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 Midnight Oil 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------··---·---- ·-·--·-···· ···:·-··-···-···--·- - -··· · - · ~- ·- · · ·------···--- · · · ..
1 FEATURES -NEWS .ARTS Senior Proj_~ct honored Ne~ location for Lyceutrt Dance concert seems a success
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
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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 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 h - ;;--=.: 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, 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. 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"· - ., • Page6 --March 23, 1990 TilE BARD OBSERVER DIVERSIONS Creativity of dance concert a dynamic success 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 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, Music Program Zero Students help accident 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.