OBSERVER Vol. 100 No. 22 April 1, 1993
Disturber 1 The Kline Omelette Bar Plague, Placebo or Provolone Riki Tat Disturber 2 Interview With “Snarf Baby” It’s only grunge if you don’t wash it Topo Gigio Madame the Gypsy Queen’s Weekly Horoscope Disturber 3 Letters Guess Who? Anonymous Everyone’s a Critic Knit Picquy I’m a Schmuck A Dumb Bard Student Contact Paper Stuart Levine Appreciations Depreciated Donald Tewksbury Disturber 4 The Page o’ Doom Statistically Speaking Cartoon Page 1 Women of Bard A multi-cultural discussion of women’s issues at Bard and beyond Anne Miller Page 2 Security Beat Car vandalism has been curbed Michael Poirier Classifieds and Personals Page 3 Bard EMS at Your Service Who they are and what they can do for you Tatiana Prowell Page 4 Tea at Leon’s Discussion of the Future of Europe Sean O’Neill News in Brief Jeana C. Breton
Research Aid Continued on Next Page Page 5 Dead Goat Notes Greg Giaccio For Those Who Are Interested [response to discussion of racism] Andy Choung Page 6 With All Due Respect Matt Watkins Arbitrary Human Being Gideon Low World Happenings of the Week (Mostly Bad, as Usual) Compiled and oversimplified for the General Public Damnath De Tissera and Andrew Fowler Page 7 Fred Hammond Meet next year’s Music Department Chair Robin Kodaira Page 8 “Perfectly Neurotic” A little not pure enough and the just add water woman Sean O’Neill Page 9 Submarine Pitching? Play ball at the Tewksbury wading pool Matt Gilman Page 10 Waterlogging Matthew Apple The Biggest One (My White Self) Matt Gilman Page 11 The Bard experience Christopher Hume, ’91 Attention All Prospective Marchers BAGLE, SMACES, Coalition for Choice, The Women’s Center Page 12 Calendar Place &tt cl-.ttamp on an mvelopc. MUle out check for a mllUott bolliiDil buckL MaUlt to &a. The DRAB
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- Matt and Mike at 4 a.m. Outside NEWS
FEATURES Bard students' response to the President's Committee on the Curriculum's proposal. This has nothing to do with the article below. Or maybe it does. Who cares?
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Why does the Kline Omelette Bar repeatedly fail Emily Glick: Okay! So! There's this... pan, life... I suppose... Yeah... to stimulate t~ "digestive ferocity" of the commu right?Okay,and then there' sthese... well they're Stuart Levine: Yes, so Sergei and I had just nity? Or more importantly, me?The following is a these eggs see, and heh heh, and okay! So! crossed the Swedish Border, and we were all compilation of interviews (in Stuart Levine: Colleges help you to choose a out of ammunition. Then Sergei said he 1W specific order) that I sud balanced· diet Otherwise, you might end up needed have a nice plate of leeks and pota denly remembered I conducted with too many ttench fries and not enough toes before the bomb in his forearm went off, after being hit in the head by a green vegetables. but I said that all my money was in rubles, blunt object. Maybe it was Jim Morrison: Male genitals are small faces. and we didn't have time to look for a bank, so sharp ... domeafavorandhitme Assurbanipal Babilla: Acr from your geni we would have to wait until we got to the harder next time ... tals. airport... what were we talking about? Shelly Morgan: No one told me about this. I Some earthy guy in khaki pants: ldon'teat Random Professor: I have many moral swear. eggs. It's murder. qualms about the concept of an "Omelette Julie Hart: Well, it would be more interesting Hosts of ''2 Hours of Intense Whiplash": Bar," including forcing students to make their if they had reptile eggs. Then we could make FUCK YOU MAN! FUO< YOU!!! own food, but I've made some of my best snake omelettes. Karen Greenberg: We'renottryingto force omelettes there. Some guy wandering aroun~ Hegeman: content Were not trying tq force content. SPORTS Max Brown: Yeah, well... eight o'clock... Mmmm... snake omelettes... We're not trying to force content... You are Kline... get there early.... catch that omelette Karen Greenberg: I don't think the problem getting veeery sleeepy .... yau are veeery happy at bar... well... yeah ... that's the way... has anything to do with the eggs that are used; this school ... veeery happy indeed ... Sarah (1 of237): I think part of the problem is it'sthepeoplewhooookthem.Peoplearedrawn Travis Bickle: You talkin' to me?You tal kin' we don't have enough time to make these to good omelettes. It's unfortunate that not all to me? Well who the hell else are you talking omelettes before some people behind you with people are enthusiastic about making them. to? an early class just starts picking their nose just Lisa Raphals: yes, the idea of 11cailOD,11 that is, The same Sarah: Yea}\ so this one guy, to annoy you. that trey not only make good cameras, but they insteadofpickinghisnose, just picked up my Sebastian {1 of ~29837): Yeah, maybe, but make excellent copying machines. omeletteoffthepanandstartedlickingitand maybethemainproblemisthat"theimportant Leon Botstein: Omelette Bar? I thought you saying "I licked it! It's mine! I licked it! It's art ofegg cuisine is reduced to a misinterpreta said Cocktail Bar... mine!" I sometimes can't deal with this place. tion still associated with using spatulas and Shelly Morgan: A bar? On this campus? I Ivy League: Well, if the conventional ideol singing The Star S7Nlngled Banner off-key." didn't know! I mean... how could you expect ogy of the algorithms of what S(Kalled Rene Desqutes: N~body gives a flying fleeb me to... "ovular theologists" claim the hypothesis of about what I think, therefore I'm dead. Max Brown: Yeah... well... I guess it's just.... continued on some page Madame the Gypsy Queen 's Week1y Horrorscope_ Aries: (Mar.21-Apr.19) Nexttimeyou wantbloodfromastone you can go stick one up your wazoo. · · Taurus: (Apr. 20-May 20) You are entitled to all the self : • . . knowledge which Madame has. Frequently people will worship .: : ::fi=~~:: ~;if::~·~ti:.::.· :·:~~ w;~~~®r. i~::~~millwmilisttoo::fi©~&s;i ~ rr;rw~:t:timmrtm@u]!miwNiwtumw©n you . Any day row a rew band is going hockey stick in tre Garda man right your hair ftr so long it doo't hurt no Gemini: (May 21-June 21) Please screw a virgo this week; Ma ioburstoutbfBa!dandmakeittothe through the navel like and replaced Ira"e.lt berone self-deansing after dameknows your two-side natureisproneto such glib transactions. big time. This £earle$ GEORGE re- him with this hennapuudite alien three months, and you can keep ~: (Jun. 22-July 21) Please find something useful to do porte~' found his/ podpersc:nfromPiuto....I think it was matcresandsnacksinthereandstufL with you «"aging hormones. Maybe you1 d benefit from practical :rer way into the one c:i t:OOse ice cream dudes from GEORGE - About your ll1llSic-- jokes. secret rehearsal Vermont who did fhedeed man... where do you get the ideas lot yoor !&Q: (July 22wAug 22) You will miraculously earn over $751000 space of Snarf GEORGE- Uh, right. Wlee do songs? this year. (April Fool's} Baby,sequestered you guys keql your instnurelts? I Surot.ash-Well,Iwriteallttelyrics Vir&<>: (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Congratulations! You finally got bermth the base- ~ I doo't really see them any- when I feel the need to really express sexed up! (Just kidding} ment of Tewks- wte-earoundhere- the unique and sensitive irdividua1 Libra: (Sept. 23-0ct. 23) Recently praised for being even more btny where they DaveyJcmes
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VOLUME 100* NUMBER 22 BARD COLLEGE* ARINANDALE·ON·HUDSON* NV 12504 APRIL 1* 1993
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A Women of Bard panel was held this past number of Women artists who only visited peopleofN.Y.C werenotashomogeneOusas ARTS Friday. Its purpose was to generate an infor Bard. According to Cheng, there was a "Re those in Minneapolis had been. Becoming mal conversation about racism and women's volving Woman Position," which meant that aware of the difference initiated herawareness · status in today's society. women professors were not invited to teach at of the Feminist movement, but d'Aibertis did Afi Zormelo and Naima Bard for more than two years, until Laura not start to think seriously about it until Carter moderated the Battle came and managed to establish a per graduateschoSpain and moved to England at the age of butratheroverwhetherornotsheshouldever and explained how she eleven. Coming to Bard has taught Silberman have a child. Settling down and giving up the felt about the Feminist a lot about the Women's Movement. In Spain bulk of her intellectual life, to her, would be movement and how she and England, Silberman had experienced succumbing to the pattern of what women are had been affected by Feminism throughout much sexism. This included men's views of traditionally expected to do. SPORTS her life. what women should look and act like; men Simeen Sattar, who is originally from Paki The discussion began with Amy Cheng, a seemed to think women are delicate and were, stan,hastaughtchemistryat Bard torten years. studio art professor whO has been at Bard for therefore, denied the same educational and Since her family moved around a lot while she threeyears. Cheng'sparents were from Olina; work opportunities. Women in Spain, for was growing up, Sattar has never considered her father worked in Taiwan until he was able example, are excluded from the science and herself a Pakistani, but neither does she feel to emigrate to the U.S.In 1960, the rest of the mathematics fieldsandoftenareonly allowed that she can call herself an American. Origi family emigrated to Brazil. It was not until to work part time at any job. Silberman is a na.lly,Sattarwasgoing to become a doctor, but Chengwastenthatshewasabletocometothe science student who now considers herself a then realized that she hated biology. Science U.S .. Later,sheattendedcollegeinTexaswhere Feminist, but does not believe that feminism appeals to Sattar because she likes having the the culture was predominantlywhite;the lack should be attached to anything negative. answers to questions. There have been minor of etlmic diversity was hard on Cheng. Deirdre d'Albertis, an English Utemture culturalproblemsforher,butSattarwasunable Since 0\eng came to Bard she has beoome and Gender Studies professor, is from Minne to make any generalizations about Feminism very conscious of women and culture. She sota. She lived thereuntil she turned eighteen, and Pakistani women. was aware both of Bard's efforts to balance the at which time she moved to New York Gty. Mona Arnin is a student, originally from 1 gender representation of the faculty and the This was a shock to d Albertis because the t:Oninwd on pGge 2 News in Brief Yet another oil spill occurred business and profits through in our country a few days ago out the weekend, some citizens when an were less than thrilled about the under hundreds of outsiders who ground camped out to see the shows. The Future of Eastern Europe not political aims, yet they are Peter Hutton and John Pruitt's pipe-line During the shows, one hun was discussed in President Leon nearing catastrophe because of films will be replaced "with a shattered dred and thirty people were Botstein's house last Friday their ties to depressed markets in course at Bard in classic MTV", in Vir arrested. Seventy-five percent morning. the world. suggested Botstein. And if they ginia. The of these people were arrested What began Instead of favoring either as are defensive, they will be accused u n ex on a variety of drug charges as a little de cending political leader in Russia of a uhegemonic high-culture pected including possession, use and bate between over the other, (na plague on both conspiracy." No medium pulling break was displaying drug paraphernalia. Botstein and their houses") the U.S. should on indigenous influences that estimated to have spilled Justus should support them both at a resonates with profundity has 336,000 gallons of petrOleum Locally, Annandale Road is Rosenberg on distance since a pluralistic form appeared to fill the cultural void. which spread for over twenty not the only one covered over the role of of democracy is desirable. Or is that true? miles. Wetlands in the Potamac by a lake as flooding, caused by self-interest Switzerland is not a model na Americans,a new world leader, River are are in serious envi the spring thaw, continues. and greed in tion. They have learned to hate in want to solve international con ronmental danger, but most ManyroadintheNewPaltzarea creating geo-political flicts that have been sim drinking water was not affected were closed down due to their nightmares soon swept mering for centuries in the and clean upeffortsaremoving lakes, including Route 299. The the entire room into a course of a telephone call as swiftly as possible. Two New Paltz problem is still being whirlwind of debate en of advice to Bill Ointon. hundred and seventy-five heightened as the Walkill River co~ingallareasofthe '"They must think in the thousand gallons of the spilled slowly rises above its banks. globe. '!'he majority of long-term, in-depth,'' said oil have been recovered so far. students in the room had Gennady Shld\arevsky. In Wappingers Falls, the the chance to voice their Flag-making is a growth· 'In Washington, D.C., Presi Pleasant Valley Recreation Park opinion in the t:wo hours industryinEasternEurope. dent Ointon has begun efforts was almost entirely covered in of heated discussion. The Wilsonian vision of to eliminate federal bans re water up to four inches deep, Several ideas were put seH--determination through stricting financial assistance to and almost two thousand New forward. Some of them plebiscites is problematic. poor women seeking abor York Telephone customers lost follow, paraphrased.: If we concede that territo tions. His efforts will report their phone service when some H the United States will rial boundaries are to be edly take effect the week of underground cable wires got not take care of the Hai- definedbyethnicmajority, April 4th when his Federal wet this past Monday. It was, 1;i.ans, it will not take ac can Eastern Europe ever- budget proposal is due to come and continues to be, very wet tion about the distant disentangle itself from out. Overall Congress reaction everywhere in New York state. Bosnians. conflict and leap into mo is difficult to predict~ but it is There must be a mili dernity? expected that abortion oppo OnMonday,astatewide flood tary solution to the civil "Workers of the world nents will attempt to block the watch which wassupJX>sed to go warinfonnerYugoslavia. unite!" financial assistance proposal. until 10:15 p.m. ended up being Why not have the United Vance-Owen, the U.N. Many predict a struggle for the extended until four in the morn Nations create a colony or negotiating team in former Clinton administration, but it ing. The National Weather Ser a protectorate perma Yugoslavia, together have will not be the first, and most vice predicts that the weather nently in Eastern Europe taken the approach that the likely will not be the last will clear up in the next few to prevent the inhumane civil war can be settled by daysmeaningwannerdaysand natives from killing each defining whose neighbor The '1rippy'' age, has not yet hopefully the drying up of some other? Why not establish hood is whose on a map. ended as both the Grateful of the excess water. Travelers, a precedent in which all of They have failed because Dead concerts featured at the however, should be wary of the the world's p~blems are solved peaCe. Civic virtue is absent there events keep shifting beneath them. Knickerbocker Arena in Al slick roads, drive slowly,and be this way? Is South Africa next? and is sorely needed elsewhere in As during the religious wars of bany this past weekend were prepared to take detours in ar c:hina is frightening in terms of Europe. the seventeenth century, an area sold out. Although the Albany eas where roads have been its economic development. Ifsuc- Comparable situations to East dominated. by one religion or one district welcomed theextended flooded. v cessful, it will be a major new emEuropeareimaginablewithin ethnicity today is replaced by a power; if unsuecessful, its empire the U.S., if one thinks about the different one tomorrow. might collapse entirely. collapse of a centralized govern- Nor man Manea and Leon Why doesn't Europe solve the ment and the growth of sectional Botstein are both Jewish. What do :bard statistics they have in common? uwe both ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 'problem' of former Yugoslavia? ism based on geographic, eco- • 1. The region is "the powder nomic, racial and religious dis wear eyeglasses," Manea said. • magazine" of history. Involve- tinctions. There is a 'hysteria' and The faculty -Botstein, Manea, • 42 Bard Students returned ment there by major powers has irrationality with pqlitics any Hutton, Rosenberg, Shkilarevsky :surveys distributed last week . led to major wars. 2. No J:¥ltion where,evenamongsupportersof and Dolan-peppered the dis • Out of these: wants to align with Germany. 3. Bill Ointon, that can be exploited cussion with insights, but the stu • Businesseshavenointereststhere, for evil ends. dents had many opportUnities to • now that its infrastructure is shat- The monoculture of blue jeans challenge or disagree with them, : 33 are non-smokers tered. and Pepsi-cola being adopted in keeping the forum free-form. • The West can let the strife bum Eastern Europe does not aid the Sign-upinortelephonethe Dean • · itselfout.Ofcourse,itcannot~since individual in self-expression. of Students Office if you would : 31 are not drinkers it will become another India, each Eastern. Europe under cornmu like to attend one of the four re • • and new generation perpetuati1_1g and nism subsidized "high-culture', maining encounters this semester • escalatingtheethnicandreligious . but populism doesn~t want on different topics: Ethics in • hatreds. · . - Jot. Dostoevsky, it wants Larry Medicine, Gay Rights, Multi : 32 are sexually active Japan and Gennany are ideal Hagman. Artists ~ve an uncom Culturalism and Arts & Politics. • natio:hs, focused <;meconomic and fortably aristocratic standpoint. V' • With all due respect World happenings of the Every Wednesday, like a lot of peoples do discriminateagainstpeople. Butit won't here at Bard, I sit in Kline commons during be because of their color or where in this week {mostly bad, as usual) lunch trying to consume the "food" while small world they come from. I mean, what Compiled and oversimplified reading The Observer. I feel as though it is do those things mean anyway? It is what my time to twrite ~nstead of only reading. lies beneath the external layer that counts. for the General Public the wrapping This is in response to the articles in the past Why do we concentrate on by Darnnath De TJ.SSera ard Andrew Fowler issues penned by Tracy J. LaGrassa, James when wh;;a.t's special is the present under potential of the human indi Chang and Ephen Glenn Colter. My fellow neath? The United Nations officials are frying to get sOire injured people out of Srebrerdca [town in vidual is staggering. I am well aware of the students, I have but one thing I really want Bosnia]. Officials are at a dilemma, since moving people out would be viewed as aiding the must endure within to say: Do not call me a racist. plight that minorities Serbian "ethnic cleansing'' effort and not doing anything would be inhumane. The convoy society and (whether you believe me Oh,. and yes, I am white. Is it that simple, this -was personally led by the French UN special operations General, and the food supply was I think that dis people? How can you honestly put me into or not) I do empathize. weloorred by the suffering people. The mainly non-Serbian population was afraid that if on the basis of race, color, sex, a group because of the color of my skin? I crimination Serbs were allowed to leave, the Serbian forces surrounding the city, which holds 80,000 etc. is disgusting. But thought this was what racism was all about sexual orientation, refugees, would completely destroy it I'msorrybecauseldotakeoffenseatbeing making presumptions and categorizing There was a vote on the enforcerrent of an air ban over Bosnia at the UN Security council a racist. I am an individual, not a individuals because of something they have labeled and poSSiblemilitruyenforcement-WaspostponedatRussia'srequestRussia voiced concern When you made that generalization, no control over. What right do you have to group. over how far the military action would go. tell me or anyone else how our minds Tracy,youincludemewithoutevenasking. Washington has postponed its decision to impose trade sanctions against the European wish to think of yourself that way, work? It is one thing to express your If you CDmnumityuntil an American team attends a Brussels convention which is to be held in the thoughts, but do not presume to know fine. I'll think for myself. hopes of settling the trade dispute. mine. Two members of theG7 nations,Gennanyard Italy, want Russia to be included in theG7 Matt Watkins So I repeat, I am not a racist. f.?f course I conference in Japan late this year. There is trouble in the Russian government as President Yeltsin is pitted against the Arbitrary Human Being pniiamentina struggle for power. Yeltsinhas imposed emergency rule and posted guards at press, radio, and television stations while the Parliatralt is trying to impeach him. Y eltsin I am writing this letter in response to the and white. When I, or anybOdy else,. asks wantstoputthemattertothepeopleinthefonnofareferenduminApril.AmericanPresident open letter printed in the March 17th issue the question: "am I racist?" we are not Clinton has endorsed Yeltsin ard his democratic reforms. · and authored by some "arbitrary white looking at the hand we were dealt, but Amedellindrugcartelleaderwaskilledbypolicein Bogata, Columbia. The man is accused. person." The author wishes to distinguish what we have done with it. Much of the of many bombings and murders. Cartel leader Pablo Escobar is on the nm and desperate. between the "they... racists who actively racism prevalent in our society stems from Negotiators say anned peopleoa:upying the building are ready to leave the Nicaraguan persecute minorities, and the rest of us so our cultural differences which may harbor embassy in Costa Rica once a few more details are worked out. Many persons are stilllring called liberal PC-ites who merely benefit morals, values and traditions widely di held hostage in the embassy, including the ambassador. from the economic and societal imbalances vergent from our own. It is the effort one Further bomb explosions in Bombay and Calcutta with at least one person killed. 'The they create. It is the author's view that the makes to understand these differences on Calcutta explosion took placeinarail station withonepersonkilled, probably a porter. In the disadvantaged positionofmanyminorities their own terms which determines whether Bombayexplosionnoonewaskilled,luckily.RastUdi A page of unedited observations from guest vvriters . , :\ • · - - - ~ \<& Fred Hammond first .came to literate composer or performer Joan's classes, and another to con Bard as a visitingprofessorin 1989 today is vividly aware of not only centrate on performance." In ad and was promoted to full-time traditional western music butalso dition, Hammond said that the tenure-track 'of jazz, non-western and other Department should move into the professor in musics." Despite his concentra old Blum building by next fall the summer of tion on classical Italian keyboard "Or so the administration says." 1992. He is a music, Professor Hammond said Hammond believes that the Blum Professor of that he uses twelve-bar blues to building would be quite an im Music History teach students classical sonata provement over Annandale and a per form. House in meeting the needs of the formingmu Hammond believed the unequal Music Department. He said there sician who ratio of classical to non-classical will be much more space for per concentrates music professors at Bard was the formance and lectures, and that it on 17th Century Italian key main controversy in the rehiring will also be much better for elec board music. Next year, he will of Professor Smith, and he found tronic music. In addition, there add being Chairperson of the the charges of racism against both will be a student lounge area, and Bard Music Department for the the Music Department and the each faculty member will have a 1993-94 academic year to his school administration to be rather private office. ''Besides," list of credits. unjustified. 11 In the Hammond adds, _.When asked about his new context of Ameri '~It's a better look position, Professor Hammond can history, we Music ing building." insisted that he was to be cannot escape rac In spite of the 1 ' acting'' chairman, and not the ism," he said, ''but professor problems the Bard #/new" chairman, because the it is hard to believe music department current chairwoman, Joan that this incident turned faced this year, Fred Tower, will return after one could be perceived Hammond seemed year of sabbatical. Although as racist, seeing that office temp to take it all insbide. Tower encountered tremen American educa- '1 think you have to dous pressure this year as tion needs and lookincontexttothe Chair, Hammond did not seem wants African-American profes history of the depll'tinent:' he said, too concerned. ''Those kinds of sors, and an institution like Bard #as openings toward electronic, jazz, things come with the job," he said. is especially desperate." world and other diverse forms of '1.'ve been lucky to avoid it so far, When asked of the problems strength of Tower's reaction to ~red Hammond facepously re compositional style are fairly recent but maybe there's an advantage in the Music Department had this this crisis ''came frOm the fact that ferred to his role in the depart events. What we're going through being a newcomer /outsider -wRen year concerning the rehiring of we are all fond of Leo." ment this semester as ..'music is a kind of 'growing pains' as approaching a position like this. Leo Smith, Hammond said he had Of the many issues that came professor turned office temp" [in theseimportantareas begin to find . N Anyways,"Hammondadded, mixed feelings, but he felt that out of thiscontroversy,Hammond reference to the fact that he is their place in the mainstream of "chairpersons are basically buff Smith, in his statement in last was most disappointed by the fact currently doing clerical work. in the music department." Profes ers between. departments and the week's Observer, "came out with that Bard draws a "clear line be Annandale House on Thursdays], sor Hammond assured us that that :tdministration, especially at a dignity and forbearance, and ex tween classically and non-classi but he has great expectations for he and the department will con school like Bard, with a strong plained how he thinks and feels in cally trained musicians," which next year. ~~we will have two vis tinue to 11expand and commit" and relatively independent ad a lucid and reasonable way." he believes is ''divisive and sim iting faculty," he said, '' one, a themselves to world and elec ministration." Hammond also added that the plistic." Hammond said that ''any woman composer to take over tronic music in the future. V' PLANNED PARENTHOOD of Dutchess-Ulster, Inc. 10 Prince Street, Red Hook, New York continued from page 3 Medics must be in good academic tionandscheduleaninterviewwith Phone: (914) 758-2032 Jill Wright, a first-year student who standing with the College, are for current members. recently completed herCFR training, bidden to use any illegal drugs at If you do not want to be one of Hours said, ''Il'etrainingwasreallyrigorous, any time and cannot consume al these people, but would not ~nd Monday and Wednesday, 9:00a.m.- 4:00p.m. andweweregivenalotofinfonnatioo cohol while they are otreaJl or at having one of them take care of By Appointment lodigestandremerrVerinaveryslut any time previous to being on-call you, EMS is activated by calling Birth Control, Pregnancy Testing, HIV Testing time, butnow1hatitisall OVCI", I feel it which would affect their perfor Security at Extension 440/460 dur was definitely worth it" mancesduringashift.Thisisstrictly ingtheregularsemesters. There are Van Driescheencouragesmature enforced because, as Reed ex three medics on call at any given Ratni-o. Rmni-o. wherefore singst thou. o Rarni-o'? and responsible students possess.:. plained, ''We need to provide ef time who will be paged immedi ing strong communication skills to fective health care, which cannot be ately and who should arrive in un consider applying. He considers than "\Vhy. I am p~lrtaJ...ing ofjoyful mcrriml'nt dmYn at yont.kr done in anything less a sober derfiveminutes.Again,itisstressed these qualities vital and inherent in state. 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If this sounds like you, there will Scott Reed or Jason Van Driesche Aside from these personal char llh'oltL'£iO:tU, ..::!lbrrl! :~ 1 ~>t, £•tartht~'\ pn•d::-.du at ~1 pm. be an informational meeting at the through campus mail or feel free to acteristics, certain lifestyle behav beginning of the Fall semester at grab anyone walking around cam iiat, mti'r hl' nu·rru, fLn h:·. §prin~t i!.!H:th. l'trinh lrril't:tu iorsarerequired ofall Bard medics. which you can pick up an applica- pus with a radio and ask questions. Call it Two Characters In Search of Without that energy the other se a Context. This is the 11epic" of two quences languish, drift, and seem twenty-something American too long drawn out. women driv However, the highlight of the ing cross comedy is a scene without the country from actresses involved. All comedy here to Min breaks loose when the Ensemble nesota, the Stresses of Life, nine actors and state bird of actressesactingperfectlyneurotic, which, they hit the stage. The event eludes tell us, is the summary, so I will pot even try. common Later on, Georgia Hodes puts in a loon. A Little clever performance as a housewife l Not Pure Enough and the Just Ad4 brainwashed by society into enM Water Woman refers to their states joying to cook, who is rescued by of mind, revealed as each of them Peterson's tupperware alter-ego. leaves her car in flights of imagina There was no auditioning, but tion to reflectuponherpast life and both seniors are satisfied with the then returns tocontinuethejoumey. casting since their friends filJed The two writers/directors/ac the parts admirably. The use of tresses, Sativa Peterson and Lilah nudity and slang was meant to Friedland, hestiate to classify their keep the play, in Friedland's Senior Project production under words, 11extremely realistic." She any neat label. Plays are 11always had previous writing/ directing a work-in-progress," they say, but of how they got where they are, in Diskin's insane Rabbi Killer Man to their oppression. The audience experience with her production the idea is always ''to be heading a narrative that the audience can and Benson Sebastian's psycho could have entered or left at any of Queen Tahini Sexes Them last towards production;'' sense actually goes somewhere. psychologist, Dr. Dreamer, are time in the play and be just as year. She met Peterson in a class They succeed in carrying off a There is no accumulated ten funny, flat, and forgettable to entertained without missing taught by Naomi Thornton, and ·polished show. They seem to have sion in this piece, and the charac anyone who does not know them much. The only decisions the two their collaborative efforts began. a strong theatrical sense of how to ters never reach the climax of the personally. They fail to embody a women face are "What to They wanted nto share the bur wring the most out of a perfor play's conflict: The self-doubt and force that adequately symbolizes wear? ... What toeat?n The writerI dens of production" for their mance on stage. The unsettled confusion busty and Hazel ex that which deforms Dusty and directors have merely rediscovM projects and the playwriting work questioniswhethertheycould have perience before our eyes is left Hazel. Neither do the monotone ered vaudeville. has gone "remarkably smooth." presented their characters, who unexplained; their angst is sup voices from the air, which form The best moments of the ninety They wrote some of the material aren't sure where their lives are posedly universal and its expla the soundtrack of their journey, minulefrenetically-pacedshow are ind~ndentlyofone another and headedandhaveonlya vague sense nation self-evident. But Aaron credibly give shape or substance when Friedland and Peterson are otherpartstogetherand wereabJe, togetheraloneonstage. Each actress they believe, to find a common complements the other's perfor vision fo frame the piece. They mance so well that, as a pair, they would like to continue work managetoachievean electric effect ing, both together and inde that is a delight to witness. Unfor pendently1 11Writing and tunately, their characters keep go perfoming, if that is what ing off to wallow in their Selves. 'theater' is," says Peterson. V' LocATflll STUDIO, STORES, CUSTOM LAB ~servked by ProfusionahM Whoever wrote Art sLippli~s a letter The Hudson Valleys largest dealer in fine and graphic art materials: paints, FILM and DARKROOM brushes, canvas, sculpting suppUea-offers 20~ discount to Barclstudenb.• SUPPLIES addressed to ALSO STUOIO & CAMERA EQUIPMENT ••oscar,•• CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION Woodstock Kingston please contact the 35MIIl Road 328 Wall Street Observer office at (914) 679-2251 (914.) 331-7780 POUGHKEEPSIE RHINEBECK HOPEWELL JCT. Canterbury Plaza Astor Square Moll Jetlwood Plaza 758-0772. •Poughkeepsie .. 807 Main Street l20.Dufchess lpk. Rt. 9 North Rt. 82 .,..... ___ pllort•,...-. {914) 471-6919 (914) 876·7913 (914) 226-7355 _;- ...... Well, folks, it's getting to be that yearcontracthas nament. All the first round games time! The days are getting longer, expired. So, call will be played this Wednesday. as are the classes, and the air is your lawyer and The semifinals will be held on getting more then call Kris. Monday, April 12th, and the final pleasant. The will take place on Thu.rsday,April time has Men•s 15 th(Note change of date)l come to put Intramural away child B-Ball Men•s Varsity Tennis ish things (text books, The regular The Tennis tellers got their sea crit sheets, season has son off to a sour start by dropping calculators, ended, folks, sevenofninematches to New York the Observer) and now it's on Polytechnical. Jeff Carter, Bani's andget set to do some serious to New Orleans! second seed, took out his opponent goofing off. Pretty soon, youtll be No.. no. But se 6-2,6-2, and sixth seed Bill Yeskel using the beautiful weather as an riously, the final won his match 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. excuse to skip class in favor of standings are some serious sunshine quaffing, here on this Fun Stuphl and shouting at those near and ~ dear to you make semi-athletic The big news Hey gang! Wanna be the first fools out of themselves. Yes, the was last week's on your block to sport a genuine celebrated Bard Intramural Soft clash of the Schick T-shirt? Grab two of your ball League is gearing up! undefeated! Da cronies and sign up for the Schick This past Monday, most of the ditionscould be described as "ex ationalleagues, thus allowing Real Deal justified their name by Razor 3-on-3 Super Hoops Bas team captains met with Kris Hall tra-moist.. on the infield, "mud a more fair level of competition talcing out heretofore unbeaten ketball Tournament[ Men's and to discuss the upcoming frivolity pie heaven" around the mound for all involved. ··Also, the UquidSmoke, leavingthemalone women•s divisions will compete at the first captain's meeting. The and plate, and "Marsh-ridden" in much-despised no alcohol rule atop the final standings. On the for shirts, razor blades (safe, non foremost item on the agenda was the outfield. So, whatarewetodo IS STILL IN EFFECT. Any flip side, the unlucky, yet ecologi toxic fun for the kidsl) and othe; the field of play itself. The soccer if the weather is not favorable? member of a team seen tipping cally-sound Recyclable team fin fun stuff! Sign up SOOflr the tour field currently being cultivated Well,onesugestionmadeby Kris the wrist before or during a ished the season without a win, ney begins Saturday April 18! behind Stevenson Gymnasium is that the leagues be split into di game is subject to ejection. For and as a result have bowed out of (Maximum of 2 varsity players needs to be seeded a second time, visions. This would allow there to more rules like these, contact the post season action. This means per team. Kids under l8,ask your and will not be ready for u~ any be fewer games actually played by your team captain. that Da Real Deal will get a first parents' permission. Allow 4 tn 6 time before August. So, this year's each team, which wou1d give the What's that you say? You say round bye in the post season tour- weeks for delivery.) · V games will be played, again, at field an extra week or two to dry you couldn't get on a team? Well, the Tewksbury Field and Memo- out. Also suggested was an alter contactKrisHallatext.530;there's rial Fishing Hole. · native season of INDOOR plenty of room still available on ~ l!l rnrl~rr ~HnnHllllf ~ ~ ®@ o~ Which brings us to the second WHIFFLE-BALL if conditions do several teams. In addition, Kris is orru 0 o 0 most item. The condition of the not improve. I kid you not. How planning on organizing a team lli>®@~®ltl:ID~a a g)\[email protected]~ Te-wksbury grounds are ques ever,I · ... :.· ::-.. ·· American & Authentic 2 Liquid Smoke 6 1 Mexican Fare 3 Flight 5 2 4Rx4 4 3 STeam Pus 3 4 Free Delivery Now Available to Bard campus and Village of Rhinebeck 6 Faculty/Staff 2 5 sun. thru Thurs. 6pm-10pm 2.8 Montgomery Streett 7 Ballistic 1 Rhinebeck. NY 6 (914) 8?'6-6816 li~~1~~2~~i\~~~: .· · \l\la1:~i'~9~9irl9 " ···" ·····'''" The biggest one (my white self) Ap. ·_.P _., _,::...... · ·.· . . :·'··,:::· ,, ... :} ·> :)J:;';\:::, .. ::•:;::f;:::,,.,,: ...( ::.,::: . Ma"""".-.·.11'., ~ . ::::::=.:. :::. . ~::.:::···: :-:..:- -: :)::• :~:.: ::-::_::·-=::::: by .\U~.,,.. 'ft:' :· ·· : .:· .· :·-·: · :::-:·:· :: : ~:· . : · :-~: :·: · .: · . · "ShamelessFiJler." TheregularfrirolitywillreturntheWt!£lc .. : ~ : .. :·.:: ::<:-:: :. ·: .- ,._..:: :· ·-·. :-:-:-. ·-.-:-: . _· _·< ·-_-·:·-:-.::·:. :-·--:.·· : : '::' \:_:\/: ThiseditorialisbeingruninlieuofMr.Gilman'sregularfraturt, after Spring Break. by Matt Gilman Page eight of last week's Observer was truly a study in opposites. Occupying the top half of the page was a giant thank-you note from James Clang to Tracy La Grassa for admitting that she, and all white people, are racist Below this was the second article by S. Martin on the racism issue, mostly about how disempowering the same open letter from Ms. La Grassa made S. Martin feel. These two people having such diverse reactions to the same open Jetter amazes me. Not because I favor one view over another, but because it underscores just how polarizing this issue is becoming. And how touchy. Road totheweStofthetewk5bUrjcoast)'6itrjOViat • voya~P.raceeas ·:= to.Three .Rivers Lat}.,PJ>ost,. the ·junction of tile·.l'\1]e~~Y/~~g ·•· I'm not going to pretend I know the solution to the fallout this issue is <;a using students. However, I have been Ohio; Which; like :· th~ riatioria] down frOm Ludlow, and th.e,muddy noticing that anger and pain are dominating the way people are discussing this issue. Most people I have o~rJh~patl\tQ Bleu1;:})er.· defidt,hasovemm its bankS~agamall sp:>ken to (lor the most part, although notal ways, white) are upset at being called racist seemingly arbitrarily. .. _ 11 Carefuilyavoidingtheal\iga~otsintheBardEvergladesiwhichr(U1ge. Mr. Chang spoke quite often about the pain" he witnesses in. white denial, and he speaks of what '~incenses tQthe,j:\Orth.o(Te\v_ksbury, the adven-: from the southwest ofP.foctor an Ephen Glenn Colter or a James Chang so." S. Martin said that Ms. La Grassa' s letter left her feeling "utterly the 'inajCSt)r that is.I.ake '.tron• .. turer finds himsclf wadingthi-Ougll powerless."' There is something about this issue which is alienating people on both sides of it. I don't want to . ..• system conneqing the RaVines Unfortunately, our newJnigation speak out of place, but I assume that this is not what people actively involved in this issue want. I could be once it is; not only will Ravine to the Hudson is not yet COJ:rtp~, bUt wrong. since Mr. Colter did tell anyone who didn't want to help to get out of his way. I have always been of •their litt}e. Yeni~n~. dwellers be:able to.enjoy ca~Oclng .around the opinion thateducationis the most effective starting point for creating positive change. Now, Mr. Changand Bard rommunity ~llbeable Hudson.village~ but any ~r(Jfthe Mr. Colter are both undeniably trying to educate people on this campus to their views on this issue in order tosailfrom~yj:>artofcampu~directlytothe}\tlanticQCean;}\sit~; to move people toward positive change. Why isn't it working? I'll admit it, I, :Uyself, take ~ffense. when I am portage fr(?m the Chapel to the amiable vagabond musftra~the told by someone who does not reaJly know me via a newspaper that I am a raast, and there s nothing I can do ·pack beasts .. before .~~tillllii:tg. Kline, where he may ,.prepai'e 'his about it. With all due respect to the intended teachers, why am I unmoved by this education? onward to the Nile, which.ruitS · at~ng the perlectly Unslo~ Ptth waytO the new Library. Het-e ahhe entrance war,lq .try~t~~iary,tJ;-e The accusatory tone taken by one side, the prideful, self-righteous indignation of the other, is driving us Nile Delta forms; ga~~g · ~: ~.silt fresh@nYfll~ : ~~~ of further apart. I believe the fault is twofold. First, there is no one who can make me believe I am racist. I do not the libr~ry construction·~!~.~ This is a huge jump from what Ms. La Grassaclaimsall white people are. And yetit'snot such a big one. The key 11 here is the way in which the won:f RAOSfis used ani rmcted to. Radst'' is a powerfu1, angry word. I have yet to hearofanyoneproud tobecalled:radst.And whileladmitsomeirrational prejudiceonmyput,~ thedefiniteeffect ofmyreacti.onstopeopJeineverydaysituationsbeamseof~Iwillnotconcedethatlamracistbecauseof~ I think J:roSt :people woo disagree with ~position Mr. Olang and Mr. Colter take feel the same way about this accusation.Mr.OlangisusingthewordbecauseofitsJX>wer.Hewantsustorealize thateven trough he is not banned from thisrollege because of his race, he cannot lead a truly nonnallife be<:ause of the way he is reacted «o, the way his history is neglected, and the way he is, sometimes, unfairly treated. IamsurethattherearepeoplewhoareracistsatBard. I do not know who trey are. The people I do knowproblbly have problems with prejudice like me. BecauseSOinepeoplearenot as concerned with the unfair representation~ treatxrent of other races in this sdool, Mr. Chang wants us to see how alienated he feels from all white-American society. He uses the word 1'racist.'' It is rot his anger which is at fault He is not 11wrong'' in his claims. But I cannot acceptthath.ecankrow the mind of arotherjust because of thesldn it's packed into, justaslcannot know the worth of arother just bealuseof the skin she or he is packed into. Truth be told, we probably woukln't be as aware of theseamcemsif the word racist weren't used But there is an mcredible,alienatingsideeffectthatthisW'Oid.causes. Whileitdriveshomethetruera~peopl~mustfeelabout~s issue, itpolarizesthecampussothatpeopleareleftfeelingtmderrnined,JX>~lessandbitter. Beinga~ofraosm through birthright, being told togetoutoftheway, this alienates people. It nps peopleapartasacomrnuruty.It tums them off· makes them unwilling to be ooucated. We are al1 members of the Bard community, and the language of racestru~eon thiscampusismakingthatcommunal tie seem insubstantial. Asa result, this truly~whilecause is losing its supporterS. One of tbml being myself. The idea that radsm can be overcome through conung togethet seems to be held in poor stead by both sides at Bard College, and Ymdismayed.l offer this as an explanation form} own disinterest ard disgust in the issue at harxi,and you can chalk up the bJ.arre to tre. I'm too c:, nical to believe tha any positive work am be done by me given the situation as it stands now, and the fact that I have only one year lef at BantAsfortre "real" wotld,.I will continue to practice tolera.PL'e, respect and acreptance for~~e,asl alwa~ have, noting when and why it may betroredifficult forme to do this. I ho~ that what I have.said strikes a chord 11 t:rose on both sides of the issue, and those in between, and some rommuruty can co:rre of this. And now, with love, hope and genuire respect for the courage and strength of everyone involved, espedally M Colter, Ms.I.a Grassa, Mr. Olang and S. Martin, I will get out ofthe way. The Bard experience To: The Bard Discommunity, intention. This I know. someone whack you over the head Including the Faculty, I want to tell you that the atmo and ask for gratitude at the same Esp. Joan Tower, sphere there is intolerable and in time. It can call itself whatever it Hon. Pres. Leon Botstein tolerant. Its a maxim ofhislory-the likes-""Iiberal,N "conservative,N And the Bllrd Observer oppressed rise to oppress. Only Nnationalist,"" .,feminist,"" -ist of all peoplewithbadsoulsandtoomuch kinds. Vicious, prejudiced, cow l'msony to hearwha.t'sgoingon free time on their hands can get ardly and humorless behavior has out there. What can one say? Am I away with this stuff. What's with many opposing faces. I am glad to .• til surprised-yes and no. No bemuse the pestering campaign? What the beaway&omtbere-lhopeyoudon't ~,, why should you be any exception hell is fhiU ? On the big level, you leamtofeelthesameway,forBard's ~-ENCINO~ to the unrestrained 2e8l of the Npo know, we all have a right;dmost a sake. litically* active? (whatever the hell sacred one- to beoonfrontedbyour The point is that I support you that means) Especially in the envi a.ccusers in a public fonun. Otha- wholeheartedly {whatever good •5oPHOMOP.6: ~ , ronment there-people are so fast to wise look what ha~fanatics that is). I can only imagine those . . '' ...... , ' accuse and attack but slow-indeed get away with the most absurd around you feel the same way. But areparalyzedatthethoughtofthis breaches ol another persons char ifpeoplestoodupforeachotberwe to find outalllhefactsfirst, to speak acter and reputation. Both ofwhich would all be living in a different out t:tf a SuperStorrw-. "93 strMJ dr;ft respectfullytothepartiesinvolved for you are exemplary. NO.I don't world. Aa=using is much easier, and before goingonarampage.No, they ever want a Bard student on the espedally when you cando it with in-t-o ~.. ne.a.rts •.• just want their fix4d the pigs take jury if I ewer go to court Too many immunity... Tomorrow on ~'an Wtnfr~\ overanimalfarmforutilitarianrea of them give a bad name to the Well, I gotta go-let us conclude sons? Ha! ~ogies. •• Back to the conceptofjustice.Yes-revenge feels with these lines which adeptly sum through being present at this dem By marching with usonApril25, beginning I am surprised in an- great but you can't pay the rent up the Bani Nexperience"': onstration. Lesbians, gay men and your presence will be recognized . o~ way. Anyone who has had with it as they say. Only cowards NAnd a thousand slimy things bisexuals have been and will con with nothing less than positive re the privilege to know you could and those with an authentic fear of lived on, and so did I" tinue to engage in the struggle ception. Again, we cannot stress never do such a thing-and I think I authority~ fareless attacks on -Samuel Coleridge Taylor '"The against sexual oppressio~ but the enough the importance of con know you well ina certain way and others. etc .. etc.. rime of the ancient mariner'' support of a society which oon tinuing your interest in our rights I can say with no small confidence People will criticize what I say demns us would show everyone's our human rights-and the Marchis that you are a truly admirable and here. They'll say !don'tunderstand. Sincer.ely: dedication to hberation. This has an exciting opportunity to "come humanitarianperson.Certainlyyou Well, that's a low rent accusation Christopher Hume ('91), denied us the rights to maniage out" and join us in this pursuit. wouldnotdoanythingin the league and I've never stood for it .. Only too President, American Music and families and homes, to jobs, to Thank you and we look forward you are accused of doing with any well do I know what it is to have Engraving House, Ltd. health care, toservinginthemilitmy to marching with you. and to education. These are only a Attention all prospective marchers few of the issues we must confront B.A.G.L.E. in our daily lives, issues which we S.M.A.C.E.S. Dear Editor: sentedatthelargestsingtedemon- to Washington. The reason for the or anyone else-should not have to Coalition for Choice sbation our capitol has ever seen! needforsuchftmdraisingisbecause, .~ ·• our lives ronfronting. 1he Women's Center After only one week of tabling, Now that we are aware of your duetothepoliticalnatureoftheMatd\ the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual interest, thepwposeofthisletteris theBardstudentmnvocationmoney community here at Bard and all of to inform you of what more is to be allocated to the organizations in The Bard Observer its supporters are feeling ·increas- dorefor this March to be a success. volved canrot be used for furdiDg. ingly optimistic about the April25 As you have probably seen, 'That means we have to raise ronsid Editor-in-Chief Senior Copy Editor Marchon Washingtonforourrights B.A.G.L.E.,S.M.A.CE.S., Coalition erabl.e money for Bard's tiansporta Matthew Apple Tatiana Prowell and liberation. Thanks to your and for Choice and the Women's Cen- tion to and from Washington, D.C Copy Editor over300others' support, Bard looks ter have already begun sponsoring Thoughwewouldliketoraisecnough Managing/News Editor Dan Kurnit as if it will be impressively repre- events to taise money to send us all to send all of us there, we need to Michael Poirier charge each person attending $20 Ad Manager r;::::===::=:===:::=::L=i=f=e===;r==-=====D=a=v=i=d===?==:::s;E;l to cover the cost of an individual Features Editor Jennifer Shirk seat. Those of you who absolutely Jeana C. Breton Business Manager cannot pay should speak to Alex Arts Editor Lynda Fong Tatiana Prowell Circulation Manager Daye or John Grauwiler as soon as Sports Editor Lisa Basani you can-we need you to come! We Matt Gilman Circulation Staff will be tabling for commibnents Photo Editor Linnea Knollmueller this week and the first week after Sebastian Collett Robin Kodair a Spring Break if need be. Anne Miller For those of you interested in Production Staff attending but not certain of why it Oscar Figueroa Typist is imperative that you attend, the Wendy Grunseich remainder of this letter should help convince you of the urgency of The Bard Observer is published evecy Wednesday while class is In session. participating. Editorial policy is determined by the Editori•IBoardunderthe direction of the Editor-in-Chief. Any editorials which appear unsigned are those of the Editorial In 1987, Lesbians, Gays and their Board and not necessarrly of the Observer5U.ff. Any opinions which are signed do family and friends came to Wash not necessarily represent the views of the Observer or its saff. Lette" to the Editor and PersonatsorOassifieds must not eX(eed 500 wordund ington for the largest civil rights must be signed legibly. All artides, cartoons. •nd photogr11phs th.1t are submitted demonstration in U.S. histo:ty. Un by deadline will be considered for publication. Turn•ll materialin1ttheO~rwr fortunately, our rights continue to office fn the ~sement ofTewksbury or through Olmpus Mail by 5 p.m. Friday one week before the publication date. The Editor reserves the right to edit all artides be threatened and outright denied. (except those intended for the Ar,Jother View page) for style and length. Therefore, this March is being held Classlfleds: Free for Bardians, $5 for all others. Personals are free. Display to show our oppressors that weare ads: contact the Ad Manager. notcomplacentandourfriendsand families aren't either. Straight or gay, we all need to declare heterosexism reprehensible Classifieds & personals CrUise Ship Employment-Now In seardl c:i a roommate. FemaJe iS feeling COIItbtuM from front IMS' moved to Spain and assimilated to overooming femini~ students. $300/$900 wkly. Fresbmanllgreatdtawmurbnmls The with being a woman. hiring Egypt.. whohaslivedmostlyinArab intotheHispaniccultureeasily. oomlortable Stunner/FullTime Tourguides,Gift aroommatetotryforaMaralhlb&e. countries. H sexism existed in her time she looked fora job, how Last to speak wasSbelleenGreene, first SOOpSaJes,~Hands, Bartalders, Wrile to Box 101. adon'tsrore.) her brother, experienced sexism. afirstyearstudentofCaribbeanheri lamly, it ~ towards ever, she Casiro Dealers, Et Wortd travel - that feminism at tbat no one knows not her. Anm felt Newman said tage,althoughshewasnotbomthere. Caribbean, Alaska, Europe. Hawaii. A quite disorganized historian is brought what it is like to be a woman until Sbe observed the Haitian axnmu Bardisagroup~tbatis z..Jo&per~ 55 •y.CaBl-612- looking for someone to share the against. rather than bBng a part of it. up1oo muCh. Aa.Drdhtglo Alnil\at she is discriminated nity 68).0323. Ext. 23 sping time with, someone wro am Hved in America, home)Ql are an individual regard Santusi Kuruppu is an Upper Greene has always brmk ms Virgo status. Call him at male 01' fe who was born in Jess of whether you are College student buthasadilutedOlltumlbadcground. DO Nor CALL ntE ABOVE 152-7402, ask fur Jeff. She has lived in Queens, male, and no one wiD at- NUMBB. tempt to stop you from which is predominantly Thatsoundsgoodtorre,littlepin(E. doing what you want to black,ard nooneinherfam- her as a GlobalStudia-~Ken.ya, TogetlenessisbetferJatethannever, felt ~ ny wou1d define T.. do. Before Bard, Amin knows what it Tm...... :an n..~-... COI5ta D:,_ India, know what I mean. ~S. No one not ~or " ••u.u.-, ..._, ~:r ifyou that the ISlinist issue was Feminist. Greene does is like to be a woman leellike andL.- raeL Self-designed study, empha- ne\18' brought up. Amin awomanyet, lUI" ,;b.inu ~tial education, social v.t-odarling,betterall thetime.i'vE sexism Ends her,sexismisunfamitiarter- . --o~ y--· believed that is ~"'."l:h:r• Self~~ study CXX\Vi:ncm myself thAt you're roT until she ritory. She recognizes it is .. ~~.7· fj"'...U. tobeover-analy2ledat Bani virtually oneofMydosEfriendsplAyingaplce a against. easy to A~-M • programs iraxporating Maty Ann Newman, discriminated --"ftU""' Be'X1SD\ on anyfieldofinterest.Creditstransfer on me and fmsettling blCK loenpy temporary Spanish pro suchalibemlcampusatBard, but feels that '1iberalism is able to your oollege. Friends World thpulsatingrhythMyourlti"urious fessor, came from a reH- thents a sOf.ping Wet in sheep's Progran\ Box ABC 239 Montauk prosE...aNd giouslydiversefamily. Her . conservatism fOr your box clothing." Greeneiswomanenough Hwy.Sou~NY11968(516) later waiting, aching father was a Jew, and her mother Sri Umka, and is from Indonesia. number... in thepoliti- 283-4(XX). was a Catholic, but neither was Kuruppu's parents were strict, and to reeli7ethatlibem1isn\ hJmily yours, Violet Catho cal sense, can be used and abused. sexist. Newman attended a Kuruppuattendedanintemational J..Joartmn- for EUROPE this sum- ps. what about safe sEx? lic school where everyone is sup boarding school. Kuruppu main The panel concluded with a & .-...-....'6 question and answer period, and Iner'?Only$169!!Jetthereanytimefor posed to be considered equal in the tained that feminism is a big issue, to You! Happy all only $169 with AIRHITCH! (Re- Happy Birthday eyes of God, but she always felt a butbelieves thattoomuchhas been was considered informative by ttendan ported in Let's Q>! &: NY Tme.) Birthdaytoyou!HappyBirth:iayDear sense of equality. of it at Bard. She felt, how . oonflict in her made m a ce. '1' CALIFORNIA - $129 each-way. Eric, Happy Birthday to You! You're step When her parents died, Newman ever, that the most important AIRHITa-1 # 212..a64-2CXXJ. getting older + smarter, but you'll always be my little brother+ I Love Sublets wanted: Ifyou would like You, Your Sister Teana. tosubletyourapartrreUorhousefur theSUlllll'S'tograduatestudentsard Honey, '~ary waters cannot faculty, plmse write down pertinent quench love, neither can the floods information and send it through drown it." aunpusmail totheMFAofficeorcall usatext481. Greg, we never asked you to come, so quit whining. - The more multi of an- activization of all the locks on cam 'With concentrated patrols we An incident of vandalism Gmctuatingsenior needs to sublet cultural-than-thou rommittee. pus to make them inaccessible to seem to have brought the [auto other kind occured in a student's anapartzrentfortheSllll'l(l'ler.Ifymf d in the basement of -master keys is nearly complete. mobile] vandalism to a halt/' art studio to have a neat, quiet and dean Hclloeveryoneinthatbigmibuild administration build like commented Manor over the week-end. Be- Only a few ing that roost students are afiaid of. remain to be de-activated and pen;oostayinyourfk"e,pleasedrop DirectorofSe tween the hours of midnight and ings 1019. We krow that you are reading this. that Buildings and a not to Box curity Bob 2:30am, early Saturday morning, Boyce affinned With all due respect, isn't trere any a win- Grounds ''has done a good job tak Boyce in a in someone broke in through 1985 Otevy Celebrity Eurosport. work that you and the work-study west side of the ing care of the situation." terview Tues dow on the Air Conditioning. Power Steering/ poons should be doing instead? One can- With the sudden arrival of day morning. buildingintothestudio. Power Brakes, AM/FM Cassette paint spring, Boyce stated that drivers There have vas was ruined with white Stereo, Good Tires, Asking $4aX) So, I don't have tickles twice. So,my should be aware of the "severe been no re bytheperpetrator.Nootherdam- E*t 518 ask for haircolordoesn'taffectmyrrood.So, problem:' will N~te. Call ported inci- agewasreportedand thereareno mud and soft-ground ldidn'tlike the song. So? Sew buttons or walk ways Julie. dents of cars leads to the vandal's identity yet. Driving on lawns on my shirt! (for a dollar) Row was en- around campus is already ex being brokefl into or having their A room in Stone Having taxproblems?I'll do your and the burglar pressly prohibited, but violaters windows smashed over the last tered last week, tax return and even mail it for yoa PB ~ know who you are): occupants could now risk having their car three weeks, and Boyce was stole cash from the Fast, cheap and computer accurate. what... what were you laughin stuck for long periods of time. hopeful that the situation is now drawer,hercameraandherroom 758-6317. about?... wha was tha incipient~ who attempts to drive Call Dave under control. key. She had left the room locked ttAnyone on your face? ... what. ..yotfre a~ and across a lawn will inevitably get after leaving on a vacation, Fol: sale: I have to sell my com ~acompletekneebiter (betshoul was no stuck/' Boyce said. "Passengercars Boyce reported tha~ "there puter! It's an IBM PSl/30, with a ders better)... what... turpentine? Corrections entry." The will justsinkoutofsight."Thereis evidence of forced monochrome display, and rn throw .. .nothing. ..here,dinnerlkittykittykitty locked and, when a heavy charge' for towing stuck windows were in the printer as well Asking $500, Love and kisses-your favorite In the front page article in have been vehicles, and students shall also asked if the thief might but we am haggle. Interested? Bo... redneck last· week's Observer, about using a master-key, Boyce re- be held responsible for whatever Chace and are 1165. Professor James sponded that it was "not likely'' cost in labor and materials I am going to GraceJand. hislife'sexperiences, Professor because the locks in Stone Row involved to repair the area. frequently that over Spring 1be Queer van Dyke Show. The Chace's name was had been de-activated some time Boyce stated 'Thanks to all the contributors to misspelled "Chase." it hap- Break Security will be maintaining sounds of lavender. Music by Gay, ago. 'We don't know how Lesbian+ Bise"ual a...... :...w. (and .o.l..~~ this year's April Fool's issue: Matt schedule of patrols for cu~ Ulli::C pened," he continued. 'We can its regular Apple, Matt Gilman, . Robin apologizes for over the campus. "It's · wro we wish were) with a splash of The Observer only rely on what the student re- watching Kodaira, Dave Draper, Jeana C. inconvO.: alternative.Moremusicthanyoucan this error and any ports to us and what we can ob- alwaysbusinessasusualfurus/'he Breton, Michael Poirier, Pamela it shakeastickat!1iyus!F:ridays46pm niences or embarrassments serve ourselves_." said. "Regardlessofwhetherornot Chaplin and my dog. may have caused. Boyce explained that the de- the students are here." V' on WXBC 540 AM. Somewhere on this campus are Hmited by the hours of the Infir twenty students roaming around mary and Bard's rural isolation. In with radios hanging out of their the past two years, Bard EMS has back pockets. grown to twice its original size and People specu has more than doubled its call vol- late that they ume. might be Bard EMS receives approxi· working part- mately65callseachsernester,about . time for secu- half of which are for medical rity, or maybe emergencies such as drug and al it is one of cohol overdoses and diabetic com those danger- plications, and the other half of ous role-play which are for accidents ranging ing games, and they are just pre from broken bones to car accidents. tending to work for security. In One student, Ingrid Zink, remem fact, these twenty students are bered heronlyencounterwithEMS medics, and together they make up as a positive one: ,'1 got food poi Bard's own Emergency Medical soning ~t Kline one time, and when Services or BEMS. you get fOod poisoning. you just Bard EMS is a Certified First Re feellikeyou1 re going to die. I called sponder Unitmadeupofone Para Bard EMS, and they were really medic~ two .Emergency Medical great. 'They took excellent care of Technicians, two EMTs-in-training me and made sure I was comfort and 15 Certified First Responders. able." The group is certified in skills Another student, Betsy Buck, has (two months) and recommended Bard EMS has a ranging from bandaging, Cardiop never needed to call Bard EMS, but observance in an emergency room unique role to play ulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and said, "Because I know some of the and/ or hig~:_vol';l~ f:tn:tbul_~ce given the campus' psychological emergendes to ob people in EMS,. how serious they company; the Emergency Medical rural setting. Al- stetric emergencies and oxygen areand what they had togo through Technicians have anywhere from though local ambu therapy,and, better still, this health to be certified, I would ttustthem to 110.180 hours of in-class training lance squads are care is professional, free,completely handle any medical emergency (four and one-half months) and a competent, they are confidential and available to any they've been trained for. I think minimum of 10 hours of obser also fairly far away. one on the Bard campus24 hours a most people realize that [the Bard vance,and.Paramedicsusually have In emergencies day during the fall and spring se- medics) are qualified, and that a year of training with frequent whereeveryminute mesters. calling EMS is like calling a regular observance.. is important, Bard Bard EMS was founded in 1991 ambulance." Bard'smedicsareadiversegroup EMS provides a by Andy Molloy, a Bard student When asked what he thinks of of people, including majors from crucial service to the who had been an Emergency Bard EMS, Professor Dan Freed· all four divisions and reasons for campus commu Medical Technician and volunteer man responded, '1 think that it's a gettinginvolvedrangingfrom"'1the nity. Furthermore, firefighter in his home state of great idea to have a student service desire to become a doctor ulti the unit serves as a Maine. He felt that the health care to take care of those who have had mately' to "wanting to overcome complementary available to the community was too much to drink or lacerated myfearofthesightofblood."These healthcare provider themselves [but] I took a to-hour students do have a few things in duringtheevenings class, for example, and I didn't feel common, however. Acoording to and weekends qualified to perform CPR. I would AssociateDirectorScottReed,when when the Infirmary Small like to know how many hours of they recruit new medics, they look is closed. training [the various levels of for "empathic, communicative, re So what can you Classes. medics] have." assuring, confident people who can do ifyou, too, yearn BIU SCOP88. In response to this, the Certified deal with stress and respond well to tote around one First Responders have approxi to crisis situations: outstanding oftheseradios?The Results. mately 60 hours of in-class training community members." Certified First Responder Course is per person) with the underStand taught by aNewYorkStatecertified ing that each medic will give back · Paramedic of over 20 years and is three semesters of volunteer time offered in the Fall semester of each on-call between 24 and 48 hours Prepare NOW year.Itrunsjustshortoftwomonths each week. for June and meets all day every Saturday As current Director of Bard EMS exams/ andafewSundays. Therearetwelve Jason Van Driesche remembered, total positions in theclass~although "I got involved with EMS because Reed stressed that, 'There is no it seemed like a direct way to do obligation to fill these positions. something for the community. I've Weonlytakecompetent;. promising never been much for protests and people." . marches; I'd ratherdosmaller,more The training is open to anyone frequent things that have a greater who lives on or within three min impact. I never knew what to do in utes of campus and is free of a crisis situation before, and now I charge-Bard subsidizes the cost know." of the course (approximately $300 COfttinued on f»&t 7