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At age 14, Bernard Mannes Baruch BY RAJ BHASIN leadership reception entered the College of the City of New York located at 23rd Street and Lexingtor.i BY BE ERLEY DOUGLAS Avenue, the site of today's Baruch College. Al his s1 th Fall leadership reception, To the contemporary student, the revela held in the Faculty lounge of the 24th tion that the man for whom the coll e is G{l St,reet budding, President Joel Segall be named was attending college at 14 may gan, as is his custom, with Baruch's seem an astonishing feat. But, in Mr. budg t Baruch's words, "it was simply that in The budg t for 1983-84 started out as those days there were no public schools a true disaster, according to Mr. Segall, and one could go directly into college from a the ollege was faced with the pros grammar school if one met the entrance re pect of reducing its total positions in quirements." e cess of 80, most of whic.h would be of City College charged no tuition fees th facult The only faculty that would then. The only demand made on the stu President Joel Segall be dismissed, however, would be those dent was that he study hard and meet the ithout tenure. In other words, members soon thereafter, the Department of the academic requirements. The curriculum of the faculty most recently hired, includ budget in Albany imposed a hiring freeze was rigid and few electives were allowed. ing the staff of the popular courses such on CUNY." The general education program focused on as computer science. Then the Budget Off ice of the City the classics, sciences, hl:Jmanities and Bernard Mannes Baruch Mr Segall was happy to point out, University "dropped the other shoe.'' In political economy. Emphasis was more on (photo circa 1889) ho e er, that because of student involve August of this year, the Governor's of ment wherein students went to Albany Commemorating 30 years as Baruch College fice issued a directive that 350 positions and talked to legislators individually, in at the senior colleges, the central office, Part Two of a Three Part Series addition to writing letters, and meeting and the graduate center be ei'iminated by a universal education and the student was subjects were drawing and science. ' with members of Governor Cuomo's ad June, 1984. As a result, Baruch College trained to think rather than become "quiz "Almost my only memory of the chemistry ministration, the legislators restored must cut 31 positions. Administrators experts." class was of making some sulfuric acid into some of the funds to Baruch. "We ap were not advised where to cut, but ac In the 1880's the City College student a foul smelling concoction and dropping it pear to ha e escaped the very serious cording to Mr. Segall, non-professorial read and spoke Greek and Latin and every into another student's pocket," he said. cuts," Mr. Segall said. He continued, Continued on Page 7 morning, attended an assembly provided Ge0rge B. Newcomb who taught "we didn't ceall y escape because very over by Presidenll. Alexar.ide-r Stewart Pelitioial Ecomormics made the deepest im Webb, a Union general in the Civil War. pression on Mr. Baruch. As described by Each morning, one student gave an oration Mr. Baruch, "'he vvore geld-rimmed glasses at the assembly. According to Baruch Col and looked like an old-fashioned Chemistry laboratories renovated lege's most distinguished student, his worst Continued on Page 70 BY DENISE JOHNSON About five years ago, the need to deterioration of facilities in the old Higher Education Services Corporation cracks renovate the chemistry laboratories was laboratories, "less than one-half of the recognized and initiated by Professor Mor vacuum lines were not working. With the ris Winokur, the retired chairman of the addition of the renovated laboratories, down on .students who default on loans Natural Sciences Department. Three years there is an increase of involvement in the BY WAYNE YU later, Marilyn Mikulski, Director of Campus chemistry courses and, therefore,'' he con The New York State Higher Education automatically forwarded to the HESC as Planning, the Provost, Phil Austin, and tinued, "offers of chemistry courses will be Services Corporation, funder of the part of the payment toward the defaulted Dean Martin Stevens, put in a request for extended." According to Professor Guaranteed Student Loan and T·uition l_oan. the major project. Finally, after construc Malerich, "there is in the plan, a chance to Assistance Programs, has enhanced their Within the HESC, they are currently in tion which lasted two years, the chemistry offer students an MBS in Chemistry to ex laboratories were completed. pand our offerings. Further action has to be abilities to collect student loans in default creasing the collection personnel of its staff status. Dr. Walter Scharf, deputy chairman of taken by the School of Business and Liberal and are also computerizing its claims and About $1 billion is anticipates to be in the atural Sciences department Arts before the plan becomes official." collection units to decrease the number of default nationwide and in this state, about elaborated to THE REPORTER the reasons The full-time members of the chemistry loan defaults. 10,000 judgments will be broJJght against for the renovation of additional faculty had input in the designing of the When a person fails to start paying back students this year. Zaida Mejia, Baruch Col laboratories. laboratories. Four laboratories were con the loan, the bank which served as his · lege's Loan Coordinator, feels that it's "go "The old laboratories were inadequate to structed. lender will try to contact the person. If the ing to get (more difficult) to get loans in the handle the fumes," Dr. Scharf said, "and "The renovated laboratories have more bank is unable to do so, it will·turn the case future." This is due to extensive efforts to many of the materials were unsafe. We efficient hood space," Malerich said. ''Fur over to the HESC for further actions, such insure a loan repayment through additional anted to limit breathing in, and exposure ther, all utilities are functioning properly. as decreasing the student's credit rating procedures to process a loan request. to chemicals and fumes." Dr. Scharf said There are steam lines and additional and letting a collection ;igency handle the Several changes enable the HESC (Higher that many experiments that were normally utilities and services available. 'There is an case. "It's treated as any unpaid bill would Education Services Corporation) to be done could not be done. 'We wanted to unobstructed view from any point in the be,'' said Steven Goldberg, Director of more effective in their collection efforts. ha e a modern functioning laboratory to laboratory, which is most important for Financial Aid of Baruch College. On the federal level, one amendment per teach a modern science," he elaborated. safety purposes. There is also wide aisle Some defaults may arise from transfer mits the corporation to search through In Associate professor of Chemistry,Charles space." students who are not follow to prevent ternal Revenue files for addresses of Malerich added that there was an obvious Continued on Page 9 their loans from becoming due. "Transfer. students who "skip" accounts. students should come to the Financial Aid On the state level, the HESC is now able Office to fill out their deferment forms,'' to collect tax refunds due to New York said Miss Mejia. The necessity of deferment State resid_ents who are in default status. forms is to notify the student lenders that After a judgment has been obtained against the student is still attending school. the person, the tax refund will be Last year, $5 million in Guaranteed Stu dent Loans were taken out by 2,000 students in Baruch College, and "More people (volume-wise) will be borrowing money in the future,'' said Goldberg. Shirley Milazzo, a Baruch student said, "I believe that the students who are working and refuse to pay should have appropriate actions taken in order to have the loans paid back." Another Baruch student said that he The beauty of the Autumn season - the brilliant reds of the maples and the yellow hues of thought the HESC changes should have the birch and elm, been made '-'a long time ago." -• Novem�er 14, 1983 Page 2 THE· RE.PORTER _ Evening Session Student Organizations Evening Session Student ESSA Elections Sigma Alpha Delta induction drive recogniz Julias Walls was elected Vice Pres es Assembly Ne�s ident Internal Affairs by acclamation at student achievement BY LINDA S. Ll,JKAS our October 17, 1983, meeting. Julias Sigma Alpha Delta, is the only evening MARIE SYE-President · tackled his .first two• projects success Friday, October 21, Sigma Alpha Delta. student honor/service sodety at Baruch. Legal Services fully. -held its New Candidates' Dinner in the Membership requires that a student have at The Free Legal Services Program, co - Evening recreation hours were est Oak lounge of Baruch's Student Center on least a B mihus grade point average, as sponsored by Day and Evening, govern ablished ·again for thi,s semester. The 22nd Street. The turnout of students eligi well as 45 college credits (18 of which ments, began Wednesday, October 26, schedule is posted in this issue of The -ble for membership in the 25-year-olcl' . must be earned at Barueh). New ,candi for evening stu_dents. Three students Reporter. evening honor service society was im dates are required to demonstrate 'their took advantage of this service Wednes - The shower stalls in the men's locker pressive. Over· 95 people crowded the dedication to improving the quality of stu- day and all.three were satisfied with the room have: beeri cleaned Finally! room to hear presentations by speakers in , dent lfe at Baruch by volunteering time lawyer's service. The lawyer will see cluding · Dr. Henry Wilson, Dean of and expertise to various committees. four to five students every Wednesday. SUPPORT YOUR STUDENT GOVERN Students and Dr. Ronald Aaron, Associate Thes-e committees are organized to pro Some of the services rendered are MENT. PLEASE TURN IN THE ESSA Dean of Students. Charles Lyles, Director of vide services to the general student body. tenant/landlord, consum'er disputes and SURVEY FORMS TO RO()M 509, 26th Evening Student Services and an Honorary They are chaired by veteran members and denial of constitutional rights. For Street Building. Member of Sigma Alpha Delta, and Assis offer free tutorial ·serviees, registration appointments, call ,725-3031 or stop in tant Director Karen Marlib also greeted the assistance and a used bookexchange. All Room 509, 26th Street building. The Chancellor's Reception group of students who were invited to active members participate in the opera- participate in the activities planned PY ' tion of these functions. In addition, the lawyer will be in Room 523 (26th Street Chancellor J osepb S. Murphy held a buifding) from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sigma Alpha Delta for 'the coming year. 'club sponsors special guest speakers from cocktail reception for student govern This particular event is one of the mo"st the pusiness and academic community. ment leaders at his residence on Thurs Club Festival significant moments in the !ife of this club The coming year's. pr.esentations include a day evening, October 27, 1983. Those in which accepts applications f9r membership lecture by an executive from Merrill, ESSA is sponsoring an evening club attendance were: students from Bronx festival which will be held Thursday, only..once during the school year. Members Lynch on personal investment manage Comniunlty, John Jay, Hunter, Queens, of the Board presented the society's mis December.1, 1983, to promote evening ment and on December 2, a discussion Staten Island, Medgar Evers, N. Y. sion and year's objectives to those 61 clubs and organizations and to encour with Professor Bookerof the Management Tech. Kingsborough; College Pres students qualified for membership as a age s·tudent participation in evening Department on time management. Stu idents; Deans of students; and Board of result of their outstanding aca9emic activities. Glubs and organizations dents are invited to watch THE RE Tr,ustees members. Th·e reception achievement. The rewards of team effort participating are: PORTER and postings on bulletin boards' � allowed students, administrator, and toward common interests and the com around the schqol for anno_uncements,or American Society for Personnel faculty to communicate verbally their radeship of the group clearly were evident Administration contact the office of Evening Student Ser views on higher education, politics and in the remarks · of the speakers. After vices for further informatio·n at 725-3385. A B. L.A.C. K., the CUNY system. Students present greeting_ the auqience, Vice-· Chancellor buffet is offered after guest speaker presen_ Jewish Student Organization were able to share ideas and goals 9f Keith Brotherson turned the floor over to tatiohs and students have the opportunity Sigma. Alpha Delta their constituents. It was announced the Chancellor Constance Quanstrom to mingle with speakers, faculty, ad The New German Club that 10,000 people were registered to Mason who enthusiastically spoke of ministration and fellow stu9ents in a warm, National Association of Black vote through efforts of CUNY colleges' fellowship and student networking. Other cordial atmosphere. The events are open to Accountants (Evening Division) 1984 Voter's: Registration Drive. Con officers of the board and committee chairs all students and their participation is a Look for posters advertising the place gratulations. are in order! It was noted were introduced after which the entire and the time. welcome addition to the events. by Melvin Lowe, Chairperson ·of the crowd flowed into an adjoining room for a It is with great pride that Sigma Alpha FREE: buffet and Live fv1usic. University Senate, that' approximately splendid buffet. Sigma Alpha D'elta Delta opens its membership to fellow Chancellor's Inauguration 175,000 student� attend City University members circulated a"mong the tables talk students this year. Their ideas and ex On November 14, 198:il, Chancellor Schools, which in turn means, 175,000 ing to students a,t;iout their:organization as periences are a welcomed adc!ition_ to the Murphy will be inauguratee. The ESSA Votes. CUNY students sh·ould unite to such notable guests as Dr. [:)avid 0. Green, organization. VVe salute their past acnleve delegation to the ceremony will be its voice their poHtical stands on higher Vice President of Administration were seen ments and look forward to a unified and President, Marie Sye, and Julias Walls, education laws that affect our commu informally discussing academic life with productive future. • Vice President Internal Affairs. nities d'irectly. • students. Evening Recreational Hours Beg!ln Tuesday Oct. 25 Ending Thursday Dec. 22 _ Ta:�e Charge! Evening & Graduate Student Weight Rooms: Tues. 7:30-9:30 Thurs; 8:30-9:45 BY KAREN MARLIB Counseling Services - Gymnasium: Tues. 9:00-9:45 Thurs. 8:00-9:30 Personal and ·Career Pool: TL.Jes. 8:00-9:30 ,counseling Proper Clothing must be worn in all facilities The Baruch Counseling Office, serves 1\/alid Baruch Identification is required! students who are struggling with personal. problems or have dilemmas about their career plans. The office is staffed by a number� of professionally trained THE REPORTER psycliologists and counselors who are able to help.student!;deal with a variety of con ,Needs flicts tanging {tum family related problems Ebullient , to academic difficulties to more sev.ere cases such as depression. Earnest J Evening an
Beverley Dou�las EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Horace Cox BUSINESS MANAGER Founded in 1922 Bob Schwartz DeniseJohnson Chian-Chin Sun Published fortnightly during tlie school year, except during holiday ADVERTISING MANAGER FEATURES E01TOR GRAPHICS EDITOR and exam periods, by the Publications Association of the Evening Ses sion, The Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of Ne»- York. Staff Writers: Gene Cas.sidy, Rick Hill, Frank Potash, Sandra Robinson, Bernard Saunders, Editorials are the views of the writer(s) and do not necessarily repre I. Allison Smith, Sudha Srivastava, Chian-Chin Sun sent those of the College or the University. THE REPORTER .is not Columnist : Professor Warren Hyman responsible for the contents of its advertising and reserves the right to Typist: Maureen Brady refuse all advertisements. Articles and graphics may not be repro duced in whole or" part without tlie consent of the Editor-in-thief. Advisor: Professor,Judy Stewar:l
Guest Editorial Eulogy to C.V.? .Reporter Survey BY ARMANDO MARTIN During the latter part of September,. typically found in every grunt outfit. In while flipping the pages of "U. S. News a word, we were "tight." and World Report," I came across his Dear Reader: liraveling the globe, we busted our \ photograph. My senses were moment humps on military exercises; getting pig We are asking you to take part in a special survey. We are con- arily jar"red; as if propelled from ,a .filthy in the bush and squeaky clean The Reporter's ducting the survey among readership to learn as much as hidden trampol.ine, the word "J7Io" sh0t back at the !:lase. Weekends found us we can about the people �ho .read The Reporter. We would greatly from my throat. dancing, drinking and eating in fast appreciate your taking some time to tell us about yourself and your house I didn't want to believe it was him, food joints. Our affair with the Marine hold. but memories don't lie. He was wearing Corps was an ambivalent relationship Your response is essential to· the completeness and accuracy of our study. camouflage utilities, cartridge-belt with that began during the initial indoctrin We are asking a number of questions on several aspects of your lifestyle. suspender straps, and two magazine ation on Parris lslarid. A devastation Please answer all that apply to you. Your replies are equally important to us pouches hung in front. Although the similar to an exploding hand grenade. rear of the belt was hidden from view, I -whether or not you own··or 'participate in anything asked. No one escapes pieces of flying shrap knew it contained a first aid kit, filanked - We would be very grateful if you would fill out the enclosed questior;i- nel. 1.he extent of the injury, depends on on each side by two canteens. A helmet naire and return it to us by dropping it into the marked box by the the amount of psychic steel embeddecd covered his head, casting a shadow over in the brain. newspaper bins. the eyes and part of a pudgy dough-like The night before my discharge, C.V. Thank-you. nose. Only dark full lips and high cheek a·nd I went out as usual for a night of b0nes were clearly discernible. belly rubbing and finger popping with He was conducting a weapons inspec the southern belles 0f North Car0lina. tion of an M-16 with attached grenade We toasted my new life in the. civilian The Pen Versus the Sword . launcher; what we commonly referred to world and to his api,>roaching discharge. as a "blooper." The left hand gripped "To all the g0od times we've had and the barrel while the middle finger of the the best of I uck on the outside." That Is the pen mightier than the_ sword? Perhaps not, as evidenced recently right pressed a latch which releases the everlasting toothy grin sparkled in the · when the military commanders in the Reagan administration barred �eporters charging handle, sending the bolt dim night club as my screwdriver and trom the island of Grenada arguing about "unsa.fe conditions," "n0t at the home. This was a part of the synchro his rum and coke clinked for the last appropriate time," "for the safety_ of the Americans,on,Grena
on11nued from Page 4 4. per onnel departments should car ful Ho can one fighting fore keep ly creen who they hire for computer peac t , n s ral battling factions Legal-Ease operations. and not uff r ca!>ualt1es of their o n? The measures suggested ar not intended h ar th se oung m n d mg In a The Computer - Friend Or Foe? to b all-encompassing. Rather they are land wh r th peopl ha e b n merely d signed to point out that the same � aging r l1g1ous wars betw n on PART 2 individual who use computers and exer anoth r Ince biblical limes? How man cise the great st degre of control over Am ncan ll\eS doe ,t tak to help er ct BY WARREN H. HYMAN them are the only ones, practically sp ak a stable L ban Government? By far, one of the most interesting cases ing, who can take effective measures to It Is an honor to die in d fense of of computer manipulation occurred at a seriously limit the opportunities of the would-be computer criminal. on 's country, but to sacnf1c Ii es on dog racing track in Florida. What better It is hoped that as internal safeguards are th him and parcel of some political place to make fast money than where all employed by an ever increasing number of 1deolog , without substantial reason, Is the people already had the same idea? One organizations, there will be a concomitant mor a cnm in its If Hop fully, in the of the track's frequent customt:>rs devised decrease in the losses suffered as a result of following w ks military and govern the scheme and involved several computer computer crime. Admittedly, more str m nt leaders , ill xpand U S presence department and other employees at the ingent security measures will not guarantee In L banon from that of a sitting duck, track. that computers are invulnerable to attack to a screaming eagle, or, what the The way the scheme worked was this: or that members of organized crime will country Is counting on, bring the young the fraudulent computer manipulation not suceed in finding ways to manipulate m n horn centered on the trifecta winner's pool. A computers for their own advantage. Never A lingering fear in the back of every winning trifecta wager calls for correctly predicting the first and second place dogs theless, appropriate security measures can on 's mind Is that this may lead to a go a long way toward alleviating the threat in specific races.All trifecta wages go into a r peat of what happened 20 years ago of computer crime. in a tiny south Asian country. Back pool which, after track and state fees are then, the purposewas to free the people deducted, is divided among the winners.A winning bet of $2.00 will often have a from the clutches of Communism. We Warren H. Hyman can now reminisce, year by year, body payoff of several thousand dollars or more. Letters by body, battered and mutilated bone In my last article I discussed the ever in The payoff was derived by the track's com by. .Was anything accomplished in creasing problem of computer crime; how puter and _displayed only after the comple those ten years? apalm, boobie traps, difficult it is to detect it; and at least one tion of the last three races. The per landmines, rice paddies, blood and method of committing a computer crime. pretrators took advantage of the fact in Unprepared Professors manipulating the system, after-the-fact, to death. War is a dirty,"business"; often In this article I will discuss the type of in To the Editor: referred to as leveling otf the economy dividual who is usually involved in commit issue additional winning tickets.Thus, each of men ting a computer crime and possible ways to legitimate winner received a lower payoff, One of the surest ways to academic To all the grunts in Lebanon and deter the commission of these crimes. since the pool had to bf' divided among excellence is through preparation. especially to C.V.no amount of em The computer criminal is unlike society's more winners. It was estimated that the Students who prepare their lessons in path can replace sharing the drama usual picture of one who runs afoul of the conspiration managed to make their advance routinely outperform their un you're e periencing. Therefore, I send law. The typical computer criminal is scheme payoff for more than one million prepared fellow students. you, in spint, the only message worth young (18-30), well educated, technically dollars. Some of the most spirited and interest wh tie From one ex-grunt to all my competent and of an aggressive personali Suggested Determinants ing classes I've had were taught by younger grunts: Stay Alive! ty.Many of them come from the ranks of to Computer Crime professors who were quite clearly very computer technicians, managers, program Over the past few years, in response to well prepared for class. Their presenta The writer, an uppersenior majoring in international mers and the like. Since over two million the ever-increasing threat of computer tions were clear-cut, concise, and delib marketing. is an e -marine. erate. On the other hand I've had my • men and women are involved in the opera abuse, there have been eleven states which tion of computers today, there is a sizable, share of professors who walk into a have enacted statutes dealing directly with classroom and ad lib their way through and unfortunately, ever-growing pool from co.mputer crime (New Yor is not·among which future computer criminals will an hour or more of unorganized lecture the eleven states). Several other states are material, skipping points here, jumping emerge. considering laws aimed at both deterring ahead there, and always forgetting to Perpretrators tend to be amateurs, as op potential computer criminals and ensuring mention something or other. Maybe posed to being professional criminals.The that there are appropriate penalities for the these professors feel they've taught so vast majority of them were employees of convicted computer criminal. At the long they don't need to prepare any the organization having the computer and federal level, Congress has been consider more ...Or maybe they just don't care. took advantage of their position of trust. ing the Federal Computer Systems Protec Nothing can substitute for a well out However, since larger and larger amounts tion Act.As of this date, the legislation has lined, coherent presentation of the of money and information are being stored still not been enacted. material to be discussed, no matter how by-computers, it is expected that there will While it is commendable that the Federal many times the professor has taught be increasingly greater interest and involve government and many of the states are that particular section. ment by career criminals and organized becoming more responsive to the problem I've had many excellent professors crime who can take advantage of the of computer crimes and the need to enact during my stay at Baruch, professors specialized skills possessed by the deterrant legislation, I believe that due to with a keen desire to teach and a gen aforementioned individuals. the highly technical and complicated uine interest in their students, profes The following is merely a partial list of nature of most computer crimes, and the sors I'll remember for a long time. But motivations of individuals who commit degree of skill possessed by most would-be computer crimes: computer criminals, the answer to the pro something must be done to stem the 1. to secure personal reward or power; blem does not lie in this realm. Even tide of the "ad lib" professor. Maybe a 2. to engage in a challenge, beat the assuming that an increasing number of kind of "professor of the month club" system, play a game; computer criminals were caught and pro whereby each month students from a 3. to get back at the government, utility secuted, the extreme complexity involved particular concentration would select a company or other large impersonal in preparing such cases would soon professor they deem most deserving of corporation; hopelessly clog both prosecutorial offices the honor or some kind of program to 4. to "take on" an emotionless machine; and the courts. It is doubtful that there are show our excellent profesor how much 5. to exploit an opportunity, and give a enough law enforcement or prosecutional we appreciate them, and to motivate our "lesson" to someone who failed to personnel who are sufficiently not so excellent professor to be like the take sufficient precautions; knowledgeable or capable of being trained boyscouts - say ... Always prepared. 6. to vent specific or general resentment in the area of computers to meet the in A Concerned Student against one's employer, supplier, creasing caseload which the new legisla Land of banker or government; and tion will most certainly produce. What is 7. to act out in a mischieveous manner. the solution to this dilemma then? Most of the apprehended computer I suggest that the only hope for successful Bernard M.Baruch the criminals, to date, have tended to be "first prevention and deterrance lies with the timers." Due to the computer technology adoption of effective safeguards by the To the Editor: involved it may not always be certain as to owner of the computer itself. In fact, a how the criminal "masterminded" his Federal government study has found that I like your new series on Baruch College. free operation. computers both in the public and private You may want to reproduce Bernard One has to ask: Are those in charge of sectors have extremely lax security prac Baruch's speech in October 1953 and a pic securityfor computers capable of keeping a tices. ture of him. Also, do you realize that he "jump ahead" of the computer criminal? Some checks to prevent computer crimes entered the CCNY in 1884 as a student, Home of In one case involving a government com should include: almost 100 years ago, in our building at puter in Los Angeles, someone who had ac 1. all sensitive information areas should 23rd and Lexington? cess thereto put extra punch cards into the be protected from shared access. Professor Boddewyn the computer in order to produce unauthoriz 2. an organizational plan that would ed welfare grants. Although the crime itself segregate the duties of individuals so Editor's note: was eventually discovered, no suspects as to minimize the opportunities for It is seldom that members of the facuhy wrile lellerJ were ever identified.Again, one must ask: misuse or misappropriation. 10 the editor in praise of articles. Thank you. We hope brave How many other computer crimes have 3. the establishment of an effective you·11 enjoy the remainder of the series on the com been disco ered yet remain unsolved? system of internal review. memoration. THE REPORTER __November 14, 1983
SIGMA ALPHA DELl A
Connie Mason Tuition Services Wants You� In Focus: an evening student gets involved
BY BARBARA BAUER
Connie Mason is a woman of· The coming through my office. At Baruch, Eighties, a superwoma°r1 with seemingly I am exposed to many different types of Volunteer boundless energy. She juggles home people,people of various ages,and with (including husband, four children and a various ethnic backgrounds and value Earn Money dog), work, school,· and extracurricular systems.It's r�freshing to touch the rest activities with such a high level of Tutors needed. in all disciplines of the world on an everyday basis." . . ., achievement that one can't help but Although evening students have a·· wonder, How does she do it AND keep tendency to come to class and then go her sense of humor? hom·e to get.on with their lives, Connie Connie is a legal secretary at one of has taken the �xtra time needed to get Manhattan's largest iaw firms. "Today involved in extracurricular activities. experts predict what I began to experi Contact: Office of Evening Student Services She is n@w s�rlling as Chancellor . of _; ence a few years ago; the job of legal Sigma Alpha 0elta,an elleningstudents ·!· secretary as we have known ·it will,some honor and service organization. Connie day,no longer exist. I used to be assigned describ�s· the organization as a fellow 725-1385 a case from beginning to end. I c ·ould ship of students where lasting friend . really get involved. Now I'm given bits ships are formed.' Sfgma Alpha Delta .. and pieces. I no longer have a sense of boasts a very loyal membership; people · the whole," she said. •. who have_ graduated stlll volunteer their __ ... Her desire to immerse herself in a ·time.and remain active in the organiza '1: project from inception to completion led tion. Connie to choose Computer Science as Connie plans to graduate in June her major. "I like to take,a J')rogram and 198-5 and begin a career utilizing her : see it in my hands from the beginning compl!!ter science degree. At:-this time · to the end. It's a game: finding the she hesrtates· to commit- herself to a correct code is like doing a puzzle. I'm a specific area 0f entry since the high _ compulsive overachiever, most com technology field is so volatile. Besides New Advertising Manager joins 'T't1e- -� eporter puter science majors are. It takes a lot the usual programming positions, she ' of patience and persistence to keep at it, would consider a public relations or ° BY BEVERLEY DO_UGLAS to complete that puzzle." In Connie's - sales posi.tion with,.a major m·anufac-. case, her persistence has paid off as turer. '' I certainly wi11 be able to relate to THE REPORTER is pleased to announce evidenced by her consistent presen,ce on the users. Most of the major law f.irms that ·sob Schwartz has been appointed as the Deants Lis( and her membership in are in the feasibility stage, but they will - its Advertising ('vlanager. Beta Gamm� Sigma,· c1, national honor computerize and they are going to need a A transfer student from Arizona State and ' ary society for business student� liaison," she said.- "I'm going to keep an i Rockland Community Colleges, the new Her remune.rati9ns inclue� .more _than open mind. It depends upon the market Ad�ertising manager is· a M�rketing major, academic honors. ·A m·ajor personal ex and what will be available when I gradu with a minor in Advertising. Bob transfer perience has resulted from interactions ate. I may-even think of graduate school, red from Arizona State because "I felt that I within Baruch's diverse student body. after I take a break for a couple of years could get a more corriphrehensive educa "As a legal secretary," she said, "I have and catch up on my sleep." • tion in America's greatest city - New York.I a very limited sector of th� population also found that overall, Baruch College has proved to be a better atmosphere for my in terests iri business, marketing,and advertis ing; than the former colleges I have attend- The Reporter announces _!lew editor · ·ed." BY HORACE COX "I'm a bit disappointed in New York Bob enjoys the cultural mix of the city because it isn't what it claims to be.It is not and the vast assortment of activities it of opened 24 hours, and I am a 24 hour per fers: The 6'1" advertising manager enjoys son."· Chian-Chin Sun or Kim Sun as she athletics. "I'm a semi-serious runner in the prefers to be called, is t�uly a· 24 hour _per warm weather. -in cold weather, I try to lift son. With so much energy-packee into her w:eights as often a� possible." he said. Bob 5' 4" frame,she seEms constantly on the go enjoys listening to all types of m4sic, from According to the new advertising - always thinking up new ideas and then classical to p'unk. He enjoys the idea that manager, "Baruch College is imparting a putting them into practice. "I contribute to the school, especially to lot of knowledge and in turn, I am giving The newest member of THE REPORTER THE REPORTER." some back." �taff, wasborn in Malaysia,. (a.former British colony whieh · gained· its independence in 1957), 24 years ago and �a3 lived in_ Lon don,England; Dusseldorf, West Germany; and Florence, Italy. A former 0i-lingual secretary for the Singapore National Shipping Lines with of fices in West Germany an� England, Kim ·want to get between. o.ur s�e.ets? . was 11lso assi�tant to the executive for the Far East Service. Chian-Chin Sun The journalism major ·said that she has then advertise. always wanted to travel and one day, while As Graphics editor for THE REPORT in London, "I. just packed my bags and ER, Kim is responsible for all graphics, . came to the Big Apple." She has lived here cartooning, and art which appears in the m since Ma y. She didn't Rian to attend newspaper. Further, she is also a staff Baruch 'college, but as she stated, "I writer. chose it,becau se' it was the only college I The multi-talented freshman works part THE 'REPORTER could afford:f'' However, she °is quick to time as a bartender while taking 16 credits J')Oint out that she ha$ .not been disap at Baruch and devoting many hours to THE pointed in her choice so far. REPORTER. o mber 14, 198 THE REPORTER Page 7 Academics Deans' list for 1982-1983 academic year THE DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH. A total of 908 stud nts qualified for th Deans' List, '120 m n and 488 women. To qualify for the Deans' List, full-11m und rgraduat must compl te a minimum of 12 credits (wllh I tter grades) each Presents Thornton Wilder's s mest r for a minimum of 24 credits and maintain a 3.20 grade point a erage. Part lim und rgraduates must complete a minimum of 24 credits (with letter grades) within four semesters and likewise main tain a 3.20 grade point average. The names of the students who qualify THE MATCHMAKER for th Deans' List are submitted to a na tional publication each Spring. Students who think they may have met the standards for the Deans' List but whose names do not appear should come to the Registrar's Of fice to v rify their average. • at 8:00 p.m. Graduate Committee on on Academic Standing The Graduate Committee on Academic Standing will be meeting on December 8, 1983. This meeting is being held in lieu of the January meeting listed in the Graduate Bulletin for the 1983/84 academic year. Ap November 16-19, 1983 peals for this meeting should be filed in the Office of Graduate Studies in Room 910 of the 26th Street building by ovember 30th.• in the Registration T earn Auditorium - 23rd St. Bid. workers needed As Registration for the Spring Semester '84 approaches, the Registra's Office ls in need of new Registration Team Workers. Students hired as part of the Registration Tickets: $2.50 T�am a slst In the mailing of registration materials, processing early registrations, working as runners and aides during inper son registration, and helping the staff of the Registrar's Office during the hectic days of registration. To qualify for the Registration Team, they had asked for. "I say this on the Dr. Greger students must have sophomore standing, a basis of a recent visit by the chief budget The Speech Department 2.3 grade point average, and qualify for examiner for the college," Mr. Segall Continued from Page B presents Baruch Work Study. If you are interested in said. According to Mr. Segall, the exam joining the Registration Team, please con iner toured the "campus" and concluded After a sh0rt term as Assistant Dean of the "The Matchmaker" tact Ms. Mindy Palace, Assistant to the that the buildings were clean and well Evening Session, Greger finally settled into Registrar, and file an application. maintaned, but that the college needed the Directorship of Student Orientation, BY YOLANDA SUTTON The first steps in processing registrations more space. Mr. Segall said that he where he continues today. T�is semester, the Speech Depart for Spring '84 will begin in just a few short doubted very much whether Baruch Col In spite of his continuing enthusiasm for ment will present Thornton Wilder's "The wee�. • lege would get new positions for next Baruch, Dr. Greger feels that some of the Matchmaker," a charming play that in year. He asked the student leaders at the attitudes of students have changed. He spired the Broadway musical "Hello reception, however, to get ready to lobby believes students in the past were more in Dolly." The play which has been delighting in the governor's office during January volved in student activities and in the Sixth Fall Leadership audiences for many years, will be directed and February of 1984. school than they are today. "They didn't by Professor Eleanor Ferrar of the Speech Reception "The space problem is still with us," just have complaints, they researched and Department. John R.F. Tietsort, also of the Continued from Page 1 Mr. Segall said, "and until the 19th tried to do something about what was Speech Departm.ent, is the set designer. positions would be eliminated through Street building - at the Southwest cor wrong," he adds. SttJdents today are just as "The Matchmaker" will run from attrition. Attrition includes retirements, ner of Park Avenue South - has been capable, he contends, but they do not November 16 through November 19, 1983. resignations or deaths. "We do not pro bought (the college has the authority to seem to be as motivated. He also believes Curtain time is 8 p.m. Tickets, which will pose to reduce the number of faculty pur.chase and refurbish) space will be a that students' priorities have changed. "For be available in the 23rd Street lobby (next lines, Mr. Segall said, "it's possible that problem." It should be noted that when some reason students believe that most ac to the auditorium), are $2.50 and will go on we would offer up one or three faculty the 19th Street building is purchased, it tivities should be centered around food." sale soon. lines, but only.as a token and only if at will not be ready for occupancy before In former days students got together to Bring your family and friends for an enter- trition makes it possible to do that." 1987. The 19th Street building also ends discuss and to listen to speakers, not to eat. taining evening. • The cuts then will come from Baruch's any prospect Baruch College has of relo Professor Greger says. support staff - maintenance, secretari cating to the Atlantic Terminal site in Professor Greger still finds many re !11W'� ril!!�i Wow� al professional staff, etc. President Segal, Brooklyn. wards in his long career at Baruch. He further stated that no one at Baruch will Other matters discussed at the recep delights in "watching students perform and FOREIGN POLICY LECTURE SERIES lose as he plans. to cut only through tion, included the library which will ex working closely with student leaders." He enjoys participating in their growth and attrition. He said that there was also pand to the th of the 24th street build Edward Pessen the possibility of reallocating positions. ing. New windows, repairs to the heating successes. distinguished professor of History In other words, according to Mr. Segall, and ventilating systems as well as the D�s Professor Greger think of retire at "when positions become vacant we will painting of 80% of the 23rd Street build ment? "I have just begun thinking about Baruch Coltege and the Graduate Center transfer to where it is needed most." ing was discussed. The toilets, as well as it," he says, not all that seriously. He will According to Mr. Segall, "this college the science laboratories in the 23rd Steet continue, "as long as he can work with on the topic can survive this latest disaster without building will be totally rehabilitated. • exciting students." • layoffs and without affecting the aca :'Can American Foreign Policy Be demic quality of the college." Drastically Changed?" For the 1984-85 budget, the President MAJOR EVENT: James Baldwin, acdaimed author, as guest speaker; Date: Thursday, November 17 has asked for 77 new faculty lines, 19 Globus lecture Series. facuttysupport positions, positional staff Time: 3:30 p.m. for computer science, and equipment. Tuesday, December 6, 1983 - 1:00 p.m. Auditorium. Place: Dean's Conference Room, He stated, however, that he was very DON'T FORGET!! Room 1603, 17 Lexington·Avenue skeptical that the college would get what Page8 THE REPORTER . November 14, 1983 Remini�cences of Baruch Co-liege downtown with Dr. Andrew Lavender advisor of the student government, the A professor of Secretarial Studies and BY DEMSE JOHNSON subchairman of the English department Graduate. courses in thei, School of Educa- . when Baruch was still a part of City tion, Dr. Bely has received awards from the with it. Dr. Lavender explained to THE College, and later on, for a number of American Biographical Institute and the In · REPORTER why City Colege and Bar years, chairperson of the English ternational Biographical Center. "I have uch College are nothing compared to department. He has been the Associate enjoyed all the years I have spent here, and what they used to be thirty or forty Dean for the School of Business, and I love the students and what they have years ago.' "The mix and the range of was the first dean of the School of achieved," she concluded.· • students are fireater," he said. "The Liberal Arts at Baruch. Dr. Lavender is range of interests ·have varied for the currently1 ' an active member of the ... Dr. Irving Greger Baruch College Association. • mature student, because we are much BY RICK HILL moi"e_ academic now." Over the years wherever students con Dr. Lavender feels that college� gregate, Professor Irving Greger, should have preparatory-high school for . Dr.Jeanette Bely seemed· to be right in the middle. students wishing to attend that college. Dr. Andrew Lavender At 64 years of age, Professor Greger, "I think it's a continuum and an in BY BEVERLEY DOUGLAS Director of Student Orientation, has centive," he said. He also feels that made a 35-year, career out of being ex There's an old adage that says, "You colleges should have their own prep tremely involved with students q.tBaruch can't judge a book by its wver." This aratory high s�hools to· make better College. maxim is very applicable to ·or. Andrew achievers out of students. In 1974, he started working at Baruch, Lavender, who stated that he may have "The intens·ity, the level, and the then a part of City College, as the Cen startled the students in one of his class quantity of learning that took place in . tral Treasurer, assisting students in or es by telling them that he attended those three years at Townsend Harris ganizing their activities. As a result, he Townsend Harris High School, in the was substantially' more than most. became Director of Lampert House tben 23rd Street building, as the high school people a:�complish in most high schools· 1 the student anion, funded by the, Alumni was probably in the building before any today,'' Dr. ·Lavender said. He· added Association. At Lampert Hous.e, Greg�r of the students were born. that the high schools, h�wever, are not organ.izecl parties and dances and each Townsend Harris Hall (as it was to be criticized, because "the situation Fa:11 semester, a camping trip for incom originally named) was ?tarted in 1904. was very different at the end .of the ing freshmen. "It was easy to have many From Fall 1930 through June· 1942, the 1920's in terms of the economic set-up activities then because Baruch was a high school occupied the top three floors and make-up of New York City. very close knit group (of stud�nts) con of the S·chool of Business. Harris was - The fow�send graduate liked the fact fined to the 23rd Street Buildir-ig,'' the the preparatory high school of City that he was attending high school in the professor explains. "There was also a lot ·College. Dr. Lavender attended Harris ,.midst of a college. "I was very aware of of spirit-rah, rah." high from 1928 through 1932, a school this,'' he exclaimed. "I knew that I was Greger says that students 35 years ago for "bright b�ys" where many of the part of a college and not of that vast Since 1954, Dr. Jeanette Bely has been had many of the same comi,>laints' as th�y students automatically went on to City high school system out there. For ai'l associated with Baruch College. . She do today. Many com-plained_ fhat they College. practical purposes, this was very much remembers when classes at· the then . never knew what was going on in other The school was originally. housed at . like attending a college in college build branch of City College downtown started at parts of the school, even though the the St. Nicholas Heights Campus of ings, and in the very immediate· pre 8:00 a.r:n. and ended at 1:00 p.m. each school was confined to one building. CCNY, and was moved ciowntown to sence of college students. Many of the day. She remembers when all the stu teachers were, im fact, pr0fessors at the dents would go tp work at 1:00 p.m. re� -Another common problem was that "the relieve overcrowding at t.he uµ>.toxvn _ scho0I news13apers eonstarntly"l·o""olt= campus. Students earraecl a Regents college, who took their turn in teaching turning at 6:00 for the evening sessien. wer� i ng for writers. These things I thiril< high school academic diploma in three - with a collegiate approach - some of "The caliber of the students then, was - never change," he said. years and were admitted to CCNY by the classes in the preparatory. school,'' very, very, high,'' Dr. Bely said. examination ar,id/or selection by public explained Dr. Lav.ender. Dr. Bely, th·en Assistant to the General school principals. Harris High school Dr. Lavender cited many s·imilarities Faculty and to the F:aculty in the Liberal specialized in Literature, History and and a few divergencies between City Arts Department, as well as the secretary to Mathematics.·· College of yesteryear ani:J Baruch the faculty in the School 0f Education "Townsend Harris high school went College of today. "There are some very believes· that there is a difference in the out of existence during the N.Y.C. eco important, encouraging and worthwhile quality and the standards then, as com nomic recession,'·' Dr. Lavender said. similarites between the City College I pared to the present. "The courses then, "Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia thought that attended, and Baruch." He continued, were more demanding," she el TREMENDOUS SAVINGS ON WOM-ENS' . SKIRTS, BLOUSES,. PANTS, COATS.- 6201 - 15th AVE. . BRING THIS. AD BROOKLYN, N.Y. FOR ADDITIONAL 10% DIS·COUNT. MON. - SAT. 10 - 1:00 ' II A CAREER IN TAX OR . . AUDIT - WHAT IS RIGHT FOR ME? Guest Speaker: Alex Salomon, Manager - I Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Wednesday, ·November 16,. 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. Globus Lounge Refreshments- will be served . I REPORTER Page 13 Applications now being accepted for Novem�r 14,Belle 1983 Zeller Scholarship awards THE hing Th Tru ees o( 1he Belle Z lier Scholar- kno n as Z lier Scholars. B.L.A.C.K. hip Trus Fund announce that they are Applications are available through the of nov. r I mg application� from candidates fice of th Dean of Students, Room 1702, , 1 to be considered for 1984 Belle 360 Park A\enue South. Invites you to an Induction Dance Z 11 r Scholarship Awards. Th se ment Smee the Fund was established in 1979, scholar�h1ps are for S 1,000 per year. 34 scholarships have been awarded to in honor of its new members r ne\ abl while 1he student is an CU Y students. under radua1e allending CU Y. The Fund as created by the Profes on Friday, November 18 Apphcat,ons mu t be postmarked by sional Staff Congress/CU Y, the Union December 5, 1983. Applicants must ha e representing the instructional staff of City from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. compl ted a minimum of sixteen credits al University. In formally establishing the any branch of CU Y ith an index of 3.75 Fund, the Union cited Dr. Zeller for her or belier. Candidates must also submit contributions 10 the scholarshipof and prac three I tters of recommendation attesting tice of legislative lobbying, to higher educa to th ir acad mic performance and service tion and to faculty Unionism. to the college, university and/or communi Dr. Zeller was among the first instructors ty. on the faculty of Brooklyn College (1930), Alley Lounge - Students Center All applicants will be screened and where she spent most her professional finalists will be interviewed by a committee life as a professor of political science. Dr. 137 E. 22nd Street of th Trustees or their designees. Awards Zeller is currently President Emeritus, Ex for th 1984-85 Academic Year will be an ecutive Officer and Legislative Represen nounced by April 30, 1984. Winners will be tative of the PSC. • Guest Speaker: Malcolm Smith WYLBUR & VM AT HOME Topic: "Politics in Minority Business" Music By: A.L. 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Since this first suborbital flight would last only 15 minutes, it did not occur to anyone to include ·a urine receptacle. So Shepard did the only thing he cou!d do. .After getting the OK from Mission Control, he let loose a wa'rm flow of yellow liqt.iidin to his pressure suit. · G The countdown continue,.the flight was a · success and Alan Shepard became a na- . ' ' . ti0nal hero. ·Such is the stuff of Tom Wolfe's latest book, Jitled, ''The Right Stuff." ·Originally planned as a chronicle of the 'whole space Torn Wol(e program - up t0 Skylab,. Wolfe ended up with a portrait of Project Mercury and the seven ·men who would be the first and let other people compromise the Americans in space. whole thing because they- couldn't keep Natural Ice ·@koshe, These men were chbsen-_from amongst' their pants zipped." Even then, some of the Creams the military test pflot fraternity. It wa·s the astronauts "were convinced 'that Glenn job of a test pilot to "go up in a hurtling 300 ·3rd Ave. On th� Corner of 23rd & 3rd Ave. had ·his eyes· set on becoming ·President." piece of machinery and put his hide on the Just two ye·ars after Shepa(d's suborbital Tel 460-5613 line and then have the mo�ie, the reflexes, flight, Gordon Cooper would spend a the experience: 'the coolness to pull it Back whole day in orbit. That would be the last in the last yawning moment...and then go Mercury flight. President Kennedy had up again the next day, and the next day, · already announced America's goal to put a and every next day." To clo t�is without 'man on the ·m0on by the end of the killing yourself ani:J destroying' your decaoe. . ' machine, you had to ·have the Rlght Stuff. A nuclear test ban agreement with the The Original Seven, as they came to be Russ'ians had been reached during the sum known, were: Scott Carpenter, Gordon mer of 1963 and the hotline would soon be Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally installed between the White House and the Schirra, Alan Sheqard and Donald Slayton. · Kremlin. The Cold War as over. And with it Wolfe tells the story of the Mercciry in eight hours a month, for which they are "the era of America's first single combat astronauts against the background of the CUNY Board of Trustees not paid (the education law says th_at the warrior had come and it had gone, perhaps Cold War. The launching of Sputnik 1 into r;iever to b>e relived. The mantle of Cold Continued from Page 3 "Trustees shall receive no compensation orbit by the Russians in 1957 "was seen as Warriors of th€! Heavens had been placed for their seNices but shall be reimbursed _Affairs; Committee on Facilities, Security, the second momentous event of the Cold on their shoulders one April day in 1959 for their actual and nei:;essary expenses in and Management; Committee on Student W�r. The first had been the Soviet develop without· their asking for it or having curred by them in the performance of their Affairs and Speciai Programs; and Commit ment of the atomic bomb in 1953."' Now anything to do with it or even knowing it. duties"), and which is outside the time they tee on Public· Policy and External Relations. the Russians could not only deliver the And 'now it would be taken away, without spend reading volumes of reports h1ch The 'Board also ,has a Commirtee for o�g "'.' bomb on an inter-continental ballistic their knowing that, either, and because of � are sent-to them, while serving on differ Range Planning which is an 'ad hoc 'Com missile, they could launch them from earth nothing they ever did or desired." Donald ent commiHees. But are they simply mittee and consists of a chairperson of each · orbit. Slayton, ·,grounded· because of heart ail carrying on a bureaucracy?- _ of the standing committees and 'the · ''The Soviet program gave off an aura of ment, would get_ his chance to fly·as part of "lt is· a vast bureaucracy," Mr. Warm chairperson and vice chairperson of the sorcery. The Soviets release practically no the Apollo-Soyuz mission and would even · brand says, "but none of_ them are Board. figures, pictures or diagrams. And no snake hands .with his former "enemy" in _ · ' · bureaucrats, They do not want to be car-- One of- the shortcomings 0f the Board, n_ames; it was rev�aled only that the ·soviet space. .. . - ried along by th� bureaucratic momentum, Mr.- Warmbrand feels, is that some of the program was guided by a mysterious in Ton Wolfe has written an exciting, fast. They want to get involved i the policy trustees ·do not know enough about the n dividual known as the Chief Designer." moving account of America's first making decisions, and Mr. Murphy university, and others may have an interest The space race becal'T)e a_ "war for con- . spacemen. In, the age of Star Wars anp the _ (chairperson of. the 8oard) is· trying to get in the colleges of the borough from which trol of the heavens." So it was no surprise space shuttle; it is refreshing to read of the them more involved in doing long-range they come. that the first astronauts would become na pioneers who bl�zed the trail for the Sally planning." "They are b�ing educated/;- he said. tional heroes. Wolfe portrays them as Rides and Guy Blufords. Please Mr. Wolfe, What have they achieved so far? "Since "They are being exposed to the problems Single Combat Warriors. "In single combat I'm waiting for "The Right Stuff 2." • . the fiscal crisis of 1975-76,· the university in each of the colleges. All of them, during the mightiest soldier of one- army would has achieved a stability," Mr, Warmbrand the time they seNe, go to all the C½INY col fight the mightiest soldier of the other army said, "and the trustees are largely responsi leges, speak at commencements and se e as a substitute for a pitched battle between '." ble for that stability." as members of different committees, like the entire forces." They wouldn't be City University Construction Firm, CUNY "I am very entht.Jsiastic about my job," fighting actual combat in space, but they Research Foundation, etc." Mr. Warmbrand reveals, "and I am enjoy- were ente�ing into a, "deadly duel for the Their dedication becomes more apparent ing it so much because I am dealing with heavens." when one considers the fact that they put some very gifted people."· Amid�t all the seriousness of this mission, the astronauts are also seen in their lighter WITHOUT WRITERS moments. The cod� of the Fighter Jock became kno�n as "Flying & Drinking and Drinking & Driving and Driving & Balling." THERE WOULD Bl Fast planes, fast cars, hard liquor and loose women. As long as he didn't bdng scandal to himself, his family or the service, the NO Fighter Jock Away from Home was allowed these extra-curricular goodies. And the astronauts had it in triplicate. NEWSPAPERS. Except for Glenn. He drove a "terrible looking underpower.ed" Prinz and his idea Write for of easing the strain of 12 hour training days was to run two or three miles on the beach. His puritanical dedication to the success of THE REPORTER! the space program and his role in it, led to his lecturing the other six on what he saw as their excessive woman chasing. ''They had the opportunity of a lifetime, and he was sorry· but he wasn't going to stand by THE REPORTER Page 15 SPORTS A volunteer at the NYC i\-tarathon does more Baruchian beats Olympic than give out water cups trials qualifying time in New York City Marathon BYGE E OZGAR To olunt r for the e York City plain who he as, I remembered that BY WAYNE YU Marathon Is to participate in one of the mayors in many European cities are called then, she has run the grueling 26.2 miles world's most important sporting ent. "burgomasters." The couple understood 11 times, finishing 9 of them. Each y ar, thousands of ew Yorkers sign that word and grinned widely. However, in the SP.ring of 1981, she suf of us Joinedfor the freeT-shirt and ram gear ot all volunteers are lucky enough to be fered a back and hip injury that was caused rec i ed, ho ver. Most were there to positioned at the start or finish of the race. by the cumulative stress. This forced her e receive, how ver. Most were there to Most spend the day filling cups with water from participating in any races for two ho the world-wide T.V. audience that for the runners along the route. On speak years. This Spring, McDonald decided to ew orkers are not all apathetic and self. ing later with friends who had worked try to come back and race again. This year centered. along the course. I found that they too had is especially crucial to race because of the This y ar, at the Marathon, I was a gate many interesting stories of what had hap Ever dream of running a marathon? Well, forthcoming Olympic Games at Los marshal! stationed at the start of the race. I, pened to them. Also, none of them com Katie McDonald, a part-time day student at Angeles in 1984. There, for the first time in and the other marshalls checked the run plained about the job he had been given by Baruch College ran in the New York Olympic history, women will be allowed to ners to make sure that they had correct the organizers. Marathon. Not only did she finish, she also compete in the 3000 meter and the numbers a they entered the registration These volunteers all agreed that the run qualified for the Olympic team trials. marathon race events. Previously, the ar a in Ft. adsworth. This job gave me an ners from outside New York had marvelled Katie McDonald ran the New York Olympic games had these events for men ideal vie of the start of the race and of the at the number of volunteers. Many of the Marathon on Sunday, October 23rd and only. sprint across the Verrazano- arrows runners had previously stereotyped New finished the 26.2 miles in 2 hours 48 In order to train for a marathon, Bridge. It also enabled me to speak with Yorkers as having an uncaring, "what's in it minutes and 22 seconds, beating the Olym McDonald starts three months before the many of th runners as they waited to file for me" attitude. The thousands who arriv pic trails qualifying time of 2 hours 51 race. Although she runs regularly, she must onto the starting line. ed early on the morning of the race to do minutes and 16 seconds. "work up" to 80 to 90 miles per week. More int resting than speaking to the their part showed our city at its best and McDonald, a 32 year-old survey direc She.rurf.s six miles in the morning and 10 notables, was trying to converse with some also showed that New Yorkers often take tor for a consulting research firm, began to 15 mi.les at night. And she does a long of the runners from abroad who spoke no tremendous pride in their less then perfect running because of health reasons at the run of about 20 miles once a week, English. A husband and wife team from city. age of 19 when her father died. "I start during the weekend. West Germany seemed puzzled at the sight ed shortly after my father died of a heart All of this training has obviously been of Ma or Ed Kochwho was surrounded by Gene Ozgar, a Finance major, is a lower junior attack, and I promised that my heart was successful for McDonald, who now pre r porters. After trying unsuccessfully to ex- the last thing in my body to go," she pares for the Olympic trials to be held at said. But in 1976, she ran her first min Olympia, Washington in May of 1984. Leon Hess and New York City Politics marathon of 10,000 meters (around 6.2 There, all women who had run marathons miles) without much training and fin with times better than 2 hours 51 minutes A Losing Combination ished. The next year, she ran the same and 16 seconds will be competing for the race with about the same preparation three spots on the United States Women's BY JOHNIAROUNIS and again, she finished. Later on, after Marathon team. "To be among the first the race, she was talking with her firends women to participate in the first women's who noted her performance ana suggest Olympic marathon trials is quite an ed that she get more serious with her honor," McDonald said. "In 1984, I .want running. Thus, started her running ca to test my limit." reer. From 1977 to 1978, she entered In order to stay in shape until May, more races with the New York Road Run McDonald now runs with her team frOIT! ners Club and did quite well in them. the Warren Street Social and Athletic In 1978, while running on the Westside Club and the rest of her time, on her Highway one day, she talked to a man w�o own. She says that she will be racing "a was about to run the infamous Boston lot frq[)1now till then," and that the next Marathon in a few days. McDonald recall six months will be really concentrated. ed that the man had told her that, "You When asked where she rul)S, she says should always keep the marathon as your that although she most frequently runs goal, whether or not you actually run it." at Central Park, Riverside Park, and And that she did. Later on that year, she ran around the Battery, she likes to be imagi her first marathon-and she barely sur native, so she runs all over the city. And vived. She noted that she felt "horrible McDonald adds, "It's really the best but elated that she had finished." Since way to see New York!" The shock is gone, the controversy has neglect to publicize this fact. New York, Mayor Koch should rent an Avis Jersey. subsided. There have been many ques The media in New York are unfairly "dumping" the blame solely on Hess. They and even pay for the mileage to send Leon How does the New Jersey Dioxins tions, yet few answers. There is, however, Hess to the Meadowlands. sound? one fact that still remains - The New York are trying to make New York politicians Does a move to the Meadowlands by the Jets are relocating to ew Jersey. look like peaches and cream (it must really Jets really affect New Yorkers? Will they still It has been almost a month since Leon be election time). You will never see Leon go to support the Jets even though they are Hess, the principal stockholder of ew Hess on the Big Apple Minute and it is true now a Jersey team? Baruchian Bruce that Hess is most definitely to blame but Sports Quiz ork's only FL franchise made the an Kahaner, a Marketing Management major, equally so is ew York City. This past October, the Orioles won the nouncement. The decisionthat was made will. "The bond is too strong not to root. Leon Hess and the local government 80th World Series However, there has as solely a business decision. Giants I've been rooting for the Jets s�nce I was a have jointly proceded to make fools of been one year the World Series was not stadium in the Meadowlands can hold little kid," he exclaimed, but quickly themselves. That's fine, both are, but they played since the October classic commenc 11,500 more fans than its Queens counter countered, "I'll root for the NFL team play also made the ew York fans look a bit ed in 1903. What year was it? part, Shea Stadium. The ew Jersey com ing at Shea." His preference? The Raiders. not pie is also the more modern of the two. foolish also. Here ew York stands, eight Most Baruchians in the random poll took Hint: It was during World War JI. The media ha e made Leon Hess the million strong without an FL football a more objective view (being the business ANSWER dark hor e of this affair. Contrary to popular team. students they are) Kahaner's emotional at The· Jets "promised" to return to ew belief, football is not a game. Thqse who tachment to the franchise makes his view a ·,rn8ea7 belie e it is, are sadly mistaken. Football is York by 1989 if the city builds "an ade bit more subjective. quate major football facility." That sounds ue::>pawv a41 'an8ea1 ysnq a41 W0JJ wea1 a big business and Leon Hess is a good Liz Tombetta, another Marketing ma Aue M1d 01 pasnJaJ MeJ�:Pw uyof Jadd!>jS businessman. He sees the 11,500 extra pretty fair. It'll only cost taxpayers a couple jor, realizes that not having a pro football ,s1ue!'.) )!JOA �"N ua41 a41 ·vo6L seM u1 seats at the eadowlands that adds up to of hundred million, a mere drop in the team is embarrassing to New York. "It appro imately $115,000 per home game. bucket. That's really nice of Leon Hess con blemishes the pride we have as New In addition, the facilities at Shea Stadium sidering that ew Yorkers had to stomach Yorkers when a team doesn't want to be are deteriorating at a rapid pace and the ci alt Michaels and his four and 12 power part of ew York." Nevertheless, Miss . ty has not kept up with repairs. houses of the seventies. ow afterthe Jets Tambetta was more interested in the $33 Compounding these problems is the fact finally made it to the AFC Championship million dollars the city will lose each year THE REPORTER that the Jets pay $560,000 per year rental game last year he is ready to pack up and in revenue as long as the Jets qre away. for Shea Stadium. The Jets play only eight lea e. Good riddance. Just leave the When asked for her opiniof1, transfer stu needs home games per ear. In contrast, the Jets' " .Y." off the Jets' title. They don't dent Ticia Lightburn asked ''Who are the co-tenants, the baseball ets, pay the same deserve to use it. Consequently, if the pro Jets?" That may not be too funny in a cou $560,000 per annum. The ets' home duct of the move brings the Miami ple of years. Obviously, the Jets will have to Sports Writers Dolphins or the Los Angeles Raiders to games total a modest 81. The media change their name to fit the state of ew H 1 . November 14, 1983 . HIE· REPORTER 'QUALITY AND _FASHION FOR $9.99 . . FREE LEGAL AID IS ONCE. - AGAIN AVAILABLE TO ALL . BARUCH STUDENTS . Hours .by appointment on Tuesday:; 12:30 - '3:30 We.dn,esday.; 5:30 � 8:30 Come to Room 409 (22nd Street) or call 725-3377 /8 for day appointmen�s ..,, Come to Room 526 (26th Street) or call 725-3031/for evening appointments A service of Day and Evening Session Governments