OBSERVER Vol. 95 No. 7 May 18, 1989

Front Page Robbins Intruder Captured Brenda Montgomery Bard Loses Rabbi Matthew C. Duda Dissatisfied Parents Sue For $60 Million Cormac Flynn Page 2 Campus News For She’s A Jolly Good Fellow Valerie Scurto Library of the Future Valerie Scurto C. S. O. To Form Valerie Scurto Suspended Student Drops Suit Brenda Montgomery Page 3 Vehicles Vandalized Brenda Montgomery Pell Grant Recipients May Be Checked For Drug Use Friendship Walk: A Success Jonah Gensler Page 4 Editorials Dream Team Detrimental Lakens Cope Positively With Their Tragedy The Lakens Political Cartoon Page 5 Letters To The Editor Chilton Sets The Facts Straighter Bruce Chilton Chair of Division of Social Studies Balls In An Uproar The Tewksbury Beer Balls & Friends Drake Dredges Up The Dirt Robert Drake Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry Racism Is Still A Concern Peter Crossan [“ . . . Some very good points.”] The Editor

Research Aid Continued on Next Page Page 6 Green Eggs and Ham . . . Robin Cook New Chinese History Prof. Jim Trainor Page 7 Art Otey: The Man and His Revolution Brenda Montgomery Page 9 Cartoon M. Computer Corner Matthew C. Duda Places To Visit In Kingston Robin Cook Page 10 International I.D. Offers Special Benefits Page 11 Bard Cleared Of Unfair Labor Practices Charges Page 12 The Weekly Crossword Puzzle Puzzle Solution Page 13 Arts and Entertainment Book Review Breathing Lessons in Middle America Moon Ringed With Aura Of Comedy Robin Cook The Return of the King Monique Dyan Page 14 Mojo Nixon: Profound Profanity Dan Hillman Burning Questions and Baraka's Poetry E. Renae Plummer and Michele Berger Page 15 Events in the Hudson Valley Antiques Fair Art Dancing Film Music Theater Page 16 Calendar e Bard Observer .. ,- 'iews is whatever ;yOLUMF. XCV, · ISSUE SEVEN Bard College sells newspaners. MAY 18, 1989 ~n~dale-~n-Hudson, NY 12504 The Observer is free. Dissatisfied parents. sue for $60 million by Cormac Flynn and some of. his friends were aware that he was feeling sjcKt A $60 million wrongful death but didn't realize the magnitude suit has been filed against Bard of his condition. The Wells' College by the parents of Neill maintain that had Neill. received WellSt a. freshman studen1 who tr.eatmeni he would have lived. died iri his Ravine dorm room of a The Wells' attorney Thomas sudden hear1: atta.cl< almost two ,Maroney, a partner in the years ago. Tarrytown firm of Walsh," Although the suit had been Maroney and Ponzini, told the filed last September. the first Freeman that . Neill's peer public account of it appeared counselor only l~st Wednesday in the Anderson, had "admitted 11 to Kingston Daily Freeman. The being aware of his sicKness. This. front page Freeman article, contradicts earlier · reports which quoted the Wells' and their including. the Observer has been lawyer extensively, seemed to told, Anderson's deposition. the take the college administra1ion Wells' are · charoing that Jake by surprise. Anderson was inadequately Curs ton, Jr. The college declined to comm~nt train~d and insufficiently mature was arrested to both the Observer and tne for her position. · on May 12 Fre-eman about the case. Anderson is studying · a.broa.d However, sources said that the this· yeart but her manr friends · administration has been. in on .the college campus rallied to Robbins Intruder.C8pture .d negotiations with the Wells ~or ~er defense today. "They're hurt months now and had believed the and their angr-y, I understand by Bre~d·a Montgomery , wasn't a dream, he ha.d fled. . ·-- matter close to resolution. that, but that doesn't give them . Ne>.e t the individual hid himse If Neill Wells was found dead on a right to drag eat's name behind a doorwa.y in the hallway . On ·Friday, May i2, Dutchess September 14, 1987 by his through the mud and print on next to the bathroom. A female it County Sheriff's Department and roommate. An autopsy showed page one of the newspaper," said student was exiting the bilthroom the . New York State . Police that he had an undiagnosed case one student. 11 I don't and noticed that the door looked tl':ink they Department arrested and of colitisj whicn was aggrevated have much of a case. Cat is an differen1 and suddenly saw the aiTaigned JaKe Curston, Jr.t a by stress a.nd flu, causing a ~xcellent Continued on . page 7 .•. peer counselor .... added local mant in connection with the cardiac arrest. Neill's roommate Continued on page 9 • • • . Robbins incid@nt on May 5. On thi! m.orning of Friday, May s, an intruder entered three Inside rooms at Robbins and frightent?d Bard LoseS Rabbi a female student who was in the • No grants for hallway. by Matthew C. Duda Dimitri Papadimitriou, Stuart Curston lives in Coll.ege Pa.rkt a Levine, and Steven Nelson at druggies ...p. 3 Ba.rd College d_evelopment east of Bard. across Bard College w111 find itself and Frances 9G. He was . identified in a photo without a Jewish Chaplain as of Fergusson, Natalie Marshall, and • Friendship the . line-up on May 10. Curston has May 23. Nancy Flam has decided Chaplaincy Advisory walk ...... p.3 been charged with four counts of to leave Bard to accept a .Committee at Vassar Colleget Rev. Chilton outlined burglary and criminal tresspa.ss. posiiion as rabbi of a a. proposal Curston was rec@ntly released congregation in Port Washington, for a joint Jewish Chaplaincy at· from prison where he was L.I. Bard and Vassar· to begin this •Lukens thank :-serving time for a similar charge. Her sudden departure is at the fall. their Bard ._.He was held by police following center of a controversy "It has been evident for some time the arraignment. A $2000 cash sur·rounding the until-recently that the pastoral needs of family ...... p.4 Jewish bond has been set. amicable relationship between students a.t our two Between .4:30 and 5:00 a.m. the Vassar and Bard College. institutions have not ·been perpetrator adequately met ••• entered three rooms1 In a letter dated February 1, Ba.rd ha.s •Chinese Prof belonging to f~male studen-ts. 1989 from Bruce Chilton, benefitted from the presence of an Inter·n in Jewish t The first student screamed and Chaplain at Bard College, and Chaplaincy ...... •....•.•.p ·6 Nancy scared him off_, th~ second asked Janet Cooper Nelson, Director of Flam1 during the academic year 1988-89 ..• She him what he ·was doing there and the Office for Religious did her •Security undergraduate told him to leave. The third sat Activities and Chaplaincy at work at up and before she realized it Vassar College to Leon Botstein, Continued on page 10 ••• revolution.p. 7 Page 2 niB BARD OBSERVER Hay 18, 1989 ..... internship. Also, an on-site agency sponsor and a Washington _-CaJDpus News Center program associate will evaluate the Fellows. Berger was nominated by

President Leon Botsie-in1 who, For she's a jolly good fellow like other presidents from two Washington Center speakers colleges and universities icross by Valerie Scurto series and participate in a thl! country, was asKed to weekly course which will require nominate one outstanding Sophomore Michele Berger ha.s them to design a.nd implement ~ student from their campus. Then, . been accepted to be a Fellow in project in which they will take a. a Blue-Ribbon pa.nel considered The Washington Center1 s leadership role.:'Berger plans to each nominee and eva.ll!a.ted his Minortity Lead@rs Fellowship take a course on public policy or or her potential for leader-ship Program in Washington, D,c. this on issues of 1:he third world. and achievement. summer. . Beginning the second week, Be-rger was selected out of The ten weel< progra.m designed ·. Fellows will pa.r'ticipa.te in a. approximately 3t000 applicants especi~;lly for minority college nine-week internship, · the and notHied in March a.s being students ha.s two fea:tures--one experi•ntal compo~ent, related one of the top five a.lterna.tes. Michele Berger theoretical and one experiental. to their areas of interest • Additional funding was provided . Th• theoretical component Fellows·. will serve . ~s for ihe program and in late April, higher eduta tion. The studen-t consists of a one-week intensive entry-level professionals B!rger was accepted as one of must also be in .. good academic stmin.~or a.nd nine w•el this fall. faith of being a Christian. addition built in the 1970's. 11 $7 million. President Leon Although I have been If you would like more ·"That would have been the point supportive of the idea from the Eotstein is in the precess of to build a new free standing information or input into the finding a donor for the project. startt I consider myself more of C.S.O.t please drop a. note to the library, however,. at the time, a resource to the c.s.o. than Howevert if no donor is found, there were, circumstances in thE!' Office o-f 1he Chaplain. the college will fund the project way/' stated Tipple. through it$ budget. After the selection of the The three firms which the architects, there will be a 50 Suspended student drops sui__ school is considering are · weeK period covering time fof' suspended from school a.nd · Ven.turi, Rauch & Scott Brown, design development, preparation by Br•nda Montgmery removed from campus. DeStefanno/Goettsche, a.nd Torre of the 1bid set' o.f drawings, The junior, a transfer student, Beeler Associates, Each of the oi A second semester j.Jnior was bidding, and selection the went before a j.Jdge and ·was firms have previous experience contractor. suspended for two yeArs with libraries and college following an incident at Manor on released on his own campuses. April 13. jht student was recognizance. Before he had left The conceptual proposals due a:t alleged to have threatened the the courtroom, he made another threttt in the presence the end of May will be considered liie O'f two other students~ Since o(~the·· with regard 1:o how well the the student involved ha.s not j,Jdge, which prompted the J.ldge needs outlined in the building been tried yet. his name is being to place him in confinement. He program are met. kept confidential. was released to his parents.. The student recently dropped Needs in consideration focus Th~ student was allegedly on 1:he libr-ary's role on campus. acting in '1 an irrational maMert'' his greivance suit against the 11 How the library supports the According to Art Otey • Director college, which protested his &ca.demit: program, the tutorial of Security. The State Police suspension. According to Otey and work a.nd individual rese~rch are were called in and the student the Assistant Dean of Students,· Shelley th@ things we want to continue at · wAs arrested. The two students Morgan, Bard,11 said Tipple. \ thl'eatened signed charges student plans to leave Bard In 1893, the Hoffman Library against the ~ruor ana ne was permanently .. May 18, 1989 THE BARD OBSERVER .. V ehieles vandalized - ....;.: ...:· . ..-· by Brenda Montomgery ga.s a.nd br-a.kes are hit at the There has been a rash of auto sa. me time, causing the car to . vandalism on campus. During the turn 180 degrees. ·uour car fall semester-, the vandalism was couldn't do that--it would turn accomplished with rodcs, but this over," said Otey. The suspects semester's incidents have been escaped to Rt. 9. of a. different sort. The fa.ll Forty-five minutes la.tert State T'esumed t:ha.se vandals have b~en arrested a.f'ld Police the on Whalesbad< Roa.dt following the are awaiting tri~l. Recent acts of vandalism were car to Rhinebed

Rt.9, so~th to Annandale ne~ . suspects have provided Security A~: • ' Success. ,.. ,... - ' : , :~ - ,- ~- ' } • ~ ~. I Adolfs;-Where the suspects did a . \Vi th the ~m• lieenS. number ------by Jona.h Gensler 11 nBootlegger 1.80 .• " ·Art Ot~y, twice now~ •we can~1: move too · Besides involving -th~ actual Director of Security, explained fas1. now•. We'll ha.ve a better. Months of planning paid off last participants, our campaign tha.t this occurs when ·bath the case if we don't rush,'' said Otey. Sati.JrcfiY as ~arly 100 walkers exposed thousands of people to . - .. "'~- . ... ;~ ~ ieft" Wird Manor at Bard COllege the work we are doing as a result and start•d th~ ten kilometer of all the grea. t media attention Pell. Grari.t re~iepientS' n.t.y walk to Rhinebed< as part of the we've been getting.n . ·~-' ·• · .... ".: Mid-Hudson/Larreyn~ga Sister The wa.ll urges the enterta1nment illnesses, not simply to focus on themselves--and with health ca.re. In addition, in any industry to uget the factsn on symptomatlc: behaviors when a orgam::a.tions representing their six -month period 18 milhon mental illnesses, be sensitive person with a mental 11lness 1s interests ·to ensure that a.n adults have a diagnosable mental and be careful when portraying portrayed in comedy or· drama." accurate message 1s dellvered or emotional disorder. people vii th mental illnesses. S1nc:e one in four American along with a.n awareness of the Public attitudes and The 1llnesses are complex, famihes . is a.Hec:ted by mental s w b stan t ia 1 perceptions of children and often involving bra1n ~llnesses 1 presenhng people w1th suffermg--emotional, finanClal adults with mental 11lnesses are and soCial--Imposed by a mental largely shaped by the dysfunct1ons somet1mes a mental illness as un1que 1 e>:pressed through ~~abnormal'' strange or different 1s .not only Illness.~~ entertainment media. Negative behavior. Historicallyt society's dangerous but ludicrous as well. The enemy of normalization is consequences surface as interpreta. tion of these No one is 1mmune from or stigmat a modern-day remnant of inadequate -fundfng for behavioral ~ymptoms has been escapes the 1mpact of a mental i:he cha1ns and handcuffs which community-based mental health harsh and stereotypical. V1ctims illness+ whether a phobia, m1ld once physically . restrained services and for mental health 1 11 11 1 are la.bele_d a.s ';wa_c ' __0• patients in state research. 1"\ • lunatl.Ct' depreSSIOn, or a serlClUS mental 1 1 unuts'' or-' Crazy~; • long-term disorder such as · insti tuhoris in the· 1940s a.nd NMHA hopes the 1ndustry WlH According to Preston Garrison, schizo ph re ni a or m a. n1c 50s. Stigmatlzing ai:htudes and . , heed this c:ri tical lesson 1n NMHP. e:-:ecut1ve d1rectort depression. No one suffers language serve the same functlon accounta.blli1:y--get the fa.ctst be ''Resear~h clearly demonstrates alone--In the wal 526-4714 . . unique and wonderful. Hopefully Jim Trainor · comforted by the warm and Because Bard played such an we can help · to increase its Circulation: Laura Muller· understanding support that so important role first in Shawn's strength th,.;ough · our Staff: Matt Duda, Krista.n many of you have bestowed "upon life and now in ours, we feel a involvement. · Hutchison, Mark Nichols, Jonah ·us throughout this long year. deep commitment · to the. Bard Hope to be ·in touch next year. Gensler-, Jim Trainor Hearing from you · has been a Community. In concert wi~h the Have a wonderful summer. Photos: Chris Bonnell, Brenda. major ca.ta.lyst in ''the "long and administration, have we Montgomery. · Va.lerie · Scurto dHficult healing process. established the Shawn laKen Very .fondly, The .Thirdly, we feel hopeful 1:ha.t Memorial Fund, which w·ill be Lal for further details. excellence. requires continued trespassing should a single step --The Editor crea.tivity and experiment~ticin. co'nt:inued on page 1"2 • •• on th~ property be taken. I _ I :r.:: , I -.~ 18, 1989 THE BARD OBSERVER •.•<. 'P.~ge ~---7 · t~ 'photo line-up, in.which both Robbins · suspects ha~ been placed. He's l.Jrjend$ ·~.fr.~m' x~sjting SecUrity Office in. 1986, 1989's. · · 5:t~~ents~· _said Qtey. · · · · :. _· . BEFORE YOU TAI(E OF supplies ma'

PERSONALS SUKRAM: What? You ha.ven 1 t unscrambled last issue's classified yet?~

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Me friend. You get the Tony 'the Tiger and I'll get the strawberry ·-,_~ Ha.ggen Da.a.z._ 1 was happy in the hize of a -_. .• .SUPER DEAD GOAT SPEEDS TO THE RESCUE WHILE drunl ., am ' I t • -- ~ ~ • ' ' t inale-orientedt white-centered class, such as Freshman. Seminar, against my will. from an unhappy student

Me friend. What lies inside mustt many times remain hidden.' Silence is at times strength; at • .r -. ~ t~ others a piercing pain. ~~ ~ To the Observer sta.ff: You ~re t ~ great!! ThanKs for all your hard wtf ~ work and commitment. Tha.nl

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dossier _on e~ch student encompassfng -their skills, Bard education, jobs desired, location Grieved parents sue of jobs desiredt salary desired, a ..• continued from page 1 condensed resume-type section, Carl Berry, himself a P.C. Similar .health sel"vice. He died before and more sentiments were e:-!pressed by personal information, going that same day. within the same vein. Each many others, but for a few, the "I remember hearing -that he'd student a.nd placement offic:e can anger ran even higher: "I just gone home for a weeK for his of the data. from can't imagine trying to maKe get a hard copy grandmother's funeral; that's money from my son's death by the computer system. what caused the stress I thinK. The second component is the taKing it out on the people who Anyway t he WAS already sicK were his friends! 11 most fascinating one. Not only when he was at home and they While -friends CoDiputer does the system organi2es the Ander~on's didnJt do anything." defended her, peer counselors, da. ta. in an easy format for the The contradictions between breaking with both the · Corner · placement offices, this data is Maroney's assertions in the · by Information adminis-tration and the student by Matthew C. Duda actually collected Freeman a.nd the recollections of leadership criticized the suit and Kinetics to be entered into a. students pr-esent at the event, the Freeman article. 11 The c:a.se As the end of the term giant database network of .which a.re sometimes vague and falls through in so many places, I approaches, the 'thought of term coast-to-coast conflicting, combined with the think they're j.Jst looJ the student for recruitment. precisely wha.t the sequence of but it's no ones fault," said Sean enough to be gra.duating KiNexus is supported and ev~nts was. Sullivan. "The Freeman article students. howevert a.n additional endorsed by the College The facts of the case will be was really biased and wol"ry . may appear: 11 How and 'Placement Council (CPC>, the sorted out in the court. The . misinformed about both the where am I going to get a .Jlb?~ 11 largest organization of its kind assignment of blame may prove a, training and the role oi peer As . the . importance of job in the world, Information - much more difficult issue. At . counselors. I was really angry sea.rthing ·before ·graduation -Kinetics' C.E.O. Peter ~a.tts is one timet American colleges wer~ when I read that." 41dded Petttr becomes in-creasingly importa.ntt an energetic, dynamic individual held to be in loco pa.rentist or II ir• . Criswell. a senior peer counselor several enterprisit:lg companies - (mucn ..in the same mold _of the lieu of parents•', \.o,li th the and a fr-iend of Anderson's. have come up~wf\h soHwai'e- · · -ea~ly .. _- Ste-ven Jo~s . of Apple lowering of the age of majoritv Student officers. citing the which can greatly increase one's Computers and PepsiCo> who has de lie ate legal situation, to eighteen, ho·wever-, - t~!e r· ol~s chances of finding a. job. a winning record of innovative uncha.ra.cteristica.lly followed the of colleges and students beoa.n One product in particulart software design in Britain. 1 a.dministrat.ion S lead and to t h a. n g e . Stu dents , "~w '-N Ri N USt from fnforma. tion All· in all, a well designed, well ex declined to commment on the c:onsider~d adults under the law+ in Para.must New jersey, supported pacl register their one 1o look after you. It may (a d4te may be set within the organizes a 587-€:586. powerful program sound harsht but this is not a r,e>:t three months) the outcome nursery school. It was a terrible ma.y . depend on the court's accident. but no one is to bla.me." in"ter·preta tion of the proper· Numerous attempts to reach relationship between a. student Maroney for this article found and an educational institution. Places to visit in Kingston him una.vaila.ble. In the Freeman, (i v'Em a judgement awarding an by Robin Cool< however, he seemed to suggest amount far smaller than the an ou1.:..of-court settlement, $60tOOO,OOO demanded could force closing of the Although getting information on Februaryt and March, it is open implying strongly that a trial the permanent college. The college remains site-s a.cross the river seemed to on weeKends, Saturday, 10 a.m. to would be disastrous for the 11 confident that if .a. trial .i:a~es be rtea.rly impossible, I found 5 p.m~, and Sunday 1 p.m.. to college because the facts of the pla.cef it will prevail~ but even a some worth checKing out. 5 p.m. Directions ar~ as follows: law are against them." legal victory in such a case could Meanwhilet someone pointed out Go across the That assumption wa.s widely Bard campus. have a heavy cost in negative tha. t 1 forgot to give the Ringston-RhinecliH Bridg~t get questioned on the 11 have directions to Olana la.st issue. onto Rte. 28 east, and enter a The guy was nineteen, he publicit7·, a.r,d some speculated that this is the true Here 'i:is. Go up 9G past traffic drcle. Exit onto refused or resisted his friends r-eason for the Freeman article. Clermont, for about 15 miles. it's Washington Ave., taKe a left attempts to get him medical then 11 They know that we're ooor. on your f'ight. There's a sign at the first light. You will now attention until it was too late. 11 They !-

International I.D~ ·offers special benefits-

New YorK, NY--More than 1.3 other places of interest. There is million students in 62 countries also a basic accident/sickness 1:his year will obtain lower insurance pacl661-!414 • ...... ' . from President Botste.in and -for the Jewish- c9.mmunity. The others at Bard, and Janet Nelson Jewish community at Bi.rd is CJ's·RESTAURANT at Vassar, [when the decision · small . buf· growingt bright,· .. . ~ · .. NOilTH rea-ched the President of Vassar J somewhat assimilated. and can she· didn't take the ball and run be a part of, d.nif ··a·lfect. the with it even when it was in her c:ommunity as ·a .. whole{' Flam FAMlLY-i)INING said.. · ·· court. I had received other offers ·· that were rocK-solid, a.nd ~elt it · Flam will complef.e her was unwise to wait any longer.11 rabbinical studies at Hebrew Chilton, having warned in his Union College on Ma.y 28th, when she will be ordained BEER letter tha. t Flam was "a in the pa.rticularly attractive candidate Reform 'tradition SALADS ·at Temple WINE to [other J congregational search Emmanuel in New Yorl< City. SOUPS SODA PIZZA COPY CAT PRINTER~ 25 South Broadway . . Red Hook, N.Y. 12571 AT. SG AT OLD POST RD. RHINEBECK CALL . HOURS: CREDIT CARDS W .JCopies · OPEN6DAYS ACCEPTED S fnvitations 11 AM TO 11 PM SUN2TO lOPM 876-7711 ,J- U.P.S. Shipping May 18, 1989 .· THE BARD OB~ERVER Page 11 Bard cleared of unfair labor practices charges

The Nation~l Labor Relations <3> No evidence ~xisi:s to Board has cleared Bard College substantiate Local 200D's Auto·, Home & Life of . all charges of unfair labor allegation "that Bard aded in a MICHAEL HAGGERTY prac-tices in a. decision issued on discriminatory manner against Account Agent May 3. . any member of the bargaining Allstate Insurance Company Charges ha.d been brought unit; Route 9, Astor Square Rhinebeck, NY i 2572 against the College by Service (4) No basis e}dsts to support 1 (914) 876-3632 Employees' International Union, Local 200D s allegation that the Local 200D. College refuse-d -to supply Following what it called a information in violation of the "carefully investigated and Na:tiona.l Labor Rela:ticns Aci.; RECYCLED READING considered" inquiry t ·the Board and Used 1 N New Books- & refused to issue a complaint, (5) No evidence e>~ists to Comics Supplies cl'ting a lack of evidence of support. the union~s allegation Baseball Cards & Supplies violations of Section 8 of the tha.t the College has sought to National La.bor Relations Act. undermine the status of the collective bargaining The decision indica.tes thiit: Rt. 9, Astor Square Mall . Rt. 9 <1> No evidence e>dsts to representative. Rhinebeck, NY Hyde Park, NY sugges1: tha.t th~ College has Dr.Dimitri B. Papa.dimitriou, 876-7849 229-0800 Executive Vice President of Bard violated any provisions of the JAYNE BROOKS N11ticnal Labor Relations Act; College• sa.id, usard remain!i OWNER <2> . The College ha:s acted committed to working fa.ithfully entirely within its rights, with i·fs · bargaining unii consistent wlth contracted en1ployees and with guidellnes, in _making specific representatives of Local 200-D decisions r~ga.rding scheduling. to carry out all provisions promotionst and vacancies; _included in the current c:ontrad." More sites to see e Shoes •;• .continued from page 9 first intersection that you come to the Senate Hause confuse you to~ and turn-left onto Broadway. a.s much as. they did met "then you ~eep going, a.nd you will reaJ;:h can, while on Plaza Rd., ta~e a . :Rondout as Broadway reaches the of-Su right at the tra.Hic light onto river. Fair St., and the museum is two TH8 HUDSON RIVER MAR1TlM8 blocks down, on the right. It's CENTER is by the river. It is within walking distance of the open May 7 to D~cember- 3, si>~ Senate House. ·days a. weeK (Tuesday it is Anyway 1 the hours for the closed). WeeJ The fee is $1. and comforts your feet like nothing else on Another alternative is to visit If 1he directions confuse you, earth. Even on asphalt you'U be walking on Rondoutt a. section of Kingston by i:here a.re signs in King~ton which a cloud. Birkenstock. If you-knew what they the Hudson Riv(tr. To get th!re, point to 1:hese ·places.. They may felt like, youtt be wearing them now. get on Rte. 28 east, ent~r the even be more accurate than me. traffic circle, and get onto Major In fac-t, I am sur-e the}' are. So Chandler Dr. Drive through the don't worry about getting lost. Iiii!! I B#.~ocR!. 0 - Amazing selection for women and men at: HANDCRAFTED GIFTS ,,,,. Hiking & Walking Footwear Hardscrabble Center 65 Tinker St., Woo.dstock 679-2373 TUES.-SAT .-1 0-5 139 S. Broadway (Rt. 9) FRIDAY -1 D-9 Red Hook, NY 12571 Extended Holiday Hours (914) 758-0521 Page 12 THE BARD OBSERVER May 18t 1989 We appreciate that Scott made Uproar an apology in case he was wrong ACROSS 36 Patterns about the Beer Balls, but in light 38 Teacher's ••• continued from page 5 11 of his hostile, Knee-jeri< 1 Propositions favorite The tc the effect of Beer· Balls, 51mitates 39 Stalemate accusations i i came a. 1i ttle too 9 Male turkey 40 Myself good, other teams. ba.d," and hang 12 Metal 41 City In Nevada late. We have the right to be 13 Volcanic · Weekly it it up to antagonize the other 42 Monster presumed innocent until proven emanation 4<4 Fragile team ft. 14 Regret 46 Wander guilty. 15 Choir voice Outside the wir,dows of aimlessly Crossword the same sympathy for 17 Mends 48 semi-precious Hegeman seemed a highly visible We have 19 Scandinavian stones B&G's janitorial staff that Scott monetary 51 Goal Puzzle place to hang it, being easily unit: pl. 52 Character in seen from Kline Commons. All the does, and we Know how 21 Long, deep cut "Othello" frustrating it can be going to a 22 Toward shelter 54 Case for small sign sa1d was "Tewks Beer Balls. 24 in the vicinity of college who's financially secure 25 Lamprey articles Yuh Mutha. Get Out.•• It was Female ruff 26 Likelihood 55 students lack any respect for the 56 Pintail duck obscure and hard! y vulgar in any 27 Be present property and livelihood of 29 Note of scale 57 Limbs 7 Without end way. 31 Possessive DOWN 4 Breathe loudly others. pronoun 8 Weaken In putting up the sign that 1 Small amount in sleep 9Test G:oing to a school that their 32 French article 5 Indian mulberry night, which was the evening of 33 Behold! · 2 Anger 10 Possessive parents have to shell out $20t000 34 Lubricate 3 Obstinate 6 Father or pronoun the 16tht not the 15th, we mother for, you'd thinK they'd 35 Prefix: down fellows "I 1 Intertwine .. partners in crime .. were ha.rdly a year 16 Artificial think twice about where they put language in Hegeman for more tha.n twenty cigarettes out, 18 Matured minutest all spent frantically in their limitless 20 Famed who's walls they're writing on, 22 Among the stairwellt trying to find a 23 Tardy our sign out of a. who's do~ms they're destroying, 25 Biblical name way to hang 27 Century plant third floor window. We were out and how much garbage they leave 28 Girl's name and off main campus in front of Kline. 29 Hold on of Hegeman property by 11:50 p.m. ' Once againt the Beer Balls 30 Singing voice The who had seen would liKe to say that we a.nd the 34 Manage only people 36 Attitude us were the juniors and seniors TewKsbury residents had nothing 37 Come into view to do with the vandalism of 39 Barter who were worKing in the labs 41 Repulse before and after we left. The one Hegeman in April, and that we 42 Hebrew are sorry to hear when anything measure person we talKed to, a Chem 43 Dominant or student or something. thought at Bard is destroyed. ihe ne>:t recessive th~ harmless enough and time Scott wants to play campus 44 Athletic group idea. 45 Execute said it was o~ay with him a.s long detective, ·he should checK his 4 7 Underworld god closed windows when facts and ~now who he is 49 Haul with effort as we the 50 Female relative: we were done. accusing first. colloq. ·As iar as we Know. it did not 53 Faeroe Islands whirlwind take anybody six hours to clean Truthfully, up our 11 me sst considering that The Tewksbury Beer Balls & COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE our sign was gone by 9 a..m .. the Friends next morning, less than sh: hours. At no point .did we enter any of PUZZLE SOLUTION the labs in the science wing. It was a harmless. sign. made of an old bedsheet. hung with string and masl

Red Hook, NY 224 FAIR STREET 15 E. Market St. KINGSTON, N . Y. 12401 By Appointment Rhinebeck. N.Y. 12571 {914} 876-2303 May 18, 1989 .THE BARD OBSERVER Page 13 Arts and EntertainDlent .Moon ringed with aura of comedy BOOK by Robin CooK Just when the social shf)nanigans couldn't grow more The air which surr-ounded the convoluted, Hugo enlists the REVIEW Sunday~ May 7 t performance of bashful . and impov&rished "Ring Round the Moon" was one Isabelle (Jubileth Moore> to win of ga.ity and lightheartedness. over his brother and to draw the The title, the setting wrath of Diana.. Isabelle is (beautifully designed by Robert hesitant and intimida-ted by Breathing Lessons in Joel Schwartzlt 1he hilarious Hugo; she finds herself interchanges between the cooperating reluctantly, ·only to cha.ra.ders--all were evocative be drawn into . the center of Middle America of a French social come.dy. Hugo's ugly machinations. With _great pleasure I welcome But 11 Ring Round the Moon 11 wa.s Isabell~ gradually becomes animosity Of" resentment that the . the arrival of Anne Tyler's new a triumph not merely of style but more assertive, and more novel, Breathing Lessons, her spouses might feel toward ea.c:h resentful of Hugors manipulation other. Their squabbling and also substance, with moments of latest since The ·Accident drama and ·social commentary on of her. Moore deserves credit for recri mi na. tionsf even their .Tourist,· one of the most rich/poor· relations--not to the emotion she brought to her resentment fill the reader with . intimate, claustrophobic', and yet mention excellent acting on the role-. Flushing wHh rag~ at the tension, because one already happily familiar booKs available pa.rt of the performers involved. thought of Frederic's senses the importance of what is 1:oda.y by a current writer. The plot concerns a set of faithlessness, and turning her at s1al, Mojo & SKid Everywhere complete with a caJoled the audience to crowd the tad

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. · ~· . . . -.. -~: . . May 18, 1989 THE BARD OBSERVER Page 15 Events in the Hudson Valley ANTIQUES FAIR . l,.,}oodstocl<. 679-:9957. Fri-Tues May 26-June 2--Chocolat. ~ 1-5 p.m. Free. . May 27"-28--Rhin~ Aniiques Through June- 25--The Emerging MUSIC Fair at the Dutchess County Figure in Contemporary F a.irgrounds, Rt. 9, Rhinebecl<. Sculpture. Blum ·Art Ga.lleryt May 20--Newport J a.zz Bard. 758-7437. Open daily Festival: 11 The Golden Age of 1 ART except Tues., noon-S p.m. Free-. Ja.zz. ' Oliver Ja.c:kson, Sla.m July 30-August 26--Karl Stewart, Warren Va.che, George 6 Crannell St., Poughkeepsie BecKwith Smith III, Hudson . Through Ma.y 26--Juried Spring Wein, Norris Turney, and Scott· 452-1233 Members' Exhibition of the Heritage: An Artist's Hamilton perform jazz in the Dut_ch@ss County Art Assoc. Perspective on Architecture. The Newport tradition. Bard a von. Barrett House, 55 Noxon St., Squash Court Gallery, Opera. House, 35 Mark&t ··St., Poughkeepsie. 471-2550. Hon-Ji'ri MontgQmery Place. 758-5461. Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. t20t THURS., MAY 18 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-a p.m. $18. FAIRPORT CONVENTION Dona. tion $1. . DANCING Ma.y 24--Lunch 'N Listen. May.27-June 25--Ha.ns Van de Saprano Andrea Buergers ~ith 0 FRI., MAY 19 l3Qvenkamp's Drea.ms, Myths a.nd May 20--Hudson Valley Country pianist Gary Palmieri· performing · ·· . Deities." Opening reception on Dance. Various bands and styles art songs: First luther"an Church. · WPDH WELCOMES . May 27, 3-6 p.m. Kleinert Art of dance. Saint James Church. Rt. 327 Mill St.t Poughkeepsie . THE ORIGINAL Center, 34 Tinker St., Woodstock. 9, Hyde Park. 473-7050. S p.m. $5. 462-0514. Noon. Free. GOOD RATS REUNION 12-5 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. · May 27--Dinner dance May 31--Lunch 'N Listen. , Ma.y 27-Sept. 4--Holograms by fundraiser to benefit the Violinist Joseph Lin with pianist New York State students at The Africana Studies program at Mary Ca.nberg · perfOf"ming worJ and Andy Grundberg times. June 24--The Emerson String . Ma.y 25--Tex-Mex: 3 films & Quartet. Olin Auditor-ium, 8 p.m. The Center for Photography at food by Santa Fe Restaurant. 338-1172. SAT., MAY 27. Woodstock, 59 Tinker . S.t., Reservations $10. WPDH WELCOMES a.cl

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Dance Thea.• ?-"-· ter:· . II, Dance. • . Studio~ • 8 printer to rt~ise the level of word-processor a.nd computer p.m. M'!y23 on-ca..mpus publicationsR mail account. . - ... Eool-£~:- . l', •• ~· - •• promises u adequa.te secreta.ria.l administration double-talK. tha.t .. •cotitinued :f:rom page 15 THEATER. 11 11 sllpport1 and first priority" too often seves a.s."truth." June_, ~3o--Jaz.z-man Grov@r with that secretary. the Why,· for example~ must th·e Ma.y 27--And Sarah laughed. Washingtont Jr. at Eardavon at 8. administration pays the faculty Chapel, the only building on · Colleen Dewhurst . will rel~t~ · p.m. 473-2072. secret8rY $10,500 per 12 months ci.mpus with an endowmenti pa. y humorous of her- car-eer in July· !"-~Festival Orchestra, ta.ies and then asl