Volume 6, Number 1 College At Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York January 23-February 5, 1985 Course Offerings Increase

By Robert Dunne

Course offerings for the spring are up from the fall in nearly all disciplines, despite criticism from many students that the spring schedule seemed The smaller. There is also little relative change in this year's schedules to last year's, even though the total school enrollment dropped 7 percent. Spring course offerings are up from the fall in all areas except Puerto Rican studies, which is of- Pub fering two fewer classes, and courses for Middle East studies and Excel, both having no change. These figures include individual course offerings and not classes having several sections. "There is no policy to cut back the number of Rocks courses," said Assistant Dean of Special Sessions and Assistant Professor of Philosophy Robert O'Brien. "We take the number of courses suc- cessfully run through and make it a target for next year's schedule." ROBERT O'BRIEN Reflecting any drops in enrollment that might enrollments must be offered because the Univer- sity is committed to teaching those courses. occur, O'Brien said there would be cuts made in Pub Jukebox the overall program, but chiefly from trimming the Course offerings for the 1984-85 academic year number of sections an individual course might have remained stable from last year's schedules. By Doris Suen what songs people want and they change it," have. This year's fell arts and social science courses were Engelhardt said. She also said that the student "When you do cut back, you have to watch out up, -while black studies, business, Puerto Rican The Pub has installed a jukebox to alleviate the government or the Food Committee will decide that you're offering an adequate program," O'Brien studies, math/science and urban studies offerings problem of radio versus radio. The jukebox was what songs will be on the machine based on stu- said, emphasizing that courses in majors with low were down slightly. The other areas had no change. "strongly" recommended at a Food Committee dent requests. meeting last fell, said Director of Food Service "From my point of view, it's going to solve £athy Engelhardjt,^ . „_ . . many problems regarding the radios," Engelhardt The jukebox is supplied by the Alpha Omega said. and neither the University or SAGA (Food Ser- The cost of the jukebox will be .25 for one Tuition Increases By 5% vice) earns profit from the machine. "What we song, .50 for three songs, $1 of change for six do is keep a record allowance where we tell them songs and seven songs for a one dollar bill. By Doris Suen Planning Committee which proposed the increase. "This is the lowest percentage increase in a number This is the last time CLC students will be pay- of years," Griffin said. ing $166 a credit. Executive Vice President and Chairman of the The Board of Trustees has approved an increase UBPC Dr. Paul J. Reiss said the committee MARIO STRAPS US IN 2 in tuition which will raise the cost of one CLC "develops a plan for expenditure, presents the plan credit tp $175. Tuititon for Rose Hill will be $6350. to the president of Fordham who presents the pro- All increases take effect next fall. posal to the Board of Trustees." According to Reiss, The Best And Worst Of Times 4 "The increase was necessary to keep pace with there were small modifications made by the Board inflation," said United Student Government of Trustees, but "by and large, everything was ap- In Movies, 1984 Academic Vice President Daniel Griffin. Griffin proved." is student representative of the University Budget Plans To Increase Frosh Enrollments in Fordhdam. This outreach includes greater alumni involvement, By Robert Dunne especially from alumni located in areas across the country that are not accessible to visits by Lenhart and his staff. From Phoenix to With the baby-boom era at an end, student enrollments are declin- Boston, Fordham alumni trained in recruitment have sponsored ing in grammar schools to colleges. Here at CLC, overall school events to generate student interest. enrollment is down 7 percent while newly entering student enroll- 'There is a challenge for the Admissions Office to find ways of ment is down about 12 percent. ^ recruiting students," Lenhart said. Part of this challenge, Lenhart Because of the smaller pool of students to draw from, the Ad- added, is to reach the students earlier, which includes screening high missions Office is faced with a necessity to change its recruitment school juniors based on the PSAT exam results, and promoting more procedures. Associate Director of Admissions Steven Lenhart has tours and individual visitations to the University. already started several new approaches to "reach the students earlier," But the newest innovation the Admissions Office is employing and has other plans in the making for the spring. is through video technology. Fordham and other select schools have Although there is a nationwide downward trend in applications contracted with the Learning Rcsouces Network, where equipment to colleges, at CLC Lenhart and his Admissions staff have initiated is made available to 600 high schools across the country. Now, in a "greater outreach" for prospective students, to sustain their interest a videotaped presentation, Fordham can show to students the CLC and Rose Hill campuses and interviews of students and faculty, without actually having a representative present. The film, narrated by Fordham alumnus Charles Osgood, emphasizes Fordham's New York location and its "Jesuit tradition," which Lenhart clarified us fostering closer student-to-student and student-to-teacher relation- ships, all within the framework of a university operating with high standards. The high schools selected arc supposed to be among the best in the country; their selection is based on average SAT scores and the number of Merit Scholarships awarded to the schools' STKVKN I.KNIIART students. Because of llie fewer number of high school students, Lenhart the Admissions Office uses student workers to phone prospective said college recruitments are getting more competitive. He said to students, informing them of college tours and visitations. maintain CLC's enrollment, it would be a simple matter to lower As an extension of student visitations, Lcnharl said he would like the requirements for admission. But, he added, "If we were to drop to start a "buddy system" at CLC, where upperclassmen would ac- standards," the University would have an "open door" policy which company prospective applicants in (heir visits to the school, and would lower the quality of its students. as they sit in on classes. "It's hurd to be ethical in these cut-Fhroat times of declining enroll- But the best recruiter for new students, Lenhart admitted, is the ment," Lenhart said, referring to policies some colleges use to get individual Fordham student, who can personally make the strongest students to enroll, like having administrators or instructors badger impression on prospective students he/she knows, cither in the fam- CHARLES OSGOOSD students on the phone, or moving up acceptance deadlines. At CLC, ily, neighborhood or former high school; ° page 2/ The Observer/January 23,1985 OTHER VIEWS The Art Of Being Collegiate BY Thomas Waite study Descartes and 17th century rationalism, if not so that collegiate outweighs any trivial concerns with embarassment or I've been trying, recently, to define my college experience. some truly collegiate thinker can say something like: 'I'm really porper study technique. A Junior studies in the library with his Make sense of the whole business. Years and years from now, behind on my work; but since I'm so tar behind, I couldn't book held directly over his face so that, when he falls asleep, when I look back on this time in my life, what will I say I did': possibly do it all tonight; so I might as well go out drinking in- the book nestles over his eyes, and he can sleep better. I don't mean specifically. I mean in the overarching sense of stead.' Or, 'I don't care that she refused the drink I bought for Seniors have perfected the art of being collegiate, which is, what it all added up to. her. because I'm depressed enough to drink two, anyway.' of course, what makes them ready to graduate. When a Senior I know these years of college life won't add up to going to After a night of collegiate drinking, the collegiate way to at- goes to the library, he doesn't bother to bring a book, because classes. That's an awfully dry life and one lived only when I tend class is to be on time only with a few sacrifices. For in- he knows he's not going to study anyway. A Senior selects a made it to school on time. These years have been richer than stance, it is very collegiate to wake up after a night of. drinking magazine from the library racks, usually a scholarly quarterly that. And certainly college life won't be summed up by the so late for class that there is no time to dress. Even more col- like the Journal of Political Science, and lays it on his face, so knowledge I've gained. Too much of that learning will be soon legiate is to discover that it doesn't matter, because you're he can sleep better. Once a student is going to the library with forgotten. Platonic notions of justice, for instance, will leave already dressed. Only after you've returned home should you the express purpose of sleeping, say because he was out drink- my mind with the first three martini lunch I write off my taxes. shower and shave. That way you're ready for another night out. ing late the previous night, he has become fully collegiate. Both activities, attending classes and attaining knowledge, are As for what a student does in class, well that's obviously out- Grades, of course, are important. Failing out of college is not but details, parts of the college experience: implicit but not side the subject matter of an article on being collegiate. very collegiate. To prevent it, a student must study. But in a important. Between classes, the library is a very collegiate place to go. collegiate way. What these college years really add up to, what someday I'll But even in this most collegiate of environs, there are both right All reading must be done well after the class discussion of say I did in college is something more general than aiiy verb and wrong activities. The most uncollegiate thing a student that assignment. That way, when doing your reading, you can could express. Instead, I'll say I did college. During my college could do in the library is work. That's for the librarian to do be guided by what the professor said about it-what he said, years, I was collegiate. Being collegiate, doing collegiate when he gives students tours of the library and explains how it that is, if he didn't waste the whole class yelling at the students things, doing things in a collegiate way: that's what it means to can best be used. But truly collegiate students already know for not haying read the material. be in college. That's how I define my college experience. how it can best be used: for sleeping. Sleeping in the library is All papers should be written the night before they're due. Of course, the term collegiate needs to be defined. Or. if not a very collegiate thing to do. A college student should only When that night comes there should be no panic. If it's a Mon- defined, at least illustrated. That's what this article is all about. work in the library if he's getting paid the big money (work- day night and you have a five page paper due Tuesday morning, study people, for instance). Take going to a bar, for instance. There is a specific col- certainly don't do anything until after Monday Night Football. I legiate way of being a lush. The time is important. Everyone, Of course, sleeping in the library is an art perfected over don't care if it is the Browns and the Bengals; hang out, watch even community college people, goes to bars on weekends. The time. In fact, the way that a collegian sleeps in the library the game, then do the paper. If you don't get it done in time for true collegian goes to the bar on, say, a Tuesday. That way he brands him with his class standing. A freshman is easy to spot, class the next day, then you'll just have to get an extension. The can drink with the regulars, like the old lady who sits at the bai because he makes the most noise. A freshman will enter the ability to get extensions is a consumate collegiate ability. A and makes tuna1 sandwiches from bar crackers, and he can library with a book he plans to study. Then, as he falls asleep, friend of mine, who in only his second year is already a master wonder in all seriousness why no one is out. After a few the book falls out of hishand and hits the floor with a thud. collegian, does not even start papers unitl his second extension drinks, he can head home complaining that the bar was dead, Everyone looks. The freshman wakes up with a st> rt. pic. s up period. If he's half done with a paper two days after its original which means that no one of the opposite sex was lively on him. his book, and goes back to studying. The whole process nap- due date, you know he's ahead of schedule. The important thing, though, is that he's home in time for pens again and again and again.Tinally the freshman gives up Finally, it should go without saying that all tests should be Letterman. on the library and.goes to the lounge. There he's able to study studied for only in the hour just before the test. Preferably, this If at a bar on a Friday or Saturday night, the collegiate the way everyone studies in the lounge: 'How about them studying should be done on a crowded subway train. If that's drinker is always able to speak philosophically no matter how . Giants, huh?' not possible,-the lounge will do. But don't go to the library, many drinks he has in him. Consuming several pitchers of beer Sophomores are a little more sophisticated than freshmen. because you'll just fall asleep. should not cause a college student's philosophical discourse to They've learned a little more sleeping in the library and being I tried, in this article, to illustrate what it means to be col- descend from Thomas Aquinas to Yogi Bera or his political collegiate. When a sophomore studies in the library, he's legiate. If most of the activities I described aren't second nature rhetoric from Edmund Burke's Reflections on tht Revolution in careful to keep his book directly over his chest. So when he to you, maybe you should seriously consider that you may be France to Ronald Reagan's ' reflections on Reader's Digest. It falls asleep, the book will stay put. That way, if he's awakened wasting away your college years learning rather than being col- doesn't matter that he's running into walls or kneeling on a by someone by whom it would be embarassing to be found legiate. Remember, only in jpollege are you given a diploma for porcelain floor ;addressing a pool of water. What matters is that sleeping in the library, he can pick up the book quickly and being collegiate. In the real world, you're given a pink slip. The the cumulative knowledge of Western society is on the tip ftf his say: 'Oh, I was contemplating forms' diploma is on better paper. tongue, and he can relate it to any situation that might arise Juniors have learned what underclassemen will come to throughout the evening. For instance, why do you think we learn: that the importance of sleeping in the library to being Governor Mario Buckles The Public law the new seatbelt law, affecting just aboi By Robert Dunne If our honorable Mr. Cuomo wants to look everyone but backseat drivers (yuk, yuk, yni out for our public and private welfare, he ou get in your car and start it up. You Now, in principle, it would be quite a com- could also ban motorcyclists and bicyclists are about to pull out when a shiver runs mendable act for all drivers and passengers to from the road (they don't even have the safety Yup your spine. "My God," you say, "$50 buckle up. The rate of auto fatalities would of an exterior shell to protect them); prohibit fine!" You buckle and finally pull out. fall, as would insurance premiums. But to have the sale of all tobacco and alcohol-especially No, I come to praise Governor Mario our friendly governor hover a $50 ticket before of tobacco since non-smokers are personally Cuomo, not to bury him. Who else but our us if we don't buckle up is going beyond con- affected by the smoker's habit; and then why honorable governor could promise to veto any cern for our health and welfare. Whether we not blacklist coffee, salt, and eggs; ban bill for capital punishment because of,his use our seatbelts or not affects us individually, skyscrapers (remember The Towering Infer- religious beliefs and in the same breath prom- so the decision should be decided individually no?), and subway riding. If all these are ise not to do anything against abortion, because and not by our conscientious (and honorable) ridiculous examples of governmental intrusion, he does not want to impose his religious beliefs governor. then add to it the seatbelt law. on others? And that's the crux of the matter: I am not At least Mario never has to worry about get- Some who overlook this might say, well, against using seatbelts. (I've used them before ting ticketed; since he rides in the backseat of having capital punishment or making abortions without anybody telling me to.) But whether a his limo, only his chauffer has to buckle up. legal or illegal doesn't affect everyone, right? person chooses to buckle up or not should be Don't fear: our liberal governor has signed into his/her own choice. It's just not government's business. "Star Wars": The Force Could Kill You By Bill Gianaris U.S. should capitilize on this opportunity and should not pursue of additional warheads, dummy or nuclear, by the Soviet a system which will prevent any real progress in arms Union. This approach would seem to be the most logical by the he Geneva meeting between U.S. Secretary of State reductions. Soviet Union in the short run. It would lead to the U.S. spen- George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei The Reagan Administration is claiming that a space defense ding billions of dollars more than the Soviets and to an in- TGromyko showed much promise for future arms talks system will stabilize the nuclear arms situation and make a crease, not a decrease, in the quality and quantity of offensive between the fjnited States and the Soviet Union. One thing nuclear war less likely by deterring a first-strike attack. If a nuclear weapons. which threatens this promise, though, is the inability to reach close analysis is made, however, the conclusion reached will be If the Soviet Union decided to deploy its own space anti- an agreement on a limitation or ban of the Strategic Defense In- exactly the opposite. A space defense system will result in an ballistic system, which is likely in the long-run, a further itiative (SDI). Not only does the SDI reduce the likelihood of enormous waste of money. It will not be an effective defense development of space antisatellite systems would be sure to future arms reduction agreements, but it is also expensive, inef- and will create greater instabilty by escalating the arms race to follow and further escalate the arms race. This would create ficient, dangerous, and destabilizing. historic levels and making a nuclear war more likely. more wasteful spending and greater instability. An agreement to The SDI, more commonly known as "Star Wars," is of major As evidenced by history, a technological breakthrough by the limit or ban antisatellite systems would be very difficult since many of them look too much like space-based weapons and concern to the Soviet Union and, although the future negotia- United States in nuclear weapons will only be followed by a : tions are divided into three groups, there is a linkage between Russian pursuit to match that breakthrough. Despite what cannot be ve/ified. Furthermore, the development and deploy- the groups. This linkage makes it highly unlikely that a nuclear President Reagan has said, it is extremely unlikely that any ment of antisatellite systems will lead to the U.S.'s disadvantage arms reduction agreement will be reached unless the United American president would share highly advanced military since the U.S. relics more heavily on satellites than the Soviet States agrees to negotiate on a freeze or limitation of the SDI. technology, upon which hundreds of billions of dollars have Union docs. The SDI, being of great concern to the Soviet Union, enn ob- been spent, with the Soviet Union, Our developing and testing A space defense system would also be ineffective in stopping viously be used as an influential bargaining chip to reach of the SDI will only lead to an expansion of the arms race into many of the Soviet Union's nuclear warheads. Administration agreements on the reduction of offensive nuclear weapons and space with extremely high amounts of spending on both sides. experts have testified that at best, "Star Wars" will be 90 per- on the banning of Soviet nntiballistic systems. This can be The SDI would be very expensive to deploy. The U.S. cent effective. Allowing 10 percent of the Soviet Union's evidenced by Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko's recent state- government will have to spend at least $26 billion more just for warheads to get through is not accetablc. If the Soviet Union ment: "The Soviet Union is ready not only to consider the research. After this, it would cost hundreds of billions of launched a 5000 warhead attack upon the United States, which problem of statcgic armaments, but would also be prepared for dollars (estimated at $400 to $800 billion by the Council on it presently has the capability to do, trie 500 warheads that their sharp reduction. On the other hand, if there were no ad- Economic Priorities) to develop and deploy the antiballistic would get through would be enough to kill millions of vancement on the issues of outer space, it would be superfluous satellites in space. Each satellite would supposedly be able to Americans. It would be very difficult for a space defense intercept and destroy u certain amount of nuclear warheads. to discuss the possibility of reducing strategic armaments." The continued on page 3 Thifj,defense, however, can easily be countered by the building January 23, 1985I The Observer Ipage 3 OBSERVATIONS Tabula Rasa t seems that the longer the vacation, the quicker it flies by. Wasn't it I only yesterday that we were working 'round the clock to punch out that last big paper, and cramming on the train for finals? Now that our fleeting January break is over, it's tune once again to make resolutions that we're never again going to wait till the last minute to start those papers. We're starting off this semester with clean slates, and nobody's behind yet in their assignments, so it's a good time to shake off any bad memories of the fall and start anew. Good luck this semester. Photo by Don, gum Staff: Lisa Berigan, Bobby Du- The Observer Staff mont, Kevin J. Friel, Dan Gardella, Robert Jones, Anahid Kassabian, Larrie Majors, Rcgina Mawn, Ron Ng, Christine Patafio, Terrence Prial, Rosemary EDITORIAL BOARD Verderame, Thomas Waite. Staff Photographers: Brenden Dennehy, Hope Manzi, A Case For Ripley's Gina Spiezia Editor-in-Chief Juan Perez, Andre Rodriguez, Laura Scalera, Phil Robert Dunne Associate Editor Tomajko. elieve it or not folks: course offerings have remained stable this year, Rita Jennings Managing Editor Graphics: Joan De Pierro, Rolando Merino, Sherine Morsi. Band in fact, have climbed in most areas. No doubt mindgames were Marie Reres News Editor being played when near everyone complained that the spring schedule Doris Suen News Editor looked a bit thinned-out-thinner than the lightweight fall schedule. A Donica O'Bradovich Arts Editor Pamela Spaulding Arts Editor ^mf COLUMBIrrvi A phenomenon like this is better left to the likes of Doug Henning to figure O SCHOLASTC Caryn L. Rose Music Editor PRESS ASSOCIATION out; meanwhile, we'll be scratching our heads at the registration tables Feature Editor Adrians D'Andrea First Place Award, 1983 trying to find any courses to take to fill out our own schedules. Tom Wrobleski Sports Editor Second Place Award, 1984 Virginia Fernandez At-A-Glance Editor 1984 Mark of Carole E. Brown Copy Editor Excellence Contest Bill Tompkins Photography Editor Frank T. 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Room Typeset by Kells Typography, Inc. 426 C LETTERS Misguided Article To The Editor: furnished in the article, the percentage difference I am puzzled, moreover, by the purpose of do- response to a question by Mr. Ng about the chang- I want to take a moment to comment on the ar- between the general decline in enrollment in the ing an artifile of this nature exclusively on the ing patterns of enrollment in the different ticle written by Mr. Ron Ng entitled "Foreign College from 1980 to 1984 and the decline in the foreign languages. Interest in the study of lanugages at this College. My statement as quoted Language Interest Declines" which appeared in the number of students enrolled in language courses languages has clearly held its own according to the in the article has been placed in an entirely dif- December 12 issue of The Observer. is statistically negligible. What this reveals is that statistics. ferent context where it really has no meaning at all. interest in the study of languages has not declined Both the title and the general point of the arti- One Final notation: I made the statement at- F.J. Harris but rather has remained constant. cle seem misguided. According to the numbers tributed to me at the end of the article in direct Chairman of Humanities Division How To Lose A BusinessMajor Applicant To the Editor: Venturists where revenue seems to be most supercede more technical and pertinent icourses assiduous professorprofessors and still maintains a reputa- In a recent article in the New York Times lucrative. and help to disassociate us from more sophisticated tion of intelligibility. Then why haven't major cor- Business Day, readers were informed that projec- Lets face it, Economists aren't paid peanuts and skills in Finance. "Consumer Behavior"? GIVE porations established formidible recruiting pro- tions made by Economists are increasingly miss- if they don't get their acts together real quick, they ME A LARGE BREAK!!!! grams at CLC? A degree in Finance is certainly ing the mark, particularly in theirG.N.P. projec- are getting the boot. So now you ask how this is As president of the Economics Club at CLC, I not the answer. Nor is it Fordham's persistent tions. Economics being a social science leads to relevant to Fordham-CLC and I answer: Its exten- am frequently asked questions pertaining to the reputation. I ascertain that it lies in the weak and inaccuracy in forecasting. However the essential sively relevant and here's why. CLC offers only degree in Economics here at CLC. Students are meager Economics program at the school. Actual- reason for these blunders may not point to the com- ONE major curriculum affiliated with business, confused as to why CLC doesn't offer curriculumsj ly the only time major executives visit CLC is plexities of domestic and international relations but that being "ECONOMICS." Sounds boring doesn't in Finance or Business Management. My seem-) when the Economics Club holds its various lec- instead may lie in the ineptitude of the forecasters it? Well, your so right, it is. Not only is it boring, ingly naive reply is, I WISH I KNEW THE tures. Believe me it is not easy getting execs to themselves-Specifically, a possible lapse in skills but it's also apalling at times, especially when you ANSWER!!! speak when their respective Companies do noi have established recruiting programs at the college of Finance. don't have a choice of anything else. So where does Perhaps those responsible for initiating the tor- I sure hope Steve Berkowitz and myself can revciv To further the problem of forecasting the that put the high school graduate who wants to pid economics program at CLC should contact this tragedy when our recruiting program goes into economy, President Reagan is considering the study more applicable courses that are more rele- some recruiting officers at major corporations such affect next semester. abolishment of The Council of Economic Ad- vent to the booming fields of the day? Unfortunate- as Merrill Lynch or Drexell Burnham and ask thenfi visers. Inept forecasting has already led to a ly in another college that has majors in Business if they prefer candidates with BA's in Finance or Yes, it is true that Economists are missing ihr decrease of corporations hiring economists as Administration and Finance. Why must a student in Economics. I would bet my long awaited degree mark. I sure hope CLC doesn't. fruitfully as they once did. It also allows corpora- go to Rose Hill when he would rather go to CLC??? that Finance candidates would eradicate Economic . Anthony Paul LaMagna tions to concentrate more on the hiring of Finan- Students majoring in economics at CLC are en- unfortunates. President-Economics Club cial Analysts, Investment Bankers, and Capital cumbured by electives which do nothing but The bottom line is this. Fordham is renown for CLC'85

range cruise missiles, it is extremely probable that more than urthermore, a space or any other type of antiballistic continued from page 2 half of the Soviet Union's warheads will be able to penetrate defense system will make a nuclear war more likely by Wars our space defense system and completely destroy the United creating a greater likelihood of a first-strike attack and by system to intercept low-flying missiles which could be launched F 9 States. Moreover, the fact that a space defense system can never leading to a shorter fuse in a nuclear strike. Both sides would from submarines and which could reach the U.S. in several be fully tested makes its effectiveness even less likely. eventually be forced to develop faster, low-flying nuclear minutes. The Soviet Union is also very likely to do more missiles and possibly to deploy nuclear weapons in outer space research in the development of faster low-flying intercontinental Even if by some chance there was a major technological breakthrough and the "Star Wars" system could be im- in order to be able to penetrate the opponent's defense system. cruise missiles which can fly from the Soviet Union to the plemented, the radiation given off upon the explosion of the This would allow only a few minutes wnrning time and force an United States. Cruise missiles can already fly at three times the many low.-flying warheads which already exist on submarines automatic response system to be set up. It would create greater speed of sound. If they are developed to fly longer distances, at and-which can possibly be developed would be enough to kill tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and faster speeds, and with more deceptive flight paths with the ad- millions of Americans and cause much destruction. Smashing a would not allow time for clear thinking in a period of crisis. dition of curves and bunks to the missiles, it would be extreme- warhead within the earth's atmosphere would release a substan- The development of an antisatcllitc system would create even ly difficult to intercept them with a space-based or any other tial amount of plutonium that will envelop and contaminate the greater tension and instability with its threatening and type of defense system. This would obviously increase the area below. With atmospheric winds, the radiation could spread destabilizing effects on the antiballistic statcllitcs. A space percentage of warheads that could penetrate the defense system. over vast distances and lead to a global disaster. If the Soviet Union developed a lurgc number of these long- . continued on paec 8 page 41 The Observer /January 23,19SS

Wading Through The Movies LArgent: Perhaps French director Robert Bresson's finest work. By Donica O'Bradovich, Pamela Spaulding and Carole E. This has to be the forgotten film of the year, and unjustifiably so. Brown Perhaps the film's non-longevity can be accounted for by the stri- dent narrative structure, almost to the point of static immobility in 1984 was an interesting year for fitmgoers. There was a veritable which the actors do not seem to be moving or acting. But Bresson potpourri of offerings released to entertain the audience on a achieves his mesmerizing power over the audience by going against cerebral, emotional, and sometimes primitive level. It was the year the normal cinematic conventions. The story is simply about that saw remakes and sequels (The Razor's Edge, 2010, The Woman "l'argent" counterfeit money that is passed from hand to hand until In Red, Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock), rural dramas (Coun- an innocent truck driver is jailed, escapes and commits brutal try, Places in the Heart, The River) and films from some of the murders when he doesn't give a damn anymore. The actors simply "big" directors (Truffaut, Coppola, Bergman, Spielberg, Lean). recite their lines to downplay emotion, the editing calls attention While wading through the garbage that also made it to the big screen, to insignificant items (a cut to a glass falling to the floor) to downplay we've come up with some films that left impressions, good and bad, the story, and the story itself follows a one-way path to hell on earth, that may have deserved a second look, or not a glance at all, despite without any letting-up. Bresson's characters are types and everymen tremendous box office returns. upon which a univeral human experience is placed and for which they are expected to follow one path. Yvon may be the man we The Best of 1984 casually glance at on the street-and never think about again. In- Birdy: The off-beat story of a boy, his bird, and his buddy. Nicolas deed we may not give Christian Patey, the actor who plays Yvon, Cage plays a young veteran disfigured in Vietnam who tries to help an Oscar nomination; but after seeing this film one may become his friend Birdy (Matthew Modine), an imaginative boy emotionally horrified at the prospects should some Targent" ever be put in our hands by mistake-D.O'B.. shattered by the war. Their past is told in anecdotal flashback: grow- Dynamic team: Isabelle Huppert and Miou-Miou. ing up in working class Philadelphia with not the greatest parents Entre Nous: The best film of the year, no argument. None of the Man of Flowers: You're never going to see another film like this: in the world; Birdy scheming up how to catch birds and eventually so-called "women's films" of the past years comes close to Entre a kindly Australian gentleman (Norman Kaye) with a mother fix- fly himself while scaring his buddy half to death with each foiled Nous' magnitude because of director Diane Kurys' ability to make aton, an extreme flower fetish and an intense love of good art plan. The acting is impressive and the story reasonable as we watch both a complex narrative and an absolutely engrossing storyline. (especially with nude women and flowers as subjects) teaches a Cage struggle with both their injuries while Modine sits in the corner The story is also about Kurys' childhood, which makes the camera brash young abstract artist a good lesson on art and how to treat of a bare cell in a sanitarium, his legs and arms folded as if he were a visual "diary" of sorts. And never has the camera revealed so much women. This is a delicate and eccentric film, a sensitive portrait a bird, looking longingly out the barred window. There are great through glances, movement, and silence as it does here. Isabelle of a rich simple little man in his own world, understood only by nauseating sequences where the camera "flies," from the point-of- Huppert as Lena (the character based on Kurys' mother) and Miou- the equally-if-not-more disturbed townsfolk and taken advantage of view of a bird. The ending is strange at first, but if you think about Miou as Madeleine, her life-or-death friend, have star-caliber by his psychiatrist and other outsiders. It's a statement on lonel iness it.. .it figures.-C.E.B. chemistry last seen with Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave in Julia. and how reality can cause some to retreat into their own little worlds. The Bostonians: A wonderful surprise: an adaptation of a Henry This film has enough enticing and touching moments mixed with It would not be surprising if all the audience left this film sighing James novel that actually makes one want to read a Henry James strident reality to make it credible for both men and women, which novel. But after seeing the great trio of Vanessa Redgrave as Olive is why it is the most powerful film of the year-D.O'B. Chancellor, Chirstopher Reeve as Basil Ransom and newcomer Fantasia/Pinocchio: Both of these films were dusted off for re- Madeleine Potter as Verena Tarrant, the object of Basil's and release by the Disney studios (Hey, they're no fools) for a new Olive's desire, it is difficult to leave James' characters for the im- generation of kids, big and small. The magical melding of animated agination. Director James Ivory imbues the film with traditional visuals to classical music in Fantasia is a sight and sound to behold. Victorian atmosphere mixed with a modern-day sensuality that Pinocchio's ability to make you shed a tear with a song and lovable makes the film ethereal. The tug-of-war between Basil and Olive characters like Jiminy Cricket, Cleo and Figaro (Geppetto's fish and for Verena as a wife and as a champion for the emerging suffragette cat, remember?) is timeless; these films are a rare treasure for all. movement is handled perfectly, but perhaps the most satisfactory -PS. scene is the speech about human rights given by Olive at the end The Fourth Man: Another film from the blossoming Netherlands when Verena is wisked off by Basil to elope. Both James and Ivory film factory. The best trash of the year, and well-made trash at that. understand lW the only real freedom is not to force someone to Director Paul Verhoeven's unusual story has to do with a homosexual be a representative of that freedom, but to find it from within, as writer of trashy gothic novels who lives his trashy hallucinations. Olive does. The Bostonians is a revelation .-D.O'B. Verhoeven trashily mixes blasphemy (spiders running across the Here Come the Carmen's, March of the Carmen's, or How I crucifix), sexuality (an unforgettable seduction in a cemetary) and Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Carmen: Bizet's Carmen and ambiguity trashingly well, and never know when Gerard, the writer Jean-Luc Godard's Prenom: Carmen. What with all the Carmens is dreaming or if something is actually happening. Verhoeven cer- floating around these days (including last year's flamenco Carmen), tainly has read up in his Luis Bufiuel handbook. And Jeroen Krabbe it is a wonder we are all not betraying our loved ones. Francesco Rosi, as Gerard, the man who seduces a girl in hopes of getting to her however, is the first to put Bizet's name in the title and to film the boyfriend-a man every girl should bring home to mother-is the opera in the lusty wide open spaces - and it triumphs marvelously. sex symbol of the year-for both men and women-D.O'B. Julia Migenes-Johnson as the teasing Carmen and Placido Dom- ingo as the hot and bothered Don Jbs

Moscow On the Hudson: A quiet, sensitively funny film about a Russian defector in N.Y.C. Robin Williams gives a performance worthy of Oscar contention, but he may get lost in the crush. Paul Mazursky has given us a sometimes cornily patriotic movie, but The Killing Fields it is so warm and pleasant that it is the one film that 1 came out smil- The Killing Fields: The relationship and the experience ol New ing at.-P.S. York Times columnist Sydney Schanberg and his Cambodian assis- Racing With the Moon: The reason why this movie about two tant Dith Pran during the communist Khmer Rouge takeover of buddies' lives just before going off to fight in WWII is so refreshing Phnoni Penh is the focus of this real-life horror movie. Dr. Naing is that it never lowers itself to a teenage sex film. The characters S. Ngor is tremendously good as Pran, the interpreter forced to hide his intelligence for four years in order to save his life while Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage portray are concerned with growing Schanberg (Sam Waterson) desperately tries in the U.S. to get Pran up, going to war and genuine love-C.E.B. out of Cambodia. This graphic depiction of people (some very Rape: This is one ot the five Hitchcock re-released films that were young) so caught up in revolution that they allow three million to packing them in last year. The 1948 film, starring James Stewart, be murdered or die of starvation and disease causes the worst kind Farley Granger and John Dall was most famous for being shot in of nightmares-that humans really can - and did do that.-C.E.B. what appears to be one take. The technique was ambitious, .not The Gods Must Be Crazy: Quite simply the most hilarious film althogether successful, but the murder mystery is pure, tasteless, fun "Hey, behind our curtain.. .they ain't .seen iiothin' yet." of the year, and light years ahead of the atrocious Ghostbusters Hitch.-P.S. which the world went went ga-ga over. Directed by Jamie Uys, the Tlu Cotton Club: Director Francis Coppola successfully con- film takes place in a remote part of the African jungle where four Places in the Heart: The skeleton of the "Rural Drama" plots (or, veys that the Harlem hot spot was like for the white patrons but fails different stories of varying degrees of silliness intertwine and result as others call them, "farm films," "films of the Heartland," or to go into depth of what it's like behind the curtain with the black in intelligent slapstick. The film is also, among other things, a sly "Dnstbowl Trilogy") is predictable; it's how they are fleshed out that performers. The two hour version releascil this December is flashy, satire on the modern vs. the traditional way of living, including u make them good. Places is predictable: after Sally Field's husband fast-moving, entertaining (the Cab Calloway sequence is worth the mock documentary on the African Bushmen that is brilliant. Uys is (accjdently) shot by a drunken black boy, the boy is lynched; she's five bucks) and the ending is fabulous. There are really good per- knows how to get the most laughs out of the corniest bits by using forced to take in u,blind boarder (), brother-in-law formances by Maurice and Gregory Hincs, Lonnettc McKcc, Bob mock slow and fast motion, but most of all he knows how lo devastate of the greedy bunker who wants to foreclose on her land; hires ii Hoskins (an Englishman playing the tough-talking club oWncr), Fred •modern living, with a great sense of humor-D.O'B. black drifter () as well as others in order to pick the Gwynnc and James Rcmur us Dutch Schultz, the snarling gangster first cotton crop for prize money and save her land. In the mean- The Karate Kid: What makes this simple story of the new kid who hates every ethnic group that exists. But there arc so many time, they face a tornado, sneaky townsfolk, shredded fingertips und in town defeating his bullies so good is watching the close relation- possible and interesting subplots that there should be u sequel in the Klan. Field is bucked by u great supporting cust, led by Glover ship that develops between the boy und his mentor/instructor (Ralph order (it could probably be made from the film left in the editing and Malkovich, who convincibly pluys the blind man. The ending room). Why can't people see good films that ure over two hours Macchio and Noriyuki Pat Morita, respectively), as the former makes a strong point about humanity without spcuking.-C.ILB. Iong?-C.E.B. learns that karate is more than an act of defense.-C.E.B. January 23,1985/The Observer/page 5 i/MUSIC

A Question of Silence: Gee, which one is this again? That may be the lousiest question to ask of this film, the most indicting to come out in a decade, and yet perhaps fewer than two people saw it. The Sunglasses After Dark story involves the killing of a male boutique owner by three women-strangers at the outset—who thereafter become invisibly By Caryn L. Rose »f 1984 connected by their shared hatred and contempt for men. Director Stop Making Sense: Directed by Jonathan Demme, this Marleen Gorris stunningly reveals the women's humiliation through Well, isn't it great to be back for another thrilling semester? I documentary on a concert by the Talking Heads benefits not only small vignettes over the opening titles which eventually leads up certainly hope your holidays were better than mine; I suffered by the great music, but by the fascinating staging by group leader to the horrifying murder. The audience is made to feel as though my annual trauma of NYC Club Burnout. As a result, my vaca- David Byrne in which each member of the group is brought on stage we were in the middle of a war zone between men and women - or tion was not all that exciting and I haven't all that much to write after each successive song, while the stagehands bring out props perhaps just man and woman as symbols. Gorris, a Dutch direc- about... while they are singing! Perhaps to call attention to the fact that a tor, proves with her directorial debut that Brian de Palma's and WEEK OF DEC. 3: plays Radio .City; for the first time in production is being put together, Demme allows the camera to record Stanley Kubrick's misogynist films are more accepted by the film- my career as a U2 fan, I am not present at a U2 NY-area gig. I this by simply staying with the action onstage without any cutaways going audience than a small, subtitled Dutch film with just as am despondent. I then discover I have no time to be despondent to the audience when the charismatic Byrne sings "Psycho Killer" much violence and action as A Clockwork Orange or Dressed to as I may get to interview Ray Davies. Panic, bite nails, get hair with only the accompaniment of a stereo radio, it has to be the most Ml; the only difference is that A Question of Silence is about, cut, study for GRE's alternately. nonchalant, understated gesture a rock performer has ever made perish the thought, men as the victims and women as the WEEK OF DEC 10: Call Arista again; Ray has decided not to in this era of narcissistic rock singers. Byrne and bassist Tina criminals.- D.O'B. talk to anyone on this tour. More despondency; heartbreak. Weymouth are perhaps the most relaxed and happy performers in A Soldier's Story: Concerns itself with more than a WWII Diane calls from Delaware; her friend that works at the Spec- a "rockumentary," but the old fogey critics, who have been hailing whodunnit: it deals with prejudice both outside and within a racial trum box office did not come through with Kinks tickets* No Byre as a revelation, patronize fans of the Heads, as if we do not group. All the actors are top-rate, especially Adolph Caesar as the matter; go to see the Replacements at Irving Plaza instead*. know how charismatic he is. This irresponsible criticism certainly sergeant pathologically concerned with the advancement of his race. This time, they are sober while I drink. They do a Beach Boys proves how out-of-touch critics are with today's music- D.O'B. Hopefully the trend of hiring more and more black actors in leading medley for their encore and their roadie sings an Elvis song (the real one, not Costello.) I question my sanity. The Pope of Greenwich Village: A kooky buddy movie about two roles will continue, and knock down the myth that films like this WEEK OF DEC. 17: Finals, papers, finals. I am broke and cousins (Eric Roberts and Mickey Rourke) whose one big burglary can't be accepted by the "mainstream" audience. It's just about cannot afford to see the Kinks at the Garden; I do not par- gets them in trouble with Little Italy mobster Bedbug Eddie (Burt people.. .-C.E.B. ticularly enjoy watching a performing flea act anyway. Go see Young). The best part of this movie is the compatability and con- 2010: What a maligned film! Why would the critics (or the fans) Buster Poindexter instead; he imitates Al Pacino in Scarface; trasts of the two lead actors and their styles: Roberts as the eager expect Peter Hyams to surpass Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey? Glen O'Brien does his Commando Santa Claus act. I remain get-rich-quick schemer and Rourke as his cool and suave older Admittedly, the sequel is a much less artistic, existential film, but cousin.-C.E.B. unaffected by this lunacy due to many vodka and grapefruit it is in no way the failure that could have been made. Roy Scheider, juices. The next night, I go to see the Lenny Kaye Connection Purple Rain: Here's a movie that has terrible acting (although , Bob Balaban and Ilya Baskin make a journey to see at CBGB's. I am glad I do not tape said gig. Lenny's amp blows not as bad as Streets of Fire, which had professional acton) but what happened to the Discovery and H.A.L. credible. The special in the middle of "Who Killed Michael Stewart?" and the band makes it on 's musical and Morris Day's hammy perfor- effects are impressive and exciting. The story, with the East-West just fired their number one roadie. Lenny is silly; I have a few mances. This is the first time applauding wasn't a stupid thing to conflict is a little heavy going, but it doesn't damage the excitment beers. Many giggles after set. I return home to find messages do because the actors weren't present. Prince is an ultra-exotic rebel of seeing Bowman again (Keir Dullea, looking incredible after fif- that read "Mary from Bruce in Hartford in 1981 called who can rouse even a movie audience to cheer. Don't even men- teen years), and hearing H.A.L. brought back to "life". The ending "Sally from Cherry Hill who you met at Bruce at the Palladium tion MTV in the same breath, the pure stage performances are is unsatisfying, not awful, but perhaps there really can't be one to in 1979..." all of whom want rides to Red Bank for La Bamba's superior to that junk.-C.E.B. explain that monolith...—P.S. Christmas Show. They all also inquire as to where I have been, commenting on my non-presence at any current Bruuuuuce! shows. "Are you going to North Carolina?" Sally asks. "It's a real small place; ticket prices aren't too bad; almost everyone I know' is going." No never, not North Carolina. The next night, I return to the Buster Poindexter show for some unknown reason. The club is stuffy, I am tired and Buster's voice is shot to hell. The crowd is highly obnoxious. I almost freak out in the middle of the second set and realize I havj a case of the dreaded NYC Club Burnout again. I take a cab back to Queens and seriously contemplate a trip to North Carolina. WEEK OF DEC. 24: Go home to Connecticut. Discover: my 13-year-old sister has become a Duranie; my 18-year-old brother has a rebel flag on the back of his denim jacket and wears 3 skull rings on his right hand; and my 16-year-old sister has to have her tonsils out. Spend time sleeping, going to the mall and watching MTV. Decide suburbs are fitting recupera- tion for Club Burnout. Tell smaller sister about seeing the Durans the night of Simon & Garfunkle in Central Park; also tell her about seeing them in the Cat Club last year doing massive quantities of cocaine. She hits me with a pillow and refuses to believe me; then demands to know why I did not get their autographs for her. I tell her I did get autographs, but for a friend's younger sister, as my sister hated . I pray adolescence is fleeting. Return back to NY day after Christmas. Raquel calls; her cousin Patti Smith(the real one, not the one in Scandal) is in town "recording." I believe this. We debate going to show. She says it would be boring. Decide Raquel has no perspective. Call other friends; everyone is broke. Blast Ramones records all night. Wonder why 1 speak to people who find the Ramones boring and do not appreciate Patti Smith and think the Clash's best song is "Rock the Casbah" and don't remember Television. Wonder if I'm getting old. Ignore ques- tion; crank "Rock 'N Roll Nigger" to 10.

Return to Connecticut over weekend. More mall, sleeping and MTV. See new Kinks video only once; see Bruce 5 times. This reinforces my decision to go to N. Carolina: Mohammed- The Times ofHaiyey Milk: Simply called "The Times" rather A Sunday in the Country: A study in impressionistic filmmak- goes-to-mountain theory. Both my mother and I have nothing to than "The Life and Times" because the dynamic presence of the San ing focusing on an elderly painter who entertains his family one Sun- wear for New Year's Eve; 1 solve problem by volunteering to Francisco politician Harvey Milk is very much alive in this touching dy in the country. Beautifully directed by Bertrand Tavernicr- not babysit invalid 16-year-old sister. documentary. Harvey became well-known as a member of the San one known for exciting films—he uses a camera that pans, sways NEW YEAR'S EVE: Rent Repo Man and Monty Python at Francisco Board because of his frankness about his homosexual- and generally "paints" its characters onto the screen, something the the Hollywood Bowl video tapes. Eat mass quantities. Watch ity- and about his crusade for the rights of all people. But Milk and elderaly man cannot do anymore. What is most amazing about this Joan Jett and Frankie on MTV party; played "can you spot the then-Mayor George Moscone were brutally murdered by one of film is that though the story sounds like a rehashed version of In- homosexuals in this ban?" during Frankie segment as prelude U Milk's dissenters Dan White who did not like his liberal politics. gmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries and although the old man has watching Monty Python. Decide I like Frankie after all; anyone The tragedy of Harvey Milk is all too real in this shattering flashback as he and his wife are eating wild strawberries in the park who asks a nation-wide audience, "Has anyone here slept with documentary, which seems to re-create the events as if they were and although the story focuses on an elderly man who looks back Ronnie? I have; it was easy," couldn't be bad at all. Watch Davic happening at the moment we arc watchng. What is so great (or on his life and although there is a journey motif like in Bergman's Lcc Roth make a complete nincompoopof himself; "Too much tragic) about this documentary is that Milk, a heretofore unknown film, any resemblance between the two films is purely coinciden- coke, David," I tell the TV. (Then again, he always acts like person is made a hero right before our eyes through newsreel tal .-D.O'B. that.) Threaten to smash television prior to his "California footage, interviews, and a vigil in his memory that blocked traffic ****** Girls" video; my sister talks me out of it. for miles. The film makes you see a man, open and unashamed about JAN. 2: Todd Rundgrcn at Ritz. Get to club 3 hours early; not to get on line, but to chat with friends I only get to see at Todd his sexuality, who could have been a brilliant national politician had P.S.'s UNDERRATED ECCENTRICITIES: shows. Friend Larry is in front of line. He tells me he read at he not been struck down by those who arc really "in the closet": So, no one went to see DeNiro and Strecp in Falling In Love. St. Mark's Poetry Project marathon. I hit him for not telling me the closed-minded-D.O'B. and P.S. This was a simple film, with no prctcntions and star trips. It just so I could have been there. He tells me Patti Smith was there. 1 couldn't stund up to The Terminator and Beverly Hills Cop... Jeff Once Upon A Time In America: This Sergio Leone masterpiece hit him again. He tells me she didn't read or talk to anyone. I Bridges gives one of the most astonishing and complex perfor- was totally mistreated when released here, in a two-hour version. hit him again out of principle. He tells me Jim Carroll was mances in a while in Starman, a film that is also a pleasant change The complex plot structure, incredible sweeping photography, and there. I tell him to stop telling me things. dynamic performances by Robert DeNiro and James Woods is of pace for director John Carpenter. Bridges and Karen Allen have shown advantageously in the original three-hour length. The ganstcr great chemistry in a film that received little attention at the box of- Show is great; Todd is amazing. Want to kill jerks from . yenre is given the full workovcr by-Leone in grand style, showing fice in 1984. .. In the same vein, John Saylc's The Brother From Brooklyn behind me who insist on carrying on loud conversa- tion, then tap me on the shoulder lo usk, "Who is this guy?" off the vitality of New York City at the turn of the century.- P.S. Another Planet showcases another great alien performance from Joe Morton, with a witty and longuc-in-chcck script, and n budget during "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference." My friend Stranger Than Paradise: Making the biggest splash at the New thai was incredibly small. Three cheers for the independent film- Rcgina sees Show from balcony, standing on lop of Richard York Film Festival, this wonderfully offbeat film by Jim Jarmusch makers. . . Foreign Wonders: Sugar Cane Alley and Irezumi, pro- Butler's (and-you got it- Hebe Buell's -table). Had "Rcscrvcd- proves that you don't huvc to spend millions (he spent $120,000) to ved to be favorites in 1984. . .and kudos to Hanna Schygullu in A Buller" sign lo,prove it. (Half of it, anyway.) Said Bebe "bawled grab an audience's attention. The laid-back humor of Willie and Ed- lj)ve in Germany, for a wonderful and sensuous performance. her eyes out" during the "I Saw the Light" medley. Serves her die on a trek to paradise in Florida with Eva isn't for everyone, but right. Feel better after show; Club Burnout is beginning to it was u pleasant surprise hcre.-P,S, continued on page 8 heal. Decide to stay away from clubs until post-Springstccn. FORDHAM UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 1985 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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FIRST IN Why is this man ignoring her? TEST Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: People should have left the theater wondering "was that all there was?" It's a well-made movie PREPARATION full of thrills like the passageway full of creepy insects and the SINCE 1938 breathtaking mine car ride sequences, but Indy lacked the good original plot of Raiders of the Lost Ark. There was a flippant usage SSAT-PSAT of mystical objects (unlike the-"wrath scene" in the first film); Jones SATACTGMAT used more braun than brain here; and the villains were so non- ACHIEVEMENTS dimensional that the script had to rely on nasty torture sequences. 6RELSATMAT There was no time spent on human relationships, except the BUY NOW. 6RE BIOTOEFL obligatory Steven Speilberg "we're all humans under the skin" en- GffiPSYCHPCAT ding. And, on top of all that, unimaginatively making Kate Cap- ARTCARVED'S ONLY SALE DATMCATVAT shaw's character such a bimbo sunk it to a moronist sexist level and 0CATNMB1-2-3 the racial ignorace is excruciatingly offensive. The goal is to cap- NPBMSXP NDB ture the best of the movie serials, not the worst. How many times THIS TERM. FMGEMSCGFNS can you watch this one compared to Raiders? Think about it. CMNCLEXRN The Man Who Knew Too Much: Another of the Hitchcock re- SPEEDREAWHSHCB-1 releases, it is an unfortunately dated flop, with Doris Day ("Que EVERY RING ON SALE ESL REVIEW-FLEX 1-2-3 Sera Sera") providing the histronics, and Hitch providing some of HfTROTOLAWSCHOOL the most offensive rear projection ever. Its only merit is the climatic Albeit Hall murder seauence—P.S. Paris, Texas: Wim Wenders has created a pretentious mess that won the Grand Pnze at Cannes. It is little more than the average road movie, W1th decent performances from Harry Dean Stanton 7IRTQ1RVED' EDOCATIONAl CENTB) LTO and Dean Stockwell. Nastassja (How shall I spell it today?) Kinski 'Visit Any 01 Our Centers \ CLASS RINGS And See For Yourself Why gives a passable performance if you overlook her faulty Texas ac- We Make The Difference cent, inappropriate blonde hair and an unfortunate nonsensical TEST PREPARATION SPECIALISTS monologue at the end the film (which really isn't her fault SINCE 1938 Call Days, Evenings & Weekends 131 West 56th Street continued from N.Y.C. 10019 page 3 (Between6&7Aves.) The Force IIS IKE NOOIHEB RING YOUUEVEH OWN' 212-977-8200 defense system might also make nuclear war seem winnable to one leader and tempt him to strike first in erder to take the op- Permanent Centers In More Than. PLACE: PLAZA LEVEL 120 Major U.S. Cities & Abroad. portunity of a short-lived advantage. It is clear that the exapn- For Information About Other Centers sion of the arms race into space will lead to nothing but nuclear OUTSIDE N.Y. STATE CALL paranoia. TOLL FREE 800-223-1782 A major reason for world peace we've enjoyed over the last DEPOSIT: $30 40 years has been the fear of nuclear weapons. The fear of retaliation from one side's arsenal has been and sill is an effec- TIME: 11-2 3-6 FEB. 4-5-6 tive deterrent to conventional and nuclear war. If a U.S. or Soviet leader actually believed the defense system to be effec- tive, this fear would be gone and the occurrence of a conven- tional war or a nuclear first-strike would be made more likely. Cafeteria Hours: An antiballistic defense system will thus jeopardize the world Monday-Thursday: 8-8 Pub Hours: peace which has existed since the end of WWII. Monday-Tuesday: 12-10 Friday: 8-6 The only argument for a space defense system that makes any Saturday: 8:30-3 Wednesday-Thursday: 12-11 At A Glance Friday: 12-6 sense is the claim that it would be effective in stopping any ac- cidental or terrorist nuclear attack. This argument, however, is a rather weak one. First, terrorists cannot attain plutonium, 1985 YEARBOOK PORTRAITS: There will be a second sitting for those which is necessary for the building of nuclear weapons, students who missed out last fall. Pictures will be taken on February 19th because of very tight restrictive measures. Even if they could and 20th, from 12:30 to 7:30 pm in the Student Lounge, Room 412. Sign attain it, they could still counter a defense system by smuggling up in the SAO, Room 420, beginning February 4th. it into the U.S. and detonating it from within. Second, an ac- cidental nuclear attack is highly unlikely to occur because of all the checks and balances necessary on both sides to launch a INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL: Season begins on February 19th (games nuclear weapon. These two astronomical possibilities do not will be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 3-5pm ;" P.S. 191). Sign warrant the building of a space defense system that will be cost- up in Room 420. DEADLINE: February 12th. ly, dangerous and destabilizing. ****** The responsible decision makers should thoroughly think out BLOOD DRIVE: February 11, 1985 from I2noon to 6:30pm in the Pope the consequences of the "Star Wars" plan and try to avoid the Auditorium. development of a system which will lead to the wasteful spend- ****** ing of billions of dollars that cannot afford to be spent, BASKETBALL TICKETS are available to Thefbrdham Ram home games. especially with the economic problems of the huge budget Stop by the SAO, room 420. Tickets are $2 for students and $4 general ad- deficit. President Eisenhower's warning that we do not spend ourselves into bankruptcy in the name of defense against the mission. All games are played at Rose Hill. Russians should not be forgotten. ' " ****** The SDI will eventually break the" 1972 antiballistic missile 1985 YEARBOOK orders accepted now. Yearbooks arc $20 each but $10 (ABM) treaty which was created to protect the world from the deposits accepted. Checks should be made payable to Fordham University destabilizing consequences of a defense system. The United (Yearbook). Order yours TODAY in Room.420. States and the Soviet Union should negotiate a ban on any ex- isting or potcnlial antiballistic systems in order to revitalize the ****** strength of the 1972 ABM treaty. The Soviet Union seems to be AUDITION: Disney talent scouts will embark on an audition tour during ready for substantial cutdowns in offensive nuclear weapons January and February to select participants for the 1985 Disney Entertain- and agreements on the banning of all types of defense systems ment Work Experience Program at Disneyland and Walt Disney World from if the U.S will agree to part with the SDI. The Reagan Ad- June 3 to August 17. Musicians may prearrange and audition time by call- ministration should capitalize on the opportunity it has to use ing (305) 828-1853. Further information is available by writing Disney Audi- an inefficient and destabilizing defense system as a bargaining tion Tour '85, P.O. Box 40, Lake Buena Vista. Fla. 32830 chip to reach much needed arms reduction agreements.