He Had The Whole Class Hypnotized by Nancy Copier tVhcn Dr. Herbert Robbins gave a lecture of problem solving and wish-fullflllrnent, and „• KiMti»9 ^'a" Tuesday afternoon he had are sometimes an indication of future events since "we are always thinking of the future". J'll,. whole class hypnotized —Literally. Actu- ji Robbins, a Psychology teacher at Bronx Robbins demonstrated, through hypnosis, Community College, used hypnosis to de how dreams work. First, he hypnotized all willing participants in the lecture halU "Hyp- ,,1(,iistrate how dreams work. In a lecture sponsored by the Psychology club, Dr. Rob- nosis", he said, "is relaxing and enjoyable". It involves intense concentration and focus- (lj,l5 explained that there are two types of Imjic. Aristotelian or waking logic, and Pa- ing on one thing and blocking out everything else. |e0 logic, which is a primitive logic that dcairs in dreams, delusions, and the like. Then, taking five volunteers from the au- The example he gave of Paleo logic was of dience, Robbins put them back under hyp- nosis and gave them information which he ,, man who thought he was a ghost. said would evoke dream images. He told An inexperienced psychologist who tried them that when they were three or four they to reason with the man and talk him out of stole money out of their mother's purse to his delusion asked him if it were not true that buy'candy. Their mother found out and if hf were dead he would not bleed. The became angry, which caused them to feel man agreed, the psychologist proceeded to are familiar with. ing themes of the dream" and look for clues guilty and repress the memory of the event. prick his finger and draw blood where upon "Dreams," said Robbins, "are regressions that will aid in the interpretation of the Robbins woke up the subjects and then the man replied, "Well what do you know, back to Paleo Logic." This is why dreams are dream. For example, he said a dream about put them back under hypnosis, telling them dead people do bleed." The point Robbins not to be taken literally. Robbins equated falling is probably not related to being clum- to dream. When they awoke, the symbols in wanted to make was the Paleo logic was dream interpretation to "detective work". sy, but rather has to do with insecurity. their dreams were similar to the story Rob- irrational as opposed to the waking logic we He said that one must "listen to the underly- Robbins said dreams serve the functions continued on page 3 V;
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by Kathy Sheehan by Michael J. Echter are no opportunities to relate to knowledge, If Fordham University should increase campus hous- An appeal to Fordham students to be- you have a process of indentured mentali- ing, and concentration on attracting more resident come involved in consumer advocacy and ties, and where you have a lack of values, students, it may very well escape the consequences of a stinging charges that universities present on- you lose the essential metabolism for exist- predicted enrollment drop in the 1980's. ly the value systems of corporations were ence." The New York State Education Department has made by national gadfly Ralph Nader in a He pointed out his alma mater, the Har- projected a decrease of approximately one-third in the Tuesday lecture at Rose Hill. vard Law School, as an example of a ten- number of full-time undergraduate students in both "If you think you're ever bored while at dency in universities to present only the private and public institutions in New York State. . college, you'd better ask yourself why. You value system of the corporation. "Law stu- According to Richard T. Waldron, director of Admis- have to go out and challenge yourself ana- dents learned how to represent corporations sions at Fordham, "How much Fordham is affected lytically and normatively. Students need but there were few opportunities for students depends on the housing situation. If we build up our causes," he noted. He also announced the to learn how to represent the victims of housing facilities we should not be affected to any large formation of a Fordham chapter of the New corporations—the share holders, the tax- extent." York Public Interest Research Group. The payers, and the residents of the communi- Nader talk was part of the American Age Waldron continued, "We expect a decrease, al- ty," he insisted. "1 prefer to call Harvard a speaker series. though certainly not one-third, in the area of under~ highly priced stool factory. A Harvard edu- Nader spoke ot power, knowledge, and graduate liberal arts rather than the College of Business cation refuses to give the student the chance Administration...! would expect some decline in the lvalues, and their relationship to each other, to study the relationship of power, value, and knowledge." male category of Fordham College." industry, the university, and the student. . The reason given for the predicted drop in the male '"Human beings need a way to relate to all "The great majority of the American peo- population of Fordham College is simply lack of interest Maroon three of these areas. Where there are no ple are shutout of their legal system. It's too in liberal arts. Admissions Dean Waldron opportunities to relate to power, you have a expensive and cumbersome," he continued. continued on page a totalitarian system," he said. "Where there continued on page 8 Crapo Remembers: When The Bronx Was The Place To Live by Brian Maney duled to open for use the city inspector declared the bridge period, began attracting people who worked in Manhattan Imagine a time when the Bronx was the place to live. With unsafe and closed it down," Crapo said. "An angry mob tore but chose to live in a more rural setting, convenient subway connections to Manhattan, some of the down the barricades," he continued, "and the bridge' has Secondly, the advantages of the natural north-south finest apartment architecture in the world, and a vital street been in use since." valleys of the Bronx were exploited in the construction of rail 1 lil' m its neighborhoods, the Bronx flourished from the turn The Bronx, which had been primarily a farm area until this continued on page 3 of the century until after World War II. In a talk on "The Rise and Decline of The Bronx" spon- ••'•red by the Undergraduate History Association, Bronx his- t"ii,in Ray Crapo stressed the role of changing transporta- ""H tnythods in tracing the development and eventual deterioration of the borough, Spunking to seventy people on Tuesday November 7. Cr.ipo, who is president of the Bronx County Historical S'K-ieiv, described the effect which the decline of mass tran- •ii '"id the rise of the automobile had on the borough. The Biunx, which depended so greatly on the subways (or its 'Jiowth, has "no reason to exist" in an auto-oriented society, said Crapo.
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More Than A Greenhouse by Don Devey year of the project in greenhouse design, hot The Fordham Urban Solar Eco-System water solar collectors, organic agriculture, (FUSES) is an experiment in urban food fish and mussel culturing for human con- production which centers around the geo- sumption, social aspects of alternate techno- desic dome just south of Keating Hall. But logies, decentralized communities, com- FUSES is more than a solar heated green- munity outreach and public relations. This house, it is also a vehicle for undergraduate work has been reported in the news media research in many fields of alternate tech- as well as at various academic and alternate nology, including energy, agriculture, aqua- technology conferences. culture, and social relations. Important and FUSES can expand into any and all fields informative work has gone on in the first of alternate technology and currently needs more students to get involved. Some pro- posed projects include the development of a passive solar building suitable for habitation, a windmill, and creating an alternate tech- nology resource center for New York City. The possibility for undergraduate research is great, as is the chance to develop a skill or satisfy a personal desire to learn about and perhaps even develop the technologies of your future. Academic credit has already been granted for FUSES work in Biology, The Tennis Courts are repaired. Physics, and Sociology but credit is only one of many considerations. A meeting of all interested people will be held at the FUSES Graduate Schools dome on Tuesday November 21 at 12:30 p.m. to discuss the past, present and future of alternate technology research at Ford- ham. All students who are interested, re- English Approved gardless of major, are urged to attend. In case of rain or extreme cold the meeting will be held in Keating 208. by Sue Sandier Department Chairman, "We made improve- This article is the first In a series on ments in a number of areas on what was the state and future of already being done by the department." Fordham's graduate schools. Two general weaknesses that the state Circle K Sponsors found in the graduate English program were A rating committee from the State Educa- inadequate staff to cover the entire range of tion Department recently notified Fordham's English and American literature, and insuf- English Department that sufficient improve- ficient professional counseling for graduate Blood Drive Thursday ments have been made on their graduate students. program to postpone indefinitely a return Myers said steps have been taken to by Lance Griffin blood for one year. "This is a great deal," visit by the committee. remedy these problems. "There has been Circle K wants your blood. The oppor- said Scarpettti. "The normal cost for blood is The state has been conducting follow-up faculty enrichment," he noted, and added tunity to give will be Tuesday, November between $70-150 a pint, depending on the investigations of those departments in the improvements have been made to streng- 21, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the type." Graduate School of Arts and Sciences which then the foundations of the existing graduate Campus Center. The process will only take Giving blood is a short and relatively pain- failed to receive full approval in the initial program. 30-40 minutes. less process. Simply appear at the ballroom studies begun four years ago. Another change was the creation of a "Last year alone," says Bob Scarpetti, and register. If you don't know your type it English was first evaluated during the Director of Graduate Studies instituted im- chairman of the blood drive, "200 people in will be determined quickly by qualified Red 1974-75 school year, and was judged to be mediately after the initial evaluations were New York City died because of transfusions Cross nurses. Cookies and orange juice will 'provisionally acceptable with review in completed in 1975. The post is currently be supplied free afterwards. Scarpetti of bad blood." He went on to say that 5 three years." held by Dr. Joseph Grennen. ended, "We have great faith in the student percent of the blood used in hospitals must Their reevaluation came up this fall, and Full approval of the graduate English pro- body, there was a good turnout before." come from commercial sources. Many of according to Dr. Andrew Myers. English gram is now conditional to the acceptance of these commercial donors are people in need the rating committee's report by the State of the money, including alcoholics and drug Education Department. addicts. Hypnotized Intensive evaluations of graduate school programs have been part of a special ten- "We need Fordham students for their continued from page 1 the need of food but of love and affection. year statewide study by the New York State clean blood," says Scarpetti. "Last year 190 bins had told them. One subject dreamed of Robbins said these dreams stemmed from Board of Regents. The purpose is basically a students showed up; this year we would like an apple orchard, knocking a woman in the the story he implanted in the subject's mem- financial one —to ensure quality in univer- around 250," orchard off a ladder, and then running. ories which they had repressed. sities within New York State's graduate pro- But if good will is not at its peak on Tues- Another dreamed of watching an editorial One of the subjects hypnotized. Gene grams that are given state financial grants, day, other incentives will be offered by Circle on television and then going to get some- Cinotti, said, "It was relaxing, very relax- known as Bundy funds, for each masters K. All blood donors will receive a raffle thing to eat. ing." He said he dreamed of stealing news- and doctoral degree awarded. ticket. First prize for the drawing will be two papers and then running with them. Rob- A site visitation of the graduate Economics tickets to see the Broadway play Dracula. Both of these dreams, Robbins said, had bins, aside from his teaching position at Department is scheduled for today and Fri- Second prize is a case of wine. Also, when underlying themes of food, running, and Bronx Community College, has a private day of this week. giving blood you become part of the Ford- tension. He said that the dreams of food practice and is President-Elect of the New Within the university have been conduct- ham blood bank. This membership entitles could represent frustration, mother depend- York Psychological Association-Academic ed. A report, and recommendations to Fin- the donor and immediate family to free ency, and the wish to have a need met, not Division. lay are expected sometime in January. Crapo Remembers continued from page 1 windows right on the corners of the building and casement Crapo. lines. Even before the advent of the steam locomotives, the windows. The use of stainless steel ornamentation in eleva- "I used to play in the streets all the time. We used to play first horse drawn cars of the New York-Harlem River Rail- tors, doors and special handrails created "some of the finest marbles, scooters. The recreation area was the street, literal- road reached what would later be Fordham's Rose Hill cam- lobbies you'll ever see," said Crapo. ly," said Crapo. "Ask anybody who is my age about every- body having scooters, about the marble marathons. The pus in the 1840's, according to Crapo. "These were exciting places, this was the place to live, the streets were great! We played stickball. . . you always hear 'I The Rapid Transit Commission decided around the turn place to be," said Crapo. "Up here you had all of the advan- was a three sewer man!'... 1 never was, two sewers was the of the century to construct rail lines along Jerome Avenue, tages of being away from downtown, but you had the 3rd most I ever hit, a lotta foul balls," he reminisced. Third Avenue, and White Plains Road as well as a line Avenue El and the Lex to take you downtown anytime." reaching Pelham Bay Park. The price of the land along these routes quadrupled. Robert Moses, perhaps the greatest force in New York With the transition from transit to the automobile and the A wave of building immediately ensued. Inexpensive State highway development, took a different view of the growth of suburbs, a tremendous number of buildings were buildings were constructed to house people that would live Bronx, according to Crapo. He compared Moses to the made obsolete, according to Crapo, There is little room for parking on Bronx streets and the recreation area was in the Bronx and work in Manhattan. English in the Colonial era, who saw the Bronx as an destroyed, he noted. The Tenement Reform Act allowed buildings to be wider. obstacle between New England and the rest of the country. With larger tracts of land on which to build, gardens and "Moses' god was the automobile and he perceived that the "Subway systems were deliberately made worse," said courtyards now proliferated in the residential areas of the world should be arranged for the automobile," said Crapo. Crapo, "and people bought more cars—they had to." Bronx. "Moses was able to reprioritize. through corruption, what the "If 1 work late at night and I got up to Woodlawn at the "The Bronx apartments became very desirable and very city should do." Crapo cited the biography of Moses by end of the Jerome line at 11:30 at night, only the good Lord stylish," said Crapo, citing buildings which still stand today Robert Caro, The Power Broker, as the source of this view. knows where the bus is. There's nobody in New York City for the more adventurous of his listeners to check out. "The "Robert Moses so systematically destroyed the rapid tran- with the intelligence to make the number 4 bus meet the Beaux Arts style of architecture, for example, proliferated sit concept that had built the Bronx that the IND subway, number 4 train at 11:32 at night, and it's done deliberately. from 1910 to 1915. A fine example of this style is at which broke ground in 1925, was not completed until What I'm saying is well documented," claimed Crapo. 249-251 E. Kingsbridge Road." he noted. 1968," said Crapo. "You now have a borough that's lost its use." said Crapo. "The encouragement of the growth of the suburbs through Lobbies and gardens were popular in the 1920's. A build- the implementation of the Veterans Administration and ing located at 23-24 Tit'bout Avenue is a fine example of the "Look at a map of the Bronx—what dominates it? Transit lines? No, roads. Roads that go through the Bronx from the Federal Housing Administration mortgage programs has emphasis on ornate lobbies. Diagonally opposite the Poe contributed to the decline of the Bronx as well," said Crapo. cottage at 26-65 Grand Concourse is a "magnificent build- Throgs Neck Bridge to the George Washington Bridge, from ing" from the 1920's, said Crapo. the New England Thruway lo the George Washington "The reason the borough came about no longer exists. The Bronx must find a new purpose, it is neither an auto- The Bronx reached its finest era in 1933 with the comple- Bridge. Railroads that used to serve the Bronx now hardly mobile city nor a transit city," he continued tion of the Independent line along the Grand Concourse, the stop here anymore," he said. Does the Bronx have a future? "The Bronx is too close to "D" line of today. This expansion accompanied the develop- As a result of the decline of mass transportation, people Manhattan to deteriorate completely," said Crapo, "but I see ment of the Art Dcco style of apartment building in the bought more cars and of course parked them on the streets. nothing decisive happening in the next decade." Bronx. The style employed light brick, frequently with Th« rars took awav a vital aspect of Bronx life, according to Thursday, November 16, 197H Participants Hope Values It Will Be Expanded And Program Improved by Mary Schultz your own department and the library." Students and faculty who have participated in the what I've ordinarily gotten." Rev. Raymond Schroth, S.J., of the Communica- Fordham College Values Program have generally been Dr. James Kelly, also of the Sociology Department, tions Department, who will teach his third values course pleased with the program and have expressed the hope has taught two values courses and will teach another in next semester, said that one of the greatest accomplish- that it will be continued, expanded and improved, a the spring. He said, "Some of the best discussions I ve ments of the program is that it "reinforces community recent Ram survey found. had at Fordham have been in the values courses." He among the group of faculty who participate." The Values Program was conceived during the winter added that the program gave participants an oppor- Schroth said that outside the Values Program there is of 1974-75, when the Foidham College Academic tunity to "think of issues that ijenerally fall between the "little shared faculty intellectual experience" and that Council gave a mandate to the dean to initiate a values cracks in most curricula.' program. A committee was formed, and it spent five there are "few occasions when the faculty all get weeks during the summer of 1975 planning the together." program. One disappointment voiced by several students was The committee consisted of then-Assistant Deans Sr. that some courses "were not as well-coordinated as they Patricia Lacy and Dr. Joseph McGowan, Fr. Vincent could have been." Cooke of the Philosophy Department, Dr. Paula Ger- Elsie Uffelmann, FC 79, who has taken one values son of the Fine Arts Department, Dr. James Kelly of the course at the junior/senior level, said, "I was very dis- Sociology Department, and Gregory Syrek, FC '76, a appointed in the Values Program. Some of Fordham's student representative. best teachers are in it, but they made only feeble attempts to relate the subject to the central topic. The The Values Program grew from that summer, and it teachers never seemed to get together." However, she was instituted at Fordham College in the fall of 1976. would still like to see the program continued the way it's Fordham College Dean Robert Roth, S.J., was in- "ideally" supposed to be. strumental in launching the program and now serves as Rick Rodriguez, FC 80. who took a freshman cluster, its administrator. McGowan was the original director of had a similar criticism. He said, "The teachers I had the program and was active in it during its first two didn't bother to work together," and added that there years. Since McGowan became Dean of Students, Dr. should be "more accurate placement of teachers" so Michael Collins, Assistant Dean of Fordham College, is their courses will be linked to other courses of which the new director. they are knowledgeable. He said that this will require "a Collins said, "It is important to raise explicitly in much larger administrative effort by the person in courses the question of values as they emerge through charge," and if this effort is not made, the program the study of various disciplines." He added that many "should be junked." schools are "turning out people who know their craft, Roth feels that one possible explanation for the lack but are moral barbarians. The Values Program has of coordination in some courses is that "perhaps some attempted to give people a sense of the moral dimen- courses didn't lend themselves to be linked." sion of things." Schroth said there should be a "greater effort" made The program consists of two levels: one for freshmen to pair courses which are "truly interdisciplinary," rather and the other for both juniors and seniors. In the fresh- than "simply pairing courses in which the connections man program, two or three courses in different disci between them are not that clear." plines are grouped in cluster revolving around a com- Schroth expressed a belief held by many faculty mon theme. The same students are together for all members when he said that the program should be classes in the cluster. "more closely supervised." Rev. L. Augustine Grady, At the junior/senior level, three or four courses in dif- S.J., of the Theology Department echoed this senti- ferent disciplines revolve around a common theme. ment when he said that he "would like to see the Students register for only one class, but meet in group program supervised even more carefully," and also that sessions once a week with students and teachers from he'd like to see "more conclusions drawn from it." the other courses. This way all students and teachers Grady is leaching his fourth values course. benefit by all the courses. At both levels, teachers make Some teachers expressed disappointment that more an effort to attend each other's classes and to meet out- students didn't register for the junior/senior values side class to foster coordination among the courses. courses. According to Collins, this fall "all courses at the Students who have enrolled in the program have freshman level are bursting," while the junior/senior given varied reasons for doing so. Many said it "sound- courses are not heavily enrolled. ed interesting," "helped fill distribution requirements He thinks that perhaps the freshman are more open freshman year," and "it made freshman registration a to suggestion, and also that by junior year many breeze." students' schedules are much less flexible. Renee Rothbard, FC '80, participated in the program Another possible reason for the low enrollment which both the fall and the spring of her freshman year. She several students and teachers mentioned is the program enrolled "to help get my head together and think about was not publicized enough. what's really important in life. The program really One student suggested that the name of the program inspired me to learn for its own sake. 1 was learning be- can mislead students who don't know what it's all cause I wanted to learn." about. He said that a freshman acquaintance thought John Cutter, FC '79, took a junior/senior values the Values Program was for students considering the course because "the interdisciplinary approach to priesthood, brotherhood, or sisterhood. He added that course sounded different. It hadn't been offered to some students, the word "values" has a "monastic before." quality." He added, "the program offers a unique insight into Perhaps this confusion is symptomatic of a trend in three different aspects of one problem." society to leave questions of value in the hands of those Most of the students and teachers interviewed were in religious life. The Values Program attempts to show impressed with the friendly atmosphere in values' how values touch everyone. classes. The Values Program is now in its final year of a three- Rothbard added, "There was a spirit in the class. year trial period. According to Roth, this spring a Most of us are still friendly even though so much time subcommittee of faculty involved in the program will has passed. Although the courses are over, something evaluate it, along with an outsider who is familiar with is still there." the concept of a values program. Dr. Elizabeth Kraus of the Philosophy Department, who has taught two values courses and is scheduled to Roth has received inquiries about the program from teach a third in the spring, found "the atmosphere was several schools across the country and even from one in totally different. Students were more relaxed because Korea. Fie said, "There are strong indications the they knew each other. They learned much better in a Dean of Students Jay McGowan program is a success. So many things developed be- community situation." yond what was originally hoped for." Students generally spoke highly of the teachers Smith attested to the success of the courses he took in Kraus added that in their evaluation of the cluster, they've had in the values courses. students said they had to do "a terrible lot of work," but the program when he said, "I'd like to see Fordham Cutter found that, "The teachers were very enthu- have more classes that deal with values—courses that still gave the cluster a "glowing" evaluation. She said siastic and tried to make themselves more accessible to this shows "the students really want to be pushed to look into a person's character, ethics, and morals, the students." Anne Bowen, FC80, who took a fresh- instead of just having material thrown at you without work up to their capacity." man values cluster, stated her teachers "worked well Many teachers felt the students who enrolled in the going into depth, ll was a lot of work, but I learned a lot together" and this helped her to do better in both and feel I am a better person for it." Values Program were brighter. According to Collins, courses. Jonathan Smith, FC 80, has taken two fresh- Albert Einstein once said: "It is essential that the though, this is not statistically true. man values clusters and said, "a higher caliber of student acquire an understanding of, and a lively feeling "The range is as wide in the values courses as it is in teacher lends to become involved in the program." other courses," he said. "The sense of brightness comes for values. Fie must acquire a vivid sense of the beauti- Many teachers believe that one of the best aspects of ful and the morally good. Otherwise he — with his spe- from the interest and enthusiasm of the students, It's the program is that it helps them to meet and become more fun to go to class with people you'ie close to." cialized knowledge more closely resembles a well friends with teachers in other departments trained dog than a harmoniously developed person." Rev. Joseph Fitzpatrick, S. J., of the Sociology De- Kelly said the program provides a "marvelous oppor- I he modern genius wouki probably have been partment, who is teaching his fourth values course, tunity to meet faculty from other departments." He pleased to see the efforts made by Fordham College said, "The quality of the work done by the students in added that because the university is large and the administrators, faculty, and students to bring the con- the Values Program has been consistently better than teachers are so busy, "your whole life can be lived out in I cept of values back into education. The Ram Thursday, November 16, 1978 PageS President Carter Signs Bill Increasing Financial Aid To Middle-Income Families by Carol Coyne President Carter signed November 1 an act that will in- crease student aid programs in higher education to $5.2 billion and make an estimated 60 percent of the nation's college students eligible for financial aid, The president originally offered the act, designed to give middle-income families relief from the rising cost of college education, as an alternative to the tuition tax credits program. James Purks, of the Office of Media Liaison of the White House Press Office, said last week that "the President is very pleased" with the passage of the bill. According to the Purks, the new act will mean a net increase of $2 billion in federal spending on higher education. Signing the act into law, Carter said of it, "1 am grateful'it materialized in this fine fashion." Last spring, the President said his plan "will increase the number of students eligible for loans, grants and work-study, from about three million this year to five million when [our program is] put into effect. The cost of this will be less than one-half of the so-called income tax credits. It will also give aid to families that are most in need; to families that have a fairly good income, say $20,000, who would have two young people in school, and so forth." Specifically, the plan will expand the government's Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG), Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Guaranteed Student Loans, and College Work Study (CWSP) pro- grams. According to Fordham University's Office of Financial Aid, the increases in the BEOG, SEOG, and college work- study programs will effect students next year. The loan provision however, is already in effect. Fordham University's Assistant Director of Financial Aid Judith Gutterman termed the act as "a welcome relief to those families in the middle income strata who have long felt ignored by the federal government when it comes to putting IF ONLV We COULD AFftgP A> SCHCOU 600p ENOUGH the kids through college." To aetouR KIDS INTO ™/*/^-- * Under the act, the Basic Educational Opportunity Pro- gram will be available to an estimated 5.3 million students. Currently the BEOG award may range from $176 to $1600 per year, depending on the income of the student's family Also under the new act, the minimal annual funding for out of the year would also be eligible for the tax credits. and the cost of the institution the student attends. The new College Work Study is increased by a million dollars to some Tuition tax credits legislation passed both the House and plan would not only increase the amount of the awards, but $500 million. Work study is a campus-based funding pro- the Senate In this past session. As originally introduced, the would make awards available to an estimated 3.1 million gram which provides 80 percent of the salary for a student's bill Included the tuition costs of students In elementary and more students. A projected $700 million of the $1 billion part-time job at school while the institution pays the other 20 secondary schools as well. Political wrangling resulted in the increase in the BEOG program will be concentrated on percent. As in the SEOG program, institutions apply for dropping of elementary and secondary school costs from the families with annual incomes between $16,000 and funds to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare bill, which was then passed as an amendment to a larger tax $25,000. Basically, this means the family income limit will and money for work-study is distributed to almost 3,000 cut bill. be raised to $25,000 for students to receive awards. institutions including Fordham, based on a formula which The differing House and Senate versions of the larger bill determines the number of attending students who need were referred back to a joint conference committee. Several Also under the plan the minimal annual funding for financial aid. Each individual institution may use the funds at representatives insisted on attaching the elementary and another grant program, the Supplemental Educational Op- its own discretion to finance a large variety of campus jobs. secondary school provision to it again. An agreement could portunity Program (SEOG) will be increased to $370 million. Congress' adoption of the President's Middle Income As- not.be reached, and while the tax cut bill went on to passage, These are funds that the individual institution, including sistance Act and last minute dropping of the tuition tax credit the tuition tax credit amendment to it was dropped. Fordham, must apply for to the Department of Health, legislation which Carter opposed was a major victory for the Carter has opposed the tuition tax credit plan from its Education and Welfare. HEW awards SEOG funds to the President. introduction because it "is very expensive, and not focused institutions based on the number of students in the institution Despite this, Dr. Albert Alford, assistant commissioner for well and is really a boon to the very affluent families." Vir- who demonstrate exceptional financial need. legislation at the U.S. Office of Education, expects that tually every major education association joined the president The Middle Income Assistance Plan will also remove the tuition tax credits may make a comeback in Congress' next in opposition to the tuition tax credits. $25,000 income limit for participation in the federally-sub- session. Of his own play, the President said: "There is a narrowly sidized portion of the guaranteed student loan program. The "It's a perennial bill," he observes, "and there's no doubt focused, 1 think a very well focused, proposal we put for- loan program guarantees that the federal government will quite a few representatives intend to sponsor one again. But ward to increase direct grants to students when they come repay the banks for loans which the banks extend to after the Middle Income Assistance Plan, I couldn't tell you if from low and middle income families, to authorize an in- students, and will subsidize interest costs for students. Cur- it [tuition tax credits] will have the same push it did this crease in loans to students and families from low, middle rently, if the student's family has an income of over time." income and a little bit higher level of Income and work-study $25,000, he is ineligible for any interest benefits. Interest The tuition tax credit bill would have allowed people to programs for students. benefits include the government paying the interest rate on subtract 35 percent of college tuition costs from their federal "So I will not accept the two programs. Obviously, the one the loan while the student is in school and for a nine-month income taxes, as long as it's not more than $100 in 1978, I favor is the one we put forward. I think that the income tax grace period after the student graduates or leaves school for $150 in 1979, and $250 in 1980. After January^, 1980, credit as a way to resolve the problem of student financing Is another reason. part-time students enrolled in college at least four months ill-advised." Is There A Crisis? Boarders Split On Resident Life Report by Rich Marsico said, "How many colleges do you know that Karen Barnes, FC '81 from B-House did There was great disagreement as to how Boarders at Rose Hill are aware of the have maid services? Students should be re- not feel the service should be discontinued. students should be allowed to keep their recently released report of the Ad Hoc Com- quired to keep their rooms clean to prevent She said, "The maid service isn't bad. They rooms. John Papastathis, FC '82 from A- mittee on Residence Halls Life and agree roaches. RA's could be in charge of enforc- basically do a good job and should continue House believes, "We are paying to use this, with its conclusions that there are many ing this." to clean the bedrooms." just like a person outside of campus would problems, but they often disagree on their pay to use an apartment. We are responsible seriousness and solutions. These were the for any damages we incur, and we agree to pay for them. But oilr lifestyle should not be findings of a random survey of 25 boarders. restricted. 'If we want to be sloppy, we The report stated that there was a crisis in Cultural Needs should be allowed to with no fear of punish- the residence halls, and student opinion on the neighborhood know that a museum ment." that was split. John Tobin, FC '79 from 555 \ by Eric Plaue does exist in the Bronx. said, "There's certainly a lot of room for When you think of the many urban prob- Vince DeMarco, FC '81 said, "The stu- Community participation is emphasized dents should have a certain amount of improvement. There are problems, and lems which confront the Bronx, one which by the museum in its effort to spread arts respect for the cleanliness of their suite, tilings should be done to correct them. most likely doesn't come right to mind is a throughout the borough. Last summer, especially if other students in the suite Whether it is a crisis or not I don't know, it is lack of culture. Yet, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, located on 161st Street and the neighborhood children in the Grand Con- wiihed it." a matter of semantics." Grand Concourse, sees its role in filling the course area were given a chance to paint a It was generally agreed that if cleaning Maureen Norris, FC '81 of A-llouse, cultural needs as a necessary part in stop- street mural in the park located across 161st implements were made available to students stated, "1 think there is a crisis. 1 think a lot of ping the general decline' of the borough. Street from the museum. The mural not they would be put to use. Norris stated, conditions are let go. They don't fix things only beautified the neighborhood, but also "Students would definitely use a broom or a when they should. The museum "will try to halt urban decay in the marginal areas of the Bronx by being a showed the kids that they have creative vacuum if made available. Every weekend Most boarders, especially those in 555 cultural complement to political and eco- talent. we look for one. A lot of times we'd like to and Martyrs' Court agreed that the inner and nomic endeavors", says the director of the There are always more traditional exhibits clean but we can't, because there's nothing outer appearance of the dormitories is bad. museum, Luis R. Cancel. on display in the museum's gallery in the to clean with." Tobin said, "They look pretty bad, Martyrs' rotunda of the Bronx Courthouse and in its McDermotte said, "Students should defi- Court looks like a slum. The outside is not Since its opening in 1971, the museum five satellite galleries spread throughout the nitely have cleaniny implements made avail- kept up, and the Inside is falling apart. The has gone -beyond conventional means to attract people to its exhibitions and events. borough. able. It should be done by suites. There same is true with 555." Last summer, a rock/soul concert, spon- In September, the museum exhibited a should be a broom or vacuum cleaner for Concerning the maid service, student sored by the museum, was held on the show called "Images of A Neglected Past," each suite." opinion varied from eliminating it completely veranda of the Bronx County Court Building which featured a continuous slide show ot Tom Behringer, FC '82 from Bishop's to supporting the work the maids do. An- where the museum is housed. The event let continued on page ') [continued on page 9] nette McDermotte, FC '80 from B-House Thursday. November 16, 1978 The Ram THE RAM Editorial SERVING CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SINCE 1918 If you've e\ basketball ()I heard Matt I; of the besr, if "OtfJ Persistent Voice station has. That's not ( Ralph Nader, the national itch, brought a series of mes- better off de,i sages to Rose Hill this week. Perhaps most heartening of "When 1 was li.| these was his announcement of the formation of a Fordham my spine." bj|. ,, chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group. k to get it out Th< Their presence will provide intellectual resources to stim- nerves to get to ; ulate provocative and resonant questions, and offer chan- leg. nels from the classrooms of our Values program into the governmental and commercial mainstream. Two months,if:J Not to be discounted in that glad news is the presence of "After the first the man. Nader believes that economic and social justice properly, audit ought to be the hard work of us all. His own efforts are to go back in the;] legend We need not aspire to spartan lifestyles to believe more nerves that the masters of our city who chose to guarantee bonds virtually useless ?•] while buildings burned should not govern. We do need to leg. provide alternatives-and this we cannot do unless we are Doctors were learned in its mindlessness and committed to its improve- surviving two deljj ment. The Bronx, in which the flagship campus of this "The doclors lolc-l University is located, is the single greatest symbol of DiLieto said. "The;,! American and Urban decay. We are the only reliable voices then said I'd be a \J for its future. In this regard, above all. Nader signifies, for he Doctors also s
He then addressed the importance of i areas that cause people to get sick." Nader he pointed out that only fourteen major student's experience at college, referring u, Nader told an anecdote of how a riedical student landowners in Southern California pos- the need for values in education. "What is approached the dean of a mt'iiical school, sessed over 30% of the rich farmland. "The education for?" he asked the crowd. "To yet continued from page 1 '• and said he wanted to major in nutrition. legitimacy of a corporation rests in that it a job? No —that's what trade school is f , "The dean gasped, then said, 'Nutrition.'' operates in a marketplace, and takes the risk ( r "Where there is no business, there is no law. Education is a broader enlightenment " At the Law School we didn't study how to What kind of status is that—better you of failure." Nader was very annoyed by the way mos( prosecute the makers of cars which perform should major in cardo-vascular surgery. Get Nader said that in this era of monopolies, Universities evaluate students. "You are poorly on the highway. Instead we studied 'em while they're down.'" corporations are able to easilybuy their way measured by a testing society dominated by tax law—how to save a corporation money The core of Nader's argument is that there out of trouble. "They violate the law impuni- the ETS center at Princeton. He listed the by using income tax loopholes. They be- is a double standard for corporations and tively. When was the last time any of you characteristics of idealism, creativity, persist came sharp by becoming narrow. They lived individuals. "Exxon and GM each gross six passed a Greyhound bus on the highway? ance, stamina and wisdom. "How many / futilely ever after." million dollars an hour, twenty-four hours a Do you think the Greyhound bus is obeying 0 these values are tested by those multiple "Yankee Stadium is subsidized by the day. Add Ford to them and they make more the law twenty miles above the speed limit?" choice horrors," he remarked.."Even law citizens of the city. It gives back money to its than the Pentagon," he continued. "They he asked rhetorically, then continued. "It is yers sometimes take multiple choice tests stockholders, but it doesn't pay its share to are powerful enough, and willing to topple against the law for an individual to relieve Would you go to a multiple choice lawyer? the taxpayer. This happens all over, espe- governments, and work with regimes. A himself in the Detroit River. It is fine for Yet, there is uncritical acceptance of the cially with oil and steel companies." corporation can work with a dictatorship. corporations to relieve themselves. It's all for results of these SAT's, LSAT's and GRE's by They are amoral institutions." the sake of advancement. They don't even From this he launched into an attack on colleges and universities." his favorite target—the auto industry. "It He asked the audience. "What is this plead duress." would be possible to walk away from an entity called a corporation that is given the He then mentioned how corporations are "These are priceless years for you," Nader accident if money and time were put into rights of individuals?" and then quickly an- chartered by state governments. "Delaware told the students. He urged them not waste automobile construction. That is if one isn't swered his own question. "They run this sells its law. It makes its laws permissive so it time, and to gather together. "You have the incinerated Pinto-style, or decimated Fire- country. Most of the wealth of this country is :an win challenges by shareholders," he ability to aggregate together. You can meet stone-radial-style." held in the hands of Chase Manhattan, noted. "Delaware is a corporate Reno. It has with one another. You can't talk back to The medical profession did not remain Allied Chemical, and Dow Chemical." He no interest in bringing its nineteenth century your TV set, but you can meet in the dorms untouched by Nader's criticism either. "Med- then charged that these corporations, by charter laws up to date. Delaware? GM and talk." He told them that they were at the icine reverberates off power as well," he their concentrated power, control labor and could buy Delaware in a weekend if Dupont peak of their idealism. "It's all down hill after remarked. "Preventive medicine deals in even the land of this country. To support this was willing to sell it." this," he admitted. Nader then asked the students present to think more seriously about their future. "What will happen if you go to work for a corporation and observe crime, fraud, and waste. What will you do? GM may beckon The Graduate School you to work for them, but they'll tell you to leave your conscience at home," he pointed In a time when much emphasis is put on physical fitness, it out. "If you take the job you are setting is good to remember we need spiritual exercise". Prayer, of Business yourself up for a dilemma." Nader had no worship,' and a concern for others strengthen the spirit ol love second thoughts as to how people should and fellowship with God and man. solve it. "You have to ethically blow the Those who are seeking to develop greater spiritual of Pace University whistle. 1 have a book here about people who have blown the whistle on major cor- strenghts are needed to work with the spiritually and materially Cordially Invites You to Attend abandoned You may be among those called to serve as a porations. These people won't be invited to spiritual leader.. the White House. They are not polluters, Trinity Missions is seeking young men who want to campaign contributers. 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Tolkien, the trilogy is a spectacular in its better moments, the story that the small liberal arts colleges in the middle of the detailed and lengthy work combining ele- line is only explained in bits and pieces, with state will be much more affected than the larger multi- ments of Children's fantasy, the archetypal very little continuation from scene to scene, versities such as Fordham, Columbia, and Syracuse," struggle between good and evil, and heroic f-or the film supports a number of plots and stated Waldron. epic. Starting with this complex material, scenes of action, and the flow often depends In terms of how this future enrollment drop will effect any film project is confronted by two major on a presumed knowledge of the story. The the Fordham faculty, Joseph McCarthy, academic vice problems: how to translate the very rich deemphasis of the explanatory arid talking president, stated, "We have no plans for a drastic verbal imagery of the books onto the screen scenes not only hurts the flow of the film but reduction of faculty force at this time. We don't know in a stimulating and imaginative way; and produces a preponderance of wide-scale how this decrease will affect Fordham, however, if there how to condense the storyline to a bearable battle, and other action scenes, which some- is a significant decline in students in any one area faculty length and still salvage its flair for detail along times degenerate into melodrama. The will have to be reduced." with a comprehensible plot. bloody sword battles at points look like McCarthy added that there are departments that are After almost twenty years of disappoint- parodies of Peckinpah when ores are split in doing quite well and in order to meet the needs of those ment and foiled attempts in Hollywood, half with a splatter of blood. The movie is departments new faculty will have lo be authorized. He there is a film version of The Lord of the geographically violent. stated that each department must be considered care- Rings. Disney gave up the film rights after But it is the animation which is the most fully ds the only way to prepare for the projected decline ten years in 1968 to United Artists, where fascinating aspect of the film. Bakshi and is to authorize fewer new faculty positions both Stanley Kubrick and John Boorman producer Saul Zaentz shot a complete live McCarthy said that the administration is "projecting a failed in attempts to yet a screenplay. Con- action film of The Lord of the Rings, but number of shifts within the faculty, hopefully, without vinced that animation was the only adequate none of this ever appears on screen. It is all too much bloodshed." He admitted however, that,' "It's vehicle for the story, Ralph Bcikshi took the drawing, done by 200 painters and back- not easy to shift faculty from one department to another project and has produced a two hour and ground artists, totally transforming the live- because you look for expertise in faculty members. We eleven minute movie (the longest full-length action into animation. The result, as Bakshi me open to suggestions from those faculty who are animated feature ever). This product is an himself said, is that he "can do totally realist- willing to switch." As far as the enrollment decline is enjoyable but sometimes disappointing film. ic animation." In contrast to animated films concerned, McCarthy stated that some interchange in With his version, Bakshi solves the first before, there are often hundreds of charac- the faculty is possible, "but it's not much of an escape problem through the use of high quality and ters on the screen. hatch." ^^ imaginative animation, but virtually con- This "real" animation is all done in sha- Robert Becker, assistant for residence halls, stated ^^" ' "" •" cedes defeat with the latter problem and dows and these often give a satisfactory (hat any and all plans to increase student housing are sacrifices the internal unity of the film. It effect, especially for fantasy, but sometimes still in the talking stages. He agreed with Waldron that packs a lot of action into its comparatively fade into indiscernible blobs. These shadowy the way to avoid a larger enrollment drop is to expand short length, and sometimes there is just too images, combined in the same scene with student housing and focus on attracting more resident ^^^ much. what might be called more traditional anima- students. Becker stated that Hughes Hall, Old Chemis- ^9^'i )••'< "It was made strictly for Tolkien fans," tion (much of the "normal" animation is iry, and a new high rise similar to 555 are the dormitory ^™***x Bakshi said at a press conference last Satur- close to Disney) create a contrast which is possibilities for Rose Hill. He also stated that Lincoln day and this exclusiveness affects the nature perfect for the portrayal of the fantastic Center administration is considering the possibility of of his work. Unless you have read part of the scenes and mythical characters along with constructing a building to house students at the Lincoln trilogy or have heard the story form one of the human and humanoid characters. Bak- Center campus. the fanatics who has just read it for the shi has started an experiment in film which is Although a nation-wide enrollment drop has been fifteenth time, you really need a program in perfect for the realm of fantasy, for it allows predicted for the 1980's, all preparations at Fordham order to understand what is going on and the combination of reality with imagination continue as per usual and by 1980 when the student why. Otherwise the film becomes merely a in a way that the two blend into a new form population begins to dwindle, Fordham may still be just series of interesting animated scenes. This of reality. in the "talking stages." effect is heightened by the film's end—it The characterizations of Frodo and Gol- stops more or less in the middle of the lum are especially good. Of course, Bakshi's second book, with some of the stpry lines visualizations of the characters will be re- Alan Parker's Latest: less advanced than others. ceived differently by everyone who has read The plot is basically the saga of the final the book and formed his own image. But he confrontation between the forces of good seems to have drawn on some pool of and evil in Middle Earth, centering on the common sympathy and imagination in form- Unflinching Express possession of one all-powerful magic ring. ing these two. Frodo is an introspective and The story is populated with dwarves, elves, striking leading man. Gollum was the first ores, ringwraiths, men, and hobbits. Frodo, by Bobbie Trentlion owner of the ring after Sauron lost it, in turn We see a world where torture is a way of life a hobbit, along with the forces of good are lost it to Frodo's uncle, and ends up serving It is not the mission of art to imitate life, and constitutional guarantees do not exist, trying to return this ring to the Mount of Frodo in his effort to regain his "precious." but rather to hold up an original, rarefied never mind such niceties as compassion and Doom where it was forged and destroy it. Whenever he appears on the screen, his vision or image which will provide some dignity. On the other side, the Dark Lord, Sauron, ey-green visage and lisping voice breathe insight into the mysteries of life. The quality The acting is nothing short of superb. In using the forces of the nether regions wants of art depends then on how effectively it ful- into the film and the audience. Brad Davis we see the gradual metamor- to intercept the ring and complete his dom- The rest of the trilogy, Bakshi said, will not fills this mission. Yet it occasionally occurs phosis of Billy Hayes from an immature ination of the whole middle Earth. The that the event depicted by a work of is of be ready for at least 18 months, and probab- youth into a tough young man who over- "good guys" are often tempted to use the ly 2 years. Work on the script has just begun. such importance that it transcends art. One comes the hardships of his grim environ- ring against evil, but anyone who wears it is considers the documentaries of Marcel Lord of the Rings is playing at the Ziegfield ment. corrupted by its power. Just to explicate the Theater, 54th Street west of Seventh Ave- Ophuls or the World War II combat photo- initial subplots would require a few thousand graphs of Robert Capa as examples. Midnight Express is essentially a nue. visceral film. It will excite, frighten or outrage words. We must now add Alan Parker's new film through its unflinching depiction of eroti- Chris Conkling and Peter Beagle, the Midnight Express to this special category. cism, violence and brutality. But it never fails screenwriters, do provide some helpful nar- Although it is not a documentary, Midnight Museum to be compelling. rative at the beginning of the film on the Express tells a story that is so horrific and of continued from page 5 such moment that the quality of the film is of Chinese-American persecution in the U.S. secondary importance. Fortunately though, Columbian masks, musical instruments and Midnight Express is very good and cer- photo documentation. tainly is one of the finest films to be released On November 20, the museum will begin this season. a new show called "Street Art", which will 1 he story is taken literally from the head- Residents * feature a display of over 50 color photo- lines. On October 6, 1970 Billy Hayes, an graphs of outdoor murals in New York City. American college student travelling abroad, continued from page 5 As far as physical plant is concerned, "The exhibition shows the wealth of color was, arrested in Turkey for attempting to students had different opinions. Tobin said, and cultural heritage in our city," said a smuggle two kilos of hashish out of the Hall said, "It would definitely help if students "They seem to be the butt of all the jokes, so spokesman for the museum. The photo country. For this offense he was sentenced were provided with cleaning implements. I hesitate to comment on them. They coul'd documentation is the work of J. Kleiman, a to five years in Istanbul's ancient Sagmalicar Most people want to maintain their own easily be understaffed or overworked." prominent New York artist. A free catalog prison. Then, with only fifty three days left in room, and if given material to do it with, DeMarco said, "Physical plant is okay; they listing the locations of the street murals will his sentence, the high court of Turkey resen- they will." have fixed our room every time it is broken be available at the exhibit. The museum is tenced him to thirty years. With no hope of One point that most students agreed on is up usually promptly and without complain- open from 9 a.m. lo 5 p.m. on all week- appeal Hayes knew that his only chance was that a mandatory meal plan should be insti- ing much." days. 10 escape. This he was finally able to accom- tuted if the service were to be improved. Disagreeing was Morris who said, "We The museum also offers concert perfor- plish in 1975 after spending five agonizing DeMarco said, "1 don't really see that cook- have had plexiglass in our windows instead mances of classical music by accomplished years in a terrestrial hell that most Americans ing in suites is a problem; it doesn't seem to of reyular glass since the beginning of the musicians from the Bronx every Sunday did not even know existed. bring much garbage. If the meal plan were year, and they promised they would put real from 1 p.m. to4:30p.m. Alan Parker and his associates have done worthwhile economically and nutritionally, 1 glass in, but they never did." In further attempts to aid its neighbor- an extraordinary job in recreating the ugly wouldn't have any objections to it." "It is ridiculous that they don't attend to hoods, the BMA sponsors programs to nether-world which Hayes and his fellow in- Beth Wiegard, FC '82 from Spellman problems like a backed-up toilet before fixing familiarize local children with art. Currently, mates inhabited. Oliver Stone has written a believes, "If they make an effort to make it a leaky shower in Lombardi or somewhere. the Artist-Adopt-A-School program places Powerful scenario based on the book by Mr. cheaper, improve its quality, and make it I've had a backed-up toilet in my room for professional artists in public schools where 11 ayes and William Hoffer. Giorgio Moro- seven days a week, a mandatory meal plan two days now, and it's beginning to smell," art has been cut out of the budget. dw s haunting soundtrack works very well would be okay. As the meal plan stands Behringer said. Also a neighborhood stabilization project "'id heightens the suspense. But most of the now, however, I would not like it to be man- One thing that all the students agreed on is now in the works that coordinates art '-reclit for Midnight Express must goto Mr. datory." was that change is necessary, and the report activities between Bronx artists and their i'arker who directed and produced the film. Chris Falco, FC '82 from Roberts' Plaza was a good start. Tobin said, "I was kind of communities. According to a spokesman for '"' he forces the audience not only lo see, said, "1 wouldn't gripe against a mandatory impressed with the report, I thought they the museum, the "project tries to establish liul also to feel the horror which otherwise meal plan if they increased the variety of the had some good ideas. 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nnmooi IIIHIIUH, r,t LDUIS. MO I>3U? The Ram Thursday, November 16, 1978 Sohn Page 11 continued from page 12 Sports Notes When he first came to Fordham, Sohn This first season has been a period of had pretty big shoes to fill: those of Pierre by Michael Kay and Tom OToughlin It was Kopera's play that kept the Rams in transition for the junior, however. Having Davis, a 1000-yard rusher last year and Last Wednesday, at Riverdale Rink, the the aame until they got their scoring on played in a pro-set offensive formation for perhaps the finest running back in the Rams' chant of "shades of Bocchino" ran down the track. The Jaspers took 43 shots in all, many most of his career to date, Sohn now en- history. Kurt did not feel any pressure, Fordham bench as the Rams defeated Man- of which would have been goals except for countered Rice's powerful, ball controlling though. He just went out and played his hattan 4-2, evening the team's record at 1 -1. some brilliant saves. wishbone offense. "The wishbone is more game. "I had enough to think about," he The comments were directed at freshman Club president Steve Williams feels that geared towards running," he said, "but the said. goalie Paul Kopera who played a magnifi- "many people thought we would be hurting pro-set is more versatile. You can throw Rice also had thoughts on the subject. cent game in the net. Kopera and Bill An- at the net without Bocchino, but these two form it much better." "Pierre Davis is on the top of the heap, as far drews, both league all-stars at goalie last kids give us the best one-two goalie com- This was something that Kurt missed—a as 1 am concerned, but Kurt is right up there. year for Fordham Prep, apparently have an- bination in the league." passing attack. He has an exceptionally They are completely different types of run- swered the questions of who would replace good pair of hands, and enjoys receiving ners: Davis was a flashy, jitterbug type, who the graduated Vinnie Bocchino, New basketball coach Tom Penders, in almost as much as running. This was evi- brought the crowd to its feet with his run- Against Manhattan, the Rams combined keeping with his promise to put together the best 15 man squad "even if J have to cut a denced by the 125 yards gained on the short ning. Sohn would bring the crowd to its feet excellent offense and defense in what was a veteran or a guy on scholarship," did just passes thrown in his direction during the more by the yards he gains, and not by the fine overall effort. The first two periods of that. season. The play that remains in the minds way he gets them. However, Kurt is faster the game were marred by frequent penalties of Fordham fans was the exciting 45-yard than Pierre, and has better catching ability." on both sides. Despite the mistakes, Ford- Pared from the roster were senior guard catch and run in the closing seconds of the George White, who spent much of last Sohn does not like any comparisons to be ham ran up a lead they never relinquished. Hofstra game, leading to the game winning season on the bench, and junior guard Tony made between the two of them, because he The first goal was a slap shot from the field goal. Colagreco, who spent all of last season side- is an individualist who does not wish to be point off the face-off by Jim McManus at lined with a knee injury. Sohn also showed that passing was a- looked upon in the light of another's ac- 6:48 of the first period. He was assisted by mong his talents when he threw a touch- complishments. His future includes a "possi- Sean Moran. White, who played in 16 games last year, down pass on a halfback option during the ble shot at the pros, although I will need Moran assisted on the second goal averaged 2.1 points per game. Homecoming against Coast Guard. The some size." His immediate future may be when Pete Genesi slid one by the Manhattan A fulf-page preview of Fordham basket- pass helped secure.the Madow Trophy for more significant to Fordham fans, however. goalie at 10:47 of the second period. ball, 1978-79, with profiles on the new Sohn, emblematic of the most valuable play- If the football team does not make its pro- The Rams were ahead 2-0 in the second coaches, and both new and old players will er of the Homecoming game. Rice says that posed jump to Division II, or I-AA, Sohn will period but were consistently short-handed be featured in next week's edition of The Ram "we haven't as yet been able to take full leave. and the defense was forced to kill a number advantage of his pass receiving ability, but "1 certainly wouldn't stay here," he said. of penalties. Manhattan's failure to score on The soccer team closed out its season on a we will." "When 1 was recruited, I expected that the its numerous powerplay opportunities disappointing note, losing to New York Uni- His contributions to the team were many, program would jump to a higher level. It marked the turning point in the game. Jim versity, 3-2, and to New York Maritime, as evidenced by its fine record this fall. Kurt would give us more money to recruit better McManus' powerplay goal with one second 3-1. felt that "the team played well; we were players, and we would have a much better left in the second period did in the Ja«nors never blown out, but then again we never team." for good. Nick Mangiatordi, last year's top scorer blew anybody out either. Turnovers were a Fordham took a commanding 4-0 lead at on the hockey team, has voluntarily left the If Fordham has any incentive to reclassify, team in order to pursue his studies. His big problem—I never dropped the ball as keeping a player of Sohn's caliber is as good 2:52 of the third period with a goal by John many times as I did this season." Regis, scored off a rebound from Joe status was incorrectly reported in last week's as any. Ram. Turkey SPECIAL LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION Trot ALL NEW, NEVER BEFORE RELEASED, by Matt McPartland The Lombard! center will sponsor a "Tur- LIVE RECORDINGS key Trot" and a "Turkathon" next Tuesday afternoon, November 21, at 12:45 p.m. Fordham's Great Turkey Day is an activity for all of the campus' population. The Turkey Trot will be the first activity. This race will involve teams of two men and two women racing through an obstacle course* laid out throughout the Rose Hill campus. This event stresses cooperation among teammates rather than competition between opponents. The course will be dotted with nine sta- tions, starting in front of the Campus Center, with the men carrying the women by piggy- back to the first station, located at the tennis court. Therein members of the team will interlock elbows and skip to the next station, which is the Ram House, where they will join in a circle and yell "Happy Thanks- giving" five times. Remaining in the circle and moving to station three between Roberts Hall and Martyrs' Court, one member will get a whistle from the stationmaster and blow it seven times, then all will join hands i and move to the next station. At the fourth station, Collins Auditorium, each team will secure a piece of gum from the stationmaster and all members will blow two bubbles each, hold hands and move to the next station. At Duane Library, station five, the players will assemble in a single line and place both hands on the shoulders of their teammate and proceed in that fashion to the following station. At the sixth station, Freeman Hall, all the members will again lock elbows, but this time will walk backwards to Keating Hall. Here each team will place a male on opposite sides of the Edwards Parade fence and women members must be lifted from one side to the other. Once they have accomplished this, they will all climb back • owr to the sidewalk and hold hands and proceed to the Gym. At this, the eighth station, one member must be situated in a PRESSED ON RED VINYL! circle formed by the three remaining team- mates, and will move in this formation to Edwards Parade where all the members Introducing a Special Collector's Edition leapfrog to the finish line. of All New, Newer Before Released, Hie Turkey Trot is expected to last a half | Hour or forty-five minutes. At approximately Live Hendrix! Here's Jimi like you've never 1:3(), the Turkathon is scheduled to take place. heard him before, with raunchy guitar riffs 'his event is coordinated with the 'Ford- liarn Striders.' It will be a 1.2.r> mile race and provocative lyrics. around the Rose Hill campus, with no man- •iiiiDry slops. In fact, this album may just shock the hell 'tie winners of each event will receive a '^U'Tball turkey to celebrate their victories. out of you, but you'll love every minute of it! ">e activities were organized and will be Jl!" ''V Pom Hunter, assistant director of the Available on Nutmeg Records & Tapes '""twdi. Entry blanks are available in the Nationally Distributed By Springboard International Records: Rahway, N.J. / Hollywood. Ca. '"''''•"f the Lombard) Center Page 12 The Ram Thursday. November 16, 1978 In Season Finale... Rams Drop Wagner, 30-19; Seniors Excel r .".ft rr,:Cjd!e fora ]0-yard If; run \in\> I ::-.T -'i r.r.e a .l .', .'-as 10-, zrwm by Ron Mergenthaler valv.art ;n MM secondary for font yirnr A ''J)-\2iti C-'"•'..'.._, -•.'..-Schrt piis was tr.e d.'jr.! corne by his ru< knarni' '<( K'l' '.; p'a\ v.r./cr. •«• up ;r.e Rams' second fiothirig. picked off a Morogieiio p-r, !o-:hdo>.r. or. the Rams V'.v possession of 1 :r.e second half The pa-s oroisgh! the bali ran 68 yards unconlesied lor his fir ,1 lorn li pieted ?r.e:.; ':.'••: '-.'.•i.ry.w '»,-.r.r.\r.z -<25cr.. i him '.'ne Fordham 47 to she Wagner 23. do'J.n of the year for Fordhri/n s finol s' ore defeating Wc«r.er. % 19 a' Cants Stadium After runs of se-.er* yards by Pacheco. and Wagner added a meaningless i')i« lulow Sa« Saturday FoidKarr. fcr.sbed the season rune and two by Zirpoii. Sohn wem off right in the closing minute. Morouiello lulling full 7-3. while the-Seahav.ks' mat; dropped to tackte from tr.e three for his second touch- back John Mazanec on >. lo say-afterwards that "I wake up m the middle of the night don't like him. Period. The baseball team for one. A number seemed absurd, if not impossible, not too long ago It J1 and ask myself. 'Why, why are they doing this to us' They of football players have quit the team the last few years seemed very long ago that Rice's "low profile policy should be trying lo keep us great, not tear us down." basically because they didn't like Rice They haven't said so prohibited him from talking lo The Ram. which was the CL-IV1 1 What "they ' are doing is keeping Rite, liis coaches, his for the record, but there's been talk. Many seem to think that for the first seven weeks of this semester. players, and a lot of angry alumni dangling by iheir thumbs. this humble publication would be among those thai would He turned and walked inlo the locker room. "Way lo go- You may have read in this spaie before the inevitable dance on his grave. Such is not necessarily the case guys." he called out to no one in particular. consequences that face Fordham football if they fail lo Last year, when a number of improprieties in the athletic At that point, I closed my notebook, and walked towards reclassify next year. A reduction in scholarships, and restric- department cropped up. The Ram published them unflinch- the elevator which would lead to the street level. And Sam. tions on who those scholarships can go to; a subsequent ingly. Since thai time, we have been apptoached by students whether you or anyone else likes it or not, 1 felt sorry for him failure to meet scheduling requirements (you don't play and alumni alike, questioning why would we print such-and- 1 really did.