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THE STONY BROOK STATESMAN State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York Vol. 37, Nos. 1 - 65 August 30, 1993 - August 15, 1994 NOTES ON ISSUE NUMBERS FOR VOL. 37 There are 66 issues in this volume including one numbered 66a (Supplement). There are a number of issues not numbered correctly: No. 16, Oct. 25, 1993 is misnumbered "15" No. 26, Dec. 2, 1993 is misnumbered "25" affecting all subsequent issue numbers until the error is corrected with issue 50, April 11, 1994. To correct error, numbering jumps from "48" to "50" No. 56, May 2, 1994 is misnumbered "54" "-~R- rft ..l; =91-· l ·. NRA~ I. -M. ~U·1.D ~. .I , .-.-H--H-N. - - 2 I rEEK WEv[s ^ gri[kaifi i <i fl^(BBB^BBHHBBH MONDAY, AUGUST 30 SAB Bassment Dance Party. Ballroom, SB Union. Admission charged. 10 p.m.-12a.m. USB in a Nutshell Tips for college success. Quad areas. 8-9 p.m. Floor Meetings. For new residence students. 10 p.m. See your R. A. for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 details. -SAB Evening Of Comedy. Ballroom, SB union. Admission charged. 10 TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 pm.-12 a.m. Campus Community BBQ. Fine Arts Plaza. Live Bands, artists, orientation reunion and more. 4:30-7:30 p.m.f. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4: MinoritiesIn Medicine. Fall open house. Fireside Lounge, SB Union. 8- Volleyball& Games. Benedict & Irving Colleges, G & H Quads. 2-6 p.m. 10 p.m. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1-I Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream Social. Fine Arts Plaza. Noon-4 p.m. Complimentary. SecondAnnual African Street Festival.Fine Arts Plaza. Noon-4 p.m. Sports Complex Evening of Recreation. Sports Complex. 7-10 p.m. Hillel Bonfire. With Sing-A-Long. Behind Irving/O'Neill Colleges G Quad. 9 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Welcome To The SB Union. Open house. SB-Union. Discounts on Union services. 9 a.m. -5 p.m. m'.- - 7 e - .1I 1-095 RTE. 25A STONY BROOK NY 11790 -- f7 E, I fs A presents /3i-Y/'S UNIDVERSITY NITED IS LADIES- NITE : cn ::^TO 9-, *I'(In -,as .I DJ DANCI NG AND LIVE-MUSIC BY LI'S-TOP PARTY BANDS CI "HAPPY HOUR"' 'a";0 STARTS AT 3:00 >5 2 - FER BAR DRINKS AND DOMESTIC BEER eq M aC I ac) fTHIS COUPON GOOD FORR I FREE ADMISSION-J DEC A {e-4 VALID THROUGH '93 ONLY J L is-. X. *, k at ;. i&-w a.A -i ., !,v, <L1 Q 9t es A„,t.gA o h <X >° a* m*{, ta .h *-i' v-,* **Ai l "» h Age USB-is all ears to Perot is to preserve the uniqueness -ofthis country By Rose Chan and stop the deterioration of our Statesman Associate News Editor government," she said. Former Presidential candidate Ross Citizens of the United States need ti Perot, spoke to more than 4,500 people, in start working together said Perot. "We need a political rally and membership drive last to reassert ourselves as the owners of this Saturday in the Indoor Sports Complex, country and work together like the spokes about economic issues and government inside a wheel." reform. According to Sharon Holman, press The event, secretary for sponsored by Perot, USWA United We has heldrallies Stand America in over 31 and the Golden s t a t e s , Key National speaking Honor Society, a b o u t- highlighted important taxes, the political issues diminishing of a n d s m a I I encouraging businesses, and audiences to i n c r e a s e follow their p o I i t i c a I cause in awareness. Perot bringing about also expressed p o I i t i c a I his concerns reform. "Our about job goal is to get security in the p e o p I e United States involved in and the pending t h e i r NorthAmerican government Free Trade and become Agreement. more aware of XT AA i - us- thir- rohte '" INAVt1A, a rree trade agreement she said. with Mexico, has been a major issue with Many followers of Perot feel that he is Perot, who fears that many American their spokesman, someone who understands workers will lose their jobs because of the the American people and their needs. availability of cheap Mexican labor. "The Kavoures, who has ben a UWSA volunteer real purpose of NAFTA is not to promote since the 1992 presidential election, feels trade," -saidPerot, "but to protect U.S. and that Perot has the ability to deliver what the foreign corporations that want to locate people want. "We are dissatisfied with their factories in Mexico, exploit low wage how the government is being run," said Mexican workers and ship products into Kavoures. "The elected officials are not the'rich U.S. market." listening to us, Perot gives voice to what United We Stand America, founded by the middle-class Americans feel." Other Perot as a spin-off from the 1992 supporters feel that Perot is a catalyst, a Presidential campaign, is a nonprofit political motivator. Secretary of Golden eKimCollora organization whose goal is to make a Key National Honor Society, Ross Perot addresses more than 4,500 people in the Indoor Sports Complex last nonpartisan effort involving citizens in their feels. that Perot has made people more week. local, state, and federal government. active in their local --and national According to: Margaret Kavoures, government. "He is the motivator for the scheduling the event difficult. "Stony Brook University and Suffolk County Community chairperson of the event, the group is people," she said. "[he is] making them gave us the most difficulty," said Collora. "But College. focusing on efforts to balance the budget, conscious of the.different legislations and wewantedtolringPerottoLonglslandandwe Perot will be stopping in Pennsylvania next as welas s reforming the government, such government and encouraging them-to voice felt that this was the place that would reach the weektocontnuehismissiontodecLeasepolficaI as limiting the role of lobbyists and their opinions." most people." Other schools that were under apathy. Says Perot,'We own this country and implementing the line item veto. "Our goal According to Collora, the U niversity made consideration to host Perot include St. John's we can make it into whatever we want it to be.' FAUTOfN" WATRLHOV5SIE "lFACTORY- To YOU AT LOW PRICES!" * ! 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I I II .QIZ .i, I 1 I I 1320 STONY BROOK RD. 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Polity President, Jerry Canada, felt Forner Chancellor of New York-City Public Schools everything from curriculum to budgets. Fernandez also that the program was long overdue. "I see Dr. Fernandez Joseph Fernandez addressed this year's New Student proposedthecontroversialRainbow Curriculum, aprogram as the only rational person that understands that the first Convocation, held Saturday in step in bringing people together is to teach them to the Staller Center. Fernandez understand each other." spoke to more than-700 parents Aside from his pioneering and freshmen about the efforts, many see Fernandez as a University community and the motivator and guide. Elsie Torres, importance of education. a senior and OWA volunteer, left The event,-- sponsored by the the convocation renewed. "Dr. University Center Bookstore, Fernandez is inspiring," she said. is a part of the Opening Week "He gives people the realization Activities, a week-long series that you can accomplish anything of programs and services if you work hard and -grab your designed to welcome new and opportunities." returning students back to Fernandez's speech, "Status campus. At the convocation, of Public Education in Our Fernandez stressed the Nation's Large Urban Areas," importance of diversity, also focused on the importance heritage, and taking challenges. of family roots. "Never forget "We should always aspire for where you came from," he said. more," he said. "Our dreams "We should be proud of our should always exceed our grasp, heritage, our history, our family." always reach for the stars." There is an estimated 1750 Before coming to the New freshmen who will be entering York City Public Schools, the Stony Brook this Fall, where a nation's largest school district, majority of the class are women Fernandez was the and where more than 40 countries superintendent of the Dade are represented. Femandez, a County Public Schools in fierce advocate for diversity, Miami, Florida. During his praised the varied ethnicity tenure as Chancellor of NYC present at Stony Brook. "Absorb Public Schools, Fernandez yourselves in this collegial introduced the School-Based environment and the wonderful Management/Shared Decision opportunities in this prestigious Making (SBM/SDM) model of institution," said Fernandez. school reform he had initiated "Celebrate the diversity thatexists right here." I K um-Ir L11 & 4R AM YOUCANEATPASTA! Saturday, Sept.