Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University The ommeC nt Campus Journals and Publications 1987 The ommeC nt, February 19, 1987 Bridgewater State College Volume 64 Number 4 Recommended Citation Bridgewater State College. (1987). The Comment, February 19, 1987. 64(4). Retrieved from: http://vc.bridgew.edu/comment/612 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Flower show e~nres· to tbe ~.o~ri·~····.·R.ifu1~•••~rii~-··~~····· Bayside ExpOsition .Center . o•e {h()~tll.poh!t page~ . ·· .. ··.·.-~~~: . ·. ::_n_.·.·· The Comment February 19, 1987 Vol LXIV No 4 Bridge.water, MA: Lady Bears MASCAC champs Win over Salem State clinches title for BSC By At the beginning of the second F. Scott Longo half it was Salem State who The Bridgewater State Lady jumped out to the early lead led Bears beat last year's NCAA by the scoring of point-guard Division III National champs Darlene Lamprey and Tourville Salem State yesterday (Wednes:­ who combined for the first 14 of day) in the Kelly Gym, 59-54, to the 16 Salem State points. But clinch the MASCAC Cham­ the play of Lady Bear'sfreshman pionship for 1986-1987. Mary Cawley· 1ed the Bears to The Lady Bears shot out to an retake the lead and gave Bridge­ early 8--0 lead behind senior tri­ water an uneasy 3 point lead. captain guard JoAnn Runge. Runge and Christine Choukas The first basket was on a nifty then returned the favorfo Tour­ trick play. Runge in-bounded ville and Maureen Honan by the ball off Salem State leading the Bears down the court defender, Tricia O'Brien. She and extending the lead to the then picked up the ball and final five-point margin. drove to the basket. Then she Salem was unable to score in · went outside for a fifteen footer the final 25 seconds, forcing over Salem State forward Bar­ them to fouL Bridgewater and bara Tourville for her l ,OOOth put them to the line. As the horn career point. She joins Carolyn sounded the MASCAC Cham- Parsly and Cathy Baker in pions took to the court and cele- Lady Bears celebrate victory over Salgm_ (photo by Debra Willis) • .Bt.lsl:M•H"aUu:i's ' AQQ poio1 cl~; Salem State came back ·anH' ;~~;4~jiir;ti:~t1i~f~i&~l~~-·· :~~ilf :8\nr,'B. f-M>autms:'r&~'"·~~t9r·Hft11iiff>~·ra1tt~~J~~;~·w·;:~-~~'~fftritit5'1·····d»f:r tied the score at 10-10 and from Bo Ruggiero his fifth bid at tively, while on the offensive side tory that "the, team only had · ~bowed the Lady Bears, quoting there on, the teams virtually bringing home the NCAA of the ledger, Runge :finished the eleven turnovers in a big game Ruggiero '"when they ·(Salem) swapped baskets the rest of the crown. night with six points, six assists, ·compared to the seventeen· went.out to take their warm-ups half, going into the locker room Choukas and Cawley and five steals.' ·Fran Leeman. Salem had." He thanked the they saw how serious our whole tied at 25.. 25. defended the boards by pulling tossed in nine points in the vie- crowd and was impressed at the • Cont. p. 7 Darcy, Veilleux, Gravel Asbestos causes top S.G.A. ticket Rat to close By point where ~it could have John J. Beaton been considered a daily By threat to anyone's health.•• Bill Bilodeau Last weekend the Raths­ According to Veno, Mr. kellar in the Campus Center Louis Perry, Associate Students participated in elec­ President Vice President: was closed because of a Director of Planning and tions held for the offices of Stu­ *Dan Darcy 368 *Lisa Veilleux 438 problem with asbesfos­ Development, and his staff dent Government Association D p DeS covered I-beams used to have recently been instruct­ President, · Vice President, iii ilva 363 Joe Moore 215 and support the ceiling. ed on the techniques of spot­ Attorney General this past Tues­ Attorney General: According to Dr. Richard ting · a potential problem day and Wednesday, Feb. 17 and Veno, Director of the Cam­ with asbestos contamina­ 18. In the race for President, *Jacqui Gravel 335 Richard De Rosa 273 pus Center. various state tion. ..The instructions on Daniel J. Darcy out-polled Dilip department officials had, on campus are :to contact the DeSilva by an extremely narrow a day to. check out the Massa­ election. a routine visit to the Center, Director of .. Facilities, Mr. margin. The new Vice President , chusetts State Elections Code, so Those elected will serve tested for asbestos levels due James Cummings, who in is Lisa Veilleux. Jacqui Gravel that I can be sure everything pro­ through this semester. New elec­ to the increasing concern turn will respond by sending returned to her post as. Attorney ceeds correctlv. '\ tions will be held in late AprU. about air contamination. for an outside . source to General after serving a semester Gravel was sworn in. along The officials had origi­ solve the problem," Veno as Hous.e Parliamentarian. with Veilleux, in a special Wed· Darcy commented on the tight nally found the results to be commented. Darcy, who finished second in nesday meeting of the S.G.A. race. of no .immediate concern; Veno also mentioned that the primary to DeSilva, cap­ The President was not sworn in, "I'm still very nervous," said however, due to more agres­ there are a few storage tured the presidency by a mere pending the possibility of a Darcy. "I hope it stays the way it sive research and increased closets in the Campus Cen­ five votes, 368-363. It is expected recount. is. I wanted to go. crazy, but I funding from the state, the ter that contained asbestos that DeSilva will request a Veilleux, who won by a two to· really can't until it's final." problem was remedied. but they were well protected recount of the votes. If a recount one margin ( 438-215) over Joe Attorney General Gravel, who ''Procedurally we didn't - no day-to-day danger is is requested, it must be done Moore, was surprised at the big defeated Richard DeRosa 335- have much notice;" Veno apparently present. ·within 24 hours of the voting difference. "Joe put a lot of 273, was less reserv~d. "My heart commented. 46 "the original } 'm C()nfident that this is period and must be in writing. effort into this election. I really has finally calmed down," stated plans were to have removed not a problem," Veno said, According to S.G.A. Elections thought that he might win." Gravel. "I'm pleasantly sur­ the asbestos during Christ­ ''things will be monitored Director Dean Toppi, a recount Many of those involved were prised. I guess my experience mas break. However, the and no one will be subjected " ... would probably be held Fri­ impressed by the relatively high convinced enough people that I situation was never at a to unsafe conditions.'' day after class~ end. I will need voter ~urnout for a mid-year deserve another chance... 2 The Comment Thursday, February 19, 198"'.Z Viewpoint The ARCC Condom ads help stop AIDS By venL pregnancy encourages Finally, hideously, AIDS is ·1 t f I0 aI? Joseph w. Dragon, Jr. pre-marital sex and ultimately making itself known in almost WO U Id leads to the moral depravation . epidemic proportions. In the past ten years or so, many of the schools in the A th present, t ere are two con- o f A mencan· socie· t Y· Unfiortu- So sex in America is a real troversies swirling around the nately, These people are ignor- thing. Those who start doing it, Massachusetts State College system have been losing print and television media that ing the facts of sexuality in do not want to stop. Those who their identities. It's become harder and harder to tell directly affect college-age indi- America. All morals aside, in want to start, will. Subsequently, them apart. The reasoning behind this is unclear. Is it viduals. These controversies. the this day and age, pre-marital sex the choice of contraception perhaps an attempt to disguise the poorer of these right to show condom ads on tel- in America is about as popular should be left to the individuals institutions? Are we to believe that Worcester State is evision, and the growing threat as lunch. involved, and limiting the access the same as Westfield State, or that Bridgewater State h of AIDS, are extremely impor- Studies show that increasing of information concerning con- tant and should be thoroughly amounts of people are engaging traceptive materials is both exactly equal to Salem State or Fitchburg State? understood by all. in pre-maritaLsex, though with unfair and dangerous. I Of course the schools aren't equal. Some of them There is a very large segment far greater discernment, than ten believe it is totally wrong for aren't even similar. Still, the attempt is being made to of America that is dead set or eleven years ago. Further- anyone to dictate to another strip them of their individuality. against condom ads on televi- more, married couples are post- how and what they are going What makes Bridgewater different? Until this year, sion. These folks would have you poning the development of to do in the privacy of their · d ·ft believe that the blatant advertis- families until a few years after own home, or dorm-room. one of the things that made Bndgewater t erent was . b Those who would restr1·ct con- ing of products designed to pre- the wedding, m greater num ers.