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of Tlie' Ticker making the request said in a phone interview on March not be shackled by the things which \ to Provost Lois Sv Cronholm and 27. have been done in the past," he said, .\ Chief Librarian Arthur Downing. _ This comes despite the defeat atthe referring 1»~ system of remedial Working students.have reported City University of NewYork (CUNY) courseswmChHa've enabledthe com ,'" to The' Ticker that it would help .Board of Trustees meetingon March mencement of Open Admissions 28 .~ ... "~-~them-,if-they~euld-stay",~nigbtjn:_~.ot:~resolution to allow the se- years ago in1970. the·Ne~ Library~~g~xam nior colleges of~ to either elimi- A key issue raised byTrostee John periodsrather tlUuicOnimuteho:me .nate remedial courses or limit them Monring was whether the vote was at'Iateheursas theydo now; They to onesemester. necessary atall. He saidthat under ,..' ~. ."said that. the long hours spent at ''I don't think we have a majori~". the authority .granted college presi- ~,...,. ..;wo~koften:forces them to~! " ...... ,-.. ~ ~.. ". " - ' .: :~:. TICKER NEWS APRIL 1,\1998 3 APRIL 1, 1998 CCNYForumFailsto ireStudentTurnout - Jeffries Leads Forum In Absence ofBig Name Leaders By Chan-joo Moon during the 1930s, the state did Perhaps it was the commit- not cut CUNY budget. In con- ment in time, perhaps the steep trast, he said, the state in- hill, perhaps the inconvenience creased the budget. of a subway ride. Whichever "During the harshest time, the reason may have been, the the state considered it a prior- supposed-to-be-large-scale fo- ity not to divest from the uni- rum organized for March 19 by versity but to invest," he said. numerous student groups, tout- "After Blacks and Latinos came, ing the attendance of major po- tuition was introduced." litical figures, did not even Imeh called on students to at- draw the attendance of students tend rallies. She said that at City College of New York NYPIRG just took about 8,000 (CCNY), the campus at which students to Albany and lobbied the meeting was held. gthe legislators there. She said A fax announcing "Emergency' ~that this resulted in the an- Forum: Crisis at CCNY" was '';'Inouncement of many possible sent to the campuses 'of City ~fiscal commitments to educa- University of New York °tion, to programs like SEEK (CUNY). Among those who LowattendaneeatCCNY"EmergencyForumw and HEOP and a first-ever tu- were supposed t o speak were in 1847 and the land grant col- to arouse the listeners. "I'm in ition reduction. Helen Marshall, Chair of City leges started with the Morrill the pot because genocide is real When the floor was opened for Council Higher Education Com- Act of 1862, which guaranteed for African Americans and N a- questions from the audience, mittee; Peter Vallone, Speaker access to higher education to tive Americans. I'm standing on one ofthe activists in the crowd of City Council; and David anyone who COuld profit from it. the shoulders ofMalcolm X and (judg'ing from the statements Patterson, New York State He said these systems were Harriet Tubman...," he went on, shehadmadeabouttheorgani Senator. modeled after the African free closing his speech with grandi- zations she was involved in), At the day of the event, for schools, the university system ose metaphors. shouted that the meeting was one reason or another, each of for ex-slaves. Another speaker at the forum, "ridiculous." those speakers did not come, What happened in 1970, he Torres-Saillant, said that the is- "The student government is which made the chief speaker said, was that Open Admissions sue of Open Admissions should not here, no-one is here. Leonard Jeffries, the controver- gave Blacks access to the sys- be taken to an international fo- There's a pattern. 'Let's take it sial CCNY Black Studies Pro- tern for whites. "You come on a rum because it is no longer a to the cafeteria so we can reach fessor. wave of history," he said.' matter of civil rights because it the student body. Take it to To an audience numbering "A brilliant Jewish man sup- has become one of human them if you can't get anyone to about 20 people on average, al- ported it," he then went on, bal- rights. come. It's a waste of time to though it reached about 30 at ancing his previous a nti-. Currently, society is increas- talk about statistics." one point, five speak.ers spoke Semitic statements with praise ingly making a college degree a She then urged the crowd. with passion concerning the for Robert E. Marshak, who requirement, he said. This is "We still have 15 minutes!" Comprehensive Action Plan took over the presidency of coupled with the fact that pub- Taylor agreed that more stu (CAP), which they said was an CCNY in 1970 when Buell lic schools have "proven that dents need. to get involved and attack on the 2B-years-old Gallagher stepped down after they do not work." Williams himself, walking to policy of Open Admissions. police intervened to stop the Torres-Saillant put the issue ward the audience, shouted The five, speakers we·re-, lUa~k'-&Jld,-P-tieF-te,-Riea-B--stu- in the-e~-ef.the-endof-the-- abeut "beiagsiekofjusi talking- " Keeanga Taylor, Stu d'ent --about this Issue." Fireetnp from Ombudsperson for the Interna- the speeches, many students tional Socialist Organization; rushed out of the room, which Sheldon Williams, from had not been full to begin with. Contents: ~~!orDef~~~a~~e~~~e~~~!~~e ROOTS, a pan-African student Jeffries himself, however, City University of New York academic immersion programs, Voice, the student paper.o.f ?ol- organization; Ime Imeh, a rep- urged the students to calm (CUNY) Chancellor Christoph for those who do not meet all lege of Staten Island, criticized resentative of the New York down. Speaking to the few who 1\. T ~ M. Kimmich attended the Uni- the skills requirements, in the the use of SAT scores as a re- Public Interest Research Group remained, he said, "We are dis- L ~ews: .I' J..!on versity Student Senate CUSS) Fall and Spring, instead ofjust quirement for entry into CUNY. (NYPIRG); Silvio Torres- sipating energy. Going [out meeting held at Baruch College the Summer. He said that SAT scores corre Saillant, from the CCNY Do- there] is good idea but it should on Sunday, March 22, to discuss Mizanoor R. Biswas, presi- late directly with a person's ec.o minican Institute; and Leonard be on the regular agenda. You the Comprehensive Action Plan dent of VSS, stated that the nomic status, that the poor will Jeffries. can do that all day tomorrow. Letters /Op- (CAP) and the current status of CAP proposal of a month ago not do as well as those who are With characteristic fire and Monday." ~cl~: JL~ the CUNY Budget. which the New York Times wealthy. "It has a racial, gen- brimstone, "The [current] crisis Then he slowly made prepa- CAP is a CUNY-wide revarnp- quoted him as supporting, no der and class bias," he said. arises from a deep and profound grations to leave, alone, ~rom the ing of academic standards "White upper class males do racism," said Jeffries'. He said ~ near empty room. y that no-one was closing down 8 Outside, one of the students Business:....19 which critics charge will end ,•••• CAPproposal is better than anybod felsehbe- .~ the access to education for cause it is structured or t em access to the public university from the meeting took a por- many of the city's minorities a sham that is being to succeed." system after World War II when cj table loudspeaker and started and poor. decided by a Board of Only about half of the elected Jewish families who could not Fonun :flyers at CCNY men's room shouting about how important Features:....2~ For some two hours. rnanv of h doe student representatives at- speak English were entering 'it was to protest the actions of the student representatives ;er- Trustees t at s not tended this meeting. For CUNY. '~We're not desired at dents who had taken over a Cold War ( a phrase which, in- the CUNY Board ofTrustees, to bally challenged the Chancellor represent the student Baruch College, both Day Ses- CUNY. We are here because we campus building. cidentally, was coined by Ber- the passersby who continued Arts: 29 on the validity of his CAP pro- body in ethnicity, gen- sion Student Government broke down the door." . "[It was] a combination ofstu- nard M. Baruch). He said that walking, oblivious to the mes- posal and stressed the need to (DSSG) and the Graduate Stu- When Dr. Martin Luther King dent movements with a brilliant as long as the Soviet Union ex- sage being broadcast. maintain the 28-years-old der or class standing" dent Assembly (GSA) failed to Jr. was assassinated in 1968~ he mind," he said. isted, the United States could In the rotunda, as their policy of Open Admissions. be at Sunday's meeting, despite said, there was an "explosion" The students at the time were not "look mean." Third World lounge is called, students Sports:.....Bac "Your CAP proposal is a sham longer existed. CAP has gone the fact that it was held on the in cities. "One hundred and organized and made five spe- countries such as those in Latin stopped what they were doing to that is being decided by a Board through constant change during Baruch campus. Only Evening fifty cities were on fire. We cific demands, he said. Open America could choose the alter- see the spectacle of another stu of Trustees that does not repre- the month it has been in exist- Session Student Assembly came in context of struggles but Admissions was one of them- nate ideological system which, dent, apparently angry, shout sent the student body in ence. It continues to change by (ESSA) had representation. we lost our way because.we lost the actual wording stated that he said, offered such things as ing largely incomprehensible ethnicity, gender or class stand- the week, sometimes by days. Despite the strong opposition the sense of struggle," he said. the population of CUNY should free education, daycare and a words from the small low-qual- ing," said Keith Mitchell, from Robert Hollander, from CUNY that the students had expressed "Burn it down. Ifwe can't be in reflect the ethnic percentages in decent living. ity loudspeaker. the Envoy, the Hunter College Graduate Center, said that to Kimmich, he said that he is [CUNY] burn it down," the city. Jeffries said that stu- "It's no accident that this A group of them then coolly Next Issue: student newspaper. "The Board there is a lack of student repre- interested in attending future But in a flash he himself dents should "plan a committee comes precisely after the defeat pulled out a deck of poker cards will not have to live with the sentation in the Board ofTrust- USS meetings. The previous cooled down, talking about of 10 to mobilize 100 who reach of the Soviet bloc." and dealt ahand. "Naw, I ain't April 22 proposal, the students do." ees. Biswas is the only student Chancellor, W. Ann Reynolds, strategy and explaining the his- 1000." He also charged that the cur- goin' [to the protest.] I got Kimmich argued that CAP is representative. "There are over had never attended a USS meet tory of CUNY. Open Admis- "Ifyou don't mobilize and or- rent political atmosphere of class." The rest simply swayed Ad Deadline: sions, he said, has its roots in ganize, if you don't have a vi- downsizing CUNY has an ele- their heads left to right, eyes an effort to implement a better 25 other non-students in the ing. The student leaders alternative to the remediation decision making," he said. "It's thanked Kimmich for coming the Nineteenth century. CUNY sion, you will be crushed," he ment of racism, stating that focused on the cards. April 11 started as the Free University said, returningto his fiery style even in the Great Depression system, which, he said, has a not representative of the stu- and hearing students' criticism drop out rate of about 40 per dent body." and advice. - -,._-',------.~'---~------~- TICKER NEWS APRIL 1,1998 5 4 TICKER NEWS APRIL 1, 1998 Award-winning Photojournalist Baruch To End Remediation .. ~ ...... , ~ Displays His Work In Baruch " continued from the front the critics of such raises in academic Goldstein saidthatthe College Fund, AH Metro Int'l conference on Global ESSA is offering FREE LEGAL TU'[QBJNG By ElaineWu manity," he said. standards, Goldstein said that the an endowment of private donations, Apr. 2 - OpeningCeremony! Cul Business Opportunities will be SERVICESto all Baruch students English Writing Center is now David Turnley, a Pulitzer Prize Some of the photographs in three colleges of'Baruch, Queens and would pay the fees if there are any dealing with Housing, Family, offering FREE TUTORING for tural games will be held at 360 held on Apr. 8, 6-8pm, 151 E. 25th PAS, 14fl, 12:30-2:3Opm winning photojournalist, pre cluded a documentaryofapartheid Hunterare theonlyschools which are short falls from whatthecollege pays. St./7f1.. Admission is $8.00 pp. Consumer and Real Estate law, courses ENG 2100, 2150, 2800, sented some of his best works on in South Africa, the Tiananmen ready for the changes. 'Tm not sure Trustee Edith Everett raised the is Space is limited. It will deal with Immigration, Divorces, Landlord 2850 and more. On Mon. 9-5, Wed. Apr. 9 - Asians in America: Past, Thursday, March 19, at theadmin Square massacre, Bosnia, the that the [current resolution] was the sue ofwhether other colleges, which views on the opportunities and and Tenant issues. For an appoint 10-5, Thurs. 11-2 during the se Present, and Future. Discussion will istrative lounge on 22 street. The former Soviet Union and the fam right thing to pass," he said. ''1 was havenotreceivedthegenerousalumni ment call 802-6794. Appts for Apr. challenges of the global market mester. For appts call 387-1410 or be held at 360 PAS/rm 1541, 1 exhibit was sponsored byBaruch's ine during the war in Rwanda. surprised that we got eight votes." donations which Baruch has, will be 6th, 21st& 28th, 5:30-7:30pm.· 2:30pm place. For more info. call 212-431 sign up in room 1804, 18th St. Journalism department and Besides the Pulitzer Prize, This is a departure in position from abletopayfortutoringtheirstudents. Bldg. Reuters Foundation, a long-time Turnley won many other interna the~prehensiveActionPlan(CAP), ''What happens when the money 1195 Comic Strip Live: tickets are Apr. 20-24 - Asian Film Festival to benefactor to the department. tional and national awards, includ a proposalsubmittedbyinterimChan- isn'tthere?"sheasked. $7.00 and admits two people. Pur Student Life will be offering be held at 360 PAS, rm 1541, 1 "Anythingthat AIDS AWARENESS Workshop This event camejustas the Jour ing the World Press Children's chase tickets at the Student Cen FREE TUTORING for sev 2:30pm cellar Christoph M Kimmich, which, depends on privatedonations need to sponsored byGamma Phi Rho will nalism department finished build Jury Picture of the Year and the if approved, would limit or end be looked at carefully" She said that ter 360 PAS, rm 1512 Monday eral subjects. Offered Mon be held on Apr. 23rd, 12:30-2:30pm, Apr.21 & 23 - Sports Tournament, ing its first dark room for photo Robert Capa Award. His photo remediation at all of the CUNY students should be able to choose be Friday from 9am-9pm Cash Only. 5~9pm, 17 Lex. Ave/6th fl gym, 4-9pm. 360 PAS/rID 1542, 1543 days-Thursdays Satur journalism. Professor Christopher graphs are published in many schools. tween remedial courses, which are Available all semester. days 11am-4pm during the se US Marines will be recruiting on Apr. 23 - Date Auction will be held Hallowell, chairman of the Jour newspapers and magazines. CAP was originally scheduled to be paid for by the college, and tutoring, mester. To schedule appoint April 9th & 23rd, lOam-3pm, at the The Baruch College Early at 17 Lex. Ave.,4 North, 1-2:30pm. nalism department, gave an intro Turnley is currently a photo-cor voted on at this meeting, but, under which mayor may not bepaid for. ductory speech emphasizing the 23rd St. lobby. Learning Center will provide ments call Richard (212) 802 respondent at Paris for theDetroit the pressureofopposition from some Goldsteinrepliedthatthefundsfrom child care for 3-5 yo. on Saturdays, 6770 bet. 4-8:30pm OR sign up Apr. 24 - Asian Arts & CraftsExhi importance of photography in the Free Press and ·was awarded the legislators and many CUNY faeultj; an endowment are more dependable bition will be held at 360 PAS, 15th Holocaust Memorial Day spon media. Nieman Fellowship at Harvard staffandstudents; rescheduledfor tax money which, ''may not be 8:45am-2pm during the at 360 PAS, room 1512. £1,5-10pm was than sored by Hillel, JSA, KOACH will semester.You must pick up an ap "One photograph can change the University last summer. With the the BoardmeetingonApril27. Ameet- there from year to year." He did not be held onApr. 23rd, 12:30-2:15pm, plication at 104 E. 19th St. or 360 We can do it! Lose weight with a May 1. _ Closing Ceremony/ direction people think," said fellowship, he is studying at the ing ofthe Board's Long Range Plan- speak for what the other colleges 360 PAS/rm 1436. PAS, rm 1512. friend.. Group meets every Mon- Eveningwil take place at 17 Lex. Hallowell. "A picture is worth a W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro ningCommitteewassetforApril6, to would do. day 12-1pm, at 360 PAS/room1543 Ave. Auditorium, 7:30-11pm. thousand words." American Research and the re-discuss the academic standards Sandi Cooper, chairwoman ofUni- Discount Movie Tickets to SENIORS,d 1id you order you r As he was presenting his photo Kennedy School of Government. outlined in C~ versityFacultySenate,took issuewith Cineplex Odeon can be pur- Ord Career Development win be offering Career Workshops chased at the Student Center 360 Graduation Ringyet1 ers can All workshops are held at 151 E. 25th St. graphs in a slide-show, Turnley He is also studyingRussian, film Goldstein said that the Trustees do Goldstein for stating that the faculty PAS, rm 1512. Tickets are $5 and be placed Mar. 30-Apr.2 at the 25th For further info. call: 212-802-6710 described some ofhis life anddeath making and drama. not oppose the standards for Baruch, at Baruch support his plan. St. Library lobby from l1am situations. During the Persian valid for one year. 802-6770 Avail- 6.20 m Topic-Winning Resumes: Apr. 2, 12-2pm, room 251 He is a graduate from the Uni but for other senior colleges such as ''Professors of English are amazed able all semester. . p Topic-Choosing A Major: Apr. 27, 12-2pm, room 251 GulfWar, he went to the war-zone versity ofMichigan with a degree York,LehmanandCityCollege ofNew that they agreed because they don't Topic-Effective Job Search: Apr. 29, 12-2pm, room 251 of Baghdad in Iraq. Although he in French literature. Turnley York(CCNY). Thedefeatedresolution recollecthavingdiscussed it," shesaid Ifyou would like to announce an event for the.SJ?ring Se!Jles did not have a visa, the customs started his photographyjourneyat ter -AT NO CHARGE -please type and leave It m the Ticke Topic-Interviewing: Apr. 28, 5:30-7:30pm, room 251 (number 5A), had extended the end- 'Tm surprised by the hysteria at Workshops will be held throughout the semester. agent at Iraq let him in because he the age of17 with his twin brother ingofremediation to all ofthe senior what seems to. be a sensible resolu mailbox in room 1512. was from the Detroit Free Press, a Peter, documentinglife in Indiana, colleges. tion," Trustee Richard B. Stone said newspaper in the city where the where they grew up. Fora collegetoendremediation,said immediatelyafterCooper'scomments. officer's cousin coincidentally lived. He has published five books with Goldstein, it would first have to The Professional Staff Congress This was not the only time he put his photographs and his most re ''ratchetup" the admissionsstandards (PSC), thefacultyandstaffunion,also his life on the line. He almost got cent book, titled "In Times of War so that only students who are ready raised the issue of faculty input. By Chan-joo Moon here." killed bya bomb shell when he was and Peace," was co-written with for college level work are admitted. CeceliaMcCall,BarochChapterChair A referendum to establish a medical Heller saidthat although hewanted in Bosnia. Peter TUrnley. Studentswhostillhaveacademic dif-" ofPSC,saidthatBarochhasconsulted facility at Baruch, for which students healthcareforBaruchCollege, thepre He did not, however, express any Turnley came to. Baruch at the ficultieswouldreceivetutoringwhich, faculty but not"the legalbodythatis will have to pay $10 per semester, is vious DSSGhad questionsconcerning reservations about going into po invitation ofAlisa Solomon,Asso he said, would be free of charge. elected to [be consultedf' Both the inthefmal stagesofgettingapproved. how the additional fees would beused tentiallife-threatening situations. ciate Professor of English, who is Shouldremediation end or be lim- FacultySenate andPSCchargesthat Once it gets approved, students vot and these questions, he said, did not ''My journey has put me in touch a fellow graduate from the Univer ited on a CUN¥wide basis, it is still CUNYadministration iscircumvent ingfor the studentgovernment candi get answered. The questions that he with"rnom:ents oftriumph and hu- sity ofMichigan. 'unelear'wherestudentswouldreceive . ingthemwhilestatingthattheyhave dates duringthe college elections this had were: would students have a ma academic assistance. For Barach, faculty support. May wi Ualso be asked to vote on this jorityontheboard thatmakesthe00 issue. Should it receive the majority cisions regarding the running of the vote, every student (day, evening and healthcare center; would it stay open graduate) will get a hikeof$l0 in their in the night for evening students; is By Vanessa Singh way through college, the student activity fee, which is charged there a proposed budget; and where In order to help students ex speaker said that they should along with tuition every semester. will the center be located. plore their options after gradu get involved with studentsac DebraBick-Duggan,Associate Direc ''Baruch isa businessschool andthis ation and better prepare them tivities, particularly intern tor ofStudent Life and chairwoman shouldbe anexampleofhowbusiness for the job market, various stu ships. of the City University of New York operations are run," Heller said. "[It] dent groups such as the Corpo Jeffrey D. Johnson of NFL en lCUNY) Coalition ofHealth Services, contradicts the epitomy of [a business rate Communications Organiza terprises pointed out that ac led a groupofaboutsixstudents, called school.]" tion and the Accounting Club, tivities related to a student's the Student Health Coalition, to ob Regarding his questions, Bick organized a series of lectures major will be a valuable expe tain the signatures of 10 per cent of Duggan said that the facility would for the second week of March. rience, sometimes the only pre thestudentbody: Theyobtained about definitelybeopenduringtheevenings. Presentations on forging ca career experience, and can go a 350 graduate students' signatures, As for the budget, she said that the reer paths were given by speak long way toward preparing" a 1,100daysession students' signatures first thingwhich has to be determined ers from companies such as student for a career. and 450 evening session students'; is what kind of facility to set up. It Home Box Office (HBO), Another crucial part ofcareer which is about 10 per cent of each will be modeled either on the system MetLife and National Football preparation is having adequate group. The signatures for day and at Lehman College or at Brooklyn League (NFL) Enterprises. resume writing and basic com graduate students have already been College, Bick-Duggan said. Lehman The points which were em puter and communication checked and approved. has contractedtheservicesofa nation phasized during the first two skills. The speakers at the Ca This referendum was on the ballot wide for-profit provider andBrooklyn's days of the series included ad reer Paths in Corporate Com ofthe95/96 academicyearand it failed has been set up by the school. vice for what career preparation munication almost did" nothing at that time after DSSG went on a Bick-Duggan wantsBaruch's center students can do now, what stu else but emphasize the impor "vote-no" campaign. Andrew Heller, to be a "full-fledged. health center," dents should expect once they tance of good writing. president of DSSG during the 95/96 which means that it will have a li are in the job market and some They said that a sloppily pre academicyear, stronglyobjectedto the censed doctor on the premises. The helpful tips on how to advance pared resume will eliminate a leading role ofBick-Duggan. centeris to offergynecologicalservices. a career. student from consideration re 'The Student Health Coalition has Regarding studentrepresentation on Aside from keeping one's gardless of the student's quali 24 Hour Study RoODl her 0 visits they can make. been engineered and created by the board, she asked: "What's more justten ollars," sai a emalestudent. Grade Point Average (GPA) up fications. Unless a student has" continued from the front An international student himself, Debbie Bick-Duggan as a mirage of important? Deciding the health ser Lennox Henry, Health Marshal and taking as many courses a considerable amount of work tion withtheextended hours, the caf come victims ofcrime. They consid Henrysaidthatthefacilitywillbegood. student support," he said. "Any stu vices or determining who sits on the (memberofStudentHealthCoalition) that are relevant to one's major experience, the speakers said eteria across the hallway will also be ered keepingstudents who stayafter for international students because dent activity fee increase should be board?" . and a candidate for the DSSG presi that a student can, the speak that these things must be kept open 24-hours. Approximately 120 midnightfrom leavingthebuildingtill they tend not"to have any access to a initiated by the students." In an informal interview, a student dency, said that the hardest people to ers advised students to remem in mind while the student has seatsare available in the Media Cen themoming. medical facility . "She's supposed to be like Carl,"said picked at random questioned the need get the signatures from were evening ber that an employer will look yet to walk down the aisle for terand about30 in thecafeteria. "We cannot hold our students hos Baruch is currently the only college Pearl Chen, council memberofDSSG for it. He said that Baruch does not session students. He said that they at the kinds of extra-curricular graduation. A computerconsultantwill staytill tage,"said Downing. withouthealthcare, accordingto Bick during that time, referring to Carl have a major athletic program and were the most independent and activities which a student has The speakers also advised midnight andone additional security This new24-hourpolicyistemponuy Duggan. She said that the CUNY Aylrnan, DirectorofStudentLife. She that an ambulance can be called for tended to havehealth insurance from participated in. students to "net·.vork." Nicole guamwillbeassignedfor theall-night and itsfuture isdependantonthe re said that Carl gives advice and guid anymajoraccidents or injuries. Then their employers. Board of Trustees may decide on a For City University of New Lawrence of HBO said that shift. sponses of the students. Should ance usually in response to requests, he asked why men should pay to have Bick-Duggan saidthateven evening minimum facility for all CUNY York (CUNY) students who are knowing professionals in the The Office ofPublicSafetyraised the enough studentstakeadvantageofit, schools. Afull-fledged facility, however, as opposed to taking the helm. gynecological serviceson campus. Two students would benefit because, as fortunate enough to not have to field is an important part of concern that students who leave 00 Downingsaid, thenthepolicymayget ''1 don't benefit from it," said Bick other students gave blanket approval opposed to insurance plans, students will require student fees, Bick-Duggan work in order to pay way their finding a job. ingthe wee-hoursofthenightcanbe- expanded to thelibrary Duggan. "There's no hidden agenda for the measure. ''1 think it's good, it's will not have limitations on the num- said. ... i 6 TICKER NEWS APRIL 1, 1998 TICKER NEWS APRIL 1, 1998 7 Workfare Forces CUNY Students Out OfClasses Baruch Public Safety Officer Denies Getting Physical , Says He Never Grabbed Student's Neck Despite Student's Testimony Rights Initiative, welfare recipients • By Chan-joo Moon )~1~f dent given .by the By Elizabeth Villegas Home Relief recipients. These are job. Currently, some 75 per cent of the report. are likely to join the ranks of the Kim Min-chul, a student at witness, the Ticker Arlene Leon (not her real name) is the "single able bodied adults." New York employers require some Kirschner then replied that un unemployed, who number 297~OO I Baruch College, was allegedly i identified and inter- a senior atBaruch College majoring While persons with children had amount of college or a high school til McLaughlin signs offon the re in New York City as of February grabbed by the back ofthe neck by ': viewed Kim as he in business. She is also on public their benefits reduced, they had diplomawith specialized trainingfor port, he could not get a copy and 1998. They said that this situation a Public Safetyofficer and pulled a was leaving the assistance. Two years ago, when their benefits cut off altogether. entry level jobs, according to that because McLaughlin was not is pushing poor people into a tight distance ofsome 15 feet for trying buildingafter 7 PM. welfare reform legislationstartedto Theywere requiredto workand also Workfaimess, an agency for Human in the office that day, the report labor market where they are com to enter the 17 Lexington Avenue On Monday after- get implemented, she was required to actively look for a regular job, Resources of New York City. They could not be obtained. peting for fewer and fewer lower building without his identification noon, Kirschner to work, in the Work Experience making it very difficult for them to state that by theyear 2000, at least He then said that unofficially, he payingjobs. card, on Thursday, March 26 at . said that he did not Program (WEP), for herben- stay in school. half of all new jobs will require a had heard about the incident butnot Workfairness agency around 5: 35 PM. : even hear of the in- efits. that anyone was grabbed. He said states that if welfare Kim said that he had left his cident. "[The re- She refused. her workfare that a second security officer, who recipients areallowedto wallet at home and did not have port] may be in my assignment because she re had seen the incident, stated that attend and graduate any form ofidentification. He told ' box. I'll have to call alized that she would not be Connerhadnotgrabbed anyone. He community college; 75 ..* his problem to an officer standing. ' . Security,"Kirschner able finish her education. saidthat Conner only stood in front percent ofthese people in the front ofthe securitydesk and said. Then he asked Theonlytime thatshecould ofthe student to block his way. He will move off welfare -, the officer said that he could go in whether the Ticker attend Baruch was during f then said that both officers were Spring 1995· within twoyears. Upon ifhe told the person sittingon the .knew the 'name of not known to have had problems the time her daughter was .Falll:9-9S:.. security desk his name and social the student. The in public school. The assign obtaining a bachelor's with students. seeur'itynumber, Ticker replied that ment required her to work Spring1996. degree, some 87 per The Ticker then called the Secu Fafl 19,96 cent will move penna The officer at the desk, J. Conner, since the student rity Office to ask whetherthe cam during the day and the refused to let him enter. When Baruch student Kim Min-ehul agency told her to attend Sp.ring 1997 nently offwelfare, they was allowed theenter, Security al- eras in the lobby of the 17 Lexing Kim said that he needed to go to then added with a strong tone of.. ready knew the person. school at night. They told Fall. 1997 said. ton Avenue building are connected ....,- : ", '. .:. ~: ~ class, ''That's not my business," warning, "Take a walk." Then When the Ticker called after an herthat it wasnot their con- Thenewworkfarelaw to video recorders. After not receiv cern if she could not afford allows people on wel Conner allegedly said. Then Kim Conner refused to give the name hour, Kirschner said that the Se ing any kind of answer, the Ticker childcare and could not find fare to attendcollegefor offered to show the officer his text- of the supervisor who alledgedly, curity office agreed to send a re went into the Security office. A su anyone to baby-sit her two years. They must books as proofthat he was attend- according tothe original witness, port ofthe investigation and that pervisor at the office said that some daughter. Theydid not have show proper documen- ing a class. After another refusal, had intervened on behalf of Kim. it would be hand delivered to his cameras record and others do not. assignments for night because mu An article in the New York Times college degree. tation of their attending college to he tried to go in anyway and She said thatthe supervisoryelled office. He said, however, that he Astowhichones record, he saidthat nicipal agencies are open from nine on March 23 stated that only 29 per At Hunter College, students re- be exempted from participating in walked towards the stairway. at Conner for grabbing the stu- was unable to share it with the hecouldnotreleasetheinfonnation The officer, he said, grabbed the dent. Ticker because of "privacy laws," to five. cent of people on welfare were able quired to go on WEP receive help WEP. because of security concerns. He back ofhis shirt, by the collar, and The supervisor apologized to Kim which prohibit him from releasing Her refusal led to her benefits to find jobs in the period between from the Welfare Rights Initiative, ''Yet many students are leaving then said that the TIcker should pulled him by force to the front of and let him enter, Kim said. any confidential information. dropping from $349 per month with July 1996 to March 1997. There are the center for the study of Family college out of fear and are taking wait for McLaughlin on Tuesday. iscurrently searching $200 in food stamps to $261 per about 350,000 persons who were Policy. They are branching out to workfarejobs which are notprepar the desk. The Ticker walked into the office U sing the electronic research The Ticker A witness to the incident told Day ofSecurity, located on the lobby of tools in the Newman Library, the for otherwitnesses to this incident. month with $74 in food stamps. She taken offwelfareNewYorkCity, ac assist students in Baruch and at ing them for any decent jobs in the Session Student Government the same building, and found a Ticker investigated and found that Kim said that when he left. hiswal- continues, however, to stay inschool. cordingtothearticle. Thedatacasts Kingsborough Community College. future," said Harold Jaminson, Hu (DSSG) council member Chae person matching the description the 1974 Family and Educational doubt on whetherworkfareis a suc Two students staff a table in front·· mart Resources Administration Li letathomeon previousoccasions,the The majority ofstudents, however, Choe, who informed the Ticker. given ·by the witness, Assistant Privacy Act (FERPA), commonly Public Safety offi~rs lethim in after cessful program. of the auditorium on the first floor aisonofthe College Opportunity to have dropped. out. City University At the scene, at about 6:40 PM, Director of Security, Joe Calliste. known as the Buckley Amend- he recited his name, social security "(This) policy isjust going to drive of the 17 Lexington Avenue build- Prepare for Employment, at r of New York (CUNY) data shows 1 Conner denied that he in any way Calliste called Director of Secu- ment, only prohibits access to the number and home address. "The that the number of CUNY students morepeople offthewelfare rolls even ing, during club hours on Thursday. LaGuardia'Community College. touched Kim. He said that he rity Henry J_ McLaughlin, and name ofthe student, his social se school is for the students," said Kim. on public assistancedropped precipi though there aren't enough jobs for They said that it is very difficult Leon said that she chose to finish asked Kim to come back to the then said that an investigation curity number and his academic "fhey treat us like criminals for for tously from 27,000 in January 1995 them,''Shelly Nortz, a policy analyst for them because students are very college despite the sanctions she front. of-the deskand that Ki:m had would be completed by Director of record. Since the Ticker already gettingidentificationcards," Thecur to 14,510 inSeptember 1997. There and lobbyist for NewYork State Coa indifferent to the issue. "At Hunter, facedbecause as a singleparent, she people run up and ask us," said ,neededajobthat provides for a bet complied. Student Support Services Carl knew the studentand even had his rent identification cardpoliCywasin are now about 13,000 CUNY stu-· iition for the Homeless, said in the Inresponseto the--questi 8 TICKER NEWS APRIL 1, 1998 TICKER NEWS APRIL 1, 1998 .9 DSSGDAY: No Work, All Play ByAndreia Lee of gathering money for charity. While DSSG DAY, hosted and The auction's highest bid of financed by Day Session Stu $100 dollars went-to two girls dent Government (DSSG), was who auctioned themselves off a success as a party, itspurpose, for the price of one. of acquainting students with While the auction was a great DSSG, was less clear. The success, it was unclear who much-acclaimed DSSG DAY should receive the credit for it. took place on last Thursday on Zeshan Hamid, president of u.s.News the 14 floor of 360 Park Ave DSSG, claimed the credit for South building. the Date Auction. However, Fred Drasner People from diverse clubs and What do youtbinkofDSSG? Eddie Lopez, Vice President backgrounds were interacting 30%'negative respOnse ' American MarketingAssocition Chief Executive Officer in a festive atmosphere under 35%d1d.':riot::Imow:abOUt,DSSG (AMA) said that AMA in coali , , lively music coordinated by a 7% poSitiverespod$e tion with ASEDOM (Dominican DJ wearing a black turban. A '28% no opinIon "' Students' Association) are the large banquet of free food and ~:to DSSQ'~,?, true organizers ofthe Date Auc An Open Letter to Students WhatW:OU1d'you see ' drinks was held and there were 8% improve CIS program' ' tion. AMA officials said that games and much animated date they happened to have sched 8% more assistance to intemational ' students auction. "The event was 8% improvirigday' care-eenter'faeilit~;"iD:eIuding::aeeess for uled the Date Auction for the definetly succes sful," said Planning to AttendLaw School children to library same day as the DSSG event. Supriya Mitra, a member of .8% improve'guidance counseling, ma.kirlgthem mandatory , DSSG allowed the DateAuction DSSG Upper Conncil. "We 15% morejob opportunities and:reeruitments to be held on their party, in or wanted to get everybody to 20% DSSG more in~;~ --- .~..- -.\o." ~~ . ------10 TICKER NEWS APRIL 1, 1998 TICKER NEWS APRIL 1, 1998 11 Students RallyAgainst Health Insurance Declining continued from front page 16th A~NUAL PA."X CHRISTI METRO NEW YORK CAP At Badillo's Office The number of students insured appearance of the middle class in by GHI declined to 2,860 as of New York City. For the past two o~ By David Blanks leaders, and politicians from both January 1998, accordingto Evelyn decades, the number of upper in Waif the e'lOSS Over a hundred student activists sides of the issue. However, the Marzan, account executive at GHI. come families increased while the The Weissman Center for..... International Business rallied outside the law office of press conference was canceled. Only 252 Baruch students are cur number of lower income families _ Herman Badillo, vice-chair of City This did not discourage the stu rently insured by GHI. also increased. Middle class in the MITSUI & COMPANY (USA) University of New York (CUNY) dents who p icket.ed, chanted, Given the state and city-wide meanwhile, shrank as the income LUNCH-TIME FORUM Board ofTrustees, on the corner of shouted, and screamed; despite the trends, it is likely that there were stratification intensified. 55 Street and ThirdAvenue to pro drizzling rain, frigid temperature, significant declines in the number Lower incomefamilies are likely test his stance on the Comprehen and unsympathetic passers-by. ofpeople who had been insured in to face a higher tax-burden be- sive Action Plan (CAP). Said one organizer:" I don't expect 1995, either by their employers or _cause most of them do not own HARMONIZINC Students picketed outside the a politician, democrat or republi by their own policies. their own homes. This in turn low office for most of the rally, which can, to do anything to help CUNY CarlAylman, director ofStudent ers the quality of life for them began at 4:00 PM, then had a students. The only thing that is Life, suggested that one of the rea which may explain the decreasing "speak-out." Students gave stir goingto saveremediation and open sons for this is because young number of people with health in WORLD ring testimonals on the benefits admissions is for the city to mobi people think they do not need in surance. ' they recieved from CUNY and lize." surance since their health is fairly While this trend is nation-wide, voiced their opposition to CAP and Protesters carried signs such as: stable. However, he noted that it also has been the most intense April 10th, 1998 the impact it will have on their ''Badillo is the Butcher of CUNY" many of the uninsured are inter in New York State. New York is 47th Street at FirstAvenue 8:30AM lives and their communities. Stu and chanted "NO CUNY! NO national students who do not have ,the only state where the richest ACCOUNT"INC / dents' testimonies had a consider PEACE!" working permits andcannot afford one-fifth of its residents control 'lite Wtll( ot the C'loss: able number ofexpletives directed After the picketing, about 50 pro to pay for the program. "It's a more than one half of the-total the Waif to ;pea.c.e at Badillo, which wasbroadcastvia testers marched to Hunter College. gamble," said Aylman. , wealth, accordingto a report by a the megaphone inthe centerofthe ''They think they're marching to The downward trend in the num Washington think tank. STANDARDS J~in with 1.000 o~er people in the largest public Christian peace witness in New York student throng. Hunter," said a police officer. Po ber of people who have health in "This is unacceptable," said CIty. The Good Fnday Way of the Cross is a modern-day enactment of the Stations of the The demonstration was sup Cross. witnessing for peace and justice in the streets ofour city. As the crucifixion of those lice reinforcements arrived and surancemay also reflect a problem Vallone. ''New York cannot exist Gerhard Mueller who are poor continues in the form of budget euts and the reinstatement of the death posed to be preceded by a press closely monitored the march, noted by City Council Speaker Pe without a vibrant, unwardly-mo penalty. it is essential that we walk on behalf of those who are silenced. The Walk will conference featuring Norman terVallone. In hisStateofthe City Financial Accounting standards Bd. take ~lace ~rom 8:30 AM to 12:00 noon on Good Friday, April 10th. We will begin at Dar: which did get to Hunter. bile, middle class." Ham~erskJoldPlaza (47th Street at First Avenue) and proceed along 42nd Street. ending Seigel ofthe NewYork Civil Liber address, Vallone discussed the dis- at Nmth Avenue. This walk customarily concludes with an act of nonviolent civril ties Union, anti-CAP community Steve Lilien disobedience:-carried outby those who wish to participate--as a prophetic witness to the gospel's call to peace and justice. If you feel called to take part in this action. please Baruch College, Commentator contact the Pax Christi office for more information. Hev YOU! 1>ua.se hJea'i 0-2 C4'['[If a. C'2.0SS &I Tuesday, April 28th, 1998 12:15-]:45 PM The Good Friday Way ofthe Cross is organized eacbvea.r bvPax Christi Metro ~ Room 1200 - 360 Park Avenue South NY. a regional section of Pax Christi. the international Catholic movement for Yeah You! (Sandwiches & Drinks Served) peace. We are grateful to our many sponsors. For more info about our work. please contact us at 135 West 4th Street. New York. NY 10012. 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You must file an APPLICATION FOR DEGREEform with the Registrar's Office in your final semester in order to be eligible to graduate and to be included in Make a difference, and show up. the commencement program. ------.,...------.. _------:..._-..--_ ... - - "' -.- ..... •• _ .... _.~_~._••••• ~•. ~ ...__ • __ ~... _._•• " ... _~ • .:...- ••••••.• ,_ ...... '" _.··... ·4••.•-.~ ..... , ••' •••••••••_~ • - - - - 12 TICKER OP-EDS MARCH 18,1998 TICKER OP-EDS APRIL 1,1998 13 EDITOI'IAL Email: , [email protected] Joseph M. Maldarelli Jack Booted Thugs Know Edltor-in-Chief Lauren Mogul I AM SECURE WITH BARUCH SECURITY ! All About You. Managing Editor By Monica Mack I rememberwhen 1first entered the would not let me pass until I smiled. ill, and not letjust anyone in. In the It is unfortunate-thatsomestudents school onthe 18thstreetbuilding, and Their asking what's wrong, or show CUNYschool that I transferred from, Madelyn Tavera have to face verbal and/or physical 1flashed myillcard andkept onwalk ingsometypeofconcern, mademe feel anyone could walk up in the school Senior Editor Should They? harassment from security officers ing, Before I had reached the end of good. withoutbeingaskedfor identification. Tamim Islam whose main purpose is to protect the theelevator line, a guardyelled, "hey; There are a lot ofsituations where If security did ask for identification, Chan-joo Moon, students,staff: andfellowofficers,I un whereis yourill?'1toldherthatI had the crew on 18th street are mistaken all they had to say was that they left Public safety officers at Baruch have access to stu News Editors derstandifa situationcomesupwhere showed it to her. She said, ''Well, I for beingmean or militant because of theirID. home. Thesecuritywould let you oryou fellow officer's life mightbe didn'tseeit. Show meitagain."I pulled how they do their job. However we thementerthebuildingwithoutcheck dents'acadenrlcrecords-socialsecurityrmmbers, grade Hung Tran in dangerand the onlythingleft to do it out and I showed. it to her a second mustrememberthattheseofficersare ing for anything. The security there Dov Gertzulin* is to protect yourself, then that is un time, and she nodded. me on. Then I here to do a job, and to do it profes weremoreconcernedwithyourphone point averages, number ofcredits taken, etc..... Business Editors derstandable.Butifyou areusingyour justkeptwalking. rthoughtto myself: sionallyTherearetimesonajobwhen numberorthesizeofyourbutt,rather Itisagainst the 1974FanrllyEducationalandPrivacy David Blanks· positionor badgetobadgerandintimi where am I, in school or in prison? you can'tclown around andjokewith than the safety ofthe students, staff, Op-Ed Editor date others, you are obviously in the Everyday when enteringthe build or themselves. That's not good busi Act for tbem to have this access and it is also a gross wrong profession. I think the NYPD ings 1 would hear the guards yelling: ness. I can't give Baruch campus se Sergy Tabuteau is hiring. .- ''!D's out people, move over people, "he•••w re am 1, zn · curity enough praise, because they Features Editor When I picked up the last issue of form two lines people, takeyour bags reallydo a goodjob. Forthemostpart, violation of both privacy and common sense. The theTICKER andreadthearticlethat offyour shoulders, step down to the school or in prison?" the majorityofthem areaccurate and Edward Rodriguez Ms. Erikao. wrote, I wasshocked and back. of the line folks," or ''Come on, on point. Syed Bokhari· recordsarekeptopenlyina stackateachsecuritypost disappointed. I wasshockedbecauseI Again, 1 want to say to Ms. Ericka Arts Editors rome on, keep the line moving ladies for anypublic safety officer to peruse at their leisure. didn't think that security officers of and gentlemen."I couldn't helpbutto everyone. Thisis whentheymostneed 0., what happened to you was re Mike Galicia that nature where employed at our think that we were in line for a meal our support and cooperation. When I ally uncalled for and ifit was me in Sports Editor school. I was disappointed because atRikersIsland orsomeotherprison. entertheschool itis normally5:30, and your situation, 1 would have done SODle officers are actually keeping track of the GPA's eventhoughshe spokeaboutthatone Oneday1walkedinand1didn'thear it's like a madhouse. It'slikerushhour, the same. I do realize that you are ofstudents they knO'lT. Jamie Yanofsky particularofficer, itcasta badlighton the "drill sergeant" yelling or giving There are so many students rushing not trying to bring down the whole Copy Editor the entire Baruch Security staff: orders. So I walkeduptothe desk. and in andoutoftheschool. Youhavethose campus security force, because you I really do sympathize with Ms. asked theothersecurityofficers where studentswhotrytopullfast ones over stated it a couple of times in your Marlon Layton There is NO excuse for allowing this kind of viola Ericka O. becauseI knowwhatitfeels busted on security They walk right pass the article. This is not intended to de Copy Editor/ was the "warden"Theyall out Webmaster like to be harassed by a security of laughingand told me that she wasn't security without showing their ID. fend or excuse unprofessional con tion ofprivacy; surely there is a more sensibleway to ficer.An incidentjusthappenedtomy in that day The following daywhen I Thentherearethosestudentswho do duct, but to encourage those good Henry sister and I last week with a security sawher, shetoldmethatherco-work showtheirill,buttheywilltryto skip officers outtheretokeep upthe good check the enrollment status of students w'ho do not Henao-Berchtold· guard at Daffy's on the 34th street. ers had told her what I had said, and theline andrun into anopenelevator, work. So please don't read myarticle Advertising Manager (Word ofadvice: Don'tspendyourhard instead catching an attitude, she ahead of students who were already andthinkthatI am respondingback have identification cards. earned cash there unless you really smiled and said she liked that name waiting in line. Students like that because ofretaliation. 1justwanted Roslyn Bernstein want to be disrespected) I personally better than the some others that she should really appreciate security; be to give a "shout out" to officers like BaruchCollegeshouldinlInediatelyputanendtothis Alisa Solomon Consultants havenotbeendisrespectedbyBaruch had' heard before. From that dayfor cause 1 have seen plentY of episodes Corporal RamQS, OfficerAnderson, Security I am pretty sure there are ward we have been cool. They speak where if security wasn't present the Officer Williams, Sergeant reckless practice. Public safety officers also need to *Denotes acting. someamongthe securityatourschool to me everyday and ask me how my other students would have attacked Jardine, ( the night crew on 18th be mor-e professional; they need to enforce an uni that let a badge boost their egos, or day is going, and there were times them. street), along with the rest ofcam Staff act irresponsibly; but the majority of whenI mighthavehada bad da~ and I really amglad that I cango into a pus security for doing an extraor ~hen the security staffis level headed. I entered school upset, buttheguards facilityand theguardsreallycheckfor ' dinaryjob! formed policy a student does not have anyform Carolyn Brad Pearl'ellen . ofill onthem. Theprocedurethattheyuseistocheck Dean Efkarpidis -VIEW: if a student can recite his orher Social Security num PatrickEves By David Blanks gation to serve in the best inter- tory known as the progressive Martin Goldstein It is very easy to be medic- ests of that community or collec- era. This was a time of political ber and address. Officers should not refuse to go Polly Gwadyak cre, it's a challenge to be an in- tive. Selfish individuals want no and social reform. The foundation Kiro dividual of substance. Some part ofthat action, but no matter for this reform was laid in part through this, or any other procedure, based on per "I'omrny Latr people are content to sit back how hard one tries to deny or by provocativejournalists whodid Andreia Lee and watch the walls crumble dodge it, we all bear responsibil- exp<>sesoncorrnptionandinjusticeon sonal wfrims. The only time that an officer should Hwan-joo Moon all around them, They say or ity for the survival and well be- thepartofgovemment,business,and JeannieNg do nothing because they ratio- ing ofour communities. Ifwe con- industJ:y.Thesejoumalistscametobe refuse entryisifthat officer doubts the identityofthe Kenyatta Pious nalize that what is going on is tinue to be selfish, neglect our known as MUCKRAKERS, because Juan Raposo none of their concern. Some duties, and breach our obliga- they were said to stir the mud that student. 'I'hat is not to say that SODle students are not Jeff Schwartz don't even want to know what tions to our communities, civili- had settledon the bottomofthe pro- Smo really is happening. This gives zation will deteriorate, make no verbial pond ofsociety. unruly,ormisbehaved. A professionallytrainedofficer Atlaf Tyrewala them the illusion ofalleviating bones about it. Ask yourself: Therefore, from now on, you can MingWong the burden of responsibility What· legacy are we leaving for call me DavidBlanks, orjustca1lme should be able to take the idiosyncrasies of students ElaineWu that comes alongwith being in the babies? Upton Sinclair the-second, because the know. In line with accepting respon- Bantchisdefinitely'TheJungle."So in stride, and make sensible decisions- findingthe ap The Ticker is pub Ifyou know, stand by and al- sibility, and as part of my quest just to make sure we're clear on ev- lished bi-weekly, eight low injustice to occur, without for knowledge, I hereby declare erything: I'm not some lone student propriatebalancebetweentheneedtokeeptheBaruch times a semester, by The doing anything about it, it's a myself Baruch's official MUCK- dissident. I'm not the ''MAD STU- Ticker editorial staff at hard thing to live with. Thus RAKER. I'm adopting this moni- DENT"who should be on a skit on a 360 ParkAve. South, New the adage "ignorance is bliss." ker to distinguish myselfand my BAD BOY record album. I am not safe, aridfhe need to make some concessions to stu York, NY 10010, Room 1522 (Internet E-Mail When it comes time to settle up mission for what it is, and to the second coming of Orlando dents' human errors. the_ticker@scsu. accounts, these people will cop write my own history, before I get Green either, I am the rising of baruch.cuny.edu). All out by saying, "I didn't know." typecast, stereotyped, labeled, DA SUN! See no evil, hear no truth. I am and lumped into that category I am a concerned student. I work except printing is . done by Baruch under ,.~ not one of these individuals, I reserved for whiners, complain- am the loud voice of the quiet graduate and graduate , want to know, and gladly ac- ers, troublemakers, and the like. majority. I am the MUCK- students. All typed and cept the responsibility that For those ofyou who aren't up RAKER! I am the one who re- signed contributions and knowledge entails. on history, oraren't familiar with fuses to remain silent. letters are welcome, and It is easy to be self-centered. the traditions ofinvestigative re- If I offend anybody, I apolo- should be mailed to the - It i~hard to see yourselfas part porting, let me clarify for you ex- gize, but I will hold my tongue above address (or E-mail of a collective or a community. actly what a MUCKRAKER is. for noone. Thetrothwillbetold, and address). Our office is open Accepting being a part ofsome- After the turn of the century, that is not a bad thing. I heard that during regular school thing is an obligation. An obli- there is a period inAmerican His- the troth shall setyou free. hours. 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TICKER F~ATURES'APRIL 1, 1998 15 14 TICKER OP-EDS APRIL 1, 1-998 "It went down like this...": A student's story By Tesfa Gordon ' the marching column and tried testers and the cops shouting at (CAP) is definitely not one of I did not realize that big stick to accost a protester that was us first but eventually negotiating a: them. The standards of the New oppression still occurred in ing a megaphone (which was calm. We reorganized the col York City high schools have to America, and in, of all places, New more like a minor-phone, possi umns and continued on to Hunter be raised to provide their gradu York City. Last Thursday, the 19th bly due to budget constraints). College pursued by a swarm of ates with the skills they need to of March, I left Baruch College at The three or so individuals that cops triple the number of the function. It is clear that CAP the end of my classes and went were standing next to the in marchers. In the short time it took drastically increases the already up to 55th and 3rd, in front of tended target's right (the side to get to the school building the arduous task of obtaining af the law firm of Herman Badillo, bordered by the street, and the area was swarming with police, fordable higher education. The By Sergy Tabuteau which by the way, has been ex cops) formed a small chain, bar they came out of every nook and fight for open admissions is an periencing an increase in clien ring the senior officer's (here af cranny. When we got upstairs and ave you ever sat own an Inevitably, the four rolled in this country could be edu eye-opening criticisms on some tele since Badillo started working ter refered to by his title "inspec looked outside there were be watched a character in a sitcom intothe station and I·boarded cated on issues such as class black authors as well including tween one fifty to two hundred or stunt move ina movie and the ever-crowded train. Seating struggle just by.turning on the Alice Walker's The ColorPurple for the mayor. Herman "the tor") advancement. ~' butcher" Badillo, as he is refered This was the point at which the and fifty cops in front of -the ...l realized that shook your head ·in complete myseffbetween three African TV. This is why i continuously and Terry McMillan's Waiting Well~ to, is the infamous vice-chair of inspector's men charged into the building. If I had arrived at the America has not disbelief. this happens to Americans who seemed to be in urge people to READ, ltEAD To Exhale. (I could. not even be me practically on a ·daily basis a heated.. conversation~'I' the CUNY Board of Trustees and crowd. There was no audible com college at that time I would prob changed much and READ. gin to describe the irritation I the leader of the assault on Open mand given, nevertheless, under ably have thought there had been and I often have to, restrain 'breathed aaighofrelfefas Teat experienced watc-hing that Admissions. (Point of informa cover officers who had been tail a riot. since the days of myself from smashing a. rock ·back arid retreated into my During my very short lifetime movie. I could write a whole col tion: the B.O.T members are ap ing the group, drove their way At that moment I realized that the Jim Crow through my television. I seemto dreams of H·aitl. "This here is a .] have read some very interest umn on that one.) pointed by Giuliani and Pataki.) through the marchers to get to America has not changed much get this urge particularly while' concretejungle, wheJ:e~the living· ing books in and from time to I was at Badillo's law office to the front, causing further disrup since the days of the Jim Crow laws." watching the news) which by is. hardest- Bob erooned as my . time lwill mention them in this r JOIn the students protesting tion and confusion. Upon reach laws. The idea was reinforced fur the way, I find t o be a cO,m-:; _,eyes. snapped .open ~~ali~ing.. , column. Do not hesitate. to pick ~ ...... ~,...... (Writers and pl~tely whli~ '~s against the attempts of the Mayor ing the nucleus of the disruption, ther when later, during a meet hilarious form ofenter-. that in makiJi'g point Reader-s Publishing, .Ine.) This and his accomplices to deprive the undercovers randomly hand ing in the Undergraduate Student endeavor in which just a few tarnment. the brotherto my Iefthadan ex.. excellent bookwritten in comic the people who reside in New cuffed two protesters that were, Government office people enter people are making a difference. tremely a,n·n·oying habit of book form is the most informa The media in this country is poinfing' and waving hisfingers' "1 uiill: sometime tive book I have read about the York --specifically immigrants like most others, in total shock ing the office observed four men The ideas for action come~ from a very powerful thing.. On any and those of color-- of an oppor and amazement at the irrational standing around in the area of the the minds of students; the ac- dramat.ically in. the close pe Panthers (this includes indi given day you are constantly' here the phrase tunity at higher education. When and thug-like behavior of New student government office, one of tion comes from the students, rimeters of my face. Vidual autobiographies as well.) receiving information on 'con '~objective jour I got there, the demonstration was York's Finest. whom was leaning against the and as students and community a Do not be fooled by the comic already over and the people were Throughout the incident the government office door listening members we need to get in tinuous basis whether it is from nalism' being book format. This book covers a getting prepared to walk back to majority of cops did not know the in on the meeting: The "listening volved, cyberspace, your boob tube, ra thrown around ·in lot.of pertinent issues that af Hunter College. cause of the incident nor was toms" were later determined to The end to Open Admissions dio, or newspapers. Ever won • fect people of color issues that We organized ourselves into a there any collective pause to in be undercover officers. Their is a treat to the New York qual der who owns the media in this class. Personally persist t_ill this day. column and started off up 3rd vestigate. Their first recourse of presence was brought to the at ity of life. It is in the best inter country? If you are a person of I feel color and you n·ever thought that this avenue chanting and waving our action was violent pushing which tention of the school's safety of est of all that have to work and does not exist. " signs. The air trembled with the resulted in people pushing back ficers and they were eventually live in not just New York, but about it before, I advise you to energy from the shouts of the to stop from squeezing those who ejected from the building. also the surrounding areas, that take a seat and do so now. Do a unified voice -among my favor had been marching closest to the This was my first student pro the attack on affordable ed u little research and you will dis cover that it is only four media ite chants were: ''WE'RE FIRED UP, buildings. Fate had prescribed test and it will not be my last. I cation does not succeed. Take conglomerates which basically up a copy of the books men- CANTTAKE NO MORE."''MONEY that I was one of the people stand intend to stay involved in the a moment and think what will -control everything you see and ,tioned here or better yet plant FOR CUNY, NOT FOR JAILS." ing near the inspector after he fight for Open Admissions be be the result of depriving yourself in Barnes and Nobles "WHAT DO WE WANT? EDUCA had instigated the disturbance. I cause if I relent, then the cops hundreds of youths of the dedicate a halfan hour each day TION! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? observed that he let the confu will have succeeded in their at chance to go to college year and read an entire book FOR NOW!" It is hard to explain the sion continue for some time be tempt to intimidate me. I am not after year. It is not hard to FREEl (Don't be ashamed, I do rush that comes from shouting at fore issuing the order to fall back, going to stay on the sidelines image a significant increase in "Ever wonder who it all the rime.) the top of your lungs in an ap meanwhile his disciples man and let an opportunity for me, crime. I can definitely imag owns the media ill propriate setting. The best way to . handled and generally had their and my community, to improve ine more acts of random vio thi,8,-,counlz~_1-_~ express it is to say, "I was feeling way with the marchers. The our economic .and subsequent lence· that Illay not cilIbe" of t he it." I was hyped. it was not an or marchers maintained their com social position, be stolen. Some magnitude of the Collin Ferguson dinary everyday experience. posure, stuck together, and sub believe that the standards of our incident, but will do nothing to improve quality of life. It is a re Ty..l e were 'within four or five sequently were able to stop the degrees will be improved by the hear. (General Electric, Time ality that if people cannot edu blocks from Hunter College when situation from escalating and barring of poor and immigrant Warner, Westinghouse and my the overseers -excuse me -' of eventually calmed things down. students from affordable college cate themselves, and in turn find all time favorite, Disney) Ifyou ficers must have decided that The experience of more sea education, but 1 beg to differ-; gainful employment to support are a person of'color and you . things had been going too well. soned pr~testers saved the day. There are many ways to ap thernselves and their families, find this topic interesting then Their most senior officer (most They sprang into action as soon proach the task of increasing the then they will find other ways to consider taking Dr. Lewin's senior in age and presumably as the ruckus jumped off, wedg value of the CUNY degree, but survive. Mass Media course offered by ing themselves between the pro- the Comprehensive Action Plan Get involved, The time is now !!! rank) charged into the front of the Black and Hispanic Studies Getting off at Union Square I Department here at Baruch. began to think about some jour What I discuss here in brief is nalism courses I have taken taught for an entire semester in here at Baruch. i will sometime his excellent class. here the phrase "objective jour- Today, usually unrecognized ering the person the comments perception, I have confronted By Octorvia Caldwell nalism" being thrown around in as the development of yester were coming from. This woman this issue with a desire to It's funny that I happened to class. Personallylfeel that this When has one's very true es day, with quite a change, is mis repeatedly suggested a change achieve correctness. I will not chose this topic for My Two ·does not exist. While reading sence been recognized, appre takenly seen as totally differ all while expounding her opin contribute to the diminishing of Cents because I found myselfin many so-cafled.hard news sto ciated and respected whole ent. Today is not totally differ ion about me looking so pretty respect of my being, my essence, a conversation about the media' ries which 'are, based on "fact" I heartedly in this country oth ent than yesterday, certain is with my hair the "other way." simply for the comfort of an yesterday. I ~as minding my often wO.nder why does the MAKE YOUR ers call the Land of Liberty? sues are merely cover-ups with That "other way" she spoke of other. In my opinion, one's' very own business trying to get writer ueesapartdeular word as Since the foundation of the various tactics for achieving is when my hair was worn long, true essence will never be rec through the dark and dusty tun- . opposed to another. My experi VOICE United States of America has the same effects. straight, bouncy and permed. ognized, appreciated or re nels that I endure everydayjust ence with mainstrea·m media been laid, those wanting to be Why did this concept leave Underhandedly provoking a spected wholeheartedly in to come to this'instinrtion. Mak- - has led me to' basically abandon . acknowledged as the more edu me in my present circum coriversation about my wear, this country. In the minds of ing my way off ofthe "J" line, I the idea that this venue can HEARD! cated and preferred, have stances? I thought the indi this woman asked if my wear the supposedly more edu was movin' and groovin' to Bob give me any useful information tainted and nearly eliminated vidual I was dealing with wasn't was for religious reasons.I cated and preferred, assimi Marley's Concrete Jungle as I that I need·, for that I turn to a WRITE· FOR other's rooted essence from ex part of the group that saw thought that she was being in lation, their way of being, their . made my way to the number book. istence. This essence, the na themselves as the more edu quisitive like many white very trueessence is the way to go, four train at the Brooklyn OP-EDS' ture and substance of one's in cated and preferred. The lady women are of Black women no way and no one else's. If you Bridge station. "No chains I know a lot of people have dividual makeup, is a matter overseer at my place of em natural hairstyles. But it was think that your degree and around my feet but I'm not free. complained to me that they do TODAY! that is usually held dear and ployment saw the way in which then that I realized that the your potential well payirig job I know I am bound here in cap not like to read. This is why I The Assassination of the Black sacred to the soul. Understand I wear my hair, pinned up and woman that had employed me will make you different, do re tivity" were the words that have the suspicion that real Male Imaie by Dr. Earl Ofari CALL: that one, according to person wrapped around with a solid since the age of 14, when I was consider. Unless you're a flooded my ears as I tapped my knowledge will not be broad Hutchinson (Middle Passage ality, would want to express dark color of fabric, as inap this little naive yazzir, yaz WASP, you are terribly mis fingers impatiently looking for casted on channel nine. That Press) This humorous book ex 802·6800 one's pride of one's true es propriate for her working con ma'am, kind of girl, felt in some taken. the train wondering for .the would be too easy for people and plored the different portrayals .NOW! sence. Unfortunately this ex ditions, perceiving my wear as way that I intimidated her cus hundredth time if this service God forbid the angry lower eco of the black male in American pression is not always recog "outdoorish" and "detailed." tomers because I made her feel Peace, Love, and Blessings was worth my dollar -fifty. nomically disadvantaged class media. He gave interesting and THE TICKER BOX F·1512 nized, appreciated or respected She made comments that I re uncomfortable Octorvia Caldwell in this country. garded as unbelievable consid- Due to this perception, her -_._-----_._---_.--_._._-- _._--.-----.-- - ".- -- -- ._--, '-.------16 TICKER OP-EDS APRIL 1, 1998 TICKER FEATURES APRIL 1,1998 17 THE REVOLVING DOOR OF BARUCH COLLEGE ByMiDgWong . ment, Baruchlags far behind many out in order to get a byline or two. doesn't have to be. This is by no What is itabout Baruch College other universities, CUNY or non- Instead of just dismissing The means a promotion for The that makes it, as I call it, a"re- CUNY: Maybe this stems from the Ticker by sayingit sucks, I decided Ticker. Do whateverfanciesyou. volvingdoor" institution ofhigher fact that Baruch is mainly a busi- to get involved in it so I could add Ifyou're into polities and being learning? After four years of ness school. I am 'not a business mytwo cents in improvingit. In no a part ofthe college bureaucracy, dealing with getting a lousy major myself, so maybe I do not time I became the sports editor and join one of the student govern schedule due to the even lousier know the pressures of having to then moved on tonewseditor. Look- ment organizations (DSSG, registration process (Yes, I was score in the top whateverpercentile ing back, I am glad that I was part ESSA, GSA). Sports? Be a part actually here when you had to ofyour class so one can move on to ofone ofBaruch's elite and pres- line up and register in person, an illustrious career in a big six ac- tigious Division III teams. Busi- which took, no exaggeration, all countingfinn (Yes,even I know that ness? Join one .of those econom- day!), reaching the building of it's no longer six) so you could brag ics/finance/ accountingclubs ... yourclass a half-hourbeforeyour to all your friends that are you're d. zzz (Can someone tell me what class started and still wind up some bigshot when in actuality, you "Instead ofjust 18- they actually do in those clubs? being late for the class because are merely a pawn in some big cor- missingThe Ticker; I Dissect the Wall Street Journal ofthe epic elevator lines that all poration being programmed to do decided to get in- on a daily basis? Do tax audits Baruch students have gotten ac- their every bidding until you have and fill out tax forms for fun?) customedto, and puttingup with served your worth to them (Sounds volved••• " Student enpowerment? Plenty the tremendous bureaucracy of a lot like the Borg from Star Trek of issues to fight against: CAP the College (Students must fill flicks). (Comprehensive Action Plan), out a form for a form for the form, Do not get me wrong,' I am not tuition hikes, cutbacks, harass- which takes six weeks to process, bashing 90 percent ofthe students ing security force, lousy profes- in order to get anything done), I in Baruch nor am I jealous because ofa regime ofpeople (You all know sors... etc. Organize a rally, have come up with some theories I will probably make a fraction of who you are) who helped turn the walkout, sit-down, takeover, on why Baruch College is a "re- what people with business degrees newspaper around. The content is whateverticklesyour pickle. AI volving door" university. will earn post-graduation compared much better, there is more being temativelifestyle? GALA's (Gay HANGI When I say "revolving door", I to the BA in English (Journalism) covered and it no longer resembles and Lesbian Association? AlIi- do not mean the College is that I expect toreceive thisJune. A some syllabus that I get in class. ance? ) for you! equipped with revolvingdoors in lot ofLiberalArts studentsfall into Although I am no longer a part of No matter whatyou decide to all ofits buildings (which, eoinci- the categoryofmakingthe mistake The Ticker, I am still involved with choose, do something in Baruch dentally, it does), I mean people ofnotgettinginvolved in school. To someotherorganizations and clubs, thatdoesn'tjust involve a grade. come in and out in a whirlwind. be honest, I was one of those indi- mainly the Asian clubs, to help or- (For all you business students A majority of Baruch students viduals in my first two years here. ganize Asian Heritage Month and who are too busy preparing for come into the three buildings of During myjunior year, I decided puttingtogetheranAsianmagazine that comer office in a big firm Baruch's "campus", attend their to attend an open house that The in the College. after graduation, do it for the classes, occasionally stopping by Ticker held -justtosee how thestu- While it is understandable for an simple fact that you pay a stu the library, computer lab, or an dent newspaper operatedand what abundance of students in Baruch dent activity fee of $65 regard office to do some studying, re- could it offer me. I used to justpick who do not get involved in student less. Wouldn't it be bad busi search, completeclass projects, or up a copy ofThe Ticker duringthose activities in the College due to their ness to not take advantage ofit? take care ofsome administrative long waits on line for the elevator part/full timejobs that they hold in Don't you ,guys want to getyour nonsense (refer to first para- (The paper was thin and the wait addition to the classes, I would rec- $$$'s worth?) So next time you graph), and ignore the other as- long, so I usually finished the en- ommend that every student give enter the hallowed halls of peets oftheCollege outside ofthe tire thing) . Baruch's college life outside of the Baruch, do yourselves a favor classroom and lecture halls. I never thought much of the qual- classroom a try: I know it's limited and go through the regular door In terms of student involve- ity of The Ticker. I just cheeked it compared to other schools but it and not the revolving door. .. . - .~. '" - ~ . .. - - TH-----E COMIC-- -T ¥- Brief commentaries on socio-political satire ••---~..-- ,~",,,,,"l$<¢"I' Ul.' CoMOIlJC:T " ~ $'" .. "" ;.;,a _ W' OKG~D~ 0fT\CJ; ~ '"fI,..JI; ~~T1 '------...... -, [ I People are always quick to condemn someone else for Well, I guess this spot is designated for muckrakers such TO transgressions they themselves are guilty ofperpetrat as myself. Does journalistic integrity entail selling one's ing. Let him without sin cast the first stone. How can soul and abandoning one's principles? If so, I guess I you extract the straw from someone else's eye when yo should reserve a plot as soon as possible. haven't extracted the rafter from your own? . -..... ------~-- --- :. + TICKER BUSINESS APRIL 1, 1998 '19 18 TICKER OP-EDS APRIL 1,1998 Sergio Zyrnan, marketing chief lnBrief... of Coca-Cola Co., the Atlanta All For One and One Sources: PRNewswire, Reuters, based soft drink maker, has re Businesswire - signed from his position to pur sue other interests. Coke has named For Whom? Titanic- has surpassedStar Wars Charles S.FreIietteas the new mar The Euro & The Future of Europe to become the top domest.ic cin keting czar. Under Zyman Coke has ematic money-earner of all time. become the world leader in the soft By Dov Gertzulin seeing now, with the implementation Titanic grossed $467 million in drink industry. Zyman is best known Did you ever walk into your neigh ofthe euro. North America so far, surpassing the for his strategy of hiring multiple ad borhood supermarket and have the The first countries that formed this $461 million earned by Star Wars in agencies, but requiring them to all check-out clerk ask you which cur union inthe early 60's were Germany, 1977 and it's re-release last year. work around the "Always Coca-Cola" rency you're paying in? Strange as it Netherlands, Luxembourg; France, theme. may sound, this scenario may very Belgium, and Italy. Throughtheyears wellbe realitybetween 1999and 2003 the union has grown to the fifteen Japan looms closer to a reces for many Europeans. The reason for countriesthatcurrentlyhold member sion after economic output fell· PfizerInc., thepharmaceuticalgiant, this is the "euro", which is expected to ship. 0.2% in the October-December announced that they have submitted be implemented by at least 11 Euro In 1992, a treaty wassignedbetween quarter. Overalldomesticdemandfell a pill for federal approval that would pean nations after 1999. However, the the nations which called for EMU, or 3%, the second worst quarterly drop improve male Sexual function. Pfizer euro will not only effect Europe, but what many people interpret to mean since Japan's oil crises in 1974. predictsthatthepill, calledViagra, will businesses across the globe. EuropeanMonetary Union. However, be a huge winner and may generate The EUor EuropeanUnion is imple Oehmevigorously disagrees withthis. The Dow Jones Industrial Aver returns close to $2 billion annually. menting the new European currency, "A lotofpeople translatethisas Euro age surpassed the 8800 .mark for Viagra'sattributesareits inexpensive the euro, in 1999. While the EU acro pean Monetary Union, but that is roSE the first time closing at 8803.04. ness and effectiveness. nym has been filtering intoAmerican wrong. EMU means European Eco Many market analysts attribute media recently, it's history spans nomic and Monetary Union," Oehme this accomplishment to the com The Nasdaq Stock Market, nearly forty years from it's establish explained. Thismeans thatthe union ment made by Warren Buffet,. which is owned by the National ment. isn't only monetary, with a common chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Association of Securities Dealers At a recent lunch forum sponsored currency, but ideally will call for the . ·.urER .? that the general market' is fairly (NASD) and the American Stock by the Weissman Center for Interna actual tying of all the member econo valued.. Exchange'(AMEX) have made pre- tional Business, Dr. Mark Chadwin, mieschaving them move together in liminary agreements' to merge. Director of the Weissman Center. harmony. The flrlal agreement is expected reminisced about the period after Itwas this agreement that actually Alltel Corp., the communications to come in May after two-thirds World War II when the idea of a cen set the common currency wheels in company, announced they will pur- of aUAMEX members agreeonthe tral European currency was in the motion..'To prep for theevent, all the chase 360 Communications, based in deal. A~jtionally,the5,500members works, butwasabortedsince"it would member nation currencies were tied Little Rock Ark., for about $4 billion ofNASDwouldhavetovoteonchang- betoo much for-the European nations to a central rate, and they could not m an,ttheassu ption.d .$ l .8 billion in.. n ing--a-series-4,bylaws for-the deal {,o-' which'had justgnnethroughabitter; . fluctaate more- than- 2~5%in" either" 360 debt, The eombinedeompanyis consummate, -. war with each other." .. direction. The British, who Couldn't expected to challengeSBCCommuni- Also in attendanceat the forum was supportthis narrowband, hadto drop cations and Bell South Corp. for Sven Oehme, Managing Director of the pound from this agreement. A wirelineservices,andSprintPCSand The Beardstown Ladies, famous for the European-American Chamber of After extreme monetary pressures, AT&T on the wireless side. their stock picking acumen, have an- Commerce and Vice President of the the band was loosened to 15% in ei ,. nounced that their returns between German Chamber, According to therdirection. However, Oehmenoted After all Luca Pacioli, thefather ofaccounting, 1984-1993weremiscalculated.Thein- Oehme, the roots of the ED could be that "Recently, all thecurrencieshave Eastman Kodak Co., said it vestment group of 14 women, pro- tracedbackto 1957, when a European traded extremelyclose toeach other.. was Leonardo da Vincis bestfriendfive centuries ago. would not pay a bonus to it's chief claimedtheyhadamassedanaverage "community' was formed. Oehme ex .Inflation rates are comparable in executive officer and 800 other returnof23.4%annuallybetweenthat plained that the point ofthis comrnu membernations...Weareseeinga real managers because of poor.corpo time. After touting these remarkable nity was to promote "four freedoms; convergence ofeconomies." rate results. Analysts attribute the figures, they wrote a book titled 'The the freedom of goods; the freedom of The final decision on the euro ex STUDENTS CAN COMBINE: Get ready for a poor results to stiff competition from Beardstown Ladies Common Sense people; the free movement ofservices; change rate will be announced on the FujiPhotoFilmCorp. anda strongdol an Arts and Sc;ences ur:-dergraduate degree Investment Guide" which has sold [and] the free movement of capital." first weekend of May. Eleven coun five-year course lar. nearly a million copies. However, af- Someoftheseideaswere irnplernented tries areinitially expectedto subscribe in subjects such as English, History, Political Science, or ~ teran audit oftheir records by Price in Europe during the 60's, while oth totheeuro,Portu~,Sprin,~mn~ ;. of study Foreign Languages Waterhouse, theyadmitted theirlarge ers have just recently been fully real Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Nike, the sneaker giant based in or error. Theirannualizedrate ofreturn IZe. d. Belgium, France, Italy, Austria and in accounting: Beaverton, Ore., announcedits earn a Business undergraduate degree for the ten yearperiod was only 9.1%, The freedom of goods, that links all Finland. you can complete ings have dropped 69%, making this compared·with 12.1% for the Dow ED nations like a single market, has When the euro is initiated, the cur in such areas as Computers, Finance, or International Business the second consecutive quarter ofde Jones Industrial Average. existedinsomeform for years;buthas rencies used bymember nations until a joint bachelo~sand and Marketing clining earnings. This comes after justbeenfullyexecutedin 1993. "What now, like the mark in Germany, can Nike hasenjoyed threeyearsofrobust itmeansis thatgoods cantravel across still be used until 2003. However~ masters degree WITH earnings, risingon average 35%. The International Business Ma borders without anycontrols," Oehme these currencies will be directly tied company also said they would layoff chines Corp. recently slashed explained. to the euro rate. in five years a Master's degree in Accounting 1,600workers, or 7% ofit's 22,000 em prices on it business PCs in an at The free movement ofpeople is pre-: Accordingto Oehme, "theexpansion ployees. tempt to remain competitive with That adds up to 150 hours of education (BBA or BA/MBA in accounting) cisely that; once in ED countries, of the ED [and the euro] is likely in with 150 credits. Compaq Computer Corp. in the PC people should be able to cross borders the future." Denmarkstill hasthe op that suit individual students. It's exciting. It's a well-rounded education and market. IBM's latest stock of PCs intootherEU countries with minimal tion to embrace the euro, and 6 other it can help you get a better job. Accountants aren't just number crunchers. Washington Mutual Life Inc., start at $839 which is $20 less than or no regulation. However, this is only nationshavebegun negotiations to join They must be prepared for the real world of business. And be more savvy the Seattle-based savings and loan the least expensive Compaq model. after entering the ED. To enter EU the ED. To participatein the euro a company, announcedtheywouldpur about language and culture. borders, passport lines will still exist. country must first join the EU. How chase H.F. Ahmanson & Co. of Los The free movementofservicesbasi ever, a country belonging to the ElJ You're invited to informational meetings in April to be held by the Angeles. This deal combines the two . NASA, the American Space callyappliestofinancial services. "For isn't required to accept the euro. largest savings andloans in the U.S., Agency,announced that the cost of Department of Accountancy. If ¥ou have fewer than 60 undergraduate example, a U.K insurance company Oehme also stressed that the euro makingthenewcompanytheseventh theinternationalspace station may wouldbe able to offertheirservices in will make it easier for much of the credits and would like to attend, please call us at 212-802-6442 or email largestinthewholebankingindustry, rise from a projected $21 billion to Germany without any additional reg world todo businesswithEurope and Prof. Stephen Bryan at: [email protected] with$149.2 billioninassets..Thisnew over $24 billion. NASAblames this istration with German authorities," vice versa. "Another part ofthe euro massiveS&Lwill. be ableto challenge budget problem on Boeing Co., said Oehme. which is overlooked by many is that banking behemoths such as Wells which is responsible for construct- The free movementof capital, refer Fargo & Co. and Norwest Corp. continued on page 20 ring to currency, is what we are first continued on page 22 . 1 ".,1" TICKER BUSINESS APRIL 1, 1998 21 20 TICKER BUSINESS APRIL 1, 1998 . continued from page 19 pany also said that "it paid Ted Turner, Vice Chairman, a 1997 salary of$1.05 million and a bonus 'Getting The It'sSa(e TO Shop In -NYC Again of $5 million. By Ivan Castano more at ease now, he said. "They the police are more efficient dressed." Brief... are not scared of coming late. than ever. "They respond fast However, other businesses in ing many elements of the station, Under a recent proposal by At a time when crime in New This has increased our sales." when we call them," he said. .the area see no 'real change. with and faulty equipment supplied by the Clinton a drninist.ration, Job You Want York City has dropped 'dramati "The police cooperate fully "Although we are not the type the reduction in crime.: At HMV the Russians. The first module is Americans will soon be able to cally from previous years, busi with us," ·says Lisa MaIuf, of business to be hit on a regu Records, a music and video shop suppose to be launched in June, choose the company they By Hwan-joo Moon continual corporate layoffs," said nesses around the city are cash former presidentof the Madison lar basis, we do have a lot of atthe corner of86th St. and Lex and the construction is expected to would liketo buy electricity from Brown. However, there may have ing in on w hat many believe to Avenue Business Improvement homeless traffic, and we often ington Ave., Frank Parisiano, be completed in 2003. much like they choose tele For the graduating class of 98', been too much downsizing, said be the best and safest time to District, an organization that, have to call the officers to have scrutinizes and stamps custom phone companies. The plan is entering the workforce.can be a Brown. Corporations maintained do business in New York. along with others in different them removed. People know ers' and employees' receipts be said to begin on Jan. 1, 2003. surreal task without the right staffs which kept up with their im According to city records, rob areas, acts as a security en that we are a safe business and fore they leave the store. General Motors Corp., the De The White House proposal skills and experience. Career De mediate needs. When the economy beries in 1997 were down 10 hancement for local businesses. that is whywe keep our custom "Crime may have dropped out troit auto maker, announced would enable states to opt out of velopment counselors from the boomed, the thinned out staffs percent from 1996, burglaries Maluf's MABID supervises the ers..We want to keep it that there on the streets," he says. that it would spend up to $500 the federal plan because a number campuses of City University of could not do all the work. Corpo 11.5 percent and homicides 22 area from 60th to 86th Street. way," he added. "There is less drugs and all but . .million to fix it's year 2000 of states are pursuing their own New York (CUNY) recently gath rations tend not to call back the percent, the lowest rate since Maluf believes that her orga Felix Montanez, who has been at the stores it is the same." computer problem (Y2K) .This course for restructuring the $230 . ered together at Baruch College to people they laid off. "That's why 1967. The reduction is believed nizationhas significantly con one of the managers at the Other retailers In the area comes after announcements by billion electricity market, which is attend a seminar,organized by the it's great for today's new college to be credited to from Mayor tributed t..o the reduction of Barnes and Noble bookstore on share the same se.ntime·nts. major banks about spending on dominated by monopolies. Career Counselingand Placement graduates,".he said. Dinkin's community policing crime on the Upper East Side. Lexington Avenue and 86th Reyes says that while the reduc year 2000 problems. This includes Association (CCPA), an organiza With the number of low-paying program which has put 40,000 According to information she Street for three years, shares tion of serious crimes keeps cus Citicorp, which. will spend $600 tion of CUNYs career counselors, management jobs on the decline, uniformed police officers on the obtained from the 79th precinct, the same view, "The decrease in tomers feeling safe, in-store theft million; J.P. Morgan & Co., $250 Hitachi Semiconductor on the latest job trends in the city the highly skilled and high-paying streets, with 1,600 more to crime in the area has plunged crime has made it easier for us has not decreased. "Shoplifting million; Bankers Trust New York (America) Inc., a unit of Japan's and how to betterpreparestudents management jobs have a shortage strengthen the force this year. an overall 20% from 1996 to to work," he s aid. "Tt makes is still a problem," he said. Corp., $180 million; and Bank Hitachi Ltd. and ranked No.6' for future employment. oflocal candidates. The pool ofpo I t is late in the evening and a. 1997. Even grand larcenies, people feel safer because they Parisiano has been warking as America, $380 million. among the top eight producers The speakers emphasized the tential employees now comes from large crowd of customers are which used to be a significant can come as late as they want." a security guard at HMV for two of computer memory chips, an importance of effective communi across the nation. still shopping at Rite Aid Drugs, problem in the area, have Montanez said that a few years and saidthatthe only thing nounced that it was restructur cations skills. "Technical skills A primary example is Wall a 24-hour pharmaceutical store dropped to 33%. years back there was an armed that has made his job a little The Department of Tra nspor ing its computer chip opera may get you a good job but they can Street, whose workers make up located at 86th Street and Lex '·We are the eyes and ears of robbery in the store but since he easier is Giuliani's new law un tation (DOT) is proposing a bill tions in Irving, Texas and will become obsolete," said James P. four per cent ofthe New York City ington Ave. "We have custom the police and we have 12 secu started working there, there der which retailers are free to that would require all of the layoff 200 employees in the Brown, Labor Market Analyst for workforce butearn 18% of the city's ers that come at all times be rity officers that are patrolling have not been any major inci choose whether or not they want nation's commercial bus lines process. New York State Department of wages, according to Brown. This cause they know that shoppjng the streets 24 hours a day seven dents except the occasional the police to arrest a thief. to make their fleets totally Labor. "Writing does not go out of is the reason why jobs there are here is always safe, no matter days a week," she said. "Our shoplifting which, in his opin "People now think twice before I wheel chair accessible by 2012. style," he added. Brown said that attracting "out oftowners" despite at what time," says Jose Reyes, presence as a. deterrent can not ion, remains steady. they do something," he said. The DOT has estimated the to PepsiCo Inc. Chairman and communication skills are particu the high cost ofliving in New York the store manager. be understated." "We have undercover and "They know that we can ask the Chi.ef Executive Officer Roger larly important for managers be City. Bigger concurred, adding police to have them arrested," tal cost at approximately $500 ~ According to Reyes, customer Many merchants in the area regular security to fight shop milli on. Enrico is relinquishing his cause their job is to communicate that employees are now expected traffic during late shifts ha s share the same positive outlook lifting and when we catch one, When asked which other tactics 1998 salary in an effort to fund and analyze. "If you can't write, to be as flexible as possible-able boosted since police patrolling regarding neighborhood safety. we call the police on them," he the store uses to deter shoplift scholarships for the children of your boss will look at you at you to relocate, accept rapid changes was increased in the area a A· manager at a Starbucks on said. "It does not matter who ers, Parisiano replied, "That is The Defense Department re employees. The scholarship and say GIGO (garbage in garbage and willing to constantly learn. couple of years ago. "People feel the Upper East Side claims that they are or how they are top secret." cently rejected a call from con will be used for junior or four out; pronounced guy-go.)" Mery L. Kordower, Associate Di gressional investigators to de year coll.eges as well as voca Susan Bigger, Principal Consult rector of Community Outreach at lay next year's $595 million tional and technical schools. Ac antat American Management Sys Federation Employment & Guid Mom & Pop Competes Against purchase of the first two F -22 cording to PepsiCo spokesman Ri tems, said that if.she sees one typo ance Service, said that students stealth fighter jets from chard Detweiler, Enrico's 1997 sal in a resume, it takes her at least should be mentally prepared for Lockheed Martin Corp. The ary was $900,000 and his bonus 10 to 15 minutes to get over the downsizing as a part of profes General Accounting Office, the was $1.8 million. bad impression, no matter how ar sional life so that they do not fall Retailing Chains In Staten Island investigating d e partmerit of ticulate the prospective employee apart if.~_!l_~x_ l;<:;\::~·~-·:·:1;:::::':~:·t/::<:::>::, nounced that it will invest $1 bil arts majors and give them techni sponsible for their own lives," she Peddler s World s IS located next to find a Job at the mall or bigger : of th e fighter jets be delayed the door rings as you walk into :.~£JI;mli::.·.:,·::: r.:~:'.":::.;.:::;-'.<.; '~' ~: for a year because of problems lion in China in an effort. to boost cal training, thanhire a technically said. to retailing chains in the shop- stores. It's easy for them to work .. ..··. :&. .• .. •.. c. Peddlers World. Two teen-age ping plaza. Hallmark and CVS here; it's a. familiar place...11t':~(··,·;.,i#.. :,~~ -{[~~:.:i··- and testing delays on the revo declining sales. The deal will give skilled person who cannot commu The final stage in any job search girls stand behirid the cash-reg are located right next to "Most of these kids can work';'· ····::<:::>~;;::F;.;.;;;i.,:::;.>:·>:.:'::.i:-'~.;::· the film company access to a huge lutionary U.S. warplane. nicate or collaborate with co-work is the interview. Doreen ister counter. They stop their market and will provide China a Peddler's World. In addition, Lockheed Martin is leading the ers. Rizopoulos, assistant vice- presi conversation to look towards boost in its economy. Kodak will A Student's experiences in their dent manager of the Recruiting Waldbaums, a supermarket, is program, which includes devel the door to see who entered the form two new companies with Chi industry is also a vital element in Trading Services division at also Iocated in Greenridge. 'This store is a place opment by Boeing Co. and en store. They smile and go back nese partners to make and market their ability to market themself. Lehman Brothers, advised stu "To tell you the truth, I was a gine-maker United t ec h n olo to talking about the dance at is a pice in the com color film, medical and industrial Alisha Ellis, recruiter ofUniversity dents on how to conduct them little worried about the other gres. their high school next week. X-ray and other products in China Relations & Recuiting of Chase stores around here taking our munity. I know the selves at interviews. She said that Divided into two aisles, the and elsewhere in Asia. Bank, said that upperclassmen students sometimes speak about customers," says Azarulo. "But people who shop here store merchandise ranges from it really didn't affect me too San Jose Calif.-based 'Adobe should already know exactly where expert terms while demonstrating lighter-fluid to jump ropes. A much. They come here to get and I hire the people Systems Inc., publisher of they are going. She no longer looks little understanding of them. thin layer of dust sits on the specific things and they didn't Pagemaker and Photoshop for interns who are juniors but for For example, studentsshould not who shop here, that's items less popular: the kites stop when the other stores graphics arts program, recently sophomores. Sophomores are claimto know all about municipal c. why and cheap flip-flops sitting in opened." Peddler's World repo rted lower than expected strongly urged to make efforts to bonds unless they know how the Hilton Hotels Corp. and Circus bins at the back of the store. Azarulo says he carries odd is still around." wards finding internships. Ellis term is used and the context in .. profits in its fiscal first quarter .. . Circus Enterprises announced that At a time when franchises and items l i ke plastic flutes and .. . ending Feb. 27, due to weak also expressed doubt as to whether which it is used in the industry. they had ended talks about a chai n-stores are proliferating temporary tattoos because it's here," says Azurulo. "They learn demand in Asia and a decline students in their senior year can Sometimes an interviewer will ()...... ;p.···e.1l merger of the two hotels and casi on Staten Island, this "mom and what people expect. He says his what it's like to have a job. They in sales for Macintosh prod address their inadequacies, par challenge the student by asking nos in a deal that would have cre pop" store is still going strong. store is built on the idea that get some experience." ucts. Revenues for Macintosh prod ticularly in communication skills. about the technical details of how ated the largest U.S. gambling Peddlers World, located in the the store has a little bit of ev "I love working here," says -Ien ···.·.~tt ucts fell 36% , while Windows rev At Baruch College, Provost Lois such bonds work. Ifa student does lli§)__ company with more properties in Greenridge shopping plaza on erything. nifer SanFlippo, a fifteen-year-old enues rose 18% over the first quar S. Cronholm has spearheaded an not know, she said, the interview I~ ···2·'·····:_,···· ~~ ~ ·~.T.· ..' :. ., .::.'.:'r'.: ···1····'..·" .' .: .. ''', . Las Vegas than any oth.er, includ Staten Island, has been open for "People come in and get what Peddler's Worldemployee. "Lenny ... ":'.p' ter of 1997. effort to improve the communica is likely to be doomed. .' .: '~' .,I.; • ,. •••'"."•• ing the Las Vegas hilton, Flamingo over twenty years and seems to they need and then they look lets us have really flexible hours, .!ti...... " , ,"..,. tion skills ofstudents. A task-force Students will also say that Hotel, Luxor, Excalibur, and Circus be doing welL Regular custom around," he says. "A lot of my so my job doesn't interfere with d..:.\'" .... :. she started in 1994 came to frui they have "researched" a corn Circus- Las Vegas. ers come and go; they enter the customers are mothers and school. And this is a great way to Ki m Edwards has resigned as tion in the creation ofthe Bernard pany -and claim that they are store knowing what they want. young children. I sell these get some experience because I've .•. ···.·..Q...:£-1.Ji,:/:::\ president and chief executive L. Schwartz Communication Insti knowledgeable. Further ques "I come here to get my aspi little kriick-knacks really cheap never had a job before." officer of Iomega Corp. James tute this academic year. tioning shows, she said, that rin," says Doris Coleman, a cus and they buy the kids a little ~Azurulosaid this iswhat hisstore Sierk will be acting president Members of the United Auto According to Brown manage the research consisted of a brief tomer who entered the store something when they come in to .is all about. ''1 don't think of my and CEO until the company can workers and heavy machinery ment jobs are on the decline be perusal of a few books in the lie and headed directly to the right pick up toilet paper or sham- store as just a store;somewhere find a successor to Edwards. maker Caterpillar Inc., reached an cause of technological improve brary. of the store. and picked up a where I sell stuff to people who agreement ending a bitter six and ments and corporate mergers. "T'he student is talking to an poo." bottle ofTylenol. "There are no Azurulo said his store pro come in," saysAzurulo. "Thisstore one-half year labor dispute. The Many business transactions which expert," she said. She advised lines here and I know everyone vides other things for the neigh .is a placeinthecommunity. I know Gerald Levine, Chairman and deal includes a suspension against used to be conducted by managers students to be honest and not to who works here," she says as borhood besides supplying them the peoplewho shophereandI hire Chief Executive of Time Warner closing most Caterpillarplants and have become computerized. claim to know more than a stu she heads for the cash register. with their favorite regular the people who shop here, that's Inc., was recently awarde.' a 1997 provides wage increases and im Organizations are "flatter"today dent actually does. "They can "People like it here," says items.· why Peddler's World is still bonus of $6.5 million and a four proved retirement benefits for many middle managers have been put their foot in their mouths Lenny Azarulo, the store owner. "I gave a lot of kids their first around." year contract extension. T e com- union workers. eliminated. "We're going to see and get pinned down." - ...... TICKER FEATURES APRIL 1, 1998 23 22 TICKER BUSINESS APRIL 1, 1998 Email: [email protected]~edu continued from page 19 and $400 billion. Since there are. bil lions of lines of code to be sorted through and modified to be euro com The Euro... patible, to find a programmer out of competition within Europe will rise," worktodayis analogous toa calmcur he added. rency trader; itis simply unheard of. Theeurowilldrasticallychangebusi The next department which ness practices for many companies, Barretta talked about is marketing, especially giant multinationals. The ''themarketingdepartmentis perhaps Follow the Leader Weissman center invited Paul the most underratedwhenitcomes to Barretta, whoearned bothhisBAand changes because of the euro." Every MBA at Baruch College, and is cur thing in marketing must be over Brand Managment & rently managerofInternational Cash hauled, from pricing strategyto adver Management for MTV Networks, to tising, everything must be made euro speak about the consequences of the compatible. Ford Motor Company euro. Considering the fact that MTV The legal departmentofevery corn hasentertainmentoperations allover pany must be retrained to the new By Martin Goldstein brand managers were given the world, Mr. Barretta, is well versed eurolaws, especially tax laws. All the broader assignments and now in eurodoctrine. contracts which have been written in Ford Motor Company, the integrate their functions with According to Mr. Barretta, the euro thepast, usingmarksor othercurren world's . s e con d largest those of th.e new model line is hardlylimited to Europe, butis glo cies, all mustbe redone. This can be a automaker, is following the lead brand managers. The five po bal in nature. Barretta also believes dauntingtask, consideringthat much of its competitor, General Mo sitions include a brand manager ByDr.ArthurLewin Amongother things, it has instituted an How arewe doingwithregard to thingwe should be proud of. that competition will be raised by the of the law governing over this euro tors in utilizing the discipline for the car group, truck group ChairoftheBlackandHispanic Asian StudiesProgram and the Depart- studentretention? Thereis certain However, with regard to Latino euro, "and although there are pitfalls transition isn't clear or has not been of brand management to better and multipurpose-vehicle StudiesDepartment ment ofB1ackand Hispanic Studies has to be a spirited debate about this graduateswewere not even among to look out for, by far there are a lot writtenyet. These are major issues of manage its diverse lineup of group, as well as a tactical mar beenniaintained,anditsp1"Qjectsandpro- issue. Lets look atoneaspectofstu- the top 50! This is something we - more opportunities." corporate legal departments. cars and trucks. Ford "bor keting manager and a cross-ve Everythingseemstobe happening fessors have been greatlysupported. dent retention, the ethnic break- should be asshamed of. The euro is a new phenomenon con Additional change Will take place at rowed" a- page from the GM hicle strategy manager. Every at once. We have just ended .However, Has the faculty become sig- down ofthe graduatingclass. Last We have been relentlessly in sidering that nothing like it, or even the prestigious investment banks playbook in developing a pro one works individually and to remediation. The president has nificantly more diverse? Here are the year about 24% of our graduates . creasing our admission require close to it, has ever happened before. across the world that engage in cur cess that would yield the great gether to bolster the brand with handed in his resignation. We are facts. Thn years ago there were over200 wereBlack,24%White,17%Latino, ments. Are higher admission stan Because of this, there is no one method rency trading. Until now there has est benefit from each of its ve effective advertising, merchan puttingthefinishingtouchesonour tenuredprofessorsintheBusinessScliool; over30%Asianand2%"other". The dards and elimination of or_ policy to deal with the euro. There been a need for traders and analysts hicles. It is now using a similar dising and pricing: At both GM Five Year Plan. Next year we will only one was Black and not one was 17% Latino is alarming given that remediation changing the ethnic fore, "Alot ofcompanies areforming a on each European currency and na approach to reach the same and-Ford, a brand manager's have our accreditation reviewed by Latino. Todaythere are 4 tenured Black a veryheftypercentageofthose en- fabric of our student population? taskforce on policy... Andthesearen't tion. Now, however, many currencies end-define and differentiate first responsibility is to define the Middle States College Associa- professorsintheareBusinessSchool,and teringBaruchareLatino. Theyare A close examination of the ethnic just companies that form task forces will fail to exist, which leads to the its products and make them a vehicle's identity and its tar tion. there arestillnoLatinoswithpennanent dropping out all along the way. breakdown oft the entering and when someone sneezes," Barretta ex question, whatwill all these currency more appealing to consumers. get customers. Howeverv-Ford 'Ien years ago Baruchwas lastre- appointments. ("!enured" means having Why? Is the paucity of Latino pro- graduatingclasses atBaruch, over plained, since"theentireorganization traders do? Ford's mission is to arrange does not link some annual com viewedbyMiddleStates.Thefrank, a permanent appointment.) . fessors at Baruch, their potential the last ten years, willprovide the is effected by it [the euro]," Barretta A new field has also emerged called and align its Ford car and pensation of its brand manag public discussion ofourlow student There are a number ofAsian instruc- role models, a factor? data to definitively answer this then went through the organization, euro compliance, which company truck, Mercury and Lincoln ers to the market performance retention rates, and our lack ofdi- tors. However, many ofthem are substi- Overthe past five years thecollege important question. So far, the Of showing how virtually every depart strategists now follow. According to along with its Jaguars, Aston of their vehicles, as GM does. versity in tbefaculty culminatedin tutesthatcomeandgoonarevolvingba- has been systematically reducing flee of Institutional Research, ment is effectedby the euro. Barretta, "The bare minimum strat Martin and Mazda holdings, Ford believes more cooperation our accreditation being suspended sis. It will be revealing to see how many remediation. Has this been aft"ect- which has this data in its posses- For the finance department, the egy when the euro comes into being into competitive and relevant and less det.rimerrtal competi and our president'resigning, ofthe 30 professors that are being hired ingBlackandLatinostudentreten- sion, luis been slow to share it. whole operation of European hedg is, ifsomeonewantsto payinit [euro's] products. As is the case with tion between mariager-s will re Our accreditation was reinstated intheBusinessSchoolthisoryearwillbe tion?Wehavenowgone sofar asto Begirmingwith the release. of ing has to be reconfigured. Hedging you must accept. Ifsomeone doesn't GM, with so many different ve sult. after we promised to address these Latino, Black orAsian. completely eliminate remediation, Baruch's Five Year Plan shortly, issues. Havewe? In the School ofPublicAdministration therebyoptingout ofOpenAdmis- and continuingthrough next year, takes place when a corporation does want to [payineuro], you cannotforce hicles, it is increasingly neces A similar dedicated brand business in a foreign country, and them to... so each company has to be sary to establish a sharperiden management program already Inthelasttenyearsthecollegehas thereappeartobenoB1ackorLatinoten- sims. How will that a1fect the eth- with the Middle States Accredita worked to foster an atmosphere of ured professors. InLibera1.Artsthere are nie breakdown of graduates? tion. Review, there will bea sus wants to protect itselffrom swings in prepared for it." tity for each entity and name exists at the Lincoln-Mercury our toleranceandinclusion. Theadmin- over 200 tenured professors. It appears WemustDOte~·howewr;thatin1995 tamed- debate about Baruch's the valueoftheforeign currency. This. A more advanced strategy that plate. Ford is p l.agued.. to a Division, giving Ford a first . istriltlOIihairgerierOtJSlY-su--·~rf.e(r_.tpp9~. ·_-as~·~~~ nareLitiDOiiiilabOiit 15·aniBarum WJI8};aii&d._~, _~fliiiain·.~h ~_ ~_m_.m;;;.;U;ftii~o:: =~ ..:::=;;;; .. .. _.._...... __.__ J_ •• ... ,.>_ ... .. __._ .. . _.'__. , ... _ ...... ,...... me· iiiiiiaites.= . _.,.... -_.... isaccomplishedthrough the useofs0 Barretta outlines, which is more ofa lesser extent, with GM's prob hand view of·the new process. __ .. ~ varietyoflectures,~o~,and Black. It will be interesting to seeIfany number of Black students who . offaeulty diversity"and student phisticated financialinstruments, tai gamble, is when a company asks it lem of sometimes n e b ulo u s Ford must have liked what it campus crganizations aimed at ofthe 17linesbeingfilled by theSchool of earnedtheirbachelor'sdegree,out- retention. We should all partici lored specifically for individual com self"HowcanI benefitfromeurostrat brands competing among them saw, and: implem.entedits own broadeningsensitivitytoracial,cul- LiberalArtsthisyearwill be filled byper- side ofthe tzadi~Black col- . pate in this open, democratic pro- panies by banks like J.P. Morgan. egy to gain in my customer base?" selves. parallel ·system. Lincoln and tural, gender and lifestyle issues. sonsofcolor. . leges, andfifthQVeraIl1'l':lUJisPIJe- . ~ Underonly one currencyin much of However this strategy.entails consid But where GM (Chevrolet, Mercury are (like certain GM !!!!!I!I!!!!I!!!!!!!I!I!!!!I!! IIIIIIIIIi .....- Europe,companiescouldhaveconsid erable risk, since what would happen Pon t i ac, Buick, Oldsmobile, car divisions) in the process of erable cost savings. This occurs be if a company completely ties itself to Cadillac, GMC, Saturn, Saab) reinventing themselves in the cause companiesconductingbusiness theeuro, andthentheeuro falls apart from the start assigned a brand hopes of becoming more attrac in more than one foreign country, for in 2001 or 2002? manager to each individual tive to European and Japanese GERONIMO! exampleItalyandGermany, now only Barretta maintainedthatthere may nameplate, Ford originally com brands. Perhaps it is telling have to hedge against one currency, be a lot of speculative money to be bined all of its Ford brand ve that the two largest ByDavid Blanks world where Crack is king, the the euro, instead oftwo, the lira and made, atleastinthebeginningofeuro hicles into five descriptive automakers in the world, for the Geronimo Ji-jaga Pratt, former youngare firm believers in cannabis mark. trading. Also, hesaidthatthis money groups (called "lifestyles") un first time at least, have reached Black Panther leader, andF.BJ. sativa, and where his ex-wife is an The accountingandtax department wouldbe "speculative"innature, only. der single brand managers. the same conclusion and em COINTELPRO victim, was re alcoholic. However, he hasn't had a willalsoexperiencesignificantchange. A boon for accountants would come These categories were dubbed braced the brand management cently released from the belly of chance to adjust to this strange, de Insteadofall tax returns in localpur about since corporate data sheets of "family ~ expressive, sporty, concept. Only time will tell if the- beast after serving over a mented world of ours, calls come rencies,theywill have tobe redonefor European countries may have to be youthful, and tough." For ex GM and Ford will choose the quarter of a century for a crime, night and day inviting Geronimo to the euro. However, to add to the con redone, possibly for the last 25 years ample, "family" vehicles include right road or will soon have to evidence proves, he did not com speak and appear across the coun fusion, ''Not every country has come or more. The reason for this is: if a Taurus and Crown Victoria pas detour. mit. Energy levels werehigh with try. out andannounced theyare ready for person wantedto figure out how cur senger cars as well as the anticipationwhen word began to Meanwhile, Geronimo hasn't had euro tax filing in 1999," Barretta rent earnings, which would be calcu Windstar minivan. "Youthful" Attention ··all spread that Geronimo would be sufficient time to spend with his added. So tax departments will have lated ineuro's, compare to earnings of vehicles include the small Es making an appearance at family. When Geronimo declines of to be aware which EU countries are 1990, he would be comparing apples cort and midsize Contour as .Graphic;s.Arts~-a Baruch. fers to appear, people badmouth him euro ready, and which are not. and oranges, because 1990 earnings well as the Ranger compact On Friday, March 13, 120 stu and say that he's turning his back 'Corporate computers havetobe com would be in francs, for example. The pickup. jors!!! Ifyou want dents and members of the corn on the movement. "Fu*K You!", pletely overhauled for the euro. only remedy to this problem is to con Apparently this system did munity gathered in Four North Geronimo blared at his naysayers, Barretta stressedthispointinparticu vert everything to euro's. not work as well as planned. to submity()ur to hear the gospel accordingto Ji· when you need him he will be there, lar. "Obviously, the systemspersonnel Less than a year ago, Ford Di jaga. He spoke on his experiences he assured, however, heisjust a man [will be affected by the euro]... I've The WeissmanCen vision shifted gears and work for the in prison, including conversa who did what he was supposed to do. heard from a systems expert that the ter invites all Baruch adopted a larger role for brand Sports, Business; tions with Charles Manson, how Anyman can do what Geronimo did. euro issue is far more complex then management. It has now much suffering he endured, and He made it clear that having a the year 2000 problem." Theeurowill students and faculty closely emulated the GM model Features, News, to show his solidarity with the "name" as a draw is bullsh*t. Stand come into being before the new mil members to the nest by assigning a brand manager Jerico '98 movement, a march on up on your own people! lennium and the year 2000 problem. to each of its 16 product lines. A&E, or Op-Eds Washington, D.C. on behalf of Unfortunately for Geronimo, there However, manycompanies, especially lunch-forum, "Har· Where before each one manager political prisoners such as is a void in progressive leadership global financial companies, don'tknow might have responsibility for sectionfor publica Geronimo himselfonce was. that has lead many to cling to the monizing World Ac three or four different vehicles, which problem to fix first. tion in the next is It is obvious that institutional "legends" of the past. However, as The task of fixing the euro problem counting Standards," they now handle just one. Ford ization has made Ji-jaga a bit Geronimo admonishes, what -we will be a gold rush for computer pro says each vehicle line will now sue, please come to ter man, who can blame him, 25 truly need is not nostalgia, but to grammers. According to the Gartner to be held on have more efficient brand su years ago he walked out of his develop in our own right as leaders Group Inc.. a technology researchfirm, April28,12:15-1:45 @ pervision-from product devel our office and m.eet house, and nevercame back, un ofhigh caliber. the cost to global corporations can opment to pricing. til now. He returned to find a range anywhere between $150 billion 360 PAS Rm.1200. The five former lifestyle our editors. 24 TICKER FEATURES APRIL 1, 1998 APRIL· I, 1998. 8 IJ ~ t ,i ! ~t~ <:0;: ~: Boy Talk, Girl Talk is an ,~ advice column that tries to shed light on all aspects of life. We material ad open to discussing other topics try to give views on both the nauseam. It was this desire to of interest. male and female" perspective, learn more that propelled me to We are fortunate here at since they tend to differ. We are find other students who shared Baruch to have one of the most not experts in this, but we can my philosophy. Therefore, I diverse (in every respect) stu-' . . all use some advice at one point founded the Sage. Investors So dent populations in NewYork, or another. .So feel free to ciety to facilitate and quite possibly, the entire amiable and intelligent conver country. Therefore, it would be submit questions to us. We will sation between those who pos foolish for us not to capitalize .do our best to give you answers. sess an insatiable desire to on this opportunity. learn more about themselves Although ·Arturo Hernandez and others, in the context of and I possess the dubious honor business. of being officers of the society, Dear Boy Talk, Girl Talk, So now you must be asking we see ourselves as members I was in a three year relationship your self, "that is all fine and fir-st and foremost. We hold very with this guy and have lived with nice, but what exactly does the informal, no frills.meetings himfor thepastyear-and-a-half We Sage Investors Society d09:!' (sorry, no free food). While we broke up recently and now we don't By Mark D. Higgins was founded. Well, what we hope to accom are supposed to hold the meetings know what todoabout ourlivingar Mark D. Higgins In my studies and travels, I plish is ·simple. We desire to duringclub hours,we arenotopposed rangement. We arehappy with the Founding President, The Sage began to see just what educa . gather Baruch's most curious, to the possibilityofmoving the meet place, both split the rent, and nei Investors Society tion should be about. intelligent (not necessarily ex ings to a more ther of us can afford to live on our Initially, I thought college edu pressed GPA), and mentally mutuallyagreeable timeifneed be. own but the because of the break might be difJicultto find someone who like invitingthe newguyyou're seeing a similar situatiDnmysel{. [haVe no problemlivingwithmy ~ we've Dear Friends, cation was simply attendinglec hungry students in one room to I hope that this article hasaccom up, it's been awkward. What to do? is willingto sharea room. I guess that to spend a nightatyourplace. - since It is my distinct pleasure to tures, churning out papers, and learn from each of our diverse plished itsmission and sparks arefly - Housebroken leaves you with one option - stick out beengoingoutfor almost3 years. Liv introduce to you the Sage Inves cramming for exams. Then, af backgrounds and experiences. ingout ofyour head (actually; I would the remainder ofthe . lease and then ing with him is like livingwith a best tors Society. It is my intention ter four years, we begin the ar We will do this in conjunction settle for mere curiosity). Ifyou care get out. Iflife with yourex is so bad, Girl Talk says to Housebroken: If friend. I can. still tell him my prob Boy TalksaystoHousebroken: If lems after a rough day and the best in this article to highlight some duous search for a with some less commonly to learnmoreaboutus, attendourfirst things are so bad that you can't stick here are some suggestions: split the this is a bad break-up, [suggest that of the important aspects of the .dream career (although most of taught, but SpringmeetingoQ Thursda~April23 roomin halfwiJhtapeandkeep toyour you'guyS find a new place. Ifthis is a part is that 1 have no obligations to outyourtwo-yearlease (I'm assuming). wards him.. J don't. have to call him if society, and us would settle for a good job). brilliant works in the area of fi at Ipm on the 15thfloor of 360PAS. then I suggest you or an ex find a re own side, establish a schedule for the respectoble break-upfmsiueyouguys . hopefully, pique your interest. I thought it senseless, and nance (e.g. Benjamin Graham's house soyou the tuio ofyoudon't run shouldhave noproblem. livingtogether. . rmgoing to hang out all night. The placement, or he moves out and you only ride that we have is that either of Allow me to begin by giving you frankly, a waste of time to spend "Security Analysis"). While we The Sage Investors Society get a new roomate. Then again, you intoeach other, orgetabunhbed. Just Allyou have to doistreatyourexlihea Don~ do taefly roommate. To tell truth, us can bring homeourdates. a brief history of how the club my four years studying textbook will focus on business, we are Mark D. Higgins guysprobablysharea roomso ittoould one'more tip: a mooe you the Im. in I I I, The "Giant ofAfriea'!-'~fHIleSa \ Presence at Baruch. Food By Tope Esan Review ing, and chatting were the or building, we were denied ac find a suitable compromise for der of the evening. While mem cess. all parties. My question is, who The National Association of bers mingled and chatted with In fairness to the Chinese is gettingjerked here? The stu Union Square Cafe Nigerian Students (NANS) is a old friends they also met with Students Association we would dents. club that was formed with the new. like to clarify that we are not By Hark D. Higgin.s objective of promoting and in But all that is rosy is not al trying to say that their party is It is quite refreshing to finally form ofCrisp-Roasted LemonPepper and you are assured a mostpleas ner to bearound for another tour). forming its members about the ways so sweet, as we have had ju-st another event. What actu ********** write a review where I have onlyone Duck with Rhubarb-Blood Orange ant return (too bad I can't do that For all contemplating careers in Nigerian Culture as a whole. our own share of obstacles. Our ally amazes and disturbs me is worry: whether or not the superla with the stock tables). Now on to value investing, study Warren Nigeria, Africa's most populous dream, The Cultural Awareness that after meeting with CSA Chutney and Three-GrainPilaf. M tives I am using are Strong enough. myfavorite partofthedinner, des Buffett. For those interested in and one of the nations in Africa Day Celebration-an African they claim that they were not Do a profile OOr a brieftangowithMr. Salmonella The Union Square Cafe is by all (contracted somewhere in romantic sert. I had the Darkand Seductive becoming a restaurateur, study has a unique and interesting fashion, dance and music cel informed about this conflict at standards, a magnificent place to Seville), I now insist on_everything Devil's Food Cake with Chocolate Danny Meyer.-He has the Midas historical background. Having ebration directed at exposing any time. They reiterated that on your club lunch or dine. I hadthe distinctplea Frosting and CremeAnglaise, and touch! Check out his other, and more than over a thousand the African culture to the rest they could have moved thei r I eat being cooked well, while often sure ofdining there about a month sinful it was indeed (sorry for all equally flawless restaurant, tribes, the National Association of the world, was shattered by party to another day and sym feeling as though I am losing out on ago, and I rhapsodize at the mere of the religious references). Gramercy Tavern. Also, keep an of Nigerian Students was pri the Office of Student Life here pathized with us because they today!!! flavor. Well, I need fret no more; mention ofthe restaurant. So what Now, before I mention -prices, re-. eye out for the opening ofhis two marily formed under the inter at Baruch. Some of the staff knew the kind of work that goes Michael Romano and his kitchen member that this restaurant has newest creations, Tabla & Eleven est of enhancing in knowing into this kind of show. What a for is it that makes this place so spe staffhas done the impossible Their member were highly uncoopera It's great been rated number one by many Madison Park. You can be sure more abou t "The Giant of Af shame, someone didn't do their cial? To begin, the entire culinary skills are exquisite, my tive with the event that we were impressive publications (including this amateur reviewer will be rica" as referred to by many job in the Office of Student Life, stafflincludingownerDannyMeyer, duckhad all ofthe flavor I could ever trying to put together. Having membership the Ticker...hey, it was worth a there (I'll spare the incognito rou scholars. No, it's not a club only. to inform CSA of the conflict so who I will mention again later) must want. spoken to Marcy Roe, acting di shot). Price Range: Appetizers tine, Ruth Reichl I'm not). for Nigerians, but for everyone both club members could meet. have attended a hospitality course Ifyou fancy anappetizer, I implore rector of student activities, 8.00-11.50, Entrees 18.00-29.00, Needless to say, this Mecca re who is seeking to satisfy their They took our members hard drives and in the South because they are all you to try the Hot Garlic Potato about this event since January, and Desserts 7.50. Dinnerfor two, ceived a never given before A+. curiosity about this nation and we initially planned the Cul work and practice like it was a genuinely nice. Chips. An outstanding table-share The cuisine is "American with. with wine and gratuity, will cost (Special thanks to Bridget its culture, tural Awareness Day for March joke, which we believe is unfair. is Union Square Cafe's Mashed Po also a won Rustic Italian Flavor", andexecutive tatoeswithFrizzled Leeks. Forwine approximately 100.00. Definitely" Watkins, Tiffany Huff & Ron The National Association of 1st. Since April is Asian Month To justify their act they chef, Michael Romano should take connoisseurs, itis a no-brainer, just a greatone-year anniversaryplace Jacobson) Nigerian A.ssociations Students at Baruch they receive first claim we did not have money derful way a bow. My eucharist came in the close your eyes and pick any wine . (but only if.Y()u. expfrl your ~. was formed in Fall 1997. With preference in room or activity from Student Government to iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;iiiiiiiiiiiii"';;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiii well over 40 members, our reservations. We then decided carryon the show. What they members come from all over the to move our event to April 24th failed to realize was the fact to publicize globe, from Portugal to Brook to accommodate this event. Af that all the designers and danc • lyn. Our first major event took ter much planning and rehears ers were willing to do the event your orgam- place on February 20th, of this als we were notified that the for free, provided we were un year. We held our );ANS Chinese Students Association able to obtain funds from Stu Hotnight, w hich was directed at (CSA)were approved to have a dent Government for the event. zation. recruiting new members and ex party in the 360 PAS building Needless to say, our club mem tm=r_feature:@~.erlu posing the club to a wider audi that same night. It did not seem bers feel the same way. What ence. Needless to say, this was to matter that we reserved the bothers our members is that no a great success. Dancing, eat- auditorium in the 23rd Street one in Student Life called us to ********** .. ~>",.,,:~. ';"-:-~~~-.ll~••;.ts.::"""."s_·,:". 1.~.,·. - -; .'." ~. "'-:_,_.":,\, '~.'.~.~ .,~ ". ~ •• " '. _"' •. _••. .•_ ,.,_ __ ~ __ '. • •• _ •••• " __ •• ...... 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Go to school while you serve your 7. The giant hoop skirt coontry and community suspended on a framework ·NEW·YORK b) Having 32 ofyour articles .of whalebone, popular form the sixteenth to the CALL OUR CAREER CENTER published in 16 issues a. year eightteenth century, is 1-800-CiO-CiUARD called a-. controlled by students for the 9. The shell ofan animal, students. like a turtle or armadillo. 10. The squiggly horizon tal line used on certain Spanish and Portuguese You Choose letters. 13. An ornamental clasp on the front ofa coat, an ,~amental(often looped) The Ticker is the _braid on a military uni 25 form, and a loop attached to a belt to h<>'~9 ~ ,~~~~\l~d '"_-< Student's VOICE. ~4te call calleda -" ...~... ,~-- 14. A chef's' white, fuffy hat. The Consultancy Series 19. The proper name for • thesy:m.b.ol.~~'- .._._... - ... ,.--.-. "--BcJWJl .. ·-~--U..i1teiftae.BtetIes:iB tfttl, . ~paRtst1anKl--at...._...... _._- .. In '-'--":~,.'" of~wiD'eliOttTe:-' ~~'~'" Young Professionals 21. The!idingseat used ....." '--'" . bOttom . ctlie'flUglianatig1it1JeTOw' Business andthe Arts Career Evening 7 . on the bac~ ofan elephant. -~-;.. 1.2~. ~.inside pocket in a 15. -A - is a wide ammuni- . theknees are called-. 22. A IS a belt worn 'coat or suit is'called a:-- tion belt, with slots for rifle 19. The sensitive whiskers Presents over the one shoulder and 3. A is a fur-covered cartridges, worn across the of a cat. across the chest to hold a pouch or purse attached to chestby certain soldiers. 20. A matador's red cape. THE STEVEN L. NEWMAN sword. kilt . REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE 8 16. the wire cage that hold 26.. A is a man's ahirt. 23. The round, close- 4 Th· t hi with ruffles down the front, fitti ed b iml •. e sea cus on on a down the cork in a bottle of Joanna Bigfeather Tuesday Apri/21, 1998 1 mg, taper , ness .motorcycle.. champagne. baggy-sleeves, andruftled 5:30-7:00 pm c~p w~rn Director, American Indian Community fur by ID.any . 5. The loop behind a belt 17. The multicolored cuffs, popular among the ~uss~ans m the wmter- buckel through which you stripes displayed on your gentry from the seven House LEARN ABOUT MORTGAGE BROKERAGE Ask questions about the world ofcommercial mortgage tune 15 called a Ii h 1 Co b kled TV screen when a station' teenth to nineteenth cen Adjunct Professor ofArt, Cooper Union 24 An X h ped . s pte ast lew un uc brokerage, cereer patterns and possibilities, and entry-level • bol -8 a warning inches ofthe belt is called a goes ()ffthe air. tury. opportunities for Baruch Coflege/Newman Institute stu sym attach ed to a dents railroad crossing sign. 6. A- is a pair ofeye Answer to last issue's Word Search Newman Institute Young Professionals ClIrfHIrEvenJngs 25. The symbol meaning Tuesday, April 21 glasses mounted on a ... "and". T HOWYOUFEEL A series of eight monthly hour-long presentations and handle. ·s R 4:15 PM- discussions, over pizzas and Coke, with young leaders of 27. Another name for a T SEUGNOT W 7. A ---is a conical, flat L I p the real estate industry in New York. These evenings are question mark. E Room 1016, 26th Street, 10th floor especially planned for BaruchlNewman Institute students topped, tasselled red cap A A TN S U considering careers in real estate. Each presentation high 28. The proper word for LT H CTH S B traditionally worn by Turks. I HEA R L lights a different component of the metropolitan area's the two dots printed over a X o real estate industry. . 8. The outfit worn by prac A o T ER E I vowel. . titioners ofjudo,karate, and MAKI NG L 0 V E SE C T C Refreshments will be served -Leern about different kinds ofreal estate jobs I S L OT -Ask questions about what you would be doing on other marital arts. L H U the day you start work 9. When a woman ties the C I o C HI L R -Meet both recent college graduates and the prime tails ofher shirt into a knot PE H F S young leadership of the real estate industry K I E in front, displaying her A L DUO RP S ARTS ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CAREER EVENlfVGS (usually bare) waist, the' PHONENUMBER o s T Monthly R R A MUSICAL ENTERPRISES programs information 5:30-7:00 pm September 1997- May 1998 style is called -- T E ·E Y • at 151 East 25th Street, room 763 II. A suspension bridge s WON K I N TI F session following the event Newman Library, Baruch College H S TN E ~ made of ropes. SP E G A E Watch for dates on each month's poster announcement AU y WETSPOT M L E G E o I For more information , V N G N N 802~5940 Contact Sara Hilska at GNI WE Res E R G This program is sponsored by an Intellectual Enrichment G K ·T E S Grant from the Baruch College Fund and by the Depart A H CSONGS E E N ment ofFine and PerformingArts (212) 387-1330 POE MSR R TIOOUOYWOH B C - 28 TICKER FEATURES APRIL 1, 1998 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1,1998 29 1flb(fd ro'(IJ,]J)re Tm(lJ, 00 Apparently, a dose ofPuerto Rican . 'PAIIL SiMON .reality on stage doesn't sell well. _".' . ...J'.. _..-, .. By Edward Rodriguez The Capeman is'a Broadway play that reflects the struggles :::~:~~.:-: and changes t hat Salvador -:".:". .. -=::-;;: Agron must endure as aPuerto STUDENT Rican living in New York city during the 1950's. While the path that Agron would travel is RUSH unique, the issues, questions' and dilemna his life presents is ~_- 50NG-S FROM [ it-lE CAPE~~ AN most relevant to today's Puerto .I . !.. TICKETS! Ricanand Latino.population in . New York. However, these ~.. ; ..... ;.;~~ ..-.. At box office only Latinos that most relate have 1/2 hour before been those who,' for the 'most -. part, h·ave~:JK;)t-·had,the .ehance ". showtime. to see t his expensive -theatre presentation. With the closing Subject to of The Capeman this past Sat availability. urday,.one must wonder if the audiences that did watch could ··-li--·are-::cr=--n-.n'onesl·.an. . _e~su~J..I.a ._,_ " .. __._. _. po.;or-----·_-'~...... trayal ()f Puerto Rican reality. . Tk§,'!:C--a...... p.-··emdn~:.' .." .'1.~.the. '.; "~. '.' .:". tr.e..~·. '~ ..;.. .. .~" story of Salvador- Agron, a l~'"~ . year old Puerto Rican migrant who became engulfed in a gang as a way offitting in. The gang . he belonged to, Tb~VampiresJ' ,. . eventually had beef with The Ruben Blades (farL), Ednita Norseman, a rival Irish gang. NaurioandHarcAntbony(far In a true old school rumble, r.) surround Paul Simon. during 1959, two innocent Irish boys were fatally stabbed ap Simon, himself. Firstly, it is parently by Agron, himself. A known, and often reminded to large manhunt ensued and us by critics, that Paul Simon Agron, and Tony Hernandez has been "openly contemptuous . were captured. Agron was of (Broadway's) t r adi t ion s." Secondly, he is \* a world famous composer new to Broadway. This allows for critics to speak righteously about the in credible inex perience and lack of respect TheCapeman presents to us about Simon. "I feel Hkekillingyou," were theyoungAgron's This story can real words toward the press and should be di only .be under rected atcritics ready tobashTN! CapenaaR. stood by those with an under- dubbed The Capeman because standing of the Puerto Rican of the black cape with red lin experience in New York and ing he wore,. while Hernandez' Puerto Rican culture. Never was known as The Umbrella theless, Simon actually did his Man as this was the tool he research and gave us a play that wielded. expresses many realms of true Agron became the youngest person ever sentenced to death Continued on page 30 row in New York state and ------...... -:- e. --_._.- 30 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1, 1998 31 . ~ be Marc Anthony plays the left out as the stigmatation of The TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1,1998 ~I',>;....t<••'!':.~!.~:::.r-_ ~. younger Agron worthy, in Capeman label will always haunt him, we " !!~-_" ~ , ~:~a~::f::~d ~~:~::;e t: :::~~:c~~~v;~;r: ~:I~~~::~~~:dZ:~ ~~~:: . tered dramatically with each comes extremely powerful considering the fCI Iff) ce~aCiJ,~. ~~~:~ i~, ~~t~i~a~t;~:h~~~ :::~~~~~'}:ra;:e~~:;i~::;ni~~~:;~~~~~~~ (C ~J.J:' U!J~ fJe" going to death row, we are left Blades delivers these two words with the continued from page 29 Puerto Rican reality. This is on e, if not, the best piece of artistic storytelling of Puerto Rican life in the United States done bv a non-Puerto Rican. Still. it seems that audiences and critics wanted another r ac ; s t . c u i t u r a l ly i gn 0 ran t ~Tp S t SideSt0 ry w i t h big knives. fake accents and tanned - .. - t t a n a n s. ~\1 0 s t cr j tics are 0 U t 0 f theire1e D1 ent, i n "Sitting on the toilet waiting for my bowels to move I gatta doo one that strives for a cohesive Black/Latino model of economic control and .nor e w ays than one, with The Capem.an . doorap I gotta doodoo doodoo doodoodoodoodoododoo..." .empowerment, Choose both because the latter should lead to the creation of Sinlon is a renowned pop producer who has BizMarkie - 'T.8.R. (Tbilet Stool Rap)" the fonner-Where all myniggs went?! produced a play soundtrack that draws on I don't have a crew, team or batch ofbodyguards. I'm ridingtrains without J a 0 - V\. 0 Ii m u sic 0 f the 19 5 0 'sandan "I'm hereto makea dollaroutoffifteen cents ( and let myballs hang like I'm on thehundredniggas that make you hard. yo, bitch you sayyou're real as real inco r port a t i on of various Latin rhythms. a toilet takin a sh*t... " butyou gothair,eyesandtitsmadeofchemicals, plastics andsteel. Nowthat's Many of the aforementioned elements are Keith Murray - "IShot Ya'~ Remix a hard breast and the toughest test for women to become true east to west. ~~oreign to Broadway and thus makes The The science of hip hop expression begins with the track. . Evolved African Ca p e m a n deserving of a different mode of A lot ofpeople don't know thisnigga but they should Most niggas still try to drums, programmed to repeat, fortify the culture's back. Our socioeconomic criticism and analysis. Without this knowl act like he would. Pleasetell me ifya know this nigga?: conditions spoken with the loop revolving 360 degrees, regardless ofsample edge, subsequent commentary is vague and He frowns atthe sightofrelaxed hair, gets a little pissedwhen he hearshand fees, attracting even those not smokin' trees. You know the steez with mic becomes ill-received by the public. clap snares, and totally mad, everyday; that's my word, seeinga white well-to checkedbattleproclamations uncovering theconditions puttingGodsin nigga The Capem aris failure to highlight its do for every three Boricuas working for fares. The muthafuckas on his own situations. m o s t significant moments was often shit; not a hypocrite, like a RastawantingBridgesto Babylon, hoes tellingMo Let's look at the 9 corporations that own everything we can put into our pointed out without any reasoning to why Hey, what's a plena? Critics didn't know either yet admonished The Capeman of all its artistic credibility. . what's up, Hon?orPuerto Ricans withU.S. flags. It'sthis subtlecontradiction mouths. Don'tthey dictate whatwe sayand talkabout? But oppression_ don't thatdragsbeeomingtomorrowsoddities, likeMexicanswithcowboybootsand Texas Ranger skullies. with the incomplete feeling of You still don't know this nigga? Still thinkin... having all the details and still ••••• not knowing how he could 'Tm Puerto Rican/rllleaveya dead and stinkin..." • have committed such an act Fat Joe - "Another MidN*ggerFrom TM Bron%" without remorse. What is listed as a major defect is re But areyou killingyourselfsoftly? Maybe you'd ask it too ifyou knew me. ally the same feeling that the You'da readthe notesofhiphop'swisdomwri.ter,and seeknowledgemakeslife surviving victims ofthis trag narrowerdespite the picture beingwider. The mental becomesoverwhelmed edy still feel, today. when one'soptions are confusedby a physical that'sdisillusioned. Broshyour d;JlJltr." ::~'~' For audiences, essentially . ' teeth with flouride toprevent cavities, swallow more than a brush-worth and . middle-aged, middle-classed you'll seethe ceaseofyouractivities. Knowledgenowreignssupreme, so wash whites, there is also an in it out so it won't invade your bloodstream. The tap water straight from the ~ -l]---~4)~~.-DOC:ifiCis •• .-."._•• ...... n ••••• ·---T· tIiemeritillfliaCaJlOwif' . tense feeli'ngof guilt that al resevolI'hasjustenoughto C8 __ se ~.Y.. _. n&~.7.n .. .. " .. .~ ...... Paul Sinion deserves somecreditfor-Wiitirigii"playthat ways arises when the reality . stagnation tobe theprison·ofthose with intelligent facility reflects deep research on Puerto Ricans and their cul of Puerto Rican oppression is Hell DO,youwon\eat the beef, pork, swine, chicken, ham, vegetables sea ture. brought up. Unlike Africans soned with pesticide, also the canned goods with sma)) dents triggering slow in-America, the holocaust homicide. So no more soda, Crest toothpaste- quit stalling, you dyingwith this is so. For instance, the actual stabbing of the two horrors and institutionalized anotherday'sfalling. Neverhad chitlinsand hammocks, gladI ain'tnonigger, Irish boys left viewers with an odd feeling because there forms of racism faced by you thought. Pemil y chuletas you didn't figger.. Now you hungry as hell is no music for this particular event, leaving the last Boricuas have not been ad holdinga bagorsalted chips and a.Sugar Daddystick, still addicted to the two song intruding on this intense scene. These simple de dressed nor recognized. With most potentdrugs ever, you dick?! , tails were not pointed out by critics. Puerto Rico a commonwealth We werealltough streetfucks butneversawhowthis has nothingto dowith Other criticisms were beyond their intelligence per of the United States and luck. Was it the carbon monoxide stunting our growth or the other questions sonified in "The Santero" scene. The music was poorly Puerto Ricans granted citi MarcAnthonyreflectedthe innocence we couldn't answer? chosen for a santeria ritual with rock music tinged with zenship, they are easily al of the young Salvador Agron with Whokeepssayingall thisdead, decayingflesh aremuscleenhancers? What's some minor Latin rhythms. There is particular music lowed to abmonish them powerful singing and excellent non the lunch for our mental cancers? Doessomethinghave to kill you right now and instrumention (i .e. drums) used for these rituals, selves of the guilt and shame verbal acting. for it to work? Isn't every poor capitalist a stupid jerk? What was the U.8. yet this wasn't present. a tYhe injustice inflicted by leamingfromtheNazi mastenninds theyhired? Where do revolutionariesgo For the most part, t hough, the music was very effec their recent generations. brilliance of perfect timing and expression when they'retired? Howisconstipationpossiblewhenyouhavenothingto let tive in rel ating an experience rarely told. The doo-wop Agron's development into be and we realize how his positive change has out? When can we stand and shout ifwe still don't know what the fuck we're era's impact on Puerto Rican youth was reflected excel ing a polit.ical activist forces actually made him more of an outsider. talking about?' Howdo I provethat the world would be different ifthis never lently with the opening selection of songs in New York Too many times, the racism happened back then, now and later? Why did we recycle aluminum before City, 1959. Marc Anthony debuts, in the continuing s faced by Agron was described paper? o stop'causeShaqhasn't ron outoftoysto b~ weonlyseethe ehoicestoextend flashback of the older Agron's life, with "Satin Summer C) as cliched representations, as All this nigga knowsis that I don't know, so when I finds I've lived wrong I orlye, and don'tlook atourselveswhen others die. But, like KRIS, I was gfad Nigh.ts" and sings this doo-wop piece with the kind of -:E in the prison guard. This is still knows where to go. In the direction that'll change my life, even though it power and Boricua essence that makes his best salsa hits ~ when Nixon died onlyifthere'shell; sadat Reagan's alzheimer's 'causebe can -a just a pompous way of dis takes time to convince mywife, to stop usingthis, nevertoeat that, alwaysno so memorable. ~ missing true portrayals of our DATs. Andjust like before, ifI finds that any aspect ofmy living reflects im forget the hell, he created..Well? ~ Ifwe gave hiphop parts to play, cops and robberswould be PuffyandCool J. Many faults were found 'with the performances of Marc ~ experience. It's all the more moral mores . Anthony (Salvador Agron . ages 16-20) and the legend eo powerful to see someone suf PuftYwears theplatinum ski mask robbingnigguhs'trackswhileLLharasses ary Ruben Blades (Salvador Agron, 36 to 42). They ~ real niggas thatdo hip hop like wa~ way back Hip hop's not about burners. Ql fering racism whom we are 'Never no more, never TW more/Never will a sucha score, I neverno more..." were seen as stiff performers and not coming close to 1: OfM~- Who the fuck is'IhIckTurner? :::lo not sure deserves anything Souls "NeverNoMore" enlightening on the complexity ofAgron's younger, brash u but hatred. When mybacks to the waIl, I have911 to call. Now we got swine that-look "I'he Capeman at the Marquis Theatre image. Whi le Anthony and Blades are not great danc Thus, it is The Capeman subtle "First ofall: I stand a little more than five feet but we can still brawl, nigga. I likeyou makingyou take the fall. Blue stripes protect the white. Keep us in during 1998: history. s ers and rarely utilized in this way, they have superior injections of depth that make it am ~ scared at all..." control, neverthere to help one at night. . singing talents that compensate and add unique vibrancy Ceelo ofTlu! GoodieMob - "Fighting" Fuck it, I'mapoclret an unpaid tapeeverynow and then. IfI saywe can get to each of the songs they bless. In addition, it is the fact the audience to see the such a vibrant artistic piece. We havea play that Puerto Rico's independence you should sayhowand when. Don'tgive methat that they do not attempt to create added thuggery, in present state that oppression rehumanizes a media-labeled demon by forcing 'Ibthewriters thatcrossovertheir rap album review; howquicklyyou morph shitabout howI soundlike thoseYoungLordsback then. Buildanddestroyis stead going in the direction of enlightening on the outer plays in the Puerto Rican us to consider the valid question of whether yourouterhue. Anyone can attempt to beatdown thisWriter'cause I writeas performed simultaneously and is a righteous act. When the second is done environment that drove him to these extremeties. community today. society's inhumane conditions force inhumane ac a partofhip hop. I don't lookdown from the-heavens and offer criticisms ofno without the other, you area devil: in fact...muthafucka! Verbal righteo1JBneSS strikes likewell playedshellsfrom a lug-a Andthat'swhyI hadtoshitonya.'!!! Conversely, the way to crossover The Capeman more One of The Capeman '8 most tions? Unfortunately, The Capeman leaves relevance. MMMBop? successfully would have been to create a deep dialogue insightful subtleties is seen Broadway as an underappreciated play with in The math says that ifwe count the 5 percent we'll sum I? percent ~~ won making Marc Anthony play Agron's younger self as a in Agron's return home in depth, progressive portrayals ofPuerto Rican re der how the fuck 5 percent got in there. Now we confused cause then-jerseys "Look,this is mythird time doin. this sh*t/ YaseewhatI'msayin" and Tm. gettin rebel thug. Praise is deserving to this narrative for not 1979. He is at a party during ality, with the ultimate legacy of being the all havethesamenumber. Justshowthemall some moneyto see whose wood tired, myass is sweaty/ I ointgottime, anduhh, lmjustgonna letyouknow..." &afirtheSGuceeNomad - ~&lUsh.". taking the demeaning, exploitative option to portray us the Puerto Rican day parade epitome ofa would-be classic. gets hard like lumber. . as animals, leaving audiences in comfortable ignorance and wants to leave because he Patronize me tellingme it's a free countryand I'll tell.you thatyou too.cando Editors' Note: Unmarked photos courtesy of "Iguess thai's one ofthose things that makeyougo sh*trn and awe at a beast's hate. doesn't belong. While he feels unotr.tobr.com / paulsimori / this hip hop shit. Now which is it gonna·be? I'm having trouble m~the choice. Do I hopelessly go aftera non-capitalist world orthe other VOIce? The FatLipofTheP1uJrcyde - "011 S/r,*r' .. ; . -',: .'.~.,~.-~"':':-..:::~ • \ It 33 • TICKER ARTS ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1,1998 32 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1,1998 It's Like a Supersonic Daydream APRIL FOOLS'S DAY SPECIAL: . . A chat with the brand new UK outfit, Libido By Patrick Eves Libido, according to the Webster's New Encyclopedic Dic tionary ofthe English Language, means 1) the sexual urge or in stinct, psychic energy generally; 2) driving force behind all human action, 3) a killer live band from the industrial city ofBergen, Nor way, now located in Great Brit ByDavid Blanks gasps for air as she. sucks the ain, consisting of Cato Eikeland WARNING: THIS COLUMN bit*h to suck ya di*k " OPENING THOUGHTS: ecstasy of climax into her on bass, Even Johansen on gui DEALS WITH THEMES OF A "But you are my bit*h." lungs. Aw Sugar ! "I'm nobody's bit*h, but I tar and vocals and Jorgen /t may sound vulgar; and it may even MATURE AND EXPLICT NA- Her screams are met with the can act like one if you fu*k Landhaug on drums. offend!But everyone does it- don'tfront -TUftE. DISCRETION IS SUG grunts of a wildman. I almost around. Now stop playing. Honestly, it does, or at least it and don ~ pretend! Bedroom Talk hap GESTED. stopped breathing as I force Why did you cum in me? should one day. But if you can't pens allaroundthe worldlAtsomepoint fully exhaled with my ejacula "I 'ont know." find them in your copy, let me put in time to every boy and every girl/ It s The only light in the room is tion. Straining as I dug in deep, "I 'ont know." she mimics. it simply in this way: great band, essential to survival- even forthe thugs! the bluish illumination of a pitting the pressure of her "That ain't the fu*kin an awesome live, brilliant gent that Sitback, relax, andpeepa piece of'ghetto muted Kung-fu flick. Fists of the body against my contractions. swer." lead singer who also plays guitar love. White Lotus. Great fu,*king mooie , I felt the juices of bubble in this dreamy trio of rockers. life EPISODE VII: forth. She felt the hot liquid as The truth is, it wasn't that The potpourri of rock. You see, "XX""'X FILE o it dispersed inside her. I didn't know. It was that I they will hit you with a splendid The moans of slow, sweet, INTRODUCTION: She is suddenly. awakened hadn't really thought about pop rhythm in "Supersonic Day sexual pleasure are buried under from her semi-slumber of it. If I had I would have dream" and then fool you with an the thick dancehall bassline I have been an avid consumer slowly rolling from the speakers sexual intimacy . taken precautions. odd melody in "Strange News." of THE SOURCE since 1990. But wait, because the passion in of the Kenwood. Over the years I've watched. the "Oh no you didn't!", she says. But the rational mind can be "Crash Out" will grab you unex : •.::),,~y/ magazine expand and mature. "No nigg*, no you didn't just easily conquered. by desire if you pectedly. This band combines The strong odor of skunk No tourist stuff? "Na!:t,asides from gettingmugged, that is." After the original staffjumped bluntz mixes with the fragrant cum in me!" don't have the will to fight. swirlingguitars with triumphant ship, new writers were brought lyrics to capture their audience aroma of opium incense to com we took it from there." Walla. aboard, among them was a A sly fox style grin is t~e only A few seconds of forethought... with a sharp hook. bat the scent of two black bodies Although their name grabs a teenage tabloid titan named reply she receives. An ounce of prevention... One of the band's most promi in motion. Ah! the smell of it . sheaf of attention, the lyrics on BUCWILDe .HisREALITYCHECK nent hooks though is their name, their album Killing Some Dead column soon became required Who the fu*k is really thinking which actually came from their Time stand out passed crafty and reading for any true SOURCE about all that when THA youth. "When we were young, dive into the deapness of one's head. In 1994, I read an article .: BADDESrPIECEOF around 9 or so, there was a show soul. Even explains that he in THE SOURCE that detailed a AbS ON THE PLANET, YOUR called The Detective Hour on Fri "reads, watches loads offilms and venture that BUC WILD was .QUEEN, is in front of you butt-ass days," explains lead singer/gui thinks alot" as a possible solution involved with. under theguid naked and your di*k ispuJling at tarist Even Johansen, "T'he main to his influence on writing. ap~~ .Q.fhi~. J)lder~.bJ".Q.the~ _S't_.~_ . 80 aid you Feels' .. - _ _ __ _.. . ., .' guy's name was Dezek, so we ac "Books like Patrick -Snskind~ called ARQUNDTHEWAY CON~~···· like the sh*t might break. tually thought ofusing that from Perfume and Nick Hornby'sHigh NECTIONS. It was a cutting Nab, fu4k the condom, Raw Dog, au r name." Through more brain Fidelity are among my favorites" edge; keep it real, hardcore this pus*y is mine. She don't like storming, they remembered the said Johansen. teen-zine. Think SEVENTEEN condoms anyway. She make her most distinguished episode. "It In the world of music, Libido's meets the streets of muscles crazy right-when I wear was the show where Derek actu sound skims the surface ofgroups "Bucktown." I was intrigued by a rubber. She keeps tightening ally yells, him being a calm guy," such as the Afghan Whigs and Dead time.•.killed. the magazine's format, and as her sh*t up until it fu*ks up the continues Even. ''The episodes Sonic Youth. They have a pen their own. "The Afghan Whigs Even admits, and that they con it was a developing publica rhythm, and I wind up pnJJing the name was "Deadly Libido", and etrating sound that comes off as Gentlemen was a brilliant al centrate on diverse sounds. tion, I decided to try to hook latex off anyway. bum," said Johansen, "but right Libido wi 11 be around the up with it. I compiled a few Besides, we never used now I'm listening to Subcircus United States for a few dates writing samples, then I sat in condoms anyway. Most of the and Spiritualized." But there across the mid-west with another front of my computer terminal time I pulled out. This particular influence stems further into the excellent British group, brainstormed, and developed . night I didn't. I knew I was gonna good 01' days of rock. Even often Swervedriver, for the next an idea for a column. The re come. I had time to pull out. But cites his favorites from the 50's. couple of weeks that starts sult was BEDROOM TALK, es at the vital momement I just said "There is no really bad song on around Chicago and ends in Se says on human sexuality in the "fu*k it" without any thought to an Elvis record, and Patsy Cline attle. This being their first time context of the African Ameri the possible consequences. feels really real to me," he says. in America, they are anxious to can urban reality. BEDROOM I taste the saltiness of perspira "Why didn't you pull otrt?!" she But what you might not want get underway with it. Then its TALK was tailor made for tion. I taste it on her soft ebony asks. And I didn't thjnk much about it to get them confused with Brit back to Britain to kick offa head AROUND THE WAY CONNEC flesh, and I love the flavor. The "I don't know". I answered. Half at the time. Pop (just because they are located lining tour. TIONS, (Now known as Around sweetest of all chocolates. high off the sex, half off the in Britain) and bands like Oasis. .Oh yeah, just what did they do for the Way Magazinel I see her firm, round breasts, blunts and Heinekens. "I Nine months later, I was really "Oasis are involved with sound their first time in theBigApple? "We WWW.AROUND.tHEWAY.COM) nipples erect, honey glazed with couldn't help it. The sh*t was thinking about it. ing just like the Beatles," he just hit a few bars and did publicity and over the past three years moisture. I see her eyes, half too good. What the fu*k can I says. "To me, ifit doesn't surprise stuff," quips Johansen. No tourist of so, eight episodes have been closed, and I know that she is with say. The nut was too strong to In the Delivery Room. you, its not very good." The sound stuff? "Nah, asides from getting created. The later.episodes, of me. We're going to get there to pull back. I had to let it flow. Sh*t, if I had pulled out that stands out much more American, mugged, that is." course, show more maturity, gether. I 'm with you boo . Called a thug- butI was bit the Killing some dead time... m~th*phu*ka b:i depth, and the evolution of the Her breathing is irregular, would have revolutionary bugI The struggle is style that you have come to heavy. She moans. She speaks drowned ya 8SS. The sh*t my drugI rMDOWNroBUSTA woulda hit you in the face and Point of Order: The Red Hunt recognize in the DX FILES. For a fragmented language of pas SLUGI at anyane trying to push those of you who have checked ston. Her mind is adrift in a all that. Might have had a glob my peopk down in t~ mud] I A rrew documerrtar-y examrnes the McCarthy Era out BEDROOM TALK on the werld' of mutual enjoyment. I of it fly into your mouth, and weep tears of bloodI When plUlh ya know ya ass don't swal By DelarigLut Known to the American public the film almost anyone who isn't an to the court. The internet, who are open have her, she has me. I can feel comes to shorJe I 1 needyour BUJeet low! She*it, you barely even through the increasingly common avid law or history fanatic will eas film is also informative in the his minded, appreciate what I do, the pressure building as I slide caress,yourkissesandhugs?I face go there . But you damn sure Emile de Antonio and Daniel political arena of television during ily doze off in the comfort of a dark torical sense ofwhat the actual tri and are up for a change of in and out of her tight warm a world full ofhate, that's why I want a nigg" to go downtown Talbot's 1964 film, "Point ofOrder", the Army-McCarthyhearings where movie theater with only three other als were about and how they have pace, in conjunction with THE wetness. I can feel her legs really needyour love. all the fu*king time." opens at the Film Forum on Fr-iday, he first suggested possible Commu people in theaudience. 'Throughout affected society today through both TICKLER's April Fool's Day is clenching to my sides. "That's right, get down on April 3 and will run through Thurs nist infiltration. The accusations the course of the movie, you actu the political forum and the legal sys sue I present to you the epi Her nails are embedded in The Dawning is Near:.. your knees for this pus*y! day, April 16. Made 10 years after began with a particular soldier ally do feel as ifyou are right there tem. All in all, I suggest that you sode that started it all... my skin. The deeper she goes, -DX21 Bow to the queen!" the actual hearings, it is a compila named Lieutenant Shine. in the court room observingthe pro only see this film if you have some the ·deeper I go. The more in "After you bow to the di*k! DX 21 KRAZOIBEDROOM tion of various excerpts of actual De Antonio and Talbot are tal ceedings and that you could even time to kill, you've had enough sleep tense ..she gets, the more in BEDROOM TALK Ladies first !" TALK televised footage. ented filmmakers who have cap actually feel the heat of either the night before to keep your atten tense I get. Her body starts to "Well you better go get ya www.aroundtheway.com In 1954, the infamous Senator Jo tured the essence of the actual tri McCarthy's or Welch's breath as tion, and thatyou don't have any fi EPISODE #1 tremor, then convulse. She seph McCarthy first made himself als, but after about 45 minutes into they vehemently argue their points nals to study for. ....--- .. _. _. - . '- . .,;~, ... ~':~', .~., .... ~., _...... - .-' . _..... '.~"\~ 34 TICKER FEATURES APRIL 1, 1998 -TICKER ARTS & ENTERTA,INMENT MARCH 18,1998 35 ATTENTION .. ~------.. ADVERTISING MAJORS An excellent opportunity. Ifthe capitalism ofthe arts ceased, we would see manychanges in hiphop. One of these changes would be the proper interconnection of underground radio and to gain experience in ad • DellciDusKoshe, ~ass ra~o. InNewYork ci~ Hot97, the onlyhip hopstationwithwide coverage, -," IS stuck m a papes chase playingPuffy's new hitsafter three morninghours of Ed vertising is waiting for .PaSSD""rMell Lover's silly pseudo-ghetto realness. This hurtship hop because when newcom ers(i.e. CompanyFlow)blowuponlate nightradiofromthe StretchAiii.strong you..... • In"",adi.,,, Show to P-Love and DJ Sincere's Solovfbes, their cut (i.e. C.F.'s "8 Steps 1b Perfection'? should graduate to the forum ofa larger audience. Hagadlh reading This doesn't happen anymore and could be oneofthe factors in the commercial . fall ofhip hop culture. However, with Hazes presentation of a Reality Check 101 • Livemusic class we have a chance to see the.kind ofmix tapes that hopefully will be pumped at The Ticker. out ifthe industry one day abandons hip hop. Instead of being a 16-songshowcase of the newest hip hop to hit the streets, the • F,eeMllzah'or syllabusconsists ofan in-depth displayofhip hop's bestunknown artists and their most successful tracks over the last two to three years. Sadly; we see the musical evel,YDne genocide Hot 97 inflicts all the more when we see superior acts like Company Flow, Natural Elements ('~yrical Tactics"), AI{ SkiDs ("Check Tha Flaoa"), J Where: Live ("Broggin'mites') who are all lost on latenight radio. At the Windows Lounge Thisseminaris alsooonductedbytheincrediblytalentedDJPremierwhoblends everythingintoonecohesive dirtymixtape. VIrtuallyeveryactherehas the talent Room 1541 to producegreatLPsfrom G-Dep ("Head OverWheels") andL TheHead'Ibucha Contact Henry H. for 360 pan Avenue South ('Too Complex") to Street Smartz ("Metal Thangz"featuringPharoah ofOrga nizedKonfusion and O.C.) and Choclair ("21 Years'). For Mont info - Call (212) 802-6808 more information at or This Reality Check is the type ofbest-ofcollection that would be made from re Stop by our Office at room 1511 (380 PAS) cordingthe Stretch Armstrong show or Solovibes over the last year or so. It is definitely a required text for those who love hip hop. (212)· 802- 6800. -EdwardRodri ez Artist: C-Bo C-Bo, from Album: TIl MyCasketDrops Sacramento,as Label: Noo TrybeRecords ourpointofref ~. Ratinse,,.,&&£tj- .•.• erence. There Many stand to gain with the preva mustbe a lot of lence and continued success of earlier hype from C-Bo so it doesn't seem gangstarap. While thosewitha true hip hop po~:t~~ior: assumed.. it '\Yas The Department afFine & PerformingArts dead, they are mistaken and 1 sadiy . must relay bad news. Rap maga zines, record labels, ignorant sellout artists and those who supportthe op pression of Black and Latino people needgangsta rap. Essentially, a term PRESENTS first embraced by record label execu tives, gangsta rap is the exploitation ofspecific aspectsofour lives bythose with a limited scope of our lives and their own. The difference between a real hardcorehiphop rhyme and one THE OPEN COUPLE ofgangsta rap is the depth of content and creativity (a new, unique interpretaion of told stories, beliefs THE VIRTUOUS BURG and lifestyles) with respect to the tracks and, of course, the lyrics. When this is all lacking, we call it gangsta rap' and watch it reach the byDarioFo top ofthe music charts. Gangsta rap's stars like Snoop • DoggyDoggandIceCube arenow clinging to fake images while the masses just need new characters to Tuesday, April 21 through Saturday, April 25, 8:00 pm express violent ghetto tales to live through. The new gangsta rap re surgencecomesbystrippingthesym Saturday, April 25, 3 pm bols that have been associated with it for so long. Los Angeles was the gangstacapital so weneedonlya rap per from a different place. Let's use rA",oti·id:-- Various Bernie West Theatre, 9th Floor 23rd.Street Album:CaughtUpSoundtrack Label: Noo'Irybe Records Rating: 0 1/20 Box Office will be open from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm For those who have wished for a movie thatmatchesthequalityofthe soundtrack they have been granted Information: (212) 387-1345 theirwishin a mostill fatedmanner, The immense failure comes in the overrelianceon funktracks. Onlytwo songs (Gang Starr's "Work" and ---,,"---'~ r.f$D~T7. " ". . ':' 36 TIC~R ~A~PID~L~1~,~19~9~8~~~~~~~~~~~ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MARCH 18, 1998 37 • • •• ~------1IIIIIIIr' rrtics orner rrucs orner -:-.-:. "Slang Editorial"). beat darts. His yrics s e some ig t to Artist: Propellerheads .st: God Lives The tracks produced by RZA· and a this: "Run!... ifyou sell drugs to your dun/ Album: Deckanddrums Underwater collective of the Wu Elements, prima Run!...be the f@ck out word to god run ';-". androckandroll bum: Life in the So-called rily True Master, have a sound similar hard / me and the God back to back one Label: Dreamworks Recor SpaceAge to most of the Wu's solo work. What ...... eighty five / and the. four five / survive that Rating: 0 Ot06 Label: 1500 Records makes the Wu solo Lps so long with sh*t I n *ggas came even though 1 seen you tin~ 0 001/2 6 standing is that they allow us to expe rollin there bowlin in green kid / this Propellerheads formed backin rience a chamber of a specific persona cream'll get you rocked, knocked ifyou don't 1994 when session musican Alex Industrial music is at its best of an excellent Me with guest appear run / don't grab my jacket dun get the f@ck Gifford decided to make music on with God Lives Underwater's, ances by other great MCs. The breaks off, break north / or go to jail, word life is his own, rather than withbigtime "Life in the So Called Space Age." are commendable as the Wu still throws trife, on the block it's too hot/ you got my artists such as Peter Gabriel. This album might be God Lives . new breaks at us after so many tracks. man shot, n*gga run/ we wylinon Staten Upon realizing he need some "tra Underwater's best effort to date The offbeat break of "Splish-Splash" Island it's one thing beiti in the bi ng / and ditional playing" at his live shows, since every song on the album differs greatly from the boom hap track not smilin on the gate it's too late / fate held he enlistedthe aid of Will White sounds original industrial wise. Blue Raspberry sweet vocals bless on you over,jakes runnin for snakes / the white from the now disbanded jazz-funk Starting with "Rearrange, " it "Young Hearts." rover, with the plates burn down Gee street / group JunkwaffIe. The result as brings the listener into outer space .Out of all the Wu solo albums, this comin from ouita state, see me in the driv an eclectic mix of synth with or Itl ~ by its space like keyboard arrange h as the fewest amount of guests. This ers seat / coolin without the I.D., it's not ganic instruments, which helped =' ments. .allows us to hear Cappadonna's flavor me / babylon to the god, D-I-V-I-N-E / to land the duo's music on 8 The band's first single and video, more and makes the guest MCing all Run! if you sell drugs to the dun/ dancefloors, and even an Addias tic arrangements. Clever samples, "From Your Mouth," is the best the more appealing. An example of the Run! be the f@ck out, word to god run ad. eerie vocals, and dancible beats track on the album because ofhow . hitter would he "Oh-Donrui ~ where hard. ,,' This track epitomizes his talent to Their debut album, a winning combination that is the it moves from a fast tempo to a slow .. Ghost's "cream ofwheat steez" sets up describe events and create a frantic pace Decksanddrumsandrockandroll, secret to Mono's excellence. Their beat and it works. There are ele excellent back and forth wordplay and with continous rhyming as he did on 'Win lives up to and surpasses the stan debut single "Life in Mono" (fea ments ofrap that benefits the song Cap's funny "Oh-Donna" rock-n-roll ter Warz." The Pillage continues the Wu dard set by their self-titled EP, re I simply can't remember the last tured on the Great Expectations too. "Can't Come Down" is another chorus. The latter is shown on "Run" legacy of originality and quality music. leased last year. Contrary to popu time I've experienced such aural Soundtrack) seems reminiscent of worthy track because you could al wher.e his- s itfire flow is thrown in off- -Edward Rodriguez lar belief, I would not consider the fulfillment, as I have after listen an elegant spy movie. "Silicone" most believe that Scott Wetland Prope llerheads' style ofmusic to ing to Mono's Formica Blues. contains a sampleof Issac Hayes' ofStoneTemplePilots was there be techno or electronic - and com With their laid-back jazzy beats ''Walk on By"which fits like a per doingthe songhimself. Evidence of parisons to bands like the Chemi and bass lines, one may be fect _ glove. In "Playboys," the Smashing Pumpkins'Sad cal Brothers are simply un tempted to compare them to Siobhan chants like a wandering PeterPan""is in full effect near the founded. Sure, they've got beats Bristols' trip-hop export spirit to a funky, yet ambient back ending of the song. and effects, and they're known for Portishead. I thinkthat's unfair beat. Mono's beauty and charac The drumming sound is so amaz their remixes (for Mono, Lus though - Monois a hundred times ter is carried through every note ing in"Dress Rehearsal For Repro Almost two decades long, we have heard Mes cious Jackson, Soul Coughing better. While Beth Gibbons of until the very end without disap duction," and few bands in the in evolve and progress into being lyrical poets. and 808 State, to name a few), but Portishead feels she must pointment. Formica Blues is the dustrial world can imitate such a Consequently, with each passing stanza ofspo the range covered by this duo is screech like a cat on the fence, perfect soundtrack to one ofthose sound except for God Lives ken ghetto literature we correctly expect more simply too broad to be limited to SiobhanDeMare delves into her more somber moments in life. Underwater's signature sound depth out of the next Me to burst onto the one genre. Despite what their female sensuality to compliment -Syed A Bokhari quality. It is pure ear candy. In scene. The Killer Bee: an name suggests (actually a slang musician Martin VIr 0'8 fantas- "Happy?,"GLU goes away from its The Wu-tang Clan and its affiliated members other Wu symbol ----~_.•. _~-_., ..... ~ .... -._--~ ""-"-'~ term for computer geeks), the standardsoundand delves"into soft . have·always·gar"flet·edlhTsrespecC-:·Tn"!)arcwfi::. .~ Propellerheads presents the lis rock but the results sound similar Iar, the use of slang has always benn a major tener with a well-rounded blend of to some ofthe more laid back songs factor in the crossing over Black/Latino writ live instruments, programming ofMetallica. Fans will have to get ten/spoken art forms. With regards to hip hop and samples. used to "Happyr' because I wasn't we've seen a lot of successful artists make up The hip hop influence is undeni even sure myselfifthis songshould catchy slang that has little depth, not being ext Issue: able--especially upon the beats. have been placed on the album but anything more than synonyms for past slang Skips and scratches on the turn a few tunes should help the regu terms. Movie tables are apparent through out. lar GLW fan out. It is those MCs who go beyond cute synonyms Will White even does a bit of a Track number ten, "'Vapors," .. to c reative, and yet sti 11 catchy, dialect that re Review of beatbox on "A Number of Micro sounds like a clone of Tool in the ally intertwines with the ideology they are ex phones." Also, exclusive to the US sense thatTool's lead singer, John pounding on us. With the debut of Wu's Wild Things version of the album, two bonus Maynard Keans, likes to build up Cappadonna, we see some great ways of mak tracks "360 «n. Yeah?Y' and ''You his songs from something quiet to ing a "Slang Editorial." Cap uniquely loud By Vanessa Want it Back" feature none other an extremely rocky pace. The only voice and intense delivery highlight an unor ingh than De La Soul and the Jungle track on the album that shouldn't thodox usage of words ("My slang is editorial Brothers, respectively. TheDe La have been placed istrack 11, "Medi explicit material/ Breifcase show, live in ste Soul track "360 (Oh Yeah.l)" left me cated,"that goes on for a whopping reo flow / Feel me, Donna realty I Set the black Ghost (center) and Raekwon only mildly impressed, while the 32 minutes. It really sounds like a people free / Killer bees got the best stee... " - Cappadonna's debut Lp, Jungle Brothers' track got me record playing backwards out of my seat beggin' for more (to an-further into the song, sounds f\rtist: Mach Five bad it's the last song on the album like a heart beating and this one Album: Mach Five ... ) beat goes on for over 10 minutes. To add a bit more to the mix, the This album would have "gamed a bel: Island Records PropeUerheads have even enlisted perfect ratingbut a haIfa star had Theup and comingnewpopularartistsMach Five havejustcome outwith a new legendaryvocalist ShirleyBasseyto to be deduced for choosing to .. self-titled compactdisc that is both innovative and nostalgic atthe same time. The bringhertalents to thetrack "History leavetn "Medicated." Fans of God group is yet another one that hails from England consisting of: JeffDarien, who Repeating." Hassey is probably best Lives Underwater will also likely wrote most ofthe lyrics and is also the lead vocals, guitar, keys andpercussion, Don known for her signature recording of believe thatthis is their best effort DiPaolo on thedrums, Dan Gingoldon2nd guitar,keyboards, and horns,andDavid "Goldfinger" for the 1965 James to date. Leatherwood on thebass guitar. Bond movie of the same name. "His The album is nostalgic in the sense that it captures the sound ofand is reminis tory Repeating" is chock-full. of live -DavidLo centofvarious late80'sgroups with themes oflost loves and the purpose ofhuman brass and couldprobablyworkwell on existence tied in with the meaningoflife.These were themes that youngpeople of adult contemporary radio, funnily Hey Kids! the mid to late 80's related especially well to and to some extent still do today enough. Although the album is not altogether unique in the artistic sense it is relatively The Propellerbeads have brought Write for Arts and entertainingwithvaryingthemes; someareinspirational, others arepensive while a new dimension to dance music with Entertainment! .others are altogether completely uninhibited, My two favorite tracks are "Chuck" this album. Synthetic sounds and. because ofits "wild bestiality" and 'Tm alive" in complete contrast because ofits "real" instruments are coupled to We're always "upliftingspirit". gether like never before - transcend hungry for more! All inall, I eJUoyed listeningto thealbum mostlybecause Itbeingan olderstudent ing genres and appealing to listeners Call Sy or Edwar-d going back to college, it brought back my more care-free, innocent, fun-loving ~ys ofdifferent tastes. I'd love to see them ofhighschool. I think that this aIbum will do relatively well for the simple reason pull this one off live... at (212) 802-6800! ~tMach Five explores themes that people ofall ages can relate to. -Syed A. Bokhari Propellerheads burn it up, baby! -J)eJangLii -, ..- .----.--".---. -- -_·-w...._ 38 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1, 1998 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1,1998 39 1 () i ' I '. ' " -;: <, :\ ByDavidLo ..." - * Veruca Salt's Nina Gordon has left the band after helping to create it with fellow bandmate, Louise Post. No reason has been given for Gordon's sud * The 3rd annual'Iibetan Freedom Concert will be held in Washing den decision to depart. ton D.C. on June 13 and June 14.: The acts that will be at the event that The future of the band hasn't been decided upon yet. Solo albums may have been announced so far are Beck, Radiohead, R.E.M., A 'lribe be in the works for bothGordon and Post ifthe remaining band mem Called Quest, and the BeastieBoys. 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Exe. going to be in the metropolitan area. training. 212-787-5430 • Source: Mormngstar.lnc.• Janll2l"Y 31.1998. Mommg5Ur i, an independent >c:n'ICC that rom:"mutual fund>Uld variabIc annuities. The top 10%offunds in an inYcstment ~c:goryn:ccivc:fi"e scusmd the next 225'll. 1. Who: Stabbing Westward receive foeu U2rS. Momingsar propricary ratings rcfIc:a l1islorical ri quartet that runs rampant in ev UndisputedAttitude, Slayer ...._-..... ery headbanger's mind as the a metal band, beats the funny epitome ofthe 80's speed metal haired, Germs T-shirt wear ...... movement. Absorbed with the oc ing, new age poser punk rock- . ..". - . cult and fascinated by murder, ers at their own game. Undis ';': "" -~ ~ Slayer continues to live up to its puted Attitude also has less '·'0. . . - . .- name since the release of Show No speedy numbers written by ,~,,: ~ ': '~:' ~. .;'., . . Mercy in 1984. Show No Mercy Slayer such as "Gemini." ...... :",! :.;.:.: , . . . however, 'wasnot Slayer's first re Most of Undisputed Atti • ~'.. -... ~ cording and is subsequent to the tude, however, consists of 1983 Metal Blade Record's compi songs written by old school ,. lation Metal Massacre 3 which in punk rock bands such as Mi , . ... cluded "Aggressive Perfecter" by nor Threat, Dead . Slayer. So far, six studio recorded Kennedys, The Stooges, • albums have followed Show No Verbal Abuse, CircleJerks Mercy and each contributed to an etc. Originally ent.itledSe art crafted by minds marked lected and Exhumed, the title "Criminally Insane." Indeed, the was changed to Undisputed • lyrics written by lead singer/bass Attitude because not every ist Tom Araya with the coopera song on the album was "ex tion of guitarists Kerry King, Jeff humed" from the past, there • , Hanneman and currentdrummer were new Slayer cuts on the • • Paul Bostaph do provide a clear album. glimpse into the mind ofthe late I t has been thirteen years serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, since Slayer has been forged gangviolence in Expendable Youth, and although a decade ofun- Jeff, Jon, Kerry and 'Ibm•••the delightful quartet Slayer! \..... soldiers in Mandatory Suicide, godly aggression has be-en in Tiananman Square Massacre in flicted on the masses of heavy among other obscurities ofthe about two and a half weeks begin Blood Red. These songs among all metal fans, much more still awaits. metal underground. As for the ning in mid-May. Only the major oth-ers display lyrical prolificacy, Slayer is still a part of the finan Slayer fans, they, as always, are cities such asWashington and New musical complexity, highly calcu ciallydelicateAmerican Recordings eagerly waiting for Slayer's new York City however, are expected to lated song arrangements and an but is now simultaneously attached releasebutwon't havetowait much be bombarded on this particular obscure growth ofintellect evident to Venture Records with long time longer. The second decade of un pathofSlayeriZedcarnage. No rea in all Slayer albums- Show No producer Rick Rubin. The band bridled aggression begins May 5, son to despair though, other cities Mercy, Hell Awaits, Reign in Blood, has gone through some drummer 1998. Produced by Rick Rubin will soon be hit by the 'Metal South of Heaven, Seasons in the changes since 1994's Divine inter with Venture Records in associa Storm." So fans all over the world Abyss and Divine Intervention, re vention which featured Paul tion with Columbia Records, the can just sit back and wait for the /~~ spectively. Bostaph.Paul Bostaph was later album will. be entitled .either Yio mayhem to.begin. In. fact.Blayeris. ..\.... -1Ift\ .. In 1996,'Slayer released a punk fired from Sbiyer' 'and Ex~ .Evil lenee By Design or Stain ofMind. already on the list for the annual · . .~ cover alburm entitled (with the Dead drummerJon Dette was re According to what I have been in summer metal festival Ozzfest 98! declaration) Undisputed Attitude. cruited. Soon afterwards, however, formed, expect the following songs Slayerwill be performing with the "Why a punk cover album alter JonDettewas ousted from Slayer to appear: "Love to Hate," "Un camaraderie of Black Sabbath, thirteenyears ofan established ca and PaulBostaph reentered. Jon guarded Instinct," "Desire," Ozzy Osboure, Pantera, Foo f) • reer as a spe-ed metal band?'" Gui Dette is currently with Bay Area "Screaming from the Sky," "Bitter Fighters, Soulfiy (Ex-Sepultura tarist Kerry King answers, 'We thrash band Testament. Peace," "Perversion ofpain," "Overt frontman Max Cavalera's new don't usually do things for any par In spite ofthe line up changes Enemy," "Stain of Mind," "In the band), FearFactory,CoalCham ticular reason, we just do 'em. Slayer continues to be at the fore Narne ofGod." AlSQ expect slower ber, Life of Agon~ Entombedp Seemed like agood thing to do at front ofthe speed metal movement numbers like"Gemini"to be on the HumanWaste Project and Neu the time. I love this record. We're with various bands showing their album but know for sure that the rosis. Yeah, fans are goingto get a exposing kids to what the new appreciation through Slaytanic demon speed of old runs anew on lot from Slayer this year: a new :-~.®'~~O·~ ":~:o·-- :·~·-O--· '2~. ''punk'' sound should be as opposed Slaughter compilations which ba this next Slayer offering. Follow album performance atOzzfest and ··- (ill) LP'· :.-'.'. ~..'.. ;:.:- '- .: _.. .n- "ff1.;.' .~: n to what Green Day sound like sically are a tribute to Slayer. ing the release of the new album many more shows at many more . ~D .'- .-- . ,;-' '. ':.. . - . ..- .. ~- .-~ zt ~ .. -. . now...The big thing these days is These followers include Vader, Slayer is scheduled to tour with cities. Let the world wazre ofdoom geek music, the kid you beat up in Hypocrisy and Cradle of Filth Clutchand Systemofa flown for speed through! 300 1=>£1{ y~ AveVvue Soutlll (26 'street) -..... - • urren ovre an • 1..4tVl FLoor worthy man of God who wants to be Coen'slb~~~~2kL. yor~/ 1-00LO ByJoshL. Mellon andEthan • New Ny With the Academy Awards now their spiritual leader. This farcical tale which takesplacein haveto seethefilmtocomprehend its pastandTitanicfeverhopefullybegin Thisis a moviewherecliches go out the early '9O's (lookout for Gulf War comic madness) The Dude would like eel LL (::U--2) ??02-h734 for LV'vforVlllC1Ho V'v. ning to fade a bit allow me to bring the windovv. "Good and Bad" are not references) focuses ()D a 40ishCalifor to just smoke a J, drive his beat up • reader's attention two uncommonly easilydefined Duvallhadthisproject nia stoner played by Jeff Bridges. car, andlistento CredenceClearwater H-ors vt'oelAvye C1V'vvt L~ql/Wr wLLL be sevvevt! ~ ~ fine movies nowin theaters. in mind for years but it was not until Bridges character-Jeff Lebowski Revival tapes. The cosmos, however, • Written,directed, producedby(that recently that he was able to properly but known by bowling buddies, John seem to have otherplans for him. mean's he fronted his own cash folks) gatherhisresources,financial andoth . Goodman,andSteveBuscemias'The The Coen brothers are the bent and starring the estimable Robert erwise, and make this masterpiece. Dude" is harmless with little real life, characterswhodeliveredBaisUwAri Dd- pla'jing Latin HOus@, g&B, Hip hop &mor@! Duvall, ~is a fascinating Sturdy supporting acting by June hehastoked and smokedhiswayinto zona &I:tml..Fink. and lastyear's off study of a Pentocastal preacher who Carter Cash, Billy Bob Thorton, and a peaceful acceptance ofa blissful, do beat smash detective story Farw. loves the Lord but sometimes too hu others makes this portrait of Ameri little existence. The Dude is a Zen Theyarenotconventionalyettheyare man for his own good. Duvall, plays cans seeking the Holy a fascinating clown without a straight man. mastersofusingmovieconventionsto Sonny;alsoknown as''theapostleE.£" spectacle. Duvall who has given the When The Dude is mistaken for a suit their needs. The Big Lebowski When Sonny's hot headed ways land cinema decades of stellar perfor powerful, wrong doing businessman, has a littleofeverything-the buddy him in trouble with estranged wife mances (The God.fB.ther I and XL the BilLlSJowslri, his lifebecomes in movie, BusbyBerkeleymusicals,drog ~ Farrah Faucett (very effective in a Apocalyose ]enderMereies)has finitely morecomplieat.ed. Pursuedby culture, even a little detective nair- ? medium sized role) hetakestothe road never been finer. Given his overall a varietyofthugs,and repeatedlysabo yetitlooks and feels likenothingelse. tothiseffort,~ and tries to convince the citizens ofa oontributions tagedbyhispal Goodman(whonearly _ check itout, you'll southern rural town where he is un may become his signature piece. stealsthe film as an outsized Jewish 1811gb and you might not even now known that he is -a passionate and Ofa totally different mood is Joel Sabbath loving Vietnam Vet-you wh)T. .. \ 42 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1,1998 ...... TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1,1998 43 THE CREATIVE FORUM FOR BARUCHARTISTS . ... . '. . . ., THE CREATIVE FORUM FOR BARUCH, , ARTISTS Bribeso!""ind:Life2 ..;"~" .. •» Rain~ sno.w a:e God's instrumentofhumilityon this planetofcontempt and arrogant vanity. Dark Gothic Fiction: Ifthat is notJustice on earth what is it? ' di~ ····h:·. e···. S··::.',....:,.a.,·.. n·······.:' '. .. ::::••• m·.:·····::::): ::; - ., a",:' .. >:... Fl:., .•.. ··· ~._. ':':.~ _.~: -,.~~.:-:.;.-:'; ;.~> :~.. .,~: Rainhad been made for us to like fire, as mankind hadbeen madeto love womankind. T .. -, - -, "'.':' ,".:.' .:". .. ".' -'.-...... •., ,".. ,'_,·.·.v - ' ."., •...... •..'. Death has been created for us to enjay life this is so, as theflow offire where men and By [email protected] women mix themselves to death and life since fire is. Upon east 23rd streetand LexingtonAve., a NewYork Enforcers Dept. patrol car stops a greenAcura filled with a group ofcollege friends headed to a party. Under the rain life appears to me more right underthe rain life seems to me nicer but Good evening constables. What seems to be the problem officers? I underthe snow life is veiled ofpure lovefor us allfrom the above. don't think we were really speeding at all... (Grinningly) the officer re sponds. May I see your driver's license, sonny. And would you all please step out of the vehicle and place all ofyour hands upon the hood ofyour car. Haveyou ever looked back on yourlifeandfelt thatthe same river W08 flowing in the And before all ofyou forget what Ijust said, couldja please pop open the same bed. Sometimes, life seems be adeja uu.just like that old wallpaper. to trunk now. Haveyou ever tlwught thatyourlife has been so stony, thatyou could fill up the Whoa! Nashar, you have got to come over here and take a look at Mediterranean Sea. r- what they have in their trunk! It's three keys of the most finest Swiss <:~N r« .. ~~ ~ Haveyou eversaid. why 17'l€? ;.:' beer I've ever seen! Do you know how expensive this shit is on the black ~~; -s market? Not to mention how hard this stuff is to come by as well. (The ·8 o gleam of a night scope tints the edge of a rooftop). ~ Oh man, Reuben! You are so right about this beer man. Hey! This .'0 I love rain and snow. Why? Because when it rainsor snows, anybody underis going to ~ stuff will really impress the guys for Monday night basketball at the .~ get wet, no matterwhatonedoes, who one is, where one might be. nudie/donut bar! Come on, Nashar, help me put these kegs in the trunk Everyone is going toget wetthe same way, with the same feeling ofmoisture, ofcold ofour car. 8 and sadness. But constables! That beer is for a wedding my friends are catering! my case already! I don't think they're going to buy them off. We bought You just can't take... interjected the Baruch college student. those $10,000 toilets again. Did I say you could freakin' move?!.Git your ass back over there! I don't care about what they say or even this crappy city's needs And if you punks even breathe a. word about this, I'll plant so much as well! My Presidential Nomination is comingup and I don't want any We all have the bad habit ofstockingbadfeelings and memories in our heart the same Koke up yourass, no better yet I'll have Reuben here wack me a couple thingto screw thatup! And ifI can getrid ofthatnuicance Snuffaluffakus, way westock oldclothes in ourclosets. times and I'll charge you guys with assaulting an enforcer, obstructing I'll be the favorite ofthe rich class! justice, resisting arrest, and we shot you guys up in self defense! Ha ha hal Hey N ashar, you still got one ofthose silver Three Musketeer bars Meanwhile, down at the lower east side... in the glove compartment? . Upon havingseen a lot ofpeople wishingthemselves the best.andgetting it, Just then, the Baruch security'·guards come out to see-what the .',···Booml T.his.isa..raidl. E:v.ery.onetouchsome....sky._nQw! .Hey I have WJ1'l£ theconclusion maybe ifyou always the worse, to that get comotion is about, the. enforcers flash their duck taped badges and the Frankie! You wanna go for donuts later? We canjust turn on our sirens then, maybe, you should start by lovingyourselfa little more. security officers go back into the building and continue hitting on pass- in the car and we can be at Dunkin D's in 2 minutes flat! ing female students... Wait Joe! Just let me finish up some of this good weed these As the clock tower strikes 8pm, a sniper's high caliber rifle hammers guys here are dealing on the street. Ok everyone, we didn't see you and An insignificant sacrifice is always better than the strongest will. a six inch bullet out of its shell. It passes easliy through the two enforc you didn't see us! Do we have an understanding? Likewise, ifsomeone offers you to giveyou four coins tomorrow, ers who were about to go happycivilanbashing with their pink night Hey Frankie, count some of this drug money in the car, remem tell himto grantyou only two, but rightnow. sticks. ber man 70/30, that's Fooliani's cut... Ha! Kill two retarded pigeons with one bullet. Well I guess I needa Good evening to the rich and powerful in this room! I am Mayor drink now... Fooliani, and tonight I welcome all of you humbly to my presidential My name has no real significance to you. I am an assassin. A protec nomination party. And I promise you all that ifI get elected, I will be the Mankind masters T"UJLure andanimals, butbefore contemplating men loving his neighbor tor of the statistically weak, and the pathetically...Oh, that can't ever voice for the powerful, the benefactor to the rich, and more taxes upon we willhave counted all the groin ofsand ofthe desert. happen to me... A modern day RobinHood with a huge kick ass gun. I the peasants! So ifyou all may, please be generous in yourcontributions. No matter how humans try, they wouldbe betterofftryingto keep the windprisoner. am the King of roof tops. I can snipe some buttcheesed ass from 2 miles Let's make all those law suits, bribes, swindling, passing the great ole away. I can shoot your eye lashes off before you even blink death away. buck count for something! Ha! Ha! Ha! I can light a cigerette with a single bullet from a mile away. But let me At the corner of Fooliani's eye he notices the gentle waving of a tell you my story before you pull the switch for my electric chair. black ribbon above him. As his overweight secret service men push him lOur material security is thedeath of011£ ifyourcapabilities to love others. Long ago, a group of drunken Enforcers had raided the wrong home to the ground, they explain to him its a Spider's Tail, used by snipers to and for fun shot me in the left eye, They were never brought to trial measure wind direction. because of circumstancial evidence. The case was dropped and they But it was too late for the mayor. Three triangular bullets found walked free. The system had failed me, but that helped me to re©create themselves planted on the side ofhis leg causing immense pain through I am here, butyetI am somewhere else, neither here, norover there, myself in their own form of twisted justice, this is my vengeance! But out his nervous system. is it because I am none, noteven something? those men are long dead already, but the war continues on... Arghhhh! The pain!!! Someone get me a medic now!!! What's W1w is going to answer me?Why ?How? What am1 here for? Devil's Eye Land across the East River. Walk into a dusty bar known taking so long?! Arghhhh! Give me your gun now! Blam! The mayor 1." How am I suppose to be? Is it life that hates me, orme uiho hate life? only as the Dinoysous Salon. Aplace only known to the worst mercenar shoots himself in the head before the paramedics could arrive in time. Upon having the option ofbeingat all, houimany ofus uould choose /;() live? 1 ies around for its special cuisines. From 2 miles away, Snuffy takes a sip from his Starbucks hot How many would wantall thispain? lOu, ifyou read these lines it mightnot be too late God bless Hades! Is that you Snuffy?! Its been years! Last time I chocolate. I can see the papers now tomorrow, Mayor commits for you. saw you, you were only a youngteenager sniping out politicians! So how suicide...but before he could take another sip, a gun clicks on to his head. are you, lass? I got you now you son of a buckeye! said the bounty hunter. -lfJanRosi I woke UR in the ""iddle otthe nillht Yo, Don Richadio Marcinado! How is that pretty daughter of yours? Then all of a sudden a bullet explodes out from behind Snuffy's New 1'Ork March 23, 1997 And do you have my special shipment ready? back barreled shotgun and into the bounty hunter's chest. Then a voice Marcinado clocks his shotgun from behind the bar. Hal You leave my appears from behind him... .1 IE:- I woke up in the middle ofthe night in order to see daughter alone! Ha! Ha! I don't want her dating a man ofyour prof~s Nice. Now thanx to you, that I have no partner now, the 5 mil my idol inthe mirror • sion. Anyway she's not even your type, Snuffy, Ok, I have your ship lion on your head belongs to me. Said the second bounty hunter. at the lightened mirror ment right here. Your skematics for these new rifles wer: excellen~e! Hmmmm that's an interesting trench you're wearing, I know I've in the dark room To your specifications: a detachable 10 triple barreled Nite Hawk rifle, . seen that trench somewhere before.... at the lightened face sonic VR night scope, Digital wind calibration, one thousand ro~nds of But beforeSnuffy could finish his words, 2 ghostly hands appear in the dark world. special K (kick) 7 inch caliber shells, Rhino pointed and filled WIth Co2 out from the trench and with one blade in the other hand, they decapi as you requested for nontraceable signature powder trace. ., tate the bounty hunter even before he could scream. -Dean Efkarpidis Don Richadio, you have truly outdone yourself tonight.. III be KNITE I presume. You know my skin still crawls when you do seeingyou again and even perhapsyour daughter as well, father In law... that trademark entrance ofyours you know that? March 17,1987 Kavala Mr. Fooliani! You can't be skimming off of the states budget Mr. Snuffaluffakus, I do not need your wise cracks now. This anymore to finance that new intern anymore! The Board is getting on world is about to experinceArmageddon. I haveneed ofyour assitance... - ·:':~~r·?·;~~S::~F~'S " .,.. _....-a. 45 44 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1,1998 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1, 1998 THE CREATIVE FORUM FOR BARUCHARTISTS THE CREATIVE FOR'UM FOR BARUCHARTISTS Deseo a Realidad Sin Ella En Mi Soledad The Swastika ' Business Afternoon. Alexanderplatz cafe. Mientras el tiempo pasa y a la vez le cambia el significado a-una vida, las Como sentir alegria, esperanzas de muchos seres humanos se pierden en el abismo de La depresion. La The buzz ofthe place was like the frantic rush ofa si me hace falta su abrigo Dying bee. The last sting is the most painful. The malicia sigue creciendojunto al odio y se expande comola injusticia en todos esos y su diuina compania, rincones donde existen personas egoistas, quepeleando por elpoder; destruyeri Memory will last the longest. Summer ruined. no se encuentra conrnigo. No more terrace cafes. Inside in fear and anger. vidas indefensas y le bloquean elpaso a esas personas que suenan, enamorados de Solo el eco de su uoz Yah - the buzz. falsas ilusiones. y su imagen. angelical, Muchas veces los pensamientos uuelan mezclados al uiento y queriendo me acompanan en las noches Enter woman glass door stage center. reposar, se detienen en los lugares maspensatitos. Es en ese entonces que las y me ailudan a sonar. Aura heavy, collective guilt. preguntas empiezan a rebelarse en contra de La ensenanza que faoorece: por que Mientras el deseo y la pasion, Smile viscous, a murderer's grin. hay racismo?, por que nos frustramos?, por que sopor:tar? y porque sonar con se apagan en la lejania, Eyes beautiful like rose petals, blood red. 10 que no esta escrito? Estas son preguntas sencilias de exprezar; pero cuando se este triste corazon, Eyes piercing like rose thorns, blood provoking. trata de comprension; esas preguntas ocultan el deseo de muchos por entendery lucha contra la agonia. Hair black, funereal mantilla. la ansiedad de otros por resolver, desenmascarando asi La triste realidad. Ella se pierdeen otros brazos, Hands jeweled from dead ancestry. Inherited. Somos denominados seres humanos (lo intelectuai), pero ciertas acciones disfrutando del amar, Dress a sari. Black like death. nos hacen inferiores a los propios animales. Debemos meditar; distinguiendo lo mientras yo sufro en silencio, And red - a rag to Berlin bulls. bueno de 10 malo y tener el valor de seleccionar el camino que nos guie a La el dolor de no oluidar: A slap across the face - a whore's gentle touch. colectiuidad, no al individualism 0, 0 sea, aprender mas sobre el projimo y La llevo conmigo muy dentro, olvidarnos de lo material-aunque seapor un segundo. Debemos limpiar el alma y como la noche lleua Ia calma, She went to an empty table. aclarar las ideas que quizas en estos mementos esten enuenenando nuentro y cuando oloidarla es mi intento, Like a prisoner to its cell not asking for directions, conocimiento. Piensa en la realidad como cualquier otro ser humano, pero mas lastimo mi alma cuando 10 hagas, criticala y par medio de simples preguntas, demuestrale al guidance, permission. Unaware like a dead corpse she sat. mundo trabajador que una ilusion necesariamente no tiene que llevarnos a un: En mipecho no existe rencor, Reached her resting place like a train at its final deseo, pero que la unidad de almas pobres si podria significar una mejor vida para quieri hace del rencor algo tierno, para el oprimido. en sus labiosyo veo la pasion, destination. '-• Vegabond· ... y en su mirada un fuego eterno. A murmurofdisbelieflike the unity cries ofpeople -Alejandro Medrano Por eso amarla es mi sueno. vivir siempre en su peneamiento, before There was once ave8#Jond their collective death. Trembling floral demitasse in in a searchlor a soul. de su alma poder ser el dueno, hand wi~I1...J:,;,pl,$elf y entonces detener el tiempo. to keep in touch Shaking wreaths. Clinking spoon against china - a . In order to satisfy his dispassionate mind Pero ella en la distancia, death knoll. Untitled ofdiSKuSt~loviiiJiiifliiitred' ,-_. illumina otra vida, . . He was selfish.selfish.- sinpenzar que rru esperattza, An old woman steeped in history, pushed by anger said: The father In search for his dialectic needs and utmost se conoierte en herida. Of soundless screams "Hoio couldyou, how could you?" desires Si tansoLo habriera los ojos, Finger pointed, like a gun at the skirting board of In blinding darkness He set out for the loneliness which had set him ante mi triste realidad, IF WHITE SYMBOLIZE PURITY As he rocks his chair perverted crosses on her dress. apartfrom comprendiera que estoy muriendo, A closed ring ofhistory. Trapped forever. The moon looks on AND the narrow rounding roads from the ways sin ella en mi soledad. '"What these?" she-asked."«Oh, don ~ worry about them, BLACK The stars uieep. .. ·"allead ' ," .., .',' ,. ,-.-- ,.,. -.,. '.. _,.,.". ""."., '," _.--,.. ---., .'---- .. -- Espero que nunca sufra, -. . ,- . . old stuff, old history. Life is made ofblack and white "·-Tim Kim· que de mi no se quiera olvidar, Things ofsun and power. Fertile signs to grow and The father Often suspend in shades ofgray porque yo mas que a mi vida, prosper. " In solemn outrage por siempre La uoya adorar. Where neither purity nor darkness prevails Haunted endlessly Hanging in mid-air with legs Nat here the sighs said. Ofsordid memories dangling in empty space where Friend -Alejandro Medrano. Ancient culture not recent past. Helplessness surrounds Transcend the limits ofmemory, indulge in the ecstasy effort can find no grounds As he shivers. and pain can find no ends My friend my bud. of years can never turned around Is it only me or is itjustyou. Foreign roots and origins. The roots ofthe rose do not The father as youth will fade with time The twinkle in your eyes beset mine. bite. Offervent anguish Born never creatures ofyesterday The frown on your face makes my heart disgust, A nettle held tightly will not pain you. In the night's blackness struggling through the whirling current ofdilemnas The very words you rhymeare like flowing Deep past a concrete convalescence. his dignity murdered Before & After will find only a questionable happiness honey inarcathia~garden. ...squeals silently ifnot a deadly sorrow faith Touch ofsweat isl£ki£a uiaman's body. Despair sneaks in. She knew the reason for hersleeplessness. as they crawl through a destinate future The Breathe offorgive1UUJs behold us. -Dermot Hannon The dark deadness ofthe nigh-timesky enduring more tears than they wanted to bear Bind us together in uniiyinto unforgettable March 26, 1998 The father Reflected nothing ofherracing heart. finding no pace they would care pastures greatneSs.rnemory" of ... -.. - ...... Closes his aging eyes .. Like a childon Christmas eve Where is this symbol ofwhiteness? where mountains ofcdlsOlts·rise and fall. Oblivious to the world All she wanted was to see Apollo rome where a mockingbird hibernates deep within a As the light peeps though Galloping down the milky way with smoked valley. Editors' Note: -Bing Anotherday ofAgony Horses and day in hand. I see you. there. smiling down on me with a He awaits the sun to set. The tick-rock sound to time was like We would like to thank. pointed chin. Music that stroked, softened herimpatience. Each Yvan Rosi, -April -'1lmKim passingsecond wasnearerto the time Kiro, . When she would race to the altarandsay "UNTITLED" "Ido." Dean Efkarpidis, AlejandroMedrano, I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOUALL NIGHT NOW.. Eclectic.Befl!Jll:¥-.Par:tdIl mth the whitest sheet the bride went to the unndoui to I AM CONSUMED WITH HATRED OFMY TREACHERY Share with the night herdarkness. April, TiDl Kim, OF THINGS SHALLOWTHAT RUNDEEP Beauty so tense itmust-say· love. Sleepless witha differentpain she could here him I PRAY THAT YOU DO NOT LEAVE love for it is givenyet sought after. . Downstairs, singingin the sing-song. Dertnot Han'non, BUT THE GODS OFDAWN HASTEN TO DISLODGE THE Darker than any darkLcould cavern. Through the floor/ceiling JUs penetrating ANCHOR OF YOUR LOVE As I traveleddOwl1,tdidnotsee but Noise cut herheartlike a spear. This time thou!!/ Bing and our Anony I WANT TO RUNAND HOLD YOU a pure smile. sogentle that it shone away from Bringingonlybruises to herlove. .. I WANT TO BATHE IN YOUR KISSES me. Atthe sightofday 8Msighed "what's the rush?" m,OU$ artist. We ap I WANT TO ENSURE YOU THAT YOU ARE MY PRINCESS I couldn'tbare it, nor~uch It was his morning hangoverthat woke herup. preciate all the excel THAT IN EVERYFACE MYEYES ONLYSEE THE SYMMETRY OF YOU Eclipsed only by cu~ity Andway too soon it was. AND SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO LISTEN... Mycorruptedmindfell~vendeeper • lent work and would I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY· until I realized apure.l1nUleisas.gentleasa -DermotHannon OF THINGS SHALLOWTHAT RUN DEEP lily's whisper: like m.uch, much m.ore. OF THINGS SHALLOW THAT RUN DEEP... yet even voluptuous as the abandonment of faith andprophecy. -'lim Kim -KENYATTA PIOUS 46 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT APRIL 1, 1998 TICKER SPORTS APRIL 1, 19~8 47 On This Day... ~------...... ~----...;;.------~-- ON THIS DAY: ·April 4, 1974 ...... Henry Aaron hits his 714th home run, tying Babe Ruth's alltime v-_ . THE CREATIVE FORUM FOR BARUCHARTISTS record. 'With Henry Aaron it is not only a matterofwhen he breaks Babe Ruth's home-run recordor where he breaks itbut also how many PSALM OF DESIREIII PSALM OF SPRING homers he hits after he consigns 714 to the vault of golden numbers. How many generations will pass before his record is broken." Sports I've always had a way with words I hereby embrace your kindred soul, Illustrated writer, William Leggett. That'sjust been my gift and declare that I have consummated infernos with you. Mentally. But what I say on paper, ON THIS DAY: April 8.1975 . ON THIS DAY: April 5, 1993 Jackie Robinson became major league baseball's first black player. would probably I have coveted the strong conversation Greg Maddux, last year's NL Cy Young winner, debuts for the At Today, before 56,715 fans in Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Frank never pass my lips ofyour silence, the language being lanta braves, who lured him- away from the Chicago Cubs with a 5 Robinson debuts as the majors' first black manager. As the Indians' The magnetic field that oftension. ~ year, $28 million free agent contract. His first opponent? The Cubs, new player-manager, his best decisionof the day is to insert himself . Maddux pitches 8 1/3 innings of 5-hit ball in the Braves' 1-0 victory. is real Lady Overseer as designated hitter - his horner in his first at-bat propels the Tribe I wanted to navigate your subconscious, He'll justifyAtlanta's big spending, winning the CyYoung Award in it's no myth to 5-3 triumph over the New York Yankees. The blast toleft-center to know who you really are. each of his first 3 years with the team. a but to reveal would be a long walk What are you lookingat? off Doc Medich is his record eighth Opening Day home run. offa short cliff. I have craved yourphysical simply What areyou thinking? ON THIS DAY: April 14, 1996 ofthe bounce in your step. Do you want to vibe with me? Ordoyou not like whatyou see? In Augusta, Georgia, popular Australian Greg Norman. makes his ON THIS DAY: Apri113, 1984 Whenever I see you Pete Rose Doubles offJerry Koosman to become the first Nationa I I have so much to say, but quiet is strongest quest for his first Masters golf title. He enters the final there's so much I want to say League to get 4,000 hits. kept. Impressions are important round with a 6-stroke lead over Nick Faldo, having shot a record But because ofsituations No doubt tying 63, 69, and 71. To lose would be the biggest collapse in a Grand Butplease do notgo assuming Slam event since 1910, but history is not on Norman's side: he has I just walk the other way It's the complexion ofyour skin ON THIS DAY: Apri118, 1995 Whatlamnot lost four ofthe five Grand Slams he has led after three rounds. Sure My savage side the proportions ofyour body Before thousands of admirers in downtown San Francisco, Joe Mon andyour limbs enough, Norman has a dreadful day, shooting a 6-over-par 78 while wants to consume you I am not ignorant Faldo fires a 5-under 67. He surrenders an incredible 11 strokes to tana announces his retirement, havingstarred atquarterback for the Can we be friends? ~ 199~ and stalk you Oraracist Faldo in the round. Faldo finishes with a 276, crushing Norman by 5, .,4gers from 1979 to 1992 and the KansasCity Chiefs in and 1994. or do you sense the intentions Considered by many to be the greatest player in NFL history, he set My deeper side ofpassionate conjugal sins? However I do know my history strokes. He wins his third Masters while Norman suffers his most Andam more thanproudofmyofmy ancestry humbling defeat. numerous league records and led the 4gers to 4 Super Bowl victories. wants you to love NO WINS. ~~~~[IIIIIII!IIlII!IIIIIII!!!!!!II[!.IIII!II!I!!!!!I!I!!!!III!II!II.!!~I!IIIIII!!!!!!! and to talk to. Should I throw my towel in I am not oblivious To whot surrounds me You remind me ofa love that I once knew or wait for the bell ., Corne out my corner swinging I am very much ciware April 1 April 3 April 7 April 9 Ofyou, yourbeingand all others in society but never consummated and fight my way outofhell Phil Niekro, b. 1939 Mike Lansing, b. 1968 Tony Dorsett, b. 1954· Jose Guzman, b. 1963 cause I really wasn't true I was reluctant to tell Rusty Staub, b. 1944 Rodney Hampton, b. 1969 Ricky Watters, b. 1969 Hal Morris, b.- 1965 What the fuck are you lookingat? How I feel, by now, I know you got the cue but what I do you know well Mark Jackson, b. 1965 What the hell areyou thinking? But you would probably sing that song Cause when the passion swells April 4 April 8 April 10 Doyou want to tell me April 2 by Erykah Badu I must break out ofmy shell Tris Speaker, b. 1888 Sonja Henie, b. 1912 John Madden, b. 1936 To not make a statement? Luke Appling, b. 1907 Gil Hodges, b. 1924 Gary Carter. b. 1940 Don Meredith, b_1938 I would consume you like Don Sutton, b. 1945 Allan Houston, b. 1971 Alex Gonzalez. h. ~73 1 have to admit raging flames Bend over; slouch April!1 day Word is bond Dont stand so erect? April 6·· _~__.__."__ ~_ .._. _ ..___ _. __ ._ _. _. ._.:': Cap Anson, b. 1.852 from one "..-- _.-:._.:-: ..... SterliligSharpe,-.b.--1965_.. I play no games. .'Jake offthatgarb . Bret Saberhagen, b. 1964· I wrote the scripture Andthat beautifulheaddress? That I wouldn't rest But since ties and chains remain maintained April 12 until the day this is in vain Stop smiling Lorenzo White, b. 1966 I finally get 'cha Quitglowing Adam Graves, b. 1968 Just from one conversation I now await the rain Thu're making me so fucking sick? my heart couldn't resist ya' April 13 Did you hear me call your name? }bu're so beautiful Davis Love III, b. 1964 We related on a plane And Pleasant that let me know -DasunX Why not be like some ofthe rest? April 14 you were my sister Pete Rose, b. 1941 IOU know- the ones uiho walk around Greg Maddux, b. 1966 Darkened with a burden on theirchest I've tried to forget you David Justice, b. 1966 Thu knoui- the ones who think I'm on their side Steve Avery, b. 1970 and move away from it Therefore proving to me that they're forever obliged But everytime I see you Or, I wonder April 16 there's warmth in my stomach Do you want to tell me PaulVVaner, b. 1903 When I see you with you friends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, b. - ~: That I am very detailed 1947 I feel sorta'jealous My wearis notappropriate? Cause tho'I can't have you Butplease dont get mad April 17 my attraction is overzealous Pleasedo not rebel? Boomer Esiason, b. 1961 Marquis Grissom, b. 1967 It looks pretty, To me you are the queen lbu look so pretty who can make a king April 18 Butthe company guidelines say Jim "Catfish" Hunter, b. 1946 go to war It is notto be worn Wilber Marshall, b. 1962 I've tried closing the door I can't ignore Smily face and with a professional decorum April 19 it anymore Thu speak the last Frank Viola, b. 1952 My crusade AI Unser Jr., b. 1962 Thu hope- Well ifonly she listens and behaves Keith Jackson, b. 1965 will never fade Shellbe one less nigger to helppave the way - until the day I'm saved April 20 and only you Sony to informyou, lady overseer Steve Spurrier, b. 1945 lVu are wrong, your hope is gone Don Mattingly, b.1961 can rescue Butyou have sparkedtheflame I'm the only one that you'd ever need to step to. That has been burningto come out in me April 21 Forso very long. Ken Caminiti, b. 1963 My heart has belonged to you from the first day Ed Belfour, b. 1965 that I met you. -Octorvia CaldweU -Dasun X March 26, 1998 r ... ,.... ~_~..:.~" __ ._ .JI ...... ~ . '," -... ~ -.' .. ~ .' -- ..... --.~. .. -... .- -' - -'-- -- ·1998B.AJl,UCHCOLLEGEBASEBALLPREVlEW . t ''YOUTHFUL STATESMEN BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE" . Baruch Press Release An influx of 13 freshmen is the Scott Losche (now an assistant is much improved. Left FielderE.J. tion in right.field. Freshman Will nucleus of 2nd year head coach coach), there are no real veterans Flores is a staple. Flores led the iam Louie has shown promis.e at Buddy Heffernan's baseball squad on the mound. The task willfall to team in batting (.385), and made' second Base. this season. It is this youth, Greg Clerkin (9-0 for Madison last both the Knick and CUNY all-star Baruch plays in both the Knick sprinkled with a 'few key veterans, Spring), crafty lefty Peter Park squads. Center will be patrolled by and CUNY Conferences. The Knick that gives the Statesmen an opti (Xave r i an), John Hickey Mike Vitale and Peter Park, both has placed teams in the N.C.A.A. mistic viewpoint for the upcoming (Mt.St.Michaels), and Amad Bader excellent flychasers. 'Iburnament the last two seasons, . season and the future. (Queens Vocational), a talented Right field will feature fresh John Jayand Old Westbury respec Baruch baseball has nowhere to freshmen quartet. Returnees Mike man Dom Loizzo (Xaverianl.John tively. St.Joseph's (Patchogue) won go but up after last years disap,' Vitale, southpaw George Tamayo Hickey, Amad Bader andDreg the E.C.A.C. last year and pointing 2-23 season. However, and freshman Sulman Zaheer (Val Clerkin. Baruch's achilles heel may Mt.St.Mary's (Newburgh), Lehman new faces, an improved pitching ley Stream), gives the Statesmen be its catching. Freshman Mayo plus Stevens Tech, make this one staff and defense, should prpduce pitching depth. Wentworth (New Utrechtl.will try of the toughest conferences in Di dividends this spring campaign. The infield is the Statesmen's to hold down the position. A good vision III. With the addition of Di Pitching coach Frank Dursi (lst strong point. First Base will be an hitter he needs to improve defen vision II teams Dowling and season), wi~l attempt to mold a~~ chored by the trio of Clerkin, Park, sively. Senior Glen Fernandez is Molloy, and Baruch's annual battle develop this young staff. Cbac~ and Tamayo. Tamayo batted .318 trying to recover from shoulder with Division III power Staten Is Dursi was a key force in the growth last season, and hit .381 in the problems that limited his playing land, the Statesmen will have their of last years Madison High School Knick Conference. Second Base time in 1997. Mike Vitale may also work cut out for them this Spring. staffthat made it to the PSAL play 'features Knick-All Star Ricky see some action behind home plate. Coach Heffernan has been busy offs. He brings over 50 years expe Ocasio (.302 ). Newcomers SS The bench is adequate with 2B bringing fine new ballplayers to rience as a player and coach to Shawn Ponce (Lincoln), and Third returnee Georgy Vladimirov, fresh Baruch. He has planted the seeds Baruch, and this expertise with Baseman Gerard Lieberman (a men first sacker William Class, in with this youthful array of talent, .. young hurlers will be a crucial fac transfer from Monmouth College), fielders Alex Alfredo and Mark and it may be only a matter of time tor in their development. fill out a talented group, Rosenthal. Junior outfielder before these seeds flower into a With the loss of last years ace The outfield a sore spot in 1997 Domingo Rodriguez could see ac- highly successful baseball entity. Men's Volleyball Results Men's Baseball Results March 17vs. Hunter Loss 3-2 Sat. March 21 @ Stevens Tech Snowed Thurs.19 vs. Lehman Win 3-0 Out Sat.21 vs. Cooper Union Wi~ 3-0 Sun. 22 vs. Staten Island Snowed Out vs. Lehman Win 3-0 . Mon. 23 @ CCNY Win 3-0 Wed. 25 vs. SUNY Maritime Win 12-0 Wed. 25 @ York Win 3-0 Thurs. 26 vs. Webb Institute Win 3-0 Sat. 28 vs. John Jay Loss 9-20 ;' Loss 9-15 Men's Tennis Results Wed. March 25 @ Jersey City State Sun. 29 vs. Manhattanville Loss 2-18 Loss 2-7 WinI8-13 Sat. 28 vs. Old Westbury Win 6-3 Mon. 30 vs. Stevens Tech Win 6-3 Men's Volleyball WiI!:"lS SportS'Ql.ULL the 1998 Hudson Valle\r Championship ByJo The Men's Volleyball ceived the MVP award, but Team ended their regular now they must prepare for season with a six game win the NECVA Tournament on ~:f"~ streak, winning the Hudson April 4th, and the CUNY Valley Tournament in the Tournament on April 7th and process. The Statesmen 9th. Congratulations to . f-· .' ••.•..'-- _ ;c. never dropped a set in the Rookie of the Week Jordan "1 wuS'so;6ctikt tournament, defeating Coo Tseng. per Union College in the ~ semis and Lehman College 14-8 Overall ;;f~~:ii. in the finals. Baruch's power spiker, Joe Wong, re- 8-4 Conference