OBSERVER Vol. 97 No. 23 March 23, 1990

Page 1 Bookstore to Come Under Private Management Edward Eigerman Proposed New York State Budget to Reduce Funding to Student Aid Workstudy Students to Protest for Higher Wages Jason Van Driesche Page 2 Fate of Annandale Road still in Dispute Edward Eigerman Lyceum Theater Plans for Expansion Keightie Sherrod Coalition for Choice Active Lisa Sanger Page 3 Senior’s Project Focuses on Lesbian Mother David Biele Bard’s Sexual Harassment Policy: What to Do Meadow Goldman Page 4 Worth the Wait: First Sacred Concer Postponed Kristan Hutchinson Bard’s Support Groups offer Students Chance to Help Themselves Tom Hickerson Page 5 Max Goes to Dance Theatre I Max Guazzoni Classifieds Personals Page 6 Creativity of Dance Concert a Dynamic Success Karyn Kloumann Page 7 Releases Music for Elevation Henry V to Play at Upstate Page 8 Sports Special Olympic Training to be at Bard Volleyball Finishes up with 4 Wins Aerobics shouldn’t be Intimidating Jody Apap Page 9 Publisher Offers a way to Write a “Custom” text for Every Class Page 10 Epistles from Above Amara Wiley Outlook From The Editor’s Sanctum Preventive Care Needed in Mental Health Page 11 Letters to the Editor Gossip for Fun and Profit If You’re Going to Florida for Spring Break 1990 Application for Podiatry School, Medical School Entrance Exams now Available Page 12 The News Wasn’t Truth and the Truth Wasn’t News Kristan Hutchinson Students Help Accident Victim on Route 9G r------··---·---- ·-·--·-···· ···:·-··-···-···--·- - -··· · - · ~- ·- · · ·------···--- · · · ..

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Volunte 97, Number 8 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 March 23,1990 Bookstore to come under private management has now been red uccd to two: store in place by the bcgin1ng of that \-vas unable to buy any of the Barnes and Noble and the Bren­ the Language and Thinking pro­ required books. nan Company. The two compa­ gram next August. In addition to facilitating the nies will submit propo~a!s to the Botl1 companies ht:tYc a1so indi-· remod~hng of the physical plant Library and Bookston' Commit­ catcd that there would be no of the f'tore, an outside managc­ tee, which is he<1ded by Professor rhange in the ~toff of the book­ mL'nt comp<~n~' will greatly case Matthew Dl!ady. store, though Barnes and Noble, thl' procL'SS of ordering books. A B<1rnes and Noble is the largest which seems to be the favored comp~ny Eke B~rncs and Nob\c bookseller in the world, accord­ candidate, has ~aid that all the has, as Levim' put it, "clout" with ing to their mvn publicity, and worker~ \•..rould have to be re­ publbhl•rs,,md ifthcycar.not find runs over three hundred colll'gc traim"d to work with that particular volumes at the publish­ bookstores around the company. company's systt'ms. ers they haYe the resource~ of all Brennan runs bookstores at Smith It is hopt•d thut outside man­ thdrotherc.;toresat their disposal. and Mt. Holyoke as \.veil .1s many agement will address the hrow­ The two companks E:lrc also other school~. ing problems both students and prl'pi.lrcd to put in place various The bookstore will, in all likeli­ facu1ty have had with the bpok­ systems that they ha\'e dcvcloplxl hood, remain in the same spnce 1t store over past years. Many stu­ at thdrothcrstorcsthat wil1 speed T~uth Van Nest would continue to work at the bookstore, is in now, but with modifications. dents have had to v-.•ait on lines for up and case the buying rush that by Ed ward Eigerm is $64,068. that rnanifest('d in annual dL•.fkits administrationtorais.eworkstudy · prest.'nt, was orgo.nizcd whl'D its letterdctailingitscomplaintsand In. addition, Gov(•rnm Cuomo and deferred maintcnanccasthL'Y wages, the newly formed Ct'm­ members learned that the college possible courses of action, which has proposed t1 ten percent cut in attempted to meet unfunded stu­ mitteeforBcttC'rStudent Wages is did not intend to raise student it sent out to ail v-:orkstudy stu­ state funds availabll;~ for co11ege dent financial aid nL'(..>ds. How­ collecting signatures and support wages in conjunction with the in- dents on Tuesday. It then held an workstudyprogramsand a freeze ever, there has been no increase in from both work-study students crease in the federal minimum open rneetinginKHneCommons continued on page 9 and the members of the faculty wage standard from$3.35 per hour continueqt~ page 10 l.Our masl"Ot: The Dead Goat

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by Edward Eigck, live along 103 between Annan­ as the state controls the road. Dir(!~o.'ior of Splx:ial Projl-x:ts for dale and 9C do not want Bard to W hct her or not the co liege ta kcs Bard, thl.'l..·o1lt'b'"C would Ve;'!ry much to do so, perhaps because of the possession of the road, changes to like t"C) reduce the spl'cd on the qualityoftheroadsforwhich Bard the road (including the addition f(><1d (also known lkc chose for ion Collegcatthcendof t\priland who is raising the child. lf the her ~nior Project, which will be during which 700 students will child is raised in a warm and lov- prcse.ritt.>d at ·a ·.conference for give presentations in all different ing environment, that is an it undergraduate ·research next· fields of research. The conference ncods. And on thehotdcbateovcr month. was meant to provide a forum for the importance of a male rotc When deciding on' a Senior undergraduates .to present origi- modd in the child's life, Mielke Project, Mielke, an Anthropology joan Mielke (right) with 'her girlfriend, Tonia Coslett. . . nal work, and Mielke's work is feels that _if the parentsca·n find a major, was interested in rc·sciuch- semination, (thl' method most frilmdship network of the'sc· dcfinitclyoriginal-sheknowsof man who is gentle and \Vil1 be a ing · pre:griancy and alternative often chosen by lesbian women) women, and fin~Hy Miclke.cnded only one other. ?7rson: currently good influ~nce on the child~ it is a health care. Since, of course, that and why these difficulties exist. up with eight couples who con-_· doing research on the topic, and #positjye, but not necessary con..: is an area too broad to be ade- When doing her research, .sented to interviews. Mielke i~ very skeptical about her tribution.'' · quately researched as a Senior Mielke read everything she could Mielke states that her ''inform- conclusions.. ._ · The i~stitution ·of motherhood Project~ she dL'Cidcd h) focus .on get her hands on regarding Lcsbi- ers" were all from th~ Boston-area, Through her r~search, Mielke is a very important" one. and a. thcsu"b-groupof"lcsbianmothers. anism and Motherhood, every- betweentheagesof29and42(''So learned much that surprised her.· ccntralaspet:;tofhumanexistencc. . The next. step was presenting thing from artkles ori African kin- thcy'rcallbabyboomcrs,although "I was looking through a bunch of And one thing Miclk<: has con.;. the idea to her advisor. "When 1 ship and marriage, to plays and they don't like to.·admit it")~ and mynotestheotryerday,"shc~ys~ dudcdthroughherrcsearchisthaf· brought it to my advisor," MicJkc otherworksoffiction, to Newsweek, decidedly of upper ~iddk

Bard's sexual harassment policy: what to do needs most. 'q' by Mcadow Goldman , I tiona I body whose function is mentcould indudeanything from dent Handbook) or approach one mc~iation and conciliation; it is "sexists remarks, derogatory ofthc,board mcmbC'rs informally. NEW LOCATION ln c<>nsidemtion of the March not disciplinary. Discipline is up jokes, to various attrmpts to so- Notc,.however, that the board will 6 incident of SCXlMl haras~mont at to t~~~ Dean of Student and the licit or coerce sexual favors to not consider anonymous com­ Simon's Rock, u.nd Lhc! iSSlK' of ]ud1nal Board. It is the purpose of physical assault." Because of the plaints. The boJrd members need vigil(!ntism surrounding it, the· the Board to make recommcnda- broadrangeofactiviticsthatcould to know the names of both the qut:stjon of exact iy wh{1t Bilrd'~ tions for cithpr disciplinary body. be considered :;cxualharassment, accused and theac.cuser.Thcywill policy on S(~XU<1 1 hmplaints defines sexual harassment as "In circurnst<1_nccs of a casein ordt.'r to Handbook states ideally in thirty arc de.nll with by the SL'XU,l.! H.n- bn)ad terms, it may be said that dNC'rminc its recommendation. dJys from the time that the full • asc.;mcnt Board· 'f1lis bo,:ll'!:l con- sexual harassment consists of Fairness and protection for both boJrd knows of the complaint.) sists of six mL.,mbt.'rs: lwo profcs- behavior whkhJs dirC'cted by one the victim- from rc-prisal by the Complaints should be. made no ~ors, two 1:>hHlC'nl.<;, C'nc ~~'~an and party toward another in sjgn;fi- accused, and al<>o the accused~ later than six months after the in­ onecoun.~l'1or.T}lc;1pporntmcnts cantpartbecau~coftherccipicnfs from unjust accusations and ..1bu~ ddl.~nt occurn.'d. If you should 20 Garden St. · for the board me· ratifkL.; l•y the g~..•ndcr, and which is unwanted sive .behavior, JrC' the primary han' a question about procedure, at West Village Square Factilty M0.t'tins J:nd tlll' S!.udL'nt by or damaging to the recipient." concerns of the b.oard Gi,·cn the need advice or want to make an f.orurn, n~!-pcct 1\'(•ly, and last for This definition is vague and left Sl'nsitive nature of the issu~ con- informol complaint, contact any next to Mohegan Market one acadl'tnk )'l.~ar. ·nw board's open to much interpretation. fidentiality is strictly maintained one of the board membersund sec Mon-Sat 9:30-6 main responsibility is to· "to re- ,Generally, if one ·party feels in~ by the board members. theStudent Handbook. This year's CL'ivc and mediah• .all t.'omplaints timidated by repeated overtures If one nc'Cds to file a complaint, board members arc Shdely Mor­ of sexual haras~mt'nt by any thatarenotwantcd,th('nthcreare one can write up a formal com- gan.CarolNackenoff.SusJnCian­ Lunch Counter mcmbt'r of tht' L~olJege <:ommu- good grounds for sexual harass- plaint (the guidelines for which nico, Susan D' Agostino, Bil1 Mul- Op~n 11-4 daii y nity." Tht• board is an invcstiga~ ·mcnt. However, sexual harass- are found on pp. 76-77 of the Stu- len, and Amara Willey. · YJ-:

- ;;--=.: Page4 March 23, 1990 THE.BARD OBSERVER Worth the wait: First Sacred Concert postponed by Kristan. Hutchison at helping students pick it up by ing and was not written out in car. lf you listen and watch the time for the chorus to learn fully. Br~:.~'lking with their tradition .of score, eventuaJly you· recognize Two weeksbcforethcconcertwas classical chorales, the Bard Col- the music," says Hastic, who to be performed Garcia-Renart lege/Community Chorus has learned to read music that way, received anotherpieceofthescore bc~;""n · rehearsing a jazz pice~~ Pro-. "We'veneverturncdanyoneaway and still hadn't received the final fessor Leo Smith e1rranged the· and chorus concerts arc always two sections. "At the end we were score of Duke Ellington's Sacred. successes." suddenly faced with some very Ch.orus,originallytobepcrformed Chorus members agree. "The difficult pieces, very good, but thb week. It has been postponed chorus serves for some of us as a very difficult. It just takes tim~ to until next year. workshop. It trains your ear, it learn. Its like memorizing a play, The idea for performing · the trainsyourvoice, int, rccitativcs and about ten more in the fall. any other musk. lt requires the Since the cancellation, the cho­ toirL~/' says Mt•gan Hastic~ assis- . _and improvisation, making it one This semester only 30 students same practi~c and ~he same dcd i- rus has returned to an old favorite,. tant dir<.'<'tor to the chorus. of the _'more oomplcx pieces the signed up. Taking into account cation and them it comes off well St.fohn'sPassionby].S. Bach. They "This musk represents a new ·Bard choir has attempted. . that chorus has a high drop out in the end," says Smith. Next year will be reading through the cho- stage it\ 1\1 UJiic _:_of sa~ red music The chorus, which traditionally rate, they have been left with only the chorus will rehearse with 15 to rates for the remainder · of the _:_·and it is done by DukcEilin,g- meets 'once -~··week; ~hearsed 18 members. Because· the voices 20traincd jazz and gospel singers semester. ton who was important to music twice a· week, on Sunday and split several times in the pieec, to fill out the numbers and add to First Sacred ~oncert will be per- himself," says Smith.· . Wcdnesd~y evenings, to over- with two di~fcri~g lines of music the "fcel11 for the music. · formed next year, probably in the ' Ouke .Ellington composed the come the difficulties 1n the pfece for a section such as the bass, the Its also possible that many spring of 1991". G~uda·Renart . is First Sacred Cone¢ wh~n }1e was . and to be r~dy ·to performc~it chorus 5ometinies did not have people-were not aware of w~~t considering taking it on the ro~d 68, at the· very end of his career:- during midte(ms:. E.ven so, tne · enoughsingerstocov~reachpart. the chorus was doing or of then. Smith has also offered the. Creole Rhapsody, which he earlier coneerfhad to be canceled for this . Nobody is sure why ·so· few El1ington's work. "A lot of people , piece to someothercolleges, wh,i~h compost1d, wasthefirstja7..z.piece semestet: 'This is,.thc first nrne ( studentsjoiried.chorusthisspring. wcren'tcvenawarethatEilington . may perform it as ~¥P· Mcan­ long~r · than 2_or 3 m,inutes. ~at havehadtocancefanything,ever, -P~ople may have thought they did that kind ofthing/' says Von while, the mu~ic .department is_ was JUSt 15 mmutcs, but_~he F!rst iri m'y '44 years'' said Garda-Re- heeded professiof\al training or to Der Linn ·who first hearq trying to gauge in_~crest by send­ SacredCo~certisover~":~Ot!tlong,: nart,'~o'sarrangementisr~~liy . be able to sight read. f:iowever, Ellington's music in chorus, ing a memo ~o the ·~~o~m1;1nity. r~"'prescntmg a peak m the trend·. · superb. That's one ·reason I didn't the chorus is a mix of peeple with "Ellington is fun, its challenging, Anyorie ·intere~tcd ~11 joinin·g the Ellin~tc>n ~cf?a~.... · · .' · want it don.e badJyor rearranged alllevelsofability. "If you want to but its like soul singing." · ~l1on.is for this.or ap.yother· pi~ · EJlmgton o:tgmally wrote t.h~ more simply. Thatw'ould belike a team to sing there is no better Another difficulty was that the· they may perform ~hqu1dsend a C('•nccrt for a JaZZ band of ~0 m- reader's digest.condensation of a place to do it. Luis is very patient score was ~articularly challeng-, note through c~mpus mall to strumcrits and a full chorus. Only · · · M?gan Hastie. . : " ·. . ~ ,, ;Bard's SUpport groups offer students chance to help themselves I byTom Hickerson : . . · I primarily led by the students ing wi~h .the parent organization. /1 Other support groups on campus sem~ster. It deals with women l themselves. However, other, morespecbHzed I include the Survivors of Sexual who h ..lVe suffered a rape or other · Dunng the past year, several . Several ofthcsegroups-Alco- support groups h:tvc been set up \ Assaults,twocatingissuesgroups, scx.u~'ll attack an.d is designed to mw support groups have been holies Anonymous (A.A.), Adult by D~an Beth Fru·nkin and coun- j and the newly-formed support h~o;'lp them to cope with their inju- · initi,1tcd by the counseling staff Children of Alcohohcs(A.C.O.A~t selor Dorothy Crrmcd l~st begin meeting c.1ftc·r ~pring br0c1k, - and 1-vi \I be taci !it.JhJ~ by :-:r .~ th Beth Frumkin and DnrothyCrd1h:''. One (914) 758 ... 6994 group wiil cov0r wnorcxia \·Vhile the other wilJ deal with bu !imia. A group covering compulsory over­ . __/""'\ ·- Auto, ·Home & Life eating may b<.' :-;tartcd if enough . S.C.:.. Ekprs .~c 11w TOfJl students show dn interest. MICHAEL HAGGERTY The support group for male Red Account Agent sexual assault victims is still being BARBARA ANNE SHOOK Allstate Insurance Company formatted for after spring break. Route 9, Astor Square The group is based around the Hardscrabble Mall Rhinebeck, NY 125 72 idea that ten percc•nt of all scxua 1 139 So. Broadway (914) 876)632 assaultsaremalevic::~ims,and that Red Hook, NY 12571 continued on page 8 • ' ' "' I ' .r • i '(•" f ~ "' , I ~ , .. *, "l- PageS March 23, 1990 ANoTHER VIEW THE BARD OBSERVER Max goes to Dance Theater I · Classifieds

by Max Guazzoni twisted battle of the personalities, tephorGillbert's Undercurrent, an ATTENTION: HIRING! CRUISE Ms. Fish: You are wounded. Snap! with an eccentricity or two, in­ extraordinary quintet with a swel­ SHIP, CASINO, HOTEL JOBS! DOA. Sista, you wish you could Last wL~ekend marked the start cluding one all out and rude as­ ling of power and energy that FREE TRAVEL BENEFITS! Dc­ attain fierceness! Ms. Thing, 1 of a new dc:.cade, with a bang of a sault on the audience. Excellent came when the five had been tails.l-602-838-8885 Ext. Y-18624 wrote you. I need you and I am concert the students of the dance piece, and if you are at all ac­ stripped of all sexuality and ele­ about to erase you. Double snap! department had artistically cre­ quainted with the movie I feathers, vated to the plain of dancing ATIENTlON: HIRING! Govern­ ated, devoted 1y sweatt..'Ci, and tech­ you would describe this dance as human beings. Except for that last ment jobs- your area. $17,840- Amanda, KT, and Deirdre: I feel nically brought forth last week­ being very, very. (Adverb, adjec­ thing with the hair, but, I don't $69,485. Cai11-602-838..S885 Ext. so enlightened about the female end. ThC! dcpartmcnt presented tive.) think I quite understood that... R-18624. anatomy. Thanx. Dane~:"'! lneatre C1990, with a per­ Aimee Gallin's Commodity also And, finally, 1 was most im­ haps unprecedented number of had rrie hcc-hawing. David No­ pressed with Eric Dyer's per­ ATTENTION: EARN MONEY Happy Birthday R.G. When you student pieces. Thirteen totaled chimson can sure be a whole deck. formed piece, Lovcr/LOVL'd War­ READINGBOOKS!$32,000/ycar remember the date tell me.-- the (Oh-oh, unlucky) and ranged from Another excellent piece, I thought, rior/Warred Ruler/Ruled (Loop income potential. Details. 1-602- girl who wouldn't live in J box. th1;1 wild and thl~ crazy to the soft with just the right stylistic por­ for a Slip knot). Eric had prom iscd 838-8885 Ext. Bk-18624. and the pretty, to the fun, and to trayals of David's struggles with hisgroupthc project would smell To my cute distraction: Thanks the surreal. the commodity and Aimee's bad and be dangerous, and it may ATIENTION: GOVERNMENT­ forthcvisit. Thebombshcltcrgcts I (mjoy~;~d last weekend's con­ struggles with him to keep the have been, but. if there be. one SEIZED VEHICLES from $100. lonely at times alas. And by the ·cert. Wilh so much good energy picn'> on the cheery side of either word to des(ribc it, I would pull Fords, Mercedes, Corvettes, way, the diminutive form is going into these things, it's very tragedy or mellow drama. for 'completl'.' The piece attained Chevys. Surplus Buyers Guide. 1- spelled with a "K" and an "8" hard not to. I only wish some of Another piece that had me a presence and set a mood to the 602-838-8885 Ext. A-18624. the pil."Ct~s had gone on a little smiling was Kelly Munn's I lcart­ point where it allowed it's own Tip, tip, tip:i'm comingtogctyou. while longer. In their flashes of ily Over the! Jill. Thismaybea mis­ magictohappcn. Thiscanonlybe WIN A HAWAIIAN VACTION Sec you in the Big C. (Can't wait to excdlcnc·c, I felt cheated and leading statement, because I accomplished through the solid OR BIG SCREEN TV PLUS sec D.G). teased by some that didn't allow wasn't solely smiling at the excel­ consideration and the putting to RAISE UPTO$l;IOOINJUST10 ffil' to b music. I was also very impressed with helping each other, offering their Straight male looking for f~malc Big Brother, you're the greatest ... Susanne Williams' fluid and ener­ the tightness and completeness of ski11s and labors, to achieve per­ interested in nasty, perverse, pain- at least you seem to think so. Just gized performanco in her own a number of these pieces. Andrea sonal visions and goals. It's beau­ ful sex, mud wrestling, pudding I kidding. Thanks for being thl'rc Doing it Alone as one witness, Rupp's Watch the Clock was a short tiful, it's amazing, I couldn't say licks, contact me with a nasty let­ when l need you. Keep in touch. And rea Rupp's wonderful Watch­ but sweet duet and made very this enough. ter and your box number Box 400. · Love, your Litt~(.~ Sister. ing the Cl

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by Karyn Kloumann no~e, and punctuated with j

WK~. , The first dance theatre of 1990, Doing lt Alone was danced and l which ran from March 15 through choreographed by Susanne Wil­

March 181 was composed of two liams, who was very light on her segments - the first of diverse feet, very fluid, and very much in dance pieces done by various art­ sync with the music-excellcnte! ists, the second a pcrfonnance art Also notable in this piece was the pkx:e by Eric Dyt:~r lasting approxi­ lighting by Michael Wacks. The mat(~1y half an hour. music had phrases of cool and Opening the concert was a hot; accordingly, the light melded charming pas de tit'u.x choreo­ from blue to red to blue again. graphed by Andm:l Rupp, and Krista Boggs evoked powerful dancod by AimeeGallin and Rosie emotion . with Wake the Witch, Cetztomusicby Kate 13ush.IL was which she choreographed and follcw~o•L-rl by a piccQ titled Canned dance; it also featured Tcren~c Pe~:Jches, choreogm phcd by Rosie Brown, Beth LaGrange, Nicole Mi­ Cctz and danced by Chrish~phor lazzo,Kym Mooney, S,1tiva Peter­ 1 Cilb~;.1rt, Jubileth Moon.·~ and son, Andy Reynolds, and Amanda graphed by Kl'lly A. Munn. Music Gilbert. Danced by Mallory 1 ruler, the loved, the warred, and Andrea l~upp. Th!;! pit!CC was an House. The tension in this piece was performed by Dobby McFer­ Catlett, Gilbert, Ruth Keating, ~ob the ruled wear disjointed wire inventi\t(~ recreaticm of children was clastic and spiraling, the rin, and danced by K.M. Kistos, and Melina Mackall, mu­ crowns with bits of broken mirror p laying, and the in(!Vitable a lien a­ energy vibrant and electric, with Fernandez, Rosie Cctz, and sic was "Battle in the Snow" by and Hghts. A woman drags across tion of one child when thn~! play smoc>th transitions in composi­ Brenda Vogel. This piece had in­ John Williams. The backdrop was in a lifcbcit, her prom dress falling togt."!lher. It was set off with the tion. Well executed. teresting ideas behind it, but it black and studded with stars, and off; she is dragged back, rewound monotonous ticking of a metro- Simply Bananas was choreo- seemed a bit static in the begin­ the costumes were white pajamas in the rope that she trai!Cd. All of ning. Pcrha ps more with sewn in jagged red streaks, them wear whiteface with red lips, motion ... although the end had as though they had been clawed. except for the goJden acrobat who

some good com position. It was ponderous, weighty 1 a slides down a rope from the ceil­ ·coactive Integration Rctro, campy and a ludicrous performance of exceptionally pro­ ing to the floor; upon reaching the commentary of artifice was Chris­ fessional caliber. floor he skirts the upstanding · Bodywork tcphor Gilbert's Personality Game An intricate web of rope. A girl dumps of twigs. '90. With music by the B-52' s, very in a long white satin wedding This is a minute description of by Victor Schenkman white lipstick, frightening dress hanging in a wing, holding Eric Dyer's performance art piece, animal's nest wigs, and polyester an apple. A real fish, which really Lover/Lot1ed Warrior/Warred Rule7j dressesofhcliotropcand sea foam . smc11ed. A man in an oil barrel in Ruled (Loop For A Slip Knot). The Deep tissue O .Habit and pattern "' Stress green, Gilbert, Charles Rountree, whiteface eating rose petafs With text is by David Cote ~nd Eric release awareness w release Kari Rydju, and Syndncy Saun­ his carnival red mouth. Transpar­ Dyer, and the roles played are as ders frou-frou' d their way through ent red liquid dripping from over-. follows: Lover: David Blacklow; Woodstock, NY 679~6178 an oftbeat performance, cooing at flowing champagne glasses, sus­ Loved: Caitlin McDonnell; War­ the audience, tripping, madcap. pended at various heights form~ rior: David Costello; Warred: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~! A vmy ~mp~ bm cff~ti~ ing puddles on the floor. A huge, Brenda Vogel; Ruler: David Cote; t s. RESTAURANT piece, choreographed and per- vaguely arachnid creature with Ruled: Anne Shapiro, also Ter­ CJ formed by Melina Mac~11 was A nail talons slipping slowly to­ ence Brown. H was stunning and Walk in the Rain. With a backdrop wardstheaudicnce from its rope. intimidating. - NORTH of blue skies and clouds and The sounds are radio static inter­ Written words have the capac­ music by the Bulgarian State spersed with text, with voices. ity to reduce the. visual to the FAMILY DINING· Womcn'sChoir,thepiecchadan When the radio should acciden­ mundane. There arc so many ethereal clement to it, and some tally blare 40's swing music, the nuances that can be caught in so dexterous compositions with the audience is momentarily blinded . many differC'nt ways. I would ITALIAN umbrcll 11~ with bright lights. The pace is really ericoumge people to attend OPEN FOR DINNERS 1 feartily Over the llill, choreo­ slow, exaggerated slO\vncss. It is the Dance Concerts and to cxpt>ri- LUNCH graphed by Kelly A. Munn, and dark. The hWL'r, the warrior, the cnce them fir~t hand. ~ CALZOOES BEER danced by hcrsdfand Christcphor Gilbert was marvelous -t\vo SALADS elderly hili-billies with lots of spunk-d.mcing (albeit roth(·r SOUPS SODA creaky) to twangy n msic "Hot PIZZA Canary~' by Ddr: Crary. THE Anne Shapiro choreographed FAMOUS • TAKE OUT l?ARMESIAN and danced Falling at the River, a SANDWICH rather sentimental piece with I RT. 9G AT OLD POST ROAD music by Led Zeppelin. Commod­ RHINEBECK ity was choreogr.Jphed by Aimee Gallin, and danced by bcrsclf and Visit CJ ·s stster. i.n !le~m.antown David Nochimson. With music by Paf.an.ti..ne Par~ :Pi-zza on :Palati-ne. Par~ Rd.. Tom Waits, it was funky, with some rubberleggcd but very sure footwork. Suzan AI parslan l-k:li..RS: CALL danced and choreographed Un­ OPENS DAYS used Piano: "Quadrophenia" with 11 AMTO 11 PM , CREDIT CARDS music by Pete Townshend. SUN2T010PM ACCEPTED . 876-7711 Then there was Undercurrent, Positive I.D. Required choreographed by Christephor Page7 . Mar~h 23, 1990 JJWhere Bard is our middle name.'' THE BARD OBSERVER Midnight Oil releases music for elevators

invite to· a party; whimsical, black j harmonica, but the words are pure doing a cover of the Sex Pistols' humor, "let's chuckle all the way , Midnight Oil: "The sweat of my "God Save the Queen." Sure, it's to nuclear Armagt.xidon" folks like brow keeps on feeding the en­ one of the more rockin' tunes on

Tom Lcher and Christine Lavin; gine/Hope _the crumbs in my the album1 but you':e ·still left and the unbridled anger of Mid­ pocket can keep me for another shaking your head in disbelief and night Oit early U2, and (occasion­ night." wondering, ''Why? Why in the ally) Bruce Springsteen. The message is therein "Moun­ world?'' But unlike Springsteen's songs tainsofBurma" (11Bills fall due for Maybe it's so peoplt; vvill actu­ about hot babes in fast cars and the industrial revolution/Scorch ally stop dancing and listen to to U2's increasingly petty songs the earth till thccarth surrenders") the words. Shortly aft~r Diesel and 11 .ua.­ ( 0csire"-likc how deep, man), and ''River Runs Red" ("So \Ve Dust made it Into the college and there's nothing trivial, whiny, or came and conquered and found/ (gasp!) pop charts, 1 had the mis- , ..~ oon 0 . whimsical about the songs of Riches of commons and kings/ fortune to be scanning some Midnight Oil: Combine the vis­ Who strangled and wrestled the American Bandstand show thing ·a ceral rhythms of drummer Rob ground/But they never put any­ when they played "BL.'

I Village Pizza III I I I I ·I :t 1$1 OFF \ I ANY SMALL, LARGE OR ! I SICILIAN Titc acclaimed scnx'n ildapta­ film is sure to please lovers of screenwriter Robert Seidman, ~ I PIZZA I tion of Shakespeare's hh;torical culture and Oscar speculators Y'fill take place Sunday1 March I WITH THIS· drama Tlenry V will be playing at alike. Kenneth Branagh d irocts the 25( at 2:30p.m. For information . . 1\ COUPON. llliinl'btx-kJs Upstate Theater film and pldys the title roie; he has regardjng reservations for the I From March 23 to April 5. Gar­ received raves for his work on discussion, ca!I 876-4546; for I nering Academy Award nomi­ and off camera. ' ·showtimes, call 876-2515. V' 117 North Broad vvay HOURS: MON-THURS 1 ~ AM-11 PMI \ Hook nations for Best Actor, Best Di­ A post-screening discussion of Red FRl & SAT 11 AM-12 MlDNlGHT I rector, and Costume De..o;;ign, the llenry V, led by novelist and I 758-5808 SUN 3 PM-11 PM .J L------~;~- ·Page 8 March 23, 1990 TfiE BARD OBSERVER by jody Apap . Special Olympic training to be at Bard Monday Tuesday Wedrtesday Thursday Friday Saturday Intermediate Intermediate Beginner Greg 13earaton is heading an support an~ help of the admini­ (Val) (Val) (Jenny) ~;.~ffortto invoh'L~students with the stration, particularly Athletic 12:15-1:00 12:15-1:00 12:15-1:00 Special Olympics in N~::w York Director Joel Tomson, ''Joel has State with plans to hold training helped me immcnse1y in figuring Intermediate Advanced Intermediate Advanced Advanced sessions and cv~nts at Stevenson out what we could do here at Ste- (Cluistine) (Helen) (Christine) (Helen) (Helen) Gym n.asium. vensonand \Vhen we could possi­ By next fa.ll, lhere will be ses­ bly run sessions. He is excited 4:00-5:00 4:00-5:00 4:0o-5:00 4:00-5:00 4:00-5:00 1 sions held at Stevenson to certify about .the possibilities too." student!> or anyo"ne int~~rested in When asked how this will im- Beginner Intermediate Beginner Advanced l."X>.achingSpccia!Olyrnpkathktcs. prove Bard, Mason rcpliL'Cl, "It will (Jenny) (Christine) (Jenny) (Helen) l~or the time being the(!V~·nl!; that help get students more involve in 5:15-6:15 5:15-6:15 5:15-6:15 5:15-6:15 wiU bt• conccntrah..~d on at Steven­ the community, and will ht'lp son ,..,.ill bL' swimming, volkyball br1dge the gap between Bard and Strength Advanced and phy~ka\ fitnc~~- non-Bard." Stretch (Helen) On Saturday, Mard1 Wth, a Anyoncintt~rcstc'li in participat­ (Kristen) 6:15-7:15 group of students, kd by 1k',1ra­ ing in the program ~hould contact 6:15-7:15 ton W(mt to W<~ssiac Dc;~vclopmcn­ Greg Bcarnton at Box .532. You tal Centc~r IH.'TP in Dutrht.:!SS County will find it an ('Xtrcmcly reward­ to t,1k1:~ part. in their first training ing expcril'nCt! that cannot be session·. The group had h;n1ds on compared to any other. 7ff Aerobics shouldn't be intitnidating The aerobics program is run- pC'ople can participate; all classes If you feel that you wouldn't be ~.~xpc•t'itmce fC1rthe phy~kal fitness ning full swing now and wants to nrc for an yon~." able to keep up bccnuse you (!Venl, and now rtf'(!d HI more i !ct the public know that all arc hoursoHrainingto bcccttifil'd by She went on to explain that the haven't exercised in a while, don't Volleyball welcome. classcs arc a much more relaxed worry, it will take anyone several th~:: International Special ·olym­ When talking about the diffi~ atmosphi.:'n.. ' than one \vould ex­ classes to get buck in shape. Stay­ pks Fcda~:1tion as coaches. culty of classes, Helen Can.rlcy, an pert. "People should com<:! and do in~a\vayfrom the gym bthcworst The physical fitrws:s L!\'t~nt in- ' 1 finishes up instructor, told me that people what they can, if it gets too hard, \VJY to get fit enough to tJke a volvc;!s many s1:-pa.ratL~ evl'nts shouldn't be intimidated. "Just slow down. Nobody is going to class v.;ithout raising a sweat. If whi<:h ~tn~ss bask cDordin

He was anassistani:coach while ; team has had in the last three can have an impact on their lives. ,1 tunity to address an:r issue irt high school in I?hiladelphia. years-combined .. This group will be facilitated by through a support group." If Price Mason, a junior, also par­ Congratulations go out to Rich Stremmc. Interested students anyone wants to join one of the tidpated in Wassiac. When asked graduating players Manny Lopez should contact him before spring support groups described above about th(! day, he replied, "It was and Rob Kitzos. Also to coach break. or wants to start a group to dis­ greal; the athletes we were coach­ Stacey Collier for building the Each support group is based cussan issue not described above, ing were really enthusiastic, they team into a unit. The whole team around a small number of core they are encouraged to contact had good altitudes and had a great would thank Carrie Eudaly for members, and} while a facilitator Beth Frumkin at her office in the d(!&iru to participate." her help keeping score and krep­ runs the meetings, the members I Student Center. ~ To l:x!co me certified, Mason and ing the morale up as we went set the pace of the discussions. I . lh1.:, olh~.:~r prospE?Ctive coaches through multiple game los~ While A.A., A.C.O.A., and N.A. strca ks. V" mllSt gd '10 more., hours of hands . groups have opcm meetings, the I f Please 1 on ex~~ri1mce under thc.'ir belts, ..----.---d--1--f- ....., other groups described require L'ittwr at other training sessions, Carrte Eu a y or students to make a commitment recycle or by helping with athlclic t'Vents. to the ~roup. However, this is not &~ar.:'lton has been working for manager of the to drivcintL'restcd students away; this paper. a YL'-

- > ••• ; • •• • • ...... ; ... ~· ~ • ' • - Page9 March 23, 1990 THE BARD OBSERVER One graduate class at Rhode Is­ Publisher offers a way to write a land, he noted, requires 13 books costing more than $300. ucustom" text for every class The prospect of paying only for {CPS) Collegians may soon be Acco~nting: the Basis for Busi­ what the professor requires is buying "customized" t£!xtbooks ness Dedsi ons, wiH be accessible. somewhat appealing to students,.. that might include bits and.pieces U1timately, McGraw-Hill hopes but it's not without pitfa11s, said from diff~rent books, sections of professors will be able to o'rder Kyle Steadman, a junior at Wash­ articles and even writing by their custom books for any class in its burn University in Kansas. "(t's own professors if a new concept data base. good in that you're losing some of inroduced by McGraw-Hill, the "This is what professors have the extra stuff,'' the political sci· nation's second biggest college told us they want," Rao stated. ence major said, "but sometimes I text publishers, catches on .. "Most teachers and. professors w~nt all the chapters of a textbook The e<.mccpt would allow pro­ complain that they can never find even though the professor doesn't fessors to d~sign their own text­ a textbook that really meets their cover it." books1 deleting unwanted chap-· class needs propcrly,said L. Mark However, the American Asso­ ters and adding items !-IUCQ as Stone of Hl~nry Ansbacher, Inc., a .ciat1on of Publishers (AAP), a publishers' trade group based in persona] notes, study guidcs1 and New York-based-investment bank a sy1Jc1bus. · that specializes in media mergers. Washington, D.C., supports the ....Tcxtboo ks,'' dedan."!d McCraw "This ability to customiz~ text­ effort. "The McGraw-Hill system -Hill chairman Joseph Dionne books seems to address that com­ istotallyconsistcnt with theAAP's position/' declared Carol Rusher, WhEm he announctxl his projcct1 plaint. "will never be-the same." Yet at least one professor com· AAP's director ·of copyright and 1 Coalition l\.1cGta"-:-.Hill seffort~fk'Ctiveiy plains that it violates his sense of new technology. The system "is a update would make "pr~?fcs!ior publish~ what a book is. "Whoever came stark contrast to the illegal system continued from page 2 Vaughn's church in Newburgh on ing" legal. Students and profes­ up with this has never read a that Kinko practices/' include abenefit concert by Skin­ April 8. Anyone wishing more sors alrl'\1.dy creatcthcirm~;ri texts · book,'~ said Peter Fritzsche, a his­ The AAI~ _ is representing eight nerBox, a rockabiJly band from information on any upcoming often, assembling parts· of other 'tory profess<>~ at the Univershy of textbook publishers in a copynght N.Y.C., withothergroupson April events should come to the weekiy people's work to fit their classes Illinois at Champaign. He called infringement lawsuit against 6, a new line of Coalition t-shirts Coalition meeting held at 5:30 on and thl~n reproducing and bin~-· the idea, among other things, Kinko's, claiming that its shops designed by Dominic East, and a Tuesdays in the Kline Committee ing them at campus copy shops. "obnoxious". and "disgusting." practicci1kgal "professor publish­ l~gal picket · of Bishop Austin Room. · · : · - ~ · ~ Howevl~r, without proper per­ "Books are to_ he bought," he ing." Under the "fair use" provi· mission, the practice is ilJt:oga 1. The said, ''not packagoo.'' ·sion·of copyright law, professor5 Association of American Publish­ And to bookstores, which na>d permission to· photocopy school). ers .has ;ued Kinkc>'~ (:opies, a . would have the job of ordering everything, unless they can pass a Budget At a time when concern for the· chain of copy shops,chargi ··.g that and stocking the customized pack­ litmus test for brevity, spontane- most disadvantaged of our stu­ ity, and 11 the firm has helped proft;1!i:·nrs. to ages, the idea isn't so thrilling Cumulativeefft.3Ct" of the continued from page 1 dents is at a peak, the Governor's illt.-gally reproduce copyrighted either. "I can't think of one thing copying on the--course. Bundy support since 1985, while budget overlooks the most suc­ McGraw-Hill's ma~crials for their. dasses. about it that wouldn't cause head­ project; Risher statesupportforSUNYandCUNY cessful program in the nation to MCGrawMHill, ··on · the .. other aches," declared Hal Carpenter, said, "shows there arc alternatives has increased 26.1 percent during recruit, retain, and graduate at- to illegal copying:•; hand, would' pay cop}rright. hold~ an. employee at ~he Univ~rsity of .· . . -that period. risk youth. HEOP is a potent Kinko's,based ... ~rs · and, using software and type-· Rhode Island's student bookstore. inSanta.Barbara.. · · The danger, of course, is that weapon against the effects ·of setting technology developed fur On a campus of 15,000 students, California; declined to comtitent. · enrollments may shift toward the poverty on ·educational achieve-' the company by Eastman-KOdak~ he sa~d, a different title might be McCraw-Hiil's system may be publicsectorasthetax-supported ment. ·· the most technologically ad~ tuitions of publi<" institutions woul~ produce bettcr:-looking, needed for every single section. Since the first cla~s to benefit :mo~ readable texts , than' the Maintaining an ample inventory vanced, but customized pubitsh· · retnai!' low and independent col­ from the program graduated in homemade, photocopied versions .withoutover.:Ordering, Carpenter ing has b~n going on for nearly · leges' tuitions increase. I 973, more than 13,500 HEOP · -~; a5sernbled on campuses. . said, \vould be almost impossible. · 20 years. And for· fhe last ttlree · The proposed freeze of HEOP students (nearly 62 percent of. Under the plan, profeSsors Currently, most textbooks that years, Ginn Press, a Massachu- funding will have a negative ef­ those who started the program) woUld scan a comput~rized data are overstocked can be returned setts-baseQ subsidiaiyofSimon\~t feet of the prograry1 at 62 ind~ have succeeded in obtaining base for·-what materials they . to the publisher, Carpenter said, Schuster, has produced custom~ pendent institutions of higher · undergraduate degrees. Today, wanted from an original text, but it would probably be difficult ized anthologies of textbook s'4p~ educat!on in New York that are HEOP serves 6,550 students, · stu\iy guides and supplements;·_ to return ·a i:ustcnj1ized book, plements f()r professors. involved in the program. Failure which is less than the number of and related journal articles. They meaning stores would order books A new California . com party, to move th~ program forward will s~udents it served t~~-y~ars ago. could then add their <>wn class that leave little or no room for Xi a max, would let professors· cause a serious problem when the Students wishing to express · notes and syllabuses to create their change-s in class size. customize their course readings number of students eJigiblc to their opinions on this issue are own books. "If a professor decides to let five on a computer card, instead of receive HEOP aid increases as a encouraged to write their local paper. The firm says it can ship out the more students than originally Students would need an result of successes in the Liberty legislators .. State Senator Jay P. custorniZ<..'d book- which \Vould phmncd into his class, they won't ''electronic book," a hand-held Partnership program (the Liberty Rolison and Assemblyman Glenn deviccwithascrecn~ndkeyboard, include a table of .contL'nts and be get books/' Carpenter prl~dict~>d. Partnership Program's goal is to E. Warren dt.the State Assem~ to read it,. bound in d pcrsb11alii':L~d cover ·­ The "complexity" of the order­ incrcasethenumbcrofdisadv~n- in Albanv. " · ~ \\'ith.in 48 hours of r0cl'iving the ing procedures, added R<>bin E.lchcard could store upto3,200 tagC'd stud·-~nts who complete high I . . . order. Bartlett, formerly with Prentice­ pages. ''Instead of having 10 or 20 The price, cL.1ims senior mar­ Hall Publishers, leaves a lot of books, you'd have 10 to 20.cards;' UPSTATE FIL.MS 8 7b- 2 S 1 5 kt.•tm~ director Sanjccv Rao, · ruom for mistakes. '1 think it's said Xia.max'c:; Marv Bracken hoff. , · i\hincht..•ck \VouJd be J.bout the :-.arne as a ! going to bC! a horrendous m~ss.'' ''All your formuJ.1s, charts, and FRI., 8:45 a t:30; . SAT.t 4:00, 5:45. 1:30 regular textbook. no matter how I 'rrhc cha nccs arc s!im that there au>;iliaryto..~xts \'\.'ould becu:nbincd SUM., 2:30, 15:45, 1:15i MON.-THURS., &:U & 8:15 fL~W books a ·professor orders. on the same c.wd . ., would be ;my O\"cr..:ordcring of (Sun., 2:30- with Dlecuulon led by author/eoholar Robert S.ldmln) Normally, publishers' prices drop .stock" bcc..l usc of the. qukk turn­ The cost for the electronic bnok only wht.•n bookstores order a lot around ttme, repli('d McGraw­ would be $500, and each card, of books. Hill's Stewart Trisler, who added depending on how ml.ichit stores, McGraw-Hill would arrange all that the company hasn't come would cost bet\veenSSOand $200 HENRY V . up • bold new film by Kenneth Branagh perm1ssions and royalties for any with any kind of return policy yet. Brackcnhoff said. Additional fea~ copyrighted materials used. _ Carpenter thinks it could v..·ork turcs, such as a dictionary, a book "TU BUT MOVIE OP 'I1IE TEAJU~ "A ·oENmNE'·T.uuMPBi• _For next fall's pilot_prograr},,' for some graduate. level cou~scs mark, and a built-in calculJtor -BobMoodello.Na:t'IPublicRadio ·-VincentCanby,NYTIMES only thesupplcmC'nl~ toone bo'cik,' .. that require a lotofexpl~nsivetcxts. makeli ;~ct~~~~naniboo~"! ~! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • . • ...... : •·• . :.. ' i •.· . ' ___ ... -··.~ ... ~. - .. . -· .. ~. .... · ,•·

• w '· li.:.:..'.;: . ••.• - · ., · . • l:,.,. . ~. Page 10 March 23, 1990 THE BARD OBSERVER BSE s Student strike planned for wOrkers?

continuRd from prlge 1 I ranging from minimum wage to the work that students do." Fi- to address the issue. $5.45 per hour. nally, the Committee stated that The primary complaint of the ' The letter emphasized the fact "in the event that one or both of ' Committt.>e is that the college has that "All the colleges we contacted the above approaches is ignored refused to rai~ student wages to offer at least the minimum wage.n. or rejected by the administration, keep pace with the minimum The colleges contacted included a non-violent work stoppage can wage. Since workstudy wages are Bennington, Vassar, Wagner, be organized for a week-long considered financial aid, they are Skidmore,Hampshire,and Mount period following Spring Break, not taxed ·and therefore do not Holyoke. during which time we, the stu­ have to conform with minimum The group is trying to unite a dent employees, would not go to wage laws. Howevt"r, the Com- largcpercentageoftheworkstudy our jobs, but would picket areas mittre fe~ls that _even-though the students on campus in order to where administrators will have to college has the leg a1 right to ke~;~p effect a wage change. It hopes to see us and pay attention to our wages at their cu·rr~nt lt~vel, it is tak~advantagcofthcfactthatthe dcmands.u · u11fair for them to dp so. school would basically grind to a One of the organizers of the lnaddilion,thcCommHtl:"!efecls haltiftheCommitteewereableto Committee indicated that he be­ that minimum wagt:'! is in•'> Is it\ !>CS~lcn. iVE. 'BEN WOl?Jlicv is dett'rminud by the E.di­ SI·V,i!'E~lN~ it-JI/E.fo..111a.J5 !"'""·'..,..'"'"' tor·ln ·(h.i.:-f in !;iaff. I .eltl'r» to thl' l:tUlor should nct. 1!xrm 300 w•lrds and· muet 1x> ~>ign«l :••r,ihly. t'l.l! altKll?h. ·cuH.oom. i!ll. ·lnt- l.~.htl)r :~·rvl!~ th1• r!s,ht tu (!dlt for ~t]'ll' and !>pact•. Clil!'.'\ified$: 2Sc for J~rdii.!n!l; $.'i for <~ll ulh­ t'ni. I n11pl..:y ilds. Conta1.1: Bu!linl'Sit M;magcr. Bard College Annandale, NY 12504 (914) 75~-0772 Page 11 March 23, 1990 THE BARD OBSERVER Gossip for fun and profit To ALL members of the Bard I saying hello to people you don't difficulty or in need of help, offer Community (students, staff, and know? to assist, Don't wait to be asked. faculty): ·. 5) Don't you wish people were I 5) Try to say at least one nice I have been reflecting on the fact sincerely friendlier? thing about someone you dislike that stupid, mean, ridiculous, and If you did not answer yes to at at least once a day to that person. cold things are done here every least three of these, you are lying lfeachonc of us did these things day. By every one of us! If pre­ to yourself. I'm real tired of dumb for one week, we'd have a very pubescent horse-shit bothers you, shit- stuff I have done and stuff happy campus, and maybe we'd too, answer these questions: others have done. get some ideas on how to be that 1) Hav(! you ever said, or heard, -I have a proposition. l propose way permanently. "Ya know who he/she is sleeping that for one Wl.'Ck- seven days How do you fcc] about this idea? with?" or any other idle gossip - every member of this commu- Please take the time to send an in­

that doesn't concern you? 1 nity try real hard to folio"'~- these dex card to box 141 with your 2) Flave you heard, or said, guidelines: name and a reply: "What a g<..>ekl/freak!/asshole!j 1) Say hello to ten people you yes - I would do this for a scumbag!" about someone you don't know every day. week don't know personally? 2) Think twice about saying no - I wouldn't 3) Have you ignored or in some somethingnegativeaboutanyonc Listen, before you say aw, shit, way put down: a) 5ecurityguards? else. this is dumb, think about it for a b) B&C? c) the book storu ladies? 3) Say thanks to every one who while. We all might be pleased d) the cleaning staff? c) Bard stu­ does something to make your life with the results. Help make Bard dents? t) any other member of the better, i.e. security, B & G, clean­ a friendlier place to be! com.munity? ing staff, etc., every day. E.M. Regnier On tht~ other hand, 4} If you see someone having T.A. Kcnon 4) Don't you get nenrous about anson the beach. 1990 applications for podiatry If you're going to Florida 6. Motorists must take precau­ tions before parking or moving a school, medical school entrance vehicle to avoid injury· to any for Spring Break... person or property. exams now available total disregard of private prop-: '- 7. Animals arc not permitted at . . erty rights characterized the over­ any time on the beach, except I Health Professions Adviser ! fcc, since the colleges do not charge all period of Spring Break, 1989. seeing-eye dogs. John Ferguson (Hcgc~an 30?, Ext. a separate application fcc. 1 In an effort to curtail the behav­ 8. Camping or sleeping over- f 300) no.w has a~atlablc t~e Ferguson also has registration iors exhibited last year by visiting night on the Atlantic Ocean Beach s~andard1zed Amencan Ass.oci~­ materials for ~he 1990 Medical students and to ensure that an is prohibited. bon . ~f Colleg~ ~f PodJat~c College Admission Tests environment exfst"s for the enjoy­ 9. Driving on the beach at night Med•cme Apphcation Serv~ce (MCATsl. Applications for the ment of all, public safety priorities is prohibited. (AACPMAS) applicati~n materi- April 28 test must be postmarked wi.tl take the fonn of unbiased, 10. Swimming within 150 feet als for t~c 1990 e~tenng .class. by March 30; applications for the strict enforcement of traffic and of the Ocean Pier is prohibited. Anyone mtcre~ted. m ap~i~mg to September 15 test should be post­ criminal laws, as well as City 11. Changing tides place limita- scho~ls. of ~od1atrtc medtcme for marked by August 17. Students Ordinances. Those laws regulat­ tions on ocean beach parking. In admtsst~n m September .of 19~0 interested in entering medical ing possession and purchase of order to avoid having your ve- sho.uld fill out the matenal~ ~hts school in the fall of 1991 should alcoholic beverages will receive hicle towed for safety reasons, s_prmg (19~); t~e central apphca- take one of the two 1990 tests, special attention. In order to make always remain in the vicinity. tron d~dlme 1 ~ August 1. By preferably theear1icroneon April your stay as pleasant and safe as Ordinances completmgthesmgle ~ACPMAS 28. Information of various MCAT possible, someofthemoreimpor- 1. The carrying or consuming of I application, you may ~PP~Y to o~e review courses as weii as in-house tant ordinances and statutes are an open alcoholic beverage (in- . or all of the sev~n pndtatnc mcdl- computer-aided-instruction are Over the past forty years, the provided herein for your review. cluding beer) is prohibited on the .cal colleges. It ts ~ccessary ~o pay 1 available through Prof. Ferguson. City of Daytona Beach has become Please obey them. beach and City streets. This ap-, only the appT()pnate AACI MAS the nation's most popular retreat "CAUTION" - over the past plies to pedestrians and ocru pants for coll(~ge stud~nts during their years, injury and death has oc­ of motor vehicles. Spring vacations. Planned activi­ curred to some visitors who climb 2. It is unlawfLl for any person j ties and a genuine attitude of cor­ balconies at their motels. This under the age of 21 years to pos- I dia1ity exhibited by the resident practice is illegal and is consid­ sess alcoholic beverages or to ' population, business community ered DISORDERLY CONDUCf, misrepresent or misstate his or and public service agencies have anarrestableoffcnse. Florida State her age to buy alcoholic bever­ been the major factors influencing Statute 509.143 ages. this annual influx. Beach Safety 3. Hitchhiking is prohibited For tht:~ nt08t part_, the vast ma­ 1. The speed limit on the beach within the City limits of Daytona jority of Spring Br~?.a k vacationers is 10 mph at all times. Beach. are disciplined, courteous and 2. Driving in the water or soft 4. Littering is prohibited. well-behaved visitors who make sand on the ocean beach is prohib­ 5. Trespassing on Motel Prop­ everyefforttorospt..>ctthcrightsof ited. erty where you a~c not registered ; others. However, Spring Break 3. A person can not sit or lieon as a guest may result in your ar­ 1989 manifestl>d a different dis­ the b~ch in a driving or parking rest. play of attitudes and behaviors area, except while in a vehicle. For further information~ contact among many of the visiting col­ Sitting or lying between parked the Community Relations Section lege population. Enonnous prop­ vehicles is prohibited. of the Daytona Beach Police De­ erty damage, littering, alcohol 4. Balis and frisbees cannot be partment at (904) 255-1431, ext. violations, indifference to park­ thrown across traffic lanes. 498. ing and traffic restrictions, spo­ 5. Motorists shall at all times Paul Crow radic acts of random violence and estri- Chief of Police, Da tona Beach Page 12 : March 23, 1990 The news wasn't truth and the truth wasn't news

by Kristan Hutchison officials," said Shalnev, cdom deep background briefings" he was never officially acknowl­ coming from other places. Speak­ i .had as a White House correspon­ edged. When Izvestia confronted in~ to a· full room i.n Kline on dent in the Reagan era. the government with the infor~ March 14 he answered questions A few western publications arc mation Shalnev had foun.d, they a bout his profession and other as­ available in Moscow, but at exor­ obtained the first acknowledge­ pects of reet:'llt Russian life. bitant prices. The lfarold Tribune ment of the incident from the ShaJncv came to the United cost around 1.5 ruble, which is General of the KGI3, which was States in.1982 to cover the Reagan cxpcnsivcfor the average Russian then inc1uded in the article. White House. In 1986 ·he was budget. US News and World Report Hiring practices in thc.Sovict moved to New York, from -whence is the only American publication press have not been effected by he covers much of the U.S. and available there. Before Glasnost, Gorbachev's reforms. Women Alexander Shalnev, New York Bureau Chief for lzvetsba, spoke at Bard. Canada for izvestia. W~th a circu­ the American press was slanted to have not obtained equ<1lity in the lation of ·1 l) million, fzt't'sfia. or tides by an editorbutmustchoose world l," says Shalncv. write only 11rC'ports on the KGB Soviet press or in the USSR in gen­ "News" is one of two leading them himself based on. ._ what he Due to the. shortage of paper, and drug dealers in Moscow," eral. There arc very few in the papers in the Union of Soviet thinks readers wi11 accept, "Now Izvestia comes out daily with only which Shalncv attributes to are­ media, compared to the US media Socialist Republics. Their compe­ we show it only in white or pink. 6 pages, halfthc length of our own sponse against the only source of. which is 50% women. Only 2 or 3 tition, with 6 million readers, is This kind of unbalance is the re~ Bard Observer. Two of the pages information, TASS, thcSoviC'tgov­ of the Soviet foreign correspon­ Pravda or ''Truth" and of course su1t of what we, the reporters, , are reserved for international crnmcnt press bureau. Current dents arc women and none arc lhl"'·rc were many jokes that the wrote over the past years. If we news, which means that the 42 . American coverage of the USSR is placed overseas. In the USSR in news wasn't truth and the truth wrote that there is still crime in the foreign correspondents cannot very good, even though most · general, women have lower sala­ wasn't news. ries than men and are not given . " cities, that there is still corruption each appear daily. American cor­ American foreign correspond('nts Though there are still press laws in the White House, the readers respondents arc able to print two in Moscow do not speak Russian. equal raises or promotions. in the ussr\, they are being re­ would say 'Come on, we heard or thrt.'C articles a day. ~ "Jt is typical for American report- Shalnev is pleased with the new visl~ and are not enforced nnw. about that. Give me something Access to information is now 1 crsto bcalwaysmovingfrom place freedoms of the pr\:..:>SS 1n the USSH. In the past, Russian journaf:sts new."' more difficult for reporters in the to place, looking for information," under glasnost, but he is most could prcscntonlytheworst p<1rts Asthcrestoftheworld watches United States than in the Soviet comments Shalnev. hopeful for the promises of per­ of America, the crime and corrup­ Russia and Eastern Europe, read­ Union. Shalnev had to wait a year Shalnev is amused by the hi­ estroika. He looks forward to the tion, poverty and homeh~ssness. ers within the USSR focus on the for an interview with President volity of American press in cases same luxuries as all Russians. ''To "Until five years ago we tried to recent changes. ''There is a shift to Bush, though he was able to get an such as DonetJd Trump's divorce. get the same kind of housing you present everything going on in domesticnews ... We'rcmuchmore interview with Dan Quayle in just "[ can imagine that if Donald have, to get the superma.rkets you . thl:"' United States in black," says 11 have. That's what I expect to get l' interested in what is going on in two days. It docs not help me at Trump lived ]n Moscow some Shalnev, who is not assigned ar- our country [than in the rest of the all that I have no access to high paper would have picked up stq- from perestroika," says Shalnev.

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On Tuesda,y, Aprll3, in Music Program Zero's Performance victim on Route 9G Space (Brook House, 10:00 p.m.), Jeffrey Morgan will be improvising solo on piano, saxophone, and percussion. Jeffrey is coming to this return engagement from Seattle, ln last week's Observer, this news Becker treated thcd river's in)u­ where he plays with CLANK and IF, BWANA. an improvising article was inadvertently left un­ ries on the scene. The driver was quartet. continued. The Observer regrets this then transported to Northern On Saturday, April 7, al~o in Performance Space, DEBRIS, a error. -ed Dutchess Hospital at 1:55 by the trio from Boston headed by Bard graduate Arthor Weinstein, any serious injuries. His left hip Red Hook Rescue Squad and will present their music: "It not rock, if not funk, it not thank was injured, and he had a small treated for his injuries and for god that stuff your mother like ... Webern, Zappa, and Ornette puncture in his knee and several shock. playing 3-handed bridge?" lacl'rations and contusions on his Police and rescue squads \vere leg. Becker added that "if he had on the scene until approximately The·Weekly not been wearinghisseatbclt,orif · 2:30. The road was closed offfrom Route 199 to Community ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ijhcha~n~b~npulledawa~he the intersection with would have died. He was too the south end of Annandale Road Information Worried About AIDS? disoriented to get away." until that time. 'lJ' Newsletter LEGALIZE UPDOC? does not appear in this issue of the Bard Observer. For referral or assistance, calf the.. WHAT'S UPDOC? It will return in the next issue on Apri16. N.Y.S. Health Departrl1ent's March 31 through April6 will liD 11=-'\V II IT- be covered in a supplemental AIDS Hotline ·edition. &ROTHE:R~ TOOL COMPANY, INC. The deadline for that edition 1-800-462-1884 · 237 Lafayette St. ···- · ' is March 29th at 12:00 NOON TOLL-FREE & CONFIDENTIAL New York, NY 10012 in the Dean of Student's · 212 226-6640 office. This is also the deadline for the April 6 HOME OF DRILL AMERICA edition.