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By Chan-joo Moon versities. been insufficient funding for the . Equal opportunity was The Rand Corp. report, state's public colleges and univer­ never meant tobe equal mediocrity titled "Breaking the Social Con­ sities while they expect an 'addi­ but neither is a quality education tract: The Fiscal Crisis in Califor­ tional 500,000 students toenterthe meant to be asocial injustice. As nia Higher Education," described system by the year 2005. City University of New York the current situation as a "time The high and rising costs of (CUNY) reviews its policy of Open bomb ticking under California's providing an education makes it Admissions and academic stan­ social and economic foundation." impossible for the system to accom­ dards, a central issue is whether modatesuch a greatnumber ofstu­ raisingthe standardswill push out dents; it is forcing public colleges Black and Hispanic students from and universities to iestructure their share ofthe pie. "Colleges are institutions themselves to be more efficient. This issue has taken an ur­ ofhigher education. They At CUNY: one of the mea­ gency because ofthe need for a col­ are not-high schools" suresthe Board ofTrustees is con­ lege degree in themodemeconomy sidering is reducing academic A report by the Rand Corporation sprawl: streamliningthewhole sys­ showsthat industrialjobsmake up tem so that majors are not dupli­ • only 17 per cent of the jobs avail­ The SOcial Contract refers cated among different campuses; able, having given way to service to the Morrill Act of 1862,- which Brooklyn College would focus on sectorjobs which require the skills created land-grant colleges and English, Baruch on Business and from a college degree. Thishas fu­ guaranteed a higher education to City College on Science and Engi­ eled the explosion in college enroll­ all citizens who could benefit from neering. ment - particularlyofadults - driv­ it. Such measures are not ex­ ingthe average age ofthe student California's situation, which pected to be enough to make up for body into the mid-twenties and is refleetive of the rest of the na­ the financial shortfalls in the pub- placing tremendous financial tion including CUNY, shows that strains on public colleges and uni- for the last ten years, there has Continued onPace 3 \

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,.. .; .pen ... ----mISSlons continued from front page up injobs which offerlittle or no ad­ Inaddition to the sheereconomic dent body; Hispanics 26 per cent vancement and make substantially trendsinlockingoutminorities,Open Asians 12perrentandWhites 30pe lie higher education system; there smallersalaries- anditwill be"drawn . Admissions -longa st.eppingstonefor cent. Shesaidthat theoverall minor: .~ . still be too manypeople enrolled along ethnic lines," according .tothe minoritiestoreceiveaneducation and ityenrollmentisinaeasingdespiteth to subsidize by. public .funds. CUNY suooeed,acoordingtoastudybyDavid .rise in academic standards at the may have to raise tuition in order to . ". .' . .,. . Lavin" a researcher at Manhattan nior colleges. meetthecosts. In 1990, tuition made ~~ CUN"Y, 42percent CommunityCollege - isgivingway to At Baruch College,' however up19perrentofCUNY'sbudgetwhile ofthe students come . rigorous -currieulumsand higher en- whichhasthehighestacademic stan in 1997, tuition madeup43 percent. trance requirements at colleges and dards among the 17 CUNY schools "Increases-in tuition hitsminori­ (romfamiliesmaking universities. Asians are the majority with 27 pe ties particularly;" said Dr.' Reginald less than $20,000, 41 . "Colleges are institutions of centandB1acksaretheminoritywit ~ ,. ~ .. ilson, a SeniorScholaratAmerican higher .education,".saidThernstrom. 14per cent. ...; .~ Council on Education. "Ithitsthepoor percent from families "They are not high schools. They Abigail Themstrom, who wit .~-- .. ' . --1 ,,' '...... _.... '...... iiiiikiiig....~.}?'.~~"-.-.. -~'.'" "--".' --.:.:t:.::.:::=-,':::r::r-- -'~-" - ..'--.-- -~ _._ __ .-- '-'~ili~~'iiiTliemstrOmha p~e. .... ' . .~.~tt.he...... __ ., . ,1Jt;:1· .. ,L\"I.~~_ . . .. This raises the issue ofwhether $20.000 and $60~OOO Themstrom criticized the whole conducteda studywhichshowed tha it is fair, especially in the light of a I Kindergarten to High School system black students have made consider '. . . , study by economists Michael and 17per cent from for "passing the buck to colleges" - able academic progress with respect New Library Policy Limits Access to Outsiders McPherson, President of Maca.1ester famiiiesmaking over graduatingstudentswhoarenotready to-white students, said that she . o :.t '" CollegeandMortonShapiro,a special­ to docollege work, forcing colleges to agrees with the view that raising th " ist in the economies ofhigher educa­ $50,000." provide remedial education to make By Chan-jOG Moon which was to "slip" a pass out He expressed his concerns tion. Thestudyshowsthat38percent up for it. Access to the Newman Li­ to other students after entering. to Provost Lois S. Cronholm, ofstudentsfrom families makingover Thiswaseoncurredbya National brary has been closed to all non­ During exam periods, the who immediately issued in­ $200,000 per year have entered the Rand Corp. report. Association of Scholars (NAB) ~ "1 started teaching in City University of New York college had to open classrooms structions to allow only persons system, ~DS blic university andthereby This. the social fabric which. shoWed ·th8t even college de­ 1969 ••• I still. couldn't. (CUNY) persons as ofDecember in order to make study space for with CUNY identification cards have their tuition subsidized.by tax because etlmic groups, particularly grees have come to mean less during Baruch students who could not into the library. .tell youuhich stu- 19, 1997_ The only exception is dollars. Blacks and Hispanics, will become thepast30years. Their studyshows find seats in the library. About Some of the students from for those who need to use mate­ entrenched in the poorest economic thatfoUrYearsofco11egenowisEqlliva- dent isgoing to make rials unique to its collection, the other schools called, in to rung. lent to only 3 years ofcollege during itor not. A weUpre­ provided they obtain a pass express "extreme disappoint­ Wllsoncriticizedthelackoffund- the 1960s. . '~ .from anyone of a consortium of ment," said Downing. 1995study by ing from government asa Iack.ofpo- "Wehave a sit11ation where the paredstudent may libraries which have an agree­ "It's not like NYU lets us litieal will. "It's a matter of priori~" majority are not learning certain fallon his face. use their library," said one CUNYshowed that 84 ment with the Newman Library. hesaid 'WehavemoneyforB-1 bomb- things," said GaryBrasor, Associate An unmotivated A growing number of com­ "About all ofthe Baruch student. per cent ofies drop­ ers-nearly$!biJJion apiece _·andwe're DirectorofNAS_· ."COllege dOes not do One ofthe criticisms ofthis plaints from Baruch students outs cited lack of not at war with an~ . itsjob when theY give a B8ccaJanre- studentmay wake'up fifth floor and half policy has been that all mem­ who were crowded out of seats "Whateverwe decide todo, we'll ate." and takeoff." and computer stations by non­ ofthe fourth ••• were bers of the public should be al­ money as the cause." find the moileyforit,"hesilid. Brasoralso criticizedthe,Kto 12 ~SandiCooper CUNY students led to an inves­ occupied on a regu­ lowed access because Baruch ..Theproblemswithaeademic·abil- system for passingstudents.who are tigation by library staff, accord­ receives public funds. ~ hoWev~ go farbeyondmoney; ae- . .' nOtn!8dyontA>eoJlege. Andbusine88E'S ing to Arthur Downing, Chief lar baste by stu­ "That's a mandate of the At ~42 percentofthe stu- oordingtoAbipilThemstrom,SeniOr have complained ofhaving difficu1ty . . Librarian. It was found that dents from ••• NYU New York Public Library," said dentsoomefromfamilies makingless Fellow at 'Manhattan I~ She reeruiting IiteI'ate cOllege graduates, standardsWilI lockCJUt minorities.. about all of the fifth floor and .' and the SUNY . Downing. "[Our funding] is pri­ than $20,000, 41 per cent from fami-' said tbatWasbington D.C. ~ls accantiugtotbeAssociation ofAmeri-' 1970, 17-year-old black studen half of the fourth - which is ap­ marily directed towards serving lies making between $20,000 and spend about $10,000 perpopil per canCo11eges. scored about six times lower t1l8~ proximately half the library's School ofOptom­ the needs offour] students." $50,000 and 17 percentfrom families year_ ADd yet, a memberrJCtbe school Theconcan· in raisingthe stan- whites in'readingmmprehension. seating capacity - were occupied etry." 'He said that he has con­ ona regular.basis by 'students .tactedthe 'other institutions'to =~~-=:r:: =~~~~:: ~~~====:e~ from other schools, particularly ,explain the library's need-for their~.she.n students. .studies ofaeademieperfor- "Ibave~thatt.bBse stu New York University and the the restrictive policy and to Shouldthetuitionrise,richfami- SomeofithastDdoded1ra- ma~~sluwn.tIulttbese~imori-.~_~~~_~as.A~ai-aDS State University of New York '.. .. point out the need for the non.. lieswillstill pay less tbaI1 ifthejh8d tional. pbilaeopby; one oCwhicb is so- ties, perform .lower.. on standardized-and~wsaid~ School of Optometry. 130 Baruch ..students s,ignedaCUNY schools to provide more senttheirchildrento a private schoOl .eialprcmotiOil ~ thepr8cI;a ofgradu-' tests - a ~ which holds true over. WhileBlacksand Hi~JCS -_... -to·protes~ The library at first-placed petitio.n .thfs aitua- " study space-for their students. IWIU-Jestudentsfrom pcnrfamilies willatingkids desPite a failure to bPe' an inecme~ ~ ". ," le~just ~ well as As18DS an a limit. on the number of guest tion. ", .. -The library may go back to have, to drop out. A 1995 study.by m8stendtbe~beeause~" ~~tbe~._ Wbites,tbecll'enm~they _ "It di.<;ln'tseem fair. that issuing a limited amount-of andviaitor passes in an .effort, CUNY~ that 34 per centoCits- ingthestigmaofriotpuating~ ,~.~GPA-"said.~~twill &,m:maY afrect ~~ Form :Baruch atudentswere using guest·and visitor passes, ac­ . to give priority to: Baruch'stu­ ktnllD-Outs CIted lack of money as the peers is consideredtnore iIIipoitant ,diDllm~ th: ethnic'divennty of .~cbiJd~~ei~ dents while still maintaining ,makeshift space while premium .cording to Cronholm. 1eaW:Je.· . ." ' ..' .' -thanJeamirig'" " '" .'scbooI8,v, hesaicl. . that the.&lViramDeIlt m wbicl1 access by the community. How­ space was used by students "We want to accommodate Shouldtbiscmtinue,tbegapb&- . "No sttIdeDtsbculdgoto Comth Bodindenied.tbatthisistbeeaae drengrowupduringthefirstfewYe8nt ever, this system: was bypassed' from other colleges," said Down- butBaruch students come first' Itween~ridlandthepaorwillwiden grade unless they can ~w Said with ~ stating that ~. iIIiiiiiiiii.. by various methods, one of, ing. in our library," she said. ' -because non-eollege graduates eDd 'Ibemstzom. Blacksmakeup33perceDtmthestu-

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'-rhe New"TmjjjJgra~onLaw".mter.jsmr'Ya·irspOnsoredbY '-ESSl\-iS' ()ffenng'~-L'EGAL • and its Impact on the the Career Develpment Ctr to . SERVICFStoalIBarooostudents Opening Event:Lecture Series/ InterantionalBusinessCom- take place on Feb. 19, 151 E. dealingwithHousing,Fam.il}r,Con­ "Our Spirit Soars: Reclajm­ munity" Sponsored by the 25thSt./ConferenceCtr, 1-4pm.. sumerandRealEstatelaw,IJinni­ ingAfricanCuitureandHis­ Weissman Ctroflnt'IBusiness. Business Attire and resumes . gration, Divorces, Uahdlord and tory"To beheld on Feb. 10, 151 Tobe held on Feb. 3, I5lE. 25th required! Thnantisslles. Foranappointment E. 25th St./ConferenceCtr, 6pm St./Conference Ctr., 8-10am CallBOU794.ApptswillstartFeb. "The Harder They Come" A . 23rd. film screeninglDiscussion tobe held on Feb. 11, 17 Lex. Ave., room 1303, 5:30pm.

Discount Movie Tickets can "Whither the East Asian be purchased at the Student Blood Donors Sa·ve Lives. Economies" Mitsui and Co. .Center360 PAS, rm 1512. Tick­ Lunchtime Forum to take place ets are $5 and valid for oneyear. on Feb. 18, 360 PAS, room1200, A blood donor is good for people who go through 12:15-1:45pm. 802-6770Availableall semester. windshields and red lights. For somebody with leuke­ Date Rape Workshop sponsored by Helpline & KGK Security mia. For barefoot kids who aren'tcareful. For people Consultants to be held on Feb. 10 at 360 PAS/rm 1543, 12:30­ , undergoing kidneydialysis. Forpeoplewhoareburned .-'. 2:30pm badly. For new mothers needing a transfusion. For newbabies who need a complete change ofblood. For people having open-heart surgery. For cancer pa­ Asian CrisisAffeets '.' tients. For kids who fall outoftrees. For people in the .. ''. .•...... •..' '...... ,...... •..••.. ···.5»...; ...... • Closing Open Admissions wrong place atthe wrong time. For the very tired with ...•.. '. ( rnaCtDBal~~_. severe anemia. continued from frontpage 3 Editor for the City Jou11U1l, students inremediaJ courses were allowed to In short forpeople who are in a lot worse shape than is Critical topropercogriitivedevelop::. register in regular courses because ment. Poorfamfliesareunlikelytobe keeping them at a lower level would mostotthe peopleyou know! able to afford proper childcare. be "stigmatizing." This has resulted .een~anyoneWhomayhave suressimilartotheOnesimplemen A studyby Shapiro showed that inregularcourses becomingremedial . -Give U$"'antlour,ofyourtime. " ." ~ been overlOoked to "present·them-·atBaruch. .- _. ". the aftluent were four times more courses rather than having the in- In retumyou'l gela mini-physical, juice, coffee, and serves 80that weJa~mv.".:.' .' . ~~: .~~:~~~pt_ 0 ~lythan the pocxtofiguregrad1whi]a~chbyhasthe tended effect of remedial students The full impaCtoCthe crisisis still . Bafuch~s···Con~~~~~g_~~attci.tio~yf~ in 1~~:!_~ _~~Jevel...... ~-·,cookies ~~you-truIy. -..-_._.. ,1*" ' - •.. __...... •.•.. __ ..' '. _ ...... ' .:..:.:_.~~~~~_ _" ~- ,."~:~.,,. ,._._:.lS~ __ . -'. "' .. ,:..~~. _: ..;., .. ·Jll~.fi)fe:fftiiiieg ~.m .WJth emolJment'atpublie univer- i;:'t~ .. are a hero who has helped to save another person s reparedtheirtuitionbetbretbe-dropfectSoftheASian e.ti$is.They~ 1994. . ... sitiesandcostsrising, ~founded .:.:i~<, I'~ ~e ~;!t:.>· .". . I'e. currencies andothershaveIiotcon- enrolJnientofabotit·650 to'700 8ttl Thisleadsback.to original pur- as the Free University in 1847, may ., ~teel,theISO-possiblybeeausethey dentsofwhom South Koreans. pose of OpenAdmissionsgnd college become too expensive for the poor, not aware ofthe help which the up the largest group at 30 to 35 remedial courses. Theywereintended alongwith otherpublichighereduea- .~ o has made .available. The ISO cent. Because most of their studen . tomakeupforthedeficienciesinlearn- tion institutionsinthe nation. .----force sentDUt about200J~..~for.this term ~fo~·thefi ingduringthechildhoodtohighschool Doubledwith the risein academic otrerit.sassistanceto Studentswho naneialerises hit, theywillnot' years and gi~ the ~r - particularly standards, many students who may y have been atrectedbtit havenot .theetreetstmtilthe Springsemester: Blacks andHispanics - a chance. have under different circumstances me.in. Barudl's ISOfirst.C'8tjlf!into . Remedial ~ h~r,cost a performed better academically; may The number ofBaruch students tact withthe problemWhen studen lot ofmoney dunng a ~lIDe wh~ 001- nevereven be given a chance. ith study ViSaS 'ftiom':South·KOrea, . Camefuto·~-th8ftnejc:~)ijkli1rit·. .l~ need to conserve m orderJust to Open Admissions, shown to have 'land and Indonesia .b#-(1933-1998) passed away The CUNYcomniunity ex I Third Choice: I ..':~~lj!ij~~a., '~: .... ." ...... tends-its deepest condolences I Return to: I ;"""'~"'l'he:€ity Universi~ ofNew hiS family. He will be sorel '6fk~'~e':fin;mmsth~~eand missed, I Baruch College Student Life, Room 1512,360 PAS, Box F-1512, 802-6770 I ~::,~,tfui~f~[eath'~med~:form~r. .'... ~·-~;'..eelr~f·,·CollegePresidentaDd ~, ~------~------~~=~ .. " ... , . ,...... ,.' '. . . '. ~~,: ,·'*iermy:.Pro£essor,.Joseph·S.,,: . .' • •• _.' ~ ••• "'.~ '.~.., 4 • bY:,;fi!J:l~RlJCH J- .~ Sponsored COLLEGE ANewYorkBloodCenter ..: '" "",' ':.'i,;.'y.;.: .. : '.. . . .:...... , ···;·:::::~:~:::rSTUDENT ._. ~.u •. LIFE CmBAN""...... '. 'Student Oe.elopll'leftt & Coun.elinSl ~.. \

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Email: Established in 1932 .. tieker_op_eds@!Icsu.b~Ch.cuny.edu Joseph M. Maldarelli Editor-in-chief Forever In Struggle 7bgether Lauren Mogul DSSG President Re-signs: Managing Editor Rage Against T~e Machine Madelyn Tavera Senior Editor ByJohn ICim . . I for one am tired of this racist eli- ing any scientific validity, I will single symptom: the.uncontrollable Racism is fashionable again, mateand will retaliate with a new however, smash it. In the January urge to escape form slavery. The Does anyone care? Tamim Islam quitevogueasa matterof'fact, Joe sense ofsocial responsibilitywhich 1995 issue of "EXTRA" magazine symptonis exhibitedbyslaves who Chan-joo Moon Bruno, a New York politician has all decenthuman beings SHOULD (put out by Fairness & Accuracy 'suffered' from dysathesia News editor commented that. he is tg.ed of uphold. One may ask themselves In Reportmg), Jim Naureekas re- aethiopieawere more complexand This editorial is not meant to put Blacks and Latinos holding their why'theseincidentsare increasing. veals thatMurray and Herrnstein . included destroying plantation HungTran hands out f'or handouts. In our Do people understand that they were"funded bythe Pioneerfund, property, disobedience, talking down the departing DSSG president, Business Editor national congress, there has been are being racebaited with issues described by the London Sunday back, fighting with their masters, Orlando ·Green· a comparison ofpeople ofcolor to such as welfare or the death pen- Telegraph (3/12/89) as a neo-Nazi or refusing to work",(Gerald. Ilan Peress, but rather to bring to Op-Ed Editor "crocodiles" and wild beasts in a alty? In hard, economic times for organization closely integrated Horne, Covert Action#43). jungle~Afterthe macing,beating, withthefar right inAmerican poli- The Bell Curve was only the lat- Sergy Tabuteau and the arrest ofstudents demon- tics. The fund's mission is to pro- est in a series ofgenetically deter- light what DSSG has done since he Features Editor strating against racist/class war- 'These neo-Nazi mote eugenics, a philosophy that minist views. Back in 1992, Dr. fare typebudget cuts in education, maintains that 'genetically unfit' Frederick Goodwin, who was then Edward Rodriguez· Emperor Guiliani advised them.to experiments are not individualsorracesareathreatto the head of the Alcohol, Drug was "incapacitated." Syed Bokhari* Arts editors go look fora job. Howard Stern, the first nor UJillthey society: Theseideasappeal greatly Abuse .. and Mental health A whole lotta nuthin'. the dictator of diseased xeno- be he I " tothecorporate elite, wBothen use (ADAMHA), made comparisons Mike Galicia phobes, gloats over the shooting . t . ast... itto determine a group's socio-eco- between hyperaggressive, hyper- Sports editor death of a Latina singing star. nomic position through direct sexual, monkeys in the wild to Even with Mr. Peress there, the Day Alfonse D'amato entertains so the masses ofworkingpeople, and physical or INSTITUTIONAL op- young urban youth. These racist, Patricia Law called "civilized" people to his the poor, that it's easier for people pression. . pseudo-scientific fantasies were Photo Editor brandoftwisted, demented humor in power to scapegoat the victims This type ofeugenics runs deep used as a premise to continue the Session Student Government has targetingAsians (unlessyou think instead oftheir own system of in- in American history and it is the slave era theories ofracial oppres­ Marlon Layton Jamie Yanofsky· he was actually speaking in a humane greed and racism. direct ideological descendant of sion under ongoing federal pro­ accomplished nothing. Copy editor proper Japanese dialect...sorry, When "The Bell Curve" by slave era theories..These theories grams. Goodwin then revealed his apology notaccepted). Godonlyre- Charles Murray and Richard J. rationalized not onlywhyAfricans plans for a National Violence Ini­ We, at The Ticker, cannot think of members what racist garbage Bob Hermstein came out, it garnered were fit to be slaves, but alsojus- tiative, which called for the "ge- . Roslyn Bernstein Grant had been spewingout ofhis an inundation ofmedia attention tified the brutal retaliations netic" testing ofBlack and Latino Alisa Solomon sewer ofa mouth. throughout this country.. It's basic against slave rebellions. Samuel children for "violence genes" and one productive thing that DSSG has Consultants What's scary is that this is just premise being that the level of Cartwright, a 19th century physi- when found, the children would the tip of tile iceberg, of the new one's intelligencellQ, is genetically eian,"arguedthatparticularforms either be subject to drug therapy, done for the student population * Denotes acting. racist, sexist, xenophobic assault determined. Whites and Asians of mental illness caused by nerve or psychosurgery. These neo-Nazi on America, by privileged rich being higher than that of Blacks disorders, were prevalent among since t.akingofficein.duly, whi~ men,and the multinational or Latinos. I won't even entertain enslavedAfricans. Drapetomia, for Continued on page 8 Staff corporate interests thattheyserve. the possibilityofthispremise hav- example, could be diagnoeedby a .

••• _ 0·'· , __ •••• "' ••••••• _o._.. _·__ _.._._.o ._~_. __ ._ __ .._.__ .._'_ ~.._~ .. ~_._. ~_~ D;:";;'~£:::' -_.-.' ------.- ~-.---'- What-theylui,ve-doneis receive a ~r 29 Sister . e· stipend, andjust waste time in their Carolyn Brad David Gertzulin offices. Carlos L. Gomez Polly Gwadyak n ettln atura DSSG is meant to serve the student Kiro ByLorindaMorenikeI,innen stead. Ifyou think about this, you'll the styles onlylook thewayyouwant Keep in mind that those ofus who Andreia Lee It has beencommon for meto hear see why I agreed with my friend and it for only one day, and when the don'tputchemicalsinourhairarenot Desiree Lopez myrelativessaytotheirchildrenwith heradvisors. Theypointedoutthefact chemicals do nothing butBURN the exempt from the need to check our­ population, but has not. Helen McFarlane theirsouthern drawl,"gitoverherewit' thattheworddreadhassuchanega­ scalp and tear up the hair? I know se1vesinwhatwesayanddo. Remem­ Jeannie Ng yo' nappy.beac:I"-. That wasusually tive connotation. varietyinstylingisaooncernwithour ber the "good and bad hair" scene in Look forward to more ofthe same Jeff Schwartz when the parents were upset with How can we tell our young people hair texture, but nowadays we have SpikeUe's~?Arewetum­ Atlaf Tyrewala their children. As I got older, my that they should love themselves for so manycreative options whetherwe ingournosesupatsisterswhochoose Shai Tzach motherwould call me"nappyhead" have short, long, or extracurly (con­ tolove and accept theirselves enough this semester. Debbie Yeung in amorejovialmanner. Whilewelov­ sidersayingthisratherthan"nappy", to have a natural hairstyle? Sisters inglyjoked with each other once, she "With terms like "marse", or"kinky") hair. withthenaturals,areWEtumingour Without strong leadership, DSSG agreed withmethatcallingyourehild I wasoneofthe"reIa:xersyndrome" nosesup at those who do relax their names likethis isnota healthyhabit, nappy head, peasy victims. SoI can attestto the damage hair? I stronglybelievethatthepmer has fizzled. and that it contributes to low self-es­ head, pi~kininny,and it does. I can remember frantically the treatmentofourtemples is inter­ The Ticker- is pub­ teem. Yet she is currentlyfinding it runningtoget a 'touch-up"whenever nally and externally; the higher our lished bi-weekly, eight difficult to COIl1e totennswiththe fact even dreads, no toon­ my new growth (myhair in it's natu- . oonsciousness is andthecloserweget Where is David Kinzelberg when we times a semester, by The that I am locking my hair. I see. this der so manyofus end ral state) began to show. My hair toGOD. Butwe regress when webe­ Ticker editorial staff at . everytime sbefrowns as shepicks at up chemically treat­ wouldgrow outso fast that1wasget­ gin to think that our hair makes us need him? 360 ParkAve. South, New theportionsofmyhairthatarelocked. tinga "touch-up"every3-4 weeks. My more Afrikan-centric or in any sense York, NY 10010, Room The more I think about how we talk ing our hair." hairwasweakened, breakingofl:thin­ betterthan others. 14)22 (Internet E-Mail tochildrenandthewayourwordshelp ningout,andnnding. Yet Istilldidn't The next time you question why a the _ tic k e r@s e s u . shape their self-image; the more con­ get the message my spiritwas tlying sister or brother chooses to baruch.cuny.edu). All cernedI'mbeeoming, Withtermslike who theyare when we talk like this ~ to tell me. When I finally woke up, I "strengthen", "relax", 'jerry curl" or work except printing is nappy head, peasy bead, and sported done by Baruch under­ partake in the alteration ofour f1eWouttbereJaxerand a'1io" whatever, stop and think about the graduate and graduate pickininn)r, and even dreads, no natural selves, andin tumencourage fura while. Around that time I also wordsyou useto describe ournatural students. All typed and wonder so many ofus end up chemi­ themtodo thesame? Whydowethink stopped. wearing "makeup." This hair styles. And please let's watdl signed contributions and cally treatingourhain The reason I some sisters feel the need to "relax" wasnotanovernightacmmplishment. whatwe sayto our children! letters are welcome, and mentioned dreads, is because.of an theirhaircreatingthesame straight, It took years ofreprognmiming and should be mailed to the important point a friend of mine textureascaucasian women? Isitre- . developing seJf4oYe. .I leamed to love above address (or E-mail broughtup. Shecorrectedmewhen I ally to make the hairmore "maDAge- myhair;myskinandit'ssmooth~ address). saidI'mgrowingdreacJIocks,·beeause able" and "easierto style"? 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·L·.·.e• TOOLS O.F OPPRESSION By.Sergy.Tabuteau, ByRoryDunn and guns to the Native Americans. since thelate 1800's, itwasonlydur­ baby" phenomenon. The spread of and Richard Austin Although the natives like the Afri­ ing 1965 to 1970 that it's use among AIDS also intensifiedbecause ofthe Throughout much ofmodern his­ cans, hadalwaysused liquorin some Blacks becamewidespread. This pe­ drugproblem. In 1996, a California tory, especially after the rise ofEu­ form for various ceremonial and cul­ riod came right after the highpoint news paper, The San Jose Mercu1j7 rope and NorthAmerica, drugs and tural reasons, the new stronger va­ ofBlackstruggle for human andcivil News, rap. a story calledthe "Dark alcohol have served as tools of riety proved too addictive. The set­ rights. Blackpeople had a renewed . Alliance" which detailed how the oppresion. At times people have tlers often took advantage of this, sense of pride as a result of the government's Central Intelligence used these tools against themselves. and used tactics similar to those "Black is Beautiful" and "Black Agency sold cocaine at dirt cheap This fact is well documented and used against the natives ofAfrica, Power" concepts of the 1960's. Al­ prices to westcoast drugdealers and should not be ignored; nor should to not only swindle large amounts though somewereusers themselves, how this eventually led to the na­ these self-defeating behaviors be ofland, butalso toexterminatelarge our Black activists of the time de­ tionwide crack crisis. excused. However, while humanity numbers ofthe NativeAmericans. nounceddrug abuse and fought to Crack, heroin, alcoholand the in­ in general has suffered because of In the 1800's, thecountryofChina, keep them out ofthe community. flux ofotherdrugs haveagain added drugs and alcohol, people of color after suffering from widespread With the infamous CIAsupported to the deterioration ofourcommu­ have been repeatedly victimized by opium abuse and a shaky economy, French Connection (opium went nities. As a result oftheir usage or genocidal European and North bannedthe importation ofopium. In from Turkey through France to the involvement in the trade,ourpeople Americanattemptsatcontrol, domi­ US and elsewhere), the Vietnam are flooding the prisons giving rise nation, and exploitation. War, and a rise in direct South East tothe destructivePrision Industrial As earlyasthe 1600's, duringearly Asia to US drug trade, plus a gov­ Complex. 4~ . h· , contact betweenAfricans and Euro­ "Family and commu­ ernment andcrime syndicate policy Thefirst stepinbreakingthis cycle. •••8 . ame onyou peans, alcohol was used by the Eu­ nity structures, still of targeting the Black community, ofdrug and alcohol related oppres­ Mickey Mouse!". ropeans to gain the upper hand in we were soon under seige. sion, is for all of us to accept that trade. Afterthe Slave trade began, trying to recover Familyandcommunity structures, finding solutions is' our shared re­ straight. rum which was made byotherAfri­ from slavery and still trying to recover from slavery sponsibility: As simple as it may­ cans was made by those Africans and post-slaveryunderdevelopment, sound,a basicloveofourcollectiveself GauD - Thehottest thingto hit New post-slavery underde­ Ci~·The media gave horrifying who had been forcefully brought to were.dealt a serious blow. Mothers, has to be re-kindled. All internal bar­ York portrayals the Caribbean, and was traded in velopment, were dealt fathers and children became ad­ riers such as users, dealers and oth­ of bloodthirsty teenagers everincreasingquantities. Thisen­ a serious blow." dicted. Crime and violence soared. ers as well as all external forces such thathave held the city hostagewhile sured thatEuropeans wouldget the As many activists got hooked, and asgovernmentpolicymakers andhigh attaCking both adults and teenagers better endofthe trade agreement cOnfliCt withdnigdealersescalated, level drug dealers which prevent us alike. New Yorkers;·· paralyzed with They could also continue to kidnap theBlack. LiberationMovementalso from e1f'ectively fighting against this fear, refusedtoputon anyclothingtbat and enslave people since the Afri­ 1840, as a responseto theban, Brit- sufferedlosses. Aftera 197600 1980 plaguemust be neutralized. had a shred of'redforfear of gangre-. cans whom they had gotten drunk ainwhichbenefitedgreatlyfrom the periodofdecline,-right-wingcapital­ Asmuch as is possible, government prisal, Well I can tell you about an­ wereneitherable tomakegoodbusi­ Chinese .drug problem, along with.. ist policies were set in motion .and ~ust be made to spend tax money; other gang. This group will never be ness decisions norprotect their bor­ the U.S. and overallEuropean com- the result has been a late 80's and notonlyIntheareasofdrogpreven­ referred to as a gang despite exhibit­ ders. Later on in the 1800's when plicity, went to war against China early 90's return to heroin. tion andrehabilitation, butmostim­ ingall the characteristics.· Like the

...... _._- - .... ~ ---- -. . . Europeans set 'out ·10 colonize ·the . Afterthis'OpiumWar,-ttre'-etrluese--- "-'fheCiackepidemicofthe80's pro- . portantlyinthemeaofecoIIQlJ.iere­ weaz= ...... _ continent, the continued supply of were made to aign the Nanking 'dueed'a newwavecfaddiction, Via­ vitalizationthroughjobcreationand rum to key people, the addition of Treatyforcingthem to importopium lenee, incarceration and general so­ increased wages. guns to tradealongwith various di­ which addicted thousands upon . eialdecay: With the rapid spread of vide andconquertactics, madetheir thousands of people and.helped to this highlyaddictive drug, Blackon FEBRUARYIS taskmucheasierthanitwouldhave further destroy their economic sys- Black violence increased as drug An Jmrnor-al Attack on Dr. Traverzo otherwise been. tem. dealers fought overturfand profits. BLACKHISTORY Duringthe 1700'sand afterwards, Although a significant amount of Women becameaddicted in increas­ MONTH! European settlers traded alcohol heroin has been present in the U.S. ingnumbersgivingrisetothe"crack & Hispanic Studies 1003 By Edward Rodriguez that he would have to fill out a class and possibly other pos­ They say that college is sup­ course overload f-orm and write sible replacements due to the ontroversy?!? Ra e Against The Machine posed to teach us the lessons in a justification letter. late notice. The professor also life. Lessons in life that are The snake techniques of this pointed out that his course load . ~ Cantin m page 7 systemicracist/sexist employment, ees who still exist, they extract .~ harsh, unfair, devilish and cer­ bureaucracy revealed itself in was somewhat repetitious due ,J *Should experiments are not the first nor and substandard education. Now, $104 billion worth of GOVERN­ THE SOLUTIONS . , tainly, obviously expected. This buck naked view on the follow­ to the preparations. will they be the last oftheir kind. the cost of welfare (AFDC),is 1% MENT WELFARE, YEARLY "Aid must explain the recent occur­ ing Thursday. With only two However, before he sent out Clintonbe Events such as the LosAngeles ri- of the national budget or $15 biI­ for Dependent Corporations" in­ For those of you who are dis­ rence with the unexpected can­ days to the first day of ciasses, these forms, he was informed ots/rebellionwere in essence a mul- lion dollars to make sure that all cludes Sunniest, Gall, M & M's, mayed or depressed at my ap­ celing of the Saturday session the overload form was finally in from a third party that he would impeached? tiracial response to racial and class poor people are at least at a sub­ Cambell's Soup, McDonalds, Con­ proach, my advice is short but not class of HSP 1003, better known Traverzo's hand, at approxi- not be allowed to teach the oppressions, systemic poverty, sistence level. tinental Grain, Cargill Inc., Louis so simple. We must reframe our as r· . course. It is obvious/to me that *Do you have massive unemployment, drastic What people should be fuming Dreyfus Corp. etc., etc.. The list thoughts and feelings away from America. they are trying to send a mes­ homelessness and the destruction over, is CORPORATE WELFARE. goes on and on. What about the While the college purists may one of alienation, apathy, and in­ ,~••• 1.it iIS 0 boiVIOUS t.h at sage to this tenured professor comments of this social infrastructure. In- These greedy corporations under­ $300 billion-s for the S&L bailout action, into one of social responsi­ feel this stipulat.ion of unfair­ who has always opened the stead of addressing the socio-eco­ for the rich bankers ofthis nation? bility and social activism. It is an ness draws the perfect parallel there is a mobiUza­ third eyesofhis oppressed stu­ .about DSSG? nomic defects ofa profit driven sys­ Or the $40 billion bailout to Wall activism that is well informed and to the "real" world, allow my lion ofattack against dents. tem, the authorities manufacture "Defense contractors Street tycoons over their NAFTA well reseached. For example, to very focused thrashing of While Traverzo was lucky *Whatabout lies tojustify their horrid practices. fiasco in Mexico? Defense contrac­ combat our miseducation on the Baruch college administration Latino antJ,·Black enough to get thehighly qualified These people are the heirs of rac­ have bled this coun­ tors have bled this country dry by histories of Blacks, study to be a pure reflection of the studies courses in all Ana Lopez to replace him, it is ob­ Guilliani's ists like Cartwright, and all the try dry by taking tril­ taking trillions of tax dollars to Afrocentric studies to educate sentiments of Baruch stu­ the CUNYschools." vious that there is a mobilization others before him. build a nuclear arsenal that is rot­ yourself. This activism clearlyun­ dents... ofattackagainst LatinoandBlack statements Welfarehas also been purchased lions oftaxdollars to ting away in America's heartland. derstandswhatit means to "serve The course, scheduled to be studies courses .in all the CUNY and abused as an issue by every build a nuclear arse- Billions upon billions of dollars the people," to know what social ills taught by Dr. David Traverzo mately 3:30 pm. schools. The heads of Baruch slime-bucket of a politician, who on 'CUNY? nal that is rotting that go for foreign military aid to assail them and ourselves, in or­ Galarza, Ph.D; apparently was Traverzo diligently filled out clearlywantto separate itselffrom try to raeebait white Americans fascist, sadistic dictators all over der to r.ectify the situations. OR­ considered one too many· to the form and included several the so-caned "ignorant, ean't inti> believing that the only reason away in America's the world, to protect the blood GANIZE, ORGANIZE!!! handle' for the newly, tenured important. points in his justifi­ speak, can'tWrite, spanish speak­ why this nation is in debt is be­ heartland." drenched profits ofthese multina­ professor. He was eharged with cation letter. His qualifications ing, welfare-to-workfare" stereo­ What do you cause ofan unwed, minority mom, tional corporations. What about the heinous crime ofattempting as an outstanding- professor type they themselves have sup­ who's only joy is to have more ba­ them? They create violent wars SendYour to "overload" too many courses. teaching a heavily-demanded ported.Nevertheless, this is a think? bies to collectwelfare checks. The and conflicts that cause untold 'Response'To .. While Dr. Traverzoonly teaches course didn't seem like enough. business school and I will play my reality is that, first ofall, the MA­ pay employees, layoff thousands human and ecological devastation­ three different courses withtwo so he mentioned the late notice role to have ourcollege reflect the Let usprint JORITY of welfare recipients are of workers, push p-eople into pov­ and they are the ones to tell me preparation-s (additional sec­ to students who would surely ."rea~" w~1"Ia That is, I willbe the WHITE. MinorityWomen are dis­ erty or a life of crime, and then thatmyBlackfriend is genetically male Today! tions of the same course), he lose their -tuition. They cer­ one to tell you how wrong it is to your opinion! proportionately on welfare due to from the tax dollars ofthe employ- inferior and prone to violence? was told on Monday, Janu~ry26 tainly would miss out on the devalue our education. . 10 TICKER OP-EDS FEBRUARY 4,1998 TICKER BUSINESS FEBRUARY 4, 1998 11

Student Activities & Services, Weekly Calendar of Events, Course & Teacher Evaluations, - . .. . Career Development Center, 1997 Business In. Review The Year one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven was a year in which global stock markets took the titanic plunge on what was dubbed as International Student.·Services, "Bloody Monday". Mergers between the accountingfirms ofKPMG with Ernst & Young and Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse' dissolved the once dominant BigSix accounfing firms. The brokerage houses ofDean Witter and Morgan Stanley also merged to become the world's most Athletics, Student Media, powerful brokerage house. ' In other'events, workers at Amtrak and UPS went on strike for better wages and compensation. In retailing news, Woolworth's chain offive-and-dime stores closed across the nation. Tiger Woods took the sports world by storm. and revitalized the sport of golf Scholarships, TEAM Baruch. while MarvA}bert plead guilty to sodomy and was.released by NBC. Here is a complete breakdown ofthe year in business for 1997;. ~1' Dalmatians'" and "Ransom". zation of over $20 billion. Mor­ gan Stanley, primarily an in­ ao vestment bank, was expected to .Visn the Several class action suitswere filed supply research to Dean ~~~F"'If9:~~~~ against AOL by subscribers who Witter's army ofover 8,500 bro­ '-~ \'-:' ',- -: ,:.- - --'- were not able to access AOL due kers. to jamming by an overload of us':' ers. AOL agreed to spend $100 million to expand its network ca­ 6 pacity and to add fewer new sub­ A federal judge demanded com­ scribers. panies 'sending junk e-marl or "spam'" to stop changing their February on-line identities so that AOL could block it out. 2 The SEC approved new rules on 7. . when trading could be halted. The The Justice Department'an­ " "circuit breakers" could how halt nounced that they were ready to ,.the NYSE for 30 minutes ifit fell file an. antitrust suit against 350 points, and for an hour ifthe . Visa USA and MasterCard for loss grew to 550 points.. not allowing member banks to issue American Express and Discover cards.

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it}s time to eKPress !Jour una!Jing rove to !Jour· .a . After 20 years Star Wars was re­ 12 Federal regulators denied released and earned $36.2 at the Ameritech Corp.ts application box office over the weekend, mak­ to offer long-distance service.. ing it Hollywood's largest opening Specia['Vaientineis). ever. 11 ~ Economic advisers to President Japan planned to call on the . Clinton warned against putting part ~ Sendyour message(s) to rrfte rric/(g,r mailbox at ,Group ofSevencounrriesto halt of Security in the Stock mar­ the slide ofthe yen against the ket, saying "[it} raises concern about US dollar. risk." 360 P.fJlS, room 1512. continued onpage 12 jJ{{{messages & poems must be handedin b9 !FebruaT!J lltli andwiJ{be pub{islietf in tlie Februatu 18tli issue. \ (':Better (ate tlian neuert)

~ Morgan Stanley,Group Inc. and Dean Witter & Discovery Co. announced" that they would merge forming a Wall Street goliath with a market capit.ali- -, \ J r 13 \ TICKER BUSINESS ~F~E~BR~U~AR~Y;..4~'..;;;;1~9~98~ ---- FEBRUARY 4, 1998 12 TICKER BUSINESS 11 a GeneralMotors Corp. anditswork- Worldcom acquired CompuServe continued from page 11 . ers reached a tentative agreement Corp. and 1,200 corporate cus­ 4 threehours aftera midnightstrike tomers but transferred 12 AT&T officials planned to revital­ deadline passed. CompuServe's three million con­ Intel announced that it was on ize the company with $2.6 billion sumers to AOL on a $1.2 billion track to become the world's most in cost cutting, whichwould include dollar deal. The move mades profitablecompany, andwould pay cutting jobs, overhauling it's long CompuServe a networking giant. $820 million in a profit sharing distance market position and reor­ program to its 48,500 employees. ganizing it's real-estate holdings. 11 GM's Hughes Electronics Corp. 13 5 announced a satellite-telecom­ ITT Corp. rejected Hilton Hotels Before the House Budget Commit­ la munications contract with Abu Corp's hostile $6.5 billion bid, call­ tee, Fed Chairman Allan . Hudson Foods Inc. recalled 20,000 Dhabi-based Thuraya Satellite ing it "inadequate." Greenspan said he had no inten­ lbs. of frozen ground beef distrib­ Telecommunications Co. The tion of pushing it down when he uted nationally to grocery stores deal was expected to be valued at cited the market's "irrational exu­ that might have'been contami­ . an estimated $900 million. 14 berance," in his speechlast Decem­ nated with the deadly E. coli bac­ A powerful rallylifted the Dow In­ ber. teria. The recall came after sev­ dustrials above the 7000 plateau eral people fell ill after eating 12 for the first time. Hudson meat in Colorado in early The City Council ofChicago, Illi- 6 : July 1997. nois had approved a ban on bill­ Gold prices plunged afterthe Swiss boards advertising alcohol. 18 proposed to raise money for a Ho­ Apple Computer Inc. unveiled new locaust aid fund by selling o-ff gold a Macintosh computers including reserves. The Swiss Government UPSofficials offered a new contract 11. the high end "Power Book" laptop. proposed that the fund would have to the Teamsters negotiating com­ Delta Airlines sought to expand $4.7 billion in assets. mittee and to a separate commit­ their services overseas with a tee comprised. of two representa­ nonstop flight between Tokyo and 20 tives from each local. Atlanta. The company also Bre-X Minerals announced that 7 sought rights to additional ser­ their gold find in Indonesia could Ronald O. Perlemen announced he vices between Portland, Ore. and contain 200 million ounces, mak­ would release control of the 21 Japan. ing it one of the largest site ever. troubled comic-book publisher Hasbro Inc. andthe NFL signed a Marvel to bondholders lead by Carl four-year agreementgivingthe toy leahn. maker exclusive rights towards 21 , 1 -:~ ' ~ :~'~ l developing a variety of toys and Johnson Controls Inc. said they games. The NFL will be paid an " l had reached an agreement with 10 j 1" . estimated $10 miflion from Hasbro , -. the United Auto Workers Union CSX's $10.5 billion takeover of for the duration ofthe contract. and would resume production of Conrail was officially approved, seats for FOTd. fending off the hostile bid of N or­ [NEWS) folk Southern Corp. 22 British Telecommunications PLC and MCI Communications Corp. : re~~:Q~~__~ _.~~y!s~~ .~~~g~r ~gr.~e:- .. ··meBt that reduced .the value of' Mer shares. .ll! Coopers and Lybrand announced Merril Lynch & Co. announced plans to merge with Price they would pay chairman Daniel 27 Waterhouse, creating the world's P. Tully $10.2 million for 1996. .:::; Continental Airlines entered an largest accounting firm and dis­ ·~~r alliance with Taiwan-based EVA solving the so-called Big Six ac­ • =--... :: ~j;i' Air toservice flights connecting counting giants. The merger 12 t~ with EVA's trans-Pacific routes dropped current accounting giant Microsoft announced that they Andersen Worldwide into second would seek to standardize the ; from several US cities. place with annual revenues of 2Q way Internet publishers created $9.5 billion. Many Disney shareholders were television-like channels. outraged that Walt Disney Co. 29 "';: Former Eastman-Kodak employee granted former President Michael Harold C. Worden pleaded guiltyto 22 Ovitz a package worth over $90 13 , stealing confidential documents Westinghouse Electric Co. agreed million for working only 14 A Federal Reserve study indi­ ,; from the company and agreed to to buy American Radio Systems months. cated that businesses, while . serve a prison term of up to 15 Corp. for $1.6 billion, plus the as­ looking to hire more people in a sumption of $1·billion in debt. 26 tight labor market, weren't going : months and to pay a fine ofan esti­ : mated $30,000. Thirty stockbrokers pleaded guilty to offer higher salaries. to charges that they hired people '. to take their broker-licensing test "8eRtem ber , 23 for them, 14 a Fila Holding Spa signed Detroit ~ Pistons' star Grant Hill to an es­ Apple Computer unveiled a new Tobacco companies raised the : prices ofcigarettes seven cents per timated $80 million over seven 27 cost cutting plan that would cut : pack. Thiswas donein anticipation years 3Com agreed to purchase mo­ 309r of it's payroll, or 4,100 work­ of hefty litigation settlements of dem maker US Robotics Corp. ers, and cancel plans not contrib­ smoking-relatedMedicaid lawsuits for $6.6 billion, the second larg­ uting to Macintosh sales. .: in Florida and Mississippi. 2.2 est high-tech merge!" eve r. ~f NBC terminated its relationship with Marv Albert after Albert 18 4 . pleaded guilty to charges of as­ 28 Tyco announced it had plans to < Claims by London International sault and battery. January 1997 posted the larg­ merge with ADT, forming Tyco Inc., maker of Ramses condoms, est inflow to Mutual funds ever, International. that its products were "30% amounting to over $29 billion. stronger than the leading brand" 19 " was refuted by the FTC, which af! : prohibited such claims without General Mills Inc. planned to March After Trans World Airlines an­ nounced a tremendous loss, bil­ : reliable evidence. close some ofits oldest cereal fa­ 3 cilities, eliminating 235 jobs in Federal regulators attributed a lionaire Saudi Prince al-Waeed the process. large rise in securities fraud to bin Talal announced he had pur­ chased a 5% stake in the airline the strong bull market. continued on page 14

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The New York City Board of Education needs qualified staff in a number of critical areas. You may be eligible for a Scholarship in one of the areas listed en··orIH ·ro a below. If you are interested in receiving a fact sheet and al?plication for the Scholarship , LPWANTED Program, please retum this coupon and a self-addressed stamoed envelope MenIWomen earn $3 weekly processing/assembling By Richard Brody theory arid operation learned in profile, offer ideas about places In the future, consideration (business size) to include sse postage no laterthan February 16, 1998 to: Medical I.D. Cards a home. Immediate openings, your The Baruch College Alumni school. On' the' other hand, fa- where these strengths might might be given to the responsi­ Bureau of Recruitment Programs it Mentoring Program is flourish- miliarity and ease with what have career utility and provide - bi-lity of the mentee in building 65 Court, Street - Room 101 local area. Experience unnecessary, will train. Call Brooklyn, NY 11201 Medicard 1-541-386-5290 Ext.118M ing with approximately 100 was termed, Soft Knowledge, networking assistance. the relationship. -~~PRiNTi;;~~-~------~-HEFiE-d alumni and undergraduate par- those skills involving personal The unique responsibility of Another possible evening ticipants. Twenty-five mentors .presentatfon, is usually (lack- the mentor to the mentee was might be devoted to a Mentor' NAME. _ and mentees met in a lively ing in most ofus and is an area) addressed too. Concern was ex- Panel to which mentees might "Update" session on the evening which we might explore. Men- pressed that mentors be aware address questions to enable LAST FIRST SOCIAL SECURITY # 'Don't !forget... of November Sixth to exchange tors ·were unanimous in their of the impact their words have them to learn about careers ADDRESS, ( ), _ experiences and share ideas opirrion that interviewers usu- on their mentees. Care must be that they have not considered. 1'El.EPHONE # to submitgour 7lafentine mes­ about what a Mentoring rela- ally do not ask technical ques-exercised by mentors to beposi- There was discussion of incor­ tionship ought to include. All t i orrs when screeningcandi- tive in their relationships. They porating workshops involving CITY STATE ZIP MOSTRECENT DEGREE sages orpoems 6g participants reported that their dates. Instead, they look for should be cognizant and sensi- "soft skills," in the program. - ,' " experiences in the program are these soft skills. To help their tive that their mentee is enam- These might be Working a Re­ SHORTAGE AEAS -Please chect ONLYONE box: , , ,~:~~,-'", BILINGUAL positive and that they are ' mentees,mentors might share 'oredwith a eareer and is very ception, Business Table Eti­ !Te6ruarg 13th. " pleased with the way the pro- their experience and ideas vulnerable to disillusionment. quette and Business o BILINGUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION* gram is developing. _ about dress codes, resume At the same time, a mentor Assertiveness. Another idea is o BILINGUAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY*· .9lIfmessages uiil!be published ~ The evening was truly ex- preparation, interviewing skills may be well into a career, might to develop a Mentor Page at­ o BIUNGUAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK·* traordinary and rare in that it and business etiquette whi Ie be experiencing early pangs of tached to the Baruch Home Web

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By Michael Mak Boy Tolk, Girl Ta,lk is an . things' to do in New York that What do you get when 400 current business trends, with people from different cul­ award for the most improved advice column that tries to shed anything that goes on in school "rom the students from around the entrepreneurship,and leader­ tures. Local Committee, which is quite light on all aspects of life. We pales in comparison, and marty United States gatherfor a week ship. This made me wonder The agenda for the week was an honor considering our short try to give views on both the students have to cOm#l·ute to at the Hilton in Portland, Or­ whether all the fun that was rigorous, between the 7-8 hours time involved in AIESEC. The male and female perspective, and from school, whereas in egon? Some would say one huge discussed was.only a myth? It of learning and brainstorming, other award was given to. our since theytend to differ. We are other more traditional college door in Chief: party, but if you ask any.mem­ turned out that this was not the there was not much time to do current President, Susan not experts in this, but we can . environments, there is a senseof . ber ofInternational Association case as demonstrated by the other things. There were so Roopnarine for excellence in all use some advice at one point a co~m.unity since eueroneliues of Students in Economics and parties that occurred every many interesting people to traineeships raised. During or another. So feel 'free to togther and they do not have as Commercial Sciences CAIESEC) night. But what is a party with­ meet, so manyparties to attend, 1997 she has worked real hard submit questions to us. We will many options as ioe do. As for .olks, is this a

they would say a great learning out the people? and so little time to sleep. This going out to companies such as do our bestto give you answers. , you joining Girl Talk and 17 Price Waterhouse and raising we'll keep you in mind. experience. It turns out that It seemed strange to be was a real life exercise. in time opularpage? . . both parties are correct about united with 400 students, from management by itself. The con- internships so that foreign stu­ Dear Boy Talk, Girl Talk, AIESEC's Annual National dents can come work here in I have a male friend who I en­ want to Conference, which was held in New York City. She has also joy spending time with but un­ Girl Talk says to Bored As Portland, Oregon during the made sure that he reception of fortunately, when he is around . Hell: It's always tough being know. Is the week of Dec 27, 1997 to Jan 3, the foreign students was pleas­ my other friends he becomes ex­ the new kid on the block. Best ant, giving them a quality ex­ 1998. For those of you who are tremely snobbish. What does thing is to join a club. Take up perience that they can sbare not familiar with the organiza­ this mean a nd what should I do? some responsibilities in the club advice given tion, AlESEC (pronounced eye­ with their friends from back -Extremely Confused and this way you'll get to know sec) is the largest student man­ home. If you asked what hap­ everyone. Or ifyou're really des­ aged educational association in pened to the other awards, perate, join The Ticker. By join­ suitable, or the w orl d. The mission of there is one easy answer. We at Girl Talk syas to Extremely ing The Ticker yo «u meet plenty AIESEC is to increase interna­ AIESEC Baruch have our eyes Confused: Your male compan­ ofinteresting characters., be up 'ust a bunch 0 tional understanding and coop­ set on being the #1 Local Com­ ion is most likely jealous ofyour to date with the latest Baruch eration by combining its inter­ mittee in the United States by other friends. Most males want College news, and most ofall be baloney? national work exchange and yearend. We challenge you to to feel that they are the only part of the action! educational programs, AIESEC empower yourself and help us male in your life and when you is work.ing to develop its mem­ win this award, So if you think don't devote all your time and 'onestly, I bersboth professionally & cul-: you want to be apart ofthe best attention to them they start to children~' Dear Boy Talk, Girl Talk, h t if turally in order to prepare them local committee in the United act like 1it tle You_ I'~e .recent.ly broke up with my . 0 should tell your male friend to ave ons to positively impact their com­ all over the country, who were ference could have been all fun States, and want to help us get boyfriend'of 3 years and now 1'm. munities. Local committees in­ grow up or else... Another rea­ all working towards the same but that would not have ful­ to #1, feel free to come visit us Dear Boy Talk, Girl Talk, having this sexual-friendship cluding Baruch College, Michi­ son is that your friend might be eople who goals. I realized it is much filled the spirit ofAIESEC. Our in Suite 1445, 360 Park Avenue My problem goes like this: I'm relation with this other guy. gan Uriiversity, University of easier to interact with people motto at AIESEC Baruch is South. You can then pick up a uncomfortable or shy around a freshman and this is my sec- We've made it clear to one an- Pennsylvania, and Purdue Uni­ who are trying to achieve the membership application, and your other friends so being a want to take "Work Hard, Play Hard"; it ond semester here and I'm still other that this is a no strings vers i ty,: facilitate these pro­ same' objeetives;··and that we·· would not be the-same ifit were become ia .force to change the snob is a way for him to protect grams. By managing a local take for granted how lucky we "Play Hard, Play Hard." AI;. world. himself. ~::~~:==t~"::~= -~~t~~:Ji?sP:o o~:e2;:~~:~~;sr::- ... ..'-64::.a::11l-'.erthis . committee, students are devel­ are to live in such a diverse city. though the conference was a lot I can honestly say that the classes, occasionally go to the a~out ~ll t his. He becomes oping skills that will be neces­ of work, one cannot gather 400 National Conference was a AIESEC Baruch is by far the computer lab and library, and vl~ablYJealous when he sees me sary in the professional world. most divergent local committee students to just work and learn great learning experience. Ev­ Boy Talk says to Extremely space, other then usually go home. I've tried wI~h ~nother gu.y. The ~un~y Every year around the time of in the United States, and we at all week, there had to be some ery one of you should have the Confused: Please excuse my fe­ attending clubs and things like t hing .IS that a friend o~ mrne 1S Christmas, all the local commit­ Baruch College are lucky to be fun involved. There were par­ opportunity to attend one and male counterpart who always "advice gZ·V·_ seems to read too deep into that but it always seems like w ar n m g me about h i m . He tees in the United States gather surrounded by so many diverse ties every night but the pin­ get together with the future glo­ c~aims ~e g ~ad and discuss their plans for the people. The interesting thing nacle of all the parties was the bal business leaders of the things and thinks that all men everyone there already knows that is ge,ttin " B ['" everyone else and I feel like I'm VIbes. from this guy I m seerng. upcoming year at the National about this conference was that formal dinner and ball on New world. If I had learned just one are deficient in one way or an­ ers. lit u out of the loop. Any more sug- What shoul~ I make of ~ll this? Conference. not all the delegates attending Year's Eve. It seemed that ev- ~ thing from this conference, it is other. The poor boy is probably gestions? If you two are look- - Looking For GUidance Being that I have been a the conference were from the ery hour from 9pm on, there that, everyone of us is capable just a bit shy around your leave itin vow member of AIESEC for only a United States since AIESEC is was a party thrown by each of changing the world, for all friends. You can't expect him to ing for a Guest Talker, I'm more J' year, this was my first National in 87 countries around the time zone. I attended almost who want to do it, you are not be comfortable with the friends than willing. hands. Keep Conference. I really did not worlds members from other everyone of these parties and I alone. Just remember this "The that you've known for years. -Bored As Hell 711 Boy Talk says to Looking For know what to expect, but ru­ countries are always expected can tell you that we really know is best way to predict the future Give him a chance and he soon loosen up. Guidance: You have to first writing mors about past conferences to attend. They add an in terna­ how to party on the East Coast. is to create it." . . Boy Talk says to Bored As ask yourselfthe questions: Why in, or, said to expect a lot of fun. Of tional flavoring to the confer­ As the last night of the con­ Hell: Sorry about your situa­ did you break up with your boy­ course fun was not the main ence, and during the course of ference rolled around, the mo­ Write For tion. Believe-it or not, a lot of friend? Why are you involved write inandLWl)' reason for the conference and the week we learned a lot about ment oftruth had arrived. The other studente, especially new­ with this new guy? Maybe this was evident in t-he agenda them. We learned a lot ofinter­ last event that night was the Features. comers, share the sameproblem you're with this person because for the week. There was an av­ national dances and songs from awards ceremony. This cer­ ouwantanew as you. In many wyas7 it's like Dennis Rodman, he got you erage of 7-8 hours of training, these international delegates, emony honored the top schools CallSergy Baruch 7 S enoironment-being off the rebound. Well, your seminars, discussions, and as well as teaching them some and individuals for their hard Tabuteau at that the college is located near friend sounds right, this guy orpeopk workshops each day. of our own traditions, is the work during the year to achieve 802 -6800. the heart ofthe city and lacking seems to fit the description of These sessions focused on heart of the AIESEC program, AIESEC's goals. of a traditional campus, it does Jeffrey Dahmer more than Mr. how to run local committees, takeover. learning cultures by interacting We at AIESEC Baruch won an not have a traditional college Wonderful. If he is aware that life. There are many reasons this a "no strings attached" re­ Thonksfor why this is so, a great many of lationship, why is he acting like the the students havejobs and other a stalker. You need to make it responsibilities that prevent clear your jealous lover that he input. UPCOMINGE can't get jealous of something NTS them from participating in col­ lege life, there are so many other that he does not have'. • HILLEL SPEAKER: MULTICULTURAL GAMMA PHI RHO DR. MOLEFI KETE & pm BETA SIGMA "JEWISHRE- ASSOCIATION ASANTE '~CLOTHINGDRIVE ~~ALENTINESDIN­ SPONSE ~~OUR SPIRIT SOARS: RECLAIMINGAFRICAN FOR F.I.S.T./ MXG NER WI COMEDIANS TO HUNGER" CULTURE & HISTORY" FEEDING &PARTr' FEB. 19, 1998 FEB. 10, 1998 PROGRAM" FEB. 13, 1998 12:45 - 2:15PM 6:00PM, CONFER. CEN­ FEB. 3-27 TER, 7TH FLR, 25TH ST. 15TH FLR, WINDOW RM 1818, 360 PAS COLLECTION BINS IN LOUNGE, 360 PAS BLDG. ALL LOBBIES. ..

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A MERICAN MARKETINGASSOCIATION HAITIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY AIESEC AIESEe is the largest non-profit, student- Are you a motivated Baruch student who pos­ Sak Pase! Did you know there was a Hai- run international exchange program in the sesses the desireto enhanceyour career opportu­ tian Club at Baruch?! We at the Haitian Cul- world, Its purpose is to contribute'to the de­ ni~ Ifso·then theAmerican Marketing.Associa­ tural Society are dedicated to preserving, ex- velopment of our countries and ~ir people tion AMA is not just a Baruch club, it is one of ploring and celebrating our beautiful Haitian with an overriding commitment to interna­ many collegiate chapters across the country as Culture. Come and be a part ofour wonderful tional understanding and cooperation . well Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The AMA Haitian family. It's never too late to join!!!! . AIESEC was designed to provide youngpeople organizes an extensive variety of activities and Our club room is located in room 1416 in 360 with an opportunityto gain global perspectives Attention all club officers: programs thatallowour members to reap ben­ PAS. Our general meetings are held in th.e and nnderstanding through aforeign manage­ efits on professional, academic, and social levels. 2015 in 360 PAS. Stopped by the club room ment trainingexperience. Today;AIESEC stu­ Recent alumni are always eager to provide our andwe're not there? Email the club president dents at more than 820 universities, including members with a competitive edge as marketing for club info at Baruch College, in 87 countries worldwide ar­ Due to an obvious lack ofstudent participation within stu professional, while simultaneously emphasizing hot [email protected] Hopeto range short term jobs for one another on a re­ the importanceofoommunityservice. We are also see you soonlllll Remember C'est L"Union ciproca1 basis. Thesemanagementtraineeships dent org~nizations,we at The Ticker, want t~ help ~arner known for our social events and national confer­ Fait La Force are provided by many of the world's leading ence thattakes placeinNewOrleans. Ifyou want companies and organization who recognize the to havefun, travel, and move ahead in the mar­ interest In the clubs at our college. What we re frying to SOUL SURVIVORS importance of investing in today's youth. We keting field come see us anytime in room 839 welcome all ofyou to experience tour interna­ • 360 PAS. WALL POWERTOTHE PEOPLE!" The tionalism and leadership training by attend­ say IS: WEST INDIAN CULTURAL CLUB SOUL SURVIVORS aim to produce a culture­ ingour National Conference, hosted onDecem­ centeredvibe amongstudentsofcolor (Black, ber 27th- January 3rd in Portland, Oragon. This is a club which was formed in 1974 to Latino or Asian) and to question our posi­ To learn more about AIESEC and what we of­ promoteWest Indianculture, notonlyatBaruch tions in the world as a requirement to become fer feel free to contact us at: 212·8029067 or Here's your chance to adver- College, but on the North American continent. a true humanity We struggle against oppres­ Email: [email protected] Ourclub consists ofmulti-taIented students not sive ideas ofracism, sexism (patriarchy), and CARIBBEAN STUDENTS ASSOC. only from the various West Indian islands but the ideas ofthe dirty rich through "militant from other parts oftheglobe. However, our com­ multiculturalism." .We encourage students . The CARIBBEAN STUDENTS ASSO­ mon goal remains: to promote the West Indian to take an interestin local,national, and world CIATION promotes political and cultural tise for FREE! culture andto bridge thegapthatexistsbetween news, issues and events pertaining to them­ awareness among all Caribbean students, other cultures and our own. We present to the selves. We plant seeds that will change the with the hope that awareness will engen­ Baruch community different aspects oftheWest status of our communities socially, economi­ der political and economic unity~ progress Indian culture through various media: films, cally, politically, and mentally. The SOUL and development in the Caribbean. This 'Requirements: speakers;fashionshows•.dance of thevarious is­ S~YIYO.liS promote_off campus a.~t~~~ie~'. club..sp.onsors food .fest.ivals and ..cultural lands, artsandcraftsexbibitions.All arewelcome .' with grassrootsorganizations, i.e,feeding pro- . events at the College. toparticipate. grams, conferences, rallies, cop watches, p<>­ NATIONALASSOCIATION OF BLACK Mustbeona wlrile-8-1/2"xll" paper, etryreadings and etc. This year we are work­ STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS ACCOUNTANTS

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Across 1. Number ofdays to THE STEVEN L. NEWMAN celebrate. - 2. 1976 or'2000 , REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE 5. Clint Eastwood and Aretha Franklin share this sign OR 2002. Wednesday February 18, 1998 7. 1980 8. Man's best friend. OPEN HOUSE for the new BS DEGREE IN REAL ESTATE AND 9. Popular plant which METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT combined with's YOUNG brings long life. 13. Chinese follow this type PROFESSIONALS CAREER EVENING ofcalendar. 15. 1926. OR Jodie Foster's 5:30-7:00PM SIgn. Meet (over Cokes and pizza): 16. bad luck color 20. The serpent. Wi/lard Mcintosh 22. color to avoid during this celebration Managing Director 23. 1924 at Prudential Real Estate Investors Down who will host a roundtable discussion about 1. It's not the same since Giuliani banned this. Institutional Real Estate Investment 3.

" ... " ...... -Newman Institute Young Professionals Career Evenings ' ...... ­.... A series ofeight monthly hour-long presentations end 4. Contents ofthe Red discussions, over pizzas and Coke, with young leaders of the real estate Packet. industry in New York. These evenings are especially planned for 6. Male chicken. 8. This food symbolizes Baruch/Newman Institute students considering careers in real estate. Each wealth due to its shape of an ancient Chinese presentation highlights a different component of the metropolitan area's gold. real estate industry. 10. Pig 11. Jack Nicholson's sign -Leern about different kinds of real estate jobs OR 1997. -Ask questions about what you would be doing on the day you start work 12. Unlucky number. 14. Children & the ­ -Meet both recent college graduates and the prime young leadership of the receive red packets on real estate industry New Year's Day. 17. Plant that has golden YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CAREER EVENINGS fruits. Monthly 18~ Bunny 19. Lucky Color 5:30-7:00 RM. September 1997-May 1998 21. Name ofthe ancient At the Newman Library Conference, Center monster. 151 East 25th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues) Room 763 Watch for dates on each month's poster announcement '.

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- Would like to invite all to our By Edward Rodriguez BAD: Hello, you're on BA.D ra­ dio. Edward Rodriguez: .Hello, this is Edward Rodriguez. BAD: What's goin' on, man? ER: I'm from Sunset Park, Brooklyn. BAD: Really, where doyou live? ER: Sunset Park, Brooklyn. BAD: What address? What On February 19th apartment? What's your social security number? ER: I'm from Baruch College. BAD: Yo, you might get locked up in a few. Don't mind the he­ At 1:00 P.M. licopters. BAD Voice 2: So what's gain' on? ER: I write for my school news­ In theTicker·Office paper and I have a hip hop col­ ·D··,· umn where 1 address hip hop u topics. I was intrigued by your question and I think that Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown both suck. Located at 360 PAS BAD Voice 2: They both suck?! What's your statuei ER: 1 7m a junior. BAD2: You're a junior and you got a column in the paper. You The· BAD Crew eonsistingof(from left to right), BigEnongb, Mystic and Cintronics. Room 1522 must be nice. BAD: You wanna write us up. ER: Sure. the rappers don't understand air. People like the station. They waste time with the little BAD 2: If you uian n a come that ifyou don't have the money Mystic: Calling up and no an­ muscle in their finger to just down to the show and find out you're sh*t is not gettin' played. swer. click us, just trying to f#ck with We are looking for: where we are, we'll have to kill We wanna give them (strug­ Cin: We like it though. us. It don't bother us. you. gling artists) the chance to Mys: It's all energy. Those are bring them on . :'. . Well, I'm still alive. While. and help ...... •.... ~ :.....•. ".rli. .... ··f!'pl-. ".~- . ... . they seem most rude and incon­ them. When "~;. Editors siderate, they also are some of you help Wi._. \. the realest bunch of DJs and so m eb 0 dy hosts on radio today. BAD they're gonna - . '- Radio's Cintronics, Big Enough help you. and Mystic have been repre­ That's the Manager senting with buckwild shows for reason I try a long time and had incredible to help. I try insights on hip hop and the like. to play Wu­ Each of them brings a certain Tang, then an element to the show such as Big independent d ofcourse, Writers Enough's gift as a natural radio .. and you get personality, Cintronic's direc­ people used tion and leadership and to it. After a Mystic's presence and mastered while, any and respectful inquisitiveness songyou hear that allows them to build such a few times a loyal following. Here are ex­ you're gonna cerpts from our cipher: start liking it. I dorit .tt' play anything ~*- Meet the staff, and free eats Edward Rodriguez: What The BAD st11dio~ located in-a ruraISliburb of Germany. does a BAD playlist consist of? wack.· I make Cintronics: We'll play their sure it's good stuff (hip hop from major labels) to my ears. I'm pretty sure the guys calling us. They're lis­ BE: There's a lot of under­ on the radio but in between it, . other peoplewill Iisten to it and tening to us. ground rappers out there. We to boot. How can you resist? we'll play struggling artists say, 'that sh*t is fat.' Some of Big Enough: There's a guy give you the chance to shine. If 'cause Hot '97 is not getting the independent jams 1 play who calls collect on a cellular, you wack, we'll tell you in your paid off by them. All of these you'll say that sh*t is cool after but he does it-just to bother us. face, you're wack. You're not DJs, and I don't wanna mention a while-(phone rings and 'You know what, money. That's gonna really make it. them, you give them the record Cintronics answers it) -This is pure negativity but pure energy and right underneath the the BAD phone. It's already for us.' Th.ey stay home wast­ Continued on. page 26 record is 2,000 dollars. Some of ringing. We're not even on the ing their time waiting for us. 26 TICKER ~ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FEBRUARY 4,1998 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FEBRUARY 4, 1998 27

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That's (now Lord Tariq) leaving Juju and surviving imancially.TIll$ uianna bust/ make me uranna does not take from excellent so­ where egos and attitudes come and PsychoLes filling his space sophmorereleaseis identical in cussI I lust for living the life of cial commentary best seen on in. That's what builds hip hop. with weaker MCs. Big Pun- many ways _to. Jeru the righteousness with invisible Brand Nubian's "A Child Is Cin: When you listen to a lot isher does shine, however, on Damaja's Wrath Of The Math. forces stand,in my way keeping' Born." of independent sh*t, it's not re- . cOff The Books" as "Ay, yo, it's Both Jeru and O.C. established my mind offcourse..." Hidden under the industry ally raw. all love but love's got a thin linel themselves as BrooklynMeswho -- "JeUJelz" scams behind this soundtrack's BE: You listen to what they're and Pun's got a big nine," is the 'have incredibly deep content and ".", ::~,,,,. talking about. best rhyme on Stone Crazy. style. Theythen gave two thirds existence, the true ER: In reality, our lives are vio­ While Ju and Lea are only av- of one of the greatest hip ,~: .'. undercover highlight lent. erage Mes with originallycomi- songsofall,time, "CrOOklyn DOdj~' . is th.e sharp produc­ BE: It is when hip hop started. cal personas, they are superior ers 2,"vrithehubb ROck in 199~. tion by unknowns. It wasn't a white thing. producers. They are.. by many, LikeJeru's"~iTath~... ~ the rh~. "Los Angeles Times" Mys: It's somethingout ofyour considered -the best breakbeat are-notas cc>1Dp1ex as-they real1J:, " (Melman), Cocoa B's like·~_ "Won. On Won" (Sean soul and put on paper. bat this? I, finders in hip hop. They don't could havebeen.vHowever, A<._~ C), aHigh Expecta­ BE: It's your soul what you see BE: What they're trying to do "/"" t just bring together well-dug:forJeru's Wrath..., Jetoelz is backecr i:' in your life. When you're rhym­ is change society to accept hip ,,,,,'~1 breaks with basslines and byvery good production from J.)J~:-·l·.;,~, tions" (No ID) and· ing you telling a story about hop. And they're fooling soci- hooks. They layer. tracks per- Premier, Ogee,Show~, II:~{~' Pun:Ps "You Ain't A something that happened to you ety because that's not real hip fectly, equalizing background Beatminerz, LordFinesseaDd... ~;:-' Killer" (Young or something that's made up hop. That's just a fake - com- noise to a full, solid crunch, Buckwild. Thtt productiorion ;~t Lord) ~e produced that you see is going on now. mercial stuff ...... we're the raw having bassdrums properly im- Jewelz lacks Word...Life's hard ~'. by names we should But don't try to glamourize it stuff. We'keep it as real as pos- . mersed in clean basslines, high edge as the hooksdominate more'" all be familiar with with flashy gear - that's not sible. hats that timely punctuateloud yet they make the album a co~ . now or soon. hip hop. That's not raw. That's snares .and usingcuttmg, and, lectionofmemorable ~$Ongs., ~': A..~~.IL~~~1BJL.:.;l!I."LU1 not original. When I say raw, If you are in.any of the 5 scratehing during rhymes as beats. stay 011 a consistent level" :£hc''iliiksoiipdtrook CLOud "Well you'could see the whole city people that are poor that no one boroughs, particularly well as choruses. This'is prob- of smooth, h.ard tracks with a ~ burning! 'cause the cops got uzis gives a chance. That's what hip Brooklyn, cheek 91.9 FM on ably whyJuju andLesonly flow sound, often remfiliscentof 'The system make a n*gga think and the dealers keep sellin'I and hop is - the poverty, the ghetto. Sundaysat5pmto10pm(0~ right and say something special" : D.LT.C's 19~2 flavor. . to make it he need sports...don't your kids ain't learning sh*t ex­ Cin: Where it started. ten times longer) for BAD, occasionally. . Jewelz best documents the .uranna be a dope Me living in his ceptthis: sex, powerand wealth­ radio's superior hip hop. . crossroads one must .pess as-an momma'8 home..." f#ck everything else..." Xzibit - "LoB Angeles 'limes" ER: Hot 97's monopoly allows More excerpts of this in­ M•••And'ifyourgrill bustedthen·yC intherapmusie. mdustry~ ,Common- them to define their own profit­ terview will soon be avail­ 1 can't besoberu.Pm horny 80 oll . This dU2ility of trying to make "High Eqectations" able version of hip hop music able at DaSewaSide on Cbltronics drive an expe eneetn In,ratera these honeys got back•.. " music for. mo-re to keep a career Continued on. page 30 and culture. How do you com- www.vibe.com/dasewaside. BAD radio alive and hip hop well preserved. PSYCM Lea - "Strokes" afloat while maintaining integ- With only Common's "High \

30 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FEBRUARY 4,1998 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FEBRUARY 4,1998 31 THE BEST HIPHOPOF··1997 TilE.BEST.RIPIIOp··OF 199:7 a member of Sonny Cheeba . to shine are stuck on under­ Continued from page·30 Continued from page 29 ~KiUin~ ; this year. . Bm Softly· ground radio. Boundbombing is "j I With hard, a collection of singles and b- , unique Wu Along with the production, the .sides from Rawkus Records' beats, three rhyming duo of Sonny Cheeba artists roster who constantly gifted Mes, in- and Geechi Suede make Up­ rotate through underground ra­ eluding the toum Saturday Night one of the dio. Soundbombing is a classic best of the most unique hip hop works in compilation because it captures year, joined by years. Cheeba andGeechi Suede the vibe of New York city's un­ a righteous spend all of their time rhyming derground in 1997. and 'well-ap-· about drinking champagne, hit­ With MC)s Def and Company plied ideology ting skins and making money. Flow, Rawkus already has two andsplrltual- That's ~othingto call unique.un- artists that have the porentral . .ity, The Pick... less you are blessed with two· of to make consistently great LPs. is anLP·not to . the wierdest voices in hip hop, The Indelible·Mes (Company forget. .aside from B-Real, and a new Flow with J-Treds and The vocabulary that makes their sim­ Brewin from the Juggaknots) "Stronger cur­ plistic content rocket science. "The Fire In Which You Burn" rents and mi­ Many feel-Camp Lo's stage is a classic while "Un.iuersal graines run­ show is gimmicky and commer­ Magnetic" from Mos DeI. up- . ning rapid / cial yet on Uptown Saturday dates the b-boy's legacy. 7. GrayediUDz - 'Ch&.Pich. XhJ:. Night that is a thin cloth over Many often feel that today's Sickl~",d The Shovel (Gee hereditary practice/ pierce holes one ofthe most artistic debuts' in underground is a bunch of sub­ S-treet...RecordE through metal jackets/ God body hip hop history. urban white kids trying to escape through telepathic gate / outduel each other with mean­ "Stripped to the crossroads ofhell integrate/ causing one mind to el­ "Call your Sarafina ( 1 throw my ingless, abstract rhymes about and in a sin which trapped us in, evate/ stagnate I competition...» thumbalina / up a dairy queen­ biochemistry, astrodynamics "Corwention is a ~war weapon disguised undertheguise ofinstitutionol- .. is in to sell such a Sing Sing..." a I I seen-aI up in CL beam-a... ". and. other phenomenology unre­ Poetic, Grym Reaper ­ Frukwan, Da Gotekeeper . Sonny Cheebo - "Park Joint" lated to hip hop. They are quite ism but stillprison...got my name up inyour mouthlikeoockorgingivil:isi when every rhyme becomes the official, new blueprint for uxmnabe .. "Dangerous Mindz" . "Pit OfSR4ke8" right yet many of the artists writers, featured here reflect hip hop's catd: a srnadtto thefai:e I onprincipie! even tohen I JJaY nothingit'sa beautiful - ., "1piss intothe face o{thecrowdllyrically I squash sh*t / toss mic With three ofhip hop's most fla­ quality manifestations of hip useofnegati,ve .spaee.•.". El-P - ~FireIn YoU~ stands atfans before leaping intothe mosh pit/ Harsh, isn't it?/ Ex­ vorful Mes overheats primarily hop's development into more W1aiCh.. .quisitewith the style that Lbe using/ crews that choose to compete courtesy of Wu-Tang Produc­ complicated lyrical efforts and The lackofnewartists withLPs is thedirect resultofrecord labels investing ·you loseI poeticalimplants placed in my ears/ make one have a ca­ tions, the Graved:iggaz sophmore topical range. Sir Menelik's release is quite addietive~ Dis­ in more proven hip hop artis!;s and primary rel!~nceofhipJ?OP_~.WIth. tastrophe/ to theJUcA drum I'm the sinister of snare.peak j creep / "Night Work»- shows thi s im­ missed by many.who oddly had only CamplDdebutingwithperfectlyrecreated musieand·simplecontentin never sleepjbe:awarewho evil escape from staves from a bombard­ menseverbalizationwhile Ra enough of the 24 songs from the an astoundingly-crafted 1Yiicalp8ckage,we are mi8sirigadeDl.lt

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32 TICKER ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT. . .. FEBRUARY. . 4, 1998 TICKER. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FEBRUARY 4,1998 33 ···'···~:I·~·,·--~~·()·:~,'·'-'·"·;;--n"'·()'·,····-::~· ··'·E ·B·''·E···'·'S'·'·T· 'l'"oro-''1'·''. ../ THf .. .• ..>·ftr 'Qr-i.-ri:iil/ Continued [rom.page 31 . Continued from oaee32 •. 'We lidil"tTie belt,~ii:'ds inyiOOfilT, 'While EPMD, KRS-Oile,HakimandtheJWsall must see the perfect interconnec­ Spot a rapper him ·down, throuJ··· showed theystillhavetalent,allofthemfaltered mu­ ... run, tion between No ID's production, him out in the third, /Yo, check it, I· sicaIry: KRS-One'sIGotNext's commercialventures the guest artists and Common's thinklike the.man behinda registerl~": and theweak tracks on the R's 18thLetter were the abilities as an MC. Evergreen smokin estates, rhyme and: particularreasonsbehindthetwogreatestMesever e No ID produces tracks with such powermademetreasurerI.With third» to fall drastically a .high texture and refined sound down, six togo,llashthestrobe.lights/ :', HONORABLE MENTION should go to the X- it often goes unnoticed. A closer I'm open, RZA hitmeofflovely/ andE': ..Eeutioner'sX-pressions astheX-Men(RobSwift, listen to his perfectly paced breaks love him/With root beer thoughts, MistaSinista,RocRaidaand'Ibtal EcHpse)ex­ and hard-smacking snares and orie hereea tenniscourtforyourbirthdayf.· . .. perimented beautifully with the most fascinating can hear DJ Premier's powerful The~ofrop,politicwithSade/. intstrument created in the last quarter ofthe 20th influence. Contributions from .. , Aveng;,ng· eagkerooksI rock the .~~ .. ' .,: ,.cell~the turntables, Doug Infinite (~~Real N*gga... in Spiegel books / AnnheiserBusch. t;.~ ·DJ M,Jggs' presentation of The Soul Assasems, Quotes," ~~1, 2 Many") and Tlie-' kingscamethrough, and stoppedyour' IIIJ51. Chapter ifeatures'great tracks with RZA withthe Roots t~llNight Long'}are in the ­ ioholejooksISpitfire.Kangols, / watch GZA,CypressHill,ofcourse,MobbDeep,Call0' same vein oftight production. Tony traina,gangofhoes/Painfullike .Does.MissYs'iDtrOdtictionof8imple'dram-D-bass . . DaWild,W)UefandaclassicfromtheGoodieMob. hearin'the news'like when your man break patterns, gimmicky,Shnpleton lyricism and . Has,"the chubbykid from FatJoe's video" ('The "During divine hoursIluse mind go I Earsblow, / windyattimes /watch great lookingVidoes·.deserv.:eHONO~~l\I.E~- Sh.*tb Beal") became the bestunknown Mff this power to refine flower girlsI and the room shake the girl / Love the shit TION? Ofcourse not. .. year withE.N.E.M.Y:Mindz's Every Negarive En- make em feel like BlackpearlsI get out this song, now watch her water their minds offacrylic nailsrand break' the raptoorldI There's a lot you can GhostfaceKillah - ~~t~ YOUTZ" find ina lost Black girlI Maisons buildinglodges/ we be in garagesI ',"-,e on theruri with the golden guns/. discussing who we bonedland who get you none / When it reach out and God is / pro-Black like Craig touch SOT1l€One / blazetheybuns/ Now HodgesI with my dashikis in the I'm guilty by associationI Times of cleaners I kick it for theCheuy . Blackness eclipsin' the sun / target . riding aheadl the backstreet lin­ practicecommence when]throwthese . gers... " darts / at these rappers / Ricochet, hit . the charts/ bloodyyourmattress/ Hold - "All Night Long" medown, ~bloodkin/ Tmgoin'in...." MethodMan - "Helle Wind Stair' In addition, the guest MCslart­ ists are placed on the tracks they The two most uniquely styledMcs, "It was prime urgentl for you to ex­ ~Took. twpt;lracs off theblun.ts.,.and¥~~JtQd.Ma!land 01'_ Dirty Bas~ amine.the rhyme merchantI Lace "Boom master with the faster blade, will shine on [Can·nibus on the .track slasherlmanufacturepoems to _.. battle track, "MakingA Name For started breaking.down·theflog/ the tard, opened the door for the Wu's MCs with styles when. they rhyme microphones, bones fracture I limited Ourselves," De· La Soul's blue is for the Cri,ps, thered'is for the successful solo ventures. It must be drunk/ on a label hunt untiltwenty edition/ compositionI.spark friction I. Posdonous and Trugoy the Bloods/ the whites for the oops and noted that every solo album was re­ thou out the trunkl Eight diagram, non-/"..".,cvn1:;"";"...... " Dove's abstract observations on the stars come from the clubs! or the ally a Wu album featuring the par­ swordswinga, armored tank force/ slugsl that ignites through: the night, ticular member. RZA throw in the·disc but then l InapectGhDek- the bouncy, B-boy-styled "Gettin' '27orHeaven~ Sake" DownAt The Amphitheater, " Cee­ bythedawnea:rlylightlwhyson..sfight·...... '-RaekWon's'OnlyBuilt For Cuban change the bank source... n , '. • .'•. ~".I._~ . ..• ,:'. '. .L~~~~_~J;~~ Jb~'gI:.~~~_st. c_ _ ~.,-; -spirit~ality· the-~lD<)()t;h, for thestripee.... " .. ., ._ .thematical­ ••• , _. __,.""" -0., _._.__ .-..- o. • '._, "._ •• , Lo's· on- " ". gospel-tinged "G.O.D. (Gaining bum mhiphop-mstory, musieally and GeniWJIGZA-· f Wu-TangGe~' One's Definition"), among others]. RZA- ~~ Better Tomorrow" lyrically, as Rae andGhostface Killah "AsHigh As . Often the reverse was in order as became legends. GeniuslGZA's Liq­ the vibe ofthe track was enhanced ',Putthemcrocks down, youjustsiarted uid Swords and Ghost's /RONMAN RZA (along with 4th Disciple, by the guest artist (i.e. Erykah slanging two months ago...Why you showed RZA's advancement as a pro­ InspectahDekandTrueMaster) Badu's modern, soulful nature on standin' there? posin' like you Donna ducer giving many MCs a sound of has the most difficult task ofgiving "All Night Long'?, Karen wear...That sh*t is ~d up, their own. Wu-Forever a cohesive thematic With Common's persona finally yo, we nd>d: turned to d*ck riders..." After all that, we have Wu-Forever sound. Through the spirituality of released amidst a yearbuilt around a the Gods and Earths, establishedon catching up with his amazingly horribleMel entrepreneur great who theopeningcut, ~Wu·Revolution,"the deft ability to lyrically express so­ Raekwon - "Little GhettoBuys' has exploited his best artist beyond Wu applies the knowledge to real cially commentative humor, he death. With NO WAYOUT, the Wu's ghetto lives recognizing the contra­ fully blends the songs with his Why?!? Itcertainlydoesn't evoke the bad promotions made hardcore fans dictions oftheir past experiences to overall theme. Common's theme same feelings as Enter The Wu-Tang dismiss a truly innovative work. Wu­ destroyupcominghypocrisy. Theart is the life ofthe "common" brother (36Chambers). Due to theabnormally, rapidly-evolved lyrical abilities ofthe Forever is a simple musical back­ of the MC is taken to the next level in the United States, the African­ t~~~~.':.~~':. -~,'j~~c::.... _;": . .. ground to nine great poets (and when their content can include in-America. He rejects stereotypes Wu, Loud Record's inconsistent, ~.~o. ofthalioOks ~a 199fL~thebft8iB,·· .. :. . Cappadonna, a force as well) who storytellingoftheirpastexperiences ;;':~IJ1'O'~tfayDi ~:c with ferocity yet never seems to be imbalanced promotions and today's ..ana:"jBl.Ig, aue.,.-,:,' -,'.' ... have matured into such diverse per­ while trying to find a \way to move applying an ideology and spiritu­ commercialloveaffair, we couldnever '.~~~and&u'-r3.~~_ . expect a repeatoftheir 1993 debut. sonas with wildly-varied content. It on and grow from it.. While "The ality that is out of touch with our • ~':,:fmlii·~~to.6Oth.gMng.a: J;8W potbaitci.~ ~t . is this fusion of incomparable Mes, . Projects," 'Maria," 'Vag Sh*t" and reality. Common also showsbreak­ With regard to outside forces, Loud ·<~.StrIJ_in~BoriCl1airiSUnsetP..,~:~~~... .. under a common goal ofseekingrigh­ 'The City" alladdress theformer, ~:4. through creativity epitomized by promoted Wu-Foreverin virtually the :- ·'Ihe,Art;rAcAf~. ~:\W8sa~~ teousness with a realistically applied Better Tomorroto," "Little Ghetto the masterful storytellingon "Sto­ reversemannerofEnter The Wu-Tang. <: '~ofpure hiPhaP~.rt.~·~,their 4.'; spirituality, that makesthis LP so re­ Boys"and "Impossible' clearly rep­ len Moments Parts 1, 2 and 3" There was no proliferation of tracks ~.' ~ARodi·AziclA~~:,et.J~' markable. resent the latter: clear direction, . tbe~of' .... . ,. . ..'Wt£ .. Common ultimately defines the to the underground radio shows and IIIix tape DJs. Rather, there was an To hear, on ~Triumph,"ten Wu.MCs analyzationandtheconsequences of .$jik'(JfTIi.e 7hrAs~and ~_'Da&' great solo work with One Day... .,.- over-abundance of promotions from deftly chronicle their victory over the ourlives. niquii;"...... :.' .''·.f.t internet sites, CD-Rom capabilities of new world order and all its wicked With 23 songs, the production has The·· AJkabolib·LikWit:IotiOn had ~.. "",-, .. - "'F#Ck waiting'under my skin...It's '...... the CD and I-BOO numbers. This cre­ manifestations, from the immense few hooks and fewer melodies with ·Unda.p'Ssure~" hard to be.patient with no VCR or standouts.rtJontents "RoiI/iii•. ated the negative vibe of a crew sell­ epic detail of GZA and Masta Killa, . tons ofbreaksofalltempos. With so PlayStation J knowing your Wth 'The Best!' arid -Hlp' HOp JJnmkiesj.· the psychology behind the victorious many talented. MCs,the key for the Rockports somebody may be lacin'/ ing out with an expensive double CD one too many fast-forwardables ("Aww Sh,*t." rhyme by the RZA to the overthrow RZA tolaydowntracksthateach make me wanna leave the city when with useless extras. was "Likwit.Ridas"). ., of each wack indiVidual by Raekwon MC couldshine'on. However, theex- I tan't take a vacation / without To understand the Wu legacy, one 'Ibny1buch's Tape 50 and55 were innova­ andGhost, in particular, will have to .cellentviolin solo on ~7leunited,"the somebody breakin'into my demon­ mustunderstandhow Wu-Foreverhas tions,buildingonDoo'Wop's !J5Live,OOing~ be unrecognized hip hop ingenuity. excellent bass.drums and vocal pep. stationl For some Southside infor­ been led to. 9Ominute&eestylesessionsfrom·ireatMC&and· pering throughout ~Triumph,"and mation I search the n*gga netl cer­ Their debut captured the essence of hot instnnnental breaks. Thny's 5 Deadly ~­ 'r>ile driver/ Tut boulder, face blow the "thick snare" on ''It's Yourz" re­ tain things about this lain 't figga every hard n*gga that lived through oms tape with OJ PF Cuttin', Dr Evil Dee, Hulk I Anger rap book causin' chess veal RZA's subtle genius this time yet... " windmills and Kung-fu movies on DJPremier,DJ MisterCee and himselfis a channel 5 to Phillie blunts and army plate smokel monster truckl punkl out. '1laJpoJUJeB ··Ib· TM Best HiP· historicalcollaboration. Primo'sold school crates elephant gun poke/ Jaw-breaker, hu­ . The real reason why? The Wu· - ~~Stolen Moments Part 3" fatigues. ThisVoltroncrewofMCs all Hop Ofl997? Semiyourtop aremindblowing excitement. manoid, vice-grip chokeI Face the in­ Tang Clan are the bestcrew ofMCs had a uniqueflair yetlacked a distinct liBts!J commentsI' com-' In so far as ])Js, the best unknown was DJ in hip hop today. ten Represent Your Hip form of content allowing the RZA's ferno I maestro/pull itI pipe hard plaints,.etc. to T1ie 'Iickerat: ... Sincere, whose Turtttahle Assassin and reoont· Hop Philosophy. too!! slang, bite the golden bullet..." musical themes ofKung-Fu clips, ee­ So~New SharpStylez,displayanangryturntablistwhose· Call Edward at 802 ­ .riesoundsand simplistic battlebreaks Continued on page 33 360ParkAvenue lbrk,NY100101' Room 1622. cuts and scratches merge perfectly with rare 6800. to unify the Wu. U-God - "Deadly Melody" 17imports, good taste and non-existent talking. \

34 TICKER. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FEBRUARY 4,1998 TICKER SPORTS . FEBRUARY 4, 1998 3S Broncos Send Green Bay Packing .By,l.\Ii.~~~~l_ ~. _G-alif;i~_ _'_ __ __ After losing the big game three fumbled the ball which resulted in minutes on the clock. Denver than just a few seconds and have previous times; John'Elway and a 27.-yard field goal by Longwell. gainedpossessionatthe Green Bay to score anyway. Davis walked in The Denver Broncos shocked the Davis got it together in a 13-play 49 with 3:27 to go. Davis runs for for histhird rushing touchdown of THE ARTISTIC SECTIONFOR BARUCHARTISTS nation in one of the greatest Su­ drive where he carried eight times two yards on the left side and gets the day, giving Denve:r a seven­ per BOwl victories ever. for. 31 bite and scratch yards to face-masked 'by. Holland for a 15­ point lead. The 31-24 victory over Green score his second touchdown. yard penalty..Elway passed a 2~­ With 1:39 remaining on their-own GCO)thi~ Fi~tico)IDl Bay was h.istory in the making for With the score Denver 24 and yarder to Griffith up the left side­ 30, Favre was 70 yards away from JD)itIrJk allfans, everyone's sentimentalfa­ Green Bay 17 and 34 seconds left line to the Green Bay 8. The two­ tying it up. Four straight passes vorite was Elway and his Broncos. in the Third, things got sloppy. minute warning sounds and the ... later, Favre charged down field to p . .&. The Broncos used Running Back Green Bayfumbled after the return tension builds. Sharpe is caught the Denver 31. Second down and Terrell Davis to rush for 157yards and gave the ball up to Elway. for holding, Elway steps back 10- six, Favre incomplete pass, third which included three rushing Elway'spass,intendedfor R. Smith 'yards and gets further away from and six, incomplete. Last chance, T h ce JP ilP6 Jr it S Jk touchdowns to set a. new Super was-interceptedby Robinson in.the clinching his dream. . The ball is fourth-and six, another.ineomplete Bowl record. The deserving MVP end zone, Robinson got up and ran then handed to Davis for a spec­ pass over the middle intended for upon my stone cold face, the words burn By [email protected] had a tormenting day however, 15 yards and was eventually tack­ tacular 17 -yar d run that just Chmura.iknocked down byMobley. A Friday,the 13th afternoon upon the 23rd deeply-into mysoul, ever so deeply etched. due to anunintentional kick in the led by Sharpe. Favre tossed a 26­ misses the end zone. Denver calls Denver gained possession on loss St. building. Hand upon the cold revolving My screams are followed by agonizingpain head. Davis knelt on theturfhold­ yardcompletion to Freeman to end it's first fime-out at 1:47 remain­ ofdowns with 28;"seconds togo and doorofmisfortune. Pass bya polyester guard . beyond any human enduring heart, ing his head andscreaming in thethird quarter. . mg. a lifetimeto rejoice. Elwaydropped macking on Ms Talk-to-the-Fist student. At Likea snakewhichhaslostallofitsvenom, pain. Doctors would later admit it The opening play of the fourth Green Bay makes a controversial to his knee as the clocktickeddown the corner of my left eye, postcards flyas her mymost darkestreflection looksatmewith was a mild concussion. Davis no quarter, Green Bay gets a gift, a decision to allow Denver to score arid the monk-eys on his back came ex-boyfriend pulls out a Tech-9 machine gun a xeroxed smile and hands me the Swordof stranger to pain, with a history of 25~yard pass interference call on instead oftrying to hold their of­ flying off and Denver captures it's andriddlesthe $5Ck5 guardwithsome daily .' Anti-Life to commit the ancient Japanese migraines satout the second quar­ Gordon. Three plays and 33-yards fense .on the one and killing pre­ first Superbowl victory, 31-24. iron, art ofSeppuku. ter holding an icy towel to his later, Favre and Freemen connect Cious time on the clock. Whois to Congratulations John, you deserve Enter Mason Hall and grab a piece of temples to numb the agony. in the left co:mer to tie the.score at saythat they couldhave heldthem 1·t' . chewedup termitecardboard. Descend.down As I stare at my only forbidden chance of When Davis started the third 24. anyWay? Favre later stated that a magical redcarpet, find a seatin thecenter .ending my suffering, I remember what quarter on the Denver 23 with a Both defenses then step up and they figured itwould be smarter to ofthe world Notice a scratched heart upon ... someone oncetoldme;"Insucha cruelworld, three-yard run on a left sweep he force two punts a piece aridkill ten have 1:40 and possession rather the cardboard. Valentine's Dayis tomorrow, . therearesomepeoplewhoare givena birth­ one of the loneliest of holidays followed by . right of without soulmate, without anyone ChristmasandbirthdaysinvoIvingeverywish to love, without anyone to kiss your tears that nevercame true, . away,withoutanyonetoembrace,andwith- Yogi Berra, Yankees manager; asked iffirst baseman Don The doors explode open, a barrage ofcosmic flashes, enter anotheriee-prin­ outsomeone shareyourlove with. Therearesomeofus.who willnever to Mattingly had exceeded expectations this season: "I'd say cess. Her eyes sparkled like jaded diamonds;fine arcane porcelin skin, long find that somebody to heal your broken wings so that you can fly out of stormyhair, a special glowwhich surroundsherandlike so manyothersofher this miserable place..." he's done more than tnat."- September 24, 1984 kind who have been touched by a "secret emotion," Then a tenderful tear falls and rusts away at my mask. Crumpled in'NF~ black thorns pierce my hands' and I don't bleed because I am already The NFL championship 'trophy awarded annually to the' win­ The-'coldest'gameon record history was the 1967 NFL­ It is something I've named as the "lovelight," Yousee when twoheartsfall in dead, I just won't admitityet. Andtherecan neverbe darkness without ner of the Super Bowl is called the Vince Lombardi Trophy, in Championship Game at LambeauField m Green Bay between love, they emit this special aura from within 'one's own soul. Each light is shadows... honor of the former Green Bay Packers legendary coach. The the Packers and Dallas Cowboys- dubbed the "Ice BowL" The different andunique to each person as ofthe degree ofthe love for each other. Then of sudden maddness, a devilish grin cracks my mask as I turn and trophy is hand-crafted ofsterling silver, stands 21 inches high, . temperature was -13 degrees, with a wind-chill factor of 48 I am so cursedwith this wretched ability that at times I have to wear shades plungetheSwordofAnti-Life deepinto theeyeskullofmymost darkestreflec­ weighs 7 pounds, 3 ou.nces and is valued at$10,OOO. It is crafted below. becausethe light is.soblinding. Andtheonlylightthat·!emitisthe colddark tion. Gracefullyhiscarcassfallsinto a rottinggravefoBowedbytheblackroses by Tiffany & Co. February 10 arclight, the light in which shadows are made of, the light ofemptiness, sor- fall January 31 which from myinvisible hand. So nowI possessa newface, a new identity, -1~. row~~inVjS~ilitY, gr09m;veri~ce, .andhatred. .' .. -". -ranenmidDIgnt--soii,'an:IiiViSl&lescar~·Dut lEave~me' -'aack:ie Robmscn,:b '19-19 Greg,Norman., -D. -a1'iotlier mosfcitan:,- Lenny Dykstra, b. 1963 Then the impossible happens. Just for a silent moment, her doe-like eyes myown darkest shadow... Ernie' Banks, h:1931 touch mine. Butthen true reality setsin andtheauditorium aroundmegrows 1. How high are the uprights that extend above the cross­ Nolan Ryan, b. 1947 February 12 forever black. And my most darkest reflection tears itself away from my *Suicide Prevention 212-532-2400 bar on the goal posts on a regulation NFL field? , February 3 Dom DiMaggio, b.1917 shadow... The Samaritians (24hrs) 212-67~OOO' Fran Tarkenton, b. 1940 Joe Garagiola, h. 1926 In the coldest of whispers, he feeds mea spoonful of life's poisons: "You are a Baruch Counseling 212-802-6840 Bob Griese, b. 1945 Bill Russell, b. 1934 nobody in some body. You are a machine which has been programed to talk, 2. What Hall of Fame defensive end is credited with coin­ walk, act, andthink. You belongin theWorldofthe Unfound! She will never UNTITLED February 14 smile for you. She will never laugh for you. She will burn. your poetry with ing the term "sack," and is widely but unofficially recog­ February 4 Jim Kelly, b. 1960 lust. She will learn to hate you. yourtouch will disgust her. You are only a nized as the NFL's all time leader in sacks? Lawrence Taylor, b. 1959 ANDSUPPOSE YOURE RIGHT... Drew Bledsoe, b. 1972 scar of a manllf" SUPPOSE YOrFRE RIGHTABOUTMEBEING Steve McNair, b. 1973 Never hashis words ever been so true. As hecontinedto ranton, myheart February 5 THEMANFOR YOU turns into a block ofice upon cold hellfire, and mypenofswordplunges deeper Hank Aaron, b. 1934 WILL 1 WlTTI.EAWAYUNDER THE GAZEOFWVE? 3. Who was the first left-handed NFL quarterback to pass February 15 into a place where a lost emotion shouldbe. Mybroken steel wings unsheath RogerStaubach, b. 1942 . WILL 1RESOUNDSUDDENLYWITHCRYP'I1CKNOWLEDGEOFAMORE? -Iaromir Jagr, b. 1972 . themselves to embrace me, but they slowly turn into adamant bars which for more than 4,000 yards in a season? Darrell Waltrip, b. 1949 SUPPOSE YOrFRE RIGHT'THATI W1LLALWAYS Amy Van Dyken, b. 1973 imprison mein this dark realm. Roberto Alomar; b. 1968 SHAIXJW YOUR PAIN In angered fists, I crumple these scribbles of poetry which will never WILL 1UGHTA FUSE TO MYHAIR OUTOFGLEE? Februarylti see a dayoflight ofher eyes. And in a d.ark flash, the letters in my hand February 6 WILL 1WALKONMYKNEES SIMPLYTOBEBYYOUR SIDE? 4. Name the first five players selected in the 1989 NFL John McEnroe, b. 1959 are twisted and mangle themselves into a paper mask. And as I place it Babe Ruth, b. 1895 WILL 1SCREAMONLYAFTER YOU HAVELAUGHED? draft-four of whom are considered probable Hall of Fame Jerome Bettis, b. 1972 Vania August 15,1990NY SUPPOSE YOrFRE RIGRTTHATTHEDISTANCE inductees? Editors' HOLDS OURSILHOUE1TE WILL YOUR VOICE ECHO INMYTHROAT WHENI GARGLE WITH We die in inconstantfields Note: HONEY? foreign to us We wouldlike WILLTHEHEAVENSALWAYSDIMSOWEMAYALWAYSSHlNE? WO~IN foreign to them. to thank SUPPOSE YOrFRE RIGRTTHAT~ WlLL BE, NATIONAL:eIBLSAND SPOmDAY·CoMEro HARLEM'S JACKIE CHALLENGED We touch the rhythms 0{the night D e a n .ROBINSON'. RECREATIONCENTER Efkarpidis, WILL YOU EVERDENYME WHENTHE TIME COMES TO PLACE OUR newescape FEETTOGETHER? City ofNewYork Parks and Recreation in stickingexperiences. Kenyatta WILL YOUEVERFORGETTHATALL THE TIME.YOUSLEPT, I KEPT ~ .field, and demonstrations by Pious and WATCH? National Girls' & Women.in the St. John's women's basket­ We attendthe endofthe Existence Kiro for their SUPPOSE YOlFRERlGBTTHATDEATHISTHEONLY Sports Day came to Jackie~._~al:I .t~am._apd, the ,~,~rr>~.nt.~no surrendered images excellent THING THATWlLLMOMENTARILY8EPERATE US Robinson Recreation Canter Recreation Cent~r's'Double- " defeated ideologies. last Saturday as Parks' first- 'Dutch champions. 'file theme of ­ work. We en­ WILL YOU REMEMBERTHATALLMYLIFEI ONLYUNDERSTOOD HOW TOKISS YOU? ever celebration ofthe event, a, the. day was, "There, Are No,._' . We feel the Earths beat courage that '0 '.>'~' r, ;_. WILL YOUREMEMBER,THATOUR DANCEISTREONLYDANCETHATI great gear-up for the 'Winter -. Limits·."-'.: '_ ", carefree murderers anyone sub­ HAVEEVER CREATF;D? Olympics. Recognized by Con- , .. One -h~ghl~g;~,~;wa~ .~n·ap-., wounded semigods. mittheirvari­ ANDSUPPOSE YOUARERlGHT... gress in 1987, the Day a.i~~d'p~l:l!"al)c,e~A:i~ee~~_l~l~S.wh.o.i·· to focus the nation's attention ._Iost both leg~ as 'a c~I1d,~u~,Wbo;~ OU8 art work WILL EVERYHALLWAYTAKEME TO YOU? Wego up to the fatal hour on the achievements 'of female- ,p~rsev~reto,becom~'a·n!1~10n~.}!; to us. We are WILL YOUUGHTA CANDLETON1TEAND SHOWME SOMESTEPS? the kf,ss ofthebetrayal WILL EVERYFEASTANCHOR US ONWVESHARB(JURFOREVER? athlet~s and to increaseoPlu)r:" -~jy~~i~,n J"c-oll~~e~_r~e.~'~~ar~~~~ the love ofthe Abyss. . ·wa1tin.g for' WILL IDREVERIGNITEE"I'ERNrlYI tunitiesfor a IL'women .i~ Geo~eto~.U:nl~~rslty~flI:ld'~~,._~ you. WILL WE LIE UNDEROURTREEAND COMFORT7VMORROW? sports. For the first time ever, nominated at last year ESPYs.. -; - DeanEfkarpidis -Parks hosted a speaker panel the, ESPNsports awardscer-"o -KENYATTAPIOUS featuring" top women in the emony. .'. " If· February 4,1998 Women's Basketball Results Men's Basketball Results

12/10 @ SUNY Maritime Win 62-29 1/22 vs. CNR Win 60-32 1/20 vs. CCNY Win 78-55 12/9 @Yeshiva Win 59-48 12/12 @ Marymount Win 78-22 1/24 vs..Bard Win 60-38 1/3 @ CCNY Win 82-61 1/23 @ Old Westbury Win 76-59 1/26 vs. Yeshiva Win 67-20 1/24Tournament Win 76-73 1/3 @ CSI Loss 75-36 1/7 @John Jay Win 88-71 1/6 @ CCNY Win 44-36 1/27 vs. SUNY Maritime Win 73- 1/27 @ NYU Loss 67-60 orr 1/12 vs. Lehman Win 78-57 1/12 vs. Lehman Win 53-47 15 - 1/15 vs. Emerson Loss 67-63 1/29 @ Lehman Win 74-58 1/29 @ Lehman Loss 35-33 1/31@ Mt. St. Vmcent Loss 78-71 1/15 vs. Old Westbury Loss 66-63 1/17 @ Medgar Evers Win 91-88 1/20 vs. Hunter Loss 67-46 1/31 vs. John Jay Win 50-46 Baruch States 'We are the best' By Kenyatta Pious Forward Crystal Jeffrey plays hard The new year has a promise of Statesmen's success Coach Rankis ous. nosed defense and is a rebounding it to wi I reiterate.from my previous ar- high expectationsin the form ofthe said, WWe have th e capaci Y owm h catalyst. Forward Natalie bilrt t 1 tide that the Statesmen have t, e v CUNY championship for the CUNY and the capa 1 y 0 ose Testamark, two time CUNYRookie Statesmen and Stateswomen bas- thefirst round." Moreover, against acumen to triumph in the CUNYs. ofthe Week rec:ipient, is agile.and The Statesmen NYU the Statesmen led by nine To add weightto my statement, the b k ketball teams. ' SUNY Old smooth at attacking the as et. have an impressive 13-5 record. onlyto lose byseven points. Guard Statesmen won the, f tin First year coach, Rick SwilIiInger And even more impressive they are Scott Holloway commented,"We Westburytournament bY de ea g II E Sc ttH 11 said, "They ar,e playing very" we 6-0 in CUNY!!! Should the States- don't have that killer instinct. All Medgar vers; 0 0 owaywas we have to be more consistent. men win against John Jayon Feb- our losses haven't been blowouts tournament MVP whil e Leonard but Lib t . d l:l7 missed 18 straight free throws ruary 3, 1998, they will have 'but the point is we should've won." Mitchell and J oe I era 0 receIve VYIe clinched 1st place in the North Di- Center Niall Bernard added,"1 All Tournament honors respec- in a game!! That's absurd." vision. The Statesmen are almost know we are not the best talented tively. This year Niall Bernard set ~e are beginning to gel now. In a virtual shoo-in for ECAC post- team individually: But as a team a Baruch record with 16 straight the beginningwe onlyhad threeto season tournament bid. The unit we are the best in CUNY and made field goals. Liberato reached four girls practicingbut now we all .St.~t.~~~_<>.~~n_o~J.h_~__o.1.l!.~!"_h~

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