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BARUCH PERIODICALS DESK 3rd Floor (NON-CIRCULATING) -~ ,§ir , (;0 ' c4t: .0....°"• Baruch College ., City University of New York September 13, 1995 Exhale Professor Named Ombudsman The

American , By Francesca E. Georgiou Professor Myron Schwartzman Dream Isn't, was recently appointed tothe po­ ~. ,,~"''' sition ofcollege ombudsman, fill­ .. ~. ;/ :;{..~/h':' " .., ing the vacancy created by the Dead retirement of Don Watkins, pro­ fessor of education. • Sauer, page 7 The office of ombudsman is mandated in article six of the , Baruch College governance char­ ter. The primary role ofombuds­ man is to assist students, faculty, and staff "obtain just and equi­ Business table treatment" in specific cases of "alleged inequity, unfairness or maladministration." It is the ombudsman's responsibility to at- , tempt a reconciliation of differ- .. " The ences between conflictingparties, • and obtain a solution which is Myron Schwarzman, professor ofEnglish and journalislll, was MegaBank mutually acceptable, accordingto recently appointed college ombudsman. ' 'a memo from Baruch President l.\fe~ger Matthew Goldstein. program, which Professor ofLondon and his doctorate at the " The position of ombudsman Bernstein currenflyserves as di- State University of New York at " .' ',' -~:~J::"'-."'" --',' -,' ,,,is',~a~lFa(Htioii-SIta:riiif.ng~'o-v-er-- .- recf~r" oL'-rn~19-1'i ~' '~f~ssors':-gtOniBiOOK~ oo.tli:iiiKDg1is1i·.Wi~.·' • Hinds, page-1J twenty years. Professor Schwartzman and Bernstein James Joyce manuscripts as his ! I Schwartzman, professor of En- started the journalism internship . area ofspecialization. glish andjournalism,-isthe fourth class. Since then, the journalism In addition to his work in the to hold the position. programhasgrown toincludejour- English department, Professor Professor Schwartzman nalism/creative writing and busi- Schwartzman is the co-chair of joined Baruch's English depart- ness journalism. Baruch Collegejazzcommittee. He • ment in 1974. Soon afterjoining, Prior to his arrival at Baruch, he and Professor Roslyn ProfessorSchwartzmanearned his Continued on page two Features Bernstein created the journalism master's degree at the University A,Modern Bedtime A Little Bit Behind The Times... Story • Guo, page 19

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2 Continued from page one en ~ CD is currently preparing a N 0­ Z ~ Cafeteria ember 9 jazz concert commemo­ .x:CD 0 rating the late jazz great Charlie i- Parker's 75th birthday. • l!) Set To As ombudsman, Professor 0> 0> Schwartzman will mediate dis­ ~ -.. .. or- putes through "informal conflict . . M or- Open At resolution," he said. "When a ~ CD student doesn't know what to do ···E-MAILADgRESBEB .0 E anymore, I'm .the person who's .....CD -18th Street EI~D.NT LIIAD.IUIICD__...... aNN.L Q. here to help." ..Q) D~. ron..:[email protected]~bamch.cuny.edu en Students with problems are Ronald Aaron, Associate Dean ofStudents: encouraged to contact Professor Richard ~rowne, Copy Editor, The Ticker: [email protected] Students at the East 18th Schwartzman at (212) 802-6646. Day ~esslon ~tudent Governme~t.Presid~nt: [email protected] The plUBh new furniture in the brand new cafeteria in the 18th Street Street building will soon be able to His office is 1128,360 Park Ave. Everung Session Student AsSOCIatIon: [email protected] Building. South. Office hours are Mon. and buyfood without leaving the build­ Graduate Student Assembly: [email protected]~u .,. ingata new cafeteria thatis sched­ ed., 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Samue~ uled to open soon. . andThurs. afternoonsbyappoint­ Dr. Johnson, Vi.ce President for Student Development/Dean ofStudents: sam.Johnson@ scsu.sitea.baruch.cuny.edu The cafeteria, on the 19th floor, ment, beginning at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Carl K!rsch~er, Ass~stant Dean ofStudents: [email protected] was originally scheduled to open ppointments are recommended. Sharon Lai, ASSIstant DIrector, Office of Student Life: [email protected] .-, this week, but due to construction Marcy~oe, Office of Student Life: [email protected] delays "on the part ofthe building tion, thebuildingonlyhad 18floors. .:.~.- - -:-..::..:<:':.: , ::", '.•. >.<'.;~..,;;:: owners,"itmay not open until next The new floor is spacious and fea­ week, according to David Cooper, tures a panorama view of the city, DEPARTMENTS/DFIGlANIZATIDNB food service director for CulinArt, as well-as skylights providingnatu­ Hillel Foundation of New York: [email protected] the private contractor which oper­ rallight during daylight hours. Newman Catholic Center: [email protected] . CulinArt, which also provides ates the food service on campus, Student.C?mputer Services U nit: [email protected] including the fifth floor cafeteria on-campus catering at the New I Student LIfe: [email protected] at the East 26th Street building School for Social Research, the ..::l and the catering service for cam­ BoroughofManhattanCommunity ~ pus events. The floor that the College, and Bronx Community STUDENT NIi\AISPAPEFlB I cafeteria will be on is new, accord­ College, as well as numerous pri­ The Graduate Voice: thejgraduate, [email protected] Maintenance staffworking to have the cafeteria ready as early as ing to Q.oop~; prior to construc- vate companies. t ~ The Reporter: [email protected] possible. The Ticker: [email protected] .

From The President ofThe Day Session Student Government UBTBEFIVIIRS today and feel the power! pay Session Student.Government: [email protected]·edu . As President ofthe Baruch College Day Session Student Government (DSSG), I, Andrew Heller would like to welcome you back for another SUBSC~E exciting semester here at Baruch. Ofcourse, as we head into the third Telephone Registration Note: To subscribe to alistserver, .send an e-mail message tothe listserver address shown above with as the subject.

week ofschool, you may have noticed numerous detrimental changes at / Baruch College-. Beginning at the end oflast semester and throughout By far, the new telephone registration.system this semester has ~ved the summer, DSSG has kept a vigil on these changes and began to students countless hours ofwaiting on never-ending lines .and arguing with prepare strategies to tackle these setbacks. Baruch College, as well as registration volunteers outofpure frustration. Now, from the comfort ofhome the entire City University of New York, has suffered the largest cut in or work, a student can register for hislher classes with somewhat ease ofuse. WE.· 1i11T118<. education and educational services in its entire history. As an elected Baruch College:·http://bbweb.si~baruch.cuny.eehv However,no systemis flawless. Manystudentshavecomplainedaboutthelong -'------student leader and an education advocate, I pledge to you student hold-time on the system, being suddenly disconnected, and not reaching the City UniversitY-of:N~YorE·http://www.cuny~edUl government's relentless dedication and persistence in restoring our registration hotline when you need them the most. Student Computer Services Unit; COMING SOON!!! right to an accessible, affordable, and quality education at Baruch Mostimportantlyisthelateregistrationtimeperiod. Afterexperiencingthe ' .. College. aggravation of waiting over two hours just to add a course, it was obvious somethinghad to be done. !

.AlilQUT. -:" . ',' . " THIS. DlFlECTDFIY- - . . Fall Budget Reduction a "Bridge" to Why not extend the use oftelephone registration to service those students -" whowishto add/drop a course? This would notonlycutdownon the amountof This d!r-~t01J1 istDai~~n~.by the StudentComputerServices Unit, a client organization of the Bernard M. Baruch College FLJ,rther CU!!-__-: staff hours for the Registrar,(hence, saving $$), but it would save students Association, Inc. To.sqb~tBaruch related e-mailinformation, questions, or to report difficulties, errors, or omissions in this valuable time in making lat:"changes to their courses" Instead ofa forcing a . directory, pleasesende-mail to [email protected] " studentto cuthis/herclass to waitonline atthe Registrar, a simple phone call Make no mistake, they'll be back. Governor George Pataki's devas­ could do the trick! This is an issue DSSGwillbe workingvigorously on for the tating budget cuts to CUNY and Baruch College wasjustthe beginning Spring 1995 semester. of a long, brutal plan to reduce funding to the largest urban public university of the United States. A mid-year cut of $7.4 million is expectedtohitBaruch,inadditiontoourshareofCUNY's $100.1 million StutkntGovernmentGoes On-Line ) cut last semester. This growingtrendis yet anotherreminder ofthe utterdisregard for Overthe summer,DaySessionStudentGovernmentestablishedane-mail public higher edubition by the Governor of New York. It is our account accessible to all students of Baruch, H you have any questions, responsibility, as students and future leaders ofthis nation, to express suggestions, or concerns about BaruchCollege, please e-mail us at: our concerns to the state government. The most effective method of • "i. . insuring the demands ofstudents are met is through voting ~@ scsu.sitea.baftlch.cuny.edu ~itorials: ~ 6 ~ Baruch College has just entered the infamous Internet and World Wide Voter Registration Web. As we begin ourjourney into the global communication network,'it is ~ ~ important to remember the Internet is unique because it not regulated or .uttellsIDp-eds: ...... •..•...... •7 As we stay up all night preparing our rallies and lobbying controlled by anyone body. Anybody can logon to the Internetorcreatetheir ~.;. st.rategres. ....t h'ey re st.i·11 In. 0 ffiIce "... , ownwebsite. ThetroeassetoftheIntemetistheabilitytotapintothevastarray Business:...... •.: ,. 11 As put up countless flyers and posters on our bulletin of opinions and concerns expressed by its millions of users. To limit the boards....they're still in office!!! expressionoftheseopinions~on ourfirstamendmentrightto freedom ·Featti:r'e.8:;••••••••••••••••••• ~ ~' ;.••••••••.••••••17,·· As we scream and shout, demanding our right to an .' \' ..,.'. '. .' .' ~, ofexpression.. The onlyWay a nationcan positively progress into the future is

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z CD :E CJ) • en CD -0 CD -3 -­. , cr --,., CD s: "'"' - w... -,..... -~ ~~".L.GGl~ 'Jj- ~ Wanted Golden Key Honor Society would like to offer to all interested, students an opportunity to ' makea differenceinotherpeople'slivesbyvolunteeringfor itsSoupKitchenfor theHomeless program. Studentswhocansparethreehoursona SaturdayafternoonshouldcontactRenate Colon, BaruchCollegechapterpresident, at(212)#7-3500or(212) 724-3156. Theupconring visits to the soup kitchen will be September 16 arid 23, and October 21 and 28.

Audition Auditionsfor singersanddancersforTheatronandtheBaruchCollegespeechdepartment's 1~5FallsemestermusicalproductionofColePorter's"AnythingGoes," willbeheldinRoom 911 of17 LexingtonAve. from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. onTuesdayandWednesday; September 19 and 20. Students, faculty and staff are invited; no experience necessary For more informationcal1 ProfessorSusanSpector, (212)387-1315, orleavemessageat(212) 387-1340. ind Out More! AMABeat OPEN HOUSE • TheArrierican MarketingAssociation will hold a membership drive on September 14, at Thurs., September 21 st 12:55 to 2:50 p.m. in Room 829 of360 ParkAve. South. 1:90'-2:-38 '' ~Al\1A • The is having an after school party at Openers on Third Avenue between 23rd and 360' PHS, Room 1542

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• A.lV1A offers a tutorial program to help students requiring extra help in marketing and business courses. This programis open toall students. -,-' ~ ,, •• Internships The Weissman Center for International Business at Baruch College is now accepting Register to y ote! ! applicationsfor internshipsininternationalbusiness. Baruchstudentsintheupperclassand at MBAlevels are encouraged to apply Internships are not limited to students specializing in international business. For more information Dr. Marie Maniaatthe Weissman Center, Baruch College, Box F-1339, NewYork, NY 10010, or call (212) 802-6730. • There are more than 214,000 students in the City University ofNewYork. Foreign Trade Soc~ • Governor George Pataki defeated Mario , '-.----- Cuomo' by a. slim 57,000 votes. The ForeignTrade SocietyofBaruchCollege willholdits first general meetingon'Tuesday; • The students of CUNY had the power September19, from 1:00p.m.to2:30p.m. ForlocationorinformationOn theSociety; call(212) to change the doomsday election of 802-6730. November 1994. • The State Legislature elections are approaching.fast and CUNY students have ­ -ListClubAnnouncementsHere' the abilityto dictate which candidates we Clubsanddepartmentsareinvitedtopostannouncementsofupcomingfunctions, programs, want to be elected. oropportunities thatmaybeofinterestto theBaruchCommunityhere. Senda pressrelease • with relevant details to: Ticker Takes The Ticker Stop by the DSSG office in room 1531 of the 360 PAS buildin~,topick.upa voter registration form 360Park Ave. South, Room 1522 ~ or call us at (212) 802-6790 for more information . New York, NY10010 "'. .. . 7 6 o·-I ...~ ...,...... m ' -- ,.~'. x . .. . ~., . =r ._ C") I» ..-­ The CD s- O) • .c Ticker_ en CD E '0 0) CD 0- Established in 1932 Living in the '90s - -0) 3 en cr • Eric Thorsen CD... With the election ofMyron Schwartzman to the position ~ 0) as Editor-in-chief ~ s: The American Dream i FarFroID Dead ~ x co W of ombudsman this is an opportune time for Baruch '- John Voross co s- 01 O) Managing editor By Robert Sauer ~ o Duringthe summer, time and time again, eral post office system. a dime. Nor did he need a nationaljob training ~ students to familiarize themselves with this unique posi- ~ . CandidaDeller­ I heard how our generation will be the first Did .you know that the owner of Home program, as Robert B. Reich wants to imple­ Kortright one in American history not to surpass the Depot, Bernie Marcus, started his first store ment: Marcus created 80,000jobs without any tioninthe school's administrationranks. As thefront page Senior editor economic stature ofour parents. The liberal in the late 1970's? Afterbeingfired at nearly governmental funding. Truth is the govern­ D.J. Fricke media shouts that the American dream is fifty years ofage, Marcus vowed never to be ment hurts -and even kills many people's article states that the ombudsman is their primarily to News editor over, and we have seen our better days. an employee again--but an employer. Today dreams with the burden of high taxes and . Fellow classmates, don't ever listen to he is in charge ofover 80,000 workers, and he regulations on businesses. help studentsinsituations in which an equitable outcome Jessica L. James the liberal media on this issue because it is is the owner of 379 stores. Home Depot is Thes-e stories also happen on smaller Exhale editor nottrue. Everyday somebody lives the Ameri­ today's fastest growing hardware-home im­ scales. People start at the bottom of any can dream in this country. Ifthe dream was provement chain. In fact, last year's sales company, then they move up to become man­ needs to be reached with the help ofa third party. What a Joanne Guo over, as the media wants you to believe, then from his stores combined made a total of agers, supervisors, vice-presidents or even Business editor how come people are literally dying to come CEOs. How do they do this? Of course by broad mandate Prof SchwartzInan has. He can basically Darren Hartley to America. The Haitians do not think the working hard. If you are dedicated and Manny Rodriguez dream is dead. The Chinese feel that it is "'...one 0if US know that hard work brings forth results, poke his headinto anysituationthathe wants, ~ort oflike Arts editor alive and roaring. People from almost every there is no stopping you. nation are coming here for a better life, a life Almost every day at school I hear about Marlon Del Valle that can be the best in the world. This life .-couldbe the the budget cuts and the tuition hikes. I a guardian angel for students So all ofyou students with Sports Editor can only be found in these great United .know how tough it is to come up with the States of America. extra money for fewer services. Nobodyever Kim Robinson " a problem and unsure ofwhere to go with it, here's your Photo editor The opportunities in this country are nextBill Gates. " said it was going to be easy. Nothing is abundant. You just have to know where to handed to you in life. I hear, "I have a right guy. We don'tknow how much student the ombudsman's Richard Browne find them and take advantage of them. The .. $12.4 billion.' Remember the company that to an education," My friends, the only rights Copy editor following is an account of how the Riese fired him? Well, they went bankrupt. Still, you have are the ones in the constitution. family lived the American dream. Raised in .Marcus pushes along, works hard (the key You have the right not to be blocked out, and office usuallygetsperdaybutlet'smakeitincrease. Inthis Heydi Hezuarrdez Harlem, Murray Riese, who was a high school ingredient) and becomes richer every day. not to be discriminated against. So instead Advertising manager dropout, and his brother Irving started off Marcus did not sit around collecting un­ of complaining about this and that, get up huge school ofincreasing and decreasing se-rvices we the working as dishwashers in 1936. The broth­ employment checks. Nor did he stay at home and work, work, work, work. Ifyou do, I can Madelyn Tavera say almost with certainty, that you will live Office manager ers put money aside for four years, until they waiting for the welfare inspectors. He went -·students often find ourselves alone with our problems, had enough saved to put down $500, on a out, took risks, and worked extremely hard. the American Dream, for one ofus can be the Roslyn Bernstein $8,500 luncheonette located on 40th Street. He did not need the government to give him next Bill Gates. Alisa Solomon Eventually the Riese brothers owned Over Your studentactivities fee alone entitlesto more thanthat Consultants 300 restaurants in New York City. Today t» Response they feed approximatelya halfmilhon.people people. Your tuition not o-nly gives- you access to an a day. This is the American dream I speak of. Start with nothing, work very hard, and Affirming Affirmative achieve something. This is a family who did education but all'the services that the school can afford to not have a nickel to spend. They saved and Staff .. took risks with their hard-earned money to offer. Ali'ofus should m.ake it our business to familiarize live a better life. After opening up the lun­ - - Andrea Garcia Action cheonette, the brothers continued working Wendell Hinds hard and taking more risks. Unfortunately, By Marlon Del-Valle ourselves withthe various offices and what they can offer Deidre A. Hussey want to, but simply because they weren't even Murray Riese died on July 18, 1995 a very In the previous issue ofThe Ticker, a stu­ Michael Lukaj ent by the name of Tobias Mitchell wrote a given a chance. rich man. 4 Bennet Maurer Many minorities have been deprived of a us. So let us start your list ofhelpful offices and numbers Tell me that this story cannot be lived etter that clearly bashed Affirmative Action! Jennie Dh good education. In turn, this affects their ability today. The key ingredient in this picture is amwritingthis piecefor two reasons: Firstly, Luz Ort.iz to get goodjobs or even get into a good college to withthis one. OMBUDSMAN - RM.1128, 360ParkAve. Miriana Ramirez hard work. Ifyou work hard, you can achieve o practicemy rightofrebuttal and secondly, to further their education. Manny Rodriguez almost anything. If you think the dream is opefully-shed some light about this program I was accepted into Harvard University and (212) Robert Sauer over, talk to me in about 20 or 30 years and Tobias. Obviously, he does not know why South 802-6646. Richard Scott irmative Action was instituted in the first I truly believe that one ofthe main reasons I got lace!! in was because I checked the box that said: "The only rights Tobias used a quote from the Constitution Hispanic. Now I might have still gotten in .n his opening paragraphs which stated that whether I checked that box or not, but doing so . all men are created equal." Don't you think ensured me an opportunity which, normally, you have are the hat if this were ideally true, the need for would not have been provided hadit notbeenfor The Ticker is pub­ irmative action wouldn'texist? The truthof affirmative action. This however, was not a lished hi-weekly, eight hematteriseveryoneis notcreatedequal. We handout! Harvard did not accept me merely times a semester, by The ones in/he ive in a society where the majority of the because of my race. I still had to meet certain Ticker editorial staff at pulation is considered the minority!! Isn't criteria! If selection by race were the case, the 360 Park Ave. South, hatan unfairadvantage to whatisconsidered application process wouldbecome obsolete. Stu­ New York, NY 10010, he majority? I think so, dents would only have to declare their race and Room 1522 (Internet E- Constitution." This is where affirmative action plays its get on with their lives. - M a i I see where I am and where you are. It is a fact that living in this country is hard, ftEjiie@mJ..~ma~fdJl ole. This program was set up to help those Here's another great American dream -but it is even harder if you don't have the re­ All work except printing story about Fred Smith. Smith was a student honeededit;itwasanattempttocreatesome is done by Baruch un­ orm ofstability. Despite the fact that there is sourcesthatonlya minimal amount ofthe popu­ at the ever prestigious Yale University. He lationhave access to! Affirmative actionwasset dergraduate and gradu­ handed in a term paper that showed how to misconception that this program gives mi­ ate students. All typed up to liftthe glass ceiling that withheld minori­ guarantee overrright mail service. The pro~ orities an unfair advantage, it is in factjust and signed contributions .ving us an advantage we -never really had. ties from the many opporturiities we deserve. and letters are welcome, fessor gave Smith a 'C; on the term paper. I Some might still feel thatitis unfair, but unless would have given him an 'A.' In 1973 Smith ere might be a lot of minorities out there and should be mailed to hoaremore thanqualifiedtoenterschoolsor you'veexperiencedthehardshipsminoritiesface, the above address (or E­ started started his own company in order to your feelings are unjustified. mail address). make his words on paper come to life. He et jobs on their own merits, but there are Our office is open began carrying a total of 186 packages a day. any more who can't..Not because they don't during regular school Today this company is known to all as Fed­ The opinions expressed on the Exhale pages are 'those ofthe individual writers,. and do ~t nece~~,"!ly hours. Any display ad­ eral Express. Smith's company employs present the opinionsofTheTickereditorial staff. The Tickeraccepts only_typewntten a~ signed01!lnwn vertising questions 110,000people with a fleet of35,000vansand -ieces ofnomore than 750 words from Baruch College students. Publication ofExhalearticles Uf contingent should be directed to the wo~, type~ntten Uns~d 501 planes. The company has its very own pon an editorial board vote. Letters must be no more.that 350 and signed. advertising Manager or ters .will not be published. However, when appropriate, names WIll be wlth~ld uPO?, .request. Writers Managing Editor at the weatherforecastingsystem. FederalExpress hould provide day and evening telephone numbers. All submissions are subject to edttl.ng for space and above address. has proven often to be superior over the fed- larity. Address all opinion pieces and letters to the Exhale editor.

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C") ~ Truth or Consequences rn ~ x Q) :::J .c ~ E CD Q) • Q. (J) -Q) CD en • Hit Us and We'll Hit You Back "-CD Q) 3 CJ'" (ij , . CD s:x ...-.. W UJ By Daniel Bagliore them alive, dissected them alive and have buildings, leaving hundreds of thousands The "blame America first" crowd is at it even cooked and eaten their body parts. homeless. It is hard to see how the cont.inu­ again, indicting the United States for drop­ Imperial Japan had wor-ked and starved ation of such bombing until there were no ping the A-bomb on Hiroshima and and tortured its captives to death." more targets would have been a moral im­ Nagasaki in 1945. Sitting in their ivory With the information he had before him provement over Hiroshima. Distinguish­ towers, these sanctimonious snobs spit on in August 1945 (and this is what really ing nuclear weapons from all others would the sacrifice and patriotism of their fa­ matters), President Harry Truman was thers and grandfathers. These men fought right to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Of a war that the revisionists would be too course, there was an alternative-an inva­ , "They dishonor ------~---_. ------~-- -- cowardly to fight. sion of Japan that would have resulted in The revisionists, in their zeal to blame the loss of a whopping 500,000 American America first, conveniently ignore the fact Iives; On the island of Kyushu, the -Iapa­ those who served that Japan had started the war with the nese had 5,000 kamikaze planes ready for conquest of Manchuria, then brought the the invasion, and 680,00.Japanese troops U.S: into the war with the sneak attack on were stationed, ready to fight to the death. andthose who gave Pearl Harbor. Also ignored are Japanese The bomb saved all those lives, as well as eee atrocities during World War II: the Rape of about 400,000 allied prisoners of war and their lives. " ... Nanking, the Bataan Death March, the civilians detained by the Japanese, whom bombing of Shanghai, the forced prostitu­ the Japanese had intended to execute seem, in fact, to give greater moral sanc­ ,. tion ofKorean women, and the brutal treat­ should America invade. ment of American POWs. tion to the use of weapons and tactics no The revisionists claim that if the U.S. less horrible." According to Air & Space magazine, a abandoned their demand for unconditional number ofcaptured B-29 crewmen had been The left is doing their typical hatchet surrender, and let Japan keep its emperor, job on America'; not recounting history, but taken to a "lonely field, where, one by one, peace would have been realized. This is a (Japanese) lieutenant chopped off their revising it. They dishonor those who served simply not true. According to Donald Kagan and those who gave their lives. in the September 1995 issue of Commen­ tary, intercepts revealed that the Japanese ouse" would not accept unconditional surrender. "They'dburned Keep in mind that the Japanese didn't even surrender after Hiroshima, with the Minis­ :ton't Keep ter of War, General Korechika Anami, de­ .... them alive, buried nying that Hiroshima had been struck by an atomic bomb. Even after Nagasaki, them alive...and many Japanese military officials, includ­ ~. -.-. _~ :-..~ ,- '- ..... Iii ing Anami, wan~d .to continue fighting.. , .. ".--- ," . .. " - Yoshijiro Umeza, the chiefofthe army gen­ It·lnside, ~ 'have even cooked eral staff, wanted his military to "deal a smashing blow to the enemy," and added that "it would be inexcusable to surrender andeaten their body unconditionally." Thursday, September 14, 1995 Was it moral for the United States to ) j t parts." drop a nuclear bomb on Japan, a weapon considered so destructive that nothing can justify its use? heads with a sword." Kagan writes that "the sharp distinc­ "They were not the first to die in this tion between nuclear weapons and others manner,'" the article continued. "The Japa­ on moral grounds seems questionable. In a at 1:00pm nese had beheaded dozens of airmen and single raid on Tokyo on March 9-10, 1945, Next Issue: used other for bayonet and archery prac­ incendiary bombs from American planes tice. They'd locked them in animal cages killed 80,000 to 100,000 people (as many as and tied them to posts for passersby to Hiroshima on August 6), wounded a similar September 27. torment. They'd burned them alive, buried number, and destroyed more than 250,000 Room 1522 A FalDily That Prays Together Will Not Stay Together?,? By Jim Senyszyn The Christian Coalition's "Contract Christians are so blinded by the doctrine of with the American Family" is a big lie. It is the perpetual virginity of Mary and the a misrepresentation ofJesus Christ's scrip­ ideal of sexless, "abstinent" marriage that All are welcom.e! tural teachings which are actually quite "...they believe that they are too embarrassed to bring them­ anti-family. In Matthew 10:34-38 Jesus said selves to admit this. he had come to bring interfamily discord Partly based on the false prophecy that and urged people to leave their families having a family is the Second Coming was 'imminent (Mat­ and follow him. In Luke 14:26 he demanded thew 16:28, Mark 9:1 and Luke 9:27,21:32), Ifyou are interestedin working on The Ticker that his disciples "hate" their families. In early Christians such as St. Paul frowned Matthew 19:29 he urged his followers to detrimental to upon marriage (l Corinthians 7:6-9, 29, 32­ "forsake" their families. 34). But he did patronizingly grant "~­ and like free food, you will not be disappointed. In Matthew 8:21-22 he denied a mission" for those lacking self-control sin~ disciple's request for family leave to bury religious life." it was "better to marry than to burn." This his father. Jesus .curtly replied, "Follow anti-sex, anti-marriage ascetic bias lives I me; and let the dead bury their dead." .:: on today in strict celibacy requirements for .:. -- In Mark 3:31-35 and in Luke 8:20-21 and brothers, was his family. the ruling hierarchy of the largest Chris­ you Jesus snubbed his biological family who Yes, Jesus had brothers-and sisters­ tian sect, the Roman Catholic Church. See there! had come to see him. He claimed th~~e as further evidenced in Mark 6:3; John Clearly, they believe that having a family ass~mbled crowd, rather than his mo ~r 7:3,5; Galatians 1:19 and Acts 1:14. Many is detrimental to religious life. 11 10

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By W.endell Hinds addition to competing with it's merger, National City AtA Glance On August 28th, Chemical other banks in the industry, Corp. said it would purchase September 11 Bank and Chase Manhattan an­ Chemical-Chase also has to Integra Financial Corp. for nounced plans to merge in a battle with outside financial­ $2.1 billion' and Boatmen's You can't REGISTER for it. $10 billion ·dollar stock ex­ service providers such as bro­ Bancshares Inc. said it will From The Wall Street change." Based on total com­ kerage firms, insurance com­ purchase Fourth Financial Journal - bined assets around $300 bil­ panies and mutual funds. Corp: for around $1.2- billion. Nicholas Leeson, the lion, the newly formed Chemi­ For reasons ofcompetitive ad­ cal-Chase wil l become the larg­ vantage and survival, experts , trader whose "Based- -- on-- _.- total ( est bank in the U.S. In addi­ In the Industry belIeve that t unscrupulous trading I tion to it's total assets, Chemi­ this trend of mergers and con­ i combinedassets , techniques led to the cal-Chase will have an esti­ solidation will increase in the i I future. Other positive out­ You can't even get CREDIT for it. , bankruptcy of Barings mated 81: 000 employees with . around $300 PLC, said in his first net income for the second quar- looks for the Chemical-Chase leade~ public interview that the I ter expected to be $734 million. billion, the newly combination is market ! Out of its 584 branches, 376 ship. in areas such as loan syn­ -losses was the failure of .. branches are located, in New formed Chemical- dications, trading der iva t.ives , the executives at 'York City. According to .th e . . currencies and securities, glo­ Baring's London experts in the banking indus­ Chase will become· bal custody, luxury auto fi­ headqu.a.rters to try, the main force behind this nancing, middle market bank­ ing and mortgage servicing. recognize the risks of the merger was cost reduction. the largest bank in Chemical-Chase is expected to However, on the down side business he was engaged cut cost of around $1.5 billion a . the U.S." of this merger will be cost sav­ But It's the' most Important pan ofyour colleg«career. in. He claimed that year. ing measures which will be Because even ifyou have a GPA 4.0. jfyou don't have leadersb1p.skills•.•. Barings executives were This merger has both pos i- Andin cre a s i ngIy , the corn p e­ implemented by Chemical- you won't get thJlt JOB sud 110 MONEY. . . i nefficjent, greedy, and tive .a n d .negativeaspects. For. tition str ength is p l ayi ng a . Cha se. It is ex'pect.ed that 1.00 of the 376 bank branches 10- , the positive, it will halpvt.he . factor brought o nby con soli­ • too eager to gain profits newly merged company compete· dation in the industry. In cated in New York City will be that they blindly in an' increasingly cut-throat fact, the same week when closed with job loses expected provided him with the environment. For starters, in Chemical-Chase announced continued on page 15 how you funding without further So do get it? investigation. He Recent Baruch Graduates In The Spotlight: Part I Stand up and get involvedl! explained that his initial intention was to correct Invest in your future!! the money-losing trading errors made by a· colleague, however, more "mistakes was made by his colleag'ues and he By Joanne Guo involves attending fund con­ currently has ten different mar­ keting approaches to reach his JOIN.... 360 PAS room 1531(212) 802-6790 accumulated more losses ~ Early each morning, Seth ferences speaking to portfolio Finkelstein picks up a copy of managers and analyzing the $50 million goal. Many of the Day Session as he tried to bail them The Wall Street Journal on the different investment styles of marketing approaches involve out. way to work, a daily ritual which each. setting up arrangements with starts his busy day at Investment The other portion of his job broker/dealer firms and other September 8 Management Advisors, Inc. involves bringing in new cli­ asset management concerns. (IMA) in Manhattan. The firm, ents, or assets, to the firm. He continued on page 15 . Student Government as a discretionary money man­ From The Wall Street ager, creates portfolios of no IMPROVE yOUR " Journal- load mutual funds according to PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS In a move to placate Modern Portfolio Theory for its Kirk Kerkorian and clients. No load mutual funds investors who might join are commission-free and thus' NETWORKING SKILLS produce higher returns for cli­ him, the Chrysler Corp.'s ents. board decided to double While other college students ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS its stock-buy back at age 20 bury themselves in program to $2 billion. heavy textbooks and rush to dif­ ferent classes, Seth Finkelstein, Separately, Chrysler's a recent Baruch graduate, is at­ former chief financial tempting to achieve his goal of officer, Jerome B.York, generating $50 million in as­ Contact DSSG now until 9\ 7\95 ifyou're interested in joining student government. Cell us at (212) 802­ was hired to be the vice sets for his firm in his first year. 6790 or stop by our office in room 1531 of the 360 PAS building!!! chairman of Mr. As an Associate at IMA, Seth's i responsibilities are two-fold. Kerkorian's Tracinda lOne of his dual roles is to quanti­ Corp. ! tatively and qualitatively ana­ . : lyze mutual funds which his firm ~~ i ~ ! will use when creating custom­ ~~' ; :Iized portfolios for clients. This ii... _ ) . '1 j : ': Ii ",\i . , II .~ "~~_. .".~ \\ •• W ••- '0_ ••_•_ ..__ .. _. • ••• - ...... -. -.' .. _ • _ •• _- .' .- .. --. ,_.. . •. --_••..:.=:::=:=:==:J .. ,~_-.~ .. , . -'10 .;

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York to the Chrysler I my job is the difficulty I en- money management firms. rewarding." board. counter in trying to change With companies like these, you ,.~------_ _--_..------..------. .I Mr. York served as chief p e 0 pIe's p e rce p t ion," says can get equivalent or better PRsent this coupon financial officer of IBM Seth. finance exper-ience and will not The Baruch graduate ofthe be discriminated against based Coming Next Issue: (dm:dve since his departure from class of 1995 was a Finance on your school. Chrysler in 1993. major. His position was in­ 3. On any interview, you bet­ David Chen tended as an internship of­ ter have three things with you: fered to Baruch students but a. superior knowledge of , off September 5 I your nat purdwe Itthe I BARNf5&NOBLE From The Wall Street , MAlNSlORE Journal- JOS F"aM AYaJUe 21 Jsm Srmi MIDimIiIn curcba.~ 5100 According to the Labor v.....,...... AN.w...... TheUpsand.Downs of s-. Department, jobs ...a..-•..,n c.....l ' I r---- ".,...-u,;, ...... O'....,.CIIl"__ increased by 249,000, a surprising figure comparedtothe mere r------Chemical-Chase Merger , I 6,000 gain in July, thus I pushing down the Multiculturalism, ncw A diverse technologies, and globalization urnployment rate to 5.60/0 continued from page 11 worse wi th less choices for co­ most noticeable is that the to be 4,000. In addition, there operate banking services. Rev. Jesse Jackson who called are ~ransformingA~crican ""orkforce from 5.70/0. However, ..,(t '> r business. A degree 111 much of the growth was is a big question mark -on the This merger has.... also recent big business mergers managementgiv~~9H''!~:':>, needs d·iverse future of Chase's headquar­ caused some public concerns, "economic violence" putting centered in the service ters in downtown Manhattan thousands out of work and sector, the manufacturing at One Chase Plaza, 22 mil­ "It is expected that making very few rich. He also sector grew littfe. Due to lion square ft of vacant office expressed concerns about the mixed signals, space currently available. a 100 ofthe 376 banking and lending in poor HELP economists anticipated withdrawal from One Chase and low income communities. Ma n h a t t a n Plaza will soften bank branches with less competition the poor the economy to expand at the already week real estate migh t not -g e t equal services Dest~..;iqij-_MBA is a free seminar designed !• JOBS a 2.0';'( annual rate in the market in lower Man h a t t an. relative to other higher income espe~Ui)l}t£Qr WANTED I located in New people from groups that are third quarter and 2.5f7~ In On the consumer s i d e . judg­ communities. Well, for what .. ' . ~"'. .:.:::.-;:-;- -: unde(Tepresented in the profession of business ing from the past Chemical­ it's worth, the Rev. Jesse Jack­ admiriisit~'tion.The three-hour event will Mailing Products No Expe­ LARGEST STUDENT the fourth quarter. York City will be Ma n uf'act u r e r s Hanover Corp. son might have made an impor­ - in.~~ you to management careers and the rience Required TRAVEL PLANNER on East Analysts felt that the :~Adegree. Coast looking for Campus merger which. resulted in closed with job tant point, but the wheels are .:, ..:>"....: ..... Instant profit. Send economy is at a turning -, - Rep to promote Kodak higher banking fees. it's a sure already rolling and the Chemi­ --}Come and Iirid out how you can join the . S.A.S.E. point where it is bet that banking fees will rise cal-Chase merger is just one of SPRING BREAK trips loses expected to be dynamic profession of managcrncnt at a time AU P.O. box 621 N.Y, N.Y. rebounding to a more even further with this current the many more mergers in the when the opportunities for African-American. 10159-0621 "Guaranteed" lowest pack­ merger. 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fi 0 .,t -...... , I '-''! ror ~meri(all ~nllrg.iatc ~orts ~ntbologp I ". • International Publications is sponsoring a 3F!ational <[ollege ~oetrp QCont£st --Fall Concours 1995-- open to all college and university students desiring to have their .studerJr-0~ .poetry anthologized. CASH PRIZES will go to the top five poems: ic::lcult{d c::lnd .stc::lii ere c::lll invited} no experience required $100 $50 $25 $20 Fourth First Place Second Place Third Place $2,0 Fifth J AWARDS of publication for ALL accepted manuscripts in our popular, handsomely bound and copyrighted anthology, t AMERICAN COLLEGIATE POETS. i ~ . j De~dlfne: October 31 , CONTEST RULES AND RESTRICTIONS: 3eptember 19 (} JO) 4-7pm 1. Any student is eligible to submit his or her verse. 2. . All entries must be original and unpublished. Poems f)reviously printed in student publications are acceptable. TUe0dc::l{d c::lnd Wedne~dc::l{d 3~ All entries must be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the page only. Each poem mustbe on a separate sheetand must bear, in the upperleft-hand corner, the NAME and ADDRESS 0tudio··I~lE~J of the student as well as the COLLEGE attended. Put name Qoom 91t JJrd 0treet (ternoo!e ~!'~. and address on envelope also! (Alumni Welcome!) ".. . ~ ~ "-- . 4. There are no restrictions on form ortheme. Length of poems , ':' -:0' lC rt.·~",::;. J up to fourteen lines. Each poem must have a separate title. (Avoid "Untitled"!) Small blackandwhite illustrationswelcome. 5. The judges' decision will be final. No info by phone! 6. ·Entrants sho~,"d keep a copy of all entries as fhey cannot be returned. .Prize winners and all authors awarded publication For information call Professor Susan Spector, 387-1315 will receive a gold-seal certificate ten days after the deadline. : -,,,- I. P. will retain one-time publication rights for accepted poems. Foreign language poems welcome. or leove·.messoges at 387-13L10 7. There is an initial 53 registration fee for the first entry and a fee of one dollar for each additional poem. 8. All entries must be postmarked not later than the above deadline and fees be paid, cash, check or money order, to: INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS P.O.-Box 44044-L los Angeles, CA 90044 ------~------~_. /~". CD ~ A Students "CD ac: CD en Happy 25th • • CJ) CD "0 Reaction: Fair CD 3- C") CD ~ CJ" ~ ~ CD DSSG's First Book·Fair .... .c The Caribbean Students Party is Semester's First CA> CD AA E CD -Q. CD has promise. en By Joe Lawson By Marlon Del-Valle This year marks the 25th these subjects will guarantee that The first week of school is that many still did the tradi­ anniversary ofthe Baruch College you will be two steps ahead ofyour always a hectic one! For some tional thing of setting up out­ chapter of the American Market­ competition and enhance your of the new students it's even side the entrance -of the book ing Association (AMA). In past competitive edge. more chaotic than it is for the store, many students'were up­ years, BCCAMA has received nu­ This year's keynote speaker veteran students who know stairs bargaining and trading merous national collegiate awards will be Professor Martin Baier, of what to expect from this school. with others for the mandated that can be seen on the ninth floor the University ofMissouri-Kansas literature needed to pass their of the 360 Park Avenue South City. Professor Baier is a direct courses. building. Last spring at the Na­ marketing consultant whose cli­ The fair seemed to be a tional Convention oftheAMA, held ents include many companies from success, but not as much as it in New Orleans, the Baruch chap­ the Fortune 500. This conference should of been! Hopefully, ter won three awards; Best Chap­ is open to allthat want to attend, DSSG will continue to have ter Plan, Best Chapter Program­ however, space is limited and will these fairs. I'm pretty sure that ming and Best Chapter Fund-rais­ be on a first come first serve basis. . when the winter comes around mg. Non-AMA fees will be $175.00 for and the Spring semester begins, It is time once again to pre­ Whether it be a mistake in your this three-day trip and will in­ students would prefer to inside pare to attend the 1995 Eastern financial aid or not being able clude; round-trip transportation, the building selling their books Collegiate Regional Conference, to to take a class you need because conference registration, hotel ac­ rather than getting frostbite be held this year at West Virginia commodations, seminars, parties ofan unknown prerequisite! To from standing outside. '-I» University on October 20-22. The and much much more. A deposit top everything off, students are theme this year is, "Marketing: of$75.00 holds a place for this in­ burdened with spending over $250 on books and about 2 This young lady doesn't need anyone else in Today, Tomorrow and Beyond." formative fun-filled weekend and This party's makin;g this guy hungry order to have a good time With the competitiveness in the must be received by October 1, hours of their time on line try­ industry today, it is )mperative 1995. There will be class exemp­ ing to pay for them! that we are aware andlmowledge­ tions available for those who have In an' attempt!to ease t.his able of all new marketing trends Friday and/or Saturday classes. problem, DSSG formulated a By Ray Mercado Yvonne (no last name given), felt it still turned out well higher education". than will affect us in the future. Students don't have to be an AMA hook fair which was held on the Do not get confused. a guest, remarked when she because of the attendance, in Questioning security to Thisyear's regional conference will member to attend this conference. 14th floor of the Park Avenue This is not an article about a was informing me about' her their words "a diverse atten­ find out if there was any prob­ South building. Students went cover topics on Global Marketing, TheAMAwillhost its membership i baseball player or team. This feelings concerning the party. dance not just West Indians". lems, I was referred to Mr. M. Database/Direct Market.ing, drive on September14, at IPMin to thefair -in order to sell or buy t' is an artic~ ~qtth.El .firat Debra McKenzie, a Baruch The West Indian Cultural Jardine the supervisor on duty. Cyberspace Trendsand Technology room 1542 in the 360 PAS build­ the b&oks they needed at a social interacti6nevent of student, said "I aI!1 glad that Club took the opportunity say He reported that there were in Retailing. The knowledge'of ina-all-are welcome to' attend: Iower,price! Despite.. the...fact Barach's 1995-96.academic these.acti.:v.ities .arenot.~­ that they wished that all some minor incidents, however school year. It was'held on fected by the budget-cuts" incoming freshmen'as well as . the sponsors informed ~e that •••• • ••• the 14th floor on Friday echoing the sentiments of others would drop by and find they had no knowledge ofthese • • September 8. The West Indian Yvonne. out why the WICC is one of incidents and that security did • • Cultural Club (WICC) was the This event had no the most influential clubs not informed them of any • • first at bat this semester to visible theme besides giving within CUNY. incidents occurring. attempt to provide a situation the student the opportunity to Qwasi Garner, a gen­ All in all, the first party for the students of Baruch to have funby dancing orcalk­ eral member of WICC, took ofthe school year was okay ~ ~ socially interact by meeting ing with others. The enter-. the opportunity to say,"on a given the fact that it was held • •• • others. tainment was provided by GQ serious note we want the in a place not intended for • • For some, this event international from Brooklyn Baruch community to come parties, there were no refresh­ • • • • would be referred to as a as reported by the sponsors of together especially because ments served, and that it was a : r-~M()U' : party. However you may the event. Michelle Dianne the leaders of New York City last minute thing.... Students • • choose to describe the event, it and Pusey Jarvis represent­ and State as well as the and quests present displayed • • does serve a good fu~tion ing the sponsors also in­ federal Government are trying the body language as well as : To the Students ofBaruch College ": because you want to learn, but formed me that it was a last to make it very difficult for the sounds that accompany a • • you want to have fun also as minute event however, they "minorities" continue or enter good time. :• From Nathan's Famous :• • • • • • • • •

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Found them on the comer Freedom is wings (0 Dodgers 2" things havechanged sincethe days disenfranchised urban youth who The mainstream media still con­ (0 en ofthe Young Lords and Black Pan­ are being exploited by capitalism? tinues its time-honored tradition 2-0-9 and Hillside Angels soaring high One' of the most powerful sup­ thers. even though we still have to Why do we believe what they tell ofonly reporting news stories that Bouncin'inside the cipher Leavesdancinginthewind port systems which perpetuates fight to keep the rights they won us? sell, and reporting in ways that racism and oppression is the'fact for us? Are groups such as the Historically, the morals and val­ influence listeners' thoughts for a They were yellin' Flowers blooming crayon that some of us think that the Nation of Islam, which preaches ues ofAmerica have been built on desired affect. Whydo we continue Right right petals struggle is over. The American Black Power, knowledge ofselfand many false ideas and perceptions. to see brothers going to jail for Talkin' au night 'bout Water sleeping on the masses are lead to believe that Black culture, really racist, or are Blacks and Latinos have become petty crimes.and poverty stricken systematic" oppression against they just attacked so politicians numb to 'continued oppression mothers on welfare? Why do we Th.e systematic oceanS sandy bed people of color no longer exists. tran get Black voters using a divide partly because we have made nu­ only see the billion dollar profit That be on the planet It is the sun and moon Why do some of us believe that and conquer strategy? Is Puerto merous gains toward equality, but figures of multinational corpora­ Blacks and Latinos can now estab- Rico really free or have its citizens there is still an incredible amount tions, and not the Latin American Granite automatic style Keeping their diary on I workers who die horribly trying to Remains planted pastelpaperedskies i I make an honest living? An eight hour trip i The media's power to suppress through the selling ofmisinforma­ Found it up in my mans to the land ofNod tion is best seen through its mas­ eyes Dreams ofopened steel sive attack on rap music. Blacks ~-_._------_. -----,.._--_---!...-_------"~--~ and Latinos grab mikes to repre­ Kickin'itbackandforth gates sent what they see, know, and live, Never talkin'yo he knows Ballots castfor a land while white, elderly, upper-class It's do or die to beenjayedbymany conservatives are decidingwhether The Translations showcase attempts to we should be allowed to listen to Told me G-O-D was Birds auditioning on our own music. Only a handful of Bornon the same nightas aged branches offer diverse images and interpretations rappers are focused on (and quoted ofa specific theme. Ifyour point-of­ out ofcontext) to prove that rap is me Shedding skin evil. They either quote the sex­ Self-awareness manifest I am a dove view isn't represented, feel free to obsessed, pimp lyrics of Snoop Reality The leaves are robins Doggy Dogg and Luke, or the vio­ submit your creations. For information lence-laden lyrics of Geto Boys. Flowers are butterflies on upcoming themes, contact Darren at This limited list is not sufficient Foundanotheronthesame Everything in flight is enough to make a sound argument (212) 802-6800. againstrap music. This arrogance­ Night free laced ignorance is also used when Shawty talhin' 'bout the they quote 2Pac's lyrics. Despite better world . -Kyle De-Jesus 2Pac's legal troubles, a close ex­ amination .of his music shows a She's tryin'Lo make realisticportrayalofurban life and Right right ~ a positive concern for urban youth. Our only known defense played Sau: myselfborn fromthe TJie LittleIndustriousAnt out in the media is by hypocritical Earth The little industrious ant. SEE GATE 18' at THE SPIRAL record executives who defend the Since birth, unndofAfrica I watcheditasitmooedits SEPTElJIBER-21 AT g:30PM . freedom of expression while they continue to sign money-making Blowin'through baggy food, actsthatare obsessed with sex and pants, shirts Pushing, pullingand violence. Therearemany more agentsthat Circumstance--- stumblingover falsify information and continue to Will never make me A piece ofbread. do so but the media remains the Dance with devils Clutching itsprey like a most powerful. America is built around rich capitalists and on con­ Higher level's what I'm cat holdinga mouse. l quered lands so justice is a long seekin' It entered its home:a tiny way off. However, the way to battle it is through having true knowl­ Reason whyI'm speahin' - crevlCe edge of self, history, and culture I found revolutionaries And rested. and questioning the images that Bouncini in. thecipher are given to us. Today, the main question to askourselves as Blacks For the life ofwe Andyou thought within and Latinos in America is: Have We were all.yellin' me, we achieved equalityand freedom, or is our passivity helping to put Right right When willyou endyour - more links on our chains? journey? 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~ co co • 1. What is the title of Muhammad U1 Artist: Various Artists 1st: reen tracks in his career like "Tired • ofBeingAlone"(1971) with later Ali's autobiography? ~ Album: The Show Album: Greatest Hits By Richard Browne Does anyone remember Borg, o· ('t) tracks like "Full ofFire"( 1975). A or­ McEnroe, Connors and Lendl? 2. What sport features men in CD Label: DefJam Label: Right Stuff Well everybody got what they ~ ~ With all the track instrumentals Q) wanted with this Pat Riley deal. SoDeionSandershassignedwith (j) ..0 Rating: ** Rating: having a similar sound, Al striped shirts working on the chain ~ **** Miami's owner got the big name the Dallas Cowboys thus ending the 0 E Green's unique singing style and ~ 2 The Show is a hip-hop film docu­ For a soul singer ofthe '70s to coach he wanted, Pat Riley gets latest circus around Prime Time. en c.. love chants are what stand out gang? Q) meiitary that delves inside the pass the testoftime and become the absolutecontrolhewantedand Noticenoonewassayinga thingabout C/) the most. By ranging from a 3. Who won the world's Grand world ofrap's most celebrated per- a legend in the '90s, two things the Knicks get a million dollars arthroscopic surgery while Deion was soft falsetto to powerful, soulful formers. Beinga big-screen look at must happen. First, his/her and a first round draft pick. If entertaining offers from all and sun­ Prix driving championship in lQ78? intensity he brings passion and i hip-hop music, the film's music must offer a large cat.a- . you're a Knicks fan though you dry. Now he might not be ready until meaning to all of" the_ lyrics. 4. Who 'was the Sportsman of the soundtrack is the most relevant logue of potential samples for wanted David Stern. to make Pat the regular season game with the Although his tracks have not element. Before listening to the hip-hop producers who starve sit this season out. You wanted Niners. You know that Jerry Jones Year i in 1970 for "Sports Il- songs are average or wack. " .been sampled as much as other soundtrack there is an immediate for those crisp break-beats and Pat to cough over a large heavy told Sandersthathe'dbetterbe ready There are also sound bites in­ greats like Marvin Gaye, James lustrated"? sense of disappointment. classic horns. Second, you must fine and go back to the booth with for thatgameorelseno contract. Guess cluded from rappers which' don't Brown, Curtis Mayfield, and the Lookingat the list ofperformers have a complete greatest hits Costas for the year. Take the opti- what, I for one am bloody happy that 5. What is a metric mile? . seem to be within the true essence Isley Brothers, his vocal talent on this 27-track album, it is plain album. With his new compila­ "misticperspectivehereguys. When he wentwith the Cowboys. No I'm not of hip-hop. For example, Dr.Dre displayed on this greatest hits 6. What basketball player IS to see it is a longcommercial for the tion, Al Green should get the a coach doesn't want to coach any­ a Dallas fan. In fact I'll back anyone says, "You can talk about album should remind listeners commercial. A proper representa­ recognition of being one of the more then the best thing to do is against the 'Boys. No, I want to see credited with 23,924 rebounds? shooting... but mut.hafvckas ain't of his impact on soul music and rive soundtrack would have a good gon n a do it unless you just greatest soul singers ofall time. get rid of him. For the first time Deion cover the best receiver in NFL 7. What golfer has been referred to m ix of underground, commercial,' All 15 selections on the album the popular music of today. history, Jerry Rice in the regular stupid...it's entertainment, we -Edward Rodriguez Riley takes over a team that can east and west coast, g-funk groups make records... that's all itis..." The are excellent: choices. What best be described as mediocre. season game and the NFC champion­ as Blobbo or Ohio Fats? nnd rca] "crate diggers." This al­ whole idea ofhip-hop is to say what makes this surprising is that Quick, name three players on shipwitheverythingontheline,mano 8. Who went from a career as a bum has too much g-funk, R&B, you feel and talk about what you the cuts had to be chosen from Miami'sstartingfive. Don't worry, a manoa Deion always gets the next and commercial artists and not know. It's ,th~s record-selling, eight albums from 1970-1977, I can't do it either. Let's see Pat team's best receiver, andJerry Rice is figure-skater to a film career? e-nough deep lyrical Mes with origi­ money-rnaking-rnentality that has which was probably extremely work with that bunch ofguys. Oh that and then some. I don't know nal street beats. To put this. in turned hip-hop into rap business. difficulf. Obviously, many de­ and .by the way people, Pat Riley about you people but my money's on perspective, there are.no pioneers, A real MC like KRS-ONE should've serving songs are sadly left out still hasn't won a damn thing wi th­ Jerry. Added to he mix is he fact that despite a film performance by Run b~t all the included tracks are .. JerryRiceisnowtotallyannoyedabout ANSWERS TO LASTISSUE'S been asked what representing on ... ~ out Magic and J abbar. DMC. As for the songs that did wax means. all very satisfying. _ Also, de­ ;, IfMonica Seles has shown me how the media painted Deion as the SPORTS QUIZ make it, Redman & Method Man's All in all, this soundtrack is ex­ spite the tracks spanning eight anything since she came back, it is only reason for the Niners win last "How High" is the only classic cut actly what it was when I received years, Al Green's trademark fal­ this: Don't watch women's tennis year. He may be right but going into" and the Notorious B~I.G's live ver­ it: a promotional copy where no setto voice, exclamatory horn. unless it'sthe final! The difference camp many of his own teammates sion of "Me and My Bitch," 2Pac's . saleshouldbeallowed, anditwould accompanyment and heavy in ability betweenthe toptwo play­ expressed the view that Deion was "My Block" and A Tribe Called begladlyreturnedwithoutdemand drum snares are prevalent ers and everyone else is astound­ indeed the difference. So now you Quest's "Glamour and Glitz" are ofthe copyright owner. throughout this album. To see • • ing. There's Graf and Seles and have a Ninersteamsplitintheirbelief the only standouts. The rest ofthe -Edward Rodriguez this better, just compare early then there's everyone else in abouttheirabilitytowinitall without 1. croquet; 2. California; 3. Peru; 4. woman's tennis. Sanders. Not a good sign at all. 3 years old; 5. the Arkansas Razor­ .~ The American press may think You know everyone talked about the Rangers curse, but let me tell you -----, .f -that the Agassi-Sampras rivalry backs; 6. four; 7. three; 8. Reggie Artist: Innocence"Mission 14....o+iic::!'t-. . is the best thing since Ali-Frazier this: That.other team that uses Gi­ ants Stadium is very quietlybuilding . Jackson' Ubtnn:·OperationStackola but to me it's dead boring. Pete Albwn: Glow I a he~k of a curse of their own. .On 01995 by King Features Synd. Label: A & M Records Labeh Noo TrybeIC-Note Samprasisa greatplayerandandre " Agassiis the bestreturnerthatten- " Sundaythe Colts'skicker missedtwo 1RBting: *** ·1 ting: **** nis has ever seen but their games in the ganie"from-35and38yards but you just knew that,with the game on "Glow," the Innocence Mission's With the currentsuccessoftheir are like watching grass grow, only theline,hewasgoingto nailitfrom 52 latest release, is a CD to listen to single "1 Got 5 On It", it must be faster. Aces, hard returns, five­ yards. Why? Because it's the Jets when the winter is finally over and questioned whetherLunizare an­ stroke games and double faults. stupid that's why. the spring thaw has begun. The other phat group on "the bubble Yeah that pretty much sums it up. birds have started tosing. Thejack­ (Luniz lingo for comin' up) orjust ets are coming off. The buds are some more funked up west coast

starting to bloom. Life is full of rappers looking to make money Ii i I i optimism. off the gangsta fad. From Oak­ ... i Okay, I've gotten a little carried land, California, rappers Footb~ .-.~} away. But Glow is happy music. Knumskull, age 20, and (hJ Pic Think Natalie Merchant's uplifting , age 19, display the and lilting voice minus the gloomy "crazycomical wild sideofgangsta lyrics. Throw in a touch of Edie hip hop." They tackle the typical Brickell's quirky pronunciations, a subject matterwith a Week ill Week IV pinch ofSinead's wispy ethereal in­ hardcore sense ofhumor reminis­ Cowboys ~H terpretations and a little ofDolores cent of the Beatnuts and with a Cards at Cards at Lions KJDB . .",: :::: O'Riordan's breathy Irish yodel. .. silliness like the Pharcyde. By .Falcons at Saints KfDH Bears at Rams Vocalistandleadcomposer,Karen the end of the album, it's clear KfDH Chargers K Perisheadsthisthoughtfultriofrom that Lunizare skilled rhyme writ­ Bears at Bues DB Broncos at Lancaster, PA. The band's music is ers and mike controllers despite KfDH ASPIKf lff JOIIl Oilers at Bengals KfDH trulyacademic,collegerock; appeal­ their youth. On the production KfDH Bengals at Seahawks ing to a brainy but cool audience side, Luniz flow on tracks done by Chiefs .at Browns KJDH with lyrics that are not quite under­ KfDH Browns at Oilers Tone Capone, Shock G, N.O. Joe, Vikings at Steelers DB standable, but always thought-pro­ E-A-Ski and CMT, DJ Fuse and ,K Colts at Bills DB K voking. With its occasionally driv­ various others. Despite the abun­ J ets·.-·· ".~~ -, ·DB Saints at Giants \ K ing, heavy acoustic guitar-based dance ofproducers, the Luniz are s ... K Jaguars at DB sound, full of tremelo and echo ef­ Jets at Falcons able to maintain their distinctive PICTlJll~40 DB Oakland at Chiefs K K/DH fects, InnocenceMissionisa refresh­ lyrical style. The songs are basi­ UNMHSAL AClU'AID AMUlf HLMWORKS monuClIol ASPIKf lEf JOIIl Eagles at Raiders K/DH ing. addition to the triple-A cally funk tracks with smooth ,uClOOORr MfKHI PHIFER ISAWlWASHINGION KEITH DAVID PH WEE LOVE -:UHfNCfDlANCHARO . Patriots at 4gers ·K/DH format.Other notable cuts are "Our hooks, heavy bass, and occasional ~RICHA8D ~~ROSAUE Redskins at Bues K -- PRICE SWfOlIN MONTY ROSS 1I-::mCHARO PRICE K Giants at Packers DB DH . Harry" and the acoustic guitarsing­ sirens and R&B vocals. The dif­ m~RICHARO PRiCE All S~Kf UE ~~MARTIN SCORSESE SPIKE lEf JON ·~lIK Dlfrn~SPlKHfE Packers at Jaguars along "1Hear You Say So." ference between these tracks and ~ ~-::.:e:'=:-l ~. Il=-':=~'=~I A.~~~~~.~~t~~~ ~~~ Rams at Panthers KJDH The true test ofany new music is , other west coast funk is that the = KfDH 1111IIII I..II·ll·.RIllIU·••·O.·IIE·IIIl•• KfDH 4gers at Lions whether. or not Caitlin likes it (she's Luniz use a blend of different n·a••·•• ·.mr·.m KfDH Chargers at Eagles my cool 2-year-old kid). During the basslines and break beats. Plus, Redskins at Broncos KJDH entire Innocence Mission CD, she only" three songs use R&B cho­ K: Kramer (17-13 this season) twirled around in her little girlie ruses unlike the'overdoses we get OPEIS.iEDIESDAY SEPTEMBER 1;!H K Cowboys at Vddn~ DB dress and made herself deliriously on other records. "Operation at Dolphins DB dizzy with laughter. It made her so Stackola" w-ill definitely hejp K Steelers happy shepractically.. puked. Now Luniz bubble: and get. their much AT .A'miTRE lEAR, YOU DB: Dark Horse (17-13 this season) that's a good CD. deserved-scrilla..- -Susan White -Manny Rodriguez ~.-~. -'.

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By Marlon Del-Valle Dr. Eng, coach ofthe Women's and so on u il a final heat has Due to the recent budget cut, Cross Country team and Direc­ been establis ed and a winner many student athletic teams tor ofAthletics, sounded enthu­ proclaimed. In Cross Country, were either suspended or cut siastic when asked what his runners run in teams of 2 or 3 entirely. ,There only remain outlook of this season was. He with up to 8 runners per heat. Exhibit eight athletic teams left at said that this year's team was a Even though a runner might be Baruch College, one of which is very complete team which has a first in her heat, she doesn't au­ Women's Cross Country. good combination of veteran tomatically win the meet! For those ofyou who are unfa­ runners and new runners. He Whomever has the best overall Baruch miliar with track sports, Cross hopes that the new runners will time at the end ofthe meet is the learn from the veterans, while WInner. his veterans continue to ma­ The Women's Cross Country .Pride!! ture and better their times. team have a totalof8 meets this Cross Country is a little dif- year and hopefully with prac­ tice and determination, this year Every Baruch ath­ should be even more successful than their fourth place perfor­ letic team-is always mance last semester. happy toaddanother Dr. Eng would like to encour­ age anyone interested injoining willingplayer! to call him at (212) 387-12·70. Every Baruch athletic team is ferent from the other, quicker always happy to add another track competitions. Usually, in willing player! Country is a 3.1 mile race. let's say a 55 meter race, the CUNY students venture out to first two runners of a certain Van Cortland Park in the Bronx heat -run against the first two in an attempt to top their oppo­ runners ofanother certain heat, nents best time and their own which in turn, run against the personal times! first two r unner-s-ofanother heat

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By John Voross made it to the finals against ethnicity and any age could leave a deranged fan did over two It was set to be the greatest Graffairlyeasily! But like Jor­ a sport for the reason of being years ago. They just played comeback in sports since dan, when time came to win it literally stabbed in the back, and tennis, good tennis. Michael Jordan's return to the all, her valiant effort failed to come back to make it to the The main sports story last Bulls earlier this year after "re­ advance and remained just 'championship match of a Grand week was about the will and tiring" in October of 1993. that. Slam event in their respective determination of Cal Ripken When the United States It was a close match with sport. It has to make you won­ for going out there day after Tennis Association began their the first set going to a tie- der ifshe is that good, or are her day for twelve years playing annual U.S. Open this year, ---breaker which was won by Graf peers that lacking in ability. 2,131 consecutive games. If Monica Seles who two years ago 7-6 (8-6). Seles then com­ Seles herself stated that she tennis has a Ripken or a Lou suffered an almost career end­ manded the second set winning doubted that she would be able Gehrig it would have to be ing attack by an obsessed fan of 6-0. But in the end, Grafs ex­ to make it all the way to the Seles, for it would be hard to her main rival Steffi Graf, re­ perience and the fact that she finals, yet she did. find two better examples of turned to the sport she loved in hasn't missed two years ofplay Many spoke of how it must athletes who believe in giving her much appraised and while Seles is still not playing have been hard for Graf with it their a ll and not giving up. awaited comeback. at 100%, put her over the top her father gett.ing indicted and

':;':.>' . ':::',,':": '.:' ",,"., ,. Like Jordan, when Seles re­ and earned her 18th Grand all, but t h ink of what was going .'....."....:.. '. :·~<.~:~-:<:,v·:.:· .': ~ ..,.;,;... ::,,'.;~<.:4: ..~~~:~:..~:::;':::~: ..;.,/~::. ;:::'~:. ;'.::-~'-: '.' . ..". ..: -.;'. ;'. turhed it was the paramount Slam title. through the mind of Seles. The topic of conversation among Though it may sound cliche, last time she played this person tennis fans. They wondered there were no losers in this resulted in her being attacked. about her performance, would match! Graf won and now has What would be more prevalent it be up to par to compete and another trophy for her mantle, on your mind? attain a level ofsuperiority she but Seles almost did what the They both played very pro­ once held over all other women world thought impossible. It is fessionally and did not let their single players? rare and almost miraculous troubles off the court show. Nor She started off strong, and that anyone, any gender, any did they hold a grudge for what