Robber Shoots Youth Outside Lantern

By Nick Katsoris a assailants escaped and the victim was carried A 16 year-old male high school student back to the Lantern by two friends. Chris was shot outside the Lantern Tavern early Byrne, FC '89, a worker at the Lantern, heard Sunday morning after being robbed by two about the incident from a girl who entered the unidentified assailants, according to Detective bar. "An unidentified girl came running back Davey Cruz Ortiz from the 52nd precinct. into the bar screaming, 'Call an ambulance, Ortiz said that the student was accosted call the police,' " Byrne said. He called for an by two male Hispanics on the corner of 194th ambulance, but when it did not arrive im- Street and Marion Avenue after leaving the mediately another Fordham student, Joe Tor- Lantern at approximately 2:30 a.m. The tora, FC '89, offered the use of his car to take assailants reportedly tore a chain off the vic- the victim and one of his friends to the tim's neck and seized his wallet, containing 30 hospital. dollars. When the student attempted to "During the ride I tried to talk to [the recover his possessions, one of the assailants victim] to get his mind off the pain," Tortora drew a gun. The student, however, continued said. "Even after the shot, he didn't believe it his efforts to recover the chain, and was shot was a real gun until he felt it go through him. in the leg upon following the assailants around He also said that he could positively identify the corner, After the shot was fired, the continued on page 4 Hughes to Turn Triple i Dorm may go Female By Diane Byrne Lisa Peterson, assistant dean of students for The Housing Planning Committee residential life. decided that Hughes Hall will house three Peterson said the committee reached its freshmen in each room instead of four and is decision to change Hughes to triples, reducing considering a proposal to make Hughes a the number of residents from 269 to 203, just predominantly female dormitory, according to prior to the semester break. She indicated that one of the main reasons for the change was Hughes Hall's history of being a dormitory with disciplinary problems. "It's our rowdiest hall. More incidents happen in that hall than any other, and it hap- pens because ... it's such a densely populated Are We Safe? residence hall," Peterson said. "Hughes has a By Nick Katsoris and Kimberly-Marie Colon community for that matter. Crime will con- The shooting of a 16 year-old high school tinue, but "if you do get accosted, then walk student last Sunday has raised many unan- away," said Ortiz. swered questions regarding the safety of For- In the shooting incident last Sunday, the dham students. Last Sunday marked the third victim did not walk away. After his chain and Inside shooting related incident indirectly connected wallet were taken, he pursued the assailants in with Fordham in the past year. What, if an attempt to recover his property. As a result, one of the assailants drew a gun and shot him in the leg. Perhaps, in a case such as this, News Analysis^ walking away is the best solution. Material ob- jects can always be replaced; a life cannot. anything, can be done to upgrade the safety of Fordham students as they venture beyond the But what happens to the aggressive per- gates of Rose Hill? son who just cannot walk away? For these in- According to Detective Ortiz of the 52nd dividuals, Fordham offers the Tae Kwon Do precinct, students should always travel in Club, an organization devoted to and groups, stick to well-lit areas, and try to avoid disciplined by the martial art of Korean confrontations. Ortiz also added that if con- Karate. The club currently has a membership fronted, one should carefully note any of approximately fifty people. distinguishing features that could help in Hughes Hull positively identifying the assailant(s) later. For The curriculum includes the studying and example, one should recognize the height of practicing of basic motions, and free-style no legacy of being a crazy dorm, and ... we're the assailant, weight, age, race, clothing, contact fighting. The club also offers oc- going to try to break that history now, have all jewelry, and any prominent facial markings, casional self-defense courses basically of our buildings a little quieter and maintain Of course, it may be difficult to notice designed for the inexperienced fighter. The the academic atmosphere we're trying to have anything when you are being held at gunpoint, Tae Kwon Do Club conveniently meets during in the halls." but the prospective information could be activity periods and on several evenings during According to Peterson, the committee is crucial t o your case later on. the week. While this may not serve as a considering a change that would make four of While Ortiz offered suggestions, he solution for all people it serves as an alter- the five floors in Hughes female. She ex- realizes that helpful hints are not a solution, native to some. plained that the committee members felt this There is no clear-cut way of eliminating crime The University also offers advice aimed at would reduce the number of disciplinary cases surrounding the Fordham community, or any continued on page 4 in the residence hall. continued on page 4 I THE. 1AM. Tnin.-3B> tanuari !'

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By Lynnc Viera the participants in New Hall and Sesquicen- The Committee for Academic Residential Deadline Extended tennial but the new dormitory, Alumni Court, Life, in conjunction with Gregory Pappas, may be used if it is completed in time, accor- By Mary O'Neill "Along with five to seven hours of director of Freshman/Transfer Orientation, ding to Pappas. He added that there will be a Due to an insufficient number of student required service work, the students could offer has developed an experimental summer orien- registration fee of about $35 for the program applicants, the deadline for applying to the each other moral support and would be expec- tation program which will be initiated this to cover the expense of meals, entertainment Campus Edge project has been extended by ted to use their unique residential situation to one week, according to Rich McCouch, S.J., get others involved," McCouch said. "It will year, according to Rev. Denis Moran, S.J., and housing. coordinator of the University's Community be one way to follow up on Father O'Hare's dean of students. "The cost will be minimal," Pappas said. The program, which consists of two two- "We are not trying to make a profit. We just Engagement Program. big push to get students involved in the com- day sessions, will take place in July and in- need to cover expenses." Campus Edge is a proposal calling for the munity." volve about 300 parents and students. Moran transformation of New Hall into a residence said the reason for the new orientation for students interested in community service. ' 'A long with five to program is to inform parents and students The Office of Residential Life is handling the about education at Fordham. application process but, according to Lisa seven hours of required "We want to strengthen the academic Peterson, assistant dean of students lor orientation of students and include parents residential life, only five applications have service work, the stu- much more fully," Moran said. "The sessions been submitted to fill 22 spaces. will include lectures on Fordham's expec- Peterson said that the original deadline of dents could offer each tations, goals and philosophy." January 23 was extended to January 30 According to Pappas, there will be a because the poor timing of the project's other moral support series of lectures for the parents and students. original publicity may have caused the lack of Representatives from Student Affairs, applicants. and would be expected Residential Life, Security and Food Service "Exams, R.A. applications, and the ex- will be available to answer questions and ad- citement at the end of the semester over- to use their unique ministrators from both the College of Business shadowed our attempts to inform students Administration and Fordham College will also about Campus Edge," Peterson said. "In- residential situation to be present to counsel students. He said that if terested students have spoken to me very the program is successful there will be eight or recently, claiming they just found out about get others involved." nine orientation sessions next year. Pappas it." noted that this is the first time parents will Peterson added that resident assistants McCouch added, however, that can- have their own orientation since there has been have been asked to hold floor meetings in or- cellation of the Campus Edge project would no time to devote to the needs of parents der to publicize the project. not be detrimental to community service. during the traditional Labor Day weekend According to McCouch, the success of "There is more than one way to do orientation sessions. Campus Edge depends upon how students anything," he said. "We will just try The University will provide housing for Gregory Pappas respond to the publicity. something else." "Ultimately whether or not it succeeds is No plans have been made for the rooms up to the student body," he said. in New Hall's basement if the project is unsuc- McCouch said that it is difficult to inform cessful, according to Peterson. the student population about community ser- "We may hold them for incoming fresh- vice opportunities, but added that the men interested in such a program, otherwise Campus Edge project would be a good way to they will be included in the housing lottery," ¥>u're bright enough to master get students interested in community service if she said. "No decision will be made until after Cobol and Fortran. it is successful. the deadline."

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good about living here is the fact that i' Committee originally proposed creating lofts becomes predominantly female the sense of casual," said Jennifer O'Connor, R in the rooms, similar to the ones in New Hali. community and spirit created by the interac- "The guys are on our floor and we're on Hughes but decided against the idea because the rooms tion of the floors will be reduced. their floor; we get to be really good friends." in Hughes did noc require additional space. Students presently living in Hughes Hall "I think triples will be better becai continued from paqe 1 Peterson said she believes the change will were generally in favor of the change to triples i\c it will be a lot less crowded," said John ( make the dormitory tes intimidating to the in- but had mixed reactions to the proposed swit- nay. '•The problem floors are really where the FC '90. "1 don't know about one flu. men live this year and have in the last couple coming freshmen, and that the triples will be a ch to a mainly female dorm. >r of guys, though 1 don't think it would of years," Peterson said. "We think if we better living environment for the students. "College is a big step, and learning to live him much." disperse them, put them in a different envir- "1 think ifs wonderful." Peterson said. with the opposite sex is a big step, and 1 think John Tobin, FC '90, also tdi onment, it mav possibly help all our problems "1 think it's about time. They probably never ...if you separate the sexes it will also cut reducing the number of male residents v there." should have been quads but...it was a down on the spirit of the dorm and the mid not create much of a problem, and addcc Peterson added that approval for the necessity at the time to house the students who growing experience," said Karen Kudish, FC that r "three people in a room this size won proposal depends on the male-co-female ratio wanted to live on campus. I think the whole 90. kl he ideal." of housing applicants. She said that if the atmosphere of Hughes Hal! will be much "1 think it's bad because part of what's proposal goes through, Speiiman Hall will nicer." become a co-ed dormitory. Grace Attanasio, FC '8S, third floor Clarke's Bar. Several Fordham student ^aid No construction will be done to the resident assistant, said she and the other staff that they were disturbed by Sunda\\ building to change the rooms to triples, Peter- members feel the change will help reduce Shooting shooting. son said. She added that the Housing Planning vandalism, but added that it the dorm "Just because the student was not I'mm Fordham doesn't mean that it couldn': hap- continued from page I pen to a kid from Fordham," Tortora -.aid. the [assailant]". "At first 1 didn't believe it occurred," said **7 think it's about time. They probably never Ortiz said that the student was lucky that Philip Philliou, CBA '90. "It's realls sad and his injury was not more serious. even frightening to imagine the nunii\i oi should have been quads but... it was a necessity "It could have been a lot worse," Ortiz Fordham students walking on Fordham Road said. "The bullet penetrated the right calf, but at all hours." "Fordham is a great school, hut at the time to house the students who wanted there was no neurological damage. They (the when you hear things like this you get scared," doctors) decided to leave the bullet in because said Joanne Sullivan, FC '89. "If things like to live on campus/' it could have been more damaging to remove this occur on a regular basis it will result in it." declining admissions. Parents will become The victim was discharged from North aware of the danger and not send their campus, but for handling the dangers of any Central Bronx Hospital on Monday night. children here." street. Citing confidentiality, neither the hospital nor Anne Smith, FC '88, said thai the The Fordham campus is a flourishing the police station was permitted to reveal the University security should protect Fordham Safety microcosm. In short, it's a pleasant place to victim's name. students on and off campus. be. Many students, however, are disillusioned Ortiz said that the police have not yet ap- "If there's a place with a lot of Fordham continued from page I by this Shangri-la, if you will, and do not prehended any suspects, but he said the in- students, then there should be a security guard preparing students for situations involving realize the drastic differences in atmosphere vestigation will continue. down there," she said. one's personal security. According to Security- that are merely separated by a black iron gate. In a similar incident in September, two Fordham Security Supervisor Jim Leo Supervisor Jim Leo, all incoming freshmen are Ignorance is not a solution. This problem high school students were shot outside the said that providing off-campus security would required to attend mandatory' meetings where affects residents, commuters, and faculty Third Avenue gate on Fordham Road after be impossible. literature on security precautions is members alike, yet the scope of this issue ex- being refused entry to a dance at Fordham "The idea is impractical," Leo said. distributed. In addition, lectures are presented tends far beyond Fordham and its surroun- Prep. The crime took place after an off- "The Lantern is located on a public street and and students are permitted to ask questions. ding community. While the University offers campus confrontation with unidentified assail- you could run into legal ramifications." Many students may consider these meetings as advice, these suggestions are only valuable if ants. Leo and Ortiz offered safety advice for simply "a waste of time." but their purpose is they are accepted and utilized by the Fordham Last February, three Fordham students Fordham students. Both noted that students to prepare students not only for walking down population. The final decision relies on the in- were robbed at gunpoint while walking along should travel in groups, stick to well-lit areas, a deserted street surrounding the Fordham dividual . Decatur Avenue from the Lantern toward and avoid confrontations at all costs.

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Not everyone can step on the tennis court and serve like Chris Evert or Ivan Lend! or even whoever is ranked 200th in the friend after the Mets won the World Series world. Since we, for the most part, are unable (OK, so I am a Red Sox fan). to perform like the super-athletes of the The conversation revolved around the world, we tend to glorify those who do. media blitz which surrounded first the Mets' It seems odd, though, that we are victory, and more recently, the Giants' trium- glorifying these athletes who are making big ph. The Daily News, the Post, even the stuf- money. Really big money. Back to the "long fier New York Times had the Giants pasted day at work" scenario. Joe Workingclass is over the front page. All of the local television busting his tail to take in about $50 thousand a stations devoted about half of their airtinie to year, yet he "relaxes" by watching guys on the the Superbowl. television who are taking in upwards of 50 As a sportswriter (former sportswriter?), grand a week. Playing basketball 80 nights a 1 am part of a fraternity which has played a year doesn't seem to be what would be major role in glamorizing sports in this coun- termed "hard labor." Sure, there is a lot of try. The question which I was asked after the travel and sometimes intense pressure. Even World Series and the Superbowl was, essen- the best of sportswriters can't touch the tially, are our priorities in this country a bit $250,000 neighborhood, while many pro- warped? athletes command millions of dollars right out I mean, what kind of catastrophe would of college. Where do I sign up for the pre- have been big enough to supplant the Giants professional athletes major? on this Monday's Daily News? Arc there not Even for those of us who hope to issues on both the national and international graduate from college and earn immodest levels which are more newsworthy than a salaries, we are already a few steps behind. football game? Many of the stars who we see on television To blame the media is probably wrong. went to college on the free ride. Those for- While there are serious journalists working for tunate enough to be illegally recruited reap the these papers of television stations, there are benefits of wealthy alumni — cars, apart- some serious businessmen who are interested ments, etc. in turning a buck. Sports sections sell many 'Maybe we should focus our collective vision The money that pro athletes make is just papers in this land, (perhaps a sportswriter's the tip of the iceberg. Sports is a multi-billion delusion of grandeur, but anyway...), and every once in a while on the more pressing dollar industry. From the television networks when dealing with an event with the to the poster companies, there is some money magnitude of the Superbowl, in a market like issues of the day. No, I don't mean figuring being made. CBS got off with $31 million in New York, it is natural that the Giants are on 9 ad revenue for the Superbowl broadcast. the front page. out how to break Georgetown s 1-3-1 Believe me, judging from the quality of most If the media is somewhat free from of the commercials, I'd venture to guess that culpability, where do we turn to uncover the trapping zone press..." there were several nobler areas where that answers to the "glamorama?" money could have been used. Whether or not our priorities are little misty when1 the Celtics won it all last children? Turn on the tube, ESPN, and zone Don't bother calling me when the Celtics misplaced, 1 don't know for sure, but there are spring (who could have had dry eyes when out while watching the World Beach are whipping the Lakers in game seven of the a couple of interesting theories as to why Kevin McHale hugged Bill Walton?). But as Volleyball Championships...it is an escape. NBA finals this spring, I'll be too busy watch- sports play so large a role in society. far as emotional strain goes, sports fans aren't Theory Two: Fantasyland. When 1 was in ing the game. But maybe we should focus Theory One: It is not all that difficult to what I would call burdened. After a long day Little League, setting records for batting our collective vision every once in a while on be a sports fan. Some people may have wiped of work and traffic jams and the kids futility, 1 always envisioned myself as Carl the more pressing issues of the day. No, I tears from their eyes when the Mets won it all, screaming in your ears, who wants to hear Yastrzetnski standing in the box, ready to tag don't mean figuring out how to break (mine weren't exactly tears of joy...), I got a about deaths in an earthquake or starving one over the Green Monster in Fenway Park. Georgetown's 1-3-1 trapping zone press...

Q: Fordham students are allowed two official days of add-drop at the beginning of each Inquiring Photographer semester. Is this enough or should there be Photographs by Geraldinc Peters more? Question by Matt Bertron

The whole thing should be There should definitely be I don't think that's near There should be more, there isn't enough time to see if you There should definitely be computerized and then 2 more or lengthen the time enough to decide on a class can learn from the class. more to give the student days would be enough. between the two of them, or not. Debbie Gnncilu FC '89, Carol Palermo FC '89 enough time to decide. Alexandra Majthenyi Vinny Armclio Barbara Buono Dill Wheeler Leigh lVimino FC '89 FC '90 VC '89 FC '88 FC '88 6 THE BAM Rubber Checks BooncesPayroU^ ComesHome

••!: rxec^^: i ,y. :: rexie anc.: Bvv AmAmyShcy Shco ..^^.^^^ i By VUrra*« Bw Fc-rdhajTi University'; Office of Residen- tial Life «il] reEocate most of Keith Plaza's staerxsc ;_-_•£ tn<: C*_~:scmiii brsai undergraduates back on campus next Oterrx&l Eicti. :»_cc to hoox caer'is semester, according to Lisa Peterson, assistant 'jr.crjii." Biack. -i_ii : .j.tycTiK tcti: L n. ••truTi r.s.y~vu aoxcni d>eari of students for residential lite.

dof to-1 tnnijfsral error ~i art irt'ieiircrrerit firm \ -* *' l Peterson said 'hat the students now tE2! does b-jines;s •'."-•:. tint Cti^'ersi^y, icxt- residing inketth Plaza ha^e had "quite a leV" dsa to Dr. Bartari EZ-ert E&ct.. tlzarjcrai nx disciplinary problems, such as vandalism, titi the Lr_-.TT;;r. illegal parties and thro-*ing objects out of Bbck iaac: trtat the Siktsx Rrosthen 3- tt-ir.do'*s. Several ter.arr.s of the apartment vsstasffi: firrr: «3i irtatrxtec Decectbir I v to corr.p.>\ ha-.e called the Office of Residential *i?e t.? rsliioc iofen to CberrDcal BarA '.-• i^ir;|rC '.he :r3_"-5 Life to corr.p',.a;r. about loud disturbances, she foiid wii peyr^txl accost bit. teca:-ie of in crroc by aca «r2ptos*e of the firrr.. '.he -.;«> •The students' and the tenants' lilestvles »3i trarjftrrec to Chae Siinhatta-. Bar.k ir.- (•tthcr: r.Z'~'~ •ion t mesh :c»o •*:'!," Peterson said. Aciordiri| to Buci. tbere »a.s ox :o :iic ;:i:r :;::." According to Peterson, the 4? student, jgfc nxQf% x the acccur.t to co--er the '.: F >riharr. * h o L'-.e :r, Keith Plaza may all enter the next pa>ToS aoi cefieer. fifty arid sr>"> L"cn>«rsry •T error '"*as hou ing lottery with the other students living paydwcti *ere recunned foe i-iS^ffkvent furjds on k ampus. She added that the students can after fcejii cjep?5itfd by member: of the ad- fe to keep their apartments if they have crvcx gh p«eop;e to fill the room, unless they are ere ed to leave for disciplinary reasons. tj^'^ 5. lii.'J. -- -*i- t*•-''. - J'T •; ernriovees fore "People can remain in Keith unless they ha'-e had disciplinary problems," Peterson K for :'iil:r>z to rr^ng :^e pcobkrr: :o :bs i:- ••Otherwise, they have to go through the r.'.: 3u o; a Urr. jrs;:> official. Keith Piaza has been housing Fordham undergraduates for at least ten >ears, accor- > > "We ha1.: :aJied to ding to Peterson. In the past five years, it has :tc as ;ha: :hls i>pe o: also beer, offering rooms to Fordham crocierr: .Li jz p graduate students. Recently there has been a According to Black, the transferal greater demand for graduate housing and next ~.i.j"^i:i "*ai cau.i*d fa> hu.iian error in a sim- semester graduate students will be replacing most of the un-derEraduate'S. Lisa Peterson p^i pro-ced'jre. Saic-mon Brothers inves- "Socially, Keith Plaza is pretty sokued," :izi:ti the iranifer error and '*as abk to "The demand for graduate housing has the student said. "It's a far walk for people in ::r, the las: few vears," Peterson said. come and visit, and a lot of people ihir.k it"i ;i Black aided that Salomon Brothers will A sophomore who lives in Keith Plaza bad neighborhood." cornpKisate University empimees for fees in- said that students who reside in the apartments Peterson said that the Fordham campus is curred from boun-ced checks and will reimbur- •complain of discomforts such as cold rooms, a better environment for undergraduate-, but se the University for earninp lost while the •thin walls and no carpeting. He said that Keith she added that Keith Plaza may be used for location of the pavtoll money was unknown. Plaza residents dislike the location of the undergraduates in the future if there is a Barbara tlkn Blaci complex. housing problem. FIGHT Debaters Compete in Dublin CANCER. B> Kimberiy-Marie Colon forward to continued strong performances, in equivalent of 15.000 American dollars. While most students were at home en- the future." In addition, all participants had the op- josir.g their Christmas vacation, various The first place winner was the team from portunity to meet Garret Fitzgerald, Prime EAT members of the Fordham Debate Society were Glasgow University in Scotland. According to Minister' of Ireland, and Margaret Heckler, compean-g in Ereiand to maintain Fordham's Cipollone, the team won a Waterford Crystal the American ambassador to Ireland. ru|h standard in debate. trophy valued at 10,000 Irish pounds, the YOUR .According to Roberta Oldenborg. FC '&. the 5oder/s treaisurer. three Fordham team;; enrerec tr.e Vi'orid Championship VEGETABLES. Toumarnerir. heid ar the L'si'-ersity College Dublin from Decernber 2A through January .'. G'-;^ - ;. i •;.r _"-•-:.^r< • ••: The paracipacing debate teams represented vinoiM univunities from the United States. pr> >tv(.. ti' >!'. !»'; J •.•.« ii; ' \ XSl the Bntish Lite, Canada. Greece. Ai.st.-aha in cinv d' n t< >r s ;t"i.<:r and New Zealand. T*o of the Fordham teanti placed ;n tr.e Likf- brrms of cancer. that Fordhajn hooted the sarr.e competition. Wnlefnr more tnf« «r- fc*t >ear at Lincoln Center, from January J through January 11. nrat u n\ President Pat Cipollone, FC 'SS. ranked frith out of HX debaton, and Adam Smith. FC "8'". ranked 5(Xh. Additional outstanding performances were presented by Liarr. AAAERICAN O'Brien, FC '88, and Tom Massaro. S. J. Opollone said that he was very pleased 4? CANCER with the performance of the society, w hich he fSOQETY calls "the oldest institution or. Fordham ce\t totne Jesuits." "Our performance was great," Cipolion; Ad No. 0286-J (1 col * 70 lines) said. "We feei that we upheld Fordham"s traditional high standards in debate. We look Debate learn laughs it up with Heckler Th.$ sca-te :cr- i^e- as a ?uO"c service THE RAM/Thursday, January 29,1987/7

Triple Vision in the Village The Museum of Holography nchanted. Beguiled. Entranced, It is When the proper amount of light hits the pic- Progress has been made in holographic movie- year, and will feature approximately thirty easy to imagine how Alice felt when ture, the figure appears to dance in front of making ("Logan's Run" has holographic holographic works by the participants in the E she tumbled into the rabbit hole and you. If you move from left to right, a woman images), and scientists and engineers are trying artists-in-residence program. discovered her own little Wonderland. So it blows you a kiss, and an apple becomes to perceive of new ways to create holograms The museum is celebrating its ten-year seems when you spend an afternoon among a smaller and smaller as successive bites are on T.V. Already there is holographic por- anniversary, and is currently undergoing gallery of bewitching holographic images. A taken out of it. Vibrant color images seem to nography (though where it can be obtained, I renovation. It is temporarily (until February burgeoning new art form, holograms have float in space, yet if you attempt to touch the do not know). 15th) displaying some of its works at 745 Fifth image, you will only grab a handful of empty The Museum at 11 Mercer Street is Avenue on the southeast corner of 58th Street air (and look quite foolish in the process). dedicated to the art of holography. Since its (in the old FAO Schwartz building). Entitled Though the science of holography is still inception in 1976, the museum has received the "Museum of Holography - Fifth Allison Zisko only in its infant stages, new applications in more than 65,000 visitors each year, many of Avenue", it includes a gallery and a well- the fields of medicine, science, and technology them from across the country and'around the stocked gift shop where you can buy anything are being discovered. It is believed that soon it world. It is unique in that it houses the largest from innovative jewelry to limited-edition become more and more popular, and in the will be possible to use holograms for x-rays, collection of holograms and holographic plates. During the holidays the museum past two decades, museums have appeared computer graphics, data storage, pattern material, as compared to the museums and presented "Through the Looking Glass", worldwide to display this new craft. recognition, and gunsight. Already they are galleries throughout the world — particularly which featured over 25 holograms, the largest Tucked into one of the many side streets used in more well-known fields. Scanners at Australia, Japan and Europe, where window display of holography ever. The of SoHo, the art district of New York City, the check-out counter in the supermarket holography has caught on and is enjoying presentation originated in December of 1976 lies the Museum of Holography, a place where make use of holography. Visa cards (which widespread popularity. In the words of Ian and has served as a traveling exhibition. Since one can get lost in the realm of imagery and we all have grown to know and love) are em- Lancaster, the Consulting Director of the then it has appeared in 45 cities around the imagination. bossed with the colorful eagle — this too is a Museum of Holography, "It is also unusual in world. Another exhibition, called People of all ages and from all walks of hologram. It has been adopted by the credit being a not-for-profit museum with a par- "FutureSight — Innovations in Art life visit the museum, located at 11 Mercer company in order to cut down on the number ticular mission to serve the worldwide Holography" features work from Street, in order to see the holograms. The art of counterfeiters, since the numbers cannot be holographic community as a focal point for the museum's contemporary art collection. of holography is gaining more recognition, but melted clown and changed without removing the collection and display of holograms..." Holography is a fascinating new art form. it is not a new concept. Dr. Dennis Gabor of rhe hologram. This technique is being studied To this end, the museum sponsors its artists- The feeling towards this new field is very Hungary "invented" holography in 1947 as a deterrent to fraud of U.S. currency. in-residence program, which attracts artists positive, and is best summed up by Ruth Z. while attempting to improve the electron Novelty items are perhaps the most sought-out from all over the world who wish to use the Ellman, General Manager of the Fifth Avenue microscope (he later won a Nobel Prize for his type of holography. Greeting cards, stickers, museum's sophisticated lab equipment needed store, "..We want to add to the excitement. work). Holograms arc formed by a and pendants (the kind you find in the Village) for the production of holograms. Its new Holograms are fascinating to look at, and only photographic method which uses lasers to are well-liked for their originality and com- exhibition, entitled "A.I.R. Waves" will be on in New York could you have the world's first create a three-dimensional image in space. prise the biggest market in holography. view from January 30th to May 3rd of this Museum of Holography." 8 THE RAM Thursday, January 29. 1987 Student Viewpoint

serving campus G* community since 1918 My Cousin 1 hrilling and exciting. The sum total of my feel- during the roui ;ii;doi ings after visiting Poland and meeting my cou- we dro\e JOSLTHI tha PHIL PLOLRD Editor-in-Chief T sin Lech Walesa. the land had a -cenic SICK KA TSORfS Executive Editor We landed in Warsaw via LOT Airlines, the major every new snouiall. MATTHFM BROWSE... Executive Editor Polish airline, at 9:35 a.m., December 27, 1986. A cold As we approached ill K1MBERL Y- UA RIE COL 0 V. Sens Editor JOHS PA RADISE Sports Editor 15 degree morning greeted us. It was a peaceful and where Lech Iked, my DIASEBYRSE VHS Editor HIKE \fYLLEK Sports Editor quiet atmosphere compared to that of airports in the ticipation. I -.till could m MARYO'SEIl.i Assistant Sens Editor GERALDISE PETERS. Sews Photo Editor there and about to meet hi LISA LLDYIK Arts Editor JOHS ROLSSEY Sports Photo Editor bell, the door >wuna op "Witam wai ku/yny!" — ALEKSROZESS Assistant Arts Editor ASSEEASTMAS Asst. Photo Editor Arlene Brolewicz Lech himself. Smiling ai AMY SI V CO Copy Editor YOLASDA OCHOA. Advertising Manager kisses, he turned tome, s; L Y.WE YIERA Copy Editor TISA DOLFEKIAS. . Advertising Manager My house and everything ALL1SOSZ1SKO Features Editor TOL'LA DOLFEKIAS... Business Manager United States. We were welcomed by Lech's sister, meet the rest of my family EVA POSEROS ... Subscriptions Manager Izabela, with the traditional flowers and three kisses — My head was spinnii first the left cheek, then the right and back to the left. svith many people. Fit

r My first look at Poland was not disappointing. The ride Danuata. Then came Bo| mitt-- u- .e s-;,-•*-* -i *•>•**'.•*•.' -~.'z~z~ --.»•;",. s-e-i •-; •-.-= :a.-;.5 !-•: "~ ::— .-•:.s-:e'3's The Ram jt tn« *r tie" consent of the later discovered, aides o eC'tc 7h« (U/n is ccccsec c. :I*:JS a'. Fys^an S".uC*': Pr,-1. a a) rnntetf t-, o"s»t -!-c-;'ac-/ c. •e-cyc-ea cap«' n a -jmo" p'mtmg streets and highway. As 1 studied the landscape in this responsibility to catalogue plant region with many apple orchards and tree lined high- Lech receives from all ove ways, it was easy to imagine the colors of spring and proximately 250 pieces of summer in this land. told that over 7000 Ch We stayed at Iza's house for two nights. There I received. her son Marek, and daughter Marzena. Marzena in- I could hear Lech'l vited me to a local discotheque in Sochaczew where I sharing conversation with! met other young people who made a great fuss over me ders that upon our arrival and my first visit to Polajid. study and office so that he| More Dorm Noise We left Sochaczew on the 29th and stayed over- better host, night in the city of Plock where my grandmother's sister It's difficult to say wh lived. there was the best, beta On the third, my cousin Lech sent a taxi from pleasures for me. He share Gdansk to bring us to his home. The driver, also an spirit of the Pole which is a The esUbfefement of an academic residential life at Fordham is a goal that steins to be pervading our aide to Lech, was our companion and tourist guide democracy, the dangers of campus of late. Last semester's proposal for an honor's dorm cannot be vkwed as an isolated attempt to create a superior breeding ground for Fordham scholars. Rather, it was the dramatic beginning to a trend of specialized housing designed to enhance academia at the University. The Committee for Academic Residential life (CARL) could not win the approval of the student body —Student Viewpoint— for (be establishment of the honor's dorm. But, a startlingly similar body of University representatives, the Committee for Housing in a Novel Atmosphere (CHINA), recently recommended what amounts to a watered-down version of the CARL proposal: academically oriented quiet dorms. Now, the Office of Residential Life, which is headed by a member of CARL, is suggesting a change in the sexual composition of Hughes Hall, partly to aid in the effort to provide academic housing. The theory is that Hughes has a legacy of rowdiness (not conducive to studying) and that the tradition can best be broken Wall Street by keeping the number of males to a minimum. True, Fordham students pay a lot of money to live on campus and some might argue that they should game for about a decade not have to worry about distractions caused by raucous behavior. Nobody in the administration, however, think that the West, for my part, can go to Hell" of closed doors, gossip, i seems to have mentioned the other side of the coin — that learning to deal with annoyances in life should be —Bishop Desmond Tutu. This quote sums up the part of one's education. I essence of what it meant to live in the Western suddenly came to an end government, through tli If a roommate or a very loud person down the hall is creating a disturbance, a student must either assert hemisphere, particularly the United States, during 1986. Commission, became am himself and deal with the problem or live with it. Anyone who fails to resolve an unpleasant situation has not Still too early to pass any type of judgement on 1987, I This guest had enou protected his right to live in a peaceful environment. This is not to say that the meek should suffer but that look back at 1986 and see what a greedy year it was. Boesky, and other so-callf they should learn to cope. trading. The setting wa Certainly, taking refuge in a quiet dorm is an easy solution to a noise-problem. But the off-campus world Joan Collins mim-serif does not offer such options. anonymous tip from Cai The action taken by tenants of Keith Plaza when confronted with rowdy student neighbors is a handy Juan C. Perez example of a practical solution to a conflict of interest problem. When some of the undergraduates in Keith did not respect their fellow tenants (wild parties, vandalism, etc) the occupants of the complex promptly True, good and noble things occurred. They defended themselves by reporting the offenses and forcing disciplinary action by the University. always do. Yet, 1986 was the year of people wanting to WallStm Of course it is sometimes difficult to rectify a problem when dealing with peers. But, learning to draw the be smarter than other people. It was the year of being line when friends go too far is another part of becoming educated. dirty. Nowhere was this attitude more prevalent than The scariest news concerning the surge in academic housing proposals is that the administration seems to on Wall Street. A. new meaning to the word greed ap- found f believe that these concept dorms should dominate campus life. peared; one that almost got away with making the con- colleges® In an article in last week's Ram entitled "New Dorm Proposals" Father Moran commented on the quiet cept of cheating and lying socially, if not economically, dorm recommendation, saying, "1 think that as time goes on it will be the norm rather than the exception." acceptable. responsible, Unfortunately, Fordham students will lose an important part of their education if his prediction comes In this aura of greed. Wall Street showed its true true. colors — America's biggest casino, where many thestuden Americans play compulsively to hit the jackpot, fast and big. The resurrection of greed in the lVSU's ana a "red bigger-than-ever concern for materialism and narcissism exposed a nasty, ugly side to the American character. of con BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed These traits added more fuel to the old time heat of corruption that has kept Wall Street burning (for scan- u u ^ IN in PLACE.. •buy, sell, cheat. Never mind the fact that Wall Street, ding out about is plagued by sloppy executives, shady brokers, place. WheiUlu' mismanagement, and overpriced stocks (also keep in ™ exchange.or^ mind junk bonds, greenmail. and stock churning). Wall had to pay a S "' Street still performs a healthy and necessary function hook more eas.ly.fc'J tor America's economy (don't ask what). Still, the hot- test game in town during 1986 was surely one not to be and iiwnientarilj ^ voiK« praised: insider trading. People had been playing the THE RAM/Thursday, January 29,1987/9 ch Walsea • ride to Gdansk, As people in all lands. tw became deeper and Sitting with him one night when we talked about all look that came with the great men from the past, I could not help but won- der what drove this man, a Nobel Prize winner in 1983 jtment block complex and an international celebrity, a symbol to all Polish >gan to race with an- people. jve that I was actually "All great men are ordinary human beings," he fore we could touch the said. "It's the events and circumstances that make them a voice greeted us: special." lings cousins!" It was No one," he added, "plans to be great. Each per- lacing my father with son hopes that when he faces challenge and adversity iThis must be Arlene. that he will have the courage and wisdom to commit falso yours; come and himself sanely and fairly." "You seem to have met the challenge successfully, room became filled Lech," 1 said. "But I think you and others like you also Ire was Lech's wife, have a charisma." le oldest, followed by "A charisma? 1 don't know what that is. I don't I Lech's sons. Now it know how you can get it or shape it, but I can tell you The author (left) with cousin, Walsea (center), and his wife, Danuata (right). agda, Ania, Wiktoria this/ There is something in each of us that is supported by confidence and trust in yourself, and the faith you mation, I am the only person in Poland who is permit- have a representative from the Worker Classes in the : in the room, all, as I have in the Supreme Being. For me, it is my trust in the ted to display the Solidornosc pin publicly. This symbol governing body of our country. That there must be aries. It was their Blessed Mother, our Queen of Poland. I start each day of our union is now outlawed and wearing it publicly dialogue between us and them, and that we must com- |pond to the mail that before attending any public ceremony with the fervent can mean detention in prison. Please accept these pins municate continuiously for a better Poland." . He received ap- wish that God and our Polish Madonna will give me which I wear as a souvenir of our meeting. I wear it so |ery week. 1 was also strength and wisdom. That is why you will always see that no one will forget it." He gave me a duplicate of greeting cards were me wearing her image next to my heart." the pin he was wearing. Arlene Brolev/kz, CBA 87, is Lech Walesa's second I said, "I see you also wear a Solidornosc pin with I remember once asking, "What are your goals, cousin. Her grandmother's sister is Walesa's mother, in the background the Polish Madonna..." and what do you hope to achieve in the future?" He and her grandparents settled in New Jersey after im- es. He had given or- He was quick to clarify, saying "For your infor- replied "chose to convince the government that we must migrating from Poland. brk was to stop in his Concentrate on being a

be seven nights I spent |h night had special ne his feelings on the I well, the meaning of tlism and the needs of

greed has trickled down to many campuses across the On a less grandoise scale one can notice these nation. currents stirring America's campuses, including, of Wall Sneer's greed has found fertile soil in our course, Fordham. After four years at Fordham, I've college1- since they are responsible for preparing the witnessed and experienced the "always me first" studcnl lo enter the "real world'' of competition. relationships and the "get out of my way" friendships. Colleges have become the minors (hat reflect a country Common concerns include having a Porsche by age 25 obscenely ir love with itself. The 80's is the decade of and be making 50 grand. If cheating and lying become unders narcissism, with the drive for succeeding beconvna an part of 20 year old's habits, think what will happen obsession, a compulsion that crushes human relations. when they are 30 or 40 and making big bucks. i in a hush-hush world nected to him in any way had, and still has, reason to be During the 1985 commencement ceremony at the If you're still reading, you'll probably condemn me culations. The party nervous. For in the same way Levine blew the whistle University of California's School of Business Ad- for writing so negatively. Well, what's right always tar, when the Federal on Boesky, Boesky himself is ready to do the same to ministration, the speaker was Ivan Boesky himself. This deserves merit, and needs no introduction. What's jliities arid Exchange others. , is what he had to say: "Greed is all right, by the way. I wrong should always be exposed to try to correct it or i guest. To blow the whistle, Boesky and other witnesses want you to know that. I think greed is healthy. You minimize the possibilities of it happening again. Ob- irmation to prosecute will have to reveal who had beforehand access to infor- can be greedy and still feel good about yourself." viously, in Wall Street's case, much more will be \ ss wizards, for insider mation suppposed to be public. You see, information is {Newsweek, December 1, 1986). How sad that the needed. ferfect backdrop for a the key to winning the game. If you get your infor- student's response was the laughter and applause of ap- John Schad of the Securities and Exchange Com- at started with an mation publicly, that's legal. If you get your infor- proval. mission asked Congress for a 30 percent increase in aid fetched to New York, mation in a privileged way, you're stealing. This is what The attitude of "having it my way" materialized in to fight corruption. U.S. attorney for Manhattan Boesky did by paying Levine in exchange for infor- the yuppies and in those on the way of becoming yup- Rudolph Guiliani wants tougher penalties in the form of mation on which companies were about to get entangled pies. Coming out of their comfortable college cocoon, long term prison sentences. He will have to crack down in the takeover web. and like moths driven to the light, they considered Wall on Wall Street like he did with the Mafia last year. This will be necessary to, at least, make the smart guys think \reed has The mystery to unravel here is whether Boesky's Street the turf to conquer. Is there anything wrong with twice about their gambling. scam is just an isolated incident, or reflects a trend that this? There is when the moral fiber of the country nlinour lures more of the market's players every day. I think the deteriorates the way it does today. The problem is that At a collegiate level, many colleges (including For- latter is a more realistic scenario. To think of Boesky as as America's young, bright minds want to be smarties in dham) have or will have business ethics courses in- \they are the only bad apple is rather naive. There are a lot of everything, they are the ones who will eventually lead stituted as part of their curricula. How much positive movers and shakers out there playing by Boesky's rules, this country. And just look now at what some people effect these courses will have remains to be seen. They preparing from whiz kids trying to have it all to old crooks trying to be too smart in politics got us into: Ronald are not exactly the hot talk among students on a Friday manipulating stock pricings. Reagan and his cowboys wanted to play hard and win night at South Street Seaport's network of bars and big. The opposite occurred. Iranscam's international \enterthe In this cast of characters, there are several bad restaurants. Improvement seems doubtful when the and domestic repercussions make Watergate look like boys: the investment banker — on the offensive or prospect of making $1 million a year by age 33, like an ABC afterschool special. to" defensive side of the takeover, he gets the gossip first. Denis Levine, looms over us. The arbitrator — who, like Boesky, relies on the gossip Mon. to bei on takeover stocks; the stock trader — who executes the order; and the corporate raider — the iSwitzerland. Suspect ultimate insider, who originates the wheeling and |EC and the ax fell on dealing. Tin1 conspiracy of these characters is only the tip of itment banker Levine the iceberg. At the core is the takeover game. When Speak Out! stock, only after fin- le.uiiimate, takeovers are healthy for the economy; due als that were to take lo competition, they can improve management and ef- |ne, he gave up Boesky ficiency. When illegitimate, tin1 consequences can be It prosecution. Boesky devastating: corporations may face massive debts, com- Voice your outrage at campus atrocities t> and, to get off the pany Knviiv arc destroyed, and many jobs i«ic lost. luverninent's star wit- While ^:tue Americans arc victimized, olhcis. the Submit letters and viewpoints to THE RAM pall rocked Wall Street movers and shakers, pocket immense- profits and lead s of illegal trading; the lifesiyle yearned for by many college students in (his and anyone con- eiKiiHry. Ipllowine the domino principle, Vv:ill Street's 10/THERAM/Thursday, January 29,1987 The Truth Hurts bj Phil Plourd the jungle to a final ambush in which the lucky The Vietnam War. Until now, ones only lost limbs, while most lost lives Hollywood, with pictures of the Rambo, Chris, enraged with the doings in the Apocalypse Now, and Deer Hunter genres, Elias/Barnes situation, survives, takes care of has done little in the way of dispelling the some unfinished business (those who have mythical —even romanticized — vision many seen the movie know what I am talkinc Americans have of a war which has imposed about those who haven't seen it, well, I'm many troubling and unanswered questions on not telling), manages to survive, and heads for our collective psyche. home. Until now, there has never been a movie If the brief synopsis of plot heretofore about Vietnam like Platoon. presented seems trite, it is only because words War is ugly, and writer/director Oliver can do this visual spectacle no justice. Stone — who served in Vietnam — pulls no "Platoon" has the viewer's attention riveted punches. Stone has put together a movie to the screen; I did not once look to the person which delivers a sharp right hook to the on my right or on my left. It is no surprise that American conscience with a graphically Stone employed the services of a retired realistic portrait of what the war in Vietnam Marine officer, Captain Dale Dye, who was "really was," decorated for his service in Vietnam, as a con- Set in the jungle of Vietnam (the movie sultant. When Chris is trodding through the was in actuality filmed in the Philippine thick jungle with ants crawling down his back jungle), Platoon takes us into the trenches and the NVA focusing him in their rifle sights, with an upper-middle class college dropout. the viewer feels as if he or she is just a feu Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) who has decided steps behind. Each battle, each shot, each to trade in his classroom education for a hitch wound evokes intense emotions. with Uncle Sam in 'Nam. It is nary a few days Make no mistake about it, the violence before Taylor has figured out that he may and blood are disturbing, yet it is not as sense- have made a mistake. As quickly as the horror less as in movies like Scarface (an Oliver of war reaches Chris, it reaches the viewer. In Stone script). After viewing the film, I felt like the film's opening moments, while Taylor I had been in a dentist's chair for two hours - steps off the plane to begin his tour of duty, I couldn't feel the pain physically, bin body bags are being loaded up to be shipped knowing it was there had me squirming. back to the United States. Stone has put together a movie which delivers Often, however, a trip to the dentist is for Once Taylor has joined his platoon in corrective purposes, and even if Pkitoon has "the bush," the action begins. Complicating a sharp right hook to the American the viewer squirming, it goes a long way the already problematic and equally bloody towards mending our somewhat warped inter- war against the enemy (the North Vietnamese conscience with a graphically realistic portrait pretations of the war. A modestly-budgeted Army) is a battle within the ranks between sleeper that no Hollywood studio wanted any two of the platoon's sergeants. Sergeants of what the war in Vietnam "really was." part of a few years ago, Platoon is being Barnes and Elias (Tom Derenger and William touted as a classic and will probably take a few Dafoe, respectively) are of opposite The Barnes/Elias conflict is ignited with the company. The men, for the most Academy Awards come Oscars time. There is philisophical bents — Barnes being a hard- during a raid of a village of women and part, are different from Taylor. Most of them no excuse for passing up Platoon,; it is an ex- nosed, cold-hearted, ruthless leader; and Elias children, and escalates to a point of drastic ac- are poor and uneducated, many are blacks, tremely well directed and acted film, and it appealing to his men as a caring, efficent tion. The inter-platoon struggle further strains and many are prone to bouts with drugs or drives home a strong message which many leader, and more importantly, a friend. the emotions of the array of soldiers fighting alcohol. The movie follows the men through could stand to benefit from. Change of Pace

by Aleksandr Rozens literally burns its victims up. Peter is im- Turning away from what many consider plicated with his father's death and soon our his field or genre, Stephen King has written hero is forced to renounce his right as an heir The Eyes of the Dragon, a fantasy adventure to the throne. that proves his versatility. The book indicates After court proceedings, which seem King is not restricted to terrifying us with rather one sided and are carried out by a judge cadavers that come to life, vampires amok in who is convinced of Peter's guilt, Peter is small rural Maine communities, or haunted jailed atop a three hundred foot tower known hotels within which madmen race about wield- as the Needle. . ing axes. Why has King turned his writing The one responsible for all of this chaos skills to another field? Why not write about in Delain and the real murderer of Roland the more nightmares that jump off the pages at Mediocre (as the narrator of the story would the reader? phrase it) is an elderly, seemingly harmless "Although 1 had written 13 novels by the magician named Flagg. Flagg is in reality a time my daughter had attained an equal num- Satanic force that has tried to bring about ber of years she hadn't read any of them. Delain's downfall several times. His last at- She's made it clear that she loves me, but has tempt nearly succeeded — 400 years ago (that little interest in my vampires, ghoulies, and makes Hazzard an old man ... I said this was slushy crawling things," Stephen King con- a fantasy!) fesses to his readers. Flagg returns and manipulates Roland, The Eyes of The Dragon was King's an- however, he soon discovers that Prince Peter, swer to his daughter's lack of enthusiasm for soon to take over the reigns of rule, from a horror. Although King still retains some sickly Roland, will not succumb to his wants. crawly things, much of the gore is not present, Flagg successfully manipulates Peter's is a secret compartment from which Thomas The Eyes of The Dragon is a fun action and the adventurers and their adventures are younger brother Thomas. Thomas, who has actually sees his father's murder. Thomas is packed adventure for those who have been too presented in much the same spirit of JRR been overshadowed by Peter in archery, brains too frightened by the mysterious magician to squeamish to handle King's horror or those Tolkien and Peter S. Beagle. and bravery, is not really evil. He is just sirn- say or do anything and allows his brother to be who may have grown tired of the vampires, The Eyes of the Dragon takes place in the plcminded and weak-willed, He is a perfect jailed. ghoulies, and slushy crawling things. Kings kingdom of Dclain where there is a power target lo Flagg. Fantastic indeed. Peter's escape from the fantasy has a great ending, although one may struggle between the forces of good and evil Thomas is also the key to Peter's freedom three hundred foot tower is even more out- be led to believe that the fantastic adventuring (sound familiar?) Ik-Iain's do-gooder, Prince and redemption for it is he who actually sees landish. Remember the old tie one bedsheet to and the battles between good and evil have not Peter, is framed for the murder of his father Flagg poison King Roland. Thomas witnesses another bedsheet routine? Well, Peter has a really concluded (will they ever?). The Eyes oj King Roland. King Roland, known as Roland his father's murder through The Eyes of The similar trick except that it is carried out with The Dragon, to loosely quote Tolkcin's the Good by his citizens, is neither a good nor Dragon, which is a hunting trophy of a napkins. This may be a reason why Stephen magician Gandalf of the Lord of the Rin^ a bad king — just mediocre. Killed by a dragon slain by Roland, thai innocently hangs King first entitled this adventure story The epic, is one adventure you will not want to strange poison, aptly named Dragon Sand, on one of the castle walls. Behind this trophy Napkins. miss! Thursday, January 29,1987/11 Good Show! by Scott Morcaldi cluding one for Favorite Pop/Rock Male. Once again, it's that time of year for the Lionel didn't attend the ceremony, and people in the entertainment industry to be although a satellite hook-up of him from awarded for their acheivements. There are the Australia" was to occur, it never happened. Oscars, the Emmys, the Tonys, and even the Following behind Richie was Billy Ocean, who Grammys. However, there is another award won two awards. Now, Billy has style. He which is not in the same league as the ones didn't give a verbose speech, but just delivered above. That award is the American Music a brief and terse "thanks!" Willie Nelson Award. The award has been given out for 14 won for Favorite Country Male, and other years now, and many people believe that it is male winners included, Alabama (as usual), preliminary to the Grammy. However, I feel New Edition (minus Bobby Brown), and Huey that this award ceremony is more interesting, Lewis. exciting, and exhilarating than the ones in the The American Music Awards every year big leagues. gives an Award of Merit. This year's recipient was Elvis Presley. Apparently, the Award will Well, the American Music Awards were be given to the Elvis Museum in Memphis, handed out on Monday in Los Angeles, and Tennessee. Yet, the show was more than just were full of glitter, glamour, and a multitude the dishing out of awards. of celebrities. The show was hosted by the notable and fashionable Diana Ross, who was Several major celebrities turned out in able to sing, change outfits nine times in a force and performed songs from their albums. three hour period, and read quite well from a Janet Jackson danced phenomenally to the teleprompter. Yet, the night belonged to song, "Control," and Whitney Houston sang someone else. It belonged to the new kid on her song, "All at Once." Others who perfor- the block: Whitney Houston. Whitney took med included, the Judds, Run D.M.C., Diana home five awards, including Best Female in Ross, Dionne Warwick, and Bruce Willis, the Popular and Rock music. However, Whitney, newest singer on the Top 40 charts. Willis, a Newark, New Jersey native, did not look as from the hit series, Moonlighting, needs to ravishing as she does in her videos — stripes learn how to sing! and polka dots don't match! Coming in For the first time, an awards show did not second place to Ms. Houston was Michael's put me to sleep, 1 was able to watch this show younger sister, Janet Jackson. Janet looked in its entirety. The American Music Awards upset with winning only two awards, and she show was both entertaining and well done. could not defeat the charming and sweet Hopefully, the Grammys will be as exciting Houston. But, where was Madonna? when they are awarded in February. Madonna was fortunate to take home an award for her "Papa Don't Preach" video. Surprisingly, she showed up to receive the award, and she looked her normal self, Is that normal, though? Other females who went home happy were: The Judds, Reba McEn- tire, and Barbara Mandrell. This year's leading male winner was Lionel Richie, who won four awards, in- Surviving Every Second by Bill McCarthy keyboardist Jim Peterik, along with solid such tracks appear on When Seconds Count. After two years, the rock band Survivor engaging lyrics of the title's question to detect "Keep It Right Here" uses this technique is back in action with their new album When real love. quite effectively, but the ballad/rock format Seconds Count. The band, based in San Several songs on the band's last album used on "Rebel Son" is absolutely excellent. Francisco,, hopes that a success in this album Vital Signs, including the hit "I Can't Hold The song begins carefully slow before will finally put an end to what they call their Back" demonstrated Survivor's unique, talen- unleashing a pulsating, non-stop beat. And underrated status. ted ability to interchange a soft ballad sound who can resist such optimistic lyrics In the case of Survivor, the band's name and high powered rock within one song. Two continued on page 12 fits almost all too well. They are a group that lias survived many setbacks in their struggle to reach the top. A popular local band in the late seventies, Survivor released an unsuccessful, little heard album in 1980. One person that Sights and Sounds apparently did hear it was superstar ac- tor/director Sylvester Stallone. He liked Sur- by Marialisa Zaldivar vivor's sound enough to ask the band to write and record the theme song for his latest film, Look for a new John Hughes film starring young newcomers rather than the typical the long awaited Rocky III. ' he finished Survivor took a "Brat Packers". Hughes, producer and writer of such films as The Breakfast Club and product was a song called "Eye of the Tiger" Pretty in Pink is using relatively new actors — Eric Stoltz of Mask, Lea Thompson of that wound up becoming a runaway number chance and hired Back to the Future, and Mary,Stuart Masterson of At Close Range in this Hick titled: one smash that no doubt helped put the film Some Kind of Wonderful. 1 f this movie is anything like Hughes' past ventures we'll all be on top. a new lead singer, Jimi in for a treat Billy Joel in Russia? There is a strong possibility that Joel will tour the Survivor was suddenly an internationally Soviet Union come the summer time since the USSR has somewhat relaxed in receiving the famous group that seemed to come out of Jamison. influence of rock music. Joel is not the only one who may tour Russia. Stevie Wonder is nowhere. Ultimately an album Eye of the also talking to Russian officials This week it was said that another top soap opera hunk Tiger, was released that successfully cashed in will be leaving the tube for greener pastures. Yes girls, Jack Wagner of ABC's General on the single's popularity. The Follow-up 1985. That same year, Survivor returned to Hospital says that he will be leaving the show to pursue a singing career once his contract album, 1983's Caught in the Game sur- their Rocky roots and recorded the hit "Bur- is up Are you curious to see what Alexa Ray Joel looks like? Do you want to know prisingly faded fast after its release, leaving the ning Heart" for the Rocky /Ksoundtrack. the who she is??? Well check out this month's Life magazine and see for yourselves. She is critics to call Survivor nothing more than a critics took notice and realized that Survivor posing with her Mom, who is none other than the top model Christie Hrinkley, and by the one-hit wonder. Knowing improvements were was definitely much more than a passing one- way, her Dad is the piano man himself, Billy Joel Ever wanted to own and wear needed to save the band, Survivor took a hit wonder. "something that your favorite star owned? Now you can, if you go to A Star Is Worn in chance and hired a new lead singer, Jimi Now, Survivor hopes to keep the ball, L.A. A jacket of Spencer Tracy's goes for $1200 as does a suit of Jack Nicholson's worn Jamison, whose well trained voice and ver- rolling with When Seconds Count featuring in the movie Chinatown For those of you interested in the late sex-goddess Marilyn satile range gave Survivor an almost com- the fist single "Is This Love." Already a top Monroe, a new book has come out in publication on the star's tragic life. Besides having pletely new sound. ten hit, "Is This Love" has all the elements of never-seen-before photos of Marilyn, the author (Gloria Steinem) writes in such a percep- The gamble paid off; Vital Signs went what pop hits are made of: a strong, punchy tive and clear way that now all can truly understand the legend that was Marilyn platinum and produced three top ten singles in beat including some effective moves by 12/THE RAM/Thursday, January 29, 1987

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Jamison's im- similar situations eventually grows IHY-OIIK- studying. pressive set of pipes and impeccable timing even though the songs themselves are peiM- Classes are held Monday 12:30, Tuesday 1:30, Wednesday 1:30 and 5:30, just seems made to perform songs like this med well. and Thursday 10:30, beginning the week of Feb. 9 and lasts for 7 weeks. one. Hopefully "Man Against the World" Too had. because if not for this one »ui- TEST ANXIETY will be lelcased as u single. It deserves to be sight, the album would be just about Hauler heard. As it is, When Seconds Count is a worth) m Designed for those who block or freeze on exams, even though they are Good uptempo use of a synthesizer con- for it showcases the multi-talents ol an imp well-prepared. Group meets Tuesday 12:30 beginning Feb. 10 and lasts tributes to making "How Much Love" a taut rock band on the rise, and also lot •» for 7 weeks. decent track. Some dandy work cm lead guitar Jamison, who absiiu'elv should be noieci' *SIGN UP NOW AT THE COUNSELING CENTER, 226 DEALY HALL, by Frankie Sullivan highlight the album's title or.c of the potentially besi voices in rock song and "Oceans." The most significant ORCALL Jn" THE RAM/Thursday, January 29,1987/13 Lady Rams Not There Houston's Heroics Play Well During 1-3 Week continued from page 16 ing 14-for-14 from the line in the second half by Bill Smith has been the Rams' downfall. Against lona and 21-for-22 for the game (95 percent). For- and Manhattan, the team gave up 50 points in Over the past week, the Fordham Lady dham, on the other hand, shot a percentage of the second half. That is far too many points Rams had hoped to get "on the right track" .529(9-for-17). to give up and expect to win. The second half and get back into winning form. Unfor- slide continued as Army scored 48 points. tunately, this wasn't the case as the Lady Fatigue should not have been a factor as Army Rams went 1-3. had three starters play all 40 minutes. Against Manhattan, one of the frontrun- Tom Parrotta came alive with 12 points ncrs in the MAAC, the Lady Rams played well in the second half, but Houston continued his but came up on the short end of a 60-54 score. clinic. For the game he was 12-for-21 from the J.J. Radice pumped in 28 points but it just floor, 4-for-6 from three-point land. He ad- wasn't enough. The Jaspers were forced to ded six assists, four rebounds and even play Fordham's patient game and'it rattled blocked a shot — no small feat for a 5-11 them. Manhattan shot only 40 percent from guard. the field. The Lady Rams didn't have enough offense to overcome the Manhattan lead. Usually steady Liz Kane had a rough game, ii scoring only three points and getting into foul Tm not throwing in problems early in the game. Fordham then traveled to Philadelphia to the towel on the play LaSalle in the legendary Palestra. The season... Lady Rams must have been awed by playing in such a famous arena because LaSalle went in- to the lockeroom at halftime up by 15 points. Mark Taylor started the second half to The lead increased in the second half to 21 stop Houston. This time he was unable to as points and Kane fouled out with 16:49 Houston hit his first six from the floor. Since remaining. Things looked bleak. Suddenly Taylor had not received a rest since entering, the Lady Rams went on a tear, slicing the Ex- he looked fatigued. Quinn switched Parrotta plorer lead to only four points. The momen- to the unenviable task of guarding Army's top gun. Houston was able to drive around the tum had shifted and things were looking up. Free throw shooting wasn't the only much taller Parrotta. This is where Mark problem area as Fordham was outrebounded, LaSalle's experience allowed the Lady Rams Taylor should have been put back in. He had 29-18. Army had ten offensive rebounds to get no closer, holding on for a 65-54 win. been rested for several minutes and seemed which it was able to convert into 14 points. Coach Kern was impressed with the Lady ready to return. Quinn stayed with Parrotta Despite the limited time, Paterno led the team Rams' ability to come back. on Houston as Taylor didn't return until it with four rebounds. Frank Williams finished was too late. with two rebounds to go along with his four "We could have very easily folded and The turning point of the game occured points in 35 minutes of action. lost by 30," Kern said. "But we gave the Freshman Liz Kane pulls the trigger after Parrotta had given the Rams a 54-48 lead Some changes in the lineup may be MAAC favorite a scare. We played with a lot with ten minutes left in the game. After a coming. of intensity and played really good defense." time-out, Army went on a 15-3 spurt capped "It has always been my policy that if we The Lady Rams returned home and beat 38 minutes*. In the final two minutes, the Lady off by a Houston bomb for a three-pointer as are going to lose," Quinn said, "we are going Cornell, 68-58. Kane had her best game offen- Rams didn't execute as well as Siena, Army went up 63-57. Pedro broke the to lose with the vouneer players. I am not sively, scoring 25 points. Kern was happy with resulting in a 76-72 Indian victory. Kern drought of nearly six minutes without a field throwing in the towel on the season, but I gave the performance. wasn't pleased. goal by hitting with four minutes left. The the older guys a chance to play, and they "We were in control throughout," Kern "It was our worst game since Fairfield," other three points had come from the line. haven't responded as I had hoped." said. "Our players up front played well... It Kern said. "We didn't execute in the end and Down the stretch, Fordham was forced to That will probably mean more time for was nice to shake the losing streak." we threw it away. After taking a step in the foul and Army displayed the form that has Andre McClendon, Dan O'Sullivan and Doug In the final game of the week, the Lady right direction after beating Cornell, we took enabled it to lead the country in team free Bantum. Hopefully the upperclassmen will Rams were looking for revenge against Siena three steps back by losing to Siena. It's very throw percentage (.792). Army went a blister- respond to the challenge. which had stolen a victory in Florida, 81-80, frustrating when you throw a game away." on a shot at the buzzer earlier this season. The The Lady Ram?' record now stands at 4- script repeated itself as the Lady Rams led for 14, and 0-6 in MAAC play. Rams' Woes Continue

in hopes of an open jumper by him or one of Lady Harriers continued from page 16 the other four players. got us the lead," Quinn said. "We got ten- "Greg is a winner, and 1 have no problem tative." with him having the ball in his hands in that Fordham scored on a Mark Taylor 14- kind of situation," Quinn noted in response to foot jump shot and one Frank Williams free Pedro's recent shooting slump. "He has the Place at Yale throw to up their lead to 53-48, with 7:57 option to shoot or pass to the best possible man." By Debbie Grossman Princeton University was their next stop remaining. LaSalle's all-e very thing freshman However, the Michigan State transfer Good things were happening with the on January 25. Their opponents there were Lionel Simmons responded with a short turned the ball over in an attempt to hit Andre women's track team at the Yale Invitational Columbia, Georgetown, Manhattan and Prin- baseline jumper for his 14th point of the McClendon. As a result, the score was knot- on January 17. Of the twelve teams that par- ceton. game. The 6-6 forward from Philadelphia ted at 62 at the end of regulation. ticipated in the meet, Fordham's lady runners The 1500 meter was run by Patti Quinn, finished the contest with 20 points, 12 boards Fordham won the tap, but Joe Franco, placed an impressing second. Erin O'Connell and Kathleen Hanley. Quinn and three steals. "1 hope he goes hardship," Quinn cracked. "We made him work for who finished with 10 points, missed the open Coach Sue Shea was proud of the ran her personal best with a 4:53. She placed everything he Rot." lay up and it was all down hill after that. placement. third overall. O'Connell ran a 4:59.9 and With 3:04 left in the game, Pedro connec- "Joe got hammered by (Ron) Barnes and "We beat teams like Brown, Dartmouth, Hanley a 5:47.6. ted on his third and final three-point basket to Mickey Crowly swallowed his whistle," an up- University of Pennsylvania, and Georgetown, The 800 meter contest belonged to Patty give the Rams an apparently substantial lead set Quinn said. "The three teams (Utah State, schools with strong teams. It meant a lot to the Nelson with a time of 2:20.5, Kelly Gallivan at 62-56. Fordham would proceed to go St. Peter's and LaSalle) that scored the initial girls to beat them." with a 2:23.2 and Patti Quinn with a 2:27.7. scoreless the remainder of regulation. point of the overtime went on to win and we Yale University was the only team that "The best race of the day" was run by Craig Conlin knocked down a mid-range folded." topped Fordham. Joanne Krebs who placed fourth overall with a jumper, Ron Barnes hit one of two free Senior Frank Williams scored all four In the 5000 meter race, Joanne Krebs and 10:51.9 in the 3,000 meter race. throws, and Tim Legler bottomed out a bomb overtime points, but they couldn't counter the Erin O'Connell both ran personal best times. Kim Reilly, newcomer Linda Mietzner, Kelly Gallivan, and Patty Nelson ran the for three points, and it was now a two-point seven points scored by LaSalle. The only lead Krebs, a senior, finished with an 18:55.7. 4x400 meter race with respective times of 60.5, margin with 1:51 remaining. Then center the Explorers had was in the extra session and Sophomore O'Connell ran an 18:16.3. 71.2,64.4, and 65.2. stage went to Simmons, who hit a 13-foot the game ended with them ahead by three In the Distance Medley Relay, Patti Linda Mietzner joined the team this jumper from the baseline to tie the score with points, 69-66. Quihn, FC '87, ran the first leg at a 3:48.3. season and has run very well thus far. 42 seconds left. Pedro led the way for the Rams with 16 Following Quinn was Kim Reilly, who sent in "She shows great promise so far. The Rams held for one shot, and they points and Joe Paterno added 10. Tim Legler a 59.5. Kelly Gallivan ran a 2:21 and Patty Congratulations, Linda," Coach Shea turned to their money man, Pedro. As For- shared scoring honors with Simmons at 20. Nelson wrapped it up with an even 5:00. They remarked. dham has done on a number of occasions this For Quinn and his players, they have totalled a 12:08.9, putting them in second Upcoming meets include Boston Univer- season, they went into a one-four offense, found their "show" at the bottom of the con- place behind host Yale. sity on Saturday, February 1. which attempts to spread the floor for Pedro ference. 14/THE RAM/Thursday, January 29, 1987

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By that He hopes to find an educator committed to A he meant that we had the potential to the school, who understands the value of a field a top-flight basketball team but haven't. Jesuit education. There are 290 Division I We may soon see the sleeping giant awake. schools, most of the coaches who fit that Athletic Director Frank McLaughlin has description are taken. said he hopes to make Fordham the dominant An important part of building a program 'team in the MAAC and a top 50 team year in is the success of the current program. This and year out. year's team has sometimes played like an While nobody wants a winning team here NCAA tournament team. Recently, however, it has been more like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz — no heart. Ever since Iona came back from a ten-point deficit a couple of Mike Myllek weeks ago, Quinn says that he has seen a change. "When we grab a lead, we get tentative," more than I do, I am worried about the future Quinn said. "We play not to lose rather than of the Fordham program. If a better basket- to win." ball team means comprimising academic in- Part of the problem has been the lack of tegrity, then I want no part of it. McLaughlin senior leadership. Frank Williams has the has said that the academics would stay the potential to be a dominant center in the same but it is very difficult to believe that we MAAC. Lately, he has been missing in action. could compete with teams that are willing to Joe Franco's scoring has taken a rapid accept anyone no matter what tlieir academic plunge. Lonnie Jones, James Robinson and standing, According to coach Bob Quinn, it Eric Brooks haven't shown much in the time would be impossible. they have played. "In order to be a top 50 school, you must Quinn takes the blame as much as anyone win the MAAC every year, because the else. MAAC is not going to be able to field two top "I haven't been pleased with the job I've 50 teams," Quinn said. done," Quinn said. "Wins and losses are the His point is valid. With the parity in the bottom line, and in that sense, we haven't MAAC it is virtually impossible to be the produced. I blame myself as much as anyone. perennial champ. Since all of the MAAC We were the pre-scason choice to win the schools are nearby, recruiting is very difficult. MAAC, and now we are in the basement." Another consideration is (he Big East. He also added, "1 thought my greatest asset as With a conference as strong as the Big East, a coach was my rapport with players and my stepping out of its shadows cannot be done in ability to motivate them. That was two weeks the MAAC, and McLaughlin has said that ago, now 1 don't know what todo." Fordham has no desire to leave the MAAC. This year's team seemed able to handle McLaughlin's plans to move forward in- controversy and adverstiy. After Tom Pen- clude hiring a big name coach, he says that we dors iel't, the team rallied together and won the students can help. two tournaments, the Monmouth Classic and "The administration is committed to im- Shock or Shootout. They played nationally proving athletics. Some of the coaches who ranked C'lemson as well as anyone, losing by have applied aren't sure the student body wan- four. This was all being accomplished without ts a better team," McLaughlin said. "If we high scoring swiiiiiman Tom Parrotta, who keep packing the gym, word gets out that For- was recovering Irom a back injury. Things dham has made a total commitment." looked positive. How quickly things changed. McLaughlin has said that he has no time- Now the team is in disarray, begging for a table Tor naming a coach, but the delay has to leader, the coach is a lame duck, knowing he won't be around next year. Recruiting is hurt recruiting. A basketball player will spend behind schedule because of the uncertainty the next four years of his life playing for him, regarding the program. Before thinking about so not knowing who the coach will be next how to move forward, the administration year must turn off some potential recruits. Freshmen Danny O'Sullivan (left) and Andre McClendon will see many changes should worry about answering the questions Finding a coach to meet the demands in (heir remaining three years. surrounding the present program. FORDHAM FLASHES

Pat Lavery ran a 4:10.07 mile against David Robinson who? The MAAC has The statistical leaders in the conference MAAC Rookie of the Week honors for the Harvard University, which qualified him for its own "Top Gun." Army's Kevin Houston are: Jeanine Radice (Fordham) in scoring seventh time in nine weeks. Against the Rams the IC4A's, last week. Saturday, January 30, is on the top of two offensive categories on the (25.25 ppg.); Tanya Grant (St. Peter's) in field he scored 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and the track team will run in the prestigious national level. The 5-11 guard is dropping goal percentage (.531); Maggie Timoney had three steals. In a 65-56 win over St. Peter's Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden. 30.4 ppg, and is hitting a torrid 95-percent of (Iona) in rebounding (13.0 rpg.); Sandy Gor- he had three assists. his free throws (132 of 139). For those of you don (Manhattan) in assists (7.21 apg.); Jen who are wondering, the NCAA record for free Apicello (Holy Cross) in steals (2.71 spg.). Ram Sports Trivia — Who holds the hockey throw percentage in a season is .959, set by Glen "Scooter" Tropf of Holy Cross and Ellen Bain, of Holy Cross, was Rookie of retard for goals in a season (Answer below) Craig Collins of Pcnn State two years ago Bill Wheler of Manhattan were named MAAC the Week in the MAAC. In a win over Iona when lie converted 94 of 98 attempts. As a Co-Players of the Week. Tropf scored 20 she scored a career high 22 points on 11 for 14 Kelly Connaghan set the school record for the result, the Cadets are the best free throw points on 9 for 10 shooting and also grabbed marksmanship, and added five assists and five 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:56.82, shooting squad in the country (.792). 17 boards. In a win over Manhattan he scored steals. For the week, Bain shot a scalding .66 Elizabeth Maresca also broke a school mark in 17 points and pulled down 12 boards. For the percent from the floor and averaged 20 ppg. the 400 yard individual medley with a time of The schools of the MAAC are 50-31 in a week he shot an amazing 82 percent from the 4:50.65, non-con Terence showdowns this season. On floor and averaged 18.5 points and 12.5 the road, which is primarily a tournament rebounds. Wheeler had 28 points and The J.V. basketball team opens its season slate, MAAC schools are 24-27. On the home six rebounds against Fairfielcl. Against Holy this weekend against St. Joseph's of hardwood, the mark is a sparkling 26-4. Cross, Wheeler scored 21 points and dished Brooklyn. The game is part of a triple-header Dana Pellegtino repeated as player of the 1 off four assists. For the week he averaged 24.5 with the womens and mens' varsity team. The week for the women. Fairfield's former ppg on 50 percent shooting, 4.5 rebounds, 3 JV will have a distinct look this year. Coach Answer — Doug Winkler with 45 in the 85-86 MAAC Rookie of the Year scored 14 points, assists and 2 steals. Jack Armstrong's learn will wear the original season. grabbed seven boards and dished out six assists. Lionel Simmons from LaSalle won Chuck Taylor Converse high-tops. it, "Hal lihW. Rams Blow Another Lead

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