News Technology Two-year-old girl Y2K: Disaster found in the mid- waiting to hap- dle of D-Court THE ARGO pen or hoax? (see pg. 7) (see pg. 16) of the Richard Stockton College Serving the college community since 1973 Voiume 56 Number 9 Pomona, New Jersey Monday April 12, 1999 http ://www. Stockton. edu/'-argo Coming of Spring Benefits Stockton

Carmen Campise The Argo How does an evening of luscious hors d'overes, open bar, an auction, and live entertainment sound? This will be the scene on April 24 when the Richard Stockton College will host its annual Spring Benefit. The evening will begin in the gymnasium with the start of an auction of over 400 items donated to the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Foundation along with a wonderful din- ner. The night continues in the Performing Arts Center with a performance headlined by Joel Grey, world renown for his act- ing role in "Çabaret". The benefit will then end with the con- clusion of the auction. The George Mesterhazy Orchestra will be providing musical entertainment throughout the evening as Photo by Shaun Reilly well. From the Spring Benefit, the Richard Stockton College of Nicholas Jimenez, of Lambda Theta Phi, Latin Fraternity, won the keg toss with a throw of approximately 50 feet on Tuesday, April 6, during Greek Week festivites. (Spring continued on page 8) "Big Blue" Equals Big Change For All Students

Carrie Dragovcic and lights for night games and prac- Joshua Heines tices. Two additional practice The Argo fields were established as well as With the wave of the new mil- four new tennis courts that are lenium rapidly approaching, the currently being built behind the Richard Stockton College com- existing gymnasium. munity is patiently awaiting the The second phase is the con- completion of the Multipurpose struction of the actual building Recreational Center(MARC). located next to parking lot 4/5. The MARC'S building will be the "Big Blue," as nicknamed by largest building on Stockton's Larry James, director of campus, stretching over 40,000 Athletics and Recreation, will be square feet. It is tentatively the home of the new gymnasium scheduled to be finished for and many new multi-purpose January 2000. programs for the Stockton com- The entire project cost $17 munity, which was modeled million and was divided into two after the gymnasium at Brandeis phases. The first phase which University. Michael Graves, was completed this year, consist- architect of the Arts and Science Photo by Shaun Reilly ed of upgrading the outdoor ath- building, is also the architect on letic fields. this project. The 40,000 sq. ft. MARC building could be ready in time for graduation in January 2000. The track, and soccer and The new building will have lacrosse fields were fixed to fit three levels. The multi-purpose of the courts is wooden which fits ties ranging from basketball and was at one time a stretching room hightened NCAA standards and facility will contain four NCAA the NCAA regulation for compet- volleyball to tennis and bad- for student and athletes. also due to student interest. Both size courts and will have the itive teams. minton. The present fitness room The planned fitness room for the competitive and practice capacity to house approximately The remaining three are made which currently holds approxi- the new center will be 2500 fields were constructed with 5000 spectators for events. One of synthetic materials for activi- mately ten pieces of equipment (MARC continued on page 6) Page 15 April 12, 1999 WORLD AND NATIONAL NEWS THE ARGO NATO Attacks Serb Ground Troops, Finding More Success Michael Kilian And Bob Secter voy Tuesday night. ernment said Wednesday that it was con- sending ground troops to Kosovo. A Knight-Ridder Newspapers After methodically laying waste to vil- sidering the possibility that NATO soldiers Washington Post-ABC News poll released WASHINGTON - NATO warplanes lage after village in Kosovo and driving would have to be sent to Kosovo. earlier in the week had similar results. launched waves of strikes against Serbian hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanians Defense Minister Art Hggleton told Clinton gave no indication of any tanks and troops Wednesday as Western from the province in Europe's worst reporters it did not look as if the Yugoslav change in strategy Wednesday as he insist- diplomats probed for signs of softening in refugee exodus since World War II, government was agreeable to ground ed that the 19-member NATO alliance was the hard tine taken by Yugoslav President Yugoslavia suddenly changed course troops being sent in as part of a peace united in its will to force full compliance Slobodan Milosevic, and one key NAl'O Wednesday and sealed off its main border agreement, so military planners were by Milosevic with its demands. partner said it was time to consi<;ler send- crossings to prevent more Albanian "looking at other options as to where "He must withdraw his forces, let the ing ground troops to Kosovo. Kosovars from leaving. ground troops might be involved." (NATO Attacks continued on page 3) "We are flying missions 24 hours a day Without explanation, Yugoslav authori- Similar sentiments echoed through - day and night," Air Force Maj. Gen. ties denied exit to thousands of refugees Washington on Wednesday as key Charles Wald said, stressing that improv- waiting to cross into neighboring Republicans and Democrats in Congress ing weather in Yugoslavia was opening Macedonia and Albania and herded them urged President Clinton to drop his oppo- THE ARGO more targets on the ground in Kosovo to back toward their burned and looted sition to ground-troop combat in Kosovo. The Richard Stockton allied attack. homes and an uncertain fate in the interior Republican Rep. Christopher Cox and One day after conceding that Yugoslav of the war-ravaged province. Democratic Rep, Nancy Pelosi, both from College of New Jersey tanks and troops had evaded attack by con- German Defense Minister Rudolf California, urged Clinton to prepare for the Pomona, New Jersey 08240 cealing themselves in the countr>side and Scharping warned that the Yugoslavs may deployment of ground troops as a last Phone (609) 652-4560 • FAX mingling with columns of refugees, U.S. be planning to use the civilians in Kosovo resort to end the carnage in Kosovo. (609) 748-5565 officials said alliance warplanes were as "human shields" against NATO attack. "Having committed the prestige of the The ARGO is not an official publication of The beginning to attack the Serbian forces suc- Since fighting began, President Clinton worid's only superpower, the only course Richard Stockton College, but is published cessfully. and other NATO leaders have insisted that now is to defeat Milosevic militarily and to independently by students at Stockton College. The Pentagon said F-14 and F-18 jets no Western ground troops would be need- do it swiftly," Cox said. EDITOR-IN -CHIEF from the carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the ed and air attacks alone would eventually An NBC/WalJ Street Journal poll Joshua Heines Adriatic joined the alliance strikes for the force Milosevic to capitulate. released Wednesday found that 53 percent COPY EDITOR first time in an attack on an armored con- But, in a major shift, the Canadian gov- of Americans surveyed were in favor of Chris Ferullo AndreAnna Weber LIFESTYLE EDITOR Libya Hands Over Suspects In Pan Am Bombing Dan Grote COMICS EDITOR Drusilla Menaker built and planted the bomb. mate goal of this trial, then it's a travesty," Michelle McLaughlin Knight-Ridder Newspapers "The days will prove what we are saying he said. PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR CAIRO, Egypt - More than a decade is true," Al-Megrahi said on a Libyan TV U.N. representative Hans Corell escort- Shaun Reilly after a suitcase packed with explosives broadcast monitored by The Associated ed the Libyans, their lawyers, a doctor and CALENDAR COORDINATOR blew up a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Press. relatives to the Netherlands, where a sec- Gemette Wright Scotland, killing 270, the Libyan govern- Four days before Christmas 1988, New tion of Camp Zeist, a now-unused U.S. air OFFICE MANAGER ment handed over two men Monday for York-bound Pan Am Flight 103, 42 min- base 30 miles from Amsterdam, will in Carrie Dragovcic trial in the Netheriands. utes out of London's Heathnsw Airport, effect become Scottish territory for the AD & BUSINESS MANAGER The move unlocked a legal and diplo- exploded at 31,000 feet. trial. Chris Longo matic stalemate and brought the immediate All 259 aboard died, including 189 The United States accepted the arrange- easing of U.N. sanctions against Libya, Americans, 25 of them students from New ment last August, agreeing to having the Tara Guide ending its international isolation. York's Syracuse University. case heard in a neutral country after insist- STAFF WRITERS The Clinton administration hailed the Eleven more people were killed as flam- ing for years that the case be prosecuted in Chick Yeager, Brian M. Nelson, hand over as a victory against terrorism. ing wreckage crashed into the farming vil- either the United States or Britain. Susan Evrard, Douglas McCullough, "Now, at last, the road to justice has lage of Lockerbie, making its name a syn- Gadhafi had maintained that the men Carmen Campise, Carrie Dragovcic, begun," President Clinton said in a pre- onym for the long reach of international would not be safe in U.S. custody. For Andrea Shabazian, Michelle pared statement. terrorism. refusing to turn over the suspects, Libya McLaughlin, Emma Redmer, Shaun 'There will now be a criminal trial for investigators soon began piecing togeth- was subjected to sanctions imposed by the Reilly, James Kummel, Amanda that act of mass murder," said British er a case against Libya. Bits of a trigger, a U.N. in 1992 and 1993. Stites, Frank Alarcon Foreign Minister Robin Cook. 'The rela- timer and a shirt from a boutique in Malta Under the sanctions, international air CARTOONISTS tives of all those who died that day will led to charges against the two men. traffic to the North African country was Michael Lysicatos, Liz Elwell have their first opportunity to hear all the There also have been allegations that the banned, along with the sale of weapons Primed by AFL Printers evidence we hold." two men took orders from the highest lev- and supplies to its oil industry and access The Libyans, Abdel Basset Ali Al- els of the Libyan government and that to its foreign-bank accounts. The atxjve people are the only qualified Megrahi, 46, and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, Palestinian and Iranian extremists were After negotiating with U.N. Secretaiy- representatives of The Argo. Letters, opin- 42, made involved. General Kofi Annan, who went to Libya in ions, photographs, cartoons, and articles November, and South African President are welcome by all. Deadline for all sub- V-for-victor)' signs as they boarded a George Williams of Joppa, Md., presi- mission is every Wednesday 5:00pm. The U.N. plane in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, dent of an organization representing fami- Nelson Mandela, who went in March, Argo reserves the right to adit or deny all en route to the Netherlands, where they are lies of the U.S. victims of Flight 103, told Gadhafi agreed to turn over the suspects, copy. For advertising information, please to be tried under Scottish law. the AP that he believes the conspiracy though his compliance remained in doubt call (609) 652-4298. The ARGO welcomes reaches Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. all newcomers to join our meetings Both suspects have rejected charges that Monday 5:30 pm, upper G-Wing, room (Bombing Suspects continued on page 4) they are Libyan intelligence officers who "If trying these two (suspects) is the ulti- 202. Page 15 April 12, 1999 WORLD AND NATIONAL NEWS THE ARGO New Star Three Times Tidbits

Larger Than Sun Found White Lecturer Wins $2.75 MiUion friend, Cindy Hendy, was sound- In Bias Suit proof. It contained scalpels, alligator Chuck Squatriglia times brighter than the sun. Its distance from clips, a voltage regulator, books on Knight'Ridder Newspapers Earth - 28 million billion miles - shrouded the SAN FRANCISCO (CPX) - A lec- anatomy and serial killers and a gyne- BERKELEY, Calif. - Researchers at UC- star in secrecy until telescope technology pio- turer at San Francisco State cological table with stirrups and lights Berkeley have discovered a pair of stars neered last year gave Monnier and his col- University who claimed he was overhead, reminiscent of an operating revolving in a celestial waltz that leaves a pin- leagues the clearest view yet of Wolf-Rayet denied a tenure-track position room. Also found inside were video wheeling tail of cosmic dust in their wake. 104. because his dean had ruled out hiring cameras and several drawings and It is the first known sighting of a spiral star, What they found shocked them. Wolf-Rayet a white man has been awarded $2.75 photographs of women who appeared and the findings, published Wednesday in the 104 appears not like a disk or sphere, but a million by a jury who found the uni- to be in various stages of torture. journal Nature, putting a new twist on the age- quotation mark with a spiral "tail" of dust 18 versity guilty of discrimination. Ray, 59, and Hendy, 39, have been old image of stars as dots in the heavens. billion miles long. Howard E. McNier, who said oth- charged with dozens of crimes, 'There is nothing that we know of that looks "When we first saw the data coming in, we ers who worked at the university told including the kidnapping, rape and like that," said John Monnier, a physics gradu- thought it was something out of Star Trek," him the dean had said a white man torture of two women. They face pre- ate student and one of the three researchers said research physicist Peter Tuthill. "It didn't would be hired "over my dead body," liminary hearings next week, when behind the discovery. "It's extremely exiting." look real." won the jury's decision by a vote of their attorneys are expected to enter The star in question is named Wolf-Rayet The discovery offers insights into the 11 to 1- not guilty pleas on their behalf. Bond 104, and it is three times larger and 100,000 (Star continued on page 4) Arthur Wallace, who is black, was has been set at $1 million each. dean of the university's college of Investigators decided to raid Ray business when McNier applied for the and Hendy's home after an NATO Attacks paign," said Samuel "Sandy" Berger, President tenured position in 1995. Wallace Albuquerque woman ran to neighbors Clinton's national security adviser. retired last year. He denied suggesting wearing only a padlocked metal collar (continued from page 2) 'To the extent that the Russians or anyone that he wouldn't consider a white man with a chain attached. The woman else can convince Mr. Milosevic to accede to for jobs in the college, but McNier's told them she had escaped from the refugees return, permit the deployment of an those conditions, so much the better." attorney said a tenured professor tes- trailer, where she had been electricaJ- international security force," Clinton said. At the State Department, officials identified tified that Wallace had told him other- Fy shocked, whipped and raped with "Nothing less will bring peace with security to nine commanders of Yugoslav units in Kosovo wise. sexual devices for three days. the people of Kosovo." they accused of war crimes against civilians in McNier, who had lectured in the Another woman with making simi- U.S. officials said they believe recent over- Kosovo and said they may be brought to inter- college for four years, further bol- lar claims has also stepped forward. tures by Yugoslavia, including a unilateral national justice. stered his case when he testified that Authorities are trying to determine cease-fire declared by Belgrade on Tuesday, "We are naming the commanders as a warn- Wallace told him he needed to have a whether other victims may have been were designed to weaken NATO resolve to use ing to them that the worid is watching and that Ph.D. in hospitality management to killed. military force to end the crisis. the war crimes tribunal is there and we are be considered for any tenured posts. NATO foreign ministers planned to meet in going to assist them in this process," State McNier has a law degree and a mas- Graduation Rates Brussels on Monday to underscore the Department spokesman James Rubin told ter's of business administration, but Continue To Drop alliance's unity and map diplomatic strategy. reporters. no doctoral degree. Wallace's state- Although U.S. officials were emphasizing On another front, the former president of ment was inconsistent with the uni- CHICAGO (CPX) - College gradu- the alliance would stay the course, behind the Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou, began a mission to versity's actions, McNier's attorney ation rates continued to drop in 1998, scenes diplomatic efforts were under way to win the release of three American soldiers argued. according to a study released by ACT. encourage Russia to use its influence with seized along the Yugoslav border with The first three candidates the uni- The organization, best known for Serbia to end the crisis. Macedonia on March 31. versity interviewed did not have its college-entrance exam, has been Vice President A1 Gore spoke with Russian Cyprus, which is not a NATO member, has Ph.D.'s in hospitality management, conducting the survey each year since Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov on Tuesday historically had close ties with Yugoslavia. and neither did the first woman to 1983. According to the study, students for 40 minutes and explored ways Russia Kyprianou flew to Athens, where he said he whom the university offered the job. completing their bachelor's degrees might help resolve the conflict as he urged was "waiting for the green light from After the woman turned down the within five years fell at four-year Moscow not to let differences over Kosovo Belgrade" before going fo Yugoslavia on position, the university offered it to a schools in 1998, the third consecutive disrupt U.S.-Russian relations. Thursday. woman who is a citizen of China and year for the decline. Of students "The vice president... in the course of a con- He said he believed the release of the sol- who does have a Ph.D. in hospitality enrolled in four-year, public schools versation simply made clear to Prime Minister diers is imminent. management. She accepted the offer. five years earlier, 42.9 percent com- Primakov what it was that NATO expected Mr. In Washington, officials were cautious. University officials said they were pleted their degree last year, down Milosevic to do to end this bombing cam- Rubin said the U.S. had made certain "arrange- shocked by the award and are consid- from 44.2 percent the year before. ments" with the Cypriot government, appar- ering an appeal or requesting a new The study reported a smaller drop at ADVANCED TAN ently to ensure Kyprianou's plane would be trial. private schools - from 56.6 percent in allowed to fly safely in and out of Belgrade. 1997 to 56.2 percent last year. Both Easily The Best Tan of Your Life In Belgrade, about 3,000 people gathered 'Operating Room' Set Up For Sex are record lows. Two-year colleges also reported VHR High Performance 32 Lamp late Wednesday on the Brankov bridge over Torture, Authorities Say the Sava River, where authorities organized a record lows for graduation. In 1998, Tanning Beds! Buik In Face concert to form a "human shield" against ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. (CPX) only 34.4 percent of students finished Tanners* All Beds Pre-Sanitize NATO attacks. - A couple accused of running a sex their associate's degrees within three 4 Sessions $20 ^ The concert was broadcast live after air-raid torture ring had set up a crude operat- years. Rates at public schools have 2 W9Bks Unlimited $25 sirens heralded another night of NATO attacks, ing room in a trailer where investiga- fallen each of the last seven years. 1 Month Unlimited $39.95 ^ which included strikes against a former tors think they took their victims, The report also takes a look at Yugoslav army headquarters facility. sources close to the case said drop-out rates among first-year stu- • 484-3100 • The authorities were quick to play down the Monday. dents. Those figures dropped for the English Creek Shopping Center impact of Wednesday's attack, saying the According to news reports, the second year in a row to 26.4 percent Egg Harbor Twp. building hit had not been used by the military' storage trailer next to a mobile home for students who entered college in 10 mmutes away & wdl worth Ae drive! and was in fact a judicial facility. belonging to David Ray and his girl- 1997. Page 15 April 12, 1999 WORLD AND NATIONAL NEWS I HE ARGO

Star lide, creating a cocoon that protects With Milosevic Declaring (continued from page 3) the dust from the stars' radiation. "It's like a snovvflake between mechanics of stellar wind, which two blow torches," said lead Cease-Fire, NATO Bombs Fly blows the fundamental building researcher William Danchi. "It's blocks of nature to the far comers amazing." Michael Kilian And Roger Simon "genocide." of the universe. The star's spiral shape is created Knight-Ridder Newspapers NATO officials said the missiles were aimed at And it may solve a riddle that has as the stellar wind blows the dust WASHINGTON - Yugoslav President a nearby military post but one of the weapons long puzzled astronomers: How can outward, much like a lawn sprinkler Slobodan Milosevic declared a halt to his brutal may have fallen short due to a guidance system cosmic dust exist in an such an sprays water in a circular pattern, military campaign through Kosovo on Tuesday, failure or other problem. "Any unintended dam- inhospitable environment? Danchi said. but NATO leaders swiftly denounced the move age (is) very much regretted," said NATO Air Wolf-Rayet 104 is buffeted by Danchi and his colleagues con- as an empty gesture and responded with the most Commodore David Wilby of Britain. stellar winds blowing at more than tinue searching for other spiral stars devastating barrage of air strikes of the tvvo- As recently as Monday, President Clinton and 620 miles per second. to bolster their theory, and so far vveek-old war. other Western leaders had predicted that That wind kicks up a lot of cos- they've found two. The unilateral Yugoslav cease-fire took effect Milosevic was readying some kind of public rela- mic dust, and scientists have long They're keeping mum on the at 1 p.m. Chicago time, but moments later air raid tions gambit dressed up as a peace offering. wondered why. details until they have been pub- sirens wailed in Belgrade and three powerful Almost on cue, he announced on Tuesday a uni- Many argue the immense radia- lished. blasts shook the capital city, apparently from the lateral cease-fire in his Kosovo campaign to tion cast by Wolf-Rayet stars would Danchi and his colleagues relied direction of the Batajnica military airport. mark the upcoming celebration of Orthodox incinerate everything in its path. upon the latest technology afforded The state news agency Tanjug reported eight Easter this Sunday. "It is a puzzle how the dust got by the Keck I telescope in Hawaii - missiles struck a large chemical complex in The statement also offered to forge a "tempo- there," Tuthill said. 'That's some- the world's largest optical telescope Lucani, southwest of Belgrade. rary agreement" with moderate ethnic Albanian thing scientists have been throwing - to make their discovery. Four explosions reverberated around the leader Ibrahim Rugova, which it said would be bread rolls at each other over at Scientists will be able to peer fur- Montenegrin capital Podgorica on Tuesday night, the basis for a "final agreement" on Kosovo conferences for years." ther into the cosmos as the technol- with blasts close to a road bridge and at a military "within Serbia and Yugoslavia." Tuthill and his colleagues di.s- ogy continues to evolve, he said. airport, local media said. Deputy Prime Minister Vuk Draskovic said he covered Wolf-Rayet 104 is a binary "It is revolutionizing our under- Some residents of the city were surprised by hoped NATO would respond by stopping the star, meaning it has a second, small- standing of stars we are seeing stars the blasLs because Western leaders had indicated bombing. "If NATO continues to bombard Serbia er "twin" lurking nearby. with unexpected shapes and more that Serbian military targets in Montenegro after today's decision, it would be very clear ... The researchers theorize stellar complex shapes than we ever would be spared air raids as part of a NATO strat- NATO is against peace." winds blowing off the two stars col- expected," Danchi said. egy to avoid destablizing the reform-minded Swiftly and emphatically, the move was Yugoslav republic. denounced by a broad array of Milosevic foes, Brig. Gen. Xavier Delcourt, deputy operations both in the West and in the Balkans. Bombing Suspect ings that the CIA attributed to chief of the French armed forces, described the "We've made very clear that any hollow, half (continued from page 2) Libyan plotters, and the timer was latest round of NATO strikes against Yugoslav measures will not stop the bombing," said David traced to the two Libyans. The targets as "massive" and "greater than anything Leavy, spokesman for the U.S. National Security to the end. owner of a Malta shop identified done so far." NATO vvarplanes pummeled roads, Council. "If Milosevic doesn't do what is neces- The sanctions were suspended Al-Megrahi as the purchaser of the bridges, airports and command centers in a strat- sary, NATO will continue with their campaign. It following Monday's hand over. The shirt used to wrap the bomb, egy apparently aimed at disrupting the Yugoslav will be undiminished, unceasing and unrelent- U.N. Security Council can vote to according to the charges. military's lines of transport and supply. ing." lift them in 90 days. The U.S. State Department has In Washington, Pentagon officials gave their Speaking in the Roosevelt Room of the White The isolation of oil-rich Libya said that Al-Megrahi was head of first detailed briefing and damage assessment House at an event to promote hate-crime legisla- has been a divisive issue in the security for Libyan Arab Airlines since the NATO bombing began and displayed tion, President Clinton said: "Mr. Milosevic Middle East, creating an opportuni- and that Fhimah managed the carri- aerial photos of bombed-out fuel and ammuni- ty for "extremists to drive a wedge er's office in Malta. tion dumps to back up claims of progress in the (Cease Fire continued on page 5) between Arab countries and the Both men have denied any con- drive to cripple Milosevic's war machine. West," said Abdel Moneim Said, an nections with Libyan intelligence. U.S. military intelligence officials said air Marketing Analyst Egyptian political analyst. Fhimah said he left his job in Malta strikes had knocked down or damaged four or When GadhaH felt he wasn't three months before the bombing. five key bridges used to supply Serbian military BET ON SHOWBOAT FOR being adequately supported by fel- Linked with the Pan Am bomb- units in Kosovo, wiped out half the top-line A WINNING CAREER! low Arabs, he turned to African ing is the explosion of a French MiG-29 fighters in the Yugoslav air force and hit Be part oi the world's largest gaming company. leaders, some of whom defied the UTA Flight 772 over Niger on Sept. major field elements of Yugoslavia's 3rd Army, Showboat Casino-Hotel, a division ol Hanxih s U.N. flight ban to travel to Libya. 19, 1989, killing 171. the principal force used against Kosovo's ethnic Entertainment, Inc. is now accepting applications Prosecutors say the bomb that That flight was en route to Paris Albanian majority. from graduating seniors ior an entry-level marketing analyst position in Direct Marketing. destroyed Flight 103 consisted of from Brazzaville, Republic of Rear Adm. Thomas Wilson, the intelligence Start immediately after graduation. Semtex plastic explosive concealed Congo. director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowl- Excellent career opportunity with unlimited inside a portable radio, which was There is other unfinished busi- edged that Milosevic's air defense system, while advancement. Assist in developing and analyzing then wrapped in a shirt and placed ness between the United States and damaged, has continued to function. "It's a grad- divisional marketing plans, programs, budgets and database reports. College degree inside a suitcase. The luggage was Libya. ual process," Wilson said. in marketing or other business-related field and placed aboard a plane traveling Libya wants to prosecute nine A Yugoslav news agency said Tuesday's top-notch computer skills (including Access) required! from Malta, a Mediterranean island Americans in connection with U.S. bombings included a midmoming strike in the between Libya and Italy, to Please fax letter and résumé to attacks on Tripoli and the port of Kosovo capital of Pristina as well as raids near Showboat Personnel Dept. at (609)343-3409; e-mail to Frankfurt, Germany. In Frankfurt, Benghazi in 1986. Those attacks the western Kosovo city of Pec. 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The Libyans say the U.S. attacks borhood in Aleksinac, a Serbian mining town of Investigators say a recovered bit killed 31, including an adopted 17,000 about 100 miles southeast of Belgrade. of the triggering device was similar daughter of Gadhafi, and wounded Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic, who to those used in three other bomb- 226. visited the site Tuesday, accused NATO of CASMO-HOTEL-XriAimC OTY Page 15 April 12, 1999

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Talking about sex online is cast the material on the Internet, Hoover of Roseville, Mich., was year-old girl and broadcast it live Meyer seemed shocked and protected by constitutional free Ficano said. released from jail Tuesday after on the Internet discovered surprised when he was arrested, speech rights, but men who solic- Deputies found the teddy bear he posted 10 percent of a $50,000 Tuesday night that the girl he said Sgt. Robert Johnson, who it underage youths for sex are and condoms in Meyer's car. bond, Johnson said. thought he'd met online was a posed as the girl online. "He was engaging in illegal behavior, Ficano said Meyer had no previ- Trial dates have not been set middle-aged sheriffs sergeant. apologetic," said Johnson. Hcano said. ous criminal record. He was yet tor the other three men arrest- Brian R. Meyer, 44, was arrest- Sheriff Robert Ficano said Meyer apparently believed he arraigned Wednesday on charges ed by the unit. ed by Wayne County Sheriff's Meyer had been chatting on the was talking online to three girls of trying to solicit a minor for Hcano advises parents to warn deputies at a Bill Knapp's restau- Intemet since Januar>' with offi- ages 13 to 15, Ficano said. immoral purposes, a 20-year children about the possibility of rant in Livonia, Mich. - where the cers in the unit who posed as Meyer spoke once by phone to felony. He did not immediately online predators. "As parents, online lovers agreed to meet. girls. a woman posing as one of the post a $25,000 bond. you may feel secure because your Meyer brought along a teddy bear Team members have been giris, Ficano said. "We're seeking warrants to door is locked," he said. "You as a gift for her. stunned at how many older men Meyer said online that he download his home computer," wouldn't let a stranger walk into "This is really the creepiest are seeking girls for sex through would meet the girl at the restau- Hcano said. Police want to know your living room. But that can guy we've caught, ever," said chat rooms, Ficano said. rant and take her to his home in if Meyer had sex with other girls happen on the Intemet." Cease Fire (continued from page 4) France, which the Kosovar Albanians have missed the cease-fire as "demagogy and strikes were inevitable against Serbian tar- agreed to but Milosevic has not, would, cynical provocation." gets. could end (the bombing) now by with- grant autonomy, though not independence, In Montenegro, President Milo U.S. officials also confirmed Tuesday drawing his military- police and paramili- to Kosovo. Djuicanovic denounced Milosoevic as a that some 20,000 of the more than 800,000 tary forces; by accepting the deployment Clinton's sentiments were strongly sec- catastrophic ethnic Albanians crammed into squalid of an international .security force to protect onded by British Prime Mmister lony autocrat who is blocking the road to makeshitl relugee encampments on the not only the Kosovar Albanians, most hut Blair, who said the Yugoslav declaration peace iri the Ba/kans. ' ^ " 'fringes of Kosovo and neighboring coun- not all of whom are Muslims, but also the "doesn't go far enough." NATO Secretary On the other hand, the cease-fire was tries would be transferred to the O.S. mili- Serbian minority in Kosovo - everybody ... General Javier Solana also termed the seen as a positive sign in Russia, which tary base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. and by making it possible for all the cease-fire proposal "clearly insufficient." has long been a Serb ally and where offi- That is the same facility used to house refugees to return and to move toward a Albanian President Rexhep Meidani, cials have been highly critical of the thousands of Haitian and Cuban refugees political framework based on the accords whose impoverished country has been NATO bombing campaign. "Any peace in the mid-1990s. reached in France." inundated by a flood of refugees driven at initiative must be useful," spokesman But Brian Atwood, the official in charge The accords reached in Rambouillet, gunpoint by Serbs from Kosovo, dis- Dmitry Yakushkin quoted President Boris of U.S. relief efforts in Kosovo, stressed Yeltsin as saying. that the arrangement is meant to be only Vice President AI Gore spoke for 40 temporary and said Washington is assum- minutes with Russian Prime Minister ing the refugees will be repatriated to HELP WANTED Yevgeny Primakov on Tuesday and Kosovo within six months. urged Moscow not to let differences The tent camp at Guantanamo should be for over Kosovo disrupt U.S.-Russian ready in 72 hours, and U.S. military trans- Custom Embroidery & Resort Apparel relations. port planes can then start flying the It was the first conversation between refugees in, probably from Skopje airport, Full Time / Part Time / Flexible Hours the two men since Primakov, while on he said. his way to Washington, turned his (Chicago Tribune Staff Writer Bob Starting Weekends in May plane around over the Atlantic two Seder contributed to this report.) weeks ago when told by Gore that air On the Boardwalk in Ocean City Great Environment! 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Shaun Reilly there. his best friend. They were trapped in a Kosovo. He believes that the answer to The Argo The conversation began with a brief pre- building that was under fire, and his friend the problem is diplomacy, not bombing. In light of the ongoing tragedies in the sentation by Grguric. He spoke of the ran out into the street in order to save a According to Tomin, NATO offered a one Balkans, Stockton sponsered a panel dis- volitile history of the region. Acording to Serbian soldier's life and he lost his. "I sided non-negoitable treaty that no country' cusion on the crisis in Kosovo on Grguric, the constantly shifting borders of carried my best friend in my arms, I was would accept. Thursday. Some of the goals of this con- the region are to blame for much of the covered in blood." Tomin has a particular interest with the versation were to illuminate the historical trouble they are facing today. While tr>ing Pleho refused to comment on which peace process. His family is still in causes of this conflict, to humanize the to offer a historical perspective Grguric side he thought was right because he did- Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. His fami- tragedy, and to offer some alternitve poinLs compared President Milosovich, the presi- n't have time to fully articulate his views. ly is staying in an apartment that has no of view that are not commonly presented dent of war torn Serbia, to Adolph Hitler. However he would say this, won't say bomb shelter. Every night their apartment in the American press. He feels that Milosovich should be dealt who's right and who's wrong but I saw is rocked by the NATO bombs. I'he panel memt)ers were Frot. Gorden with in much the same manner as Hitler children die on a bus. Who ever gave the l omin spends hours on the phone ever> Grguric, Prof. Diane Faulk, Ferid Pleho, was. order to kill those children is wrong and night tr>'ing to find out if his family is still and Kastko I'omin. bach of the panel Pleho spoke next. He began by address- should be punished." alive. members brought something unique to the ing the historical aspect of the conflict. He An understandable!y emotional Tomin He says "During the day all you can do disscusion. Grguric is an assitant profes- wanted to make it clear that those may shared Pleho's sentiments on this particu- is tr>' to go out and get basic necessities. sor of environmental studies, who also have been the facts of history, however, lar issue. "People with guns who are Then you go home and wait for night and teaches a course in Yugoslavian histor>'. they are not the reality of the situtation. killing unarmed people are wrong! It is just pray nothing hits you." He is orginially from one of the provinces Speaking to Grguric about hiscomments, Croatians, Muslims and Serbs, it's all The audience was left with a slide pre- of the former Yugoslavia. Pleho said, "We get the borders, but we three sides just killing." sentation of war torn Yugoslavia. Falk is an assistant professor of social also get the graves." Tomin wanted to make sure that ever>'- Professor Falk visited Yugoslavia last work at Stockton, who also leaches a class Phelo expressed his desire for the audi- one understands that there is more to the year with a group of Stockton students. on human righLs. ence to understand the human aspect of the current situation than the American media She showed images of burned out build- Pleho is a former officer in the war. He lost all that he owned in Bosnia, portrays. He is angry that the Serbians are ings and gutted churches. She then shared Yugoslavian Arniy and former television his house, his money, and his car. Worst of villified when there are many diflfemt sides some very shocking images of a mass reporter from his birthplace, Sarajevo. all he lost many of his friends and had to commiting acts of aggression. Tomin is a senior at Stockton, who is leave many of his family behind. He also asserts that NATO is breaking originally from Serbia and still has family He recounted one instance when he lost international law by intervening in (Kosovo continued on page 7) Stockton Residents' Association Elects New Executives

Dan Grote Christopher P. Farrell (vice president), accomplish is a revision of the SRA con- for SRA representatives are held the third The Argo Jennifer Fitchner (secretary/treasurer), stitution via the famous "Robert's Rules" week of the fall semester. On Tuesday, April 6, the Stockton Cindy Belon (food services committee book. Also, he would like to see SRA In the more immediate future, SRA will Residents' Association (SRA), the organi- chairperson), and Heather Winslovv and sponsor more events on campus, as well as be sponsoring Stockton's upcoming zation dedicated to improving the quality Jillian Nuara (housing advisory committee get the SRA representatives more involved Spring Fling (April 12-16), a barbecue at of residential life here on Stockton cam- co-chairpersons). with their buildings along the lines of col- the TRLC on the 18th, and several "study pus, elected its officers for the fall 1999 New vice president and programming lecting more student input. breaks" during finals week. semester. committee chairperson, Chris Farrell, cur- "I hope to get more students interested Also, the food sen'ices committee is All SRA representatives were eligible to rently the representative of E-dorm, is in what SRA does," Farrell continued, working on ways to improve Stockton's run for the six positions up for grabs, excited about his new responsibilities. "and perhaps give SRA more publicity so dining experience of Stockton, with the which included president, vice president, "I was making a difference before [as a that Stockton residents can know how and possibilities of adding more car\'ing sta- secretary/treasurer, food services commit- representative], but I have a lot of changes when they can run for SRA representa- tions and keeping the Lakeside Pizzeria tee chairperson, and two housing advisory' I would like to implement, and I'll finally tive." open later, all while trying to keep the committee co-chairpersons. These posi- be able to have more power to influence There are currently twenty-four SRA costs low for Stockton students. tions have been filled for the next semester those changes." representatives, one for each residential For more information, talk to the SRA by Kristine Cusick (president), One of the things Farrell hopes to building on Stockton's campus. Hlections representative in your building.

MARC $3 million project will bring the total bility in programming that it never had that could be housed inside the building (continued from page 1 ) square footage to 60,000 square feet in before. One facility can house an event or are computer and trade shows, career fair square feet. It will contain approximately order to have a NCAA standard indoor game, while the other is still open for stu- and the annual CHEER conference. 25 pieces of Cybex cardiovascular and track. dent use. James said, "We can't look at "This is not a money making venture, universal equipment including a chest ''It got to a point where the existing special events the same way anymore.'' we're not a business. Folks think it will be press, arm cut, ab cruncher, squat, tread- plant could not fill our needs, " said Larry The new facility is much larger which a profitable industry. We're not the casino mills, bikes and steppers. James. 'The only choice, not only for ath- will allow for bigger acts that were never industry." The Multipurpose Athletic Recreational letics, but for the college, was the new willing to come to Stockton before due to James said the building will be a mini- C:enter will offer pole vaulting and long facility." the small capacity of spectators the current Spectrum or Continental Center. I he jumping practice areas. The MARC is James said it was a quality of life issue. facility can hold. James said that with the major basketball teams from the Tri-State being constructed so if at any point in his- Currently there are 30 days during the aca- future building it is up to the students area including the New Jersey Nets, tory the college decides to expand and demic year that the existing facility is not imaginations as to what it can hold. He Philadelphia 76ers, and the New York additional facilites, it has the capability to available to students due to home games or says that everything has been suggested Knicks have expressed interest in the new expand 10,000 square feet on the east and conferences. With both the present and from the Harlem Globetrotters to WWF facility as a practice venue for the off-sea- west sides of the building. I his potential future facilities it gives the college a flexi- wrestling to aQdrge-GoncertnM-CiHher-^events--«son. —— 1 Page 15 April 12, 1999

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THE ARGO Christ's Place is Not in the World of Politics

Chick Yeager US 39.6% and Germany 53%; Falvvell, whom he used to advise, The Argo Average hourly way: Japan $21, issued a press release saying he *****Thought for tcxiay: Even US $17 and Germany $27 wouldn't discuss their book in S^or your SInformaiion if you win a rat race, you're still a ******Christians may be bet- any forum ever. rat ter Christians by pulling back Thomas writes that his poHli- *****1998 GDP growth rate: from those who are trying to use cal involvement had a corrosive her Japan -2.8%, US 3.9%, Germany them in politics. This is what syn- side. depended on respectfully, 2.8%; Top tax rate: Japan 65%, dicated conservative columnist He first wondered why fund playing on people's fears and because she backs it up with a life Cal Thomas, along with raising letters have always been insecurities. of sacrifice and love and compas- ^ . Pastor td Dobson have so negative instead of telling the Ihey even began to believe sion.^' By forgetting the Gospel ^chard Stockton College in ^a good news. one of the liberal criticisms that the Moral Majority failed, he Blinded By Might." In Dobson began having second the hateful rhetoric made vio- argues. their book they discuss thoughts after coming home in lence against the chosen enemies Perhaps Christianity is coming how involvement in good spirits from a TV talk show more likely. to a rebirth in which there is room politics may have made and being asked by his wife to Because the moral majority for everyone. them to pay too high a take out the garbage. forgot the messy business of Christ didn't spend his time price to involve Christ He then realized he had lost his helping the poor and visiting the raising finds among the rich and with politics. humility and that "real life is tak- sick, because they fought gay arguing for a tax cut for those Rev James Kennedy ing the garbage to the dump." rights without ministering to who already had the most. uninvited Cal Thomas As the moral majority began to AIDS patients, the religious right He spent his time working with to the "Reclaiming use God to baptize their specific leadership failed what Dobson those who had the least. And in Christ" conference last political agenda, both men and calls the Mother Theresa test. that context, there is plenty of month in Fort women began wondering what it "When mother Theresa speaks room to work for both conserva- APRIL 12-16 Lauderdale, and Jerry means to be a Christian if it about abortion, people listen to tive and liberal Christians. 1999 Two-year-old Girl Found Unharmed in D-Court SPnmC FLIN6 CARNIVAL MONDAY, APRIL 12 AND Joshua Heines lived in D-30. The officers knocked on the to go to the bathroom. TUESDAY, APRIL 13 I0:00am-2:00pm, Field #2 by Track (Raln:Gym) The Argo door with unfounded results. Prescott brought her to the bathroom Gyroscope, Sports Challenge Basketball, Velcro and put her back to sleep, or so he thought. Olympics, 22* Slide. Dunk Tank, Bungee Bull, Robot, The safety of children has become a They began to go through D-Courl and more. main concern of our society. Parents spend knocking at every door at 8:00 a.m. Due to the late hour she went to sleep he Sponsored by Board of Activities The girl was taken back to the police assumed that she would sleep late. STARFLIX TOTALLY millions of dollars every year on every- INTERACTIVE VIDEO thing from child safety seats to child leash- station and the Division of Youth and He feels that his daughter woke up and WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 es to gourmet baby foods just to ensure Family Services(DYFS) was called in to wanted to visit her uncle in H-Court. I0:00am-4:00pm, E-WIng Caltery V Sponsored by Board of Activities their child has a proper upbringing. help locate the parents. Prescott told police that he never heard the B-STREETS BAND However, no matter how much money or At the station, the police rallied togeth- front door open and did not know his THURSDAY, APRIL 15 attention a parent lavishes upon a child, er in a group effort to find the girl's father daughter left the apartment. 9:00pm'Mldnlght, Lakeside Center Sponsored Board of Activities problems always tend to arise. even though the giri was completely happy "It's not that he wasn't paying attention BLOCK PARTY On the morning of Saturday, April 3, at the police station. to his daughter. He put her to bed at 5 a.m. FRIDAY, APRIL 16 two residents of D-Court, Jen and Amy The officers on duty gave her muffins It was an unfortunate incident that could t:00pm-l 1:00pm, Outside Housing III Food, Music, Fun, and More Sink were preparing for a track meet when and juice as she clicked away on the office have happened to anybody," said Britton. Sponsored by Housing III they noticed a young child wearing only a typewriter. At 11:00 a.m. a social worker for DYFS ISO DINNER T-shirt, jeans, and white sneakers. Ofc. Latoracca found a possible student arrived and spoke extensively with both FRIDAY, APRIL 16 6:30pm-l0:30pm, Gym Both Sink's attempted to help the two- who could be the girl's father, Rahman Prescott and his daughter, and also with S4n'lcket Sponsored by international Students Organitation year-old child find her father. Prescott, and Ptl. Heintz found out where the mother. Icy Sherese Murphy when she SRA BARBEQUE "She was crying 'Where's my daddy?' I he might be staying. arrived at 1:00 p.m. The social worker SUNDAY, APRIL 18 was scared for her. We tried to help her, Heintz called the apartment where allowed the giri to go home with her moth- l2:00noon.RLC,iSC but she didn't know where she lived, so we Prescott was believed to be staying with er called the campus police," said Amy. success. No charges were initially brought up on When Ptl. Stahl Prescott came to the police station Prescott for neglect; however, according to and Ptl. Britton immediately. Britton he was arrested for not paying arrived the girl He told police that his daughter fell child support. UE D1ÂM0N1D DDWEB told them she asleep at 2:00 a.m. and woke at 5:00 a.m. He was released after posting bail. FREE LOCAL DELIVERY 10% off with Stockton ID Kosovo thy arrived there "...we could all expressed their heartbreak at (continued from page 6) smell death." the destruction of a place that $2.99 Breakfast M-F None of the speakers claimed was once so beautiful. grave. they had the answer to the crisis Professor Falk left the audi- from 6 am - 11 am Hundreds of bodies were in Kosovo, however they all ence by saying that something agreed on one point. must be done to stop this mad- 609.965.7111 dumped into a single grave, and now Red Cross officials are try- They all felt that the tragedies ness. Corner of Rt. 30 & S. Pomona Road ing to sort through the bodies to taking place must come to an She said, "Something must be OPEN 7 DAYS PER WEEK try to identify them. end. All of these speakers had done. A beautiful country is Professor Falk said that when some ties to Yugoslavia and they committing suicide." Page 15 April 12, 1999 NEWS THE ARGO

Spring either distributed immediately to a specif- awards such as The SouthShore money is then allocated to many different (continued from page 1 ) ic cause or is placed into a certain account Foundation Dr. Victor Bressler areas of the College. determined by the donor. Scholarship Endowment, the Stockton In addition to the money raised is used New Jersey Foundation plans to raise Other money is then raised for certain Employee Memorial Scholarship and the to award scholarships to current and new about $100,000. clubs and organizations on campus, such Ida E. King Memorial Scholarship students to the College, some funds go This money will go towards scholar- as the Spring Benefit, which appropriates Endowment. towards the improvement of many of the ships for students and to the Performing 15% of its proceeds to the Performing Arts The money is also used to help build up academic programs, such as the Arts & Arts Center. Center. The Richard Stockton College of the current programs and technology that Humanities (ARHU) and Professional However, the Benefit is just one of the New Jersey Foundation was established in are already at Stockton College. Studies (PROS) divisions of the school. many ways the Foundation gathers funds. 1973 to help raise money from sources "The money raised helps to supplement Other money is assigned to various clubs The Foundation also works hard year outside of the college to be used to help what currently exists in the College," and organizations throughout the college, round making telephone calls and seeking better the existing programs and resources remarked John Rahmeyer, the Chief the Friends of the Library and the support from local businesses and compa- at Stockton. Development Officer at Stockton. "We do Ambassador Program to name a few. nies. 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Shaun Reilly party. TheArgo At approximately 11:30 p.m. a Every year thousands of col- man resembling a janitor came to lege students pile into airports the counter and informed the pas- and board planes bound for tropi- sengers that the scheduled flight cal destinations around the world. would be delayed. This would This influx of passengers due prove to be the first in a long to spring break travel generally series of outright lies. This news go unnoticed. however did not stop the crowd This year at Newark from continuing their party. At International and many other air- 1:30 a.m., the police started to ports around the nation it would show up in force. As they ques- have been hard not to notice tioned the students as to why they mobs of college students at the were there, the students had just airports. as many questions for them. The thing that separated these Finally at 2 a.m. through prod- spring break travelers from all the ding from the police and Newark others was that there was no International the man who had plane waiting to take them to told the crowd the flight was their tropical destination. delayed came back and told These students along with everyone that the flight had been thousands of others vacations again delayed. through the phoenix based com- He identified himself as Dick Photo By Shaun ReiUy pany Surf and Sun Tours or one Lx)wery the Surf and Sun airiine Students began to riot in Newark Airport when they found that their flight to Cancun was non-existent its daughter companies. Island representative. Tours, Class Travel, Class Tours, He said that a flight would be the trip for non-payment. Sun to take care of airfreight. Mr. the flight home was in question. just to name a few. there at 1 p.m. the next afternoon The travel broker tried to pawn Lowery tried to shift the blame to Beth Stacy a sophomore says, The companies general prac- and that the students should go to the flight off at the last minute. this separate entity not at all con- "I just wanted my luggage. I was tice was to wait until the last pos- a nearby hotel, at Surf and Sun An official at the Newark Port nected to his company. TcWeved to fvnaW-y be there, I just sible moment secure a charter air- expense. Authority confirmed the next lie. However, upon arrival in wanted to get out of my clothes line in order to get the lowest When the student returned to When asked about the supposed Cancun, Mr. Perritti was found that I had been in for the last four rates. the airline the next day, they Saturday flight he said that one lounging comfortably in the Surt days." Because of this attempt to trim again spent many long hours never existed and he had no idea and Sun office. For this particular group how- overhead expenses, this formally wmting and partying in the air- where Mr. Lowery got the flight He was working right along ever there was a flight early the reputable company left thousands port. number he gave out from. side the workers from surf and next Monday morning and they stranded all throughout the coun- Again Mr. Lovvery presence I'hen there was the lie of the sun and was far from a separate returned to the United States at try. was scarce. This time the mob full refund. That was a promise entity. approximately the time they we The Newark travelers were had grown larger and angrier. that seemed completely empty. When confronted by travelers told they would return after the among those that vi'ere most Upon his arrival, he stated that To date those that chose not to from Newark, he became ver> rescheduling. affected by the failings of this the flight had been canceled and take the trip have received no nervous and rude. He made a The tragedy of this story lies in company. This particular group one would not be available until compensation or even any word quick exit with no comment as the complete lack of faith it included travelers from many Monday. as to the whereabouts of their soon as he realized whom he was imparts in the young travelers. area colleges and universities. Tim Oliver a sophomore at refund. talking with. Many of the students researched These schools included Stockton, Stockton said "I was upset, but at The check that was supposed The flight scheduled for what student tour package they Rutgers, The College of NJ, the same time kinda relieved. I to be federal expressed to them Monday did eventually leave gave their money to before com- Rowan, and West Point just decided to go home and take they day the plane left for early on Tuesday morning. mitting. Students at these schools did the promised refund." Cancun. But not after many more They thought they were com- not receive their flight vouchers As a show of good faith in Dan Decanio a sophomore at delays and posturing on the part paring prices when in fact Surf and hotel information until days front of the local news crews that Stockton reports that the police of surf and sun in front of the and Sun owned all the student before they were supposed to had been called out to cover the gave him the vice president of Television Media. tour packages that they advertise leave. saga, Mr. Lowery offered full Surf and Sun's home phone num- At one point a representative under different names. I'hey vouchers they fmally did refunds to any that no longer ber. from Cancun told the crowd in Ihe company up until a few receive said that the flight to wished to go on the trip. He said that he has used it, but front of a camera crew via a cell weeks ago was in good standing C'ancun was to depart from He also offered lodging to still has no definitive answer as to phone that all the travelers on the with the Better Business Bureau Newark at 11 p.m., Friday the those that did wish to go on , the location of his money. trip would receive a full refund. and was recommended by rep- 12th. The carrier was Sky Trek, a Monday. According to the Surf and Sun He stated that they would all utable travel agents. The also budget air charter company. Further investigation would Representative, none of this was be completely compensated once still cany vacation packages for When the students began to later reveal the levels of fraud their fault. According to him, they arrived in Mexico. Ihis notable companies like MTV. file in at 9 p.m., they found a dark and negligence that this company "We are a reputable company that again was a lie. No such com- They are also the largest stu- unmanned Sky Trek counter. I he exhibited. I'he first lie was that stands behind our product. We pensation was ever again ottered dent tour company in Cancun and students simply lined up their the initial Sky Trek flight was don't leave kids stranded like or even spoke of. many other spring break loca- baggage and waited. delayed. An unnamed source those other companies do." As expected when the young tions. As time passed there were still from Sky Trek verified that they He goes on to say that it was travelers finally did arrive in For whatever the reasons no signs of life at the baggage were never contracted to take the Mr. Hap Perritti of Global Air Cancun the problems did not stop though this company completely counter, but hopes remained flight. Services who was responsible for there. disregarded any fair business high. Alcohol flowed freely and I'he air carrier that was con- all of these problems. Mr. Ihere were problems getting practices and took advantage erf' 200 plus college students began tracted Omni International can- Lowery said that Global was the baggage at the airpoft, hotel tens of thousands of students to turn this ordeal into a huge celed the flight one month before company contracted by Surf and reservations were canceled, and from across the country. Page 15 April 12, 1999 LIFESTYLE THE ARGO Wilco Keeps Alive Indie Rock Tradition

Dan Grote kind of current trend. There's no hip-hop The Argo influece, no "New Orleans Bounce," no Ah, indie pop rock. That underappreci- heart-pounding heartthrobs, and no noi- ated genre of music that gives us our Ben some punk-revivalist power chords. Folds, our Rufus Wainwrights, and our There's a kind of energy that ties the Built to Spills. Not 'rock' enough for the album together. modern rock stations, and not quite 'pop' . This is rare in an age where it seems as enough for top 40 radio. They're the rea- if every album is trying to disperse its son college radio was invented. At least, energy so as to incorporate ten different that's what Rolling Stone would have you styles of music. believe. Another thing that seems to unite the How does one describe this type of album is that all the songs are like chapters music? The word "mellow" comes to of a story about a relationship gone awry. mind. None of the aggression of your And just because it is low key doesn't average mainstream rock band is there, nor mean it doesn't cover a wide range of is there the out-and-out flamboyance of a emotions. pop group. Summerteeth blends a perfect combina- The music is filled with lilting, low key tion of sorrowful melodies ("We're Just melodies and vocalists who tend to croon Friends," "Pieholden Suite") and thought- more than sing. Such a collection of tunes ful, more upbeat tunes ("Can't Stand It," can be found on Summerteeth, the new "ELT"). One song, "A Shot in the Arm," album from the band Wilco. sounds very much like it could have been Wilco had a minor hit two years ago a Billy Joel song. with "Outtamind Outtasite." The band VERDICT: This album is definitely not was one of a group of indie rock bands, for the trendy at heart. I would recom- including Ben Folds Five, Space, Squirrel mend this to people who are sick of loud, Nut Zippers, Pavement, and Blur, who aggressive, hip-hop infused rock and just rose from the ranks of M2-level anonymi- want to hear some good melodies. Of ty to become the darlings of Rolling Stone course, now that punk is becoming main- critics and pretentious 120 Minutes view- stream again (thank you. Offspring), I ers everywhere... That is, until Radiohead don't see many people giving this album a released OK Computer and the trend shift- chance, unfortunately. Oh well, at least ed to "mood rock." the Rolling Stone crowd will get a kick out The thing that's refreshing about of it. Summerteeth is that it isn't following any RATING: 3 1/2 STARS Wilco helped to revitalize indie rock in '97 with "Outtamind Outtasite. Patty Loveless, The Byrds Release Hit Compilations

Sarah Zupko in new directions. I his Is My ï ruth fell and he's evolved into one of the best rock year so far, but I picked it number one last College Press Exchange Me Yours is the first set of Manies lyrics singers around. Bradfield's and Sean year (it actually came out in the U.K. last Manic Street Preachers, This Is My written solely by bassist Nicky Wire. Moore's music is also the most far-ranging fall). Oh, and you're going to have to wait Truth Tell Me Yours (Virgin) rating: 10 Wire's self-pnjfessed domestic obsession, of their career—incorporating a broader until June to pick it up here in the States. It's been a long strange ride for the which takes it extreme form in his love of instrumentation that includes non-typical Manic Street Preachers. When they what the British call "hoovering," or vacu- rock instruments like the sitar, melodica, The Byrds, Greatest Hits formed back in 1991, the cheeky band uming for the less Anglophile among you, omnichords, and organ. For example, (Legacy/Columbia) rating: 10 from Blackwood, Gwent, Wales, had the differs drastically from Edwards' grand "Ready For Drowning" possesses a The Lears, The Story So Far... (Get gall to claim they would become the neuroses. Essentially Wire paints with moody, almost classical-sounding organ Hip) rating: 7 biggest band in the world and then break much smaller brushes—focusing on self, with some of the most intriguing harmon- Yeah, I know, every movie set in the up. Well, time has proven them at least relationships, and family, while penning ic shifts ever in a rock song. 196US rehashes "lum! I'um! Turn to partly right. the Manies most emotional and personal The Manies are one of the few groups the point its actually become a soundtrack Now beloved throughout the U.K. as the set of lyrics ever. capable of integrating orchestral instru- song and not a Byrds song. "nation's band,"—Oasis having lost the Yet the personal is still informed by the ments in a way that still produces great But there's a good reason for that; The plot and forsaken that role with their last political. The record's anthem "If You rock music (check out the cello in "My Byrds perfectly captured the mood of their album—they are very much of the musical Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" Little Empire"), always avoiding the time. Besides which, they are so massive- establishment, while remaining a potent is inspired by volunteers of the schmaltzy elevator music that can result ly influential that you can pretty much kiss force of artistic and political conscience. International Brigade who battled the when some rock musos get a hold of an goodbye to R.E.M., The Connells, the It's Just that they've tînally overcome their Fascists in the Spanish Civil War. orchestra. Southeastern Jangle pop scene, and the Clash obsession and turned inward with Meanwhile "S.Y.M.M." reflects Wire's Meanwhile they manage to infuse some Southern California Paisley Underground lyrics that aim more at the personal and feelings about the Hillsborough Disaster, quite dour lyrics with some of the most groups without them. All the essentials are mundane aspects of everyday life, as where % people died at a British soccer haunting melodies in rock this side of here—"Mr. Tambourine Man" (the line opposed to the eariier grand, political slo- game. Radiohead. Bradfield and Moore seldom "jingle jangle morning" spawned the name ganeering. Supporting Wire's powerful lyrics, the choose the obvious chords, arrangements, for jangle pop), "My Back Pages," 'Turn! Weathering the disappearance of origi- Manies (rock's best power trio) play with and melodies, resulting in music that is lum! l'umî," and "Eight Miles High," nal primary lyricist Richey Edwards, the virtuosity and conviction. James Dean heads and tails above almost any band on band has not only thrived, but also grown Bradfield's voice has never sounded better the planet. I'd say it's my album of the (Music continued on page il) Page 15 April 12, 1999 LIFESTYLE THE ARGO Drew Barrymore Goes Back to High School Tribune Media Services (RATINGS: The movies listed below are rated according to the following key: 4 stars — excellent; 3 stars — good; 2 stars — fair; 1 star — poor.) (M.C. - Mark Caro; M.W. - Michael Wilmington; G.S. — Gene Siskel; J. P. - John Petrakis; M.R. — Maureen Ryan; R.K. - Rick Kogan.)

AMONG GIANTS. Based on an earlier screenplay by ^^The Full Monty" writer Simon Beauloy but filmed after- wards, this is as touching and lik- able a romantic comedy-drama as anything from Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn star in "The Out of Towners." Britain in some time: a real romance, about recognizable small-town Mississippi and a murder prevails in this romantic comedy about a the Big Bad Apple, New York City. The people set in a fascinating background. In probe gone awry — is an absolute delight, Chicago Sun-Times copy editor-tumed- idea is to put them through as much the hills outside of Sheffield, the blighted one of the most sheeriy pleasurable movies reporter who goes undercover to get the Manhattan madness as possible — during English industrial city of ^^Monty," direc- Altman has ever made. It's wry, jokey and scoop on high school, whatever that may the long, crazily eventful night between tor Sam Miller shows us a wi!d bunch of sexy and, like most of Altman's best work, be. Some relationships are nicely their botched arrival and Martin's crucial modem cowboys — a team of power-line from ^^M-A-S-H" to ^^Short Cuts," graced observed, like that between Josie and her morning job interview. But why should pylon painters, headed by Pete with a top-notch ensemble of first-class brother (David Arquette), who returns to innocent, charming actors have to humili- Postlethwaite— and the romantic and actors — Glenn Close and Julianne Moore school to boost her popularity and to ate themselves trying to measure up to work crises after they welcome a female as dotty sisters, Patricia Neal as their raff- revive his baseball career, but the high original stars Jack Lemmon and Sandy Aussie mountain climber, Rachel ("Hilary ish Aunt Cookie, Liv Tyler and Chris school is overpopuiated by cliches. PG-13. Dennis in a rewritten script better suited to and Jackie") Griffiths, into their gang. O'Donnell as a rebellious grand-niece and 2 stars.— M:C. Pat Sajak and Vanna White? And why With its gutsy humor and three-cornered her randy deputy boyfriend and Charles S. should we have to suffer along with them May-September-May romance, ^^Among Dutton as Cookie's faithful friend and hap- THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS. Steve — all in the service of jokes that don't Giants" heartily celebrates modern inde- less murder suspect — all seemingly hav- Martin and Goldie Hawn are such a lik- work, corny would-be uplift and mangled pendent spirits in the wastes of post- ing the time of their lives. PG-13. 4 stars. able, sure-fire comic pair, you can get real plot twists that play like bottom-barrel sit- Thatcheriand. R. 3 stars.- M.W. M.W. qualms watching their new vehicle: a mis- com scrapings? begotten modem remake of This movie's New York City may be a COOKIE'S FORTUNE. Robert NEVER BEEN KISSED. Drew Neil Simon's fish-out-of-water comedy great place to live, but, like Goldie and Altman's new film, "Xookie's Fortune" Barrymore's charm keeps you going for a ""The Out-of-Towners." They're playing Steve, I wouldn't want to visit there.PG- — a comedy about an eccentric family in while, but the script's stupidity ultimately rubes from Ohio on a nightmarish trip to 13. 2 stars. - M.W.

favoring "Eight Miles High"-era Byrds. cynical about the music coming out of country (pure high, lonesome, and Music Perhaps surprising for a group so indebted today's Nashville hit factory. Appalachian) and the true gift of recogniz- (continued from page 10) to one of the masters. The Lears are much Unfortunately, we appear to be back in the ing great songwriting when she sees it. more than a sound-alike band. These 14 age of the Urban Cowboy—too many Loveless has recorded a mountain of great perhaps one of the best psychedelic songs songs are no slavish imitation, but brim cookie-cutter cowboy wannabes dressing music over the course of her career. ever. If you love the Byrds or even with vitality, enthusiasm, and great musi- like George Strait, but singing more like Classics rounds up her best from the past R.E.M., then you'll undoubtedly like the cianship. Michael Bolton. couple of years, and while I prefer her first Lears as well. With these guys, it's almost Well, Patty Lx)veless is here to prove greatest hits album that focuses on her ear- like Roger McGuinn never laid down his Patty Loveless, Classics (Epic) rating: that when Nashville gets it right, it can lier material. Classics is proof that 12-string Rickenbacker. This Florida band 8.5 produce some truly great music. Loveless has never lost a step throughout adds a strong dose of psychedelia as well. If you're like me, you're probably a bit Possessing perhaps the finest voice in her career. ... ,, ,, , The Argo's 1999-2000 STUDENT SENATE ELECTION VOTER'S GUIDE

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#21 Lisa Shearer #22 Mark Clauburg #23 Scott Muenz #24 Joel Steele I feel I've been here long enough to know If elected to Student Senate, my agenda Dislike meal plan, want to see more NOT AVAILABLE AT TIME OF the ins and outs of our campus well will be to get the plus/minus grading sys- activities, not satisfied with library hours PUBLICATION tem initiated. A 3.5 for a B+ can make enough to get things done. and weight room hours? Re-elect Scott the difference in our grade point avg... Muenz!

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rinvp Sn»yenta «ad Krunaîe? Shah time. President M?.ndeiB. m^-de ^rc?.! ity nf thip nation ?.s whole. through educ?.Uon. One of the visions of The Argo by establishing the National Commission As a group, we climbed a mountain, the NCHE is to "support a democratic The theme of this year's trip to South on Higher Education to meet the moral, braved a safari, and learned first hand ethos and a culture of human rights by Africa was turning enemies into friends. social, and economic demands of the new about a beautiful emerging nation. educational programs and practices con- Within hours of our arrival into Capetown, South Africa. The most enlightening experience of the ducive to critical discourse and experi- our group made friendships that would last To deny the tradition of South Africa's trip was visiting a school in Sovveto mental thinking, cultural tolerance, and a a lifetime. culture is to deny the process towards suc- Township located in the city of common commitment to a humane, non- Our lodging accommodations were at cess. Johannesburg. These students had experi- racist and non-sexist social order". the University of Capetown, which gave The inclusion of equality in higher edu- enced the harsh realities of the Apartheid All m all. South Afnca is a place us an opportunity to interact with students cation, or for that matter, any education, of South Africa, but to see how much they which has turned a new leaf in an effort to who had experienced living under the will promote cultural understanding appreciated and valued their education, embrace the human race as one. irons-fist of Apartheid. among the different ethnic cultures that are was a truly touching occurrence. Its ability to provide education to its They were more than happy to talk present in the countr>. Having not a single second thought of population is a great commodity, next to about their experiences, take us on tours, The governing bodies, institutions, its embracing our very diverse group, the its forgiving heart. The efforts of the com- and enjoy the nightlife with us. staff members, faculties, students, and par- black students of Seiekela High School put mission should be a model for other coun- We had numerous conversations with ents have to realize that working towards a their haunting past behind to open their tries that have a similar legacy as South the students, due to their inquisitiveness common goal will need patience, coopera- hearts to us as we did with them. Africa. This commission best exemplifies about America and our profound interest tion, and respect for one another's culture Before the Apartheid era, people our theme of turning enemies into friends. ot the legacy of South Africa. and heritage. looked upon one another as enemies, but The friends that we made were made for These were actions that could not have Since equality has been introduced, now they have to look at each other as life. The primar}- means of transportation been enjoyed during the Apartheid era. there has t>een greater availability of high- friends. In Sovveto Township, in order to for our group was walking, and with all we The reconciliation process, in a coun- er education. create an environment vvhere everyone had to leave behind, the longest walk was try so hurt by racial differences, will take Eventually, this will further the prosper- will benefit for the welfare of the country the to the plane leaving for New York. The Reconciliation of South African Education

Josef Montanez advantage; they must compete with peers Mphahlele Comprehensive School which received Voluntary Severance Packages. The Argo in other countries much further advanced posted a 52% improvement, despite hav- The students were the real victims of In the United Stated we believe tgheShat in their education. ing to hire temporary teachers who worked the whole affair; the chaos in 1997 was the K-12 education we received was equal To better prepare students for higher for free or next to nothing. directly reflected on the matric examina- to the education all other Americans education and subsequent entr>' into the To understand the evolution of the tion results of that year. receive countrywide regardless of race. global arena, everyone, white, black and South African education system, the spe- To correct their mistakes in 1998, state That assumption is grounded in the case colored, must do their part to ensure a bet- cific parts must be elucidated upon. funding has increased, though not ade- of Brown v. Board of Education in the ter future for South Africa; here changing Education of black and coloreds under quately enough most argue. 1950's during the beginning of the civil attitudes is key. Apartheid was rudimentary at that; those When all is said and done, individual rights movement; the case ruled that sepa- The new breed of school administra- that were non-white were trained to be school systems are still in the process of rate but equal educational facilities had no tors in South Africa agree that dedication, subservient to the ruling Afrikaner regime. learning the ropes of existing in the new place in the United States. commitment, and discipline of teachers, With the absolution of Apartheid, the South Africa. Thus blacks must be allowed entry pupils, and parents are the foundations that new democratic government had to amend Jacqui Reeves, a columnist for Cape into traditionally white schools. Today, facilitate a better equipped student popula- the structure of the whole nation as best Argus writes, "Schools are learning that to children from all races study together in tion ready for higher education or the job they could. survive and flourish they can no longer harmony, some oblivious to the fact that market. In terms of education, the government operate simply as government institutions they would never have met if they lived Because of such new attitudes the erroneously decided that schools should be but need to become community collabora- only a generation before. pass rates for 1998 matric exam (similar to more independent as soon as possible and tions. The upheaval underway in South the High School Proficiency Tests New pulled some badly needed support for fed- When parents and pupils care for their Africa is not unlike what the United States Jersey students must take) rose from an eral budgetary reasons. textbooks, school grounds and furniture, experienced a few decades before. average of 20% to 40% in comparison to By cutting off funding to institutions the investment becomes community-cen- With the demise of Apartheid, segre- 1997 results. that are responsible for the development of tered." gation in education is no longer mandato- The major development that con- future generations without property under- Such positive attitudes approaching ry, but true desegregation is faraway in the tributed to the ri.se in scores is the increase standing the turmoil it would create would affinity are verbalized in the maxim that future. in state support by way of more textbooks prove to be a mistake. that South Africans are seeking to turn T here is much work to be done to trans- and improved teacher compensation. In 1997, the well-meaning Education enemies into friends. form the Bantu educational policy that There are still numerous complaints Minister Sibusiso Bengu approved contro- Those involved want to assert to the promoted whites and oppressed blacks and of obstacles like the insufficient number of versial regulations that granted the nine students, and to the worid, that they are all coloreds (non-white and non-black per- textbooks and available stationary and provinces of the nation authority to deter- equal and no one is better than anyone else sons). teacher shortages. mine the number of teacher in it employed according to the color of their skin. In 1997, more than 47 percent of South For instance, in Oscar Mpeta High and their distribution within those Those negative values of the past are Africans were believed to be functionally School, classes are grossly overcrowded; provinces. dead; the new values of equality destine illiterate in a post-Apartheid study. the student teacher ratio is 93 to I, yet the The news surprised teacher unions, South African children to have better Where does that put South Africa in the school's matric pass rate nearly doubled believing that cutbacks were in the works, futures than their parents ever dreamed, in global marketplace it now finds itself in? from 47% to 88% in 1998. threatened a full strike action, but after their hearts and their minds. South African students are at a huge dis- Another example is the Mafori negotiations, returned to new posts or Page 15 April 12, 1999 TECHNOLOGY

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What just in time delivery will be the Y2K Bug or the Millennium ers and applications that deter- In testimony given to Congress does this mean? severely affected. bug as it is called will affect com- mine everything from a due date on November 7, 1997 by the Internationally, we could be International trade will be par- puters worid wide. on a bill to the operation of an Gartner group(a major manufac- facing a major economic and mil- alyzed if the mechanisms for The Y2K issue refers to the elevator. ture of microcontroller chips) itary crisis. trade such as communications, way computers and other elec- It is believed that systems that Y2k may be a bit more than an Economically, international finance, production, and logistics tronic devices such as VCR's, can't handle this date will mal- inconvenience. commerce can be affected by the break down between countries. microwaves, and security sys- function, process information The Gartner Group estimated failure of air traffic control sys- This is potentially the biggest tems keep track of time. Most of incorrectly and in some cases that more than 3.3 billion micro- tems anywhere in the worid. problem we could face. these items use only two digits to where computers have memory controller chips in computers and Furthermore, major interrup- Militarily, national security could indicate the year. For example constraints will shut down. devices with word lengths from tions in the channels of distribu- this year is 99, however when the This problem will affect not four to 32 bits embedded in hard- tion for many companies could (Y2K continued on page 17) Page 15 April 12, 1999 TECHNOLOGY THE ARGO New Programs For Your PC Can Be Found On The Internet

Douglas McCullough applications. evaluation forms to their e-mail The Argo Even simpler to use than C- address so they can evaluate the Looking for some new pro- Net's site is Tucows.com's site software they've downloaded. grams for your home computer? Byte This! (http://wwvv.tucovvs.com). These evaluations are part of Before you go to the store and This site features a search Tucows' software rating system spend hundreds of dollars on engine, but it also includes a that directs users to the best free- software packages, search the / series of menus. ware applications available at the internet first. The menus are set up by for- site. You can find shareware and search engine that will help you with applications that are com- mat so you can browse, point and Once you find what you're evaluation versions of programs find the programs you're looking patible with your system. click your way to your new soft- looking for, simply click to begin and applications on the internet for and lists them in an easy-to- I'he listings show the pro- ware. downloading and install on your that you can download for free read display. grams' names, file sizes, format- Tucows also gives you helpful system. and install on your system. Hnter the type of software ting, and brief descriptions of information in its listings. It tells •Ibu"!! have your new soft- One popular site where you you're searching for in the space their application. the manufacturer, file name, file ware, and you never even had to can get software is C-Net.com's provided and t)e sure to note what C:iick on the tile you want to size, licensing information, and leave your house, much less get shareware page platform you are running (i.e. start downloading. description of the application. near one of those pricey software (http: //w w vv. s hare w are.com ). Windows 95). It's a simple way to update Tucows also has a unique fea- retailers. C-Net's site is equipped with a This search will provide you your software librar}' with useful ture that allows users to be sent

Maloney^s Y2K now, especially if the international crisis doesn't happen. (continued from page 16) k\ i A good tip would be to call the manufactur- or's of your computers and electronic devices be affected by the failure of or malfunctions of and find out how they will be affected. r weapon systems and satellites. Keep this in mind, the President does possess Unexpected missile launches could cause the power to initiate Marshall Law and freeze world war, while shut down of systems could prices if things do start to go out of control. leave countries vulnerable for attack(remember Expect gasoline prices and anything imported Saddam is still in Iraq). to skyrocket in price. Will this happen? Missile launch is entirely This will occur because the demand wilf be MONDAY In The Business Night 8pm-lam possible, especially in countries like Russia, much higher then the supply. $1.50 Pints, $2.(X) Bottles of Miller Lite India, and Pakistan. The biggest threat will be to small and medi- $2.50 Absolute Drinks Currently, the U.S. has sent technicians and um sized businesses who can't afford or depend $2.50 Hot Roast Beef or Turkey programmers to these countries to prevent this too much on computers and devices. from happening. Another potential problem will be the reces- Sandwiches Perhaps, there can be a proposal to create a sion that is predicted for September due to para- .25 Wings temporary world treaty signed by all affecting noia about the Y2k. countries to shut down or temporally disable the Many people will withdraw money from TUESDAY Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Novak systems and the missiles until it is corrected with banks and pull money from stocks and bonds all $2.00 Coronas and Fosters Bottles various government and UN officials supervis- at once. Tacos 2 for $1.00 ing in all countries. If this happens get ready to invest because It is, however, very unlikely for less sophisti- stocks will bottom out and sometime around WEDNESDAY Live Acoustic with Gordon Carmen cated countries like Iraq and North Korea to have February people will be pouring money back Clam Night 8pm-12ani functioning systems and the major powers not to. into the market 1/2 doz. Clams Casino $3.00 Therefore, surprise attacks are very unlikely. What to do? Domestically, except for inconveniences, Y2k Relax, be cautious and have backups for cer- 1 doz. littleneck steamers $4.00 will not drastically change the lives you live tain areas such as transportation(great time to get $3.00 Martinis or Manhattans 7pm-10pm a bike or roller-blades), food(go to ShopRite's Can-Can Sale!), and money(save a little just in THURSDAY Karoke with DJ Fran V/s/f r/ie case!) $1.50 Well Drinks 8pm-10pm Door-to-Dorm Mall The worst of Y2k will happen internationally $2.00 Well Drinks lOpm-midnite www.donzierdt.com/index.html and if that happens we are all screwed. $1.50 pints Bud & Miller Lite llpm-3am bookmark this page Perhaps this will allow us to understand that it is a small world after all and that this crisis will FRIDAY Live Music by Soul Glow Productions For your allow us to see how connected we all are. Killians Night 10pm-2am Spring & Summer Needs! Some argue that the lesson of this crisis will be not to depend on computers so much. $1.50 Pints, $2.00 Bottles Bathing suits, sun glasses, & a variety of other items. I disagree, it is not computers who are the problem, rather it is us. SATURDAY Live Acoustic bv Kevin Bums at 10pm J. Crew, OfficeMax, Amazon, K-Tel This crisis just illustrates how dependent we 2 for 1 Appetizers 11pm-lam and others. Buy books and maga- are on each other and how important cooperation zines, computer and understanding are. SUNDAY Spaghetti Night 8pm-midnight equipment and This millennium we are presented with a new supplies, gifts, opportunity to advance as human beings and All You can eat for $3.00 sports items, f^ $2.00 Import Bottles 8pm-2am grances, etc. realize that we all have an important role in this worid. Page 15 April 12, 1999 CALENDAR

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Clubs & Organizations and Thursday in the H-Wing Dance Service is now up and running. For Studio @9:00pm. an escort please call 652-4390. Spring Fling Carnival IVIeeting Annoucements April 12-13 Marine Science Club meets every Computer Society Members intrested Gyroscope, Sports Challenge Aikido Club meets every Tuesday Tuesday @5pm. in going to the Boston Globe's Basketball, Velcro Olympics, 22' and Thursday in Upper A-Wing Jobapaolozza on April 26 in Slide, Dunk Tank, Bungee Bull, Robot, Gallery @8pm. New Jersey Animal Rights Burlington, MA, please contact food, and more games on Field #2 Coalition meets the 2nd Wednesday Gernette at stk4506 ASAP. (adjacent to parking lot 4) from 10 Alliance for Sexual Orientation of every month in N-115 @7pm a.m. - 2 p.m. If it rains the event will meets every Tuesday @4:30pm in F- INFO: 652-4818. Computer Society Members interest- be in the gym. 212. ed in going on the NIST Trip to Platypus Newsletter meets every Washington in April please send an April 14: Asian Student Alliance meets every Wednesday @8pm in the S.A.V.E email to the Computer Society as Starflix Totally Interactive Video in E- other Tuesday @4:30pm in Room C- Office. soon as possible or contact an officer. Wing Gallery from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 135. Psychology Club meets every Now its possible for a Stockton stu- April 15: Atlantic City Boys and Girls Club Thursday @4:30pm in Room F-212, dent to spend a year in the presti- B-Streets Band at Lakeside Center meets every Friday @2:30pm in front unless otherwise posted. gious Kansai Gaidai University , Oska from9 p.m. -12 a.m. of the library. (Japan), for not more than the cost of Public Health Society meets on the Stockton's tuition plus board. April 16: Board of Activities meets every second and fourth Tuesday of every Classes in English, International Block Party with food, music, fun and Wednesday @8:00pm in Room N- month in Room B-101 at 4:30pm. Business majors, here is your chance! more outside of Housing III from 1 107. For more information, please stop by p.m. -11 p.m. the Study Abroad Program in E-224a Chemistry Society will hold its meet- S.A.V.E. meets every Thursday or contact Prof. Kantzios at Ext. 6018. ISO Dinner in the Gym from 6:30 p.m. ings every third Monday in B-103 at @4:30pm in Upper N-Wing. to 10:30 p.m. Tickets cost $4. 5:30pm. Contact Dr. Ken Overly for Stockton students: how would you like room specifics or call Melinda at 823- Social Work Club meets every other to spend one or two semesters in April 18 3684 for more information. Tuesday @4:30pm in Room C-135. Europe, Africa, Asia or South SRA and Housing I BBQ in the America, earning college credit Townsend Residential Lite Center and Chess Club meets and plays every Stockton Amnesty International toward you degree? To be eligible, the Lakeside Center from 12 p.m. - 5 Moanday at 1:30 - 6:00pm and on meets on Monday, March 29, at 6 Stockton students must have a mini- p.m. Thursday from 4-7 pm in front of the p.m. in G-212j. Contact John Bates at mum GPA of 2.5. Some programs Library. For more information contact 641-9400 for more info. abroad, however, require a higher Stockton Performing Terek at stk7887. GPA. Students must also have been enrolled for credit at Stockton for two Arts Center Schedule Christian Liturgy & Catholic Mass Stockton Bowling Club bowls every consecutive semesters. For more will be held every Sunday @8pm in Monday at the Egg Harbor Lanes information see Prof. Ippokratis April 21 : the TRLC. @9pm. The cost is $4/person, for Kantzios, the Director of the Study Show times: 10:30am & 8:00pm more information contact Abroad Program. His office is E-224a Aquila Theatre Company of London Circle-K International meets every Rodney at 748-6723. and his phone number is 748-6018. Presents: The Comedy of Errors Wednesday @8pm in Room G-208. Stockton Christian Fellowship The Intramural Recreation Council is Political Film Festival Computer Society will hold its next meets every Tuesday @ 8:00 p.m. in holding a number of tournaments for Show Times meeting on Tuesday, April 6th @4:30 the TRLC Multi-purpose Room. the spring semester and is looking to in B-125. the students for thoughts and feed- April 14: Stockton Education Club meets back. The IRC will hold a wiffleball Paths of Glory (U.S. 1957) at 7:30pm Creative Writers Group meets every every Tuesday in Room C-009 tournament in April and is considering in the A-Wing Lecture Hall Tuesday in the Stockton Library in @4:30pm. a water polo and beach volleyball Room E-210 @6pm. tournament, and a mountain bike April 21 : Stockton Gaming Guild meets every race. The IRC will be accepting sug- King of Hearts (English/French/ltalian, Criminal Justice Society meets Thursday @5:00pm in Upper N-Wing. gestions and rosters for events at J- every Tuesday in C-103 @ 4:30pm. 216. 1959) at 7:30pm in the A-Wing Lecture Hall Stockton Peace Action meets on The Brothers of Alpha Phi Delta are April 28: Ebony Ensemble practices every Monday, March 29 at 6 p.m. in G- sponsoring a clothing Drive. Clothes The Bridge - Die Brucke (Germany, Tuesday at 8:00pm in the A-Wihg 212i. can be dropped off at the LSC, TRLC, Lecture Hall. All are welcome. For and in the E-wing Gallery. Clothes 1959) at 7:30pm in the A-Wing Lecture Hall more information please call 626- Yearbook Staff meets every Tuesday will be donated to the Atlantic City 1580, or send email to @4:30pm in Room N-109. Rescue Mission. [email protected]. Stockton College Art General Announcements The Scuba Certification Course will Gallery Schedule Greek Hellenic Heritage Society be held from March 10 - April 21 from meets every Tuesday @3:00pm in the 6:30pm through 10:00pm and will be Upper G-Wing cubicle. Computer Science majors & April 11 - April ,15 Computer Society members interest- held on Monday's and Wednesday's. ed in becoming a member the ACM This course is limited to Stockton stu- Senior Project - Studies in the Arts I International Students Organization Student Chapter please contact dents. Cost will be $222 with a $50 meets every Wednesday. @2:30pm Thomas (stk4480) or Gernette deposit upon registration. For more April 18 - April 22: in Room F-202. (stk4506). information on this course please con- tact the Office of Athletics and Senior Project - Studies in the Arts II Karate Club meets every Tuesday Recreation in J-216. Don't walk alone, the College Escort ApriSeniol 2r 5Projec - Apritl -29 Studie: s in the Arts III Page 15 April 12, 1999 COMICS THE ARGO

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SPOTLIGHT ON STOCKTON Last week was Alcohol Awareness Week at Stockton. This was a time that we were supposed to stop and think about the potential dangers of alcohol and risky drinking habits. So I decided now was as good a time to find out about the dangers of drinking. Those of us who have been under the influence of alcohol at some point have done something that we wish we didn't. For some reason the part of our brain that keeps us from making fools of ourselves shuts down when we drink. So I asked Stockton students what are some of the most embarrassing things you have done while under the influence or what are some things that you'll never do again and only did them because you were drunk?

Lindsay Mourer Chen Miller Jim Grimes Anthony Montalto Mike Lamendola ril never play strip poker again! One night my friend and I I turned on the garbage disposal I woke up and peed all over my I went skinny dipping in Lake walked back to the dorms with while puking in the sink. friends. I was still dreaming Fred. our pants down. that I was a fireman!

Photos and responses compiled by Shaun Reilly Tom Fitz: A Professor That Rocks Stockton still maintain a close friendship with him. His students will be very sad to see him STOCKTON'S BES go when and if he leaves Stockton. The tragedy of this story is that and approachable man that students and tries to turn them on to sci- Professor Fitz may have to leave Stockton makes geology a little easier to ence. He feels that everyone should grad- much sooner than he would like to. His grasp. It is very easy to learn for uate with a strong grasp of science. In position is only a half time professor. a man that cares so much for this class, he tries to reach out to students The entire geology department consists of both the students and his subject. who might not otherwise embrace a earth himself and Mike Holzick. His position He took time out of his busy day studies course. When asked about the is a non-tenure tract and under the current meeting with preceptees and class Prof. Fritz said, "Its fun to have system, there is no way for him to other office work to share some people how don't know a lot of science. I advance past a half time professor. This of his thoughts about Stockton want to show them some stuff they have may force him to leave based purely on and his teaching. never seen and have them thinking about financial reasons. When asked what is was that some things they have probably never When asked if there was anything he drew him to geology he recount- thought about" would change about Stockton, he said ed the first class he ever took in On the other end of the spectrum, that he would make his position a full the subject. As a sophomore at Professor Fitz is there for the highly spe- time tenured tract position. "I like it here St. Lawrence University in New cialized science student. One of the other and want to stay here. Not just for York, Professor Fritz took his classes that sticks out in his mind is a myself however, also geology is impor- first class in geology. It was class that he taught called petrology. This tant. I think that everyone getting a liber- then that he realized that is his area of specialty; it is the study of al arts degree should know something throughout his whole life he had rocks. He and this class bonded. They about the home planet. I would love to been observing and marveling at worked very hard for him, and he recipro- reach more students. Right now geology geology without realizing it. cated by trying to share all he knew about consists of one and a half faculty mem- With this new passion, he went the subject matter. He recounted one of bers and that's not enough." on to get his masters degree from the highlights of the class when he and Professor Fitz is a great teacher who is Photo by Shaun Reilly University on Minnesota at his students went on a field trip to loved by many. It will be a shame to see Professor Tom Fitz tries to turn even the non-science Duluth. His strongest memory Connecticut and Rhode Island by saying majors to Geology knowing that our earth can t)e fun. him go. He will be here at least for the from graduate school are the "The students were into it, I was into it, immediate future however. In the fall he harsh winters in Minnesota. This and we saw great rock. It was a lot of will be teaching mineralogy and physical Shaun Reilly spring he will receive his Ph.D. from the fun!" He also talks about the great time geology lab. He encourages all students The Argo University of Delaware. he is having in a class this semester in to broaden their horizons as much as pos- For many students the natural sciences Here at Stockton Professor Fitz tries to geochemistry of natural waters. sible and take many different courses. He can be very intimidating, but those that reach out to all his students. From those Professor Fitz forms unique bonds with challenges us all to expand our minds and have ever taken a class with Professor that are non-science majors to those that his students. Many of his students' talk shares his particular passion with earth Tom Fitz find that science can be a lot of share the same interest in geology. Some about how he energizes what would be an materials with many. fun. Professor Fitz is finishing up his of his fondest memories from teaching at otherwise boring subject. A few students Is there an administrator, professor or stu- third year as a teacher at Stockton and has Stockton includes a class he teaches said that they initially took his class out called The Earth. It is a general studies of necessity and requirement, however dent that you feel Is on of Stockton's best? already made a huge difference in the Let the Argo know who and why and there lives of many students. He is a very open class designed mostly for non-science Professor Fitz won them over. A few of could be a feature on your favorite person majors. He enjoys working with these his students that have already graduated at Stockton