic Pictures of Life there, strung the elephant harmonies that sweep one inch thick from the ceiling rods; he Crumbled Up the One, and Put the Other in his pocket coffeed ceilings. as two Small Boys tormented Him. Inthe mirror, IAnwft/no'd a AiVOAwfi xofrsar AfwsfdwpwwK tp,'** HE WAS A MAN OF RARE CHARACTER, A GRAND UNIFIER: HE IS A MARTYR TO THE VISION. the light bulb, the assassin's bullet. The space-age woman Would Not Permit my gloating; Trapped. she burst from The Persona of Spielberg's plastic wife bicycling, that everybody down by the lakeside house With nothing but the rain /4MSMd irpfSA9ddluiZd'SArfeii., Knew I slept with now. to ease A4ew6 fr i vAtePPfu Aetswirfs/. So I Walked away on the dry lake bed around the rim, TitfM^M^.E s~t~i pr~~~~ripr I Picked Up the paper that the boy had delivered, this Spielberg caught up to me, and we walked. distance. 866d^fM€U»^[ffw€Wbf^ ~ boamc. (7mn('la&tra*rJ t"a& pr tiqfU.&lo. THE FIRE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX: FROM THE MAFIA'S BUSY BOX ASSEMBLY ROOM TO THE CHEAP HOUSE, AND TO THE JUDGE'S; he and his mistress, a texan, got lost in the smoke Philip Cameron #Am dineo.Wp. t. Robert T. Elkin fAl(A1mwivtlw, ofAIA 4 /M--M#Z. Dysfunctional Fables: A Sav' Story (dedicated to this guy, you know?) - Q/-rl ' ' C9 by Rachel S. Wexelbaum skipped out of the trees. When she saw the 4 burly traveler sobbing so pitifully-well, it Once upon a time in the land of flowers didn't phase her. "Pardon me, do you have and fuzzies a stranger appeared. He was a any Grey Poupon?" she asked with merry tall, mysterious traveler on a quest for the eyes. answer to the Big Cosmic Joke, and had He looked up and tearfully told her his gotten lost. Taking his map from his story, causing her to burst out in fairy backpack, the traveler sat on a rock and laughter. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" munched on a stale White Castle burger to she asked. "I always carry a bottle in my regain his bearings. back pocket!" "Pinkyland," he muttered. "How "You mean-you carry tobasco sauce lovely." too?" He did not know much about Pinkyland, "Yes, of course! Doesn't everyone?" other than the legend about the Lady of the His nose began to twitch uncontrollably, Forest who skipped around with a huge and a warm feeling enshrouded him like a bowl of Hershey's kisses and a fairy wand cloak. Perhaps he needed to walk no farther turning unwary peoples into the cute and to find the answer to the Big Cosmic Joke. fuzzy animals of her choice. "Naah, Life as a cute fuzzy bunny in Pinkyland couldn't happen," he said to himself as a suited him just fine. piece of gristle nearly choked him. "Urghh, this needs tobasco sauce." MORA: Chemical substances are a poor He reached into his backpack and substitute-love adds the most spice to life. fumbled around only to realize that he had left it behind in the World of Really Big Swords, and the traveler broke into tears. "Oww, woe is me," he bawled. "I can't wander through life without my tobasco sauce!" Suddenly there was tinkly music, and a little girl dressed in a potato sack tunic ge 15 •::.. ::=:. ::: "::...... l 5'· ·- , ....,...... ~, ...... :A'L ....· ,,• n, • .A•4,,,· ...,II i: .1-:~i:l.· :.ill. ,,1• ,: ,,,,4.,,. .. n ..l . w .. .• .,, • ,,, T ,,-, S...... i. ,. . .- . . .. II• ...... '« I '·' " f·' ~ 'C·' i r·, r i·- VI as stmerl ot thro snvearow th as haslf C: · · bored,...... b'%aifsi~ ncjng"S, amto aa heavy0meeal Jane '--'s Addict i;n.býitd ':ha::t.' hadagreat drummer. The cigarette gir dispyed her wares that included above all else, Raspberry-flavored Ch.arms rvahie. wBlow .....p Pops.c Immediately, t th r s .. t I,s'nse the of I sensedthe:2reatrreat- value'u of th-isnwDroductofi the CharmsChar..ms S:: :: Comany,annd in anticipation of Lush's 'Spooky concert at the Ritz I gleefully sucked on theI Sradioactive-blue confection. and endured in:Toyland... SBabes If allof a sudden there was a bunch of noisy industrial flop Nirvana ch and al a few: Ravers. I: as happy. : bands out that called themselves "Really Hungry Doggie,"' "Ready .: el.T mos, e :rowd:d not ti etre es w to Dine Canine; ""Slightly Uhderweight Mongrel," people wet their ears with Lush but were longtime fans who had copies of wouldn't call ita "Scene.That Celebrates Itself." They would call it t 4D impts long befo Dae Kendl( ••VsM S 120very: lo a series of Skinny Puppy ip-offs and cetainy would not lump dry minutes) sprouted pubic hair on his. head and :played Cocteau T i d e s .all together and call it. a. genre. Yet Lush seems to fave: on,: : : . :i consistent basis been gruped together:ith Ride, .CureBurB ::::-::The fact that Ish:appeals to such a wide audience not ;Live.' 'Sperm,' 'Spork,' 'Dumb, La La. :by:journalists: whopride i thensielves orihaving a e tybpoeadil;e F.eI wyvenwy; bfore WDRE linaly caught on to ;(eleu O lt: iatf® bH M'll;fiIs of jtush,the eoledge atinWere ping thae firstvoupfr4icpi~ ;:( ^f:' ·L: j pr ic· that n tr of alternative musi h;ave iinovative inid ceiioainiy miioy einouigh to please eveni the most . n. g frsei ,.Lyi- . .... gothic of Ministry-babies and Bauhaus-bunnies, a great population To briefly regurgitate their biography; Lush is Emma of which attended Lush's performance March 27th at the Ritz in Anderson, Miki Berenyi, Christopher Acland, and new member X9- - , 'rrII . - I - I.T*i 7I -^-1 - -1- -, ------. -4 - Manhattan. I found a considerazie cultural cornucopia there that rni &ig wno aoes not appear on the new album but does femtb-e race _ DRE A ikd....er.N c~ne d•! c:• ;.•;xP~s cr