Bronx Community College Newspaper
DECEMBER 1985 No. 3 HAPPY HOLIDAYS / PEACE KAPAYAPAAN SIOCHRIN PAX MIR HO' A BINH' PAIX •• / BANBEANNACHT PACE BEKE PAZ
BCC Outreaches to Ponce, Puerto Rico
National Protest Day
On October llJ . 1985 . The Stude nt Gov i o n i ~ t <.. Com munit y groups and ~ tu dents ern ment Assoc iation put on a prog ram on comb ined effort s to organ ize major dem Members of B.C.C. S.G.A. Apartheid . We h ~:~d thirty (30) ~ tud e nh in onqrat ions at the office of U.S. corpora ti on~ th at do bmine<.~ in So uth Afri ca. and attendance. by Juanita R . Lopez membe r ~ of the Student Government anti con~ ult a t e'> of th e Apartheid regime . Speaker~ were Dr . Roscoe C. Hrmv n. office of the Co ll ege Pre~ide nt. The offi ce of The President and Th e Pre sident of Bronx Community Coll ege. The key to ~ uc cess in fund raising was Mr . R o~coe Brow n .Jr . Student Gm·emment A~-,oc i a ti o n spon Professor Sokolsky who is a hi~tor y Pro wh at the student s at RCC used on October Prof. Lui~ Pinto fe~~or at Bron x Communit y College. \h. 'ored a benefit fundrai<.er for th e victim' 16. llJ 85 to raise money for the reli ef <. up Mr. Donald \1i tchell Th ahisilc Ntab a South Afri ca n who at of the land sl ide in Ponce . Puerto Ri co and port of th e mud slide emerge nc y in Ponce. Ms . Shirley Smith th e earthyuake in l\.1 ex ico Cit y. Approxi t e nd ~ Bronx Communit y Coll ege . a repre Puerto Rico . Thi'> fund rai ~ ing took pl ace "fr. \1ichael Grant sentative from th e African 1\ ati onal Con mately S 1.000 \.\·a<, coll ec ted . in the GSC Student cafeteria. We were Dralle Fun g g res~ and Donald Mitchell. Pre-,ident of The College Senate held a meeting on qu ite aware th at the students ge t many We at th e Communi ca tor th ank each October 3 1. 1985 . At thi'> meetin g Shirley Student Guve rnm en t Assoc iati on . reque<,h eac h year for fumb to ~ upp or t and everyone of the participanh for your October II . I SIX:i . was 1\ational Anti Smith. Vic e Pr e ~ id ent of Student Govern worthy cau -, e'> . Thi ~ one wa~ no excepti on gene rou<, -.,upport . Thou-;and~ ~ tu ment and Pre~ident of th e I.O .C. wa'> Apat1he id Protcq Da y. of and th e re~pon~e wa<, tremendou,. A dona ·· Remember. my brother. th at the coin d e nt ~ acti, · i t i e ~ elt.:cted Vice Cha irp er~o n of th e College pa rti cipated in on more ti on of 5500.00 wa~ gi,en by \1r. Ju an "hich you clroped into th e withered hand than 200 ca mpu~ e ~ acrms th e coun - Senate . Colon . anti 5360.00 wa' donated by th e <,!re tchin g tm\ ard you. trv duri n" the wee k of Ocohcr lith. Ln- - - c student body of BCC. h th e gulden chai n th at bind~ your ri ch Spea k er~ at the fund r a i~ e r included hea rt to the lo,·ing hea rt of God Gibran International Education Information FREE SERVICES AT B.C.C.
Th e ed uca ti onal/training <,e n · ic e~ con As of the new acade mi c war. the l n~ti in clud in g brochure<, on hundred<. of stud y Job T AP ·Ce nt er #6. a curnm unit y out 'i<,t of ,·ocational co un ~e lin g a<,~es~ment tute of International Ed ucati on (!IEJ ha s abroad program<, 'f1tli1Sored by U.S. reach project at Bronx Community Col and refe rr al~ to basic s kill~ upgrading. opened i t ~ new Intern ati onal Ed uca ti on hi gher edu cati onal in<,titut ion~ and pri,·ate lege. offers free employment ser \'i ce~ to Center to U.S. co ll ege antluni,·crsity stu agencies. all standard reference books. the public. hi gh <.c hool equi,·alency in tructi on. poo;t dents pl annin g tu study abroad . The Infor and one of the large st <.:olkctiom of "We have regi stered over 5.000 people ~ econ d a ry edu ca ti on. and on-th e-job tr ai n mation Cent er i~ a volunteer-ba <, ed fac ility foreign uni,·ersit y catalogue s in the U.S. and '> Uc ce,<, fully pl aced more th an ~ . 000 tn g. Recentl y. th e ce nter expanded it'> youth supported by the profe~s i o n a l re<,ource~ of Coll ege and univ e r~it y students are of th em in job, ... '>aid \1 s. Adele Maine. unit to better <,en·e the need <, of client '> the Instit ute . the large q and moq ac ti ve urged to u~ e the center' s r e ~ourc e~ to assi st Director of the cen ter wh ich is at 19 10 U.S. hi ght:r cd ucat ional exchange agency . them in planning stud y abroad . Becau:-.e Arthur A,·en ue. aged 16 to ~4 who are not at tend in g '>Chool . It is located on the fir"t floor of li E':-. head 1lf th e \'olume of inquirie~. the Information \h. l\·1aine. along with a profe~<,ional qu a rt e r~ office at R09 Unit ed 1\ation' Pla 7a Cent er cannot offer assi<. tance over th e ~taft' of 29 . heads a program funded by The ce nter aho include' four joh de \' eloper<, wh o recruit potential empl oyer' . (First A ,·enue bet\veen 45th and 46th teleplwne orb~ letter. but is oren to ~ tu the 1\e\\ York Cit y Department of Em L1nder a federally funded program kn o 11 n Streel!-.) . denh \ i ~ itin g \few York City from IOa .m. ployment and sponsored by Bronx Com li E·~ ne\\' Information Cent er c ontain ~ to 4 p .rn . eac h weekday except major hoi i muni ty College . The program i~ di ,·ided a~ Targeted J ob~ Tax Credi t (TJTC ). em ex tensive infprrnation on <, tudy over<,ca' . day~ . int o two c ompune nt~ : Emplo) ment Se r ploye r<, are encouraged to hire di,ad,·an \' ic e ~ and Edu cational Training Se r vic e ~ . tag ed client-; in return for a federal tax credi t worth S3 .000 for each el ig. ibl e appl i· Ea rl y acl vi <,ement for \lur~ing 41 and 4~ All U.S. citi7 ens or residenh \.\ith is scheduled for December 9. 1985 " gree n ca rd s" who are un empluyed. un can t the fir'! ~ear an d S I .500 for the '>Cc from 10:00 A.M. to 6:00P.M. and December 10 from I :00 dere mpl oyed . economi call y di~ad, · an ond year. PM . to 4:00P.M. taged or entering the labor m~:~rket for the " \io applicant i' !llrned a"' ay hel·au'e in Gould Tech Room 406. first time are eli gible for the progra m. of a lack ofs k i ll~ ... ' aid \h. \1aine . .. In To be considered for ad mission into the Spring 1986 Nursing Employment services in clude coum.el '>!ead . the ~e c l ie nt~ are enc ouraged to par ti cipate in training programs so th at they 4 1 and 4~ class. ing. job preparation workshop~. testing you mu st see an advi sor during the sc heduled early ad vise and job referral. can acquire marke tabl e skills to compete ment period . in the world of work ... Page 2 THE COMMUNICATOR December 1985 Letters to the Editor The Dear Editor; Dear Editor: I do think that we should have a tele Senator or a white supremacist group My purpose in writing is that I'm in phone extension in each classroom. so if makes any derogatory statements about terested in corresponding with ambitious Editor we have been in class for at least twenty Blacks. no one forces all or most of them colleagues. minutes and the Professor hasn't shown to take the responsibility." "white Sena Presently, I am incarcerated at Elmira up we would be able to contact that De tors" (Ms. Gray does not use capital let Correctional Center; attending pre-col Speaks partment and be informed if he is out. On ters for whites. only for blacks.) for the lege. electronics. and preparing myself for November II. I sat in a classroom. waited most part, regardless of party affiliation. a college course in ousines management. thirty minutes. the Professor did not show realize that a derogatory racial or ethnic Also. during my leisure time I compose up and no-one from the Math Department epithet. directed toward any group will songs and poems. had the decency to come over and tell us receive unfavorable media coverage. criti Sincerely. lsn 't is amazing what kngths America that the Professor was out. cism from colleagues. and immediate pub Davon Plenty will go to just to see if a Russian wants We may he poor but that doesn ' t mean lic condemnation from a variety of con #HS-A-4004 to defect so she can prove how terrible we are to be treated disrespectfully. cerned organizations and individuals. P.O. Box 500 the Russian Society is '1 Have you noticed If a "white supremacist" were to fill Elmira. N.Y. 14902 that most Russian defectors are equipped Madison Square Garden with 25.000 en Editor's note: Davon has submitted a with a skill'? thusiastic white devotees or even to at poem which is on the arts page. Why is it that when the Haitians and tempt to draw a sizeable audience into a other people of color came to America· s public arena. surely many black and white Dear Editor: shores the lady in the harbour decided to New Yorkers would justifiably express We students and parents that attend Bronx drop the torch on their hacks'? And. if they anger. This leads us to Farrakhan- the Community College. and bring our chil Dear Daseta Gray do get into America they are kept in deten racist who filled the Garden. dren to the Bronx Community College and the Communicator Staff: tion or they have to he hidden av.:ay in Farrakhan perpetuates damaging myths Child Development Center. have submit and fosters new animosities by incorporat I would be remiss if I allowed any more churches. etc. ted a request to the Dean of Students. Syl ing Jews into his sermons as an ubiquitous time to elapse without informing you how Look how many young children are vm Miranada and the President of The anathma (sic) historically opposed to black great I feel the first two issues of the Com being killed in South Africa. out America Student Government. Donald Mitchell: to self-improvement. Farrakhan intention unicator have been this year. doesn't seem to think about those poor extend the Bronx Community College ally exacebates (sic) the growing polariza The changes in format and layout. the children who may need refuge here. Those shuttle bus to include a stop at the Child tion that is dividing blacks and jews. In addition of new columns. the color on the children live in such terrible conditions · Development Center. There are 50 stu steads of offering a constructive policy for front page and last but not least the creative that many of them may be brain damaged: dents whose children attend the Child De group improvement. Farrakhan exploits and dedicated staff members. faculty ad they are undernourished for one. so one velopment Center. During this time of racial passions to create more of the ··so visor and mentor all make for a tremend need not ask why I made that conclusion. year (Eastern Standard time). the walk he much tension .. that Ms . Gray wonders ous improvement in the quality of our Is it that the lives of people of color are tween the Center and the bus is a IPnely about. His preaching for a seperatist (sic) Campus News media. Students 111 my not valued by America'? Maybe the Statue and dangerous one. Also. it is very dif doctrine. is. ironically similar to that of classes have also commented on how well of Liberty is cho\1sy about who she gives ficult during the months of snow. which some of the ··white supremacists'· . The informed they feel after reading an issue. liberty to'? are so close at hand. to rush thwugh the cover is different. The book is the same. Continue the fine job you are doing and As the Christmas holidays roll around. snow \liith small ·children . Ms. Gray denounces the black officials again. my warmest congratulations. please remember the millions of people We are in need of this extension and who publically (sic) declared criticism of Sincerely around the world who won't have any food we are hoping that the petition we send Farrakhan · s racist demagoguery. She de Prof. Joanettia E. Seals to eat: in fact. that person may be just next out will be considered . nigratingly labels them "Black puppets ... Dept. of Student Development door to you . Don't spend all your savings: Thank you. These .. Black puppets" displayed the remember. Christmas is only one day. Evelyn Lizardi courage to condemn bigotry regardless of The st BCC STUDENT· TO \ SING MESSIAH \ f 1 s . II c 1 en n C r ens 1 ~ n ,,. , sop r;m c , <1 n ·1 nw s i c ma j or , h Swf{. Walter Hunte. lshaq Mamduh. Ticket Price is $8.00 BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE L'ni\ersity Ave. & West lRI Street Flora Cordero. Wanda Rosario. For i Jl f c r m<1 t i rn c1 1l : 10~53 Phone: 367-7118 Olga Martinez. Honnie Phillip~. ~! s . J o ;m Pi c h" r l~ sen , fh r . ElhJ \1uley. Sergio Larios ':i,·ersi,'e c-Lcr; MINORITIES BEHIND Edited: by Daseta Gray riate for their age rose from 20 .4r;{ in 1971 to 35.3'/r in 19X4 . Despite the gain~ . the Since 1971. minority students have figure~ mean that more than two-thirds of made greater gains than white children in black 1.\ year-olds cannot read hooks writ reading achievements . Even with the im ten for their level. Recently a controversy provement. they lag so far behind the raged in Washington suhurhs over statis ~vhite students that the average Hlack or tics showing that black students in Prince Hispanic 17 year-old reads at about the ton MD and Alexandria VA have average same level as the average white I :1 year test scores far below tho~e of the white ooids . These findings were reported hy the class-mates . National Assessment of Educational prog Do you agree with the content of this ress. the Government · s program for article "1 Vv'hy do you think Rlack and His monitoring the schools . panic children are failing '1 Do you believe The study found that student~ in general these studies go to extreme~ ju~t to try to were reading at least as well in 19X4 '" have a ~.:onfirrnation of what they preach '1 they did in 1971. hut the achievernent ha~ Or maybe the hlarne lies with u~. the par dropped off during the 19XO's . ents . The proportion of black I :1 -year okb Send your uJJnrnents to Gould Student able to handle reading materials apprup- Center. Room 30() . Assemblyman Siegel Honored New Internship at B.C.C. Assemblyman Mark Alan Siegel. Lowe. USS Chairperson said. "You can Chairman of the State Assembly Higher use this to gavel down anybody who prop Education Sub-Committee. was honored oses a tu1t1on Increase. Bronx Con1munity College has estab the communications industry with access by City L:niversity students for his "loyal "I can't imagine anyone not being in lished a new internship program with the to qualified graduates.·· said Profe~sor and ext'mplary support for higher educa- favor of everything CCNY stands for ... Center for Communication in New York. Cosentino. tion in general and CL.:I\Y in particular" noted Siegel as he accepted his awards. which is giving students hands-on techni The first meeting ~~ ith BCC student!- in thi~ week at the October Plenary ~eeting "Supporting CUNY is natural to me. This cal experience . September included Chairperson for the pf CLI\:Y 's student senate . is like getting an award for breathing." Coordinated by Professor AI Cosentino Federal Communications Commission As he presented Siegel with a silver cup " Assemblyman Siegel has always of the college· s Department of Communi ~ark Fowler who ~poke on the deregula and an engraved gavel on behalf of heard CUNY's call." added Lowe . " He cations. the program is offered to students tion of the broadcasting industry. Future CL'I\:Y's IRO .OOO students. Melvin E. is most deserving of this award ... in the Audiovisual Technology curriculum meetings will center on terrorism and the as well as those involved in the college's media. photojournalism. the technical as radio and Mass Communication course. pects of broadcasting. and others . The Center for Communication. formed ·'The students are very enthusaistic in 1980. is a non-profit corporation at 11.3.3 about their experiences at the Center." Avenue of the Americas which provides said Professor Cosentino. ·'The Center a forum for college students and faculty usually caters to more advanced students. members to discuss issues of public polic y and RCC student~ are fonunate to have and general ideas with communications such close contact with some of the most professionals . important people in communications so ''The Center creates a link hetwen col earl y in their careers ... leges. business and the press. providing Spanish Books Donated Mayor Edward I. Koch and the mayor which currently houses one of the mo~t of Madrid. Spain. Enrique Tierno Galvan comprehen~ ive collect ion~ of Spanish-lan presented a gift of a I .000 volume library guage books in the \1etrnpolitan area." of Spain and Latin America to Hostos said Hostos President Flora Mancuso Community College during a pre~s confer Edwards. ··we are most grateful to !'vlayor I ; ence on Wednesday. October 16 in the Koch and Mayor Tierno Galvan for their l Rlue Room at City Hall. generosity and commitment to our Col New York City and Madrid have been lege ." designated sister cities. and the donation The collect ion of Spanish books con is in keeping with the spirit of the relation sists of volumes of the georgraphy. history Dr. Joe L. Rempson ship . and Iiterature of Spain and Latin America. "The collection of Spanish books makes a significant addition to our library BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE APPOINTS Focus on Improving DR. JOE L. REMPSON ASSOCIATE DEAN Dr. Joe Louis Rempson has been appointed Associate Haiti's Ed. System Dean for Academic Affairs at Bronx Community College. announced BCC President Roscoe C. Brown. Jr. Edited: by Daseta Gray The agreement states "that the Univer In announcing the appointment. Dr. Rrown noted Dr. sities will undertake many programs but Rempson 's many years of service in numerous college ad A Howard University task force was will put more focus on improving their ministrative positions and his dedication as a teacher and established recently to implement a educational system. which concerns the scholar. cooperative agreement signed last March development of mankind . teaching. re Dr . Rempson joined Bronx Community College in 1971 by the president of Howard and rector of search and other areas of general academic as chairperson of the Special Educational Services Depart the State University of Haiti . interest." ment for II years. In 19R.3 he was named by President According to Alice Green Burnette. The universities plan to exchange pro Brown as Coordinator of the college's $2 million Title III chairman of the program, Haiti is one of fessors. students. resources and materials. program. Here. he instituted many curriculum and faculty the poorest countries in the world. as well as "train specialists capable of development projects. The per capita annual is $.300 and a developing appropriate technologies for A native of Henning. Tenn .. Dr. Rempson received his large number of Haitians live below the the conditions that exist in Haiti. B.S. and M.S . degrees fror.1 the State University at Buffalo poverty line of $150 per year. Haiti has Dr . Raul Pierre Louis. is the rector for and his Ed . D. from Teachers College. Columbia University . the highest infant mortality in the world- the State University in Haiti . He received Formerly, he was Associate Director of the City University' 135 deaths per I ,000 live births. Haiti is his doctorate degree in September of this Teaching Resource Center. He currently resides on Clifford the world's oldest Black republic . year from Howard university. Place in the Bronx. · Page 4 THE COMMUNICATOR December 1985 Do You Know Edward Freeberg? Ry lshaq Mamduk CAMPUS BEAT A Bronx Co mmunit y Coll ege Alumnus. scratch. along with the cashiers' post . Thi~ who grad uated in 1')72 from this prestigi should enable everyone to get what they ous in stitution . and who started working want a little fa ster than before. Ju st re December Spotlight here in 1973. He should he commended member to give other students a chance compiled oy Nm a Flahert y for hi ~ 12 yea r~ of dedication and relent to u~ e the fac ilities and see the new pi c Every month the Communi cator will devot..: a col umn to spotli ght ~o rne of the cluhs less pursuit of ex panded services and for tures on the wa ll . and organii'ati om on campus . If yo u'd like ll' to feat url..' your cluo. please contact the the man y improve ment s within the col The glass enclosed student s' activities Comrmrni cator and submit an article hi ghli ghting your club ' s ac hi cveml..' nts m plans lege . boa rd~ around the ce nter are arranged so for the se me~t er. \Vc are loc at ed in the Gould St udent Cent er in room lOo . l'vlr . Freeberg. who takes the l ·adership that we can nmv sec ann ourKcrnents of role as Student Ce nt er fac ilities Manage r everything: from jobs to actual eve nt s La Asociaci6n de Pmquc todo:-. tcncmo s mCtlliples com of Operati ons and mai nt enance. is a very around ca mpu~ . The Caharet Room. promisos l1 cnms dec idido efcctuar las ae int ere~ t i n g pcNln . Int erestin g. because he where almost all thl..' functi ons are being Estudiantes Puertorriqueflos ti vades de l club cada dtl'> ~cma na s: asf is concerned about the types of se rvices held. ha~ newly re -upholstered furniture pPdrenHl~ at endcr mcjor a todas nucs tra. his l e ad e r ~ hip provides . S tud e nt~ as well which enhances the int erior. The tloor in Lt Asuc iac i<'m de E~ tudiant cs Puertor oh li gaciones y al mi~llHl ticmptl ofrcccr as facu lt y benefit fro m the many improvc riqu e ri o~ (LADU') fue fund ada en l o~ un programa de acti,·idade' ,·ariado e in menb arou nd u ~ . prim ero~ aiHl~ Lie l;t decada del ~e:-.en t; l. tcrcsa nte. Pmnto anunci arenms el prog I had the pleasure of taking a tour wi th Surge u1n11 1r esultadn directo de Ia nwt iva rama de ac ti vidades cultura lcs de este or Edward to :-.cc some of these impro ve ci<> n si nccra que tenIa llll pcque ri o grupo gan i-;;no para el ai1o actd 0rnicu I Violence and how the media exploits it punch of a prizefighter. The reporters is the premise of Paul Schierhorn's Till' Cheryl ;\ lexander. Patrick Jude. and News , more of a rock concert with a plot Charles Pistone- are appealing as sup and three sets than a Hroadway musical. porting cast members. Jeff Conway- of Taxi fame - stars as the Paul Sch ierhorn · s songs are most Iy egocentric executive editor of The Mir good. although most of them are lyrical ror-a New York tabloid that reminds one headlines . However. the exceptions to the of The Post-who would do anything to lyrical headlines- "Wonderrnan." boost the paper's circulation. This in "Shooting Stars" and "Talk to Me" are dulles exploiting an emotionally d isturhed beautiful songs. Schierhorn has a terrific killer of stars. ending for the first act with "Editorial" While the editor is thinking of a new as the killer and the editor confront each way to make money exploiting the killer. other on the phone. The editor says that in the form of a "Name the Killer Con he and the media are "indispensihle." test. .. he neglects his lonely and attractive while the killer says they are "reprehensi hle" fnr exploiting him. Arthur Baker & Little Steven ll.JX5 will go down in History as the a single, a 12 in. and album and most year of Charity fund raising. It began in recently a video whose proceeds will help early 'X5 with Band Aid. a group of Eng to stamp out Apartheid . lish rock musicians v.·ho handed together As Artists United Again'>! Apar1heid as to sing for Ethiopia's starving population . many as 49 performers sing on Sun City. The American counter-part quickly pro the title evokes a Vegas-style entertain duced ·xss Charity Anthem "\Ve are the ment complex stuck improbably in a South world" conceived by Lionel Richie and African "homeland." The recording's Michael Jackson. This gave birth to an -.mall army of musicans and Reggae. Latin album and a video resulting in millions of and African music . The "12" version in dollars to aid Ethiopia. The hall didn't cludes at least four versions of the song. stop there. The inspiration continued to There will he a full-scale all star rendition. spread and Live-Aid. a simultaneous a rap version. an instrumental remix: and \'-'orld-wide telecast concert originating an unusual spoken word version using ex from England and Philly was born. The cerpts from the speeches of Bishop De Rock ' n Roll event of the decade reunited smond Tutu. and imprisoned African Na Peter Valentine, Jeff Conaway & Jonathan S. Gerber. classic hands and paired Rock 'n Roll tional Congress leader Nelson Mandela. giants from both continents into a mul Recently. a list has been published nam daughter. She is tired of being alone and The director. David Rotenberg. has di timillion dollar extravaganza. All in the ing artists who have performed in Sun City therefore puts a personal in the Mirror rected this show with a controversial topic name of giving. causing them to become exposed and which the killer answers. putting some with intelligence. which is more than the humiliated. This shaming tactic has I suspense into the show. although it was producers have done with their choice of Country and Western artists picked up worked in stopping International world predcitable. However. more suspense is choreographer. Wesley Fata, to say the the ball and initiated Farm Aid. to help wide talent from touring in South Africa. thrown into Act Two when the editor ar least. has choreographed the show with the hard-pressed farmers in the U.S. The Sun City will make money-all services rives home. turns on the answering the minimal choreography one would ex entertainment community combined with were donated and proceeds will benefit machine and hears the killer threatening pect to see at a rock concert. It is not close the theatre and cabaret artists to aide the the Africa fund. a charitable trust that the life of his daughter. to Broadway standards in dance or for the AIDS victims in the Untied States. and among other efforts, aids political prison Jeff Conaway is superb as the editor. price . Perhaps the next from page headline now before the year is out we have the ers and their families in South Africa. But with a stage presence which is electrify of the Mirror should be "Choreographer Sun City campaign to fight Apartheid in its real goal is to stir up public feeling ing. Lisa Michaelis plays his daughter Gyps Producers and Theatre-gopers. · · South AFrica . against apartheid. with feeling. innocence. and brings a But. choreography isn't everything in Conceived by Little Steven formerly of Do your part. buy this record. It's an beautiful voice to the show. Anthony the show. The performances and songs Bruce Springsteen's E. Street band and excellent tune. fun to dance or listen to Crivello's killer is breathtaking as he hits should not he missed if you like rock and produced by mixmaster Arthur Baker who and you're helping a worthwhile cause in every emotion in the spectrum with the roll. produced countless disco hits. Sun City is the bargain. B.C.C. To Present B.C.C. Choir Music Concert *My struggle through time* Bronx Community College Afternoon The Bronx Community and College will be Donna Jeanne Schutz and Douglas Concert Series will feature trumpeter by Davon Plenty Choir will perform the one-act opera Miller. David Bilger at 12.30 p.m. on Thursday. Amah/ and the Night Visitors by Gian Amah/ and the Night Visitors. a 20th December 12. in the college's Schwendler I had never really seen Carlo Menotti. at 3 p.m. on Sunday. De century classic first performed on televis Auditorium. University Avenue and West cember 8. in the college's Gould Memo ion in 1951. will be sung in English. Its 181 st Street, The Bronx. Admission is free Reality score, rial Auditorium. University Avenue and vivid harmonies provide a perfect setting and Jhe public is welcome . The way it did West 181 st STreet. The Bronx . Admission for the tale of a young boy's encounter Mr. Bilger is a winner of the prestigious Behind steel doors* is free and the public is welcome. with the three wise men as they journey Concert Artists Guild Debut Recital Conducted by Professor John C. Hamell to the first Christmas. Aw~rd for 1985. He will perform at Car of the college's Department of Music and The concert will also include selections negie Hall on February 4. 198o. Forced into aloneness, Art. the Choir will be accompanied by the from Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria and sea The concert is sponsored by the Bronx My shadow was all I had, Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra. Soloists sonal music . Community College Department of Music My emotions ate and tore and Art, BCC. Inc .. and the Concert Art ists Guild. Like termites and crahs* . 7J" l(y!tl(/t!!t'~'l Merry Christmas I had never in life PRESENTS Experienced such rage, PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS Christmas has a charm so dear. Until I was placed Coming once for every year. BY Bringing Christ in thought anew in a man made cage ''' With my greeting true Ill yPu . Given a sentence. and a cell SERGIO LARIOS For the cvnlasting truths (BCC STUDENT) With only room enough to pace, Men may differ in their views : FROM: NOV. 1ST 1985, I was forced to learn the physics Still. at Xmas . it's all right TO: JAN. 6TH 1985 "Merry Christmas .. to rel·ite . Of time and space* LOCATION: TECH TWO (M. Garve y: llJ~7) 1sT Floor Page 6 THE COMMUNICATOR December 1985 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES The companies and agencies listed .below. have job openings available regardless of your ~:urricula . To make an appointment with any of the listed companies or agencies. please go to the Office of Employment Counseling, Cooperative Education and Place ment Counseling. Leow Hall. Room 328 or call 220-6414. NURSING BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY OR PHYSICS Date Company Monday. Decemher 2. 1985 . Individual Interviews Bronx Lebanon Hospital Monday. December 2. 1985. Individual Meetings Bronx Lebanon Hospital (Medical Lahoratory Technicians) IO:OOA:OO I Thursday . Decemher 5. 1985 . Individual Interviews Cornell Medical College Wednesday. December II. I985. Individual Interviews Parent Preparation Corp. Tuesday. December 10. 1985. Individual Interviews Avon Wednesday . December 18. 1985. Individual Interviews Metropolitan Hospital I 0:00-3:00 (Chemical Technicians) SECRET A RIAL STUDIES Wednesday . December IR. 1985. Individual Interviews Metropolitan Hosp~tal Monday. December 2. 1985. Individual Interviews · Dover Employment EDUCATION ASSOCIATE Tuesday . December 3. 1985. Individual Meetings Booz. Allen. Hamilton Wednesday. December 4. 1985. Individual Interviews Department of Interior Wednesday. De~:ember 4, 1985, Individual Interviews Department of Interior Tuesday. December 17. 1985. Individual Interviews Prof. Integrity Wednesday . December 4. 1985. Individual Interviews Ron Hall Associates Tuesday. December 17. 1985. Individual Interviews New York University Wednesday. December 4, 1985. Individual Interviews Oxford Personnel Wednesday. December 18. 1985. Individual Interviews Allegheny Personnel Thursday . December 5. 1985. Individual Interviews Gallery Consultants Wednesday. December 18, 1985. Individual Interviews General Electric Thursday. December 5. 1985. Group Meetings Cornell Medical Center Thursday. December 19. 1985. Group Meeting Chamber of Commerce Tech Two; 225 12:00 Thursday. December 19. 1985, Individual Interview McMillan Publishing Monday. December 9. 1985, Individual Interviews Con Edison CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY, Tuesday, December 10. 1985. Individual Interviews Columbia PRE-PHARMACY Wednesday. December II, 1985, Individual Interviews AIG Insurance Monday. December 2, 1985. Individual Interviews Bronx Lebanon Hospital 10:00-4:00 Wednesday. December II. 1985. Individual Interviews N. Y.C. Department of Labor Thursday, December 5. 1985. Individual Interviews Cornell Medical College Wednesday. December II. 1985, Individual Interviews Merit Personnel Tuesday. December 10. 1985. Individual Interviews Avon Thursday. December 12. 1985. Individual Interviews EDJ Ass Monday. December 16. 1985. Individual Interviews Fifth Avenue Personnel JAMAICA GETS ANOTHER DUBLIN PROTEST GANJA WARNING INTERNATIONAL NEWS IN BRIEF Jamaican exporters have been given Eleven cashiers at the largest super mar another warning from the U.S. Custom ket in Dublin , Ireland, have been on strike Service that their credibility in America FRENCH FASHION S.O.S. has begun to put the profits into for the past 15 months. A cashier at the is deteriorating due to the amounts of Edited by Daseta Gray a fund to provide lawayers for victims of Dunnes Store discovered that oranges sold marijuana coming into the country from The latest rage to hit the sophisticated racial attacks . But the group's main goal there were imported from South Africa . Jamaica. The Miming was issued follow world of french fashion is a simple one . is not fund raising. it is consciousness rais At the instruction of their union. the ing the haul of 17.000 pounds of marijuana It is a colorful plastic badge shaped like ing . Ahmed Fouath says the wide spec cashiers refused to handle the merchan from Kingston . an upright hand a bearing the words trum of colors is important. "We are a dise. The management of the Dunnes store Peter King. chief executive of the Touche Pas A Mon Ponte (don't touch my rainbow country . We must go beyond the responded by suspending one worker. Jamaica National Export Corporation buddy) . Hundreds of thousands of people concept of France as a white country .·· prompting a walk-out hy the other (JNEC). speaking at a conference/seminar have taken to slapping this little badge on The leading proponent of France as a white cashiers . Despite pressure from the police organi zed by the Jamaica Exporters As their clothes. country is Jean-Marie Le Pen. the fiery and from the government to end the strike. sociation (JEA) said the increase of the llie ' 'buddies" are the millions of im leader of the ultra-right National Front. the workers have held out and remain incidence of marijuana is causing prob migrants and minorities-mostly Arabs Le Pen's political fortunes have soared strong. Karen Gearson. the leader of the lems for his country. The United States and Blacks. who have increasingly be along with unemployment; which is strike said. "We've already won. We've has estimated Jamaica to be the third come the target of racial violence in Fr blamed on the immigrants. Ttie National got our victory . We've awakened the con largest supplier of marijuana . Because of ance. The badge is the brain child of Front sent shock waves around the country sciousness of Ireland ." this unfavorable statistic. materials with S.O.S. Racisme. a multiracial youth last year by winning II % of the votes in ___ ....6 Flaithfhileadh Jamaican labels took up to 25 days to pass movement that has galvanized a genera elections for the European Parliament. through customs. Through negotiations. tion usually dismissed as apathetic. "We Haunted by the omnipresnence of the State Department with the JNEC. delays were reduced kJ 3 are trying to make it shameful to be ra S.O.S. badge, the National Front's youth Targets Contadora days and consists of only spot checks in cist.·· explains Algerian-born Ahmed group responded with a button of its own WASHINGTON. D.C. . The stead of the thorough search of individual Fouath of the S.O.S. national committee. with its white power message. Touch Pas collapse of the Contadora group of debtor items. Politicians, union leaders , and even a A Mon Peuple (don't touch my people) . nations ·'would be better than a bad agree few television personalities have sported But the Front 's badge is rarely seen. ment," the State Department wrote in an Tid Bits the badge . S.O.S. is building on the success of its "internal" position paper published in At the United Nations: Israel accused The badge represents the perfect mar campaign. An all night rally and concert part in today· s Washington Post. The Con the Arab oil producing countries of provid riage of style and politics . Although the last June in Paris's Place de Ia Concorde ladora group comprises Panama, Mexico. ing South Africa with 95% of its oil. Israel message is racial harmony. the medium drew a estimated 300.000 people. The Venezuela. and Colombia. was counteracting condemnation of Is is no less important. The fifty-cent badge group plans a national march against The paper betrays State Department rael's ties to South Africa .· comes in a variety of colors and can be racisim ths fall and because racism knows fears that a Contadora "support group " matched with any outfit. Six months after no borders , S.O.S. affiliates have been recently formed by Argentina, Brazil. the badges went on sale. well over a mil organized in Belgium. Switzerland and Peru and Uruguay "may breathe ne\\1_ life Right-wing parties opposed to the lion were sold . Italy . into the process. We are afraid it will seek changes in South Africa had great success to pressure the U.S. and friends to accept in the by elections recently held in South any agreement .. . We need to develop Africa . an active diplomacy now to head off ef The Communicator Is Read By forts at Latin solidarity aimed against the A new $276 billion military budget has U.S. or our allies, whether they are spon just been approved for the Reagan admin sored by the support group, the Cubans istration. People In The Know!!! or the Nicaraguans." December 1985 THE COMMUNICATOR Page7 Attention Ed Majors HeEeAeLeTeH Money I By Norah Flaherty As future educators you may. at one Dangers of IUD Use point, suspect that a child in your class is Essay Contest being abused or neglected. This puts you Women who have used intrauterine de Other studies have linked certain brands in a difficult position. Do you report the Topic: America, the vices (IUDs) for hirth control may have of IUDs with complications such as parent? Do you question the child? Do increased their risk of hecorning infertile greatly increased menstrual bleeding, you ignore the situation and hope someone Land of Milk and hy more than two and a half times, accord punctures of the uterus , increased inci else takes care of it? Honey. ing to two studies hy the U.S. National dence of ectopic (tubal) pregnancies and, As an educator, it is your responsibility Institute of Child Health and Human De in the case of accidental pregnancy. spon to relate the situation to the principal. The velopment. The studies, based in Boston taneous second-trimester abortions principal then takes the situation to the and Seattle, tested childless women with proper agency. as designated by law . Requirements: Write tubal infertility, and new mothers . The following list indicates telltale an Essay of approx • The studies directly linked, for the first signs which should warn the teacher of imately 200 words on time. use of IUDs with pelvic inllammat possible child abuse/neglect. Future the above topic. The ory disease. one cause of infertility . Some teachers. hy observing your students, and essay should be pro 88 ,000 American women rendered infer keeping this list in mind, you may save a child's life . perly punctuated, ti-le hy the disease may have heen affected footnoted, and include because they used IUDs. I. A child who is frequently absent or a bibliography. Intrauterine devices are small plastic or late . copper-wrapped plastic devices inserted 2. A child who arrives at school too ·------by a doctor into the uterus . Their popular early and stays after classes without an Deadline: ity sterns from their convenience (once apparent reason. DECEMBER 15, 1985 inserted. they need not be removed for up 3. A child who is unkempt and/or in to five years) and effectiveness (9Y'k ). adequately dressed. Prizes:·~------IUDs are used by ahout 2.2million Amer 4. A child who frequently bears ican women . bruises. welts . and other injuries . Dr . Daniel Cramer. director of the Bos (greatly increasing risks of death to the S. A child who is hyperactive. aggres FIRST PRIZE: $75.00 ton study, stressed that this "doesn't mean mother) or premature or stillbirths. sive. di sruptive . and destructive in be SECOND PRIZE: $25.00 that all women who have used the IUD In addition to safety risks . some regard havior. are going to hecome infertile . The major the IL:D as an abortion device . since it 6. A child who is withdrawn. shy. pass ity of women can use the IUD without a prevents implantation of an already fer ive. and uncommunicative. Essays should be sub problem .·· ·tilized ovum into the uterine wall . 7. A child who needs. but is not getting. mitted to GSC 306 or medical attention. esc 304 C/O The com 8. A child who is undernourished. municator. B.C.C. Offers Free 9. A child who is tired and tends to fall Home Health Aide Training asleep in class. Essays will be judged 10. A child who describes his parents' by a committee con classroom. JO hours of laboratory and 30 behavior as unusual. sisting of students Bronx Community College is offering hours of field work . Students will be paid I I . The parent who becomes aggres and faculty members. a free Home Health Aide Training Pro for their hours of field work. sive or abusive when approached with gram for 18 to 21-year-olds beginning De A New York State Health , Education a view to discussing the l'hild 's appar In order to avoid any cember 2. and Social Services certificates wi II be ent problems. bias by the committee Participants must he willing to work presented at the end of the training. 12 . The parent who does not bother to and in the interest of with elderly or disabled persons and must Classes will take place at Bronx Com show up for appointments . fairness, students are have an eighth-grade reading level. ac munity College, University Avenue and 13 . The parent who is slovenly , dirty , requested to submit cording to Ms. Carmen . Cordero coor West IXIst Stret , The Bronx . and possibl y redolent of alcohol. their essays with dinator of the program . For additional information . contal't Ms . 14. The parent who will not allmv the their J.D.# only. Do Training will consist of 30 hours of Cordero at (212) 220-640X . child to participate in special school not include your name. al'tivities or events. The winning essays Allergic to the 20th Century? will be published in the next issue of the A new disease has emerged in North Victims hecome highly sensitive to Communicator. America. Doctors call in " environmental chlorinated tap water. food additives. de illness" or "20th-century disease." The tergents. hair spray . toothpaste and other condition produces violent reactions to man-made products . Symptoms include ------. synthetic materials. common chemicals. headaches. fatigue. muscle pains. depres car exhaust and othc:r by-produl'ts of 20th sion and fainting. The victim 's body is Sponsored by: century tel'hnology . unabl e to ckansc itself of the l'hemical Essentiall y. the disease is a malfunction buildup. in the immune system . Dr. Irvine Korman. A uthoritie~ attribute these environmen a specialist in environmental medi cine , tal allergies to the rising amount of toxins desnibes the illness as ·'the flip side of in air. water and food . Although the Manufactures AIDS .. . these people's immune systems human hotly normally adapts to a moder hyperact. whereas AIDS patients ' under ate level of wntaminants. illness results real'! .·· if indi vidual tolerance levels are exceeded. Corporation Trivia Dare New CUNY Vice-Chancellors THE GOLDFISH DIED I. What inside corn makes it pop'-' 2. What team lost a rel'ord I 17th game The CUNY Board of Trustees has ap A Goldfish, in the custody of the kindergarten class of the BCC Child develop of the season on September I 5. 1962'' pointed two nev.· vice-chanl'ellors: ment Center, died on October 23, 1985. Below is the conversation the children 3. Who was the pilot in the first fatal Vice-Chanl'ellor for Budget and Fi had about this event while in their meeting group above. plane crash'.' nance Joseph Vivona . and Vil'e-Chancel· On Wednesday. October 23. 1985 our Goldfish died. Arah said that it died because 4. Who was Sir Frederick Royce's part lor for University Relations Jay Hershen someone put a piece of Blal'k Walnut into the fish bowl. Kuaf said that the tish died ner? son. The annual salary for each is bel'ause it ate too much . Willie said that it died because it didn't eat any food. Ebony 5. What planet did the Mariner Spacel' $6X .246. said the same thing . Chade said that fish are not supposed to eat black walnuts. raft explore'.' Kiameshia said that there was too mul'h water in the bowl. Jennifer said that the fish 6. What two l'Oiors does a color-hlind CUNY-Cuba Exchanges died because someone put hot water in the fish bowl . person have trouble distinguishing? On October 24th. the l'hildren were asked the following question by their teacher: 7. Who said: "This generation of Amer Chancellor Joseph Murph y, who just How did you feel when you diswvered the goldfish had died '? icans has a rendezvous with destiny .'· returned from a visit to Havana. says Arah- I felt angry . 8. What city has the worlds largest Black CUNY may institute a student exchange Kuaf- Mad. because I didn't want it to die . population? program with the University of Havana . Chade - I loved the goldfish and I didn't want the fish to die . I was mad . 9. What country imposed the Berlin He told the 140th Plenary that he was Ehony - I felt sad because the fish died . Blockade in 1948 '.' impressed with the "high level of intellec David- Sad . tual al'tivity" at the University of Havana. Luis - I felt mad . UO!U(1 1~!:\0S ~4.1 ° 6 AI!:) )jJO A N\;lN ° X and with what the institution was ac Fran - I felt disappointed. I had hoped it would live until school was over. 0 11;}:\;}SOO~ U!PJUHJ::J L U;l::lJ!) "il p::l~ '9 wmplishing in various academic areas . Dan - I was upset. snU~A · ~ SilO~ S ~ (JH4:J ·p 14ll!JM ~II!" Janice- I didn't feel anything . -JO '( Sl~lAl ' A ' N ·z J::liHM ' I : sJ~Msuy Page 8 THE COMMUNICATOR December 1985 SOCCER SUCCESS The Bronx Community College Soccer seasons. with a 9- 1 reco rd in the C Y Team has finished the regular season hy Conference . Coach Skinner said, ""Suc wi nnin g the CU Y Championshi p and cess is due to the desire of th e pl ayers to rated thi rd in the ew York State Regiona l wi n. Winning takes character. and our XV Conference. The season record \-vas team h a~ that with a se nse of rride and 8-4- 1 and was undefeated in the UN Y perserverance. They balance tt~ ei r Co nference. rrioritics on and otT the fi eld.·· Fo ur players: Captain s Kanfory Co um Not onl y has the Soccer team one of bassa and Tuky Francis. Antonio Ching the best wi nnin g records ;It a Co ll ege-but and goa li e Telford Shillingford have been has ac hi eved acade mi c exce ll ence with a nomin ated for the All -Reg ional tea m. The team ave rage of 2-9. They have qualified team's Professor Henry G. Skinner. and for the Regional play-off on Tuesday. under coach has ach1eved two winning Nov. 12. Good luck- all the way to the The greatest soccer team. ationals. - Do you agree that illegal aliens take - jobs away from U.S. citizens? 0 MM E"Tfi RI E S by D. Gray Photos by Wanda Rosario Greg Henton Elena Lloyd I believe that illegal ali ens are not takin g No , because the jobs that American people jobs away from U.S. citizens hecause il Okena Tsali Little Hawk don't want the illegal ali ens are willing to legal ali ens take odd johs that Amer ic an North Eastern Band Cherokee do . They work at th ese jobs because; first, people don' t want. ·o. this country is built upon the freedom they are ill egal. second, they're unskilled of the immi grant s. Four hundred years ago and third. they have to survive . So illegal peorle that carne to thi s country were im ali ens are willing to take on these minor mi grants. T hi ~ country would be nothing jobs. without the immi grant population. Every indi vid ual in thi s country has a ri ght to wo rk , the illegal ali ens ca n wo rk cheaper th an the so-ca ll ed ·'citizens" and onl y take job~ ;m:ay th at the A rneric ans are not willing to work . Richie Yelazques o. ill egal ali ens are not tak in g jobs away from the .S. ci ti zens because th ey take jobs that the American people don 't want. Eli zabeth Garcia Th e~e people come to the U.S. in search o. the ill ega l ali ens don 't take jobs away of a dream . to make a better li vin g for from citizens because the job. that they them and thei r children . Illegal aliens have hold are jobs that the Ameri can people made thi ~ co unt ry into what it is. don· t want to work. Emmanuel Mitchel Yes . They take jobs away from U.S . ci ti zens bu t they don "t have a choice because they are illegal and they tak e any job that comes along. Th is is good for the U.S. economy but on the other hand it is not good for the citizens. Arleen Thompson No, I don' t think illegal ali ens are tak ing i jobs away from U.S. ci ti zens. the e peopl e' ' take on odd jobs th at Americans refuse to o. because in this w untry there are a lot work at, because of low wages . On the of opportunities for work and illegal ali ens other hand , ill egal aliens take on any job help out thi s country by taking unwanted no matter how low it pays because th ey jobs. don 't have a choice, they need to survi ve.