SUNY Cobleskill April Issue • Volume 9, Issue 7 THE Circulation: "2,500

Donors Who Gave Gallons • • • The students listed below are being recognized for their donation of a gal lon or more of blood over the years. According to • the American Red Cross, a. person may volunteer to donate blood as offen as every two months. Congratulations to these people. Their generosity is obvious to all. )-=----- • Joseph M . Harque of Cobleskill has donated a gallon. Joel Manning of Woodbury, New York has donated a gallon. Emily D . Mobley of Sc hoharie, New York has donated six • ~lrl() J) VI~ 11:2 ~ * : gallons. James M . Talleur of H yde Park, New York has donated a gallon. • tl • Steven White of Lakeview Niverville, New York has donated a gallon. • • I· Kara Willis of Albany. New York has donated a gallon. • • • • • • • • • • • • Once again the campus Bouck Theater S.U.N.Y. Cobleskill community came together Friday, April 24, at 8:00 p.m . • in a time of need. With the Saturday, April 25, at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. nalion'S blood banks at an $2.00 Students/Alumni $3.00 Non/Students all time lOW, over 400 Tickets available in Bouck Hall , Room 123 . . people donated blood. Nearly 400 pints were donated within two days. Congratulations on a Job well done. + Amedcan Red en-

The On Campus Advantage ... Planning to live on campus next fall ? To sign up ror • room. you and your roomate/s must bave paid a $55.00 hODsing deposil. Deposits payable at the Bursar's Office April 20th to April 24th.

Housing Sign-Up Information April 28th· Special Life-Style Options Local Student Wins Apri129th - Remaining in your present Residence HaH April 30th - Hall Changing Sign-lip National Contest Additional, more specxific information hu been released by the Residential Life SPOKANE, WASH I NGTON-- OoU g LaFave of Locke, New York OffICe. If you have any questions. slOp by the RLO or ... see either your R.A. orR-A. is nafional winner of the 1987 Horticulture Employment Interview Con test, sponsored by the National Post secondary Agr icultura l Student Organization (PAS). LaFave is a student at Cobleskill Ag & Technical College. As national winner, LaFave received a recognition plaque during a PAS awards ceremony in Spokane, Wash., March 17, F irst" second" and third-place prizes were awar ded in eight employment a'reas on the basis of contestants' resumes, letters of applica'iion, applications' for employment and ten-m i nute in­ terviews. ************ ••* ••*.*.* •• **.*.* •••• *••• *.*** * * ~ Outing ~ * * ~ ~ * Club * * * :* We're Campin' Out :* :* this Spring :* * * :* Come to our next :* : meeting for details!! : * * .************ •• ***** •••••••••• * •• * ••••••••••* ll-lE WHIRLWIND, April 1987, p. 2

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Little Pain • • • Lotta Life Campus Update by Michele Gizzi by Mike Reilly

As the due date for my editorial drew nearer, I began to wonder This month I thought I would touch upon a few different subjects what I w'ould write about. As usual, procrastination got the best of in my column. To begin wit h, congratulations to President Rob· me. But returning from the bloodmobile yesterday, I knew 1 had bins on winning t he 1987 Ag Day Milking Contest. H e defeated t he an excellent topic-donating blood. r eigning champ, Dean Olcott, of the Agriculture Division. For weeks I saw posters displaying the bloodmobile's return to Hopefu lly everyone had a chance to stop by t he many exhibits of the ·Coblesl.iII campus. Anxiety set i n. People making ap­ Cobleskill's Ag Clubs. Although Ag students a r e small in numbers pointments. talk of blood, and fhe fear of contaminated needles on the ca.npus, it's important to realize agricult ur e is N . Y .5.'s No. were enough to discourage anyone. This being my fourth time 1 industry. donating blood, I knew what to expect, though the fears still As t ne weather turns warmer, thoughts turn from school work e1C isted. to playing " hookie" in t he quad to laying in the sun. Just Well, the day was here, and I proceeded to the gym. The nurses r emember, keep those grades up. at eac. " station were friendly and encouraging, repeatedly saying In closing, the Dair y Fashions Sale is Apr il 11 in the large thank you for generously donating blood. As I entered the animal pavi l ion. If anyone's ever wondered how animals are sold separated section of the gym and hopped on the cot, I began to feel at auction, check it out. To J . T ., t he cartoon of last month's issue abit queasy. But once the. procedure was done and I fed myself was in poor tast e. I apologize. with juice and cook ies, I felt a certain pride in what I had given. As I covered by bandaid and headed out of the gym, I realized I had taken a small amount of time and pain from myself, and gave joy and live to someone else. Racism and While I was there, I ta lked to the nurses about how much the donations really help. One nurse explained that at times the blood supp ly goes so low, they have to issue an emergency recall on Human Motivation donors. The statistics for the need of blood is alarming. Each day The State University of New York Is Dr. Fleming's exhaustive study of at least five babies are in need of blood. The Irst goes on. sponsoring a University-wide workshop black and white students in many So, when I hear of someone saying, " I' m too scared to give it," I aimed at improving the racial and different t)'pe5 of institutions, from cuhural climate in the Skarnpus small colleges to large urban univel'­ can on ly say, " Won' t you be scared when you need the blood and SUNY system. slUes, both public and private, presents ther e isn' t enough?" I r ealize many people cannot give blood for \ Scheduled for April 9, 1987, from 9 evidence to support her finding that some reason or another. But to the people who can··can't a little a.m. to 4 p.m., the daylong workshop "meaningful friendships, active par­ time and pain be worth another's life? " grows out of the need to address the ticipation in campus We and in­ resurgence of overt racially motivated teraction with teachers may be more acts" on campuses and in the general significant for academic achievement population across the COWltry, said and personal development t han State Student Financial Aid Forms SUNY Vice Chancellor Frank G. superior institutional facilities." Pogue. Encouragement of constructive More than 1.2 million Student income of $38,400. If you have more The workshop is also designed to discussion and action leading to Payment Applications-better known as than one child in college or if you address the problem of attrition among solutions to the problem is a main goal Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) itemize 00 your tax returns, you may minority stUdents, said D.R Pogue, of the workshop, formally titled. applications-for the 1987-88 school year well be eligible with a gorss income of whose Office of student Affairs and " Responding to the Needs of Minority are on their way to students, schools $40,000 to $50,000 a year or even Special Programs is sponsoring the students: Living and Learning in a and libraries throughout the state, Dr. higher." workshop along with SUNY's New York Pluralistic Community." Envisioned Dolores E. Cross, President of the New TAP is available· for full-time un­ Mrican American Institute. for the end of the day's events is {or­ York state Higher Education Services dergraduate and graduate students The workshop will be held at the Turf mation of a group to conduct a Corporation (HESC) today alUlOWlced. who attend more than 350 colleges and Inn, 205 Wolf Road, Albany. Admission systematic. University-wide study of Dr. Cross urged students and parents to proprietary schools in New York State. will be free and the public is invited. SUNY's response to the pluralistic complete the forms as soon as poSSible, RESC estimates that more than 350.000 Anyone desiring to attend may register needs of its students, especially if the student plans to begin students will receive $410 million in by calling (518) 443-5137. An invitation "We need to help our students learn classes this fall. TAP and other state-fWlded awards has also been extended to several of the rare opportunity to benefit from a BESe. the State's student financial during the 1986-87 school year. private institutions as well as units of rich learning experience that a aid agency, is mailing SOO,OOO TAP Dr. Cross also reminded part-time the City University of New York. pluralistic community provides," Dr. applications directly to students and students, who are not eligible for TAP, Keynote speaker will be Jacqueline Pogue said. " We also need to continue another 650,000 to colleges, business that need-based grants of up to $2,000 Fleming, a Barnard College psychology to explore ways to reduce those SChools, high schools and libraries. annually will be available at more than professor whose expertise is on how negative experiences that give rise to students may also use the TAP fonn to 175 degree-granting institutions, personality sparks individual dif­ stress, and toree many of our students apply for grants, scholarships and through the Sta~e 's Aid for Part-Time ferences in motivation. She teaches to leave our campuses prematurely." fellowships available through 13 other Study Program (APTS). Governor undergraduates the psychooogy of Other scheduled workshop speakers state-fWlded programs. Cuomo has requested $11 million in the racism and hwnan motivation. include former WNBC-TV reporter HESC will begin processing the State's 1987-88 Budget ror the APTS Dr. Fleming, who earned a Ph.D. Felipe Luciano, now president of Felipe applications on April 1st. a month program. from Harvard University in 1974, is the Luciano Productions; Sandra Chase, earlier than in the past. "We've ac­ "We will begin distributing the APTS author of "Blacks in College." In the chair, Third World Student caucus of celerated our applications processing applications to colleges in April," said book, which presents the findings of a the Student Association of State activity so that we can teU students Dr. Cross. " Part- ime students should seven-year study funded with a $700,000 University; and three SUNY ad­ sooner what their financial aid will be," check with their -college financial aid grant from the Carnegie Corporation, ministrators: Warren F . IIchman, said Dr. Cross. "The earlier they have office to determine if their school -Is Dr. Fleming says that "white colleges, Rockefeller College provost and that infonnation, he better they can participating in the aid program, and to "despite generally superior facilities and Director of the Rockefeller Institute of plan how to finance their education." obtain an application." resources. may be less supportive of Government; Thomas M. Freeman, TAP, the state's largest nee4-based HESC, the nation's largest, state-run, black students' personal, social and Associate Vice Chancellor for student aid program, provides grants student financial aid agency, last year cognitive development than are black Institutional Research and Planning, ranging from $350 to $2,850 a year for provided more than $1.5 billion to more colleges." and Academic Affairs Vice President students whose combined family in­ than 750,000 students, in the fonn of On the other band, Dr. Fleming Darnell Cole of the College of come Is up to $32,000 New York State grants. scholarships and loan co unsels Blacks studying on Technology at Delhi. taxable income annually. The actual guarantees. HESC administers one­ predominantly white campuses to The three administrators will speak, award will depend on a student's level third of all need-based state grant make the most of the experience: respectively. on Changing of study, tuition charges, and family dollars and one-eighth of all guaranteed "Behave as if you were in a Black Demograpbics in New York State, Income. "The key words here are State student loan dollars nationally. HESC college environment." she advises. Minority student Enrollment-Retention taxable income," Cross stressed. also conducts financial aid researeh "Make friends, asswne leadership Patterns Across SUNY and Responding "typIcally, a family of four is going to and disseminates financial aid in­ roles and seek out encouraging people to the Academic Needs of Minority be eligible even with a gross annual formation. despite oqvious obstacles to doing so. II Students. How to Cripple Our Students Incmtives by Frank Burdick History always keep the class five minutes On our campus Reprinted from Co rtland over. transfer students 6. When travelling on campus be How to be absolutely certain that certain to show no sign of recognition are the rule ... students have little incentive to learn. when you meet one of your students. It Ull c.J Rom. 1. Make no effort to learn their 7. Post office hours officially, an­ not the exception. names; you'll only forget them as soon nounce them to your clas.... s. insist that The ~ Unh.... t, 01 ...... on..d _ B.p.s., B.T~ B.S~ a'ldB.A as the semester ends. students see you during your office YOItl COl. of T.... ooIogf hours, then treat office hours as an dIgou,ft: lit UtIc:III"omI .. In IIppW 2. Show no interest in students' dtdlfco. 8nd grM'" con .... outsIde interests and achivements occasional, random event. ~fIc:aIIY lot transfW IItUI:*ltL .bUSL. 'IptMc~ . (particularly easy if No.1 is observed). • Punish students for late papers but - SludeI'U with In , III c.ne'. 3. Arrive in class 3-S minutes late return all papers and exams weeks • .... iCe . ~"'iOt deg,.. or • minimum 01' 56 most of the time. but when you are on after you have received them. • ~lechnolOIlY , _._SIei hours 01 college cndtt time. be certain to verbally Oail any 9. Let the students know how stupid enoutd c:on.lder b... ler ~ • variety or ~-()rtenled student arriving late. they are, how little they know .- PfOIIrams at ths CoIleg$'. 4. If No. 3 does not work, lock the (especially compared to you ). and then ·. ~=. :::=.':'"."..;. classroom door when your watch says marvel at how little they know. • heIIIh ...... managerrent For more information c:ontKt 10. Never apologize or admit an • rnecIcaIl1ICIDI'd ~ ths Admissions 0f1Ice, class has started. Since no two clocks • ~b.nI.ae.1C8S P.O. Bol 3050, on campus are the same, this Is error; simply explain that you have put • .QeI'I8f1II sludies UUca, N_ Vorl( 135Q4-;)050 • especially reasonable; someone has to so much effort into your love of ...... " (315) 792·7208 be in charge. teaching that you are suffering burn­ 5. Insist that students be on time, but out. •

THE WHIRLWIND. April 1987. p. 3 Coby Seniors Signing Up for A Multitude of Places Bachelor of Technology by Stacy Teter numerous trails to hike one. The fitness Classof '87 trall, which sUtJ"Oundsthe athletic field, Four-Year Degree Program offers a host of different fitness ac­ Beyond the confined space of the tivities. A growing nwnber 01 Coby seniors told me that Cobleskill was the best ag classroom there eDsts a multitude of Get a group of friends and play a plan to continue " the Cobleskill ex­ school I'd ever fmd-and. he was right," places where a student can take a well game of basketball, racquetball or perience" for two more years. Several Brian enthused. " The faculty really deserved break from his or her studies. tennis on the courts next to the track. members of the Class 01 '87 will likely take their time with you here-they're The athletic fields. the indoor swim­ How about a game of gall or .!lOme be among the first students to receive a friendly and they do a good job. I also ming pool in Bouck Hall and the target shooting practice in archery? four-year degree in 1989 from SUNY like the fact that the labs are accessible recreational center-ski area at SUNY What better way to pass away a lazy Cobleskill as members of the first here. Cobleskill are three nearby places to afternoon than with a game of baseball graduating class for the new Bachelor "Instead of only hearing about get away from the books for a while and with a group of friends? 01 Technology in Agriculture degree something in a lecture or reading it in a have some fun. program. book, you actually give the cow the With the coming of the spring m0n­ Inside Bouck Hall the heated When asked to cite some of their shot; you take your tum treating the ths, a student's fancy turns to the out­ swimming pool is open to everyone reasons for applying to return to disease. It's just what you need to of-doon. Not only does a person get . throughout the year. From all the Cobleskill for this intensive upper-level. do-and what the employers want to .ezercise, but he also becomes in touch activIties I've mentioned I think program, students· noted the practical see," Brian added. He also appreciates with beauty of the outdoors. The rays of swimming has the most to offer. Not experience the B of t will provide, the the opportunity to taKe a wide variety of the sun, the biue hue of the sky, the only does it provide the maximum quality 01 instruction at Cobleskill, and courses in ot he r areas, such as An· freshness of the springtime air and BOunt of exercise. It is also great the fact that more employers in thropology and. Aspects of Family appearance of green grass an! a few of therapy. It releases inner stress, has a agricwture-related industries are Health. Brian, whose career goal is to the pleasures that can be experienced calming effect upon both the mind and seeking graduates with four-year be a field representative for an ar· in SUNY Cobleskill's country setting. the body, offers a feeling of freedom de2rees in a2riculture. tificial insemination business, says Adirondack lean-tos stand amongst a and builds up confidence. It Is no tranquil wooded theater of birches, wonder that swimming is considered pines and oak trees up behind the the ultimate sport. recreation lodge. What better way to With all these opportunities right "experience" the natural life than to here on campus, no one should conslaer spend the night in one. If that doesn't looking elsewhere. Even more, they're sound too appealing, there are all free ! r ...... ·... '.' ...... t

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!...... I •••••••••• • • ••• •• •• • •••••••••••••••• • ••• Dr. Robbins congratulates first students accepted Inlo Bachelor ot! Technology In Ag lic:ull\Jre Degree Program - TI&d lor first accepted into !he new Bachelor of Technology in Agriculture degree program are two SUNY Cobleskill alumni. Or. Neal V. Robbins, College Presldonl, congratulates Paul Novko, Class of '65. (cen ter) 01 Selkir1<., New York; and SUMMER POSITIONS Matthew Brower. Class of '82, from Mayfield. Bolh Coby alumni said they had heard about the College's plans to-offer the B of T &ince before their graduaDon-and that the new lour· year degree program wiD help !hem advance in their career. ATCOBYlAND Beth Coger'S career goal is to own "It's good to spread the word about the and operate a riding ranch for the B of T- I'm sure it will be valuable for handicapped and she is confident that many students now attending the B of T curriculum in animal science Cobleskill." will provide a solid educational foun­ Janet Luke, an ornamental hor· dation for her future. " I grew up in the ticulture major, has been accepted for Cobleskill area- and alwaysthought I'd the Bachelor 01 Technology program in want to go away for college, but plant science. ';The IS-week internship everyone said Cobleskill had the best had a lot to do with my decision to at· horse program around, so I went tend Cobleskill for the BT degree," she here-it's comfortable," Beth said. said. "Other coneges are geared George Clancy - Hal/IRD The B of T program will further toward work. " Janet noted. " I don't Beth's knowledge of training and want to go on for a master's degree, so HELP US WITH SUMMER ORIENTATION handling horses, keeping them in peak this program seems to fit my goals ... I condition, and: " It will help me make also thought it would be neat to be one . wiser decisions as far as management of the first graduates of the new and setting up the business," Beth program." Asked if the quality of in­ explained. "We'll get into greater depth struction here influenced her decision, than was possible at the associate she stated: "Definitely! Instead of a degree level. .. looking into the causes nwnber, you're a person here ... This '\ of a disease, for instance. But U's still a coUege is the perfect size. " - ~ practical program." She is particularly Jim Mallette, who wants to be a /r -­ looking forward to the 15--week in­ veterinarian, also enjoys the small -'-...... ternship, (';1 can't wait!") in which co l1eg~ atmospliere at Coby. "I know f n . students can earn credit while working 75% 01 the ag teachers and they know ~Q. in a setting related to their specific me. You have the freedom totakemany ) !.7-. goals. kinds of courses here-histology, for m Beth feels the new program will instance-and there's 8 lot of flexibility o S1 provide the right balance of courses in in the BT program," Jim said. He hopes business management and stable to complete his internship in a local management to equip her with the vet's office. When asked about his . S~C·f~ skills necessary to operate a ranch. decision to apply to 'Cobleskill over Brian Wilson may be the first student other colleges that olfer a bachelor's N'U to cross the Bouck Hall stage three degree in agriculture. Jim replied, "1 times for Conunencement ceremonies don't want to have to invest in a pair of REFRESHMENTS at Cobleskill. He earned an associate binoculars, since I've been told you can ...vAllABlE degree in 1986 in animal husbandry­ barely see the professor at the front of , NOON · DUSK dairy and expects to receive a. second the lecture hall at some colleges." associate degree from Cobleskill in There is still time to apply for the May in agricultural business. He plans Bachelor of Technology degree . to return this fall for the B of T, having program in agriculture. Cobleskill was recenUy received his acceptance letter the only college selected to offer the B " ON THE LAWN" from the Office of Admissions for the 01 T in agriculture-It's the only one of '. AT ; animal science option. its kind in the state. Students may "I think. it will help me in the long rwl specialize in one of our areas; to have a bachelor's degree-and this Agri~uJtural Busmess, Agricultural new program gives you the kind of Equipment Technology, Animal BOUCK HALL experience employers want- all the Scle n~e and Plant Sclen~e. Contact the SUNY COBLESKIll hands-on training you need," Brian Office of Admissions (234-5525) or said. " This college's reputation is as Agriculture and Natural Resources good 8S others that offer four-year Division (234-5323) for details . . . and degrees- and the costs are lower here. watch for notices of upcoming in­ , A Coby degree is very prestigious in fromation programs on Cobleskill's B HOURS O-F LIVE agriculture-and it will be more so in new four-year degree. the future." ...... - _. _'- _., W MIIICOIIIAU. Brian, who grew up on a fann in the Submitted by Jan wohl, Associate for ENTERTAINMENT ...... ~~ __ .;;. 1I_ '" TQI,4 AUUTA • SYD tllOOM Delhi area, said he's wanted to go to Public Relations Cobleskill since eighth grade. "My dad

• --_._ _._ - • ll-lE WHIRLWIND. April 19B7. p. 4 • - .. r- ~ Coors Brews a Storm ... L.LJ ~ T by Sua8n Skorupa - .~ brewery workers struck to protest what they considered oppressive labor and 8 CAMBRIOOE, MASS. (CPS)-The hiring practices. The strike was never .,.- generally donnant nationwide campus settled, and striking employees were "':'"- boycott of Coors beer flared again replaced by nonunion workers. ~ c briefly last week as William 1 Coors, Since then, the AFL-ClO has urged a 0 GA chairman of the Adolph Coors, Brewing boycott of all Coors products. The • ~ - Co., spoke at Harvard. company remains nonunion by choice e ~ o ~ Demonstrators, accusmg the of the employees, claims Coors ~ ",m,,, ~ ,m.. .., the brewery's politically conservative spokeswoman Cary Baird. - ~ . .., , . The Battle 01 COBY KIDS! • - management of race- and sex bias in " Unions have a purpose, but if ~ hiring, union busting and fWIding management looks after the needs of .~15- .c:_, • Nicaraguan contras, picketed Coors' employees, you don't need third party " Feb. 2S speech to Harvard's C0n­ representation. We always deal with e]l ON THE ATHLETIC FIELDS - FAR OUTF IELD OF BASEBAlL servative Club. our employees openly" ~ ~ DI AMOND (NEAR CR ICK) While protest leaders - who Baird also denies the company uses ,'l~ represented a wide array of groups like such controversIal practices as em­ - the Democratic Socialists of America, • 1! WE Will BEGIN AT 2,00 ployee strip searches and lie detector c Harvard's South African Solidarity tests. -~ Committee, the Harvard-Radcliffe Gay "Can you imagine anyone in the 1980s ~ -e ALL PARTICI PANTS MUST REPORT AT 2,00 FOR "RULES" and Lesbian Alliance, the Committee sitting still for a strip search?" she • t on Central America and several ...... " claim ~ campus workers' unions - 2011 to Such criticisms are " un· -~ • ~ 250 demonstrators 'were there, Coors substantiated, Wltrue charges, based ~ c THERE WILL BE 3 SEPAR ATE DIVI SIONS, ~ officials counted only 50 to 75. on Ues and innuendos. It's just too bad -~ • "The demonstration was small," the charges get so much press on -j! CO·ED (2 men + 2 women I e. agrees Marjorie Heffron, associate campuses in new distrIbution areas." ~ e WOM(N ( 4 women I director of Harvard's news service. " It "That boycott movement is no longer ~ MENI4menl was a very peaceful protest. Par­ active at an. except in expansion "c 0 _ c ticipants walked in a circle with ban­ markets where the AFL-ClO always .. ners and some were chanting." - makes a strong push for it," Baird says. ~ . 2 PR IZE MONEY TO BE AWARDED •.•....•...... $150.00 The company has long been a target In 1985, Coors expanded its .--- •~ on many campuses. marketing area into New England. Last -g>" Since 1968, as 50 ~- many as colleges year, the UniversIty of Massachusetts g> 1st Place team in each division wins $50,00 have voted to ban Coors products from Campus Center Board of Governors ~ their campuses, first to object to voted to ban the sale of Coors in the All participants who complete the course and who "survive" company officials' efforts to suppress Campus Center-Student Union Com­ leftist student groups and, in recent plex. THE GAUNTLET, will receive a Great GAUNTlET T-Shirt. years, to protest company labor But on other campuses - including policies. the Universlt~of Colorado, the first There is a $10 per team registration fee " I don't think we can put Coors out of cameeu: to adopt a boycott - the boycott All teams must be registered and pa id by business," Dom enic Bozzotto, a has n lifted quietly. spokesman for Harvard's unionized "Most of these boycotts blew over," YEDNESDAY - APRIL 29TH' 10"" food workers, admitted during the Baird says. " It's· difficult for the Wlion demonstration. "But, we can keep him to muster support when Coors becomes from (running the kind of) business he active in a commWlity." wants." The brewery spends thousands of Coors "represents everything that Is dollars yearly OIl scholarships for bad," BoZ2Otto added. minorities and veterans, and for France Charter Fares "If people drink Coors beer, it's community service programs, she because they don't know," said Kris adds. Low swnmer charter fares haye been Nice nonst op service available Rondeau, director of the Harvard Coors, meanwhile, speaks on several expanded in 1987 to include Boston and Saturdays eastboWld, SWldayS west­ Union of Technical and Cle rical campuses each year, generally Washington, D.C., to Paris. New York boWld. beginning J une 6 and avaiJable Workers. " You don't have to be radical coverIng such topics as lIVeliness to Paris and Nice, gateway to the through September 13. Charter fares to to fmd the Coors attitude toward blacks programs, business entrepreneurship, Riviera, are once again available, as Nice range from $269 to $289 per half offensive." and the preservation of " personal last year, from Jet Vacations via Air roWld-trip, depending on dates of Rondeau referred to a 19&4 William rights," Baird says. Olarter, the Air France subsidiary. travel. Coors comment that implied blacks Service from Boston to Paris All fares based on roWl

SHARE THE SECRET! ~~~~~~~~ COBLESKILL'S NEW natural ingredients, etc.. In (;J1::l~~I::l~1::l \Iii tbill country, however, on· BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY ly ice cream made with IN AGRICU LTURE DEGREE eggs can legally be aold as Sequoya W811 the door court tpnnjs, and took WILL OPEN DOORS FOR Cherokee Indian silver­ its present form, lawn ten­ French ioe cream. The first llmit.h who devilled an nill, in 1870. It was lint Schrafft'll ice cream and alphabet wholle 85 pladed in the O.s. in 1874 candy IIhop opened on YOU! characters reprellented an in 1877. England held Broadway in New York Ci­ You may specialize in: every sound in Cherokee the first Wimbldeon ty in 1898. language, enabling thou­ Champi01l8bip_ • • • Agricultural Business IIlndll of Cherokees to read .. . Liz.z.ie Borden waa ae­ and write. The!IeQUoia tree The quality of ice cream cu&ed of murdering · her Agricultural Equipment Technology is named for him. differs greaUy from brand father and stepmother ... to brand, depending on with an ue on August. 4, Tenoill origioated in such factc:n as the amount 1892. She was acquitted Animal Science Plant Science 15th century France all in- of fresh milk, cream, but remained CODdenmed. ,

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JOIN US! FREE TAKE The Difficulties of Being CHAMPLIN HALL FOOD A c::;? 8:30 TO ? BREAK! UU \J a Coby Student ANOTHER ••• by Debbie F1aherty Still these difficulties probably don't seem like really serious difficulties, but ~U®MAY5TH J would have to say that there are there are more. The problem that has difficulties all through your life, but to probably faced every college student at TUESDAY EVE single out the ones of being a Coby one point In his or her life is money. I BREAKFAST BUFFET/FEAST! student is going to be tough. My main find myself saying, " Mom. I need more difficulty had to be the culture shock. money," over and over again. I hear Belng from Long Beach, Long Island my mother saying, " Budget." It's not which is more populated and flowing easy, especially living of(--campus. You with things to do, it is hard to adjust find yourself running out of the little j @t!1 WI 0@ wrro:'t;V'V {jfJ ljIj} t!1 mJ overnight to the ways o( upstate living. necessities and it adds up. I don 't enjoy ~ Other main difficulties are saying no to asking my parents for money. I feel . " ' ...... parties, balancing your checkbook, guilty about it because they work very doing laundry, writing papers, hard for it, and I seem to spend it on studying, and the list goes on. recreation. This is where you start to Work Salaries Promotes Cobleskill Is not a bad place con­ feel the pressure of doing well or sidering the difficulties aren't that disappointing your parents. I have this major. It is actually a good place for an strong wish to make them proud of me; Male Sex Drive education. When first arriving, though, it can worry a person to an ulcer. I found the change extremely hard to Needless to say, 1 am surviving. I NEW YORK (AP)-A raise in pay Press. Couples 'interviewed had a handle. 1 went to a grocery store and learned basically to flnd the right time probably means a.roll in the hay, judlng median household income of $41,000 and found that they didn't carry the same to do all the things I have to. Mom isn't from a survey which [oWld that a raise median age of M for men and 32 [or brands and products that I have been there to do my laundry any more, or using my whole life. I was aniazed that Or promotion whets a man's appet1te women. In most cases, both husband call school when I'm not feeling well for sex and that a demotion Or dIsmissa1 and wile worked. not one single store carried Won­ enough to go. I don't have the privacy I curbs it. " Men who got a raise or a promotion derbread. Far [rom the point I'm trying need sometimes, or the quiet. The in­ to make but the difference was im­ fonnary doesn't provide you with the According to a seven-year survey of said they felt like hot stuff for the nen 1,632 couples, men who received a raise few weeks," Blotnick said Wednesday mense. same care and concern a home would. or similar business blessing reported In a telephone interview. "They wanted How does a person trYing to maintain The food in the dining hall leaves much a social life have time to do so. For to be desired. The phone bill is sky high that seJ: increased from 2.6 to 3.6 times to share it, and it comes out in an erotic a week. fonn." Little or no sental euphoria, example, it's a Thursday night. Your (stlll unpaid I might add). I'm four and When there was a setback on the job, however, accompanies raises that are friends are on their way downtown to a half hours away {rom home and the the frequency of sex declined to 1.2 given impersonally or universally, such the awaiting keg. But you·on the other television and radio doesn't provide me hand, have two tests and a paper due with the news I want to hear. This cold times a week, and In a quarter of cases as year~nd cost of living pay hikes. there was no sex at all [or a week. the next day. Obviously the work: is weather is for the birds, but who said The good feeling occasioned by the more important but it's human nature The survey was conducted by raise "doesn't go on forever, usually 10 life wasn't complicated? psychologist Srully Slotnick between days to two weeks," Blotnlck said. to want to have fun ? So you don't party The difficulties vary depending on the 1980 and 1986 for a new book and stay up late with your instant coffee person, but we all have them. It's not "These men don't turn into sex studying. It turns out you fail one test, "Ambitious Men: Their Drive, DreamS maniacs." that bad, though. After all I have met and DelUSions," published by Vilting just pass the other, get a C on the paper, many friends, and I plan on returning and miss the best party all semester. next year. . And who ever said it would payoff? Thousands of Students Will Work Abroad Programs in Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, New Zealand and Costa Rica Mo-stly Mozart " I never dreamed," sayd Rutgers student. Others stress its value as a UnIversity student Gary Gordon, personal learning experience, "TIle The perfonnance begins at 8:15 p.m. " when I signed on as waiter with a CIEE Work Abroad Program helped Lincoln Center' s Mostly Mozart London caterer, that I would be serving me acquire unprecedented Festival Orchestra will be presented as at the Stanley Perfonning Arts Center, an con­ 2&9 Genesee St., Utica. For ticket in­ wine to the Queen of England at the fidence in myseif ... an awareness of who part of the Munson-Williams-Proctor royal wedding of Andrew and Sarah." 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4. name of Jenny's white hrother? 5. Which female actress from the cast now has ber own succeesful TV sbow? 6. What was GOOl'ge's mother's name? 7. Who played the role of Louise Jeffer-aon? (pictured) p.101tmS faqftlI . L tI06J;tyar .~!I0 '9 " U;1';" U! sqqm ttpttW 's srmM lm[IV .,. Str8A3 3,[!W 'S A.u-lH ' 1'; "dO tI{) BU!Aow" '1 YIAIlIJ. :fiaJ. OJ. Sll3£SNY THE WHIRLWIND, April 1987, p. 6 The Best "Putting . On a Show" • as California Raisins is Still to Come by Patrice AtIdn us." But, he believes they really haven't played that concert yet. With the recent long awaited release believes that he becomes a better of U2's current albwn " The Joshua person onstage. Most people believe Tree" and the incredible sellout of their that because he writes such as upcoming Meadowlands' show. it looks "Pride In the Name of Love," like 1987 may be the year for U2. pacificest attitude towards people. But I'm sure that anyone who is familiar Bono says, "I am much more the guy with U2's work and has heard The with the broken bottle in his hand than 1 , Joshua Tree will agree that this is their am the guy who'd turn the other cheek, best piece of work ever. In Europe, and I despise that about myself. That's when the album was ~leased, they why I'm atte,acted 1;0 and write songs opened the record stores at midnight about these people." because there were lines arOWld ' the was titled after the block full of anxious fans. The album town of Joshua Tree in caWomia which received the same welcome in the U.S. according to Bon'o, "captW'ed a certain with recorrl stores starting waiting lists side of America for me." Listening to weeks In advance. When the band the album, I believe that U2 has cap­ announced that they would be doing tured the beautiful, even spiritual, side by Debbie f1aherty Ellen Fanning who had sort of faded. in three dates in the N.Y. area, and the of America in their latest album. tbesun. So the show must go on: we did tickets would be going on sale on Hearing songs such as " In God's What does it take to put on a show? our bes . I'm surprised Joanne Koehler Saturday moming, fans began to CoWltry" or "One Tree Hill" you can Organization is the main thing. Our and myself, being the shyest of the gather at ticket windows on Friday almost visualize the scenic surroWl­ hardest task was getting the guys to bunch, even dared to participate in the morning. For the fans sake, U2 added dings in Joshua Tree, California. The dress as raisins, Mark Miller and . showcase. Wearing stems on our heads two more shows and subsequently all thundering "Trip Through Your Wires" Patrick Clelland. Practice makes was enough to embarrass anyone. five shows were sold out within a seems to relay the message in the perfect-I don't know about that. I do When it was over we sighed with relief matter of hours. i, as well as a couple of Prayer of S1. Francis with an upbeat khow our efforts were fWl. We cleared and handed Michele Gizzi a drink for other Coby students, were quite angry new wave soillld. I think that the only the living room of furniture dO'olll at 10 keeping Mark in line. We thought our when we realized that these shows fall song on the album which reflects upon Elm Street and faithfully practiced act was a great success. We're ready on the same week as finals. the group's home, Dublin, Ireland, is every night. Instead of resembling for Boardway and Puttin' on the Hits. Already, the excitement is building " Mothers of the Disappeared" ~hich raisins, we looked like a bWlch of fools Are they ready for us? So we are now for the tour, but according to Bono seems to tell the eerie story of the dressed in garbage bags and tights. The known as the California Raisins. (lead singer), "The best is yet to come. sorrow and destruction faced by all in grapevine came in many shapes and Everywhere we go I hear people We made a reputation by the fact that Ireland. sizes ranging from the tallest, Patrice hwnming to " I Heard It 'Through The every night when we went out onstage Although U2 has never had a number Atkin, to oW' smallest raisin, Erica Grapevine." I wouldn't call ourselves we wanted it to be the best concert of one albwn or song in the U.S., I believe BoM. Marvin stood in the middle and stars but we're famous as a fruitbowl oW' lives, and if that was the case, that the Joshua Tree could be it. The sang his song, but really it was only on campus! maybe it would be the best concert of best could already 1;le here. , the lives of the people who came to see

Bruce Beastie Hornsby Boys by l'r18" Pepe by Ralph C. Rizza Imagine arriving at a concert to watch a man who stands close to six By far the most obnoxious record foot five sit down and play piano. Well, release since "The Plasmatics Meet the maybe he wouldn't be too bad if he has Palestine Uberation Organization," • a good band, right! Well, how about a " Licensed to nI," (dis)cow-tesy of the good band and a remarkable piano " Beastie Boys," features some of the I player, and 10 and behold " Bruce most Wlcivil claptrap captured on vinyl Hornsby and the Range" are on stage, in recent memory. playing their first album ever released, Characteristic of most selections on • 'fV'¥:I \W) " \.lrn£ \AI'I(), " The Way It Is." "Licensed to Ill," is scattered and ~ t6J;r1C!> ~ ~I' fQl.l\.. U1." Hornsby and the boys showed up last inane instrumentation, percusslves week in Syracuse to display their that are prevalent to the point of talents, and showed concert goers that overkill, crude and insolent lyrics and this first albwn's success is not a fluke. vocal presences that are... well by the But, this is a record review, so the "Beastie Boys" own accoWlt: "Some "Pon,." o!. 10 ...."',.· I.'he tit.. 0' concert highlights will have to be voices got treble, some volct!s got bass, ,h. Oro ...... G. ,.. ,,', cu

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• Hagler vs. '87 LAX CAPTAI Leonard by Rick Walker Not merely a boxing match, the Hagler-Leonard fight promises to be a ciE.sh of contrasts, and external factors that make us dread its coming, but also, anxious for its arrival. At 62-2·2 Mar­ Pete Cook velous Marvin Hagler is a club fighter, Where do 1 begin? This important The ball is flying closer to the goal. a beast of the old school, who has not Coby lacrosse wouldn't be complete midfielder keeps the excitement going The opposing team surroW1ds the without tri-captain Pete Cook. Playing tasted defeat in ten brutal years. Not for each lacrosse game. But Joe has defensive end. Suddenly, a black and possessed of a character that enthralls attack, Pete does exactly that- attack. proved to be more than the average orange figure scoops the soon attacked His offensive skills bring Coby ahead of a public ever ready to embrace a lacrosse player. Playing six years of ball, and the attempted goal is gone. champion, Hagler has no legion of the others. With Pete in scoring the sport at LaFayette high school, Mark has done his job. poSitions, the team can't go wrong. admirers. He has the misfortWle of LaFayette, New York, Joe was named Mark Palatino known to everyone as never lJ,aving beaten a "true" cham­ All CoWlty his tenth and eleventh year " Porky" is one of Coby's close defense. pion, only men that a skeptical boxing of school. Even in high school, this tri­ Graduating from Jamesville-DeWitt in His energy on the field got him and fraternity could always find fault with. captain's leadership stood out. He was Syracuse, New York, Mark played four . still gets him far. Last year playing for Sugar Ray Leonard comes 10 this captain his eleventh grade and a coach years of Lacrosse. Along with lacrosse, Cobleskill, Pete was chosen for the match with a 33-1-0 record that is for J .V. LaFayette lacrosse. Chosen to . Mark participated in football and Regional All Tournament team. studded with some of the truly "great" the Key Bank lacrosse team, he par­ wrestling. bouts of recent memory. He came to his ticipated in the games in Syracuse. When 1 asked the tri-captain about ~ success via the Olympic path.. One that While he attended Cobleskill College the 1987 spring team, Mark replied, But his achievements weren't only at opened doors to a celebrity that can last year, he accomplished much. "We look good. I feel we are in better college. Playing six years of lacrosse at only gall in the club fighter-Hagler. Being chosen for First Team All shape than ever, maybe because we his high school, Corning West, Pete was Leonard is many times over a American of jWlior colleges, No. 1 work as a team." The confidence in chosen captain his senior year and · millionaire who does not need another Midfielder of the Year of JWlior Mark's words are obviously shOwing, named All County. Keeping active purse. He suffered a detached retina Colleges, and First Team All Region of along with the team, from their recent during the off-season, Pete also par­ that had precipitated his retirement JW1ior Colleges, Joe has obviously win against Corning. ticipated in football and basketball. five years ago. He has returned to the proved to all his outstanding athletic ring to finish the myth that he had and leadership qualities. "ducked" Hagler six years ago. His ego Joe had only this to say about the must: be satisfiedd one way or another season- " We have the potential and because no man can doubt Ray talent to go all the way." Looking at all Leonard's pride. he has done, I believe him Hagler needs to fight a "true" . , champion and Leonard needs his pride. The two were destined to battle, as only the force, and contrasts, of their per­ In the opinion of this writer the fight sonalities demanded. One can only will not last eight rounds and Hagler wonder if it is not five long years out of will be the one left standing, by the perspective and blind to Leonard's force of his body shots and his ability to willingness to rsk permanent loss of absorb Leonard's jabs that five years vision layoff could not have benefitted. Baseball Schedule 1987

___.~ ~ ~il I - ; ',M .. s.ac"""""tl • ..".. .a 4 - , 1,00 PI! , ~ct.!/.. Iopdl 7 AM_, 1,00 N 1,00, PIt .,,,,,.,.. AprIl JJ - ; :/,0(1 PII SPORTS toumy atmosphere. And expect the coach today to that they did! However, it -~; :/,00 l'If right the wrongs of his Iromthe showed the poorest of athletes. That's not his job J,OO PII pressboll taste. - and it certainly isn't a fair task: to ask. - 1,00 ". By Jim Stallworth Also, in hiS article, I also wonder if Mclain --1,00 IW Some very sensitive Mclain s uggests that would have told his story issues have arisen as a Villanova coach Rollie for nothing. Reports are -; N ',M result of Gary Mclain's Massimino knew of his ac· that he received from IS-page story chronicling $25,000 $40,000 RotgJ_l C~ on:::. ps .rt tivities and ignored them. up to for 00. '''9_ c-.n..:::. ;;oH_ his use of drugs while That allegation infuriated If that's not at Villanova (Sports Jl.. me as a sports fan. You I don't know alIIICS: lustrated, March 16, 1987), know, I'm tired of athletes that the hottest one being, why who have gone astray with be has sent out is now? drugs. bringing down pIe like him can ruin Two Oil Two The 1987 NCAA basket­ everyone else around lives with drugs, tell ball season was at its them, especially their story, and still experience II/formational Update height with the tourna­ coaches. A college coach the adUlation of a society We"RE SET TO GO " . ment games making the has an athlete for a total of willing to pay mucho headlines. Why didn't four years - and that's it. dinero for the chance to "Coach" is not syn­ LAKERS ~------Mclain and Sports Il­ ·read about it. lustrated break with the onymous with psrent, Mclain should be ashamed vs. article earlier or wait a few guardian or lifelong for banking it. Sports fl-, weeks for the end of the caretaker. Mclain's prob­ lustrated for telling it, and J ~ J CONNECTION - season. Of course~ they lem was evident before he society for wanting to read HELL- METS------wanted to capitalize on the , ever met Massimino. We it. on probation in August of . sororities being paid fur SPORTS LINE 1985. Sounds like an open sexual favors to players TINY TOT5------and shut case, right? Not and recruits hit the air­ RED MEN------By Jim Stallworth waves. This could be the "". final blow to the entire Last year it was the Upon further investiga· SMU athletic program. University of Maryland tion, the NCAA has The dollars that football Athletic department ~I\t nnteashed a bevy of wrong brought in helped support STOOGER5------was under close scrutiny doings in Texas. First the other aports. Without by the NCAA. This year paying of players didn't those monies, the other ------Southern Methodist stop once the NCAA sports will surely suffer. University athletics lay placed SMU on probation. . LAKERS- ~------Recruiting will definitely claim to that distinction. Then the governor of decline and the heaviest Its football program is at TIWIS apologir,ed for his iI­ blow of all may come if the the root of a scandal sur­ legiilities in recruiting for United Methodist Church passed only by Contra­ his alma mater. And of STUDENT CAHHPIONS ------decides to break ties with .. - Oate in wrong doing. course, the Internal the school. What you ------The NCAA began by Revenue wanted to see could be witnessing is not TI£ REAL CHAPF'IONS ! investigating the alleged what monies had ch~ just t he death of an payoffo of ..... SMU foot­ hands without beIDg athletic program, but the FACULTY lEAH (DEATH ~ DESTAOCTIONI ------­ ball players. The program Cl.AI«:Y .. K I &SELL reported. But the ahocker death of an entire was found guilty and put brtlke as stories of university.