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Vol. 53 — No. 17 • < B Fordham University, Dronx, N.Y., 10458 -"€Si2« 232 Friday, April 2, 1971 Spring offensive meeting set War activists form Members of the Fordham Lib- ers, entertainment, films, and a lr.bby. Yesterday, according to eration Front, the Student Peace dance in the Ramskellar. Molinari and Shapiro, the peti- Union, and Women's Liberation Sam Molinari, College class of tioners were approached by As- will meet today at 12:30 p.m. to 73, said that the speakers will sociate Dean of Students Vincent mark "the opening of their spring be from the Catholic Peace Fel- Bucei and asked to leave that anti-War offensive," according to lowship, Fellowship for Reconcili- section of the lr.bby since the Dan King, an FLF member. ation, the Harrisburgh Six, and group had no author'zation to be At the meeting, to be held in organizations of former veterans. there. The group refused. _the Keating third floor lecture The "wargasm" celebration is hall, those attending will en- intended to mobilize students for Dean of Students William dorse either the April 24th the two national protests. Crawley later approached the "march on Washington" or the Buses will be rented for which- table, asked that the table be "seven days in May," a week of ever events today's coalition de- moved, was refused, asked for non-violent civil disobedience cides to support and will trans- identification cards, was refused, with the intent of preventing port Fordham. students from and then "took names" and left, "bus'ness as usual," King said. New York to Washington, Moli- according to Molinari and Shap- iro. John C. Walton Plans will also be made at to- nari reported. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAK AGAIN: Information table in the Cam- day's gathering for a late April Dr. Joseph Shapiro, professor "The regulations do not say pus Center lobby advertises the opening of nntl-wnr activities lor strike and the "wargasm" cele- of physics, calls this activity an a table cannot be used here—it the spring. bration which will feature speak- effort "to revitalize the anti-war just means that the director has movement on campus." to authorize it," Shapiro noted. He estimates that approxim- King notified The Kiun that ately 500 signatures have been the tables today would be located Administration, Institute begin dash placed on the group petition, between the two center posts of part of the "People's Peace the main lobby, facing the doors Treaty," an international, stu- of the cafeteria, if agreed upon dent-organized treaty for a dec- by the students and Crawley. If as Reiss announces tenure denial laration of peace between the Crawley failed to authorize the by Joe DiSalvo signatures are now on the peti- yet completed her already be- peoples, not the governments, of group's relocated presence. King South and North Vietnam and The Office of University Ac- tions. gun doctoral work because she stated "He will only give cred- the United States. ence to suspicions among FLF ademic Affairs has refused to ac- Trensky cited a 1940 statement decided two years ago to accept cept a unanimous recommenda- The petitions accorded were lo- members that he is making the of the American Association of an offer to write the monograph ! tion from the Russian Institute University Professors, which cated, unt l today, in the lower table an issue for political rea- that Alexandra Lyngstad be offi- Fordham has officially adopted, on Goncharov first. section of the Campus Center sons," cially recognized as having ten- and said, "It is .our judgment ure according to Dr. Paul Tren- that provisions of the 1940 state- sky, chairman of the. Institute. ment clearly provide that she Trensky daimii the.administra- should' be granted tenure." Colleges alter fifth course policy tion has not granted tenure, and Martin Lapidus, of the North- by Mary Ann DeCarolis ure used to measure one's aca-. a fifth course.' The students on thereby renewal of contract, be- eastern Regional ,AAUP office . The Rose Hill Liberal Arts demic ability, The people who the council recommended that cause, the language and litera- has sent, a letter.to University College Council passed a resolu- voted against the measure should audits be available to any stu- ture instructor has not completed President Michael Walsh stating tion making a 3.5 cumulative in- be more concerned with the con- dent," he noted. her doctoral work. their recommendation that Lyng- dex mandatory for any student The chairman declared "There stad be recognized as tenured. • wishing to take a fifth course. tent of the four courses than in Rev. Raymond Schroth of the is no statement that a terminal Student arid faculty members This new policy will hold for prohibiting students from taking (Continued on Page 4) degree is necessary for tenure." of the Institute's governing board both Fordham College and Thom- "There are a lot of other fac- passed a resolution last Novem- as More College students. ulty who have been given tenure ber supporting Lyngstad's serv- without a PhD.and have been ices. Previous to this decision, vary- "You feel mighty free ing index requirements were nec- given senior rank," Trensky add- The instructor is the author and easy und comfort- ed. essary for permission to take a able on a raft" old of both a major monograph, a fifth course. University Academic Vice study of the Russian author Gon- Hiickfobsrry Finn wilt President Paul Reiss was unav- charov, and a translation of Tol- Dean Jean Murphy of Thom- tell you, even if that ailable for comment. stoy's "Childhood, Boyhood and as More College noted that "Up raft happens to be the Under the direction of TMC Youth." For Tolstoy's work, until January, Thomas More had Staten Island Ferry sophomore Marilyn Bonander, Lyngstnd, in Trensky's words, required a 3.2 index. But we re- And it just so happens students are circulating a peti- "provided a very scholarly pref- viewed each case separately and that it is. Flip Inside to tion stating "We recommend that ace." examined the reasons why the "other voices number Mrs. Lyngstad continue to teach Lyngstad has taught both student wanted the extra course. two," our invitation to in the Russian Institute with no graduate and undergraduate Fordham College required a 3.0. feel mighty free and loss of status." Bonander esti- courses at Fordham since 1963 "In January, Thomas More com- easy with Fordham mates that between 400 and 500 and explains that she has not plied with the 3.0 index to be in people outside the eon- uniformity with Fordham Col- fines of The Ram of- lege," the assistant dean added. fice anil synonymous Murphy further explained that staff. Liberal Arts students the council's "general consensus With a heavy dose of was that the catalogue states urbanization, could that the fifth courses be open to Hue!: have made it? prepare for elections superior students. We're not saying, hut !i
Rock to the first annual GRATEFUL DEAD open until 8 p.m. on Monday nights and Suml;iy DANCE MARATHON in the Grand Ballroom of from noon until 6 p.m. the Manhattan Center, 34th Street and Eighth The Theatre Workshop and Delta Psi Omc-r, Avenue, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday from 8 Cast #273 of Bronx Community College present p.m. until whenever. Tickets are $5.00. Call (914) AN EVENING "OF MURDER AND MADNESS 939-5876. • three one-act plays written by Robert Anderson and Barry Axelrod, tonight at 8:30 in the school's The New York Coliseum will open its 15th auditorium, 120 East 184th Street in the Bronx annual INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW Adm'ssion is free and tickets are required Call on Saturday. An ANTI-AUTOMOBILE SHOW, 960-8832. socking to focus public attention, on the irrespon- ' An ALL-BACH PROGRAM will be presented sibility, of the automotive industry, will also Saturday- at midnight in Carnegie Hall. Per- os-cur, •sponsored by a broad coalition of environ- formers will include violinists Isidore Cohen and mental groups. The action, to be held outside Eliot Chapo; flutist Thomas Nyfenger; cboisl Henry' Schuman; trumpeter Gerald Schwnrz; the Coliseum, will feature speeches, junk cars, mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani; baritone Leslie workshops, guerrilla theatre, exhibits, and spon- Guinn, and harpsichordist Ken Cooper. Tickets taneous art, beginning at about 1 p.m. • are $2 except for some reserved box seats at S5. 1 Tickets are how available for TOMMY, the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Ins rock dance spectacular adapted from' the rock scheduled a lecture on the Symbolism of Christ in opera, to be presented by Les Grands Ballets 15lh and 16th Century Painting in the Grace Rainey Canadiens, April 13 through the 25th at the City Rodgers Auditorium for Monday, April 5 at 8:00 Center's 131 West 55th Street Theater. Seats are p.m. The lecture will be delivered by Vicki Gold- available from 52.95 to $7.95 at Ticketron outlets It'll 1)0 Howdy Dootly Time iitfiiin when BiiffnlD Bob Smith, the man berg. or by mail order. behind the 100 watt smile, brings his merry little friend to the Fillmorc for a multi-media HOWDY DOODY REVIVAL. The show The TWO VAN GOGH SHOWS, "Vincent Van EASTER AT THE CLOISTERS includes a var- features Buffalo Hob singing mid interacting with the .audience, old Gogh: Paintings and drawings" and "Van Gogh's iety of paintings, sculpture, and music of u religious film cltyis, und some of Howdy's favorite characters: Clarubellc, Mr. Sources of Inspiration," will be extended through nature from the Medieval and Renaissance periods Phlncns T. Bluster and Dilly Dully. Sunday at (i and !) p.m. April 11 at the Brooklyn Museum. The shows are through April 18. • NEED A SUMMER JOB? Driving a New York Medallioned Taxi-Gab Mere's a $2 iiita is the Ideal Solution! We can help you obtain a hack license in one week and guarantee a job with us for the summer. Incidentally, you may start working Rush Tickets for the New York City Opera at the New Yort State weekends if you wish. Get a head start. Theater, Lincoln Center (when APPLY NOW TO: available) will be sold to students with 1.0. for $2,15 minutes before STAR MAINTENANCE CORP. curtain. Great opera for two 121 East 151st Street, Bronx, New York 10451 bucks. A bargain. Phone: GY 2-8500 WHERE Will Whenyou THIS SUMMER? A grad teaching assistant in pysch (25 yrs. old) and his wife (23) are planning a 2'/2 month, knap-sack have time to travel, style summer through the Greek Isles, Greece, Italy, Southern France, Spain, North Africa, Portugal, snditall and London — early June to late August. If you don't want a straight - jacket guided traveling. tour, or your parents hassle you about travelling alone, Eastern's Air-Shuttle can get you to Boston or Washington in about an hour.* Flights leave from LaGuardia every hour on the hour.* or you just want a together From Newark to Boston, every hour on the half-hour.* group of people to travel From Newark to Washington every other hour on the half-hour.* with, then we can help you And now you're guaranteed a scat even though you only pay youth fare. out. '''Departure times I.aGuardia-Boston & Washington (7 am-l() pm) Give us a call quickly, be- Newark-Boston (7:30-10:30) Newark-Washington (7:30-9 pm) cause group reservations, for the best deals, have to be in by mid-April- The Wings of Man. Call John or Lynn: Aii-Shutllc and " I lie Winin nl Man" MC icgislcrcil aiks nfliaMcin Air I incs, I in 941-6056 ST 9-6050
Page 2 • THE FORDHAM RAM • April Z, 1971 Cast to give benefit show New campus extension The cast of The Me Nobody Knows will give a free perform- ance on the lawn in front of the to provide information Campus Center today at 12:30 A "University Information Notices to be recorded should p.m. to raise interest in a stu- Service" began yesterday as a be submitted to the Fordham. dent walkathon to be held in 24 hours a day, seven days a College Student Government Of- Manhattan April 18. In the case week, outlet for information on fice in Faculty Memorial room of rain, the performance will be campus - wide activities' an- 431, or to university mailbox 263. held in Collins Auditorium. nouncements. Cooper stated that to gather A mixer will be held Thursday The service, conceived by Brian proper information and record to raise money for the walka- Cooper, College of Business Ad- the messages will require much thon, a city-wide committee ministration '74, and directed by assistance. "Anyone interested is sponsored project whose purpose Joe McConnell, CBA '74, will pro- welcome," he stated. is to protest the close relation- vide information on organizations He explained that if a club or ship between pollution and birth and their daily activities through department wished to have a defects. Mike Cacace is chairman a tape arrangement on university meeting announced, notification of the Fordham Walkathon Com- telephone extension 550. to the service would allow any mittee. "Any student organization or interested persons to dial the Hank Ferraioli, former presi- FTCUIlAIOl,f: will serve as Itronx unit coordinator for Miirch of number and receive the date, Dimes drive. department will be able to sub- dent of the United Student Gov- mit their messages to us and we time and place of the event. ernment, has been named a chair- will record them free of charge," The CBA class of '74 is temp- ey pledged by his sponsors and The students will walk from orarily renting the taping equip- man of the Bronx organizing ef- donate it to the March of Dimes. Cooper stated. fort and is working with Cacace Battery Park, up Broadway, ment until the United Student through Central Park and back to gain support among students. Hank Ferraioli has urged McConnell listed his volunter Government is able to assume to the Battery, covering 16 miles staff as the following: Assistant Sponsored by the walkathon Fordham students to take part in the expense. As of now, the USG in all. The March of Dimes will director Dick Jeffers, Neal Old- committee and the Ramskellar, budget funds have been frozen the walkathon. He hopes that give the participators a ribbon or endorff, Skip Glier, Wayne Greg- the mixer will consist of eight pending further investigation and the University can serve as a sticker for every mile walked. ory and Tim Ilauser. acts, including Fresh Garbage, base to gain widespread partici- repayment of debts. the Dillard Brothers, and folk- pation throughout the Bronx. singer Fred Bayer. It will be held on all three floors of the The March of Dimes will use Campus Center. the money collected to research Circle K service Admission money to the mixer the effects of environmental pol- The campus shuttle bus, Some objections concerning the ing able to fight off an attacker. lution on birth defects. The re- will be used to sponsor interested which is run by the Circle K limitations of the service have Kath the campus bus and the search will determine whether in- club, is still "just getting organ- been made and DeJulio agrees Fordham students in the walka- women's self-defense course are thon. dustrial wastes, food additives, ized," according to Tom DeJulio, that tile complaints of off-campus pesticides, household chemicals, the club's president. boarders are legitimate. Alt'arano being offered free of charge. Students participating in the narcotics, and other chemicals walkathon must be sponsored by The bus has run eveiy night said that he hopes the route can can cause birth defects in hu- for the past two weeks except on lie expanded to include more pledges from friends, relatives or mans. local merchants. The pledges can one occasion when the Commu- areas where women students live. be from one cent to $500 for The walkathon will also serve nity Relations Bureau Volkswag- Circle K is limited at the pres- SENIORS eaeli mile walked. as an effective means of "pro- en was not available. Approxi- ent, however, with just one bus During the walkathon, stu- test against pollution and its ef- mately 20 to 25 riders use the and relatively few volunteer Investigate the sales or sales service each night according to workers, accouling to the club dents will have route Cards that fect on birth defects," Cacace management opportunity. Fast stated. It will receive extensive Carl Alarano, the Circle K vice officers. will be punched at check-out advancement for aggressive- points along the route to demon- newspaper and television cover- president. Dean William Crawley, who in- strate how many miles the stu- age. Cacace added that "there The bus leaves every half hour itiated the program, thinks that minded individual. from the: Campus Center aikl' dent has covered. Afterwards, should be at least 10,000 kids "right "now it is too early to ev- For Appointment; the student will collect the mon- walking." takes approximately 17 minutes to complete ,<:ach run. The service aluate the success of the bus." call PETE REGAN starts at 7 p.m. and continues Crawley also instituted the wo- every half hour until the last men's self-defense course for any at (212) LE 9-4400 Debaters take third in state trip at 11 P.m. women students interested in be- The Fordham debate team cap- Francis Invitational this week- tured third place in the New end, with Short and College jun- York State Championship Debate ior Charley Kelly representing "Amemorable, heart-warming 90 minutes..." Tournament last week. Fordham the Rams. College junior Al Short and freshman Tony Lacitignola reg- "Who would believe history could be istered a record of five wins and so entertaining and enlightening?" one loss. •'- SHADES OF 1984? "I hope you will replay your special so ourpa-r.:^ .Slate University College at Os- wego won the tournament with "The enemy has shown that he is might have the opportunity to see it." not going \o sit back and let us a 6-1 record, Cornell took second withdraw."-—Gov. Ronald Regan and Columbia finished fourth, in an address to Minnesota Re- Twenty schools participated in publicans on the U.S. Backed the contest. South Vietnamese invasion of THE PEOPLE SAID IT ALL! Laos. (New York Post, March 30, At the conclusion nf the tour- 1971, editorial page). nament, Short was honored as In other words, armed invasions the sixth best speaker in the are now called "withdrawals" When it ran before, a state. and the "enemy" is expected to flood of letters and let us march and take them over. In two previous meets, the DON'T LET DOUBLE-THINK FOOL telegrams came pouring Rams placed third at Penn State YOU: The Nixon administration in almost the moment and second in the Easterns. Also, has no intention of ending this war. Join the Spring 1971 Anti- "Swing Out Sweet Land" •Short was named third and sixth war Offensive now and come best speaker at the last two tour- to the FLF meeting today at was over. naments and Tony Lacitignola 12:30 p.m. in Keating 3rd, U.S. We've printed a few registered fourth at Easterns. cut of S.E. Asia now! The team will attend the St. typical comments above, partly to remind you how special the show was, but mostly to make sure you're watching again when... 207th St. Manhattan, N.Y. Hot Patits Party Every Thursday Night! IN "SWING OUT SWEET LAND" To Al! Girls Wearing Hot Pants - Free Drinks 9-11 p.m. Thursday, April 8 8:30-10 P.M. EST MBC-TV Wednesday Nights-Mugs 25c (Check for local time and station) 1 block east of Broadway. AtlHEUSER-BUSCM. INC. • SI. LOUIS See Ranger and Knick play-offs on closed-circuitT.Y^ April 2, 1971 • THE FORDHAM RAM • Page 3 .LETTERS i. Criticism TO THE E»| Established by the students of Fordham University in 1918 Fordhmsn's "Pravdtv
To this editor: if The Rum cannot, run ,, f:ill, On the Monday prior to vaca- paged newspaper without ,,,„,_
tion, I called The Ksun office to slant error and yellow j,mm-,,. offer news of a lecture on the Approaches to security ism the paper should l;!, i(|)0,, Roman Empire. I requested this The great deal of informal discussion ment members of the Bronx community ished. Perhaps an alternate new<. information to be included in paper on campus woul ] relieve presently taking' place concerning the ques- already have towards the students and this the Round-up section for Friday ; the swelled heads of The i( tion of security at Fordham, especially with is a major cause of crimes directed at them. and the Tuesday following vaca- ilm regard to students living off-campus in A step similar to this can only expand tion. Needless to say knowing The staff. I know I am not alon,, the neighborhoods surrounding the Univer- our "white tower" image which alienates Rain's efficiency, it was not pub- among the Fordham student sity, should lead to action aimed at elimin- those who may be causing the crime situa- licized. Along with a lack of pub- who -are sick .and disgusted K\^ ating not only the problem but also the tion. lication of my information, I was the slush we are being led. Un|»s, causes of it. What is required to solve the security blessed with an editorial com- this paper improves, I in|, :l,| to . Recent reports of muggings and sexual problem at Fordham is an active effort on ment by the "cub reporter" who personally initiate an alternate assaults have provided the impetus for such the part of the students to bridge this gap took the information. The nature means of communication on ^ attention, and the anxiety felt by those of resentment and hatred, rather than to of the comment was "ugh it campus. In conclusion, I Wii; ],„ who find themselves returning home to widen it by seeking quick, short-sighted sounds exciting." This is just one very surprised if this letter j. apartments after dark through the streets solutions. The Community Relations Bu- example of the elitism of the published. The Kant does not tal;c Rum staff and their lack of un- of the Bronx is certainly authentic. reau, founded nearly a year ago, provides kindly to criticism. We h,,V(. m. an active, organized framework through biased news reporting. The num- very ou'n "Pravda" at I'o:\ih,un Primary consideration must be directed which students can work to gain this end. ber of people and issues that in the voice of The Hum, toward ways in which this fear can be alle- The Health Fair last week at P.S. 85 have been misquoted and misre- viated. Tvo opposite steps can be taken to ported would fill a book. lfcuvu Ciinll and the current soup kitchen for derelicts T.MC "i:i achieve this, and Fordham is fortunate operating out of the store front on Third enough to already have the framework for Avenue are just two projects sponsored by each cuvrentlv in action. the CRB which encourage trust and co- What he t he Haiti The first method is basically a defen- operation between the University and the sive one, designed to protect students both community. The many students involved To Hie- editor: from another river. Your article uii campus and on the adjacent streets with them are improving the image of I wish to thank you for the says: "Gonzalez-Gonzalez claim- where most of the women's residence build- Fordham while at the same time providing information published on Page 1 ed this new program shows real ings are located. The guard booths, shuttle much needed services to our' community of the March 26, 1971. edition of progress, but he criticized the bus, flood lights, and karate courses pro- neighbors. Their work is indeed commend- The Rum, under the title "Arts 'decorative' claims Fordham of- vide this protection and are, for the most able. College to require minority stu- ten makes regarding its eoncera parl, necessary for this security. dies courses." Although the in- for minorities." I believe there Those students and other members of formation is, in general, quite was a misunderstanding regard- A suggestion has been raised to extend the University interested in the security accurate mistakes were made in ing this quotation. Since 1 hive the shuttle bus service further into the problems at Fordham should direct their three (3) different spots, In the not been long enough at Kordham neighboiing' community for the exclusive efforts through the CRB. They will then first, a key word was changed; to know for a fact whether our use of Fordham students. The effects pro- be alleviating the need for increased secu- in the second, a key word was University's concern for minori- duced by this would te quite the opposite rity measures toy eliminating the causes omitted; and in the third . , . ties is "decorative" or "truthful." of those intended by its supporters. Action and at the same time, providing much- Let,us start with the first two: Until that moment comes, I do of this kind can onlv increase the resent- needed services to the community. assume, and will continue to 1) Where it says "the best assume, that Fordham's "desire they (students) can do is take to cope with the problems, is- one course," should have said: sues, and conflicts that beset the "the least they (students) can do New York City community" is The Maroon's plight is take one course." Of course, the honest, noble, and sincere. Once again The Muroon, Rose Hill's ranging for their subscriptions now instead best they can do is lake all of I will be very happy if you annual yearbook, is in the midst of a des- of at the last minute. the courses. publish this letter in the nai perate and thorough search for subscribers. A significant number of additional stu- 2) Where it says "Our aim is edition of The Ram. Ami, one: As spring' deadlines begin to creep up, dents have to support the yearbook organi- not Puerto Rican students. All more, thank you for the aitiek', the editors are revciberating the fourth zation, however, if it hopes to produce a students should know of Puerto and for your interest in our de- floor Belmont halls urging their staff to quality representation of the 1970-71 aca- Rico," should have said: "Our partment. complete sections, but more importantly demic year. aim is not Puerto Rican students Cordially yours urging that students, both seniors and un- The editors have taken numerous steps, only, etc." J, A. <
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April 2. 1971 • THE FORDHAM RAM • Page IV A Carnival of Souls
A carnival of tortur'd souls lonely spectres, ringed eyes and matted •who cannot weep. dance in ovals ,'round a tattered maypole. A carousel of shades. . '•'• Tortur'd A withered glove. . through pa, Faces of thin fleshed bones, hands of thick veined rigidity, \--.grasping the tattered spring toy, \fly in perverted spheres... in haste Seeking what they'll never know, d waves of dust Knowing what they'll never fear. in flocks.
d in their warmth of air ti A carnival of souls, single, sighing spores, alon A festrValXeternal. ringed eyes\and matted hair; antique celebration, AUingular communion, is minishment of sorts.
A Carnival of Souls page two
Wiiy the Yankees don't go home ...... ^ page three
The Eighth Wonder of the World ...... j page four
Ahoard the Staten Island Ferry page five
He stood there, alone page six
No Spitting Allowed page seven
Greenwich Who? page eight
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other voices, number two edited by pam moore and mike o'neill cover pluifo by douglas a. magill photo portrait of the old man by jay m. caiterry other photography by jack walton, jay m. car- berry, mitch carucci, nnrl the maroon art work by don denichola also rev. ray schroth, bill macallister, brian but- ler, the editorial board of the ram, and the web Page 2V • THE FORDHAM RAM • April 2, 1971 Why the Yankees don't go home
by Don deNicolu
hen Yankee President Michael. that CBS was gtfug \r> hock their last WBurke describes Yankee Stadium $50 million to feet sonvj cosh, f!r> Yankees as "The Grand Old Lady of Ballparks," began to look for Greener Pastures — images of Helen Hayes, Eleanor Roose- like Hackensack, for instance. velt and other women whose grace and stature remain immune to time doubt- When the City Administration heard lessly dance through his head. He docs that the Yankees wore leaving home, they not think of "The House that Ruth Built" perceived it as a "catastrophe unmiti- as a sort of Mae West, of sports arenas. gated." It was clear to them that just The stadium and Ihe actress arc quite as Dean Martin staggered into oblivion similar: Underneath the layers of powder without Jerry Lewis, and just as Diana and makeup, underneath the sparkling floss is going nowhere without the Su- new clothes, there is an old woman des- pranes, the city could not survive with- "You know, Ollic, this is the first mistake we've m.u'e since that guy sold us the perately competing with the beautiful out the Yankees. The city threatened to liiooklyn HridgK." — Sum Laurel to Oliver Ilimly, "Out West." young actresses of the 1970's. move on the situation. They knew that the millions of people who made it an Underneath the paint and plaster jobs, avecation to stay away from the Stadium Somebody at City Hall devised a plan LION DOLLARS! It is clear that the Yankee Stadium is an old ballpark trying in droves were either spending their by which the city could afford the pur- leluctance to take "the Easy Way" has in vain to maintain its usefulness and money in Manhattan, stimulating the chase of' Yankee Stadium, even while moved frcm Nixon's Washing.on to Lind- dignity in the age of Astro-turf, Unob- economy there, or were spending at Shea the Howard-Samuels-"It-will-open-next- say's New York. structed Views, and Super-domes. Tlie Stadium, which is city-owned. If the week"-Olftrack-Betting Program was bor. similarity between Miss West and the Yanks were to leave, it would upset the rowing money from the welfare funds • One may ask if the city was satisfied Stadium, a sameness which includes sag- economy. to get, not only off-track, but. untracked. to stop at simply buying the ballpark t'o" gin;,' upper decks, ends with the fact It is this sort of genius that makes New the Yankees. The answer, of course, is that, regarding the Stadium, loo many Y'li'k the city it is. "no." The city is going to provide funds people have not come up and seen it !cr the re- re- rciuvalion of the Stadium, in. seme time. What, the City asked itself, could it While the Common Man wuukl suggest and think of some ideas to increase at- do to keep the Yankees? Plagued with ienting Shea. Stadium to the Yankees, tendance at Yankee games. Following the In justice to the ballpark, some of the rising welfare costs, technical inefficiency, thereby cutting the 5300,000 per year ricgicof liie decision to buy tlie ballpark, arguments against it can be countered. strikes, pollution etc., they were in no deficit at which (hat ballpark operates, it is easy t-j extrapolate wli:it the Mtg- The poies which seem to stand in front financial condition to be a grandstand the City decides to buy a forty-eight year gestion.-; will be: of every seat have served the purpose, seat to a game, let alone 63,000 of them old stadium (originally costing three mil- 1) Ostensibly. Yankee Stadium's pillars over the last few years, of sparing the for eighty-one games. Or were they? lion dollars) for TWiCNTY-FOUU MIL- kr. ep the arena from tailing all over the fans tlie siyht of Hector Lopez being Bums. Upon closer scrutiny, however, the picked off first, second and third base in city will iind that it is only the tip of the same game, and of Charlie Smith 1 he pjles that support the roof. The city slopping one of every three ground balls will theiefc.'e saw off the poles a few hit to him: the poles were useful. inches frcm the ceiling (the exact num- And the argument that the ballpark ber of in:'i:e- will l)e scientifically deter- is situated in A Bad Neighborhood is mined 1, thus clearing the view of the unjustly reinforced by the number of field, whil '. a1 the .same time, retaining thefl'j that have occurred at the Stadium the tips ol the pillars for their vital consistently -— especially around second service. base, and more especially when Visitors 2'i Smco many people are afraid of are a* bat against Home. There have been visiting She ballpark at night, the starting complaints, ten, that derelicts waste their time fur ni;:h: garni1.-, will be moved up days an.l. nights near the right - field to 2 p.m. in oi'.lv'r for the fans to take stands: :"lv.ciitage o! tliis innovative re-seheduling, "Who's playing?" be asj
1; will be hit reduced, the idea being that n:um: e.' Fr;!iil: iursser. r<.am tiir The Columbia Uroaii v 11111 > ii, nq t0 pacing «se, end if o /«' WOK v alow i- n | Until then veai b«' mtofjb I'om ullth't The Kiwi 011(5 T'we is i on} but solemn st piat is cmpt In lower New York, if s still The Eighth Wonder of the World 'n this shrllO j | but not life, by Brian Boelim Life is mem walked up Fordham Road one blustery wire looked as if I could have climbed Bridge stands a few miles to the northeast. (or "hfc is "life is do. I Friday in early December to the Je- them right up to the top. Two giant steel Walking back across the bridge, another «nd"ipstisl rome Avenue train. With usual difficulty cables, woven with what must have been plaque revealed itself on the Brooklyn "Not so," I % the number 4 IRT carried me through the millions of miles of wire, crept up and tower. This one, only fourteen years old "Life does rid Bronx and underneath Manhattan to the down from one twin arch to the other. I and still shiny stainless steel, proclaimed COOK stnnd bl "Worth Street Brooklyn Bridge" station, looked 'JP, and the space between the two an "Award of Merit" for the Brooklyn and uell jit Ups-airs. City Hall Park sat among a small cables seemed to be a crack in the sky. Bridge from the American Institute of The salt and \ stcel mumg knit group of municipal buildings. Over and I sat down on a bench a while to rest Construction. It was unique among above the East River, the first bridge to and one of those turn of the century all the sheets of metal pinned to the tow- Taste ifs /ill span that body of water loomed just ahead. lights met my eye. The poles had steps ers; tlle award belonged not to the designer Thr chalHgei to uaiutll A church bell tolled, announcing the on them to allow "someone to climb up and or the builders or the owners, but to the deatli of the lunch hour,' startling me into change the bulb. But I took my eyes off Bridge itself. Come touch! moving on. The Brooklyn Bridge stood just the walk for too long. Two enormous do- As I got closer and closer to Manhattan, and Hit iii as far from n\e as when I left the subway, berman pinchers suddenly pranced by and a middle-aged man in a business suit and Don't sit f/iei But how could I walk across the bridge scared the hell out of me—even though wing tipped shoes jogged past me in the Giee* the si/n if I couldn't, find the entrance? Embar- the owner did have them on a leash. Two other direction. Soon afterwards, a sixty- guenuvj iri rassment prevented me from asking for track men also ran by, huffing and talking ish man in similar clothes marched past standing u directions to something which was 100 as they aimed for Brooklyn Heights. Far me in distinctively military fashion. The to pioclann yards away. "Do you know whore Church below, a police car raced along the FDR odd Londonish Municipal Building to the and i Street is?" two Puerto Rican girls suii- Drive, siren screaming, with a pretty trail right and {lie skyline disappearing behind Listen to \fo denly asked me. I laughed, considering my of blue smoke behind it. it I old me that I had returned to Man- to support own predicament, and replied in the neg- Steps interrupted the flat boardwalk hattan. uhieh as a ative. They looked at me as if I should near the first of the great towers. Two Walking off the bridge, I finally discov- aiirf pout have known where Church Street was, and plaques immediately proclaimed the great- orcd tne normal way of getting on it. As walked back to the plaza, hiding behind ness of man. Said one, square and spotted it turned out, the IRT station and the Come hie vit one of the pillars to get out of the wind, with green from years of corrosion: bridge entrance were one and the same. the capsule I walked down what must have been Erected bv ihe cities oj Brooklyn The stau.s ^ out t0 city HaU Park Thm tell a jn Chambers Street through a maze of con- and Xcw York Here stood the buildings that must have and it ale I struction in search of my goal. That street MDCCCLXIX-T.WCCCLXXXIII made Boss .r^eed rich about 90 years ago. goes under the bridge, so it followed some- A second plaque took note of the recon- In ^ park x noticed a wise old man how, that the pedestrian entrance to the struction of the bridge, which took place sitting in the grass "Horace Greely — bridge also lurked in the area. The outlines during the reign of Robert F. wagner, Founder of the New York Tribune" stared of old doors and windows still survived in sometime in the fifties. I walked under the at the grOund afraid to look at the the faded red brick, in the bricked-in arches arohi feeling like l had walked tJlrougn buildjngs around nim at Hal, a where business offices once thrived. Enor- the emrance of ;ul enormous medieval and pink monster, faced poor Horace. I roous grey blocks of stone have held up cathedral. A third plaque appeared on the tried to go inside but a rather stern look- the span for almost ninety years. What olhcr ,owpr This one dcdicated the bridge ing fellow asked me if he could be of any people once considered too Eighth Wonder to Emily Warren Roeblmg, who he!ped ilssistance He assisted me by pointing out of the World has just an empty, junk- her sick nusband ,Colonel Washington R.) tnc door. The mayor apparently did not strewn lot next to it. who used the plans of his father (John A.) nave the tjme to see me The entrance ramp for cars lay on the ,o bujld (ho bridge , . , . ,' , . ntlim- siri^ of i wall Since no other en- A hot dog vender with a plastic mous- Brook1 lc>omed ahead once l stopped ranee fad tiL*up ve IVended o u e -™ uche provided me with dinner and pointed t T^e inTffud^imiesmcefo pod- saping al the blidge- n" WalM™er- me down Broadway towards Wall Street. es.ri n< Z-f™ !>eXibm,™t A»»°»»™9 Mo^s *"'**>»• sPrawIed St. Paul's chapel appeared after a few estimn* onl> a nanow wnuUc abutment buildings all over the area in big ^ 7 ,,„_- , I waked alone; the ramp, knowing that I , fl ,. ... ,. , , blocklDIOCKS.; . A * oiIda as AmAmencarica , signs ooutsidlKidee ' , , - j letters, sounding like an advertisement for tnc huildin" invited ihp fiithfnl tn mmc had made a mistake, but ret used to con- ' » lnt ouiramg mwua me laitntul to come a rou cede defeat § P- Giant ships lined the shore- in. The black building had a clock tower 1 .... , line below, while tinv tugboats plaved with thqt ivt;n nlrt>i.i,, omnno v»vi- Vnri- . «*1I/M' Car* zipped hv on the winding road, a , , , .' . Inat TOs0 meeMy among isew iorks othei , . ,\\, , the barges in the harbor. .if(m-t<: mere three foot trom my Ixxiy. When the = tuons. ramp ended, 1 was left standing on the Colombia Heights named the street that 1 continued down Broadway until Trinity- Vide of the road which carried "oars into ran parallel to tlie East River, far above Church surprised me. Having just seen Brooklyn.' The pedestrian promenade lay tht* water. From number 110 on this street. St. Paul's. I thought that my eyes had across "the road some thivo forty-iv.iles-an- Washington Roebline solved all the prob- finally failed, or that I had managed to hour'lanes away. With cars separated from 'e!1'f concerning the construction of the walk around the block. I never expected me by what seemed l'.ko inches. I dove bridge. Ho never went down to the con- to find two churches so close together in over ihe fi\o ':>>>! Iv-li iret.il fence 1 ii>o --inioiion sito due to illness. 1 walked New York. avoided the C.VA> oV'.h'e 'eld lady w!v> d.-.wn tht- pivmcnado and could see all of Dtmn ,,n Wai! Sl^0)| to,,(, w.,shing- watched me. '' ^o:-N«v York. To the KMt. the Verrazano ,nn sto0d in .,„ hjs gkiry in front (]f thc Safely on the other .-:>!.* ci Ihe fe:i.-o. I K":.k->. tlv Sl.Mue of Libfrt.v. and some Federal Office Building. But by now. I had a chance to e\a:v.:nc my >'.ir.v.iirn.iin^s. :i:):'.n\mous island a':l rose above t!ie water. r..>.ci no mterc.-t in anything. The late after- Tho bridge :r.u>i l-..i\-e been ri\•si-^neii UK . put ktion {land time %kel one with me") fashion rushed so much it pes, sh that comes re docked. , wyv mil, warm-and dry irty windows leyorid. \(d and damp. I within, hpeak a calm dim. is safety ' fee land, s," mervice of my life." boat on the fore-deck Aboard the Staten Island Ferry: Huck Finn, New York nights for a nickel by Kris Mulins 'air is liere grew up west of the Mississippi . . . And I'm grateful for it. ed away behind some gracious trees. Then- fering, and grow, I on the South Texas coast of the Gulf You'd be surprised how many New there was the weekend Jean was in town un calls us of Mexico. Yes, I have a passion for the Yorkers (native and adopted) have never . . . and my friend from India . . . And jtr winter world. sea, knowing the wisdom and peace it been on the ferry. I can't understand why a couple of days ago, Tom and I weather- imparts to its friends. Of course, I find not myself. It's the first thing I did when file fingers ed the still icy March blasts to catch the hands. Manhattan frustrating and confining. I arrived in the city three years ago. (What's that? You want to know how Since then I've coaxed a number of sun setting behind the Lady Liberty. For one gets from South Texas to New York people into "escaping" with me, and I'm one golden moment the blue of the water City? That's a story for another time.) proud of my record. (While the fare's a matched the blur of the sky, and my When I'm sufficiently shattered by the nickel, how can you lose?) beauty-starved spirit renewed itself. '• very old littered streets and the deafening sub- Joanie and I shared the first wonder- Beauty and companionship are not the ways, I play "Huck Finn" and ride back full trip; it was Indian summer; we laid only attractions of the "Department of \iart freely and forth on the Staten Island ferry 'ti! our claim to the city that day. Another Marine and Aviation, City of New York." burden the grimy fingers of our devastating civil- time Harry and I had rice and curry at II you luck out, you might come close be devoured .ization loosen their sooty grip on my soul. a Pakistani place on 46th Street. Then, to colliding with a barge of garbage or silence. "We said there warn't no home like a with genuine respect for women's libera- a foreign tanker or two. I experienced raft, after all. Other places do seem so tion, he let me treat him to an evening a momentary chill on two occasions when cramped up and smoothery, but a raft ride. Fantastic view of Manhattan at my ferry and one of the aforesaid vessels foment, came a little too close for comfort. To don't. You feel mighty free and easy night! I can almost forgive its daytime madness for the jeweled enchantment of avoid the barge, we had to shut the and comfortable on a raft." Old Huckle- its nights. motors and swerve to the side at a sharp his slumber." berry would turn over in his literary Then there was the time my Aunt angle. grave if he heard me compare that Louise and I explored the quiet streets hunky - orange-monster-of-a-floating - iron You can also test your spirit of adven- —Tom Skrabak. around the ferry dock on Staten Island. ture by hanging over the side as the ferry to his "bully" raft. But, well, it's all I've We came upon the county courthouse, pulls into the dock. Generally, the old got to keep my head together sometimes. the post office, and a little museum tuck- worthy rams into fhe pilings on one or both sides of the landing. I always hang on for dear life and dare the pilings to ci'iick up or the jolt to pitch me over- board. My challenge has never been ac- cepted. About one point only I'm not too keen. Every passenger has to dear the furry at either dock, go through the terminal and pay another 5 cents for the return trip. Sometimes I've mustered up the nec- essary alacrity to tear around the passage and through the turnstiles to make it foi* the same boat's return trip. The- proper rite lo celebrate my swiftness is to pound on the railing and throw a penny over my ri^ht shoulder. You see, if I don't make it, there is a lo to GO-minute wait for tiie next one, depending on the time of d.'iy. The must achantagfous spot to stand is the lower deck by the exit fences. The jok from the pilings is especially strung JhtMc, tile viow of Manhattan on the., re- turn trip is stupendous, and for all the world, you feel like "Christopher Colum- bus discovering Kingdom Come" (to bor- rmv a phrase I rum Huck again). Most of the time. I run from one side of the ferry to the other, because I have to see both the Veiiazano Narrows Bridge and the I.uly Liberty on each trip. (Some people, 1 grant, are never satisfied!} Sn --- !? Have you been to Staten Island on the ferry yet? I'd love to give you the Kris-class tour if you'd like. My treat even (until they raise the fare to il ' aim",giveltedajtime madness toi the jeweled enchantment of its nights/ April 2, 1971 • THE FORDHAM RAM • Page 5V by Ken 1* the sidewalk, funny little mechgnieal Santa Clauses who iwusand fingers, all beckoned to ijwppers this, as .every, at the passenger, and roov ^—^ violin wrinkled chin- s i there, old fpaiv alone, ChristmaS S«ase»». ^ " * - forward, aiming out-and at the passenger d his violin while the of peopli 'ashed past htmj eagjr i-here else. Yefk>w-gray sign and the next car,.«gl» > looking atj the man with "gse pointed •isted hands withS'nMUggers oui of the train^ f steps to the worldri man's darkness intu night. He wouid give up sengers were too many, and move, or when they were too few. Or , maybe the transit police would chasa him, bu probably not. They would ignore Trotting lines him too, He would put away the big sign, ^ sittin™ on the and the ragged cup and he would turn oif j[" seats, those eyes, and close them uffiBTtomorrow.v the motion at the !& mown? from the seat And when darkness came,^e old black *» sunflowers in a wind man and his skinny dog would leave the < • reading "*or stpring. or hollow valley of Fifth Awfelgnts build- y "lv iiring to be, heard UMP glaring indifferently^ 3each other v^p and ronr of the worm iike last year's pumpHg^'He and nis^ ' suddenly, standing be'ore one pas- dog would waBc away alW go home, ^w fj was a man of no particular "ape; would teke off the army jacket, and pl^8 too bis for,J»3 r»d and blue «ign, and ht would emgBJf*1^ e for his legs Ht> I he nwtai cup and count the didage. ja^ff J? t»o deformed fists 1 e v oald see if ne had enough laW,\ one holding a lor another day as he had i fumbi-ns th^agfher a woru And maybe he wouM pet th& • as though dfiri.nc^% And wait for tomor for him For the oifi- r.ian playing it of. the «!IOM; dav had v£rn his book Liowdi. wouid cons aad j tn. Eve'T Hall, Making '.tio<\ nosse to gf n bodv unj nad frav'1'- "-•'"-'•< af thp u> piaid his He w^uld tdJt? th,' pjlk-d it forvviro*, ptn.it\ ch'n «ini : *,-> ^ 6V * THE FORDHAM April 2, 1971 No Spitting Allowed by Brian P. Flood 7:21 Bzzzz! Bzzzz! The conductor on I be D-Train & Hedges blinked his eyes and stared me in the face. stood between the last two cars and pushed the The nauseous smell of wet wool filled the car and buzzer. The fumes from the air brakes shot into the fag twitched h.s nose. •/,.*' the platform and twelve copies of Love Story buried the noses of a dozen Bronxites. 7:56 Tremont. Across the car an old iman with a blue coat and a bristly grey beard opened the The train pulled out of 2O5th Street to make the top of a brown paper bag and pulled the cork from first stop at Bedford Park Boulevard. Fourteen the Clan McGregor inside. He arched the bottle into copies of the Duily News, one edition of Screw, a the air. His Adam's apple moved as the 90 proof Hebrew.newspaper that looked like it was written whiskey poured itself down into the cheap hot dogs in Chinese, a Village Voice and two Economic text and salty pretzels in his stomach. He picked his books hit the faces of the thirty-one urban dwellers ncse and wiped it on the bottom of the blue coat in the last car. and crossed his two scuffed shoes. He was a tran- £&' More reading is done on the D train than in sit cop. the main branch of the New York Public Library. I tried to concentrate on the latest copy of A foreigner, one without reading material to char- New York. acterize his social position, stands out like an Irish- "Did you see that?" She squealed in a nasal man in a bowling alley. Bronx. People read on the subways because they don't Her legs were 24 inches in diameter as her red want to expose themselves to the grotesque per- sneakers pushed a Hershey wrap toward the patent versions of their environment. (They hate the sub- leather shoes standing next to the pole. Her face was ways !) uglier than her green and black mini-skirt. Two fangs Metal wheels pounded and screeched like finger- drooped from her platinum head of straw Walrus! nails moving across a green blackboard. We headed It was the first thing that entered my filthy mind. for Kingsbridge and Fordham. Funny looking noses 8:12 145th Street. There are eight million people pushed against the sooty glass and elbows pushed Jiving in New York City. They all take the D- each other the minute the car jerked to a halt. train on Monday morning. Drunks and fat legs, horny bus drivers and per- The Local riders formed a flying wedge on the fumed old ladies rushed through the open door. other side of the platform and charged the open Fake left, go right and grab a strap. The train doors of the packed train. was packed. Zap! The pleas to become a Kelly girl, see Wuthering "Ooh!" Heights and learn to be a radio broadcaster lost "Ah!" their impact when they became the reading material "Ouch!" for those too crushed to pull out the Daily News. The masses of humanity hurled themselves into That ugly, bitchy Miss Subways 1969 smirked at the impenetrable wall. A lady wearing a black fur the everyday people. coat and carrying a handbag bigger than my week- I sat in a corner at the north end of the train. end suitcase, a lunch bag, shoe bag and manila en- The fag with the heads wrapped around the Benson volope blocked my sight and almost took my eye out when her umbrella jabbed across my nose and hit the fag right in the middle ot his Benson & Hedges. "Shit, lady!" "If you were a gentleman, you'd give me your seat." "If I were a gentleman I wouldn't bo going to work at 7:30 in the morning!" Fuck this! I quit. The hell with this job ... The train . . it stopped. Crackle . . . Crackle "Good morning. This is your conductor. There is a dog on the local tracks at 110th Street. The local has been forced to re-route onto the express tracks to 86th Street. There will be a fifteen minute delay. The dog is a French poodle. Thank you." Crackle . . . 8:30 in the morning and I was stuck with a smelly old bitch sticking her suitcase in my face, a transit cop who was probably still picking his nose and a 19-year-old buyer from Ohrbach's with tears streaming down her face. "Mary Alice, I just finished Love Story'." The train finally moved . . . inch by inch . . . by foot ... by yard . . . the steel wheels rolled. I wiped the winter frustration sweat from my neck. Big D moved into 125th Street, opened the doors, closed the doors, and moved out of 125th Street. Mime. I gave the Local the finger as we whizzed by 86th Street and roared toward 59th at 8:56. / hate you, New York Subway. I'll get back at them. I'll get back at them all. 59th Street was empty at 9:04 when the D-train from 205th Street in the Bronx nudged through the last squeeze and into the station. I fought my way out the door and ran up the stairs as soon as I broke from the pack. I saw it! Hanging over the stair was a sign that would provide my revenge. NO SPITTING ALLOWED. I toie up the stairs, like a newly freed convict and ran iij> to the cop at Nedick's counter. I reared my he:id back, cleared my throat of everything I could find and lot loose. It was the ' biggest gob I had ever seen. Fantastic. The Transit cop looked at me like I had done something peculiar. I jumped up and clown laugh- ing and pointed to the gob which had splattered on his shoes. Assured nl a scat, one of tlm D-Truin's carlj riser? He shrugged his shoulders, reared back, and let out waits tor the Inevitable nioriiiny rush that begin? a gub that put mine to shame. He picked up his with "fume?, from the air hraki-s" at 205th Street in hot dog and walked away. NO SPITTING AL- the; good old liroiix. LOWED. April 2, 1971 • THE FORDHAM RAM • Page 7V Greenwich Who? by Brian Butler rang. Since this was one of our busier Saturday nights, home drunk at a late hour while mother is siiijn,, , he boredom was so intense thai it was dripping the living room. '"- " from the ceiling. Things were so bad that I would only three people were injured in the stampede to Thave gladly accepted an invitation to drive to Philadel- answer it. It was a close race until I managed to wedge phia to take in the Dorothy Kilgallen Film Festival. Tom against the water fountain. At that point the . Our mother was Kevin Halper. Kevin was also on I should be so lucky. spoils were mine. Spoils isn't the word. It was Martha. resident pain-in-the-ass. He had worked long and hud' to achieve this expertise. He must have. No „„ She was (ho kind of girl that would do just Howard was lecturing from his current best-seller could be that obnoxious by nature. Kevin was a drum° anything for you, but you were always afraid to ask Sexual Perversion For Fun and Profit when the phone mer in a two-bit band which qualified him to ,m.j for fear that she'd do it. Well it just so happened that as a part-time music and culture expert. some friends of hers from Boston were visiting for the weekend and it wus their first trip to the big city We stood there and listened to Martha toll Kevin and they wanted to see the town and she was wonder- all about her friends from Boston and he told her ing if vie would like to show them around, that is, about this girl he used, to date from Boston who worked if we weren't doing anything special. At that moment at the Playboy Club. Tom and I were very impressed I realized what a great actress Dorothy Kilgallen He asked where we were going. My first impulse was really was. to Jie, but Martha, true.-to form, beat me to the answer She said that her friends wanted to see Greenwich In an effort to sound enthusiastic, I agreed im- Village. Then I. realized their ulterior motive. I K. mediately without consulting Tom, who had just freed membered reading somewhere that Louise May Hicks himself from the water fountain. If he didn't want had tricked all the hippies in Boston into walking into to go, I'd just kill him. the Charles River-by playing a flute. This action caused They were coming to pick us up in half an hour. .an acute shortage,, forcing people to come to New York I was overjoyed. I couldn't begin to guess where they to see the real thing. Tom explained that the whole wanted to go. It was inevitable. Since this was the thing had something to do with supply and demand. little darlings' first trip to New York, they would My thoughts were disturbed when Martha invited naturally ask to go to the Village. Kevin' to come with us. Talk about a return to reality. He was pretty busy translating some sandscript, but Greenwich Village had been painted as a teenage since it was their first trip to New York be couldn't Utopia by God knows who. That was the place to te refuse. That -kid is a warm, wonderful human being. if you wanted to make it with the "in" crowd. That's Tom ran for the Excedrin as I congratulated my rab- where all the runaways from Westchester hid and bit's foot on a job well done. where all the hippies and converted hippies went to assert their grooviness. The tourists flock there to see I never walked so much in my life as I did that why everyone else flocks there and consequently "every- night. We walked and walked and walked. Martha BEFORE one" stopped flocking. Greenwich Village is also the didn't want to do anything special and Tom and I home of the Tactical Patrol Force. couldn't have given a shit. No matter where or how Tom had just gotten out of the shower when the fast we walked, Kevin was always ten paces ahead herd showed up so I had to entertain them in my room. of us. He just marched along with his arms waving at My God, but they were lovely! They commented on this landmark and that screaming "Tom, Tom, where how nice the room was complimented by my room- do you want to go, Tom?" Tom kept asking me what mate's collage. "Where are you from?" "What's you're the damn fool thought he was doing. major?" I was considering taking them to the Ram- We continued to wander aimlessly through the skellar. Instead, I excused myself and went to the bath- Village. The whole thing vaguely reminded me of room to drop my third pair of Excedrin in half an hour; something out of the Bible with Moses Halper leading then I went to see if Tom was ready yet. He said he'd us to the Promised Land — somewhere in the East only be a minute. I said, "Bullshit"; I threatened him Village. We never did find it. and left. We did see the Fillmore and Bleeckei- Street and Martha was waiting for me in the hall. She wanted St. Mark's Place and half-a-dozen coffeehouses. I was to know who was going. I think she was a little dis- never really sure where we were because we were appointed that only Tom 'and I were. That made it told not to ask questions; just watch and listen as fcur-to-two with the girls having a majority. She Kevin pointed out all the junkies and prostitutes to IK would have preferred more attention for her friends, It was a truly enlightening evening. but then again she didn't want them harassed in any way. She had nothing to worry about. After the stories he told, one certainly would have expected more. No airline hostesses picked nw By this tiine Tom was ready. But as he locked up and no freaks approached me to buy some dope. his door, the one across the hall opened slowly. Tom The highlight of the evening was a visit to :i lirad and I looked at each other the way people do when shop where they bought some incense and grooved in they haven't quite succeeded in avoiding someone. Kveryone has experienced this if he has tried to sneak the far-out posters and flashing lights. It really (leaked me out, man. AFTER I'm afraid the old romantic conception of Green- wich Village is gone. The beatniks and the hi]>]>«-'-- and the other assorted members of Bohemia are sonc The head shops are still there, but there are head shops all over town. And the coffeehouses n-™1 toek some nice middle class lolk singer like J inn s T:yl>:' It's all tourists and teeny-boppers and yuu haw '« give them what they want. It lias some-thin:: t" w with supply and demand. I guess the old Village has moved over i<> i'»' lower East Side.where all the action is now --m1 maybe it just moved. It couldn't possibly survive "'In'iv it was. As soon as television and bis business -,e.\ that they could use a hip culture to sell ISr.nul N. the Village was doomed. I haven't been down there in a very Itn',' """• It just never seems worth the bother, except t»r '•••' occasional good concert at the Fillmore. No inatleJ_ how tired you get of movies or Broadway -li«"" "' getting drunk, you just can't bring yoursi'li to ••*> down there and put on a show for Ozzie and II'»h Jones from Lincoln, Nebraska. The Village is very passe. It lias been ilmul'^ by the people who made it. Today, it merely '*•'• for friends from Boston or for the Kevin 1 [al; i-i- fced on their own insecurities. It must be quite a down driving all Hi >• ' ' to Milton, Mass., knowing you've got clas l ' ' ] the next day, but they didn't really mind li«>i the time discussing their big trip to NLW ^ ' AND STILL SURVIVING: Commercialism and (lie media .have made the Village the symliol of a and all they learned from that groovy diuini" "hip-culture to sell Brand X" while the people who made it what it once was have long gotie away. knows so much about the hippie subcult"'1 he gave them each a stick of coconut »ul1 a souvenir. Page 8V • THE FORDHAM RAM • April 2. 1971 Sleuth' and Night Visitor': cultural misunderstandings, yet excellent dramas by Robert Sprague led to anticipate more from performances As a genre, murder mysteries, sus- with these casts, but all expectation and jpense-thrillers, and "whodunits" are much appreciation of drama should be made I more popular in England than in America. with its generic limitations in mind. JThc classic masters, G. K. Chesterton and Tlie purpose of these dramas is enter- [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, are both English. tainment. They are alleviations from the This difference in tastes may partly seriousness of reality, an adventure into {account for the unnatural dislike The fantasy where one's secret passions are iNight Visitor received by New York crit- given vent, the struggle of good and evil tics and, in spite of its Tony Awards, the can be witnessed, and a pat morality {mitigated enthusiasm with which Sleuth given in the inevitable triumph of good. I has been met during its five month stay The audience is passive, played with by I on Broadway. the tension of suspense, and allowed a Their unpopularity is partly due to temporary freedom from censure: a play- jnational biases; but, to no small degree, fulness of the mind that enjoys vicariously lit is due to a number of misunderstand- both the insidious plots and the righteous lings about this kind of entertainment. discoveries. The audience is always threat- The acting is excellent in 'both perform- ened by the conflict and reassured by the | ances, carried out by two casts of prcs- resolution. I tigious actors: Anthony Quayle and Keith j Baxter in Sleuth and Liv Ullman, Max The Night Visitor and Sleuth have a jvon Sydow (of Ingmar Bergman fame), grotesque atmosphere. Sleuth takes place I Per Oscarsson and Trevor Howard in entirely in the gothie country home of I The Night Visitor. A viewer might be Quayle. Salem the killer in The Night Visitor, escapes and re-enters a renova- ted medieval fortress-asylum. Both abound in grandfathers' clocks, mirrors, and optical illusions and the gadgets and inventions of the villains, which are al- ways pitted against the sound, methodical reason of the inspector. It is not only SLEUTH: Keith Baxter lias to combat a jealous husband In tlie Tony Award winning the atmosphere of the drama that is easily drama by Anthony Shaffer. preposterous, but the conflict itself, as well. Quayle is pitted against Baxter as the Tho rise is marked by tlie successively jealous husband against his wife's young frightening appearances of birds, wood- The Night Visitor opens with a lunatic lover. An invitation to his home is the peckers, parrots who talk too much, and in underwear escaping from an asylum. pretext, under which he plans to trap, stool pigeons. Salem is a man who is framed by his humiliate and defeat him as a rival, vin- sister and brother-in-law for murder. Af- In Sleuth, the convolutions in Quayle's dicate himself, rewin his wife's love, and scheme to defame the lover involve dis- ter two years of confinement, Salem is his own self-respect. The plot follows a transformed from the simple farmer, who guises and costuming, some of which the series of turns like a game of indoor audience is aware and some of which it occasionally drank too much, to a cold tennis, matching points on one-up-man- and merciless killer, set to revenge him- is not. When the lover begins to return, ship, becoming more and more desperate, tip for tap his opponent's serves, their self on his lover, who neglected him an and finally ending in death. alibi at the trial, his sisters and his bro- game gains in violent intensity and the ther-in-law. Salem is pitted against the B:>th dramas resemble a game of chess; audience's anxiety mounts in the sur- elderly, slightly self-indulgent inspector, in fact both masterminds, Salem and prising revelations of what really is and who, nevertheless, works on the case 24 Quaylo, are devotees of the game. Ten- what is only hoax designed to disgrace. sion is what provides tlie suspense on 'Night Visitor': Liv Ullman is the victim hours a day because the murder pattern's Really good thrillers like these always implication is too simple. which the audience thrives and both I of her lover's revenge in the suspenseful productions prolong and elaborate it with run tlie risk of becoming a hoax them- film. Sleuth's conflict is similarly simple. a number of techniques like gambits. In selves; if the grotesque becomes ludicrous, The Night Visitor, Salem's manipulation it is not a far jump to the ridiculous and of window latches, his combined gymnas- destruction of all suspense by derisive tic and mechanical genius in escaping and laughter. Both of these productions ex- Bertolucci s direction re-entering the asylum under the pres- ploit this possibility. sure of apprehension raise tension. It Salem in underwear is at first amusing, climbs higher and higher to the last scone, when seen running through the wood of and final confrontation between the in- Sweden's winter. But as the audience Heads to film's success spector and Salem. becomes aware that his madness is with by John Callimanis scene, it epitomizes the terror of the reason and his murders become more society in Italy at the time. violent and rapid, the flickering image Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Con- of long legs through timber, racing to Bertolucci's great success lies in de- | formist, presented last September at the and from the asylum, is haunting and picting the character of one individual, New York Film Festival, has finally frightening. His brother-in-law's swoon, rather than presenting a mirocosm of a t opened at the Little Carnegie. This stun- which is amusing in the beginning of the decadent society. The film strongly in- j ning film is beautifully conceived in vir- tilm, is repeated, and met with horror in dicts fascism, but more interestingly, pre- tually every aspect. a second encounter. sents a brilliant psychological study ot An enormous success artistically, The a man. Conformist should prove to be a com- Likewise, in Sleuth, (he game designed The play is marked by exceptional mercial success as well, since the movie to defame the lover's name becomes a acting throughout with Jean-Louis Trin- has something for everyone. life and dealh struggle, an insane, un- iignant proving himself to be one of the reasoned release of male aggression. Bertolucci, who has previously done most versatile actors on the screen to- Again, a central motif marks this rise. some avant-garde films, has made The day. He makes the character of Marcello Laughter is central to the play. The goal Conformist classic in structure and clear- all his own by use of simple mannerisms is to see who laughs last. Quayle has a | cut in subject matter. The story takes the way he walks reveals the charac- dummy who is electrically wired to laugh place in Italy and France during the ter's personality itself. hollowly whenever he touches a button , early 1930's. Stephanie Sandrelli perfectly pnrtia\-, alter one of his rotten puns. At first the The protagonist, Marcello (played by Guilia, the dull girl Marcello mames idea is ludicrous to see the sailor hold | Ji in-Louis Trintignant), was the victim Another very impressive and beautiful his sides and laugh; at the end, it is ter- i of a homosexual assault at the age of actress is Dominique Sanda who plays rifying. Anna Quadri, a difficult role which she 1 > In his desire to attain normalcy, he Perhaps what thrillers most resemble plays exceptionally well. involves himself with fascist organiza- is another English art, the English land- tions in Mussolini's Italy and this quest The director, however, ultimatoh scape garden with its hidden grottoes, I'r normalcy becomes such an obsession makes the film a success. Bertolucus pools and mazes, which are carefully fiat he is driven to partake in the assas- directorial hand is always present. The plotted to appear unplanned. These two m itioii of his former professor, a noted film, which is effectively adapted from arts arc adventures and escapes simul- anti-fascist who is exiled in Pari'i. the novel by Alberto Moravia, never lap- taneously. At any level they provide a The story then focuses on Marcello's ses and always remains interesting. high degree of entertainment, demand an muriage to Guilia (Stephanie Sandrelli), Bertolucci has a feeling for the < l i intellectual response, and challenge the which he so brilliantly recreates for hi.-. a "normal" middle class girl, and their punner's playful mind to discern ; the suhjequeiit honeymoon to Paris where audience. Through tin' splendid art-di- hiurred law hrtween artifice and reality, M ireello meets Professor Quadri and be- rection, costuming, locales and images ,i gallic and life, play and desperation. i nines involved romantically with the feeling of being- present or of "hawim professor's young wife Anna. been there before" results. The Conform- Sleuth plays at the Music Box Theater, 2.W \V. Ifilh Sheet. The Night Visitor is Tlit* film comes to a frightening climax ist is tlie finest film Income from Italy in C'ONTOKMIST: "l)i picthiR tin- now playing at a number of local movie when a gang of assassins chase Anna many years mid wilh it Bernardo Berlo- THE lucci steps into the ranks of Europe's 1 tor of one individual" in fiU'ist II- houses. They both offer a niidit of fine I "rough n snowy forest, while Marccllt) t'hiiriii drama, acting and enjoyment. l""ks on. A very emotionally disturbing leading directors. nlv. April 2, 1971 • THE FORDHAM RAM • Page 5 Classifieds Chessmen win sixth place in state Hampered by the absence of Ed Conta, John MeGowan, against Fordham, which n0 nll, three of the team's top ten play- Charles Hoffman and Peter Lind- er team was able to accompli,' ers, Fordham's Chess Club fin- quist made up the squad from For those attending "Bull and Carol, Ted A Liturgy of Communal Penance will Fordham. In the second round, F(irdliam and Alice" — discount to the liam- he offered in the University Church ished with a tie for sixth place was matched against Kingsboio skelltfr urtur show tonight and tomor- on Holy Thursday, April 8, 1971, at in a field of ten teams in the In the first round on Satur- row. 12:30 p.m. and again at 7:."«> p.m. College and won 3-1, suwpi,,,, Holy Week Services in the Church: New York State Intercollegiate day, the State University at Al- 'Hob and Curol, Ted and Alice," today Thursday at 8:15 p.m.: Friday, 8:00 the second, third, and f,,,,,.,;, at 12:30 and 7::-]Q p.m.; Saturday at p.m.; Saturday, 3l:iK) p.m. All urt? Chess Tournament last Saturday. bany scored a shut - out, .4-0, cordially invited. boards. Lehman avenged an (••„. 8:00 p.m. In Keating 1st. lier defeat from Fordham by Medical student wishes to sell a Buuscli Japanese gentleman will teach Japanese and I,omb binocular microscope, l'-'» In his home Saturdays, beginning in winning the third round, :i'.,.i' yenrs old, Call Cathy Marino: (212) April. For more information call Mrs. 270-2233, after April Jlith. Mitsuka, Ext. 671 or HCM-2649 after 5 Junior Prom set for May, On Sunday, Fordham eked out p.m. AVAILABLE: Sub-let apartment, nicely a close victory over Haiiwicfc furnished. Near campus, from June- Will share ;; room Apt. In West Bronx, V- with Ed Contava winning the August. Good for a or 3. $92.50 per of expenses, S70.00 plus 1 \* mos. se- scheduled ofYonkers' site month. Call: 298-5-I6.'!. curity. Call: Steve after 8:1(0 or week- first board. In the final round ends 5S7-3117. Summer European Charter Flights — John Mulhearn, chairman of $30 per couple. the team lost to a strong Cornell coming and K'mig practically any team, 3%-%. The team finished time. $230.00 Roumltrip. Now York- the Junior Prom Committee, has Each couple will receive a London. Call: Phil ReiNv, CliS, after announced that this year's event roast beef dinner, Mulhearn said, with two match points and a tie (j p.m., 722-2426. TERMPAPERS UNLIMITED is scheduled for May 7 at the in addition to two stationary and for sixth place. ~One ring to rule them all 2 SYLVAH ST., Rutherford, H.J. Hudson River Chateau in North three rolling bars. Entertainment One ring to find them (2011 933-6117 High scorer for the club was One ring to bring them all Yonkers. will be provided by "Manhattan." and In the darkness bind them. Professionally Researched, captain Peter Lindquist with — MUhrandlr Written, and Typed Termpapers. , According to Mulhearn, the The theme will be a" nostalgic three points out of a possible FOR SALE: " "THE MOST MEANINGFUL FILM ABOUT GROWING UP SINCE 'THE GRADUATE'." —William Wolf, Cue Magazine AWALTER L READETHEATRE |591liSUt3iilAw.'£L51C63 $ Page 6 • THE FORDHAM RAM • April 2, 1971 Roundup Storefront 'kitchen' opens; • Rev. John J. Kirby, deputy director of the Scranton Com- mission, and Rev. Timothy Healy, a member of the Commission's guidance, meals provided staff, will address members of the Srranton Report Study Groups on by Ed Curtin lunch and "a decent meal" at din- and the various rehabilitation Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Campus Center rooms 234-235. A reception will A "soup kitchen" has recently ner for the street people in the confers to which they refer those follow. AH members are urged to attend. opened in the Fordham storefront Fordham neighborhood—the al- people who seek professional as- • There will be a short meeting on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in on Third Avenue for the people coholics, drug addicts, the home- sistance. Iho Afro-American Institute office in Dcaly room 205 for all blaclt of the streets to come to for a less. "Ideally, we like the people teachers, administrators, student leaders, and student counselors free meal and helpful informa- Information is given to those working here to use their own • The Maroon is now accepting new orders for yearbooks in the tion. individuals who have lost their intuitions to get to know the men I he Campus Center lobby on weekdays. Staffed by approximately 30 welfare checks, and who have the and women personally, to talk • Horizons presents. "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" today at students from the University and desire to help themselves with with them, and to help them out, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. and tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. in Keating 1st. Ad- five or six students from Ford- their problems. The group has said Mike Bucci, a co-ordinator mission Is $1.00 and those attending will receive a discount to the ham Prep, the program is offer- contacts with the city welfare de- of the project. Ramskqllar. ing a nutritionally substantial partment, Alcoholics Anonymous, With limited facilities, the • Register for the women's intramural snftbnll league in the storefront is presently unable to athletic department office on the second floor of the gymnasium house the members overnight, now through Wednesday. Any group or individual may register. but sends the people to the local • There will be an organizational meeting of all candidates for Salvation Army chapter which the 1971-72 women's swimming team on Monday at 4:45 p.m. in the provides sleeping quarters for Campus Center music room. All interested freshmen, sophomores, such individuals free-of-charge. and juniors are invited to attend. The storefront may be eligible • There Will be a Women's Liberation study group today at 1:30 for the federal government food p.m. in Campus Center room 235. The topic of discussion will be surplus program which will en- problems of Thomas More students. Women only are invited. able the group to serve more • Self nominations to the undergraduate committee of-biology meats, cheese, milk, and peanut majors will be accepted until Tuesday.- Mail name and year to butter, and which, Bucci added, Biology Elections Committee, box 562, campus mail. "is fantastic." • There will be a meeting of the Political Science Club, on Fliers are posted throughout Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in Campus Center rooms 234-235. Plans for the Bronx neighborhoods to make the club's picnic will be discussed, and a debate among Dr. Isaak, the storefront known to those in Dr. Entelis, and Professor Mnzze concerning "Revolutionary Futures the streets who are in need of for America" will be featured. the services provided. • A liturgy of communal penance will be offered in the Univer- Although many students are sity Church on Holy Thursday at 12:30 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. involved in the storefront, new Holy Week services in the Church will be Thursday at 8:15 p.m. Fri- Douglas Allen Magill help is needed to fill the hours day at 8 p.m., and Saturday at 11. p.m. SOUP KITCHEN: offers n "decent meal for the street people" that the doors are opened, 10:30 • There will be a general meeting of all members of the around Fordham. a.m.-8:30 p.m. I\laroon Key Society on Wednesday in the Campus Center at 7 p.m. • Applications for Who's Who in American Colleges are now available "at the Thomas More center on. the first floor of Spellman 1984? FORDHAM STUDENT TRAVEL CENTER Hall and will be until Monday. Room 440—Faculty Memorial Hall • The ForiUuim Student Tax Service will prepare tax returns for "I rate myself as a deeply committed pacifist." Nixon to C.L, Sulzberger, students'until April 15 in the Campus Center lobby. Advice is also New York Times, March 9, 1971. Try Box 678—Phone: 933-2233 Ext. 638 given. telling that to the Vietnamese, Dicky. • There will be an important meeting of the Voting Republican Round Trip Jet Flights To Europe Club today at 12:30 p.m. in Keating room 120. Next year's elections Fight Nixon for the club's offices and preparations concerning a possible visit of Weekly Departures and Return a guest speaker will be discussed. Yearbook pictures will be taken, "pacifism." also. Join the Spring 1971 Antiwar Offen- ECONOMY PRICES • PI Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society, is accept- sive sponsored by FLP and other WRITE OR PHONE NOW! ing applications for membership. Information concerning'qualifica- campus groups. -• "-* ....,- tions is available in the political science office in Dealy room E-517. • Fordham's literary magazine, The Monthly, is sponsoring a. short story contest for all Fcrdham students. A $50 prize will be awarded to the author of the best fictional short work submitted. The deadline for submissions is April 16. For further information THE YEAR OF WE RAM' contact The Monthly, Robert's Hall room B2, or box' 535, campus mail. • Anyone interested in applying as moderator for the incoming transfer students for the 1971-72 school year is asked to pick up an COMES TO LIFE AGAIN IH application at the Thr.:nas More Center on the first floor of Spell- man Hall. • The United Student Government Student Court will convene Monday in a new location, Campus Center room 236. RAMS 70-71 THE OFFICIAL, LIMITED Christ came EDITION YEARBOOK OF THE notto.be served... GREATEST BASKETBALL TEAM but to serve IN FORDHAM HISTORY. 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Qu'inu, CM., Vocation Director THE VINCENTIANS Name . Congregation o\ the Mission, liasltru Province Address 500 East Chelten Avenue, Room 220 Philadelphia, Pa. 19144 Vinccniun Pricsis ami Brothers live by St. Vincent's motto: He ten! me to prettl, the good tin I tmecully lo Iho poor. No. of Copies Amount April 2, 1971 • THE FORDHAM RAM • Page 7 Lafayette outslugs Rams 13- Burik gets 3 hifs, lifts RBI total to 13 by Gregg Zink two walks. Clean-up man Jack by Burik and Bob Guinan, a Burik responded to his third walk, and a wild pitch. That mar- Lafayette took advantage cf gin was increased to 7-3 in the fcur errors, ton walks and extra bases-loaded situation of the young season with a sizzling sin- next frame oil a walk, a single base hits that should have been by Jimmy Curran, and a two- caught or held to singles to de- gle to left-center that sent home two runs. One out later, Mark run single to left by Bur'k. feat Foi'dham 13-10 Tuesday af- Again the Leopards retaliated ternoon before a crowd of more Sulzycki sliced a single into left that skipped away from Jim And- with two runs in the fifth on a than 700 fan;; at Coffey Field. walk, a triple over rightfielder The Rams will try to get back erson, giving the Rams a 4-0 lead. Peeiio Carlesimo's head and a on the winning track tomorrow bad-hop single off Burik's shoul- in New Haven against Yale. Maroon starting pitcher Gene McElwain was very wild and der. The Rams still clung to a The Leopards, trailing 7-5. 7-5 lead. came up with seven runs in the managed to get through the sec- sixth inning and then held off a ond inning but was ambushed in But the balloon finally burst throe-run Fordham rally in the the third. He loaded the bases for the 'Maroon Machine' in the eighth to win the game which on walks and when a pitch got sixth, as hapless Bruce Gardner was shortened on account of away from catcher Charlie Whit- replaced McElwain on the darkness. taker and Whittaker's return mound. Gardner failed to retire In the first inning, after La- throw to the plate went wild, a batter, and when he was fi- fayette went down in order, it McElwain's lead was cut in half. nally yanked, Lafayette was well looked as if the Rams were going A single by the next, batter whit- on its way to a 12-7 advantage. GARDNER: The Lafayette pitcher went nine innings, gave up to take up where they left off tled it further, to 4-3. Bill Dotter, a senior righthander, runs, but still manased to pick up a victory. The Rams countered with a was greeted' by a similar barrage against Army, as they loaded gave him 13 on the season,, sur- solo run in the third on singles of a pair of singles and a ti'iple. A the bases on a hit batsman and passing his last year's team-lead- Box Score: The Rams came alive one last J.Al'AYKTTK (13) Kurdli,,,,, (in) ing total of 10 ... The rumor- AB It H AH I 11 time in the eighth, stringing to- mill has it that one or two prom- Klndbotn, CF 3 2 llAngst, CK -, ," gether five walks and an infield Mol'h'er. 2B 5 21 Curnin, :;B ~\ •>, i ising freshmen hurlers may be Ctinfteld, IB 4 2 2 Burik, ss i i i out for three runs, but it was a Peters, 3B 4 11 Guinnn, 2B j , , promoted from Jack Lyons' JV to Bark'sUns, C 4 0 1 Sulzycki LK 1 [j i case of too little and too late.. Welsse, I!F 3 11 Cnrlcsimii, «v -, a u From the Bull-Pcn-dl: The shore up the varsity pitching ArRL'lltl, SS 4 1 1 Wlilllaker. (• •' | i, staff . . . The Rams have added Anderson, LF 5 2 2 MeElwuin, 1' ti o n crowd was the largest turnout in Beek. P 2 2 0 Gardner, p mm an April 26th . game against Gardner, P. 0 0 0 Dutter, P i o u recent memory . . . The Rams jCarlesimo, I'll i o II have now given up 24 runs in Brooklyn College to- their sched- two games ... Burik's five RBI's ule. Totals: 31 1310| Totals: a> 10 6 Yelverton to in game Fordham's all-American Char- among other all-American addition to Yelverton. Dec will ley Yelverton has accepted bids choices.^ bring along Austin Carr, Collis to participate In four collegiate Western all-stars include Mike • Jones, and Jackie Meehan (a na- all-star contests including to- Newlin of Utah, Weber State's tive Philadelphian) from Notre morrow's East-West game at the Willie Sojourner and Dave Rob- Came for the East team. Unjversity of Dayton. iseh of Kansas. For the Philadelphia squad, This game will be televised by Yelverton thus becomes the performers will include Penn's WPIX-11 beginning at 2 p.m. first Ram basketball player to Steve Bllsky,. Dave Wohl and through the facilities of the participate at Dayton's classic Jim Wolf jKen Durrett and Bob- John Mugford. Hughes Sports Network. since Jim Cunningham in 1958. by Fields of LaSalle; John Rich- BURIK: The hard hitting senior has already surpassed his last year's Yelverton has already played Finally, the 6-2 Fordham se- ardson of Temple; St Joseph's Kill total with 13 RBI's in just two games. in the North-South series at Ral- nior has committed himself to John Connolly and Mike 0- eigh, North Carolina, Wednes- play in the Multiple Sclerosis Rourke of Philadelphia Textile. day evening and at Columbia, Hope Chest Classic in Philadel- The directors of the classic arc Rams sign 6-2 guard South Carolina, last night. The phia on Saturday, April 17. The , hopeful that Dean Meminipr of South won in Raleigh, 114-99, University of Pennsylvania's Pal- Marquette, South Carolina's Tom Walt Douglas, a 6-2 guard from Snyder High in Jersey City, with Yelverton scoring 21 of the estra will house the contest, be- Owens, Howard Porter and Clar- New Jersey signed a letter of intent Tuesday night and will attend North's points. ginning at 8 p.m. ence Smith will also participate Fordham next year as a financially-aided freshman. Of major interest for specta- Johnny Dee, Notre Dame's bas- in the game. Douglas is the first player recruited this year by coach Digger tors and professional clubs (the ketball coach, will guide the Tickets are available thrau»li Phelps and comes highly recommended from the same alumnus who Portland Trailblazers and Mem- Eastern all-stars against the Bill Morris in care of Multiple helped bring Ken' Charles and Bill Mainor to Rose Hill. Assistant phis Pros) who drafted Yelver- Philadelphia area standouts who Sclerosis, 1015 Chestnut Street, coach Frank McLaughlin said Douglas is a player who "does every- ton will be his play at "guard. At will be directed by Temple's vet- Philadelphia 19107, room 505. All thing well." The former Maroon captain added, "He's just what Fordham, Yelverton played for- eran mentor, Harry Litwack. seats arc unreserved and priced we're looking for in a guaid. He can shoot, handle the ball, and he's ward most of the time, but will Seventeen players have agreed at $3.00. especially good on the press. Ho should easily fit into our system have to switch to the guard posi- to participate in the classic in- Fordham's other pro-hall bound end into what we're trying to do." tion in the pros. cluding Charley Davis of Wake athlete, Bill Mainor, w'l! play in Playing with a team that lost most of its games this past season, Dick Phelps and Joe Williams Forest, Bill Smith of Syracuse, the Binghampton (Now Yorkl Douglas averaged 22.7 points over the 25-game Snyder campaign, of Furman opposed each other Duquesne's Nelson twins, and YMCA All-Star Classic on April scoring 568 points. He hit on an amazing 72 per cent of his field once again as coaches of the South Carolina's John Roche in 17. : • goal attempts, making 236 of .127 shots from the tloor. Douglas was North and South squads, respect- f. G? per cent free throw shooter, canning 96 of 143 shots from the ively. Williams received a certain charity stripe. Overall, he pet :i Snyder career scoring record with amount of revenge after the Rams had trounced Furman in Bowlers nip lona 2-1 J,]32 points. j;1 the first round of the NCAA The Ram howling squad enters Captain Bob Lepere's 211 :ii* Tournament. the final week of its season Sun- him in achieving a 551 tolal nd However, the most prestigious day In quest of a fifth-place fin- Dave Velez scored a 520 Sailing team wins regatta contest of all pits the East and ish. The Maroon remained in con- count for the set. the West at Dayton tomorrow. tention for trophies when it edged What made the triumphs ir as Megargee finishes first Yelverton will team with Notre lona 2-1, last weekend. impressive for the Rams was Last Saturday the Fordham Napoli sharing the crew duties, Dame's Austin Carr, Jackson- However, Foi'dham must gain fact that both were como-fi' sailing team won a quadrangular tied for high [joint honors in the ville's Artis Gilmore, and Jim a 3-0 shutout victory over its behind wins. "We wore down regalia at Rutgers, defeating the "B" division. McDaniels of Western Kentucky probable opponent, fifth-place from .'!0 to 50 pins in e:icli ini: host Scarlet Knights by one point The Rams clinched the victory IMXtlllMllltMligm Brooklyn Poly, to move ahead of noted Lepere, "but we nwiw as Dowling and Temple finished in the last race when Rutgers Mayor John Lindsay will per- the Engineers. to catch them at the end »l' <• third and fourth, respectively. committed a foul on the starting sonally honor Fordlimn's liest- Sunday's victory over the contest." The winds were extremely line, while Megargee notched a ever hiisketlmll team at City Gaels was particularly reward- Fordham's record sU"'1-- light and shifty and a strong cur- second place finish. Megaree and Hull tills Monday. Tho Foru- in;: since Fordhiim used only four s ; ixl11 1 rent on the RaKUm River made Spencer each won one race early liiun Basketball Appreciation men instead of the usual five. 37',2-28',4 mid it i " ^ " ' racing even more difficult. in the meet. Dny was postponed from last Fred Mathies rolled his usual in the Eastern Inlorcnlii'" Irv Megargee, the Ham "A" di- Th's weekend, the Ram sailors Tuesday bemuse the Mayor consistent high sories of 565 Eowling Conference. vision skipp.'r, with .Jackie Fien will compete in a monotype eli- was not in town. Details run which included a 224 single game. Lpperc has named J"1"' J as crew, was the high-point man mination regatta at New York be obtained at the sports in- Alsu scoring a 565 three-contest ford as next season's I"1" in tile regatta. Elliot Spencer, Maritime and a pentagonal meet formation office. series and a 212 game was sopho- captain and still is si-okins; ' with Barrett Quinn and Pete Di- at Delaware. more Dan Coyle. members for the club. Page 8 • THE FORDHAM RAM • April 2, 1971