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April 6,1994 Volume 46 Number 24
Environmental Views Dominate Camden Session
CAMDEN, NY. Students from the Council consists of 16 members ap- Council to strengthen regulations on Student Environmental Action Coali- pointed by the governors of the four forestry practices. "Forestry practices tion (SEAQ of Syracuse endorsed rec- need to be sustainable states plus one representative from the , both for the lo- ommendations on the future of the US Forest Service. The NFLC was cal economies and for the wildlife " , Great Northern Forest today (March formed todevelop recommendations said a representative of the National 24) at a public listening session in for Congress and the four state gov- Audobon Society. "Please strengthen Camden, NY. It was a chance to see ernments to conserve environmental, forest practice standards to ensure the policy system in action and an op- economic, and community values of healthy, productive forests where wild- portunity for concerned citizens to the Great Northern Forest The project life habitat and recreational resources voice their opinions about manage- are coaserved " is a unique attempt to manage on the , Dan Plum ley, a for- ment of the Great Northern Forest re- ecosystem level rather than on the state ester and resident of the Northern For- gion. level. est urged the Council. "Excessive clear cutting and highgrading should be The Great Northern Forest region Environmental views dominated eliminated," Plumley said. is the largest contiguous forested area the evening. The most commonly ad- in the northeastern US, stretching dressed recommendation was Recom- Land acquisition for preservation across 26 million acres of New York, mendation# : Biological Diversity. was another comment many expressed. Vermont " " , New Hampshire, and Maine. The conservation of biotic commu- States need to preserve land through 85% privately owned and home to one nities must " said Jason Kahn , I believe, as stated in the sale and purchase, , a million residents, the forest is under recommendations , be a dynamic per- Chatham, NY resident. "I personally pressure to develop highly-valued, " said Dan spective, not a static one, would like to see a ten-million acre highly-sensitive areas near shorelines Ardia, a graduate student at the SUNY natural preserve in Maine," Kahn said. and scenic views. The public listen- College of Environmental Science and ing session was one of 20 sessions that Forestry. "We must retain and encour- Others were concerned about the are taking place throughout the four age natural ecological processes such recommendations for tax breaks for Northe r n Forest states. Citizens are as succession, disturbance, and tu r n- land owners who keep their land clear " being asked to react to the recommen- over, Ardia said. Another conce r ned of development or logging. "I qualify dations of the Northern Forest Land for most of these tax breaks citizen, Robert McNamara, also ad- , but less Council. dressed the biodiversity issue. "I don,t taxes for me means more taxes for my think we should write off the possibil- Most of those attending com- ity of restoring biodiversity to SEAC, continued on page 9 mended the work of the Northern For- pre-European settlement conditions," est Land Council in arriving at some McNamara said. common ground between the various interests. The Northe r n Forest Land Another common view urged the April 6, 1994 Page 2 _ _ Editor L=TT=rn and stuff Greg Bubniak Beauty Contest? Business Manager Maybe I'm not up with the beauty contest scene, but I am suprised to Heather Engelman learn that pageant committees like the one advertising in last week>s Knot- Layout/Design/Copy hole expects to find participants. I am astounded to find that judging is
Greg Bubniak based on personality interviews, evening gown competition, and swimsuit Heather Engelman presentations. In other words, if you say you want to save MANkind, are Jim Sahm thin , sexy, and voluptous, you have a chance of winning! And what can you
win? What every woman wants, of course! Money, a new wardrobe and a Typists fur coat. Plus if you enter, the M iss New York USA pageant committee will Suni Edsou help you build your self-esteem, too. Win Everham When are we going to stop judging women by the way they look? Women Contributing Writers Melissa Backus are more than bodies in swimsuits. Why are "beauty contest" even in exist- Rob Barber ence? Do we as women really need to weigh ourselves up against each other? I don, Ch ris Button t know the answers to these questions, but I know one thing. Aiincc Delach I'll be swimming this summer no matter what I look like in a bathing suit. Jim Palmer Shandor Szalay Melissa Monforti Pete Tango
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We had our officers for the 1994-1995 school having an informational meeting on formal last weekend in the Thousand year as well as thank the 1993-1994 Thursday, April 14 at 7:00 PM.The Islands, and much thanks goes to of f icers for all the time and energy NAEP is a new group on campus this Kristen for all her hard work , they put into activities and programs " " year and we have had dif f iculty in planning it! We d like to congratulate they headed this year. keeping interest in the club. So, at Jen Erickson for her great job as the this meeting I will give you some chair of the ESF Spring Awards Incoming Officers information about the club and then Banquet. Colleen, we're proud of President: Maria Tumminia 1 would like to hear some of your you for being the fourth sister in a 1st Vice President: Jennifer ideas. What would you like to see row to be the student speaker at the Ferdinand done through this club? What kinds the Banquet! Your speech echoed the 2nd Vice President: Beth Lavin of alumni would you like to see on thoughts of many. Congratulations Secretary: Deb Root also to our sisters Andrea the panel of professionals we are , Jen Horan, Treasurer: Mike Mack bringing to campus? Remember, this Lisa, Katie, and Michelle who USA Liaison: Damion Sherling > received Robin Hood Oak Awards. club is for you and we can t have Advisor: Dr. Robert Frey activities for you unless we know Additional congratulations go to what you want! So, if you are Andrea, Katie and Jen for receiving Forestry Club Meeting interested, please come to the Maple Leaf Awards, and toJoelle for Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30 PM meeting and I*ll see you there. More winning the F.V. Klaehn Memorial Moon Conference Room information will be posted around Award. Finally, congratulations to all * Topics: campus and also in next week s award recipients and graduating -Last Wood Run of the Knothole. Thanks for your time. seniors, and finishing grad students. semester Everyone is welcome to attend. We"ll miss you! -Canoe Training Tit is meeting will be more for In place of chapter on -Practice Dates and Times ideas about continuing next year Sunday, the sisters watched And the -Woodsmen Team since there is not much time to plan Band Played On, a movie chronicling Competitions activities and everyone is beginning the early research into the AIDS , -Seedling Lifting to worry about finals. I just want to epidemic. We re preparing to present Anyone in any curriculum is find out who,s interested and what The Lorax in Thornden Park and at welcome to come to see what the they would like to do. ESF for Earth Week. Finally, the big Forestry Club is all about: The If you are interested in the sisters would like to thank their littles Woodsman/Woodswomen Teams > , club and ain t make it to the meeting for the surprise breakfast they made Demonstrations, Seedling Lifting, please leave a note in my mailbox in for us. It was great, guys! Even the , Wood Runs, and more! Come see the basement of Bray, #16, with your out-of-house bigs didn t miss out. what the oldest club on campus Ls all name and phone number and I ll get Thanks so much! Until next week about! Any questions, call Mary Ann back to you as soon as possible. enjoy the fresh snowfall, covering the at 428-8913 or Lawrence at 426- Christine Yates daffodils which had come up. 1130 in the evening. You are also welcome to come to the practice field Attention! and see what there is to see: at about There will be a debate tentatively on April 20, 1994, during Earth , 6:30 to 9:00 on Mondays, Week here at ESF. The topic is vegetarianism in aspects such as health Wednesdays and Thursdays we will industry, agriculture, animal rights and science. Wanted: are people be out there learning and sharpening willing to participate for each side of the issue. Interested individuals our skills! please contact Melissa Backus at 443-0858! April 6, 1994 Page 4 Sounding Off With Greg Bubniak Putting On the Wraps I was in the men's room of Marshall We as a society still insist that condoms are the answer to AIDS Hall recently, and saw aplexigalss cov- , not ered sheet of paper (not-so-coinciden- abstinence. Don't believe me? When tally next to the condom machine). The Earvin Johnson, more commonly y«w. ve. flyerwas obviously placed there by the known as "Magic", came out with his its school, and was a blatant condom ad- statement that he was HIV positive, he vertisement. One of the sentences hawked condoms right away. He did pr»ptvly. read,"Having 'unsafe, sex (no not even mention abstinence until other condom) is the #1 way youths catch groups tugged at his proverbial sleeve HIV." I was amused to find that a few and told him that abstinence works, words had been crossed out-"unsafe" too. Why? Because Magic is a prod- and "no condom" , which left the sen- uct of our society, and he has been tence saying "Having sex is the #1 way "trained" to not consider abstinence as youths catch HIV." I was more than an option in avoiding AIDS. I feel that pleased to find such a statement here the powers that be who do most of the at a school that has a condom machine condom pushing just don't trust people in the bathroom of its library. Inciden- our age to know any better-and they tally-why would a library need a are partly right. I often get the feeling condom machine? I do f ind the gen- , and that we live in a sex-crazed society To protect eral public attitude is that condoms are that many people are driven by the act. perfectly all right. This really disturbs Abstinence Is seen as an old-fashioned d alnst AIDS me, because nothing could be further thing, and that it is just not pertinent to dvd other STDs from the truth. our lives now-I know many who feel / always use that way. The truth is, as doofy as it Condoms are not the safest way to sounds, it still works. I just wish there late* con Jo rns. avoid AIDS, a fact of life. Of course, were more high profile people who we all know that abstinence is the saf- would push abstinence besides Rush For a free, full-color poster est way to avoid AIDS and anyone Limbaugh, who many won,t listen to (18" x 24"), write: would have a tough time arguing oth- because of his other ideas. Basketball AIDS Poster 3, Box 2000, erwise. People don't want to admit that players A.C. Green and David Albany, N.Y. 12220 condoms are not completely foolproof Robinson have teamed to try to get the N.Y.S. Health Department word out against AIDS. Not every condom is , but it is such a big task, they ' made well, not even latex ones. Every can t do it alone. time you„.well....you know what, you are taking a risk, condom or not Of Hey, just because condoms are out course, there are still non-latex there doesn,t mean that they'll work. Vow r\ -e e a condoms that are on the market that If you really want to play roulette with vol\-o<* iw i VV\ some clods will buy and use, which your life, then go ahead, make your vr\ v. wi are even more dangerous than the la- own day. If you listen to what you are plro te ct i«'> tex ones. No condom can be guaran- given on television and in the newspa- teed to be manufactured perfectly, as pers on condoms, you may find your- is the case with any industrial process. self a very sorry experimenter with All it takes is one defective condom condoms. In the words of a friend , to change your perspective on life for- "don't do it, it,s a trap." No truer words ,t ever. In my opinion, condoms just can were spoken. be trusted. To pri r tcit against A'OS and <*n«n STOi always use lalexcondoms 1 April 6,1994 Page 5 Temporary Field POST IT! Gamma Delta Theta,s Positions Available A Note From Julie Rawls Enviro-Tip for the Week The Northeastern Forest The on-going battle related to post- Experimentation Station, Forest ing announcements and flyers has once Inventory and Analysis Unit is again reached my o f f ice. While I (and Phosphates are used as a looking to fill temporary Forester, others) can appreciate the need to post component in most detergents be- information, there are a few things that cause they soften water and prevent Forestry Technician, and Biological Technicians positions for the everyone needs to keep in mind when dirt from being redeposited on clothes. What consumers don't know upcoming inventory of the forest doing so: resources of the state of Maine. The is that when phosphates Find their salary ranges f rom $7.00 to $9.09 per 1. Posters/flyers can only reside on bul way into streams and other water bodies hour, depending on experience and letin boards. This means no taping , the chemical compound fer- education.These are temporary to walls, windows, etc. tilizes algae and causes it to grow at positions, not leading to a permanent an extremely high rate. When this position. The 1994 field season will 2. Those who post announcements excessive amount of algae dies, the start May 2 with a three week are respoasible for removing them decaying process eats up most of the training session near Acadia National following the event. This has not oxygen in the water; oxygen that Park. Field work will begin May 23, been happening! Please take this plants and aquatic animals need to live. 1994, with a proposed ending of responsibility seriously. How can you help??? Well, December2,1994. The northern and central portions of the state will be 3. Multiple postings in the same area you can start by doing three small , inventoried from five duty station severely impact others opportu- things: locations during this field season. nity to advertise. Please keep this I. Check the side of detergent boxes for information on the amount of There will be periods of overnight in mind. travel to remote and isolated areas phosphorus. Take the percentage where logging camps will be 4. "For sale" and apartment ads should listed and multiply it by 3 to get the primarily used as a base of only be posted in the basements of total percentage of phosphates operations. The closing date is open Marshall and Bray. All other bul- present in the detergent. until positions are filled. The May 2 letin boards are designated for 2. Use a liquid detergent because most of them don, starting date does not preclude you clubs/organizations, faculty and t contain phos- from consideration if you are unable staff announcements. phates. to start at that date. To apply send a 3. Don't use as much detergent when completed copy of an SF-171 and a This is a shared concern aof stu- doing your wash-most brands tell dents you to use more detergent than you copy of your most recent college , faculty/sta f , Physical Plant, and transcripts or OPM form 1170 to the the cleaning crews. Please be courte- actually need. address: ous and take pride in the appearance of our campus. (Information obtained from 50 Robert Ilgenfritz Thank you very much for your Simple Things You Can Do To Save The Eart f f i USDA Forest Service help! 5 Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 200 Hurry! 100 Matsonford Road PO Box 6775 Radnor, PA 19087-8775 or phone (610) 975-4061 Creativity Contest Deadline is Almost here!! April 6,1994 Page 6 Computing on a Shoestring Software That,s Free Using FTP by Jim Palmer It is my belief that computers and ed. I,ll bet this distinction was pret- big deal when we are talking just related technologies are creating a ty obvious when you were in public about machines, but now we are talk- new social class system in the Unit- school-some schools had comput- ing about access to information. ed States-one based on information ers and others didn1t; some classes That's a BIG deal. technology. There are those who do had computers and others didn,t; their work by hand and there are some students had computers and As a student, you have free access those whose work is computer-assist- others didn't. It is really not such a to Internet and unimaginable amounts of free information. To take Freedom Of Imagination advantage of the mother lode, you By C. Edward Wilmot need to find a computer that is con- Just this lastweek , on the way home Euclid and missed all that was now nected to the optical cable-the pub- from Bird Library, snow was melting encompassing me? Why can we not lic clusters as SU or the Macs in 333 into puddles of iridescent magic along hold on to this extraordinary clarity of Marshall. We are going to walk Euclid Avenue, o f ering comfort and life? I am not sure, but I believe it is through what is called "anonymous aesthetic justice to an already hectic bound up in the freedom of imagina- ftp" to obtain a copy of BBEdit Lite, day. All feelings of weariness, fatigue, tion. the free text processor discussed last cold, and boredom of a long walk lifted Creativity and dreams charge our week. (A word to the wise, do not from my body; bringing instead joy very existence with new found energy. try this in the afternoon or early and wonderment My imagination took Those who take the risk will step for- evening-too much Internet traffic.) hold, guiding the soul on a journey ward , participate rather than spectate, At a Mac in one of SU's clusters fresh with new sights, sounds, and and will f ind that pretty much every- , smells. thing in life is free (well almost). open the MAC server icon, then Beauty is not just skin deep. Beauty With the barest of essentials open the Communications folder , can exists for all things, both living and we not listen to the geese f ly north- and double click on MacIP 4.0 . inert We wish to be moved by beauty; There is no window, you need to go ward, write a letter to a distant friend, smell a rose to the Network menu and select then and only then can we accomplish , vegetate in front of the greatest of feats. Nothing is more Seinfeld, sleep in late on a Sunday, Ftp.... In the Hostname box, type: beautiful than to shut the mind o f and grind.isca.uiowa.edu and User- dance the Cajun dance, build the accept the great peace that surrounds name box, type anonymous . If friendliest of friendly snowmen, taste us all. Even amongst the angriest of you get a message indicating that the sweet spring mo r ning, make love people, peace exists. We must learn to in a candle-lit room, give the f inger to things are busy, click the open but- live and only live, to want nothing, to ton to the upper right, and the OK the jerk who cut us off, have a paper desire nothing, to need nothing but the airplane competition, sing opera in the button. After a dozen attempts, you love that exists everywhere. shower, and enjoy the settingsun blaz- may wish to try another of the ad- Nothing can stop you. All is every- ing across pools of melting snow? All dresses listed at the end of this col- thing. Everything screams to you. Yet umn. Just remember, when a good is reflected in a mirror of beauty, reg- you hear only the superficial longings istering the f inely tuned laughter of the thing is free there are going to be a of desire. Rebel! Squeeze and life ex- soul. lot of people who are interested. I udes its many colored splendors. A Call forth your imagination have sometimes tried to make a con- nection for half an hour. rainbow of emotions are forever seep- and see where it may lead you. For ing through the fabric of life, giving each of us must f ind our own jou r ney, everything, expecting nothing. Proudly lying dormant, awaiting that spark If all works correctly you will get we inhale the essence and then forget which can only be lit with a lot of hope several lines of messages, the last italL and a little free will. being "/" is current directory and How many times had I walked Computing, con t inued on next page April 6,1994 Page 7 _ Computing, from last page Pizza Review a user prompt: FTP> . At the upper quit MacIP from the File menu. Acropolis,s two locations right of the FTP grindJsca.uiowa.edu window, click Go to the hard disk and double make the grade on the List button. The list of di- click on the Stuffit Expander™ .sea by Heather Engelman rectories at this site are listed in the icon; a window appears, click Con- Acropolis Pizza is the currently right scroll box, double click the tinue ; another window appears, mac line and then click the List click Save . Now you have an ex- ranked third (Kosta,s is the lead, button. Double click on the info- panded version of Stuffit Expander. Cosmo's is a close second) in the mac line and then click the List but- You can drag f iles that end in .sit or Knothole,s search for The Pizza to Recommend in the Second Annual ton. Double click on the TextPro- .hqx and they will be uncompressed. cessing line and then click the List Drag the file BBEdit Lite 2.3.2 to Pizza Extravaganza. Tasters took ad- button. Now we see the list of avail- the Stuffit Expander™ icon in the vantage of the nice weather to jou r ney able text processing files. You will folder of the same name. This will to the Marshall Street location to judge want to save it to the Mac's internal unstuff BBEdit Lite. Now you are sausage and pepperoni and mushroom hard disk, so click on the Drive but- ready to go. Please read the docu- and onion pizzas. Acropolis was rec- ton to the upper left. The Dir: box mentation. You may have noted that ommended by senior EFB major Jef- should now read Macintosh HD . there were a lot of BBEdit file-these frey Beaumont and junior advertising Go to the FTP menu major Jason Hammond. , holding down are mostly extensions to add func- the mouse button, select Transfer tionality to you new text editor. You Pizza with "nice and thick cheese" Type and then go down to Binary. might want to get some of them us- , " " On the right side of the window, ing the anonymous ftp too. nicely, browned crust and "not scroll down to bbedit-lite-232.sit enough sauce" were served in about , select it and then click the < Copy There are several other ftp sites 15 minutes. Both pizzas had moderate button. Now you have a compressed that also have these file. In case slice continuity. The veggie pizza was attractive, and had lots of slender copy of bbedit-lite on the hard disk! grind.isca.uiowa.edu is busy, you , The .sit added onto the end of the can try: wuarchive.wustl.edu (go crispy onion slices, but not enough " " name indicates that it is a stuffit ar- mushrooms. The carnivorous selec- to systems/mac/info-mac), ftp. uu. chive, so you must expand it to be net (go to archive/systems/mac/info- tion was also pretty (although the un- able to use it. To do this you need mac), and sumex.stanford.edu (go even distribution of pepperoni, and "pelletized sausage" were deemed stuffit expander (a free utility). to info-mac), ftp.hawaii.edu (goto mirrors/info-mac). negative attributes), had a "strongsau- " To get stuf f it expander you need sage odor and "high Knothole read- " to move back along the directory. At Remember to read the documen- ability through the used plates. How- ever, crusts were flavorful the prompt in the lower scroll box tation files that come with the soft- , thick at the rim, thin in the center, and nicely type: cd_ (it is cd , space and two ware. Many items are free, but some periods, cd means change directory, are "shareware." Shareware is an browned unde r neath their entirety. The es t ablishment's atmosphere was "too and .. means back one directory). honor system - try it for a while, " Now use the commands you know then if you like it pay the shareware fast foody, although the pictures of Greece were nice touches (selecting on directories, copying fee. , and the nap- files, and moving backwards along kins appeared to be made of recycled the directory tree) to go to the Com- With all the money you save us- paper(?). press-Translate directory and copy ing anonymous ftp you might get a stuffit-expander-307.sea to the hard Macintosh Quadra 610 with 8MB of The two large two topping pizzas RAM filled 8 for only $17.20. disk (.sea is self-extracting archive). , a 230 MB hard disk and a CD- 917. Add a Now go browse some. When you are ROM drive for only $1, all finished These opinions are summarized by , click the Close button keyboard ($71) and a color monitor and you will sign-off from the Uni- ($276) for a complete system. Inter- thefollowingscores. Sausage and pep- ested? Come see Jim Palmer in 334 versity of Iowa anonymous ftp site- Acropolis continuedp.9 remember that you will still need to Marshall Hall. | April 6,1994 Page 8 _ Your Money or Your Robert Cray Band Heats Up Symphony (Social) Life By Greg Bubniak gether for a while now (this being by Aimee Delach their eighth album), was a talented Last Monday at Syracuse,s Sym- bunch, too. Keyboardist Jim Pugh Hopefully by now you are aware phony Hall, the Robert Cray Band showed his stuff during "1040 Blues" and "You,re Gonna Need that the Inn Complete, the graduate (one of the America,s premier blues student club, has moved from the bands) put together an energetic Me", an Albert King classic. The Skybarn to a new, airy location in the show that made the ticket price well horn section was strong, and bass- Ski Lodge. As expected, this beau- worth it. He opened the 1 hour and ist Karl Sevaried kept things roll- tiful new Inn, not to mention the in- 30 minute set with "Forecast Calls ing by laying down a good expensive Molson Golden, comes For Pain", which set the tone for bassline. Drummer Keith Hayes not without its operating costs. the evening, with Cray"s great voice was steady as could be. and blues guitar. His soulful voice, They wound down their set and almost left the audience without Currently, S.U. graduate students which is known for its strength, was * pay $7 of their semester student fee especially radiant during "The Price playing the band s trademark song " for membership to the Inn. ESF stu- I Pay" and "I Shiver". During Smoking Gun". Fortunately, after " three songs of encore, dents have the option to do the same, Consequences", "Right Next they pulled but most of us subscribe to the "pay- Door" and "Our Last Time", it out of the bag, and then I was " completely satisfied with the per- as-you-go plan, which is currently Robert*s finesse as a blues guitar $1 at the door for all non-members. player took over. He put together formance. The price of admission some fantastic solos that sent the was enough for me to hear their " alone. This spring, we have the oppor- already raucous crowd into a cheer- rendition of "Smoking Gun tunity to decide if we want to main- ing frenzy. As he improvised, I The Robert Cray Band played tain this situation or if we want all could make out what appeared to be to a full house at Symphony Hall, ESF graduate students to become Inn him singing along with his solo and there was no secret why. They Complete members. We will be run- work. Most of his set consisted of are one of the premier blues bands * , if not the world, ning a graduate student referendum songs from the band s 1993 release, today in America on this issue. If passed, it will Shame + A Sin, which included the and they showed their fans in Syra- amount to a $7 per semester increase timely "1040 Blues", a song that cuse why. details Cray,s (and also my) feel- in the student fee for ail grads, which Robert Cray Band ings on paying federal taxes in the will go directly to the Inn. In return, Concert Rating: door fees will be eliminated for all United States. A graduate Stumpies. His band, which has been to- Over the next week, please think about whether or not you (and your fellow students) go to the Inn seven times in a semester (roughly every other Thursday). The new location and "the polls will close" at 6:30pm. adelach(o>mailbox if you can devote and its associated costs may mean a future increase in door fees- it also I encourage everyone to vote, since a few hours. I also encourage pro , s probably means more special events we need one third of the graduate stu- and con arguments for next week dents, votes to validate a referendum. and opportunities to go there. Knothole (get those to the KH office I am also looking for volunteers to by Friday afternoon). Again, please consider this issue and take a minute The referendum will run on April staff the balloting at those times. Please contact me at 106 Illick, leave to vote next week. 13,14 and 15, from 10am to 2pm, in the Marshall lobby. The ballot box a note in my mailbox at 133 Illick, or send a message to will also be at tlieTGIF on April 15, I April 6, 1994 Page 9 _ _ Friend SEAC, from page 1 on land owners. More land owners are Be a friend neighbor," one land owner said. expected to attend. Don ' misunderstanding. "The f inal recommendatioas will be alumnus. "Everyone s voice needs to Sleep now steals our attention presented to Congress, the four suite be heard." and 1 imagine I am governments, and local governments a toy soldier; sometime this summer after we incor- Acropolis, from p.Q in a toy tent po r ate consideration of the public in- peroni: sauce 12.3/20,cheese 16.7/20, and my toy life will put from hearings like this one," said toppings 12.7/20, esthetics 4.0/5, and rejuvenate upon winding Bob Stegeman, a New York State other 123/15 fora total of 74.3. Mash- Sleep is my winding NFLC member. room and onion: sauce 14.5/20, crust And the river stays 16/20, cheese 18/20, toppings 15.1/20, awake to guard us or In New York, the recommendations esthetics 4.3/5, and other 8.5/15 for a maybe the f ish have something to will affect the land ase controls and total of 76.1, do with it. management of the Adirondack State and the smoke isn,t drowsy just yet. Parkand the Tug Hill Plateau. The lis- In general, Acropolis features a va- The embers, bright still-cooking f ire. tening session scheduled in Long Lake riety of pizzas, calzones, hot and cold They'll glow until the sun floods in the Adirondack State Park on April sandwiches, even dinners . Take out, and 27 promises to be more controversial eat in , or have it delivered (even to day begs us. becaase of the regulatioas on land ase Awake. dorms!). Acropolis is located at 167 already in place in the state park and Marshall St. (phone: 472-4876) and at Shandor Szalay the impact new regulatioas could have 552 Westcott St. (phone: 472-4198). I April 6, 1994 Page 10 _ Important dates to remember : Tues., April 5 Knothole meeting, 6 pm, 22 Bray Hall. Yearbook Picture, tollowed by Pizza judging. Wed., April 6 SEAC meeting (every Wednesday) 6 pm, Moon Conference Beginning April 5 All funded organizations must begin having weekly representation at USA meetings; All non-funded organizations must begin having monthly representation at USA meetings. Wed., April 6 Morning Munch (8:00am, Nifkin) Thurs., April 7 The Molecular Characterization of the tra cognates from Drosphila melanogaster, James Eberle, noon, Lundgren Lounge, 429 Sims Hall (coffee at 11:30 am). Fri., April 8 Opsin Genes, their function and vertebrate evolution, Dr. Shozo Yokoyama. 4 pm, 132 Lyman Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm). Wed., April 13 International Potluck Dinner (Nifkin) Fri., April 15 Orientation Leader Applications Interviews Due (110 Bray) Summer College Work- Shifting Paradigms Conference Study (through weekend). Sponsored by the Graduate Student Association. Positions at the Regional Campuses Wed., April 20 USA Budget Hearings (15 min. Wednesday, April 13 slots from 5 pm to 8:45 pm 10 AM-2 PM Nilkin Lounge Fri., April 22 Earth Day Marshall Hall Students who are Wed., April 27 TGIO! interested in the properties, have applied for financial aid, and have been awarded or are Mon., May 2 Club\Organizational Annual waiting to hear should sign up in Reports due (2 copies) to 110 Bray room 115 Bray Hall before Tuesday, April 12. Sat., May 7 Convocation (wear Cap and Gown) Questions? Contact Judy Hamilton, 115 Bray, 470-6670 Sun., May 8 Commencement (ditto)