Local Briefs Students Can Be Stars This Halloween Students can be stars this Halloween The Student Newspaper of Alfred University «October 26,1988 • Issue Number 5 • Volume Number 80 when they party with Mike Healy and the Starmakers. Fia t Lux This year, campus groups have organized a Halloween party that gives Four Inducted To Hall Of Fame students a chance to show off their Greg Cohen musical talents. Alfred University hit off the homecoming In a "starmaking" contest, contest- weekend with its sports hall of fame ants will choose their favorite from dinner on Friday night at Ade Hall. An selected oldies, standards, pop, rock, estimated 105 people were in attendance country, and musicals. They then do their to honor the four inductees: Lloyd own singing and dancing routine to the Larson, Chris Rodger, Mark Edstrom and starmaking backup vocals and music with Pat Hughes. the opportunity to keep an audio tape of Larson played one year of football, but their show. is best remembered for basketball. He First prize for the best routine is was the captain of the squad in the 1928- $100. There will also be prizes for the 29 season. In both sports, he faced best costumes including funniest, scariest, several All-American athletes such as most Alfredian, and best group costumes. Syracuse's Vic Hanson and New York The party is free with a costume and a Univerity's Ken Strong and A1 Lassman. dollar without one. Rodger, a defensive end in football, was The dance is sponsored by the named All-Conference in his junior and Student Activities Board, Student Senate senior years. He also made several the American Ceramic Society, and weekly ECAC all-star teams. The 1970 Residence Hall Council. Sign up sheets graduate was also a member of Alfred's Taylor are available at Rogers Campus Center. first lacrosse team. Rodger was assistant Four alumnus were inducted into the AU Hall of Fame on Friday October 21. coach at Alfred in 1968, '69, '70, '73. Edstrom remarkably led the Saxons in great, captained Saxon teams of 1930-31 Edward G. Coll, Jr., during his speech. Alfred ROTC Cadets Make scoring in both basketball and in football. that won successive Middle Atlantic "There's no one like Mark O'Meara Selves Known He is presently3rd on the all-time Saxon States Collegaite A.A. championships. who can get the job done," said Jim basketball scoring list with 1,356 points. As a junior, Hughes won a race that led Moretti, commenting on O'Meara's In 1975, Edstrom led the football team Alfred to victory in a dual meet against cheerleading and school spirit. O'Meara The Reserve Officer Training Corps is with 41 points as a place kicker. Army at West Point He and a teammate was the recipient of the 1988 ECAC becoming a visible presence at AU, as Edstrom was also a member of head tied for fourth as Alfred won the Middle Appreciation Award. cadets don their camoflauge garb to coach Alex Yunevich's last team (1976). Atlantic States crown at Colgate, and To be eligible for thesports hall of fame, participate in weekly "labs." That year, he kicked crucial field goals breaking the course record in the process. athlete's must have been graduated from Cadets ranging from freshmen against Ithaca and St. Lawrence. "Athletics are so rich a tradition in Alfred for at least 10 years. through senior status engage in weekly Hughes, an all-time Alfred cross country labs including Drill and Ceremonies, land higher education," noted President Navigation and tactical training Poly Pro Advertises For Students SAB Wants Big Concerts, exercises. Administration Doesn't Last month the cadets participated Deirdre Frank want to be advertised, and Poly Pro will in a field training exercise in the woods Polygraphic Productions, also known as do the rest. They make banners, fliers, Flora Williams behind Alfred Station. Poly Pro, is a new student-run publicity and posters, and distribute the material SAB's concert committee, headed by In addition the ROTC squadron committee that serves the advertising on campus in academic buildings and in Scott Talarico, is trying to bring big name provides color guard for AU football and needs of student organizations on residence halls. concerts to Alfred. They'd like to see two basketball games. campus. They have advertised on WALF and in popular acts like Crowded House or Bad The squadron's operations are Poly Pro was organized because of an This Week At Alfred at the request of Company play during the second overseen by Second Lieutenant Sean idea initiated by Doug Dowdy. groups and organizations, and have semester. The administration, on the other Dineen, who will graduate in December. One week before the fall semester recently gained the capacity to make hand, is pushing for one low-budget Senior cadet officers include: began, Dowdy listened to complaints buttons. group. Company Commander Carmen Bridge; made by students at the Leadership Snce Poly Pro charges only for the cost SAB was allocated $24,409 by the Executive Officer Chip Barnes; First Training Seminar about the need for a of the materials used, it has been a great student senate after extensive cuts to their Platoon Leader Jeff Resch; Second center area of publicity for upcoming help to small organizations that do not request of $33,099. SAB was also Platoon Leader Carl Wheller and Supply events and activities. He agreed with have a publicity staff or a large budget. allocated $4,500 for co-sponsored Officer Bill Beckett. their concerns and began working on the So far, organizations such as Career and concerts with WALF. The ROTC program here is affiliated idea of forming a campus publicity Counseling, SAB, the Saxon Inn, the Working with Eric Henning Produc- with SL Bonaventure University. organization. sophomore nurses, and sorority rush tions of Philadelphia, the committee has Dowdy contacted students Ellen Shin- groups have employed Poly Pro. come up with a plan that lets them have 1 1 ^ delman and Julie Kaczorowski to help The people who started Poly Pro expect two big name groups on their $12,000 bring his idea into action. He explained it to succeed. They want to alert bored or budget They would have to deficit spend Hilklt. II the concept of the organization, and left unaware people that there are things for thefirst concert If they charged $10 the rest up to them. happening in Alfred, and that there are per ticket SAB would need to sell at least Shindelman and Kaczorowski have activities people can participate in. 1,500 tickets in order to recover their §lTlie Candidates since taken on the control and expansion The staff of Poly Pro is not certain costs. Their plan is to use deficit spend- Pg/3 of Poly Pro. They have employed the help about their future plans, but they do hope ing to pay for the second show also. of students Bill Whiting and Hannah Cole that if their work load continues to The groups that SAB consider within to do the artwork. increase, they will be able to expand their their budget include Crowded House, Bad I o* ; These students are paid through work organization. Company, The Bangles, Mike and the Pg.4 study. Dowdy has taken the position of A concern on campus has been that Mechanics, and the 10,000 Maniacs. The advisor and overseer of the organization. Poly Pro would compete, or interfere, administration fears that the concerts Bergren Forum The purpose of Poly Pro is to advertise with the Student Senate's publicity might not sell as well as hoped, leaving activities on campus. An organization committee, directed by Robin Eichel. the school with a large debL They prefer • Iplfj will approach them with something they However, this is not the case. that SAB have a lower priced conceit whose costs could be covered by their Saxons AU Awards Public Service Medals budget without going into debt. Pg, AU has chosen Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sulzberger has spent all but one year of Rain, Snow Greet Alumni editor and publish» of the New York his career with the Times, and he is Mother Natue was thoughtful enough to ^^^MRizvi ; Times, and Congressman Amo Houghton, chairman of the Board of Trustees for the make last weekend a real homecoming 1 Pg.7 K : (R)-Corning, as this year's recipients of Metropolitan Museum of Art. for alumni when she brought Alfred's the J. Henry Smith Distinguished Public Houghton, U.S. Representative for New first long lasting snowy day of the season. Puzzle^^^^J^ Service Award. York's 34th district, is a former chairman "It's typical," said a smiling Craig The Smith awards are given to people of the board of Craning Glass Works. In Peretz, Class of '88. "What else would P9-8 who provide community leadership in Congress, he is director of the Office of anyone expect in Alfred?" public service projects. Technology Assessment Editorial Fiat Lux « October 26,1988 « Page 2 From The Editorial Staff: Vote Mending the Ways of a Throw-Away Society The mindless ways of a throw-away culture are devastating our when we throw away things, we not only waste expensive land '88 nation's resources, and only a drastic change in public attitudes space, we waste expensive finite resources. For example, each ton can prevent crisis. of newspaper thrown away costs society 17 trees. How often do we consider what happens to the plastic Dr. William White, head of ACREP, rightly criticized college soda bottles and countless layers of packaging we casually toss students for not caring enough about our throw-away habits.