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Volume 17, Number 1 College at Lincoln Center, Fordham University, New York January 20, 1993 STUDENTS VOTE FOR '92 Graduate ACTIVITY FEE INCREASE

By Mina Landriscina Killed in Dallas Starting in the Fall 1993, students will notice un percent of what is collected in Student Activity increase in their bill as per a student referendum Fees. "It should raise an additional $15,000 a held by the United Student Government last semester for activities," he said, which will total Under age suspects charged with capital murder month. approximately $60,000. In the Fall, there will be For students taking 12 credits or more, the activities happening seven days a week instead of activity fee will be $50 dollars, an increase of three or four, said l'aienleau. "And all activities $16. Part-time students will be charged $25 und will be open to commuters as well as residents." College at Sixty students will pay $7.00. "I want to see if it's going to be different now that According to Stephen Bonfa, U.S.G president, we have more money," said the president of the 217 ballots were cast. Of that, 73.8 percent Prc-Law Society, sophomore 1 Ielen Borjas. (about 160 students) voted for the increase. The If it's no different and they still ask for money last time it was raised was in 1987 when it then I'm not going to vote for it [next tiinej doubled to $34, according to Nonnand Parcnleau, Borjas says she doesn't know whether she'll be Associate Dean of Students. holding the position next semester, but if she were "We've had five years with the expense of she would use that money for a trip to Washington bringing in acts, bringing in programs, having for the club members. increased while our enrollment has decreased Sophomore Marie Roker was upset at the result, and the funds had not gone up," said Jiin Plasko, not for herself, because the school pays her tu- president of the Student Programming Board. ition, but for other students who do not receive With revenue low, and expenses high he said that Financial Aid. financial set-up would be impossible to work "1 think it's bad for students who are taking 12 with when the dorm goes up. or more credits because that is a major increase, "There is a comfortability in consistent pro- especially if they aren't even participating in gramming," he said, adding that with more money some of these activities," she said. SPB would be able to make every Thursday a Jonathan Crowley, a CLC junior, is upset about comedy night. Rightnow, Comedy night occurs the increase for himself. only four times a semester. Knowing that they "They have good reasons for asking for it, I was can go to the Plaza cafe every Thursday night will hot ready to shell out the extra money given that promote the concept of community which is money is tight," he said, adding that he does not what is needed here, Plasko said. participate in many of the activities. "This will help. The bottom line will it work or Like Crowley, junior Kate Cella would rather will it won't comes down to each individuals keep any extra money to herself. "I don't think we student." <* would have to pay that-much for recreational Some have doubts. "In the beginning, I was activities," said Cella, who is a cashier at the for raising the activity fee because it makes sense bookstore. the way they present it," said Maria D'Agostino, As it is, paying the tuition that is always sub- CLC junior and president of the International jected to increases and buying books is bad enough, Clgb. she said. "There was one book that was $85 Though she can not pinpoint why, she said that dollars! One book!" she has a nagging feeling that it in the end it will She believes that if the activity fee were lower, Rob Smith, CLC '92 not be very effective and it won't be helping the students would appreciate whatever activities they students. 'In my mind, it's not going to work out. could get. Even though she is interested in many I'm thinking that the campaign promise is going clubs, she said Tai-Kwon-Do is the only one she By Lori Majewskl to get broken, that they said that just to get can afford. However, between work and classes College at Lincoln Center graduate Rob Smith, County Juvenille Dentention Center. elected. Maybe there will be more activities. I she has not had the time to go to the meetings, she class of '92, was killed last month when he and Police do not believe the youths were involved have no idea, but I really don't see it working out said. "I think I might be one of the heads, I don't another New York City man were gunned down in in organized gang activity, said King, who added that way." remember. I haven't been there in a while." a Dallas, TX parking lot, according to Dallas that crime in the Central East section of Dallas "is According to Parenteau, clubs get one hundred police. a real problem that's getting worse all the time." Smith, 21, and Pirie MacDonald, 60, were shot MacDonald, reached by telephone at Baylor during a December 10 robbery outside their apart- University Medical Center, Dallas, said he and ment complex in the Oak Lawn section of the city, Smith had returned to the apartment complex at Admissions to be Consolidated police said. Both men had just arrived from New approximately 6:30 p.m., after spending the day York three days earlier to begin rehearsing a play together rehearsing and grocery shopping. to be produced by the Dallas Theater Center. "We were pulling into the parking space," Four males, two 16-year-olds, a 17-year-old, MacDonald said, "and, literally, as the car came to By Sean Gallagher a halt I heard Rob say 'There are four guys running The Office of Adult Admissions, currently under beginning in March '92. - towards us and one of them has a gun.'" the supervision of CLC, is to be transferred to a "We were referring on average 25 people per "I heard one of One of the teens yelled for them to get out of the centralized University Admissions office on the day," said Di Brienza. He said he discussed his rented car MacDonald was driving, he said. The second floor of Lowenstein, said Edward Bristow, concern over the matter with Father O'Hare, two were held at gunpoint and told to hand over all Dean of CLC. University President, and Father Reedy, Acting them say, Tm their money, he said, and they immediately coop- "I would prefer to keep Excel recruitment within Vice President for Academic Affairs. He said that erated. the college," said Bristow. In a memo dated De- he had been told by Father Reedy that one office gonna shoot him "Then I heard one of them say, 'I'm gonna shoot cember 14th Bristow said, "In the course of discus- made sense. Father O'Hare also expressed his nun now.' And they shot me and I fell to the sions about the move, I made it abundantly clear approval of the merger, said Di Brienza. Neither ground," said MacDonald, who suffered the loss of that we [CLC Administrators] considered such a Father O'Hare nor Father Reedy were available now/ " his left eye and other injuries. He does not remem- step to be mistaken." for comment. ber hearing any other gunshots, he said. "I've been told that the reason this is being Mclntyre, who will be directly affected by the and a 14-ycar-old, were arrested in connection "My last image of Rob, and the one I will implemented is that having two admissions offices centralization, said that he, "found out around with the shooting, according to Dallas Police remember for the rest of my life, was him very in the same building is too confusing for incoming Thanksgiving by accident." "I was not officially Sergeant Jerry King, and each were charged with quietly standing there with his hands up," he said. students," said Roger Mclntyre, Acting Directorof notified (at that time]," he said. Cira Vernazza, one count of capital murder and one count of MacDonald and Smith were cast as father and Adult Admissions. Mclntyre's office in the Adult Assistant Dean of Adult Programs, said, "I'm attempted murder. Investigators believe the 14- son, repcctively, in Ronald Harwood's Another Programs office on the eighth floor would be concerned about the move." Vernazza said that year-old pulled the trigger in both cases, King Time, set to open January 12 at the Kalita consolidated with traditional undergraduate ad- the Adult Program Center was fonned to facilitate said. Humphreys Theater, Dalian. missions in 215. the transition of adults returning to school to get The 17-year-old, Freddie Rudd, was charged "I only knew Rob for three days, but I immedi- William Di Brienza, Dean of the new Enroll- their undergraduate degrees. "Because we're all as an adult and is being held without bail In the ately gravitated to him," MacDonald said. "From ment Services, said that after he came to Fordham in the same facility we're able to function Lew Sterrclt Justice Center, Dallas, King said. the first reading of the play it was clear that he was in December 1991 he began noticing o high num- smoothly," Vernazza said of the interface be- The others arc currently in custody of the Dallas immensely talented." ber of people had to be referred to the eighth floor tween the udult admissions and adult programs Excel orflcc. lie directed the traditional under- offices. Bristow said, "We can provide quite a lot graduate admissions stuff to keep truck of the of personul attention." CLC remembers Rob Smith — see page 2 munlHjr of referrals to the udult admissions office "We hud u very well tuned organization up continued on pa^e 2 By Rewarding Mediocrity We Discourage Excellence: Cheers for Downey's Chaplin A Reprint From The Chronicle of Higher Education page 9 page 6 Page 2 - CLC Observer - January 20, 1993 NEWS

Fordham's Former CWME B/LOTTER Monday, December 14 Lowenstein Elevator 3 pm President Dies A faculty member reported that her wallet was stolen from her purse. She said she was jostled while a man getting off on the fourth floor appeared to trip. An accomplice appar- ently picked her purse, which was on her shoulder, from behind. The wallet contained By Vivian Lake $40 and tokens. Former Fordham President James C. Finlay, S.J., died on Saturday, December 5 at Rose Hill. Tuesday, December 15 He was 70 years old. Lowenstein, Media Center Fordham's "presidency was the capstone of By Sean Gallagher Tuesday, December 8 8 pm Father Finlay's 40-year association with the 2 speakers were removed from a television school as student, priest and later professor. Lowenstein, Media Center "2 speakers of an unknown value were set in the Media Center. According to Mr. During his tenure Father Finlay guided Kenny, all the speakers have since been se Fordham through a series of immense change, removed from Media Center televisions. 1 speaker was taken from two sets. . cured to the sets in order to prevent further during which Fordham College admitted women incidents of this nature. for the first time [1974]. "When I began to Wednesday, December 9 realize the obstacles [women] were facing as Wednesday, December 16 Lowenstein Cafeteria they sought careers, I became incensed....The Fordham Law School 1:15 pm waste of talent was bad enough. The affront to First floor ladies room A wallet was stolen from a purse, which their qualities of human beings was simply Between 4:30 and 6 pm was on the woman's shoulder at the time. infuriating," said Finlay in a 1975 interview. A tampon machine was broken into and an She was waiting in the cashier's line. The Father Finlay oversaw the construction of two unknown amount of. money was taken. student dormitories that changed Fordham's victim did not notice anyone suspicious. She said she was bumped, but did not think identity from a commuter school to a residential Father James C. Finlay Wednesday, December 16 anything of it at the time. school. He established an urban affairs office in lling change in the nation and in New York City, Fordham Law Library " said Joseph A. O'Hare, S. J. "His wise manage- The wallet contained $50 and credit cards. order to involve Fordham more directly in reha- 8 pm bilitating Bronx neighborhoods, and opened the ment of Fordham's resources and his concern for The unknown thief or thieves were able to A law student reported that $5 was stolen Graduate Center at Tarrytown. the university's academic standards established a use the cards and a fraudulent check to from her wallet, which was in her unattended solid foundation for future development." ^ withdraw about $500 from the woman's "If there is a difference between a Fordham back pack. education and kinds that are offered by many "[He] was also a very effective advocate for savings account, said Michael Kenny, Assis* tant Director of Security. other excellent colleges and universities, I think independent higher education in New York State Wednesday, December 16 the difference lies in three points: a respect for and on the national level. His love for Fordham Fordham Law Library Wednesday, December 9 hard work; an understanding of human efforts was a defining element in his life," said O'Hare. 8 pm Father Finlay was born August 29, 1922 in West 60th Street and achievements, illuminated by a study of the A law student reported $10 in tokens was County Roscomivfon, Ireland. He joined the soci- Between 12 and 1:45 pm liberal arts; and a sense of God's presence in our stolen from her book bag, which was left ety of Jesus in 1942, and was ordained in 1954 at A CLC student reported the theft of his world and in our lives," said Father Finlay in unattended for a short period of time. 1980. Fordham University Church. $1,000 Trek bike. The bicycle was locked to Father Finlay was a member of the New York Before being named University president. Fa- the scaffolding outside the entrance oft60th. City Charter Revision Commission, the New ther Finlay was a political science professor and A scaffolding pipe was unbolted to remove y, Dwwmb«r U York City Partnership and the Association of dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. the bike, Law School U&*r Room Colleges and Universities of the State of New Father Finlay studied for two years at Fordham Between 4:30 and 7 pm York, of which he was president from 1980-82. College and held a bachelor's degree from Loyola Monday, December 14 35 lockers were broken into. The pad loefct As chairman of the Commission on Indepen- University (Chicago), a master's degree in politi- Fordham Law Library were clipped with bolt cutters. Apparently dent Colleges and Universities' state legislative cal science from Georgetown University, a Ph.L. 9:30 am unknown individuals entered the building committee. Father Finlay participated in every from West Baden College (Indiana), a Licentiate A library clerk- reported that he lock on a through the side entrance to the law school on major piece of legislation adopted in New York in Sacred Theolo'gy from L'Immaculee Concep- file cabinet had been tampered with in an 62nd Street. There was no sign of forced entry. State to enable parents and students to exercise tion (Montreal) and a doctorate in political sci- attempt to break into it. There was no prop- The door cannot be opened from the outside options in selecting the college of their choice. ence from Duke University. erty removed. and is used as an exit. "Father Finlay provided wise and courageous Father Finlay is survived by his brother, Dermot Most of the items stolen were text books. A leadership to Fordham during aperiod of unset- Finlay, of Ramsey. New Jersey. Monday/December 14 coat valued at $300 was taken. A $200 CD Ram Van player was also taken. In addition one student 1230 pm lost all of the Christmas gifts, estimated at A student reported that she lost her wallet $295, she had purchased for her family mem- containing $25 and credit cards on the van. bers. A search of the van turned up nothing. The incident was reported to the 20th Pre- CLC Remembers Rob Smith cinct.

By Lori Majcwski Admissions Continued from page 1 Over 60people gathered together in the Dean thought that every artist should have controversy Gerald Quinn Studio Theater lust month to pay in his life," said George Grafas, who acted with here (in the Adult Program Center] that provided College at Lincoln Center," the minutes read. tribute to CLC graduate Rob Smith, who died Smith in a 1989 production of Biloxi Blues in New optimal services for the adult student," Mclntyre Later, at the same meeting, "Father O'Hare won- December 10 after he was shot in the head, Lebanon. Grafas, who did not attend Fordham, said. In addition, admission procedures for adult dered whether the School of General Studies [at allegedly by a 14-year-old male in Dallas, TX. and traditional undergraduates arc different, Rose Hill] and the adult programs at The College Many of those present at the December 16 Mclntyre said. He also said that he thought adult of Lincoln Center should be integrated," the min- service were there to pay tribute to a friend they students found it more comfortable to he coun- utes read. lived with at the Lucerne and worked with on seled by peers. Several CLC Administrators felt that the various CLC studio and muinstage produc- "I've been looking for words to In the centralized office, admissions coun- centralization of the admissions offices was a tions. And they also came to cousole each other. express my pain, his family's selors would advise adult and traditional stu- step toward the eventual merger of the Adult "I've been looking for words to express my dents, said Di Dricnzu. "The needs of adult Program Center ut CLC with The School of pain, his family's pain," said CLC senior Diana pain, but there are none now. students are so different," Mclntyre suid. General Studies at Rose Hill. Salvanto, Smith's girlfriend "But there are And there will never be." "I'm u service oriented person." Di Dricn/.a Dristow said the Adult Admissions Office none now. And there will never be." said. He said that the merged admissions office wus purl of University Admissions until 1986. Smith was in Dallas to rehearse and uppoar in under the supervision of his office is consistent Dristow said thut there was n time, before '86, that the Dallas Theater Center production of An- with his commitment to providing students with CLC was enrolling up to 700 adult students a other Time, "his first professional acting job" the maximum amount of services. He added that .semester. Vcrnazzn said, it wax ulso a time when, since graduation lust May, according to CLC come to the memorial to "see the place Rob talked the office of adult admissions would be brought "adults returning to school was u relatively fresh senior Bill I'cnnell. so much." up to Its full compliment and be transferred idea." The university handed the responsibility to Friends und acquaintances of Smith, muny of Smith had contributed several articles to The intact. "I think he's [Mclnlyrc] u real super CLC as the competition for adult students grew, whom hud attended funeral services earlier in Observer's Commentary section when he was a dedicated kind of guy," said Di Briuir/.u. Verna/zu said. the clay, read letters and poems, us well as student, many of which reflected his highly Con- Di Bricn/.u said thut he hud been at other Bristow suid that (he combination of the reminisced abuul the aspiring uctor and his servative viows. institutions that hud combined admissions of- admissions offices was not a cost cutting move. Fordham cureer. The 90-mimiie memui'iul con- "lie wanted to be President," suid Danny Deli- fices and the arrangement worked very well ut He suid thut un Kxccl Committee was set up to tained some tears, bill much laughter also, us ver, class of'')2. "lie wanted to change the world those colleges. According to the minutes of the ensure that adult admissions are of continued students recalled Smith's love of passion and mid make it a bolter place." Faculty Senate meeting on February 7, 1992 ijiipoitanc'e after the transition, "'llie Hxcol Pro- controversy Salvanto, who attended u going away parly Tor Fulhei'O'l lure snid thut Ihu Office of Admissions gram should always remain central, Dristow said, Smith the duy before he left for Dallas. Kiiid people "I've done a lot of crying over the lust low hud trouble describing CI.C. A futility member, llu suid that CLC receives about 30% of iU should remember thut Smith died while fulfilling days, hut more than that I've done u lot of "naked forclnrificatioii about the confused mes- revenue from adult enrollment. Di Dricnza laid hislil'o long die am, laughing," said Steven O'Donncll, a former sages that potential students mid their families Unit adult udmisslons would remain a high prior- roommate of Smith's "lie was a really funny "When Kuh died, ho was never huppler." »\\o are receiving nhoul I'ordhum University, ity. Drisiuw mild, "I hope they're right," of the guy, but he pissed mo off u lot as well." said, "I lu was doing whui he always wanted: being father O'I litre responded that the Admis- University's decision, "Mo loved controversy NO much IIIKI he a professional actor," sions Office finds it difficult to describe The January 20,1993 - CLC Observer - Page 3 FEATURES

eadly Run After lunch my friend Kristi asked if I'd like to go skiing with her and the rest of my class. Desperately wan ting o be a part of this "ski club" I quickly strapped on my skis and followed them to the lift. We were going to do what they called a "super quick run" down the face and then meet By Halyna Kuzyszyn at another lift for a longer trail. The chair lift was Never walk in a%lack cat's path. A broken extremely scary, and when it stoppgd in mid-air mirror is seven years of bad luck. Cramming for for a few seconds I thought I'd never feel the an exam is useless. Skiing is a dangerous sport. ground again. As the chair approached the gate, Now this is one myth that isn't so true to me I positioned my tips upward and prepared to anymore, since skiing has proved to be an exciting descend down the mini hill. My skis crossed as and enjoyable activity in my life. I picked myself upoff the chair and I avalanched It wasn't always so great and exciting though. I into the fence, near which my friends were wait- would dread the winter holidays in grammar school ing for me. They laughed at the top of their lungs when my classmates and their parents would pes- as I struggled to catch my breath and prepare for ter me to go skiing with them. Strapping on a pair d u m b - the other the run. of fiberglass, oversized rulers, big boots and heavy founded, ex- side of the I descended downward making wide, slow parkas didn't seem as much fun as my friends amining this mountain, turns trying not to bump into anyone. I made the made it out to be. They insisted there was no sport scene. and smiling mistake of looking down and immediately dove like it. Personally, the sport I preferred for winter The ski said: "Sorry head first into the powder. I got up and began to break was rest and relaxation - not freezing in the boots I was kid!" concentrate on my turns. My classmates were cold on a mountain top. given at the I tried to waiting for me near another hill which glistened The more times I refused to join my friends, the ""'•I sh°p get up but of fresh powder, untouched by any skis. I slowly more they would try convincing me to try skiing. my pole got caught up and began to follow their lead through felt like iron "Once is all it's gonna take for you to love it," they trapped in a a straight rocky path that led to that beautiful, blocks, clank- said. I didn't agree, but somewhat out of curiosity ground fresh slope. The realization that we were not ing loudly and a desire to get my friends off my back, I went hole, so I supposed to be skiing here did not hit me in time. with every with them on the seventh grade ski trip to Vernon had to undo my boots and restrap my skis - the Neither did the realization that this was an expert step I made. The Elan rental skis seemed old and Valley, New Jersey. whole process taking a half hour. The ski instruc- trail. rusty, besides the fact they were twice my size. The school bus was filled with laughter and talk tor, Dan, was a 22 year old "mogul king" who I panicked as my friends were discussing how By the time I got out of the rental shop, my of "incredible powder," "awesome moguls," and started me off by showing me how to turn. The to tackle this run, and which bumps to jump. I friends had disappeared. Some I could see on the bets were being made on who would complete the fact that he was so cute and I was a skiing nitwit looked around at the desolate slope. It was truly chair lifts, while some were half way down the most "runs." I on the other hand stared out the was embarrassing in itself. What was even worse a beautiful sight - pure untouched powder from face. I was alone in a sea of skiers, who all seemed window wonderigg if I should've agreed to this was that I was in a ski class with five and six year top to bottom (wherever that Was since I couldn' t to know what they were doing. I stood on my skis adventure in the first place. old brats who edged and tucked better than I could see it from there.) outside the rental shop and began to plan the days' Vernon Valley was extremely crowded; skiers ever imagine U. • One by one they zoomed down the trail, each strategy. I decided to battle the bunny slope and carrying gear to the lift lines, cars honking their I decided to hang out in the ski lodge, hoping to making their own unique imprints in the snow. I then I would think about "running" the face or horns to make those staring at the slopes from car find my friends having lunch. There they were in too started to make my wide turns down the bill, some other (rail after my first lesson. I started windows move or park and the snajv making their CB and Kombi gloves talking of moguls, when all of a sudden I lost control and could not making my way to the bunny hill when a tall machines noisily sputtering puffy white flakes "shredding," and the "really'awejome runs." I slow down. I wa$ speeding down like an out of spandex "ski god" ran over my tips and caused me onto trails. The bus had already parked and all the felt like a foreigner among them, especially since control cor. My skis scraped against the icy to tumble backwards into a pile of cold, wet slush. kids were on line getting lift tickets, while I stood I had no really exciting adventures to share. surface, which at first seemed like puffy snow. He turned to me while speeding to the lift line on My skis took on a personality of their own - they were in control, not I. I felt my bindings loosen as I hit an icy bump and my body flopped against the edge of the slope, slipping quickly until I hit level ground. My face burned and my body felt bruised. After re -i'H: I decided to unlock my skis, walk down and spend the rest of the day in the lodge. This seventh grade trip, as horrifying and hu- miliating as it was, made me want to become a o o o good skier. I took lessons after that day and years later I'm able to keep up with friends who have been skiing all their lives. I knew after that deadly run at Vemon Valley that this was a sport I was determined to progressively master. Every season skiing is more enjoyable - the quest for the perfect run on varied terrain. Just you, your skis and the mountain. Yes, skiing could be danger- ous, but it's a high unlike any other in the world!

foes. At the time, this was my greatest accom- plishment, though no one else except my cousins and I thought so. Some might ask why this is one of my fondest memories, until recently I did not even think it was that memorable myself. It Quote of the seemed just another moment from my past. All these thoughts occurred prior to my cousins selling the collection, which took over 10 years Issue to create and contained hundreds of books. I had never really thought of the books or the time spent memorizing them us fun, but faced You may be disappointed if By Tina Fit la to with the choices and problems in my life loduy. I would take back those childhood days in a New One of the most memorable moments from my books, they figured I would be too. you fail, but you are doomed if York minute. If I inude a mistake back then, the childhood has nothing to do with birthdays, holi- The two created a game they paralleled to the worst thing that could happen to me was getting you don't try, days, or vacations. It has everything to do with two card game Concentration, but they added a slight my hair pulled. Now if I make a mistukc my life high strung boys who called themselves my cous- twist. Well, they thought it was a game, I thought could be changed. When my cousins sold their ins. it was torture, They would show me the cover of L J books it closed u door on part of my childhood. Christopher and Scan, like all of my cousins, the comic book as I sat in their room, thrilled that The loss of the hooks meunt thul 1 could no longer took turns huby-sitting the "little brut," us I wus I wus not going to be punted across the livingroom, Don't find fault. go buck to those duys, when I sut on their bunk nffcctionutcly called buck thai. My cousins, the und usk me who each of the characters were. If I beds iinil hud nothing more to worry ulnuit than majority of which arc mule, tried their host to keep uiiNworcd correctly, there were high-fives and Find a remedy. who the Minn with the green luce wus. Ihcir precocious little cousin entertained. Must of "Good jobs," but if I answered incorrectly they Most people huve Unit one moment when they the "games" they invented included foothullpliiys. would pull my pig-luils. I guess I wns their Puvlov'n realize thut ehildliiHukluys sue gone. Their gradu- in which I huppciicd to be the bull. Hut Chris und dog. Thinking buck, I ruully do not know who wus ation or rust (lute'might signify this to them, but Scan cuinu up with something uiiii|ue. 'Ilicir idea eiilertuiniiig who. L Spidcr-mnn, the friendly web slinger himself, wus M>iiR'ihiii|: that they believed tiny seven yeiir I spent so ninny nights going over und over will ulwiiys bring buck my memories of u con- old, mule or li'innlc, would he Interested in, Spi- hundreds of comic hooks Itiut I'eler Pinker, Green Thinking is the hardest work tented youth und the loss of those comics will tier num. My two cousins, who nl the time where (lohtin, und Dr. Octopus were us fmniliiir to me us ulwuys signify growing up. Now, if I cotilil juM there is, which is probably the 14 mid 12 respectfully, hndjUHUturtiHlllidr comic Ilurhio. By the time I wus eight, I hud u sore hcrnl book rol led ion. Since they were NO taken hy the uiul knew everyone of Spklcr-itiun'ft friends mid reason why so few engage in it. Page 4 - CLC Observer - January 20, 1993 FEATURES Piano or Violin?

By Donna Hemans For my years my mother and I engaged in a contest of will. It was her, the imposing adult, against me, the stubborn seven year-old, fighting the letters written beneath the for self-expression and self-differentiality. notes. The contest began not long after we had moved from Discovery Bay to Brown's Town, (Jamaica, Home, Home can I forget West Indies) eight miles inland from the coast to ihee, the hills. We were to be cultured and well learned, dear, dear, dearly loved my two sisters and I, so my mother bought a piano, home. a brown, second- or third-hand thing that Tilled the No, no still you receive me, narrow spot made exactly for it, a few feet away far, far thought I may roam. from the living room and in front of the .house, so that it could be heard from the gate. It was easy to play the same song every day for The top of the piano had always ben cluttered half an hour. After that it didn't matter -1 had with music books, church hymnals, books of nurs- played. ery rhymes, simple tutoring books; but my mother Then came the dreaded news. "You've been aches of playing. "I want to play the violin," I told bought my older sister, Calaine, and I new books playing this one song. Try something else." her after seeing a child performing on some tele- - Smallwood's Piano Tutor - like the battered one vision program. I had seen her violin in its case on she had. I tiled another song Calaine sometimes played, numerous occasions. I hoped this ploy would A, B, C, D, E, F, G. The letters were simple, and, but it sisn't sound anything like it did when she work. her school piano tutor, praised her work with an for starters I was allowed to use only one hand. B ut played it. I had lettered the notes wrongly, and my It did. My mother went to her room, and from the eye on me, her soon-to-be pupil. I went to a I didn't want to play the piano, and I was going to frustration was steadily growing. top of her closet pulled out her old, badly tuned different high school, with a different tutoring find every way to resist. Calaine was moving violin and handing it to me, music sheets and all, program. Students enrolled in the program were much faster than I. Soon she played with both Like nothing else, I hated those round black and said, "Now play." given lessons during the regular school hours, but hands, and no longer wrote the letters beneath the white music notes, whose names I hadn't formally I was struck dumb. had their lessons alternated so they would miss a notes as I still did. learnt, which all looked the same to me, regardless "You know the notes. You want to play the different class each week. "Donna, have you played the piano yet?" of what line they fell on or what count there was. violin, go ahead play." I had one lesson with my new tutor, and I knew "No, Mom." Mostly I hated music because Mom insisted I That was the last I spoke of violins for a while. then, when I humiliated myself by telling her I had "Well, go and play or else..." learn, but partly because I was determined to But it couldn't end that way. Mothers always had been playing the piano for years and couldn't read "I don't want to play the piano." decide my own interests. Long summer days, the last word, or in my case the last laugh and I a note, that the lessons had to end. "Well, Mom, "Go and play. One of these days you're going to when there was nothing else to do, were always would have been totally humiliated if my mother the lessons won't work. I have to miss a class every regret not learning to play it. 1 had to learn to play the worst. had discovered that I didn't know the music notes week. It isn't the same as with Calaine. She has when I was old." "Donna, have you played the piano yet?" and couldn't play without first writing the letters lessons after school. I chose a song I liked, one that reflected my "No, Mom." beneath each note. Mom weakened. The following week the les- mood and gave me some comfort. For another It was on one of those hot summer days that I The time came for professional lessons. Calaine sons stopped and I gave up on music notes for year or so, I played that one song one-handed, with thought up the idea that would deliver me from the had by then entered high school, and Mrs. Barrett, good.

Notice of Applicatioivfor Tenure in the Division of the Humanities, Fordham University - Lincoln Center.

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(Bac^Seat Desert Storm: The Sequel

By Donna Hcnians Two years ago we were in the throes of war cil," Fontie said. "It makes it still more strange, in By Mina Landriscina with President Saddam Hussein. Scud missiles the Arab war, that a leading Egyptian newspaper toys, paper, crayons, cookie crumbs, cake crumbs A head on my shoulder. Long brown hair in my attacked with blind ferocity, damaging commer- headlined that it sees no reason to approve the and bread crumbs still inhabit the back seat. Of mouth. Elbow in my ribs. A kick in the shins. A cial, industrial and residential areas, soldiers lust suike when the UN Security Council did not course, the crumb population is in decline. We foot on top of mine...Eight legs lined up on the their lives and innocent Iraqis died in the war. We approve the suike," Fontie said. methodically shake them off our clothes as soon back seat of the midsize car. had thought the war would have solved the Persian "I think we are playing right into his hands as we climb out. Ten and a half years ago, we did not have such Gulf conflict. again," said Josh Kosman, a junior. "Hussein was spatial problems. My sister, Mirella, and I were Since it is a couple of inches bigger, we usually Two years later and six months after the United doing this to test the resolve of Egypt, Saudi the sole occupants of the back seat. Then, they take my father's car when we go out. And since he Nations peace keeping forces failed to find any Arabia, Syria, the Soviet Union to see if they descended on us. The twins were born, marking is the driver, he always chooses the music - no traces of weapons in Iraq, we are on the verge of would back the US and fliey really didn't. This the end of Ihe Comfortable Era. matter that we despise his taste in music. He was a complete US, England and France effort driven, we all suffer. It was always this way - three another conflict with President Hussein. Around "Valerie! Move your leg!" her twin, Elena, says Fordham reactions to the attack were mixed. "What he discovered is that he could probably as she pushes the imposing limb. people having to live with the unfairness that only "Well, I kind of feel both ways about it." suid a do something on a larger scale and get away with \ year law student, who declined to be identi- it," Kosman continued. fied. "I'm a pacifist, so 1 don't C =" really believe in aggression. But at the same time, if the UN sets out stipulations, they should be enforced."

The Wednesday night 30- ininute raid, in which planes from the United States. France and "I think we are playing Britain bombed missile sites in southern Iraq was limited. Ac- right into his hands again." cording to the January 14 issue of the New YorkTimes, no economic targets like power stations or warehouses were hit. "One has to be verycritical as to whether the order was given to The attack, which comes as President Bush strike by the Security Council, steps out of the White-House, will provide a test which ordered a strike two years for Clinton's leadership. "The Bush strongline ago," said Amad Fontie, a senior. against Iraq is popular. Clinton wants to be popu- "And it's also interesting that this lar and I think he will just follow Bush's policy," time Britain provided only one Kosman said. plane, France S and the rest by Both Kosman and Fontie are confident that the United States," he continued, Clinton will handle the situation well and that it referring to the attack of the three will not escalate into a greater conflict. "I think supposed allies. this will be it for us," Kosman said. "Hussein, in "According to Tony Ben, the not so distant future, will probably try to make British Parliamentarian, in an in- a move in on Kuwait again. He could probably get terview [January 14] after a Par- away with it and he could emerge as a power in the liamentary meeting, he said that Middle East." he believed that the strike by the "I think Iraq should be in a better diplomatic three powers was not a total di- relationship with the west for peace to be in Iraq," rective from the Security Coun- Fqntie said.

"I was here first!" Valerie responds, startling one liked the music. That is, until Elena and the couple in the next Buick. (She's right. She's Valerie became old enough to voice their own The Observer seeks older by five minutes.) opinions. They absolutely love his music and "Why ore you shouting??" the four adults inevi- even supply the tapes at the start of the trip. "Here, tably yell. put this on!" they chirp, oblivious to the glares. In When Mirella and I were young, we were able the back, the music is twice as loud - or it may be writers with stories to stretch out. If we were not successful at sharing that Mirella and I are taller and our cars are closer the seat, one of us would lie down on the floor to the speakers. But as we ask him to lower the with a pillow. We mostly did this on long trips to music, the twins will ask him to put it louder. the summer house in upstate New York. (It was Unfortunately, we only take two cars when one of to tell. (Even if you sold after the twins were born due to its sudden us has to get home early. shrinkage.) On our last car trip, we were lucky to My mother is now looking to buy a new car. be able to sit upright without having to bend our Actually, what she wants is a van. A beautiful van shoulders forward to make room for everyone. with three couches. I'm wondering how this will don't think you can With every car ride, not only is more and more change our lives in the cor. Will the twins occupy space being sucked up - to our dismay, they the middle scat or will we be able to banish them haven't stopped growing - their endless chatter to the back in hopes of having a real conversation monopolizes the air waves. with our parents? Will Mirella and I have to split write about it, stop There's only one way that I like to sit in the car up, us usual, and sit with one of them? (We used • with Them in the middle. "There is a bump on to split up when we walked so that we could each the floor and it won't bother you because your take a little hund - we still do this when walking in legs are shorter," I tell them. This ratiouulc won't foreign countries. Now, we split up at the dinner by and tell us about last long for they are only u hcud shorter than my liible so that they may be sealed near my mother, five feet and a quarter inch. And the gup may he the Sergeant to our troop.) If wo split up, will we shorter thnn that - iny quarter inch comes and goes resent them und mid to the tension that already with different hair ulyles, exists? And what will happen if one of us falls it.) Just before the twins were born, the hack seat asleep without having the pressure of the other was JUKI getting clenn again, 'Hint is, Mirella and bodies holding her up? Will she fall on her face? I were learning (hat we couldn't munch on Italian Will she have to get Ntitchos? bread without dropping crumbs all over (he wine Honestly, though, I'm having a hard timo imag- Make the Observer colored upholnlcry, Ten and a half yearn luter, ining our family in a vim. The thought Is Just loo gum wrappon, McDonald1', lluppymcul hug*, comfortable. your newspaper. Page 6 - CLC Observer - January 20, 1993 Editorial Upgrading Security?

CLC security has already put its new year's resolution into full Issuing one day passes to visitors who have explained their effect - checking Fordham id's of all students, staff and faculty purpose in the building, is not enough in the way of protection. One entering the building and issuing one day passes to visitors. editor told the story of her brother, a Fordham alumni, who entered the 60th street entrance on his way to a meeting of Fordham It is a noble effort indeed, for it is their duty to protect the alumnae. He had no Fordham identification, but was issued a occupants of the building, but it is one prone to chaos. Now there visitor's pass, without even having to verify that he was who he are only two out of five doors on 60th street available for entrance, said he was. He could have, and any other visitor entering the the two sets cordoned off by a rope. At the desk, id's are checked building, been issued a pass under a false name and false intentions. or rather flashed by the owner, and visitors petition for pas'ses. id's At this rate visitors can still enter the building and beyond the are not checked for validation stickers, are not looked at closely checkpoints go wandering around. enough to guarantee that they are indeed Fordham id's. Anyone can hold a wallet up with any identification in it and enter unnoticed. Visitors should be signed in and out by their hosts, or in the case of meetings, should be listed and checked off by the guards. It is not The arrangement is not set up to facilitate the chaos between 5:00 a simple proc'ess, but it is safer. an J 6:00 p.m., at which time this building is most fully occupied, when evening students rushing from work rush to classes. Between There is a need for security to be upgraded, but the process at the the students fiddling in their purses and bags for id's, and others entrance points have to be tightened in order for the occupants to giving explanations at the desk, it will be a very busy evening for feel secure and protected. the guards.

Children of the Rainbow continued from page 7 Rainbow stand for it, not in God's country! Gays and lesbians need to know that ithey are an abomina- tion, that they are sick individuals bent on recruit- ing unsuspecting heterosexual children for their By Erna Leslie perverted cult. Where is a curriculum telling chil- dren who to hate? My five-year-old godson, Matthew, is starting Catholic school children are luckier than most; first grade next month. He can count from one to they don't have any former heroin addicts telling one hundred, rattle off his ABC's in his sleep, do them to be kind and respectful. I came of age just basic subtraction and addition. He also won a fine. I survived being called a fag, a queen, a spelling bee in kindergarten last year. That should homo, all under the watchful eyes of the nuns at be enough, no? my grammar school. Today's young generation of Not according to people like chancellor, Joseph gays will survive too. I have gotten over being Fernandez and school official. Gerald Ncwherry, physically and verbally assaulted. I have survived coordinator of Fairfax county's family life educa- being discriminated against, so will they. Why tion program. As far as they are concerned, Mat- should we make things more comfortable for thew should be learning one more thing. In school them? he should be learning that there arc some families I found better ways to hide my sexual orientation where two daddies eat and sleep together and two other than falling back on some curriculum talking mommies eat and sleep together. Maybe he will ••**- about inclusion. It was good for me, developed the even be reading books like Daddy's Roommate, imagination. I single handedly engineered my Heather Has Two Mommies and Gloria Goes to being known as a drug addict rather than a faggot Gay Pride. in high school. It was a lot of work cultivating that Editor-in-Chief Donna Hemans According to Fernandez, school officials and oura,,but it worked wonders for my self esteem. Staff: Mariella Andujar, Kevin Boyce, Christine Managing Editor Mina Landriscina some teachers, "Children of the Rainbow," a Young gays and lesbians would be boring if they Carotenuto, John Cummings, Sandra Delgado, Asst. teacher's guide, was developed to make children didn't have to devote so much energy and creativ- Fabian De St. Jeury, Omar Gonzalez, Chin Hui Managing Editor Anastasia Damianakos aware that there are all kinds of families out there. ity to developing masks. Kim, Joe King, Josh Kosman, Erna Leslie, Francis As they sec it, through this learning, children will News Editors Vivian Lake Mingoia, Kumar Paturi, Clare Saliba, Rebecct Schools need to perpetuate the myths and taboos understand that they should respect all races, Sean Gallagher Sausncr, Karen Sbaschnig, John Stocker, Adam surrounding sex and sexuality in our culture. On ethnic groups and religions. My reply is, "really?" Features Editors Tina Filiato Wolvek, Paul Wontorek, Teresa Yokoi. second thought why not just gel a bunch of protest- Uh-oh. Halyna Kuzyszyn ing adults to yell and scream at a bunch of young I guess, Matthew's parents, Lyncltc and Leslie, Arts Editors Lori Majcwski gay children without the benefit of media cover- were on the wrong track when they told their own Brian Hayes age. I think that would have some practical results son to share his toys, be nice to his classmates, Sports Editor JP Connolly and excuse (lie rest of us from having to be bored. when they Invited his entire kindergarten class Faculty Consultant Elizabeth Stone (twenty children of various races and religions) to his birthday. And I guess us u godmother I also have to take some blame. I scolded him when hu referred to his friends as stupid, ugly or slinky und The CLC Observer Is the Independent newspaper of the College at Lincoln Center, look him to u "Special Olympics" event where the When Matthew k older, maybe eight or nine, Fordhum University, New York. The opinions expressedln the Observer, Including thost then I might even pick up iho book, Daddy's children, all with some degree of disability, com- In columns, letters and graphics, are those of the Individual writer or artist. Thosi peted In many physical activities (explaining lo Roommate, and let him read it. Dut for now, let him work on his reading, writing and arithmetic. expressed in the editorial sure the opinions of Hie editorial board. No part of the Observtt Matthew that all the children we saw were just like • including articles, advertisements, phologruphs, and graphics - may he reproduced In him, The only difference was tliut they were u little At age five-uiKl-n-linlf, hi* future outlook on life any way , shape or form without the express written permission of the editorial slower, physically.) I guess l.ynelle, Imlic and I and people tould not rely on him understanding Nhould have been explaining lo Matthew the dif- und accepting (he difference between heterosexual liourd.The Ideas und opinions expressed In advertisements remain those of the adver- ference between hctcrosexunllly and homosexu- und homosexual relationship!. tiser. For details contact the Cl,C Observer, Ilox 18, Lincoln Center Campus, Fordhatt ality. University, New York, New York 1002.1, Koom 420. 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By Rewarding Mediocrity We Discourage Excellence

By William Cole A couple of generations ago, when a student The meeting continued along these lines, with should be Ueated equitably and fairly whoever Some will criticize my ideas because imple- decided to drop out of a course mentally but the general attitude being that a magna degree is they take a course from. This requires faculty menting them will increase competition among needed credit for having passed it, his bland and some kind of booby prize. All told, we gave (and members to act in concert. students, instead of fostering the nurturing envi-. perfunctory work would elicit the so-called I use that verb deliberately) the 26 students 7 Nonetheless, I propose a few solutions that roiuncnt that we supposedly strive to create for our "gentleman's C." Neither eloment of this phrase smnmas, Wmagnas, and a cum. Although I lack might make it easier for faculty members to begin students. But grading is comparative by defini- survives in the 90's: Now we have the firsthand experience elsewhere, colleagues in other changing their grading practices. First, we have to tion. It is meant to show how their work compares "gentleperson's B," and A- is gaining ground fast, humanities departments at Harvard and at other get rid of letter grades and replace them with with a standard of excellence; in the process, it especially in the hu. institutions have described similar situations. something equally simple but with less baggage, also shows students how the quality of their work I focus on the humanities not only because I Perhaps it is not surprising that grade inflations such as the rating system now used by a few compares with that of their classmates. teach literature and ait, but also because I have seems to have coincided with the "opening up" of institutions: "excellent," "very good," "good," Even if we won't separate the wheat from the seen hundreds of undergraduate transcripts during the curriculum that began in the late 1960's. Many "pass," and "fail." In theory, these words corre- chaff, graduate schools and employers will. As my six years of teaching at Harvard and 1 know academics now seem to believe that all cultures, spond A, B, C, D, and F; in practice, we could start transcripts begin to look more and more alike, that students get markedly lower grades in the books, and fields of study are, in some vague out afresh, using "good" us the average grade. graduate-admissions committees and employers sciences. sense, equally valid and thus, in an even vaguer Second, departments and even entire faculties increasingly are being forced to make decisions Statistically minded readers might question the sense, equally "good." Having embraced this rela- should discuss grading policies and try to agree on based on test scores and extracurricular activities. validity of this conclusion, suggesting that better tivism, some faculty members may feel that it is consistent guidelines forevaluating students' work. Students, eager for success, are rushing to com- students might tend to take more courses in the incompatible with making absolutejudgementsof I do not advocate a strict curve for grades, but pensate for grades indistinguishable from those of humanities. While theoretically plausible, I find our students. Giving everyone a good grade be- rather a general par. Teachers who find them- their peers by loading their schedules with activi- no evidence to support this hypothesis. I believe comes the path of least resistance. selves too unsettled by their relativists beliefs to ties that will single them out. Thus the studious that the existence of absolute, objective, and quan- Furthermore, while I have not taught long criticize the quality of students' work could begin sophomore spends her junior year working 60 tifiable measures of quality have somewhat sty- enough to be able to compare current students to grade on effort, which is far easier to measure hours a week as the editor of the college paper, not mied grade inflation in the sciences. Lacking such with those of decades ago, a few of my colleagues that quality and is a less subjective judgement. cracking a book until reading period. When it criteria, humanities instructors could hold the line insist that the pre- Determining whether comes time for law schools to choose among only with toughness and rigor - and they have not. cipitous drop in a student has assidu- applicants, my money's on the student editor. In many courses, faculty members are giving the quality of stu- ously researched a pa- If we don't force students - through rigorous out relatively high grades for average or subpar dents have forced per or carefully con- grading - to make the curriculum the centerpiece work. While such inflation might look innocent, it them to abandon structed an argument of their agenda, they won't. The shift of focus has in fact grown into a significant problem, with standards alto- is a less arduous task away from academics and toward extracurricular no end in sight. By rewarding mediocrity we gether. While I than rating him or her accomplishments not only cheats students but discourage excellence. Many students who work recognize that as a literary critic. also decreases the influence of teachers and cheap- hard at the outset of their college careers, in their memories Finally, on stu- ens our services. pursuit of good grades and honors degrees, throw may be faulty, I dents' transcripts, the These days, it's almost a pleasant surprise to up their hands upon seeing their peers do equally find it amusing to average grade for all find a crisis in education that can be solved with- well despite putting in far less effort. ponder the possi- students in a particu- out enormous quantities of federal money or a Today's students, it seems to me, are highly bility that we can lar course should ap- massive overhaul of the system. Solving the prob- pragmatic individuals who, while eager to learn, attribute the rise pear next to the grade lem of grade inflation requires neither of these; it are even more eager to succeed. After all, one does in grade-point the student received. requires simply that we acknowledge the problem not get into a highly competitive private college - averages to the decline of the quality of the student This would force teachers to make comparative and begin to act more responsibly. or any other selective institution - in the first place body. evaluations and would give students less reason to without figuring out the prerequisites for admis- Whatever the reason C's, D's and F's have seek out lenient professors. Professors would be William Cole is an instructor in Romance lan- sion and then managing to fulfill them. But if, become casualties of the rebellion against the old embarrassed to have transcripts show that they guages and literatures at Harvard University, after being admitted, a student sees that all that we order. We have convinced ourselves that it is gavceveryone high grades, and students would be where he recently received his Ph. D. demand for success is minimal effort, that's all somehow wrong (or impossible) to discriminate, less inclined to seek easy courses if their tran- we'll get. even between good work and bad. scripts reflected that fact to employers and gradu- Reprinted with permission from The Chronicle of Furthermore, most teachers seem to have for- Another problem is laziness: It is easier to give ate-school admissions committees. Higher Education, January 6, 1993. gotten the motivational power of a low grade. We a good grade than a bad one. We are rarely called sometimes carelessly assume that by giving B- to account for awarding an A, while anyone who minuses (or better) to students who we honestly fails a student must be prepared to back up the feel should have failed, we are doing them a big grade with solid evidence, such as carefully graded favor. Will their employers so indulge them later exams and papers. Even C's and D's are likely to Rainbow Children, Who on? It might not occur to our former students to elicit irate calls from students, their advisors, and blame their failures in life on our laxity, but some sometimes from parents. The fact that many fac- of the fault may well lie with us, their teachers. ulty members regard teaching as a nuisance more Needs Them? How can we expect our students - who will than a duty only exacerbates the problem; they someday constitute an influential segment of soci- may feel it's simply not worth their time to defend ety and the electorate - to take the humanities low grades to students who challenge them. Thus seriously when they see how easily they can they opt to dispense A's. achieve maximal results? I find it both odd and Teaching assistants, on the other hand, usually ly Sean Gallagher disturbing that most English majors at Harvard have the energy to try to teach well and are The debate over the new New York City public themselves. would never dream of challenging themselves concerned about awarding grades that accurately urriculum called Children of the Rainbow is I, personally, would also like to applaud the with an introductory course in computer science, reflect the quality of student's work. But they face loring me. In fact, I'm sick to death of hearing news media for serving the public good by focus- for example, while many computer science stu- another dilemma: They are particularly vulner- ibout how it would encourage children to accept ing on the sensational aspects of the story and dents regularly take upper-level English courses able to student opinion (through student evalua- lifferences and respect their neighbors through a showing the rest of the country, once and for all, to give themselves a break from the rigors of the tions of their teaching, for example), and thus •ariety of activities and assignments. I don't care that New York is a bastion of Republican family chosen field of study. often are excessively eager to please. nymorc if first graders are taught that gays are values. I, though I tune out the story, was glad to lormal, just like everyone else. see the image of a mother carrying a sign saying The first time I attended a "degree meeting," a In any case, instructors who do not distinguish Every time I see another two seconds of the "GAY IS NOT OK!'. Imagine how many young conference at which the faculty of a department good work from bad are abdicating one of the lews devoted to the story I get irate. Why should gays and lesbians saw that Linage; imagine how decides which students to recommend for honors primary responsibilities of our profession. We are younger gays and lesbians get all the breaks? many self affirming actions will be (he result of it. degrees, I began to appreciate the extent of grade paid not only to teach students, but also to profes- rhere was no Chancellor Fernandez telling school inflation, at least at Harvard. There I saw the sionally evaluate them. I know that, for myself, every bottle of beer and wards to teach openly and honestly when I was in every acid trip to kill the pain and humiliation cumulative grade-point average if each of the We can hardly expect students to take us to task ;rammar school. I had to live in fcur that if anyone eventually paid off. Young gays and lesbians students majoring in literature; I was quite sur- for our negligence: The lazy ones are happy to get mew I was gay I would be turned away from my should be initiated by fire lest they be tempted to prised to learn that most had averages hovering high grades, figuring that that's tho least they family and friends. live in the closet of a comfortable heterosexual between A and A-. My astonishment swelled as deserve for their (parents') money, and the dili- existence. the meeting progressed. gent ones don't usually realize until long after I had to live behind a mask, even though other cids still called me faggot and homo. Children of The curriculum should be scrapped so as not to While we were considering one particular stu- they've graduated that they' vc been cheated outof he Rainbow? Who needs it? New York wus doing foster acceptance, Where would young gays and dent for honors, the chairman asked ti few of my intellectual growth by not being held to higher ust fine without ill After all, where would we be lesbians be without internalized homophobia? I colleagues to shine their impressions of him, One standards. So, ultimately, the very college facul- f we didn't have fag hashing, racial violence, and know from my own experience that my own professor admitted that she had given him "only" ties that have allowed grading to deteriorate are >ther bias crimes to buttress our prejudices? homophobia has lead me to ferret out other cloi- a B+, but added that she didn't think that should the only ones with the power to fix tho situation. I grew up Isolated on Long Island. Young gays cled individuals to distract external homophobia prevent him from getting a swiinui. When pressed, Unfortunately, however, they have little motiva- tml lesbians (hut would supposedly be helped by from myself. Of course, it almost never worked, the admitted that she had awiudcd him such a "low tion to do so, since they have yet to be adversely caching tho curriculum would lose the character but at lousl I had the option. I had to deal with the grade" because he had failed to hiiiul in a term affected. uillding involved in internalizing negative men- guilt of doing It, paper - the only written work that she had required A frujtrotlng aspect of the status quo Is (hat each lagei about being gay. I think young gayn and Where does the government get off trying to of students In the course. In other wortln, thin of us Ix Impotent to act alone. It would be unfair for eiblnnx would benefit from thinking it's more protect tho rights of the individual by educating student had "earned" n B+, Harvard'* third-high- a tingle professor in a department to utart giving mportniit to bo liked than to feel good about children that everyone hits rights, anyway? I won' ent grnde, fur class paillclpulloii, lower crude* limn his or her colleague*; ntudenU continued mi i>tige 6 Page 8 - CLC Observer - January 20,1993 ARTS Art World Mourns Close Death of Icons Encounters with the Orb

By Brian Hayes The corridors glowed with strips, of futuristic Britain. The title of "The Blue Room," a track on neon lights hovering above me, hanging from the the new album, was token from the nickname of ceiling. Metal sculptures jutted out from the the Hangar 18 at Ohio's Wright Paterson Air grainy, gray walls. After surveying my surround- Force Base. The story goes that the hangar har- ings, I concluded that I had been beamed up into bored the bodies of dead space aliens, a fetish of some alien space craft, on my way to meet with the duo's which rears its head a few times over the head aliens. the course of the album. Turns out, that wasn't exactly an exaggeration. So, looking across the table at these two Okay, I was really on planet Earth. More specifi- "people" (aliens posing as people?), I wondered cally, in the modern offices of Polygram records. if (hey were for real or what. But the two I were assigned to interview hardly "Do you believe in UFOs?" I asked. seemed human. These two aliens I was on my "No," Alex said, pulling away the joint he way to meet were Alex Paterson and Thrash of offered me. "Do you?" the British group, the Orb. And the futuristic I figured these guys didn't take their music conference room seemed like the perfect dwell- too seriously. Right, Alex? ing for this pair, who hardly behave like earth- "What do you think?" lings. Silence. Alex, dressed in an over-sized T-shirt, baggy "Of course not. We just sit back and..." pants and stocking cap, looked like a lost, drugged- Like a Zombie, Thrash rose from his chair and out surfer. Tired from the previous night's parly, finished the sentence: "...put our feet up." • he was a little disinterested and arrogant (a little?). A few questions and more obnoxious, sarcastic Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993 Thrash could easily have been mistaken for Eino answers later, I almost felt like I was getting Philips on a bad acid trip, with his jet black hair mangled and messy, a bewildered look permanently set upon his face.

By Karen Sbaschnig Before I met the Orb, I decided they must be musical visionaries after lis- "America is like going to a January 6, 1993 will he remembered as the and the Kirov school at the age of 17. By 23, tening to their latest album U.F. Orb, day the music and dance community lost two of hehad defected from the U.S.S.R in the middle restaurant and asking for a an instrumental album consisting of a its greats, Dizzy Gillespie and Rudolph Nureyev. of a Kirov Ballet Tour. techno, new-age mixture that undu- glass of water" Gillespie was mourned by over 4,000 people Even though he was not a naturally gifted lates one's euphoria and emotions. It's last week at a memorial service held for him at dancer, (he started dancing at 17 which is definitely weird. It makes you dance as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The large considered late for a serious dancer) Nureyev it puts you to sleep. This sampling of gathering was symbolic of how many people his was known for his athleticism, high leaps and random sounds with drum machines music touched. a determined drive. His lack of coordination and synthesizers results in a psychedelic, modem John Birks Gillespie, known affectionately drove somewhere with Alex. He actually began to talk transformation of the classical music label. The as Dizzy, grew up in Cheraw, South Carolina. about the music. music sounds almost spacey—like transcenden- While in the third grade, Gillespie was envious "It's about escapism," he said. '1 mean, the tal emissions NASA might pick up. Confused? of a fellow classmate's shiny new trumpet. By music scene is not limited to Seattle bands." Don't worry. Critics are too. And so, it seems, is the age of 12, Dizzy personally owned one Well, at least I got a printable quote, something Alex. himself. of substance. And then Alex started to go off I ask Alex how he would describe his music. In 1939, Dizzy joined Cab Calloway's or- about some Indian influences in the music. After pausing a minute (either for loss of the right chestra. He wanted to experiment with jazz and "There is definitely some der ner ner ner ner, word or out of sheer confusion), Alex, his chair in try different expressions of music. Dizzy even- der ner ner ner ner ner ner," he said, humming an empty pizza box and among other miscella- tually left the tutelage of Calloway to discover some Indian-sounding tune. neous garbage which filled room, decided to his own avenues of expression. I tried to keep up. Honest, I did. But Alex reply. Bebop, an angular, spare, largely iinprovi- definitely lost me when he rambled on for five "It's like R2D2. Right Thrash?" sational style of music, was popularized by minutes about the white colonization of India, Thrash, caughtoff guard because he was heavily Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, most of his words being incoherent. into rolling up a joint, finally answered, "More who also collaborated with Thelonious Monk, Cutting the interview a little short (sorry. Orb like C-3PO, I think." Kenny Clarke and a few others. With Parker and fans), I asked Alex that last question, the one Gillespie at the forefront. Bebop replaced Swing Okay, I thought, let's try talking about the which means tiine-to-go: "Alex, is there any- as the dominant style of Jazz as well as initiated songs. thing else you'd like to say?" a surge of creativity that continues to this day. Previous Orb creations include the adorable "America is like going to a restaurant and Among Gillespie's many albums are "The "Little Fluffy Clouds," which had a hilarious asking for a glass of water," he said. "And when Men From Minton's" (1941), "Dizzy Gillespie sample of singer Rickie Lee Jones babbling about you pick up the glass, it's not made of glass. It's Sextet" (1945), "Body and Soul" (1949), "Jazz something or other, and "A Huge Ever Growing plastic. Chcwcd-on plastic." Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the atMasseyHaH"(l953)."Gioovin'lligh"(l955), Beam me up, Scotty. There are no intelligent Ultra World," a 40-minutc single which miracu- "Manteca" (1958), "Birks Work's" (1958), life fonns here. "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac" (1967), "Afro- lously still managed to reach the Top Ten in Cuban Jazz Moods" (1975), "Small Combos" (1988) and "Live at the Royal Festival Hall" Rudolf Nureyev, 1938-1993 (1991). The bent horn, his trademark, was not inten- Nureyev to work harder at developing his own tionally designed by Gillespie. In 1953, Dizzy unique method and style. Coming next issue: returned to a recording session and saw lliat (he Nureyev was not exclusively a dancer. He end of his trumpet was hunt up in a 45-degree helped dispose of the ideology that dancers had angle. When he tried blowing iniu it, Dizzy to remain loyal to one dance company at a time liked what he heard and never invested in u new company. Nureyev performed around the world An exclusive interview one. unil performed in a variety of roles and compa- Another urlistic pioneer, Nureyev, one of the nies, lie danced to modern works by Martha ballot's top performers and teachers, also died Graham, PnuIToylor and MiniiiccDcjnrt, while on Junuury 6. AIDS is rumored to have caused Mill remaining true to the classic roles. with the of cleulh of the 54-year-old dancer. In 1983 he settled down to becorno Iho Nureyev was horn of |)eiisaiil parenls in Ufa artistic director of the Purls Opera Ballet, Dur- of the former U.S.S.R. Despite hid lulhcr's ing his six years us director, Nuroyov gavo the (li'o&iYM for Nureyev to become a doctor or company an elite reputation while sometime! ; Alec Baldwin onglneor, ho became oNmcd with the urtirtry making headlines due to his excessive tem- uf dunce ul the ugo of nix. I la nuido ll in Leningrad perament. Tho bullet world will miss him. January 20,1993- CLC Observer - Page 9 ARTS Cheers For Downey's Chaplin Jeers for Attenborough 's visual wasteland

drop. It looks as if it should have been a made- Nancy Travis (\ Men and a Baby) as aspiring for-TV movie, the mini-series that gets the actress Joan Berry; Diane Lane (The Cotton Club) front page of TV Guide. Richard Attenborough as third wife Paulette Goddard; Marisa Tomei chooses shot sequences that give the scenes no (My Cousin Vinny) as silent screen actress Mabel sense of continuity or fluidity. Fade in and fade Normand; and Moira Kelly (Billy Bathgate, The out shots are set in dream sequence-style, a Cutting Edge) playing Chaplin's first love, Hetty technique frequently used by the no-talent soup Kelly, and his final love Oona O'Neill. operas that pollute the airways. This movie is worth seeing because of the Saying that too much emphasis was put on performance by Robert Downey, Jr. and the star the directing of Downey would be sophomoric, studded celebrity cast, but to fully capture and but the enormous amounts of attention paid to appreciate the artistry and genius of Charlie capturing the essence of Chaplin takes away from the basic techni- cal necessities so crucial to the success of this film. This is cinema, not the stage, which calls for ad- equate elaboration. Though British by birth, Chaplin succeeded in capturing the essence of American life in the post-Industrial Revolution urban setting. Chaplin's films served two main purposes. For me, he sought to entertain, but he also felt it was crucial to raise public conscious- ness on a wide variety of topics, ranging from politics to the status of the world to the Great Depres- sion. It was his duty as an artist, he believed, to break away from the fear and complacency that strangled the country throughout his career. Chaplin (Robert Downey Jr.) sees himself for the first time on film. Chaplin's life was plagued by gov- By John Stockcr ernment inquiries because the FBI Who in their right mind would even dare to circa 1920. thought that he was a communist endeavor portraying an actor, director, producer, Portraying Chaplin from the young age of sympathizer. He also had an affin- composer, editor and screenwriter whose film 19 on through his 83rd year, Downey tries to ity for younger (jail bait) women. career spanned more than 60 years? The answer encompass every detail of the little tramp's life. Over 18, not allowed. is not Jesus, but the performance was close to He-learned to play tennis with his left hand and If you need a diversion in this divine. . , studied with mime expert Dan Kamin in order to film there are a slew of gorgeous mimic the posture and physical style of Chaplin. As Chaplin, Robert Downey, Jr. comes as young actresses toentertain theeye. Downey with Moira Kelly Downey felt that the minor details would make close to anyone has or ever will to embody ing the Included in this group are Milla or break the character and ultimately diminish godfather of world cinema and maybe as artistic Jovovich (Kuffs) as Chaplin's first wife Chaplin you must view his original works and put the overall impact of the film. as the man credited for the transfer of film from Mildred Harris; Penelope Ann Miller (Awaken this particular production oul of mind. the dusty five-cent barns in Butte, Montana to The great tragedy of this film lies in its ings. Kindergarten Cop) as Edna Purviance the grand gold and whorehouse red movie halls, inability to convey a visually stunning back- Fordham educator named Tony nominator

By Mina Landrlscina For most people associated with the theater, to panel my knowledge of theater, an appreciation said. Her parents, Edward Thompson and Evelyn It seems to be working. Actress Christine Lahti, be appointed a Tony nominator would certainly of theater and an ability to be a critical evaluator," Preer Thompson (who used her maiden name a former pupil, always thanks Sister Thompson be something to get excited about. But if Sister said the nun who has been teaching for more than professionally) belonged to the first black dra- whenever she gets a chance. Francesca Thompson, Assistant Dean for 30 years, 10 of which have been at Fordham. matic stock company that toured the country, It wasn't theater that introduced Sister Thomp- AAHANA (Afro-American, Hispanic, Asian, As a Tony nominator, she is required to see all allowing her to grow up around theater personali- son to Fordham, but, instead, poetry. "I first met Native-American) Affairs at Rose Hill is enthu- of the Broadway shows before the spring cut-off ties, listening to theater talk, said Sister Thomp- her when she came to read for a poetry reading," siastic, she's doing a great job concealing it. date which is usually decided soon after CBS son, whose given name is Edeve, after bothof her said Father George McMahon, S.J., Vice Presi- "I don't consider this the most important part of announces when the event is to be broadcast, parents. dent of the College at Lincoln Center and a close my contribution to Fordham," she said, discuss- Sherman explained.The nominators then have "My parents were always proud of the fact that friend for 12 years. "I was really impressed with ing her appointment to the awards committee in about a month to decide who they will nominate they set a precedent, that they did what no other her. She really reads poetry beautifully. Even a recent phone interview from her Bronx office. for Tonys. Although she does have meetings with black actors had done before," she said. "They before she became a professor here, I thought it Well then, was it a dream come true? her fellow nominators, Sister Thompson said, did serious theater instead of the song-and-dance would be great to bring heron the campus." She chuckled. "I've always wanted to be a sister "Nobody influences anybody else's votes." associated with black performers." Sister Th- Though she is encouraged by the good work of St. Francis," she said, before quickly returning To fulfill the duties of the one-year appoint- ompson, who loves the plays of Anton Chekov, being done by the regional theaters, Sister Th- to her staid manner. ment, she has tried to keep abreast of what is Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill, grew ompson feels there has been a slow decline in the While Sister Thompson docs not work profes- going on in the theater world by keeping a note- up doing community and school theater, taking quality of theater, a falling away from its real lionally in the theater, she does teach acting up at book containing notes on the plays, reading re- on such roles as Penelope, Ulysses' wife in "The purpose — to entertain, teach, and leave an Rose Hill. This semester she is teaching History views and critiques, and staying in touch with Odyssey," Madam Petipont in the French farce, imprint on society to make statements about of African and Afro-Aincrican Studies Theater, several of her former students who arc now "The Girl From Maxim's," and Mrs. Sums in society. Afro-American Drama 1847-present and Explor- acting professionally. "Our Town." "All the reul purposes of theater seem to have ing values in Black and White Drama. Her Tony Award producer and general manager Though she stopped acting a long time ago, tuken second place to the mammons of the al- expertise qualifies her to take her place on the Roy Somlyo got the ball rolling when he recom- Sister Thompson's affection for the theater never mighty dollar," she said. nominating board, replacing one of nine nomina- mended Sister Thompson to the committee. diminished. "I think it is wonderful to be able to Not only is quality suffering, according to Th- tors (an unusually high number) dismissed last Did he discover her? How did they meet? move an audience, to touch and speak to the heart ompson, but there is also not enough encourage- year. "We've had some association over tho past 10 of an audience in a way that they cannot be ment being given to young, aspiring performers "I believe I was recommended because of my years," she said, unwilling to elaborate further. "I spoken to through the written word," she said. and writers. Concerned thatcxpensive tickctpriccs working knowledge of the theater," said the nun think [he recommended me] because he was And to, with a bachelor's degree in English, a are discouraging audiences, Sister Thompson who grew up in Indfamipolis, IN. She declined to aware of my background. Ho was aware of my Masters in Education (with a concentration in suggested that production costs be lowered. discuss her qualifications further. teaching experience and he was aware of my communication) und a Ph.D. in theater, she chan- But isn't that nearly impossible? Though no specific rule of the Tony Adminis- lettering experience of the theater." neled her love for the theater into teaching. "If it was, I wouldn't surest it," she replied, tration Committee requires it, a theater educator Sherman shed a little inoro light on Sitter For her Dluck Druina und Classics ellipses. Sis- with a briskness that is churuclcristic. has served on the panel for the punt couple of Thompson's appointment. "Obviously, she met ter Thompson tries to dike her students where "1 hope the (Tony Awards) arc a chance for the years, according to Tony Award press agent the proper criteria," ho said. "The committee felt they will most likely see some good acting. tlieutcr community to show appreciation of its Koith Sherman. Of the 15 nominators on the that based on her background that she was fit to "I want them exposed to theater as it is presently own," Sister Thompson .said. "I hope that it it an committee this year, ho suld, Sinter Thompson in servo." being produced on Broadway," she Nuid. "I wnni opportunity to give some encouragement to those the only educator. Tho theater chapter of Sister 'IliompKon'g life them to he iible to critically evnluute whul they who have worked lung und hard at presenting Sinter Thompson conceded she feels she him a opens at the beginning •- (ho very beginning. I ler see. 1 want them to develop u taste for good quulity theutvr." special role to piny. "I think Unit I bring to the love for (he theater film led "when I was born," she drama," Page 10 - CLC Observer-January 20,1993

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March 23,24 at 3:30 h 9:15pm April 6 at 2:30pm & April 7 at 6:30pm Sponsored by the Student Programming Board, I'ordham University, ColldRe at Lincoln Center. January 20, 1993 - CLC Observer - Page 11 ARTS Same Old

Grammy nominations conservative, as usual

King Cole, Unforgettable. Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Other nominees for Record of the Year Grammy ("Beauty and the Beast"), as is Gen- are BiH Ray Cyrus's "Achy Breaky Heart," esis ("I Can't Dance"), George Michael and Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson for "Beauty Elton John ("Don't Let the Sun Go Down on and the Beast," lang for "Constant Craving," Me"), Prince and The New Power Generation and Vanessa Williams for "Save the Best for ("Diamonds and Pearls") and Patti Smyth Last" This category is a toss-up, with Clapton and Don Henley ("Sometimes Love Just Ain't and Williams leading the pack. Enough"). Interestingly, the nominees for Song of More proof that the Academy is "going the Year are identical to those for Record of gray" can be seen by the inclusion of Nine-Inch the Year. Here, the Grammy goes to the Nails in the Best Metal Performance Category. songwriter. Do the members feel that any loud, heavy guitar Rounding out the Best Pop Vocal Perfor- stuff must be metal? Will we see the emergence mance, Male, are: Peter Gabriel for his al- of Best Techno or Best Industrial Performance bum. Us; Michael Jackson for the single over the next few years? "Black or White;" Elton John's single, "The In selecting the nominees for Best Alterna- Best New Artist nominee, Arrested Development OK," and Lyle Lovette forhis albumJoshua tive Music Album, the Academy stuck mostly Judges Ruth. to the music they could handle: Good Stuff'(The By Lori Majcwski Another sign that the "unplugged" format B-52's; Wish (The Cure); Your Arsenal The National Academy of Recording Ails coveted Grammy, Record of the Year, as well became widely accepted in 1992 is the nomi- (Morrissey); Bone Machine (Tom Waits), and and Sciences is showing its age. as Song of the Year. He was also nominated for nation of Mariah Carey's MTV Unplugged Nonsuch (XTC). Where are The Lemonheads, The nominees for the 35th Annual Grammy Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male ("Tears in EP in the category of Best Pop Vocal Perfor- Sonic Youth, Soul Asylum?JEven Nirvana? mance, Female. The competition is stiff, Awards seemed like the invite list for the Rock Heaven") and Best Rock Vocal Performance, Expect two-time Grammy winner Clapton to .. though, from Celine Dion, for her self-titled and Roll Hall of Fame instead of a group of artists Male (Unplugged). pick up something at the Awards, says Nick album, lang; for her song, "Constant Crav-. who helped shape the music of 1992. As usual, Perhaps the biggest surprisa was Clapton's Rhodes, whose band Duran Duran will perform ing;" Lennox, for Diva, and Williams for this year's nominees reflect the conservative nomination for Album of the Year for his during the live broadcast on February 24 at The "Save the Best for Last." taste of the Academy, whose average member is Unplugged LP. Other nominees include k.d. Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. approaching his forties, according to NARAS. lang. Ingenue; Annie Lennox, Diva; U2, Nominated in the Best New Artist cat- "They've got to give him something," Rhodes Eric Clapton, whose band Cream was Achtung Baby, and the soundtrack for Beauty egory (alumni include Milli Vanilli) are said. "I mean, all those nominations." rap group Arrested Development, Cyrus, inducted into the Hall of Fame during a cer- and the Beast. Thoughan unconventional nomi- For the record, Whitney Houston's platinum Sophie B. Hawkins, Kris Kross and John emony held in Los Angeles last week, led all nee, Unplugged is considered to be a serious single. '1 Will Always Love You," Was not Secada. . nominees with a total of nine nominations. contender for the award. Last year's winner released during the eligibility year (October 1, Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" is up for the most was Natalie Cole's tribute to her father, Nat Dion and Bryson are also up for the Best 1991 — September 30. 1992) and ihu, could not be nominated. Top Ten Reasons to write for ARTS: 10. You can go see movies for free! & The view of The Plaza from Room 420, 8. You might be able to interview one of your favorite bands! 7. You don't want to waste your Student Activity Fee! 6. Get on the guest list for CLC mainstage productions! Discover jazz, ballet, 5. All the Duran Duran you can lis.ten to! modern, fitness classes and more at the premier (Need we say more?) dance school on the 4. You get to be in the staff box! Upper West Side. 3. You don't really want to write for The Classes at all levels for adults and children. Ram's Culture section, do you? For more information, 2. There aren't any sports at CLC for you to call (212) 767-0940. join anyway! And the number one reason to write for ARTS is:

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8y Tina Filiato I have to admit hockey is not my area of exper- surprises. David Cone ended up in his hometowr ise, but there is one thing I know for a fact, there Kansas City, instead of New York, to the disma) is only one puck used during the game. I know it of Yankee fans. And the Mets didn't even talk U las-not been the best season for Ranger Fans, but Barry Bonds. The Mets didn't talk to anyone. I ;uys you can not go around throwing pucks on the seems that the Bronx Bomers made out muct ce. There are some things you just can not do for better than their counterparts from Queens. Witt I'OUT team, scoring goals is one of them. the additions of pitchers Jim Abbot and Jimm Key.outfielderPaulO'Neill, shorts topSpikeOwer ****** and veteran third baseman Wade Boggs, the Yan kees have greatly increased their chances in th( I went to a Knicks/Clippers weakened American Leagu ;ame at the Garden over the East. The only major goings 01 ireak and if it was any indica- for the Mets was the acquiisitioi Lemieux ion of how the Kiiicks have of shortstop Tony Fernandez )layed this season I think their though a help, nothing earu" in first place on luck. It was moving. Both teams have he poorest game I have ever, chance t»o win their division, bu ieen played. There were some it is only January you neve: ate second dramatics that took know. 29 days to pitchers an the game into overtime and catchers. v J % here for awhile it looked like [ *1»- *" \"'I *''*JBi he Knicks had pulled the Dennis Byrd, accompanied by wife, specks to the •ame out of the fire. But with ****** press. ess than two seconds left in )vertime, the Clippers scored College basketball is heatinj game winning 3 pointer. up. Seton Hall ison fire. It seem; that all you need to win is a gu) named Hurley on the team. A; the seasons heats up, our .Rams seem to be as cold as ice. The) I have to say one thing for have lost seven of the last games By Tina Filiato ny time at the Garden, the I have a feeling that the NCAA I have a personal Hall of Fame, in which I place Another sports great has also fallen to theJimi- achos there^are much better Tournament is far off in th< athletes that I admire for their physical ability, as tations of the body. Mario Lemieux, one of the han the ones at Shea Sta- furture. well as their spirit. Few names hang in this Hail, greatest hockey players of all tune, was diagnosed iium. because a true spirit and love of the game and life with Hodgkin's disease, a form of cancer that exist jn the hearts of few athletes toddy. Many are effects the Lymph nodes. Lemieux always played driven by multi-million dollar salaries and go with his heart and it showed in his expertise. His Once again Andre Agrassi has come down witl some excuse to miss the Australian Open. Andre I would like to congratulate Reggie Jackson on if you don't play in all four Tournaments you cat lii induction into the Hall of Fame and his decision never win the Grand Slam. I think he's just scarce The word hero is used often in sports, but few truly » go in as a New York Yankee. Jackson spent of what the weather Down Under will do to hit nore years on the West Coast with Oakland, but he hair. deserve it. was our Mr. October. He had the skill and the ittitude to make it in the Big Apple. Jackson was rude for New York and will always be part of what If something incredible didn't happen on Sun nakes up the nostalgia of the House the Ruth Built. ? day, I am taking the San Francisco 49ers in the where the money is best. On November 29, a little condition is said to be reversible, but one can Super Bowl. known football player made his way into my Hall never tell with cancer. of Fame. Lemieux, if all goes well with his treatment, will The winter meeting are over, so are the Bowl Dennis Byrd, the Jets' defensive end, was going be back with the Pittsburgh Penguins in a few »ames and a young fan's fancy turns toward base- Here's hoping 1993 is a better year in New Yori about his job trying to sack the quarterback. He months and Dennis Byrd, though he will never >all season. The winter meetings brought us some Sports!!! missed his mark and changed the course of his life play football again, will continue to inspire his V forever. Dennis Byrd broke his neck and ended his teammates, fans and everyone who knows of his football career. A man driven by glory or money story. These two incredible athletes join San Di- would be bitter, broken in spirit as well as body. ego Padres pitcher Dave Dravecky, Giant line- But this is not the case. At a press conference on man Karl Nelson, Yankee pitcher Jim Abbot and Instead of using this space January 12, we were shown the true meaning of Tennis great Arthur Ash, among others, in my the word hero. Byrd sat in his wheelchair, talked of Hall of Fame. These men exemplify the heart, his progress, and with a voice filled with determi- soul and faith of what makes a hero. The word nation stated that he will walk again. I saw the true hero is used often in sports, but few truly deserve for an ad, we would rather spirit of someone who built a life around compe- it. These men do. tition. He will be fighting that battle, the toughest put in your article. Come of his life, but I believe he will suceed. to workshop, Mondays at 3, Room 406 or call the of- fice at 636 - 6255. Classifieds

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