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lumFordham University • Bronx, New York PServing Campus and Community Since 1918 Two Lincoln Center deans resign tq be read as a complaint or pro• Acting Dean for one year and Dean Rev.Joseph M. McShane, said Kathy Martin, FCLC '98. By KATHLEEN THOMPSON test." Dean for five years. S J., agreed that restmcturing took "They act for the entire Univer• Bristow agreed. "The primary Malcolm will be teaching in its toll on the deans. "It's been a sity, not on one side or the other Fordham College at Lincoln factor is that I've done a series of the Psychology Department at long, hard five years," he said. [oftherestracturingdebatej. They Center Dean Edward Bristow and difficult administrative jobs. I Lincoln Center upon his resigna• "[Bristow] is not resigning with have never veered away firom dis• Fordham College atLincoln Cen• thought it would be best to go tion, which is also effectiveJul y 1. displeasure. He wanted to answer cussing these issues. They are ter Associate Dean David Malcolm back to teaching before 1 get any He said that Bristow's decision to the call of the classroom." concerned about everyone." She announced their resignations prior older," he said. resign factored in his own deci• McShane added that he was not added, "Their resignations are to a Faculty Senate meeting held "I think when you're working sion. "Part of the situation is that expecting Bristow's resignation. really shocking." on Thursday, April 17, at Lincoln on reorganization, it's a nice time I started shortiy after [Bristow] "I was quite surprised. I had Jennifer Hersh, FCLC '98, Center. to get new people in. I think it, did. I said I would last as long as [only] heard that Dr. Malcolm agreed. "[Their resignations] re• Although the meeting that fol• would be good to have some new he did," Malcolm said. wanted to resign." iterate the fact that right now this lowed their announcements was folks on board to go with more of Malcolm and Bristow said that Many at Lincoln Center ex• campus is on unstable ground. an extremely heated one filled the implementation of changes," while restracturing has not had a pressed sorrow over Bristow's and with faculty concern over the di• ^said Malcolm said. direct affect on their decision to Malcolm's decisions to resign, -See Deans, Page 5- rection that the Lincoln Center Bristow will be teaching in the resign, it did increase their especially at this time of instabil• campus is taking in the midst of History Department at Lincoln workloads as deans. This did play ity and change at Lincoln Center. restructuring, both deans assert Center upon his resignation, which a part in their decisions to resign. "Clearly, we will be losing two For more information that their resignations were in no is effective July 1. He will also be "Reorganization has resulted of the most passionate and dedi• on restructuring at way a protest. working on the development of in a tremendous increase in the cated deans who have cared for Lincoln Center, see "Itwasn'tintendedtobe astate- the new dance major at Lincoln amount of work this office has to students. They have continued to ment about reorganization," Center. Bristow served as an handle," said Malcolm. carry on the work of the school, Page 5. Malcolm said. "It's definitely not Associate Dean for five years, Fordham College at Rose Hill regardless of any other issues," AAUP letter draws debate
one interpretation of Schulman's tions that have emerged on both By COURTNEY MCGR4TH letter, members holding different sides in the on-going controversy opinions were contacted but failed within the department. The article 'PoU Sci grievance to respond to interview requests. Much of the confusion sur• resolved by AAUP' which ap• As a result, the article suggested rounding the letter stems from the peared in last week's issue of The that one side's interpretation rep• fact that the only issues discussed Ram incorrectly stated that an resented a purely factual account in the letter, regarding quomms ongoing controversy wit^hin at meetings and the lack of de• Fordham's PoUtical Science De• partment meetings during the fall partment had been definitively semester, were never formally resolved by the American Asso• brought before the AAUP. The tesy of The Maroon ciation of University Professors letter also mentions the resolu• Dr. Richard Fleischer received tiis department's nomination for chair. (AAUP). No final statement has tion of a confidential matter re• been made by the organization, lating to a specific prpfessorwithin Fleischer nominated but a letter sent on March 4 to the department University President Joseph A. Originally, the AAUP became Dl Knli.iid liiiMhi.- rL-icivni O'Hare, SJ.,from AAUP Associ• involved in the govemance deci• By COURTNEY MCGRATH enough votes to scuiri a nomina- ate Secretary Norma Schulman sions of the Poli Sci department led some members of the faculty when a number of department Although Dl David Lawrenre Only suggested candidates re- and administration to beUeve that members filed a grievance against will remain atting chair of the (I nmi. J m.ijDiitv uf "M-S' \ the issue had been resolved, while the University, citing a number Political Science Department un• I uihi">( mil•('>]]Iuhh.i Ti('"'hti other faculty members determined RAM file photo of circumstances they considered til the end of August, members of ri'ii .\\t\ iiirii "\i s' vo'i--i. M-vi n that the letter indicated an ongo• Dr. Robert Carrubba to be violations of University the department convened on Apnl 'IIK'' MIIC-S jjiil iiiir- jli<'if>ii[iiin. ing investigation, possibly lead• statutes. 1.5 to propose new nominees for uliilc till- iijiK
proximity to the New York Ballet By KRISTA RUPE Company and Alvin Alley. Bristow is excited about the pro• Fordhain College at Lincoln gram, noting that "there are two Center is currendy developing a excellent faculties and a location dance major for students pursuing in the center of the dance commu• a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.FA.) nity." Bristow added that the- degree. Though students will not dance major "is a specific and be able to declare the major until difficult major to build, and the fall semester of 1998, die pro• [Fordham is] in the right position gram, which is offered in conjunc• to develop it-" tion with Alvin Alley American The major will be structured Dance Theater, is already attract- around training and producing: ingprospective students interested performers. At the same time, in dance. applicants will need to meet Edward Bristow, Dean Of Fordham's academic standards as Fordham College at Lincoln Cen• well as Alvin Alley's audition ter, explained that Fordham al• standards to be accepted into the ready draws many young college program. age dancers because future per• Those pursuing a dance major formers often want to possess de• must compete 140 credit hours, Courtesy of Public Affairs grees so they have something to including 10 liberal arts core Lincoln Center students will soon be able to apply classes like this toward a dance major. fall back on in case their dance classes. Classes in ballet and careers diminish due to injury or modem dance will also be re• very demanding major, largely Bristow also believes that the to draw dancers at Alvin Alley as aging. Bristow said that this trend quired, along v«th those in other because fvilfilling its requirements new major will complement the part of their visual art require• in enrollment of performers dates dance concentrations. Electives will be more difficult than in other existing Arts Department, which ments. back to die eariy 1980s. will be offered in dance styles disciplines, due to the fact that at the present timeis.offer s majors Fordham students are currjndy The Lincoln Center campus based in both Spanish and African many dance courses are only worth in art, theater and music. able to take as many as eight appears ideal for many prospec• cultural tradition. between one and three credits a He mentioned that one studio elective credits of dance through tive dance majors because of its Bristow classifies dance as a piece. art professor has sent his students Alvin Alley. AAUP debate continues Letter from AAUP Poll Sci community," said Fergus. "He and T is more interested in good gov• Lawrence have seized upon this ernance in the fiiture," Nissim Dijrl.iih'iCHIui \V I iiing 1 J.SI Sc] itfnibcr tu \'i( e from Page 1 issue of the quorum as a said. C Mill iT^ .ll I hi .\ \rP (.h.iptci Pitjident l.'umibha, Picifes-ior ment member Dr. Martin smokescreen. They are being dis• According to Nissim, muchof and faculty members in the De- Siniih I xpre»st.'d a sciws of Lon- Fergus. Fergus sent a letter to the ingenuous in saying that all of the the reasoning behind this focus on p.-iit!iir-nt r.f ['iijiiiidi .Sni-nci- ai Lt-ms with respeci to the runnin{; Faculty Senate complaining about complaints have been resolved," the fiiturei s caused by the fact that Fordham have sought the advice LCinirovprsv ovi-r who wasu)ch.iir fhe fact that a meeting held in he added, many of the issues raised in the .ind a^sl^r.ull p nf ilit< naii'in.il ol ilir> llfpdrti7icnl nl Polilir.i1 S(i August 1996 to discuss the deci• Lawrence alleges that the in• original grievance cannot be re• tufofilii'ArniMii.ui Ys^-iiCMtinn I-ner And i hr
ested students and staff may pur- NEWS > li.isi- IK krts •HI LIII- SLI •JUII flnoi Dept. remains divided of McGinley Center on .Aipril 23 and 21. and in llie iii.un Kibbs -m April 25 to Apnl AO. For more Fleischer "Eeischer has throughout the • Dr. Dale Nelson, amember ofthe inlonn.iiif.n i.ill i ifi.iiis at\.^H^ • crisis of the year.been on my side department who frequendy op• or Edein al x2034. From Page 1 of the controversy. If there are posed the decisions of Lawrence any residual doubts about the and Carrubba Memorial service with cvirrent trends in the de• opinion of the majority of the Other members of the depart• partment, multiple interpretations department, fhis should [clarif)/ ment question, the legitimacy of held for Dillon of this vote have surfaced. the matter]," Lawrence said. approving a candidate who car• A wake and funeral were held While both factions within the Faculty members in the other ried such a narrow margin. Many BRIEFS for foniier Foidhaiu College slu- department assume that camp remain concerned that their members claim that one of the di i.i uid lii>illi<.ll jil i\>- .'-'liawn Fleischer's nomination will be preferred style of decision mak- reasons Dr. Nicole Fermon was Dillon on April 22 in Rot litster, approvedbyCarrubba,whosaid ing will be. threatened by not re-appointed as chair con• Commencement New York. Dillon died in his that he was "delighted by the Fleischer's appoinfaient. cerned the narrow margin of votes Rochester home on April 15. election," they "[The odier she secured. plans announced Officials believe that Dillon's disagree on the suggested "I think Dr. Carrubba now has The L'nivei.sity has officially deadi may have been a suit irte. A implications "If Fennon had won nominee] a person he is comfortable with announced tliat myvtm' novehst memorial service for die fojmer defeasive linesman was held on of this ap• by five votes. Dr. vowed to ac• [nominated for chair]. Earlier he and Fordham alumni Mary proval. cept demo• said he did not want a chair elected ILggins Claik will addruss tlie Thursdds, Apiil 24, in the . Fleischer Carrubba would cratic deci• by a narrow margin," said Dr. graduates at the l.'J2nd University Fordham L'niversity Chapel. himself was have done the same sion-making, Martin Fergus, also of the Politi• Commencement. Clark, who DiUon withdrew from Foidham unavailable for thing," even when he cal Science Department graduated li om Fordhain College injanuarj' of 199(5 for academic reasons comment Dr. Daoid Lawrence disagreed with Lawrence disagrees with this in 197y. will ,Jso leceive an hon• orary UorloratP of U'ttcrs Two Lawrence Current Acting the decision. view, believing that Carrubba's Fleischer did otiiei Fordham alum will receive believes that Chair concerns all along were with the Lincoln Center Fleischer's not. The de• quality of the candidate. honorary degrees: Edwin Cohen, Class of 'ri5, the founder of Barr nomination re• Poli Sci Department partment is "If Fennon had won by five hosts speaker on Laboroixiries, will receive an Hon• flects overall = — voting for votes, DrTIlarrubba would have socialism orary Doctoiate ol Science, and support for his side of die contro• someone who does not support done the same thing," Lawrence Msgr. John Fagan, Class of '62, The Dean of Foi dham College versy. democratic decision-making," said said. the Executive Vice President and atLincoln Ccntei and Pin ^Mpha CLO of LiUle Flower Children's Thcra will host Pi ofessor Donald Sers'ices, will ruceivf an Honor• Sassoon on April 29 Sassoon will ary DoLloraie ol Humane Letter*. be dclivuniig a siieeth entided Garden considers appeal "All die Left Uiat is Lett: Reflec• The University will also award tions on the Histors of West Eu- U.S. Supreme Court only remaining venue Honoiary Doctorates of Fine Ari.s lopean .Soi i.dism." This presen• lo fntertiiiner Len.i Home and tation will take place on Tuesday Tower upset by this. The Garden and die Muriana added that the Botani• Chairman of die Board of die at () p.m in the PLiyu Cafe un tlie $28 million dollar renovation of cal Garden does not want any [jnroln Center toi thc Perform• LilKoluCentei campus. Rofresh- from Page 1 the conservatory and the $7 mil• development on their fringe. ing Arts, Inc., Bevery Hills. Fi• K.ents HiU be seiml after the lion restaurant, Rumors that nally. Rev. Vincent Tavloi, SJ., In addition to the accessory all of these die FCC's deci• an English teacher at Xasier I Ugh use issue, both Fordham and the things will be "I am hopeful that sion would be Scliool, sviU receive aii Honorars' Botanical Garden await the Fed• damaged if the they [the FCCl will handed down as Doctorate of Humane Letters. Tentative library eral .~ Communication tower is permit• renew the permit. I of last Thanks• University officials also an• opening plans Commission's (FCC) ruling. The ted to be built. have every giving held no nounced the ijuest speAers for FCC's decision will be based on There are sev• merit. Both the other luuversity schools. Maigot announced whether or not the tower will eral places expectation that they Botanical Gar• Jefferson, a critic and 1995 A tentative schedule of events have an effect-on any historical a r o u n d will. I think we have den and Pulitizer Prize Winner from The surrounding tiie dedication of die or archaeological sites in the sur• Fordham in a very strong case." Fordham have i\ew York Times, will speak at new hbrary has been released by rounding area. The Botanical which one can Dr. Ralph Jennings been expecting Fordham College at Lincoln llu I IIIMMSIIS I 111 Illll.US (Ifdl Garden is considered by law a see the tower General Manager the FCC to give Center's giaduation, while Pete cation ts sdieduled for Thursday, historical landmark. perfecdy. The a ruling for five Hart, tlie Chief Executive OHic ei September 2.'! to Salurday, Sep• According to Muriana, when conservatory WFUV mondisnow. of Advanta Corporation, will .speak tember 27. Although this .sched• Fordham initially filed for an especially." "People are at the diploma cercmonieii for the ule has been released, it is nol a FCC permit, the environmental After noting the Botanical Gar• prone to say diat the New York Graduate Scliool of Business Ad• final itinerary. Many prestigious regulations were different The den complaint, the FCC ordered courts are slow, but the FCC has ministration. The Chief of .Sex people have been invited to at• current laws are harsher in re• Fordham to do an environmental nothing on them," said Ralph Crimes Unit and Deputy Chief of tend the ceremonies and perform gard to non-ionizing radiation. assessment Fordham's assessment Jennings, General Manager at the Trial Division of the New different functions. Such people When the Botanical Garden focused on the impact of the to wer WFUV. York County District Attorney's include Bill Clinton, Bill Gates. first saw the . _ — on the Botani• Jennings hopes that the comple• Office Linda Fairslein will speak Charles Osgood, John Cardinal tower at 200 "We have protected cal Garden as tion of the tower will take place at graduation ceremonies of O'Connor and poet Seamus feet they pro• well as the im• Fordham's School of Law, and Heiuiey. The weekend will be the Garden as a buffer soon in order to accommodate all tested its pact of the of WFUV's Usteners. Hesaid,"! Rosa Gill, tlie Special Advisor lo filled with various speeches, pie- completion zone. We are like a tower on other am hopeful that they (FCCj will the New Yoik City Mayor sciitatious, torn s and musical per- because of lo• little garden outside nearby struc• renew the permit, j have every Rudolph 'Guiiian for Health fotinances, all centered around cation, height of a garden." tures. expectation that they will. I think Policy and Chairperson of the the new mulu-iniUion ckillar li- Boaid of the NYC Healtli and appearance Muriana be• that we have a very strong case." bidiy. A Imal intiueiaiy will be Joseph Muriana Hospital Coiporatton, will .speak released later in the year, a.sguests and aesthetic lieves that the Murianahopes the decision will Director of during Commencement lor the respond lu then msitalions. effect Garden has ac• be made soon, "i am hoping we Graduate School of Social Scr- O'Conner Government tually benefited will get a ruling before Com• feels diat die Relations from Fordham mencement services in May. I Dealy classrooms tower has had University in tend to diink diat if the FCC was The University Commence• a very nega• many ways. going to tell us no, they would ment will be held on Saturday, designated study tive effect on the Garden. 'The "We have protected the Garden as have done it a long time ago," he May 17. areas FCC's permit must not be issued a buffer zone. We are like a littie said. TheUnivc'isit) lia.s,innouuted until the 480-foot structure is re• garden outside of a garden," he The iJam.would like to clarify IBSU to host "The diat certain tlassrooins in Dealy evaluated. A Jot of people are said. that WFUV is a non-commercial HaU will be opened fui students radiostation. Black and Gold to use as study halls during final The Ram is talcing a break for a few months, but we'll be Affair" e\anis. From May 3 lo May 10, back in the fall. If you didn't write for News this semester HAM Magazine Names and faces set in stoneInside the Campus monuments give lessons in University Iiistory 1991 - 2141 By SARA HUNT Time Rose Hill may be, as University Capsule... brochures read, "85 acres of tree- shaded rolling lawns and Gothic On June 24, 2141, buildings." It is also a place of rich history, both of events and of the The Fordham Family people who hved the best years of wlU open the their lives here. But just as there are monuments to happy times Sesquicentennial spent here, there are remembrances Time Capsule sealed of the sadder times. in 1991 and find the Scattered throughout the Rose HiU campus are statues and me• following items morials in honor of people who among the contents: have died. Some are in memory of former leaders and professors; oth• The 1991 Alumni Directory ers are for Fordham students. The Fordhain Sesquicenten• A bust of Cornelius J. Murphy nial Journal guards Dealy HaU. The inscrip• A Sesquicentennial coln- tion tells us that he was bom in memorative baseball cap patch and keychaln 1909 and that he died in 1931, but A Fordham calendar few really know who he is or what Up To ne Present - a book by he did. Murphy was a student who a former University president played for the Fordham Rams in A photography book on the late '20s dirough the early '30s. Fordham During the season finale game, he As I Remember Fordham - a suffered a massive head injury and book of 75 personal accounts died three days later. The bust is by Fordham alumni die Class of 1932's tribute to him. A copy of TV Guide A copy of Newsweek Many of the memorials are gifts. A copy of ne Enquirer "Groups of students and faculty A copy otSOP magazine can raise funds and present a rec• A copy of Men's Fitness ommendation to the president of A copy of Warlang Woman the University. Sometimes the A copy of LIFE magazine president himself will suggest to A copy of The New York Times acknowledge someone who has A copy of Catholic New York A Bible died with a statue or memorial," said Dr. Brian Byrne, Vice Presi• Copies ot Ihe Ram, The Observer and Inside Fordham dent for Admissions. Winston cigarettes The statue of Archbishop John ABicUghter Hughes behind the Administra• Slim-Fast tion Building is a popular stop on Bic Shavers campus tours, but the story behind Mike Culnan / RAM Crayons the statue is often forgotten by WORN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Time and the elements have taken theirtoll on the statue of Fordham College A Barbie doll students who hear it. Hughes is the founder Archbishop John Hughes, but it still evokes the memory of what he did. Babble gum founder of Fordham College. Be• Mr. Spain's generosity, a new and cant presence on the Rose HiU whom Finlay HaU was named. A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cap cause of his many accomplish• improved station was buUt on the Finlay served as president from grounds. He felt a clock tower A copy of Paula Abdul's ments, the Alumni Association 1972 to 1984 before current Presi• grounds where Faber Hall is now. could command more attention. Spellbound CD (#1 the week Ae raised $10,000 to have a statue This bmlding was completed and Keating HaU Was built in 1931, dent Rev.Joseph A. O'Hare, SJ. time capsule was buried) erected in his honor. It was un• opened in October of 1924. and in the early summer of 1935 Not all of the memorials on veiled on June The building the Seismic Station campus are The pillars of the campus gate 24, 1891, the was later moved moved to its in honor of Scattered, throughout reveal the names of Fordham's day of to where present location The gates around the people. World War I victims. Fordham's the Rose Hill campus Keating Hall next to Freeman Fordham campus Some Goldenjubilee. are statues and presendy stands. Hall. reflect a special part of serve as Students fre• memorials in honor of Spain assumed The gates r e - quently pass all expense for Fordham history. people who have died. around the mind• Fordham's the removal of Fordham campus Most of the columns ers of Seismic Station Some are in memory the Seismic Sta• also reflect a spe• are engraved with the signifi- but may not of former leaders and tion and even do• cial part of last names of Fordham c a n t know is that it professors, others are nated new in• Fordham history. students who were events too was a gift for Fordham students. struments to be Most of the col• Wat I. i n with a history. used in the new umns are engraved killed in World Fadham WUHam Spain station. These with the last names history. erected and equipped the observa• instruments included three seis• of Fordham students who were Across from Finlay HaU, there tory in memory of his son WUI- mographs which were kept in a kiUed in Worid War I. is a marker for the site of a iam, Jr., who died in 1922 while vault constructed underneath the Even the trees behind Finlay time capsule. The time cap• attending Fordham. Fordham's buUding. HaU are significant. Two of them sule, which was established first station was installed in the The University's president at are dedicated to Reverend James basement of the Administration the time thought that the Univer• C. Finlay, SJ. He is the former Building in 1910, but thanks to sity needed to have a more signifi- president of the University for - See History, Page 9 - '0 ii;^3fe- THERAM RAM Magazine April 24> 1997 A stranger in a strange land and loving it, says student share of bad press, so I'd just like to Coming to Europe has been a or as I rose in the elevator of the problems of the twentieth-century By DAVE THOMER say here that Dr. Jennings was wonderful time for me. Study Eiffel Tower above the shimmer• urban sprawl. totally supportive of SFR; he gave abroad gave me a chance to visit ing lights of the city which had There are drugs and theft, but it At this point, what is there to us advice, helped make some places that had only existed for me once condemned fhe Tower as an is fought by the Garda, Ireland's say? Not much. As I write this, phone caUs - he obviously wanted in books and movies before. eyesore and wanted it torn dovm unarmed police force, and the there arefive clas s days left in my it to happen as much as we did. We Whether vis• after the amount of crime is nowhere near cofiege career, and as anyone who's even got money from CSA to do iting a castle in World's Fair that of New York. read this publication over the last the feasibility ^tudies that would the Irish coun• was over. Paris, on the other hand, is a four years can tell you, I've more have been thefirst ste p in wiring tryside or a What I was world city. More beautifiil than than said my fill. the campus. thriving me• also grateful for New York, it houses many ofthe But there's still a lot to be done, Obviously, it's three years later, tropolis such as was the chance world's treasures: the Louvre, and I think that the root of the and there's no student radio sta• Paris, I felt an to get to know Notre Dame Cathedral and "La imeasy feeling tion. What hap• immense sense the personalities Joconde" by da Vinci. The chic I've carried pened?. We hit of history ofthe two cities Parisienne women dressed in black around for the The only way any of a brick wall - around me. that I have mix with the tourists in their gar• lasftnonthisthe you are going to make the administra• On one of stayed in. Both ish colors from every nation. Dublin and With the help of a friend study• gnawing real• Fordham a better tion wouldn't myfirst trips in By Stephanie Avena ization that place for yourselves approve our Ireland we vis• Paris exhibit a ing there, I was able to get to know vibrancy, but Paris. He brought me to the best there is so much and for future constitution, ited die Rock of luifinished busi• even after we Cashel. The Rock is a ruined each is very different from the crepes in the city, courtesy of the ness thatl'mnot students: find made numerous cathedral situated on top of a hill other. Dublin is a comfortable "Crepe Nazi," the French version going to have something you give a revisions at overlooking Cashel's farmlands. city. You can walk along the of "Seinfeld's" "Soup Nazi." In the chance to damn about and start their request. It wair-reportedly visited by St Liffey or go shopping in Temple addition to the many museums we tackle. making some noise. Without that Patrick while he Bar and you will saw, my friend and I also experi• was converting find someone enced some "high" culture - Les This semes- approval, we Dublin has made me ter, several of couldn't do the the Irish to you know. Itis Guerre des Etoiles or as it's com• my classmates - people I consider feasibility study or anything else, Christianity. feel welcome and has a city that is at• monly known. Star Wars. Fortu• my friends and colleagues - have so people gradually lost interest. I The cathedral taught me more tempting to be• nately it was an English version talked about what a great place received a letter over the summer was built onto history, art and come as metro• andwe didn't have to suffer through Darth Vader (or Dark Vader as Fordham is or looked ahead to life that thanked me and the other an existing literature than I could politan as Lon• beyond Eddie's. I don't disagree students for our patience and said casde. About don or Paris. It he's known in France) speaking with a word they've said. But I'm that we would receive word ofa 200 years ago, have ever learned at is an odd com- French. a bit of a malcontent, always look• final decision soon. We're still part of the home. bination of mo• With my remaining two months ing for what could be better. And waiting, but that's not the point tower fell over dernity and its here, I intend te make the city a now I'm a bitter and tired malcon• The point is that we sat arovmd and is now lying on the ground mral roots. permanent resident of my heart. I tent, because 1 have neither the and waited quiedy for something next to the ruins. Even its nightclubs have a laid- have seen part of the world and time nor the strength tofig^t an y to happen. We didn't put any My thoughts ran over the fact back atmosphere. There are monu• experienced things that I would more batdes. That's where you pressure on anyone to make a that my country was barely 225 ments to Ireland's revolutionary have never been able to do while I non-seniors come in. Ifyou haven't decision, so no one did anything. years old. The States did not have heroes, most of _^ ' was still young. already, i^s time to pick up the I've carried my embarrassment anything as grand as this castle in whom are from Whether visiting a Dublin has torch. County Tipperary. made me feel over that failure with me ever thebegmningof castle in the Irish Fordham as a whole is a rather since, but I learned a lesson - When I visited Paris over my this century. - welcome and quiet place. When we get ticked things don't change imtil you make Easter break, I again felt a sense of J a mes countryside or a has taught me off, we tend t&^nmible about it the status quo too uncomfortable history. Thistime, though , itwas Gonn e 11 y , thriving metropolis more history, behind closed doors rather than for people to keep. That's the only from all the history that had taken Patrick Pearse such as Paris, I felt an art and litera• causearackus. Well, without the way any of you are going to make place there. For instance, I feltit and Daniel immense sense of ture than I could have ever ruckus, the people who've ticked Fordham a better place for your- as I walked down the Champs- O'Connell are history aroimd me. us off have very little reason to selvesandforfuturestudents: find Elysee with its wide sidewalks and everywhere. learned at listen to us. something you give a damn about car lanes, which were specijJly The city is mov• home. For this A quick example: when the and start making some noise. designed to prevent street barri• ing into an era of welcoming the and much more, I am thankful for WFUV tower controversy ap• OK, maybe the example wasn't cades when the people protested. world without acquiring the many mytime here . peared, a group of students de• quite as quick as I would have cided to take advantage of'FUV's liked; maybe Idid have something sudden appearance in the spodight left to say after all. But one thing to try to create a student-nm radio I've learned at Fordham is that the Photo of the Week station, a station that would broad- only life worth living is one that castsolelyon campus and be staffed constantly questions the world entirely by students. This isn't that around it. I suppose that's why I radical an idea -many universities becameaphilosophymajor. That, have two stations, one professional and a masochistic desire to answer and one student. Wefigured it was 800 questions about what kind of time for Fordham to follow suit. job I'm going to get when I gradu• Iwas one of the principal orga• ate -1 still don'thave an answer to nizers of the effort, which we named that one. Stiidents for Fordham Radio (SFR), Well, it appears I've said my fill. and we got off to a great start. My So, in the words of Douglas Adams, friend Jen Mussi came up with a so long, Fordham, and thanks for great plan to start getting the word all the fish. out to other students; we canvassed Dave Thomer, FCRH '97, hopes to the halls and got students to sign make a living writing pithy biogra• petitions and fill out surveys. I 4' phies far columnists. He would also talked to the students who ran like to take credit for not mentioning similar stations to get advice and "Babylon 5" creator J. Michael met several times with Dr. Ralph Straczjmski once in this column. Jennings at WFUV. 'FUV gets its /TamMag is takin break for the summer but Alfredo and Pattie will be back in the fall — hopefully hanging out Courtesy of Eva Patton / Lincoln Center Theater Department^ THIS IS THE DAWNING OFTHE AGE OF AQUARIUS: Orat least this is a mighty good rendition of what it would with you and the rest of the new staff look like. Hippie fever spread like wildfire at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus when FCLC's Theater Department presented the often-controversial '60's rock musical, Hair in the Pope Auditorium. The writers. 1997 can still be the year you production, directed by Michael Massee, was presented April 17-19 to S|oldout audiences. The cast will make /7a/nhistory. be repeating their sell-out success tonight, tomorrow and Saturday. April 24,1997 RAMMagazine THE RAM tnside Rose Hill's Security team Campus protection requires tlie right mix of people and experience are in-hoUse guards employed by Fordham of a confract agency is the availability of the campus residence halls. Dunat, who is By KATIE KRAMER University. many different people. Fordham enuldnot notassodatedwithSummitSecurity, stressed Carroll explained that Fordham presented employ that many people." that "you've got to have experience behind Fordham students interact with security a bid for a security contract to die entire Carroll named — .—— — this game." He also guards.dozens of times.each day. Whether local security industry. The next step for "overall efficiency Fordham University explained that it is to sign a friend into their residence hall, University Security is to, according to and effectiveness" as Security runs as a hybrid Fordham employees could have more job sho w their ID to walk Carroll, "look at the claims of each com-' important goals of system that combines in- onto cainpus or re• pany. . . their train• Fordham Security. security because they port a crime or mis• The main goal of Fordham ing capabilities, drug He stated that "it is house and contracted are members of the hap, Fordham stu• Security is "to serve and testing, background less expensive for security officials. Watchman Union dents need to be able protect the students [who] and their ability to Fordham to use an Local 805 of Man• handle a large con• outside security contract" to recognize the go to school here in the most hattan. guards here as easily tract" Employees of the University are more Carroll asserted that the main goal of as they would recog• cost-effective way." Currently, expensive because of salaries and benefits, Fordham Security is "to serve and protect nize a professor or John Carroll Fordham's hybrid while the contracted guards are paid by the students [who] go to school here in the administrator. Director of Security security staff is com• Summit, who receives a standard price from most cost-effective way." Carroll equated Fordham Univer- prised of nearly 100 Fordham. the employees of Summit Security and the sity Security runs as a hybrid system that guards. There is only one female guard on Carroll said, "The in-hoiise employees employees of Fordham hy their total combines in-house and contracted security campus; she is the "watchman" of Alumni have special skills, knowledge and ability. committment to service-oriented security. officials. Of the 100-plus security officers Court South. There are certain things they can do for the He said any individual involved in secu• across both the Fordham campuses, ap• Carroll said that one of the criterion students." rity on campus "must protect the students proximately 80-85 percent are employees when deciding on a security agency was One Fordham-employed guard is Victor and make the four years they spend here the of Summit Security, an independent secu• gender equality. He said, "We were very Dunat, the nighdy guard of Queen's Court. safest four years fhat [they] can be. You can't rity agency contracted by the University. hard-pressed to find any women in the Dunat has worked for Fordham Security do that by running a sloppy organization." Management positions and five informa• security field." since 1989 and has been situated at most of tion officers are direct employees of Fordham's contract with Summit Secu• Fordham. rity began in July 1994 and ends onJun e 30 Fordham history Director of Security John Carroll said of this year. Carroll said he does not yet till -liii^^^fc^B that the employees of Fordham were hired know the University's plans for the end of from Page 7 These monuments, whether jthey;;evpke- because of some "special skill or ability, or the contract. memories of joyous or sad. momeritsitf p^ experience as ex-police personnel." The Carroll stated that, under the present during the Sesquicentennial of Fordham University's history, do what the limil^ons five information officers operate the two security system, each of the 14 residence 'University in 199L is to be opened atthe of human life make imp6|!sible. llSeJ^Itell roving security cars and serve as guards at halls has one steady guard each evening for tricentennial on June 24, 2141. It contains stories of times too long ^^o for'ui.to the main gate. Those guards that act in a five nights of the week and one substitute items that would invoke curiosity and at the remember fusthand: The7act'thal"i|iey "watchman" capacity, such as those in the guard for Sunday and Monday night, al• same time convey asense of what Fordham happened long ago doesn't lessen their im• residence halls, are mainly employees of though there are times when other fill-in was like during the 1990s (see Time Cap• portance; it gives us more rieason to fcid Summit Security. Four residence hall guards guards are used. Carroll said, "The beauty sule page 7). ways of remembering them. The prize pie: Fordham's best pizza From the caf to Little Italy, Ram Mag asks students to mte local pies other 5% Mike's 38% By THE RAM MAGAZINE STAFF Full Moon 12% Thick crust or thin? Cheesy or meaty? Tomato-y or "white?" What's your pizza preference? Pizza is an important staple in any col• Marriott 7% lege student's diet Call it junk food if you Respondents were asked will, but without pizza, many students, espe• to choose from: cially Fordhamites, might go hungry. This is not surprising considering the many pizza Marriot (cafeteria), options in and around the Rose Hillcampus. Sbarro (Ramskellar), With so many options, what is the best Pugsley's 14% •- pizza choice one can make when the craving Pugsley's, strikes? Ram Mag polled 120 Fordham Mike's, students and asked them for their opinion University, on the prime pizza in the Fordham area. So if you were wondering what delivery Giovanni's 18% Giovanni's, delicacy was going to fuel your finals cram• Full Moon ming, take a look at these results. University 9% Other Results*... Best Overall Quality Top Toppings Best Service Amount of Pizza Pepperoni University Consumed Weekly: Peppers and onions Pugsley's Less than once a week -12% iVIushrooms Giovanni's 1 to 3 times per week - 44% Extra cheese Mike's 3 to 6 times per week - 26% Sausage Full Moon Over 6 times per week -18% Best Regular Slice Marriott IVIike's Best Sicii^ian Slice Pizza Slice Preference: University Mike's Sicilian-50% Giovanni's Pugsley's Regular - 50% Pugsley's Giovanni's Full Moon '^'^All results based on a random survey of 120 mtm mtm Marriott Fordham students conducted i)iRam Magazine *fn order of ppllresppndents' prefere ' 'staffrhMbits'-'' ' y:^-,f^:i-j\r}r."-'' Cdvrtesy of bominos Pizza THERAM RAMMagazine A ByTravis The Simple Truth: Lik*a*Strip Kramer 1996' 1997thivugh one student's ^es women's feet was produced as evi• 9alurcjgjj MorningC^rtw bonanza! Xn a tetu more minu+cs By COREY SPEWIEK dence against him. 1 IMeonuihne, a- +he irrterae he»+ -from my October was laden with whin• •me-the Vmoniflca t febtina ' Vlame uiill e^n-poraH -Hie Pfentild . holds 4hie city'; las+ of 'Vne. cMv's toater, Ih the immortal words of Ol' ing servants. Soon after the com• wcH-er hos+age. leaving ev/erij ci+iren Blue Eyes himself, "And now die plaints about the core came com• end is near . . . ." It is iiard to plaints from the Political Science believe that a whole year has gone Department about the appointment by already. This has been a very of dieir new chair (Oct. 24,1996). eventfulyear: we've laughed, we've It seems as if the liberals appointed loved, we've cried . . . we've had a new chair without consulting the our share of loss. Because I know department members first. These that all of you are not die-hardJlam types of decisions are not atypical With his encn-iy ex+inqyished and -His ci+j ou+ crF readers and that you may have of the liberal-minded administra• peril, Ronin Pi3 realizes missed an issue or two, I have tion; never mind about the future, •Mwt 4here is a +ime taken it upon myself to give you a just worry about today! synopsis of the year. I have com-. From the Poli Sci complaints piled the top headlines from this we moved on to the Honors Pro• year's Ram and will offer a brief gram students complaining about summary of each for you. scheduling problems. (Oct. 24, The year began on a controver• 1996). Poor babies; after all, why sial note: agroup of teachers signed shouldn't the University re-work a petition protesting the block the entire class offerings for a small schedule changes (Sept. 26,1996). minority of the student population It appears as if our humble ser• and alienate the majority? Itwould of yetio fix the elevators; it costs tion. I have one question: if you dios in the Ram Vans were turned vants could not be subjected to be a crying shame if an Honors less to get people out. are going to White Casde in the off (Apr. 17, 1997). Seems as if working more than two days a student had to be in a class with a We moved into 1997 with a first place, do you expect to walk people were listening to WFUV week for their $97,000 pittance. (gasp!) regular student, or worse, if bang!- Theft from local bars up! away feeling good ? and became so engrossed in the The horror! With die new block they had to have a class in Dealy (fan. 30, 1997) It seems that in From White Casde we move on stimulatingprogrammingthat driv• schedule in place, where would instead of Alpha House! retaliation for years of being to another case of dissatisfaction ers failed to concentiate on the they ever find the time to write From these problems we moved charged exorbitant amounts for between a customer and the em• road. more books to force on their stu• on to a solution to the problems of water with a drop of beer in it, ployee (Mar. 20, 1997): ashident's Gn a positive note, though, the dents for $35 a copy? The most elevators (Nov. 14, 1996). The students stoppedheeding the sturdy protest of a grade escalated into a year will end with a bang. Why, logical answer was to increase the University made a wise decision to advice of Doug Llewelin and took confrontation. Of course, the Uni• you ask? Is it because of Spring turnaround time for grading pa• wait until someone was stuck in an the law into their own hands. versity responded consistendy and Weekend? No, silly, I reply; The pers from one month to two months. elevator for nine hours before test• Security has been in the spot• expediendy as always. Luckily for Simple Tmth is because of the We move from disgruntled ing the alarm systems. Now, after light a great deal this year, espe• our sake, they adhere to the old event that man*has been waiting employees to disgmnded students. the installation of the new alarms, cially regarding the safety of stu• adage that "the customer is always years for: "The Dukes of Hazzard A humble servant at Lincoln Cen• students only have to wait 1-2 dents. There was a big to-do at right!" Reunion Show." That's right - ter was accused of sexual harass• hours before their call is answered. White Castle (Feb. 20,1997) when Finally, to continue the contro• Dukes, Friday, 8 p.m., CBS, be ment (Oct. 3, 1996). A video of There have been no plans made as astudent Was injured in an alterca• versial theme of the year, the ra• diere! Say Goodbye to your friends at Fordham m Ram^s Fill out the coupon below and return it to The Ram with $ 1.00 or be on the lookout for The Ram classified table! r %\\t flam Graduation Classifieds Underclassmen- I NameL leave a Your Phone: I Message: _ message for I your favorite L- ^ ^ - ^ , ^ V. ^ J graduate! April 24,1997 RAM Magazine THE RAM "QD By Max Job hunt brings 'real world' No Radio Inside Delgado stresses to undergrads, too I had a fun four years in my iiigh college was on the horizon as high sehool - well, diree and a half, school lost all appeal, injust a few really. That final semester I was years we can all move out and have one ofthe many more freedom to succumb to than we do in the Senior school or at Slump. At that home. I will no time, I began longer have to slacking on my clean my room homework and before I'm al• just stopped car• lowed to go out, ing about my andlwon'thave schoolwork. 1 to spend money figured, "Hey, on a meal plan I'm almost in that probably college, I de• does more dam• serve a break." age than good. By CATHERINE Now, two McKEEGAN Maybe it's years later, I'm riot so bad after surprised to all that diis col• find myself in the same situation, lege life is half over. But while only it's hit me much sooner than we're here, we might as well make I had anticipated. the most of it T mean, there are The depressing fact is that in a still some things to look forward matter of weeks half of my college to, like Spring Weekend. career will be over. Now call me pessimistic, but what do 1 have to look forward to? College is sup• posed to be the best four years of your life, and here, at the mid• point, I'm not living it up. (Well, I manage to have a fun weekend here and there.) The novelty has worn off, and now Tm anxious about securing summer jobs that will make me more attractive to prospective employers and terri• fied about becoming one of the multitude of college graduates who realize too late how difficult the job market really is. Freshman year wasti blast - the novelty was still there. Yes, I was all-nighters only a freshman, but I was still in college. I looked forward to weeks of vacation timeandasched- ule I Could arrange that would give me Fridays off, enabling me to have a three-day weekend every arerit always week. Not that I didn't go out during the week, but 1 felt a litde guilty doing that. The sick thing is, I was afraid that ifl didn't go out $pent in I'd miss something. My, how things have changed; this year, not only do I not care if I miss something, but sometimes I relish staying home, watching theli "Must See TV" instead of going out Another prospect of the future that bothers me is thejob search. I see people 1 know stressing about finding ajob and realize how com• petitive the "real world" is. I'm stressed just trying to find a sum• mer job. (Ajob that pays, that is. I've been offered a few for credit, but let's face it, we're college stu• dents and need to make money over the summer for next year's V/SA spending money.) While my friends and I are worried about which dorm we're going to live in next year, seniors are trying to find affordable apartments so they can move out after graduation. I guess what it comes down to is that as you get older, more and more responsibilities are heaped on you. Yet, while at times it's a hassle (like paying for your own •ycwwaxtt to be! groceries, findingajob with medi• cal and dental insurance or realiz• ing- that your mom won't clean your room or do your laundry for uanyfnore),there'sahvayssome-- j u;s.A. inc.Ja.92__ '.^'^ ^ ^\ . ------_ g to look forward to. 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The school year began with tors, nicer keyboards and mice lies partment (SPSS) would not work the spring semester means that it is Now, I am not criticizing those many promises. We were first told ; the same old VAX system. properly under the new server. almost time to finish those papers, people who cannot wait to get out that the new library would be Despite the numerous posters Since it was such an important cram for finals and start that sum• of here. Although most of us are opened with the beginning of the pre-dating Christmas break, tell• program the Alpha server once mer job. For the seniors it means sad about leaving, all of us feel that spring semester. Through no fault ing of the new server, CIMS has again went to the back burner. that it is time to find a full-time job urge to bring our undergraduate of the University, the opening of failed to upgrade the system. The Since then, the Dealy computer or at least another summer job years to a close. I am questioning fhe library was pushed back until switch was attempted a few times. lab has had the presence of the new until graduate those people summer ses- During the fall terminals that are so big that they school starts who can findn o began. semester an at• cause some of the desks to bend sions Commentatyby next August. I Commentary by good at Midway tempt to use the under their weight wondered what Fordham dur• John Porvaznik server failed The newer NCD terminab could John Canton through the fall profound mes• ing their final semester, FCRH'OO because of vari• be said to be beneficial for users of sage I could FCRH'97 days here. Can ous conflicts. the Dealy lab who no longer have Fordham stu• Audubon, N.J. send my class• Jamaica, N.Y. things really be dents were told The posters to stare at the orange on black mates and the that bad? I of• that the Dealy remained up monochrome of the old monitors. rest of the stu• ten wonder why, computer lab would be up-graded over Christmas break £md later Students who use telnet for muds, dent body during this hectic time. if Fordham is such a bad place, and along with it the server and dates were added. Students were mucks and mushes can now see As I sat and listened to a group of more seniors did not transfer. Ev• student access ih the lab. Once now to wait for March 2 7, when the those words that for so long were my classmates complain about ev• eryone who is complaining now again, a Fordham department was new server would be used they supposed to be in color. It is also erything, the message suddenly had plenty of opportunity to leave unable to deliver on its promises. could then use Netscape through possible for some students to tell became clear: stop whining! Fordham or change it through If you can remember back to the the Dealy lab. A few weeks prior others that their screen is melting It has been amazing to watch powerful student organizations beginning of the year, those of us to the 27 was when 17-inch termi• when they hit the "degausse" but• and listen to the seniors during the such as the Fordham Club. who had accounts on Fordham's nals were finally ready to be used. ton (it actually compensates for last two semesters. So many se• There is one month left until Murray system sat before horrible The sign on fhe dry erase board interrapting magnetic fields). niors have a problem with every• graduation. Once graduation is black and orange screens using in the room reads how to get to the What we must remember, how• thing at Fordham. Whether it is over the freshmen will become archaic tools to send and receive e- proper prompts. Signs ofthe new ever, is that all these neat gadgets significant things like graduation sophomores, the sophomores will mail. To "surf the web" on one of access could be seen. For the first do not compensate for the fact that procedure or stupid things like the become juniors, and the juniors those terminals couldmore closely time you coidd tell who in the lab CIMS has not been deahng with us grass on Eddie's Parade, my class• will become seniors. The seniors be equated to a "dead man's float" was a User As• 'Coming Ml straightfor• mates findareaso n to complain. It will he gone. The terminals very well may have sistant because to a wardly. We computH- is not that I do not think that I am looking forward to gradu• been older than some of the stu• they could use were supposed nearyou people have legitimate complaints ation. My time here is done and I Netscape when to get a com• dents using them. March nobody else plete computer about certain things, but since there am happy with the four years I Now in Dealy are relatively new 27" — knew how to overhaul. In• is only a month left, why not enjoy spent here. Most of my classmates terminals, much larger, much Well, stead we got the ride out? feel the same. But to those who cleaner but not much faster than turn on the alniost. newscreensand The current seniors have had insist on being miserable the rest the earlier vt320 terminals. The screen. Behind keyboards. If four years to leave their mark on of the way, I can only ask, why? new terminals have the added bo• Due to poor all the new CIMS cannot the school. If things are not the Graduation is coming. There is nus of a mouse and a confiisitig planning we meet the dead• way we would Hke them to be, then going to be a wonderful guest array of options. Many Murray were never able remains lines, then they it is either our fault for not chang• speaker at graduation (Mary users are still confused by the new to get graphical t h e should accept ing them or we have to accept that Higgins Clark), and we will put a format and stick to the few older access. A pro• same old blame for not some things will never change. close to a chapter in our lives. ternvinals located in Dealy and gram funda• VAX living up to "God grant me the serenity to Let's go out with a smile and a tear, mental to the Duane Library. But behind the system. their promises. accept those things that I cannot not a complaint and a frown. powerful facade of 17-inch moni- Psychology De- Newt's selfishness leads to foolishness After three years of holding the Gingrich cannot keep his ego in investments for retirement in ad• $600,000 is charged a hefty rate of When Gingrich was on the position of Speaker of the House, check, he might destroy the possi• dition to company plans and So• 55 percent. This large percentage "Larry King Live," the Speaker Newt Gingrich continues a pattern bility of any cuts. cial Security. could use some trimming, or commented on how it was hard to of flamboyant acts of stupidity that Decreasing the capital gains tax Yet completely eliminating the maybe different rates for more tax overcome a negative pubhc image do little more than embarrass the has been a focus in budget talks tax would be ludicrous. Most of brackets are needed, but removing when so many politicians used Repubhcan party and himself. His and is feasible, but taking the tax this investing is long term, so the the tax would take away a big him in anegative way during their latest endeavor was to announce away completely would cost the rate would only take effect one money maker that does not affect own campaigns. (Clinton almost that the federal go vemment should government approximately $300 time while the more involved in• a large group in the population. had more pictures of Gingrich in try to eliminate billion over the vestor pays that rate or more each Some estimates figuretha t the gov• his presidential ads than Dole.) capital gains next five years. time a stock is sold. Yes, the ernment would lose $40 biUion If Gingrich wants to do some• and estate taxes Commentary by A balanced bud• investor should profit for the risk this year alone if the policy took thing positive for himself and the completely. involved and thejobs that are cre• effect That is an expensive price Cindy Vojtech get would be party, he needs to set his selfish• Though the impossible to ated, but it does not exempt them to pay for only a few benefactors. ness aside for awhile. If he wants statement was CBA'OO attain with this from paying a portion of their The most disturbing aspect of to be productive and re-elected oil probably made Garden Grove, CaUf. plan. The cur• income to the government. The Gingrich's announcement is that the basis ofhis work, he needs to more in re• rent rate of 28 benefits they receive are in the he is placing the tax cut as a stop pandering to the desires ofa sponse to com- percent is not form of profits that are better than priority rather than reforming and small group of people and start plaints from very conservative Re• outrageous when one considers that interest gained from a bank. On cutting the government itself. making realistic plans for a bal• publicans who desire such achange, it usually affects people who al• average, the capital gains tax does Before tax cuts should even be anced budget this ridiculous proclamation does ready have a high income and pay not eliminate this benefit considered. Congress needs to do By stating that capital gains and little more than destroy die bar• high taxes across the board. Though current estate tax law some serious reform to welfare, estate taxes should be eliminated, gaining power of the GOP in on• The capital gains tax is affecting can harm small business owners Medicare and Social Security in Newt Gingrich was only success• going budget talks. Now Demo• more people since the demograph• and farmers as well as the rich, order to meet the balanced budget ful in placing himself in a good crats can make charges that the ics of the common investor have eliminating this tax completely is deadhne. It isjust easier to keep position to be blamed once again Republican-controlled Congress is changed to a point where more an unwise decision. Under the setting aside the long-term prob- for failures in the budget negotia- oniy"'ptit .t9,lieJp.t}if,riQh-. .(pw.ef-jrjcppje/fipjlje?Ke.ip#>?g .enrfMB^'Wy-v'JifPtapprwe.?'*- 'iipPS'/.'.V.V.'.',".'-".'.*.'/.'.*.', f ii a i ^ ^ JI ^ ^ Jt Jt A Ji A .t A .t .< -t .i / * t * i -i t t t / i ^ f i * « * > J! Jt it i.i ^ * J Page 14 THE RAM OPINIONS April 24,1997 Wilt Reflections of Fordham Serving Campus and Community since 1918 My first year as a part of tiie community tempt to interrupt the peace of Unfortunately there have also The Ram is the University journal of record. The mission otlJieRatn 1 here are times when I feel everyone else's day. They yelled been negative events which have is to provide a forum for die free and open exchange of ideas in a deep connection with a over and over again, "Wake up left many people in shock and a service to the University community and to actas a studentadvocate. J specific order of life. It is a virtually inexplicable feeling that Fordham; wake up Fordham." What community with the incomparable Editorial comes about at certain moments of could be done? task of pulling together. Fordham pure intuition when I am able to I guess you could say it was a has banded together in the face of Restructuring threatens Lincoln Center perceive the true way in which the combination of annoyance, dis• tragedy on several occasions this The recent resignation of Fordham College at Lincoln Center universe stands. Nine months ago, dain and curiosity which provoked year. The collective tragedy of the Dean Edward Bristow and Associate Dean of Lincoln Center this sense of intuition attracted me me to get out of bed. I glanced deaths of Bill Tierney, Raymond David Malcolm is a regrettable event for the entire University, to Fordham University. outside my window and beheld the Milward, Susan Lipani, Patrick McNeill and Shawn Dillon have especially the Lincoln Center campus. Both Dean Bristow and I arrived on the lawn of this $26,000 view in front of me. I could see the insistent noise mak• devastated the Fordham commu• Dean Malcolm are caring and able administrators who have had pastoral campus a nervous, home• sick freshman ers as they nity. Yet it is in each of these an enormously posidve effect on the lives of individual students with a sense that walked the path tragedies that both students and and Lincoln Center as a whole. They helped guide Lincoln Center this higher in• From the Desk of between Mar• administrators have illustrated through extremely tumultuous dmes and will certainly be missed stitution would tyrs' and moments of true unity. as Lincoln Center struggles to adjust to even more drastic changes later occupy a News Editor Queen's Court. Prayers of condolence arose as next step of restructuring goes into affect. large part of my However, I from die University Church dur• It is clear that the changes the third stage of restructuring calls existence. was not angry ing impromptu memorial services for are extremely upsetdng to faculty and students at Lincoln I was right. at them. which were organized after each Center. What is special about the Lincoln Center campus is also Looking back Yes, diey had death. The Counseling Center and what makes it different. The opportunity to mix students from on my first two woken me up Health Center extended normal from my domi• office hours after the death of different generations and social and economic perspecdves is an semesters, I can now justify my cile state of tran• Raymond Milward, and antibiotics extremely valuable one that should not get lost in the rush to initial attrac• quillity, but were offered to all students wishing complete restructuring. tion to Fordham they had also to calm their fears of contagion of One of the biggest dangers that may arise in the desire to by assessinglhe awoken my bacterial meningitis. Students complete the restructuring process quickly is that the University positive experi• roommate, my across campus displayed yellow may end up doing much more damage than good. The decision to ences that I've neighbors, the ribbons on jackets and clothing to separate students not on the basis of merit but instead on the basis had here. There floor above me, support Pat Mc Neill's safe return. of age and other factors is potentially explosive. It is extremely is one particu• Patricia Ambrosini the floor below Each of these efforts are intrinsic of unjust to offer deserving part-time and non-traditional aged col• lar aspectofthis me, thejesuits Fordham's community spirit. A lege students a degree that carries less weight, simply because I Jesuit university that I beUeve has of Spellman Hall, the upperclass• great deal can be said of a univer• they are not economically able to afford to attend college full-time. kept the Fordham tradition alive. men in Walsh and the students of sity that pulls together during It is Fordham's sense of commu• Finlay, Martyrs', North, South and moments of pure frustration. In this scenario, everyone loses. The full-dme tradiuonal aged nity. This community spirit has Sesqui. We all woke up together. I remember eating breakfast two college students will be denied the exposure to people of different undoubtedly laid the foundation We were all irritated together. And Thursdays ago and thinking about ages and backgrounds that they expect to receive at Lincoln for educational perseverance and we all jumped to our windows in ' how lucky I am to be studying at Center. One of the most important reasons why students choose social unity. disgust. This was the first genuine suchaprestigiousunivefsity. Have the Lincoln Center campus over the Rose Hill campus is because It was 9:30 a.m. on the second feeling of community that I expe• you ever eaten a Marriott breakfast they want a more diverse experience. Faculty members will miss Saturday morning of my college rienced at Fordham University. before? It must be a combination out on this diverse classroom experience as well. career. A comforting blanket of Throughout of the eggs, The Excel students lose the most, however, because they are silence settled over the Rose Hill the year this syrup and tater- A great deal can be said denied the quality teaching of full- dme professors, must take campus, distilling the coinmunity sense of com• tots that widen classes according to a schedule that is more inconvenient to them of intellectual students. The win• munity height• of a university that a person's per• and are handed less prestigious degree for their efforts. dows of my room were wide open. ened a feehng pulls together during ceptions and A quiet breeze of sunshine filtered of pride among draw out deep The University must re-examine the direction that restructuring moments of pure through the air, prefacing the new students. contemplation. is taking at the Lincoln Center campus, specifically how it affects day. Although I may have been Fordham saw its frustration. I remem• non-traditional college students. The University would not want wishing to be back at home with first triumph bered the inter• to fmd itself in the position of having to defend itself against claims my friends and family, nothing athletically during the fall season views that 1 had just completed of being an elitist insdtution that caters to the children of people could compare to the deep cycles when the Men's soccer team was regarding the death of Susan lipaiii, who are financially well off enough to send those students to pf R.E.M. sleep that encircled my named Adantic 10 Champions. a 22-year-old Lincoln Center stu• college full time for four years. University officials must re• imagination. Other symbohc events embody• dent. 1 remembered her friends examine their treatment of less economically well off people. As I began to rehsh the thought ing Fordham's community spirit who spoke with quiet voices about They must ask themselves whether the ultimate goal of a restruc• of two more hours of sleep, I heard included the Mass of the Holy the preciousness of her existence. I tured campus is worth the hardship that it imposes on many the most ungodly sound known to Spirit that was celebrated in the remembered the power of their man, worse than thepiercingbeep University Church and later on words. They had barely recovered deserving students of all ages and backgrounds. of an alarm clock that incorporates the lawn in front of McGinley from the reality of this tragedy, and Editorial: (718) 817-4381 itselfinto your dreams. With their Center. Lollanobooza was attended here I was demanding a reaction. News: (718) 817-4380 collection of percussion, brass and by over 500 students and marked The ironic part is everyone was Advertising: (718) 817-4379 woodwinds, a group of students Fordhain's second annual anti-al• completely understanding, curious FAX: (718)817-4319 marched around the entire campus cohol/drug' night, and die AIDS and helpful. e-mail: [email protected]\i yelling to fhe innocent masses of auction raised over $4400 for the Some of the best people in the Fordhani University • Station 37/Box B •Bronx, NY 104S8 newly situated students, "Wake up Children's AIDS fund. The posi• world are walking around this cam• Editor-in-Chief Fordham; wake up Fordham." It tive energy of the Fordham com• pus. And these are the people that Kathleen Thompson sounded as if an army of angry munity made each of these events keep the traditions of the Fordham Executive Editor Managing Editor insomniacs joined forces in an at- remarkably successful. community alive. 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In fact, the statements of from the alleged wrongdoing. 7%« Aam responds: cated article to "an inexperienced those in power are particularly A lot of dishonest and power- writer." If you look at die bylines This really is a letter to the suspect hoarding maneuvers happen at We want to begin by thanking of the many of fhe lead articles in editor, or editors and staff, not a I admire that TTie Ram is able to Fordham. We need at least two you for taking the time to write to each issue of TTie Ram from this missive to the Fordham commu• put out a publication each week newspapers to keep the University us in response to the article about semester, you will see that The nity. and I realize that this is no small straight the Political Science Department Rarris most experienced writers - Lastissue's frontpage article on task. I also am fond of and respect When the paper wiites a contro• that appeared in the April 17 issue in other words, the editors them• the supposed "resolution" of the those staff members I know per• versial article, people say "Oh, of The Ram. As you point out, The selves - write more than their fair Political Science Department sonally. However, this shoddy those silly radicals. They make Ram's article tided "PoH Sci griev• share of important stories each grievMce was completely untrue. reporting is the extreme of the lap- this up." When TheRamvmtes an ance resolved by AAUP" has a week. However, editors cannot It is an embarrassment to the dog-to-administration image for article, people tend to beUeve it. 1 number of serious inaccuracies. write the entire newspaper. Re• University that the newspaper of which7^/Jamisknown. Ifamajor know I will be less hkely to take The Ram regrets these inaccura• porters are a vital part of our record. The Ram, the publication newspaper. The Daily News, The seriously future/Jamnews articles, cies, and has attempted to correct newspaper and, with few excep• with the funding, the respect and Afett) Fori JjOTas, wrote "Whitewater now that 1 reialize a front page them in our article tided in this tions, they are very reliable. As a two Puhtzer Prize winner alumni, Cleared Up, No Problems" and article was printed when no re• week's issue, "AAUP letter draws former iiamreporteryourself dur• would print an article that is as true the story was untme, the publica• porter or editor saw the memo on debate." ing your freshmanyear , we would as those in the April Fools issue. tion would probably fold. which the story was based. We beheve that the biggest think that you would understand Fordham is involved in a very It's become a bit of a joke that Mr. DiCesare's article in this shortcoming in fhe article from that no one likes to be constandy serious problem in a major depart• Ram reporting goes something week's/iaj(»«'clearly and succincdy April 17 is that it did not have assigned articles that are not in any ment. Pohtical Science is under like this: reporter calls VP Gray - reports the current status of the enough sources. The sources that way challenging simply because reviewby anational academic body orin this case VP Carrubba - and Political Science Department con• were willing to make the time to they are freshmen. The reporter for alleged wrongdoing. It is the asks, "Is everytiiing OK?" Gray troversy. He is very light on Hie speak to us each relayed exacdy has proved herself reliable and role ofiofAnewspapers on campus or Carrubba responds, Rarris reckless endangerment of the same information to us. We competent in previous articles she to question, pursue and, at very "Everything's OK." Reporter diehndi. would like to point out that a has vmtten. In addition, the only least, accurately report develop• writes, "Everydiing's OK." Since the semester is ending, number ofother sources were given way any reporter can develop his ments in this case. This latest and most glaring this joumalistic failure will likely the opportunity to speak on the or her talents is through practice I realize that JTie Ram is short mistake is emblematic of a long be forgotten by many. Hopefully, record about the state of the Poli with challenging stories. staffed and has a relendess publi• running problem at The Ram. ho we ver, it will serve as a lesson to Sci department but failed to take In hindsight, it is easy to argue cation schedule, leaving less time Everything is not OK at the aspiringjoumahsts at Fordham advantage of this. The article itself that we should have known that the for deep investigative reporting. Fordham. Not every publication tobeahttlelesstrustingof author• is well written and accurately sources were misinforming us. Apparently, this very important has to be EIS antagonistic as the ity and a litde more vigilant for quotes soiirces. Unfortunately, However, it is rather difficult to article was assigned to an inexpe• paper, but what is printed does truthful exposure. these sources did not see fit to tell produce a weekly newspaper while rienced reporter. I am not trying have to be tiue. I didn't find the Thank you for your space and us the whole story. operating under the paranoid as• to badger the writer, but some• Pentagon Papers or crack the story thank you for printing this. JTieRamhas written anumber of sumption that everyone is lying. It body dovm there atlTieRamhas to on Watergate, but even I am articles this semester alone about is an extremely discouraging and remind themselves and their co• enough of ajoumaUst to know that Sincerely, sensitive and complicated issues. disturbing turn of events when workers thatjust because someone if you want to get the tmth on a Eileen Markey We disagree with your suggestion faculty and administrators in posi• with a title and some power says story, don't talk exclusively to the FCRH'98. thatnews stories in TheRamiae not tions with enormous amounts of something, it is not necessarily two people who benefited most Columnist, the paper reliable or well researched. In the responsibility misinform the stu• instance of this PoH Sci article, dent newspaper. In fact, this is however, faculty members and probably one of the most disturb• administrators with much at stake ing issues to emerge from our Watching out for each othier in the fate ofthe department mis• coverage of the problems in the informed us. We spoke with Dr. Poli Sci Department To the students: tragedies also provide us with the ful closure of your undergraduate Carrubba on April 23, and he still As the University journal of opportunity to develop a unique years with us. maintains that the information that record, we thank you for your At Rose Hill and Lincoln Cen• repertoire of important coping he relayed to us in last week's issue letter and welcome any additional ter, springtime at Fordham Uni• skills. As difficult as it may be for Sincerely, is correct, despite information that comments. versity is unquestionably abeauti- you to comprehend at the present Jeffrey L. Gray has surfaced to the contrary. ful time of year. The campuses are time, these skills will serve you Vice President Another statement that we take Sincerely, vibraiit v/ith activity and our New well in your future beyond of Student Affairs exception to is your disapproval of Kathleen Thompson York City backdrop seems more Fordham, as you proceed down the our decision to assign this compli• Editor-in-Chief, TheRam exciting than ever. Springtime path of life with its many unex• also brings with it the pressures of pected twists and turns. University needs to get priorities straight final exams and the mixed emo• The invincibility of our human tions that accompany the end of condition has always been a myth To the editor: note that our recent production of anyone to debate them), ljust ask every academic year. As you re• that has spanned generations of the 1993 Puhtzer Prize winning that everyone stop and think about fine your research papers and pre• time, if only in the minds of young This University needs to ad• play. Angels in America, was one of this change before the ax falls on pare for your finals, I am sure you people. It is a myth that was dress the issues surrounding the the first in the world since the Keating Little Theater. With a will find time to sociahze and say painfully shattered this year in movement ofthe Fordham Experi• rights were released last fall. $54 milHon University Library goodbye to each other. " In so many unexpected ways. We know mental Theater group from its Bo thKeating Litde Theater and opening, it would be pmdent to doing, I ask that you exercise good from our experience that any one space in Keating Litde Theater to Collins Auditorium are among the ask if the University really needs judgment and take care of your• of us can be called at any time. If" a yet-unnamed location to make most efficiendy used spaces on another "Smart Classroom." In selves and one another. we are truly to benefit from the space for a "Smart Classroom" in this campus. The boards of direc• my opinion, especially with the its third floor Keating space. The academic year that is about tragic but important learning op• tors ofthe Mimes and of FET work opening ofthe technology center to end has been a bittersweet one. portunities that have been thrust I beheve that the choice to move very hard to maximize the output in Faculty Memorial Hall, itwould We have undoubtedly had our upon us this year, we must be Fordham Experimental Theater is from both spaces and to provide be pmdent to wait and see how the moments of great joy as we do willing to face each one with putting one of Fordham's stron• the diversity of shows that we have students and faculty take advan• every academic year. Unfortu• strength, resilience and confidence. gest, most meaningful and most all become accustomed to. tage of the technology already on nately, we have also endured un• We must be willing to deal vdth rapidly growing groups at high Fordham Experimeiital Theater campus. precedented tragedy that has the issues and questions that are risk in favor of a project that will and the Mimes and Murrimers are Fordham needs to define die forced upon us with the under• make Httle difference in the qual• brought us tremendous sorrow. It thriving and growing activities on trends, not blindly follow them. standing that, in so doing, we will ity of our Fordham education. is difficult to find comfort or mean• this campus. If FET loses the space Another "Smart Classroom" wiU enhance our own development and ing in the incidents we shared this Fordham Experimental Theater in Keating Litde and no new space seem like just a drop in the bucket that of our community. Please year. However, just as there are and the Mimes and Mummers are is provided, the livelihood of both when compared with the offerings remember hp w precious the gift of lessons to be learned from our two of the largest organizations on organizations wiH be threatened. of the University Library, The your Hfe is. You are important to moments of triumph and joy, so this campus. They include a wide The proposed consolidation ofthe "Smart Classroom" does not seem your family, to us and to the future. too are there equally important variety of Fordham's most active two groups into the Collins Audi• to be like much of an advance if it lessons that can only be learned in Good luck on your final projects and dedicated students and form torium space is not practical, nor is will serve only to stifle one ofthe our moments of loss and sadness. and exams. For those returning to an integral part ofthe resident life it truly feasible without reducing most vibrant and active groups in on the Rose Hill campus. Their As a community, we have Fordham Universitynextyear,have the number of shows produced the University. shows provide oudets not only for learned about the gift of Hfe and a wonderful, relaxing summer. I every year. Theater can exist with• actors and directors, but also for ^Jiving and the importance of rela• look forward to seeing you again out many d ings, but a solid, basic Sincerely, set, costume and fighting design• tionships ynth one another and in the fall. For the graduating performance facility is an absolute Jacob Hirzel ers. ith our family. We have come to class, all best wishes in your future necessity for any theater group to FCRH'99 mderstand the fragile nature of endeavors. I.look forward to the Fordham shouldbeproudofthe survive. Editor-in-Chief; TT^Afaroon iur human existence and the many activities leading up to commence• shows that our theater groups take In light of the positive things I lys we can be called from it Our ment as you celebrate the success• on. Fordham should be proud to have said above (and I challenge Page 16 THE RAM OPINIONS April 24,1997 It shouldn't take a village Whitewater demands Fordham's reputation depends on housing more than prosecutioi "I'm in the pre-fab again?" towards schools that provide merit they show how painfuUy hard it is About two months ago, I wrote see corruption on this high alevej "This is the diird year I've been aid, such as Fordham. This is good for Fordham to deal with housing The Final Word for JTie Ram, ind It is abhorrent that the oath in freshman housing!" for Fordham in many ways but as less urban universities can. in that article I discussed the crises office no longer means anything to* I was at Colgate University for Could become severely problem• When Duke recendy faced a huge occurring in the Clinton presi• these individuals and that these their Spring Weekend last year, an atic unless we do something more housing crisis, they spent the dency and the movement that individuals are not working for the event that rained alcohol. Residen• than open up a few floors of Hughes money coming in from the extra would follow and cause the ulti• good of the country but for the tial life violations and (ahem) well- for transfers and freshmen. freshmen to build new dormito• mate downfall ofthe Clinton White good of the party and the good of known bands. Why is guar• ries. Unless you're in the mood to House. Now, it the individual. Marring the jo• anteed housing eradicate Eddie's and the football would seem that The problem vial atmo• Commentary by so important? field, you will notice that there is these predic• Commentary by that I see is the , sphere, how• very litde open space on our 85- tions are com• question ofhow Ryan Brenizer Image and ac• Patrick Kennell ever, were hun• tual quality. For acres to build hew dorms. ing true, thanks to rectify the dreds of litde FCRH '00 example, how Expanding die campus is equally to the "most FCRH '99 crimes commit• white cards Saranac Lake, N.Y. embarrassing difficult. Fordham is a "green," just" woman in Port Charlotte, Fla. ted by the presi• whose contents would this be: enclosed campus. We cannot just the land, Janet dent against the would invari• O'Hare; I'd add already existing buildings to Reno, and her society without ably send the reader into varying like to welcome you to Fordham our campus as NYU has, because need suddenly to gain control of destroying the faith, of the people (iegrees of despair. Colgate was University. Unfortunately, you our campus needs to be ehclosed, her department and actually take a and without attacking the gende facing a moderate housing crisis. will have to commute, because so we cannot grow beyond the role in American justice. It is fabric that holds together the quilt Students were often forced into you got a poor number in the roads that encircle our campus fitting that her role will indirecdy that is democracy. their fourth or fifth pick, which freshman lottery. without re-routing city traffic. be in bringing down the Clinton It will soon be the time to bust included dilapidated mobile homes Random Freshman: But I hve There are two easier solutions White House. out the brooms and sweep out the known as "pre-fabricated" and sub• in Ohio! that we should try. Much of the How will Janet Reno do this, old Clinton regime. The president stance-free housing. In one no• O'Hare: I see. Have you ever housing pressure comes from a you might ask? Through her over• cannot rectify the damage that he table case, a student was moved looked into correspondence, downward push - some seniors whelming support for the Clinton has done. If the accusations are into off-campusJapanese-Language courses? didn't getinto Walsh, so they went White House and her need to pro• true as to the events of the last Housing, even though he did not This is exaggerated, to be sure, into Martyrs' and Finlay, and the tect her sugar daddy, Bill. For the election, then itis necessary for the speak a word of Japanese. but it illustrates the absurdity of numbers needed for the lottery last two months, as an overwhelm• sake of American justice and fair• Fast forward to Spring Weekend making housing a privilege al• process are inflated. Fordham ing outcry has risen to a deafening ness as a whole that no member of 1997 at Fordham. Students have lowed to a few rather than a right should encourage off-campus hous• roar against the president, we see the Clinton White House continue been rejected from multiple hous• for all. Also, the quality of the ing for upperclassmen by provid• Janet Reno pressing her hands to be in a position of power. ing lotteries, including a group of applicants and therefore the value ing more spaces and making them harder and harder against her ears. Therefore it is difficult to find a several females who were forced ofthe diploma depends upon guar• safer so much of this pressure would An independent council is the way to rectify the situation. The into overflow after they could not anteed housing. We can play up be reheved. only truly just, honorable method vice president is out as a successor, find room in Sesqui. They will be the combination of Fordham ide• Secondly, Fordham should be• of finding facts outside of any as is the rest of the cabuiet. The placed in rooms this summer, so als and New-York all we want, but gin to make Jesuit residences stu• connections to the Clinton White only possible solution is the technically this is not a housing Fordham will not compare well dent dormitories. The administra• House. Speakerj)f the House, and Newt crisis. Not yet. Fordham, how• with other schools when we have tion is rumored to be considering Without the council we have the Gingrich is not all that popular ever, will have to take drastic ac• students Uving in tents on Eddie's making Loyola available to the FBI investigating the problems of among the populous. tion in the next few years if they do Parade or in rooms in the Bronx students, but I'm going to be radi• the Clinton White House. I have This is only fair in regard to the not want to break one of their most Motor Inn. cal and advocate Spellman. nothing against the FBI (I like not party structure, but this does not important promises - guaranteed Sowhatcanbedone? Fordham Founded in 1947 for Jesuits-in- having my taxes audited), but as ultimately answer the question as housing. should look at the example of training, Spellman has been one of we saw in the Watergate scandal, to a fair procedure to solve such a ? Fordham's housing crunch this other schools and their own past the most versatile dorms at the FBI is a body which is open to problem if it were to arise again. If j year was caused by the largest dealings with housing problems Fordham, at different times being pressure from the top down to the the Congress was the same party as " freshnian class in 15 years. Where and, frankly, try to do better. Much an all-girls dorm of doubles and a bottom. The body is tied in very the president this would not be fair the real strain will develop is when of the Class of 1989 walked onto co-ed dorm of 70 singles. The fundamental ways to the White to all involved, since the unjust ^ the smaller Class of'97 is replaced the campus to findtha t they would latter would seem perfect, mend• House. Thus comes the need for party would benefit from injustiee by the Class of not be living ing both the appalling lack of an independent council. by amember. Despite my love for • '01, which is ex• inside the 19- singles on campus and the housing Yet, despite all this,Janet Reno the Constitution it would seem to . pected to be century stone crunch. feels that there is no need for an be flawedi n this regard, and needs ; over 20 percent walls of Queen's independent council despite logic, to be changed in some way. larger than the Court or Correction: the outcry of the public or justice. In regard to a solution to this > current fresh• Hughes Hall, In last week's edition of The It is for this reason that the down• problem, I don't have an answer. man class. butin assembly- Ram, the article "Enforced Labor fall is speeding up and spiraling to Elections or a vote by Congress Enrollments IP line houses. forces outliberties" was written by a faster end. As Janet tries to would seem to be an answer to the at the Ivy These pre• Matt Summa, FCRH '99, protect the president we see that problem. This indirect form of Leagues are be- fabricated vil• Whitestone, N.Y. The article was she only increases the crisis and democracy was effective early in giimingtodrop lages have reduces the ability of others to the history of the United States and -Sean Quigley not attributed to him and we regret off. Students are thankfully long- defend the White House. I never could be effective as well in this Alternative housing at Fordham? the error. looking more since passed, but thought that society would again time of crisis. The final word: A 2500-mile trip and the even ionger journey it inspired y sister just visited me from we all got up earlier than we did for Well, that and the day my father your litde league team, throwing had was our friends, and that's all Mhome. She came 2500 miles school to watch our favorite car• bought me atruckload of Garbage your firstslumbe r party or getting we have to remember. to see me. I love my sister, and she toons. Whether it was "The Pail Kids cards (Yeah, you remem• into your first fight. These are the So when you go home this sum• loves me, but we have our fights Smurfs," "The Super Friends" or ber them - Adam Bomb, M^ moments that we all look back at mer, wherever itis, go see your old and arguments; that's What broth• "X-Men" (yeah, it's new, butmost Donna,Dan Dandruff- fess up). now and wonder, "What the hell friends. Go visit the spot where ers and sisters do. My sister re• of us still get up early on those On the outside, I wanted to give happened to me?" you got your first kiss or got into minds me not only of the loving Saturday mornings) there was some• Antonia a left hook to the jaw. She These moments probably signi• your first fight. Easy for me to say home I have but also of my child• thing about these cartoons that had taken my sense of male child• fied that your were here in the because it's the same spot. But hood. bonded everybody on Monday hood pride. But on the inside, 1 world and you knew you were always remember, childhood was Everybody's childhood is dif• morning when we got to school. didn't want her to stop. It was like going to make your mark. It was the greatest time of our lives be• ferent. Some grow up poor; some Then there's the first kiss. Now a kiddie version of 9 1/2 Weeks. at a time in our lives when we were cause we were innocent and free. grow up rich. Some parents love 1 don't mean a baby kiss some girl Well, minus the fruit and stuff innocent and so were our friends. We didn't question anything or their children; some parents beat (or boy) gave you in passing dur• Then there are the points in But then something happened have attitudes towards our parents. on their children. But however we ing recess in kindergarten. I mean childhood diat we take forgrsuited. in the next 10 or 12 years. In our We just hved life as our parents were brought up, all differences the first kiss that made you feel The day our dad or mom taught us childhood, we didn't have our best directed us to. aside, there are still things that we hke youjust conquered the world. about the birds and the bees. Un• friends call us and tell us that they I realized that I ran through all did as children that bind us. Of course, it also made you want to fortunately for me, it got a litde had a 9mm gun to their temple. childhood too fast. And through Take this scenario for instance. cry. You remember the day, the graphic because my father spoke We didn't have to go to funerals or that race, I lost that innocence and We dreaded getting up early in the time, the wind direction, what you only alittle English and I spoke no visit graves to wish our friends 1/eedom. I guess 1 hate myself for morning to go to school. We hated were wearing. Spanish. So the translation got a goodbye. All we had to do to see that. 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According to the e-mail list which periodically sends out messages about concert info, band updates and anything that would mean something to Jawbox fans over the Internet, a couple of months ago Adantic Records decided to release the band from its contract because of their inability to fmd a niche in the marketplace (translation: Jawbox didn't give them the peak sales they wanted). Then shordy after, one of the band members vacated his spot and the band was going to search for a replacement. Finally, after mulling Courtesy of Lucy Perrone over their possibilities, the band decided to throw in the towel and IFTHESE PEOPLE AREHAViNG amicably go its separate ways just a couple of weeks ago. THIS MUCHFUN DURING LAST YEAR'S SPRING WEEKEND, JUSTTHINKOFTHEFUNYOU COULDHAVETHISYEAR. Courlesy of TAG Recordings irtesy i Fox divorces * Married .. / After 11 seasons of bringing truly tasteless comedy into the homes Courtesy of Lucy Perrone of America, Fox has decided that it's time to put the old dog of the Courtesy of network, "Married With Children," to sleep. The show, which debuted in Spring, 1987, will finally bid a fond and what many think is a long overdue adieu. There has got to be more What prompted the cancellation now after so many seasons? Considering it endured many perhaps cancellable offenses in past seasons (that annoying litde blonde haired kid named Seven; Ted "I've been on many shows shordy before they were cancelled because of my to Spring Weekend than hammy acting such as "Happy Days" and "The Love Boat" McGinley; the unending dumb blonde jokes that were aimed at angelic Christina Applegate's head; the unendingjokes about Bud being the masturba• tion king with the blow-up doll for a girlfriend; well, let's face it, the just opaque containers show knew how to run its unending, repetitious jokes into the ground), sure that the old favorites stuck taking place at one location and the actual cancellation may have surprised many, but really it's a sad around (Under The Tent Dance, one location only, namely Mar• commentary of how a once controversial and provocative show can By RYAN KELLY Volleyball Tournament). tyrs' Lawn. turn into a big unfunny, repetitive mess. R.I.P. "Married With The weekend gets started on Fri• Starting at 12 p.m. the Volley• Children," 1987-1997. Every year, as Spring arrives, day, April 25, with the Drive-in ball Tournament will get the fun the squirrels begin to express their Movie on Martyrs' featuring a started with all comers who have A&E RAVES ABOUT... amorous intentions to each other popular movie from last fall. Wil• mustered a team together and and the occasional unlucky skunk; liam Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet signed up welcome to participate. LizPt,air'sJuveni7/a ,„,<«3,L„P.^„.,e„dh„ students wander campus, slack- will be making its Fordham debut Besides the glory ofbeing known well-received second full length jawed and stressed out with book out in the fresh air at 9 p.m. on as the team who conquered album. Whip Smart Unbeknownst bags laden with heavy loads, won• Martyrs' Lawn. For those who Fordham's Rose Hill campus, to those non-diehard fans of Phair, dering when die end to their suffer• missed it during its theatrical re• there awaits movie deals, con• she also released an album. ing will come; and of course, the lease, it's an opportunity to see the gratulatory hook-ups and of Juvenilia, with one single from Weekend Activities Committee updated interpretation of one of the course, (the one and only actual Whip iSmar«,"Jealousy," and seven (WAC) and Special Events Com• Bard's most famous plays ever with prize in this list) moolah. Lots other songs consisting of B-sides mittee (SEC) try to put together a Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire and lots of moolah to fund the cost and a cover of that classic from stress-free weekend for the stu• Danes as the tide's star-crossed of what you put in diose litde out of the '80s, "Tumingjapa- dents to relax and forget their lovers. opaque containers carried in hand nese." troubles and heavy work load, if Also, later that night, at 10 p.m. by so many of the students on campus (it's only lemonade, right? Courtesy of Matador Records . Phair gets back to her earlier only for one weekend. in Rodrigue's Coffeehouse, there roQts on the album and it works This year, the two committees, will be a DJ spinning for those * wink, wink*). beautifully. Every song, exceptfor the cover of course, is classic Phair along with other associated com• . students who'd rather not deal v«th To feed the. appetite you material and experimentation that yields some peculiar music. mittees (i.e. the Concert Commit• the drive-in movie and would rather worked up in the Volleyball Com• Besides "Jealousy" and "Turning Japanese," the comedy act within tee) have delivered something truly dance the hours away. Get to petition, Marriott will supply you a folk song, "California," has to be the most bizarre effort on the worthy of the ideals behind Spring Rodrigue's and forget your worries with hambiirgers, hot dogs and album. Phair goes off about an old buU.arid a young bull standing on Weekend. Besides bringing a fairly by grooving on a heavy bass line other creations besh from the a hill, wanting to "run down this hill and P*k all of those cows." well-known band to campus (Buf• with your friends. grill with their Barbecue on Mar• "Animal Girl" and "South Dakota" could have jiist as easily come off falo Tom), the committees resur• • On Saturday, April 26, there will tyrs'. Unhke the usual price- oi Whip Smart with some classic lyrics and polished sound. The rected an event which was absent be activities aplenty for the student gouging which occurs at on-cam- dreamy "Batmobile" and lethal "Dead Shark" create a moodiness that from last year's festivities (Drive- populace to part take of. Most of in Movie on Martyrs') and made these diversionary events will be the album-ender "Easj^" nails shut quiedy but definitively. -RKelly - See Spring, Page 22 - THE RAM Am & Entertainment April 24,1997 Chasing Amy doesn't fall on its face Kevin Smitfi's trilogy that started with Clerks and Mallrats comes fittingly to a close While there, Ben is introduced discovers that Alyssa is a lesbian. homo- and hetero- By ALEJANDRO FERREYRA tp Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams) by He becomes distraught and con• sexuality relate. Hooper (Dwight Ewell), who draws fronts Alyssa with it. After they get Alyssa's friends Newjersey. It's a state. It's the a Black Panther-like comic that past die sexual differences, they chastize he;r for go• name of an album. It's the brunt of preaches black supremacy. start to become friends. ing out with a man, 50.3 percent of jokes made in The joke is that Hooper, who It is not long before Jhey be• and Holden's friends America every day. It's also the goes by the name Hooper X, is an come lovers. The whole middle harass him for going subject of Kevin Smith's appropri• African-American homosexual story of the film revolves around out with a lesbian. ately tided "Newjersey" trilogy. male from the suburbs. He admits Alyssa's true search for her sexual• The situation gets First was the hilarious black and that his whoIjB routine isjust an act ity. Both Holden and Alyssa have stickier when Banky white comedy Clerks. Next was the to support his comic. But he also feelings for each other, but they uncovers a secret semi-funny Mallrats. Now comes feels that the comic is an outlet for have to resolve the situation with from Alyssa's past the latest and last installment, Chas- his anger. As he puts it, "I'm a her lesbianism. Alyssa begins to that gives a new ingAmy. minority in a minority - I'm thor- question her homosexuality. The meaning to the phrase"fingercuffs." || Setin bothjersey and NewYork, oughlyscrewed." relationship is finally solidified Smith writes a jLj Chasing Amy takes a look at the So Holden immediately falls when Holden breaks down 'and brilliant screenplay troubles of contemporary love and for Alyssa, who is also a comic tells her his true feelings for her. and directs the story romance. Holden (Ben Affleck) book artist. Hooper invites Holden Banky is the only problem with well. All the actors and.Banky (Jason Lee) are comic and Banky to a party knowing that their relationship. He feels that his play their parts well, book artists who draw the new hit Holden likes Alyssa, who's going 20-yeal- friendship with Holden is especially Affleck "Bluntman and Chronic." They to be there. Holden becomes ex• in jeopardy because of the rela• and Lee. The friend• -are at the top when we meet them cited atthe idea of getting together tionship. He tells Holden that go• ship between them first at a comic book convention. with Alyssa. But at the party, he ing out With a lesbian is a bad idea because he would never get to be is really heartfelt and able to get close to her. In one we can feel the an- Courtesy of Miramax scene Banky asks him, "You have guish and sadness CH>4S/A/G THE GOLD: From Top—Jay and Silent a four-way street with a million that their relation- Bob have a smiling moment; Ben Affleck reading dollars in the middle. On each of ship goes through up on his craft as "Holden." the streets, you have a male-loving during the movie. Adams is some- the trilogy in Chasing Amy \&'ik^t lesbian, abutch lesbian, Santa Glaus what miscast as Alyssa, but since appearance Of Jay (Jason Mewes) and the Easter Bunny. Who gets to she's the director's girlfriend, I and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith). In a the money first?"Holde n answers guess he can get away with it. surprise move, Bob speaks and the butch lesbian, and Banky agrees This film isn't as good as Clerks gives Holden advice on how to and gives him the reason - Be• but is a hell of a lot better than deal with Alyssa. I think that Smith cause the other three are a figment Mallrats. It has the quality writing uses this to indicate thatjerseylife of his imagination. of Clerks, but the acting isn't as is as unpredictable as anydnng The story goes on to study good. Don't misunderstand me, else. Silent Bob speaking? Just the Courtesy of Miramax Holden and Alyssa's relationship the acting is really good, but Clerks icing on the treat Smith gives us m WHAT YOU LOOKIN' AT, SUCKA?: Hooper X (D«»ight Ewell), Holden (Ben in detail and how the worlds of was just superior. The best link tp the form of Chasing Amy. Affleck) and Banky (Jason Lee) share a "moment in Chasing Amy. Fans are feeling fine at Sick of it All Show Hardcore rules at performance by well-known torchbearers of scene lent sho w and got the crowd ready Lookin' Out," as they did to older By MATT SUMMA for what was to come. The la^t favorites such as "Step Down" and band to play before the main act "Injustice System." The highlight Hardcore. To niost people it is was Vision of Disorder, a Long ofthe evening, however, was when just a simple adjective, but to oth• Island hardcore band that was defi• they filmed a video for "Us vs. ers it is a type of music and a way nitely afanfavorite. Their heavier Them," a song about unity within of life. Although you won't hear style, labeled by some as heavy the hardcore scene. The song this punk-metal hybrid on ZlOO, metal, erupted with double bass mushroomed into a giant sing- there rfemainsastrongunderground and amazing lead vocals by Tim along, with everyone trying to get scene here in New York, where the Williams. on camera. music originated in the late '70s Finally, Sick of it All took the The crowd was very surprised and early '80s. stage. The band, started over 10 to see cameras from MTV News On April 5, hardcore fans from years ago by brothers Pete and taping footage for a small story all over the tii-statearea converged Lou KoUer of Queens, is currently they recendy did on the band. on the Roxy in NYC to see the touring for its new album. Built to Although hardcore music is current torchbearers for the scene, Last, and they definitely lived up looked upon as a legitimate form Sick of it All. Over 2000 people to its title that night. Lou and Pete, of music in Europe, it is unusual packed the club on West 18th vocalist and guitarist respectively, for the mainstream media in the Sbreet for a night of hard music, were joined by Craig Setari on U.S. even to acknowledge that hard dancing (or as MTV would bass and Armand Majidi on drums. hardcore exists. call it, "moshing") and a chance to They played for over an hour, with No matter what MTV thinks of see the greatest band out there a good variety of both old and new it, the hardcore scene is alive and today. material. well in NYC, and Sick of it All The openingacts of Ensign, AFI The crowd responded equally proved it. The bind is currently and Snapcase all put on an excel- as well to new songs, such as "Good • touring Europe, but they will be back to the U.S. soon and will be one ofthe headliningbandson this summer's Warped Tour, so be sure to check them out. For those who can't wait until the summer, hardcore returns to the Roxy on May 17 with Warzone, Madball and Agnostic Front. Although I am not sure how hardcore music will go over with Fordham's students, I strongly sug• gest that everyone check out at least one show while they are in Courtesy of EteWra NYC. I guarantee that it will be an EVEI^YONE. GETS A LITTLE SICK SOiWETIMES: Fans who foliowSickof •Courieiy' if'siel^^a •''^'^eKence you won't ever forget. it Ail give new meaning to the word hardcore in their loyalty. April 24,1997 Arts & Entertainment THE RAM •OD Did + new school = Newark's Artifacts Stew Jersey trio continues wave of underground flip tiop heading above hip hop, there are groups that never scratches (DJing), they have lyri• ALEJANDRO FERREYRA follow trends but instead are the cal talent (MCing), and they are trendsetters. Acts like KRS-ONE, purveyors of graffiti writing, which In hip hop, the cycle of trends Redman, Wu-Tang Clan and A is shown in their group logo. s faster than Michaeljohnson's Tribe Called Quest never go com• On their sophomore eSortlhat's I. MCs follow whatever trend mercial and dierefore are hip hop Ihem, the Artifacts show that they t is selling but almost always purists' favorites. are on their way to rising to that E Courtesy of Big Beat Records ise that flare that initially sparked In essence, the Artifacts em• next plateau of hip hop le trend. body three of the four points of superstardom. They take the nu• the fact that they don't get much mix of "The Ultimate" by Show• Fortunately for the fans of true true hip hop. They have sample ances of both the old and new airplay, yet they are good enough biz that saves TTiat's Them in its schools of hip hop. They remind to sell. time of need. the listener of Gangstarr because On "Where Yo Skills At?" El Jersey hip hop is continuing to the lyrical styles and beats are Da Sensai states "Bluffin / They grow. Groups like Naughty by contemporary, yet they have subde ain't talking about nothing / In fact Nature, The Fugees and Redman reminders of the old flavor of hip these crews be wack / So may I ask (one of the best rappers aroimd) hop. In the style of Gangstarr'sDJ - where your skills at?" "The Ul• have held down their territory for Premier, DJ Kaos throws in many timate" is the one track that was a long time. Now it's time for beautiful scratches that fit in per• widely released and is a good song Artifacts to help put Jersey on the fecdy. MCs El Da Sensai and that is just like the others - a slow map. They have definite potential Tame One's delivery of flows re• beat with complimentary lyrics - to create btizz around the industry, mind you of a hybrid of the Cold but in this case, that is quite all and it's time they to get the credit Crush Brothers and the Roots. right they deserve. The firstti-ack, "Art of Scratch," "Collaboration of Mies" features takes us on a one-minute journey Lord Finesse and Lordjamar from of ambient hip hop scratching that Brand Nubian. It was produced by opens your mind to the upcoming Finesse, and his production is an masterpieces. It introduces us to eerie addition to the style of the the two rhymers, Sensai and Tame, album. It's slow, as are the other with samples from their last al• songs on the album, but he adds a bum. They shout out their crew haunting hook, a la the RZA. Fi• Courtesy of Big Beat Records and their home of Newark. It also nesse adds a nice touch to the states that "Artifacts got the dope album, but Lord Jamar surpris• s***t regardless," and they back it ingly comes strong on this track. the jt idgmenl wheel up throughout the whole album. He has been lackluster ever since "Art of Facts" comes in like a the Nubian's last album,/n God We 10 1 slow motion train. It has a slow, Trust. hanging beat, but accompanying it The rest of the songs are just as 9 2 are lyrics that hit hard. "31 great The onlyproblems with this Bumrash," "To ya Chest" and album are two songs. "Return to "Where Yo Skills At?" state die da Wrongside" and "Who's This?" 8 C^^^ 3 Artifacts' identity. are so-so songs that could have In "To ya Chest," Tame One used more time in the studio. This states "I'm one of the prime-time could be a problem to listeners ^'QjjM 4 Courtesy of Big Beat Records 7 •ARTIFACTS FOUND IN JERSEY: El Da Sensai (I.), DJ Kaos (c.) and rhymers with no rotation / But I'm because they're two of the last JTame One (r.) brilliantly bring about visions of hip hop, both past patient / 'Cause I don't owe no songs on the album. 6 5 fand present, on their latest Ttiat's Them. station nathan." They are citing Fortimately, there's a great re- BECOME A STOCKBROKER AND PUT YOURSELF IN THE PICTURE. MANY GAiNES BERLAND STOCKBROKERS ARE EARNING 6 FIGURES. YOU CAN TOO! Learn how tob e a successful stockbrolier fromsuccessfu l stochbraters and. a year ftom now, the picture in tliis ad could be you. Gaines Berland is mewing to larger quarters, so there's no better time to join the winning team. 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Please call for Imore information or write to: Camp SusSex 53 Blatherwick Dr.Berlin, N.J. 08009 iPhone im) 753-9265 or (718) 261-8700 I I Yo LaTengo keeps the people satisf i The indie band to end all indie bands tries to accomplish too age" takes the lead singer's voice gether in something that feels natu• By RYAN KELLY and backs it with the voice of an ral. angelic woman. The result is some• "One PM Again" evokes one of Thatfamouslyindependentband thing edgy and slighdy distorted those utterly twangy country songs Yo La Tengo has returned with its that elevates the singer from his from the '50s that dots the air latest album, / Can Hear the Heart dark, down mood where he be• waves on oldies radio stations. It Beating as One (Matador) - an ad• heves "the damage is done." is a bizarre juxtaposition of genres venturous if not completely suc• "Shadows" reveals a woman's for the band, but Yo La Tengo cessfiil effort. urge to make a man hers, but until makes it work somehow. The album kicks off with the she can do so she says "I'll wait in The one shining pure pop plea• instrumental "Return to Hot the shadows." The arrangement of sure moment for the album comes Chicken," a song filled with fuzzy the song, which consists solely of in the guise of "The Lie and How guitars that flow from rock-a-billy minimalist accompaniment, saves We Told It." The song features to surf. this gem from being lost in a sea of fuzzy, muted vocals and rolling "Moby Octopad" has a driving distortion and churning guitars. guitars, which take the song bass and percussion that push the The unique "Autumn Sweater" seamlessly from its beginning to male and female singers' lilting is just one big organ solo, filled end. voices more into the background. with organs layered upon more A big ball of kitschy bossa nova The song has a very layered and organs, backed with a funky per• comes next with "Center of Grav• textured sound, completed by a cussion section. The singer pines ity." It is an evocative piece of Courtesy of piano solo and backup singers sing• for some unknown girl who he cheesy lounge music, but Yo La THEY 00 HAVE IT, PARTIALLY: Yo La Tengo is advei ing "bababada ba." thinks looks great in her "autumn Tengo again takes a bizarre and Heart the band only seems to have greatness on some The next song, "Sugarcube," sweater." unpopular genre and makes it work. takes a new spin on a crush with Crickets chirping provides the The album comes to an end with breaks down mid-gear shift on the overwhelming und some vivid imagery. "Whatever wall of sound through which "My Little Comer of the World." way tothefastlane. "Spec Bebop" than a couple pf you want from me / Whatever you "Green Arrow" shoots forth from. This gentle pop song ends the makes three minutes feel like you're album, you can hear want, I'll do / You're sweeter than This peculiar instrumental blends album nicely on a peaceful note, watching The English Patient Fi• its beat, and thatbi a drop ofbloo d / On a sugarcube." twangy guitars with the sound of free of the distortion which winds nally, "We're an American Band" of the listening experi The ethereally-infused "Dam• the crickets and fuses the two to- its way through many songs on the makes you want to move to an• album. other country. the judgment Certain tracks from the album, Despite these failures, Yo La though, make it seem like an ex• Tengo at least made an attempt to periment in lengthiness. At 16 have a gargantuan album filled songs, Yo La Tengo brought out a with some distortion, some twangy 10 1 lot of material, but unfortunately, guitars and all great songs. In the five of the songs would have been process, tlie band didn't edit them• s better left for the die hard fans to selves well I nough, and as a result, m look for on compilations or B- people who buy TCan Hear the YO-LA-T sides. Heart Beating as One will have to t "Deeper into Movies" drones pick and choose the songs that itself out diankfully. "Stockholm they like, sifting through the rest. Syndrome" tries to wave away some Fans of Yo LaTengo will surely depression butfails miserably, leav• be pleased with the album, but for 6 5 ing you feeling in need of a major those unfamiliar with the experi• Courtesy of H4atador Records prozac infiision. "Little Honda" ence that is the band, it could be an Spring Spring Weekend At a Glance from Page 19 pus Marriott establishments (The concert on Martyrs' Lawn, a trip to Brunch hosted by the kin' Friday. April 25 Caf and Ramskeller), this event Rodrigue's Fordham Band Fest Rodrigue's. Though the' will be free and won't require a should be in your future. The not free, they Cost only $ f Martyrs' Lawn - Drive-in Mo\ ie, Riirneo andJuliet (a' i) p.m. meal card (lucky us). event begins at 6 p.m. and carries which will be good to Rodrigue's Coffeehouse - DJ spinning, 10 p.m. unlii '2 a.m. Also occurring at 12 p.m. on on until 2 a.m. in the morning, whatever it was you were - Martyrs' will be the "Naked spodighting the best that Fordham the couple of days befo Saturday. April 26 Thumb" and Arm WrestUng Com• has to offer. The brunch will nm from Martyrs' Lawn - Volleyball Tournameni petitions, which will categorize Later on Saturday Night, the until 3 p.m. competitors according to gender "Under thc Tent"Dance will be in Also, on the small lawn (All (a 12 p.m.) Maniol Cookout (no, tough guy, you can't show off full swingfiom 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. front of McGinley Center, "NakedThumb"andArmWresllingCompctitions to all your friends by trying to on Murphy's Field. There will not lunch will be catered by the Concert begins - opening bands. Throw It On the punish all the girls who ever re• only be a DJ spinning music who at Butchie's starting at 1 p. Table and Seekmg Homer, and headliner, Buffalo jected you in a batde of arms!). most likely will be heard at the With all these events HIBiWHMHHBiHIIiiBii^iiliiiM Now people, let's not get all next wedding reception you at• hosted over the course of S," Rodrigue's Coffeehouse - Fordliam Band Fest, li p.m. until 2 a.m. wrapped up in the Spring Week• tend, but also a real Hve band Weekend, students will have Murphy's Field - "Under the Tent" Dance, 9 p.m. unUl 2 a.m. end excitement and tomfoolery by playing. Not to mention the thing to do, besides the whole Sunday, April 27 taking the "naked thumb" thing to that is pushed most on the posters container thing and lounging mean other naked activities (juSt around campus:hotfood. Mmmm, the friends baking in the 1 Rodrigue's Coffeehouse - Bagel Brunch, 12 p.m. until 3 p.m. save your tawdry litde burlesque food. Martyrs' Lawn, so don't fall Lawn of McGinley Center - Bulchie's catered lunch (eg 1 p.m. show for the pool table at Clarke's, On Sunday, April 27, the Spring that trap. No one should drink OK?). Weekend activities will be coming tan - it's a dangerous con Finally, the main concert event to a close with two last events tion. Don't become a statistic; of the season also begins at 12 p.m. centering aroimd - that's right - have agood time tryingto un'' on Martyrs' with three, count 'em food. First, there will be a Bagel the damage that papers causa A fond farewell for the year three bands playing for the plea• sure of Fordham students every• to those writers who helped where. Opening is our own Throw It On the Table, followed by Seek• out a lot. Next year will be ing Homer (the April F00I3 issue prediction was right!). 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WE WILL ALSO BE SHOWING MOVIES FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE ^ So come by and sell and check out the movies, the raffles, andthe many giveaways JRwii • April 24, 1997 Ram Sports Golf winds down 'successf uI' season On April 17, the golf team took we missed the finals by three house Princeton's club team (10- was a winner in the 3000-meter Toby Lynch made his debut in the its varsity squad to Green Vjilley strokes," said Caltagirone. "All 1). Senior Kevin Shmuddie has run (10:38.8), following up last 5000, placing fourth in a team-best Country Club to compete in the in all, it's been a great year; we've shouldered the scoring load for the week's victory in the same event at 15:37, while freshmanjoe Lampkin URI Invitational, squaring off accomphshed a lot." squad, though captains MattFeeney Columbia. Freshman Tracy Sipka reached the finals in bodi die 100- against such schools as Boston Col• The team heads to Deal Coun• and Pete Ferraro have each chipped was a third-place finisher in the (10.5) and200- (22.1) meter dashes. lege, former Patriot League rivals try Club on April 25 for die in with timely goals. 1500 (4:52.9), followed by sopho• Both squads return to action on Colgate and Army and University Monmouth Invitational, hoping "The team has many seniors, more Katey Favret (4:54.5) in Thursday, April 24, at Penn Re• of New Hampshire. to duplicate their top-notch play but also many freshmen as well to fourth. Junior Cortney Boccardi, lays; the Women will compete in Sophomorejohn Cesarz was the there of a year ago. fill their spots," said sophomore despite fightingastrongheadwind, die 3200 meter relay, while die John Nukho. "The team is doing advanced to the final in the 200- Men tackle the 1600 and sprint Rams' top scorer on the afternoon - MJ. DiPretore with a 78, placing him in the tour• great Everybody has a great time meter dash (26.4). medley relays. nament top 25 at 7 over par. Se• Men's lacrosse and have a good bond with each On the Men's side, sophomore - MJ, DiPretore niors Jim PennaandDan O'Connor odier." each shot 82s to tie as Fordham's rolls to 7-3 overall - MJ. DiPretore second-lowest scorers, while junior The 1997 season has been a Track tackles windy Athlete of the Week Inoki Suarez and senior captain winning one for the Fordham la• Mike Caltagirone placed fourth and crosse team. Compihng a 7-3 Red Storm Classic Erin McKinstry fifth on the squad respectively. overall record, The Men's 111 lliii-i- \il Madamoiselle Personnel Network United Staffing Systems lONA TURN VOUR SUMMER HOURS INTO DOLLARS! If youVegoingto Gain experience and exposure to the corporate world. 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Wins offensive numbers including as- This week's Ram Athlete of die team strugghng through its sec• against La Salle (6-2, 6-1) and yet unmentioned totals in slug• Week is senior forward ond-straight season as Adantic 10 Rhode Island - avenginga regular ging percentage (1.084), on-base .Suzanne Maguire, viho doormat, All-Everything high season loss - as well as a crucial percentage (.625) and stolen bases averaged 19 7 points and H.7 jumper Barry : _ doubles victory (16). Named First Team All-New rebovmds per game this week, Cantrell side• (with teammate Wins against La S^e York State, Second Team All-At• while scoring her fifth and sixth lined for both Tom Reis) lantic 10, First Team All-North• double-doubles of the season. the indoor and and Rhode Island — against La Salle east Region and team MVP in .\gain.st Xavici, Maguirc broke outdoor track avenging a regular propelled Cerga 1996, Marchiano is certain to cap• into thc the Fordham top five seasons with season loss — to All-Tourna• ture his share of awards when the all-tinie SCOUTS list with 1,347 ment honors, rec• injury and, propelled Cerga to All- 1997 season comes to a close. career points ,< most tragi• ognition afforded Atlantic 10 Senior forward Suzanne Basketball cally, former only 12 men in a Maguire had her own share of defensive line• Toumament honors. 12-team confer- record-setting games during the man Shawn ence. Onlyajun- 1996-1997 basketball campaign. Dillon victim of an apparent sui• ior, Cerga will spend next year in Averaging 16.1 points-per-game Athlete of the Semester cide - the Rams have also experi• pursuit of the individual confer• and eight rebounds-per-game this enced a fair amount of on-field ence championship. season, Maguire ended her illustri• Mi'lce Marciiiano success. The three most influen• Senior outfielder Mike ous career ranked fourth on After a stellar seven-game road tial Ram "Athletes of the Semes• Marchiano has ^ Fordham's all- Mm trip to Florida, where he hn a ter" have, with their respective time scoring list had, in 1997, one Marchiano lias Set six leam-leading .'i?!, slugged five accomplishments, set the standard with 1,475 of the greatest individual batting home runs and drove in 11 for Fordham sports. points. seasonseverre- ^ecords during the senior outfielder Mike Jon Cerga, firmly entrentched She is fourth corded by a * Marchiano has garnered Ram in the number one singles slot on in rebounding Fordham base- 1997 SCaSOn — ,Vttilete of the Week honors. the Men's tennis team, has estab• witii 747, fifth in ball player, past including home runs in lished himself as an Adantic 10 steals with 171, \Vith his next round-tripper, or present. force in only his first season as the both a season and a third in three- Maicliiano will tie Brad Rams' top player. S e 111 n g career — with even point field goals Howland's school record of 30 Flourishing during the spring records for most ^„ ^ i.„-s„^« made with 200, career homers. tennis campaign following a solid u ^ „, „ more on the horizon. fifth in scoring Baseball winter on the squash courts, Cerga moshomte homrunes mrun as in a career (46), average at 13.3, second in free won his firsteigh t singles matches mosseasot RBn I i(22)n a ,seaso n (64), most throw percentage at .801 and third of the season in dominating fash• runs in a season (66), most total in three-point percentage at .359. Athlete of the Semester ion, only once, against Marist on bases in a. season (146) and most Named to the Second Tejun AU- April 1, being stretched to three total bases in a career (372), Atiantic 10 this season, Maguire Jon Cerga sets. Cerga Marchiano has also earned honors as proved just as Averaging 16.1 points- single-handedly SportsChannel New York's "Fe• lliis week's Ram Athlete of dominating in per-game and eight rewritten the male Athlete ofthe Week" (Febru• doubles play, the Week is first .singles player rebounds-per-game this Fordhamrecord ary 13-19) and was ranked 20th in teaming with book - with the nation this season in three- Jon Cerga, who led the l^ms the RaiD*' num• season, Maguire ended even more age- point field goals made. to victory over Holy Cross ber two singles her illustrious career old marks on the Though Maguire may leave be• and to a draw willi Marist. entry Alex ranked fourth on horizon waiting hind a great legacy, she will never Oiga has curried the squad Boncila to win Fordham's all-time to fall. He is be without is the passion with which all season, as they have six of their first scoring list with 1,475. closing in on she played basketball. recorded an impressive 7-0-1 seven matches, Fordham Perhaps that is what unites these start. including routs records of hits in athletes. Despite their varied back• Tennis of Holy Cross (8-3) and Monmouth a season (75 -. has 74), most hits in grounds they each share an intense (8-3) a career (222 - has 199) and most love for the game. •Ramcenter- Crew looks to postseason LaSalle Invitia,tional. one of only a few club programs to By MELISSA FIORE In other events, Fordham had ever compete in this regatta and mixed results in the choppy condi• win the open four event (1995). Friday, April 25 Sunday, April 27 Fordham crew again displayed tions as both the varsity light• The women, who last competed @ St. Francis vs. Temple their dominance over all the met• weight and novice Women's fours in postseason competition in 1994 ropolitan rowing schools by sweep• finished secon'd to lona. The Men's when they won a Division I na• Saturday, April 26 Tuesday, April 29 ing both the Men's and Women's varsity heavy and lightweight fours tional championship in the light• vs. Temple (DH) @ Fairleigh Dickinson varsity eightevents atthe Manhat• had each other as serious competi• weight four, will be racing at tan Invitational Regatta on April tion, placing one and two respec• Henley for the first time in the 19 at Orchard Beach Lagoon. tively out of a seven-crew field. program's history. High winds and rough water With an impressive regular sea• After undefeated seasons in both were not a deterrent to the Women's son completed, both the Fordham 1995 and 1996 and early season Saturday, April 26 Sunday, April 27 eight as they won their race with Men's and Women's crew teams indicators that the 1997 crew is @ Massachusetts (DH) @ Rhode Island (DH) ease. Witii die last 500 meters of look to continue their success as even faster, the team made the the race course speckled with white the Rams head into postseason commitment to train and compete caps, Fordham moved steadily to competition for the eighth con• for an extia six weeks beyond the Men's Tennis Women's Tennis an open water margin over second secutive year. academic year. place lona. The Men will compete at the "We are thrilled to give our. In the final event of the day, the Intercollegiate Rowing Associa• women this opportunity," said Wednesday, April 30 Saturday, April 26 Men's eight also won by open tion Championships in Camden, Head Coach Ted Bonnano. "This vs. Vassar vs. lona water on a shortened course when Newjersey, on May 29-31 while is a young team that will gain regatta officials declared the last the Women will race at the presti• invaluable experience." Outdoor Track 800 meters ofthe course unsafe for gious Henley Regatta in Henley- At Henley, Fordham will race racing. on-Thames, England, on June 21- the top college programs from Because of the marginal race 22. around the world. Thurs.-Sat., April 24-26 Tuesday, April 29 conditions throughout the day, This will be the eighth year in a The Fordham team will consist Penn Relays MGA Champs some events were cancelled, in• row that the men will compete at of Heather O'Rourke, Erica @ UPenn @ Richmond CC. cluding the Women's open varsity the I.R.A., which is the premiere Schratzmier, Christine Sereni, four and the Men's novice four championship for the major col• Samantha Smith, Amanda Vogel, crews, both finalists in last week's lege varsity programs. Fordhamis and coxswain Jason Williams. April 24,1997 RAM Sports THE RAM UMass shuts down hot Fordham bats Baseball ball." they broke out for eight mns, giv• cess. 8-4 advantage, which they would Sophomore third baseman Tom ing them a commanding 12-3 lead. Lumia led all Rams with two not relinquish. from Page 28 Stein provided the bulk of the The Rams were unable to sustain a RBI and two runs scored on two Sophomore pitcher Matt Antico the decisive seventh inning. UMass Rams' offensive output with thiree serious offensive comeback as they hits. Stein continued to impress (3-1) started for Fordham, yielding began the seventh with a leadoff RBI on two-for-three hitting with a never got closer than seven mns with two hits of his own and an seven mns on nine hits over five- double and then caught Nielsen run scored. Sophomore left fielder for the remainder of the game. RBI and-a-third innings. Overall, the for another homer, this time a two- Rob Sprague and junior catcher Senior Fordham hurler Russell Without time to regroup, the Rams' pitching staff was pounded run blast that gave the Minutemen Vincent Liimia also contributed, Benvenuto (2.-4) was the squad hosted N.Y. Tech on Tues• for 19 hits in the disappointing the lead for good. with both batters going one-for- Minutemen's next victim as he was day, April 22. Tech, who Fordham loss. "Could we have gone to a relief three with an RBI. hammered fpr irine mns on nine had defeated 18-2 earlier in the Moleti keyed Fordham's offense pitcher? Yes," said Ceprini. "How• UMass completed the trifecta hits through diree-and-a-diird in• season, returned the favor by hand• with three-for-five hitting and four ever, Tommy is a very good com• by cmshing the Rams in a 17-8 nings. The balance of the innings ing the Rams their fourth straight RBI while scoring two mns. Senior petitor, and we all thought he had blowout on Monday, April 21. saw five different Ram pitchers loss by a score of 12-9. outfielder Mike Marchiano also it in him to shut themdown.Buthe The Minutemen were up by one attempt to silence the UMass bats, Fordham led 5-3 entering the scored two runs with two hits and didn't, we didn't, and that's base• going into the fourth inning when with each having only limited sue- sixth inning when Tech's offense anRBL finally got in gear while the Rams' Fortunately, the Rams can re• fielding fell apart. Tech led off the deem themselves this weekend inning with a home mn to begin when the Owls of Temple Univer• Softball Still Struggling their comeback. Timely hitting sity, who own the worst record in and two cosdy Ram errors brought the division, cometo the Bronx for three important league games. Softball went on to win the game 2-0. not have made a spectacular throw in fivemor e runs to give Tech an from Page 28 Iflosing 2-0 wasn'tbad enough, to gun out a base mnner at home game two was truly a heartbreaker. plate. Curley then got the last chance for revenge, though, as she Dayton led through much of the batter to pop out for the third out, was slated to pitch game two. game as they tabbed Curley for sealingFordham's seventh victory In the second game, St. runs in third, fourth and seventh, of the season. Bonaventure was the one to get an and held Fordham scoreless through Game two would be another early lead when a Ram error the sixth. tight loss for the Rams, but for brought in run in the top of the The Rams, though, made a last much different reasons. In the top first. gasp rally in the seventh. Fordham of the fifdi the Rams, down 8-6, The Rams, though, came right came up with two runs in the lost Mikol when she collided with back to tie the game in the first and seventh to make it a one-mn game, the catcher while trying to score. then blew up for four runs in the but that would be as close as it Fordham had no more ehgible third. Fordham added three more would get as the Ramsjustcouldn't substitutes and had to forfeit the runs in the fiftht o cap off the Lady come up with another mn, losing game 7-0. At press time it still was Rams' firstconferenc e win of the 3-2. not known how serious Mikol was season. Curley definitely didn't Fordham then took to the road hurt or ho w long she would be out need all that mn support this time as they went on to Siena for a Corbett by no means likes to as she pitched seven scoreless in• doubleheader on Tuesday. Curley, Ipse but feels that the close losses nings with four strikeouts. St. again pitching very solid, was in• are much better than losses by Bonaventure did score two runs, volved in yet another pitchers' larger margins because she feels though, on errors by Fordham in duel. This time, though, the Rams that the team is showing that they die firstan d fifth. would end up on the winning side are improving. "Everyone played well," said of a close game. "If you lose games that you HeadCoachDebbieCorbett. "The Neither team would score as played good enough to win, it defense played well getting most both pitchers were on top oftheir shows that you're playing good Dave Zielinski / RAM of the advanced outs." games. Fordham would break and improving," she said. READY: Fordham won Its first A-10 contest of the season Saturday. Dayton University, another con• through in the sixth, though, when Wednesday's doubleheader was ference rival, came in for a twin sophomore Angela DiNatale led also canceled, and it is not yet bill on Sunday. Fordham again off with a walk. known ifit will be rescheduled. If would have problems scoring runs Freshman Sara Mikol then their is no make-up for that series, for solid pitching, and the Rams earned a base hit on a perfect bunt. Fordham will close out the season again would lose two tight games. With two outs, Curley, helpingher this weekend with double dips Senior Christine DeLuca pitched own cause, smashed a single to against UMass and Rhode Island. solid for seven innings, giving up right driving in two and putting "We are going to keep trying to just two mns, one in the second and die Rams up 2-0. improve," said Corbett. "Itvtallbe the other in die fourth. The Lady Dayton, though, would not go good for us if we can compete Rams' offense, though, could not down easy as they tagged Curley against UMass, and we should be get it going to help out DeLuca as forarunintheseventh. Thegame able to take at least one from they held to just one hit. Dayton would have been tiedi f Mikol had Rhode Island." Tennis volleys to ninth Tennis Fordham, however, was able to 3 victory. Both of Fordham's stars, from Page 28 capture only one of its finalfou r easily victorious at singles, chipped singles matchups ««id was swept in in with victories at their respective The Rams closed off the week• back-to-back doubles contests by doubles matches, McKinstry and end in style, upending pre-toumey identical 8-3 scores. Sire's 8-5 win at number two secur• lOdi seed Rhode Island 4-2 in the "Everyone played hard in that ing the Lady Ram victory. batde for ninth place. match," said McKinstry. "It came "We played well as a team, but "We're a litde disappointed with down to doubles, and we just we had also beaten both of those how [the Dayton] match turned couldn't hold them off." teams [La Salle and St. Joe's] al• out," said Reis. "That first loss Fiore (6^0,6-1), McKinstry (6-0, ready this year," said McKinstry. killed us for the rest ofthe tourna• 6-0) and ct>-c£^«tain Vivian Sire (6- "Our top two seniors [Athena ment We felt like we should have 0, 6-0) rallied the. Lady Rams Constantinou and Natah Sunara] won. A victory would have placed against La SaQe in second round from last year graduated, which is us in the top six, so it was definitely action, the'thibesoriie combining probably why we finished ninth an important match." to drop oiUy one-game in six total instead of sbcdi[1996 finish].Th e The Women, opening against *sets. team pulled together, and I think Duquesne as the conference's ninth- McKinstry and Sireretumed to that helped us at A-IOs." seeded team, suffered a similar fate team at second doubles, securing The Men will close with non- as the Men, surrendering 4-3 in a the match for Fordham widi a conference matches at St Peter's first-round squeaker. Nina Fiore convincing 8-1 victory. on April 24 and versus Vassar on (6-3,6-3) and Erin McKinstry (6-1, The Lady Rams sweated out April 30. The Women, their At• 6-0) scored convincing victories at their ninth-place match with St. lantic 10 schedule also complete, , firstan d second singles respec- Joseph's, again relying on the stel• finish up the spring sesison against I tively,stakin g the Lady Rams to a lar play of Fiore (6-0, 6:2) and metropolitan rival lona on April |i2-0 early-match advantage. McKinstry (6-6,6-1) to eke out a 4- 26. ' " ' % llam • April 24, 1997 Tennis squads take ninth at A-1 First round losses quash title hopes; Cerga named to AII'Tournament team number two. The Rams, despite Fordham, shipped off to the By MDKE HENRY securing victories at four and five loser's bracket after bowing to from Matt Kochis (6-3, 6-4) and Dayton, rebounded with a 4-3 tri• The Men's and Women's tennis Thomas Reis (7-5, 6-2) respec• umph of its own over La Salle to teams, travehng to Virginia Tech tively, never recovered from advance to the third round. Cerga on April 18 for the Adantic 10 Bancila's untimely default, drop• (6-2,6-1), en route to All-Tourney Championships, each placed ninth ping both honors, Reis (6- overall after dropping respective doubles 2, 4-6, 6-3) and 4-3 first-round decisions. Jon matches by a Late Score Mike Canino (6- Cerga, the Rams' number one combined score Men's tennis 0, 6-2) were vic• singles player, earned All-Tourna• of 16-7, sealing torious in singles ment honors with his three con• their opening- Fordham 4 play, with Cerga secutive singles victories, the most round fate. and Reis teaming dominating a 6-2,6-1 dismanthng "If we had to down the Ex• of La Salle's Ed Colfer. beaten Dayton, Concordia 2 plorers' Colfer The Rams hooked up with Day• we probably and Drew Elder ton in thefirst roun d ofthe confer• wouldn't have advanced past the 9-8 atfirst doubles . ence toumament, dropping a tight second round because Virginia "We beat La Salle earlier in the 4-3 decision that was decided in Tech's just that tough," said Head season, so there were no surprises the final doubles match of the Coach Bob Hawthorne. "The in• heading in," said Reis. "Jon and I afternoon, an 8-4 Flyer victory. jury to Alex really hurt us in the got a big point at second doubles Cerga's win in thefirst singles slot .first match. ' Odier than Tech, and kind of lightened the load for (4-6, 6'4, 6-1) was offset by Alex though, all of the teams in the the other guys." Bancila's injury-induced forfeit conference are very close, very barely a game into his match at comparable with each other." -See Tennis, Page 27- Courtesy 61 Sports'M ON THE LINE: Erin IWcKinstry propelled Fordham to its ninth-placeflti Hardball setbacl( versus UMasi hits injust one and a third innings. "I felt that we were eve By RICHARD FASANELLA Freshman Robert Agger, who re• matched with [UMass]," said piU placed Moran in the second, did ing coach John Ceprini. It wasn't supposed to be this not fare much better as he surren• pitching surprised me a Utde bit,^ way. dered three runs on three hits in his not that they were overpower What should have been an ex• two and two-thirds innings of work. What they did and what we didn't^ citing showdown between the two do was, they swung the bat; top teams in the Atlantic 10 be• didn't." came an embarrassing rout as the Late Score The second game proved tobe'^ University of Massachusetts swept amuch closer contest with Fordham." a three-game series from Fordham Fordham 7 jjarrowly losing 6-5. at Jack Coffey Field. The Minutemen batteredjunior -i On Sunday, April 20, the Rams pitcher Tom Nielsen (3-3), who were out-hit, out-pitched and just Hofstra 6 went the distance, for 11 hits en' out-played as they lost the first route to their victory. game of a doubleheader 10-4. Offensively, Fordham was led Fordham had the game in hand The Minutemen (20-6, 9-3) en• by seniorfirstbaseman Dan Moleti, as they went to the top of the sixth tered the game with the best record who went three-for-four from the with a slim 5-3 lead. However, in the A-10, and it showed. UMass plate with an RBI and arun scored. Nielsen was taken deep for a solo did most of its damage in the early Any chance of aRam comeback shot in diat inning, cutting the Dave zielinski /RAM YER OUT: Less than solid defense has hurt the Lady Rams' chances. innings as they held a comfortable faded away in the seventh inning, Rams' lead to one. Fordham was 8-3 lead by the end of die third. when junior pitcher Rob Plutzer unable to get anyrans on the board ' Senior pitcher Chris Moran (3- was tagged by UMsiss for.ahome in their half of the sixth leading to 1) was roughed up early as he run and an RBI double, putting the Lady Rams close, no cigar yielded four earned mns on four game out of reach. -See Baseball, Page 27- as they took an early I -0 lead in the By ADRIATIK REXHEH second inning. For a while, it looked as if die Rams weren't go• Losing is hard to accept. How• ingto need any more runs because ever, it is much harder to swallow senior Mehssa Curley was on top a close game than to accept a ofhergame. Curley, though, gave blowout. The Fordham softbali up a run in the sixth that tied the team experienced this feeling on game, and a costly error brought their final home stand of the sea• in a second run to put St. son. Even though Fordham did Bonaventure ahead for good. win theirfirst Adantic 10 game of Curley, who has surpassed just the season this past weekend, the about every single season record Lady Rams could just as easily this season, pitched well enough to have walked away with four victo• win game one, and many can argue ries. that she and the Rams should have On Saturday April 19 the Lady won that game. She would get her Rams hosted a double dip against Adantic 10 rival St. Bonaventure. ,-See Softball, Page 27- Fordham got off on the right foot, Niisha Betiarie / RAM ON ITS WAY: Ram hurlers found the going tough against UMass, surrendering 33 runs in just three games.