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IW nUNGU Mixing up the hits Volume 72.Numb« 10 Entertainment page 20 PhiUddphij, Prnniylvinu November 22,1996 The Student Newspaper at Drexel University Copyiiqhl 019% The Ttijngle Senior to run in Philadelphia Marathon k cross country runner for four years, Howie Pottstown, Pa., running the one “1 like to run a lot of miles,” he workouts a week, is serious. I’d and two mile events on the oval. added. be doing that for a year straight Pickar prepares for his first marathon. He moved to the 3.1 mile cross­ A lot of miles is an understate­ before running a marathon com­ country events, and since then ment. Competitively, Pickar has petitively.” Nick DiFranco many more to come. has been exclusively a distance logged over 150 miles of cross Howie does ail of this while TRIANGLE STAFF WRITER “I want to see what it’s like. I runner. country terrain in his college keeping his G.P.A. hovering Some people say college is a want to see if it’s my race,” said Which brings him to this career. Howie also runs local 5k around 3.0. And while getting tough run. When Howie Pickar the former Drexel cross country week’s race. and lOk races as “w arm -ups” though college and getting a job says it, though, he means it. standout from 1992 to 1995. “I’m the epitome of a long­ during the off-season. are his primary concerns, run­ Pickar, a senior majoring in To Pickar, this weekend’s 26.2 distance runner,” explains On top of his race miles, ning ^till factors into his future mechanical engineering, is run­ mile race is the culmination of Pickar. "There’s nothing long Howie puts in about 50 miles per plans. ning his first marathon — the nine years of running experience. enough on the track that I like to week in training. “I think I can qualify for the Philadelphia Marathon — this He started on the track team at do, so I figure I might as well try “Training 80-100 miles per Olympic trials in the next three weekend. He hopes it’s one of St. Pius X High School in the marathon.” week, with one or two hard See Marathon on page 3

Students Step in Show CAB.

conceit Anh Dang NEWS EDITOR Rather than having a no-name fall concert, the Campus Activities Board decided to hold out for a higher caliber act, according to C.A.B. president Chris McCarthy. “It’s really, really difficult to set a concert,” said C.A.B. vice president Irene Betelman. “The bands we want only want to play in Philly once, and they usually go with the Electric Factory. We’re looking for a one-time deal__ Drexel gets screwed.” McCarthy said C.A.B. did not want to repeat last year’s sce­ nario when the campus pro­ gramming group settled with seasoned rockers The Smithereens for its fall concert. “The Smithereens concert sucked,” said Betelman. Noah Addlj The Triangle Earlier this term, C.A.B.’s spe­ Students from Drexel and other area universities perform during Step Show '96, which was held in the Main Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 21. Several black greek cial events co-chair Jim Maloney organizations participated in the competition, in which teams were judged on criteria such as originality, difficulty and sportsmanship. "Stepping is a way for the told The Triangle he was “look­ greek organizations’to express themselves and bring about unity," said Danyelle Croxton, a judge for the competition and the assistant director of Student Support ing to have a fall concert, but will Services at Drexel. not have it unless we get a good band. A possible alternative is to have a big-name comedian.” Betelman said the alternative is not going to happen, either. O.S.I.R. goes electronic for finals “There’s not enough time...... [We were] waiting for a concert,” Jonathan Poet scheduling process. “Prior to the new process, we don’t have that many courses ... said Betelman. MANAGING EDITOR According to O.S.I.R. would send it to the department now we’re in a full-fledged C.A.B. is rounding out its fall The Office of Student Associate Director Janice Krna, in a paper format. We would just mode,” said Krna. schedule with two Late Skate Information and Records con­ tentative schedules were sent to list all the courses for that The final exam process was offerings and daily movie show­ tinues to expand its electronic faculty members via e-mail. The department and a department only the latest in a series of elec­ ings in the Creese Video Lounge services this term with its final faculty members were then person would have to responsi­ tronic options available to stu­ starting Nov. 11. exam scheduling process. allowed to submit changes, such ble for getting in touch with the dents and faculty. Students have C.A.B. officers are working on Students received personal­ as getting a larger room or com­ instructor. ... So now we’re been able to access their sched­ a large-scale winter event which ized final exam schedules in their bining sections, back to O.S.I.R. going directly to the source ... ules and grades via the Web since tentatively includes a homecom­ e-mail accounts early Friday electronically. Those faculty and who best knows but the last spring term. Term schedules ing ball, a movie showing, a Late morning Nov. 22, listing the requests helped to determine the instructor,” said Krna. are also sent to student e-mail Skate, and a concert or comedian date, time and location of their completed exam schedule. According to Krna, O.S.I.R. accounts, and, at the option of act. The event is slated for end of final exams. Students can also “What we’re doing is taking began developing the electronic the student, grades are also sent January or early February next access the final exam schedule the information and sending it system about a year ago. The sys­ to e-mail accounts. year, according to McCarthy. from O.S.I.R.’s Web page at right to the faculty member who tem was tested during the sum­ “We have a Web application The winter event is designed http://www.osir.drexel.edu. can really be the best person to mer, when students were sent that [faculty] can submit room for current Drexel students. Faculty members also used e- answer what they want to do their exam schedules via e-mail. requests, room changes for their C.A.B. plans to contact the alum- mail to complete the exam with the final exams,” said Krna. “It’s a smaller term and we courses in any term,”,said^^rna. , . SeeCA.B.onpage2 \ University/Local The Triangle • November 22,1996

Man jailed for owing $4,800 in tickets THE TRIANGLE ASSOCIATED PRESS in Brownsville because the bor­ excessive punishment for his Flick, Brownsville’s meter repair­ Established! 926 BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — A ough is so economically offense. man. They generate about $5 per man who accumulated $4,800 in depressed. He said case law stipulates that month. parking tickets while he was on He accumulated the fines and “when there is no congestion and Borough Council President Editorial welfare said his civil rights have constables’ fees in 1992 when he there is no need for frequent Estel Knisley said he was Editor-in-Chief Patricia O'Brien been violated because he was lived on Second Street in interchange of vehicles, the unaware of Peterson’s complaint but would look into removing Managing Editor Jonathan Poet jailed for refusing to pay the Brownsville, which is about 45 installation of parking meters is News Editor Anh Dang fines. miles south of Pittsburgh. unreasonable and oppressive and the meters. Entertainment Editor BradWible William Peterson, 42, of The street was once a business beyond the power of a borough Peterson said he cannot afford Sports Editor Larry Rosenzweig Uniontown was jailed beginning district, but most stores there council.” to pay the tickets and believes it Photo Editor Noah Addis Eminence Grise John Gruber Wednesday for nine to 24 days have been closed for several Only three of the meters on is “totally unreasonable” for for failing to pay the tickets. He years. Second Street are presently District Justice Herbert Mitchell said there is no need for meters Peterson said jail time is an working, said Lloyd “Tubby” not to dismiss them.

Administration Business Manager Jay Kimball Classifieds Manager Jonathan Mullen Peterson surrenders in Distribution Manager Ryan La Riviere

Staff Writars Kristi Ciliano, Nick DiFranco, sidpsfall Delaware baby deatli case Gina Di Vincenzo, Stacy Lutkus, Sean Murphy, Amanda J. Picone

Columnists Theresa Humplirey high school sweetheart end up in but investigators don’t know if Michael Busier concert ASSOCIATED PRESS a budget motel room delivering the injury happened before or WILMINGTON, Del. — her baby, and how did that baby after the baby was put in the Photographers trash. Christine Fitts, from page 1 From the throng surrounding end up in a trash bin behind the Michael Lawless the 18-year-old college fresh­ motel? Bloodied bed linens were also ni office to involve alumni of the man, someone screamed “baby How did these “good kids” found in Ms. Grossberg’s dorm Graphic Dtsigners Jason Jensen homecoming dance, which will killer!” from affluent northern New room, according to the state’s feature a homecoming king and Brian Peterson Jr. did not Jersey neighborhoods end up probable cause affidavit. Cartoonists flinch. The fresh-faced youth in with their names spread across Ms. Grossberg’s lawyers have Don Haring, Jr., Milbourne T. Monkey, queen contest. Ian RIckert In addition, McCarthy said the baseball cap looked dazed as New York tabloids with head­ said their client committed no C.A.B. may schedule a sci- he pushed through the swarm of lines calling them “baby-slay” crime but have declined to say Business Staff fi/supernatural event and a laser reporters and onlookers teens? how the baby died. Sachin Shah, John Wackes show at the Franklin Institute in Thursday to face charges he They went off to college this “There was no murder,” Contributing Editors the winter term. killed his girlfriend’s newborn fall — he to Gettysburg College Hurley said Thursday after Gene McMurray (Comics) Last year, a group of students son. in Pennsylvania, she to the Peterson was ordered held with­ Contributing Staff — led by McCarthy — attempt­ Peterson and his girlfriend, University of Delaware. out bond. He said the case was Carlo Santoni (Distribution), ed to bring the homecoming tra­ Amy Grossberg, could face the They reunited on Nov. 12 — more complicated than prosecu­ Ashish Talatl (Another Angle) dition back during the Nov. 17- death penalty — a prospect that Peterson drove three hours to be tors describe, but would not 19,1995 DragonFest. made his parents consider send­ with her and help her secretly elaborate. Prior to last year, the ing him abroad rather than turn deliver the baby boy in a Newark, Hurley was asked repeatedly University had not held a home­ him over to police. Del., motel. Thursday about a motive and has Contact Information coming in 21 years. Last year’s His mother, Barbara, sobbed What happened next has not not responded — although the Mo/7. The Triangle DragonFest was held in conjunc­ uncontrollably, wrapping her been explained. Daily News in New York quoted 32nd & Chestnut Streets tion with the C.A.B.-sponsored arms around her son and bury­ He told police he wrapped the Hurley as saying Ms. Grossberg Philadelphia, PA 19104 Smithereens concert. In addition ing her face in his shoulder as the tiny body in a plastic garbage bag was terrified her mother would P/ione; (215) 895-2585 to the concert, the medieval- family pushed its way toward FBI and dumped the baby in a trash find out she was pregnant. to ; (215) 895-5935 themed festival featured a block offices in Wilmington. bin before both returned to their He said he hasn’t talked to E-mail: st92jgem@dunx1 .ocs.drexel.edu party, pep rally, bonfire and Once inside, Peterson lost his dorm rooms. Peterson about his relationship skits. composure and cried, but also But they couldn’t keep their with Ms. Grossberg or whether C.A.B. was allocated 41 per­ comforted his mother, telling her secret after Ms. Grossberg, also he was the father of the baby. Copyright ©1996 The Triangle. No work cent, or $198,500, of the student it would be all right, his attorney 18, was hospitalized with compli­ Peterson was charged with herein may be reproduced in any form, in activity fee this year. In addition, Joseph A. Hurley said. cations from the birth. first-degree murder on Saturday, whole or in part, without the written con­ it received 80 percent of the “How can I give my only boy A search dog found the body but spent the following days with sent of the Editor-In-Chief. $60,000 unspent student activity to the state to die?” Peterson’s of the 20-inch, 6-pound 2-ounce his family, delaying his surrender Opinions expressed within are not neces­ sarily those of The Triangle. The Triangle Is fee rolled over from last year’s mother told Hurley. boy along with bloody linen in even as frustrated authorities published Fridays during the academic budget. Drexel’s fiscal year began The question others are ask­ the trash bin. An autopsy found issued a federal fugitive arrest year except during examination and vaca­ tion periods. The Triangle is published Julyl. ing: How did Peterson and his the boy died of a skull fracture. warrant. biweekly in the summer.

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Drexel News Sm okeout Comes to Creese Memorial service planned for MichaeJ Skowronek

A memorial service in honor of Michael Skowronek will be held on Tuesday, November 26 at 1:00 p.m. in the Newman Center. Skowronek’s family will be in attendance. Skowronek, a freshman majoring in information science and technology, died of meningi­ tis on Tuesday, Nov. 12. According to Senior Vice President and Dean of Students Dianna Dale, no other cases of the rare disease have been reported on campus since. Over 800 students have been treated with antibiotics as a pre­ cautionary measure. Those who came in close contact with Skowronek were advised to take antibiotics. Senior

Michael Lawless The Triangle Mike Faherty, director of the Creese Student Union, visits the the Great American Smokeout table to get anti-cigarette information from fellow Student Life staff readies Rita La Rue and Adam Goldstein. The Nov. 21 event encouraged smokers to reconsider their habits. Goldstein, a smoker himself, used the event to announce his for26 intention to quit smoking permanently. mile run Influenza outbreaks strike 15 states Tara Meyer Nancy Ardent of the CDC’s strain, they are more likely to get The CDC relies on state health Marathon from page 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS National Center for Infectious pneumonia or other life-threat­ departments and physicians to ATLANTA — Flu has struck Diseases. ening illnesses. Outbreaks in at help track flu cases across the years,” he says optimistically. in 15 states in the last two “Even though it’s past least four of the 15 states are country. Last year, about 16 The Olympic qualifying time for months and outbreaks are November, people who have not blamed on Wuhan. states reported flu outbreaks the marathon is two hours and expected to get worse in gotten their vaccines can and Flu contributes to the deaths during this period. 21 minutes. He expects to clock December, the Centers for should,” Ms. Arden said. of about 20,000 people a year in Outbreaks have occurred in “in the 2:40s” on Sunday. Howie Disease Control and Prevention The vaccine protects against the United States. The CDC rec­ Alaska, California, Colorado, plans to run the race with Dave said Thursday. both flu strains that have people ommends vaccinations for peo­ Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Harmano, a civil engineer who While the government doesn’t feeling miserable this year — ple 65 and older, people in nurs­ Maryland, Missouri, Montana, graduated from Drexel in 1995. have a count of victims yet, most Type A-Wuhan and Type B. ing mes, children with asthma New York, Ohio, North “You pretty much think about of the outbreaks involved one Wuhan can kill. If elderly peo­ and anyone with a chronic ill­ Carolina, Texas, Washington who’s in front of you, when person or just a few people, said ple or the chronically ill get that ness. state and Wisconsin. you’re going to make a move, stuff like that. In this race, though, I’ll probably be praying more than thinking.” “Basically, I try and ignore the pain. That’s the key to running.” RA A swamped by fast-growing start-ups Whatever the outcome of the Philadelphia Marathon, Pickar Paisley Dodd around the FAA and what I the canisters. “If it doesn’t tick, doesn’t leak, remains jfiopeful about the future ASSOCIATED PRESS heard today disturbs me greatly,” One after another Thursday, doesn’t break open, doesn’t of his running career. MIAMI — Staff cutbacks and Goglia said. mid-level FAA managers testified catch fire, you’ll never know it’s “If my training goes well, I terrorist threats left the Federal “Your job is to protect the how they were too overworked there,” said Butterworth. plan, to pursue running as a Aviation Administration so far public’s safety in travel. If the and understaffed to cope with “If a perfectly innocent (look­ sport. That will require a coach,” behind in inspecting start-up air­ system prevents you from doing start-up airlines such as Valujet, ing) box gets put in cargo, there’s said Pickar. lines such as Valujet that the that, we’re going to find out even having to borrow staff from nothing we can do,” he said. The Philadelphia Marathon is agency often approved the air­ why,” he said. other departments. “You can’t open all the boxes.” scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. on line’s policy manuals without Marilyn Chamberlin, the Charles Spillner, the FAA’s Two other airlines beside Nov. 24. at the Philadelphia scrutinizing them, FAA officials mother of pilot Candalyn flight standards manager for Valujet, Delta and TWA, were Museum of Art. The expected testified Thursday. Kubeck, said she was horrified to Valujet, said he requested extra also shipping oxygen generators 3,000 participants will run down At at hearings this week into hear the FAA doesn’t have the inspectors several months before until recently, NTSB documents 34th Street from the Philadelphia Valujet’s fatal Everglades crash, authority to open packages it the crash. show. Zoo, then head toward the officials said hazardous mate­ believes may contain hazardous His boss rejected the idea. “He But TWA shipped only its Independence Hall via Chestnut rials inspections have declined materials. She noted that suggested that maybe I was the own generators and had Street. The race will end at the sharply in the past three years Department of Agriculture one who should be let go,” approval to do so, company Museum of Art after passing because the agency has had to inspectors can open any crate of Spillner said. spokesman John McDonald said South Street, Penn’s Landing, deal with a surge in terrorist fruit suspected of containing To improve its inspections, Thursday. He said they were West River Drive and threats at a time of staff cutbacks. damaging pests. the FAA will hire 118 new always discharged before being Manayunk. “We were still falling behind,” “A fruit fly won’t kill anyone, employees for its hazardous packed into approved, properly Last year’s winner, Mark said Robert Bruce, one of the but they have the right to open materials program, including 110 labeled containers. Andrews, 25, of Chapel Hill, FAA’s top inspectors at Valujet’s packages,” she said. inspectors, said Bruce Delta spokesman Bill Berry North Carolina, finished the race Atlanta headquarters. The hearings have focused on Butterworth, head of FAA secu­ said Delta halted all canister in 2:20:15, averaging 5:20:9 per “Obviously I can’t be on 15 how improperly boxed oxygen- rity operations. The agency cur­ shipments when ordered to do so mile. flights a week. We are forced to generating canisters wound up in rently has about 300 inspectors. by the FAA in the wake of the rely on spot checks.” the cargo hold of Valujet Flight Butterworth said the FAA also Valujet crash. The testimony drew angry 592, perhaps sparking a fire that plans to crack down on unde­ He said one canister was responses from relatives of the downed the plane May 11, killing clared hazardous materials shipped inadvertently a few days victims and concern from John all 110 people aboard. aboard airliners, but noted the later because an employee Goglia, chairman of the NTSB’s Valujet has blamed its mainte­ difficulty in detecting the cargo missed the instructions about the investigative panel. nance contractor, SabreTech because each package cannot be FAA order, but “it was simply a “I’ve spent my whole life Corp., for improperly packing opened and examined. mistake.” Local The Triangle • November 22,1996 Waste disposal firm indicted for illegal dumping the settlement report because an Act violations and mail fraud for and runs counter to everything B.F.I. Services Croup Inc. and six of its former agreement hadn’t yet been filed offenses that prosecutors say we stand for,” the company and present officials were indicted on 23 in court. occurred from 1989 through statement said. B.F.I. spokesman Philip March 1992. The charges carry a According to the statement, counts of illegally dumping waste. Angell said that under the settle­ maximum penalty of five years’ “Though no environmental ment, the Houston-based com­ probation and a fine of $50,000 harm resulted, that is irrelevant. Lee Linder five publicly owned treatment pany "agrees to plead guilty to per day for each day of violation. W hat is relevant is that these ASSOCIATED PRESS works of nearly $1.28 million by three charges ... involving mail The government charged that employees lied to the govern­ B.F.I. Services Group Inc., a illegally dumping thousands of fraud and conspiracy, [and] pay a B.F.I. wastewater facility in ment and to other B.F.I. employ­ subsidiary of one of the nation’s loads of waste. a $3 million fine and $1.5 million West Chester illegally dumped ees. That is intolerable.” largest waste haulers, and six of Simultaneously, the company toward environmental restora­ some 4,591 loads of waste con­ Indicted with the company its former and present officials said it had settled the case. tion projects.” taining prohibited wastewater were Robert Atkinson, of Maui, were indicted Thursday on fed­ Assistant U.S. Attorney Tammy The 23-count indictment treatment sludge or grease on Hawaii, president of B.F.I. eral charges that they defrauded Avery declined to comment on included charges of Clean Water approximately 1,577 different Services Group from October days. 1990 through February 1992; Had the company properly Robert Douglass, Littleton, reported the illegal loads, they Colo., B.F.I.’s environmental would have had to pay the vari­ compliance officer from October ous treatment facilities another 1991 until February 1992; Jeffrey CUMB HIGH FAST $1.28 million, prosecutors said. Turbedsky, Houston, a company AS AN AIR FORCE According to the indictment, accountant; Gary Rice, Berlin, the Philadelphia treatment works Md., district manager for the OFFICER. suffered the largest loss, B.F.I. subsidiary that handled the Bring your college degree to the Air $575,454. Other facilities that lost dumping; Michael Malatesta, money because of the illegal Germantown, Wis., the sub­ Force. Then find out if you qualify for dumping were Aston, Pa., sidiary’s operation manager Officer Training School. You can $180,746; New Castle, Del., from June 1989 through Decem­ become a commissioned Air Force offi­ $336,038 and Bridgeport, Pa., ber 1990, and Kevin Cornell, cer following successful completion of $150,281. West Chester, Pa., the sub­ Officer Training School. From the start, B.F.I. said it discovered the sidiary’s operation manager you’ll enjoy great pay, complete medi­ illegal disposing of wastewater from December 1990 through cal and dental care and 30 days of sludge 4.5 years ago after it March 1992. vacation with pay per year. And as an acquired a portable toilet compa­ Only Turbedsky is currently Air Force officer, you can enjoy profes­ ny in Philadelphia. employed by B.F.I., Avery said. sional growth and management oppor­ “When B.F.I. managers dis­ The indictment said B.F.I. used tunities. Learn what it takes to qualify. covered what was going on we several illegal methods to dispose Call took immediate and forceful of the grease and wastewater actions,” including launching treatment sludge. and internal investigation and A false sample of a load would AIR FORCE OPPORTUNITIES firing the responsible employees, be given to the treatment plant, TOLL FREE contacting appropriate city, state drivers filled out forms misstat­ 1-800-423-USAF and federal officials, and making ing the content of their loads, a $1.6 settlement to the city of and two 22,000 gallon tanks were Philadelphia, B.F.I. said. used to blend the raw sewage B.F.I. said it condemned the with the grease and wastewater to action of the former employees, disguise it, prosecutors said. whose conduct it called “repre­ B.F.I., a subsidiary of hensible.” Browning-Ferris Industries, col­ “Not only was it illegal, but it lects and disposes of raw sewage, violated clear company policies grease and wastewater sludge. The Triangle * November 22,1996 Local/National C IA officer indicted In Russian spy case Michael J. Sniffen deaths or arrests as a result of coat, Aldrich Ames, said there federal prosecutor in Virginia has said he will plead innocent ASSOCIATED PRESS Nicholson’s alleged treachery, are advantages to the govern­ who ran the U.S. attorney’s nar­ and vigorously fight the accusa­ WASHINGTOl^ — Career although he said Nicholson is ment from a quick indictment. cotics section there for many tion. C.I.A. officer Harold J. Nichol­ believed to have given Moscow “They don’t have to show years. Then the 'government will seek son was indicted Thursday on a the identities and future assign­ their hand at the preliminary Jones was acting to a request to have the 46-year-old father of charge of selling national defense ments of up to two years’ worth hearing” which was scheduled for help from Jonathan Shapiro, three kept in jail where he has information to the Russians of C.I.A. recruits. for next Monday, Cacheris said. who

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ASSOCIATED PRESS to determine what odors are have changed their lives and Stafford denies any bias against The proposed ordinance will KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — acceptable. brought down property values. Chinese. be advertised and then voted on A township bfficial’s complaint A clause would allow old But restaurant co-owner Wei Also unaffected would be Dec. 9\ about smells from a Chinese odors to remain, so the proposal Yang in June appealed a cease- about 50 buses that warm up at At Monday’s meeting, super­ restaurant has led to plans for a apparently would not affect and-desist order issued by the Unionville Elementary School visor and roadmaster Eddie citizen corps to decide what King’s Island Chinese Restau­ township and won. parking lot every morning, creat­ Caudill questioned how an smells are offensive. rant, whose cooking smells drift Further complaints “won’t do ing exhaust fumes. objective standard could be East Marlborough Township into the nearby neighborhood any good,” Stafford told a resi­ “It seems to me there are cer­ established. supervisors on Monday agreed where supervisor Bill Stafford dent who attended Monday’s tain inconveniehces you have to “Everybody’s sense of smell is on a proposed ordinance that lives. meeting. endure,” Board of Supervisors different,” he said. “Manure in would designate people of “ordi­ Stafford and other residents of Yang said some customers feel Chairman Richard “Buzz” the spring, spread on the fields, nary and reasonable sensibility” the neighborhood say the smells the dispute is racially motivated. Hannum said. to me that’s fresh country air.” Puerto Rico exploision kills 20 prayed together, comforted each smashed windows and store­ Marion Lloyd other. “Lord, give us strength,” fronts for blocks around. Utility ASSOCIATED PRESS one woman prayed. workers were outside the build­ ; SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Dozens of survivors, coated ing on Wednesday to locate a The shops and restaurants were with blood and dust, were leak and had returned early just opening on crowded whisked away by helicopters to Thursday to repair it, he said. Camelia Soto Street when an other hospitals, where hundreds Amid the rubble, a gas com­ j explosion blew apart a six-story of anguished relatives converged. pany truck rested on its roof, its building Thursday, turning win­ Many had been cut by flying wheels sticking in the air. dows into flying knives and glass. As night fell, the search was crushing drivers in their cars. “It’s bloody and horrible. suspended while engineers At least 20 people were killed, There are smashed up people, worked to reinforce the building and more than 80 were hurt. body parts,” said Pedro Rosario, with steel beams and scaffolding. Police expected to find at least 10 spokesman at Puerto Rico Authorities had yet to search the more bodies in the mounds of Medical Center. basement, which was filled with torn steel and concrete that were At least 20 people were killed 12 feet of debris. A 40-member offices and apartments. and 82 were injured, said police search-and-rescue team, orga­ President Clinton declared Chief Pedro Toledo. “We expect nized by the Federal Emergency Puerto Rico a disaster area, a to find about 10 or 15 more bod­ Management Agency, was to move authorizing federal aid for ies,” he said. arrive late Thursday. recovery efforts and federal res­ Luis Vidal, owner of the San Juan Gas Co. officials cue teams to participate in the Humberto Vidal shoe shop, said were investigating the blast. “If it search for more victims. six of his workers were missing. were gas, it would have had to be Officials suspected a leak in a Two employees from the adja­ a huge quantity to cause that pipe carrying cooking gas caused cent Disco Fiesta record store much destruction, and if it were the blast, and said the building’s and three from a jewelry store a criminal act — because we still owner had been complaining for also were missing, Vidal said. aren’t discarding any options — weeks of escaping gas. The San Toledo said a leak of liquid the perpetrators would have Juan Gas Co., however, said it petroleum gas, which is piped needed a ... lot of explosives,” couldn’t confirm a gas explosion throughout the city for cooking, Toledo said. But he added that and said there had been no gas probably caused the blast, which FBI investigators had told him all service to the building. toppled utility poles and signs pointed to a gas explosion. The explosion sent shards of shattered glass into a Roman Catholic parochial school across the street. Some of the 500 stu­ dents inside the Colegio La Milagrosa — School of the Miraculous — were knocked to the ground, but no one was injured. Shoppers hunting for bargains in the stores that line the street i fled the bUlpwing black cloud of ijdust and debris in terror. ves< The 8:35 a.m. explosion in San Juan’s congested Rio Piedras dis- ’Itrict ripped a 50-foot-wide hole in the concrete building, partially collapsing the first four floors and exposing rooms inside. The bodies of two women, were found in a car crushed by debris; searchers extricated a beheaded body from the shat­ a o tered building. Rescue workers used dogs to look for missing victims. The dead were laid out on the pavement in front of the Iglesia La Milagrosa Catholic Church, where workers placed sheets over the bodies. Roman Catholic Cardinal Luis Aponte Martinez administered the last rites. Maria Rolon, owner of a jew­ elry store next door to the build­ ing, was knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital, where she asked for her daughter Lisandra, 24. * “We don’t know how she is,” i|lolon said; tears streaming down jjier (ace. “There was this explo- WASHINGTON DC' ’iion.^a lot of screaming, and GW is an offirmotive oction/equol opportunity institution. hen I came to, she just wasn’t I'ere.” The George W ashington U niversity Summer Sessions ;i In the hospital waiting room,; relatives and friends held hands, 8 National The Triangle • November 22,1996 Father tries to push daughter into path of truck Dave Ivey up truck to collect more than in the attempted electrocution of but justice was served,” minds of the jurors by question­ ASSOCIATED PRESS $200,000 in life insurance his 4-year-old daughter and the Prosecutor Thomas Marino said. ing Diane’s injuries and why she WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A money. contract slaying of his only “Mr. Crist will stay behind bars waited years to come forward. man was convicted Thursday of David Crist’s attempted mur­ brother. In each case, prosecu­ where he belongs.” “Children often don’t tell trying to push his 9-year-old deaf der conviction in the 1993 plot tors said, the motive was greed. Prosecutors said Crist was so things for many years,” prosecu­ daughter into the path of a pick­ clears the way for him to be tried “Justice was a little delayed deeply in debt that he concocted tor Kenneth Osokow responded. the scheme to fake a flat tire, then “That’s because they’re stuck push his daughter in front of a with their parents. What was she pickup truck driven by an going to do?” accomplice, a woman who testi­ He kept reminding jurors STUDENTS • FACULTY • STAFF fied he offered to pay her $5,000. about the insurance policies Jurors sat riveted last week as Crist had on Diane. “Motive, Diane Crist, now 13, testified motive, motive.” through a sign-language inter­ Crist collected $133,000 from preter that her father twice threw a life insurance policy in his GiveYoureeif a FREE GIFT fo r the Holidays... her onto a rural road to be hit by brother’s 1982 death and stood a pickup truck. to gain $200,000 if his two young “When I got up I was limping daughters hadn’t survived. and I said, ‘Daddy, help me.’ But After this trial, another jury he came over, picked me up and will decide whether Crist tried to threw me back down on the electrocute his 4-year-old daugh­ SM®KING road!” ter, Miranda Jo, in 1990 by hand­ Diane’s right ankle was bro­ ing her a high-voltage wire. 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The job entails processing payables, receivables, cash Auditions will be held Tuesday, December 3rd from 6pm -10pm receipts, payroll, payroll tax deposits, preparing budgets and & Wednesday December 4th from 6 pm-8 pm in Mandell Theater cash flow documents, and maintaining a bank relationship. 8 Performance dates are February 27th & 28th and March 1st and 2nd. to 12 hours per week, flexible scheduling. Salary is negotiable. If you understand computers (especially This production is being dcs^pned by students and directed by Bill Pollock. LANtastic and DBase), there’s extra work. Please send your resume to Amy Shargel at the Middle East Scripts can be signed out in Bill s office (to h e left of the Mandell Theater entrance) starting Friday November 22nd. Forum, by mail: 1920 Chestnut Street, Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA 19103; by fax: 215-569-9229; or by e-mail: [email protected]. The Triangle • November 22,1996 World Dutch feed producer indicted in drug ring Jodie DeJonge principal source of the black industry has relied and continues these serious charges,” Schneider 1994. Prosecutors told jurors ASSOCIATED PRESS market drugs used to speed to rely on dangerous drugs in its said. during a five-week trial that MrLWAUKEE — A Dutch growth of veal calves, Schneider production methods.” Other veal producers are Doppenberg obtained the animal feed producer and two said. A grand jury indictment being investigated and additional steroid-type drugs to boost calf U.S. companies have been Hoogendijk, who has not yet against Hoogendijk was issued charges are expected, he said. feed sales and his profits, and accused of running an interna­ been extradited from the Jan. 3, then sealed while prosecu­ The charges came out of an distributed them with a callous tional smuggling ring that sup­ Netherlands, was charged with tors sought Hoogendijk’s extra­ investigation of Vitek Supply disregard for potential health plied banned drugs to the nine federal counts, including dition. The Dutch government Corp., and its president, Janrkes hazards. nation’s veal industry, prosecu­ smuggling and distributing mis­ still has not confirmed its will­ Doppenberg. They were both Defense lawyer James Shellow tors announced Thursday. branded and adulterated animal ingness to extradite the business­ convicted in June on 12 counts of portrayed Vitek as a victim of “Calves that were being fed drugs, and conspiracy to defraud man, Schneider said. conspiracy, smuggling and dis­ vague government food and these growth enhancing drugs the United States. “Another veal producing tribution of unapproved animal drug laws. were being slaughtered and put Also indicted in Milwaukee country like the Netherlands drugs and are to be sentenced Vitek, of Oak Grove, could on grocery shelves throughout were Travis Calf Milk Inc., a should never, serve as a safe next Tuesday. face a fine of $3.06 million, and America,” U.S. Attorney Thomas Neillsville feed conjpany and its haven for those accused of traf­ Hoogendijk’s Pricor owns a Doppenberg, of Oconomowoc, Schneider said. owner, Gerald R. Travis of ficking in a substance hazardous majority stake in Vitek and sup­ could face a maximum penalty of The drugs included Clen- Withee; and VIV Inc., a to humans and banned for use in plied Vitek with the black market $1.56 million in fines and 48 buterol, which has been linked to Springville, Penn., veal producer, food producing animals both in animal drugs, Schneider said. years in prison. outbreaks of acute food poison­ and its owners, Jan and Hennie Europe and the United States,” “From the beginning, our goal The charges against Travis ing in Europe, the animal antibi­ Van Den Hengel. he said. has been to trace these drugs Calf and VIV, which also oper­ otic avoparcine and carcinogenic “The house of cards that the “I would assume that the from the international source of ates a Hying America, accused compounds called nitrofurans, veal industry has been built on is Dutch government shares our supply to the distributors to the the companies of conspiring to prosecutors said. now crumbling,” said Bradley concern for the safety of the food veal producers,” he said. smuggle and distribute the Gerard Hoogendijk, owner of Miller, national director of the supply, so I would expect it to do Vitek was accused of selling drugs. 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M ichael Busier: The Prolocutor Lower taxes will spur economy, lower Inflation

With the exception of a year resulted in higher demand while current high marginal tax rates or two in the early 1990s, the higher tax rates discouraged and the result is tax policy not economy has been healthy for increases in supply. The result: conducive to growth. And since almost 15 years. We have had more inflation. the entitlement programs are a solid growth (although it has In order to return to the good pay-as-you-go system, they pro­ been slowing somewhat in the conditions of the 1980s, lower vide no national savings to last couple of years), very low taxes are needed especially at the finance investment. It gets worse. inflation and very low unemploy­ top rates. It is nearly im possible for ment. Why? There is however at least one firms to recover investment capi­ We owe this success primarily serious obstacle to this. Since tal since the earnings from capital to “Voodoo Economics,” which most Americans now over­ are subjected to a number of fed­ in 1981 ended the policy of rely­ whelmingly support a balanced eral, state and local taxes: corpo­ ing on expansion in the money budget, overall spending must be rate income tax, personal income supply to maintain full employ­ reduced. While conceptually tax, capital gains tax and proper­ ment. Instead, the supply side most people appear to favor this ty taxes, along with ridiculously approach featured lower margin­ as a practical matter it is extreme­ long depreciation periods. There al tax rates to provide incentives ly difficult. Why? is probably not a more counter­ for firms to increase output and Massive entitlements are productive tax system than the create massive numbers of jobs, strangling everyone, and the situ- U.S. tax code. a-long with a noninflationary ation will get worse. Social The bottom line is that taxes Submission Policy monetary policy. This 15 years of Security, Medicare and Medicaid should be reduced, particularly at success worked despite tax hikes payments are rising so fast that the highest levels. Government Guest columns, letters to the editor, and artwork may be sent to the by Presidents Reagan, Bush and within 25 years they will consume spending on entitlements must attention of the Ed-Op Editor, The Triangle, 32nd and Chestnut Sts., Clinton. every dollar the government rais­ be dramatically reduced, and the Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. They may also be sent via e-mail to Today we have new problems es in revenue, leaving nothing for budget should be balanced. If we st92l^3@dunx1 .ocs.drexel.edu or delivered in person to 3010 MacAlister confronting the economy. First, other expenditures. don’t address these problems Hall. maximum marginal tax rates are In the last presidential election shortly, we could return to the almost one third higher than they All submissions must include a name and phone number and should neither candidate would even “stagflation” days of the late include an address and appropriate affiliations such as major, year of were in 1981, since Clinton raised discuss the problem. While polit­ 1960’s and the 1970’s, which fea­ graduation, or organizational position. Anonymous submissions will not the top rate to almost 40 percent ically very difficult, the problem tured unemployment as high as in 1993. be published; authors' names will only be withheld under special must be addressed. And raising 10 percent, inflation as high as 13 circumstances. This action resulted in a slow­ taxes is definitely not the answer. percent and minuscule real ing of the economy and the Already American employers growth. That situation benefits Written pieces should be presented on disk in MacWrite format. The weakest post-war recovery in his­ pay 15.3 percent in employment absolutely no one. deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday of the week of tory. taxes, which causes Arms to man­ publication. The Triangle reserves the right to edit for space, grammar, It also put upward pressure on ufacture products outside the Michael Busier teaches Economics in clarity and content. prices. Increases in incomes country. Combine this with the the MBA Program at Drexel. The Triangle • November 22,1996 Opinion 11

N ick DiFranco: A Thum bnail Sketch Shopping different for men and women

Don’t look ners and the wreaths hanging be better than eight to one. So it’s obvious that men and or Auntie Anne’s pretzel shop in now, but the from the ceiling, that the feeling Not that this is surprising — women are incompatible shop­ the area. holiday shop­ of joy is totally contagious. it’s just another example of target pers. But somehow, we guys still Consider carrying a bag of ping season is You can see the harmony on marketing. For the same reason' get roped into shopping with our Cheerios or a box of raisins in upon us. Last the faces of all those moms as that Madison Avenue won’t run girlfriends. Well, ladies, let me your purse. Sure, it sounds juve­ weekend I was they drag their sobbing children dish soap commercials during give you some advice on how to nile, but trying to catch airborne walking from store to store. And the Monday Night Football, mall make the excursion much more snacks in his mouth will keep through the peace exuded from fathers’ ^developers don’t see a real need bearable. your man entertained for hours. mall, two soothing voices, telling their kids to enhance the male shopping Men love TV, right? Well then, Basically, that’s all we’re after weeks before Black Friday, no that Santa is bringing coal this experience. start your shopping trip at a at the mall. We want entertain­ less, and all I heard was “Jingle year if they don’t stop “acting- The male shopping experi­ department store, and just hap­ ment. We want fun. We end up Bells” and “White Christmas.” up,” wfiy it’s almost mqre than I ence, by the way, is probably a pen to wander by the electronics carrying bags. We didn’t want Have these retailers no shame? can bear. contradiction in terms. As a close department. While your that. Now, some would argue that All gripes aside, the harsh real-, Yes, the holidays sure bring friend once pointed out, men boyfriend is staring vacantly at shopping should be some sort of ity is that I’m going to have to out the best in all of us. Well, aU don’t shop — they buy. Which is the wall-o’-boob tubes, you can interactive experience, you know, weather another holiday season of us except the couples shopping true. We’re much more likely to try on shoes, coordinate sweater with conversation and stuff. No at the malls. And, since I’ve together. You can spot them a run into the Gap for a couple sets and chat with the register chance'. We’re too different. promised myself to have my mile away — they’re the man and pairs of jeans every six months or lady about how she punches in Women want to browse, and shopping done before Christmas woman walking about five feet so, than we are to browse five numbers with those huge finger­ men want to get going. Eve this year, I have no choice apart, each one alternating from stores for the right shade of blue nails. So keep thfs in mind as you but to.put up with all the sup- glowering at their partner, then jeans to complement our favorite But you’ll probably need kick off your holiday season, and posejcjl/Jhoiiday cheer” that the paying them no attention, until baseball cap. something from one of the spe­ I wish all of you well. Me, I’ll be shopping center has to offer. one of them walks into a planter Mall planners know this, cialty stores that the mall has to chilling out at the bar at Did you ever notice that the in the middle of the hallway. which is why you’ll always find offer. My advice is to plan your Nordstroms. local malls dress themselves up at The problem here is that malls the guy stores, like Modell’s, shopping route carefully. Try to Christmas time as the happiest are not couple-friendly. If they Britches and The Wall, right next make sure that for every two Nick DiFranco is a senior majoring in places on the planet? And I must were, then the ratio of shoe stores to each other — and right by the stores you have to visit, there is at mechanical engineering. He owns say, with the red-and-green ban­ to sporting-goods stores would exit. least one music store, book store stock in Piercing Pagoda.

Undergraduate Student Government Association Presents:

;0I V- -iqf.j Dialogue ho;" A series of open forums for questions and answers between the students. President Papadakis, and the Admiiustration.

All Students, Faculty and Staff are invited to attend. Fall Term Sessions: December 2.12:30 -1:30 in the Main Building. 7-8PM. in the Meyers Tutor Lounge.

Food and refreshments will be provided. 12 The Triangle • November 22,1996

“Writing is so difficult that I often feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape punishment hereafter.” Datebodc Jessamyn West Weekend 22-24 ■ Monday 25 ■ Tuesday 26 ■ Wednesday 27 ■ Thursday 28

▲ Drexel Dragons Women's Temple University Percussion ▲ University Holiday. No classes ▲ University Holiday. Thanks­ F riday Basketball Pep Rally. 1p in Ensemble Concert. 7:30p in are held today. University giving Day. No classes are held ▲ Flick: Chain Reaction. 7p, the Great Court. Temple's Tomlinson Theater, offices are open. today. 9;30pand 12m in Nesbitt Hall's 13th and Norris Streets. Call Stein Auditoriunn. Admission ▲ The spirit committee presents * Philadelphia's Thanksgiving 204-8307 for more informa­ $2. Sunday showing at 8p. Grillin'-n-Chillin'. 5p at the Day Parade. The oldest PEAC. Free food and bever­ tion. Thanksgiving Day parade, ▲ String Ensemble and Guitar ages. Making it New: Marieanne features floats, balloons, Ensemble Concert. 8p in Moore and the Visual Arts, an clowns and bands. 8:30a-12n. Mandell Theater. Free admis­ ▲ Drexel Dragons Women's exhibit on the American For more information call 581- sion. Call 895-2451 for more Basketball Team takes on avante garde movement. 4529. information. LaSalle. 7p at the PEAC. Rosenbach Museum and ▲ Concert Band performs. 5p in Library, 2010 Delancey Place. S a tu rd a y Mandell Theater. Free admis­ Through March 2. Call 732- ▲ Drexel Dragons Ice Hockey sion. Call 895-2451 for more 1600 for more information. Team takes on Delaware. information. 5:15p at the Clas^of 1923 Ice Rink. Admission $3, $2 with ▲ 6th Man Club meeting at 6p student ID. in the lobby of the PEAC.

Weekend 29-1 Wednesday 4

▲ Undergraduate Student L EYE Openers meeting. Every ▲ Resident Assistant and * AIDS Memorial Quilt will be F riday Government Association Tuesday at 8p in 3029 Resident Tutor Interest on display at the Walt ▲ University Holiday. No classes meets at 7p in 2021 MacAlister MacAlister Hall. Session. Find out what it takes Whitman Center, 2nd and are held today. Hall to be an RA or an RT. Ip in Faith and Fossils: God and Cooper Streets, in Camden, NJ. * Holiday Festival Kickoff. 5p 226 MacAlister Hall and 7p in the Dinosaurs, a lecture by Dr. 10a-5p. Through December on the east side of City Hall. Myers Tutor Lounge. Call 590- Peter Dodson. 10a at Chestnut 16. Call (609) 964-8300 for Watch the lighting of the City 8707 for more information. Hill College's St. Joseph Hall. more information. Hall Christmas Tree. Call 248-7197 for more * Temple University Singers • The Curtis Opera Theater information. and Chorale Concert. 7;30p in presents L'elisir d'amore. 8p S u n d a y Temple's Mitten Hall, Broad in C entennial Hall at The * The Philadelphia Eagles play Mandolinist Dimitris Marinos Street and Berks Mall. Call 204- Haverford School. Call 893- the New York Giants in NFL Concert. 7:30p in Temple's 8307 for more information. 7902 for more information. football at Veteran's Stadium, Rock Hall, Broad Street and Broad Street and Pattison Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Call Avenue. Ip. For admission 204-8307 for more informa­ information call 463-2500. tion.

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M en's basketball opens season

Michael Lawless The Triangle Senior guard Jeff Myers drives the lane in Drexel's preseason game against the Converse All-Stars on Nov. 12. The Dragons lost their season opener at Evansville 65-61 in the first round of the Preseason National Invitational Tournament on Nov. 20. Myers scored 13 points and had eight rebounds in the loss. The Dragons next host Monmouth on Dec. 3. Wrestlers perform Falk honored as GTE All-American well at West Point SPORTS DESK A team co-captain, Falk has Senior mid- helped the Dragons to a 21-18 Anh Dang head coach Jack Childs. “It’s I’m as in shape now as I get. I feel dle-blocker showing this season and a third NEWS EDITOR early in the season, but I’m quite pretty good. It’s a matter of per­ Jennifer Falk has place seeding in the upcoming Freshman wrestler Justin optimistic [for the team]. The fecting my techniques,” Stanley been named to America East tournament, to be Gottwald broke the school freshmen did well. The fear of said. the 1996 GTE held at Towson State on Nov. 22- record for fastest fall in his first the unknown and the hard work In other matches, sophomore District II All- 23. match in a Drexel uniform. The paid off. For some upperclass­ Jon Clark finished second at 134 Academic She is currently leading Drexel 118 pounder recorded the fall 12 men, it was a wake up call. The pounds. One of his wins took 16 Volleyball team in blocks with 54 solos and 113 seconds into his opening match team requires a 10-man effort. seconds, fourth best in school by the College assists. She is third on the squad in the West Point Open tourna­ You can’t always rely on Josh history. In other weight classes, Sports Information Directors of in kill average with 2.76 per game ment on Nov. 16. [Stanley], Billy [Brown] and 150 pound junior Bill Brown and America, her second such honor and second with 2.86 digs per The tournament is an individ­ Jamie [Huntington].” 167 pound freshman Mike in as many seasons. The district game. She earned all-tournament ual competition at the U.S. Stanley is coming off a red- Stankina lost in their semifinals. includes Pennsylvania, New distinction earlier this season at Military Academy. It involved shirted season. Coach Childs Sophomore Eric McGrath Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, both the Seton Hall Spikefest and approximately 240 wrestlers said, “He’s in midseason form came back from an early loss to West Virginia, and the District of the University of Virginia from 11 teams this year. right now. I think this is the year claim third place at 177 pounds. Columbia. Tournament. For the tournament, the squad Josh’s going to make a name for Junior heavyweight Jamie Falk maintains a 3.97 grade Falk currently ranks seventh produced two champions: himself in the national level. He Huntington lost in the semifinal, point average in her marketing all-time in Drexel history with sophomore Brian Tashner at 118 could be All-American.” but claimed third place by win­ major and will be among the 1,020 kills and is one of eight stu­ pounds and junior Josh Stanley “I didn’t feel comfortable at ning two consolation matches, candidates on the national ballot dent athletes to have recorded at 158 pounds. the start [of preseason training], both by falls. when the national academic more than 1,000 kills in her col­ “I’m pretty pleased,” said but my conditioning is way up. See Wrestling on page 14 squad is announced on Dec. 10. lege career. 14 Sports The Triangle • November 22,1996 Cross country schedule F r e s h m e n Sports briefs QaS£ Opponent Tinw/RtfMit Michael Kouser commits to men's basketball team Sept. 21 Retriever Invitational @ UMBC Drexel men’s basketball head coach Bill Herrion announced on Men's 4th (of 7) e x c e l a t Women's 3th (of 4) Nov. 18 that South Jersey basketball standout Michael Kouser has Sept. 28 Meet of Champions @ Iona College signed a national letter of intent to play for Drexel in the 1997-98 sea­ Men's 20th (of 24) son. Kouser is the first athlete to commit to the Drexel program dur­ Women's 19th (of 19) t o u r n e y ing the NCAA’s early signing period. Oct. 5 Leopard Invitational @ Lafayette The 6-foot-7-inch swingman hails from St. Augustine Prep High Men's 9th (of 9) Wrestling from page 13 School which also produced current Drexel center Jason Yoder. Women's 9th (of 9) Kouser averaged 19.8 points and eight rebounds per game over three Oct. 12 Paul Short Invitational @ Lehigh individual Freshman Gottwald broke Bill years at St. Augustine Prep. He was named to the first team all-confer- Delaware Invitation @ Delaware Oct. 19 Ward’s record, which was estab­ ence and the all-parochial team as a junior. Men's 6th (of 7) lished in 1989, by two seconds. Women's 5th (of 5) “We are extremely pleased that Michael has committed early to our Nov. 2 Annerica East Tournament @ Delaware Gottwald, however, lost his sec­ program,” said Herrion. "He is a quality student and athlete with fun­ Men's 8th (of 10) ond round match in a 5-3 deci­ damentally solid skills in both basketball and academics. We expect Women's 10th (of 10) sion. In other matches involving him to contribute and excel immediately next season.” Nov. 16 Men's IC4A Championships 17th (of 20) freshmen, 190 pound Damien Women's ECAC Championships individual Craighton won three, 118 pound Chris Monasch selected as next America East Ed Miller and 158 Kirk Fullerton commissioner Men's cross country results each registered two wins, and 142 pound Ray Stofko recorded Chris Monasch, currently commissioner of the NCAA’s Northeast Conference, has been selected to replace the retiring Stuart P. Haskell, IC4A Championships 13. Canisius 340 a fall in his only win. Nov. 16 at Franklin Field Park, Boston, Ma. 14. CCSU 395 The Dragons will next com­ Jr. as America East commissioner. 15. Maine 413 Results: pete in the Bloomsburg Invita­ He will become the second commissioner in the conference’s nine- 1. Lafayette 45 16. Towson State 445 2. Rutgers 103 17. Drexel 492 tional on Nov. 23. year history when he takes office on July 1,1997. 3. Colgate 115 18. St. Peter 541 4. Monmouth, 121 19. FDU 558 5. University of Buffalo 127 20. Siena 591 6. University of Rhode Island 149 Drexel Finishers: 7. Holy Cross 175 72 Adam Driscoll 33:22 Swimming and diving results 8. St. Francis (Pa.) 195 81 Nick Procopio 33:37 9. Fordham 203 118 Mike Schwind 35:10 Nov. 15 against Lafayette 10. Marist 214 121 Kevin Hilyard 35:40 11. Vermont 292 122 Dave Carpenter 35:41 DrexelMen 12. University of Massachusetts 339 133 Daniel DeLuca 36:58 50-meter Freestyle: 3rd, Shawn Markey, 22.65; 4th, Fred Stuart, 22.86; 5th, Bill Bartow, 23.43. 100-meter Freestyle: 4th, Shawn Markey, 49.79; 5th, Dave Skelly, 51.04; 6th, Steven Burke, 53.24. 200-meter Freestyle: 2nd, Doug McCorkle, 1:47.89; 4th, Dave Skelly, 1:51.04; 6th, Steven Burke, 1:56.56. 500-meter Freestyle: 1st, Doug McCorkle, 4:51.16; 3rd, Rich Unangst, 5:00.12; 6th, Howard Schwartz, 5:19.80. Women's cross Malik watch 1000-meter Freestyle: 2nd, Rich Unangst, 10:16.41; 5th, Howard Schwartz, 11:00.11. 400-meter Freestyle Relay: 1 st, Shawn Markey, Fred Stuart, Doug McCorkle, Mike Fortmann, 3:17.40; 5th, Sheppard, Steven country results Former Drexel men's basketball star Malik Burke, Howard Schwartz, Matt Barnes, 3:34.41. Rose played twenty minutes against the 200-meter Fly: 2nd, Mike Fortmann, 2:06.65; 3rd, Bill Bartow, 2:09.44; 4th, Zack Harris, 2:10.82. ECAC Championships______Chicago Bulls on Nov. 20, accumulating 200-meter Backstroke: 1st, Fred Stuart, 2:02.54; 2nd, Chris Otmani, 2:04.54. Nov. 16 at Franklin Field Park, Boston, Ma. four points and eight rebounds. 200-meter Breaststroke: 3rd, Rich Unangst, 2:25.66; 4th, Tunch Doker, 2:26.20; 5th, Dave Skelly, 2:28.46. Drexel Finishers: 165 Jennifer Bender 22:12 Games Played: 7 20^m eter Indhrldual Medley: 3rd, Mike Fortmann, 2:04.05; 4th, Chris Otmani, 2:04.85; 5th, Zack Harris, 2:08.22. 175 Allison Hill 23:20 Minutes Per Game: 9.1 400-meter Medley Relay: 2nd, Chris Otmani, Tunch Doker, Zack Harris, Bill Bartow, 3:47.54. 182 Corrina Hartman 24:36 Points Per Game: 2.4 One-meter Dive: 1st, Mike Savicky, 202.53; 2nd, Patrick Pfeffer, 198.30. Rebounds Per Game: 3.9 Three-meter Dhre: 1st, Mike Savicky, 246.30; 3rd, Patrick Pfeffer, 188.65.

Drexel Women 50-meter Freestyle: 1 st, Natalie Chepelevich, 25.11. 100-meter Freestyle: 1st, Natalie Chepelevich, 55.05; 3rd Maralle Fakhereddin, 1:07.60. Volleyball firial standings 200-meter Freestyle: 3rd, Jen Hahn, 2:07.01. updated 11/10 500-meter Freestyle: 1 st. Barb Shupard, 5:34.71; 2nd, Jen Hahn, 5:37.33. America East W L P et. 1000-meter Freebie: 2nd, Barb Shupard, 11:31.61. ‘ 400-meter Freestyle Relay: 3rd, Barb Shupard, Maralle Fakhereddin, Jen Hahn, Lesley Hirl, 4:02.17. Towson State 6 1 .857 200-meter Fly: 1st, Lesley Hirl, 2:16.45. Hofstra 5 2 .714 200-meter Indhridual Medley: 2nd, Lesley Hirl, 2:18.03. Drexel 5 2 .714 Delaware 5 2 .714 Northeastern 4 3 .571 Hartford 2 5 .286 IFA football standings V erm ont 1 6 .143 Updated 11/20 New Hampshire 0 7 .000 Gold Division W L B lu e D ivision W L L ast w e e k 's re s u lts ZAM 5 0 TKE 5 0 Schedule/Results TKX 30 z n 12 AXA 4 1 0 X 4 1 A H A 33 AX? 6 Patt OpRvncnt Ttm«/R«sult HKO m 3 2 Sept. 10 UMBC L3-0 3 2 U p c o m in g g a m e s ______Sept. 13-14 New England Invitational @ Boston U. HAO 2 3 AUA 1 4 TK2VS.AXA 12:00f).rinil Harvard University W3-1 TE

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B Page 16 THEfMANCLE November 22,1996 Apartments Apartments For Sale For Sale Index 315 N. 33rd St. (Bet Pow elton an d Baring) 2nd size washer and dryer. Alarm system. 2nd floor. Please call387-1807 (Jennifer) for more informa­ 1986 Camaro Red T-Tops, AC, auto w / overdrive, floor. 1 Bdrm, rugs, alarms, washer and dryer. Real nice unit. 650 month. 662-OMl. tion. Asking $20 each. new tires, brakes, clean, intefior, 119K miles. 2.8L The Triangle offers listings in the S460/month. Available for VWnter Ternfi. Call 222- Two Bedroom apartment. Heat included, washer RCA 20' TV for sale. Asking $100. Sony Receiver Fuel injection, runs excellent. $1250.387-5622. 6468. following categories. & dryer. Celling fans, 3rd floor, lots of light. STR-D315 4nd BOSE 201 speakers for sale. Asking Sony Exty portable CD-Rom & player. 4x, 250 ms Drexel Students and Faculty Looking for an Available Jan 15. $575 m onth. 662-0641. $400. Call 215-3874744 or email at access w / SCSI PC card. Bought 9/96 along with affordable apartm ent in Center City? We offer stu­ [email protected] Warcraft II gam e. Paid $460, will sacrifice all for Apartments dios, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments located t block Sublets Brand new Humidifiers - $ 10 each. Please call 215- $300, have receipts, call 387-2125.______from Broad St. and the Avenue of the Arts. Health Sublets 315 N. 33rd St. (2nd floor) 1 bedroom, rugs, 634-7607. $230 Compaq Computer 286- Call Georges at Club membership and student discounts avall- alarms, washer and dryer, $460/ m onth, (available Polytech Engineer and leave a message at 468- Roommates able. Call for appt. 735-9808.______For Sale: Viper C60 car alarm, GTQ206 JBL amp 6366.______for winter) Call 215-222-6468 or leave message. (new), 1684 Kenwood 6 1/2 (new), Polk tweeters For Sale 1 Bedroom in lovely renovated building at 33rd & MM1200 (new), 6042 K enw o^ EQ (new). Asking Ford Tempo "84 4door auto AC Low mileage 79k Baring ; Very Large and bright. New kit with DW, Two bedroom apartm ent. Gas heat, central air, Wanted $750 (negotiable). Serious inquirers only. Call 472- Good body Recently inspected Runs great. Asking tile bath, big closets. Indry facs, $525 incl heat, ceiling fan, dishwasher, and garbage disposal. Full $1400, negotiable. Call Youmin at 215-895-2068 Text Books Grad/Staff/Faculty Only. 387-7808.______size washer and dryer. Alarm system. 2nd floor. 5013.______Real nice unit. 650 month. 662-0641. (day) or 215-243-1874 (evening).______Services GOVT FORECLOSED hom es for pennies on 51. 86 Honda Accord LX. 5 speed, inspected, thru Guitar for sale. 1975 Fender Acoustic. Adjustable Delinquent Tax, REPO's, REO's, Your Area. Toll Free Two Bedroom apartment. Heat included, washer 9/97, 155,000. Runs great, excellent condition, Help Wanted bridge, new hard case. $300 obo. Call Miles 382- 1-800-898-9778 EXT H-7685 for current listing. & dryer. Ceiling fans, 3rd floor, lots of light. $2000 or best offer. Call 610-626-6438. Available Jan 15. $575 m onth. 662-0641. 7535.______Lost & Found 3807 Hamilton St. 3- bedroom rms. Rug's -deck, Mac 12in Color Monitor. Hardly used, m ust sell!! Seized Cars from $175. Porches, Cadillacs, Chevys, Announcements dishwasher, garbage disposal, central A.C Alarm $250 obo, cheapest working monitor in town! BMW’s and Corvettes. Also Jeeps, 4WD's. Your system, in house washer & dryer, spiral stair case. Roommates 502-6830 (pager)______Personals Area. Toll Area 1 -800-898-9778 Ext A-7685 for cur­ $800 m onth. Ist-last security. Avail 12-1-96, 610- Roommate needed for spacious 5 bedroom on '89 Toyota Corolla, 156K miles, needs work, good rent listings. 328-7034 Mike 37th St. starting Dec 15 or Janl. $220 plus1/5 util­ engine, auto, a/c, am/fm, $850 obo. Call after Within two blocks of Drexel Gym; clean, safe ities. Hard wood fis, dishwasher, private 10pm. 302-764-1068. Macintosh Performa 405 upgraded to 50 MHZ Placing Classifieds washer/dryer, own room, and backyard! Leave a w/monitor,8mb ram,80 mb Hard Drive, and affordable apts avail. Some with w/d or deck. Photography: Pentax Camera (Fully manual) m essage 222-0206! Modem. Asking $300. Also available Imagewriter Small, well-behaved pets welcome. Call 610-664- ,zoom lens, flash and carrying case. Orig: $325. 2 printer w/cables for $60 dollars. For info con­ The deadline for placing a classified 7779. One housemate needed to share spacious three Asking $150. Obo 885-6237.______tact; [email protected] or call 609-275- ad is 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday 3312 HAMILTON STREET: Efficiencies, o n e and bedroom apt. at 36th and Hamilton. Rent is $292 Elegant Thomasville Sofa & Loveseat. Burgundy, 6490. (heat included). Large furnished kitchen and liv­ before the ad's publication date. two bedrooms from $299/mo up. Heat gas and blue and green, perfect condition. A steal at $700. ing room, washer/ dryer/ dishwasher. For more Macintosh Performa LC w/monitor,150 mb Hard hot water incl. All apts have walk-in closets, lots of Call 885-6237.______Forms are available outside The windows, walking distance to school. 349-9429. info please leave a m essage at 215-227-9095. ext. Drive, and Modem. Asking S550. Also available Oxygen 2 Rollerblades + all the pads for only Imagewriter 2 printer w/cables for $60 dollars. For 36th & Powelton - Modern Efficiency - New 6375. Triangle office at 3010 MacAlister $150. Almost new. First come, first serve. Call Max info contact: [email protected] or call kitchen, new bath, intercom, large 8' closet. $370. Female roommate needed for 3 bdrm house at 895-5812 or [email protected] 609-275-6490. Hall. They must be completed in full 387-7278. 3832 Hamilton. Remodeled, central air, W/D. $205 Computer; Performa 400 with color monitor, and and writing should be legible. 315 N. 33rd St. (2nd floor) 1 bedroom, rugs, per m onth. 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The Triangle • November 22,1996 Entertainment 19 Vocal jazz for the undeaf Brad Wible a few of the historic musicians drums and saxophone, but also STOVE TOP STUFFER whose music Madeleine per­ the harpsichord, accordion, After a long, arduous day forms, as well as her own original Dobro, harmonium, and spent deceiving the consumer pieces. Hammond B3 organ. My fake public from the lofty heights of Peyroux, born and initially paper breasts heave at the depth the advertising agency, I like raised in the U.S., moved to achieved on some of the songs. nothing more than to head home Europe and began performing as The focal element of the and unwind with some relaxing a street musician. album, though, can be none music and a cocktail. She eventually became a other than Peyroux’s voice, and Unfortunately, my happy singer and washtub bass player the masterful control she exhibits hour takes a more indirect route. in a traveling group. The Lost over a wide array of dynamic and You see, my roommate, Peter Wandering Blues and Jazz Band, tonal levels. Scolari, and I live in an apart­ which lived out of a beat-up On some songs she mimics ment building vocal cream where the only My fake paper breasts heave at the cheese, smooth inhabitants are and tasty, while women. depth achieved on some of the songs. on other tunes How, then, do she makes like a we manage to sneak in and out brown Mercedes between street polite first lady of the blues and every day, without revealing our performances of ’30s-era revue sings about lost love and other true identities? With the help of sets. Ironically, I have heard of things which don’t sound quite ’80s women’s fashion, ’80s style both Europe and Mercedes. as bad when coming from her makeup, and strategically placed Small world. vocal chords and over her lips. tissue paper, we pull off a hoax Ms. Madeleine’s vocal stylings Take it from me, you don’t worthy of a half hour of prime eventually landed her on stage at have to be a practicing transves­ time television. Lincoln Center, of all places, per­ tite to enjoy Madeleine Peyroux. When we finally reach home forming to rave review in a trib­ But for Peter and me, nothing each night, before hilarious ute to none other than Duke compares to an early evening antics with our neighbor, Donna Ellington. spent unwinding and stripping Dixon, we get loaded and listen Clearly, with enthused com­ off the dresses while enjoying the to the honey-sweet voice of parisons to Billie Holiday and mellow sounds of a woman Madeleine Peyroux on her accolades for her rendering of whose breasts are real. Atlantic release. Dreamland. Ellington, Madeleine Peyroux Few things make life as a peri­ has asserted herself as a voice Music odic transvestite as bearable as with a capital V. smoothly sung melodies origi­ On Dreamland, Peyroux is ▲ ▲ ▲ Atlantic Records nated by the likes of Bessie superbly backed by varied Madeleine Peyroux JH) With a roof over her head and food on the table, she couldn't be happier. That's Smith, Patsy Cline, Fats Waller instrumentation, including not Dreamland why her picture is so boring. Happy people can be really, really boring. and Billie Holiday. These are just only the obligatory piano, bass. Atlantic Records Don't mix and drive Complimentary Passes

Stained Sheets from page 20 “Shameless,” done on a cheap entitled Pop. It’s all radio-friend­ four-channel Pyramid mixer. Of ly stuff that was never on the acoustic “Wanted Dead or Alive” course, who knows why I put a radio. Liz Phair, Lemonheads, at the MTV Video Music Awards bad PM Dawn song on it. the Bosstones, Lush, Catherine made MTV begin its “Un­ I got in a Latin mood for a Wheel and Possum Dixon all plugged” series. At the very least, while, with Satis Verborum and contribute. I listened to it a lot the tape reminds me of that Suaviter in Modo, Fortier in Re. over co-op, as it is a great driving important event. The tunes on both are a little mix. My very dear friend Melanie more laid back. The former is I have a bunch of in-progress gave me a tape called Jon’s Grab slower, with little cohesiveness. mixes that will probably never Bag of Tunes. A finer name was The latter was based on Satis get finished. One is a “spoken never attached to a worse tape. It Verborum and is actually a pretty word” mix. It won’t have hip should have been a good tape good mix. poetry, it will have songs with too, with U2, Living Colour, Robbie Robertson, Tori spoken parts. I also want to do a Jane’s Addiction and the Violent Amos, Edie Brickell, The Ocean four-letter one-word band Femmes. Blue and Brian Eno all appear on names mix with stuff from Ride, However, Melanie also likes it. It flows pretty well and was Lush, Live, Seal and INXS. And I Garth Brooks. I suppose it’s not made as a “thank you” to a friend still want to make the perfect late her fault. In reality, I like the of mine for writing me letters, night driving mix — stuff that is tape, so long as I fast forward which I never returned, from her laid back, but not enough to put through “Friends in Low Places.” prison cell. The most out-of­ you to sleep. Just before parting with my place song on it has to be Steve On many occasions I have had ’80s heavy metal, I made a couple Vai’s “Sisters.” more fun making tapes like these tapes. The Best Power Ballads My one main rock mix is You than hearing them, but that’s all and Modern Classics. Both had Nerve Me II - The 99

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No. Album Artist 1. Songs Of Reverie And Ruin Ruin one convenient tape 2. Untitled?" The Great Unraveling 3. Mother Juno The Gun Club 4. Untitled 7' TheMonarchs A closet Bon Jovi fan 5. Spaced Soft Machine 6. The Natural Bridge Silver Jews takes a good look 7. Came By To Kill Me Kerosene 454 back at the mix tapes 8. Gold Lame Alec Bathgate 9. Untitled?’ Kactus that made him the 10. Arrhythmias Various Artists 11. Hal Ha Zeni Geva man he is today. 12. Popular Favorites Oblivians 13. Untitled?" Helios Creed Jonathan Poet 14. Untitled?" Karp SIRMIX-A-LOT 15. Now That I've Given Up Hope, 1 Feel Much Better Submachine I never really liked the term 16. Trois Douces Morceaux Cutler, lllusier, Derome "mix tape.” It always seemed 17. 1953 Soul Junk kind of corny to me. I always 18. Horse Stories Dirty 3 preferred “collection,” or even 19. Clone Theory 6 Finger Satellite 20.. Love Spirals Downward “personal compilation.” But ^Ever whatever you call them, pretty much everyone has ’em. They’re the ubiquitous thing that lets nobody listeners like us become Times, Bad Times” missed out. record producers. Robert Plant got his own mix I started making these things tape entitled Robert Plant Sings when I was young — probably The Blues. This was made only to An evening with second grade. They came straight put Zep’s “I’m Gonna Crawl” off the radio. WHTT played all and Plant’s solo tune “Big Log” the hits in Boston, at least after on the same tape. It works as a WCOZ bit the dust. So my first mix, but I never think to listen to The Ocean Blue collections were from radio. The it. goal was simple: try hard not to I made a sort-ofband mix just The TLA was the place, though most of the get the DJ talking over the songs, before the end of freshman year. so as to make the mixes seem like I borrowed a bunch of stuff from crowd apparently didn't give a rat's dirty ass. they came off albums. I can hear my neighbors and crammed a them still. Van Halen, Berlin, slew of tunes onto one side of a Sean Murphy embodies the guitar-driven Prince and The Thompson tape. It was made so I could get PRIME NUMBER groove of the new album, should Twins all made appearances on some Metallica I didn’t have and Banished to obscurity for have gotten the crowd moving early compilations. so I could take some of staff most of their recording career, quickly. ’HTT also had a great morn­ writer Nick DiFranco’s music. The Ocean Blue came out swing­ It didn’t. ing DJ named “Crazy” Dave The result, called Metallica, ing last month with the release of I’ve never been to the TLA Otto. Lord knows what hap­ Helmet, Nirvana, Ministry, See The Ocean Blue. before, but there’s something pened to him, but he prompted Ned’s, Assorted Stuff, is a fine The album has garnered the goofy about its clientele. me to make what I called the compilation of very good songs. band some much needed air I mean, they look like a good- Loony Tape Series. They were a What makes it great is that the play, mostly because this album natured rock ’n’ roll crowd, but fusion of morning schtick and end has stuff recorded from the is more rock-focused than their they’ve got no soul. While my Dr. Demento kind of tunes. I still radio during that summer, traditional pop efforts. pals and I bopped around, I have Loony Tape II. It has some including primordial Velocity Buoyed by this new-found turned to see a sea of blank faces great stuff, including “Rock Me Girl and acoustic Catherine success. The Ocean Blue rolled staring ahead. I’ve seen more Jerry Lewis” and “Wet Dream.” Wheel. into the Theater of the Living intense crowds watching E.R. Appropriately enough, a Weird Nick and I also made four Arts last Thursday. Even with the stagnant crowd, Al Yankovic album was taped mixes during our freshman year. My entourage and I The Ocean Blue ripped onto the other side. The first, Jon & Nick's First Mix arrived just as the through most of their My first attempts at mixing is varied, but pretty nice. The opening act. The new tunes, including tapes from my own music collec­ second mbc was broken into two Drag, were shuf­ “Bite Your Lip,” tion didn’t survive. There’s really tapes, one rock ’n’ roll, one pop fled offstage. “My Scream,” “10 nothing left of them. They were and lighter stuff. All three pale in The last five 10 Cloud Deck,” either stolen, melted or just comparison to our premier mbc. seconds of their and the ubiqui­ thrown in the trash. The Summertime Mix. W hat set sounded like tous “Whenever The easiest mbces to make are makes this tape so great isn’t the so many other You’re Around.” band mbces. These are ones that wonderful musical selection struggling bands They closed the consist entirely of one band. I (Hooters, Van Morrison, The around — noisy first set with have really only done this a cou­ Police, Fine Young Cannibals), unrefined and devoid “Slide,” which should ple times, though. Pearl Jam got but our commercials. One was of substance. probably reach radios a mix to itself after my friend Eric ripped off Saturday Night Live I’m sure they’ll make it big near you in the next few months. from Sudbury Farms grocery (Happy Fun Ball), one was made someday. The encore consisted mostly store gave me a 90-minute tape from Nick reading a Mycelex-7 After a short break The Ocean of older tunes from their previ­ with only “Yellow Ledbetter,” ad from Cosmo magazine (with Blue took the stage to polite, but ous efforts. Cerulean and their “Footsteps,” “Alive (Live),” me as the scary announcer read­ not overly enthusiastic applause. self-titled debut. They closed “Wash” and “Dirty Frank.” ing all the fine-print really fast) Lead singer Dave Schelzel looked with “Exit Stage Left,” which is Other Pearl Jam tunes filled the and one was a fictional Drexel a little wary at first. It’s gotta suck either a really early tune of theirs rest of the tape, appropriately going out of business sale written playing to a crowd that’s just or a cover of a band that never titled Pearl Jam. I don’t listen to by us. (“Stratton Hall ... We’re there because they heard your existed. Either way, it was a good it much anymore. givin’ it away! Eveiything must single on the radio. way to end a good show. Led Zeppelin got a mix to go!”) Those were the days. The band has changed a lot Now if only they’d let real itself when I was first getting into I stole one mix from my since their appearance last year people instead of figurines in them. Their tape. Some Good Led brother Matt. I took it because it in the PEAC. New guitarist/key­ next time. Zeppelin Songs, has a bunch of had four different versions of boardist Oed Ronne has finally classics. Unfortunately, I wasted Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or settled into the band, and a new space with stuff I had heard on Alive” on it. This is dum b, sound has formed around his Concert the radio 40 times over, includ­ because clearly that is a pretty rock sensibilities. The Ocean Blue ing “Stairway to Heaven” and awful song. However, Jon Bon Last year’s show sounded The Theater of the Living Arts, "All My Love.” Too bad Jovi’s popularity in singing an forced; now they’re rock solid. Philadelphia ' "Achilles Last Stand” and “Good See Stained Sheets on page 19 Opening with "Bitter,” which with The Drag