Fordham Plans For Cuts by John Houseman federal programs targeted for reductions in Students and the University both began cutbacks has alarmed University officials and Reagan's 19^1 budget. They must still face they are very worried about the long-term ef- considering contingency plans this' week in close scrutiny by a Congress heavily influ- fects of such a move. "To take,that Grant light of President Reagan's announcement enced by a powerful education lobby and money away is going to hurt the private col- that the federal government is planning mas- University officials are cautioning against un- leges," said Murphey "If they cut BEOG in sive cuts in financial aid to college students. due panic. any way, the University will have to deal with Specifically, Reagan hopes to discourage "The last major piece of legislation, the it," she added. higher-income students from taking out Education Amendment Act of 1980 signed by But there may be little the University can Guaranteed Student Loans by forcing them President Carter on October 3, took two do if it is faced with students made ineligible to pay the interest while still in school. He is years to design and work through the com- for BEOG and unable to obtain loans. At also seeking to reduce the government's ex- promises. It is not a quick process," said Al- this point, Murphey said, the Fordham ad- penditures for Basic Educational Opportuni- ice Murphey assistant director of Financial ministration is "aware of the problem" and ty Grants by requiring both the student and Aid at Rose Hill. is investigating every possibility for dealing his family to contribute more money toward Any Congressional action will probably with it. "This could be a major problem for tuition expenses. not take effect until after the 1981-82 school the University," she concluded. Both of these programs were among 83 year. But just the possibility of such extensive Continued on page 7 Ass V Financial A id Director A. Murphey

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Prices Biggest Obstacle; USG Proposal; USG Stalls Boycott Seeks Veto As Talks Continue Power Over by Beth Stickney The University has an obligation to pro- SAC Policy The proposed Rose Hill United Student vide a service to the students, Hahn said, but Government boycott of Saga, described by "they're not providing a service, they're by Margaret Grottola USG Executive Vice-President Bob Hahn as merely running a business." He added that The Rose Hill United Student Government the "biggest issue" the organization now while Dean of Students Joseph McGowan approved a proposal last Monday which faces, is still under consideration pending the has always attended student meetings willing- would allow it to suspend the Student Activi- results of next Monday's USG meeting. The ly, "it seems that nothing ever gets done." ties Council's allocations and decisions in- major grievance leading to the boycott pro- USG President Vince DeMarco agreed that volving campus clubs and activities. The pro- posal was Saga's pricing policy. both parties are at fault. "Neither one [Saga posal now goes to SAC, which will review In a telephone interview after last Mon- nor the administration] is riding a white Saga Director Bill Phelps and eventually vote on whether or not to ac- day's USG meeting, during which the USG charger," he said. He added that although said his operation is "suffering from a lot of cept the proposal. passed a motion to exclude nonmembers dur- Saga has been responsive to student com- things that will take a couple of years to According to the proposal, USG would ing the USG Food Committee report [see plaints and suggestions, "they should be pin- straighten out." The kitchen, for example, now have a "check-and-balance relation- page 5], Hahn said, "USG is leaning toward pointing the problems." According to De- has not been renovated in 25 years, a situa- ship" with SAC regarding SAC's allocations the boycott, but we want to be cautious." He Marco, many of USG's complaints are sim- tion which Phelps hopes to remedy with an of student activities money. The proposal emphasized the USG's complaints are not ply due to managerial problems and Saga additional budget request made to the Uni- reads in part,, "The USG shall be empowered to suspend a decision of the SAC until a set- aimed solely at Saga and "there also seems to should be able to recognize these and deal versity in his proposed budget for next year. tlement is reached... between Assistant be a problem with the University's involve- with them. "Now it's up to the University," he said. "I Bill Phelps, Saga's food service director, think we've been cooperating with the stu- Chairperson of SAC and the President of the dents." As for the meeting arranged two USG." weeks ago between Saga and the USG food Ray Murphy, chairperson of the USG Sen- committee, Phelps said, "I told them that ate committee on the proposal, explained, Hobart [a dishwasher company] was here and "USG can suspend controversial decisions Sago Corp. Nets Big Profit I couldn't makethe meeting." proposed by SAC for a two-week period. Phelps did not, seem overly concerned During this time the [USG] president and as- sistant chairperson of the SAC will try to revenues of $225.4 million creased profit came from Sa- about the prospect of a boycott. "I don't byBobTulini reach a settlement, which is then approved by during that second quarter, ga Corporation's restaurant know how it would affect me," he said. The Saga Corporation real- the USG Senate." ized a 30 percent increase in up 12.4 percent from 1980. and hospital business. "Last "Financially it wouldn't hurt me that much." Under the proposal, if the USG president profit in the second quarter For the first six months of fis- year the Corporation had The boycott, according to DeMarco, and SAC assistant chairperson cannot reach of fiscal year 1981 over the cal year 1981 (July through many write-offs, especially in would not only affect Saga but also convey a decision in two weeks, the USG Senate same quarter in 1980. This in- December 27, 1980), Saga's reducing the number of res- the message to the administration that it is net income rose 27 percent to taurants in California," he not adequately serving student concerns. As would vote on whether to keep the suspen- crease totaled $5.2 million net sion or allow the SAC decision to stand. That $6.2 million, and its total rev- stated. "This [fiscal] year, for the practicality of the boycott, DeMarco income during the months of renewed suspension would remain until the enue increased 11.9 percent to the Midwest restaurants, said that alternative eating accommodations October through December, next USG meeting, when the Senate would 1980. $398.9 million. West pizza shops, and hospi- would be arranged, such as RHA-sponsored tal business have picked up beer and pizza nights. vote on any settlement reached in the interim According to the March 2 Saga's Fordham food ser- or choose to arbitrate the SAC decision. issue of the National Res- vice manager, Bill Phelps, ex- tremendously." Although USG food committee chairperson Tim taurant News, Saga had total plained that most of this in- Continued on page 5 Barr is at least one USG member who does "Since the proposal has been passed by Continued on page 3 USG, we consider it to be a current part of our governing body," said Vince DeMarco, USG president and originator of the proposal. "However, it has yei to be incorporated into Groups Suggest Student Service Hike the SAC constitution." He sees the proposal as "an asset to USG, SAC, and most impor- tantly the student body." by Mary Lou Hurley and Ed Tagliaferri lar allocations for student services. It is an In preparing a list of suggestions, DeMarco DeMarco hopes the USG will be able to Rose Hill United Student Government add-on." Rutkowski said the increase will has consulted with several student leaders "appoint more students on SAC so that President Vince DeMarco and Lincoln become a regular part of the budget in two or "who have experience working with the ad- students, rather than faculty members, will Center President Fran Sabbatino will present three years. ministration." be managing their own money." In the words proposals to the Administrative Council on Marie Tassini, RH-USG vice-president of of the proposal, "it is believed that for true March 1 for spending the $500,000 which will finance, who spoke with DeMarco, said student representation to exist on the SAC, come from next year's tuition increases. health service, ..'cunty, and career planning all of the students should be appointed by the Other student service organizations are aso were discussed as important areas for im- Student Government, that is the Fordham preparing requests for the Council. provement. College and College of Business Administra- Executive Assistant to the President Con- Another topic Tassini mentioned was cre- tion appointments be made directly by the re- rad Rutkowski said this is the first time since ationg a liaison between the students and ad- spective governments." lie has been at Fordham that students will ministration. "There seems to be a lack of DeMarco noted further, "SAC will contin- consult with the Council concerning the ex- communication between students and admin- ue to manage student moneys while USG, the penditure of budget money^see page 5). istration," said Tassini. "Maybe we could student governing body, will now have a The 1981-82 tuition increase of approxi- have another person along the lines of dean healthy check system on SAC." Murphy mately 13 percent includes a two percent allo- Of students." added, "I don't foresee any problems with cation "targeted primarily for student ser- At last Monday's RH-USG meeting, De- this proposal. In fact, it encourages the stu- vices," according to Rutkowski. ' The Marco announced some of his suggestions. dents to manage their own money rather than budget allocation is over and above the regu- Vince DeMarco Continued on page 7 place a focus on the deans or administration." 2 / THE RAM / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1981

Friday, February 27 Keating 1st. All students with ID are welcome Cinevents presents North By Northwest tonight Fordham Basketball The Fordham Rams will play at 8:00 In Keating 1st. All students with ID are tonight in the ECAC Division I Regional welcome. The Campus Activities Board is taking appli- Playoffs at Nassau Veterans Memorial Modern Language Clubs present a Mardi Cras cations this week for assistant chairpersons, Coliseum. The Rams will play at 9:00 tonight tonight in the CC Faculty Lounge. Costumes representatives, and voting members of the In the Semi-Final Round against a team to be are required and refreshments will be served. seven CAB committees. Applications are avail- announced. Tickets will be on sale in the Admission is $5.00 and the festivities begin at able in the Campus Center Director's Office Athletic Department. 8:00. Prizes will be awarded for the best and are due Thursday, March 12 at 5 P.M. College Democrats will hold an important costumes. The 22-member Board consists of the chair- meeting today at 10:30 A.M. in Dealy 107 to CB A and FC Class of '84 present a Preppy Mixer person of the Board and the chairperson and discuss semester events for this spring and tonight In the Ramskellar at 8:30 featuring D.j. two assistant chairpersons who serve as repre- next fall. All are welcome and new members Chris Brande. Best-dressed Prepsters receive sentatives from the American Age, Calendar are encouraged to attend. copies of The Preppy Handbook. Also, raffle of and Public Relations, Glnevents, Concerts, Cul- A.I.B.S. will hold a meeting today at 10:30 A.M. in free Josten Yellow Lustrium College Ring. All tural Affairs, Fine Arts, and Special Events Keating 3rd. Seniors will be available to are asked to bring their pet alligators. All Committees. Each Individual committee con- answer quetictns concerning the MCAT and students are welcome. Admission is $1.00. sists of the chairperson, the two assistant chair- postgraduate studies. After the question and Mimes and Mummers proudly presents Chicago: persons, and 10 to 25 voting members. abswer session, final ndmlhations for the A musical vaudeville. Come enjoy the show elections will be held. Attendance is man- tonight at 8:00 in Collins Auditorium. Also datory. All Interested students fire welcome. showing next week—Thursday, Friday, and Writers' Club presents Daniel Halpern, poet, Saturday at 8 P.M. All are invited to attend. presentation and discussion of ancient callig- author of Life Among Others, teacher in Admission is $2 with ID and $3 for general raphy today at 12:30 P.M. in the Classics graduate writing program at Columbia, editor admission. Department. All members are invited to of Antaeus and Ecco Press, who will speak Saturday, February 28 attend. today at 10:30 A.M. in Keating Little theater. Fordham's LaCrosse Club will have its first Ramskellar presents Aztec Two Step with T.G.F., All are invited to attend. scrimmage of the season today at 2 P.M. in tonight at 9:00. All students are welcome. Fordham Golf Team will hold a meeting today at Mamaroneck. All are welcome to come enjoy Admission is $2.50 with ID and $6 for general 11:00 A.M. in the Athletic Director's Office in this exciting sport. admission. x the Old Gym. Anyone interested In joining the Today marks the 21st anniversary! of the College Republicans will hold a reorganizational golf team should attend. Prior experience Is dedication and opening of the Campus Center, meeting today at 12:30 P.M. in the Campus not necessary, and all are welcome. February 28,1960. Center. All interested students are encouraged Laennec Pre-Medical Society will host Captain WAC is sponsoring a bus trip today to the to attend. William Berrtfield and Mike Buhda, FC'79, 3rd- Museum of Natural History-Hayden Plan- Laennec Pre-Medical Society will host Hope year student at Valhala, who will discuss Army etarium's presentation of Lazarium. The Freelander of New York Podlatric Assri. and scholarships for Medical and Osteopathic performance begins at 8 P.M. and the bus will two students of the school who will give a School, today at 10:30 A.M. in JMH 108. All leave at 6 P.M. from the Campus Center. The lecture arid slide presentation, today at 12:30 interested students are welcome. cost is $4 per person. For further information, P.M. ih jMH Rm. 108. Refreshments will be Senior Committee presents 81 Days to Gradua- contact the Student Activities Office. served. All interested students are welcome to tion Mixer, featuring the rockin' 'ft' Rollin' Monday, March 2 attend. dance band Strawbridge. Senior T-shirts will be Hunger Action Committee would like to The Gaelic Soc|ety will have a very irnportant on sale for $5 at the door. Buy or wear your T- announce that material for Operation Rice meeting today at 12:30 P.M. in Keating 114. This shlrt and get a free beer. Corrie out and dance, Bowl will be handed out today thru Friday 3/6 meeting will discuss Irish Culture Week, March celebrate and invest in a successful Senior in the lobby of the Campus Center. O.R.B. is a 4-13. All members are required to attend and Week. The dancing begins at 8:30 P.M. in the fund-raising activity for the hungry of the other interested students are welcome. Ramskellar. All students are welcome. world. Wednesday, March 4 Friday, March 6 Writers' Club presents literafy agent Robert Irish Culture Week starts off with the film The , Irish Culture Week continues with Irish Enter- Cornfield of the Robert Cornfield Agency, who Quiet Man, sponsored by the Gaelic Society tainment in the cafeteria today from 4:30-7:30. represents Mikhail Barishnikov, Mark Strand, and Cinevents. The film will be shown today All are invited to enjoy'this event sponsored Robert Christgav and others. The lecture will at 2:30 P.M. and again tonight at 7:30 in Keating by the Gaelic Society and WAC. begin at 2:30 P.M. in Keating Rm. 300. All are 1st. All students with ID are welcome. Announcements welcome to attend. Pax Christi, an international organization for Fellowships and Grants Residence Halls application forms will be peace, will hold a general meeting today at Application Deadlines: Rotary International available to commuter and transfer students 7:00 P.M. in CC Rm. 229A, followed by a film Scholarships, March 1; New York State Herbert, today in Bishop's Lounge (Queen's Court) at entitled Nuclear Countdown. All interested H. Lehman Graduate Fellowships (Social 9:00 A.M. students are welcome. Sciences, Public Affairs, International Affairs), Tuesday, March 3 Ramskellar will host a Country arid Western March 11; New York City Urban Fellows, March Cultural Afffairs will sell tickets for the Metro- Slight starting at 8:30 P.M. All students are 13. For further information and applications, politan Museum of Art today at 1:30 P.M. in the welcome. please see Dean Duffy in Keating 302 Campus Center Lobby. All students with ID are immediately. welcome. Thursday, March 5 State of New York Assembly internships are Cultural Affairs presents Deathtrap at the Music American Age Lecture Series presents Dr. Slaisdn available for the" summer of i98t The Intern- Box Theatre. The bus will leave from the of the Afro-American Studies Department, the ships are research projects in Albany, full-time Campus Center at 6:30 P.M. lecture will begin at 10:30 P.M. in the CC Music between June 15 and August 21; the stipend is Modern Ancients (Classics Club) presents Room. All dre invited to attehd. $2000. The application deadline is April 1. For graduate student Chris Rya of the Classics Cinevents presents this week's film, Caddyshack, further Information, see Prof. Bruce Berg in Department, who will be giving a slide today at 10:30 A.M. and again at 8:00 P.M. in Dealy 630 immediately.

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pate, "College insurance is not profitable un- Consider less it is done on a large volume," he said. He also said that a policy would have to be found which would cover both the Rose Hill Student campus and the Lincoln Center campus, # which has a large population of older stu- dents. Rose Hill United Student Government pres- Insurance ident Vince DeMarco said the USG will not support the plan until the University provides by Patrick Honan more information. "I think students have The University is considering a proposal enough to worry about with the tuition in- requiring all students to participate in a Uni- crease for next year," said DeMarco. He also versity sponsored health and accident insur- said the earliest the plan could begin would ance plan. The plan, if made mandatory, be spring semester of 1982. would be added on to next year's tuition at a Students informed of the insurance plan cost of approximately $5 • per student per felt it added insult to the injury of the recent- year. ly announced tuition increases. Security Director Thomas Courtney "I don't think it's the University's place to charge for insurance," said Phil McKenna, FC'82, a commuter. "1 already have insur- ance. I wish the University could tell us exact- Seek RH Student Gunman ly where the $500 tuition increase is going that they need $5 more for insurance." by Mary Galligan back-up units and entered the University. Charles Yochim, FC'82, doubted that the They went immediately to the Ramskellar, $5 charge would remain so low. "They say it A male tentatively identified as a Fordham feeling this was a logical place to begin -to is only $5, but these things have a tendency to University student allegedly threatened a search for the suspeet. balloon," he said. "It is an unnecessary ex- Bronx resident early Wednesday morning, The six members of the police department pense to impose on every student. Students February 11. could not find any suspect, nor could they see living at home are already covered by their According to University Security Director any signs of disturbance and left the campus. parents' policy," said Yochim. "It should Thomas Courtney, the suspect allegedly exit- They took no further action. When The Ram never be mandatory." ed a bar on the corner of Bainbridge and asked Courtney to see a copy of the police re- "It should be more optional," said Tom Fordham Road, approached a phone booth port he said, "I have not spoken to the police Cusanelli, FC'82, of the plan. "Why should on the same corner and threatened the life of as of yet, nor have I spoken to the [IBI] my father pay for me on his own policy and a man in the phone booth with a gun. A guards present." Courtney did not comment then have to pay again?" he asked. squad car a block from the scene of the crime on why a two-week period had elapsed since According to McGowan, the University is responded to a call from the victim immedi- the event had occurred with no follow-up in- Dean of Students Joseph McGowan only responsible for student injuries in cases ately. The police saw the alleged student run vestigation. where the University has been negligent. In down Fordham Road and enter the Third A representative from the New York City "It's smart to consider insurance," said all other cases, McGowan said, the student is Avenue gate to Fordham University. Police Department said the suspect has not Dean of Students Joseph McGowan. "Lots responsible. The only students exempt are Officer Jarvis, the IBI guard posted at the been definitely identified as a Fordham Uni- of young people don't realize that everyone is varsity athletes covered when playing or prac- gate, claimed he recognized the fleeing man versity student, but the police believe he is be- vulnerable. Medical costs are so high that it is ticing. Those participating in intramurals and as a Fordham student arid allowed him to en- cause he was a white male and entered the a worthwhile investment," he said. club sports must have an insurance policy, ter the campus. According to Courtney, campus without encountering any resistance. But according to McGowan several McGowan said. "The officer felt there was no need to ask for Neither the police nor Courtney could ex- problems have yet to be worked out. He In addition, student dormitories and park- ID since he recognized him and the student plain why no attempt has been made for Jar- noted that for the cost to be as low as $5 per ing lots in most cases are not covered by the did not threaten his life, nor did he see any vis to identify the suspect, since he did recog- student, every student would have to partici- Univefsity insurance policy. gun." The police called for two additional nize him. LC Eyes Student - Faculty Center

' by Ed Tagliaferri understand the plan, there will be at most one get off the ground," noting possible prob- with an opportunity to have one-to-one con- In an attempt to make the faculty of the person from each department there," he said. lems with faculty office hours. "The faculty tact with faculty members.v"We've had it College at Lincoln Center more accessible to Assistant Dean of the College at Lincoln will want to keep their own qffice hours [in since the school's inception 12 years ago," he the students, College Council member Steve Center Ully Hirsch said that anything that in- addition to the project], but they will be un- said, adding that teachers are paid extra for DeLorenz is currently researching the pos- creases student-faculty contact is a good able to do both." the hour and twenty minutes they devote to sibility of a student-faculty center. Entitled idea, but added, "The specifics are not realis- DeLorenz said the idea for the project their version of the plan. Project FIRST (Fordham Independent Re- tic." She said that since different professors came from his high school, John Dewey in DeLorenz said he was optimistic about the search Study and Tutorial), the plan would expect different things from students, the Brooklyn. "It was an experimental school," plan. "I've been getting good responses from turn the second-floor lounge into this center. program may cause some confusion. he said. The school's principal, Michael Cos- the students and the faculty want to know, "Often at Lincoln Center, student hours Lincoln Center USG President Fran Sab- tello, called the program "exceptionally suc- more about it. Right now we have to put it and a professor's hours don't coincide," batino characterized the plan as "difficult to cessful." He noted it provides the student intoterms.'\ said DeLorenz. Noting that LC is entirely a commuter school, he added it is difficult for students and faculty members to coordinate schedules. According to DeLorenz, the plan would make various professors from each Osgood Speaks At Fordham department available to students in the sec- ond-floor lounge. "It would open you up to by Chris Keating Could Be Finer Than A Crisis That Is Minor use your teacher's hours as well as other's Charles Osgood, the CBS News correspon- In The Morning. hours," he said. In addition, he noted that dent, spoke about his career and his Ford- the plan would allow professors to get to ham education to nearly 150 students in the Much of Osgood's book and broadcasts know students as well as other professors. Keating third floor lecture hall on Tuesday. are in poetry. He wrote the following about Members of the College Council have rec- A 1954 Fordham College graduate, Os- Fordham: ommended the issue be investigated. Accord- good majored in economics. He spent much ing to DeLorenz, Dr. Barry Goldberg of the of his college career at WFUV-FM, working along with Alan Alda and Jack Haley, Jr. "I At Fordham College on Rose Hill EXCEL program questioned whether the I learned a most important skill, problem really existed, and asked for some used to hang around up on this floor so For it was then and there you see information on it. much," he said. Before Osgood spoke, I earned my own B.S. degree. WFUV interviewed him. To gather student response, DeLorenz dis- AtFUV I first learned how tributed petitions. By Tuesday afternoon, he "I think I have the greatest job in the To do what I am doing now, expected to have close to 200 signatures. The world," he said. "It's fun. You meet fas- What Fordham gave me, now I'm giving; petition read, "It is true my study time is cinating people. I can't see myself doing any- It sure beats 'working for a living. often different than the scheduled office thing else." Charles Osgood hours of my instructors. 1 recognize this Since 1972, Osgood has broadcast the 7 problem and urge Project FIRST. I think it is A.M. and 9 A.M. nationwide weekday news a very realistic solution. Let Steve's proposal on the CBS radio network. This past sum- become a reality." mer, he served as the co-anchorman of CBS Members of the Council were generally not radio's presidential convention coverage. USG Stalls Boycott optimistic about the proposal. Associate Recently, he was promoted to the anchor- Dean of Students Ro^lyn Hartmann ad- man position on the CBS Sunday Night Continued from page 1 priced nightly dinner special and has started mitted that the idea would be "difficult to News. He said, however, "Tha does not put not support the boycott. He declined to com- to work with students to develop alternative pull off." She noted that it would not be easy me in the same league with Dan lather." ment specifically but said, "I'm not support- meal plans for next yaer. Maintenance prob- to tell the faculty to sit in the lounge, but Osgood said his education helped him at- ing a boycott. I feel I was misrepresented [in lems (which fall under University domain), pointed out that DeLorenz was expressing a tain his current success. "The philosophy last week's issue of The Ram.)" such as leaky pipes in the Ramskellar, will al- need of the students. classes were very helpful. But 1 can't explain so be corrected by physical plant during Council member Dr. Leonard Nissim, why." He added, "I never took a writing At Monday's meeting Barr outlined the re- spring break. from the science and mathematics depart- course or a radio or television course. 1 am sults of the discussion betweenthe University DeMarco plans to contact McGowan and ment, called the project "feasible" but added surprised that, people think I went to Har- food committee and Phelps. Some of the ma- Phelps this week to request that they attend that it would not really make much difference. vard." jor concessions made by Phelps include a de- next Monday's USG meeting. McGowan said "Students already walk in to ask questions of Recently, Osgood has been the subject of crease in pizza topping prices, more frequent of his intended plans, "I'll just wait to hear other faculty members," he noted. He went feature articles in the Los Angeles Times, the bussing of tables in the Ramskellar, and a from Vince [DeMarco]." He added, "My on to say that the layout of'offices in his de- Chicago Tribune, Time, Newsweek and The worker training program to improve the hope would be that they could settle their partment encourages this, since they are right Ram. A collection of his best broadcasts has quality of food preparation. problems in another way [other than the boy- down the corridor from one another. "As 1 been published in a book called Nothing Phelps has also instituted a moderately cott)." 4 / THE RAM / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1981

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Tournament American Age lecturer Gordon Zahn presented a film recounting the trial and The Fordham Debate Society took first execution of a man who refused to serve in place in a field of 44 teams at a prestigious Hitler's army. Last Tuesday's Rose Hill tournament at Princeton University. presentation marked the first time the film The winning team consisted of Mike Coyle has been shown in The Bronx. FC'82 and Ed O'Toole FC'81. The pair beat Zahn, a professor of sociology at the Columbia University in the final round. It University of Massachusetts in Boston, said was an especially satisfying win for the team the movie, entitled The Refusal, based upon because last year Columbia was victorious in his book, In Solitary Witness, received the final round against Fordham. several awards at a film festival in West This weekend the society will host an Germany, including best film. International Intercollegiate Debate Students who usually cut across the grass on their way to Keating Hall from Kdward's The film is a recreation of the story of Tournament. Approximately 40 teams Parade are in for a nasty surprise next time when they run into the latest addition to the Franz Jagerstatter, a peasant executed for his representing such institutions as McGill, Fordham landscape. The addition, a green chain link fence, runs along the hedges of the path peaceful protest of the National Socialist Concordia, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, leading from the rear of Keating Hall to the stairs near Edwards Parade and the Seismic movement in Germany during World War II. Vasser, Colgate, Smith and Amherst will Station. The story line is interspersed with filmed participate. The fourth annual tournament, The fence cost the University approximately $1500 and will cost students a few extra interviews of villagers who knew Jagerstatter nicknamed the "Fordham Fandango," is minutes to get to their Keating classes. Good fences may make good neighbors, but what will and were personally involved in his experi- being coordinated by O'Toole and Tom they do for student punctuality? ences. Zahn also interviewed many of these MooneyCBA'81. same people for his book to get first-hand As the host college, Fordham will not accounts. participate in the two-day event. The first The film portrays Jagerstatter as a deeply two rounds, held on Friday, will begin at religious man who, despite the possible 4:30. The tournament will pick up Saturday . Hunger Action Plans Rice Bowl ramifications in store for his wife and three morning with three rounds starting at 10:30, Fordham's Hunger Action Committee is meal or snack each week as a "hunger meal" children, resisted a call for military service and continue throughout the day with the sponsoring Operation Rice Bowl again and to contribute the money saved at that under the flag of the Third Reich. finals between the top two teams scheduled during Lent. Proceeds will go to the Catholic meal to the Rice Bowl. He sees this action as He refused to be identified with the Nazi for 4:30 in Keating first floor lecture hall. Relief Services, which provides food and ser- both a "spiritual commemoration and a fund movement, which he described as a "train "Fordham's tournament is a growing vices for impoverished people abroad and in raiser." Flynn noted that 75 percent of the bound for hell." Everyone else around him is tournament," said Mooney, "Fordham's the area. money raised will go to emergency relief boarding this "train" at any price, he said, reputation on the circuit is tremendous." Committee chairperson Bernie Flynn, FC work in Africa, Cambodia, and South but his conscience did not allow him to do the '82, said the group is asking Fordham America while the other 25 percent will go to same. — Cathy Woods students and faculty to give up part of one local parishes in the Bronx. — Kevin Cusick Administrative Council Steers University Policy

by Greg Panico ' and student-related issues. Its meetings, the Administrative versity-wide matters," Reiss within the Fordham com- tion, the Council consults the . The Administrative Coun- influence affects virtually all Council helps formulate said. munity that merit administra- authoritative source within cil, a decision making body University policy-making de- policy and solve problems. Reiss cited long range plan- tive attention. Fordham to gain full under- of high ranking Fordham cisions, and although on an "It deals with a broad ning policy procedures, facul- Council members include standing of the problem area. University administrators, institutional level, it func- range of issues from aca- ty development, housing Finlay; who serves as chair- After this action is taken, the meets regularly to discuss the tions much like President demics to how tuition policy, finance, fund raising person, Reiss; Dr. Conrad Council makes recommenda- state of affairs of Fordham Reagan's cabinet. payments are handled to efforts, planning the aca- Rutkowski, executive tions or formulates policy. and to advise University According to Executive business matters. The Coun- demic calendar, and student assistant to the President; Dr. Long-range issues of con- President Rev. James C. Fin- Vice-President Paul J. Reiss, cil has one vote, that of the life as areas of concern for Joseph McCarthy, vice-presi- cern to the Council include lay, S.J., on decisions con- who is responsible for plan- President, but it helps the the Council. It also deals with dent for academic affairs; topics dealing with Ford- cerning academic, economic ning agenda for Council President with diverse Uni- any problems or issues arising Brother James Kenny, S.J., ham's future as an academic financial vice-president and institution. They include treasurer; Rev. George declining enrollment, a McMahon, S.J., vice possible shift from president for administration; Fordham's current status as a Public Barred From USG Meeting John Wellington, vice-presi- predominantly commuter dent for institutional ad- school to a predominantly vancement; and Rev. Francis residential school, and Ford- by Pete Jiinovas motion to bar non-USG may have appeared in The torial also questioned the Mackin, S.J., vice president ham's present and future and Cathy Woods members from the meeting Ram is minor compared with closing of what had been for Fordham in Westchester. status as a regional institu- tion. The Rose Hill United Stu- probably resulted from "bad the more important issues called an "open meeting" Dean of Students Joseph dent Government ejected all feelings toward The Ram." about the food service in- and stated that "some USG McGowan, although not a Although the Council does non-USG members during USG Food Committee chair- volved here." members say they were given permanent member of the not have final word on major the middle of what was billed person Tim Barr felt he had In its February 25 issue, the a gag order during the closed Council, is consulted on mat- University changes and laws, as an "open meeting" last been misrepresented in the paper printed an editorial door discussion." ters concerning student it does serve as a major influ- Monday night. The action oc- February 19 issue of The Ram. criticizing the USG action. It USG Executive Vice-Presi- affairs. encing and advising body to curred before the USG Food Commenting on this ac^ reads in part, "USG's secrecy dent Bob Hahn said the USG "One priority of the Coun- Finlay. In issues involving a Committee delivered its re- tion, Rick Marsico, editor- and paranoia—they assert Senate did not want to have cil is the level and quality of Board of Trustees vote, such port. in-chief of The Ram, said, "I that the press distorted their the discussion on public rec- student services at Fordham as tuition increases, the consider it to be an affront to USG Vice-President of statements on Saga at the last ord because the Senate felt which have recently included President, who serves as an The Rain and the student Communications Tim O'Bri- meeting—is unbefitting the "it would have foiled their ef- food service matters and acting member of the Board body. The meeting was pub- of Trustees, could very likely en explained, "The discus- situation. Just like the boy- forts at a successful boycott," some student dissatisfaction licized as being open and concerning transportation to be influenced by sion which takes place in a cott, if there is one, USG is he said. should have stayed that way. making a big deal out of a Susan Devin," Rutkowski recommendations from the meeting should not be print- The dismissal of non-USG Any misrepresentation that clear-cut problem." The edi- said. Council. ed." He also noted that the members from the meeting is . in direct violation of Robert's "Its purpose is not to pass Rules of Order, which by When dealing with prob- laws, but to deal with the USG Constitution is to be lem issues such as food issues," Rutkowski Saga Corp. Nets Big Profit the procedural guide for all service or student transporta- commented. meetings, said Marsico. Ac- Continued from page 1 part of the Corporation's in- Saga receives 66 percent of its cording to these rules, in or- college food service remains creased profit is coming from earnings from restaurants der to change the procedure the biggest part of Saga's college food service, where and 34 percent from food ser- of a meeting, a motion must business, most of the com- Saga is trying to renegotiate vices, which include schools, be passed to adjourn, to rise, pany's profit comes from its contracts with colleges. businesses, and hospitals. In or to defer action. The meet- restaurants. terms of revenues, Saga gets ing last Monday night, how- According to Phelps, sa- At Fordham, Saga suffered 69 percent from food services ever, was designated an open meeting and no such motion ga's education division has "substantial losses" during and 31 percent from its Black was passed. little to do with the corpora- its first semester (September Angus, Straw Hat Pizza, and tion's profit structure. "The through December 1980). He Velvet Turtle restaurants. Marsico continued, "Right education division has a set feels Saga has rectified this now, I am considering bring- intake (according to the limit- situation and will be able to Phelps stated Saga hopes ing this matter up to the at- ed amount of money a college realize a small profit in the to build a small mall on the tention of the USG Court and can supply the food service]. near future, which will be lower level of the Campus filing a grievance through the We arc working wilh a profit turned over to the Unviersity, Center in a year or two. This Dean of Students' [Joseph limitation," he said. This which will in turn return the mall may include a bank, McGowan] office. However, profit limitation includes the money to Saga for building drug'store, small restaurants, I am not interested in pursu- ing this matter further than set income Saga receives from and equipment improve- and study halls. Phelps also that, as my intention is solely meal plan students as well as ments. denied rumors that Saga to show the USG that if they a college's limited contribu- According to an article plans to leave Fordham after want to play games, they tions to the food service. He published in The New York this semester if it does not should play by the rules." noted, however, that a small Times on February 7, 1981, break even. Executive Vice-President Paul Reiss 6 / THE RAM / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1981

Fordham area. "This is a primary povcru b> \faryellen Gordon area now because of the consistency of the Seven years ago the residents of several Nortwest Bronx communities looked around population," said Harr. "We have HK their neighborhoods and realized that the second largest Social Security-recipicn- slum buildings, slumlords and violence N.W. Bronx Coalition group, with 38% of the tenants being senior throughout the area were not for the best. citizens and 20% receiving welfare, but we Their concern, matched with the enthusiasm are determined not to throw the neioh- of Bishop Patrick V. Ahern, Episcopal Vicar borhoodsaway." of the Northwest Bronx and Pastor of Our To combat the rapid deterioration, the Lady of Angels Roman Catholic Church, was Steadies'War Zones' FBCC has assumed the task of mediator bet- the foundation on which the Northwest ween government agencies and tenants. "We Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition was try to work with the city and with banks to built. time. They have no one older to depend on or subsidize housing so that rents don't fly up Ann Devenney, president of the coalition to trust; that is why so many turn out the after repairs are made," Harr explained and 19-year resident of the Bronx, explained wrong way. We're finally realizing the "We also try to work with the city to get 7 A that forming the organization was an attempt responsibility we have to ourselves and to Administrators, which are court-appointed to stabilize the "war zones." "You know, them." landlords, for problem buildings." people generally try to run from trouble," The Youth Development Program of the The FBCC also consists of numeroiu she said. "But that is stupid because it will Coalition includes events ranging from prevention committees which have been for- always follow you." baseball, football and various social activities med in order to encourage residents to "fieht The Coalition, which now includes 11 to an expanded Kennedy Center for Child for their neighborhoods. We realize thai neighborhood associations ranging from Study. violence is on an upswing in the area and we Crotona to Morris Heights and as far as Nor- Another aspect of the Coalition is its Anti- are trying to encourage people to adopt the North Kingsbridge/Riverdale, decided that Crime Program. This program sponsors 'take-back-the-streets' approach. We hold they only wanted to start with the basics. films, lectures and presentations on crime open meetings with the police, however, "Originally we just were going to try to clean prevention, fire prevention and organization these usually come to dead ends because we up the buildings a bit, but we soon found out of neighborhood security. They also arrange ask for foot patrols and increased protection. that a lot of other things required our atten- open discussion meetings at which residents They come back with the issue of finance and tion," said Devenney. "So, we started to can confront police and fire department per- officer shortages." form neighborhood security patrols, to sonnel with their complaints and opinions, in Harr explained that an Arson Prevention rebuild the parks and to fight with the order to achieve maximum safety conditions. Committee has recently been formed because politicians." According to Devenney, the coalition has of the increased episodes of arson, including recently involved itself in insurance in- such businesses as Jahn's Restaurant and the The more the residents became involved Ann Devenney with government bureaucracy, the more ap- vestigations to insure fair premium rates and Valentine Road store-complex fires. "When parent it became that they needed each could blow my top when these people knock has initiated discussions with both the Sanita- business starts failing, it becomes tempting to other's respect and cooperation in order to New York," Devenney fumed. "What would tion Department for improved services and some of the landlords to just get whatever in- accomplish anything. And so the they do without that check?" local banks and merchants for reinvestment surance money they can. With the Arson organization's motto, "People Power," was Although Bishop Ahern, a founding mem- proposals. "I guess wejust like to fight," Committee, it will become apparent to these born. "We created the name in order to ap- ber of the Coalition, has recently been said Devenney about the Coalition members. people that we are familiar with that ap- prove that we can and must be heard," reassigned to a Staten Island parish, the role "Or maybe it is just that all of us would like proach. We can also get an idea of specific Devenney explained. of religion is still a strong one in the North- to see the Bronx as one safe community trouble-makers and keep a watch on these Devenney stressed that the organization is west Bronx Community and Clergy again." She continued, "Well, whatever it is, people. Maybe this will force landlords to a totally integrated one. "There are all types Coalition. Many of the members are regular it sure makes everyone involved here feel think twice before attempting arson," stated of people out there, both good and bad," she parishioners at area churches and the church really good. We are reacting to and for each Harr. said. "I'm tired of hearing people say that buildings themselves are used as committee other and that's what community The FBCC has recently formed its own the Puerto Ricans are all to blame or that the meeting places. Clergy are often responsible organizations are all about." Housing Management Company that enables blacks are all to blame." Devenney continued for organizing various functions or activities, residents to involve themselves with the to say that coalition members do not look at particularly involving youth groups. The Fordham-Bedford Coalition management and provide technical assistance each other as separate races or creeds, but Members of the community groups do feel The Rose Hill campus is in an area which is to other tenants. "We can accomplish things rather as concerned tenants working towards a great deal of concern about the neigh- monitored by the Fordham-Bedford much more quickly than urban planners and the same goal: a beautiful Bronx. borhood children. "We're trying to educate Coalition, one of the 11 neighborhood can also develop plans to better accomodate One of the organization's main problems is the parents and the children, because these associations that make up the entire North- our residents," said Harr. funding. Many coalition members feel too kids are the future of the Bronx," said west Bronx Community and Clergy Harr expressed her concern for the future much money is earned by individuals who Devenney. She also stated that the ojfaniza- Coalition. of the Fordham-Bedford area, although she live outside New York City, and this is not tions try to conduct enough activities so that According to the director of FBCC, Lois said that in general their outlook is op- reinvested in the City's rehabilitation the youngsters are kept busy and can feel that Harr, this neighborhood is currently experi- timistic. "Sometimes it seems hopeless, but programs. This is because most of the people "someone is concerned about their well- encing a population increase as people are then we just think about the way it could be who work in the five boroughs return to the being." Devenney said, "A lot of these kids driven out of the South Bronx. That does if no one really cared. It makes us pick up suburbs at the end of the working day. "1 don't have anyone at home a majority of the pot, however, mean a revitalization of the and push harder." 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The loans became smart economics for stu- and reduce the amounts given to all but the Groups Suggest dents who could get them at 7 percent interest very neediest of recipients. Proposed Cuts while inflation and national interest rates About 3,400 Fordham students receive were hovering around 18 percent. The banks BEOG payments and the impact of these cut- Service Hikes Continued from page 1 did not object because the federal govern- backs on them will be significant if approved However, the problem will not be Ford- ment was subsidizing the payments until after by Congress. "I budgeted myself for four Continued from page I ham's alone. Since the BEOG program is op- the students were graduated and also making years and I assumed I would be getting this They include Tassini's suggestions, as well as erated nationally and the loans are guaran- up the difference in interest rates. Only the money," said Rich Coutinho, FC'82. "Now improving housing, funding better exchange teed by the federal government, the cuts will federal government seemed to be missing out I'm in a position where I may have to get it programs between Rose Hill and, Lincoln affect students at every college. In New York on a profit. from somewhere else. But I don't know Center, and constructing a student union. State, the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) What Reagan hopes to do is place an as- where," he added. Sabbatinp's approach in making sugges- will probably not be affected because it is a yet-undetermined ceiling above which stu- tions will be different frprn PeMarca's. She state-funded agency. Only massive doses of dents will once again have to pay the interest "Again the middle class gets hurt,1' said said, she wjll speak with people "not usually new funding will allow TAP to pick up any while they are still in school. This will make Frank Schorn, CBA'82. "The needy will still involved. There's a number of freshmen and of the slack created by Reagan's cutbacks getting a loan less attractive to higher income get aid and the rich can afford an education, evening students with good ideas." and that seems quite unlikely at this time. students and also to the banks, which will be but the middle class will get left out," said Sabbatino said she has already selected Reagan's decisions are attempts to change forced into a great deal of extra paper work Schorn. people to take part in the "brainstorming" what he believes to be unsound economic verifying and reviewing income information session. Five freshmen will be present at the policies. For example, the Guaranteed Stu- before administering the loans. Director Murphey did find one bright spot meeting, as "they will be with the University dent Loan program has been greatly expand- The cuts in BEOG are more straightfor- amid all the bad news. "None of this has for the next fpur years;," said Sabbatino. ed in the past two years following passage of ward. Students' contributions will be raised passed yet," she reminded. "They're still just Although Sabbatino has not made any for- the Middle Income Student Assistance Act of to $750 a year and their parents will be re- proposals." It appears that the next several mal suggestions yet, she feels improved 1978. This legislation removed the $25,000 quired to donate a larger percentage of (heir months of Congressional debate will provide health services, day care services, career income ceiling on subsidized loans and made family income toward tuition- This will elimi- crucial decisions affecting thousands of planning, security, and Ram Van services are the process more advantageous to both stu- nate from the program many students Fordham students and, indeed, the present priorities. She also supports University fund- dents and the banks. currently receiving small BEOQ payments and future of higher education. ing of the debate team. "Fifty percent of pur students are non- traditional," Sabbatino said'. "In the after- noon the lobby is filled with children [of old- er students]. They leave them in front of {he Friends sometimes question television-" Service groups appealing for money your taste in movies. include the Career Planning and Placement Center, Rose Hill's Counseling Center, and its Computing Center. But theyll see them with you anyway. Eileen Kolynich, director of Rose Hill's Career Planning and Placement Center, has developed a proposal which would include increasing the number of personnel, • pur- chasing videotape equipment to be used for mock interviews, and computerizing clerical tasks. Kolynjch estimates her three-year proposal would co$t under one million dollars. "If we can get that money, we can be a leader in career planning and placement in the New York City area,'1 Philip Charest, the director of University computer services has prpposed to the Coun- cil that it fund a "student data base" which would, provide a range of services to the yni- versity. Charest said a data base caujd pro- vide computerize^) bursar arjd registrar ser- vices, as, well as information on various ma- jors, or supply various, statistical information on and for students. Charest said the cpst of such a system varies greatly according tP s|ze; he said systems of this type can cost anywhere from $1 million to $3 million. Assistant Pirector of Rose Hill's Counsel- ing Center Dr. Tony DeVito said the Center's proposal asks for money to add to the pres- ent professional' staff of one full-time psy- chologist another full-time professional, as well as add a part-time psychiatrist to the Staff. 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Wisconsin 8 / THE RAM / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1981 THE RAM Viewpoint- Rick Marsico Editor-in-Chief Herman Eberhardt Executive Editor Carolyn Farrar Executive Editor Leslie Mantrone Managing Editor =Cregg Laskoski Bob Tulini Managing Editor There has been much commentary as of late on the Regina Sullivan Business Manager subject of drinking at Rose Hill, and nearly all of it has been condemnatory. These critics maintain that the THE RAM is the University-Wide Newspaper of Fordham University, serving campus and community since 1918 THE RAM is published every Wednesday and distributed free of charge every Thursday during the academic year. All correspondence should be addressed to THE RAM, Box B. drinking "problem"'' at Fordham has reached, or is at Fordham University. Bronx, New York 10458. Rose Hill Copy. Editorial and Business Officers are located in Faculty Memorial Hall, fourth floor. Lincoln least approaching, epidemic proportions; they cite the Center office is in Leon Lowenstein 408-C. Telephone' HH: 933-2233, Ext. 545-6, or 933-9765, or 2950962 THE RAM is represented nationally for fact that beer and wine are flowing as never before, advertising by CASS. Ad deadline is Tuesday at noon. Ad rates are available on request from the business manager. The opinions expressed in THE RAM's editorials are those of the editorial board, the opinions expressed in columns or cartoons are those of the individual writers or artists. THE RAM that the Ramskellar is packed nightly, and that the is printed by offset lithography on recycled paper in a union printing plant. Printed by offset number of alcohol-related acts of violence is increas- ing. Certainly, there is a great deal of drinking at Ford; ham — there is a great deal of drinking at every high school and college in this country. But when the issue is approached in a manner similar to the one taken by these critics, with its overemphasis on numbers and percentages that can be proven largely benign, the Veto USG Proposal situation grows muddled and those individuals who ac- tually have a drinking problem are left neglected amid The Rose Hill United Student Government recently passed a proposal giving it veto power over all the brouhaha. Student Activities Council decisions. Fortunately, unless the SAC accepts this diminution of power, Do these statistics necessarily indicate a quantum the proposal will never be acted upon. We can almost hear the chuckles of the SAC members as they leap in the drinking habits of Fordham students, or a "consider" this proposal at their next meeting, for which organization would be so naive as to vote to major shift towards epidemic alcohol abuse? Probably limit its own authority? Besides this, we do not think the SAC will be foolish enough to support a not. Actually, college drinking has been on the rise for proposal which is ill-conceived, unworkable, and has all the appearances of a USG move for 25 years and if that quarter-century rise appears to undeserved power. have taken on added momentum in recent years, it should not be surprising. The 60's and early 70's are We agree (see editorial of February 5) that some changes are necessary in the SAC allocations gone and alcohol has been established as the new procedure. We cannot', however, approve of theichanges recommended in the USG proposal. "drug of choice" among college students. By giving itself the power to veto SAC decisions, the USG is placing itself in a relationship with the Another explanation for the recent rise in alcohol SAC that simply should not exist because of the nature and function of both organizations. The consumption on campus is that Fordham students decisions of the SAC are complex and based on many considerations. Members of the USG, who are have been forced to drink on campus. That is, as a re- not involved in the SAC decision-making process, are simply not in a position to make a final sult of the changes that have occurred in the neighbor- judgment on the merits of an SAC decision. hoods surrounding Rose Hill, many of the bars and In addition, we feel it is ludicrous to give one person—the USG president—such excessive power. restaurants that were once alternatives to on-campus Why should we trust the opinion of a single person, as opposed to the opinion of a group? partying are no longer so available; either they have Since we see no useful or beneficial results coming from this proposal, it appears the only group to been burned to the ground, or it is simply too risky to walk to their entrances. gain from its implementation would be the USG itself. The USG suffers from terminal ineffectiveness. The Ramskellar is more convenient and safer than Its only real function is to represent the students to the administration. While this can be a very many of the alternatives of yesterday. Naturally, with important role when executed properly, the USG has no decision-making power involving student more people frequenting the Ramskellar, more beer life policy except the power to recognize clubs. In this context, the USG proposal smacks of a power and wine will be consumed; when there are more play. people drinking in a small room, occasionally there There is one part of the proposal we agree with—granting the USG and other student governments will be trouble. The University is only now witnessing the right to appoint all student members of the SAC.Prcsently, only three of eight students are first hand some of the shenanigans that once remained appointed directly by the student governments, and the other five are selected by the administration neatly outside its gates. All the hostility and frustration and only screened by the student governments. This would give the students more input into SAC's that would have occasionally erupted in any number of decisions without giving the USG dictatorial powers. the local Fordham hotspots, is now rolled into one tight little ball down in the Ramskellar. A good chunk of the critics' argument lacks sub- stance. A rise in the amount of alcohol consumed at the Ramskellar can not be considered an indicationthat the per capita consumption of alcohol at Rose Hill has Something To Hide?increased; an increase in attendance at the Ramskellar does not necessarily indicate that more students are Imagine the surprise in the editorial office of this newspaper when we were informed that two of neglecting their studies and responsibilities; a rash of our reporters and a photographer had been tossed out of an "open" USG meeting on Monday. We rowdiness on campus does not, necessarily solely reflect could understand this kind of treatment from, say, the Board of Trustees. But the USG, come on a decline in the maturity of Fordham students, but also guys, whom are you kidding? the laws of nature — more people, more elbows, more First of all, if you were going to kick us out, you might at least have done it properly. According to friction, more fights — as well as a failure on the part Robert's Rules of Order, under which your meetings are run incidentally, the procedure you used was of the University to provide adequate security for gath- improper. Beyond that, however, was it really fair to expel the press in any case? erings of such size. The bottom line of the whole drinking issue should Of course you had "reasons" for dealing with us so rudely. First, there was your questionable be alcoholism and also the question, of why, if so many claim that we had misrepresented the opinions of one of your members in last week's issue (We were critics are willing to jump'on the bandwagon, there is thrown out of that meeting, too.) Then there was your concern that our coverage of the planned no adequate alcoholism program offered at Fordham. boycott of Saga (shhh...) which you were discussing at the meeting would endanger its effectiveness. At the risk of being accused of downplaying this Now really, how can you expect to carry out the massive boycott you hope for without the publicity problem, it may be fair to say many of these commen- IF that only student publications can provide? tators are blowing the thing out of proportion in a way Anyway, what do you guys have to hide? Are you perhaps indulging in some illusions of grandeur that is devastatingly harmful to any effort at establish- when you remove the press from your "important" meetings? ing an alcoholism program. Whether consciously or We think that this just may be the case. And we only hope you silly people will come to your senses unconsciously, these commentators classify all of the Bo\ students who frequently visit the Ramskellar, or who and not repeat the unfortunate episode of this week. enjoy several nights out a week, in one group: Animal To the Editor: House-type clowns. This is far from the truth. Many We would like to clarify c of these students are conscientious individuals who to certain statements regard! simply enjoy a break after completing their work. article of February 12. Wef „. JOU WIN. WEtlTflKE fl NlCM What happens when the frequentors of the Ramskellar points: are lumped into one group is that, for one, the 1) Paula Gilcrcast saystra OFr^SHLRDS.OEflL? . ..RDIME? problem of alcohol abuse on campus appears all the scorers were sent to the reg| more difficult to tackle, and secondly, those indivi- Special Events ConimitteeQ duals who truly need the help are lost in that crowd. that only team scores wereII It is this small, but still substantial group of problem wonder how it was decided! drinkers who need to be singled out for help. Alcohol- sent, since two of the allswj sim is as much a part of Fordham as it is on Skid Row not even make it to t!"-' and three martini corporate luncheons. A substantial 2)Themethodbywli number of students enter Fordham as potential alco- removal from the team wasj holics. One study estimated that as many as 30 percent Up until a week before tliej of the students in New York City high schools are that the winning team wouj potential alcoholics; another survey reported that told. But then one by one If 90,000 youngsters living in Westchester County live they "really wanted" u'go with at least one parent who is a problem drinker, thus Turner two days liel'oie increasing their chances of developing a similar disabil- us that a "committee' ity. Combine these statistics with the intense pressure was no way to change il and anxiety that most college students must undergo, mistaken in saying we ii and the scenario darkens. we were never told who There is clearly an alcohol problem here; Fordham is not going by any Cll^ no different from any other segment of society. Alco- 3)Gilcreastmakesan holism is everywhere. It is unacceptable that no well- Denis carried our team a publicized program of assistance is available. But what the questions. If Gilcreas o is even more distressing is that many of these commen- matches, she would haves s tators will continue to harp on the same aspects that haps 65 percent of thed j u are really not germane to the problem. They will con- easily repeated at the rH £ tinue to miss the forest for the trees, the real problem all-stars did not perform ai| will be left unchecked, and the suffering will continue. replaced members. THE RAM / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1981 / 9 The Uneasy Chair: To Kill Or Not To Kill

Bill Gyves Death is not a modest proposal. It becomes one He received a Mormon verdict. The community felt when life itself is perceived in the same light as death. that his crime needed to be "atoned for," and conse- But lengthy discourses on the sanctity of human life quently, this holier than thou mind-set pumped three would not be prudent, as we are discussing an bullets into Gilmore's chest. obscenely negotiable commodity. This should be The following is an excerpt from the New York immediately evident to anyone who has recently Times reporting Gilmore's execution, January 18, glanced at a newspaper. Killing gets a lot of ink. Retri- 1977: bution in the form of capital punishment, or judicial homicide, is also a headliner. Getting even is always a Mr. Gilmore was strapped loosely to the arms main event, a CBS Sports Spectacular. and legs of the chair as four witnesses.. .were However, the recent slaughter of New York City brought in...[also] There were his two attorneys, police has installed the angry call to arms—the death Ron Stranger and Robert Moody; his uncle, Ver sentence—by proponents of capital punishment. This Damico, and the agent, holding the motion pic- deplorable act of barbarism is sometimes supported by ture and book rights to the doomed man's story, fanatics who believe in the myth of deterrence, which Lawrence Shiller... is unadulterated balderdash: jails are full of The warden asked Gary if he had any last individuals who don't buy the deterrence theory. Even words. Gary looked up for an extended period of if the deterrence theory had any weight at all, it is time, then looked directly and said: "Let's do it!" simply not for the state, in.its increasing incompetence Obviously, capital punishment is not the answer. and buffonery, to take upon itself matters of life and Gilmore was well aware that capital punishment was death. applicable in the state of Utah, but when faced with Any form of capital punishment is a grotesque injus- the prospect he simply said, "Who cares?" tice and a decadent crime. It is understated by the The argument for capital punishment as a deterrent terms "cruel" and "unusual" and "penalty." Who is that most people will not commit a crime if they remains after the "penalty"? Certainly not the reci- know that they will be executed as a result; this is pient of the voltage. No, we are left with our deeds. As presumed to be an outgrowth of man's instinct for death is quite final, an equitable exchange of the self-preservation. This is a very rational statement punishment for the crime would predicate the about a crime of passion in which the will is moved by responsibility of guilt as undeniable and absolute. the emotion, When we are satisfied with what amounts to be a Consider the Jean Harris murder trial. Briefly, the reasonable probability of guilt for the sake of swift defense maintained Harris did not intend to kill Scars- sentencing—the trademark of an efficient justice dale Diet Doctor Herman Tarnower, but wanted to system—then we had better cash in the chips. That the reminisce with him about their years together as lovers bell tolls its vengeance at all has taken precedence over and then end it all in a colorful finale—suicide. the subject, "For whom..." This is the case when supporters of the death penalty stare stoically into the The state maintained that Harris, filled with "rage inevitability of caprice and mistake. We cannot escape and frustration" decided to punish Tarnower for being the fact that death is irrevocable. The death penalty unfaithful. She planned to kill him and then herself. should not be considered at all. Harris should be thus found guilty of murder, the state insisted. Perhaps' one of the most celebrated executions in The defense attorney tearfully blasted the state's recent history can illustrate the arbitrary nature and" case as one filled with "fabrications, suspicions, sur- insanity of capital punishment. Gary Gilmore made mise, speculation, conjectures and smokescreens," the mistake of mudering two men in the state of Utah. and he urged the jury to acquit Harris, shouting at The two men happened to be students at Brigham them, "Don't compromise." They did "compromise." Young University, two Mormons. Gilmore was sen- Harris was found guilty. tenced to death by firing squad and became a cause celebre for the American Civil Liberties Union. Harris will not be thrust immediately into eternity | Gilmore's face turned up on T-shirts because he had because the death penalty is not applicable in New x thrown the state a curve; he was not terribly upset over York. Second degree murder, then, is the maximum £ his impending fate. possible charge, with a penalty upon conviction of 25 years to life. Imprisonment is infinitely better than capital punishment because in this cynical world there is still the remote possibility that Harris is not lying through her teeth. Only she really knows what happened, and Tarnower can offer no rebuttal. Greg Laskoski, FC '81, is on the staff of Point magazine 5 TO THE EDITOR- DEAR WILBUR Inners Deserved To Go Dear Wilbur: Dear Wilbur: 4 I have been meaning to' ask this girl from one of I am a senior attending a reputable Jesuit high 4) Finally, we wonder about the committee itself. my classes out to dinner and when I finally got up the school in Manhattan and I am in a bit of a quandary lints and respond Now that we finally know who chose the team, we nerve to ask her I heard some terrible hews. It seems as to where to attend school next year. I don't want a ollege Bowl wonder if perhaps the committee was concerned that the University has decided that whenever two or school that is tilted too much toward the academic e (o make four the winning College Bowl team did not fit the image of more Fordham students leave the campus for an side of life, but I don't want one that is a zoo, either. a Fordham student. The fact is, we won the tourna- extended period of time, they must be accompanied Something in the middle of the road would be just ir highest point ment, and we deserved to go as a team regardless of by a chaperon in order to protect the University from dandy. Can you help me out? Is in Philadelphia. how we won or who we are. liability suits. Tell me, Wilbur, if I take this girl for SEARCHING IN LOWER MANHATTAN i Tony Turner says Gerry Riegcr, CBA '82 the trip to my home in Montauk Point for dinner, iat is the"case, we Joseph Barry, FC '82 does it mean I will have to pick up the tab for three: Dear Searching: >est men were dinner for her, for me, and for Fr. Finlay as well???? Funny you should write to me because I have just •n teams that did ANXIOUS the place for you: Fordham University. Fordham is clearly an institution that is dedicated to the Jesuit nformedof our Dear Anxious: Koch Crowding Yes, you do have a problem here. You are referring intellectual tradition, but it is much, much more. lily unprofessional. Sure Fordham has Duane Library, but it also has the ion we assumed to the University's move to install a blanket policy that will make it mandatory for a University- Lombardi Center as a symbol of the University's |> as we had been To the Editor: commitment to developing an individual's physical jibers were asked if I would like to commend the American Age Lecture appointed chaperon to accompany students when they go on trips. That decision resulted in the can- dimensions. In the same way, the Ramskellar stands we had to seek out Series of the Young Democrats for their sponsoring as a sign of Fordham's concern that the students [lion, and he told Mayor Edward Koch. It was an enlightening and enter- celation of three trips already, that organizers saying that they would rather not go through with their develop socially as well. All of these are involved at I learn, and there taining presentation. However, when someone as Fordham, but always keep in mind that at Fordham jSoCiilcreast is popular as the Mayor is appearing, adequate facilities plans than pay the bill for the chaperons. An official in the University's Office of Silly Ideas, Decisions the books come first. This is evident when you look hed her, because should be provided. There were at least two hundred at the hours of these facilities: the Lombardi Center '£ or that we were people in the lounge trying to listen to a very low and Projects said the decision would probably hold true for your situation as well. He suggested that you closes at midnight on weekdays, the Ramskellar ial. public address system. There were also at least one closes at 1:00 most mornings, and finally, as a sign of arge in saying that hundred people crammed in the ballroom without a might consider submitting the tab to the Bursar for a possible reimbursement for Fr. Finlay's share of the the University's dedication to intellectual develop- d 90-95 percent of seat. If Jane Fonda was good enough for the gymna- bill, but he conceded that the nation's economy and ment, Duane closes at, well... Duane closes at about ded any of the sium, then why wasn't Mayor Koch? . the Bursar's Office being the way they are, the likeli- 10:45 most nights,.. .well, about that tradition of )cnis answered per- PclerIanniello,FC83 hood of ever seeing the money again would be slijjht intellectualism at Fordham, well, never mind. icrformance he indeed. To take the girl to dinner would be a true test • Hiree remaining of love. than the three Letters— Box B, Fordham Univ., Bronx, NY, 10458 10 / THE RAM / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1981

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But, more than this, we witnessed a were carved in the map of his homeland. man who seeks to trace his childhood mem- A great deal of satisfaction lies in calling a Leaning casually upon the podium, one hand ories, doubts, and both political and religious man "the modern Yeats" and "a Fordham draping the tweed jacket over his hip, Hea- questions through his own poetry. In his'later groupie" in the same breath, as did Dean ney appears as somewhat of a mixture be- The Ministry of Fear (a quote from Words- Collins in introducing Seamus Heaney last tween a gallant statesman and a leprechaun. worth), part one of Singing School, Heaney Tuesday. The Irish poet's third visit to the He describes his earlier works as "straight- sums up the Irish Catholic/Ulster Protestant Rose Hill campus was, indeed, considered a forward, sensuous, concrete conjuring up of dichotomy as evidenced in his own life: successful event by the University's poetry- textures," summoning up his very historical loving audience. Irish Catholic heritage. Catholics, in general, don't speak Heaney began tile reading with one of his As well as students from the Protestant schools 'Of course his father plowed potatoes!' Inferiority complexes, stuff that, dreams were most well-known earlier works, Digging. Al- one might find himself thinking while listen- made of. 'What's your name, Heaney?' lough thought by some to be a rather sim- ing to Digging, and meanwhile one might rec- 'Heaney, Father.' plistic poem, it evidently holds great signifi- ognize Heaney's personal analogy: cance for Heaney. Not only was it the first to '[•'air enough.' be read here but it also introduces his two Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests These lines, as did many, elicited chuckjes books, Death of a Naturalist and'Poems I'll dig with it. from the crowd. Who could expect less than 1965-1975. The clue to why Heaney attached a courteous and warm welcome to a most such significance ,td this poem might be Heaney read, for his own and our "per- amiable man and a talented contemporary found in a recently published commentary in sonal pleasure," some transitions from Irish poert Seamus Heaney which the poet states: "I don't want to over- load Digging with too much significance, I know as well as you do that it is a big course- grained navvy of a poem, but it is interesting as an example.. .of what we call "finding a voice." 1 What is Heaney's voice, or, shall I say, his poetic personal Standing before us in all of Cartesian 'Toss' Exorcist Succeeds In On Campus Transition by. Chris Lawney by Maureen Mackey I "We are living in a world where the condi- Thomas Hardy has been referred to tions for dialogue are being systematically invariably as the man who voiced the •estroyed," says Dr. Richard Bernstein of pessimistic element of Victorian sensibility; iaverford College, and the main task of the and with good reason. In his most distin- ihilosopher is to help re-establish an environ- guished novels, particularly Tess of the nent where fruitful dialogue can take place. d'Urbervilles, which Roman Polanski has Bernstein delivered the thirty-fifth annual recently adapted for the screen, Hardy Juarez lecture (named for a Jesuit * depicts men and women as individuals ihilosopher of the early 17th Century) on dangling like marionettes from the hand of 'ebruary 18 in the Campus Center Ballroom. pitiless, inescapable Fate which keeps them n his lecture entitled "Beyond Objectivism from reaching their intellectual aspirations and Relativism: Exorcising the Cartesian and from attaining simple happiness on earth Anxiety," Bernstein described American with a loved one. Some of his characters yield cultural and intellectual life as plagued by a to this fate, as Tess does, and plod on resign- despair resulting from a fundamentally edly; others struggle against it, but always mistaken approach to human reason. This • with disastrous results. "Cartesian anxiety" will only be exorcised There is a tremendous satisfaction in seeing through a new approach to rationality. a Hardy novel thrown upon the screen in Rene Descartes (b. 1596) was the first phi- living color, although the precise images cap- losopher to systematize this false approach to tured through film do not compare with the rationality. Descartes sought to build.a philo- rich and varied forms of the imagination. sophy on absolutely certain foundations. With this in mind, the movie Tess is a Mathematical certainty would become the moving, enrapturing experience. There are all model for all truth. This preoccupation with the sounds and sights of Tess's hometown absolute certitude has been lasting and philo- Marlott and the other towns of Wessex which sophers since Descartes' day have argued the young maiden roams through during her passionately for or against the possibility of brief life—the music and dancing of the "women's club" as the film opens, the objective certainty in knowledge. Objectivists The 'Teardrop Explodes' mooing of cows and their full, swaying claim that there must be some basic udders in the farm where Tess works later as framework or matrix to which one can appeal a dairymaid, the quick, rhythmic clippings of to justify terms such as "goodness," "jus- the gardener's tools as he trims the row of tice," and "truth." Relativists assert that 'Teardrop Explodes' Bombs thick bushes in front of the d'Urberville man- there is not such framework. All statements byTedHllscher cation on Kilimanjaro, such as unstrategical- sion which Tess inhabits with Alec much about truth and morals are ultimately tied to later. That is all there, and delightfully so; individual cultures and presuppositions. Sorry, even though their promoters predict ly placed horns, and lots of pointless pop it, there's going to be no renaissance of keyboard work. The vocals are not distin- Hardy's words are framed, permanently, into This debate between objectivists and rela- real places and people, so that the gruff ness tivists has continued inconclusively for nearly Liverpool as a musical force, at least not by guishable from any number of bland British The Teardrop Explodes. This four man bands of the last few years. The lead singer's of Mr. Durbeyfield's beard is so real you can four centuries. Bernstein feels the debate is reach out and touch it. inherently inconclusive because it is based on grqup hailing from the Beatles' hometown voice becomes annoying by the middle of side There is one scene that is particularly a misunderstanding of the idea of rationality. have been semi-successful on the singles two; he exhibits'little or no range from track charming. Tess and three other The Cartesian anxiety will disappear when a charts in England, and have released their to track. Inane, inept, often incomprehen- first album, Kilimanjaro, here in America. sible lyrics mark Kilimanjaro. The album dairymaids—a "rosy-cheeked, bright-eyed new approach to rationality is adopted, quartet"—are walking down "a crooked where truth emerges through dialogue and As far as rock bands go, the band hasn't been opens with "Ha Ha I'm Drowning" and goes downhill for a third time. Imagine all of this lane" to church on a Sunday morning in their the exchange of rational argument in intact and playing music together very long amidst a stagnant air of unspontaneity and "light, summer attire." When they reach a community. (only about a year). I think they should go and practice some more. you get the total picture. certain "depressed spot" of the path, they Bernstein finds that writers in the natural In places the Teardrop Explodes attempt a find they cannot continue because a long and social sciences and hermaneutics are puddle of water blocks their way. Just as they beginning to arrive independently over cer- heavy instrumentation style which lies some- Schlock with half a beat is what you get here. The teardrop exploded all right; it's a attempt to pass the flooded area by clinging tainty is fading away. Scientists and philo- where between Chicago's and the Moody bomb. (Oh, and you can forget about the to the nearby shrubbery, Angel Clare appears sophers must relinquish the desire for Blues', but never achieve any well coordinat- ed sound. There is plenty of pseudo-sophisti- cover selling any albums. It's ugly.) at the other end; he then proceeds to carry absolute objectivity, but the alternative is not each maiden across the flooded area' to dry necessarily relativism. Thinkers representing ground, Tess being his last little burden. The different scientific models or different two share a tender moment as he carries her, Philosophers must seize this model of dialoguing community is only possible when cultures can still participate in a real and the dual background of the lovely greens and dialogue and persuasive argument as the the participants share an implicit view of the fruitful dialogue. Deliberation and persua- browns of the vegetation warmed by the most effective means of rebuilding the world and of human nature. Rev. Robert sive argument transcend cultural boundaries morning sunlight, and the sullen, wistful human community. Roth, S.J. agreed with Bernstein that abso- and eventually can convince the whole lute certainty was not the proper goal of faces of the three maidens at the other end of community of the truth of statements and .The lecture was well-received by the audi- the pond providing a light touch to a lovely ence of over 150 faculty and students. Ques- rational discourse, but suggested that there positions. was a general notion of what constituted a scene. Dialogue in community is the key to the tioners praised Bernstein's emphasis on the human community. Some suggested, rational person and rational argument. Polanski's cast is in keeping with Hardy's new rationality. The Cartesian image of the Bernstein admitted that his thought was still descriptions in the novel. Consider the world sacrificed a sense of the public in the however, that there had to be some-objective foundation to base the type of community in process on some of these areas. He hopes description of Angel Clare when Tess first search for absolutes. Bernstein advocates a Bernstein was advocating. Rev. Norris to publish a book on this topic in the near sees him at the dairyfarm: practical rationality-which restores the com- Clarke, S.J., for example, suggested that a future. ' Continued on page 12 munity and the dignity of the human person. 12 / THE RAM / THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1981

sophistication more akin to contemporary 'Hopelessly ludicrous' women. 'Tess' The movie Tess succeeds because it cap- tures the vividness of Thomas Hardy's descriptive novel and allows much room for Continued from page 11 the tragedy of it as well. There is the Condemned 'Pericles' Falls seduction scene in the forest, with fog suf- He wore the ordinary white pinner and ficiently rolled over the two figures; there is On stage a host of whores, iraiv., |,,. leather leggings of a dairy farmer when the eerie baptismal rite Tess performs over by Sieve Romagnoli After having recently read Nabokov's my new-found friend mullal '^1^ miling, and his boots were clogged with her dead child, against the dark, windswept disarray. "' "i the mulch of the yard; but this was all night; and there is the final scene in which Lectures on Literature, a memorable quote A van! garde productions run,- , ^. his local livery. Beneath it was some- Tess, lying as a sacrificial lamb upon the altar comes to mind concerning the Jean Cocteau n been successful, Godspell to n;,n',,. nn-'V?' thing educated, reserved, subtle, sad of Stonehenge, awakens quietly with the Repertory's production of Shakespeare's differing. words, "Have they come for-me yet?" all Pericles: "Nothing is more boring or more ever their messages should nc\cr h!"'' against a background o\' pale grey. What is unfair to the author than starting to read, ambiguous as to allow tlk. ,uu)li,' /° This is exactly what we see in the Angel Clare done is done well. The members of Tess's say, Madame Bovary with the preconceived attention to wander. Throiiuluuii '\y ^ of the film; his eyes are sad, his face, reserved family even pronounce their words with the notion that it is a denunciation of the bour- felt as if 1 were reading a proviii ;k\in'ii •'' and yet educated, his look, subtle. His particular "ur" sound Hardy took pains to geoisie. We should always remember that the Mayor Koch's sex life; while the mind i^t blond, fair features only complete the look describe, and this lower-class dialect coupled work of art is invariably the creation of a new physically "reading" it tends uc-ner-tiiv f Hardy seemed to intend. At the end of the with the sight of the paper-thin shack they world, so that the first thing we should do is wander _ in other, more ' i,,,^ ° novel, when Clare, "so reduced was his erect next to a church one night helps lend th to study that new world as closely as possible, speculations. • figure from its former contours by worry and movie every bit of tragic bent it deserves. approaching it as something brand new, The lighting was adequate. The sound wa the bad season that [he] had experienced," having no obvious connection with the terrible on two accounts, the system itself rushes to the d'Urberville mansion to retrieve What we miss, though, as must always happen in such business, are the little conver- worlds we already know." cracked and whistled offensively and ltl Tess, we see the very strain Hardy spoke of, As 1 was unacquainted with Pericles before players' voices were simply heinous (save the "sunken1 eyepits" that bore the anguish sations that are so vital to the novel, such as viewing it, 1 had no preconceived notions or perhaps Deborah Houstan who played both of his separation from Tess and his rejection the one Tess and her little brother Abraham ideas about it, objectively enabling the per- Thajs and Marina.) of her due to her seduction by d'Urberville. have the night they bring their parents home Suffering is obvious in those eyes; what from the bar. This is Hardy at his most com- formance to stand or fall on its own merit. Hardy contrived by words and his oft-present fortable: among the villagers. It fell; fast and with a loud crash. Despite this hopelessly ludicrous perfor- "narrator" ("our heroine..."), Polanski Members of the cast sauntered along the mance 1 did view a commendable production "Bain't you glad that we've become of The Tempest here last year. I urge all to contrives by vivid, heart-wrenching aisles, decked out in modern caricatural expressions, here and again. gentlefolk?" modes within the confines of a terribly small pray fervently for the Repertory's lost soul "Not particular glad." theatre. A leather pseudo-macho punk eyed and maybe we can anticipate a redemption As he does with Tess. The actress Nastassia "But you be glad that you'm going to me down and then strutted back towards the in the near future. Until then, stay away from Kinski is perfect as the innocent-girl-sinned- marry a gentleman?'' stage; I blew my nose to conceal the laughter. the condemned Pericles. against; her features are "handsome" and "What?".said Tess, lifting her face. delicate, her mouth the very buttercup shape "That our great relation will help 'ee to Hardy suggested, her eyes "large and inno- marry a gentleman?" cent, [adding] eloquence to color and shape." Her acting represents a somewhat We miss special talks like these between Tess refined Tess of the novel; where Hardy's Tess and Clare, Tess and d'Urberville, Tess and is prone to tearful fits and sudden dashings- her mother. We miss, too, Hardy's overt 'Chan': No. 1 Movie off and urgent exclamations, Polanski's Tess explanations, as in: "Tess Durbeyfield at this is more stolid. In one of the final scenes, time of her life was a mere vessel of emotion by Philip Cutrone movies. It seems that there have been a rash when Tess has murdered the evil d'Urberville untinctured by experience." But it is in Amidst this current wave of cheapo of bizarre killings in the City by the Bay and and caught up with Clare on his lonely trip knowing Hardy's deeper intentions, knowing thrillers where people explode before your the police are baffled. So of course they send home, Hardy's character exclaims: that he had a profound .interest in very eyes, or are murdered by some maniac, for the inscrutable Charlie Chan. Also in San "Angel...do you know what 1 have been "abstracting the basic qualities of the life or get sucked into the sand by some unknown Francisco lives Charlie's grandson, the ever- running after you for? To tell you that 1 have around him," and knowing, too, that he saw force, it is more than a pleasure to sit back bumbling, but lovable, sloppy-sleuth Lee killed him!" Polanski's character is subtler, man as a kind of puppet amidst the forces and let yourself get pleasantly entertained by Chan, Jr. Lee lives with his maternal grand- telling Angel the same information but in a within and around him, that we better under- a group of wonderfully professional mother, who is just a little off her bird (slit kind of knowing reverie. This is precisely why stand a movie such as Tess, and fill in, where performers like the cast of American talks to her husband's ashes in the urn in the Kinski is so good. She is shy, and yet proud; Polanski does not, the notion that looking Cinema's Charlie Chan and the Curse of the hall of her mansion). Together Charlie and spirited, yet subdued; girlishly naive, yet hard and cold at the depths of man leads, Dragon Queen. number one grandson, with sonic help from a seductively mature. She captures the eventually, to a deeper intensity of life and a Scenic San Francisco is the setting for this well assembled supporting cast, solve the character of Tess yet adds to it a bit of the greater working knowledge of ourselves. occasionally silly spoof on the Charlie Chan Continued on page li ACADEMY AWARD 2 NOMINATIONS BEST ORIGINAL SCORE • BEST SOUND ONLY THE BEST MURDER CASES MAKE THE SIX O'CLOCK NEWS.

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by Brian Maney Lone Ranger and Tonto hopping about in a Boozy Bandito. Love-wit's return is fairly Dol Common, the "actress," is having so Ben Jonson has been dressed in a cowboy revenge tragedy. Time is out of sync and well managed, despite the filtering pf the much fun playing Fairy Queen we see her gig- lit by the Jean Cocteau Repertory and he's rattles about like a dropped prop. dialogue through a Gunsmoke lens, and the gling. The catalog is endless; the Tobac- rearing a little thin in the seat (at least from essence of Subtle's destruction infumo is not conist's recurrent sight gag—tripping over le point of view of the comfortably berthed Subtle, the alchemist, is in league with lost: the change from self cannot work, and steps, again and again and again—is particu- udience). The Alchemist, re-subtitled A Face, a housekeeper for Love-wit, absent for Jonson here is attacking not mere trickery larly annbying. aga of the Old West, ha,s been lynched at the most of the play but strategically to return. but the perversion of a system of belief and owery Lane Theatre by a posse of imagina- The alchemist and the butler, with Dol Com- action. But a good word for these people: the ve if poorly prepared rodeo extras. Why mon, male in 1610 but transmuted through production is the product of an imaginative oes this interesting idea fail? 1) "Some time to the role of the hooker with the heart The acting, uniformly, is leaden and too and intelligent group willing to go out on a ozen words have been changed to protect of gold, scheme to flim-flam a variety of get near the surface of the texture of the perfor- •imb; too bad this one snapped. The innocent playwright," the program says rich quick types. The knight Epicure Mam- mance. From the housekeeper's first wildly production has the air of an interesting idea some point. Innocence has been violated. mon becomes a cattle baron, the two Dutch postured steps to Subtle's final flourish of his that ought to have remained an interesting Ponder, for a moment, the mirror image pastors pseudo-Amish clowns, and Surly's cape we are viewing injuriously strained idea and can be seen at the Bowery Lane nd the essential ludicrousness appears: the Spanish disguise degenerates into Pedro the comedy, and a witty play is. made tedious. Theatre.

emergence into serious drama and delights the audience every time he barks expletives at Live At Five: anyone within earshot.. Actress-turned- harlie Chan director, Lee Grant surprises a few people with her amusing performance as Lee Chan Jr.'s Jewish grandmother, Mrs. Lupowitz. The New 'Eyewitness' News Continued from page 12 I must admit that often things seemed to |zarre murders and in the process leave the get somewhat hokey, especially when Grant by Motria T^mkiw ed suspensefully by Christopher Plummer. udience dying of laughter. . was on screen, but I don't know if she was to Yet another mystery-romance thriller has Antonia (and audience) are charmed by her IiOne of Hollywood's greatest, Peter blame or whether it was Stan Burns and sneaked into the darkened movie theater. loyal janitor-suitor and entangled in the inev- |stinov, lends his classic timing and quality David Axelrod, the screenwriters. Roddy This one, produced and directed by Peter itable investigation of whodunnit. pmedy to this full family feature. His McDowell left the Planet of the Apes (is that Yates, passes under the title of Eyewitness. The energy of Eyewitness radiates purely jalogue and delivery are only second to the serious drama?) long enough to slip into a With its extremely standard plot, Eyewit- from its cast as they present a convincingly antrol he has over his facial expressions. wheelchair to portray Mrs. Lupowitz' testy ness somehow manages to entertain and even colorful assortment of New Yorkers: js^iff, ach glance and raise of an eyebrow are butler Gillespie, The late great Rachel' excite its audience, thus rescuing itself from silver-haired socialites, a traditional Jewish rfect, and pre a constant reminder of this Roberts lent her high caliber of light comedic the brink of mediocrity. On a scale of one to family, an American family that has no tradi- |n's limitless talent. While Ustinov touches to this cute film as Mrs. Dangers, the ten, it rates a perfect five. tions, janitor-friends, women factory work- itempts to solve the bizarre murders, he also maid. Richard Hatch has a good future in The story introduces boyish romantic Dar- ers, political activists, weary cops and qven pust combat the revenge-ridden Dragon films if he can maintain the likeability he cap- ryl Deever, credibly portrayed by ourapeman- racketeers. ueen, sensuously portrayed by the sultry tured as the fumbling Lee Chan Jr. He's hero of Altered States, William Hurt. Dee- Regarding its creators and crew, Eyewit- Jngie Dickinson. This woman may not be spunky, attractive, funny and willing to take ver, now a Vietnam veteran, works as an of- ness can boast of dramatic and occasionally ne of the world's greatest actresses, but boy a risk. He'll definitely be a familiar name, fice building janitor who spends his television- witty scripting mixed with instances of poorly I she beautiful. To see Dickinson in this kind soon. and-beer evenings gazing at the lovely visage attempted humor. Darryl embarrassingly ad- f Hollywood spoof is refreshing, proving On the; whole, this movie won't be a block- of Antonia Sokolow, the channel five news- mits, "The Vietnam War was nothing com- fiat people who consider themselves serious buster, which 1 feel is a shame. Nice, whole- caster. Soon enough, Darryl becomes a crime pared to my first sock-hop." Later Antonia fctors can also loosen up and successfully do some, entertaining movies never seem to be witness and, sure enough, Toni comes run- proclaims her own words of wisdom: "Even (little comedy. A number of other cast mem- these days. If you have children (some strong ning with the camera crew to meet her secret the rich can daydream, too." ers, who are usually foreign to the comedy language), or if you just want to sit back and admirer. Complications arise predictably. As •Recommended for boring rainy after- |pnre, make the switch very well. Brian smile for an hour, check in on Charlie Chan Antonia, Sigourney Weaver plays a very rich, noons, this film opens Friday, February 27 at eith, as the always bitching, ulcer-plagued and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, it's most intellectual Jewish woman destined to wed Loew's State 2 (Broadway and 45th) and at tin Francisco Police Chief leaves his re- interesting. very rich, intellectual Jewish Joseph, depict- the Luxurious Gotham Cinema

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minutes without scoring from the field. Penders praised the play of Tongal Men Win Final Five Gomes "Dud's been playing extremely well lately '' he said. "He's been very consistent and he's stayed out of foul trouble. Offensively, he's Continued from page 16 Bona led the Rams with 17 points, hitting game. "For a while there we relaxed too very, very difficult to stop and his whole ond half Fordham's defense stiffened. Utiliz- on seven of nine shots from the field. Tongal much. 1 don't think we were flat, but Man- game is coming around." ing a man-to-man "help out" defense, the finished with 11 points and five blocked shots hattan just played their tails off." Jim Bronner and Deucey Hughes each had Rams executed their defense with more preci- while Bona had four rejections. Murphy At that point in the game, the Rams coun- ten points' for the Jaspers, whose record sion after the intermission as they outscored added 15 for the Rams. tered with three quick hoops to increase their dropped to 5-17 with the loss, the team's 13th Holy Cross 38-27 in the second halfji The Rams were outrebounded 38-29 but lead to 52-42 and from that point, Fordham consecutive defeat. At 17:30, Fordham trailed by 35-29 but the Crusaders turned the ball over 21 times regained control of the game, outscoring the Mark Murphy had 12 second-half points to within 90 seconds the game was knotted at while the Rams had only 13 turnovers. visitors: by 13-7 as the Jaspers went eight finish with 14 for the Rams. 36-36 as Bpna connected on a three-point Garry Witts led Holy Cross with 18 points. play. Trounce Manhattan But with the game tied at 38-38 and 15 minutes still to be played, Tongal picked up Against Manhattan last Thursday night, Ladies End Long Season his fourth personal foul. the Rams withstood a furious second half After Steve Samuels hit a pair of foul shots rally by the Jaspers to emerge victoriously by to give Fordham a 42-41 lead, a crucial blow a 67-54 margin before the third largest crowd Continued from page 16 Sensing the need to change the game's was dealt to the Rams. of the season in the Rose Hill gymnasium. tempo and momentum, Coakley called a Bona was fouled at 10:53 and was extreme- Over 3,000 people attended the game. lead, but Rhode Island then reeled off 16 time-out with seven minutes remaining in the ly slow in getting up from the floor as a The Rams utilized a balanced first half unanswered points. For all. intents and first half. At that time Coakley instructed the hushed Fordham crowd nervously watched. scoring attack to amass a 33-18 halftime lead. purposes the game was over at that point. Lady Rams to abandon their 2-3 defense and He left the floor and apparently had bruised Nine Fordham players scored before the URI's full court pressure seemed to be to play Fairfield man-to-man. After switch- his shoulder. intermission as the Rams opened a quick 8-2 everywhere as Fordham turned the ball over ing to a man-to-man defense, the Lady Rams Tongal replaced Bona but after only 17 lead, never to lead by fewer than four points 40 times in the loss. outscored Fairfield 17-8 in the final seven seconds of play, Tongal was assessed with his from that time on. Ail-American candidate Naomi Graves led minutes of the half and entered the locker fifth foul. Dud Tongal, who finished the game with all scorers with 19 points, while McLaughlin room at intermission trailing 29-26. Junior co-captain Bill Calhoun, who had 12 points and a game high 13 rebounds, was the only Fordham player in double Both teams continued to play' a stingy played only four minutes of the first half, blocked six Jasper shots and along with Ed figures with 14. Rhode Island guard Chris man-to-man defense throughout the second was abruptly forced into duty and promptly Bona and David Maxwell, who had 15 points Dinoto reached the 1,000 point plateau in half. Fordham opened up its biggest lead of responded with seven points and five and 11 rebounds of his own, accounted for career during the game and was awarded the the evening at 39-35 with eight minutes left rebounds.' ten rejections. game ball. on the clock. 3ut the Lady Stags battled back At 4:44, Calhoun hit the front end of a one Rebounding played the key role in the to knot the score at 45-45 at the two minute and one to knot the score at 50-50. A minute "Battle of the Bronx," along with Manhat- Heartbreak Loss to Fairfield mark. later, he hit two more free throws to give the tan's inability to make its shots from the Fordham failed to convert baskets during Rams a lead which they never relinquished. floor. The Rams outrebounded the Jaspers The Lady Rams ended their season on the waning minutes of their season and fell The remainder of the game saw Holy Cross by 45-25 (22-10 in the second half) as Sunday by losing a 49-48 heartbreaker to behind 49-46 before Gause sank a short continually fouling Fordham players in a Manhattan made only 39 per cent of its shots Fairfield University. Fordham's chances for jumper seconds before the buzzer for the 49- vain attempt to regain the lead. and a hapless 29 per cent in the first half. victory died at the foul line, where they made 48 final. The Rams' biggest lead of the half was a only eight of 15 attempts. "Our shot selection wasn't very good 31-14 bulge with 3:51 to play. The Fordham offense failed to mesh during those last three minutes," stated But in the second half the Rams were care- during the opening minutes of the contest. Coakley. "In their hurry to score and win the less and Manhattan came alive. Trailing 40- The Lady Rams impatiently tried to force the game, some of the girls took shots they 24, the Jaspers went on a 18-6 tear to trail by ball inside and turned the ball over on shouldn't have. Instead of setting up offense Keep Red Cross 46-42 with 9:34 left in the game. numerous occasions. Fairfield took full and using the clock, we gave Fairfield the ready. "They didn't quit," said Penders after the advantage of the situation, parlaying the chance to gain momentum." turnovers into a 21-9 lead. Wanker, who averaged 16 points per game "I think we were a bit nervous," said for the season, was once again the scoring CLASSIFIEDS Coakley. "The girls were anxious to do well leader for Fordham with 24 points. 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With 10:53 left to 'e8e was certainly true as Fordham went down play in the second period, Ray MacDonald Tournaments t0 f ^^^^^H defeat Tuesday night 9-4 at the Riverdale broke through the Nassau defense and skated by Donna Ledwlri 4 ft ^pB^pBJ arena. Slot only did Fordham lose the game, in on goal. MacDonald was hooked in the The most difficult part of the season Is JtU ^^^^^| but it also lost the opportunity to participate in process, and after Mahoney made the initial about to begin for the men's and" women's any post-season play. The team's record is 10- save, the puck was left unabandoned in the swimming teams! pdst-season tournaments. ^^^^^^ 12-2. crease with a scramble of players in front of * ^^^^^ the net. Whatever good or bad tidings the regular Before the contest began, coach Jim Burns Streaming in on goal was trailer Jim Stew- season brought, all is erased and a- new said, "This is it tonight. We have to win this art, who apparently poked the loose puck into "mini-season" will take place in one week- game, and to do so, we must hustle." But it the net. The goal was not allowed, however, end. The hours of practice ftielt away, the was Nassau which took the play to Fordham because MacDonald was said to have been in muscles are tensed for the ohe race, the one and showed how explosive a team it really is. the goal crease. heat that cart determine a season's merit. || Fordham found itself trailing 2-0 before "That was a fluke call," said Stewart. "He "Physically* there's nothing more We can h eight minutes had elapsed. Mike Stauder [the official] called it three seconds after 1 do," noted jiinior Maureen Ellis. "We're all 1 | operted the scoring for Nassau as he shot a scored." That goal would have tied the score in shape. Now the challenge will be mental . beautiful centering pass behind Fordham at 3-3. preparation. We've got to convince ourselves Fordham sophomore guard Mark Murphy goalie Paul Kopera. Nassau got its second goal Suddenly the momentum shifted Nassau's it's not just another meet at the end of a long was named ECAC-Metro Playerof the Week from Peter Kopecky as he deflected the puck way and it responded with four unanswered season." last week. Murphy, whoscored a total of 47 through a scramble in front of the het. goals. As the buzzer ending the second period The'women havg one leg of the post-seasoh points in games against Wagner, Manhattan Fordham scored the third goal of the game sounded, Nassau was in total control, 7-2. course completed, Having placed second in and Holy Cross, became the first Fordham as McKiernan placed a perfect pass from along "The turning point of the game was in the the Metropolitan Championships two weeks player to receive the honor this season. the right boards onto the stick of Pete Reveille, second period," said captain Sean Moran* ago. They now head Into the second turn as Murphy, who Is currently averaging 9.4 who merely had to change the direction of the "when they scored those four goals they compete for State honors in cortland pointspergarne,hitl6of29shotsfromthe puck into the open side of the net. This very had those penalties." this weekend. fieldforapercentageof.552atidwasI5dfl7 pretty play showed signs of life for Fordham. In the third period, Fordham outplayed Fordham will be sending 15 swimmers, from the free-throw line for a percentage of But penalties began to haunt Fordham, and Nassau, but a gdal by MacDonald and a power their largest squad ever to the meet: They will .881 during that span irt which the Rams won Liam Story of Nassau made it 3-1 by poking a play goal by Moran were offset by two Nassau be led by state record holder Sue Amello, allthreeoftheirgames. rebound home on a power play. goals to end the ganie at 9-4. who holds marks In the 200 yard Individual "He had threegreat games," said coach Fordham, desperately needing another Jeff Corsello, who replaced Paul Kopera in medley and the 200 yard backstroke. Tom Penders. "Hedeserved it. He'sshdWna goal, got It from captain Sean Moran, as he the nets for the third period, was very impres- "We expect to drj Well," remarked senior lot of poise and I'm pleased with his consis- fired a high shot from about thirty feet that sive in goal as he kicked out 13 shots. co-captain Maureen Norris. The Lady Aqua- tency.Heseetnstohavegothisacttogether." fooled Nassau goalie Ken Mahoney to pull the The team closes out its season at Wagner rams finished fourth In Division II in New =—*=*» •! i nil —•—ta-ni i i II Rams ithin one again at 3-2. this Sunday. York last year, arid believe they can move Up a notch or two pasl teartls like Army and Ithaca. Cortland State, the top ranked team — RAM SCOREBOARD— in Division II in New York in 1980, is again regarded as the team to beat. 1 He9e (6) "The addition of Carol [Martin] and Lisa ' JISSSL 2 s?S? .. :::::::-::::::::S •--w [Lienhardt] give us a lot more depth in more FHA'I, 87 Tian 54 3. St. Joseph's 47 Hockey a. Wagner events this year " Norris observed. $£$!£& M He" 59 4. Connecticut ; 4B Thursday, March 5 ( Fnrrih.m »3 LlU 75 5. VllianOva .. 44 Men's Basketball vs. W^ner or LlU at ttte Nassau Coliseum The competition will certainly be much Wom«n$• where we stood. We could at least get stats dn TMPHAMTOP TEN c Woman's Swimming — New York State Women's Siena 15 9 .625 •ncnnrei i wr it« Championships at Cortland State University Wagner 15 9 .825 their meets," remarked Norris. "At the LIU 14 States, very often We're swimming blind." th* Rani Top Ten Is a Weekly poll of Rarh PHHUU F«hrn«Mi« ]° 122 aportswrlters of the ten best teams In the 7racK_^^™2Z3^rMn ^tieid IS 3 28 The State tournament will be the last 1 chance for most of the Fordham women to Northeast. Ten points are awarded for a first- . . J, „ . .. ., FDU 11 13 .458 extend the life of their season and qualify for place vo«, nine for a second, etc. Firs-place Friday, February 27 — Sunday, March 1 st FratlC|g 1o 13 .400 Votes In DarentheseS Men's Swimming —Met Conference Championships at Army 7 17 -292 the National Division II championships. K ' . King's Point Manhattan 6 18 .250 Amelio is the only one on the squad to qualify for the Nationals thus far, having bet- tered the necessary times for the 100 and 200 —SPORTSBRIEFS— yard backstroke, and the 200 yard individual medley. , The 200 yard medley relay team of Amelio, Scholarships Kathy Scott, Lienhardt and Martin came within three-tenths of a second of qualifying Athletic Director Dave Rice arinouhced for the Nationals In last week's meet against recently there has been an increase in the Colgate. number of tuition scholarships for the soccer "We should Qualify tfor the Nationals] In and women's track programs, effective for the States, where competition will be the the 1981-82 academic year. 1 < . . . toughest," said Artiello; Soccer, which previously had only three scholarships, will now have: eight full-tuition Junior Kathy Scott and sophomore Carol • ; \ '•"•..' Martin will also be Vying for places at the scholarships) arid two awards have been Nationals. added for the women's track team, increasing J \ . .' ' .- . * \ . " •. * ' < '

the total for that sport to seven. J • ' '" ' '! ' ! " Men to Compete In Mets

1 * > Meanwhile, the men will be looking to untrack themselves this weekend as well, Allen Signed travelling to King's Point for the Metropolitan Championships. James Allen, a 6'7" forward from Norwalk After an uneventful and Winless season, High School in Norwalk, Connecticut, signed I the Aquarams are finally on the mend an Institutional letter of intent February 12, physically. Senior Dan lannuzzi, who has to enroll at Fordham this fall, according to been on the sidelines most of the season with head basketball coach Tom Penders. a rib injury, swam hard against Colgate and Allen Is the first basketball recruit who has , 1, * * is expected to gain momentum in the post- made a commitment to attend Fordham thus season tournaments. far. To perform well as a team, the Aquarams will have to rise above the mental pressures of completing an 0-8 season. Ready to teach Columbia looks to be the team to beat in home nursing, first aid, ; the Met Conference tournament. While parenting, child care, • - ' >/. Fordham's chances as a unit may be thin, the yater safety, CPR. Aquarams will be focusing on turning in .' ' ' LINCOLN CENTER STUDENTS! some strong individual performance. Red Cross: fceady for a new century. Help us fill this space. THE RAM "I expect good showings from Phil Cabasino, Jim Figliuolo, and Brian needs writers, artists, photographers Hnnerty," remarked Coach Jerry Olllia. and business staff. Send name & "Mark Knauss should come on in the end, phone to Box 12 at LC, or stop by a»d freshman Val Florio, who has done well all season, should continue to do very well at Room408-B. the Mets." 16 / THE RAM THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1981

Dud Tongal Ed Bona David Maxwell Spar Seeded First In KAC—Metro; Rams Win Fifth Straight; Finish At 19 - 7

b> Rich Dook) who had injured his ankle earlier in the game, stretch." Murphy finished the game with 12 free throws daily. had the ankle packed in ice. Murphy returned points. Fordham obtained the lead for good with The men's basketball team won it.s fifth late in the second half to hit six straight foul Maxwell, who finished with 18 points to about 18:30 left to play in the game. The consecutive game with an §3-"2 victory over shots in ihe last 90 seconds oi play to ice the lead the Rams, scored 12 in the second half Rams greatly benefited from the Blackbirds' the Blackbirds of Lonj Island University at victory for the Rams. and although he has had his problems at the overly aggressive play, as Fordham was 29 of the Schwartz Athletic Center on Wednesday "He played in a iot of pain," said Evans. foul line he made ten of 11 free throws in the 40 from the foul line, though only 28 of 62 night. "He gutted it out and came back when we game. Evans attributed this improvement to from the field. In completing the team's most successful needed him with the free throws down the the fact that Maxwell has been shooting 200 The Rams turned the ball over only four regular season in a decade, the Rams upped times in the second half and held LIU below their record to 19-". The Blackbirds dropped its scoring average of over £0 points per to 14-10 with ihe loss. game. The 83 points scored by the Rams "The kids were a little flat," said assistant EC A C Tournament Procedures marks their highest output since their 91-79 coach Howie Evans after the game. "They victory over Eastern Kentucky on December for *m knew they had the number one seed (in the Sot- mi 29. ECAC-Metro tournament) but we needed "They're a very physical team, one of the the win so that we could pick up our twenti- tteat acfion all MM ptaM m em Nauao GefiMtam"« Ume Wand oft 1»»afey>iigMtlliftt»5. most physical teams on our schedule," said eth win the tournament and stiil get an aitall«|RaSLM' Evans. "We played with a little more poise NCAA bid i f w e get bu m ped off." and a little more patience and we took better The Rams fell behind early S-4 and ap- an amaiMH* m Dm AS st mi «a« S «Wi KMttn* MK£Gea&*iOCtatrUcfcaK shots down the stretch." peared tense at the outset of the game. LIU The teams traded baskets for most of the used a balanced attack to increase its lead to second half, with neither squad being able to QUAflTER-FINALS 22-16 midday through the first half. SEMI-FINALS FINALS string several baskets together. Throughout Fordham crept slowly toward the Black- the half, the Rams lead gradually swelled to birds paced by Dud Tbngai. who had eight reach the final 11-point margin. first-half points. The Rams reeled off eight Tony Foust had 13 points for Fordham and straight points to take their first lead of the SiEMAp}- Tongal finished with ten before fouling out game, and with about five minutes left in the with 4:15 to play in the game. half they led 31-2". CHAMPION Riley Clarida and Jack Merriwether led After a time-out. LIU Clustered five points LOHG ISLAND (5)- ECAC-METRO LIU with 18and 14points, respectively. of its O'Au together to regain the lead at 32- The Rams will now have an eight-day lay- 31. "David Maxwell's spinning drive and Ed WAGNER{4)- off before the ECAC-Metro tournament Bona's lay-up off a beautiful pass from Mike semi-finals next Thursday. Evans feels that Cooper gave the Rams a 35-3-4 haiiume ad- this time will be one during which some ol vantage. the team's nagging injuries will have a chance Dunns the intermission. Mark Murphy. to heal.

Rams Upset Crusaders

On Saturday afternoon at Rose Hill, the Rams pulled off their biggest upset win of the season by defeating the Holy Cross Crusad- Lady Rams End Long Season ers, 66-59, before 3,228 people, the largest home crowd of the season. b> Ron Rohn Barbara Kelly, managed just seven points biggest upset in the region this year" avenged "The kids really wanted it," said Fenders. The women's baskeiball team finished its between them in the first half. a 63-57 loss to Manhattan last year. "It was an upset in the sense that Holy Cross season this pas? weekend by losing two of Meanwhile Fordham continually found Wanker and Connell each finished the is an established club and they weren't taking three contests. The Lady Rams upset holes in the Manhattan defense and game with 24 points each. Connell also had a us lightly." Manhattan College ""-66, but then dropped convened high percentage shots into baskets. game high seven assists. Senior forward Ann Six quick points by Crusader sophomore decisioas to Fairtleld. 49-4S, ar.d Rhode "We ran our offense patiently and displayed Prunty totaled 11 points and nine rebounds forward Ernie Floyd gave Holy Cross an 8-4 Island, "2-39, to finish the season with sr.en good ball movement," said Coakley. "We for the Lady Rams. lead six minutes into the game. wins and 19 losses. made their defense work and when they tired. Fre-shman standout Sheila Tighe led' the But the Rams came storming back and Arch-rival Manhattan entered the Rose •*e hit the open man." Lady Jaspers with IS points, but was permit- after Tony Foust connected with Tongal on Hill Gymnasium last Thursday in contention Tracy Connel! and Cecelia Wanker both ted just one assist by the swarming Fordham an alley-oop. he picked Floyd's pocket tor a fora regional playoff bid. but had their play- scored 11 posnts in the first half as the Lady defense. That defense forced Manhattan to steal and Murphy's ensuing jumper gave the off hopes dimmed by a very fine Lady Ram Ram; methodically built a 32-23 halftime shoo; a poor 33 percent from the floor, as Rams a 15-12 lead. performance. iead. compared to 49 percent for Fordham. The lead swelled to 21-16 with 9:01 to pla)' Before the game, head coach Cathy Coak- The Lady Jasper* closed to within sever. in the half whereupon Holy Cross called a ley told her team that whichever squad was midway through the second half, but back- LR1 Trounces Rams time-out. The Crusaders reorganized and forced to shoot from the outside would lose to-back three point plays by Wanker and promptly reeled off ten straight point- whili the ball game. The Lady Rams utilized a tight JoA.nn McLaughlin blew the game open. 1 The following night Fordham hosted the the Ranis unsuccessfully attempted to P "' 2-3 zone which virtually eliminated Manhat- Freshman guard Sue Himes iced the victory University of Rhode Island. The Lady Rams Holy Cross out of its aggressive 2-1-2 /OIK tan's inside game and Coakley was proven by convening four consecutive foul shots in were in trouble an hour before the game even and underwent a four minute -count correct. the final minute of play. Himes was forced started, as news came from the training room drought. ^ "We played a great defensive game." the into this pressure situation when that point guard Theresa Hrubash would be With 4:55 to play, the visitors led 26-J. coach said. "Wj forced the ball out to the McLaughlin and Marcy Gause fouled out unable to play because of tendonitis in her and the Crusaders led at the half 32-2S. perimeter and denied them any shots inside. late in the second half. right foot. The second half was a see-saw battle. «iti That was the key to the game." The Lady The victory, called by a representative st Wanker gave Fordham a short lived 2-0 the lead changing hands 10 times. In the \' Jaspers' two six-footers, Ellen Soja and from Eastern Basketball Magazine "the Continued on page 14 Continued on page"