OBSERVER Vol. 97 No. 2 February 9, 1990

Page 1 Second Curston Incident Reported at Manor Brenda Montgomery Bard Goes (Almost) Smoke-free Jason Van Driesche CEA Proposal Revised Jason Van Driesche Page 2 Klan Activities Reported in Bard Area Jason Van Driesche New Campus Security Law Proposed in New York Legislature Edward Eigerman The Klan and Others: New Challenges for Bard Security Edward Eigerman B&G Fined by OSHA Jason Van Driesche Page 3 Eastern Europe: Bard Searches for Answers Emily Horowitz Soviet Club brings Glasnost to Bard Emily Horowitz Immersion Teaches German By Leaps and Bounds Jen Anonia Page 4 Reunification: A Revival of Fears Kristan Hutchinson The Wall: Knocking out a Piece of History Kristan Hutchinson Page 5 A Fresh Look The Great Growing Up Myth David Biele Health Talk: Seasonal Disorder Syndrome Meadow Goldman Classifieds Page 6 Bright Lights, Cheap Price Kristan Hutchinson Still Happy When it Rains Seth Hollander “Roger and Me”: A Dog Eat Dog Production? Tom Hickerson Page 7 Driving Miss Daisy and Bad News Drive to Miss Daisy… Sarah Chenven Page 8 Sports A New Intramural Season Bard Takes Second in Home Tournament Jody Apap Page 9 Items Stolen From BLAGA Jason Van Driesche Page 10 Early Release: The Symptom of the Disease Kreightie Sherrod Outlook From The Editor’s Sanctum Beyond the Unlocked Door Page 11 Letters to The Editor Dignified Attitudes Needed on Both Sides Need Some Serious Suds Impressed with Security Page 12 Calendar ·------.------~--·- ··· -- FEATURES NEWS ARTS On site in Eastern Europe: Break in at BLAGA office Nothing but Bad News The Berlin Wall (see page 9)

Volume 97, Number 2 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 February 9, 1990 Second Curston incident r~p·orted at Manor

by Brenda Montgomery continued Otcy. "The sex crimes unit examined him and said he fjt This week another female stu­ the role of a sex offt'nder but his dent came forward to report an crimes didn't." incidL•nt similar to the M,1nnr The ju~tice systl'm has b(.'come a break in last week. The student revolving door becau~e of a back­ passedamanofthcsamcphysica1 lot:ld ofcascsand 0\'L'rcrowdingin de~cription as Curston in the hall prisons. "Pcoplcarcbeingchargcd . of second floor Robbins, around with twenty five years to life sen­ 10:30 on the same Wednesday tences in Florida and getting out morning. She was on the way to after t1vc," said Otey. ''It's a prob­ the showers and passed him in lem everywhere." the hall. She thought nothing of it Asked about campus protec­ till she glimpsed a person go past tion, Otey again stressed that get­ her glassed-in tub. ting campus closed was impor­ The passing figure resembled tant. "We can't keep people off protection by th£ passage of CEA status the man in· the hall so ~he called campus now-County road 103 A part of the Sawkill, which would be afforded additional can out, leaning away from the goes right through, people measure of protection against percent of all permit applications shower. The man then crawled turn off at any side road along the 1 damage caused by uncontrolled to develop along the Sawkill bathroom partition, way," Otey said, 11We must make under the CEA­ ! development. An earlier CEA would not be· slowed down or there are other flushed the toilet and hurried out. pC(iple aware that proposal,madctothcTown Board otherwise affected if the Sawkill No positive I. D. of t~e suspect has bad guys on campus - Bard is in November 19891 was reject(,'

by jason Van Dricschc the new rules will be obeyed and L'nforccd rt'mains to be seen. In compliance with the NL'W 0\rcr . intl'rses~ion, the L'ntire York Clean Indoor Air Act, \Vhich Ctlmpus Wi1S plastered with ~mJll w<:ntinlodfectonjanuaryl, 1990, "smoking" ~nJ "non-smoking" many buildings at Bard have now symbols. They JTl' on every en­ bct~n designated as smoke-free. trance to C\'L'ry building, and in Most of these buildings have not mort' specific areas of some build­ had any regulations on smoking ings i.lS well. Smoking is prohib- in thE:! past, though, so whether cuntinued on page 9

• 0 1/ .a • - ~T SERVER . . · _ . Bard College:s N~~s & Arts Weekly · ::~~:-- · _ . ·:...... -~_,-: Page2 February 9, 1990 THE BARD OBSERVER . tronic verification system which Klan activities County government officials allows security patrols to check in endorsed a measure denouncing The Klan and others: new with a special key. Otcy would reported the Klan soon after these incidents, like to sec this system either ex­ calling on "every citizen in Dutch­ challenges for Bard Security tended across the entire campus . in Bard area ess County to make clear that we or replaced with a more modern do not want the Klan." The meas­ system. ure was unanimously sponsored by Edward Eigerma.n tionship between these events, Otcy does not foresee Bard st.~ by Jason Van Drieschc by the county legislature. an increased The world around Bard seems they do indicate curity officers carrying firearms, Of even greater concern to the danger to Bard students and fac­ to be closing in. The continuing but he did deny that if a profes­ New York is generally not the Bard community are the recent from outside ·criminal ele­ growth of Northern Dutchess ulty sional certification program were state that springs to mind when incidcntsofKlanactivityin Tivoli ments. to be started, he might not be one thinks of the Ku Klux Klan. and on the Bard campus itself. County and the influx of new residents to the area may raise Bard Director of Security Art opposed to having the officers Nevertheless, the Klan has rc- TheKla n has been trying to estab­ Otey, has made some changes in important questions about the fu­ carry short nightsticks. The sticks, ccntly begun to extend into north- lish a branch in Tivoli. Also, sev­ in response to ture of security on our campus. his department which he insists \'\'ould be in­ ern Dutchess County, eliciting eral individuals associated with a these devclopml"'nts, and points tended to defend officers and Last Wt.'l'k a local rL'sidcnt l'n~ concern and outrage from the· nco-Nazi/KKKgroupvandalizcd to several changes made since his ~tudl'nts from outshkrs, arc far entire community. one of the Ravine dorms after t..:rcd the Robbins dormitory tcd some time this semes­ i Kingston. Half the buildings on campus trolled on a larger scale by secu­ and other interested people on ter. · ·while there ·is certainly no rela- arc currently connected to an dec- rity. 0 demand. However, Otey does not neces­ trical cover -no railings around -no chains on the door of the If issued, such a report would sarily support making such re­ the sewage treatment plant warehouse by tht• nursery school detail statistics on crime, violence, . ports mandatory for all schools. B&G fined by -unsafe ladder at the water -no railings at the warehouse and injury on campus. The idea : The International Association of treatment plant by the nursery schr­ discuss the impact of nationali~m the breakdown in Eastern Brautigam. The ~eynotc Speaker strain. Professor Franz Kempf's upon the futureofEuropeand the Europe, hadn't come down yet, will be Andri Sinyavsky, who is man culture, lih..'rJtUTl', and his­ ~tudcnts attend three c]a!'scs, l'ach tory as Wl'11 .1s continuing with Soviet Union. Panel topics have things were happening. It was known also by his ·pen name of an hour long, per day. Then, most grammar studies. They will have been selected to focus on: obviousthattimcs wercchanging Abram Tcrtz, the exiled Soviet spend an additional 2-4 hours weekends and evenings free to economic relationships; the role in Eastern Europe,however,l had dissident writer. studying in between classes. travel and practice their new lan­ of Corbachev; the future of no ideas things would go so fa~ A Premier showing of the Why spend so much time and socialismj the reunification of and happen so fast. Luckily, the underground film "Tales of the guage skills. At the close· of the effort on just one course? Their course, students can either stay in Germany; the role of the artist in events will stimulate interest in Roundtable" will take place. The ultimate goal is to become com­ post-d issidcnt society; and the conference ... " Professor film is about the breakdown of Europe for July and August, or pletely fluent in German, to be able return immediatC'!y home. · political alignments. Greenberg insisted that students the communist party in Poland. to understand and respond in Ger­ The German Immersion pro­ Karen Greenberg, Professor of be allowt'd to attend the In addition, an evening of music man as easily as they do in English, gram costs about $2,000 plus regu­ History, is organizing the conference for free. Many bytwovisitingSovietcomposcrs, maybt:! t:!ven to dream in German. lar Bard tuition. Most students, conference. It is ironic that the important scholars will be Elena Firsova and Dimitri As one student cxplains,"Tnis however, have received some sort conference was planned and participating in the conference, Smirnov, will follow the first course gives· me the opportunity to of financial aid. 0 organized bcforetherecentevcnts including Marshall Goldman, day'sevcnts. CJ devote a lot of concentration to just Soviet Club brings Glasnost to Bard by Emily Horowitz two speakers, Elizabeth their questions were funny, like Valkenier, an expert from 11 Doyou belicvein UFO's?"They The Soviet Studies Club had an Columbia on the Russian artist also asked more serious questions active and successful fall semester. Hya Repin, and Grigorii like "Do you believe what you Due to the small budgcta11otment Serostianov, a Soviet academician read in the newspaper?~~ It was a of $100, the semester started out doing research in Hyde Park for a valuable experience for all who with a fundraiser-a "truck month. attended. · smash." The slogan for the event The final event of the semester This semester, the club is was "We're so mad about our was the visit, for a day, of a group planning for the Slavic Choir to budget that we are going to smash of Soviet students spending a come and perform and a trip to a a truck." Actually, Dave Blacklow, month with families in Hyde Park. Russian Orthodox Monastery for after hearing abouttheclub'ssrnall After a tour of the Bard campus, the dramatic Easter Service. The budget, suggested the idea and the Soviet students ate with Bard club also plans to have two offered his old truck. The club students in the Committee Room speakers: A Russian to the Soviet Union this january. NEW LOCATION auctioned off parts of the truck to in Kline. A lively discussion and businessman, who lives in the They wi1l speak about their smash. It was a successful event, debate followl'!d dinner. Their area, spc.ak on economy and experiences in an informal dialogue · not only bt.>cause the club raised leader had to drag them away commerce in the Soviet Union, on Tuesday, February 13, at 7pm in some money but because it · after about an hour of dialogue and a writer for the indcpcndlmt the Committ<..-c Room in Kline allowt.'Ci some students to let out because they were going on a trip Soviet publication Glasnost speak Commons. of some of their aggressions in a to New York City the next day. on Media in the Soviet Union. If any students are interested in productive and legal way. The Bard students were The dub will continue their joining the dub, the next meeting The club continued the bi-weekly disappointed because the Soviet biweekly fUm series as welL Two will take place on Th_ursday, film series, and there always had a students had just begun to loosen members of the club, Mark February 15, at 6pm in the Coffee good turnout. The dub sponsored up and ask us questions. Some of Nicholsand Amy Fenwick, went Shop.Allarewclcomc. D

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A revival of spot for 10 West Deutsche Marks. merchants will paint the rocks Directly in front of the Bran­ themselv~s to increase their fears denburg Gate, the Wall is three value. Other amateur artists by Kristan Hutchison layers thick. The Wall put up in mount the pieces on wood, cre­ 1961 encases a much older wall of ate sculpture with the rock and . · With the disintegration of bor­ concrete blocks at· that point. The barbed wire, or frame it ':Vith a der restrictions between the two inside is lined with brown paper, photo. Germany's, people arc talking of some sort of Wall paper I supp_ose. It is possible to rent a hammer rcunifiCfltiO n. Such talk has caused There the East -Ccnnan soldiers if you want to "chip ynally live music (an Irish down in flames. Though such Kristo.n Hutchison arrived in East area. the Wall.. Several Japanese tourists group played one night and there disasters q~n occur in any crowd Berlin on January 5. After a weekend The most successful instr-u­ borrowed a hammer just for photos was a traditional German march­ situation, such as American rock · there she continued on to Poland, ment·is a combination of a me­ and a group of American business­ ing band in the afternoon), and a concerts or English soccer games, where sk traveled for three weeks. dium sized hammer and a chisel men on an after work tour were ·cosmopolitan atmosphere (in a they have alarmed a few Cqrmans. · What follows is a series of articles witharubberhandguard. Using supplied with hammers by their ten minute stroll [ recognized ~t Markus, a German student in based on her observations, a chisel al1ows you to direct the guide. least six languages}. Berlin~ says "If you saw the masses blows at an exact point and con­ · The tourists are well balanced by There's plenty of wall for ev­ of people on New Year's you by Kristan Hutchison trot somewhat, which piece entrepreneurs as capitalism tears eryone-it encirdes the entire city would not question the need for breaks off. Even so, it can take an down the Wall that communism and after 2 montf;ls of cpnstant the U.S. army in ·Germany. There #If I had a hammer hour to obtain a chip and several built ..Wares are displayed on blan­ assault remains mostly 1:ritact. is something insane in a crowd of I'd hammer in the morning more to get a larger chunk or a kets or the front of Trabant's (the You don't have to pay customs people lik9 that. Yqu cannot trust I'd hammer i.n the eyentng... " satisfactory colored piece. East German car which has become duty on Wall rocks, but the day Uwm. They· mrike me' afr<1jd for_ ~ .. ancf'J'd.'brcak down.i'he Bcr- Safety goggles and gloves· arc a symbol of the westward exodus) may come when they weigh it by the German pro.plc and. afraid of . lin Wall. That's the tune still being also advised. Chips tend to fly at and range in price from 1 West the kilo and have~ uty taxes. just them.(' ·· · . . ~ dru~uned out 24 hours a ·day 7 high vclodties with each strike. Deutsche Mark for a small raw rock remember, whatever you chip off The German fla~ which was days a ·week by hundreds of and they can severely damage to 20 DM fur a pair of earrings made to take home you will have to lug seldom-flown after WWii because people in West B.erlin t~o months the eyes. Several Wallpcckers ~eft from the Wa II. The most sought around while you travel and it's of its connections with the Nazi after the East German borders with scarred faces and hands after pieces are those colorfully ahcavysouven\r. 0 regime, is a~so appearing fre­ first opened at mid night l\lovcm­ from the Wa 11 shrapnel. painted with graffiti and some wily quently. ber9. · AIJ of these. instruments are Bel~w: An east German rock salesmen cuts a deal with a tourist. Bor:der Territories · Approaching the Brandenburg accepted by the guards, who pace A.kmg with rcunificatio_n, some Gate on the west side, the bang­ the top in search of unseemly Germans arc beginningtocall for ing and clanging is audible half a breaches in the Wall and photo the return of the border territory kilometer away, long before the opportunities. However, the man to. cast that WflS annexed to Po­ · Wall is visible through the fog who brought an electric jack land after the. war. Poland was that hangsoverthecity this Janu­ hammer was swiftly approached given the territory to make u:p for ary. Berliner's.havedubbed these by uniformed guards and in­ the portion which Russia took diligent folks "Wallpcckers," a structed to cease. Unlike past from them. · · word descriptive of both their years, he was n,ot thrown in jail, Along the border, Poli~h is ·tbe purpose and the sound created, nor even penalized. prominent language an~ domi­ which js reminiscent of a wood­ The new roleoftheguJrds is to nant culture~ though thc:rc. a:rc pecker. repair holes in the Wall, rather more Mercedes there t~a.n any­ This new spL'cil'S has a variety than prevent them. WhL·rc holes \'~r'herc else it\ Pol~nd. A minority of si;l.es a~d shapes. Some ni:tivc have been made large enough to of the Poles in these towns would optimistsapproachthcWall with cross through, the soldiers drive like to bcconw part of Gerrr1imy' tack hammers, no:t realizin'g that up with their traveling md.ll 1 bE~causethey think th~ir economi~ if the Wall was so brittle or so shop and solder more steel bars prospects would be better. soft, it would not have stood for in place. Their view is considered unpa­ 28 years. The Wall is built of : Everybody is allow(.'Cf to cross triotic by the majority of the Poles, cement and asbestos poured over I thcbordergoingdthcrdircction, who do not want to give up their a frame work of steel bars. It is but only through official chcckR ·German territories, because that nearly a foot thick and ten feet points. Germans and most other would greatly reduce the size of high in some places. people can pass through one of thEJir country. · On the opposite end of the the many newly built <:heck­ However, they would like to spectrum are those armed with points, including two at the Bran­ S(.>e Russia return their old lands, hefty sledge hammers which they denburg Gate and one on where Polish is still spoken by can scarcely lift·. These make a Potsdammer Street. Citizens of · everyone and the illegai Catholic satisfying boom when they st~ke the Allied countries, including Church fills seven services every . the Wall. However, they tend t~. United States citizens must still Sunday. . D be ineffectual because the blow pass through Checkpoint Char­ cannot be well aimed and the lie. Passports are checked and force is spread out over a greater j one day visas are issued on the _ PageS February 9, 1990 · THE BARD OBSER\lER

that they had suddenly turned into Health Talk: Seasonal Disorder Syndrome grown-ups. One of my evenings during 1Ly Meadow Goldman animals serving as a seasonal time might benefit from therapy. To break was spent in the mixed sue. The effects of melatonin arc determine if treatment would company of graduates and those Most people intuitively sense a unclear, but, the connection it has help, the Seasonal Pattern still crawling through Somers' seasonal connection with their with light seems like a possible Assessment Questionnaire Blackboard Jungle. Before break­ moods, so the advent of S.A.D. or basis for S.A.D. The other area of (S.P.A.Q.) was developed. Low ing up, a couple underclassmen Seasonal Affective Disorder comes concentration focuses around the scores on this test generally started to make plans to meet the as no surprise. The symptoms of fact that retinal stimulation from indicate depression is caused by next evening. Overhearing their S.A.D. include excessive sleeping, the· eyes travels through the something else.Treatment for' plans, my friend April, who now insomnia,carbohydrate cravings, pathways of the hypothalmus S.A.D. includes the innovative attends Boston University, asked weight gain, withdrawal, or any which is part of the limbic system light therapy- usually in them rather condescending1y, .combination of· these. S.A.D. in the brain- an area that has conjunction with psychotherapy The great growing· "You're going out tomorrow ,afflicts people in varying degrees, long been associated with the or antidepressant drug therapy. up myth night? What do you guys do from mild depression to full regulation of emotions a)ld basic Light therapy requires sitting in here?" She was acting a~ if she had :incapacitation, and, according to body functions. front of a spl'ctal light box that by David Biele forgotten what high school stu­ :some researchers, may affect up N.I.M.H. estimates 6% _of the emits full- spectrum light- like dentsdid·on their weekends. That tto 25% of the U.S. population approximately 10 million people that of natural sunshine for When I was home for Christ- she was far removed from that ·usualJy in the Northern climates. suffering from S.A.D. t~ the point varying amounts of time once or mas Break I revisited my Alma childish world and was now an 'The exact cause of S.A.D. and the Where they bLl('OmC nonfu nctionaJ. twice a day. The results arc quick Mater, good old Somers High adult. ·best ways to treat it arc the efforts Diagnosing S.A.D. is difficult and drastic; people claim to feel School, with my friend and fel1ow On another occasion I was of much timely research. because it is based solely on case better within four or five days, graduate Susie. In her first semes- with with a group of my college S.A.D was first described in the histories. It can easily be blamed and their symptoms return if they ter at Bucknell University she wa~ friends and we started talking early 1980's at the National for some other nonse~sonal cause skip their lights are withdrawn. in the process of taking a combi- about our visits back to the high Institution of Mental Hea1th of depression. If, however, one No prescriptions is needed for the nation· literature and writing schooL "Oh, I hate doing that," (N.I.M.H.) , and was quickly finds themselves experiencing the lights and they range in price from course that centered around -the said my friend Heidi. '1 feel out of adapted into the Diagnostic and specific conditions of depression $340 to $500 or so. themeofgrowingup.nWelearned place." I agreed with her. "I feel Statistical Manual of Mental with a particular 60-day period For more information about in class that psychologists have like I don/t belong," I said. My Disorders as a viable disease. The followed by a full 60- day S.A.D., seck a mental-health care labeled over a dozen steps in the friend Bill looked at me and said, currenttheoriesaboutwhatcauses· remission period through the professiona I or try either Nqrman growing up process," she told me. ''!'hat's because you don't." S.A.D. focus around the hormone months of November to March, Rosenthal's book, Season of the 11l've gone through all the steps I think that is the distinction melatonin. Melatonin is a light and Seasonal episodes must out Mind: Why You Get the Winter Hlues up to the last, which is, after leav- that many of us newly placed in sensitive hormone secreted by the number nonseasonal episodes and and What to do About If. or Robert ing home, you return to it and see the college environment are mis­ pineal gland in the brain. It's must occur at least three times in N. Moruine'sLight Up Your Blues: how much everything has understanding when we return secreted at night and stops at three separate years- two of Understanding and Overcoming changed. That's what I'm doing home. It is not because we are dawn, with the advent of light. which are consecutive, then one Seasonal Affective Disorder. 0 now." older and wiser that tbings look Melatonin af~ccts fertility in 'That was the mind set with different and we feel out of place, ' r which Susie entered those tiled but because we have moved out halls of learning with mel and/ lo . of that stage of _life·. W_e _no~ ~~ lt Cia·ssifi¢ds and behold, she did find-changes. . as outsiders looking in. But just Shecouldnotstopgawkingatthe · because our ·perspectives have sizeofthemunchkin~likeFresh• changed doesn't mean we_haye. -W~NTED men and Lilliputian Sophomores. Yes, · we are in a more mature "Even the _Seniors_. are. -pretty environment a,nd . doing · ·more Win a H;awaii~nVacation! or ijig up . shrimpy," she said. As~¢ walked mature thin~s, but this p~ !!~ SCreen TV! plus r~ise to $1400 in just ten days! · down-- the halls and she drank in autmnatically ensure maturlty. Objective: Fund Rai·s~r every changed · poster; . each Experience does not ne<;essitat~ Commitment: Minimal different group of faces! and the wisdom._ . . - - .. Mp~ey: R~isc $1400 . ringing of the bell to the new_ Susie returned. to Bucknell after Cost: zero Investment schedule, herface looked less and two weeks home to take a couple Campus Organizations, Clubs, less shocked and more and mo_rc of January term courses. She was Frats, Sororities cal1 OCMC: filled with a look inner peace. especially looking forward to one of 1 (800) 932-0528/ 1 (800) 950-8472 As we left the buildingshe said to course in which she would search ext. 10 me, "Now I know I'm an adult." for her "inner self." When I That preoccupation with returned to Bard I found a letter Australia Study Abroad growing up seemed to me to be from her waiting in my mailbox One or two semesters. Summer one of the dominant attitudes I tc1ling me how it was going. "My Programs. Paid Internships Avail­ found among my fellow Class of 'journey Into Self class is m'at," she able. Apply now for summer and '89ers during our first extended wrote, "except I've fullen asleep fall1990. For information on the return visit home since we had every time. I mcan,getrl'al. We're BEST study abroad program in begun our college careers. So supposed to lie down, close our the world, c;all 1 (800) 245-2..S75 many·of the people I saw seemed eyes and meditate right after believe that they had gone lunch. What docs shl' expect?" As ... Curiouser and curiouser by Joshua McDonald to Attention: Hiring! Government through some sort of lputtheletterawaylhadtosmile. (602) ext. CH 18624 jobs -your area. $17,840-69A85. 1 838-8S85 metamorphosis in the past four It was good that Susie hadn't Attention: Easy Work, excellent Call 1 (602) 838-8885 ext. R18624 months. But instead of turning changed too much since high Attention: Government seized pay! Assemble products at _ryome. ·nto dung beetles, these ~ple school. 0 Details 1 (602) 838-8885 . e>ct. W Attention: Earn money reading vehicles from $100. Fords, Mer­ 18624 ... books! $32,000 year potential. cedes, Corvettes, Chevys. Surplus Guide. 1 (602) 838-8885 Call the Obst'l'1)£'r's new phone nuntber Detailsl (602) 838-8885 Buyers ext. A 18624 BI<18624 PERSONALS\ with news ideas and/or comments. ext. . How many Bard students does it Attention: Earn Money Typing at Attention: Government Homes take to change a lightbulb? Home! $32,000 year potential. from $1. (U-repair). Delinquent 900, one to change it, ~nd 899 to 758-0772. Details, 1 (602) 838-8885 . ext. T. tax property. Repossessions. Call say how much it sue~. Page6 . February 9, 1990 THE BARD OBSERVER DIVERSIONS Bright lights, Cheap price

by Kristan Hutchison for 8:00 p.m. weeknights on inost February 11, so it is a good one to shows and 2:00 p.m. weekend sec before you get swamped with Bright lights, great shows, and matinees. Individual variances arc work. No show on Monday night high prices are what Broad way noted below. and the Sunday matinee is at 3:00 means. But now the School Theatre The Heidi Chronicles p.m. Ticket Program is offering This won the 1989 Tony Award, Jerome Robbins' Broadway discountsfortwoofthebestshows 1989 Pulit-L.:er Prize, 1989 Drama Here it is, "the musical of in N.Y.C., so you can have all of Desk, 1989 Drama Critics, and musicals." It has all the favorite the first two and less of the last. 19870uterCritics Awards. Need songs and dances from old plays AU you have to do is pick up the I say more? The author, Wendy like West Side Story. 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This is with lines like "TV poison tastes Woocllr i.ln~n·• (Separate Admission) William and Jim Reid hail from the blues. · Jikcthis" and "Drokcn-downJesus SUN •• .t:OO & ~:00 Scotland, whercitrainsalot.They The !>trummed acoustics, fuz:t.­ with a taste for trash," explains CRIMES & MOM. • THURS.. 1:00 MISDEMEANORS write about love, where it rains a tonoo hoilow-body elcctrics, and that it's more than . love that MAPANTSULA. lot .In fact, they wrote the book on gently melodic bass lines meet a . promptsthcRcidsto"a]wayshavc FRI. lc SAT.:7:30 a t:30 from South Africa, a story about rainy living with their J987 second new clement on Automatic: the the blues,'' or as they claim in the SUN., 2:00 8i 7:00 an apolitical black street hus~er LP, Darklands. 'The Blues is a hyperactive, occasionally blinding ''Blu.es from a .Gun." liON •• 7:00 onty wtto can't e&Cape Apartheid lowdown, aching, heart disease'' bruisingly fuzzed drum machine · "She's crazy/ To warit me/ To indeed,and the Reid brothers have programs that the brothers began taunt me" Jim Reid sings, but it's got it bad. The beautiful thing is to dabble in after the departure of ·''Her way of saying a prayer for GO TO BLAZERS howwelftheycahsruiredcmblues their original i-hythm sccti()n. On me/ HcrwayoftalkingtoGod for with us. previous forays into drum me" he explains as guitars explode . Fr~day 10 p.m. Kline Don't get me wrong, this is not a machine programming, the with crazed torment and suffering. "bluesu band, just an extremeJy rhythm results have been fairly The 80s have been one hell of a melancholy. one. The music basic, perhaps simplistic, trying decade for singing the blues in ir==-==~~~~-~-~-;..------combinesthemelodicsensibilities to makeup forthe lacking subtlety Rock. The 50s had boyI girl, the. 1 CJ'S RE STAURANT of the Beatles and theByrds with with sheer sonic force. On 60's had inteUcctual awareness, ..t'1 the darkness of the Vel vet Automatic the brothers' the 70s had slogancering, but the • • • • 1, .. Underground (whose new "best programming sophistication 80s contribution to the catalog of NORTH. . . . of" album might be a good choice approaches that of New Order, classic songs has been to help your kid sibling usher in while also achieving a more overwhelmingly the theme of FAMILY DINING the 90s), with achingly crooned "human-played" sound. hopelessness, despair, . and vocals that tear open the depths of Automatic is a more uniformly fatalism/ and on Automatic the your heart to throw your darkest uptempo LP than Darklands and Jesus and Mary Chain continue to ITALIAN moments into your brain as ifthey the Darklands-period material ctyin their beer with the very best OPEN FOR DINNERS were your LUNCH most cherished of'em. 0 CALZONES #Roger and Me": A dog eat dog production? SALADS by Tom Hickerson income. The rich of Flint arc violations, or evasive answers. SCOPS ambivalent to the situation and Moore tries and tries again, arid The film b(.>gins with a large, off­ sec no pro!Jlcm, while thesh~1rrif's rontinuallycomcs up with fJilurl'. PIZZA color statement: A r:xx; EAT DOC deputies turn thousandsof fmmcr However, during all tht' changes FAMOUS PRODUCflON. Nothingisdoser GM employees out of their homes, and the decline of Flint, Moore ;;;::;~~~~ PARMESIAN~HE to the truth, for the documentary unable to find other jobs. Crime manages to bring ou~ an abs.urd : rises steadily, while other side to the situation. k,is clear that .: AT. 9G AT OLD POST ROAD SANDWXCH Roger and Me explores the callous treatment of Flint, Michigan by businessL~doscand people begin brutality and humor go hand in .:, RHINEBECK . the mighty corporation that began emigrating from Flint by the hand, because Moore not only assassinates Smith's character, Is si.ster in there, General Motors. hundr<..'Cis. but V~i..t CJ G.ermanfuwn Roger and Me serves as the During all this, the film's everyone below him by merely Pmanttne Par~ Ptzza. on Parh. Rd. ultimate character assassination director /producer I writer, showing how b?ck~ard the I . . . . . ~ Pal.attoo . .., .. ·. ·. . ' ' . I • • • • : \ . ·~ of GM' s president, Roger Smith. Mkhael Moore, who was born in people who caused Flint sg~h

i jThefilmcoversthespanofseveral Flint,setsouttotryand find a way misfortune really arc, : · ... H.:i..fl$: i An example; OPEN6DAYs CALL I ; years as GM slowly doses several to bring Roger Smith to visit and on Christmas ~ve, 11 AMT011 PM CFJEDJT CARDS ·of its original plants and puts a witnessallthcharmhchascaused. Roger Smith gives his_tt~diti~nal SUN2TO 10PM 876-7711. ICCEP)ED l total of 30,000 people out of work. Not surprisingly, Moore is met Christma~ address to all of the : From there, the film explores with all kinds of complications, GM employee~ around the w~r)~, Positive J.D. Required 1Aint's struggle to reg~in its lost whether they be restrictions, continued on page 9. Page7 February 9; 1"990 .. Where Bard is our middlf? name." TiiE BARD OBSERV~R Driving Miss Daisy and Bad N e\Vs Drive to Miss Daisy.... Allstate® Auto , Home & Life by Sarah Chenven between- Hoke and Miss Daisy more involved in their ensuing over the course of those years. devotion to each other. The movie MICHAEL HAGGERTI' "Driving Miss Daisy" is a The movie was extremely well is tender and emotional, touching Account Agent touching story about two people made, the acting superb, and the on such themes as friendship, Allstate Insurance Con1pany who, by a twist of fate, become plot interesting. Miss Daisy is a racism, and the pains of growing Route 9, A~t{\rSquare best friends. The film revolves rather cynical Jewish widow who old. Rhinebeck, NY 12572 around the two main characters: objects to her son's (Dan Driving Miss Dai.-;y is presently ..______.._ __ .,:.(9~1~4~)..:8~7.:6..:-3~6:;:3~2 Miss Daisy (playt.•d by Jessica Ackroyd-who was pretty good playing at the I ludson Valley Mall 1 Tandy) and H·oke "colburn in his role as well) hiring of a Cinema 6, where a Bard Bus goes on (Morgan Freeman.) Set in the chauffeur for her. Despite Miss Saturday afternoons. It is also playing South,. the movie (originally a Daisy's mistrustful conception of at the Roosevelt Theater weekdays at Broadway play) · s·pans him, however, Hoke proves to be 7:10 and 9:20, with matinee (ln 6 Crannell Street approximately 20 .years; · from a kind and compassionate man. Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 4 Poughkeepsie, NY around 1950 to 1970 and focuses As their relationship progresses, p.m. The Lyceum will be showing the (914) 452-1233 on ·the ·dcvelof,ing relationship the viewer becomc5 more and movie in three weeks. 0

instrum~ntal ability; the actual WVKR welcomes ratio of music to spoken dialogue SATURDAY on the album is about 50/50. D.R.I. with FEB. 10 Dialogue is intended as an NASTY SAVAGE and interesting embellishment of the. music on Dark Side of the Moon; on SICK OF IT ALL 16 . rs &bider this LP, it substitutes fort he music. '"WP1Y.l{ welcomes The reason why can be found, SUNDAY perhaps, on the most memorable FEB. 11 cut next to "Bohemian Rhapsody," M.9l!R/LLI09£ the bombastic "Warriors of spec.ia[ 8:00 sftow Genghis Khan." A repetitive guitar riff and randomly plinkcd Zenith Data Systems presents sitar compliment lyrics such as: FRIDAY "Come on pretty baby won't you FEB. 16 AC~ FREH-LEY wit.h. takemyharid/Comeand kiss the· singer in a rock and roll band/ DIRTY LOOKS Babybabybabybaby baby/I want WPDH welcomes · · .• ~.And .~.ad N.~ws wil~ driv~ you crazy to secyourblood aH owrtheland I SATURDAY OBLIVION GRIN FORTUNE by Robin Cook who, in a sudden burst of Oh yes I do /I ki11 for you." For all FEB. 17 inspiration to produce something the time and. effort that went into with B}l.OQUN MASQUE This English quartet, described original in the way of rock making this record, these lines 16 years & older · as "thc... raunchiest, most lasteless . journalism, published a list of the seem to have been concocted on SUNPAY WPDH welco·mes· heavy metal band to grace these 100bcst LPsof all time ad Museum, short notice. shores since their forebears/' the Floyd interspersed dialogue in "Cashing in on Christmas/' a FEB. 18 STANLEY JORDAN debutt.>d their vide<> for a stilted their songs, culling it from response to "Do They Know it's cover vctsion of Queen's classic conversations with rock Christmas?", offers a more "Bohemian Rhapsody" on April luminaries whose names I cannot melodic change of pace; the band's SATURDAY XYZ with Foo1' s Day, 1988. Why, then, has it remember too clearly. Innovative, message of self-gratification, while FEB. 24 taken so long for them to get their eh? not admirable, is to be applauded debut album recorded and Well, Bad News has taken such for the bravery it conveys. Fuego B.B. WOLF rel('.ased 'by a semi-major label an idea. just a leetle bit further, sings as if he has no idea how WVKR welcomes (Rampage, a subsidaryofRhino)? making such bits of spoken unpopular the views conveyed in FRIDAY I can assure you that the reasons wisdom actually audible . Thus, the song title itself actually arc. have nothing to do whatsoev('r we hear the band arguing over LP His delivery sugests a pig-headed MARCH2 with record companyindiffcrencc; titles and rehearsing songs. We sincerity which is appropriate for . cver-imaginitivc A&R execs arc hcarguitari.st/vocalist Vim Fuego the song. justtht='!sorts who kill fora band so fly into a rage as he realizes that wm we ever hear from the boys SATURDAY WVKR weicomes reverent toward their ·past (the the band has not ·recorded in Bad News again? It would band even went so far as to hire anything after several months' depend upon how long it takes MARCH 3 ffi (lJJ (I~ (]9} W. ~ ~ ~@ Qucl'n axemeister Brian May to studio work. We hear the band them to complete album #2. This produce their LP, and apparently 9iscussing what will Jook best LP itself contains a moment in : te~~N~ . 1-soo-922-2030 owe a creative debt to Spinal Tap's stuffeddowntheirpants. Wccven which Fuego screams at the band classic Shark Sandwich LP; the arc treated to a segment in which and. quits, as his bandmatc ickets available at Ticketron and/ or The reviews for that album and this band members introduce tabulate how many cuss words he are bound to· be identical in themselves and run through a few has used. Th.e band's future hance Box Office, open 10 a.m.-- 6 p.m., content.) No, the reasons go, rudimentary instrumental riffs recorded output, then, will onday- Saturday. Mastercard/Visa ac- deeper. . .· .. . . (drummer Spider Webb fails to depen~ upon how relationships e ted. Doo_rs. open ~t. 8 .p.m.; 18 ancj up The. band has employed. an · show up and is replaces by some hold out, and, of course, upon ess otherwise specifted. . . . . · interesting technique used by Pink · no-name who utter~ remarks like their ability to organize Floyd seventeen years ago during "I can't play drums and I'~ a themselves for the next album. I.D. REQUIRED. . . the making of Dark Side of the complete toss face.") Meanwhile, this debut will bide Moon. A~~rding to Rolling Stone, The band is, alasi I~~~~n~ in listenersoveratleastuntil1997. 0 PageB February 9, 1990 THE BARD OBSERVER by jody Apap PORTS A ne-w intramural Bard takes he Sports Schedule season second in home Beginning the week of February everyone should take ad vantage 20, both men's and women's of. We want to do what we can in tournament · Saturday 2/10 intramural S-on-S basketball and a safe, fun and participative Men's Squash vs Millbrook HOME indoor soccer wi11 begin. atmosphere." This past weekend the men's Men's Volleyball at Vassar Tournament AWAY9:00 Roster cards are available at Doug insists that anyone with a basketball team hosted its first Doug Dowdy's office (our new suggestion, complaint or advice four-team tournament. Mcdgar intramural director) in of any sort is not only invited to Evers College, Albany Pharmacy Sunday 2/11 Stevenson Gymnasium. his office, but is requested. "The and New York Polytech came to Men's Basketball vs St. Joseph's of Vermont HOME 3:00 On Thursday, Feb. 16, there will needs and wants of th~ students participate in the tournament be a meeting in his office for the wil I a 1ways come first. If you have sponsored by the Elks of Red we Monday2/12 team captains of aU the spcrts. an idea for a sport or· activity Hook-Rhinebeck. Rosters wil1 be due at the wiU do our best to help you turn it Men's VoJicybaJI at Bridgeport AWAY 7:00 Saturday's first game had meeting. into a reality." · Medgar Evers of New York Doug would like to encourage Watch for upcoming events such handing Albany Pharmacy its first ·Tuesday 2/13 anyone interested to join in the as badminton and squash loss of the tournament. Men's Basketball vs Southern Vermont HOME 7:30 · activities. "Even if you don't have tournaments, Big-Ball basketball In the second game of first round a team, come to my office and nights and water-polo. Notices play, Scan Alford sank a lay-up we'll find you one. will be posted on campus and the left the game to Thursday 2/15 with 6 seconds in ''The intramural program is sched u1c of events wm a] ways be give Bard a 70-68victoryoverNY sports - Team captain's meeting for intramural here to serve the population of here on the sports page. 0 Polytech. office. · - at the intramural the college. It is a service that Alford led Bard with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals. The Stevenson gymnasium hours hometown star, Price Mason Fenci1;1g club needs more chipped h1 another 19 points and Entire Facility 12 boards. · Monday- Friday 7:30a.m. - 11:00 p.m. ·members "I am incredibly impressed with Saturday- Sunday 10:00 a.m. -11:00 p.m. On Tuesday and Thursday fees and rates, have no fear, the our output on Saturday,'' said a from 4-6 and~ ..Sin the training is free of charge. smiling Bob Krausz, Bard coach. afternoon~ Swimrnin Pool evening on Thursdays the fencing I There are several matches "We had a fantastic offense that Monday~ Friday 7:30 a.m. - 9:00a.m. lap swim club will be training . in the scheduled for this semester and if was supperrod by an outstanding 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. lap swim Stevenson Gym. · enough interest is shown, the club defense." · 7:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m. open swim But they need mo~ fencers in wiU become a var~ity team next The defense that Krausz is Monday & Friday 4:00p.m.- 7:00p.m. lap swim order to score officialfy as a ~eam~ ._ .. . ~ .. . ., . referring to had 6 blocked shots year. . . Tues, Wed &Thurs 5:30p.m.- 7:00p.m. l~p swim and all are welcome. Both men . . Anyone intere~too i~ joiiti~g th~ (co-captain Chris H~ncewicz led 8-10 on Thundays the pool is reserved f9r Scuba divj~g. dub shoulq.come· to a ·practiCe as From . . . . _ and wom;.n are ki\d>uraged "to ~ Saturday. ·. . . .10:00 a:m. -12:0(_) noon . ·- lap swim with 4) and 12 steals. participate in the newest-spolf at soon as . prissible.··-vlease come - "I am·also very pleasEd ·with the Bard. . . k, - ,... . • • • • • ' . . · . 2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m. lap.swim . dressed .comforlaply for easy. performance Pri~e Ma.~n is giving . 3:!JO p.m. -5:00p.m. open swim . mo~t. . · · ··· · - '·O us inside. He is rea11y filling in the For ;hoseofyoita:,:nce~¥ ~th 7:00p.m. - 10:00 p.m. open 9wim gap that opened up ~ith the loss Sunday 12:00 noon.~ 2:()0 p.m. lap swim ofMattTaibbi." Taibbiwillbeout . 2:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. open swim for the rest of the .season after . ~ -: ~- .• : · . ·1 7;00 P·~· ~ 10:00 p~m. _ ... . : ~pen swim .. reaggravating.an ol~. Wrist injbr{· .. On Sunday, Bard. did.not fare as · Room ...... Weight/Fitness well against ·!'1edgar Evers in the • Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m.·.: 2:00 p.in. championship game. · · · 3:3~ p.m. • 10:00 p.m. "We tried to slow t~~ pace down 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Saturday- Sunday to keep ·the score low, but if got 1:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. out of hand and we aU owed them - 10:00 p.m. . 7:00p.m. to put on the show theydid,".said be unsupervised Monday- Friday from The fitness toom will Krausz. 7:30a.m. to noon. The buddy system will be indttect during A show it wa 5 with slam·dunking coming from every side and a hot ------dogging show of dribbling skills by Medgar Evers guard Mike Thorton. The game was never in Village Pizza III I doubt, with Mcdgar Evers pulling off the victory 101-64. I Kraus.z was not bothered by the I loss however, "They arc an I incredibly strong team. On 1$1 OFF Saturday we had one of our best (914) 758-6994 I ANY SMALL, I games of the year with solid all­ LARGE OR around play." 1 SICILIAN I Sean Alford and Price Mason _..r" . - PIZZA made the All-Tournament team, ~--AI ..... TOfl/ I I WITH THIS . I along with thn..~ players from COUPON. M~~rEw~. 0 Red Hook Hair Unlimi~eJ I . I BARBARA ANNE SHOOK Home game J17 North Broadway HOURS: MON-THURS 11 AM-11 PMI Red Hook FRJ & SAT 11 AM-12 MIDNIGf-IT I . Sunday at 3:00 Hardscrabble Mall 1 139 So. Broadway ~ 758-5808 SUN 3 PM-nPM BE THERE Re

Student Forum will take place on 1 from the Student Convocation Tuesday, February 13, at 8:30pm Fund may lose their funding if in Kline Commons. All students thcyschedulemcetingsor events are welcome to attend. Budget on the Forum dates. Additiona1 ratification is the main item on the meetings may be scheduled if the agenda so far;it will be discussed need arises. and voted uponatthismceting.lf The following positions arc up you want anything placed on the for reelection: agenda, contact Emily Horowitz 2 Board of Trustees Repre- (Campus Mail or Ext. 354) by 1 scntativcs February 11. l:his semester the Student Life Chair Forum will take place on the fol- All tho::;c who wish to run must lowing dates: submit a statement of. no more 1 than 150 words to Emily Hormv· STUDENT FORUM I i itz stating why they want the Tuesday, February 13 ! / position and what they will do by Friday, Pcbruary 16. All students 8:30pm KLINE will rec:civc a ballot on Wcdncs- Idav, Fcbruarv 23 outside Kline Thursday, March 15 c(;mmons bct\'\'t.'c..~n 12:00and 1~Jo ' ! with the names of the candidates 8:30pm KLINE l and a copy of their statements. Voting will take place outside the Unified Tuesday, April 17 Cafeteria the following day and results wifl be posted on Friday, 8:30pm KLINE February 25. All those who wish to be part of Thursday, May 17 the election committee must at­ tend the meeting in Kline Com­ 8:30pm KLINE monsCommittceRoom. D

Roger and Me r there is no happy ending; in fact, continued from page 6 I as you~"re reading this, Flint is still Security wishing good luck and good struggling and stHI failing. Roger health to alL However,duringthe and Me is a very funny but also a Regulations ~ord~d speed{ the f!lm shows a very disturbing Him, one which former GM employee being leaves the audience with an. un­ continued from page 2 evicted out of her house that same easy feeling at the end. But after nate, agrees with him on the night. Smith is later interviewed the credits arc finished rolling, grounds that such legislation briefly about the inddent, and he another off-color statement ap­ would mandate an improvement replies, ~'Why arc you blaming pears: 'This movie cannot be in campus security without aid­ me? Youshould b!amethepeoplc shown in Flint, Michigan. .( ing campuses in any way. who are turning her out." "All the movie theaters are I The lACLEA recommends that Since this is a documentary, closed." 0 such bills carry with them stipula­ tions that would aid campus law enforcement. States that have already passed such laws, such as Tennessee and Rorida, have in­ cluded legislation granting cam­ pus security "special police pow­ crsr' which give them the legal right to arrest and detain suspects in cases of PL'rsonal v1okmcc. Another organization, the Cen­ ter for the Study and Prevention of Campus VioknCl\ opposes the ~EA proposal law as being unenforceable. They feel that the reports would be too Continued from page 1 easy to fudge and might give stu­ dents a false sense of security. of land running from Annan:.. StUdL'nts interested in ~upport­ dale village t<> the Hudson, an im­ Items stolen from BLAGA ing the law which is currently portant part of the Bard campus. by jason Van Drie5C'hc tcrcd on the desk. being debated in the New York "The passage of the CEA is very BLACA shares the office they State legislature (and will be con­ important because even though it I Over the weekendr the BLAGA 1 occupy with the Women's Center, sidered soon at the federal level), only provides the smallest pos­ desk on the second floor of the . among other organizations. Ac­ should contact Security on Cam­ sible amount of protcL'tion for the Student Center was disturbed by 1 cording to Bald win, the door was pus, Suite 105, 618 Shoemaker river, that's more protection than an unknown person or p{•rson~. / most likely left unlocked by a Road, Gulph PA 19406. it has now," said Oja. The river is According to Tucker Baldwin~ a / member of one of the other or- important both to Red Hook and spokesman for BLAGAr several ganizations that usc the room. to Bard not only because it serves posters were stoJen and a few ·1 "Probably someone just wandered as the major ~ocal recreation and smaller items were removed as in and took a few things/' said scenic area, but because it pro­ well. In addition, some non­ Baldwin. Security is looking into videsdrinkingwaterforboth. 0 BLAGA equipment was left scat- the matter. Page 10 February 9, 1990 THE BARD OBSERVER OBSERVATIONS Early Release: The prison furlough and re­ lated programs are one way to the symptom of the disease try to alleviate these diffi~ul­ by Keightie Sherrod such a·s early parole and the tie~, keeping prisoners techni­ There has been a good deal of prison furlough program. We cally under the supervision of controversy in our region re- have once again become a citi­ correction authorities while ccntly concerning the early re~ zenry that automatica11y, often minimizing both civil rights lease from the Poughkeepsie thoughtlessly, condemns the violations and prison over­ Correctional Facility ·of Jake penal authorities who imple­ crowding.ltcould work to meet Curston, Jr., who was paroled ment these programs, holding these expectations if our law after serving a mere eight them responsible for the repeat enforcement and penal institu­ months on his one- to three- offenses of individuals like tions had the money and man­ year sentence for unlawful in- Curston and Willie Horton, the power to properly supervise trusion in a Bard dormitory, Massachusetts rapist · w·hose those on furlough and pi. event which offense he committed last repeat offense while on fur­ future tragedh,~s. spring. Curston has since be- lough first called that program's Therein lies the crux of the r come a rcpcatoffcnder;thcstory merits into question two years 1 matter: money and manpow... ~r. of his crime and capture ap- ago. We have come to reject We can't just sit and complain peared in its entirety in last entirely all forms of early re­ and insist that we keep our wcek's Observer. Icase from prison, for whatever prisoners locked up for the full Concerning this develop- reasons. length of their sentences with­ ment, a local resident from But at least for the present, out proffering ony real solutions CoUege Park told the Observer early parole and related pro­ or ·lending any assi~tancc to that she was "very upset about grams are a necessary evil. We those whom we have appointed his (Curston's] release. I have a have a very serious probJem to keep offenders where they family and I five right ncar him. with prison overcrowding in belong. We need to give more

He shouldn't get out again. If this country, with inadequate of our tax dollars to the penal Curston's new offense has funds and facilities to keep system to pay for bigger and sparked oricc _again the pas- prisonerswherctheybelongfor better facilities and additional sionate, and unfortunately all- as long as they belong there. and more complctl'ly trained too·common, debate over issues Correction authorities are given personnel. If we want offend­ a difficult choice: either cram ers to remain in the prisons we seven prisoners into Cl'Hs the need to pay to keep them there. size of Tewksbury singles, thus Therefore, if you hear of a seriously violating their civi1 law enforcement or penal insti­ Editor-in·Chief rights, or let them out early in tution making a special budget Amara Willey request, support it. Write your Managing Editor order to make room for more Brenda Montgomery recent offenders, thus bringing [ county commissioners and/or ·News Editors upon them the ire of the public. I your legislators. Tell them about Edward Eigerman It's really a no-win situation I the problem, and help them do jason Van Driesche for them and us. 1 something about it. . D Feature Editor Kristan llutchison Arts Editor Robin Cook Sports Editor ]ody Apap

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Till &rn:l Obttmlt71s published every Friday - . -·· .. --·- .. ~·- while dilll!l is in lleSSfon. 1 F.dltorial pollcy I~ detennined by the Edl­ · · Bored with life? tor-ln-Chtef in consultation with thl! editorial board. Any opinions which appear unsigned Do you have skills in business and advertising? ate those or the Editor and not necessarily o! Would you like to join the best paper in Annanndale? the Oir.wwr staff. Lettem to the Editor should not ellceed 300 worda and must be signed legibly. AU articles. cartoons and photograplu that ilre submitted by dsdllne will be consid­ Seeking ered for publication. Turn all material in at the Business Manager front desk of the library by noon the Friday a week before the public.ttlon date. The Editor for the Fa11 1990 semester reserves the right to edit for !ltyle and spa~. Classlf!cds: 2St for Bard laM; $5 for all oth· ers.. * Free pizza at layout and staff meetings Display ads: Contact Busint'S6 Manager. ,. Commission paid on every ad sold. *Gain valuable skills in adverth:lng Bard College design, marketing and management. Annandale, NY 12504 i join us, we're fun. (914) 758-0772 LScnd resume to Observer, campus mail or cal) 758-0772 ' Wally Wallpecker, Woody's East European cousin. ----·------·---·- ______j ·Page 11 F:ebruary 9, 1990 THE BARD OBSERVER Dignified attitudes needed on both sides

To the editor: to promote their opposition to cannot work toward a single, Thank you, Mary Rita Crowe abortion {as an answer to the positive goal: to educate both ("Rights to Life a-nd Dignity," problem of unwanted pregnan­ this generation and the next, 2/2/90) whoever you are! cies) with common sense, not by using the old cliches I find the Coalition for namely by frowning upon the about "taking responsibility for Choice's token slogans "U.S. use of contraceptives. UnfortuM one's actions" and "accepting Out of my Uterus" and "Uncle natcly I cannot cite an exact the consequences"-these have Sam Out of my Pants" very percentage, but statistics I read ambiguous interpretations - disturbing, not only because in 1988 cited a figure of more but by providing d<>wn-to-earth they're crass, but because they than 50% for women who had in formation about, as we11 as emphasize the 11 lt'~ my body" had abortions who had not used more accessibility to, birth attitude, which I feel conse­ any form of birth control. Obvi­ control, regardless of whether quently implies a denial of the ously, in cases such as these, at one'!' personal conscience dis­ human being - one that a least some of the estimated om~ approves, and PL'rhaps by woman has had an cqua1 parr million babies, yearly, could trying to rt'direct modern ways in creating - living inside of have bL'en spared the suffering of thinking, encouraging the her. This boy or girl has as much if they had not been conceived placC'ment of greater value on potential, the ('apacity to love in the first place. each human life, rather th

Letters to the Editor should not be more than two double­ spaced typed pages Turn in at the front d·esk of the library visit the. campus on Tuesday, March 6. He witl host an information table in Kline Commons from ) 10:00 AM to 4:00PM and will then hold an informational meeting at 7:00 P.\11 in Olin room 205. He will return to conduct interviews on March 21. Ecumenical Worship Services: Will be held at 7:00PM every Sunday in the Bard Chapel. The entire Bard Community is invited. Social Event Registration: Community Social event registration forms will no longer be available in the Dean of Student's Office. Please Infonnation· see Beth Frumkin, Assistant Dean of Students/ Coordinator of Student AlCohol and Drug Newsletter lnfonnation (office across from Security) for event) rcgtstra. t'tan forms. . . . I Minority Studies: , College Center: , Beaver College Center for Education I A Minority Studies Workshop wil1 be presented on1 On February 71 the Da Capo Chamber P1ayers will Abroad. There will be an information table and February 14 by Mary Nell Morgan, Department of . perform. 8;00 PM in the Olin Auditorium. Beaver College representative in Kline Commons 11 American Studies, Skidmore College, on The 1 on Tuesday, February 13 from 4 to 6;00 PM. Souls of Womenfolk: The Place of Women in the Soviet Studies Club: Political Thought of W. E. B. DuBois." Oliri room 1On February 15 at 6:00PM in the Coffee Shop of Powerhouse Theatre. A representative from 102 at 7:00PM. Kline Commons the Soviet Studies Club will meet. PowerhouS€ Theatre will discuss summer All are welcome. opportunities with interested students on Wednesday, February 14 at 3;30 PM in the theatre. On Tuesday, February 13, Mark Nichols and Amy Fenwick will talk about their recent trip to the Northwest Mutual Life. On-campus The deadline for the next Soviet Unio.n in the Committee Room of Kline interviews for positions with Northwest Mutual Newsletter is Friday, jCommons, 7:00PM. Life will be conducted on Tuesday, February 13. Interested students must submit 1.1 resume to the .February 9 at 12:00 NOON · lcareer Development Office: Career Development Office no later than Friday, F~br\lary 9, at 5:00PM. More information is in the Dean of Student's !Karen O'Neil will discuss careers in independent I !school teaching' on Wt_'

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