Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid PAUL D. SCHREIBER HIGH SCHOOL Port Washington, NY 11050 Permit No lg2 The Schreiber Times Port Washington, New York, Wednesday, January 19,1994 Volume XXXIV, No. 6 Local NCTE winners chosen

by Ashish Kapadia

Juniors Sarah Caban and Minsu Longiaru were selected by the En- ghsh Department as the two Schreiber representatives to the N a t i o n a l Coun- cil of the Teachers of English (NCTE) writing competition. For Schreiber students, the NCTE competition is a two-step process. In the first round, which was held i n Room 140 on December 15, 24 stu- dents submitted examples of their written work and then wrote essays in a short, timed period. This year's impromptu essay choices, which were based upon topics from previous com- petitions, asked for discussions of male and female roles in society and the The marching band represented P'^'^reiber with honor when they marched in the Rose Parade in Pasadena. fiiture goals of our generation. The essays and submitted mate- rial were graded by English teachers. Band hits Cahfornia with a b a n g After much analysis, English depetrt- ones, "Mr. Lutch and M r. Byrne deserve route. ment chairperson John Broza chose by Elizabeth Kass a standing '0'. If I could, I would give The band also spent an extremely en- Caban and Longiaru to move on to the them an Oscar for their performance." joyable day at Universal Studios. final round at the national level in Approximately 200 Schreiber students After the parade the band was able The day before the parade the band April. boarded buses on December 27 to begin to relax and enjoy the Rose Bowl foot- visited the Rose Bowl Float Pavilion where Broza said, "The two girls have their long journey. The Schreiber High ball game.which pitted the Wisconsin all the magnificent floats are constructed. created the strongest writing that I School Marching Band headed out to Badgers against UCLA Bruins. The The band members watched in fascination have seen in many years." He also sunny California for a long awaited week two teams fought it out on the field, as workers put the final touches of flowers commented that junior Colleen of fim which climaxed with the band's Wisconsin emerging victorious, 21-16. and other organic materials on the floats. Meehan wrote w e l l enough to advance participation in the 105th annual Tour- One of the most memorable aspects of Only bio-fiiendly materials are used to to the national level, but, unfortu- nament of Roses Parade. the game was the halftime show i n decorate the Rose Bowl floats. nately, Meehan could not be chosen The highlight of t h e t r i p was, of c o u r s e , which the Wisconsin band gave its ren- The band members worked very hard as Schreiber can only send two repre- marching in the world-renowned Rose dition of early rock and roll. raising $900 each, over the last year. Most sentatives. Parade on January 1, in fix)nt of over a A few days before the Rose Parade, felt the trip was well worth it. Cabem said, "I was surprised and million people lining Colorado Boulevard the bemd marched in a small parade Mr. Campbell said, "The students rep- honored to have been the recipient of and a television audience exceeding sev- down Main Street in Disneyland. A l - resented Schreiber, the community, and the award. I am looking forward to eral million viewers. Having awakened though it was not a big parade, it gave their families with distinct honor." the final stage of the competition, but at the early hour of 3:30 a.m., the band the band a chance to play in front of an Co-band director J e f F B y m e said, "Afl«r I still have to revise much of m y work." was able to pull together and provide an .audience and practice marching aind all the time, energy, and endless effort Longiaru said, "I am very happy impressive performance along the five- turning. After parading, band mem- devoted by the band in preparation for the with the results of my work, and I and-a-half-mile parade route. bers spent the rest of the day enjoying Rose Parade, I was very proud of the band, hope that Sarah and I will do very Co-band director Mitch Lutch was attractions at Disneyland. our school, and community as they marched well at the national level. The NCTE elated by the band's performance. Lutch Besides the two parades, numerous down Colorado Boulevard for five-and-a- award is v e r y prestigious, and i t would said, "The band directors are proud of the rehearsals were held while in Califor- half glorious miles. The opportunity af- be great if we could w i n . " performers for all of their hard work and nia at an industrial lot across from t h e forded to all of us shall be remembered for As for their prospects at t h e na- their performance." hotel. The rehearsals enabled everyone a lifetime." tional level, Broza said, "It is my pre- According to Assistant Principal to refine their marching and turning Mr. Campbell added, "I will cherish this diction that both girls will win." Alphonse Campbell, one of the chaper- skills, and prepare for the long parade experience as long as I live."

1? SPORTS ENTEFTTAINMENT FEATURES Varsity Wrestling Schindler's List Martin Luther takes Glen Cove Cup reviewed King's 1 Have A Dream' Speech -Back Page -Page 5 —Centerfold THE SCHREIBER TIMES NEWS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994 Schreiber District deams conditions students acceptable for school start new by Marc Lindemann club Approximately one-quarter of by Gary Maslow the Schreiber student body was absent on Tuesday, January 11, 1994, as a result of the recent Model Congress has once again snowstorms. Despite the poor returned to Schreiber after an attendance and dangerous condi- eight-year absence. tion of many Port Washington According to President sopho- roads, public school in this com- more Preeti Parasharami, " I munity remained in session. formed the club because I believe The decision to keep schools that students at Schreiber do not open is the result of a long pro- know enough about how the gov- cess of evaluation and analysis. ernment, specifically the Con- Every time Superintendent of gress, works." Schools W i l l i a m Heebink believes The Congress is split into two there to be a chance that the houses, the House of Representa- roads will be too hazardous to tives and the Senate. Within each navigate on school day mornings, house there are many he makes a personal assessment Schreiber custodians attempt to clean the snow and ice from the front steps. subcommitees, such as. Armed of the condition of the roads of Services, Domestic Affairs, Envi- ronment, Foriegn Affairs, Gov- Port Washington. Dr. Heebink claims Port Washington School District Trans- ence" i n the school-closing procedure, as ernment Operations, Health, that he drives through the streets of the portation. Mrs. Stubbs then phones the they must determine whether bussing Education, Human Rights, To- community at approximately 4:30 a.m. bus companies to hear their appreiisal of can be conducted safely. After conferring bacco, Alcohol, Firearms, and I f in his opinion the roads are too danger- the s i t u a t i o n . with superintendents from other high Taxation. ous for normal school-related traffic, he Heebink concedes that the transpor- schools in Nassau County, Dr. Heebink Three to five students fi-om contacts Wilma Stubbs, in charge of the tation companies have "significant influ- and other administrators of Port Wash- each school are in each commit- ington decide whether or not to close the tee, and therefore all members schools. The district's faculty generally have the opportunity to partici- has to be notified by 6:00 a.m. if school is pate. The Schreiber Congress to be cancelled for the day. plans to compete in the Great Grounds Supervisor John Salerno also Neck, Oceanside, and Cornell begins to consider the situation a t about Model Congresses. Students will 4:00 a.m. He must decide how soon to compete for individual awards, arrive at Schreiber to clear the sidewalks including best speaker and best and parking lots of the schools. In years debater. In order for students to past, Salerno and Dr. Heebink have closed develop the skills needed to w i n , school because of the condition of the they must devote time and re- sidewalks. Several years ago the two search into the presentation of observed that the snow had been plowed bills. up onto the sidewalks thus obstructing Acting advisor Harry pedestrian traffic, such as children walk- Andersen said, "Schrieber Stu- ing to school. dents will excel in this competi- Heebink said he respects the family tion." decision associated with the safety fac- Students in the past tried to tors of allowing c h i l d r e n to come to school. form a Congress but according to Freshman Lisa Friedman and Leigha Butler enjoy sliding down the snowy hill. social studies department chair- person Kay Stewart, there did not seem to be enough interest in Parents attend teen sexuality such a club. Twenty-five students attended the first meeting of the Congress on January 4. "Students who are a part of workshop the Model Congress have a desire ing to say breasts to our kids," said Ms. the key to cutting down on teen preg- by Jon Bass to learn more about legislation Joselyn, "we're going to say boobies." nancy and on getting teens to practice and come away with the skills to Ms. Joselyn said that if parents think safe sex, and that "it's up to you as debate and express their opinions It's not every day that 25 Schreiber that talking about sex will influence their parents and administrators to say 'How properly, said Ms. Stewart, mothers get together to talk about sex, kids towards having intercourse they are are we going to do this?'" former advisor. but that's j u s t what h a p p e n e d when Karen mistaken; about 50% of teens today have A general discussion began when the Ms. Stewart added, "When I Joselyn, a representative from Planned had sex by their eighteenth birthday, students present, seniors Kira Attwood, was the advisor, the goal of the Parenthood, held a discussion about teen regardless of whether they were edu- Cara Haagenson, Sarah Lopez, Mike organization was to host a Model sexuality at a PTA meeting on January 3. cated about it or not. Presson, Mike Reilly, and Jess Sucher Congress here at Schreiber, and Ms. Joselyn began her talk with a look Though most parents who attended all spoke about the reality of teen sex at although we were unable to fulfill at advertising. She picked up an ad for remained quiet during this phase of the Schreiber and what they thought should this goal, I hope t h a t in the future Guess jeans in which supermodel Anna discussion, some were very outspoken. be done about it. Schreiber will succeed with frui- Nicole Smith gazed seductively into the Dorothy Pam said that she had used Planned Parenthood, the organiza- tion." camera. "I couldn't see any jeans in the comic books to explain AIDS to her sons. tion for which Ms. Joselyn works, pro- "The club gives k i d s the oppor- ad, so I thought maybe the top was made Ms. Joselyn awarded Mrs. Pam a prize vides help for students. Services include tunity to expand on an academic of denim, but..." said Ms. Joselyn, as she for best comment of the evening when abortions, prenatal care, STD (Sexual level as well as on a social level," pointed to the sexy lingerie that Smith later on in the meeting she said, " I t seems Transmitted Disease) and HIV testing, Vice-President junior Michael was removing from her shoulder in the to me that it's the people who want [sex] a project where teens provide informa- Rinke said. ad. "The point is that sex, and looking the most who don't get any." tion about sex to other teens, and a male Although the club is currently sexy, is what sells in the 90's, and this Ms. Joselyn stressed that she does not involvement program which attempts to pending approval from Principal only helps to influence teens who have try to teach kids her own values, only the inspire fathers to help during and after Sid Barish meetings for interested been thinking about having sex." facts. The facts are that it costs our a pregnancy. students are still being held on After this, the discussion moved to- country $18,000 per year to care for one Planned Parenthood has offices in Wednesdays in Room 127. wards why parents don't talk about sex teen mother, and teens are giving birth Hempstead and Glen Cove, which can be with their kids, and if they do, why it is literally every minute. reached at (516) 483-3033 for Hempstead often addressed indirectly, "We're not go- According to Ms. Joselyn, education is and (516) 674-4082 for Glen Cove. THE SCHREIBER TIMES UEyNSWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994 Band trip marred by News Briefs Community shoplifting service group The girls said that after many items fined up to $500. by Preeti Parasharami were stolen, a security guard accosted the Mr. Campbell refused to comment. four of them and told them that he had According to the boy who commented, wins award FourSchreiber Rose Bowl participants been watching t h e m the whole night. The he had stolen 4 to 8 items costing $45 were sent home on December 31, as a security guard then proceeded to interro- each, and the other boy had stolen ap- result of allegedly stealing numerous gate each of the students individually. proximately 80 items. by Gary Schmirer items from Disney-owned stores. The students were asked to explain their During the events on December 30 the The four marching band members side of the story. The security guard other Rose Bowl participants were told by Due to their diligent, unselfish ser- entered various Disney stores and alleg- informed the girls that they were not in as band directors Jeff Byrne and Mitch Lutch edly stole items, ranging from jewelry to that something had happened and they vice to the community, all of the mem- bers o f For A Community Effort, (FACE) animated plush dolls. .. he had stolen 4 to 8 did not know all the details. They also were presented with an award by Tim One of the girls said that the boys asked the students not to talk amongst Gooding of Port Nutrition and Port asked if they could "stufT the stolen mer- items costing $45 each, themselves. Counseling on December 24. chandise in her backpack and she al- and the other boy had sto- I f the two boys fail to pay the money, lowed them to do so. which will go to Disney and the remain- Although FACE is a relatively small group, its members participate in a The other girl said that they waited len approximately 80 ing to an education fund, warrants w i l l be multitude of programs designed to i m - outside of the stores while the boys were issued for the two boys' arrest. items.' prove the community. allegedly stealing the merchandise. One of the alleged shoplifters received This year, FACE initiated a non- The two g i r l s corroborated each other's much trouble as the boys because they five days of in-school suspension and the sectarian program housed in the Epis- story when they said that the two boys only had possession of the items and had alleged main shoplifter, who refused to copal Church. On Tuesday nights, 25 were the ones who were the actual shop- not stolen anything. comment, received five days of out-of- children, ages 5-12, travel to the church, Ufters, and that they, the girls, were sim- After the students were questioned by school suspension. The two alleged ac- where they participate in FACE'S two- ply cognizant of the boys' actions. the chaperones. Assistant Principal complices received 3 days of in-school hour program. In the first hour, the One of the girls said, "We didn't think Alphonse Campbell expressed his disap- suspension. organization provides fun-filled and ex- we would get in trouble because we hadn't pointment and told the four that they One of the girls said, " I didn't think. I f citing activities for the children, and i n stolen anything." would be going home before the parade. anyone is in this predicament he or she the second hour it serves them a nutri- One of the two boys who chose to The students did not have to pay for their should tell someone right away because tional meal. comment said that the other boy had first plane tickets home, however, because Mr. someone's opinion of you isn't more im- On Christmas Eve, the club served stolen some earrings and rings for one of Campbell was able to negotiate with the portant than the trouble you can get in." the children a special Christmas din- the girls, who appeared to be "thankful." airline and persuade it not to charge the Principal Sid Barish said, "I was sad- ner. At the event, Gooding presented Ailer seeing her reaction the boy said students for new tickets. dened and disappointed because every- the club with its award. He did so to that he wished to impress the other girl Mr. Campbell also plea-bargained with one in the band worked so hard, and this commend club co-presidents seniors so he mimicked the other boy's actions. the Police Department of Anaheim into [the actions of the four] cast a pall over a Anne Siegert, and Eden Yariv, advisor He further said that one of the girls had not pressing charges. The two boys who wonderful event." asked him to steal certain items. He Carolyn Franks, and the rest of the were caught shoplifting were subject to a " I apologize to Dr. Barish, Mr. Lutch club for their efforts. verified that the two boys then entered California State Law statute stating that and Mr. Byrne, and I wish it had never the stores and stole items. anybody who is caught shoplifting w i l l be happened," the boy who commented said. Yariv was elated by the award. "We put a lot Qf effort into this program. I am glad that this is such a success," she Schreiber reps selected for speech said. It's Academic contest comes in second, by Joshua Silbert twice

Nine students competed to be among by Joshua Gewolb the five Schreiber representatives to the Theodore Roosevelt Speech Contest. Jim- Do you know what novel by Sincledr iors S u p i n d a Bunyavanich, Sarah Caban, Lewis satirized the medical profession? Jennifer Cho, Jesse Peyronel, and sopho- The It's Academic team prides itself more Mone McCurty won and will ad- on the mastery of such minutiae. The vance on to the next round. team, consisting of seniors Patricia The winners will advance to the next Fessler, Ben Getting, and Marc level of competition along with fellow Lindemann and juniors Supinda winners from two other Long Island high Bunyavanich, MattEngel, andMinsu schools. The stafifof Theodore Roosevelt's Longiaru, participates in a series of home. Sagamore Hill will choose one of three contests, in which the students the Schreiber winners who will receive demonstrate their knowledge of a broad $1,000. From these three winners, one range of trivia, ranging from algebra to will be the overall winner and will re- sports to zoology. ceive another $1,000 and a Theodore The team hosted their first match of Roosevelt bust. theyearonNovember 17. Itfinishedin Other contestants included seniors second place, 40 points behind Baldwin, Patricia Fessler and Marc Lindemann, and 230 points above Freeport. sophomore Preeti Parasharami, and In the most recent three team bout. fireshman Laurie Ann Orr. Port finished 30 points behind All of the speeches centered around Massapequa, 490-460. Lynbrook scored the elder Roosevelt but focused on vari- a total of 360 points. ous farets of the president's life. One of Although the team's performances the more interesting speeches was by appear t o be relatively i m p r e s s i v e , team Fessler who discussed the strong-arm coach Assistant Principal Carmine tactics of Roosevelt concerning the pow- Matina jokingly termed the team's erful trusts: "[If he took the trusts] by the record "terrible." His disappointment short and curlies, surely the hearts and stems fix)m the fact that the team is minds would follow." Junior Jesse Peyronel presents his speech on Theodore Roosevelt. coming off a championship season. McCurty's winning speech was In order to advance to the champi- unique in that it concentrated upon the holding a small cuddly bear. second wife, arriving for the first time at onship round, the team must score at environmental aspects of Theodore Bunyanavich's speech concentrated on Sagamore Hill. least the fourth highest cumulative to- Roosevelt's life from childhood. "Teddie's" childhood and how he "made Jesse Peyronel gave an energetic nar- tal of points among the schools. It is Cho's speech was on the origin of the his body" and overcame asthma. Caban's ration of about Roosevelt's expedtitions still possible for Port to advance, if it teddy bear and how the name was taken speech was quite imaginative; she deliv- into Africa and the Amazon region of performs well in its next competition. fi:t>m a cartoon in which Rosevelt is ered it from the perspective of Roosevelt's South America. 4 THE SCHREIBER TIMES NEWS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994 miTERi M SCHEDU •I TUESDAY, JANUARY 25,1994 127 SIENER SEQUENTIAL 3R 125 SIENER SEQUENTIAL 3R 223 DI PIETRO PRE-CALC 8:15 AM—10:15 AM 16 KELLER PRE-CALC 129 SIENER PRE-CALC ROOM STUDENTS EXAM 119 WEICKEL, G . PRE-CALC 221 DI PIETRO CALCA 122 A-G RCT WRITING 212 D'ANTONIO CALCB 119 H-M ^ RCT WRITING 130 MEYSTRIK MATH I I H 127 M-Z RCT WRITING 131 MEYSTRIK MATH I I H 140 BOYLE SEQUENTIAL 2H 8:30 AM-•10:00 AM 140 BOYLE SEQUENTIAL 2H 18 LABROCCA SEQUENTIAL 2H 23 HEALY ROOM EXAM r SEQIJENTL^3H 121 WEICKEL, G . 1 SEQUENTIAL 3H 212 AP ENGLISH 215 AP ENGLISH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1994 217 AP ENGLISH 219 SHAKESPEARE - 8:30 AM—10:30 AM 221 SHAKESPEARE 223 WORLD LIT ROOM STUDENT? EXAM 213 WORLD LIT 122 A-GN RCT READING 10:00 AM--11:30 AM 127 GO- MN RCT READING 119 MO- Z RCT READING ROOM TEACHER EXAM 8:30 AM—10:30 AM 4 KUNKEL EARTH SCIENCE REGENTS 6 MEYER EARTH SCISNCE REGENTS ROOM EXAM 8 MEYER EAETHSCIENCE REGENTS 10 MEYER EARTH SCIENCE REGENTS 215 EUROPEAN AP QUALIFYING EXAM 11 MEYER EARTH SCIENCE REGE'NTS 217 EUROPEAN AP QUALIFYING EXAM 13 FISH EARTH SCIENCE REGENTS 219 EUROPEAN AP QUALHTING EXAM 15 FISH EARTH SCIENCE REGENTS 221 EUROPEAN AP QUALIFYING EXAM 17 FISH EARTH SCIENCE REGENTS 207 ECONOMIC PROFICIENCY 19 FERRIS BIOLOGY- HONORS 213 ECONOMIC PiOFICIENCY 2 1 JONES BIOLOGY-HONORS 225 AMERICAN AP QUALIFYING EXAM 203 COPPOLA BIOLOGY- HONORS 212 AMERICAN AP QUALIFYING EXAM 18 HERSCHENHOUS BIOLOGY- REGENTS 212 UHLINGER BIOLOGY- REGENTS 11:00 AM- 12:30 PM 213 UHLINGER BIOLOGY- REGENTS 215 COPPOLA BIOLOGY- REGENTS ROOM TEACHER 217 COPPOLA BIOLOGY- REGENTS EXAM 219 JONES BIOLOGY- REGENTS 221 JONES BIOLOGY- REGENTS 4 HAMBURGER AMERICAN LIT 6 HAMBURGER AMERICAN LIT 8 HAUGAARD AMERICAN LIT 1:00 P M --3:00 PM 10 HAUGAARD AMERICAN LIT 11 MELCHIOR AMERICAN LIT ROOM TEACHKR EXAM:^ ^ 13 MF,T,CHIOR AMERICAN LIT 15 A13FSES MYTHOLOGY 207 BASLAW SEQUENTIAL XR 1 ? ^ AUFSES \ MYTHOLOGY 213 BASLAW SEQUENTLALIR ;v , 19 ^ . UHLINGER NON REGENTS BIOLOGY 8 BRAUN SEQUENTIAL IK 21 ^^ UHLINGER NON REGENTS BIOLOGY; 10 BRAUN SEQUENTIAL IR 18 ' COPPOLA NON REGENTS BIOLOGf 11 KELLER SEQUENTLAL IR 134 PICHKUR SEQUENTIAL IR 135 PICHKUR SEQUENTIAL IR 12:30 PM—2:30 PM 17 WEICKEL, J . SEQUENTIAL IR 4 BRAl^N SEQUENTLy.2R 138 RCT SCIENCE 6 BRAUN SEQUENTL\L2R 13 KELLER SEQUENTIAL 2R THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,1994 15 KELLER SEQUENTIAL 2R 136 PICHKUR SEQUENTIAL 2R 8:30 AM 138 PICHKUR SEQUENTIAL 2R 140 RCT MATH '^'^ 115 WEICKEL, G . SEQUENTIAL 2R 140 COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH 117 WEICKEL, G . SEQUENTIAL 2R RCT GLOBAL STUDIES 215 D'ANTONIO SEQUENTLVL 3R 112 217 LEDERER SEQUENTIAL 3R 219 LEDERER SEQUENTLy. 3R 12:15 PM—2:15 PM 2 1 HEALY SEQUENTIAL 3R M 19 HEALY SEQUENTIAL 3R 140 RCT U. S. HISTORY page compiled by Susanna Bass I ENTERTAINMENT < Wednesday, January 19,1994 Pages Schindler's List Reliving the Holocaust on film List, which has been hailed as the year's even as his position weakens and prob- While the opening scene foreshadows by Mark Solomon most shattering movie. lems arise. Schindler was made to look death, the end of the film begins life once From the outset, Spielberg makes larger than life; Spielberg surrounded again. A candle is l i t in the factory, its The list is alive. It is a Kving, breath- known the movie's purpose: to illustrate him with actors much shorter than he yellow brilUance standing out amidst the ing entity that has grown for nearly fifty the lifestyles of t h e Nazi elite, the hard- and utilized many upward slanting cam- black background. This symbol of life is years, and it is all due to the work of one ships of the ghettos and labor camps, and era angles. met a few moments later by its visual man. Schindler's List is the story of the story of Oskar Schindler. Schindler Throughout the entire film he never counterpart. At the end of the movie, the this man, Oskar Schindler, and his silent was a businessman and member of the once said, "Heil Hitler!" or acted in a actors escort the real people whom they battle to save the lives of 1200 Jewish Nazi party. He was a hedonist who loved fashion other than one o f complete con- portrayed i n placing a stone on Schindler's prisoners in occupied Poland. It is also a women, German cigarettes, money, and trol. The only time he allowed his tme grave, as is done i n Jewish tradition. T h e documentary of horror, v i v i d l y depicting power. It is doubtful that anyone could feelings to surface was when the Nazi people were also escorted by their chil- the Nazi atrocities of World War II. find a more unlikely candidate to endan- regime fell, and he could finally let out dren and grandchildren, an excellent tes- Schindler's List is a h i s t o r i c a l master- ger his life and everything he held dear to the emotions that he had k e p t hidden timony to the legacy that Schindler cre- piece, utilizing a moving story to paint a save 1200 Jews. Played with skill and inside himself for all those years. ated. Today over 6000 descendants of the picture of vast proportions, with each grace by Liam Nesson, Schindler out- Oskar Schindler was hope incamate Schindler's Jews are alive. frame telling a tale of its own. wardly seems to fit the description of a during the Holocaust; Jews' lives de- As the film ends, sounds of weeping Adapted from Thomas Keneally's perfect German—business-minded, strong pended on him. In a way he is hope for all can be heard from all directions. No one prize-winning non-fiction novel of the and able to enjoy women, cognac, a n d "the of h u m a n i t y , for he proved that in a world who sees S c h i n d l e r ' s List will ever for- same name, Schindler's List combines good life." However, he hates the kilUng of hate and barbarism, there is always get the power, emotion, and horror of the the talents of many different men: the and violence he witnessed in Nazi-occu- the possibility of good triumphing over Holocaust. This truly was Spielberg's superb editing o f M i c h a e l Kahn, the beau- pied Krakow, Poland. evil. He worked to save every individual, goal; he does not let the suffering be tiful cinematography of Janusz One bright afternoon i n 1943, Schindler no matter what the cost. forgotten. As all of the handkerchiefs are Kaminski, the excellent screenplay of watched the clearing of the ghettos from a As Itzhak Stem typed the famous list wetted and eyes dried, another thought Steven Zaillian, and of course, direction vantage point on a nearby mountain. He of m e n and w o m e n w h o w e r e t o b e brought comes to m i n d : as more people watch and from the most successful director of all saw a g i r l dressed in red, the only object of to Czechoslovakia, each letter filled the witness Schindler's List, thoughts will time, Steven Spielberg. Spielberg seems color on the screen. She stood out like a screen. One could see the texture o f the be stirred, and many tears will be shed, an unlikely candidate for a film as his- diamond in the rough, a symbol of all that paper, the grainy tyi)eface, and i t did perhaps even six million. torical and serious as this, especially on is life, all that was suffering. She walked indeed seem alive. the tails of Jurassic Park. Yet he has imnoticed i n t o an abandoned building and succeeded, for he hid under a bed. threw away the A few months later, upon re- tools ofhis old can- IS a eef The Creotor '...Sckiudler^s List turning to his vas and started j_ • j . - j , • . • anew. Gonearethe UlStOriCai TTL aSterpieCC, Utl- home, Schindler found ashes cov- of 'iZZSJZ ^'^^S a moving story to ering the street. crane view, and paint fl picturC ofVGSt prO- He drove to the even the color film. • . j i r center of the In their place is the portioTis, With, eacfi frame camp where the Nazi leader Amon Goeth was burn- portray t h e story as ing the corpses of ^HE HEXT nEnEnmmn i t should be por- Jews. Among trayed, powerful and realistic. them was the girl in red, a n d as she The film is a production of vast pro- burned, all of Schindler's secret hopes for portions, w i t h 126 speaking parts, 30,000 the Jews burned w i t h her. That evening, extras, and 210 crew members, filmed at as he stared out over the v a s t g r a v e y a r d of 35 locations on a budget of $22 million. pots produced by his factory that day, he This magnitude is echoed by the scope of is reminded of the bodies he saw burning the film, proving itself to be a t r u e epic. It in Amon Goeth's pit. It seems that this i s eschews the meaningless over-dramati- the point where he decides to save h i s zation that pervades almost every other Jewish workers firom their doom. film about the Holocaust, and uses i n - The acting is one of the strongest parts stead meticulous detail and startling re- of Schindler's List. Fiennes, a prodigal Writer: Michael Jan Friedman ahsm. From a scene w i t h a child hiding British actor, plays Goeth with unnerving in a cesspool to individual killings, the anxiety. At times one almost gets the movie handles graphic detail without feeling that he does not enjoy killing Jews, on Friday, February 4 at 3:30 melodrsmia or bias, allowing tud viewers but then comes the scene where he picks to associate their feelings with the vio- off Jewish laborers with his rifle, and a l l lence. hope suddenly vanishes. Free Autographs Once the lights dim in the theater a Ben Kingsley plays Itzhak Stem, a match ignites in the darkness. Although quiet, introverted accountant and J e w i s h filmed entirely in black and white, the leader who develops a silent fiiendship movie opens with a scene in color of an with Schindler. Stem does not use facial at Orthodox J e w i s h f a m i l y gathered around expressions ofl«n, but his eyes reveal all. a table in a small room. A candle is lit, Add to this Neeson as Schindler plus a the orange flame filling the entire screen. talented cast of supporting actors and the mm coi^pmioiN! As t h e f a m i l y chants a b l e s s i n g , t h e candle outcome is a very convincing drama. slowly dies out. Schindler's L i st begins Spielberg has deviated from his course of with life, a theme which symbolizes the magic and escapism, and has confronted Comic Books & Baseball cards burning desire for survival as expressed the most horrible era of our time, the 664 Port Washington Blvd. by the Jews in t h e Holocaust. As the Holocaust, with breathtaking craft. wick dies out, one can foresee the death The character of Schindler stands as a Port Washington. NY 11050 of millions as illustrated over the next beacon of hope. Throughout t h e movie he three hours. Thus begins Schindler's is the only one unchanged, always suave. 883-0631 6 THE SCHREIBER TIMES A&E WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19. 1994 Cop Shoot Cop Ramones define Takes CBGB's rock n' roll by Ben Getting EDPBHnoTcnp At last, after years of not being al- lowed to go, I had finally penetrated the by Ben Haber elusive sticker-covered, grime-encrusted, dilapidated walls of the by now legendary club, CBGB's. It was a cold Monday night Move over Pearl Jam, the Ramones in December and my $10 had bought me are back with what is probably the a spot next to the stage so that I could greatest album since their 1978 re- stand through almost six hours of some of lease "Road to Ruin." Their new album the best (and worst) music this side of the Acid Eaters is a collection of 60's Acid Jesus Lizard. Rock tunes, given the Ramones classic On the play bill for the evening were punk t r e a t m e n t . Clutch, Boss Hogg, Railroad Jerk, Not only did the Ramones choose Unsane, and Cop Shoot Cop. Excitement great songs to cover, but, their rendi- ran through the crowd like wildfire. Cop highlight of their set was the accidental tions were done in a most tasteful way rarity for any Ramones song. Shoot Cop, a notoriously "alternative" self m u t i l a t i o n of the group's singer at the (if you consider any punk music taste- Although Acid Eaters does not in- band, was making its third appearance of hands of a microphone stand. ful). clude any original songs i t is definitely the past five months. Also eagerly antici- As the concert moved into the wee The album kicks off with an one of their finest works and does a pated was Boss Hogg, whose lead singer hours of the morning, Unsane took to the great job of proving that after twenty hapjjens to be Christina Spence, wife of stage. A highly touted (Ha!) trio of years and fourteen albums the Matador record executive extraordinaire veteran rockers and roadies, Unsane bran- 'Although Acid Eaters does Ramones have not changed much. and ex-Pussy Galore fi-ontman Jon Spen- dished, among other things, their very not include any original Like most Ramones albums Acid own distortion pedals. cer, who now fronts his own band. The songs it's definitely one of Eaters contains twelve songs in less Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion. Aside from this one fact, however, than twenty eight minutes. The al- As we were buying our tickets, a white Unsane was a mess. The one decent song [the Ramones] finest works...' bum is a classic Ramones record and sign was seen on the door bearing a grim it performed was the much requested it's only real downfall is that the gaps message: Boss Hogg was cancelled. "Exterminator" whose chorus was short incredible rendition of "Journey to between songs are longer than on most Disappointment pervaded the crowd, and to the point: "Exterminator, Exter- the Center of Y o u r Mind" originally by Ramones albums so the songs do not but minutes into the performance by minator, Exterminator... AAAh." Ted Nugent. This track is sung by C. segue into one another, which makes Maryland's very own Clutch, a rumor After a fifteen-minute wait and a sec- Jay Ramone, the band's new bass the album lose some trademark excite- was heard. Someone else w o u l d be taking ond sound check lasting for what seemed player, who also sings lead on two ment. the place of Boss Hogg. But j u s t who it like infinity. Cop Shoot Cop finally other songs including a rendition of Without a doubt this album is a would be was unclear. intitiated the last, and by far best, leg of Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages." The must for all Rock n ' R o l l fans. From the Minutes after the completion of the show. About two feet from my head rest o f t h e tracks are, of c o u r s e , sung by first chords of "Journey to the Center Clutch's distorted, heavy metal set, a stood 400 watts and 4x10 inch speakers of the great Joey Ramone. of Your Mind" until the last chord of furiously conferencing trio took to the high end bass courtesy of Tod A. Johnny Ramone's guitar playing is the last song "Surf City" by Jon and stage. After a three-year hiatus,. Lubri- There was a reason for Cop Shoot as grinding and as loud as ever and the Dean, it is some of the finest rock ever cated Goat, whose members were in the Cop's headlining, and they proved it from album even includes a guitar solo, a recorded. crowd, was re-forming for one night only. the start. The by now frustrated and Lubricated Goat had a rough edge, fea- inebriated band, plagued by equipment turing odd guitar riffs, that became more and instrument failures, played songs fluid through their six song set. The lead fi-om all four of their albums. "Suprise, singer apologized at the beginning of the Suprise" was an opener and quickly set Morrison's set: the group had to releam the songs as the pace and the tone for the rest of the they took the stage. night. The band mercilessly pushed Following Lubricated Goat's excellent through the set list and stopped for only set. Railroad Jerk took the stage. Rail- a b r o k e n string. Crowd favorites included Beloved: an epic road Jerk specializes in a quirky, poppy "$10 Bill," "Low Com Denom," and "No- when she begins to believe that happi- sort of guitar punk that you can dance where." However, to the quite audible by Melissa T h e l e m a q u e ness and fi-eedom are finally feasible. and tap your feet to. The set featured dismay of one audience member, "Got No When asked of her home. Beloved re- tunes, old and new, all of which were fiin Soul" was absent fi-om the set. In b r i e f , In 1993, Toni Morrison received the sponds merely t h a t she has come firom t h e Nobel Prize for Literature. She became and entertaining. Oddly enough, the Cop Shoot Cop ruled the stage. "place over t h e r e . " Beloved has arrived to the first Afi-ican-American and t h e eighth claim retribution for what she has lost woman to win this prestigious award. and that which was taken from her, her Yet she remains relatively obscure among life and her freedom. She is Sethe's mur- the realms of our popular young adult dered daughter. Sethe struggles con- Student-run oroduction announcec culture. With six novels that encompass stantly to hold onto her p r e s e n t and throw Into the Woods, based on a book by 300 years of American history, Toni away the legacy of her past, but the pres- James Lapie, is a musical mixture of Morrison has taken the horror o f slavery ence of Beloved will not allow it. by Joshua Gewolb several fairytales. It brings together and created a spiritual legacy that is a l l This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel new and old storybook characters in- her own. The novel that illustrates this speaks volumes about the trauma of the Seniors Mike Howland and Emily cluding Cinderella, Little Red Riding best is Beloved. voyage of slaves from Afiica and the Rosenblum recently announced plans Hood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame) and Set in postbellum Ohio, Beloved is wretchedness of slavery. It conveys the for this year's student-nm production. Rapimzel on joumys of self-discovery. the harrowing tale of the life of an es- imporuuice of passing on such stories to Into the Woods. The production, which The show's memorable music is written caped slave, Sethe, who hves each day future generations. Readers will not find is to be run in conjunction with the by Stephen Sondheim. "beating back the past," the "past" being themselves alienated but rather sur- drama club, w i l l be completely student- Auditions for the show will be held when she was not a human being but the rounded by a beautifully and bravely run with the assistance of an advisor. on January 26 and 27. Since rehearsals property o f s o m e o n e e l s e . Sethe is haunted written novel that appeals to the deepest Sixteen to twenty students will partici- will be held a t n i g h t and w i l l not conflict by the possibility of b e i n g recaptured and stirrings of human strength and compas- pate. with other activities, students who par- returned to slavery. She is so terrorized sion. It is a novel about love—healing Three student-run productions have ticipate in other activities w i l l also be by the idea of re-enslavement that when and restorative. Morrison w r i t e s us: been produced successfully in recent able to be involved in I n t o t h e Woods. her former owner returns she commits infanticide rather than seeing her baby years, the first being Hair in 1990. Although Rosenblum concedes that We flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs... become another victim. Morrison tells us Since then Pfeiflfer's People and Into the Woods will not be quite as Love it. Love it hard... the ramifications o f this act through the Monty Python's Flying Circus have good as other Schreiber productions, And o my people they do not love your years of many lives. also been produced. Rosenblimi hopes she notes, "It doesn't matter, because hands.. . Love yovu- hands! the production of Into the Woods will what we're really looking for is a way of Beloved is about a mysterious indi- Love them. Raise them up and kiss lead to more student-run musicals in getting people together. We're more vidual who is discovered sitting on Sethe's them... You got to love it, you ! the future. focused on the overall experience than doorstep as she returns from a fair. Her . . . and the beat from the beating the actual production." appearance is during a time i n Sethe's life heart, love that too... for this is t h e prize. MOVIE

Air suffocates The Cabin Boy's pipes are audiences cleaner than clean half shark, and a beautiful blue- but very amusing part. Yet sm- other talk-show host makes an by Scott Orlo£f by Jesse Peyronel skinned woman with six arms. The movie is extremely fiinny appearance in the film; Ricki and very entertaining if you can Lake, a newcomer to the w o r l d of The Air U p There slam-dunked into theaters every- Capt. Blood, P i r a t e s , Trea- deal with all the 'Vackiness." daytime talk shows, plays the where last week. The film stars Kevin Bacon and new- sure Island, Yellowbeard, Although the film is only rated sometimes-sentinent-figurehead comer Charles Gitonga Maina, a twenty year old native of The Crimson Pirate. These PG-13, most of t h e h u m o r i s quite of "The Filthy Whore." Nairobi, Kenya, who lives in Los Angeles. At six foot eight are ususdly the fihns you think adult-oriented and complicated. Cabin Boy is definitely a inches tall, he was the winner of the 1991 Nairobi Slam of w h e n you're asked about high- Some smaller children will not spoof of previous piratical ad- Dimk Championship. He stars as a w£irrior named Saleh sea adventure. Now there is a understand some of the jokes, ventures on the high seas. The who is next in line for his tribe's chief. Bacon's character, new title to add to that list, but they most likely won't care scenes set on "The Filthy Whore" Jimmy Dolan is an assistant coach at St. Joseph's college. namely Cabin Boy. because of the cast's perfor- were obviously done in a studio Dolan goes to Afiica £ind t r i e s to recruit Sedeh to come and The movie stars Chris ElUot, mance. For instance, in the film and the "waves" appear ex- play for his team in the United States. In the end, Dolan and he recounts his exciting trip there's the line. These pipes... tremely artificial. becomes a member of the tribe so that he can play in a from a spoiled pampered rich are c l c E m ! " a reference to a male's Chris Elliot not only stars i n basketball game on which the fate of t h e tribe lies. He plays boy to a humble, down trodden physiological condition after this film but he wrote it along for Saleh's tribe, the W i n a b i , against the Mingori tribe, and cabin boy. The movie opens the sexual intercourse; obviously a with the film's director, Adsmi if the Mingori win the Winabi will lose their land. day before graduation a t a high- reference a child would not un- Resnik as well. Resnik was The Air Up There began as a fantasy of a Houston society finishing school. Elliot's derstand. After the film ended Elliot's creative partner on 'Get screenwriter, who was a b i g fan of t h e Houston Rockets and character, Nathaniel, graduates and the movie goers were scur- a Life' the extremely fiinny but especially their superstar center Hakeem Olajuwon. In and is on his way to taking over rying out of the theater, I saw a canceled Fox sitcom in which 1980, Olajuwon came from Nigeria and attended Houston his father's hotel chain when he small girl jumping up and down Elliot starred. Elliot made his College. In this film, Dolan plans to transform Saleh into takes a w r o n g t u r n and, through enthusiastically shouting "these name by appearing on David the next Olajuwon, Manute Bol, or Dikembe Mutombo, a l l a series of misunderstandings, pipes... are clean!," unaware of Letterman's show, doing his of which are Afiicans that went on to play in t h e National ends up on a filthy, broken-down, the t r u e meaning of t h e sentence. stand-up r o u t i n e and short films. Basketball Association. foul-smelling, dangerous fishing CabinBoy is filled with faces Even though the jokes are This movie, being labeled as a comedy, contains little ship, aptly named "The Filthy you'll recognize, including "Late off-the-wall and not as abundant humor. The old cliches are not funny and its attempt at Whore." Nathaniel then em- Show" host David Letterman, as they should be, Chris Elliot's being a "basketball movie" falls short. It is more like a barks upon an exciting voyage who is v e r y funny in a role t h a t is adventures with the crew of "The through dark waters, facing any documentary of the life of an Afi:ican headsmjm and his obviously typecast. Andy Rich- Filthy Whore" are not to be and everything, including an ice tribe. Only the beginning and end of this flick contain ter, Conan O'Brian's sidekick on missed in this low-budget but monster, a gifint, a man who is basketball scenes. This film is nothing to write home NBC's "Late Night" has a small hilarious film. about. It wouldn't surprise me to see it do horribly at the box oflBce, in the judgments of film critics £uid moviegoers alike. However, if you are in need of a nice, happy, good guys win at the end movie, buy a ticket and check it o u t . Grumpy Old Men defies all expectations Ek) you really liiate The been neighbors since b i r t h . They old J.W. Gustaffson, played are constantly playing infantile by Burgess Meredith, who's by Brad Block pranks on each other, like put- famous for playing the Pen- ^fehreiber Times? Do ting dead fish in the back of e a c h guin on the old 1960s B a t m a n I f one paid any attention to other's car overnight or chang- series, is also interested in you want to do some- its advertisements. Grumpy ingone another's t e l e v i s i o n chan- "mounting her" as he puts it. Old Men would seem like a nel with a remote control from Throughout the movie he movie not worth the admis- next door during the lotto draw- makes such sexual innuendos thing about it? Come to sion. I went into the theater ings. The movie contains a slew as "riding the bologna pony" with low expectations, but I of put-downs and one-liners by that are hilarious coming from was surprised by its wit and Lemmon and Mathau, all aimed one so decrepit as Gustaffson our next general meet- humor. One might expect to at each other. And most of the the Elder. see a film about a group of jokes aren't as childish as the I f you do see it, remember ing after school on Fri- rejects from a nursing home ones used in the advertisements, to stay in the theater u n t i l the complaining about their hem- such as, "Why don't you do the screen goes b l a n k . In the cred- orrhoids and other irritations, world a favor and pull your lip its there are a series of very day, January 28, and but i t is really about two feud- over your head and swallow." fiinny bloopers and clips that ing "grumpy o l d men," t h e type The story begins as a b e a u t i - weren't used in the final ver- thatyou'd probably egg on Hal- fiil young widow ("young" and sion of the movie. voice your own opinions. loween. "beautiful" are relative terms This movie is definitely a The film is set in a small, considering the men are about lot better t h a n I expected. The We can make beautiful snow-blanketed town in Min- seventy and haven't had sex in plot was fairly slow, but the nesota. Max Goldman, played fifteen years), Ariel (Ann- put-downs and practical jokes by Walter Mathau of Dennis Margeret), moves in across the keep the movie rolling. music together. the Menace, and John street and captures their hearts, Grumpy Old Men is not go- Gustaffson, played by veteran and t h e y c o m p e te t h r o u g h o u t the ing to win any awards, but actor Jack Lemmon, are two movie for her love. Jack seeing it is still worthwhile. feuding widowers who have Lemmon's father, the 94-year- Remembering Dr. Ki

I have a dream A Man for All the PeopMi I am happy to j o i n with you today of racial injustice to the solid rock of in what will go down in history as the brotherhood. Now is t h e t i m e to make greatest demonstration for freedom justice a reality for all of God's chil- in the history of oiu- nation. dren. Five score y e a r s ago, a great Ameri- I t would be fatal for the nation to can, in whose symbolic shadow we overlook the urgency of the moment. stand today, signed the Emancipa- This sweltering summer of the tion Proclamation. This momentous Negro's l e g i t i m a t e discontent will not decree came as the great beacon light pass until there is an invigorating of hope for millions of Negro slaves autumn of freedom and equality. who had been seared in the flames of Nineteen sixty-three is not an end withering injustice. It came as the but a beginning. Those who hoped joyous daybreak to end the long night that the Negro needed to blow off of their captivity. steam and will now be content will But one hundred years later the have a rude awakening if the nation (pool Negro still is not free. One hundred returns to business as usual. There years later, the life of the Negro is will be neither rest nor tranquility in still badly crippled by the manacles America until the Negro is guaran- of segregation and the chains of dis- teed his citizenship rights. The whirl- crimination. One himdred y e a r s l a t e r , winds of revolt w i l l continue to shake the Negro lives on a lonely island of the foundations of our nation imtil poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of the bright day of justice emerges. material prosperity. One hundred But there is something I must say years later, the Negro is still lan- to my people who stand on the warm guished in the comers of American threshold which leads them to the society and finds himself an exile in palace of justice. In the process of his own land. So we have come here gaining our rightful place we must today to dramatize the shameful con- not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let dition. us not seek to satisfy our thirst for I n a sense we've come to our freedom by drinking from the cup of Natidn's Capital to cash a check. bitterness and hatred. We must for- When the architects of our repubhc ever conduct our struggle on the high wrote the magnificent words of the plane of dignity and discipline. We Constitution and the Declaration of must not allow our creative protest Independence, they were signing a to degenerate into physical violence. promissory note to which every Again and again we must rise to the "... when we allow freedom to ri American was to fall heir. This note majestic heights of meeting physical was a promise that all men, yes, black force with soul force. let it ring from every village, fron men as well as white men, should be The marvelous new militancy guaranteed the imahenable rights of which has engulfed the Negro let, from every state and every cil life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- communtiy must not lead us to a ness. distrust of all white people, for many I t is obvious today that America of our white brothers, as evidenced able to speed up that day when has defaulted on this promissory note by their presence here today, have insofar as her citizens of color are come to reahze that their destiny is children, black men and white m( concerned. Instead of honoring this tied up with our destiny. They have sacred obligation, A m e r i c a has given come to realize that their freedom is the Negro people a bad check, a check inextricably bound to our freedom. Gentiles, Protestants and Cathc which has come back marked "Insuf- We cannot walk alone. ficient Funds." But we refuse to be- And as we walk we must make the able to join hands and sing i n the heve the bank of justice is bankrupt. pledge that we shall always march We refuse to believe that there are ahead. We cannot turn back. There old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! insufficient funds in the great vaults are those who are asking the devo- of opportunity of this nation. So we tees of civil rights: "When will you be have come to cash t h i s check, a check satisfied?" We can never be satisfied Thank God almighty, we are free that will give us upon demand, the as long as our bodies, heavy with the riches of freedom and the security of fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging justice. We have also come to this in the motels of the highways and the hallowed spot to remind America of hotels of the cities. We cannot be vote. No, no we are not satisfied and we police brutality. You have been the veter- the fierce urgency of now. satisfied as long as the Negro's basic will not be satisfied imtil j u s t i c e rolls down ans of creative suffering. Continue to This is no time to engage in the mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a hke the waters and righteousness like a work with the faith that unearned suffer- luxury of cooling off or to take the larger one. We can never be satisfied mighty stream. ing is redemptive. tranquilizing drug of gradualism. as long as our children are stripped of I am not unmindful that some of you Go back to Mississippi, go back to Ala- Now is the time to make real the their selfhood and robbed of their have come here out of great trials and bama, go back to South Carolina, go back promises of democracy. Now is the dignity by signs stating:" For Whites tribulations, some of you have come fresh to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back time to rise from the dark and deso- Only." We cannot be satisfied as long from narrow jail cells, some of you have to the slirnis and ghettos of our northern late v a l l e y of segregation to the sunlit as the Negro in Mississippi cannot come from areas where your quest for cities, knowing that somehow this situa- path of racial j u s t i c e . Now is the time vote and the Negro in New York be- freedom left you battered by the storms of tion can and will be changed. Let us not to lift our nation from the quicksands lieves he has nothing for which to persecution and staggered by the winds of wallow in the vsdley of despair. ing... his words, his legacy

and the sons of former slaveowners wiU be 'African-American history should be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. available and required for all students' of multicultural education for Portland I have a dream that one day even the College, "there is not enough time to go State of Mississippi, a state sweltering by Omar Sanders into depth about anything, especially with the heat of injustice, sweltering with Today i n social studies class we began Black history." If the existing American the heat of oppression, will be transformed to talk about the presence of Black people history classes being taught in today's into an oasis of freedom and j u s t i c e . I have in colonial times. As the teacher began to high schools were evaluated and restruc- a dream that my four Uttle children will speak about slavery and the cruelty that tured to incorporate African-American one day Uve i n a nation w h e r e they will not Black people suffered during those times, history, there would be enough time to be judged by the color of their skin but by I felt a knot develop in my stomach and complete the curriculum. In addition to the content of their character. I have a my heart begin to pound. Looking around this, classes specifically designed to teach dream today. the room, I noticed everyone staring at African-American history should be avail- me. I was the only Black person in the able and required for all students. White I have a dream that one day down in class. It was a really uncomfortable expe- and Black. Alabama with its vicious racists, w i th its rience. I hung my head in shame. It was Each time that I suggest an African- Governor having his lips dripping with then that I reahzed that with the excep- American history program be imple- the words of interposition and nullifica- tion of slavery and the civil rights move- mented in our school district, I am re- tion, one day right there in A l a b a m a , little ment, I knew nothing of African-Ameri- peatedly told that there are "limitations black boys and little black girls will be able can contributions to American history. to the money available." Each year there to join hands with little white boys and African-American history is basically are many talent shows, unnecessary as- white girls as sisters and brothers. ignored in history classes, although it is sembhes, and boring field trips. Why I have a dream today. an integral part of American history. can't the money that is used on these African-Americans were not only slaves miscellaneous activities be used on an I have a dream that one day every and didn't just march on Washington in African-American history class instead? valley shall be exalted, every h i l l and moun- the 1960s, but were inventors, founders, I f the school insists upon funding such tain shall be made low, the rough places scientists, war heroes, and writers. It is fiivolous pursuits, it should allow stu- will be made plain, a n d the crooked places about time that we learned this i n school. dents to use school grounds to raise funds will be made straight, and the glory of the Why is it so important to implement through car washes, raffles, and bake Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall an African-American history class in a sales, so that African-American history see it together. predominantly White school? The sig- could be taught in American high schools. This is our hope. This is the faith that nificant historical contributions of Afri- As I said before, Afiican-American I go back to the South w i t h . With this faith can-Americans to A m e r i c a n society should history is American history. To ignore not just be a source of pride to African- the history or learn more of the history of we will be able to hew out the mountain of Americans, but to White Americans as one race of Americans than the others despair a stone of hope. With this faith we well. For example, in 1885 Grovel T. only further aggravates the tension be- will be able to transform the jangling dis- Woods, a black inventor, was responsible tween races. Backers of multicultural cords of our nation into a beautiful sym- for the telegram system. This system programs say that the programs "pro- phony of brotherhood. With this faith we enabled moving trains to communicate mote tolerance, improve academic per- will be able to work together, to pray with one another. In 1892, he designed formance and self-esteem, and prepare together, to struggle together, to go to jail an electric railroad system. Inventions children to live in a diverse world." This together, to stand up for freedom together, such as these laid the foundation for the alone should be reason enough to imple- knowing that we will be free one day. technology that we have today. ment an Afiican-American studies pro- gram in American high schools. •ing, when we This will be the day when all of God's According to Carol M. Leonards, head children will be able to sing with the new m every ham- meaning 'My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where Dr. King: an Black history ity, we will be my fathers died, l a n d of t h e pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let f r e e d o m ring.' inspiration is American And if America is to be a great nation Q all of God's this must become true. So, let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New for all history len, Jews and Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let free- by Isaac Moore by Mike Coulthurst dom ring from the heightening Alleghenies Lolics, will be of Pennsylvemia. Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday is Next month will be Black History Let freedom ring from the snowcapped not just another day off from school—it's Month. We can only wait and see what Rockies of Colorado. a lifetime of remembrance, not just for our school has in store for this year. But B words of the instead of dedicating one month of the Let freedom ring from the curvacious African-Americans but for all people. year (the shortest one at that) to Black slopes of California. Dr. King's accomplishments and con- tributions to society came from his strong history and achievements, the students, ! Free at last! But not only that, let freedom ring from beUef in equal rights for everyone. He faculty, and the Board of Education should Stone Mountain of Greorgia. devoted his life to helping others. He make Black history a greater part of our 3 at last!' Let freedom ring from Lookout Moun- organized boycotts and marches. His awareness of American history. tain of Tennessee. reward was often being thrown in jail, Some Schreiber teachers do not men- Let freedom ring from every hill and but this minor set-back did not discour- tion the importance of Black achieve- mole hill of Mississippi. age him in any way. This brave man ments in history. They don't teach how I say to you today, my friends, even From every mountain, let freedom ring. thought people could get civil rights in a Blacks helped fight in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and that slavery was the though we face the difficulties of today and And when we allow freedom to ring, when peaceful way. engine t h at powered the Industrial Revo- we let it ring from every village, from Later Dr. King led hundreds of thou- tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a lution in the United States. The incred- dream deeply rooted in the American every hamlet, from every state and every sands of people i n a march to Washington where he gave his famous "I Have A ible amount of wealth that allowed the dream. I have a dream that one day this city, we will be able to speed up that day Dream" speech. Following this event, Dr. United States to industrialize from 1820 nation will rise up and live out the true when all of God's children, black men and King was given his well deserved Nobel to 1865 was created on the backs of Black meaning of its creed: "We hold these white men, Jews and Grentiles, Protes- Peace Prize. slaves with the help of Black minds. truths to be self-evident that all men are tants and Catholics, will be able to join Had Martin Luther King lived he The history of the United States is a created equal." hands and sing in the words of the old would have done many more great things. complex story of individual human be- I have a dream that one day on the red Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Dr. King is an inspiration to African- ings and people creating something new. I t is important to tell the whole history as hills of Greorgia the sons of former slaves Thank God almighty, we are free at last!" Americans, showing people that as long RiprinUd amrUtj <^Ma,tU Utktr Kiilg, Jr. Cnter /br ^KwiaUM Social CAoflfC. /lu: as there is a will there is a way. completely and as honestly as possible.

i 10 THE SCHREIBER TIMES OPINIONS WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 19. 1994 Rappin' with Freshman scrutinizes Schreiber educational experience feel that our time here is not well teacher didn't allow kids whose by Emily Weinstein spent. In this school, there is a ideas conflicted with her own to Raddock School: anecessary e v i l . E d u- general feeling of disinterest. speak in class. "She changed I n this air Licle, I w i l l discuss thetic contradictions that show cation: a less than constant perk This perpetuates the faculty's around my poetry because she the discovered Check and the how Uttle the student govern- of attending a school. Lunch: opinion of students as lethargic didn't like it," he said of the hon- double Check. A discovered ment actually cares for the stu- something you really enjoy eat- and uninspired. Right on. En- ors project he was doing. When check occurs when one of your dents of Schreiber." The au- ing in a school. thusiasm and inspiration on the a student views school as an ob- pieces is checking the opposing thors also told us t h a t "over 450 The fact t h a t the words school, part of students can only be stacle to learning, and the ab- king, but. ,. No, I'm just kid- Schreiber students shook them- education and really enjoy ap- sparked by talented teachers and sorption of worthwhile m a t e r i a l ding. What I would really like selves free of the shackles of pear in the same paragraph is worthwhile class time. Curricu- a bonus, the school is not doing to discuss is the criticism that apathy and took a stand for good. The fact that they do not lum is not necessarily just be- its job. This student went be- one of oiir s c h o o l ' s organizations what they believed, regardless all fit i n t o the same sentence is cause someone in Albany thinks yond the required material of a has undergone this year. This of the consequences," but i n re-: not. it is. Part o f learning is learning course to do an honors project, organization i s the Student Gov- ality signing that petition was Most people think school is to choose and recognize what seeking enrichment and fi:«edom enuaent, which is o f t e n blamed not getting involved and taking where education takes place in interests you. of choice. Instead, he found his for doing nothing about tibe a stand. There were at«olutely blocks o f t i m e l a s t i n g about forty- Education also means l e a r n - freedom to choose his own words problems that concern the stu- no consequences to face as a five minutes to an hour, adding ing what is new and challenging, stifled. dent body. I have heard t h ^ resuitof s i g n i n g t h i s . How many up to about six-point-five hours and being told that you are ca- What does it teach us when criticisms from sources such as of those 450 students do you a day, five days a week, ten pable and deserving of it. Leth- we write something and are t o l d the students of this school and think even read the petition months a year. Most kids think argy is a disease that makes it it is moot, it is grammatically this very newspaper, and before signing it? school is where you go so when impossible. Lethargy is a dis- incorrect? What does it teach us evetytime I read or hear these What Student Government you grow up, you can continue to ease of those who see that no about learning if it is called criticisms, I encounter nothing already knew from trying un- support your habit of eating matter how well they learn their "lefUTiing" when we sit and lis- but ignorance and stupidity. successfully to talk to the ad- lunch. Most kids do not think grammar in eighth grade, it will ten to someone else's ideas? One day a couple of months ministration on numerous oc- school i s where you go to be men- be there again in ninth. No mat- What does i t teach us about the ago, I was in my Government casions is that a piece of paper; tally stimulated or to do things ter how grammatically correct value of non-European cultures class, and we were discussing vrith names on it is not going to you are truly passionate about. their sentence structure, they when three years of high school the new rules and the chimes get anything done. Maybe if Ideally, every minute of ev- must l e a r n to d i a g r a m the things focus on the history, culture and which have been implemented those 450 students were all E. J. ery school day would be spent they already know are right. No economy of Western, Indo-Euro- this school year. When Mr. Kahns willing to put something learning about something that matter how quickly they can pean nations? Andersen asked the class what on the line, their complaint would interest and challenge memorize facts, the same ones Great learning experiences they thought of the Student might have gotten some atten- every student. Every student will be covered for a week, until can be had. I know. I've had Government's actions pertain- tion. would find school to be worth everyone knows them or is too them. That's why the very exist- ing to the situation, the major- The Schreiber Times should their time. There would be no bored to care. Lethargy is a ence of dissatisfaction is so ft^s- ity of the class was quick to be able to relate to the struggle such thing as boredom, no rea- disease of those who are con- trating. When we've seen school, jump on Student Government, that Student Government has son to stare out the window or stantly taught to equate intelli- education and lunch in the same saying that it had done nothing in trying to make changes be- bide your time until you could gence w i t h test scores, to equate place, we know anything can to remedy the situation. cause of the school atmosphere ask to go to the bathroom again. progress and fulfillment with happen. The attitude that "you This reaction, echoed fre- and the lack of power. They Education is "the continu- mastery. Lethargy is a disease have to take the good with the quently i n t h e halls of Schreiber, must e n d u r e the criticisms that ous process of learning about ev- of those who are told that they bad" is unacceptable. i^merely a result of a lack of their paper is becoming stale erything, not just curriculimi," are not capable of l e a r n i n g about I t seems to go without say- thou^t. What everybody seems and boring because of the lack said a freshman. "Why should what they want to, because they ing that a student's time is well to overlook is that the Student of subject matter provided in someone else decide what I are too young or too incompe- spent in school. The p£uii£d t r u t h Government of Schreiber High thisschool. When you a r e forced should and should not learn in tent. The school moves farther of t h i s statement is its shortcom- School is not a r e a l government. to print artities as ridiculous as school?" The fact that we have from educating its students the ing. Likewise, the inadequacy of In order to be a real govern- "Gender-Specific Legos," or as little freedom to pursue what more it fails to challenge and the school system in bringing ment, y o u must have the power repetitive as the articles on van- intrigues us is frustrating to interest them. education into the school in its to govern, and the Student Gov- dalism which seem t o appear in many students. Of course we "You just have to get out [of entirety is a shortcoming. We do ernment has absolutely no in- every issue, you should under- can seek outside enrichment. school], and take whatever you not have to fulfill all our ideals. put when it comes to creating stand that we are in school But we are required by law to can get," said one sophomore, But it is our obligation and right school policies. Everybody where it is not always easy to attend school, and many of us after describing how his E n g l i s h to h a v e them constantly pursued. knows it, yet this knowledge is get thin^ done. not reflected in their expecta- Over the years, somewhat of tions of what Student Govern- a rivalry seems t o have formed ment can accomplish. between The Schreiber Times When students see some- and the Student Government Does the Tank work? thingthey don't l i k e , t h e y blame for one reason or another. I, by Art Rabin-Havt when students enjoy getting pun- it would annoy them more be- Student Government for not having many friends on both, ished. cause they could not hang out changing anything rather than have never understood or par- • I have heard the words, Even though there are spe- with their friends. Mods in the trying to become more involved ticipated in this rivalry. How- "you've got two mods in the tank" cific rules for appropriate behav- tank prevent students from talk- in getting that thing changed ever, one thing I do understand or "get to the tank," countless ior in the tank, most of the time ing with or receiving help from themselves. The eight officers is that the Student Government times since I started attending they are not enforced. One teachers in resource rooms. of Student Government cannot aiidThe Schreiber Times should Schreiber last f a l l . Students get Schreiber student said, "I check Schreiber did not become one of make enough noise to get the be trying to h e l p each o t h e r out. sent to the tank for everything, to see who's on duty in the tank the top schools in the country by attention of the ever so stub- I t is pointless for the two most from being late to disturbing a before I served my mods. If the discouraging the use of their bom administration; the thir- vocal student-nm o r g a n i z a t i o n ^ ; class. monitor lets me talk, I serve my resom-ce rooms. teen hundred students of to bidter with each other while; But does this form of punish- mods." Assigning mods in the tank is Schreiber High School can. the Administration rams rules ment really deter students from At the start of the 1993-1994 not the best way to discipline There is power in numbers, but and chimes down our throats repeating these offenses? As one school year, many chemges were students. If we want to make tantil we get hundreds of stu- without any input from the stu- student said, "It reminds me of instituted to improve the school: this school a b e t t e r place we need dents attending Student Gov- dents. when I was little and my mom new rules, the student handbook, to punish offenders more ernment meetings rather t h a n On a comjdetely unrelated; sent me to my room where I had and "the chimes." The disciplin- harshly. tens of students, it will be al- note, I would like to take this; my television and stereo." ary system was apparently over- Many teachers feel that they most impossible to be taken se- opportunity to say goodbye to; Students sent to the tank looked. should have more power to pun- riously by those who have the Abby Rosenberg, a student who usually sit and talk with their Why do students get away ish students in order to keep power to change the rules. has often graced us with her fiiends. One student even said with so much bad behavior in control in their class rooms. The Schrtiber Times has intelligent opinions in this pa- that he preferred the tank to the our school? Student offenders As a teacher said, "We should also been a constant critic of the perd p r o b ^ l y even agreed with cafeteria because "I can talk to should be treated fairly but ap- punish students not by sending Student Government. For in- a few of them). I will always; my fiiiends w i t h o u t a lot of noise." propriately. them to the tank b u t by making stance, in t h e October 27 issue, consider her leaving early for One girl told me that she goes Students who vandaUze our them work, and I don't mean an editorial written about E.J. college an incredifalfi actof c o u r - to the tank dining her global school should be forced to clean homework. I mean sweeping the Kahn's petition to get rid of the age and the furthest thing from studies class b e c a u s e h e r teacher up their damage as part of their floors, cleaning thecafeteria, and chimes stated "the one oi^ani- ditching out. So, good luck in assigns two mods in the tank for punishment in addition to being other forms of labor." zation that was created to rep- college, Abby. Hc^fully, the cutting, and she likes the tank suspended. A person who cuts Many students feel the same resent the interests of the stu- rest of us w i l l catch tip wi th you more than the cleiss. We should class should not serve time dur- way, even those who are repeat- dent body has responded i n pa- someday. question our disciplinary system ing school b u t after school, when edly sent to the tank. THE SCHREIBER TIMES OPINIONS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994 11 RussiaUpdate: Turkish schools: A world away Ultra-nationalist I n Turkey, students who are in the The school in Turkey was small and Zhirinovsky a scary same grade study the same subjects at had three floors, leaving each floor with different times, but in the same room. about seven or eight rooms. For this There are about six subjects, excluding reason the students have to stay in their I was fourteen. I w i l l never forget the gym, and they take the same courses a l l homerooms, and the teachers move fi^m punishment I received just because I took year round. There are essay tests and class to class. There are from 75 to 100 two tiny steps into the school garden to verbal tests instead of multiple choice students i n a small room with one teacher. get the ball of one of my friends. After all quizzes. It is hard to pass these tests I t is Uke a college lecture class in high students had gone back to their school. The students do not have While recently speaking with my classes, the assistant principal any lockers and must carry their father who is living in Russia, I got called me over and asked me why I books with them everywhere they the feeling that the situation there is was in the garden. I told him that go. becoming more frightening every day. I went to get the ball which had Schreiber High School is very This is especially true for ethnic Rus- been accidentally thrown there. He big £md has three floors. The rooms sians who live outside the Russian yelled that no student was allowed are countless. Schreiber is about Republic, and in parts of the former to step into the garden and then he ten times bigger than my school i n Soviet Union. started to slap my face. He slapped Turkey. Here students go to differ- With the recent elections, Vladimir me hard many times. I went back ent d e p a r t m e n t s and different class- Zhirinovsky o f t h e Liberal Democratic to class crying with a red face. rooms for every different subject. Party of Russia (LDPR) came out the Punishments such as hitting the Even though the rooms are fairly winner, defeating the Democratic students with a piece of w o o d , slap- big, there are only about twenty party's candidate for chancellorship ping, or v e r b a l l y abusingthem were students in each class. Every stu- of the Russian Parliament. In the common in Turkey. I don't think dent has his own locker and doesn't opinion o f most Russians, his strongly that something Uke this happens have to carry all the books with nationalistic, and even to some de- in schools in America. him. The students also have a gree, fascist views and promises In addition to the question of cafeteria. In Turkey parents have helped him gain the largest percent- physical punishment, there are a to pay for their children to go to any age of the vote. lot more differences between school. Because the taxes collected The Democratic Russian party has schools i n Turkey and in the United are not sufBcient to cover the edu- split into many factions headed by States. The schools in Turkey are cational expenses of all the chil- Shakhrai, Travkin, and other former very strict. As well as being strict dren in the country, additional leaders of the Democratic party. Be- about punishments, Turkish ^ money must be collected. Also, s t u- cause of this, the Democratic Russian schools are also strict about the s dents have to purchase their own party is no longer a "strong single appearance of students. All the expensive books and notebooks. block." Some say that if the demo- students have to wear uniforms. I When the school is short of some- crats had stayed together instead of Boys wear suits and the girls wear - thing, the students have to put i n branching into smaller and less pow- long jumpers. Boys have to have money to buy the item that the erful parties, they would have been very short hair, short enough that school needs, such as gym or music victorious in the elections. when they put their hands on their heads without many hours of studying. In the equipment. Because the school is small, Unlike all the other campaigners, their hair doesn't go through their fin- case of the verbal tests, the students there aren't any laboratories or auditori- Zhirinovsky and the LDPR behaved gers. Every two weeks the assistant stand in front of the class and answer the ums. In science classes the teachers dem- like American politicians. principal runs his fingers through the questions. Students who haven't studied onstrate the labs and students watch. Zhirinovsky was on the air nimierous boys' hair, and if it goes over the fingers, are afraid of verbal tests because they Turkish students don't get a chance to do times for five to fifteen minutes each he will meike railroad tracks w i t h scissors will not know the answers and they will the lab themselves. On the other hand, at day and even bought television and through the offending student's head as a be embarassed i n iront of other students. Schreiber High School there isn't any fee radio time from his competitors! lesson for the student to not have long Also, if a student fails a course he will be for getting into the school. Taxes pay for I n describing his plans, hair. Students have to get up when the given an examination in that subject in each individual student's education. Zhirinovsky said exactly what the teacher enters the room to show their the summer school as a second opportu- The student body is unaware of how people wanted to hear. The Demo- respect. There is always a distance be- nity; and if the student still can't pass the fortunate it is to have fully equipped crats were telling the truth, admit- tween a teacher and a student. test, he will have to repeat the grade. science labs and gymnasiums and an au- ting that if they were elected, times In Schreiber, I found the discipline However, at Schreiber students are ditorium. Also, there are new things might be tough while the government and rules very different from the schools placed in courses depending upon their going on everyday to make school inter- tries to save money and invest it. in Turkey. There are no rules about ability. Unlike my school in Turkey, esting and students can feel the excite- Zhirinivsky, however, promised to in- clothing; students can wear casual cloth- Schreiber gives the students many vari- ment. crease pensions, salaries, and stu- ing unless it is inappropriate for school. eties of elective courses to choose from. I There are negative and positive things dents' scholarships. He claimed he Male students can do anything w i t h their think this way the students can choose about each school. I t h i n k that the idea of would give housing to soldiers who hair, and the faculty accepts it. the courses that relate to their fiiture essay tests and verbal quizzes rather are coming back to Russia &t)m East- The relationship b e t w e e n teachers and careers. Since the tests and quizzes are than multiple choice questions on tests em Europe, and create a better medi- students in America is like being fiiends. made up of multiple choice questions, and quizzes are better because t h e s e make cal system. At first it was very hard for me to be they are not as scary as the other ones. students study harder. There is less When asked where he would get "fHends" with teachers, because in Tur- Even if a student hasn't studied, he has a discipline and respect for teachers at the money to do so, his ultra-nation- key I learned that there should be a better chance of doing well in this kind of Schreiber than i n my native country. alistic attitude reared its head. First, distance between teachers and students. test than he would i n essay tests or verbal On the positive side, I never saw such he said that he would ask for refunds It took me about two years to get used to quizzes. Even if a student fails one sub- facilities as we have at Schreiber, and I from all the countries which were being fiiends with teachers and talking ject, he can go to summer school and still could never take part in after school ac- financially supported by the former to them without fear. pass the course for the year. tivities as I can now. USSR. Then he would divide Poland with Germany and try to regain por- tions of East Germany. The most startUng of his ideas W£LS to have the Treacherous terrain: Student sob stories United States give Alaska back to Russia, and have the Americans pay Because of the administration's deci- " I fall at least two or three times every "I was walking by the smoking wall Russia for all the natural resources sion to keep school in session while more day on my way to school fix)m m y house on on my way home and I slipped, injuring taken fi^m Alaska since its purchase snow and ice than Schreiber has seen in Ridge Road b e h i n d the g i r l ' s lacrosse field. my hip, shoulder, and knee. This was a in 1867! Neither the reality of these years accumulated on its grounds, a I've hxirt my head and butt, but the worst week ago and I'm still in intense pain." plans, nor their moral propriety were countless number of injuries have been was when I bruised my knee as I was —Karen Howland, junior addressed. Also included i n his plans suffered by students while trying to trek coming down the steps fi:^m the tennis is the division of Russia into prov- across the treacherous terrain. Here, court and hit a tree." inces. Schreiber students lament their woes. —^AdamBartini, senior " I was approaching the side entrance Zhirinovsky's ideas and plans trying t o side-step a group of p e o p l e stand- soimd similar to those of a fascist. On "While discussing my ailments with "In the last three days I have hit the ing in front of the doorway when 1 slipped his birthday, not too long ago, a friend in the guidance office, Mrs. pavement at least sixteen thousand and fell face-forward. My chin was cut on Zhirinovsky w a s seen h a n g i n g around Zwerlein looked up and asked, 'Oh, you times." the ice and didn't stop bleeding until I got with a few of his old buddies: some fell, too?" —Keith Altman, senior home." former Nazi leaders and his best —Caroline Pam, senior —Gary Schmirer, fireshman friend, Saddam Hussein. 12 THE SCHREIBER TIMES EDITORIALS JANUARY 19, 1994 Story t i m e . nce upon a t i m e there existed a tary abandon. The villagers were forced to happy tribe of people who loved quit their fields, families, and peaceful nothing more than to enjoy their weekends for more and more of t h e strenu- existence and p l a y an occasional ous muscial exercise that they hatefully Otune upon their wooden flutes. One day, had called "gnihcram." January 19, 1994 two strangers arrived i n the village and Finally a day C E u n e when the strangers Volume XXXIV, No. 6 told the people that they knew the secret annoxmced that the tribe must go on a Paul D. Schreiber High School magic of the flutes. Intrigued by the pos- pilgrimage to a religious flower festival in Port Washington, N ew York 11050 sibility of learning something more about a far-off"land. They forced the tribespeople their beloved music from these strange to practice more and more. When some of EDITORS-IN-CfflEF: men, the villagers agreed to follow their the villagers complained, the strangers Jon Bass Mjirc Lindemann teachings and invited them to stay. threatened to pronounce the dreaded word, As soon as the men moved into the "U-Fale" and t h u s quickly silenced the MANAGING EDITOR: village, however, the villagers noticed that legitimate qualms of t h e once-happy tribe. Emmie Chen they engaged i n some questionable behav- The two men then insisted that the people • • • ior. The strangers would yell at them demand the resources of n e i g h b o r i n g tribes PRODUCTION MANAGER: during their flute lessons and invoke the to support the expensive journey. The David Mao god of "Baddegrades" to punish villagers strangers somehow convinced themselves for the silliest things, such as crossing that such a trip would raise them a n d • •• their legs or not holding their flutes their subjects in the eyes of hundreds of NEWS EDITORS: straight. Soon, the fear of "Baddegrades" tribes t h r o u g h the immortal words ofbards Matt Engel made the villagers so frightened that they and stors^tellers. Ashish Kapadia, Ass't. Preeti Parasharami, Ass't. agreed to do ever3^hing the strangers told So the people practiced and practiced. them to, even stiffly walk in absurd forma- And finally the day came for the trip. The tions. The good people were confused; all villagers were excited about their prom- OPINIONS EDITORS: they had originally wanted was to enjoy ised fame, but unfortunately, when the Ben Getting the music of their flutes. Now they were time came for the bards to sing about their Caroline Pam reduced to the level of slaves. tribe, the dragon float broke and they Alison Root For several years the villagers endiu-ed, went to commercials. The tribe returned • •• all the while hoping that the strangers home exhausted, despising the music that A&E EDITORS: would teach them the magic of music as it once had loved. To this date, the tribe Jason Hare Stefan Pedatella they had promised. The strangers, how- remains under thetyreuiny of the strang- ÿÿÿ ÿÿ ÿ ever, drove the people onwards with mili- ers, and day-by-day the enjoyment of song SPORTS EDITORS: ebbs from their souls. Josh Silbert Ken Mandel, Ass't. Conditions demand school cancellation Ice. Ever3where ice. A slick inch of it must use taxis to t r a v el for only two blocks, PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGERS: angrily mirroring the sun and blinding how are other students who live within David Arnold Lauren Thomas passersby. Last week, the baseball field 1.25 miles of the school and do not receive was so frozen that students were able to bus service supposed to walk to school? • • • ice-skate upon it, and the track became a Students and faculty members who BUSINESS DIRECTORS: speed-skating coiu-se. The hills behind drive to school must have noticed the Alyse Hazelkom Caroline Heller the high school were coated with sledding alarming t e n d e n c y of t h e i r v e h i c l e s to skid. • • • students. The path from Ridge Road to Without anti-lock brake systems, a car LAYOUT EDITOR: the tennis courts, which many students can continue to travel for many feet after Caren Sencer take on their way to and from school, was the brake pedal has been depressed. Salt an Olympic-quality luge track. shortages on Long Island have not made COPY EDITOR: While the abnormal conditions afforded the situation any safer. If conditions are Jesse Peyronel some a chance for recreation, they also so poor for normal automobile use , i m a g - caused many people to fear even the short- ine how much worse they must be for • • • ART EDITOR: est walks outdoors. The injuries, trizds, schoolbuses full of children. The stakes of Erica Johanson and tribulations that meuiy Schreiber stu- bringing children to school on several of dents have siiffered on b o t h school grounds the days in the last two weeks were too • • • and on the way to school demand that high for bussing to have been j u s t i f i e d , yet EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: the school insisted upon embarking upon Yana Feldman better considerations be made for the pro- Staffi cess of closing school. a possibly deadly policy. Susanna Bass, Brad Block, Greg Frank, Joshua Superintendent of Schools William Gewolb, Ben Goldfarb, J o s h Jacobs, Elizabeth Students bear the scars of their battle Kass, Ari R a b i n - H a v t , Gary Schmirer, Rebecca against the elements—jagged cuts, ex- Heebink said that he "respects the family Schiff, Emily Weinstein Reporters: decision" to keep children home w h e n con- Liz Albertson, Erol Alkan, David Chudd, Mike Coutthunt, J c M i i Gnenberg, pansive bruises, s h a t t e r ed self-confidence, Ben Haber. Simon Hanft, Alain Lapter. Gaij Maakm. Natasha Moakorina, Jacob Raddock, Omar S a n d e n , Simon Sauran. Cobo Shinder. M a r k Solomon, and more serious damage from slips and ditions are unsafe. Yet the school district Melim Hielemaque, Scott OrlofT Published fcy the student bod/ of Paul D. Schreiber falls. One student was so afraid of slip- has a responsibility to its students as well. Hi^ School. Letters to the e d i t o r should be addressed to The Schreiber Times, 101 Canpus Drive, Port ping on her walk home that she called a When road and sidewalk conditions are so Mftshington, New York 11050. "nie editors resex-ve the terrible, the d i s t r i c t should not p l a y games ri^ to refuse, print, edit, or return aiv sutmitted cab from the school to take her to her imtfHrial. All l e t t e r s must be sivied ty the author. of chance with the lives of the students. We have a circulation of 1800 copies per issue with house, less t h a n two blocks away. If people subscriptions available by mail available for $6.00 per sdKJOl year. We accept camera-ready ads or will design ads to your ^aecif icatidis. For inforrnaticn on advertising, call our business office at (516) 767-4367. Sidney Barish, Ed. D., PRINCIPAL G . Blain Bocarde, ADVISOR © 1994, The Schreiber Times THESCHREIBER TIMES SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994 13

Sports Shorts Hopeful Girls Varsity Basketball outlook for Port vs. Baldwin Girls J V Player FGM FGA % FTM FTA % Rebounds Assists Turnovers Steals Pts Basketball B. Shackel 7 24 29% 3 4 75% 3 4 2 7 17 According to the members of the K Shackel 3 16 19% 0 1 0% 4 4 2 6 6 Girls JV Basketball team, the outlook Maiyl Randel 2 5 40% 0 0 0% 1 2 1 5 4 for the remainder of the season is Anne Siegert 0 3 5% 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 1 hopeful. "We started off badly, but Joy Pelkhe 5 12 42% 1 1 100% 4 0 0 1 11 we're getting much better," said fresh- Tina Pavlak 0 8 0% 5 8 63% 13 0 2 5 1 man Justina Mintz. There has been a Leah Wolk 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 0 2 2 0 big improvement since tryouts, and I Port Totals 17 68 25% 9 14 64% 27 10 9 23 43 think the rest of the season will be Baldwin Totals 18 54 33% 0 3 0% 32 5 25 2 36 successful.' After a rocky beginning with two 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total losses in the Freeport T o u m a m e n t , the Port 10 10 6 17 43 team has taken a sharp turn in the right Baldwin 6 12 6 12 36 direction and racked up three more wins, dominating every game since. Port vs. Uniondale Coach Liz Hutchinson attributes Port's 53-17 victory at Uniondale on J a n u a r y Player FGM FGA % FTM FTA % Rebounds Assists Turnovers Steals Pts. 5 to "hard work and the leadership" of B. Shackel 9 20 45% 3 5 60% 1 6 2 12 21 sophomore co-captains Mone McCurty, K Shackel 7 15 47% 2 4 50% 4 0 3 2 16 Emily Wu, and Nk:ole Zorskas. "In the M. Randal 2 5 53% 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 4 last few games, we've come to under- Joy Pehlke 1 3 33% 0 0 0% 2 0 1 1 2 stand defense and are running the Tina Pavlak 0 6 0% 0 2 0% 10 2 1 3 0 offense well," added Hutchinson. She A. Siegert 0 2 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 3 0 0 predicts more success in the future, V. Bloom 0 3 0% 1 2 50% 1 0 3 0 1 though some games against very com- Caity Bruck 0 3 0% 0 2 0% 1 1 1 2 0 petitive teams are coming up soon. A. Brachi 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 0 Good outside shooting has helped Port Totals 19 57 33% 6 17 35% 20 10 14 21 44 the team as well. Among the seven Uniondale Totals 16 68 24% 2 6 33% 47 2 30 21 34 scorers at Uniondale, Sophomore Nk:ole Saccone had a total of nine points, including one three-pointer. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total The otherforty-fourpoints were dis- Port 12 9 17 6 44 tributed between freshman Mary Kate Uniondale 6 6 7 15 34 Bakija with ten, Mintz and freshman Jill Weingrow with eight a piece, McCurty, mid-freshmen Christin Bracken a n d Laurie Ann On^ with six. The team's most recent win was on January 11 when they won 36-32 in Boys Varsity Basketball overtime at Baldwin. Port had a diffi- cult first half when it went over the Port vs. Plainview JFK seven foul limit and g a v e Baldwin a one-and-one foul shot. In the first quarter alone. Port had more fouls than Player FGM FGA % FTM FTA % Rebounds Assists Turnovers Steals Pts points, and the team was behind or tied C. Batson 5 10 50 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 10 for the whole game. However, the M. Coulthurst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lady Vikings managed to hang on in M.Dumpson 6 16 37.5 0 0 0 4 2 3 3 12 the second half when Baldwin's best R. Germani 1 2 50 1 4 25 6 0 1 4 3 player fouled out. The team snatched E.J. Kahn 1 3 33.3 0 0 0 3 2 4 2 3 victory from the jaws of defeat when it R. Monroe 3 5 60 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 6 took the lead in the overtime and man- I . Moore 2 9 22.2 0 0 0 4 5 10 1 4 aged to hold it. KNiwa 4 10 40 2 2 100 2 1 2 1 12 Scorers included Orr with sixteen B. Romer 2 5 40 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 points a n d f r e s h m a n A n a l i s a Dif e o with 0. Sanders 2 4 50 0 0 0 8 1 1 4 4 ten, Saccone and McCurty both with Total 26 64 40.6 3 6 50 38 16 24 16 60 four, and Wu who contributed two. by Emily Weinstein

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I t really looked like the Vi- kings were going to come up with our first win of the season. For three and a half quarters and two overtimes, the Boys Varsity Basketball team was in total con- trol in their first conference game of the season, but it just wasn't enough in the end. The date: January 4th. The place: Schreiber gymnasium. The opponent: Plainview JFK. The result: Port's sixth consecu- tive loss to ojjen the season. How could it be that we lost this game after total domination at both the offensive and defensive end? The answer: Sloppy pla y and lack of intensity at the end of the fourth quarter and in the third overtime. Coach Shackel started the game with seniors Isaac Moore and Markee Dumpson as the two guards, and forwards j u n i o r s Rob Germani, Chaz Batson and sophomore Omar Sanders. Port began playing very effective man-to-man defense and with thirty seconds left in the quar- ter, Port had allowed only five points. This would have looked a lot better if they managed more than six points themselves. The first quarter ended as senior Junior Rob Germani drives to the basket during Port's triple overtime defeat against Plainview JFK. Markee Dumpson soared through the lane as his layup quarter. the Vikings next posession fouled. He hit the fiw throw and could so thoroughly be in control put Port ahead 10-8. Although A few key baskets p u t Port up Germani drove inside and was Port was down 63-60. On our of a game and still end up losing. the game was close. Port was 53-45 with a few minutes left i n fouled. He converted one of two next trip down the floor we In the losing effort, Dumpson outplaying Plainview, and it was the game. At this point, the and narrowed the gap to 60-58. turned the ball over, and then as and Niwa contributed twelve only a matter of time before they game should have been over, b u t Then after a Plainview turnover, they came down, we fouled them. points each, and Batson finished pulled away. Port s t a r t e d turning the b a l l over Dumpson drilled a c l u t c h j u m p e r Their player hit the first, missed with ten points, five rebounds, two blocked shots, and a steal. Batson caught fire ofiensively and g i v i ng up a t o n of fi^ throws. that ended the second overtime the second, but they got the re- Port needs more inside produc- and was an intimidating force Afl«r a series of successful with the two teams deadlocked bound, scored and were fouled tivity fiom their big men. After on defense. The Vikings started Plainview firee throws firom the at 60. again. After hitting the free Batson fouled out, the inside playing more inspired defense stripe. Port was still up 57-52 At this point, the only thing throw. Port looked up and all of game stopped. Although they and when Kenji Niwa came i n he with 3:05 remaining. With the more frustrating than the fact a sudden they were down by six, came up short. Port displayed spau-ked the transition game t h a t absence of a shot clock. Port that they hadn't put the game 66- 6 0 with under a minute left. the ability to play really good Coach Shackel has been hoping should have been able to hold away was that there was no way Port was unable to score again, ball. If t h e y can concentrate on his team would further develop. the ball as long as necessary so to escape the off key, annoying and Plainview added another playing the whole game w i t h the The Vikings were running and the game would have ended with yelps coming fi-om the mouths of free throw to make the final score intensity that they showed for ginning as they j u m p e d out to a them on top. However, after two the Plainview cheerleaders. 67- 6 0 . spurts against Plainview, soon 22-13 lead after senior Bryce more Port turnovers and three I n the third overtime, The fans just sat there with it will be their opponents won- Romer hit a tri-fector with 4:18 more Plainview free throws. Plainview's big man drove the their mouths dropped open. No dering what happened to them. left in the half Port's lead was cut to 57-55 with lane, hit the layup and was one could understand how we Just as it seemed that Port fifty-five seconds left. was pulling away, Plainview Port had possession and could Lady Vikings open season with impressive performances came back scoring five unan- have held i t and made Plainview (Continued from back page) Ms. Joannon. swered points to bring them commit a foul, but instead they Port extended its lead to 40-30 Port then played the the second htdf in high form, within four, 22-18 with 3:13 left turned it over once more. Port as they found the open girl in Manhasset Indians i n the Cham- responding with tenacious and in the first half Romer drilled a got the ball back still leading by thier fast paced offense. pionship round. From the looks unrelenting defense. But the three pointer with under two two, but they missed a rushed At the team's second t o u r n a - of things in t h e early going, Port team did lose the lead for the minutes remaining, that put the shot which let Plainview come ment of t h e preseason. Port faced might have been in for a tough first time w i t h 4:04 remaining in Vikings on top 29-19. Then, with down the floor and hit the game Westbury away during the open- evening. The Lady Vikings the t h i r d quarter prompting Port nineteen seconds left, Niwa sank tying shot with j u s t underthirty ing round of the tenth annual turned over the ball three of the to call a time out. one from downtown that ended seconds left. Port was unable to Barbara Hoffinan Girls Invita- first four times they had posses- Things began to falter as the the first half scoring with the score on their final possession tional Basketball Tournament sion, but as the first quarter quarter wore on: "We just Vikings ahead 32-19. and the game went into the first on December 17. ended. Port was up, 6-5. Poor couldn't find a shot. We only Plainview came out on fire in overtime. Port opened the game w i t h a shot selection by Manhasset con- scored eight points in the third the second half and after three In the first overtime period, 15-6 run against the sixth tributed to the early lead. quarter... and we average about straight three-pointers they were Plainview held the ball on of- ranked Conference II team. Port regained its stride i n the 12 or 14 points a quarter" within six, 38-32 with 3:41 left in fense looking for an opening, but Despite a 16-13 second quarter second quarter and jumped to a Senior Manhasset guard the quarter. Port answered with Port's defense would not yield score, Port entered the locker 21-17 lead with 2:40 remaining. Kitch McNulty nailed a three- two treys by senior E.J. Kahn and they kept Plainview score- room at half-time with a com- Manhasset responded w i t h a full- pointer w i t h a minute-and-a-half and Niwa that put them up 44- less. The Vikings got the ball for fortable 28-22 lead. court defense, a strategy which remaining in the third quarter 32. the first time with twenty-eight "We both had 12 points in the only resulted in Port b e i n g fouled as a r e s u l t of Port failure in trtm- The Vikings w e r e in total com- seconds left, but they were also third quarter and the last quar- more often. The quarter was sition. As a result, the Lady mand at both ends of the floor unable to score and the game ter [was when] it came down to highlighted by a 6-0 stretch when Vikings ended the quarter won- and it seemed as if the game was went to a second overtime. the last four minutes which was junior Beth Shackel had two con- dering why the game slipped almostover. However, Plainview The second overtime started really ... a test of our team secutive field goals and one lay- though their fingers, the stormed back and ended the as a Plainview player drove i n - strength. They never tied i t up, up. Port entered the locker room scoreboard reading "37-33" in quarter with a 9-2 run that side, hit the la5aip and w£is fouled. though. Our defense was out- with the momentum in their fa- Manhasset's favor. Maijhasset brought them within five, 46-41 He converted the free throw and standing and our man to man vor and a five-point 25-20 lead. outscored Port 17-8 in the third quarter. as they headed into the fourth Plainview was ahead 60-57. On pressure was really good," said Port returned to the court in THE SCHREIBER TIMES SPORTS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19, 1994 15

ally powerful team, 57-40. How- Gymanstics team is outvaulted in first meet ever, there were a few bright Boys hoops spots: Leon and Browne lead the team in scoring again, with 16 and 11 points respectively. by Simon Hanft The team opened up its conference schedule with an im- The 1993-94 season opened pressive 46-42 victory over with renewed optimism for the Plainview at home on January J V boys basketball team. This 5. On the 11th, the team came team, which has suffered over up short on the road against the past few seasons, has high Herricks, 48-36, even though expectations on account of a fresh Leon had a season high 6 steals crop of fine young players. and Rob loanna, the club's point/ Sophomore Alex Martinovich, off guard, scored 8 points. The the team's premier swingman, team's record stands at 3-3, but is a returning member of last this record is sure to improve year's team and says. T h i s year's once the club overcomes their team is much more talented than chronic difficulties, like careless last year's." A good deal of suc- turnovers and mounting fouls. cess is expected from this team, When these problems are but the toughest critics of this smoothed out, very few obstacles club are the players. "This team will stand in the way of this team has a lot of individual stars, but establishing themselves among to be successful, we must come the elite of their conference. together as one team," states sophomore Gary Maslow, who is Freshman the club's rebounding force off the bench. Along with the criti- cism comes some optimism, pro- basketball vided by sophomore point guard sensation Carlos Leon. Besides by Joshua Gewolb leading the team in scoring, steals, and assists, Leon is their The Boy's Junior Varsity II floor leader, and he adds, "We Basketball team, opened their are a great team in a great town; season with crushing wins no expectation is too great with against, Clarke (62-32) and Jeri- Senior Heather Vinarski practicing her routine on the uneven bars. 'Adoof as our driving force." cho (55-40.) The team opened its exhibi- The team began the game ready their fourth gymnastics her vault exercise and a 5.5 on tion season in the St. Mary's against Jericho ahead and never by Alain Lapter meet. the bars. Her performance in Tournament with a 53-50 vic- relinquished control. The game Coach Palettela-Fish feels the events placed her second £md tory over Manhasset, and fol- was highlighted by off guard, On Jtmuary 6, the Girls Var- that concentrating on relaxation third respectively. lowed up this thrilling win with Nat Berman's high shooting per- sity Gsminastics team lost their techniques will help the team Vinarski finished third on the aheartbreakinglosstoSt. Mar/s centage and center Sam Kong's first meet of the year to Great overcome their n e r v o u s n e s s and vault w i t h a 6.9, while Comb had 64-52. Next, the team capped off accurate lay-ups. Neck North, 123.6-113.05. be able to excel in future meets. a 6.2 on the beam, earning her a its exhibition season in the I n the next geune Port went According to Coach Kris She felt badly for the girls on tie for third. Kitner finished Chaminade Tournament, win- on to beat Clarke decisively (62- Palatella-Fish and most of the account that they are such hard third on the floor exercise with a ning their first contest agtunst 32). team members, nervousness was workers. 6.8 score. Syosset, 71-61. A strong effort The team is quite elated by the main reason for the loss. Some highlights from the These score seem low because was put forth by both Randy early success: Newman said, Since most of the team consists meet came fi^m senior co-cap- in high school comp)etition, high- Browne, who contributed 22 "The team is really coming to- of freshmen, this was their first tains Amy Bratskeir, Heather score maneuvers aie not allowed. points, and Carlos Leon, who hit gether. If we can keep it up, we meet at the high school level. Vinarski, Larissa Comb, and Therefore receiving a perfect for 20. In their next game, they have a good chance of going un- This was £in advantage Great freshman Katie Kitner. score in an event is nearly im- lost to Chaminade, a perenni- defeated [this season]." Neck North had since it was al- Bratskeir received a 7.35 with possible. NFL Playoffs: Who will end up in Atlanta?

carries, 169 yards), the Lions' by Matt Engel and Ben nect with Hostetler on long pat- nator Buddy Ryan will have his fore the game, the Oilers should defense fell short in the end and Goldfarb terns as easily as he did in Los boys on a mission with one sole have a fairly easy time disposing Angeles last week. Thurman purpose: kill Joe Montana. Don't of fragile Montana and the Kan- will have eight months to re- Offense wins post season "Thermal" Thomas will step and be surprised if you see Kansas sas City Chiefs. group before next season. Most games, defense wins champion- Buffalo's blanket defense will City backup quarterback Dave The Green Bay/Dallas game, hkely, the Packers' defense will ships. As this year's NFL play- smother the Raiders, contribut- Krieg before the first quarter is teams with excellent offenses, not be able to contain Cowboys' offs finish up, the results of the ing to what will undoubtedly be over. Houston's offense has been will come down to which defense R B Emmitt Smith. Unless Smith remaining games will mostly de- a Buffalo vic- will rise loses his legs in a tragic acci- pend upon whether on not the tory. higher to the dent, expect him to play the full league's best defenses will rise Kansas challenge of game and to rush for 140+ yards. to the occasion. City ventures shutting The 49ers' league-leading of- As the L.A Raiders travel to into Houston down the op- fense will have its work cut out Buffalo this Saturday, they will on Sunday, posing of- as it takes on the defense that get a taste of the Bill's tough and it will be fense. The led the league in fewest points defense that has carried them facing the Packers come allowed. The Giants, who wil when their offense was sputter- most domi- to Dallas fol- head to San Francisco after a ing. Last week, the Raider of- nant defense lowing an ex- come-from-behind 17-10 victory fense looked unstoppable against the NFL has citing game over the Viking's #1 ranked de- Denver's non-existent defense. seen in several last-minute fense, will pose a big challenge In Buffalo, the temperatures will years. Against game victory for the Niners. be sub-zero, the winds turbulent the Steelers over the De- The #1 ranked Q B in the NFL, and Raider quarterback Jeff Joe Montana troit Lions, Steve "Forever" Young will face Hostetler will be unable to uti- led one of the 28-24. Pro- up against Giants QB Phil lize the fastest and arguably the fourth quarter bowler Ster- SImms. The Giants need their most talented receiving core in comebacks ling Sharpe backfield to keep Young from all of pro-football. Speedy re- that have been caught a last- completing the "big" plays to ceivers James Jett, Alexander made him fa- s minute, forty- Jerry Rice (aRoni, the San Fran- "If loving you is wrong then I mous. This yard bomb to cisco Treat) and John Taylor. don't want to be" Wright, and give the Packers a 27-24 lead. week, however, will be a little plajfing well, and if Buddy Ryan They must hold the Niners to Raghib "The Rocket" Ismail (if Despite Detroit RB Barry Sand- different for Montana. You can and offense coordinator Kevin under twenty points for the Gi- healthy) will not be able to con- ers outstanding performance 927 bet that Oilers defensive coordi- Gilbride don't kill each other be- ants to have a chance. Boys V a r s i t y Giants, Super Bowl Gymnastics team Basketball loses i n XXVIII Champions? falls in first meet triple overtime NFL Playoff Preview —page 14 —page 15 -page 15 VIKTNG^SPORTS THE SCHREIBER TIMES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994 Viking Wrestlers capture Glen Cove Cup tling in the lightweight or 98 by Joshua Gewdlb lbs. division. Morales fought a long and tough match, defeat- ing his opponent 2:28 minutes The Boys Varsity Wrestling into the third period. The 105 team captured the first annual lbs. Aguilar w a s almost pinned Glen Cove Challenge Cup on in the first period but escaped December 26. Port defeated a capture and emerged victori- strong Garden City team by a ous, 1:28, into the second pe- whopping 40 points, 54-14, in riod. the first round of the tourna- Junior Freddy Aguilar, ment, and moved on to the brother o f E d w i n , took down his championship round, destroy- opponent just ten seconds into ing Glen Cove by 47 points, 57- the first period. This speedy pin 10. earned the elder Aguilar the The Vikings competed in prestigious Fastest Pin A w a r d . twelve weight divisions rang- Due to these victories and ing fi-om 98 to 215 lbs. Each forfeits against senior Juan bout consists of u p to t h r e e peri- Zarate and j u n i o r Chris Cahill, ods, each period lasting up to the V i k i n g s were cruising ahead five minutes. Wrestlers win with a 36-0 lead at t h e m i d p o i n t their bouts either by pinning of the match. However, they their opponents, by forfeit, by experienced trouble i n the 132, default, or by technical fall; four 128, and 1451bs. weightclasses. points for each major decision Garden City wrestlers got the and three points for each deci- better of sophomore Scott sion are only awarded when nei- Savran, senior Anthony ther of the wrestlers pin the Coccarelli and senior Jon Boris. Senior Anthony Coccarelli pins a Hewlett wrestler in the January 13 meet. other. A pin occurs when one Despite these setbacks, Port and Manuel M o r a l e s started oflF opponent Arden Lewis, whom earned the Viking Wrestlers a wrestler brings his opponent's w£is able to fiirther solidify its the match with two wins. Mo- he pinned in j u s t 1:02. Cahill large commemorative cup, back flat on the mat. Decisions lead due to Garden City forfeits rales defeated his Glen Cove and Savran fought long, diffi- which w i l l remain i n the t r o p h y and falls are based solely on against senior Donald Affatato, opponent, sophomore Otto cult b o u t s , b u t Cahill finally put case in the main lobby until points. Points are awarded for and sophomore Robert Tesio. Delcid, in the first bout in just his opponent away with just 50 next year, when they will have takedowns, escapes fi-om con- The team ended the match on a 1:40, while i t took Aguilar one seconds to go in the third pe- a chance to defend their title. trol of a takedown, reversals high note when heavyweight round and 3:26 to p i n Glen Cove riod. Although Port's winning The wrestlers' record so far (when the defensive wrestler Charles Ham pinned his oppo- sophomore Joe Spahnoletti. streak was cut short by the vic- this season had exceeded their gains control), and near falls nent in just 45 seconds. Port's early lead quickly wid- tories of Glen Cove j u n i o r Larry highest expectations. What was (when the offensive wrestler ex- This victory enabled the ened to 39-0 due to victories by Stone and team captain senior supposed to be a "rebuilding poses h i s opponents back to the team to advance to t h e Champi- Zarate, Freddy A g u i l a r , Cahill, Carlos Shimabukuro, it quickly year" is turning out to be a pos- mat for more than two seconds). onship Match against a com- Savran and Coccarelli. Zarate resumed with a forfeit against sible championship season. T o r The first round of the Chal- petitive Glen Cove team, fi-esh easily pinned Glen Cove's Greg Bonilla and w i n s b y Tesio ( 2 : 3 7 ) a rebuilding year and a very lenge Cup opened with victo- from an easy victory over Cohen with a quick takedown and heavyweight senior Admir yoimg team, I certainly think ries by fi-eshman Manuel Mo- Friends Academy. in the first period. Aguilar had Mimgia (0:30). our progress has been o u t s t a n d - rales and Edwin Aguilar. Wres- Freshmen Edwin Aguilar an even easier time with his Their championship victory ing," said coach Bob Busby. Girls Varsity Hoops starts regular season, 2-0 On January 5, in the team's Pehlke and Tina Pavlak led to to fall. In addition, the guards an end, with Port ahead 20-18. by Joshua Silbert first regular season game. Port the low production since t h e team drove to the basket more often I f the Lady Vikings r e t u r n to defeated Uniondale, 44-34, on predominantly relied on their which led to more fouls in Port's the County Championships this the road. Regular season games outside shots for most of the first favor. Uniondale's defense be- season, this game's third quar- The period between the last take on renewed significance half The team's inside players gan to wear down as the second ter will be one to forget. Scoring few preseason and t h e first regu- since they determine which six had only 12 shots the entire half p r o g r e s s e d w h i c h helped the only six points, the quarter i n - lar season games is usually a teams fi-om each of the four con- game. team on to victory. cluded a five-minute stretch dur- time for adjustment. Teams gen- ferences make the playoffs. "Height was a tremendous With the momentum of the ing which the team was held erally begin to find their strong As the starting lineups were factor. [Uniondale] out re- previous game i n their favor. Port scoreless. suits and continue working on being called. Port knew scoring bounded us, 45-20. If you just beat the Baldwin B r u i n s for the The scoring drought contin- their deficiencies. For the Girls would be difficult since look at that, they should have second away game of the regular ued into the fourth quarter until Varsity Basketball team, this Uniondfile had three players six- dominated the game, b u t our of- season, 43-36. After a rousing Pehlke banked in the rebound normal step hasn't been neces- feet or taller on their squad. fense was really flowing," said performance in the opening min- after senior Anne Siegert's failed sary due to tough defense and Port came out strong in the Coach Stephanie Joannon. utes, the team's progress slowed. field goal attempt with 7:40 left. consistent offense. 12-6 first quarter, but second On defense. Port's forwards The first quarter ended with a The 4:36 point in the final With six of the team's twelve quarter play was poorer. Scor- fared well as they fh)nted their 10-6 score, and Stone, a Baldwin period was the make-or-break members playing in their first ing only nine p o i n t s , even though taller opponents i n order to force forward, was clearly going to be point of the game. After a year, the preseason was a valu- holding Uniondale to six, really them to lob the ball over their a handful. Baldwin made a Baldwin forward recovered from able time of growth and vital for proved to the Lady Vikings that heads when they wanted to pass strong attempt to take over the mid-air collision, the score was integration of new players at the they were up against a tough inside. lead as it tied the score at 18 33-30 in Port's favor, but the Varsity level. The team finished competitor. During the second half, how- with 1:14 remaining in the sec- Bruins had the momentum. But the month-long non-league Difficulty getting t h e ball in- ever, the team altered its execu- ond. This effort was to no avail, schedule with a 3-2 record. side to forwards seniors Joy tion and the outside shots began however; the first half came to (Continued on page 14)