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Vol. S6 No.3 Baruch College. CUNY March I. 1988 .The Rellorl SHARPTONMlSSES CANDIDATES FOR Yet another candidate for president of fbe DSSG lias decide«l (8 run. BARUCHDATE. DSSG PRESIDENCY Ainsley Boisson, former chairman ANNOUNCED of the Student Elections and Gover- I BUTHEHASPLENTY nance Review Committee, has an­ nounced his intention of running: for the office in elections this May. TOSAY. The freshman orientation leader By SALVATORE E. BELLUOMO and former president of the Student ·· As part of Black History Month ding to Alfred Odem, chairperson ~~ ,~.. - ... Center Program Board will join the 0 at Baruch College. the lawyer Alton of the Black History Month Com- race with Agro and Herlands. Maddox and the Reverend Al mittee," "Maddox cancelled the Boisson announced yesterday so Sharpton were invited to participate appointment•. saying that he was The Ticker will have to do a profile in a discussion panel concerning too busy with the Tawana Brawley on him in next issue. race relations in New York City. case, and his father was sick in This meeting was Cancelled. Accor- Arkansas." Odem said that Sharp- The DSSG Student Coulidl ... . ;".: ton did not call to cancel. dedded to Hmit its meal allowuce. *~~:::::Z:.. :: . ":';:i:-::~~!'\~ :.\; When contacted Sharpton stated Miriam Ynoeencio, chairperson of .:. the council. said that the price of that the arrangements had not been the council's lunch at, their Thurs­ formalized and that he had been day meetings shall not exceed SSO. unaware of the date of the meeting. Under the present system in­ This conversation provided the dividual council· members are opportunity for an interview which ~,:~Pieil&at assigned the responsibility of order- is detailed below: o.vid Hertads ()eft) .... Edward Cam· Peter of die ltallaa SecieI~ c..... fer. . ingand delivering Iundribr the Ticker: What do you think is hap- _ ..... aJIIdhlates fer poIe!i.ellt ...... a presideat of council before their club hours '.. treMUrer of tlte DSSG. respKtim,. the DSSG. pening with the Tawana Brawley meeting time. case? By KENNETH BROWN By MOLUSON DSSa executive officers also CAITLIN receive stipends. Sbarpton: "I think the Governor David Herlands, a former stu- Peter Agro, president· of the and the Attorney General are play· . dent representative on the.Baruch ltaUail ~:.. _announced on -~.a ~.S'''. ~~ ~ ~>_~ _·~I .JJi:>8M~TDI~eaon .Febi-Uarv-n·=:- ~1:",.t·~.fOT:qay .. .and.. .• • .•. ....·.'tin:-{ ; . . -.. -.-.... - ~~. 011., MIt wiII~~!~.~~·Car-. . • Fe••1411. _ . ._-" . . .. . , . _ - l,a~e ~the-~-:fora ~n '----~IeR~~IM;iI.._&_oiIIf.Qrm.t~:.QlilaQL_i \Ve fom- of the-Day Stude1H Govern..·. . dent in this· spring's' upcoming elec- ----+--::-'~:-----.:~~=~~~-.....~.:--,=:----~ --- .::.:~._-- ~elS -~t'lI- ~~(JU:- ...c.o Yftft l int·· OUt· T. ---:-:-~--- '.. rlOn:'- mar s I srs con . 'mdilbers'that"-thei!'- .. ... --~---_._-- --.. -_._~ ·-·-Announe1l1~~·-tfle--leadeFSAir --. :.:.L ~---_. -----= -. - year will be blue with white chenille Abrams. ~d everyone has ~scuss-. training weekend sponsored by the tested one since 1985. lettering. ed everything but answenng the Student Activities Office. Herlands Agro win be running on the Con- The sweaters will be a cot­ .,;:~: ~ points." is calling for a new type of leader- cemed Baruch Students' Party ton/polvseter blend and cost about ::k~1 (Sharpton's points are: That At· ~~. the, DSSG. that is '~respCln- ticker, a party that is being resur- $25.00 each and above. These D Seven Column Four srve and works with the st udent at reeted this year and has not been in Se Ba ,"," sweaters will be 'purchased using: i....- e rage, --,- -_! rucn. existence for eight or nine years. student fee money. Edward Cammarata, a former Running with Agro will be DSSG upper council member. will Michael Bigger. of the Tridom In- Alumni .Assoclatiou run for treasurer of l he DSSG 0n .j Barnch College has a new om­ vestment Club, for treasurer: ~­ budsman. accordi~ to Provost the same ballot as Herlands. Paul Le-Clerc, Professo r Don Herlands intends to form a new bie Maldonado.. Rosemary Repole Sponsors Mid-Year party to oppose t he incumbent and Marc Blitstein for upper coun- Watkins of the School of Education I' I will serve in this post and as such. I United Students for Action (USA) cil: Apollo Mathew, Mike Nunez. act as a neutral third party in Graduation Ceremony party in elections this May. Both Steven Kim and Raymond Wong disputes involving: administrative or are former members of the USA for lower council: and Linda Zuech academic problems. flarty. Candidates are still being for Communications Board. Watkins has office hours on By JACQUELINE MULHERN sought for the vice-president and Agro said if elected. his govern- Wednesday, between 12:3Q and - executive secretary slots as well as ment will represent. "All the 2:00 in the afternoon. and can be The Bernard M. Baruch Alumni received has far surpassed the price those for the upper and lower coun- students. not just the clubs, we.paid for it." reached at 725-4480. Association sponsored a convoca­ dis, the Board of Directors and the tion and reception to honor the Dr. Juanita Howard. an associate Communications Board. although they'll be benefiting The DSSG has added ""0 new College's January graduates. professor of sociology received the Herlands and Cammarata are also.' He stated that the current memben to its paid staff_ Accor- Although the event held on Sun­ Faculty Service Award for her work both interns with the New York .governrnent is "primarily concern- ding to Edward Mills. treasurer of day. February 21. in the auditorium at Baruch. When accepting the State Senate in Albany for this spr- ed with the clubs. We want them to the DSSG, the addition of the two of 17 Lexington Avenue was not a award, Howard. a Baruch pro­ ing semester. Although they are be concerned with all the students fessor since 1969, dowmplayed her bursars to hiS staff will help with the formal commencement. it had the registered Baruch students, both as well as the clubs. u Other goals of greater workload anticipated for same function as the ,official own achievements as a producer of candidates do not attend the the CBS Party, according to Bigger this semester. ceremony held in June. Staff, alum­ such television documentaries as '&1 Baruch campus and will not be able are to,"boost public awareness of In addition to the present bursar. ni and their families gathered to Remember Harlem" for PBS. In­ to campaign in person, except for Baruch" by getting more speakers. Helen Lallgie. Brenda Lashley has recognize the scholastic stead. she thanked the school com­ some special visits. "We are pretty and trying to improve Baruch's im- been hired to assist with da~ session achievements of students and Pro­ munity for its support and en­ well known and will have a .lot of club accounts and liaison duties. fessors. couragement. She said, U If you people working on the campaign." age both inside and outside the Lashley was the D$SG's secretary Baruch College President' Joel students had not allowed me to be said Herlands in a phone interview. school. last semester. . Segall explained in his address to more than a teacher...1 would have But, Herlands admittingty says it Some of Agro's ideas include the students that "the alumni and been deprived of the consideration To replace Lashley, Liza S« Pa8e ~ CoIum1I Two S-~ El6hI, CoIIImn TMw Aragones has been hired as DSSG the college are proud of you. They of this award." secretary. A graduate .of the Drake want to honor you because many of The graduates were. not.onty School of Business•.she is I'resently you cannot'come back to the formal praised for their academic achieve·' a student at Baruch, as arc Lallgie commencement in June...J think ment, but were also encouraged to . and Lashley. the Alumni· Association has more continue their hard work beyond .. sense than the Board of Trustees graduation. Beryl Dorsett, the assis­ tant secretary for elementary. and This is your chance to make ~ur [has for sponsoring this event] :. The convocation honored secondary education for the U.S. voice heard. All those interested in outstanding professors and students Department of Education, dispense running for positions with the Day and BaruchCollege itself. Imelda ed advice to the graduating students Session Student Government, the Maldonado, the January 1988 Class in her convocation address. She Evening Session Student Assembly, Representative, told her fellow told of her own setbacks and trium­ the Graduate Division Student students, "Baruch has opened the phs since she obtained her B.B.A. goldeD door of opportunity for us...The quality -of education we - Patte 2 The Ticker MarchI,t'" Mareb 1, 1988 The Ticker Paae3 EDITORIALS LETTERS OP-ED .. I• How Not To Charter A Club PLASMA DE STIMULI/CHRISTOPHER A. WARD er CABBAGES AND KINGS/GLEN J. SPANGLER CUNY + PLUS A A great deal of concern has been raised over a front page article that was published in the February 16 issue of The Ticker, a story involving the Day Session Student Government's NotMurder But Common Sense To The Editor: GLOBAL misappropriation of funds to an allegedly unchartered club. As a result, the president of the would be as follows: You know so­ DSSG, John Richards, has written a letter (printed this issue) criticizing the newspaper' for First I would like to thank Jerry meone named Smith wrote a book fabricating facts and slanting the truth for our own purposes, whatever purposes they may be Tan and The Ticker for the article about executives last year. You UA gir! in trouble is a temporary thing. .. already getting cramped. CHESS GAME since The Ticker gains nothing by printing negative information about the student government. on the library and the computerized could combine these factors in a -Romeo Void ME: Well, it stretches. Did you know your keyword search to find the book. We do not see our role as a "fourth arm of government," as Richards has commented, but as a .card catalog. I know I speak on mother's addicted (0 cocaine? Guess what? The movie, Polyester, offers an in­ Does the U.S. have the obligation to fur­ Speaking of Africa, how does divestment chronicler of information that concerns the Baruch population, and as a chronicler we believe it behalf of all of my colleagues in the 3. I know that many people are teresting but rather sick look at the average So are you. ther the cause of human rights outside its to.fight apartheid fit into the equation? Or is our duty to clear up the facts. library when I say that we ap­ interested in dial-up access to the American family. In one scene, the teenage Fetus: Well, I'm sure she'll take care of it borders? Does the U.S. have the right to in­ does it? I think the case of South Africa preciate your interest in the library. catalog. At this point in the According to Richards, the club in question, Brain Trust, was passed by two committees, the daughter discovers she is pregnant. She by the time I get out. After all, I'm going to terfere in the affairs of other nations'? shows that a strict rule of complete non- . I would like to add a few points to development of CUNY + PLUS Club Chartering Committee and the Finance Committee, and the Student Council. Although begins to beat her womb with her fists. In a be her lovely newborn baby. Each side in the dispute has used one of interference with no exceptions would not Mr. Tan's article. there are only a few thousand the minutes of the meeting when the "ratification" took place were declared missing by the frenzy she yells, "It's inside me growing. ME: Actually, she hates you already the preceding ways to ask what is basically be realistic. In fact. it may, in the case of 1. The new catalog will be reords in the system. As soon as a because she doesn't get as good a fix government's administrative staff, that is not why the club was under scrutiny. That fact re­ It's a creature inside me. I hate it! I hate it! the same question: What should we do"? I aparrneid, be wrong. called CUNY + PLUS. It will even­ more meaningful and complete anymore. She blames you for taking away mains that sufficient records were rrot filed with the student activities office that would validate database is ready, we will tell you I want it out before it destroys all my fun." for one am not sure. But I've done some But perhaps this applies only to peaceful tually replace the seventh floor card Well, abortion is legal in this country so the some of your high. thinking about it, as I believe every voter interference like embargoes and divest­ the existence of Brain Trust and this is a necessary step before appropriating any money to a catalog.· . how to set up your own PC's to Fetus: I didn't ask for it. How can she student organization. It is hopeful that a further investigation of the matter will indicate a search the catalog. 'young woman could stop beating on her should, and maybe the results of my think­ ment. Or perhaps "not. One doesn't have to 2. When the 12 public-use ter­ blame me? ing combined with that of yours will add up careless administrative error and not an oversight by those voting on the committees. 4. In response to widespread stomach. She is allowed to decide when, if look far for a war where the United States minals are installed on the sixth 'and ever, she wants a child. Pro-lifers want to ME: She does. She also hates you because to a more complete answer. So please read wasn't directly attacked by the enemy and The investigation was originally on the club Brain Trust and its purpose, but the suspicions seventh floors of the library dissatisfaction (by students as well you're going to take up her time. You're take away such legal rights. on. yet becoming involved was clearly the right aroused by the inability of the DSSG to provide the records of the meeting when the club was (sometime late spring or summer), as by library staff) with the also gonna cost money, need clot hes, food All I'm going to do here is dissect the thing to do: the European half of World students will be able to look for photocopy equipment and service, The anti-abortionists have forgotten a and other stuff like that. She's already introduced prompted a pursuit of just how efficient the chartering procedure of this particular . issue and examine the components, so I War II. It's the only clear cut example I can materials in Baruch, Brooklyn, or we are now working with a new few things. Should a woman be forced to decided that she's never gonna do anything club was. Because of this accidental discovery that there may be flaws in this procedure, a closer may seem to lean one wav. then the other think of, but the fact remains that at least John Jay. Besides being able to company which has supplied the carry a child for nine months? Should she for you. Just ignore you. Maybe you'll go . eye should be devoted to the chartering of all clubs, not only by the newspaper but by the stu­ but remem ber, my object here is not mainly once in our history intervening was right. .search by author's name, title, and library with. new, high-quality be forced to bear a child she does not want? away. dent government itself. Ultimately, the fourth arm exists within the confines of the government to convince, but to understand. What made. it right was the existence of vic­ subject headings, students will also photocopiers. These machines hold Should she be forced to take responsibility Fetus: Why is she having me at all? I don't itself; a checks and balances formed by the correction of their own mistakes. I'll start with the motives we have when tims and a villain, and the threat which Ger­ .be able to search by keyword at more paper, have reduce and for a child she cannot care for or give the want to be born if she doesn't want me. enlarge features, and should have kind of life she wants to give it? Should she intervening, interfering. or whatever. Often many would have eventually posed to our selected terminals. (Initially, not all Abortion allows a woman the option to we do so not out of nobility but for prac- country itself. . terminals in public areas will be fewer maintenance problems (and be forced to sacrifice all her goals because answer the question posed by the fetus. all for the same price as the old she made a mistake? The pro-lifers do not C "addressed ' for keyword Certainly, if 'such a child is born, unloved The Campaign Begins searches.) Keyword searches would machines- 10 cents per page). see it from the woman's point of view. They and unwanted, it will have no reallife at all. . When we try to control international Welleit has finally happened. be appropriate when you are not Sara B. Sluss say that once she is pregnant, the woman Most abortions, however, are not given No, the new campus has not yet been completed, nor have plans been initiated to offer more sure of the author's exact name or Assistant Head of Reference must give birth at all costs. But whose body to drug addict mothers who see the child as politics, we are violating our course selections to frustrated Baruch students. Actually the aforementioned occurrence is the exact title. An example of a Services is it anyway? interfering with their habit. For the most They argue that the unborn child is a something even more unexpected. This year's election for Day Session Student Government good use of keyword searching Baruch College Library part, women who get abortions hope to one own principle offreedom of thought human being deserving of the same rights president will actually be contested, giving Baruch students their first chance in three years to day have a family. They want children. and protection as one that is born. They Making an appointment for abortion is not on a grand scale. vote in members of the student government. have taken it upon themselves to speak in taken lightly, as if it were a trip to the den­ tical. perhaps Machiavellian reasons. We As of this issue, three candidates, Peter Agro, Ainsley Boisson and David Herlands have an­ the place of the embryo. They attack By these standards, the Contras are dis­ tist. They see their pregnancy as a mistake. might aid one side in a war, for example, nounced their intentions to run for DSSG president and the United Students For Action (USA) "Fourth Arm" Criticisms abornon as murder. They say it is an im­ They see it as a commitment they are just qualified. There are victims and villains in Party is expected to put forth a candidate sometime soon. Although Boisson has not yet an­ moral act. At the least they sa)', it's a major not because it is in the right, but because it Nicaragua. and perhaps the Sandinistas not ready for. But it is a hard fought deci­ provides oil. or because in the global game nounced any running mate choices, Agro and Herlands have both selected strong candidates for sin worthy of neighborly condemnation. may someday pose a threat to us, but if the To The Editor: that the club in question, "Brain­ sion whose conclusion is usually made out of chess it indirectly serves some diplomatic treasurer. Agro of the Italian Society will be running with Michael Bigger of the Tridom Invest­ The embryo they are defending is not a of necessity. It is not without reason, most anecdotes are true the Contras themselves It is easy to understand and ac­ trust", was unchartered because a or strategic purpose. This is not a policy 1 are vi\\ains. Many Nicaraguans seem to fear ment Club and Herlands formerly of the DSSG has chosen Edward Cammarata also a former cept the media's long-standing a , living thinking human being in any real women who get abortions are under twenty­ admire. Tlle Uselling" of arms to Iran, for Ticker reporter could not obtai n J the,bcu,..wilJ,I.Qf tbe ~ ai;..p;l'Icb..as lM' member of student government. adversarial relationship with copy of the minutes for the sense of the word. At the time most abor­ five. Such women find :themselves put in a example, was disgusting. ,." try to be fair; tions take place the fetus resembles a tad­ position where they must choose aborting a of the Sandinistas, and the stories oftorture Over the course of the next two months all the candidates will be engaged in large campaign­ governments and the political D.S.S.G. meeting wherein the club perhaps for our survival. and for our and terrorism are in fact horrifying. If pole more thana child·drooting-andsaying "birth-or- ~ving· ul'-theirgmds-1md- plans-itt "cnnareri~:-·we-must ing efforts and during this time many interesting and innovative ideas are bound to surface. esrablishmen L As some have was chartered. Rather (han ap­ .. at"" timCs·l;e-pragffla"tic Taou6T rhe-Contras wjD ~_ng­ "dada". Is it murder to end something that order to raise a child. Such women are just . --they're true. observed, the media in our society is proaching a government executive and do things we aren't proud of. But even about a .peaceful and free society. If the Agro and Herlands have already indicated their desire to establish a stronger relationship bet­ doesn't exist in the first place? It is difficult not ready to handle the responsibility of a a significant "fourth arm of for the minutes (neither Fran Gen­ if this is true, which I doubt, I believe such Contras really were the "FreedOm. Fighters" ween the DSSG and the student community. All students are strongly advised to make an effort to defend the sanctity of human existence child. government "-another check aim­ nis, Ed Mills, nor myself were con­ choices could be avoided much more often President Reagan claims they are. and if to find out about the candidates and their respective plans so as to make an intelligent and in­ when the person in question is an inch long. The pro-lifers see only their self-serving ed at preserving the integrity of the tacted regarding the whereabouts of than they are. almost all of the citizens of Nicaragua were formed choice during the elections in May. Remember, the student government has a direct ef­ suspended in fluid. while sporting a tail. moralistic calling. The woman must carry system. these minutes), The Ticker found it What about freedom, or more specifical­ behind them, then perhaps the Contras fect on every student in this college, so we urge you to get out and vote during election week. The decision to reject or accept such a be­ the child. It is sinful to do otherwise. They If, however, the media abuses its more convenient to embark on the ly, those freedoms which can be summariz­ would deserve our money, arms. ing falls entirely on the woman. She alone judge and condemn. A pro-lifer would say. In the meantime. Baruch can look forward to a debate sponsored by The Ticker currently be­ role by fabricating facts or stories, following line of reasoning: If the ed as freedom of thought? Are they valid "advisors," etc., but as it is. they do not. ing planned for Thursday, April 14 during Club Hours. All are invited and reminded that there will have to carry it for nine months. She "Women should think about the conse­ concerns in international politics? I've misrepresenting the truth, or slan­ minutes were not given to our Ghandi once said that there were many alone must undertake the resl"onsibility of quences before they engage in sex. If they been told that I shouldn't apply American will be a 20 minute question and answer period. ting the same for its own purposes. reporter, then the club could not causes he would die for, but there was no its conception. She alone must be willing to didn't plan to have a baby they should principals to countries in other parts of the then alas, some integrity is lost. have been chartered, therefore cause he would kill for. I wouldn't go quite love the child. The ball is literally in her never have done it in the first place." With world, that our principals just don't apply Such was the case as a result of a ., Braintrust" does not exist. that far, but killing is something to be court . such comments the anti-abortionists have there. I disagree. Is freedom of thought lead story in the February 16 issue Why, you ask, would The Tic-ker avoided at almost all costs. I would add to The decision to terminate a pregnancy in decided how all women in this country merelv a Western invention, meaningless of The Ticker. The paper levelled have published such a damaging ar­ this that there are few causes, if any. that I most cases is not an easy one. However, it is should live their lives. elsewhere? No. It is not, as some people allegations that the Day Session ticle on the basis of such a flawed would send my son to die for. Add this to a far better decision to destroy the life of an A woman should have the right to decide claim, a vague, elusive and .unexplainable Student Government made a assumption and without having the equation. U$I.OOO mistake" in giving funds to amphibious-like embryo than to bring a what she does with her body. No one bit of abstract thought. The phrase done all their homework? Among Add also the possibility that sometimes .' child into this world which will be unloved. should be able to take those rights away "freedom of thought" can be taken literal­ an "unchartered club." other reasons is the fact that there when we try to control international politics unwanted and face resentment. It is impor­ from her. Our society is placing more and ly. The more a government controls and These charges are absolutely not are a couple of writers at the paper we are violating our own principle of true and are based on assumptions tant such a decision remains a legal alter­ more emphasis on women in the work restricts the press and other forms of ex­ who take the adversarial role of the freedom of thought on a grand scale. that are at best faulty. and on press very seriously (this is to be ap- native. force. The pressure for a woman to succeed pression, the more it is controlling and I've listed most of the factors in the equa­ Editor-In-Chief. .. John Greco research that was clearly In­ As a former fetus myself, I have to ques­ and contribute to the economic well-being restricting the formation of ideas among the Manaeine Editor .Caitlin ~10I1i-;l)n complete. tion what my own motivation towards birth of a family has never been greater. It is just people, the more it is eliminating freedom tion as I see them. Solving the equation is ~ews Editor... . Kenneth Brow n The Ticker's editorial staff claims (Continued on Page 5. Col. 1) of though t. Is this any less true in Africa something else again. We can generalize Features Editor .1 inda Zuech than it is here? Is the freedom of thought that in most cases the U.S. shouldn't in­ Arts Editor ...... F ri C I\:II n No child should ever be forced to any less valuable there? Of course this terfere in the affairs of other nations, and ':-~.. ",'. ," " ...... ' ~ ... .. ,' .. ... that when we do, we should keep it to a Sports Editor. .. \lark Callahan :::t":::.':.: . doesn't by itself answer the question of looks into its minimum. But this is a vague statement Advertisine Manaeer Shannon Brcwt on ~ face a mother who whether or how we should act to preserve Business Manaeer . I aura Kr vshak ATTENTI·ON .ADVW':"·:., freedom of thought in other countries, but which provides no yardstick, no principle. Manager Grace Palazzo eyes and sees the ruin of her life. Perhaps the rulebook can only be written Office :~" ~ .. ..."'. ", it's important to note that sometimes the Consultant Prof. Rovlvn Bernstein reasons for intervention are both noble and and rewritten by each administration as it Deadline for adsiD. isSlIe::Nj~4;:is:-:'·' No child should ever be a mistake. valid. always has been. • Marcil·'. :''':. ,···~··>·::::~·:·T·'.';.:; . .. would have been if I had had a mother who felt not fair. to tell a woman that her goals and Staff: forced to give birth to me. A mother who did aspirations must be sidetracked to raise a not want me. in the first place and would resent child. d~te.,~>~.~~ me for entering her life. Had I the decision to Legalized abortion is not murder. it is Publication - . David Banks Micke~' Kramer Susan Roberts make. I probably would have said "Forget common sense for those who feel they must choose it. A child should be brought into Salvatore 8elluomo Diane Let pek Audra Senkus the hassle Ma, if you're not going to put in this world by a mother who is willing to Gary Borress Patrick McKenna Glen Span~ler the effort, just forget the whole thing." The.· Starke~ take the responsibility and give it the best Philip J. Darra~h Carlos Miranda Martin pro-lifers argue that life in any form is bet­ John D. Franl.; William Moran Jaime Tan Quotation of the Fortnigl..-h_t _ life she possibly can. The baby should not ter than no life at all. They ask us to think Nannelte (;ordon Jacqueline Mulhern Jerrv Tan have to face a world where it will always be of the fetus who j..f aborted will never be seen with resentment. No child should ever Robyn E. Henzel Laura Osman John Tan ·'The question is can Mario Cuomo stand the national Carol J. Kell~ Michelle Pav ne Christopher A. Ward given the chance.. .like the rest of us. But .be forced to face a mother who looks into publicity of arresting a l ti year old rape victim. II what would the unborn child say if he knew iits eyes and sees the ruin of her life. No what his mother had planned, if his mother child should ever be a mistake. The Ticker is published sewn times a semester. All ",urI.; with the exception of I~peselting and prinlin£ i... h\ Baruch, didn't want him. Suppose you could go into Legalized abortion allows a woman to C\'''IY SA ur ~raduate students. We welcome all contribution... and criticisms that are typed and !'tigned. \\t' arc the womb and interview the fetus of a choose. It allows a woman to decide what located in Room 301F of the Student Center. Our mailing addres... is 137 East 22nd Street, ~e" York. '.Yo 10010. - The Reverend AI Sharpton on the strategy of fifteen-year-old crack addict: path her life with take. 'It allows her to have (212) 725-7620, non-cooperation being used by the lawyers of a child when she wants a child. It is a liberty ME: I guess you're just waiting to be born? Tawana Brawley. that no one should be able to take away Fetus: Yeah. (hat's right, this place is Printine b~· Jae Kim Printin~ Co.. Inc.. 40 "'est 22nd Streer in Manhattan. from her. March 1, 1918 March 1, 1988 Tbencker Page 4 TbeTicker PageS NEWS

Continu«l from First Page open to students so they can ask Corporate questions of student government members. Black History: Associates -have an alternate club hours day DATES TO REMEMBER Herlands' on Tuesday when special schol wide events are to be held during the A Hell! regular club hours on Thursday. Candidacy "From my experience, the (Stu­ Grails dent) Council goes to pot on those days and nothing gets done," said Financial Marc'h'-r Tuesdav Apply for re-exams and make.:.up . will be hard work and instead he and Cammarata have decided to Herlands. exams from last semester. (undergrad,uate)', By NANNEtTE F. GORDON "Right now, the council wastes Graduating students at Baruch focus their efforts on the CUNY Success budget lobbying effort in Albany time; all they do is allocate have found there is a high demand money," he said. "They know for them in entry level positions. "as a true sign -that we are helping the students of Baruch," said nothing about what they are voting By JOHN D. FRANK March 15 Tuesday This demand is the result of the on. I will brief members before education which Baruch has taken Hertands. Black History Month at Baruch Randel Stubbs, a member of the their meetings on Thursdays so they to the top. But quality education re­ "Our message and our goals are College is considered a success due Co-sponsorship and Black History can vote in an educated way and quires funding and for that reason a the same: greater interaction bet­ to the joint participation and finan- Month committees, summarized the thus serve the students better." Baruch College Corporate ween student and student govern­ cial support of eleven clubs, two month's activities. "The Black Herlands would also like to move Associate program was formed in ment," said Herlands. He criticized governments and the Bernard M. History Month festivities came Thursday Saint Patrick's Day the council meetings out of Room March 17 1987, according to Bruce Higgins, the present party in power for being Baruch Alumni Association. Total about because of hard work, ...... ~ ~~'. .... 409 in the Student Center, where it director of Corporate Development "too secretive" and ossa presi­ projected costs for the entire dedication, [and] perseverance of presently meets, and into a quieter at Baruch. dent John Richards for "alienating celebration will run approximately various members of the Baruch conference room on the floor Thursday Resign from classes for , Higgins, Steve Wertheimer, Dean many members of the student $13 thousand. Community. The task required a March 24 undergraduate: below. "Right now, a lot of people Connolly and President Joel Segall government. ..acting like a An ad-hoc Black History Month large number of individuals in order constantly walk in and out of Room students. ar~ concerned about strengthening monarch." ructure 409, either to talk to friends on Committee was especially created to organize and st it ",.-.~ ...... -. -. . the programs designed to fit par­ Herlands offers a program which for Black History Month '5 coherently." He added, "It was a councilor to look for food. It's ticular corporate or professional he hopes will increase communica­ festivities in an effort to unite other moving and beautiful experience to very disorderly and the council gets goals. tion between the student govern­ clubs to contribute their time, watch the Black Historv Month March 25 Friday Apply for graduation for current term. nothing important done," said The program requires a basic an­ ment and the student, will combat money and energy. The committee festivities celebrated -In this I Herlands. "The meeting would still nual membership fee of $5,000. It is student apathy and will inform was successful in bringing various fashion." students. be open to any student, but the sel­ designated to .elicit firms, corn­ ting be clubs and governments at Baruch I "First, we will have newsletters would more ordered and I March 29 Tuesday Follow Friday Schedule. , -"; panies and partnerships. The pro­ together and scheduling the events. The Bernard M. Baruch Alumni better for getting business done." I gram approach is to help the alumni from the student government telling Frederika Watson, a member of Association contributed $].735 for I Herlands was a member of the the ~ndingofspeake~suchas~s. '~~~~R~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~J and faculty. There is student what we plan to do and are doing," the Committee, stated the success lower council of the DSSG when he recruitment to suit special re­ he said. Second, Herlands would of the project, "This is the first Ada Smith, deputy city clerk of the was a sophomore in ]986-87. lie I ew quirements of member companies. put suggestion boxes around the time a number of organizations City of New York: Ms. Laverne was elected to the Baruch College It provides seminars and workshops school. "I will set the student came together to put on an event ~ Board of Directors and served in Johnson, program officer of the p with corporate visibility. Training, government's agenda the way the like this-the first time in the col­ United States Information Agency; Q the fall semester. He had to resign ro esso... resource potential from full-time students want it set," said lege's history." and Ms. Adelaide L. Sanford, a • ., his position this semester because of ", and visiting faculty professionals, Herlands. Watson. also the chairperson of member of the New York State his internship in Albany. and a network ofskilled consultants Among Herlands' other goals: the Co-sponsorship Committee of Cammarata a member of the are provided. -a new student council committee was the Day Session Student Govern­ that will deal specifically with stu­ DSSG upper council during the fall ':1::fH~::IS~onth sport- The Corporate Associates pro­ ment, mentioned that a new co­ was I Mean. dent problems 1987 semester but also had to resign sponsorship resolution was passed gram enhances mutual interests of because of the Albany internship. sored .bY.African Students Associa- i Shortage business and education. -several luncheons PeT semester which in effect doubles the amount tion, B.L.A.C.K., Black Students nf money that clubs may receive in Organization, Caribbean Students "journalism" based on dubious veteran-related programs and ser­ order to conduct an event. She Association, the D.S.S.G., the vices were adlDini'tered throuaJa _. Eve~ing Stud~nt Assen:~IY:· 0'/Cia . _asumptioos as opposed to the facts. mentioned that two criteria must be Session sses Sincerely, Veterans"AffairS Office of Bandl 'mer tor the resolution to take ef- Foreign Trade SOCIety, Haitian LETTERS' -JobA Rj~ds College. Because --l)f-.-dcdilam.g.­ fect: (1) There must be at least 10 or 'Cultural Club, Inrer-Varsitv Chris- j ',' .' ' '" vetenm enrollment- and tile more clubs in conjunction with stu­ President resul-· tian Fellowship, Jazz Society, [ tant loss of funding, however, tile dent government executive leader­ Editor's Note: Students for Students, Table Tennis ! (Continued from Page 2) Veterans'Affairs Office has had to ship; (2) Each of the 10 clubs must Bl JOHN D. FRANK The Ticker incorrectly suggested Club, WBMB Radio and the West be discontinued. contribute $75. By meeting these Indian Cultural Club. Most clubs in the lead of a story in our plauded) and will do anything to February 16 issue that John Nevertheless, all programs and criteria, the clubs will receive funds contributed an average of $200 to The high number of Baruch services previously administered by on a 2 to 1 ration from the DSSG. the project. students and lack of needed pro­ rake muck (this is not to be ap­ Richards, president of the DSSG, plauded). All we ask is that our was quoted as admitting that the the Veterans' Affairs Office will fessors in the School of Business continue to be provided by the Col­ and Public Administration has led critics-inside and out [sic] the club Brain Trust was not media-employ honesty and critical chartered. The News Editor accepts lege: to a shortage of business course sec­ - Certification for all Veterans tions available for students during thinking when charges are levelled. responsibility for this and in no way Sadly, both were absent here. is the writer, John D. Frank, Administration benefits will \)e registration. The major problem administered by Mr. Rick Me­ behind this dilemma is money, ac­ The story begins with a quote responsible. from me that was never given to the Otherwise, the editors stand Quillen in the Registrar's Of­ cording to the administration. fice (Room 203, ISS E 24th St. "The resources allocated to reporter as I had never been inter­ behind all the facts presented by the viewed for the story; and even the writer in the story concerning the Mr. McQuilen will also ad­ faculty are spread as thinly as possi­ minister the College's Veteran ble," commented Samuel Johnson. story contradicts its own headline. chartering, or should we say non­ In the seventh paragraph the writer chartering, of the club Brain Trust. Tuition Deferment Program. dean of students, on the situation. " - Counseling will be provided by Johnson said, "The courses that are i clearly states that Miriam Ynocen­ In the two weeks preceding the J. cio, the Student Council Chair, February 16 issue, the DSSG was the Office of Counseling and hit the hardest are the ones in Psychological Services (Room greatest demand." elaborated on why Council Hand unable to provide a letter of pur­ the other two committees passed pose and a list of ten members 1735,360 Park Ave. So). The courses most demanded by Braintrust's charter" [sic]. which together with a club constitu­ - Veteran Emergency Loans will the students at Baruch are in ac­ It is personally disturbing that the tion constitutes a complete club continue to be available counting and finance. Baruch's paper can find the time to write charter as required by college rules. through the Dean of Students' problem is not a unique one in the such extraordinary deleterious ar­ Additionally. our efforts to obtain Office (Room 1702. 360 Park United States, however. Most Se.wdlolmon. Pea of StJUlcgtl ticles for a government that has copies of the minutes of the Day Ave. So.). business schools in the country have already accomplished more than Session Student Council meetings - Students interested in par­ the same problem due to the fact CUNY colleges] and there shall not He emphasized the latter was not any other in recent history. Why mentioning the club were fruitless. ticipating in the Baruch Col­ that PhD programs in accounting be market adjustments by the best solution but was a step in not expound on the fact that this As of this date John Richards has lege Veterans' Association, a and finance are not turning out discipline." The second problem [he right direction to solve the pro- government generated the greatest yet to provide this documentation student club, can obtain infor­ graduates fast enough to meet the Baruch IS closer to the market value blem. non-election referendum turn-out that he claims exists. mation in the Student Ac­ student demand for these business for professors than ever before and The Ticker remains committed to tivities Office/Student Center Johnson summarized the pro­ in the college's history? Why not in­ courses. The supply is low and the sterns from the reduction of in­ the ideal of an independent school (Room 104, 137 E 22nd St.). blem and gave advice to the Baruch form students that for the first time demand high. creases in CUNY's budget by state press that transmits information to - Additional counseling, students. "As long as we have the Alumni Association par­ Baruch College has a "max­ legislators. ticipated to the extent of $1,735.00 the students of Baruch in a fair and assistance, and referral will be courses, like accounting, marketing , provided through the Dean of imum" amount of money that it in a government and club sponsored truthful manner. Dean Francis Connelly of the and management, that are in high Students' Office. can offer to an assistant professor, Black History Month that was the 1 SBPA is quick to point out that demand, people need to anticipate We are confident that this approximately $45 thousand at pre­ most extensive in the college's "most of it has to do with [Presi­ and plan .their programming' as reorganization will ensure that the sent. Due to the high market de­ history? Why not find time to VETERANS dent Joel] Segall placing a lot of carefully and as early as t hey can. needs of veterans and other eligible mand for professors with a degree report on more of the month's emphasis on raising the dollar." He Recognize this is the nature of the persons will continue to be met U in accounting and finance, Baruch events? C'mon guys, even The New also said, "We [Baruch] can never climate of the courses," he said. OFFICE Baruch College, and we encourage is unable to meet (in most cases) the York Post reports on happenings get to the market value." Johnson offered these guidelines to you to utilize these programs and market value of the professor which that augur well for its political op­ is roughly at $60 thousand. The help alleviate the problem Baruch CHANGES services as needed. Rosen mentioned two ways in 'faces. (1) Make sure there are no ponents. Thank you for your cooperation. limitation of resources is twofold. In closing, let me state that we do which the administration is dealing holds on your record such as unpaid To The Editor: We wish you success and enjoyment not have a problem with the We wish to advise the students of The first and foremost barrier is with the lack of business courses library fees or outstanding student in your academic pursuits. the CUNY's union. Harry Rosen, situation. SBPA moved to shift cynicism and tenacity which are so recent changes involving the cer­ loans. (2) Check, before you Thomas P. McCarthy assistant dean of the SBPA. said, salary lines from low demand characteristic of investigative jour­ tification of veterans and other register.. that there are no computer Senior Registrar "The union position [is] there shall departments to high demand generated errors on YOlJr record. (3) nalism. We have always encouraged eligible persons for G. I. Bill educa­ be parity by rank through the entire departments and •'worked with Take advantage ofearly registration this and continue to encourage this. tional benefits. Samuel D. Johnson, Jr. CUNY system [both senior and departments to move class size up." so the college can plan ahead. What is intolerable is so-called Until the Fall 1987 semester. Dean of Students

.~,--, -----._------Page' TbeTleker MardI 1, 1911 MardI 1, 19II Page' NEWS ·LIST OF CON­ TARGETED The .LEGISLAT·ORS: VOCATION . Students are asked to write and Report Continued from First Page address letters to these key Continued from First Page legislators in order to help with tile Government or any of the various degree in 1964. encouraging the lobbyin~ effort. student committees and boards here students to "seek out the future and The Foreign Trade Society at Baruch should contact the Stu­ believe in yourself, expand your The Honorable Melvin H. Miller dent Elections and Governance area of knowledge...Life is never a Speaker smoot journey. You'll face a few Review Committee. New York State Assembly obstacles (but) you must give life a Legislati've Orr-tee Buildin~ Besides the DSSG presidency. chance." Albany. New York U248 available positions in the day st ll­ After the convocation, the facul­ dent government are:· executive ty, alumni and their guests vice-president, treasurer, secretary. celebrated at the reception in the The Honorable Saul Weprin 10 upper council members (juniors 155E24th St. building. In Room Chairman and seniors), 10 lower council 114 where they had originally en­ Assembly Ways and Means members (sophomores and dured the ordeal of registration, the Committee freshmen) and three members of the new alumni celebrated their Legislative Office Buildin~ Board of Directors. Twelve other achievements. Albert Porpora, who Albany 9 New York 12248 completed his B.B.A. in four and committee and board positions are half years, discussed how he has open. changed since he came to Baruch. The Honorable Edward C. Sullivan Ten assembly representatives are "I've become more of a serious per­ presents Chairman elected at-large to the ESSA along son. It (Baruch) taught me how to - Assembly Higher Education with seven other positions on persevere," he said. Committee various boards and cou ncils. The Mid-Year Convocation is Legislative Office Buildin~ Likewise, nine assembly members one of the services that the Alumni Albany 9 New York 12248 are elected at-large to the GSA Association provides for the along with five council and board students. Without them, the January graduates would have no positions. The Honorable Warren M. ceremony to commemorate their Anderson acheivement. Majority Leader New York State Senate Legislative Office Buildin~ LETTER CAMPAIG Albany, New York 12247 " . The Honorable John J. Marchi featuring URGED BY DEAN Chairman Senate Finanft Committee Legislative Office Buildin~ CUNY Lobbying Effort Albany, New York 12247 To Restore State Budget De Honorableckenneth P. LaValle Chainnan Senate Hil:her·~··. . Committee International Dangers of Legislative Office Buildinflt Albany, New York 12247 CUNY Legislative Action Committee Drug buse Letter Writing Campaign Briefing Dates At the Iollowig dates and times. Dean Aaron asks all interested students to meet with him in the in Third orld Countries Dean of Students'office: March 7 - 11

Film presentation, a literature display,symposium and more T: Do you see, in the future, another "Day of Outrage?" S: "I would like to see another • "Day of Outrage" but I would like This program vvill be co-sponsored byother socially to see it come from people of all / . races. Against injustice: not whites against blacks, which is why it is im­ conscious clubs and studentorganizationsof Baruch portant to me that we start going to the campuses and talking to people

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T: "Do you feel 9 in the near future, that the movement will have Look for Schedule of Events! the same strength as the black movement had in the 1950's and 1960's?" S: "Yes, I believe we will."

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•.~ 'i:_"_._""_" i • - . -- . _.------Pagel The Ticker March 1, 1911 . NEWS will have to demonstrate financial would like to maintain an "open­ supposed to be the party of action, Helene Overly need and plan to continue her door policy, so the students can talk but I don't see any action. Their Scholarship Competition studies within CUNY. to us about what they like and what party is not what student govern­ The deadline for applications is ARTS & The Women's Transportation they don't like." They would then ment is about." He said John April 18, 1988. All applications may try to change things through the use Richards, the current president of Seminar is offering two $1,500 be obtained from the Dean of ofpetitions and protests. Other ideas the DSSG "has been concentrating EDITED BY KENNETH BROWN scholarships to women pursuing a Students office. degree that will lead to a career inr------­ include publishing a ossa newslet­ on his own programs: I think I've - the transportation industry. ter informing students of govern­ done more as Italian Society presi­ The deadline for applications for Continued from First Page FEATURES ment activities and publishing a list dent than the president of the this year's Helene Overly Scholar­ of lecture series in September after DSSG. I feel I'm a leader. I'm not Summer internships with the New ship is March 7, 1988. summer recruiting for prominent afraid to initiate a program or do York State Assembly are being of­ Applications rna" be obtained March 1, 1988 Page9 businesspeople or authors to speak something." Agro cited as an exam­ BARUCH COLLEGE, CUNY fered. This is a great opportunity from the Dean of Students Office. AGRO for 10 to 20 students to work on during the school year. . ple the fact that the Italian Society is responsible for organizing a lec­ research projects by the Assemblv Melani S<:holarship C' ~ ",,-TDI TTl ~ Cy According to Johnny Tse, Agro's professional research staff. To ~ .ft-l "oJ '-'-J-I~ campaign manager. "Baruch has ture by Rudolph Giuliani on March held between June 13 and August forCUNY Wom.".er.z.o.z..-.-_I nice alumni, but they don't make 10. Bigger said Agro's strongest STUDENT SURVIVAL 19, 1988 in Albany, a $3,000 stipend substantial contributions. A lot of quality is that "he knows what the Begin by Teaching Culture The Melani Scholarship Fund fo is given to accepted members in the good people graduate from the clubs go through so he'll be a little program. the CUNY Women's Coalition i GUIDE offering scholarshi ps of up t publishing student evaluations, buy­ school, but they don't donate more sympathetic." All students who will have com­ $1,000 to eligible CUNY femal ing a computer to keep club records anything to the school." Tse stated The CBS Party's slogan IS Adelaide Sanford on Education pleted their junior vear bv June students. on file and completing the club that part of the CBS party's plan "Order, Organization, Respon­ FOR 1988 are eligible. .. To be eligible, the fernal budget appeals process early in the would be to recruit more alumni to sibility and Dependability with no students must be in good standing fall semester so the clubs "don't speak at Baruch to try and get them excuses" and they are attempting to By JERRY TAN The deadline for applications is at any unit of CUNY. There sh live up to this by "picking in­ have to come back and beg the more involved. YOUR By any measure of reason, it is true that beautiful to lose. all black Americans? April I, 1988. Applications may be must have cornplet ed at least government for money. They spend Agro said the United Students telligent, strong people who want to obtained from the Dean of Students credits by June 15, 1988 with physical separation is subordinate to the This year, Black History Month has been Williams replied, "A strong sense of too much time getting the money to For Action Party, the only active work hard and do some thing for office. GPA of at least 3.3. The student spiritual bonds of fraternity. "Distances thoroughly celebrated at Baruch with comprehension and memory which has the club." Additionally he said, he party for the last three years, "is the school,"· said Agro of the separate bodies, not people...there are twenty-eight programs sponsored by the been in our culture since the dawn of time. ______.J.... ------__ students running on the ticket. "If SAFETY places between us deeper than the ocean, no African Students Association, the Black And during the slavery period, our people there's anyone interested in joining distances," said Keorapetse Kgositsile in Students Organization, and nine other weren't allowed to read or write. So By NANNEI"lE GORDON our party we'd like. to speak to Point ofDeparture. organizations. Of all the interesting cultural everything was passed down from genera­ them," he said. There are still 28 Students at Baruch should be aware that Many African-Americans often neglect events and provocative lectures, perhaps tion to generation through music or storytelling, This cultivated a strong sense positions left on the CBS ticket. crime does not occur only in the street. their culture, though notby their own ad­ Black History Month '88 hit a high note mission. Some feel it is a result of living in when the Regent Adelaide L. Sanford of for remembering many fine details." He Agro said he w~s interested in Since Baruch security is aware of the fact an environment of a different majority-in smiled wide. "It's part of our culture. It's running for president last spring, that students can be victims, security has lJU.lnfflIn_lll~ kept a list of preventive measures, accor­ other words, their physical separatin something we had to go through." but, "1 needed more time to learn Anyone quote which could capture the ding to Vincent Iannaco, assistant director hampers their development of spiritual more about the government. I mood of the evening for you? of security. bonds to African culture. Others, however, "Bring a little bit of yourself learned a lot this year in the Italian do not believe that such is the case because Williams thought a moment and said, • The list was made by analyzing previous hack to your group. Don't forget "Be a positive model through example and Society." Last spring he said, "I incident reports made by the students and other subcultures, or minorities, do exist as behavior. Give back to your own people." felt I wasn't ready for the job as general public occurences which are possi- "self-conscious" entities despite their where you came from. Cive DSSG president and now over this ble at Baruch. . physical separation from "home"·as well. Sanford's program was presented in hack to your culture. " three movements-the first being a set of year I see there's a need for a The most common type of incident The need to stress African-American welcoming remarks presented by Cherel reported to security is larceny. Loss of per­ culture is understandably important government that's representative of Nelson, a member of the Black History sonal property results when the student because of their many achievements and .lllIIlU~\II,nlltlllll.\\\'lllllIlI_ the students' voice, for a president contributions to the growth of this country. Month Committee. The second movement that would effectively use the power leaves his or her property unattended. This the New York State spoke at Baruch on consisted of the main address delivered by usually happens in the library, restrooms It was for this 'reason that Dr. Carter G. that he was given." He stated that Woodson decided over sixty years ago to Monday night, February 22. The event was Sanford. Finally, Frederika Watson, who is and .the computer lab. the elections may not have been celebrate Negro History Week. He chose parochial, but quite popular, and Ronald a .member of the Upper Council in the "The student goes to a shelf in the library February partially because it was the month Williams was there to watch it happen. Day Session Student Government, drew rhe contested.. . dur.inz-... the _.last few .vears to gel-a-bo9k·and whe.JI -he..dunu·SJweone lRaR WAo slands~iR any-· -eWA;Ag -to.a-<:-JQse.~.with -a~.~ of AbranamuriCoTn'T rrtllaay, -and·pa...: WiHiams·-isa IhaRks.··· because, "the government seems has taken his wallet, his money and credit s-'o tially becauseit was the month of Frederick crowd. Not onlybecause he is sotaH thathe The turn-out wasparticntarlytarge~More like a mystery to students. They cards," said lannacco. Douglas' birthday. For half a century, one must duck to get through doors sometimes, than one hundred people came to hear San­ don't know what goes on. The lannacco recommended that students at­ in fifty-two was devoted for the purpose of but mostly because Williams is proud of his ford speak. A good number of them were students are mystified as to what tempt to prevent confrontation between the celebrating African-American history. black heritage. Williams, who also happens standing. Shortly after seven o'clock, with guards and students when showing iden­ the government can do and does." Then, almost-twelve years age, the Associa­ to be the Program Coordinator/Night Nelson's introduction over, the crowd of The American Express- Card gets an outstanding welcome tification cards. He said, "It is not to har­ Tse added that the fact that David tion for the Studies of Afro-American Life Manager of the Student Life Center, said of people fell silent as the poised Sanford took Virtually anywhere you shop, whether it's for a leather jacket rass the students but to protect them" that Herlands of the DSSG is running as and History decided to change Negro Sanford's lecture, "She basically told peo­ over the floor. And why shouldn't they? or a leather-bound classic. Whether you're bound for the guards ask students to show their ID an independent this year shows History Week into Black History Month. ple to keep an open mind in terms of their She is one very remarkable lady. a bookstore or a beach in Bermuda. So duringcollege cards. "that there are internal problems February will never be the same again. education, but to never forget the innate Sanford, a native New Yorker, earned and after. it's theperfect way to pay for just about If security did not enforce the rule then qualities shared by all black Americans, her Bachelor of Arts degree at Brooklyn everything you'll want. and factions within the govern­ These twenty-eight/twenty-nine days serve anyone could come in and a student could to remind all African-Arnericans alike that which are inherent in our culture." C()II~e. She received her Master of Arts in ment. This is telling us there's become their victim. As a result, by March How to get the Card now. theirs is a culture too rich to forget, too What are these innate qualities shared by See "Sanford" Page 15 something wrong." According to I, "every student must have a validated 10 College is the first signofSUcre5S. And becase we Bigger, people are not happy with card, no bursar's receipts will be accepted believe in yourpotential, we've made it easier the way things are being run. any longer. If a student is consisten t in not to get the American Express Card right now. complying, a violation report will be filed. Whether you'rea freshman, senior or Said Ag r o , "Freshmen, grad student. look into our new automatic sophomores and juniors have not This may result in discipline from the Dean BLACKHISTORYMONTH•• approval offers For details, pick up an seen an election because there of Students." Another recommendation lannacco application on campus. hasn't been an election in a few made was to be aware of confidence scams. Or call 1-800-TIlE-CARD andask for years. Students can have a choice •• A TIME FORREFLECTION a student application. Though only one such incident has been this year- I would also recommend .reported, caution should still be taken. The American Express Card. that every student uses their vote One scam is known as the "handkerchief Don't Leave School Without It~ this year because this year they have switch." The scams begins when a victim is DINKINSSPEAKSATBARUCH a choice and by not voting they're told by a stranger that he has found money giving up one of their rights as a in an envelope. The stranger will tell the vic­ .,NANNEIIE F. GORDON tim rather than reporting it he will deposit student .': Black History month is the history of "a piece of freedom is no longer enough for of the year 2000, headed by Robert I[elected Agro said his party will the money in the bank and wait 30 days men and women who fought for justice, so human beings nor the nations where Magner, Jr., also head ofthe central Board before keeping it. Once he gains the start work in the summer by having that the history of this state could be a negroes are a part. They have been given of Education, spent two years and $800,000 orientation sessions and when victim's confidence he asks for $500 which history devoid of racial violence. Unfor­ pieces but unlike bread a slice of liberty in a report identifying poverty as the major he will return when they get the money issue confronting the City in the next school starts "actually going to tunately, their dream has yet to be realized, does not finish hunger.P' from the bank. He tells the victim to hold The violent racial attack at Howard decade, stated Dinkins. Yet, the reort does students to find out what they want the struggle for racial justice continues," the envelope so the victim will trust that he Beach proves that black americans are not not mention the history of racial to make life better for them." Ad­ said David Dinkins, Borough of Manhattan is not lying. He takes the victim's money yet free. Racism does not occur only in the discrimination which has prevented the in­ ditionally he stated, "We don't president when he recently visited Baruch. and gives them the envelope. The victim "It is a time for reflection, a time. to form of a brutal attack it also occurs in less tegration of blacks, latinos and asians and want to waste money on jackets and will subsequently find the envelope contains assess our advances and take stock of our . violent but equally devastating form. other minorities into the system in the way lunches," and that he would use his merely paper and perhaps two doIlars. shortcomings in an effort to ensure equal Poverty causes death, "In Harlem, for in­ others have come into the City and have influence to convince the student Finally" lannacco advised caution to rights for all regardless of race," continued stance, an estimated 27.6 out of every 1,000 been integrated, said Dinkins. But, as council to vote such motions down. students when stuck in an elevator. There Dinkins. Black history must be studied babies born, die before their first birthday, stated in the report, the immigrants were' Agro stated, "the student are intercoms in the elevator in case of because the future cannot be shaped if the a rate nearly three times that of the upper able to work themselves out of poverty. government should work to help breakdowns. past is not understood. The Emancipation east side and twice the rate city-wide," These immigrants the Commission refers "Once Security is called, stay calm and to, were largely white Europeans. Today Baruch receive the attention and at­ Proclamation outlawed slavery, but racism stated Dinkins. Unemployment also a sub­ don't panic. If the elevator is raised a little tle but violent attack, rose for black males poor New Yorkers are primarily blacks and tain the prestige that it deserves. and discrimination continues. As long as bit above the level (of the floor) don't step there is racism progress will be held bac k. in N.Y.C. from 4.2 in 1972 to 15.1 percent latinos. The poor have become a permanent This is what will help the students out because it may move and your leg may in 1984. Dinkins reported that 95 percent of underclass due to racism and discrimina­ ultimately" "Is there any difference between the lyn­ be caught. Wait for assistance," said Ian­ ching in Mississippi in 1955 and the tragic all families living on welfare are black and tion. Discrimination needs to be irradicated Agro is a Baruch Scholar and has nacco. death of Michael Griffith in Howard latinos." These are the silent victims of and progress can occur when a prosperous led a freshman orientation group. He said that students should reoprt any Beach, N.Y., in 1986," said Dinkins. Gains discrimination," he continued. future can be guaranteed. "Institutions Bigger is the president of BC Ven­ incidents without feeling embarrassed. You have been made as a result of men like Dr. It is obvious there is a breakdown in the social structure ofsociety. The Commission .11I= tures Corporation initiated by the See "TIPS'" Page 10 Martin Luther King, Jr. but, as King said, Tridom Investment Club...... _ ...'9....,_. r . ... Pate 10 The Ticker March 1, 1988 March 1, 1988 The Ticker ... 11- FEATURES FEATURES

"The Importance of Being Earnest." Stringent screening for the parts iscrucial 1111 1111 COME TO THE since the roles demand that the actors and '11 II actresses not only be able to dance, sing. and handle stage-puppets, but more impor­ CARNIVAL tantly - act. The "extras" will be required to learn juggling, roller-skating, acrobatics, By ELIZABETH M. TAN and magic tricks. The leading roles were cast and announc­ During the spring and fall semesters at ed earlier this week. Carolyn Hannon, who Baruch College, the Speech and Music portrayed Maddie in last semester's Departments jointly produce plays per­ 44 American Days" has been selected to play fonned by the students. This year's first "Lili", a little orphan girl who IS drawn to . trical production, "Carnival" was the carnival seeking a place to finally into Originally performed on Broadway in the ubelong." Dean Kokkoris, ("Guys and .• , u early 60's. It is a musical that deals with Dolls") is HPaul , a one-time professional utife" at the circus, a peek behind the dancer who is nqw reduced to being a pup­ scenes at the characters' personal lives. peteer due to an injury he suffered during Auditions for the play were held Tues­ the war. As of the evening of Monday tIte. my. February 16, through Thursday, February 22, casting for the enti-re produc­ February 18, 1988. There were eight prin­ tion was still not complete. cipal parts up for grabs and casting notices Set in France, circa 1931, performances were published in The Ticker twice earlier of this two-act play begin Wednesday, .. this month. . April 13, 1988 through Saturday, April 16, On Monday, February 22, 1988, at 6: 10 1988 in the Auditorium at 17 Lexington p.m.• the first cast meeting was held at 17 Ave., starting at 6 p.m. Lexington Ave. in Room 1403. Out of the One final note to cotton candy lovers ­ people who auditioned last week, only during the performance of "Beautiful Can­ twenty-three received call backs. dy" the carnival performers will walk down uCarnival" will be directed by Professor the aisles "selling" cotton candy and other Ferrar, who directed last fall's goodies-to members of the audience. One bite of Uno's deep dish up with a generous blend of pizza and you'll fall for ~~z,ZE./~ cheeses, fresh vegetables of this strategy, because nine out of ten new it, too. First, we line and the finest meats. jobs being created in the city require a high Imo DINKINS school diploma. But, the statistics show a deep dish with our D.0 Deep dish pizza. Just that in N.Y.C. public schools, 50 percent of famous rich, thick \~IJ-'I ./ one ofthe extraordinary all black and latino high school students crust. Then we fill it RESTAURANTa BAR experiences at Uno's. SPEAKS drop out before graduation. "We must in­ vest in education:' said Dinkins. "It is (Continued from Page J0) economically imperative that this city ex­ responsible for enforcing equal opportunity tend equal opportunity to every american 391 6th Ave., Greenwich Village measures must be given the resources and regardless of race," he continued. the staff necessary to be effective," Dinkins To remedy discrimination, Dinkins has -~ ~_~ ~~~_.__ ~4 stated. Ensuring equal employment oppor­ called on Governor Mario Cuomo to form tunities requires the development of a statewide commission to focus attention Part Time (}'/T summer) college student. strategies to secure blacks in sectors of the on the cause of racial violence and to offer economies that are expanding. Education specific remedies on the state and local Interesting internship in sales. Prefer for black youth is vital in the development level. marketing major and sales experience.

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'"" !\II of our emplorees earn at least SlO.OO . ,", . , ",n. . ~.....,..... "..:. ~.~.,. .." per hour with commission, With one year of experience, salary reaches $20.00· per dans performed at the college. As Berkin remembers, "It (Women's hour with commission. History Month) started small and it has really grown into something where nearly WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH every college in the city is participating and This is unquestionably the most interesting. it reaches down" even to the elementary and high school levels. and highest paid position in America for Berkin is involved with Mayor Koch's the right student. Commission on the Status of Women. The A CELEBRATION ON FILM purpose of the commission is essentially to run outreach programs to educate people. "They contacted me because I am a By LINDA ZUECH historian." However, Berkin acted on her Call Glenn Nelson / (212) 513-0204 own to promote Women's History Month ------,------~._-~ Thev chose to do a film ·festival this time at Baruch. She was funded by the Baruch . March is Women's History Month. Ac­ will speak and there will be a reception because as Gardner put it, "Film is a College Quality of Life Fund. She no longer cording to Deborah S. Gardner, the direc­ afterwards. There will be films shown throughout the month and member!'; of the popular medium for all students." She runs the event because of her respon­ Who will it be, Bachelor Number One, Bachelor :"iumber 2...... the Italian SocietyIP.R.I.D.E. spon­ tor of the Center for the Study of Women WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER will be related having some difficulty finding sibilities in the provost's office. Datin~ in Business, - Wornen's History Week Baruch faculty on hand as commen­ sored Game. feature films that portraved women in a began n 1977 in California. modeled after tators to speak on the different topics with The schedule for all the films that will be each showing. responsib le manner. FOREIGN TRADE WE OFFER SAFE QUALITY GYNECOLOGY ABORTIO National Women's Day. Over the last 10 or shown this month along with the professors & 11 years it has been picked up across t~e na­ The festival was organized by Gardner, "When voure taking about commercial who will be commenting on them follows. Carol Robbins, the director of Eveni ng and feature fi1~s there aren't many that are SOCIETY SERVICES. OUR CENTER, A MODERN N.Y. STATE tion. In 1981 National Women's HIstory Wednesda~', March 2 at 5 p.m. there will The Foreign Trade Society will Wek was designated and last year March Graduate Student Services and Leslie about women leaders or women in business. LICENSED FACILITY, OFFERS EXPERT CARE BY Taturn, Gardner's assistant and a Baruch The real challenge was tor find films that be a panel discussion and reception in the have a General Meeting Thursday was designated as Wamen's History Dean's Conference Room 1604, 17 Lex­ SAFETY ~rd alumnus. portrayed women in these roles," Gardner March at 12:45 at the 360 PROFESSIONAL P·ERSONNEL. Month. Makin~ The Center for the Study of Women in said. "When you come to documentaries ington Ave. The Business of Films: Park Ave. 50. R00m 825. The idea behind Women's History Women Filmmakers. The moderator will be Business was established at Baruch College V()U can find many interesting and well­ (Continued (rom Pace .4 9) All mernbers must attend. PREGNANCY TESTS ARE ·FREE Month is to highlight the activities and con­ Wanda Bershen, City University Television. (212) 758-6110 tributions of women, much like Black in 1986 as the first academically-based such made films on the subject." TRIDOM History month does for African­ Center in the nation. The Center has as its Last year the theme for the month was can help your fellow Cit udent by 1~t1 ing MON-SAT, AND -EVENING APPOINTMENTS Americans. The theme for this year at mission activities which will benefit the Col­ "60 Years of Women At Baruch." There See Women's History Pilge 11 securi ty k now and passi ng the word. If INVESTMENT CLUB Baruch is Women in Work. Gardner said lege's students and faculty, the City Univer­ was an art exhibit with pieces display anything occurs between 18th St rect and Tridorn Investment Club presents "Most women at Baruch are training for a sity, and the wider university and business throuzhout Baruch. Carol Berkin, now an 26th Street, also let security know. Peter Wolff, president of Peter Wolff CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL HEALTH,INC. career in business. We thought it was communities in New York City and the na­ assistant provost, was then the coordinator I Measures can be taken If) prevent student Associates, a financial planning com ... tion. The Center's activities can be arrang­ for the Women's History Month celebra­ 10 EAST 21st STREET chance to raise some of the important I'from being~ victims. To avoid incidents. pany. He \\;11 come to speak on Tues­ ed in four categories: research, curriculum, themes that they wll face." tion. student s should try 10 avoid walki ng alone day. March 1. from I In ~ p.rn. :n YORK~ NEW N.Y. 10010 A film festival will be held to celebrate public programs and training. Berkin said, "Every year for three years at night if passing by 26th Street to the west R00m 305. 17 Lcxinuton Ave. He the month. The trust event will be a panel As Gardner explained, uWe're new here we did a program on either women in the I side and staying in the stairwells if thev are will speak on insurance. arts, women in business or women in the I BLUE CROSS AND ALL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERS ABORT. discussion on Women Filmmakers and at Baruch..about a year to a year and a half. empty. performing arts." Last year the Eviv.a I - Compiled h)' Linda Zuech MEDICAID - VISA - MASTER CHARGE Women in Film to be held on Wednesday, We kept a low profile so far but we want to March 2. A group of female filmmakers work more with students." players, a group of female chamber musi- 1 ------ALL SERVICES . ~ ~. ~ .,.~· ~··,~,··."'·~·fI.···..,.,· -<,,.~ '" • #- .' • ., .. ".- «:» ,·".'" • ·,·•• • i'· • .•. ••••• __ ... ".~•••• ''''.'''.- .... J .-- • • • ••• .

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[ famous Montgomery bus incident. ") An Evening ofPoetry,DramaandSong "They told her to get up, but my Rosa said, 'Not today. '" Thus she explained why she was walking in­ TRAVELOGUE: CALIFORNIA IN WINTER TheYusefIman Repertory Theatre stead of using public transportation... "Oh, my joints may ache and my bones may be sore, but / ain't no ways tired. We've come By USDA DVAL ByJERRVTAN 100 far... nobody told me that the road would California in winter...the ideal escape However, if you are in a hurry, you can As part of the celebration of Black Historv from Your Motherland? me. be easy, but Jesus, he brought me this for, and from the snow and deep freeze which per­ forget it. These streets are always lined with Month '88 at Baruch, a program entitled, Do you know how it feels? Boo! Boo! Boo! I don't believe he brought me this far to leave sists in The Big Apple. There you can in­ bumper-to-bumper traffic at night, and no "Black Heroes and Heroines" was recently Not to be able to see sunlight, They don't want me 10 speak. But I wanted to /11e now. .. dulge yourself instead, in bright, sun-filled one seems to be in a rush to get anywhere. presented by the Yusef Iman Repertory Not 10 know whether it is morning speak! A soft song took the air. which began. days and cool, sparkling nights. From the Of course, there is always an alternative Theatre. starring Clebert Ford and directed by Or night? And I told them these words: "Has anyone seen my son, Martin? glamour of Hollywood, to the bustle of route, but everyone prefers to remain in the Yusufu Waliyaya. Do you know what it feels like to eat 'You folks are arguing about equality Jr,r Can you tell me where he's gone? downt own L0s Angeles to the picturesque center of the action. Although the five member repertory theatre Garbage day after day after day? women... He helped a 101 ofpeople 10 gain performed before a half empty house, this Do you know what it feels like 10 empty Well I believe that, bUI not only in equalityjot hill of San Francisco. the versatility of the While you are cruising down Hollywood Their dignity. (Pointing] Is it he? neither diminished their fervor nor dampened Your bowels in the some place day after day women butfor blackfolks as "Well! And ifone, West Coast will undoubtedly steal vour Boulevard, the Chinese Mans Theater is a Is it she? Is it he? /s it she?" their passion in the slightest, for of the half After day? woman alone could turn {he world upside­ heart, must see. With its ornate oriental design, the Then. the pianissimo was gone. The flavor house who watched, the blood of nationalism Do you know how that feels? downi then In southern California historical Queen theater stands out amongst surrounding turned from soothing to inciting. from repose was incited to a frenzy from the very start... Do you know hos« that feels to suffer the all the women in the rest (~f the world could Mary is definitely a worthwhile attraction buildings. This, ofcourse, is not to mention to cresendo march: "Raging wild andfree, anguish, tum it to see. This massive ship, which was once the famous footprints and autographs "Let ~5 sing praises 10 Martin Luther King! My heart and soul belong to you. Despair and the degradation? right side up again! Andyou men had betterlet involved in WWII, made its way successful­ which line the entrance. If you have the Born in the South a preacher's son, Africa! Africa! No you don't! But we do!" them ly across the ocean, dodging numerous at­ time, why not check out a movie, at the He fought and died for what he believed in... "Silver and gold, land ofriches, And the poem of escaping slavery was Do it. And that's all I've got tosay:' " tack attempts by the Germans. 1t is now the theater which houses many an exclusive With his determination, we couldn't fail. Beautiful ocean, beautiful sea, delivered poignantly with a tone of one who Do you know who that woman was? home of an exclusive hotel. Neighboring premiere? He told us we could he whatever we wanted to All ojyour beauty belongs to me. had been "almost there": After a short dance, another speaker- took the Queen Mary, is the Spruce Goose. This be... "Into the darkness... thinking with fear every the stand and began to proclaim the coming of \. craft is an example of one of the first forms For those of you who enjoy the thrill of Africa! Africal' He had a dream...we would one day overcome step, a "new" Africa, one that has been of an airplane. Both of these sites can be an amusement park, there is, of course, the The program was structured to represent a hate-and And the dogs behind, and the hunters behind, reconstructed and reborn in this land seen on the outskirts of Los Angeles, ador­ world famous Disneyland. However, one of brief chronicle of African-American history Discrimination.. .fightingfor equality...the hal­ ning the city of Long Beach. the highlights of Southern California has to from the onset of the slave trade, through the and [America]. This marked a turning point in the ite The cold night. Thinking... program. In the heart of LA, there exists a be a visit to the renowned Universal Emancipation Proclamation, through the civil Rages onl- Martin Luther King! The bailie The river 10 cross. When can / reach that business-like atmosphere, not unlike New Studios. This half-day tour takes one unrest of the 1960s, to the present. The next praise for a black hero was a song rages on! York. Many of the attractive skyscrapers behind the camera, through a world of The form of the presentation itself is a blend someplace? about Granville T. Woods, the famous inven­ Howard Beach! The battte rages on! Tawana / can hear them coming closer...run! might even be recognized as those seen on special effects, scene creations and many between dramatic monologue, music, dance tor and scientist. Brawley! I many television shows, such as LA Law. other magical aspects of that which is the and strong readings of potent poetry. And they overtake me, but keep fighting. The guitarist followed this hymn of praise The battle rages on! LeI us remember.' Martin The key differences between LA and Hollywood film world. If you are really The second poem to be read was one which Keep on! with a reading of one of Marcus Garvey's Luther King!" Never tum back... " Manhattan, remain the temperature and the lucky 1 you might even be able to spot a described the cruelty of the unscrupulous slave speeches: After several minutes of chanting, the au­ Then a speaker came on to announce the cleansiness. celebrity. who might be at the studio film­ trade: HOne G¢! One aim! One destiny! dience began to stand. It was a religious fervor. $5, reward for the capture or killing of Har­ At night, a cruise down Hollywood and ing. After visiting Universal Studios, any "You are still in me. In my skin, my soul We are too great in number not to be a great The dosing remarks captured the feeling quite Sunset Boulevards is essential to experienc­ tourist will leave more enlightened and ap­ One of the 180m sets at Universal Studios. And every bend ofmy kinky hair! riet Tubman. people, well: ing the essence of LA's nightlife. preciative of what movies are really all Don't forget your mother... Some more music played. And some time A great nation... weare determined to sufferno "They may have pulled you from the passed. The year is now 1851. and a congrega­ about. of a San Francisco cable car! If you still No matter how far you go, come bock. longer! Motherland, but the Motherland will never be tion of white people debating the question to place sun!" Moving up north, into the San Francisco have time left over, visit the Hard Rock Don'tforget your mother... U are II is lime for us seek our in the pulled from you. " of equal rights for women. Unknown to the bay area, the real gem of California can be Cafe (there is also one in LA) and compare After some music provided a moment of rest And a quick repose. One of the, young participants of this debate of equality, a And Kwasi Donker repeatedly introduced discovered. It is no doubt that many have it to ours. from these high-strung tensions, a second fierce women then took the floor, dressed as an single black woman makes her way across in a the performers. amidst cries and shouts, "The referred to this city as the prettiest city in For the real romantics, don't leave speaker came on. Her tone was one of pain. elderly woman. She began a drama: ic different attempt to address the crowd: Yusef Iman Repertory Theatre... the Yusef Im­ the world. Overlooking the city from any of 'Frisco without a visit to the Golden Gate Her determination, unrelentless: monologue, speaking to the audience about .....1 made my way up there and they booed an Repertory Theatre..." its many flattering observation points at Park. The lush greenery and cascading H[Jo you know what it feels like 10 be 10m her daughter. Rosa Parks. and the now night, such as atop Coit Tower, is an unsur­ waterfalls will be a welcoming contrast to passed delight. A romantic sight of city the snow in New York. But the Japanese fights entertwined with the stars; 'and accen­ -Tea- Garden-is the most memorabte site in Offieeof .Career __Services tuated by the magnificence of both the the park. Here an Oriental influence canbe ~ Golden Gate Bridge, and the Bay Bridge, seen in the architecture of this splendorous School of Business and ~ will make even the most proud New Yorker garden, with its burst of striking colors. and )~~~?RM 03 tempted to stay. exotic structures. Be sure to sit and have Public Administration ::l Yet there is still in San Francisco to fall in some Chinese tea and of course, fortune love with. Fisherman's Wharf, with its cookies. Also, drop a coin in the fountain. many restaurants, shops, bars and even a and wish for a speedy return visit. haunted house and wax museum, is an ac­ Whatever your tastes or preferences, sun­ Workshop tive place. both day and night. Then there is ny California possesses a means of enticing Pronunciation for Interviews SAMSUNG PERSONAL COMPUTERS Lombard Street. the crookedest street in the and seduces your admiration. So the next world, decorated with lovely flowers. Don't time the East Coast gets a bit too cold or March 3 5-300 (XI) 5-300 (XT) just drive down. the real fun is walking up. overcrowded, steal away to the West Coast DUAL FLOPPY SYSI EM then running down! Also, if you don't ac- and let California's charm and brilliance 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm The star of uJaws" takinR a swim at Universal Studios. tually ride 011 one, be sure to take a picture warm you. Room 1350 360 PAS $899 ,049 level decision-making position in the movie Richard Kopelman. Management for the Montgomery. Management. INTB.8088 (8 MHz) INTEl. 8088 (8 MHz) industry. Set during World War II, this evernng, film 5121< RAM (exp. to 64aq 512K RAM (exp. to &OQ WOMEN'S Thursday/March 17 Thursday/March 24 successfully highlights issues of race. Women in Business Forum ~ 3EO( 5 1/~ DISK [)FIVES (1) 3B[J( 5 1/'- DISK DRIVE gender, and a country at war. The commen­ Swing Shift (video/feature length) Goldie Norma Rae (l6mm/feature lengtht: Nor­ March 8 MONOGRAPHICS ADAPTER 30MeHARDDISKDRIVE HISTORY tators will be Norman Fainstein, Dean for Hawn as a World War II factory worker. A ma Rae (Sally Fields) organizes textile ~S MONO MONJTOR MONOGRAPHICS ADAPTER the day showing and in the evening, Jack romance and a story of female work workers in the South. Illustrates 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm -SERIAL PORt. HI-I£S MONO MONITOR Shapiro, Center for Management. culture. it also treats the patriotic recruit­ family/work conflicts, labor/ management PARAllEL PORT SERIAL PORT/PARALlEL PORT BAnERY BACI

-, .' . • ~~ Page 14 The Ticker March 1, 1988 March 1. 1988 i The Ticker Page 15 «; 'I FEATURES / FEATURES What is meant by "review aliteachers?' night." In two lines of iambic pentameter. Americans constitute the largest minority in Usher replied, "Tests for competency to the Elizabethan standard of aesthetics this country, most would agree that oppres­ \ Sanford teach. " clearly show that they believe: (I) Hell is sion still exists and is more widespread than t Anything else? black; (2) Black is not fair (pretty); (3) any non-black would like to believe. The CAMPUS TICKER'TOONS (Continued from Page 9) "To train white teachers how to accom­ Black is not bright. task may seem insurmountable, but even a modate black students, and to include Furthermore, if the majority of .' BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed thousand mile journey begins with a single -,-, ~. Secondarv Education from Welleslev Col­ African-American historv and culture in the America's common law is derived from step. Sanford has done more than her share :, YERfl. lJVTltfY lege and" her Professional Diploma in curriculum of appropriate school districts," England's common law, is it irnprausible to of due payments. "(Of a whole group) only \ ": 7OH6fJe IS KINt?A NO. fI(6 t&55OV BeING, 5(jf'f'tJ5~ Education Administration from Fordham Usher said. presume that their standard of aesthetics one' person might be a leader. But it takes ;.' MY MOl/TH 5T1CKY reEt./N6'" MY· TlJN6(I£ aJN'T I NtTT CAPERS ~7lU?CHY. was also adopted as well? . ree:» YVCKY... :iORTA 15 CAll- fI6IV#/ 7lJ PlAt 9// Jfl5r University, where she was also a Ford Sanford is very sensitive on the issue of that one person to activate the group." (JNC()MFOI?TAfJl. Y 5TAKCHY YA KN()fJI.? cers HJPe FOt? HAVING €ATEN Foundation Fellow. "proper education" for black children, Sanford went on to suggest that irnaves African Americans have a proven track AN VNPeRKIf'C" CJI?Y. t mtlT'S rr: \ W7we Her accomplished career in education which basically consists of exposure to representing God (in one's home) should record for producing leaders in hard times ------\ AKC 'yf'){) t£AKN€1? MNfWf/. \ II t£55tN./ began when she became an elementary African-American culture and images that not be white because once again, such a no­ when the people needed someo ne the most. l'\~~h'l6 \ that , "Without culture, a ~rour loses its tion may prove detrimental to a child's Harriet Tubman. Martin Luther King. ialC'("/: school teacher in New York City. She was .-.r" . , later promoted to the station of assistant as extreme to some conservatives, but it is development. Rather, children should be Malcolm X. Adelaine Sanford, WHY DON'T THEY principal at the Crispus Attucks School in effective in reaching her objectives surrounded with an environment evokinz Her attention now seemed to focus upon nonetheless. positive self-images of being black. ~ the bright, vounz faces before her. These Brooklyn, at times referred to as P .S. 21. ~ - ~ GET JACKETS? She then served as principal of same for She stresses the importance of a "proper Sanford resented the misinterpretation of college students, full of vibrant youth, nineteen years until her retirement in 1985, education" for black children as one that the so-called "Clarke dolls" experiment. A hope, and promise for the future, It is to Names should have faces. A Central at which time she had gained 35 years of ex­ must cater to their special needs, saying study had been conducted in which a white these children that the world is inherited, Wvorninu Colleue student uovernment 7-1 perience in education in New York City. thsat, "Without culture, a group loses its doll and a black doll were sirnultaneouslv but only the strong can survive. In the high ~ - ~ - leader wants more students to know exactly Furthermore, during the second quarter identity." This is the problem which presented (on an individual basis) to young tech, rapid paced society of today, the \\ ho is representing them: He's proposed of 1986, she was unanimously elected to a plagues African-Americans. black children. The child was then asked uneducated and unskilled can not survive. that the names and picture) of SGA seven year term as Member-At-Large of the A curious member of the audience press­ which doll seemed more attractive, or Only the educated will..; representatives he posted at -u ategic loca­ Board of Regents of the University of the ed Sanford for an elaboration on the which doll would the child rather choose to .. As you go out in your career related· tions an)UIH.1 campus. In addition, these of­ State of New York. Sanford had theme-how does one go about instilling play with if only one could be picked of the life," began Sanford. "Bring a little bit of culture upon the young? two. ennsyhania students \\ ere recently refused One of Sanford's supporters is Baruch's sworn thee fair, and thought thee growth for young children. own, February will surely always be a l ride b y rhe camp us e scort service when the very own Tanya Joseph. Joseph, who is brizhr/Who art as black as hell, as dark as But the odds do exist. Although black beautiful time of year. driver learned t hey had are in hi-tech fields- there are over two • school. Either paf:h leads to a commissionas ,..,e=,,~R ~ posterity. ed by some new-age desktop publishing THI~ Viol r>SfZ.STI'\.I'J!) , .,..E \. EXISTED IN f'ARTJ(- eEA<'H A ,.., UrUAL..L Y SAr­ dozenjob specialtiesavailable, including an Ensign. -- .1 1 equipment. Administrators are forming a COULO JV~' vp...J{)£te.5rA~C> Although enough people did not see San­ electronics, aviation machinist and marine v LAn. E.'l.1 51 er-ce 1\ > Oppo')ED I ~ FY ItJ G. VtJOER'iI'ANOrtJG literary center to publish the works of ANt) ~,...VLA"~ HI 5 U""S'~A~ ford as Chancellor. rnanv feel that she is the sciences. Saving lives. protecting the envi­ BEIEFITS OF BEIDNCING To l:xn raJC !N AtJOTHE-R , ~ET\-IEErv H1""i, t-{I<) Ht,vD, students and faculty, and have chosen to A~LY ("-'D'RAST/~LE' IDoL5, one who is capable of providing real ronment and stopping illegal drug activi­ Regardlessof the career option you choose MoaE «ECTNJGVLAf{ c'tl S-T"­ H1) SoUL , ArJO H(~ O_N, ties. are onlya few of the many Coast in the Coast Guard. you'll get all the bene­ clean out a room that used to be a practice 1M o~EAVI C Ar-1v~ AND K'IHb. changes not desperately needed in New f:"....Kc I of? f'EfT 1 fV 0 A., A.L-L. .~N~,roR.y l~LF. York City's educational system, specifical­ advance quickly because promotionsare medical and dental service ... reduced toys in the attic will include Macintosh ?? ? ') ly, in the areas of education of black based uponyour own initiative and skills. pricesin any military exchange ... the New computers and laser printers. (&)~ ??? 7' r children. GI hill for tuitionassistance, and much ;~oo 0 TIE RESERVE OPTION more. You could work in exciting places ·'·00 One student. \.... ho wished not to be nam­ Even if you'restill in high schoolor college. wherethe Coast Guard operates ... from GUPPY ed, told The Ticker, "It's clear to me she there are several options to consider.As a Japan tothe Antarctic ... Hawaii or in the could have changed the face of New York CoastGuard Reservist, you can attend drills . o mtinental United States. We have part, AID City education forever. She's got so much one weekend per month and be paid while time Reserve positionsand full-time career you are being trained. You'll also qualify for opportunitiesavailable now. Contact your VT HE' ~OVLD NOT GIvE 50 HE- PuSHeD ON. tI~ C.AM~ ""'-0 rH~ . TIE OFFICER OPTION b Jl,vo ~ I more experience in New York than that guy Tropical fish for the needy? Yup. 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They n~"er even discl0sed the criteria. recipient was a three-year-old cerehral pal'-y or what the inten'iewers were looking for." victim, who received monc\'. for a ne\\ wheelchair. CARcoo/v ( Is it true that Sanford's hopes UtJI'L .. V";IL_. were ill-fated simply because she would have demanded much more from the BUT WHO WANTS s-ys t em·? Eve n i f not. G r e en;s TO WIN? HILTON FOR abilities surpass 35 years of uhands-on" ex­ STANFORD'S A WELL BALANCED perience? Everyone comes out of the closet when TH'E HOMELESS Sanford had three dominant aims if she , they play the board game ., Alternatives." SHAKEY SHACK had been appointed Chancellor of the New Hotel for the homeless? Cornell U. 's BREAKFAST Developed by t W(l St0ne Hill C011ege York City Public Schools. Of these three \ School of Hotel Administration is offering student-activities coordinators, the board Roble rubble risk. Stanford U. has closed Coke (not coffee) and doughnuts. The primary objectives, two of them would in­ - - game is a creative tool to educate and a new course this semester, "Housing and its oldest residence hall after an engineering Coca-Cola Co. has launched a new adver­ evitably cause friction and make a lot of .~ '''. develop awareness of homosexuality and Feeding the Homeless." Students will work study found the building to be an earth­ tising campaign in som,e parts of the coun­ people unhappy. . . - bisexuality. Up to 30 players can par­ in area shelters and food banks, helping quake hazard, Sixty-nine·year-old Roble try encouraging people to have a Coke for Sarah Usher, 22-years-old, is another stu­ ticipate. They begin the game in a square with bulk-food purchases and designing Hall has walls of hollow clay tile. Almost breakfast instead of a cup of coffee or tea. dent who also campaigned for Sanford's marked "closet" and move about the board recipes, as well as fund-raising. 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MarchiO ' .. ~. ~ . ~ .~ Industrial Challenges .... :~ Monday Women ofSteel* v, Marcb14 .:<•. Rosie the Riveter" " ...-:'::- Thursday SWing Shift** Pavarotti hois.s a youn~ Chinese ~mnas1 on his very ample shoulder durin~ his visit to her school. Pavarotti had a special rapport with tM adorable and talented Chinese ("hildrrn in Distant Harmon.l·. Marcb17 By CAROL J. KELLY 1STA NT HARMONY is a deft and scene segues into Pavarotti singing an ab­ 1 Trade Unions delightful documentary about solutely beautiful rendition of this crowd­ When RacislD D Luciano Pavarotti's tour of China pleaser in recital. in June, 1986. Accompanying the ex­ Pavarotti has a special love-affair with Monday the adorable Chinese children. There are With Babies ·and Banners* uberant tenor was the cast and crew of the Isn't Apparent Genoa Opera production of "La Boheme." many examples of him encouraging the March21 musical prodigies. gymnasts and acrobats. Don't be put off by the film's documen­ By MARTIN STARKEY Women ofSummer* tary status; it is neither didactic nor jour­ The performances of local school children nalistic. Distant Harmony is a film ex­ clearly move him: he is always genuinely Some CrItICS said that ac- answer this one folks! Thursday perience. all "impressionistic portrait" impressed by their talent and their warmth. tor/producer/director Spike Lee spent too School Daze has everything in it except Norma Rae** which entertains as it affirms life. There's Czech cinematographer Miroslav On­ much time directing his new film School the kitchen sink. Loaded with new sayings. Marcb24 plenty of music for both the opera buff and dricek (Amadeus, Silkwood, FX) skillfully Daze and not enough time holding the au­ slang and other information, School Daze the average viewer. (I fall into the latter captures the beauty of the Chinese country­ diences attention, Bull!! Some critics claim is a comedy because it's fun ny t a drama ArtsandLetters category.) side and the charm of its people. We see that School Daze is a movie buried alive because it's very powerful and intense, and The overwhelming response of the Beijing at dawn as elderly residents do their Chinese people to Pavarotti and his equally mornina exercises and alert youngsters - . -' - Monday warm reaction to them exceeded the expec­ queue on their way to school. Pavarotti SweetHoneyand theRock: tations of everyone involved in the tour, in­ himself, always the epitome of good humor March.28 cluding the Chinese Cultural Ministry. in his brightly colored shirts, huge Italian Chinese audiences were wildly appreciative silk scarves and very funny. hand-held. bat­ GattaMakeThis]ourney* when Pavarotti flawlessly hit high notes and tery operated fan. rours the Forbidden Ci­ also gave him standing ovations for every ty. Awed by its beauty, he spontaneously Miriam Fried: A Profile" performance. Needless to say, Pavarotri's bellows an aria in the quiet temple and his greatest fear was that Chinese audiences voice seems to resonate throughout the city. would be unmoved by his Western reper­ There are many scenes which show Thursday toire. Instead, he enjoyed a love feast. Pavarotti adopting Chinese culture-e-we see CoalMiner's Daughter** From the very beginning. it is clear that him riding a bicycle along with other March31 director DeWitt Sage wants us to see the Chinese to the strains of '''La Donna e contrast of cultures. lives and especially­ Mobile;" conducting master classes where music. He sets up point/counterpoint he patiently coaches and encourages local throughout the film with Italian Grand talent; taking part in an ancient Chinese Opera and traditional Chinese music. The opera decked out in authentic make-up, music of two distant cultures is the common mask- and costume. (Pavarott i's attempt at , Hal'-pint (Splk~ Lee, ~'er) is put to tilt 'esl by Julian (Glancarto Esposito) dartaa a fratend.J' laida­ • Monday language by which understanding and har­ Chinese opera is greeted by laughter and' - tioa. OakLounge /137 East 22 Street 12:00 - 2:15 p.m. mony are achieved. For this reason, the bursts of applause.) director decided to have no subtitles in Dis­ A very appealing moment in the film under its own ambition. That's possible. a musical because everyone-from time to Globus Lounge / 360 ParkAvenue South 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. tant Harmony. comes when Pavarotti and his entourage. Others have stated that there was just too time-would break out into these full-scale much material compacted into 116 minutes In one of many effective scenes, Sage singing in Italian after a meal of Chinese musical numbers reminiscent of those •• Tbursday of film. Hmmm. On the Today Show makes the point that the two musical tradi­ pasta. are "interrupted" by a shy young dance scenes they used to do on Fame. But Bryant Gumbel ripped Spike Lee for mak­ tions can meet. Pavarotti and his entourage Chinese cook who feels comfortable most of all School Doze isa documentary Room 114/155 East 24 Street 12:25 - 2:30 p.m. ing School Daze. "Aren't you afraid that are being entertained by local children play­ enough to perform a charming Chinese that tries to teach blacks about unity within the same people that called you genius are their own race. Unity between black city Globus Lounge /360 ParkAvenue South7:30 - 9:30 p.m. ing traditional Chinese music on ancient song. His response to Pavarotri's praise and gongs. Suddenly, they start to play "O Sole now going to be calling you racist?" But students and rural students. Unity between wait! Is this movie racist? ·And if it is, who Mio" in honor of their guest and you could (Continued PORe 20. Column I) (Continued Page 20. Column J) . see Pavarotri's face light up. This is it racist toward? Be careful how you

.t "'11 The Ticker March 1, 1911 March1, 1988 TileTicker Page 1~ AR-1'8 host a one-man show of recent paintings on Wed. March 16 paper by artist Brian Henderson from noon March 9 to 30 in the Tompkins Square Developing Trust in Young Children in an Hambo in Space Limbo Gallery. The Gallery is open Tuesday, Untrustworthy World Mallory Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from noon Dr. Bettye Caldwell, Donaghey Professor to 5 p.m, The opening reception is schedul­ of Education, University of Arkansas at What the Morph ed on Wednesday, March 9 from 5 p.rn. to Little Rock. Gets . 7:30 p.m. The public is-invited to attend the Brothers Did free festivities; refreshments will be served. Fri. March 25 Written by John Ahlin 5 p.m. South Street Theatre The Columbus Branch of The NVPL, Involved Fatherhood: Its Impact on Child 424 West 42 Street and Family . Dogged 742 Tenth Avenue, will host a lecture by (212) 724-7740 Steven D. Garber, author of "The Urban Dr. Kyle Dean Pruett, Clinical Professor of By MARTIN STARKEY By AUDRA SENICUS Psychiatry at the Yale University Child t E4lt«I by EticKUII Naturalist." On Wednesday, March 9, at Michael J. Fox and Justine Bateman Study Center. What the Morph Brothel'S Did, .starring actors jump into costume. The question 6:30 p.m.• Mr. Garber will discuss the local must be in some kind of competition to John Ahlin as Ludwig and Gary Arvedon is-where did it all lead to? What message urban flora and fauna. He will also explain determine who could make the lamest rock Three major services are offered ECRIC: as Gerrack Morph is a new sci-fi comedy was Ahlin trying to teach? What statement how certain species came to Urban areas and roll movie. Up until now Micbaei J. The Metropolitan . a Resource Collection, a Family Room and thriller/drama that is being performed was he trying to make? The only one I came and where the best places are to observe Fox and his Light of Day fiasco held that February 19 through March 6. up with after a deep search was man's need Synagogue of New York plant and animal life in their urban a full schedule of workshops and seminars. distinction. Fortunately for Michael that The Resource Collection is a free, cir­ to be rational to survive. U Act rational or habitats. Admission is free. honor has been turned over to Justine Since the script was only one hour, it is a culating collection of materials about child you'Il get dead" and "This is a world ofab­ Contact Rabbi Goor, 40 E. 35th S1. Bateman. Satisfaction is the name of this mystery why the performance lasted three All 81 Branch Libraries of the New York development and early education, including DIIsIftl Is LiYe SbI'. II..LP 10 far. solutes and reason is the only way" are the (212) 679-8580. one, Justine's first movie role, and It's hours. The other two hours were spent two quotes taken directly from the perfor­ Public Library offer free programs for special needs and multicultural and multil­ repeating this script and using slapstick Klez-Meydlekh (Plus Two) presents .a children and adults throughout Manhattan, about as satisfying as eating melted ice mance that sum up what they might have unique sound in klezmer music. It~ tradi­ ingual education. A browsing collection for cream on a hot ctay. . comedy as filler. There was so much the Bronx and Staten Island. the infant, toddler and pre-schooler is been trying to say. Could that have been tional acoustic instruments combine the Bateman playslJeannie Lee, a high school Drone, Death and Sex slapstick, in fact, that by cutting out the all? Did they need three hours of lead up to available. tastefulness and clarity of a chamber valedictorian who spends her summer as the two brothers' little romps, a good hour prepare us for these words of wisdom that The Jefferson Market Regional Branch ensemble with the passion and exuberance '" of The NYPL, 425 Avenue of the lead singer of an all-girl rock and roll band Live Skull - Dusted could have been knocked off the produc­ only served to put half the audience to Give Blood Only the the audieDce of a dance band. . Americas, welcomes Ken Simon, William called The Mysteries. She has a sordid and (Homestead Records) tion. children in en- sleeo? . Klez-M~ydlekh Originally all women, Parker and Greg Bufford for an evening of heated affair with a former rock composer now features the clarinet playing of who can't seem to write anything good un­ It seems that with the heretofore Live ing, the new Zedek/Hutchins lineup proves jazz as part of the "Meet the Composer" Romanian-born Emmanuel Almosnino. It Tues., March 22 ­ til, of course, Jeannie Lee steps into his life. Skull sound - strange intonations. program on Wednesday, March 9, at 6:30 the band is not afraid to rock out. And in also features Janet Leuchter's singing in a But even then his music is pretty bad. At dissonance, sexual innuendos, death and p.m. doing so. they haven't lost any of the eclec­ He~rew Thurs., March 24 one point he writes a horrid love song that gloom trips, and drone, drone, drone. varied repertoire of Yiddish and ticism that made the earlier records so in­ wouldn't even turn turtles on but Jeannie drone...that the band would be running the Folk and theater songs. Laura Llb.en Parents and professionals who live or 9:00 a.m. - teresting. The reason for this is the focal ~ange o~ Lee, being head over heels in love, thinks its risk of growing too insulated. Certainly. displays her versatility on a m­ work with children between birth and age 5 point on Dusted remains the guitars of strurnents, including perCUSSIOn, g"':lltar, 4:15 p.m. the best thing since white bread. Loisaida is only one square mile. and as one are invited to attend a series of talks in Mark C. and Tom Paine. as they play lines M~r Justine Bateman does her own singing moves outward on that bid/rent curve. recorder and melodica. David IS on March by child development and education Schedule an layered in dissonance. that climb over and accordla~ a~d which sounds something like stripping gears more people would be saying "What is bass and Vicky Gould is on experts. Offered by The NYPL'S Early through each others noise. never allowing piano. In addition to klezmer and Ytddls~ Appointment and she also gets to wear tight T'-shirts and this?" But with all this working against the listener to gasp for air. As Zedek yelps ' Childhood Resource and Information vocals the program will include Israeh Center (ECRIC), "The Stellar Month Pro­ jeans and says colorful words that' she them. Live Skull has released their finest on "Dusted, Part 2," the best cut on the in Room 104 would never say as Mallory Keaton on dance"'music and modern Hasidic songs as a gram: Distinguished Speakers Series" (and most accessible) record to date. disc, "Teardrops can go to Hell." ~ celebration of Israel's 40th AnniversltTY. features seven eminent authorities who will or Family Ties. There is, however this dog in Dusted. their fourth LP. manages this in Unfortunately, t he present lineup will not the movie that does some of the best acting speak on the subject of children and the part due to two key changes. New group remain intact. The rumor mill has it that Call since Benji, gets forces that affect their lives. The program is The Hunted. Satisfaction member Thalia Zedek, previously with the Zedek got homesick and left to form a band Y2·, and that's just for the doggy. bad. designed for parents and teachers, day care 725-3057 Boston-based Uzi, gives Live Skull of her own, while bassist Marnie Greenholz joyed the comic parts because the humor The real clincher was when the third and Renee Weiler' workers, students and health care profes­ something it hasn't had before-a singer. has also resigned. But along as there's that came straight from a low-budget cartoon. only other actor was brought in as the sionals. The Early Childhood Resource and With a voice that's a cross between Janis wall of drone, this will be an adventure In fact, the only real comedy came from its Concert Hall Information Center is located in the Hud­ Joplin and Marc Bolan, Zedek displays all through the dark side of some suffering brain-dead Neanderthal enemy. It became the angst/misery that is necessary to accom­ attempt to be convincing. pretty frightening to see that the future son Park Branch library, 66 Leroy Street, fool's psyche. This is why, throughout all r\. As far as the acting went, the one earth had been-taken over bya planet of­ at Greenwich House in Greenwich Village. pany the tragic figures in Live Skull's the personnel changes, Live Skull, as New ------dramatic scene was brilliantly performed by slow-witted, slow-moving. futuristic Ram­ The following lectures will be offered as world. The other change -is new drummer York Times pop critic Robert Palmer daim­ Music School John'Ahlin.·Ris sidekick little brother, on _ bose The scenes' that took place bet­ .partof 46The Stellar Month· Program.:~M-·­ Rich Hutchins, whose lilting crash and bum ed "is one of the essential sounds of our rlihi- the other hand, was so annoying that it ween the three were so phony that they 46 Barrow St. of the ECRIC programs are free, but ad­ approach replaces James Lo, on certain time." Here's to hoping a good thing con­ made you wonder if Ahlin had planned for looked like fun. New York, NY 10014 vance registration by mail is required. The tracks, and his plodding Sugar Hill-era tinues to keep getting better. funk. Athough I loved Lo's style of play- the character of Gerrack to be as irritating This take off of every bad sci-fi produc­ (212) 242-4770 talks are for adults, and childcare is not -Steven Baum as he was. Gary Arvedon was, in a word, a tion even made Saturday's Captain Power Joan Rowland, piano, Friday, March 4 at 8 available. ham, and made the play unbelievable and preferable. At least that is only half an hour p.m. Free admission. unmoving. of torture. Program: All works by Franz Liszt: After sitting (or shall I say suffering) Once again, John Ahlin's performance Tues. March I Petrarch Sonnet 104 through the three hours it is still unclear to was brilliant, but his choice ofthe other two 5:30 p.m. , ' Concert Etude me what the plot actually was because it actors and lack ofdirection (and believabili­ Temperament and Its Importance In Conzonetta del Salvator Rosa kept changing once they tired of one. They ty) made What the Morph Brothers Did a Parent-Child Interaction Ballade No.2 in B Minor jumped into another plot as often as some dud. Dr. Stel1a Chess, Professor of Child Fugue in A Minor Psychiatry, Three Nocturnes New York University Medical Center Bagatel ' without Tonality The Church - Starfish Sursum '..orda Thurs. March 3 (Arista) Hungarian Folk Song No.4 5:30 p.m, I remember seeing The Church for the Richard Wagner: Venezia Discipline: Questions Parents Ask and first time at the Felt Forum opening for Au Lac de Wallenstadt Answers from Research Echo and the Bunnymen. Although I Transcendental Etude No. 10 in FMinor vaguely recall the show itself in 1986, I Ellen Galinsky, Project Director, Work distinctly remember that I was not impress­ and Family Life Studies, Bank Street College of Education ed with their material. Therefore this album The Greenwich House Jazz Ensemble. Fri­ did not only have to prove itself, but change day, March II at 7:00 p.m. Tues. March 8 my attitude about T-he Church. Starfish ac­ The Greenwich House Jazz Ensemble complished this and may have gained a new 10:30 a.m. will make its first appearance of the year in Discipline Withollt Combat fan as a result. the Renee Weiler Concert Hall on Friday, Starfish is an album which is well written Dr. Lawrence Balter, March 11. The ensemble, comprised offour Professor of Educational Psychology and lyrically as well as musically. Smooth flow­ groups ranging from beginners to advanc­ Coordinator~ Psychoeducational Center~ ing lyrics and sustaining guitar chords ac­ ed, will perform a one hour program featur­ New York University, -rompanied by the vocals of founding ing jazz standards and contemporary cern­ WABC TALK RADIO 77, member Steve Kilbey make The Church a positions. The Friday concert is the first of NewYork; ABC Eyewitness News pleasant experience. This is apparent in the three performances planned for the Spring single, "Under The Milky Way." The song semester which will culminate in a gala per­ Thurs. March 10 begins with an acoustic guitar. followed by 4~ formance at the Village Gate on Jane 5:30 p.m, the pleasant voice of Steve and intensified 1988. How the Flnt Tllree Yean of Ufe Impact with drum riffing in the background by tile Next Three, or Why Preschool Edaca-' Richard Ploog, Kilbey is not only a vocalist don and Meatal Health Services Should Be . but the bassist and songwriter for the band. Thursday, March 24 at 8 p.m., the New More Integrated Here is a sample of "Under The Milky Trio d'Anches-Dennis Carpenter, oboe; Dr. Rebecca Shahmoon Shanok, Clinical Way": Ronald Viggiani. clarinet; and Gilbert De­ - Psychologist, And it's something quite peculiar ~ontribu jean, bassoon. Admission by tio.n. Director, Interdisciplinary Training Pro­ Something shimmering and white Program: Bach, Martinu, Schickele, Auric, gram, JBFCS Child Development Center It leads you here despite your destination Naumoff. Under the Milky Way tonight Fri. March 11 Although [ can't compare The Church to 10:30 a.m. anyone else or classify them in any par­ THE NEW YORK Educatiag the Infant and Toddler: ticular type of music, I can say that they are AvoidiDg the Superbaby Syndrome . a tough act to follow. Starfish is a good PUBLIC LIBRARY Michael K. Meyerhoff, Ed.D., Associate representative of The Church and a great Director, Center for Parent Edu.cation, Tompkins Square Branch Library will album to listen to. Stflr/&Jt. 1M QwdI' II •, IIOt rock. Researcher, Harvard Preschool Project, -Pat McKenll/l Page 20 Thencker March1, 1918 March 1, 1918 The Ticker Page 11 ARTS ARTS-

(0 plan the project, he contacted DeWitt Aside from the Spielberg situation. this Best Original Screenplay Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe" Sage and Daniel Wigutow, with whom he •• a.!I~:·'··;·._,.•_ _.,,~; ...• ~ . year's nominations really aren't that bad. e-. James L. Brooks The Last Emperor had collaborated on previous projects. As a matter of fact, it's the best group of Broadcast News Racism nominations to come along in a very long (Continued from Page 17) They got together a crew of 28 who travell­ Lasse Halls (rom. Brasse Branns trom. Per ed on the visa of the Genoa Opera Com­ while. It's a shame Spielberg was excluded. J oh n Boorman Berglund women who are in sororities and women pany, so technically, (hey were part of this he truly belongs in this set. Hope and Glory A1.v Life as a Dog who are not. Unity' between affluent light­ company for the duration of the trip. Ac­ Petites In the best picture category is The Last skinned blacks and inner-city dark-skinned cording to Goberrnan, although the trip Emperor, Moonstruck, Broadcast News. Louis Malle Best Ori~inal Song blacks, or as Spike Lee calls them, "Wan­ was initially very complicated " .. .it got Fatal Attraction and Hope and Glory. Au Revoir tes Enfants nabees and Jiggaboos." easier and easier because Pavarotti was so Vignettes Look for a battle to be waged between "The Time of My Life"* The action takes place during a successful that after a while, all you had to Moonstruck, The Lost Emperor and'Broad­ Woody Allen Dirty Dancing say was: Pavarotti wants it, and eventually homecoming weekend at Mission College. The Academy Award nominations were cast News with Emperor coming up with Radio Days it would happen. When we decided to in­ an all black school that is, unfortunately. made public on Wednesday, February 14. the gold. Fatal Attraction is a longshot that "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" divided. There are activists, fraternities, clude master classes. (he Chinese turned ,.' and the Academy has done it again! They all Americans probably think should win, John Patrick Shanlev* Mannequin the whole conservatory upside down. they Moonstruck . sororities. and of course. "wannabees" and gave director Steven Spielberg the brush­ but highly commercial movies are usually had the whole thing organized and had ter­ "jiggaboos." The activist crowd, headed by off! To put it another way: They Hdissed" looked down upon by theAcademy. (This "Shakedown" rific kids playing. It was just amazing!" Screenpla~· a dude named Dap (Larry Fishburne), him!! (that's slang for really doing someone may be Mr. Spielberg's entire problem.) Best Adapted Beverly Hills Cop II Induded among Pavarotti's entourage Tony Houston wants Mission College to divest itself of all a great injustice.) What did Steven The best actor nominees include William its South African interests. He's supposed to on the special Alitalia jet to China were The Dead Spielberg do to theAcademy to merit this Hurt for Broadcast News, Michael Douglas "Storybook Love" be a good guy. but he's so fixated on his his family. "Although not identified. type o( treatment and unprofessional for Wall Street. Marcello Mastroianni for The Princess Bride blackness that he bugs the hell our of Pavarotti was accompanied by his wife and James Dearden behavior?! The people who do the Dark Eyes, Jack Nicholson for Ironweed everyone.including the audience. Dap hates children, also his father. Close friends from Fatal A ttraction Ed (Prinee A HURlies. riltht) frees Action I_bon (Carl Weathers, left) with a torch. nominating are supposed to be non-biased and (surprise) Robin Williams for Good The Theme from Cry Freedom fraternities. and that puts him at log­ his home town of Modena. Italy also non-judgmental civil individuals. Instead. Morning America. Douglas seems like a Cry Freedom gerheads with Julian (Giancarlo Esposito). travelled with him. "Goberman added that Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr. Gustave all I see here is a group of belligerent, en­ shoo-in for this year's, honors but Robin leader of Gamma Phi Gamma. Julian Pavarotti also took his own food and his Hasford vious and stupid people who refuse to Williams has the potential to shock them *Most likely to win. could care less about what Dap's interests own cooks. A singer has to take care of his Tycoons and Assassins all. The best actress award is clearly Cher's Full Metal Jacket acknowledge one of the best movie direc­ are.as all he wants to do is torture pledges. body as much as an athelete. (By the way. tors of this present day and age. One can although her competition. Holly Hunter. This is where Spike Lee comes in. Spike since Distant Harmony, Pavarotti has lost By MARTIN STARKEY only conclude professional jealousy and it Sally Kirkland, Glenn Close, and Meryl plays a kid named Darryl who everyone 85 pounds.) stinks! I mean, Empire ofthe Sun, the story Streep, all look strong enough to-wrestle the calls uHalf-pint." Half-pint wants to be a Goberman explained that a producer is Well. I'll say one thing for (his movie; good! They kill and destroy things as quick about a boy suffering through the Japanese Oscar away from Chery An Oscar for Cher Gamma so bad that he endlessly humbles someone who has a strong idea and sees They sure as hell named it right! Action as the wind blows, but then so does Action invasion of Shanghai, was a damn good has been too long coming. She made three that it gets done. "In the CaSJe ofa documen­ himself to the insensitive Julian. Is it me or Jackson, starring Carl Weathers, is all ac­ Jackson. movies in 1987 (The Witches of Eastwick, tary, the director and tire cameraman have movie!! It was definitely better than John do you also get the feeling that there's too tion! That's it, nothing else! As a matter of Vanity plays Sidney Ash. a sultry night Suspect, and Moonstruck) and was ex­ bigger roles-say than they would have or­ Boorman's Hope and Glory. just one of the much stuff going on in this movie? fact, the action in this flick is so intense and club singer with a cocaine problem. who's cellent in them. She has clearlv In between all the action is music, the dinarily.. .and certainly in the editing pro­ movies up for Best Picture and Best Direc- explosive, Action Jackson gets three stars! not only Dellaplanes mistress but tor honors. . demonstrated her ability to be an actress strong point of this film. It's fun. There's a cess (which is really where a documentary Hey, I know the script has to be a little cor­ Jackson's key to stopping him. Of course, and it would be a shame for theAcademy to song about those dark-skinned co-eds film is made). DeWitt, the director-was the In the Best Director category, there is ny, BUT WHO CARES!!! Action Jackson Sidney and Action fall in love, but then overlook her. calling those ligh t -s kinned co-eds overseer of the editing process. .. The role Bernardo Bertolucci for The Last Emperor. is a live-action comic book that will keep what man wouldn't fall in love with a The best director category, as tarnished uWannabees" and the light-skinned ones of a producer at that point is just to see that Adrian Lyne for Fatal Attraction, Norman you marveling and gasping for breath. woman like Vanity hanging all over him1 as it may be, should go to either Adrian calling the dark ones "Jiggaboos." Phyllis everything is going well. Jewison for Moonstruck, John Boorman The story revolves around Action Stunt after stunt after stunt director for Hope and Glory and Lasse Hallstrom Lyne for Fatal Attraction, Norman Jewison Hyman sings beautifully and the theme f"~ Mnnn.~trurk. Jackson trying to bring to justice Peter Craig R. Baxley and stunt coordinator or Bernardo Benolucci music is also high-powered, but who can for My Life as a Dog. Now I can unders­ Dellaplane, Jackson's old nemesis who was Jophery Brown have combined to create a forget that great new dance called "The tand the first three; they were all excellent responsible for his demotion from lieute­ visual spectacle that will dazzle you to the Butt?" Doing "the Butt" is easy, as the "Playing films and the directors deserve to be nant to sergeant after a confrontarion that point of exhaustion. You'll hardly have dancers, musicians, and singers in the credited for their efforts. I can even unders­ left Dellaplane's son in prison. Dellaplane time to catch your breath. Granted. it's not movie clearly demonstrate; just grab your tand John Boorman's nomination in the (Craig T. Nelson) is a corrupt auto tycoon a Fatal Attraction or Temple ofDoom type butt and rock it to the beat. Of course the Best Director category even though I think bent on political power. He enforces his of action high. but when you go to see Ac­ beat is "Go-Go" music, an ensemble of Dumhand James L. Brooks should be in that spot for authority over others via a group of elite tion Jackson please don't forget to strap percussion, bells, and cymbals done to a his direction of Broadcast News. What I assassins called "The Invisible Men" who yourself in! Remember, you have been cannot understand is why Lasse Hallstrom heavy, steady I rocking bass melody. The are seemingly unstoppable. These boys are warned! group. by the way. is E.U. out of was nominated over Steven Spielberg arid Washington D.C. Talking why Hope and Glory was nominated over 'Columbia' Pictures alloted Spike Lee Empire .oj lJze.Sun-iAthe._.best.. pictucc­ S6,OOO.OOO to do School Daze, a far cry category. Think about tbts-!By rights, Mr. Poitier.Hits Home Spielberg should have three, if not five, best from the $175,000 he had to do She's Gotta Shit" director awards sitting on his mantlepiece: Have It. Was School Daze better than She's Jaws, Close Encounters ofthe Third Kind. Gatta Have It? Yes. Was it more interesting By MARTIN STARKEY E. T.• Raiders ofthe Lost Ark and The Col­ and entertaining than SGHl? Yes. Was Breaking arcus - Smoker's Paradise (Homestead Records) or Purple should have taken best picture School Daze original? You bet! Well. isn't Sidney Poitier hasn't made a movie in ten that what a movie is supposed to be all honors in 1982 and 1985. The Color Purple It really has nothing to do with Steve years. To be more precise. the last movie he was nominated 11 times in 1985 and it about? Do 41The Butt" all the way down to made was Uptown Saturday Night with your neighborhood theater and check out Bjorklund's vows to profanity. and I don't didn't win a single solitary Oscar! That The Last EmJH!l"Or is sweep'" tlte aOllllBatioDs. see him in the near future becoming a Bill Cosby in 1977. You'd think (hat an ac­ pairs The Color Purple with The Turning Spike Lee's latest! It'll leave you in a tor who takes (hat much time off would for The Lost Emperor. Boorman and mesmerizing school daze. midwestern Jon Spencer (although there Point as being the only two movies in Oscar can be worse fates. I think), but honestly, have trouble getting back into (he swing of history to be nominated for over ten Oscars Hallstrom did good jobs on Hope and there's no more daring an outfit that could things and performing believablv. Not and not win anything. Something is Glory and My Life as a Dog, but the first be nightrnared than Breaking Circus. On Sidney Poirier! Poirier is a true actor in definitely wrong here! Steven Spielberg is three films were directed better. Lyne looks every sense of the word. Even after a ten Billion "Smoker's Paradise.t, the new six-song probably the most consistent director in the good, but the more than likely, Bertolucci EP. there's a mixture of complex. yet year hiatus he can still take command of the business today. He's only directed one Of Jewison will walk away with Oscar'87. art of acting as well. if not better then he (Continued from Page /71 delicate white noise illustrating Bjorklund's "bomb" Within the last ten years and that Denzel Washington was gripping and indecisiveness between playing the role of a did when he won the best actor award in was 1941. His other movies have all broken believable as Bantu Steven Biko, the mar­ applause is wonderful. songwriter. or Steve Albini-elene. The 1963 for Lilies of the Field. What's even box office records. E. T. has grossed more tyred South African anti-apartheid activist. Distant Harmony steers clear of politics songs always walk the tightrope between better is that 1986 Academy Award money than any other movie in in Sir Richard Attenborough's Cry .md modern China is always shown in the pandemonium and dirge. Obtuse? Yes. Of­ nominee Tom Berenger has joined forces Hollywood's history-some $230,OOO,OOO! Freedom. Washington should be given the with Poitier and together these two fine ac­ best possible light. (The film is so uncritical fensive? At least. In 1985 Cher was overlooked for a best best supporting actor award for his efforts, tors create a chemistry that carries this rl.ar it can be used as an official tourist PTl)­ actress nomination for her performance in but screen veteran Sean Connery is also movie all the way to its climactic end. The rnotion.) As a result of the spectacular At times i('s the songwriter that wins. Mask. Cher publicly showed her anger and nominated for his portrayal of Elliot Ness's movie is Shoot to Kill and it's the latest r..sponse of the Chinese people to Pavarot­ When on "Three Cool Cats." Bjorklund disapproval of the academy by wearing a mentor in The Untouchables and he ap­ from Walt Disney's Touchstone Pictures [: the top brass invited him to perform in refers to church Folk and bar hoppers as black Spider-woman costume to the Oscar pears to be the favorite. The others: Albert division. t l-c Grear Hall of the People. the most "playing dumb and talk ing shit," he's call­ ceremony. Since then. the academy and Brooks (Broadcast News). Vincent In a role tailor-made for him Poitier stars ri esriuious site in modern China. The first ing attention to that always effective Cher have kissed and made up and it looks Gardenia (Moonstruck), and Morgan "CSlL'rner accorded such an honor. method of downplaying one's own in­ as special FBI agent Warren Stantin, a Freeman (Street Smart) are also strong. It rough street-smarr investigator whose un­ as though Cher will walk away Mth the best Pavarottis recital in front of 10.000 telligence ro get people' to listen to how actress Oscar this year. Why can't they. or looks as if this category might be the waving sense of justice leads him to pursue Chinese people (including officials and much of an idiot they can be. Other times. won't they, give Steven Spielberg an hardest one to pin down. political leaders) marks the high point of his B.C. mirrors Big Black. Not only in the a cold-blooded murderer to a remote moun- tain area in the Pacific Northwest. No Oscar?! Wait, that's not true. Spielberg did trip. You can fed the excitement in (he air vexatious white whine (pun) rap. But also receive the Directors Guild of America longer on familiar turf. Stantin enlists the Other Nominees as thronus of people pack the hall. When when Bjorklund exclaims "you take it Award in 1986, but that sounds so made up. services of Jonathan Knox. a seasoned Pavaror t i starts to

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What are the chances of a five foot eight elated Williams commented "I'm proud, job." The honor came as a total shock to women continued their "ClIlllct ctla " inch freshman leading the CUNY Basket­ I'd like to thank coach Weiner for being so the coach, "I was really surprised. I had no season with a 64-62 victory over Staten ball Conference in rebounds? What are the understanding and her patience.....Also, idea unt il Gary Smith called me. I attribute Island the men were beaten by Hunter Col­ odds of the same freshman also being next season the team looks forward to more it [the award] to the hard work of the lege 78-51. The men were led by their star fourth in scoring and making second-team 'fan support." During the banquet, each players. J owe it (0 (he girls." On (he team's freshman Tyrone Greaves who scored 15 ALL-LEAGUE? Well, Hilary "'illiams of coach made a speech and the "rookie" success," she added proudly. "I consider points. It wa.sn't enough as Hunter broke a the Baruch Lady Statesman accomplished Weiner had this to say about her All-Star 5-13 a winning record considering the Lady 15-15 tie with a 9-0 run which broke the all this and topped it off by accepting the center "She is so fast, she uses her speed to Statesmen's recent history. (2 years w/out a game open, Baruch couldn't get any closer Rookie Of the Year Award, when she was rebounds, over the giants.... she greatly ex­ win) Plus, going into the season we had a because nf 3()percent shoorine from the field. voted by the coaches at the CUNY Athletic ceeded my expectations." Williams' final grand total of one year of high school ex­ With one minute and four seconds re­ Conference Banquet. On Feb. 11, 88 at the conference totals were 16.7 points per game perience." maining in the Ladies' game, Baruch scored same conference, the Lady Statesmen's first and 19.0 rebounds. per game (her rebound Not meaning to shut out our mens'ef- . to make it 64-62; as it turned out, that year coach, Penny Weiner also picked up a total exceeded her nearest competitor by an forts, because they too had a couple of would be all the scoring for the game as The special honor. After leading her team to outstanding four and a half per garne.) outstanding individual performances. Statesmen continued to write their own their first five wins in two years, Penny was Penny Weiner is a very special person. Fresh man guard, Tyrone Grea"es and Sam "Cinderella" story. The leading scorer for voted Co-Coach of the Year along. with Very few people could take a team that has Safa, a senior forward both made CUNY's the game was the one and onlv Hilary Gar)' Smith of the first place CCNY Lady not won a game for two years, a team with second team All-League. The six-foot-one Willi;ms, whoexploded for her career-high. Beavas. Their season was capped off with only one year of h igh school basketball ex­ inch Greaves was the second highest scoring. 28 points, surprise surprise! The team also three consecutive victories and Williams perience, and gel them on such a rollthat 1'1 csh n: ~U' in the conferencewith an average cot outstandinc efforts' -Irom sophomore and Weiner were two major reasons why. (hey win five of their last eight games and of 12.2 ;)oints per game. It was also good ~uard Novella Le\',is and freshman forward W i t h a t carn of all fresh 1111.':' and continue to romp right through the first enough for 15th overall in the conference. Maria Epp who combined for another 27 sor-homores except one, senior Terry round of the playoffs with a 64-62 win over Safa was also able to crack the top 20 with a points. James. [hi, team ha .... a lot of hare for sue­ Staten Island, Her Co-Award winner. Gary .voirits per game of 11.5; he was 4th in the cess in the tur ure. Smith of the 10-0 Lady Beavers, is a true On February, i 1. 1988 Coach Penny league in rebounds with an average of \\h~\: make .... Hilary so special is her lack believer in Perinv Weiner's coachi nu Weiner and freshman star Hilary Williams - - almost 9 per game. Safa was also among the received individual accolades; but basket­ of -.:'\rerience in orcanized basketball. She abilities "\\'hat a great job she did.... When conference leaders in steals. did not play basketball in high .... chool or I first saw her team they couldn't walk and ball is a team game and on February 15, ~aruch any other leagues. After the two hour dribble at the same time, they were soon On Monday, the 15th of February both 1988 The Lady Statesmen proved ••• a ..... ard ceremony-press conference (held at competitive in every game and their latest basketball teams participated in the CUNY for all who'd watch; THEY ARE A the Days Inn Hotel on 57th Street) the success shows the sign of a great coaching basketball tournament; and while the TEAM.

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