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Senate Meeting Update...... 9 Profile: Kurt Federow .•••.••.....•...... •••...... ••.••• }! Solid advice on your finances ...... 12 Intramural soccer ...... 13
Greenpeace ship attacked as French defy world opinion ...... 1~11
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FAU Free Press · July 19, . 95 Nuclear Age Reaches Mid-Life Crisis Fifty years ago this last Monday, the nuclear age dawned with the first ntC? mic bomb test at Trinity Site, New Mexico. In fifty years the world has drawn nearly unanimous conclusions: nuclear weapons will never serve a sane purpose; the fission process is extremely dangerous to the health and safety of all known li fe fo rms; there would be no winners of a nuclear war -only losers. International agreements regarding the li mitations of nuclear testing have widened in scope over the last thirty yea rs, and enforcement mechanisms have grown the teeth necessa ry to compel compliance. The primary rationale for declaring war in the 1990's has been to deter nations from obtaining nuclear wea pons. This rationale was used to justify the Persian Gul f War as well as last year's th reats of war with Korea. Essentially, the nuclear club has, for the most part, decided to get off the death trip. Nevertheless, there are still some nut cases who resist all world efforts to curb the development of nuclear weapons systems and their contin ued testing. France plans to explode eight nuclear devices in the South Pacific between September of this year and next May. This week, under the leadership of Conservative President Jacques Chi rac, France violently reaffirmed its commi tment to the extension of the nuclear arms race. French commandos raided the Green peace "Rainbow Warrior II" when it entered French waters of the South Pacific Island of Moruroa Atoll. The crew of the Rainbow Warrior were engaging in a peaceful demonstration when In this Issue: their ship was rammed, boarded by commandos, and driven from the vessel with ave you ever gone to return a textbook that originally teargas. Fortunately, noGreenpeacemembcrs were killed this time. Ten years ago, cost a fortune and discovered that the FAU Bookstore the French bombed the original Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbor, New Zealand, killing photographer Fernando PL•riera. Honly thinks it's now worth five bucks? If so, you probably France is not alone as a nucleM "rcnegnde" :c;tate. China exploded a nuclear haven't heard of the Book Exchange, a Student Government run device this May in open defiance of '.vorld opinion. program that sells your books to other students without even How much longer will it take until the nuclear threat will subside? Just when it making a profit. To learn more about how the Book Exchange seemed as if the human fami ly had come to their senses about nuclear arms, the can benefit you, please see Book Exchange Has Long specter of continued peril rears its ugly head. Nenrly ,1II·FAU students were born during the nuclear age, and n~arly all have contemplcltcd dying in a nuclear blast Term Future on page 10. or in its fallout. Nuclear weapom; have absolutely no c;anc application in a world seeking peace. There are those who say that nuclear arms serve as a deterrent to war; however, der Siege... Again, yes, that was the situation of the the proof is that they only serve to up the antL• in the arms race. It's time for all those who raised their voices against the mad policies of nuclear wc1rfare to be heard reenpeace ship " Rainbow Warrior II" last Sunday as it again. Many nations have already begun to boycott French Products, and some ailed near the South Pacific island of Moruroa for the have even frozen military alliances with the Conservative state. purpose of peacefully protesting French nuclear weapons tests. The global village must unite to condemn the hostile acts perpetrated by the Tom O'Brien gives the details of this incident and Vincent Safuto French and Chinese. Sure, America opened the door to the nuclear age and has describes the history of Green peace's policy on nuclear issues. committed heinous atrocities with nuclear weapons, but that's no excuse for others Please see page 14. to do the same. Say "NO! TO NUKES," and say it loud and clear.
G) iS)I~nS 31/\ll~VOIOV~ ~NI38 :3~VSS3W 1VNIWI18WnS G) ave you or one of your friends been one of those lucky campus parking ticket recipients lately? If you're not Editor-in-Chief ...... Ross A. Levy Hsure , ask a friend, and they will probably have some story to tell you about a run-in with the Traffic and Parking Senior Editor ...... Bruce Strickrott Department. Kurt Federow takes the time to carefully analyze Assistant Editor ...... Jason Weaver this situation and plans A New Color Scheme For Traffic The Florida Atlantic Free Press is publbhed weekly. Production Manager. .. .. Luis Miranda Funding is pro1 ided by the Student Body of FAU, and Parking. Please see page 18. under the au~pices of Student GoHrnment. The Business Manager ... Michele Anne Levy opinions of the writers are their own and do not necessa rily renee! the 'iews or opinions of the Student Photo Editor ...... Moris Stern Body, Student Governm ent or the Administration of ou've seen them zoom up and down the Breezeway. Layout/Design Editor... Katherine Sfeir Florida Atlantic Uninr..ity. The FAU Free Press is You've seen them performing stunts on the steps in front pro~ FAU Free Press · July 19,1995 --"------3 KABLOOEY by Blue DEJ~ vv ! ! .... DE.J~ \IV ~ ! ...... l>E.J~ V V ~ } DE.J~ vv ~! ·... (:,OLt>f· 15\4 ~RE NEVE:R ~oRE.D. ------======FAUFreePress • July19,1995 FAU's Schmidt College salary levels, salary growth, benefits, staff growth, The funds will be awarded among at least six Gets New Dean training, ethnic and gender diversity, organizational undergraduate students enrolled in the Depart ment ofThetre for 1995-96 academic year. Recipi Dr. James S. Malek has communications, and use of advanced technologies. ents must be Florida residents pursuing perfor been selected dean of the "The key areas for us were in computer training and mance and non-performance degrees in thetre Schmidt College of Arts and diversity of our staff," said Or. Jeffrey Schilit, FAU arts. Humanities at FAU, effec associate vice president for information resource man ine Florida Theatrical Association is a not for tive August 21. Currently agement. He heads the University's computing sys profit civic organization dedicated to fostering the dean of the College of Arts tems operation and its 54-member staff, which in continued jpresentation of quality national Broad and Sciences at the Univer cludes 21 women and 16 minorities. way touring productions throughout the state, sity of Nebraska of Omaha, Dr. Schilit estimated that employees in computing primarily through subscription series in Orlando, he previously served as services at FAU receive at least seven to 10 days of Tampa, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. dean of the College of Lib technical traing each year, which, he said, "is ex eral Arts at the University tremely important in strengthening our knowledge of of Nevada, Las Vegas. new and emerging technologies." A scholar specializing in Restoration and 18th Cen tury British Literature and an authority on E.M. Forster, Or. Malek has taught English for more than FAU Criminal 25 years, holding professorships at the University of Justice Club and Nebraska, UNLV, DePaul University, Wayne State Police University and the University of Idaho. lie is a gradu-. POLICE BLOTTER Department July 7-A false fire alarm at the University Center ate of the University of Chicago, where he earned Cooperate was the result of the abestos remov FAU Free Press · July 19,1995 ------5 Blood Donor Honor Roll Allison Miller Daniel Rosengarten Danielle Paglia Scott McConnell Anna Goodman Tracy Bauman Chamindra Williams Jennifer Smith Keith Smith Cynthia Kelley Ian Goldberg Knut Dohlen David Lane Beth Bartkus Roy Lush Carol Lynch Ercan Sen Gregory Kuzma Jose Bentata Sherman Green Esther Jonassaint · Mathew Bolt Carla Cole Carole Mullen Joannes Spyridakis George Abdelsayed John Osullivan Harold Avellaneda Donald Berry Marcos Cruz Ann Barron Sergio Oreilly Karene Tygenhof Nuria Manzanares Sally Hancock Jessica Humble Dorothy Goodman Priti Patel Farhad Irani Jason Rose Karlene Lee Sudarshan Agaram Alison Cherniachovsky Donald Mackenzie Annia Laquis Carla Moss Nicole Jasper Mary Honeycutt Amanda Lusby Thuha Nguyen Michael Holloway Josh Garrison Sandra Reid Actual Letter from Reader: Dcnr Comt)tman, What is your catch Comfyman? Superma n has a big "S" on his chest. Batman has a fancy Bat-mobile. Wonderwoman has a "Magic Lasso." What do you have? Pat T. I also don't need a fancy l~sso Pat. I rarely shower My 80 gets the same results. 6 e n University Will Pay Flooded Basement Shuts Down Net Jobless Grads LINCOLN, Neb.-A flooded basement on the University R~CHESTER, N_.Y.-It's an annual rite of spring: College seniors lie awake at night and fret of Nebraska campus in January blacked out access to the they II graduate wtth a huge debt, 100 resumes out, no job in sight, and Mom and Dad as their Internet for thousands of computer users across seven new lcmdlords. states. If only college came with some sort of guarantee, say many wistful college students. MIDnet, an Internet station that serves accounts in Ne N~w at least one does. Beginning next year, entering students at St. John Fisher College can braska, Kansas, Arkansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Iowa q~ahfy for a p~ogram that will pay students $417 per month, up to $5,000, if they aren't offered and illinois, was knocked out for nearly 12 hours after a JOb that reqwres a college degree within six months of their graduation. 220,000 gallons of water flooded the basement of UN's Bu~ the new program, dubbed the Fisher Commitment, is hardly a license to lie on the sofa and Walter Scott Engineering Center. take~~ ea.sy. Before stud.e~ts ~ualify for the payout, they must meet a strict set of guidelines. 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Nine hundr~d dollars Student Union will not be built in Heritage park. It is still a had already been allocated in the budget's line item for that possibility that it will be held in the University Center but purpose, though. The organization was not aware of this the plans are not definite yet. which was why they had a bill made. The Joint Budgetary Also the Florida Student Association is looking for a new Committee, which would have taken care of this, is not yet in executive director. The Florida Student Association con place nor are the statutes that are needed. The bill was passed sists of all of the State University Student Government at eight hundred dollars and the remaining wi'll be left un presidents and acts on behalf of the students on a legislative used for them. The function of JBC is changing to make it a level. They lobby for topics like tuition decreases and credit full time committee. The elections for JBC will be held Thurs rulings. Elections will be held this week. Student Govern day, July 20. The committee consists of five senators, one of ment President Jeff Woodward and Vice President John which will automatically become the chair of JBC. Kirlew will be attending. A bill for allocating money for the electric car wenfthrough Area for a Book Exchange is going to be calculated into on July 17 for three· thousand nine hundred and fifty two the building of the University Center. (See Book Exchange dollars. The money will cover different parts of the car. Has Long Term Future, page 10) The next Inter-Club Counsel meeting will be held July 19. with . ------Fe-aturing a Full Line of Motorola Pagers and Accesories' _ • Low Rates • All Types of Coverage • Student Discounts 9 FAU Free Press • July19, 1995 ======------~------' B ok Exch e as Long-Term Future FAU Bookstore Isn't Worried About Competition ~_,l.iriHftlmn• by fnson Wenver Student Government has planned a nent home for the Book Exchange in long-term future for the Book Exchange, the plans for the renovations to the /ta sporadically run program that is in University Center. .1 tended to give students an option for The area slated for the exchange is in buying and selling their books other actuality no bigger th.an a closet, but than the FAU Bookstore. the plans nonetheless solidify the Book The Book Exchange, which last ran in Exchange's future. Fall '94, is run by the Student Govern Ed Gregory, manager of the FAU ment. The program allows students to bookstore, has not expressed concerns put a book up for sale at any price they over a permanent cite for the exchange. would like. If another student needs the "We're not overly concerned, no," said book, he or she pays the price of the Gregory. "The students have a right to seller. Student Government receives no do this-we are in America, where com money from the transactions. petition is everywhere." Is the book The program is popular because stu store worried that should the exchange dents who would normally get a few pick up steam, sales could be taken dollars for a book in the FAU bookstore away from the bookstore? "I don't think This cabinet will soon house books in the that's going to happen. Text Breezeway for SG's book exchange in the Fall. books are a very, very compli 'The program is popular cated business, and I think the the five bucks the bookstore would hnve because students who would students will realize this," Gre given you." Kirlew says the permanent normally get a few dollars for a gory said. book exchange plans in the University The number and variety of Center renovation project will be a ben- ~~!m~~l!!f book in the FAU bookstore now textbooks in Book Exchange is, efit to students. "It will be a permanent ..,....,...,.,_.;··~~~ru'!i~l&·~m·t~ have the opportunity to name of course, limited to what stu home for the exchange, manned all se their own price for sold books.' dents put up to sell. Also com mester for a few days a week. It will be plicating matters is the fact that manned by Student Government per should a student put up a book sonnel." now have the opportunity to name their for sale in the exchange and no other The Book Exchange does rely on stu own price for sold books. Likewise, stu student buys it, the seller will probably dents putting their books up for sale-If dents who are looking to buy textbooks be too late to sell the book to the Book there's nothing to sell, there are no books receive them at a 'much lower cost than store. Thus, students will be taking a for students to buy. Kirlew is hopeful the bookstore would sell them for. risk when they make the decision to sell that students will put off selling their The program is slated to run this com their books. If it sells, the student could books at the end of the summer and opt ing Fall during the first few weeks of the double or triple what the bookstore is toputthem upforsalein the exchange in semester (exact dates have not been re offering, but if it doesn't... the beginning of the Fall. "If you're hard leased but the program will most likely "Sometimes you do run a risk," ac up for the 5$, sell your books to the be during the first two weeks of class in knowledges John Kirlew. Student Gov bookstore, but if you actually want to the breezeway), but Student Govern ernment Vice-President. "If we're· un make some money back, wait and put ment has initiated plans for a perma- able to sell your book, you lose out on your books up for sale in the exchange. sm r I by Jason Weaver when buying books. But we use five or order materials for every student in a If you arc one of those students who six wholesalers, meaning that we can class, Booksmart is not and thus is sub want better prices than the bookstore shop around textbooks to get the best ject to shortages. Booksmart also gets but don't want to take the risks involved possible buyback rates." textbookorderslaterthantheFAUBook- in the book exchange, there is a third Booksmart, like the FAU Bookstore, store due to'the fact that the FAU Book option: Booksmart. isn'tparticularlyworriedaboutthebook store faxes them the textbook list after Booksmart has long been located on exchange. "Beingastudentmyself,"said they receive it. The FAU Bookstore is 20th street but recently expanded to Oaks Kidd, "''d check the required to let Plaza on Glades Road. Carrying a full exchange first. But it r-'""'P-=::----~""'"---...- Booksmart have the selection of textbooks and offering is very risky. No one textbook list, as it is buybacks on books as well, Booksmart will give you cash for public information. feels they have a competitive edge over a book after a few Wherever you buy the FA U bookstore. weeksafterthesemes- and sell your books, "I know weare genera II y cheaper than ter, so if your book there is always some the bookstore to such a degree that doesn't sell at the ex- risk involved. Fortu- people make a special effort to come change, you're SOL." nately, with the FAU here. We're not justa few cents cheaper," Booksmart, how- B o o k s t o r e , says Angela Kidd, an employee at the ever, is not completely Booksmart and the store. And will Booksmart offer you risk free. Unlike the soon-to-be-perma- more money for books that you're sell F AU Bookstore, nent book exchange, ing? Booksmart thinks so: "The FAU which is required to students now have Bookstore operates with one wholesaler E311ii~.:!!=~ some options. 10 Kurt Federow: A Lifetime's Worth of Experience with it. He is also working on Clinton's by Jolene Diamantine He spent much of his time alone. He that a reality," he said. He also jumped re-election campaign. He said that it is says, "I can put up my walls pretty out of planes as part of his experience time to get rid of the two-party system "Fate." That was what directed Kurt quickly." His upbringing also affected and said that it made him always say but Clinton is good at staying towards Federow toward his fraternity, Sigma how he dealt with others. "If I don't 'What's next?' instead of resting on his the middle. Alpha Mu. It seems to be what directs respect you professionally, it's hard for last achievement. Federow will again be an orientation the rest of his life, too. me to deal with you at all." "The hardest part of getting to the top guide at FAU. He said he likes to play Federow got the typical family expe Federow takes intimate relationships is staying there." That is Federow's the "big brother I parenting role" because rience with the fraternity. He got into it very seriously. He looks for people with motto for life. He said that he is now he is older than many of his peers but because he met Andy Lirot, current SG rebalancing his life not so old that his advice or help is out of Controller, who had come to him to see after his SG Presi touch. Federow, with his many experi about being his roommate at the time. dency. He enjoyed ences at FAU, in the "real world" and Lirot was the Prior of Sigma Alpha Mu being part of the de with friends and family, has a lot of then. He is now on the Board of the cision making pto useful information to impart to incom Inter-Fraternity Council. cessat FAUbutsays ing Freshmen. he was s tressed One thing is certain: Kurt Fcderow is from it and that it not finished implementing change, Foray into Politics was difficult balanc working for students, and providing a Federow used his experiences in the ing school and SG. good time for others through his efforts fraternity as a springboard to becoming On student involve and through his fraternity. Student Government President, where ment, he said that he led SG to one of its most successful the Administration years ever. But Federow came up short has done its part, the Secrets of the in his bid for reelection last Spring. Faculty has done its Fedcrow, still championing student part, now it's the issues and student rights, is running for students' time. "It's Ice Man the position of Student Regent on the really up to the stu Board of Regents, the governing body dents to keep up by Jole11e Diamatttine on higher education issues in Florida. their end and to con The Ice Man came toFAU. Recently He discovered that by going to these tinue to be active." a lecture was held by Swedish an meetings and by getting involved, a dif thropologist Tjorstein Sjovold on the ference could be made. "The system Worst of Times European man found from the Stone really docs work but on ly if you usc it," One the worst Age. The lecture on June 30 was part he said. times in Federow's of the Continuing Education and He pointed out the 120 credit rule, life · was his Open University program offered on • where legislators were looking to charge grandfather's death. campus. Sjovold is from Sweden's extra money to students who stay in He said that his Stockholm University. Sjovold is a school too long. Fcderow tried to bring grandfather was the professor of historical osteology. to officials' attention that students gen only family member The body's nickname is "Otzi". He erally do not want to stay in school. He on his father's side probably owned goats or sheep at the said that he tried to aim their attention to give him credit time and was making tools out of to the advising system, financial aid and have faith and stone. Those included were an ax with requirements and students who change respect for him. He a copper head, a flint dagger, anrl a their majors after being in school for said that when he bow and arrows. awhile as factors that affect their enroll good heart, head, character and who are does something for the right reasons, he It is thought that he probably froze ment. II Are we saying that we only owe realistic. But he said that the important always thinks of his grandfather. He to death while sleeping outdoors. His bacccluerates to students? The college key to a lasting relatronship is being best said that what made his death worse body was found five thousand three experience is more than that," he said. friends and having the best sex, which was that his grandfather was ill for six hundred years later by two German His biggest goal is getting money for includes experimentation or at least open months previous to his death. Nobody mountain climbers in 1991. He was in FAU. A position on the Board of Re mindedness. He sees himself as being told him this and it was not until two Italy's Otzval Valley. When he died, agents will help him do that. independent, strong and selfish but said days after the death that Federow was he was said to be 25 to 40 years old. That is not all he wants to do for the that he balances it out by giving tooth called. His skin tone and body organs have students. He is planning another Key ers. He said his father was not always When he is not trying to set up pro remained intact to the time he was West Fantasy Fest this year. Last year enc·ouraging, making him that much grams, small businesses or ski trips, he discovered. He was wearing leather eighty people went on the overnight more driven to accomplish his goals. likes to play basketball, plays the guitar leggings, shoes with hay for insula trip, and this time Federow is hoping and works on his computer. He used to tion and a bearskin hat. He also had that with advance advertisement of the GI Kurt work the music circuit in Boston, and as tattoos. They were on his wrists, back trip, 300 to 400 people will be able to go Before he came to FAU he joined the a keyboard player he was in high de and lower legs. They were paraUel by bus. He said that the Fantasy Fest military. While in the service, he spent mand, playing for three bands at a time. lines made of soot forced under the and a ski trip to Colorado is definitely time in Germany and that helped him He eventually gave it up because it was skin with a sharp instrument. going to happen. realize how different people can be. He "going nowhere." It was thought that he was a hiker said that the service helped him grow who had died about twenty years ago Growing Up up and taught him self-discipline, self Looking Ahead but testing proved otherwise. Scien Federow grew up in New Hampshire. respect and confidence. "It allowed me Federow has now applied to Harvard tists used to think that metal was not He had frequent moves with his family, to not only dream but to have the re for their MBA program because he said used in the Stone Age, but the tools was overweight and was an avid reader. solve and the inner strength to make he will be able to do a lot more for people found with the body discredited the theory. FAUFree Press · July 19,1995 _:_~~~~------======--Tf Greek~y/9.-i:Y.~.. Advice For Coming Rush Week "It's a way to get to know other greeks on campus." ers and there are pool parties and BBQs depending on That is what rushing is all about, according to Sarah the creativity of the chapter. "Picking an organiza Lepolstat, a Phi Sigma Sigma sorority sister. Rush Week tions can shape the rest of your college career," said is one of the busiest weeks of the year on campus. It is Seth Fishman, president of the Inter-Fraternity Coun when most of the fraternities and sororities welcome cil, the body governing fraternities. The Panhell inic students and let them know what their organizations are Council serves this purpose for sororities. all about. "The friendship is great, not at all snobby like Picking a fraternity is different for everyone. "Some you would gather from the movies," said Lepolstat. people will find one fraternity immediately and stay "Fraternities and sororities are not that exclusive." with that one for the rest of their college years," said "It's given me a base for sisterhood," said Lepolstat. Fishman. He said that many students choose an orga Many students develop a relationship with the organiza nization because they think it is the biggest or has the tion or have friends who belong to it before they join. most parties. "When rushing, choose the fraternity "Most freshman don't come in saying, 'Oh, I want to join you fit in with best," said Fishman, "the one you're B8II a greek organization,"' said Lepolstat. There are a variety most comfortable with. " Fishman advised that stu of different people in the fra ternities and dents start meeting the organi zations AEII sororities. "People are afraid of being slowly. typecast as the Jock on campus or - The next Rush week will be held the cheerleader," said Erik on the week of September 4. Guzinski, member of Alpha That will also be the week of Epsilon Phi. Labor Day Monday, cutting Rushing is done once every Rush week down to tpree days Fall and Spring officially al instead of four. Fishman said, though some organizations ac "This Fall rush will probably be cept new members throughout the biggest ever." There will be the year. During Rush Week the ~~""=ol._t..,;;;~ at least six fraternities rushing Breezeway is covered with fly- IUII!WW/Witlil new this Fall. Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Greek Life But Were Afraid To Ask by Jason Weaver Q: What is Rushing? with letters on them. A: Rushing is the process of selecting a Fraternity or Q: What will it cost? Sorority. "Rush Week" is the week that all groups put A: Dues are around $150-200 a semester. on parties, events, etc. and all students are invited to Q: Which group should I pick? come and meet the brothers or sisters. Rushing does A: It is generally a bad idea to pick a Fraternity or not make you a member of a Greek organization; you Sorority based on party habits. Just because Betty can are simply having a good time with group members to drink like a sailor doesn't mean her sorority is a good see if the group, and Greek life itself, is right for you. one for you. Choose a group using the same criteria Q: Then what is pledging? you would use choosing your friends, i.e., are you A: After you have selected a Fraternity or Sorority, comfortable with these people? Do they seem trust you may be asked to join. Once you decide to join, worthy? there is an interim period before you actually become Q: Will joining hurt my grades? a brother or sister. This period is a pledge period, A: If you let it. Most Greek groups offer academic although each organization may use different terms support, but like anything else, if you decide to go to for the period, as well as different time periods, and your Fraternity bowling night instead of studying, some groups may not even have a traditional pledge you're going to have problems. period at all. Q : How many people are Greek? Q: Do I need to drink to join? A: At larger schools, thousands of students will be A: Absolutely not. The days of "Animal House" are Greek. At FAU, however, less than 10% of the student over. body is Greek. Q: What are Greek Houses? Q: What ifl join and later decide I need to drop out? A: Greek houses are large, multi-room homes that A: Each Fraternity and Sorority has a different policy. house 50-100 members. FAU does not have Greek This is a good question to ask at rush. houses, unless you call a dorm room with 8 fraternity Q: So every group with Greek letters is a Fraternity members stuffed into it a Greek house. or Sorority? Q: What will Greek life do for me? A: No. Often professional clubs will use Greek let A: Greek life provides an opportunity to socialize ters, as will academic groups. Traditional Greek orga with others, learn your way around campus, party, nizations are often referred to as social organizations. etc. It can be a place to built! a resume through leader And while you cannot belong to more than one frater ship as well. Through alumni, jobopportunities can be nity or sorority, you can belong to one and be a obtained. Greek groups are usually active on campus, member of a professional or academic group. Most holding events and often traveling for conventions. As professional and academic groups are co-ed as well, a Greek member, you belong to a nationwide network unlike Greek groups that are either male or female (It's of Fraternity or Sorority members. It also simplifies confusing, but hey, you're in college now.) your wardrobe, as all you have to do is wear clothes 12 Intram Soccer The first summer game was played saturday, July 15th ...... Next game ~- , J~a · will be held . ~~,.__._~~~-MORIS-----JST"N on July 25th. by Tom O'Brien The French government used ap proximately 150 navy commandos on Sunday to disable and then forc ibly board the Greenpcace vessel The following is a "Rainbow Warrior II," igniting an international storm of protest against· copy of the press the French government, and in par release issued by ti cular, French President Jacques Greenpeace on Chirac, spurring an outpouring of Sunday July 9. It is a s u ppo rt for the G reenpeace chronology of the organization's efforts. events up to and Greenpeace had sent the vessel to including the incident deli ver peaceful protesters to the French Commandos Peer Into the Rainbow Warrior II Before the Raid. South Paci fi c island of Moruroa, lo involving the French The tear gas was soon to follow, despite the fact that only peaceful cated in French Polynesia, where the government and the protests were planned by Greenpeace. French government is pl anning to do "Rainbow Warrior II": Photo, Courtesy of Greenpeace. a series of nuclear weapons tests. Green peace had hoped that their pres ence would bring worldwide atten Saturday July 8 tion to the tests, and that as a result, 1530 Rainbow Warrior rendezvous with Vega; crew transfer. Inflatable with David McTaggart on board leaves Rainbow international pressure would be put Warrior. Radio contact made with Bifrost. on France to abandon their tests. Sunday July 9 The timi ng of the protest was 0200 Launch two inflatables in darkness from the Rainbow Warrior. (Three warships tail Rainbow Warrior) planned to coi ncide with the tenth 0330 Launch second pair of inflatables in darkness from the Rainbow Warrior (Todd Thompson) and French warships anniversaryoftheJuly 15, 1985bomb begin chase of inflatables. ing and sinking of the original Rain 0400 Helicopter search for inflatables begins. bow Warrior by the French govern 0500 Rainbow Warrior and four inflatables cross into 12 mile exclusion zone around Moruroa Atoll. It is tracked by ment, in w h ich Greenpeace two patrol vessels and a frigate. French warship Vendemiare warns Rainbow Warrior that it is prepared to use photographer Fernando Pereira was force to take control of the vessel. killed. Ironically, the original ship 0615 Julein Prieur, aboard Greenpeace inflatable radios Rainbow Warrior to say he is in the lagoon. All three inflatables was also on a mission to protest reach the drilling rig in the lagoon and two activists lock themselves to the rig. French nuclear tests. 0630 Commandos in inflatables storm the Rainbow Warrior as it enters the main channel into the pass at Moruroa. The French commandos disabled 0635 Commandos break the Window on the bridge of the Rainbow Warrior and throw tear gas into the bridge. David the Rainbow Warrior II by ramming Enever stops the engines and all the crew head for lower deck. The Rainbow Warrior is rammed by a French tug, it and creating a large hole above the ripping a hi>le above water level on the starboard side of the bow and twisting antennae. waterline, theyalsosubd ued thecrew 0640 Crew exit the lower accommodation driven out by tear gas. Commandos enter the lower deck and take an axe to by firing tear gas onto the deck and the door of the radio room. through smashed windows. How 0650 A canister of tear gas is released into the radio room via split made in the radio room door. Choking for breath, ever, four life rafts had already been radio officer Thorn Looney and campaigner Stephanie Mills exit the radio room via its porthole and clamber on dispatched fro m the "Ra inbow War to upper deck. French campaigner Jean·Luc Thierry leans halfway out the porthole and continues to talk to rior II" carrying protesters to the is French media via satellite phone until commandos enter the room. land lagoon. Three of the rafts were 0700 Two Greenpeace activists are removed from the drilling rig by French commandos. All four inflatable crews are spotted by the navy and ca ptured, taken to Moruroa. Journalists aboard the Rainbow Warrior, Oscar Temaru, Monseigneur Jacques Gailot and while one raft with its crew managed pastor Temarama are taken aboard a French military vessel and transported to Moruroa Atoll. Commandos and to escape detection. All of the crew of maritime police take over control of the Rainbow Warrior and a tow line is attached to a tug. the life rafts which were captured 0930 The Rainbow Warrior crew demand that the inflatable crew are allowed to rejoin the ship will only give their names to their 1000 Gendannerie (maritime police) demand to interrogate the women crew members on board the Rainbow Warrior captors as "Fernando Pereira." individually. The captain and crew refuse to do this and demand access to a lawyer. The French authorities back down. By raiding the vessel, the French 1005 The Rainbow Warrior is towed onto the Moruroa lagoon and moored onto a buoy inside the entrance to the government unw ittingly helped lagoon. Skipper Dave Enever continues to refuse to leave his ship until all of the crew is returned to it. Meanwhile Greenpeacc to achieve its goal of in the interrogation of the crew on the inflatable by the maritime police is going on in Moruroa atoll. The crew ternational attention, as governments refuse to give their identities, merely saying their name was "Fernando Pereira," the name of the Green peace from around the globe condemned photographer killed on Rainbow Warrior I in 1985. The crew on the inflatable non-violently resist arrest by not only the raid, but also the planned maritime police. -Tom O'Brien nuclear tests. See "Commando," p. /6 14 FAU Free Press · July 19, 1995 'French want to detonate eight bombs "Higher rates of cancer, between September birth abnormalities and 1995 and May 1996, other illnesses have been and then French experienced by people in President Jacques French Polynesia since Chirac says that testing began." France will agree to a --Greenpeace comprehensive test ban treaty. ' Moruroa, radiation was detected in The history of atomic warfare is brief, Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand. encompassing a period of about a wPPII:'IIw" "According to testimony from people in August of 1945, 50 years ago thli~~~~(«MllPJ,~ affected by the tests collected and month. Bu t in the South Paci f i~ published by Greenpeace, higher rates amongst the sleepy atolls, leafy of cancer, birth abnormalities and other trees and powerless natives who -G''j~~ illnesses have been experienced by entranced European sailors, nuclear war · people in French Polynesia since testing has never really ended. began," the organization says. It has slowed quite a bit, what with It adds that the French test sites have the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty "enormous quantities of wastes," (NPT), but the French want to detonate The 1970 Non-Proliferation treaty be as high as 200. . including contaminated earth, clothes eight bombs, according ~o ~he sought to go beyond the 1963 agreement There were 44 atmospheric tests and and equipment. environmental orgamzahon and achieve complete nuclear Of great concern is the escape of Greenpeace, between September 1995 131 underground tests, the organization radiation from disarmament by the nuclear states, in and May 1996, and then French says. Those not .------,underground tests exchange for non-nuclear states President Jacques Chirac says that monitored may have because of cracks in the agreeing not to produce or acquire France will agree to a comprehensive been low-yield atoll caused by repeated nuclear weapons. The NPT's preamble test ban treaty. underground test that explosions. "Chimneys called a comprehensive test ban a Greenpeace itself has been the ta r~et did not register on and fractures allowing priority. of actions by the French military for 1ts seismograph!l water to permeate into France refused to sign the 1963 efforts to stop nuclear testing at agreement and fi~ally became_ a The Damage Has Been Done the atoll have been Moruroa atoll, including the destruction signatory to the NPT m 1991. But th~re created," Greenpeace says. "The in July 1985 of its ship, the Rainbow was always pressure to resume testmg The ecological damage has been evidence suggests that shocks caused by Warrior, in Auckland, New Zealand. and the election of conservative Jacques immense, Green peace says. Radioactive successive explosions have created an (See accompanying story.) Chirac was followed by the contamination of the air and water additional problem in confining the announcement that there radioactive materials." A History would be more tests. These materials are being "The French military has carried by ocean currents, the The first test ban treaty was signed strongly lobbied the 'France announced that, because it organization says, and can after long negotiations in 1963 by t~e conservative government of was not a signatory [of the then enter the area's food United States, Britain and the Sov1et Prime Minister Balladur to nonproliferation treaty], the treaty chain, with disastrous results Union. It banned nuclear weapons tests resume testing," according to for the inhabitants. in the air, under the sea or in space, Greenpeace. "[They argued] did not apply to her. Other Despite these concerns according to the August 2, 1963, issue that at least 20 more tests are countries were invited to sign the about the escape of radiation, of Time magazine. France insists that the testing necessary before France could treaty, too, and many did.' "A clause obviously aimed at France use computer simulated tests is safe, Greenpeace says. and Red China," the article noted, to develop new nuclear Although there is much "pledges the parties to 'refrain from weapons." opposition to the testing of causing,encouraging or in any way The weapons to be tested at Moruroa caused by not just French but also nuclear weapons in the South participating in the carrying out of any include nuclear warheads for France's Russian, Chinese, American and British Pacific, especially from countries near nuclear weapons test whatever'." new Triompahnt class of submarines tests have caused birth defects and a or downwind from the test sites, China Underground testing was, howev~r, and the warhead for a new air-to high rate of cancer among the natives continues to conduct surh tests. excluded at the insistence of the Sov1et surface missile. living in the hemisphere. Three days after talkc; on the Nuclear Union and France announced that, According to Greenpeace, there have Despite French claims that there Non-Proliferation Treaty, in April of this because it was not a signatory, the treaty been about 80 tests detected at Moruroa would be no fallout on inhabited year, China detonated its forty~second did not apply to her. Other countries and nearby Fangataufa atolls in the time islands, Greenpeace notes that after the bomb. In May, the treaty was g1ven an were invited to sign the treaty, too, and frame 1966-1992, and the number may first atmospheric tests by France at many did. See "Paradise", p. 16 15 FAU Free Pnss · Jwy 1 9, 1 ~5 ------"Commando".Jrom p. 14 51nce Mr. Chlrac s announcement on rone 13 that French goods, and a consumer the French government planned to restart nuclear boycott of all French goods is already weapons testing_ and the subsequent Greenpeace under way throughout Asia." incident, international criticism has been mounting. For its part, France has brushed aside Australia and New Zealand have frozen defense ties the wave of international criticism. Environmental Studies at FAU, said, "Personally, I , with Paris and politicians have called for a boycott "France will command respect for the measures it thought that the whole nuclear thing was behind us. of French products.In the U.S. House of has decided to take by requiring respect for legality I mean it's just not necessary, particularly with the Representatives, two resolutions have been in its territorial waters," Prime Minister Alain Juppe said. According to other French officials, newly end of the cold war. And in terms of the damage to introduced calling on France to cease nuclear testing the environment, it's just indefensible. As far as in the South Pacific, while 113 representatives elected President Chirac remained determined to Greenpeace goes, I'm not always in favor of their urgently called on President Bill Clinton to accelerate carry out the series of eight underground weapons tests, that he said would begin in September and methods. But in this case, with the French, I'm with U.S. efforts to conclude a global Comprehensive Test them [Greenpeace]." Ban Treaty. And according to an editorial in the Boca conclude by May. News, "Hong Kong restaurants ha':e banished Locally, Leonard Berry, Director of the Center for JJ 1978-Whale Campaign: Rainbow Warrior launches whaling campaign against Whale Campaign in Spain: Makes a second voyage to Spain to protest against Icelandic whalers and sails to Spain to confront Spanish whalers. whaling operations. After successful confrontation in June, the ship is seized and held in the military harbour of El Ferro! by Spanish authorities who remove Nudear Campaign: The Rainbow Warrior intercepts the British nuclear waste portions of the propulsion system to prevent escape. h1p GEM trying to dump 5000 barrels of radioactive waste. One of the 600 In November, after being impounded for five months, replacement parts are pound teel barrels crashes onto a Greenpeace inflatable, narrowly missing smuggled aboard and the ship escapes by night, happily arriving m Guernsey in ttscrew Protests against a shipment ofJapanese spent fuel earned by the Pacific the Channel Islands. FISher to Barrow in Cumbna. 1981· Seal Campaign: Crosses the North Atlantic in February (after having ice strengthening added to the bow) to campaign against the slaughter of harp seal 1 pups on the ice packs off the east coast of Canada. Memben; of the crew are arrested for dyeing the pups' coats green to make them comme dally worthless. J Greenpeace is a charitable orgamzation dedicated to the preservation of the environment. They have earned a reputation as a semi-radical group as they are willing to interfere with lawful proceedings in their attempts to halt ecological damage. The organization was founded in 1970 as the "Don't make a wave committee" by Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote and Irving Stowe, who were protesting nuclear testing in the Pacific Northwest that they feared could cause an earthquake or tidal wave. The three founding members were originally Canadian activists in the Sierra Club, but they found the club to be too tame for their liking, so they formed their own more radical and more active group. Believing that their original chosen name was too cumbersome, they soon changed it to Greenpeace, and it is under this name that the organization has flourished. Major Campaigns and Goals Nuclear Testing - To stop all nuclear testing was the original goal of Green peace, and today it is still a primary mission. Indeed the Rainbow Warrior II was attacked as its crew attempted to bring international attention to France's decision to resume nuclear weapons testing. Whales - Greenpeace's main preoccupation from its inception in 1970 until1975 was the issue of nuclear testing. That changed in 1975 when Paul Spong joined forced with Creenpeace. Sprong had been recently dismissed from his after birth, so the hunters had to kill the pups before their boats into the paths of vessels delivering research job at the Vancouver Aquarium for publicly stating . nd befo th e radioactive or otherwise toxic materials. that their captive orca (killer whale) wanted to be free. Spong they Were able to Swtm a re ey were ven and Greenpeacc educated the masses about the plight of the weaned from their mothers. whales, which were being virtually hunted to extinction, and interfered with the ability of the whaling fleets to continue Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion and other Pollution - hunts. Creenpeace members have draped banners over monuments under repair for acid rain deterioration. Newfoundland Seal Pups- Green peace brought worldwide They have dosed waste valves from chemical plants attention to the plight of the baby seals which were killed by which dump into rivers and lakes. They protest at clubbing and were stripped of their white pelts by hunters. factories where ozone destroying chemicals are The pelts of the baby seals only rem=a~in~w~h~it~e~fo:r~s=ev:e:r:a~lw:ee~k:s~s:pe:\:lll:ed~in:t:o~t:h:e~a~tm:o:sp~h:e:r:e.~A:n:d~tl:1e:y ~l:1a:v:e~p:i~lo:t:ed~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!~ ~a.in.bo~ a.rri- nrifh~.. t Campaign: Voyages to the Bering Sea to confront deep sea salmon driftnet its links with islanders visited by the Gree,npeace yacht Vega during which kill thousands of sea birds and marine mammals annually as previous anti-nuclear campaigns. Green peace and the islanders arc united in their efforts to prevent the London Dumping Convention from lifting its two-year moratorium on radioactive waste dumping at sea. Arrives in Campaign: Voyages to Siberia to document illegal Russian whaling Auckland, New Zealand, to support that nation's nuclear free policies and boera:tionat Lorino, where several hundred California grey whales are killed each is warmly welcomed by the public. Seven crew members are arrested by the Soviets, but the Rainbow Warrior nn:::~nt..,_,.,vr~><: a Russian warship and other pursuit vessels and arrives safely July lOth -The Rainbow Warrior prepares to lead a peace flotilla of ships in Alaska. The crew members are held for five days, but are finally released from New Zealand to Moruroa to peacefully protest agamst French nuclear outcry against whaling and in support of Greenpeace efforts. testing. Three days after arrival in Auckland, French agents bomb and smk the Rainbow Wantor in the harbour, killing Greenpeace photographer J!l~~k.(:-.tPaiaru Sails through the Panama Canjl} to the Gulf of Mexico to Fernando Pereua ~-~~nsf pQ:~q;~in(ine;ration of toxic chemicals; several days after the ship ift~~ ;theUS' En~viro•nm,ent,al Protection Agen<:}f revokes the pe.rmit ...... • Don't just sit there- Write us! Let ters or articles should be submitted to UC room 229, or E-Mailed via America On-Line at "FAU Owls". All submissions should include sig nature and phone number. Anony mous letters will not be published, but the Free Press will withhold printing names if specifically re quested. Letters may be edited for length or clarity. For article submis sions authors may include a wallet size photo of themselves for publi cation. The Free Press can be reached at 367-2393. Does anyone read this? e olor Sc erne for ~m~~!~,~tdeci- ~ ~~T&~~h!:~ing . sionsofT&Ppointtotheneed for change. since 1990 until forced to by student late evenmg, so why are they forced • First, just in case this is the first time pressure last year! It seems funny that par~ in Siberia? I just do not get the ALL you are reading the Free Press, T&P is a this committee went five years without logtc. But I can understand how this self-perpetuating machine. In other meetingtodiscusssuch an obvious prob- ~arne about because faculty and ad min words, the amount of money T&P col- lem. Then again, maybe not, because tstratorscontrol the board that make the DECALS lects from us in fines and fees roughly the majority of the people on this board rules. No checks and balances of de equals the amount of money to operate are faculty and administrators. They al- mocr~cy are ':'or_king in t~i~ case. T&P. • Sixth, agam, m case this ts your first If T&P reduced the excess fines, they 'J, for one, COUld Jive with reading of the Free Press, the T&P rules would have to reduce their budget (less one 0 tw: ' f k . themselves are arbitrarily enforced. people, golf-carts and fewer new com- r O ess IC etlng Manypictorialsandarticleshaveclearly puter toys). I, for one, could live with one people on the payroll, a shown that some of our older groups on I or two less ticketing people on the pay- few less golf-carts to run campus are not, by unspoken rule, sub- roll, a few less golf-carts to run from, and from, and fewer ject to the same strict guidelines as stu- fewer computers that flag my grades dents. But, at the same time, the influx by Kurt Federow and registration every semester. computers that flag my ~ythesegroupsdisplacesstudentpark- Traffic and Parking. • Secondly, the T&P appeals process, grades and registration mg. Students, delayed for class while Mention this department to anyone for thOSe Suffering injuStiCe abOVe and every semester. I S~arching for-alternative parking, are on campus and you are sure to hear beyond the call of duty, is not an appeals __.....;:..,.. ___...;;..:.:.. ______ticketed for taking the same liberties as many stories of the continued injustice process. Yes, you have been lied to by ready have premium parking so their the other group(s). Students are the Traffic and Parking (T &P) inflicts hourly. the machine and it will not be the last on~y concern is the price they are re- only c~mpus group repressed by an It i.s ironic that so many students and time. With a real appeal, you get a neu-· qwred to pay for the privilege of park- authonty they have no real voice in! other members of the FAU community tra_l bo?y to c?nsider the case based upon ing where they work. They may not like . • _Seventh. The University Center, have been tormented by T&P over the objechve cnteria like policies, proce- the price but they are content to keep tromcally, collects a traffic and parking years, yet very little has been accom dures, and precedents. With the T&P the~rmouthsshutsoatleasttheycansee fee on event tickets and supports its plished in finding solutions to the prob appeal process, biased T&P personnel their car all day from their desk. own traffic and parking staff. So our lem. How can this be at an institution of sit on the board and the case is consid- • Fifth, thinkabouthowparkingisset own T&P doesn't want to do the real "higher education?" ered under subjective criteria; a less than up. Employees pay for premium park- stuff, just the fun stuff, like giving tick The Answer: a wall of inertia! onesideofone page "T&P Appeal Guide- ing and customers (students) do not. ets ~nd collecting money (and saying no What? Inertia? Isn't that some science lines" is used. In other words, your ap- Every place 1 worked at, I parked for durmg appeal hearings). thing? Yes it is. Inertia, loosely defined peal depends which side of bed the T &P free in the back of the lot. Granted, some • The final point, if there even is one in this case, is the property by which Appe~l members got up on Tuesday faculty and ad T&P will continue in its current state STERN mornmgs. Many have had their appeal ministrators. unless acted upon by another force. granted, while others have not for the require quick The University, since becoming a four very same violation. Where is the justice and easy access year institution in 1984, has undergone of an appeal in that? to campus be- tremendous growth. This growth fo • Thirdly, lastyearwhenitwastimeto cause of the cused limited education funds on build hire a new T&P Director, you would nature of their ings, programs, faculty, equipment and think that FAU would search the Earth jobs. The rna the like. Little time or money was avail for a T&P guru that could save us from jority of our able for T&P and a number of other our desperate situation. Alas, this was faculty and areas like food service or student ser not the case, and a member of our own staff, however, vice~, that, while not 100% necessary to ~AUcommunitywasnamedtotheposi- park their car obtam a degree, improve student life. tw_n- not that favoritism and nepotism in the morning T&P was never a high priority and was ex 1st at FAU or other bureaucracies. This and do not re given minimal resources. Left alone, person, although a nice person and ef- turn to it until T&P has grown, as only bureaucracies fective administrator, lacked the T&P the end of the can, by reacting (regressive thinking) to systems experience to be the most quali- day. Students demand as opposed to planning for de fiedforthejob.Insteadofleadershipand come and go Can FAU's most maligned department be saved by mand (progressive thinking). T&P has change, we got the same ol' shit. from early red, yellow and green? Is T&P willing to change? grown into a huge wall that must be • Fourth, the committee that makes morning until broken now! 18 FAU Free Press • July 19, 1995 with T&P, is that the committee met this The T&P Committee and Appeals They Can't Ignore All Of Us past spring, finally, may I remind you, Board would be forced towards fa ir after five years. You would think that all ness (and logic) and their composition You may think I am being to cynical or kinds of ideas would be presented, de would mean less if all of us were sub that I do not care for FAU, but thi<> not at BLOTCHES bilted, and adopted. This was not the ject to the same p~licies and proce all the case. I care very much for FAU case. Minor word changing and cia ri fica dures. and I would like to make it bettL'r while by Setll Fisllmnu .;/.l'c•• tion was what the administration brought Metered parking revenues, event I am here so that others will not think the On July fourth, two ~, :~:~~~ to the table (agendas and worst of us or be burdened with our FAU police officers \~ ~ ') other documentation is ------~-~- problems. After a II, if you' rc not part of were called to .1wt• available to prove such). Metered parking revenues, event the solution, you're part of the prob investigate the Not surprisingly, the only ticket fees, and the significantly lem. fireworks show. While there, These points may help you, students, realchangewassuggested reduced collected fines would be they received several by student members of the faculty, and administrators, see the facts committee. Former sc dedicated to financing a parking from a more candid point of view ver complaints of loud music. The Vice-President Jason garage to be located behind the sus the typical systemic rhetoric. I hope officers called for immediate Weave r a nd myself that this focus, scrutiny, humiliation, backup, including a paddy brought forth what we __u_n_i_v_e_r_sit.;..y __ ce_n_t_e_l' ______...... ,___ whatever, will prompt T&P and the wagon. The Boca Pops could sec as the only real leaders w ithin our University adminis Orchestra was later detained alternative to the stt~tus quo or revisiting ticket fees, and the significantly reduced tration to answer the student call for and held for questioning. Steve the same oppo~ition debates. collected fines would be dedicated to change and to answer that call immedi Simpson, an FAU student, financing a parking ga ately. added "They should have .,...M_o_RI-s -sT-ER-N------, rage to be located behind The situation is growing more explo gotten captain Glasspack and the University Center sive with every hour and ticket given. (for those worried about Five-hundred new on-campus residents the Magic Mufflers." ~~~r:;"tj the Outdoor stage, and will need parking this year and another j~~~~~~~ rightly so, it will re-lo- 500 next year. Increased student enroll An FAU officer was dispatched ..,__ ,;~~~.... ~:;::llilJ.i cated to the area adjacent ment and additions to our staff and to lot 18 where he noticed to the humanities build faculty will stress the system further. something unusual: Lot 17was ing as part of the Heri The situation is on the tangent of the missing. tage park redesign and border line. If not a system of Red, Yel "They took everything, even expansion planned with low, Green, and a parking garage within handicapped signs. How low!" the new Student Union/ 5 years, then what else? There is a better remarked the officer. The services building). way if only those powers that be want to The planning for such change and they do not want to. police force is taking out space a garage must begin now You rr1ay think students can be ig on the back of TG Lee milk to accommodate the fu nored, but history 101 proves that the cartons and offering a reward. ture g rowth FAU has oppressed always rise, in one way or planned. At the Master another. Business 101 demonstrates that An unknown student led the Plan hearings last spring, customer satisfaction and a loyal cus FAU bicycle patrol on a wild FAU was shown as planning for tre tomer base (alumni and donors) arc the chase. When confronted, the Premium spots, premium prices mendous projected growth over the keys to success. student said, "Watcha going The ball, as they say, is in the next seven to ten years. By the early to do about it, Mr. Bigwheel?" By no means a perfect system but, in 2000's, FAU is projected to roughly administration'scourt. We, the students, and then made a mocking the spirit of democracy, a market driven double in size to over 30,000. tried it their way. Our only option now, plan was presented. We would all be You'd think that such ideas would besides outright revolt and chaos, looks gesture. FAU police called in equal in this one area; If you wantto park get some positive response, but this like the legal system. Maybe a class ac for the Huffy secret weapon, real close, you'll pay more; If you don't was not the case. No one, besides stu tion suit similar to the motor vehicle and a harpoon. When reeled in mind a short hike, you'll pay less. dents, liked the plan. Of course, that impact fee case or even charges under near PBCC, the student said "I Red, Yellow, and Green \·vould be the would mean , God forbid, that some the RICO act for extortion. am Liu Kang. Prepare to fight." basis of the system. No wrong decal or people would have to get up off their Don't laugh ... some of us arc going to A straight jacket was used and lot or time or any other mix ups about ass and do some \·vork around here! It law school and may want all our T&P our Mortal Kombat friend was where to park. Your decal would have fines back ... with interest! would also mean thatT&P would have relocated to Boomers. one of the three colors and every pylon to give up their oppressive (those big cement things you try not to power base and rid them FAU police have implemented ·d ri ve over) would be painted (faculty selves of standard bureau TOP TEN ACRONYMS and staff parking is already painted red!). cratic (regressive) think a "students on patrol" Red parking would be what is now the ing. In a perfect world this FOR FAU program. The only drawback premium faculty and staff parking, Yel might have been the case, 10. Fighting Apathy Unsuccessfully has been the number of low would be the current premium stu but this is, however, FAU. 9. Forgetful Alumni University professors arrested by the dent parking. Green would be the cur TheT&PCommitteedid undergrad cops. FAU officer rent remote standard student parking. approve the student rec 8. Forever, Always Underappreciated Duncan Doughnuts added, The T&P department would cut costs ommendation to allow ac 7. Forget Athletics University "There are plenty of Graduate and personnel so that revenue generated cess to Faculty and Staff Assistants and TA's out there. by fees (not fines) would roughly eq u ~ l parking at 4:00pm. The 6. Faculty Are Unable We'll take the power back." the department's budget. Rough esti department says that 5. Future Aspirations Unrealistic mates would price Red at $200 per year should be ready by Fall. It 4. Finished And Unemployed "To protect and serve. Hail FAU (what people would die for to pay per will probably take a year 3. Failing, Aimless Undergraduates month in New Yorkt Yellow at $50 per or t\-'1'0 to get new signs, so and let's get those nerds" year, and Green at $15 per year. Red you can see how far stu 2. Financial Aid Unavailable would give access to all lots, Yellow for dents got within the sys 1. Find Another University itself and Green, and Green would be tem in about a year. 19, FAUGreenon Free Pressly. • July 19, 1995 ------1------~------L------• Q Thoughts on the '95-'96 SG Budget • The Theatre- Student Gov traditionally lacked a major act, unless you're one of shows. The campus could use its own legal services ernment gave $25,000 to the about ten people that showed up for Collective Soul like the Boca campus, or an intramural sports pro university theatre department, last Fall (yes, Collective Soul was here). gram. All these things do take time and money, but it's a $5,000 increase from years • Treasure Coast/Northern Campuses- Face it: no been three years now with little or no long-term plan past. This could very well be one in SG would have cared how much cash this ing going on financially. the most improper use of A&S satellite campus got if they hadn't cast about 100 votes • Sports Rock Cafe- I would say how happy I was fees ever. The theatre has tra in the last SG election. The northern campuses are that SG gave money to the Sports Rock Cafe, but I have ditionally received a couple getting a combined $22,000, compared to last year's sworn I would stop mentioning The Rock in every thousand from SG, but as the budget where they received under $10,000. The new single Free Press issue. cost begins to skyrocket, so do Director of Student Activities for the Treasure Coast • Graduate Programs-While Graduate Students the concerns. and North Palm Beach campuses is the crafty Joe should not have their A&S fees divided up and distrib The Theatre is a university Isadore, former SG person and Orientation director, tl:lted separately, a hot-button issue that state student department, nota student club. and you can bet he had a large hand in the increased governments often have to deal with at the Board of Why arc student funds helping an academic depart funding for these cam- Regents level, it is good to ment? Last time I checked, that was the university's puses. BUDGET 1995·1996 see Student Government, responsibility. To make matters worse, according to a • Davie Program Board ._. ~ J• ~ ... .,. ~v - ,._ .t .l ':. which is mainly undergradu- statement made by an SG Senator, the funds are going Program Board in Davie ates, setting aside cash for to buy equipment that is currently so old it presents does a fine job for what graduates. Statutes still must health hazards. they have to work with. be written pertaining to just So now it's SG's responsibility to protect students They have managed to cre how this money will be dis from the University? Doesn't the university have ate a family atmosphere on tributed; after all, if the some responsibility to maintain a safe environment the campus and always graduate students need the for students? make a point of knowing pennission of a largely un • Clubs- A common campaign promise was to give thestudentstheyserve. But dergraduate senate to spend around %5 of the SG budget to clubs. I'm not sure until Davie gets a venue, the money, what good is the what the percentages actually are, but this budget has even a small one, Program separate account? more line items for clubs and organizations than any Board will be relegated to • The Shuttle Bus- I have past budget. Many clubs will now be able to go to picnics and ice cream par no idea why SG is getting their conferences or have their on-campus parties ties. Which brings me to ... itself tangled in this mess without having to go through SG in the coming year. • Broward SG- While again. The last time SG was A~d while the Greek community likes to complain the Broward Student Gov funding a shuttle bus, which about the allocations for Greek Week and the Interfra ernment budget, like should be administration's ternity Council (IFC), the fact is that more Greek Boca's, makes a good deal cost anyway, the student's organizations hnve their own line items than ever of money available for were paying over $100,000 before. clubs, there is still a strik for about one hundred • Gorbachev- Regardless of what you may think ing lack of originality here. JASON WEAVER people a day to use it. If the about him coming to campus, the fact of the matter is The Broward campuses arc The 1995-1996 SG budget has administration wants to that we, will have a major program in the Fall. Even if growing like gangbusters it's faults, but overall is solid branch FAU out onto 20 dif- Gorby declines, that money can be used for any but the SG budget has fercnt campuses around the number of shows or concerts. The point is that while looked fairly similar for the last three years. western hemisphere, why don't they pick up the costs Spring has a large Homecoming concert, Fall has Their Program Board could use a venue to put on involved? Scorpio: You are an indlvldualtist. For·ae1tabout your friends, they only make you weak. Luc~ Number: 33 about anything this week . .... u.,.~--Jump , start a club, take 1111\Jdcucr. Lucky Number: 69 .. . 1 ~·~ • Imagine ... you're in time is high noon, gram Board thought South Florida and it's and you are a student so and they decided to by lillian R. Powers mid-July. Though you can looking for something to go on ahead and throw a see a few white, puffy do. rollerblading, Koolaid clouds in the sky, the gen Does this sound like sipping bash on the Uni Photos by Moris Stern eral weather circum- the perfect time for a versity Center (UC) park- stances are too hot to Rollerblade Party to ing lot on July13. be human. The you? Well, Pro- Please see page 23. 21 FAU Free Press · July 19,1995 ------St•mmer Party and C AM P U S H A P P E N I N G S Event Review by Seth Fishman Program_Board Puts With the lack of summer events, those that do occur tend to stand out. Some brief notes on some of the more interesting I ones: on Comedy Club Dive in Movie (June) Sponsor: Program Board By Luis Miranda Movie: Blown Atooy On Tuesday July 11; Program Board him. At Edden's request, audience· mem Number of people in the pool: 0 held yet another Comedy Club. This bers began to take the stage (in this case two Number of people outside of the pool: 35-40 time, the event fea- Number of people who romplained about the food arriving tured the talents of late: 30 Corwin Gaines and Number of people who left after the food was served: 25 Will Silvince. Both co Food: Pizza Hut, wings, and cheny flavored water medians are veterans Babe of event 'lliat cute lifeguard with the short hair of such stand up shows Stud of event You pick one as "Showtime at the Highlight The pizza, of rourse Low light: the hour wait before the food came A polio" and "Def Overall experience: We'll see next month ... Comedy Jam." The set ting, strange as it was, Student Government/ Fun Addicts Day gave the comedi(lnS the Sponsor: SG and Program Board opportunity to engage Crowd: Administration lawn was virtually barren the audience and their Cool Events: Sumo, Joust, Bungee l'Ul\ Velcro wall surroundings in an Free Giveaways: Night Owl key chains amusing and entertain Food: Take a guess. The usual ing fashion. Stud of the day: Some imported ringer who was out for blood. The Sports Rock Cafe No, not Andy Szabo was closed for renova Will Silvince performing at the comedy club. Highlight: Getting a chance to waffle some SG guys tion (in case you've Low lights: Rain, and the faculty relocating their lunch break to been living in a closet), eatA&Sfees and so the Multipurpose Room located tables) and pour on their own brand of hu Overall Experience: Would have been a good fall event near the dorms became home to the mor and, in one case, poetry. Edden should actually be commended for going up ~m Sizzlin' Summer Party 2 night's events. As usual Khris Edden, one of the Program Coordinators, began stage and making a strong effort to prepare Sponsor: Blue Thunder Productions the audience and host the show. Two thumbs Food: Those monster Poor Boy Subs from Winn Dixie up for Khris. Beverages: Every kind of cerveza made an appearance (and disappearance) Corwin Gaines took tables, er .. uh stage, Amount: The recycling program should be thrilled first. His performance was somewhat weak. Cover: Pass the hat His act basically seemed an improvisation Music Had a D.}. and an MC. conjured up from the events he had been Crowd: Friendly and buzzed witness to on his way here. Fortunately, Womantomanratio:Fairlyeven,JimmyDeanandhissausage though, he was just an opener for Will factory weren't invited Silvince. Corwin will have to settle for only Babe of Party: Her boyfriend was six foot five one thumb up. Stud of party: B} Boris Bjalme Will Silvince was hysterical. Even the im Game of choice: 3-man provised material was humorous. He inter Highlight: Fraternity guys getting tossed in the pool and safe acted well with the audience and brought atmosphere Low light: The rain canceled out the Bar-B-Q them into his show. Silvince performed Overall Experience: Can't wait for next one and that should be mo~tly off tables, excuse me .... "stage," en soon. gaging the audience and providing a sense Campus Life of familiarity to his. humor. Silvince's por ,I Sponsors: Whoever has a case trayal of how his mother had to use public Music: Intrepido and 80's flashbacks restrooms really did well with the ladies in Beverages: Whatever they can get a hold of. the audience who could't help but feel they Crowd: L.A.S.O., SG? and other people looking to hang out. too had had si~ilar experiences. Problems Very friendly as common as being "disturbed" while in Babes of Campus: Taped to my walls the shower became hilariously portrayed. Highlights: Check Campus gossip. I was carried home one Two thumbs up for Will. night... Corwin Gaines showcasing his talent. As for Program Board, they deserve two Lowlights: Rain and people in hibernation thumbs up, for providing good entertain Future: Look for Matt (whose stereo can be heard in Ecuador) ment through an otherwise slow summer and Fish to have gatherings the night with his own style of comedy Overall Experience: Hopefully those parties go well. Ifnot? Fall that more often than not leaves the audi on campus and even for the guy with the is always a zoo ence laughing at\im rather than with erratic spotligh. Don't miss the next one! 22 ':::======:=:::::______:------FAU Free Press • July 19, 1995 .:r Continued from Page 21. "I was the The event attracted be twren a number of students first one to fall so who were wandering around the UC that d ay. In-line they gave me skates were provided to stu dents at no cost and coolers full of Koolaid and water elbow pads." were standing by to help pre vent any instances of heat ex haustion. Additionly, elbow and knee pads were available to provide an extra margin of safety on the rock-solid surface of the parking Clearly, Roland lot. Bullard was the This was enough to attract Carl Eddyhalady, a highlight of the nine yc>a r old fifth grader at Holy Family School. event, being that He came along with his friends Roland Bullard it was the first and Silbert Mani, both program coordinators of time rollerblading the event. in his life. Peggy "It's cool," said Eddyhalady who enjoys in Young, Assistant line skating so long as he doesn't have any Director of Stu wipeouts. He said he is not a very experienced dent Affairs, said in-line skater, but did say "I'm better than Roland that "The best part [Bullard]." about the event was watching Rolland Bullard get up on rollerblades and hear him yell 'I can't stop."' Bullard, on the other hand, has a different sponsored a Rollerblade Party. He said that the outlook on the experience. "My boss, Peggy turnout last week was "better than last year" and Young, made was excited to see new faces showing up at re me do it," he cent Program Board events. said. "She Carline Nelson, junior, also feels that Program held my pay Board is doing a good job. "I think it's pretty cool 0 over my head that the school provided the rollerblades with .Q _ "Z oooom ... and an inves the pads for us. Program Board is doing a lot of --- tigation is stuff for us this summer," she said. I hope I don't forthcom Even though most of those who participated had a wipe out!' ing," he good time, the general consensus was that it was an joked. extremely hot afternoon despite the mild breeze. "I Though picked the wrong thing to wear, I always pick the those who wrong thing to wear," said Sharp, who was dressed in helped to co a long sleeved shirt. ordinate the Students who were in-line skating agreed. "In gen event were some of those on wheels, there were eral, people like rollerblading around campus at also ~ good number of students who were night," said junior David Berkowitz. He said that the drawn to the UC parking lot, too. campus has some great surfaces for ~ollerblading and Jennifer Walling, another student who tried he usually in-line skates up and down the Breezeway in-line skakting for the first time. at night when it is cooler. "It's fun and I suck really bad. I was the first one to Berkowitz, who has been trying to organize a "gang" fall so they gave me elbow pads," she said. Walling of in-line skaters to get together on a regular basis, added that her roommate told her to come. just sort of stumbled upon the event that afternoon According to Nathan Sharp of Program Board, after going to the UC. Who knows, perhaps he found this was the second time Program Board has some "gang" members that afternoon. 23 M 0 V I E S Nine Months An Amusing Retread of Tired Material by Clribbs O'Darby Once in a while a movie comes along that is so new, re freshing and origi nal that it literall y makes one fa ll in love all over again with the art of mo tion pictures. Pulp Fiction was one of those movies. Tile Piano was one of those movies. Nine Montlzs is not one of those movies. Nine Montlzs fits into the category of "Been there, done that," not that the cast doesn't try to make it work with what they've been given. Nine Mo11fhs cen ters on Sa m uel Faulkner, played by Hugh Grant whose live- in girlfriend of five years, played by a massage Julianne Moore, suddenly informs him that her birth control has fa iled and she seen in a while. Unfortunately you is expecting. I won't give away any more have to sit through about 15 min than that. If you've seen the advertise utes of dull exposition to reach it. ments, you probably already know the But hey, in Home Alo11e you had to rest. sit through an hour and a half of Director Chris Columbus must have boring exposition to get to the good some sort of vendetta against directing part. At least here the movie earns films that actually have real dramatic consistent laughs through most its action. Previous efforts of his include duration. the two Home Alone films and Mrs. Basically, if you like Hugh Grant, Doubtfire; all were huge hits (Home Alone see this movie. If you like the warm remains the highest grossing comedy of fuzziness and light-hearted humor all time). You would think with all that appointed with her main squeeze as they of Chris Columbus movies (also refer to success he would attempt to do some travel down the path of her pregnancy. John Hughes), see this movie. If you're a thing different. Well, in a way he has. Tom Arnold annoys affectively, basi guy on a date and you wish to impress Unlike his last two fi lms, this is an adult ca lly playing the same role he's p layed your lady with your male sensitivity, oriented comed y, and I doubt very much before, a lthough this time he is actually see this movie. If you're a serious mov that this will draw much in the way of a given a few moments to stop, breathe iegoer who thinks that the art of movie family crowd. But exactly like his last and act like a human being. Robin Wil making has gone downhill since the mid two films, Columbus strings together liams brings some wonderful comic re seventies and Short-Cuts is on your top some extremely hilarious moments with lief as a Russian doctor but is seen far ten list of movies ever made, don't see some extremely sappy storytelling. too little. Joan Cusak and Jeff Goldblum this movie. At least don't pay six bucks Hugh Grant proves just how good he are wasted in throw-away roles. to see it. You'd probably be happier at can be as he strains to give the material The really weird thing about every Apollo 13, a thinking man's (or woman's) some class. I am assuming that he must thing that I've just written is that all of summer movie. At least that gives you have had a personal massage therapist Chris Columbus'<; films; in spite of ev a smart script and real suspense spruced on hand to rub down those dimples af erything, are still entertaining. The fi up with some Oscar-calibur special ef ter every take. My face hurt just watch nale of the ride to the hospital (watch fects. Nine Montlts , on the other hand, ing him. But it's his charisma, charm for a theater billboard in the background deserves an Oscar nomination like I de and genuine likability that holds this spoofing Columbus's own Home Alone serve a Pulitzer for reviewing it. On the film together. Julianne Moore isn't given films) and just everything from the wa Chibbs Scale of 1 to 6 1/2 stars. as much to work with here, either. Her ter breaking to the birth of the baby are main purpose appears to be to look dis- some of the most inspired lunacy I've **21/2* (21/2 stars) 26 FAU Free Press · July 19,1995 MOVIES If you miss this one yo_u're Clueless By Luis Miranda Amy Heckerling, who bro.ught the world the now-classic "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," returns to the chaotic world of teenagers in "Clueless." This time, Heckerling, who wrote and directed the movie, focuses on teenage girls in the unique setting of Beverly Hills. Alicia Silverstone plays Cher, an authority on life's important issues. To her, those issues are dating, fashion, and looking good. Cher begins the movie behaving superficially and selfishly. These traits are not necessarily bad, though, since they probably contributed to her being cast in the first place. Throughout the movie the charac ter evolves from that superficial being into a warm and human person. Cher sets out to prove to her ex stepbrother Josh, played by Paul Rudd, that she's not selfish. To accomplish this task Chet initiates several unconventional projects. Her first project in volves subtly setting up two of her favorite teach ers in order to lighten them up. Of course if her grades improve as a result she won't mind. The next project is Tai(Brittany Murphy), the new girl in town who seems to be hopelessly out of style and out of luck. With the help of her trust ing sidekick Dionne(Stacey Dash), Cher embarks on a complete make over of the unfortunate girl. Despite the less than profound nature of her projects, they do take on a significant role in helping Cher develop and understand the world. AsCher learns more about those around her and about herself, she begins to realize how truly "clueless" she had really been, especially in mat ters of the heart. The fact becomes confusingly obvious that it is far more important to be be with who she loves than with the person most "acceptable." Alicia Silverstone's performance was. wonder ful. Through her subtle expressions and innocent style she manages to convey the truly naive char . acter that Chcr is. Silverstone also manages to develop the. character as one that grows and learns to feel more with her heart. Her expres- Alicia Silverstone stars in Amy Heckerling's "Clueless." sions of emotion are realistic and familiar. Without having to speak a single word, Silverstone manages to express a thousand thoughts. The supporting cast of the movie is also notable. No one had any truly spectacular performance, but all the actors maintained the humorous tone of the movie well. Even Mel, Cher's father, was portrayed amusingly by Dan Hedaya (best remembered as Nick Tortelli on Cheers). The casting staff did well, especially by choosing to bring fresh faces to the screen. Amy Heckerling succeeded in making a good comedy to present the confus ing world of teenagers and their evolution through High School. The plot was entertaining enough and the acting sufficient. Even after all this, though, most males, and a variety of females, could watch the movie just to see Alicia ... Silverstone and be more than content. *** FAU Free Press · July 19,1995 ------27 Nick's Italian Fishery: ADining Experience by Jennifer Parks ten-ounce tu na stea k when the For the past five years, Nick's Ital server brought it to my table. i.1n Fishery has been located in the This enormous tuna was accompa <1trium of the One Boca Place office nied by a tw ice-baked potato that was building, and in that short time the small, but very good. A cold, mari nated vegetable medley and some rrst<~urant hao; gained quite a repu tnlion. Ratl•d .1" one of the top fi5h broccoli added color to the plate. rries in thl' nation, Nick's is a well After the main course, the server known eatery here in South Florida. brought around a troy of desserts th at The inside of the restaurant is el contained five or six different items. egant, but comfortable enough that Although I had absolutely no room , casu<1l dress is acceptable. In the left in my stomach, I went ahead and middle of the restaurant you'll find ordered the chocolate cheesecake and a gi<~nt fish tank which displays a a cappuccino anyway. Both were de ,·ariety of beautiful fish. If you can lightful! get make it to this point without Nick's menu prices arc slightly high feeling bad for those poor guys, then - about $20 on average -but if you all you have to do is check out the enjoy good food, good wine and el mrnu. egant atmosphere and being well The meal starts off with an anti taken care of by staff, then Nick's is a pasto and a garlic bread covered place worth visiting. with mozzarella cheese, but be fore If you check them out this summer, warned not to eat too much of this it is most likely that you will not need because the dinner portions are very a reservation, but if you wait until all large. the snowbirdc; get here, you're better I ordered the grilled tuna off of off calling a few days in advance be their regular menu, and was rather cause during season getting a table surprised to find that it was about a can be a challenge. • Review films, concerts, plays, books and more • Write about events on and around campus • Go out and have fun & write about it • No particular experience is necessary 28 FAU Free Press · July 19, 1995 # Looking for music news? Look no place else. Here's all of the news you need: In concert news, hard rockers White Zombie plays the West Palm Beach Au ditorium July 24 in support of their latest CD, Astro-Creep 2000, which has sold ex tremely well. CaU Ticketmaster for more infonnation about this one. Stop by any record store inSou th Florida and take a look at Pink Floyd's two-CO live release called PuiS<'. TI1e CD packag ing was released in twoformatsboth with a blinking light powered by two double A batteries included in the package! One version has a slip-cover booklet case with the light on the spine, the other is a 5.5" >.. 12" longbox with the light on top. Both versions list for $34.98, while in Britain a four LP vinyl version hao; been released without the Light. David Bowie recently signed with Vir gin Reoords with a new scheduled to be released this fall. Entitled Outside, the CD features a producing/ composing reunion with Brian Eno ofU2 fame. As of press time, the new Morrissey album should have been released July 11 with eight new tracks: Tile Teadrers Are Afraid. oft he Pupils, Render Meet Author, TI1e Bot; Racer, 711e0peration,Dagenlmm Ocru?, Do Your Best And Don' I Worn;, Best Friend · On The Payroll m1d Southpaw. The CD is called Southpaw Grammar. 3) Grant Lee Buffalo EricOapton'sRninoowCOIIcertissched Honey Don't Think uled to be reissued later this month. The rernastered CD haseightadditional tracks which include Ulyln, Blues Pm.uer, Cross roads, Bottle of Red Wine, Bell Bottom Blues, Tell The Tmth, Ketj to the Higlmxzy and Let It Rain. Also scheduled for release later this month is Sugar's Besides, a compilation of 17b-sides from the US and UK One of the tracks is even a rare cover of The Who's Armenia Cihj In Tlte Skt;. Released by Rykodisc, the first 25,000 copies of the CD will include a bonus CD that features a live Sugar performance from a Minne 5) Goo Goo Dolls 7) Fossil apolis gig in November, 1994. A Boy Named Fossil A&M Records recently released a sow1dtrack for the IMAX film The Living SeLl. Featuring music by Sting, the soundtrackcontainsMnd About You,Fmg ile and a medley of One World (Not 71tree) with Love Is The Seventh Wave. In Police news, meanwhile, A&M Reoords plan on releasing this month Even; Breath You Take: The Classics, which contains the rare original version of Don't Stand So Close To Me and a remix of Messnge In The Bottle, plus aU of their other hits. Send your letters to (e-mail): [email protected], or to Chris Hanis 10) Laika 2158 Polo Gardens Drive, #103, West 8) Better Than Ezra Palm Beach, FL33414-2005. Silver Apples of the Moo Deluxe ... FAU Free Press • July 19,1995 ------29 .. , Adam Ant Babes In Toyland Robert Mainwaring "Wonderful" "Nemesisters" "Flow"EP Capitol Reprise Later and Tal Recordings Oh Adam, where have you Somewhere in this universe a With a dash of Toad the Wet gone wrong? In his first full- god is pumping out women Sprocket and a tinge of Michael length album of new mate- musidanswithguitarsattached Penn, Robert Mainwaring steps rial in a few years, Adam to them. Out of nowhere, there into the ring with a thoughtful, Ant crafts beautiful songs areoodlesofthcscbandspush- well-written <1nd moving CD with delightful music on the ingthemenoutoftheway: Veruca called Flow. first three '>Ongs on the CD and on the very last track. Salt, Juliana Hatfield, Elastica, Die Cheerleader and more. The first thing that strikes you whm you listen to Everything in between, unfortunately, is awful. This time we've witnessed the rebirth of Babes In Toyland, Mainwaring is "Why isn't he on a major li!bel?" A luscious Won't Take Tltnt Talk begins with an addictive sound a Minneapolis trio who has given us their fifth releac:;e, mix of acoustic guitars and a softly spoken voice fill five and fre~h vocals. Although not forceful, the song grows Nemesisters. Like a big wheel turning, the Babes make their songs ranging from the straight forward rock tunc caiJcd on you the more you listen to it. Beautiful Dream follows guitarsrolloncoupled withangstvocalsonSurd. Their pissed Constantinople• to Ban the Light, a song oozing with warmth. and kt•cps the momentum flowing with tongue-in-cheek off attitude shines through but it isn't appealing. Sounding Although Coustm1tinople lacks the distinctive chorus that vocab from Ant and, no surprise, lots of sexual content. like L7 with a migraine, Drivin' probably works best with could drive the song home, the song is the first that charms Wonderful is next with a sound that is similar to Won't abstractnoisesinthebeginningwhich lead intoanaltemative the listener and start the superlatives rolling. Take Thai Ta/kbutwith asafepoppy sound. Although not guitar buzz. The sound is heavy, while the lyrics are simple. Can't You Sec, meanwhile, is a good example of the best track on the CD, it has all of the popular Ant He//o,thefirstsongontheCD,promisesalotwiththumping Mainwaring'svocals.Hisvoiceis,atfirst,impressivebutit's trademarks despite its sugar coated glow. But, from here drums, a hypnoticguitarsound and powerful vocals. But, the understated. Toward the end of his songs, I realized how on, the CD falls <~part with track after track of sickly songs buildup is misleading. The remaining songs are full of atti- effective his vocal ~tyle i~. It's almost as ifht'\ lurking around and unimaginative vocals. In fact, the songs are flat. tude but short on talent. Sid Vicious and Courtney Love a comer and jumps towards the end. Ju-;t as the vocals are l)l'void of all of the life that Ant possesses. The seven would be proud. tmderstated, so too are the guitars cspeci.1lly on Walls nmf tracks are basically fitler material. Lead singer Kat Bjelland's vocals are misdirected. While Waves. While in the beginning the sound is in the back- Finally, the CD picks up again but it's not until the last there's no denying that her voice is extraordinary, she uses it ground, it soon rises to the top. song with a titlethatsaysa lotaboutthisrecord: Very Long in the wrong way by singing Uke a drunken punk instead of WnlkAiclllecloscstheCDwitha whimpt'r, though. Sound- Ride>. Ant resurrects his cockney vocals and plays with a a poet-who-knows-it. Ariel is the perfect example of this. ing far too closely like an old Skid Row ballad, the compari- scnsual guitar riff that could become a club hit. Why NemesistersendswithacoverversionofWeAreFnmily.lt's sonruinsthesongeventhoughthesongdocswellonitsown couldn't he do more of that? corny, but cute. merits. Rating: C- by Chris Harris Rating: C- Ill; 01ris Harris Rating: 8+ by Chris Harris Thurston Moore "Stacked Up" "Scars From Falling "Psychic Heart's" Ultimate/ Atlas Down" DGC With their most obvious in Slash/London Thurston Moore. The name fluence tattooed on the list of Sometimes listening to mu- alone conjures many imnges for thanks in their CD booklet, En sicoftengivesmetheimpres- some people: Sonic Youth, gUsh band Scn.c:;er owes a lot to sian that a localbarband could Lollapalooza,altcmative. Butsolo The Beastie Boys. While Senser play better music than a rna- artist? differs from the US band with jor label act. That thought Moore delivers a surprisingly more of a reliance on a heavier rock crunch and English came across my mind when 1 reviewed Steel Pole Bath mediocre effort on Psycllic Henri's, an alternative CD that accents, the simililritics stiJI are numerous. Tub, a band with an indie style of music- a haphazard sometimes is quite thought provoking but at other times Stnll>s of Mi11d starlc; the engine humming with infectious collection of droning guitars and pathetic vocals. dull. By far the hottest track on the record is Ono Soul, a rap voc<~l~ backt.' FAU Free Press • July 19,1995 k~ERT•ALERT•ALERT•ALERT•ALERT STUDENT GAG RULE HITS CONGRESS AMENDMENT THREATENS TO SILENCE STUDENT VOICE. This amendment was introduced into the House sub com mittee on appropriations Wednesday, July 12th. The Amendment was defeated by a vote of 6 to 8. Representatives Young and Miller both voted against Amendment to Labor, HHS, and it!!!!!! Education Appropriations Bill, 1996 This amendment is coming back in the full committee next week. Offered by 1~ f/M S~) Contact your Congress person and tell them to vote against this amendment. This will take away students' ability to work on issues that they care about such as: At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the fol higher ed, tuition increases, financial aid, re- lowing new section: ligious issues, the environment, and the list goes on ... We need Florida's Congrfessional delegation to vote against this amendment. Sec. _ _ . None of the funds appropriated in this 2 Act may be made available to any institution of higher 3 education when it is made known to the Federal official 4 having authority to obligate or expend such funds that any CALL TODAY!! 5 amou nt derived from tuition, student activ ity fees, or Name Phone# 6 other charges to students is need for the support of any Senators 7 organi7ation or group that is engaged in lobbying or seek- Bob Graham 202-224-304 I 8 ing to influence public policy or politial campaigns, other Connie Mack 202-224-5274 9 than a student organization whose political activities relate Representatives I0 exclusively to the organization and operation of such insti Joe Scarborough( I) 202-226-4136 ll tution. Pete Pcterson(2) 202-225-5235 Corrine Brown(3) 202-225-0 123 Tille Fowler(4) 202-225-250 I Karen Thurman(5) 202-226-1002 Cliff Steams(6) 202-225-5744 John Mica(?) 202-225-4035 Bill McCollum(8) 202-225-2 176 Michael Billrakis(9) 202-225-5755 Bill Young( IO) 202-225-596 I Sam Gibbons( I I) 202-225-3376 Charles Canady( 12) 202-225-1252 Dan Miller( 13) 202-225-50 I 5 Porter Goss( 14) 202-225-2438 David Wclden(l5) 202-225-367 1 Mark Foley(T6) 202-225-5792 Call Florida FIRG for more information on this Carrie Mosk( I7) 202.-225-4505 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen( I 8) 202-225-3931 and other federal higher education issues Harry Johnston II( I9) 202-225-3001 Peter Deutch(20) 202-225-7931 (904) 2245304. Ask for Dan Jacobson. Lincoln Diaz-Balart(21) 202-225-4211 E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (22) 202-225-3026 Abee Hastings(23) 202-225-13 13