OBSERVER Vol. 100 No. 19 March 10, 1993

Page 1 International Discrimination Allegation of unfair hiring practices at Bard College Michael Poirier Page 2 Security Beat Michael Poirier Page 3 Faces of Bard Hoa Tu Fred Foure News in Brief Jeana C. Breton Page 4 Another View EPC Summary of Presidential Commission on the Curriculum To the Author of “Is That Afro for Real?” M.B. Page 5 Revision Revulsion—a critical view of the proposal Sean O’Neill Page 6 Shameless Filler! Matt Gilman “Enough Talk About You, Let’s Talk About Me” Oscar Figueroa and Elise Kanda Madame the Gypsy Queen’s Weekly Horoscope Page 7 Dead Goat Notes Greg Giaccio Pride: the Price of Equality Staci Schwartz International News Review Rueben Pillsbury Page 8 Music and Politics A personal interview with Joan Tower Robin Kodaira Catherine Schieve To remove a position but not to remove a person [Music Program Zero—MPZ] Sebastian Collett Page 9 Richard Teitelbaum Electronics professor on the eve of the next century Anne Miller Thus Spake Daron Hagen The professor of composition has a few things to say Robin Kodaira Page 10 “Drink! Sing! Be Marry!” Middlebury Russian Choir sings at Bard Linnea Knollmueller Classifieds and Personals Page 11 Physical Evidence New York City artists exhibit at Proctor Anne Miller Page 12 Inanimate and Incompetent The disappointing Coach of the Holy Sacrament Michael Poirier Page 13 The Good News Volleyball just keeps getting better Matt Gillman Amer Latif—Bard’s Squash Stud Joel Rush Page 14 In One Ear and Out the Other Matthew Apple Page 15 Excerpt from a letter to Pres. Botstein [Rehiring of Leo Smith] Luan Zherka Copyright Infringement Max Hoeber Emergency and Laundry Fund Dara Silberman Page 16 Calendar Place first clau 1Wr1p here. ltegular Dlle $0.52. lntemat!onallublcrlpt!ons mayvuy. The BARD . V 0 L U ME 1 0 0 * N U M B E R 1 9 BAR D C 0 L LEGe·* AN N- A N··o .ALE· 0 N •'H U D.. S 0 N * NY 1 Z S0 4 MARC H 1 0 .ir. 1'g"g 3 • .~ • • -~ ;; • • • .... \ l ('- ' • • • ~ ' • \ • ~ - 1 .IIi=. • - ..: • ·-~ ~ .... fl \. "!

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Nlf you are going to have international that the College has distributed that much international student employment awards students and brag about it, you're going to money to the various departments to employ could be set up in a special fund rather than have to take care of them," stated Olivier te student workers. American students are being given directly ~o the departments. Boekhorst in an inter- subsidized by the Federal Work-Study Prq­ When a department hires an international viewSundayafternoon. gram that essentially pays for 70% of their student, the fund would cover 70% of their For the past two years, wages and leaves the remaining 30% up to wages in the same manner that the FedeTal te Boekhorst has been the employer. International students are Work~Study Program sponsors 70% of working with students excluded from this federal program, and American student wages. He claims that it is and administrators to their employers must therefore pay 100% of purely an accounting move, and 1'any sec­ rectify what he de- theirwages.Sincesomanydepartmentsare ond-semester computer studentu could de­ scribed as "'the unfair on tight budgets~ it makes better financial sign a program to oversee the College's hiring practices with sense for them to employ mostly American payroll in that manner. regard to internationa~ work-study students rather than the costlier 11Although I have a non-radical, costless, students." After submitting a proposal and foreign students. legal and relatively easy system, it was re­ going through all the proper channels, te Internationalstudentsacrosscampushave jected," stated te Boekhorst as he described Boekhorst's central ideas were rejected over experienced difficulty either finding jobs or the meeting he had with the administration what he described as a misunderstanding, getting enough hours to meet their finandal concerning his proposal. Vice-President and he fears that the discriminatory "bu- award. Some never receive the money that Dimitri Papadimibiou, Dean of Students reaucratic inertia" will continue. was promised to them because their em- Shelley Morgan, Director of Financia1 Aid When it comes to jobs on campus, te ployment opportunities have largely been Gerard Kelly, Controller Charles Crimmins, Boekhorst and others feel that international restricted to student services such as Secu­ and Assistant Dean of Student Development studentsare being discriminated against for rity, Kline or the Levy Institute. Jeffrey Huang attended the meeting last reasonshavingtodowithBard'saccounting TeBoekhorst"ssolutionisintendedtomake Monday where te Boekhorstcommentcd that practices. Both American and foreign stu- it equally advantageous for departments to he could not get a word in edgewise. dentsreceiveemploymentawardsaspartof, hire work-study or international students. 1'1t was very frustrating because I thought their financial aid packages, which means Seventy percent of the money allocated for , continued on page 2 THE BARD OBSERVER March 10 1993 2 News ·

continued from front pt~ge input is not only feared but re­ money without having to run the is that his system is effective and Anywhere from fourteen to that they would be supportive," jected," said te Boekhorst. ~~n is risk of losing it." Apparently he does not know of any foreign eighteen new international stu­ he pointed out while describing not even given a chance." Crimmins insists that all of the students without a job." He con­ dentsenroll each year, and Huang how he was confronted with false work-study funds must be used tinued: "Jim always open to hopes to ''give them a little more aceusations and hostility from Bureaucratic Inertia and changing the hiring practices demonstration from the student direction before they get here.~~ Papadimitriouand Crimmins. He might jeopardize the expenditure body and that is what we will Te Boekhorst described the job­ feels thathewasnotgiven achance Crimmins has a different per­ of the entire work-study federal respond to. Student advocacy ,.s placement progrant as "'paternal­ to explain himself properly and, spective on the entire situation. In allocation. #We have to make sure very important and I think it•s a istic" and not what the interna­ when he offered to abandon the a telephone interview Monday, we spend that first and then make sign of a healthy campus." Vice­ tional student community was proposal entirely to work with he stated that he believes te sure that there is enough to cover president Papadirnitriol! was not asking for. 'We don't want any them on a better solution, he was Boekhorst the promises available for conunent by press­ special treatment. If any first­ met only with silence and finally wants interna­ made by the time. year students are going to be rejection. tional students institution." Huang characterized the situa­ placed, all of them should." i~t could just be a plain old to have higher Assistant to tion like this: 11 As far as the num­ Te Boekhorst was further un­ misunderstanding," te Boekhorst priority over the Vice-Presi­ ber of jobs available the hiring satisfied by the .~~ad-hoc' measures continued. i'Jf someone was will­ work-study stu­ dent James practices are equal, but when it which do not alter the principle of ing to listen about how this pro­ dents. He ar­ Brudvig com­ comes to what type of jobs are the hiring practices at Bard Col­ posal could be made to work, it gued that the fi­ mented on there, the chances aren't so simi­ lege. 'We are pushing for the wouldn't be a problem." He insists nancial com­ Tuesday that lar." Regarding te Boekhorses structural solutions that need to that the proposal would not pri­ plexities cannot tithe burden of proposal,. he stated that "as an occur and not little emergency .oritizeinternational students over work that way. proof was on accounting move it makes things here and there. Why should anyone else; and it is merely a Work-study is a [te Boekhorst] sense... however in terms of what we have to beg for what we were redistribution of funds already "federally to demonstrate we do with federal funds, it gets promised?" ''Where do they ex­ ear~marked for International funded prior­ that the more complicated.11 pect us to go," he asked. "For two Students designed to bring about ity" and that present system years I have gone the way we're equality. He feels that his proposal Bard College is discriminates. What happens next? told to go, working for change in no way interferes with Federal obligated tospendallofthemoney I challenge him to demonstrate frominsidethesystem,andlhave Work-Study regulations because it is given, or that allocation will concretely rather than rely on Te Boekhorst' s meeting was not gone through with an open mind, none of those funds are being af­ be discontinued. unconfirmed anecdotes that the completely ineffectual. Huang only to be rejected." fected. A simple computer pro­ "Discrimination exists only in present system is unfair." agreed to umicro-manage" the "On one hand, Stuart Levine is gram would differentiate between thesensethatourprioritymustbe Brudvigacknowledged that"in employment of international stu­ asking student leadership for help work-study wages, international to use all of our federal funds/' principle, the proposed system dentsand implement i'immediate with the shop-lifting and security student wages, and regular cam­ Crimmins explained. 'We have would seem to work but the measures" to try to make it easier crises. On the other, Dimitri pus employment. to use our outside funds first and Controller's position is that his for foreign workers. Part of his Papadimitriou rejects student '1 have a feeling that student its hard enough to get federal system works too. His imperative responsibilities will include plac­ leadership and therefore affects ing incoming international stu­ our standing in our conununity dents into jobs before they arrive and our ability to make effective on-campus (a practice that some changes. It doesn't help anyone at Security beat ; ~ colleges do for every student this College if we deal with each ' ': ,,;l worker). With te Boekhorst, he other in this way," te Boekhorst A rash car continues Of vandalism will be sending out questionnaires concluded. Te Boekhorst and the toplagueautomobilesparkedatBard to these students and trying to other international students are College Ten cars had. their windows match them to the jobs that are now searching for other avenues broken early available. to resolve their concerns. last Thursday morning, and Director of Se­ curity Bob Boyce had to admit that his office has 11M idea at all woo ·is doing this." The Jerome LOvy Bconomica ID•tltule ot Bard Collcae ,Between the hours of 1:30 and 6:00a.m., nine cars in the Cruger contact the Security office imme­ things, we lose time that could be parking lot and one at Robbins diatelyiftheyhearorseeanything better spent patrolling the campus SPRING1993 were vandalized. Boyce reported ·even slightly suspicious. ~~ e and trying to prevent break-ins." LEVY nalSTITUTE L;ECTURE SBRlES that 11not too many items and greatly need and appreciate stu­ There are no suspects in the inci­ t:tothing of extreme valueu was dent involvement," he said. dent but, if they are turned in, taken from the vehicles which had Over the week-etld, Security they would face severe fines and a Wednesday March ·17, 1993 been broken into. One car had responded to what Boyce de­ hearing before the Student Judi­ 4:00p.m. Lecture 11 cash stolen from it while another~" scribed as pure malidousness." ciary Board. whose rear window had been At 2:30 Sunday morning, smoke Commenting on the fire al~ smashed, had the contents of the bombs were set off in Bleucher situation, Boyce claimed thatfalse . N. Gregory Manldw, Professor of Economics, trunk taken out but left nearby on and Hirsch, triggering the fire alarms are significantly less fre­ Harvard University will be giving a lecture on the ground. The Sheriffs office alarms in both dormitories. HAp­ quent than in previous semesters. parentlyitwasfornootherreason "Buildings and Grounds has been "Asymmetric Price Adjustment and Economic was called in, but their investiga­ Fluctuations''. tion yielded no ~esults. except to confuse and upset ev­ very diligent in repairing the Boyce affirmed that the only eryone in those dorms," Boyce malfunctioning alarms," he as­ way Security can possibly pre­ explained. "If we have to keep serted. "All of the alarms we have Part ofafree lecture series- everyone is welcome. vent these incidents is if students responding to these sort of stupid coming in now are valid.u THE BARD OBSERVER March 10 1993 . Features 3 Hoa Tu is a sophomore Biology embarrassed.'' Shefeelsthatsmaller attributes to her heavy course load, major with a very interesting back- classes mean less intimidation, butshe also wishesthereweremore ground. She is originally from . more participation, and an in­ places to be alone at Bard. News in Brief northern Vietnam. Her family had creased ability to learn. She also Hoa's classes are very important The standoff in Waco, Texas, nephropathic cystinosis which to leave Vietnam after the war, as likes the fact that the professors at to her; she takes them very seri­ continues as cult leader David affects many vital organs. The refugees, when Hoa was only five Bard are very qualified and en­ ously and spends a lot of time do­ Koreshstill refuses to surrender to girl's family had to spend four­ years old. They were headed for courage conversation. Talldng to ing work. She still manages to al­ federal teen thousand dollarsonmedical . Hong Kong, but the boat they were professors is something Hoa says ways be cheerful, however, and agents wait­ expenses in the past year, so onhad probleinsandHoa'snuclear one is ''unable to do in a large uni­ feels that she is '1able to laugh a lot" ing outside nearlyeverycharityorganization family ended up in Macao. They versity." because that is her way of dealing the Branch in the area is lending a hand to livedthereforeighteeniOOnthsafrer .....-~·.....,...... ,..,_ ___ ...,...... ,...... with problems. This is one of the Davidian help keep Amanda smiling. On whichtheyweresponsored to come things she likes best about herself. sect's com­ March 25th, there will be a 50/50 to the United States. She also likes the fact that although pound. raffle benefiting Amanda. Any­ Hoa was too young then to re­ she knows that she can be '"really Koresh one interested in purchasing a $1 member what going through cus­ obnoxious and very opinionated," claims that raffle ticket, or making a dona­ toms was like, but she believes that she is still a very friendly person. he and his tion should contact Catherine there was a translator present to What her friends call "an atomic followers are "ready for war:' but Carroll at (914) 452-0980. explain all the paperwork to her. burst'' ofcheerful energy goes with so far the FBI has attempted nego­ In Washington, D.C. the Su­ parents. Hoa and her family have Hoa everywhere. It accompanies tiation to oonvinre Koreshtooome preme Court once again refused lived in Brooklyn since 1980. Hoa her to the gym where she plays out after the failure of their raid to allow abortion to become a · attended Brooklyn Tech, but felt tennis, squash and works in the attempttendaysago. Theautrori­ crime in Louisiana. Last year thatitwas "too big... suchacontrast weight room and at the front desk tieshave,however,broughtinfour Louisiana tried to initiate an to Bard." where she says: "I sit, say 'hi,' and M-1 Abrams tanks. No one is sure anti-abortion law, but an ap­ Hoa came to Bard because of the help if needed." how1ongthestandoffwilllast,nor pealscourtstruck down the law; H.E.O.P. (Higher Education Op­ ThecloseknitcommunityofBard Besides the sports that Hoa likes whether or not it will end in more theSupremeCourtstood by this portunity Program) scholarship helps Hoa 11feel more like a person to play, her other big hobby is bloodshed. decision. Some Louisiana law pro~ and has grown to like the instead of just another human be­ reading"sappyromances to relieve In Cottekill, New York people officials have claimed that the academic side of Bard very much. ing'' like she felt when she was in tension." Her favorite ones are are being quite a bit more neigh­ Supreme Court refuses to un­ She describes Bard as a "verY small, thedty. '"Thedtyisalwayssucha written by Judith McNaught and borly. In February, the twenty­ derstand the state's desire to close community," and she espe­ rush," saysHoa.. '~oucan takeyour Julie Garwood. seven year old Cottekill Road protectunbomchildren,butthe cially appreciates the small class time and relax at Bard." The only After Bard, Hoa plans on 1'more autorepairgaragewasdestroyed court refuses so far to hear the sizes. This is because she likes "the reallydisappointingfactorthatHoa school." She has wanted to be a by an accidental fire. After only case, or to allow any state idea that I can ask my stupid has experienced at Bard was a doctor for a vey longtime and V\oill three weeks, neighbors, friends, abortion regulation rights be­ questions in class without being 11feelingof confinement" which she most likely attend medical school. and customers of the owners Mr. yond those decided upon after and Mrs. Arnold Elliot, Jr., rebuilt the 1992 Planned Parenthood the establishment. Mr. Elliot calls of Southeastern Pennsylvania his newly built business a ''pub­ vs. Casey case. lic gift/' and hashungasign near In Wappingers Falls, New the entrance of Ulster Commu­ York school officials are looking nity College thanking over one out for the environment Start­ Twenty-year-old Fred Foure "is Aside his computer related ac- on duty. He feels, however, that hundred people who helped with ingnextyear, three District buses originally from Normandy, tivities, Fred is also the captain of . he works there "too often." Fred the project. will nm on compressed natural France, but has lived in Japan and the Ultimate Frisbee team, a alsoworksasa"romputerperson" A similar kind of wann­ gas. This is part of an experimen­ Gennany as wen: He is a junior II member of the Varsity Volleyball for the Black Center. heartednesshasbeentakingplace tal program of the Central Hdisowned" physics major, only team, a dispatcher for Security( a SomeknowFredasa "compu~r in Peekskill, New York as HudsonGas&ElectricCompany. 1 many because he is not taking any sci..; member of the International Stu- freak," others see him as a ' goof membersoftheoommunityhave School district Supervisor Keith ence or math classes this semes­ dentsOrganizationandalifetime ball," but nearly everyone who joined together to raise funds for Harvey hopes that eventually~ ter. Fred came to Bard because memberofCardPlayersoftheWeek. knows him agrees that he is an a twenty-one month old baby the buses will run on this system. ,..they gave me rnbney," but also Their motto: "We know every overflowingfaucetofhumor. This girl with a fatal disease. The That would mean at least 230 to avoid the French collegiate in­ is not surprising since one of his baby's name is Amanda Morey, buses runningonacheaper,safer, stitutions that "are nothing but favorite movies is Spaceballs, and and she is inflicted by more energy efficient basis. work, work, work." Fred says he he says his greatest strength is 1 likes Bard because there is lots of ' the awareness of my <;>wn mean­ room for relaxation '1in a coun.: inglessness." Although Fred once PLANNED PARENTHOOD claimed that eating ice cream was tryside setting." of Dutchess-Ulster, Ine. Besides his academics-about just his personal excuse to eat ice which Fred claims "Physics is cream cones, it's hard to miss his 10 Prince Street, Red Hook, New York 'phun"'-Fred has many other love for ice cream-especially Ben Phone: (914) 758-2032 diverse interests. First and fore­ & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie most is probably his computer Dough. Hours which takes up 20-30 hours of his Fred is not looking forward Monday and Wednesday, 9:00a.m.- 4:00p.m. time a week, but it is on 24 hours to the day he will have to leave By. Appointment a day. "It's a bulletin board," he Bard, and says that he really Birth Control, Pregnancy Testin~. HIV Testin~ explained. ult has to be on a11 the, likes it here except for the lack time." Fred is one of the head or­ tric~ in the book." of easy access to a real city., ganizers of BSRBBS (Bard Student Working for Security has actu­ and "the loop ··bus does not. Run Bulletin Board Service). Fred's ally been Fred's first real job -im­ count!" After Bard, Fred is obli­ girlfriend, whom Fred has been less one counts door to. door snow gated, as a French d tizen, to com­ seeing since FreShman ~ar, says, shoveling. He also once taught plete a period of what he describes +Star UraVel however, that Fred spends far too Chess at a kids' summer program as /.(forced military enslavement/' Joan L. Howe much time just playing computer since moving to the United States. This means that he must perform Manager games-his favorite computer Fred feels that Chess "is a very at least nine months of military game cu~tly being Civilization. calm, relaxed sport." Then again, service. After that he plans to go 9, 4 876-l soo I 75a-6soa This is a big step up from his very Fred says that he does not do much to graduate school, but he does first oomputer game which was an at Security except answer phones not yet know where. 3 1 East Market Red Hook NY 12571 Atari400. and relay messages to the offic~ ; . .... '.·; .._-...-- . 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- . 'i:~.~ EPC summary of Presidential Commission on the Curriculum The Presidential Commission on the boundaries." Programs would be staffed be possible for .the faculty to endorse the TheCommisionhad high praise for L&T, Curriculum has released their suggestions by a group of faculty members who would general notion of the College Course pro­ but recommends severaJ modifications. for improving the curriculum at Bard. This not necessarily be from the same Division, posal first, ~hile leaving entirely open the They would like to see a stronger connec­ report is on reserve in the library, found and each would have a Program Head and question of the particular courses per se." tion between Bard faculty and the L&T under "Presidential Commission" ,and we a separate budget. Students would be able The courses would have limited enroll­ faculty,"concentratingonlongerand more urge you t:o read it. In case you don't have to initiate Programs, with the underStand- ment (15 students max), and would be serious texts", "substantial concern for time to read it before this Thursday's fo-· ing that the college in no way promises to "interdisciplinary and non-departmental." clarity of expression, cogency, style, argu­ rum (where the curriculum will be dis- support it on an "ongoing basis with.fac- Theywouldemphasizewriting,and upub­ mentation... ","emphasis on the expository, cussed), the following should help you ulty appointments and an appropriate a1- lie" presentation of ideas. "Any given the interpretive, and the analytical varlet· out. location of other resources. All Programs seminar section of a College Course will ies of writing alongside the creative", The curriculum proposal has three main would be approved by a Programs Com- have been planned by a team of at least shortening L&T to two weeks, and the parts, they deal with Programs, Require- mittee." four faculty members who work out a ''identification of students who have seri­ ments, and the Quality of Intellectual Life The completion of a Program is depen- common syllabu~. The team then works ous writing problems.~~ at Bard. Below is a briefoutlineofwhatthe dent upon declaration of the Program, together in dose consultation throughout You have just read the main proposed Commission is recommending; all state'- Moderation, and regular Upper College . the semester: (This may, but need not, in­ changes. We suggest that you read the ments enclosed in quotes are taken from coursework, including Pr~ject. elude same form of team teaching.)" While entire report, paying special attention to the report as it was written. The second major change proposed by seminars within a College Course will be what was not covered here, the sections on Prog-rams. The concept of programs the Committee involves Freshman Semi- quite autonomous, there will be a common Intellectual Life and Implementation of the uaimstotranscend[the]limitation" ofclas- nar. Thenewproposaliscalled theColl~e thread; holding them all together. Each proposal. _ sifying intellectual activity into categories Course Sequence. and it seeks to "coun- year has a catchy name~ or rubric, that the The members of the EPC are Renee and subcategories (e.g.; ,.social studies" teract and balance" the Programs recorn- Course falls under. They are, from first Cramer (chair), Gabe Wardell, Kate and ~~~nthropology"). It proposes to re- mendation. · year to fourth year: Ancient World, Logic McCumber.Coldring, Kate Carnevale, Max move "any hierarchy between 'disciplin- The basic idea is that Freshman seminar and Rhetoric, Historical Moments, imd Brown, Sheila Westman, Suleman So bani, aty' and 'interdisciplinary,"' and would would tum into four course requirements, Contemporary Issues. Jennifer Horenstein, and Meghan Stem. allow students to design their own pro· one every year of our tenure as students at The commission also recommends We ail have different feelings about the grams, within limits. Bard. The first and second year courses changes in our current distJ1bution re- proposed changes, and are very interested ''Programs... would be designed with would meet in the fall semester; the third · quirements, the change is referred to as to hear how you all feel. Please approach the purpose of presenting... students with and fourth in the spring semester. These Breadth Requirements. The report stateS, us with yotir concerns, support, dissent, intellectuallycoherentareasofstudy, rather courses would be designed by a group of uat the heart of what students should gain questions, and suggestions. We will pre­ than trying to fit students into traditional faculty, and there would be several from inaliberalartseducationistheexposureto pare a written report for the faculty, in­ divisionsanddepartments.Studentswould which to choose each year. "Though the a variety of fields and the ability to deal cludinginputfonntheentirestudentbody. therefore not moderate into Divisions but specific subject matter of each of the four with different ways of thinking." To this Written statements may be addressed to into Programs; they would graduate, not · levels of College Courses is of crucial con- end, students would be required to take a Renee Cramer at Box 700. The forum on from any Division of the College, but from cern, the Commission is l~s committed to "Q" course, a lab in the natural sciences, Thursday will offer time tor questions and ·Bard College''. what particular syllabi will grow out of the and one course in the ucreativeor perform- statements. Each Program would have its own cur- proposal than it is to the general fonnat ing arts." While a 1tforeign language re­ We also encourage you to dialogue with· , riculum, and even the most traditional governing the definition of a College quirement is not proposed, the Commis­ faculty. The members of the Presidential fieldsofstudywouldbeencouraged to "go Course in the first place. As far as the sion anticipates that many Programs will Commission are: San~b Baruah, Laura beyond narrowly conceived disciplinary Commission is concerned, then, it would include a foreign language component." ccmtinwd on pagt 14 • To the author of ••1s that Afro for real?••

byM.B. whi~epeoplewho look at black people and this campus from growing instead of ex­ they should not have come to Bard. They say that they are poor, ignorant, inferior, panding on it? There is not one black per­ should have gone to a school where the To the author of the article '1s that Afro criminal, drug dealing people. But for a son on this campus that is not aware of the black students out numbered the white for Real?" I read your article for. the fi~t black person to look at white people and problem of racism that exists here. Also, students. Fuck the fact that Bard offered ~· PI~ know that I never ~d the say that they are racist, dirty, obnoxious, there is not one white person who is not many people money and that is why they OBSERVER, but there has been a lot'Of talk self-centered, members of the KKK, white awareofthefacethatthereareblackpeople came here. People should know what they on campus about your article. After read­ trash people really doesn't make them any here at Bard. Whether either group like canandcan'tdealwith.Butnowthatthey're htg it, I got into a little discussion with four better than the ignorantwhiteracistperson each other or not is not what the BIG con­ here the hating of someone because of their people. Now I can understand your anger, who look down on them. Cell\ should be about. The BIG concern and skin color, or calling someone a racist be­ and much of what you're saying. They Ephen Glenn Colter, you are wrong for main focus should be how to help each cause of their skin color should stop. IT'S understand what you're saying too; how­ implying that ALL white people are racist. otherregardlessofyourSKIN COLOR; get TIME to make a difference and educate ~, we seem to havecornetoaconchision. Who are you to judge anyone? You are themtobecomeawareofanddosomething each other and not degrade each other. You seem to be a racist yourself. Do you doing exactly the same thing that many about this problem. My advice to you is for My friends and I get along great, and I disagree with this statement? Why or why white people do and that is to judge you to stop sounding like a radst, because assure you that there are members of this not? You stated severa.l times throughout someone by the color of their skin. I agree you're not making yourself look any better group who are not white. There are mem­ yriur article that white people are racist. with you that something should be done. than the ignorant people who are racist, bers who are black. We don't feel the need Are you saying that ALL white people are You should write about some solutions, sitting around bad mouthing people be­ to be a friend toanyonebecauseofthecolor raci5t or only some? Don't think .that I'm and not write about how much you hate cause of their skin color. of their skin, or because we feel guilty taking sides because I'm: not, I'm just white people. It's your prerogative to feel Ifwhitepeopleon thiscampusknewthat about anything. All of our friends are looking at this racism thing from bOth sides. the way that you do, but I would like to they could not cope with living among treated just the same as everyone else who · Yes, black people have to face a lot of shit read some suggestions on how to start black people, then they should not have is a partof the group. So Ephen, I'm writing that white people don't have to face. But solving this problem on campus instead of come to Bard. They should have stayed for some suggestions on how to get things does this mean that black people should writing about how ignorant people are home and just commuted back and forth to started, and to make a difference. I don't look at all the white people they encounter getting on your nerves. Yes, your voice a college that was close to their home. If want to hear anymore ofthis name calling and assume that they are racist? That's should be heard, but don't you think that black people knew that they could not going back and forth. wrong. Yes, I know that there afe some it's time to stop the problem of racism on cope with living among white people, then .. A page of unedit~d obs~ervations by guest writers THE BARD OBSERVER March 1 0 1993 Another View 5 · Revision revulsion-a critical view of the proposal by Sean O'Neill quire them. If any student thinks that critique Moby Dick, the theory of rela­ (on average, with the: science students they are ill-prepared for the rigors of tivity, or Picasso's "Guernica". This is skewing the number upwards) plan to 0 Revision Revulsionu academia, then they should be able to not because Plato, or another such get doctorates. And, speaking of our Thursday, March 11th, an emergency take a course to supplement, or hone, Genius, has any specific insight into Distinguished Scientists, how do they Student Forum will be held to discuss their skills, but not be required to. such topics, but because the skills plan to fill in their application forms the proposals of the Presidential Com~ Trapping seventy professors who learned in reading Plato are applicable. where the blank says '1 5tate your Ma­ mission on the Curriculum. I have read would rather be teaching their own Because high schools fail to instruct jor"? '~Physics Program"? Perhaps my the report. You can, too. There are five specialty courses, and students who through this method, "'today's stu­ point is getting as fuzzy and unclear as copies in our shiny new library at the would rather be taking their own pre­ dents" are woefully lacking in the tal­ I find these plans to be, but in the end, reserve desk under PROF ITA 11 Presi­ ferred -choice courses, into a common ent of apprehending true Knowledge. it comes to this. The idea of maintain­ dential Commission". course which they are required to en­ I'm not sure I want a real Student ing Divisions to aid in faculty promo­ NoWJfor my opinions. Who am I? No ~ure will just waste time and money Center, which the Report also requests, tion, the "tenure-house" business, expert. I'm just a Bard student. and hinder the professors and teachers so I can interact with faculty who so while simultaneously getting rid of 1.Four Years of MJ?reshman Seminar"'­ who do want the plan to work. I, for snobily condescend and patronize. departments, sounds great on paper, Type Courses. one, would like a course in Logic and Hey, my language may be strong, but but, in practice, I can only envision A quote from the Re­ Rhetoric, by a at least I didn't write a Report of my chaos. Instead of institutionalizing the port: 'The success of the teacher who has own stating that only 10% of the Bard move among students to mix up their Freshman Seminar with devoted time to faculty inspires students to experience approaches to a Senior Project by get­ a majority of our stu­ perfecting it and in "intellectual passion". ting rid of department categories, what dents •.. suggests that a class of students 2. The Abolition of Moderation As is actually created is a system all the furtherexpansionofthis who want to de­ We Now Know It, or What Exactly Is more prone to faculty politics than the program is what is now vote time to per­ A "tenure-home" Anyway? existing one. Will the Creative Writing needed to enhance fect it. But I vote The Report was not written in a Program student get to have the ten­ Bard's competitive po­ "No' on making it vacuum, obviously. Bard stands to gain ured English professor on their Mod­ sition in attractmg first­ a requirement. In a considerable amount of funding from eration and Senior Project boards, or rate students." · addition, A mix of a charitable organization if it reforms, will the student with a more traditional It is difficult to resist grade-levels is or re-vamps, its curriculum. I appreci­ English program obtain the professor? taking potshots at the critical; an all ate the value of money. I appreciate the And what kind of endless wrangling Report in the same way sophomore-level advantages of experimentation. It's for over budgets will occur? E t cetera. the Report takes pot­ class, for example, both those reasons that I came to Bard. 3. StudioArtrequirementand A Sneaky shots at me, the indi­ despite its theo- But 1 hadn't planned upon the creation Foreign Language Requirement. In brief, vidual Bard student. retical benefits, in of the Program Committee. there are many proposals in the Report Whatdoesitmean by "first~ratestudents"? practice limits the variety of discus­ If the Report passes Full-Faculty~ that deserve discussion. I simply cannot Am I one? Apparently not, since 90% of the sion and ideas. Meeting inspection, Bard students will cover here the reduction of Language and Freshmanclassisconsidered less than first­ On the surface, the arguments stated here no longer #moderate into ~ division", Thinking Workshop to two weeks, the de­ rate. A quote: "When questioned,. Admis­ are quickly countered by the following i.e. enter the Upper College and pre­ mand for new classroom space, and the sions hltzarded that focused intellectual fact. The Report also suggests that a major pare for· the Senior Project. There will whole way in which this commission was passion could be demonstrated in the case re-vamping of the Seminar is in order (or still be Moderation, but, since we're improperly creat~ and chose properly to of about 10% of the matriculating Fresh­ on order, depending upon how one looks heading into the twenty-first century, include the EPC. I mean, even deKline cafe men." The Report is less than pleased with at things). Thus, they are not 11replicating" Leon Help Us, we must recognize that managed to get into the Report! But I would upperclassmen, too. A quote: ''Today's the inadequate Seminar; they are "mutat­ the traditional boundaries between like to refer you to my arguments opposing students are allowed to fill their distribq­ ing'' it into something better. And what departments of higher education have specifically-required common courses tion requirements whenever they please, would the new common course include? I gotten fuzzy. That when it comes to the and in certain areas regularly embarrass refer you now to one of my favorite sen­ means that students proposed Studio Art the College by their postponements to the tences in the Report; indeed, it's one of my don't want to take requirement. Exist~ senior year." favorite all-time sentences. A quote: 'just pure Anthropology ing division require­ In hopes of getting new and im­ because the lecture to hundreds of stu~ any more, they want men ts, fulfilled in proved, first-rate students in the fu­ dents unpleasantly dominates large uni~ Asian Studies, or steps before and after ture who will be less embarrassing, the versities, must it be utterly scorned at Bard African Studies.. in­ Moderation, are ben­ whole curriculum, (founded by the College?" stead. They want eficiali they achieves same man who brought us Tewksbury Well, friends, whether the new common Creative Writing an~ the 11breadth" so dormitory) is to be. changed. course plan includes more such lectures, not English. Thus, by much discussed in Somebody's a few croutons short of a morecanon,moresmallfacultyteams, more one's first semester the Report. What the salad bar if they think that the present More, it will still be essentially the same: as a sophomore, one Report does not in­ Freshman Seminar program, a common "common." One will not experience intel­ will decide what one clude, but if imple­ course, is achieving its goals so well lectual passion, engagement, rapture or in tends to concen~ mented would intro­ that it should be expanded into First nirvana-guaranteed-or-your-tuition~back, tra te in at Bard, as duce, is the require­ Year Anc;ient Worlds, Second Year Logic with any material, just because a four­ traditional or inter­ ment in upper-level and Rhetoric, Third Year Historical Mo­ person faculty tag-team designed the pre­ disciplinary, as it courses of fluency in ments, and Fourth Year Contemporary sentation. The student, ultimately, has to might be, and collect three faculty a foreign language. There would be no Issues. And the Committee members give a damn. members to design a Program with you, requirement, per se. But when you want to are really off their collective rocking There is one disturbing assumption or offer an already tailor-made Pro­ take that special course, Surprise!, you'll chair if they think that common courses which pervades all of the Report's propos­ gram. The Program must be approved by need to speak German. 11 encourage intellectual passion~~ in als. It is that there exists a few masterpieces a new layer of bureaucracy, the Program When. the Report says ~· ... schools students. If any professor believes that which have a magical power that when Committee, which will approve the list of like Bard can no longer pretend to be they should establish more courses 11in read, or 'accessed',regardless of whether courses your Program will require. The unique," I have to disagree. Where else giving our students a much~needed it's relevant to a student's interests, key word is Program, (if you haven't no­ would you find these ideas being dis­ sense of what it means to sustain work allow a student to properly interpret ticed), because we don't have majors, re­ cussed? Please, go to the Forum meet­ over ~any hours and days," as the other 'specialized' works. In other member? Majors are only for people who ing and look for more facts and opin­ authors of the Report seem to, then, by words, all Bard students must read want to go to grad school, and, according ions by other Bardians in the Observer, all means, create them, but don't re- Plato, for example, before they can truly to the Report, only 15% of Bard students and, dare I say it?, Lynda. THE BARD OBSERVER March 10 1993 6 Another View · · .. Enough about you, ·let•s talk about me ...

by Oscar Hgueroa. & Elise Kanda been ignored for oh-so-very-long? Is the sacri­ lege warranted? And am I to martyr my We anived at Bani with certain standards. Fetagammo pumps amidst Bard's world of We arrived with tre realization that we might fashion apathy? wtere do I draw the line? compromiseourpreviousidentities to forman (Questions, questions, questions.) updated self. Students of all bents rowever, I am only cond.ude with one teary eyed, must agree that there is a pernicious line be-- • shameful oonfession. My Kenneth Cole's, my tween rornpromise and -crirre of all crimes- Joan&: David's, my Bruno Magli's, and those assimilation.Ofcourseparallelsrunthegamut, precious, precious, preciouS Valentiro's, have but in this case I am refeping to a partirular" notseenthelightofanAnnandale-on-Hud.son favorite of mine, sOOes. day. MyT~y Lama lizard boots (brown anna- l' d like to discuss a moral dilenuna that has dillo) on the other hand, have been re-soled plagued me from the day I first set leather three times since I arrived to Bard. (If only my bound foot on our lovely campus. For, I must semi-assimilated world could be replaced with confess, there was only thesatreease.)And~ onethinggoingthrough rugged Thorn Brown my mind that fateful black Mountie boots day. 1'My shoes. My have had to be retired shoes. This place is go- after miles of abuse. It ingtoruinallmyshoes." seems I have no hope in Well, it appears that sight. this moral dilemma is Likewise, my pre- foreign to an alarming Bardian self - the sole maprityofstudents,but yearning to traverse the pernaps my silent rna- vastgrasses,asphalt,and joritycanuniteor,atleast waters of the world-has findrorreronsolationinourrommmdilemma. remained boxed up in the closet, left to collect What ifloddng great mmns destroying a magnifi- dust. For I can not in good conscience sacrifice centfWt'ofshoes?There'snodenyingit, whether those magnificent creations for my fashion you're clad in Birks or Docs, Fluevogs or morals of yester-year. Respect and necessity, Chanel'slatest,(orevenReebdi:sforOuistsake) andpainfulrealizations,havecomeredmeinto Bard will fast destroy the statement of your adopting new standards. This is the day of choice. sensible shoes, the day of Lumber Jack shit I'm afraid my sincere sympathies do not kickers that are so tortuous to the eye that the extend so far as to pity the destruction of Doc kindness to your feet is hopelessly lost The Martins, but it is worth ruining the pair of Elise, the Oscar, the silenced aficionado, re­ Valentino's I lovingly carried in my cradled mains stifled until that h"berating May day annsallthewayfromVenice(nothingshottof when the diploma is placed in our rot little STElLAR WORKS OF AR1i to satisfy my handS;enablingustoventureforthintothewell personal fashion standalds. .. particularly in a dressed world to flaunt our meticulous stan­ warped world wrere such standards have dards once again.

Aries:Tonightyourbiggestproblemwillinvolvetwocrudalfactors-thechoiceofappropriate beverage and the enorm:>US wad of bubble gum that is hideously stuck to a place which reither Madame nor you can see from this distance. Vngo:'Q\lord,woo'tyoubuytreaMercedesBenz?Igotoanoverprired.liberalartsschoolwith the most sexy people on earth and hone of them wants creap sex tooight" Taums: Whatever Madame wants, Madame ~u fools! Gemini: Madmre,you understand, ooce krewa lovely type who was typicaUyGemini--6 real diarrond of a spedmen. This should give you a clue, because you obviouslydon'thave Clleyet. Cana!r: Rough times are al'6ld~ must budde down and bmr the bnmt of all tests, 1xrth academic and tretaphysic. Any attempt to foil this demon will only bring you frustration. Sagi.tfarius: There is no way that Madame am help your need for such behavior. Perhaps you sMuld study Plrl.losophyofi.anguage. Pisces: Your love rioki booksand soft moldy cheese is no route to artistic sex appeal. Madame suggests you coosulta Harlequin novel for details on steam. Caprlmm: Tuna ~le: M:rnn\, nunm, Good. Killian's Red e Scorpio: There's much that must be seen and dcne and l:erd. Ifyou don'tlook:goo4 wedoo't $5.2916pk look good. With an attitude like that, you can hardly expect to have a satisfying relationship with (boulca) your hairdresser. e Guiness Stout Michael Shea e Leo:Thereisacosmicfluctuationwhichtellsofgreatfortuneinthistreyearofthe~y $4.1916pk $4.29/(ipk way is a good way. (boula:) (bottl.cl) Aquarlus:Don'tyouhateitwlvalpeoplesingthats:)llgtoyou?Madarreknowsbetter--andyou e Guiness Pub Draught Harp's Lager e tell that MJ:rible hang-nail you mll a lover to go fly a kite! $4.99/6pk $1.99 cw::h libra: Youreven-temperedandmild mannered ways have a tendency to lead you into trouble. (bonlee) (14.9o:z cana) Espedallywl8\thattroubleisspelledK-L-I-N-E. A page of unedited observations by guest vvriters __ _

• • .k ~. • • ... • THE BARD OBSERVER March 10 1993 . Another View 7 Dead Goat Notes International News Review by Reuben Pillsbury The opinions in this column are not those of Although Silvi had promised to leave GregGiacdo. WejusttookEphenGlennColter's the building after the broadcast, God al­ One fine Tuesday, actually it was colder thana witch's tit and snowing like a bastard, four Is that Afro For Rea1? article and switched all legedly sent him a fax telling him to stay members of the International Relations Oub piled into a Honda Accord and readed with the usages of "black" with "white" and vice put. Also, he was not yet finished on the great pomp and ceremony for Washington D. C. We were to rcpresentFraoce in tre Eighth versa. Then we replaced an of the gerunds with work that he was given by the Alumni National Model N.A.T.O. Conference, sponsored by Howard University. Our 'delegates' participles, all of the prepositional phrases with Development Office. were Josh Ledwell, (I still maintain that he was head of our delegation merely by virtue of his noun clauses and all of the adjectives .with Silvi had one hostage, a switch board last name), Malia DuMont, Reuben Pillsbury, (a very 'food' name that has lx;en known to verbs. Then we played it backwards at twice the operator, whom he let go at 6:00p.m. Not make people hungry just by looking at it), and Loredana... (funny last name which has rolled speed. onlywasheafraidofhergettingwounded, off my tongue and been lost in Romania along with the Iron Curtain). her shift was over anyway. In view of the fact that we were to miss a week of the meal plan, the management of The following story is true. Only the Last night, Lany King was able to inter­ Kline graciously donated ready-mold sandwiches, mushy apples, and a year's supply names have been changed to protect the view Dirk Silvi'smother. ofSnapple!BoywerewethriUed.Iguessthat'sjustoneofthemanylucrative'perks'that guilty. . '1 wish he would get out. Butl think he's one is entitled to in politics. Last Saturday at 6:00, work-study stu­ prepared to hole up in there for hours. I We all took turns falling asleep at the wheel before finally arriving in the big D.C. dent Dirk Silvi took over Ludlow. A con­ knowhe'swell-preparedbecauselalways Lorendana was going to plant a bomb under the Capitol building to protest potato frontation broke out leaving six Alcohol, told him to wear clean underwear in case subsidies, but at the last minute chickened out and gave it to some guy heading toN. Y. Tobacco and Fireanns agents he gets into a shoot-out with Oty in a yellow van. dead and 32 others wounded. federal law enforcement We stayed at the house of an ex-Bard student. She had to drop out through an illness Apparently, the ATF was agencies so that no one which leaves her very fatigued. Her mouth, however, remained mysteriously unaf~ trying to serve Silvi and his would notice he was wear­ fected by the illness and kept our 'very diplomatic' ears fully informed of everything specialsectofwork-studystu­ ing dirty underwear when under the sun. Then, when the sun finally rose shouting, #ShutthefuckuppleeeceeeseH!" dents, the Bard Dividians, with they hauled away his bullet­ we bundled out of the house to visit some bigshot at the French embassy. a warrantconcerningsmoking ridden corpse. 11 I don't think his moustache was fake. I don't believe he got it from a trick store. I think in a no smoking zone. How­ Eventually, negotiators it was real. Real scary. It had a hypnotic influence over me and it became increasingly ever, he received a tip before- wore Silvi down and he difficult to concentrate on the briefing. I just wanted to rip it off his pompous face and hand warning him of the raid. agreed to come out. God allegedly told him screaminashowofiAmericans. All things considered, it was a very interesting and fulfilling experience, and one that ·know that lean find any student's parent's Now,all dtizensoflceJandicorigiil have the I hope to be able to repeat. If anyone out there is interested in partaking of these weird, occupation through the computer?" Silvi rights to vote, hold publicoffice,speakfreely, diplomatic journeys come to an International Relations Oub meeting some time, said during his 58 minute broadcast. and right to due process in civil courts. (they're bi-weekly) or contact Malia DuMont at 752-7345. Pride: the price of equality by Staci Schwartz as ~teric and prejudiced as :p>ss~ble while at RevolutionariesAgainstCapitalistExploitatiol\ Don't get me wrong, there is freedom to jcin the same time politically correct and modest am known as tre staunch romantics) aa::iden-­ any dub you want, but each group has its own I must be blunt For some reason I can't dis­ And I thought respect was the driving force of tally walked into a )SO meeting. Burned at the ronununity. And outsiders are inherently un­ tinguishbetweenmyrousin'sAipha.Kappa.Phi multicultura1ism.Smretineloonfuse"respect'' stake prohibly. welcome. Sure, any man is welcome to attend soonityandBAGLE.GrantEd,therequirements with the wml 11domination.'' H somix>dy takes your rights away tren Wcmen'sCentertreetingsbutthef.actis,noone maybepolarextremesbutintheorythey'reboth No ore is ever going to fonn a dub that'll damn i~ declare your own. H you doo't get really wants to. Noooewants to beaminorityin social elitist dub>. , satisfy everyone. Take last semester's little sp~t resplrl, respect yourself and fonn a dub. thernaprityofa mirorityrights group. Bardian Yea4 yml\ everybody needs rights, emu1a­ for inslanre. Some African-American women Feeling alone, depessed, nobody wants to fmteroritiesambeverychoosysc:metimes.&lre, ~and all of the ·"build up your self esteem" wereangzy at the Women's Center for misrep­ tie you up - well contact Seblstian and he'll theyhavearighttobe,butgivemeabrea.k, we're erap,ootonlyififsattheexpenseofothers. What resentation (that is, they felt that the women's sh:>wyou trerightplace-~No hazing all opperucJ in ere way or another. the hell am I talking about? 111 tell you. So a center was donlinated by too many white na"eSSal)' for this fratorgyority ... remember, Feeling like you have no self control? FOrma persoo wantsrespectfromothers(that'srespect, wanen).So what was theoutmme?The 'New whipping is a privilege. But don't even think support group. Has us propiganda distortul not acceptance- aaEptance is ~ word social WOl'llel'l's Center" oomplete with an Afriam­ aboutjoiningthisgroupunlessyournarcissism your true ethnic roots? Fonn a racist club. Are inferiors use atd at 'Ban:L we're all superiors), American chairwoman and a White chair­ outweighs your egocentricity. The egotists envinxu:nentalists ruling your life? Start a Pol­ ~l'sthefirstthingyoudo?Divideandronquer woman.IhopeLASOdoesn'tgetinvolvednow. clearly belong to AWE, theclubwhereyoucan lution Activist dub. With a strategic mind and of course. Segregate yourself, find yourself,dis­ Theacronymsaremyfavorite.Doesn'tAAro not only save the environment but you can let tactful manipulation, you too am m:eive an playyourselfinthecrowd.Showeveryonethat stand for .African American Student Otganiza­ everybody know you're doing it. Prerequisite allowanrefcramtingyourveryownclique-all youareproud,thatyou~meOOdy,thatyour tion? No silly, it's Asian American Student Or­ for this fmternity: an '1 have the weight of the at the expense of your classmates tuition. idea is ~-that your culture contributed to ganization. It's a little confusing, I always for~~ world on my shoulders'' mindset consum­ The only conclusion I can come to is that histmy--tl .. Lt only ignotant idiots disturb the that it's BRSO. I a:ruld imagine what would mated by a misantlu'opic twist. Please, I'm not pretenti()UgleSS breeds di$onance. A trait not eoologicaJ ~... llaN.'e Remember, the idea is 1o be happen if a member of BRACE (that's the Bard insulting anyone, I'ma member too. lacking here at Barel. A page of unedited observations from guest writers .~ ;_... . . THE BARD OBSERVER March 10 1993 8 Arts & Entertainment . '

I met with ]am Tower last Salurdayin membersfc>fdistin­ rut forth the ~ests for~~ ~ case of "su~tat' profeSsors. Annandale Hause. Being an extremely ~serv.ice,and ofallthree{(LeoSmi~DaronHagen, Ultimately, the dedsion is made by busy and dedicated~, ituus ~ I believe hegaverre Richard Teitelbaum] professms? LeonBotstein, whowieldsanindirect sib1e for PrrJfoSror Tower tv sre me on a this award because JT:Yes,fusttothedivision,thenthe influence over the Senate through 'UJfl!kday,butlfelt of the balance I was faculty senate. Stuart Levine, who attends all the rather honored abletokeepbetween Obsvr: What was your reaction to meetings. My problem is that I've thltshetodcsome mywork[asarom­ the dErisions made by the scl)ool ron- been too upfronton this situation (not time out cf her poser], my teaching ceming these requests? being a politician) in my letter to the wet!kend to talk to re5JX>nsibilities,and JT: First, I tried to change it, to fight Faculty Evaluation Corrunittee last me. When we my responsibilities it But then, after the misunderstand- May, concerning weaknesses in Leo -weresettledinher asdepartrrentchair, ings,Ifeltasifthewholemusicdepart- and Richard's teaching. The reason I cffice,laskeil Pro­ butldon'tkoowifl rrent had been shattered did thiswasrecausel wanted theonly fessorTuwerifshe can do it anymore. Obsvr: With Fredrick Hamrrond's two 11non-classical" music professors had read Dan Bard politicstakesro notices posted acroffi campus, Mat- in the scrool to be stronger; but I Sonnenberg's letter in last weeKs Ob­ much energy.. . thew Apple's article [''Oianging the ultimatelyreromrnendedandfought server. She ltJld me that since she had just emotional energy .. . tune," February 24, 1993], and now for their rehiring. Up until Dcccmbcr, flown lxlck from Georgia on Friday night, The Bard Ob­ this letter by DanSonnenl:erg,itseems when thedccisionscarreout,I thought she had not had the oppurtunity yet, but server: (after a long rather odd now how thisrontroversy Leo would be rehired. thatshewould rmditnow. Sheacquiredan pause) I was roping over the rehiring of Leo Smith ever Obsvr: About the quote from your 0/serrer from Luis Gan:ia-Renart, wlw that today, we anne to be. What do you believe was letter ronceming Leo Smith. .. Was it UMlS in a nmrby rrx:m, and rmd the letter would be able to thecause?Whywasthemusicdepart- taken out of context? What were you qujet1y to herself. When she finished mul­ clear up any confu­ ment blamed? trying to say? ingit,she:mned overwhelmed by feelings sion that may be left JT: l'mnotsure,becauseeverybody Jf:l wastryingtoshow how far Leo cf gratitude, as~~ as pain. .. about recent events has a different agenda for evaluating had rorre, to show how he had be­ handle being an active romposer, a pertainingtothechangesin the music faculty.Onethingthatthefarultysen- rome a stronger professor at Bard. I Joan Tower: (After reading letter) I professor, and a Bard politician at the clepart:rrent. Whati wouldfirstliketo ate told rne is that conversion [from zmJ.im:l though that the statement thought I could make a difference in same time. Leon [Botstein] had given ask is , for the record, as head of the part-time to full-time status) is an un- had hurt Leo personally, and I have this~t,butl'mnotsurelam me an award that is given to faculty music department, wasitnotyou that usualprocedurewhichisonlydonein contin~d on page 14 :::',,,,.,::.;,::::::'':::':'::::::'::::·:··:::·:·:·,·:,.-:,':<,:::: '',: :.;:::;:::: ", '

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Observer: What is your read- outand taught in the C.S.:Yes, thatkindofworkisin volved in making those decisions. ingof the changes that were made College as much as demand in art departments in Observer: I'm not sure what to the Music Program Zero-to possible. But ypu colleges.... the interdisciplinary people really want, if they want your posi­ need to have a foot- way is a very practical way to [MPZ] to become further inte­ tion? ing somewhere, and study arts. What has been not grated with the Music Depart­ Catherine yourfootingneedsto "avant-garde", but simply prac­ ment,orwantittogofurtheraway. Schieve: be in a program or a ticalabout.... music taught in ways C.S.:A good question! · There's been a department.. .I really not normally done in conservato­ Observer: It's a funny thing, to [Faculty} Sen­ love teaching hu- ries, is that the world is changing, remove a position, and not tore­ ate recom­ manities with arts, and we need to think about music move a person. mendation to and linking them up. globally. We need to think about C.S.: That's a very unique and reduce MPZ 1bat'sbeenarealdis- pop music as well as classical peculiar thing to happen. Actu­ down to one co very here [at music and not just go through the ally, I got very good teaching re­ person's teaching. Ben [Boretz) Bard] ... to be able to sametrainingoverandoveragain. views and yet my position was will continue MPZ however he teach these core I think that the decisions at Bard removed. That helps me not take wants to continue it-minus me. courses and· to do , about eliminating me and cutting it personally, but I would say it's Combined, the whole set of deci­ themasanartist-you back MPZ [and other decisions] also very disappointing so far as sions [regarding the Music can't do that just any- are really a backward move that the work goes. V' Departrnent] ... amount to what I where. I'd like to keep way. Too few artists were in- think is a blow to creative music­ doingthat. ..Rightnow '"""~~,·,:r:~,'~"':' ~,:~ making [at Bard]-and I'm not it's difficult for me to happyaboutthat. Icame[to Bard] have plans for Bard, hoping to do the range of work bemuse I don't have a that I do here [in experimental both try to create some new con­ pb at Bard. If I had a job at Bard, I, music •;md performance studies), text at Bard, and also apply else­ would collaborate with the Theater and I'm really disappointed that I where. department and I would teach don't have a way to continue it. Observer: But you've been improvised music and world Observer: Since the MPZ con­ teaching L&T and Freshman music and theoriesofperformance text is no longer available to you, Seminar, so you haven't been lim­ and performance art courses. or to anyone, that forces you to ited to the MPZ... Observer. There is a lot of inter­ look for a different context. C.S.: The core of my appoint­ est among students in these things, . c;:.s.: Yes, so my plans are to ment was in MPZ, but I branched it seems...... " ...- . " • .:!. •• THE BARD OBSERVER March 10 1993 Arts & Entefta,i,nment 9 . .. . ;, . - ·. ..

Included in the Committee on which puts Bard at project performance on May 12th. to destroy this team: "I thought Vacancies' recent decisions con­ a dis ad vantage Concerning the current contro­ that we were becoming a team; cerning the music department is compared to other versy surrounding the music de­ now I don't know what's going the decision small colleges. partment, Teitelbaum feels that on." not to offer Teitelbaum there have been a lot of misunder­ Teitelbaum also wonders how a Richard stresses that elec­ standings. While he thought that Committee with no knowledge of Teitelbaum, tronic music is not there was a good airing of views music can make such decisions the electronics arcane or elitist, as at the meeting last week, he hopes without any consultation. But professor, a the Committee's now that everyone can get along. more than concern for himself or full "time posi" decision has led Teitelbaum does not believe that the music department, Teitelbaum lion. He is some to think; it is the problems reside within the feels worried about the students; disappointed our present and musicdepartmentitself, but rather he fears that the electronics de­ because he future. that conflicts arose from eternal partment will fall apart, leaving does not understand the logic of Upcoming per-. pressures--namely the Committee. nothing for the students. the decision but emphasizes that formances may be 11As I understand it, the music Because the trend towards there are two positions concern­ difficult to orga­ department supports Leo Smith electronics is a global change, ing this issue: his job and the nized ue to the fact and me." Teitelbaum insists that Bard Col­ electronics department, in general. that the budget is Daren Hagen had previously lege has an obligation to the fu­ Teitelbaum feels that the severely limited. referred to himself, Richard ture, that it should respond to the Committee's decision not to ex­ Nevertheless, Teitelbaum and Leo Smith as a times. To those who have an in­ pand the electronics department Teitelbaum main­ team. When asked about this, tellectual bias against electronics, is shortsighted, explaining that, tains that there will Teitelbaum agreed, explaining Teitelbaum responds, "'Electron­ on the eve of the 21st century, be at least one stu­ that the three work very well to" icsshould not be left to the military electronics should not be consid­ department has problems of lim- dent performance this spring, in gether; at the same time, he be­ and the technocrats to control." ered peripheral. The electronics ited facilities and a small budget, addition to Steve Curry's senior lievesthatitwas.someone'sdesire ~

111111111-U--~,~-,~~~~~,q&BD~d~~~-~~~~~~~~~-s~~·~Th?~±··S··~~-~--~u~~~·~~~~~~~~~ I went to faJk to Dcmm Hagen, Bard's ~position of part respectively]? sorTowerandtheMusic~t. ptrft:;sor cf music composition, in his time Tenure-Track DH: I think that Leo Smith should in general is responsible for the Leo office in ProfeSsorofComposi- beoontinuooatha1f-tirreandanother Smith controversy. As a member of Annandale tion. half-timefacultyrranbel'behiredfor theMusiciJeparttrent, what is your ·I House. I had ne­ DH:fm:ratha:'naive jazz, wro would cover tre material response to these acrusations? . gltded to drink about these matters, that Leo is not interested in rovering DH: It hurts myreelings to see Joan coffee that morn­ butthatiswhatl~. rightnow. Besides, thestudentsargu- dose to tearsfordaysonend because ing,and forthat, Obsvr:Howdoyou ably would get more attention fron1 of this. It's also wrong to bl.alre us, Prof. Hagen pro­ feelaboutit? . twohalf-timeprofessorsthanonefull- became it's not in our hands. The vided me with DH; Great! I love ~professor. As for Richard,. Bard posters hurt the students and the fac.. unbridled com- Bard, and I adore has a great opportunity fur him to ulty because they're laking aim at the ~ teaching. As long as personallyoverseethefund:raisingand wrongpeople. Ifyou'regoingiDshoot Ymleamingthing;,fm equipping of a state-of-the-art elec- a gun.. you srould sroot the right TheBardObseruer. Ymashalredto here. tronic music studio. Both Leo and people. say I have never seen you before. Obsvr: Could you Richardarehighlyrespectedintema.- Obsvr: The Music Department Daron Hagen: (Laughs) I'm give us some insight tionally in their fields. I admire them seems to have gore through many ashamed tosayfveneverseenmyself about the Music both. trials and tribulations this year, what before. My problem is that I'm Department's urm- Obsvr: There has been tension on withthevariousposi.tionchangesand overcommitted. The first second fm usual" request [ rov- annpus ronceming the rehiring of the ushrinking'' of Music Program here,lha.vetotend totheneedsofmy eredin,''Olangingthe LeoSmith.Smrepeopleintherollege Zero, etc. What do you see for the students. Ttme," 2/24/93] to the believe this to be a racial issue. What futureofthc Bard Music [)epll1mmt? Obsvr: How long have you been a COV? areyourfeelingsonthiscontroversy? DH:Joan,Luis[Garda-Rcnart],anci' professor at bard? DH:Thereasonthat DH:It'soota racial issue. If people everybody on the faculty have been DH: Leo [Smith], Richard alltherequestscameoutattheSCllre I believe it's been a good machine. wanttodevelopanopinionandwant oornmittcd not only to mainfaining [Teitelbaum], and I were all hired at time was that it was done out ofre- Nobody expected us to work so well totakeastandonthingslikethis,they theBardEthos,butalsoinintelligently the same t:i.I"re, four and a half years spectforthethreeofus(Leo,Richard togethE!'. havetbgetall the facts. pursuing multi-cultural ard multi- ago. and D. Sinceweallcarreatthesarre Obsvr:Whatareyourfeelingsabout Obsvr: There are signs posted stylisticstudicsinmusic. Thingshave Obsur. I understand your position time,itwouldhavebeendisrespectful the oth€!' decisions that have been around campus right row saying changed a lot l"e-e at Bard in fre last 1 up to row has been that of part-time to place priority on one or two of us. made, nairely, those regarding the 'Hght theJX7Werofthe Ivory Tower!" Four years; it's not at all like the place 1 Visiting Professor, but now Leon The entire Music Department has positions of Professor of Jazz/ Afri- which is an obvious reference to the it was when we start£d.1be changes Botstein has approved the Commit· thought of us~ rea team that fit the can-AmeriamMusicand Professor of Hood of tOO Music Departn"alt Joan arepositive,roostly,andorethingl'm needs of different constituencies, and Electronic Music [CUITently occupied Tower. What~ and several other ire on Vacancies' (COV) recommen- ccmtin~d on page 12 THE BARD OBSERVER March 10 1993 10 Arts & Entertainment

Sunday aft~rnoon Bard. was in they produced sounds privileged to have the Middle- former Soviet from deep within them­ bury Russian Choir perform at Union to perform selves. Two of the songs the Olin Au- traditional music. were dancing songs, and d ito ri u m. ThePakovskyEn­ some singers danced a Though the semble was not bit, illustrating the rap­ concert was supported by the port that was evident only lightly government, among the group. In the a t t e n d e d , which adds an air middle of the concert, A·thosewhosaw of romanticism to the choir broke from the itweretrea.ted the history of the program to sing "Happy to traditi~nal M i d d I e b u r y Birthday" in Russian to Russian litur- Choir. a female member cel­ gical and folk music. The choir is During the ebrating her birthday. underthedirectionofKevinMoss, month of May, the At the end of the pro­ who teaches Russian at choir will tour gram, there was even an Middlebury College in Vermont. Moscow for three audience participation He began the choir in 1983, and weeks in their first song, in which audience most of the members study Rus- official tour of members shouted the sian. The Middlebury Russian Russia. They have chorus of a Cossack Choir differs from many other performed there song, which was ''Drink! Russian choirs because it incor- in the past, but Sing! Be merry!". porates both men and women, . only because sev- And that is just what and they sing traditional folk eral members of the choir were blouses. Though the choir looked psalm, the register was much the Middlebury Russian Choir did music that was frowned upon by there, and could organize con­ beautiful, the real beauty began lower,andtwofemaletenorswere on Sunday... theyweremeny. The the Soviet government until the certs. Thegroupalsotoursaround when they sang. The first few showcased. The majority of the concert was performed with a past two or three years. Accord- New England and New York. songs were ancient liturgical concert w~ folk music, which professional atmosphere, but with ingtoKevinMoss, 'Wedon'tper- When the concert began, each pieces, and the harmonies were . possessed a much deeper and a sense of humor. I heartily rec­ ·formSovietkitsch." Thechoirhas .member came on stage in tradi­ seamless. The music was s6ft and earthier quality than the liturgical ommend them to anyone with the been working with a choir in tional Russian folk attire. The light, withsoprariosgivinganan- music. The choir's powerful opportunity to attend a perfor- Moscow since 1985, the Pakovsky men wore decorative cotton shirts, gelic quality to the songs. When a voices were complemented by rrmnce. ~ Ensemble, which was the first and the women w:ore frocks and few members performed the 116th Olin Auditorium's acoustics, as

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vulnerability. New York Otyaitists' work was ]ody Lamberg's work consists on display at Proctor. The artists' of placing knits on canvas, as if common theme was characterized they were part of the painting. byTomWolf, ''Untitled" is a square piece of an art history blue-painted canvas with a knit­ professor at ted piece attached to it. This work Bard as is lacking in creativity and spon­ 1 ' physical evi­ taneity; this is a case in which dence"; their simplicity works against art. work reflects On the other hand, "Take the concerns Cover", is far more interesting. of New York Red wool covers approximately City at half of a beige canvas; the wool is present. Molly Sullivan, a Bard ratty on the edges. The put:P,Osely alumna who graduated with a messyqualitygivesapurposeand degreeinarth}storyis the curator meaning to the art work and adds of the exhibit. She said that when a distinct image. u A Fireside she entered Bard she planned to Gathering of Ascetics Beneath a 11 become an economics major but Tree , 1992, is by far the most then took an art history course developed piece of the group. A with Wolf and felt inspired to green and black and beige knit change her course of studies. piece is in a box which is divided Pike Powers is an artist who into two section. What makes this enjoys working with plastic. Her spired and pleasing to view. As 1990, is a work in wire twisted most a metamorphosis. Not only piece work well is the knit itself; work was the most innovative and with her other works in this ex­ into an '~" shape covered with is there a melding of the objects, the colors meld together beauti­ eye-catching of the entire exhibit, hibit, its simplicity receives well- bits of wool wrapped around it. but also of colors. Because it is fuUy and capture the viewer's with her piece entitled ''Happy deserved recognition. · On the other hand, "Tangendo," ·difficult to understand what pre- immediate attention. Birthday" 1990, being particularly Powers started working on art 1990, is far more interesting. The cisely is going on, it is mystifying Lomberg studied painting at the . successful. with a tube of lipstick when she large piece of plexiglass is bent and intriguing. UniversityofRochester. When she ''Ivory Tower'', 1990, is a square­ was five. She later became mes­ into a circular shape. The hQle on Bankemper started in the art was six, she enjoyed knitting and .shaped piece of yellowish vinyl merized with the medium ofplas­ the side makes it look like a world as a textile major. Her phi­ has now come back to it; she uses with a circle formation fromwhich tic. Her concerns in art go back to doughnuti the wool stuck in the losophy is that if she has the fer­ knitting as a structure of painting. a large, protruding cord hangs. her early studies in taxidermy; middle adds depth to the sculp­ vor to do something, it will show She decides the scale and density The texture and the form of the she uses her knowledge of the ture. Other pieces such as its importance later. In of the knit and goes from, infus:­ vinyl maketheviewerfeel in touch skin of animals today. Her imag­ "'Acconsentivamo" and Bankemper's work, she addresses ing layers of paint. with the work, instead of being ery is based on common objects, #Rinvernai" demonstrate the the void, the nothingness. The Byron Kim's pieces in the show separated from it; one can relate even though she says that she feels complexity and diversity of vessel form of the jars reminds us were oil painted panels placed to it because it is such a familiar sensuality towards them is for- Buvoli's work. of the womb; creating a void for closetogether. uFlesh", 1992,isan · substance. bidden. · Buvoli grew up in Italy where the Viewer to penetrate. installation of sixteen such pan­ · "Untitled .., 1990, is drastically Luca Buvoli is an artist who uses he earned a degree in painting. John Roche is an artist who els. The work is simple and different from the others. It looks common materials such as wool, His work is an attempt to com­ writes words on womens' bodies unoriginal, but aesthetically like a piece of wood with knobs all plastic, wire, plexiglass and bine distant experiences. Instead and then photographs them. pleasing in spite of its common­ 1 over it. When the viewer moves monofilament to create diverse of suggesting faith in industrial ThroughaGlassDarkly(for}ulie ness. The symmetry is pleasing closer to it, it is possible to see the works. His pieces in this particu­ progress, he wanted to show the· Kay) n, 1990, is a picture of a enough for the viewer to appre­ glue-like texture on it. This piece lar exhibit range from creative to cheap seductiveness. His obses­ woman from a strange angle, as if ciate its strengths. is simple, yet meaningful and in- base. For example, "Cozzano," sion with used cloth rooted out of the viewer were looking down at Kim describes "F1esh" as an his daily culture. He wants to try her, with her arms behind her abstractmonochromepainting;as to keep the sense of fragility and back. All of his pictures in this abstract sublime-its meaning is precariousness. exhibit were of a particular nature small. In his one color paintings, Joan Bankemper incorporates and had the same theme. Though before he applies the last layer, he photographs with materials such these are interesting to view, we puts his finger prints on it. While as tape. "Iron Collar Secret", 1993, have probably missed a lot be­ he attaches multi-cultural mean­ reflects the artist's talent and fu­ cause we have not seen it per­ ings to it, Kim claims that that is ture potential. From within the formed, which is a large part of not his main issue. large jar, a person is peeking out the process. After each artist spoke about his If looked at closely enough, it Molly Sullivan spoke in place of work, Molly Sullivan moderated could be seen as a person in an Roche because he was unable to a panel in which they discussed outfit, with a hat on his head. His attend. The texts that he has writ­ issues in the contemporary art work appears spooky and eerie, ten on the bodies were texts from world. Issues ranged from the but this does not take away from films and his· personal co~versa­ discussion of their view about it being a serious work. tions. The perfonnance writing postrnodemism to humor in art. "Chinese Torture Cell", 1993, was laborious and time consum­ This panel was followed by a re­ pictures two jars connecting in ing. After writing, he proceeded ception in Proctor, in which stu­ both the middle and the top with to take the photographs. The dentscould speak personally with some unidentifiable object pro­ writing process had a particular the artists. truding on the top right. It is al- kind of intimacy, a feeling of THE BARD OBSERVER March 10 1993 12 Arts & Entertainment . ·

...... ' At its best moments, ''The Coach ready painfully slow-II\Oving plot. of the Holy Sacrament" as per­ Lena Gaye Davis may actually be fonned by the Bard Theater De­ an extremely talented soprano, but partment is what good is hitting each note if we only a mildly couldonlyunderstandeveryother annoying word she pinched out? Burrow's play. Unfortu­ rumbling, incomprehensible de­ nately for the livery sadly defused the potential viewer, those comedy of the Viceroy observing instances were his own carriage get into an acci­ few and far dent with his enemies. His procla­ between. The mations of "God's teethr' were majority of their time was spent equallydryandunfeelinginspeech .attempting to decipher unintelli­ or in song. The singing, like the gible archaic songs and situations acting, lingered at the verge of the while blushing at the barely com­ ridiculous, occasionally engaging petent acting. The members of the but predominately phony. audience had to wade through the Were these legitimate perform­ dubiously self-conscious melo­ ers portraying bad actors, or poor drama which took up nearly two thespians attempting to act like hours of their lives-scratching unreal actors? In any case, two their collective sock as they waited wrongs do not make a right, and forsomethinginterestingto happen perhaps this was a situation of on stage. Lena Gaye Davis and musical director Arthur Burrows, sitting, pompous and pndictable on the Bard stage. unprofessionals posing as ama­ 'Wretched men of such conceit teurs-and unsuccessfully at that. and swagger," sings the imperti­ accompanimentofErikSaite. The this reviewer's own uncertainty. the no one in the audience could The finale featured the furious re­ nent secretary Martinez to his lazy narcissism of the Viceroy, the Which actors were the one's who be sure who had actually forgot­ turn of Merimee, who breaks up haughty superior De Ribera, the disgruntled obsequiotisnessofhis proved themselves to be substan­ ten his lines: whether it was the the rehearsal disguised as a woman, . Viceroy of Peru. The capricious underlings, the manipulative dard, the characters in the play or· actor--character of Henri Beyle or then chastises his friends for de­ moods and antics of the Viceroy coyness of the actress, and the the perfonners of Bard College? Arthur Burrows himself. grading his work by bringing it to and his lascivious mistress, the timeless pretentiousness and Formuchoftheplay, the portray­ The painful extremes of lethargy the stage. For one surprising in­ actress Perichole, form the ludi­ triviality of the aristocracy are als of the characters were either or melodrama were further accen­ stant, Andrew Reynolds brought crous yet nominally humorous there for the actors to take advan- lifeless or overblown, pathetically tuated every time somebody the anger of his character to life plot of the play within the play tageof. However, they never quite limp or desperately extreme. For opened their mouths to sing. The with authority and honesty. Re­ which comprised ninety percent proved themselves capable of example, there is the Vi<:eroy who characters shuffled into song in grettably, the play then reverted ofthis''musical theater piece."The taking up the challenge, and the spent virtually the entire perfor­ place of hmnan emotions, and the backtoitsbluntinertiaasthe"actors" action starts in Paris of 1828 as a reins of the plot are left dangling mance in a chair with his result was an unpleasant collision exclaimed in unison a half-hearted group of actors are rehearsing and lonely upon the stage. excruciatingly insincere baritone of mediocre timing and disruptive and self-mocking "God's teeth!" Prosper Merimee's ''LaCarrosedu H anyone notices acertain am- , voice. On three occasions he had speech. The pianist did offer ex­ before the lights thankfully went Saint-Sacrement" under the di­ biguity in the last two sentences, to refer to an off-stage prompter, tremelycapable support to the dis­ down upon this thoroughly rection and musical be aware· that it is a reflection of and the tragedy of this effect was interested vocals, but the quasi­ unspectacular production. musical interludes only interupted and confused the al- V'

continutd from page 10 you like better, tre del or tre new ' ROddenbeny'sOOpesofacaptainwho LOCATfl/j; sured,therewillbealotnnreofthern. crew? rombines the best traits of HOJatio STUDIO, STORES, CUSTOM LAB Obsvr: finally, on a personal note, I DH: Altrough the original will Homb1ower and a philosopher king. •&rvww by ~naz.M hear that you have written-an opera. never be surpassed in the glorious Obsor.Ihorestlydidn'texpectsuch Could you tell us a little about it? atrociousness of William Shatner's a long and elaborate response. DH:IrsanoperaaboutFranklJoyd acting, Baldy (Captain Pican:i- not DH: Well, you am't just touch on Wright which will be premiered in William Shatner) embodies thesethings. V' April in lvfadison, W:iscxmsin. It's sort of like a ccmbination of The Fountain­ lmi,SundayintheParkwithGrorge,and Art st.Jppli~s Murder, She Wrote. Obsvr. Murder, She Wrote ? The-Hudson Valley's largest dealer in fine and graphic art materials: paints, brushes, canvas, sculpting supplie8-0ffera 20% discount to Bard students.• I DH: (Laughs) w~ I could say Batman , but that would soll.I'd bad. ~ opem will annoy Wrightophiles Woodstock Kingston and Wright-hatersalike.l'm very seri­ 35 Mill Road 328 ·Wall Street ous it abOut (914) 679-2251 (914) 331-7780 Obsvr: Thank you for your time, Professor Hagen. One last question- I Poughkeepsie - 807 Main Street h:m- you're a Star Trek fan. \Voo do ""----">tl"'..-1" ,....-. . THE BARD OBSERVER March 10 1993 14 Editorial Joan Tower continued

continued from 'J'I'ge 8 for doing something that was 1he Obsur:Iheard thatyuuaregoingon ~tohimaboutit.Bardmeans oornpleteopposite of what you were sabbatical for the woole of next year. a lot to I..ro. Leo is not only an artist actuallyuyingtodo,itisplinful.Espe­ What will happen to the department [there are ro artists in the Faculty cially when you're attackers are in your absence? SenaleLbutheisonthe"ruttingedge'' 810\ym>US.We'reprettysurethey're JT:FnrlHammond willbethenew of his art. 'The latter is what had put not l'lUlSic students. chainnan c:i. the music department him in jeopaidy at Bard. Bard is not Obsvr: I heard there was a depart­ W~re looking for a half..fune, year­ wn in the d«isiom wldecooununity last week. classes, ard a quarter-time professcf' OOt¥Eming Leo, Richard, Catherine .JI': Yes, the whole department de­ to take over for Sarah Rotbenbelg (Schieve) am Ben (Boretz, whose dded to have a uming to explain (who will take sabbbatical in spring MusicProgramZerodepartmenthas whatwasreollygoingonand to try to '94), and to help Luis Garda-Renart been greatly reduced in size and stat­ oorrect some of the nUst.mderStand- with the coaching of the many en­ ure). ~ sembles in thedeputment. We'll also Obsor. Has this oontroversy hurt Obsvr: Whattlanspired?Were.any berroving to a new building, the old thereJaOOnshipbetweenyouandlm? issues reoolve:l? Blum building. JT: Yes, it hurt us, but not for long. JT: I think it was a very productive Obsvr: A lot am happen in a year. Wf!ve both been veJY hurt by this and roJXIial uming. Leo and I ran it What do you expect to see when~ :incidenl;me,bealusethislitt1edepart­ iogether, beginning with our IeSpeC­ come back? Will it ever be the sarre? mentl'vebeen tlyingtotaisehadbeen tiveapologiesandexplanatioosabout JT: I don't know. Irs very bani ro shattered by outside fortEs, Leo be­ what really happenOO, and then we predictwhen there'llbefourrewpro­ musehethoughthewasdoingagreat opened up tOO fkxr to questions and fessors and a new building. Well, I P,le'e,andnooneledhhntobelieve Staboutfreseattacks? ~you and a hiringrornmittee is now being titre off? haveanythingtosaytoyouraccusers? form:d to receive the applications. I JT: This is the first time I will go on JT: Dan Sonnenberg said it vay said at therreeting that I would like to sabbatical in 20 years. I'll be happy to well when he wrote, '1 Taking quotes see two half-time people fill this posi­ be away from Bard politics. Unfortu­ outofcon~nottomentionjumbling tiorc one, a tmditional Jazz musician nately, it is not the most productive anddistortingthen\isa powerful tool (preferably a keyboard player), ard environm.nt fortre as an artist right forpro~~rrorein­ Leo Smith, as representing avant­ now. terestingaOO.often rrorerousingthan garde Jazz. But the politics of getting Obsvr. Thank you for your time, the truth." When your attacked and this full-time position spit in two is Professor Tower. a

continued from page 4 A final note: the faculty will vote Battle, Ethan Bloch, Christopher on the curriculum in mid-April. Callanan, James Chace, Jean Students do not have an official Churchill.. Matthew Deady,Karen vote, but a numerical indicator Greenberg, Garry Hagberg, Ben­ might be nice to give the faculty (a jamin LaFarge, William Mullen forum vote or something?). While (chair), Laurie Patton, John Pruitt the faculty must live the longest (vice-chair), Sarah Rothenberg, with the changes, students are and Stephen Shore. They are all affected, and both the faculty and more than willing to discuss the administration are open to our report with you. Also, please talk input and are willing to hear our to faculty not on the Commission, opinions. many are very eager to discuss the proposed changes; the EPC Renee Ann Cramer encourages you to speak with Chair, Educational them. Policies Committee . . Excerpt from a letter to Pres. Botstein The Bard Side by Sean O'Neill Dear Editor: so naturally over the student that tory. In fact, we could concede S-rrcK PEOPLE:'5 ARI C.L-ASS: itis practically unseen at first. Then that they are of the same root. One Last semester when I had spo­ thisforcetakeshold,andyouhave seeds the earth while the other ken to Wadada [Leo Smith} about a metamorphosfs as phenomenal flowers it. Except, to forget the his Board, he said that it all went as any in creation. 'How could seed and only smell the flower is fine. From his stand pointitlooked Wadada do it?' some ask. The to abuse nature. To abuse the as if he was going to be rehired. answer lies in the fact that he has natural mystique between the Then this semester I founQ. out the the theoretical, musical, and prac­ flower and the seed is to doubt bad news. Leo informed me that tical knowledge to pass on. I have that it is what is sown that is PlCASSO this news was a surprise to him been in his Music of Bob Marley, reaped. I feel that for Leo'seffortS, oo~ becauseitwentagainstthemajor­ Jazz Oass, African Rhythm En­ he has not been given what he sc.... ity of opinion of his peers and my semble, and History of Jamaican should have reaped, though. It is peers. Music classes, and have learned not too late. This begs the question, 'How this through first hand experience. If the Administration and the can a few override the many?' Jazz is an electrifying music that heads of the Music Department, The answer is lay in historical very well expresses the of the stu­ like the gardener to the seed, gave perspectives. History shows us dents of this campus. The other water and support to Professor that the people who agree with a musical deparbnents at Bard are Smith, the Jazz Deparnnentas well thing may not show their feelings just as good. Yet it seems to me as the music department could as well as they who disagree. I thatl..eo'scontributionsmayhave grow. If we offer Professor Smith think that the people who were been overlooked because of the the full-time Jazz instructor's po­ content with Leo's teaching may distance that has been created in sition, his as well as our efforts have taken it for granted. But the modern relationship of these shall strengthen the roots of this meanwhile the skills that they had two musical forms. One repre­ garden. This Garden symbolizes Please enclose seven \7) copies of tee will poll the student body. The acquired from studying and play­ sents the establishment and one Bard College. the budget request. resultsofwhich willbethebasisofthe ing with Leo made them into first represents the masses spiritual Itemize each budget item being as PlanningCommittee'sfinalallocation class musicians. This skill creeps vogue. Yet both are based in his- LuanZherka specific as possible (i.e., estimates, of the funds. 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